VOL. XXXX. QSQOeSOOGSSOSSOQS&SSSSSCS*) § HUSELTON'S O and Winter gßefcals the Sveliest Shoes we have ever offered the trade® Ol Paten*. Colt, Veloar and Boxf) ©Men s Fine Shoes g»2W.°«g 0 $3.50, pi 00, fi.so. and ft.<*•%) O SCHOOL SHOES FOR MEN'S AND BOY'S 0 BOYS AND GUtLS. COMBINATIONS IN 00 Strong: and serviceable at all Wool Boots and Stockings prices, invidiam aod highcnt, with Bor without copper tip. . $T 0 Women's Strong, Bo) Vat 11 23 to *' ~ r> O A Serviceable Shoes, , _ c , - 4) (I Winter Wear. ®* en 3 Heavy Shoes in 0 ti Kangaroo Kip. Calf. Oil Grain. High Cut, 2 Soles and tap () X Wax Kip Calf. Veal Calf at / _ rn (% %y $1 DO, *1 85 and $1.50 tS-OO $3 s°. *3 00 and $3 50, W 8 We are the only bouse u«:n? regular Height 41.00, si.~o, ft.so there «lw**s in Bntler. and $2.00, best money will boy. •• • are without a doubt W| OiilftO rmo swellest thing ever pnt before** ALdUluO I lliV WllwUO the fair sex. the geat f arietj rfkof hand* .me styles make it easy to fit you perfectly and please the Vfasti li.-u-. The men stop and size them np in our windows, that is a*' fjsiepi :l"«f they are shayely. COME IX AND SEE US. %J § HUSELTON'S. 8 A ~ , , 0 g Opposite Hotel Lowry. Q ****** ***** vsz*;* £ COLO WEATHER 3EO COVERING 4 ** GUANO VALUES IN OCB BIG BASEMKNT. „ f V U ' PINE MILLINERY fOlt SMART I 'UESSERS ffi $ THE MODERN STORE 5 BLANKET: 1 OK EVEKY DKf' KIITMV. £ S Good cotton blar.kHe, white and grey. 60- p 'ir Heavier quality, 10 4 'Jk 9i mze. grey and whit-. 75c nair Extra large «•'?,« white «nd gry, fI.OO, JK -A fj 2>j ( i_so p a i r . Fancy Mexican Striped HI HI kels. suitable S.r bath robes J| aD d oncL covers. 75c SI.OO and *1 35 pair. Good heavv a!) .v<x-l blankets Jn U in grey and black and Ked and black plaids, alco pl*in gr»-y and scarlet, .A special valne, $3 00 pair. We handle the celebrated Bull'a!« blankets in m whit", scarlet, grey and all the uew fancy plaids, the best, all-wool JR blanket* made, for the price, $4.00 to fO.'X) pair. Fine California Blankets JO M M 00 to tIO.OO pair. ,'W COMFORTERS, LIGHT AND MPAVY, SMALL AND LABOE Nice medinui ?Q fc) weight comfortt-r covered with silkitlino and fillwl with white cotton fI.OO. iff S Finer quality, larger size and better covering $1.50. Extra fine satine pP covered comforter, best white cotton. soft and fluffy, $3.00 and $3.50. 5 Large line Country Flannels, Flannelette*, Flannel Skirt Patterns. Yarns, etc.. in onr bsiement department. W X AUTUMN AND WINTER MILLINERY TO THE FRONT—Beautiful heidweer at Ok W, money saving price*. We make a specialty of up to-date, correct in- dividual hcadwear at aprice that will meet your pnr*» and this is thc secret of our success. We not only please \<m with yonr new list in style JQ U and quality but especially in price. Oui i-atislird pations ate the ones who Uk fl are increasing our trade in this depaitrnei t JO y )UB LATEST MODELS AND KXCLUSIVE DESIGNS. Co., a lOTE) 991 3 t 2&" f L.L. I Send in Your Mail Orders. 5 DSITK HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLKR. PA. " XXXXXXX XXX* S Different | Keady-to-Wear Clothing than yon \ ever wore. This Clothing baa that ( tone of ubunt it, tbat swng- ) ger hang to it, tbat very high chase \ made-to-order look about It. J Come in and see the Hweljest Suits 1 and Top Coat» you ever looked at, I such celebrated makes as / HAMBURGER'S J PRICE $lO TO S3O. 3 Our fall Snits and Overcoats are 7 certainly the greatest valne we ever ? offered. All have padded shoulders S and firm fronts. See for yourself. \ See our window display. C DOUTHETT & "'GRAHAM. 1 Merchant Tailor. ■ ■ Fall and Winter Suitings B ■ ( ) JUST ARRIVED. ( ] R ■ 142 North Main Si vy V Cohn's Bargain Store, 150 Main and Cunningham St. We arp rpady for fall business with a wonderful showing of ladies' tailor-made suits, coats, skirts, waists and furs. Ladies' men's and children's under wear and hosiery, hats, caps and children's clothing. Girl's dresses and coats. We are not only ready with I smart styles, but with Interesting prices, which no store I cap meet. y Ladies Hannelette AH. Children's under it...- I wrappers worth SI.BO at yQ(J wearfrom|Q(J [[J) | Ladies' flannelette dr<«wlng IQ/% Ladies' heavy ribbed vents ntl/» I sacques worth 75c at and pants worth IWo at /Qu Men's heavy ribbed 40/» Ladies'all wool vests and AQ« sweater*, in different 4ft) pants worth f I .V) at. mXC •oolors. wof«h 75a (it xw " • »' • *a? i v * 'A**i Cohn's fyarQdinStore, Not the handsomest looking store in town but by far the cheapest and best to TRADE AT. —————— THE BUTLER CITIZEN. j i ! Indigestion, s j Dyspepsia : can be c; übj fit, y - _ | Try i' & if it Idoesn'i lie!. you m # will pay b k ImoD v. Johnston's PHARMACY, j 106 N. I* hi il. I Reed's Wine oi' Cod Isiiver Oil v/ill build you up and make you strong, will give you an appetite >nd new life. If you feel tired ana worn out try our Wine o Cod Liver 3il and relief. It is stronger and better , than pure Coi Liver O Pleasant to take and is I inoffensive to delica' : stomachs. Indorsed recom mended physicians i every where. The bes'' Spring tonic give yo.< j Health and s'rength. For sale, c ily at Reed's Pharnmc | Transfer Corner Main and Jeffesson Sl < i f- Do You Buy tadici es ' Certainly Tom DO. Then you want t* • 1 • • f • 1 least money. Th.' - t> "nr ir >l* Come anJ see us W"'-N i > HI - • anything in the 1 ; we are sure you v . i We carry a full I c <- f ' ; \ Chemicals, Toilet dc. ( Purvis' P!-rmar , S. G. PußviL i' G Both Phi.: ••8. 318 H. Main Bt. Bntler Pa. -V*. -V* %s% 1 * T 'T'JIL' ! I '■ if 1 '' , 1 ~ /!•' " ' 's » ! <-»rv , 'V\ W { \\ 1 ' " 1 W OUR STO;.K OF 1 HATS AND o Men's Furnishings J IS NOW 60M o LETE t J Come In and let n* show yon * ? the new fall shlrth. # We have shirts at all prices 9 W Our leadnr of ooui>>\ IM the * { Manhatten Shire, i The best in tlii World |ln Underwear j we have all the dilT rent w. Igh's * f and grades. m We can surely sui. von If you * J need underwear, Haven't the apa«-> *<> CM)I ntt- • ' J tion to all the go d we f # have. # 0 Jnst come in and >r'< for youi 4 # self. 1 Htrii t attention [.t to v II A L orders. \ \Jno. S. Wick j i HATTEtt hw\ f S MEN'S I)L'U.;iUHKit 1 J People's "Phone 015 0 J BUTLKR, PA. J W BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1903. K THE GREAT "RUB-DOWN." FOUR-FOLD LINIMENT. | For Sore Muscles, Pain in Back, Sore Throat and Sprains. 'AT ALL OBUGOISTS. 2Sc, 60c. »VOO *ll W !■! 1111 III! ■HTIiII Your Is it acting well ? Bowel regular? Digestion good? i: not, remember Ayer's Pi!' ( Want your moustache or Kard r. | beautiful brown or rich tlack ? I"-: j ?Buckingham ? sDv | Hp '' al * C3 f 1 j Nasal jge7 Y T\> CATARRH In all IU stages. M JUo# Ely's Cream >. instx, soothe* and heals I m t d!?ens<*d membrane. :; curta catarrh and drives M - ay a cold in the head c/.ickly. Cream Ilnlm is placed Into the nostrils.spreads • r the membrane and Is abuorbed. Belief is im r. diate and ft cure follows. It is not drying—does I. ,t produce Hneezing. IJirge Size, 60 cents at Drug ts or by n. ail; Trial Size, 10 cents. ELY BROTHEKS. 60 Warren Street. New York OWNER m drugs 5 SIOCK 1 have purchased the C. J. Harvey Pharmacy, in the Stein building, at 345 S. Main St., am remodeling and restocking the s ore. I have twenty-two years e perience as a pharmacist, and c ompounding of prescriptions v/ 11 be under my personal at tention. Pure drugs and honest treat- guaranteed. When in town shopping, stop nd leave your packages. L McKee, Pharmacist, ifein Block. S. Mnin St., Bntler. Pa. FOR Drugs rirohman, 109 N. /Wain Street, BUTfceR, PA. ' e est Service. S'ronipt and Careful Attention, i our Registered !mrmdcists> rescription Worl< d pecidlty. ithasL— l Leaked Out ■ 1 that tho new jowclery E Arm of | jh Ralston & Smith, |f - , (successors of W. E. H Ralston) aro showing a 9 new ana up-to-date stock K 1 , of everything pertaining B to the trade and their B k motto shall always be K f "No Fancy Prices." p* } 110 W. Jefferson Street. B FOR YOU. We have just received a lot sets of fine CHINA. These we offer at exception . iy low prices considering their lue. 1 hink of it—loo piece dinner i' ■ts of English Porcelain at 37.25, $9.25, $12.25 per set. Nicely decorated too. Don't always get this chance. Call soon at DOUGLASS' 241 H. Main Ht. t THEIR j PHYSICIAN ♦ By ROY RICHARDSON C jt>r!aM. ISO 2, k, tht S. S. Wcttttrt Coatm *' ' 4 t v t ♦ '♦*♦'♦»■< ► "Now, then, young man," yawned Uncle Iliil as he got slowly out of his easy chair an<l surveyed his oldest nephew, who had begun to show marked signs of unrest over his occu pation of building block churches, "what shall we do to put in the rest of this rainy Sunday afternoon?" "Let's play pingpong." Bobby sug gested. "You're not big enough yet. Guess again, or I'll pingpong you." "Let's tell stories," ventured Bobby. "All right, old sport. You begin." "We-ell," drawled the youngster in the singsong of rote, climbing into Uncle Bill's lap, "once on a time, w'y, they wasn't an-ny little boys 'n' little girls, 'n' pretty soon they was Cain 'n' Abel. 'N' they didn't have an-ny sisters or brothers or nothin' 'copt just a papa 'n' mamma, nor no Uncle Hills or nothin'. 'N' their papa 'n' mamma were cross one time 'u' told their little m "UNCLE MR.I,, WHAT MAKES YOI;K EYES so mo V SHINY?" boys to go 'n' play, 'n' Cain he played too rough, 'n' he killed his little broth er with a jawbone of u jackass!" "No!" ejaculated Uncle Bill in hor ror. "Did he now, really?" "Yes, sir. 'V that's all of that story. Now you tell one, Uncle Bill." "Well," began Uncle Bill, "once there was a lazy old uncle, and ho had a nephew whom he loved very much." "I know soiuelKtdy else you love," remarked Bobby, wriggling. "Don't you, Uncle Bill?" "Oh, lots of people," the young man agreed boldly. "Whom In particular, Bobby?" ".Miss Josephine," said Bobby In ac cents of firm conviction. Uncle Bill shifted uneasily, but gnv« his nephew a hug. "What made you think so?" he asked, with a studied air of Indiffer ence. Hobby was silent, but Ills little mind busied It self wondering what caused Uncle Bill's chest fo rise so high \vh-?n he breathed the long brwath lie had Just taken. It was Intoxicating to feol oneself lifted up and let down exactly like being on a seesaw. "Do It again. Uncle BUI!" he cried. "It's lot of fun." Uncle Bill did not seem to hear. He was looking wistfully out of the win dow, and Hobby looked, too, but saw nothing. "Do you love her. Hobby?" Uncle 1)111 inquired presently, smoothing tho child's yellow hair. "Hobby, do you love Miss Josephine?" "Yes," Bobby answered. "Why? What makes you—do you know?" "W'y, Uncle B'U, the other day I fell 'n' hurted my knee, 'n' she w'y, she kissed me 'n' made my knoe all well." "H'mf' muttered Uncle Bill, "Should think ft might." "Uncle Bill," nsked Bobby, "did Miss Josephine ever kiss you?" "Little boys shouldn't ask riues tlons," was the quick reply, and a soft cheek was druwn close to a rougher one. "I won't," Bobby agreed. "But did she. Uncle BUI?" "Yes, little boy, sho did." "Well, but didn't it make you all well?" "No." "Did you hurt yourself?*' "Yen," J "Where In your knee?" t "No." ! f "In your stomach?" "There or thereabout." "Did It hurt much?" "I say. Hobby," exclaimed Uncle BUI, with more or less feeling, "let you mid me talk of something else. You are n very Utile boy, and you ask <|iies tlous Unit are painful. I don't"— "Does it hurt you yet?" queried Hob by, thinking of stomachs. "Yes. Now, Bobby, If I" "Why don't you go 'n' see Miss Jo sephine? She'll try again. Maybe— w'y, she'll have better luck." "I can't." "Why?" "oh, What a lot of ques tions yo-i can ask and how little you know. Hobby!" "I know the 'twos' iu multiplication table anyway so now. Miss Josephine taught me yistiday. See? 1 wrote "em all dawn." Hobby put a chubby hand Inside his •mall Jacket, where was a pocket, will} proudly drew forth an ussoituient of dovumettto. {There It Is," lie announced after u careful search, spreading a paper on Uncle Hill's knee. "It's tho 'twos,'" he remarked. Indicating a tipsy col umn of hieroglyphics, the only legible character In which was the letter X. "That means 'times.' " "A very Interesting exhibit," ob served Uncle Hill. "What is that let ter you have with the the bunch, Hobby? No, not the picture card, the letter the one in the blue envelope Let me see It. What don't byyy havp In tholf pockuts? Why, bless me, It's for me!" "W'y, w'y. Uncle Hill," stammered Bobby In a sudden spasm, "w'y, I for got! Miss Josephine gived me that for you. She said to bring it right straight to you. I 1 forgot, Uncle Hill. W'y w'y, Untie Hill, what makes your eye* •o big 'u' shiny? Oh, Uncle Bill! Don't don't hug me so! You're hurtin' me awful!" "Am I, old mini?" Uncle Hill wild In n queer voice. "Tell me. Hobby, when Miss Josephine kissed you, how did you feci?" "All nice," answered Hobby, with Ml( satisfaction. cncio Bill his nephew npaiu. '•Did that IIUK hurt you, Bobby?" he asked. "Some," the child replied. "Then you get an umbrella, Bobby, just as ijuiekly as ever you can. and I'll take you on my back, and we'll run over and see if Miss Josephine can make us feel all nice again, as you call it." "Are you going, too. Uncle Bill?" "Yes." "Right now?" "The sooner the better." "Yes," said childish philosophy sage ly, "when you hurt anywhere, it's best to get it cured right away." A Story Tint V«rle». There is a story uiore or less diffused of a young bride on her wedding day playing the game of hide and seek and concealing herself in one of those an cient carved chests of large size. After she had got in the lid closed and she found herself unable to raise It again, for it fastened with a spring and she was shut in. Search was made for her iu every quarter but the right one, and great perplexity and dismay were caused by her disappearance. It was not till years after when chance led to the opening of the chest that the body of the young bride was discovered and the mystery of her disappearance solved. The story is found iu so many places that it may be questioned whether it is true of any one of them. Rogers tells It of a palace in Modena. The chest in which the poor bride was found is shown at Bramshill, iu Hampshire, the residence of Sir John Cope. Another similar chest with precisely the same story attached to it was long shown at Marwell Old Hall, between Winchester and Bishop's Waltham. The folk tale of Catskln or Peau d'Ane represents the girl flying with her bridal dresses from a marriage that is repugnant to her, and as this taie is found all over Europe it may have metamorphosed itself Into that of the bride who got into a chest and died there.—Cornhill Magazine. Silence Often UeNt Rebuke. Because a fault exists Is no reason that it should be pointed out with no regard to time or place. It might not be difficult to prove that there Is wis dom in allowing persons to make mis takes unrebuked for the time, but such wisdom can only flourish in a mind strong enough not to accept the evil of the day as final. No mother, for Instance, really thinks that her little daughter of twelve or fourteen Is going to be a lifelong slat tern because she keeps her bureau drawers lit a tumble and Is often seen without proper buttons, nor does any mother believe that a lie on the lips of her little sou condemns him to a life of shame. The faults must be met, but if they arc not met by instant fault llnding, but rather by the Inculcation of higher standards and better habits, the actual offense needs little comment. Indeed absolute silence after a misdemeanor Is often a more severe rebuke than a storm of protest and correction. To make this silence Judicious we must lirst of all cultivate In ourselves a Just perception of values and propor tions. Wo must train ourselves when to see and when not to see, what to leave out and what to keep Iu our mi—ii CharlcN lever'* Character*. Whence did Charles Lever get his rol licking Irishman? Professor Oman In his preface to the reissue of William Grattan's "Adventures With the Con naught Rangers" discloses the secret. It was clearly, be avows, from the do mestic annals of the old Eighty-eighth foot In peninsular days that Lever drew the greater part of the good sto ries which made the fortune of "Charles O'Malley.". Many of the char acters In that romance appear In tho flesh lu Grattan's reminiscences. Nota bly: "The fame of the eccentric surgeon, Maurice Quill, was so great through out the British army that the novel ist did not even take the trouble to change his name. His colleague, Dr. O'Reilly, was almost as great an origi nal. Many of the humors of Micky Free seem to lie drawn from the doings of Grattan's servant, Dan Carsons." "Comparing the 'real thing,'" Mr. Oman g<«-s on, "with the work of fic tion. one is driven to conclude that much of what was regarded as rollick ing Invention on Lever's part was only a photographic reproduction of anec dotes that he had heard from old sol dlers of ih<- ('onnaught rangers."— London Outlook. THE SHIP'S PURSER. RUM<* OF FLI«< TLILII U• TLIUL MnUv Ills I.lie lit TIIIK-h ii lliirili-n. The lot of the purser Is anything but a happy one. From his title one would think that ho had only to look after the tlimil-v of the vessel, but In reality his ctlice, so conveniently and pl<rtures<|iie ly situated at the top of the grand stair case, Is really as busy a bureau as any lu ("apel court or Wall street. It is no doubt legitimate enough to c.\pect the purser to be quite aii fait with tho monetary matters, to explain to the Britisher the difference between a dol lar and a crown or to the American that tiie greenback Is treated with scorn and contumely In ICurope, but otir American friends are par excel lence the Interrogators of the world, and to them the purser is simply a walking encyclopedia. He Is expected to tell them all about the tililp that's right enough- but they waul to know all alsiiit the passengers as well, who they are, where they have come from and where they are going, how much they are worth and any Ut ile titbit of news about their social life. He is also asked about every hotel, l»e --glniilng at Liverpool and ending at Home, the best shops whereat to pur chase different articles, who will give the best dlseoutlt for cash, where the questioner's wife can best be rigged up In Kuropcan fashion and the most like. Iy resort at which ills daughter might run across some impecunious scion of British nobility. Ilarry Kurness In Strand. f*OMlt!oa> of W0.,,! ia ml lis Ilti rn I»11 It y. The problem IIIIH troubled many why two pleteH nf wood Hawed from the Mime auction of II TREE HIIOIIIII poaaem very varied clniracti-i'lHilrH when used in different Y»I IlloiiM. For example, u Kate |>o:U will I"' found to d« <-iiy inueh flutter If tile I'Utt end of tile tree |M Uppermost tlillll Would lie tlie fit HO If the top were pl:iei«d In this ponltlou. The reiIHOII In 11>111 the molMlure of tilt) ntnioMphere will perinea to the |ioreM of the wood mtieh more rapidly the way the tree jjrew than It would If In tho opposite direction. Mleroxeopli'itl examination provet that tlx pores Invite the ascent of moisture, While they repel ItM descent. Take the fit in II In l' CUHe of a Wooden bucket. Many may linve nutleeil that some of the slaves appear to lie entirely Milt united, while others lire apparently quite dry This urine* from the sauio cause the dry staves are 111 the pod tloll 111 which the treo urew, While the auturaled one* are reversed. A NOTCRiOUS CORPS. Tiie French I i Riun nn»l It* Dnnscroa/i ( *. \rueter*. The death penalty awarded a private In the French for. > v. 1-vlon for throw ing his cap in hK capt-dn's fnoe at Oran Is an illustration f the merciless severity exercised in that fa: :ous corps. Shooting at sight is p- :'ii. ;t<>d the of ficers, who have to di 1 with dangerous characters from all quarters of Europe. Nowhere is tln-ri l vich a corps, ac cording to the I.ordon < !:ronlcle. Its ranks are recruited from outcasts of all social ranks. Disgraced officers of the Russian service, deserters from the German army, broken scions of the Austrian nobility, fraudulent debtors from Belgium. forg< rs from Spain, homicides from America, ruined gam biers from Italy, are found in plenty in the ranks. No excuse is taken for a fault, and the slightest symptom of in subordination carries with it a swift passage to another world. It is under stood that recruits are simply seeking refuge from the arm of the civil law. The foreign legion is the only volun tarily enlisted corps In the French army. It has done excellent service against the Arabs and is always placed In the forefront of the tight. The ElarmlfMM Grim Snnlto. The poor, harmless grass snake is the subject of stories almost as wonderful as those related of the adder. The superstition that, however much yon may hammer it, It will not die till the setting of the sun is widely held. A fable not so ger«*rally held to is that even at sundown it will not die if you should neglect to tell some one of what you have done. The rule on seeing one of these terrible creatures is to "lilt it and tell"—that Is, give it a good drub bing and run quickly and tell some one. The best snake story is from Leigh Sinton, near Malvern, according to a London correspondent. A laborer states that he had killed a grass snake and bum; it on a tree. The blood dripped down and a toad came and swallowed some, dying instantly! The fancy that makes this species poisonous or even harmful Is a wild one, but how much more wild Is that which attributes violent toxic proper ties to any chance drop of blood from Its body! It might have been thought t' it the other popular belief that poi sonous things cannot be poisoned would have saved the life of the poor toad. — London Express. Wlint Colli in t>u» Mliclit Have Done. There are relatives of Columbus liv ing In Spain at the present time. It is said that gambling debts are keeping them poor. These persons look to the United States with wistful eyes, hoping that some patriotic American will con fer on them a few millions iu recogni tion of their distinguished ancestor. This fact led a statistician to work his brain, and he published the statement that had Columbus placed $1 at com pound Interest at 0 per cent 400 years ago his descendants today would pos sess a sum amounting to more than $8,000,000,000 When these figures were published Lyman J. Gage Was secre tary of the treasury. Ills attention was called to the tremendous feasibil ity of a single dollar, ami his comment was either a sincere remark or a well adapted pun. lie said, "Indeed, to »uo this ii rt utni v of I'nvt Interest." IlunorM Were Ktmy. "In the church I attended as a l)oy," snld a New York man, "there were fre quent clashes between (lie minister and tlio choir. The minister thought the choir Irreverent and unmusical. The choir thought him a back number. Each tried lo give tin- other n dig on every possible occasion. "One Sunday, I remember, there was a clash wherein the honors were about even. The minister, after the choir had sung the opening hymn, said with a significant smile, that bis text would be from Acts xx, 'And after the uproar was ceased.' Hut the choir, at the scr mon's end, retorted neatly with the anthem, 'lt Is Time to Awake From Bleep.'" 111,- Mtlrk ln»rpt of llnrnri). The longest known Insect Is undoubt edly the stick Insect of Borneo. Speci mens thirteen Inches In length have been captured. It Is an Interesting ex ample of mimetic coloring, resembling In a remarkable manner a piece of rough stick. On the bough of a tree It Is extremely difficult to distinguish be tween the Insect and the bark. Ilorneo Is also the homo of one of the largest species of dragon fly. A specimen of the subfamily teschna measures six inches and a half from wing to wing and Is endowed with a correspondingly strong body. IluMtuii Could MIIIMI 11. ltalph Waldo Emerson once made n crushing reply to a man who asked him whether the people In Hoston did not feel alarmed. Said Emerson, "What al»out?" Said the man, "Why, the world Is coming to an end next Monday." Emerson replied: "I'm glad of It. We can get along a great deal batter without It." A Situ lit Kir*. "I say, Miss I>e Witt," remarked young Saplelgh, "yoiih wesplcndent beauty sets me bwaln on tire, doncher know V" "Never mind, Mr. Saplelnh," replied Miss I >«• Witt, "the conflagration will bo too Insignificant to necessitate the call ing out of the fire brigade." 1-1 uln Talk. "Shave," said the crusty patron la conically. "CloseV" Inquired the barber. "No. I'm not close, but I'm not In the bablt of KIVIIIK Hps If that's what you're driving at." Many seemingly unaccountable friend ships ha IIK upon a golden Image. When a great calamity befall* one, how It lightens It to tall, about It after It is over! Atchison Globe. Still llnrdiT. "It's hard to have a lot of debts that you slnply can't pay." "Oh, I don't know. It's worse to Irnvo a lot that you simply have to pay." riilladelphla Ledger. Ml|t»n'« Opinion. Milton wns once asked If he Intended to Instruct his daughter In the different language*. lie replied: "No. sir. One tongue Is sufficient for a woman." rlntwlf) li) 4 111111. "Yes, ma'am." said the peddler, "this here lialr tonic will raise hair on a billiard ball." "Ituj will It raise hair on a pump kinV" asked the lady of the house. "Well. I lilloltld IJ HO!" "I'll take i bottle and get my husband to try It." .Indite •«*r« r« nt«. First Housewife Some days 1 undo about everything the servant doeii Hccoud lli'iisi v, lf» <i«aclotis! Ilow \iu >uu UaieV |li (roll Flee I'M SB. rtARMNCWEN FRUIT EVAPORATION. A rhrnp, slm|>l) Hutlt Homemade Drier For Applri 01117. All over tho country are i«ll<> and abandoned fruit evaporators. Tlieir present condition is due to the fact that the original outlay of cash was so large that dividends were not equal to first expectations. I will illustrate the construction of a drier built in Newago county. Mich., for the evaporation of apples only, says an American Agriculturist corre spondent Though unattractive in ap mEp AJ-O SKELETON OUTLINE OF PKIEU. pearnnce, yet in Its cheap and plain construction lies its success. The first figure shows simply the frame without roofing or Riding. Choose a site where the ground Is dry and high. Ruild a stone or brick wall Just high enough to raise the sill off the ground. The building Is 18 by 18 feet on the ground, and the posts are fourteen feet high. Thus fourteen boards will reach from sill to plate without cutting. The floor above is ten feet from the sill. A Joist 2by 0 can be used, but must be rather close to gether, as the floor to be laid on them is but one Inch square strips. This is laid so as to allow for circles of about one-eighth inch, for on these strips the fruit is to be dried. The lower room Is latticed and plas tered on four sides, while the celling is left so that heat may go into the cham ber and out at the ventilators In the peak of the roof. No floor Is needed. The ground, being fireproof, serves the purpose. On three sides are ventilators Just above the sills. These are 8 by 24 Inches and are for the purpose of sup ply iiiK air from the outside. The furnace must be very heavy and of cast iron, as the heat required is usually very great Place the furnace In the center of the lower room and se cure one that has two smoke flues. I'lace thereon two pipes and extend the same upward about eight feet, where they should be crrrled toward the front nf the building and around the entire room and far enough from the Joist above to Insure It against fire. Possi bly twenty Inches would be about right. Those pipes can be suspended from the Joist by wires, thus making all secure. On the buck side a T Is sup piled that connects the two ends of pipe and conveys the smoke up and out of the stack. This stack runs up and out of the roof on the back side. The fuel used should lie wood. An elevated platform extends along the front of the drier outside, and on tills is a car. This Is the manner in which fruft Is supplied, being carried to place In bushel boxes. The second «,.;t shows how the bleacher Is made and employed. The ■ Jtlllb rati it ulkacueu cjomplktx. lire pit Is seen at A. Place In an old Iron kettle a few live coals and on the coals throw a piece of brimstone. Place the kettle In the pit A and close the door. The letter B shows rollers in tho tramway that are to convey Ikjxps of fruit through to the part marked O. This tramway Is open between tracks so that the fumes may pass upward and through the fruit. The bleacher may be made as long us desired. Farm FUh Caldre. Many persons huve ponds or availa ble stream# that could be profitably utillzml if the owners but knew how, remarks au exchange. "The waters should feed the land" is tin old saying that may Justly claim a literal signifi cation. In some parts of Europe i>onds iiml lakes arc renting at the same rate l>er equal area as the best land adjoin- Ing them. This is for the fish they are made to yield. Truly has one of Amer ica's greatest living scientists. Profess or H. A. Forbes, stale zoologist of Illi nois, said In one of his recent reports, "In regard to tlsli culture we stand to day at a point to Im> compared with the American Indian's knowledge of agri culture at tlie time of the discovery of America by Columbus." However, we can live up to the best light und knowl edge we have and by so doing hope to oblalu more. Celery ■llntirhlnu nml Lute Krrplns. Where celery Is Intended for winter use blanching may take place after the crop has been removed from tlie field und pluciil In storage. In fact. It Is best to blanch as little as possible be fore storing when the product Is to be kept late, as the keeping qualities are better whIU It ll unbluuched. NEW SILO NOTIONS. Till- l oiirrHr Silo Thoronalil r I'rsr* I leu I—A Wire Ceaielnji Kramr. Wire fencing has often been used to bind a stave silo, and now its use as the skeleton of a concrete silo Is under consideration. An American Cultivator writer says: The suet-sun of a round water tank of concrete molded ou a framework of wire fencing led to the Idea that such a structure built longer und ii little' larger would make a good mid cheap hllo, The plan was sublliltt<*d to the Wisconsin experiment station, where tlie Investigation of silo problems has In i n HO extensive as to make It au thority In this Hue. Itcply was re ceived as follows: II h4n'inn to mo It would IM> perfectly F < -UMll >|«> to coiiMtruct it <>Y lliitlrl<*itl HIIO of concrete with Mfotit wire fcucliiK Im bedded nit you HHKK<'Nt. 1 lliHpeoted two MIION 11 few <l«i> H nlnce built on tlio Moruaii furui nt llelolt, Win., of con crete with it eement iiliiHicr lining, liut liming HiHMxiUlitliK Inch rixln InUl In H<'I'I|OIIH N round the MIIO at dlntuncM varying froni two nimrt iicnr the bottom to flvo IWt iijuirt near the top. Them? MIIOM have IH>UI l»eeu <ll l<*<i nnd emgjtcd kv tliut, No. 43. tion regarding their strength. One wai twenty-four feet In diameter and the other thirty fe<jt The concrete silo Is a thoroughly: practical and permanent structure and meets with only one objection so far as I can see—namely, that It Is a better conductor of heat than wood and there fore does not protect from freezing so well as does a wooden silo. There 13 also a tendency to collect some mois ture in the walls on warm days In the spring, but this Is not an Inconvenience and in the two cases mentioned did not Injure the silage in the least The action of the acid of the silage on the cement I believe to have been overestimated. I have seen cement lined silos which have been filled eight years, and the amount of loosening was altogether immaterial, a thin cement wash every three years being sufficient to keep It In good repair. A Good Small Corn crib. This corncrib is built of 2 by 0 boards, 2 by 4 studding and 6 by 0 sills, says Orange Judd Farmer. It serves its purpose admirably In that It Is covered at all times and there is no danger of corn spoiling by exposure to weather. It is especially useful In a neat corncrib on stonx pillars. feed lot on a small farm. As soon as the corn begins to ripen two or three loads can be husked and thrown in this crib and fed out as desired. This crib Is placed on stone pillars and Is practically rat proof. It Is cov ered with ordinary twards eight to ten Inches wide. Cracks are covered with battens. It is not expensive, can be built by any farmer at all handy with tools and can be made any desired length. It Is usually about ten feet wide. Advantaarea of a Soiling System. Some of the advantages of a system of soiling as set forth by tho New Jer sey station are: Three crops can bo grown upon the same acre In one season, as, for exam ple, rye, and peas and corn, yield ing a total of twenty tons or more. With the perennial plant, alfalfa, five crops have been secured, with a yield of 20.0 tons of green forage per acre. Yearly records huve shown that from three to four cows may be kept upon an acre for six months, beginning May, 1, tho number depending upon the character of the season. Itecords for five years show the av erage yield of milk and butter per cow during the six months when forage crops were fed to be 3,423 pounds and 172.7 pounds respectively. The average" percentage of fat in the milk was 4.32. The same cows yielded an average of 3.0W) pounds of milk and 167.4 pounds of butter during the other six months of the year when silage was fad. The average percentage of fat from the si lage ration was 4.42. Kecptnv Mwrct Potatoes* To keep well sweet potatoes should be dug when the soil Is quite dry and afterward spread thin to cure for ten days at least in an outbuilding secure from ralu and frost. Road dust one third of which Is composed of fine sand Is liest for packing in. Place a layer of dust in the l»ottom of box or barrel or whatever Is used to pack In, then a layer of potatoes, being careful to cov er every potato completely with dust before adding the next layer. The last layer Is dust. We keep sweet potatoes In this manner all winter, and they sifiii as fresh as when first packed. We keep them in an outhouse until severely cold weather, merely covering the boxes with carpeting, etc. When severe cold seta It they are removed to n room where a Art' is kept part of the (lay only. Failure to keep well Is often lite to too much heat or packing away In too warm muterluls, says an Ohio Farmer correspondent Apple Seal, Finsaa. A cold, damp season s««ems to be fa vorable to the development of apple icab fungus. The scab Is ono of the diseases that are most effectually and profitably treated by spraylug with bordeaux mixture. How Loss Moaqaltoaa Lira. It Is not known Just how long mos quitoes can live, but their average life Is much longer than Is ordinarily sup posed. Thousands of them live through winter, hibernating or asleep in dark places in barns or house cellars. In sparsely settled localities, where they cannot find such places for shelter, they live through the winter In hollow trees, in caves und holes under upturn ed trees, and even though the tempera ture may fall far below freexlng they are not winter killed, but on tho ap proach of warm weather become active again. Mosquitoes are frequently seen flying about In tho woods liefore tlie snow lias wholly left the ground.—WU lam Lyman Underwood In Popular Sci ence Monthly. Turned th« Tables. An Irishman was called on to glvp evidence In a shooting affray. "Did you see the shot fired?" asked the mag istrate. "No." replied tho witness, "but I heard It." Magistrate (sharply) — ' That Is not sat isfactory. Go down. As the Irishman turned his back he commenced to laugh, but was rebuked by the magistrate, who added that It was contempt of court. Pat Did you sec me laugh? Magistrate—No. I heard you. Pat -That's not satisfactory. And the court laughed. Savain llevence of n Or pay Band. A young Hungarian gypsy who bad betrayed Ills parly to tho authorities lifter a robbery begged the magistrates at Magyar Ingres for protection, us Ills companions threatened to kill him. Tho man was given shelter, but tho room was found empty on the following day. Kvciitually Ids body was discovered In ii field. Tho eyes had been burned out. the tongue excised and the man hanged by the feet on two eeacla trees. The Isxly hail beon cloven In two. Wrll Connected. Visitor I hear I must congratulate yon on tho engagement of your eon. What an extremely nice looking girl she Is! Mrs. Nolonger llrown-Yes, und so well connected too. , In fact, I've been told flint her aneestbrs were relations pf the .Spanish armada. Speaking of Imitation Jewelry, a dia mond on the finger Is worth n paste In the eur.—Philadelphia Itecord.
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