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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-28
QUAINT COLONIAL NAMES.
How the Offspring of Our First Colo
nists Were Christened.

How the Offspring of Our First Colo
nists Were Christened.
1t is an interesting study to trace the
underlying reason for many of the Gu
rious names which are given to the off
spring of the first colonists. Parents
searched for names of deep signifi-
cance-for names appropriate to con-
ditions, for those of profound infiu-
ence presumably on the child's life.
The Rev. Richard Buck, one Of the
early parsons in Virginia, in days Of
deep depression, named his first child
Mara This text indicates the reason
for his choice: "Call me Mara, for the
Almighty has dealt very bitterly with
me. l went out full, and the Lord has
brought me home empty" His second
child was christened Gershom = for
Moses wife "bare him son and called
his name Gershom, for he said have
been in strange land"
Many names have a pathos and sad
ness which can be felt down through
the centuries. Dame Dinely, widow of
a doctor, or barber surgeon, who had
died in I'll - snow while striving to visit
a distant patient, named her poor babe
Fathergone.
The children of Roger Clapp were
named Experience, Waitstill, Preserv-
ed, Hopestill, Wait, Thanks, Decide,
Unite and Supply. Madam Austin, an
early settler of old Narragansett, had
15 children. Their names were Parvis,
Picus, Piersus, Prisemus, Polybius,
Lois, Lettice, Avis, Anstice, Eunice,
Mary, John, Elizabeth, Ruth, Freelove.
All lived to be threescore and ten, one
to be 102 years old. Edward Bendalps
children were named Truegrace, Re
form, Hoped For, More Mercy and Re
store. Richard Gridleys offspring
were Return, Believe and Tremble.-
"Child Life In Colonial Days."
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-28

purity old. and your second wife will
make fun of 'em, but don't want you
to let her use 'em fur mop rags. 1t
would be jest like her. but if you don't
want 20 save 'em TO remember me by
then you kin bundle 'em up and drop
'em IN the pigpen Stand up fur me
that much anyhow. won't you. even il
| heyen't got but three teeth left?"
Mr.. Gallup woke up and sat up. sur
prised that he had been asleep. He
saw Mrs. Gallup before him, and he
saw that she was weeping, but he
picked up his pipe. stood on his feet
stretched and yawned and then went
out to fasten the kitchen door. wind
up the clock and 20 TO bed. She wait
ed for awhile. hoping he would look at
or speak to her. but as he did neither
before vanishing into the family bed
room as if she did not exist she sud-
denly dried her>tears and put the per-
ishing business afar or Following
him Up after moment. she threw
quite note of cheerfulness into her
voice as she said:
IF it's Il good day fur it tomorrer,
Samuel, | think I'll start in and make
some more soft soap" NJ. QUAD.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-28
Fooled His Doctor.

The late Rev. H. r. Haweis, who
was equally notable as preacher, jour
nalist, lecturer and musician, suffered
from a dangerous hip disease when a
boy of 0. The celebrated Sir Benjamin
Brodie, who was asked if change of
scene would benefit the afflicted youth
answered, "Take him anywhere - it
does not matter"
Haweis lived to laugh at his doctor,
and half a century later, after life of
exceptional industry, he was in vigor-
Gus health.-New York World.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-28
A sxmpnfhetic Memory.

In a western Massachusetts town
lives a young woman who is blessed
with both discrimination and tact.
The first of these admirable qualities
she has displayed by her two mar
riages. Her first husband was minis
ter, most delightful man. He d'ed,
and after a lapse of five or six years
she was united to his only brother, who
was a successful lawyer in New York.
On her library desk stands picture
of the first partner Of her joys and sor-
rows, and one day curious caller ask
ed whom the photograph represented
"That." said the hostess, with eyl-
&c; emotion, sis picture Of my hus-
ba.-,.s brother, who died eight years
ago and who was very dear to US
oth."-Youth's Companion.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-28
THE DRuMHEAD BUSINESS.
A Hinge Long Island Industry which

frOspers Dy war
Few people know that more than halt
the banjo and drum heads sold in the
United States are made on Long Is
land. Near the railroad station at
Cold Spring Is little red building sur
rounded by frames. in which skins are
stretched for drying, while near by is
ON artificial pond, with wooden sides
and bottom. filed with a chemical mix
ture. 1t is an unpretentious establish
nent. but in our two wars and in the
peace between it has fathered a great
deal of noise. The business was estab-
lished in 1S60, and success was almost
immediate. Competition was strong
after the rush of war orders was over,
but the business has advanced in inn
portance until now there are but three
factories in this country whose opposi-
tion can be felt. Two of these are in
Brooklyn and the other at High View,
NY.
New York markets furnish the salt
ed raw skins from which the drum
heads are made. The hair is removed
from the skins by chemical bath in
the artificial pond, and the skins are
then stretched ON the racks and dried.
\ thorough scraping removes any par
ticles of fat or flesh that may have
adhered to the dried skin, which is
then the thickness of parchment. The
skins are thoroughly bleached in the
drying process and are then ready for
cutting into heads. During the Span
ish-American war the factory was fair
ly swamped with orders for drum
heads, 500 dozen heads often being or
dered at one time. The principal de-
mand was for the "tenor" drum, on
which a loud accompaniment to the
fife or bass instrument can be pro-
duced.
Kangaroo skins make the costliest
drumheads. When dressed, they are
snowy, but beyond their appearance
and name they are of no greater value
than heads made from calfskin. Sheep
skin is used for cheap toy drums.-New
n.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-28
The Txxn cIes

"The performance reaches the high
est pinnacle of dramatic wit" wrote
the press agent.
isn't that rather a strong state
ment?" asked the dramatic editor.
"Oh, no! We are getting So for gen.
eral admission"
Alas, it is sometimes true that we
mistake the pinnacle of price for the
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-28
q uarY.

Elsie-Mamma, there's a funny old
man in this Pickwick book that's al
ways telling his son to beware of the
widows. Why is that?
Mamma-Well, widow is supposed
to be skillful in catching a husband.
Elsie-Gracious, l wonder if I'll
have to be widow before l can get
married ed.-phiIadelphia Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-28
ROeutCen Rays.


bought patent camera little while ago.
About it I'll history relate.
It's small, compact and portable and fitted with,
you know.
The very last improvements up to date.
1t photographs object in box, SO it is said,
And in your hand it shows the bones and veins,
But when | tried developing the brains inside my
head
A negative rewarded all my pains.
used to live in lodgings but they proved SO very
dear
That now l am residing in a fat
For my spirits and tobacco would often disappear;
My landlady declared it was the cat.
l thought it strange the cat should have so queer
appetite,
But snapped the gentle feline all the same,
And then l took a snap shot at the landlady one
night
And found-the cat was not the one to blame.
l loved maiden madly for month or even more,
And then I thought it best for US to part;
l photographed the darling, whom to wed l rashly
swore,
But found. alas, she had not got heart.
Said /, "'Twere best to leave thee but she an
swered sharp and short,
"a lesson, sir, to you mean to teach"
She turned away and left me, but photographed
her thought
And found she meant to have me up for
''breacb'
We had paying guest who staid with us FIVE
months or six,
But who had never paid single cent;
/ photographed his boxes, which were full OF
straw and bricks,
And now my lawyers suing him for rent.
l snapped at my solicitor, but found to my dismay
His mind was only bent getting fees.
He didn't get that rent, and yet his costs had
TO Fay,
Which made me feel extremely i'll at ease.
/ went into coffee shop. and there ordered tea,
A meal do not often patronize;
/ felt a little hungry, SO thought that it would
be
good idea to have an egg likewise
They told me they had got some which were
fresh and newly laid,
And so they may have been year ago;
The specimen they brought me l ''kodaked" be-
fore l paid,
And then the bird inside commenced to crow.
-pirk-M -Ma-IIp
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-28
BE 4 Mnn First of ALL

Quite beneath all discussion of cleo
tive3 and vocations, as whether l Will
be an engineer or clergyman, is the
certainty, for every youth who would
be truly successful, that he must be Il
man; that he ought to be full grown
man." as the old version read squarely
and none too strongly; to be a perfect
man."-SucceS@.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-28
On Second Thought Less vicious

On Second Thought Less Vicious.
a henpecked man being told that an
old acquaintance was married, ex-
claimed, II am glad to hear it."
But, rejecting a moment, he added,
in tone of compassion and forgive
ness, And yet l don't know why l
should be; he never did me any harm"
--n'i- Insss.
= = - - -
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-28
She COuIdn't Lose.

Heads | win, taels you lose" chuc-
kled the dowager empress as she or
dered the decapitation of another batch
of her subjects for the confscation of
their roperty.-Chicago Evening Post.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-28
A RendY Reference.

"Expugnr' roared the Boston general.
There came a strange rustling noise.
''Is that the biograph peopleT asked
the commander.
NO" responded the captain; that
is our men searching their pocket die
tionaries for the word 'expugn.' Chi
cago News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-28
why They Didn't Complain

Miss Crochet-I saw you at my song
recital last evening. wonder if those
people in the back seats made any com
plaint l am sure they couldn't have
heard me.
Miss Teller-No, 1 heard no COM
plaint. 1t is true, however, as you sup
posed, they couldn't hear note.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-28
Generous.

"What's your fare?" asked old Flint
skin of his cabby the other day and
was met with the stereotyped reply:
"Well. sir, / will leave that to you"
'Thank you; you're very kind" said
old f., buttoning up his pockets and
walking off. you're the first person
who ever left me anything yet."-Lon-
don Fun. r
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-28
MRS. GALLUP'S WOES.
WHILE WASHING DISHES SHE GETS
ANOTHEs- SUMMONS.
On This Occasion She Has Only Rn
Hour Longer to Live and Puts In
[copyright, 1901, by c. D. Lewis ]

copyright, 1901, by c. B. Lewis.l
Mr.. Gallup had lain down on the
lounge after supper to smoke n pipe,
and as Mrs. Gallup cleared off the table
and washed the dishes she sang "Wea-
ry Souls" at the top of her voice and in
high spirits. 1t might possibly have
been her singing which finally lulled
Mr.. Gallup to sleep and dropped the
pipe from his mouth TO the floor, al
though it had never done it before. He
was gently snooZing when Mrs. Gallup
appeared with hands pressed to her
heart and wabble to her gait and,
sinking into a chair, she gasped:
samuel Gallup, l shall be as dead as
a crowbar in less'n an hour, and you'd
better git up and give me a last en-
brace"
Mr. Gallup gurgled in his throat as
he slept, and without seeming to notice
his condition she continued:
"Yes, Samuel, I've got my summons.
I was putin away the last dish when
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-28
ThriffH.

A Canadian minister had just mar
ried a couple. The registers were
signed, and nothing remained but the
giving and taking of the fee. The
bridegroom, strapping young fellow,
asked:
"How much is it,"
The parson glanced at the smiling
bride and slyly answered.:
whatever you think it is worth"
Now, it should have been worth a
great deal, for the girl was young and
pretty.
81 reckon it's worth about shil-
lings," said the swain, holding out two
half crowns.
The clergyman looked blankly at the
coins, then turned to the fair one.
"I'll leave it to you, madam" he said.
"What do you think it's worth"
What did this young and blushing
bride do? She reached out, took the
coins, handed one half crown to the
minister and put the other into her
pocket!
"a thrifty wife," said the minister,
with 4 sigh,- sis her husbands crown"
Perhaps he ought to have said half
crown.-London Tit-Bits.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-28
UNAWARES.

A song welled up in the singers heart
Q-ike a song in the throat Of a bird),
And loud he sang, and far it rang,
For his heart was strangely stirred,
And he sang for the very JOY Of song,
With no thought Of one who heard
Within the listeners wayward soul
heavenly patience grew;
He fared on his way with benson
On the singer, who never knew
How the careless song Of an idle hour
Had shaped 4 life anew.
Alice Williams Brotherton in Poets and Poetry
OF Indiana"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-28
Rest Your Eyes.

The moment you are instinctively in
inclined to rub the eyes that moment
cease to use them; also it is time to
give your eyes a rest when you become
sensible Of an effort to distinguish.
Cold water is about the safest applica-
ton for inflamed eyes. Never sleep SO
that on awakening the eyes shall open
on the light of a window. Never read
or sew directly in front Of the light Of
n window, the better light being that
that comes from above or obliquely or
over the left shoulder. Too much light
IS an evil, Just as is scant light. 1t Gre
1tes a glare that pains and confuses
The sight
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-28
RansominE the Dead.

In medieval times not only were llv-
ing prisoners ransomed by their friends,
but a ransom was demanded even for
the bodies of those slain in action.
An Alternative.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1901-03-28

bought a patent camera a little while ago.
About it I'll history relate.
It's small, compact and portable and fitted with,
Won know
New Ulm review., 1901-04-24
HINT FOR DAIRYMEN.
How to Make Barrel Churn That
Will Do All the Butter-Making
on the Average Farm.

An impr ovised barrel churn may be
made in a simple way, as illustrated:
Make the piece (a) from piece of old
wagon tire five inches long. On each
end weld a block nut one-half inch
thick and 11s inches square. Make a
one-half-inch round hole through one
end and a square hole the size of the
churn axle through the other end.
The piece b is made of an old piece of
buggy tire seven inches long; on one
end weld a crank pin seven-sixteenths
inch in diameter and long enough to
extend through one end Of a to re-
ceive the key. On the opposite end a
New Ulm review., 1901-04-24
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MODEL COW STABLES.
Supplied with an Approved Sys-
tenn of Ventilation.

Mr.. II. E. Cook, of Denmark, N. Y,
is one OF the conductors of the New
York Institutes. He has given much
study to barn building and ventilation.
He keeps on his farms in northern New
York about 100 COWS. Wishing to build
new barns on the most up to date and
improved principles, he Investigated
all the best plans for barns and sys-
tenn of ventilation, and then built a
barn which he finds satisfactory in
every way, and is thus well equipped
to discuss the subject, and the follow
ing are some of the points he makes
in his address on "Barn Building and
Barn Ventilation" at the Institutes:
A few years ago, before farmers be-
gan to build warm stables, when the
most of the stables were so open that
there was always plenty of pure air
for the cattle, we heard but little
about tuberculosis. Farmers began
to build stables that were very tight
and warm, but they gave little atten
ton to the subject of ventilation, and
the result of close confinement of cat
New Ulm review., 1901-04-24
DEPENDS ON THE MAN.
Nothing Enables a Dairy Farmer to
Create a Private Butter Market
But Attention to Details,

The farmer who wishes to make
butter at home must pick up a route
and retail his own butter, as he will
find that the stores don't want it and
won't handle it. They can get cream
cry butter that is reasonably uni
form, and will give them less trouble
than trying to handle butter made by
Tom, Dick and Harry. Even the care
full private dairyman is at disad-
vantage unless he has regular private
customers. To-day one farmer told
US: II am using a separator and take
great care to have every ything neat
and clean, and do make frst-class
butter, but can't sell it a* any of the
stores. The creamery near us only
averages 16 cents per pound for but
ter fat, and we can't make anything
at that price, but their butter always
sells and ours won't. We dropped out
because we got discouraged trying to
give them clean good cream, while
there were lots of patrons who took
no care of their milk and were very
dirty" This man acted discouraged
and wanted to sell some of his cows.
His only hope is to work up a private
trade. One man from a neighboring
town recently brought in a lot of
his own butter, and canvassed the
stores, but couldn't sell a pound, or
hardly get an offer. He was discour-
aged, but he has a reputation for not
being neat. A near neighbor of the
latter brings in weekly what so good
cows make, and has a steady trade at
25 cents in summer and 80 cents in
winter. He also sells chickens, eggs,
apples and beef. He makes good but
ter, is neat, and believe is prosper.
ing. It all depends on the man.
Rural New Yorker.
New Ulm review., 1901-04-24

Mrs. Edward Stevens, of Carthage,
n. Y, writes as follows:
Il now take pleasure in notifying
you that my husband has entirely re-
covered from catarrh. He is we'll
man to-day, thanks to you and Peruna
He took six bottles of your medicine
as directed, and it proved to be just
the thing for him. His appetite is
good and every thing he eats seems to
agree with him. His cough has left
him and he is gaining in flesh, and
seems to be well every way. I hope
others will try your medicine and re-
ceive the bene it's that we have.''- Mrs.
Edward Stevens.
When the catarrh reaches the throat
it is called tonsilitis, or 1aryngitis.
Catarrh of the bronchial tubes is
called bronchitis; catarrh of the lungs,
consumption. Any internal remedy
New Ulm review., 1901-04-24

tie in poorly ventilated stables has
been cattle diseases, and no doubt is
one of the causes of tuberculosis,
which has destroyed many herds in
this state. Much of the poor milk
which goes to the creameries is caused
by the conditions in the stable.
The best material with which to build
stable is pine lumber. [ would not
build stone stable. They are often
damp. L would use matched lumber
for the walls of the stable, putting it
on both sides of the studding so as to
make deadair space. I would build
the stable only nine feet high, and so
keep the warm air down where the
cows are; 500 cubic feet of space is
sufficient for each animal if the stable
is well ventilated.
You can build cement floor as
cheap as you can build plank floor,
and it is much more durable You
can have plank for the cattle to lie
on if you wish. For the foundation
of the cement floor nothing is better
than cobbles, or small stones, grout-
ed. For the top layer use Portland
cement and sand in proportions of
two to one. Be sure the sand is clean
and sharp. Make the top layer about
two inches thick, and do not make it
too smooth. r..
The King system of ventilation is
now acknowledged to be the best, and
is explained by the cut.
The outlake fues are &c CO with an
o+
or some means of opening and clos
ing. The fues have their opening
about IS inches from the floor, pro-
vided with a damper one on each
side, passing up through the ceiling
and out at the highest point of the
barn. They can be built of wood or
galvanized iron. Wood is preferable
on account of being a nonconductor
of heat.
They must be tight and thoroughly
insulated in order to maintain a tenn
perature Of the air high enough to
prevent condensation. One fue, one
foot by two feet inside measure, will
be necessary for every 10 to 12 cows
The intake fue 'E F. as shown with
an opening at ''A,' with the outlet
at B, need not be over six or seven
inches in diameter, and is also pro-
vided with dampers. No definite rule
can be given for the number, as much
will depend upon openings near the
doors of the barns.
For the best results the stable
should be ceiled with matched lumber
as closely as a living room, and then
provide all fresh air through these
intake flues. Usually, under these
conditions, two of these small intakes
should be provided for each large
outtake fue.-Ohio Farmer.
New Ulm review., 1901-04-24
Sensible Method of Dairyins

At recent farmers institute at
Knapp, Wis, one of the points
brought out was that the most profit
able method of dairying in Wisconsin
is for farmers to procure. small sep
arators, separate their cream by
tread-mill power at home, preserve
the cream from day to day in re
frigerators, and deliver it to- the
factory once or twice a week. A
factory for this work can be con
structed very cheaply without any
separating machinery, and the farm
er not only saves the expense of de
livering the milk daily, but has the
warm skim milk to feed.
New Ulm review., 1901-04-24

piece is welded and shaped so as to
make a fork, as illustrated. The fork
should be inches long and l, inch
wide. Two braces, shaped as at c,
made of buggy tire and put on the
churn frame with screws, will make
the churn more rigid. A lever is made
of hard wood inch thick by u inches
wide and 31a feet long. Bolt lower
end to base of churn frame. Remove
crank from churn and put the piece
(a) IN its place, attach b to a by put
ting the crank pin through the round
hole IN and fasten by spring key.
Slip lever into fork (b) and insert
board that will fit loosely through
both fork and lever. The hole in lever
should be the same height as churn
axle. Put on the braces and YOU have
an improved barrel churn.-C. F.
Spicer, in Farm and Home,
New Ulm review., 1901-04-24
PRACTICAL DAIRY DOTS.

The good cow is a comparatiyely
lean one.
Breed is well enough, but it will
take feed to show what there is in
the breed.
In the dairy generally large yields
per animal means less cost in maxi
ing them.
Good and regular milking is of the
utmost Importance. as it develops the
milk-secreting organs.
Concentrate your efforts on a small
area, thus economizing material and
stock, as we'll as labor.
The all-the-year-round COW is tbe
paying cow, and the real dairy cows
tend in that direction.
The chief advantages of the cream
cry system are cheapness of product
from the saving of labor.
The function of milk-giving is
maternity and the mother needs
shelter, warmth and comfort.
Moderate exercise is necessary to
maintain health and has stimulat-
ing effect on milk production.
One reason why so little is made
out of poultry is because so little eff
fort is made to. improve the stock.
The dairy farmer should own the
best land, milk the best sows, hire the
best hands and make the best profit.
The churn should never be filed
more than half full and then if the
temperature is right it will churn
easily.
It is very important that milk or
cream is not exposed to anything
which would contaninate it by alb
sorption.
Butter viii come much quicker
sometimes than Others. due generally
to a difference in tennperat ture; use a
good thermometer. Rural World.
New Ulm review., 1901-04-24
Plant a PLOT OF Cow Reets.

think many farmers, and particu-
larly those who have no silo, lose a
great opportunity in failing to plant a
field or plot of COW beets.. On good
land it is easy to grow - to Is tons per
acre. These roots will keep without
any trouble in any cellar or FROST
proof basement, and prove n great ad-
dition to the winter food for cattle
and hogs. In no other way have we
ever beer enabled to winter brood
sows at so little cost. In March we
were feeding a bushel per day to our
six calves and hey appeared to thrive
with little or no grain. Midland
Farmer.