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Standing. meeling. sitting and lying
down are the four positions prescribed
for firing By the army regulations.
Ths lying position clone is prescribed
for TIE 500 and 1.0o0-yard ranges,
While at an other ranges up 20 200
yards the lying ard sitting positions
are used. At 100 and go yards the
sitting and standins positions are pre-
scribsd. Whe7eEer the sitting position
Is prescrl5sd the lnoellng may - sab
siituled. but for ne majority q PER
sons re sitting r. by far tie ncl1g
position of the tUo
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TRUE, BUF NOT BIBLICAL.
Many Proverbs Credited 70 Good Book
which Are Not In It-SOme
Notable Instances.

There are scores Of wise saws, all
containing more or less OF truth, which
are almost universally supposed TO be
In the Bible which cannot be found
in its pages. One Of the chief Of these
sentences is: He tempers the wind
70 the shorn lamb" You would search
the Bible pretty thoroughly before you
would find that sentence in IL. Where
You would find Il would be In Sterne's
Sentimental Journey"
Sterne gets q good deal Of praise
for the OTiginRtion Of this sentence,
says the Chicago Chronicle, but # was
originated, IS q matter Of fact, be-
fore he was born. In q collection Of
French proverbs published in 1884 we
ind: 'Dieu mesure le vent q II brebis
tOndus." That eonYicts Sterne Of
plagiarism.
"In the midst of life We are IN
death"-eVerybOdy thinks that II IN
the Bible. II isn't, though; Il Il IN
the burial service.
That he who runs may rad" ThiG
a. another sentences supposed, wrong
", 20 be Biblical. Il is not Biblical,
though the Bible has something very
Ike it-namely: That be may run
that readsth."
prone 70 sin a. the sparks ~ up
ward" The Bible nowhere contains
those words.
"A nation shall b born IN . day.
The nearest thing 70 that in the
good book is: shall . nation b
born at onceG"
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81 had tried everything to mSke my
little one sleepy at the righs time, J" said
one Of the progressive mothers, and all
10 no avail He simply would not sleep
when I put him to bed. I had to forbid
the .romp with para after dinner, BE-
cause Il seemed to wake the boy up 90
thoroughly. I tried rubbing his feet
and putting q hot water bag In the bed
on cold nights. tried feeding him Just
before taking OF his clothes Nothing
had any effect on his excited nerves
Then the doctor suggested remedy that
worked like q charm Taking on Jaek'1
clothes, sDonged on his spine IN hot
water, beginning Ct the neck and pass
ing down slowly and gently, and 80
over and over again I kept the wa
ter as hot as could be borne, and con-
tinued the treatment until the skin vas
red. Then the back was dried gently
and tae child put into bed. Either the
gentle downward stroke or the hot va
ter had q soothing effect on the nerves.
Anyway, sleep was sure to follow. A
week or two Of this treatment via usu-
any eject q permanent cure. ."-Chieago
News
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tle. cultured, nag
potie. and fascinating IN manner. Al
thouEh an EnElishman 70 the nngsf
tins, he had Jet an instructive under
atanding Of American Ways and Gympa-
fhv Win Yankee idiosyncrasies which
mined for him q cordial regard every
where he went
parhaus the fact that he vas married
10 an American wife had sOmething %
do With Il, but that was not al, Sir
Michael was genuinely, heartily, spon-
toneousIy. symDafhetic and kindly. ltis
hardly eoncsiVable that Great Britain
can send another ambassador here who
can win 90 high place in 30 short q
tina tits only little more thanayear
sinos Sir Julian PauncefOte disappeared
from the scene after thirteen years o.
service IN washington, and there we're
Danv men Who thought that sturdy old
FnEIish squire had made q record which
couId never be eQualled: but Sir Michael
,vas already On the road 70 winning q
plaee IN washington which even SIR
Julian never occupied
The British ambassador IN America is
a Ear more important personage now
than the British minister vas % years
sro. Great Britain now fsls Il ineum-
beut mon her 70 send her very best man,
sad the Washington embassy IS regarded
g the prize assinment in the entire
Diplomatic service. Il tisnotso Fery long
40 fhGt It was regarded g. somethins
AZ q humiliation for q British diplomat
tolSa sent here; but things have changed
nightly of late
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Raw Ksatusly RseFuit Could Bsas
Best % Array Marlszea-Ssorst
oR Hls Kaaeh.

Among a big batch Of recruits as
signed 70 my company q while ago"
said a captain Of infantry stationed At
a far western post, according 20 the
Washington Post, was a gaunt, gaWky
Kentneky lad, Of the mountaineer
class, and not much above 20 years Of
age. He was growing so fast that he
was as clumsy as q St Bernard pup,
and he fell all over himself In drill.
Notwithstanding his perfect willing
ness, he was so inapt soldier that l
attached him TO my quarters in the ca
paeity Of dog-robber or striker. Soon
efterward my company was sent out
for target practice on the ranges. Ny
striker from Kentucky beat out every
man in my company, some Of them
veterans wearing the distinguished
marksman' medals, in a common canter.
He was as crackeriack a rife shot as |
ever saw in the army and I'd be will
ing to bet that there's not a shooist
in that team that lately won the
Palma trophy in England that could
outshoot him. The gawky Kentucky
boys performance on the range filled
me with amazement, as It did every
body else who watched his marvellous
shooting, and when he was through
said to him:
LOOK here, boy, where did you
ever get q chance TO practice such hne
shootingP
"Pinkin' rev'noo ofhcehs, suh,' be
replied with q grin. 'Yo' all fuhgits
sub, that Ah'm fom Kentucky"
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cess with which
Secretary Cortel-
you has managed
70 get the new de-
partment Of com
merce and labor
into effective run
ming order.
II was q TAR
more complicated
task than It could
have seemed 20 an
outsider who was
not familiar with
the routine of ad-
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uuUEL II AlG
developed into one Of the most i'm
portant bureaus Of the government
There are times when the work that
falls 20 HIS lot would be worthy Of q
cabinet omcer, and he has never Jet
failed to meet every emergency as II
arose.
Col. Edwards is q young man. he
was graduated Ct West Point In 1888,
and he has seen service In Cuba and
the PHILIPPINES. He has the head OF
a yeferan and the manners Of prince
Of the blood 10 zee him at Work one
would not imagine that he had q ssri-
0ug problem TO consider or any task
a consequence 70 complete, and Jet he
a continually deciding inOtty Ques-
tons and accomplishing important re-
eu1ts. He has 70 Be familiar with prob
lens Of currency and the tariR as re-
lated TO the Philippine islands and
Win every other detan Of colonial ad-
miuistrafion. He is IN effect secre-
farv Of the treasury, q secretary ol
state. secretary q agriculture and at
torney general for the PHILIPPINES
roIlod into one. An tie publications
for tie PHILIPPINES pass through his
hands. Re presides over bureau oi
gtatistics and q general information
bureau. BE has charge Of the records
and TIE archives containing the pa
psrs which have been brought from the
Phnippines from time 70 time. Il
short be Is the Representative iE
Washington of the Philippine govern
ment and he goes shout Il AL with the
modert unobtrusivaness az q locker on
rorYfs A. COOLIDGE.
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minigTauOn IN frank n hilencooN'
government departments, and for that
reason Mr.. Cortelyou win probably
never receive the full credit which be
Longs 10 him for what he has done.
he has taken a great many bureaus
and independent divisions belonging to
various departments or perhaps stand
ing by themselves, and he has amalga-
mated them into the new department
looping on superhuities. adjusting
Jurisdictions and fixing relative re-
sponsibilities.
II Is doubtful whether anybody could
have come In from the outside and
succeeded in this. It is due to Secre-
tary Cortelyou's intimate acquaintance
with an government departments and
With administrative routine gained
While IN the post once department and
n the white house that It has been
possible to bring order out OF chaos.
Il A doubtful, too, whether he could
have done Il II he had not been for
tuuass enough TO Bslect 1t the very BE-
dining a chief clerk who Is almost
as much q master Of administrative a.
tan as Cortslyou himself
Frank h Hitchcock, who has Deen
the sscrstary's night hand man In this
preliminary work, and who has been
compelled % attend 10 the greater pari
q TIE detail Of the Reorganization. -
young Harvard graduate. who made
Great reputation as q statistician In the
agricultural department before Cortei-
yOu picked him up. he Il one Of the
most promising young men IN tie en-
tirs government service to-day.
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1ook over 10Th table cloth and nap
zins before they are put 70 soak. Place
re stained portion ~ The Hnen over
4 deap bowl and pour boiling water
llrour.l Il. repeating the operation m
an ths stain dlsappeara soap WI
81 Stains made ~ fresh fruit 20
A A Necessary fhat they should be
l,r.sr ogt before beng lanndsred- r
o1ncinnad cerstte
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a.ttInr CoIorI d III.


impossible TO tel whether color
"A fast before washing, but By far the
safest plan is to set" the color before
il goes to the tub for the first time. One
Of the best methods Of settling delicate
coIors consists IN simply making
strong brine Of cold water and salt and
soaking the garment Dm Y to "a hours
OF course this shoul done just before
going to the laundr! nd the salt should
not be allowed to init This is e.
peciaIly good for a. shades Of pink and
green, and eolors once set this way win
hs bright as long Is It would be possible
TO expect IT, Astrong solution Of alam
and water e good, particularly with
blue. and the more delicate shades q
brown. but its eject e not 80 lasting aa
that of salt and Il is sometimes necee-
sary 20 renew the bath aftsr the hret
three or four WashiugA Some people
recommend solutions of lead and COP
Deras. bat as both Of these are poI1onclg
drues. Il Is better 20 avoid lhem--Chi-
caEo Daily NeWA
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charming diplomat
Who has ever been
detailed 70 repre-
sentaforeigncoU
try here as an an
bassad0r.
Sir EHehad had
ben IN washing
ton e. the British
ambassador less
thanayear, andyet
he had Won . pop
uIaFity that
amounted TO adec-
ton. He was gon-
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Patent leather boots should never Be
cleaned with blacldng They should
nrst be wiped win q damp sponge, 70
remove dirt, and then thoroughly dried
and polished With e soft cloth a very
little on or freah butter may occasion
any b used a. . dreaslng
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= y = 4 -
feathers is Lieut.
Cal Clarence r.
Edwards. the chief
Of the bureau Of
insular ahairs IN
the war depart
ment
Col. = dWRFda &
has been at the
head Of the bureau
Of insular ahairE
ever since II Was
created as an out
growth Of the war
with Spain, and
under him e has
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4OEElc. A4a( - N4c
eminently appro-
pirate name com
monty applied 70
the dead letter Of
hce-the destina-
ton Of all the let
ters that go astray
In the mails
Few people have
an adequate con-
ception Of the
amount Of business
that Is transacted
IN this establish
ment; but the an
nusl report Of First
Assistant Postmas-
ter General Wynne
The broad ax., 1903-10-10

The bottom of the Pacific between
Hawaii and California is SAID 10 Be
50 leFal that q railway could be laid
cor SEQ niles without any grading
.a.-...l.
The broad ax., 1903-10-10

lu.Ls
Count cassini
has been here seE-
erai years and be
has tie reputation
Of being one Gthe
most accomplished
dIulomat8 in Eu-
rope but some
how a. olher he
has always had
TIE n fortune to
Be mixed % in q
fuss ii every cap
ln - which be 81
gned At Pc
king ne s. ersdlled
with havtnS
stirred up fhe
-r.nl--M wllnl
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Msurns ths Lea 81 Herbert.
In the unexpected death of Sir Michael
Ferbsrt washington Iosss the most
The broad ax., 1903-10-10
corteIyou,s success.

One Of the most notable things in
washington recently has been the sue
The broad ax., 1903-10-10

DapIomafie Changes.
Diplomatic Washington is also TO
loss Count Casslni. he Russian amhas-
The broad ax., 1903-10-10
WASH!NGIgI G0SSP
Doines of he NGtional Capital That
Are Of Timely Interest
SOME DIPLOMATIC CHANGES
IntsrestinE Figures fEon ne Morgus
Of TIE Pest once Departnent-
Stupeadous Tasks Perforned ~
soae Governasnt OmeiaIs.

Washington-over at the post once
department there Is q place called the
The broad ax., 1903-10-10

Vuluahae Army OffleoF.
A quiet, modest, keen-Witted army
omcoF.Who Il doing . great WORK with
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-05

Is an ordinary gable roof, though only
one-half is shown in the photograph.
Two sets of openings, each 30 by 36
inches, are built into the structure,
through which the stock may reach the
water. Two Of these are shown in the
cut. This arrangement has the advan-
tage of allowing stock from two diff
ferent yards to use the same tank. The
openings are arranged with drop doors
on the inside. These are up in place
and do not show In the cut. 1t will be
noted, however, that small rope is at
tached to the partition between the two
openings, which holds the traps In
place and also raises and lowers them
without difficulty These are of great
Importance and should not be omitted
from any such structure. BY a careful
use OF these doors one is able to pack
the tank and keep the packing in good
condition without much effort.
The width Of the building is five feet,
which does very well for three foot
tank. This gives ample room for pack
ing. Obviously tanks Of various widths
must have houses built according to
their dimensions, but care should be
taken that there is sufficient room for
thorough packing and yet no danger
that the stock will not be able to reach
the water without difficulty. The house
has been four years in continual use,
and / have yet to see the weather SO
cold as to freeze the water so that cat
tie could not drink.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-05
A BOTTLE MoRGUE.
Odd Department That Is Maintained
In Some Drugxtores.

Odd Department That Is Maintained
In Some Drugxtores.
The woman left the prescription and
said she would call for the medicine in
half an hour
'I'll bet s. she won't" said the clerk.
"She just looks like the kind that gets
medicine put up for the fun of the
thing
Il didn't know there was anybody
foolish enough to take his fun that
way" remarked the next customer.
"Oh, yes, there are such people-lots
of them,' said the clerk. Seldom a
week passes that we do not put up
prescription that is never called for.
Why in the world the people who thus
neglect their remedies after ordering
them compounded will 90 TO tie trou-
BILE and expense of consulting doctor
is more than l can figure out. IL they
don't want 10 take the stuff prescribed,
they certainly don't have 10. but they
might at least have the grace TO come
and take it home after we have gone
to the trouble to prepare it and not
throw it back. dead loss on our hands.
Why, I've got a regular morgue back
there for the repose of uncalled for bot
ties of medicine. l keep the stuff in
definitely, hoping that in case the Gus
toner has not been carried of by sud
den death she will show up again some
time and ask for the bottle II | hap
pen to know the deli2qaelt's address,
l send it around c. o. D. bat people
who make a practice OF ordering medi-
cine that tIicy never intend TO take are
not apt TO leave their card with the
druggist.
Most of these nIisances in the drug
business are women, ard many of their
prescriptions have been written by out
Of town doctors several months or, in
some cases. years ago. In such cases
the customer probably has no intention
of coming back for the medicine, but
merely wishes it compounded through
some freakish fancy. In order to guard
against loss through such crazy whims
we ought by right to demand deposit
on all prescriptions to be called for lat
er on, but such an innovation would
undoubtedly bring out mighty howl,
and we have never had the courage to
suggest it."-New York Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-05
A PECULIAR HOTEL.
It's Rooms Named For States Instead
of Being Numbered.

of Being Numbered.
ain little town in the backwoods OF
Mississippi" remarked a travelling
man, there is a peculiar hotel. 1t is
Just like any other hotel except in the
way the rooms are named. They are
not numbered, as is generally done
but each room is named for state OF
the United States.
"When | stopped at the place, l was
assigned to a room called Delaware.
1t was correctly named, too, for it was
one Of the smallest rooms in the house
A man who was occupying New
Hampshire made complaint to the
landlord that the man in Maine was
drunk and boisterous and was thus
keeping him awake. This seemed
strange, when we recall that Maine Is
q prohibition state. Two men up in
Montana were keeping up the repu
tation Of the wild west by engaging In
a noisy poker game. A big, fat capi-
talist had New York which was the
best room in the house. The room
named for Alabama Is too ordinary fol
anything, and farmer was occupying
1t the night was there.
"It was funny to stand in the office
and hear a beIlboy tell the clerk thai
towels were wanted in Iowa and that
the fellow in North Dakota was kick
ing like a steer because he had no fire
Send two Manhattan cocktails up tc
Mississippi was one Of the orders thai
the clerk gave. BE sure to call tho
man In Florida at O'Clock in the morn
ing said one OF the employees. And
thus 1t went. This hotel is a curiosity
to the travelling public. 1t is conduct
cd by an eccentric old fellow, but
where he conceived the idea of naming
rooms after states / do not know
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-05
rarmer., rcbrunry work.


Tree trimming Is good outdoor work
on favorable days.
The time Of the sitting hen and the
incubator rolls round again.
Seed sowing in window boxes calls
for attention.
Hotbed making begins with many
gardeners this month.
1t will not pay the poultryman or
the dairyman TO relax his winter cares
too early.
Celery and cabbage plants may be
started In fats, afterward removed to
a cold frame and later planted IN the
open ground.
Seed, tools and everything necessary
TO successful spring work should be
got ready before the rush begins.
working over" the manure heap II
one Of the jobs OF the month.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-05

The man on the stage who does the
trick of escaping from firmly tied ropes,
submits to the Bonds with a smile. He
knows he can get out of the ropes that
are being knotted. Put the same man IN
the woods and let Indian captors bind
him to a tree for torture and he would
struggle to the last against the bonds.
When the stomach is diseased there
are bonds being woven every hour about
the organs dependent on the stomach
heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, etc. The
folly of mankind 10 to passively submit
to the fastening of thess bonds with no
effort to escape until the pain they cause
arouses fear.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures diseases of the stomach and other
organs of digestion and nutrition. It
cures diseases Of heart, liver, lungs. kid
neys and other organs, when these dis
eases, as il often the case, have their
origin in the diseased stomach.
rFor a long time was suffering and was
hardly able to get about. (" writes Mr. Andrew ].
Jennings Of Thomas Tucker Co., w Va, Box
Ic4. eWas bothered with kidney trouble ana
NV whole system was cut of order; had no
appetite. A friend of mime told ma TO try Dr.
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. did 80
sfr bottles Of Golden Medical Discovery, and
Come Of the Pleasant Pellets and feel Ike a
lew person.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets cleanse
the clogged system from impurities.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-05
A Hoe scaIdlpe trough.

The cut is presented by a Rural New
Yorker correspondent as representing
scene on an Indiana farm at butcher
ing time. He says: In the foreground
is shown an Improvement over the old
method Of using a barrel and heating
the water I'm kettles and with hot
stones. This pan saves much hard
work in lifting, and the hogs are scald-
ed better, as the water can be kept at
the right temperature. The pan has a
sheet iron bottom and ends and is
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-05

WATER FOR STOCK.
A First Glass Tnnkhouse and It's Ad
vnnfazes the Year Round.

A First Class Tnnkhouse and It's Ad-
vnntages the Year Round
On about every farm there is an out
door watering trough that supplies wa
ter for the stock both summer and win
ter. In hot weather it is necessary to
protect the trough in order to keep the
water cool and wholesome, and in win
ter TO keep it from freezing. says a
Michigan correspondent in the Ohio
Farmer. The accompanying photograph
shows a building for this purpose, and
it can be built at very small expense.
The shelter was designed to cover a
long tank, which seems to be a general
favorite with all classes of farmers.
The building is Il feet long, studding
615 feet high. The distance from the
ground to gable is seven feet. The roof
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-05


To the notices which we have from
time to time published OF the favorable
posture Of trade we may add graft
flying view Of our commerce with the
United States. It's extent Is probably
more considerable than our readers
would imagine. The exports from
Scotland OF manufactured goods to va
rlous parts OF the Union will this year
amount to about 100000. The mag
nitude OF the gum will appear more
surprising when we consider the re
strlctions which prohibit us from TAX
ing In exchange agricultural produce
A trade 80 important 1t behooves us to
cherish with all possible care, and 1t Is
gratifying to think that customers 80
valuable are free people, little likely
to impede her prosperity by projects OF
ambitlon.-London Globe, 1922.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-05

~Drying preparations simply devel-
Cd dry catarrh; they dry up the secretions,
which adhere to the membrane and decom-
poge. causing far more serious trouble than
the ordinary form of catarrh- Avoid all dry
ing inhalants, fumes, smokes and snufs
and use that which cleanses, soothes and
heals. Ely's Cream Balm is such remedy
and will cure catarrh or cold in the head
easily and pleasantly. A trial size will be
mailed for 10 cents. All druggists sell the
soc. size. Ely Brothers, Sc Warren ST., NY.
The Balm cures without pain, does not
irritate or cause sneezing. 1t spreads itself
over an irritated and angry surface, relev-
ing Immediately the painful inflammation.
With Ely's Cream Balm you are armed
against Nasal Catarrh and Hay Fever.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-05
welsh Grammar and Spelling

The following notice Is inscribed
above the door OF a shop in "A North
Wales village: "-- Coblar, daler In
Bacco Shag and Pig Bacon and Gin
garbred Eggs laid every morning by
me, and very good Paradise, In the
summer gentlemen aud Lady can have
good Tae and Crumquets, and Straw
berry with n scim milk, because ! can't
get 10 cream N. u. Shuse and Boots
medned very we'll"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-05

placed over small trench in which a
fire IL built to heat the water In the
scalder. The sides and ends are made
fiaring, and the dimensions Of the pan
are az follows, outside measurements:
Bottom, 80 inches wide and 8 feet y
inches long; ends, % inches wide at
bottom and 80 inches at top; sides, "a
inches deep, s feet s inches long at
bottom and @ feet Q inches at top. The
bottom and ends are one piece and
nailed directly TO the two inch pine
sides. This pan cost S4 and has been
I'm use every winter by nearly all our
near neighbors for ten years. Try one.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-05
Alfalfa Culture In Brief.

Plow deep early In spring and fit the
land thoroughly. Sow fifteen pounds of
alfalfa to the acre and roll well after
seeding. Some prefer light seeding OF
oats with alfalfa. Cut when coming
into bloom. Never let go to seed or
your stand is "a goncr."