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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05
Origin of the wedding Ring.

The wedding ring is the subject OF
quaint historical facts and endless su-
perstitions. 1t was probably chosen as
the symbol of marriage more for con.
venience than anything else. 1t is sup
posed to be a symbol of unbroken love
and of power and to carry special cura-
tive virtues with 1t. The old good luck
saying about it Is. "As your wedding
ring wears your cares will wear
away" The ancients, Pliny among
the rest. believed that a delicate nerve
ran directly from the ring finger" to
the heart and that the ring placed on
that finger was very closely connected
with the heart. In early Christian
marriages the bridegroom put the ring
first on the brides thumb, then on the
first finger. then on the second and last
of all on the third, saying as he did, 'In
the name of the Father and of the Son
and Of the Holy Ghost" The thumb
and first two fingers represented the
trinity, the next finger was the one
the ring was left on, to show that, next
to God, woman's duty was to her
husband.-Ladies' Home Journal.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05
choIcric versus quiet Natures.

Clarendon, says The Schoolmaster,
made careful observation when he
wrote: ANGRY and choleric men are MS
ugratcful and unsociable MS thunder
and lightning, being in themselves all
storm and tcmpcsts; but quiet and easy
natures are like air weather. welcome
10 all and acceptable to all men; they
gather together what the others dis
pcrse and reconcile all whom the others
incense; as they have the good will
and the good wishes OF all other men,
so they have the full possession of them
selves, have all their own thoughts at
peace ana enjoy quiet and ease In their
own fortune. how strait soevcr II may
hap
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05
MAN AND MARRIAGE.
Sage Advice About Methods Befor'
and After the Ceremony.

Sage Advice About Methods Before
and After the Ceremony.
In "Her Royal Highness Woman
Max O'Rell gives some very sage ad-
vice to men as to what they should and
should not do both before and after
marriage The following extracts will
be OF interest to readers:
Never marry q woman richer than
you, one taller than you or one older
than you. BE always gently superior to
your Wife in fortune, in size and in age,
so that in every possible way she may
appeal to you for help or protection,
either through your purse, your
strength or your experience in life.
Marry her at an age that will always
enable you to play with her all the diff
ferent characteristic parts of hus-
banda chum, n lover, an adviser, a
protector and just tiny suspicion of n
father.
However III you may speak or think
of women, you will always find wom-
an able to do It better than you.
Never let your ladylove see you with
out a collar-no not even the very wife
OF your bosom. A mans head without
collar IL like bouquet without n
holder.
Never let her see you asleep. Maybe
you sleep with your mouth open. III
you are married, let your wife sleep
first When you are quite sure she Is
off, let yourself go, and be careful to
wake up first In the morning.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05
Q(MD)d
SPRING WIRE HOOP FOR THE s11o.

SPRING WIRE HOOP FOR THE SILo.
that placing my two scantlings &C., G.
one foot less in length than the actual
size of the slaves around the silo gives
all the pressure that the threads on
three three-quarter inch bolts will
stand. In putting the wire on to the
scantling &C., O. place the roll of wire
at d, take the end and commence in
the middle OF the clamp Mt A and let
two men take hold and pull the wire
over the second clamp at A, pulling as
much as they can comfortably, while
the third man staples 1t down. Pro-
ceed in like manner with each wire
you wish to put on. being careful to
draw each wire alike. In hoop made
in this manner, when put on to the silo
and clamped up, every wire will draw
alike am convinced that the spring
wire hoop is ''the thing" to hoop the
silo with, as it will give when the silo
swells and will take up the slack when
the silo is empty in summer.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05
Three Royal Toasts.

The "Grevile Memoirs tells this
story OF King William ". of England
and the Duke Of Cumberland. his
brother: During dinner loud voices
were heard, which soon became more
vehement Both brothers had drunk
more than usual. and the duke had
lost his temper and his head. Then
for the first time King William sus-
pected the idea which from that time
was never out OF Duke Ernest's mind.
that he ought to be the next king OF
England should no male children sur
vive his brother. William ". The
duke rising. said: Call in the suit.
am proposing toast. The kings
health; God save the king The
suit came in and drank it. Then the
duke said. May l also. sir, propose
the next toast?' Name it. your grace
replied the king. The kings heir;
proudly said the duke, and God bless
him.
"A dead silence followed. Then the
king. collecting all his energies and
wits, stood up and called out. The
kings heir; God bless herr Then,
throwing the glass over his shoulder,
he turned to his brother and exclaim-
ed. My crown came with a lass. and
my crown will 20 to a lassp Every
one noticed that the duke did not drink
the toast He left the room abruptly"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05
JIM'S -,
STRATAGEM
Ry Emile L. Atherton
Copyright, 1902,
D. IL c c MrC1rra Con1Da1y
Ry Emile L. Atherton
By the S. S. Mcclure Company


The installment house lay at the bot
tom of tie trouble Mrs. Mitchell,
yielding to seductive advertisements,
furnished the third story front and
found herself obliged to rent the room
to meet the weekly payments.
The roomer introduced himself as
Mr.. James Pearley, entry clerk at the
Empire department store. His fellow
clerks called him dressy. Mrs. Mitchell
stood somewhat in awe of his frock
coat and silk hat Mary pronounced
his taste in ties as Just lovely" And
Jim Hollis? What he thought of Pearley
and what he said at times are not for
publication.
The circle of society in which the
Mitchells and Hollises moved did not
consider the formal announcement OF
an engagement necessary, but that a
wedding would follow Jim's years of
devotion to Mary none OF their ac-
Iuaintances doubted-that is, until Mr..
Pearley rented the third story front.
She. OF course, told him all about
Jim. but explained that he had been a
friend of her father, covertly trying
to give the impression that Jim was
nothing more to her than "a humble
friend"
When Jim called one Sunday. Mary
had gone to church with Mr. Pearley.
He didn't feel jealous exactly. just
hurt and depressed He realized that
he looked clumsy" in his Sunday best
clothes, and his gloves were wet with
perspiration. He was aware that his
necktie was never just right, because
Mary always criticised it. 1t seemed
that styles in these things changed
over night
Jim regarded his work as very ordi-
nary also. He was glad to know that
Hogan's ship rigging firm considered
him their smartest man. The most diff
ficult and dangerous pieces of work
were his by right. This did not make
him look less like fool in a high hat
and for that reason brought him no
nearer to Mary 1t is doubtful If he
would ever have known how to solve
the problem If one of the daily papers
had not sent reporter to write up the
rigger's trade. Jim was dumfounded
at the reporters admiratio
why" he explained afterward,
when drapped down halyard from
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05
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seARN'p GANOgN
15St5i6zs
HOOPS FOR THE SlLO.

How to Make Them From Spring
Wire and Their Advantages.
An Ohio Farmer correspondent Illus
trates a way of making wire hoops foi
silos out of spring wire that he has
found by experience works perfectly:
To determine tfe length of the hoop
do not take n tapeline and measure
around the silo, but first count the
number of slaves. For example, 100
slaves by 4, worked to a size of 3si
inches; 100 slaves times 3A equal 81
feet 3 inches. That would be the size
of the silo with the stayes drawn
tightly together and also the length of
the hoop when drawn tightly together
and under full pressure.
Now, to make hoop first draw
chalk line along level space of ground
as shown in the cut at the bottom;
next take n piece of 4 by scantling
the width of the hoop desired to be
made. and space it off as shown on the
scantling, c, in the cut; next place the
steel square on as shown in the cut
and be particular to get the scantling
at right angles with the chalk line;
next drive stakes %, b). Take tape
line and measure from A to A. In
using No. 8 spring wire ! have found
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05

How many people know that the
monument that Laban and Jacob set
I'D near the borders of Canaan and
called "Mizpah," or a lookout, was
erected in suspicion rather than love?
The literal meaning was this: "The
Lord watch between thee and me
when we are absent one from the 9TH
er, and see that you are not up to some
new trick as soon as my back is turn
ed"
So when 1t Is inscribed in an engage
ment ring 1t might mean, "The Lord
watch and see that you do not firt
when we are absent one from the 9TH
er"
Those who use the text are some-
times wiser than they know.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05

cane at Jim and call out: Say. Hollis,
have you got that maiusIil halyard
wovs right in that block? 1t looks
twisted from here
"All right Mr. Hogan." shouted Jim.
II did il myself"
That's the 10y for my money" said
Mr.. Hogan as lie moved away
and think" said Mary re1ectively
to herself raising her straight little
eyebrows and pursuing out her cherry
red lips-"I think he's the hoy for mine
too lie can't wear n necktie right.
but he don't let any woman jaw him"
And when Jim offered her his arm as
they walked away half an hour later
she said timidiy, Jimmie. you're my
steady still. amt you?" And If the
policeman hadn't turned his head the
other way be would have seen Jim
kiss her.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05
Copyright, 1902,

Ridgevale was all excitement, and so
was Harrison. three miles down the
North river road. Harrison, which took
to itself airs and graces owing to the
fact that it was on the railroad, while
Ridsevale was not, had had Il celebra-
ton in the morning. in which the town
parade had merged with the procession
of a one ring circus that showed that
afternoon and eve ling. There had been
a real Goddess of Liberty robed in
the stars and stripes, who had read the
Declaration of Independence in the
grove and had ridden on top of the
lions den in the parade.
The Harrisonites had never ceased
TO crow over the COED people of Ridge
vale, and now Ridgevale was preparing
to take its revenge. Harrison was in
vited over to witness Washington's
birthday celebration concerning which
all facts were refused. But when Seth
Haskins drove over to Burdens grocery
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05

A yew tree almost destitute of branch
es or bark grows abundantly In the
Caucasus to height of from fifty to
sixty feet and a diameter of a little
over two feet. 1t grows slowly, but Its
timber is almost indestructible except
by fire. 1t Is considered superior In
durability, appearance and toughness
to mahogany. which 1t otherwise some
what resembles. In some large forests
Of this tree it is very difficult to dlstin-
guish the live trees from the dead ones.
the latter being very numerous and
said to stand for 100 years after death
without exhibiting decay.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05
Dreading the Future.

A little girl was recently found cry
ing bitterly on her tenth birthday.
When questioned, she announced be-
tween sobs the cause Of her tears, 81
nm ten today Sob, and it's only thirty
years more (sob) to forty, and then I'll
have to die"
Poor child When she Is forty, she
will say, "Ten whole years before fifty,
and that is not so very old" The in
tolerance of youth Is not more certain
than the tolerance of age.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05
Honest Praise.

An honest compliment was that paid
TO NJ. de Nendome, who. whilo com
manding the French army in Italy, dis
patched n young nohleman TO announce
TO his master the victory which he had
gained at SuzZara. The latter, while
attempting TO describe the battle. be
came several times much confused in
his narrative, when, although the king
preserved his gravity. the Duchess of
Burgundy. who was present laughed
so heartily that at last the young gen
tleman said. Sire, It is easier for NJ.
de Vendomc 10 win battle than for
me To describe IT,"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05
CONVENIENT TRUCK.

wheeled cart. Similar trucks are often
employed in storehouses and about de-
pots for moving heavy articles of bulk.
1t is useful on the farm, and il the rims
of the wheels are wide, as they ought
TO be, so that they will not cut into
the ground, it is great labor saving
device in garden work. Loads of corn
stalks, branches from pruning and
such like may be conveyed on it with
dispatch. the rods Mt the front keeping
the load off the wheels, but permitting
boxes and baskets of fruit to be set in
between them. Side boards as well as
the front one can be easily provided IL
needed.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05
Division of Labor.

Helene-How long did you stay in
Paris on your trip TO France?
Emma-Oh, week altogether.
Helene-But surely you could not take
n everything in such a short time!
Emma-But we did. all the same.
You see, there were three of us. NAM
ma took In the picture galleries, stud
led the shops and things, and papa ex-
nmlned the local color in the cafes
Exchange,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05
Pens New Jersey Trucker. Grow

Pens New jersey TRUCKERS GrOW.
The first seeds sown In the open with
us (Afonmouth county, N. j. are usual
ly early peas, of the round, hard, Dan
lei O'Rourke type. A few growers pin
their faith on Carter's First Crop and
find 1t satisfactory In heavy soils. For
second early, or Fourth Of July, peas
McLean's Advancer is generally relied
on. They are sown about April l and
often Immediately followed by Little
Gem or American Wonder where the soil
is very rich. Motifs Excelsior is taking
place wherever tried as the earliest and
most productive sweet wrinkled pea,
but is not yet generally adopted. Cham
plon OF England and Bliss Abundance
are most frequently planted for the lat
est varieties. The latter Is productive
but the quality is not high. Chemical
fertilizers are not liked for early varie-
ties. The general impression Is that
termination Is injured. Finely rotted
manure is the reliance, and best results
are gained when thoroughly incorporat
ed in the soil.-Cor. Rural New Yorker.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05
Plump birdie.

She (after the service)-You dreadful
fellow! Why did you smile during the
offertoryf
. Hell couldn't help It. There was
Miss Addie Pose singing Had l the
wings of dove" The mental picture
OF 200 FOUNDER trying to fly with
pair OF four inch wings was too much
for me.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05
High Quality of Foreign Po

High Quality of Foreign Potatoes.
American producers should not hat-
ter themselves with the idea that i'm
ported potatoes are sold in our mar
kets ut comparatively low prices on ac-
count of inferior quality. On the con-
trary, the bulk OF the importations are
of decidedly superior quality to the ma
tive article Buyers in large markets
are fast coming to give them prefer
ence over domestic potatoes at any
where near equal prices. Not only so,
but the jobbers find a decided adyan-
tage in handling them by reason Of the
way they are put up, every sack being
uniform full weight. They also save
the expense and labor of shoveling the
potatoes out Of bulk car, filling sacks
of unequal size and weight each one
of which has to be weighed when sold
and similar annoyances, says Phila-
delphia commission merchant in Amer
ican Agriculturist.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05
Our E~nrs.

It Is not what thing Is, but what
we think II Is. that frightens us. A
man walks within an inch of death
without knowing It and therefore with.
out trembling. ana then his hair stands
on end nt some empty noise ms harm
less as the buZzng of fy.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05
TRANSMITTING Cabbage and KaIc.

1t is best to transplant the young
plantlets of cabbage, kale and cauli-
flower twice, first from the seedbed to
boxes or frames about the time the
second set of true leaves appears, plac-
ing the plants twenty-four inches apart
each way and transplanting again to
the open ground in rows four to five
feet apart, with plants two TO four feet
apart In the row. IL the plants are
started under cover, they should be
hardened Off by exposure to light and
air during the warmer hours of several
days preceding the final transplanting.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05
VALUABLE DEVICES.
Durable Lnnd Roller and Convenient
Truck or wheclbnrrow.

There is no tool that is so indlspensa-
BILE in preparing n field for crop MS
good land roller, and such one. to-
gcthcr with convenient truck, is de-
scribed. among other useful devices, in
the Ohio Farmer:
Land rollers are especially valuable
IN the preparation Of soil for wheat to
conserve moisture and equally valuable
in spring work. rolling wheat and corn
stubblC. or meadows that are heaved
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1902-06-05

When the first baby howls ut nigh.
with the collie. the father and mother
ook reproachfully at each other. MS ic
20 say. "Y,u ,.ot me Into this."-Atch-
ison Globe
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-09-11

The Ameriean, a newspaper
printed in Ashland, and dated at
Centralia, is supporting William
K. Lord of Mt. Carmel for Con-
gress. Mr.. Lord is the Republi-
can candidate for the short term,
and Alexander Billmeyer of M.n-
tour County has been named by
the Democrats. The american is
the paper that has been posing as a
Democratic sheet, and at times has
had a good deal to say about Demo
cratic politics in this county. AS
Mr.. Lord has been sending letters
to Democratic newspapers in the
district offering fifty dollars for the
publication of articles favoripg his
candidacy, it looks as though one
of these letters had found its way
to the american office.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-09-11
OUR NEXT CONGRESSMAN.

The Democratic party of the Six
teenth district builded we'll when it
made its congressional nomination.
In the selection Of Mr.. Dickerman,
they have secured to the district the
services of a man who will represent
her people in an able and conscien-
tious manner. Ripenened by age,
broadened by experience and ap.
plication, he will make an admir-
able representative of the district in
the halls of congress, where he will
command prominent place among
the solid, conservative men of the
nation.
Pennsylvania will have sent few
men to Washington during the past
two decades so we'll equipped to
represent her varied commercial and
industrial interests as Mr.. Dicker-
man. What he has achieved as a
business man and manufacturer has
been due entirely to his own efforts.
He inherited those sterling traits of
character, honesty, integrity, sobrie-
ty and determination, which are so
essential to the makeup of a real
statesman, and they were his capital
when he began life as q school teach
er back in the early sixties. His
aim has always been to do what he
did right and to make a SUCCESS of
anything he undertook to do. 1t is
needless to say that he made a good
school teacher, and so in all the
pursuits he has followed during his
active life, fist as a bookkeeper,
then as as a coal commission merch-
ant, later as the manager of large
slate company and finally as the
financial head Of the Milton Car
Company, the same diligence and
sound judgment brought success to
his efforts.
Few, if any men, in the district
have had a broader business expert
ence, or have come in personal con-
tact with SO mauy of the prominent
leaders i'll business end politics. Mr..
Dickerman will bring to the position,
perhaps to a greater degree than
any other man in the district, a
broader and more practical know
ledge of what is needed to cure the
ills that threaten our people. With
that same unostentatious, determ-
ined effort that has unraveled the
knotty problems in his own business
career, he will labor to harmonic
the conflicting interests Of his con-
stituents to the end that equal and
exact justice may be done to all.
Mr.. Dickerman has always been
a great reader and student of politi.
cal economy, and close observer
of men, measures and conditions
There are few subjects of popular
public interest that he is not thor
oughly conversant with. Will not
such a man make a safe representa-
tive at Washington, and will he not
reflect credit upon the district that
sends him?
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-09-11
Oentralia the Quietest Town.

Centralia has Witnessed less of the
troubles incident to the present strike
than any other town probably in the
whole anthracite region. This is due
probably to the fact that It's only
coliery has well constructed drain.
age tunnel through which all the mine
water finds natural outlet at Big
Mine Run. No pumpmen, engineers
or hremen are required, and conse-
quently there has been no occasion
to have more than few watchmen at
the colliery, and there has been no
opportunity for conflicts between
strikers and workmen. When the
order comes for resumption of work
Centralia colliery will be found in
shape for an immediate start.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-09-11
FOR COUNTY TREASURER,
A. B. CROOP,
FOR COUNTY COMMISSIONERS,
GEO. w. STERNER,
WILLIAM BOGERT,
FOR COUNTY AUDITOR,
CHARLES F. DERR,
GEO. II. SHARPLESS,

The old gag that Pennsylvania
Republicans must vote the Quay
ticket to keep the nation from going
Democratic is being circulated with
great diligence. 1t will, however,
not have the least weight with any
sensible Republican who has made
up his mind that Quay has traded
all his lite on false pretenses and
ought no longer to be tolerated.
In 1882 Pattison was elected, and
in 1884 Blaine carried the state by
over 80, 900. In 1890 Pattison was
again elected and in 1892 Harrison
carried the state by 64, 900. In
1876 the state went Republican for
President by 49, 900 and in 1880 by
3S, 900 or considerably less than the
majority afterward. Hence the
facts fatally contradict the scare
crow argument which is being used
to intimidate honest Republicans
from doing what they feel to be
their duty.