VOL. XXXXIII.
I THE MODERN STORE-
Summer Holiday Wearables.
1 Ladies', Children's and Men's Summer Holiday and Picnic
Wear.
£ Shirt Waists. 4#c, H»c, #I.OO to $4.50.
White Wash Skirts. SI.OO. $1 50, fr> 0o to *5 50.
Washable Suits, $1.50 to $5.00.
Parasols. big assortment of white embroidered lineu, SI.OO to $.>.00.
Colored silk umbrellas. specials at $1.48 and SI.W. _
Hosiety, Ladies' and Children's white, black and fancies, 15c to $1 pair.
New Fntzie Scheff Belts. 25c and 50c. |
New Linen Stock Collars, 15c and 25c.
__ , _ _ . .. New Shirts, 50c, SI.OO, $1.50.
ll An ' A Xklfxn n ' New Neckwear. 25c and 50c
IVIGn S W 6al i Belts 25c and 50c
~,W" g mmvfw I Underwear, Fancy Socks, etc.
Millinery Reduction and New Things.
Bis reduction on all colored trimmed bate this week.
New White Embroidered hats, jnst in. now all the rage. sl, 51.50, f2.iH
EISLER-MARDORF COfIPANY,
SOUTH MAIS STREET ) r\f%4
JSSZsSgRP' f"■ Samples sent on request.
OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. PA
I Magic Carpets. |
§ Put a new floor covering in the dingiest room of yourgjj
ghouse. The effect is magical, comfort, cheeriness, cosi @
j|)ness, 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 BRUSSELS or AXMINSTER, at any rate, drop in andgj
Stake a 100k —for future Reference Low Prices,
|of QUALITY. @
I Patterson Bros. |
5 (Successors to Brown & Co.) ®
gj 136 N. Main Street, Butler, Pa, §
I SPRING STykGS I
I AND IN
I SOAKER FOOTWEAR. Q
I NOW CODING IN.
I Shoes for dressy occasions
I Shoes tor the mechanic
■ Shoes tor the farmer
■ Shoes for everybody
B Each and every pair in its )|
B class the best that money «
I will buy. jjjj
I * Get your pair at m
HUSELTON'S I
■ Opp. Hotel Lowry. 102 N. Main Street. k
f Duffy's Store 1
I Not one bit too early to think of that new Carpet, orl
I perhaps you would rather have a pretty Rug—carpetH
I size. Well, in either case, we can suit you as our Car-H
I pet stock is one of the largest and best assorted in But-R
I ler county. "Among which will be found the following: m
I EXTRA SUPER ALL WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS. H
■ Htavy two and three ply 65c per yd and np H
I HALF WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS, «
H Best cotton chain 50c per yd and
I BODY BRUSSELS, B
Hj Simply no wear ont to these $ 1.35 yd Hj
■ TAPESTRY BRUSSELS,
Jr Light made. very Ctdod Gs<: per yd up
M STilft CAR°ETS, 3
gj Body and Tt»pe«lry Brussels, Half anil All Wool Ingriins. SS
I HAHTFORO AXMINSTERS,
Sgl Prettiest Carpet made, as durable too f 1.85
[I RAG CARPETS, Genuine oM-fagbi.in-d wenvn. ;
H MATTING, Heinp and Straw.
E RUGS-CARPET SIZES H
B Axuiinster Itngs. Beauties too s•>! each and up M
■ Brussels Runs, Tapestry and Body sl2 each and til. D
■ Ingrain Druggets, All and Half Wool |5 each and up h|
M Linolentns, Inlaid and Common, all width* and grade;;
M Oil Cloths, fcloor, Table, Bhelf and Stair. : , v^
■ Lace Curtains, Portiers, Window Shades, Cartain Poles; Small Heartli psl
HH Rugs, all stylos and sizes.
I Duffy's Store. I
I MAIN STREET, BUTLER. if
f PAPER!!* 4 " : !
I BIG LOT! I
® ?!
Specially low Priced. All New Patterns, tjt
r :' tye sell our border by the bolt same price l|
$ as wall and celling. &
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E£yth Bros., |
j|l NEAR COURT HOUSE.
T
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Sinus H
HE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Men's Suits
and
Young Men's Suits
AT HALF PRICE.
We still have a small scattering of medium and heavy weight
garments which rather than put away in camphor we
are pleased to offer you at prices which v/ill
induce you to buy.
MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S SB.OO SUITS GO AT 54.00
MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S SIO.OO SUITS GO AT SS.UO
MEN'S AND YOUNG .MEN'S $12.00 SUITS GO AT $6.00
MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S $15.00 SUITS GO AT 57.50
MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S SIB.OO SUITS GO AT $9.00
SCHAUL& LEV V
137 South Main Street. Bntler. Pa.
wc ar 1
S —| H
ri A Grand Display of Fine tj
■1 Footwear in all the M
M Jpk Latest Styles. f J
■J a/MW We are showing many
M g-fj zjmL styles in Ladies' Fine Shoes rJ
TA and Oxfords at prices sure
Li to interest you. ri
i Large stock of Men's and
wl Boys' Fine Shoes and Ox- W
F fords in the latest styles. k
V m bargains in Men's m
■ anc * wor^in ß shoes. M
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[: JOHN BICKELH
men rTfOir
Won't buy clothing for the purpose of A, \ ll
spending money. They desire to get the iJj i |i
best possible results of the money expended. ITT I I\i I
Those who buy custom clothing have a J iVJ \ \ij )Jj
right to demand a fit, to have their clothes I l \-rr^Pll Tl
correct in style and to demand of the A • I
seller to guarantee everything. Come to / < |* mF\ '■
us and there will be nothing lacking. I /r)w\ JL
have just received a large stock of Spring j Wy |
and Summer suitings in the latest styles, j «
shades and colors. I \ vfln jj
G. P. KECK, I W-f j
MERCHANT TAIIsOR, \ j| |
142 N. Main St., Butler, Pa Jr
§ Spring and Summer Millinery. |
jl; Everything in the line of Milliner' can Uj luund,
|? the right thing at t'ne rignt time at the right price at
| ROCKENSTEIN'S |
j| Phone 656, 148 S. Main St. ||
% aaaaffl %
* B!W.
j I
$ Than any other Washer^
It 0?! ,e
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f J. Q. & W. CAMPBELL, jg
m pUTLER, PA. gt
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Tlx; craUtcutrH <■( vho i;utlcr Business College have lust acrapted noaltlons us
(nllows: •' II ATexitmlcr. tiookkeeper,
steoojiraplier, i . S. iKiveloprnent ('o.. ttli Ave.. J'lttslmrjr, Emma Hurr. stenographer,
Pittsburg Kedui-tlon ( 0.. New Keusttngtou, I'a.; I'oarl Suyiler. stenographer, The Brad
street Co.. I'lttsburg; li. 1' Frederick, Btemigjuphcr. Wab.i.li It. K. i!«., I'lttsburg; Itosenna
Hi'Launbtin. s|eui):)riipheiL. Buir<i Mur-hlnerv < Pittsburg; Anna llun<lay, stenographer.
Hhl vage ('et iiriiy <. I'ltl.sburg; 41.h Ave ; Winifred Shaffer, l>etter ix.sltlon, stenographer.
Oermania Hank Itlilg . I'lttsburg: Bertha Mi-(.'lelland. stenographer. Aaron K. Helber, Itut
ler; O. E. Wick. Standard Steel Car Co.; Myra Ash, stenographer. 8. .t II C. Welnhaus Co.,
Pittsburg; Carrie llfrncr. lietter position, l'itlellty & t 'iisunlty Co., I'lttsburg; .1 M. Wll v»n,
II .V: (>. Kr« lght Ofliee, Butler; Lester It< 11, Imokkeeper. Geo. Walter fi Sons. Butler Koller
Mills, Butler. .
Voung tien and womeu, BF.Ht'LT- 1 TALK. Attend it srhool that I»)FS *«eure ixisl
ttons and OOOI> ones fiir Its graduates. SOM E schools I'UCMISF. we I'EBKOBM. l our
tln.es as many call -as *■ .-an nil. t Vineln and see the letters wo sliHll b< pleased to
show t hem to y< .i. Now Is the tlt;:e tu enter
SPRING TERM, APRIL 2, 1906.
<lay un.ur AN V time. Catalogue and circulars mailed on application. Correspondence
Invited. Visitors ALWAYS welcome. When In Butler, pay us a visit.
A. F. REGAL, Principal, Butler, Pa.
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY. MAY :il. 1906
j A SENSIBLE f
LOVER J
( By C. B. LEWIS S
l Copi/riyfi/, i'.- hu II iincr Si>ra'jue \
Miss Minnie Stacy, twenty years old,
had come out from Uie city to stay
with her Aunt Jane in the country for
a month while her parents made a hur
ried trip to England. It was the last of
February, and there was snow on the
ground.
The next farm to Aunt Jane's was
the Kossiter place, and Mrs. Rossiter
was also a widow. A hired man named
Jim Williams plowed, planted and
reaped for her. When Jim heard that
a city girl was stopping with Aunt
Jane he went over to see her for him
self. lie didn't stop to put oil a clean
shirt or to grease and lampblack his
shoes, lie entered the house in that
familiar way fanners have among
themselves, and when ~ introduced to
the visitor lie hold out a hand as big as
a wasliltoard and shook her small one
vigorously.
"llow are ye? Nice winter weather
we're haviug," be said.
The young lady of wealth and social
standing tried to squelch him, but Jim
drew up his chair and si>oke of spring
calves and kicking cows in a way
meant to l>e highly entertaining. lie
refused to be snubbed, and he wouldn't
take a hint.
When the subject of music was re
ferred to he volunteered to sing a bal
lad or two, and when 10 o'clock came
lie took his hut, held out his band again
and departed after saying;
"Well, Minnie, I .don't know when
I've spent a more interesting evening,
and it's ail owing to you. I'm not one
of these stuck up chaps. I'm jest plain
Jim Williams, and you'll find me a
yard wide and all wool every time. I'll
run in quite frequently and cheer you
up."
Miss Minnie had many criticisms to
make after the caller had left and as
serted if he came again he would get a
Setback to last hint ail his life.
Aunt Jane tried to soothe her. "Oh.
you mustn't mind our ways out here in
the country. As Jim has fallen in love
with you at first sifjlit he will"—
"W-li-a-tr* exclaimed the horrified
girl.
"Why, couldn't you tell that he had
fallen in love with you?"
"Of course not! How dare he do such
a thing!"
"I don't see why you make such a
fuss over it. If you don't want to
marry him you can say so when he
asks you."
When Jim had retired that night ue
got to thinking things over. "I'm Jim
Williams," he soliloquized. "I'm as
stout as a bull and have an appetite
like a horse. I'm twenty-seven years
old and have in the bank. There
ain't no tiies on me, and I'm a good
nuff match for any «al that lives. I'm
in love with Minnie Slney. T don't
know what sort of a tarmer's wife
she'd make, but I'm willing to tnke my
chances. We'll take in Niagara falls
on our wedding trip, and if she wants
candy at 50 cents a box she shall have
it. I'll give her a week to sort o' get
acquainted, and then I'll pop the ques
tion."
It was all settled in his mhul when
he turned over and went to sleep, and
he saw no clouds on the horizon as lie
awoke in the morning. Thereafter for
nine or ten nights he was a regular
caller at Aunt Jane's house. If he saw
Minnie he tried to interest her in
snakes, mud turtles, fro»;s and other
novelties of farm life and gave her in
teresting statistics of how much hay a
cow would consume in the winter.
When Minnie stuck to her room and
refused to come down h. had Green
ing apples and other messages for her
and continued to grow more deeply in
love. About th; 1 Ist of March the ma
ple sugar season opened. The making
of the sugar wi:s a part of Jim's spring
work, and from the first run of sap he
sent the city girl - • tsnple wax on
n clean, white i . i:>' • c!i; i
The snow dlsapp-.-.tud, the spring
birds lo appear and the ground
ivas getting dry underfoot when Min
nie started out one afternoon for a
walk. She wandered over a field and
into a piece of woods, hoping to fiud
the first spring floww, ;md of a sudden
jum feit chills sweep over her and the
atmosphere grew dark. A blizzard had
stolen upon the country as softly as n
thief In tbo night. In her sudden alarm
tho girl became turned around. She
was hurrying through the woods when
the wind rose, the air filled with snow,
and she clutched the branch of a bush
antl shrieked her alarm.
She kept up her shrieks for half ut«
hour and then sank down in a collapse.
She did not realize what was happen
'ng vhuU .Mm Williams came feeling
(lis way through the storm, took her In
his arms and carried her to the sugar
bush shanty, forty rods away.
It was a blizzard long to be rtuue.ut
bcrod. The thennoniot« t went down to
r.ero, antl a foot or moro of snow fell,
tuid for two or three days the farmers
wero Imprisoned In their houses. Tho
girl recovered her senses 1011 after
reaching the sugar camp, but there was
no going farther. Jim happened to
aave plenty to eat and plenty of blan
icots. He gave up the shanty to her for
the nlfdit and dug out a place for him
self before tin, fiio.. Siio might have
in, l»uj in? had to keep the flro going
to prevent his freezing to denth.
He had plenty of time to think. The
wind howled, the snow flew, and tho
cold made the trees pop like musketry,
and Jim's great fear was that tho girl
would freez* to death Uifctro morning.
It was a g'nd relief to hlin when he
fceard her voice calling him soon after
daylight.
The sky hid lightened up, but the
blizzard was still booming away. Jim
made coffee and ft'ifd bacon and
warmed up liio frozen bread and In
vited Miss Stacy to breakfast. She had
passed the worst night of her lift; and
lost her appetite. What she wanted
was to reach her Aunt Jane's In the
quickest timo possible. Jim listened to
her request and then shook his head.
"We've got to wait awhile for this
blizzard to let up," lie replied. "Wo
Couldn't go ten rods without Uting lost,
and being lost would mean being dead,
l-ernme tell you how a bull th rowed me
over the fence two years ugo and chirk
you up a bit."
The girl refused to !>e chirked. She
sat swathed in horse blankets like a
mummy, and her tears formed Icicles
011 her cheeks. Noon came, and the
blizzard was still with them. Jim tried
to make her take a hopeful view of
things by assorting that ho was born
tind reared In that locality and had
never known a blizzard to last over
four days, but she wept instead of
smiled. Finally at 4 o'clock in the
ufternoou she made an announcement.
"I am goiug. I won't stay hero an
other lajnute. If you don't want to
come along you needn't," she said
firmly.
"There's only one way you can go,"
replied Jim after stepping aside to
measure tho depth of the snow. "I'll
have to take you on my back. You
never can make It otherwise. I'm stout
enoii-li to carry you and a bag of *ta
. ters besides, and if I don't hurry too
much I can keep a straight course."
The girl demurred and protested; but,
finding no other way, she at last con
sented. He stooped down, lifted her
up and set off with her. It was a des
perate undertaking, and they were a
full hour making the mile they had to
go, but he finally deposited her on the
doorstep, rapped for Aunt Jane and
then said good night and plunged into
the storm again. Two evenings later,
when the blizzard had vanished and
the highways had been dug out, he
knocked at Aunt Jane's door. This
time lie had on a boiled shirt, with a
pair of celluloid cuffs under his coat
sleeves, and as Minnie rose up and be
fore she couid utter a word of thanks
he said:
"Miss Stacy, I love you. I love you
a heap. I never loved a gal as I do
you. I intended all along to ask you
to marry me, and I have been figur
ing where we would live after mar
riage. But it's all off now. I've went
and gone and made a hero of myself
and won your eternal gratitude. You'd
be willing to marry me because I sav
ed your life, but I ain't no slcli feller
as to take advantage of a thing like
| that. Take back your troth and marry
any feller you like, and at the same
time I'll look around and see what
red headed gals they are in the neigh
borhood who'd l>e willing to have me.
Farewell, Miss Stacy -farewell!"
There was a tear in Jim Williams*
eye as be turned away nnd plodded
homeward, but he had the conscious
ness that he had done rijrht. and it may
be mentioned here that he made 200
pounds of maple stisar and twenty-two
gallons of molasses that spring and
found his rod headed girl before the
first crop of young robins was off the
nest.
Hmv to Cnre Stonptng.
One of the greatest and most com
mon deformities of the day, observes
a medical writer, is one that with care
and attention can be remedied. It is
the round shouldered or stooping habit.
Many of the most natural figures show
this tendency to stoop, while in the
narrow chested it is marked to a pain
ful degree. And yet by raising oneself
leisurely upon the toes in a perpendicu
lar position several times a day this
deformity could be easily rectified. To
do this properly one must be In a per
fectly upright position, the arms drop
ping at the sides, the heels well to
gether and the toes forming an angle
of IT. degrees. The rise should lie
made very slowly and from the balls
of both feet, and the descent should be
accomplished in tho same way without
swaying the body out of its perpen
dicular line. The exercise is not an
easy one, but may l>c accomplished by
perseverance and patience. It can be
modified, too, by standing first on one
leg, then 011 the other. Inflating and
raising the chest at the same time arc
a part of the exorcise, and if perse
vered in will ultimately show an la
creasttd cheft mcasuriMueMt, «U>«-cU>p
ment of lung power and perfectly
straight and erect figure.—Pearson's
Weekly.
Tito Queer (»«■«.
Anionic the curious tilings in life few
arc more amazing than the constitu
tional peculiarities occasionally met
with., The professor who delivered the
Introductory address to the students
at one of the London hospitals thought
it well to put his audience 011 their
guard.
Ho instanced two very singular cases.
One was that of a man to whom rice in
atiy form was poison. Some friends
wished to test this person's susceptibil
ity, and at dinner surreptitiously got
him to partake of biscuits in each of
which was a grain of ri<*e. lie ate two
or three biscuits and soon after had to
leave the table, declaring that lie was
lieing poisoned by rice, though he was
absolutely certain he had not partaken
of any.
The other case was one In which the
juice of a gooseberry acted as a power
ful excitant niul produced at once a
virulent skin eruption. This man was
so very susceptible that he could de
tect gooseberry juice even when It wus
masqueraded as champagne. At a pub
lic dinner he whispered to his neighbor
that it was gooseberry wine they were
drluklng, and as proof ho turned up
his shirt sleeve and showed him the
rash developing.—London Globe.
COOKING QUALITY.
The Potato Followed to the Kltehen,
What Market* Demand,
It Is very seldom that the potato has
been followed to' the kitchen and its
cooking qualities passed upon. As the
hulk of the potato crop In the United
States is used for food, it seems ob
vious that texture, color and flavor
are factors of utmost important, In
this country a potato havluM a starchy
flavor, white iu color anil mealy when
cooked Is considered more desirable
than one tlftit Is strong In flavor and
dark colored or soggy after boiling.
The American Table Potato.
As Professor Gllmore of Cornell
points out, our American market de
mands potatoes two to three Inches
long and five to ten ounces In weight,
since such potatoes have more uni
form CQOkJuM qualities, a l>etter appear
ance when served, a more nearly accu
rate weight when sold by measure and
sustain smaller losses when boiled. In
the northern T'nlted States a light, yel
low or whitish skinned tuber is pre
ferred, while in some parts of the
southern states pink skinned varieties
are sought.
Excepting the potatoes put oil the
market as "earlles," those having a
more or less netted skin or those whose
skin has a corky appearance or touch
are usually preferred to tin? smooth
»ud clear skinned tubers, this appear
ance indicating In general a degree of
maturity that promises good cooking
quality. Potatoes of smooth and clear
skin are sometimes excessively wa
tery or Immature. Numerous and deep
eyes are of course undesirable.
LOCAL SEED GROWING.
Careful Seed torn Grower* Seeded In
Every County.
In a recent bulletin of the Nebraska
station reporting a scries of experi
ments of different kinds of corn T. L.
Lyon makes the following statements,
which have a most Important pcaring
on (lie subject of home grown seed:
When corn grown In one section of
the country for a number or years Is
moved to another section where soli
and climate are different the plant al
ways undergoes more or less change
during the first two or three years be
fore It becomes adapted to Its new
condition.
In an experiment to show the definite
effect of climate In modifying the corn
plant.the weight of both stalk and ear
was found to be heavier In tho corn
crown from the seed just from lowa,
hut the proportion of ear to stalk was
higher in the acclimated corn. The
Nebraska corn averaged almost 300
square inches less leaf area, which was
to Ik> expected of plants grown In a
drier climate. The yield of grain was
in favor of the home grown seed.
To get the l>est results in corn grow
ing the seed must l>e home jrrown and
grown not only in the same state, but
in the same locality.
\ent (iiirdtMi Implement.
A neat attachment to a garden roller,
figured In I'arm I'rogress, is made as
1 follows: Bore holes eltdit inches apart
j lengthwise lu the roller and put in
! pins. To mark the garden make these
r.OLLKn AVt> MAKKEK COMBINED,
pins each hold a small rope, eucircling
the ro'. : ei- by driving then) into the
holes beside the ends of the rope. More
than one row of holes can be used to
change distances. Tack strips length
wise of the roller to mark places In the
row for setting plants.
Garden Ven«Mable».
Spray the following with paris green
when the insects appear:
Cabbage for cabbage worm.
Cucumbers, squash, pumpkins and
melons for the striped cucumber beetle.
Tomatoes for the tomato worm.
Spray potatoes with paris green bor
deaux for the Colorado l»eetle and the
flea beetles, when they appear. This
spray will also prevent the potato
blight.
Potato scab is treated by soaking the
seed i>otatoes in formalin (a pint in
thirty gallons of water) for about two
hours. Treated potatoes should not be
placed where they will get reinfected
with scab spores.
Spray any of the vegetables with
soap or kerosene emulsion for plant
lice and any other of the plant bugs
that suck the juices from the plants.
Care must lie taken to reach every in
sect on the under side of the leaves.—
Oklahoma Kxperiment Station.
Six Hales For Stockmen.
Admit as much sunlight as possible
into the stable.
Whitewash the wall, ceilings and
stanchions at least once every year.
Use common sense about turning
cows out from a warm barn to stay
out lu inclement weather.
Make every cow in the herd occupy
the same stall every time.
Cleanse and disinfect thoroughly aft
er removing a tuberculous animal.
When you discover symptoms of tu
berculosis in any animal In your herd
promptly call a veterinarian 01* report
the case to the commissioner and have
tbo animal examined.—Cattle Commis
slner of Connecticut.
Top Drrulnit Monliix Land.
I have- tried top dressing mowing
laud in April, May, October, November
and December and have rc<ielv—*
Vicne/it from manuring as soon as the
grass is mowed, The manure then pro
tects the roots from being burned by
the feun, says a Massachusetts farmer.
Where Christianity Ilcßan.
The hills of Bethlehem are full of
caves, natural and artificial, and
many of them have historic signifi
cance. There is the milk grotto, in
which Joseph and Mary are said to
have concealed themselves before their
flight Into Egypt to escape the evil de
signs of Ilerod. The snowy whiteness
of the soft chalk out of which it Is
hewn Is ascribed to the spilling of a
few drops of the Virgin's milk when she
nursed the infant Jesus. Another grot
to is iKiinted out as that lu whietf St.
Jerome for more than thirty years led
tho life of a hermit when bitter fac
tional dissensions had forced him to
leave Rome. On a western hill a rock
strewn plateau, around which stately
terebinths stand guard, marks a place
where the ancient Hebrews brought
their sacrifices iwito the I -on 1. It is a
solemn place, well fitted to excite de
vout thoughts—a place where n man
might well keep communion with his
Maker. In its broader features Bethle
hem Is almost unchanged since the days
of David.—Four Truck News.
Vegetable Kennels.
Those who would like to make cheese
on a very small scale are often trou
bled to wet proper rennet to produce
coagulation of the milk. A scientist
says that if the leaves of the common
butterwort are placed in a strainer and
the milk fresh from the cow is poured
over It the milk will soon become thick
and has a most delicious flavor. The
yellow bedstraw also possesses the
properties of curdling milk, and the j
natives of Cheshire prefer It as a ren
net to all other sorts. The leaves and
flowers are put In the strainer, and the
milk Is slowly poured over them. The
flower heuds of the garden artichoke
also possess the property of coagulat
ing milk. In view of the carelessness
sometimes noted In people who prepare
rennet In the ordinary fashion this
vegetable rennet Is worthy of atten
tion. The leaves, properly cleaned and
prepared, would be very much safer
and more hygienic than animal sub
stances which may go through chem
ical changes that unfit them for food.
Old StHtncM.
Herodotus makes Solon tell Croesus
of several men happier than he. Two
brothers, Cleobls and Biton of Argos,
he said, when oxen were lacking to
draw their mother, the priestess of
Hera, to the temple several miles dis
tant, harnessed themselves to the cart.
When the mother, proud of her sons
and moved by the plaudits of the
crowd, had prayed to Ilera that her
sons might receive the best gifts the
gods had to bestow, they lay down In
the shade of the temple and never
waked. Herodotus says that their
statues were sent to Delphi. Ilomolle
found at Delphi two statues practically
Identical, of finest archaic work, made
early in the sixth century B. C. Since
one of them bore the signature of an
Argive sculptor, rolymodes, lu archaic
letters, we may believe that the story
of Herodotus Is based on fact und that
we have before us today the Identical
statues.—Chantauquan.
Hot I'l|»o Dltm the Toiicue.
"You see smoking tobacco advertised
every now and again guaranteed not
to bite the tongue. Dealers sell It, of
course, but inwardly they smile at the
Idea." So spoke a tobacconist. "You
sec, it's this way. The lire In the pipe
will bite the tongue If the tobacco
burns too fast namely. If It is a very
loose long cut tobacco or a very short
dry cut and not packed closely enough
In the bowl. There Is a point where
tobacco may be too closely packed to
draw and u point where It may be so
loosely packed that It burns fast, and
minute sparks pa«s through the stem
and reach the smoker's mouth. These
ore the pauses of burnt tongues."—
PORTABLE VILLAGES.
Turcomans Move Their Hooiea From
Place lo Place.
Tho Turcomans, who live on the east
ern shore of the Caspian sea, carry
their villages about with thein when
they travel. As a tribe sets out on a
journey every man packs his wooden
house upon a camel, which the animal
can easily carry, and when a spot Is
reached where he aiul his friends In
tend to remain for any great length of
time the camels are unloaded and a
village started which It takes about an
hour or so to build
It is to be remembered that the
houses are real houses and not tents
and that the settlement is not a camp,
but a village. The traveling house of
the Turcoman is a marvel of skill and
ingenuity and is really much lighter,
more portable and can be packed into
a much smaller compass than any of
the so called portable bouses that are
manufactured und sold in some parts
of our country.
The frame Is made of strong, light
wood laths about an inch broad by
three-quarters of an inch thick, cross
ing each other when set up in position
at right angles about a foot apart and
fastened at each crossing by the thong 9
of rawhide so as to be movable, and
the whole framework may be opened
or shut in the same manner as those
toys for children that consist of a
squad of wooden soldiers aud will ex
pand or close at will so as to form
open or close columus.
Oue part or more made In this way
and all inclosing a circle fifteen or
twenty feet across form the skeleton
of the walls aud are firmly secured in
place by bands of ropes made of hair
or wool fastened round the end of each
red. From the upper ends of these
rods similar rods bent near the wall
and into something less than a right
angle are so disposed that the longer
portions sioi>e to the center and, being
tied with rope, form the roof.
Over this is thrown a covering of
black felt, having in the center a large
hole which answers both for a window
and a chimney. Large pieces of the
same coarse black felt are wrapped
round the walls, and outside these, to
keep all tight. Is bound auother frame
of split reeds or canes or of some very
light, tough wood bound closely togeth
er with strong cords.
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
Too much publicity spoils a good
deo«l.
Signing your name to a frleud's note
is a bad sign.
When riches come in at the window
friends flock to the door.
lie who has no faith In himself is
destined to become a successful fail
ure.
The brave and fearless man manages
to get there early and thus avoids the
rush.
A wise man doesn't attempt to pull
himself out of trouble with a cork
screw.
If a man is unable to stand pros
perity he should sit down and give his
wife a chance.
The suspicious man keeps one eye on
his neighbor, but the wise man keeps
. both eyes on himself.
Unl<>fis a man is willing to take
chance* be never takes anything else
that happens to be lying around loose.
—Chicago News.
Churc-h Pillar*.
The Joke of the vicar of Withycombe,
Devon, at the Easter vestry as to his
laggard churchwarden being not a
"pillar" but a "buttress" of the church
because he supported it outside re
minds one, says a correspondent, of
another joke of the same kind deliver
ed from u I-ondon pulpit by the Rev.
John McNeil. John was minister of the
"Scotch church," Regent sijuare, at the
time and In his own homely way was
driving his points home with telling ef
fect. lie suddenly paused, after ex
horting his congregation to be work
ers, and then, with a twinkle in his
eye, said, "You know, I always think
of church members being divided into
two classes—pillars and caterpillars."—
London Chronicle.
When Mnltlnir l'a»t (be Flair Halyards
"Many a slender flagpole has been
ruined," said a rigger, "by drawing the
halyards down too snugly when wak
ing them fast after hauling down tlio
flag. If this is done In dry weather
and It comes on wet, the shrinking of
the halyaiMs thus drawn taut to Btart
with may be enough to bend the pole,
and if It should lie left In that way
long enough the pole would bo perma
nently bent Flag halyards when no
flag Is flying should be made fast with
u little black."
With n Home.
The groat millionaire looked lip Im
patiently.
"Well," he said, "what is It?"
"I desire, sir," the young man falter
ed, "to marry your daughter, provid
ed"—
The other frowned.
"Provided what?"
"Just provided," murmured the
youth.
Vocnbnlarle*.
The English language, according to a
German statistician who has mado a
study of the comparative wealth of
languages, heads the list with the enor
mous vocabulary of 200,000 words;
German comes next, with 80,000
words; then Italian, with 75,000;
French, .'MMMiO; Turkish, 22,500, and
Spanish, 20,000.
"Snmethlnir Juiit na Good." »
The pretty darling entered the book
•tore. "I want to get 'Kidnapped,' by
Mr. Stevenson," she said.
"Er—l think," replied tho clerk—"l
think I'd like that job myself."—Bos
ton TranscrlnL
WeddtuK* In Wnlei.
Many and curious were the old cus
toms In Wales relating to marriage.
The following is an account of the bid
ding ceremony, an old custom which Is
said to be celebrated even to this day
In rural parts of Wales: 'lhe bidder
goes from house to house with a long
pole and ribbons flying at the end of it,
and standing In the middle floor In ench
house he repeats a long lesson with
great formality. He mentions the day
of the wedding, the place, the prepara
tion* made, etc. The following is a
Specimen: "The intention of the bidder
Is this: With kindness and amity, with
decency and lllierallty for and ,
lie Invites yoti to come with your Rood
will on thejilate. Bring current mon
ey a shilling or two or three or four
or five —wltli cbcese aud butter. We
Invite the husband and wife, children
and iiictwervauts, from the (createat to
the least, t'omo there early. You
nhall have victuals freely ami drink
cheap, "tools to nit oil aud fish If we
can cu»li them, but If not hold us ex
cusable, ami they will attend on you
when you call upon them In return.
They set out from such a place aud
HU< h u place."
No. 22.
ONE OF NATURE'S TOOLS.
How Teasel* Are I*«e«l la Flnltklaff
Different Cloths.
Growing by the wayside you will of
ten see that stately, spiny looking
plant, the teazel, but I wonder how
many know that it Ims helped to finish
many a piece of cloth they wear.
We are apt to thiuk of a tool as
something of man's make, yet here is
one of nature's own, and nothing has
; ever been manufactured to successful
[ly take its place. For apes the tenzel
; has been used for fulling cloth—that
is, raising the "nap"—and the manu
facturers refer to "nap gjods" thus
treated as "gigged."
When ripe, the dried spike heads are
gathered, packed carefully in bundles
and shipped in all directions to facto
ries. The variety mostly used have
the extreme end of tlio spikes hooked
or curved backward. This is called
"fullers' teazel." These heads form a
sort of brush and are attached to a
wheel or cylinder which revolves
against the surface of the cloth, and
these curved spikes catch part of the
threads and puli them up, making a
fuzzy nap. This Is trimmed down and
leaves that soft, velvety finish to the
cloth. The spikes have strength enough
and elasticity, but when they come in
contact with a rough place in the cloth
they break and so avoid tearing the
material. Try as they may, no one has
ever been able to invent a tool possess
ing all of these Qualities, so the teazel
stands unrivaled for that use. The
plant as we see It growing wild looks
perhaps at first glance somewhat like
a thistle, but it really has a dignity
and character all Us own. The heads
in flower are covered with a fluffy
down, lavender or white, and as the
blossoms drop spikes appear until lat
er it fairly bristles. The leaves, point
ed and spike*', shooting out each side
of the stem, uieet at the base aud form
a little basin in which is tisaally wa
ter. So we have the name of the plant
from the Greek "dipsacus," meaning
thirsty, and many other fanciful ones,
such as Venus' cup, Venus' bath, wood
or church brooms, gypsy combs, cloth
ier's brush, etc.—St. Nicholas.
ODDITIES.
Bees never store up honey where it
is light.
The moth has a fur jacket and the
butterfly none.
A squirrel comes down a tree head
fitst and a cat tail first.
Leaves will attract dew when boards,
sticks and stones will not.
Corn on the ear Is never found with
an uneven number of rows.
The dragon fly can devour its own
body aud the head still live.
A horsefly will live for hours after
the head has been pinched off.
Fish, files and caterpillars may be
frozen solid and still retail life.
A horse always gets up fore parts
first and a cow directly the opposite.
Some flies thrust their eggs Into the
bodies of caterpillars, but always in
such parts of tl\e body that when the
larvae are feeding on the flesh of the
foster pareiit they will not oat into any
vital irn-*"
Pun* on People's Xiaei,
A little while ago a popular form of
social amusement was found in pun
ning on people's names—"Why did So
and-so?" "Because Such-and-such."
The game ran riot for a time, and
echoes of It arc still heard in the outer
suburbs. Before those echoes die away
a correspondent suggests that we
should put it 011 record that the orig
inator of the fashion was no less nota
ble a person than the Quaker poet,
John Greenleaf Whlttier. On an anti
slavery lecturer named Mary Grew,
visiting Boston in 1871, Whittler wrote
a poem, "Ilow Mary Grew," each stan
za ending on n variation of the pun—
The world wore safe If but a few
Could grow In sraco as Mary Grew.
—Loudon Chronicle.
Not In All)' Count}".
The city of St. Louis is not in any
county. It is an Independent munlci
jwlity equippod with all the machinery
of county and city government It
has its own circuit and criminal courts,
its own grand Jury, Jail, etc. The cir
cuit attorney Is tho prosecuting officer
of St. Louis. Until 1870 St. Louis was
tho county seat of St. Louis county,
but in that year the city was complete
ly separated from the county, so that
it is now as Independent subdivision of
the state. Clayton, a few miles west
of the city, is now the courthouse town
of St. Louis county.—St. Louis Repub
lic.
• The Jeraer Cow.
The Jersey cow Is a small animal,
and therefore her maintenance Nation
is small, while a relatively large part
of her food goes to i>roflt. She is a
persistent milker, often a perpetual
milker, aud ordinarily not dry more
than six or eight weeks in a year. She
has an extremely long period of use
fulness in tho dairy. Five years cover
the profitable work of the average cow.
Tho Jersey produces until fifteen years
old. Many are profitable when eighteen
to twenty-one years of age.—Farmer.
The Other War.
"Aren't yon afraid that horse will
run away with somebody?"
"Friend," said Broncho Bob, "It ain't
nothin* In Crimson gulch for a boss to
run away with a mun. It's when a
man tries to run away with a boss
that there's danger." Washington
Star.
Sorrow of It.
Husband (during the spat)— Anyway,
I'm not afraid to say what 1 think.
Wife—No, I supposo not, but you ought
to be ashamed to.—Detroit Tribune.
Enough Money.
Half a dozen brokers were discuss
ing Ilussell Sage and his peculiarities
when oue of them told this story: The
financier was once asked, "When does
a man get enough money, Mr. Sage?"
"When lie gets SIO,OOO more," said Un
cle Itussell as he stopped at an apple
stand for a moment. Then he passed
on without buying. #
111. Part.
"Look here," remarked the thrifty
man to his extravagant wife, "you're
carrying too much sail, my lady."
"I don't know why you should both
er nbout that," she retorted.
"No?" said he. "I think I should,
since I have to raise the wind."
Brnnizlit l)onn the Home.
Critic—l hear that the new man's act
ing brought down the house. Manager
—Yes, It did. In one week it brought
down the bouse from 800 to 10 ]>eople
and the attendants.
In tie? Doctor's Waiting Room.
Doctor Entering suddenly)— Which
of you lms waited longest? Shears
(sulkily)—l. I have waited six months,
and you haven't paid me for that last
suit yet!