VOL. XXVIII
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
JOSEPH W. MILLER, M. D.
Physician a d Surgeon,
OtHce and residence ii 8. Main St. B'ltler,
r».
Dr. N. M. ..wOVER,
IST K. Wajae,gt, office boors. 10 to 12 M. and
I to 3 P. M.
L. M. REINSEL, M. D,
fBYSICIAJI AND SCRGEO.V.
offlce aud residence at 127 E. Cunningham St,
L. BLACK,
MITBICIAK AKU
New Troutman Knllding. Butler. Pa.
E. H. LEAKE. M. D. J. E. SIASN, M. D.
Specialties: .Specialties:
and Sur- E>e. Ear. Nose anil
{try. Throat.
DRS. LEAKE & MANN,
Butler, Pa.
G. M. ZIMMERMAN.
I-urinciAK A*l> KCASEON,
Office at No. 45. S. Main street, over Frar.k *
Co"* LH ax btore. Buiifcr. I'm
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon.
No. 22 E*al Jefferson fat., littler, Pa.
W. R. TITZEL.
PHYSICIAN AKD SURGEON.
8. W. Corner Wain and North £16., Butler. Pa,
V. KcALPINE,
Dentist,
la now ivrtiiSLti.tly located at 1M South Main
Street" Lutifr. 1 a , in rooms formerly .ccoupied
by Dr. Waldron.
J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Butler, Penn'a.
Artificial Teeth inserted cn the latest lm-
Lroved plan. <*old EHUIIK a specialty. Office
o»er Sctsul s CloUiing Store.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work pertaining to the profession." execut
ed »n Ibe neatest manner.
Specialties :—OoM Killings, and Painless Kx
tracUonof Teeth. Vitalized Air administered,
our* Je»«s«« Street, •■« <•« East «f Unrj
HOOM, CP htilr*.
Offlce open daily, except Wednesdays and
Thursdays. Communications by mall receive
prompt attention,
R. B.— Tke only Dentist In Batler Ming the
beet Mkes of teeth.
C. F. L. McQUISTION,
EM.IXKEU AMI SlKVEl'Olt,
OFVFCS KKAK DIAMOND. Brn.ua. TA.
A. B. C. McFARLAND.
Atfy at Law—Office on S. Diamond St
opposite the Court House- second floor.
H. Q. WALKER,
Altor wy-at-I.aw-Office in Diamond Block
Butler. Pit.
J. M. PAINTER,
Allot ney-at-Law.
< .fl.ee- -Between PostofTlce and Diamond, but
ler. Pa.
A. T. SCOTT,
ATTORN EY-AT-LA.W.
<>ol'* at No. 8. South Diamond, Butler. I'a.
A. M. CHRISTLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office second floor. Anderson 111 k. Main St.,
neor < < lilt IJoutte, Butler, Pa.
J. W HUTCHISON,
ATTOBNKT AT LAW.
Office 011 Second Boor of tlie llustlton block,
Diamond. Butler, Pa.. Boom No. J.
JAMES N. MOORE,
ATTOBKKT-AT-LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
Office In JUx.tn No. I. second door of Huselton
Block. entrance on Diamond.
IRA McJUNKIN.
Attorney at Ijiw.Omee at No. IT, East Jeffer
son St., Butler. Pa.;
W. C. FINDLEY,
Attorney at lew and He*l Estate Age nt. Of
Oce rear of L. Z. Mitchell's offlce on north side
ol Diamond. Butler, ['».
H. H. GOUCHER.
Attoroey-at-law. Offlce on second floor of
Anderson building, near Court Douse. Butler,
Pa.
J. p. BRITTAIN.
Atfy at Law -Offlce at 8. E. Cor. Main B', and
Diamond, Butler. Pa.
NEWTON BLACK.
Att'y at Law— South side of Diamond
Butter. Pa.
L. 8. McJUNKLV,
Insurance and Real Estate Ag'l
17 LAST JEFFERSONJBT.
DUTLER, - PA.
H LTLER COUNTY
Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Office Cor. Main & Cunningham fits.
0. C. ROESBING, Pbisidmtt.
H. C. IIKINEMAN, Skohktary.
DIRECTORS:
O. C. R>w*tln«, Il<-iid*rv>n Oliver,
J. I. furvM, James Htephemton,
A. Trmilniaa, H. C,. Helnemiui,
Alfre<l Wick. N. Welttel,
Dr. W. Irvlii, Dr. Klckenbacti,
J. W. Hurklmrt. D. T. Norrls.
LOYAL S. M'JUNKIN, Agent.
F» A
A. £. GABLE,
"V ctennary Surgeon.
Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary
College, Toronto, Canada.
Dr. Gable treats all diseases of the
domesticated animals, and m"kes
ridgling, castration and horse den
tistry a specialty. Castration per
formed withoot clams, and all otber
surgical operations performed in the
most scientific manner.
Calls to any part of the country
promptly responded to.
Office and Infirmary in Crawford's
Livery, 132 West Jefferson Street,
Bailer, Pa.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
AUGUST ist.
Great cut in pices
of all kinds of Dry
Goods, Carpets,
Wraps, Furnish
ings and all kinds
of Fancy Goods at
RITTER & RALSTON
Call in and secure
a bargain.
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ABOVE AI,U
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BUTLER, - - - PA.
HENRY BIEHL
122 NORTH MAIN STREET,
BXJTX_ID"Ec - 1= "HUM IN"'A
DEALER IN
Hardware and House Furnish in o- Goods.
reaper and steel frame biDider, Warren D'eaily mixed paint,
warrented; screen doors and windows, refrigerators and lawn
mowers.
No better place in the city to trade.
Come and see my large store TOODDD full of goods, loOi feet
long,
WHERE A CHILD CAN BUY AS CHEAP AS A MAN
, RINGS,
Tli'imnndu J EAR-RINGS,
LJlctmOlHlS ) SCARF PINS,
l STUDS,
r GENTS GOLD,
W*ltpVlP<4 J LADIES GOLD,
) GENTS SILVER
1 LADIES CIIATLAIN,
TPWpI | Gold Pins, Ear-rings,
wuVtLJI J Rings, Chains, lirDicelels, Etc,
f Tea sets, castors, butter dishes
ftil\/ViVWMIV-> •( and everything that can be
J V VV <ll lv J f oun( ] j n it firHt chtf-s store,
81DE1D IDDS. D 147 ISjswJT*
E. GRIEB,
THE JEWELER
No. 19, North Main St., BUTLER, PA.,
All Kinds of Job Work done
at the "Citizen" Office.
AX AMBER SCARF PIN.
It Brought About a Cruel Separa
tion of two Lovers.
a-ItOOT half a
year ago I left
fof/1 England for
Franco in a
y(xjP] j singularly hap-
I ■ py moo,!. I had
B * J ' just become en
£ a P c ° a
\'{LM3M ? charming girl,
j and the object
of my visit to
/Ml[ft, Paris was to
luff i\ pjß pur chase, as
(S'jl/i | M presents to my
fit . bride, a quan
ll* f'i'i' 1 ' tity of those ar
li tides so delight-
V Mr \j{( f ul to tlie * a ' r
sex which I'arLs
alone produce.-*.
We had an excellent crossing, and.
after a hasty supper at Calais. I had
got into a first-class carriage in the ex
press to Paris.
At Amiens a French gentleman en
tered the train and seated himself di
rectly opposite inc. He was in a talk
ative humor, r.nd it was not long be
fore we were • ngaged in conversation.
Five minutes later he had introduced
himself to me as the Marquis de Ker
garadec, and it was not long before I
was fully acquainted with his opinions
on the general variety of Parisian
| topics.
When we had spoken together for a
little, I noticed that he was staring at
mc in a manner that was almost offen
! sive. His eyes were fixed on my collar.
While I was wondering whether any
thing in my linen was exciting the cu-
I riositv and interest of this carefully
attired old gentleman, he bent forward
and said, iir a quiet and altered tone of
voice:
"I beg your pardon, sir, but what a
curious scarf pin that is that you are
wearing. Would you mind showing it
to mc?"
He examined it carefully, turning it
1 round and round. At last he handed it
; back to me with a curt:
"Thank you."
"It is a curious pin, is it not?" I said,
; mystified by his change of manner.
But he made no answer.
When we reached Paris I jumped into
' a cab and drove at once to the Grand
hotol. As I was leaving the bureau of
the hotel, where I had registered, to
go to the room assigned to ine, I met
the old gentleman again. He stared
hard at me as I passed, first at my face
and then at my pin.
At ten o'clock I rose, dressed, and
after breakfast started out for the bou
| levards V) visit the shop 3 I had deter
mined to patronize. As I passed under
the porch of the hotel, a man laid his
hand on my shoulder, and thrust a pa
per under my eyes.
"It is a warrant of arrest. lam or
dered to secure your person."
"I am perfectly ignorant of your
laws," I said. "What am Ito do?"
"To follow mc."
The magistrate charged with the in
struction of my "affair" asked my
name, age and profession and received
my answers with credulous indiffer
ence. He then opened a drawer in the
table at which he was sitting, took out
an object and laying it before me saiu:
"Do you recognize this jewel?''
"Certainly," I answered; "it is my
scarf pin."
"Can you tell me when and how this
pin came into your po- - -sion ?"
"It's a curious fact," I added, smiling
at the judge, "hut true, I have no idea
where that pin comes from. A few
days ago in turning over the contents
of an old [ <.rtmanuan I found this
pin. I did not care very much for its
style and can only account for it being
in my possession all by the fact that
I dressed in a very great hurry on the
evening that I left London."
"Perhaps you know when and how
you came into possession of this boolc?"
said the mu/i r.te, producing a volume
and laying i- ore me.
It was :in copy of the "Memoirs
of Abb;: deCroisy," which I had brought
Dtpr from I'm :-, with mc and had left
in my valine at the hotel.
''Yes," I sa'.jl. "I picked it up on a
bookstall on the Qnai des (irande-
Augustine aliont seven years a go. It—"
"About s -ven years ago." said the
magistrate, slowly, as if to give his
Mi i,
1 I/'
}^l|
HK KXAMI.NKD IT CAftEKULI.T.
scrivener time to get my answer writ
ten down. "Where were you living in
Paris seven years ago?"
"I don't remember. It was some
hotel in the Latin quarter."
"What were you doing?"
"I was trying Ay hand at literary
work."
The magistrate.here rose and touched
a bell. To the nslier who answered
his summons, ho pave the order to in
troduce Marquis lo Kergaradec.
It was the old gentleman who had
been my traveling companion that
morning.
"Monsieur de Marquis," said the
i: igistrate, "<lo you recognize this
I
'i•! • It Is the one which belonged
t > 1:1.) ! :te brother, Comte de Ker
garade- : I.- brought this stone from
China ai:;; it mounted in the Hue
la Paix. 1 ■ ii/..-d it all the more
readily inasmuch as the setting which
Is by no means a common one, was ex
ecuted from a design I gave him."
"Anil this book?"
"As certainly. That book belonged
to the count On the fly-leaf is a dedi
cation from the abbe to Mine, dc I'ora
nouc, our ane. stor in the time of Louis
XV. Besides, the Kergaradec arms are
on the cover."
"Quite satisfactory. These two ar
ticles were among the contents of the
valise stolen from the count, your
brother, at the hotel in Senlis on the
night he was murdered?"
"They were."
"Well, then, all that I have to ask of
you now is to sign the paper on which
rny clerk has written my questions and
your answers."
"What's all this nonsense?" I said,
when tile 'tour had closed on the old
gentleman.
"I am here to question," said the
magistrate, "not you."
"You might at least tell me of what
I am accuseiL"
"Of the willful murder of ' ount Louis
de Kcrgariulec in the hotel of the U tin
ning Stag at Senlis, on the night of
September 12, l&sl, and of the robbery
of his vali e, which contained, among
other valuu le :i. the two articles found
in your pos r sicm."
I burst out ladghing.
"Nothing else?" I said.
"Not that 1 know of," said the mag
istrate. "I in list ask von to sign this
BUTLER, PA., I'HIDAY, A I'(JUST 14. I*ol.
paper after roa tmg it- it 1. our con
versation jnst notv."
I signed, and as I "*vas leaving 1 tho
room the magistrate add -d in a most
i paternal tone:
"Yes, just try and remember how
that amber oin came into your pos
session. It will really be worth your
i while to account for it."
That evening 1 was transferred from
the depot to Mazas jaiL The first
question the magistrate asked me on
tiie following' morninj was:
"What were yoi> doing at Senlis on
! the night of September 13, 1S81?''
"I don't recollect having been there
j at all in that year."
"Very good. It is well to lie frank.
; As a matter of fact, you stayed there on
' the twelfth, as we have learned by ex
j aminitif.' th« hotel woman's register for
that year. You left the hotel on the
i morning of the thirteenth, and after
! wards disappeared. Where did you
I g° ? " , , ,
"I stayed in Paris a week aud then
went to London, where I have since
j lived."
"Well, how about that pin? Have
1 you remembered how you got it?"
j "I have been cudgelling my brain all
i night on the subject, but I cannot re
: member."
"It is unfortunate," he said. "In
fact, a number of unfortunate circum
stances are against you. liy the way,
what lias lioeomc of I'ierre Bastide?"
he asked, abruptly.
"I'ierre Hastide? I never heard that
i name before."
"Yes, IDastide. The man who was in
the hotel the same night that you were,
and who is suspected to be yonr accoft
; plice."
"Do you roallv think, Monsieur le
i Judge," I said, "that if I had murdered
! this count to rob !mn I would carry
about on my person in prominence evi
dence against myself? I know noth
ing- about this murder. I never heard
j of it."
"Your statement will be tested.
Meanwhile let m? put b.-iore you the
position in which you stand. I must
| warn you that it is a very serious one.
;On the 10th of September, 1881,
Count Louis dc Dvergaradee. an eccen
-1 trie old gentleman, arrived at the Run
ning Statf hotel. His valise, besides a
! change of linen, contained a quantity
! of bank notes and a few of the anti
| quarian treasures of the count. lie
I was a great collector of curios of all
sorts.
"On the 11th a man passing by the
name of I'ierre llastide, and describing
himself as a cafe waiter, came to the
hotel and took the room at the top of
the house. On the l'Jth you carne, and
after inspecting several rooms insisted
on having the one adjoining the one in
the occupation of the count. You re
fused supper and went to bed at a re
markably early hour.
"The next diy you left the hotel hur
riedly at five in the morning, while it
was yet dark. At eight o'clock IDas
tide came down to breakfast, ate quiet
ly, paid his bill and went away with
his knapsack on his back. At eleven
o'clock the woman of the house went
to wake the count, but was unable to
do ho. The woman, seriously alarmed,
had the door broken open, aud found
the old gentleman dead in his bed,
with his right temple fractured. All
the valuables contained in his valiso
had disappeared Suspicion immediate
ly attached itself to IDastide and to you.
You were both searched for by the po
lice, but in vain, when I>y the merest
hazard the other morning the
of the victim recognized the
in your ciavat. You will
there is at least reasonable ground fur
suspicion. l'y the way, how did you
get the money to pay your bill at the
hotel and get youF ticket to London?"
"I pawned .a gold watch which had
belonged to my father. The pawn
broker lent me ono hundred and sixty
francs on it. My bill at the hotel was
eighty francs, and my ticket cost about
thirty-five."
"At what date did you pawn this
watch?"
"It was about a week after I left
Senlis. On the twentieth or twenty
first of September."
On my third visit the magistrate re
ceived me with greater courtesy than
before. He said:
"I have examined your statement
and find you have spoken the truth.
The official record of the pawnbroker
makes mention of you having pawned
your watch. The hotelkeepcr remem
bers you; au<l, finally one of my agents
has succeeded in discovering the book
seller who sold you the 'Memoira of
Abbe de Croisy.' The only circum
stance now against you is that of the
possession of the pin."
"And that, I an sorry to say, I can
not explain to you."
"On the other l.and," continued the
magistrate, benevolently, "our inquir
ies in London have produced satis
factory results, as far as your character
is concerned. If only you could ex
plain that one obscure point I could
proclaim you innocent."
The same evening, after various for
malities, I wa:4 set free. I returned
forthwith to London, and \v#nt straight
to the bouse wheru my futiu-ee lived. I
was received by her father, who said
under the circumstances he could not
think of letting mc marry his daughter
until I had completely vindicated my
character. I turned on my heel indig
nant at this injustice, and wrote to
Clare; but the young lady left my let
ters unanswered, and when I called
to see her, during the absence of
her father in the city, she refused to
see me.
It was only three days ago that
some solution of the mystery of the
amber pin presented itself to my inind.
I was in Berlin, and was walking
down the Hehr entrasse, when I passed
a man whose faee I seemed to remem
ber, without being able at all to recall
when and where I hail seen it for the
TnjC VAI.BT RKTVK.VKD WITH A IU.ACK
TIE.
first time. Suddenly, and I should be
puzzled to say by what inspiration, I
turned round and called oift:
"Hi, I'ierre, I'ierre llastide!"
The man stopped as if struck from
behind, and looked around at me; his
face was very pale, and he was trem
bling in every part of his body. After
a second's hesitation he started off run
ning like a madman, as if his object
was to put its great distance as possible
between us two.
He was not, however, destined to run
far, fi»r iu dashing across the Fried
rlchstrasse, his haste was so blind that
he did not notice the close approach of
a heavy omnibus. From where I stood
I heard a cry, and then the man went
down under the "horses' feet, and the
great wheels rolled over his body.
The next morning I read In the Tage
blatt that the ucr»o;i who hud been run
over in the t neilrielistrasse was a
Frenchman who had been a resident in
Berlin for seven years, where he had
acted as valet in several houses, pass
ing under the name of Michael Dor'.at.
Immediately after this accident he had
l>een carried to the hospital, u here he
had died in the eve ninsr. Before dying
he had been able to state that his real
name was Tierre Bastide, adding that
he wished to make confession of some
crime to the pr >per authorities. Before
these, however, could attend the man
died. Among other houses where this
valet had served was mentioned that of
a certain Dr. II , where he had
stayed three year-..
"Dr. II -!" I cried, jumping to my
feet; "but I know that house. I dined
there- five years when I was over
in Berlin, as correspondent to the ••
Let me think. Ah! 1 have it now."
My memory recalled in a wonderfully
vivid manner the event which happen*!
five years before. I saw the whole
mystery in a flash.
I had brought an introduction to Dr.
H from a mutual friend in London,
and, not having been able to see him
on the day I called, left it with iny card
Th* next morning 1 received a tele
gram from the hospitable doctor, in
viting me to lunch at his house that day.
The telegram found me in bed, and it
was then only twenty minutes of the
hour fixed for the lunch. I jumped out
of bed, dressed in haste, and drove off
to the doctor's house. As I was giving
my hat and coat to the valet in the
ante-ehsiiiber, I noticed that the man
wa> staring at me in a curious way.
"What are you staring at me like that
for?" I tried irritably.
"I b-g monsieur's pardon," said the
valet, with all the politeness of his
countrymen; "but if monsieur will look
in the g~ ass.
"Dear, dear," I cried, when I had ex
amined myself, "I was in such a hurrj*
I havo forgotten my cravat. What
shall I do? I say, my good fellow,"
this to the valet, as I handed him a
thaler, ''you must have plenty of ties
to spare; run and get me one out of
your room. Anything will do, so long
as it looks tidy."
The vj.let hastened off, and presently
came back with a black tie, a ready
made sailor's knot, very stiff and
large. I put it on hastily, and giving
the man another piece of inon-'y. aske l
him if I might keep it to go home in.
"Oh, certainly," he said, "monsieur
has given its value twice over."
Having a repulsion for other people's
wearing apparel. 1 had taken it off as
soon as I reached my hotel and llung it
into my portmanteau. It was the same
portmanteau in which, several years
later, I had found the scarf pin which
had got me into such trouble.
I imagine that the pin had slipped
1 down between tiie cardboard frame
work of the tie and its silk cover, and
that Bastide thought it lost when he
gave me his black sailor's knot lu
flinging it into my trunk the pin must
have fallen out, to remain undisturbed
until that unlucky day.
Unlucky? Well, yes, inasmuch as
what ensued brouV'it about this cruel
separation betwe.-ri Clara and myself.
Perhaps, though, a girl who could cast
off a lover, as I was. on such a sus
picion is not v.-oi ih troubling about. —
B. F. liarnes. in Yankee Blade.
THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Dimension* of the llnlldlng'ri Various I>e
partment i.
The entire length of the national cap
fl building from north to south Is 751
t 4 inches, and its greatest dimension
m east to west Jl5O feet. The area
covered by the building is 153,112 square
feet. The dome of the original central
building was constructed of wood. This
was replaced in lssfl by the present
structure of cast iron. It was complet
ed in 1865. The cntiro weight of Iron
used is 8,009,200 pounds. The dome is
crowned by a bronze statue of Freedom.
It is 19 feet 0 inches and weighs 14,985
pounds. It was modeled by Crawford.
The height of the dome above the base
line of the cast front is 237 feet 5 inches.
The height from the top of the balus
trade of the building is 217 feet 11
inches. The greatest dipmcter at the
base 135 feet 5 inches. The rotunda is
95 feet C inches in diameter, and its
height from the floor to the top of the
canopy is ISO feet 3 inches. The senate
chamber is 113 feet 3 inches in length
by 80 feet 3 inches in width and 36 feet
in height. The galleries will accommo
date 1,000 persons. The representatives'
hall is 139 feet in length by 93 feet in
width and SO feet in height.
When X.lfe !i Kxtlnet.
The French Academy of Sciences ten
or fifteen years ago offered a prize of
one thousand six hundred pounds for the
discovery of some means by which even
the inexperienced might at once deter
mine whether in a given ease death had
ensued or not. A physician obtained
the prize for having discovered the fol
lowing well-known phenomenon. If
the hand of the suspected dead person
is held toward a candle or other arti
ficial light with the fingers extended
and one touching the other, and one
looks through the spaces between the
lingers toward the light, there appears
a scarlet red color where the fingers
touch each other, due to the blood still
circulating, it showing itself through
the tissues which have not congesy-d.
When life is entirely extinct the phe
nomenon of scarlet space between tho
fingers at once ceases. The most ex
tensive and thorough trials established
the truth of this observation.
Cloti.l i'.totograpliy-
A great deal of remarkable data,
which is of immense value in the prep
aration of weather forecasts, has lately
been compiled from an investigation of
cloud photograph- . The range of ol>-
scrvations extend I from clouds float
ing less than one and a half miles high
in air moving at seven miles an hour,
to nine miles ab >ve the ground in gales
blowing sixty-live miles an hour, while
the surface wind was only a gentle
breeze of five miles an hour.
Speaking from K*perlenee.
An old country gentleman, returning
home rather late, discovered under his
kitchen window a yokel with a lane
tern, who, when asked his business
there, stated that he had only come a
conrting.
"Come a-wliat?" said the irate gentle
man.
"A-conrting, sir I'se courting Ma
ry"
"It's a lie!" exclaimed the old gentle
man. "Whatdoyou want a lantern for?
I never used one when I was a young
man."
"No, sir," was tho yokel's reply, "I
don't think yer did judging by the
missis!"- Jury.
A Married I.ook.
Mrs. Grtimps Your friend, Mr. llald
pate, did not mention his wife tin- whole
evening.
Mr. Grumps—Wife? He's an old bach
dor.
"Well, I declare! I took it for granted
he was married."
"Why?"
"Oh, I don't know. He has a sort of
married look somehow."
"He used to live out west, anil once
he was treed for three days and three
nights by a grizzly."—N. Y. Weekly.
Hi* Age.
Attorney (to witness) What Is your
age, sir?
Old Iteau - What has that to do with
this case'.'
"I insist upon an answer."
(After a pause) "I was just five years
old at the breaking out of the war."
"What war?"
(With extreme reluctance) "The
Black hawk war." < hieago Tribune.
A FORTUNATE ESCAPE.
How an Imprisoned Trawler Was Saved
from a Lion.
An affent for a IlaTnbnrg firm that
deals in wild animals was riding' on the
bank of a Transvaal stream, says
Golden Days, when his horse suddenly
reared and threw him, and then ran
away. The man picked himself up,
only slightly bruised, and was calling
to the fleeing horse, when a monster
lion rose up from liehind a bush. Tho
agent's rifle had been strapped to tho
saddle and his revolvers were in tho
holsters on the horse's back, so there
was nothing to do but run. Luckily
there was an opening in the rock-, close
! by and in this he squeezed himself.
The hole was irregular and ran back
nearly eight feet, but was too narrow
for the lion to enter, and he could not
reach the intended victim with his
paws. When he found the man beyond
his reach, he grew furious and growled
and bit at the rocks. The agent at first
rather enjoyed the situation, feeling
that his fortress was secure, and
taunted the lion by shouting and kick
ing at him. The camp was only six
miles distant, a search would soon be
made for him, and the lion would lie
down presently for a nap. so the man
argued: but the lion had other views.
Hour after hour passed, no help came,
and the lion did sleep, but right in front
of the opening. The agent assuaged
his thirst by licking the damp rocks, but
was terribly cramped and now quite
anxious, liut deliverance came in an
unexpected form. Another lion hap
pened that way, and in two minutes a
terrliie battle was in progress. The
agent listened to the sounds of combat
until they finally ceased, and then care
fully caine out and made a bee-line for
the camp. Next day both lions were
found dead a few rods from the rocks.
A VALUABLE OPINION.
It Itrou»lit a I. iirver a C'omiortablf For
tune.
The late A. T. Stewart was harassed
by a certaiu treasury decision which
vastly increased his payments of duties.
His lawyer, says the New York Press,
called one day about another matter.
! Stewart -poke in an exasperated way
about the treasury decision.
"Let me see the decision," said the
lawyer. After reading it through he
j said:
! "This law speaks of 'all-silk' gar
ments. Why don't you have a thread
of worsted run into these goods when
they are made abroad?"
"Will that come with fa the new law?"
asked the great merchant.
"Certainly."
"How much do you want for that
opinion?" asked stewart a few months
later.
"Fifty thousand dollars," said the
lawyer. And he .tit. He was mod
est, too, but a ilolk-.r wtfnt further in
i those days than it does now.
Stewart years after told his legal ad
viser that the casual suggestion made
that day had been worth over one mil
lion five hundred tho; and dollars to
the merchant.
So the fifty thousand-dollar fee was
not high.
A lComantlo Marriage.
Twenty years ago a young Chicago
couple were engaged to be married, but
the groom's parents interfered, because
of his age, and sent him west with th»
understanding that if at the end of two
years he was able to support a wife he
might marry. In the meantime, how
ever, the young lovers were not to cor
respond He prospered, and at the ap
pointed time communicated with the
girL He misdirected the letter, how
ever, and it never reached her. He in
terpreted his failure to receive an an
swer as a rejection, but eventually he
received his own letter through the
dead letter office, and he then under
stood the situation. Not hearing from
him the girl naturally thought he had
lost affection for her, and married
another suitor. Ilcr husband died three
years ugo, and her first admirer, learn
ing this, wrote his old love with the re
sult that they were married at his home
in Rochester, Minn., one day recently.
He is one of tho richest men in his
town.
A Snake'n Big I'mlertaklng.
A negro woman in Georgia hoed cot
ton until midday, and then lay down
for a nap in the shade pf a tree. sho
was barefooted. Suddenly a tickling
sensation in one of her big toes dis
turbed her slumber. She looked sleep
ily in that direction, and saw a sight
that made her teeth chatter. A huge
blacksnake had swallowed the toe, and
was acting' as though he proposed to
swallow the rest of her. As she gazed
along the sleek back of the undulating
serpent he denied so long that his tail
was below the horizon. When she re
covered from her temporary paralysis
she arose liko a skyrocket tired slant
wise, and disappeared in the pine tim
ber with a blood-curdling shriek. After
being jerked through tho underbrush
for a few roils the snake let go.
Tho I'atient C!il:ien.
A wonderful example of patience in
the Chinee is afforded by a consular re
port dealing with the manufacture of
f>alt in central China. Holes about six
Inches in diameter are l>orrd in the
rock by means of a primitive form of
iron drill, and sometimes a [>criod of
forty years elapses before the covered
brine is reached, so that the work is
carried on from one generation to an
other. During this time the boring, as
may be imagined, goes down to an im
mense depth. When brine is found it
is drawn up in bamboo tubes by a rope
working over a large dntm turned by
bullocks. The brine is evaporated in
iron caldrons, the heat being supplied
by natural gnn, which is generally
found in the vicinity of the salt wells.
I'luuti of tho World.
The flora of ICurope embraces about
10,(100 species. India has about 15,000.
The British possessions in North Amer
ica, though with an area nearly as largo
as Europe, have only aboflt 5,000. One
of the richest floras is that of Cape of
Qood Hope and Natal, which figures; up
about 10,000 sjK-eies. Australia also Is
rich in species, about 10,000 being now
known.
Brutal.
She—lt is better to have loved and
lost than never to have loved at all.
He Yes. It is better for the florists,
for the jewelers, and sometimes even
for the lawyers. Harper's Bazar.
TROniLKK OF A YOI'SO I!,\KK.
J *|g
Grandmamma You seem very solemn
this morning. Johnny what's the mat
ter?
Johnny- I'm in trouble, grandma.
Jennie Jackson says I've trifled with ,
her affections, and she's going to have
me arrested if I don't marry her, and j
the fact is I love another girl.—Mun
sey's Weekly. '
USEFUL BARREL TRUCK.
An Implement Whteh i;vUeve» the Fans*
<rr of Much Hard Work.
Hut few of the smaller implement*
for use on the farm relieve the farmer
of so much hard work, besides turning
burdensome labor into such fun that all
the farm hands are ever ready to take a
turn at it, as the swill carriage shown.
1 built mine from one like it owned by
a neighbor and anybody can make one,
if handy with tools. It is merely a
barrel on wheels, arranged so it can be
easily dumped. The barrel on mine is
a cognac barrel 2S inches high and 19
inches in diameter. The handles A are
4 feet long, the feet U -J feet, the posts
C 4 feet and the bottom brace F in Fig.
2 2 feet long. The brace 1) crosses the
frame from the left arm to the right
post and vice versa as do alsr> the pjst
braces E. in Fig. 2. I have a loose lid
|
to prevent slopping and it rests on these
braces when not in use. The wheels
ary the old hind wheels of a carriage.
The junction of the handle with the
post is 13 inches from the bottom of
the post and the Junction of the foot
with the arm l'J inches from the post.
The length of the slots G in the posts
is 10>j inches, the distance of these
slots from the top of the post 17 inches
and the distance of the axle from the
I bottom of the post 14 inches. These
slots are so fixed that in emptying the
barrel into the tank on wheels it tips
over as shown by the dotted lines in
Fig. 1, until the top rests on the big
barrel. Then, if the swill is not all
out. lift up on the lower end of the
fit
fl> •
cart barrel and the pegs ou which It
rests, 11 11 in Fig. 2, will slip easily in
the slot. and all the contents will be
entirely discharged into the barrel on
the ground, thus doing away with all
dipping to get the barrel empty. The
axle is fastened on the sides of the
posts with blocks, thus preserving the
strength of the posts at that point, see
Fig. 8. The wooden pins in the bar
rel, II II in Fig. 2, are below the center
to raal; • the barrel dip easily and the
honk at the top of the barrel, as shown,
keeps it from tipping over when being
wheeled. The length of the axis be
tween the hubs is 25 inches.—Jacob
Wyckoff, in N. K. Homestead.
KEEPING SOIL LEVEL.
K Will l're.rrve It In Good Condition for
Succeeding Crop*.
One advantage in keeping the soil
reasonably level in finishing up the cul
tivation of the crops is that it leaves
the soil in a much better condition for
the succeeding crop*.
This is especially the case when the
next crop is to be small grain or grass.
Many prefer to have wheat follow
corn, and when the cultivation lias
been thorough during the growth of
the cultivated crop in many cases it
will not be necessary to plow. The
spring tooth or disc harrow will work
the soil into a good tilth, better in
fact than to plow, and having the
soli reasonably level will lessen the
work necessary to get in a good con
dition.
When th'j land is to be seeded to
grass either in the fall or spring the
same will apply. With both small
gTain and grass or clover it is quite an
item to have tbe suhface reasonably
level, aud when in cultivating the laiff
is plowed or cultivated into ridges it
requires considerable more work to
secure this condition than when left
level. With both grass and small grain
it is better to have the surface worked
into a good tiflh before sowing the
seed, but at the same time it is an
item to lessen the cost as much as pos
sible. By leaving the soil reasonably
level and in good tilth when the last
cultivation is given, ordinarily but lit
tle work will be necessary to prepare
In a suitable condition for rye, wheat
or gi-e-'s While if hilled up or full of
weeds or it is often quite a task
to clean up and get into a first-class
condition. -Prairie Farmer.
NOTES ON BEEKEEPING.
Tine bees garner what would other
wise go to waste.
EVEUY fruit grower ought to raise a
few bees, and so hhould every grsin
grower.
FOLLOW the bee's example and in
your care of honey and comb don't let
anything go to waste.
TIIK ideal place for an apiary is
where the bees can get plenty of blooms,
spring, summer and autumn.
Ofß boards of education would do
weF to follow the example of the
thrifty Germans and have the art of
beekeeping taught in the public schools.
THE value of bee products is being
recognized more and more every year.
Already a large amount of honey Is an
nually consumed in the various indus
tries of pork-paeking, tobacco and
other manufactures, while the com
mercial value of beeswax is very great.
Nearly live huudred tons of beeswax
arc annually imported into Great
Hrituin, while Russia alone uses nearly
five thousand tons in the ceremonies
of the church— Farm, Field and Stock
man
How to Stop *n Expreu.
Suburban Hesident —See here, sir!
You told me that that sountry place I
bought of yon was only thirty-five min
utes from the city.
City Agent -Yes, sir, thirty-five min
utes by express. You remember, when
we went out to look at It the time was
thirty-five minutes exactly. *
"Hut, confotiud it, sir, the express
trains don't stop there, not one of them,
and the accommodation takes about an
hour and a half!"
"You and I went by express, and it
stopped for us, you know."
"Yes, I know; but it hasn't stopped
since."
"It will stop if you hire a man at your
station to buy a through ticket for
somewhere. That's the way 1 did tho
tlay we went out." —Good News.
The Knglrie or Clrllliatlon.
Ktirul ICdltor Have you finished that
editorial on the recent mistakes of the
young German emperor?
Assistant Yes, just got through.
"Dili you write any artiele on the
Italian question?"
"Yes, got up a column of good advice
to the king of Italy."
"Glad to hear it. We'll send him a
copy. What else did you write?"
"A long editorial on national
finances."
"Good! That will fill the page. Now
let's go out and see kf we can l>orrow a
dollar."- N. Y. Weekly.
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CLOVER FOR SEED.
Point* to lie Can.ldFKd la BMID( TUf
Valuable Crop.
Under ordinary conditions the grow
ing of elov.r for seed can readily bo
made profitable. The first crop can be
cut for hay and fully as good a crop of
seed be obtained. It should be allowed
to get fully ripened before Cutting, aa
harvesting toi early injures the quality
j of the seed.
It is quite an item in harvesting to
lessen the handling as much as possi
ble, as every time it is handled it wastes
more or less. For this reason one of
the best implements to use Is a self
rake reaper. That will cut and lay off
in even gavels that can be readily
handled w .th the fork whei gathering
up. 1/ tie threshing c.tn be done rea
sonably soon, the more economical
plan is to let it tie, and when ready to
thresh load it on the wagons and haul
direct to the machine.
Hut too much risk should not be run,
and rather than do this the hay can be
gathered up and stacked, or be stored
away, where it can be got at conve
niently to thresh. It is best to thresh
with a regular clover hullcr, as this
will clean, all ready to market, while
with a common threshing machine it
will nearly always require recleaning,
and this not only adds to the cost but
increases the waste, and it is too valu
able a product to waste.
The usual price for hulling and clean
ing is SI per bushel, and counting in
the expenses for hands, teams and
board, it makes the product too costly
to waste. From four to six bushels per
acre is considered a good yield, depend
ing considerably upon the season. Tho
straw should always be carefully
stacked; it makes fully as good a win
ter feed as the average wheat or oat
straw, and If not needed for feeding
makes a better bedding and a more val
uable manure, and it should not be
wasted.
If stacked before threshing the safest
plan is to top out the stacks with timo
thy hay or wheat straw, as it is some
what difficult to make the clover turn
water thoroughly. It will thresh easier
if the straw is thoroughly dry and the
seed will be gotten out of the straw
more thorouglxly. And considering the
yield and the valne of the product, it is
important not only to save it all, but to
save it in a good condition, and the
less handling both before and after
threshing, the less the waste.—St.
Louis Republic.
HORSES LIKE SUGAR.
How to Improve tho Condition of ROB-
Down Animals.
The fondness for sweets on the part
of the horse has been taken advantage
of in different parts of the world, and
his appetite for saccharine matter ca
tered to with the best results in im
proving his condition, says the Newark
(X. J.) Call. Horses thrivo remarkably
well on sugar and molasses, and these
ingredients— interchangeable terms In
this connection—have been regularly
used since 18?3 in Australia and South
America and other parts of the world
for getting horses into condition for
sale and also for colts while wintering
in the yard. In raising colts there is »'
risk of their suffering from stoppage of
the bowels if fed entirely on dry food,
and to avoid this they are allowed car
rots or roots of some kind in addition to
their dry food. Sugar not only improve!
the condition of the colts, but prevents
any risk of the stoppage above referred
to. The way it is used is to dissolve
the sugar in water amU pour it on the
chafT or cut hay, taking care that the
food is well mixed, and in a day or two
the colt will be found licking the sides
of the mangers long after the last
morsel of chaff has been eaten. The
saccharine matter left after the extrac
tion of table sugar from the cane, and
leaving about ten per cent of solid
matter, is used by horsemen in South
America In the ease of horses which
are "off their feed," or to induce them
to eat their food which they would
otherwise reject, sugar may be used.
The average quantity of sugar per day
for a horse in poor condition is about a
pound and a half. This should be
mixed with cut hay or chaff and turned
over a few times, leaving it for a few
hours to allow the sugar to be ab
sorbed. Seven pounds of sugar to fifty
six |>onnds of hay is a good proportion.
From some interesting experiments
conducted lately by an eminent scitm
tist it appears that sugar should not be
used in any quantity with such food as
the cereal grains, maize or meadow
hay. All those substances are some
what low in nitrogen, and to dilute
nitrogen by way of sugar would tend
to waste it.
AN EXCELLENT DEVICE.
How to (iln Medicine to Mtruygllnff and
Squealing rlfl.
Figs make more noise about taking
medicine than children. The illustra
tion herewith shows the most efficient
means of securing large pigs for the
administration, but even when thus se
cured they will struggle and squeal,
and spill the remedy if possible, but
DOSIXO A PIO.
with the head thus raised and secured •
little tact will accomplish the object
aimed at. A sick hog is more stupid
and stubborn than a well one, and In
quiries are frequently made hqw to
give medicine to liogi. This sketch
will answer the question better than a
long description, and the mcthcyl will
not be rcadilv forgotten.—American
Agriculturist.
WHAT may be a perfect animal in th*
eyes of one breeder will fall short In
some of the essential particulars with
another, mainly because some breeders
will consider some things more (essen
tial than others.
MILLET seed is a good feed for young
chickens. In saving the crop it will
often be a good plan to stew up a good
supply especially for this purpose.
They All Do That.
Mrs. llrook—My husband keep* SO
eount of every drink he takes.
Mrs. Hanks—Are you sure?
Mrs. Hrook—Oh, yes; the dear fellow
says he never gets one that he doesn t
put It down!— Puck.
AN EXTRAVAGANT KUL'CATION.
Son —Poppy, de teacher told roe tew
bring a penny ter school fer k new slate
pencil. <
Fop -Of cose, money ag'inl Dat
maiks twenty-free cents Fse spent al
ready on yo' edieation, an' vo 1 dunno
yo" A 11 Abs ylt.—Judge.