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§ 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
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g Opposite Hotel Lowry. Q
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£ 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
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DSITK HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLKR. PA. "
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.