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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04
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The Japanese believe In more myth
ical creatures than any other people on
the globe, civilized or savage. Among
them are mythical animals without
any remarkable peculiaritles of confor-
nation, but gifted with supernatural
attributes, such as II tiger which is
said TO live to be a thousand years old
and to turn rs white as polar bear.
They also believe in "A multitude of ami
mails distinguished mainly by their
monstrous size or by the multiplication
Of their members.
Among these are serpents 500 feet
long and large enough to swallow an
elephant, foxes with eight legs, mon
keys with four ears, fishes with ten
heads attached to one body the flesh
of which Is II cure for boils. They also
believe in the existence of crane
which, after il has reached the age OF
COO years, has no need of any susie
nance except water.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04
A HOMEMADE LEvELER.

ana throe-quarter inch planks are de-
siraDle. but if hemlock two inch thick
IS best. 1t should be three planks wide
and eight or nine feet long. The front
plank should be turned slightly up and
secured by by 6 inch joists nailed or
boited across. as illustrated. l. can be
drawn by chain or tongue, as pre-
ferred This planker can be loaded
with the larger stones as it is drawn
over the field and emptied at the fence
turn. The material need not cost over
$150 for the outfit.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04
a HISTORIC SCHOOL.
1t was ExiaDii<hed MT Dorchester
Mass In, I63a.

At Naa GSfaDii<ned mt Dorchesters
Mass. fn 1899.
The first public school in America to
be supported by direct taxation upon
the inhabitants Of town" was estab-
hslcd al Dorchester. Mass, in May
1889
In 1856 David Thompson had settled
upon Thomrson's island, off the coast
of the colony town. and in 1898 he
gave the island 10 the town On the
payment of y pence yearly rental
Having transferred the island to the
town the town council met May 20.
i659 and adopted the following order:
II is ordered the 10th day Of May 1859,
that there shall be rent OF GO year
imposed forever on Thompson's island, to
be paid by every person that hath prop
erty in said island. according to this pro-
portion that any such person shall from
time TO tirae enjoy and possess there. and
this toward the maintenance OF school
In Dorchester. This rent of 220 a year to
be paid to such schoolnaster as shall un-
dertake 10 teach. English. Latin and other
tongues, also writing. The said school,
master to be chosen from time to time by
the frecmen, and IL is left to the discre.
tion of the elders and the seven men for
the time being whether maids shall be
taught with the boys not. For the
levyins OF this $50 yearly from the partic-
uisr persons who ought to pay 1t accord
ing to this order IL is further ordered that
some man shall be appointed by the seven
men for the time being to receive this,
and on refusal TO levy It by distress and
not finding distress such person as SO re-
fuseth payment shall forfeit the land he
hath in propriety in said island.
Here the first teacher was the Rev.
Thomas Waterhouse.-Chica Trib-
une.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04

The value of the cranberry rs a me-
dlcinal agent was early recognized by
the American aborigncs. who prepared
poultlces from them TO extract the ven
ON from poisoned arrows. On the same
principle they are used now as rem
cdy for crysipelas, taken internally or
applied as a poulticc. IN malarial and
typhoid conditions the acid of the fruit
Is specially commended. while dyspep-
tics who lack gastric juice are also Of
fcrcd cran5erries. Eaten raw they are
said 10 be an excellent remedy for bill
iousness. As a health food cranber-
ries should not be strained, as too much
of their snbslAncc IS lost.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04
Cucuntber GuIfurr

Cucumbers should be planted Us a
rule about May 20 in hills six feet
apart each way. Fifteen or twenty
seed should be planted in each hill,
and when well started the plants
should be thinned, leaving no more
ihnn four to each hill. Most picking
firms supply their growers with the
seed used, the particular strain differ
Ing according 10 locality. Growing
eucumbcrs for pickles IS like any other
business venture may be protita,
Bile or otherwise, depending on the sea-
son, the individuality OF the grower,
etc. Somc pickle growers grade much
more closely than others. SliiIIul pick
ers are often difficult TO secure>n some
localities
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04

Townc-1hc last time | saw Jenkins
he was looking pretty blue; said he had
nothing To do.
Browne lie told me the same thing
today when | met him, but he was
quite cheerful,
Townc-Rcslgncd to ii, I suppose.
Browne Resigned to 1t, No; just
appointed 10 it. He's got political
job.-Philadclpha Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04
An Abstract Idea.

At card party at Charles Lambs
Hazlitt and Lambs brother got into a
discussion as to whether Holbein's col
orlng was as good as that of Vandyke.
AT length they became so excited that
they upset the table and seized each
other by the throat. In the struggle
Hazlitt got black eye, but when the
combatants were parted Hazlitt turned
to Talfourd who was offering his aid,
and said: You need not trouble your
SELF sir. / do not mind blow, sir.
Nothing affects me but an abstract
ideaw
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04
when sou,rre,, were Sumerou..

Accounts of early writer's show that
squirrels must formerly have been
amazingly numerous. Goldman says
that the gray coat was a fearful
scourge to colonial farmers and that
Pennsylvania paid $4,000 in bounties
for their scalps in 1749 alone. This
meant the destruction of 6400 900 within
a comparatively small district. In the
early days of western settlement reg
ular hunts We're organized by the in
habitants, who would range the woods
in two companies from morning till
night, vying as to which band should
bring home the greatest number of tro-
phies. The quantities thus killed are
almost incredible now.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04
S-5Y.-y'tt77-- s =AA@-ssesa
NG7RMe F0ghD
S. Any GARDEN
4 / AND LEVELER.

I saIs@Ii- -i,e Tor "a RoIIer-It Levels
without Much Packing.
For tile i.any farmers who do not
have rollers here is an implement that
n American AsriculturiSt correspond
,.t ~ays does the work just as We'll.
ca c.adly land it is better, rs it crush
IS. For l,nd with fm6Il. loose stones
II = Just the thing TO make the ground
sloo.h for Tie reaper or mower 1t
l,...s NJ uneven places without so
r..-,A packing and can be used on any
-
i maze of plt;nks about twelve
iu,I.eS wide II hard wood is used one
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04
BRAcING A CORNER POST.

he says, will stay and prove perfectly
satisfactory for the corners of wire
fence, whether barbed. woven or plain.
Select large, straight, sound post
for the corner. planting 1t ut least
thirty inches deep. Then six or eight
feet from this and along each line of
the fence set All ordinary post. ana be.
tween the tops of each of these and the
top of the corner post fix piece OF
by scantling. spiking it securely with
wire nails Then extend n guy wire
from the top of each of these brace
posts to the bottom of the corner one,
making it double at each end SO it may
be twisted tight.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04
I.IiMl Itcnnrlet..

Richard Briu,icl Shcriuan. VINO was
always diatrcssud fur money, was one
day hacking hls rJcc with dun razor
when he turned TO his eldest son and
said.
"Tom, If you open any more oysters
with my razor I'll cut you Off with II
hilIme."
VERY well. father" said Tom, 'hut
where viii you get the Ahillingr
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04
Sugar Making In 1900.

The historian Laiittall, the period of
whose observation dated back to
17O0-O5. describes how in March the
Indians make transverse incisions with
their hatchcts, from which trickles an
abundance OF water. which they after
ward boil over II ire. He says the
sugar thus made has nearly always
burned taste but that the French
make It better than the Indian women,
FROM whom they learned how TO make
It. Gossu writing in 1T5G. Is equally
explicit as TO the source OF sugar max
Ing.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04

Onions, tomatoes. peppers, egg
plants, squash and celery VIII take
from 10 to 100 days from planting TO
mature, Carrots, cabbage, parsley and
summer squash Will run up into the
nlnctics. Lettuce, cucumbers, sweet
corn, peas and spinach require from
sixty to sixty five days, while radlshes
arc the quickest of all and come on In
twenty days. Cress IL ready TO eat In
,.n Inyu
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04

Pompous Customcr-That insect pow
der you sold me the other day Is no
good, The Cocliroachcs fattcn on IT,
Anablc Salesman - Yes, sir. That's
the first stage They get Fat on 1t and
then die OF apoplcXy. Come round next
week and report again. Anything | can
do for YOU, ma'ami
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04
All About Metaphysics.

A Scotchman thus defines metaphys-
les: "When II mon wha' kens naething
aboot any subject takes subject that
nae mon kcns anything aboot and eX-
plains II TO anither mon still more ig-
norant than himself-that's metaphys-
ics."-Lyre.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04
DoRmatlsni.

A pretty snub delivered by pro-
fessor to n very young and very dog
matte undergraduate is refurbished In
work OF fiction. "Dogmatism," said
the don sadly, 'is puppysm which has
reached maturity" 1t may similarly
be said of dog Latin that 1t is chiefly
used by pups.-London Globe.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04
Securing the Corr

Securing the Corners of Wire Fence.
There are many ways of securing the
corners OF wire fences. Weighting. an
choring, bracing, guying, etc, are used.
\ Farm and Fireside writer presents
an arrangement apparently less diff
cult and expensive than many, which,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04
lgucotiritt.inu.

The Prospective Brdo-i sometimes
wish | had more experience in house
secping and domestic lfc
The Old Stagcr But, my dear, If you
had you would never get married.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04
I:rutHiiN Frank,

Tho Wife What viii you do when
you hhyc no liltlc wife to mend your
Jlothcs for youi
tn" Wretch Have money 10 buy
now ourS-Fychuugc
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04

1t is funny n man loses his hair and
doesn't comb IL much, and woman
combs, brushes. curls and pulls and
still has wad left when she dies
AtchiSon Globe.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04

Lady Guest Your father Is such II
--'.ablr gentleman, lie dearly loves
. LoUsc. doesn't hct
Well Nos II II happens 10 BE-
' I IS si!c ur the table. Kansas City
.',l.l
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04
Heroic Sacrifice.

Bclle-Do you think Chappie loves
me-
Grace know it. He told me today
that he was going TO shave Off his mus
tacho 50 that he could devote more
thought TO you.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04

cut every part Of my career
90 pluched ana hampcred by
a.. own ignorance. Sir Walter Scott
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04
Amount of Crop.

and fair season should yield from
eight to twelve tons of fruit. l have
grown as high as fourteen tons. This
IS exceptional, however. | usually set
my plants in the field as near June
as possible, sometimes a few days
earlier. Begin picking about Aug. 20,
| 10 TO-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04

" +. l.. McQUISTION,
". CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR
Office near Court House
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04

r. JAMES DODDS,
IL LICENSED AUcTroEEER
Inquire at Sheriff 'sofiice or 426 Mifiin
St. Butler Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04
PROFESSIONAL CARUS.
ATTORNEYS.

d p. SCOTT,
IL. ATToRNEY-AT-LAw,
Office on second floor of Armory
Building. Butler, Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04

inches tall. or in about four weeks from
the time of sowing the seed. I-tr.sns-
plant three inches apart each way
This transplanting Is not absolutely
necessary, but l find it pays me to do
ii, because by this have plant well
rooted, of stronger vitality. which will
grow more quickly and can be set at
any time when | am ready. while a
plant not transplanted win suffer and
often perish If set mt any other time
than when the ground is wet and the
sun not shining brightly.
The Kinds the Gamers Want.
\ red variety is the only one looked
on with favor by Gamers. and in choos-
ing this the grower should look to
what is wanted; that is. what suits the
Gamer best. In this locality deep red
tomato that ripens up all over and all
through at the same time. has no hard
core. but few seeds. and one that stands
up well after it is ripe, is the ideal can
house tomato. The old Paragon or New
Stone eomes as near filing the bill rs
any can find. The tomato crop should
always be planted out early enough TO
be sure of gathering all the crop before
frost. The crop lAquires four and a
half months from time the plants are
set in the field till it is all harvested.
Blight and bordeaux.
We are troubled somewhat with
blight, some seasons more than Others
and | found the same condition of af-
fairs existing on the Maryland PENN
there the past winter. This disease can
be kept in check by spraying with bor-
deaux mixture, using more lime than
copper sulphate TO prevent burning of
the foliage by the copper. Begin spray
ing as soon as plants begin TO grow
and keep it up till the crop is nearly
,lt- IN pin
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-06-04
Reeds Wine Of
Cod Eiver Oil

will build you up and make
you strong, will give you
an appetite and new life.
If you feel tired and
worn out try our Wine OF
Cod Liver Oil and find
relief.
II is stronger and better
than pure Cod Liver Oil.
Pleasant to take and is
inoffensiye to delicate
stomachs.
Indorsed and recon-
mended by physicians
every where. The best
Spring tonic to give you
Health and strength.
For sale only at
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-08-15
IDLE LOOMS.
Number Will Increase, This
Week, in New England.
Small Number Of SpindIes Will Be
Started in Fall River.
In Maine the Present Plan viii Be
Continued.

Boston, Aug. 1i.-According to an
nouncements made by cotton mills in
New England the amount of idle
machinery will be fully as large, next
week, as during the present one.
While more than half Il million spin
dies in Fall River will be idle all of the
six days and 100000 more motionless
part of the time in that city, the num-
Der in operation will be somewhat
larger than that of the present week.
In other mill towns, however, addi-
tional notices of partial suspension and
complete shutdoWns have been made.
Outside of Manchester and Nashua in
New Hampshire many of the mills will
be IDLE, including the three corporations
at SuncCok, the mills at Exeter and
Pittsfeld which closed one week ago,
the latter two for one month. The five
mills Of the Cocheco Corporation at
Dover will be shut down, tomorrow,
for two weeks.
In New Bedford all the cloth mills Of
the big Wamsutta Co., will close for
two weeks, and in Pawtucllet several
concerns will adopt curtalment poll
cy, next Monday.
Mills in Maine, this state, Connecticut
and several Rhode Island towns, will
continue the plan adopted earlier in the
month.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-08-15
ABOUT COMPLExIONS.
Food Makes Them Good or Bad.

Sat,lrate the human body with strong
coffee and it will in time show in the
complexion of the coffee drinker.
This is caused by the action of coffee
on the liver, thus throwing part of the
bile into the blood. Coffee complexions
are sallow and muddy and will stay
that way until coffee is given up en-
tirely.
The sure way to recover rosy cheeks
and red lips is to quit coffee and drink
Postum Food Coffee which makes red
blood. II had been for more than 20
years an inVeterate coffee drinker and
it is absolutely true that had so COM
pletely. satura ted myself with this drug
that my complexion toward the last be-
came perfectly yellow and every nerve
and fibre in me was affected by the
drugs in coffee.
For days at a time I had been COM
PEELED to keep to my bed on account of
nervous headache and stomach trouble
and medicines did not give me any re-
lief, 7 had never consulted a physician
i'm regard to my headaches and terrible
complexion and | only found out the
cause of them after l commenced the
II
me through Grape-Nuts. We all liked
the food Grape-Nuts and it helped us
so we thought Postum must certainly
have merit and we concluded to try
it. We found it So delicious that We
continued the use altogether although
never expected it to help my health.
After a few months my headaches
were all gone and my complexion had
cleared wonderfully, then | knew that
my troubles had been caused by coffee
and had been cured when | left off COL
fee and drank Postum in its place
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich.
Postum will change the blood of any
coffee drinker and rosy cheeks and
health take the place Of yellow skin
and disease.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-08-15
SHE is HELPLESS,
The Massachusetts Will Have to Be
Towed to Dry Dock.

Bar Harbor, Me. Aug. 14.-It is i'm
possible to obtain definite official
information as to the condition of the
battleshjp Massachusetts, which sus-
tained serious damage by contact with
the pinnacle of Egg rock in the harbor,
Wednesday. 1t was learned, however.
from a reliable source that the vessel
has IL holes in her bottom and that a
part of the rudder is gone. 1t is also
said that the water in the center of the
ship has rendered her machinery use
less. and that in all probability she
will have to be towed to a dry dock
A naval constructor arrived, today.
ard went on board. 1t may be said
with assurance that the Massachusetts
will not attempt to go to sea until
temporary repairs are made. She is
not sinking, however. as has been re-
ported. This is due to the removal of
immense quantities of ammunition and
other stores to her collier, the Lebanon.
and a tug.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-08-15
NEW GRANGE HALL.
Winsiow Patrons Have One of Which
They Are Very Proud.

Winslow, Me-, August 14.-(SpeciaD
The members of Winslow Grange, No.
800, p. of H., have every reason to be
proud of their new hall which is now
practically completed. The hall is To-
Gated on a fine lot in the heart of the
village and the total cost is very
close to $4,000. the hall is 40xS0
feet and is three stories with
a good basement and firm founda-
ton of granite and brick. The
first floor is given over to the large
dining hall. On the second story, be-
beside the coat rooms, is the main hall,
39x49 feet, with stage 1Sx39 feet
The third story is for the present left
in an unfinished condition. The hall
is heated by two furnaces and heated
by electricity.
The hall was designed by Albert
Chamberlain of Winslow, a member OF
the grange, and has been built under
his personal supervision. 1t will be
thoroughly furnished and equipped
and in every respect will be one of the
best Grange halls in the State. Wins
low Grange has about $50 members
and is in IL most fourishing condition
Its master is E. +. Hitchings of Wa
terville. The grange is planning on a
grand fair to be held September q
and "a, and already floor space to the
amount of $40 has been sold to Wa
tervile merchants for advertising
purposes.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-08-15
RICHMOND CAMPMEETING.
Perfect Weather Attracts Large Audi
ences to the Services.

Richmond Campground Me. Aug. IL
(SpcciaD. Friday was Il perfect day for
a campmeeting and Richmond was at its
best Indeed this camp is an ideal spot
for summeling.
The early morning prayer meeting at
brought out a good attendance, was
true at the $50 meeting. These devotion
al services are increasing in power as the
meetings progress.
The sermon of the morning was preach
ed Ev the. Rev FL. A. Sherman, pastor of
the NJ. e. church of Monmouth. Me. The
sermon was full of feeling and the audi
Cncc was melted again ana AGAIN by the
touching words of the preacher. The
Young peoples meeting was well attend
ed and was devoted to prayer and testi-
mony and the young people used all the
time.
At 1 o'clock meeting of the Gotta
gers and all interested was called at the
tabernacle and was well attended. Va
riouS matters of general interest were dis
cuSSed and Il committee of 20 was ap-
pointed to he responsible for $lU each.
next year, to be used as IL contingent fund
fer current expenses.
Subscriptions are still coming in toward
the Indebtedness on the tabernacle, so
that now there is only Il balance of 500
left to be paid
Rev. A. S. L.add, presiding elder of the
Lewiston district of the Maine Confer
encc. The auditorium was well filled and
Or. Ladd took his text from Acts ii and
his sermon was Iistehed to with marked
attention.
The sermon of the evening was preach
ed by the Rev II. o. Sherwood, Il Baptist
minister from Somerville Mass Mr. Sher-
wood took his text from Eph iii :12-13. The
sermon was very much enjoyed and was
followed by an earnest altar service. Inc
attendance was large at all the services
OF the day
rI-I, tt,,,
great day, Sunday, and are making ample
provision for the visitors who will pour
in from up and down the Kcnnebec val
Icy. The railroad officials also are prcpar-
ing to accommodate all who wish to
come, and it is sincerely hoped that the
day will be one of great blessing.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1903-08-15
G. A. r. DELEGATES
Arc the Attraction at San Francisco,
Which Is Gaily Decorated.

San Francisco, Aug. 14.-Delegates
to the G.. a. r. Encampment continue
to arrive and the city is now in gala
attire. The committees in charge of
the parade and all the other commit
tees have left nothing undone to insure
the proper entertainment of the guests.
The cities of the interior are joining
in the good work and carloads of fruit
and flowers will be into San Francisco
daily, next week, for distribution
among the veterans and their friends.
Conservative estimates figure that
$4,000 persons will arrive in San Fran
cisco from the Eastern points on spec
ial trains and fully as many more on
regular trains. while the arrivals from
nearby points in California will run the
aggregate up to fully $4,000 visitors,
who will take part in the proceedings
of the encampment, ext,week.