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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-16
Organ Recital.

There will be an organ recital in st
MattheEs church Tuesday evening by
Paris r. Myers. assisted by Mrs. Charles
Eoff, of Kansas City Mo-. and the boy
choir. Following is the programme:
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-06-16

same farm will make a 15-barrel pun
per. In the shallow sand territory, II
the Chester Hill development. in Nor.
gan county. the Southwestern Petroleum.
Company has completed No. 3 on the
O. and II. J.. Smith farm and has 4
duster. Cameron & Sons No. 4 on the
n. e. Russell farm is stnl ho.~.ng up
at 240 barrels a day.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-07
.,,o,vcdpIcn,v of Time.

Speaking of the late William Travers
leads me to remark that, so far as /
am personally aware, only one Of the
classic suffering stories about him is
actually true. l had the honor and
happiness to reside at Newport for a
year or so once, and at the time Mr..
Travers was a summer resident there.
He certainly suffered good deal, but
he did not go around habitually dis
charging staccato witticisms at the
world, as you might suppose he did
from all the stories you hear. But the
one story that I know about is this
one:
Travers was at garden party one
afternoon when a young lady said to
him, "What time Is it, please, Mr..
Travers?"
Travers took out his watch, wabbled
his mouth awhile. blinked and finally
said. 'Itll be s-s-s-s-six o'c-c-c-c-clock
by the time can say it!'
1t really lacked five minutes or o
when he began.-Boston Transcript.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-07

wETHERSFIELD ONIONS IN CALIFORNIA.
thinks otherwise He says: TESTS
frequently made show conclusively
that larger yield of carrots can be
obtained from Rhode Island and Con-
necticut grown seed than from the
best imported" An investigator of the
seed growing industry reports that all
corn, celery, lettuce. onion, melon, to-
mato, pepper, squash and pumpkin
seeds used in the United States are
home grown. All the cucumber seed
except that cf the French varieties is
produced here, as is nearly all the egg
plant and kale and great deal of the
beet seed. Sugar beet seed is grown TO
limited extent The best Brussels
sprouts seed is grown here, most of
the okra and 4 great deal of the pars-
ley, mustard and spinach. Radish is
grown to some extent especially about
Philadelphia, but many dealers do not
consider American seed, at least of the
small early sorts, equal TO the best i'm
ported Many other kinds are raised in
a small way, but growers cannot com
pete with the cheaper imported seed.
mand for cheap seeds, and low grades
of many sorts can be imported more
profitably than they can be produced
by the American grower. Garden seeds
are grown in most of the northern and
western states and a few in the south.
Many kinds are largely produced in
certain favorable sections, as beans in
New York state, cabbage on Long Is
land, peas in Canada, Michigan and
Wisconsin; vine seeds in Nebraska and
onion, lettuce and sweet peas in Cali
fornia.
The value of n locality for seed grow
ing depends upon favorable soil and eli
matte conditions and upon the supply
of cheap labor at harvest time. Lack
of labor often prevents the profitable
culture of seed in places where condi-
tions Of soil and climate are favorable.
In general ii is the practice of the
seed trade to grow plants for seed pur-
poses where the product attains the
greatest degree of perfection. Seeds
men know wkere TO look for the best
seed as well as for the cheap grades.
and when they have a discriminating
trade they do not handle seed of ques-
tionable pedigree. Certain localities
are specially adapted to certain varie-
ties Onion seed grown in Southport,
Conn, tends to produce round bulbs,
while that grown at Wethersfield, in
the same state, produces fiat ones.
A source of loss to seed growers is
the destruction of plants not true to
type When seeds are carefully grown,
the fields are 'rogued" 50 that only
plants showing the characteristics of
the variety are left. The remainder,
no matter how good they may be other
wise, are discarded. This is source
of loss, and when seeds are grown
cheaply it is avoided by permitting ev-
cry plant to produce seed. The poorest
plants, as they come nearest the wild
type, will usually yield the most seed,
but these seeds will in turn produce
plants that will disappoint the most
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-07

In these modern days the front door
of the White House is not locked at
night. Practically no doors are locked.
and If the steward should look around
for keys he would probably not find
half of those formerly in use. Big po-
licemen are about the only doors at the
executive mansion. They guard the
main doors at all hours Of day and
night, and there is no need TO close and
lock the inner doors. Before President
Lincoln's time policemen were rare at
the presidents home. and when all the
clerks and servants had gone home at
night the housekeeper went around
and carefully locked all the doors in
side and outside except to rooms occu-
pied by those going in and coming out.
Washington Star.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-07

heat little or not at all. If it heats per-
ceptibly. il indicates 4 considerable per
centaSe Of infestaticn, and bisulphide
Of carbon should be used at once at the
rate Of one dram per cubic foot or one
pound for 2JG cubic feet of bin space
Place the liquid in shallow plates on
top of the grain, cover with boards,
canvas or any other tight material and
allow to remain covered at least -
hours. II none of the grain is 70 he
used for seed. leave it covered IS hours
or more 1t will not harm the grain
for food. but may destroy the germi-
mating power. After it is treated keep
it covered to prevent access of moths.
Have all barns or storehouses com
pletely freed from all exposed or scat
tered grain by April 1. What is in
stock should be in bags or in tight
bins, kept closed until put to actual
use. Bring in chickens to pick UP ell
scattered grain. and make sure you
have no stock from which moths can
emerge 10 get into the new wheat Es-
pecially let chickens work over places
where grain has been in shock.
This point is of supreme Importance,
because il no moths are allowed TO de-
velop in the spring the fields cannot be
much infested before harvest and pro-
ceeding then under the first recom-
mendation will give practical exemp-
ton from injury next year. If, on the
contrary, infested grain should be left
in barns, exposed or scattered about,
the chances are that the infestation
will be as great or greater than this
year. Therefore use up or put under
cover every kernel of this years crop
of wheat before April 1.
Infested grain may be fed to chick
ems and, if not too bad, to stock. If
very bad, horses and cattle will refuse
it and should not be urged to eat Hogs
and fowls are used to dealing with
food of this kind.
Bisulphide of carbon is very int1am-
mable and should be used with that
fact in mind. The vapor given off by
it is heavier than air; hence when
evaporated on the surface it sinks
through the grain to the bottom, killing
everything in its way. 1t will grad
ually work out through cracks or open
ings Mt or near the bottom or which
may be provided by boring just above
the bottom board auger holes that can
be closed with corks after the vapor is
all out
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-07
Sunny Rooms.

1t is said to be true that In all hospi-
tails those rooms facing the sun have
fewer deaths, other things being equal,
than those which are on the shady side
Of the house. Likewise statistics, where
they have been kept, prove that the av-
erage time for a recovery Is much less
in sunny room than in shady one.
From these facts and from the fact
that the tendency toward illness has
proved greater on the shady side or
buildings, like prisons and asylums, 1t
follows that light is second only in i'm
portance to fresh air. A dark room Is
nearly but not quite so bad as close
room. In the case of sickness the sick
room should be the sunniest one the
house affords.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-07
So 1t WINS.

Mamma, come quickl The eatsup
on the shelf"
"Drat that cat! I'll make fiddle
strings of her in no time IL / lay my
hands on her! She's forever into some
thing" and the enraged materfamilias
vigorously pounded her way into the
pantry.
"Where Is she, Tommy? 1 don't see
her"
"See whop
"Why, you said the cat was on the
shelf"
'T never said there was a cat on the
shelf"
ayes, you did. You said. 'The's cats
up ON the shelf"
$50 ! did, and l say it yet. The cat
sup on the shelf right before your eyes.
Don't you see it? There In that old
wine bottle" and he quietly but very
swiftly lodged out into the Kitchen
Pearson's Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-07
KISSES.

with little kisses shut yorr eyes;
would not have them sesing and wise.
Fer. could choose. would have you be
Blind ever. now. when you look on mel
A wreath OF kisses to crown ycur head,
That the whole worlds Crown should adorn In
stead,
To keep your thought Of me ever kind,
As now when your darling eyes are blind
In each OF your hands shut kiss
Do YOU feel how soft and little il isf
So hold it gently that it may live.
Lost your hands ask more than my hands can give
A kiss for an earring in each dear car,
And now when speak you can only hear
The heart Of r.y hearts heart laugh and cry,
Not the foolish words it is stihed by.
\ kiss on your mouth, and it bears no charm
TO bring you to good. TO keep you from harm;
1t has 10 mission, yet let it be;
The rest were for you, but this is for me!
Pail Mall Gazette.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-07
The Gaming Reef AnimnI.

We are becoming a nation of beef
aristocrats, and we are not willing to
put up with the quality of beef which
was provided ten years ago by our To-
cal butchers. This change of tastes
has been brought about largely through
the better methods of feeding cattle as
now practiced in the great grain grow
Ing states. Not only is this true of our
1wn people, but also in the foreign
markets where our beef products are
sold Likely there will always be n
limited demand for special purposes,
for canned beef. which will consume a
large part OF the inferior grades of beef
which finds its way to our principal
markets, but the general public, those
who are beef consumers of today and
those who buy small supplies from day
to day, are becoming a little more fas-
tidious, and there is just discrimina-
ton between the good and the inferior
sorts and the poorly fed and the well
fed animal. The ideal animal of the
future viii not be one with prepon-
derance of fat. 1t must be one or
rather matured beef, nicely grained
and of sufficient solidlty to give sub
stance to the carcass.-Prairie Farmer.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-07
UNCLE SANS SPOTTERS.
Especially the Man In Europe Who
Looks Out For SmuggIers.

Especially the Man In Europe Who
Looks Out For SmuggIers.
"Uncle Sans large and well organ
lied secret service" says S. II. Adams
in Ainslee's, sis made up mostly of
men who come properly under the
head of detectives with police powers,
but it has its class of bona fide spot
ters, whose entire duty 1t is to ingrati-
ate themselves with persons suspected
of having designs to evade the custom
house duties and to warn the baggage
inspectors at this end of the impend-
ing swindle.
"In cleverness, address and adapta-
bility the secret service spotter is easi-
ly at the head of his profession and
even ranks with the trained experts OF
the European diplomatic corps. 1t is
essential that he should be a man of
the world, for he must associate with
all kinds Of people on equal terms. He
has no fixed abode, but lives in va
rious European capitals when he is
not on shipboard. where he is much Of
the time He must never let himself
be in the slightest degree suspected.
There is always a number of these
agents in Paris, because Of the great
American trade there. They live at
the fashionable hotels and live the life
apparently of faneurs and boulevar-
diers. In all lines of trade that concern
dutiable goods they are experts, and
no large purchase by an American in
Paris is unknown to them. Their cir
Gle of acquaintance is enormous, but
nobody knows them for what they are.
In one way or another they contrive
, to make the acquaintance of any per-
son whom they suspect and unostenta-
tiously but unremittingly trail him.
"Many O. time some man who has
made n heavy purchase Of diamonds
or laces and so disposed them that
he felt sure of being able to get them
through the port undiscovered has
been passed on the dock by a chance
acquaintance of the voyage over who.
unseen, presses little note into the
hand of the customs inspector. That
note tells all that the willy smuggler
would wish to keep secret, and his
baggage is mercilessly ransacked until
the hidden articles are brought to
light. He has been followed over by
the spotter Men employed in this line
get good pay-as high as $40 a day
but it costs them much to live In the
manner In which they must main-
tain themselves"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-07
THE COMMUTER.
How He Spends His Hours of Daily
Railroad Travelling.

The much abused suburbanites,
whom the cartoonists picture as COM
ing to the city every morning from
'Lonesomehurst," Lost Mans Lane,
"Prunehurst-by- -the-Trolley" and other
places with equally suggestive names,
are an interesting class of individ-
uals. The transient element OF the
city's population spends several hours
every day whirling over the railroads.
When the novelty of these daily bits
of railroading has passed into the
monotony OF years of travel through
the same country the commuter has
learned to make the best OF the time
he spends on the train.
The "card fiend' Is prominent fig
ure in this class. Both morning and
evening four or five games of cards
are going on In every smoking car, and
Il Is safe to say that thousands of dol
lars change hands in this innocent
amusement while the players are hur-
rying to or from business.
Next to the card sharp" is the man
who only enjoys his cigar and paper.
He is oblivious TO all his surround
ings and only shows animation when
he is at his journeys end.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-07
COLOR OF GOLD COINS.
Reasons For Differences In Tint ei
Coins of French MintaEe.

Reasons For Differences In Tint of
Coins of French MintaEe.
Some time ago a Frenchman placed
together n number of gold coins Of
French mintage of the beginning, mid
die and end of the last century. He
YVES much surprised to see that they
differed in color. He set about finding
out the reasons for this difference, and
the results of his Investigations have
been published In La Nature.
There Is n paleness about the yellow
of the 10 and 20 franc pieces which
bear the efFigies of Napoleon / and
Louis XVIII that is not observed in
the goldpieces of later mintage. One
admirer of these coins speaks of their
color as beautiful paleness" and ex-
presses regret that it is lacking in later
coins. The explanation Of 1t is very
simple. The alloy that entered into the
French gold coins of those days con-
tanned rs much silver as copper, and 1t
was the silver that gave the coins their
interesting paleness.
The coins of the era Of Napoleon III
were more golden In hue. The silver
had been taken out os the alloy.
The gold coins of today have n still
warmer and deeper tinge of yellow.
This is because the Paris mint, as well
as that in London, melts the gold and
the copper alloy in hermetically sealed
boxes. which prevents the copper from
being somewhat bleached, as 1t always
is when 1t is attacked by hot air. So
the present coins have the full warm
ness of tint that a copper alloy can
give.
If the coins Of today are not so hand
some in the opinion of amateur collect
ors as those issued by the first Napo-
leon. they are superior to those of Ell
ther of the Napoleons in the fact that
1t costs less to make them. The double
operation of the oxidation Of the copper
and cleaning it off the surface of the
coin with acids is no longer employed,
and the large elimination of copper
from the surface of the coins, formerly
practiced, made them less resistant un-
der wear and tear than are the coins
now In circulation.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-07
A NEAT bee FEEDER.

vantage. Such feeding has to be done
every day and in small doses, and the
feeder that admits this kind of feed
ing without opening hives and disturb
ing bees, it would seem, would at once
find favor among beekeepers. An
American Bee Journal correspondent
presents a drawing of feeder design
ed to. serve this purpose. 1t is a shall
low tin box about four inches in diane
ter. The bottom is removable and per-
forated. The long spout is to reach
clear to the outside of the hive. This
feeder is tucked away under the cush-
ion Immediately over the cluster Of
bees, the spout running to the outside,
either at, the rear or side of the hive.
The filling is done by the help of lit
tie funnel with an elbow to it, As soon
as the feed is poured in the spout must
be closed with tight fitting cork.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-07
THE CENSUS OF 1890.
United States Population Then Was
Less Than 100000.

Less Than 100000.
When the first census Of the United
States was taken in 1900, there were 16
states and the southwest and north
west territories. The returns fixed the
population at 3,929,214, while those Of
1900 give over 76,O00,000, a fourteen
fold growth in 10 years.
In the first census nothing was
sought but the number Of inhabitants,
and the task was assigned to United
States marshals, who performed the
work for several censuses. In the CEN
sus library is a record of the first CEN
sus. which shows that the census OF
1870 was ordered In March and COM
pleted by October, 1901, a very credita-
BILE showing when the difficulty of COM
munication Is considered. The popula-
tion was divided into five classes-free
white males of 10 years and upward,
including heads of families; free white
females, including heads OF families;
free white males under 10 years, other
persons, slaves. Fourteen enumeration
districts were mapped out OF the 10
states and the population of the towns,
counties and states given. All of the
states except Maine and Massachusetts
had slaves. Virginia led with popu-
lation of 747,610 whites and $4,000
slaves. North Carolina was second,
with 393, ,751 whites and 100000 slaves.
Maryland had n population Of 422,756,
Of which 3,036 were slaves. The slave
population of the northern states Is
given as follows:
New Hampshire, 15s; Rhode Island,
D4S; Connecticut, 2,764; New York, 21,-
324; New Jersey, IL, ,423; Pennsylvania,
3,237; Delaware, S,SS7; Vermont, 16.
The population OF the southwest ter
ritory was 35,691 whites and 3,417
slaves.
The record is full OF errors In calcula-
ton and addition. but is interesting In
showing how the population has In
creased and how the art of census TAX
ing has developed with the population.
Baltimore Sun.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-07
No. 10

Many of the policies and plans Of
some of this city's most successful
business men have been born or de-
veloped on these trains. The short
respite between the hustle of the city
and the cares of home life is to this
type of man season for meditation.
Another interesting commuter is the
individual whe is on good terms with
all his fellows. He travels up and
down through the car exercising his
repertory Of latest jokes or sympa-
thiZing with some gloomy looking
friend who thinks that all the world
is against him. He seems to never
grow weary in his well doing.
The train life of the commuter is now
and then enlivened by wrecks. Though
tossed about and sometimes cut and
bruised. he generally escapes serious
injury. Such experiences as these he
considers the spice and coloring of his
existence.-New York Mail and Ex-
press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-07
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SEED GROWING.
Varieties Largely Produced In Diff

Varieties Largely Produced In Diff
ferent Sections of the Country.
The United States raises practically
all its bean and most of its cabbage
seed, the best being grown on Long
Island. while the cheaper trade is sup
Piled from abroad or from sections of
this country where the seed can be
grown cheaply. Carrot seed is largely
grown, some of it in California. but
the best is imported or grown in New
England. The latter costs the most,
though many dealers claim there is no
difference in quality, but one authority
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-07
ANGOUMOIS GRAIN MOTH.
How to Treat wheat In Bin or sacl

How to Treat Wheat In Bin or Sack
and stamp out All Infcstntion.
The angoumois grain moth has done
so much injury to stacked, moved and
stored wheat in New Jersey that DIR.
John r. Smith OF the state station has
recommended remedial and preventive
measures which are here enumerated.
The time for some Of them is past, 9th
ers can yet be carried out, and all are
worth knowing in view Of their value
for future contingencies:
Thrash as soon after harvest as pos
Eible and store in tight bins or good
sacks If the grain Is dry when har-
vested, 1t may be thrashed at once and
sacked: If not. thrash as soon as it is
in good condition. If the sacked grain
Is infested, there viii not be wOrmy
kernels sufficient to heat the grain. The
moths. when adult, cannot make their
way out and are stihed. Nothing can
come in from outside. and the grain re-
mains safe thereafter Besides, the
thrashing itself kills many of the in
sects and rubs or many Of the eggs. If
binned. the bins should be tight, and
the grain should be tested from time
10 time TO note any appreeiable heating.
If it is only slightly infested, it viii
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-07
Don't ne spnrrns of Your Love

The power of love is one Of the great
est gifts to humanity. II generates the
sunshine of the moral universe, with
put which life would be desert waste.
Use this divine power without stint.
Be prodigal Of your love. Let 1t radi-
ate freely. 1t will brighten the dark
places. 1t will gladden. the sorrowing.
II will lift you above the petty. grind
ing cares that so soon corrode the mind
and sap the energies. 1t Is the golden
key that will admit you to the palace
Of the true llfe.-Success.