VOL. XXIX.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
JOSEPH W. MILLEK, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon,
offlee and residence at 338 a. Main St. Butler,
F*. 1 -
Dr. N.~M. HOOVER,
U7 F_ TtfMUR., ofllie hears. J« to 12 M. and
1 to 3 P. M
L. M. REINSEL, M. D,
PITHCUI AKD BR*G«OIF.
(rtnre and RESIDENCE AT 12T E. Cunningham St.
L. BLACK,
PBTBICIAK WD BUBO BON,
Kew Troutman Bnllding. Butler. Ha.
K. N. LEAKE. M. I>. M D '
Specialties: iSpeclall „ N d
«;,„;£logy and Sor- Eye. BARLJO* AND
DRS. LEAKE & MANN,
Butler, Pa.
G. M. ZIMMERMAN.
rurnciAH akd hvkomok.
Offlce a'- SO. 46. S. Main street, over Frank *
Co'S INUIT Store. Butlf-r, Fa, _
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon,
FIO. 22 Ea»T JeCVrMiD St., Butler, Pa.
V. McALPINE,
Dentist,
Is now permanently locattd at 120 South Main
Street Butler. Pa., In rooms formerly occupied
by Dr. Waldron.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
PULING Falniess Extraction of Teetb
A "MINERS Grocery east of Lowry
H onrice closed Wednesdays and Tiiurylsys.
j. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Butler, Penn'a.
sywsuz
Sv« rSebaurs Clothing Store.
C. F. L. McQUISTION,
KXUHEEK AKD SURVEYOR,
Orricc nut Duuioap. Ben**. Fa-
A. B. C. McFARLAND.
»»!•» .I 1 1( AND Notary Public— office on S.
Diamond fct. -opposite the court Bouse-sec
ond Door.
H. Q. WALKER,
" ln Dlamo,ul BtoC "'
Butler. Fa.
J. M. PAINTER,
Attorney-at-Law.
Office-Between Postofflce and Diamond, But
ler, Pa.
A. T. SCOTT,
ATTOKNKY-AT-LAW.
Office at No. S. South Diamond. Butler. Fa.
A. M. CHRIST LEY,
atoornev at LAW.
Office tecond floor. Anderson B1 k. Main St.,
near couit House. Butler. Fa.
J. w. HUTCHISON,
ATTORNEY at LAW.
Office on second floor of tbe Huselton block.
Diamond, Butler. Pa.. Boom No. l.
IRA McJUNKIN.
Attorney at Law, Office at No. 17, East Jeffer
son St.. Butler. Pa.;
w. C. FINDLEY,
Attorney at Law and Heal Estate Agent. Of
See rear of L. Z. Mitchell's offlce on north aide
of Diamond, Butler, £'*.
H. H. GOUCHER.
Attorney-at-law. Offlce on second Boor of
Andenon building, near Court House, Butler,
Fa.
NEWTON BLACK.
Alt'* at Law—offlce on South side of Diamond
Butler. Fa.
L 8. McJUNKIN,
insurance and Real Estate Agft
17 F.ABT JEFFKRSON4HT,
BUTLER, - PA.
mTii county
Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Cor. Main & Cunningham fits,
uh 0. ROEBBINO, PBISIDIST.
H. C lIKINEMAM, HEOBETAKT.
DIRECTORS:
G.C. noessln*. Henderson Oliver,
J. L Purvis, James Htephonwn,*
A T'outman, H. (!. ffetaemnn,
Alfred Wick. N. WT-ltzel,
Dr. W. Irvln. Dr Blckenbach,
J. W. Burkhart. D. T. Norris.
LOYAL S. M'JUNKIN, Agent.
3TTT T j "PI "Ft, PA
A. E. GABLE,
Veterinary Surgeon.
Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary
College. Toronto, Canada.
Dr. Oable treats all diseases of tbe
domesticated animals, aod m?keg
ridgling, castration and borne den
tistry a specialty. Castration per
formed without damn, and all ottoer
surgical operations performed in the
most scientific manner.
Calls to any part of tbe country
promptly responded to.
Office and Infirmary in Crawford's
Livery, 132 West Jefferson Street,
Butler Pa
G. D. HARVEY,
Contractor and builder In brick work, grate
and mantel setting and all kinds of brick-laying
a specialty. Also dealer In barrel lime. Wam
pum loore lime, cements. National, Portland
and all bent grades In the market. Calcined
platter, plaster hair. King's cement, tire brick,
tile, white sand arnl river sand. Main offlce :I|S
V. Msin street, and all orders left at wsre house
will receive prompt delivery. Terms reasonable.
FOR SALE.
LoTfl I wtU offer for vale a number of lot*
•Hunted on the Illicit ground adjacent to H. il.
Uoucher, Em)., and the Orphan*' Home. The
land 11 laid out in txiuare* or something let*
than one acre, each mjuare being surrounded
by a 50-foot atreet. and containing Ave lot* 40
feet front by ISO feet back. Tbeaolota ore offer
ed at very reasonable prices i.nd on termi 10
suit purchaser* Tbnae who wiMi an entire
*<iuare can lie accommodated.
AUtU—I will <m-|I my farm In Summit town
ship.attuated within one- hair inlle ol llio H utter
Dorou Kh line, adjoining land* of .lumea Keama
and other*, on the Mllleratown road. and con
listing of 112 acre*. It will lie wild either aa a
whole ordlvlded to mlt purchasers
For further Information In regard to either of
theabove properties, call on .1. Q. Sullivan, zst
Kai North Street, Butler, I'a.
Mlt». VAI.EKIA SUMJVAN.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
FURNITURE
■ ■ToaQOQOW' —
Thanking you for
last year s patron
age, and wishing
you a prosperous
new year.
We intend trying
to increase our
trade for 1892 by
greatly reducing
prices on many
goods. Save
money by buying
this month.
Yours Truly,
Campbell & T empleton,
136 N. Main St., - - Butler, Pa.
FREE!
A Handsome Three-quarter Life-size
Crayon Portrait Free.
Ab a compliment to our many patrons, and the public
generally, for a short time we are tfoing to give to every
pnrchaper of Ten dollars worth of (food* a
FINE TIIREE-QUAKTER LIFE-SIZE CRAYON' PORTRAIT.
There is not a family but pogsesaes some picture of
Father, Mother, Brother or Sister which they would like to
have reproduced in a life like and durable manner Call at
once and see specimen at our store
Wbai more suitable for a present? And as our liberal
offer will insure immediate orders in large numbers, your early
visit is desired.
To secure one of these portraits, you first trade Ten
Dollars worth with us, and then give us any picture of your
self or friends that yon wish to have enlarged The frame
(samples of which you wi 1 see in our store) together with the
glass and mounting will only cost you $2 75
These portraits are made by the celebrated Acme Copy
ing Company, 002 and 304 West Van Buren Street, Chicago,
111., which is a guarantee of quality of work we intend to give
yon.
RITTER & RALSTON
, RINGS,
DIAMONDS IscAKFmk.
f GENTS GOLD,
Wfltr-lIPQ 1 LADIKS '4OLD,
aiLIA " & (gkms SII.VKR
LA DIES CHATLAIN,
.TpWplw i Gr.ui Pins, Far-rings,
y j Rings Chains, Bracelets, Etc
{Ten sets, castors, butter dishes
and everything that can he
found in a first class sto-e
RODGER BROS. I ™;RP,A£' RKB
- GRIEB,
THE JEWELER
No. 139, North Main St., BUTLER, PA.,
n TIE HOLIDAYS ONLY
JEWELRY, CLOCKS,
SILVERWARE,
Purchasers can save from 25 to 50 per
cent by purchasing their watches, clocks
and spectacles of
J. R. GRIEB, The Jeweler,
No. 125 N. Main St., - Duffy Block.
Sign of Electric Bell and Clock.
All arc Respectfully Invited
—"Remember our Repairing Department— 20 years Experience."
HAY-FEVER
V COLD-HEAD KMM
Rty* Crtatn Balm it not a liquid, muff err powder. Applied into tfo rumtviU, it ia
mm Jt quukly a&aorbrd. Jt clranwM t/us hend, allay $ inflammation f heals —.
50c ELRBROMEXW«™RSSR«#M 50«;
THE FARMER'S SONG BIRD.
You may talk about the music of the thrush
Singing from a shady nook ln June,
You rr.ay tell me how In early morning's hush
Fotios' throats their melodies attune;
Yoa may even praise the chatter of the wren.
But to me the sweetest warbling ln the world
Is the cut cut cut cutdawcut.
Cut cut cut cutdawcut.
Cut cut cut cut
Cut cut cut cut
dawcut
Of the ordinary hen!
I have naught against tho bobolink to say,
Nor the blackbird's crazy quiverings;
I can listen quite enchanted all tie day
If the oriole above me sings.
'Gainst the nightingale I've not a single
But X claim there Is no singing ln the world
Like tut cut cut cutdawcut
Cut cut cut cutdawcut
Cut cut cut cut
Cut cut cut cut
dawcut
Of our gallinaceous bird!
Tis a pean and a promise all In on«,
'Tis an invitation to a feast.
'Tis an honest boast of useful labor done,
And it tells of capital increased.
Ob, 1 praise no fancy bird with tongue or pen,
For to me the noblest music in tbe world
Is the cut cut cut cutdawcut
Cut cut cut cutdawcut
Cut cut cut cut
Cut cut cut cut
dawcut
Of the common barnyard hen!
True 'tis not a cultured operatic song
Like the caged canary shouts and trills.
But it often makes a city fellow long
For his boyhood bac't among the hiUs.
While he dreams he's barefoot, bunting eggt
again
To that most pathetic music In the world.
To the cut cut cut cutdawcut
Cut cut cut cutdawcut
Cut cut cut cut
Cut cut cut cut
dawcut
Of his mother's speckled hen I
—George Ilorton, ln Chicago Herald.
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A „]£- t-j*"AND MBS.
( SkV S3*r ; V " T F R E fi M A N
I ~ GIBBS had
I\' 1 just married
i nd settlcd
{v'v* ' £'«KKvv! down in a
v-i'-iff'Tt pleasant but
""•'jy.t- ' i° ne 'y uttie
V-*J house a mile
and a half
I > from tho
small village of Gibbsborough. It was
late in the autumn and the weather
was cold and gloomy, while the near
est neighbor was nearly a mile away;
yet they were never lonesome, for the
honeymoon was scarcely over and they
were still very fond of each other's so
ciety.
Mr. Gibbs, Sr., lived at Gibbsborough,
and the two families were on tho very
best of terms. The young people were
very comfortably situated, as Freeman
owned his farm, free of incumbrance,
and had just sold his interest in a man
ufacturing enterprise at tho village for
three thousand dollars in cash So the
future outlook was exceedingly bright
for the young couple.
The money for the quarter interest
In the factory was paid over to Mr.
Uibbs at his house one forenoon lata in
November. Before ho had time to
take it to the bank a driving' snow
storm set in, andshe concluded to wait
until the morrow rather than face such
a tempest, although he realized that
everybody at the village probably
knew there was a large sum in his
possession. A robbery bad not been
committed in the vicinity for years,
and besides that Freeman was a
courageous fellow who always kept a
revolver within reach; so he had no
fears for the safety of his money.
The storm increased in violence as
the night came on, and by dark there
were eight inches of snow that the
furious wind was rapidly whirling into
great heaps. Mr. Gibbs and his wife
retired quite early, and, lulled by the
roar of tho storrn without, they were
soon sleeping as only light-hearted
young people can sleep.
It was almost midnight when a
thundering knock at the door aroused
them both. Thrusting his head out of
the window, Mr. Gibbs called out:
"Who is there?"
"Lewis Jackwood," was the answer.
"Your father lias just had a shock and
cannot live till morning. If you wish
to see blm alive, come Immediately."
Lewis Jackwood was his father'l
nearest neighbor, so Freeman never
had a doubt of the man's Identity of
the truth of his tidings. Of course
anxiety for his stricken parent at
once overcame all fear of the terrible
storm.
"Dare you stay alone and let me go,
Nettie?" said ho to his wife. "No team
can get through, so it i* out of the ques
tion for you to attempt to get there
in this bitter tempest. As for me, I feel
as if I must sec wy father once more.
Boor father!"
"Certainly I dare," was tho ready
answer, for Nettie Gibbs was no
coward. "No one will get out in this
storm to trouble me, and you will be
back early in the morning. I will sit
by the fire and read, so you need have
no fears for me."
Thus encouraged Mr. Oibbs was soon
dressed and at tho door, but when he
opened it he was greatly surprised to
find that there was no one there. The
midnight messenger was gone.
Uis tracks were plain upon the
steps, however, and without an in
stant's hesitation Freeman plunged
into tho blackness .of the howling
storm. His father's health was of far
more Importance to liitn than Lewis
Jackwood's abrupt and unexpected de
parture.
His progress was necessarily slow for
tho snow was already deeply drifted.
Step by step he fought his way through
it, but more than an hour went by lieforo
he reached his destination. Another
surprise awaited him there, for the
whole house wasilark and silent. There
was not even a gleam of light in it from
garret to basement
lie speedily aroused tho whole house
hold, only to I -am that his father was
in his customary health and that Lewis
Jackwood had been gone away from
home for two days. Then Freeman
remembered the money and trembled
for his unprotected wife, alone in tho
darkness of midnight and that terrible
storm. With just a word of explana
tion he started out on his return, if pos
sible more anxious and alarmed than
When he came.
But he got along slower than ever,
and it was not long before he found all
trace of footsteps obliterated by tho
driving snow Yet he still kept plung
ing on in a frantic attempt at great
er speed, becoming more and more
alarmed with every successive movo-
Dient
When Mrs. Nettie f<>un<l herself
alone that stormy night with thrco
thousand dollars in the hotise, she had
not been tin* least bit frightened. Sho
had kindled up a Ure and was just sit
ting down with a book when the door
opened and a muu entered. A single
glance told her that it was not
hrr husband returned, as she thought
at first, for the intruder wore a mask
of black cloth and carried a codted re
volver in his hand. Nettie's blood fair
ly froze as the unwelcome guc.st ad
vanced toward her.
"There is a little roll of ahinplaatera
upstairs and T want it," he said. "Go
and get it for me, there's a dear."
"My husband has it in his pocket,"
she answered, with a white, scared
face, yet still <U-terinlucd to keep the
money out of the burglar's clutches if
.possible.
"No, he hasn't, tuy dear, lio went
aAJLb too bitr u hnrtv to tkink of nuv-:
BUTLER, PA.,FRIDAY, UAIiY 22. 189*2.
thing. It sin the bureau drawer now.
Get it for me or else I shall ba obliged
to tie you up and help myself."
Nettie's heart sank yet lower. The
robber evidently knew that Freeman
was away from hom\», and she was ut
terly in his power.
"I suppose I may as well, as you
know all about it," she said, a plan to
outwit him beginning to take shape in
her mind. ''Take the lamp and como
on."
"By heavens, you're a brick," said
the villain, admiringly, as he obedient
ly picked up the lamp and followed
her from the kitchen. "Sony to
trouble you, but I must borrow that
money a little while, anyhow."
Nettie went straight up the stairs to
their chamber door, the ruflian follow
ing close behind her with the lamp, re
volver in hand. By the time they
reached it he was entirely off his guard.
The door swung inward, and Nettie
turned it on its hinges as quietly as if
she were about to retire, instead of be
ing in deadly danger. But as the door
swung open she gave a sudden spring
through it, bang»d it shut in the rob
ber's face with a violence that ex
tinguished the light, and turned the
key in the lock.
With a muttered curse the fellow be
gan fumbling in his pockets for matches
to relight the lamp, thinking a draft
had closed the door. Failing to find
any he essayed to open it, only to find
it fast When the burglar realized the
trick that had been played upon him ho
was furious.
"Open the door, you she-devil," he
cried, as he pounded violently upon it.
"Open the door, or I will burst it open
and kill you iike a rat in a hole."
There was no response. Nettie knew
the door would stop the robber for only
a moment, so she made the most of her
time. Snatching her pocket
book from the drawer she hastily
thrust it into her bosom; then she
darted to the window and throw it
open.
A huge apple tree grew close to the
house, and tho great branches of it
swept the roof. Mrs. Nettie had been
a perfect hoyden in her girlhood, so it
was only an instant till she was among
the snowy boughs. It was none too
soon, for the robber was already at tho
window.
"Come back, curse you!" he cried;
"come back, or I'll put a bullet through
you."
Nettie's only answer was a frantic
effort to get through the treetop to the
ground. She did not think the bur
glar could see her, and the wind howled
so she had little fear of his hitting her
if he went by sound and shot at ran
dom. So she set her little white teeth
firmly together and recklessly clam
-V MAI* ENTERED.
bercd downward, determined to keep
the pocketbook in her own possession
or die in its defense.
"IJangcd if she isn't too plucky to
shoot," muttered the robber. "I'll
have to follow her, or she'll slip me,
money and all, before I can go down
stairs and round the house. So hero
goes."
A great crashing in the branches in
formed Mrs. Nettle of his movements,
and spurred her to ypt greater efforts.
Beaching the bottom limbs she grasped
one firmly, swung herself downward,
and dropped unhurt into the drift be
neath. There was only one thing to
think of—flight. Bareheaded as sho
was, she stumbled on out into the road
and started after her husband.
There was no sound of pursuit as sho
fled, but as her tensely strung nerves
began to relax she grew nearly frantic
with terror. Blindly she staggered on
ward against the storm. At first sho
scarcely noticed the cold or,the drifting
snow, but her waning strength and
failing breath soon brought her to a
sense of her danger, alone at midnight
in the snowy highway, bareheaded and
thinly dressed, with the pitiless wind
of a smothering storm buffeting her
with all its fury and a masked and
bloodthirsty robber behind her
On and on she struggled through the
storm and cold in the desperate en
deavor to find assistance. Still on she
staggered with sinking heart and
shortening breath, while the numbing
cold crept into her very vitals. On and
onward yet.
Just as she felt she could go no
farther, but must sink down and die In
the snowy highway, her tired feet
stuck in the clogging drifts and sbe
stumbled and fell fairly into the arms
of a man approachin;,' in the opposite
direction Then tier us band's voice
ran# above the howling of the wind,
and she felt that both she and the
pocketbook were safe at last. Audlhen
the brave but exhausted little woman
fainted ilead away
When she came to herself again it
was day light and she was safe.y • " bed
at a neighbor's bouse, while her hus
band was bending over hc( with a pale
face and anxious eyes. A few words
told liiui everything
A party of armed men was hastily
gotten together and started Immediate
ly for the G i bbs homestead. I. very
thing seemed still ami peaceful when
they arrived, and the whole party en-
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tered unmolested. Seeing no one they
rushed at ouco to the bleeping-room
above. They found the window open
and the floor covered with snow, but
nothing appeared to have been dis
turbed.
Suddenly one of the men gave an ex
clamation of horror, and everybody ran
to his side as he stood by the window
The cause was apparent at once.
The robber was still there In the top
of the old apple tree. In some way his
feet had slipped among the snowy
branches and as he fell his neck had
been tightly wedged into the crotch be
tween two limbs.
All his efforts to release himself had
evidently been unavailing; but during
his struggles the mask had slipped off,
anil his horror-stricken neighbors were I
gazing full upon his features. No
wonder the man bad cried out on first |
beholding them!
It was the face of Lewis Jack wood
indeed, but it was now a cold and icy
one. Justice, swift and sure, had
overtaken liim in his nefarious attempt,
for he had been caught and strangled
between the confining branches of the
old apple tree, to hang there all through
the long and freezing night only to be
discovered in the morning, frozen and
dead.—O. E. Young, in Goodall's Sun.
WON'T "CROSS A FUNERAL"
A r»nny Notion of Some Superstitious
People.
You may get some idea of how wide
spread is the superstitious belief that
"crossing a funeral procession" brings
bad luck if you will stand any day at
the New York or Brooklyn entrance
to the East river bridge and wait until
a hearse and a long line of carriages
appear. You won't have to wait very
long. So many mourners pass over
the bridge that it is almost entitled to
be called "The Bridge of Sighs."
And when your patience is rewarded
by the arrival of the cortege, if you arc
on either the New York or the Brook
lyn bide you will observe that, though
the horses are moving slowly and
though there is plenty of room to pass
between the carriages, many men and
women who have been walking rapid
ly halt suddenly and wait until the
last carriage has gone by Some do
not stop, but hurry on. They are the
indifferent or the ignorant or the reck
less on'is.
On the Brooklyn side one day I saw
a crowd of certainly two hundred
superstitious persons awaiting the
passing of a procession. A number of
those who waited were evidently an
noyed at the delay, and when the rear
vehicle had passed they ran to tnaUc
up the time which superstition had
caused them to lose.
"Does that always occur when a
funeral procession is passing?" I asked
of a bridge policeman.
"Oh, yes," he answered. 'Some
times there's more and sometimes less,
but I don't believe a funeral ever
crossed the bridge without somebody
stopping
"When I first came on the bridge.
he wenton, "I didn't understand it. I
used to stop the carriages and motion
to the people to over. But they
wouldn't. They'd stand as if they were
glued. I don't bother about 'em now
One day as a funeral procession was
leaving the roadway a couplo of girls
came up. One of them stopped. Tbe
other ran across.
" 'Oh, Mamie!' shouted the one who
had stopped, 'you have crossed a funer
al.'
"'Goodness, me,' says Mamie,
•what'll I do?'
" 'Come back quick before it gets by.'
says the other one, and Mamie ran
over in front of the last carriage.
"I suppose," said the policeman,
"they thought that would put tho
kibosh on the hoodoo."—N Y. Herald.
Mrs. Tangle—"Henry, you have
been making presents to that girl you
call your amanuensis. Don't try to
deny itl I have proof." Mr Tanglc
"What proof, pray?" Mrs. Tangle—"l
found in your pocket a bill for 'ribbon
for typewriter "" Kate Field's Wash
ington.
The f s.-ful Cane.
I'cnelope—l suppose if you did not
continually suck that cane-head you
would not know what to do with it?
Dicky —Oh yes, indeed; but I
wouldn't know what to do with my
mouth, you know. —Life.
AI tvay4 S\v«*et.
Merchant —What kind of cider is that?
Farmer—Tramp cider.
Merchant —What do you call it that
for?
Farmer —It never works. Detroit
Free Press.
Itoniiinre ami llralisin.
Ild threw Ills arms around lier nock,
And words of love he spoke;
And then went home a total wreck.
Ho threw his arms around her neck,
11 was Indeed no Joko,
For his suspender broke.
—Clothier and Furnisher.
Transcendental lexicography.
Head-Mistress—Miss Balfour, I saw
yon kiss that Tarleton boy. What is
the meaning' of that?
Sweet Girl Undergraduate—l can
spell it. Miss Grayson, but I can't define
it. —Life.
In Harmony with Ills Mildness.
U—l don't like the looks of that man
yon lust introduced to me. He has a
designing face.
I —lie lias to have it in his business—
he's an architect.—Texas Sifting*.
A Young Spark.
She—l could never marry a man un
less I felt sure he would make a shine
in life.
He—Marry me, then. I'm an elec
trician. —Judge.
Referring to Its Size.
Mrs. Gaswell (after seating herself at
the theater) —What do you think of my
new hat, dear?
Gaswell—lt's immense. Pittsburgh
Chronicle.
Ills t*rigailunt Inference.
Mrs. limiting—The bishop of Massa
chusetts speaks three hundred and
twelve words a minute.
Hunting —I didn't know they any
women bishops.—Life.
A TREMENDOUS GIVE-AWAY.
—Jury.
Trial* of u Dramatic Author.
Blotterwick —Well, how is the farce
comedy coming off?
Pompano -All done but the finale. I
can't decide whether to wind up with
an earthquake or an oyster supper.—
Philadelphia I'rcss.
Still Young.
Old Resident—Yes, sir, I'm eighty
years old, and I walked thirty miles
t'other day. Kin yon do that?
Average Man —N-o, not yet. I'inonly
forty.—Good News.
To lie Thought Wise.
You want your friends to think you smart*
I'll tell you what to do:
Just make those friends believe you think
That they arc smarter far than you!
—Philadelphia Press.
lllgli- Priced.
"Did you ever go to Bins, the tailor?"
"Yes. Got two suits from him. One
dress suit. One law-suit. Very pen
sive man."—Jury.
What Sim Took Him l or.
" You seem to take mo for a fool!"
Sold lie; she said: "How funny!
1 do not lake you for a fool,
I take you for your money."
—Philadelphia Press.
Well Named.
"You might try one of our Rip Van
Winkle rugs."
"What is there special about them?"
"They have an unusually long nap." j
—Puok.
HOW TO CUBE FURS.
Valuable Hints Furnished by an
Old Trappor.
How to Secui e the i:et»t Ventilated, I.caat
Tainted, I;ryest and Whitest Skin*
l'oiilhlc Without the I*»e
of Chemical*.
First catch the animal, writes Wil
liam Bell, in the Youth's Companion.
After its death take the skin off as soon
as possible unless the creature was
drowned. In that case wait till the fur
is dry.
Hold the animal up by the hind legs.
Stretch them apart and make a cut
from each hind foot along the top or
back of the leg to near and under the
tail. Leave the tail uncut with the back
of the skin.
Work the fingers under the skin
around and over the back near the tail.
Pull this out of the skin by placing a
split stick on the tail, while the other
hand holds the body.
After the tail fur is pulled off the in
ner stump, pull the skin off whole from
the hind legs toward tbe head. Do not
cut down the belly. On coming to the
fore legs work around them with the
fingers and pull them out of the skin.
Then work the skin off to the tip of
the nose. Cut this off so it will hold on
or over the end of the board, to keep
the sic in stretched properly.
At the l>eginning cut carefully around
all the natural openings of the skin.so as
to save all the fur and not tear the skin.
Work off the hide with the fingers,
using the knife as little as possible.
Thus you will keep the skin white.
To STBETCH TITE SKIN: The best way
is to use a board. Cut it a little longer
than the stretched skin is from the lip
of the nose to the tip of the hind lo;j.
Make the board as wide as can well be
pushed into the skin. The board s'.; Id
be not more than three-eighths of an
inch thick in the middle, and tapered to
a thin edge at each side.
Most of the small animals are one
third head, or one-third forward of the
fore legs. Make the board tapering
Fkj.S.
slightly, narrowing from the liind end
to the fore legs. Then cut it in the
shape of a tapering flatiron to the tip of
the nose.
I'ull the skin on the board fur inside.
Then take off all grease and flesh pos
sible. Make two "swords," or strips
of wood as long as the board. Run one
under the skin down the middle of the
back, and the other down the belly side.
Thus the skin is raised from the board
and stretched.
Catch the under lip on the end of tlio
belly sword, so as to draw it well up
to the nose. Pull the hind feet baclc
tight and tack them in place to the edge
of the board. Pull at the roots of the
tail with ono hand and at the same time
rub the slciu backwards with the other,
so as to stretch it without tearing. Tack
it to the sword, and tack the edge of the
belly side likewise.
To CURE THE BKIX: Hang the skin up
by the nose in the shade. It should not
be near a lire nor any other object.
Fresh air should be all around it.
These directions carefully followed
will give the best-ventilated, least
tainted, dryest and whitest skin possi
ble, of any given kind. No chemicals
being used, the peltry will bring the
highest market price.
These directions are for animals from
the size of the beaver down, except as
to otter tails, which must bo split open,
spread out and tacked on a board to
prevent tainting. Fold the skin of the
otter's fore legs across the chest and tie
so that they will dry llat.
The illustrations show some forms of
boards and swords commonly used.
Fig. 1 is a plan of a board for the skin
of a muskrat or other short animal.
Fig. " represents the "sword" or strip
of wood which goes with it. Fig. 3 is
the board needed for the skin of a mink
or other slim animal, and Fig. 4 is the
sword which must accompany it.
Fig. 5 is an end view or section of the
board and swords, with the skin
stretched upon them.
IK tho Karth Hollow ?
The orthodox Icelander believes that
the earth has an opening through it
from pole to pole; in other words, that
it is the exact counterpart of a gigantic
head. According to their ideas, all
waters which flow to the north are
drawn thitherwards by a suctiou
created by the oceans tumbling down
ward through the hollow which they
firmly believe exists. Their authority
for this curious belief is the "Utama
baga," a semi-sacred work written
early in the fourteenth century. If this
ancient volume is to be relied upon,
ono lijorn Liefson, a fisherman, who
was driven northward by a fierce gale
about the year 1291, is tho only human
being who has ever seen the spot where
the waters of all oceans plunge down
ward :Tnd are not seen again until they
have passed entirely through the earth
and again appear, bubbling and froth
ing like a mammoth spring, at tho south
pole. Symmes, an American Arctic ex
plorer, is said to have entertained a
notion somewhat similar.
Kesulta of ISuyltig a ISat-Trap.
A citizen of Troy, Ala., recently in
vested twenty-live cents in a rat-trap.
Within one week he had caught forty
rats, one calf and one old setting hen.
Now the owner of tho calf has sued the
trap-setter for heavy damages, and the
owner of the old setting hen lias broken
off an engagement of marriage between
his daughter and the trap-setter.
An Ofl»et.
Fannie do Vere—That awful Mr.
Goldbag has offered himself!
Fashionable Aunt—Fortunate girl.
Vou must accept him. Ilci:* the richest
man in the city.
Pantile do Vere.—And the most
wicked!
Fashionable Aunt—Well, my child, it's
naughty to Ito wicked, but it's not
fashionable. —Once a Week.
A liooil Looking I an*.
"I must pause and reflect," she said
in response to tho gentleman's mar
riage proposal.
"Ah, my dear, Mtss Marie," lie said
with beautiful court lesy, "one so bright
as you does not nceit to pause in order
to reflect."
His got her, of course.—Detroit Pree
Press.
Uncle I(M' Vontwrlpt.
Miss Minnie (a Vassar graduate) — !
Ilere, Undo Rastus, is tho letter you I
asked me to write for you. Is it all
right?
(Jucle Rastus—lt am ourtainly bury [
fine, but you forgot to put in: "Please
excuse bad writing and spelling."—
ltrooklyn Ka^lo.
Wlirra lio llio lt««t Coma In T
"Very few animals wear shoes," ro
marktxl Mrs. Snagg,reflectively; "horses
do, but that is about all." •
"Quito true," assented her husband;
"and yet there isonlyone species which
goes bear-foo%e<L" —Pittsburgh Chron- |
lcle. ..
STOCK THAT PAYS.
A P»r(frt FlnUh Dependa Altogether on •
MTU* Start
As a rule the model to»u in the
scendant of superior parents, grand
parents and a line of ancestors noted
for greatness. Blood always teaches
the ohscrvcr that "like produces like."
Hut man, physically, is but an anlnral,
and the farm creatures may be con
sidered in a similar light. Their origin
is important. Their merit for sustaining
themselves in health, and maintaining
profitable growth, is to be taken mio '
account The finish—the meeting o'f
the reasonable expectation of tlie
breeder, feeder and user or consumer—
is dependent upon their breeding', 'fljo
horse must hare limbs, hoofs, ettr.,
natural and cultivated action, and
weight sufficient for his work, or he is
valueless. So, too, is tli3 l>oviiio
animal lacking whose flesh and milk
as food is produced at a loss to the
farmer. It is also unsatisfactory C%
the consumer though bought at 4
moderate price. The same holds true
of the pork, mutton, wool and egg pro- I
dneers as on their breeding, carc and
management hinges much of the Sri- '
come of the farm. To start right fh
breeding is as necessary as in building
a dwelling. The rock of intelligence
and skill is not to be compared witfi j
the sands of chance; and a policy that j
does not take cognizance of the whold j
life history of animals will result M j
loss.
The keystone of the arch of success?
ful breeding and management. is a
tile, active brain —one not stultified by
an over-exhausted body. An
worked farmer, who had not leanrpd
to think, found himself poorer, yeaf
after year, though he had wide acres'
and large herds. By accident he lost
his right arm and was thus compelled
to cease the slavish use of his muscles.
By active use of his brain he kept htS
farming and stock-growingin progress,
and success began with the loss of thfe
member. Others may take from tfrfs
true incident the hint to exercise fa!(Ji
in their brains. Systematic manage
ment, rather than only their own mus
cles, will win success. Think of th'e
worth of good sires! If one or two
farmers have eight or ten cows, a p*ro
bred bull is worth to them treble thti
value by weight of first-class beef (6
cents a pound at home); but the y«W
ling at 1,000 or 1,300 pounds can often
be bought for 10 cents per pound. \VTtli
care the offspring will make good I,BO'C
pounds"baby beef" at 20 months of ajo,
worth now 0 cents, or $72. The ccfm
mon steor, same age, with same care,
brings but half this amount, oounting
the weight at 000 pounds and price 4
cents, which are high estimates. Five
litters of pigs by a pure, selected boar—
-25 of there at 8 months of age will yielc!
1,000 more pork than the best (?) com
mon«sort at 4 cents; only tills is nearly
double the average cost of the pure
bred boar which is capable of siring
several times as many pigs. The same
rule holds good in the breeding ol
horses, sheep and poultry. With lire
new year every farmer should start
aright. Only superior sires should
ever l>e used. —Orange Judd Farmer.
HANDY HOG LIPTER
A Convenient Device for I'M at Hog-KM
ing Time.
1 have so often had to strain myself
In the past to lift heavy animals that 1
set to work to contrive something to
make butchering easier, and here is tine
result: A A A A represent four posts 0
feet high, set in pairs about 2 feet S
inches apart, the distance the other
way to depend upon the number ol
•
jW — 8 nf
A | A A |A
B]J===L
hogs to be butchered atone time. B B
are the side rails running from one
pair of posts to the top Scantlings 3
by <5 inches are good for these. C is a
windlass to raise the hog after it IS
scraped from the platform 1) to the side
rails 1! B, letting the ends of the gam
brel rest on the side rails. Then the
hog can be slid back to make roorm
for u'.ioiiier Nail a piece of plank to
the outside of each of the front posts
and let them extend about 1 foot above
the post for the windlass to work in.
Let the rope pass up on the back side
of this windlass, and as you raise the
hog it lands it further back on the rafl.
—A. W. Lucas, in Farm and Home.
Warming Water for Cow*.
Cows don't like to drink very cold
water; if the water is drawn from a
well it should not be pumped until tllf
cows are turned out to drink unless tho
temperature of the uif 1h higher than
that of the water. Whether it will pay
to warm the water depends a great
deal upon tho number of cows and the
coldness of the water. They will drink
more warm than cold water, and if
milk is sold the increased quantity Of
milk they will give from drinking
warm water must be taken into the
calculations when considering the ad
visability of warming the water. It is
doubtful whether there be any rich
ness added to the inilk from the In
creased quantity caused by tho cows
drinking more warm water than
would have of cold; therefore, butter
makers would have less inducement to
warm the water than those who sell
milk.—National Stockman.
Damp Floor®.
If the floor is well-covered wifh
leavos the dampness will be absorbent.
Dry floors make the poultry house
more comfortable. In the case of
ducks the dry floor is very important,
as they are soon injured by floors
are cold and damp and becoino laur--
lt will cost but a trifle to have a dry
lloor.
Amour I'ropro.
Husband—Caroline, you know yon
were in the wrong about that lawstlll
you lost. Come back to me and let OS
be happy once more.
Wife—No; I won't do it until you ad
mit that I was entitled to a divorce.—
Judge.
No Wrakneaa There.
Sniveiy —Old Mr. Oildersleeve always
strikes me as a very weak man.
Snodgrass—You are mistaken. He
carries life insurance amounting to
£250,000. —l*h il adelph 1 a Press.
The Antiquity of the Tank Clay.
Tolling—l suppose that "Ten Nighta
in a Barroom" was really the first tank
drama.
Iliuiling—You forget "Henry IV."
"Why, that was written by Shakes
peare."
"Yes."
"lie never introduced a tank into a
play."
"What's the matter with Sir John j
Falstaff?"—Life.
Womun'H Inconalatende*.
"I nin afraid your wife will give yon j
a cold reception," said Simpklns to a
friend with whom ho bad been out rath- |
er late.
"Yes. She Is very Inconsistent about j
these matters."
"Inconsistent?"
"Yes. She gives mo a cold reception
n warm wentlier, and a warm rec*|>-
:ion in cold weather." —Texas Sifting*.
UNTO. 12
TH"E VEGETABLE OYSTER.
Raliiry In One of the Moat Toothsome at
Vegetables.
This, when rightly cultivated and pre
pared for use, is one of the most de
licious of vegetables, and should be
more widely known to receive the ap
preciation it deserves. Like the beet,
carrot and parsnip it is a biennial, and
like the last the flavor is improved by
frost. I'nfortunately the salsify does
not, as stated in seedtnen's catalogues,
endure our winters without protection
as the parsaip does. Even with protec
tion it is no uncommon thing on nncov
ering in the spring to find the crowns oj
two-thirds of them rotton. The natural
protection afforded by weeds and grass
SAtSrrf rtft VEGETABLE OTBTKB.
seems to Slllt it better than the arti
ficial protection of man, as it has be
coipe partially naturalized in some of
the eastern states and here—in lowa—
frequently grows year after year from
seK .own seed among the bushes and
grass in the vicinity of gardens from
whence the wind has originally wafted
its plumed seeds. The roots of the
large varieties often grow to an inch
aim a half in diameter and a foot or
rtroro in length, and should have few
side roots. The leaves are long and
gr&as-like, and the flowers which ap
pear fhe second year from the seed are
large, handsome and of a peculiar soft
purple color, o|>ening early in the
morning and closing before noon. For
winter nse the roots should be packed
in sand or earth and placed in the cel
lar. In this way tlicy do not become
dry and shriveled. —l'rairie Farpaer.
MONEY IN PORK.
The Otltloot for Hoz« Brighter Than It
Hsfc Ileeu for Tear*.
Those farmers who read the papers
and try to keep up with the times,
know that corn and eloyer make good
growth for p4gs and good pork. II
skimmed milk can be added, so much
the better; less corn and clover will be
required. It Is pretty well settled, by
those who have tried it, that a hog
weighing from 75 to 100 pounds in
May will donble its weight by fall
with no other food than tho clovei
pasture. An acre of clover will pas
ture eight to ten hogs, an equivalent
of 1,000 pounds of pork or equal to 150
bushels of corn. But we would not
confine hogs to eithor corn or clover;
If they can have only one, by all
means givo them the clover. It is bet
ter to comblno the two and then oc
casionaily throw i n a little something
»lse to make n variety. The clover i«
best relished when young and tender.
Hence It is better to keep enough hogt
to the acre to keep the clover well fed
down.
The destruction of hog's hist year be
cause of the '-hort corn crop, the open*
lng of foreign markets to our pork
products, and the short hog crop thi*
year, added to the naturally increasing
demand because of increase of popula
tion, all point to higher prices for some
timo to come. Our big corn and grain
crops this year will help out wonder
fully in supplying the demands of the
market, as swine breed rapidly under
favorablc conditions and modern meth
ods of breeding and rearing produce
markOtablc pork in a remarkably short
period. With plenty of feed and a good
demand, no one need hesitate aboutjthe
prnfitablo production of pork until fu
tnre signs, some way off, shall point to
fhc prospects of a glutted market. Un
til then pork must be a paying product,
and still more so because of the higher
price of boof of the best quality. Sure
ly, the avenues of prosperity appear to
be opening freely to our farmers, who
have been resting so long under a cloud.
Tire farmer who has faith in the hog
ma; reasonably hope to now enjoy the
reward of well doing.—Colman's Rural
World.
POULTRY PICKINGS.
IN nearly all cases a combination of
eurly chickens for market with eggs
in season will pay better than either
one alone.
A MIKED that may be best In one lo
cality will not always prove best In an
other. Select according to locality as
well as purpose.
COAL ashes are good to scatter under
the roosts. The objection to wood ash
is that they are too caustic, often in
juring the feet.
Wmi.E ducks will usually begin to
lay early in the season, it is not best to
have them hatch until spring. They
do not thrive in cold, damp weather
UNLESS they are provided with quar
ters something better thau the aver
ago, it is a positive cruelty to pick
either docks cfr geese during the win
ter.
Os the farm, under the average con
ditions. It does not cost any more to
raise a pound of turkey than it does to
raise a pound of pork, and the turkey
brings tho best price.
IT costfc no more to keep-an Incubator
run to its fnll capacity than when only
one-half or three-quarters fulL In
lmtching for profit every item of ex
pt'oso otKRt fan considered. Test the
fc-ggs by the seventh day.
The Pity of It.
First Swell-There goes Miller, tha
richest man in town. What a pity the
did fellow has no daughter. Don't yon
think so?
Second Swell—l don't know. Why?
First Strcll—Because she would make
inch a good wife for inc.—Texas Sift
ing?-
Rkt Had Ueard So.
What number of facts are still nnre
coalcd in any Itookl A teacher was
hearing her class in natural history re
cite, ami asked a bright-looking little
girl:
"What is a ruminating animal?"
"One that chews her cubs," was the
Innocent reply.—New Moon.
The Only ()•• for Money.
"If I gave you a quarter what would
you «o with ft?" asked Uncle John.
''Spend it, of course," replied Tgmmyi
"thal-u all it's good for."—Harper's
Yotmg People.
That IVa» the Raaaon.
McCorkle—Why didn't vou speak to
Jaysmith when we passca? Don't yon
know him?
McCra«k!<v-Yee, 1 know him.—PhD a*
deljJhia Nor*
So Surli flood New*.
Mr*. Toddymnn (to her husband, who
has come home sober the night before
and gtvwii her some money)— Why, have
you taken the pledge, dear?
Mr. Todd.vman (feeling a bunch of
keys when; hra watch ought to be)—No;
Moses Levi took it—Jud*re.