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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
POWERFUL VOICES.
Some Historic Shrfekers Who Ante
dated the Famous Stentor.

Some Historic Shrfel<ers Who Ante
dated the Famous Stentor.
The question has often been asked,
Of history" The answer usually is
that it was Stentor, of whom Homer
says his voice was as loud as that of
fifty other men combined and from
which we get the phrase "stentorian
voiced" But we have record of two
historic ''shriekers" anterior to Homer.
We read where Simeon and Levi fought
Sarton and that Levi beheaded one
man with his own sword. In chapter
3S, verse Al, of the book referred to the
story is related in the following words:
"And the sons Of Jacob seeing that
they could not prevail over the twelve,
Simeon gave a loud and tremendous
shrek, and the eleven remaining men
were stunned by the awful shrek"
In chapter 80, same book, verse 10,
we find the following account Of the
battles of the sons Of Jacob with the
Inhabitants Of the city Of Gaash. 1t
seems as though the battle was both in
the front and in the rear and that the
warriors on the wall were throwing
spears and hurting stones upon the
sons of Jacob. What next occurred, as
related in chapter and verse above
cited, is recorded in these words:
"And Judah, seeing that the men of
Gaash were getting too heavy for
them, gave a piercing and tremendous
shrek, and all the men CT Gaash were
terrif1ed ut Judah's cry, and men fell
from the wall at the sound of his pow
erful shrek, and all those that were
without as well as those within the
city were greatly afraid of their lives"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
An oblirinr Caller.

When NJ Clemenceau was in the
French chamber of deputies. he be
came for some reason the idol of the
workingman. but his popularity. ac-
cording to the course Of nature, brought
its penalties BE was besieged by all
sorts Of people. who came merely to
ask questions. and sometimes they
were questions of the most trivial sort.
He was originally doctor and used
to give advice for nothing at certain
hours of the day. One morning work
ingman entered his room. and Clemen-
ceau said without looking up from his
writing:
"Take Off your csat and shirt I'll
attend to you directly"
Three minutes later he found the
man had stripped to the waist
There is nothing the matter with
you," said the doctor when he had
made an examination.
81 know there isn'ti" returned the
man.
"Tben what did you come forY
ITO consult you on political ques
tion."
"But what did you strip for"
~ thought you wanted an illustra-
ton of the emaciated body of the man
who lives by the sweat of his brow"
The political question remained un.
answered. NJ Clemenceau was too ex-
asperated to do more than tell the man
to dress and go home.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19


present The pictures show the device
and how to use it, says Rambler in
Gleanings In Bee Culture.
1t will be observed that it is made
very strong, mostly of tough fir, and
put together with bolts. and cloth
tray is adjusted under the hive to be
jounced.
When it is desired to jounce the bees
from super. it is adjusted, as In
Fig. /, and the whole jounced against
the ground. The sudden jar or a few
of them send the bees all into the
tray. The latter can be removed, as
shown in Fig. 2, and the bees dumped
on the top of the frames of the colony.
In order to cushion the lower ends of
the corner posts of the jouncer they
are chamfered off to point. AS there
are no stones in the apiary, when the
jouncer strikes the ground the jouncer
is broken just enough to prevent the
combs from breaking.
The benefits derived from this meth
cd of getting bees off the combs are all
in the line of rapid manipulation. In
the American Bee Journal not many
months ago Mr.. Davenport caught on
to this idea and applied it to the COM
mon Langstroth hive. The best sue
cess, however, is attained with a shall
low brood chamber, and the only OBJ
lection 1 have to 1t is when there is
much thin honey III SlODS ont uDOn the
bees. But, of course, it is best to wait
until the honey is thick. 1t is hard to
make people believe that any new way
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19

1 have raised 800 bushels Of potatoes
to an acre when others have found
their crop cut down to 200 and less by
the weather and diseases. The whole
difference has been in the start and the
conditions of the soil and the seed.
When the clover is turned under with
the plow, the roots of the clover will be
equivalent to good dressing with rich
manure. The wheat which may follow
will leave plenty of fertilizer In the soil
for the crop Of potatoes, and the early
crop yill hardly require any further
fertilizing. The pulverization of the
soil must be made thorough. for we
cannot get the land into any too good
condition for the potatoes.
The perfect cultivation of the soil
early in the season enables the land to
warm up so that the seed can be put
in early, and early planting is always
desirable. The potato will grow in n
comparatively cold soil. and a low tenn
perature will not kill it so quickly as
some imagine. 1T Is certainly worth
the effort TO get an early crop of pota-
toes, for the profits are almost sure to
be larger than for the later crop.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
ssNo Intcrference.v -

There is one thing anarchists will mo-
consent to, one thing they rebel against
(at least In thought, and sometimes III
act), and that is anybody's assumption
to rule another, whether it be czar
king, nobility or democrat majority
says William NJ. Salter in The Atlantic
They are disagreed about many things
There are individualist anarchists and
socialist (or communis0 anarchists, be-
levers in private property and believ-
ers in common property, but all alike
believe in self rule, and they are as much
opposed to democratic state socialism
as to state socialism of any kind. They
believe that power intoxicates the best
of men and are not willing to allow Ii
in any form. "No master. high or low y
they say, after William Morris. LET
life shape ITSELF" "Mind your own bust
ness" mo interference"-such is their
damond
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
Took a slow Train.

81 want to go to Lancaster" said q
nervous looking old woman as she peer.
ed through at the ticket seller in the
Broad street station. "Will you kindly
tell me when the next train goesY
''The next train leaves at IL 40" was
the reply.
"And when does 1t reach Lancas
terT' asked the old woman.
"It's two hour express; gets there
ut / 40"
Goodness mel I don't like to travel
30 fast I'm afraid of accidents"
"No danger at all, madam. assure
you"
"But surely you have slower trains.
"Oh. yes; there's one Mt 12:40. that
doesn't get to Lancaster until 3:10."
"Well. l guess I'll wait for that one.
There's no use in taking any unneces-
sary risks" AID she bought her tick
ct to Lancaster and sat down to wait
for the slow II Philadelphia Rec
ord
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
POTATO CULTURE.
Good Intensive Practice AccordinI
to Connecticut Ideas.

Good Intensive Practice According
to Connecticut Ideas.
Anything under 500 bushels of pota-
toes to an acre should be an unsatis-
factory crop where good, intensive cul-
tural methods are practiced, and this
may be surpassed by fifty to seventy
five bushels in good seasons. says an
American Cutiyator correspondent. To
make full crop of potatoes there must
be preparation and rotation of crops in
order to couuteract the effects of the
rot, scab and striped beetles There is
no better way to get rid of these dis
eases than TO turn the land over to
grass and corn after the second year.
A good crop CT ciorcr after the pota-
toes VIII fertili.e the lard and make it
ready for crop OF corn or wheat,
which VIII cCu:c in TO keep up Tie aver
age proGt Of the land. The mechanical
conditions OF the SOL C.taned by this
rotation helps greatly toward making
the potato crop Il large oEe With rich
soil obtained in this way and by good
nlanuring aad fire seed the beginning
is favorable enough TO warrant great
expectations but this may be partly
coun:cructcd BY LAD seas ous. That is
something that We canact help. but we
can set the crop IN such condition that
the injury will be somewhat limited
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19

Lord, widder. but you won't leave
me in this fix! You couldn't have the
heart to do it!'
"Oh. it's no use TO talk about hearts,
she replied. George and Polly have
both got hearts, but it's nothing to US.
l wonder just how many bees are
hanging to your right carr
Millions. wilder, millions" he
hoarsely whispered, land millions
more to my hat and hair and chin!
Can't they be scraped Off"
mot today, Uncle Jerry. I hear you
don't like me-"
But l do. You beat me in them
lawsuits, but you ought to, guess"
But you don't like Polly"
"Yes, / do. Polly is the incest girl
in oil this county"
"She is that, but how you move
about You must stand as steady as
a tree. Yes, Polly is nice girl"
But do something for mev' he en-
treated.
How can L? You don't like me, and
you don't want George and Polly to
marry, and
"Widder Blair" came the whispered
words from amid the bees, 81 like you.
| like Polly"
"And GeorgeT
HE may marry Polly tomorrer.
Hang it, only get these bees off'n me,
and George and me will marry the hull
caboodle of you before sundown!'
Uncle Jerry's word was considered
us good as his bond, and half an hour
later. by careful manipulation. the bees
were hived and he was free to 60.
Pale faced and weak in the knees. he
drove into the barnyard. calling to his
son:
George go over to the Widder
Blair's tonight and ask Polly If she'll
be ready to marry you q week from
todayp'
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19

The canary is always regarded as a
small eater, just as the pig is notorious
for it's gluttony. People with small ap-
petites are often twitted for not eating
more than enough to feed a canary,
and this led man who was tiny eat
er to watch the yellow bird and report
He found that canary that weighed
247 grains ate just thirty-two times its
own weight in a month; that is, 1t ate
rather more than it's own weight on an
average every day. Anyone who watch
es the little bird will notice that 1t is al
ways eating. Now, says the investiga-
tor, pig doesn't eat its own weight ev-
cry day, glutton as it is. Hence he
thinks that the canary deserves to be
classed as a little pig.-London An
swerS.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
No IS
CHELSEA'S NOTED BUNS.


All London Used to Visit Mrs. Hands
ON Good Friday.
However religious observanccs may
change in England, the eating Of hot
cross buns on G-od Friday Is not likely
to die out. Stiil. enthusiasm in this
particular has considerably declined
since the days when Mrs Hands kept
the Chelsea Bun House at the corner
Of Jews row, now Pimlico road. So
many people were in the habit of flock
ing there on Good Friday in order to
eat hot cross buns that on one occasion
$4,000 persons assembled there, and
ESQ was taken in the day for buns
alone. After this the inhabitants Of
Chelsea protested against the noise and
disturbance this caused, and Mrs.
Hands, fearing to be restrained by the
law, issued in 1913 a quaint proclama-
ton, stating how, "desirous, therefore,
of testifying her regard and obedience
to those laws by which she Is happily
protected, she Is determined, though
on that day to any person whatever,
but chelsea buns as usual"
This Mrs. Hands was something Of
character in her own way. The royal
family and many of the aristocracy
used to visit her in the morning, and
Queen Charlotte even presented her
with silver half gallon mug contain
ing guineas. The house remained in
the possession Of her family for some
time, as Sir Richard Phillips, writing a
few years before its destruction. men,
tions. After admitting that for upward
of thirty years he had never passed the
house without filling his pockets. he
goes on to say, "These buns have af-
forded competency and even wealth
to four generations of the same family,
and it is singular that their delicate
flavor, lightness and richness have nev-
er been successfully initiated" When
Ranelagh was closed, the Bun House
declined in popularity, though as late
as 1880 24,000 buns were sold on Good
Friday alone.-London Chronicle.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19

Orange Judd Farmer declares winter
wheat in sensitive condition. Core
spondents report the winter unfavora-
Bile in Texas. Similar condition exists
in Arkansas, in Tennessee and Ken
tucky In Ohio two-thirds of the coun-
ties report the winter unfavorable.
Michigan has had ample snow protec-
ton. In Indiana and Illinois the situa-
ton is doubtful. Kansas makes far
better showing, and Nebraska has an
other story. In the latter state the
acreage is the largest on record and the
prospect declared as good as ever
known. Conditions on the Pacific coast
are almost entirely favorable except an
unimportant section of southern Cali
fornia
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
Matched Puzxlers.

"Papa." said the inquisitive young
ster, why is it that people rescued
from drowning are always saved just
as they are going down for the third
timer"
"Why is it." returned the father,
that a small boy always picks out
unanswerable questions to ask ?"-Chi-
caCO Post
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19

The largest ruby known is one men,
toned by Chardin as having been en-
graved with the name of Sheik Sephy.
Another noble ruby Is in possession Of
the shah Of Persia. Its weight is put
at IT'S carats. A third. belonging to
the king of Usapar. was cut into a
hemispherical form and in 1858 was
bought for $13.866. A ruby possessed
by Gustavus Adolphus and presented
to the czarina at the time of his jour
ney to st. Petersburg was the size Of
a small hens egg.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
Didn't Know Her.

"What has become of Miss Blank,
who was always such a favorite In
your set?"
Her father failed some weeks ago
and all they had was sold at auction. "
"Poor thingp'
"And now they have to live in a lit
tie house in the suburbs"
"What change! How she must feel
itr'
Eyes. She is so much changed that
even her best friends would not recog-
nize her. / met her in the street to-
day and did not know her at all. poor
thing"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
Ran without Legs.

A certain congressman has q smart
granddaughter. whose clever sayings
are the delight of her parents. The 9TH
er day she came to her grandfather
with her face all smiles.
Grandpa" she said, II saw some
thing this morning running across the
kitchen floor without any legs. What
do think it wasT
Mr.. Congressman studied for awhile
and gave up. what was it?" he asked.
Water" said the youngster trium-
phantly.-St Louis Post-Dispatch.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
HOW THE JoUNcER GETS THE BEE.

is better than their way. Whether
beekeepers use the Rambler's jouncer
Or not, | hope the beekeepers will dis
card the old, obsolete use of a brush.
Bees can be shaken off the combs clean
enough. In central California but few
brushes are used.
have great hopes for the shallow
extracting super Mr. Davenport says
the jouncing principle is worth $50 a
year to him even with the standard
frames.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
The Word TreacIe.

The word treacle has undergone an
odd modification. At first it was applied
to such decoctions of roots or other sub
stances as were deemed beneficial in
medical practice; then, as these We're
frequently sweetened. it came to mean
any sweet concoction or confection,
and lastly, as molasses was the sweet
est Of all, this name was exclusively
applied to sirup.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
.>z1aaRbep
THE JOUNCER.

An Up to Date Device For Freeing
Extracting Supers From Bees.
One of the chief up to date appli
ances in my apiary is known as joun-
Ger. Some four or five years ago | de-
scribed with pen and pencil my first
jouncer, and it was q very crude af-
fair compared with the one in use at
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19

Thrift of time is as necessary as
thrift of money, and he who knows
how to save time has learned the Sc
cret of accommodating educational op-
portunity. Men who regard it as sim
full to waste money waste time with
q prodigaps lavishness because they
do not understand the value of short
periods of time. Society is full of peo-
pie who might enrich themselves n
hundredfold and make their lives i'm
mensely more interesting if they learn
ed this commonplace truth.-Ladies
Home journal.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
Knocked Into a Cooked Hat.

The expression Knocked into cock
ed hat" is familiar to every one, but
perhaps its origin is not SO generally
known. Cooked hat was a variety of
the game of bowls in which only three
pins were used, set up at the angles Of
a triangle. When, in bowling tenpins,
all were knocked down except the
three at the corners, the set was said
to be knocked into a cooked hat," !"
whence the popular expression for de-
privipg anything Of its main body,
character or purpose.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19

For hog lot there is nothing like the
mulberry tree. according to writer in
an exchange. Plant your lot full of
the best trees you can find, choosing
them both for form and fruit. Have
lot of the ever bearing among them,
and when feed is scarce you have the
yery best for your hogs and poultry.
They will bear bushels to the tree and
will be growing in value every year as
timber. The timber is equal to catalpa
in value and grows as rapidly. 1t is
fine for p Hts and shows beautiful
granting in lumber.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
ForeHfghf.

Sweet Girl am loved by two men,
and cannot make up my mind which
to marry. What would you advise?
Old Lady-Get both to insure their
lives In your favor and then wait until
one OF them dies. That will insure the
constancy of the other New York
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19

ed The fruit Is MANI
usually uniformly large to the tip of
the cluster. Its largest berries are full
ly equal to the largest of the Comet.
While on the average it's fruit Is not
quite so large as that Of the Comet, its
clusters average longer. The pulp is
less seedy and considerably better in
quality. The stem of the cluster is free
from berries near its attachment to the
plant, thus making it easy to pick. The
color is good red, somewhat lighter
than the Fay. In flavor and quality /
consider it distinctly better than Fay
or Cherry. In fact, do not know of
any other large currant in cultivation
that is. its equal in this respect. 1t
ripens about with Fay and Cherry"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
proceedlnx with caution.

"Are you sure that your arguments
are calculated to impress people with
your punctilious principles?"
81 don't want to impress 'em too
strongly with my punctiliousness," an
swered Senator Sorghum. eff any
body is willing to sell out, I don't want
him to feel scared about making a
on.n-Washington Star.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
A DelIcnfe Point.

"It seems to make Scaddington's wife
as mad ms n hornet every time he
boasts that he began ut the foot and
worked his way up
Well. be started 10 as 1ootblack.
yon kuow."-Chica:o Record Herald
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
Helping n Fellow Out.

He (who shutters badly)-l lul-lul
love you mum-mum-l lul-love you
mum-mum-more than tut-tut-tongue
can tut-tut-more than tut-tut-tongue
3n tut-tut-
She (eagerly)-Don't you know the
deaf and dumb alphabet?
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
Chinese Repartee,

An English sailor was watching
Chinaman who was placing dish of
rice by grave. when do you expect
your friend to come out and eat that?"
the sailor asked. "Same time as your
frien' come out to smellee flowers you
Free Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
Not One of His Traita.

"a Darwinian. are you" said Slopay
argumentatively. Then you don't be-
lieve we were made of dust"
81 don't believe you were," replied his
tailor Dust settles occasionally, you
Philadelphia Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.,
-. BY C. b. LEWIS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


jeremiah Mead, farmer, money lend
er, bargain driver and tight fsted
citizen of Blair county, had earned the
name Of a hard man. His wife was
submissive to servility. His son George,
their only child, had grown up in fear
of him and after reaching his majority
still worked on without wages.
jeremiah had forclosed mortgages
without mercy, he had lent money at
usurious interest, and no one could re-
member q neighborly act on his part.
Uncle Jerry. as he was called, knew
that he was In bad odor all over the
county, but he rather gloried in 1t.
1t was seldom that the son George
had dollar of his own or q days yaca-
tion, but he made few complaints, no
matter what he thought Of the situa-
ton. Having none Of the fathers
characteristics, he was a general favor
ite. as far as people knew him. At
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
NEW FRUIT.

Perfection Currant, Which Won the
Barry Medal For Special Merit.
The cut. from American Agricultur-
list, shows the new Perfection currant,
which obtained the Barry gold medal
from the Western New York Horticul-
tural society for a new fruit of special
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
just n way She Had.

Softleigh-That how'd Miss Giggles
weally laughed at me lawst evening,
doncher know.
Miss Cutting-Oh, well, you shouldn't
notice. She often laughs at nothing
Chicago News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19

Were ! to speak my whole mind l
should dare to say that men are made
for laughter and women for tears.-La
Claviere. saThe Art of Life"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19

htilt. L iOiCooOk
S. A. Beach of
New York Is
credited W t b
the following de-
scription of 1t:
"In form of
bush. health and
vigor of foliage
the Perfection Is
intermediate be-
tween its parents
Fay and White
Grape. The fruit
Is borne along
the old wood,
much like that
of the White
Grape. On the
average the size
of cluster and
size of berry
both exceed that
of the Fay and,
so far as |
know, equal that
of any variety.
which has yet
been disseroinat-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19
MisunderstOod.

Borrowell-Here's that dollar you
loaned me last week.
Wigwag-W What's the matter? Didn't
you like t?-Philadelphia Record.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19

Walls have ears, and the paper hang
n doesn't cover them either.-Philadel-
phia Bulletin.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-19

The white mustard is favorite va
riety for greens.
Ben Davis outnumLers old New Eng
land favorites in the recent orchard
paintings of nearly every state. In
Maine and Vermont the drift toward
Ben Davis is especially pronounced,
while even in Massachusetts, it is rap
ry gaining on Baldwin.
Onions should never be put in a soil
that is foul or that has been too re-
Gently fertilized with barnyard manure
unless the manure has been well rot
ted.
In test at one Of the stations 1t ap-
peared that eggs laid by cabbage fed
hens. although heavier and possessing
n higher percentage Of protein and fat,
were inferior in favor to those laid by
hens which had q ration of clover.