VOL. XXXXI. r»3K» ****** sexxxx&ae ! MODISH MILLINER if MAGNIFICENTLY MADE IS EASTER MiLUNERY OPENING. $ ——THE MODERN STORE- J Yon cordially ■invitwi to attend onr third grrand spring opening. jJj Thursday, Friday and Saturday. March 24th, 25th and 26th. Tj Thi* rtore has made a success of its Jlillmery Department, and tbi* « year we have ont<lone ourselves. "Onward" has been onr motto, but we hare been carefnl not to pnt onr prices so high that we conld only •ell yoo one time . Ca We are showing the woet comprehensive and exclusive array of head- ■> gear ever shown in Bntler. Copies of the best American and foreign milliners. and we claim withont fear of contradiction, to have the best P equipped millinery department, and to employ the highest skill known to Uk R the art. ~ , All we aak i* yoor kind consideration and inspection of onr display. R and if onr exhibits and prices do not appeal to yoo tben we ii we over- OT u rated oar ability to please a discriminating and fair-minded public rtk K Onr line of spring goods complete. Don t fail to inspect it also. C SEISLER-MARDOkF COMPANY, J U SOOTH MAI* STREET I tT%f\4 & S^n^" D ' \ Send in Your Mail Orders, £ 2 OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON'. BUTLER. PA. nets* s aeacflg* EYTH BROS. [Acrait from Farmers Nat. Bs»k.] Our Big Line of Spring Wall Papers are all in, and are the finest ever shown in Butler. Prices Are Low. . . Big Lot of Bcom Mouldings and Window Blinds. . EYTH BROS. gMrs. I. E. ZIMMERMAN ! » NEW FOR SPRING > 1904 < » ' k Ladies' fine tailor«made* ( ( * *Yk* i3uk Suits. Ladies' fine tailor-V < > Jj-K in f. made Jackets, Ladies' fineV *'; . k %O- Ijvwt I tailor-made Rain Coats, { 1 V \. db a^'c3 ' ne tailor-madeV y n\T Sc P aralc Dress Skirts,V V fl \ i Ladies' fine tailor madeV i 111 Bm? Walking X 11 Si I Waists and Shirt Waist Sui(s ( y \\ \ / i\\ »IJIT« $lO qp to S4O , f> i ?\ sfcimH letftoftoV I) U L AV JA< KKT* ISnptotlSO V fLS Vl/i RAW COAT* #!o t'> ♦-•*>, , \* SILK BBIKTWAJST SUITS. *lO to »2.v > j I -:: t SILK <JOATS, ».ew Eton effects,!.'* yNew Spring Wash Goods;! J > New white grt/i*. India linens, plain and fincy waitings, new coH > J ,ion voiles io plain or fancy weaves, new ginghams, calicoes, chintzes, ( l madras seersuckers and shirtings. CI New Embroideries, Lace*, and all overs —Notwithstanding the ad 1 I J , vance in prices of all cotton fabrics, we are selling at the old prices. A ( V RECORD IS OUR GUARANTEE. ( ( : Mrs. J. E. Zimmermani ! | WyEM; la. Butler, Po. ,j > I sl ; >CX>OOOCOOOOOOOOO< Kxy y The Cyphers Incubator H" It • the original and IC only genuine patent-dia |n |p self ventilating incubator, gg Winner of Oold Medal and WL Highest Award at the Pan-American Exposition, m October, 1901. The Stan ly dard hatcber of the world. 9v Call m tor at the store of r J. G. & VV. CAMPBELL 210 South Vain Street, Butler, Fa. I p Merchant Tailor. 17 I I Fall and Winter Suitinns J I I Q I COOPER pq„ FIN TAILORS. Are now occupying their old loc«tior\ fit corner of Diamorid. I Suits froni Ut Subscribe for the CITIZEN THE BUTLER CITIZEN. ]C. F. I. Pape,| I IJEWELER-L | J J / 121 E. Jefferson Street. / F aiTiily I Reunions! We often cause ourselves end less worry and remorse by neg f lecting to do some little thing. Get a good picture of your family and h >me made at your first op portunity We make the best at $6.00 per dozen BxJO inches and i'uiratt'ee them permanent. Let us <<now ; n t.me to go out. The Butler Dye Works » J \ eing. <!i«:aninq, Pressing. R. FISHER REMOVAL We hive rnnore'l onr Marble and firariite nhojiH from oirusr of Main and Clav Htrw-t* to N'o 300 X. Main (*tr»-«-t, (opV'mWt W. I>. Brandon's nfKidrnc*), where «*-<• will t>e plt; i--:d to iuw t our cm-knurr* witb Hi<nres that are rin'it on Monuments & Headstones of all kinds and ire also prepared to best figures on Iron Fence. Flower Vases etc.. r.n we have aeenred the sole agency ftoin the Stewart Iron Works of Cin dmiHti.Ohio, fur thin town arid vicinity. P. H. Sechler IIISTKHMKI4TKH STAJIH KIIH I(AItM->SV Whv)? ; Should you bny youx piaflo or now. secause. Wf are closinK ont our biK utock at factory prices #l7} ilottiunn (oliKhtly dam ij<ed in Nhiptiing; fBiJO B«ntley '(•lightly Hbopworn; sl2s A- ' J Cl(a8« ort<ao* («ood as rii'Wj %n. These and lot* of others at thnilar figures. Come arid see them, Pittsburg Orqan 4 PiaqQ Co, But<er Branca @'d H 0 Bidg., 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 J l,cavy oorstjs, eight and four years old, 1300 and 1100, both good soiled horses. Call and see them H. M. WEST, prospect, l*a 4?% DAMAMA rc'ANAU, henrt sa<;t:,t(tv 'iUv'-U'it un'l MI >;ilw Wf fiftyru mall n nice WAI.I, MAI' of the VEW KKI'l'HMi; of I'ASAMA. Mpir'ull* lnt< i< *t Inn ut ihU lime and for many y<*ur* to com# 11-iria I' uo In »<>nr home or ofllni WHITE T(J|>AV. Jas. L. Footc. Slatlnoton, Penn'a CALL'S 244 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. A SCHOOL OP ACCOUNTING CONDUCTED RV J U Wt* TliACMU' <tAkrr,, i' !n «^' , '"' k rju ' l«1WII A''"»n»llf.K. A ti(IU ! Inic ffhorOiftpd ami i f C^gi.UH'fCial | AflU.rnHl.-, Mupld UnMmui VVrMlnii. oViia mental I'I>IIHIIII'»IIIu, i.tc, BKIINNf kS l» r ''f'-rri-d. ». hi.»r I.aul DMIIWII.no „ miiy Ul u< uft«r inUlnif up the »i tidy of IKM,UU< < plna fnilli a te*t-t*«.k, and Mil- nludy of niton tmriil will, I n»- * rl.iM.-.l (.■•••■' , Hull that I,•■*!'.i ... ,««,f| 4 ,. Ki,ait Xtight»nd Yon Will Not Have to Unltata SINCE 1893 I began business n 1S!»3. Who wonld then have predicted the irreat advance in wealth That has since taken place? But I tell you. tbe coaling years will beat it ont of si^ht. Get into tlit- push .vith those who nre aoinsr t i rt-ap the fatness of the countryV advancr. I will carry yon on 5 per rent, margins. ESTABLISHED 185 W. R. M. Weaver Stocks and Bonds 223 Foarllj PITTSBURG. Local office. 213 S. Main St. Butler, J A. REYNOLDS, . Manager. Indigestion, Dyspepsia can be cired by J YiHbl Trj i! and if it | IdoesD't help you we will pay back your money. Johnston's; PHARMACY, 106 N, Main St, CONCERTS H PIANOS WM FverythiuK Miiitica). Address 'jß Arthur Love, jfl KLRBER-4 MUSIC HOUSE. S2l -223 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. Don't Know That? That Ste» IJ'H Creamery and Milk depot at the tear of 417 Houth Main afreet la in ojierationT WELL, IT \B\ 4od 11 yuu want good Milk Cream. Creamery Mutter v# Bqfttr milk, u'lli ntid «c(! oj op watch for People'* Phone 485 ltd] Phone 388. AHK YOUR GROCER for Hteen'i Polled Cider In ijnart jar* We guarantee jur prod net* pure and free from any sdnlteration. J. ft S'lLbM'S CKBAMGRY. binding of Books Is our occupation. Wc put our entire time to studying f.hy. best and late«t of* doing our worn, ft you are thinking of having some work done in this line I am sure you will be well pleased if yoi« hav* \t done at The Butler Boot Bioderj, w. w. AMON, Prop. Opp Conrt Ilonae. 4 BtHKIMER, Funeral Director. 245 S. MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA. HUGH L. CONNELLY, Wholesale Dealer In Fine For Mecjlclnal Purposes, Bell Phone 278 People's Phone 57R » *$ I Vl* 410 fcabi Jefferson Street BUTLER. PA BUTLER. PA, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1904. v 2fasal Catarrh quickly yields to treat ment by Ely 's Cream Balm, which is agree ably aromatic. It is received through the nostrils, cleanses and heala tha whole sur face over which it diffuses'itself. Druggists sell the 50c. size; Xri&L size by mail, 10 cents. Test ft and yoa are sure to coaUnue the treatment Announcement. To accommodate those who aro partial to the use of atomizers in applying liquids into the nasal passages for a:'arr/.nl tro-i --! Net, the proprietors prepare Cream Calm in liquid form, which will be known as Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Trice including the spraying tnl)6 is 75 cents. .Druggists or by I mail. The liquid form embodies the | icinal prop ;rt;es of .he solid p-f paratio:i. FOURFOLD LINiiSflT, pi For Sore Muscles, ■ \A Pain in Back, Sore Throat' f and Sprrins. i - - .. - Health, Riches, Happiness. j No more "Blues", Tired Feelinjr, j Nervousness, Sleeplessness. No more Headaches, Constipation, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Rhcum.t tism, Sallow Complexion. Chi'l*. Colds, Female Troubles, Ect —th results of a torpid Liver and poor, thin Blood. Victor Liver Syrup, the Great Liver and Blood Purifier, makes you well from ailments an< keeps you well. Correspondence solicited. VICTOR REMEDIES CO., Fredeiick, Ma. ylau i For sale at Reed's Fhermacy ir BOOK MAILED FREE. *.<, IFKVEIW, • oimr.tlou*, iNltamma ixiiKM (ilona. I.IIIIU WllhV»'«r. n. n.jM'ItAIM, I'YVfi > ICilittllhfttUlll. t THROAT, Quinay. Eplxootir, (X-KKH S I»latrmprr. CTi£if WORMH - CrnlM. K. K. j I'OI'OIIB Col<W f nlui-nt*, laltamM ct'run S l.uniia, I'triirn-I'iiruimnil* F. V. {COLIC, |lrll»«rhr. Wlud-Ulown. tvuHH j Dinrrhm, Ilyrntrry, U.O. Crrtenu MIM AltltlAUK. juiuL j HII»>EV d Hf.'-DIHCH DIIWRDERH. |.|, l*Kl\ DIHBAMBH, Eruptions. CJnica J t Iwr*. UrriM, Fi»r«*y. J. K.MUD fOWIITIOV HtmrUts 4'omt, CUttCH > indi'{nation, Mlomarli hlnuwrm. 60c. nru h; Htatilo Cam, Ten Specifics, IVK»k, Jtc., $7. At rlruKKlAtM, or wnt pr«-pal<l on rw*?ipt of yfl'VA, Humphreys' Mwliclno Co., Cor. 6 John fltfeU, Now York, t'yrjs Examined Free of Charge R. L. KIRKPATRICK, Jeweler and Graduate Optician N. At Door to Con it Horn ■, Ilnt'.er, IV NOTItSb TO TAXABLES. A iloijrt (»f i»ji»>rtiln fur tho different tuuiiMhipH arid ho;onj(hH will tat held at the < ftici* nt the County Corn in thinner*. Butler. Fa,, on the following da ten: Monday, March I t Allegheny. Ven anno and Marion twp»,. and m Ul'irc horo Mutch itt Metnr and Hill |M lyr<« k tW(»H , Harrl«ylliu ami Hlippt r) fuck Uirtx, Friday. M ic.U i<* Cherry and \Va*h iOkloii fwpx and lirmn Imro Monday, March 21 I'atker and Fair ' view t. wpM., Patrol ia, t'airvlew and Kama City lajro, Wednesday, March 28 Concord, Clay ami Outre twpn Friday. March 2*i Brady and Worth ; twp-., and VV«.nt litln-rty lioro Monday, Marili2H Mud'lvcre.yli uud Franklin twp*., >\ vI V 'and I'rca pei J hftyo n. March :«) MIKI Donegal twuw., an(| MiJit>r»town boro Friday, AVl'I • Huiutult and Clnar fluid twj)« Monday, April I C(>nuo<inencH*itiK and I«incaMt«r twpa and o>nnoi|»?nc- Mini; horo. W.drn-hday, April fl--,U\ and ''fiiilM-riy tu jc« un 4 //clientlK»n. Friday, *» Harmony and Kvanf hnrK iand Forward twp Monday. April II I'enn and JclTer non IW(IM. , and Knxonbtirg lioro Wcdni-ilay, April IK Win(i«-!d «nd HniTalo t,wpM Fridfty, April Clinton au I Mid \ dice* I Monday, April 1* A'lauiM twp , Mar* and Valencia burou VVcdnenUy. Ai.nl jn I'.ntler twp. Filday, April i) Flint, ward, liuthr lioro, 1 Monday, April 25 Second ward. Hut ler lioro. Wcdni aday, April 27 T» ,;tl ward, Hnth-r horo, ' ** ( K r April Sit Fourth ward But ler horo Mond ly. May 2 Fifth ward, Hut,ler lioro AxMKKora ar« reonentv,; ty urrn-nt on the day of t.i>p. jM (~r ltn»ir dintriit .1 L I'ATTKItHON. KOBKItT McCI.I ,\(i OKKKK M,' ANMLI.S.S, Attent { )i>m in in cr - * J '' Kiak'tddou. (-lctk C< iiinil'atoni rH' < >fll< e. Hntler I'M . Feb 'J'J HHIJ L. C. WICK, i LUHHKR IMAM PI ►EUWYW*!* MM J-AITH L\" EYE STONES FOREIGNERS USE THEM TO REMOVE SPECKS FROM THE EYE. riie Wny the Stones Travel nnd Do Tliclr fltnii'lnß Work—They Are Caloareoui* Concrrtliini and Are Obtained from the Cra«ll*h. The druggist was examining a Joawn email objects that looked like tiny brown anil white agate marbles split In half when one of the men w ho bad bought cigars asked him what they were. "They are eye stones," said the drug gist, with a smile. "Great Scott!" cried the man who was supporting the cigar ( <e. "Do you mean to say that you kri-p those things?" "Yes," said the druggist, and there was a note of sadness in bis voice; "we keep them. We keep them because we can't sell them. "In a store like this." he continued after a moment's reflection, "there isn't much demand for them, but in a place where foreigners form the majority of the customers these stones, like leeches, sell like hot cakes. If you get some thing in your eye you monkey with it for awhile, and then If it won't come out you go to an oculist. That's the way it is with most people nowadays, but the foreign born residents—the Italians, the Hungarians, the Slavs and Poles and some of the others—have so much faith in the virtue of these stones they hie themselves to drug stores and get eye stones. "You know and I know that in these stones themselves there is no life, but you can't convince some of these for eigners of that fact. They insist that i because the stones 'travel around' in a person's eye, or, rather, under a per son's eyelid, they 'must have life.' Tt Is true that if a man—or a woman, for that matter—puts an eye stone un der his or her eyelid It will 'travel,' but that is not because tliere Is any life in these things. It Is due entirely to the action of the eye. As th« eye turns It j moves the stone, and it is that which j makes it 'travel.' When you put one ! of these things ! 'o your eye the stone becomes sti«-ky from the moisture, and us it 'travel*' it brushes against any thing that may be on the eyeball. Now, if tiiis foreign substance is a si>eck of dust or something that isn't emixHlded in the ball It will adhere to the sticky stone and come out with it. "With some of these foreigners there is nothing that Is more serious than the getting of something In their eyes and the using of these stones. It is all very solemn to them. They seem to think that they cannot use these stories un less they go to lied and tie up their heads. As soon as one of them puts an eye stone under his eyelid he places a lot of bandages over his eye and lies down. If the stone behaves as any self respecting eye stone should behave, it 'travels' about the eyeball, making a complete circuit, and works Its way out, and if it does its work in the prop er way It brings with It whatever may have been In the eye unless, as I said before, the substance Is Imbedded there, as small pieces of steel often are. In that case the stone won't budge It, but that fact doesn't shake the confidence of some of these foreigners. If It means anything to then), It Is simply the fact that the stone Is 'no good,' and that Is generally taken as proof that the drug gist who sold It is a 'skin.* * "There Is no doubt that In many cases these stones do all that Is expect ed of them, but few persons aside from the foreigners fool with them, because there ure other and quicker ways of getting rid of whatever there may Is? In one's eyes. It usuully tukes a long time for one of these stones to get around un eye, and, while It doean t hurt to have it there, the troublesome speck remains on the ball and keeps up Its lin<- work all the time that you are waiting for the eye stone to do Its stunt. As a general thing. It Is a simple mat ter to remove any foreign substance from a person's eye. If you catch hold of the eyelash and draw the lid down and out and then roll the eye, It's dol lars to doughnuts that you will soon be rid of the pain producing atom, and If that falls It Is generally easy to re move the speck with the corner of a handkerchief. If that doesn't work, any ey<> stone Isn't likely to be of much vun, and in such a case a wise person will go to an oculist for relief. Hut some of the foreigners won't do that until they have tried not only one but several eye stones, and then, us I said before. If the things don't work It is the druggist and not the stones that ure to blame." ''lt'* years and years," said one of the listeners, "since I saw one of these stones, and I don't know how long It Is since | have heard of them. What kind of rock are they made of?" "Itock!" said the druggist, as If he wnsn't quite sure whether his ques tioner was fooling or not. "Hock! Why. they are not made of rock, I've heard It said that tltey aro fully crab eyes and that they eoine from the Mediter ranean. but If you look In an encyclo pedia you will see that they are calca reous concretions In other words, con erctlons containing lime and that tlx-y are produced In the molting season bo tween the Inner and wilier stomach coots of the cpuwftsh. I've seen them wliet\ they were no larger than the bead uf a gnisl sifted pin. and then I've seen others that were as broad as your tli ll mt> nail and almost as thick as your finger. They are not bad things u> have, but If I get s'-ytlilng in uiy eye- Well, I'll go ti ( un ocuMst." "tannic here," said one of the audi tyrs. Newark News. A r'ufttnic Inslnnnflon, The Malil .lust think, Noriih! It took the hairdresser an hour and n iiulf to put my hair In this style. The Cook Indade! AW dat yr, rail for It or did li» slud (t ln>tiio? Pttek. THE ANGLEK FISH. It Srcnrr* lis I'rry I.lke nn \rlim, Willi lOicitlur S«v««vu*. There Is a flub jhul secures Its prcj 111"' u>t act Ist, with regulur stratify, fud, strange to relate, un'wre has fur nished it with u full equipment for tho pui'pos. usl. tine and bait. The angler, as it in called, Is by no ue-uns a beauty, it al«ou| u yard long and has a huge, HMUllike head, all enormous, gaping mouth and a formidable array of teeth, Tli" first dorsal, or back fill. Is «luius| wholly wanting, Its plavv Vetng occu pied by two or long, slender, mov nblo tjpiuc* which ure fastened to the sody by meuns of Joints. One I* attach ed by a hinge which permits of only backward and forward motion. The first spine Is coniicctod by s reg ular rlriK and staplo s»d admits of movement In directions, as It In pull ed \bU wtiy or that by the muscles. oils Is the angler's pole, which contln net into a fine filament or line, und at the end there is a loose, a \iloli»K slip of membrane willed plays the part of n bait iHE »NTF!er TI«LI IN N H|UW nwlutmcr, hih! It would lutvf I tut llttlt* micn'HH if it liild to <ln • tl„- V in. SK tlvi- llxlti-M ll|> cm WLILI It It RCTTL*. NQ It aiuirvK tbeni. Partially hilling itself in the mud or sand, it vsa\ 3s its long filaments with their glittering tips. As is well known, fishes are attracted l»y glistening ob jects moved about iu the water. The neighboring fishes, following the in stincts of their inquisitive nature, come to examine the curious object, and sud denly they find themselves snapped up In the wide jaws of their hidden foe. The angler is a very voracious crea ture, and on several occasions it has been known to seize a fish that had been hooked and was being drawn to the surface. In one such case the angler seized a codfish and would not loosen its grip until it was struck on the head with p. boat hook. On anoth er occasion the fish fell a victim to its own gluttony, for. having dashed at a conger eel that had just been hooked and having taken it into its mouth, the eel contrived to escape through one of the gill apertures, and thus It was the unconscious means of involving its cap tor in its own fate. Even the cork floats on lines and nets have been swallowed by the greedy fish, and when taken in a net , It devours its fellow prisoners with perfect unconcern. Merhnnlnl Readlnf. Edith Wharton writes: "The mechan ical reader, as he always reads con sciously, knows exactly how much he reads and will tell you so with the pride of the careful housekeeper who has. calculate to within half an ounce the daily consumption of food in her household. As the housekeeper Is apt to go to market every day at a certain hour, so the mechanical reader has of ten a fixed time for laying in his In tellectual stores, and not infrequently he reads for just so many hours a day. The statement In one of ilamerton's youthful diaries, 'I shall now com mence n course of poetical reading, be ginning with fifty hours of Chaucer, and, as I gave him one and one-half hours last night, it leaves me exactly forty-eight and one-half,' is a good ex ample of this kind of reading." Time t'rair Moscow. Moscow seems to be n city where no body knows with any degree of cer tainty what time it is. Arthur Sy mons in his book on "Cities" says that no two clocks in Moscow agree. Even in the best hotels a clock will solemnly strike 3 a quarter of an hour before its , neighbor strikes 7. The confusion is j increased by the fashion of sticking up i dummy clocks in the streets as adver tisements. The maddening moment comes when you have to catch a train | at Moscow. The railway time tables are worked on St. Petersburg time, which differs by half an hour from Moscow time. When you are told that the St. Petersburg express leaves at 0 o'clock you are in doubt as to whether it leaves at 8:30, 9 or 9:30 by your care fully adjusted watch. "All llanila Black Faoen." One of the most curious orders given in the British royal navy is, "All 'aands black faces!" And In order that this may be adequately fulfilled each of our warships carries among its stores a supply of such pigment as is used for the same purpoae on the stage. This order is only given during the maneu vers as a rule, for when a night sur prise Is intended it is not only the ves sels that are made ns little visible as possible, but the faces of the men mnst be blackened, for when powerful nlgbt glasses are used the showing of a white face Is fur more palpable than any landsman would suppose. London Standard. Our #r Trro Monkeys. The story of a telegram, which was transposed from "2<JO leviathans" to "200 live cats," reminds u correspond ent of the Lomkm Globo of an inci dent said to have occurred some years •igo. An Italian gentleman sent to a friend In Africa for "one or two mon keys," or, as it was written In the lan guage of Rome, "1 o 2 monkeys," Ily next mall he received a note saying that elghty-ove had been dispatched, and the remainder should follow by another boat. f'hrerlnar lllm Up. , A man was lying In bed very ill with pneumonia. To him entered a friend. "Ah," said the friend, "the doctor says yon're going to die tonight. Don't you believe It. You won't die till tomorrow night. (Jot pneumonia, eh? Do you re member Smith?" "Yes." "He died of pneumonia yesterday. Do you remem f>«T Jones?" "Yes." "He died of pneu-, monia too. Well, I must go now, bntl I'll come ai*l cheer you up again to morrow." DEATH WEEK. A Slimnlur «.*remoalal Which Takes Flue* In Murnl linssln, "Death week." the "Sinartna Nedel ya" of the Slavonic people, marks the end of winter In rural ltussia. It Is kept during the lust seven days of March and is a survival pure and sim ple of curly imgaulsiu. In the old Slavonic mythology, as In the minds of tho mass of untaught Ittisslans now adays, the Ideu of death and winter Is closely associated, and the ceremonies proper to the "death week," from tho sacrifice to the "Vodynuol," or water spirit, with which It begins, to tho driving out un<l drowning of death, with whlclt M terminates, are based I upon Uu> superstition that was former ly universal In northern Europe. When the Ice begins to hteuk ou tho water, winter Is considered over In Itusslu, and the hrcuklng «j( the Ice Is due the Husslan peasant* hold to tho "Vodyanol," or water spirit, who has Ids abode in rivers and streams, lie has ftlepi over the winter, they nay. aud wakes hungry „ ll( | angry with tho flrst rays of the returning nun. Ho bursts the congealed covering of tho water, sends the lew floes drifting, drives the fish from their haunts and causes the streams to overflow. \i> the last week of March, therefore, before |he tee begins to break, the jiens ants In rural itnssla start the "death W**ek" celebration by preparing a sac rlfiej. for the "Vodyunol," so that ho shall not tie kept walling wbm lie awakes from IM* winter sleep. They meet together In the village where tho celebration Is to laS*- place and snl> serlbu a suut «»t money fur tho pur chase uf a youiitf horse. Th.. nnlmal tsu»t not bo a gift, bit bought for money It must not be bargained for, and no one persoe must contribute more than another u> the amount required. The horse It taken to a stable ape chilly reserved for the gift to the "Vo il}«UMl" anil fed for three days on bread and oil cake. On tho fourth day at midnight the horse In taken from the stall and conducted to tho nearest river or stream, tho villager* follow ing In a body. The inline Is decorated with ri-d ribbons, the head sni»nrwd with honey, the legs are tied together and a couple of millstones sworeil to the iHik Then a hole Is made In the Ice and th<> horse thrown Into the ws b-r. a living sacrlttn* to the "Vody BUOI." I LULICR fntt; IM ttn> A nhiuiir*! dlNirtct IMJttf u tjuunlltjr (if fnt Into tlw wntrr law>t"u<l uf Uifuwiwc In - w - ' the millers of the Ukraine cast the horse's head into the river and not the living animal. After appeasing the water spirit the hquse spirit, the "Do movoi," calls for a sacrifice. He awakes on the nigh£ of March 25 and will wait only three days for his offer ing. So, on returning from the river side, the villagers prepare a suitable gift for him. They take a fat black pig, kill It and cut It into as many pieces as there are residents in the place. Each resident receives one piece, which he straightway buries under the doorstep at the entrance to bis bouse. In some parts. It Is said, the country folk bury a few eggs beneath the threshold of the dwelling to propitiate the "Domovol."—London Spectator. A Memory of Hla Yonth. Two Rockland men were negotiating to swap horses the other day when sud denly the younger man paused, scratch ed his head as if to recall something, and said quizzically, "Didn't I go to your place once when I was a boy to buy a horse, and didn't you try to In duce me to buy one whose knees were so badly sprung that each fore leg al most made a right angle?" "Believe you did," replied the other. "Yes, I now recall it distinctly," said the younger man. "You told me that the knee springing was caused by feed ing the horse from too a manger, didn't you. and that if I took the horse home and fed him from the floor the knees would spring back?" "P.'lieve I did," answered the other. "Then I guess I won't swap horses with you. O'lang."—Lewiston Journal. UNCLE SAM'S EXACTNESS. lunr Feet of Copper Wire That Made a Lot of Trouble. "No, sir," said a Phlladelpblan who lupplies the government with necessi ties of life, "you can't do business with Uncle Samuel In the spirit of a con tract; you simply must obey its letter. If you put In specifications amounting to steen dollars and 21 cents and then bill it goods under the contract and the total amounts to the same steen dol lars and 19 cents you've got to take It back and make up the other 2 cents, or you don't do business. "Let me give you an instance of Un cle Samuel's character for exactness. We were awarded a contract for 1,000 feet of copper wire for League island. We sent the order to the manufactur ers, and they turned in the stuff. In a few days we got a letter from the Is land authorities that that wire was only 085 feet long. "We answered that we knew It that the copper ingot did not yield any more and that we charged them only for 985 feet. Would that do? Not a bit of It. "They sent us word that If that wire was not brought up to 1,000 feet the lot would be rejected. Then we had to get a permit from the L. A. to send a man down to Join on enough to make the demand good, and he went down and did the work. "In a few days we were notified that the piece be put on made the whole length 1,004 feet. We wrote back that we didn't care for the four feet and Uncle Sam could have it "Next morning up comes an order to cut off that four feet or the whole bunch would be rejected. Then we had to get another permit for our man to go downifind lop it off, which he did. "Was It all plain sailing then? I should say not. When he threw the of fending excess upon the ground the guard said: " 'Pick that up. That's against the rules.' "He picked It up and waa about to toss it into the river when he was stopped In a mandatory way: " 'Here, you do that, and you'll get vouraejf Into trouble!' "So, thinking he'd find a resting place outside ®f the government reserves, our employee walked to the gate, where he found a sentinel. " 'What have you got there?" " 'A piece of wire.' " 'You can't carry It out without a permit.' " 'All right. I don't want to,' and cast It down. " 'You pick that up,' said the sentinel. 'You can't throw things around here.' " 'But I don't want the blame thing!* " 'On back and get a permit.' "And he really had to do It to get that four feet of wire outside of Uncle Sam's fence."—Philadelphia Telegraph. ft. Patrick's Psristsrr, Mediaeval songs and legends, which are rich In all sorts of mythical and fantastical lore, locate the entrance to St. Patrick's famous "purgatory" on the island of Lough Derg, Ireland. The opening itself was through a care, the existence of which was revealed to the saint by Christ who Informed the good Patrick that any one with the moral courage to go down Into the cavern would be saved the pangs of tba real "purgatory" after death. Patrick built a monastery at the entrance of bis earthly "purgatory" and secured the way to the pit by an Iron gate provid ed with atrong chains and locks of peculiar and Intricate workmanship, l/ough Derg, next to Jerusalem, was the most celebrated spot on earth dur ing the middle ages. Thousands visited "purgatory" every year, and tba whole Island had tba appearance of a popu lous city. lie veralble Snake, la ladla. A snuku not often heard of. at least In America, Is the Uver colored snake with two heads, or perhaps they should be called mouths, though It does not have two mouths at the same time. They are reversible mouths, occupying the opposite end every six mouths. It lies with the two ends crossed on each other, as with folded hands. Kvery j six months the change of the seasons j reverses the functions of the two ends, I the bead l>econilng the tall and the tall becoming tho liead. The mouth at one end IK-ala or closes up all but a small opening, while the opposite end be comes the mouth for the next *l* months. Breton Children. The Breton children are pious, super stitious, stolid, strong, pstlent and very thorough. The girls tire Intelligent and Interesting. They are the mainstays of the faintly. A child of ten undertakes to superintend t>oth household work and t lk* farm. Tho boys are more or less stupid, handsome, bronze faced country urchins. Bee culture seems to be the favorite occupation of the Bre ton boy. The Insects will come at bis bidding and will even cover hint from head to foot without stluglng. Turning Awar Wrath. "I don't bellevo you love me any more," pouted she. "I couldn't" replied he. After thinking It over she smiled and told him she could make the same old dress do another season.—Houston Post. < <>iil.l Not Guarantee Them. "Have you any eggs?" Inquired the customer. "Yes, sir," said the wolter. "I cau bring you some eggs, but 1 want you lo remember that this 1s a fen <jent lnn<U , countor." -Chicago Tribune. No. 11. IfAHMNQWEN •h A MODEL BARN DOOR. It la Dnicnol With ■ View to Llckt and Air When \rctled. Having seen the need of a good, sub stantial barn door that could be closed In such a way as to prevent animals from passing in or out of the building and at the same time admit light and fresh air, a Kansas Farmer writer de vised and furnished a sketch of one which he thinks will meet the require ments. He says: We all know how un -0 BARN DOOR F&AICE. satisfactory the hinge door is, always sagging and being torn to pieces. With the double hinge door, as it is common ly seen, the lower one can be closed and the upper one left open so as to allow better ventilation and light Where there is a wide door the hinge is impracticable, and then the track hung door will have to be used. But that, when closed. Is entirely closed and admits no light. A window sash might be put in, but that is too easily broken to be practicable. My Idea la to make a strong frame, according to the illustration. The sketch shows a door C by 8 feet, fram ed with 2 by 0 inch pine mortised to gether a.id braced In the lower portion with common two by fours. The low er part Is then boarded up solid, the upper ends of the boards being beveled and coming to within about two inches of the top of the center crosspleee. -pi I HIO • ♦rrirrri 1 I 111 11111 BARN DOOB COMPLETE. Then boards arc cut and fitted in the shape of a door for the upper part Two 1 by 0 Inch boards will serve for cleats. The corners are then cut so that they will not Interfere with the hanger. The door Is then placed and hung by two flat hinges, and the upper side Is fit ted with a spring catch having a small chain attached to unfasten with. It can lie readily seen that this door can bo "opened down" while the main part Is closed, preventing any live stock from passing In or out. These plana are, of course, general and can be slightly altered to fit any required also of door. D«lrrli« That Para. In u series of institutes In the north eastern counties of Pennsylvania I found that farmers are specializing to a much greater extent in that section than In many other sections of the state, says L. W. Llghty In National Stockman. Quito a numlier of dairy men nro putting In plants of their own for buttermaklng and are devoting all their thought and energies along that line. In a number of Instances they sent their sons to the state col lege to take a short course and are put ting on the market first class butter. In every Instance of this kind I learn ed that the demand was greater than the supply of butter at a very good price. The universal verdict of those men was that, while dairying Is hard and slavish work because of the mi nute and constant attention that the details of the business require, It pays a handsome profit Grave Aeld Possibilities. Increased profits for grape growers are among the fair possibilities. The American Orape Acid association of California offer* $25,000 for the best formula, with the right to use it by which grapes containing over 20 per rent saccharin and valued at flO per ton can lie turned Into tartaric acid at a price which will pormlt exportation without loss. Here is a splendid re ward for some chemist, who, besldea the money compensation, will receive the gratitude of the grape growers of the Pacific const staff*. It Is also pro l»osed lo utlltfk' the aeld In the reslduo from grapes pressed for wine. Tills acid, when properly treated, also mnjtea tartaric add and cream of tartar. Ai there Is a great market for these prod ucts In the United States, the Impor tance <tf utilizing grape acid for the purpose is apparent. Orange Judd Farmer. Art Women Heallr Mlsir' Are women meaner In giving than men? It cannot rightly be urged that they are. Women, after all, in buying or In giving are commonly making use of money that others have earned. They have been trustees of other peo ple's money for 2.000 years, and long use has made them careful of their trust. Of course the petty meannesses of a certain kind of woman have af forded Infinite opportunities for men'* Jests and contempt, but those pttiy meannesses are nothing In comparison with the great meannesses of really sordid men.—London Spectator. Coast Mne of tk« Philippines. A geographical magazine makes tho Interesting statement that the Philip pine Islands have a coast line double that of the main part of the United State*. The measurement given Is 11,- 444 statute miles, while the total area Is stated as lift,o2o square miles. In the Philippines tliere Is one mile of . Coast line to every ten miles of area; in the United Hlates the proportion la 1 to 555. it Is said that 8,000 Islands and Islets can bo counted on the chart*.— Harper's W«ekly.
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