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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-11-24
HOMEMADE LATERAL pLow, REAR VIEW.

HOMEMADE LATERAL PLOw, REAR VIEW.
the furrows width of two feet on the
bottom. The rear ends of the shares
were rounded instead of being drawn
to the usual point. Above the mold
boards Of the plows and riveted to them
were placed the right and left mold
boards Of old alfalfa plows. The han
dies bolted to the lower moldboards
were spread wider than in the ordinary
plow and were braced to the beams.
The beams running side by side were
bent apart toward the end, affording
an opening wide enough to insert a 4
by inch timber two feet long, which
is bolted in place and on which the
clevises are fastened.
This plow is drawn by from four to
eight horses, according to the charac-
ter of the ground and depth of the lat
eral to be made. In one operation 1t
turns two burrows to opposite sides Of
the ditch and throws them high on the
bank, leaving an unusually clean bot
tom about two feet in width. Many
plows of different sizes, similar to this,
made entirely on the farm or with the
help of the village blacksmith, may be
seen about Greeley, Colo. Another
homemade furrowing device is the so
called "a" which is drawn through
an ordinary plow furrow and crowds
the loose earth to the sides.
AGRICULT PROGRESS.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-11-24

Train Mol leaving Greenville ut Gas a. m !:
Shenango 6:53Fredonia TIL; Mercer 7:2s; Grove
City 1855; keister S:l6; Butler 900, arrives in
at 1928 a. m; connects at Queen
Junction with trains to and from kaylor. and
1t Butler TO North Bessemer.
Train No leaving Allegheny at 500 p m;
Butler AS; Keister $50: Grove City 553; Mercer
i:lS: Fredonia 6:3i; Shenango 6s52, arrives in
'ireenville at o.57; connects at Queen Junction
!. trains TO and from Kaylor, and Of Butler
from North Bessemer.
E II. UTLEY, Ed. COMSTOCK,
General Manager. Genl Pass. Agent.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-11-24
FOB THE EAST.

SUNDAY TRAINS.-Leave Allegheny City for Bu
Ter and principal intermediate stations at TOO
n.on
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-11-24
AN ODD PHENOMENON.
thowers of Rain Can Come From n
CIoudless Sky.

blowers of Rain Can Come From N
CIOudless Sky.
1t appears that rain can fall from
q cloudless sky. This is true of thin
drizzle which falls in France, known
as "serein" As the atmosphere looks
quite clear when it falls, the probabl-
ity is all in favor of the moisture hav-
ing been brought by the wind at a
great elevation. In the island of Maui
ritius the phenomenon is by no means
uncommon during the prevalence of
southeast winds, slight showers fall
ing in cloudlesS evenings when the
stars are shining brightly. There the
rain is thought to be due to invisible
vapor in the upper reaches of the at
mosphere, being condensed at once and
falling in drops without passing
through the intermediate stage of
lantic it rained on one occasion for
upward of an hour while the sky was
altogether free from clouds. Says a
Genoese naturalist The night was
clear, the stars were shining with
their accustomed brilliancy, when a
shower of rain, consisting of large
lukewarm drops, fell during six min
utes upon the town." A similar view
was once observed at Constantine, in
Algeria, about noon, the sky being all
the time a splendid blue. Some be-
lieve that these showers are the result
Of particles of ice formed in the high
er regions melting and falling. while
others attribute them to currents of
warm and cold air travelling in oppo-
site directions, with the result that
the latter condenses some of the mois-
ture in the former and causes it to
fall
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-11-24
Low Truck For Drawing Fodder.

This low truck for drawing fodder
corn from the field is made from the
front part of an ordinary farm wagon.
A strong oak reach about foot long
replaces the longer one. To the rear
end of this is bolted an iron clevis that
holds crosspiece, as shown in the cut.
For the platform two poles fifteen feet
long are used. At two feet from the
upper end holes are bored. and they
are pinned to the crosspiece mentioned
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-11-24
HANDY TRUCK FOR FODDER CORN.

above, the ends resting on the bolster
about two inches from the standards.
The rear wheels are fifteen inches in
diameter, put on an iron axle, the whole
taken from old farm machinery. Being
so near the ground, it is best to board
up the lower end of the poles for five
or six feet. This is for the benefit Of
new readers and old ones who have
overlooked 1t when published few
years ago, remarks Farm Journal.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-11-24
More Likely to Get IL.

Nocash-Wonder where | can bor-
rOw some money?
Hardupp-What do you want it for?
'Oh, I've got a sure thing in the fifth
race tomorrow"
You don't want money; you want
to borrow trouble."-Cincinnati Trib-
une.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1904-11-24

Second to wheat alone as food for
mankind the potato Is said to be, ana
therefore IT deserves whatever good
the department of agriculture may
bring about by its recently undertaken
Investigations and experiments for the
improvement of this tuber. AS Is well
known to every farmer, blight or rot
Is the worst trouble of the potato
grower An agent of the department
who is in Europe is sending over speci-
mems of every foreign variety that
may prove valuable here. Several va
rietles believed to be immune to rot
have been received. Among these is a
wild plant of which the foliage has
so disagreeable an odor that even the
potato bug prefers other pastures. The
department will experiment In cross
ing this wild potato with number of
standard American varieties in the
hope of obtaining hybrids resistant to
the diseases that annually diminish the
potato crop.
A great merit Of the Uruguayan po-
tato, Solarnum commersonii, which Is
Just now much talked about, Is its re-
sistance to disease, and it is hoped that
by cultivation and crossing it with
American varieties its decidedly bitter
taste may be removed.
The "LittIe Peach" Disease.
Little peach" is we'll known and
dreaded by the peach growers of GER
tain regions. As implied by the name,
this disease produces a dwarfing of the
fruit, so that tree that bears hand
some fruit one year may the next pro-
duce only small and miserable speci-
mems slow in ripening and poorly col
ored. The leaves, too, are dwarfed and
yellow In Maryland the trouble is
also known as the ''go back" For the
past few years that the disease has
become a serious thing growers have
been trying to ascertain its cause. The
most they have been able to establish
is that 1t apparently originates in the
underground portion of the trees, and
the only remedy in an orchard is the
quick removal and destruction of af-
fected trees. Whatever further light
a forthcoming report by Professor NJ.
B. Waite of the department Of agricul-
ture may give will be welcomed by
peach growers.
Rural Engineering to the Fore.
A growing demand. exists for more
and better instruction in rural engi-
neering, including drainage and irriga-
ton, and many schools are establishing
such courses. The Iowa, the Wiscon-
sin and the Minnesota agricultural col
leges have new and fine buildings for
their departments of rural engineering
or farm mechanics, and the Illinois and
North Dakota colleges give special at
tention to this subject.
The Rhode Island Agricultural col
lege announces this year for the first
time four year course in highway
engineering, intended to meet def
mite and growing demand for men COM
petent to build better roads" This is
probably the first course Of the kind
ever offered in an American college.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01
CYCLONES ARE HARMLESS.
Only by 4 Mistaken Use 81 Terms Are
They Associated with
Tornadoes.

The ordinary land cyclone is usually
quite harmless. and it is only by q
mistaken use of the term that it has
become associated with those terri
flying storms peculiar to our country
known as tornadoes, writes the author
of Mature and Science in St. Mich
olas. Cyclones hove bad reputation
| because they are commonly associated
with other more harmful storms. In
stead of being dangerous and destruc-
tive they are the chief source Of rain
in spring and autumn and supply the
snow which adds so much to the pleas
ure of our northern winter. They
cover a large extent Of territory at
one time, and on an average follow
one another across the country from
| west to east at intervals of about three
days.
A tornado often does great damage.
It is known by it's funnel-shaped
cloud, which bounds and bounces
along, now high in the air and again
touching the ground. Where it skins
along the ground the havoc is
greatest. Here the mightiest struc-
lures of man are crushed in an in
slant before the avalanches of wind
let loose from every direction. The
air seems to have an explosive force,
buildings falling outward instead OF
inward, as one might think. In such
storm no place is safe. but the
southwest corner of cellar affords
the best protection obtainable. II in
the open lie fiat on the ground. Dur
ing tornado, which lasts but a few
minutes, the sky is covered by clouds
OF inky blackness, which here and
there take on a livid greenish hue.
The surface winds rush spirally up
ward into the funnel-shaped cloud,
carrying with them many articles
which are afterwards" dropped some
distance beyond. The danger zone Is
confined to path less than a half
mile In width and 100 miles in length.
These storms occur only on land
The true hurricane is ocean-born.
On the high seas Of the tropics it
marshals it's forces of wind and wave,
before which the stoutest ship is help
less and the fairest islands are laid
waste. Even the sturdy mainland
trembles under its awful castigation.
These ocean storms last much longer
than tornadoes, cover more territory
and cause more damage. The hurri-
cane which overwhelmed Galveston
destroyed several thousand lives and
millions of dollars worth of property.
The West Indian islands are frequent
ly scourged by these awful visitations,
and our own Atlantic coast sometimes
feels the lash of these dreaded storms
But the hurricane and the tornado
are rare. The former seldom extends
far inland, and usually occurs in the
late summer or fall Tornadoes are
products of the south and west and
are mostly confined to the spring and
early summer months. The cyclone is
universal storm which travels over
land and sea, in season and out Of
season. in spring or in fall, in sum-
mer or in winter 1t is an old friend
but one much abused.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01
UNIQUE Police Court.

The police court of St. Heller, the
principal town of Jersey, is remarkable
in several respects. First, the pro-
ceedings are always opened with
prayer; second, it frequently happens
that after prayers there is no more
business and every one goes home.
There is SO little crime committed in
the little island that the police force
GO strong) is kept up only for visitors.
The beautiful carving in oak which
forms the rostrum of this court is the
work Of q lady named Coxedge, resi-
dent of the island. The dock is re-
markable for its spaciousness and COM
fort. The authorities are very lenient
with their prisoners. who are kept
here, for court and station are under
one roof In the words Of the genial
old turnkey, when we gets 'em
brought in drunk during the day, If
they behave well we lets 'em out at
night Every bobby is obliged to
know the Psalms. It's all he has to
do.-N. Y. Tribune
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01
GLAD.

Goodnight kiss? Well, here II r.!
Arms out to your daddy!
Wee red lips a-pucker too!
Tell you he's SO glad he
Hardly knows the way to say
Half the things he's feelin'
When you're down beside his chair,
Nighty-robed an kneelin'!
You are all the world an morel
You're his glimpse Of Heaven!
In lifes loaf Of heavy bread
You're the lump of leaven!
In life's sober days and drear.
In the evenings after.
Days you're just sunbeam, dear.
Nights a gust of laughter!
Twixt your two wee dimpled fists
You can knead your daddy
Into anything you will!
KISS you? He's SO glad he
Feels like eating you alive! =.
Heaven never blesses
Any man with sweeter things
Than baby's caresses!
Chase the butterflies and taught
LIES q picnic, truly!
Fling your tousled curls abroadi
Let them be unruly!
God watch over you and keep
Through each night and day time
Thorns and sorrows from your path.
Make your life a playtime!
j. M. Lewis. In Houston Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01
SOME ODD HAIR ToNIcS.
Frightfu1 Decorations Recommended
in Certain Quarters as Hair
1nvigorants.

Take hall a dozen white potatoes. :
said the barber, land pare them
lengthwise from end to end, instead Of
crosswise, as is usual. Boil them in q
quart of water. Drain the water OF
into bottle and add teaspoonful OF
salt. This liquid, this simple com.
pound of boiled potato water and salt
will. If it is rubbed into the scalp three
times week, change a thin, moth.
eaten head of hair into 4 thick and
vigorous crop"
The bald listener laughed, relates the
Washington Post.
Potato water is new one" he said
scornfully.
New and fine" returned the barber
DO you see how good my hair is!
Well, was nearly as bald as you are
once. l used potato water three times
a week for three months. Look at the
result"
"I'll tell you some of the tonics that
have been recommended to me-" said
the bald head.
First, coal oil-coal oil, rubbed into
the scalp every night before retiring.
Can you imagine any man sinking d
coal-oil-drenched. head among his
pure, white pillows?
Sage tea made some sage tea
once, and the mixture had so vile and
forbidding look that could not ap-
ply it.
Onion juice. That. no doubt, is q
good tonic. But what would my
friends say if should always be
thrusting under their noses head
scented with onions?
BLACK molasses. A Kentuckian actu.
ally advised me last year to try black
molasses.
'Hemlock soap and vinegar-that il
q tonic that q Maine barber swears by.
Seaweed and apple seeds boiled in sea
water is a sailors recipe. Dandelion
tea, plantain tea and a tea made OF
honeysuckle are the tonics that Z Bos-
ton masseur suggested to me-"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01
"who is there?" came the question

"who is there?" came the question
at once.
Its Mr.. Timson. The house is on
fire. There's no danger, of course, but
you must come quickly"
"Yes," she answered, family.
He buried his face in his elbow,
leaning against the wall. Once he
started impetuously toward the pic
! ture, only to turn back. The cracking
| Of the flames drowned now even the
; noise at the door. Then Beth stood be-
fore him, white-faced, anxious-eyed.
but unafraid.
Down the stairs, quick!" he cried.
1'I'll follow you"
"You mustn't stay!" she cried, fear
fully.
i THE picture" he answered. Go.
| please" He seized his burden again.
and staggered down the hall, gasping
and lurching. There he found her
crouching on the top step. He put the
picture aside, and caught her in his
arms.
Hide your face" he'said.
She struggled, sobbing "No. no!
Let me go! You mustn't leave it,"
''I'll come back for it," he answered.
quietly. Courage, little girl; it's just
for a minute"
Then he plunged down the stairs,
past writhing tongues of fame. Set
ting Beth upon her feet, he led her
across the street. On the stoop he
turned. II must 60 back" he said,
gently. II won't be long"
She waited and watched, fearful and
wretched for his sake. Presently he
returned, empty-handed.
1T was no use," he explained. "The
halls are in flames"
'Oh," she moaned, II wish you had
never seen me! It's gone-all your
work-and hope!" She glanced up
miserably, to find his grave eyes smil-
ing.
Hush, hush," he whispered, ten>
derly. 1--WE saved what wanted most.
dear"
The color fiared into her white face,
and she swayed dizzily until his arm
went out and drew her to him
Beth" he whispered.
She raised her eyes slowly to his.
They looked, he thought, like pale dew
wet violets. He bent his face, her lids
fluttered down. and their lips met.
Little girl" he said presently,
we're pretty well cleaned out, you and
I, aren't we?"
EYES," she answered, softly.
They looked at each other, and
smiled as though it were the most de-
licious humor.
TT wouldn't matter If only you could
have saved the picture" she said, dole
fully.
Never mind the picture" he replied.
steadily. 'I'll do it again, and better"
Then he whispered, .1ook.'
Above the sleeping city, toward the
east, faint rose-fiush was dispelling
the dawn's gray gloom.
"A new day out Of the embers of the
night" she said, softly.
He bent again and kissed her. "And
for us, GEAR, new life out of the
ashes Of the old" Copyright, 1904, by
Woman's Home Companion. Published
by permission.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01
Texas strawberries

Two crops Of Strawberries have beel
made possible in Texas by iTri&atioA.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01
Quicker the Better.


Henry Seton Merriman, whose real
name was Hugh Scott. was a rapid
writer. Mr.. Scott wrote only at long
intervals; but when he once had a
story in mind he would write several
chapters in an evening. The following
is reported as conversation between
Mr.. Scott and Walter Pater, the scrupu-
lous and scholarly critic:
Nothing" Mr.. Pater asserted, moth
ing can be done we'll that is done in .
hurry"
'tNothing?' asked Mr.. Scott, with Z
suggestion Of doubt.
-Nothing!" said Mr.. Pater.
How aboLt catching train?" asked
the novelist. Youths Com panion
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01
He wanted HIS Leg.

It will be a long time before the
Europeans and Chinese begin to I'M
derstand each other. A short time
back Chinese coolie met with an &C
cident. He was taken to the European
hospital in Pekin, and it was there
found possible to save his life by
prompt amputation of one of his legs.
The glad news was carried to his rela-
tives. Without loss of time they pro-
cured supply Of arsenic, with which
the whole family proceeded to the sick
mans bedside. When their mutual
feelings had been feeling1y exchanged
the patient swallowed the arsenic and
died. Without wishing in any way to
hurt the feelings of the European doc
tors, he yet felt 1t incumbent upon him
self to reach Heaven before it should
be too late to claim the leg which had
preceded him there Smiths Weekly.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01
Stuffed Cats in Trees.

A novel method of soaring away birds
has been adopted by Kentish farmer
He has killed number of cats, had
them stuffed, and placed them In various
attitudes among the branches of tae
fruit trees in his orchard The result,
he says. Is excellent.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01
LAW AND NoTARIAL OFFICE.
los. B. LANCASTER

Will practice In the courts Of the
rwenty-ffth and Twenty-sixth Judi.
hal Districts and the Supreme Court
Special attention given to examin.
lng land titles. buying and selling
Ands. passing acts and deeds Of sale
Mortgages. donations. etc.
Room No. - Frederick DuIIdlnoL
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01
ELIZABETH DAY
Designer and Worker in Metals

+ ID !
lived within. It had taken a deal Of
courage to print that Elizabeth" for
all Of her hfe-25 years, to be exact
she had been simply Beth" an abbre-
Walton far more suited to her diminu-
tive stature and gentle ways than the
more pretentious entirety. Nature
had intended her, with her soft and
dainty femininity, for q life Of depen-
dency In some still, untroubled corner
OF the world; Fate had forced her at
20 into the swirling current Of New
York. As yet her work-bowls. trays
and vases of silver, copper and brass
decorated with enamel, bracelets,
chains and buckles set with unpublished
stones-beautiful and distinctive as It
was. sold slowly. But she possessed a
wealth of courage and perseverance
all unsupported ere the death Of her
parents had sent her from the little
New Hampshire village to seek her
fortune. She had been in the old house
on Washington Square almost two
years when the fourth-hoor studio
found q tenant.
One day she had learned his name
Seeking letters from the pile in the
lower hall, she had found colorman's
catalogue addressed to John Tinson,
Esq" She had smiled at the name:
Timson was SO unusual and quaint
and-funny! John she liked: her
fathers name had been John. All the
morning, as she worked at the dull
copper, she strove to picture q person.
atty befitting the name of John Tim
son.
A week later she saw him. They met
on the stairs, and he drew aside for
her: she passed. with a little inclina-
ton Of her head. All the way to the
top she felt his gaze upon her; but
recalling the grave eyes and respect
full manner, she felt no annoyance. only
wondered about the placket of her
skirt. After that they bowed, and then
spoke Meetings became frequent.
Once he had found her under the
striped awning Of an Eighth street
grocery waiting for shower to pass.
He had no umbrella to offer. SO he
shared her imprisonment: and after
ward. when the sun came out and
shone resplendently on the wet roofs
and pool-dotted sidewalks, they went
home together and discussed quite In
the manner Of long acquaintances the
relative merits Of fresh and condensed
milk.
That day she had examined him to
her hearts content. He was tall; her
head came just to his shoulder when
she tried hard. He was wide Of chest
and shoulder, and his hands, brown as
though from long exposure to sun and
wind, were large and capable. His
mustache and short beard were brown,
as were the grave and earnest and
deep-set eyes. The nose was straight
ana large, and the forehead high. He
was undeniably handsome in a strong.
grim fashion. His habitual expression
was sober, but the smiles when they
came were worth waiting for. In age
he was "a. His voice was what at
tracted Beth most. It was in the lower
register, a deep, soft and mellow voice
that won respect and suited his quiet,
defcrential manner
Aside from the little weakened dealer
In old worries and clsriosities on the
arst floor thew were the only occn-
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01
Didn't Want Much

He-What is your little boy crying
about, madam?
She-Why, he wants me to take him
to live in a fiat where they don't allow
children.-Yonkers Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01
Durable Piping.

Water pipes lined with chinaware
and which are embedded in cement il
iron pipes. are being used in Coburg
Saxony. They are thought to be indie.
structible.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-10-01
Too Suggestive.

In England the other day 4 woman
wanted her baby named Port Arthur. 2
but the oficiating clergygan refused
and finally the Port was stricken out