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
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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.
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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.