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The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
Miscellaneous.


On big table to your right as you
enter the Eleventh Street door are a
thousand and one pretty little things
worthy your inspection. A few hints:
Fancy Glass Atomizers. looking 1SC
worth ST. for. Observation-Disclosures. ~
Birds and animals. forming 2SC
Pin Cushions. for. ~
French Plate Mirrors, with 19C
nickel trimmings. ........-........I ~
Perfection imitation of shoes, 1SC
in china, for. Observation-Disclosures.
-. Match ,ssh Holders with real bird 25c
ana Tree. .....-.. -............ -.
Ash Receivers of metal, in &c
fancifui forms. "
Oakley's Perfumes. in prettily 0SC
decorated boxes. Observation-Disclosures. ~
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
Art Needlework Department.

1SC to soc for Table Covers.
Ii stamped and tinted. Pretty
floral designs and conventional
patterns.
1sC Bags. stamped in art for
81 extra size Laundry colors.
Look! Worth SOC.
nc to 1sc for Collar and Gun
~ Bags, white and colors.
Appropriately stamped.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25

0eC for the prettiest Pillow
~ Covers, SO easily out
lined, SO attractive when done.
Q0c for the usual SOC Pillow
% Tops. in brightly tinted
colors. The four seasons, and
other popular subjects. o' - 70
1SC for the new Whisk Broom
~ Holders, to be embroid-
cred with mountings, etc.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25
STEAMER DALTON HALL SAFE.
Arrived at Sydney Yesterday After =
Terrible VOYAGE

HALIFAX. N. s.. Nov. 24.-The steamer
Dalton Hall, from London for Boston. via
Halifax. arrived at Sydney today after
terrible voyage. She was twenty-five
days on the voyage, and grave fears for
her safety were expressed by Halifax
agents.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25

ca Hnfor he Palais Royals 81
~ hQSilk Umbrellas. Sic less
VOsVVthan our regular price. but
sl.31 less than same umbrellas will cost
you elsewhere. Note the pearl and
ivory handles. with sterling silver trim
mings, for ladies'. and the natural wood
handles in the mems umbrellas!
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25

a. m tomorrow for the Palais
w Royals $3.50 AlI-silk I'm
VusVVbrellas, In, black and col
ors. The fancy and plain, handles will
convince you they are extra good value
at $3.50. We wouldn't ask you to COM
pare them with 50 Umbrellas disc
where unless We knew something.
The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1900-11-25

II anything
is wrong with
the digestive
organs, the en-
tire system Is
u p S e t -. The
Bitters " i ! |
strengthen the
stomach a n d
cure
COnstipa tlon,
Indigestion,
Dyspepsia,
and
BiliOusneSs.
IL strengthens
the nerves and
brings refresh
ing sleep.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01
CnlnIrlifY Ward ed Off.

The ruler of q small German state
has discovered one way Of warding off
the dire calamity which must result
from having 13 at a table. A Berlin
exchange is the authority for this
statement.
His serene highness is in the habit of
giving little dinners and parties, to
which only the social select are called
At one of these exclusive affairs held
lately the prince ordered a cover to be
laid for Herr L., one Of his cabinet
council.
Herr /. was little late, and the rest
of the guests had arrived when he pre-
sented himself at the door.
4 superstitious baroness exclaimed
as he entered: Good gracious! There
are 13 of u.s."
"Calm yourself, my dear baroness, b"
said his serene highness. Herr L. is
not one of us. He belongs to burgher
family"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01
The Harx Peasantry.

The Harz peasants are an honest,
thrifty lot, very independent and proud,
but also full of religious feeling, and
book might be written on their beliefs
and customs. AT funerals, births and
marriages every act is invested with
meaning, and legend or proverb is
quickly brought forward to combat
skeptical doubts. Godfathers and god
mothers to the number of "a sometimes
accompany the baby to the baptismal
font, and little gifts are exchanged and
refreshments of sausages, cake, beer
and brandy are served before and after
the ceremony. The young girls wear
wreaths, from which they pick flowers
to give to the young godfathers, and
these in turn present them with an or
ange or lemon, which they carry in
their hands They have curious su-
perstition that the child will die II 1t
receives the name of either parent, and
this is only done when they wish it to
be the last baby in the family. A grand
supper of chocolate, soup and roast
pork, with preserves, is served after
the baptism, and the festivities end
with n dance. Everything begins and
ends with n dance in the Harz noun
tains, and their balls begin at 4 o'clock
in the afternoon.-Catholi World.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01
To Cure Insomnia.


An English physician of distinction
gives these suggestions for cure OF In
somnia: In cases where the patient
sleeps for an hour or two, then wakens
with n start and cannot go to sleep
again the physician recommends that a
hot water compress be laid on the alb
domen. When one cannot 60 to sleep
on retiring and Is unable to dismiss
thoughts that have occupied the day, 1t
is advised that the patient keep his
feet in water as hot as he can bear
comfortably for ten minutes before go
ing to bed. He should then put on a
pair of thin cotton hose wrung out Of
cold water and over those a pair of
wooden ones. A more powerful remedy.
is mustard sitz bath, with the proper
tion If teacupful of mustard to a gal
Ion of hot water. He should remain
seated in the bath from 10 to 20 min
utes. In many cases reclining bath
In tepid water Is useful as a sedative.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01
Using RIsruPHIpR OF CARBON.

method for applying the liquid to Kill
such pests as the cabbage root maggot,
and our experiments indicated that 1t
was one of the best methods OF fight
ing this serious cabbage pest, says NJ.
V. Slingerland in Rural New Yorker.
Recently fruit trees have been treat
ed with the liquid for the woolly aphis
and the peach tree borer. We were un-
successful in our experiments against
the peach tree borer, and large quanti-
ties of the liquid were used In Califor-
mia in peach orchards with the result
that many borers are said to have been
killed, and some also killed hundreds
Of their trees. In Missouri apple trees
were treated for the woolly aphis with
successful results when the liquid was
properly applied. 1t was found that
when the liquid was injected into the
soil near the trunk or base of the tree
1t usually killed the tree, but when in
jected away from the tree foot or
two. taking care not to strike main
or large root, that no injury resulted to
the trees
Thus experiments show that IL the
substance is injected into the soil so
that none of the liquid touches the
roots the fumes may penetrate all
through and around the roots and kill
all animal life in the soil without injur-
ing the roots. In the case Of small
plants like cabbages, strawberries and
the like one should inject the liquid
in the manner shown in the figure, be.
ginning several inches away from the
base of the plant, making a slanting
hole extending underneath the root
system of the plant and arrange with
the injector or by means of tin tube
or funnel inserted in the hole) to apply
the liquid at the bottom of the hole.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01

the neck, showing a medallion attach
ed to a silver chain that reposed upon
his breast His breathing was calm
and regular. his lips half open in Il
smile that betokened a peaceful and
happy dream. Ripard's right hand was
half hidden in the shadow of the table
| could see that il held the pistol, his
finger upon the trigger. He seemed
to hesitate Then raising his arm
slowly he aimed straight at the sleep
er's heart. l was petrified with hor-
ror My heart ceased to beat. 4 cry
OF terror and anguish died away in
my throat. Still l watched, powerless
TO move. as in dream. And NJ. Henri
slept on, smiling and breathing peace
fully, unconsciously Offering his warm
breast to the cold muzzle that was
menacinS him. IN that awful moment
l felt the cold shiver of death upon me.
Ripard maintained his murderous aim,
still he did not fire. He sighed deeply,
his hand trembled. Then he lowered
the pistol with a furious movement,
turned and stepped backward from the
y
lids trembled. He shook his head,
placing his hands before his eyes as
though chasing some hideous vision
and noiselessly placed the pistol upon
the table. waited no longer. | scram-
bled down the ladder, stumbled to the
door of NJ. Henri's room, woke the
vendean snoring upon the mattress
and in breathless haste bid him to
force the lock gently that the Marseil-
lais should not hear. The soldier drew
q knife from his pocket, and, though
he handled it adroitly, the work was
long and difficult. At last the lock
gave. flung the door open and stood
dumfounded upon the threshold. Side
by side NJ. Henri and Ripard were
sleeping as children sleep, their breasts
rising and falling with the same regu-
lar and peaceful movement and much
the same smile upon their lips.-Trans.
lated From the French For st. Louis
Star
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01
ArrienlturaI Rrexitie..

In all the earlier stages of growth OF
corn the greater share of the protein is
found in the leaves, and even when the
corn is ripe enough to cut but little
over half of it Is found In the ears.
This fact calls attention to the neces-
Eity of carefully housing and preserv-
ing the fodder.
a good hop crop is expected In west
erh New York, and satisfactory prices
everywhere, with a generally lighter
crop than last season.
The Long Island farmers now talk Of
q return to raising beef cattle, which
years ago was a profitable occupation.
1t is believed that there will be good
profit in local stock raising for market,
and the farms will also be enriched.
A variety of tomato recently coming
into note among Long Island truck
growers is the Quarter Century, which
is on the order of the popular Acme
Its vines are strong and stocky. The
fruit sets In large clusters and ripens
evenly.
The Connecticut tobacco crop Is call
ed the largest and best for years. An
experimental crop of Cuban tobacco is
reported as naturally spotted.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01
short creait Man and the Bible.

A jeweler In Iowa, writing jobbing
house that questioned his credit, quot
ed, What is not of faith is sln," con-
veying the inference that the Jobbers
were sinners. The house replied,
Faith without works is dead" and
"There is none perfect-no, not one"
They are now sorry they replied in
kind, for this is what the next mail
brought: "See what Gen. vi, 0, says
about perfect man. See what we are
told to do, Math. v, 4S Here is a good
thought, James Ill, 2. Can we do 1t?
See Job viii, 20. The trouble with peo-
pie is this, Jer. xvii, 8. See what is
said in l Sam. xvi, T. If it were not
for this, we would all be lost. Cannot
everybody be perfect If they would see
what is said l Cor. X, 13? Here were
two good people. They tried Luke !,
1916" Which shows that there are
jewelers. in Iowa whose time is not en-
tirely occupied with business cares
jewelers. Circular Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01
EVENTIDE.

Cp twilight ways the cattle slowly come;
'Tis cyeutIds.
Mid musk and balm II dusky calm,
Through bordered lanes where roses hide,
Where bobvhites call from meadows wide,
The faroff bells steal soft and low,
Like fairy tinkles come and go.
Then die in silence quite away
As slowly fades the waning day.
The gold hath paled from out the western sky
lis eventide.
At pasture bars two ling'ring are,
When loit'ring kline make milking late,
Gliding fox one Will surely wait,
But one ne'er heeds when lovers eyes
Clean bright stars in evening skies
And jeweled moments Aeeting
When trysting at the pasture bar.
The mellow bells grow fainter, fainter stilli
'Tis eventide.
To think that bells at cleaning heard
Can bring from out forgotten ways,
Voices and forms from vanished days;
That dead regrets can rise again
With old time longing and its pain;
That twas who fingered long ago
By pasture bars in twilight glow.
Winfield L. Scott in Detroit Free Press
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01
PaderewskI the Deceiyer.

This Is how a Kansas newspaper
man criticised Paderewski:
1--WE heard the Polander Paderewski
play the piano in Convention hall, Kan
sas City. The fellow is deceitful. He
makes you think all the time he is 60
ing to play tune, but he never does.
He flIrts all around a tune but never
touches It. His hair looks like a wig,
but it isn't. He deceives you in hun
dred ways. He makes the sweetest
sounds you ever heard that were not
tune. He has his plano so trained that
the doggone thing will keep right on
playing when he Is not touching it.
He reaches out slowly and strokes it,
drawing back his elbows like a man
brushing girls hair. You see the
moonlight and you're there with your
girl. but somehow she doesn't love you.
You know the sorrow of that and
that's why we don't like Paderewski.
We wouldn't go to hear him again, but
we wouldn't take S1OO for what we
heard Mt Convention hall"
A Well Dressed Pauper.
In all large cities there is a way OF
getting rid of undesirable persons by
means Of giving them a "pauper's
pass" to some city to which they want
to go.
1t seems that a lawyer who is quite
well known about town and who, like
many other persons, Is not averse to
travelling on a free ticket had made
several requests to a certain official for
"
fused n number of times, but with a
persistence worthy of better cause he
continued to bore his official friend.
Finally he was supplied with the mag
ic pasteboard, and without looking at
1t he went to the railroad station and
paid for his seat in the parIor car
When the conductor came along, the
lawyer, who, by the WY, is n man of
rather imposing appearance, was reaG-
ing paper and with the nonchalauce
supposed to be second nature to those
who never pay their carfare held out
MS pass, never even. glancing at the
conductor. Ihat oiicial took the pass,
read 1t carefully, looked at the holder
of 1t and then eXaTined the pass again
with considerable care. The LAWYER.
houclng that the conductor seemed to
be giving the pass more than ordinary
attention, stared mt the official with a
manner that INDICATED that he might at
least be director and asked with con
siderable warmth "Anytbing the mat
ter with that pass 2"
Ihe conductor looked at his question
er IN quizzlcai way and then said,
''No; the pass Is all right. but YOU are
certainly the best dressed pauper [
ever saw w''-Bostoi in Transcript.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01
Marketing Water.

The most successful farmers we
know are those who are marketing the
most water. In selling milk 81 per
cent is water and butter 30 per cent. If
it is garden vegetables we are produc-
ing, we sell in asparagus 40 per cent
water, cabbage 30 per cent, lettuce
931a per cent and potatoes 50 per cent.
Or If fruit is our surplus crop, apples
carry ST per cent water, peaches 80
and Strawberries 91. We do not know
of any way in which water can be
utilized better than in big watermel-
ons, and when a man can realize $500
or $500 an acre on this crop he is
bound to make money If he pushes his
business. Grain eats up fertility very
fast. When a crop is grown, even if
the surplus products on the farm are
fed and manure is saved, a grain farm
er must carefully fertilize his land IL
he maintains its fertility. II any sort
of change is contemplated in farm
management. try and work in as much
water in the products as possible
Denver Field and Farm.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01
CIDER MAKING.
Pho Benefits of Filtcring-How to
Make Barrel or Bag Filters.


Cider is greatly improved by filter
ing as soon as it comes from the mill.
The more perfectly the particles ofiap-
pies are removed the better will beathe
cider and the vinegar to be made from
IT, Filters of cloth with small meshes
are good and remove the larger part-
cles, but If the very best results arc
wanted a charcoal filter is necessary.
This can be quite easily made from an
ordinary cider or whisky barrel.
Remove one head and make of 1t
false bottom two inches above the 9th
er head. On the false bottom nail
strips of hard wood. Between these
strips bore holes. Have faucet near
the bottom of the barrel. Above the
false bottom place three inches OF char
coal broken to the size of birdshot, first
laying down a piece of coarse cloth.
On top of this charcoal put another
layer of cloth and four or five Inches OF
clean, well washed wheat or rye straw.
Above the straw put u circular, hard
wood grating with openings an inch or
SO square. Fasten this In place.
Turn water into the barrel and keep
1t running through until 1t issues en-
tlrely tasteless. When this is accom-
pllshed, the filter is ready for use. or
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01
CnndIed Honey.

At the approach of winter extracted
honey will candy or crystalline unless
kept in a temperature above 80 de-
grees, and even then with some kinds
of honey it is difficult to prevent 1t
from candying. This is regarded by
most beekeepers as test of its purity.
Honey that has been adulterated with
glucose or other foreign matter as a
rule will not granulate or crystalline
when kept in a moderately cool place.
Honey that has granulated may be re-
stored to its liquid form by placing the
bottle or jar in a pan and setting on
the kitchen stove or range. The pan
should be partly filed with water and
heated slowly until the honey is melt
ed. If melted gradually and only heat
ed enough to restore 1t to its liquid
state, it does not injure or impair the
flavor in the least.-American Garden
Ing.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01
Harre.ting Sugar Beets.

BY the first part OF October sugar
beets are ready to harvest, the first
planting generally few weeks earlier.
But as the beets increase In tonnage
mostly in September and the first part
of October the harvesting with full
force should not be started before the
middle of October, according to in
structions of one of the beet sugar COM
two horse puller which loosens the
beets but leaves them in the ground.
After this the beets have to be pulled
by hand and topped with a corn knife
OF the base Of the bottom leaf and can
then be shipped to the factory or sliced
at the field and shipped later, after the
beet growers have finished their other
farm work.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01
The Funniest Storyf

Sir Wilfrid Laurier once said that he
considered the following the funniest
story in the world. Do you agree with
him?
A gentleman was once being taken
over an idiot asylum. He asked an at
tendant how they knew when an idiot
was considered TO be sufficiently restor-
ed to sanity to be discharged.
"Oh," said the attendant, sit is easily
managed. We take them into n yard
where there are several troughs. We
turn on the taps and then give the
idiots buckets TO bail out the water
and empty the troughs. Many Of them
go on balling away while the tap keeps
running, but them that isn't idiots
stops the tap"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01

BlSULPHIDE OF CARBON.
New and Recent Uses-How TO inject
IL Around Trees

IL Around Trees.
Carbon bisulphide is Il liquid that va
porizes very rapidly when exposed to
the air The vapor or fumes are explo-
sive and very deadly to all animals, in
cluding man. Most plants are not in
jured when subjected to the fumes, but
if the liquid comes in contact with any
part of plants it often kills that portion
quickly Hence il is usually safe to al
low only the fumes to come in contact
with the plant. Yet one of the most
successful methods of killing borers in
the trunk or large limbs of trees is to
inject small quantity of the liquid in
to the burrow or tunnel Of the borer
and plug the opening with putty or
hard soap. The liquid applied in this
way does not seem seriously to injure
the plant The substance is used most
ly for fumigating stored grain, and
peas or beans infested with weevils
and other insects and many wood
chucks have succumbed to its deadly
fumes. In France large quantities of
the liquid have been injected into the
soil in vineyards to check the rayages
of the phylloxera plant louise. Six
years ago we devised a practicable
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01

James McNeill Whistler was once
painting n portrait of n distinguished
novelist, who was extremely clever,
but also extremely i'll favored. When
the portrait was finished. the sitter did
not seem satisfied with it.
"You don't seem to like it," Whistler
said
The sitter confessed that he did not
and said in self justification. "You
must admit that it is n bad work OF
art"
"Yes," Whistler replied, "but think
you must admit that you are bad
work of nature"-Argonaut.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01
CnrrarfaH

City Editor-Evidently you didn't get
a very close view Of Nookash's summer
place.
Reporter-Not very close. Why?
City Editor-You refer to 1t as "a
magnificent marble pile" whereas it's
q frame house.
Reporter-Is it2 Just cross out mar
ble," then, and insert "wood."-Phila-
delphia Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01
rrsFyTyY1T1IJ1zw
~
RACK FOR FODDER.

The outside rack will catch the surplus
and stock will pick that over later on
when the supply runs short in the
rack. 1t is built on runners so 1t can
be moved from place to place with
team. The outside rack should be
made of heavy poles. as the reaching
of the cattle will break ordinary lum-
her
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01
uNcApp1Na APPARATUS.

q sort of roof of the same wire cloth,
the two sides of the roof allowing two
operators to uncap at the same time.
The slanting surface of the roof allows
the combs to rest with little or no hold
ing, and all the honey that drips Is
caught in the pan below. OF course the
size could be varied according to the
size of combs used.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01
A to suuinchIy.

"Squinchly seems to be a man Of con-
siderable versatility"
"He is. He always has a different
hard luck story to tell when he comes
to me to borrow money" - Chicago
Tribune
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01
An IdyI OF the Late Heated Term.

An IdyI OF inc LHte He"'e"
my heart" moaned Mildred Glen
dove, wringing her hands. 'is like iceP
Van Alstyne Van Brugh stared pre-
cisely as If stung.
"Then, Of course, | cannot ask you
TO give me your hearth he exclaimed
in hollow voice.
For even love Is not blind to the great
price of ice in summer.-Detroit Jour-
nal
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01
No. 43

course the filter will become clogged
when 1t must be -echarged. When
properly Uttered. the cider will be free
from albuminous and mucilaginous
material and will keep much better
than when not treated.
In a small way bag of heavy can
ton flannel may be hung over tub
and the liquid filtered through this. BY
lining this bag with paper pulp the
openings in the cloth can be so COM
pletely closed that nothing but the
pure liquid will get through, concludes
American AgricuIturist.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01
why tb. Pnr.on Got snrdInes.

Talk about grief of a real somber
hue. An Atchlson woman had her
preacher invited TO a Sunday dinner,
and when she went to get the chickens
to Kill them they had escaped, and the
stores were closed.-Atchison Globe.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01
In the ParIor Car.

"Look at that woman. She has been
lying down all day reading a novel OF
Marie Corelli's."
"well, maybe it isn't worth sitting
up to d."-Chicago Record.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1900-11-01
UncappinE Honey.

A German journal describes the fol-
lowing apparatus for uncapping honey:
A strong tin dish 20 inches long. II
inches wide and 6 inches high has rest
ing in it, supported at proper distance
from bottom, piece of. wire cloth with
meshes five to the inch. On this rests