VOL. XX£XI.
§ GREEN & YOUNG'Sf
§ THIRD GRFAT SEMI-ANNUAL ©
§ SALE 1
0 Starts Jan. 23. at 9 o'clock in the Morning. ©
O Every heavy garment in our store must be sold,
© regardless of cost. This is the store that is a little
o over one year old and has made a wonderful record for _
O Itself. We have but two sales a year—one at this
© time, and the other in August —and when we say sale
© we mean an honest sacrifice of wearing apparel for
8 men and boys. We do not have much room in this _
small space to tell you about this wonderful sale, but g
© will quote you a few prices;—
MeD's heavy fleeced lined uDdfrwear. worth .>oc. fa'e price, 29ii.
OOne l« t( f boys' heavy winter underwear, worth.2s3, sale £"£?• , "
One lot of men's heavy wotkiog coats, worth $125 and $1 00, sale /k
V price 90c. , • *4
SOne lot. of boya' pints snit-., sizes from 9to 16. at i regnlar price.
One lot of men' 9 nnd boys' snitt, worth $5 to $•- sale price, i< 5.
One lot m«u's and b,,ys' overcoats, worth s<! to f7 sale price, |o •o.
All 50c overfills, 39c. v
a All 50c workiDg shirt?. 39c. 0
We have bargains all through the store
0 Remember the date and come early before the good numbers are W
ffc all picked oat
§ Green » young, §
© One-price Clothiers and Hatters,
118 South Alain Street Q
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jjj OUT WITH THE ODDS AND ENDS! §
flGreat One Week Remnant Sale, fj
K All the Remaining Days of January. g
| ——THE~ MODERN STORE. S
Ub yv UK two weeks so''in<r during the Great Bnc - ißce Sale has loTt here and there
JO I I allovi-r iiii- !>u»rp is 1..10WD as "Odds and Ends, c.id short h nil single
U 7 i.ic.'ps of a line. As we take s'oek !iex„ week we have concluded to devote M
Wl a whole week to i!.e cleadoc up of the -ie't-orci-s. - ' ami have pu. prices on them fx
Qk that wi'l la'.e ihem out niihout a doubt. We want 10 make a cleau HuHn ana not iff
flf take ihes's emimo s Into stoc<. no matter what the 10-s.
ill REMNANTS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION—Diwi G<x>ds, bilks, Velvets. W
ft; \V»lstlnK-s. Flannels, Flannelettes, Table Linens, ToweKngs, Ginghatus, Calicoes,
iff Klnitons. Embrolderle*. etc.
S ADD LOTS OF ALL KlNDß—Shirts. Underwear. Shirt, Waists, Diesslng Uh
JpP Sacqnes. Lace Poitiers, lUHus. Jewel.-y, etc.
U MILLINERY BARGAINS AS NEVER DIEF'JRE— Nothing to be carried
flf over. Every hat must be sole 1 . If only at a Traction of former priue.
§ EISLER-MARDORF COriPANY, «
SOUTH KA3 STRIST t
f Send In Your Mall Orders. S
U OPrOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. PA. Uk
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■■ i ■ , . J -1 Ji-'-'l ——— L LA-L..-1-i -
BICKEL'S
Great Bargain Sale.
jirx Immense Stock of Seasonable Footwear to be closed
out in order to reduce our extremely large stock.
SIG REDUCTIONS IN ALL LINES.
tin many lines prices are reduced 25 per cent.
Qftfcer £ Bowman's $4 tjne shoes in baud torn* and welts, reduced t0..,. ,$2 li.l
Ladies' floe shoes, regnlar price $3.50, reduced to 1 ().">
Ladies' line shoes, regnlar price $1.50, red need to ?)•"»
Ladies' good Kangaroo Calf, every day shoes, reduced to t)."»
Hisses' fine shoes, all sizes, regnlar price |1.25, reduced to i) 5
One lot Children's fine shoes, size 4 to 8. reduced to 45
One lot Infanta' fine thoes, sizes 0 to 4, reduced to ID
Men's fine shoes, Box Calf, Vici Kid and Patent Leather, rectilar jij-je,,
13.50 ond $4.00, reduced to if 50
Henrs fine Satiii Calf stioe's, price $1.50, reduced to 95
One lot Men's fine slippers reduced tc 50
Qne lot Men's heavy dhoes, regular price $2.00, reduced to 1 50
One lot Boys' fine Satin Calf shoes reduced to 1)5
Qpe lot Youths' fine Satin Calf shoes reduced to 85
Qne lot Little Gents' fine Satin Calf shoes reduced to 75
one lot Boys! self acting rubbers reduced to J. 3a
25 per* cent. Off
on Felt Boots and Overs, Warm-lined Shoes and all Warm
lined and Felt Slippers, also balance of our stock of Leggins
and Overgaiters to be included in this Great Reduction Sale.
Repairing done in either Leather or Rubber Goods.
John sickel>
128 South Main St. a Butler, Pa.
m Remodeling a |
. Sale .
Nothing reserved. Winter goods are to be sacrificed,
beginning Saturday, January 9th, and continuing until
January 25tt).
We muMt empty our shelves of all our winter goods
regardless of prices, as immediately after we intend to
make some extensive alterations on our store, and must
inulra t h e workmen. Nothing must remain of
I stock to be in their way V~-
-.», no will even sell at a loss
| t° CIfAD out everythiflg in short order.
If yo« are waiting for prices to tumble on winter
goods there is no need of you waiting longer. Come in
and pick what you want and save from 1-4 to 1-2 of our
already low pri(»s, See circulars for particulars
Cohn's
¥wlt£"l or ' Cunningham !********♦
| Watch | Streets 1 Watch |
| US * •" * 3ireets - | Us I
| Grow $ The Place with the No f Grow 1
********** ••• Handsome Front. ...
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
A alyo:
«A Short Sermon A
on Furniture. U
Some people pay too much for their furniture;
some pay ioo little and some don't pay anything. A ,
Pi The fellows that don't pay anything usually k*§ •
kl want the best Furniture; just as easy to pay for ex- Wl i
7 A pensive Furniture in promises as for poor. If you
WA aie willing to pay a big price for your Furniture, you fA:
will not be interested in h
H Our Fine Furniture N
li and Carpets. Hi
FA f
Iv™ But if you really want fine, up-to-date goods and P
Mwish to SAVE a part of your money, it will pay you f A |
to look at our offerings. k a| j
N AI! the Newest in Style,
Finish and workmanship
YA are in the goods we show. Elegance and economy f* j
are hand in hand. Our bid for your patronage is I
fd BEST POSSIBLE GOODS,
*J FOR LEAST POSSIBLE MONEY ! M
M COME IN AND COMPARE.
H BROWN& CO. ti
No. 135 North Main St., Butler. i|
iriws
I Clearance Sale I
1 CONTINUED. |
A The special Bargain Prices advertised for our Clear- &
S ance Sale will be continued until stocks are properly
5 reduced. If you did not get to this sale, come now and
in get some of the bargains. jr.
| Cloaks and Furs
Must all be sold regardless of cost. i
6 Silks, Velvets, Waistings, Dress Goods, and all winter £r i
% goods sacrificed. yj J
Bargain Prices 1h every department and new bargains §
g added daily.
#j Remnant Sale Next Week.
| L. Stein & Son, 1
£ 108 N MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA §
4,XX*t XXXXXX XXXXXXX XXX^d
Epidemic Sale of
Men's Suits
JweM'a wysr.cuatjj
Suits (long pants)
Boys' Overcoats
Boys' Suits (knee pants)
Boys' Suits, 3 pieces
Boys' Blouse Suiu
Men's Bants, for dress wear
Men's Pants, for business wear
Men's Pants, for everday wear
Boys' Long Pants
Boys' Knee Pants
Prices on all the above goods are at about 1-3 and 1-7
Jucuicr ptic^.
It yuu are in need of anythfng in the line of clothing
come to us.
Don't put it oft Come now.
Schaul & Nast,
LEADIN6 CLOTHIERS AND FURNISHERS,
137 South Main St., Bugler
E jg (Merchant Tailor, gj
■ Fall and Winter Suitings S
B n JUST ARRIVED ( ) 1
K * S 142* North Main St. 1
COOPER CO.,
FINE; TAILORS.
Are occupying their
old loeatior\ at corner of
tt\e Diamoqd.
SuitH from s!£> to $oO.
BUTLER. PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 2*, 1904.
Drying preparations simply d.
op dry catarrh; they dry up the 6ecrot:i
which adhere to the membrane ami decom
pose, causing a far more serious trouble tL..a
the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid all dry
ing inhalants, fumes, smokes and sni.::s
' and use that which cleanses, soothes ai. l
heals. Ely's Cream Balm is such a remedy
aud will cure catarrh or cold in the head
easily and pleasantly. A trial size will be
' mailed for 10 cents. All druggists sell tho
50e. size. Ely Brothers. 56 Warren St.. N.Y.
The Balm cures without pain, does not
irritate or cause sneezing. It spreads itself
over an irritated and angry surface, reliev
, ing immediately the painful inflammation.
' With Ely's Cream Balm you are armed
against Nasal Catarrh and Hay Fever.
p,7/ c
Avers Piiis t.r-j good pills,
j You k: o'.v that. The best
| fnr.iily laxative ycu c?n buy.
Waal your moustache w .
j beautiful brown or rich Hack ? I ..
i Buckingham's
111 I I I I I II
I THE GREAT "RUE-DOWN."
iFOUftmD
LINIMENT.
j* For Sore Muscles,
Pain in Back,
Sore Throat
and Sprains. f :
in, nil —in
| indigestion, |
I Dyspepsia (
i I
j| cao 1)5 cured by |
3 x"
I yinol
1 I
I Try 1! and If it |
j doesn't help you we jj
j wU pay tuck your §
fflomy. I
Johnston's j
PHARMACY, |
106 N. Main St. 1
& ib
f *
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j RUINED |
V Many b, fine piece of fr
W silver,watch or locket W
W is spoiled by machine 4?
or poor hand cngrav
•f? ing, we engrave with- 4j
•Jj out extra charge on ili
ail goods sold by us, Hi
iji and when we say iti
•»; engraved we mean 2
3; engraving t'uiu you 3?
:£ will not be ashamed TST
Tr to send anywhere. «•;
f Ralston & Smith, i[
i?i "No Fancy Prices," •£•
JEWELERS
Engrav.era and Watchmakers, *1"
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ABCtAf OWNER
m r DRUGS
STOCK
I have purchased the C. J.
Harvey Pharmacy, in the Stein
building, at 345 S. Main St., am
remodeling and restocking the
store. I have twenty-two years
experience as a pharmacist, and
compounding of prescriptions
will be under my personal at
tention.
Pure drugs and honest treat
ment guaranteed.
When in town shopping, stop
and leave your packages.
J. L McKee, Pharmacist,
Stein Block. S. Itfain St.. Butler. Pa.
■'a c • • o' e i 3 j
I TRYING
HIM OUT |
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J Cy C. B. LEWIS J
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Copyright. I r : 'i. lyT. C. McClure f
He Lad finished with Wi st I'tfint and
been assigned to tL.e Twenty second—
young Warner, who was only a boy
yet. with face as smooth as a girl's.
The captain and first lieutenant of
Company A were old West Pointers
and should have given the boy a warm
welcome and stuck by !:;m until he
could stand alone, but instead of that
they looked at him as!;;:n, .>. Tbe cap
tain himself had a son who had failed
to pass at the Point, and this had
rankled aud imbittered him. and his
lieutenant had taken up his cause.
In the days ugooe wh. u a boy from
the Toint was assigned to u regiment
in the west he arrived one day to find
himself face to face with a hostile In
ui.iu force the next, lie was given a
show, however. Ills captain or lieu
ti'nant kept an eye on hlni in his first
fi.irM and coach' through it and
helped him to keep his nerve and his
honor. Sometimes the boy needed no
encouragement; sometimes he would
have lost his bead and made a spec
tacle of himself but for the moral sup
pert of the veterans. It is always an
open question as to how a soldier, be
he oilicer or private, will conduct him
self when lie faces death for the first
time on a battlefield.
Four days after Warner's arrival the
command took the field against tha
hostile?. The boy was not yet fa
miliar with tho facfis of his brother offi
cers. and lie knew nothing of Indian
warfare except what he had read. He
depended on his seniors to see him
through. They had doomed him, how
ever. They had not plotted and plan
ned, but they had looked into each
other's ey«»3 and uodded their heads.
The boy would be "tried out" within
a few days, hut he would have to Wfand
or fall alone. He was full of enthu
siasm as the command rode forth, hav
ing no doubt of himself and being
eager for his baptism. A soldier is not
a soldier uniil lie has heard the bullets
y.'Uistle about his ears. It is not years
of service, but wounds, that give him
respect and dignity.
The hostilcs had gathered in force on
the banks of the Kaw, and oqe after
noon the cavalry came riding across
the barren plains to open a fight which
lasted for three hours. To accomplish
results aimed at. the command had to
I
THE BCSH CAME.
be split up and companies and squad
rons sent here and there to fight on
their own hook,
Tho Cub ha<l been under the eye of
every niau in Company A since the
first shot was fired, and it waa admit'
ted that he had kept bl» nerve as well
as cou]d bo expected. The privates
spoke ia praise ot him to each other.
The captain and lieutenant looked at
each other and waited. They had not
long to wait. A company was sent far
out on the right flank to move up and
open a hot fire, and then thero was n
smile on the captaiu'a facet To order
that boy to push forward with fifteen
men against the hundred warriors con
cealed in the willows was "trying him
out," l>nt it was also murder. A whole
company could not have carried the po
sition. His face paled for an instant,
but then the color came back, and he
shut his teeth hard and led the way,
"Confound him! Does Ue want us
Wiped out a uian?" growled an old
*ei'g*-aut as he looked back over his
shoulder at the captain. l!ut the Cub
hurried the little band forward to 1U
work, and five minutes later It was
hotly encsjjui'
Little by little Company A was moved
to the right, and by and by it waa no
longer in support of Its skirmish line,
fbo time came when It was rifle shot
away and when the Indians took ad
vantage of It to "rush" the ten men
still left alive in the dips and hollows
along that front. There was calculation
on the part of the captain, movement
on the part of the Indiana. The Cub
had been glveu no orders except to
advance and attack. He found th«j
enemy ten to one, but he would not fall
back. He realized that hla little force
must be wiped out, but he encouraged
the men to creep nearer. The time
came whe« ht> «aw himself unsupport
ed and liable to be cut off, but there
was no backward movement. If re
called, he would retreat; \t not fcv
would die on the £rlng li£\e.
The Fifty ludian war-
I'mia with devils' faces and fiendish
yells rose up and dashed forward in a
body. The boy did not lose his nerve
altogether, but he was the one
the sever) ny piglit li\ iii« unm who wa<i
uot ftuptured and (lragged back into tho
Indian lines for Kirturo. It was with
something like fright In his eyes and
ids face as white as a dead man's that
he rejoined his company.
"While tenii>vW'ly under the com
muud of Second Lieutenant Warner
fifteen ineu were killed or captured.
The oflleer himself escaped by flight."
Such was the wording of the cap
tain's report and of the dispatch <ent
broadcast for publication, and the Cub
found himself pstracized. Some of his
brother officers uoddod stiffly to hiift,
while others turned their backs. Tlio
boy felt that he had been put in a false
position for u purpose, Ullt b» could
prove quilling nor advance any satis
factory explanations. He had obeyed
orders, but the act of obedience had
ruiinxl his career, Thero was no court
of Inquiry, no charges, no court mar
tial. He was simply ostracized by the
officers and looked at askance by the
privates. There were two vvihedicu, ica
ignation and suicide. It seemed to him
that to send in his resignation after a
month's service and with a cainpaigu
still on smacked of cowardice, and he
was no coward. As to the other rem
edy—well.
The Twenty second had not rested
thirty days after its fight on the Kaw
before White Bird had gathered his
warriors and come sweeping up the
valley again. The regiment must take
the field again. One morning as the
men were rushing to and fro while
making their preparations the Cub
rode away from the fort alone, and
only a sentry or two saw him go. He
rode straight down the valley at a mad
gallop for seven miles and then drew
rein under the trees surrounding a
spring There was but the other rem
edy I ft. and he was going to accept It.
He bad galloped away from all human
life to be alone with his last thoughts
and to die by his own hand.
• ••••»•
"You see, it wns this way," said one
of three or four pioneers who galloped
in!o the fort that afternoon with mo
mentous news. "We got word that
White Hird was In the valley burnin'
and killin', and we set out to bring the
news, but at the Ts;g Rock erossin' a
band of redskins headed us off. and we
had to take cover. We had been stand
in' them off for two hours, and they
were gettin' ready for a rush when
that hoy officer of yours came cliargin'
down like a thunderbolt. He had only
his revolver and saber, and after he
had emptied his revolver he used his
steel. Say. now, but he must have
wanted to be killed. He rode among
tbe redskins, shootin' and slashin' and
cheerio", and he got up such a panic
among 'em that we had a chance to
make a sneak. It was no use to think
of helpln' him out. for they were sixty
to five. Every one of his bullets
brought down a buck, and he must
have slashed half a dozen more, but
we had got out of hearin' when we
heard the reds yellin' and knowed that
the boy had gone down. Yes, he was
only a kid of a lw>y, but I'm telliu' yoti.
kurnel, that he had a heart of a lion
and that we are ready to sell our
claims to build lilm a monument fifty
feet high."
When Silas "Skedaddled."
A too ready offering of information
has often placed the informer in an
embarrassing position, like that of the
small boy who heard that the steplad
der was missing. "Why. mamma," ho
said. "It's in the jam closet." "Oh, yea,
I remember," said bin mother, aud
then, looking sternly at him, "But how
did you find it out?"
A similar experience befell Silas H.
of a small town In Maine. A student of
history, following the route of Arnold's
Quebec expedition, was asking for sug
gestions as to its probable course above
the ponds of Dead river. The villagers
disagreed on thp matter,
"I tc«U ye," said Silas when the de
bate waxed wnrm, "Arnold went right
up Crosby pond and over the shoulder
of Mount Louise. Why, I found mus
kets and bullets and bayonets at his
old camp when I was up there in *i*ty
three."
The historian waa delighted. "Is that
so;" ho OKclaimed. "What were you
doing up there in sixty-three?"
A titter went round the circle of vil
lagers at the well meant question, ond
u-h embarraccc" (way,
"Ye see, mister," volunteered ono of
his neighbors, "sixty-three was the
year of the draft. Silas always wns
touchy to drafts, and when he felt this
ono comin', as yo might say, he ske
daddled."
It Wan Only Oil.
A naval official was talking the other
day of the inferiority of European to
American railroads,
"Tlio stuffy little European carriages
are lighted with electricity now," he
said, "but I remember when they were
only lighted wTth oil. I have cause to
remember this.
"One night in Germany during a vio
lent storm I was riding toward Berlin
in a first class carriage when a leak
began. Drop after drop, warm and
dirty, fell upon my hat and coat.
"I wnited till a guard came through.
It was a long wait. One Is always un
dergoing long waits for guards on Eti
ropean roads.
" 'Look here, guard,' I said at last,
'the rain Is coming through the lamp
hole aud trickling down my clothes.'
"The guard made an investigation-
Then be said reassuringly;
"'Oh, that is not rain; it's only oil.
The lamp leaks a little, but the roof Is
quito sound. I assure you.'
"Then the whistle blew, and he rush
ed away,"—New York Tribune.
One Thing to Avoid.
"Yes," said the great man, "I am go
ing to write a book of personal recol
lections. I think I am prominent
enough to da that, don't you?"
'•<>h, yes, you're prominent enough,
but I'd like to caution you about one
thing."
"What's that?"
"For th<} purposes of publication
don't recollect anything about promi
nent men now living."
"But they're Just tho people I want
to write about. They are the kind of
reminiscences that will make the book
sell."
"Oh, well, suit yourself, but remem
ber that I warned you."
"What's the danger?"
"Why, just ua soon as you begin to
recollect things about them they will
begin to recollect things about you,"
"I hadn't thought about that," re
marked the great u»an."—Cincinnati
Post,
A ROYAL BOOK BUYER
| fl<« Pnrclin*o of I)l<lerot*» I.ll»r»rj
by Catherine 11. of Knxnia.
Empress Catherine 11. of Russia
a great reader and a lover of Woks.
One of her serviwa to. lelters in Itu&da
was \h« purchase of tlm libraries of
Voltaire an«t Jiiderot. She was a warm
Mend and admirer of these French
I philosophers, and their work interested
her because she was eager tQ learn uew
theories of politioi| fend government.
Voltaire'* of about 7,<XX) vol-
U»oesi in uow a part of tbe Russian Im
perial library in the Hermitage palace,
aud in the hall devoted to It Is Hou
don's statue of Voltaire,
The story of Cutherlue's jturchase of
flirtcroi « library Is Interesting. It Is
! emlitable to her tact and her generos
ity. Diderot named £lo,ooo as the
price of his library. Catherine 11. of
fered him £IC>,OOO and nauied a# a con
dition of the bargain that her purchase
remain with Diderot until his
death. Thus Diderot, without leaving
I'aris, became Catherine'# librarian In
his own library- as her librarian be
\yas a yearly salary of £I.OOO.
Duo year till* salary was not paid.
Then Catherine wrote to her librarian }
that she could not have him or h«*r II- j
brary suffer through tlio negligence of j
a treasurer's clerk and that she should .
send him the sum that she had sot
aside for the care and Increase of her i
library for fifty years. At tlio end of ,
that period she would make new ar
rangeuiunlM. A check for £25,000 ac !
couipanicd this letter.
1 . > .VI.-.Z r li;ST 70 HOST.
S * uitlvu n Mrrr . ormalltj, but In
Italy st ltf.nl Neresaliy.
riif- wine was opened dextrously by
;he waiter, who before serving the
I. nests poured a few drops into the
host's giass.
"Why did this waiter give you a lit
tle wine before helping the rest of U9?"
s:sk«d a man of curious mind.
"Oh," said the host, "that's always
done."
"I know it's always done. That does
not answer my question, though. Here,
waiter," the man persisted, "you tell
me why when you open a bottle of
wine you pour a few drops into the
host's glass before serving the guests."
The waiter smiled and answered:
"It's a matter of form, sir; an old
custom, a politeness. Its origin lies in
the fact that after the removal of the
cork there might be left in the neck of
the bottle a little dust or a few specks
of cork. The first drops poured out
would lu that event contain tbe dust or
the cork, and thus tbe guest were he
served first might get this refuse; hence
the host is given the first drops.
"As a matter of fact. If you know
how to open wine you have no difficulty
ia keeping the bottle'* neck clean. The
custom, therefore, is a formality in
America. In Italy, though. It is a real
necessity, for over there they pour a
little oil in the necks of their bottles of
native wine before corking on the
ground that this makes the wine air
tight. N'o doubt it does, but It also in
some cases pives to tbe first glass from
the bottle a decidedly oily flavor. There
fore the first glass the host gallantly
takes."—Philadelphia Record.
HE WON THE AUDIENCE.
The Wax Fred Ilonirlnna Got the Beat
at Captain Itynders.
The inexhausUble sense of humor in
Frederick Douglass kept him clear of
any sense of gloom, as was never bet
ter seen than on tbe once famous oc
casion when the notorious Isaiah Hyn
ders of New York, at the head of a
mob, hud Interrupted an antislavery
meeting, captured the platform, place'd
himself in the chair and bidden the
meeting proceed. Douglass was speak
ing and, nothing loath, made his speech
only keener and keener for tho inter
ference, weaving around the would be
chairman's head a wreath of delicate
sarcasm which carried the audience
with It, while the duller wits of the
burly despot could hardly follow him.
Knowing only In a general way that he
was being dissected, Rynders at last
exclaimed, "What you abolitionists
want to do is to cut all our throats!"
"Oh, no," replied Douglass In his most
dulcet tones; "we would only cut your
hair." And. bending over tbe shaggy
and frowzy head of the Bowery tyrant,
he gave a suggestive motion as of scis
sors to his thumb and forefinger with
a professional politeness that instantly
brought down the house, friend and
foe, while Rynders quitted the chair In
wrath and the meeting dissolved Itself
amid general laughter. It wns a more
eheerful conclusion perhaps than that
stormier one—not unknown in reforma
tory conventions—with which Shake
speare so ofton ends his "Ex
eunt fighting." Thomas Weutworth
Higginson in Atlantic.
Whfob fa <)in T.nr«rr>r Incomf?
nere is an interesting problem in
mathematics; Two clerks are engaged,
one at a salary which begins at the rate
of SIOO a year, with a yearly rise of
S2O, and the other at a salary com
mencing at the same rate, but with a
half yearly rise of $5. In each case
payments are made half yearly. Which
of them has the larger income?
Who Is not tempted to say tbe for
mer?
Yet the latter Is the correct answer,
for in the first year the first clerk re
ceives SIOO, but the second clerk re
ceives SSO and $53, which amounts to
$lO3 in the year. The first clerk in
tho second yenr gets, to be sure, $l2O,
but N'o. 2 gets SGO for the first half year
and S(JS for the second, or $125 In all.
Gin In England In the Old Days.
Before intoxicating liquor was made
dear by taxes and its sale wns regulat
ed by licenses the use of it in England
was astonishingly common. Not only
were there in
regular dramshops, but cheap gin was
given by masters to their work people
instead of wages, sold by barbers and
tobacconists, hawked about the streets
on burrows by men and women, openly
exposed for sale on every market stall,
forced on the maidservants and other
purchasers at the chandler's shop, un
til, as one contemporary writer puts it,
"one-half of the town seems set up to
furnish poison to the other half."
In the TS'nrnery.
"Mamma, why do landladies object
to children?"
Mother—l'm sure I don't know. But
go aud see what baby is crying about
and tell Johnny to stop throwing things
lit people in the street and make George
and Kate cease fighting and tell Dick
If he doesn't stop blowing that tin trum
pet I'll take It away from him.—Tit-
Bits.
Their Celebration*.
Hicks—Going to celebrate your wood
-00 wedding, are you?
Wicks—Yes.
Hicks-Well, I guess I'll celebrate
my wouldn't wedding. It was just five
year* ago that that girl from Chicago
said she wouldn't marry me.—Somer
ville (Mass.) Journal.
Properly DlnicnoaeA.
Lusliman—l'm troubled with head
aches in tbe moruiug. it may be on
account of my eyes. Perhaps I need'
stronger glasses.
Dr. Shrude—No; I think you merely
need weaker glasses and fewer ot
night.—Exchange.
Tr*»ap»rent Salt.
Somo remarkable salt formations
»re found extending for thirty miles
along the Virginia river in Nevada.
The salt forms mountains of crystal
and Is so pure and clear that fine print
can be read through a foot of it. This
region was evidently once occupied by
a great salt lake, as close by are some
wonderful wells, one of which, seven
ty-flve feet In diameter, contains wa
ter so Intensely saline that a person
bathing there Will float like a cork.
UllKKina' Ulnnder.
"Wiggins is very unfortunate in his
Jove affairs."
"Yes," said the girl with yellow hair.
"You see, Mr. Bllggins makes the great
mistake of trying to converse intelli
gently when be ought to be simply
holding hands and looking as if he
were stupefied with joy."— Exchange.
Ilia Value aa a Wltnraa.
"As 1 understand It, you want me to
go on the stand and swear to the truth
of your contention."
"Heavens and earth, no! I want yon
to swear against me. Why. there .ire
five members of the jury who know
your reputation well."—Chicago Post
No. 4.
CHEESEMAKING
| \ rrufltr.lijp Farm Home Imiustry of
n Vcrjr liiU Fail)lon.
Tlte encouragement of the homo in
j ciwtry of *hci .-vaiakhig 011 the far:.- ;*
i; <1 by Mrs. Nathan B. Cox of N- \r
11; ipshire in Am .lean Cultivator.
I'roui h-r ex; >rietne, she says, it 1 a
bet "i::c almost a I .st art on tin- f. i,
so few people being found who ut»lfT
siand the method of converting ilie
milk iiito that delicious substancr call
ed ' farmers' " ehee-.». Creamer}' r
grows more ami more popular ami com
mands a higher price usually than that
made p:; the farm, but net so with fac
tory cheese, for but few people can be
fouml who do not i refer the dom tic
cheese to that turned out at the fac
tory.
Very few farmers can afford the ap
paratus for chcesemaking which fac
tories have and must therefore labor at
a disadvantage to obtain as pood re
sults. It would not pay to set up a
cheese factory at home, but It has 1> u
provt-d that good cheese can be made
and cured on the farm with but lit;ie
outlay at the beginning.
Our method of making cheese will
without doubt seem old fashioned to
up to date cheese awmifiwtnrfre, n—.<l
so it is. We know nothing of the i.
eru way except by reading, and we
learned the same process our grand
mothers used. Hut as the checks
proved good and very salable, and,
knowing no other way, we have contin
ued in the same routine, trying each
year to Improve by experience. For
merly all cheeses made were kept : t
least a year before being placed on
the market, but now new cheese is in
more demand and yields more profit to
the maker.
Few farmers' wives in New Hamp
shire make cheese, but if they realized
that they could make from 30 to 00 per
cent more by so doiug than to make
butter fhey would be ready for a
change. Butter is usually low in sum
mer and especially in late spring, but
cheese can be made then the best of
nny time. One must expect some fail
ures, but do not get discouraged. Watch
the process carefully, noting what ef
fects certain conditions of the milk or
curd have on the cheese and nvoid mak
ing the same mistake twice if possible.
A CELERY HARVEST.
Cnttinsr, Clrnninc nud Pncklnst on n
BIK Pennsylvania Farm.
Recording some impressions of a vis
it to a great Pennsylvania celery farm,
n Ilural New Yorker writer says:
There are few busier places than tlds
celery farm In the height of the slap
ping season. When the celery Is ready,
it must go. Two big horses haul a nia-
F~
C I
CELEBY CUTTING ATTACHMENT.
chine which looks like a huge drawing
knife mounted on wheels. This knife
is hung so that it runs through the
banked up soli below tlie plants, cut
ting off the roots and leaving them
standing. The accompanying figure
shows the cutting attachment, which
can be fastened to a wheel cultivator
or liiller. Following this machine comes
a gang of men who take up the plants
and break off the outer stalks, leaving
the white inside stalks, and pack ill
crates. These crates are carried to the
washing shed. Here are vats and
tanks of running water and men with
rubber aprons. Everything here moves
like clockwork. The celery comes from
the field with the black muck soil on
Its roots. These men wash this off by
dashing the roots in water. With clean
feet, the plants are thrown into vats,
where quick hands sponge them and
sort into three sizes. The bunclicrs
pack them iR bunches of one dozen
roots and tie tightly with red ribbon.
Then the pacttrr puts them in crates,
marking each crate with the number
of bunches and the grade, so that when
the crate reaches Philadelphia they are
all ready for deliver}'• As quickly as
possible the crates are hustled into the
iced car, and when the train comes the
car Is whisked along on its way to
Philadelphia. Shipping is done by fast
freight, and a car started in the after
noon readies Philadelphia the next
morning.
The crates nre nailed together In the
packing shed. The timber is bought al
ready cut ais<l simply has to be nailed
together, which is done rapidly by ex
port hands. One must see a place of
this sort in order to realize the skill
end energy required to dig, clean and
pack n car load of celery. To get an
idea of what a car load means I may
state that on one Monday this grower
sent one car load of 111 cases, the prod
uct of one acre of land. This car load
brought net cash! It was of flue
quality, and the market happened to
be bare.
\cwn anil Soten.
A sliortaee of encumber: seeds is re
ported.
Fertiliser and feed inspection work
by the Nov* Jersey experiment station
Is steadily increasing.
An authority on the goat claims that
the milk tastes better than cow's milk,
is richer and is the ideal milk for in
valids and infants.
Interest in cotton growing in parts of
Nicaragua is now reported.
There is a prophecy that In the course
of n few years Georgia will again pro
dnoe one-sixth of the cotton crop.
The Sakais, or tree dwellers, of the
Malay peninsula build their houses in
forked trees a dozen feet above ground
and reach them by means of bamboo
ladders, which they draw up wl.en
safely housed out of harm's way. The
house itself is a rude kind of shack,
made of bamboo, and the flooring is
lashed together piece by piece and
bound securely 1o the tree limbs by
rattan.
These curious people are rather small,
ami lighter In complexion than the Ma
lays, though much uglier. They have
110 form of religion at all—not even
idols—no written language and speak a
corrupt form of Malay.
Tl»e llelodcrm.
The venomous lizard, heloderm, lives
in the warm zone between the Cordii: -
rns of Central America and the rac'.i ■
ocean. It secretes a poisonous saliva
and has the curious habit of throwing
itself on Its back when struck. Its b •
is not always so dangerous as popular
opinion makes It. and after severe pain
it often rapidly heals, lteceut observa
tions show that the saliva is sometimes
very poisonous" and sometimes very In
offensive. The poison acts by coagulat
ing tiie blood and lirst increasing then
dlmiuiahlng the irritability of
o£CV«ft.