VOL. XXXXL
Bargains
tin Boots, Shoes
and Rubber Goods
At Bickel's.
If you want the biggest values for the
money ever offered come to this sale.
A grand opportunity to get good solid
footwear at a big saving.
Ladies' fine Dongola patent tip shoes SI.OO
Misses' fine Dongola patent tip shoes 85
Ladies' warm lined shoes 85
Infants' fine soft sole shoes 18
Boys' every day shoes 90
Men's good working shoes 1.00
Men's fine Patent Leather shoes 1.75
Ladies' fine Patent Leather shoes ... 1.75
Children's fine Dongola shoes 35c, 50c, 75
Ladies' warm lined slippers 45
Extremely large stock of Rubber & Felt Goods of all kinds.
Ladies', Gents', Boys', Misses' and Children's felt Boots and
Stockings with good heavy overs. High cut arctics in all sizes.
Large assortment of Ladies', Gents', Misses' and Children's
Leggins and Overgaiters at prices sure to interest you.
At all times a full stock of Gokey's hand-made box-toe and
plain toe shoes. Gokey's high-cut copper-tipped shoes for
boys and heavy school shoes for girls.
See our line of Men's high-cut shoes. Just the kind for
winter wear.
JOHN BICKEL,
BUTLER, PA.
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MRS! IE. ZIMMERMANI
< > We Welcome You ; |
To oar Fall 1904 showing of Millinery. Suits,< >
' ' Wraps, Skirts/Waists, Dress Goods, Silks. Neck
t ► \ wear and Trimmings. Rain Coats, Misses',' ►
. . Children's and Junior Coats. > *
Women who wear tailored garments from this
rl store have the double satisfaction of knowing* r
. . / / \ they are properly dressed and have received full,
' /ff \ value for tbeir money. k
III ( 1 g6.75 for Tourist Coats, worth fS.OO
Ol 1 1 . \ 1 8.50 for Tourist Coals worth 12.00 ( 3
|j | | I 1 110.00 for Ladles'fine Tailored Suits, worth 115.00
( . A 111 IV I 1.88 for Ladles'fine Tailored Hklrts. worth 4.00 ( (
' ' /, II I A I 3.58 for Ladles'fine Tailored Skirts, worth 5.00
J f In 1 4KB for Ladles'Bno Tailored Skirts, worth 7J50 < >
X J /*/' ' I We make a specialty of Skirts for large wo-< >
jr ; : I men—bands up to 37 inches New Silk Waists, f
O i < i t '<iL jk\ colors brown, blue, also black, $5.00. well worth*?
A ■ ,P Jf sw4\ IT.OO. buys a Raip Coat. re#l value $12.50. < >
M. "'I I I r«ll\ All the new weaves and poloring, also black, in
O j I I ll\ Prem Goods and Silks. The store is so full of '
A / I I 1\ \ the new in every department mat giving detail A
mill J , ml \is far beyond possibility. We extend yon a
w S-tn, cordial invitation to come and see. < '
A THE POPULAR STORE. < >
firs. J. E. Zimmerman.f
X Bell Phone KXf. (!■
W People's Phone 12*. DUlJcr, 1 a- y?
j THE LABGEST IN THE COUNTV. "j
THE
Butler County National Bank. ;
1890, Organized —Capital - $100,000.00 :
1900, Capital increased to - 200,000.00 |
1904, Capital increased to - 300,000.00 |
, Sept. 9, Surplus and Profits - 326,377.91
Sept 9, Resources $2,706,342.30 f
Interest paid on time deposits since organization *
$230,996.42.
; [ Hm Pollowlag Well-ksown Bwiaess Men Compose our Board of Directors: f
LESLIE P. HAZLETT C. P. COLLINS W. 8. WALDBON '
W. H. LABKIN HARKY HEASLEY A. L. KEIIIEB *
JOSEPH HAKTVAN, JR. T. P. MIFFLIN I. Q. SMITH I
t, O McQANIiLE»a M. HENBHAW K. M. BKEDIN *
LA. MABKB • H, MpSWEENpy J. V. KITTH *
i "The big Bank on the corner at the Court House" |
. THE OLDEST IN THE COUNTY.
Butler Savings & Trust Co.
Capital. Surplus and Undivided Profits
$450,000.00.
Assets over
$2,000,000,00.
Solicits your banking and trust business and offers you
every favor consistent with sound banking.
INTEREST PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS.
Write for onr booklet, "Saving Money," Yours for the asking.
THE
Farmers' National Bank,
BUTLEK, PA.
CAPITAL ----- $100,000.00
SURPLUS AND PROFITS - $32,000.00
(liBIlO)
Acoonnts of the public solicited. A liberal rate of interest paid,
JOHN YOUNKINS, President. JOHN HUMPHREY, Vice President
E. W. BINGHAM. Cashier. J. F. HUTZLER. Ass't Cashier.
KECK
Merchant Tailor.
Fall and Winter Suitings
( ) JUST ARRIVED. ( ]
142 North Main St.
KECK
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
j For Sale. |
The real estate of Mrs, Mary jj|
B B. Muntz, deceased, consisting ot jg
gj the following tract, all located in |j|
gjtlie Borough of Butler, Pa. jjjj
y| Ist. A strip fronting 115 feet on South
*gsr Main street and extending along the B. &
O. R. R. about 500 feet. This tract is well S
adapted for manufacturing or warehouse
purposes.
18 2nd. The homestead of about two acres,
having a large comfortable dwelling house I3S
and outbuildings, fronting 150 feet on Main
[x! street and lying between the plank road
and the B. & O. R. R., having a frontage
on the latter of over 500 feet. This tract |gf
is unexcelled for manufacturing purposes,
p§ and has a never failing spring of v/ater j|||
jS 3rd. A tract of about eight acres south
of the plank road and west of Main street,
This tract can be subdivided into about
r : l'i forty buildings lots, commanding a splendid "
view and within a few minutes walk of the J«S
business portion of the town.
4th. A large lot fronting 120 feet on
2|5 Main street and having thereon a two story ' J
frame slate roof dwelling house in excel- f&t
lent condition and v/iih all modern con- jjafE
veniences.
For prices, terms, etc., inquire of jf|
| John N. /Vluntz, |
j No. 637 S. Main Street Butler, Pa, fe
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Cii ifts
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M''- May we show you our ■
1635 R. Wallace Silver Plate ■
I 1 I 1 I especially the new "FLORAL" pattern ■
MlB B m ou P Spoon and Di ssert Fork of which we ■
■ IfgE show her** on a reduced scale?
Hlj| RALSTON & SMITH, I
110 West Jefferson Street, BuHer Pa
| Fall and Winter Millinery. |
Arrival of a large line of Street Hats, Tailor-made
3? and ready-to-wear Hats. All the new ideas and 31
3- designs in Millinery Novelties. Trimmed and Un- 3;
trimmed Hats for Ladies, Misses and Children. 'Ail 3*
3; the new things in Wings, Pom-pons; Feathers, 31
3? Ostrich Ooods, etc, etc. 3-
I Rockenstein's I
I Millinery Emporium,^
§ 838 BoQth Main Street. Butler. Pa
gv.n ;i-ill ill -:i? ;if:r-
MTRICIM
(V THE WOMAN 'S SHOE V)
j?IOHT
TH E FATIGUE OF SHOPPING
is greatly lessened by comfortable footwear. The flexibility of Patrician
Shoes for women tnaketi walking a pleasure. All the attractiveness, style
and service of a ciist >in-m»de shoe is found in the Patrician. There nre
27 styles to select from.
DAUBENSPECK & TURNER.
People's Phone 633. 108 S. Main St., Butler, Pa.
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BUTLER. PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1904.
Nasal Catarrh quickly yields to treat
ment by Ely's Cream Balm, which is agree
ably aromatic. It is received throngh the
nostrils, cleanses and heals tho whole sur
face over which it diffuses itself. Druggists
sell tho 50c. size; Trial size by mail, 10
cents. Test it and you are sure to continue
the treatment
Announcement.
To accommodate those who are partial
to the use of atomizers in applying liquids
into the nasal passages for catarrhal trou
bkt, the proprietors prepare Cream Balm iu
liquid form, which will be known as Ely's
Liquid Cream Balm. Price including tho
spraying tube is 73 cents. Druggists or by
mail. Tho liquid form embodies the med
icinal properties of the solid preparation.
Prescriptions!
For prompt ani 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.,
NI Ct KSSOK TO
Johnston's Crystal Pharmacy,
BOTH PHONES.
106 N. Main St., Butler. Pa.
IPAINTI
20 Tjp*
jfioiFFERENTiji
3? KINDS I*
BUJ" ALL
A PAINT
& FOR 4?
# EVE-iY #
# PURPOSE
it Redick & Grohman &
fotjf 109 N Main St.,H??{?s
31 BUTLER, PA $
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You Buy IWedicines?
Certainly You Do.
Then you want the best for the
least money. That is our motto
Cnine and see us vvher. i:i need of
anythjup in tha I>ru& Line and
we art sure you will call again.
We carry a full line of Drugs,
Chemicals, Toilet Articles, etc.
Purvis Pharmacy
S. O. PURVIS, PH. O
Both Phone?.
218 G -Mu.l. Hutler Pa.
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5 They are guaranteed. S
£ We have dozens of dif- J
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S Have just received new S|
f Shirts and Neckwear. #j
i SOLE AGENT; J
I Knox Hats. I
t Imperial Hats, i
;Jno. S.Wick.;
i P?oples Phune, 6)5. P
J BUTLER, PA. J
Duquesne Vehicle Co
Fall Clearance of all Pleasure
Vehicles — «•"> to 80 Per Cent
Reductions.
400 to 404 DUQUESNE WAY.
I SMASHING ?
I AN IDOL ]
t By CYRUS DERICKSON
f ( ..j i/riy'-L > l'U T. C. Mcdure J
While visiting her aunt in the city
In the late spring Miss Ilattie Saun
ders. daughter of Farmer Saunders of
Redfield county, attended the theater
several times, and for a special reason
she attended one particular play three
different times. The special reason
was because the hero captivated her
heart within fifteen minutes after the
curtain went up. In the four acts of
the play he rescued his love, killed
three men, rode a bucking broncho, got
the best of a land shark and found a
million dollars in gold in a cave. He
was a man to do and to dare, and
when he shouted "Zounds!" and
"S'death:" whole tribes of hostile In
dians had to flee before him.
While the country maiden fell in love
with Colonel Bings and adored bis her-
BE t>tt£\V HIMSELF VP INTO AN APPLK
TREE.
oism, she had to depart for home
without having told him anything
about it. Other girls who also loved
and adored uisy have sent him notes
and bouquets, but llattio would have
been frightened at the idea. She de
parted for home, hiding her feelings
from everybody, and her brother Bill
and her father's hired man never look
ed so common to her before. The Idea
of one of theui pulling out a revolver
and crying "Zounds!" seemed like the
rankest burlesque to her.
Providence brought things around in
a queer way two months later—that is.
It brought Colonel Blngs, as he had
been named on the programme, to the
farm of Abel Saunders as a boarder.
Farmer Saunders didn't hanker for
boarders, and his wife agreed that it
wouldn't be worth the bother, but Ilat
tie settled as soon as she set eyes on
the strauger. Here was the hero of
the play standing before her, hat In
hand, npd sho would have given five
years of her life rather than that he
should go elsewhere. lie was out for
a fortnight's vacation and was willing
to sleep on a straw bed and eat pota
toes with the jackets on, and after a
bit he was taken in. Hattle was a lit
tle disappointed that he didn't throw
her father over the well curb and her
brother Bill over the fence in the first
fifteen minutes, but she was a girl of
patience, and she gave him time. She
also realised that it must be hard work
on the voice and muscles for a man
to be a hero all the time. He must
have a day off now and then to re
cuperate.
Supper was the first meal Colonel
Bings sat down to. He didn't have
any eagle feathers In his hair or buck
skin fringe on his Jacket or trousers,
and he didn't mince his food like a
hero. On the contrary, as brother Bill
took occasion to remark, he "just shov
eled it in" uud put the hired man to
the blush. It wus a disappointment,
but Hattte wus not discouraged. She
sat down with her hero that evening to
draw him out. He was ready to be
drawn. He said he got a salary of S3O
per week for playing the part of Colo
nel Bings, or would have had If the
manager hadn't cut sticks and left him
in the lurch. The girl had made up her
mind that nothing less than SI,OOO per
week could command such talent as
that and that hundred dollar bills were
as common as matches to him, and ho
took something of u drop in her estima
tion.
Iu the play he had saved a sweet
faced heroine whose tears had cap
tured Miss Hattie's sympathies at an
early stage, although at the same time
she had been made a little Jealous by
her being carried around in the hero's
arms when she could Just as well have
walked. She was now to learn that
the heroine was a vroman of forty
who had been married and divorced
three or four times and whose sweet
face was made so by grease and paint.
The hero also further mentioned that
the heroine's trunk was being held by
her landlady for six weeks' board.
There was no posing on his part as
he walked about under the apple trees.
When he was bitten by a mosquito
Hattle expected to hear him call out
"Zounds!" or "S'death!" but he didn't
He called out "Thunder!" instead.
When the hour grew late and bedtime
came he didn't bend over her little
brown hand and kick cut one foot, as
In the play, but bade her a brusque
good night and said it looked as if
there might be rain before morning.
The hero worshiper went to bed with
a heartache, and the more she thought
things over the more disappointed she
was. She almost cried over It, but aft
er awhile she found several excuses
for Colonel Bings. lie was probably
tired out, perhaps he had a headache,
maybe the heroine had tried to borrow
money of him. At any rate, she would
not believe that he was only common
clay till he had been further tried.
The next morning brought hope to
her heart. He was heard shouting
"Egad!" and "Thou varlet!" to himself
In his room before breakfast and his
manners were courtly as lie sat down to
tackle the fried pork and hard boiled
eggs. After the breakfast things had
been cleared away the girl Invited him
to walk across the Held to the goose
berry bushes with her. and it did her
soul good to see him assume his heroic
stride as he walked beside her. In her
mind's eye she was picturing the scene
where hi- slew three villains and cried
"Ha, ha!" In triumph, when he sud
denly s]>r.ing from bee si te and drew
himself up Into an apple tree. A year
ling cult wus coming across the field
on a run. and the hero didn't mean to
I take any chances.
It took five minutes to assure him
that he was In no danger and to coax
! him down, but the gooseberries were
not yet at hand when a mother goose
showed a disposition to attack him.
I and he climbed a fence and left poor
Hattle to save her own life or poish
jby inches. The matter did not end
there, ne had almost recovered his
equanimity and was seeking after a
pose when a bumblebee bobbed up and
did business. Colonel Bings was lift
ed a foot high, but Instead of coming
down to conquer or die he descended
to utter half a dozen cuss words and
reprove Hattie for the grin on her
1 face.
Most girls would have made up their
minds then and there that Colonel
Bings was no hero, but Hattie Saun
ders did not want to do him Injustice.
She gave him more rope. That even
ing as she swung In her hammock
she remarked that she had always
thought she would make a great ac
tress and asked him for nn honest
opinion.
"It's all bosh," he replied as he dodg
ed a wandering horsefly seeking a
night's lodging. "You haven't got the
face or the form, and you'd make a
1 dead failure of it in a week. Better
Btick right here till yxra can marry
some lusty fellow."
Jllss Hattle closed her eyes for a
moment to blush, and when she opened
them again her idol lay shattered on
the grass. She hail admired and wor
shiped and was ready to love, but the
i veneer had peeled off, and her ma
hogany hero was only plain pine. He
remained ten or twelve days more,
I and there were days when he stretch
ed out his arm and cried, "Back, you
I sons of Satan, or die!" But the girl
; could not recall her reverence and en
thusiasm. When his fortnight was up
he went, and Hattie queried of her fa
ther:
"Papa, do you think Colonel Bings
Is a hero?"
"I guess he is." replied the old man.
"He went away owing me for the last
week's board."
A Jrniih Vl«w of Utplratloa.
The question of revelation is always
involved in discussion concerning the
contents of the Bible. Tho ambiguity
of this term would be removed if the
idea of the supernatural were detached
from it. The old theology must cer
tainly count with the Indisputable fact
that the personal characteristics, the
temper and disposition and the variable
range of intellectual culture and spir
itual Insight are the inseparable condi
tions controlling every manifestation
of human intelligence. When it is con
ceded that the Bible speaks in the lan
guage of man the Idea of a miraculous
revelation is abandoned.
In the case of the Hebrew prophets
the nature of the psychological process
inciting their oracular messages is not
difficult to understand. The intensity
and clearness of their moral and re
ligious convictions and the irresistible
urgency to proclaim them they felt as
an impelling force not their own, but
coming from a higher source. Jere
miah and Kzeklel In a less enthusiastic
state of mind acknowledge that the di
vine law Is written upon the heart In
fact, every liberation of thought is a
revelation. Spiritual experience can
be nothing else than the best and no
blest thoughts that the wise and good
in ©very age have felt and taught—
Menorah.
Mllenlnn Mendicant*.
Here are some characteristic stories
anent Milesian mendicants:
"Could yez help a poor fellow to
day and the Lord save yez?" said a
beggar to a Dublin publican. "Get
away!" cried the landlord. "I've had
a dozen of your kind here today al
ready." "Shure, and it's meself that
sadly knows how the professhlon Is
overrun," replied the beggar.
Quite recently the following conver
sation was overheard between two old
crones: "Good morra to ye, Mrs. Fo
garty," said one. "Good morra, kindly,
Judy," replied the other. "I hope I
see you well this mornin'?" "Oh, very
well, entirely! So, Mrs. Fogarty, ye
married yer daughter Kate. Did she
get a good match?" "A splendid man,
praise be to heaven! She got Blind
Darby Driscal on the Dyke, that makes
more money than any three beggars In
Cork." "Ah, thin, but it's me that's
glad to hear yer news! And did ye
give her anything?" "Falx, I did, then!
Didn't I give her the best side of Pat
rick street, which if well begged Is
worth siven and sixpence a week?"
"Upon me word, but 'tis ye that was
generous!" exclaimed the other.—Lon
don Family Herald.
Furraarat'a Denth.
Admiral Farragut's death was due to
the selfishness of a woman. The ad
miral and his wife were coming from
California, when a woman occupying
a seat in front of them In the car
opened a window. Admiral Farragut
was ill, and the strong draft of wind
which blew directly upon him chilled
him. Mrs. Farragut asked the woman
courteously if she would not kindly
close the window, as it was annoying
to her husband. The woman snapped
out: "No, I won't close the window.
I don't care if It does annoy him. lam
not going to smother for him." Ad
miral Farragut thus caught a severe
cold, which resulted in his death. A
few days before the end came he said,
"If I die, that woman will be held ac
countable."—Exchange.
L '.any to Keep Afloat.
If every person knew that It is im
possible to sink If one keeps his arms
under water and moves his legs as If
he were going upstairs, and that one
muy keep this motion up for hours be
fore fatigue ends It, there would be
few casualties. Such Is the fact. Ex
cept where cramp renders motion Im
possible, the man who gets an unvol
untary ducking has small chance of
drowning. He can generally keep afloat
until rescuers appear. The people who
drown are those who frantically wave
their arms out of water and lose their
self possession.—Chicago Journal.
The rustic In Chcsa.
The wistlo in chess owes its shape
and name to a misunderstanding of its
old Italian name, "rocco," as If It were
"rooca " a castle or fortress. The words
rocco, rook and roc (French) come from
rohk, the old Persian name of the
piece, which was in the shape of an
elephant. Curiously enough, the ele
pliuut carried a 111 1' • istle on his back,
and the position .lie piece on the
board s«>eiued suitable for a castle.
Wlri> Fire E*tln*ul»hcr«.
In factories where luflatnmable ma
terials are made small (Ires are very
apt to break out, and unless their prog
ress Is at once stopped the results may
be serious. In varnish factories the
fire extinguisher consists of a mesh of
very flue wires. Should a Jar of var
nish become Ignited, a workman seizes
the net, which Is always kept ready at
bund. an«l pops It over the vessel con
taining the burning liquid. The wires
conduct off the heat so quickly that
the flames have no time to spread and
soon die out.
A THREE HORSE EVENER.
Methods of OTrrromlai the Bide
Draft In Three Horse. Tcan.ln*.
Teamsters lu my section who desire
to use three horses generally adopt the
heavy thills shown in Fig. 1, says A.
F. Shull of Ohio in American Agricul
turist. The weight of the thills is
borne entirely by the middle horse, as
they arc hung in books attached to a
broad strap over the back. The middle
Eingletree swings from the same pin as
the doubletree for the outer horses.
Where it Is necessary to use a tongue
divide the doubletree Into thirds and
place the pin one-third the length from
the end next the two horses. Then give
the near horse a longer portion of the
tougue chains or, as in western wagons,
I
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FTC. 1
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F/G.2
FtC,. 3
A THBXX HOBS IB EVENER.
[Fig. X. heavy thills: Fig. 2, short arm;
Fig. 3. tonguelesc evener ]
of the neck yoke. Even then it It nec
essary to build a short arm at the side
of the tongue (Fig. 2), but it is so short
that side draft is nearly eliminated.
Such a plan will be quite effective in
two wheeled implements where the
load is behind the axle, tending to
keep the tongue straight. It may be
added that side draft is further less
ened by hitching as far as possible
from the load and using a long tongue.
For tongueless vehicles and Imple
ments Fig. 3 shows a very good even
er. Its construction is mad* plain by
the drawing. In attaching the middle
singletree be careful that the Irons at
the Inner ends of the small doubletrees
are pivoted so as to move sldewlse
freely, as the distance between th»
ends Is variable.
lacgeatlotts la Road Ballliag.
It is desirable for many reasons to
preserve the natural dirt road along
side and parallel to the surfaced road
where possible.
A common but erroneous Impression
prevails that when a road is once
macadamized, graveled or surfaced
with any hard material it is then fin
ished and must endure forever. An
Improved road needs constant atten
tion, and unless this is given in a sys
tematic manner like the railroads the
road will rut, ravel, disintegrate and
go to ruin.
It seems wise to recommend, particu
larly for level country where material
is scarce, the building of macadam and
gravel roads from eight to ten feet
wide. Some will say: "These roads
are not wide enough. How will two
loads of hay pass on an eight foot
road?" The answer is: "Two loads of
hay seldom meet. Usually both are
going to the samo market at about the
an ine time. So it is useless to con
struct a road to meet a condition which
seldom arises." Of course theae widths
are only for atrlctly country roads,
upon level lands, where It la easy to
turn out. On main highways, where
travel is extensive, a width of at least
sixteen feet should be maintained.—
R. W. Richardson.
Preparing Land For Wbeat.
Where the ground Is to bo plowed for
wheat it Is essential that It be done
early In the season even If the ground
Is dry and the plowing a little hard. I
have seen men wait because the ground
was dry and hard for a rain until late
In the fall, and about nine times out of
ten they fall to get a crop. There is no
crop that the average farmer grows
thut requires more skill than does
wheat. The nature of the wheat plant
must be studied and then everything
possible be done to make Its abiding
place congenial. The seed bed for
wheat must be fine, firm and covered
with a blanket of fine earth In which
to deposit the seed. These Instructions
have been given so often that It seems
almost useless to repeat them.
The amount of work to be done up
•n a field after It has been plowed will
to a certain extent be governed by the
weather, but seldom is a field worked
too much. It is a good plan after the
field looks as If It Is In perfect condition
to give it an extra working. It is
usually this extra work that makes the
top bushels the next harvest.—Cor. Na
tional Stockman.
The Path of the Gl»»i Grower.
The Chinese are said to believe that
ginseng will prolong life and make dis
ease well nigh Impossible. The ginseng
at least cannot cure itself. The wild
plants are quite free from disease, but
under cultivation wilts, rots and
blights attack it. A recent Cornell bul
letin describes some of these diseases
and also claims that insects trouble
the plants. So the path of the ginseng
grower Is not all lined with gold. There
seems to be little help yet for diseased
plants.—Rural New Yorker.
CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS.
|rna and Sio«r» of IntcreM In Vari
ous Linn of Agrlraltare.
By R. L. WOODS.
Washington.—The new white potato
from Uruguay, Solanum commersonll,
which has attracted considerable at
tention as urown In France, is the sub
ject of some Information supplied to
the state department by the United
State's consul at Kouen, who says:
"The leaves are small and slender,
somewhat like those of the Irish po
tato, and the flowers arc abundant, of
a pale violet color and very odorous.
After one planting the plant perpetu
ates Itself from the broken roots left
in the soil. The vegetable proper
weighs from one to two and a half
pounds and bas a yellowish wrinkled
skin, covered with lentlcels, which dis
appear after culture. The pulp when
cooked lias a slight greenish color."
It further appears that as grown In
France in 11*01 all of a certain num
ber of tubers taken from the crop by
random and cooked with the skin on
were very bltler, but under cultiva
tion this characteristic has greatly
diminished. Feeling also takes away
much of the acrldness. in spite of the
bitter taste uulmulf are fond o? theui.
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"In the same soil," says Mr. Ilaynes,
"the yield is greatly superior to that
of the ordinary potato. " The Early
Uoae In one instance gave 3,000 pounds
to the acre, the American Marvel 3.000
pounds and the Solunum commeraonil
8,500 pound.*."
Not Turning to tho Kara.
With the apparent great increase of
Interest In agricultural matters it is
somewhat surprising to learn, from a
apoclal report to the census bureau,
that In 1900 agriculture showed a
diminishing proportion of workers,
while the numl>ers in professions, man
ufactures, trade and transportation
was on the increase. However, agri
culture still makes a good showing, as
almost 40 per cent of all the men work
ers in the total population was en
gnged in agriculture, with 24 per cent
In manufacturing and. mechanics. 18
per cent In trade and transportation,
almost 15 per cent in domestic and
personal service and 3% per cent In
professional service.
To Be Tried on a Bigger Scale.
The remarkable intensive farming of
J. D. Detrlch of Pennsylvania has be
come a familiar story daring the past
two years. Mr. Detrlch brought up a
run down farm of fifteen acres to the
point where It supports more than two
cows to the acre, nothing being bought
txcept bran anfl cottonseed meal. Ag
ricultural experts reason that the De
trlch methods of Intensive farming If
applied by dairy farmers throughout
the United States would be worth $40,-
000,000 a year to the dairy Interests.
The question having been raised
whether what has been done on fifteen
acres would result equally well on a
larger scale, it is said that Mr. Detrlch
is to try to prove the proposition on a
new farm of 300 acres which he has
purchased in Chester county, Pa. On
his fifteen acre farm every bit of space
was devoted to crops, none to pastur
age. The animals were kept In the sta
ble or barnyard the year round.
Grata Weevils.
The two forms of grain weevils most
In evidence are the common grain
moth and the black weevlL In either
case the most ready method of their
destruction la the employment of car
bon bisulphide, one pound at leaat of
the liquid to 100 bushels of grain, or
1,000 feet of space. In ordinary cribs
and bins the most important provision
Is to make the room as nearly aa possi
ble gas tight, in order that the gas
may remain in all partß of the space
In full strength and for the required
time. It must enter, by diffusion, all
cracks and crevices, even those be
tween the grains of corn in the ear,
and must penetrate the burrow of the
Individual weevil or its grub In the
wheat berry. This thorough diffusion
will only occur after some time, even
in a saturated atmosphere. Twenty
four hours la abort anoasMar oortaln. -
ty, even where the gas can be kept
full strength In the bin.—B. A. Pope
noe.
Peach Dlaeaaea and Ralar Weatker.
Seven years' study of the prevalence
and injuries of the fruit spot or scab
fungus nt the Ohio experiment station
confirms the popular opinion that this
fungus is Influenced in its develop
ment by the amount of rainy weather
during the late summer and early fall.
It Is Judged that these losses may be
largely or entirely prevented by spray
ing the trees when in foliage.
For scab prevention, In addition to
one spraying before blossoming with
some effective fungicide, recent ob
servations indicate the need of two
applications of weak bordeaux mixture
&pon the treses in foliage, the earlier of
these to be made in northern Ohio
about June 15 and the second three
to four weeks later.
Agricultural Notes.
Jersey truck farmers have had to
reckon with hailstorms to an unusual
extent this season. New corn has been
cut to shreds nnd whole fields of toma
toes riddled by hailstones.
Celery Is a crop that responds most
profitably both In yield and quality to
an application of abundance of nitro
gen.
From the time milk is received at the
Jalry until the butter Is wrapped in
paper the hands of the modern dairy
man never come in contact with either
material or product
Prospects for the tobacco crop in
Connecticut are superb. It Is thought
that on the whole It will surpass any
for several years past
"I have a herd of forty cows and
have fed apple pomace for the last
thirty-five years," says a Connecticut
dairyman.
Odd Old Laws,
In an old set of lawa of the Choctaw
Nation there is a clause which relates
to the killing of witches. For witch
craft the penalty waa death, and for
alleging oneself to be a witch or for
saying that any other person was one
was punishable by alxty lashes on the
bare back.
Another declared that no doctor could
take money or any of the belongings of
a patient he treated If the patient died.
If the patient were raised up from a
sick bed the doctor could accept what
was offered to him, and If nothing was
offered, then he could take In goods
what was his Just compensation.
In 1834 the Choctaw council passed
an act which made a person who bar
gained to sell any of the Choctaw land
a traitor and punishable by death. Any
white man who encouraged such action
was deported. An Indian who sold or
disposed of land either to Individuals
or to the United States in toto should
be considered a traitor and shot on con
viction. This was Just preceding the
beginning of the work of the Dawes
commission.
Animal and riant Allies,
An interesting instance of the man
ner In which Insects sometimes assist
the growth of plants Is furnished by
the history of a climbing plant which
grows in tho Philippines. At an early
stage in its career the plant, which,
like other plants, begins to grow from
the ground, severs its connection with
the soil and lives with
Its roots attached to dead bamboo
canes. It develops. In addition to other
leaves, certain pitcher shaped leaves.
Into the cups of which It sends a sec
ond set of roots. A species of small
black ant frequents the pitchers and
Incidentally carries Into them minute
fragments of decaying wood and leaf
mold, from which the roots derive a
constant supply of food for the sup
port of the plant.
Cnalnnd'a Milk BUI.
The laborer. It seems, is content with
5 gallons of milk, 0 pounds of cheese
and 15 pounds of butter in the twelvo
months. Artisans and mechanics have
12 gallons of milk, 11 pounds of cheese
an«l the same quantity of butter. Each
member of the upper class, however,
drinks on an average 31 gallons of milk
in a year, eats 10Vi pounds of cheese
and 41 pounds of butter. A member
of the upper class drinks rather more
than six times as much uillk as a la
borer, eats Just a little more cheese
aftd used tlireo Usees;** ipuch -Cutter.