VOL. XXXXI. Mrs. 1. E. ZiMMERMAN| ANNOUNCES V [Their Great Semi-Annualj: Sacrifice Sale i : For the Entire Month of Jan., 04^ ! Commencing Tuesday, Jan. 5. «> m *v.r [ This is our 22nd Semi-Annual Sacrifice Sale of new, I clean up-to-date Dry Goods, Tailor Made Suits, Wraps, I Skirts and Waists This semi-aunual event awaited by {- [hundreds of discriminating women, WITH THE BEST \ . ASSORTMENTS AND MOST TEMPTINGLY LOW /■ PRICES OF YEARS. Dress Goods | , Sacrifice Sale of Black and Colored Dress Goods. 1-3 X ,to 1-2 less than former prices. This sale includes all K , dress goods. No stock reserved. It means $1 goods A , for 62 l-2c per yard. It means 50c goods for 25c per yd. > Garment Prices Sharply Cut Down ' - This means dollars saved to everyone who purchases J | J a Tailor Made Suit, Wrap, Skirt, Silk or Laundried } Waist, or Fur garment, during this Sacrifice Sale. Mil- | * linery included In this sale. | [ Underwear Must Go j; Underwear Values Extraordinary. | ' > Hosiery Values Extrao dinary. * ) Wonderful reductions in every department, and on < > 1 every dollar's worth of merchandise in this store. < > [Our Record is Our Guarantee;; [Mrs. J. E. Zimmerman. . ft€»l 1 Phooe 2W. P-i 114-1 j-* p o iI fc | People* IM. DUl,el i <,> BICKEL'S ireat Bargain Sale. An Immeqie Stock of Seasonable footgear to fee closed * qa| |n order to reduce our extremely large stock. Id REDUCTIONS IN ALL LlJfE|. On ©any linei pricei are reduced 85 per oent. ikrr & Bowman * 94 fine shoe* in band toniN and wolts, redacod to -•"» idlm' fine »ho« «, reirnlur price S2.W, redacud ti 1 IMM' fine ttboe*. alt xizen, rettnlar price $1.25, reme extensive alterations on our store, and rnupt Uiabe room for }he workmen, Nothing must reoiain of ■tock to be In their way. Yes, we will even sell at a loss to clean out everything in short order. If yon are waiting for prices to tumble on winter goods there is no need of yon waiting longer. Come iu *nd pick what you want and save from 14 to 1-2 of our already low prices. Bee circulars for particulars. . . . Coin's w O'T! Cor. Main and Cunningham $ h J ... Streets ... t f row I The Place with the No 1 (how | *«•«#» Handsome Front. ... p————— THE BUTLER CITIZEN. jaljO* ._Tiw**rf ——— V BARGAINS IN 1 I SCHOOL SHOES. I £ We are over loaded on Boys' and Girls' School Shoes and inn&t nn- j Sm load regardless of cost; all sizes, all ttyle?, all weights and all must go *9 at slanKhter prices. S3 • ■W. This is one of the greatest Bargains iu School Shoes ever offered to f M | jfl the public. They are all clean, new good* made tkis teason for 113 and '-4 9 represent some of the very best manufacturers iu the country. § See Our Big Bargain Counters. Sra We have jast heaped theui np with genniiie Ba renins, a)l peaceable P M goods for ali w«£c*s They are assorted in different lot-*, each l»»t riiarked in plain fignres, so yon can look them all oyer at your own leisure, f §H Bnnsr yonr whole family and a very little money and but wh it we can ft*, § Holiday Slippers go at Fraction of First Cost. S3 We have put on sale the balance of our Mt-a's, W . itneii s B>; s and jKjl ifl Girls' Holiday Slippers and marked thf ia i:t fra-.-ti-.a of real w. r'h If p?3 9 you have neglected to provide yrnr.«f>lf with n pair of !h'-sf- comfort ible. KJ M easy Slipper.-, now is your chance; come before yonr 8iz j is monn H U Large Stock of Dorotl y Doad and K. D. & Co. Co. H Fine Shoes for Ladies fc M The Most Complete Line of Walk Over and W. 1. » || Douglass Fine Shoes for Men we have evtr Carried j-j tag When it comes to High Cut Working Shoes or Felt V gH and Rubber Goods we can dewn th ; world in both' X prices and variety of goods. Come iu and see what j . wo are doing. jc. 6. /Wilier j Opposite H jtel Arlington. ff* I Clearance Sale j | COINTIINUED. |i jd The special Bargain Prices advertised for our Clear yi ance Sale will be continued until stocks are properly / g reduced. If you did not get to this sale, come now and ' J get some of the bargains. y. | Cloaks and Furs | P| uj Must all be sold regardless of cost. « Silks, Velvets, Waistings, Dress Goods, and all goods sacrificed. U yi Bargain Prices in every department and new bargains & g added daily. ft Remnant Sale Next Week. $ | L. Stein & Son, f G 108 N MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA $ +?KWX> ***** %W%> IWXMKXfiMK S Another \A/eek!| ft Great Sacrifice Sale Continued from g Monday till Saturday, January 11 to 16. g ft Many trig bargains added $ The Moderr\ Store. 8 S Bargains! Bargains! j* S Furs, Dress Fabrics, Waists, Skirts, Dreeing Uk S Ladies', Men's and Underwear, Hosiery, 2 Fashionahle Milliuery, Linen, Cotton and Woolen Goods, iR blankets',' Comforters, Etc, ft $ Don't Miss This Sale $ SOUTH MAIS STREET | OF)4 7' 2 posToFFic^Boi 18 I Send in Your Mall Orders, ft OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. PA. fR ■ Merchant Tailor. H I Fall and Winter Suitings P ■ ( 1 JUST ARRIVED. ( 1 1» ■ 142 North Main St V S COOPER \ CO., 1 FINE; T rA.iLo R«. Are r\ow occupying their old fit corner oi" tl 1 MM i noi icl. Huitw from slf> to sf>(). Trv) The CITIZEN FOR JOS WORK BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1904. N^sski CATARRH In all its stages. C< *or& J!UoM Ely's Dream BalmV ,T ™";|w I' cleanses, eoothes and heals £ y M the diseased membrane It cures catarrh and drives M. , away a cold In the head | quickly. Cream Balm is placed into the nostrils,spreads ! over the membrane and is absorlwd. Relief is im . mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—docs j not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug . gists or by mail; Trial Size, 19 cents. ELY BROTHERS. 66 Warren Street, New York Bilious Dizzy? Headache? Pain back of your eyes? It's your liver! Use Ayer's Pills. ( Want your moustache cr beard a j j beautiful brown or rich black ? Use j Buckingham's Dp |SO cts. of dru£g»»ttcr R. P. Ha'l 2c Co., Nashua, N.H | FOURFOLD LINIMENT. FOR MAN OR BEAST. Cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains and Bruises. AT ALL DRUGGISTS. 2Sc, 60c, rtralt attachment costs but 50c, extra Have you seen the new cabinet size Kiwluli'! Mix powders and water, that U the Kodak way. No dut'k room and letter picture*. liuvu yon tried the after sripiier nuper Velox li< tus tell you all aliont it. We can interest you. The Kodak Station la DOUGLASS' BOOK STORE, Oil H. Main St. Butler, l'a. i'THE I LANDLADY'S I 3 DAUGHTER" t M > By /»\ary Wood Copyright, 1901, by Blary "Wood > 5" c HT?TTT7TT7TTTYTWITTTT« The boys were singing snatches of football songs as thev sat on the porch to talk over the gatue. Nancy smiled lis she listened and wondered how the practice had come out. Now. from the time she had worn long dresses Nancy had gone to all the big games as a matter of course, but it was only since Tom Garrett had made the team that she had shown any interest In practice games. Bay liss Lad not yet arrived at the dignity of a training house, so Tom still had his old room and kept the tahle in a r sar at mealtimes. The boys were tramping tip the »ta!rs now, and the song had changed: ' It you don't wake love to the landlady's daugh ter, Yoa won't get a secoud piece of pie." Then Jim Woodward's voice: "How abont that. Tom?" And Tom's voice in laughing reply: "Oh, 1 don't know!" The words seemed to hold n covert significance, and Nancy's smile faded. That hateful song! Ilow could she TUIKD NOT TO WATCH A CEHTAIN FIOURE. ever have laughed over It with the rest? Was that the way Tom looked at her—as the landlady's daughter? Was that the pitiful foundation of her happy dreams? For once b»h« wan ashamed of her mother'* calling. The tears enme, but nhe brushed them Angrily away. Tom Ourrett need not think that she wan like the average girl of a college town. She would be H college widow for no one! The tea bell was riuging. With a hasty glance In the mirror to see that no traces of foolish tears remained H1I<» tripped down stairs with a pi*>r «>*- sumption of her ordinary manner. Once safe lioliii'il the urn, she devoted Ivii'Hctf to the business of pouring tea. Bhe appeared particularly oblivious to the glances that Tom sent In her direc tion, as If wondering the cause of her silence. He linfjeri-d at tli« tublo after til© others. "Aren't you feeling well, Nancy?" Bho clattered with the tea things as she laid Rtlllly: "Quite well, thank you." Tom looked IIIH aurprlae at her tono, but he only said pleasantly: "Well, don't forget the concert. We had better wtart ttt 7:150," Nancy made a valiant effort to bo evol and dignified, but there waa a lit tle catch In her voice IIH she Haiti: "Oh, the concert! I had forgotten. But I—l don't feel like going tonight. You had better take some one clue." And she fairly ran from the room. Tom gazed after her Iu bluuk antou- Inbuieut. He understood even ICHH In the days that followed. Nancy refused all IIIH Invitations until ho grew thoroughly provoked at her. I»u I'eyster came to call. Nancy said Hhe was delighted to nee liim and wan HO very chartiilng that he came again —anil again. Tom had never thought much about Du Peyster, but now lie found himself regarding "the call" with hatred. I)u Peyster took Nancy to ull the games. "I do not mred your tickets, thank yoa, Mr. u Peyater with never u glance lu hla direction. It wan a clear November day, an Ideal ThankHKlvlng day, and every one VVIIM out In force for the IIIHI game of tho Hcason. Oil Peyater thought ho had never seen Nancy look prettier, all In the college colors, with her red »ult and black furs. 11«-r dark cyc» danced with excitement, and the cold air gave a brilliant color to her uminlly pale cheeks. Ho told lu-r Ho, but Homcliow It gave her no pleasure. "Don't let's talk HO much," she anld caKi-rly. "VCe inunt pay ntrlrt atten tion to the frame aiuce It IM the end of the Hcaaoti." The cheering and Hinging commenc ed as the two teams trotted out on tho field. Oil, there was that hateful Hong again! Nancy tried not to watch u certain llgur«-, but It Hccuied linpoa •|blo for her eycH to forget their old trick of hunting It out ufter every scrimmage. It wan an exciting game, for the two tcauiH were evenly matched. Nancy found heraelf haiiKlng brcathlcHHly on every play. The first half over and even H cores I Could II In* possible that Bayliss would lie whipped oil ItK own Held? How long the IntermlHHlon neemedl There they come again! Shout, lluyllHM, shout! Cheer SH you never did before! The team iniiHt not know that you huvc even a doubt of Its failure. The line of players zigzagged up and down, following that bit of ipilck ■liver, the bail. Now there was a splendid run, now a kick. 'Wie scores mounted slowly. But what HIIH that? Home one WIIH running with the ball. One Intercepting player was thrown, another II aside, mid still the fig ure sped on. Nearer, nearer the gonl uosU! Threu ouuouenta weru ulu>u«> on liim now. lie fell, but a great shout wont up. The touchdown had been made! The little heap slowly disentangled itself, but the undermost man did not move. A doctor ran forward. Nancy turned faint. It was Tom—she knew it was Tom—and he had been killed! The cheering sounded far away. She gave a little gasp, and Du Peyster was alarmed at sight of her face. "You're sick. Miss Elliot?" he asked anxiously. "No, no!" She did not take her eyes from the group on the field. "Only only, I hate to see any one hurt. Do you think he is killed?" she asked pite ously. Du Peyster laughed as he said cheer fully: "Not a bit of it. It takes more than that to down a Bayliss man. See, there he is moving. They are going to take him off the field—probably an ankle sprained or something of that sort. What's the matter with Gar rett?" to a passing sub. "Only a sprained ankle. lie's all right." And the crowd echoed, "He's all right." So Nancy sat out the rest of the game, and when they were shouting the college victory she had won a vic tor}- over self. Tom could not go to the jubilation banquet on account of his sprain, but he didn't seem to mind it very much, for Nancy brought a well tilled tray to his lounge and sat beside him while he ate. And it was the old Nancy, smil ing and gay. There was almost a gleam of repentant tears In her eyes when he had linished his dessert and she leaned over him and said: "Don't you want another piece of pie, Tom Tom seized her hand. "Oh, bother the pie, Nancy! I'd rath er you'd"— Nancy's cheeks flushed as she bent over the fallen hero, but her eyes twin kled as she said: "Well, only to show you—l forgive you!" Durability of Ancient Ink. The labor required In making the manuscript books of ancient days was far beyond the understanding of the men of the present day, who possess all the modern adjuncts to that art. As these books were intended to last for many years, answering the same pur pose as our printed tomes, the great desideratum In their preparation was durability. As a natural consequence those who mude them not only selected the best quality of parchment or other material to write upon, but also paid particular attention to the quality of the ink used In such work. That they were successful In making the latter Is evidenced by the fact that in the majority of Instances the char acters Inscribed on the most ancient manuscript rolls now preserved iu the Itrltlsh museum and elsewhere are very legible, the Ink being bright and black and showing but little evidence of its great age. It is supposed that the superior quality of lampblack, prepar ed In a manner now unknown, was the true cause of this beautiful and lasting color of the ink in question. The Only Safe Way. "No, I can't stay any longer," ho said, with determination. "What difference does an hour or so make now?" asked a member of tho party. "Your wife will be in bed and asleep, and If she wakes up alio won't know what time it is." "Quite right Quite right," he return ed. "1 can fool my wife almost any time as long as I get home beforo breakfast. Why, I've gone home when the sun was up, kept the blinds shut, lit tho gas and made her think that it was a little after V 2. Hut, gentlemen, I can't fool the baby. I can make the room as dark as I please, but it won't make the baby sleep a minute Inter than usual, and when she wakes up hungry It comes pretty close to being morning, and my wife knows it. Gen tlemen," lie added as he bowed himself out, "1 make It a rule to get home be fore the habj wakes. It's the only safe way." Tllmlnl and (he Fountain of l'nnth. Itlmlni wits a fabulous Island firmly believed In by the Indians of the An tilles, though tbey could give no further clew to Its location than that it lay some hundreds of leagues north of Ills pnnlola. On this Island was the fa mous fountain <>f youth and giving per petual health and vigor. It was the search for this fountain that led l'onco lie I .eon and Hernando tie Soto to Flor ida, on the outskirts of which the Is land was generally supposed to be sit uated. (•ettlnir Hlil of Hie Acid. An exploring expedition In a remote part of China had a queer experience, which one of the party thus relates: "A large bottle of carbolic add hail been broken Inside Its wooden case. We ex hausted our Ingenuity in hopeless ef fort to unscrew tho cover. We feared to carry It farther, as the burning tears distilled by it destroyed everything they touched. Wo dared not throw It aside lest the unsophisticated heathen should drink It as a cheering or mo dlclnal beverage. We had no time to wult and empty it, as the fatal tluld would only trickle drop by drop through a chink which had been cautiously and laboriously excavated with a blunt hunting knife. What were we to do? Degrading as the confession must ap pear, we had to deposit the torpedo In the middle of the yard and throw bricks at it uutll it was smashed." Sweetheart Abbey. There Is In (ialloway, Scotland, an ancient ruin known as Sweetheart ab ls-y. Within Its Ivy covered, storm battered walls lies burled tho affec tionate mid devoted iJervorglll, with the heart of her husband, John Ilallol, embalmed upon her breast. Ixively In their lives, In death they are not divid ed. Tho crumbling masonry Is still and must ever be a romance In its symbols of di'iilh and decay, telling ev ery day, as It has for WKJ years, tho thrilling story of u woman'* tender love mid devotion. The Suilniieiin llaliy. A Sudanese baby when dressod up In Its best clothes Is probably the most uncomfortable Infant In Ibo world. Tho font or outer icnrmcut which fashion dictates should Ito worn reaches tu Its very heels. It Is of heavy velvet, hang ing In many folds. This In turn Is adorned with countless buttons and bangles of brass, considerably adding to Its weight. Its cap Iu turn Is of the same material, similarly decorated und doubtless equally lliicnuifortnble. The C'rnille. Peter Cooper had llfty live years of domestic InippliH'-i • and morning (Ire building. Mr. Cooper wn* un Ingen ious innti. When a cradle beeaiue tii-«-- essnry In Ills home, us was nimotlmcs the case years ago. Peter rlggi-d a self ris king cradle, with a fun attachment. Afterward 1 1 patented the device ami sold the patent. Tin-re were many op portuiiHlcM "111 IIIOHC days." TRUCKING BUSINESS. Hon It la Carried uu In Southern Coiuc. tioat. Onions, potatoes and strawberries are the principal trucking crops grown by farmers near the Long Island shore between Bridgeport and Stam ford, Conn. The first two crops are marketed chiefly in New York city, while strawberries are sold in Bridge l>ort. Stamford and other markets. Nearly every farmer grows a few acres of these crops, some of them de voting a fourth to a half of their culti vated area to them. Ilay is also grown extensively and meets with ready sale at profitable prices, as high as S:JS being paid the past spring and early summer for prime timothy. Nearness to New York makes tho fertilizer problem easily solved, for stable manure can be obtained at all seasons of the year. Price of this va ries from 40 cents to $1 per ton in New York city, depending upon the season and the demand, and freights are a matter of 80 cents more. Before the new rates were put into efTect July 1 freight on manure from New York was 00 cents per ton. This stable ma nure is from grain fed horses and con tains but little straw, but it usually has an abundance of grass and weed seeds. The usual application is a car load to the acre, somewhere between twenty and thirty tons. When possible it is put on the ground in the fall and plowed in to n depth of six to eight inches. Large quantities of commercial fer tilizers are also used liere, high grade goods being the favorites. The best farmers apply one ton of fertilizer per acre no matter what the crop. The bulk of the fertilizer Is sown broadcast after plowing and harrowed In, al though with corn and potatoes a few hundred pounds are frequently put into the drill. Early planting of potatoes and on ions Is favored by most of the growers. Both of these crops do best when germinating in cool soil. Early plant ing also allows of early maturity and harvesting, as it is essential that the onions be put in during good weather. Potatoes are harvested before the heavy rush of northern and western stock reaches the market and brings down prices. The strawberry acreage with each farmer Is light, from one to three acres being the rule. Spring planting Is the rule. Other truck crops are grown in a small way, such as asparagus, rhubarb, sweet corn, melons and cabbage, but these usually for local market. In the onion growing district around Southport, where in the towns of West port and Falrfleld about 1,000 acres of onions are grown annually, other crops are frequently worked In. The onions are rotated with hay and pota toes and seldom planted more than one or two years in succession on the same piece of land. The ground is given a very thorough preparation and a heavy application of manure or fertilizer, from twenty-live to thirty tons per acre of New York stable manure or one ton of high grade commercial fertilizer be ing applied to this crop. Naturally the after crops get considerable benefit of such a liberal application. If perchance the onion crop should be a partial failure, yet the stand not thin enough to warrant plowing up. n crop of carrots is often put in.—Aincri can Agriculturist. Hoar* on a Cement Floor. Cement tloors are all right for hogs, affirms the Country Gentleman, if the pens are kept liberally bedded. How ever, the lloor should be raised at one side, as shown in the diagram. A is the manure liberally mixed with straw, I A CEMENT F LOO It. B the iK-d and C a 2 by 4 scantling to prevent the bedding from working off the platform. Once each week remove the manure from the pen and throw the bedding to A. Three or four days afterward move the bedding from B to A and renew B. WlnlrrlnK Cakkwe For Family ! ■«. Cabbages that winter best nre those Just fully formed and not overripe. For famifj use bury an empty barrel In a well drained spot and till It with good heads. Place a lot of dry leaves on top and cover the barrel so that it will shed rain or pile some cabbages In a corner on the barn lloor and cover them with enough straw to prevent solid freezing.—Bailey. The Agricultural Spirit. The agricultural fairs, with their ex hibits and prize lists, have done some thing toward creating the agricultural spirit among farmers. The farmers' institutes have done more. The granges have exceeded the institutes, but the agricultural press has done ten times more than all other agencies combined. —J. W. Ingram In Itural New Yorker. Agricultural Note*. Blue Andaluslans are said to be an excellent breed for eggs. A fairly good onion crop appears to be the general estimate. The New Kngland tobacco crop Is re ported a light one by the New Eng land Homestead. One of the fine features of the New York state fair was the exhibit of bees and honey. For an early spring crop of bunching onions plant hardy onions this fall. I.lft a little parsley and plant In the cold frame or a box to lie kept in n light cellar. Khiiliarh plants may Is? set now. En rich the ground generally with old sta ble manure and give a few feet of (pace to each root. Clean off old asparagus plantations and manure them all. ltulalnv the I.lmlt. "Don't you think that the Ideals of statesmanship are higher now then they used to be?" "Hiiro they an l ," answered Senator Sorghum. "I've known the time when 9SOO was considered big money. Now you can't get a man that amounts t<> anything to lisik at less than $10,000." —Washington Star. Ilia Feellnar Faculty. "I don't s<-e anything remarkable Iti that mule," said the prospective pur chaser, "except that he's stone blind "Yes, suh." replied the mule's propri etor, "he blln' ill his eye, but you ties orter see him feel fer you wld his lieels!"— Atlanta Constitution. Profit Willi the Brush. "l>o you tlilnlt It possible for a man who Is clever with the brush to make a living these days?" asked the ills couraged artist. "Yes," responded the cruel cynic, "If he Is a bootblack." —Pldladelphla Itec ord. Illd yon ever notice the Indecision of a woman about choosing a scat In II street ear with but few passengers? Milwaukee Sentinel. No. 2. CEMENT STONES. |nr I'nriuer Can MiiLc and I SIP Tlirm l'or Faruluc rurpuai-*. 1 Comparatively inexpensive machines j have been produced v.-hich, when u>id I by even the ordinary laborer, can pro duce cement stone of varying sizes at i a cost of ir. to Oo per cent less than j kiln run brick and in the east at the | same cost a:s lumber. The stone can be made to resemble cut stone, thus giving au added beauty to t ie building. Three hundred pounds of c'-i .--nt and one yard of gravel will Liake about thirty-seven stones S by 10 by -0 at a cost of 10 cents each, JfUo.7o, : even estimating your labor at SI.OO per day, w liieh will take the place of SCtO brick at a cost of $8 per thousand. $15.40. Any farmer can make them. It costs less to lay these stones than it does brick or stone. The inside of the wall can be plastered with a thin coat of cement, thus making the wall and floor one unit. It therefore must be ab solutely air tight. Cement stones do not decay, will en dure for generations, are impervious to moisture, are cheaper than any other building material save lumber anil, taking Into consideration their endur ing qualities, are even cheaper than lumber and can be made by an/ ordl nary farm laborer. The buildiui: does uot require painting, which is a saving In original construction and mainte nance. The use of cement stone for building purposes is no experiment, as many large factories, power hous •*, cold storage plants and residences have been erected of cement stone. The dai ry building at the Toronto Industrial exposition, Toronto, is constructed of Portland cement stone and is highly recommended by the Canadian com missioner of agriculture. So says a Rural New Yorker writer, who give;' further information as follows: The composition Is usually six parts sand and one part cement. Secure good, sharp gravel, which contains a small amount of sand. I)o not screen. Do not use sand or gravel that has any surface dirt, hardpan or clay or any particles of decayed wood or other for eign substance. For an economical foundation wall the byproducts of a stone quarry or even cinders or refuse from mines may be used. This means a source of revenue where before the disposal of this waste was an expense. Place sixty shovelfuls of sand and gravel upon a platform, spreading it out three or four Inches thick, and then spread over It 100 pounds of Port land cement. Mix thoroughly by shov eling to the center, making a ridge six or seven feet long and two feet wide. J|| BUILL'IKO RTONES OK CEMENT. Rake It down and shovel it as before, and by handling it two or three times It w 111 be well mixed. If It does not show a good, even color give It another turn, for much depends upon getting the cement evenly distributed. Hollow out the top and put on water enough to moisten it thoroughly. Then shovel as before. It should have water enough to give it the appearance of freshly dug earth. The mixture is now ready for the cement stone machine. There are several machines upon the market, covered hy different patents, operated by various devices, some molds which are hand tamped and others by pres sure, making the blocks either hollow or solid. The hollow blocks are ad vocated for the ventilation throughout the entire wall, making It warmer In winter and cooler in summer and re ducing the cost of manufacture. Some face the stone with a mixture of two parts sand and one part cement, thus making an extra strong concrete, greatly adding to the beauty and In creasing the Impervlousness to mois ture. Samples of the stone are shown In the cut. The stones are removed from the machines upon wooden pel lets and placed In the shade and out of the wind and allowed to cure. Each day they are given all the water they will hold. This Is continued for ten or fifteen days, when they are ready for use. By various pigments they re semhlc brown and other stone. Ntorliia: Celery. I)lg up the celery stalks, leaving the roots on, and stand them close together in a narrow trench, tops Just even with the ground level. Gradually cover them with boards, earth and manure. An other wuy Is to set them upright upon the floor of a damp ceflar or root house, keeping the roots moist and the tops dry. it ml Nolr*. The Imports of raw silk in the last fiscal year were the largest In the his tory of the government. Potato storage requires a uniform and cool temperature, with neither too much nor too little moisture. A "railroad gardener" is said to com mand a salary all the way from to ss,ix Hl a year. "Money In bananas" In Central Amer ica Is the report of a western man who Is largely Interested In plantations there. L. W. Lighty, a dairy authority, has found rye silage unsatisfactory sour and moldy. The Improvement of the soli should be one of the chief alms of every farmer. fliry Were Made hy the tJreeks a* Far llaeU a« A. 11. 100. According to Theon, the commentator •n Ptolemy, almanacs, as we under stand the word, were constructed from nlsjut the year 100 A. I>. by the Greeks of Alexandria, but the dates of festi vals und other events of natlohal Inter est had been exposed on murblo tab lets iu Koine 200 years B. C. Lalando, an authority on the subject, states that the earliest almanac of which the au thor's name Is preserved was that of Solomon Jiirclnis, who lived In the mid dle of the twelfth century. A primitive English calendar or a) maiiac was called the "prime staff, "rein stock" or "clog almanac." It was made of wood, bone or horn, about eight inches long, like a square ruler. On this the days were inark at the British museum and In museums or libraries at Oxford, Cam bridge and Manchester. Home of lnrgcr size were hung "atone end of the man tle-tree of their chimneys" for general use, and smaller ones were carried in the pocket or on the walking stick.— Pearson's Weekly.