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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-01
WORKING THE FIREWOOD.
with Crosscut and Buck Saws and
Ak For Home or Market.


Az - For Home or Market.
AS a rule, 1t will be found more eco
nomical when gathering up the home
supply of wood or n few cords for
market with crosscut and buck saws
to fit the wood for the stove on the
spot where the tree falls, says an
American Cultivator writer, who makes
further suggestion in regard to this
work as follows:
At the present high price OF wood
1t Is better to use the saw as much as
possible instead of the more wasteful
AK And this is especially true when
cutting n tree down, since by saving
closer to the ground we can make an
additional saving.
Always begin saving felled tree
at the stump and before cutting Off
the limbs, as they will hold the trunk
steady and also in most cases balance
it. Continue saving until you reach
the limbs. Then take the AK and cut
off d few, draw them across the body
of the tree and trim them. Cut them
into convenient lengths for the saw
buck. or IL small enough cut them with
the AK into lengths to lit the stove. Do
the same with all the branches and
make a pile of the brush behind you.
Throw the sticks intended for the buck
saw toward the spot where you intend
to make your pile. Keep your work
all cleaned up as fast as you go and
you Will gain time in the end.
DO not keep the log trimmed too far
In advance of the saw, because when
working among the limbs log Is liable
to balance In such way that it Will
rock or roll with each motion Of the
saw, and In such cases you will work
ut great disadvantage. Having sawed
the body Of the tree, hang up the big
saw and begin with the buck saw. Set
the sawbuck next the ends OF the sticks
and as soon as-you have sawed all that
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-01
FARM BRE VITIE S

Grass Is soil maker, soil improv-
er and soil protector.
big money in sugar beets," profit
able progress" and industrial and So
cial accord" are characteristics of the
present situation In Colorado, accord
ing to press reports.
The cotton red spider Is another enc
my threatening the cotton plant. Un-
der ordinary conditions it's injuries
rarely become serious, but 1t appears
to have become more familiar than Is
desirable In some sections during the
past two seasons.
1T pays to plant trees" say many
who claim to speak with the authority
OF accurate knowledge
Following the recent movement In
favor Of open front poultry houses
come protests against too close conf1ne-
ment of dairy cattle. This, 1t Is con-
tended, tends to develop tuberculosis.
''The fresh air COW is the vigorous
cow"
Bu1garians Do.
Reginald Wyon in his book ON 1.-THE
Balkans From Within" writes from
the interior of n blockhouse on the
Turko- Bulgarian frontier: I'VE are
shown captured bombs, heavy -cylin
ders used for blowing up buildings and
the dreaded hand grenade, whose short
fuse is calmly lighted by burning
cigarette and hurled among the attack
ing Turks. A man must indeed have
nerves Of iron to do this deed. Picture
q devoted handful of men surrounded
by an overwhelming force OF Turks
slowly but surely drawing nearer
Now they are hundred yards away
fifty yards-luckily they shoot abom'
inably-but 1t is too far TO put the
weight with effect.
''They must wait, though here and
there q bullet fired at random thins
out the little band. A rush-now. See!
One coolly lights the fuse and quickly
hurls It at the foe. He must make no
mistake, his aim must be correct and
his arm strong. A slip at the moment
Of throwing means his and his COM
rades' lives instead of the Turks, for
the fuse is very short. But he has
thrown 1t well. The Turks see 1t COM
ing and halt In blind fear.
"a deafening crash, screams and
yells OF anguish, and the Turks break
and run, shot down by the triumphant
insurgents. Down into the valleys
they fly to the nearest village, where
their officers, anxious to save them
selves a semblance of authority, order
its massacre and pillage. And the next
day we read Of the determination Of
another band"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-01
Lost Manhood Restored.
Weakness of Young Men Cured

and ali private diseases.
DR.. E. Growers varicocele Ring cures
Varicocele, Hydrocelc and Rupture
promptly cared without pain and nc
detention from business.
He cures the worst cases of Nervous
Prostration, Rheumatism, Scrofula,
Old sores, Blood Poison, and all Di-
seases of the Skin Ear, Nose, Throat
Heart, Lungs, Stomach, Liver, Kidneys
and Bladder.
Itching Piles, Fistula, Structure
Tumors, Cancers, Goiters. cured with
out cutting.
Special attention paid to the treat
ment of Nasal Catarrh.
He will forfeit the sum of Five
Thousand Dollars for any case of FITS
OR EPILEPTIC CONCLUSIONS tina
he cannot cure.
Consultation free and strictly conf
Dental. Write if you cannot call.
Office hours--From a. m to $50 p
In. On Sunday from to 3 p. m. only
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-01
The Tramp.

The curse of the man who will not
work has always been with us. In
Henry Wills reign he was not allow
ed to beg the bread that belonged to
honest folk, for a statute was made
by which the old and impotent were
granted licenses TO beg. and any one
found begging without one was sound
Iy flogged and sent homo to his own
parish. In this way Gs many as n
hundred In one day IN Elizabeth's
time were sent "back to the land"
The begging license seems to work
well enough abroad. where the row Of
authorized beggars is a familiar sight
outside every church and where the
halt and MANNED are seldom seen any
where else. The rise OF the vagrant in
England no doubt took place after the
destruction of the monasteries and be-
fore any other relief giving body took
their place.-London Chronicle.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-01
CROWS HELP FOX HUNTERS
They Follow the Alert Birds When
Reynard Is Roaming.

For some reason crows have seated
and mortal antipathy to foxes. As
crows build their nests In trees, where
no fox can climb, and as an adult crow
can escape from any fox by flying, we
cannot understand why all crows seek
to harass and destroy every fox they
see. But we know this to be fact, as
we have watched the performances or
crows when foxes were near many
times.
We have seen crows watch for run
ming foxes on such occasions for hours
at time, and as soon as fox emerg-
ed from the thick woods and let crow
get a glimpse of its body every bird
would hover over the running beast
and peck at 1t and scold 1t and show
marked evidence of bitter hatred.
Several fox hunters whom we know
make n practice of following the alert
crows when the foxes are roaming
across back lots. claiming that the
birds nre fully as reliable as hounds
and less trouble to maintaIn.-Bangor
News
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-01

After the seed corn Is thoroughly
fried out, preferably some time In the
winter, when farm work is not crowd
ing, all the ears should be examined
carefully, and a sufficient number of
the very best and largest ears should
be selected to plant next years crop.
In making this selection the grower
should carefully examine each ear, Sc
lectlng those having deep and well
formed kernels, which will give the
greatest weight of shelled corn per ear.
The imperfect kernels at the tips and
butts OF these selected ears should be
shelled off and discarded before the
ears are finally shelled for planting.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-01
i. the Dual Purpose Cow Neededs

Is the Dual Purpose Cow Neededf
From Chicago comes the report, too
often repeated, that there are not
enough good to choice" feeders to
meet the demand, and quotations are
running from 81 to $3.50 without
bringing out n sufficient supply of this
class of cattle. At the same time COM
mon stockers and grass and skim milk
calves are quoted there and at Buffalo
at 50 to $3.50. Most Of thisfpoor stuff
appears to come from the dairy dis
tricts and emphasizes the Importance
Of dairymen working into different
class OF cows from those now held In
many localities.-D. Z. Salmon In
Country Gentleman.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-01

sou can conveniently reach move your
buck.
Always plan your position so that
every time you move a stick you will
move II toward a central point which
you have selected for a pile.
Begin splitting ut the pile, work back
away from II and throw your wood to-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-01
Sorghum Poisoning.

From a Mississippi station report II
appears that hydrocyanic acid was
found in the stomach of cow which
died suddenly and IN sorghum from the
field where she had grazed. The only
plat of sorghum found to contain
traces of the acid had made the most
luxuriant growth.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-01
Hog. For the General Furmer.

| know OF no hogs which so well fill
the bill for the general farmer and feed-
er as the improved large English Berk-
shires. While they grow to very large
size, they can be fitted for the market
at any time and take on for the food
consumed as large gain as any other
breed. The large sows weigh as high as
800, those In the medium class 500 to
GOO These weights refer to animals
we'll grown and in good flesh The pigs
can be fed to 400 and 500 pounds In ten
to twelve months and when properly
handled always top the market, says a
Rural New Yorker correspondent.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-01
EEKM@.aaa4s5E
t& sf1EEpfS
sseGAKpEN
A TOMATO STANDARD.
Best Kinds Have Small seed Cnvitie
and Thick Wnlls

and Thick Walls.
Farmers will soon be making out
their seed lists. and the varieties of To-
matoes TO be grown come up for deci-
sion. Early ripening sorts are frequent
ly irregular in shape, have compara-
lively thin walls, large seed cavities
and numerous seeds. The fruit is apt
to color and ripen unevenly, remaining
green around the stem, or TO contain q
hard core. Later ripening sorts, while
not all superior to the others, have as
a rule thicker and firmer walls, smaller
seed cavities and few seeds.
The most highly developed varieties
now make few seeds and ripen evenly
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-01
FertiIizinE Tobacco.

In fertilIzing tobacco at the new Ohio
test farm the greatest total yield and
net profit were produced by fertilizer
containing nitrogen. phosphoric acid
and potassium in approximately the
ratio to each other In which they are
found in barnyard manure. The large
quantity of nitrogen required in this
application greatly increased the cost
AS n carrier Of nitrogen nitrate Of soda
appeared much more effective than
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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1906-02-01
SPLITTING BLOCK.


ward il as fast az split II you are pre-
pairing wood for market split Ii as your
customers want ii, always remember
ing that the finer it is split the more 1t
will measure and also the more II will
cost you. If you have a tough tree or
stick do not try to split it fine. but find
a customer who prefers coarse wood
If for your own use, plan differently.
The wood must be loaded on wagon
or sled and unloaded into the wood
shed and perhaps moved several times
besides. Now, your wood car be moved
cheaper II it Is in blocks as large as
can be handled easily than If 1t Is finely
split. On the other hand, there will
never be another time when it will split
as easily as now and you will be saved
the labor of moving it several times.
A section from a large forked hickory
limb makes good splitting block. The
ends Of the fork are closed, as shown
in the cut, with n piece OF plank fas-
tened with wooden pins. Do not use
nails, as the Ak will be sure to strike
them sooner or later. The triangular
inclosure holds up the partly split
pieces of various sizes, and the work
man is saved from bending over to sci
them up after every stroke. The part OF
the block where the branches join Is
hard and tough, making good base to
strike or chop upon.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-07
ROYCOTTED THIRSTS.

Terre Haute, Ind, ON the Wabash, is a large
producer of liquor. More than half the dollars
which its manufactures gather In annually are
the earnings Of dlstilleries, and, while cOnsump-
ton has never eQualled production, the home
market has always been a civic joy. No one
could ask Il more patriotic and devoted foster
ing Of the chief local industry. For the better
stimulation Of the home market Terre Haute
has always been a wide open town. Ii had, until
recently. an open minded open handed, open
hearted, altogether wide open Mayor 1t has a
council which, the encyclopaedia tells us, is
uncameral, but which seems TO us more than
that-pOsitively unique. We are accustomed to
the combination Of the close Mayor and the wide
open council 1t is usual. The cOuncilmanic
heart always beats in strong sympathy with the
counters of the "empties" But in Terre Haute
we have that anomaly, the wide open town with
wide open Mayor and a virtuOus, lid clamping
council.
A little while ago this virtuOus, unicameral
body impeached and depOsed the Mayor from
Office for not enforcing the laws. BY some proc
ess of the town charter or other instrument the
City Clerk was endued with the authority Of
chief magistrate If anybody doubted before
that there were laws in Terre Haute, his doubts
were quickly dispelled. Injunctions and man.
damuses and habeas corpuses and writs even
more recondite at once bound hand and foot
those two Mayors, deposed and superimpOsed,
SO that neither can wink an eye without rending
the legal fabric of the state and bringing courts
high, higher and highest into contempt. 1t is a
late invocation of law in a city where law has
been treated with persistent disrespect Law
seems there to be regarded as a handy weapon
in a fight, but good thing to let alone in peace
and the possession of Office. The home market
has formed political gang and run the city for
pleasure and profit. Political banking of the
kind revealed recently in Cincinnati and disas-
trousy disclosed in Chicago has been exposed
in Terre Haute, and one man is in the peniten-
tiary for it.
The best sentiment is said to sustain the
impeachers, but it maintains a gentlemanly re-
serve about it's expression, while the friends Of
the wide open policy the other night hOwled the
council to silence The lawbreakers have de
vised cruel and unusual punishment for the
law enfOrcers out Of sympathy with the depOsed
Mayor who refused to administer the laws. The
Bartenders' League has declared a boycott
against the cOuncilmen who voted for impeach-
ment! Details are lacking but to be bOycOtted
by the bartenders of Terre Haute in midsum-
mer--! Legal measures are needed. The con-
stitutiOn of Indiana should be amended to make
the purveyor Of the liquid necessities Of life a
common carrier and every mans thirst in the
eyes Of the law equal to every other mans thirst.
Meanwhile the councilmen may sustain and
brace themselves, as cOpiOusly as they can, at
the bar of public opinion.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-07
MP. CLEVELAND NOT SERIOUSLY ILL.
Recurrence of Old Trouble Confines EXPIRES
ident TO Home, However.

Illness has compelled Grover Cleveland TO
forego a fishing trip with James H. EcSels, ex-
Controller of the Currency. in Wisconsin. where
Mr. Eckels has a camp. Mr.. Cleveland returned
TO his home at Princeton, N. j.. last Wednes-
some fishing at Buzzard's Bay in company with
his friend and physician. DR.. Joseph D. Bryant,
Of this city.
He had made arrangements to meet Mr.
Eckels at Chicago and spend several weeks fish
ing in Wisconsin lakes, but on the Fourth he
was attacked with indigestion and sent this
message to Mr.. Eckeis:
Am suddenly taken ILL., Impossible to come.
Have cancelled my railroad reservation at New
York.
Mr. Cleveland was attended in his Princeton
home by DR.. John H. Carnochan, who talked
with DR. Bryant the telephone. and Thurs
day evening Or. Bryant went to see Mr.. Cleve-
land. returning to New York yesterday morning.
health yesterday but still confined to his home.
"Mr. Cleveland is suffering from a recurrence
Of Old trouble" Dr. Bryant said yesterday.
but / expect he viii make q rapid recovery
His present attack is not as severe as others he
has had in the past. My visit to Princeton was
not because Mr.. Cleveland was i'll enough to re-
quire my presence, but because wanted to talk
with him about his plans for another trip. No
attention would have been paid to Mr.. Cleve-
lands present indispOsitiOn. probably. IL il had
not caused him to give up his expected trip with
Mr. EckeS.'
Mr.. Cleveland was sixty-nine years old IN
March last. Fishing has been his favOrite rec
reatiOn for many years.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-07

nations which. as Count Toistoy complains, she Is
'savishly-we should say wisely-lmitating.
1t is poor service which this distinguished
writer and phianthropist does TO his country
ia thus sowing seeds Of discomfort and distFust.
1t would have been thousand times better had
he himself entered the DoumH and lent the great
weight OF his name and fame and the power of
his commanding intellect TO the support and
promotion Of its work Nothing could be more
disappointing or, rather cause for more regret,
than that he. OF all men, should thus stand aside
and lend not even sympathy TO so good cause.
But, despite his detection and his ratings, anu
the like attitude of Others, the work Will go on
and faith i'm human progress compels the con-
fident expectation that IL will succeed. Then the
record of Count TolstOy's relation to the regen-
Grafton Of Russia will be bitter application Of
the half bantering, half reprOachful message Of
Henry Of Navarro to the "bravest Of the brave"
We have fought great fight, my Crillon and
you were not here!'
New-York tribune., 1906-07-07
COLD STORAGE.

DR.. WileyS investigation of the system of
cold storage Of poultry and other articles OF
food is a timely undertaking, in line with the
inspection of meats at the packing houses and
with The Tribunes recent suggestion that pOul-
try might be as proper an object of inspec-
ton as beef or pork. In two major respects
the inquest will be Of peculiar interest and
will strongly appeal to mUlttudes of people
to whom some features of the food storage
business have long seemed doubtful.
1t will be of interest for example, to know,
so far as science can ascertain and tell, pre-
cisely what is the effect upon articles of food
of long storage in the cold. 1t is well known
that cold prevents decomposition of the Ordi-
nary kind. Indeed, it has been known to pre-
serve flesh in an apparently fresh condition for
very long time. But it has been an open ques-
ton in the minds Of many whether some other
changes may not occur in frozen flesh and other
objects which render them undesirable, if not
directly noxiOus. Men who would accept with
out hesitation as perfectly fresh a fowl which
had been in cold storage for many days would
look decidedly askant at one which had been
thus kept for as many years. 1t would be in
teresting and useful to know whether or not
frozen food does deteriOrate, and, if it does, Mt
about what time
Again, there is the question of drawn or un-
drawn poultry, to which DR.. Wiley is to pay
special attention. 1t is an old question. For
years it has been mOOted. There are market
men and housewives who insist that the en-
trails of a fowl should be removed as soon as
it is killed, just as are those Of a steer or
hog, and that if they are retained for any con-
siderable time the entire carcass is tainted
There are others who insist upon the contrary,
declaring that the abdominal cavity of a fowl
should remain unopened until just before it is
to be cooked. We are inclined to think that
the majority of thoughtful people take the for
mer view of the case. But it will be satisfac-
tory to have an expert scientific report upon
It, Such authoritative investigation and control
of food products will be far more hopeful of
good to the public health than a world Of aca-
fances.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-07
TIE LAMENTATIONS OF qOLSTOY.

Count TolstOy does not approve the d0ings, or
the attempts at dOings, of the Douma, and has
evidently little no sympathy with the ordered
and logical efforts Of the Constitutional Demo-
Gratis to secure for Russia an enlightened rep
resentative government. Such an attitude on
his part is not surprising. Indeed, any other at
titude might well provoke wonder. For Count
TOlstOy, in his ideaistc vagaries does not be-
lieve in constitutions or in governments, whether
mOnarchical democratic and holds that pa
triotism is the worst of crimes. He would abOl-
ish not only armies and navies. but also parIia-
ments, constitutions. laws and all boundaries and
distinctions between nations, and have the whole
world live after the manner OF the trees Of the
forest or the grass OF the field. 1t may be that
such a system would in certain conditions be
the best possible But the necessary conditions
for 1t have never existed. DO not exist, and, so
Ear as human discernment can determine, are
not likely TO exist this side of the millen-
MUM, which still stubbornly delays to come
despite Count TOlstOys eXhortations Of Every
body be gOod.'
Bur some of Count Tolstoy's specific criticisms
OF the Donna worthy of passing note, as
typical Of much Of the unreasonable criticism
which is elsewhere, and pretty widely, directed
against that body. It's proceedings, he com
plains. show nothing new, nothing original, but
only a slayish imitation Of Western methods, all
or which IS Irritating ana disgusting 10 MIN. But
the majority Of rational people Will, we are con
WINGED, regard these things which he condemns
as really the most hopeful and encouraging
features o. the whole situation. Whatever
Count Tolstoy may think, in his blind detesta-
ton OF civil authority, We must hold that such
governmental systems as those Of Great Britain.
France and the United States--ndeed. those of
the other European countries-are far preferable
TO that which has hitherto prevailed in Russia,
and that even a "slayish imitation Of them would
be great gain for the latter country. Nor is it
reasonable 10 expect Russia after so long tagging
50 FAR behind other nations in Intelligence and
IN Development Of civil institutions and in rec
Ognition of the rights Of man. suddenly - leap
TO the fore and surpass all others any more than
It would be 10 expect a child suddenly TO mani
fest more physical and intellectual strength than
a mature man. The Law OF evolution. which
rules the world. does not provide for such phe-
nomena Nations must pass from darkness
into light from tyranny into freedom. through
gradual processes, and Russia will do well II
ia the course OF many years she becomes as free,
az orderly and as enlightened as some of those
New-York tribune., 1906-07-07

increased. Their principal ports are within easy
reach from our Gulf ports and they produce
things which we need and need things which we
produce Our great commerce with Mexico and
our commanding position in Panama suggest
what we might well do In the countries which lie
between those two, and we nerd not wait, either,
for the extension OF the United States and
Mexico railroad system beyond Tehuantepec
though that will doubtless come in time. All
we need is the enterprise which we boast so
much of having, a degree of common sense in
catering to the needs and tastes and customs Of
those whose patronage we solicit and decent
degree Of forbearance in keeping filibustering
hands off those states no matter how tempting
an opportunity some local ructiOn may seem to
afford