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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24

millions of 'em, but they don't allus
stay in one place. Try this other
marsh"
There was more water in this marsh,
also more mosquitoes and horseflies,
but Mr.. Bowser plunged in with a
stout heart and looked upon fall into
ditch or a tumble into the grass as all
in the days work. 1t was only after he
had tumbled along for an hour without
raising a bird and had come out on the
old farmer for the third time that his
choler arose and he yelled out:
''See here, you blamed old idiot 1
am back againw
II declar' If you ain'tr' replied the
toiler. why, you must be lopsded to
walk in a circle this wayw
''You are liar! l came down here
after snipe."
Yes, you said so.'
"And I've waded around for five long
hours and not seen a blamed one"
''Shoo! Shoor'
"And l don't believe there's one in
the state"
"Gosh all fishhooks. but dunno. .un-
less they've all crawled into holler
log to git out of the sun. I've heard
that they do that when it's purity hot.
Yes, that must be it. bat if you'll hang
CT you'll find 'em all tyin around and
waitin to be plunked."
The car which conveyed Mr.. Bowser
from the sn.pe grounds to the town
also conveyed a cross eyed. bowlegged
ilan who sat on a back seat and quoted
-, " Ii was poetry relating to sun
burns. fly bites ed snipe hunting.
There were 10 ". - and the end of
every verse left the hunter in a ditch
O.: On his nose in the grass. The pas
sengers applaIdcd At the right spots.
and AIr sowScr bohbed around on his
ssG; and vowed ilsai he would hunt
that cross ,-ed man 70 his doom. Din
ne:' Lad waited TWO hours when he ar
rived home. He wabbled as he walked.
When he finally reached his own gate,
he saw Mrs. Bowser and the cat on the
steps. and he halted moment to brace
himself for the ordeal. As he braced
Mrs. Bowscr called out:
Nothing for you this evening"
He stared at her and wondered what
she meant. and she continued:
Il have neither cold victuals nor
money for YOU"
He opened the gate and advanced,
and she rose up and said:
'1f you come in here | will call po-
liceman to arrest you. Go on, you bad
man.
Nimrod Bowser was being taken for
a tramp by his own wife!
NJ QUAp.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24
NEW YORK CROWDS.
The Different WAYS In Which They
Impressed Two Men.

The Different Ways In which They
Impressed Two Men.
"WhaI l like about New York." re-
marked a westerner, "is its tremen-
dous energy. The crowds and hustle
have upon me the exhilaratipg effect
OF stimulant. As | move along among
the masses on the sidewalks and look
upon the perpetual stream of vehicles
Of all descriptions in the streets / am
conscious of a buoyancy of spirit and
an increased physical energy.
81 feel like going all the time, my
mind is brighter and clearer, and, in
fact, my whole being seems toned up.
New York and it's crowds are more
beneficial to me than any resort have
ever struck. After q two weeks stay
here return home feeling like another
man."
"Well. that Is strange" said the per-
son to whom this statement was made.
''Do you know New York has upon me
Just exactly the opposite effect. To me
what l might term the surplusage Of
life here is depressing. l am by Re
ulcdho lOnu VI SOllluut. nave llNGd III
a moderate sized eity all my life, and
1t bores me to stay in the country for
any great length Of time, but when !
come to New York and am caught In
the tides of humanity, see the over
crowded tenements and have my ears
assaulted with the perpetual din of the
streets become positively melancholy.
Il feel what an Insignificant atom /
am, after all-no more than drop of
water in great river-and the feel
ing oppresses me. 1t seems so like
there was nobody here who cared what
became of anybody. The only relief
find from the feeling is in the theaters.
/ go to show every night while / am
here, and of course l enjoy thai inn
mensely. But as soon as have made
the rounds of the shows l am ready to
return home, where l know most ev-
erybody and there are many who care"
New York Times.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24
Honey Bearing Trees.

The American linden, or Eastwood,
as some call 1t. Is a first class honey
bearing tree, says Farm, Field and
Fireside. 1t is something of the nature
Of the maple or the sugar bush, but il
perhaps much harder than either. It
grows to an immense size, makes the
most beautiful shade tree and is very
valuable for its timber owing to the
whiteness and fneness of the grain Of
the wood. 1t would seem that this
wood would be an improvement over
the maple so extensively grown. There
is no doubt Of the superiority of this
over the maple in hardness, and as an
ornamental tree for shade 1t certainly
exceeds the maple. The limbs and
foliage of the linden grow more COM
pact when grown out in the open
ground and thus less liable to be dams
|, aged By Tie vfinax. .@karnost all nursery
men handle them, -hnt t6eiT snrrooee'
ton IN the western states seems to be
slow. possibly from their unknown val
ne. Catalpa is another good honey
bearing tree and comes in q good time
just a little ahead Of the linden. Both
Of these trees furnish good quality
Of honey, but the linden is rather the
best and indeed is perhaps the second
best from clovers. Catalpa Is exten-
sively grown in the west and is q
great help to the beekeeper.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24
Young Men as Authors.

Keats was dead when just a little
over his twenty-fifth year. Shelley
wrote "Qneen Nab at twenty and the
"Prometheus Unbound" and the .'Oue
to the West Wind" at twenty-six. By
ron startled the town with English
Bards and Scotch Reviewers at twen-
ty-one and at twenty evoke up
and found himself famous" by the pub
Iication of "Childe Harold" Burns
was but twenty-seven when he was the
, lion of the season in Edinburgh. Camp
bell published his pleasures Of Hope"
at twenty-five. Chatterton was not
eighteen when he finished his life's
work The great Shakespeare himself
was famous when little more than a
youth. and the same is true of the
Shakespeare of France Victor Hugo.
And Goethe, by the bye, was known to
all Europe at twenty-four.
Scott, on the other hand, was more
leisurely He made no serious effort as
an author till he was over thirty, and
he was over forty when ''Waverley"
was given to the world. And Thack-
cray also was verging on twoscore be-
fore Vanity Fair" established his rep
utation.-Critic.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24
Agricultural Brevities.

Massachusetts, has frog company"
which is to raise frogs for market.
Good crops Of tobacco are reported
from the cigar leaf districts Of Con-
necticut, New York, Pennsylvania and
Wisconsin.
1t is certain that the potato crop win
be very short in the central states, says
Country Gentleman. Late potatoes are
generally improving.
The poorer grades of apples win help
to satisfy the demands Of the evaporat-
Ing plants this season.
The onion crop Is not full one, and
conditions seem to favor comparative
ly high prices, according to American
Agriculturist-
Lining the soil intended for beets,
preferably in the fall, the application
of acid phosphate and Thomas Stag
with the seed and the treatment Of the
beet seed itself with funglcidal sub
stances are suggested by the station for
root blight and heart rot.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24
G1RoEH
5ACRE5
ORCHAR0
5HcRE5
p1Ar on rARM SHOWING 1ArERAus

PLAT OF FARM SHOWING LATERALs.
nels must be fitted in and the ground
leveled. theoretically they should be
given such grade as will result in a
moderate velocity for the water, but
not sufficient to wash the earth along
the sides and bottom of the ditch.
One irrigator of considerable expert
ence recommends that field laterals
should have fall of at least ten feet
per mile. The laterals should be To-
Gated nearly at right angles with the
direction of the greatest slope of the
land, so that the water will flow from
rather than along them.
If the surface of the ground is some
what uneven, the problem Of locating
the permanent laterals becomes corre-
spondingly more difficult, often render
ing the use of the engineers level nee
essary. 1t may be possible to cover
all the ground by locating the laterals
along the ridges, or there may be high
points entirely surrounded by lower
ground, making it necessary to build
ditcbes on artificial ridges or dikes to
carry the water to them.
The inexperienced irrigator often con-
siders that the ground occupied by the
laterals is waste land because it bears
no crop. Accordingly he makes them
far apart, so that the water must Cow
a long distance to cover the surface
between any two. This usually results
in the overirrigation Of that portion of
the crop near the lateral in use, as the
water must be kept flowing there until
the entire surface to the next lateral Is
irrigated.
1t will usually pay to do some work
in smoothing of the little irregularities
in the surface OF the farm. This may
,bo- done with plank scraper or drag
after the ground has been plowed. The
drag cuts away the higher points and
leaves the dirt in the hollows. This
preparation of the surface is quite i'm
portant, as it reduces the time and Ia
Dor required in irrigating. A more uni
form distribution Of water is also OBJ
tained. which increases its efficiency.
Theoretically the surface of the ground
should be plane surface, with just
slope enough to allow the water when
delivered at the highest point to flow in
o thin, uniform sheet.
We will assume that the farm Is
planted to such crops as ara ordinarily
found in the arid region, say ten acres
of alfalfa. ten acres of grain, five acres
Of potatoes. five acres of garden, five
acres of small fruits and five acres Of
orchard, as shown on the plat of the
farm.
If it be assumed that there is fall
of four feet across the farm from north
to south and two feet from east to
west, the water can be made to flow
either west or south from any point.
The greatest slope Of the land is little
south Of southwest. and this is the d.
reotien the water takes II left to itself.
If the laterals are run south from the
main ditch, they win make an angle of
about seventy degrees with this line.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24

dressed the pastures repeatedly with
fertilizers and made them In every way
productive and fertile. The soil il not
more adapted naturally to pastures
than millions of acres In this country
which today produce only Indifferent
crops of grass The soil is made arti-
ficially rich, and the sod is the result OF
careful, intensive farming.
So it is these English farmers make
a profit from land worth ten times as
much in money valuation as the pas
ture fields of this country. Now, if it
is possible to improve pasture fields SO
that they will produce like these Eng
lish ones, what an enormous profit
awaits the American farmers who will
improve their fields to the same pro-
ductive fertility! Instead OF being
forced to pay interest on an investment
of $500 an acre the average dairyman
in this land would have to pay only ON
$40 to $50 per acre. All the rest would
represent profit.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24
Insect Plaques.

The insect plaques of summer are no
matter of jest, Man must strive with
them as he strives against the other
hostile forces of nature. He must fight
the Hessian fly or the wheat crop will
not be garnered, he must fight the wee
vii or the grain will perish in the bins,
cattle will starve in the pastures, he
must fight the tent caterpillar and the
borer or his forests will wither and the
streams disappear. The entomologist,
therefore, wages the war of civilization
against forces all the more terrible be-
cause of their minuteness and apparent
crat.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24
a show of her jumping

And then began that terrible ride.
! He hooked 67 up to the first notch
and then opened the throttle.
With seven ears behind us we shot
down the grade of 175 feet to the mile.
Sixty-seven set low in her frame, but
every low joint rung her bell for an
eighth of mile. She jumped and sway
ed and threatened to leave the rails.
The wind shrieked around us like a
thousand demons, and the rain poured
against the windows in perfect
! stream.
'sThere's danger ahead and death be-
hindr' shouted the old engineer. IF the
/ rain loosens a bowlder and drops it on
! the track
| l shuddered. There was a blasted
| pine that marked the curve. The next
| second we reached it. For moment l
thought it was all over. Then 81 right
| ed. There was sharp jerk. we forg-
| ed ahead faster and our seven cars
| cleared the roadbed and went down
! the bluff with crash that was heard
/ high above the storm. LEAVING Il clean
| track for the runaway bChild that was
! coming us swift ana sure Is death.
If the runawny %oi aroand tAc curv@,
the probabilities wrrc HAT we would
| be knocked from Tie tEles into the riY-
er.
We were very near - the bottom
now. where tlr- roaal, i followed the
river. a-d ilr az, l.,-rs. 1-,." ca;:t .oned
not to ri.n o,cr 4ricen miles per hour
Fat orders were not respected that
night We ~, : m. x i,..r.y miles
per holr ,rLca d of Lightning
showp. me d.. string II cars
/ box vas 81 ne o9ii,..tc S.'ie and invis-
| ible
OLD M.a,i gave G7 t!sr steam so sud
denly sir seemed 20 jump fram under
US bu; the r,.nalea; T"as not more
tl.an l..lf u mile b, ,s.,i,! and was COM
ins with lie speed Of 4 tornado.
Thrrc was no gcttils out of the way.
In Il momeu; it wouiu be On us. i'm
| agined could see he black mass COM
ing down on us in the darkness. when
o heavy rumble was heard. followed
by n tremendous crash.
The rain had loosened the rock and
dirt overhan..icg the track and it only
needed the jar of GO to set it in motion.
Something ike LOCO tors of debris
rolled on to the track directly behind
US. and into this those runaway cars
plunged
But we did not find this out until aft
erward. Matt kept 81 up to what was
| tremendous speed on that track.
She plunged and rolled and rang her
bell continuously. y dozen times
thought we were going into the river.
| We pulled through all right. but that
was my last trip. When got off the
| engine. my hair was streaked with gray
and now it is white as snow.
For some time it was thought that
| the runaway cars had broken loose but
the company became suspicious and
had the case looked into. with the re-
suit of running down some tough char
| acters, who finally confessed to cutting
| them loose with the intention of ditch
| ing us between Haversack grade and
| the bottom and securing the treasure.
Old Matt has retired from the road,
| but | do not think that either he or l
shall ever forget the run of G7.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24

EAdR2Allsase
zssssyCHR7BgN
PRACTICAL IRRIGATION.

Plan For Forty Acre Farm-The
Location OF Lntcrals.
Irrigation has become Il live question
In every part of the country. and many
are ON the lookout for practical infor-
nation ON its various points. The To-
cation of the laterals furnishes an op-
portunlty for the irrigator to show his
skill. Discussing this feature in re-
cent publication, Messrs. Johnson and
Stannard make some recommendations
as follows:
1t may be impossible 20 properly To-
cate the main laterals ut first, and sup
Elemental laterals and dikes may have
to be constructed. Before the crops
can be harvested these temporary chan
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24
BOWSER, THE NIMROD
HE TAKES A DAY OFF AND GOES
HUNTING.

His Sad Experience on the Marshes,
Where He Had Gone to shoot the
Festive Snipe, and what Happened
When He Returned Home.
copyright, 1901, by c. b. Lewis.l
"And now what is itT' asked Mrs.
Bowser as Mr.. Bowser came home the
other evening with gun case under
his arm.
Nothing but little healthful recre-
alton tomorrow" he replied as he care
fully stood the case in a corner.
'Have you got Il gun in thereT
81 have. It's n shotgun borrowed to
go snipe hunting with Green tomorrow.
Have you any objections to my taking
a day OFF,"
"Of course not. but it seems strange
that you should go hunting. l didn't
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24
WHEN SHE COMES HOME.

When she comes home again, a thousand ways
fashion. to myself, the tenderness
OF my glad welcome. Shall tremble-yes,
And teach her, as when first in the old days
touched her girlish hand nor dared upraise
Mine eyes, such was my faint hearts sweet dis
tress.
Then silence and the perfume of her dress;
The room will sway a little, and haze
Cloy eyesight-souI sight, eyen-for a space,
And tears-yesl And the ache there in the
throat
To know that so i'll deserve the place
Her arms make for me, and the sobbing note
stay with kisses ere the fearful face
Again is hidden in the old embrace.
james Whitcomb Riley.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24

"You are the hardest man to wake /
ever met" said the kind hearted citizen
who had allowed the tramp to sleep In
his kitchen. "Here / have been pokinD
you In the ribs for an hour"
"Never paid no attention to it" ad>
mitted the lodger. Eyer see, am used
to sleepin In a cattle car, dn I thought
yer hand was a cows horn."-Chieago
News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24
>
He Liked Il

Wife-HoY do you like my new hat2
Husband-The idea Of paying big
prices for
Wife-Big prices! Why, made II
myself
-Um-yes-er-as was say
ing. the idea of paying big prices for
such monstrosities as the milliners are
showing! Now. your hat is work of
art. Looks as if it came from Paris.
Beautiful. my dear!-New York Week
ly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24
why His Clock Was Slow.

There is an italian fruit dealer, with
we'll stocked store near one of the
suburban railway stations, who has
adopted a unique device, and one
which shows a deep knowledge of hu-
man nature, to hold his own in COM
petition with another dealer, whose
stand is some fifty yards nearer the
station than his own. A commuter
was leisurely peeling a banana in his
store the other day when the italian
remarked:
you gotta fiy' minute before your
train"
mo; twenty" replied the commuter,
glancing at big clock on the wall.
"Thata clock fifteen minute Slow"
said the Italian. II keepa it slow.
PeepP used come in a-here. looka at
clock, getta excite, go way, not buy.
Time to buy at Pedro's stand, notta
here. Now keepa clock slow, get
mucha trade. No, l not letta peepP
miss train. tella them after they
buy de banan'."-New York CONNER
cial Advertiser.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24
Lack of conadence.

Assistant-Is the meaning OF this
poem absolutely incomprehensible to
you?
Magazine Editor-Absolutely! You're
going to accept 1t, aren't you?
Assistant-Oh, yes! But / wasn't
willing to trust my own Judgment
Life.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24
A Mixed Gathering n.

isn't it mixed crowd?" asked
Nine. de Pompadour of Nine. de Stael
at the garden party on the Styx.
"Yes, indeed" blithely responded
Mime. de Stael But what could you
expect? All shades of society are here"
Baltimore American.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24
The Parental Revolt.

She-Here's a note to you from pa.
What's it about?
She-He wants us to let him have
the hammock Wednesday and Friday
nights. s.-Chicago Record Herald.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24
anife ReruIar

"Have you got your garden in good
shape this season. ask, Il Mr. Halket.
'Yes, the shape is all right" replied
Mr.. Hiland. IT'S a perfect oblong."-
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24

Extravaganza is not always alto
gether bad 1t leads a people who are
making money to thrust it iato circu-
lation instantly and thus give the
needy grab at it.-Galveston News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24
PROFITABLE PASTURES.
English Farmers Get Good Return
From Every Square Inch of Land.

English Farmers Get Good Returns
From Every Square Inch of Land.
One of the surprising things in farm
ing is the gradual development Of land
to poiAt where it will yield returns
QeYer dreamed of by the early culti-
vators, says American Cultivator. Over
In parts of England and Scotland farm
ers and dairymen make a living from
pasture lands which have an assessed
valuation of $400 aud $500 an acre.
They do this when prices for the prod
ucts are no greater than American
farmers receive. The secret of their
success is necessity. They have been
forced to make every square inch OF
soil pay its highest profit, and as re-
suit they have some of the finest pas
lures in the world. The sod is so thick
and compact that it is almost impossl-
bic to cut through 1t. The roots form
solid mass in the soil, and the grass
grows luxuriantly, even defying dry
weather, and produce good crops in
spite of close cropping late in the sea-
son, when frost ordinarily kills less
successful pasture. The thing OF 1t Is
the farmers have cultivated the soil,
planted and replanted grass seeds.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24

Such an arrangement permits the water
to flow away from rather than along
the laterals. The main ditch divides at
runs south to L. while second runs
west to D, the middle of the north line
of the farm, where 1t turns and flows
south to NJ. The field laterals receive
their supply of water directly from
these bitches
Alfalfa is irrigated by the method
known as flooding, which may be de-
scribed as follows: Nearly parallel
bitches, Be, EFF, etc, are made 100 to
$50 feet apart through the field. In the
present case six bitches are made, no
feet apart. dividing the field into six
strips.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-10-24
An Arfstocrat.

"stuck up7 I should say she was!
Why. she wipes her shoes on de door
mat every time she goes in de house,
New York Journal.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-19
CITY SCHOOLS EXERCISES.
Christmas Programs in All Rooms
Tomorrow Afternoon.

The city schools will have Christ
mas programs in all the rooms in
Guiding the high school from 1880 TO
5 p. m. tomorrow. Patrons are In.
yited. Many Of the rooms will have
elaborate programs with appropriate
decorations.
Schools will close after tomorrow
for the holiday vacation. They will
reopen Monday, Dec. 80, but there
will be no school on New Years day.
Special sale on mems kid and calf
boots, sizes 6, at McInerney's.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-19

WHUH IHB CuTlHI1 T1SbS and uIBCI0SeS
the exquisite colorings Of its terraces
and strawberries the spectators never
fail to express their admiration by
loud applause The supporting COM
pany has been selected from the lead.
ing Shakesperian opponents Of the
country and includes Marie Drofnab,
Emma Hayner, ?. A. Nannary, Irving
Knight, Roland Gibson, Harold Fiske,
Paul Anderson, X. o. Mech, l.. W.
Browning, William j. Shea,
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-19
col. WILDER S. METCALF.

ate for few days, owing to special
request to hold 1t until this week.
Leland has flooded the White House
with kilograms and letters but Presi-
dent Roosevelt has stood by the rec
ommendation Of Senator Burton. 1t
is great victory for Senator Burton
and the selection Of Metcalt will be a
very popular one.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-19
Consolation Prize.

10 the lady receiving the LOWEST
number Of votes in the theatre box
contest, will present an order good
at any drug store in Kansas for one
"Box" OF Balmoline. the HEALING
sALyE Tor MAN or BEAST
B. II DEHuY, PHI. G.
n B. Also good lin isolated cases.
for ladies' aching hearts ard wounded
feelings.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1901-12-19
BUTTER MARKET.

Prices for creamery butter at points
named for week ending today. Dickinson
county price fh cents less than New York
" cents less than Chicago.l
KANSAS Cfrr-Fancy separator &c, dairy
fancy lsc.
JHIcAoo-Creanery IS 0A, dairy Il a