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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08

1t makes the present generation smile
to read the accounts which have come
down to us concerning the prejudices
which were formerly entertained sainst
certain articles which are now of ev-
eryday consumption.
For instance, ii Is said that when coal
was first used I'm England the preju-
dice against 1t was so strong that the
house of commons petitioned the king
TO prohibit the use of the "noxious"
fuel
A royal proclamation having failed to
abate the nuisance, commission was
issued to ascertain who burned coal
within the city of London and its neigh
borhood. to punish them by fines for
the first offense and by the demolition
Of their furnaces If they persisted In
transgressing. A law was finally pass
cd making it capital offense to burn
coal in the city and only permitting 1t
to be used by forges in the vicinity. 1t
is stated that among the records in the
Tower of London document was
found according to which a man was
hanged in the time of Edward /. for
no other crime than having been
caught burning coal. 1t took three
centuries to entirely efface the preju-
dice.-London Answers.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08

Several explanations are given OF
the expression "by hook or crook"
Two London lawyers, Hook and Crook,
were celebrated for locating sites Of
buildings after the great fire, the own
ers often concluding that they must
get back their property by "Hook or
Crook" Once voters open to bribery
indicated II by placing straws in their
shoes and were called straw men,"
and when prosecuted for this offense
they were brought before Judges Hook
and Crook and often got off "by Hook
and Crook" II not infrequently hap
pened that writ OF habeas corpus was
issued, and as often the sheriff's re-
turn had not the Endorsement ''hic est
corpus"-that is, "here is the body
and the offender went scot free, which
action the public regarded us "hocus
nncus."
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08

One Saturday afternoon two Brook
lyn men were on their way over Fulton
ferry to the City of Churches. Mr..
Beecher happened to be on board AS
the ferryboat felt its way into the slip
Mr.. Beecher seemed to be looking on
abstractedly. AS the boat struck the
piling at the side, which creakingly
yielded, Mr.. Beecher's face lighted up.
One of the men, who knew Mr.. Beech
er's method of sermonizing. remarked
to the other: There will be something
about that in tomorrow's sermon" Let
us go and see" The men were in Plym-
outh church the following morning as
suggested. Sure enough, in the course
of the sermon Mr.. Beecher made some
such reference as this: There are in
every community men who perform
for society the service that yonder pill
ing does In the ferry slip-when they
are struck they gracefully yield, yet
are not quite swept from their position.
They stand for principle. but they tact
fully yield in nonessentials. Those
buffer souls are valuable members of
~ociafv
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
CONVERTING
" A GUARDIAN
By CYRUS DERICKSON
Copyright. 1909, by the
S. s. Mcclure Company

There was nothing giddy about Miss
Nancy Messmore, aged thirty-two, an
old maid and the aunt and legal guard
Ian of Miss Bessie Haplin. aged nine
teen. Bessie had never fallen in love
with a penniless count, consented to
elope with the family coachman or
given her heart to q college student
acting as waiter at q summer hotel,
but for all this she was supposed to
be giddy. Strict discipline was needed
at all times, but more particularly
when the couple had settled down at
a Catskill hotel to spend the month
Of July
The girl was attractive and ingenu-
Gus, and she couldn't help meeting
young men, who soon became smitten.
But it was Miss Messmore's duty in
public and Aunt Nancy's duty in pri-
vate to set dead line beyond which
the most ardent captive should pass at
his peril. II there was little excur-
sion to a cave or a gorge, she was on
hand; If there was music in the parlor,
she sat where she could gaze into the
face Of tho young man turning over
the music at the piano; II there was
tete-a-tete on the veranda, she crowded
In and changed the conversation from
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
Professional Trust.

To any who regard the whole legal
profession with suspicion l can only
answer: you are probably right In
saying that II a lawyer had played
the vulture he would not tell of 1t, yet
IN truth these evil birds of prey are
not the majority In the law. Ii they
were more than a small minority our
profession could not sustain the almost
boundless confidence it enjoys from the
whole business world. Remember.
lawyer is judged day by day, and by
his deeds he is justified or condemned.
If a significant number of us were
traitors to our clients or II by our
hypocrisy we undermined the body OF
professional ethics, the keen and un-
deceived men of this generation would
not be placing in lawyers hands every
day their most momentous interests
and trusting implicitly in the honesty
Of their advice. Suppose we do have
our little professional attitudes and
poses and pomposities; those are but
superficial mannerisms which may
make us awkward and tedious when
we, too, would write popular article,
but which have nothing under heaven
to do with our faithfulness to our eli
ents. On that faithfulness we meet
our judgment day six times a week. -
Everybody's Magazine.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08

Smugglers' brains are proverbially
fertile, and clever expedient was once
adopted to import brandy into Paris
without paying the octroi duties, says
the Golden Penny. For several weeks
a splendid elephant and his keeper be-
longing to u circus had constantly gone
in and out OF one of the Paris gates,
when one day a custom house officer
suddenly thrust his probe into the
creatures side. The spectators were
Mortified, but the elephant did not ap-
pear to feel any pain, while from the
wound fell four tiny barrels of brandy.
The keeper. considering that n little
extra size In the unwieldy shape of his
change would not be noticed. had in
cased its stomach In the old skin of
larger elephant and had filled out the
space with brandy-a very profitable
enterprise
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
La.rt Playing Chopin.

AS Liszt played his demeanor changed
in sympathy with the intensely dra-
matte content of the work. During the
somber fantasie his teeth were set, his
lips and massive Jaw firm, his entire
face almost rigid, his gray eyes burned
with the composers inspiration. and his
body Strengthened out as he leaned
somewhat away from the keyboard
When he struck the ponderous chords
Of terror there was yehemence almost
diabolical in the sudden swoop OF his
great hands, and the tremendous crash
fairly made one shiver. His nostrils
became distended, and his breath came
quickly, as ono laboring under great ex-
element. Indeed, II seemed that the
spell of the great tone poet" with
whom in his earlier years he had been
on such friendly terms. had completely
mastered him, as though he felt HIM
self again In his presence and he
would once more prove his devotion to
Chopin's inspired art and show him
that Liszt still knew and could portray
his innermost soul.-Silas g. Pratt in
the Booklover's Magazine.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
No. 40.

complishes a double purpose-it grows
feathers and flesh as well as fat and
laws the basis for a fine clutch of eggs
Do not fear the overfatted hen in the
fall. but beware OF the underfed,
scrawny thing that hasn't enough Oil III
her body to sustain the new feathers,
and so goes only half clothed until the
cold weather comes on, leaving 1t In no
condition to lay until the next spring.
1t is the same way with the pullets.
They require an abundance of food to
keep up the growth of feathers, to
give them full, plump bodies and to
start the egg formation process The
plump. healthy pullet soon takes to the
nest in the fall. while the half starved
thin creature lives through the winter
In a debilitated condition, to lay only
after the warmth of the springtime
shall have rekindled the spark OF VI
tality and brought into action those
natural attributes that might have
been developed the previous fall by
proper feeding and care.
Right now is the time for Us to put
the hens and the pullets into condition
for successful late fall and winter
campaign in eggs. and II we neglect to
do SO now we need not expect eggs
where there is neither vitality nor suf-
fcient development TO produce them.
1t may be added that liberal feeding at
this season is economical, too. for there
are in every flock few hens that will
continue to lay during the molting
period when fed right-hens that would
not lay under a light feeding plan
and the eggs so gathered will offset
the additional cost Of food, while we
will at the same time put the whole
flock in prime condition.
These thoughts are drawn from the
experience of a long series Of years
years that have demonstrated the wis
dom of printing the hens and pullets
in the early fall for the winter laying.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
A WESLEY INCIDENT.



lowed In N Year by Twenty.
The societies met on Sundays, but
never at the hour OF church service,
and, when neither Wesley nor any
other clergyman was present, spent
the hour In prayer and religious con-
versation or exbortation. From ex-
hortation before the society te formal
preaching before II wns only step,
but to Wesley 1t seemed very long
step.
While In Bristol he plearned. one day
in 1888. that one Of his converts,
Thomas lMaxaeld, had been preaching
before the Foundry society. He hur-
ried up to. London to- stop IT. But his
mother, who since the death OF her
husband had been living in a room OF
the Foundery building. met him with
a protest, John, take care what you
do with reference, to that young man,
for he Is as surely lcnlled to preach as
you are" Admonisled by this coun-
sci from one whose caution on all
churchly matters he knew TO be quite
equal TO. his own, Wesley reluctantly
consented TO hear Maxfield preach.
After ilstenipg, he exclaimed; 1T Is
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08

The women's dress In Bongoa shows
great variety OF color, but because Of
their black hued teeth, which are often
filed to an arch in front, they are, as a
rule, not charming to look upon. Their
hair Is fringed over the forehead and
temples. while at the back 1t is drawn
into knot, from which one end inva-
riably straggles, giving most untidy
effect The wealthier women wear
their finger nails very long, in some In
stances almost as long as the finger It.
self, and sometimes the nail is protect
ed with an artificial shield OF silver.
All have their ears pierced, and many
Of them wear round bone or a stick
resembling a cigarette In shape and
size thrust through the aperture.-Ev-
erybody's Magazine.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08

mondsr'
"w-what do you meanT she asked.
"I wanth your diamonds II you
don'th take them off and give them to
me. I'll choke the life out of your
"Claude-Mr. Bertrand
Take them Off. and do 1t mighty
quickw
Aunt Nancy removed her necklace.
her sunburst, her earrings and finger
rings and passed them over in a dazed
way. The poet crammed the plunder
in his pocket and said:
Now git for the hotel and don'th
look back"
Aunt Nancy "got" to the hotel and
up to her room.
Two hours later Bessie found her
there looking pale faced and dazed.
"Oh. aunt. would you think it giddy
Of me IL / encouraged my fourteenth
victim to proposeT she exclaimed.
mo. dear" slowly and solemnly an
swered the guardian. Even If 1t was
your twenty-eighth it wouldn't be gid
DIV of youi"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
nImno nnd 0Rrat. y

How the use of words changes Is
well illustrated by this extract from
Bacon's Pathway Unto Prayer"
LET us pray for the preservation OF
the kings most excellent majesty and
for the prosperous success OF his en-
tirely beloved son, Edward. our prince.
that most angelic imp"
In those days "brat" had also quite
another significance. In an old hymn
by Gascoigne Is the line:
80 Abraham's brats o brood OF
blessed seed John Bull.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
Prophetic Writers.

When Sir Thomas More composed
his Utopia" in 1914, the ideas ex-
pressed by him in it were many centu-
ries ahead OF the period in which 1t
was written. Every house in each Of
the Utopian cities had a large garden,
the working day was limited. there
were no taverns, no lawyers, and war
was regarded as a brutal method of
settling disputes. Considering that In
More's day hygiene, labor restriction,
temperance and international arbitra-
ton were unknown, this is wonderful
forecast
Lord Bacon in his essays, "Civil and
Moral" expressed opinions so far In
advance of bis contemporaries that he
himself in his will foretold that they
would not be understood or appreciated
until generations after he was gone.
In practical science the most marvel
ously prophetic writer was the Mar
quis OF Worcester who I'm his "Centu-
ry Of Inventions" published In 1868,
described the steam engine, the tele-
graph, the torpedo, the range finder,
the hydraulic press, portable military
pontOons, matches and many other
things which have come into use with
In the last hundred years.
Your Signature.
"T should be pleased to exchange
cards with you, Mr.. Barrow" said
Charles Willlps, extending his. They
had met for the first time. I'm sorry
have no cards with me-" said Barrow.
"Allow me to write my address In your
memorandum book" do you know
that is very dangerous thing to do"
Willlps remarked. "It cost me $240
once. / had the habit Of carrying no
cards and signing my name In new
friends notebook, just as you are
about to do In mine, always on blank
page. One day, after convivial even
ing, / was presented with an u
for that sum, duly signed by myself.
1t was impossible to dispute 1t. / had
to pay up. But / have never since
been 80 free with my autograph" by
George, never thought of thatP cried
Barrow. Suppose you write my name
down yourself."-New York Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08

We need fully developed farmers,
that we may surround ourselves with
fully developed farms. There is more
In the man than there Is in the land.
The farm is good place on which
to be born, on which to live through
ones prime work, on which to die.
The best preventive of bad luck Is
good management on a farm or else
where.
Mighty little moss you will find be-
tween the square and active shoulders
Of the modern farmer.
The time is rapidly approaching when
young man will be ashamed to at
tempt farming without an agricultural
education.
Many of us are too narrow; we have
not broadened out as we should have
done. We are the creatures Of habit
rather than OF thought
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08

FLOWING SOD.

Types of work In Various Regions
and on Different Soils.
The plows of our forefathers cut a
narrow furrow, and even now in Eng
land and Scotland more plowing is done
in which a nine or ten inch fIrrow is
turned than wider. Even in this coun-
try in an early day the narrow furrow
plow was in common use. However,
as men settled on the broad prairies 1t
was found necessary to use implements
that would accomplish more in a day
than the narrow plow; hence the intro
duction of plows cutting fourteen or
sixteen inches.
Fig. l shows the general appearance
of plowing when turned in burrows six
inches deep and nine inches wide.
This indeed is truly setting burrows
on edge. This style of plowing is adapt
ed to a comparatively small region of
the central west, 1t being appropriate
only on clay soils that are inclined to
run together.
Fig. 2 represents about fourteen
inch furrow four inches deep. this be-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
A Desperate Mar.

1t was In a restaurant, and the young
wife looked anxiously at her husband
as he devoured a double portion of lob
ster salad.
II wish you wouldn't eat that, dear"
she urged. you know 1t never agrees
with you, especially at night"
'It doesn't. but | don't care" he said
rs he tackled huge mouthful. Its
my turn TO take care OF the baby to-
night. anyhow."-New York Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
TWO KINDS.
Farming For n Living Only or NJ
Business Proposition.

Farming For n Living Only or NJ .
Business Proposition.
There are two classes of farmers
one which farms because the farmers
do not know how to do anything else
and because it is the easiest way to
make living and get along somehow
for the time being; the others farm
not so much for living as because
1t is their chosen business. They do
not think of getting along somehow,
but of getting ahead, accommodating,
improving the farm, increasing its fer
tility, all with the object Of making 1t
a better manufacturing plant and a
better business proposition.
The man who farms as business
adopts business methods as far as they
are applicable to farm operations, keeps
books, knows his income and outgo.
takes an inventory Of stock. has system
In all his methods and knows approxi-
mately what every crop each year has
cost him In cash or its equivalent in la
Dor. We have small hopes of man
who Is simply farming as means of
getting through the world somehow.
Our past experience Is that he does not
take hold of the problems that are pre-
sented to him from week to week In
the farmers papers. The probability
is that he does not take farmers pa
per at all and would not read 1t IL he
did. He wants some paper that is
cheap and will not compel him to think
too much and won't get after him. 1t
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
Improving Upon Nature.

"What on earth are you doing In
here, Tommy" asked his mother, peer
Ing into the darkness of the henhouse,
whence had been coming for five min
utes or more u series of dismal squawk-
ings, accompanied by loud tapping
OF wings.
II aIn trying" said Tommy, who
seemed to be doing something with a
knotted rope, "to fix this rooster 80 his
alarm won't 20 or before o'clock to-
morrow morning. Literature.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
A. othcr.K Kneu aer

"she seems to be natural fiirt." he
said.
"Natural?" the woman impatIently
replied. There's nothing natural about
her but the framework. Chicago Rec
ord Herald.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08

the Lords doing. Let him do as seem
eth to him good" Convinced IN spite
of deep rooted Discrimination, he sane
toned the first Methodist lay preacher.
Within a year there were twenty.-C.
r. Winchester in Century.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08

Young men talk of trusting to the
spur Of the occasion. That trust Is
vain. Occasions cannot make spurs.
II you expect TO make spurs you must
win them. II you wish to use them
you must buckle them to your heels
before you go into the fight
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
A Self MIIker.

Mrs. Meadows-Yaas, Hiram got rid
o. thet brindle COW thet uster steal her
own milk.
Mrs Korntop-Dew tell! | s'pose he
took most anything he could get for
her?
Mrs. Mcadows-He Jest got double
wat he paid fur her; sold her to thet
new man from the city ez self
mixer"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
nefier Smiled.

Sill thought Hank was TO college
for n career rs preacher.
Hy So hc was but from the big bills
be KEEP send'n' IN | thought | ought TO
make doctor OF him.--Beverly Times.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
LIS RedeeminK Trait.

"Meaner than purslane" runs the IA
miliar saying. But even purslane finds
Its apologist A Rural New Yorker cor
respondent claims 1t is ''the richest
plant for greens that grows out of the
ground. Spinach cannot be compared
with IT, and young beets should not be
mentlnned In the Same daYW
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08

Mrs. Browne-Don't you think the
new neighbor Is cute? She has such
n coaxing little way about her.
Mrs. Greene-Well, she'll get herself
into trouble If she tries her coaxing
little way on either OF my hired girls
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
piIfun II On.

Dedude-That man called me liar, q
cad. scoundrel and puppy. Would
you ndvise me TO fight for that?
Old Blunt-By all means. There's
nothing nobler In this world. young
man, than fighting for the truth.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08

"That girl with Johnson there-a
friend Of his. presumeT
"Nope; used to be, though"
80? Had falling outT'
mot exactly. He married her."-BaI-
1more American.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08

Much better results can be obtained
BY paying n woman compliment than
BY trying 10 argue with her.-Boston
Globe.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
PIG. /. BURROWS PLACED AT A SHARP
ANGLE; FIG. q, BURROWS WELL OUT AND
TURNED; FIG. g. FLAT FLOWING.

PIG. i, BURROWS PLACED AT A SHARP
ANGLE; FIG. q, BURROWS WELL OUT AND
TURNED; FIG. 8, FLAT FLOWING.
ing turned with plow of this width,
and in This case the entire furrow slice
is cut off by the share, there being no
cut and cover whatever about 1t.
In this case any trash that may ap-
pear on the surface is well covered,
while on the other hand little comb,
represented by the upper edge Of the
burrows, greatly facilitates the prepa-
ration of an ideal seed bed. The disk
run crosswise on such plowing will
not only pulverize four or five inches
of the surface, but will press the fur
rows down 30 that there will be prac-
tically no space left underneath.
Another type Of plowing is repre-
sented In Fig. 3. Land that contains
any considerable proportion Of clay, II
turned completely over In this fashion
In the fall, is liable to bake consider
ably, so that more work is required in
the preparation of q seed bed in the
spring than Is the case where burrows
are laid at an angle.-Iowa Homestead.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08


1t has often been claimed that apple
pomace has no feeding value. The
practice Of almost all the cider mills
IN throwing away the ponace shows
that this belief In It's worth,essness fs
widespread.
The Vermont experiment station has
fed apple pomace silage during three
different years with entire satisfaction.
AS the result of one seasons expert
ment II has stated:
About six tons of pomace was put
into small silo and a month later was
found in n state of perfect preserva-
ton, and remained so. The cows like
1t exceedingly. When there Is any In
their managers they take 1t in prefer
ence to any other fodder and eat all
before beginning on hay or corn fod-
der. There was no decrease tn the
milk flow, as has often been claimed to
be the result of feeding apples or
pomace. We fed ten pounds day In
two feeds. Feeding in this way, cow
would eat ton during the winter sea-
son. 1t would be a good investment
for any dairyman to put up as many
tons Of apple pomace as he has cows.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-10-08
Cnnnaa rht.tIe In NOW section..

Canada Thistle I'm New Sections.
Near here, on farm owned by city
man. we have an example of how weed
pests get q foothold In new sections.
1t is overrun with Canada thistle,
which is gradually spreading to the
adjoining farms. AS far as known,
they are the only weeds Of this variety
within many miles around, and were
doubtless brought I'm by seed oats.
Some roots were transplanted by wash
Ing rains to a meadow pasture on my
farm, and from small beginning
spread from year TO year until Ii be-
came necessary TO take measures to
subdue II. | have done nothing to II
excepting to NOW close to the ground
while 1t IL In bloom. In two or three
years this so enfeebled its vitality that
II didn't amount to much, but a few
more years OF close cutting were re-
quired to completely destroy 1t. 1t Is
a comparatively slow spreader. as 1t
depends upon underground root stocks
70 carry 1t along. 1t is light seeder,
and In that respect unlike the Russian
thistle, which Is prolific seeder and
does not spread by It's roots.-New Jer-
sey Cor. American Agriculturist