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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-02-15

"What IS a cOsmOpoIitanV
Hes n man who can go all around
the world without buying a sou:enir
spoon."- Chicago Record.
Small ktndnesses, small courtesies,
tmall considerations, habitually prac-
ticed In our social intercourse, give n
greater charm to the character than
the display of great talents and accom-
plishments.-M. A. Kelly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-02-15
A CORNER IN RurRARR.

cellar after they have frozen In the
fall, packing a little fine mellow earth
about them, and then simply see that
the plants are kept moist Whoever
owns a garden with no rhubarb in II
should see that some is planted there
forthwith.
A warm cellar will hasten tie crop,
but moderately cool one will give n
finer product and probably n better
yield The length Of time between
planting and harvesting varies from
less than three weeks to more than
two months, depending chiefly upon
the tempera ture. Allowing the roots
to freeze in the field will greatly ia
cilitate forcing. Large roots should
yield five to ten pounds per plant, and
every ten ounces of that yield will
make a delicious pie. The color of the
cooked product will be much brighter
IL it is placed upon the stove in cold
water, and it will be sweeter II the
sugar is added just before 1t is eaten.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-02-15
The Boston Boys Grief.

Mother-Why do you weep so. Emer-
son?
Little eEmerson-Because Waldo Smith
informs me that he Is to take up the
study cf Egyptian hieroglyphics next
week. papa refuses to let me begin
until am ) years old.-San Francisco
Examiner
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-02-15
Haryestinx COwpcam.

Peas are cut for hay with an ordi-
nary mower when the first pods turn
brown. The curing IS difficult. The
vines should be put into cock the sec
ond day to prevent loss Of the leaves,
and the curing is effected by the sweat
ing and subsequent exposure to the
air by loosening the cocks with a fork.
This process must be repeated during
several days Some growers make the
hay withont much curing, just as Is
recommended I'm case OF red clover,
but the one adopting this plan VIII
likely fail. Green stuff, free from
outside moisture. but full Of sap, VIII
cure nicely in barn for the highly
scientific, but 1t is very apt to char,
burn mold, rot and do u lot OF other
things for the rest OF us.-Ohio Farmer.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-02-15

LARGE LOADS.
Ono Of the Details That Mean Good
Busiuess to the Farmer.

Ono OF the Details Thnt Mean Good
Basiuess to the Farmer.
Much time is lost by drawing small
loads Many times have l seen farm
ers going to town with load OF wheat
OF only 80 or 40 bushels. I can remem-
Der when a boy we had TO draw our
wheat and oats TO market distance OF
16 miles Even on good roads we con-
sidered 80 bushels of wheat and 60
bushels of oats a good load. Now we
draw so bushels OF wheat and don't
consider it any too much. Where there
is a large quantity of stuff TO market
4 third horse pays well. You can then
put on 100 bushels of wheat and 200
bushels of oats. One man can do the
work, an extra trip is saved, and the
third horse does nothing but draw
grain. 1t will take one horse to draw
the wagon and the other two horses to
draw grain.
A great many loads of logs and bolts
are drawn past our house every day
in the winter time. 1t is interesting 10
notice the difference in the size of
loads Some, with a good team and a
long distance to haul, will have on q
couple of small logs, while neighbor
with no better team will pile on 10 or
II logs as large. What a lot of time
is wasted here! Frequently large load
ing is overdone, but more frequently
small loading is ogerdone.
Ore of the handiest things we have
on our farm is large fat rack, ia
feet wide and Is feet long, with a
tight, smooth floor laid over it, We use
this on our low wheel. wide tire wagon.
1t stays on all the time. and we use ii
for nearly everything. 1t has by 3
strip nailed around the outer edge to
keep loads from slipping off. 1t Is the
best thing for drawing in hay or grain
that | ever saw.
We can put on some monStrouS loads
of hay, and it is no trouble to put on
60 dozen of wheat. or all that large
team can handle. 1t looks like fiat
car while empty, and the old fashioned
rack looks like n toy beside It. Large
loads OF hay pay well. They save sew
eral extra drives to and from the field.
Besides, it does not take any longer to
clean UT the bottom of the load from
a large one than 1t does from a small
one. So time is saved in two ways
here Saving time means lots Of mon
ey sometimes in drawing hay. 1t may
mean the saving of large quantities
from being spoiled by getting wet.
have often wished for an extra day 10
finish up the hay. Had | used large
loads l might have saved good deal
from getting wet.
These things mean business to every
farmer The time is here when the
farmer must use more business in his
business, writes /. N. Cowdrey in The
Country Gentleman.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-02-15

Forcing Rhubnrb In the CeIIhr.
Horticulturist Fred w. Card of the
Rhode Island station, in summing up
his experience in forcing rhubarb, ex-
presses a desire to impress upon ev-
cry one who has garden with rhu-
barb in 1t the fact that he and his fam
fly may be enjoying in February and
March of next year more beautiful
product than ever grows in the open
ground. To do 1t he will need to trans
fer q few roots to a dark corner of the
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-02-15
JUNE GRASS.
Recommended For New England
Pustures-Henyy Seeding.

Seeing an inquiry in western paper
in regard TO the desirability OF sowing
Kentucky blue grass upon pasture land
reminds The American Cultivator that
not only those making the inquiry, but
many farmers in New England, would
find an advantage in doing so II they
did not feed the field too hard in the
spring The Cultivator says: This
grass, known to many here by the
name OF June grass, or botanically as
Poa pratensis is one OF the best pas
ture grasses. not only making thick
and heavy sod and standing drought
better than most others, but also one
of the earliest grasses to start and fur
nish good pasture in the spring. In
this lies the danger If il is sown on old
pastures. 1t looks so green that the
first year the farmer Is apt to turn his
cattle upon it before 1t is well rooted,
and it is pulled up rather than bitten
or gnawed so closely that the roots die
before other grass comes to protect it
Scratch the old pasture over with
sharp toothed harrow or score it with
the disk harrow and sow from one to
three bushels Of seed to the acre or one
bushel of that and one Of redtop and
keep the stock off until they have made
a fair growth and the wild grasses
have begun to grow, and the next year
they can be fed much earlier, having
looted WELL and there will be good
permanent pasture. OF course top
dressing OF the pasture 80 treated with
fine manure or q good fertilizer like
bone and potash or wood ashes would
be an improvement IL one had the
means, but even without that the pas
ture would nearly double in feeding
capacity.
June grass makes a good, fine hay IL
cut early, but its yield when alone is
not enough to make it profitable
grass, and, though often sown with
clover and orchard grass, Ii is at its
best for hay even before they are, yet
If we We're sowing them we would add
a bushel of June grass or Kentucky
blue grass to the seed. II to the bushel
each of redtop and blue grass were
added one peck each OF perennial rye
grass and tall oat grass and FIVE pounds
sweet vernal grass. it would make al
most al ideal pasture, good enough for
q lawn. In fact. this would make Il
good lawn grass. to which we would
add nothing more but five pounds or
more of white clover.
Some may consider the above too
heavy seeding for pasture or lawn. but
we believe in heavy seeding for both,
and those who think it too much or too
expensive can reduce the amounts.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-02-15
Cariryinx Sorghum sirup.

The quality of sorghum sirup Is de-
termined by the more or less perfecs
separation from the juice of the i'm
purities which are solid and of those
which are in solution. The method of
clarification found preferable by \. A.
Denton in his investigations, conducted
for the agricultural department, into
the making cf sorghum sirup Is to set
tie cold. lined and clayed juice, draw
off and heat the settled juice, clay and
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-02-15

TANKS FOR COLD AND HOT SETTLING.
settle it, and again draw it off, then
evaporate it. These processes are
clearly shown in the cut, the raw juice
being lined, clayed and settled cold in
settling tank A, the settled juice being
drawn off by the swing pipe E into the
juice heater B, where it is heated to
near the boiling point and skinned,
then drawn off by the swing pipe +
into the hot settling tank G, where it ia
again clayed and settled and the clear
juice drawn off by swing pipe into
the evaporator or receiving tank d.
The clarified Juice is then evaporated
to sirup. BY this method most of the
solid impurities which were in suspen-
sion in the juice are removed.
In the cut the tanks A, b, G and ID IL
lustrate simply the principle OF trans
ferring the juice by gravity. In prac-
tice the tanks B, G and ID are separated
from A and are supplied with source
of heat, either steam or open fire.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-02-15
The above are only few of our 98C shoes.
One line goes at ha|f-price.

We have about pairs of Ladies' Fine Handurned Shoes
which So S. so We're selling this line ST. SO;
little STYLE perfect goods; sizes p and Our loss
will be your gain.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-02-15

In the face of all kinds of footwear advancing starting
day 9S SALE and the items you will find bargains
these goods all bought before the They could
be made today the price offer them
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-02-15

Having purchased the Allison Bee Hive Novelty
Store have devoted considerable completing
the most varied stock of goods Butler Below give idea Of
Of the goods carried in stock.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-02-15
HOODS PILLS cure Liver Ills, Bill
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Easy TO take, easy to operate. 26c.
RHEUMATISM CURED INA DAy

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Neuralgia radically cures in to /, days.
Its action upon the system is remark able
and mysterious. 1t removes at once the
causes and the disease Immediately dis
apr ears. The first dose greatly benefits;
rs cents Sold by ]. c. Redic, ard J. F..
Balph Druggists Butler Apr e6.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-02-15

Some people like to be generous just
to brag about it.-Cleveland Leader
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-08-02
Henry Watterson.

/ spent some hours with Henry
WattersOn some time ago on B. & O.
train between st. Louis and Louisville.
He is the brainiest living editor on this
continent There have been SIX great
editors in my day-Greeley, Dana, Nc
Cullagh, Medill, Grady and Watterson.
The most brilliant of the six-Grady-
was gifted, bright, enthusiastic. His
rhetoric had every colorOf the rainbow,
the fragrance of a rose and the sparkle
of the diamond. Poetry and pathos
made his pen and tongue as magnetic
as a loadstone
Watterson, brilliant, versatile. talks
as lovingly as a mother in the nursery
today, and tomorrow he writes as Wei
Gus as viper bites. He will take YOU
into the Eden of his better side today,
then turn sides and swamp you like a
cyclone from the earth tomorrow. His
lecture ON Abraham Lincoln is master
piece of eloquence and power. His edi-
torials on the political situation in Ken
lucky are as full of venom as they are
devoid of truth. Take Watterson out
of partisan politics, you read him with
delight. but when the light Of his genius
and the SPLENDID powers Of his mind
are employed for partisan ends and per
verified for political ends, the orchestra
is transformed into jargon of tin pans
in Fourth of July procession. Social
ly, Watterson is genial, pleasant, enter
tanning. On the platform he is both
orator and statesman; on Kentucky
politics he is-we shall not see his like
again. Sam P. Jones in the Atlanta
Journal.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-08-02
Mr.. Lords Acceptance.

MI Lord gets in his letter of accept
ance, but DE- Hill will probably have
the advantage when it comes to the
point of delivering the Inaugural adj
dress On State issues Mr.. Lord APP
proves in all points the platform adopt
ed by the State convention. He fayOrs
the proposed 5s-hour law, upholds the
idea that the railroad commissioners
should be elected by the people, favors
tax revision, opposes the creation of a
new office of State auditor, denounces
the fee system, and advocates resubmis-
sion of the prohibitory constitutional
amendment. On several of these prOpO-
Sitlons doubtless many will agree with
Mr.. Lord who do not intend to vote for
him. 1t is an undeniable fact that the
prohibitory law has become practically
a dead letter, i'll the cities, and enforce
ment mockery. Public opinion, which
is stronger than statutes does not sus-
tam strict enforcement The law is
rubbish because lax observance engend-
ers dlsrespect for law, and because the
existing statutes become the cover of
abuses. eyertheleSS. While public
opinion tolerates the virtual repeal of
the Maine law, it has probably not yet
reached the point OF conserving to act
ual repeal. That will come perhaps in
course of time. IN regard to the fee
system Mr.. Lord is quite right; it should
be abolished. The State authorship
matter must stand OF fall on its merits
OF lack of them. 1t all depends on
whether the new office would save the
State money. There is dispute about
this, and unless the supporters of the
plan are able to remove uncertainty and
demonstrate the economy beyond doubt,
the amendment is likely to fail Tax
revision is not party issue. That is
favored by all except those who fear an
increase of taxes. There may be merit
i'll the plan of popular election OF rail
road commissioners, to the end Of re-
moving them entirely from corporation
influences, but this and the 5S-hour plan
are questions which require more con
sideration than they have yet received
before forming hard and fast opinions.
Portland Adver tiser.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-08-02
The Passing of the Figurehead.

In these practical days. says Bangor
special to the Boston Herald the man
who builds a vessel seldom spends much
money in useless decoration of the
craft, and so it is that the GROWING
glory of the ship of olden time-the
tigulehead-is now seldom seen Oh
American vessels, except on the larger
yachts. With the passing of the figure
head has disappeared almost entirely
the once hourishing industry. or art, of
the ship carver.
p to 20 years ago nearly all vessels
of amy size carried some sort of a cary
ing under the bowsprit. Figures of
women of voluptuouS form were the IA
vorite. although eagles. fishes, Indians
and representations of Tarton and Nep-
tune We're also much in vogue, While
fierce looking dragons We're prime favor
ties
Occasionally a refreshing departure
was made. For instance. in 1877 there
came to Bangor handsome ship the
Belle of Bath, to load deals for her
maiden trip across the Atlantic. The
beauty of her lines did not attract,
however. as did her tigurehead, which
was the most stunning thing OF the
kind ever seen in this port.
1t was about that time that the pull
back" dress, SO called, came into fash
ion, and the Belle Of Bath carried at
her bow the figure of stylish young
lady clad III one Of these gowns, all
white and gold
The bark Ocean Belle, also new YES
sci, lay in the same dock at High Head,
and she had a handsnme young woman
carved i'll white pine, gracefully poised
under her bowsprit Both vessels were
lost when they We're new and the finest
fgureheadS ever carvedin Maine Went
down with them.
\ little tugboat i'll Bangor harbol
used to carry full-sized figure of q
Tarratine chief for which tribe she was
named.
The steamboats, of olden days down
east carried on their paddle boxes elab-
crate carvings representing commerce,
! industry and the State whence they
hailed. The lost Cambridge had on hel
sides the coat of arms of MasSachu
sets, with that States motto-''Ense
Petit Placidem Sub Libertate Quie
tenn" the katahdin bore a carved rep
resentative of the mountain of that
name, with golden deer skipping over
the hills and an Indian padding across
silver lake, and the Penobscot was
ornamented with the head of an Indian
chief, gorgeous with feathers.
1t used to be the fashion to mount
golden roosters on the pilot houses OF
tugboats, but these have long disap
peared.
The typical American vessel of to-day
the four-masted or tive-masted schoon
er, has simply a short billethead for
ward, and on the stern her name in big,
plain letters. Sometimes the name is
circled with gold cable, but not often
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-08-02
A Seven Master?

The Relative Merits of Large and Small
SchoOners.
There is some prospect that Capt.
John G. Crowley of Taunton, Mass,
for whom the six-master was built at
Camden will place contract with II.
NJ. Bean of that place for seven
masted schooner of $500 tons capacity
dead weight. This proposition has
again started the controversy as to
whether or not the safe limit has been
reached in the size of schooners and
Old salts are almost unanimous in the
opinion that the tive-masters are too
long to be stiff and that six-master,
let alone a seven-maSter, would be like
ly to break in two in case Of grounding
amidships or if caught with heavy
cargo on board in a gale OF wind There
is no question but that length is gained
at the expense of strength, OF rather
OF stiffness, but Capt. Crowley claims
that there is no reason why a seven
master cannot be made stiff enough to
stand any strain to which she need be
put. The objection to length, which is
inseparable from size in schooners,
dates back to the first fOur-master. 1t
was renewed with great vigor when the
Governor Ames was built as the first of
the five masters. but up to very lately
the big schooners have disproved the
predictions of the salts. They have all,
with one OF two exceptions, proved
themselves able to carry immense car
goes of coal in all weathers without
straining to any appreciate extent.
The exceptions noted are i'll the cases
of two big fellows launched not long
ago and which are said to have strained
SO badly that they cannot be kept
tight.
The Pendletons of Islesboro, who are
among the most successful sailors and
owners in Maine, say that a schooner
the size of the Pendeton Brothers, 762
tons, is large enough, and, all consider
ed. the handiest and best size For the
coal trade, however. with freights at
$3.50 to 81 ton and demurrage of five
cents a ton day for long waits at ship
ping points, the big carrier must con
time to be favorite, for, in any event,
with such freights she will soon pay for
herself. If there is anything III the
way Of Improvement in wooden vessels
OF anything that will help out their
earning capacity. Maine builders may
be depended upon to furnish itand they
will stop at nothing. Bath Indepen-
dent.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-08-02

parlor. He felt, he told brother lack
afterward, as if he was riding on a lee
shore in gale, with weak bow anchor
Anybody could be VERY comferahla
. ere" he remarked, when he had Sal for
| minute OF two on the sofa.
''lf they got on with me-" suggested
. the widow "
! Nobody couldn't 'elp that" stated
the captain, with conviction. Il don't
! believe you wasn't never out of temDer
in your life
, 'Nonsence, captain!' She sat down
OH the other end of the sofa. I'm ont
of temper now
"Ah"' said her admirer, uneasily.
| Its about a friend of mine. an q
gentleman.
"'E ought to be ashamed O. 'isself.''
said the captain, ferociously. "Wot's
| e bin an done:
"E don't do nothing" said Mrs. RILEY
only 'angs about. That's Were it isl
The captain dropped his cap suddenly
and picked it up again.
! 'Asn't e given 'er no 'ints9" he
demanded.
| 1T depends on what you call 'ints."
'Sent her marrers, say, an suchlike9"
''Ye-es," she admitted, Il believe e
| as
Come to see 'er 'reg'lar?"
''Sev' raj times day; but still She
shook her head over unnamed deticien-
cies.
Maybe, said the cabtain, tremulous-
ly. led like to make 'isselfa bit clearer.
if e knowed 'er mind
cow" said she, innocently, SIS e to
know if e won't arsk 'er?'
"Couldn't she give i'm 'int?'
Not" the widow said firmly, unless
she was quite certain that e wanted
one"
''She might reckon on that" assented
the captain, with unmistakable emotion
Mrs. Riley studied the tloorcloth in
tently. Then her gaze wandered up the
opposite wall, until it rested upon a
bright colored calendar, with a picture
at the top, processing to represent the
balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet. :"
AS Romeo had only the tip of one toe
upon the ladder, there were obvious
reasons why he should put his arms
round the almanac Juliet's neck.
THAT is Avery pretty picture" said
the widow, with becoming blush. The
captain dropped his cap again and edged
along the sofa.
Mrs Riley" he said, ''if you was on
the balcony, an was on ladder
mo, you wouldn't" The captain edged
quite close.
Mrs. Riley" he whispered. eff you'll
go an look out o the top window-1'll
take the liberty O borrerin' your steps"
From The King
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-08-02
How Flower Types are Fixed.

Florists have a habit of taking advan-
tage of any manifestation of power or
ambition in an individual, says Mrs.
Candace Wheeler in the August Allan
tic, leading it Oh by cunning means of
food or temperature, or perhaps even
Of superior companionship, until it has
reached it's utmost limit of development,
and then by continued care, season after
season, encouraging it to continued ex-
ertion, until, in scientific language, the
type is fixed, and permanent, instead
OF a transitory wonder enriches the
world.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-08-02
A Mother Tells How She Saved Her Little
DAUGHTERS Life.

l am the mother of eight children and
have had a great deal of experience with
medicines. Last summer my little daughter
had the dysentery in it's worst form. We
thought she would die. tried everything
| could think of, but nothing seemed to do
Amy ha cas
and Diarrhoea Remedy was highly recon-
mended and sent and got bottle at once.
1t proved to be one of the very best medi-
cines we ever had in the house 1t saved
my little daughters life. | am anxious for
every mother to know what an excellent
medicine it is. Had l known it at first it
would have saved me great deal of anxiety
and my little daughter much suffering.
Yours truly, Mrs. GEO. F. BURD1cK, Lib
erty, R. l. For sale by A. A. Howes & Co.,
Druggists.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-08-02

The two men had talked for time in
the train. ''Are you going to hear
Barkin's lecture tonight? said one.
Yes" returned the other. "Take
my advice and don't. hear that he is
an awful bore" Il must CO." said the
other. I'm Barkin." Tit Bits.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1900-08-02

Towne: "Hicult has conceived hor-
rible idea" Browne: "What is it? An
internal machine?" Towne: 'It's in
'fernal, sure enough. He purposes to
set some of Browning's poems to Wag
ner's music" philadelphia Press.