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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-15
Cross SECTION OF MOOT cELLAR.

plank or may be simply of earth. If
no planks are used the studding should
have the lower end imbedded in the
earth to prevent 1t from slipping.
The siding may be of inch boards
and should be nailed to the studding
before they are raised into position.
The joists B d c should be of by 4,
and the supports for the roof should be
of the same material. The space above
the joists may be filled with straw or
leaves or hay, to prevent freezing in
the cellar. The plates, which are Sc
cured at the top of the studding, may
be placed somewhat above the level OF
the surface of the ground. Part of the
earth which is removed in eXcayating
should be banked up against the walls
under the roof, so that the slope of the
ground will be away from the cellar.
Doors may be placed at intervals in
the roof, so that roots can be shoveled
from a wagon directly into the cellar.
At one end of the pit there should be
solid double doors, so that entrance
may be had to the cellar in cold wealth
er without permitting the cold to enter.
The upright centerpiece A K should
not be more than five to six feet high,
and the length of the cellar may be
made as great as desired. The width
may be from eight to ten feet. If this
can be constructed ON a slight slope Of
land it will be all the better.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-15
His SON Andy.

DR.. Andrew j. McCosh was in his
college days a famous athlete. He
could run faster, kick a football fur
ther and jump higher than any man in
Princeton. Publicly his father, Presi-
dent McCosh, took no notice Of An
dy's achievements. That he privately
rejoiced in his sons prowess the stu
dents learned in this way:
Jimmy, as the president was IA
miliarly called, though exceedingly
courteous, was given to fits of abstrac-
ton in which he entirely forgot his
surroundings.
Once at reception in his home, ap-
parently forgetful of all the world, he
was pacing up and down the room
with head bent and hands interlocked
behind his back Suddenly he walked
up before young lady and asked:
How tall are ye?"
In an embarrassed way she replied,
"Why, doctor, Tm-Fm 5 feet 2
inches"
me son Andy could jump over yer
head" said the doctor and immediate
ly resumed his walk.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-15

Many Of the figures in Phil Mays
book "Guttersnipes' were sketched
from memory while staying up the riv-
er.
zone day." he said, when speaking
on the subject, 81 saw a delightful lit
tie model for my purpose, q dirty, rag
ged bit of girl humanity. I spoke to
her and wrote a message on my card
for her to give to her mother. Next
morning she came in charge Of an older
sister, as tattered and unkempt as her
self. When had made my sketches
of the two Of them 1 asked the elder
one If she had any more sisters like
herself. oh, yes, four or five, worse
than I am Bring them round said
l. Is the little un to come againr she
asked No, I've done with her. The
next day they came. the little un in
cluded. She had persisted in 1t, for
she said: He's my artist. I found him
first '"-London Tit Bits.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-15
flow the Initial "M" Punctuated the
Great Conqueror's Career.

Great COnQuerOr's Career.
From Marengo to Moscow was the
long swing in the pendulum of Napo-
Icons life, the .one the greatest battle
out Of which he came with his life, the
other the abyss which engulfed him.
Mr.. J. NJ. Buckley, who is literary
expert on condolences, points out how
strangely the letter NJ played apart in
the life of the great conqueror.
Marboe was the first to recognize the
genius of Napoleon at the Ecole Mill
taire. Melas opened to him the way to
Italy. Mortier was one Of his first gen.
erals. Moreau betrayed him, and Mu-
rat was the first martyr to his cause.
Marie Louise partook Of his highest
destinies Metternich conquered him
on the field of diplomacy.
Six marshals-Massena,M Mortier, Mar
mont, Macdonald, Murat and Money
and twenty-six of his generals Of divi-
sions had names beginning with the
letter NJ.
Murat, duke of Bassano, was the
counselor in whom he placed the great
est confidence His first great bat
tie was that of Montenotte; his last
was that of Mount st. Jean. He gained
the battles of Moscow, Montmirail and
Montereau. Then came the assault of
Montmartre. Milan was. the first ene-
mics capital and Moscow the last In
which he entered.
He lost Egypt through the blunders
of Menoa and employed Miollis to
make Plus VII. prisoner. Malet con-
spired against him, afterward Mar
mont. His ministers were Maret, Mon
talivet and Molten. His first cham
berlain was Montesquieu.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-15
After Dinner Oratory.

The fake humorous speaker has an
easier career than even the fake elo-
Quent speaker. Yet at any given din
ner the orator who passes out mere elo-
cution to his hearers has a success al
most as instant and splendid as his
clowning brother. 1t is amazing what
things people will applaud when they
have the courage of each others inepti-
tude They will listen after dinner TO
anything but reason. They prefer also
the old speaker to new ones; they like
the familiar taps of humor. of elo-
quence II they have tasted the brew
before. they know what they are going
to get. The note of their mood is toler-
ance, but tolerance of the accustomed,
the expected; not tolerance of the
novel, the surprising. They wish to be
at rest. and what taxes their minds mo-
Tests their intellectual repose. They do
not wish to climb any great heights to
reach the level of the orator.-W. ID.
Howells In Harpers.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-15
Satisfied HI. Curiosity,

The curiosity OF the natives Of wild
countries as to everything belonging to
the traveller often leads to amusing sit
uations. Mr. j. w Wells tells in Three
Thousand Miles Through Brazil of his
visit TO one settlement where the only
shopkeeper of the place proved very
inquisitive. He was frequent visitor
and would carefully examine the few
belongings of the traveller. His curios-
ity was finally punished in very fun
ny manner.
On one of his visits, writes Mr.. Wells,
he found my bottle of spirits of ammo
mia ON the table. and, seeing it was
something he had not hitherto inspect
ed, he naturally laid hold of it and
asked of ME, What is thisT'
"Only a medicine" | replied, and
with perhaps unworthy satisfaction
l watched him hold it up to the light
look at 1t all round and finally remove
the glass stopper and then take good
sniff
had to rush forward to save my
precious ammonia. as he staggered and
gasped for breath and calculated, 81
am dying" By dint of much slapping
of his back and dousing of cold water
he quickly recovered, but nevermore
did he touch any of my things.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-15
SOME QUART ENGLISH.
Portuguese Idea c9 che Language In
u hook OF ..iea-uicE."

Portuguese Idea cF the Language In
Il hook OF "Lea-uiEg."
A book as anuSiu'- as il is rare is In
the library of 4 NiSsahickon student
The work is called 20 Nova Guia da
Conversacao." 1t is supposed to In
struct the Portuguese in English con
versation. and the following. a dia-
logue headed For to Ride Horse" is
the kind of English conversation it sup
plies:
Here is 1 horse who have bad
looks. Give mi another; will not that,
He not sail know TO march, be is purSy.
he is foundered. Don't you are ashamed
to give me jade as like? He is uud-
shoed, he is with nails up; it want to
lead to the farrier."
An anecdote in the book Is:
"A day came ii nan to consult this
philosopher for to know at O'Clock it
was one to eat If thou art rich. told
him eat when you shall wish; If you
are poor. when you may do"
In the preface the most elegant par
agraph is the following:
1--WE expect then, who the little book
(for the care what we wrote him, and
for her typographical correction that
may be worth the acceptation IF the
studious persons, and especially OF the
youth. at which we dedicate him par
ticularly."
The authors of this strange volume
are Jose da Forseca and Pedro Caro-
limo. 1t would be interesting to know
where Pedro and Jose learned" Eng
lish.-Philadelphia Record.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-15
HAIRY VETCH.
Seed Growing Profitab1e-Necesstty
of InocuIation on Some Lands.

Seed Growing Profitable-Necessity
of Inoculation on Some Lands.
The following information relating to
the growing of the hairy vetch for seed
is furnished by the bureau of plant in
dustry of the United States department
OF agriculture, through its seed labora-
tory, in response to numerous inquiries
on the subject:
The cultivation of hairy vetch has in
creased rapidly in the last few years
and would be much more common If
the seed was raised in this country, and
especially on the farms where 1t Is to
be s0wn.
Practically all of the seed now used
In the United States = imported e 90.
Europe. During the fiscal year ended
June 80, 1908, over $4,000 pounds of
this seed was brought in.
Experiments have been carried on by
the seed laboratory of the bureau for
two years in ST. Mary's county, Nd,
and the past year in Wayne county, o.,
to determine the practicability of grow
ing the seed in this country. From the
results of these trials it is evident that
the seed can be produced at a profit
over wide area of the United States.
Great difficulty has been experienced
In harvesting the seed when grown
alone. 1t ripens very unevenly and if
left until most of the seed is mature 1t
becomes matted on the ground and
shells and molds badly. 1t was found
that by sowing with rye a sufficient
support was furnished to keep it off the
ground and allow it to be cut easily
with a moving machine. Rye seems
best adapted as q supporting crop on
account of the time of ripening and the
stiff straw
The best results were obtained with
seeding from one-half to three-fourths
bushels of vetch and one-half bushel of
rye to the acre, sowing from the middle
to the last OF September.
The crop should be cut about the
time the last pods are formed and the
vines are getting dry The cutting Is
done with an ordinary moving ma
chine, after which the vines and straw
should be put in piles and allowed to
dry The thrashing can be done with
an ordinary grain thrashing machine.
The four acres in Ohio yielded 13
bushels of vetch and 01 bushels of rye.
In Maryland the storms knocked the
rye down so ii did not fill well, but the
four acres yielded IS bushels of vetch
and bushels of rye. Reports from
Mississippi show yield of from to
Z bushels per acre In that state.
In many instances hairy yetch has
been sown and proved failure under
ordinary cultivation. AS it is adapted
to considerable variety of soils and
a wide area 1t is certain that the failure
in most instances is due to the absence
of the organism which produces the
root tubercles and has the property Of
fixing the free nitrogen in the air, max
ing 1t available for plant food.
Unless hairy vetch has already been
grown successfully on a piece of
ground It should be inoculated to In
sure success. Inoculating material will
be furnished by, and all inquiries con-
cerning ii should be addressed TO, the
bureau Of plant industry, United States
department of agriculture, Washington.
The department has no seed of hairy
vetch for distribution.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-15
Wordsyyorth's Secret.

And Wordsworth's secret? Any poets
secret? Well, for aught we can see, 1t
remains a secret, a something as far
beyond human subtlety to explain as it
is beyond human ingenuity to produce.
"The wind bloweth where 1t listeth."
Genius" "inspiration"-it Is hard to
get on without the old words, vague
though they be. Nay, it is precisely
because they are vague that they serve
SO useful purpose. Even Professor
Raleigh, after speaking almost con-
temptuously Of impatient critics" who
seek to account for Wordsworth's
amazing inequality" by assuming that
sometimes he was inspired, at other
times not, is heard a little afterward
lamenting that in Wordsworth's case
as in Coleridge's, ''the high tide of In
spiration was followed by a long and
wandering ebb."
One feels like quoting Lowell, whose
arrow in such competitions is apt to
hit the white. Wordsworth, he says,
was not an artist in the strictest sense
of the word; neither was Isaiah, but he
had a rarer gift, the capability of being
greatly inspired. ."-Bradford Torrey In
Afle-ati1
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-15

Of cool green leaves. His whisper in
her ear made her checks outtiush the
pinkest peach. but she shook her head
when he made to raise her and lead her
away. II will come presently" she
said. Mother cannot get through din
ner without me-" Yet when he left
her she got suddenly white, and her
hands trembled so she almost let fall
a laden dish.
Time ambles withal in spite Of heart
aches. Somehow dinner got itself over
and left Elaine free. She slipped away
toward the spring in the edge of the
grove.
Half way Madge overlook her and
said with no pretense of greeting. You
must not mind about anything today,
only being happy"
For minute they walked in silence
down the sun fiecked path. 1t bordered
the road by which teams were taken
to water. There was sharp turn In
the road where the path crossed 1t to
reach the well head. AS the two came
to it thunder of hoofs bore down on
them, cut through with weak, terrified
screams. Wild jamie Lee had ventured
to drive the wickedest pair upon the
grounds. They had taken the bits in
their teeth and We're running away.
Madge sprang back to let them pass,
tripped on a loose stone and fell for
ward almost under their feet. Elaine
darted, caught the leaders bit and
swerved him sharply aside. He reared,
striking out with both hoofs, but
she clung fast until stronger hands
stayed the maddened beasts, then slid
into Allan's arms, with blood gushing
over her lips. Between the spurts she
whispered to him: 1T has all come
right, know l had to save her-be-
cause she gave you to me. You mus.
grieve for me-a little bit. But God
knew best. He heard my prayers"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-15

ELAINE SWUNG HERSELF TO AN AMBUSH
OF THICK G2EEN LEAVES.
friendly comrades, seeing through the
scheming of their elders and finding in
1t an excellent joke.
Madge came often to the May house,
but somehow Elaine had not seen her
since the era of p!stails and ruffied
pinafores. AS she nestled the cream
and pink peaches amid the vine leaves
In her basket she seemed to see in them
hints of her rivals fairness. Just as
she crowded in the last a shiver ran
through her; then her heart beat like
mad. The orchard ran down to the
road. Two people came riding there,
and through the hoofbeats she caught
Allan's voice.
In minute they would be upon her.
Instinctively Elaine swung herself
to an ambush of thick green leaves.
AS she crouched, shaking all over, the
nearing hoofbeats stopped. Clear
across the silence she heard Allan say:
you'll have to marry me, Madge, un-
less you can think of some other way
out. Oh, no! l am not committed, ex-
cept morally. 1t was the music laid
hold on me. Elaine can make piano
keys say the most wonderful things.
I really forgot she was woman
until There are things one cannot
put in words!'
Evidently" rich voice answered.
"Rut since you have spoken so much
you must tell the whole truth. Did
you draw back the very minute you
found out your mistake? If you did,
you are not wholly despicable. Other
WISE
Elaine. gasping, felt the tentative
pause. A rufiing wind let her see
through the leaves A 1.-the young god
|. dess, yellow haired, with straight
brows and unsmilipg mouth, looked
full in Allan's face. Her bride hand
hay easily on the reins, but the other,
hanging at her side, was so tightly
clinched the whip within it bent. Love
may be blind; jealousy has eyes that
zee far and deep. BY the tense clutch
Elaine understood. Madge loved her
tousn, yet had strength to sit in judg-
ment of him.
''You are silent That is answer
enough" Madge said after long min
hte; then, with the least hard breath!
"The way out is the right and true one.
You have taught woman to love you;
now teach yourself to love her as she
deserves"
"It is your fault after ALL Madge,"
Allan said, signing. You ought to
have made me love-oh, l know you
could have done it-but chose instead
to laugh me out of sentiment, because,
forsooth, you wanted your own way.
l don't love you as matters stand, but,
on my soul, when 1 look at you I do
not understand how 1 ever kept from
it."
go to Elainer' Madge command
cd, wheeling her horse.
Allan kept doggeely beside her. ITO
morrow will be time enough" he said.
"Poor Elaine! She is a million times
too good for me-so much too good /
tremble to think of taking her happi-
ness in my hands"
As they galloped of Elaine crept
from her covert and sank beside her
basket, q huddled, moaning heap. She
/ lay there until sundown, love fighting
| hard with woman's pride. And love
won out. That night all her prayer
was, Lord, Lord. let him love me or
/ else let me die"
, Allan came TO hes next day ms she
! knelt beside the peach basket, lifting up
pink flushed beauties from their nests
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-15
GRASS AND FERTILIZER.
Hen Mnnure-G. VI. Clarl's Fertilizer
FormuIn-Grass After MilIet.

EOrmutu-tHraSs
what would be a good fertiliZing
mixture with hen manure for wheat
and grass? | can make the hen ma
nure fine so that there will be no diffi-
Guilty in sowing"
For fall use in seeding you can mix
300 pounds fine hen manure, 600
pounds acid phosphate, 200 pounds
dried blood or tankage and 800 pounds
muriate of potash. On the grass we
would use nitrate of soda in the spring.
Any mixture of chemicals will depend
on the price at which different forms
of nitrogen and phosphoric acid can be
bought In some cases fine ground
bone could take the place of the blood
and acid phosphate.
Give analysis of fertilizer used by
G.. NJ Clark, amount per acre and bow
applied, whether broadcast or in drill
How much and what seed does he use
per acreY
The fertilizer used by Mr.. Clark Is
about the following mixture: Four
hundred pounds of nitrate of soda,
/ 200 pounds of fine ground bone, 400
pounds of muriate of potash. Mr..
Clark uses fourteen quarts each OF
timothy and redtop per acre with four
10 six quarts of red clover per acre
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-15
A Queer Relic.

In University college, London, Is a
singular object that is preserved care
fully in remote gallery inside glass
case. which again is contained in a
huge wooden cupboard, the doors Of
which are locked and the keys in safe
custody. The relic which is thus so
zeaIously guarded is described in some
notes on the history of the college as
the skeleton" of Jeremy Bertham,
"clad In the garments in which he
lived" while his. head only is stated to
have been "mummifed." 1t has always
been understood that Bentham's body
was embalmed. and in that case it can
not be his mere skeleton which is re-
posing there under lock and key.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-15
The stone Houses of Easter Island.

The stone Houses of Easter Island.
The remarkable stone houses of East
er island are built against terrace Of
earth, or rock, which in some cases
forms the back wall of the dwelling
They are built of small slabs of strait
fed basaltic rock, piled together with
out cement.
No regularity of plan is shown in the
construction of n majority of them.
The average measurement is as fol-
lows: Height from floor to ceiling, 4
feet 6 inches; thickness Of walls, feet
to 10 inches; width of rooms, 4 feet 6
inches; length Of rooms, II feet 8
inches; average size of doorways,
height, 20 inches; width, 10 inches.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-15
Eirenroof Wood.

Though there are a number of diff
ferent kinds of wood, ebony, ironwood,
etc, Of such close, hard fiber that even
the fiercest fire has difficulty in ''get-
ting hold" of 1t, there is only one sort,
so far as now known, that is practical
ly fireproof. This is a small, scraggy
tree, native of South America, called
the shopala, with thick, tough, stringy
bark full of sort of fire resisting sap,
This curious shrub grows largely on
the great, grassy savannas, which are
swept by fire almost every year dur
ing the heat of the summer. There It
thrives splendidly, for the annual
scourge only kills off its bigger and
harder competitors and leaves the
ground free for the growth Of this
vegetable asbestus.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-15
phirade,phia,s First Book.

The first book of any kind published
in Philadelphia was Atkins Almanack
for the year 1856. 1t was an unpaged
pamphlet Of ten leaves, only two copies
of which are now known to be in ex-
istence. The first copy of the Al
manack printed was sent to Colonel
Markham, Penn's deputy, who report
ed to the council that the book had
enormously declared Pennsylvania to
have been founded by Lord Penn"
The council disapproved such a high
sounding title and directed the author
and printer (William Bradfor0 to
forthwith and effectually blott out We
words Lord Penn" This had the ef-
feet of recalling the whole edition and
the abolition of the obnoxious words.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-15

The Joy of midsummer possessed
with shadowed eyes and piteously
dropping mouth. Today the shadows,
the dropping, had vanished. She
smiled until dimples played hide and
seek through cheeks family pink as
the sweetbrier in the hedgerow. She
was picking the first ripe peaches in
the young orchard that was her moth
ers pride. 1t had but just come into
bearing and was full three weeks
ahead of anything the neighborhood
had ever known. Elaine and her moth
or were piously glad that the ripening
fell in with the date of the big meet
ing.
The peach basket would so to church
tomorrow along with other baskets
overfiowing with good things. There
were to be three sermons, with dinner
and supper in between; much choice
gossip also, with, incidentally, lovemak-
ing Everybody within ten miles round
would be there. That meant to Elaine
mainly sight and speech of Allan May.
He would be sure to fetch his mother.
a lady of gracious speech, but coldly
calculating eyes. Elaine dreaded the
eyes, yet was glad Allan had mother
to look out for. 1t saved her the tor
ture of seeing him gallanting other
girls ever so much prettier than her
own pale self.
Until he came she had never loved
anybody. She was sure that he loved
her. Had he not kissed her fingers
and called them precious" after she
had played for him whole evening
through? He had said too: 81 must
be free before / marry. My mother,
you know, holds everything in trust
until l am thirty" 1t was easy for
Elaine to persuade herself that he
did not speak out because he was too
honorable to ask any woman to wait
for him five years.
Gossip had it his mother was bent
on matching him with her niece, Madge
Clayton, who lived in the next county.
But the young pair were close and
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-15
Smart Sayings.

Lord Palmerston's reply to the Hit
crate member who asked him, "Are
there two hens in 'Oniton3" is a speci-
men of his rather boisterous chaf.
mo: only one. That's why heggs are
so scarce there"
Mr.. Disraelrs comment upon a por-
trait of himself, "Is it not hideous-and
so like?' exhibited n discernment not
common with unfiattered sitters.-
Twenty Years In Parliament"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-15
Coral From Italy.

Much of the costly red, white and
pink coral used for ornamental pur-
poses is obtained from the coast of
Italy. Men go out in boats and drag
the rocky bottom of streams with
wooden frames or nets, in which the
coral becomes entangled, but the del
icate branches are crushed in this way.
The finest coral is obtained by diving.