XVOL. XXVIII.
Hotel
Waverly.
g. McKEAN" ST., - - BCTLEB, PA.
Opposite School Home.
Thin elepan'. new hotel i* now open to
the public; it is a new house, with new
furniture throughout and all modern con
veniences; is within easy reach of the de
pots and business houses of tbe town, and
has a splendid view of the eastern part of
the town.
Rates Reasonable.
Give me a call when in Butler.
CHESS STONER, Prop'r.
Willard Hotel.
W. U. REINING. Prop'r
BUTJL.i£R, -
STABLISU 13 COSSKCTIOJ.
SAIPLK 1100* far COXIEBCIAL TBAVKLKK
New Lively Stable.
New Stock,
New Rigs.
—OPEN DAY AND NIGHT—
Horses fed and boarded.
PETER KRAMER,
39. W. Jefferson Bt. Ratler, Pa.
Hotels and Depots,
W. 8. Gregg is now running » line
of carriages between tbe hotels and
depots of tbe town
Charges reasonable. Telephone
No. 17, or leave orders at Hotel
Vogeley.
Good Livery in Connection
CRAWFORD & KENNEDY.
Tbe well-known liverjman, Wm
Kennedy, has bought an interest in
tbe above barn and will be pleased to
have his friends call at hie new place
of business. Tbe
Best Horses, Buggies and Car
riage*
in Butler at tbe most reasonable
rates. The place is easily remember
ed. The first stable west of tbe"
Lowrv Houße.
MiEflin Street Livery.
W. G. BIEHL, Prop'r.
One square west of Main St., on
Mifflin Bt. All good, safe horses;
new boggics and carriages. Landaus
for weddings and funerals. Open
day and night. Telephone No. 24.
Zj. C- WICK
DEALER IB
Rough and Worked Lumber
Doors, Sasb, Blinds, Mouldings,
Shingles and Lath
LIME. HAIR AND PLASTER.
Office opposite P. A W. Depot,
BUTLER. - - PA
LUMBER YARD.
L M. :&W. TJ. HEWIT,
Dealers in all kinds of
Rough and Worked Lumber.
DOORS,
SASH,
BLINDS,
SHINGLES,
LATH, ETC.
We bave a larjte <>f all kin«'« of Lum
ber, Oil Well Higf, Etc.
Call and get our prietn and nee our slock.
Mall Orders Promptly Attended
■ To.
Office nil J
]fo»oß ST., XKAR WEST Psmr DEPOT,
BUTLEB. PA.
Planing "Mill
—JJID—
Lumber Yard
T. L. PU KVJ* L. O. RUN V IP.
Purvis & Co.
MASrCFACTUP.KRM AMD DRALBRM IK
Bough and Planed Lumber
. or EVCKY DESCRIPTION
SHINGLES, LATH
& SEWER PIPE.
Butler, Pa.
MY NEW STORE
la now completed and I respectfully
invi*e the Public to call and t see* me.
I am prepared to supply every
thing in tbe line of Drugt£and Medi
cine* at all hours. Prescriptions at
night a specialty.
Electric Bell and'ppeaking tube at
front door. (JallHjtnswered prompt
ly
A bright, cheerful
new.
Yours,
J. P. BALPH.
G. D. HARVEY,
Contractor acd builder In brick work, urole
and mantfl MttlnK and all kind* of brick-laying
a specialty, A lno dealer In barrel lline, w»M
pum I owe lime, cemeuui. Nattoaal. Portland
and all be«t (rrad.-B in tbe market. Calcined
Mauler, plaater hair. King it cemeot, Oro brtck,
fUe. wblle aand and river wind. Main office 31.1
If. Main itreet, and all orileni left at ware houne
Will recelre ptoiupt delivery. Terms reasonable.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
JOSEPH W. MILLER, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon,
Office and residence at 33a ■. Main St. Eutler,
la.
Dr. N. M. HOOVER,
137 E. Wayne St.. offl.* hours. 10 to 12 M. and
1 to 3 P. M.
L. M. REINSEL, M. D ,
FMIAU AM) SCBOEOX.
Offlce a lid residence at 127 E. Cunningham St,
L. BLACK,
PHYSICIAN I.ID BITKOKOS,
New Troutnian Bnlldinfcr, Butler, Fa.
L. S. LEAKIi. Ji. i>- J. K. MANN. M.
Specialties: Specialties:
liynarcology and Sur- Eye, Ear, Nov- •! :
ifery. Throat.
DRS. LEAKE & MANN,
Butler, Pa.
G. I,*. ZIMMERMAN.
rarncuD AND SCUJIOH.
Offlce at No. *5, S. Main street, over Frank «
Co's Liius: store. Butler, l'a.
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon.
r>o. 22 East Jcfifrton St., 151 tier, l'a.
W. R. TITZEL.
PHYSICIAJS AiiD SURGEON.
6. W. Ccit.tr Halo and Nortli fela.. llutltr. Pa.
V. McALPINE,
Dentist,
Is now ptimattiitlj- located at lzO South Main
Stmt liutkr. Pa. in roema loituerly occupied
by Dr. Waldron.
J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Butler, Penn'a.
Artiuclal Tt'Ctli Inserted cn the latest im
proved plan, (..old HUlng a specialty, once—
oer Schaul s Clothing Store.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work pertaining to the profession eiecut
ed in Uie neatest manner.
Specialties Gold hillings, and Painless Ex
traction o( Teeth. Vitalized Air administered.
IHlSct OB JcfftruD Street, ooe door Kant of Lowrj
House, L'p Stair*.
Office open daily, except Wednesdays ani
Thursdays. Conimunlcatlous by mail receive
prompt attention,
Ji. B.—The only Dentist in Duller using the
bofcl makes of teeth.
C. r. L. McQUISTION,
EKGLNEMt AND SIBVEYOIt,
Ornci hKAK DIAMOND. BCTLEB, PA.
A. B. C. McFARLAND.
Att'y at I,aw and Notary Public—Office on S.
Diamond ft.—opposite tne Court House— sec
ond lloor.
H. Q. WALKER,
Attor nty-al-Law— Office in Diamond Block,
Butler, Pa.
J. M. PAINTER,
Attorney-at-Law.
Office—Betwten P'stoffice and Diamond, But
ler. Pa.
A. T. SCOTT,
ATTORN EY-AT-LA W.
omce at No. ft, South Diamond, Butler. Pa.
A. M. CHRISTLEY,
ATIOUNEV AT LAW.
Office second floor. Anderson B1 k. Main St.,
n':»r Court House, Butler, Pa.
J. w. HUTCHISON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.-
Ofl.ce MI second floor of tl:t; lluielton block,
D.snioud. Butler, Pa.. Boolu No. I.
JAMES N. MOORE,
ATTOKKir-AT-LAW AMI) NoTAKV PTSI-IC.
ufi'ne in liooin No. 1, second lloor of lluat Itou
Kloctt. entrance on Dlarnoud.
IRA McJUNKIN.
Allium > at l«i», Ofll'-'o >-i No. 17, Jeffer
son St., Butler. Pa.,
W. C. FINDLEY,
Altcrney pi Un u.r I .ml JCstatc Afci-nt. Of
lice rear of 1,. K. illicb'-H H ottji eon north Hide
of Diamond. Butler, l'a.
H. H. GOUCHER.
Attorney-at-luw. Office on second lloor of
Anderson building, near Court lloukc. Butler,
Pa.
J. t. BR ITT A IN.
Att'y at Law—.Offlee at S. K. Cor. Main H', and
Diamond, Butler. Pa.
NEWTON BLACK.
Att'y at Law—Offlce.on South side or Diamond
Butler, Pa.
L. 8. :VlcJlJi\Kli\ f
Insurance and Real Estate Ag't
17 EAST JEFFERSONJBT.
BUTLER, - PA.
~7u!TL Hi CO I NTY
Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Office Cor. Main & Cunningham fits.
a. 0. ROKSSINd, Pr*HIDBNT.
U. C. HKINEMAN, SKUP.KTABT.
DIi<KCrORB:
G. C. lIOCMItIS, Henderson Oliver,
J. L Purvis, .lames Stephenson,
A. Troutnian, M. O. Ilelneiuan,
Alfred Wick, N. Weitwl, aJ4fl
Dr. W. Irvln, Dr. Iliekenbacn.
J. W Hurkbart, ;D. T. Noma.
LOYAL S. M'JUNKIN, Agent.
BTTTLiB'R, "F>A.
A. E. GABLE,
V eterinary Surgeon.
Graduate of tbo Ontario Veterinary
College, Toronto, Canada,
Dr, Qable treat* all dfceaHea of tbe
domesticated animal*, and myites
ridgling, castration and kori>o den
tistry a specialty. Castration per
formed without claniß, and all other
surgical operations performed in tbe
most scientific manner.
Calls to any part of tbe country
promptly responded to.
Offlce und Infirmary in Crawford's
Lircry, 132 West JeffersoD Street,
Butler, P*.
THE/BUTLER CITIZEN.
OUR GREAT FALL
CLEAK A N C E
Sale is Now Going on in
Farm Wagons, Spring Wapon.s Delivery Wagon?, Bug
gies, Surries, Carts, S'.eiglie, Bob-S'ed*, Buck-wagons, Slat
wagons, Spindle-wagons, Buggy wheels, painted; Buggy
wheels, not painted, Shafts and Poles, finished; Shafts and
Poles, unfinished, Buggy Curtains and Lazy-backs, Buggy Tops
and Wagon Tops, Buggy Dashes and Wrenches, fart ' heels,
finish* d Harness of all kinds from the Cheapest Machine to
the very best Hand Mad<-. Won: Harness and Buggy Harness,
Horse Collars, all kinds and sizes, Sweat Pads and Collar Pads,
Back Pads and Interfering Pads. Lobes (fall kinds and blank
ets to fit any horse at any price, Buggy Whips and Wagon
Whips. All" parts of Harness— Hames. Tugs and Traces; Halt
ers of all kinds. Fly Nets and Lap Duster*, Buggy Paint,
the best make. Single Trees, I'ouble Trees, Neck Yokes, Horse
Brushes, Curry Combs, Springs i"i" Wagons, Buggies and
Carts, Hoof Ointment. Top Dressing & Harness Oil
i'itching strapfc, Hatne straps, hiding saddles. Bridles, and
Harness Saddles, Buggy-washers, Snaps, Bridle bits Hoisting
jacks, Anti-rattlers and everything —at Wholesale or Retail.
We have all our stock made to order. We give our own
guarantee so that when you buy of us you know just what
you are getting, We do not put you oft with a manufacturer s
guarantee whom you do not know. We are here to make good
all our own contracts Our reputation is establish <1 —it took
us years to make it. We intend to retain it. It is that which
enables us to buy more, sell more, bu\ cheaper, and sell cheap
er than any other firm in the State and you who buy of us re
ceive the benefit. Come and see us. If you deal here once
you will deal here always. Yours &c
s. b. ninußT i [o.
216 W. Cunningham St
S. B. Martincourt, - J. M. Lieghner
HENRY BIEHL
122 NORTH MAIN STKKKT,
EU : LEH - P"EIM IsT'A
DEALER IN
Hardware and House Furnishing Goods.
reaper and steel frame binder, Warren ready mixed paint,
warrented; screen doors and windows, refrigerators and lawn
mowers.
No better place in the city to trade.
Coine and see my large store room full <»1 goods, I .'Hii feet
long.
WHERE A CHILI) CAN BUY AS CHEAP AS A MAN
Fine Watches,
Clocks,
Jewelry,
Silverware and
Spectacles
At lowest cash prices at
•J. JEt. <M R I K J$ »
No. 125 N. Main St., - Duffy Block.
Sign of Electric Hell and Clock.
Pittsburgh, Pa. •
awl reliable InM Ittuioii han prepfuwl UiouMuidM of yo#a(( men HI»<! women forth*
WiteaUoii" a'mJV* want ° f a WftCtKaU education, circular* will b<s *»cut on
BUTLER, PA.,FRIDAY, OCTOIiER, 1(5. 1891.
THE PRESS.
lExlract from u po a read by Charles A.
Gardner, • tho Pasad.na Star, before tho ro
6ent Editorial association of southern Call
tarsia.]
The po ; feinp- tils lady lort.
Tho c.. CM of blue from Heaveu abovo—
The nzuro of tho deep blue so a—
(Beware of her, she's fooling thee);
Or tenderer -Ed truer brown
A kindlier Heaven sendeth down.
To bid tho wan-lerlng soul arise.
And light its pathway to the sklos.
De mine the glory of the Pres.?,
The new-born giaat of the west,
The wander of the world's old age,
That rose upon the human stage.
When everything but it was old
And even stars were growing cold;
And melting with Its searching light
The gloom of medi -vul night,
HatU ushered with benignant ray
The dawning of a better day—
The bravest champ: ;n of truth
That time in its immortal youth
Hath ever folded to Its breast,
Or Heaven In its gla 'ness blessed.
That never yet iiw human wrong
Go unrebuked in weak or strong;
Or deaf ear turned unto the needs
Of nation's woe or widow's weeds.
That hand in hand wliii human thought,
The problems of tho • hath wrought;
To teach philosophy its source,
Or trace the planets in their course;
To bring a c ntinent from gloom,
Oi* Christianity cxhurno
From far-off Palestinian shore
To light and life forevennore.
As ishennen of olden t ;me
By Persian gulf and eastern clime
ensealed tl.e c: t from the sea
That set tuo captive a sins free;
And loosed a power on that shore
Tltat nert>r could be "prisoned more,
Bo li" who from its lost recess
Evoked the genius of the press
Ha!h 100 cd an engine of the mind.
That nevermore can be confined;
A minister of love or hate,
Resistless ns the march of late,
Hath bullded better than ho knew.
The good, the beautiful, the true.
And sent upon the stream of time,
Adown Its parallels hublime.
The noblest child of human thought
That ever humaa brain hath wrought;
The noblest champion of the free
That ever flung to land or sea
The banner of a rising state
To lead it on and m'ako it great.
And these the wUo men of the east.
Apostles of that great High Priest,
The glory of His work well done,
Have carried to the setting sun;
And every vale and every hill,
Th.- temple 3 of their worship All.
Wherever towns by magic spring;
Wherever church or school bells ring;
V.'hr-ro orchards bloom or ros*s twine
By southern oak or northern pine,
There editor hath led the van
And brought new empire unto man.
\jy[ ing a boy these
' ii' days-, there
\J ISeiSS! ain't! V& al-
I most as soon
i / / \ Ixs a girl. Ever
/ lift iince a old
■ woman named
& Francis Hog
eater Hurnem
43r wrote a book
about a little old no account boy called
Lord Fauntleroy, ma's just Fauntle
royed me out of inj' life. And sister's
worse.
So more playing ki the streets and
catching tadpoles in the branch, oh,
no! Lord Fauntleroy wouldn't do
such a thing; lv: :-at oa a barrel or
a cheese bo.c in a store all dressed up
like one of these h.'ra little monkeys
what go • i a roun ! with the organ
grinder, an l talked politics to a old
man, that's what he did.
First thing they did to me was to let
iny hair grow, 'cause his hair was long;
then they tried to curl it, but there
ain't no more curl about my hair than
there is about a broomstick. It's this
here kind of straight, stiff hair what
wants to grow right out from a feller's
head ami keep him from pitting his
baton. Hut they curled it! Oh, yes,
bless, you; they were bound to do it!
First time they trie 1 to curl it they
roiled it up in papers, and it took 'em
all the afternoon to got it up. 'cause
every time they'd turn 'em a loose the
hair would straight! n right out, and
them papers'd shoot off like chanyber
ries from a popgun.
Hut, as sister says, they bursybe. red,
anil bime-by they got 'era to stay up,
by one of 'cin holding o.i reiil tight,
while the other clamped 'em on with
some kind of an instrument. And if I
wasn't a sight! My head ached just
like it was going to split, but they
didn't caro. If them curls had been ail
ri"!il. lliev v mldn't have ;'iveri a cent
if it (i d : plit.
That v ry afternoon, too, the boys
was going to have a circus down in
Jy
Arm
i*/
WK J,OJOf'liN I.I) TO JONPs' 1I A UN.
Jones' barn, and I was to be head clown
and stilt-walker, and tie-re I was, a
sit tin' at home with my head looking
like a punk in with warts nil over it. 1
could hear Hill Smith calling through
the back fence: "Bobble! !iob-b-bic!"
but ma says: ''No, I cannot allow you
to associate with those rude boys."
"Kudo boys," indeed! what does she
I.now about 'cm? she never played
with 'cm.
Anyhow, I'd made up my mind to go
t i that circus, Fauntleroy or no Faun
tleroy, hair or CL> hair, »o I said:
"Ma, my head aches; I be Hove I'll go
lio down."
"Very well," said ma, sweetly, "only
don't undo them."
"Ycs'ru," I said, and then I walked
right heavy up tho stairs, so she'd think
I was going sure enough, and then I
tiptoed softly downstairs, uiul skipped
put the back door. There were all the
boys, thinking I'd got a whipping and
ma had locked me up; and they were
deliberating on u rescue when I ap
peared. As I carne out, I picked up ono
of pa's old hats out of the coal scuttle,
and put it on, so they didn't seo my
head until I showed It to them.
"Olad my mu don't know notkin'
'bout no Fuukleroy," said liill Kmitli.
Ilis ma's a washwoman. I almost
wish mine was one.
Oh, how those boys did laugh when
they saw me! "Tell you what," said
Charley Jones, "you'd make a splendid
hyena with all those, nobs on your
head. You be the hyena, anil I'll get
soineljody else to b•- tho clown." I
agreed, so we nil "sojourned," as sister
would say, to Jones' barn.
Well, In spito of all tho curl papers,
I had a line time. It's true that when
ever the hyena would turn summerset
them nobs would stick in his head like
the very mischief; but, of course, that
didn't matter much.
Next day ma was going to liuve
a dinner party, and tlioy took down my
curls and dressed mo up in my new
Fauntleroy suit, it was so tight I thought
I'd never iret it on. and when I did 1
felt just like I'd been melted and
poured in. It ma le mo real uneasy,
wondering how I'd ever gfc-t out. Then
sister got a red sash, and tied it round
mo like I was a girl.
"You needn't put that thing on mo,"'
I j aid. "I can stand lots of things, bat
I ain't a-going *.•» stand no sash!''
She just 1. ked at me with one of
her sanctified looks, r.nd kept on tying
it in the hardest kind of a knot. And
tain't no use to try to-uudo a knot after
she tics it.
"I'll be even with you, miss; seo if I
don't." said I. "I'm not a-going to be
Fauntleroyed any longer. I'm just a
plain, common little boy, but I have
my rights as well as other people, and
I'm going to have 'em too." So when
nobody was looking, I slipped round to
the back gate and cut across to Jones'
barn.
All tho boys were there, playing
leapfrog and wondering what had be
come of me. You ought to have seen
'em stare! I don't blame 'em one bit,
though sister does say it is impolite. I
wanted to stare myself, only I
couldn't. I told 'em how I'd been
treated and that I'd determined to have
my revenge.
"I coul<i have stood these," said I,
pointing to my curls; "and these,''
pointing to my clothes; "but I won't
stand this here sash; I can t! I won't!
1 shan't! I will have my revenge!"
shrieked I, trying to do like the man in
the play.
"Bet your boots, I'd have it, too,''
said Will Hrown. "I wouldn't let any
body tie me up in a old red string like
I was a puddin', no, sir!"
"Hut how air you a goin' to get your
revenge?" said Hill Smith; "that's
what 1 want to know."
"Yes," all the boys cried, "tell us—
we'll help you."
"Charley," said 1, looking myster
ious, "you go home and get a pair of
scissors tc cut these things off, 'cause
there ain't no other way to get 'em
off; and Bill (Bill's the boy what's got
a washwoman for a ma, and an old
clothesinan for a pa,) you go home
get the very oldest, raggedest, dirtiest
buit of clothes your pa s got, I'll pay
for 'em if they don't cost no more'n
thirty cents, and then bring 'em here
and I'll tell you what I'm going to do."
It was just like watching skyrockets
without any fire to 'em to see those
boys scoot away. They knew I was tip
to mischief.
While they was gone. 1 sat on a rag
bag in the corner, and the boys sat all
around looking at me like I was a cir
cus bill. Byrne by, after a long time,
'bout fifteen minutes, here they come.
Charley had some shears what his pa
used to cut the hair off of the sheeps
with, 'cause ho couldn't tiud the scis
sors, and Bill had got the clothes, sure
enough.
"Pa says," said Bill, "that if you had
cr scoured every rag shop in town, you
couldn't or found er better spctchimen
of raggedness than this here; and if
they aro worth a cent they are worth
twenty-five of 'em; and they are, too,
you bet."
They certainly were a fine spctchi
men, as Bill said. Tho coat used to lie
green, I think, but I'm not sure; any
how, it was yellow now. One sleeve
reached to the elbow, the other to the
shoulder. Down the back, where the
little boy that used to wear it had bust
it, his ma had put a piece of red sateen
with blue flowers on It; it may be the
little boy had put it on himself, it
looked like he might have done it. Per
haps ho bust it whilo he was climbing
a fence, and patched it so liis ma
wouldn't sec it. It had two good
white buttons on tho front of it, and
two holes that used to be pockets.
But them pants!
I felt sorter uneasy when 1 looked at
'cm, because you soe, they didn't have
but one leg.
"Rill," said I, "or—what am I—er—
what's become of the other leg?"
"Other leg?" said Hill, looking a lit
tle took down, and then brightening
up, as if lie had just-thought of some
thing; "why, boy, tliem pants never
did liavo but ono leg, never did! When
them pants were new, it was fashlonar
ble to have only one leg, it was; my pa
says so."
I didn't exactly believe him, because
I'm afraid Hill's not a very truthful
boy. Besides, it looked as if there had
been a leg, but it was pulled off. But
Charley said: "If you'd rather have
another leg—which I think you'd bet
ter —why not make one?"
"Very thing," I cried, "get something
in there," pointing to the rag bag.
Wo found a piece of pink calico big
snougli, and Will Brown made the leg
and pinned it on. "Now," said I, "aut
D.ff these hero curls," and after few
whacks off they came. Then the boys
2Ut off the sash, and, I tell you, I felt
like u free boy once more when the
fnnntleroy suit, sash and all, lay on
the floor. Then I dressed in Hill's suit,
though it took a pretty long time, be
cause t he boys laughed so they couldn't
help much. After awhile I got them
all on and when 1 had taken off my
slippers and stockings Hill held up a
piece of broken looking glass for mo to
see myself in.
When I first saw myself I thought I
was going to do just like sister does
when she has tho highstiries, but I
chawed a piece of rag right hard and
didn't do it. Tho boys were doubling
up like bate worms on tho floor with
laughing, and 1 didn't blame 'cm
much. I laughed uutil I felt like Ido
sometimes when I get homo from
school on tho days when I don't havo
no lunch.
Charley's not a very good barber, and
there was a bunch of hair here ami a
bald spot there, then another bunch of
liuir and another bald ipot, and right
on top was a long piece that stuck
straight up. It made me think of Tow
ner when lie had the mange. One leg
of tie- pants came to my knee and tho
other reached to my ankle. This was
the pink one, and it looked just like
one-half of sister's divided skirt what
she wears when she takes physical ag
riculture. My courage sorter fell when
I thought what ma would do when sho
saw me, but my eyes lit on that sash
uiul it raised again.
"Come on, boys," I yelled; "ma's go
ing to have a dinner party and expected
to show me off, but I bet she'll bo sorry
she ever tried it."
"Arc you are you—cr —going to din
ner that way?" said Charley, a littlo
beared.
"The time has come," said I, "when
' tr- •
i '
i JIBi
"I AIN'T AOOIN' TO UK rAUNTLKItOYED
ANY LONOEIU"
I'm not going to bo imposed on any
longer. I will be revenged, I will!"
"So would I," said Hill, "bet yer life
I would!"
"(io it," shouted all the other boys, so
we started for hoiue, me in the middle,
Charlie and Hill in front, advance
guard. Will Hrown on one side, Tom
VM Uiu vtUfr, ktt<l Uj-> rent of
the boy> bringing up tne rear.
"Now, boys," I whispered, when we
reached the back gate, "you all slip
'round to the dining room window und
watch," and then I went and peeped
in at the door.
They were all there at dinner; the
new preacher at the head of the table
and that stuck-up Miss Wilkins by sis
ter. And ma was just saying? "I won
der where Hobby is?" when in I
walked. If you have ever seen one of
these here jumping-jacks, what hops
out of a box. with great big eyes, and
hair standing all over its head, you'll
know exactly how ma looked when
she saw me. Everything was as dead
ly a silence as ever you saw, not a
sound but the exclamations of the com
pany and the bumping of tho boys'
heads against the window.
"Ladies and gentlemen," said I. try
ing to speak as proper as I could, be
cause I wanted 'em to know I hail been
well raised; "ladies and gentlemen, I
have been squeezed and sashed and
collared and cuffed just as long as I
can stand it, and I have come to the
conclusion that I'm a free boy, and a
lawful citizen of these United States of
Africa —America, I mean—and I just
ain't a-goin' to be I'auntleroyed any
longer." (I was glad then I hail heard
pa make speeches.) "Yes, sir, ladies
and gentlemen, 1 ain't. I'm tired of be
ing made to stand on the hearthrug
when there's company, looking like a
little idiot, and feeling like a baked
potato.
"Yes, sir, ladies and gentlemen, you
all have got little boys. You needn't
deny it, for I've seen 'em, and verily I
say unto you," said I, remembering my
Sunday-school lesson, "be ware that
they dqn't rebel and make you sorry
for Fauntleroying them. Yes, sir, la
dies and gentlemen, sharper than a
serpent's tooth is a thankless man
whom —" But just here somebody
grabbed me behind and raised mo up,
and pop went that patch in the back
of my coat (I was real sorry, too, for it
was a nice piece of cloth to be torn up
so), and I felt myself being carried
out of the room. Through the win
dow I could see the boys doubling up
in all kinds of knots, and just as I got
to the door I yelled:
"Yes, sir, ladies and gentlemen"—
and then somebody flapped me in the
movßh. and I looked round and saw
that that somebody was—pal
I have too much regard for your feel
ings to say what happened after that,
but I ain't quite recovered yet.
However, I have some satisfaction in
knowing that ma ain't either.—Julia
T. Riordan, in Atlanta Constitution.
Tli© Irony of Fato.
A couple of tramps were sitting on
the dock at the Michigan Central sta
tion looking out over the water and
tossing watermelon rinds into the
stream.
"I hate the luxuries of life," said one,
in thoughtful mood.
"What fer?" inquired his companion
in surprise.
"Oh, I don't know," he answered lan
guidly. "I s'pose, though, it's on the
principle of familiarity breedin' con
tempt. I don't know any other reason
fer it."
The other one hit him in tho neck
with a melon rind and rolled over 1:
hind a tr;i I)ei.r >it I'rce Press
TO ELEVATE THE MONKEYS.
A Srii f.ir rrorliicliie :*•) Aristocracy
of Among simians.
A man of lar r "v means, who re. ides in
Washington, h . recently his
intention, privntely. to devote >IOO,OOO
to ave ry original purpose. The idea,
says tli.- Wu t >:i S' -V, is thut no
satisfactory «>, , .rtunity lias > v -r been
afforded for the development of the in
tellect of tin' brute. Intelligence, like
bodily qualities, is susceptible of im
provement through breeding, us every
one knows who has thought about the
evolution of the dog from the wolf by
artilicial selection. This rich man pro
poses that Rn nkcys or apes shall be
taken as subject-, for experiment, sim
ply because man understands those ani
mals better than he does others.
Let fifty of them, half males and half
females, be placed in a paddock, suit
ably provided with separate quarters
for the sexes. Then have them breed,
pair by pair, as shall be directed by
those who superintend. Some of tlurn
will develop certain abilities more con
spicuously than others. For example,
certain individuals will exhibit a
rior understanding of the commands
addressed to them, or will show a
greater dexterity in the handling o" ob
jects. Those which appear stupid tiro
to be expelled from the colony, their
places being filled by fresh recruits.
When a male and a female are found
who exhibit the same sort of aptitude
in any direction they are to lie mated.
This process, carried on for generations,
would necessarily result in the develop
ment of superior characters until finally,
ufter the 'apse of twenty-five years,
perhaps, there would almost certainly
be apes or monkeys far higher in the
scale of reason than any known up to
tho present time.
These putative cousin.? of the human
race have already exhibited a mental
a even mechanical capacity sufficient
to give ground for great hopes of [>ossi
lile development in [>ointof intellect.
Chimpanzees have be- n taught to bring
things to the table, and the big Langur
baboon of India is commonly used in
that country to-day as a servant for
working the punkah fans, with which
flies an; kept away from dinner tables.
Kxplorer Stanley has given an account
of apes which carry torches at night.
This is believed by scientists to be an
absurdity, because all the anthropoid
nnd simian tribes aiv too afraid of tiro
to render such a thing possible. It is a
fact well known that gorillas, while
they will gather about a deserted camp
fire for the sake of warmth, will never
think of keeping the embers alight by
adding fuel. Nevertheless, every book
OIJ natural history relates many an in
stance illustrative of these creatures'
thinking powers, and there is no ques
tion that it could be greatly improved
by tie- process of judicious breeding.
Even a pig can be taught to count up to
ten.
Tin- tiood Old Time*.
Old Man—Talkin' 'bout circuses,
notliin' can coinu up to tli' ol' fashioned
one-ring circus, with one clown.
Young Man —<>»!} ©no-clowu! It must
have been real enjoyable. —Good News.
Appropriate.
"I understand tho prince of Wales Is
about to adopt a new motto."
"Aw! Haw Jawve! What Is it?"
" 'Hew to the line, let tho chips fall
where they may.' " —l'u ' ■
Tin* h«*9»oii for C
"Summer rniikes us timid, I think,
said Waggles- "Heat is enervating."
"I guess you're right, returned
llobbs. "I know I'm afraid even of
oysters in summer.—-Judge.
What il«> Nmil«il.
(ius ISmith —You have very large
cars.
(iilhooly—Yes, my ears are large. All
I lack now to be a perfect ass is your
brain.—Texas Siftings.
Krr|iliiff III" Tcarr.
Mrs. Keyboard—Why do you always
sit at the hotel piano? ♦ You can't play
u note.
Old Stokes—Neither can anyone else
while I'm here. —Jury.
At Hlng Slug.
Visitor" It is sa«l, sad to see you hero,
my man. Was it sudden temptation or
the fault of your bringing up?
Prisoner- The last, sir.
Visitor Who brought you up?
Prisoner- Tluo sheriff and two depu
ties, sir.—H. Y- U^rtUO.
CULTURE OF ONIONS.
Conditions I'ndcr Which Planting In tIM
" Fall h A-hUablc.
If properly mulched before the
weather gets too cold onions can be
planted in the fall. One of the princi
pal advantages in planting in the fall
is that the work is done, the seed or
sets have germinated, and when the
season opens in the spring they are
ready to start to grow. As earliness is
necessary in growing a good crop of
onion-, this is quite an item. The
sooner onions are planted in the spring
the better, and iu many cases by
planting in th fall they will get sev
eral days to grow earlier than if the
planting was not done until spring.
October is a good time to do the plant
ing, although in a favorable season the
planting may be dene as late as No
vember with good results
To grow a good crop of onions, it is
very uecessary to have a strong, rich
soil thoroughly prepared. It is diffi
cult to have the soil too rich, and while
it is best, when it cau b- done, to use
wellarotted and fined manure,yet when
this cannot be doae tresh, course man
ure i. a good fertilizer for onions Poul
try manure is a good fertilizer for onions.
A good plan of applying is to prepare
the soil all ready for the seeds or sets,
and then apply the poultry manure as
a top dressing, working it into the sur
face with a rake; or it can be applied
broadcast after the planting is done.
Onions grow very near the surface,
and whatever fertilizer is applied should
be on or near the surface.
If the cultivation is to be done by
hand, either with the hoe or garden
cultivator, twelve or fifteen inches is
about the right distance to mark out
the rows: but if the horse cultivator is
to be two or two and a half feet
apart will l>e best-
Do not mark out the rows too deep
In nearly all cases shallow planting
will give the best results. Press the
soil down on the sets after covering
so as to get a good start to grow. Be
fore the weather gets too cold a good
mulch should be applied. When it can
had fresh, coarse manure is a good
i ni:;i «rial to use for the purposo. Wheat
straw can lie used; oat straw or hay
should not be used, because as a rule
! they contain too many seeds.
The best time to apply the mulch Is
after there is a light freeze. By this
plan onions can be grown for market
i several days earlier than if the planting
!is delayed until spring, and in many
I cases a few days will make consider
able difference iu the price.—St. LouU
, Rupublic.
FARM AND FIELD.
I WALNUTS boiled In water and the
juice put oil horses and cows with a
whitewash brush or anything suitable
! will cause the flies to immediately fly
; off upon alighting on them. Smartwccd
| may be added.
IN Kurope wherever the sugar beet is
grown the .value of the land has in
! creased. Beets are grown for two or
I three successive years on the same land,
which will then produce better cereals
and other farm products.
BY placing thin slices of raw potato
on pieces of boards about tho field, and
visiting the same noon and night, a
Practical Farmer correspondent caught
many beetles. "At tho end of a week
not a bug could be seen."
THE profit In raising general-pur
pose horses is about gone. We want
general-purpose marcs for farm work,
but they must raise special-purpose
colts, just as our general-purpose cows
raise special-purpose calves. —llenry C.
Wallace.
BLACK knot on trees Is a disgusting
sight. Although remedies are suggest
ed, the first duty is to cut away all
signs of tho black knot, and then pre
vent its return with the use of remedies
which destroy or prevent fungus
growth.
Do YOU save all your manure syste
matically, und uso it to the best advan
tage? Have you water-tight floors in
| all your stables? If not, get cement and
gravel and build them now and have
1 them ready for winter.—T. B. Terry.
| A SHEEP may not produce wool to the
I value of one dollar, but It may pay
' well as mutton. One -early lamb is
worth more than the wool of three or
i four sheep. The mutton breeds of
sheep require moro care than the small
and active wool breeds, but they give a
larger profit
CODLIN MOTH TRAP.
A lUiKlage from Which Ito Inventor K*-
ptcti Great ICeanlti.
Dr. Benjamin A. Field, of Ilobart,
Tasmania, sends us the following de
scription of a codlln moth trap bandage
from which he hopes great results. "I
take," he writes, "a strip of sacking
! about eight inches wide, and with a
gun-wad punch make a row of holes
along its center. Then u strip of cheese
cloth about three inches wide is close
ly sewn with a machine along each
side of the row of holes. Fig. 1, being
kio. L no. 2. FIO. 3.
tucked as it is sewu on so as to form a
cage. Now about an inch of each edge
of the sacking is turned down. Fig. 2,
and it is pressed through the clothes
mangle, making a bandage. Tho grub
goes up under the turned-in edge, then
after hatching, if it attempts to return
the same way, it gets caught In tlio
cut de »ac. Finding it easier to go up
and out through the punched holes, It
tukvs that course and is caught in the
cheesecloth cage. Fig. 3, A, which, be
ing secured at the two ends by tacks,
holds him in." For other insect pests,
like oyster scale, etc., Dr. Field Is try
ing Injections of various drugs Into the
circulation of the tree, and so far lias
obtained the liest results from Eucalyp
tus globulus (blue-gum) oil.—American
Agriculturist
Seising Ilia Opportunity.
Advance Agent—lll, there! What are
you doing with that pistol?
Discouraged Dude —(ioing to kill my
self.
Advance Agent—Say, hold on a min
ute, If you're bound to do it, won't
you IH> good enough to leave a note
saying you do It for love of Miss Starr,
the Beautiful Iceberg? It's a dull sea
uou, uud every little helps.—Puck.
Unite Delicate.
Mrs. Oabb (hostess)— Your little son
does not appeur to have much appetite.
Mrs. Qadd No, he's quite delicate.
Mrs. Oabb—Can't you think of any
tliiiot you would like, my little man?
Little Man— No, 'm. You see, mom
made me cat a hull lot before we
started, so I wouldn't make a pig of
myself.—Oood News.
A Quiet Time.
Small Brother That young man who
conies to see you now always brings me
candy.
Sister— Well, if tie does you needu t
tell everybody. What do you do with
it all?
Small Brother —Sit under tho sofa an
eat It—Good News.
Not of l'nlvernal Application.
Mr. Croesus —Ethel, have set
your heart on marrying Lord Noodle?
Ethel—Yes, papa, dear; you know
tho Lord gave, etc.
Mr. Croesus-That may apply to you,
Etls-1; but I regret to say, It does not
to my JftfliW-— Li * e -
FRUIT EVAPORATOR.
It Is Chmp ami W 111 i>» Tvlef tl>* Wtrll
ol Some i:iKh-I*ric«d Mlthlßtf
It is built of wood. All the frame
required L» the upright 2 by 8-inch horfj
zontal drawer rests. The drawer rests
are placed tlatwiso and between tlyj
posts, rabbeted one-half inch pn each
side to receive the drawers. The sidef
and back of the drawers are inches
wide: the front is 2 inches wide, with
a X-inch rabbet above and below, o5
the inside, and there are corresponding
rabbets on the siding' of the house, so
that when the drawers are pushed
the outside surface will be smooth.
The bottoms of the drawers arc made
of galvanised wire cloth There 19 4
false front to each drawer 3 lncnel
back. The upright posts are 2W feet
•part The drawers are B*£ feet long,
and with the false front, 3 inches
back; this gives a 3-inch space at 6acb
end of the drawers for free circulation
of air. The end drawers arc 4 inches
deep and 5 feet long, and are used ifi
finish on. Have four extra drawers,
and have some extra front pieces to
in and close up the openings when thi
drawers arc out. The sheet-iron fei>
dcrs, A H. extend the whole length, to
distribute the hot and cold air. The
cold air enters the ventilators below A,
and is divided by n. The arch c is
sheet iron, with a 2-inch flange, resting
on the wall of the furnace, which is 3
feet high and 2 feet wide, laid in mor
tar. The top course of brick Is laid in
mortar, on the flange, to prevent the
CHEAP ASD GOOD EVAPORATOR,
escape of smoke. The building is 10 X
feet long, 7 feet high, and 4 feet wide.
D T> are connecting rods attached to tho
ventilators. The furnace can be built
below the surface on sloping ground.
The amount of heat is great and tho
thing to be olwerved closely is to admit
plenty of cold air through the ventila
tors. The illustration, without going
into details, gives enough to enable a
good workman to construct a cheap
and good evaporator that will do more
than twice the work of some of tho
high-priced machines. —J. W. Beach, in
Farm and Fireside.
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
THE best of everything raised on the
farm should be kept for the use of the
farmer and his family.
PEAK juice, heated to 108 degrees,
and scaled in bottles, will not only
keep well, but prove a refreshing drink
In winter.
WHEN hives are not to be moved by
wagons they should be securely fast
ened to the wagon and packed around
with straw.
KEROSENE is the best of all insect
destroyers and the cheapest, but as it
will Injure plants and trees, it shqjild
be applied as an emulsion.
IT is claimed that the bad condition
of many of our country roads is caused
more by ignorance of the laws of drain
age than from any other cause.
SOME one has suggested that the dogs
carry bells instead of the sheep, and
that every dog-collar should have a bell
attached to il, which would give indi
cation of their presence.
IT is not best to allow the chickens
to eat the dead bees around the hives,
as they soon get to likiug them so well
that they do not stop at dead ones, but
pick them off as fast as they come out
of the hive.
THE tomato will bear ripe fruit and
Contain blossoms at the same time.
*'hfl vines grow into a dense mass
unless they are supported. Cut out
some of the branches and allow the
nun to enter.
ULEASOX says that a horse's nostrils
are his fingers, and with them he feels
articles to find whether they will hurt
him. He :.mells every new object very
thoroughly to d do whether it is
good or bad._ _
The Tr«atmriit of <'Ul«r.
In a little English work on cider by
Mr. H. Sopes occurs the following inter
esting remarks about this popular bev
erage: "We are constantly being
asked what treatment cider requires at
different seasons. With respect to
casks for summer consumption we
recommend them staged in a cool cel
lar, the contents kept from air as much
as possible, also taking eare to use a
wood trap, metal oues being very ob
jectionable for elder. I bottle and for
summer consumption within a few
weeks the bottles may stand on end,
but where intended for longer keeping,
especially througli the winter, it is ab
solutely necessary to lay them down in
order that the corks may remain moist
to preserve the gas and flavor; cider so
treated and kept will improve greatly.
Before using, old l>ottlcd cider requires
standing up two days to allow the de
posit to subside. In hot weather, be
fore opening, if the bottles arc plunged
for an hour in iee, broken fine, a most
delicious, cool drink, closely resembling
a tine champagne, will be the reward;
this is far superior to the usual custom
of emptying a bottle into a jug and
then adding a lump or two of ioe; such
a course completely ehatiges the cider's
character and flavor."
Tho Selection of <iee»e.
In thinning out the flock of geese,
always retain the old birds, as they
will often live and breed during the
lifetime of a generation. Geese have
been known to hatch and raise their
young when twenty-flve years old. Tl\e
old geese are not salable in market,
and as tliey are l>etter layers and more
careful mothers than the young geese,
the latter can be marketed with morA
advantage and profit than by selling
off tho old birds.—Farm and Fireside.
Tit* l>rpt!i of
lie—Did you read that article on ic©
cream? Five hundred persons, I be
lieve, died from eating it, last vear.
She —So I read, Ueorge; but 1 willing
ly face death at your side, dear.—
Truth.
A I>unff«rou» K1t«I.
"Who is that giddy young thing over
there to whom all those men are paying
so much attention?"
"That's the chaperon," shouted a
chorus of girls.—Judge.
All's Well That Kaila Wall.
"I see Ja. 't and Mollie have made up
again. Why was tho engagement ever
broken?"
"They had a quarrel as to which loved
the other the most." —Life.
Kitrcuiei and A vera*#.
Mr. Fussy—Good gracious, Marlal
that hat of yours is flat as a plate.
Mrs. Fussy—Never mind, John; I'll
make up for it after the theaters open.
—Judge.
The Stan Who Dueaa't Uofk
Spacer (to his funny friend)-—Y«u
aeem to be confoundedly sulky this
afternoon, Joivle.
Joivle —Yes, I'm taking a rest.—Pnck.
Change of Kunineaa.
l>e Broker (sadly)— You seem U
have dropped out of speculation lately.
tie Loser—Yaas, betting on hosi
races now It's safer. —S- Y. Weekly.