VOL. XXIX.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
JOSEPH W. MILLER, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon,
Office «nd residence at 22% -■ Main St. Batler, :
Dr. N. M. HOOVER,
177 E. Wajne St., offl:e hours, 10 to J2 ii. and I
I to 3 I*. M.
L. M. REINSEL. M. D ,
IWrnciAN and SUBGEOX.
Office and residence at E. ConoiDgluiD St, |
L. BLACK,
r;iT«iciAs ano atKCEoy,
New Troiitroan Balldlnsr. Butler, Pa.
E. N. M- V. J- K- MANN, M. 1). i
Specialties: Specialties:
Oynawology iLti'l Sur- Kje. Ear. Nose and j
j*ery. Throat.
DRS. LEAKE & MANN,
Butler, Pa.
ct!A MERMAN.
tUXKCIAM iKJ> SWM,
OSO'je -.1 Xo. «. S. Main street. o*er riant 6 \
c t .N ji! uc store. Butler. Pa,
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
• uysician and Surgeon,
.<c 12 tiit Jeii faoL el., Duller, I'a.
W. R. TITZEL.
P i i Yblt'l a:- fel KG EON.
H t V .< <ii.cr JU«c ajid >*Cftfc ett., Butler. Pfr
V. f/icALFINE,
Dentist,
m iiiiv nrc.M-' < ":- located i>» JSO Soutli Main j
Kneel teller, la, lu rot»i<» loim'rl) occupied j
1,;, Dr. Wa!urep,
j. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Butler, Penn'a.
».i ,-,t T<rt). it.-'.*rtcd lament ixn-
II Jved°° w rilling a spactaßy. Office—
Wr bclu»i-re < lotiiiUK tiiore.
Dii. S. A. JOl NSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUIEER, PA.
All work pertiUalun to the prol-Mlon eiecut
tr Te'-tli. \ iHiv. tTA t . .mmh.lerwl.
S. IS - The only Iwiiti't in HatUr aalag the
mafc<> nfteeUi,
( . t L. McQUJSTIOS,
EMir.EER AND SURVKYOR,
' fjrrr-z »Ki» »iAMO>a Bmw, P*. |
A B "• VIcEARLAND.
•^w-sx-Kassa*
eiyl floor.
H. Q- WALKER,
Atfori;t-y-."i-I-".' ''W -c 1" Miair.tdirt BloeK.
Buller, P.i".
J M. PAINTER,
AUomey-at-Law.
HUM* Eetweefc P«to»cc iukJ Diamond, Sut
ler, Pa.
A. T. SCOTT,
ATTORN EY-AT-I.AW.
Oflßrc al No. *, Koctli TCamocfl, Butter. Pa.
A. M. CHRISTLEY,
attorney at j aw.
OlUrt trend floor, A ndrrwm B! k, Main St.,
ii«!»r i out 1 lease, Butler, Pa.
J. W HUTCHISON,
attorney at law.
office on Becood floor of the Huselton block,
1 litmond. Butler, Pa.. Room No. 1.
JAMES N, MOORE,
ATTOH Si4V-AT- f. A V.' AND NOTAI'.Y POBMC.
Office In Room No. 1. second floor of Huselton
Block, entrance on Dlaniond.
IRA McJUNKIN.
Attorney at Law. Offlee at No. IT. Ka*t Jelle.-- j
son Kt , Butler, Pa.;
W. C. FINDLEY,
Attorney al Law an<l Keal Kitltt AgPnt. Of
tic- rear of I- Mltcli«U'» om< eon north «ltf
of Diamond. IWtler, l'a.
H. H. GOUCHER.
Attomßj-at-luMr. OfflM on #c«uij<i Boor of
Andcprfiu tulldlnar, near Court Ho'ise, Butler.
Pa.
J. h. BRITTAIN.
All yatl-uv Office at H. E. Cor. Main H', an •
Olaniond, Butleir, I'a.
NEWTON BLACK.
Alt') at La* - om<v t>n S<,ot.li Hide ol IManmnO
»utU r. Pa.
L. iS VcJii'\RL\ t
insurance and Real Estate A«'t
17 EAST JEKFKBSON ST.
HIITI.ER, - I*A.
n r I j j ( ('\ m
.•i.tuai Fire Insurant# Ct
~ - Cor Main & Cunningham
( itOEHSln<}, rßtHiuiNr.
i. V IIKINKMA3N Skobrtary.
DIM JBCTOKB:
d.r. IC.n'-nliiK, li' liter ('III IHivcr,
J. I. liirvts, t .»<m ,
A. Ti • ''.mii, "tt.c. Hi'iiieriiiuj,
Alfr* Wirt', WYltw;!,
I >r. w. Ir.ti. I»». i:
.J. W IwAfcift, D. T. Korrif,
LOYA.S 1 l' F r !, Agent,
STTTI ■ FJTV.. r-' ?
A. ii. GABLE,
"Veterinary Burgeon.
(Jnulunte of lli« Ontario Veterinary
Colliyi-, Toronto, Canada,
Pr. (Jablo treate all dkrr.-i s of the
domesticated animals, and m-kes
rid-'liu.f, castration and horfe deu
tistry a specialty. Castration per
fornifd wi'hout clame, and all otner
surgical operations performed in the
mo«t scientific manner.
Calls to i nv |»<rt o' the country
promptly re°;jrindi d to.
Office aud infirmary iu Crawford'a
LI very, 132 Went Jefteruon Street,
Butler Pa.
C A P T XJ IS K I> .
Once upuD a time » young man named
V/ 1 6 ) f o * l '* met a dutiful ycunt* ladv named
(\/}Jr \ Webb, and it is lelated" that he fell in love
(I t. V f~j/ » as sen as be Spi- d-fcer. Our tale u !<i.
h / We're caugtit your rye Do you catch
N -/* OD * Well; just follow aionir a little
v — Wr. further. That birds of a featbrr flock
, : \JT " together*' in little drovee by themselves -
no more Truly verified than at our ,-t' ro,
f; ' Those who are good Judges of in
' V rur iiLe, and wlo w;ph to f:et tie be t
J&f gcods in ;Lt market lor the money, era
*§o gregbte at oor ttore daily. There ni
ways roctti lor one more; so don't be back
-1 . i ward, but call in and see us
I did nt think of advertising tbie fall, but I met a man who s?ked rm
who 1 was. I told him
Tleck, Tlie ( Lampion Clothier & fximislxoi-.
And strange to say, he informed rae that lie bad never heard of tue ; !i !
it is jost tnch people we are after, and if this should catch their eye, v..:
hope human curiosity will lead them to reau it for it is one of the common* v
traits ofthe rare. It was curiosity ;bat ltd Eve to taste the forbidden iru :
and fcer offspring have their carici ity excited every day as a bcrrdin-rv
temptation, from the email boy everlastingly peeping into hoses to ti;<
hired-giri with her eye to the key hole. Evejbcdy wonders vrr.at is ii; .
Properly directed, this curiosity ofien leads to satisfactory rtrolis, acd I>.
A Heck invite- all curious people to make a voyage of discovery to his s.' r<
and see the largest stort, the largest stock of clothing —in Overcoats, and
Suits for men, boys and children, Hats, Caps, G'oves, Mitts irtf<, I'li-:,
wear, Cordif.':;ii Jnckea>, Lea her Coals and Pants,
Valises, Umbieliiis, Rubber-Coats, Collars, Cuffs, Tier, Ildkfs. Xlo(Tl«-rs
Bruthes, Purses, Bill and Pocket Books, Ladies and Gents' VW.icl et, Cr aiu
Charms, Rings, Pins, Sieeve and Collar Buttons, Silver C ard-Ca e-. ,«ud u
full line of Notions—at remarkably low prices; no matter how low you havi
been offered good? we l ave them still lower and for quality we never taken
back feat. It will be to your personal advantage to give as an early call
and get our prices, and you art sure to give us a large share ol jour pat
ronage hereafter.
Tb&Dking our many friends for their very liberal patronage.
We riinain, ju uris to please.
IX A. IT KC K,
Cliarnpion Clothier, and J latter.
I*2l JN. !Main St. Hvitler, I J a.
■■lJ. 1 .■> ■■ ■ ' """ ' ——- -
HENRY BIEHL
122 NOR'JH MAIN STRKET,
I
kBXJ T , rHT- - 3P"EC±sI UST'y
DEALER IN
Hardware and House Furnishin«; Goods.
o
reaper and »lteV4rMf.e litHiev, Wairen reu<i} mixed paint,
wanented; ecreen dcors and windows. re(rigeratori4 and Ihwh
mowers.
No belt« i i»l; ce in the city to trnde.
Conic wild tee mv laige store room full of goods, 136£ feet
long.
WHERE A CHILI) CAN BUY AS CHEAP AS A MAN
FURNITURE! FURNITURE!
FURNITURE!
New styles arriving daily. It will be
but a short time until you will be looking
around for your holiday presents, we
want to call your attention to our beau
tiful line of fancy
ROCKERS,
MIRRORS—ManteI and Cabinets,
PARLOR CABINET, etc.
We will also have tor the holiday
trade a full line of Dinner and Tea Sets
at any price from $4.50 to *75, all new
styles and new shapes, goods guaran
| teed not to craze. A beautiful line of
| Vase and l)ou<jiiet Lamps, from #1.50
to #lO. Anything you want in the
above goods call and see us.
O
Truly Yours
Campbell & Templeton,
I 130 N. Main St., - - Butler, Pa.
AFTER HARVEST
V..U want N'EH FUIINITURE l« re
place some of the old
We are headquarters for first-class
goods. Remember we have no mark
down sales; our prices are alwa* s as low
as is consistent with good goods.
A full line; of (QUILTS in addition to
other bedding.
©
jE, S, DREW, - 128 E. Jefferson, St.
Till-' BUTLER CITIZEN.
TWO VISITORS,
x.
To visit inc was his o-x.i j-'lan.
Ho was a rich ar: 1 traveled man,
I bet a plain Canadian.
He wood red hew I could live here.
He looked about with rye severe,
And thought my neighbors "very queer."
My h.'cse w-s built "wrong way about,"
ne said "Had I not found it out?"
Whereat my wh'c begi*a to pout.
We pave him of our very bost.
Our kitchen gave mv wifo no rest;
He a: but without any «est
Some pictures decorat-' our homo,
He to.d us we should see the Dome
Painted by Angeioat Heme
lie bore our wcys quite patiently.
But did no: tall to maUs us see
That he -was more refined than we.
To church he went with us one day.
We heafrt our parson prea- s and pray.
He sa d that dar'.cness on him lay.
Our lar.-lscar." <„e scarce cared to view.
Their beauties realty vrere fo f*w,
Mere 'or ■-• : 'thingnew.
Over the atlas nc wet day.'
He said. If he could h-.'c hlr. say,
He'd plan th worid :.:-.other way.
At la«t. he grew b. red, !.•• went,
Having, by fate, ma. volcnt.
Sowed maay Eeeds of discontent.
A:. : as 1 tti!:.!{ ol hfm I say:
M G<l ri.l.lasr"," ate! . 'acl* '.he day
When he first turned i:l-i steps this way."
u.
There came another to my cot,
I scarce caa te'.l how there he got;
He many bit*- sings brought, I wot.
The sun shone out the day he came,
SaiJhe: "We've nothing quite the - ame,"
And praised the tucscfa "dying Came."
"How fresh and new your life." he said,
" Already ray bewildered head
Grows clearer; hope Is never dead."
He praised my horse* aad my cows.
An<! a«i. -1 me. while he watered tUca
browse.
Of bow we sow, and reap a;;d house.
" Your f..th'.r was a pi .ncr,
This house ho built, how very dear."
He said, "must bo this roof -tre a queer."
An artist he, and finely strung
One day. wu-n shado rcU ri . blue tlunj
Its charm ho painted it and huag
The finished picture on the wall.
We crowded round, and on us all
Our other pictures seemed to palL
He brought us books, aud as he read,
Thc-ro seemed a halo round his head;
"llowl) ,-jUful," we gent':;, aid.
IP-ta-:. lit us that thr -.llant strife,
A bn->y n:a:i and iw i -r wi;'-.-
Migut reach at last a nobler life.
V,*]ier. the «iay came for him to go.
Our eyes were wet, our hearts were low,
Wu hattd him to leave us io.
And now we say: "Oh, friend, come bac't!"
His words we keep, his ways we track.
And with fresh zeal our tasks attack.
—Bernard MrEvoy, in X. Y. Independent.
i - ,-. -' T; ' 11'- civil war yet
/f" fA awaits its poet.
C v -v>' ' '• lori than a
/ it. vi <i ua rtcr of a
f ! ; »■ -ntury has
f" \ clap: ed since
f'-y "j the thunder of
: /. / %( ' the last gun
1 / / / ' died away
// . ' < among thu hills
f -~» •.■•it still no
" .... . St - n ii yso n
- crises to cele
brate the deeds
of tl«6 ht i '» - who matle that most won
derful pa{; i:i the history of nations,
lie must jome soon, or he will ef>ine
U>i> 1:■ t ■; for l!:>' ti i-worn veterans of
tl-.- v:* .farmwho: tread shook the
continent will siio. iiy unsv. -r to their
last roll-call. ICven the graven ol those
who fell in batUe i:n: fast becoming
obliterated and forgotten.
One splendid act <.f soldierly obedi
ence and daring, witnessed by thou
sands of the opposing ho is, has never,
,o i':ir as I know, been recorded by any
hist' rian; and 1 am inclined to doubt
t>.:: it cv-.n found its way into tho
ne ..- ; i-, oi th • ilay. It will, how
ever, be recalled by many now living,
souio of h'./tn took part in the engage
ment which followed.
11l • : cg •of I'ort Hud-on, begun by
Ilauhs 'a'e in May, had been pros
. cuted for mere than .i month with the
tir -ie . a , y which characterized all
of tlie military movements of that
leader; l.ut the enemy • howed no signs
of elding. Tlr- iitv tmcnt was coin
pic .id fro . dawn till dark a storm
i.i i iiot, fill'. II . and ri 'e bullets poured
into the confederate stronghold. Th.'
federal lines had been pusheit forward
si.. ,j a j
f/ ■■ ;
• . jil
: |i w
"COI.ONKL, THAI UllhOL'nT MUST IIE
TAKEN!"
until th men in the first parallels
could plainly disc -rn the faces of the
gunners in the breastworks before
them.
Near the center of the position,
crowning a slight elevation, and nearly
surrounded by a swamp, the confeder
ate had erected a powerful redoubt
who e fire swept the trenches with
munl"rous effect, it was armed viith
twelye thirty-pounder rilled cannon
and crowded with sharpshooters. This
redoubt, which some wag in the fed
eral lints had named "Fort Infernal,"
gave more trouble to the besiegers
than all the other fortifications on that
side put together Let so much as the
pnak of a blue cap show it elf above
'.lie edge of the breastworks and a hail
af grape and bullets would come
ihrielting over the spot, Hinging a cloud
Df earth and stones into the air, dc
jtroying everything living in its path.
Such was the accuracy of Its fire and
the watchfulness of it. defenders that
the trenches immediately in front of
the redoubt were practically untena
ble. Such of tho guns as were not dis
mounted were nearly useless, for load
ing and discharging a single piece meant
lure death for one or more of the gun
ners. Now and then, goaded to desper
ation b, th"lr own helplessue , the
men would priug to a Kun aud reply
to the fire of the redoubt, but for tho
most part they sat under the shelter of
the bomb-proofs, sullen and dishcart
eneil, listening to the roar of the con
flict going on around them. No bolder
fellows ever handled a rammer or
pulled a trigger, as they had proven in
many a hard-fought battle, but the
awful carnage, and, more than all,
their enforced inaction, had cowed
tliem.
<Jen. Hank.) had observed that no
progress was being made in the lines
opposite the redoubt, and on the even
ing of the Oth of July he sent for the
aflieer commanding the troops in that
part of tin- trenches, Col. Berrien.
! Shortly aft'-r seven o'clock a tall,
j bronzed I I r entered the general's
j heathjuat'l' . w nich were then located
at a farmli on a height overlooking
' the reenter ovrtioa of the tcene of ac-
BUTLER, PA.,FIiIDAY. NO\"KM BKR i:i.
tion. The general was seated at a
table, engaged in writ in z. as tho
colonel presented himself and, salut
ing, stoo l silently awaiting his supe
rior's leisure.
"Col. I»crser?"Vir. t aircd tho genera l .,
at ie -h. I.tying ('.own hi- pen and
turning to fac? the ofii \"r. whom be
motioned to a scat.
The colonel bowed.
"Well, sir," aid the general, sharply,
"what is the iua.tr.- r with your men'.' I
examined your tr • ches for the best
part of an hour to-day, and in all that
time you fired only one gun. What is
tho meaning of this state of affairs,
colonel?"'
The colonel attempted to explain,
but the general interrupted him im
patiently:
"It won't do, colonel—it won't do!"
he exclaimed. "That redoubt is the
real key to the confederate position on
that • ide. The lines mu t be pushed
up and that redoubt silenced."
"The men cannot work under that
fire," replied the colonel, deeply
wounded by his superior's tone. "I
have already lost a full third of my
troops, and half of my guns are dis
mounted or disabled"
"I can't help it, colonel." was the
hasty response. "If you lose t mall
that battery mv..-t bo silenced If you
can't do it with your guns, you must
take it with the bayonet."
"Are you aware of the strength and
defenses of that redoubt, general ?'*
asked Berrien, t|Uietly. "It would be
sheer slaughter."
"I have heard of you, colonel," said
the general, with cutting emphasis, "as
a good of:icer and a brave man; but I
shall begin to think 1 have been misin
formed. It is necessary that we silence
or capture that redoubt I will intrust
to you the duty of executing my orders;
but if you hesitate 1 will relieve you
of the command and give it some one
else."
A spot of color sprang into the thin,
bronzed cheek of the colonel, as lie re
plied:
"The redoubt shall be stormed, tir."
"Ah, that is better," said the gen
eral, as the frown which had darkened
liis features gave place to a smile.
"You will attack at nine o'clock to
morrow morning. Any additional
force besides your own immediate com
mand which you may require, will be
place'l at your disposal. Good evening,
colonel."
The two officers exchanged salutes,
and Berrien returned to the trenches
in a thoughtful mood. Arrived there,
he summoned a council of his subordi
nates and laid his orders before them.
One and all protested against the pro
jected assault.
"It is impossible," growled the
senior captam. "I should like to see
Banks try it himself."
"Mere useless butchery," said tho
major.
"The men will not obey," added an
other. "They know the hopelessness
of such an attack as well as we tlo, and
they will take the chances of punish
ment sooner than face certain destruc
tion under the fire of that battery."
"They in ■■*'■ do it, sir!" responded the
colonel. : teraly. "I have explained
the ca to the general, and, in effect,
he tohl me 1 was afraid. Now, lam
going to make that attack, if I go
alone. <>o to your posts, gentlemen,
and see that the men are ready to move
at nine sharp."
At half-past eight on the morning of
the 7th of July, the troops were mus
tered in the trenches. They had been
informed of what was expected of
them, but they exhibited none of the
r-ekl - gay. iy ami ca er impatience
common to veterans preparing for the
charge. On the contrary, they stood
silent, with gloomy faces and com
pressed lips, and as their colonel passed
down the line, addressing a few stir-
Wing words to each company, there was
not a single responsive cheer. Even
the officers themselves looked disturbed
and downcast.
Tho colonel's face alone wore its
usual expression of calm seriousness;
ho might have l>een inspecting his men
at a parade, so natural and composed
were his manner and tone. After finish
ing his round, he stood quietly convers
ing with the major, glancing at his
watch from time to time. As the
hands marked the hour of nine, he
drew his sword and leaped upon the
parapet, in full sight of his whole regi
ment.
"Men," lie cried, in a voice which
rang down the line like a trumpet
call, "we are ordered to take that
battery. Forward, and follow me!"
There was a slight stir in the ranks,
and from the mere habit of obedience,
some of the m -n instinctively stepped
forward a pace. Then they halted and
looked Irresolutely from tiiuir motion*
tesa comrades to the tall figure on the
parapet, around which whistled u
tempest of bullets from the redoubt.
"Come, boys," cried the colonel
again.. "Forward and chargel"
This time not a man moved from his
place, though many a head was bowed,
und many a dark cheek flushed with
shame.
"So bo it," shouted (he colonel. "I
have given my word to storm that
battery, and-1 will do it! Cover your
worthless carcasses, you cowards, and
see a soldier do his duty!"
Casting a look of withering scorn at
tlio men in the tranches, he faced about
and started toward the redoubt at a
measured pace. lie had not taken a
dozen steps, however, when the color
sergeant, a brave fellow by the name
of Whittaker, sprang over the breast
work and joined him. There was be
held the strange sight of two figures,
one in a colonel's uniform, carrying a
sworil, and the other bearing a flag,
marching shoulder to shoulder, toward
the enemy's lines.
The lire slackened on both sides, and
hundreds of heads appeared craning
over parapet and bastion, gazing at the
two men, in mute amazement. Then
the significance of the seen - appeared
to dawn upon the beh dders, and a tre
mendous cheer went up from federals
and i xif I. rates alike. Hardly had it
died away when tho refractory regi
/ ( >o
jt-A v ->• f/, Vs
''h' ."V
I If? ffiL
f\h
MARCIII.NO TOW Attn THE ENEMY'S I.INKS.
incut was scon pouriug out of tho
trenches and charging wildly across the
plain.
Of those who came out of that des
perate conflict alive, not one can tfivo
a cleur description of that wonderful
charge l'hey remember nothing defi
nitely until they found themselves fn
the redoubt, clustered around the short
torn Hag planted upon tho works, lis
tening to the faint voice of tlicir wouud
•«: colonel.
"Well, boys, you concluded to come
with tv , after all."
itli the fall of "Fort Infernal," the
siege of fort Hudson was practically
over. On the Uth of July tho town,
formications und u>4 iuimpnso quantity
oi arms ana munitions ot war were sur
rendered to Gen. IJanks.
So far as cait be discovered. Col. I Ber
rien's reward was an empty sleeve and
two lines of honorable mention in dis
patches. Whittaker, the color ser
geant, appears once again, as a second
lieutenant at the engagement of Cool
Arbor, after which ad record of him is
lost—Charles L. Ilildreth, in N. Y. In
dependent.
THE MAORIS.
Aboriginal Inhabitant* of the New Zea
land Islands.
The Maoris form an integral portion
of the community, with recognized
place and rights. It is not considered
at all improper for a white man to
marry a Maori girl, especially if she is
heiress to a tract of good land. They
are a middle-sized, stuggr race, and
though some say that they are dying
out, better authorities maintain that
they are holding anil will continue to
hold their own. They have representa
tives in both houses of parliament, and
any of these, if unabla to speak Eng
lish, is allowed an interpreter, who
stands up beside liiin and translates his
speech sentence by sentence. This
double-barreled membership looks odd,
but it works well. I heard Taipua, one
of the four in the hou.se of representa
tives, make a speech after this manner
i on a proposed native lands bilL As a
parliamentary utterance it was a mir
acle of condensation, perhaps because
he had time to think over what he was
going to say next, while the interpret
er explained in English what he had
! said. "Yon have passed twenty acts
about our lands in ar. many years, and
j they have all been bad. This is the
! worst. You propose to tax our land
' Had you not better leave the matter
' to ourselves? Or. as there are now a
j number of our leading men in Welling
! ton to give evidence on a disputed will
case involving land titles, I advise you
to take counsel with them. They can
give you light, if light is what you
want. At any rate, keep lawyers away
from us." Thus spake Taipua, and,
amid the cheers and laughter of the
house, took his seat, leaving the min
istry in no doubt as to the side on
which he "intended to vote.
Some of the Maoris still keep up the
old hideous practice of tattooing, the
men puncturing the whole face to in
\ crease their importance, and the women
their lips, chins and eyelids to increase
j their personal attractions. A friend
! of mine told a married woman in Japan
1 that he wondered at her disfiguring
herself by blacking her teeth. "What
do you mean?" was the indignant au
i swer. "Any dog has white teeth."
Probably the Maori damsel thinks
along the same line, but after looking
at her slatv-blue lips I thought her
| mistaken. —G. M. Grant, in Harper's
j Magazine.
—Ankony, Mrs. William B. Kipp's
; country place at Ehinebeck, on the
j Hudson, is a very old colonial home
stead, and took its name from that of
one of the three Indians who signed
! the orininal deed. It is said to be the
! only estate between New York and
j Albany that has always remained in
! the pos'e ion of the family to whom
| it was dtcdjd by the Indians.
lit;v. tt W . !>une.
Little Keei oth. ■ >1 nine, has a
younger hr< I rt. whose mis
chievous way <■;: t-" him much unhap
pmess He keej c isLant watch over
his small brother's odd pranks, and re
ports hirn to kcadrji "ters whenever he
finds Pert di'-raeir ,'the family. The
other day I e rie-i -d in greatly excited.
"Mamma, Bert's got the oil can out
of your machine drawer! Mamma, he's
squirting the oil all over the grass in
the courtyard!"
"Over the gitiss, Kenneth?"
"Yes, mamma," with a twinkle in his
eye, "oil over."— Harjier's Young Peo
ple.
Nerde.i A« Int-mro.
Policeman (after midnight) nere,
move on.
Bilkins—lt'sh all (hie) right, officer;
I live here. I shay, officer.
"Well, what is it?"
"I rhay You take tliisli key and
(hie) open thish door and go quietly up
stairs 'an shr ■ if my wife's ashleep."
"Humph! Suppose she shouldn't be
asleep, then what?"
"Well, if (hie) she mistakes you for
me you (hie) you'd better run." —N. Y.
Weekly.
Political Hedging.
Wife —So the convention is over, and
you haven't been nominated. Just
think of all the money yon ve wasted
on those horrid bums and rounders.
Every dollar gone and—
Husband- Don't you worry when
there's nothing to worry about. I have
that money all back. Before the nom
inating campaign opened I bought a
liquor saloon. —N. V Weekly.
Pica for I.y.
A wicked western bo\ killed his fa
ther and mother and was duly found
guilty
"We ask for leniency in the sentence,
your honor," said the lawyer for the
defense.
"On what < round.'" gruffly asked the
judge.
"Your honor, tin defendant is an
orphan."—J ltd; e.
"Yes, my brethren," continued the
memorialize!', "in a t ingle night was
our dear friend torn from the arms of
his young wife What mourning In
volves her at the mo-.t flourishing agel
Widowed at twenty-eight years!"
"At twenty-six," interrupted the wid
awed, emerging for an instant from her
tears aud sobs. Judge.
A Touehlnif Sight to Nrr.
Miss Shyster de Pu.vster Shyr.ter
witnessed a touching sight this morn
ing
Mis.'Bob Jou' 1 lie was always soft
hearted What did he see this time?
Mi: •-1.• : Pnyster He saw mo
t'ei'-iiit! • . a new diamond set.—
Jewelers' 1 MI ular.
Mo Cliunro for 111111.
Mr. t olde (to servant)—l called here
yertei < and you tol l me that your
J:,i -1 a t see mo until her pet
d< •• w r I! Ilow is ho getting on?
-.'i vai.i Miss Pit go told ine to tell
you if you called a 'ain, sir, that the poor,
dear little fellow has the slow con
sumption - Puck.
li'.ilN Pretty t umbrmialiw.
Edna v. as looking at the sunset one
(>- , nis It was vi ry beautiful; above
the go.d.>n ; low hung a heavy, purplish
cloud The little girl's brown eyes
shone with wondering delight. "O,
auntie." she whispered, "hasn't God got
pr. it,v lambrequins!" Youth's (X»m
panioti. __ _
\ I raglla Animal.
Mi • Uptown Poor Fidol He's a
dreadfully sick creature Terrible cold
ill biti bead
M Side' tre -t Too bad. How did
lie catch cold?
Mb Uptown Sniffing at a damp
umbrella! —Once a Week.
A rli.mly .lotto.
"What is a weather report?" nsked a
small boy who wir rending the papers.
"I don't know precisely, hut I sup
pose thunder is one kind of a weather
report," responded the parent.—Texas
Siftings.
Statin? I he ( .IMP.
Ho (sale -.in bear little hand (ab
ront miudculy I, 1 » der if It will «%mh.
She >n 'pinto! N'o ' ir, it won't—
uor it won't scrub, either but if you
want it to play the piano, it's yours,
I George.—Life.
THE TASTE OF BLOOD.
Ad Incident Mi wins lion "ni'in Hi'foiM
Man Paters.
In the vil!.;:_*e of lleb< ■>! in Ankola
subdivision of the district of Kanara, a
large tiger was killert wnrW the fol
low ia_r strange and tragic circum
stances: Shortly after sunset a woman
of the cultivating class was gathering
fallen fruit under a small clump of
mango trees on the edge of a rice field
not more than one hundred paces from
her dwelling'. Suddenly from a shallow,
dry ditch which rail close by the S[«-t a
tiger, which had apparently stalked the
w man under its cover, sprang on her,
seized licr by the back of th'c neck and
l>orc her to the ground, says the Times
of India. Her shrieks of agony brought
out a neighbor whose house was not
niL>re than fifty paces away, and who
then jaw the tiger standing on the high
frround above the ditch at some little ,
distance from the body of his victim.
There the animal seems to have re
mained until the arrival of the patel
and a Mohammedan with a loaded gun.
They heard the outcry of the first wit
ness from where they were sitting in
the patel's house, no less than a quar
ter of a mile distant
The Mohammedan,' with commend
able promptitude, coolness and pluck,
succeeded in stealing near enough to :
the ti"er to kill hnn with one sh< t. An
examination of the corpse showed nc j
other mark of injury save those scaused !
by the teeth of the tiger. lie had lin- j
gored neither to drink the blood nor
taste the flesh. For some time past he 1
had been freely slaughtering cattie in !
the ncighborho-..1, bet he had never at
tacked a human being, and was appar
ently unwounded and in good health.
May it not. then, be fairly surmised, !
asks a correspondent, that in the un er
tain light, owing to the dark drcs rtd
stooping posture of the anforti ato
woman, the tiger mistook her a
quadruped, and was himself f< i the
moment taken abac!, ami tlarmtd at
his wa act'.' T. at he would have
r> -ovosed himself and returned to his
Meal had he been undisturbed there
can be no doubt.
GYPSIES IN THIS COUNTRY.
Here &n<l Rlicirherc Ttiry I'posorvo Thcbr
Individuality.
At present there are probably be
tween three and four hundred gypsies
in the northern states A few summers
ago there was a band of gypsies num
bering fifteen or twenty, who pervaded
New Knglaud and encamped in divers
localities. The nun «vcre all tinkers,
ami professed to make a living by mend
ing pots and kettles; but, unless the
farmers of the regions did them great
injustice, a propensity to confiscate
poultry unlawfully was one of their be
setting sins. They conversed together
in the guttural gibberish spoken by the
tribe everywhere, and different in no
respect from their brethren in Spain,
France, England an<*. Germany.
Like the Jews, the gvpsies have pre
served their individualities in al! coun
tries, and are the same, us regards their
nomadic instincts, morals and features,
as they were in the early part of tiie
fifteenth century. It is popularly sup
posed that they are of Egyptian descent,
but nobody knows of their origin, not
even themselves. They arc evidently,
however, the scions of some eastern
stock, and have preserved the oriental
peculiarity of la/.iness unimpaired We
once asked a gypsy woman what re
gion she supposed to be the original
habitat of her tribe, to which she re
plied that they dwelt in Egypt when
Mary and .1 oseph tied from the [H rseeu
tions of Herod—anil that they closed
their doors against the fugitives. A gi>-
alicad country like the United States is
not congenial to them.
Stricken by light nin j;.
While a company of Prussian grena
diers of the guard were digging a ditch
as a portion of their drill in a heavy
shower of rain recently a stroke of
lightning felled half of them to the
ground. The lightning also struck nil
the band, and others who were near the
captain's horse, killing the latter on
the spot. One member of tin- hand had
the crest of his helmet melted, the
back of his skull laid open, his clothes
and body on the right side singed, and
one of his boots torn from his foot and
hurled several yards away A drum
mer, in addition to severe internal in
juries, was driven under the horse,
which fell upon him and nearly crushed
him to death. The trumpeter who was
holding the animal was severely in
jured in the leg. The captain was
struck to the ground and lay there un
conscious for a long time, and -lose by
were two non-commissioned officers,
who also remained for some time In
sensible.
It'* an HI Wind, Etc.
In July, 1888, came that terrible ex
plosion in Japan which blew the moun
tain of IJandai San into the air, killing
many people, while the fragments of
tin; shattered mountain falling into the
rivers dammed them so completely that
three large lakes were formed The
agricultural land was ruined by the
ashes and lava that covered it The
great calamity seem: to be providing
its own compensation, for most of the
men of that district have turned their
attention to fishing in the three new
takes, which are said to teem w'th fish
of variou-. kinds. They are thus oegin
ning to recoup themselves in a measure
for the loss they su.tuined by the erup
tion.
Ilr Know ll'« luiatnm*.
During a recent vU'/t of the prince of
Wales to Itoncastcr his royal highness
and a friend, says a writer in the Lon
don Star, went out for a stroll near
Wrntworth house and came across a
miner accompanied by a brace of bull
U i.ddng to appear sociable, the
prince's friend asked how much tie had
paid for them "Two quid," was the
laconic reply II U II looked thein
jvcr critically, and rcinui!.. d 'Don't
fou think two pigs would have lieen a
better investment for you. my good
Man?" 'llupften so," replied the col
ier; "but, mister, what a blooming fool
( chap would look going a rat-tin' wid
;\vo pigs."
Illit I.ulrst o(T«prlii£.
Miss Esmeralda Longcoflin, although
very beautiful, is not the most intelli- j
gent young lady in Austin by any man- !
ner of means. A young gentleman who j
is something of a i»oet has been paying
her considerable attention. Referring
to his new poem, he asked her, a few
days ago, in the presence of a room full
of company, if she had seen "the latest
offspring of his muse,"
"Why, I didn't know you were a mar
ried man! That's the very first I've
heard of it. Is it a boy?"— Texas Sift
iugs.
IliioliirH* I ntfrprUp.
A couple of peddlers were al>out to
enter a large New York store, when
one of them called the attention of the
other to a large sign which read: "No
Peddlers Allowed in This Building."
"We had better not go in there," said
one of them, "Don't you see that no
tice?"
"Don't be a fool. That Is the very
reason we want to go through this
building. We are bound to sell some
thing, for we haven't got any competi
tion, don't you seeV"—Texas Siftings.
Itlftcouracing.
"What shall I write about now, sir?"
asked the sub-editor, after handing his
first article to his chief.
"1 think." replied the latter, after
reading it, "you had better right about
face."—Puck.
TEUCRIUM CANADENSE.
SointtUui; Ali.nit the \im,; Popularly
Known u« (u-nu
This weed is com men throughout the
greater part of the United Stales. The
tlov. or ; i'te is really pretty aud were
it not for the targe, coarse herbage
stamping it unmistakably as a weed,
it might even claim a place among or
namental plants.
It is propagated by undergro-ind
root-stocks as w«1 as by seed. These
root-stocks, which arc really under
ground stems, extend angularly from
the parent plant to a considerable dis
tance, sending up a stalk from each
node; from this habit the young plant*
*
| A j
i JL,
| SKHMAXDEU (TKCCJUUM CAXADEXSE). !
hare the appearaaee of having been set
: Dtst or planted in rows.
The flowers are of grotesque and
i singular form, like so many of the
labiates. Germander has l>een used to
seme extout in medicine. Its habitat
j is partial or entire shade, seeming to
; prefer neglected shrubbery, borders of
! groves and orchards and shady fepce I
; corners, avoiding open and cultivated >
fields. Thtvi it does not become trouble
; some to any ijreat extent. During the
latter part of July and the forepart of
August its curious pale, purplish flow
ers may be seen in abundance. These
send forth a delicate, mint-like fra
grance and each blossom is followed
by an open cup containing three or
four seeds.—Prairie Farmer.
FARM AND GARDEN.
STAGNANT water, says the Live
Stock Indicator, is injurious to all
kinds of fruit trees or plants, and dur
ing the winter especially it is often |
the case that serious injury is done
them by allowing water to stand j
around them and freeze. In many
a Utile work at the riplit time
would easily avoid this. In setting
trees in the fall sec that good drainage
is given.
Tiie chestnut grows readily from the
seed, but great care must be exercised
not to permit the nuts to become dry.
To accomplish this they must be plant
ed as soon as gathered, or else must be
kept in moist sand until r?ady to plant.
If possible the nuts should be planted
where the tree is to stand, as the rhest
ir, it has a long tap-root, which renders
transplanting difficult
Is storing fruit or vegetables in the
cellar, says an exchange, the best plan
is to have boxes or bins, and arrange
them so that they will be raised two or
three inches above the bottom and the
same distance from the walL This
gives a cold-air space all around them,
and will aid materially in keeping at a
more even temperature, while at the
same time the risk of injury by frost is
considerably lessened.
THE cow has four lartr.? stomachs;
the horse has one small one; therefore
they need to lie fed differently. The
horse must have food often, and it
needs to be fairly concentrated and
nourishing. The cow can take a largo
amount of food at once into her paunch
and then >i- down to masticate and di
gest it. Therefore she must have time
between meals to do this work. Food
twice a day is often enough for her.
DID you ever know a farmer who
gave as earnest and constant attention
to his business as a successful doctor
does who keeps himself posted on all
that other men in the same line aro do
ing, kept posted on the markets, in
short, ran his farm in a thorough and
business-like way, who did not make
us much out of it as he could have
made on the same amount of capital
invested in another legitimate busi
ness?
ASHES FOR PIGS.
On* or the Mont Valuable I'rlnelplei tn
Hog IVrtliuß.
Theodore Louis several years ago
brought out as a result of his farm ex
perience the excellent effect of feeding
pigs a daily ration of ashes and salt
mixed, with the top layer of decom
posed stone that covers tho sound rock
of this section in Dunn county, Wis.
Tho remarkable success of Mr. Louis
in raising pigs and the uniform splen
did appearance of his stock brought
considerable attention from thought ful i
farmers. It was evident that ho had
struck up in u valuable principle in pig
feeding. I'rof. Ilenry then took up the
question in a scries of exhaustive exper
i intents and demonstrated the great
i value of these substances, in the daily
food of tho pig. Hero was exact scien
i tiflc knowledge confirming the prac
tice of Mr. Louis, livery farmer that
tried it found tho same result They
' noted the great improvement in tho
brightness and health of their hogs;
that is, if they were caring for them in
| a decent manner otherwise. The results
j of I'rof. Henry's experiments can be
simply stated: Three pigs were taken
at live months of ago and closely eon
fincd ami fed corn meal und hardwood
ashes for si* weeks. During this time
they gained five and a half pounds
each per week and consumed twenty
eight and a half pounds of corn meal ;
per week. For thirteen weeks therc
: after they were fed no ashes whatever
aud fell off in tho consumption of corn
lucul to the average of nineteen atul
three-fourths pounds each per week,
anil made a gain of only two pounds
i each per week. Several other exper
i iments were tried, nil showing the
i same approximate results.—Chicago j
| Inter Ocean.
Wonders of Science.
Ill'inlcs If yon have so much trouble
with your teeth, why don't you get ar
! tilleial ones? The idea of tieing bothered
i that way in this marvelous age of
scientific tind mechanical progress' I
got a full set only it few months ugo j
.links Indeed' Arc thev a success?
Clinks Success? I bhould say so
Why, I can almost eat with them ;
| Good News
A MuMmn.l'i Cruel Hint.
"Don't you think n war between Eng
land ami Russia would cause u rise in
bread us well as in wheat?*' nsked a
newly-married woman, who makes her
| own bread, of her hubby
"I hope that something will occur j
which w ill cause a rise in your bread,
it is terribly heavy," said her hubby.—
Texas Siftings.
A Torrlblf Temptation.
Morris- I have just Ih-cii discharged
l>y the b-nk. Miss Mary, for making
use of my confidential knowledge out
side of the bunk.
"Flow was that?"
"I propo < 1 to a heavy depositor, and
was accepted."—Life.
Mail* Him sick.
IV* Tracker— The killing of that
Jockey in y -slerday's race was a horrt
ble a(T;iir. wasn't it 9
De Better Horrible, horrible. Just
rnado me sick 1 had all my money on j
i that horse.— N. V. Weekly. 1
N O. 2
FARM FISH PONDS.
llow to Ji'ikd Them -»n»l How to Take
r.irc «>f Tllrfr IrUnMtants.
The carp is one of the most easily
aceomm mlu? lof fish. It dot lot ask
fir qui...; r, a running stream, a
low temjeratnre, or even for any feed
ing Give it a mud holo with water in
it and some aquatic plants, and it will
live and j.-.vo quite a useful supply of
excellent food: but let It have a clear
pond dti;.; at of a swamp, with a
sprinjj or two in the bottom to furnish
plenty of water, and a bed of water
cress with ; edges and other water
plants to fmni 'i the suitable food, and
it will contribui ■ abundantly to the
prov tsion of the farmer's table.
A range of c ;rp ponds may l>e made
in this manner It is indispensable
that the b tto:n should be soft and
muddy The carp is a hibernating
fish and lies through the winter at the
bottom of the water, wiLh its head
stuck in the mud at the verge of a
spring or in r. deep hole where the wa
ter is the warmest For this reason
tho ponds are the better for being
made in springy ground It is desir
able to plant water cress on tbo edges
made shallow for the purpose, and to
, encourage the growth of such plants as
i the marsh marigold (C'altfia palvttri*)
and the duck weeds'and the pond
j weeds and other similar vegetation.
( The feed on these and where they
abound no feeding is required. A few
water lilies aro doubly useful as af
fording food, and for their beauty.
The ponds may be of any length, bnt
! it is desirable to have, them narrow, as
the fish must be taken with dip nets,
and will rarely take a hook although I
have known them to take a bait of stiff
flour paste quite freely at times. My
ponds were too w ide—lo feet—and 12
fc<-t is better, but only on this account.
1 was very much surprised, after a
heavy rain which raised the water to
the extreme edge of the march and had
made the ground quite wet, to see the
fish taking French leave and going by
scores to the stream across the wet
ground, a distance of ..00 or 400 feet,
and a large number escaped lieforo I
could fence them in with some boards.
This, I was told, was a habit of this
fish, and one of my mon, a Bohemian,
who lias been used in his native coun
try to the care of carp ponds, said he
had known ponds to have been com
pletely emptied in this way It is there*
fore necessary to fence in the ponds to
evade this curious habit of the fish.
It is quite easy to capture the Dsli,
when It Is desired, by taming them by
occasional feeding with the dough or
small balls of well-boiled mud adhesive
cornmeal mush, which they take eager-
I ly, and aro thus easily dipped out with
a scoop net There are two kinds of
carp, the "scale" and the "leather"
carp, but there is no choice between
IT" !il ft
A —INLET. rOXI) FOR CARP B —OUTLET.
them. The fish grow rapidly and
soon make a size sufficient for
use. When 1 first procured mine
they wero seven or eight inches
long, and spawned the first year, fixing
the eggs to the grass which overhung
the water and was submerged In it
The second year they were large enough
for use, and made a most acceptable
addition to the domestic supply But
they must be well fed to make a quick
growth, and the pond must not be
crowded This will be prevented by
having the screens lietween the ponds
of half-inch mesh, through which the
small lisli can escape to tho lower
ponds The fish may be driven from
one pond to another through the gates,
and in this way the large ones may be
kept in the upper poud and the small
fry lower down.
My ponds paid all the cost of them
the first year by the iee they furnished,
and as the farm was run as a dairy, this
supply was quite valuable Another
valuable return was the muck that was
dug out and used for litter in the sta
bles and for compost, and still another
was the water cresses grown in the
shallow water of the lower pond. This
brought me <'■"> cents a peck basket in
the New York market, and sl.bo per
basket in tho winter from the part of
tho pond which was protected by hot
bed sashes. Few farmers who have all
these facilities take any account of the
value of a water annex to tho farm,
but such n part of a farm may be often
made to pay many times the value of
as much dry land.—kL Stewart, in
Country Gentleman.
Ucllerlng (,'hohrd Cuttle.
When tho apple or potato has not
gone down far, it may bo pulled out by
running one's arm down and grasping
it The accompanying slrnplo contriv
ance keeps the auimal's month open
and prevents biting, while the operator,
with his coat off und sleeve up, thrusts
his arm through the opening a 6, the ends
being held by two men standing at the
sides of the cow and holding firmly
The two boards are hard wood, half an
Inch thick, shaved smooth, and the
blocks c e are just largo enough to allow
the arm to pass to which the boards
are firmly screwed. —Couutry Gentlo
mau.
Vi n I Hat lug the Stable.
How to ventilate the stable without
a draft on the stock is a problem to be
solved The difficulty is that the direc
tion In which tho wind may bo blowing
influences tho ventilation. By having
a ventilator at each end of the stable,
und opening one or both, according to
tho conditions, is tho only way in
which the stock can be protected.
Kjr n Profitable Crop.
An ucro of rye contains not only
green food for late fall und early spring,
but it is estimated that it should pro
duce from fifteen to twenty bushels of
I grain and a ton of straw With tho
price of rye placed at seventy-five cents
a bushel for grain and Sl9 for the straw
| the total value is over t3n, which
| should make rve a profitable crop.
Pipkin—There Is one good thing about
| these electrocutions.
Potts What is that?
I Pipkin- Gives t' Vto these patent,
medicine ads, h " Electricity is
Life." —Lake Short .>ewa,
A Ooniiimii Malady.
Employer—Want to go home? Where
do you feel ill?
Boy—Here, sir, in tho office. I guess
I'll feel better when I get the air on
the baseball ground.—Golden Days.
('MUM) i.uoiigh.
Mamie-Isn't Mr Turtell a strange
man? ile seems to live wholly within
himself
Gladys—Well, it is no wonder he is
troubled with indigestion. - Puck.
A I'alr yawtlon.
He (bitterly) Pshaw! all women are
alike.
She—Then why in the world do you
spend so much time trying to And the
one you want to marry? Life.
Not l>nlrul>le.
! "Are you one of Van ischlng Coyne'a
| preferred creditors?"
"Yes He seems to prefer having mo
for a creditor. I wish he'd come off**—
Judy _
\ l ittle liiiiinlnl. - In imnirereo".
I' ihe |jiii | os..»|«ii«r says.
Know i iv . if
M IKb ill Mini i u.viiiiig) Howterribiy
j bored some |*'ople wouid bo if they
' knew themselves! —i'uek.