XXVII
"TSiig
pf& il 90 GAIN ST ')■<
HENRY BIEHL
14 NORTH MAIN STRKKT,
BUTLER - F.ffJSI JSI'A
DEALER IN
Hardware and House Furnishing Goods.
Agricultural Implements,
Kramer Wagons,
Buggies, Carts, "Wheel Barrows, Braiuiner Washing Machines,
New Sunshine and Howard Ranges, Stoves, Table
and pocket Cutlery, Hanging Lamps. Man
ufacturer of Tinware, Tin
Boofing and Spouting A Specialty.
WHERE A CHILD CAN BUY AS CHEAP AS A MAN.
1850 Established 1850
E.GRIEB,
THE JEWELER,
No. 19, North Main St., BUTLER, PA..
DEALER IN
Diamonds,
Watches,
Clocks,
Jgwslry,
Silverware,
Spectacles, &c., &c.
Society Emblems of all Descriptions.
Repairing in all branches skillfully done and warranted.
1860 ESTABLISHED 1850
il—l - . . .. ,1 JL -
THIS WEEK, |
And for the next 30 days we shall con
tinue to clear our shelves of Winter
Goods to make room for
NEW SPRING GOODS.
Come early as the prices we have reduc
ed them to will move them rapid
ly as they are marked very
low. You will find some big bargains at
TROUTMAN'S.
Leading Dry Goods and Carpet House, Butler, Pa*
GREAT ~ " REDUCTION
AT
J. R. GREIB'S,
No. 10 South Main St., - 13utler» 3?a.
In Watches,
Clocks,
Jewelry,
And Spectacles.
Repairing Promptly Attended To.
SIGN OF ELECTRIC BELL.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
J. W. MILLER,
A rchilccl.
(Hiiotf 011 W. < 'oi'iitT ol Biaiuuuii.
PI aos ;uj<l sp**<M!lcations for and expen
sive buildings mad*- on short notice.
A. A. KELTY, M. D.
! Ofllce .i doors south of the Votr'ley House,
i Mam St., Rutler. Pa., on second tloor .if Kel
| terer's building. Residence on \\. Jefferson St.
_
G. ... ZIMMERMAN.
rUYHICUN ANU bUKIUUK,
Ofiler at No. ir,. S. Main street, over Frank .c
< (I'M L>l 111; Store, Rutler. IM.
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon.
Wo. 10 West Cunningham St.,
! BUTLEJR, ZE^JSTIN'.A
I
W. H. TITZEL.
! PHYSICIAN AN " SURGEON.
S. W.Corner Main mid Noilli Sis.
, ±3 U Tlliß3r6 IP-EJN JST' A.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work pertaining to tlie profession. execut
ed in the neatest manner.
Specialties :-»iold Fillings, and Painless Lx
traction of Teeth. Vitalized Air administered.
OITIrr OB J< ITi rsnn Street, one door Faut ot I.owrj
House, i'p stair*.
Office open daily, except Wednesdays and
Thursdays. Communications by mail receive
prompt attention,
jf. 8.-The only Dentist In ltutlcr using I lie
best makes of teeth.
J. W. HUTCHISON,
ATTORNEY at la W.
Ofllee on second floor of the Huseiton block,
Diamond, Hutler, Pa., Boom No. I.
A. T. SCOTT. WILSON.
SCOTT & WILSON,
ATTORNEYS-AT LAW.
Collections n specialty, omce at No. 8, South
Diamond, Butler. Fa.
JAMES N. MOORE,
Attoknkt-AT-LAW ANI> N'OTARV I'l BLIC.
office in Room No. 1. second floor of Huseiton
Block, entrance on Diamond.
P. W. LOWRY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Room No. 3. Anderson Building:. Butler, Pa.
A. E. RUSSELL,
ATTORNEY at LAW.
Office on second floor of New Anderson Block
Main St..—near Diamond.
lli A McJUNKIN.
Attorney at Law, Oftl«*e at. No. 17, Kast Jelli-r-
SOII St.. Hutler. l'a,
W. C. FINDLEY,
Attorney at Law and Real Estate Agent, of
flee rear of L. Z. Mlt< hell's office 011 north side
ol Diamond, Butler, Fa.
H. IL GOUCHER.
Attorney-at-law. Office on second floor of
Anderson building, near Court House, Butler,
Fa.
J. F. BRITTAIN.
Att'y at Law—Office at S. K. Cor. Main St, and
Diamond, Butler, l'a.
NEWTON BLACK.
Ally at Law -Office on South side of Diamond
Butler, Pa.
JOHN M. RUSSELL,
Atlorney-at-l.aw. Office on South side of Dia
mond, Buller, Fa.
C. F. L. McQUISTION,
ENUIKKEK ANI) SI KVEYOR,
OFPICK NKAit DIAMOND. RLTI.BR, FA.
( LS. McJUNKIN,
Insurance and Kcal Estate Ag't
17 EAST JEFFERSON ST.
BUTLER, - PA.
E. E. ABRAMS & CO
Fire and Life
1 N S IJ It AN C E
I neurancv Co. of North America, incor
porated 179*, capital $3,000,000 and other
(•tronif compiiaies represented. New York
Life Insurance Co., assets $'.10,000,000. Office
New Huseiton building near Court House.
BUTLER COUNTY
Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Office Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts.
Oh C. ROESSING, PRESIDENT.
WM. CAMPBELL TREASURER.
11. C. lIEINEMAN, SKCRETARY.
DIRECTORS:
J. L Purvis, Samuel Anderson,
William Campbell .1. W. Burklnirt.
A. Troutman, Henderson Oliver,
(J.C. Roessing, .lamest Stepheusoii,
Dr. W. lrvin, Henry Wbltinlre.
J. E. Taylor H. C. Heine man,
LOYAL M'JUNKIN, Gen. Ae't.
BTTT.LBR, HP-A..
FOR SALE!
1 will sell my house and lot on W. Pearl
St. The lot lias a Irontagc of tiO feet oil W*
I'earl, and the house contains four rooms,
with a good cellar.
For particulars inquire of ine at 115 W.
Pearl St., Duller, Pa.
MRS E. J. IFFT.
J. E. Kastor,
Practical Slate l{oufer
Ornamental and Plain Slating
kindsfdone on short notice.
Office with W. If. Morris, JNo.
7, N. Main St,, Residence
North Kim street,
I»utler, Pn.
THE BROOK.
Through lovolv wood and sleeping dal<-
Street murui'ring, a - when vernal gab
Float through the greening tree ,
Flow ) soft and mild, a lovely ight.
Fanned by the airy breeze
Between their hank in dreamy bIK;
Tins waves their glorious tlowrets k:
That gently, gently, wave.
' lu breaking winds tlie flower, sleep.
The floating waves watch o'er fheni keep.
And smiling sweetly, lave.
j At evening's dawn, in crimson I'ohl.
; The purple web of clouds ami gold
Across the heavens flows.
The moon, a silvery flowing gem.
! Floods bright the skies, or lights the hem.
I if waves that gleam like snows.
j The stars like daughters of the hour.
I Gleam bright upon their azure bower
1 The moon before the stud.
The uft waves glow, the grand light float.;
: On blazing waves, while softened note
Fleet o'er the silvery flood.
j Ah' In some tranquil cheerful nook
• if Life's fine blazing changeful brook
My skill I calmly turn,
| And* listen to the balmy igh .
| That but iu moonlit lives arise,
j Caressing while they burn
.We'l:l'lt Iv Sl EHLfc
, UNDER THE UON'S PAW.
I.
It was the lust ol autumn and the fir.-t
| day of winter coming together. All day
j long the plowmen on their farms had niov
jej to and fro on their wide, level fields
j through the falling snow. whii h mulled as
| it fell, wetting them to the skin —all day.
] notwithstanding the frequent . quails of
j snow, the dripping, desolate clouds, and
j the muck of the furrows, black and lenac
iotlA as tar.
I'mler their dripping harness the hoi e.)
I swung to and fro silently, with that uiar
| velons, uncomplaining patience whiih
marks the horse. All day the wild geese,
honking wildly as they sprawled eide-wiso
down the wind, seemed to be fleeing from
I at: enemy behind, with neck out-thrust
i and winj' extended, sailed down the wind,
j soon lost to sight.
Vet the plowman behind his plow,though
the snow lay on his ragged great-coat, and
the cold, clinging mud rose on his heavy
boots, lettering biin like bim gyves, w til -
led iu the very beard of the gale. Vs they
passed, the snow, ceasing to melt, lay
along the plowed land lodged in the depth
of the stubble, till on each slow round the
la. t furrow stood out black und shining as
jet between the plowed laud and the gra\
stubble.
Arhen night began to fall, and the geese,
llying low, began to alight invisibly in the
near cornfield, Stephen Council was at
work "finishing a land." lie rode, on his
sulk}' plow when going with the wind, luif
walked wheu facing it. Sitting bent and
cold but cheery under his slouch hat, he
talking encouragingly to his four in-hand
'•Come round there, boys!—round agin'
We got t' finish this land. Come in thrrr,
liau. Stiddy, Kate! steady! Vone <»' y'r
tantrums, Kitty! It's purlyinugh, but got
abe did. Tehl ' tchl' Step along, Pete •
Don't let Kate get y'r single-tree on the
wheel. Once more!"
They seemed to know what In; meant,
and that thl.i was the la-,1 round. lor they
worked with greater vigor than before.
"once more, boys, an' -ox I oats and a
nice warm stall, and sleep l"r all."
By the time the last Inrrow was fin the
land it was too dark to ee the house, and
the suow changed to rain. The tired and
hungry man could see the lighf from the
kitchen shining through the leat'le- hedge,
and lifting a shout, he yelled, "Supper fr
half a dozen!"
It was nearly eight o'clock by the time j
lie had iiuished his chores mid started lor
supper, lie was picking his way eareftilh
through the mud, when the tall form of a
man loomed up before him with a pieinon
itory cough.
"Waddy ye want'" was the rather start
led question of the farmer. .
'•Well, ye see," began the stranger, in
a deprecating tone, "we'd like t' get in fr
the night. We'vo tried every house I'r the
two miles, but they hadn't room fr us. My
wife's just about sick, V the children are
cold and hungry—"
' Oh, y'want-a stay all night, ehf"
"Yen, sir; it nd be a great accom—"
"Well, I don't make it a practice ter
turn anybiiddy away hungry, not on sech
nights as this. Drive right in. We ain't,
got much, but sech as it is—"
But the stranger had disappeared. And
soon his steaming, weary team, with droop
ing heads and swinging single trees moved
past the well on the block beside the path.
Council stood at the side of the ".-ehoouer"
and helped the children out- two little
lialf-sleoping children—and then a snmll
woman with a babe in her arm.'.
"There you go!" he shouted jovially to
the children. ".Voir we're all right. Rnn
right along to the house there, an' tell
Mam Council y* wants sumpthin' t' eat.
Bight this way Misses —keep right otf to
the right,, there. I'll go an'git a lantern.
Come," he said to the dazed and Li lent
group at his side.
"Mother," he shouted, iu he ncared the
fragrant and warmly lighted kitchen,
"here are some wuyfarers an' folks who
uced sumpthin't' cat au a place to snooze "
he added, pushing them all in.
Mrs. Council, a large, jolly, rather coarse
looking woman, took the children in her
arms. "Come right in, you little rabbits.
Most asleep, hey? Now, here's a drink o'
milk Pr each o' ye. I'll have some tea iu
a minute. Take oil'y'r thing and set up t'
the fire."
While she dot the children to drinking
milk, Council got ont his lantern and went
to the barn to help the stranger about his
team, where his loud, hearty voice could
be heard as he came and went bet ween
the hay mow ami the stall
The woman came to light a; a small,
timid and discouraged looking woman, hut
still pretty in a thin and orrowful way.
"Land al.es! an'you'ye traveled all the
way from Clear Lake t'day in this mud!
Waal, Waal! No wonder you're all tired out.
Don't wait for the men. Misse " She hes
itated, waiting for the name.
"Haskins."
"Misses Haskins, set right up to the ta
ble an' take a good awig o' that tea, while
I make j'' gome toast. It's green tea, an'
it's good. I tell Council as I git older I
don't seem to enjoy Young Bysou n'r Gun
powder. I want the reel green tea, jest as
it conies ofl'n the vines. Seems C have
more heart in it. some way. Don't s'posc
it has. Council says It's all in m' eye."
Going on in this easy way, she soon had
the children tilled with bread and milk and
the woman thoroughly at home, eating
some toust and sweet melon pickles, and
sipping the tea.
"See the little rats,' she laughed at the
children. "They're full as they can tirk
now, ail" they want to go to bed. Now,
don't git up. Misses llaskin.-; set where
yon are. u' lot me look after 'cm. 1 know
all about young ones, though I'm all alone
now. Jane went and married last fall.
But, as I tell Council, it's lucky We keep
our health. Set right there. Mi ae. Hie
J kills, 1 Wtui t have you blir a lingei
It waa au unmeasured pleasure to sit
I Jtiere ill the w arm, homely kitchen, Ihe
jovial chatter of the housewife din ing out
and holding ai bay the growl ol the impo
font, cheated wind.
BUTLFR PA FRIDAY. A PHI I, 1, !3'o
The little woman's eye« filial with tear !
which IVII down upon tin- sleeping lmln
in her arm . The world s not tj«» hope
Ie - . desolate and mlil alter Ail.
"Now, 1 hope Council won't lop out I
there and talk politic."- nil night. lit' * the
■ grealct mail to talk pohtii ami read the
Tt ibmf . How .>l,l fa it/"
She broke otf and peered *■ down ul tin-j
! face of babe.
| "Two month- and lifH days," said I lie |
j mother, with a mother's exactuos .
"Ye don't say? The dear little pudgy \
wtnlzy," she weut on, stirring it up in the j
! neighborhood of the ribs with her fat fore i
! finger.
I "I'ootv tough on you, to go gallivautin'
across lots this way.
"Ye , that's ... a man can't lift a inoun- |
• i tain,'' iaid Council, entering the door, j
| "Sarah, thi is \lr. liaskins, from Kansas
! llr' been e't up and drov out by rras. hop I
; pern."
[ "iiiad to ,cc ycli I'a, empty that wa.li |
; ha in and give him a chance to wash
Itii-I.in wat a tall man, with a thin.
! gloomy faci- lli-t hair was a reddish
! brown, like hi; coat, and eemod equally
j faded by the wind and ■ nil. And his al
I low I'rtec, though hard and it, «a palhct
ie somehow. ioil would have tell that he
I h id suffered much by the liue of his mouth,
showing under hi i thin, yellow mustache.
! "Hain't Ike got home, Sally?"
J "Hain't seen 'iin."
• Waal, -et right up, Mr. Ha. Kin . wade
' right into what we've got; tain't mneh.bnt
we manage to live on it —. he. gits fat on
. it," lanirlied Council, pointing In thumb i
at his wife.
After supper, while the women put the
children to bed, Ha kin and Council went
on talking, eated near the huge cooking
■tovo r the a team rising from their wet
clothing. In the western fashion, Coun
cil told much of his life as ho drew from
his guest. He asked but few question :
but by and by the story of Ha kin .' terri
hie trugglos and defeat came out. The
story was a terrible one, but lie told it
quietly, seated with his elbows -in his
kuees, gazing most of the time at the
hearth.
"I didn't like the looks of the country >
anyhow." Hawkins said, parity rising and
looking at his wife. "I was Used t' north- I
ern Ingyanie, where wo have lots o' tim
ber n' lota o' rain, an' 1 didn't like the
looks o' that dry prairie. What galled me
the worst was going ci tar awa.i aerost so
much line laud layin' all through here va
cant." i
"Aud Ihe hoppers eat ye four years hand
runnin', did theyf
"Kat! They wiped us out They chaw
ed even thing that was green. They jest
set around waitiu' for us to die to eat us,
too. My Hod 1 I used to dream of 'em sit
tin'rnnnd on the bedpnt working their
jaws They eat the fork handles. They
got worse and wm\.e, till they jc.t rolled 1
on one another piled up like snow in win
ter. Well, tain't no Use; if I was to talk I
all winter ! couldn't help thinkin' of r.l] <
Mist land back here that mdniddy was usiu' i
L'-*~ T ought ft had, 'stead o' bein' out
there in that cussed country." I
"Waal, why didn't ye stop here and set
tle?" asked Ike, who had come in and was
eating his supper. * j
"Fer the simple reason that you fellers <
want ten'r tifteen dollars un acre lev the i
bare land, and I hadn't no money fer that
sort (>' thing. i
"Yas, I do my own work," Mrs. Council
was heard to say in the pause that follow
ed. •'l'm gef.tin" pnrty heavy ter be on
my laigs all day, but we can't afford t' hire,
so I keep rackfn' round sunihow, like a
foundered horse. S'lauie—l till Council
he can't how lame I am, fer I'm jest as
lame in one laig as t'other." And the good
sonl laughed at tho joke ori herself, as she
took a handful of floor and dusted the bis
enit board to keep the dough from sticking.
••Well, I hain't never heen'very strong,"
aid Mir liaskins "Our folks were Can
adians, and small-boned, and then since
my last child 1 hain't got up again fairly.
I don't like to complain - -Tim baa about
all he can hear now- hut they was days ■
when I jest wanted to lay right down and
die."
"Waal now, I'll toll ye," Council
trout his side of the stove, silencing every i
li<«ly with his good-natured roar, "I'd go
down and see liutler, anyway, if I was
yon. 1 guess he'd let you have bis place
purty cheap; the farm's all run down. He's
biu ansiou . to let to some buddy next year.
It 'ud be a good chance for you. Anyhow,
you go to bed and sleep like a babe. I've
got some plow in' to do, anyhow, ail' we'll
see if soinethin' can't be done about your
ease. Ike, yon go out and see if the horse
is all right, and I'll show the folks to bed."
When the tired husband and wile were
lying under the generous quilts of the spare
bed, liaskins listened a mom»iif to Un
wind in the eaves, and then said with a
.slow and solemn tone:
•There are some men in this world who
are good enough to be angels, and only
have to die to be angels."
11.
Jiiu Butler was one of those men called
in the west "land poor." Early iu the his
tory *>f Hock river he had come into the
town and started in the grocery business in
a small way, occupying a mall building iu
a mean part of the town. At this period
of his life he earned all he got, and was up
early and late, sorting beans, working over
butter, and carting his goods to and from
the station Hut a change came over hiui
at the end of the second year, when lie sold
a lot of land for fonr times what he paid
for it. From (hat lime forward he believed
in land peculation a ? the surest way of
i getting rich. Kvery cent, ho could save or
spare, from his trade he put into land at
forced sale, or mortgages on land, which
were "just as good a. the wheat," he was
accustomed to say.
Farm alter farm fell into his hands, until
he was recognized as one of the leading
! land owners of the county. His mortgages
' were scattered all over Cedar county, and
as they slowly buj, surely fell in, he sought
usually to retain the former owner as
tenant.
lie was not ready to foreclose; indeed he
had the name of being one of tho easiest
men in the town. He let the debtor off
again and again, extending the linic when
ever possible.
"1 don't want your land," he said. "All
I want, is the interest on my money—that's
all. Now, if y' want to stay on the farm,
why, I'll give y' a good chance. 1 can't
have the land layin' vacant." And in
I many cases the owner remained as tenant
' In the meantime ho had sold liii store;
> be couldn't: pend time in il. he was main
I ly occupied now with lilting around town
ou rainy days, smoking and go sin' with
the "boys," or in riding to and from his
farms. In fishing tiuie lie fished a good
deal. Doe Crimes, Ben Ashley and Cul
Coeatlivn w ere his cronies on these fishing
excursions or hunting trips iu the time of
chickens und partridges. In winter they
went to northern Wiscon iu to shoot deer
i In pit. of these si ~of easy life, Butler t
persisted iu aying he "hadn't money j
enough to pay taxes on his laud," and was I
careful to canvey Ihe impression that lie j
• was poor in spite ol iiis twenty farms. At !
one time he was said to he worth fifty ■
thousand dollars, but. land had been a little I
slow of sale of late, .o that he was not
: worth so much. A fine farm, known a
ihr Higley plac. had fallen into hi- hand
! in the u=,;al way the previons year, and he
| had not been able to find a tenant for it.
l\ior Iligley after w..rkiug him elf nearly
i to ilt-ath on it, in the attempt to lilt the
mortgage had gone oft lo Dakota lenuv
ihe farm and his curse Roller
This was the I.n in which Council aih i.-d
Hawkins to apply for, and the next day
! Council hitched up hi-- team and drove
; down town to see I'.utler.
■ Von jest lum me do the talkin'," he
i said. "We'll lind him wearing out his
j pants on some alt barrel s.miowears; and
, if he thought you wanted a place, he'd
j <tck it to you hot and heavy. Von jest
i keep quiet; I'll fix "im."
Kntler was seated iu Beu A hley' -tore
I telling "fish yarn ," when Council auutcr
ed in casually.
"Hello, IIul! lyin' agiu, ha?"
Hello. Steve! how goes it?"
■ lib, so o. Too dang milch rain the e
| day I thought il wa , gom' I' freeze fr
j good lust night Tight squeuk il I gil in'
■ plowin' done. How': farmin' with you
these day. 1"
' Had I 'low in' am t half done.
"It'uil he a religious idee fi you I go
out and take a hand } rself.
"1 don't half to." -iid Butler, with a
wink.
i.ol anybody oil the His ley pla.
"So Know of anybody?"
Waal, no; not eggsaekly. lie got a
relation back t Michigan who's ben hot
an' cold on the idee o' cumin' west fr some
time. Might come if he could get a good,
lay-out. What do yon talk on the farm?"
Well, Id' know I'll rent it oil -hares
or I'll rent i( money reut."
"Waal, how much money, -ay?'
"Well, say ten per cent, on the price -
*250 "
"Wall, that ain't bad. Wait on 'iin till i
'e thrashes?"
ll.i ,l.in :li tciic.l eagerly to this inijioil ,
ant que lion, but CollUcil wa I'oolly eatiU;' ;
a dried apple which he had speared out of
a barrel with his knife liutler studied j
him carefully.
•• Well, this knocks nic ont of twenty-five
dollars interest."
'"My relation 'lt ueed all lie's got t' git
his crops iu," said Council, iu tho same in
different way.
"Well, all riglii sa> wail." concluded
Butler.
"All liiiht, thi- II.e man. Hawkins,
this is Mr. liutler -no relation to Beu —
the hardest working man in all Cedar
county."
' on the way home Baskins said: "I
'ain't milch better off. I'll like that farm;
it a good farm, bet it's all run down an'
so 'in I I conld make a good farm of it if
I had half a show. But I can't stock it n'r
seed it."
"Waal, now, don't you worry," roared
Council, in his ear. "We'll pull y" thro'
somehow till next harvest, ilr'3 agreed t'
hire U. plowed, an' you can earn a hundred
dollars piiricin' an' y' can git the -ceil o'
me, and pay me bacfTriiei: y'can."
liaskins was ijilent with emotion, but ai
last lie said: •
"I ain't got nofhin't' lire on."
"Now don't you worry 'bout that. You
jest, make your headquarters at oP Steve
Council'. Mother'll take a pile o' comfort
iu bavin' y'r wife an' children 'round. V
see Jane's married off lately, an' Ikc'i
away a good 'cal, so we'll ho darn glad 1'
have ye stop with ns this winter. Next
spring we'll see if ye can't git a start agin";
and he chirruped to the team, which
sprang forward with the rumbling, clatter
iug wagon.
"Say, looky here, Council, you can't do
this. I never saw-" shouted liaskins, iu
his neighbor's ear.
Council mured about uneasily iu lies seat,
and stopped his stammering gratitude by
saying:
"Hold on, now; don't make such a fuss
over a little thing;whcn I see a man down,
an' things all on topof'm 1 jest like t'
kick 'cm off an' help hi up. Thai's the
kind ol religion 1 got, an' it's about the ,
ouly kind."
They rode the rest of the way home iu
silence. And when the red light of the
lamp phone ont into the darkness of ihe
cold and windy night and he thought of
this refuge for bis children and wife, he
could have put his arm around the neck of
his bin ly- companion and squeezed him like
a lover; hut lie contented him elf with liv
ing, "Steve Council, you'll git y'r pay fr
this some day."
"Don't want any pay My religion ain't
run on any such small business principles."
The wind was growing colder, and the
ground was covered with a white frost, as
they turned into the gate of the Council
farm, and the children caine rushing out,
shouting, "Papa's come!" They hardly
looked like the same children who hail sat
at the table the night before. Their torpid
ity, under the influence of sunshine and
Mother Council, had given way to a sort of
spasmodic cheerfulness, as insects iu win
ter revive when laid on the earth.
liaskins worked like a fiend, and his
wife, likrf the uncomplaining woman that
she was. bore also uncomplaiuingly the
most terrible burdens. They rose eailv
aud toiled without intermission till the
darkness fell on the plain, then tumbled
into bed, every bono and muscle aching
with fatigue, to rise with the sun next
morning to the same round of the same
ferocity of labor.
The eldest, boy, 'now nine years old,
drove a team all through Ihe spring, plow
ing ami seeding, milked the cow.-, unit ilid
chores innumerable, in most ways taking
the place of a man: an infinitely pathetic,
but common ligure—this boy—on the
American farm, where there is no law
against child labor. To ee him in his
rough clothing, his huge hoot . and his
ragged cap, as lie staggered with a pail of
water from the well, or trudged in the cold
aud cheerless dawn out into the cedd field
behind his team, gave the city-bred visitor
a sharp paug of sympathetic pain. Vet
liaskins loved his boy, and would have
saved him this if he conld, but ho could
not.
l!y June the lust y ear the result of such
Herculean toil began to how on the farm.
The yard was cleaned up and sown to
grass, the garden plowed aud planted, and
and the house mended. Council had given
t.heui four of his cows.
"Take 'em and run 'cm on shares. (
don't want'a milk s'niauy. Ike's away
much now, Sat'd'ys un Suml'v -. 1 can't
tand Ihe bother, anyhow ''
Other men. seeing the confidence of
Council iu tho new corner, had sold him
tools on time; aud as he was really an able
farmer, ho soou hod uround him many
evidences of his care and thrift. At the
advice of Council he had taken the tai ili
for three year-, w*ith tlio privilege ol re
renting or buying at the end of the term.
"It's a good bargain, an' ye wiiut «•' nail
ilsaid Council. If you have auv kind
of a crop, you ian pay y'l debt an' keep
i seed an' bread."
The new hope which now -prang up in
i ibe hearts of Ba.sl.ins and his wife grew
j irreat almost aj a pain by the time the
I wide field of v.heut hefan to wave aud
■ nistlc and swirl in tile winds of July. Day
after day he would snatch a few moment
after supper to luok at it.
11 aye ye .en the win at, today Net -
. tl« he a Led olle U- lie lo e ft'olU j
app. ,
"No, Tim i ain 1 lotd time
'! "W ell, take timo no . Bef igo and |
■ ' look at il
She threw an old Imt oil her head— Toui
my' hat -and looking almost prettv in her
thin, .tail way. went out with her loi-haiid j
| to the hedge.
"Ain't it grand. Nettie? Just look at j
J it?"
H wa.- graud. Level, ru. ct here aud [
there, heavy headed, wide a. a lake, aud ,
full ofiiiulUludiiiiHis whisper - aud gleams
!of health, it" stretched away before the j
, gazers like the fabled field of the cloth ol j
gold.
i>h. 1 think- I hope we'll have a good
! crop. Tim. and oh, how food the people
| have been to us!"
"Ve*; 1 don't kuow where we'd be to
day il it hadn f been tor Council .uol to.
j wife "
"They're the bc.-f people in the world," j
j 'aid the little woman, with a great 01. of
' gratitude
"We'll be ill the held oil Monday, tor
Mire, said Ha kins, gripping the rail on
j Ihe fence a> if already at Ihe work of the
I harvest
Tho haiVe-t . a 111 13 boiinteou«, gloriou . I
bill the winds caine and blew it into tan
gb in.l the rain m atted it here ni l there i
c|.' eto the gioun.l, iucrc i ing Ihe Woi t; I
; of gathering it threefold
<>h. how they toiled in Iho.-e uloriou? j
day -' Clothing dripped with .weat, arms
aching, tilled with briars, lingers raw and ■
bleeding, backs broken with the weight of
heavy bundles, lla kins and his man toiled ;
lon. Tommy drove the harvc ter, while
hi father and a bind man boa nil on the ;
machine. In this way they cut ten Itcte.i I '
! every day, and almost every night after ' i
i supper, w hen the hands went to bed Ila
kins returned to the field and shocked the j <
hound grain in the light of the moon, j 1
: Many a night he worked till hi. auximi I'
wife caiue out to call him in to rest and 1
| 1 11 licit I
Utile same time she co,.kcd tor the i
men took tare of thu children,xva ,hed and
ironed, milked the cows at night, made
tlie batter and soim.tiin.cd fed the horses 1
and watered tluni, wliilc her husband kept '
at ihe shocking. No slave iu the Roman '
gal Iris conhl have toiled so frightfully and 1
lived, for thi -man thought himsclfa free
man. and tli it he was working for his v. ife '
und babes
When he sank into his bed with i deep 1
grouti of relief, too tired to change bis
grimy, dripping clothing, lie tell he was
gel tin;- nearer and nearer to a home of hi,
own, and pushing tho wolf of want i little
further from his door.
There is Uo de qlair so deep as the dr
spair of a liomelefgi man or woman. To
roam the roads of the coiiutry, or the
streets ot ihe cily, lo feel there i no iod
of ground on which the Icet can rest, to
halt, weary aud hungry outside of lighted
windows, and hear laughter and song with
in—lhe3C are the hungers and rebellions
! that drive men to crime and women lo
shame.
It was the memory ol I his loneline .
and the fear of its coming again, that spur
red Timothy liaskins, aud Nettie, his wife
to such ferocious labor during that first
j year.
IV.
M, yes; 'm, yes; first-rale, said But
ler, as his eyes look in the neat garden,
the pigpen, and the well filled barn yard.
"Yon're git'n quite a stock 'round yer.
Done well, eh'"
"Yes, I've laid out a good deal of won <
( y during the last three years. I've paid
out three hundred dollars for fencing."
"Hm —li'in' I see," aid Butler, while
liaskins went on:
• The kitchen there cost two hundred,
the barn ain't cost much in money,but I've
put a lot of lime on it I've dug a new
well, and I—"
-Yes, yes, I see! You've done well.
Stock worth a thousand dollars," said liut
ler, picking his teeth with a straw.
"About that," said liaskins, modestly.
• We begin to feel 's if we wuz git'n a home
for ourselves; but we've worked hard. I
lell ye, v.c begin lo feel il. Mr. Butler, and
we're going lo begin to ease up purty soon.
We've been a plunniu' a trip back lo 10-r
folks after the fall plowin's done."
"Fggs actly!" said lbrtlor, who wa:;
evidently flunking of something else. "I
suppose you've kine o' kalkalated on lay
iug hero three years more?"
"Well, yes. Fact is, 1 think I kill buy
the farm this fall, if you'll give me a rea
sonable show."
•I in—in' hat do you i ill a rea an able
show
"Waal, say a quarter down and three
years' time."
Butler looked ai the liugo tacks ol
wheat thai filled tho yard, over which the
chickens were fluttering and crawling,
catching grasshoppers, arid out of which
the crickets were singing innumerably. Ue
smiled iu a peculiar way us be said, "Oh, 1
won't be hard on yer; but what did ycr ex
pect to pay for the place? '
"Why, about what you offered it for bc
toro, $2500, or possibly the $3000," he add
ed, quickly, as he saw the owner shake his
head.
"This farm is worth five thou.-and and
live hundred dollar said Butler, in a
careless but decided voice.
•What!" almost shrieked the astounded
liaskins. "What's that.' Five thousand,'
Why, that's double what you offered il lor
three years ago.'
"Of course; and it's worth it. 11 was all
run down then; now it's in good shape.
oii've laid out fifteen hundred dollars iu
improvements, according !o your own
story."
"But you had nothing to do about that.
• It's my work and money."
"Von hot il was; but its my land."
"Hut what's to pay 1110 for all.'"
"ain't yon had the use of Vin*" replied
liutler, smiling calmly info his face.
liaskins wan like a man struck on the
head with a sand bag; he couldn't think,
he tamniored as he tried to say: "Hut—l
never get the use You'd rob rue. More'n
that, you agreed—you promised that 1
could luiv or rent at the end of three years
at—"
"That's all right. Hut I didn't say I
would let you carry off the improvements,
nor that I would go on renting the farm at
two-fifty. The land is double in value, it
don't matter how; it don't enter into the
question; an' now you can pay me live
■ hundred dollars a year rent, or take, it ou
your own term at. li fry five hundred, or—
git out."
He waj turning away when Oaskins. the
sweat pouring from his face, fronted him
saying again.
"lint you've done Dolhiug to uiuU il ,o.
oi, hai nt added a cent. 1 put it all there
myself, expectin' to buy. 1 worked an'
sweat to improve it. I was working for
uiyselt and babe
"Well, why didn't you buy when 1 oiler
ed io sell/ W hat j kicking about?"
•1 in kicking about paying you twice lot
my own thiug -my otvu fences my own
kitcbed, my own garden
Batlcr laughed "You're to green to
eat. youug l'ellei Your improvement ' (
The law will sing another tune."
Cut I tm-tcd your word
'.Sever tru l anylxHly. my frieiul. lU
uli* t didn't promt e not to do this thing
U by, niJUa. don't look at nie like thul.
Don't take me for a thief. It s the law.
the re 'n! i tl.ii. Vndei.rvbody does
| it.
"1 don't ( are if they ■!.». It ilealing
i< i ( tii tin,' 1 Von take thee I hod sand
dollars of mi money. The work ot hands
iinl iti\ wife's." lie broke down at this
point, lie was npt a strong man mental
[ ly. He could lace h irdship. ceaseless toil,
| but he could not face the cold and sneering
1 lace of Potior.
• lint l don't take it." said Uutl.-r.coolly.
"All you've got to do is to go ou je.st as
you've been a doin'. or give me a thousand
dollars dowu, nud a mortgage .it feu per
i ent. on the rest."
ll.i<kin it down blindly ou a bundle
of oat. near by. and with -taring eyes and
dropping head went over the ituation.
Hi-u.i, under the lion's paw. He tclt a
horrible iiumhne . in his heart and liiubs.
fie wa hid in a mini, and there w.i nn
path out.
Puller walked iboilt, lookiug at the huge
tack . of grain, and pulling now aiul again
i lew haudfull out, shelling the heads iu
hi hand; and blowing the chaff away, lie
had an ai comraodatinfr air of waiting.
ITa. Kino was in the mid.-t of the terrible
foil of the la ,t year. He wai walkiug again I
i lhi rain and the mud behind his plow,
lie f< !l tiie dust aud the dirt ot the thresh
ing The ferocious busking time, with its
r'lifting wind and biting, cliuging snows, i
lay hard upon him. Then he thought of
his wife, lion she had cheerfully cooked
anil baked, without holiday and without
rest.
"Well. «hat do you Ihiuk of iff" iu
quired the cool. luocLiug. insinuating voice j
of Hutler.
I think you re a liar arid a thief, shout j
• d ilaskins, leaping up. "A black hearted
houn'' Puller's unile maddened him.
with a ndden leap he .aught a fork in hi.- |
bund., and whirled it iu the air. '"You'll
never rob another man. damn ye!" he
grated through Ins teeth, a look of pitiless
ferocity in his accusing eyes.
Puller shrank aud quivered, expecting
the blow; stood, held hypnotized by the
eyes ol the nuiii he had a moment before
despised—a man transformed into an
avenging demon. Pat in the deadly liush
between the lift of the weapon and its fall
there cam, a gush of faint, childish laugh
ter. and then across the raugc of his vision,
far awav and dim he saw the 'un bright
head of his baby girl, as, with the pretty
tottering run ol a two year-old she moved
across ilie grass of the door yard. His
hands relaxed; the fork fell to the ground;
his head low ered
Make out v'r deed an' luorgigo, all' git
otTn my land, an' don't ye cross ui> line
agin; if )' do, I'll kill ye."
Puller backed away from the man in
wild haste, and climbing iu his buggy with
trembling limb:-, drove off down the road,
leaiiug lla l.im nited on the sunny pile
of In ave i, bis head sunk into his hands.
Hindoo Magic—the China Duck
Trick.
In 187 M 1 wa, stopping fu the city of AI
ialiabad. near the center of India, on the
Indian Peninsular rraTiWiiy. living perfor
mance - in the Pail way Theater, say S
traveler. Kvery day a party of native jug
glers were iu the habit of visitiug our ho
tel and exhibiting Iheir skill on the plaza
in front of the building. One day I was
particularly attracted by an old Hindoo,
hi son, and danghter, who squatted down
on the ground and waited for the crowd of
sight M iis to gather round. They did not
have long to wait. When enough specta
tors had come to make the performance
profitable, the old fellow drew from the
bag that all Indian jugglers ti?e to convey
their "properties" in, a small earthenware
jar filled with tnuddy water. He first
sprinkled a few drops of water ou the
ground and then placed the jar upon three
small stones, which he also took from the
bag.
He then produced a small china duck
and gave il lo ice for inspection. 1 lonud
nothing noticeable about it lie asked me
to put it in water. I did so, and it imme
diately -ank lo the bottom. He next drew
from the bag a mall tom-tom, a little mu
sical in truiucnt that emits a drumming
sound when the Iniudle is turned, filial be
gan waving it around the jar. Instant
ly tin- duck arose lo the surface, lie told
me to touch il. I tried to do so, when the
bird again di appeared, to reappear again
and again ut the juggler's w ill. I must
confess that 1 ua< mystiGed. There was
apparently nn cause for the strange actions
of the little bird. It. was only after the
third or fourth visit of the conjuror that I
discovered the secret of the trick.
It was a particularly bright, sunny day,
and 1 had eho ;eli u place among the spec
tators -lightly nearer than the oihers were
allowed. I was behind the scenes, as it
were. While attentively watching the
trick, I noticed iu the sunshine the sparkle
of a long hair that extended from the tom
tom to the jar. The moment I saw this I
divined the juggler's secret, and I after
ward found that my theory was correct.
The jar already contained n chjna duck
precisely iiuihir to the one 1 1 ad examin
ed, saw that it was Imoyaut. Attached
to the brea t of this duck was the hair.
This hair came thiougn a tin}- hole iu the
bottom of the jar. The water was sprink
led on the ground, the lntii' was fastened
i.o that the duck could not rise to the sur
face.
As Lhe JUgglcl picked li[i luo lulu tulU it
was an easy matter for him to fasten the
end of the hnir to it by nieaus of a bit of
wm. After this was arranged you can
:ce how easily he was able to make this
counterfeit, duck bob up and down at the
word of command.— l'ottery Cu -etti
Iceberg Dust.
One of the most interesting contribu
tion of Prof. N'ordenskjold to popular sci
ence i his examination —when about 80-
N. Int.. before reaching Parry's Island, to
the northwe t of Spitsbergen—of the snow i
which covered the icebergs, and whieli
had come from !itill higher latitudes. lie
found it strewn with a multitude of minute
black particle ;, pread over the surface or
ituated at the bottom of little pits,a groat
number of which were to be . eeu on fhu
outer layer of . now; many of such particles
were also lodged iu the lower strata. The
dust, which became gray on drying, the
profe -or found to contain a large propor
tion of metallic particles attracted by the
magnet, and capable of decomposing sill
phate of copper. An observation made a
little later npon other icebergs proved the
pic ence of itiiilar dud iu a layer of gran
ular cystalliue .nou ituated beneath a
I ratnin of light fre h . now, and another
of hardened snow I pou analysis, Pi of.
Xordeiiokjold found this uiattei to be com
posed in varying proportions of metallic
iron, phosphorus n.li ill ind of
Piatohiace.i
The woman's rights advocates are try
ing to pull womeu down to a level with
men.
A pretty woman, a.) a rule,
Alay have ..ouio solid worth. .
i {lT i u pretty man s a nuisanci*.
And no good oa earth.
AGRICULTURAL.
J lie pip lovi , a little etrly grass a A well
<%?. the other animal*. and should have .
j hare
I ill sown pinach should begin to stall
11 the IM-.I ha been manured rake it over
( well.
i'ut out all of the ulil WIK>J liuui currants
Hint gooseberries and put a good shovel full
or manure around the roots of each bush.
Cut back tin- rose hashes. The roses are
Ix.riu' ou the new wood. Gire plenty of
manure. and make tl.e coil around the
bushes rich.
If the ground is not friueu yon may put
in your onion sets a* early as yon wi&li.
Onions thrive best in the spring. before the
warm, dry weather comes.
Sow the tirst crop of peas early if you
waul tl.iiu before the medium varieties
eouie in The dwarf; are the earliest. The
tuiidaid runners, which require sticking,
ale the highest lla\<-red.
Stiff (lay fils are benefitted by the
application of lime uud potash every ye«r,
Such laud h.uld be turned over late iu the
fall or early in the spring, so as to allow
(he frost to pulverise it. drain
ing is also beneficial
Or. i'oilier, of the New Vork £xpetiinent
Station, i. authority fur the statement that
u saving of one ceut a day upon the dairy
cows of New York is over 16,000,000 a
jear. This shows the importance of
economy iu feeding. The waste ou forms
i the heaviest in agricnlture.
Millet is an importaut crop, and should
be grown nmre extensively. A.? *oon as
the warm days conio on is the time for
Heeding. The ground ruay be plowed
early in the season aud well manured, us
the millet thrives best on rich soil. If
grows very rapidly and yields a large crop
of liny in a short time.
The rapid growth of au auirnal when it is
young will be an advantage .to* it later on
in life. The greatest proportionate gain
with animals is during the first year, it
the young stock is kept in thrifty, growing
condition the first two years the greater
proportion of work required to secure a
profit will have been performed.
A SrsFLOWEft TIEDGE.—A willow hedge
across the garden or ou the north side of it,
is a great protection, but while waiting for
this to grow plant three or four rows of
sunflowers across the piece. < When the
llower stems begin to grow drive some
lath iu the row about sis feet apart,bracing
the outside ones well, then stretch two or
tbiee lengths of binder-twine on each sidi»
of the row, winding them once around
each lath, and wind some cotton twine
arouud the middle pair of strands between
each duster of flower stalks to keep them
from falling or being blown down. The
seed heads must lie gathered as fast as they
ripen and open enough to show the seed,
and spread ont iu a dry cool place to dry
out thoroughly, when the seed can be
rubbed or threshed out with a light stick,
and cleaned in a fanning mill or winnowed
(ml by the wind. In the fall plow up a
few furrows on the south aide of the stalks
which are left standing through the winter:
harrow and work dowu fine and plant
onion sets at once. The hedge of uuu
-Jlasuys will catch aud hold the snow, and
so protect the~onTßa4. during the winter
that when the snow is off the
spring they will start at once into
and furnish the first early green onions.—
American Agriculturalist.
l.ard softened with kerosene until it will
just flow in summer heat, makes as good
oil for mowers, etc., as that sold by deal
era at 100 per cent, profit—much better
than some of if.
When a limb is cut from a tree it should
be as close to the body as possible. The
cut should be a smooth one, without
bruising the bark, and the cut surface
should be covered with some kind of cheap
paint, mixed with oil.
You can overfeed as well as underfeed a
colt; do neither; feedjust right Give good,
nourishing food from the start, but do not
force them They are neither hogs nor
steer.), and the early maturity business
may be overdoue il you try to force them.
Too much land means tales on that from
which only partial crops can be obtained.
It is the small plots, well manured, that
yield the profitable crops. It is more ex
pensive to attempt to secure large yiel-ls
from a tract requiring a portion of the time
to be lost iu traveling over it, than to eon
centratu all the labor on a small area.
The impression that seems to be current
to a great extent, that better butter can be
made in factories, or as they are properly
called public creameries, than iu private
dairies, is an erroneous one. It is true that
better butter is mode in factories than
there is iu many private dairies, but there
is no reason why just as good butter c&u
not be made at home on the farm as at apy
factory or public creamery
EXCELLENCE OF SAIT.
If the feet are tired or painful after long
standing, great relief can be had by bath
ing them in salt and water. A handful of
salt to a gallon of water is the right pro
portion. Have the water as hot as can be
comfortably borne. Immerse the feet and
throw the water over the leg 3 as far as the
knees with the hands. When the water
becomes too cool rub briskly with a flesh
towel This method, if used night and
morning, will cure neuralgia of the feet
Carpets may be greatly brighleted b\
fir ,L sweeping thoroughly aud then going
over them with a dean cloth and clean
salt uud water. Use a cupful of coarse
salt to a largo basin of water.
Salt as a tooth powder is better than ill
most anything that can be bought,it keeps
the teeth brilliantly white and the gum*
hard and rosy.
If after having a tooth pulled the mouth
is tilled with salt aud water it will allay
the danger of huviug a hemorrhage.
To clean willow furniture im salt and
water. Apply it with a nail brush, 6erub
well aud dry thoroughly.
\Y hen broiling steak, throw a little aalt
on the coal, aud the bla2e from dripping
fat will not annoy.
Prass work can be kept beautifully bright*
by occasionally rubbing with salt aud vip*
egar.
Wash the mica of the -toye doom with
salt and vinegar.
Salt in whitewash will make it stick bet
ter.
- if we would have powerful miuds, We
must think; if powerful muscles, wo must
labor, if sound lungs we must take Dr.
Pull's Cough Syrup Pi ice 25 cts.
For cut.; bruises, sprains, burns, scalds,
frostbites and chilblain s nothing equals
Salvation Oil. ft annihilates pain. Prise
25 cents a bottle.
-Some gentlemen's turnialaug stores
show - shirts' for ladle's wear
-It is a poor clothing dealer tint
doesn't lind excuses for a hulf a duita
spring opening
" he wore a T gown With ft
aeck," Jin. Gadabout, after the after
noon U3. And looked lite a jay,." added
jL-;. MoWaiWtb.
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