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.'"