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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-04-21
Electric Farming by Day and Nigh,

Electric Farming by Day and Night.
The attempts of the big western farm
ers to replace horsepower with mechan-
ical motors have been many. Steam
tractors are now by no means unfamil-
lar, but with them there Is always dan
ger to the crops by fire in very dry
weather. Electricity is source Of in
terest In these schemes. An exchange
states that a Dakota farmer is expert
menting, with prospect Of success, with
an electrical motor. The power is gen
Grated far away from the field and
transmitted In the usual way to pow
er mast set up in the field. A double
cable connects this with the motor.
which is mounted on a carriage. Gang
plow, cultivator or harvester is then at
tached to the motor. The area to be
worked is extended by setting up pow
er masts at intervals, and the crowning
touch TO the scheme Is to mount arc
lights on the masts, so that during
wheat planting time the work may go
on by night as well as day.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-04-21
NERVOUS DEBILITY.

Vital Weakness and Prostra-
ton from overwOrk and other
causes. Humphreys Homeo-
pathic Specific No. %, in use
over 40 years, the only success
full remedy. 81 pervial, orspec-
ial package for serious cases, So.
Sold by Druggists ssr prepaid receipt price,
Humphreys He'd. &C., William & Ichn Stsu NY.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-04-21

Nasal Catarrh quickly yields to treat
ment by Ely's Cream Balm, which is agree
ably aromatic. 1t is received through the
nostrils, cleanses and heals the whole sur-
face over which it difuses itself. Druggists
sell the soc. size; Trial size by mail, 10
cents. Test it and you are sure to continue
the treatment.
Announcements.
To accommodate those who are partial
to the use of atomizers in applying liquids
into the nasal passages for catarrhal tr0;s-
Jles, the proprietors prepare Cream Balm in
liquid form, which viii be known as Ely's
Liquid Cream Dalm Price including the
spraying tube is IS cents. Druggists or by
mail. The liquid form e1nbodies the med
icinal properties Of the sold preparation.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-04-21
The Daily Press.

The daily press, as / look Mt II, is n
wonderful detective. 1t can run down
public opinion and report 1t marvellous
ly. In this respect 1t has an ever wild
enlng outlook. AS news gatherer its
facilities perpetually astonish me. The
weapon of publicity 1t often wields
with undoubted power. But when all
Is said is it much more than gigan-
tic reporter? Does 1t really instruct
and guide? Or does 1t simply furnish
by the myriad page the stuff out Of
which the people construct their own
independent judgment? 1 confess that
newspapers seem to me more and
more to exemplify Gladstone's defini
ton Of the orator, they receive from
the public as mist what they give back
as shower.-Rollo Ogden in Century.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-04-21

OPENING CARCASS. REMOVING INTESTINEs.
leave the liver attached to the dia-
phragm. Wipe Off the blood from the
carcass with a cloth wrung nearly dry
out of hot water Double up the front
legs and slip the little cord found by
cutting into the fieshy part of the fore
arm over the ankle joints.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-04-21
COLLECTIVE NAMES.
Old English Terms For Groups of
Persons and Animals.

Old English Terms For Groups of
Persons and Animals.
In q book on British sports, written
In the eighteenth century, Joseph
Strut gives the old English terms for
groups of various beasts as follows:
when beasts went together in COM
panies there was said to be a pride Of
lions, n lepe of leopards, a herd Of
harts, of bucks and Of all sorts of deer;
a bevy of roes, a sloth of boars,
sownder of wild swine, drift of tame
swine, a route of wolves, n harras of
horses, rag of colts, stud of mares,
a pace of asses, barren of mules, n
team Of oxen, drove Of kline, a flock
of sheep, tribe of goats, q skulk Of
foxes, n cete of badgers, n richness Of
martins, fesynes of ferrets, huske
or q down of hares, a nest Of rabbits,
q clowder of cats and a kyndall Of
young cats, shrewdness of apes and
labor of moles."
Similar terms were applied to gather
ings of human beings. Strut gives
them as follows: "a state Of princes,
q skulk Of thieves, an observance of
hermits, n lying of pardoners, a sub
little Of sergeants, an untruth of somp-
ners, multiplying of husbands, a
safeguard of porters n stalk Of forest
ers, blast of hunters, draft Of but
lers, n temperance of cooks, melody
of harpers, poverty of pipers. a
drunkenship Of cobblers, Disgusting
Of taylors, wandering of tinkers, a
malpertness Of pedlars, a fighting OF
beggars, a rayful-that IS, netful-of
knaves, blush of boys. a bevy of Ia
dies, nonpatience of wives, a eagle
of women, eagle of geese"
In the old days the word "leash" was
applied to three greyhounds, while two
were "a brace" On the other hand,
two spaniels or barriers were called
"a couple" A number of hounds went
under the term of "a mute of hounds"
while 1t was correct to speak of "a
kennel of raches, litter of whelps and
a cowardlce Of ours"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-10-22

and buildings. bridges and other
works OF public improvement. the
title to which shall rest in the mn
nicipal, corporation, parish, drainags
or sewerage district, as the case may
be; nor shall such bonds run for
longer period than forty years from
their date. or bear a greater rate OF
interest than five per cent per anuunl,
or be sold by the municipal corpora
ton, parish, drainage or sewerage dis.
trict issuing same for less than par.
The municipal corporation. parish.
drainage or sewerage dfstrictI issuing
such bonds shall provide for the pay.
ment of the interest annually Or semi.
annually, and the principal thereof az
maturity; provided, that the total is
sue OF bonds by any municipality, par
lsh, drainage or sewerage district scs
all purposes shall never exceed u
per cent of the assessed value OF the
property in such municipality, parish.
drainage or sewerage district; pro-
Vided that drainage districts awaiting
Themselves Of the provisions OF this
ordinance shall be limited to the rate
Of taxation herein fixed and such dis.
tricts shall be prohibited from levy
ing contributions under the provisions
OF existing laws; and, provided fur
Their, that nothing herein contained
shall prevent drainage districts from
being established under the proyis.
ions OF existing laws; and provided
further, that municipal councils shall
have authority to create within their
respective limits one or more sewer.
age districts.
Sec. 2. Be it further resolved, That
ths official ballots TO be used at sale
election shall have printed thereon tie
words For the proposed amendment
to Article Isl, of the Constitution,
and the words Against the proposed
amendment to Article 281 of the Con.
stitution," and each elector shall IN.
dictate as provided in the general cleo.
ton laws Of the State whether he
votes for or against the proposed
amendment.
R. Il. SNYDER,
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives.
P. NJ. LAMBREMoNT,
President pro tenn of the senats.
Approved July Z, A. D. 1904.
NEWTON G. BLANCHARD,
Governor of the State of Louisiana.
4 true copy:
JOHN T. MICHEL.
Secretary of Stats.
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THROUGH The FOREST
WHAT MAY BE SEEN ON A
SUMNER DAY.
Flowers and Trees and Animals Are
Interesting to the Nature Student
How to Study Them to the
Best Advantaae

Reesntly | walked through q forest
s. was one of those hot days when there
Is no breeze stirring, and When all the
birds, save the fed-eyed vireo and the
indigo bunting, are sitting silent in
the depths OF the woods. The most no.
tieeable sounds were those of the crich-
cts in the grass, the droWsy thrilling
OF eieadas, and the occasional peep
of hyla from the foliage of the trees
The eoloring of the wild flowers had
strong suggestion of autumn, Tor the
goldenrod was at its best. and mingling
with it We're trumpet weed, honeset.
and great masses of peariy everlasting
AL the shrubs along the roadside were
hung with garlsnds of wild elematis.
and along the borders OF The forest
itself even the darkest spots were
lighted by great clumps Of the white
wood asters.
As entered the woods, the first
living. creature to catch my eye was
ehipmunk, looking bright and cheerful
in spite of the heat He did not seem
in the least afraid, and he was MUNICH
ing brisk1y at some blueberries which
he had brought from distance in his
cheek pouches. What impressed me
most at the moment, perhaps. was the
spotless condition of his fur. Here
was little animal which lived in a
hole in the ground, grubbed in the soil
every day, and which at this season
lived chiefly on berries whose juice
dyed the hands of every man who
picks them. Yet. on that shining coat
before me. there was neither mud, nor
dust. nor stain of any kind No race
horse, fresh from the hands Of a care
full groom, has a sleeker coat than this.
And SO it is with most wild things it
seems that they might touch even pitch
without being defled Watch musk
rat, delving in the muddy bank of
stream. and then note the brightness
of his glistening brown coat as he sits
on q stone by the water TO wash his
face. No man can work. in mud and
dirt, and keep his clothes SO clean.
Soon struck an old forest trail,
family marked by trees blazed years
ago. The marks OF the Ratchet, once
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-10-22
Lost.

But comparatively few steps from
q quarter of a million people as We
reckon distances in this age Of rapid
transportation, and yet-lost.
Such were the thoughts running
through a gentleman's mind when I
hailed him one evening, several years
ago, as he sat On a stone beside lit
tie lake In these Ontario forests How
well remember the picture he made
as I watched him, and as he looked
first out over the stretch Of water that
barred further progress in one direc-
ton, and then backward into the tam
gled forests from which he had just
emerged.
Looking for anyone?. asked. iolS-
ingly.
Looking for anyone? no. he re-
Piled T am looking for the world.
for the people of the world would
like to have the city of Columbus, O..
stretched cut right here in front OF
me so that I might know where / am
at Friend, am lost. ;.
knew the experience. had had
LA4G SdllS4 Jul SSd1 Uc1ClE. - AE
gamey bass of that particular lake had
entieed me into unknown paths, and
I had paid the penalty of the oyer-san-
guine novice.
1.They told me there was a trail
through these woods, said the lost
tranger.
So there is" replied.
Eyes, not one but SO, and I have
travelled all of them, and all lead to
the same city of nowhere. A dozen
converge at this very point | have
followed them, and here am at-no-
where
Deer runways. to be sure, but paths
so plainly marked that the novice fos-
lows them almost th0ughtIessly, with
a heedlessness that pays no attention
to the way out as well as in 1t is, oh,
so easy to get into these Ontario for
ests; but hard, so hard, to get out
again. And this Is but the teachings
of experience. I assure you.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-10-22
From Society to Solitude.

From the thronged thoroughfares OF
London, England. TO the forests Of On
tario. No greater contrast can be
imagined. and yet it is not fiction, but
fact.
It was on a Sunday morning Of the
past summer that was following in
the footsteps Of a guide as he picked
his way over blazed trail when I dis
covered some smoke rising through
the trees some little distance in front
Of us. A few steps further on and VS.
broke into a clearing made by an old
lumber camp. From one of the rude
log shaeks the smoke was coming, and
sitting in the door. his head in his
hands, his eyes wandering vaeantly
into the forest, was man. He did
not see us until the guide spoke, and
then he rose and advanced to meet US
with smile that was the very essence
OF welcome.
/ sat for some time with him, ana
he ti1la me something OF himself in am
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1904-10-22
ExPANsE OF WOODLANDS AT
ToRoNTofs BACK DOOR.
HAtlNTs or WILD ANIMALS
Solitude of the Woods-The Dominion
Is Feeding Logs to American
Mills-Playground for Amer
lean Pleasure Seekers.

Toronto-AnoLher line of railway is
now being built from this city to tap
the trackiess forest of the north, for
line from Allendale on Lake simcoe to
Hudson bay.
It is, however, not the railroad but
the country which is interesting. It is
a country that represents both the
wealth and poverty of this great prov
to estimate the value of its forests,
filled, as they are, with pine and hem
lock and spruce? But take the forests
away. and what is 1eft2 Poverty. A
poverty represented by rocks and wa
ter. Nature was in an unruly mood
when that section of the American
continent was born, but she later COW
cred the unsightliness with an abun-
dant growth of green that has made
Of it a paradise So long as the green
remains; SO long as man does not I'M
do the work of nature.
Hundreds of square miles Of praeti-
calIy untrodden forest Hundreds of
square miles over which the red deer,
the elk. the moose and the black bear
may roam at will. Trackless forest2
No They are crossed and criss-
crossed by the trails Of the wild AMI
mails, the trapper and hunter, and the
skedge ways of the lumberman, for
man has already begun his work of de-
struction in this Wonder-world, and
from it is sending lumber TO the
worlds markets.
The tracks Of the forest form a be-
wildering network, a maze in which
the uninitiated might wander for
weeks without hope of solving the rid
die they present, but which TO the int
tiated are as plain as an open book,
and over which they travel with the
same degree of assurance that is char
aeteristic of the city man on his city
bou1eyards.
Almost at the very door of this for
est world stands Toronto, with IFS
quarter of a million people. It is CIV
iIization and solitude brought face to
face.
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CAUSES MENTAL, JAUNDlcE.
Disease That Is Said TO Be the Re-
suit of Worry and Dis
contentedness.


A new disease, or at least new name
for an old disease, has been discovered
by a noted brain specialist OF London.
It is mental jaundice Worrying over
|trifies is one cause Greed, pride and
prejudice are others. Whatever the
cause, the effect is to make one look
upon this beautiful world of ours with
discontent and to find continual fault
with our fellow travellers toward the
grave, writes Robert Webster Jones, in
Houselzeeper. Let a person once be-
come infected with this disease says
the specialist, and nothing but the
most rigorous measures will effect
cure. I believe mental jaundice is On the
increase, especially among the upper
|elasses. It's the source OF more unhap-
.piness, to the patient as well as to those
about him, than almost any other dis
ease. Physical jaundice produces vel.
EIoWness of skin, which. after awhile,
becomes yelloWness Of the eyes. This
produces a condition of the eye which
makes the patient see everything yell.
low Mental jaundice is analogous. It's
victim sees nothing in its true eolors
or proportions. Everything is distorted
by his diseased mental condition.
What is the remedy? The specialist
does not say, but it may be assumed
that the cure rests almost wholly with
1.-THE patient. Optimism may be made
habit as well as pessimism It is well
within ones power to open the windows
of his soul and let In the sunshine
CheerfuIness produces both mental and
physical health. Let us avoid getting
into that condition which invites mem
tai jaundiee. It is best eonibated by a
smile on the face and song in the
heart.
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white and prominent. we're nov almost
grown over with bark. or so weather
stained as to be almost invisible ex-
cept when close at hand. The narrow
path was overgroWn with ferns, bur
here and there a bruised or broken
frond showed that the wild things used
It still. All around, the trees grew
close together, and the light was dim,
but now and then there vas an open
space, where the sunshine filtered
through, and glorified the messy rocks
and the fungus-eovered trunks of fall
len trees.
was crossing such an open space
when saw, lying on a bed of pine
needles in the shade before me,
White-tailed deer whose warm red
coat was neeked with brighter red.
where spots Of sunlight danced across
1t. It was a buck with weff-grown
antlers still in the velvet, aud he was
looking full at me with head raised
and ears straight out On either side. |
felt that L took another step after
he knew that his presence was
known he would dash away through
the trees. SO, pretending not 10 seq
him, | sank slowly to the ground. Then
putting my back to the trunk Of 4 tree.
/ turned my face slowly toward him.
His large dark eyes were full upon me.
and his well-shaped translucent ears
mayed slightly from time to time. as
though searching the air for any sound
which might be in the nature of d
warning. There was no wind, so the
large black nostrils were ffilated in
vain hut IN this case neither the nose
nor the ears were needed. for + vas in
full view. and the eyes were getting all
the information there was to be had.
The haanfffui creature seemed 10 be
satisfied that there was no immediate
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swer TO my query 81 to how De liked
the life in the forest.
Necessity IS the mother Of many
virtues. he sad, and just now neces-
sity Is the mo her Of patience With ms
! call London, England, home. Petit
coat Lane was my favorite Sunday
steoIling place Tor years. / was thinh-
ing of it when you eame. I like the
life there. You can realize the con-
trast between that life and ghis, and
when you do you can also realize the
patience, or at least the necessity, that
keeps me here have been here for
little more than six months. During
that time you and your guide are the
first people who have passed this
door. During that time I have been
out of these woods on visit to my
family. living on a small clearing %
miles northwest of here just four
times. In that six months I have not
seen a dozen people, including my fam
lily. And all this within a year of the
time when Petticoat Lane was my ia
vorite strolling place. II it were not
for the fact that my family needs the
wages I earn here as a Waterman for
this practically abandoned camp
would have been in an insane asylum
weeks ago. But necessity keeps me
sane, and keeps me here with nothing
mere exciting to do than count the
ducks that fly over my head, or follow
the deer runWays that lead to mo-
where
The solitude of the woods always
appealed to me, but / could realize
that there might be too much of it,
and that it might last too long
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Numbering.

To-day Canada is virtually master
of the lumber situation of the AmeTi-
can continent The mills of the United
States are turning to her forests for
their supply Of logs. Especially is this
true Of the mills on the great lakes,
where water transportation is possible.
In these northern Ontario forests. situ-
ated on the water shed that drains in
to Georgia bay, millions of feet of TIM
Der are each year finding their way IN
to Bay City and other Michigan points,
where they are cut into lumber for use
in the states.
This demand, together with the
ever-groWing demand in Canada, is
filling the forests with lumbermen. III
swift running streams as this is, lum-
bering operations are simplified to a
minimum The Moon, the Muskosh,
the Magnetawan and the French riY-
ers have become log highways.
Through them are driven each year
millions of feet of pine, spruce and
hemlocls to the mills of Michigan, and
of such places as Penetang, Meaford
and Midland, in Ontario. The hum
dreds of creeks through these forests
are damned for logging purposes.
Sluieeways may be found in the little
channels between the hundreds OF
lakes, and every evidence points to the
rapid destruction Of the foegsts.
Each year as journey into and
through the forests I find new EVIL
dences Of the lumbermen's encroaeh-
ments At first he confined his opera
tons to the shores of the creeks and
rivers and lakes, but has gradually
worked backward from these until the
ak Of the chopper may be heard On
every hill.
Canada's wealth of forests viii last
for many years. but not that portion
of it which lies Just at the back door
of Toronto. Wild though it is as yet,
it has seen the beginning Of the end,
and should a reciprocity treaty with
the Dominion take the duty off Of
Gambler it would but hasten the DE-
strucsion.
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nap'iea, Asoyenes, Pointe coapee
49, Baton Rouge, Iberyine. st. Ian.
80 e, Acatfia, Lafayette and vermillon
slaH compose the Third District, from
s.1en enc Justice shall be elected
~ Parishes of St. Martin. iberia, ST.
mafys Terrebonne. Lafonrche, AS.
esa'i1t,tlon, Ascension, st. James, East
1atoh Rouge. East FeIieiana, West
sllciara, St. Helena, Livingston,
ansapahoa, St. Tammany and Wash
seon shall compose the Fourth Dis
%lAce, rom which one Justice shall ba
s.scIed- The Justices Of the suprsme
sss0FE, as new constituted. shall serve
Aeth the expiration of their respective
1sfIns, and their successors shall be
e1ected each for q term &C twelve
years at the Congressional election
next preceding such expiration OF
term.
When the Office Of Chief Justice be-
comes vacant, either by death, resig.
aatlon, removal from office, or other
wise, the Associate Justice who has
served the longest time shall, by viz
Tue OF said length of service, become
Chief Justice.
Section 3. Be it further resolved,
etc, That Article So of the Constitu-
lion OF the State OF Louisiana be
amended 50 as to read as follows:
Article S. The Supreme Court
snail hold an annual session in the
Gaty or New Orleans, beginning not
later than the first Monday in the
month Of November and ending not
sooner than June 30th In each year
lc shall appoint its own clerks and
remove them at pleasure. The Gen
sral Assembly shall make the neces.
sarF appropriations to provide suit
abie and commodious buildings for
said Court, and the records thereof.
and for the care and maintenance Of
1fae State Library.
Section 4 Be it further resolved,
etc. That Article 95 OF the Constitll.
ton Of the State of Louisiana be
amended SO as to read as follows:
Article 95. In all cases where
there is an appeal from Judgment
tSAdSfSu OR a TeC0nVenIl0uatt OF 0Inef
accidental, demand, the appeal shall
Tie TO the Court having jurisdiction OF
the main demand
Section 5. Be it further resolved,
etc, That said proposed amendments
be submitted to the electors Of this
State for their approval OF rejection,
as required by article 321 Of the Con
stitution of the State OF Louisiana,
and the general election laws Of this
State, at the Congressional election TO
be held on the first Tuesday after the
First Monday Ii November. 1904:
r. II. SNYDER,
Speaker OF the House Of Represents
tives.
r. N. LAMBREM0NT.
President pro tenn. OF the Senate.
Approved July 6, A. .. 1904.
NEWTON C. BLANCHARD,
Governor OF the State Of Louisiana.
A true copy
JOHN r. MICHEL.
Secretary of State