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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03
Tiaras Made Over.

1t may be realized by purchasers OF
diamond tiaras and the like that styles
in settings change almost as frequent
ly as In a woman's hat, and every 9TH
er year at least must see the precious
diadem rebuilt. This adds to original
cost, for no self respecting jeweler
changes the setting of costly piece OF
jewelry without adding a few new.
stones to the first amount, thereby in
creasing its value. OF course famous
crowns, with associations attached,
that have recently come into the possess
sion of very rich Americans remain as
first designed, for even an American
shows some sentiment when it costs
him a fortune to indulge in rich his
toric jewels, but otherwise diamond
and pearl and emerald tiaras are con-
stantly made over.-Boston Herald.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03
MAuId Robin Gray

A ballad that won instant fame
against the expectation and even the
wish of its author was "Auld Robin
Gray" written by Lady Anne Lindsay
about the end of the eighteenth century
merely for her own satisfaction to re-
place the coarse verses Of an old melo-
dy that pleased her. She sang charm
ingly, and the new ballad soon came
into favor. Great was the curiosity
aroused as to the author of this pa
thetic song, in whose simple verses all
the elements of heartrending tragedy
are contained, but Lady Anne, modest
and retiring by nature, preserved 81
lence for many years, smiling, no
doubt, at the controversy that ragged so
hotly In tie course of it her ballad
was attributed by some disputants to
David Rlzzio, declared by others to be
n genuine sixteenth century production
and finally made the subject of
twenty guinea prize to be bestowed on
anybody acute er )ugh to bring to light
the veritable author.-Cornhill Maya
zine
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03

do look at that girl just sitting
down at the table by the door" ex-
claimed Molly suddenly. did you
ever see such q hat? There must be
a special kind of bird to grow such
stupendous plumes."
Gordon turned. "She completely
overshadows her companion" he said,
with forced interest.
The newcomer settled herself In her
chair and moved the amazing hat to
one side.
by Jover exclaimed Gordon, with
a low whistle.
He glanced quickly at Molly. Two
red spots like danger signals burned
on either cheek; her wrathful eyes were
fastened on the girls companion. He
looked up, their eyes met, and Molly
stared at him with no hint Of recogni-
ton. He half rose to his feet; then a
hot wave of color suffused his face as
he turned sullenly to his companion.
Amazement, indignation, relief, chas-
ed themselves in quick succession over
Mollys face She met Gordon's eyes,
and her own fell before their message.
The strains of the yiolins died softly
away; the crowd thrilled with enthusi-
asm. Encore, encore" they cried
and again the gay little French song
echoed through the rooms. with all
my heart" swung the refrain.
Gordon leaned over the table. Say
It," he whispered.
The delicate color dyed her cheeks
crimson; he bent nearer.
with all my heart" she whispered.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03
Sugar.

Sugar, the modern commodity, which
we class among the Indispensable nee
essaries, was wholly unknown to the
ancient nations. The word "saccha-
rum" occurs but once in the Latin
translation of the Bible, and the equiv
alent for our word sugar" is first used
by Pliny, whose writings are almost
contemporaneous with the ministry of
Christ He calls it honey collected in
(from) reeds" and says that the Ro-
mans first became acquainted with its
use in Arabia Felix. Status in his ac-
count of the old Saturnalia ceremonies
mentions vegetable honey" as being
used and winds up his account by say
ing that "tkis same honey is boiled
from Elosian reeds" Dioscorides,- the
Greek physician who fiourished in the
first or second century OF the Christian
era and whose great work, "De Mate
ria Medica," treats of all the then
known medicinal substances and their
properties, says that "the name of sug-
ar has been given to the honey which
Is produced by reeds without bees"
and Strabo, writing concerning it, says,
''They the people Of Arabia Felix
make honey without bees from reeds,
and Ii sometimes resembles salt"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03
Geographical Unity,

There are two tremendous moments
In crossing the United States from east
to west by way Of Chicago, Omaha
and Ogden. The first is when the
bluffs OF the Missouri suddenly dwin-
die away and the prairie rolls into
sight with its ocean Of tall corn, is
landed with embowered homesteads,
as IL one swelling movement of the
sea had been divinely caught and pet
rified and made fertile. And the sec
ond of these significant moments. more
majestically pregnant with hidden
meanings than the naked glories of
Niagara or the arrogant cliffs Of Yo-
semitic, is when the ravines of the
Sierra Nevada, with their ever green
beauty of pine trees, broaden out on
the valley of Sacramento and the hills
recede beyond that magnificent plain.
There and then you realize the per-
petual and indissoluble relation Of
highland to lowland and perceive in
the United States more wonderful
geographical unity than you might be-
hold anywhere in Europe, where there
Is more variety and less majestic
space. - Percy Vincent Donovan In
Sunset Magazine.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03
why Hair Turns Gray

The color of hair depends on little
granules, which can be seen IL the hair
be examined under a powerful micro
scope. Sometimes the hair may be-
come white in night. Brown-Sequard
tells us that when he was forty-five
years old his beard turned white in
two days. This took place when he
was perfectly well and without any
especial cause. Sometimes, however,
sorrow or illness produces the change
earlier in life than it would usually
take place AS to the cause, some have
said that the hair becomes filed with
small air particles which make 1t look
gray. Others have said that the outer
part of the hair becomes altered so
that it is like ground glass and you
cannot see the color. But q man Of
the name Of Metchnikoff tells us that
the real reason is because small NOV
able bodies in the hair devour the
grains of coloring matter and move
them to the root of the hair. Some
times poisons in disease or some results
Of sorrow bring about an effect upon
these small migrating bodies (cells),
causing them to become active in the
above fashion. That is said to be the
reason why the hair grows gray. st.
Nicholas.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03

An official Of a New England road
told the following:
The ticket agents in the Boston office
of our road are greatly troubled by
patrons who, when wishing to pur-
chase tickets, lay down a coin and
neither tell where they are going nor
how many tickets they want. This ne
cessitates one or more questions on the
part of the patient agent One day q
little elderly lady approached the win
dow of the Office, placing a large fami-
ly umbrella on the slab, and, after
fumbling nervously in her pocketbook,
pulled out a quarter and laid it down
without word to the ticket seller.
Where are you going, madamY' ask
ed the ticket agent.
ooh, Pm going to the DOCTOR" was
the tremulous reply.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03

Tonl1a. with dropping head. plodded
slowly on.
As Barbara, assisted TO her feet for
the hundredth time, dimly concluded
that it would be better to lie still than
to struggle against the fearful cold,
Tonka gave a glad whinny and stood
still. They were standing before the
stable door,
That evening after the two had re-
covered somewhat from ice baths and
hot blankets and Richard had left them
alone for few moments Ingraham
looked across the fire to the girls
sweet, pale face. All the love that he
had so bravely suppressed during their
terrible journey welled to his voice.
Miss Barbara, Barbara" he said
hestatingly, I'm glad it happened"
Barbara looked up.
Il hadn't much hope before" he went
on, "but now, somehow, you seem to
belong to me little.'
Barbara's pallor disappeared. "It
wasn't such a bad storm in some
ways" she said.
And the fire cracked appreciatively
at the pretty tableau
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03
Eat Less and Eat 1t Slowly.

Economic methods of eating are SO
important and so automatic that it
really occasions some surprise that
more Is net known about the matter.
Horace Fletcher, in his famous \ b u
books on nutrition, very wisely insists
upon the necessity of slow mastication
with abundant insalivation. 1t is real
ly astonishing how badly people use
the teeth nature gave them for this
purpose. Children naturally bolt their
food. so it Is said, ana adults retain the
habit. Not having the digestive power
of eats OF dogs. which naturally bolt
their food, it results that much of our
food is undigested and wasted.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03
Cixnrr Few Can Afford.

"a long, low strip of land, a valley
between high hills, lies five miles out
side of Havana, and there" said a
cigar salesman, "the best tobacco in
the world Is grown. The name Of the
place is Abajo, and the Vuelta Abajo
crops are always bought up two or
three years in advance of their plant
ing. They yield only $4,000 cigars an
nually. These cigars sometimes sell rs
high as $3.50 hundred-$1.50 apiece.
Vuelta Abajo cigars are only smoked
by kings and billionaires. There are
many fake Vuelta Abajos on the mar
ket. bur the real thing, once smoked,
can never be mistaken, for there is no
other tobacco in the world with an
aroma at once so powerful and so del
icate."-New York Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03
HAIR AND COLOR.
Red Is Much Nearer Allied to Black
Than to Blond.

Red Is Much Nearer Allied to Black
Than to Blond.
The color of the hair, says the Grand
Magazine, is usually transmitted from
parents to child. This is especially true
when both parents have the same COM
plexion. Instances, however, are not
uncommon where children have hair
black as ebony, while the hair of both
parents is burning red. Instead OF
disproving the theory that child takes
after its parents, so far as the color OF
the hair Is concerned, this fact, 1t has
now been ascertained, is all in favor Of
the doctrine. Red hair, in fact is by
its structure and composition much
nearer to black hair than to blond.
Very often If the hair Of very dark
complexioned person be examined at
tentively few quite red hairs win be
detected in the mass, On the other
hand. 1t would be time wasted to seek
for back hairs in the locks of fair
person. Similarly it is not infrequent
to notice children whose hair, red ut
birth, becomes as they grow older quite
dark. When, too, after some serious
illness, the production of the coloring
pigment of the hair falls of, black hair
becomes not blond, but red. Fair hair,
which to a casual eye appears to have
much more affinity to red hair than to
black, is, on the contrary, quite dis
tinct.
The Punishment of the Bagno.
In former times the punishment OF
the bagno bath), one of the most
cleverly cruel infections ever devised
by an official Of the torture chamber,
was administered in Italy, probably In
Venice where the water of the lagoons
played so prominent part In its penal
system. The punishment was as fol-
lows: The prisoner was placed In a
vat the sides of which were slightly In
excess of the average height of man.
In order to hold In check the rising tide
Of a supply of water which ran into
the vat in a constant stream the criml-
nal was furnished with scoop Win
which to bale out the water as fast as
1t came in. The respite from death by
immersion thus obtained was more or
less prolonged, according to the powers
Of endurance possessed by the victim,
but imagine the mortal torture, the ex-
hausting and even hideously grotesque
efforts. the incessant and pitiless toll
by night and day, to staye on the dread
moment fast approaching, when, over
come by sleep and fatigue, no was un-
able to struggle any longer against his
fate.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03
ACROSTICS AND ANAGRAMS.
They Have Been known Since the
Days of the PsAlmist.

1 They Have Been known Since the
Days of the PsAlmist.
We find that the acrostlc is the most
ancient form of puzzling mankind.
Acrostic is Greek for q number OF
verses the first letters of which form
q word, sometimes a name and some
| times a sentence The final letter may
| form a word, or, as Addison tells US,
| the letters will even run down the CEN
| ter of the verses as a seam. The He
| brew poets often made their verses run
over the entire alphabet Twelve of the
psalms are written on this plan, the
most notable being the One Hundred
and Nineteenth This has twenty-twodi-
| visions, or stanZas, corresponding TO the
! twenty-five letters of the Hebrew al
| phabet. Each stanZa is formed of eight
couplets, and the first line of each coup
| let in the first stanZa in the original
| Hebrew begins with the letter aleph,
| the second commences with beth, the
third with gimel, and so on through the
| alphabet The English divisions of the
psalms are called after the Hebrew let
! ter that began the couplets. 1t was
! also customary to compose verses on
sacred subjects after the fashion of He
brew acrostics. This was done with q
view TO aid memory, and such pieces
were called abcedarian hymns.
The riddle Is also Of ancient origin.
The Proverbs of the Bible, or sayings
| attributed to Solomon, are often in the
| form of riddles. Was 1t not the queen
of Sheba who proposed riddles to Solo
mon? The Koran, the scriptural book
Of the Mohammedans, also contains rid
dies, as do some books now in exist
| ence, written in Arabic and Persian.
| The ancient Egyptians also PROFOUND
| ed riddles, and one of the seven wise
! men of Greece, who lived in the sixth
| century B. c., was celebrated for his
riddles in verse. Homer, the Greek
| poet, according to statement in Plu-
| tarch, died of vexation at not being
| ages riddles were encouraged for
| amusement on winter nights in the
| baronial hall and also in the monastery.
| In later days some of the most brilliant
men of letters contributed to the list of
| riddles.
The anagram, or transposition of the
letters in words or sentences, was
| much in vogue in Greece in the olden
times. The Cabalists, or Jewish doc
tors, thought that the anagram always
/ pointed out a mans destiny, and If his
name written backward or transposed
in any way spelled q word with mean
| ing they firmly believed it revelation
| The flatterers of James 1. Of England
proved his right to the British mon-
| archy as the descendant of the myth
ical King Arthur from his name
| Charles James Stuart, which becomes
claims Arthur's seat" The best ana
| grams are those which have in the
new order of letters some signifcation
| appropriate to that from which they
| are formed. When PLATE asked, "Quid
est veritas?' (What is truthD he prob.
ably had no idea that his question an.
swered itself, but it did. The transpo-
sition made it, Est vir qui adest" Qt
| Is the man who Is here. Anagrams
were written as early as $50 b. c., and
their name comes from the Greek
words ana (backward) and gramma
| (writing).
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03

DIR. Breckenridge. q well known
American clergyman, and his two
brothers, also Of the same profession,
one day paid visit to their mother.
''Do you not think, mother" said he,
'that you ruled us with too rigid a rod
in our boyhood? 1t would have been
better, | think, had you used gentler
methods
The old lady Strengthened M and
said, well, William. when you have
raised up three as good preachers as
have. then you can talkr'
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03
An Ant Punfl.

A professor who, when asked ques-
ton, was in the habit of saying: THAT
is very good point indeed. Look it up
for yourself" was once much disgust
ed with a student who had failed to
answer a very simple question. "Mr.
JONES'" said he, I'm surprised that
you, who are going to teach, cannot
answer such an elementary question.
Why, what would you do If one Of your
pupils were to ask it?" "Well, profess
or" replied the other, 'if such thing
had happened before I came here I'm
afraid would have said plainly that /
didn't know, but now I think I'd do
just as you do and say, Look it up,
my boy; look it upp"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03
No Procrastination.

Ethel" he whispered, will you
marry me?"
II don't know, Charles" she replied
coyly.
"Well, when you find out" he said,
rising, "send me word, will you? l
shall be at Mabel Hicks until 10
O'Clock. If I don't hear from you by
10, I'm going to ask her."-London Tit
Bits.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03
Simplicity.

1 am convinced, both by faith and
experience, that to maintain oneself
on this earth is not hardship, but a
pastime If we will live simply and
wisely, as the pursuits Of the simpler
nations are still the sports Of the more
artificial.-Thoreau.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03
To avert a sneeze press the upper lip
against the teeth with the forefnger,
Old English Pence

Halfpence and farthings were not
coined in England before the time of
Edward l., and until they were the
penny, which was then made of silver,
was issued deeply indented with
cross in order that 1t might be broken
into two pieces for halfpennies or into
four things, or farthings. The silver
penny was the first coin of the Anglo
Saxons struck in England. In 1872 an
authorized coinage OF copper pennies,
halfpennies and farthings was estab-
lished. Silver farthings ceased to be
coined under Edward VI. and silver
halfpennies under the commonwealth.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03
Seems Reasonable.

"What Is the correct garb for a sur
geon about to perform an operation?"
"a cutaway, l uppose."-Minneapo-
lis Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-05-03

1 will not be concerned at mems not
knowing me; I will be concerned at my
own want Of ability.-Confucius.
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-24
AMERICAN SEED GROWING
Cheap Seeds the Most Expensive
GUY ELLIOTT MITCHELL

lies idle and he curses his luck which
has thus shown itself against him,
whereas the fault was his OWN, and he
was simply penny wise and pound
foolish.
This can be said of many different
kinds of seed.
Or suppose he buys expensive early
cabbage or radish seed, it is an easy
matter for the ~inscrupulous dealer to
mix this seed half and half with very
cheap late cabbage or radish seeds, pre-
viously killed $50 that they will not
come untrue to name), and unless the
buyer is particularly ebservant it may
never occur to him that he has been
buncoed.
Tricks of Some Dealers.
Another method of defrauding the
seed buyer, practiced by cheap seedsmen
who never expect to do business a sec
ond time with the customer, is to sell
him outright the cheap seeds of some
plant such as 4 muskmelon, for instance,
kinder a label of some new or high
priced variety. He puts IN a hard sea-
sons work trying to raise good musk
melons, and at the end he finds he has
a heterogeneous collection of inferior
sorts. Still another practice which the
reputable seedsmen will not counten-
ance is to sell seeds which may be true
to name and which will also terminate,
but which are weak and poor. An ex-
ample of this was noticed by the writer
in the Colorado muskmelon fields. The
Rocky Ford cantalOupes had for some
years attained a countrywide fame
through their sweetness and fine flavor.
They were shipped all over the United
States. Then came a great demand for
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-24
Home Tesls of Seeds.

The Department OF Agriculture in or
der to aid farmers to determine for
themselves without much trouble the
terminating qualities of seeds purchased
by them. has issued a number of bulle-
tins upon the subject. A very simple
apparatus for %sprouting seeds is describ-
cd in the bulletin. 1t consists of a shall
low tin basin or one of granite ware.
The bottom of the basin is covered with
water and a small flat bottom of porous
clay is placed inside. The seeds after
having been soaked are laid between
two layers of moist blotting paper or
flannel cloth. A pane of glass covers the
dish, which is to be kept i'll a tempera-
ture of about 70 degrees. The atmosphere
of an ordinary living room is suitable if
care is taken to set the apparatus near a
stove at night. The basin may be left
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-24

abolishes a system whereby the Con
sressmen who wants to keep in touch
with his constituents has an opportunity
to mail out a little package of garden
seeds to his entire list of voters, he
cheerfully votes against the measure and
instead votes for an appropriation of
over a quarter of a million of dollars
a year for free garden and flower seeds.
If somebody would introduce a bill, even
with this big appropriation, but speci-
flying that the Secretary of Agriculture
should expend the money in procuring
and distributing only such seeds and
Churchill standard. (Fallon, Nev) 1903-1908, 1906-02-24
p. eserving Strict Silence.

In Korea the women, or their wed.
ding day, will not open their mouths
to peak, no matter what the tempta-
ton or provocation.
Sometimes this silence is continued
through the first week of married life.
Although no such custom exists in
the Western world, extraordinary cases
are not wanting. In the early forties
a New York lady undertook, for a
wager of $3.50, to remain mute during
the month of her married life.
Her new-made h"sband, who, natur-
ally, was not in the secret, was so much
incensed at his brides behavior, that
he left her before her TASK was com.
pleted, only to return later when ap-
prised of the real reason for this I'M
natural silence.
On one anniversary OF their wedding
day a Brussels couple Quarrelled SO
bitterly that the wife, in a passion,
/ vowed that her husband should never
l again hear the sound of her voice. She
would there and then have left the
house, but her now penltent husband
implored her not to desert him. To
| that extent only did his entreaties pre-
/ vail, for she kept the letter of her oath
I and never in her spouse's presence
/ did she unloose her tongue.
An Austrian woman, whose husband
was in hiding from the authorities, in.
advertently betrayed his whereabouts
to a neighbor. who was secretly in the
pay of the police. AS a result, he was
taken, and resolved a term of imprison-
ment.
So much did his wife take to heart
this misfortune. which had been
brought about by her gossip. that she
resolved for the remainder of her life
to remain mute. She would not make
an exception even in her husbands
favor, for, although she received him
on his release with the utmost affec-
ton, she maintained an obdurate
silence till her death, three years later,