VOL. XXIX. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. JOSEPH W. MILLER, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, Office and residence at 338 Mala M. Boiler, !"■. Dr. N. M. HOOVER, 117 E Wayne.St.. office hour*. 10 to 12 M. and 1 to 3 P. M. LTM. REINSEL, M. D , PHYSICIAN *MI> Bc*o*ow. Office and residence at 12T E. Cunningham Bt. L. BLACK, rUTSICim ASt> SUROEO*. New Troutman Building. Butler. Pa. E. N. LKAKK. M. D. '• Specialties: Specialties: OjTHeootogy and Bur- Kye. an DRS. LEAKE & MANN, Butler, Pa. G. M. ZIMMERMAN. rUTUCIAK A*l> BTBMO*. Office at No. 46, 8. Main street, orer Prank * CO* IX u* Store. Butler. Pa, SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. fio. 33 East Jefferson St., Bi.tier, Pa. V. McALPINE, Dentist, la now pennatenUy located at i» South Main Street Butler. Pa., In rooms formerly occupied by Dr. Waldron. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. a old Filling Painless Extraction of Teeth and Aitlflcial Tec th without Plates a specialty Nitrons oxide or V itailxed Air or Local A OfflS"oier Grocery east ol Lowry H Offlee closed Wednesdays and Thursdays. J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a. ArUOclal Teeth inserted tin the latert. Im uroved plan. Gold Filling a specialty. Offlce oviir Sebaul's Clothing Store. C. F. L. McQUISTION, ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR, Omci NKAB DIAMOND, BCTLKH. PA.I I A. B. C. MeFARLAND. Att'y at Law and Notary Public—office on S. Diamond St.—opposite the court House—sec ond Boor. H. Q. WALKER, AttorMT'lt*law —Office in Diamond Block. BuUer, Pa. J. M. PAINTER, Attorney-at-Law. Office—Between Po»toffie**and Diamond. But ler. Pa. A. T. SCOTT, ATTOHNKY-AT-LAW. at No. 8, South Diamond, Butler. Pa. A. M. CHRISTLEY, ATIORNEY AT LAW. Office second floor, Anderson BL K. Malu BT, near Court House, Butler, Pa. J. W- HUTCHISON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office on second floor ol the Huselton block. Diamond, Butler. Pa.. Boom No. 1. IRA MCJUNKIN. Attorney at Law, Office at No. IT. East Jefler tou St , Butler, PA^ W. C. FINDLEY, Attorney at Law and Real Estate Agent. Of SEA rc«r of L. Z. Mitchell's office on north aide GF Diamond. Butler. Pa. H. H. GOUCHER. Attorney -at- law. Office on second floor of Anderson building, near Court House. Butler, ra. NEWTON BLACK. Att'y at Law—Office.on South iide of Diamond Butler. Pa. L 8. McJUiNKLV, Insurance and Real Estate Ag't 17 EAST JEFFERSONJST. BUTLER, - PA. A* £• GABLE, V eterinary Surgeon. Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary Cellege, Toronto, Canada. Dr, Gable treats all diseases of the domesticated animals, and makes ridgling, castration and horse den tistry a specialty. Castration per formed without clams, and all other surgical operations performed in the moat scientific manner. Calls to any part of the country promptly responded to. Office and Infirmary in Crawford's Livery, 132 West Jefferson Btreet, Butler Pa. A Wise Merchant Is never content to stand still. Stagnation is death —ln Trade as in other things. New Customers should be sought after all the time. There is only one way to get them—use the Advertising columns ofthe BUTLER CITIZEN. 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 lows time, cements. National, Portland Sad all best grades In the market Calcined plaster, Blaster hair. King's cement. Ore brick. WE. wbtts sand and river sand. Main office SIS *■ Main street, and all orders left at ware house will rsoslTe prompt delivery. Terms reasonable. FOR SALE. LOTS. I win OFFEROR sale a number of lota Situated on the high ground adjacent to H. H. Ooocber, Esq., sad the Orphans' Home. The land Is laid out in squares of SOMETHING less »AA one acre, each square being surrounded by a 50-foot street, and containing five lota 40 feet boat by IW feet back. Tbeseiota are oner ed at rtnr reasonable prices and on terms 10 rait purchasers. Those who wish an enure square can be accommodated. ALSO—I will sell my farm In Summit town ship.situated within one- half mile of the HtUler norou fh line, adjoining lands of James Keams and others, on the MlUerstown road, and con sisting of It! acres. It will be sold either as a whole ordlvtded to suit purchasers. For further Information in regard to either of the above properties, call on J. Q. Sullivan, 22* last north Street, Butler. Pa. I MRS. VALWUA SOLUVAN. . y f r - '--■^o9 THE BUTLER CITIZEN. THE REPORT ON THE EXAMINATION OF THE EU YORE LIFE INSURANCE CO. BY THE New York State Superintendent of Insurance PUBLISHED JANUARY 22. 1892. SHOWS Assets June 30, 1891, Per Superintendent's Report, $120,710,690.64. Assets Jan. 1,1891, Per Company's Report, $115,947,809.97. Surplus June 30, 1891, Per Superintendent's Rerort, $14,708 675.83 Surplus Jan. 1, 1891, By Company's Report, $14,898,450.86. The above surp'us as shown by the Superintendent's Report I? larger than that of any other purely Mutual Life Insurance Company in the world. VANUXEM, PIERCE & CO. GENERAL AGENTS FOR PENNSYLVANIA. OHIO AND DELAWA E. E. K. Abrams Co. Agents. Office In Huselton Building, next to Court House, Butler, Pa. FURNITURE Thanking you for last years patron age, and wishing you a prosperous new year. We intend trying to increase our trade for 1892 by greatly reducing prices 011 many goods. Save money by buying this month. • • • Yours Truly, Campbell & T empleton, 136 N. Main St., - - Butler, Pa. n THE nOLU ONLY JEWELRY, CLOCKS, SILVERWARE, Purchasers can save from 25 to 50 per cent by purchasing then- watches, clocks and spectacles of J. R. GRIEB, The Jeweler, No. 125 N. Main St., - Dufly Block. Sign of Electric Bell and Clock. All are Respectfully Invited —-"Remember our Repairing Department— 20 years Experience." ASHES ON THE SLIDE. When Jim anJ Hill and I were boys, a many years ago, How gayly did wo use to hail the coming of tho snow' Our sleds fresh painted red and with their run ners round and bright. Seemed to respond right briskly to our clamor of delight As we dragged them up the slippery road that climbed the rugged hill Where perched the old frame meeting house, so solemn-like and still. Ah' coasting In those days—those good old days —was fun, indeed! | Sleds at that time, I'd have you know, were paragons of speed: And if the hill got bare in spots, as hills will do, why, then ' We'd haul on lco and snow to patch those bald spots up again; But, oh' with what sad certainty our spirits would subside When Deacon Frisbie sprinkled ashes where we used to slide I The deacon ha would roll his eyes and gnash his toothless gums And clear his skinny throat and twirl his saint ly, bony thumbs I And tell you: "When I wuz a boy, they taught me to eschew The godless, ribald vanities which modern youth pursue' | The pathway that leads down to hell is slip pery, straight and wide, And Satan lurks for prey where little boys are wont to slide!" Now, he who ever in Us life has been a little boy Will not reprove mo when he hears the lan guage I employ To stigmatize as wickedness the deacon's zealous , spite In interfering with tho play wherein we found delight And so I say, with confidence, not unalloyed of pride: "Gol durn the man who sprinkles ashes where the youngsters slide!'* But Deacon Frisbie long ago went to his lasting rest. His money well invested in farm mortgages out west; Bill, Jim and I, no longer boys, have learned through years of strife That the troubles of the little boy pursue the man through life; That here and there along the course wherein we hoped to glide Some envious hand has sprinkled ashes just to spoil our slide! And that malicious, envious hand Is not the dea con's now. Orim, ruthless Fate! that evil sprite none other is than thou! Riches and honors, peace and care come at thy beck and go; The soul, elate with Joy to-day, to-morrow writhes in woe! And till a man has turned his face unto the wall and died He must expect to get his share of ashes on his slide! —Eugene Field, in Chicago News. ftk MO N O tho guests at the Driskill hotel a few days ago <23 was Col. Abner Smith, a well-known ranchman of Gonzales county. Although he stopped over but a day, he had one large pack age taken to the hotel, and iooked after it so closcl* that one of his acquaintances finally rallied -him about it, inquiring what relic he was guarding so carefully. The inquiry w«s repeated so often by various ac quaintances that CoL Abner finally, in the presence of three or four chosen friends, drew the bolts, unfastened the straps, raised the lid of the long box and disclosed a magnificent pair of moose horns, fully six feet from tip to tip, and bearing twenty points. When the exclamations of surprise and de light were over, he was urged to tell all about it; and having lighted a pre paratory cigar, he]remarked musingly: "It's a very nice thine to have those horns in a box taking them home, but those same horns came very near get ting me into a box, which would have been quite another thing, let me tell you. As the story happens to have this kind of an outcome, though, I am, for tunately, in a position to tell about it, so here goes: "From southwest Texas to northern Maine is a pood long way. It's a little diflicult to believe, having seen thorn both, that they belong to the same country. I don't mind telling you that, though 1 Itave seen a good deal of the United States, this was my first visit to New England. My little sister, Nellie, you know—the pretty one, Ben, that you used to funcy—oh! you re member, do you—well, she married a Maine man three years ago, and this summer I paid her my first visit. She lives in Bangor, and her husband is a big lumber dealer there, with interests in half a dozen mills in different parts of the state. He's a fine fellow—Felix AniJrews is his name—and he spared no pains to make my visit a delightful one. We spent several weeks on the coast fishing and bathing and having a royal time generally, and were really intending to stay longer when Felix received a message from one of his managers, calling him to come up im mediately as his presomce was neces sary to settle some disturbance and bad feeling that had arisen among tho men, who threatened a revolt. '1 don't like to go away and leave you, Ah,' said Felix, dubiously; but an idea had presented itself to me, and I replied; 'Felix, I think I'll go with you if you don't object. I have always wanted to see the northern part of the btate. I'll just seize t his opportunity.' Felix was only too glad to liavo company, and so we started on that memorable trip. I think that one journey included inore variety of con veyance than any I ever took. We traveled by boat, by stage coach, by ox wagon, and finally took the last few miles horseback, arriving at the great mill about as nearly frozen as any two people you ovi-r saw. I forgot to tell you that tli vas the first week in Oc tober. I I:: :.yed past Ihe summer became 1 1 to pet a taste of a real Main r; just to see what it was like— au u by the time I reached that mill I knew all about it. There R*as apparently no bottom to the snow, fences were out of sight, and it was desperately cold. "Well, we stayed at the mill until Felix got everything straightened up among the men. It was the fourth day, 1 think, that the manager said: 'Mr. Andrews, some of the men have been saying that there's moose about ten miles up the river, near the nar rows. There were several 'yards' up there last winter, but we hunted them out pretty welL It a good grazing place, thoug-h, and they say the moose are gathering in again.' You may imagine what a thrill went over me at the mere suggestion. The bare idea of me, a native Texan, going on a moose hunt away in Maine. Felix laughed at me and said thr.t I would find it was not so much fun at last, but he was as eager as 1. Maine man as he was, he had never been moose hunting but twice in his life. We prepared for a hunt, however, a wagon load of camp ing materials being made up by the manager and two or three of the men who were going with us. Guns and hunting-knives were put into first class condition and everything was ar ranged for a three-days' stay in the woods. I kept hearing them talk about a good hunting dog they were going to take with them, but when they brought it out on the morning of our start I couldn't keep from laugh ing. It was a little bhaggy mongrel, about as large as a rat terrier and the aunt undoubted nltftelafl erf the do? BUTLER, PA., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1892. kind I ever saw in my life. 'For good ness'sake, Felix!" I exclaimed, 'is that the best this country can do in the way of a hunting dog?' 'Oh, you don't know it at all!' retorted Felix, good naturedly. 'lt wouldn't take a moose more than three minutes to tramp one of your fine dogs into shoestrings.' And then I said no more, especially as the little dog took a most insane fancy for me and followed me around like a shadow. I saw that his tastes were good, though his pedigree might be a little off. "We drove easily through the open woods, and finally struck camp at a point about eight miles from the milL The men cut down poles and made a kind of pen house, open on the south side and roofed over with poles and brush, taking as much pains as though they had come to spend the winter, I told them. They built a huge bonfire opposite the open side of the hut, and we spent the night very comfortably, wrapped in our heavy blankets. "The next morning we started on our first hunt, separating into two parties, the three mill men constitut ing one, while Felix, the manager and I composed the other. The little dog went with me, of course, but even with his assistance we found no moose that morning. We saw the tracks of some very large ones, however, and we even came upon one of their 'yards,' on the southern slope of a hill, where the snow was all trampled down and where the twigs and barks of the trees showed that they had recently been browsing, but the yard was empty. When we returned to camp, however, we found the other party already there, and the savory odors arising from the fire told that they had not re turned empty-handed. They had. in truth, killed a yearling 'calf,' and had brought the choicest morsels of its flesh to the camp. "The next morning we started out again, in the same order, and after we had tramped an hour or two we reached the deserted yard. It was evident that several large moose had been there since we left Felix and the manager decided to lie in wait for a little while, on the chance of their return, while I begged tliem to hold that miserable little nuisance of a dog and let me slip off acd hunt over the ridge and down the valley for a mile or so. To tell the truth I was devour<*l by a frantic de sire to meet a moose and kill him all by myself, and I didn't think anything else could satisfy me. I was awfully conceited, but it didn't take long to knock all that out of me. "I had gone about half a mile, I should thin'*, and was wandering along trying to look everywhere at once, when all at once I came face to faee with the very thing I was looking for, and 1 was within fifteen feet of it be fore 1 saw it. The minute I saw it I fished I was somewhere else. 1 hadn't expected to see such an enormous brute in the first place, and I hadn't expected it to be as ugly as home-made sin, either. Boys, that animal was eight feet high, and you can see for "THAT ANIMAL IS EIGHT FEET HIGH.' yourself what his horns looked like. To add to his wicked appearance, he had evidently been engaged in a fight with some hated rival, for there were numerous wounds on his body and neck, from some of which his blood was still trickling in little streams, making crimson spots in the snow, and his eyes were fiery and bloodshot. It didn't take me half an hour to see all this. I just took it in at a glance, you know. That took about half a second. Then I thought I would raise my gun and shoot him through the heart. Just as I was getting ready to do this, howev er, the moose made a lunge at me, and I made a lunge in another direction. 1 decided to wait and shoot him after awhile. I skipped airily behind a tree. The moose skipped airily after me and reached for me with one hoof. The hoof caught my coat and tore a long slit in it. I skipped a little faster. i'his was growing interesting. I went dodging about from tree to tree. My whole heart was in the work, and I have always been considered an active man, but I was hampered by over shoes, overcoat and gun. The moose carried no excess baggage, and besides he was on his .native heath. He was a greater success at dodging than I was. "In ttic midst of otlr maneuvers we had come to the edge of the thick un dergrowth that bordered the river. All at once a brilliant thought occurred to mo. I would dash down into this thick undergrowth and the moose couldn't follow oil account of his groat height and enormous horns From this point of vantage I could then shoot him. Seizing the tirst opportunity 1 darted into tli-.- thick undergrowth, runuing half bent to avoid the low hanging l'nibs. I louring a rushing noisy behind mo I glanced over my shoulder, and, b'.ys, imagine my horror when I saw tliiit enormous boast, with body cropped nearly to tho ground, coming straight aft r me under those very branches that 1 had t > stoop to keep from bang ing my head against I knew I was gone then. I said: 'Good-by, Texas!' all to myself, but I just kept running and dodging, anyhow A follow might as well be doing the bost ho can, oven wh ii he knows it's all up with him. I had my gun all the time, but that moose had kept me hustling so fast I ha in't got a chance to shoot. I never saw auythiug so impetous and uncere monious as that caribou. "The Underbrush had thinned out a little and the moose had pot where he could stand up. There was no more chance for running. I had to begin .lodging a;*ain, and I was so near worn out that it was getting to be mighty heavy work. Finally a blow from one of those wicked hoofs knocked the gun out of my hand and came near knock ing my hand with it The sight of a low, overhanging limb gave me one more faint hope, and I caught and swung myself up and sat there, too weak and worn out to make another motion if my life had depended on it. I am quite sure I saw a fiendish joy kindling in the eyes of that moose when he saw my predicament I think he patted himself mentally and re marked to himself: 'Aha! Now I've got him!' At any rate, he backed off to a reasonable distance, much as a billy goat does when it meditates an attack on a small boy, and then came swift as an arrow, rising into the air as be came, preparing to strike me with those terrible hoofs. I had no power to get out of hia way, but he swerved aside and did not strike me. Do you know what made him do it? Oh, it was a little thing—the snapping and barking of a little dog at his heels—a little, plebeian dog. with not even a hint at a pedigree. The moose turned on him furiously, but the dog skipped here and there, light as a feather and always just out of reach, barking de fiance at his big foe as bravely as though they were both of a size. Di- u\ !M iw v. "HE LEFT ME TO FIGHT THE DOG." rectly the huge beast came at me again, but there was the little dog under his feet almost, and he left me to fight the dog. This performance ■went on at least a dozen times, and every time did the little dog interpose to save my life. At last, when the caribou had followed him to some little distance, I saw ray opportunity, and, slipping down from the tree, I seized my gun before he could turn. He came straight at me, more furious than ever, and I fired. Boys, I don't make a practice of firing with my eyes shut, like Mr. Winkle, but I came mighty near doing it then. The fact is, I was so nervous that it was almost a mere chance shot, but it chanced to go straight and true. The moose was shot through the heart. "Maybe you think I didn't -love that dog after that! He had slipped away from Felix, you see, and had run after me: and if he had been three minutes later I'd have been buried up in those Maine woods. I tried ray best to buy that little dog and meaut to bring him to Gonzales county and let him roll on the Bermuda grass and play with the children all day, as long as he lived, but the mill men wouldn't sell him; and So 1 was forced to come away with these horns as the only trophies."— Austin (Tex.) Cor. St Louis Globe- Democrat tßrotherly Criticism. It is unwise, as a general thing, to ask other people what they think of our work. The result may be unpleas ant both for them and for us. Two ministers were discussing the process of sermon-writing. "Now with me," said one of them, "the only really hard things to manage are the introduction and the conclusion. You remember the ser mon 1 preached at the installation of Brother So-and-So not long ago? Well, I flattered myself that the exordium and the peroration of that sermon were pretty well done. Do you re member what you thought of them?" "Yes*" said the other minister. "I remember thinking they were very good, but too fur apart"—Youth's Companion. —"lt's very happy yez look thismorn in', Mr. O'lloolihan. Au' why be the cause av it?" "It's another bye; an' the neighbors do be tellin' me the child Is the very image av his father." "Well, Oi wouldn't be afther moindin' ft little thing like that. What's the harum in his rescmblm' av yez if the choild's only healthy?" I Tact iced. "Didn't Miss Speaker make an elo quent address at our meeting this after noon?" "Beautiful! 1 wonder whether she ever had any experience in speaking in public?" "Oh yes. Her father owns that opera box over there, and she comes two or three times a week." —Harper's Bazar. Too Rupld. "What do you think of my poem?" "It's good; but the action seems to be a little rapid." "Well, it's the last poem I shall ever write"— "My dear boy, allow me to con gratu"— "On a railroad train going forty miles an hour." —Judge. How Stories Grow. Mrs. Bryde—l can't see what makes everybody think that my husband is so dissipated. Why, John comes home every night and goes to bed with the chickens. (Exit Mrs. Gossip, to report to the world that Mr. Bryde is locked out every night, and has to sleep in the hen house.)— Life. She Wu Forgiven. Young Husband—Why, my dear; this pudding is burnt black. How did that happen? Young Wife —I'm 6ure I don't know. I looked at it just before you came home and it was all right. , "But I've been home two hours." "Dear me! I thought it was only a few minutes." —Puck. In Trnlulng. "I believe that boy is training him self to be a policeman," said the wom an who keeps the apple stand. "What makes you think so?" asked her friend. "Because he hooks an apple every time he passes."—N. Y. Press. l'rofit from Misfortune. Foreman —Th' cat got in tli' press, sir. Managing Editor (to advertising agent)— Mr. Cook, just run 'round to the fur store on the corner and see if you can't catch them for a fnll-page dis played ad. at reduced rates.—Judge. Discovered at Last. When the new boarder reached over and plucked the entire roast from the carver's platter old Mrs. Foepar ex claimed: "Weil! I've read about 'era but this is the first time I ever really see'd a boarder ruffian." —Yonker's Gazette. Han's Inhumanity. Mrs. Bacon—Can you get me a divorce for inhuman treatment? Lawyer—What does you husband do? Mrs. Bacon —Every time we hav« an argument lie laughs so loud that I can't make myself-heard.— Brooklyn Life. Making a I.one Story Short. Husband—What a splendid dinner you have to-night! Wife (complacently)— Yes, dear, I thought it would please you. Husband —What kind of a dress are you thinking of getting?— Life. Like Other Medicine. Penelope—l hear you are ongaged te Miss Dingbatts at last. Reginald—Yes; she refused mo six times, but I persevered. Penelope—Then you were well shaken before taking.—Brooklyn Life. Sociable Neighbors. Mr. Moveoft—Well, my dear, how do find the neighbors here—sociable? Mrs. Moveoft—Very. Threo or four of them have sent in to ask if I would allow their children to use our piano to practice on.—N. Y. Weekly. A Wretched Pnn. She—l don't like these windows with so many little panes In them. He—No? She—No, it requires such great pains to keep them cloftin. —Detroit Free Press. AH Important Fuuctlou. Spareribs (of Chicago)— Are you go ing to Mrs. Drestbeef's to-night? Wobbash —Cert! She's giving the spread in honor of her coming out since her last divorce.—Epoch. A Hipe Bird. "Isn't, my parrot remarkable? He is eighty years old." "Yes, indeed, madam; his ts a green old age."—Harper's Bazar. POPULAR SCIENCE. THF. best wines are found to be pro duced from grapes grown upon volcanic | soils. Br a new system, compound sheets of platinum and gold are used to make crucibles for use in industrial chem istry. Ax apparatus for purifying lubricat ing oils coming from machinery has been patented in Norway whereby the same oil can be used many times at a trifling expense. A GREAT improvement in machine bearings is made from compressed wood pulp combined with graphite. No lu brication is necessary, and the amount of friction is greatly diminished. EXPERIMENTS made with oil and var ious other substances have shown that oil alone gives the greatest heat It has been adopted for the boilers of the big pumping engines at Brilliant, near Pitts burgh. THE remarkably beautiful green col or of some preserved beans and other vegetables is said to be obtained by boiling the vegetables in a copper ves sel while an electric current is passed through It. A NEW electrical device on the nickel in-the-slot order has been Introduced In the railway cars in England. By plac ing a penny in the receptacle the light burns for fifteen minutes, and is then extinguished automatically. OWING to the lack of penetrating pow er possessed by the electric arc light in thick weather, its use in lighthouses is not recommended. Inventive talent is now being brought to bear in Eng land ta ascertain a better composition of the carbons, with a view to supply ing the required rays for penetrative effect. HERETOFORE It has been impossible to get lead to adhere to iron without the aid of tin. This can now be done by the following means: First pickle the plates in a bath to remove the scale, a a weak electric current being sent through the bath. Remove the plates to a bath of lime water, and thence to one of fresh water. From this place them In a bath consisting of a neutral solution of zinc and stannic chlorides, thence to a drying chamber heated by steam. When dry place them in a bath of molten lead per cent. pure. THE LEAFSTICKER. Ouo of the Quaintest Representatives ol the Frog Family. One of the most beautiful of all the tree-frogs is the leafsticker of South America, a little animal of hardly the size of our common green tree-frog, with slender body and abruptly short ened head. The color of the upper part of the body is a handsome reddish brown, bordered at each side with a yellowish white band, sometimes of a silvery luster. Beginning at the eye, it extends along the sides and ends in a shatp angle near tke bind legs, where, as well as at the eyes, the stripes unite into a triangular spot. The legs are striped on the outer side for their whole length in a similar manner; at the under side they are simply yellowish white. According to measurements made by the prince of Wied, the whole length of this pleasant little creature does not exceed two centimeters. The leafsticker is common in Guayana and Brazil, where it seeks its abode in the crowns of large trees. Of its habits little is known, but, no doubt, they are similar to our tree-frogs. The little an imal Is especially remarkable on ac count of its beautiful coloring and the Bmallness of the body. The Ant ■■ s Surgical Instrument. The tenacious hold which ants of all nations maintain whenever they have seized anything with their jaws or "nippers" is matter of familiar know ledge. Otherwise, that would be an exceedingly Indigestible statement which is made, but for which we do not stand responsible, regarding the Brazil ian Indians, and the manner in which they utilize the ants of that country. Surgeons in Brazil are presumably few and far between. Accordingly, when an Indian accidentally cuts himself, he does not go several hundred miles to obtain professional treatment, but cap tures a number ol snts —Brazilian ants arc very large and powerful—and ap plies them to the gash. They bite at it ferociously, drawing the skin of the two sides together. The Indian pinches off their bodies, leaving their heads— which still hold their grip on the wound, effectually sewing it up—and goes on liis way rejoicing. A Soaked Wood Pavement. A new system of wood paving that Is now being tried In Paris makes use ol pieces of oak about four inches long, split up similarly to ordinary kindling wood. These sticks are laid loosely on end in fine sand on a bed of gravel from four to four and a half inches thick. A layer of fine sand is spread over them, and they are alternately watered and beaten several times. In about forty eight hours the water has completely penetrated the wood, causing it to swell into a compact masa, which is capable of supporting the heaviest traffic, ac cording to reports. For Extracting lloney. A Canadian has invented a centrifu gal extractor for honey. It leaves the comb clean and intact. "COMING TO A BAD END." t \ ' " " -Life. The March of Civilisation. distress —Bridget, 1 see with touch pleasure that you do not break as many dishes as formerly. Bridget (two months in America)— Ohl Indadc I do, mum, and more, too; but Oi know enough to kape me muth shut about it now.—Brooklyn Life. In 4000. "That ruined city they have just dis covered turns out to be the fabled town of New York," said Prof. Bones, of Melbourne. "Was It destroyed by volcanic ac tion?" "No. It was buried in mud and "garbage by titjnjc {njtsUgg."—Life. THE MODEL SHEEP. tl Should flare a LOBE Bod/ Set Cpoe Short Loss. As nearly all the edible meat in a sheep is found in the quarter* and but little found elsewhere, we should aim to breed them with as large quarters as possible. This ean only be accom plished by breeding from sires with great width of thighs and prominent, broad chests, having also long, sloping shoulders and hip bones extending well forward; animals of this form will always have edible meat nearly down to the knees and gambrila This is what pleases the eye of the butcher, for the reason that no customer will ever ask him to cut off a pound of bone every time a sale is make. Give us, then, a sheep with a long body, set upon short legs, whose principal weight lies in his quarters and not in his belly. H<s forward end must be large in order to give him heart and lung capacity, without which he ts no sbeep II is hind end must be large and loin strong, in order to furnish high priced meats, and reader Km prepotent Give me a sbeep with two good ends, says Dr. C D Smead Now we have got the form, see that it is well and evenly covered with a fleece wool that is even In quality, medium in texture, free from hairs and black wool and having density in a large degree If it can be made to grow well down upon the faea, or down the leg even to the toes, then is no objection. But never spoil a hind quarter in striving to get an extra tuft of wool upon the face or nose. Keep the mutton form perfect; then get all the wool you can. The next plank in our platform is size. This is a question of vital im portance. If we get too small an ani mal we will run the risk of losing some of the popularity that we have already gained Again, if we strive to produce too large an animal we run the risk of producing one that is too coarse in its make-up to please the eye of the dealer, as well as to produce an animal that will lack constitutional vigor and mutton quality.—Western BuraL ADJUSTABLE WAGON SEAT. It Costs Bnt tittle and Is a Sonroe of Considerable Comfort. " There are a great many farmers who still stick to the old-fashioned wagon bed with detachable sideboards, which has many advantages over the other kind on the farm This necessitates working the rubber with a lever, which is ready for use at all times, with bed off or on It was this idea which brought to my mind the adjustable wagon-seat which almost any farmer can readily make. I have often thought when riding over rough roads, of the mowing machine seat which is in use only about two weeks in the year My first idea was to remove the bolt which fastens it to the machine and bolt it to a bottom board of the wagon bed, but I knew it would make a very no. L low driver's seat not much higher than the sideboards, and would be of no use when the bed was filled. I will here describe the seat which has the advan tages of being hsld more firmly in po sition than the ordinary spring-seat and costing little or nothing, and when thrown back is as little in the way as any other kinds. For the footboard, take an 8-inch board of tough white oak or red elm. saw it 4 inches wider than the wagon bed—a '4-inch projection on each side. The arms are inches, with the end gate rod passing through the wid est side at A (Fig. 9), so that the arms are held flat against the sideboard Fasten the footboard M (Fig. a) on the other end of arms with three strong o .V K <s) I m lr\ ea=a v £1... no. 3. bolts (B), the iron strap D (Fig. 3) having been placed on both ends of bolts. Now you are ready for the ma chine seat Fasten it on to the foot board with one bolt having a very large washer, or square iron strap, on the underside of board Fig 1 shows the seat in position. Dis wagon brake. E is the chain attached to seat for con venience. F, dotted line, showing cir cle the seat makes in reversing. G, seat inverted. It may be attached to front end of bed for front lever, if desired, by re versing the machine seat and fastening on the other end of footboard, and passing a rod through front frame of bed —Thomas 0. Starbuck, in Ohio Farmer. Transplant lac Tines. When transplanting vines, trees or tall canes at this season, cut the top* back as much as possible. When the roots begin to shoot out in the spring the work to be performed by the roots will be materially lessened when there is less top to support The more buds and branches the slower the growth of the tree until the roots become well established. IN comfortable quarters poultry will fly down off their roosts as soon as it is light enough to see well. A Genuine Houae-Warmln*. Mr. Wayback—The next time 1 go to one of Brother Stumpland's house warmings, lie'll know it What d'ye think the mean cuss did? Mrs. Wayback — I'm sure I don't know. Mr. Wayback—Well, he waited till all the guests had assembled an' then he led the way to the back yard and set us to choppin' wood.—N. Y. Weekly. A Western Kgotlst In New York. Chicago Man—The girls in this town seem to be short-sighted New Yorker —What makes you think so? "Because they dont turn around and look at me when I walk down the street." "Humph! That shows there U noth ing the matter with their eyesight"— Texas Siftings. Wit and Honor. Countryman (looking up from paper) —John, what does "1-a' stand for? John (poring over his lesson In geog raphy—Lousiana, sir. Countryman—Well, this "Louisiana grip" seems to be an epidemic.—Har per's Bazar. stating the Cass. "When I look at Tommy," observed Mr. Snaggrs, as the dinner drew to a close, "I am strongly reminded of a certain Latin proverb." "Which?" asked Mrs. Snagga "Multum in parvo."—Pittsburgh Chronicle. NO. 14 HINTS TO HORBCMEN. How to Develop Good Bad toMllll M Trmiu la HUM It is very desirable and important to be able to catch a borse in tie putnn field, which can most always be done when he is treated • with uniform kind ness. It is often nrni'— iy to get Bp a horse quickly, and If he is hard to catch the delay thus occasioned tuf malt quite seriously to his mas tor's interest. 1 never go into a field to catch a horse without a nubbin of corn, bit of apple, handful of oats or something else he likes, and, as a consequence, never have the slightest trouble in ftotphmg him. In turning a horse out to posture never frighten him and make him run away from you, by striking him with the halter or bridle and yelling at him. This is a mean, heartless habit, and is apt to make a liorse hard to catch. I know a farmer whose horses cannot be caught in the field, and the only way they can be stabled is to get the dogs after them and drive them in I Should the dogs be away from home some day (or night) when he wants to get up a horse to go for a doctor or to see a sick neighbor, he would doubtless realize what it is "to.be in a pickle." Of the many bad traits the horse may possess, that of leing bre achy may be classed as one of the worst I think that the author of the expression: "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," must have had some experi ence with breachy horses; at any rate, the adage holds good in this connection. Ordinarily it is no very difficult matter to keep horses from beooming breachy, when managed with discretion—discre tion, "aye, there's the rub," for many farmers very little of this es sential characteristic. They buy a horse or colt and take it home and turn it right out in a poorly-fenced field, be* fore it becomes accustomed to the place, and being discontented and anx ious to get back to its old home, it pushes down or jumps over the weak, low fences and bounds away like a deer in the direction of its home. Then the farmer goes alter it again and brings it back and turns it out in the same field, after having slightly repaired the fence. But it has now become breachy and has bnt little respect for fences. It gets out again and again, and Henceforward goes whithersoever it pleases, regardless of fences and yokes. Wfeeti fhfc buy a borse and take him hoS don't tarn him out for a few days unless you can provide him with a very well-fenced lot or field. And iu wean ing a colt exercise some judgment Don't take it away from its dam and put it into a poorly-fenced field. It will be sure to jump if you do. Never force nor even permit a horse to jump back out of a field he lias jumped into, but open a gate or lay down a panel of fence for his egress. Before turning a borse (or any other kind of stock) into an unoccupied field, go around the field and inspect the fences, Horses often form the habit of pushing down the fences and jump ing, in reaching over after grass and weeds within their reach. If such weeds and grass were cut with a scythe, and the fenoe corners kept clean, the temptation for them to get into mischief would often be removed. Exercise a little "horse-sense" in this matter, and your horses will not be come breachy.—Frank Leslie, in Ohio Farmer. REGARDING ROOSTS. Their Proper Arrangement a Matter of Home Importance. The highest roost is Invariably the one a chicken or a turkey will select Haven't you ever noticed this? If not, you never paid much attention to the matter of roosts. Not Important enough? Excuse me, sir, it i$ impor tant Some use a tier of steps or roost poles, one above the other, but I prefer a roosting place with a foot-path or board leading up to the roosts, and all to be on a level and far enough apart to avoid quarreling and soiling one another's plumage. I shall try to sketch my idea. The roosts are made of four-inch slats, not round poles. This gives the bird a chance to roost and support her weight, while a round AKRANOKMENT OT BOOSTS. roost would cramp her feet and make rest entirely out of the question. A flat perch is the natural kind for all fowls. This has long ago been demon strated. Under the perches which by the way should be placed far enough apart to avoid the droppings—is a floor of boards nailed closely together where the droppings may fall and be scraped up essily.—Ohio Farmer. SHEEP SHEARINGS. THE sheep's quarters should be light and well ventilated SHEEP eat down many plants that other stock will refuse. SBEEP keeping should always be estimated from the standpoint of fer tility. So FAR as possible the larger pro portion of the sheep should be thrifty ewes. IN nearly all cases where sheep are kept the land continually increases in fertility. NEGLECTING to feed properly is one cause of failing to secure a good growth of wool. No MATTER how good the breed, un less good feed and care is given >they will degenerste. MAKING the sheep comfortable and feeding well will secure a steady growth of wool every day. KEEP the sheep thrifty. As with other stock, It is poor economy to al low them to run down in winter and then be obliged to feed up again in the spring.—Live Stock Indicator. a Clear OIM. "I've been cudgeling my loaln for an hour over this thing," said a young Detroit attorney to the older one with whom he is associated In a knotty case. "Be careful," was the quiet response, "or I'll have you arrested for assault and battery. I'd be sure to win the case, when {t man of your sire would jump on a little thing like that with a cudgeL"—Detroit Free Press. A Certain Cor*. She (talking confidently to her bosom friend) —Now that we are married John v<»« stopped drinking entirely. I hove not-detected the odor of liquor about him since our wedding day. "Was it difficult for him to stop?" in quired the bosom friend "O, no; not at eIL He justeats cloves. He says that is a certain cure."—N. Y. Herald vm ' What Ue Had test- Old Bullion—Ah, my boy, I often long for the good old times. Friend—That's very strange. You are rich now, but in those ola days you were an overworked, barefooted plow* boy on a farm. What bad yw then that you haven't BOW. Old Bullion (sadly)—An appetite.— Good News. roe umr utu> »■» "You and I both like the autumn ap parently, my dear," said he, "Yes. It's quite natural we ahould When May weds December there has to be a itHapromlse*" saW sfae.—Bwi
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