"VOL. XXVIII PR< )F ESSIONA L CARDS. JOSEPH W MILLER, M- E>. Physician and Surgeon, Olllc« and residence at 3M . Mala St Bntler, lb. Dr. N. M. HOOVER, 137 E. Wayne,!*!., offl:e hours, 10 to 12 M. and I to 3 I*. M. L. M. REINSEL M. D, I'IIYHICIAN AND SrUOEO.V. Office and residence at 127 E. Cunningham St, L BLACK, PHYSICIAN AND SUKGEOS. New Troutman Bnlldicff, Butler, Pa. t. N. I.KaKE, .M. I>. J. E. MANN. M. D. Specialties; Specialties: Gynas-ology and Sur- Eye, Ear. Nose and -cry. Tnroat. DRS. LEAKE & MANN, Butler, Pa. t, x .IM MERMAN. runnuK AKD iciuiKON. Office li- N'o.«. S. Main wreet, over Hank ft Co's l>! i: z Store. Butler. Pa SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. i-uysician and Surgeon. . .. 22 E«bt Jc£trfc->n fc-t., Bt-tltr, Pa. w. R. TITZEL. Pf! YbiClAI 1 * ASV bURGEON. v,. fewer Mhld and Nortb Sis.. Cutler. Pa. V. McALPINE, Dentist, lb cow pciißor.en!l} located fct 120 South Main Street Lutlcr. la. in rooms formerly occupied by l>r. vVuUirou. J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a. Aitiiiclul Teeth inserud cn the latest im pii.it-d plan. Hold HllhiK a Hpeclally. Oftlce oi 11 Siiaal's tlctlnng 8u re. £)H. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. Ail work pertaining to the profession execut «<i iu the neatest maimer. vptesaltiei, :-<SoM FHlti'.e*. and I ;U|ilei>s Ex traction el Teeth. Vitalized Air aoniiuliterc-d. ÜBlre o« JtlTtivJit Street, one door Kj*tofLowrj House, I'p t»Uir». Of.lee open dally, except Wednesdays and Thursdays. Communication!, by mall receive prompt attention, S. u.—The only DentUt Ui Butler using the tot makes of teeth. c. F. i- McQUISTION, EMjLXEEB AND surveyor, Ojticf. KFAK Diahoxo B'.TIKR. !'* A. B. McFARLAND. Att'y at Law and Notary iH. Diamond St -opposite the court Jouse—sec ond floor. H. Q. WALKER, Aitorney-at-I-aw-Offlce ID Diamond Block, Butler, Hit. J. M. PAINTER, Altorney-at-Law. (ilhce -Between Pc«toHlce and Diamond, But ler, Pa. A. T. SCOTT, ATTORN E Y- AT-LA W. Office at No. 8, South Diamond, Butler, l'a. A. M. CHRISTLEY, ATIOBNEV AT LAW. oniee m con'l floor. Anderson B1 k. Main St., ncai Ctmt llotise, I'utler. l'a. J. W HUTCHISON, ATTORNEY ATUVW/I or, -i eon fecond floor of Ihe Iluselton block, Diamond. Butler, Pa.. Boom No. 1. JAMES N. MOORE, ATTOKNtT-AT-LAW AND NOTARY PCBLIC. onice lu Boom No. l. second Ooor of Iluselton Klock. ontrance on Diamond. IRA McJUNKIN. Attorney at Uw. Office at No. IT. East leCer son St , Butler. Pa.; W. C. FINDLEY, Auoiney at l:.w r.nd Ber-l K.Ntiite Ageiit. Of Dee r» ar of U '/■ Mitchell's office on ?oith side ol Dlar.ioni, Butler, r«. H. 11. GOUCHER. Attomssi-at-law. Office on «eeond :!oor of Ander;jon bnlidlug, rv-ir Court House. Btitier. Pa. J. V. BRITTAIN. Att'y at 1-iw—Oiflct- at S. K. ("or. Main S', and Diamond, Batler, Pa. NEWTON BLACK. Att'y at law— Office or- South Kl'le ot Mlamond ButU'r. Pa. L S VlcJ!!\Kl\\ Insurance and Real Estate Ag't 17 KAST .IKFt'KRKON-ST. lIIJTLER, - PA. aUFlilfiH OOUNTV Fire ineurancß C". Cor. M&in & Cunningham G. C. ROESSINU, Pp.aoiDEfn. 11. O. II KIN EM AN, SEO'taiAut. DIRKC r()R«: (I.e. Hoeiilnc, Henderson Oliver, J. 1.1 .irvH, Jamea Stepheiwop, A rn.ntinai:, H. r. Heineman, Altn-'l Wick, N. WeiUel, Dr. '.V. frvln. Dr. Itlcfccnbach, J. W. I'.uxliiiart, ID. T. Norris. ' LOYAL S. M'iUHKIN, Agent. BUTLi : RA A. E. GABLE, V oterinary Surgeon. of the Ontario Veterinary College, Toronto, Canada. Dr. Gable treats all diseases of the domesticated animal*, and mvkes ridirling, castration and horse den tistry a specialty. Castration per formed without clams, and all other surgical operations performed in the most scientific manner. Calls to any part of the country promptly responded to. Office and Infirmary in Crawford's Lirery, 132 West Jefferson Street, Batler, Pa. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. SOITB HEW. And it pays you to read all advertise ments when it makes you money to do so. When you can find out where to buy the best Bed-room suit in the market for m. When you can find out where to buy the best Parlor suit for #3B, best crush plush. A beautiful set of dishes, 11 4 pieces, for #12.50. Beautiful toilet set, 12 pieces, for #4.99. Then we say it doubly pays you to see our adv. this week and next. Don't forget to see our display at the Fair, September 8, 9, 10 and 11 and our store, 136 N. Main St., Butler, Pa. Campbell & Templeton. AFTER HARVEST you want NEW FURNITURE to re place some of the old We are headquarters for first-class goods. Remember we have 110 mark down sales; our prices are always as low as is consistent with good goods. A full line of QUILTS in addition to other bedding*. E. S. DREW, - 128 E. Jefferson, St. HENRY BIEHL 122 NORTH MAIN STRKfcT, BUTLER - - - - - FEJNI ISJ' A DEALER IN Hardware and House Furnishing Goods. reaper and steel frame binder, Warren ready mixed paint, warrented; sereen doors and windows, refrigerators and lawn mowers. No better plnce in the city to trade. Come nnd see my large store room full of goods, I3oi teet long. WHERE A CHILD CAN MJY AS CHEAP AS A MAN , RINGS, I Yi'irrmnrlc J EAR-RINGS, LFIcUTIOI 1( SCARF PINS, <■ STUDS, ( GENTS GOLD, Wntrdipsi 1 ladies GOLD, rttUllCO (GENTS SILVER LA DIES CHATLAIN, Jpwplw 1 Pins, Ear-rings, ,7 | Rings Chains, Bracelets, Etc, | Tea sets, castors, butter dishes ftIIvPVWQT'O i <\crytbing that can be RODGER BROS. 1847 {?ri;rha,f OTk "' Spoon "- E. GRIEB, THE JEWELER No. 19, North Main St., BUTLER, PA., PORTMAN F? 1 M I BROWN was a prosperous, cl * \ derly front lc slfij/ ~Jm 4 man, of quiet If \ U 1 * \ ways and fixed W l>dv l*" / habits. A small '< 3fry m I circle of famil ? % » W |U , iar friends sup | i®. t| laAi V plied all his fvL vOtmL n' social needs, he • V TjSIU'A concerned him 'i|; I CJr self little with the rest of hu manity, belonging to the class who can Lire side by side in the same street with a fellow-creature all their lives without so much as knowing them by sight Among Mr. Browa's fixed habits was a yearly tour. But he did not take it, like most peo ple, in the summer months, but in the early spi'vig. Regularly as the first week in March came round, he went abroad. A common place tour, in | beaten tracks, following the usual routine of travel in steamers and trains, and lodging at palatial hotels. : No adventure had ever broken the un eventful record of these tours for fiver a quarter of a century; no more exciting ' incident than an unusual overcharge at some hotel had come within Portman Brown's personal experience. In IS —, when March came round, ho made the usual preparations for his I yearly tour in his usual way. I On the evening before his departure, 'an old city friend, Mr. Goldsmith, | dined with him at his house in Harley street. When about to leave. Gold smith drew a small case from his pocket. "I brought this with me on the | chance that you were going to Cannes. You will do me a great favor by giving it into niy brother's hands there. It contains a brilliant of such rare value that I could trust it to few. It will give you no trouble, being so small; there will be no risk, as no one will know you have such a thing with you." "Anything to oblige a friend," said Brown, lightly. "I wpuld take the Koh-i-noor as a traveling companion under the same circumstances." The two men were standing at the study window, the blind of which hap pened to be up While in the act of placing the case to his pocket Brown's eyes wandered to the street. At the moment the light from a lamp in front of the door struck on the face of a man who was passing—or had he been stand ing there?—a peculiar dark face, with straight black whiskers. The man moved on. Brown drew back hastily. • "None of your people knew that you were giving me this commission?" he inquired of Goldsmith. "Not a soul, my dear fellow; the matter is entirely between you and me. My head clerk alone knows of the existence of the brilliant" "What is he like?" "Like you, like me. Respectability itself I What are you thinking of?" "Has he white whiskers?" "Gray as a badger's—white, even! But, bless my soul, what is the matter? What do yon mean? Have you seen anyone?" "A man was standing there by the lamp post as you handed me the jewel case. He was apparently looking at us, aud might have heard whp.t we said." "Then h ■ must be in the street still," said Gold: uiith,» throwing up the win dow and putting his head out Brown did the same The night was bright. Not a soul was to be seen anywhere; the street was quite deserted. "A neighbor <:r a neighbor's butler, lie has gone into some house." Gold smith withdrew from the window. "In any case, no one could have heard, nor, I should think, have seen us. As for my clerk. Tracers, 1 boast myself an honest man, '".it 1 don't hesitate to ccknowledge that he is the lionestcr of the two. Your imagination is phiying yon tricks I didn't know you were given that way. Perhaps you would rather not take charge of the bril liant?" Hut Brown would not hear of this. Already shamefaced over his hasty and somewhat ridiculous suspicions, ho dismissed them abruptly. "Not for worlds would I give up the charge," he said. "I'm not such a fool wJre V'l'i! I j\ ;■ •"; l ! fr TUEY WKISK. STANDING AT TIIE STUDV WINDOW. as 1 seem. The man probably is one of the new neighbors; there are a good many newcomers in the street" Portman Drown set next morning for Lucerne via Brussels and the Rhine, staying a few days at Ostend on the way. He took his place in the unde niable comfort of a first-class carriage in the express to Brussels with a mind as free from care and uneasiness as an elderly gentleman ever possessed. A life of plain, undiluted prose had, up to this, kept his imaginative faculties in complete abeyance; lunatics, hyp notists, murderers, etc., as possible fel low-travelers, had never entered his mind. As a rule, indeed, his fellow travelers no more excited his interest or notice than his near neighbors at home. On this occasion he was just fonscious, in leaving the station at Os tend, that an elderly couple were the other occupants of the carriage; ho merely gave a passing glance from his newspaper at the man, a stranger, who got in at Bruges and sat down on the opposite seat. Nearly an hour had passed beforo Brown laid down his newspaper, aud when ho did he was horrified fo sec in the traveler who got in at Bruges the dark-faced man who had excited his suspicion when he started from Lon don. At Brussels Brown dodged the dark faced man. Never within the whole course of his experience in foreign ports had Brown passed a more wretched night: the morning found liis nerves in a sad state, lie. who had never l>efore known himself the possessor of nerves! The fidgety man who made fussy arrange ments about starting by the first train for Lucerne, and whose eyes had a way of casting furtive—not to say uppre liensive—glances around, was strange ly unlike the self-satisfied, phlegmatic Brfton who had arrived the evening l>c fore at the Three Kings. The success of this maneuver iu leav ing Brussels made him repeat it; be sides he was in a perfect fever to get to the end of his journey, and rid him self of the charge of the diamond. Ilis spirits rose considerably as the hour of thv train's departure drew near with out any aDDcarancu of the Vshadoweri.', BFTLKR, PA.. FRIDAY, SKPTKAi IVIIR. iSOI. in the station. Brown reraaiu d on the platform ur.t'.l the t. ' moment, then, with a urvenl sigh < f re:i ", he ent d the railway carriage. Ihe train wa'- j just muvini; off when tlio door was "V.u --i deniy opened, a breathless port T i dashed in a handle ar. !1: reel of rugs, followed bv a still more breathless ' traveler. The door was shut, the engine | shrieked the la»t departing signal, the train moved from Bai ation. 111 one j corner of the c: r.a e -at Brown: in 1 another—the farthest on the opp<> it.> j side sat the man with the black ' whiskers! How often—in fancy —we place our selves in heroic sitnat. aand ther, 1 — in fancy— act with 111 variable heroism. It is quite different, however, when the heroic situation i- a reality; our conse quent actions are liable to bj quite dif ferent, toa The sition in which Brown now found himself might well have appalled the bravest. He was alone in a railway carriage with a scoundrel who had followed him from London: Brown h i utterly aban doned surm: since la '. night and ac cepted each idea as an absolute cer tainty—the object in this scoundrel's view was the cap ture of the valuable diamond, which wa ,at that very mo ment on Brown's person. A long jour ney lay before them and Brown was unarmed. At this review of the situa tion his heart sank; he drew back in stinctively into the corner. His eyes suddenly met those of the other man: a deep flush suffu ed his face, which seemed to find reflection in the other'-. Brown hastily took up Baedeker UIKI affected to read, the man opposite simultaneously did the same. A trans parent unreality on both sides. Brown's furtive glance-, invariably caught— quickly withdrawn though they were - those of the other man leveled on him. While this went on, the slightest change of position, the least movement in the opposite corner made Brown start. Mi<rht it not herald the approach of danger? A spring, a rush, the at tack ! The tension was terrible; to remain inactive almost impossible. Brown had an inspiration, as a man in ex tremity sometimes has. Though lie was not armed, lie would pretend to be. That might do something; produce hesitation or delay, at least. Accord ingly, he deliberately assumed a bold, even threatening demeanor. Casting a truculent glance across the carriage, he plunged his hand into his pocket, affecting to grasp an imaginary revol ver. To his intense delight the ruse took immediate effect The man (Op posite gave an unmistakable start, and shrank back into his corner. So far, so good. But how to keep up the pre tense? What to do next? At this crisis the whistling of the engine sud denly distracted Brown. Good heavens! He had forgotten the long tunnel! They were coming to it now! His eyes, with a quick, involuntary movement, sought the lamp. It was not lighted! Entrapped! Doomed! The wildest thoughts rushed confusedly to his brain. With a shriek the train plunged noisily into the tunnel, into darkness. The din and rattle outside contrasted sharply with the silence within the carriage. Crouched in his corner, Brown, his hearing sharpened to agoniz ing aeutcness, listened for a stir, a rustle, the sound of human breathing drawing nearer to him. Every moment fancy detected a step, a stealthy, cat like movcmdVit. His imagination, after the neglect of a lifetime, was now taking ample revenge. Uncontrolled and uncontrollable w re its wild flights. Every railway murder of which he had ever heart! Hashed upon him with all the ghastly details. The spring upon the victim, the struggle, the de;«th stroke, the body thrown out on the rails. How idly he hail read of these things happening to other men! But now to realize himself as the victim; his, the body! Absolute panic seized upon him; hardly knowing what he was doing, he tried softly to open the door. It was locked, however. His movements must have been heard, there was a stir at the other end of the carriage. The fatal moment had come, the assassin was advancing to the attack. In the extremity of his terror Brown sank swiftly on the floor and crawled under the seat. For what length of time he crouched there, half stifled, scarcely daring to breathe. Brown knew not. Agony can not measure time. A sudden and ex traordinary rush of air made his heart first stand still, and then sent the blood coursing wi'dly through his veins. The far door was swinging open! .Some thing had happened! And what? His straining curs detected no sound but the outside rattle and roar of tho train through the tunnel; within all Was silence, lie remained listening in jntjnse excitement and aiatuetpent y/i --lii the hope which had hardly dared to' |tir in his breast grew intd vigorous life. He was alone in tho carriage! He was saved! Deliverance had come miraculously—why and how he knew not! Tho tunnel was coming to an end; light began to stream into the carriage. Cautiously and slowly Brown peeped from under the seq,t He was quite alone. The man had disappeared. The fact of his escape was, at the time, enough for Brown. Afterward, in thinking over the adventure, he sur mised that the man, deceived by his (Brown's) attempt to turn the handle of the door, had followed in supposed pursuit. At the station, just outside the tun nel, Brown —alighting almost before the train had stopped—changed his place for one in a crowded second-class Compartment. A few hours later the brilliant was safely transferred from (lis charge into that of Goldsmith's brother at Lucerne. The rest of the tour was uneventful; he neither heard of nor saw his perse cutor again. • ##»»»* Brown's adventure made quite a sen sation on his return to London. He was the hero of the hour in his circle. Whether or not he related the circum stances exactly, as here set forth, need not be mentioned. His friend Jones, among others, gave a dinner party in his honor. Brown, with his usual punctuality, was the first ot the guests to arrive. "By the way," Jones said chafnngly to him, as the two stood chatting to gether on the hearth-rug, 'you must look to your laurels to-night, Brown. Do you know Leroy, your neighbor in Harley street?" "Never saw the man in my life. What's the joke?" ••A rival adventure! In Switzerland, to<i and culminating in a tunnel —not sure that it wasn't the Olten one also!" "Dear me! What ati extraordinary coincidence!" "In this case it was a lunatic, not a robber, lie was shadowed at hotels and trains. You must hear the story from his own lips; he's dining here to night. The climax is terrific. Shut into a railway carriage alone with a lunatic, aforesaid lunatic armed with a revolver. A long tunnel, an extin guished lamp, the lunatic crawling in the darkness to tin: attack, an escape by the skin of his teeth. Leroy has sufficient presence of mind to open the door and pretend to go out, in reality crawling under the seat instead. The ruse saved his life. ll* supposed that he fainted in the stifling air, for, when he was next conscious, the train had left Olton and he was alone in the car riage, from which all traces ot the lunatic had disappeared." Jones was so engrossed in telling the story, he did not remark its curious and rstartlimr effect 011 Brown. t ll I "WW > 111 U £&Ti iV4s><: " |(Y> i 'simy- •.} a) n%t&m i saV\ A" : I . J TUK RECOGNITION. Just then the door was thrown open, and the footman an none cad "Mr. Le roy. " Jones. springi:.;,' i irwar.l \v". e/ui sion to gTcct the newcomer, led him gushingly tip to Brown. '■You two must know each other," lie said. And they did. The recognition was instantaneous on Kith sides. With a pa ,p, Brown stared in speechless won der °n the man with the blac'; whiski rs, while Lcroj- stared bu' 1 .: aghast on en countering the gaze of the lunatic! — London Truth. Catching a Swordllsli. A Fall River fisherman had an ad venture with a swordfish which came near being fatal to the man and re sulted in the capture of the li.sh in a most novel maun ■•. The fisherman in question belonged t > the crew of the Hattie Ellen, which frequently makes trips forswordfish On this oeea-ion a large fish was sighted and struck a few miles oIT Brenton's reef light shin. When ..truck it at one- darted off through the water, carrying forty fathoms of line and a large keg. For a:i hour it raced on. A man in a row boat followed, and v.hcu the fish stopped, the man. believing it ready to give up, began hauling in the line. The fish came in all right for a time. Suddenly, however, it started from the bottom, came to the surface with a rush, stuck its sword through the boat and came near swamping it. The sailor had a narrow escape from being im paled on the sword; it grazed hia pantaloons. Seeing that the sword fish had obligingly come to him, however, the sailor quickly resolved to hold it. He took a halfhitch around the sword sticking through the boat, and the game w;t secure- Th soli >ll r :-oon bore down upon the boat, and the sailor with the fi-h was taken aboard. The fish weighed two hundred and fifty pounds.—Youth's Companion. —Progress and Poverty.—.Mr. Bilgate (entertaining a western friend at his suburban home) —"I haven't much ele gance to offer .you, but tliL modest lit tle home is the result of y. ars of self sacrifice and it is very dear to mo. ' liis Guest— "Oh, this is delightful! By the way, who owns that el'gant man sion across the way?" Bllgat "Oh, that belongs to one of my traveling men."—Clothier and Furnisher TH£ FAN HI JAPAN. An Article That Is Absolutely IndU pcn*at>le. The fan is an inseparable part of the Japanese dress. A native is rarely without a fan. It i. his shelter from the sun. his notebook and his plaything. The varieties of t;>. .c paper fans, says the Paper Mill, would "form a curious collection in respect to form as well as quality. The highest priced fan that was used in the days of se clusion from the outer world was not more than I've yen, or tii ; 'en sinkings; but now they have been made to order for foreigners as dear as two to three pounds sterling. The general prices of ordinary fans range from two shillings to guineas per hundred. There are many curious uses for fans in Japan. The umpire at wrestling and fencing matches u es a h avy one, shaped like a large butterfly, the handle being the body and rendered imposing by heavy cords of silk. The various motions of the fan con stitute a language which the wrestlers fully understand and appreciate. For merly, in time of war, the Japanese commander used a large fan having a frame of iron covered with thick paper. In case of danger it could be shut, and !*, blow from its iron liones was no light affair. One notable va ricty of fan is made of waterproof paper which can be dipped in water, and creates great coolness by evaporation without wetting the clothes. WEBSTER'S SMALL INCOME. Only I'lftcrn Thousand Dollir-j a Year Made by tlie Great I-'xpoundcr of Law. The legal profession of the present lay will be surprised to learn that .Mr. Webster, the greatest American lawyer of liis time, made but fifte >i thousand lollars a year by his practice. Bnt the fees of counsel i- Iv len 1940 und 1850 were not what they have been since. In IS4S 1 accompanied a client to Mr. Webster's office in Boston, says a writer in the New York Sun, and asked him to name a retaining fee in an important patent ea lie said he thought that a ;ouple of hundred dollars would do. When the case was tried his fee was .mly one thousand dollars. On another occasion 1 paid him a retaining fee of two thousand dollars for the proprie tors of the Goodyear India rubber patent. His fee for arguing the great equity ?ause I>f Goodyear v . l)ay in the cir cuit court of the United States for the lisuriet of New Jersey, by which he es tablished the validity of the Goodyear patent, was five thousand dollars. This was in the spring of IS.YJ, and was the last ease he ever argued. IIi» professional iucoine from 1818 to 1823, during which period he was out of congress, averaged, I think, twenty thousand dollars a year. Identification Curds. A novel and ingenious plan to enable 1 person to identify himself under all sircumstances, as when cashing a sheck or money or obtaining registered letters or mail matter, has been in vented. It is in the form of an "identi fication card," which is inclosed In a morroco case, so that it can be carried around by the owner conveniently. The card contains »1 one corner a miniature photograph of the person to whom it is issued, with his signature below. Beneath this is the attestation of a notary public to the genuineness of the photograph and signature. On an other division of the card is registered the name, occupation, a . r e and citizen ship of the possessor, together with an accurate description of him and his place of residence. Room is also left in another column for signatures and ad dresses of any references that tho bearer may have. A Brave Soldier. CapU John Smith is the historic name of an ex-soldier who lives down in 111- diana. As the story goe . says the De troit Free I're - ..(.'apt..! ohn had a dog and the dog in turn had the rabies. The cap tain, according to the report, was out in the yard with his wife and children when the dog began to rave. With great presence of mind the valiant sol dier made a break for the house and shut himself in, : t the ame time shut ting hi s wifi and < hildren out, leaving them to battle with and be bitten by the dog. Isn't it enough to make a dog mad to have to associate with such a man? BLONDES AND SEASICKNESS. [Jgtkt-Halrpil r- .;:le Pannit Stand a I'. I'-J-fcU Sea- Is ther ■ . mysterious region now link: : ;-s why people with t hair hould become sea-.-U i v. 1'.... v.- with dark? Yet, ITS th? Chicago Tribune, Charles Yoang, eh rk of the steamer City of Chicago. ■ ..is this is so. "I can tell "cm," Clerk Young said, "as so :< a> they come on the boat whether tl y nre going to be sick or not. When 1 - e a girl with light hair and light blue eyes, v.-ho walks in with a kind of uncertain gait, as if she did not know exactly where she was step ping, I say to myself: 'Young lady, you'll be sick b fore we are an hour out.' But v.'.r;a the blaek-eyed woman comes, who walks a board the boat ju>t as if '>e ha 1 business there, t know that any . :ia.y a will not affect her in th • let t. "Thr e-qn . ; r.s . ;' the people who become f- .. iek en this steamer arc de cided blc: . Y 1 may laugh at this, but I have made quite a .tudy of it, and I will tellu 1 a-:> right. If we had a long run 1 uppo .e it would fetch them all. My observation has been eon fined, cf coti- e. t the . ixty-tnile run across to SL J. . -.' here the sea in the summer time t. nee. .ruing to ray opini. n, t • 1 •V. iek. But these light-!... . 1 •v. ill keel over and want t > tii • q-.: er t\an anybody. Why is it?" With tin t! ; '.• lo > pineal clerk told the cabinu .:Ms to p epar fi.r a seasick time. As the City of Chicago put her nose outside the ' real: : ter it was hoon proved that ■ precaution was not in vain A Mean Urate. It was on a trail* and he was trying to read. Th re was the usual variety of pa.- -ng anion r t'l 111 a lady with a very sprightly littie girl that had blue -'yes, a head of glistening gold and an Inquisitorial tongue. She plied him with questions and toyed with his watch chain. The mother, wise was a widow, fairly beamed upon him. He was becoming nervous, and turning to the mother, said: ' Madam, what do you call this sweet little darling?" The widow smiled enehantingly and replied with a sigh: "Ethel." "Please call her, then."—Texas Sift ings. _ A Suspicions drcamst nice. '"Oh, yes, we are engaged, but I fear she has not that utter confidence in me that comes with perfect love." "Why, so?" "Well, when a bellow looks back—as a fellow in love naturally will, you know and - e.s her testing the diamond inhcrei'g. jement ring on the window pane, don't you think h has > i:l can e to feel a little dubious?" —Indianapolis Journal. _ On I .and ai»'.i Sea. The Mann le-er What's tbis I hear of trouble <;u your ship? The Captain—Trouble enough. Half the crew mutinied and tried to prevent the rest from going to work. Fortu nately, help came, and now the wretches are in jail. The Manufacturer —You call that mu tiny? In my mill that would be noth ing hut a strike.—Pittsburgh Bulletin. Ilnd Got Hack. Collector —Is Mr. Slowpay in? Landlady—No, sir. "I called five weeks ago," and _jou > 6aid lie had goue to Long Branch for n month. Hasn't he got back yet?" "Yes, sir, lie's back." "Then where is lie?" "in the poor house." —Good News. Ifard "Work. "Are you willing to work for your living?" she asked of the two tramps who were standing 011 the porch. "Yes'm, we are." replied one of them, earnestly, "an'yer kin bet we does it digestin' the things the wimmin along this route gives us ter eat."—Washing ton Star. Iler Heturn Ticket. A young couple were hurrying to catch the train out of Chicago when the bride's mother said: "Now, Clara, you're sure you've got your return ticket." "Oh, yes, mother; it is safe in the hands of my lawyer."—Judge. Compulsory Keslgnation. "Can yon get along with one egg for breakfast, sir?" asked the waiter of a late arrival. "I suppose I'll have to." "But you can't have two, sir. There is but one in the house." —Truth. Important Revision. De Art—l understand that Ward Mc- Allister intends to revise his book make some additions to it. De Science —Ah! indeed! New dishes or new drinks? —N. Y. Weekly. Faint 1 raise. "You seem to admire Miss Fortune. I hear that you said she was pretty and good." "No. I said she was pretty good."— Munsey's Weekly. A KASKII tXr. MIRACI.K. XpA} ' [Hjr ' I I - ■ —Puck. Superannuated. Jones—Those nickel in the slot ma chines arc not a new thing after all. This paper says that they are nearly a hundred years old. Smith —lndeed! Perhaps that is why they so often fail to work. —Munsey s Weekly. _ A Stationary Conversation. "You have so much address I can hardly be expected to compete with you," said the letter to the envelope. "Now, don't get excited," replied the envelope, "because you know you can't contain yourself." —Jury. Too Much of a Clfestnut. The Country Maid—Tell me some thing inter-stiie;. The City Youth—Let me tell you the old, old story. The Country Maid—Oh, 1 have heard that before. —Jury. In Maulstick's studio. Mr. Leaflarde (of Chicago)— Thai there picture of a pig is splendid, sir, splendid- never saw anything so true to life. 1 do believe you're the very man to paint a portrait of me.—Mun sey's Weekly. Distances l ead, lite. "Don't you like to hear some one singing on the water far away.' she asked. "Yes," he murmured, "far away. Life. No I CM for Him. understand that Dr. Prosy has preached rvmin.st the SUUIUKJ* }firl» lie doc: n't like her, because she never usuries." — Life. SHELTER FOR MACHINES. Why nrcry Woll-R. ;. . ; ..••> »:««al4 llave a T- Wou ufoc e er- of agr'.-- . ).-. ! .. r\ get rich. The owner r.. . ■ a ma. hi -.cry would do vastly bo:: : • t.> ,-*» in debt for means with which t > bu.l-1 a t<»l and machine honse than t • get (rn' ted for new imp; meats wi.'i which to work his land aud then Je .r, them to nature's mercies. Tho mdls;v>nsablt-s in a tooi h >nse arc a tight roof and dry fl.wr. For the former it Is don' tful if anything is superior or in the long run cheaper than shingles. For floor lumber will do, but a well-drain si. slightly raised floor made >f eoal ashes, engine cin ders, clay or brick is preferable, being more durable and stronger. But a floor of this kind positively mast be well drained or th > machines will be injured by dampness from below. Where a ite can be secured next lhe road and sloping from it, the sills laid on low walls caa be filled level with the floor ing. This will pack down hard and give great satisfaction. On level land it is better to raise the ground in front z~ SFCAT ' X >isfTinr-*b J - Mojjj. -_. ' of the tool house to the height of the floor than to use an incline, as it is easier to roil the stock in aud out. An excellent building erected for this pur pose I saw in Worcester county. Ma-*. It is built like the drawing. Tho little doors enter a shop feet wide aoross one end. Rolling doors protect the re mainder of the front. They are hung so a to pass one another or the small door-, and the convenience is perfect. Wagons or machines out of order may be taken bodily into the shop where wrenches, etc., quickly put them to rights wet days. The shed is JO feet wide and may be made of any desired length. A rolling platform Bxl2 feet covers au aperture in the tipper floor through which sleighs, rakes and other light things are raised by pulleys for storage. A piece of scantling fastened to the wall near the floor will prevent mowers aud wagons from marring it with their hubs. Abundance of light should be let in and the fowls kept out th s same as snow and other destructive agencies.—Hollister -Sage, in Farm and liome. CHEAPER THAN CORN. CaU, Brail and Oilmeal the Mont Profita ble ilation for Hog*. It is commonly cheaper to feed oats, 'oraii and oikaeal than to feed corn to hogs. The same amount of money in vested in these foods will make a great er gain than when invested in corn, unless corn i i abnormally cheap. If a pig is raised in this way all the food it receives while fattening will return more profit than if the animal had been reared on corn slope. A neighbor who is an excellent feeder and usually feeds spring pigs for sale in tho fall or win ter, found himself one summer with 50 pigs aud very little old corn. The prospect for the new crop was poor. I urged him to buy a ton of oilmeal and two tons of bran, taking the trouble to weigh out 1 pound of oilmeal and show him that when it was stirred into '2 gallons of boiling water thick slop resulted 1 told liim that 840 invested in bran and oilmeal would feed his pigs liberally for 8 ) days or until his corn was well matured and ready to feed, lie was too cautious to borrow money to do this and, up to the time new corn was ready to feed, his pigs had a light diet and were not thrifty. My pigs were growing nicely. As a result mine, though a month younger and sold 18 days earlier averaged Gt» pounds each more than his, and he fed the most corn. Ilis pigs hid taken on an un thrifty habit and didn't feed well. lie finally sold them a month earlier than he intended because he found they were not paying for their food. My pigs at 0 1-3 months averaged 200 pounds and at the rate they were gain ing when sold would have passed tfie 300 pound notch before they were nine months old. When pigs arc to be fat tened at eight to ten months old farm ers would make money to sell corn and buy oats, bran and linseed meal, pound for pound. I practise what I preach in this matter and ca?t heartily recom mend the diet.—Waldo F. Brown, in Farm aud Homo. DAIRY SUGGESTIONS. . SKIMMED milk can lie kept sweet for from twenty-four to forty-eight hoars by beating it. It must be heated to 150 degrees. THE odor o£ some churns, especially the barrel churn, is enough to sicken one of butter for a lifetime. Keep tho churns clean. WUKS the particles of butter are al most the size of a grain of wheat, stop churning, draw off the buttermilk and turn in water to wash the butter. •■KXCKKMNGI.V good buttermilk," said 9 gentleman who was recently given a glass of that fluid. He was right, for it was thick with butter. Tin; milk of tho goat is rich, we would say in answer to an inquiry, but the at" is no animal for the farm. V.'e v. ere never in love with a goat of any kind. I"; the licifcr calves well. It fixes th ■ illicit of consumption and digestion u eve! p. tho digestive organs. ' ' r • i • a •,'< od deal more in habit, in han we sometimes think, i., • od deal in letting the r i.dlk the same cows right i h • milker then knows the e. . ••. i the eov. knows the milker. i. n.•thing like being well ac <: i under such circumstances. m. i:i the full we invite the at v ■• i tie. ■ who are still breed i:i - . i "i i •.. ~ t other scrub stock to ; ~!{ -fitl!v at the improved breeds • f ;;:vi compare them with the • r is believing in such c;> At it should bo. -Western Rural. A Crawl. Cal Somine (rising)— Gen lemen, 1 kain't continue in dis game; dars cheat in' goin' on. (Three razors are instantly drawn.) Hull—ah—! But, as I was savin". I'se onlj- made two dollars n' a quawtab by hit, w'ich I he rs t' refund, and »ivdraw'.—Puck. Another llooui. Eastern Man—How is CosmopQlo City, the "Occidental Wonder of the | Western World," and "Hello of the j Plains," prospering? Western Man—Finely: Finely: We've I got two stores and a blacksmith shop in full blast now.—Good News. After the !'rsp«uiL She (hesitatingly)— This is very sud den. Mr.—er er—Smith, is it not? We 1 only met last night, and— lie Hut reflect. I've only a week to stay here, and there are forty other | giris at the hotel and about two men. —Judge. A I'roininrot l'tac*. Young Lady—What a delightful scene! How prominent that massive ' rock stands out. Soap Manufacturer Yes; very fine. I'll have a man come down here to j morrow mid paint a sign on it.—Judge. lit- Had a < holre. Hen—l don't think much of girls. However, I'd lather be a girl than a goose. Tom—Prububly, but 1 think it im ' possible for jou to accomplish the transformation.—Life. X 0.40 A SERIOW^MISTAkfe, Wl/ Ml PutJrlnj oi Modowl Ik K«t l' Profitable Trmotlcr. R is a common practice in many part of tUo country to turn the cattle, bur_,vo and sheep upon the hay fields after the crop of hay has beengathered, and the second crop, or "rowen," has appeared in luxuriant growth. ThcrU Ia a stronfr temptation t<S such a course, because at this season of the year thi pastures have bcirun to dry up. and the stock has begun t"> look less thrifty, while the yield of milk from the cqwd has very materially diminished. But like all temptations to do unwise things for tho sake of temporary advantage, this one should I>resisted. It is to bi presumed that tho great majority whd practice fall fe ling of meadow lands do not com; rehe ad the extent oi the injury that e-iixses from such a course. They see only a little increase oi growth, a lev.- im-re quarts of milk per day, but fail to retsaa back from effect to cause when succeeding' seasons show n rapidly decreasing yield of hay, or other crop upon these fields, some Considerable part of which is surely due to this fall pasturing. Most plants require for vigorous growth a .soil, not hard packed, but fairly light and well drained, with roots left undisturbed when once they have begun to stretch out through the soil in f > arcli of foofL Moreover, it is i the habit of grass plants to form a thick mat or carpet over the ground, which serves as protection for the roots j against tho washir -of heavy rains, the , alternate thawing and freezing ot early spring, and tho sc. ohing heat of lata MI miner. When meadows are eropped l>y cattle, many plants are torn out right from the soil, the roots of others broken or loosened and exposed to the fri ;t. ra""i and heat. In addition to this, ih feet of the stock are constant* |lv Icing the soil solidly around the ; plants which hinders free drainage: or making foot holes that become basins for water anl ie >. Liut the actual in jury t > ti.- grass plants is not all —by fee-ihi--; ii tl. • second growth nature's plans tor protecting the grass during the cold of winter are thwarted, and very much of "winter killing" is tho result. V : .ei\ Allows lie deep and con tinuous, this difficulty is not so ap parent. but oven cold climates aro sub ject to "open" winters, which are suffi ciently trying to grass lands, even when well protected.—American Agri culturist THE KITCHEN SEWER. Proves «ive I'armcrs Everywhere Con»truot One Nowadays. It is always better to have sewer pipes and drains too large than top small. For the kitchen sink and the washing, au earthen pipe at least 3 inches in diameter should be used, with a lead pipe lrom the house not less than 1 '•, inches in diameter. The trap used Ls an important matter, not only for its effectiveness in preventing a back flow of air, but for the purpose of cleaning It occasionally to remove the grease which will always collect in it, and in time prevent its action. Besides this grease, shreds and fibers of different kinds will gather in it, and these must be removed at intervals. A well-con structed trap is therefore indispensa ble. It is made as shown in the cut, and is attached to every pipe in the hou.se, the sink. wash-basins, etc. It has a sewer opening, as shown, which affords means for removing obstruc tions. The trap may be kept free from grease by filling it at night with a hot solution of concentrated lye, which dis solves the grease, and a llushing with hot water in the morning clears out the A COMMON SENSE TRAP. dissolved matter. A trap of the same material as the drain pipe is also fitted half way down as an additional secur ity. The drain may have its outlet in a convenient place where the wasto water may be absorbed by some suita ble material, which r.hould be removed at short intervals. It is often the case that a drain like this, while it conven iently removes the household wastes, really makes tho nuisance worse by making a collection of them that is neglected under tho mistaken belief that, not being ecu, they are effectual ly disposed of, and thus the drain may become av> or.. evil than that which it is intended to r 'mo , unless this fact is well considered au '. acted upon. In laying tiie drain, the fall should be as great as may be possible, and the out let should be as far from the dwelling as it can lc, even if the length of the drain i • added to. ll. Stewart, in Kural New Yorker. Money in I ires and Poultry. I am a farmer on a small scale, but male# a livin ,\ :! 1 1 t*ie Ido not plant cottou. nor ,ugar-cane, nor corn nor oats, nor wheat, but I always make a crop, rain or shine. Last year I raised Gj bushels of potatoes, 200 tfcv.cn cabbage h a 1 400 dozen eggs, 000 spring chick • and nearly 3,000 pounds of honey. My principal crop this year vv*ll be poultry and honey. 1 have sold twenty-two stands of bees for which I rceeh e 1 €<Aand 3,440 pounds of honey for whie.li 1 have realized 8 cents per poi nd, ori 195; up to July 1 I had sold >0 young fryers at au av erage ot 15 «. at:, each and 304 dozen eggs at 10 cents per dozen. 1 have done all this ui«d tended to a pasture of 250 acres.—Farmer's World The Manure Heap. L*t the hen . work iu the manure heap all they w. ,h. t licy will find a large amount of valuable food, and they will work the manure up into a fine condition, by scratching over it, that will render it the best that can bo used for th ■ garden or for flowers. There is ,i large proportion of food in the manure of animals that will be of service t> the hern, and they should have the privil«g of securing it ns a matter of economy. I'vi.r fattening for early market two feeds a day i, all that is necessary no.v if th. fo'.v. ai-o allowed to run out. In Mo l>.»ni;rr. "You can't be too careful how you handle paper money, Dorothy, ' re marked Mr. Skrimp. "They've found out that it's covered with microbes and lisease germs." "They won't hurt me much," said Mns. Skrimp, shortly. "It's mighty sel lorn I'm exposed to 'cm."—Chicago Tribune. \o Time lor lillrtic»». Retired Business Man—l am rich at Inst, and now I'm going to find a per feet climate to live in. Great Traveler (.tood idea! Ive al ways held that when a man retires I from business he should immediately take up something that will keep him ' occupied for the rest of his life.—N. V ! Weekly. Knphl Trannlt. Mr. Stammer (who has just boarded 1 cars at Philadelphia for New \ork, to conductor) S-S-S-Say, c-c-c-captain, w-w-w-what t-t-t-tiine w-w-w-will w-w-w-we g-g-g-get t-t-t-to Brakcnian —New York! Mr. .Stammer (to brakeman)—Th-Th- I Th-Thanks. —Puck. Not a <ioo«l Kecommcnilnttou. Old Lady Is this good fly paper? Boy —Yes, ma'am; ' >st there is. Old Lady—Will it catch flies? lJov - It 11 catch'cm better than the center fielder of the Koehestcrs. Old Lady (who reads the papers)— I'll look at"some other kind, young man. I —Judge. _
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