VOL. XXXXI.
a
Winter Suggestions.
Basement Filled to Ceiling with Winter Goods. ■■;
Fall Millinery Coming to the Front.
Great Preparations for Large Fall Trade.
THE MODERN STORE-
Cotton Blankets, good size and weights. 65c, 7oc, fl.oo to $1 75 a pair-
All Wool Blankets in white and plaids £5-00 a pair. Fine large Pare
Wool Blankets, white and fancy plain?, *4. #4 50. $5 to $lO a pair. Fancy
Blankets and Robes for Bath Rotes, #I.OO, $1.50 to #3.00.
Comforters cheaper than yon can bny the materials, nice soft cotton,
good materials and well made, SI.OO, $1 25. $1 50, $2.00, $2 50 to $4 50 for
wool health comforters „ ,
We sell the celebrated Utopia Brand in Saxony. Germantown, Zephyr.
Shetland Floss, also Fleischer's German Knitting and Spanish yarn.
Millinery Department Getting Active
We can furnish yon what yon want and will take pleasure in doing so.
Our prices will not frighten yon away either. We turned out some
elegant head wear last week.
We pay express charges on all mail orders amounting to $5 or over.
EISLER-MARDORF COMPANY,
SOUTH MAUI STZZET | QQI
| LL\ Send in Your Mail Orders.
I KECK
g Merchant Tailor, g
Fall and Winter Suitings
( ] JUST ARRIVED. ( )
142 North Main St. w
KE O K
1 ll
I Special. |
We bought a case of new Fall Suitings way under price. Mi
They are 36 inches wide and all cotton but the styles are \
exact copies of high priced wool suitings and they look like A
wool. Handsome and serviceable goods made to retail at 30c.
We think them a great bargain at 11c a yd. *
Heavier Underwear g
Is Needed Now. S
We are ready with some extra values in medium and jrffc
heavy weight underwear for fall and winter.
Ladies' medium weight vests 25c. iff
Ladies' fleeced vests and drawers 25c and 50c. \
Ladies' wool vest and drawers SI.OO and $1.25. flr
Ladies' union suits 50c, SI.OO, $1.25 and up.
Men's shirts and drawers 50c and SI.OO.
Children's underwear—all styles at low prices.
BLANKETS, |
It's abont time for blankets. Boy now and get the ad-
vantage of the large assortments and special low prices to Mj
early bnyers. u
Cotton Blankets 65c, 75c, SLOO and up. OT
Wool Blankets $3.00, $4 00, $.5.00 and up. O
L. Stein & Son, |
108 N MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA.
BICKELS FALL FOOTWEAR.
Largest Stock and most Handsome Styles of Fine
Footwear we Have Ever Shown.
Sorosis Shoes.
Twenty new Fall styles—Dongola, Enamel and Patent-kid,
made in the latest up-to-date styles.
Extremely large stock of Misses' and Children's fine shoes
in many new and pretty styles for fall.
Mnn'c Qtinoc showing all the latest styles in
men S OIIUvO Men's fine shoes, all leathers,
$2.00 to $6.00.
Complete stock of Boys', Youths' and Little Gents' fine shoes.
Prices this Fall will be lower than last 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 of anything in our line give us a call.
Repairing promptly done.
JOHN BICKEL,
BUTLER, PA.
are the first again, as usual. )
S We have now on display our Fall and Winter line of /
\ Men's, Boys', and Children's Clothing. We pride our- /
,1 selves of having the finest line of Fall and Winter Cloth- )
/ ing ever shown in Butler. We mean that only make the \
1 Isaac Hamburger Clothing. We get the credit of every- /
\ one for selling the best line of clothing, not alone in But- /
\ ler, but the whole country, from the very fact that we sell \
4 the best ready-made clothing to be found on the market. \
s Our sales of this famous Hamburger make have doubled /
\ every year and we have been selling it for 12 years. More >
\ cannot be said of any make, and we do not find it necessary S
Vto change our line every year for a better one—it cannot \
C be found. When we tell you we have our Fall and Winter /
J line of Men s, Boys' and Children's Suits on display we /
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 \
x as* of you is to come in and see for yourself. See x
\ window display. YOURS FOR CLOTHING. /
) Douthett & Graham.
C INCORPORATED. C
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
I For Sale, j
The real estate of Mrs. Mary j
j B. Muntz, deceased, consisting of jg
gj the following tract, all located in jg
§f the Borough of Butler, Pa. 8P
j||[ Ist. A strip fronting 115 feet on South
55ST Main street and extending along the B. &
O. R. R. about 500 feet. This tract is well
adapted for manufacturing or warehouse j||g
IPI 2nd. The homestead of about two acres, j§|
all having a large comfortable dwelling house
s||l and outbuildings, fronting 150 feet on Main
S street and lying between the plank road yst
jiHf and the B. & O. R. R., having a frontage $35
on the latter of over 500 feet. This tract
?|3 is unexcelled for manufacturing purposes,
sH and has a never failing spring of water jg
3rd. A tract of about eight acres south j8
3®! of the plank road and west of Main street.
This tract can be subdivided into about
I'-'C forty buildings lots, commanding a splendid
view and within a few minutes walk of the •
business portion of the town.
4th. A large lot fronting 120 feet on
||3 Main street and having thereon a two story
jHI frame slate roof dwelling house in excel-
lent condition and with all modern- con
gf For prices, terms, etc., inquire of jij
| John N. /Vluntz, |
jßj No. 637 S. Main Street Butler, Pa, jjj
amHIiiXIIIIIHHIIiHKHXSM
Kjyll M'' May we show you our
W 1835 R. Wallace Silver Plate
I 1 i I
I { I B Soup Spoon and Dessert Fprk of which we
I j IB show hprr» on a >educed scale?
II II RALSTON & SMITH,
§/ 110 West Jefferson Street, Butler Pa-
'II llßßiMHSLyjlii
-1 Fall and Winter Millinery. I
31 Arrival of a large line of Street Hats, Tailor-made M
& and ready-to-wear Hats. All the new ideas and M
designs in Millinery Novelties. Trimmed and Un- 3;
;?• trimmed Hats for Ladies, Misses and Children. All 3?
;£ the new things in Wings, Pom-pons; Feathers, 31
Ostrich Goods, etc, etc. 31
| Rockenstein's I
W if*
$ Eniporium, jfc
||| 828 Soath Main Street, - .... Butler, Pa,
PATRICIAN,
V> THE WOMAN 'S SHOEM
tf/GIfT
THE FATIGUE OF SHOPPING
is greatly lessened by comfortable footwear. The flexibility of Patrician
Shoes for women makes walking a pleasure. All the attractiveness, style
Him service of a custom-made shoe is found in the Patrician. There are
27 styles to select from.
DAUBENSPECK & TURNER.
People's Phone 633. 108 S. Main St., Butler, Pa.
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1904.
Drying preparations simply devel
op dry catarrh; they dry up the secretioi.s,
which adhere to the membrane and decom
pose, causing a far more serious trouble than
the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid all dry
ing inlialantg. fumes, smokes and snulTs
and nae that which cleanser, soothes and
heals. Ely's Cream Balm is such a remedy
1 and wiil cure catarrh or cold in the head
easily and pleasantly. A trial size will bo
I mailed for 10 cents. All druggists sell the
50c. size. Ely Brothers 5G Warien St., N.Y.
The Balm cures without pain, does not
irritate or cause sneezing. It spreads itself
over an irritated and angry surface, reliev
ing immediately the painful inflammation.
With Ely's Cream Balm you are armed
against Nasal Catarrh and Hay Fever.
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 Crystal Pharmacy,
BOTH PHONES,
106 N. Main St., Butler, Pa.
fP/UNTj
'jjjoiFFERENT
!g KINDS
# Bur ALL #
A PAINT tS-rfctSiisi
•J? FOR
# EVERY A
jg PURPOSE 4*
iu Redick & Grohman
N. Main St.,?|Hj4|i
tj* BUTLER, PA. |ij
Do You Buy Medicines?
Certainly You Do.
Thfeii you want the best for the
least money. That is our motto.
Come and see us when in need of
anything in the Drug Line and
we are sure you will call again.
Wc earry a full line of Drugs,
Chemicals, Toikt Articles, etc.
Purvis' Pharmacy
S. G. Purvis, Ph. (i
Roth PiitiHeo.
SIS S Main St. Butler Pa.
g Selling as 3 hat is no 2
J no great shakes—but f
4 selling such a hat as the £
| Imperial j
J at $3 is Something j
2 They are guaranteed. 2
£ We have dozens of dif- £
jj ferent shapes. *
* Have just received new 2
f Shirts and Neckwear, f
i SOLE AGENT: J
\ Knox Hats, j
t Imperial Hats.
Jno.S.Wickj
Peoples Phone, 615. 0
t BUTLER, PA. J
Duquesne Vehicle Co
Fall Clearance of all Pleasure
Vehicles—2s to 50 Per C«nt
Reductions
400 to 401 DUQUfcsSNK WAY. ,
HIS LITTLE |!
MASCOT
By BELLE MANIATES
Copurioht, 190 i, l>u BcDf Maniatct
Bradley pau ""d at the door of Miss
Kane's studio, listened a moment to
the sound of smoothly struck chords
and then gave an apologetic knock.
The music ceased and the door was
opened by Miss Kane, teacher of vocal
music.
"You know better," she said for
biddingly.
"Yes," he said with penitent air, "but
I am not a visitor. I came on profes
sional business, really." and walked on
into the room."
"Do you want your voice tried?" she
asked sarcastically.
"Xo, I doa't want you to score an
other point against me, but I called to
see you in regard to your pupil, the
little girl Patti. I understand she is
to make her debut at the charity con
cert tomorrow night I want to wrhe
her up."
"Oh!" she exclaimed, interested, but
etill skeptical. "And since when did the
city editor himself take to writing 'ln
a Minor Strain' column?"
"Miss Fleming is ill," he replied,
"and we are all helping her out. I
volunteered to take this part of her
work. I thought, Miss Kane," he said
earnestly, "that It would be to your
advantage and to that of the child to
get satisfactory press notices, and I
will write whatever you wish."
"Thank you very much, Mr, Brad
ley," slie replied, her little air of re
pervp inciting for the once. "I shall
be very glad if you will do so."
"Now, what kind of a voice has
■he?"
"High soprano. Her voice is perfect
ly placed. When I discovered her pure
tones—l heard her first in a school—l
had her come to the studio. I sounded
low C on the piano and asked her to
sing tho note. She did, with perfect
attack and pitch. Then she kept on
with the successive tones and half
tones until *'o came to B flat. I be
gan to tremb'.e, for there begins the
middle register, the stumbling block of
nearly all singers, but the right quality
came into her voice—that imperceptible
shading of the chest tones as they
emerge into the smooth waters of the
soprano's realm. The tones kept com
ing clearly, sweetly and with a silvery
ring uutil I didn't dare take her any
farther."
"I suppose it's all right," said Brad
ley, with a perplexed sigh, "but it's all
Greek to me. If her voice was perfect
by nature why are you giviug l>w lea
sons?"
"I liayo inside her voice stronger and
more flexible; have taught her phras
ing and euunciation."
"I think you had better write a little
sketch of her personality and voice and
I will publish it."
There came a light rap at the door,
and a slender little wisp gf a girl with
big brown eyes and golden hair came
Ipto the studio
''This, Mr. Bradley, Is my little song
bird, l.ouise Harvey."
Bradley was very fond of children.
He shook hands with the little song
stress and, turning to Miss Kane, said:
"Is it possible that this microscopic
ehild can sing so gloriously as I have
heard it intimated If"
'fhe little girl drew herself up with
a suspicion of hauteur.
"I am in my teens!" she protested.
"That does give one an old feeling,"
he said, with a laugh. "I haven't for
gotten the first day I eould say so
proudly, 'J am In my teens.'"
"Have you been out of them long?"
Miss Kane could not forbear asking.
The bright eyes of Louise sparkled
with appreciative mirth.
"Miss Louise, you mustn't make fun
of me. I have the power to make or
mar public personages. I am going
to put yonv picture In the paper to
night, and the day after tomorrow I
shall tell how well you can sing."
"Thank you," said the little girl sim
ply. "But I must go now. I came to
return this music, Miss Kane."
"I will go witli you," said Bradley.
"We will stop at the florist's and or
der some flowers for you to carry at
the concert."
Louise flushed with pleasure as she
left the room in company with Brad
ley.
"I like Miss Kane. She Is lovely to
me," she confided when they were out
ou the street.
"I wish she would be lovely to me,"
be said ruefully.
"Is she mad at you?" asked Louise
Ingenuously.
"Yes, music mad. But unfortunately
I can only appreciate music from a rag
time standpoint, so I can't creep into
the circle of devotees Miss Kane draws
around herself."
"Why don't you jump In?" asked
Louise.
lie stopped abruptly and looked re
flectively at her,
''That's a very good idea, Miss Lou
ise. Thank you."
When they reached the florist's and
Louise had selected the roses he was
to send to her on the morrow, Bradley
said:
"Now I will make my first jump
*nd send Miss Kane some roses too."
"Send her violets," replied the little
girl earnestly. "They are her favorite
flower."
"Thank you again, Miss Louise. You
are certainly my mascot."
He ordered n huge bunch of violets
to be sent to Miss Kane on the even
ing following and left his card to ac
company them.
When Beryl Kane was dressing for
the concert t box from the florist's
Was brought to her. A little thrill of
pleasure went through her as she lifted
the cover and saw the violets; another
when she reird the card.
"I thought," she mused, "that he held
uie in disdain as 'one of that musical
crowd' who are so uninteresting to
him. He addresses such curt, cynical
remarks to me when we meet. I al
ways begin to get a retort ready as
soon as I see him approach. 1 wonder
how he came to send me these! I sup
pose because he was giving Lou some."
She sighed as she finished her *>i!et.
Her carriage stopped at the home of
her little pupil, and Louise, radiant
with excitement and pleasure, came
out, carrying l.or roses.
"You got the violets Mr. Bradley sent
you, didn't you?" asked the young girl
as she took her seat beside M' Kane.
"I must tell you what he said about
you. lie said you were music mad
and you didn't care for him because he
wasn't musical and he could never get
into your circle, pud I told him to jump
in."
Beryl listened to this voluble confi
dence with t:>e feeling that site onglit
to check or re two tho little taie hear
er, but she diun't. She felt still an
other little thrill and thought what a
lovely night it was. If only Louise
would do her best!
Louise did. Slie came out upon the
! Btago clad in the white robes of a
: chorister, her fair childish face brilliuut
with excitement and expectancy. Her
eager, searching eyes caught sight of
Bradley in one of the boxes. She flush
ed happily while the dimples came and
went. The prelude to her number end
ed, Bradley, the crowd, every one, van
ished from her thoughts. She forgot
herself in the grand music of the "Ave
Maria," and she surpassed in its de
■ livery the highest hopes of her teacher.
Then followed a wild ecstasy of ap
. plause from an enthusiasUc audience,
and she reappeared, this time attired
l ln a pretty white frock. She sang
"Home. Sweet Home," into the hearts
of her hearers. Applause, calls, recalls
and flowers followed.
When the excitement had subsided
: and the next number was on Bradley
1 found his way behind the scenes.
"Miss Louise," he said, bowing low
to the happy little girl, "when you are
a great prima donna don't forget that
i I gave you your first flowers."
"May I thank you for my violets?"
said a soft voice behind him.
lie turned, and his face glowed with
pleasure when he saw Miss Kane was
carrying his flowers. He noted how
happy she looked, but attributed the
fact to the success her pupil had
scored.
"Even I know that Miss Louise made
a hit. Every one is wild over her sing
ing, and they say she is the perfect ex
ponent of your teaching."
'.'Then my ambition is satisfied mu
sically," she replied. "I wanted to be
recognized as a successful teacher."
"And have you any ambitions other
than music?"
"Why, of course," she laughed. "Mu
sic is only a part of iny life."
] "Every one has an aim," said Louise
precociously. "Mine is to be a prima
donna. Miss Kane's to be a teacher,
j What is yours, Mr. Bradley?"
"To make a scoop," replied Beryl.
"That is only a 'part of my life,'" he
quoted. "I have another, a great aim
and hope."
"What is it?" asked Louise artlessly.
"I nm going to tell Miss Kane some
time if she will let me. Then I will tell
you."
Some one called Louise away just
then.
"May I come and see you soon—to
morrow night—Miss Kane?" he asked
in vibrant voice.
"Yes," she replied softly, screening
her face with the violets.
"I always thought yon were bored
by people who were not musical," he
said.
"And I always thought," she retort
ed. "that you were bored by people
who were musical."
"You were mistaken."
"So were you,"
Louise ran to them.
"Our carriage is here, Miss Kane.
Are we going home now?"
"Certainly not," replied Bradley
quickly. "Prima donnas always have a
supper after they sing. I am going to
take you to one now, and Miss Kane
will chaperon us."
"Oh, oh!" cried Lou ecstatically.
"Tills Is my loveliest night!"
"And mine," declared Bradley em
phatically.
"And mine," echoed Beryl softly.
Slnic While at Work.
"They say the man whose soul wakes
not to music is dead indeed," said the
man on the lookout for odd things,
"and the average working negro in
this great southland of ours seems to
be a pretty fair example of those who
have 'waked,' if his fondness for vent
ing his feelings In music is to be taken
as a criterion. Did you ever see a gang
of street laborers at work that some
one or more of them were not calling
out to an original theme a story anent
the things good to a darky's eyes?
They seem to fit the very measure of
motion, whether it be the swing of a
hammer or pick or the heaving of
some weighty object. I saw a gang
at their labor the other day, and the
ditty they enunciated held me interest
ed until I had learned the very rhythm,
If not the dialect, myself. These two
fellows told their trouble and desire
along this line:
" 'Say, old roan, augh!' (with a swing
of tho pick).
" 'Have yer got a good dog?'
"'Can he catch any coons?'
" 'Just take him and try him.'
"Repeating the grunt with every
Btroke. To the wbite man this might
look like wasted energy, but somehow
the negro seems to do more and do it
better with a musical incentive."—
New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Liltea a "Xoaey" Clerk.
"That new salesman," remarked a
floorwalker in a Broadway haberdash
er's store to the proprietor, "seems to
be an inquisitive sort of fellow. When
business Is slack he noses about, look
ing at everything on the shelves, ex
amining tags and peeping into boxes
that are not strictly in his department.
I think I'll speak to him."
"You will please do nothing of the
sort," answered the proprietor. "Clerks
who 'nose' about, as you express it, in
stead of posing by the door, are the
young men who know exactly what
goods we have in stock and where to
find them. They do not keep a cus
tomer waiting while they run to you
or me and risk losing a sale. There is
nothing about my stock that I don't
want my clerks to know. I would rath
er they find out for themselves than
go running to you for information."—
New York Tress.
A Conrageooi Soldier.
Admiral Wilson of the British navy
won his Victoria cross at the battle of
El Teb In 18S4. There was a gap in the
square, and five or six of the enemy
made a vicious rush forward, attempt
ing to get inside. Captain Wilson, who
was present with the naval brigade,
advanced to meet them alone, but his
sword broke in the endeavor to cut one
of the intruders down. Hereupon the
officer, instead of beating a hasty re
treat, stood his ground and began
bowling over the enemy with his fists.
Either from the nature of the ground
or, as the record puts it, "the surpris
ing nature of his attack," Captain Wil
son escaped with a few wounds and
was rescued by the square closing up
round him. Sir Redvers Buller de
scribed the act as the most courageous
he ever witnessed.
Tlio Iltunnn heptane.
It Is doubtful if there ever was a
sturdier human Neptune than Captain
Webb, whose memorable exploit In
crossing the English channel will al
ways be remembered. It was mere
ill luck—a fatal chance—which tSssed
him against a rock in the Whirlpool
rapids of the Niagara river and ended
his life. Lord Byron was a marvel In
the water. He equaled the feat of
Leander In propelling himself across
the Hellespont without aid or relief
from any quarter, and before him
beamed no beckoning signals, glances
and smiles from an Incomparably beau
tiful Hero. But even Byron never
swam across the English channel. As
the champion of the silver streak of {
ms Webb was the wonder of the ages.
On* Sheridan's Dodges.
It is re.aied of Uicbard Brinsley Sher
idan. the dramatist and statesman,
that always in debt he had among
his creditors the brothers Chalie, who
were the partners in a wine firm in
1775. One day when he was giving a
i dinner party to some distinguished
| people Sheridan sent for one of the
| brothers, told him he was now able to
settle his account and Invited him to
1 the dinner party, asking him to come
before the hour for some private con
i versatlon. Chalie arrived early, and
he was no sooner in the house than
Sheridan sent off a servant with a note
to the clerk desiring him, as Mr. Chalie
was favoring him with his company,
to send as soon as possible three dozen
of burgundy, two dozen of claret and
two dozen of port, with a dozen of old
bock. The unsuspecting clerk sent the
wine, with which the guests were so
pleased that they asked where It came
from. Sheridan, turning toward Chalie,
said, "I am indebted to my friend here
for all the wine you have tasted and
am always proud to recommend him."
It was not until the following morning
that Chalie realized the double mean
ing in Sheridan's words. The debt was
canceled.
The Lonely Library.
At the Engllsb universities the libra
ries are so little used that they have
become famous as places of unbroken
solitude. One yarn told to Illustrate
this is to the effect that an elderly fel
low of Caius college, Cambridge, got
tired of life and determined to put him
self quietly and out of
the way, so that the world In general
and Cains college in particular should
know him no more. Being a man with
a great love for his university and a
greater love still for his college, he
made up his mind that no scandal
should be caused by his sudden depar
ture, so he debated in his mind the
ways and means. His decision was an
Inspiration. He bought a decent length
of rope and hanged himself In the col
lege library. But his hopes were doom
ed to disappointment. He was discov
ered a year and a half later.
Lone Cooltin*.
Of fresh foods the elephant's foot
needs cooking the longest time, as it
does not acquire Its proper tenderness
and succulence till It has been baked
for about thirty-six hours. Next comes
■ tripe, which requires from ten to fif
teen hours of boiling before it becomes
thoroughly digestible. Next come
hams of good size, which require from
six to seven hours. Of roast meats, a
haunch of venison takes lAnger than
any other Joint—about three and a half
hours. Of puddings, the Christmas
pudding comes easily first, as it Is boil
ed over and over again. Sometimes It
Is kept for months or years and under
goes several boilings. The average time
is from six to eight hours. The veg
etable which takes the longest time to
cook is the onion.—London Mail.
Huxley on Darwin*! Degree.
Huxley did not love degrees, but he
had to have one. Anticipating the don
ning of the red gown he informed his
friends that after the ceremony he
would have to be treated as a person
of respectability. "I have done my
best to avoid that misfortune," said
he, "but It's of no use." It was Oxford
that paid him the compliment as It
had done to Darwin two years earlier.
When Darwin was given the degree
Huxley let him have no false Idea as
to the honor bestowed. "Canon Pusey,"
he declared, "has been making inquiry
as to who are the blackest heretics on
the list proposed. He was glad to as
■ent in your case in order to keep out
seven devils worse."
Rear Side aad OS Side.
When horses were first hitched to
vehicles the driver never thought of
riding himself, but walked by the side
of the road as he held the lines. So as
to have his right hand always ready
he walked on the left side, and conse
quently the horse on the left side came
to be known as the "near" horse, and
the one on the right side was called the
"off" horse. In that manner the terms
"near horse" and "off horse" became
general and still pertain to horses
hitched as a team.
Reluctant to Give Up.
"Lend me $lO, old man. I'm a little
short"
"That won't help you any. You'll be
Just as short after getting the money."
"Nonsense, old chap! How do you
make that out?"
"Why, after giving you the $lO I
don't expect to see you any longer."—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
He Probably Toole the Hint.
Young Tutter—Miss Clara, suppose
that tomorrow evening I should call
again and, having nerved myself up
to it, suddenly, while we were convers
ing, I should without a word throw my
arms around your neck and deliberate
ly kiss you, what would you do? Miss
Pinkley—Oh, Mr. Tutter, don't ask me
to look so far ahead.
A Maddening Posltloa.
The hardest thing a girl does is to re
frain from asking a man a question
that she knows will make him mad
when she Is Just boiling with curiosity
to know the answer.—Cincinnati Com
mercial Tribnuie.
Easy Remedy.
He—Here Is your dressmaker's bill.
Bhe la becoming impatient for ber
money. She—lndeed. Then I must call
tomorrow and order a new dress.
The Brute.
She—You married me for my money.
He—Well, It's no use grieving over It
now; it's all gone.—New Yorker.
Men attending the pans In salt works
are never known to have cholera,
smallpox, scarlet fever or Influenza.
1 Caterpillars and Grabs.
It is altogether surprising what cater
pillars and grubs can survive and ap
pear to like It. Some mites live on
strychnine, eating it with avidity.
Professor Attfield tried the same fare
on cheese mites, and up to 50 per cent
of strychnine they lived and thrived as
perhaps only mites can be expected to
do. Over 50 per cent of poison they
found to be an error of diet and
promptly died. There is a sort of cater
pillar which lives on magnesia; one
wonders vaguely whether a perpetual
course of magnesia is not found some
what enervating. But then, the cater
pillar is a being wholly depraved,
which nothing can kill. The grub of
the fur moth particularly is an indis
criminate feeder, liking wool as readily
as fur and a horse's hide as well as
either, and will dine heartily on such
poetic fare as butterflies' wings. And
it Is destruction personified, taking a
wanton pleasure in cutting off a multi
tude of hairs more than it can possibly
require, and nothing seemingly can kill
It Turpentine, sea salt, tobacco and
sulphur fumes—these "remedies" only
drive it away, that is all, as the pas
sengers in Ilans Andersen's coach used
a sprig of myrtle to drive away the
files.—London Globe.
No. 39
IllSllji
THE ART OF BUDDING.
The Snaon, Xrrtutrr Material! sad
Details of the Operatioa.
The cut quite plainly represents the
details of the operation of budding.
The points may bo given In brief as
follows: Budding is performed In the
north from the beginning of July to
the middle of September, beginning
earlier in the southern states. Stocks
should be at least three-eighths of an
inch in diameter. Leaves should be
rubbed off from the base of the stock
Just before budding. On young stock
buds are inserted as low down to the
ground as the budder can work. On
trees of considerable size the new
growth of high branches is selected.
The north side of the tree Is generally
considered best, as it is shielded from
the sun.
The sclous from which the buds are
to be taken are cut from shoots of the
season's growth, usually on the outside
of the tree where they have been ex
posed to sunshine, as tbey must be
strong and well hardened. The growing
end of the shoot is cat off. The leaves
are removed, but a part of the stalk of
each leaf is left. Thus the "stick of
buds" is formed.
In preparing the stock two cuts ar*
made, one vertical, about an inch and
a half long, and one horizontal, across
the top of*he vertical. At the same
time the bark, if it is in the right con
dition and the operator is expert, is
f|i
FIG. 1 FIG. 2 fTG S
FIG. A raja fYfr 0
EVOLUTION OT TBI BUS.
[Fig. 1. a stick of buds; Fig. 2, budding
knife; Fig. 3, stock cut for budding; Fig.
4. a bud; Fig. 6, ths bud lnssrted; Fig. 4,
the bud tied.]
lifted by a peculiar turn of the knife.
When the bark does not slip freely, It
is raised by a sort of lifting and posh
ing motion with the thin bone scalpel
at the end of the budding knife. Many
budders use the rounding point of the
blade.
The bud Is cut about an inch long
and taken away at the deepest point,
about one-fourth of the diameter of
the twig. Some growers strongly rec
ommend removing from the bud the
little bit of hard wood that Is thus cut
out with It from the stick.
The bud is inserted at the upper end
of the long incision on the stock and
pushed gently down to place. If the
upper end of the bud extends above
the transverse incision, it Is cat off to
fit
The bud is. tied immediately, begin
ning at the lower end, winding up
ward, covering the incisions securely,
but taking care to leave out the foot
stalk and the bud. A string for budding
is cut about a foot long. The lower end
is secured by wrapping over it the sec
ond time round, and tne upper end is
finished with a knot
Woolen yarn, candle wick, narrow
strips of muslin, basswood bark or the
imported raffia may any of them be
used for tying.
When the bud has successfully unit
ed with the stock, the tie is taken oft,
in about three weeks.
The Thriving Tnrkey Industry.
There never has been a more active
demand for market turkeys than dur
ing the past ten years, and there Is no
reason why this should not Increase
very materially in the next few years
as a result of the growth of popula
tion. The census of 1900 shows that,
with a little over 5,000,000 farms In
the United States, not much over
6,500,000 turkeys were produced.
Among the states Texas is in the lead,
having produced almost 660,000 tur
keys. Following Texas come Missouri,
Illinois, lowa, Ohio and Indiana In the
order named. The state of Rhode Is
land produced less than 5,000 turkeys.
It may be remaned, however, that If
all the turkeys were of such good qual
ity as those produced in Rhode Island
their value would be nearly doubled,
and they would return correspondingly
greater profits.
Manuring: Grass Alls.
An English authority says; "It Is bet
ter to lay up the same land for hay
each year, grazing the aftermath only,
and In the same way always to graze
tother land rather than graze and hay
alternate years. In this way we
obtain the fullest development of those
grasses and clovers which are suited
to haying and grazing respectively.
For the same reason the system of ma
nuring once adopted should be varied
as little as possible, for even manures
•s similar as nitrate of sods and sul
phate of ammonia encourage different
kinds of grass."
Votes and Kisses.
In the letters of William Cowper, the
poet Is an interesting description of
some old fashioned political campaign
tactics in England: "We were sitting
yesterday after dinner, the two ladies
and myself, very composedly and with
out the least apprehension of any such
intrusion in our snug parlor, one lady
knitting, the other netting, and the
gentlemen winding worsted, when to
our unspeakable surprise a mob ap
peared before the window, a smart
rap was heard at the door, the boys
hallooed and the maid announced
Grenville. Puss—one of the tame hares
—was unfortunately let out of her box,
so that the candidate, with all his good
friends at his heels, was refused ad
mittance at the grand entry and re
ferred to the back door as the only pos
sible way of approach. In a minute
the yard, the kitchen and the parlor
were tilled. Mr. Grenville, advancing
toward me, shook me by the hand with
a degree of cordiality that was ex
tremely seducing. When the confer
ence ended, Mr. Grenville squeezed my
haud again, kissed the ladies and with
drew. He kissed likewise the maid in
the kitchen and seemed upon the whole
a most loving, kissing, kind hearted
gentleman."