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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-12
Ilcnl Sen Sernenfm


In New Caledonia sea serpe:.ts are
frequently seen and sometimes cap
tured. They are curious creatures, the
head being very small and scarcely
distinguishable from the body and the
tail being formed like an oar. In length
they are generally between three and
four feet
In the jaw there are tiny glands con-
tanning poison; but, as the mouth is
very small. II Is difficult for them to
bite, and the natives handle them fear
lessly.
NJ. Kermogant, a European traveller,
witnessed an experiment at Noumea
which shows that under certain condi-
tions the sen serpent can do deadly
work A rat was caught In trap,
and its tongue was grasped by pair
OF pinchers and placed i'm the mouth of
sen serpent. The serpent immedi-
ately bit IL. and the rat died in four
minutes.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-12
RAToNs.
'''
Alfalfa, Cowpeag aud Q1emson Cio-
yer Versus Purchased Feeds.

NtF ~ tC1"s
The New Jersey experiment station
has been studying the substitution of
home grown for purchased feeds in n
practical way and finds that n home
grown ration, composed Of thirteen
pounds Of alfalfa hay and thirty pounds
of corn silage. proved both practical
and economicaSwhen fed In compari-
son with ration In which over two
thirds OF the protein was derived from
wheat bran and dried brewers grains.
Milk was produced from the home
grown ration for two-thIrds the cost
OF that from the feed ration. The cost
of milk per hundred was 800 cents
against $50 cents for the feed ration.
The gain from feeding the homo
grown ration when milk Is worth 81
per hundred amounted to $1.9o per cow
per month.
ON the basis of this experiment when
mixed hay Clmothy and redtop) sells
for SIG per ton and wheat bran can
be purchased for 500 per ton and dried
brewers grains for $50 per ton alfalfa
hay Is worth $2f.52 per ton us sub
stitutc for mixed hay, wheat bran and
dried brewers grains fed In the pro-
portion indicated In the ration.
Another Ration md It's Results.
Another home grown ration composed
of thirtyslx pounds of cowpea silage,
ten pounds crimson clover hay and six
pounds corn and cob meal, costing
1857 cents, produced as much milk as
II ration in which over two-thirds OF
the protein was purchased In the form
OF dried brewers grains and cottonseed
meal and which cost 17.15 cents.
The results of this experiment are
significant IN showing that Il ration
composed Of home grown crops, though
costing nearly as much, when the crops
are figured at the market price, may be
fully equal as milk producer TO n
ration In which the protein is largely
supplied by purchased feeds.
Home grown crops were utilized In
the dairy ut n greater profit than could
have been realized by selling them Mt
the market price.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-12

The following anecdote is related Of
Jerome Bonaparte: He had been play
ing cards until he lost all his ready
money, then pledged his rings and final
ly laid his watch on the table. 1t was
small gold one, the back Of which
opened with spring. A lady overlook
ing the game admired the watch and
took it up to examine It. On her at.
tempting to open the back Jerome i'm
mediately clasped it and said that must
not be done. BIS wife, who stood by,
insisted upon knowing what was in 1t,
grew angry, reproached him with hav-
ing some keepsake of a favorite there
and finally, bursting into tears, quit
the room.
Jerome then opened the watch and
showed to all present that it contained
a beautiful miniature of his first wife,
Betsy Patterson, with the remark,
You see, hope, that 1 could not with
propriety let her see it." 1t was no.
torious that he remained deeply at.
taehed to his first wife long after their
separation.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-12
LILLY IIIndnn Women.

The men among the Hindoos of Bonn
Jay are by all odds handsomer than
the women, the fashion among the lat
ter Of wearing in the left nostrll a huge
hoop of silver adorned with precious
stones not tending to enhance the
modicum OF beauty they already pos
sess. This ring is often so large that
the mouth and chin are covered by 1t.
The married women also chew the
leaves OF the betel palm, and so their
teeth and lips are stained a vivid and
disagreeabLe yellow.
Caste, that strong divider Of class, Is
indicated on the women by stripes OF
various colors on the forehead. Their
arms, which are mostly bare, are fanci-
fully tattooed, and their toes and
ankles are ornamented with silver ban
giles and rings. This latter ornamental
tion IN shared by both sexes. In down
right ugliness many Of these women
approach closely an American Indian
squaw.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-12
A Close Combination.

"They can get up combinations In the
west to beat the band" said a Phila-
delphia drummer who had come in Off
a trip and had a shortage TO explain.
"In town In western Iowa I had n
difference of opinion with landlord
and called him q liar He was a depu-
ty sheriff, and he arrested me. His
brother was prosecuting attorney, and
he was against me. The judge was
his brother-in-law, and he tried the
case. | said I'd take ten days In Jail
sooner than pay the fine, but when
came TO be locked up the Jailer said to
me:
You'd better pay. I'm the father
in-law of the judge, and 1t will be my
duty to put you in a cell with a pris-
oner who's gone crazy and wants to
kill somebody
81 paid and was released" said the
drummer, "but I wanted revenge.
went to the only lawyer in town with
a reputation and stated my case and
asked him to take 1t.
Yes he replied, but think how 1t
would look. I'm son-in-law to the
jailer.'"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-12
NEW YEARS CARDS.
They Originated In Japan and Wer9
masterpieces of Art.

They Originated In Japan and WeFQ
masterpieces of Art.
In Japan originated the art of max.
ing and the custom of exchanging New
Years cards. Today both are as obso-
lete in the Flowery Kingdom as is
New Years calling in the United
States. More charming art, more de-
lightful custom, are not numbered
among the good things that have
passed away to suffer. in their time, let
us hope, happy revival.
For more than 100 years the design
ing and coloring of New Years cards
occupied the attention of the foremost
craftsmen and wood engravers of ia
pan. They were made at the command
of the noblemen of the emperor's court.
/ In size they were from to inches,
and each was inscribed with a poetic
sentiment dictated by the noble giving
the order. They were printed from five
or six blocks, each color requiring, as
in modern color printing, a separate
block. The blocks were the properly Of
the noble, who retained or destroyed
them at will. No reprints for another
were ever permitted. A nobleman's
New Years card was like his coat Of
arms or his sword. The surimonos, as
Japan's New Years cards were called,
were designed specially to please some
ladylove-New York Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-12
Nodffyinu-n- Bow

Travellers received by the sultan of
Morocco were at one time required to
make the customary obeisance of the
country, but that ceremonial is now
omitted. The reason, according to La
dy Grove in her "Seventy-one Days
Camping" goes back to slight social
awkwardness involved in carrying out
that prescription.
A distinguished naturalist had been
presented to the sultan, and as he
bowed his head to the ground, instead
of supporting himself with his hands,
he placed them behind his back; CON
sequently his forehead came against
the marble floor with a loud bang, and
he had some difficulty in recovering
himself.
The sultan was amazed. HAS not
the gentleman had the honor of enter
ing the presence of his own sovereign
he asked another visitor later.
Probably he has had that honor,
your majesty" was the answer.
"Then," said the sultan, "he should
have learned the art of making saluta-
tions without the occurrence of such
accidents"
Thereupon his majesty learned with
astonishment that this lowly form Of
obeisance is not observed at European
courts, and he Immediately decreed
that none but the usual customs de-
manded by European soyereigns should
be required Of Europeans when they
entered or left his presence.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-12
Live Thoughts.

Some men are always behindhand
with their work. Be the season long
or short, fair or stormy, they are con
stantly racing with Father Time.
Neither man nor his land will i'm
prove by lying idle.
Every farmer ought to be a plant
breeder as well as live stock breeder
There is as much room for improve
ment in the former as the latter.
A field turned out to rest is like hu
man loafer IL 1t is not kept busy rails
ing a crop 1t is sure to get into mis-
chief by growing weeds.
Plenty of alfalfa means fat cattle
fat horses. fat hogs. fat sheep and fa'
poultry, and these fat things make RAJ
purses.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-12
Character In the Ears.

Though there may be counteracting
features and signs upon the face. ears
that are disproportionately large, fat
and red bcspeak n coarseness OF ma
ture, sometimes sensualty and dlsslpa-
ton.
Ears that stand out from the head
like flaps are often seen on religious
men, but parslmony Is apt to 80 with
them.
A long shaped but small ear lying
close to the head denotes refinement,
delicacy or perception, but also tlmidlty
and sensltlvencss. A thin, transparent
looking ear shows delicacy and poetic
feeling: n thick ear. the reverse. An
ear set rather low on the head denotes
good brain capacity; set high or on a
level with the eye. n limited mental Gu
paclty is denoted. American Queen.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-12

early relisheS and vegetables.
Il know Of 10 more serious annoy
ance us we'll as hindrance To best re-
suits than the difficulty of airing the
common hotbed. After several cloudy,
cold days and a large amount of CON
fienment beneath opaque shutters the
sun bursts out suddenly some morning
for Il twelve hours ramble through an
unclouded sky. The plants are drawn
and soft and dripping with moisture,
and it is absolutely necessary to have
air or everything will cook. The only
way is to tip the sash more or less and
admit big volumes of outside air direct,
untempered in the least until ii strikes
the shrinking plants.
Mr.. L. B. Pierce thinks he has solved
some of these difficulties and found a
remedy in a form of construction which
he illustrates and explains in Country
Gentleman. the sketch showing n dou-
bic sash arrangement in north and
south elevations. Z + is the ground
surface, in which is set the ordinary
frame to be filed with manure. This
may be of rough lumber. the only re-
qurements being true corners and a
neatly dressed top edge On this l
would fit n neatly constructed frame
five or six inches high, divided at every
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-12

| IMPROVED HoTBED CONSTRUCTION.
| "A b, top sash; ID. inner sash; z F,
ground line. Arrows indicate air circu-
| lation. Sashes may be three inches
apartl
| sash intersection with an inch board
| of the same width as the outside frame.
| Either end and the south side should
be entire boards, while the north side
must be of two pieces separated the
thickness of an ordinary sash, say one
| and half inches. Cleats an inch wide
may be nailed upon the inside of the
| divisions and at the ends near the bot
tom of this upper frame, so that the
sashes may be slid in from the north
until they strike the south side, where
thin cleat may also be nailed, max
| ing sure that it is a tride below the
| side cleats, so as to slide clear.
The frame being constructed so as to
| be covered with an ordinary sash, or
six feet from outside to outside, the
sashes slid in &C. d. will project two
inches at the north end, but as the
sash end is usually nearly three inches
wide there will be no opening. By
| laying other sashes CA b on top of
| the frame we shall have a thoroughly
| protected bed, with a space of warm
| air between two transparent cover
| ings. These may remain ON night and
| day in very cool weather, and IL de-
sirable the upper sash may be removed
In warm weather. However, my ex-
perienee in using glass covered beds
inside of greenhouses goes to show
| that enough light is admitted through
| two thicknesses Of glass to answer all
purposes, provided the glass is kept
clean, which, however, is impossible
when both coverings of glass are set
in high ATTITUDES.
! A hot bed constructed as in the illus
| tration isOnot only protected from rap
id changes of outside temperature, but
has rare ventilating facilities. By
drawing out the inner sash two inches
there is an opening the thickness of
| the sash bars, but mainly below,
amounting TO about three-quarters of
an inch at the north side and an OPEN
ing OF two inches next the south side
at the other end of the same sash.
Now slide the upper sash down to the
south n couple of inches. leaving an
opening on top of the north end, and
outside air is admitted, which passes
over the surface OF the warm inner
,ash, drops below at the south end
Ind finds its way out at the north end,
the well known laws of air circulation
doing the business. There is thus a
constant circulation of tempered air.
This wheel within n wheel or house
of glass inside a greenhouse Is no new
discovery, but its application to hot
bed construction will, / believe, help
those unfortunate enough to have to
depend on the uncertainties of fer
menting manure and the tickle Febru-
ary and March sun.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-12
AN IMPROVED HOTBEO.
Interesting Pointers About Huiiding
and MnnurIng Frames.

Interesting Pointers About nuiidinB
and Managing Frames.
Various forms of shutters or protect
ors for hotbeds have their relative CON
vcnlcncc and excellence, but all are
common In one respect, and that IL In
shutting out light. Even the light of II
moonlight night Is of value In plant
growth, but not only must this be shut
out but also the twilight OF the after
noon and two or more hours of frosty
sunlight in cold mornings. This, added
to cloudy days, leaves only an average
Of seven or eight hours OF good light In
every twenty-four In March, although
the days average nearly twelve hours.
Added TO this are the constant care re-
qulrcd, the lifting on and Off OF covers
and the changing OF amount of vcntlla-
ton several times day. In fact, hot
bed requires about as much looking
after as n nursing Infant If one would
have uninterrupted and healthy plant
growth For this reason busy middle
class people and farmers who do not
Us rule keep gardener cannot afford
to run u hotbed, because the time need
ed Is too valuable to spend on It. This
shuts out many from enjoying fresh.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-12


The legislator took up his hat to leave
the statehouse. 1t was in Connecticut
some years ago. Tucked In under the
sweatband was a roll Of greenbacks.
The legislator counted the bills. "H'mI
Five hundred dollars" he said, and put
the money into his pocket. Later in the
day he encountered man with shift
ty glance of the eye who asked him,
did you, ah, that is, HIM, did youns
find anything in your hatr eyes, I
found something in my hat" "WelE
1t was a mistake" "It looked like
one." "See here, that roll was meant
for another hat. see?" 81 see." "As
It's mistake, suppose you are will
ing to rectify it?' mot l." said the
legislator. "Pm going to send that
money to the conscience fund. Good
morning."
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-12
Apprcnllccd For Life.

"IIave you ever encountered the
child who I'm the matter Of smart say
ings and straight truths Is an absolute
terror TO all with whom he may chance
20 come into contactY said an anxious
parent recently. Because If not |
should like to Introduce you to that boy
OF mine"
"What has your boy done, theni' IN
quired his friend.
"What has he doneT said the parent.
"Why, he's always at 1t. Only this
morning he came TO me and asked
what It meant to be apprentlced. | told
him that II meant the binding of one
person 10 another by agreement and
that one person so bound had TO teach
the other all he could of his trade or
profession. while the other had TO
watch and learn how things were done
and had TO make himself useful I'm
every way possible"
"Wcll, what thcu2"
"Why. after few moments the
young rascal edged up 60 me and said.
Then | suppose you're apprentlced TO
ma, nln't you. dadY"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-12
80. -.
~ REELFOOT LAKE.
It's Great sunlSen Forest and the
Gnme With Which II Abounds.

It's Great Sunixcn Forest ana the
Game with which II Abounds.
Mississippi river shooting Is varied
with trips to the sunkcn lands, which
begin near Hickman, KY, and extend
south several hundred miles on both
sides of the river. This territory was
covered with n dense forest of large
trees before the land was submerged
by the earthquake OF 1911. On the
Tennessee side Roelfoot lake, eighty
miles long, was formed. Reelfoot lake
Is only three miles from the river at
Upper Slough Landing and the same
distance at Tlptonvlllc, Tenn. The
dense forest is still standing. The
limbs and bark have rotted and
dropped off years ago, leaving the
bleached trunks standing like marble
columns In water sixty feet deep, 30
close together that It Is difficult to move
a slliff among them. Some have rotted
off Mt the water level, and others nrc
hollow, making good blinds. The flight
OF wild fowl on Reelfoot lake Is beyond
the comprehension Of the average
sportsman. There are ducks, geese,
cormorants, called water turkeys;
cranes, water hens and snlpe. They
NIL keep up Il chatter which makes the
sunken forest ring. From the tops Of
the trees eagles, hawks and owls con
tribute piercing screeches to the con-
tlnuous dln.-Outing.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-12
Roll nutter.

The young housekeeper who told the
fshman that shc wanted some cells and
when he asked her how much replied,
about two yards and a half" has a
rival.
II wish TO get some butter, please"
she said TO the dealer.
"Roll butter. ma'amf" he asked po-
Ntely.
"No. We wish TO eat II on toast. We
seldom have rolls."-Chicago News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-12
The BaRdad Button.

A man recently returned from Tur-
key in Asia was showing some SOU
venirs of his trip. There's one thing
I didn't bring back with me, and that's
a Bagdad button" he said. I'm just
as well satisfied that I didn't too. A
Bagdad button? Well, I'll tell you
about It. Every person who goes to
Bagdad and stays there for six months
is afflicted with peculiar boil that
leaves a scar about the size Of n half
dollar. 1t may come on the face or on
some part OF the body, but 1t is bound
to come IL you stay there long enough.
I didn't. / got out just as soon as
could. Children who are born In Bag
dad always come into the world with
this mark. which is known as the Bag
dad Observation-Disclosures Record.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-12
E.rIy Mnrrfarc In china.

It is nothing rare in China for boys
twelve to fourteen years old to marry.
The physical, moral and intellectual de-
velopment of the contracting parties
has nothing to do with the matter 9th
er considerations entirely regulate the
affair. An old Chinese aphorism says
that the great business Of life is ended
when the sons and daughters are mar
ried. The Chinese parents do not care
to run the danger OF postponing the
marriage of their children, especially
of their sons, until after their own
death
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-12

The black buck of India Is q very
graceful animal, weighing between
thirty and fifty pounds. Tho hide OF
the male when full grown Is OF inky
blackness on the back, while the belly
is as white as snow. the contract being
very striking. The horns are black aud
spiral In shape and in length average
about eighteen inches, although they
have been known to reach twenty-six
inches. The animals are usually found
I'm herds and are difficult to approach
on foot, as the bucks toss their heads
In the air from time to time I'm very
graceful manner. and some OF them are
almost sure to detect any attempt at
stalking. ,,.~
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-12
Making Up For Lost Time.

Husband Ito second wife)-You don't
cook like Mary, my first wife, used to
do. Alice. ha said. In tones OF gentle
exasperating rsproof. No, II seems to
me you can't cook like she used to.
On another occasion he remarked:
'You are not SO smart at getting
about as Mary was. You don't appear
to catch ON where she left off,"
About this time heavy rolling pin
came in contact with his head.
"What do you mean by that, you
-" he exclaimed, in agony.
'T am doing the work that Mary neg
lected," she replied.
There was more peace In that famt
ly afterward.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-12
@@lsal al.22sessse.-;>~
5fRRISG SGARDeR
LTf4 st--gr--eSS a.,~S%xFS
FEEDING ANIMALS.

Eever Let the Calf Lose Its Baby Fat,
but add to 1t.
There has been considerable said on
The Importance of making rations appe-
sizing ald suggestions made which
would contribute to that end. Water
makes a food taste better, makes it
more enjoyable and increases its value.
E,rly cut hay, for instance, is best not
only because it contains more protein
than that cut late, but because its aro-
ma and flavor make it more palatable.
1t is not we'll to feed animals too much
at one time, as they pick out the most
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-03-12
Purvis' Pharmacy
S. q. PURvIs, PHI G
Both Phones.
213 S. Main st. Butler Pa.
MARSH ROOT

No better combination, as we prepare
it, could be formulated TO act more spe.
officially upon the Kidneys and Liver
than Marsh Root AS Liver Invigor.
ator Marsh Root il now n conceded fact,
and where the Liver Is torpid and slug.
gish Constipation manifest, the body
tired, the eyes blurred, and weakened
the complexion poor, sensation Of dull
headaches, and languor prevailing,
Marsh Root will overcome them.
AS to the Efficacy Of Marsh Root, and
its fight against Kidney Diseases, you
can be your own judge IL You are an af
hicted, and If it fails TO relieve or cure
you, take the bottle back 10 your Drug
gist and he will give you youl
money back. Marsh Root stands foi
the cure Of Inflammation or Catarrh OF
the Bladder Blocked Kidneys, Scaldinp
Urine, Rheumatic Gout Gravel, Uric
Acid, etc. The organs that require tho
most careful attention (and are the most
often neglected, and the human filteri
or strainers-the Kidneys. and therefor
doubly require your attention.
DO not delay when the Kidney machinery
needs repair. DO not allow n break down q
so along when IL II too latc-"A stitch H.
time saves nine" Ia 10 cases out OF every
100 "a bottle OF Marsh Root for "a small OUTLAY
will relieve you OF your trouble and worry.
. For sale only mt