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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-08-16
GAR DEN c RAFT

Corn, beans, melons, cucumbers, to-
matoes and many other plants require
n warm soil. Seeds sown too early are
liable to decay In the ground. Those
that do grow may be stunted by un-
timely cold and will not develop into
good plants. 1t saves time to plant
these warmth loving kinds after the
BOIL Is warm.
Keep the melons and the squashes
well cultivated and look out for bugs
Tobacco dust is a good remedy.
AS soon as the bean crop is over pull
out the vines and plant the space TO
late cabbage, sweet corn or turnips.
1t Is time to set the celery.
Weeds are the greatest enemy Of
onions. Keep the ground stirred, espe-
cially after rain.
II you have any newly turned sod
on which you can put heavy dressing
Of manure 1t will be just the right situ-
alton to suit cabbage and caulifower
and will go far toward assuring fine
late crop.
Garden craft cannot all be learned
from paper. The best Of 1t comes
through the handle of the hoe.
A good vegetable garden Is a farm
drug store, containing In n pleasant
form many of the medicines which we
take in strong doses after neglecting
tho laws of health.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-08-16
HAVING MADE EASY.
Handling the Hay Crop without
Hired Help ON n New York Farm.

tthnutnG the Hay crop Without
Hired Help ON New York Farm.
Having a hay crop of large amount
TO take care of, the FIRST thing to look
TO is first class mower. Get to work
most of the dew is off. Nothing is
gained by laying down Il heavy swath
OF hay wet with dew Cut no more
than you are likely 10 handle easily the
next afternoon. As soon as the outside
rows are dry enough to rake start the
side delivery hayrake, going round the
piece in the same direction that you
went with the mower. If not dry
enough TO draw in right of, leave in
the windrow overnight. After you
have moved another strip for the next
raking go over the windrows with your
side delivery rake and just turn them
over. and the chances are that you and
Willie or Mary can so right TO hauling
in.
Now hitch your steadiest team on the
wagon carrying box hayrack sixteen
feet long, ten feet wide and having
Slated sides four and half feet high.
Hook ON your hay loader and get strad-
die of one of those windrows just as
quick as possible. Let the child drive,
and you Will have all the business you
want for the next ten minutes; Ii will
depend on bow good your wind is and
how fast the team walks. Better drive
very slow. The load is now on. I'm
hook the loader, lett stand just where
it stopped and go to the barn.
We put the old family horse ON the
end of the rope, with hook, so Willie
or Mary can easily unfasten the Whit
fietree from it. Never mind any one in
the NOW. Set the double harpoon hay
fork in the hay and start. The horse
easily snatches up 800 or 400 pounds
of hay on to the carrier in the top OF
the barn, and you let 1t run along the
track till you have it over the back end
of the bay; then pull the trip cord, and
away it goes clear to the bottom of the
NOW. Continue In the same manner
for about seven or eight minutes and
the load is off. Get up in the NOW and
In five minutes it is nearly level. or
course it Is easier to have n man in The
NOW to help unload, but you can, DO
without him. This is the little storyrp6
"Haying Made Easy as told by q
farmer in Rural New Yorker.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-08-16

vacant stovepipe hole just above his
head that let every word float through.
The women We're the innkeeper's wife
and his daughter. and he heard the
mother say:
"Tillie, where did you get that ten
dollar bill changedi"
AT the butchers" was the reply.
And what did you do with the let
ter:"
Burned it up. Don't you go to fret
ting over things. They say that Mary
will lose her place, but nothing else
will happen. l want to get Mr.. Gran
forth in the parlor tonight and sing and
play for him."
Ten minutes later the inspector was
Mt the butchers, asking questions. He
went from there to the postofiice for q
few minutes talk with the accused
girl. When he had asked n question
or two she remembered that on n GER
tain date when she had half dozen
letters in her hand she had been called
into the grocery part in a hurry and
had left the letters on the counter for
q moment beside the innkeeper's
daughter.
"And now about searching your
trunk" asked the inspector.
She handed him the key in a shame
faced way and said:
Il don't want you to. but If you must
then you will find the bill in n letter.
Read the letter.
The justice was taken along. The
letter and money were found, and both
read the letter and replaced it and
went out of the room almost on tiptoe.
The inspector had never heard that
Mary even had beau. The letter
proved that she was engaged to n
young man in Il neiGhboring town, and
he had sent her the money TO save up
with more against their wedding
"Why didn't you tell me this be-
fore?" asked the Inspector of the girl
that evening.
IL didn't want to hurt you," she
replied.
Hurt me how:"
Il knew you were falling in love
with me. and you are so old, you know,
and I'd have to say no, you Sec
II understand" he finished, with
sigh, and, going into his own room, he
tore up his resignation and sat down
and figured it all out and said to him
self:
"The girl is right. The man of fifty
who has q romance is an old fool!'
He was not entertained In the Inn
parlor that evening. He never stops
there now. The thing was somehow
fixed up between the landlord and old
Penfleld and the government, but 1t Is
whispered around that it cost the for
mer n thousand dollars and that Tillie
is likely to die an old maid.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-08-16
EXPO OPENS SOON
MANY NEW FEATURES MAKE THE
GREAT PITTSBURG SHOW
BETTER THAN EVER.

The eighteenth annual season Of the
Western Pennsylvania Exposition So
ciety opens on August 20 and closes
October 20. the season being OF the
same length as last years. But ike
all OF Its predecessors it Is promised
that this years Exposition will be
"better than ever" and judging from
the announcements already made 1t
Is quite evident that there Is suffi-
Client In sight to Justify this promise.
In the way OF music, which has al
ways been a feature of the big show"
at Pittsburg, the attractions VIII
cause more wonderment than ever.
They include Creatore, whose mag
netic influence over his band OF 30
artists has been the cause of much
discussion both here and abroad;
Theodore Thomas orchestra OF Chi
cago, one OF the finest musical organ
lzations in the world; Sousa and his
band. who have Just finished the most
successful tour OF this country in
band history, and Pittsburg's own IA
vorite, Victor Herbert and his Or
chestra. Creatore opens the season, re-
manning for 10 days and the others
follow in the order named, each re-
naming a week. The musical attrac-
tions that follow will be announced
later.
One OF the features OF this seasons
Exposition will be furnished by the
Hippodrome, which will be entirely
new. This building is being erected
In Machinery Hall, taking up almost
half OF It. 1t will be prettily deco
rated and brilliantly lighted and Will
have a seating capacity OF 1,200. The
stage will be 60 feet wide and the pros
cenlum arch about so feet high. All
seats will be on one floor. to which
there are numerous broad entrances
and exits. In the Hippodrome VIII be
presented principally acts by trained
animals and the highest class per
formers OF an acrobatic nature. Sew
eral performances will be given each
day
In the gallery Just over the main
foyer there will be shown the DE
struction of San Francisco" II will
be an electrical and scenic exhibition
OF the fearful catastrophe which this
year almost entirely destroyed the
Golden Gate city aud which Is now
being constructed at an enormous
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-08-16
The 0snrey.

Allusion is often made, especially In
fashion journals, TO OSPREY" feathers.
Few words have been more loosely
banded about than this bird name.
The Roman author Pliny's "ossifraga"
bone breaker) has been identified with
the lammergcyer. vulturc that IL re
puted to break up bones too big for 1t
TO devour whole by dropping them
from n height upon rocks. But both
"ossifrage" and osprey" q newer
form, came to be applied to quite an
other bird, the fish hawk, which Is
now the true Osprey" Yet the "os-
prey" feathers = more properly egret
feathers, or aigrettes do not come
from this bird, but from the egret, or
lesser white heron.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-08-16
Tn Get Ria Of auncls Grn.s.

The difficulty in killing quack or
witch or twitch grass Is that 1t grows
from underground stems. Some plants
can be killed by clipping them again
and again before they go to seed, but
quack grass will grow fat on such
treatment The roots or underground
stems must be torn up and killed by
exposure to sun and air. This Is done
by working the soil over and over with
n spring tooth harrow or a disk or
cutaway, which will cut or tear OH
the roots and bring them to the sur
face. Rural New Yorker advises that
June is the best time for the work de-
scrlbed, but 1t requires long and pa
tient effort to kill out the quack.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-08-16
Pleasant Thoughts.

make yourselves nests of pleasant
thoughts" counsels Ruskln. Bright
fancles, satisfied memories, noble his
tories, faithful sayings, treasure houses
of restful and precious thoughts which
care cannot disturb or pain make
gloomy or poverty take away from us
houses built without hands for our
souls TO live in-these things are net
for earth alone; they are a part of the
treasure that may be sent over.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-08-16
OK TEAM.

have depended ON buying their supply
instead of raising them Now that
horses are high priced and scarce ev-
erywhere these farmers find 1T diff
cult to secure horses enough to work
their land, but there are good many
farmers who advocate the use Of cat
tie even when horses are plentiful. A
good many of the New England farms
are small, the fields irregular, and they
have large stones to contend with.
Such conditions make a complicated
farming problem, which no doubt ac-
counts for the preference for oxen In
certain sections. = Farm, Field and
Fireside.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-08-16

Nagsby-You'rc naturally pessimls-
tic don't think / ever saw you look
cheerful. Carsby-Ah, that's easily cx-
planned. Nagsby-How sof Carsby-
You didn't know me before / was mar
.ied,-Illustratcd Bits.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-08-16
WIDOWS APPRAISEMENTS.

The following widows !appraisements OF
personal property gpa real estate set apart
for the bene.s of the widows OF decedents
have loon filed In the Office OF the Clerk
of the Orphans Court OF Butler CouIty, viz:
Widow ofHenry J.Rape, peg-onaI prop
erty ..,,-... ....... -. 500 90
Widow OF Ayg ast stice. pers'I propty :. 800 90
WIGcw u Michael McGarvey personal
property. ............ .................. 80 90
Widow OF Alfred Vensel. pers'l propty. 200 %
Widow OF John IL. Dickey, persl propty ~ ~
Widow OF Anthony Dolan, persl propty 200 10
Widow OF Philip A. Gerner personal
property r.. .5l 20
Widow OF w. A. Turner, real ostnte 900 20
Widow OF X. B. Taylo1, personal prop
erty ard ;aai estate. ......-....'... 900 90
WIDOW OF jacob Weitzel. personal prop
erty ty........................ 80. sQa -
All persons interested in the above ap-
praisements will take notice that they win
be presented for con nfrmatfon to the Orphans
Court Of Butler county. Pa, on Saturday the
sth day OF Sept. 1906, and II no exceptions
are filed. they will be confirmed absolutely
l.. 7. CHRIsTLEY, Clerk.
Clorks Office, Aug. s. 1905.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-08-16
Oven Lacking lin.

The use of oxen on farms in New
England is on the increase, and the
reason given Is that they are cheaper
on some farms than horses. Farmers
in that section of the country for years
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-08-16

Notice is hereby given tliat the following
roads and bridges have been confirmed nisi
by the Court and viii be presented on the
first saturday OF September Court. 1895. being
the oth day of said month. and il no eNcep-
tions are filed they will be confirmed abso-
lufely.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09

James P. McCurdy. writing in the Evan
gelist, the organ Of the Peoples Mission.
says:
"Being in complete accord with the move
ment now on foot for Greater Washing
tom and knowing 1t to be a fact that all
the projects for the accomplishment Of the
same are possible, we feel that the Greater
Washington movement will not be a COM
plete success unless we become Better
Washington Hence this article, setting
forth the grand opportunities afforded by
the Peoples Mission.
It IL q Rescue Mission, pure and simple,
located at $40 Pennsylvania avenue, having
for its object the rescue Of our boys and
girls, the coming men and women who are
to carry On the Greater Washington move
ment, who are attracted by the glare Of
the red lights to visit that part Of the city
which has become a stain to Its beauty. The
mission is situated at the gateway OF these
places, and has been able to turn back
many boy who otherwise would have gone
1.-The Peoples Mission, being In perfect
harmony with all the churches, but 10 con-
Quoted along undenominational lines. has
nothing to offer except the saving and
keeping power Of Jesus Christ.
1.-THE movement IL one IN which we all
take part. Make Washington better by
being better ourselves. and help the other
fellow to be better.
1.-THE spiritual part Of the mission 10
looked after by three evangelfsts while the
business IL conducted by board OF trus-
tees, consisting Of nine members. some OF
whom are leading business men OF our city.
''The Greater Washington movement Y
more business, our Better Warrington u
for more Of Christ.
ssWashington, known the world over az
the most beautiful city. should be eager to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09
PEOPL Els MISSION WORKER
CRIES sBETTER WASHINGTON

grasp a movement that has for its object
the salvation Of its people.
Greater Washington is assured: now
why not work for Better Washington
Come, join In the work. We believe the
Peoples Mission Is located in the right
place for such movement to originate.
1.-THE meetings are conducted every night
and Sunday afternoon the year around.
"f you feel inclined to help financially
it would be thankfully received. and used
where 1t would be for the betterment Of
our own people.
I'VE will need money. and we present
you this, believing you to be one who has
the welfare Of the souls of others at heart.
There Is nothing that would boom Wash
ington more than to have emanate from
here wave of salvation that would be felt
over our broad land. VIII you help In this
opportunity Of spreading the gospel Of
Christ to those who know 1t not? What q
blessed privilege it is to make Washington
better.
let our motto be Get right with God.
and then Washington will boom az nothing
else can boom 1t. God has promised to
teach us to prosper"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09

Rev. DR.. John Lee Allison.
We should live under the mighty power
OF this Christ-like principle and live to
lift, serve to save and bless. Christ
brought out with clear light the brother
hood of man and our responsibility for
each other Gains answer, cam my
brothers keeper" is that of human
shirk. Relationships. contracts. associa-
ton. forge gold chains that bind us to
each other and call for life of helpful
ness The strong must help the weak: the
learned assist the unlearned. We should
write over the portals of life the COM
mandment, Love one another" Then
will the life be sublimated.
ing the weak does not obtain in the brute
creation Here all life is found to be en-
gagged in fierce, relentless struggle for
existence. Each seeks his own. The
strong prey upon the weak and pity is
almost unknown. The strongest survive,
and not the fittest. The feeble flee to the
hills and mountains for cover and safety
from the pitiless greed Of the strong.
Might is right. force is law. The mighty
crush the weak and abandon themselves
to the brute principle Of utter selfshness.
In the absence of the gospel this same
law is felt and manifested to a degree
among mankind. The able-bodied seek
their own ACKNOWLEDGMENT and indulgence
without regarding the feelings Of the
weak and without concern for their rights.
The strong emphasize their strength to
succeed. Self-assertion is essential to
self-preservation. but 1t should not be
made an excuse for preying upon the in
frmities of the weak. In the mad rush
for fame, honor. position and wealth the
strong trample mercilessly upon the weak.
and the blood of Abels cry out to God for
righteousness and Justice From this tap
root have sprung despotisms, slavery, ra-
pacity toward widows, debasement of
womanhood. inhumanity to children, OPP
presslons, cruelties and all manner Of
fortunes.
1t is but the brutal principle In the hui
man surviving by the humilfations and
surerings of the weak. The closer man
Is to the barbarian and the brute, the
more fully does he enrich himself by the
heartless spelling of helplessness. This
sinful rule the text tears to shreds by the
injunction that 1.-The strong ought to bear
the infirmities Of the weak" Wars, even
from early feudal days to the present
time. have been inspired by determine
ton to exalt ones self by the losses Of
another If a nation was weak a stronger
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09


This Is a statement of a far-reaching and
revolutionary principle in daily life and
conduct.
The world and science teach the sur
vlval of the strongest and fttest. But the
gospel of the Nazarene has announced an
other law of life for man and enforced
It by His own beautiful, brilliant exam
pie. Both the life and doctrine, therefore.
of Jesus Christ were revolutionary and re-
dictionary. The strong are to bear the in
flrmities of the weak. He came not to be
mnistered unto. but to minister, and the
splendid injunction is to bear ye one an
others burdens and so fulfill the law Of
Christ. Christianity. then, demands that
the strong shall help the weak. condemn
ing Indifference to their inf1rmities and the
spelling of their weaknesses. AS 1t is said
that in Scotland a sick eagle was found
by strong one, and passing over it. fan
ming 1t with its mighty wings. finally
lifted 1t up and helped it to soar away, so
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09
The Egyptian sails.
From the Boston Transcript.


The sails Is a runner who keeps in front
of a carriage and warns common people
out Of the way and who beats them with a
stick If they do not hurry up about 1t. It
Is obvious that to do this he must run
quickly. Most men when they run bend
their bodies forward and keep their
mouths closed in order to save their wind.
The sails runs with his shoulders thrown
back and trumpeting like an enraged ele-
plant. He holds his long wand at his
side like a musket and not trailing in his
hand like a walking stick and he wears q
soft shirt Of white stuff and sleeveless
coat buried in gold lace.
He Is q perfect ideal Of color and move
ment. and as he runs he bellows like q
bull or roars as you have heard lion
roar at feeding times in a menagerie
There are sometimes two Of them running
abreast, dressed exactly alike and with
the upper part Of their bodies as rigid
as the wand pressed against their sides
and with the ends Of the scarf and the
long tassel streaming out behind. An they
yell and below donkeys aad carriages and
people scramble out OF their way until the
carriage they precede has rolled rapidly
by. Only princesses OF the royal harem
and consuls general and the heads OF the
army Of occupation and the Egyptian
army are permitted two sails; other peo-
pie may have one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-09

About eight years ago, when this mission
station was established permanently. there
were not more than fifty adherents. Now
there are $500 baptized believers and $4,000
adherents. They have 100 church buildings.
costing from s15 to 500 each. The Ping
Yang Church cost 5000. Of which two
thirds was raised by the natives. ana Il
had to be enlarged before II was COM
pleted. The annual contributions by the
natives are 10000 yang, or 1900 gold dol
lars. but In purchasing power this Equals
$4,000. This Is in q country where the
smallest coin Ii the eighteen-hundredth OF
dollar, the gift Of which Is considered
remarkable Hberality. In the Ping Yang
district there are forty-one schools, with
gold dollars for the expenses.
attended the Sunday afternoon service
in the city church, when some 1890 men,
women boys and girls were gathered. The
building is In the form of an L with the
platform at the angle. The service begins
at 2:3O, but at 1:45 there was a large
crowd gathered, males in one part and fe-
males in the other, the two sections singing
favorite hymns and tunes during the In
term. When the service began the mems
part was packed to the doors and beyond.
It was an inspiring sight to see that build
ing crowded with men and women, almost
all in clean. white clothes. who but a short
time ago were sunk in degradation ard
dirt, with no ambition in this life and no
hope for the next. Except for the occa-
sional cry Of a baby, no noise occurred to
distract the attention Of the people from
the DISCOURSE which was delivered by
Korean minister. The collection totaled ten
yen japanese.