THE BUTLER CITIZEN. VOL. XXXXI. ICurtains of Every Description 3 5 Lane Curtains, Swis- Curtains. Bobbinett Curtains. Tapestry Portieres. £ •5 Door Panels. Rope Portures. Curtain Swisses, Curtain Nets. Curtain U Pole*. Sash Curtain Bods tn s—the modern store. ——g •I Beautiful Line Nottlncham Cnrtains—39c. 50p. T3c to 88c. 25, tl.®*.- $1 S "■-WaSSSBStoESfc better g 5 Cmß Wharmtng' BobWoett^Curtalns—•!.<». .,^o.|2 KKM..*g£*.»■ f. £? Fine Selection Irbh Point Bonne Kemm«._Etc*1 30. fl On POO to a pair. r. 6 Door Panels. Full SUes. New Patternsjßr. = **•<•i®|> eslß ns-|l Ti, *iOn. |fl Choice Assortment Tapestry Portieres—All Colors—New Designs *. , * -I ~ #2 25, |2 GO, 13.00 to 17.00. Rope Portieres—§l 25 to #4JiO eacu. B Cfr Swiss Curtains in a Variety of Stripes. 40 in. Wi<le a Figures. •5 Fine Selection Sil-incli Curtain Swisses— In stripes. Dots, an<l ran > rig » »a 10c a yard. Better Grade lie. •*.£«. „ i» ()Ips complete with ends an'! W. 40 Finer Flnlahed Bods, good ends, ltc each. SEISLEK=MARDOkF COfIPANY,| S SOUTH MAIH STRICT | QQ-j g raoߣS: > ££| Send in Your Mail Orders. €& jph POSTOF7ICE BOX ) " o| OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. PA. EYTH BROS. [Across from Farmers Nat. Bsak.j Our Big Line of Spring Wall Papers are all in, and are the finest ever shown in Butler. Prices Are Low. . . Big Xot of Room Mouldings and Window Blinds. . EYTH BROS. ; <>00000000000000000000»S03t : Mrs. J. E, ZIMMERMAN^ ir I I! ; NEW FOR SPRING, 1904, <|» { * Ladies' fine tailor.madeV Suits. Ladies' fine tailor-V gja TjyVl made Jackets, Ladies' fine| I! \ tailor-made Rain Coats,V \ h AiiL Ladies' fine tailor-made V Separate Dress Skirts,V I \ ' Ladies' fine tailor-madeV l \1 Walking c kirts. V 1 1 Ih\ Waists and Shirt Waist Suits. < [ \ / W IsUITS *1" HP to #4(»X ■\? I V\ SKIRTS ta»Bto#4oY W J JACKETS . *5 up to #ls } RAIN COATS *lO to »25 I fc SILK SHIRT W*IST SUITS. ilotos2s ( _ BILK COATS, new Eton effecU,|s to|2oj | Spring Wash Goods! | Rfr*. InHia linens, plain and fancy waistings, new cot- A A ton voiles inshf»n or fancy weaves, new ginghams, calicoes, > V madras. iwsuckers and shirtings. \% New Embroideries, Laces, and all overs —Notwithstanding the ad-1 I tvance in price# of all cotton fabrics, we are selling at the old prices. < > f OUR RECORD IS OUR GUARANTEE. { ( : Mrs. J. E. Zimmerman| V Pell Phone SOS. Rllt Jer. [ X People's Phono 126. XJUIJCA, I CI. «* x The Cyphers Incubator I gSSsSSjSjm WBL>~- is the original and | only genuine patent-dia- I phragm, non-moisture and I self ventilating incubator. £ , Winner of Oold Medal and Gl Highest Award the | |]l Pan-American Exposition, | ■ I October, 1901. The stan- | 11 dard hatcber of the world. 1 I Call and see this incuba- 1 I tor at the store of J. G. & W. CAMPBELL 210 SoutH Main Street, Butler, Pa. I Hi Merchant Tailor. ■ I Fall and Winter Suitings I ■ ( \ JUST ARRIVED. T 1 y I ■ 142 North Main St. vy | COOPER & CO., fine: tailorr Are r\ow occupying their ol<4 loceitiorx £*t corner of tLje Diamoi\d. Suit« from to ye —» —.. .> ji AI j -<ii^* j.. >i .■..■!»■ Subscribe for the CITIZEN |C. F. T. Pape, < iJEWELER IJ / 121 E. Jefferson Street. / Family j Reunions!; We often cause ourselves end- | less worry* and remorse by ncg i.-cting d • jittle thing. Get a g >-d of your family 1 and home rti.idc at yuur first op jj-jttur.iry We the best at $6.00 p-r 8v 10 inches and iju irante them permanent. Let j 111 <tiov.- »r. time to go out. The Butler F>yc Works ]\ < - Cir.fini™, Pressing.'. R. FISHER 1 We h'IVH removed our Marble and (Jrauite whops from comer of Main and ; Clay .struts to No ?'i«) N. Main street, j (opposite W. D. Brandon's residence), 1 where we will bf pleaded to nie<-t our I cuaton-er* with (i/'irts that are ritf'it on Monuments & Headstones of all kinds and ire ai*o prepared 0 4>ive best Iron Fence. Flower Vases etc.. as we have secured Ihe sole agency from the Stewart Iron Works of Cin cinnati, Ohio, for this town and vicinity. P. H. Sechler HiMianEiSTEH STANDS FOR HARMONY— Whv)? Should you bny your piano or organ now. because. We are closing out our bi« stock at factory prices lloffin-in (slightly d>'iimKed in shipping) |250. Bcnfley fsliiib'lj'-sVif'pwornl |125 A. L. Chase organs (good as new), These and lots of others at similar figuies, Ciju.e and aee them. Pittsburg Organ & Piano Co.. Butler Branch Old P O- Bldg., JOHN C. DICKSON. Mgr HORSES For Sale! I have for sale at my barn, one mile East of Prospect, on the Unionville road, one team of heavy horses, eight and four years old, 1300 and 1100, both good sound horses. Call and see them H. M. WEST, Prospect, Pa. DANAMA W r CANAL. Hend ao centH. sliver or stamps, und rccei v )>r return rnall a nice WAI.L MAP of the NEW KKI'I'HI/IC of PANAMA. Kpec'ally interest Ink ut liiis time and for uisiny years to come. Hung It uu in your home or office WHITE TODAY. Jas L. Foote. Slatington, Penn'a 244 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. A SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTING CONDUCTED BY EXPERTS. 1 WF TFACH S9<>*keculng, Desk Practice I ** L Higher Aci<)untlii(t, Audit ing Hhortliand and Typewrltlna Coc.mercial I Arltlimettc. Uupld Ituslnrss Wrjlina, Orna mental Penmanship, etc RFCIINNFRS Ptefurnd. we have hud DlAlinncno mHny ilu( , ents coine U) UM srltcr taking up the Htudy of bookkeeping from a te*t-hook, and the Htudy of short- 1 hand with Inexperienced teachers, and we find that beginners are more successful. | Start Right and You Will Not Have ] to Unlearn. 1 BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, MAtt< II IT, ICOI SINCE 1893 I began bnsiuess u 1893 Who would then Lave predate 1 the great advance iu wealth "hat has sinc-» taken place? Bat I tell yon. tbe coining yea is will lit at it out of ci.^lit. Get into the push with those who nre to reap the of the country's advance. I will carry yon on 5 per cent, margins. ESTABLISHED 1898. 8. M. Weaver Stools and BiHds 223 fourth five: e, PITTSBURG. Local office, 213 S. ;n St. ButUr, J A. EEYKOIDf, Mar ge\ l v - -nTTrnajg^WMffP™ "l i j Indigestion, I Dyspepsia I can be cored bj 8 Try it and if it j 1 doesn't help you we I will pay back your | I money. Johnston's j 'PHARMACY, | 106 K, Main St. I E CONCERTS PIANOS Everything Musical. Address -j| Arthur Love. KfjBBER S MUSIC HOUSE. ;21-223 Fifth Ave Pittsburg, Pa Don't Know That? That Stef n'« Creamtry and Milk depot at the rear of 417 Sonth Main street is in operation? WELL, IT IS! And if yon want Rood Milk, Cream. Creamery Butter or Bnt fer tnilk, call and see us or watch for our wagon. People's Phone 435 Bell Phono 265. ASK YOUR GROCER for Steen's Boiled Cider in quart jars We guarantee mr products pure and free from any adulteration. J. H. STEEN'S CREAMERY. Binding of Books Is our occupation. We put our entire time to studying the best and latest methods of doing our work. I) you are thinking of having some work done in this line I am sure you will be well pleased if you have it done at Tbe Butler Book Bindery, W. W. AMON, Prop. Opp Court {Tonga M. A. BERKIMER, Funeral Director. 245 S. MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA. HUGH L. CONNELLY, Whoiesale Dealer in Fine Whiskies For Medicinal Purposes, Belt Phone 278 People's Phone 578. ,316 East Jefferson Street ' Butler, P/> Hi/ Co " ZYZ'JP fopf Bc'.trr than hoi.ey for less ■» Bt n-.or.tv. Nutiilious as well <H £5 a> deixious. At grocers, £' j 10c, 25c, and 50c t:ns. 'bM COH'4 PRODUCTS CO.. |sf;w Yark a.-d Chicago. Drying preparations suri . . op dry catarrh; they dry up the set-ii which adhere to the membrane r.n-1 ■ • pose, causing afar more fccfi'vqitr ■ . the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoii' iug inhalants, fuuics, smokes at;d . I and use that which cleatse*, K»>otl.i. heals. Ely's Cream Balm is such » tvir.edy and will euro catarrh or cold in the head easily and pleasantly. A trial siza wiil be mailed for 10 cents." All druggists sell the 50c. size. Ely Brothers 5G Warren St.. N'.Y. j | io liajia cures without pain. (Jots net irritate or cause Buee-riiig, It spreads l'-eif over an irritated and angry*surface, reliev ing immediately the painful inflammation. \Yith Ely's Cream lJti' m you tra aimed against Nasal Catarrh and liay fever. Ep Rheumatism, Cold in Chest, Sore Muscles, Stiff Joints, |J Q « USE OVta FIFTY YEARS." t| Uh CS'JCC'STS. 255, BCc, tI.CO. Bj ? 2® jm' ////A \ A FINE BABY. Never frets even when teething. trait Mails Kcliel The Babe's Digestive Tonic. An absolute cure for Slimy Bowels, Oiarrliea, Griping, Colic, Cholera Infan ;uni, and all bowel troubles common to Infants. The Mother's Friend. Pleasant to take. Fc r further information address, VICTOR REMEDIES CO., I-'rcderick, Maryland For sale at Reed's -lurmscy Dr. Humphreys. After fifty years Dr. Humphreys' Specifics enjoy tho greatest popularity and largest salo in their history, due to intrinsic merit. They euro tlio sick, no. CUBES. nucES. 1 —Frvrra. Congestions, Inflammations. ,'i<S 2—Worms, Worm Fever, Worm Colic... . I JS {J—Ter'.liliiu. Collo, Crying, Wakefulness .25 4—Diarrhea, of Children or Ailults 23 7—4'OUKIII, Colds, Bronchitis 25 H—\eurnli;ln. Toothache, Faceacbe 23 9—Headache, Sick Headache, Vertigo.. .'2-> 10—Dy»pcp»ln. Indigestion. W«;ak Stomach.'2s II —Suppressed or l'alnfu I Periods--.. .2.5 1 2 —While s. Too Profuse Periods 23 13—Croup. Lnrmllh. Hoarseness 23 I t-Knit Ilheiim. Erysipelas, Eruptions.. .23 15—Itlieumntlxin. Hheumatlc Pains '2-1 16—Malaria. Chills, Fever and Ague 25 19—Catarrh. Influenza, Cold In the Head .25 20— Whooplnc-Cough .25 2T—Kidney Disease* 23 2H—Xervous Oehllllv t.OU 30—Urinary Hrikntu, Wetting Bed.. .23 7T—Urlp, Hay Fever 23 Bold by druggists, or sent on receipt of price. 0o - Or. Humphreys' New Pocket Manual of all Diseases mailed free. Humphreys' Medicine Co., Cor. William and John Bts„ New York. Eyes Examined Free of Charge R. L. KIRKPATRICK, Jeweler and Graduate Optician Next Door to Court Hons •. Butler, I'o. NOTICE TO TAXABLES. A Court of appeals for the differeut townships and boroughs will be held at the office of the County Commissioners, Butler. Pn.. on the following dates:— Monday, March 14—Allegheny, Ven ango and Marion twps.. and Ean CI tire boro Wednesday. March !i! Mercer and Slipperyrock twps, liarrisvillo atid Slipperyrock horeis. Friday, March IS Cherry and Wash ington twps. ami Bruin boro. Monday, March 21 -Parker and Fair view twps., Petrolia, Fairview and Karns City l>oroH Wednesday, March 2.'! Concord, Clay and Centre twps Friday. March 25 -Brady and Worth twps., and West I.ibertv lioco Monday, March 2H —Mnddycreek and Franklin tw[>s., Portersville and Prcs pect beiros. Wednesday. March :iil Oakland and Donegal twps., and Millerstown Intro. Friday, April 1 --Summit and Cl»»ar* field twps. Monday, April 4 Connoqnenessing and Lancaster twps , ami Connoqenos slng boro. Wednesday, April 6—Jackson and Cranberry twps., and Zelienople boro. Friday.April H—Harmony and Evans burg fcoros, and Forward twp Monday, April 11—Penn and Jeffer son twps., and Saxonbnrg Ixiro Wednesday, April 13 Win field and Buffalo twps Friday, April 15 Clinton «;j.l Mid dlesex twp!'. *!cniiHy\ April in Adams twp., Mars and Valencia boros. Wednesday. April 20 Butler twp. Friday, April 22 First ward, Butler boro. Monday, April 25 wecond ward, But l«r ! ■uiv. Wednesday, April 27—Third watd, Butler boro. Friday, April 2»--fourth w«rd But ler boro. Mondiy, May 2—Fifth ward, Butler bora Assessors are requested to be present on the day of appeal for their district. J L PATTERSON. ROBERT Mi CLUNO. (i IiEER Mc CAN I)LESS, Attest: (.VJUIIJI ihsioners. J. C Kiskaddon, Clerk. CociuiisnJuuers' <»tttce, Butler Pa., Feb. 2U, I<X)4. . t vfH-.vv | SHORTY - , T , 1 1 MAHAN'S | ! PASSING f ! 2 1 J Copyright, 1:03. by T. C. McClure + •{"•><- •**•}-*> t<**} <•+ v ■; ;--j* It is very obvious, of course, that his first name was not Shorty: but, what Is not so ob* ious. his last na:i.e was not Mahan. The name the rector pronounc ed when t<e >.tui«i before the font with the wriggling Infant In his arms was Jefferson Douglass Jerrold. They were a finr old family, the Jerrolds. with an abundance of heirloom s !ver, faded u. cjtrv! portraits, ou.; of them a Cop ley, aud enough fauill,» pt'lue tp sink 4 *lilp. When Jefferson l>oug!ass had grown Into a short, thick set youth, with sandy red hair and a mobile face, which effectually concealed his thoughts and eme: :":is. tie family con?: 'll set about to choose a career for him > h would do credit lu the silver, the iioi 1 - tr.dts uinl the family pride. Ills fa ther's mind was divided between medi cine aiul the law. His mother made her gentle arguments for the ministry. Jefferson Douglass went to college- with his mobile face as inscrutable as ever, but with linn determination to choose his own caleei'. The exact moment when he decided what that career should be was that October afternoon whan Michael Ryan, athletic trainer and ex-middleweight, rose groggily from the floor of the gym nasium and rubbed the point of his jaw In a dazed fashion. Itefore him, unlacing the boxing gloves which In cased his hands, stood a short, thick set young man with sandy red hair and an impassive fuce. Ryan pulled off his own gloves and extended his band, which the other shook gravely. "If 1 could hit like that," said Kyau, "I wouldn't be here. Man, I could make a wonder of you In a year's time." That was why Jefferson Douglass cut short his course at college, where, to tell the truth, he was not succeeding tremendously along prescribed lines, and, in u stormy interview at home, announced his Intention to seek bis fortune in the world in his own way and by his own efforts. How those efforts were to be directed he neglected to state, but when the identity of Shorty Mahan, the newly arrived stel- "IF You'ia, PERMIT ME," HK BAID, "I'Lli OKT THE KITTEN." lar attraction in the lightweight class, was tinally forced upon his unwUlUiK family and their suspicious fear be came bitter truth his father swore roundly, and his mother looked long at the ancestral portraits, especially the Copley, and wept. For three years Shorty Mahan en joyed a series of brilliant ring victories, which made his name a household word iti the sporting world and added very materially to the foundation of his for tune. Then it was announced that the fight between Mahan and Hilly DevlQo of the l'acilic coast for the lightweight championship of tho world had tinally been arrauged to be pulled off In a well known sporting club In the east; that the purse had been put up, the articles of agreement signed by both men and the forfeits posted. Just two weeks after this announce ment Shorty Mahan, with his trainers, his sparring partner, his rubbers aud his bull terrier, took up his abode In a little cottage on the shore of Freshwa ter lake, prepared for the monotonous three months of training which was to lit hiui for the tight of Ills life. Freshwater Uke was a charming bit of water but half a mile from Thora ton village and a scant ten miles from the club where the fight would take place. Shorty Mahan upon his arrival looked the place over, grinned his do light and entered upon bis training with a vengeance. The trouble began one May evening just at sunset as Mahan and Jim De laney, his sparring partner, were re turning from n ten mile run along the country roads. They bad reached the village and were Jogging ensily along the elm lined streets when Mahan ***• tlced a young woman standing beneath a cherry tree and calling In tones of coaxing anxiety to an Angora kitten which sulked among the branches at the top of the tree. He stopped short and turned into the yard. "If you'll permit me," he said, doffing his cup, "I'll get the kitten for you." "Oh, If you would be so good," sultl the j;lrl, flashing becomingly. In another moment Shorty Mahaa's red head was pmong the topmost branches, and then, with the kitten in his nr HIS, he slid deftly to the ground. "Gee!" said Delaney when Shorty joined liiiti outside the fence, "i'retty nifty, wasn't she?" Shorty wheeled on him suddenly. "Jim," he said shortly, "that was a lady, lteniomber It, If you please." Anil then he cut out a pace for the training quarters which landed Delaney tliero perspiring and well nigli blown. Delanuy remembered afterward that it wiiit directly after the kitten affair tlu't Mahau began to behave rather strangely. lie Insisted un taking his* tinily run quite alone. He found or In vented numerous errands which took Mm to the village, and lie went there nlone also. Every Sunday night pre cisely at 7 he slipped off for a quiet walk by himself, so he said. The weeks went past, anil the time of the flKht approached. Instead of In creasing Interest in his training Shorty's real showed unmistakable sinus of Having. IManey begged and the trainer threatened, but Shorty Ma lum could In- neither wheedled nor driven. The light was to take place on a Wednesday evening. The Kunday evening It Liulauigr aud L>aw k , . shadowed Shorty when he set out fr-iin the cottage. They followed hiui to the little church and stood be fore the uncurtained windows of the vostrv. Shorty entered and took a seat well (l inn in front, and even a* they a hyuin was started, in which Uicy could recognize Shorty's hoine mniie bass. Dawson, who was the head triii'ier, gasped. " '.Member the kitten I told you aboutDelaney whispered. "Well, I've found out that the girl was the par- n's daughter." "Humph!" Dawson grunted, and they s : r. "d back. When Shorty returned to quarters Dv-li.il' y was waiting for him. "Now. about this prayer meeting bu. ii!' ss. Shorty," Dawson began. Shorty's eyes flashed tire. "If you fellows have beeu shadowing me there's likely to be a rough house ! lie said. He stood glaring about him for a moment, then turned on his heel and went to bed. There have been many vague theories ad.:;nc.d and many absurd stories clr cula'cd as to why the Mahan-Devlrje n ver took pia--o £,.n,a will tell >o-.i Shorty Mahan was terror stricken ut the- h-.-t moment. Others affirm he W • paid a liberal sum to forfeit the fli i.t to Dcvine. The real reason, set forth in a letter by Shorty himself, Is in the p ise~-sion of Jim Delaney. It came ihe morning of the figl)ti J!::1 it > all off. You Know I have ,-j'ten said that if I was ever defeated I'd r.tver tight again. Well. I lost this flcht before it began. Clean knockout—by a v. Oman too. We were married last night beneath the tr<.e where I caught the kit tan. I'm out of it tor good, Jim. Aud that is why Shorty Mahan faded from the eyes of an admiring public and also why Jefferson Douglass Jer rold is custodian of the family pride, the silver aud the ancestral portraits, one of which is a Copley, A Slight Mlxcunceptlon. Under the subtle influence of the new world the foreigner becomes a good citizen, willing to do his duty by town and state n:iJ to extend it In time of n d to his adopted country. But he does not always grasp the eutire polit ical scheme. Angt |o, a newly naturulla cd Italian citizen, lived, says the Brook lyn Kngle, in one of a row of neat little cottages built by a man of philanthrop ic nature In a factory town. The cottages had pretty front yards that faced on a street as nicely kept as n parkway. Before each gate was un ornamental hitching post. One evening when on a rent collecting tour the philanthropic landlord found one of the posts torn up aud thrown Into the street. Angelo lived In the house to which the post belouged. "Angelo," said the landlord, "how came that post to be torn up?" "Me teara him up," Angelo answered. "Me no wauta de pole. He costa too inucha mom" Aud, turniug to his wife, Angelo commanded, "Brlnga de little pape." Obedient Mrs. Angelo brought the paper, which turned out to be a poll tax notice. "Lookn disa," said Angelo, passing tlie notice to Ills landlord. "Dey niaka me pay de doll' for de pole. De pole he 110 k(kkl to me—me liava no horse. Me no paya de doll'. Me diga de pole up and t'row him away." KiiihnrraaiNmcnt of Scats. I live in one of tin? suburbs, and the train on which I ride to the city is gen erally crowded. The other day, how ever, an extra car was put oil, and when I got aboard there were many vacant scats. I noticed when I sat down that every man who got aboard looked around as if he didn't know just where to sit. One old fellow in par ticular attracted my attention. He first took a seat near the door. Then he got up and started toward the middle of the car, but Anally, after a good deal of hesitating, he went back and seated himself near tlie place he had decided upon first. Still he wasn't satisfied, lie looked at the vacant seats around him and several times seemed to be In clined to change over to one of them. Now 1 have seen this man hundreds of times scramble upon the cars when they were well tilled and rush for the first seat he could get, but never befors had I seen him exhibit so much uneasi ness and dissatisfaction. When the car is crowded he Is glad to find room to nit down anywhere. At such times hs doesn't stop to sec whether the vacant seat is ut the end or in the center or on the right or left side. He Just taken It and is tickled at his luck. The more a man gets the more he wants and the less Is he satisfied with what he has. Chicago Record-Herald. Mixlrra Method of Tool Itppnlrlna:. Every engineer la now familiar with the fact that in all modern works of any size the making and repairing of tools Is managed by a special depart ment of the works. The "good old days" when a gang of men would stand In line waiting for their turn at the grindstone have gone by. In a modern shop when u tool needs grinding It la scut to the tool department, and anoth er one, all ready for use. Is obtained at once. It la easy to sec how much more eco nomical such a method is, for the prep aration of tools is kept in the hands of people who are doing nothing else and who are necessarily much more expert than the general workman would be, while the latter docs not waste time In waiting for a turn at the grindstone.— Cassier's Magazine. (l»r E»t«f». Consumption of earth as food Is said tq bo common not only in China, New Caledonia and New Guinea, but In the Malay archipelago as well. The testi mony of many travelers in the orient Is that the yellow races are especially addicted to the practice. In Java and Kumatru the clay used undergoes a pre liminary preparation, being mixed with water, reduced to a paste and the sand and other hard substances removed. The clay is tbeu formed Into small cakes or tablets about as thick as a lead pencil and baked In an iron sauce pan. When the tablet emerges from this process it resembles a piece of dried pork. The Javanese frequently cat small figures roughly modeled from clay which resemble animals or little mi>n turned out in pastry shops. Tlie First l(nlluH) Trip. The first locomotive was built by G«-orge Stephenson for the Stocktou and Darlington railway. The first rail way Journey took place Sept. 27, 1825, anil it is on record that the tire was so •veil fed that tlie chimney of tlie loco motive been me nearly rot\ hot; but, though the engine was uio't boisterous ly skittish, the Journey was safely ac complished, the engineer being Stephen* sun himself. The train consisted of six loaded wagons, a passenger carriage, twenty-one trucks fitted with seats and six wagons filled with coals. The num ber of passengers was 150. On the re turn Journey they Increased over 000, many of them "hanging •" tin- wagons In a state of delight, suspense and even four " AX HANDLES. Ilenet or Sup n'ond Csrvd mr Straljjht—llxnulua ike Am. When buying an ax liandle always select one tl»t la made entirely from the aap wood or the heart wood, but never one that la made partly of each, for It will split along the line of union. Handles made from sap wood are more elastic and better for chopping, and a man will not tire or get sore so quick ly when using one, says an Orange Judd Farmer correspondent I prefer those made from the heart wood for splitting, although they are not so durable. The proper length and curve of the handle depend upon the habit and method of chopping of the user. With a long handle u man will strike a much harder blow, hut with a short handle he will strike so there is practically no difference la the work accomplished. The curve, too, depends upon the habit of the user. A curved handle !<«■ no advantage over the one that la per fectly straight Most people prefer the curved because they are accustomed to its use. As a rule, the straight han dle is more durable. The size of the handle depends upon the muscular de velopment of the user. If it Is too small it will cramp the fingers, and If too large it will lame the hands and wrists. If one will examine the end of a piece of wood he will see that It is made of layers, each layer represent ing the growth of one year. Wood splits much more easily along these lines than across them; hence when mlj AX HANDLES AND AXES. selecting an ax handle always choose one in which the layers are parallel with the line of force, as shown In Fig. 1. If they are at right angles, as In Fig. 2, a few days' use will cause the handle to split along the dotted lines shown. The difference In quality In this respect Is so marked that many dealers sort their handles and make the price of one about double that of the other. In hanging an ax considerable at tention should be paid to the kind of work which is to be done. For small wood hang an ax pointing In, as shown in Fig. 3. For very large trees bang it squarely across or at right angles to the handle, and for splitting, especial ly block wood, hang it out according to Fig. 4. This gives one a chance to strike a heavy blow squarely across the block, using the whole bit of the ax, and without making a tiresome bend of the back with every blow. The relative position of the blade and handle tnny be changed by inserting a small wedge In the eye of the ax, ei ther above or below the handle, as oc casion may require. Cheap Shelter For Sheep. A cheap shelter will do for sheep In winter. An open shed facing the souUi and east on a high piece of ground to let the water run away from the build ing is the best. This is an ideal place to winter sheep. A tight board fence as a windbreak Is better than a barn cellar or basement A shed made of spruce -boughs would answer the pur pose well, but room enough must be provided. Sheep know very little. They should nlwuys have at least twice as much room as they would need If they were more Intelligent. We need no fe<Hl racks. The clean snow Is an Ideal place to feed a sheep hay. Move the well shaken hay a little farther out each feed, and at every storm begin back at the shed, and always feed on clean snow. If you have a few roots, feed them whole. If you do not con fine the sheep In a yard, and you should not. you need not lwther about water. If they can always have clean snow, they will eat that and thrive, but with out clean snow they suffer for want of water quicker than any other animal, says a New England Homestead cor respondent. Rrhoea From (he Press. When scalding a hog put It in a cask or trough and throw three or four hatulfuls of air slaked lime over It then put In your boiling water. It will make the bristles fly, says an Orange Judd Farmer correspondent. Cannibals of Africa are said to pre fer pork to human meat. Savage prac tices have thus been checked by cul tural methods, and the pig attracts at tention as the greatest clvliizer of the age. Fourteen ounces of pins welded into a solid mass were found In a cow's stomach at one of the Chicago packing houses. That cow must have been full of good points. This going to a farm for a living Is serious business, with the chances kgalnst any one who thinks that farm ing Is a soft Job or an easy business to learn. Farmers In sentiment occupy a mid dle ground between capital and labor, with little sympathy for the method wt either. Turc food laws should not be objec tionable to the honest citizen, while the practices of Uie dishonest clans Atiould be chicked by legislation. Farmers who fall to read regularly think In ruts. Illustrated Ills System. It was a habit of the wise French man Arago to look during his lectures nt the young man who appeared the dullest of the students, and when he perceived that this one understood he knew all the others did. Once in a drawing room he had Just explained this habit of Ills to some friends, when a young man entered antl saluted him familiarly. "But to whom have I the honor of speaking?" asked the scientist. "Why, Professor Arago, you do not know me? I always attend your lec tures. anil you never take your eyes off of me the whole time." A Trrlng llanqnet. A Japanese banquet is especially try ing for a foreigner. I'ollteness demands that you should make a separate ex cuse for each dish that you cannot eat. This Is not the slightest use, for as you get into your rickshaw the mous mee who has waited on you hands you a pile of white wooden boxes In which she has carefully packed everything that yon could not eat for you to take home to your family, and etiquette de mands that you should take them, though you give them to your rickshaw boy as soon as you are out of sight No. 10. DON'T ALWAYS SEE SNAKES ' Btllrlaa Trtani Pat lasts Oftaa H«T» PIMMK Hallucinations. The generally accepted belief that when a man la suffering from delirium tremens be sees snakes In bis boots was dispelled by a hospital superin tendent, who says he bas observed thousands of cases. He declares that be never encountered one patient who Imagined that he saw serpents, but that, on the contrary, the hallucina tions of soma of tbeui are very happy. He said that it was customary in the local hospitals treating such cases to keep the men fresh from prolonged sprees in a general room, where they are allowed to play card- or other game* and engage in convert srion with one another. For misery i.kes com pany. He relates as an ill narration of the freaks of men so deranged the case of a bartender who was happily play ing cards in this general room, seem ingly at peace with all the world and to the average person perfectly free from liquor. The man suddenly began to tell a story, laughing heartily as be did so. He said that he bad Just served i two gentlemen with drinks of whisky and that when he turned to restore the bottle to the shelf bis two guests dis appeared as though by magic. He had : turned bat an instant but the empty glasses were all that was left to Indi cate that any one had been there. The bartender said that he leaned over the bar to see If the men had hidden there to avoid payment and that be could not see them, but that to satisfy himself he had stepped around the bar to the front. "Do you know," said be, relating the ■tor?, "that those fellows had shrunk to little bits of fellows not more than alx Inches tall, and they were engaged In a spirited argument over who should pay? As I walked up to them one of thoee little fellows leaped Into my right pocket and the other jumped into my left trousers pocket and, do you believe It, try as much as I would I could not dislodge them." As the old habitues of the tremens department of the hospital listened to this story, relates the superintendent, they looked knowingly at one nnotber and quietly walked to a drainpipe passing through the room and rigor ously rapped on it It was a signal for the attendants below, who came in with handcuffs and removed the story telling bartender to the "booby hatch" below, a name they have given to the padded cell in which recalcitrant men erased from liquor are thrust for their own protection and for that of all con cerned. The hospital superintendent told me that that fellow was raving ilka a mad bull within half an hour and that for three days they despaired of his life. He said that in their rav ing condition the victims believed that some one was pursuing them and that to all intents and purposes tbey were maniacs, the only cure for which was sleep, Induced by more liquor. He said, however, that the premonitory signs of approaching madness were always some queer speech, such as that of the bartender.—Pittsburg Tost Where Meerschaum Cornea From. Meerschaum is a kind of clay. It is composed of magnesia and flint, with sometimes traces of iron and other min erals. All of it comes from the prov ince of Esklschla, in Asiatic Turkey. It has been dug out of the ground there for centuries, and the manner of pro curing it is to this day extremely prim itive. The material is found in lumps of all sorts of shapes and sizes. The mines extend underground to a depth of thirty feet and are aired and kept dry by windmills. There are ten dlf- ferent qualities distinguished. The dis covery of the usefulness of the process of boiling in wax was made by acci dent. Imitation meerschaum Is manu factured from chips left over from the carving. They are ground Into a pulp, treated chemically and finally pressed into the shapes desired. Every one knows that pipes made out ot. the counterfeit will not color. The Proper Amonnt of Sleep. A proper amount of sleep Is, of couree, absolutely essential to continued good health, but If dietetic habits are cor rect It is a matter which will regulate Itself. If a rule Is needed, one will fol low naturally from the fact that al most every one feels languid on wak ing and Is disposed to take another nap, no matter how long he has been sleep ing. This la a morbid sensation which it would take too long to explain here. It Is enough to say that lack of sleep should be made up. If possible, at the beginning and not at the end. The best general rule Is to rise at a given hour every morning, whether tired or not, and go to bed when sleepy.—ltoger 8. Tracy in Century. Admiral Brnf'a Fate. On March 14, 1757, Admiral John Byng, having been adjudged guilty of cowardice In not lighting the French off Minorca, was shot to death. He was a victim of party hatred really. The British government found Itself In bad odor with the public because of its fail ure to protect Minorca and took Byng as a scapegoat. He hod done the best he could with the bad ships and sup plies lie had. When he found the French in force nt Minorca he retired Instead of trying to fight their large fleet with his own miserable squadron. But he was shot Just the same. A Cheerful Caatom. In certain back country districts at England on Jan. 1, which Is called Childermas, every child Is soundly spanked before breakfast. The date li supposed to be the anniversary of the actual day upon which Herod slew the innocents. Therefore, to keep the memory of the slaughter fresh In the minds of the rising generation, sub ■cribers to the ancient customs are hidden to whip their children before Ibey rise ou the morning of that day. Yl«» Got Stout. A Scotchman paid n visit to London to Inspect the electric npparatus of that city, with a view to its introduc tion In iiis native town. On his return his wife exclaimed: "I>eor me, Jamie! That trip has dune ye a power of guld. Hoo stoot ye hae gotten. I hope ye did as I telt ye and put on ane o' the dlz «en clean shirts that I gied ye every day." "Oh, aye, Elisabeth," was the reply, "I did Just as ye said—put on ■I clean shirt every day, an' I hae tbem a' on noo." No Heaven Bent Mob For Hlaa. At an evangelistic service at Glasgow the other day the preacher nt the end of his address cried, "Now, all you good people who menu to go to heaven with me. stand up:" With a surge of enthu siasm the audience sprang to their feet nil but on old Scotchman In the front row, who sat still. The horrified evan gelist wrung his hands and, addressing him. said. "My good man. ray good man. don't you want to go to heaven?" Clear and deliberate came the answer, "Aye, A win gongin. but no wl' a pair eonally conducted palrty!"—St Jamee Gazette.
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