VOL. XXXXI. NEW FALL DRESS GOODS Latest Goods at Lowest Prices. Fancy and Elaborate Millinery Display, f THE MODERN STORE- At 50c per yard Suitings 38 to 42 Inch wile. Plain and Fancy Mohairs, all colors f also the new Plaids, Cheviots, Venetian and Granite Cloths, all colors; to 4- 1 Inches wide; Batiste and Albatross Cloth in all colors, » inches wid<-. M At 75c to BSc a yard Fancy Novelty Goods. Mohair, I'oplins Crepes. \ ones. Ladies I Cloth, etc. . , .. , . _ ■ At $1 a yard, the bandaomest line we have ever shown of the new Mannish -ult- « Ings. 52 to 56 inches wide; Harvard Suitings. Broadcloths, all colors; Coverts. B Voiles, Crepes. Etc. ... U At $1.25 and f1.75 a yard, we have a very extensive assortment of Mann.sh SnJt- ■ ings, (Moths In plain and fancies; Broadcloths, ene lias. Kerseys, etc., K 12 At s#c l , D TOc!ffic!r.'oo, (1 25. i 1.50 to «2.f10. Onr Black Goods stock contains all that r is new and desirable and big line to select from. We guarantee to give you the ■ best valne for each price. , Choice assortment Fancy Silks at 75c. toe and £I.OO a yard. g Plain and Cbangable Taffeta Silks, all colors. <oc a yard. Guaranteed Bla. k M Taffeta; 36 Inches wide; at exceptional value, fl.oo a yard. Peau l)e sole, black M ■ Inches wide, a regular ?1.30 Silk, 51.25 a yard. . , H Our Millinery department Is now In full swing and we make this department .i fc soe-laltv We are prepared to show you the newest and most artistic lieadwear m at such reasonable prices that we are sure of your continued patronage after ■ giving us a trial. „ I If you cannot come write for samples. We prepay express charges on all mail ■ orders amounting to <3 or over. f EISLER-MARDORF COMPANY, f SOUTH MAIH STKZZT ) f\f\- f t f C.t\ Send in Your Mail Orders. I !KE C K Merchant Tailor. Q Fall and Winter Suitings ( \ JUST ARRIVED. (; 142 North Main §t r v K E C K 9-xxx xxxxxxtvxxx nrxx xxx* I Special. | We bought a case of new Fall Suitings way under price. jp They are 3Q inches vide and all cotton but the styles are Jj? exact copies of high priced WQOI Baitings and they look like 0 wool. Handsome and serviceable goods made to retail at 20c. We think them a Rreat bargain at tic a yd. W Heavier Underwear * Ib Needed Now. £ We are ready with some extra values in medium aud |p heavy weight underwear for fall and winter. S Ladies' medium weight vests 25c. tf Ladies' fleeced vests and drawers 25c and 50c_ Ladies' wool vest and drawers SI.OO and ft.25. 0 Ladies nnion suits 50c, ft.oo, $1 25 and np. U Men's shirts and drawers 50c and SI.(X). P Children';} underwear—all styles at low prices. U BLANKETS, i It's about time for blanket?. Buv now and get the ad- vantage of the large assortments and special low prices to tff early buyers. Qi Cotton Blankets 65c, 75c, SI.OO and up. V Wool Blankets $3.00, $4 00, $5.00 and up. L. Stein & Son, g 108 N MAIN STREET, BUTLER. PA. § t- xxx xxx xxx x BICKEL S FALL FOOTWEAR. Largest Stock and iHPgt Handsome Styles of Fine Footwear we Have Ever Shown, Sorosls Shoes. Twenty new Fall styles—Dongola, Enamel and Patent-kid, jnade in the latest up-to-date styles. Extremely large stock of Misses' and Children's fine shoes In many new and pretty styles for fail. - M > e Showing all the latest styles in IflGn S OllUub Men's fine shoes, all leathers, $2.00 to $6.00. Complete stock of Boys', Youths' and Little 6ents ! fine shoes Prices this Fall will be lower than season as prices on stock are lower and consequently will be able to give much better values for the money. A complete stock of Cokey's hand-made box-toe and plain toe shoes. High-cut copper-toe shoes for boys and good water-proof school shoes for girls, • Large stock of Women's heavy shoes in Kangaroo-calf and oil-grain for country wear. Rubber and Felt Goods. Our stock of Rubber and Felt Goods is extremely large, and owing to the large orders which we placed, we were able to get very close prices and are in a position to offer you the lowest prices for best grades of Felts and Rubber Goods. An Immense business enables us to name the very lowest prices for reliable footwear. When in need Qf anything in our line give us a call. Repairing promptly done. JOHN BICKEL, BUTLER, PA. are the first again, as usual. ) N We have now on display our Fall and Winter line of / j Men's, Boys', and Children's Clothing. We pride our- / V Mlve» of having the finest line of Fall and Winter Cloth- S / Ing ever shown in Butler. We mean that only make the \ \ Isaac Hamburger Clothing. We get the credit of every- / S one for selling the best line of clothing, not alone in But- / \ ler, but the whole country, from the very fact that we sell S 4 the best ready-made clothing to be found on the market. \ \ Our sales of this famous Hamburger make have doubled / s every year and we have been selling it for 12 years. Mure > V §annotbe said of any make, and we ao not find it necessary S \to change our line every year for a better one—it cannot \ C be found. When we tell you we have our Fall and Winter / / line of Men's, Boys' and Children's Suits or) display w« / l think It all that is necessary, for you all know that Our / \ Clothing Is up to date in style, pattern and fit. All we \ s ask of you is to come in and see for yourself. See \ Cwindow display. YOURS FOR CLOTHING. / | Douthett & Graham. | INCORPORATED. C THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Nasal Catarrh qnickiy yields to treat ment by Ely s Cream Balm, which is agree ably aromatic. It is received through the nostrils, cleanses an-1 heals the whole sur face over which it diffuses itseif. Druggists sell the 50c. size; Trial size by mail, 10 j cents. Test it and you are sure to continue the treatment Announcement. To accommodate those who aro partial to the use of atomizers in applying liquids into the nasal passages for c-< trou~ \ bits, the proprietors prepare Cream Balm in I liquid form, which will be lmown as Illy s ; Liquid Cream Balm. Price including the spraying tul e ii 75cents. Druggists or by i maiL" The liquid form embodies the med icinal properties of the solid p*ter>aration. Prescriptions! For prompt and careful service, pure drugs and right price have your prescriptions filled here, Mail orders receive prompt attention. The Crystal Pharmacy R. M. LOGAN,. Ph. G.. SUCCESSOR TO Johnston's Crystai Pharmacy, BOTH PHONES. 106 N. Main St., Butler, Pa. 2ft Jf KINDS |t & BUF ALL M * JSHEB WIN -WILLIAMS CO'slf f A PAINT # FOR # 4? EVERY # # PURPOSE 4? g! Redick & Grohman £ #&?ff 109 N. Main St., BUTLER, PA. j| PIANOS AT YOUR PRICE. W. R. Newton, The Piano Man, 317 S. Haiti Street. 1 £i7s at $275 Cash. 1 $875 at $250 Cash. 1 filO at $245 Cash. Re-poeeHsed ami yon get the benefit of what the other fellow You wobld not know it it I didn't tell ybij They look at; i;otxl as pew. Other pianos from SSO upwards. Everything in n>nsio. Call and see. YOll know in the Music Store your credit is good. Do You Buy Medicines? Certainly You Do, Then you want the best for tlie least money. That is our motto. Gorwe and sue us when i: t need of anything in the Drug Line and we are sure you will call again. We carry a full line of Drugs, Chemicals Toilet Articles, etc. Purvis' Pharmacy S. G. PURVIS, PH. a Both Phont-s. 213 8 Main St. Butler Pa. Pearson B. Mace's Livery Feed snd SaleStaMe Rear of Wick House Butler °enn'» The bMt of horned and first class rijf* at cnvMon hand aril fr.r hire. Best accothmrdatlons tn town for pcrrcin neat txiarUluK and traagle/it trails. Syi'.-.l al care guaranteed. • Stable Room For 65 Horses A good C nss of horse*, both drivers and draft horses always on hand and for sale tirder a full Kanmuteo; and )i£>Lgen bough liou prouer notification bv PEARSON B. NACk". Teiuunooc No 21 . Watches Cured of all .their ills. Our treatment is quick, sure, cheap. Ralston & Smith 110 West Jefferson St. Don't Know That? That Stem's Creamery and Milk depot at the rear of 117 a»ou(.h Main street is-iu operation? WELL, IT IS! And if you want Rood Milk, Cream, Creamery Butter or Butter milk, (;all and see us or watch for our wagon. People's Phone 436. Bell Phone 208. ASK YOITK (IKOCEft for a Boiled Cider in ijuart jarn We guarantee >ur products pure and tr c from any adulteration. J. H. STEEN'S CREAMERY. BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1904. ' DECADENCE j i IH ART By ALTi POWELL ! Copyright, 1 o\, ?>;; .-«nfn P"VeV Polly Anne Greenway's family thought her decidedly gif : .--d. and that young lady's singular esteem for ber relatives' opinions forced l.er to come to the same conclusion. Nevertheless, when she announced , her intention of studying art, her fa ther demurred. It was one thing to have talent, but quite a different mat ter to depart from the beaten track, and Polly's family had other views for her. "Let her marry and settle down." said her father. Eat Polly's lips came together in a very firm line. There were plenty of women iu the world. Let those who felt inclined marry and be given in marriage; as for her, she had a ui s sion in life -und she meant to pep form it. And she went about wearing such a set apart expression that parental ob jections gave way and she was allowed one meager but soul Inspiring year in New York. After that l>egan the long battle with publishers and advertising bu reau.?. Discouragement she met at first with the joy of resistance, bat that sort of joy weakens with use, end surely Polly's ill luck was phe nomenal. At last her cover for the Christmas number of a magazine was accepted und hope once moro lit its lamp in h"f breast. But when a villainous litlio giaplier transformed her designs so that nothing remained that she could call her own, her stoicism gave way utterly, aud she folded her wings for a season. It was just at tliis juncture that the Y. M. O. D. C. made his appearand-. This title be acquired later on, when she discovered that he was a Young Man of Diabolical Cunning. Polly had met him at more than one function, and he swelled the list of a large and uninteresting bowing ac quaintance from which individuals Were once in a long while selected to fill up vacancies made by removals and occasional misunderstandings. Why should he call upon her? .She ran rapidly over her scant kijowJedjje concerning him as she came down t« meet him. Rather stiff and expres sionless. Humored well off and on the point of marriage' to some stranger. Nothing very decided, nothing particu larly attractive. The Y. M. O. 1). C. rose before she had time to smile any "glad to see you" fibs. "(iocxl morning, Miss (jivcmvay. Per haps l should apologize far troubling you, but the truth is I am in a dilem ma and have come to you for advice." Polly settled herself and became all attention. A man may be most unin teresting, but the moment he asks for advice he becomes in tl e.Ves of the woman lie is consulting a most discern ing individual and decidedly worth cul tivating "You probably are not aware that I have been building a house on Lincoln street." She believed she bad heard It men tioned In connection with |l;v liumu vOtniiig ut the stranger bride. "It is completed," he continued, "and is now ready for the decorators. Jim here is where I want your advice. There are lots of professional dec orators, but none of my friends' h ia .es Hatlsllei me. Soniu of ilieui liavp been done by well known decorators. 1 clio • e (o think they show a lack of in dividuality. Now, ( bug of you to un dertake the management of the whole scheme of decoration and furnishing. Oh, pray don't veto it," as Polly's eye brows went up to her pompadour, "till you have heard me out. I want £a< h loom in ii >> house to bo pari of one scheme and the keynote of-the whole thing to l»e simplicity. If you will un dertake it you shall have nil the help you wish anything, iVerythin;; you need to carry it out. It Is well plaijiie.l and Well fiiilshpd j d«<n t *vaiit it t ) Lw ostentatious or handsome or have any of those unholstery things, but to be quiet, restful, artistic—a homo in ev ery sense of the word." "But 1 don't believe I'm i'/.Utpolttlil,'-' ;,LL\ J'UII>, to whom the Idea began T > appeal strongly—"in fact, I am sure I'm not." "Does that mean that you wouldn't care to undertake It'." 'Oli, dear, no! I think 1 should like It above all things. I wish I had taken up that sort of thing at the art school." "Then let us go at once and look at the house, and you can form your plans " |il 1 1 v e mill tiles they were on a car. Polly was carried off her feet. The whole undertaking grew momentarily more attractive, and, as she was an in veterate castle builder, bv tin; Uum the <sr -'"Plvd <u i.lueulu street she had become a successful middle aged dec orator. She found the house a perfect gem li\ its way, beautifully laid out aticj witu all sorts of possibilities in the way of decoration. As sin; went from room t<> room her delight and enthusiasm were good to nee. So the work was undertaken, and \p>- on the whole evprythtpg went well. She dlit not often see the Y. M. (>. 1> C., but his appreciation and sugges tions were always helpful, and a tele phone meinage brought him Immedi ately wheo lie was needed to smooth out ditllcultli'S with "ti'liiiorn ur inefll clcnt woi Umuu. It Is hard to say just when Polly be gan to hate the bride elect, but the feeling reached It* climax on that day when, everything being complete 1, the workmen gon« and tho owner out of town, sho stole buck for a last look be fore the key should have left her pos session. She sat down ou a It Ikl> backed settle commanding a vlst't of three rooms. Tim una thiew stains ami t;|jluidie~< of color ou the inlaid floor, ami outside a high wind whistle I mournfully, the aort of wind that sings to sensitive ears of norrow and >ii« tion. . "1 don't cure how lomiy houses I should decorate, there could never be another one Just like th.s, and his wife will bring m whole lot of we Idiiig prex ents and iiilT and j st ruin every thing. f wi: li 1 hid uc/er <ici the place. I \vl h I had ne. er been born " ahe eude I miserably. Tl-en 1 .• v.- jie l her eyes angrily. "No won ler 1 haven't been a cuccess," she thor.ghl "J am a weak minded »',i, pitsiou unywuy, an I no iioubt tii.it fact la p. 1 -it i > ev rv one but mys' lf." But notwiihstnudi" !>■"■ 'o o' her e|f tla- i' lis con iutirsj t . from some in<->:!i *4 source. "Well this is a suce v. i uu. way," sin* mused n trifle more cheerfully, "and the color scheme and the plan are my owu, .*ml it cannot possibly trru iutj ivrPtcLeJ, Kluriup and blues or any old washed out tliinss.'' Then nil at once the Y. M. O. I>. stood before her horritied eyes, and she felt like a thief as she stood up weakly and tendered him the key. "Xo; down. Let's talk about it." lie said. '-Great success, isn't it? 1 cannot flatter myself too much for my courage and wisdom in going to you." He sat down beside her on the settle, looking so thoroughly contented an ! prosperous that she hated him from the bottom of ber heart, or thousht she did. which is just the same tiling till we find out the difference. "Everything is finished. When shall we move in:" he said. "It needs a woman in trailing robes handling deli cate cliina and moving lightly from room to room to give the finishing touch and turn it into a home." "It will need servants In the kitchen and provisions in the pantry and plenty of management," said Polly grimly, sick of the picture he drew and de termined to cut short his rhapsody. "Well," he said quizzically, "when shall we move in and begin the man agement?" "I should think your fiancee would have some choice in the matter." "Oh. I don't know," said he uncon cernedly. "I think, perhaps, she will be satisfied." "You take a good deal fur granted." said Polly. "You must think a wife is a perfect nonentity." "You will bo a go id deal together, I hope, - ' he went on, ignoring her re marks. "I like the way you inana; e things." "Do you.lndeed?" thought Polly, l er lips quivered, and she made a mental resolution never again to cross the threshold. There was a long silence while Polly looked at the roams, and the Y. M O. p. looked at in-:-, finally »'oI!y stood up, but he took her hand and drew her down again. "When are we going to be married, Polly?" he said. "Who?" gasped Polly. "We you and I—Polly." "We—and your fiancee—what do v <u piean':'' sl;v cried in dibtwjsij, "There Isn't any one but you, Polly. I built the house just to get you to decorate it; then people had to provide a reason, and it really wasn't worth wiille contradicting them. I'm a dread ful sinner, Polly, but I couldn't inter est you in any other I> J forgive ui'* and admit that you love the house —aud ine." But Polly, wholly unprepared and too paralyzed for speech, sat back cold and pale. She shivered slightly. A lire of- driftwood il'it} l>uoi» (a|d in thu quaint corner fireplace? "Come, Polly," he said, taking her hand again; "we will light the fire and talk it over." And they did. Queer Fn<3» of Smoker**. "Men "ho, paa aftoru ti> smoke really pjvd cigars have more fads thaq other men you will meet in a df'.v'a walk," Maid a broadway manufacturer who makes a good many cigars to order for his customers. "I know men who throw a cigar away the moment the ashes fall oil'. They liollevg thj; ta»te of it H ruined then. For such custom ers I make very close rolled cigars. "Other i.-usli>i'iiers (iKo u tit; ar rolled ou own uccorcl. They like the red lire. Many men will never relight n cigar after it has gone out. Nothing could Induce them to. Other; (-flight a igar five or si>. hfi-oiv they discard U- Needless to nay, they do not get the best of a good^lgar. "I have one customer who has a special hranil of after dinner cigars made for him. They cost him $1 each net and are of medium hlbc. is liis habit In keep tics cigar be tween his teeth halt' an hour |>rf<.re lighting if. His gufs»s in.ty light up >v!lh tint but he never does, lie likes to Inhale the fragrance of tbe tobacco to become permeated with It, so to speak—before he 1': hts up. Then the cigar lasts him pm 's'.-lv, "Mk hour.*' —New Tillies*.' Good a* Her Word. Esmeralda—She used to say that If she ever married a man it would be because she wanted to ihake lilui mis erable, j-pt -ilns »i)tiFfle<> that young frt/'/letup after she had known him only a week. Gwendolen Yes; It seems to have been a case of hate nt first rIbK CUl cago Tribune Her C.oiife**loji. Bhe had heard the Bible story of the world when all was young; of Adam and Eve and the apple, and thu ser pent's siren tongue; of the wrath that swift descended; of the Joys we must forego, and of that fair, lost Eden whose peace wo might never know! Blie looked around the nursery, and her face that had been so glaj i<«sv all its bonny rndlui«c«, mid wistful grew—and sad ohe looked at her dolls and dishes, at the books she loved the best, at the doll that was blind and broken, and dearer than all the ftil, "Poor woman!" T\iu .li-ooplng lashes did wet wild sweet uncurl. "I'm 'mostest sorry because her was never a little dirl!"— I'hiiadelphia Tress. A ilttlo girl went timidly Into a Fifth street store the other morning and asked the clerk how many shoestrings she could get for 5 cents. "How long do j-ou waut them?" ho tVSktid. "1 want them to keep," was her an swer In a tone of slight surprise.— Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. GERMAN GLEANINGS. The fJerman government operates 15,2' xi telephone stations. Fully 4,000 student duels are fought every year In the dermau empire. The half year's production of coal In Germany reached 58,825,000 tons, or 8,33' 1,000 tons more than last year. Lubeck, a free city of the German empire, has recently reasserted Its to rnlut Its own coin, a right un {Jaimed since 1801. Thirty four years ago a German col ony settled at Haifa, Palestine. T'xlay all of the ninety families (r, it are pros perous. They r«l*« grapes and make |t wlno free from alcohol which is sold to the natlvtu. FEMININITIES. Somewhere In every woman's letter there Is an apology. Atchison Globe. Most women carry their religious convictions with tin- self satisfaction that a man dacfl hts politics. I'ltts \>\ug I'l ess. The difference between the old m 1 ami the bachelor girl Is mostly In 'he bachelor girl's Imagination. Ho. vllle Journal The man who Judges woman by Ljr contrariness is more than ever con vinced of It by his mistake. Every body's Magazine. - FEEDING THE HOGS. Rude Table Mcnner« and tlie Wunte of Food Prevented. One of the greatest troubles with the hog is that he is so irrepressibly hog gish. When you feed him he apparent ly feels it his inherent duty to crowd every other hog as far and forcefully away from the feed as possible. When fed grain on the opeu floor he takes It upon himself to cover as much as he can, to keep uosing and pushing his fellows, often to his own loss of food, since more or less is wasted by his rude "table manners." When fed slop in the trough the biggest bog will in variably work bis way through or over the jam and get his carcass into the trough, where be complacently stauds lengthwise and if not aatislled with that lays himself down, gulping in hU own and the smaller ones' share until too full even to grunt, when he will stretch out for a snooze if the trough is big enough. To avoid the waste of feed and to give all an equal chance to secure their share I have a number of schemes an 1 devices, but I consider tlio one shown In the illustration to be as good as if not better than any. says a writer in Farm and Fireside. The first requisite is a good sized, well constructed trough built prefera bly in V shape, as shown by A. The width of the side boards will depend 4 OOOD TBOrOH GTAHD. upon the size of the hogs to be fed. A small trough, with six inch side boards, may be used for the wee pigs anl twelve or sixteen inch stuff for tUf large shotes and breeding yuvs. 'l'be size of piece* 0 uud 1 ■ shuuld depend ypoa ilie weight of the animals and the strain likely to come on the frame. For hogs of ordinary weight a piece 2 by 4 inches should be used for tjiq ridgepole, (', and piety** 1 b> 'A or 2by 2 Inches fqr Hie guard bars, D, These uhould be securely nailed to the side of the trough and, If a permanent trough In the hog house, spiked to the floor to prevent breaking oft". The upright, E, firmly spiked to Is, should be uuqdy stout to secure epdvrl»e rigidity. Fir delivering slop to the trough a spout or small trough l<» ar ranged to enter at Vh« end of the feed trough. Pall Seeding of Alfnlfa. The ground for alfalfa should be well settled before seeding aud only the surface made Joose. Alfalfa will usually fail If seeded iu the fall on freshly plowed ground, according to H, M. Cottrell of Kansas, who says: Well cultivated eornnelils, with the stalks cut aud drawn off, give ideal conditions. Such fields should poi be plowed, but harrowed only before seed ing. i)flts, flax and millet stub blo ground plowed shallow, harrowe.l thoroughly and allowed to settle before seeding furnishes good conditions for alfalfa. If such ground Is mellow plowing may not be necessary, as <ho land will only nefd be disked and cross disked. The best time to sow Is in the last half of August, It Is safe to saw as V'lte (>•! Sept. 15 If conditions are good. The ground must be well settled, with a loose mulch on top, aud well satur.it-> ed with moisture so as to bring up the seed quickly and f'U'cw the fall growth. If olthvr of thes«' conditions Is lacking it will not pay to HOW. A Cateh Crop of Tnrnlpa. "Do not leave your land baro" seems to be the motto A fanners lu Flanders. As sooi.t as the first wheat, barley and rye are cut the sheaves are left In the middle of the field, and a very super ficial plowing Is given, with applica tions of chemical manures, aud the land is then Immediately sown to tur nljn It ts not rare to see some fields cut, plowed and sown on the Bamc day. While the turnips are growing two or three lioelngs are given, and liquid manure ty applied. At the end of a few weeks the farmer has a crop of turnips which are consumed on the land or siloed. I>'c-rtlllcliiK Sweet I'olittof". In fertilizing bweet potatoes In the Ylnelsud (X. J.) district a formula Is used which calls for about 3 per cent of ammonia, H per cent of phosphoric acid and 10 per cent of i*»tush and costs from to #.'lo a ton. The cost Uf fvrtltlslag an acre Is about S2O. The fertilizer Is scattered directly In the furrows and the rows ridged over It Home (irona For tlir Dairy. At the New Jersey experiment sta tlon home grown crops alfalfa, crim son clover, oats and peas, cowpeas and soy beans which are rich In protein have been utilized In the dairy at a greater profit than could have been realized by selling them at the market price. Affrlealtuml School* For (jlrl*. In lielgluui high schools of agricul ture are established for young girls who want an education In agriculture complete enough to enable them to un dertake the management of large farms or to' teach In agricultural CGbuolif. RED RASPBERRIES. ft pcrlnient* With Manure* anil Fer tilizer* on Different Yarletle*. The New Jersey experiment station lias conducted a test of different ferti lizers on three different varieties of red raspberries the (,'uthbert, Marlboro and Turner. The test plots were ferti lized as follows: Plot 1. Manure. Plot 2.- Complete fertilizer. Plot 3. Complete fertilizer, with the addition of bone and fertilizer In the fall. Plot 1 Complete fertilizer, with bone and potash and with nitrate of sodu additional. Conclusions arrived at are: First.- Cuthbert Is by far the best market berry of the three In the test. Marlboro Is valuable for earliness. Tur ner Is discarded. Hecond. Manure at $1.50 per ton Is the most expensive of the four meth od* of fertilizing practiced, while the total yields and the re turns per dollar of cost are the lowest obtained. Third. The complete fertilizer used upon plot 2 has given the lowest an nual i ' it, pructi' diy one fourth that of manure used upon plot I, and has a return per dollar of cost for fertilizers over four times that obtain ed from the use of manure upon plot 1, ami f>4 per cent greater than that from mixture used upon plot 3. Fourth.—ln total yield, however, plot 2 is second to plot 3, though by less than 100 quarts per acre, and with net returns practically identical. Fifth.—The fertilizers applied to plot 3—i. e.. complete in the spring, and bone and potash in the fall—give the largest total yield and net returns, but cost annually 51) per cent more than that of the complete alone upon plot 2. Compared with manure, however, the returns per dollar of cost are prac tically three times as great from a cost for fertilizer only 40.5 per cent that of manure. Sixth.—The addition of nitrate of soda at blossoming time has proved valueless, as far as increasing produc tion. upon plot 4. The total yield, how ever. is greater than that from the manured plot, and the annual cost is but little over half that of the manure applied to plot 1. POTATO EXPERIENCE. The Mont licfal Fertiliser Combina tion and llo*v to Apply It, By EDWARD B. VOORHEfca. New Jer sey Experiment Station. In the growing of early potatoes it la essential that an abundant supply of nitrogen be at the disposal of the plant. The experience of growers has clearly demonstrated tbia fact, and until com mercial fertilizers came into general use most growers used large quanti ties of yard manure In order that the plant should suffer no lack of this ele ment. With the Introduction of com mercial fertilizers the question of greatest Importance has been the gource tit nitrogen best suited to meet the demands of the special early growth. The experiments which have been conducted with a view to answer ing this question have shown clearly that, while nitrate is most useful, a combination of the nitrate with quick ly availably organic forms, as dried blood, or with both organic and am monia forms is preferable to the use of anj' single form. On good potato soils, therefore, a good fertilization should consist of from 800 to 1,000 pounds of a fertilizer containing nitrogen 4 per cent, availa ble phosphoric acid 8 per cent and potash 10 per cent, one-third of the nitrogen at least to be derived from nitrate of soda and the remainder from quickly availablo fcigaule forma. On soils \u gMOti condition the fertilizer uiuy be applied in the row at the time of plautiug, though many prefer to apply one-half of the desired ami jut broadcast previously ai\d 'he remin der in the row w(;h the seed. Frnlt Troubles. The apple Is attacked by at least six different species of fungi. Some of them utterly destroy, as the bitter rot and the ripe rot. Others disfigure, as the apple scab, which opens the road for the rots. All of them are avoided by earl}-, frequent and judicious spray ing. Among tfco worst of peach dis ease the yellows, the nature of which la not understood and the rem edy not forthcoming. The same is true of the little peach. All that can be done is to educate tb© eye to de tect the first symptoms aud the will to destroy Fnll Srrillnf of Gnu. In some parts of New England fields are frequently seeded to grass In tho fall. This is done without any crop and In some cases is found to be more successful than spring seeding along with u crop of grain. This work should be done In August or early in September on ground well prepared— that is, made of fine tilth, smooth and well fertilized. Where this system works well there should be good suc cess with the crops of hay to follow, as they will have the entire benefit of the fertilizers applied, remarks Ameri can Cultivator. In the Poultry Yard. The hens that pass their molt early are the ones to keep for early winter layers. In selecting breeders for market stock only broad, full breasted birds should be chosen, Bunflowcr seed will help to hasten the molting of fowls. Lluset-d meal Is also useful for the same purpose. Ducks are not subject to cholera or roup, and lice do not trouble them at all. Geese are adapted to wet lands and do well If supplied with good pastur age and plenty of water. i'oor Mruiorlra. "I may be forgetful, ma," said Tommy, looking up from his book, "but I uln't as forgetful as sailors aro." "How do you mean?" osked his mother. "Why. they can never remember the weight of their anchor. They have t« weigh It every time they leave port."— Philadelphia Ix.'dger. Good na Her Word. Esmeralda -She used to say that if she ever married a man It would bo because she wanted to make him mis erable, yet she married that young Frlzzletop after she had known htm only a week. Gwendolen—Yes. It seems to have been u case of hate at first sight.—Chi cago Tribune. Prrfldr- Rhc —Jock played an awfully heart less trick on Flossie. He—How's that? She Why, they wero engnpred, you know, and last night at the bol masquo Jack made up so that Flossie didn't know him. Ife proposed aud was ac cepted again!—l'uck. Our Moclnl Olatlnctlona. "But," said the foreigner, "you have nothing here to exhibit your social dis tinctions. You all herd together every where. Your upper and lower classes are on the same footing." "You're mistaken. We have sanita riums and lunatic asylums."—Chicago Record-Herald. Harmony. Friend—And suppose there Is a mutrl monlal deadlock? The Bride—Why, matrimonial dead locks are unconstitutional. In case of n tie I cast the deciding vote, and George Just makes It unanimous.—New York l'ress. A Poarr. "It Is getting to be a problem with me," said the noisy politician, "how to keep the wolf from the door." "Stand on the steps oud make O*M> of your stump speeches when you seo him coming."—Detroit Free Press. Similarity. "That defeated racing auto over there reminds me of good money." "That's an odd comparison. Why does It remind you of good money?" "Because everybody con pass It."— Cleveland i'laiu Dealer. THE HALL OF FAME. Samuel Farb, a professional bonds man of Indianapolis, who made a for tune in the business, can neither read nor write. Dr. Jameson, the Cape of Good Hope premier, is now in London. He is said to be negotiating a scheme for the dis franchisement of the Cape natives. Captain Arthur Mostyn Field, B. N., has been selected as liydrographer of the British navy, to succeed Bear Ad miral Sir William J. L Wharton, re tired. Colonel William C. Capelle of Bos ton Is the only survivor of the large military staff of Massachusetts' war governor. He was assistant adjutant general. Itev. Dr. George Washburn, for thirty-five years president of Bobert college, Constantinople, has resigned and will return to America to reside permanently. Professor V. M. Spalding has re algned the chair of botany in the Uni versity of Michigan and In October will continue his work begun last year at the Desert laboratory, Tucson, Ariz. William H. Davos, a member of General G. L. Wlllard post, 54, of Troy, N. Y., claims to be the youngest mem ber of the G. A. R. He enlisted in Brooklyn as a drummer boy when he was fourteen. Thomas Estrada Palma, president of Cuba, will reside in his native land after his retirement from office and offers his former home at Central Val ley, N. Y., where he lived for eighteen years, for sale. Judge O'Connor Morris, who for over half a century had been one of the best known figures In the legal and social life of Ireland, has just died In his eightieth year. During his ca reer ho managed to write at least a dozen books on Ireland, as well as countless articles In reviews and mag azines. The record for climbing Pike's peak was made recently by H. H. Boblnson of Colorado Springs, Colo. The moun tain Is 14.147 feet above sea level, and the former record was made In 3 hours and 5 minutes. Mr. Boblnson made the ascent In 2 hours and 50 minutes. He wore a heavy pair of shoes, car ried an umbrella and the last mile walked In two Inches of snow. HORSES AND HORSEMEN. F<unos& C- / lUver has been solu to ue raced in Lurope. Oakland Baron, the pride of the Hudson Blver stock farm, Is very popular among breeders. Dariel, 2:00%, 1s in fine shape, and Alta McDonald expects to start her In the 2:01 class for pacers. Major Delmar bids fair to be tho most talked of trotter of the season, now that Lou Dillon Is resting. Judge Green, 2:10%, and Consuela S., 2:l2Vi, will take a shy at the team record this year. They are both owned by James Butler. Kamlta (3), by Idolita, 2:OOVi, out of Ootnrara, a sister to the dam of Walter Kelrn, 2:11%, she by Dictator, la the pride of Lon Maynard's string. Alero (2), by Befero, 2:24%, out of Alice Dorman, 2:15%, la a very promis ing colt owned by the veteran Pougli keepsle trainer, Dave Herrington. Major Delmar, Shadow Chimes, Mo no Wilkes, Kamares and the rest of the members of the popular Albany trainer's stable are all working In great shape. McDonald has thirty-one horses in his stable. ENGLISH ETCHINGS. Rural postmen In England will here after handle parcels not exceeding eleven pounds in weight The mayor of Portsmouth, England, has formally Inaugurated as a Dickens museum the house in Commercial road, Lundport, In which Charles Dickens was born. It Is estimated that 400 houseboats may be found upon the Thames und its backwuters. Some of these are very gorgeous and resemble miniature float ing palaces. The Birmingham city council has de cided to Issue a circular to all medical men lu the city asking them to report all cases of tuberculosis of the lungs coming under their notice and offering to pay 2s. Od. for each notification. The London hospital dispenses 2,500,- 000 pills and about three tons of cough lozenges per annum. In dressing for the putlento during the twelve months K2 miles of lint, 470 miles of bandage, 1) miles of plaster and 0 tons of cotton wool are required. MODES OF THE MOMENT. A return to black for evening wear la predicted. High coloring Is oue of the keynotea In tlie new millinery. ltuehes and pipings appear upon al most every smart dress. The toes of shoes are more pointed and tho heels a trifle higher. Scarfs of guipure or chantllly tako lie place of the old time botf. Japanese designs will play an Im portant part In the autumn modes. Many of the latest evening gowns aud dinner dresses have the festooned flounce. The distinctive feature of tho present modes consists In the reproductions of the Louis periods. The loveliest silk mulls are In Dolly Varden patterns and are moro desir able than the printed nets. IMPRESSING THE INDIANS. Klmon I'vnMr'H Method* Wllh the Un tutored Rrdakln*. Even as late as the year 1805 there were Indians on the North American continent who had never seen or heard a gun, had never seen tobacco smoke and were cupable of worshiping the white men who controlled these won ders. The Itev. A. G. Morioe tells of some of tho adventures of Sluion Era ser, who has stamped his name on Canada. Father Morice writes as fol lows: "On landing at Lake Stuart Era ser's men, to impress the natives with a proper Idea of their wonderful re sources, fired a volley with their guns, whereupon the whole crowd of In dians fell prostrate to the ground. To allay their fears aud make friends to bacco was offered them, which, on be Inx tasted, was found too bitter and thrown away. Then, to show Its use, the crew lighted their pipes, and at the sight of smoke issuing from their mouths th<' people began to whisper that they must come from the land of ghosts, since they were still full of the lire wherewith they had been ere mated. Pieces of soap were given to the women, who, taking them to In* cakes of fat, set upon crunchlug them, wualug Ivuu uu4 tuibtllw lo tli« No. 38 mouth, which puzzled both actors and bystanders. All these phenomena, however, were soon explained away, leaving profound admiration for the foreigners and their wares." THE PACIFIC OCEAN. Hott It Came to Br So Called by the Explorer Magellan. Magellan, practically the first to cir cumnavigate the world, set out from Spain in 1519 to find a western route to the famous Moluccas, or Spice is l 1 lands. Vague rumors of a pacific ocean were scattered through Europe. To test these Magellan, following the coast of South Amerlea, passed through the strait which now bears his name, formerly the strait of the Eleven Thousand Virgins, tossed all the time on a most tempestuous sea. Emerging into the broad waters on the west, he sailed northwest for three months and twenty days on a placid, almost unruffled sea, which he chris tened then and there Mar Paclfico, or Faclfic ocean, the namt it will now forever bear. Notwithstanding its name typhoons in the west and else where make this ocean as perilous a path as any other to those who tempt its vast expanse and comparative soll- I tude. Magellan himself fell la the Philip pines. but the Victoria came home to tell the tale. Drake was the first Eng lishman to sail on its wide waters.— London Standard. BOOKWORMS. Hot tbe Human Kind, bat the Grnbe That Tnnnel Volumes. Blades, in his interesting volume, "The Enemies of Books," has shown that several very real bookworms are undesirable tenants of old libraries, and he has studied closely several specimens sent him and described their ravages. Two grubs in particular richly de serve this name, the anobium, perti nnx or erudltus and the oecophora. The anobium, a small, light colored, brown headed grub, with a body like thin Ivory or transparent wax, bears a close resemblance to the white mag gots of a Stilton cheese. Working with a pair of strong jaws, like a steel bit, the grub begins at the wooden boards and if allowed will perforate the whole volume. The oecophora, similar to the anobium, except for the possession of six legs, is not unlike the so called deathwatch. M. Peignot asserts that he found twenty-seven volumes in one row pierced from end to end by a single worm tunnel. Mr. Blades doubts this, but has himself seen two vdlumes so treated, with no fewer than 212 dis tinct holes on one cover. - Garrlck and the Bishop. In the "BeaHties of Irish Life," by W. S. French, is this anecdote: "I have heard a story that upon one occasion the bishop of London asked the cele brated actor, Garrick, if he could ex plain how it was that he and hla cler gy failed to arrest the attention of their audiences, although they preached every Sunday of the realities of the world to come, while he (Garrlck) filled crowded houses with the most rapt attention, although they knew perfectly well that all he was saying was fiction. 'The reason is very plain, my lord,' replied Garrlck. 'You deal With f&cts as if they were fiction; I deal with fiction as if they were facts.'" Convincing. The late Wllbelui Jordan nsed to bo very much annoyed because of the constant tearing up of the streets in Frankfurt. One day he said to one of the men at work, "Why are you dig ging up the pavement again?" "Be cause a new water pipe is to be put in." "But the old one was still quite good." "So was the old Nlbelung-Lled, yet you wrote a new one, Herr Doc tor," retorted the laborer, with a laugh, in which Jordan joined. Reanon Enoogh. "What! Marry my daughter?" snort ed old Gotrox. "Why, you must be destitute of all reason"— "Yes," interrupted young Poorley, with refreshing candor; "I admit I am destitute, but that very fact is my rea sons'—Philadelphia Press. Judicial l'micnoatlc*. "What kind of sentence did the Judge jyive the weather man?" "Fair, followed by clearing; hard la bor, changing to variable; bread and water toward evening; Sunday, soup." —Buffalo Express. Ocean Cannibals. Such fierce carnivorous fishes as ex ist In the depths of the ocean are un known at the surface. There is a "black swallower" which devours other finny creatures ten times aa big as it self, literally climbing over its victim, first with oue Jaw and then with the other. Another species is nearly all mouth, and having no power of loco motion it lies buried In the soft ooze at the bottom, its head alone protruding, ready to engulf any prey that may wander into its cavernous Jaws. There la a ferocious kind of shark, resembling a huge eel. All of these monsters are black as Ink. Some of them are per fectly blind, while others have enor mous, goggling eyes. No ray of sun light ever pierces the dark, nnfathomed caves In which they dwell. Each species Is gobbled by the species next bigger, for there is no vegetable life to feed oil.—Spare Momenta. Tlie forests of (he Amiion, According to some astronomers the greenish patches on the planet Mars indicate woodland regions, and a scien tist predicts that centuries after the rest of this earth has become as barren as the mountains of the moon Martian astronomers will still distinguish here bright green spots of considerable ex tent near tbe east coast of South Amer ica. The forests of the Amazon valley, he thinks, are practically extermination proof. An average of 1,000 rank trees, shrubs and creepers cover every acre of ground and a year's neglect is enough to obliterate all traces of the most thorough clearing. A film of spon taneous vegetation soon covers the de serted field, trees shoot up and the sylvan deities resume their ancient away. Hypnotic Influence. An extruordluury story of the Imposi tion of one will upon another was told before the psychological section of tho British Medical association at Oxford. Dr. Eldrldge-Green said that he was talking with a patient on the subject of hypnotism. The patient, a of more than average force of character, aald she defied any man to send her to sleep and make her do as he wished. "I told her It was not necessary to send her to sleep," said the doctor, "and added, 'You will wake at 5 o'clock to morrow morning and will send me a pout enrd despite your own wishes to say no.' I got that post card, it was somewhat to this effect: 'I have been trying not to write to you, but I did wake at 6.'"
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