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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
Big Traction Dea, Closed.

4 syndicate OF bankers, which includes
Brown Brothers OF New York City and
Brown Brothers 4 Co. of Baltimore. has
closed deal for the purchase OF the lead.
ing railways Of San Francisco, The
amount involved is said to be something
lilo 500 600 lkDO
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
Snowsllde Kills Twenty,

There is an unconfrmed rumor that a
snowslide carried away all the buildings
OF the Sunnyside mine on Red Mountain,
Colorado, killing twenty men. News
came from Gladstone of the death OF the
1s.year-old son of Richard Tovey by a
snowslide at Fishers.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
Ian. X, Salisbury Sentenced.

Former City Attorney Liant Il. SAILS.
bury and Stillson Y. Macleod were each
sentenced To two years in the Detroit
hotlsc of correction by the United States
Court in Grand Rapids. Mich. Macleod
wa, sentenced for issuing fraudulent Ger.
,ihrntes OF deposit and salisbury for be-
ing accessory.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
Found Dying on the Track.

An unknown man was found at Bairds-
town. Ohio. dying. on the tracks of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. 1t Is sup.
posed that the man fell from the west.
bound train. Papers found on the per-
son lead to the belief that 1t is the body
of Thomas Finncgan, Chicago Junction,
Ohio,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
Colombia Blocks Canal Sale.

Colombia. through consul general at
Paris, has served notice on Panama Com.
pany that canal concession cannot h.
transferred to America without certain
notifications. The move blocks. tempo
rarily ut least, sale to the United States.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
German Arms for Insurpents.

News comes from Manila of the sue,
ccasful flibustering achievement Of q
German steamer which succeeded in clud.
ing the patrol vessels and landed its con-
traband Of arms in MindOrO.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08

tai stock. the former from S1.OOO.OOO to
$1,000 and the latter from S3jO.O0O to
$1,000. State officials express suspicion
that the purpose Is to escape taxation I'M
der the Willis bill. which proposes to tax
corporations onc-tenth of per cent on
their issued capital stock.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
Cunnowder COMPANY.

The T.. I. Dupont de NemOurs Com
pany. for the manufacture Of gunpowder
snd other explosives, with capital Of
$50 .OOO, 900, has been Incorporated at
Dover. Del. The new corporation Is ex'
Dected to take in all the Dupont powder
pillS.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
Puts Bullet In His Brain.

George Clabber, prosecuting attorney
OF De Kslb County. No, fatally wOend-
ed himself with pistol shot because of
domestic troubles, He was found with
a bullet through his brain and a pisto!
with an empty cartridge shell lying by
his side.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
Flee from Prairie Fire,

A destructive prairie fire near Fort
Cobb, In the new country of Oklahoma,
did great damage to 100 homcsteaders,
sweeping away their improvements. stock
and all personal property and compelling
the people to flee for their lives.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
Smothered to Death.

Joseph Coolski and William Pacaeh.
kowski were smothered to death in Cleve-
land by falling earth, the unfortunate
men being clay-diggers in a brickyard,
and were working some distance below
the surface of the ground.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
Predict Worlds End.

Adyentists are wrought up by image OF
black horse burned into wall of santa
rum ruins at Battle Creek, Mich. and
predict that end Of world j. near AT hand.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08

4 special train, carrying the FlOrodora
Theatrical Company from Norfolk, Va,
to Wilmington, Del. on the New York,
Philadelphia and Norfolk Railroad. was
wrecked at Eastville. Va, and several
members Of the company seriously in.
jured.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
Wonderful Surgical Operation.

Rev. William Stark Of Baltimore has
submitted to remarkable operation, his
brain being lifted and the roots of nerves
which caused excessive neuralgia extract
ed. His recovery is expected.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
Weds a Former Domestic,

William W. Watkins, a wealthy grain
merchant Of Chicago, journeyed to St.
Joseph, Mich, on Jan. 30 and was quiet
ly married by Rev. W. =. French to Miss
Tressie Foley, who was Il domestic in the
Watkins family for many years.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
Death of A, Booth,

Alfred Booth. a pioneer OF Chicago and
founder OF A. Booth X Co., one OF he
city's oldest and largest business houses.
l. dead He dealt in fish and oysters.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
Marries Her Dead Lover.

A dispatch from Binghamton. n. Y,
says that Mary Common of Delaware, o.,
was married there the other day to q
corpse. Her fance. Henry Lacy, died
an hour before she arrived. and as 1t was
his dying wish she insisted upon the cerc.
mony being performed.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
Nebraskan Killed by Nephew.

65, was shot and killed by his nephew,
Charles Wedgewood, on the farm OF the
latter, several miles north of Tekamah,
Neb. The trouble was Of long standing.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
Miners Killed by Gas.

miners, were overcome by poisonous
gases in the Cincinnati mine Of the Tom
Boy group at Telluride. Colo. and were
dead when found by fellow niners.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
Shortage Causes Suicide.

Frank W Cortle, whose accounts as
cashier ~ the failed Bank Of Elkhart
H.. are short $4,000, committed suicide,
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08

Marconi maintained constant communI-
cation with shore while crossing the
ocean, wireless messages being transmit
ted over 1000 miles.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08

Heavy snowStorm badly delayed trains
IN New York aud Pennsylvania. West
Liberty Ny. reported fall Of twcnty-four
!nchc, Of snow.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
important New Railway.

A railroad which is practically a new
transcontinental system Is to be built 800
miles east from Eureka, Cal. 1t will con-
meet with the Northern Pacific, the Union
Pacific and the Great Northern.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
Fire at CreenvIlle. Miss.

Fire at Grcenville. Miss, caused SlOO.-
ON damage. among the buildings de-
stroyed being the Transient Hotel and
Lakes warehouse.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
OirI's Slayer Is Sentenced.

Vernon Rogers, convicted OF the mur.
der of his sweetheart, Margaret Hallen,
was sentenced by Judge Babcock in the
criminal court in Cleveland to life impris.
onment in the Ohio penitentiary and to
pay the costs Of his trial
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
-Four Die In a Georgia Wreck.

A south-bound passenger train on the
Columbus branch of the Southern Rail-
way went through trestle into creek
ut midnight near Zetella, Ga. Four train.
men were killed.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08

\ distinct earthquake shock was felt
at Ow!ngsyillc. Ky. Dishes and windows
were ratified hut no damage was done.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
Floods in Georgia,

Floods have been causing great damage
in Georgia and other points in the South
a bridge has been swept away at Column
bus.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-03-08
Lead Trust,s Alleged Tax Move.

In Columbus, Ohio, two branches OF
the lead trust, the Anchor and the Eek.
stein companies, have reduced their capi'
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-07-24
Sprung n surprise.

The man had not settled with the
grocer for nearly six months.
The grocer, needing some money,
presented his bill.
Surely" said the man, looking in
surprise at the long list Of items,
"there must be some mistake in this"
mo mistake at all, sir" answered
the grocer belligerently. IT am pre-
pared to make affidavit that every item
is correct and that the footing is right
to a cent. When an account runs as
long as this one has run and the GUS
toner hasn't kept track Of it, he near
ly always kicks"
"Oh, Pm not kicking" said the man,
proceeding to write a check for the
amount. what surprises me is that
the bill is only about half as big as /
expected. Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-07-24
THE FIRST AUTOMOBILE.
{ Was an Ancient, Self Moving
Shrine of Hncchzn.

1t Was an Ancient, Self Moving
Shrine OF Bncchzs.
Few, perhaps, are aware that the
first automobile, considered In the sense
of a vehicle containing within itself
powers of locomotion, of which there
is any authentic account was q self
moving shrine of Bacchus.
This was the invention Of Heron Of
Alexandria, who describes it in his
work on automatic mechanism. The
shrine In question was mounted upon
two supporting and two driving wheels.
On the axle Of the driving wheels was
a drum, about which was wound
rope, which passed upward through
the space on one side of the shrine over
pulleys and was fastened to the ring Of
a ponderous lead weight, which rested
upon quantity Of dry, fine sand. The
escape of this sand through q small
hole in the middle of the floor Of the
compartment containing 1t allowed the
lead weight gradually to descend and
by pulling upon the cord caused the
shrine to move slowly forward In a
straight line.
Heron describes the method Of ar
ranging and proportioning the wheels
in case it was desired that the shrine
move in circular path. He also shows
how the shrine can be constructed to
move in a straight line at right angles
to each other.
Officials of the patent Office overlook
ed the device of Heron when they
granted patents on slot machines, not
withstanding that previously Thomas
Eubank, commissioner of patents in
1850, illustrated and described Heron's
invention. The mechanism of the lat
ter is almost identical with that in the
modern device and simply serves as an
other proof of the saying, There is
nothing new under the sun."-Wash-
ington Times.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-07-24

Onion growers often use year after
year large quantities Of commercial
fertilizer without knowing how profit
and loss would be affected by smaller
applications. Four years tests at the
Geneva On. " station concluded in
1901 prove that 500 pounds Of fertili-
ger per acre will ordinarily give large
profits. but that larger applications
than this must be accompanied by ex-
ceptionally favorable conditions for
growth and high prices in market for
the product to insure proportionate re-
turns.
The test fields were I'm the heart of
the onion section, on the black, peaty,
friable soil which the onion loves, and
the crops were raised by experienced
growers, using approved methods.
Summing up the results Of these
trials. F. Ell. Hall of the station says:
Considering the varying price of the
marketable product, the close margin
of profit from heavy manuring with
fertilizers even with fairly good prices
for the crop product and the vicissi-
tudes of the crop due to the limitations
of season, the onion grower runs great
risk of diminished profits when he
uses 1900 and 1000 pounds Of COM
mercial manure per acre."
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-07-24

cry. These boards should be 1 inch
thick by u to II inches wide and II
to IL feet long. The cheaper grades of
pine will do. but new boards are liable
to impart an unpleasant flavor to the
celery. The kind used by growers in
Michigan. Ohio and New York at the
rate now prevailing cost $21 to $23 per
1000 feet.
In placing the boards in position slip
one edge well under the outside leaves
of the plants, then bring this edge up
ward until in a vertical position along
the row, having another board at the
same time placed on the other side so
that when in position there will be as
little space between the boards as the
thickness of the plants will permit.
These boards may when used on a
small scale only be fastened in position
by means of stakes driven in the
ground by mailing short pieces of lath
across the top every six or eight feet
or by means of notched sticks placed
over the tops of the boards
Any one of these methods would be
too inconvenient when applied on
large scale, and far better one is that
practiced by the large growers-name-
IL, that of using hooks or spanners
about six inches long made of heavy
galvanized wire bent somewhat in the
shape Of the thumb and first finger dis
tended. These spanners are slipped
over the upper edges of the boards
every few feet to hold them together.
and the plants are rigid enough to keep
the boards in an upright position.
Two or three weeks time will be re-
quired to complete the blanching Of
early varieties, but the boards must be
kept in position until the crop is re-
moved from the ground, after which
they may be used again two or three
times during the season.
If the celery is allowed to remain in
the boards too long after it has reach
ed a marketable stage, it loses in
weight and flavor and is liable to be
injured or even destroyed by the at
tacks of blight.
Perhaps the most satisfactory way
of blanching early celery on a small
scale is by means of ordinary farm
draintiles of about four inches inside
diameter. placed over the plants after
they have become almost fully grown.
To facilitate the work of placing the
tiles over the plants some of the out
side leaves should be pulled away and
the main part of the plant loosely tied
together by means of soft string or,
better. with what is known as paper
twine being n string made by twist
ing n strip of soft paper. This string
will lose its strength as soon as it be-
comes wet and will offer no resistance
to the further growth of the plant.
The presence of the tiles will cause
the leaves all to draw up above the
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-07-24
A Cap For Him.

An amusing story is told of certain
fussy and quarrelsome man who Is
fond Of threatening lawsuits and ac-
tions for damages on every possible
pretext and who is also not averse to
taking mean advantage Of his fellows.
On recent occasion his hat was
slightly damaged by something acci-
dentally dropped from the window of a
nelghbor's house. The fact was set
forth in an indignant letter from the
fussy person, who demanded that the
hat should be replaced by a new one,
q decidedly modest request. seeing that
the original hat was old and shabby.
while the injury to it could have been
easily repaired.
The recipient of the letter, however.
ia humorous gentleman well acquaint-
ed with the weaknesses of his corre-
spondent. Instead Of waxing indig-
nant at the impudence OF the demand
he wrote a playful reply, explaining
that times were bard, money scarce
and new hats at premium. He hoped,
however, that as he could not furnish
the aggrieved party with a new head
covering he would accept the material
for one. And he inclosed sheet OF
foolscap!-London Tit-Bits.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-07-24
Roe and the French.

The keener appreciation in Europe Of
literature as fine art is no doubt the
main reason why Poe is looked upon
over there as our most noteworthy po
ct. Poe certainly had more consum
mate art than any other American sing
er. and his productions are more com
pletely the outcome of that art. They
are literary feasts. 'The Raven" was
as deliberately planned and wrought
out as Is any piece of mechanism. Its
inspiration is verbal and technical
''The truest poetry is most feigning,"
says Touchstone, and this is mainly
the conception of poetry that prevails
in European literary circles. Poe's po-
etry is artistic feigning. like good act
Ing. 1t Is to that extent disinterested.
He does not speak for himself. but for
the artistic spirit. He has never been
popular in this country. for the reason
that art. as such. is far less appreciat-
ed here than abroad. The stress of life
here is upon the moral and intellectual
elements much more than upon the
aesthetic. We demand q message of
the poet or that he shall teach us how
to live. Poe had no message but that
of art. He made no contribution to
our stock Of moral ideas; he made no
appeal to the conscience or manhood
of the race; he did not touch the great
common workaday mind of our people.
He is more akin to the Latin than to
the Anglo-Saxon; hence his deepest i'm
preston seems to have been made up
on the French mind.-John Burroughs
in Century.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-07-24

thing"
Wonderingly Paxton followed him to
the front Of the lobby.
ITS costing me my job" said Ger
aid. land I've no particular reason for
feeling grateful to you, but you ought
to know about these two kilograms"
And with trembling hands he unfolded
copies OF the dispatches.
Paxton laughed, and then his face
softened.
ITS awfully good of you, old chap"
he said, "but | know about those mes
sages. The fact is I'm engaged to
Judge Birdsalrs ward, and Mr.. Spen-
Ger as my guardian is to formally an
nOunce 1t tonight. It's been an open
secret. but | was waiting until her
eighteenth birthday, which Is today,
and that's why those joking kilograms
were sent. And, by the way, IL you're
going to see Miss Dorothy tonight, if
you'll forgive the impertinence, you
might tell her that your prospects are
very materially improved, for l under
stand that you are slated for the posi-
tion | am about to give up. I go to
New York"
Dorothy said 81 told you So" but her
father said Yes"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-07-24
STABLE AND SllO.
An Ohio PIan-Very Convenient In
Caring For CnttIe.

The diagram shows the arrangement
of q new stable and silo built with a
view to convenience in feeding and car
ing for cattle. of which correspondent
has the following to say in the Ohio
Farmer.
The stanchions, Instead of running
lengthwise of the stable. rs is the usu-
al plan, are placed in rows at right an
giles across the stable, but leaving
space on one side for a walk. On the
side of the right angles next to the
walk are the stanchions and manure
cutters Or the other SIDE are the
Managers, feed alleys AID shoots for
feeding hay GHi sil1 .c and feed bins.
Under the walk is II manure vat made
of matched pine plank. aE'd the cutters
are so arranged THAI the manure can
be pushed along into the vat without
lifting it.
At one end Of tie vat ii is so arrang-
ed that wagon can bQ driven under 1t
and loaded by hitehing a team TO II
scrapcr made to fit In the vat and draw
the manure 70 the cLJ where the wag-
on stands uutrl g. v,leu "a drops down
into the Wr,, ~ tl.s ;DTauSement
there is n l:.,.-, ot tEo manure to get
it into the WIZ. rs it is pushed
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-07-24

PLAN OF STABLE AND s1Lo.

S. silo; F. feed bin: A, feed alley: NJ.
manger: c, stanchions; G. gutter; ".
manure vat. under wall.
The foundation and bottom of the silo
were made Of stone and cement. The
high and 10 feet in diameter. The
siIls are made of two inch plank, cut
in short pieces and laid double and
spiked together, but first cutting them
so they will form a circle. The top
plank was notched every foot to hold
the end of the studding resting on It.
The studding of by 6 scantling. 16
feet long, were spliced by tapping them
and spiking them together. These were
set up one foot apart and the bottom Of
each one securely spiked to the sill and
held in place by stay lathing them un-
til the boards were nailed on.
Hardwood boards three-fourths Of
an inch thick were bent so they could
be nailed horizontally around the stud
ding, then thick building paper was put
on. and then another thickness of
boards was put on In the same way,
thus double boarding 1t, with paper be-
tween the boards The silo is SO close
to the barn that 1t was covered by an
extension of the barn roof over 1t and
in this way attaching the silo to the
barn. Several openings were made in
the side of the silo. with doors on the
inside fitting tightly over them. A
shoot from these openings carries the
epsilage to the stable below.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-07-24

by
MARY
WOOD

Gerald Hastings watched Frank Pax
toms retreating form till the latter
turned down Oak street. Then he
clutched fiercely the little hand that
crept into his and turned to its owner.
"You don't love him, do you. Dot:"
/ he asked earnestly.
She made moue. You foolish
boyr' she laughed. How many times
must / tell you that l love you, and
you only? Mr.. Paxton is very enter
tanning young gentleman, and we are
all very glad to have him come here
as frequently as he does, especially
papa"
Gerald gritted his teeth.
Especially papar- he said angrily.
Naturally lie prefers the cashier of
the First National bank to the operator
for the Western Union company at $1S
week."
She laid a dainty hand across his
lips.
"You mustn't speak that way. Ger
ald," she said demurely. Remember,
he is my father and may be yours
some day"
He caught her eagerly In his arms.
Tell me, Dot" he said earnestly, sis
there really all this hope for me?'
She looked into his face with in
nocent, trusting eyes. "If l don't mar
ry you. | won't marry any one," she
promised.
well" he said, releasing her, ''if
Paxton doesn't keep away from here,
I'm going to have trouble with him one
Of these days"
Dorothy laughed, but there was an
undercurrent of seriousness In her
voice as she said: You mustn't talk
that way, Gerald. It's foolish and un-
necessary. You must remember that
papa Is a heavy stockholder in the
bank and that Mr.. Paxton Is protege
of Mr.. Spencer, the president. who has
asked father to be particularly kind
to him. Mr.. Paxton Is very charm
Ing young man, but has never made 1t
evident that he wants to marry me-"
Except by coming round about five
nights n week." supplemented Hast
ings.
WELL" she laughed, "you always
outstay him, and-and'-
"And to the victor belong the spoils,"
finished Gerald, making his meaning
clear. There was the frou frou Of
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-07-24

Standard and "stand by" plants and
varieties should be the rule of the be-
ginner. Experiment with new flowers
and varieties only in a small way.
Study color effects IL you would have
a really beautiful garden. The lowell
est colors often neutralize each other
sadly. Clear reds and magentas, for
instance, should not be close neigh
bcrs.
Know the plants as you would peo-
pie II you would have them respond
fully. Find out their habits, their
likes and dislikes. The study is one
OF unfailing pleasure, and 1t pays rich
interest in perpetual bloom.
I.innia plants are good for low hedges.
Plants foot and a half apart will soon
run branches togetheS and the foliage
is dense from the ground up. The
flowers are almost as brilliant as those
of the dahlia and are produced freely
from July to late October.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-07-24
Away. wash Before rhey Pray.

Always wash Before They Pray.
Moslems always bathe before they
pray. They would not dare enter the
house of prayer with unclean hands or
feet or faces; hence when the muez-
zin's call is heard from the minaret
five times day faithful Moslems 60
first to the fountains that are found
outside of every mosque and bathe
themselves. There are innumerable
lighthouses also in which genuine
Turkish baths and massage are given.
At the same time their houses are
positively filthy-too filthy, as q rule,
for human beings to occupy-and the
streets Of Constantinople and every
other Turkish town are indescribable
in their nastiness. The clothing they
wear Is as dirty as their bodies are
clean. and their food is often unfit for
sanitary reasons.-Chicago Record Her
aid