VOL. XXXXIII.
k THE MODERN STORE- I
M Women's, Children's and Wen's
Summer Underwear in Profusion g
l'rices That Merit Your Attention.
j Oor nnderwear department is complete. We ativ® specinl attention _. *
underwear ami hosiery Htiti htndle onlv good reliable makes. and pri jS
: them at ilia lowest margin of profit, This it< why we have such a lHrge j
fade in this line ~ , _. . . .
I.miles' I'otton Bibbed Vests, -V. in.-. I.V <• eh. I-nrttes I.lsle Throafl \ esls. loiii.
sieevcs. '4 sleeves or sleevelo.-s. 2ir. .«•. "A- Ladies sleeveless M4k <•"•{ '• i ' l
«'j Tlirpad Vests. GOc. "jr.. and fl.oo emch. I.adie-. i iilnn suits. Long or . hort b<■' *•
.V«- to #1 00. Ladies' Laee-Triromed Pants. 35c and aOe. Extra sizes. »*• *''
fij from 15c up. Children's Underwear. sc. 10c and 2J<::each. !toy> Ball>rl«r«an I
*3 wear, long i.r short sleeves, drawers, knee or ankle length. shl.ts. all siz.--.. -■>•
t" Boys' BalbrlKsan i'nlon -nits. s Or suit. Men s I nderwear.sty 1« s H.illirn—-ii. *na
M fan.-y c-okired shirts and drawers, special values'ix-'-'ticii. .> styles en si nd r
p] wear Balhrlggan, Fancy Siriues, Klbbed t otton et«v. . « .n h. • unit '
weight g.iU7<" wool underwear. Si'lo each. McNamee Linen _ " 1 .i'
U good a- the gs.(» garments so extensively advertised. >l-0 each, i.iasii • .can.
fe .lean Drawers. Mc pair. Men's I'nion Suits, Wo are headquarters for these arid
ft have a full assortment. Cotton. 50e; I,isle Thread, *l.Ut) to ?!..»' a suit. i*.
M Mercerized, 00 asu
Uur Millinery Department Popular.
fc; We have eclipsed all previous efforts and are doing wonders hi producing
sty lisli hats at reasonable prteus. Ladles' bati W uj>. >un »'•* *» «
3 children and ladies, :!>• up. U
| EISLEk-MARDORF COMPANY, |
P SOUTH MAIN STRtSr | r%C)-\
fe " I Samples sent on request. g
OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON BUTLER. I A. |
1 Magic Carpets. 1
W Put a new floor covering in the dingiest room of y° ul 7|j
rtjshouse. The effect is magical, comfort, cheeriness, c6si-0
(3pess, all come in with the carpet and Rugs, and our®
©carpets attract the purse, as well as the eye, with a hand ®
©some INGRAIN—aII laid little to the price, and substituting®
©a .LS or AXMINSTER, at any rate, drop in andg
Stake* 100k —for future Reference Low Prices,
(gjof QUALITY. ®
I Patterson Bros. |
(3) (Successors to Brown & Co.) @
! ! 136 N. Main Street, Butler, Pa-
y SPRING STyiseS I
I FOOTWEAR. 18
jp NOW CODING IN.
fe Shoes for dressy pccasions > !
P Shoe? *or the mechanic > :
f Shoes for the farmer 9
% . Shoes for everybody)
j? Each and every pair in its
| class the best that money |
p Get your pair at
| HUSELTON'S I
k Opp. Hotel Lowry. 102 N. Main Street. •
| Duffy's Store 1
»| Not one bit too early to think of that new Carpet, orK
B perhaps you would rather have a pretty Rug—carpet I
I size. Well, in either case, we can suit you as our Car-H
9 pet stock is one of the largest and best assorted in But-J
ffi ler county. Among which will be found the following: g|j
| EXTRA SyPER ALL WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS, P
foq [leavy two and three pl> , usc i#er ytl and nj) |H
■ HALF WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS. P
P Bp.-t cotton chr.in 50c per yd and ipß
B 80DY BRUSSELS. H
KiJ Simply no nenr ont to these $1.35 yd
B TAPESTRY BRUSSELS. f
F * L'jiht imde. but very (iood 05c per yd np K
B STMR CARPETS,
Bo 1/ anil Tapestry Brnasels, Half and All Wool Ingrnios. ;JrS|
B HARTFORD AXMINSTERS, ' i
t|- ■: Prettiest Carpet m ide, as durable too $1.35 H
B RAG CARPETS, Qenaiue ojd-fashioned wpave. ° <
B Heinp and §traw.
M SIZES gj
9 Axininster lings. liei' r nticß each and n|il
H Brussels Bn<s, Tapestry and Body sl2 each and up y
. H Injfrain All and Half Woul $i each and npß
9 Linoleums. Inlaid and Common, all widths and grades "
{■ Oil Cloths, Floor, Table, Shelf and Stair. jigg
U L >C3 Curtaius. Portiers, Window Shades, Curtain Poles; Hearth ■'
Hn Rugs, all styles and sizes.
I Duffy's Store. I
P • MAIN STREET, BUTLER.
\pßWlMjiMlliWiri» ) •^^l(fPilßßii# ,
§ WALL PAPER!! |
I BIG LOT! I
•I? 4?
|t Specially low Priced. All New Patterns. !|
He sell our border by the bolt same price ]|
fas wall and celling. &
J ,
| t£yth Bros.,
2i NEAR COURT HOUSE.
THE BUTLER CITIZE
joljOtf
Men's Suits
and
Young- Merfs Suits
AT HALF PRICE.
We still have a small scattering of medium and heavy weigh!
garments which rather than put away in camphor we
are pleased to.offer you at prices which will
induce you to buy.
MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S SB.OO SUITS GO AT S4.OC
.MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S $.lO 00 SUITS GO AT SS.UO
MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S $12.00 SUITS GO AT s6.(ro
MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S $15.00 SUITS GO AT $7.50
MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S SIB.OO SUITS GO AT $9 00
SCHAUL& LEVY
L 37 South Main Hlreet. • ... tfntltr. P-«
L
B Bickel's Footwear |
A Grand Display of Fine
kl " . Footwear in all the
Latest Styles. vj
kj fdlk** /i J We are showing many
k -< styles in Ladies' Fine Shoes rj
TJ vv > an d Oxfords at prices sure
Lt * to interest you. ? '
| Large stock of Men's and
La Jra I B °:' s ' i^' o6 Shoes and Ox- W J.
fi B f°rds in the latest styles.
I 'W ■ bargains in Men's
-
YA Repairing promptly done,
pi JOHN BICKELH
W >2B S Main St., BUTLER, PA. jfj
ME IN r | #
Won't buy clothing for the purpose of f\ , ; rr-t If
spending maney They desire to get the iji ~'/J | j J
best possible result-* of the money impended 11 \V/ C%;m\ I
Those wno bay custom clothing have rt ~. / i M.i| Jf
right to demand a fit, to have their clothes Illy; 'v 41 Y5
correct in style and to demand of the Al!| ' If 5
seller to guarantee everything. Come to /#
ns and there will be nothing l icking I !|
have just received a stock of Spring Cjfir jiWSk •! 9
and Summer suitings in the latest styles *-
•shades and colors. 1 \ V 'jJ y |
G. F. KECK, |\|fr| J
/MERCHANT TAIIsOR, v j I |jKy
142 N. Main St., Butler, Pa -Jh 'J Jri*/
•Ji \ " m i?i
| Spring and Summer Millinery. |
Everything in the line of' Millinery can be found, *F
!|? the right thing at the right time at the right price at
| ROCKENSTEIN'S I
f*T Phone 656. 148 S. Main St. &
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I J. G. & W. CAMPBELL, I
H BUI LER, PA. H
RUTL Si
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Tho followiiiß graduiites of tlie PntJ . College hiive just artepted positions as
follows: .1 11. A'ex:i:..>. Iw.oknoop.r. Whbush K. 1( Co., Pittsburg; Fay Thompxm,
stfiuiprapli r. .s. l>.?v loi>rn<.nt < 0.% it:. Aw.. I'lttsl.'urs; Etiuna Burr, -ti-noeraplier.
PlttsuuriJ licduiti««Q Co.. Ni-w Kensln. ron. l'n.; Pearl Snyder, stenographer. The liiait
street «'<>.. Pittabilrc;-R. I'. Frederick, stenoirrapiier. Wabash K. K. ("0.. Pittsburg; Boscnna
McLaughlin, Balrd Machinery t o , Pittsburg; Anna lfunday, stenCyrapi.tit-
Sal vatre Sto'tirity <o . Pittsburg; 4th Ave ; Winifred Shaffer, better position ten gr:.pUvr.
Germanja Jtaril, (lidg . Pittsburg; Bertha MeClella; d steiiorr.»pl l, A .r.fi; T-. Killler, I'.ul
ler; t). B. Wlfk. Stanuard Steel Cu' Ci Mvr: Asl , <tt S B C V.'efhhaus Co.,
Pittsburg; t'arrle tierner. beti fOsiyiou. i irtelity jt Casualty to. PittMburg; .1 M. Wilson,
ii. i. U. i reigbt OiLo I .' hU(ler. Xe-ter Itell, bookl:eepe, O'eo. Waller i Sous. Hu\lj r Ko\le.
Milts. liu\ler.
luen anu worsen, H|n,si I.TS TA'-' 1 Alt. ...i a n >'iiu»i that DOES secure po»i
tlims ;muDOol'one» lor iis kratlustes. SOME schools I'KOMISF. we PRBFOBM. Four
times as many calls as we can fill. Come In and see the letters we shall be pleased to
Show t !tein to you. Now is the time to enter.
SPRING TERM, APRIL 2, 1906.
May enter ANY time. Catalogue and circulars mailed on application. Correspondent-:
Invited. Visltoi* ALWAYS welcome! When in Butler, pay ns a visit
A. F. gEQAL, Principal, butler, Fa.
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY. MAY 2-1 190
| The Man Who ;
i Arrived t
(' By CLAUDE PAMARES (
s } I
( Co]" rijht. . /»./ II 'tier Sfiiaouc \
As Brijr'.'sville was a tjwn of 2.000
ialiabitaiits and boaslod a fair hotel,
lii -ic had l»H'n arrivals there bj- train
f. i- years, but they were what might
be termed everyday arrivals. Drum
mers paid the town a visit; men when
lo >kiu;r for an opportunity to go into
business would conie that way; stran
; i who didn't always unburden them
selves to the inquisitive landlord would
»• >nie and !;<>. Each and every guest re
ceived mom «>r less public notice, but
dropped out of mind when he dropped
out of sight.
The man who tinailv arrived slipped
in so quietly that he had been a guest
for three or four days before it was
generally known that lie was present,
lie walked up from the depot instead
of Hiding in the bus and paying a
quarter exa-a. He dUu't make a rush
for tfte ! ii' as s-.iuii as be oniveil. He
didn't cuss the train for lteiug late
or cuss the town on account of the
inn i -les in the streets. lie took the
landlord into his confidence at once and '
explained that he was in poor health
and might spend a month in recuperat
ing. lie ate supper and then sat down
In the barroom and smoked and dozed
and answered but few quosU >ns an 1
asked none at all, and i> was the gen
eral verdict before be went to bed that
lie didn't amount to shavings compared
with oilier arrivals.
Georg.* K. .Tone as the man who ar
rived had given his name, move t about
town for the next week without at
tracting any particular notice and
without any one caring particularly
about his health. The landlord of the
hotel had just told a friend of his that
Jones was apparently a softy, who had
tired himself out in wondering why a
coffee mill turned to the right instead
of the left, when lie was asked for a
private interview, lie instantly made
up his mind that .f >ues wanted to stand
|iim off, hut he granted the request.
In two minutes there was a groat
transformation. Jones <>r tbj sleepy
eyes and la-r feet became as alert
as a fox. lie acknowledged that he
had registered m. ler a false name: he
confessed that be was not what he
geeruet!; he owned uji that he was at
the head of a detective agency and
featly to do business with his host on
the most liber d ;.ras. There hadn't
hi'.-n any criaio of any account around
Priggsville for several years, but ibis
ptate of affair* couiil lint" last much
longer, iti ru would bo a crituo wave
sweeping along jretly fot»;i. and his
agency wanted to 1i..» in it and make
inost of the an,'sis and receive most
of the rewards.
He was tlieru in advance of the wave
lo lay liis wires. He wanted t.> make
of tTn» i.TrmtwT aeftSMi* •> i 4 ,ui
sleuth of the first order-- and he had a
printed commission duly dated and
signed that would be exchanged for a
twenty dollar hii|. The landlord was
to spot lowers and murderers as fast
as tliL'y turned ui> and rend in his re
ports and rocoivo half the regards.
It did not take the pt-onrleror of the
Clari >.i over five minutes to decide on
handing over. His income from the
detective business would not be less
than >0 a year ami miidit run to
three times that, and his opportunities
for "spotting" were Al.
Of course he was told that looking
wise and sawing >v, od was the
tion of detective work and givqn many
verba! Instructions. and half an liouv
later I:.' was down in his Imr and sit
ing u;> tlr.cn or t«V,r- old topers he. had
known fqr liftiieu years and wonder
ing which of tlicui was plotting mur
der. That evening be picked out no
less than seven men to l;-vp an eye on
in future, and it was geierally remark
ed that li • seemed more alert than
usual.
Next day the man who arrived saun
tered into the livery stall'.-. ! !•• had
sauntered in Hi !•» ,<■> » si'-.e-i horse
for a few ill'.;::tes an! t's i ? ' ered
•lii't again, inf. 1» lu »h« :!i - . • « • tho
owne.r. This timu hp ! : horso.
•fhti lively jnai| »•:.* :,ii ill-' .! he
\\a> tiiUou to tho rear end of t!:e ham
to be communicated wish. Mr. Jones
had noticed that he had a head on him.
Jones had also noticed that he bad an
eye like an eagle and a perspicacity
that enabled him to tell a horse front
a cow 011 sight. The liveryman was
flattered. He couldn't help but be, lie
lad been called a fool often enough
for trying to, conduct a livery business
fa a county wiierp there were 204 sep
arate, distinct and steep hills and to
find thai all the people had been wrong
it bout It all the time was like pouring
sweet oil 011 a burn.
•After an hour's conversation the man
of horses and buggies gave up $25 and
received a commission to act as detec
tive. He was not to lw; confined to, any.
one sort of crime, but could go
;ind •.'(<; liysincHs Willi criminals or all
> orts ifgardless of age or sex. Before
Sir. Jones bad left the str >!es the new
ly made detective had .nade up bis
mind to keep an eye 0:1 the landlord of
tiie hotel. lie had long suspected that
counterfeit money was being nuete \u
tl".* garret of the Ctariou.
The man who airived took another
saunter that day. lie sauntered in tq
see Mrs. Hascouib, who kept a small
millinery and notion store, ifu nail
not come for fail Jiat or a paper ot
hairpins. What he had come for he re
lated In whispers, accompanied by a
confidential demeanor. His agency
needed women detectives. A word
caught up now and then as a woman
customer was try iris; on a hat c,: M u.»-
iug a yard or tape tLigiu »cau w'uic uu
~.'.rthUvs oI a SW»t mystery.
' Sirs. Hascomb was located next to
the postollice. She could keep her eye
011 the postmaster. There was a black
smith shop opposite. She coui'i nave
the tanltt\ and all customers under
i/qnstant osplonagi. As it was dul}
tithes in the millinery business, it t'i'lU
.1 lull hour's talking to I'lukc -Mm. Uas
e(iiiit) pai l with ?.!'J lu cash in exchange
for a detective's commission, but she
finally parted and was advised to
"spot" all crosseyed men mailing let
ters at night after the postotii p
closed.
' iUe ii'-% t week the man who
arrived was on the saunter most of tlio
time. The two dry goods merchants
and one ol the grocers refused to b" ( y
Commissions on aeeo'.mt n or
some ; 'h.'i, scruples, but even body
else approached had Only to be talked
'.O for a few minutes to pay it py-it*.' ll !
lUe.y wpuldq'l !i;i t v Wfy, the price was
gradually reduced to The arrest of
a single murderer, they were told,
would make them good a thousand
times over.
Not less than twenty women
included in Mr. teres, iist, ami >vheu
,1.,- v .uul'.t >vVuf«'» nu pioro clients iu the
iown lie worked the surrounding coun
try. Not a farmer or a farmer's hired
man turned him down. It h i;ei.e 1 in
several cases that both the farmer and
his man took commissions ;n:d v
instructed to wattb each nth r.
When Mr. Jones d. ' he left
more than a hundred deieeiives l>-1; 1
him to watch for the coming of the
crime wave. They were to make re
ports to the home office win .ever they
struck a clew. Not on their lii" • or liv, •
were they to give away the fact that
they were working for the agency or
keeping their eyes peeled. Craft, cun
ning and silence must bo the order of
the day.
During the next two months I»ri;r;rs
ville had ah uncomfortable time of it.
Every one had a feeling that he was
under espionage, and his feeling was
right. There was prowling about by
day and by night. Men and women sit
ting in their church pew- of a Sun lay
glared around in a suspicious manner
and forgot all about the sermon. Hoys
and girls of tender years found them
selves shadowed and went home to tell
fathers and mothers who were shadow
ing some one else.
It was at a church social that the
grand exjiose occurred. Mrs. Bascomb
brought it about by char.ing the cross
eyed cooper with mailing a letter at
midnight. This was in revenge for his
hogging down more than his share of
the ice cream, in live minutes it came
out that there were about forty detec
tives present and that each one had
been spying on the others, and then a (
free-for-all scrap occurred, and the po- 1
lice made several arrests. This brought ;
' out the whole plot and laid bare the j
character of the man who arrived, and j
there was weeping and walling and j
gnashing of teeth.
That was ten years ago. but the de- j
tectlves of Briggsville have never for- J
given each other. The crime wave lias
not arrived, but they glare and shake
their tists at each other. And In some
locality the man who arrived Is arriv
ing again and repeating his perform
ance.
Opera I'nilcr DlfUcnltles.
A eontei: o-'-rary account says: "At |
the first per: >r:nance of T.a Traviata'
the tenor, Graziani, took cold and sang
his part throughout in n hoarse and al
most Inaudible voice. M. Varesi, the
baritone, having what we would call a
secondary role, took no trouble to bring
ont the dramatic Importance of this
short but capital part, so that the ef
fect of the celebrated duet between
Violefta anil ("Jermond In the second
act was entirely missed. Mine. Dona
te'.li. who impersonated the delicate
sickly heroine, was one of the stoutest
ladies on the stage or off it, and when
at the beginning of the third act the
doctor declares that consumption has
wasted away the young lady and that
she cannot live more than a few hours
the audience was thrown into a stato
of perfectly uproarious glee, a stato
very different from that necessary to
appreciate the tragic action of the last
net." N'o wonder that "La Traviata"
made tt fiasco under these trying cir
cumstances: Yet when more adequate
ly performed the opera soon became an
Immense favorite with audiences of all
nations, and Verdi had no reason to
remember the disasters attending its
first appearance ia nuhlio
on Xo.vnlt),
The king most often and moat seri
ously shot at was Louis Philippe, who
somehow was never hurt by his would
be assassins. The most desperate at
tempt was made by Fieschi, the Oor
slcan, who operated with an infernal
machine. lie was once fired upon at
such close quarters that the flash of the
pistol set fire to the bonnet of Queen
Marie Amelie, who sat beside him in
a carriage. Hut one serious attempt
was made to assasginaie Napoleon I. It
was with an inferii'l machine. Na
poleon 111. had two narrow escapes.
One was when the Orsini bombs ex
ploded armmd his carriage, and tho
other was at tho Hois do Rcmlogue,
when a ball meant for his guest, Alex
iindir | , wliizeed by his ear and shot
tils aUI-de-camp's horse.—London News.
Rehlire BrisrhtneiM of the Start.
The dream of Joseph is the
document known in which the forfght
ness of the stars ig referred to. In it
are mentioned the sun, moon and
twelve stars, which exceed all the other
heavenly bodies in splendor. A French
astronomer has pointed out that if wo
Count the. stars of the first magnitude
ppuu in K'-rypt today we shall find just
twelve, for a thirteenth is of somewhat
doubtful brilliancy. These twelve stars
are also mentioned in an evangel of St.
John; hence tho astronomer conjJudea
that the relative brightn>_-a of the stars
has not appreciably altered since the
times of the pharaolis.
The Adaptable Bee.
That more persons da not Keep been
is rather- singular. They may be kept
in tjie. city or the country and in any
locality. They are at home any place
you set them down, either at the
queen's palace or In tho most remote
corner of a wilderness. They w'H oc
cupy a place that is of no use for any
thing else. They \*lll save tons of
I *
BEES IK I'Hti OOJtu
honey from going to loss*. fhey are
an absolute necessity to tlv> lioriw ui
turist and have IPUtlo nouio men rich,
;\Ud in tbu now fashionable pursuit of
nature study few things are more fas
cinating than the working of tbe bees,
which may readily be observed in r,
glass front hive placed n window,
through which i-.e-eji My,
Why I* Thin Thus (
Working on the most trustworthy
statistics obtainable iu regard to ro.au
accidents an estecuuul contemporary
has figured out that the automobile i*
iusc ten times as destructive us the
horse. The automobile la supposed to
ve entirety under Hie control of the
,t| tver, while the horse has a will of his
own. and the inference Is that a horse
is mote or less difficult to control for
this reason. Why does not this theor.v
work out in practice ■>
GARDEN TALK
!
Ileal, instinctive, personal gardening,
gardening con a more, went out of fash
ion in this country for periiaps fifty 1
years. 'Hi'' and grandfa
thers u.se.l to i!o it in a sweet aad slm
l>: but j.., :lar gardening played
a •!. i! part. Meantime Enu r laud kept
; .t\ til'.' pinieniii Instinct of the face
in tin' garden a true and beau
tii.d tiiiiu. Our current fashion for tiia
i: iiuo yardeh. pretty and useful, Is
r.vdly the English cottage garden
; i: ■ i ••'!! oar indigenous "grand
other's garden."
I! 0:i on >ils that are pluuip a ail
full will sink in water, and those that
:u • i-hafTy and li:_'ht will float, so tliero
is a r.-a i\ means of s -parating the
•. v i from the poor seed.
'i!i.' lira: |>oisoi;-i with paria
.•;i is probably the easy way of
ii.—lititii. th • cut'.vorin. Hut be careful
that chickens or other animals do not
get at it.
As sprint advances look out fo"
weeds. It eln ■■ ked now tiiey may b«»
kept in hand all tin' year. Weeds on
p.'tlis cau IK* destroyed with common
wilt.
Thousands of gardeners are now
Mistering .'heir hands by using trarden
hoes with too small handle-'. A handle
that (its the hand does not cramp the
fil lers, and owing to the better grip
there is 1,-s friction, consequently terr
or blisters.
If you have a high and dry. sunny
and warm piece of soil slanting to ths
F-ontli and April is smiling, plant a ■
small l ed of sweet corn and takfc the
i risk of frost.
GROWING CLOVER.
Earl; nu.l Thick Seeillujr A Pel lei
Based on Experience.
We have grown clover for fifteen
years. We have had two or three par
tial failures and at least one total fail
ure. We have followed early sowing
till hut one seas ill. Then we sowed
during the month of April and failed
completely. Our favorite time to sow
is from the middle of February until
the 10th of March owing to the coudi-
I lion of the land and soil, says an Ohio
Farmer correspondent, whose further
I views are as follows: We never sow
when the ground is covered with snow,
as the seed is liable to be buncbed by
wind or by the water as the snow
melts. We never sow when the ground
is sticky or settled down flat by the
wind or when the frost is coming out.
The seed will not be covered as it
should be. We never saw when the
wind is high, as the seed then will be
bunched and our crop streaky.
Condition* That Suit.
The v»it 'iti.jiiN which suit us best are
when the jjrooud is bare and honey
combed by frost and when the air is
still, as we usually have it of a sharp
frosty morning. Wo begin \o sow
early in the morning, soon after day
light, and sow as long as possible. Just
«s soon as the ground begins to tret the
least sticky we stop for the day and
wait for the next favorable morning.
The more the soil is honeycombed
the Better, as much of the seed will fall
in the small crevices and become cov
ered as soon as tUi.' surface crust melts.
The seed that falls on top of the ground
will sink deeper and deeper as the
ground freeres and thaws. Mueh of
the seed will be to\«-red one half to
TfTHi liv'it citVn I» % > uiC' uui& It Maria to
grow. Tills gives it a deep root from
the start. The plant is then able to
withstand a good deal of freezing and
dry weather. By the time dry weath
er comes, during the late spring or
summer, the plant is able to get its
moisture from the depths below. It
does not do to spare the seed, although
it may be high in price.
Place *o start fiarden Plant*.
The kitchen window is not a suitable
place for starting a variety of garden
plants. The accommodations jU'O not
sufficiently ample, and the hoses are
more or less of a nuisance In the kitch-
i
Mffjly f? W| 5
wmm .t. J
A I.ITTLE PLANT HOUSE.
eu, as Farm Journal remarks in figuring
a little houso that just file bill fdr a
place to start all kinds of garden plants.
The plan of the house is sufficiently
shown in the cut. A little stove can be
used to keep up the needed warmth at
night, or a Mtiall hot water heater can
be put in, with pipes rnuiuns along be
neath the beuvli
'i'htf ».-eds should all be sown in boxes
in order that the latter may be turned
eml for end, as the snn "draws" tho
plants toward the light. The house
should favo a Jittlp east of south and
n?eil net be more than sis feet wide,
with such length as is desired. Have
some of the windows made so that
they can bo opened; then the room YS'tj"
not be overheated at midds',;,.
Onion Culture.
Here are instructions from an expe
rienced gardener for obtaining ,t good
crop of onions wjUi (iit> least possible
labor Sow early 111 March in cold
rrarnes. Good varieties are Adriatic,
Barletta White, Prlzetuker. Soutliport.
White Globe and lied Wethersfiel<\
Seed can be sown '•< J„:nkiw drills
four inches '.'.!»«>»• The seed must be
covered and the soil pressed firm
ly with a board. Keep the frames clos
ed till the young onions appear and
then give an abuqdtUi'v of alt' on all
favorable ivvasKTis, bearing in mind
that the cooler they are kept the stur
dier tiie growth.
Keep the surface soil constantly stir
red about, the young plants and ail
weeds removed. Water thoroughly
when needed.
ITuiirr'H Wisdom.
The conclusion (from experiment?
and my general opinion) in respect to
the season of pruning, as far as ths
healiug of wounds is cor* tKis:
The ideal tine. spring before
growth Iritis ,into l'ebruary, March
and er,riv April in New York), but
more uepeivls upon ihe position of the
WOUU'.t In the tree and the length of
stub than on the time of year.—L. 11.
Bailey.
IN GARDENING
The early spring table beet from its
very first peep into the light of day
should be forced into such a quick and
healthy growth that it never should
know any hindrance or check until It
fs ready to be placed on sale or used.
There is uo better time than I'ebru
ufy for starting the hotbed either for
plants or salads. The increasing sun
and lengthening days are all in Civa
of its success, says a niark' t
For cabbage pbiu'.s - -w -i-ed of Jer
sey Wake-field in rtats tilled with light,
kvimj boil in the latter pari of Febru
ary. Keep in a mild hotbed or any
warm, sunny place.
Give a good dressing of fine old 00m
pjst to the rhubarb plants and force
undi r I •••;< or bos* covered with horse
manure If you want tender early stalks.
Be ure t> j 11.t cn >v'.;r'i manure in the
center of the hotbed, so there will be
N.
nj sagging.
I'oor gardens are expensive in the
c ud.
Children love gardening. Encourage
thorn.
St. Pclrr'i Chair.
Koine itself is si>okeu Af as the chair
or throne of St. Peter by some early
writers, bnt the actual episcopal chair
\ hicli he is believed to have occupied
may still be seen in St. Peter's. a worm ■
eaten wooden structure, preserved In a ,
bronze covering, says the lx>ndon
Chronicle. It is from such chairs of |
episcopal and other authority, of j
course, that we get tIM» phrase "ex ca- i
thedra" and the word "cathedral," au
abbreviation of "cathedral church," the i
j church that contains the bishop's ca- j
thedra or chair. Some of the uses in j
«>! 1 fashioued English of the adjective !
"cathedral" seem quaint now. "Cathe
dral dogmatism" meant not the dog
matism of a dean and chapter, but that
of any one who spoke with an assump
tion of authority. A "cathedral beard"
was a broad beard of a fashion an
ciently worn by bishops, and in Johu
i son's time "cathedral" seems to have
j been slung for "antique."
lXniv Utile SnviiiKN Roll Up.
If a parent deposits $1 at the birth of
the child au..l adds at each succeeding
| anniversary of tin? birthday a number
of dollars equal to the number of years,
] the amount by the time the sou or daugh
ter is twenty-one years old, computed at
i per cent interest, compounded semi
annually. will equal S3OO. This would be
a substantial nest egg to begin life with.
The man who deposits only eents
' a week, drawing -i per cent, compound
ed semiannually, will have to his cred
it at the end of tive years 573, nt the
! end of ten years slt:2. at the end of
i twenty years steii and at the end of
forty years .? 1 The man who saves
So a week at this rate would lie worth
at the end of forty years the snug for
tune of s2s,Bßß.—Leslie's Weekly.
Kn»tod IIIN Coimcleiice.
In an ordinary restaurant, according
to the Eondon Chronicle, a waiter wan
surprised at l>eiug asked one Friday
with Ireland's inimitable smile for
"diviled whale." "Is it filleted shark
that ye have, thin?" pursued the Irish
man on being refused this delicacy.
Again receiving a reply in the negative,
he tried once more. "Thin ye can bring
me some roasted porpoise," he. said.
The waiter showed signs of becoming
restive, and Paddy sank back in his
scat and heaved a sigh of contentment.
"I'll take some roast beef and vegeta
bles," he said cheerfully, "and sure
ye'll not be for saying that I didn't
ask ye for fish."
He Had Already "Et."
"I know a western Kansas town ,
where the rules of etiquette are purely
upon a logical basis," said a man from
the short grass country the other day.
"The daughter of the hotel- keeper at
whose hostelry 1 was living was to be
married. I received an invitation. At
«tix>ut 11 o'clock in the evening the
wedding supper was spread. Au old
lady came down the table side, passing
the viands to the gue*U. Wlwn
reacira~rrry plate she skipppd me and
began again with the next man. The
old lady had seen me eating my sup
per as usual at 0 o'clock.
•"You've et,' she said as she gave
me the go by. Things began to look
dubious for uie. Then au old man
came along with more food, lie also
had seen me eating at the usual even
ing hour. lie shied around me with a
look of surprise that I should lie at the
feed rack again and said, "Why, you've
et.'
"Everybody had been 'saving up' for
thp occasion so that they might eat like
heroes at that wedding feast. Tlie fact
that I had not been missing any meals
nearly ostracized me In that happy
gathering."—Kansas City Times.
Tlie Fnte of Title*.
1 Some nji<*ient cities have disappear
ed. The archaeologist digs through the
sands of tlie desert, the accumulations
of vegetable mold and the debris of
human habitation In a search for the
palaces of great kings, the markets of
wealthy traders and the home** of a
once numerous people, The massacres
of ancient warfare may explain some
of these dead and buriod cities. The
inability of people iu early history to
deal with the sanitary problems of a
congested population may have been a
contributing cause to their destruction.
Cities may have died because their
people could not live. But in most
cases a change in the routes of com
merce will be found to have diverted
the stream of nourishment from a city
aud left it to die of starvation. Yet
the Eternal City and Athens, Byzan
tittrfl, Jerusalem, Antioch and Damas
cus illustrate tin; tenacity of munici
pal vitality, even though a long suc
cession of cenUu'lc? brings great
changes in tiie methods and subjects
ami courses of traflie. —Philadelphia
Record.
Herbert Sp^Meer.
A queer instruct) of the working of
Herbert Spencer's mind is mentioned
i>y the two sisters in whose household
he lived. lie came to the table one day
absorbed in thinking about some pho
tographs of the nebulae he had just
received:
"As he rose from his chair lie stood
for a minute gazing with gleaming eyes
into the distance, and then muttered in
a disjointed fashion, as if half to him
self. words to this effect: 'Thirty mil
lions of suns, cu'i probably having its
own system, and supposing tliem each
tie tlie size of a pin's head they are
fifty miles apart! What does it all
mean?' And then, without a pause
and only a change of voice. The flufT
still comes out of that cushion, you
know,' t>». with a wave of his small,
hand toward it he passed rapidly
out of the room, leaving us both be.
wildeml by the quickness with which
his mind worked."
A Heavy Sni«tpt*\
Sometimes th" vigors of patent office
procedure «•«"*? not without their humor
ftns side. A New York attorney tiled
an application for improvements iu a
centrifugal pump. The patent office
declared the Invention \»«>i>enitive and
demanded a working model. The pat
ent office W.tu ivqitosttHl to send an ex
aminer «■> Trenton to inspect the ma
chine i:i actual operation. This the
patent office refused to do. The at
torney. there fore, politely sent a seven
ton punift to the patent office— sent It.
moreover, from TitwWu to satisfy a
skepiic.il e\tiruftier. Twenty-one men
were V't»rf«sl to get It Into the exam
offi<*«\ Scientific American. *
t
I'nnneceaafot I-'Wlilmw.
Ksnier.ilda This i.- uiy latest photo
graph What do votl tlriik of It?
C.wendolen— Let »ne have one, dear.
It's absolutely perfect. Esmeralda—
You mean. spiteful thing!— Chicago
Tribune.
Fun has no limits. It Is like the hu
man race aud face. There is a family
likeness among all the species, but they >
all differ.—Halibut tou. 1
No. 21.
15ANKS IN A FIRE CITY
THE PRESSING NEED OF MONEY IN
A STRICKEN COMMUNITY.
Eiprricnct of a Chicago Financial
Honsc In IS7l—Greed of Depositor*
and HOTV It Slionell Itaeft—An Un
expected I'ropoaltion.
Whenever a great fire devastates a
large city the first effort of those con
cerned with the work of restoration Is
to get the banks open so that tlie press
ing needs of a homeless population
may be cared for. At such times busi
ness is done on a strictly cash basis,
and everything sells at a premium.
The consequence is au extraordinary
demand for hand to hand mouey, since
the merchant can use the poor man's
i dollar to better advantage thau the
rich man's credit in buyiug supplies to
replenish his flame emptied warehouse.
The struggle that ensues to obtain
all the cash in sight is full of human
interest. It has its picturesque fea
tures. On Monday, Oct. 10, 1871, when
all Chicago trudged downtown to see
what was left of the city, great crowds
besieged the banks. Some men were
crying, others talked incoherently, and
everybody seemed half dazed. An offi
cer of one of Chicago's greatest banks,
who fought his way through the smol
dering embers to the white marble ball
which surrounded his vault, gave the
following description of what occurred:
"Although the iron door of the vault
had been somewhat expanded by heat,
I found that the combination worked
perfectly. That reassured me, and aft
er hunting about the debris I fished
out one or two Iron crowbars and by
wedging them in' finally opened the
vault door. The inclosure smelled
smoky, but I soon found that the cash
was all right, and so were our books.
That made me feel good, and I got
down to work in short order. The first
thing I did was to look at the balance
sheet and see \\hat our exact resources
were. A glance showed me that by
collecting what was due from out of
town creditors the bank could pay ev
erything it owed and declare a 10 per
cent dividend besides, even If it lost
every dollar due from its Chicago cli
ents. That was all I wanted to know.
"On leaving the vault I saw four men
waitiug for me in what hail been the
cashier's office. They were among our
largest depositors, and I knew well
enough what they wanted. They were
of very different types—one a shrewd
money lender who had $30,000 to his
credit on our books, another was a
school treasurer in an outlying district
who would have been ruined had we
not been able to pay him $25,000. a
third was an out of town banker with
$150,000 to the credit of his institution
In our bank, and the fourth was a man
who lias since become one of Chicago's
greatest capitalists and who had always
professed his sincere friendship foe me.
It was a trying ordeal aud one calculat
ed to make each of my visitors show
the real stuff that was in him. Aa
events proved, this dkl not take long.
"The little money lender grabbed me
first. Willi u sti-Hture little wiuk Un
forced me one side aud said in a hal# ~-
whisper, 'Do you know how much I
have iu your bank?'
"I said, 'Yes, about $30,000.'
" 'Well, I will give you SG,OOO if you
will give me the cash right away.'
"'I won't do that,' said I. 'Your
money is all right, but you w,ill have to
wait a week for it until we get in
shape again.'
" 'What,' he fairly gasped, 'do you de
cline $0,000? that is a good deal of
money in a city that has gone to de
struction.'
1, 1 answered no, that I would not
and told him in plain English what I
thought of him. I said: 'I am not knave
enough to take your bribe and give you
an unfair advantage over the other de
positors, and I am not fool enough to
do It, because I know as soon as you
discover the bauk paid its claims with
in a week you would sue me for the
SO,OOO. Get out of here right away.' "
"That was the, last of him. He took
his money when the week was out and
kept clear of the bank after that. Then
the school treasurer came to me with a
straightforward story or how his bonds
men were anxious to know how he
stood. When I told him that his money
was safe and that he would not lose a
cent he burst Into tears, saying the
news was too good to be true. The out
of town banker was also very nice,
saying that he did not care to with
draw his money so long as ho knew it
wils safe. Then the man who has since
grown enormously wealthy accosted
me with the remark that ho had como
down to see how things stood. That
gave me a chance to test him, so I said
brusquely:
" 'You know how things are as well
as I do. Can't you see the position we
nre in?' 'Oh, yes, yes,' he answered
hastily. 'I don't care about the fire. Wo
are all In the same fix. But I want to
know how you stand personally. Have
you plenty of ready cash? You cannot
get credit these days, so if you need
anything from the grocer's you want
fcard cash. I brought you a little'—
"With that the man threw open his
coat, dived down into his pocket and
dragged out a roll of bills as big as his
hands could grasp. Then he straight
ened tliem out .and divided them Into
equal piles, retaining one himself and
handing mo the other. lie was dread
fully in earnest, but I told him I could
not accept the money and that I
thought I could manage without It.
Ho assured mo that whatever he had
would always be at my disposal. That
man has always been one of my best
friends."—New York Tost.
• ' Ilia Compliment.
"What a lovely morning," he said.
"It is a perfect morning," she replied.
"True," he said. "I haven't seen any
thing this morning that isn't perfect."
And he looked her straight in the face.
Ttiau ulia tOufilUMl
The Mont Cartons Known Animal.
. The most peculiar and remarkable
animal in the world is the Ornlthoryn
chus paradoxus, the famed egg laying
mammal of Australia. It is shaped like
nn otter, has fur like a l>caver, is web
footo*l like a swam, has a bill like a
duck and a tall like that of a fox. It
Is the only known fur covered creature
that lays eggs. A corresponding odd
ity among feathered bipods would be a
bird that brought forth its young alive.
Same Thing.
"Rimer takes himself very seriously,
doesn't lie?''
"Yes, Indeed."
"Most of his poetry Is pathetic, Isn't
it?"
"That's what he calls it, but the edi
tors say It's pitiful."—Boston Adver
tiser.
Impatience.
Impatience turns an ague into a fe-
Ter. a fever to the plague, fear into de-
Ipair. anger into rage, loss Into mad
tess and sorrow to amazement. —Jer-
imy Taylor.
The best education In the world Is
lliat got by struggling to make a 11?-
lug.—Wendell Phillips.