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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02
Beca of Fine DISCRIMINATION.

Morella has some other odd things
for example, the swcetmcat stands UNI
der the pOitalcs or arcades. where
friendly bees ana wasps devoured the
candies ana were not scared Off.
asked an old woman sitting behind n
large stand loaded with candicd fruit.
dulces Of nj sorts, sugar plums and
molasscs candy:
won't these bees sting a fcllowY
ooh. no. senior; don't be afraid. They
arc muy intellgentes and can tell Gus
toner right of"
But would they sting thief. for In.
stance?"
Certainly, senior. They are very In
telligent. Poor things! They do no
harm and are much company. They
must livev
| watched these winged insects, with
all their panoply of war ready, aud
was fascinated. Then | asked another
question:
but would not Morcian bee sting
n YankccY
Not if ne were customer. cabal-
Mexican Cor, Boston Herald.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02
Destructive Earthquakes.

In 1903 an earthquake overturned
fifty-four cities and towns; Catania
and it's $4,000 Inhabitants were wiped
out of existence and more than 100
900 lives were lost altogether In 1T02
Yeddo, Japan. was ruined and 100000
people killed. In 1871 Peking lost
100000 by an earthquake. In 1854
100000 were engulfed at Grand Cairo.
The following year Lisbon was wreck
ed the second time, losing G0.000 peo-
pie. The same year Kaschan, Persia,
with 10000 people, was totally de-
stroyed. In 1859 Baalbec. Syria, was
destroyed. 10000 persons being killed.
The same number perished at Allepo
In 1882. In 1851 Melf, Italy, was laid
in ruins and $4,000 lives lost. In 1857
in Calabria and elsewhere not less than
10000 perished by earthquake shocks.
One authority on the subject estimates
that in the years between 1855 and
1857 the kingdom Of Naples lost not
less than lll.000 of its people by
earthquakes.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02
Snakes Legs.

There are two very finely prepared
skeletons Of big snakes In the Nation
al museum in Washington, and in
making them ready for exhibition the
utmost pains were taken to preserve
the cartilaginous extremities of the
ribs, which with ordinary treatment
are lost. Without these little pieces
Of cartilage the serpents skeleton can
hardly be said to be complete, mas
much as they are the feet upon which
the reptile walks, as 1t were. In fact.
snake walks on the ends Of It's ribs
end in that manner achieves locomo-
tion.
Some big serpents however, like the
boas and pythons, really have hind
legs, though they are quite rudmenta-
ry. Pythons, you know, are construct
crs, crushing their prey In their tolls.
They have no poison glands but they
can bite terrifically with their many
teeth, which turn inward like hooks,
so that n person once seized would
have little chance Of disengaging him
self save by chopplng off the head Of
the animal.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02
CORN MACHINERY.
The Progress of the Harvester-Com-
bined Husker md Shredder.

The Progress of the Hnrvester-Com-
bined Husker and Shredder.
1t is only within recent years that
any attempt has been made to furnish
the farmer with corn harvesting ma
chinery that is at all comparable with
that long ago invented for harvesting
small grain, says Iowa Homestead. The
immense waste of stover continued for
years all over the corn belt, and the
figures representing the waste, IL they
could be even conservatively estimated,
would be startling indeed. There Is ev-
cry reason to believe, however, that
better conditions will prevail in the
future.
The corn harvester appeared In 1895,
and, although its introduction was
somewhat slow, as is the case with all
new ideas, the machine trade papers re-
port that about $4,000 harvesters were
sold during the present year, and the
demand was so great that 1t could not
be supplied. 1t is estimated that within
a very few years the annual sales Of
the corn harvester will amount to 100,-
600.
The corn harvester and shredder
made their appearance at about the
same time and apparently to stay. The
best shredders on the market now husk
the corn and shred the stover In one
operation. From 5000 to 10000 Of
these machines have been sold this sea-
son, which is nearly as many as the
number of thrashing machines that are
annually sold.
A single shredder, like a thrashing
machine, does duty on many farms, SO
that the figures representing the sales
of shredders must be read with this
fact In view In order to appreciate the
extent to which they are being availed
Of. To much larger extent, therefore,
than ever before the corn crop will In
the future be a machine crop, and the
terrible wastes connected with 1t In the
past, which made the economist shud-
der, will measurably cease.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02
Another NInftcr.

City Magistrate-Of course / don't
wish to stand In the way of my daugh-
ters happiness, but / know so little OF
you, Mr.. Hawkins. What Is your vo-
cation?
Mr.. Hawkins (alrlly)-Oh, write-er
poetry, novels-er-plays and that
sort OF thing.
City MagIstrate-Indeedl Most inter
esting! And how do you llve?-Punch.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02

Crude petroleum. seems to be effective
In controlling San Jose scale when
properly and intelligently used.
Either green or amber colored OIL
may be used provided 1t has specific
gravity of not less than 43 degrees at
temperature of 60 degrees +.
II can only be used when the trees are
dormant. In this respect crude petro-
leum and kerosene net directly opposite.
This applies especially to peach trees.
1t may be used either undiluted OK In
the 20 or % per cent mixture.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02

The veteran, half unconscious by
reason Of the terrible pain he was suf-
fering, at first paid no heed to the pow
erful figure bending c-er bin. For
few moments he groaned and tossed
about, but slowly, surely, the stronger
one was gaining the mastery.
Old Kenesaw now glanced into the
penetrating eyes and turned away, but
again he looked and again. He SEEM
ed powerless to look elsewhere. Grad
ually the moaning ceased; he became
less frantic Presently the body was
motionless. The thin lips moved, but
no sound came from them. Only his
rapid, labored breathing could be
heard.
Thus far the hypnotist had said
nothing. His dominating mind and in
tent gaze alone had silenced the cries
of pain, quieted the tortured body and
made the mind of his subject insensi-
BILE TO the terrific process. that was fast
bringing his life to an end. But he
was going further. Selling both the
patients hands in his own, he shouted:
Here comrade, comradei Wake up.
Come, come; it will never do to lie
there! Come on, or the ambulance
corps will be picking you up! The bull
let stunned you, old man. Come on!
They need us at the front Don't you
hear the cannon booming and the rifles
cracking? Kenesaw! KeDesaw! Ken
esawl Hooray. we've got 'em on the
rum
The Illusion had gone home. AS the
dying veteran listened to these startling
words he drew himself up to a sit
ting posture and passed his wrin@!ed
old hands over his glazing eyes as If
to remove something that was obscur-
ing his vision. Great beads of perspi-
ration stood out upon his pale face, and
an unearthly fire came into his eyes.
The lips that had failed few minutes
before now found utterance:
Hist. Is that you, Cottrell. old
pard? Give me your handl Thought
had lost in that last charge. No,
no; :' now; jest n scratch.
Whee apany? Sure. That's
our way up the mountain.
Hoo it to 'em. boys! Come
on. Cot. SO. NE your hand, old pard.
1t seems :; bit smoky, but come on;
we've got EN- on the run. Hooray!
Hooray! Eoorayw
AS the final shout of triumph came
from his lips he sank back upon the
pillow, and the sweet smile lingering
on the furrowed old face told that he
had died happy. Old Kenesaw had
fought his last battle.-Chicago Rec
ord Herald
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02
CONCERNING CELERY.
Principal Popular varieties-Bleacl

Principal Popular Varieties-Bleach-
ing and Winter Storage.
At the Rhode Island station a study
has been made of the principal varieties
of celery in cultivation in this country
during the past fifty years. The prin-
cipal notifications that the celery plant
has undergone in the last half century
are found to be the greater localization
of the flesh.- growth in the center of the
plant, self blanching tendencies and
earlier maturity. According to Profess
or Kinney, the varieties that have been
recognized by growers as having spe-
cial merit are Sandringham Qncompar-
able Dwarf, Boston Market, Golden
Heart. White Plume, Rose, Paris Gold
en- and Giant Pascal. The Paris Gold
en- or Golden Self BlaDching celery is
the variety generally grown in the local
market garden of Rhode Island.
Summarizing for the different sta
tions. success has been oftenest report
ed with White Plume, Paris Golden
and Giant Pascal. The Paris Golden
is preferred, according to the Rhode
Island station. by marketmen because
1t never has the strong, bitter flavor
present In White Plume not
properly blanched. White Plume seems
to be more resistant to the black heart
disease than the Paris Golden. Giant
Pascal is one of the largest varieties
grown.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02
Apd m. Eel, t,tured

Bill Borrower-rm in deuced hole,
Tom. III you can, | wish you would
help me out.
Tom Wuggins-I'll help you any way
l can, but don't ask me again TO put
my name on the back Of your note.
Bin Borrower Qnjured)-I wasn't go
Ing TO ask you for your credit, Tom. !
was only looking for n little cash.
New York Times.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02

the feeding floor and light wall Of
brick or stones laid up about the sides,
extending up to the barn floor. Through
this floor an opening is cut and bulk
head" doors arranged over it, as shown
in the cut. Bank upShe brick or stone
wall about the pit with earth on the
outside, heaping up this banking nearly
to the barn floor, and there should be
no trouble from freezing.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02

DIR. A.--Wby do sou always make
such particular inquiries MS to what
your patients cat? Does that assist
you Ia your diagnosis?
Dr. T.. Not muoh but II enables me
70 ascertain tbpir social position ana
arrange my fees accordingly Bits.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02
saw the Joke.

A prominent Bostonlan inquired of a
London shopkeepcr for Hare's "Walks
In London" The shopkeeper, after
much search. found It on his shelves,
but In two volumes.
"Ah," said the Bostonian, you have
your Hare parted I'm the middle over
here"
"WhatY lueried the Engllshman
blankly, passing his hands over his
hair.
The next day the Bostonian called for
another book
"Im so glad you returned" said the
Englishman. 81 want to tell you / see
that joke"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02
RcllnNnI

"That must be n pretty bad tooth
ache 10 swell your face like that Why
don't you see n dcntlstf"
81 did cal on your friend. DR.. Pull
lem, yesterday and experienced great
relief
You must be mistaken Pullcm has
been out Of town for n week"
81 know | felt relieved when
found that out Exchange.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02
Grnrn In shade.

The New Jersey station reports ex-
periments In shading young celery.
Six varieties were tested In this way,
and all grew to more than double the
size OF other plants OF the same lot
that We're in the full sun, but later In
the season, with shorter days and less
light, the exposed plants overlook and
surpassed the shaded ones.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02

A customary feature Of u Christmas
dinner in old England was an immense
pie Of some kind. 1t was usually com
posed Of fish and flesh ana fowl We
urc told that In the reign Of Henry
III. the sheriff OF Gloucester was once
ordered By that monarch TO procure
twenty salmon, ten pcacocks and ten
prawus for Christmas pies.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02
Cured.

The following Is n Chinese joke:
In certain house there was baby
that annoyed every one by its contin-
ual squalling. At last n physician was
called In. He administered bolus of
the soothing virtues of which he had n
high opinion and offered to pass the
night In the house TO observe the eff
fects Of his remedy. After few hours,
hearing no noise, he exclaimed: Good!
The child is cured"' YES" replied the
attendant ''the child has indeed stop
ped crying, but the mother has begun
TO mourn"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02

STORING ROOTS.

a Pit Constructed Under to Floor
of Barn ON Dry Soil.
Where there is no barn cellar the
roots to be fed the stock are usually
stored in the house cellar and carried
out daily, entaiiing o great amount of
work. Where the barn has some space
beneath it, dry location and a tight
foundation an American Agriculturist
correspondent advises that Il pit can
be dug under some convenient point in
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02
Planting For winter Use.

G. B. Waldron of the North Dakota
station advises that celery for winter
use planted in boxes, cellars or>pits
should have the roots pruned back to
two inches In length, and the punches
should also receive considerable top
pruning, but the outer stalks should
not be stripped off. White Plume is
the best variety so far for general cul-
turp
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02
nlnnchIng with Earth or nonrd..

At the Pennsylvania station a test
was mdde on the relative merits OF
blanching with earth and with boards
In some cases celery blanched with
boards was ready for market earlier
than that lanched with soil, but the
celery so .Inched was decidedly in
ferior and, as rule, was long, slender,
pithy and bitter, while that blanched
with soil was exceedingly large, crisp
and tender
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02
HBrtyyeen Tins.

Facctious Diner Ito very tall and ex-
ccedlngly procrnstlnating servitor)-
For more than one reason you might be
called II long waiter.
Walter-Yes; / sometimes measure
half day from tip TO tip. sir. Smart
Set.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02
No. l
APlARISTS' WINTER WORK.
The Time to Buy Hives, Furniture
and Other Supplies.

The Time to Buy Hives, Furniture
and Other Supplies.
After the bees are tucked away conn
fortably in their winter quarters there
Is little else of outside work to be done
only to see that the entrances of the
hives are kept clear of dead bees and
snow or ice during winter, and #. G..
Herman has suggested In New Eng
land Homestead that this is a good
time to take time by the forelock and
think about the coming spring.
Mr.. Herman buys all hives and fur
niture in the fiat and makes them up
during leisure hours in winter. OF
course every beekeeper has a shop or
little nook somewhere to work In. If
one has furnace in the cellar and
there are windows enough to let in the
light, no better place could be desired.
Another advantage" says Mr.. Her
man, ''in buying supplies early is that
dealers give to early purchasers scale
of discount beginning with the month
of November and running through the
winter. The earlier the purchases are
made the larger the discount"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02

Buenos Ayres is the largest city south
Of the equator Rio de Janelro comes
next, and Sydney, New South Wales,
~ rood third.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02
Fleeing De yInupnr.nnt.

IT IN said that the Norman peasants
hit upon n happy scheme of fleeing
Guy de Maupassant, who once MAIN
talned near his home at Etretat q rab,
bit warren of few acres, They used
to plant choice vegetables and rare
shrubs In the adjoining fields, and ev-
cry year De Maupassant had TO pay
for the damage done by his rabbits.
After n few years he got tired Of this
sort of thing. He computed that the
few rabbits he shot cost him about
$50 apiece, which was rather too much
even for an enthusiastic sportsman to
pay; so he determined TO destroy his
game preserve. There were only four
or five burrows In the luclosurc, and
few ferrets soon dislodged all the In
habitants.
One night after the rabbits had been
destroyed the writer happened to visit
his former preserve and detected a
man skullllng along under the trees,
with large bag slung over his shoul-
der. De Maupassant supposed that the
man had come to steal wood and chal-
lenged him. The supposed thief took
TO his heels. leaving behind him his
bag, which was found TO be filed with
rabbits OF both sexes, The man was
nm honest neighbor who. shrewdly
reasoning that there could be no dam
ages If there were no rabbits, had
thought It advisable TO restock the
warren himself.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02
The LanE.troth Hive.

There is no patent on the Lang
stroth, probably the most extensively
used Of all hives. An exchange states
its dimensions as follows: A box 91z
inches deep, 1875 inches wide and 20
inches long, outside measure. The
material used is pine boards planed
down to seven-eighths of an inch In
thickness.
The regular Langstroth frame IL
made of the same material, and the
dimensions of frame are 91s inches
deep and IFS inches long. The top bar
of frame should be one-half of one inch
thick and ends and bottom one-fourth
of an inch in thickness.
Each hive contains eight of above
frames and each frame occupies III
inches In space. Almost every one
who commences with some other hive
will sooner or later make the change,
and very often at considerable ex-
pense.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02

The muster Of rolls of the Union
armies of the rebellion show that out
of 100000 In round numbers three
fourths were native Americans; Ger
many furnished 175,000, Ireland 150,-
000 England 10000 British America
10000 and other countries 75,000-in all
about 100000 foreigners. Forty-eight
per cent of our soldiers were farmers,
81 per cent mechanics. 16 per cent Ia
borers; 3 per cent professional men,
and 4 per cent were of miscellaneous
vocations. The average height of our
soldiers was feet 81 inches, includ-
ing the large number of recruits from
seventeen TO twenty years of age. Out
of about 100000 men whose heights
were recorded there were 3,613 over {
feet inches, and some were over sew
on feet.--Army and Navy Journal
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02
New. ,na Notes.


So great Is the confidence In the fu-
ture of the goat industry that a large
amount of capital Is being put Into
goats by northern sheep growers.
Los Angeles, Cal, is said to have the
largest pigeon ranch in the world, COW
ering eight acres and sheltering In Its
lofts $4,000 birds.
Manufacturers will advance the price
OF plows 10 per cent.
The department OF agriculture gives
n good character to the American spar
row, upon which Is often unfairly visit
cd the sins of Its English namesake.
The sugar crop OF this year Is report
cd as an Increase of 1,177,S42 tons over
last year OF which 623,000 tons IL of
cane sugar and 554, 900 is beet sugar.
Spiders webs.
The webs of those spiders which spin
snarcs out of doors, as the geometrical
garden spider. are formed of two sorts
of silk, one OF which In used for the
main cables and the radlating threads,
the other for the concentric threads.
The latter are thlckly studded with
minute globules OF viscous substance,
which retains the fly, gnat or moth
that may blunder against them, while
the former are quite dry and harmless.
A third kind of silk is produced by the
busy little spinner when some such
large insect as wasp has become en-
tangled IN the web and threatens to
break the delicate structure In It's strug-
giles. This takes the form of an enyel-
opng mass. which is suddenly produc-
ed and which effectually prevents any
further gyratlons ON the part OF the
captured insect.-Cornhill Magazine.
saving Man.
'Bilklns got married rather sudden
iy, didn't he"
Eyes; somebody gave him n railway
pass TO Bournemouth for two. anu he
didn't want TO waste it."-London Tit
Bits.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02
Factory nnd Home workmnnnhip.

Factory and Home Workmanship.
The hive should not only be SUBJ
stantially built, but should. have ac-
curate bee spaces and close fitting
rainproof cover or roof. Factory made
hives, as a rule, best meet these re-
quirements, as both lock joints and
half corners can only be made to ad-
vantage by machinery, and the expert
hive builder understands, of course,
the absolute necessity of great accu-
racy in bee spaces, as well as the great
desirability of good material and
workmanship.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-01-02
Painin Head, Side and Back.

For years l suffered with pain in the head,
pain in the side, and in the small ofthe back
was nervous and constipated and could not
sleep. The pills and other medicines tried
only made q bad matter worse. Then tried
Celery King. One package cured me ana
made q new woman of me--Mrs. IN. Aiee-
hammer, Croton-on-Hudson y \.
Celery King cures Constipation and Nerve,
Stomach, Liver and Kidney Diseases.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-04-10
GODS MESSAGE TO MAN
PREGNANT THOUGHTS FROM THE
WORLDS GREATEST PROPHETS.

Poeln; He Understands-A True Christian
Should Exercise self-Control Until He
Has Gained a aMastery-One is Hindered
by BrOoding Over His Discomfort.
Our censors guard us roundabout,
And hedge us with their dusty creeds:
They cry US wrong in hope or doubt,
And howl like ban dogs at our deeds.
They wall our knotted ssein of life,
And flout US for our clumsy hands,
Because with tangles it is rife
But all the time God understands.
Our censors measure step and stride
With mathematic rod and rule,
And when we wander to one side,
Straightway they cry aloud, ''Thou fool!'1
And book and bell and candle bring
10 curse the one who hating stands.
But, ah! the footsteps wandering
He understandable understands.
Our censors weigh our every word,
And sift its sound for sign of sin,
And whispered dreams that are unheard
Against the screen of fate they pin.
With harpy smile they search out brain
To bind our thoughts with braken bands,
But hope shall struggle not in vain,
And all the time God understands.
He understands our little fears,
Our little doubts and little woes;
And in the shadow of the years
He sees the soul. He knows-He knows;
He scans us, not as censors do
To mark the blindly searching hands
But all our good He brings to view.
He understandable understands.
Josh Wink, in the Baltimore American.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1902-04-10
Our Companions.

Every man is born into a vast workshop
full of materials and tools. His business
In life is to select the material upon which
and the tools with which he shall work,
and then. out of his own imagination, he
fashions his world, and, as the product of
what he thinks and does and feels, that
world passes out of the realm of imagina-
ton into reality and becomes his world.
So every man creates his companionship
according to his thought. If his thought
is fine and generous and high, he is the
best company and the most inspiring; if it
is mean and low and vile, no matter what
deserts surround him, he is in base and
vile and ignoble fellowship;. it IS a matter
of character. Companionship does not de-
pend upon accident but upon selection.
Every man makes his own friends, and it is
this fact which gives the profounder truth
to the old proverb, "a man is known by
the company he eps."-Outlook.