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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
REARING QUEENS.
An Important Question Answered by q
Well-known Apiarist.

An Important Question Answered by q
Well-known Apiarist.
/ have decided that every colony
that is intended to be run for comt
honey next year must contain a queer
of this years rearing desire good
queens, that my stock may not deteri
crate. In view of the foregoing, what
plan can follow in order to produce
the best results for series of years,
The above question was asked G. M.
Doolittle, and he answered as follow,
through Gleanings in Bee Culture:
| cannot conceive what line of argu
ment could have been used to bring
the questioner to decision that he
would not allow a queen over yeai
old in his apiary, which was to be run
for comb honey, and cannot helE
thinking that, when his experience
accumulates, he will find that his de
cision is not well founded; for queens
which are in their second year do fully
as good work as younger ones. where
the colony is worked for comb honey
and often are equally good the third
and fourth year. Besides, find, as Q
rule, that the bees will supersede theii
own queens as soon as they begin to
fail to any appreciable extent; and
when the bees undertake this work II
Is done much more satisfactorily, al
things considered, than it was when
the apiarist attempts to say: This
shall be-" or This shall not be-"
But If you think you must have youi
own way you can rear pretty good
queens in this way: Kill the old queen
and let each colony rear one from her
brood. In five days from the time you
killed the old queen, open the hive.
and look for queen-cells In doing
this it is well to shake the bees off the
combs so that the cell can be easily
discovered. If any are found capped
at this time they should be destroyed,
as they will contain larvae that are too
old to make good queens.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08

''Mary-ahem-er-a this
confounded phlegm does stick in my
throat-rve been thinking about that
plan you proposed. How much, now,
does a girl get for doing common
houSework?"
Three dollars a week and found;
seamstresses dollar a day."
Suppose, now, pay you four dol
lars week and put the washing out;
do you suppose you could clothe your
self and the children on that?"
81 should suppose so, Ephraim, since
l have never had the half of that
since we have lived together"
I've been a teetotal curmudgeon,
Mary, but IL you'll forgive me We'll
start out on new basis this coming
year. Your wages began yesterday,
and l pay my help every Saturday
night"
1t was the happiest, most comforta-
BILE year of Mrs. Greenleafs married
life. Relieved from the CALLING neces-
sity of begging for every dollar she
needed, like pauper, she grew young
er and more light hearted, and with
a regular income to plan with she was
spared much of the sewing which had
been so burdensome-buying ready
made goods of lasting material, thus
giving herself more time for reading
and going out than she had ever had
before. She could even buy a new
book occasionally and subscribe for
standard mag gazine, a luxury she had
long coveted.
Mr. Greenleaf found the exercise of
justice good for his own soul likewise,
and the pair came nearer to being in
love with one another than they had
been before since the honeymoon. In
every way the change was a house.
hold blessing. There was but one inn
provement to be made upon it, and
that came later as a natural sequence
the wage payment was changed to
an allowance, and a stout, matronly
househeeper took Mrs. Greenleaf's
place in the kitchen, and Mr.. Green
leaf became in time, not a model, but
an endurab BILE hus band, an evolution OF
justice.-Mrs. L. NJ Howard, in Good
Housekeeping.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
eABY WAS WELL BAPTIZED.
Stolen for the Purpose by Fious But Pn-
fering Guatemala Domestics-

fering Guatemala Domestics-
A San Franciscan, travelling through
Central America with his wife and
young babe, rented furnished apart
ments in Guatemala and engaged serv-
ant to act as nurse and general house
maid, says the San Francisco Argonaut.
She had been in their service less than
a week when she inquired of the father
If the babe was baptized He replied
in the negative, whereupon she insisted
that the child, a girl, would be forever
lost. Within six weeks he had tried
four consecutive servants, but found
that each one would pilfer small arti-
cles, and finally determined to get
along without any help. One after
noon, while sauntering lazily through
the plaza, he was accosted by servant
No. 1, who asked if the babe was yet
baptized. NO" replied the father.
"Still unbaptized." WELL" she an
swered, ''it is all right, as | stole her
away one Sunday, and the good padre
baptized her, calling her Maria, so her
soul will be saved" LAS it cannot
hurt her, and may help her, | am salts
fed" thought the parent, and SO dis
missed the subject from his mind. The
next day servant No. ?, with a new
charge bundled in the linen swath on
her back, approached him at the mar
ket place with the oft-repeated query:
"Did you have the baby baptized?"
and to his reply of 'No" she consoled
him by explaining that she had taken
the little one to the cathedral and had
it named Catarina, SO her soul was
saved a second time. Somewhat
amused, the father hunted up and in
terviewed the succeeding servants, and
discovered that the babe had been
stolen to the church by each of them
and quietly baptized. Consequently
the name ran Maria Catarina Margarita
Cruz Eloisa Refugio, besides that of
Emily given by the parents.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
FOREBODlNG.

/ should be so lonely without you, dear
Why, even now, IL you be not here
For the shortest day, there's q acertain lack
Which does not vanish till you come back
And II you were gone forever, dear,
The aching throat and the hot, swift tear
Were a feeble vent, and a futile, due
To the aching absence, dear, Of you
l should be so lonely without you, dear,
Kiss me again so know you near
II l should reach for the old embrace
And my arms should close on formless
space,
In the midst Of the world and its hollow
cheer,
In the gayest throng, should thrill with fear
The fear OF the void which the world would be,
II you were gone from the earth and me
should be so lonely without you, dear.
Though still might heed the passing year.
Though still might toll from sun to sun,
What would 1t be when the work was done
You would not see and you could not share,
And who OF the rest, would really carer
And II were gone and twere you were left
know your breast were as much bereft;
And though God were good and seraphs near,
If 1 were away, while you were here,
should be so lonely without you, dear.
j. Edmund V. Cooke, In Chautauquan-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
EnuIa nn the Farm.

1t is impossible to get the best re-
suits from fowls kept cooped in a
pen, especially during hot weather.
Disease and vermin get foothold
among them unless they have ample
range to sun and dust themselves by
contact with fresh earth A yard, no
matter how small, that can be plowed
or cultivated once a week during the
summer will make a sol ling place for
them 1t will be all the better il their
grain feed is given on this plowed
surface, and the fowls obliged to
scratch for it. They may lose little
grain. but most of it will turn up
at the next cultivation, or II it
germinates its green sprout will be
eaten. On farms the better plan is to
let the fowls range everywhere, pro-
tecting the garden by fence, and re-
serving that for hens with small chick
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
ROOSTS AND NESTS.

Hints Regarding the Interior Arrange
ment of Poultry Houses.
The design is to show where to place
the roosts and nests, with the view OF
having them away from the windows.
and keeping the hens warm and com.
Portable. The roosts and nests may
also be moved in summer to any other
place on the floor. The space taken
by the 'cut-in" portion of the house,
as shown at the window. may be used
outside as covered shed. The plan
is from Mr.. E. A. Hutchins, New York,
who does not favor too much window
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08

pccially prepared, poor soul, in view
of the emergency, and the word, with
its obnoxious emphasis, came from the
depths. ''How much and what for?''
II would like to do my fall shopping
to-day, and l thought would try and
pinch along on twenty-five dollars,
since the times are SO hard"
"T-w-e-n-t-y-f-v-e dollars. Mr..
Greenleafs eyes were popping. DO
you think I'm made of money, woman?"
II am sure that is a very small sum
when you consider that there are five
of us to shop for" Mrs. Greenleaf re-
piled.
She always felt like criminal going
to the gallows when she was obliged
to ask her financial master for money.
There was always just such hubbub,
whether she asked for much or little,
always the same routine of explana-
ton, an she usually felt small enough
to creep through the keyhole before it
was over.
MARY and Hetty must have new
cloaks-"
81 thought they had new cloaks last
fall,' interrupted Mr.. Greenleaf.
"They did, but they have grown so
fast that those are quite outgrown.
One of them. with little alteration,
will do nicely for Willie for an over
coat; the other just fits Myrtle. Then
there are school dresses and under
wear-indeed, Mr.. Greenleaf, when l
think sf the actual needs l can see
that it is only by the most pinching
economy that can make that amount
dot should be fifty"
At this alarming conclusion Mr..
Greenleaf hurriedly drew out his
pocketbook and counted out the
money, turning every bill carefully to
make sure that no surplus was creep
ing in unawares before he handed it
to his wife.
There, you must make that do you,
whatever the needs are. It's hard
times, Mrs. Greenleaf; everybody's
pinching and economizing, SO you'll
be right on top of the style there"
With which parting witticism Mr..
Greenleaf lighted ten-cent cigar, set
tied his hat jauntily on one side of his
head and went forth to his days
labor. Mrs Greenleaf looked after
him with a bitter, scornful smile and
with tears in her eyes.
Years before, when she had married
him, she had loved him, had given
herself to him in her fresh, young girl
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08

'Do YOU THINK AN MADE OF MONEY!"
hood, without doubt of his worthi-
ness of the trust. He had only shown
his amicable side to her then, and he
could be as kind and chivalrous as any
man. Indeed, he was SO now-toward
other mems wives, and on rare occa
sions at home when some lucky stroke
of fortune, or other incentive to good
humor had occurred; but ordinarily
home was the spot in which to unload
all the vexatioas and worries of the
day; to say all the cutting words he
had been obliged, through policy, to
refrain from saying to those whom he
met in his business relations. 1t was
no wonder that Mrs. Greenleaf's love
had been smothered out; no fire can
thrive under wet blanket, and in
stead of being one in the marriage re-
lation, they were now ten-he was the
one and she was the cipher.
The feeling of bank bills in her hand,
small as the roll was, soon restored
Mrs. Greenleaf to comparatively good
spirits and she flew about industri-
ously, getting her mornings work
done up surprisingly early as she
planned the economies of the day,
shipping off yard of material here
and pinching quarter off the prob
able price of something else there.
Verify, her shopping promised to be
an exciting business, requiring firm
self-denial and strict calculation to
make one dollar do the work of two.
1t is an easy matter for woman,
who has particle of taste or judgment,
to go into a store filed with beautiful
and useful things, and select the cheap
goods, well knowing that the better
quality is the best economy in the end;
but there was no other way for Mrs.
Greenleaf to-day, and she carefully
weighed the balances in color and style
at the cheap cloak counter, the rem
nant counter, and bought underwear
with a feeling of guilt, that being a
line of goods where economy is no vir-
tue. Yet she came to the end of her
money before the actual necessities
were off her list, to say nothing of the
hair ribbon for which Hetty had
pleaded, and the little bottle of per-
fumery which Mary had well earned
by many dutiful acts. The heart Of
the mother swelled within her as she
reluctantly ordered the packages sent
home without these innocent luxuries.
If there had been any dire need Of
such pinching economy she could have
submitted with the best of grace, but
there was not. Mr.. Greenleaf, while
not rich man, was amply able to sup
port his family in comfort. The sac
rifce of one days smoking on his part
would haYe paid for the tafas oEer
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08

which the girls would be so disap-
pointed, she reflected, as she turned
homeward. walking the half mile be-
cause her last penny was spent, even
to street-car fare. 1t did not make her
feel any happier to see Mr. Greenleaf
passing ont his cigar case to friend
as she turned corner, and she no
ticed that the friend generously helped
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08

space, and who states that the win
dows should be double for winter. For
very cold climates windows should be
close and not radiate the heat. The
nests are shown under the platforms.
rthe roosts being over them. The house
may be of any preferred size, and a
number of them may be together,
divided with partitions. The object
here is not so much to give plan Of
a poultry house as to present a snug
and comfortable location for the
roosts.-Fsrm and Fireside.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
None In Stock.

The beggar faltered at the door.
'Have you the heart to refuse mev'
he pleaded.
"No -"
AS the butcher spoke the dull expires,
sion of despair that had settled upon
the counte nance of the mendicant was
lightened.
''We ran cut of heart more than an
hour ago"
When he had finished, the dull ex.
preston of despair was doing bust.
ness at the same old stand.-Detroit
Tribune
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
FstabliRhinQ m Theory,

do you think" said the intellectual
young woman, that there is any truth
in the theory that big creatures are
better natured than small ones?"
"Yes," answered the young man, Il
do. Look at the difference between
the Jersey mosquito and the Jersey
cow."-Life.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
wifey's Opinion of Poker.

The Husband-I was pretty lucky at
poker last night.
The Wife-Oh, George, have you been
gambling again? You know 1t is ter.
rible sin.
The H.-H'm-I ral1ed In seventy.
two dollars.
The W.-Oh, darling, then can have
that new hati-Boston Courier.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08

Refuse suds from the wash tub will
drive lice from the poultry house.
Make them stronger by adding a
pound of lye to the tub and apply
while hot with watering pot or spray
pump, everywhere about the coop, es-
pecially on and around the roosts. If
boiling hot, the soapsuds can be used
to make kerosene emulsion by add
ing three quarts of oil to the tub and
running the mixture rapidly several
times through a garden or force
pump. The emulsion is good lice de-
stroyer
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
Awful.

Mrs. Catchings (weeping)-Didn't you
hear about it? Mary has run off with
that young ellington. It's awful,
awful, awful!
Mrs Gadders "a social rival)-Weu,
should say SO. Have his parents Of
fered q reward for him yet?-Puck.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
Contrary to Custom.

Chennick-A very mysterious case OF
the accidental shooting of boy by an
other boy with a pistol occurred yester-
day.
Dudley-I heard about it. But what
is there mysterious connected with it?
Chennick-Why, the boy that had
the pistol knew that it was loaded
N Y. World.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08

Too Free for Him.

"You want to be candidate?"
81 do"
"Favor of free goyernment?"
81 am"
Free schools?"
"Of course"
Free railroads?"
81 guess So"
Free money!"
"oh, yes."
Free speech at home an abroaa?"
Look here, my friendl You don't
know my family. Lend me a quarter
an I'll git out O. the race!'-Atlanta
Constitution.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
Self Torture.

He-Yes, admit, frequently talk
to myself.
She-How bored you must be.-Alex
Sweet, in Texas Siftings.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
Great Iuck.

Wiggleton (meditatively)-It is mar
velous the luck some men have.
Hobbs-Any particular instance?
Wiggleton-I just happened to think
of Naudgerly.
Hobbs-Why, he died last night.
Wiggleton-Yes, just twenty-four
hours before his life insurance ex.
pired.-Boston Home Journal
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
Not to Their Taste.

wool-Why is it that flies always
pick out bald-headed man?
Van Pelt-Probably they don't relish
nair restorer-N. Y. World.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
A Competcnt yyitpcsa,

Mr.. Lakeside-Old man, congratulate
me! I'm engaged to that charming
widow, Mrs. Van Wabasher!
Mr.. Dearborn Street-With all my
heartl never had a better wife than
she was.-Chicago Record.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
An EXPLANATION.

Visitor-You are not looking as stout
as when i saw you last.
Miss Birdie McGinnis-Well, you see,
I've fallen off a great deal of late. I
am learning to ride bicycle.-Alexl
Sweet, in Texas Siftings.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
Musical Item.

A-so your dog has gone away sgaius
has he?
B.-Yes, since my daughter has been
taking singing lessons there is no such
thing as keeping him on the premises
Alex Sweet In TszAa sitHuHs.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
Tho Last Resource.

When lovely woman stoops to folly,
And finds too late, she's getting gray,
What charm can then her worst fears jolly!
What art can wash the sign awayf
The only way her years to cover,
And hide her age from every eye
And bring back to her feet her lover,
And ring her finger. is-to dyel
N. Y. World
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
POlIY's Guilt.

1t is not always easy to be generous,
try as one may.
81 was mean to Georgy this morning
when you gave me the bread and but
ter" confessed eight-year-old Polly to
her mother at bedtime.
"Why, Polly" said Mrs. jerks, II
thought you were quite generous;
didn't you give Georgy the larger
piece?"
"Yes'm," sighed Polly, but / kept
the butterest piece myselfr'-Youth's
Companion
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
A Limited Supply.

Gilhsoly-So you are going to marry
another one of those Jones girls?
Henderson-Yes
"You have been MARI Ied to two OF
them, haven't you?"
"Yes"
sisters left?"
"Yes; that's ell"
well, then, you ought to be careful,
with those Jones girls and not waste
any more of them or they will not hold
out."-Texas Siftings.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08

"What makes you think Jack Young
lev is going to propose to you?"
"Why, we were dancing the other
night and 1 complimented him upon
the easy way in which he held me. oh,
yes,' he said, it's always easy for me
to hold my own. '"-Brooklyn Life.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
TJ,~ Point of View.

Bilkins-Do you think it is true that
''the love of money is the root of all
evil?"
Noteley-Thatd depends upon whether
she will marry you or not.-Truth.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
A Few Years Hence.

"Ah, Maud Weatherwax," exclaimed
the young man, weeping bitterly, you
never would have dared to talk to me
in the manner you have If I had sis
ter to defend mel Cowardp'-Indiauapo-
lie Journal
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
.TudpA Not.

Downton-De Broker must be losing
money.
Upton-Guess not.
Downton-He used to have a luxu-
rious third-f1oor fat, and now / find
that he has moved up to the tenth
story.
Upton-It isn't safe to judge by ap'
pearances. Perhaps the folks on the
second floor have a baby.-N. Y.
Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08

It's not the one who strives the most
Who cometh out the winner;
The fattest boarder's not the one
Who eats the biggest dinner.
INDIANAPOLIS Journal
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
A MItiratinr Circumstance.

Brown-Did you hear that young
Benedict suddenly became deaf on the
very day on which he was married?
Robinson-You don't say so. That
shows that there is silver lining to
every cloud, no matter how dark ~
NAV be for a time.-Tammany Times
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
nut of Hfz Line.

Ada-Flo was just going down for
the third time when DIR. Watson dived
off yacht and caught her.
Grace-And saved her life! Wasn't
that wonderful
Ada-Yes, for doctor.-Lite.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
His Preference.

(Which song would you rather hear
Miss Marble sing?"
Mariner Bold"
"But she doesn't sing that at all"
~ know. That's why I prefer it,
Judge.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
Asked But Not Wanted.

He (who has just proposed)-And can
you give me no reply?
And she gave him a mo" reply.-N.
" World
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
No Regard for the Files.

Fond Parent-It is very cruel of you,
Bobby, to catch flies and put them on
spiders webs.
Bobby-What for? Does the spider
eat too much and get sick?-Brooklyn
Tifa
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
Wouanss wav-

"When mans wife tells funny
story I'd like to know how he's going
to know when she's got to the point"
Easy enough. The points the part
she tells half an hour after she's finished
the story. Chicago Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
No Doubt.

Nodd-I have been so worried and
run down that / think / shall have to
take sea voyage.
Todd--It will probably relieve you
of a great deal.-Broollyn Life.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
Paid For I'm Cash.

She (sweetly)-What beautiful roses!
10 fresh Is that dew on them?
He haughtily)-There is nothing due
On them.-Life.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08

-He-"Hlgbee would have run
through his fortune in month if il
hadn't been for his wife" She-"How
did she prevent it?" He-"She spent
it herself. Brooklyn Life.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08

The Optimist-Now as to woman,
generally speaking
The Disagreeable Man-Yes, she's
generally speakiug.-Chicsgo Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08

Tommy-Pa, what's ma crying for?
Father-She can't find her teeth.
SIS that the reason the baby cries
30 much?"-Life.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08

Santa Fe was originally named
La Ciudad de la Santa Fe de San Fran.
cisco.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
A Georgia Item.

"How's real estate in your neighbor-
hood?"
First classl Six candidates to the
front fcot"-Atlauta Constitution
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
Wonders WIN Never Cease.

A deaf and dumb mute recently went
into a Broadway bicycle shop and
picked up hub and spoke.-Life.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08
An Unsatisfactorv Lieee

Helm not half as bad husband as
you thought I'd be, am Ip
She-No; you've been disappointing
in everything.-Truth.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-08

To SET hen when the weather Is
hot and dry, good plan is to put an
inverted sod in the bottom of the nest.