VOL. XXVIII
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
JOSEPH W. MILLER, M. D.
Physician £ 1 Surgeon,
< >r<er and residence c* -. Main St. B'lller,
1 ft.
Dr. N. M OVER,
13T E. Wnjne St.. DCOIX hours. 1# to 12 M. and
l to 3 I*. SI.
L. M. REINSEL, M. D ,
I'aV.'ICIJL* AND St'KOEO.V.
office ami residence at \ZI K. Cunningham 3t.
L. BLACK,
PHYSICIAN AN!» PI'KUBON,
New Troutroiui Cnlldiiig. Butler, I'a.
K. .N. LKAKK, M. I). J. Y- MANN. M. 0.
SjjecialUes:
Gyiia-otofj and sur- ii.>e, Ear. Nose and
ijrry. Throat
DRS. LEAKE & MANN,
Butler, Pa.
C. ... ZIMMERMAN.
ramciiK AND aiaoion.
Office at No. 45. S. Main street, over Frank £
Co g bKM Store. Butler, Pa.
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
PUysician and Surgeon.
/Jo. 22 Kant Jtfiinsou St., Bi.tler, Pa.
W. R. TITZEL.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
8. W. Corner Main and North Bis.. Butler. Pa.
V. VcALPINE,
Dentist,
lg now permatenlly located at 120 South Main
Street- Butler. Ta , In rooms formerly ,ccou|»led
by l>r. Waldron.
j. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Butler, Penn'a.
Atiu eUI Teeth Inserted cn the latent Un
moved : lan. <iold Killing a omce
o*i r Schaul'b ciot&iDK Wore.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work pertaining to the proffsaion; execut
ed in the neatest manner.
Spei-ialtle* tlold HUmps, aud PaUileaa Ex
traetlon o( Teeth. Vitalized Alr atlmlnbtersl.
OlSrr us i»ff«k«a HtrMt, <«or Kaat •' Lawry
tloaw, l> Stair*.
Office open dally, except Wednesday* aniS
Thursday*. CommunHatiimf by mail receive
prompt attention,
j. u._ The only Dentist lit flatler unlng the
bent makes of fwtii.
C. F. L. McQUISTION,
KNOI.VKKK AND hIIIVKYOK,
office skab Diamond, Bvn.ru. Pa.
A. B. C. McFARLAND.
Atl'y at Uw and Notiiry Public —office on S.
Diamond M —oppcalte I lie Court Uouse—sec
ond floor.
H. Q. WALKER,
AtWtoey-al-taw—Office in Diamond Block,
Bmler, Pa.
J. M. PAINTER,
Attorney-at-Law.
on»ct-Between Pcatolllee and Diamond, But
ler. Pa.
A. T. SCOTT,
ATTOKSKY-AT-LAW.
Office at No. (. South liiamoud, Butler. Pa.
A. M. CHRISTLEY,
ATI OIINKY AT LAW.
Office c.ettnrt floor, Anderson B1 k, Malu St.,
near (luit llouae, Butler, Pa.
J. W HUTCHISON,
attobnky at law.
Office on second floor ol the lluselton block.
Diamond. Butler. Pa.. Room No. 1.
JAMES N. MOORE,
ATTOkHir-AT-LAW ASP NOTAKY PCSLIC.
onice In Itooiu No. I, gecond floor or lluselton
Block, entrance on Diamond.
IRA McJUNKIN.
Attorney at Law. Office at No. 17, East Jeßer
lon St.. Butler, Pa.;
W. C. FINDLEY,
Attorney at Uw and Ileal Estate Agent. Of
flee rear of L. Z. Mitchell's office oil north side
of Diamond, Butter, Pa.
H. H. GOUCHER.
Attorney-at.-law. office on BMoiml floor ol
Aiiilenon bulldlUK, near Court House, Butler,
Pa.
J. !•. BRITTAIN.
Att'y at law -oflke at H. K. Cor. Main and
Diamond, llutler Pa.
NEWTON BLACK.
All y at Law-Office* on Sou'h side of Dlamoud
Butler. Pa.
I 8 McJIJNKiiV,
Insurant and Real Estate Ag't
17 K AMT JEFFF. BBONJ-IT.
IIIITLER, - PA.
I I 'i\¥K ( Ol NTY
ttutuai fire Insurance Co.
OliHcA Cur. Main & Cunningham ftti.
•». C\ KUEBBINO, PaxsiDiNT.
i, * ! lIh.JNKMAN, Hkohktaht,
DIRKCTORH:
o.<- Roeimlllt, llrnderMin Oliver,
J. I. inrvin, Janicn Ht<-pliensoi',
A. M. < fMin?maii.
Alfred Wick, N. Weltzel,
Dr. W. Irvln, |Dr. Itl<-k<fubai:h.
J. W. Il>irkhait. I). T. Norm.
LOYAL S. M'JUMIN, Agent.
fITTT LITI R , TP A.
A. E. GABLE.
Veterinary Surgeon.
(Jiaduate of tbe Ontario Veterinary
Collet. Toronto, Canada.
Dr. Gabl« treats all discasea of tbe
domesticated animals, and
rldvrHnft, castration and borne den
tistry a specialty. Castration per
formed wi'bout clams, and all otber
Huryical operations performed in the
most scientific manner.
Calls to any part of tbe country
promptly responded to.
'Office and Infirmary in Crawford's
Lirtry, 132 West Jefferson Street,
Butler, Pa.
A -
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THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
All Styles, Oxfords,
r it
All Grades, Patent Leathers,
o
All Materials, t? Tennis,
ri
All Prices, g W lgwams,
Now is Your Time to Buy.
Bio- Bargains in Seasonable Goods.
o o
llavmg ju«t returued borne from the Eastern markets' where 1 purchas
ed a large full stock, I am now prepared to offer some grand bargains in
Seasonable goods— opera toe slippers, oxford ties, lawn tennis shoes, wig
wams and tan color goods. One hundred pairs men's patent leather shoes,
coDgress or lace at $2.25 per pair, wigwams at 50 c. f cloth slippers at 25 r.,
and many other bargains in the same line of goods.
We have just received a fine line of ladies hand well shoes, butt >n and
lace, with and without patent tips, which we are felling a great many pairs
of It is the very latest style shoe and ruauy pairs will be worn this year
They range io price from $2 00 to $5.00. Call and select yourself a pair be
fore valuable sizes are takeu We have also a few dozens pairs of the $1 75
lace shoe still on bands, sizes 3 to
at 25c. Infants chamois moccasins at 25 c. per pair.
A full stock of ladies and gents every day shoes, oil graiu, kip, calf and
satin oil, at a small margin. Men's fine calf, kangaroo and dongola shoes at
$2 .50 (special fine). Men's hand sewed shoes auy styles or material de-ired
at $3.50. A big assortment of mens "A" calf and buff goods, lace and con
gress, plain tee or tip on toe at $1.25 to $1 75.
Boy's shoes fioe. calf and kangaroo, high cut at $1 75, niedurn cut $1.25
to $1 50
The stock of Misses and children's shoes was never so full and complete
as it is at present, offeriug many inducements to buy, and styles that will
Ruit and please all.
A full stock of men's box toe boots and shoos. Shoes ranging in price
from $1.75 to $3 00. Boots $2.50 to $3 50
At all times a full stock of our own make box-to. d boots and shoes
always on band.
Six dozen of our own make fine shoes at $5 00 per pair.
Boots and Shoes Made to Order
Repairing neatly and promptly done.
Fall stock of leather and findingc, blacksmith aprons and shoemakers
supplies of all kinds.
Now is your time to buy lor we wish to reduce onr stock tJ make
room for fall goods
When in need of anything in cur line give me u call.
Orders by mail will receive prompt and careful attention
JOHN BICKEL.
BUTLER, - -- ------ - PEN N'A
Ye*, any one with hall an ejro,
Even if he'* noar »itfht<;d,
Can <w« thl», tiicro'* nt least one xt'iro " (
Where iBl I < 1 ffe' >3ffi
TbenTind's eye of a'igbtleH-t man f M 11 V®
llmm power* of observation, Cjris2\V ~ WhS
Which tells hiin thut we sell Jit rat.;* if Z^|
The lowest in creation.
DOUBTLESS WILL BE CONVINCED IF TIIEY CALL AT
AL RUFF'S SHOE STORE
sod examine the following bargain?:
Ladies' Fine Cloth top, dongola vamp, patent, tip, J2 00
New process French Kid - -2 00
" Fine dongola kid - - - 125
" •' Ooat - - - - 1 25
"Kid - - 1 00
" Patent leather lip dongola butt. - 1 25
" " •' lace - 1 25
" " Oxfords - - 75
" Opera slippers - - - 50
" Cloth Slippers - - - 25
" Every day shoes 75
Space will not permit us to tell you about the extremely low prices ot
our men's shoes We are selling children's at such ridiculous low prices
that tTju will be surprised Call and see us. It costs nothing to see our
goods, Yours for Solid Leather,
AI, RUFF,
114 South Main Street. Untler, I'n
S mm The Shoe Trade
11 vll US E TON'S
IIT \[/H 1 . Why shouldn't it? The p«ople
V quite an naturally drift to the store
I ) M\l V) V-51 (I Lift I v A 141 their interests a*
' // Iff I ' J\ w,u, ' r down hill
H 111 Mil IJi Here at the gr<'at. shoe retailing
Nm WVI/i TTTIaP |i \ i y headquarters of Butler low prices and
Vc All I jN/ii'i/i P. dependable uoods mi hand in glove.
uT'-'li: (;au Hl w,i y H r>4ht assured of g«-t
**■"" T'*> _T" \[//f l ' n K ,u " Ttt ' uu t" T yur money here,
)ji sometimes more than full value
Ladles our pilcetwlll 1j <n„uui t>o u t lUs yc ur | unes.
Below are a few prices:
Ladies kid button boots, handsome styles, onlv $1; ladies genuine don
gola button boots, handsome »tjl«s. . i.ly $1 25; Indus genuine dongola but
ton boots, very fine, only $1.50; I- dies genuine dongola button boots the
finest you ever saw, only $2; Indies bright dongola, band turned shoes n
»ery fine and comfortable shoe that holds its own with any $3.50 here at
only $2.75 We have ladies fine dongola tops, calf, patent leather, vamp
hand turns, only $3 75. Ladies lace Oxfoid Southern tl. s and Opera slip
per*, for which we ore justly celebrated for havinif the I truest stock, best
styles and best of all the lowest prices, but- and i* h. lliog largo quantities ol
these shoes
Our line In men's, boy's and youth's shoes is grand —not cquah-d in
Butler. We have from a good plow shoe or brogau at $1 up to the finest
hand sewed shoes la all widths and shapes.
Gentlemen step In and try on aome of the shoes un ofki u, < ~
gress at sl. $1.25 and $1.60; B calf dress shoes, no seams, !„|| quarter. . It.i,
or tipped, solid leather insoles and counteis if yon want fi. « r look at out
calf shoe at $2; calf Kangaroo, soft as a klovk ut $2 50; u '»■ i«■ r enil fim.r
ones at $3 75; the finest English Cordovan, band made at $5.70 all widths
don't forget our $3 line, they nre lesuties. Men's fine i»m , u tber shoeH*
byciele shoes, hue ball shoes.
Infants shoes at 2Ac , ftOc. and 75c. Misses line sho.s h.. I or M .rini/
at sl, extra fine at $1.25, $1 50, $1.75 and $2, sizes 11 t., 2; chilrir. t 7,
8 al 50c to $1; youth's shoes, button or lace, strong and du'rub o si U ;i| T,
aud $1.60, II to 2; boy's button, lace or Congress at $1 j| f | :,n
plain or tipped, solid to the core. Lawn Tennis shoes at f.ti.r », u
Mail orders for above shoes filled promptly and careful I \
[ B. y. HVSELTON, 102 N. Ml n S'., Butler
A NOVEL DEFENSE.
KLooping a Jaguar at Bay with a
Hand Mirror.
>ccome
J* "Well, it was
a mighty foolish thing to do in these
parts, without his rule, and I see he
has left that behind. When did he go?"
rejoined the captain.
"Don't know, cap, but I gues3 he
never took a snooze at all. I waked up
first of the crowd, and he was gone
| then," Austin somewhat anxiously an
swered.
Charlie Blake, whom we had elected
captain of the expedition, out of defer
ence to his longer experience in the
country, turned to the party, with a
serious expression on his handsome
face, and said:
"Boys, it is now two o'clock. We've
been sleeping for over an hour and a
half, and Grant may have been gone
all that time. lie is quite unarmed,
and the brakes and thickets about here
are full of jaguars, panthers, palmcats
and wildhogs; and, worst of all the ter
rible treeboa is by no means rare. Most
of these creatures lie close hidden dur
ing the heat of the day, but Tom is just
as likely as not to run right into their
lairs, or, by his single prc3S nee, temp'
some of them from cover, and if he does
well, we had better lose no time in
hunting him up."
We were a party of six; five of us
young fellows from Boston, who had.
lately graduated and were now, before
settling down to the serious business
of life, spending a few months in Bra
zil, on a botanizing, entomological and
hunting trip. The sixth man, Charlie
Blake, was a thirty-year-old Xcw
Yorker, whom we hail fortunately run
against at Valverde, where he had been
for some time engaged in trade, and
who had very kindly consented to join
us for a week or two, thus supplying
to the rather light-headed a much
needed modicum of ballast-
Of late we.had mad* 1 Valverde our
headquarters, but we were now out on
a tonr of exploration, and it was on tho
second day after leaving the old town
that we found ourselves, at noon, in
that prolific stretch of country which
lies above the junction of and between
the Tocantins and Itio del Tigre river.
A wonderful land, indeed! whose amaz
ing richness of tropical vegetation,
gorgeous bloom of endless flowers,
myriad birds of brilliant plumage and
incredible wealth of scarcely less bril
liant insects, on every side delight the
eye; but whose groves and swamps,
dark forests and deep-grassed plains
teem, alas! with noxious, venomous
life, and in the green-scummed waters
of whose stagnant lagoons deadly ma
laria forever lurks. .
We had lain down beneath the
shade of a clump of vine-clad cypress
and gum-trees to sleep away the hot
noontide hours, and discovered, only on
awaking, that Tom Grant, a never
tiring entomologist, had disappeared,
but had it not been lor Blake's warn
ing words, none of us would have felt
the least misgiving as to his safety.
Now, however, all were anxious to
start out at once on the search; and
extending our -.elves Into a line, with
an interval of about fifty yards be
tween each two m -n, we set off up
stream, knowing '.hat our. comrade
must have taken that route, as the
rivers' junction lay immediately lie
low us.
livery now suid then as wo pushed
laboriously along through the almost
impenetrable woods, one or another
of us discharged a signal shot, in hope
of hearing an answering halloo; but the
«
ri.AMIIKD THE LIGHT INTO THE J A O tT A Il'fi
K YEH.
only effect of our fire was to scare
froin their hiding-places or to drive to
deeper cover hundreds of screaming
parrot*, chattering monkeys and the
thousand and one flying and creeping
denizens of the forest wilds.
No human voice responded to our
summons, and yet we felt assured of
being on the right trail, for three sev
eral times we had found half-burnt
matches, and oneo had picked up a
fragment of drawing paper which wo
knew to be Tom's We had spent fully
two Jfours in going. perhaps, as many
miles, and not having lately coino
across further signs of our friend,
Charlie Make gave It as his opinion
that, if still alive, he had lost himself
and was probably wandering in a circle
somewhere in the labyrinthine depths,
where the sun, bis only guide, could not
penetrate.
"And, boys," he concluded, "if wo
«V> not lind him before nightfall
wo shall never a;aln sen him In this
world."
It was now past four o'clock, and al
ready the gloom about us was sensibly
deepening, and prowling beasts of
prey began occasionally to cross our
path. Joe liurkc kn icked over a slink
ing wolf, and Crank Austin brought
down a wildcat from the top of a lofty
gum; but neither of these shots brought
bail or shout from our absent friend.
We were still advancing in a toler
ably straight line, always keeping
within speaking distance of each other,
when suddenly wo broke out of tho
dark forest into a large, trocless savan
na, where the sun shone gloriously and
tho rank grass was breast high. Im
mediately on reaching this, Kim
bull culle I out:
"I say, i .ya, something has passed
along h re >ot long ago. Look at this
narrow path whore tho grass has been
parted."
We all hurried to the spot, and lllako
at onc.o said:
"We're on Tom's track, auro enough!
You seo the trail is widest at top,
whereas If made by a wild beast crawl
ing along. It wi uld l>e widest at tho
bottom."
We now tin luce shot t in,rapid
succession, ai iftcr waiting a mo
ment, were a' ' l'> shoot a '.iln, when
Austin held • Ms hand with a
"Whisht!" Itn one strained his
cars to liste i "ro wa i no mis
taking i>; fr • i --in toward the
declining t > ■ i tin*.halloo, once,
twice, thric • r it - "1 flvo lusty
throats se .1 up cheer a. > uvrns wo
reali/. d the Joyful fact that our com*
raile was indce<f found.
HUTLKR, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER, 4, 18JU.
Dashing along, no-.v wa ling, tearing,
scrambling through the long, wiry
stems as best we could, we made our
way for a half-mile, seeing nothing as
' yet, but ever more distinctly hearing
the same "Halloo! llalloo! Hallo--)!" al
■ ways promptly answer «d by our own
encouraging shouts. At last we caught
sight of a broad sombrero and the
shoulders of a man above the tall herb
age. lucking slowly toward us.
"Hush, boys, hush!" cautioned Charlie
Blake, "there's something unusual
here—" and, being now within easy
j speaking distance, he softly hailed
' Grant, and asked: "What is up, Tom?"
The young fellow never turned his
head, but, while his right arm seemed
j to be gently moving up and down, and
strange, flashing, dazzling gleams of
blinding light played fitfully beyond
him, answered in a curiously restrained
voice:
"Boys, there's a thundering big
jaguar following me up, not twenty
feet away! I've been standing him off
for the last half-hour by flashing the
rays from my pocket-mirror in his eyes,
Dnori'KD I.VSKXSIHI.E IXTO FRASK AUS
TIN'S ARMS.
but lie's getting used to the game now,
and you've got here just in time. Don't
let us lose him! One of you come slow
ly up straight behind me. and the other
four Siveep around and get in rear of
the brute, but don't waste a moment,
for he begi.is to look mighty ugly."
As we heard Tom's startling explana
tion, a thrill of hardly repressed ex
citement ran through the little party.
Frank Austin, carrying his own and
his chum's rifle, advanced cautiously
toward him, and the rest of us made a
detour and crept, silently as possible,
through the grass until we reached a
point directly in line with the actors in
this singular drama. Then we rose to
our feet, and, peering over the toy of
the rank growth, saw a most curious
sight, indeed. Crouching low on his
belly an 1 creeping stealthily along lay
a full-grown and beautifully spotted
jaguar, while, a few yards beyond him,
Tom, gradually backing away, held be
tween his fingers a common little mir
ror, such as prospectors carry, and, as
he faced the sun, continually flashed
the reflected rays into the eyes of the
brute, w ho, on each repetition of the
trick, recoiled in momentary terror,
snarling and showing his great fangs,
and then resumiag his course until
again checked in the same way. The
hungry, bloodthirsty monster was so
intent upon his expected prey, and, I
suppose, so puzzled by the extraordi
nary defense, that he appeared to have
eyes and ears for nothing else, and it
was only when our simultaneously
raised gun hammers came into full po
sition with a sharp click that he turned
his head and saw us. Then, the spell
of his absorbing pursuit being brok«*i,
he gave a hoarse, savage cry of rage
or fear, and for one-half second, stand
ing at bay, seemed undecided whether
to fight or fly.
That instant sealed his fate. Four
rifles cracked together and each one
sent a heavy conical bullet crashing
through his huge, round skull, and
without so much as a tremor he sujik
stone dead to the ground. With a
shout of triumph we brushed past the
carcass and rushed over to Tom, who,
now that tin.' fearful tension was re
laxed, had dropped -anil little wonder
—insensible into Frank Austin's arms.
Tom, however, was made of good stuff
and• soon revived, when, after empty
ing the contents of two or three water
flasks down his parched throat, he told
the story of his unprecedented adven
ture in a few words.
"When you fellows lay down to
sleep," said he, "1 took my net and set
out for a little hunt, intending to be
back by the time you should awake,
but I met with sueh success that I went
on and on to the edge of this savanna
and then across it nearly to the
further side. I heard all your shots,
but of tourse you did not hear ine
•h< nit In return until you got into the
open.
"I secured lots of rare specimens
here, and hud just picked up a fine
svarlct beetle when I noticed a little
way off a slowly-advancing, trembling
wave in the long grass, as if some mon
strous serpent were crawling through
it. lat first supposed that this really
was the case and stood carefully
watching, prepared for a run. But I
very quickly found that retreat was out
of the question when in a minute or so
I caught a glimpse of this dangerous
beast's head as he wormed himself flat
along tho ground, and ' am not
ashamed to confess that I /(lirly shook
with fright at the sight, being, as you
know, utti-rly unarmed.
"I had read somewhere that beasts of
prey will fly at the sound of tin- human
▼olee; and so I tried to frighten this
fellow off bv a series of wild yells.
"Perhaps he did not recognize these
as 'human' at all; but, anyhow, he did
not searc worth a cent. On the eon
tray, lie crept steadily on until within
fifteen feet, when he humped up his
back and his horrible green eyes
glowed like emerald flames as he evi
dently made ready to pounce u|ion me.
I had now scarcely a hope of escape,
but a sort of merciful numbness came
over my senses, and I did not much
seem to care
"It appears almost miraculous, but at
this moment, in my half-unconsclous
State, expecting instant death, I hap
pened to think of one of our schoolboy
games, And why I hardly knew
Jerked this tiny mirror from my vest
pocket, nnd, standing with my own face
to tho sun, flashed the focused lijjht
into the jaguar's eyes; and, to my great
delight and astonishm' ut, the surprised
brute, at a single bound, sprang fully
twenty feet to eiie side. Then, finding
that he was not hurt, he came on again
to be scared time after time In the same
manner. So, for over half an hour, the
strange fight was kept up, I, with my
face glwuys to the sun, backing toward
camp and he persistently following and
gradually getting more and more bold
as be became accustomed to the trick.
I could plainly sec, just as you came
up, that a catastrophe was imminent,
and 1 have 110 doubt that, if you had
been ten minutes later, I should have
perished. ISut all's well that ends
well, and we shall liavo this magnifi
cent pelt to add to our collection." W.
Thompson, In N. Y. Ledger.
tin Hurt.
Laura—l don't know, George. It
seems such a solemn thing to marry.
Have you counted the cost?
George - Tho cost, Laura? The cost?
Shucks! I've got a preacher cousin
that'll marry us for nothing! < liieago
OMtmne .
Dlltlpatn'N Slorjr.
Doll pate (proudly) livery ono
laughed when I told that funn.v story at
the table.
Miss Itrightcyc V», it win. real
mean of tlicm to laugh at you. -Good
HOW ESQUIMAUX LIVE
All Their Means of Existence Combined in
Ooe Auimil.
While you are reading this paper
the snow flakes are falling noiselessly
over the vast white wastes of the
frozen north. In that bleak and deso
late country live the Esquimaux.
A people who live neither by agri
culture nor the pasturage of sheep and
cattle, nor yet, properly speaking, by
the ehase as the chase is ordinarily
understood; a people who have for food
neither beef, mutton nor pork, neither
fruit, bread nor vegetables, neither
sugar nor who have for drink
neither tea, coffee, wine, beer nor
spirits of any kind; for clothing, neither
silk, cotton, llaxen nor woolen stuffs;
who have neither ifrrn nor steel nor
lead nor copper nor gold nor pottery,
who have for fuel neither wood nor
coal nor peat —such a people are the
Esquimaux, or, as they call them
selves, the "Innuits" of the arctic.
It seems at first sight impossible
that men should live amid such condi
tions. The things enumerated appear
to include all the possibilities of food,
clothing and fire found on the earth;
and the question unconsciously arises
to our lips: "Can a people, then, live
without either of these three first
necessities of life —food, clothing and
fire?"
Hut the Innuits, deprived literally of
everything' which in our clime makes
life possible have nevertheless found
in the world they have chosen, or into
which they have been driven, the
means of existence in a very different
shape from that in which they abound
in our southern dim \
They have found them all—food, fire,
light, clothing', arms, implements,
everything—combined in one single an
imal. —Interior.
America'* (ire.it Inland Ocean.
Did you ever compare Hudson bay
with other and lesser bodies of water
and land? If you never did,and will take
the trouble to do so, you cannot help
uttering exclamations of amazement
when the immensity of this preat in
land ocean dawns upon your under
standing. From Fury strait on the
north to the most southern indentation
at the mouth of Abbitibbc river it is
exactly 1,380 miles, while the width
from Button's bay to the mouth of the
Whale river is but little under seven
hundred miles. It is as long as the first
Atlantic cable and nearly as wide as
the combined lengths of lakes Huron,
Erie and Ontario. It extends over
twelve degrees of latitude and covers
not less than half a million square
miles, including more territory within
its limits than can bo found within the
borders of Great Itritian and Ireland,
Sweden, Norway, Greece, Switzerland,
Denmark. The Netherlands and Bel
gium combined. It drains three mil
lion square miles of territory, receives
rivers from the Rocky mountains,
Labrador, the Arctic regions and some
which have their source almost within
the limits of the Unitod States. —St.
Louis Republic.
Important Kul.'» of Action.
Never be influenced by external ap
pearances in forming your judgment of
a person's worth. This is an important
rule, for many a noble spirit is covered
by habiliments of poverty, while not
unfrequently a showy exterior con
ceals a villain of the basest kind.
Dean Swift said that nature had given
every man a capacity of being agree
able, though not shining in company;
and "there are a hundred men sußi
clently quail fie 1 for both who, by a
very few faults that they may correct
in half an honi, ,uu uutDQuiucti m tol
erable." The world would be more
happy if persons gave up more time to
an intercourse of friendship.—N. Y
Ledger.
■A , «'ini».r Hffurtvd Man.
"I'm afraid, unele," said one of the
clerks in a real estate office to the jan
itor of the building, "that you have
been dallying with poultry again. I
see your name in the police court record
to-day."
"Yessor; but it's my kyind hearted
ness. Did ye 'spose I wus gwine to see
dem chickens cooped up (lis kin' obwed
dalt an' not len 'em er hnlpiu* han'?"—
Washington Post.
Wlinen They Go.
"What becomes of men who steal?"
asked a Philadelphia Sunday-school
teacher of a sharp little boy.
"They go to Canada."
"No, little boy, that is not the right
answer. They ultimately go to the
wicked place."
"Oh, yes; you inc{tn Chicago."—Texas
Sifting*.
A Hcproof.
Mrs. Heyday (to orchestra leader at
summer hotel)— What was that long,
dreary thing you just played?
Leader —IXjt vas vroin Vogner.
Mrs. Heyday—lt was not beautiful at
all.
Leader —Id vas nod Indended to be.—
Life.
I'npu'ii lltrtlitluy.
I'apa's birthday and George Washing
ton's birthday camo the same day.
"We will have no school to-morrow,"
said the teacher; "can anyone tell mo
why?"
"Uecausc it's papa's birthday," an
swered Mildred, llarpcjr's Young Peo
ple.
Itr«.ikli>i: ll«r Record.
"Chicago is trylnff to eclipse all pre
vious performances In the line of di
vorces."
"Indeed!"
"Yes. Mayor Washburiie is deter
mined to divorce the police department
from politics." Munsoy's Weekly
lllil l.lltln I»oil|fr.
Cutely Here comes Cyulcus! See
mi- get a eipar from him! (Lights a
cigarette.)
Cynicus (as Cutely pull's the smoke in
his face) Whew! How can you smoke
those things? Her# take a cigar and
throw that away. Puck.
style vs. Comfort.
Mrs. De Style (first day on a farm) —
Horrors! Our lioet is going to eat din
ner In his shirt sleeves.
Mr. De Style (mopping his forehead)
—Thank Heaven! Then I can, too.—
N. Y. Weekly.
A <looU Fellow.
"You know liill Savory, don't you?"
"Yes, I know him."
"Good fellow, isn't he?"
"Maybe so; l»it there is more fellow
than there is good about him." Texas
Hlftlnifs
Womun'i ('apni'lljr.
A couple of schoolboys were coming
slung Jefferson avenue the other day
talking about their teacher and wheth
er or not women or men were lietter In
that capacity.
"Women arc till ripht," said the older
me scntcntlously, "In some of the
branches, but a woman can't handle
mathematics."
"Can't S'IC?" exclaimed the younger
one with extreme Interest. "Can't she!
Well, you ought to have seen Miss
ltlank throw an arithmetic al me one
day, and you'd change your uiiiid." —
Detroit Free Press.
M...1.T11 Met lioil*.
"Klu I 'splunify de Vurancc doin's?
1 I klu, Mr. Willis. Ycr pays de
company a few cents si week on yer
win's life, an' w'en lie dies dcy pays yer
a hundred dollars fer ile kyarcass."
"Am dat p'uitedly a fae'V Hen I
s'|>ose dcy keeps de kyarcass?"
"No, salt; dat am do curl'us part of it.
Dcy pays yer for do kyarcass, but dcy
lets ycr keep it ycrsclf. It uiu a very
lib'ral 'rangemont."— Munsey s Weekly.
SOCIETY COCKFIGHTS.
A Fad Among Certain Chicago
Circles.
Parlors unit Billiard iloonw Turned Into
Pits Where the <>ucftts Are En
tertained t>y liuttllog
Otttneblrd*.
"Couchy, where are you going with
the rooster?" asUed a man the other
evening, 011 the corner of Mi.-higan
avenue and Twenty-third street, of a
cocknej- coachman who was hurrying
along with a sack under his arm. The
officer showed his bad;re, and the coach
man opened the suck and showed two
game roosters, which were returned to
their roost by the officer
"That coachman was going out on
Wabash avenue with those birds to have
a main at some private residence," said
the officer of the humane society to a
Chicago Times reporter. "It is a fad
#or millionaires to have private cocking
mains in their dining-rooms, or billiard
room >. Board of tr.i le men are espe
cially given to this form of sport. Of
course these mains are conducted very
quietly, for, as a rule, these people do
not wish it generally known that their
tastes run that way.
"When a main is to take place, the
word is quietly passed around to a se
lect few and there i.-i a gathering of a
dozen or perha;.s more in tlio dining
room at the mansion designated. Some
times they arc invited to dinner, as was
the case on Wabash avenue, not far
from Twenty-fifth street, a few even
ings ago. After dinner the ladies ad
journed to the parlor. The gentlemen
remained below in evening costume.
The dining-table was cleared, the guests
ranged around the room in circles, and
the master of ceremonies summoned
the coachman, who carried two fine
game roosters. They were placed on
the mahogany diain.f-table, and when
one of them llapped hi. wing and
crowed his defiance a round of applause
shook the room.
"The butler, an English cockney with
mutton-chop whiskers and an unspeak
able accent, wore a steel-pen coat,
knee breeches, and low-quarter shoes
with silver buckles. The coachinan
wore the regulation pantaloons, high
top boots, etc. There were no galTj
used. Now, lam telling you this as it
was told to me, for 1 know nothing
about it of my personal knowledge,"
said the officer, in explanation. "Well,
as I understand it. after a few small
bets the butler took one of the birds
and the coachinan the other, and the
'feathers began to lly.' Whenever a
bird got in a licit, or rather a kick, on
his opponent, lie would receive a gen
erous burst of applau . • from his ctiam
pions. The h>- t sto >d ;:t the head of
the table and acted u timer, or umpire
or judge, and as earnestly anil as sol
emnly as if he were about bulling
wheat or selling October lard short.
"Three or four rounds had been
fought and neither bird knocked out,
and tho interest in tiie light was grow
ing intense, when the ho.it tooU the
buth:r's place at the table saying:
'Let me light this bird Mr , take
tho other bird, and we will have a light
to the finish.' The other gentleman is
a millionaire and lias acres of real es
tate and ndVnerous blocks of buildings
in Chicago.
"The real estaV owner offered tho
host a bet of one thousand dollars and
a champagne supper for the party that
his bird would win. Tho wager was
snapped up by the host, who declined to
let u»certain large railway shareholder
in tho 'deal.' At it the birds went.
The host proved to the satisfaction of
ull Ills giu su. iliat lio «u.i no uovice in
tho business—in fact, he muanged
his bird so well as to prove that
ho had had considerable experience
in affairs of this sort. His
however, was not quite so game,
or, rather, less 'scientific,' than
tho other, and the real chtato gentle
man's rooster was victorious after seven
well-fought rounds —knocking his op
ponent off the table. The butler called
'time,' for he was now timer In place of
his master, and the victory was given
to the real estate aristocrat.
"Private cocking-mains," continued
the officer, "aro very jsipular, and be
coming quite frequent with some of tho
wealthy class. There are .several aris
tocratic mansion.. in Chicago which at
times are private palatial cockpits.
The owners are not even suspected be
cause of their high social and financial
standing. They, each In turn, glvo a
main just as socials are held ut tho dif
ferent houses of those of a 'set.' fiy
this means this select coterie of lovers
of cocking-mains have a half-dozen or
more during tho season. Each host
trains his own birds, and sometimes
there are two or inoro mains of un even
ing. The butler and the coachman do
tho training, and frequently they aro
selected with a special view to their
qualifications In this line. These serv
ants train the birds in tho stable, barn
loft, carriage-house, or yard, and often
test the mettle of the birds, and con
tribute to their own amusement by
having mains of their own, and perhaps
betting their wages on the result."'
Captured llir li»l«rr.
The story is told that while the young
German kaiser was watching a sham
battle between Russian cavalry he
asked tho czar for permission to take
Chargo of one side. It was granted, and
tho kaiser proposed to show tho Rus
sians what a real soldier who was not
a shopkeeper or a tailor could do. While
he was following rule :i:i in ids Ixvik on
tactics the Russians surrounded his sup
posed army nnd he was captured. It is
said he went to his tent and would not
come out for the rest of the day.
Tha Simuiunilmllit.
The record of somnambulistic feats
bus lieen broken by Henry Lynn, a Llv
ertnoro farmer. Mr. Lynn arose In n
somnambulistic trance at an early hour
one morning and walked eighteen miles
before he awoke, ft was well along
toward noon when the sleeper came to
himself and found that he was phsldlng
along tho highway near Algona. Sev
eral neighlxirs met the man during his
long-tramp and exchanged greeting*
with him without arousing him.
.Vtillrit
Witness lie citnic towards me and
wanted ter kick me on de leg six tilnes.
Judge Mow dn you know li® had the
Intention of kicking you six times?
Witness ISeksse dat's jess the num
ber ob black and blue spots I've got on
my leg. Texas Sift lugs.
A I'arson Hi Mormon.
May So K«*v. Mr. Thirdly wan pr<>-
I losing to you, was he?
itelle Oh, no; he was just preaching
a personal sermon.
May Indeed! What was his text?
Relic <lon. ii, is "It is not good for
man to lie alone." N. Y. Herald.
Wlm-ii lli.-r Sprinkle.
fuck* Josh What's that thing?
City Nephew That's a sprinkling
ffart.
Cncle Josh —lt don't seem to be
hprinklln' much.
City Nephew Wait till it gels to a
crossing. Good News.
Why Tliay ipplmul.
Critleus I see that Mr. Mansforde
advertises that "Incessant applause"
greets Ins 4lew play
Man About Town Yes, the audleiic >
fat afraid that If it lets up a bit they'll
hear some of the lines.—N. Y. Tele
gram
An Adapt.
Gentlemun I never hail such a per
fect polish on these boots as you have
given them.
Western llotel I'Orter (modestly)- I
used to lie a private soldier In the regu
lar army. -N. Y. Weekly.
A BEAUTIFUL PLANT.
Trioitraiu, or Fever lU>ot, \Vhrre ftnc
llow i: crow*.
The name of this interesting plant is
derived from two Greek words meaning
three bones. (The drupe coutains three
bony seeds.)
Two species only are found in the
United States —T. augustifolium, a
rarer and more southern form, and T.
perforatum which is widely distributed,
and, though seldom abundant, is still
not rare. The plant is her baeeous.
growing from three to four feet high
without branches. The leaves are
large, perfoliate, anil as well as tho
stems are clothed with soft somewhat
sticky or clammy hairs. Flowers,
dusky purple, growing in clusters of
five or more closely around the stem at
the basis of the leaves: tbes.» are fol
lowed by orange-color.?.!, three-seeded
drupes crowned by the persistent ealvx
segments. These drupes are said to bo
used sometimes as a substitute for cof-
TItIOSTECM, OR FEVKH HOOT.
fee. The large root is much esteemed
in medicine, its properties being ca
thartic or in large doses emetie. It is
often used in place of ipecacuanha.
In June, its season of bloom, the
coarse, dark herbage and curious, sus
picious looking, dusky or brownish
purple flowers can scarcely fail to draw
attention even from the least observ
ant Its original habit is given as
"rocky woods," but through the
agency probably of birds it has ex
tended its domains to hedges and road
sides where it rarely forms patches of
small extent —more commonly grow
ing singly or In group i of three or four.
The order to which this plant be
longs the caprifoliaee-.o lncludes
about 220 species, 47 of which are
North American. Among Its rela
tives of note we might name the
honeysuckles, snowberry, elder, cran
berry, snowball and black haw. With
few exceptions this is an order of
shrubs many of them being of rare
beauty but few, if auy, destitute of
that quality or deserving of the epi
thets "bush or weeds." Prairie
Farmer.
FARM AND GARDEN.
Tiiin out your early beets by using
the large ones for tho table, or, if
necessary, thin them out and throw
the surplus beets and leaves to the
pigs.
Tn-n dairyman who knows how to
handle Ills milk anii butter during tho
warm season will know how to savo
expenses, avoid loss and ald to his
profits.
Fe UTILIZER at the stem of a plant is
not as valuable as if mlugled in the
»oil around It, a foot away or more,
according to the size of the growing
plant above ground. For trees It should
extend even further than the largest
branches.
AM, stimulants fchonUl be applied
with care, liegonlas are particularly
lensltivc to thcin, and they should bo
used but seldom On geraniums, but to
roses, fuchsias, carnations, heliotropes
and others thoy may bo given with
more safety.
IK the droppings from the cows in a
small pasture become'very aotlccable
It will pay to have tho heaps scattered
over Che ground. If left, a major part J
of the fertility sinks directly into the (
Boil and gels down below tho root* of
the grass.
TIIK coat of keeping a cow ha« been
shown to l»e aboot lo*cents pel* day,
or sac per year. Any variation farom
this Is probably offset by the differ
ence in value of products. If ft cow
will not pay this por year She In worse
than no cow. •
Is order to lessen tho number of in
sects next season make It a point to
rake up all the fallen fruits, as they
will mako excellent food for the pigs If
cooked. It ii in the fallen apples,
peaches and pears that many of the
insects are bred.
A FAKstKU should first And out
whether or not his cow is capable of
producing a profit, before beginning to
feed her on scientific principles. Thera
arc thousands of cows that could not
produce a cent's worth of profit on tho
best feed on earth.
The Kind of I'o* to Iluy.
Iteware of the cow or heifer with a
masculine head, as well as the cow sus
piciously fat Tho latter is probably
fat because she Is a shy breeder and
has a calf only once in awhile, Iluy tho
cow with the motherly look. We can
not describe It In words, but every man
who has his eyes open knows the ex
pre anion of maternity or motherlluesa.
She may bo thin In flosh, not half so
good-looking as others, but it Is simply
because she h»» been duplicating her
self regularly, and thus fulfilling her
mission. If she has tho form and tho
breeding and good, lusty calves to her
credit, buy her. Don't buy tho long
legged. thin-chested, consumptive
looking animal under any circum
stances, no matter what tho breeding
—lowa Homestead.
WHoomr V
Flint Little (lirl- Aunt Maud and
Aunt Clara visited us yesterday, and
they brought me a doll.
Second Little liirl Aunts are nobody.
J >o<ih I Any Is sly can have aunts visit
'em. We have angels, real angels, visit
our house. Some were there last night.
"Angels! Did you see them?"
"No, I was aaloep, but this morn
ing I saw the baby they brought."—N.
Y. Weekly.
' i" ,*r«.
Long I know an artist who painted
a runaway horse. It was so natural
that the lieholder* Jumped out of the
way.
Downing- Humph! My friend Mr.
flllp painted a |>ortralt of a lady that
Was so natural that he had to sue her
for his bill. Life.
often runny.
Caller Want any Jokes?
Kditor Comic Weekly If they are
g*vnl ones.
"Well. I've got sonic of the f'
things yon ever read."
"What are they?"
"Verdicts of coroners' lurlca."- tiissl
News.
Went llsrk on lllin.
Dash awuy See here, uncle; I gave
you a dollar the other day on the plea
that one of your children was dead, and
I saw the little imp yesterday as lively
an a cricket.
Uncle .Jasper— Yes, sah; dat chile Is
de mis' dlsappointln' chile you el<ersee.
TSTO. 43
PROTECT THE PIGS.
Bow Many from iking Yonng Anlmili Alt
Kulnctl by Their Owner*.
When only the scrub hog was bred
upon our farms wo did not give th®
care that the improved pig must hare,
because he did not seem to require it.
Nor did he, bee:»use he had a thick
hide :uid over this a heavy coat of hair.
But, in carrying on our improvements,
we have thi.iue 1 the l«de and in some'
eases aim is' e.u'.r-ely bred the hair off,
breeding in fat in -tead. When we add!
to these changes the artificial habits'
under which we keep our breeding
stock—art; ilclal as compared to the
habit.s of the Mvine of forty years ago
—it will be wis- to consider the young
pigs—the pro Suet of this artificial
state—as r.< t uiring special care and
protection fro-n the time they are far
rowed till t»i y are pretty well grown.
It is an er ■ • U> .appose that a sum
mer rain is uot tr.aful to pigs. Many
fanner.-, acting under this error permit
their we .tiling to nest in the fence
corners upon the bare earth—very wet
earth after a rainstorm. No matter
what season of the year this is in, even
midsummer, pi ;. will pile upon each
other under such circumstances, get
overheated, take cokl, cough, and
wheezo as though it were December or
March. This irritation of the air pas
sages being commenced during the
summer and fall, paves the way for a
continued irritation of the air passages
during the winter, barring out all hopes
of thrift. The summer and fall seasons
arc especially well calculated for build
ing the system up to meet the trials of
the cold season close at hand; but neg
lect of the kind pointed out bars all
chance for hardiness and healthy
growth. The weanling that contracts
a severe cold in summer had better bo
dispatched and put under tho sod, as
the chances will be against his paying
for the feed and nursing he will re
quire during the winter.
In addition to trouble in the breath*
inj? apparutu:, stiffnessof muscles may
set in accompanied by rheumatic pain.
The breeder of experience Is presumed
to have often enough seen the various re
sults that come of exposure to wet and
chilly nights ncTt to require any word
of rnutian as he has 10n,7 since learned
that the high bred pig is not so hardy
as the more recent descendant of the
wild woods hog of history. Not only
do we meet with lung trouble and
rheumatic pains as stated, but inflam
mation of tho eyes is engendered by
exposure in summer. Especially is
this true when pigs are permitted to
sleep upon a manure pile. Ammonia
engendered in manure is particularly
Irritating to the eyes. Its power may
be better understood when we consider
its effects upon the glass windows of"
stables where manure and urine hare
accumulated. The writer remembers
the entire destruction of a valuable
herd of lterkshires from sleeping upon
a manure pile. If allowed to select for.
himself, no pig will select a wet nest,
but he will, on the other hand, carry
straw or other dry litter quite a dls-'
tanee, that he may be kept above even
the dampness of ordinary earth.—Pral-,
rie Farmer.
SHADE IN THE YXRD.
A Choap Contrivance That HtkM Ctlokn'
Life Worth Living.
During the very warm days the hens
often suffer in shadeless yards. The
illustration Is intended to show how a]
cheap and simple contrivance may be;
arranged to provide shade, as well as
protect partially against showers. A
piece of muslin u yard or more wide,
SHADE IV TilK POULTRY YARIJ.
and of any length, may bo fast«de!&-'td|
posts across the yard. Tho muslin (A)l
has a cross-piece at each end (which!
may be a lath) to which the muslin is"
tackci or wrapped and sewed, a piece
of strong twine being used to attach
the lath to tho fence-post As the il
lustration shows the method at >• a
glance, any exteuded explanation • 'id
unnecessary. —Farm and Fireside.
limn »< Poultry Food. ,
A mess of bran is always benefictll>J
Ilran contains inoro phosphates anil
mineral matter than ground grain,'"and'
it also assists in regulating the bow
els, espoclally when a small
of linseed ineal is given with It, but'
In tho summer season n mesa threoi
times a week may bj allowed only. It
may bo fed by scalding It and feodlng.
It lit a trough, or it may bo sprinkled
over potato.'s or turnips, cooked. 'No
othergrain food UC.NI ba given If bran l» i
used In tho summer season, If the fowls
have a rung.'. In fact, no grain Is neces
sary at all; but should such food bo
given let it bo bran.
Tho Silo for Poultry.
liens will oat ensilage. That fact i»
well known to those who have used It
for their poultry. If they will oat
corn ensilage they will also eat that
made from groas. In storing ensilage
the wants of tho hens should not bo
overlooked. A largj hogshead with
green food pressed down with a pres
sure sulUsient to excluda tho air, has
Itcon pronounced an exeallont method by
those who tauvo trl.-.l It, but In using
■ucli materials tk j l>est results are ob
tained by cuttln r tho green food wlion
It is nearly mature. Instead of using
that which is young *nd watery.—Farm
aud Fireside.
DKSTIIOV all weba In trees and do so
while the caterpillars are small, as it
will then bo a much easier job
Dtir to the Went her.
Hamlet Jones So your new play was
n failure! What was tho matter—was
the audience cold?
Woodby 1 tooth No—that was just
the trouble. The thermometer in the
house Stood at a hundred degrees.—
Munsey's Weekly.
New York ll»n<llesp|ie<l.
llostonlan—! see the Orant monument
Isn't up yet. Such a lack >.( public
spirit is disgraceful. Why don't you
hold a town meeting and ralao the
funds?
New Yorker It Is n>t a lack of pub
lic spirit thul prevents us.
"Then what is It?"
"We don't know one an«jthor'n lan
guage."- N. Y. Weekly.
A to Illiterate nnirml.
A stranger on the platform of a New
York elevated road was leaning out,
looking for an approaching train, when
the man who turns tho crank of tho
ticket IK»X called out:
"Hello, there! You'll tumble down
Into the direct, and then there will be
another Infernal fuss in tho papers
alsiut it." Texas Sifting*.
Dubious Comparison.
Tompkins - What do you think of
Charley Talkington?
Miss Do Smith —I rather admire him.'
He Is quite a young Samson.
Tompkins—Perhaps you are right
Samson, you know, wart the man who
slew his enemies with the jawbone ot
an ass. —Munsey's Weekly.