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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30

lsssly gored both life and fortune out OF
q certain bear who was not nimble
enough to get out of his way"
And who was this bear2' asked
Gordon
"a man named Hepburn.
"Amy Hepburn s father ?" murmured
the young man. rubbing his hand across
his brow in an effort to remember.
Eyes Hepburn lost every penny he
had in the world through that disas-
trous wheat deal He was forced into
bankruptcy and unable to bear the dis
grace. took his own life. His money
went to increase the store your father
left you, my boy, and it is now possible
for you to live in luxury while Hep
burns wife and children must stsuggle
on as best they can However, and
the skeleton got up and started back to
its closet. ait is not for me to moralize.
Now that I've caught myself deliver
ing a homily. I'll just take my depart
ure. Au revoir. my dear fellowl"
Hating at the closet door. the skele-
ton waved its adieu and disappeared
within. Gordon sat in his chair. deep
in thought. while his cigar burned it
self out between his fingers.
At last he got up and shook his broad
shoulders as though freeing himself of
disagreeahle burden
Society has dared me, he mutter-
ed but / .-now my heart. now. and
III do as p.easef
After Harry Gordon and Amy Hep
burn had heen married and had re-
| turned from their honeymoon Harry
brought his bride up stairs to his old
bachelor den and seated her in a chair
my dear he said II have a con
| fession to make to you My father once
| did your father grfevous wrong. and
have made myself the happiest fellow
in the world by undoing II However.
as we are no. to have any secrets from
| each other. yol must '-now about this.
A look Of astonishment came into
| Amy's blue eyes as she watched her
husband proceed to the closet. throw
| open the door and go rummaging about
| inside
What in the world are you looking
| for. HarrvY' she asked as he returned
| to her side
I'm looking for something that does
not seem to be there-the Gordon fam
ily skeleton. Amy. For the first time in
Is wears il is not to be found in that
| closet
Just then clapking tread was heard
| in the hallway without. the door was
| pushed slowly ajar and the skeleton
| limped in. supporting itself on crutch
| and looking very much the worse for
wear.
There it isI' cried Gordon What 5
the matter with you. old chapT Here.
| sit down l want to make you acquaint-
| ed with my wife ="
The family skeleton dropped into a
| chair and shook until it ratified like a
| score of castanets-
"I'm done for, it groaned You We
| fixed me, young man just dropped in
to say goodby forever But don't intro
duce me to your wife We've met be
fore.
That's 60 Harry, said Amy. Il
know all about this family skeleton of
| yours Don't let it worry you. my
| dear, and she threw her soft arms
| about his neck 'Let the dead past bury
its dead If we are happy. isn't that
enough2
Enough, yesr And he pressed a
rapturous kiss upon her fair cheek
That kiss pronounced the doom of the
| Gordon family skeleton Forthwith it
began TO fade into thin air, finally van
ishing and leaving not a wrack behind.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30
In the Garden.

While the farmer has been busy with
his haying and harvesting the garden
has probably been more or less neglect
ed. Weeds grow very fast during July
and August, as the warmth induces the
rapid decomposition Of vegetable mat
ter and its conversion into the most
stimulating fertilizer, ammonia. The
early garden has had its day, and the
land after early peas and potatoes will
need to be plowed, IL only to keep 1t
from being overgrown with weeds
Early in August is not too late to set
celery, which is all tbe better for max
ing a quick growth. The early celery
set a month or more ago should have
earth drawn around it, taking care not
to let the soil get between the growing
stalks, as it will cause rust, advises an
exchange
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30
The CULTIVATED MlLLETS.
Trade Names and Economic ImDor-
tance of Different Varieties.

tance of Different Varieties.
There are several different agricul-
tural grasses of economic Importance
sold In the trade under the general
pame of millet; hence there is more or
less confusion.
Foxtan Millets.-To this group be-
long what is generally sold as com
mon millet' and also a number of 9TH
er varieties, all belonging 10 the spe-
cies known to botanists as Setaria ital-
lea and which is considered by many
to have been originally derived from
the common weedy green foxtail (Se-
taria viridis). The seed is borne in
compact cylindrical, often more or less
nodding, cluster at the top of the stalk.
The seed can be distinguished by the
numerous minute transverse wrinkles
There are four groups of varieties-l.
Common millet, which is more resist
ant to drought; 2. German miflet also
called Golden millet and Bengal grass
Cthe commonest variety in the SOUTH
the latest of the foXtail millets ana
coarser In follage-some Of the so call
ed Japanese millets belong here); 3.
Golden Wonder miIlet. whicE under
favorable conditions gives the 'argest
yield of seed, but is susceptible to
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30

drought; 4. Hungarian millet or grass,
more commonly cultivated in the north
west. This has tie disadvantage OF
volunteering or persisting in the soil.
The New Siberian millet is related to
Hungarian grass, but may be a distinct
variety. There are number of differ
ent varieties of each Of the groups
mentioned.
Rarnyard Millets.-These have been
long grown in the old world both for
forage and food for man. but have only
recently received much notice in this
country They received their name
from the fact that they are derived
from the common and well known
barnyard grass, weed in cultivated
soil They are characterized by hav-
ing the flowers in branching clusters
like the barnyard grass Panicum crus-
gallD and the seed smooth and about
twice as long as the foxtail millets.
Barnyard millet gives promise of max
ing a successful forage grass in this
country. Closely allied to this are the
shama millet (Panicum colonum) and
sanwa milleta Panicum frumentace-
UNI, both grown extensively in India
and other parts of Asia for the seed,
which is used as food by the poorer
classes. They do not give promise of
success in this country.
Broom Corn Millets.-These are de-
rived from Panicum milaceum. This
species has been cultivated for CEN
turies in Europe, where 1t is the com
mon millet" 1t Is not extensively
grown in the United States, but Is Of
fered in the trade under the name of
broom corn millet and hog millet. The
seeds are borne in loose, dropping clus-
tiers, the branches of the cluster being
long and slender, somewhat resembling
the seed cluster of broom corn, whence
the name The seeds are from white
to yellow and dark red and, like the
preceding sorts, are fiat on one side
and convex on the other and resemble
the barnyard millet in size and absence
Of wrinkles.
Pearl Millet Pennisetum Spicatum
or Z. Typhoideum.-Exte culti-
waited In Africa for the seed, which is
used for food, and occasionally in the
southern United States, where 1t is
used for fodder; plants tall and stout;
the seeds borne in dense cylindrical
cluster. but without the bristles char
acteristic of the foxtail millets.
Indian Millet Sorghum Vulgare).-
Certain varieties of sorghum or cane
are very extensively grown in Africa
and Asia for the seed, which is used
for food. They also go under the name
of Chinese millet, black millet, African
millet, Guinea corn, etc. At present
these varieties of sorghum are not
grown in the United States on com
mercial scale.-A. S. Hitchcock, Kan.
sas Station.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30
The NIckedest Bit of Sea.

Nine out OF ten travellers would tell In
quirers that the toughest piece Of wa
ter is that cruel stretch in the English
channel. and nine out OF ten travellers
would say what was not true. AS u
matter Of fact. the wickedest bit of
sea" is not In the Dover strait, or in
yachting. for example. from St iJean
de Luiz up to Pauillac, or across the
Mediterranean race" from Cailiz to
Tangier, nor is 1t in rounding Cape
Horn, where there is what sailors call
'true" sea The "wickedest sea" is
encountered in rounding the Cape OF
Good Hope for the eastern ports OF
Cape Colony.-Shipping World.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30
rho po,r+ os vtexx-

"Get a divorce If you want It" ex-
claimed the angry husband. II can
easily get another wife. and I've lived
long enough to learn that one woman
Is just as good as another-if not bet
terl'
"Yes," calmly replied his better half.
"and I've lived long enough to know
that one man is Just as bad as another
If not worse."-Chicago News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30
HE HAD BEEN FISHING.

But For Some Reason He Did Not
Display a DIg String.
He was an honest faced young man
who had been Off for days fishing
and was returning home with rea-
sonably fine string and much self satis-
faction. He had scarcely boarded the
street car. however, When a passenger
with deep voice growled out:
Yes; l was out fishing myself one
day last week. l brought home 20
pounds bought 'em of regular fish
erman"
A giggle was heard here and there
among the passengers, and then man
with a squeaky voice observed:
"T've played the game myself. but II
was years ago. when l was bad man.
l bought 'em from the fisherman and
brought 'em down home and lied about
'em-lied in the most barefaced and
shameful manner! Yes, gentlemen,
that is the one regret of my life"
The young man with the fish was
red faced and uncomfortable, and as
he was hitching around a man with a
wart on his nose called out in loud
voice:
Gentlemen, 1 don't deny that love
whisky, but l am not liar! l get
drunk and smash things, but rever-
ence the truth. Before / would lie
about fish I would torture myself at
the stalker
Eight or ten passengers clapped their
hands in applause, and then a hatchet
faced young man rolled up his eyes
and exclaimed:
"They not only lie to the public, but
20 home and lie to their poor, inno-
cent wives and trusting childrenp
The honest faced young man saw
that all were against him, and he de-
cided to leave the car. AS he rose up
to motion to the conductor a fat man
who had been browsing reused up and
said:
Gentlemen, date my downfall
from that one thing-from the first lie
1 told about fish. I hired man to kill
me a dozen with a crowbar, and then
1 brought 'em home and swore l
caught 'em on my own hook and line.
I lied about it-deliberately and mali
ciously lied-and Providence
"All Off" shouted the conductor as
the car stopped.
The young man with the injured feel
ings got down and pulled his fish after
him. and the fat man continued:
"And Providence punished me for 1t.
Gentlemen, IL I was 20 live my life
over again, IL could only be set back
30 years, / might rob and steal and
cheat and even do murder, but would
not sneak of for the day and then re-
turn at night and buy fish at the wharf
and take 'em home to my eonfding
wife and
And the car rolled on, and the young
man with the perch and bass and fish
pole stood in the cleaning and looked
after 1t and clinched his hands and
gritted his teeth and whispered cuss
words, and an hour later a pedestrian
stumbled over something on the side
walk and got up to rub his knees and
elbows and called out In amazement:
well, I'll be hanged IL some har
hasn't stopped here to lie and gone
away and left his fish behind"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30
The BihuIoua Dane.

When the police in Denmark ind =
man helplessly drunk in the streets.
they drive the patient in cab to the
station, where he sobers of. Then
they take him home. The cabman
makes his charge, the police doctor
makes his, the agents make their claim
for special duty, and this bill Is pre-
sented to the landlord Of the estab-
lishment where the drunkard took the
last glass that did the business. NO
wonder that certain landlords protest.
saying that proofs are insufficient and
that some alleged victims sham intoxi-
cation to get into trouble Landlords
against whom they have spite. !,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30
Flight of Time.

diMed-Well, old man. how'd you
sleep last night? Follow my advice
about counting up!
New Med-Yes, indeed; countedt up
to $4,000.
Old Med-Bullyl And then$you kfell
asleep, eh2
New Med-Guess not; 1t was morn
ing by that time, and had to get, up.
-paunaulun MO pIlrs1Ft pavs11-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30
A Political BoGs.

"They say you are merely a politica
boss" said the candid informant.
Great Scott" calculated Senator
Sorghum. "The irreverence Of these
moderns is something disheartening.
Why, that's all julius Cesar was
Washington Star.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30

Professor-Pm grateful for my sense
of humor. Thank heaven, can al
ways see joke.
Miss Flavilla-Oh. professor the
sense of humor Is not ability to see
Joke. The sense of humor is ability
10 take a joke.-Indianapol jour
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30

lit costs lIr To get olice." said the
machine" politician rehectively.
Doesn't 1t cost Just az much to keep
itT
"Oh. yes. suppose Il does, but after
you once 2. I tie office II it furnishes
the proper opportunities the cost natu-
rally fails on the public" Chicago
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30

Sailors cali n low lying iceberg a
eral suggest something cool were 1t not
for bulldogs and London four wheel
cabs, to which IL 10 also applied.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30
Hensian Fly.

Hessian flies will not attack grass or
oats, but simple narrowing or disking
of the fields will really destroy but
very few of them, leaving the rest to
develop and 60 to other fields. Where
the wheat has been killed out and the
young seeding uninjured it may look
like an Improbable piece of work to
plow under such n field, and In most
cases the farmer must decide which is
the best course to pursue, but he must
bear in mind that these flies viii devei-
op and go elsewhere to lay their eggs
and that they will not lay them upon
oats or grass that may be growing In
the same field. Then, again, 1t must
be remembered that the wheat has yet
to stand a second attack Of the fly be-
tween this and harvest. There are
probably many fields that look this
spring as though they might produce q
part of a crop, but by the time they
have withstood the coming attack OF
the fly the prospects win be vastly d.
minished.-Ohio Station.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30
Turnfp Sowing.


To be valuable either for the kitchen
or for stock turnips should be grown
quickly This means good soil and
plenty of moisture. Good soil does not
quite mean rich soil, though richness is
an important element. More impor-
tant, however, is good tilth, produced
by frequent previous stirring. This is
the reason that turnips do well on po-
tato ground from which early potatoes
have been removed.
In the cool, moist climate Of the
British isles turnips are usually sown
In spring. Here, with our much higher
summer temperature, it is best to de-
fer the sowing until July or August.
This leaves but n short season for
growth, and hence the necessity for
the best conditions Of soil.
Some Of the best kinds for kitchen
are White Egg and Purple Top Strap
Leaf, the former rather preferable.
Cloudy weather is most desirable for
sowing. In hot sunshine the seed is
often injured so that 1t fails to ger
| inmate. A good time Is Immediately
after a shower which has not left the
| soil too wet to work well. Immediate
| ly before a rain Is good time, if the
rain does not fail to come, but If the
| rain is too heavy the seed is liable to
be washed out Of place.
Care is required in order to avoid
| the common error of having the plants
| so numerous as to crowd each other
| AS soon as the seed Is sown 1t should
be lightly covered with a rake or by
drawing brush over the surface.-Na
| tional Stockman.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30

10 Mt RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment TO the Constitution
of the Common wealth.
Section /. Ee IL resolved Dy 0he Senate
and Fouse OF ReprDseloaGives of the Com
monweaitn of PeInsy' yedia 10 Ceoeret AS
sembly me-. Taao J3e onow og IS proposed
ss an amendmeno to re Const' u don Of the
Commonwealth o. pcJ1sg yap 2 ID accord
ance with the provisions o. me E's h1ee IN
.vcie the -eo4.
Amendme1s.
S. lie ol6 sv..s- on four o.; q e e sc., and
ilse 5 a pa e zoe ,eo - u oIs:
SeCoioa 4. Al eCV;oIS - Ose c. 1euS
soatt De oy nailot o. b- c. osbee ne bed
as L'Gy be PRESCRIBED by co: ovioed
Tha; secrecy ia voSilg De prese veG.
A t-Je copy of Toe , oilG 2eso' j. o 4.
W. W. CREST
Sec etary OF the Commonwealth
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30

are killed by the spraying, however
effectually done, while from the In
dividuals escaping this attack come
the moths that are parents of the
worms that spoil the apples at ma
turity.
Moreover, spraying alone. though
successful within its own limits, can
not insure the fullest prodVGt Of per-
feet apples without the concurrent
practice Of other methods looking tc
the final reduction Of the numbers OF
the pest. The most important Of these
associated methods is the banding OF
the trees and the destruction OF t. at
tracted worms every ten days from the
fall Of the first wormy apple till the
fruit is all In the bin. The second Ia
the immediate destruction of all fallen
wormy fruit, and the third Is the de-
struction Of as many as possible OF the
worms wintering over under bark
scales, in old birds nests, In cracks
In apple bins or barrels or elsewhere
in the fruitroom. These associated
practices are not to be expected to show
their full results in the season In which
the work is done, though the imme-
diate value Of the first is considerable
as a means Of reducing the number OF
worms of the second or later broods
Of the same season.
1t is also possible that some Of the re-
ported failures are referable to the use
of adulterated or low grade poison. In
several states the experiment stations
find greatly inferior samples OF paris
green on the market, and while tests
made ut the Kansas experimental sta
ton a few years ago showed a fairly
uniform high grade in samples analyz-
ed, it is quite possible that those at
present In our market may be found
defective as has been reported from
neighboring states.
We advise strongly that every fruit
grower continue his efforts to destroy
the apple pest by all possible means.
Especially should he continue spraying
and with careful attention to the condi-
ton needful to success. 1t Is only by
perseverance In a united effort on the
part of orchardists that the apple crop
may be brought to its condition OF
highest profit.-E. A. Popenoe.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30

THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR T6EtR D
P~oYAL OR r, REJECT IT. on SI BE TgE GdttGG so
= 5afTF OF PENNsyLvANIA, PG /.
s 50 BY 0RDER OF Th g sECRETA :
ANCE or BPTICLE XVII OF THE COY
STITUTlON.
JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
CT the Common TeS 6h.
SecIicn ]. Be il resolved by the Senate a1o
House of Representatives OF the Common
wealth in General Assembly met, That toe
follow ng is proposed as amen d1leuts TO tte
Constitu zion of the Commonwealth OF Pen J.
svly" lia, in accordance with t3e provls 0 IS
of the eighteenth article thereof:
Amendment One of Article Eigbt. Section
One.
Add at the end of the first ue 20 -aph 90
said section. after the words -'saa'l be en-. -
led to vote at a Il elections" the words -.
ject however to sucl laws reoui 4ng
regulating the registration of s,ecto-s q
General Assembly may enaco so u u
said section shall read as follows:
Section l. Qualifications o' E.ecto'
Every male citizen twenty-one yea S or . 2
possessing the following qualihcao on sh
ue en- .itied 10 ' J.e at all elections, srb's
however to such laws rec dtring and reg - =
ing the registration of e.ectors as the Ge--
eral Assembly may enact:
He shall have been a citizen of the United
States at least one month.
He shall have resided in the State one ye T
Tor il. having previously been qual1Htu
elector or native born ciSizen of the state
he she | have removed therefrom and re-
tnrned, witnin six months Immediately pre-
ceding the electionl.
He shall have resided in the election d'S-
trict where he shall offer to vote at least two
months Immediately preceding the electic 4.
If twenty-five years of age and upwarr-
he shall have paid within two years Sta e
or county tax, which shall have been assessed
at least two months and paid at least one
month before the election.
Amendment Eleven to Article Eight, Section
Seven.
Strike out from said section the words
but no elector shall be deprived of tbe PRIV
ilege of voting by reason of his name not be-
log registered" and add to said section the
following words but laws regulating and
recurring the registration of electors may De
enacted to apply to cities oJlv. provided th1 I
such laws be Uniform for ctuies of the sane
class" so that the said section sha
read as follows:
Section z. Uniformity of Election Laws
All laws regulating the holdi0g OF electio -
by the citizens or for the re- Isl 70 6ion -
electors shall be uniform th4 4or5 bout I >
State but laws regulating ard equiring
registration of electors may be e1acLed -
apply to cities only, provided that SUCH laws
be up'fo-rn for cities of same class.
true copy of the JoinG Resolution.
w. w. GRlEST.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30

"a TRIP TO THE NOON" P&N.AMERIcAN EXPOSITION

Blu. will be half mile long. q
ertainnents there be presented Ii will outriva interest
ome of standard attractions vastly
brain inventor and artfcer be
pay OF ingenuity impossible to anticipate by process
guessing Who but
coud planned "A Trip the Moon'
directed aboard the airshp Luna
venien landing night and the heavens sparkle with
When AN the cables
ship rises steadily height of about miles The
AID the many earth below. We pass
2stward Albany and then southwark New
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30
Secretary of the Commonwealt

AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
n PROPOSED TO Tue CITIZENS tF
THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIE A p
pROVAL or REJECTION BY THE GE =
WEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, PUF-
LISHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETAF :
OF THE COMMONWEALTH IN PUEs =
ANJE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CON
GTTTITTT0N
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30
e. ms to be as nerciless

-
with knitted brows Still. there are
some points relating to your history on
which my mind is trifie obscure.
What possessed my father to call into
being = c5-ature Of your disagreeabie
chaIacuory
eth :l.a.g .ghty dollar, young pnan.
He crea.1I lie in order that you 1pight
inherit little more wealth. He did
not think. then. how should onebday
sit astride his shoulders like an Old Man
of the Sea, nor did he think that it was
possible for me to afflict his son. For
obvious reasons. my relations with you
are not SO intimate as they were with
your worthy father. / was evolved Iout
Of the wheat pit of the board of trnde.
Your father was q bull, and the m'arci'
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-08-30

The Midway at the Pan-American Exposition il
more OF frontage for the wonderful variety of move
and extent anything created in this line 1t
proved and stron< array OF new ones fresh from