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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30

suits with this crop. Thorough plow-
ing and narrowing should be given so
as to leave the land smooth and free
from rubbish in order to facilitate the
planting and subsequent care Of the
crop. Flowing should be delayed un-
til just previous to planting, the best
time for which Is when the ground Is
thoroughly warm and before the hot
weather commences to dry IL, which ~
Immediately after the time for plant
ing corn.
Planting the Soy Bean.
Planting may be made at intervals
from the Goth of May until July 1. but
satisfactory results are often obtained
when the seed is not planted until after
the removal of an early grain crop
On many soils 1t will not pav to make
applications of manures containing
large quantities of nitrogen, as in sew
eral tests conducted at this station the
increase in yield has not been sufficient
to pay for the additional cost Of the
nitrogen. 1t will not be wise, how
ever, to attempt the growth Of this
crop in soils deficient In potash and
phosphoric acid, unless these sub
stances are added. Potash In muriate
gives good results, while as source
of phosphoric acid dissolved bone or
fine ground bone will give satisfactory
returns upon soils which are not too
deficient in lime. but on those which
show greater lack Of lime more sat
isfactory results may be obtained by
the use of Stag meal or 1oats.-G. E.
Adams, Rhode Island Experiment Sta
ton.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30

in her demands for peanuts and red
lemonade and had not broken down
the seat as upon former occasion.
Now the circus was over, and her
warm arm hoisted him on toward the
entrance of the grounds as they
chuckled and laughed outright In
pleased recollection of amusing scenes.
Going down the little hill, well away
from the press of pushing strangers,
Mary Ann trod upon banana peel.
1t was enough. With the derision of
distant onlookers ringing in his ears
jefferson, his face red and angry,
pulled her up. Il knew you'd do some
thing" he groaned.
His companion, after the common
impulse glared savagely at the spot of
humiliation, then quickly stopped and
thrust her hand in the short grass.
Lost anything?" inquired Mr.. Gill.
mo. Found something. Don't let
anybody see you looking"
She cautiously unfolded her palm.
There lay twenty dollar gold piece.
Come right along" said Jefferson
hastily.
Half an hour later on the lonely
country road they paused under a
great elm and examined the coin.
ITS all right" proclaimed Mr.. GIL.
pretty dirty, but the real thing. Your
luck has turned, Mary Ann. VIII you
spend it for what | want you to get?
His light tone trembled, and his face
was white
Tell me. jeff" AS on the porch three
days before her eyes searched his and
dropped.
"A-a-wedding gown"
Yes, JEFF, and-and-Iil try not to
fall down In it."
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30
Cures For Rheumn tism.

In Michigan n double cedar knot Is
carried in the pocket to cure rheu-
matism, and in New Hampshire n man
carried a gall from the stems of gold
enrod for the same disease. A small
white grub is in the gall and he
thought as long as the grub remained
alive no rheumatism could get hold Of
him. Hickory nuts, the buckeye and
its cousin, the horse chestnut, which
brings good luck in New Jersey, are
other foes to rheumatism in different
localities.
Some people wear n strange ring
made of potato with n hole bored
through it for rheumatism and others
carry plain potato in the pocket. The
charm is more potent If the potato has
been stolen. Almost anything seems
TO have rheumatism fighting properties,
for in southern Michigan a pebble in
the pocket serves to ward it off.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30
waIkinr I.eaxes

Natures law being almost universal
so far as the protection Of the weak
creatures is concerned, 1t is not at all
wonderful perhaps that she has formed
insects into perfect counterparts Of
flowers. leaves, sticks. etc. Some OF
the walking leaves" those which are
natives Of India. China and japan In
particular. are large. grotesque look
ing creatures. their resemblance being
strikingly like bundle Of yellow
twigs Joined together with faded, mac
Grated leaves. The limbs OF this spe-
cies OF insect are long, slender and
very twiglike, the coloring being suited
to that particular species OF vegetation
upon which the deceptive mimicker
subsists.
The walking stick" like the walk
ing leaf. Is also very deceptive as far
as looks go. The males have small,
slender bodies. the legs or arms start
ing from 1t just as smaller limbs Of q
tree or wVed start from larger ones.
The walking thorn" Of lava belongs
to this curious order Of insects, az do
also the devils horse" and the mantis.
The walking thorn" looks exactly like
the large compound spine Of our COM
mon honey locust tree. even In color
and general contour.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30
covernmcnt soiI survexinr,

The United States bureau Of soils
maintained fifteen soil parties in the
field during last year, the areas COW
cred being as follows:
Perry county, Ala; Yuma area, Ari-
zona; Stuttgart area, Arkansas; lmpe-
rial area, California; Los Angeles area,
California; Arkansas valley area, Col
orado; Gadsden county, Fla; Lewiston
area, Idaho; Clay county, ILL.,; Clinton
county, ILL.,; st. Clair county, ILL.,; Taze.
we'll county, ILL.,; Posey county, Ind
Dubuque area, Iowa; Wichita area,
Kansas; Union county, KY; Smedes
area, Mississippi; Howell county, Mo-
billings aroa. Montana; -Tranton- -nEoo,
n. j.; Big1ats area, New York; Lyons
area, New York; Hickory area, North
Carolina; Parmele area, North Caro-
lima; Mount Mitchell area, North Car
olina Grand Forks area, North Dako-
TIA; Columbus area, Ohio; Toledo area,
Ohio; Arecibo to Ponce, Porto Rico;
Abbeville area, South Carolina; Oar
lington county, s. c.; Brazoria area,
Texas; Vernon area, Texas; Abe
marie area, Virginia; Wallawalla area,
Washington; GAINESVILLE area. Wiscon-
sin. During the current year the num-
ber of soil survey parties has been in
creased to twenty. which 1t is ex-
pected will make surveys Of about If
ty areas In thirty-two states and ter
ritories.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30
KITCHEN sUPERsTITIoNs.
why Most Cooks Always STIR Thsir
Batter One Way Only.


why Most Cooks Always STIR Thetfl
Batter One Way Only.
Take a good lump of fresh butter.
and roll 1t in -four. place 1t In lined
saucepan with a half pint Of good. rich
cream, stir it gently over low fire, al,
ways the same way, till 1t begins to-
simmer"
This recipe for the making Of melted
butter is quoted from an old fashioned
cookery book of century ago. but the
direction to stir always the same
way" is observed MS religiously today
as 1t was then. and probably viii - for
a thousand years to come.
All cooks Of all nations stir not only
the same way. but also from east to-
west, n sure indication that the prac-
tice originated with sun worshipers.
Speaking OF stirring brings to mind
that in most English households -coun.!
try ones at least-the practice Of the
whole family Joining to stir the Christi
mas plum pudding Is still In vogue.
There are many peculiar, Odd FASH
ioned superstitions connected with
cooking.
For instance, in Scotland. when oat-
cakes are being baked, 1t il still Gus
tomary to break Off little piece and
throw 1t into the fire.
At one time, whenever a baking was
made-which was perhaps once q
month only-a cake was made with
nine knobs on 1t. Each OF the company
broke one off, and. throwing 1t behind
him, said, This give to thee; preserve
thou my Sheep mentioning the name
Of noxious animaEfox, wolf or eas1A
A roast pheasant IL usually sent up
with the tail feathers. This practice is
a memorial Of the days when q pea
cock was skinned before roasting and
when cooked was sewed into its plum.
age again. its beak gilded and 70 served
Tossing the pancake Is another inter.
esting food superstition. Formerly the
master Of the house was always called
upon to toss the Shrove Tuesday pam
cake. Usually he did 1t % clumsily
that the contents of the pan found their
way to the floor, when q fne was de-
manded by the cook. The custom II
still kept up at Westminster school,
where pancake is tossed over the bar
and scrambled for. The one who -
cures 1t is rewarded with d guinea.
The origin Of the cross on hot eross
buns is a matter Of dispute. There e
little doubt that cakes partly divided
into four quarters were made long BE-
fore the Christian era. At one time Il
was believed that bread baked on Good
Friday would never grow mcldy. ana
a piece Of 1t grated was kept In every
house. being supposed to be q soveg-
eign remedy for almost any kind q
ailment to which man II subject.
In many parts of England It h con-
sidered unlucky to offer a mince pie td
a guest. It must be asked for Boston
Journal.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30
MARY ANN,
G5e VNLUCKY
Copyright, 1909. bU r. C. McClue
BY EiIiof Waller

Nature had developed Mary Ann OH
large physical lines. noteworthy in re-
gard to her pedal eXtremities and
hands Perhaps her mouth also might
be included in the general extension,
but its broadening effect was some
what mitisated by two enormous dim
pies which were constantly in evi-
dence Her hair-welI, some people are
sensitive respecting too much descrip-
ton We will call it bright in color,
with a tendency to curl.
All in all, which was considerable,
Mary Ann was good to look upon. even
as the gorgeous pumpkin in the glad
harvest days.
So thought jefferson Gill, who was
as conspicuous for elongation as Mary
Ann was for rotundity. He drove a
bakers cart along the outlying high
ways, invariably halting at the gate
before the cleanly farmhouse of Mary
AIMS father, with the loud cries of his
vocation.
Not that he effected sales OF any ac-
count, but a glass of cool milk was
much to his taste and-other considera-
tions.
Mary Ann was possessed of what is
known as failing foot" To be more
explicit, she stumbled easily and ap-
parently with little provocation. This
was a source of much modification
and some damage the latter, however,
being mainly confined to articles she
fell with or people she fell on. Her
early experiences had guided her to
the art OF letting herself go the mo-
ment her equilibrium became dis
placed, and now she could flop down
almost gracefully and hardly break an
egg in the basket. But it was a mortt-
fication to the flesh, and. considering
her size, it must have been a great
modification.
She favored Jefferson. 1t was full
year since that fall in the road behind
the bakers cart, when, with cream
cake in each hand, the stepping upon
a round stone and the attraction of
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30
NERVOUS HEADACHE
BREEDS INSANIT Z

Many a persons whole pleasure in life
i ruined by the fear of nervous head
aches Any little excitement, no matter
what, business or'social, brings them on.
The feet and bands grow cold, the head
is hot, the eyes stiff. the temples throb
and only in the quiet of darkened
room is relief obtained. This condition
must be checked or it means complete
mental ruin. To those people DR. \. ".
Chase's Nerve Pills come AS blessing
They do lot stop. they cure the hea :
aches They do not blanket, they bald
mp They put the nervous system IN
strong. vigorous, sturdy condition II
condition that gives one reSistive cover
and enables them TO again enJoy lie :
pleasures.
Mrs. A. B Mcliee OF 124 Elm St, Br'l:r,
Pa says: "Dr A. ". Chase's Nerve PI'ls
are grand medicine ! suffered most
all the time from a hard nervous Sex
headache and felt generally miserable
"a a consequence | sc,s told II the
Nerve Pills and got box at d y W ll-
ler's Drug Store, 1l2 SCuih Main st.
AID they have cared uIe | have no
more headaches aud fee. otherwise H. p. "
SEC IA box at dealers or DR. a w
Chase Medicine Co. Buffalo n Y See
that portrait and signature of 4 w.
Chase NJ. D., are on every package
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30

We must keep in mind the fact that
when corn is a foot high the roots fill
the soil between the rows, and to cut
them off checks the growth. Cultva-
tion after that time should always be
shallow. Have the soil loose so that
rains Will run in instead of Off and
break up the crust as soon as 1t Is dry
enough to work, as this will check
wasteful evaporation from the surface.
A farmer with whom was acquaint-
cd incurred the wrath of his hired man
by having run the cultivator again and
again through the corn during n severe
drought, while the neighbors were rest
ing on their oars waiting for rain to
come. what, run that thing through
the corn again? You might as well
run 1t in the big road" well, / guess
we'll work the corn u leetle more,
but He had the only crop Of corn
In that section of country. When in
doubt whether you have cultivated the
corn enough II will always pay to work
It "leetle more."-Cor. Ohio Farmer
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30

In ancient times the beds we read
about were simply rugs, skins or thin
mattresses which could be rolled IN
and carried away In the morning. AZ
night they were spread on the door.
which In the better class Of house,
was of tile or plaster. and a. the shoen
were not worn In the house and TIA
feet were washed before entering q
room the floors were cleaner than
ours. After a time q sort Of bench
three feet wide, was built around two
or three sides of the room about =
foot above the floor and. covered with
a soft cushion, was used during thA
day to sit or lounge on and ~ 4 sloep-
ing place at night. The bench vs.
sometimes made like q settee. m0v&Ulo
and of carved wood or ivory.-London
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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30

MALTESE MILK GOAT.
Another Candidate For IN Boom In
Animal Industries.

Another Candidate For Boom In
Animal Industries.
: Spanish Maltese goats milk is SUI
perior to that of the ordinary COW for
general domestic purposes. Used with
coffee it is delicious, giving that bev-
erage a rich. creamy appearance, while
n few drops in cup of tea are equiv
alent to more than n teaspoonful OF
ordinary cream. When used for cakes
or puddings its superiority is quickly
apparent, both TO the sight and taste.
imparting rich yellow color TO these
articles when cooked and thereby act
Ing economically by lessening the num-
ber of eggs requisite for them. Many
persons are impressed with the belief
that goats milk is possessed of pc
culiar flavor. The impression Is an en-
tirely erroneous one. This milk resem-
bles cows milk both in taste and color,
the only difference being that II Is
richer. thicker and slightly sweeter,
containing. as it does, n larger per-
centage of cream and sugar and less
percentage OF water.
When not confined the Spanish
Maltese goat in its eating habits Is
much like the deer, its diet being prin-
cipally choice buds, twigs, leaves and
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30

A progressive farmer frequently
makes mistakes, but he doesn't keep
On mukfng the runic ones.
1t Is a good time for the young man
who is willing to work and give all his
energy and make 1t his life work to
grow good fruit. That man will get
good prices for his fruit.
San Jose scale is like one Of the peo-
pie who come and stay with us and
never know how or when to 60 home.
Let us not waste sympathy on the
poor boy. He after all is the only one
in this country who has really chance,
for the children Of the rich are usually
stunted by luxury before they begin to
grow.
The man who spends half his time
looking over the fence to see what his
neighbor is doing never wins. The
winning horse keeps his nose straight
before him and sticks to business.
Any commission house will tell you
today that the most prosperous truck
growers are those who grow well what
they plant, sort 1t carefully and pack
in neat package and have distinc-
tive mark.
Don't tie the team to the load Of hay
for their dinner.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30
How IL Improves Run Out soils-Pre-
paring the Land.


The soy bean, In common with the
other leguminous plants, has the pow
or, by the aid OF minute organisms
growing on its roots, OF obtaining from
the air much of the nitrogen necessary
for It's growth. Many OF our so called
"run out soils which have been seri-
ously exhausted by the continuous
growing OF grains and other nitrogen
using crops may be restored to fertility
by the use of leguminous plants, such
as the vetchcs, clovers, cowpeas and
soy bean.
The soy bean will thrive and give
paying crops upon wide range OF soils,
varying from light sands to heavy clay
loans, the most satisfactory results be
ing usually obtained upon medium
heavy soil. In fact, any good corn land
will be sure 10 give satisfactory results.
Dry weather does not affect this plant
ns quickly "a the ordinary field beans
and peas, rs 1t wlthstands drought
much better than corn, being ranked
with Kaiiir corn as drought resisting
plant.
Those methods OF soil preparation
which give the best results with Il crop
OF field beans will under ordinary con-
ditions give equally satisfactory re-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30
HITcHINa CHAIN AND HALF DOOR.

but with an iron arm and a short
hitch chain at the end that danger is
avoided A blacksmith can make such
a device in half an hour.
1t is often the case that doorway
must be closed against animals, but
ventilation be still desired. The dou-
BILE door here shown will I'LL the bill.
1t is half door hinged to the regular
door as shown. When the half door
is not desired 1t can be buttoned up
against the full door and the whole
used as one or 1t can be used as shown
In the cut. This use Of the half door
keeps the air from blowing in on anil
mails lying down. but keeps the air cir
culating above them.-Farm Journal
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30

MALTESE MILK GOAT.

underground. Its meat. therefore,
bears close resemblance both in taste
and color to deer flesh or venison. The
grain is dark and closer than either
mutton or Angora goat meat. No meat
is sweeter, healthier, more tender or
palatable 1t Is more delicious In
flavor than deer venison.
At present prices the long haired
Maltese skins are worth from rs cents
to 81 per pound for trimmings, rugs,
imitation bear skins and other pur-
poses, while the short haired are worth
from % to 40 cents per pound to tan
ners, who use them for making the
celebrated "vici kid" a quality and
class of leather rivaling the French
kind both In beauty and durability,
which, Of course, greatly enhances the
value of these skins.
Farm, Field and Fireside quotes a
west Texas correspondent to the fore,
going effect.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30
LITTLE BARBADOS.
The ISLAM Contains About the
Proudest People ON Earth.


Proudest People ON Earth.
None Of the great nations Of the
earth is half so proud OF itself as the
little colony of Barbados, mere speck
In the Caribbean, which calls itself
"the little England OF tho tropics"
Alone OF all England's West Indian
isles. Barbados has belonged 20 Eng.
by white men. 1t has never been con-
quered by the enemy, as the others
have been. This fact naturally gives
the Barbadians n good conceit Of them
selves and indeed makes them just
about the proudest people on earth.
When just before the Crimean war
England was hesitating whether she
should attack Russia the Barbadians
sent this message to the cabinet:
Go ahead. Don't be afraid. Barba-
dos Is behind you"
King George was offered an asylum
by "little England when Napoleon
Bonaparte proposed to invade Eng
land.
"If you were driven from-Enslands'
the Barbadians wrote, "come here. You
will be safe with us to protectyou,N
When England was suffering her
worst reverses In South Africa tho
Barbadans were not worried. They
knew that IL matters really reached a
crisis Barbados would 60 In andr6nish
the business" as one Of their newspa-
pers seriously put II.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30
Advice.

The best advice that can be given
probably is: Take all the advice you
can get and then do as you please. The
successful person, or the one whom the
crowd counts successful, Is being con-
stantly besieged with applications for
advice how to succeed. He Is generally
incapable Of giving 1t. The same ad-
vice, outside of n few maxims gener-
ally applicable, is seldom good for two
persons. Advice. as rule, Is cheap
and about as valuable as most cheap
things. To be constantly following ad-
vice without stopping to consider Its
source Is the plain mark Of weakness.
1t is this trait Of weak human nature
which makes the business Of the pat
ent medicine maker so profitable. The
person of power is the one who neither
gives nor takes advice In generous
quantities. The world would be better
off II advice were much less plentiful.
Then, perhaps, Its quality might rise In
proportion to its scarcity.-New Lon
-, -svsN
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30

In 1880 A. D., after nineteen yeaxs 81
ceaseless labor and an expenditure 81
about 100000. the Chinese govern;
ment finished the wonderful porcelain!
tower at Nankin, which stood for near
ly four and quarter centuries, until
1856, the most marvellous building evez
erected by human hands. Il was 81
octagonal form. geo feet In height With
nine stories. each having cornics ana
q gallery without
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30
No sen.e Of Proportio..

The young man who had spent his
efforts for several years without NJ
suit In studying art was talking with
his practical uncle. who had patiently
paid the bills.
'Of course" said the young artist
II know I haven't made much Of O.
Of 1t. but don't think you ought to ID
wise me to try something else. You
know it's best to put all your eggs IL
one basket and watch that basket"
"Uml That may be. Charlie; but d11
you ever think how foolish 1t II to put
20 many baskets around one bantam
eggY'-Youth's Companion.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30


1t Is only with the restoration drama
that the annals of actresses on the
English stage begin. Queen Henrietta
Maria, wife OF Charles l., had early
made n vain attempt to introduce the
French fashion OF female players into
her adopted country by the establish
ment OF n French company composed
only of women In London. But the ex-
pertinent was premature, and the for
elgners were hlssed and pelted Off the
stage Mt their first performance.
Until 1860 the female parts had al
ways been taken by boys, and the Gus
tom survived even after women had
taken their place upon the stage, since
some of the more famous of the boy
actors grown into mem continued oc-
casionally to play their favorlte roles
as late as the end OF the seventeenth
century. Kynaston, the chief boy actor,
survived TIL 1909, long after the ladies'
had ousted him from the principal
parts, and in 1861 Pepys, who saw him
in the silent Woman" speaks OF him
as "the llveliest lady for II boy" he had
ever seen.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30
CarlyIe's Effort.

Carlyle tried to make the purse
proud English ashamed of their gen
tility, respectability and rubbish. He
taught that work was noble, idleness
shameful; that ladies and gentlemen
who live to please themselves live the
life Of beast-of the poodle on their
hearth rug; that duty, not pleasure, was
"our beings end and aim;" that real
tiles were better than shams. But
to make the upper middle classes"
swallow all this he was obliged to dis
guise the medicinal truth, not exactly
in nectar, but in q Scotch porridge
manufactured for the purpose. nota-
BILE "sham" OF his own.-"Life and Let
ters of Samuel Palmer"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-07-30

'Choily is so clevah at weparteeP
exclaimed Clarence.
"Isn't hep said Reginald. ~Whata
his latestT
"a gweat, howwid bwute said to
him, You are the biggest fool In this
state And Cholly answered wight on.
4 don't agwee with your Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune.