VOL. XXXXII.
THE MODERN STORE-
Ladles', Ctotldren'B a.id Men's Spring & Summer Underwear
The Best and Largest Assortment in Butler.
The Modern Millinery Leads Them All
Our Underwear Department is the strongest in Butler beyond a
doubt. We are sure we can suit yon in qnality, size and price because
we bave an assortment tfc it is complete in every detail.
Ladles' 81eevele*s Under rear In cottoa mnd lisle thread, sc, 10c, 15?, 50c, In
"'"'Ladies' loog a Peeve lisle tiread rests corset covers !Sc and aOc.
Ladles lisle thread union suits, 25c, 50c, oc. ILOQ.
Ladles' summer weight » »l and silk and .-oito« garments, *I.OO ea- U.
Children's sleeveless underwear. sc. 10c, tac each.
Children's long sleeve underwear. 10c to ac »ach
Men's good Balbrlggan ur derwear in white and colors _>c each.
Men's good Balbriggan ar d cotton mesh underwear JOC each.
Men's fine rauze wool unferwear. fl.oo each. R{
Mens Irish linen mesh ui derwear |l.s(i each. A sure preventative of colds. K
Men's anion suits, the mo.t comfortable, perfect fitting garments ever made |>
50c, SI.OO. SI.M each. I]
ATTRACTIVE MILLINERY
at our store at almost any pr ce you wish to pav. Ij
Children's Hats. 25c to #».*>* each. *
Ladle*' Trimmed BaU. «2 50, $3.00, Jl.oo, S>.oo to 810.00.
No Matter What You Want We Cau Please You. gj
EISLEK-MARDORF COfIPANY, I
OUTH MAIN STREET | f\C%4
CL\ Samples sent on request.
The Butler Business College
New building*. Dew and splendid equipment, a strictly first-class and up to
date school that ACTUALLY PLACES ITS GRADUATES.
A few of the hundreds of prominent concerns that employ them:
The BntloT County Natioual Bank, Guaranty Safe Deposit & Trust Co., lhe
Farmers' National Bank, Butler Savings & Trust Co., John Berg & Co., Standard
Steel Car Co., Standard Plate Glass Co., B R. & P. K. R Co , B. & O. R. R-
Co, Penn'a R. R. Co. etc., of Butler. ..... X ' *• i
Pullman Palace Car Co.. Y.'estingbouse Electrical Mfg. Co., National Tube
Co., Union Bteel Co. Jones & Laugblin Steel Cou Germaina National Bank,
808 in & Buhl, Pittsburg Dry Goods Co.. etc., etc.. Pittsburg
-A WORD TO THE WISE 13 SUFFICIENT"
Catalogue and circulars mailed on application. MAY ENTER ANY TI.IE.
Fall term opens Sept. 4, 1905.
A. F. REGAL, Principal, Butler, Pa.
fj BROWN'S \<
i Fine Furniture E
j and Carpets >
J We are ready-to-sell-with the largest assortment >
>1 of substantial Furniture we have ever placed on our 4
A floors. You always find prices an inducement at ►
► this etore along with best quality: {
v< Fine Oak Rockers from $3.50 up. \
w Parlor Suits and Odd Pieces at all prices *
Combination cases from $15.00 upwards .
p Sideboards and Buffets $lB to $75
J Solid Oak Bed Room Suits, $25.00 upwards f A
Extension Tables from $5.00 to $40.00.
Iron Beds —a large selection —$3.50 upwards Pi
s —sewed at 65c
< Wpol Rugg=r-room sizes-—at $8.50 and $9.50 W2
► Mattings,"Linoleums—at lowest prices Ll
< Brussels Carpets—best Axminster —laid —$1.25 ri
i We can-furnish your home complete-and if quali-
J ty and price are an inducement you will get it here. rJ
< A SQUARE DEAL TO ONE AND ALL.
1 CQME }N AND COMPARE.
f BROWN &• CO. g
Nq. 136 North Main St., Butler. p
I With Spring there comes other
■ things besides /Vlarch winds
I Our spring styles in Shoes for instance,
I *h e newest shapes and many little
I nlcetles that ot^er stores don't have and
I letter won't have,
■ The Tan Oxfords will please you particularly,
I we are sure.
I SISTER! SISTER!
I When March winds blow don't let those shabby last®
■ winter's shoes be seen peeping out. Jolly up the purse■
■ holder in your house and bring a little more money to usH
■ —it won't take much to fit you out most sweetly. Andß
■ give Jack a tip about a new pair for himself. • B
■Huselton's "SI
■ SHOE STORE. I
■Wv iPf aaein .
1 '--/ v. I Won't buy clothing for the purpose of
I • ' ?\| I spending money. Tb*y desire to get the
I ' i i\f. / 1 'yi~ay\ I best possible results of the money expended
I - J /; -/ \ Those who buy custom clothing have a
/! - •' 1 right to demand a fit, to have their clothes
correct in style and to detnand of the
/ /it , seller to guarantee everything. Come to
y j / A i /Vj S 4 ns »nil there will be nDthini* lacking I
I • \/:\ j have inst received a large slock of Spring
fl :,f I and Summer suitings in the latest styles,
' \ri j ?f I and colors.
J G. F. KECK,
H I Ysd MERCHANT TAIfeOR,
IJ * 142 N. Main St., Sutler,
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THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
PHYSICIANS,
T C. BOYLE. M. D.
rJ • EYR, EAR, N'osn and THROAT,
SPECIALIST.
121 East Cunningham Street.
I Office Honrs 11 to 13 a m.. 3to 5 and
7 to 9 p. m
DOTH TELEPHONES.
R. JL'LIA E. FOSTEB,
OSTEOPATH.
! Consultation and examina-ion free.
Office hours—9 to 12 A M . 2 to
'M , daily except Sund ij- Evening
appointment.
Office—Stein Block. Rooms 9-10, But
ler, Pa. People's Phone 478.
PLARA. E. MORROW, D 0.,
GRADUATK BOSTON COLLEGE OF
OSTEOPATHY.
Women's diseases a specialty. Con
sultatian and examiuatiou free.
Office Hours, 9to 12m., 2 to 3 p. m
People's Phone 573.
1 r6 S. Main street, Butler, Pa
f\ M. ZIMMERMAN
11 • PHYSICIAN AND SCHGBON
At 327 N. Main St.
T R IIAZLIiTT. D.,
Mjt 106 West Diamond,
Or. Graham's former ot^ce.
Special attention give., to Kye, Nose
and Throat Peode's Phcne 274.
OAMUELM. 3IPPUS,
O PHYSICIAN AND SORGKON
200 West C" aningham St.
DENTISTS.
DU FORD H. HAYES.
DENTIST.
Graduate of Dental Department,
University of Pennsylvania
Office—2ls S. Main Street, Butler, Pa
DR. S A. JOHNSTON.
STTKGEON DENTIST.
Formerly of Butler,
Has located opposite Lowry House,
Main St., Butler, Pa. Th« finest work
a specialty. Expert painless extractor
U teeth by his new method, no medi
cine used or jabbing a needle into the
gums; also gas and ether used. Com
munications by mail receive prompt at
tention.
DR J. WILBERT McKEE,
SCKGEON DAWTIST.
Office over Leighner's Jewelry store,
Butler, Pa
Peoples Telephone 505.
A specialty made of gold fillings, gold
crown and bridge work.
' J. HINDMAN,
• DENTIST.
12 "i South Main street, (ov Metaer's
shoe store.)
DR. H. A. MCCANDLESS,
DENTIST.
Office in Butler County National Bank
Building, 2nd floor.
DR. M. D. KOTTRABA,
Successor to Dr. Johnson
DENTIST
Office at No 114 E. Jefiersou Sr., ovc
G W. Miller's grocery
ATTORNEYS.
RP. SCOTT,
• ATTORNHY-AT-LAW,
OflUse in Butler Connty Katior>nl
Bank building.
A T. scon.
A. ATTORN BY AT LAW.
Office at No. 8. West Diamond St. f'»;t
ler, Pa.
(IOULTER 81 BAKhR,
V ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Office in Butler County National
Bank building.
JOHN W. COiJLTER,
'J ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office on Diamond, Butler, Pa.
Special attention given to collection
and business matters.
T D. McJUNKIN,
v • ATI'ORNEY-AT-LIW.
Office in Reiber building, come: Man
and E. Cunningham Sts, Entrance ov
Main street.
] B. BREDIN,
•J • ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office on Main St. near Court Hour<
|| H.
»L» ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Wise building.
EH. NEGLEY
• ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office In the Negley Building. West
Diamond.
WC. FINDLEI,
• ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND
PENSION ATTORNEY.
Office on South side of Diamond.
Butler, Pa.
MISCELLANEOUS.
BF. HILLIAIiD,
• GENERAL SURVEYING.
Mines and Land. County Surveyoi.
• R. FD. 49, West Sunbury, Pa.
p P. L. McQUISTION,
'J. CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR
Office near Court House.
LP. WALKER,
• NOTARY PUBLIC,
BUTLER,
Office with Berkmer, next door to P. O
Do You Buy Medicines?
Certainly You Do,
Then you want the best for the
least money. That is our motto.
Come and sec us when in 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. PDHVIS, PH. G
Both Phones.
213 S Main St. Butler Pa.
White Wyandotte Eggs
For Hatching.
The popular gpneral purpose
chickens.
$1.25 for setting.
J. J.ALLEN,
R. F. 0. 22, Saxonburg, Pa.
1 FLORINE'S j
| AMULET
By INA WRIGHT HANSON |
I I
0} C'epvritfhf, 150 i. t>U Ina "" right Hanson S
I found Floriue l>y the tea talile on
the veranda gazing dreamily into her
cup. She wore my roses in the l>elt
of her white gown and in her bronze
hair. For some tiuie I had not dared
to approach Florine without l*e:ng for
tilk-d with disagreeable speeches; oth
erwise I should have been guilty of
proposing to her. Considering that her
monthly income was quite equal to my
annual one, a proposal of marriage
from me would be palpably absurd. I
sighed, and my sigh aroused Florine.
'Oh, I'm glad It's you!" she said
brightly. "I saw a visitor in my tea
cup."
I frowned and took a chair ou the
other side of the table.
"I wish you wouldn't," I said.
"Wouldn't what? Give you a cup
of tea? Well, you needn't drink it.
Are you afraid it will hurt your com
plexion ?"
Iler tone was bantering, but her
eyes had a hint of concern in their
violet depths. I looked away as I an
swered :
"The other night at pit you turned
your chair around three times, and
then when you lost you attributed it to
the misplacing of your rabbit foot."
"I did make a mistake," she said
gravely. "It wasn't the rabbit foot;
It was the day. Wednesday is my un
lucky day,"
"If you keep 011 folks will think you
are weakmlnded," I continued, keep
ing mv gaze carefully from the danger
ous charm of her face. "I have actual
ly heard It said that you wear an amu
let!"
Florine was silent so long that 1
was compelled to glance at her. She
was regarding me with what might be
termed a complex look. Iler mouth
was dimpled with smiles, her lifted
brows were derisive, but her eyes were
troubled. I ignored the eyes.
"This superstition business detracts
from your real worth," I went ou re
lentlessly. "It is the flaw in the dia
mond, the blight in the rose, the— <he"—
• Fly in the ointment?" she suggested
politely.
"To have it told around that you
wear an amulet!" I reiterated in fine
scorn.
Then Florine laughed. When Florine
laughs—
"You poor old dear!" she exclaimed
as soon as she was able. "I don't be
lieve you have the ghost of an Idea
what an amulet Is!"
I was solid on that score, for I had
Just learned the definition from the
dictiouary.
" 'An object, usually a peculiar bit
of stone, metal, bone, paper, wood or
the like, worn by superstitious people
as a protection ngaiust witchcraft,
bud luclt, dhruh<.', acclUcuta, etc. A
charm"—
"Oh, don't!" she choked. "You are
too absurd." Then she went off into
another gale of laughter.
"I don't see where the absurdity
comes in," I retorted. "If that isn't
an amulet, then what Is it?"
I sapped my ten with dignity while
Florine recovered herself.
"I knew a girl once who wore an
amulet," she said at last. "It was the
—well, the picture of somebody she
liked."
Picture—ah! To be sure, I wasn't
an Adonis, neither was 1 afraid of
breaking the camera, but for one rea
son or another I had faced a photog
rapher. Picture, was it? Was she the
girl? I wondered.
"It wasn't bone, metal, stone, paper
or wood," she went on. "And she
didn't wear it as a protection against
miytliiug. She just wore it because
she liked it, because she liked the man
whose picture was in it,"
'"lt wasn't an amulet then," 1 said,
wetting down my cup.
"It was an amulet," contradicted
Florlne. "Unimaginary folks get their
definitions out of the dictionary. Other
people"—
"How about a walls';" I interrupted.
I couldn't even pretend to be disagree
able any longer; neither could I mus
ter up determination enough to leave
her—lovely, laughing sprite that she
was. I'erhaps there was less danger
in walking.
"Put I am going to have another
caller," she demurred.
"Do you see him in your teacup?"
I asked.
"No; I see him at the gate," she
laughed, "although he may be coming
to see mamma. He is very fond of
mamma. Possibly I shall be at the
summer house soon."
It was clearly a dare, and I took It.
I went to the summer house. Around
the summer house are trees and flow
ers; in front Is a minature lake—a
beautiful pla;e, but a dangerous one
when a man has no right to tell what
sometimes dims his eyes and impedes
his speech.
As I sat down something at my feet
caught my eye. I picked it up. It was
a heart shaped locket set with rubles.
It flew open in my band, disclosing
two scraps of white cloth. I exam
ined the pieces with some Interest, es
pecially sis I noticed that my mono
gram graced the upper one. They were
two corners from one of my handker
chiefs evidently. Anyway it was my
monogram. When my eye* fell on the
other piece a bewildering lot of
thoughts chased through my brain, for
that piece bore tny profile, traced clev
erly in purple Ink, Florine's amulet •
n "picture of a man she liked!" No
more lettintr a Tillltrv f/iHimo rfitxl li«-
f.veen us. If she really cares, and It
tuust be she cares, or—
When I git so far I jumped up and
started joyfully for Florine's presence.
Then another idea assailed me. Sup
pose Florlne should think that my find
ing the amulet Influenced my declara
tion; that it was an affair of honor, so
to speak. I laid the loeket carefully
under a small fir and went back to the
summer bouse. I was scarcely seated
when Florlne came flying down the
path, her flimsy gown floating like a
lovely white cloud around her.
"You can laugh or you can scold. I
don't care!" she asserted tearfully. "I
did wear an amulet, but now it's
gone!"
She sat down by me and dabbed at
her pretty eyes with a square inch of
lace edged linen.
I neither laughed nor scolded. I be
gan telling her a story:
"Once upon a time there lived a beau
tiful princess adored by every one. In
her court was a man, neither rich nor
overwise, but loving her, he thought,
best of all. She accused him of having
no Imagination, and maybe he had
none, lint he saw In tin- sunset gold of
the princess' hair, in every blue flower
hue of her eyes, In every purling
streamlet, the music of her laughter.
Oftcp he criticised Uie princess, ul-
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 27, I£K)5.
thav.tfb to him she wes perfect"—
"What did he do it for, then?" cried
Florinc.
"ll*' had a mighty purpose."
F1 >rinc giggled. I look«l at her aus
piciously, but she mad« another dab at
her eyes, so I went on:
"For all his harsh words he repented
in sackcloth and ashes, and when the
day of his repentance was over he
knelt on the grouad at her feet"—
"Oh. no!" corrected Florine. "na
might have taken rheumatism or some
thing."
Were ever eyes so blue or lips so
sweet? I plunged ahead recklessly:
"He took her little _hand in his"—
suiting action to the word—"and put
his arm around her so and kissed her
like this" —
"How dare you?" said Florine very
softly.
"I don't dare," I answered meekly.
"I was only showing you what the man
did who belonged in the court of the
princess."
"Well, go on," she commanded.
"I can't."
"Why?"
"I don't know what the princess did
after he—after that." I sighed, al
though looking at Florine hopefully.
She smiled.
"Oh, the princess said, 'I have lost
my amulet, and I can never see hap
piness without it; so methinks 1 will
publish a decree that to him who find
eth it will I give his heart's desire.' "
"Describe the amulet, O princess!"
"The decree should state that the
amulet is Inclosed within a case of
gold, shaped like my loving heart and
set around with rubies like drops of
my own heart's blood; that the amu
let is of fine lineu, marked with purple;
that each separate line stands for love,
trust, happiness: that all the lines to
gether form the lineaments of—of'—
Florine's dark lashes rested upon
very pink cheeks. She hesitated.
"i go to search for the amulet," I an
nounced, rising.
She looked at me approvingly. I
peered under the step, made two short
detours in the direction of the lake,
then discovered it under a small fir
tree.
Florine clapped her little hands.
"How beautifully the story proceeds!"
she cried as I sat down again to tell
bsr my heart's desire.
"I am wondering, though," she mused
a very long time afterward, "how the
man came to find the amulet under a
fir tree when the princess lost It In the
summer houso."
Enjoyed the Daitplpe*.
In his story of the life of Lord Strath
cona Mr. Beckles Willson tells an
amusing anecdote of his lordship's ear
ly (lays when as Donald Smith he en
tered the employment of the Hudson
Bay company and commenced to build
up the riches which made him a peer
millionaire.
A fellow Scotchman who worked
with Smith on the same station
brought out a set of bagpipes on one
occasion, and when the Indians and
Eskimos had gathered round he struck
up "The Highland Laddie" or some
such air. The delight of the aborigines
was Immense. Their lit up with
rapture, uiul vvlUi open mouths and
ears tlioy drank in the sounds produced
by the instrument.
Afterward a discussion arose at the
company's factory as to whether the
Eskimos were of Mougollan or Ice
landic extraction,
"Hoots, mon, ye're a' wraug," broke
In the Impatient piper. "Did ye no see
the chlels this inornin' whilst I was
tv.irlin' the pipes? I've nae doot—uae
do >t ava—they've true hieland bluid in
their veins."
Irlrh Proverb*.
The proverbs of a nation are the dis
tilled wit of generations of its people,
and the true wit of the race is often
times in proportion to the truth and
beauty of its proverbs. Few nations
and few languages possess more beau
tiful sayings than the Irish. "The silent
mouth is melodious," is an Irish apho
rism pregnant with beauty and poetry.
And another saying, Inculcating a char
ily which Is spiritually needed in this
modern world of ours, is that which
tells us, "Our eyes should be blind in
the abode of another." The beautiful
faith anil the magnificent optimism of
the Irish race are well pictured in their
proverb, "Cod never shuts one door but
he opens two." "Autumn days come
softly, quickly, like the running of a
hound upon a moor," is poetic, vivid
truth. And here is a sharp, satirical
one that cuts several ways at the same
time, "A poem ought to be well made
at first, for there Is many a one to spoil
It afterward " —T.«sl'"'« \foTttMv
Gantric and >ervon* Vertljso.
The most common forms of vertigo
are the gastric and the nervous. Gas
tric vertigo is sometimes induced by a
very slight disorder of the stomach.
The patient may feel a sudden swim
ming at the head; objects may seem to
revolve; he totters and perhaps falls.
There may bo nausea, faintness, head
ache, visual hallucinations and buzz
ing in the ears, but there Is no deaf
ness nor any danger of a loss of con
sciousness. Gastric vertigo is cured
by treatment directed to the cause.
Nervous vertigo may come from
nervous exhaustion resulting from va
rious causes—lntellectual strain or an
immoderate use of tobacco, alcohol or
tea. The symptoms are much the same
as In gastric vertigo. They are felt
strongly in an elevated position—by
the preacher in the pulpit or the speak
er on the platform. As in gastric ver
tigo, the treatment must lie directed*
to the cause. But patients need not
fear an attack of paralysis or of apo
plexy.
Lamp* I'ned Ilefore Candle*.
Lamps were used before candles.
They date back almost as far as his
tory goes and were common In ancient
Egypt. China, Assyria, Greece and
Borne. Lamp, from the Greek lampas,
a torch, and candle, from kandeel, the
Egyptian word for a common lamp,
originally meant the same thing, and
the Mosaic candlestick held oil lamps,
not candles, as we now use the word.
Man early improved on the torches
of the Homeric age aud caught the
Idea of obtaining light from porous
fiber soaked In animal or vegetable
oils. Lamps of brass, bronze and stone
have been found in the pyramids and
In ancient Indian temples, and com
mon terra cotta ones were in general
use for domestic purposes In Greece in
the fourth century B. C. The earliest
candles we hear of were those of the
aucient Romans made of rushes coated
with fat or wax.
Stranice Mountain SlrUnoii.
If mountain sickness should come
upon you your bitterest enemy will
lead your horse for you. The symp
toms arc those of habitual drunken
ness. All the limbs shiver, and iu the
bloodless face the eyes have that ex
traordinary look of Insanity which is,
I think, caused by an Inability to focus
them. Tlie speech comes with diffi
culty, and in one case that I aw the
mental coherence was as obviously at
fault as the physical. Landor's
"Lliassa
Ffgp^RPEN
IT SAVES THE BACK.
Homemade Device For Reducing La
bor In Growing; Union*.
A new "machine for weeding onions
perfected during the past few years
by Fred F. Meeker, an onion grower of
Fairfield county. Conn., Is Illustrated in
American Agriculturist. It was made
from an old hand cultivator. The il
lustration gives a good idea of its con
struction. Th<»re are two wheels which
straddle a row. The working device
consists of two short, broad teeth, on
i the Inside of which are two wings
about by 8 inches In size. Each end
HOMEMADE ONION WEEDEB.
Cf this is bent upward to throw away
the dirt and to dig up th' onion tops.
At about the middle of each of these
wings is fastened a small wing about
three inches high, two and one-half
inches wide, which projects about one
inch downward and does the weeding
near the plants. The front edge Is
sharp to cut off the weeds. The width
between the teeth and wings can be
adjusted by a clamp on the handle, also
by wrought irons one foot high, which
are likewise fastened to the handle.
The weeder can bo worked very close
to the row and will take out all weeds
except those which grow nearly in line
with the onions.
LIMING ALFALFA.
Xew Jeraey Wrinkle With the Grent
Western Forage Crop.
Numerous unsuccessful attempts
have been made in central New Jersey
to secure a profitable growth of this
wonderful forage plant. The seed
germinates promptly, and .often a
quick growth of the plant follows, to
be smothered by weeds or to turn yel
low and dwindle away. No more per
sistent experimenter Is known than
John P. Nelson, who owns a farm in
Monmouth county, on which he has
spent $1,500 in experimenting with al
falfa. After repeated failures on the
farm he abandoned field experiments
and resorted to a garden plot, where
he could watch the plants and study
them more closely. Here he learned
two things which perhaps constitute
the key to success. Liming the small
piece of ground heavily, he changed
the time of sowing to July. A growth
of seventy-two inches resulted, and
Mr. Nelson thought he saw the way
clear to a farm crop of this desirable
fodder.
He sowed In August, 1002, a add of
two and one-third acres after heavily
liming it, using thirty pounds of seed
to the acre, and the next spring added
400 pounds of bone dust. In 1903 he
made light cuttings and in 1904 cut
over thirteen tons, weighed when ready
for the barn. A later growth of twen
ty inches was left nncut, probably
equal to two and a half tons.
Mr. Nelson plowed ten acres of corn
.ground last spring and sowed fifteen
bushels of eowpeas. These he plowed
under In August and added five tons
of lime. He then sowed the field with
alfalfa, scattering over the surface a
ton of soli from alfalfa fields in Onon
daga county, N. 1". On this field there
are a good stand of alfalfa and a few
weeds. The soil has become Inoculated
with the alfalfa bacteria, and If such
Inoculation materially adds to the pro
ducing power of the field Mr. Nelson
may look in 1900 for a hundred tons
of cured alfalfa hay from this ten acre
field, concludes a Rural New Y'orker
correspondent.
Bordeaux Mlxtnre.
Recommended for potato blight, blos
som rot in tomatoes, apple rust and
scab, brown rot in peach, etc.: Copper
sulphate (blue vitriol;, four pounds;
fresh lime, four pounds; water, fifty
gallons. Dissolve four pounds of cop
per sulphate in two or three gallons of
water by placing the sulphate In a sack
and suspending In the top of a Jar or
tub of water. Do not put this in tin
or Iron vessels, as It will rapidly dis
solve them. Before mixing dilute this
to about twenty gallons. Slack four
pounds of fresh lime by adding a small
amount of water and after slacking
Is finished add about twenty gallons of
water. Stir the lime and water thor
oughly and strain before mlxinl'onr
these two solutions Into the barrel or
tank at the same time and stir vigor
ously while mixing. This may be di
luted to fifty gallons. Oklahoma Sta
tion Formula.
Why They Come Back to I.and.
It la surprising how many city people
are thinking, talking and actually go
ing Into farming nowadays. Men of all
classes, from the successful business
man to the laborer, are Interested.
Probably the most potent cause with
those who have to earn their living is
the Increased cost of living in the city.
There are thousands of careful, Indus
trious men In the cities today who are
making a living and nothing more,
with the uncertainty of steady work
always before them and the possibility
of sickness which would place them In
an embarrassing position. These nre
the people who are vitally Interested,
and some of them have already solved
the problem by going to the couutry.—
National Stockman.
EASTERN BEEF RAISING.
XfM r.n;;lii ml Farmer Thinks There
IN INothinu In It,
Editors Country Gentleman- You
have published several articles advis
ing the New England farmer to raise
beef. 1 do not think this is good ad
vice. First, the course generally rec
ommended is to raise baby beef. Now,
the fact is that in the New England
states the market for baby beef does
not exist. "We likes 'urn heavy," says
the German butcher. "How old did
you say? Not three! Oh, 1 don't be
lieve I care to look at it. Well, you
might try Jones, lie buys most any
thing."
You try Jones. "What!" he asks,
with a scornful snort. "Want Steer
prices for pig beef? We like 'em four
years old. Heavy beef is the best.
Hut I'll tell what I will do. I always
trade generous with neighbors. I will
stretch a point and give you 3 cents If
you'll trade It out."
But, even supposing there is a g ud
market. It will not pay a New Englsnd
farmer. A steer must have one year i
and another four acre; of g »»1 pas |
ture and four acres of hay. Now, on
a fifty acre farm how can a man make ■
a living from beef, or even on a I
hundred acres? If he turns oil six'
I steers a year rrorn one and twelve
| from the other at an overage of |23
' per head he is doing well. Yet what
I family can live on It?
\ Now, with a stock of five cows, three*
of theui heifers, I have taken in cash
about S3OO, had miik, butter, cream
and buttermilk for the family and
i quarts on quarts of skim milk to feed
! dally to calves, pigs and chickens, and
I have the cows, every one worth more
than twelve months ago; also the
calves I have raised on the skim milk.
Where are the fat steers in compari
son? One farmer near here raises
heifers and sells them when they come
In, usually at about two years old. or
he sells a mature cow that bring-*
from S4O to SOO and replaces her with
j the heifer.
j So near to markets is almost every
; part of New England that the farmer
cannot afford to fatten beef unless It
may be now and then one as a side
Issue. And even that one will bring
good prices at from six to ten weeks
old for veal, and the hay fed might be
sold to advantage. But for a farmer
to think that here in New England,
with our long winters to feed through,
he can make an easy living by fatten
ing cattle Is like his expecting to mine
gold from a New England hillside. Fie
might perhaps do both, but tt is best
for the common man to keep out of
both.—S. A. W., Fittsfleld. Mass.
Tkr Other Side of the Question.
Commenting upon the foregoing in
Country Gentleman, Professor San
born makes the following, among other
remarks: It is granted that high pres
sure dairying will give a greater net
prollt than high pressure beef making,
but it Is insisted as statistically true
that the margin favoring the cow Is so
small that one having little Inclina
tion for the confinement of the dairy
Is justified In choosing the steer. In
this statement I have in mind sales
In the open market. Whoever can avail
himself of direct sales to the consumer
has the advantage of a special market.
Many New England buttermakers have
this advantage and use It and are not
to be beaten by any sort of western
competition.
ITititdy In the Berry Bnnhei.
One of the strenuous early spring
Jobs Is clearing out the raspberry and
blackberry plantations. Some people
do this In the
f a ]]_ but It is
S I perhaps oftener
(■■a I J deferred till the
jjm opening of
< llPjjfl spring. It should
be remembered
M that the rasp
i |§9 berry Is blennl
"Jj al—that is, the
t J canes are pro
;f t | duced one sea
! U "on. bear fruit
Hjl the next and
5 J then die. At the
||| spring pruning
19 all old canes,
|p HH winter killed
jgf and diseased
Iff V canes and super-
Jra fUmus suckers
fflyy are cut out. For
jjjjjjjj cutting these
canes and, in-
PKCXINO HOOK FOI. rtofv , hnn(ly , n
HAW BKBRIEB. various ways Is
the little pruning book shown In the
cut. A cutting edge on the hook makes
It servo as a brush hook on a small
scale, while the chisel blade at the bot
tom transforms It into a good spud.
GARDEN HINTS
How seed of asparagus in the open
ground in April for plants for a new
asparagus bed.
A prominent market gardener recom
mends a spring top dressing of pure
bone dust on asparagus, sown on the
beds and hoed In.
Spring sowings of pausles should be
made early, so as to secure good flow
ers during the early rains.
Beets will stand a good deal of cold
and should be planted early to get a
good start of the weeds.
To hasten the maturity of crops the
gardener should run his rows east and
west, then plant his seed on the south
side of the ridge, thus gaining protec
tion from north winds, lie will also
get the advantage of the rays of the
sun hitting this southern exposure
more nearly perpendicular than on the
tpp of the row. There Is a gain of time,
too, and a greater certainty of an early
stand insured by soaking and sprouting
the seed t>efore planting. Here Is a
little point not as universally prac
ticed as one might suppose.
Flsrhtlnar Scnulckneas.
There Is one place in a ship where
the voyager may be at rest. This writ
er discovered it during a mid-Atlantic
storm, when he went down to the bath
room, tumbled Into a warm sea bath
and floated. The vessel was perform
ing the most amazing antics, but the
water in the bath kept its usual gravi
ty, and the bather floated with a smile
upon its bosom.—London Chronicle.
A Bad Chitam.
"Yes," said the cheerful Idiot, "there
Is one social chasm that politeness can
not bridge."
"What, for instance?" asked the tired
citizen in the hope that the idiot was
threatened with a lucid interval.
"Sarcasm," replied the cheerful Idiot,
laughing glioulishly.—Baltimore* Amer
ican.
Hereditary.
"Is genius hereditary?" asks a scien
tific journal.
An editor replies: "We have not time
to Investigate the subject, but we are
Inclined to think that it Is. At all
events, our youngsters are wonderfully
smart."
Frigid.
"Rattier cold blooded person, isn't
he?"
"Cold blooded! Say, that fellow can
attend a ball game without getting
excited."—New York Press.
A Corre«|»on<leii<*e.
It is said that the celebrated German
theologian, Sclilelermacher, was rather
Inclined to save than to spend money,
ll** was at one time quite 111 and sent
for a renowned physician, Dr. Grafe,
who was court physician at the time
and whose son became the great ocu
list. Sclilelermacher recovered, and
when fully restored to health he sent
a polite note t>> l'r. Grafe, expressing
bis gratitude and Inclosing 4 louts
I'or, begging the physician to accept
this small sum as a token of his ap
preciation of the services which had
been rendered him.
The following day he received his
gold pieces again, accompanied by the
following laconic note from the groat
physician: "The poor I cure for noth
ing. The veil to do |>ay me according
to the regular 'medicine tax.' The
rich reward me lavishly, according as
It suits their pleasure!"
Thereupon the clergyman sat down
and sent l)r. (Jrate this still more la- |
conic answer: "The 4 louis d'or are I
received back with gratitude. The I
poor Schlelermacher!"
I Lady KittyVj
I Temptation
By IZOLA FORRESTER j ;
They rode slowly. Lady Kitty some
what ahead, probably because the
trail is narrow and treacherous below
Lost Moon, possibly so that Allison
should not see her face.
Half a mile back they had ridden
side by side. The trail had been wider
then. Lady Kitty did not care to re
member any other reason for the
proximity, but the flush on her cheeks
and the slightest possible tilt to her
chin belied her powers of forgetful
uess.
As for Allison, he was shamelessly
self possessed and at ease. She had
even caught him whistling as they
turned luto Red Mountain gulch, and
when she had deliberately ridden
ahead he had not tried to Joiu her.
Lady Kitty felt irritated by the lm
penitence expressed iu his confident
attitude and also by the knowledge
that he was looking at her. It is not
pleasant to feel a person's steady gaze
behind one. If it had been auy one
else she would certainly have reported
his unpardonably rude conduct to
Mujor Dick, but she couldn't report
Allison. The major would laugh at
her. More than that—and Lady Kit
ty's flush deepened—the major would
say the young cub had more grit than
he gave him credit for, and when any
one as charming and deliciously lov
able as Lady Kitty had flirted with
and encouraged such a man as Bob
Allison she must expect the worst—
or the best, according to her point of
view. The major could be very ag
gravating.
And she bad not flirted with Alli
son; not at all. If they chose to call
common social civilities flirting in this
barbarous land of the lariat and cow
pony she was not to blame. It had
been lonesome at Ixwt Moon, or, rather,
by the time the major's party had
reached the ranch I-ady Kitty had
seen so many lariats and cow ponies
that the novelty had begun to pall, and
Allison had loomed up as a welcome
distraction—she had almost said "at
traction" to herself.
He was good to look at, this tall,
lean, strong young westerner, with his
sunburn a cross tint between tan and
brick dust and his straight, close lips
opening In quick, unexpected smiles
and showing white, square teeth like
new corn.
She had seen blm first when he came
to meet them at the littlo lopsided
pine board depot at Omri. She had
stood on the platform when the train
drew In, and over the major's dove col
ored sombrero she had caught a
glimpse of a silent, erect figure on a
black pony, his hat pulled down over
his eyes, his chin up, as he leisurely
surveyed their party. She had liked
tho clear, cool glance of his gray eyes.
There was something so Berenely well
balanced and self sufficient In their ex
pression when they met hers that Lady
Kitty had felt a pleasurable tingle of
expectancy, as though the charm of her
femininity had received a challenge.
There was no doubt but what she had
met It. It had not seemed serious,
merely a part of the trip. He had not
appeared worth considering, like the
other men, who, as the major neatly
put it, had appreciated their blessings
when Lady Kitty had smiled on them.
She had felt that in a day or so she
could nod goodby and leave him with
the same comfortable regret as Red
mountain Itself, with Its gorgeous, sun
set tinted, sandstone peak. She had
not taken the man himself into consid
eration at all, and now, suddenly, with
out a word of warning, the man had
leaned from his saddle and had kissed
her.
She tried to forget to remember the
awful moment, but Its few details
danced through her mind Insistently.
There had been a long silence after she
had told him they were gotag away
from Lost Moon in the morning. The
party was going through Arizona—the
major, Mrs. Major and the major mi
nors, all girls, and herself. From Ari
zona they would go back to England.
And suddenly the black pony had
drawn nearer to her own brown mus
taug. and Allison's arm bad swung
around her, and he had kissed her. In
cidentally Lady Kitty was uncertain
that she had not— No, she had not, she
told herself positively. She had only
permitted him to kiss her, but that
was quite enough. And that was not
all—not quite all. She had said some
thing to him.
"I might have expected that a person
like you would do that sort of thing."
She hod meant to crnsh and humil
iate him, and he had laughed and let
her ride on ahead. She wandered un
easily whether or not there was any
reason for his cheerfulness. Had she
or had she not kissed him? In the
suddenness of the attack and the curi
ous contentment she had felt at being
summarily roped and branded, so to
speak, by him she had forgotten en
tirely just how far she had revealed
that curious contentment.
"Wait, please,"
Allison's voice made her pull up
short. lie rode up beside her. The
trail widened slightly and took a sud
den header Into the gulch.
"We can't get by here," ho said.
"There has been a washout. We'll
have to go back and strike up the
mountalu to Pop Booty's. There's a
path from his place dflwn to the trail
on the other side."
Lady Kitty did not answer. Her
lips were half parted, and she looked
ofT at the distant foothills dreamily.
England seemed more than half a
world away. So did the major and
the others. A curious sense of deli
cious peril possessed her. It was the
first time In her life that she had not
felt sure of herself so far as a man
was concerned. Just now she had a
wild, joyous belief that If this west
d'lttT were to ask her to be his wife
she would say "Yes." She wondered
if he would.
If they were only not going tomor
row; if only there were not home and
her father and Rodney—of course
Rodney. She almost laughed out loud
to think all at once how completely
he had gone out of her life the last
week. And they were to be married In
Easter week next spring. Poor old
Rodney! She looked at the figure
ahead on the black pony and sighed
happily. If only he would talk to her.
They turned a bend In the path and
faced a small mountain cabin. Some
chickens and pigeons wandered
haughtily about, and a girl was shoo
ing tlicm away from a straggling
fringe of red geraniums that grew
around the stoop. She came toward
them smilingly. Lady Kitty thought
she had never seen such honest, trust
ing eyes before except in deer. She
looked up at Allison.
"Hello, Bob! Them chickens are
Just terrible. No, dad's gone over to
Kq. 17.
the ranch. There's a washout down la
the guleh. fie wants some of the boys
to help him fix up the trail. Want t«
rest up a bit and wait?"
Allison said "No," he would ride on
a little and see if the path was safe
down Booty's side of the mountain.
"This is Miss Booty, Lady Kitty,"
he added as he rode away.
Dimple Booty watched until the
pines hid him.
"I'm always afraid of washouts,"
I she said confidentially. "What If you
and Bob had ridden plumb Into the
gulch. You would, too, only it wasn't
dark yet. But Bob knows the way.
He comes up here so often."
"I suppose he does." Lady Kitty
looked thoughtfully down at the slim
figure in the red calico dress, at th«
pretty dimpled face that had not yel
lost the roundness or dainty coloring
of childhood. "He seems to be a very
interesting young man."
"Yes, Bob's nice." Dimple spok®
simply, with an air of peaceful owner
ship. "1 guess we'll get married soon
as Bob comes to the point."
"Has he" Lady Kitty hesitated
delicately—"has he asked you?"
Dimple's eyes opened in surprise.
"Why, no, not point blank, but
we've been going together over a
year. I'm seventeen. Dad says that's
kind of young, but I think such a sight
of Bob he'll let us get married."
Allison came up the path among the
pines.
"It's all right," he called. "We'll
make the ranch before dark. Goodby,
Dimple."
"By, Bob." Her glance followed
him wistfully. "Be up tonight?"
"Maybe." Allison did not turn
around. When the cabin was out of
sight he spoke.
"You are going up to the canyon to
morrow, aren't you?"
"As far as the springs; then we go
over into Arizona."
"I'm going too." Allison's tone wu
quiet and decisive.
Lady Kitty smiled and reached for ft
leaf off the bough that brushed her
face.
"Are you, indeed? As guide?"
A dull flush crept up under the sun
burn. Lady Kitty followed up her ad
vantage.
"I am glad the major secured you.
We are really such a lot of innocents
astray In these parts that you will be
welcome."
"I am not acting as guide to stray
ing innocents. lam going after you."
Lady Kitty's eyebrows lifted. She
did not meet his gaze, however. She
knew her limitations.
"It is very kind ot you, I'm sure, but
I don't believe I would if I were you.
We sail for home in November, and I
am to be married next spring. Even
if—her voice was suspiciously gay
and clear—"even if one does forget
sometimes In this wonderland, after all,
one's aln countree is best, you know."
He stared at her in dawning knowl
edge, and his face was pitifully boy
ish in its hardened pain.
"I ought to say I'm sorry," he said at
last, "but I'm not. It was your fault
too. You ought to carry danger sig
nals if you don't want wrecks along
your track."
"K««r> off th« track," sh« ltngh«d.
"There are no wrecks up on Bed moun
tain."
His face Boftened. When they found
the trail again and started the ponies
toward Lost Moon at a faster gait he
said one word:
"Thanks."
They rode on in silence, Lady Kitty
ahead. She did not trust herself to
speak, not with the memory of the girl
In red calico frosli in mind and the face
of Allison a few feet behind. He was
riding with loose bridle, chin up, his
hat low over his eyes, and Lady Kitty
sighed as she thought of Rodney. She
almost hoped that she had returned
the kiss.
Broke the Herniations.
At one of the western army posts in
the days of Indian fights there was ft
young lieutenant who was careful to
see that the regulations relating to sa
luting were faithfully observed. One
day a soldier who was leading an ob
streperous mule to water and had both
hands fully employed ip the task was
feiet by the lieutenant. The soldier,
who had an occupation which demand
ed his undivided attention, failed to sa
lute the martinet, who immediately
called bim to account for his remiss
ness.
"Why do you not salute an officer
when you see him?" he demanded.
"You hold this mule and I will,"
calmly returned the man.
But the lieutenant did not insist, and
the regulations were broken.—Philadel
phia Ledger.
The Verdict.
Records of the ancient city of Gor
gv?ana, foouded In 1040, better known
at the present time as York Harbor,
Me., contain many quaint and unusual
stories of the early life of the town.
At the entrance to York harbor a
bold promontory known as Stage neck
extends some distance into the sea,
from which formerly in stormy weath
[ er a temporary light in the form of a
lantern hoisted upon an upright pole
was displayed as a warning to marl
uers.
One dark winter night a sloop was
wrecked on these rocks. A survivor on
being questioned about the catastrophe
said:
"The vessel struck, turned over on
her side, and the skipper and unothcT
barrel of whisky rolled overboard."
Tho local coroner was summoned,
and this somewhat startling verdict
was returned:
"We find that the deceased fell from
the masthead and was killed. He
rolled overboard and was drowned. Ho
floated ashore and froze to death, and
tho rats eat him up alivei"—Harper's
Weekly.
Lobster Mortality Hlfth.
A lobster lays thousands of eggs,
most of which batch, but few ever live
,to grow up. This is not the fault of
the mother, for she carries fhem about
with her for nearly a yea? and with
admirable Instinct guards teem as sho
does her own life. When tho young
ure set free her duty is done, for they
must then shift for thamselves. Though
hardly larger than mosquitoes, being
about one-third of an Inch long, the
little ones leave their parents on the
bottom and swim toward tho light—to
the surface, where from one to two
mouths, if fortune favors them, they
lead a free, roving life. The open sea
is a poor nursery for sucfc weakltags,
which becomo the sport of every stt>rui
and tho prey of numl>erleßS huap-y
mouths. Out of a brood of 10.0 CD it
would be a rare chttnco for more than
one or two lobsters to roach maturity
or finally to end their career in tlio
kitchen or the chafing dlsft.—Bt Nich
olas. ./•.
An Idle Jut.
4 Ta, what Is an 'ldle Jest?" "
"One that the newspapers haven't
yet got hold of and worked to death."
—Cleveland Leader.
"No fool was ever so foolish but
some one thought bim clever."