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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21
Sound and Color.

We recognize the happiness of the
well known analogy traced by a blind
man between scarlet and the sound OF
a trumpet because those who can both
see and hear accept the aptness of COM
parison between the two forces which
powerfully affect one the optic and the
other the auditory nerve. But scarlet
is not the exact analogue of trumpet
blast.
The sensation of color is impaired to
the brain by means of vibratory waves
communicated to the all pervading me-
dunn, ether; that of sound by similar
waves communicated to the denser
medium. atmosphere. If the analogy
between scarlet and trumpet blast
Were Il true one, each should affect the
sensoriun by means of vibration oT Il
rapidity similar in proportion to that
caused by other colors and tones.
But that is not so. The pitch of Il
tone increases with the number of vi
brations in given time. The tone Of
trumpet is high because it causes
relatively rapid sound waves. but the
vibrations caused by ray of red light
are few compared with those caused
by other rays, for the vibrations aris-
ing from the red end of the spectrum
amount only to about $4,000, 100000
In second, whereas those from the
violet end amount to about 66T 900, ,000,-
600. So the blind man was only vague
ly successful in comparing a lively
sound with d vivid color.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21
walking the Best Exercise

Walking Is the simplest, the most
natural and the most wholesome OF all
exercises No athlete ever trains for a
contest, no matter what Its nature may
be, without walking considerable dis
tance In the open air each day. Many
keep In vigorous health by this alone,
and no matter what other exercise you
take you must walk But, first Of all,
learn how to walk. A great many peo-
pie walk in an aimless, shutting man
ner and secure but little benefit from
the exercise. In walking for exercise
the effect is better If the mind Is direct
ed toward some pleasurable end. Walk
with consciously directed movement
until you have brought every muscle
under perfect control of your will.
Moping along In an aimless, lacka-
daisical manner does little good phys
Ically and harms one mentally.
The necessity of maintaining n prop
er, erect position of the body must be
borne in mind. Bear the weight on the
balls of the feet, keep the shoulders
back and down, the chest high, but do
not hold the abdomen inward, as Is
taught by many athletic instructors.
Let 1t he relaxed, for this part of the
body should move in and out with each
breath There should be perfect free
dom TO breathe normally.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21

"Penns treaty tree - the treaty
elm-does that still existY" young
man asked the antiquary. No" said
the old man: sit was blown down on
the night of March 3, 1910. This tree,
as its concentric circles showed, was
2S3 years old; no great age that for a
tree. There is in England, at Cow
thorpe, an oak that is supposed to be
800 years old. The English yews of
ten reach an almost incredible age.
The celebrated Ankerwyke yew Is
LOO years old, and there are others Of
an equal age. Some of our American
pines can hold their own in respect Of
age with the European trees. Oregon
pines on being cut down have shown
as many as LOO concentric rings run
ming from the heart out TO the bark.
Do you know who first showed us how
to tell a trees age by its rings? II was
Montaigne, the essayist." Philadel-
phia Record.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21
No. 21.

'In the series OF ancestors Of tho
horse.' writes Mr. Matthews, I'VE can
trace every step in the evolution OF
those marked peculiarities of teeth and
feet which distinguish the modern
horse from an ancestor which so little
suggests horse that when its remains
were first found forty years ago the
animal was named by the great pale@
ontologist Richard Owen the hyraco<
therium, or 'coneylike beast"
4 picture shows a restoration of the
oldest known ancestor OF the modern
horse. 1t was only sixteen inches high
and had four toes on each foot. The
skeleton is mounted in the American
museum. All the remains of native
horses that have been found in Amer
lea have been petrified, showing that
they had been buried for many thou-
sands of years. Mr. Matthews states
that all these horses became extinct
both in North and South America. Why
we do not know. The competition with
the bison and the antelope, which had
recently migrated to America, may
have made it more difficult than for
merly for the American horse to get q
living"
The wild horse at present is found
only on the desert plains of central
Asia and Africa. There are no true
wild horses in America or Australia,
Mr.. Matthews points out, because the
mustangs and bronchos are domest-
Gated animals run wild and are de-
scended from the horses brought over
from Europe by the early white set
tiers.
The great increase in the size of the
horse, Mr.. Matthews argues, went
hand in hand with the evolution Of
the plains themselves. At the COM
mencement of the age of mammals
the western part of the North Ameri
can continent was by no means as
high above sea level as now. The cli-
mate at that time was probably very
moist, warm and tropical, there was q
dense forest growth, and to these con-
ditions the animals of the beginning of
the mammalian period must have been
adapted.
During the tertiary the continent
was steadily rising above the ocean
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21
Could Not Wait.

Some years back there was an old
Justice of the peace In Lancaster county
whose thirsty temperament caused him
to have little patience with the lengthy
trials at which he occasionally presid-
ed. One day there was suit brought
before him In which two young lawyers
but lately admitted TO the bar were pit
ted against each other. The latter.
mindful Of the prestige which victory
for either side wonld mean, were ex-
amlning the witnesses ut great length
and consuming, II is true, n great deal
OF unnecessary time. Finally the testi-
mony OF the last witness was conclud-
cd. and the one attorney began to argue
his side of the case. Just as he was
warming up the squire finished the cal
culatlon he had been making on a small
piece of paper and, getting up from the
bench. said coolly:
young men, you can go right ON
with your arguments. I'll be back pref
ty soon. The Judgment Is $5o"-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21

Poets have always loved dogs. In
this poets and boys resemble each 9th
er. Walter Savage Landor was de-
voted to his dog Giallo, and Byron's
epitaph upon his dog Boatswain we all
remember:
To mark friends remains these stones
arise;
never had but one, and there he lies.
Cowper was very fond OF his dog,
and we know how Charles Lamb who
was prose poet, loved his Dash and
how Mrs. Browning appreciated the
little Flush to whom she indited n
poem. The Earl OF Shaftesbury kept
his noble collie In his library with him
at all times, and Samuel Rogers al
ways walked out with his dog. Scott
declined an invitation to dinner when
his dog died, saying that lie could not
accept on account OF the Gloss Of an
old friend"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21
Enjoying Himself.

A fond mother sent her small boy
into the country, and after week OF
anxiety received the following letter:
81 got here All right, and | forgot to
write before. II is very nice place
TO have fun. A fellow and ! went out
In boat, the boat tipped over and n
man got me out, and | was so full OF
water that didn't know nothin' for a
long while.
",rhe other boy has TO be buried
when they find him. His mother came
from her home, and she cried all the
time. \ horse kicked me over, and |
have got to have some money TO pay
the doctor for mendln' my head. 1t
was broken n bit.
I'VE are goin' to set an old barn on
fire tonight and ! am not your son IL
/ don't have some real fun. | lost my
watch. and | am very sorry. | shall
bring home some snakes and Il toad,
and ] shalt bring home tame crow If
/ can get 'em In my runk."-London
Globe.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21

Almost every boy knows how to
whittle, but have found very few men
who without special training could
trim sleeps feet speedily. TO do so a
pair of toe cutters or pruning shears
and a good jackknife with narrow
blade are necessary. If the hoofs are
long enough to make 1t necessary, use
the cutters first, always cutting from
the inner side and sole of the hoof.
Cut in plane about parallel to that OF
the attachment of the hoof. The hoof
cuts easier in this way and there is far
less danger of cutting too short. A
little practice will enable one to turn
the cutters in the hand with almost no
loss OF time To do 1t drop them
against the sheep, turning them as
dropped Two strokes with the knife
on each hoof should put the foot in
good shape Always start the knife ut
the cleft of the heel. The first stroke
should remove the outer wall, the knife
being moved in the plane of the sole or
the foot The next should remove the
inner wall and be drawn at an angle
of forty-Gve degrees to the sole.-H. T..
Miller in Ohio Farmer.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21


An ingenious timekeeping arrange
ment exists today which was designed
by that famous Duke Of Bridgewater
who laced South Lancashire with ca
nails and died n hundred years ago.
The duke was great stickler for pune
tuallty, and he was annoyed that the
workmen on his estate ut Worsley did
not return TO work after dinner as
promptly as they left off when the
clock struck l.. When he remonstrat-
ed, he was told that while the work
men always heard the clock strike II,
they often failed TO hear the single
stroke OF /. The Duke of Bridgewater
quickly found remedy for this diff
Guilty. lie had clock made that
would strike thirteen times an hour
after noon, and that clock proclaims
o'clock with n bakers dozen of sono-
rous strokes to this day. The "thir-
teen clock" Is one of the curlosities or
Worsley Hall.-Westminster Gazette.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21
Reed and ingalls,.

"Why don't you grow?" said Tom
Reed to Senator Ingalls, some years
ago, when both men were in the serv-
ice of the people at Washington.
"Ah," said ingalls,, who was of very
slight stature, I'm too much interest
ed in my fellows life and property to
assume to your magnificent height and
proportion"
"And Is not that my concern, too?"
asked Reed deliberately.
''Impossible!" said Ingalls,. walk on
the edge of board walk and you lift
up the other end; stand in the middle
and you break through The peoples
safety lies in your being middle of
the road man."
Some days after Reed found Ingalls,
in a state of mental distraction Just
swallowed the gold filings of this front
TOOTH" explained Senator Ingalls,.
pointing to the exposed cavity.
Reed laughed immoderately. He drew
himself up to his full height. As vic
tor lie stood; his time of revenge had
come.
"Ingalls, | congratulate you. You
are now worth your weight in gold"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21

chinch Bugs in the corn and smut or
the oats the music stopped abruptly
Els Ann reached out ard felt tie roll
er where the perforated paper had
been wound. 1t was empty.
Thea leahed forward. The music
had sanctified the air He felt Ike he
did the day he tiptoed up to the coffin
and looked at his dead mothers face.
1t seemed sncrilegious to speak, SO he
pressed Els AIMS shoulder teHderly.
She turned her face to him.
Els Ann" he whispered-"Els' Ann,
will you have meT
Els Ann bowed her head. You
knowed | would before you aXed me-
she said gently and sighed as one signs
who sees great labor finished and put
aside.
The screen door creaked, and Nam
stood in the CLEAN of moonlight flow
ing in through the window.
You put the han'le on the back roll
er now" said she. AN wind it up;
then it plays 'em all over ag'in. That's
what the feller said"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21

The late Augustus Hare was fond OF
relating an amusing incident which
illustrated the observation-disclosures OF
his cousin, Dean Stanley. and DR. Jow-
EFT. Both were quite devoid OF either
taste or smell, and for some reason
One morning they had each drunk
eight cups. when suddenly. as Jowctt
rose from his table. he exclaimed:
Good gracious! | forgot TO put the tea
inr' Neither had noticed the omission
as he slipped his favoritc beverage
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21

RESTORATION OF foOh IOED hOhoA-
level. and at the same time other in
'fluences were at work to make the eli
mate continually colder and drier. The
coming on of cold, dry climate re-
stricted and thinned the forests and
caused the appearance and extension
of open, grassy plains.
The ancient forest inhabitants were
forced either to retreat and disappear
with the forests or to adapt themselves
to the new conditions Of life. The an
cestors of the horse, following the lat
ter course, changed with the changing
conditions.
At the end of the age of mammals the
continents stood at higher elevation
than at present, and there was broad
land connection between Asia and
North America, as well as those now
existing At this time the horse be-
came cosmopolitan and inhabited the
plains of all the great continents ex-
cepting Australia.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21

A "currant trust or monopoly of the
currant trade of Greece by English
capitalists Is now projected.
Within the past few years there has
been n remarkable increase in the pro-
duction of beans in Michigan.
The American contributions to the
FINLAND famine fund, amounting to
$125,000, are believed to have averted
a large mortality.
The American Grocer estimates the
annual consumption OF coffee In the
United States at f,49S,910,304 gallons,
valued at $14o,S91, ,030.
The extreme dependence OF Great
Britain on supplies of grain from over
sea is becoming the subject OF serious
agitation, with view to securing a
food supply in case of war.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21

1.-THE kernels on ear No l are nearly the
same depth from tip to butt. while the
kernels on ear No. grow rapidly short
er toward the tip. The kernels on ear
No. are small shallow and flinty, little
larger than grains of popcorn. and will
run through the planter about like
wheat. When these three ears were
shelled together and tested In the plant
er, there was a range of all the way
from two to seyen kernels per hill
to use and stay with it until it drops
regularly the number of kernels re-
quired in each hill.
Fourth.-Test the vitality or germi-
mating power of all corn intended for
seed. This is especially important this
year
Fifth.-In case any seed corn is pur-
chased from seedsmen insist on having
1t shipped to you in the ear, either in
crates or in barrels.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21
Artificial Linn BIS.

Artificial legs and arms are made 80
perfectly these days that It Is absolute
ly impossible TO tell that some people
are wearing them. Artificial legs are
made so that the lower part has all
the action OF the human foot and are
made TO wear the same size shoe as
the opposite foot. The shoe on the real
foot will wear out In half the time the
one on the artificial one. which Is said
TO be due TO the heat from the real
member. Artificial hands are made 80
that the owner can pick up n pin.
Hard to believe, isn't IL? But there IL
a magnet In the end of the artificial
hand
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21
A TRICK WITH CARDS.
One OF the Curious Combination
That May he Effected.


That May he Effected.
or the many curious things which
may be done with pack Of fifty-two
cards perhaps the most interesting Is
the spelling OUT of an entire suit
To do this take the thirteen cards OF
any suit, place them face up and ar
range them in this manner: Nine, q, 3,
jack, TO- o, Z, ., king, 8, !, 4, queen.
When they are thus placed, they are
face up, with the o on top and the
queen on the bottom.
Now turn them over so that they are
face down with the queen ON ~. Take
the top card and place 1t underneath
the pack and say 90" Place the next
card underneath the pack in the same
way and say "N," and the next card
turn face up OH the table, saying e.
one. Leaving "E" face up, place the
next top card underneath the pack,
saying wv" and the next lay face up
on the table. saying "O"-two-and
so on through the suit.
Remember, when you come to the
last letter OF a card TO lay that card
face up on the table, leaving 1t there.
When you have laid out the 10 spot,
you continue by spelling out jack
and queen.
OF course, after you have laid the
Jack out you have only two cards left,
but continue as before and the queen
Will come out, leaving only the king In
your hand, which, OF course, you lay
on the others, compelling the suit.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21

Exports OF fresh beef from the Unit
ed States for the eight months ended
Feb. 2S, 1903, show decline of up
ward OF 53,0O0,000 pounds as compared
with the corresponding period of the
year previous. Exports of live cattle
also show considerable decline.
The quantity of butter exported from
the United States during the calendar
year 1902 amounted to only S,959,316
pounds against 2i,2i9,5G5 pounds In
1901 and 13, ,2S3, ,5S7 pounds In 1900.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21

SEED CORN.

Home Grown Sccd-How TO Select 1t.
Typical Ears.
From experiment and careful study
the Iowa experiment station finds:
First.-That it is very important that
we should depend upon home grown
seed for the main part of the crop and
not upon imported seed.
Secoud.-That we should select ears
of corn for seed which have kernels of
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21
A Practical Point.

Slightly moisten commercial fertili-
zers before sowing them on a windy
day. This will prevent no inconsider-
pble loss, as the finer particles of avail
able plant food may be frequently
blown long distances. This is practi-
cal point of great Importance, remarks
American Agriculturist.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21

Johnnie" said his mother threaten
ilely To the incorrIgblc II am going
10 have ya=r father whip you when hc
comes Lo.t' touirlt"
"rielsr don't. mamnn." replied John
nic penltentN Pa ~ always so tired
when he comes home. Stray Stories.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21
Sex of Gems.

The Romans, following the Greek
mlneralogists, divided gems into males
and females according TO the depth or
llghtness of their color. These terms
are thus alluded 10 by Theophrastus:
"Both these Oeryl carbuncle, omphaX,
crystal and amethyst and the sard are
found on breaking open certain rocks,
presenting certain differences, but
agreeing in name with each other.
For of the sard the transparent and
blood red sort is called the female,
while the less transparent and darker
kind is termed the male, and the cya-
nus also Is named one sort the male
and the other the female. but the
male is the deeper in color OF the two"
The cyanus. or cyanos, of the an-
clients Is said, though probably incor-
rcctly, by many modern mincralogists
TO bc identical with our sapphire.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21

For worms on cabbage. lice on col
lards, curculio on plum trees, spray
with old sour buttermilk Keep the
milk until II Is n week old and use 1t
freely. II Is quick and sure death to
bugs and worms aud not at all hurtful
to trees, plants or man, as some other
remedies might be.-Cor. Southern Cul-
tiratnt.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21

vent de and grasped the slender
wrist. Poison. Poison And low
murmur of horror ran around the great
tent.
Nadula drew her slender form to its
full height and glanced proudly from
one face TO another. What say ye,
my people? Am | guilty?" The def
ance rang clear as clarion note, and
no man answered. Again: What say
ye, my people? Judge ye between US
the white serpent or the true daughter
of the Ottawasr The wind in the
mesquite was the only answer. Wahna
still clasped the slender wrist in her
tense fingers, while the glare of the
torches threw red waves of light ON
the swart faces as the ring drew ever
closer
The old medicine man parted the
crowd to either side Daughters of
the great Chief Neras, hailr' And the
elk teeth ratified on his shrunken chest
as he knelt. spreading out his clawlike
hands. "Hearken to the voice of one
old in council. Hear, accuser and ac-
cused. If there be poison in the cup,
as the Lady Wahna hath said, then let
the Lady Nadula drink that which she
hath prepared for another, but if there
be 10 poison then shall she drink to
prove the blackness of lie. have
spoken"
\ shudder ran along the surge of
faces that gathered around Nadula.
Wahna' S hand fell away, and she cow
cred against Dayent's shoulder
Nadulas proud eyes swept the mass
before her. hostile and grim. There
was not an answering eye. Drink,
Nadular' the old voice commanded
and Nadula drained the wine. Then
she gathered her robes around her and
went out from among them.
Miles away to the westward rode Da-
vent. with Wanna close at his side. the
sturdy cayuse keeping uneven stride
with the Kentucky thoroughbred. on to
where the white tower OF the mission
shone above the olive groves, out to the
west, to her mothers people. But be-
yond the fringe of the desert. In the
land of the Ottawas. there are shroud-
ed faces among the older men, and the
ponies are laden for long march
away to the south. In the hut of Neras
lay something that they might not
touch under the law of the Ottawas,
alone, accursed, the unseeing eyes
peering through the shadows of the
tent into the deeper shadows beyond
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21
IIlm IlIIaN nnN

"Why don't you seek some employ
ment instead OF stopping people and
asking them for money!
Mister" said Meanderlng Mike re-
proachfully, "dats me employment."--
Washington Star.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21

Pitch lucky man into the Nile. says
the Arabian proyerb, and he will come
up with a fish In his mouth.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21
III. business Qualities.

"What sort Of n man Is heT"
~ good debtor and Il bad creditor"
Detroit Free Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21

KERNELS OF UNIFORM SHAPE AND SIZE
lIars Nos. l and have kernels OF uni
form size and shape. and when the butts
and tips were .shelled off the planter
dropped three kernels TO hill ninety
three to ninety-five times out of every
hundred tests.l
as nearly uniform size and shape as
possible; otherwise it will be impossl-
bic to secure an even stand with any
planter.
Third.-Do not fail TO test the planter
thoroughly with the seed you intend
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1903-05-21

lie Is the happicst who renders the
greatest number happy. -Desmalua