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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25
PLAN OF FRUIT DRYING HOUSE.


rection of the current is shown by the
arrows. The large dots under the fire
box show the ends Of the crate bars,
made of any old scrap iron that will
reach across into the earth Oh each
side. They are not absolutely essential.
A single one just below and inside of
the fire door will do, or even a stick of
green wood, renewed occasionally, will
answer to hold up the ends OF the
wood.
The fire door may be large sheet of
tin or slab OF an old stove, which may
be lifted away to put In fuel. The fire
box is made by digging a trench into
the earth eighteen OF twenty inches
wide, about the same In depth, and in
length proportionate to the length Of
the building, say half way; then II Is
made shallower, but broader, back to
the stovepipe, which should be at least
four feet long-six would be better
Over this trench are placed thin, fiat
stones, old stove slabs, boiler plate or
anything of the kind, all cracks being
well luted with clay.
This Is represented IN the cut by the
line under the words ''air inlet" just
over which Is another line represent
ing the top Of a fiue made of sheets Of
tin, old stove slabs or thin, broad
stones, held up on each side by bricks
set cdgewise or stones, all well luted
with clay. This 1ue should be about
four inches deep and no wider than
the fire box, widening with the fiue
leading TO the stovepipe.
If l ever build another, shall make
the whole front end door. The trays
can then be put In and taken out more
easily and readily. No door is shown
in this cut. 1t is over the fire door.
The fiue between the house and chin
ney should be at least three times as
roomy as the inlet fue.
The top tray or set of trays is pushed
against the back wall, the next against
the front wall NO alternating till all
are In, the bottom one back, and all
trays reaching from one side to the
other to completely fill the space.
Around the ends and between are
spaces of eight inches. The stovepipe,
heating the air around 1t and also act
ing something like a jet pump, causes
strong draft, bringing the air In over
the fire, where 1t is heated and passes
rapidly back and forth over the trays,
where 1t quickly carries off the water
that the heat brings out OF the fruit
1t will dry it out in six hours easily.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25
Remarkable Reasons For Duels.

Colonel Montgomery was shot In a
duel about dog; Colonel Ramsey in
one about a servant; Mr.. Featherstone
Ia one about a recruit; Sterne's father
III one about goose, and another gen
tleman In one about bottle of an
cliovies One officer was challenged
for merely asking his opponent to pass
him goblet; another was compelled
to fight about a pinch of snuff. Gen
eral Barry was challenged by a Cap
tain Smith for declining wine at din
ner on n steamboat. although the gen
eral pleaded as an excuse that wine in
variaSly made him sick, and Lieuten-
ant Cowther lost his life in duel be-
cause he was refused admittance to a
club OF pigeon shooters.
In l7I7 q duel occurred In New York
between Lieutenant Featherstonehaugh
Of the Seventy-fifth and Captain Nc
Pherson OF the Forty-second British
regiment in regard to the manner Of
eating an ear of corn, one contending
that the eating was from the cob and
the other contending that the grain
should be cut off from the cob before
eating. Lieutenant Featherstonehaugh
lost his right arm, the ball from his an
tagonist's pistol shattering the limb
fearfully, so much SO that 1t had to be
amputated. Major Noah lost his life
In 1927 at the dueling ground at Ho-
boken In a simple dispute about what
was trumps in q game of cards.-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25
washing In the Orient.

The Japanese rip their garments
apart for every washing. and they iron
their clothes by spreading them on q
fat board and leahlng this up against
the house to dry. The sun takes the
wrinkles out of the clothes, and some
Of them have quite luster. The jap
anese woman does her washing out OF
doors. Her washtub is not more than
six inches high.
The hardest worked washerwomen
In the world are the Koreans. They
have to wash about dozen dresses
for their husbands. and they have plen-
ty to do. The washing is usually done
in cold water and often In running
streams. The clothes are pounded with
paddles until they shine like a shirt
front fresh from a laundry.-Chicago
News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25
Condition of Cnne and Rice.

In every important sugar cane pro-
ducing state except Texas the average
condition Of sugar cane on Aug l was
considerably below that of year ago,
and also below the mean OF the August
averages for the past ten years. Texas
reports condition eighteen points
above the ten year average, while all
other states contributing to the cane
sugar crop report conditions ranging
from two to eight points below such
average
The condition of rice is below that
of Aug. /, 1901, and also below the
mean Of the August averages for the
past eight years In every important
rice producing state except Texas, In
which state the condition on Aug.
was thirteen points higher than at the
corresponding date last year, and
agreed exactly with the mean of the
August averages for the past eight
years.-August Crop Reporter.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25

Which Of the large cities OF the world
had the shortest l!fc?
In the ancient world the answer Is
Palmyra The period of IT'S prosperity
extended only from III % 2I3 A. D.,
1876 years. IN the 9th century u. G..
Persopol.s was the capital II the Per-
sian eE1.sr f"r thirty years only. but
this was merely mn r"r.dcat Of war
and politics. Carthage wa the shortest
lived sea-; cf empire. Tor II only en-
durcd abcrt 300 years. IA modern times
the answer vYuld be Amarapura. the
former capital OF Burma. Founded in
1888. II had IN 1900 population OF
175.0O0. SIXTY years later the seat OF
government WIS transferred 10 Man
dnlay, and Auartpura is now repre-
scented only Us few ruined temples
and bamboo huis.-London Answers.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25

der, and potato sacker in the rear Of
the elevator. The heads. or chimes. OF
the cylinder are supported and revolve
upon trucks or rollers. The periphery
OF the cylinder is composed of small
rods placed a proper distance apart to
retain the potatoes, and within the
cylinder, attached to and revolving
Herewith, is a spiral which operates
like an auger and forces the potatoes
back until finally by an ingenious de-
vice the potatoes are carried up on to
the elevator, which delivers them into
sacks. In operating this machine two
men and four horses are required when
the potatoes are sacked, but when
dumped in piles in rhe field one man
only is needed.
The machine is capable of harvest
ing 200 bushels in ten hours, or ordi-
nariiy will dig from four to five acres
per day. l might add that the cylin-
der revolves slowly. The potatoes and
Jumps continually roll to the bottom
thereof, which action breaks the Jumps
and sifts out the dirt. The vines are
carried through the machine and drop
ped on the ground. Rural New York
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25
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A DRYHOUSE FOR FRUIT.

One That Was Built at Small. Cost
and Worked Well.
Fruit drying being the order of the
season, Home and Farm writer de-
scribes n satisfactory dryhouse built
by himself at small cost:
The chimney can be built Of sticks
and clay. If lime and sand are con-
venient and care is taken to cut all the
sticks the same length and plaster it
well Inside and out, over the ends Of
the sticks as well as elsewhere, and
then a thin coat of cement put on the
outside, it will last many years, with
n cover on when not in use. 1t should
be two feet square at least, and, as to
height, the higher the better; but ten
feet give good draft, if the chimney
is smooth on the inside
The dimensions of the house can be
arranged to suit the amount Of work
to be done This cut shows only three
trays (marked AZ, but there can be
any odd number-odd, so the current
of hot air will pass all right. The di-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25
Whnf'n In N Nnmef

Her name is Margaret, but all her
friends call her Daisy. 1t Is d pet
name she has been known by since
she was a child. There is pretty,
bright, charming freshness about her
which the flower suggests. But not
withstanding the appropriateness of
the nickname the girl, who has recent
ly attained the dignity Of an engage
ment ring, has discarded 1t once and
for all, and no one is a friend OF hers
who does not call her Margaret. 1t is
all on account OF the new name she IL
to take. She will eventually be Mrs.
Field.
'And It is Il very nice name, too"
says the girl, but l do not intend TO
be n daisy field New York Times.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25
THE PERPETUAL LIGHT.

Remarkable Lamp In Louisiana
That Never Goes Ont.
"The most remarkable lamp In this
section OF the country" said a man
who cruises q great deal along the
coast to the New Orleans Times-Dem-
ocrat, lis to be found in the water area
between Lake Borgne and Mississippi
sound in a lonely. desolate, isolated
spot, where the fall of human feet and
the dip of oars are heard only four
times year.
''The light is some distance this side
Of Bay st. Louis and is little south
of Chinchuba. 1t stands away out in
the marsh, but can be seen from the
Louisville and Nashville railroad. 1t
burns all the time, day and night,
year in and year out. 1t fickers away
for the benefit of the mariners who
frequent these waters: 1t Is the Per-
petual light. The sun, the moon and
stars may come and go, but the light
which shines out in the dismal marsh
Is always the same. 1t Is the one
bright thing in n rather dismal stretch
of country. Seaweeds grow wild and
rank in that region. The land, such
as one may see from railroad train.
is fiat and treeless waste. 1t is with
out any cheerful aspect, low. gloomy,
overhung by miasmatic mist and per-
feet prairie OF wild and matted weeds
of the kind which flourish In marshy
regions. 1t is threaded by sluggish
arms Of water.
"Once every three months this lamp
is visited by a human being. 1t 10
flied with oil, trimmed up and put In
condition to burn for three months
longer. Thus 1t is visited four times q
year. 1t Is situated so that the winds
cannot put 1t out. 1t renders good
service. never explodes. never goes out,
never gets DINNER or brighter, but
burns with the same steady power all
the time. 1t has earned the name of
the Perpetual light"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25
Moss
for the colt, but if you won't take that
to offer You S22.5O, and if you WON'T

for the colt, but if you won't take thae
to offer you $3.50, and If you won't
take that to give you SIS"
The eagerness of the boy to gain the
horse could not brook any barrier. It
is needless to say that he paid $25 and
led the animal home.
Grant said. in writing his memoirs,
that the story of this purchase of his
got out in the village and 1t was long
before he heard the last Of II. The
schoolboys delighted in teasing him
about it; schoolboys are very often
little barbarians for tormenting one
another, and they did not let Ulysses
forget this one instance when he was
behind the rest in cleverness. .
He kept the horse for several years
and finally sold it for $50, the poor
animal having become blind. Later
he found it taken from the road and
working the tread wheel Of q ferryboat
which piled between the Ohio and
Kentucky banks of the Ohio river.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25

The commissioner of internal revenue
has decided against the use of palm oil
In the manufacture Of oleomargarine.
Make corn hay" is now the cry of
the agricultural press.
The general Introduction of the
"centap system In weighing grain,
wherein 100 pounds replace the bush
ell, is being agitated.
The summer" silo Is coming to the
fore. Many dairymen find ensilage as
valuable In summer as In winter.
Bonemeal fed to hogs Is said to save
25 per cent Of corn and to make health
Ter and stronger animals.
There has been more than the usual
complaint of bird depredations this
season.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25
Accurate Delay.

Many stories are told of the lack of
punctuallty upon southern railroads.
1t is said that when New England
man found IFS train. advertised to
leave at IL O'Clock. starting at exactly
that hour he complimented the con-
ductor.
Just on time. 1 see." he said genial
ly. "All this talk I've heard of the
lateness of your trains Is without foun-
datlon, I've no doubt"
The conductor smiled at him gently.
This train. SIR" he said without a
trace OF embarrassment, sis not today's
IL o'clock train, sir. 1t is yesterdays
II o'clock. Today's will probably not
get here from way down until tomor-
Pow, slr."-Youth's Companion.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25
rh, CIR, md Her Play.

Once upon time there were young
lady and young gentleman playing
a two handed game OF euchre.
81 offer you solitaire diamond"
said the young man as he played the
ace OF that suit
1.-THE best can do is to give you my
heart" the young woman answered 40
she played.
"Then your whole hand goes with
It," he said.
"Yes, Charles. dear" she replied.
Moral.-Thcre Is such a thing as
playing into the other players hand
New York Herald
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25

A young Partisan. noted for his grace
and readiness as a second In many
duels, was asked by q friend to ac-
company him to the mayors office to
affix his signature as witness to the
matrimonial registry. He consented,
but when the scene was reached for
got himself Just as the mayor was
ready for the last formalities he broke
out: Gentlemen, cannot this affair
be arranged? Is there no way of pre-
venting this sad occurrenceT
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25
After the Dance.

81 hope you have enjoyed the even
ing, Miss Oliver"
"Not excessively, Mr.. Roland. The
men are such wretched dancers.
have had only one really good part
ner."
"My own experience precisely"
ayes, Mr.. Van Twister is the best
dancer ever saw. There he goes now
with Grace Turner. 1t Is q pleasure to
watch them, isn't itT'
"Yes; he does very nlcely-with a
partner like your friend Grace. She
is the one TO whom i was referring
just now"
$50 l supposed. New York Herald.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25
A Gnme OF LcnpfroK.

Napoleon Bonaparte. as ls well known,
was in the habit OF walking with his
nrms crossed upon his chest and his
head slightly bent forward. lsabey,
the painter. was at Malmaison, and he
and some OF the first consul's alds-de-
camp were having game OF leapfrog
on the lawn. Isabcy had already
jumped over the heads of most OF
them, when Mt the turning Of path he
cspied the last player, who, In the req
uiste position, seemed TO be waiting for
the ordeal. lsabey pursued his course
without looking, but took his flight so
badly ns only TO reach the others shoul-
der, and both rolled over and over In
the sand.
To Isabey's CONSERVATION, his sup
posed fellow player turned out TO be
Bonaparte, who got up, foamins at the
mouth with anger and, drawing his
sword. pounccd upon the unfortunate
artist. Isabey, luckily for himself, bet.
ter at running thnn at leaplng. took to
his heels and, jumping the bitches d.
viding the property from the highroad.
got over the wall and never stopped
until. breathless. ho reached the gates
of the Tulleries.
Isabey, IL was added, went immedi-
ately to Nine Bonaparte's apartments,
and she. after having laughed at the
mlshap. advised him TO lie low for u
little while.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25
The Aurnr Rnef Scnnnn.

The season for sugar beets has been
rather too wet for best results In the
middle states, but prospects are fine In
the central west, while In the mountain
and coast states the harvesting OF
superb crop Is now under way and
Pacific coast factories are running full
blast Several new factories will be
completed In time to work up the 1902
crop of beets In the United States.
while in Ontario four sugar mills Will
be In operatIon.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25
NEW POTATO HARVESTER.

Designed to Either Sack the Potn-
toes or Pile Them In the Field.
About fifteen years ago Il new ma
chine was reported from Michigan
said TO dig potatoes and load them on
a wagon. The report proved unrelia-
bla and since that time we have been
hunting for such machine. Now we
hear OF n new harvester. A picture OF
the machine IL here shown, and the In.
ventor gives this account Of It:
"Thc principal features Of the ma
chine are shovel which can be set
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25
TWO USEFUL DEVICES.

A Picker For Apples and "a Handy
little Berry Pruuer.
Farm Journal says that the apple
gatherer shown here can be depended
upon not to bruise the fruit, for as
each apple is picked off it gently runs
down the cloth spout" that is at
tached to the pole, extending down TO
It's lower end. The apple falls into the
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25
APPLE PICKER AND
BUSH PIlUNER.

of good material and fastened it to an
old fork handle. 1t was found that a
person could stand up straight, could
reach through to the opposite side of
the row and, by turning it up edge
wise. sort out the desired stalk among
the thickest clumps and, best of all,
cut very rapidly. The blade is small
and sharp, fiat on the under side and
curved on top like a scythe.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25

For market purposes 1t is best to
grow but two or three varieties of
celery and build up trade for uni
form product The northern growers,
FOR the most part, plant White Plume
and Golden Self Blanching for summer
and fall marketing, and those who
make practice of storing also plant
some such variety as Giant Solid.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25

"Say. Jnks. where is that fine gold
watch you used to sport? see now
that you're wearing u plain affair in
nickel plated case"
"Well. you know, circumstances al
ter cases. '"-Baltimore American.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25
boiling Them Soft.

Mrs. Newlywed-These eggs are still
hard. How long did you boil them?
New Cook-Five minutes, ma'am.
Mrs. Newlywed-Well next time give
them ten mlnutes.-New York Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25
HON emade Barometer.

A convenient barometer for the
kitehtn may be made with an ordi-
nary glass jam Jar and an old oil
flask. Fill the jar three parts full Of
water. and after cleaning the flask
place II In the Jar neck downward.
The rising of the water In the flask
will indicate fine weather. Unsettled
weather will be foretold by the sink
Ing OF the water
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25

hand of the op-
orator and Is
placed in the
ba sket, while
with the other
hand another
apple is being
hooked Off.
The secondtool
Is the invention
of a Country
Gentleman cor
respondent for
pruningraspber-
rIes and black
berries. A black
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25
POTATO uAHyEgTER.

to run Mt any desired depth; an end
less chain carrier In the rear OF the
shovel n revolving cylinder In the rear
OF the chain, potato elevator pro-
jcetiDg Into the rear end OF the cyiin-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25
Roman Commands.

The ancient Greeks and Romans
drank wine freely Mt their feasts. Wine
was their beverage. Indeed Bacchus
held high carnival among them, and
the Roman would gorge himself with
food and then empty his stomach by
artificial means and resume his seat
Mt table and eat and drink to bis fill
a oain
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-09-25
Good Manager.

"You seem TO manage remarkably
well on your housekeeping money"
"Yes. The tradcspeople haven't sent
their bills I'm yet"-Ncw York Herald.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-02-01
Did Cake Walk In Court House.

Lizzie G. Thompson. colorcd, was ac-
quilted in the lnitcd States Court nj
Wilmington. II week ago. of II charge
that she obtained a pension by repre-
ScntiM& that her husband was dead. al
though he is still alive. 1t was shown
that there We're two William JohnsonS
both veterans of the Civil War. and
when one died ont West. she thought it
WAS her husband. and accordingly APP
piled for the pension. Her husband re-
turned to Wilmington recently. rs the
other man of the same name had died
and Mrs. Johnson was arrested. As soon
as the jury returned its verdict, Il largo
crowd of colorcd folks welcomed the
Johnson woman, and with her did Il
cHk" walk up and down the corridor of
the federal building. Mrs. johnson her
self did some fancy steps, to the delight
of her friends. Then all rushed to shake
hands with Leonard Il. Wales, counsel
for the woman. and she concluded by
making an address to the jurors after
they had left the room.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-02-01
RURAL DELIVERY.
A Number of Free Mail Routes Will
Shortly Be Established In the Upper
Section of Cecil County.

The SECOND rural free mail delivery
route will be established in the upper
section of Cecil county on the first of
next month. commencing at Colora, rum
ming north to Brndy'S corner. east to
NrauS> corner. .outh to West Nothing
ham Church. southwest to MARSHALL S
hill. northwest to Basin run. north to
NalIHcrS corner thence back to Colora.
This part of the route is to be made be-
tween the ia a. M. and 9.41 Il. m,
trains.
The Second part of the route is from
t"lnra west to Vinegar Hill. north to
C"alr'S corner. east to Brady's corner.
northwest to lichHrdSmcrr post office.
nor'h"">t 10 richards corner. northeast
to Addison's mill. southeast to telegraph
road. south to West Nottingham Church.
thence west IL colora post-oilicc.
Area covered, . square miles. Number
of houses served, 143. Population served.
COS. Length Of route. ISL, miles. L. :.
boxes will he placed at MarShall's Hill.
- Vinegar Hill. at IlalTiSvllc. at Rich
"lg>mrrr. and nj KrauSs corner. The
carrier will be j. W. Wiley.
The postal authorities have also or
drrrd rural delivery routes from Rising
sun. with Henry $. White as carrier.
and two from Port Deposit. with John
j.. Conlr and John Brrrikrr as carriers.
Tn" order carries with it the discontinue
ancc of the post-oilircs at Principle.
Gr"rnhurst Pennington and Woodlawn.
with the. Office at Theodore To he supplied
by rural carrier.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-02-01

70 accommodate those who are partial
t. the Hsr Of dion.iz"rs il applying IL
guilds into th" nasal passages for catar-
rhal troubles. the proprictors prepare
EIy'> Liquid Cream Balm. Price in
cluGing the spraying tube is - cents.
Druggists or by mail The liquid EN-
bodies the medicinal properties of the
solid preparation. Cream Balm is quick
ly absorbed by the membrane and does
not dry up the sccrctions hut changes
them to 4 natural aml healthy character.
Ely Brothers. - Warren Street. New
York
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1902-02-01

Il have used Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for Il number of years and have
no hrSitancy in saying that it is the hest
remedy for coughs. colds and Group
have ever used in my family. have not
words TO express my confidence in this
Remedy. Mrs. J. \. Moore. North
Star, Mich. For sale by r. b. Frazer
Eliiton. Md.