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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-20

The human nose Is an apologetic
pifnple compared with the magnificent
organ of the horse or dog. Our sense
of smell is. when contrasted with our
sight and hearing, singularly undis-
eliminating. We can arrange sounds
into series; we know E is between ID
and F; we appreciate Octayes and har-
monies. Similarly we can put the col
ors into order. decide upon the amount
of blue in purple and get almost to
emotion at the sight of white star in
the blue of a summer twilight or of
the amber sunlight glinting between
the blades of glass.
But this serial arrangement, this
sorting and selective choice, is entire
ly beyond our rudimentary senses of
smell. To US the idea of the scent Of
the violet being rich harmony or the
suggestion that the frying of onions is
a discord or that patchouli and the new
mown hay are pleasant things in diff
ferent times and keys sounds utter
nonsense. Our noses are entirely too
dull to effect the analysis necessary
before scents can be distinguished as
complex and sorted and recombined so
as to be made an aesthetic pleasure
London Globe
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-20

sized pieces with sharp edges, which
does not digest as readily and easily
as finely pulverized feed, such as old
mill stones or the roller mills make. A
very simple mill can be made with roll
ers that will not cost any more than
the common farm grinder and still do
practical work. | had one constructed
which l used some time ago, writes an
American AgricultCrist correspondent.
The rollers were composed of two
inch pipe, and gearing was used from
an old mower. These rollers were a
little too small but it did good work.
1t was run by four horsepower. The
rollers should be six inches in diameter
and from eight to twenty inches long,
according to the amount of power at
hand and the amount of feed to be
ground. In the illustration b b are the
feed rollers, Il the hopper, the main
drive wheels, d a device for regulating
the flow of grain, hand wheel for
adjusting the feed rollers, pinion to
connect tumblinI rod on power, e belt
wheel if steam power is used and b
discharge spout for the ground feed.
There is u great advantage in q roller
grinder, and that is it is geared down
instead of geared up, as all other mills,
and consequently will run much easier.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-20
Agricultural Notes.

English walnut is best transplanted
in the spring. The root is very soft
and tender.
Professor Slingerland has given the
western New York horticulturists the
pleasing assurance that the canker-
worm and forest and tent caterpillars
seem TO be decreasing.
Cleaning up the roadsides costs little
and means a good deal.
Ruse by Which lie Escaped Arrest
rSnd Had His Debts Paid.
Mary amusing stories are told of Joe
Haines, comedian of the time of
Charles H., sometimes called Count"
Haines. 1t is said that he was arrested
one morning by two bailiffs for a debt
of EGO, when he saw bishop to whom
he was related passing along in his
coach. With ready resource he imme-
diately saw loophole for escape, and,
turning to the men, he said, let me
speak to his lordship, to whom | am
well known, and he will pay the debt
and your charges into the bargain"
The bailiffs thought they might ven
ture this, as they were within two or
three yards Of the coach, and acceded
to the request joe boldly advanced
and took off his hat to the bishop. His
lordship ordered the coach to stop,
when Joe whispered to the divine that
the two men were suffering from such
scruples of conscience that he feared
they would hang themselves, suggest
ing that his lordship should invite them
to his house and promise TO satisfy
them. The bishop agreed, and, calling
to the bailiffs, he said, you two men
come to me tomorrow morning. and !
will satisfy you"
The men bowed and went away
pleased, and early the next day waited
on his lordship, who, when they were
ushered in, said, "Well, my men, what
are these scruples of conscience"
"Scruples:" replied one of them. I'VE
have no scruples! We are bailiffs, my
lord, who yesterday arrested your cou-
sin, Joe Haines, for a debt of ego, and
your lordship kindly promised to salts
fy u.s."
The trick was strange, but the result
was stranger, for his lordship, either
appreciating its cleverness or consider
ing himself bound by the promise he
had unintentiSnally given, there and
then settled with the men in full.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-20
popu,rr Book. Unread.

Some light is thrown on the position
which a public library should take In
regard to the fiction of the day by the
recent statement of London librarian
as recorded in The Library World. Ac-
cording to his experience, many OF the
books most conspicuously advertised
are in great demand. but are not read.
This one huge book. which could hardly
be read inside a week. was drawn
eleven times In month, and 1t Is q
common thing for one Of these books
Of the moment to be drawn one day
and returned the next, the consumer
evidently finding the goods not up to
the advertisement. This shows that an
artificial demand can be created for
book Just as for any other article OF
merchandise II sufficient effort and
skill are used In advertising it But
public library can well afford to wait
little and see how much real worth
there Is In a new novel, and librarians
are more and more coming to this
point of view. The statement that
such and such q novel has been re
jected" by a library is usually an error
the truth being simply that the library
has not selected it. No library could
afford to buy everything, even If 1t had
the funds.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-20
THE BULGARIAN.
Peculiar Fellow, He Is Either q
Soldier or u Peasant.

Peculiar Fellow, He Is Either "a
Soldier or n Peasant.
1t is strange country Of contrasts
this Bulgaria that people have SO long
watched as danger spot. The peasant
is a heavily built fellow, with q Kali
muk nose if he happens to be pure bred
from The original Samoyede stock,
which is not likely. His language has
become Slavic, which means lam
guage in which "beefsteak" is "mpiph-
teki' and "omelet souflle' Is ''omlet
cuphle."
The Bulgarian Is a peasant or a SOL
dier. He knows no other trade. AS a
farmer the sheep Is all in all to him,
food and clothing and companionship,
says writer in The Era. He lives in a
hovel, docs not understand why he
should be taxed and makes his women
slave in the field. He is called close
fisted, churlish and suspicious and has
some of the virtues that often go with
those qualities.
When Bulgaria became practically
free of the sultan, there were many
Turks left in the country. These are
gradually being crowded out, but there
is still a mosque in Christian Sofia, and
In the palace of the sobranje, or parlla-
ment, where the members have better
accommodation than the lords Of Brit
ain on the Thames embankment, some
twenty Turkish deputies always sit to-
gether and exert an influence that they
never could do In their own land by
voting always with the party in power.
Every Saturday the members Of the
sobranje are paid at the rate of 10
francs n day, all in silver five franc
pieces. These peasant lawmakers knot
It up in handkerchiefs, grin slowly and
shake the ingling pieces playfully in
one another's face They are playing
Mt statesmansl p yet. but fairly well
upon the whole.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-20

ough cultivation before sowing and by
sowing the seed with an evenness of
depth in order that they may come on
rapidly, with good strong growth,
If the ground be broken in spring, one
can hardly do enough rolling and pack
ing in order to preserve moisture and
firm the soil so that the crop may not
lodge.
Lodging of oats is almost sure to fol-
low TIE filling of heads where the soil
is left loose and porous, without the
proper reserve OF moisture to dissolve
the required plant food so as to stimu-
late proper growth of the stalk.
We always aim to sow oats quite
deep, with Il good, sharp hoed drill,
and as soon as sown we roll the sur
face down, sowing clover seed just
ahead of this work. In so doing we
get the grains all at an even depth,
where they sprout evenly and at the
same time root well into the soil.
We hear many speak of the oat crop
running out after successive sowings.
This need not be so, for we seldom
hear of corn or wheat deterioriating,
mainly because we do something to
keep the seed up to the standard. We
are today growing the same variety
of corn we grew fifteen years ago.
BY blowing out all shriveled grains,
chaff and weeds and sowing only the
incest, plump grains and continuing to
do so from year to year there is no
need of deterioration, and much will
be gained thereby, for with good, clean
seed the oat crop cannot help but yield
an increase and net the owner good
wages for his few hours work with
the tanning mill.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-20
a PAN AND A LEOPARD.
An Astonished Woman and a still
More AAtonished Animal.


Kula is district in the Himalayas
consisting of chain of the most lovely
valleys conceivable, with this draw
back, among others, that each hill path
that runs by the inhabitants huts more
often than not contains a lurking leop-
ard. One day a worthy Kula house
wife came out from her cooking and,
standing on the edge of rock, emptied
pan of boiling water into the rank
herbage growing below. 1t fell splash
Oh the back Of sleeping leopard, who
Jumped perpendicularly into the air an
high as the roof of the hut.
What might have happened next who
can say! But the astonished woman
dropped the pan with clang on the
rock, and the leopard took one leap
down bill. The pan followed and the
leopard's downward leaps became Ion
ger and swifter as the pan bounded aft
er it from rock to rock. When last
seen, that leopard had just achieved a
leap of about $50 feet to the very bot
tom OF the ravine, thousands of feet
below. and the pan whirled about 500
feet over 1t on to the opposite side.
The leopard would have eaten the old
woman with pleasure, but n pan, the
contents OF which first scalded half the
hide off him and then bounded, clang-
ing in his wake. from the top of the
Himalayas TO the plains below was
something he could not face.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-20
OATS AND CLOVER.
A Plan of Growing Oats as Mair
Crop After Corn.

A Plan of Growing Oats as Main
Crop After Corn.
In growing oats and clover much de-
pends upon the soil conditions, the sea-
son and the quality Of seed sown, espe-
cially Of oats, remarks an Ohio Farmer
writer in Offering the following opin-
ions on these crops.
We hear much said in season con-
cerniIG the fertilization of the wheat
crop, but little, If anything, Of the oat
crop. which, after growing it for sue
cession Of years, we have learned to
consider Of greater Importance in farm
crops ana feeding than wheat. BY ta-
bles ccniputed from actual chemical
analysis it appears that oats draw
from the soil .nsiderably mC-e plant
food than wheat, and at the same time
these elements must be more closely
available for the reason that the oats
crop grows In IL much shorter season
and tie weight Of its demand for these
foods is drawn upon n few days pre-
vious to the ripening of the grain. At
this season it is usually very dry,
hence causing the young clover to suf-
Ter greatly Tor want or available plant
food, and IL drought continues for few
days it is almost sure to succumb un-
der the hot rays of the sun. In our ter
ritOry the main crop of oats is grown
after corn, chiefly because the crop can
be sowed from ten to thirty days ear
iier than when the ground is to be
broken. Many follow the plan of disk
ing the surface, and although laborious
upon the team 1t is quite effective. We
have always followed the plan OF shall
low plowing with the corn cultivator,
which will do especially good work in
clay or heavy soil, afterward fitting
with thorough narrowing.
The main point in following oats up
on corn stubble is 10 guard against
weeds, which is easily done by thor
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-20
stronx MonosylIabIes.

Instructors In the art Of literary com
position usually condemn a string OF
monosyllables. but In the well known
hymn Lead. Kindly Light" written
by a master OF the English language,
you may count thirty consecutive
words of one syllable only. They Of
fend neither the eye nor the ear.
Milton often uses a series OF mono
syllables. In the second book of para
disc Lost" we have:
The fiend
Ger bog or steep. through strait. rough.
dense or rare.
With head. hands. wings or feet. pursues
his way
And swims or sinks or wades or creeps or
flies.
Such lines are not uncommon in the
book:
Rocks. caves. lakes. fens, bogs. dens and
shades Of death.
And again:
Of neither sea nor shore nor air nor fire
Notes and Queries.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-20
Cranama,. Cure For Dandrun.


1--WE often scoff at the ancient grand
mother remedies" said physician the
other day In conversation with pa
tient, "but our forefathers used to get
q power of comfort from them never
theless, and cheaply too. Science has
progressed wonderfully, Of course, and
we are much better of on the whole
now than were our sires, but we forget
a great many of the little things. Now,
I notice that you are troubled with
dandruff, and I'll wager that you have
spent many dollars on different alleged
cures, and you are worse off now than
when you commenced. Let me give
you grandmother prescription that
never fails. Go to a drug store and
buy cents worth of salts of tartar.
Dissolve half Of it in warm water and
wash the head thoroughly. Repeat
this at intervals Of three months for a
year, and you won't be annoyed with
dandruff any more"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-20
a rally it broke to IS.

scarcely rally 1t broke to IS.
He stood by the ticker fascinated,
and as the tape ran through his nerve.
less fingers he felt his fortune slipping
through his grasp-ti-tick, ti-tick, tick.
L. G. 5Oi A deadly faintness seized
him. L. G. 20! He gasped for breath,
One more point against him and he
was q ruined man.
R-r-r-r, ti-tick, tick-L. c. i9-and
the clock struck 3.
Margaret, my love-" he cried wild
ly, Il have lost you"
"Jack." cried n sweet voice In his ear,
"you have been dreaming"
1t was Margaret, and the next mo-
ment he was telling her of his unpleas-
ant dreams.
81 am glad that ! was the one to
wake you." she whispered. "It ought
to be a good omen. Papa wanted some
papers from the bank, and as | had
some errands in the neighborhood ]
volunteered to get them"
At this inopportune moment a mes
senger boy entered.
"a telegram. sir"
Jack tore Ii open and read:
We aro authorized to offer $500 900 for yosr
Pennsylvania property. Wire answer.
GoLDMARK q MORGAN.
He forgot the waiting boy as he
caught the girl In his arms. crying:
1--WE have struck oil!'
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-20
LAST
CHANCE
BY GEORGE w. VAN DYKE .. {.
80
Copyright, 1901, by
George w. Van Dyke

Old Trinity had just tolled the hour
Of when John Paine alighted from a
Broadway car at Wall street. Walking
slowly down the ''hill of millions" to
William street, he entered the counting
rooms of Charles Palms &c Co., bank
ars and brokers, and passed quickly
through the main offices to the private
room Of the senior member of the firm.
Paine was private secretary to
cier and millionaire. He had been In
the firms employ for fifteen years and
had worked his way from Office boy at
So week to private secretary at $1,000
per year.
Yet as he sat in the luxuriously fitted
office he was not the happy hearted,
"lucky dog" his associates deemed him,
for lie was in lcve-and he told himself
hopelessly-with beautiful Margaret
Palms, daughter and sole heiress of his
employer. 1t was hardly possible that
the millionaire would accept his secre-
tary as his son-in-law, even If Marga-
ret Jack Paine's heart beat faster at
the thought-did she love him?
He knew the bankers dread that
some man would marry his daughter
for her money. He had told him In
their confidential relations that no man
should ever pay court to Margaret un-
less he could prove his ability to sup
port her unaided in the fashion to
which she had been accustomed. The
old man had evidently no suspicion OF
the romance that had been going on
under his very eyes.
1t had all taken place during the last
six weeks, while Mr.. Palms was con-
fined to his home on Fifth avenue with
q fractured knee. His secretary
brought him every noon whatever pa
pers demanded his personal attention
and received further instructions.
During these daily visits Jack found
himself fast succumbing to the young
girls charms. The more he struggled
the deeper he became engulfed in the
all absorbing passion. Margaret, too,
had given him to understand, as only
woman can, that she cared for him, yet
he dared not speak. To gain the covet-
ed prize he must first convince her IA
ther of his financial capabilities.
This seemed impossible. for all that
he possessed In the world beyond his
salary were few acres of nonproduc-
tive Pennsylvania land, which he had
purchased several years before during
the oil boom.
He recalled all this with sigh. Then
his face flushed with newborn hope rs
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-20

NOW circle is
struck upon FRAMEWORK OF BATA-
b es e boards,
and the boards are sawed on a circle,
and this serves as a matrix around
which the bands for the silo are built.
One-half inch strips should be sawed
from the edge of two inch planks. This
work may be quickly and cheaply done
at mill where buzZsaw is available.
Strips then are lightly toenailed to the
matrix, the one-half inch strips being
easily bent to the circular form. The
second layer of strips is nailed to the
first with small wire nails, and then as
the ring grows heavier nails may be
used. This building out process contin-
ues until there are eight half inch
strips nailed together, thus making
strong band which is two inches thick,
four inches wide and Of any desired
diameter. a.4 ~
In the figure the strips are shown as
making joints at certain - definite
places, but this is not necessary and
not even desirable. The joints may
come anywhere 1t is well to leave a
space VI dDOul an lICl DelNeell tue
abutting ends Of the strips, so that air
space may be thus secured. If wire
nails are used literally In securing the
strips in place, very rigid band Is
made, and one need never lie awake at
night after the silo is filled and wonder
whether the hoops will stand the
pressure. The matrix described around
;e, l.
dispensed with If enough stakes are
driven on the circumference of the cir
Gle so that the strips when bent around
will bend on true circle. After one
band is made 1t should be loosened
from the matrix, laid to one side and
another band constructed in like man
ner and so on until the required num-
Der have been built. The number need
ed will depend upon the height of the
silo. The figure is of silo thirty feet
high, and ten bands are used. The
distance between the two lower bands
is two and q half feet The distance
then increases until they are three and
a half feet apart at the top. The lower
band Is laid on the concrete founda-
ton, is made level, and then , by
studding, two and a half feet long,
are nailed to the band. These studs
serve as the support for the second
band. which is placed upon them and
spiked to the top of them.
Care should be taken that the stud
ding Is kept vertical, and this must
be done by stay braces. The compile
ton of the framework is then merely
a repetition OF this process. The frame
work once in place, the silo is complet-
ed by boarding It inside with one inch
matched flooring, running vertically
and nailed to the circular bands. Some
shut 1t up inside with two layers of
fhch boards. unmatched, but with
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-20
tn. Test of Grea tness.

When Elliston went from London to
his own theater at Birmingham, he
was known to scarcely member OF
his own company. On reprimanding
one of them sharply the irate actor
threatened to kick him Off the stage.
He rushed to the stage manager and
asked who that man was.
"Mr. A." said the manager.
"A great man, q very great man.
said Elliston. HE threatened to kick
me, the lessee of Drury Lane. Such a
man as that must 90 to London. He
mustn't waste his energies here" And
he engaged the actor on the spot for
Drury Lane.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-20

may find relief as / have done.
vMy gain in weight has been just tel
pounds, and am still gaining"
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The offer of free consultation by letter
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with the misleading offers of free med
ical advice, made by those who have nei-
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Anyone may offer umedical advice" but
the medical advice of an unqualified
person, either man or woman, 10 not
only worthless but may be dangerous.
As chief consulting physician to the In
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Buffalo, N. ", with an associate staff of
nearly score of physicians, DIR. Pierce
Is enabled to offer to those who consult
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and success which has no superior.
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This perfect freedom from all injurious
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IF dealer tries to sell a substitute
In place of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
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the dealer. If you want to be well you
want to insist OH the medicine which has
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lite Prescription.
WHAT IT Is WORTH.
Annie Barnett, of Hitson, Fisher Co.,
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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-20

Dr. Samuel Buell. Of the last half of
the eighteenth century, who used to
preach two or three hours, like Isaac
Barrows. was ingenious in OBTAINING
his congregation. On one occasion, aft
er preaching nearly two hours-as long
as he could feel secure in the presence
of all his hcarers-he remarked that
he was done preaching to sinners and
that they were at liberty to go. The
rest of his discourse would be address
ed to good people.
gentleman who once went to hear
him stated that when the hourglass
was nearly ready to be turned n sec
ond time from the commencement Of
his sermon he said, much to the relief
of the person who related it, Once
more" After going on some eight or
ten minutes longer he said. ITO con
clude." and after another about equal
interval he sad. lastly"
The gentleman added that he expect
ed every Ill mclt to hear him say "Ev-
erlast p" ="
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-03-20
CONSTRUCTION OF CIRCLES.

tarred paper between, the boards
breaking joints, but good ensilage may
be secured by the use of one layer of
matched flooring. The outside may be
finished up according to fancy. Clap
boards may be bent around horizontal
ly and nailed to the studding, or 1t
may be sheeted up with boards run
ming vertically.
Ventilation may be secured by leav-
ing place through which air may
pass both at the bottom and top of the
outside covering Of the silo. This free
ventilation will greatly prolong the life
of the silc