VOL. XXIX.
LOUIS
No 4654.
(i'EUCHfcKO.V )
HUck Horse foaled 1886.
Sire H-n Nevis 1097.
D.i ii Imniont 1666
A rane.v horse and a perfect ppeci
HI iti of the iilastrioas family of Norman
l>. - .iaithts
Pro . unicod by all the be<it of all-purpoi-e
horsi;s.
Weijtht—lßoo pounds.
TERMS—TO INSUBE - - #10.00;
Thu a'i 'Ve iourih • I iiors.n will stand T>r service daring t ! ie sea*-.:i of 1892
follow^:—Monday a'ld T'le-.iay of each week at Prospect. Pa., aud the remainder ol
the wtiek at tile <tal>'o "f tli • ..*• ier iu wmihwest corner of Brady town-hip, 4 milef
north of Prospect, Butler county. Pa.
Proper earn irill bu taken but uo accoantability asannied
J. P. DAVIS, Proprietor,
Prospect, Pa.
EVERYiODY
will tell you that Ritter k Ralston's
wraps are the best made and the best
fitting wraps in the market, and if you
want muslin underwear that at Ritter
& Ralston's you can secure full size
*
garments, well-made and at about the
O 7
same cost as the material. But to cut
the story short, it a well known fact
that you CPJ get all kinds of dry
goods, carpets, wraps, furnishings and
trimmings at the most satisfactory
price? at
RITTER & RALSTON'S.
HUSELTON'S SHOES!
-ju Worth Looking
j/T Into.
Our BootP unci Sheen ure making
BD ift>prehhion "on the HHDdx of time."
We help nnr cn-t< iiitrß io make their
walk in life hi fiuit tb»*m with
\ Sboec that fit their feet conifortahly.
P"? t-peiial attention to thin «x no
• r "'' Boot or Shoe will w<ar well that doe»
nt fit I'Tcjerly. TUte iri em trouble and p«in io tbia li(« wi'.tiout
i«r«ct-it fi it f: ill fiti tr p fbcte
All oor fcolvrir it- t»Uet«d etretully Irom ibt rooet. ioiproved laeta aa
\tith quality ol Mc»k. etc.
knp tfce fciid ilet will fit comfortably aud wear, we keep the
I* n 11 tie Ii weft |.r?c*f.
V < c<d'i k*« r Ltdin- SI oep at SI.OO at d ta\ it is v • rth $2 00 that in
i r < lr. <lo t l»Mn t hut w ♦ cN n,j wi have a I afiea fit# Bhor ut SIOO
'.lit <at ret te nHiI < o ruler If r Bt, le or wear, we mv the eanie o' our
] iMI > < t tiie lite fr< n $1 25, $1.50, $2.00. $2.50, aod $3 00 and up to $4.00
II c $4 50.
I't t> T t JI u get titid tl reading aome fellows advertisements wben
tlit hj fin ate leiip Flinthterfd at any price to clean up. etc, tbat
tl tll ;I H !■« t * P;U tIK M llii (i at SI.OO worth $2 00 Now there is just
on cl two tbit.ps, filter tbry trade a bijrprofit before or not telling the
trcl liirilni tlii-e libirel lelh ws don't lofe any money, goods are per
brjs fiat at tie Ii w pticee rtned after you 6«e tbem apd more especially
alter jou wear tbem.
It teems nselehS to quote a long list of prices a» you cannot judira unless
you f-te tbe goods, but it you want the best Boys Knots at $1 00. sizes I to
5 you f rer *Bw yru can get it bere, a Man's Boofat $1 50.Children's Bboee
at 25, 50 and 75 cts.. Boy's fine Shoes at 85 cts., tbeee are straight prices no
bombog to pall yoa in. neither are they sold at
SO GENTS OUT THS DOL .lA.
Have a lot Misses Rubbers at 10 cts. a pair and tbev are not wortb 30
cts either, recollect we bare the largest, stock to select from, bent goods and
lowest prices, we don't handle any old joba, sold cheap on account of some
imperfecti ocs, but solid, new and desirable linesat tbe lowest price
C HUBKLTON, - _ 102 N. MAIN BT., BuTtea PA
Overstocked!
GREAT BARGAIN SU
For 30 days only.
BOOTS, SHOES AND
RUBBERS.
At less than wholesale prices.
Stock must be reduced at at once,
Big Line of Xmas Slippers,
Come and see us.
Remember the place.
GRIEB &
VOGELEY.
347 S. MAIN ST., Opp. Wilkid House.!
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
N ° 9500
EnfclishShire '
Ba\ II ■ r?e Foaled 1887 A grand b'lued
m d couipacllv built horse.
Sir< t! by Coming
2i")3
Til E ENGLISH SU li.'E i« now coupler .
ed il'f t'ri utist n! Hi! draught iior.-e" a:.d
lio Utter model ol'hi- kind hasever been
in.ported. Will weigh (wiil matured.)
1750
; TEKHS—TO INcjCKE - - #l2 00
Rev. William. Jlolltnshed
Of Sparta, N. J., voluntarily says:
" To Whom it May Concern:
"Unasked I deem it my duty to a suffering
humanity whose bodies and souli I v.ould
have healthy, to tell them of the value of
Hood's Sarsaparilla. While living iu Ohio
one of my children was greatly
Afflicted With Boils
having 30 on her limbs, and being unable to
walk. I hud heard of Hood's Sarsaparilla,
and bought a bottle, half of which cured en
tirely. Two years after, mother child was
afflicted as badly. I used the other half
bottle of Hood's Sarsaparilla with like re
sults. About four years after, tlic child first
afflicted was again tormented like Job, and I
bought a bottle (on Sunday at that) and
again a cure. I gave some of the medicine to
ft poor woman and two children; they were
helped as were mine. Through a testimo
nial sent to C. I. Hood & Co., inquiries cams
from all the country, asking if it was a bona
flde' testimonial, and of course I wrote ail
that it was, and have the knowledge of
Scores and Scores
Of persons helped or cured by Hood's Sarsa
parilla. Mild cases of rheumatism have
yielded to it. Biliousness and bad liver have
been corrected in my own family. This is
the only patent medicine I have felt like
praising. I speak not for C. I. Hood, but for
the Jobs who are impatient and are tor
mented beyond endurance. Xotliinpr I know
of will cleanse the blood, stimulate the liver,
or clean the stomach so perfectly as
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Any person wishing to know more, enclosing
a stamp will be informed. Yours for the
health, happiness and virtue of humanity."
WILLIAM HOLLINSHKD, pastor of Presby
terian church, Sparta, N. J.
Hood's Pills cure habitual constipation.
PROFESSIONAL CAKIh
JOSEPH W. VIILLhK, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon,
. Office ftud residence at :«8 . Main St. Butler,
a. .
Dr N. M. HOOVER,
IST H. Wayne fft., oftlre in-iirs. Mftn I.' M. an
10 3 P. M.
L. M. REINSEL, M. D ,
PIYIINTS AND ScnnroN.
office iiiid n oideiKf ;;t 12T K. i uunlngbam St,
L BLACK,
PIITHICI A V .IMI "URIIEOIS,
New Trout man (tnUding. Butler. Pa.
I-". N. USA KB. M !>• •» R VAN N. M.
W/navoloey Mini Slir- KIR. l-.'r N.»m
tcrv. I'uroai-
DRS. LEAK E & MANN,
Butler, Pa.
. t i'vl M r K VI A ISi.
IV.-KUN AM' FTL'KUM'M,
"(fcce a. No. S. Main si rift. over Frank
oN !>rus Store. ISutU-r Pa.
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS
Physician ano Stipji^on.
lt-M Ji-fitiM'ij M !• tier Pa.
V. ViCALPINE,
Dentist,
If now permanently located at IB) Mouth Main
Street rntler. Pa, In rooms formerly occupied
by Dr. Waldron.
DR. S A. JOI NSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER. PA.
Gold Pilling Painless Ettr>e.ti'>a ol Teeth
and Artitl.-lal TeetU without I Mates a specialty
Mtious Oxide or Vttatzed Air or Local
Aiixsttie.ties used.
Office o>er Millers Grocery east of Lowry
House.
Office closed Wednesdays aud Tliursd: \.s.
J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Butler, Penn'a.
Aituicial Teeth inserted in the luteal im
roved plan. <iold t'lllliiK u specialty, omce—
\er SeTiiiul's clot hi UK Store.
( . k- L. to cQ 111 ST ION,
KM.INKFCK AMI ->L BVKVOK.
<1! I'H V. NKAK I'L AHOM- P- I I I > F«'
A B. . Mt;F ARL.A !M D.
AM'}' ut l.uw aial Not r\ Puldlc—<'fllce r.ii S.
l>lHlnO|i<t "t —opposite liie i ourt lloiiM—sec
nd flour
H. Q WAi Kf.R,
Att<»rn»-y-at-I.aw Office in Diamond ttlut-k.
Ilu! ter, r«t.
J. M. PA 11". f ER,
AUoi n<-y-at-~aw.
Ofi.ce—Betwt< n Ptstodlee and In imoml. Bui
ler. Pa.
A. T. M.OI T,
A: 'AW.
I "FL'RC LIT No. - I '. ■ > B-.' • . I
A. M. CH R IsTLEY,
ATIORN EV \T WW
Office <-eeond floor. An<'eis<>n P.I h.\M it..
neor< <i n I ■> use, Jmtler. Pa.
J. W. HUTCH ISO! ,
ATTCHNn AT IAW
fflee on swoml floor ot »!>»• Hum i'ori .
(ait'"n<l. Bntler. P< . Hootn Nu i
IRA MC.JUNRIN.
Attorn '' Irftw.Ofllep .1 S.. > 1 u
'•>11 Hi , Hiitl-r I'.l
W. C. HNOLFY,
AMI 11 ej i.t Irv !• lie I If. Ir 'u> ' t 1
•f-e resr or I 7. Vlr< 'ieir« > r ,!. . , .
II ntXDAIKI, Butler. I'a.
H. H. GOlJt HER.
\u»tni;j-at-l»w. Office oil seeon<l '!oor 01
» tiutldfnir. near <•,, rl House Bullet
's.
NfWTON BLACK.
Att'y ai Law—oni'ie on Soutli sMf •>' iii.tiniii.'
'■ti'ler. Pa.
G. D. HARVE' ,
<'oiilr«etor nnd builder m tiriek work, iirxte
and maniel wttlntr anrl nil klnilsof lirlek-lat inir
a «peelnll\. Also dealer In liii'rel lime. Wam
pu n Innn- lime, eeinenti National I'ortl'Hiil
.nil nil ')»*«t itrades In the market i'iilr||)"<l
nlaMer li>tlr Kliur'x cement, lire iirli k
tile, while smil and river saod. Mun ofll'-e HIS
N. Main an<l ailorilere left at ware liouse
will receive p*o»pt delivery. Turrna reaeonable.
"RIVER JIM."
How Ho Gave His Life for That
Of Another.
[Original]
was tlie
only came he
was knovrn by
, ir - among the log
/ W, pors and river
/ Y&* hl\ men - That he
I WjT \ raust at oae
Pi /» jt I I ticne have been
\ i / I/ known by some
\ other uame was
\ evident, but
J'f j when he had
j Jf landed ia the
# 1 lumbering
town of Cam
i eron, in north-
I ern Wisconsin,
a year previous, that was the name he
gave to all who asked him, and to all
inquiries his only answer would be:
"Aint I told ye half dozen times
thet my name's 'River Jim,' aint thet
nufT?"
He was a queer character. From
whence he came no one knew nor
could lind out. although he occasional
ly spoke of log driving in Maine, which
led the boys to think he muit have
originally hailed from that state.
In personal app.-aranee he was at
once conspicuous, if not to say ridicul
ous. Long, bony, angirar, with great,
lt«g arm which he never seemed to
know what to do with unless he was
handling a pike pole and pushing logs
here and there in the river. To add to
the ungainliness of h'w form he habitu
ally walked, or rather slouched along,
with his body describing an obtuse
angle, and with a movement some
thing resembling a dromedary. His
hair, which was black as an Indian's,
he generally wore long, and his beard
was equally unkept
But he was known as the most dar
ing and skillful log driver in the upper
Wisconsin, and many was th;> time he
fearlessly rode some roiling, tumbling
timber through rapids where no other
riverman dared venture, with only his
pike polo to assist him in keeping his
footing, he often being compelled to
leap from one log to another, even
while they were rushing at a tremen
dous speed through some rapids; and
he could break up a jam and get the
logs to moving again while the ordi
nary logger was debating how to go at
it True, he often lost his footing, and
was several times in imminent danger
of being crowded under the water by
the logs, but somehow he seemed like
a duck and always came up in time to
throw those long arms over a log and
pull himself up again.
During the winter season, when the
men were in the woods, "River Jim's' 1
long arms served him equally as well,
and there he had the reputation of be
ing the best chopper.
Jim was as modest as he was un
gainly. It was seldom any of the boys
could get him to speak of himself, and
when he wou;d accomplish some dariug
feat of log driving and the men would
speak ot it he would say:
"Oh, thet's nothin'."
During the summer season, when
the m ; lls at Cameron were all in opera
tion. Jim was employed by the owners
as general overseer in the boom, where
the different lojs were separated, and
to see that each mill got its own cut, a
work which was always well done by
himself and his men.
Jim had one great failing, a prev
alent out* a::ion., r riverinen. For a day
or two after each pt;y day. which came
once a month, lie would bj the richest
man in town, aud every man who
didn't take a drink with him while his
money lasted cither did not drink or
failed to come under Jim's notice. It
got to be such a regular thing that the
boy , always expected it. and when one
(lay. after receiving his usu: l month's
wages. Jim put the money in his
pocket and walked quietly out of the
ofiicc and over to the hotel where he
boarded, the y wondered what was up
with "River J.m." Some of them even
went over to the hotel, and one of the
boys said:
'•What's ther marter, Jim; be ye
gcttin' st'.ngy?"
"Xothin's ther marter, boys. I'm
jist goin 1 ter stop thet kinder bizness,
thet's aIL"
Many were the conjectures among
the Icy-, as to th(; cause of "River
Jim's" sudden reformation, and when
the next day Jim was at his post of
duly instead of putting in his time at
Tom Xogan's saloun, as he generally
did after each pay day, as long as his
money lasted, they concluded some
thing unusual had happened to him.
There had a change come over "River
Jim's" life, that few, if any, of the
rouyh rivermeil knew anything about,
as no one would suspect by his daily
life that he even capable of sym
pathy vt.tli humanity in general, much
less taking a friendly interest in any
one.
'I hat was where Uiey failed to under
stand the great, good-natured, awk
ward fellow Behind all of "River
Jim's" rough exterior and uncouth
manners there beat a heart as tender
as a child's, aud capable of an affection
as sincere and honest as the most re
fined a;id polished society man.
One of the hotels or boarding houses
which was the headquarters of a large
number of the riverinen and loggers,
when in town, was owned and man
aged by a wi-lov. ::y the name of Mrs.
Franklin. This lady had three chil
dren, a girl of twenty and two boys,
one seventeen and the other nine.
Ever since Jitn came to the place he
had made this Ins home, when he was
not rp in the woods.
One day shortly after "River Jim"
came to town. Mrs. Franklin's little
boy Willie, and several other boys of
his age, were playing on the logs near
the mills when the little fellow slipped
and fell between them, and would have
been drowned had not Jim, who hap
pened to be working near, heard his
companion's cries and ran to where lie
had fallen in and succeeded in pulling
him out, more dead than alive.
The little felloiv was soon around
again, however, and from that day
"River Jim" (it least had one staunch
friend in Wiilie Franklin. In fact,
there seemed a strange friendship
growing up between the uncouth, un
lettered man and the little boy, and
almost any line day one could see
Willi#? running around on the logs try
ing to assist Jim in his work, and Jim
would say:
"1 tell ye what, Billy, I'll make er
groat log driver out o' ye yit, if ye'll
jist 'tend to yer knittin'."
"Say, Jim. 1 d-» get around over the
log, pretty bandy, don't I?"
"River Jim" never seemed to have
any ambition higher than to hs known
as the most fearless driver on the
river, and he really had an idea that he
might have a promising pup.l in Willie
Fra del in.
One day when Jim and the little fel
low were together on the drive Willie
said: .
"Kay, Jim, It's pay ds.y to-morrow,
ain't it?"
"Guess 'tis, Billy. What's ther mat
ter now? Do ye want me ter git yo
some new fltimmerdiddle?"
"Oh. no, Jim; I wasn't thinking of
that But I heard ma and Jennie
talking this ■ morning about it, and
Jennie said she wished you wouldn't
get drunk every pay day and spend aU
your money, and ma said she didn't
like to have me with you when you
acted so."
"Now, say, Billy, did yer ma and
sister say thet?"
"lionest, they did, Jim, and ma she
a&id ihe faod a notion to »oe»k to jpu '
BUTLER, PA., FRIDAY, MARCH 18,
about it two or three time i, but she
was afraid you'd think it was none of
her business, and —say, Jim, I wish
you wouldn't, cither, 'cause it makes
me mad to hear the boys make fun of
you and call you nothing but an old
bum."
Jim didn't answer the boy, and all
the rest of the day he was unusually
quiet
The next day when he received his
wages un-.l went quietly to the hotel
there was at least one person in town
who was not surprised, although thaA
person was only a small boy.
When Jim reached the hotel he told
Willie that he wanted to see his
mother The boy went to find her,
wondering what Jim could want. He
soon returned accompanied by Mrs.
Franklin.
"Did you wish to sje mi, Jim?" in
quired the lady, as she came into the
office.
Jim. who was standing at the win
dow looking out over the river,-turned
around, and awkwardly drawing some
thing from his pocket lie held it to
ward Mrs. Franklin, at the same time
stammering out:
"Mrs. Franklin, w-would ye mind
takin' this and keepin' it f-fer me?"
"Why, Jim,' said the lady as she
saw it was a small roll of money, "do
you really want me to keep this for
you? What's the matter?"'
"Well y-ye see," stammered Jim, "B-
Billy, the little cuss—h-he don't want
me t-ter go an'git drunk every pay
day, and- I-I thought mebbe y-you'd
jist as lief k-keep it fer m-me, an" then
I couldn't have any thin' to make a
f-fool of myself with. S-say, ye'll do
it, w-won't ye?"
With these words he thrust the
money into her hand and rushed
from the room, across the street and
was soon seen at work among his fa
vorite companions—the logs.
For the remainder of the season,
every pay day Jim would punctually
go to Mrs. Franklin and after she had
deducted li's board bill he would ask
her to keep the balanoe for him, so
that when the mills had finally finished
the season's cut of logs Jim had quite
a snug little sum of money in the hands
of his banker.
One night, a short time after a ma
jority of the mills had closed for the
season, the inhabitants of the town
were startled by the shrill blowing of
half a dozen whistles at different n.ills.
This note of warning, especially at
two o'clock in the morning, sent a
thrill though everyone who heard it, as
they all knew it meant fire.
It proved to be a fire, and a big one,
as the startled citizens who rushed
from their homes, hotels and boarding
houses soon discovered, and a wild
"SAY, JIM, IT'S PAY DAY TO-MORROW."
rush was made to the scene of the con
flagration, which proved to be the
Cameron hou >e, owned by Mrs. Frank
lin.
The fire was discovered by the
watchman in one of the mills just be
low the hotel, but as it had originated
in the kitchen at the rear, it was not
discovered until that portion of the
building was a mass of flames. The
familiar shriek of the whistles had at
once aroused the lumbermen who
roomed at the hotel, and soon a motley
crowd of men was seen pouring from
the building iu every direction.
The apartments of Mrs. Franklin
and her daughter were in that portion
of the building over the kitchen and
near the servant's quarters. Before
the alarm was sounded the female por
tion in the building had been awakened
by the dense volumes of smoke which
came pouring into their rooms, and it
was with difficulty they escaped suf
focation.
Willing hands were soon at work
helping to remove what articles of
furniture could be saved, as it was evi
dent, nothing could stop the progress of
the (lama* a? the only water supply
was from the mill just opposite, which
was inadequate to grapple with the
fiery monster with any show of «ue
cess.
While the men were at work, sud
denly the shrieks of a woman were
heard in the burning building and the
next instant Mrs. Franklin came rush
ing out, crying:
"Willie! Willie! Oh. where is Willie?
Oh, some one save him, he's in there
and will b ■ burned up, ohl —oh !"
Hardly had the lady announced the
fact of her little boy's danger when
a tall form, bareheaded and with noth
ing on except an undershirt and pair of
overalls, was seen to rush through the
crowd and into the burning building
liveryo::e who saw the man at once
recognize 1 him as "River .li>u," and as
till knew li s friendship fir tlr.; little
boy.,, an# dim s courage in times of
danger, they felt that he never would
f-~\ fiS) --
/M J E
i fir -JA , M
!=
' 5"«
"IS THAT YOU, HILLY?'
return from the building without the
boy.
Every minute seemed an age after
Jim disappeared from sight in the
burning building, ar.d Mrs. Franklin
did nothing but walk back and lorth
wr.nging her hands and sobbing out
"Oh, Willie! Willie! Oh, I know he
is dead, aud maybe burned up before
this time."
Pretty soon there was a shout, which
increased to a mighty roar as the form
of "River Jim" was seen at an upper
window, gra.ping something lu his
arms For only an instant was he vis
ible, and as he disappeared from sight
a groan went up from the vast crowd.
This was changed to a glad cry. as
Jim was seen, through the smoke, to
stagger out of the door still tightly
gra.ping what proved to be the inani
mate form of Willie Franklin, with a
blanket wrapped around him. As Jim
staggered out of the burning building,
willing hands caught the boy's form
and rushed to a place free from smoke,
when it was found that he was unin
jured, except from inhaling smoke, aud
was soon resucitatcd.
When ths boy was taken from Jim's
arms, the fellow was seen to stagger,
and those gathered around noted the
change in the man. His long hair and
were lm ryed ulllbtJ to Lis UcAfi
and face, and his flannel undershirt
was almost burned from his back,
while h's ovcral s were still seen to be
on fire in many places. His hands and
face were also terribly burned and
blistered. He endeavored to walk but
again reeled like a drunken man and
fell to the ground where he lay as if
dead.
A portion of the crowd of men gatli
ered around the form of Jim, anxiously
asking: "Is he dead?''
The poor fellow lay to all appear
ances a dead man for a moment or two,
when he slowly opened his eyes and
tried to get up. He succeeded in get
ting upon his elbows, when he gasped
out:
"Bil-Billy. is he all right? 1 h-had
hard w-woik ter-ter git ter where he
wuz an' —"
At this juncture the boy. who had re
vived, pushed his way through the
crowd and was soon at Jim's side.
"Jim, I'm here, I'm all right Oh,
Jim!" This last exclamation was
caused by Jim's frightful appearance.
Jim smiled and, by another great ef
fort, he said:
"Billy, is thet ye? I'm gl-glad yer
all right, but I-I'm afeard thet I ve ro
rode my last log. Guess Fet t-too
much fi-fire. Sa-say, Billy, I want yer
ter hev thet mon-moncy I have left
with yer mother, and—and say. Billy,
ye-ye'll not forgit Jim, will ye?"
The last words of the poor fellow
seemed to cost him a terrible effort.
He choked up, tried to cough and after
a moment's rest reached out his burned
and blistered hand and huskily whis
pered:
"Uood-by. Billy—be—er—good—boy
—and don't never—dri-drin —"
The exertion was too much; there
was a dry rattle in his throat; he
struggled as if to rise, and then fell
back to the ground—dead.
CHAKLES EDWIN WELLS
This Donkey llad Waak Lanes-
An eccentric lady named Chamber
lain died recently near Birmingham.
Eng. She had considerable means and
kept herself surrounded with animals
of all sorts For this purpose she
bought two cottages, one of which she
occupied herself and the other she
gave up to lier pets. She conceived an
attachment for a donkey belonging to
a neighbor and which browsed in an
adjoining field. The donkey's lungs
became affected, and she invited him
over to her field and attended to him.
The owner of the donkey then said.
"If you are so fond of the donkey I
will make you a present of it" She
accepted the donkey, which became so
attached to her as to follow her about
A favorite dog belonging to the hus
band having survived him, was, in ac
cordance with his previous directions,
buried in bis grave. When the widow
died there was some disturbance and
difficulties arose, the result being that
the dog was removed, and, after her
burial, replaced in the grave.—Chicago
Post.
—"What was the matter?" asked the
deacon of the returned missionary
"Couldn't you stand the climate?" "Oh,
yes; but I couldn't get along with the
natives." "What did they do?" "They
assailed my character. They said 1
was too tough for them."—Washington
Star.
Theory and Practice.
The worst of It with beaux who of
Love and a cottage ever chatter
Is that while thev may find the love
They seldom can supply the latter.
—Chicago Mail.
An Internatlonul Halt.
Cncle Sam Say, czar! 1 protest
against your heartless, unjust, inhu
man, cruel, brutal treatment of Rus
sian—
The Czar—Shut up. or I'll ship 'em all
over to you!
(Uncle Sam shuts up.)— Puck.
A Strain Upon the Cheerful Giver.
"What shall we give Cousin Helen?
She is to be married again, on the 17th,
in St. James' church, Chicago."
"Oh, send her a silver pen-holder;
this is the third time, you know, and
she can't expect very much." —Life.
The I'rohable Cause.
Brown —What baggy, sloppy-looking
trousers nenpeck wears!
Brown, Jr. —I heard mother say that
his wife wore the trousers at his house,
and I guess that is the reason.—Puck.
In the Long Ago.
Miss Spinsterre—Don't you think mod
els society is altogether too wild?
Jack Dashing—l don't know. How
does it compare with the kind you used
to know?— Brooklyn Life.
Finding Her Oat.
Trotter—l was sorry to find you out
when I called.
Rosalie (hastily)— How did you find
me out? Did the servant say I was at
home?—N. Y. Herald.
Consolation.
I'm freezing In my room to-night.
My nose is turning bine;
And yet I feel consoled, because
Those flies are freezing, too
Takeu In.
Agnes (returning from cliurch-fair
where she attended a booth) —Oh, Tom!
what do you think we took in?
Tom (who attended the night before,
sadly)—Me!—Judge.
U Makes Our Choler Hlse.
When Introduced to ladies, how
Real sad wo feel to And,
Just as we make our gravest bow
Our collar loose behind.
—Chicago Mali
"A LAIiY IN WAITING."
What to Say.
He—Can I say nothing to prove my
love for you?
She—Yes, you can.
He (with hope)— Tell me, oh, tell me
what.
She —Say "good-by" and say it quick.
—Kansas City Star.
Settled Him.
" One dose," said the quack, "will be quite
enough;
It will quickly banish your pain.''
Tho victim took one dose of the stuff—
And be never complained again.
—Chicago Tribune.
Not so Had as He Looked.
"Why don't you go and wash your
self?" said a policeman to a tramp on
the corner.
"Aw, come off, coppy," was the Ir
reverent response, "I ain't quite so
hard up as that. I guess." Detroit Free
Press.
Slav Kcuuomicn.
"What course lias Russia taken to re
lieve the famine?"
"Instead of increasing tho supply of
food, she prefers to thin out the popu
lation by compulsory emigration."—
Life.
Too Much NOIM.
Briggs—l thought the minister lived
next door to the church?
Griggs—lie did Hut the bell woke
him up so early in the morning that he
bad to move.—Life.
THE CORN WORM.
A I'mi Thit Attack* Many Plant* and
Do** I■ rr.it Damage.
The corn worm has received atten
tion chietly as a cotton post, i ut the re
cent work of the L'nited States division
of entomology indicates that its im
portance as a cotton insect has been
exaggerated and that its injuries to
corn are as great as to cotton. Ihe
worm is well known over a large part
of the United States, in the south as
the boll worm, or when in cornfields
tn early summer as the bud norm, tas
sel worm, or ear worm; and in the
north and west as the corn worm, the
tomato and fruit worm, and by other
titles derived from its various food
plants, peas. Wans, eta Its most no
ticeable damage to corn is done by eat
ing into fho cars when in the m.lk. fur
rowing its way through the kernels, at
first the end of th<* ear. but often reach
ing the middle before it ceases work,
and by leaving its track lined with semi
solid excrement, thus providing a fer
tile soil for the development of all
kinds of molds. The worms doing
damage of this description belong to
fl
cor.M on iidi i. vroiiM.
a, 6. CjTE-s r. I:nj el p.: '. tn cocoon; «, /,
moth vrith trie?* exponas! anil folded
the second 1 rood i'he worms of the
first broo:l on- said to feed upon the
unop n\! 'assels, nnd do not u' traet
much ait i;'!on Tli * moth shown in
the illn trutiot! is rather stout liodied,
of a dull ocher-yel i.w color, aud be-
longs to the family of owlet, or night
flyiog moths, Xoctuid<c. The eggs are
deposited upon the • il!;s of the corn
and hatch in a (en days. The larre
j feed until the corn becomes hard,
! when they descend into the ground
and pupate within an inch or two of
the surface. The pupa cell is hollowed
out smooth and kept free from loose
dirt. Observations seem to prove that
if the pupa freezes when in contact
with loose dirt, or even if surrounded
with moist loose dirt which is not al
lowed to freeze for some little time, it
will die; while if it freezes undisturbed
In its smooth and hollow cell it will be
unharmed, and a moth will issue in the
spring Thi> fact teaches that badly
infested fields of corn should be
harvested in time to plow them in an
tumn so as to destroy the pupa cells
and thus cause the death of the pup®,
by their freezing in contact with the
loosened dirt in winter The various
expedients of light traps and poisoned
baits cannot be very highly recom
mended at present. - Orange Judd
Farmer.
REGARDING SEEDLINGS.
Cncartaluty That I* Inspiring and Cl»»
Zest to Our Übor.
A western writer advances the pe
culiar theory that, ''unlike the se.*d of
the apple, the nut wdl produce t tree
that will yield nuts like the one from
which it sprang Planting a nut is
only another way of transplanting."
etc. The apple having been longer
under cultivation than any of our na
tive nut trees, there is likely to be a
greater or wider departure from the
original type; but whoever found any
two trees of hickory bearing exactly
the same size, form and quality of
of puts. And this accounts for the re
markable variations of the mixture
seen «n any large lot of nuts in the
market. It is one of the rules of nature
never to produce two things ai kc. and
upon this variableness all progress, or
what we call improvement, is founded.
Jf we select the largest and thinnest
shelled hickorynuts. pecans, walnuts
or chestnuts, and plant them, our
chances are better or greater for pro
ducing a choice variety than if we pur
sue the opposite course; but there is no
certainty that all or any great part of
the seedlings will produce nuts equal
to those planted.
For instance: The papershell hickory
is probably one of the largest and best
varieties of the shellbark hickory yet
discovered in this country, but the
chances are that not more than one
seedling in a hundred received from the
nuts will I e superior or equal to thnse
of the parent tree. Only one seedling
of this most remarkable nut has as yet
come into bearing, and the product is
far inferior to any of the hickorynuta
found common in our forests. The un
certainty of obtaining as good or val
uable varieties as from which the
seed was gathered in nut or fruit trees
should not, however, discourage, but,
rather, stimulate to greater exertion
In that direction, for if every experiment
were certain to end iu a great advance
we would soon reach the limit aud lose
Interest in such operations. It is the
uncertainty and the slow progress we
are permitted'o make under the most
favorable conditions that give zest to
our labor and enable us to relisn and
enjoy our acquisitions, be they little or
much. —Andrew S. Fuller, in N Y.
Tribune.
.Vlnks and Hawks.
There Is no way to avoid loss from
minks and hawks, except to protect the
chicks and fowls in some manner.
The mink usually goes into the poul
try-house at night, and a pair of them
will kill every bird on the roost. The
remedy in that case is simple, which is
to have no holes large enough for a
mink to enter. The poultry-house
Bhould bo securely closed. The depre
dations of the hawk may be partially
avoided by having loose brush, small
coops or other places of refuge for the
chicks whenever the hawk-, put in an
appearance, as the chicks will be
warned in time to seek cover, by the
cock, and also by the heui -Farm and
Fireside.
When Bk* Wrota 11.
Mrs. Rillus (at her husband's office
down town)—. John, I don't want you to
forget to order that set •>{ dining-room
chairs I spoke to you about. The Oli*-
zards are coming next Thursday
Mr. Bilius—l'll get the chairs, Maria,
if you'll let me alone. Can't you put a
memorandum of some kind where I 11
be sure to see it and then quit bother
ing me about them?
Mrs. Bilius—That's what I am doing,
John. I'm writing it in the dust on the
top of your desk. —Chicago Tribune-
I.ylng Fl*or«.
"George, what were you doing down
town last night until after twelve
o'clock?"
"What was I doing? Why. my dear,
I was in the office balancing up the
books. I worked thero till I could
hardly see. My head is just full of
figures vet."
"Your head full of figures? Figure#!
Oh, you are mistaken. George! Figures
don't lie, you know."—Texas Siftings.
Raailjr Dona-
She had been trying for twenty min
utes to entertain him with the gossip of
the neighborhood
"Aw, Miss Quickstep," he said,
"cawn't we—aw—talk about something
fwesh?"
"Why, yes, Mr. De Swellnut." she
answered, with an engaging smile.
"Tell me all about yourself. How do
you manage to pass the tunc theft dull
•tUrrf'—Chlcaird Tribune.
CLOVER-GROWING.
How Id Taha Car* ul the Cr«f-Pm4M<
I .on of
U. A. Brown. of Sand IW ach. Mich.,
writes to lite Orange Ju<Ul I tnMr
"No matter what coaatitut*. the noil
or its "lay' clover trill grow vrry Suc
cessfully if there ia any plant food left
to start vegetation ami keep it alive
long enough to br.ng forth it* seed.
The mum; 'i. rvU or June anil alsike
clovers arc too maia spcc.ea. Clovers
are biennials (taking two years to ger
minate and come to maturity). But by
constant cutting or grating to prevent
its maturity it may be kept alive for.
an indefinite number of yeara. As soon
as the clover plant tills its missicn of
producing seed it dies, but it has such
peculiar tenacity of life that if prevent
ed from maturing it nil! cling to
life beyond its natural time.
"It is a mistake to keep clover longer
than the seconds-car After that the
plant has so lost its strength that what
does grow will not be profitable. The
better way is to cut it after seeding or
plow it under. Many farmers suppose
that in ripening its seed the suit U
much impoverished, bat snch is no*, the
case. Clover has a long deep tap root,
often fonnd ten feet down in the soil,
anil those long roots bring fertility to
the surface of the soil which is only d.--
posited there as the seed ripens. To
ripen clover seed in sufficient quantities
is one of the gTeal problems to the
farirer. The mammoth clover ripens
its seed with the first cutting; so will
the alsike. but in this region many
farmers have cut the red or June Clover
in the last week in Jane or first week*
In July, and let the plant grow the
second time until September or Oc
tober to ripen its seed Thii plau was
successfully carried on here always un
til a few years ago. when the clover
midge infested the plants. The flelds
are now pastured until the first or sec
ond week in Jane. Then the plant is
allowed to mature. This brings the
ripening period on before the midge in
fests the blossom.. Two to ten bush
els per acre are procured, an. I prices
rule from four to six dollars a bushel.
Success in clover growing depends more
on the dryness of the soil than anv
thinjf else. Wet soil is death to profits.
The roots of clover grow so deep Wiat
surface drainage is of little account un
less the ground is sufficiently elevated
to cause the water to ran away quickly
in the furrows. We find it preferaoie
to either cut the growth off about five
or six inches in August or September,
or feed it off with stock, not too close
ly. leaving just enough to cover the
plants from thawing oat too eas.iy
with a day's snn. where it freexes again
at night If too much top is left, the
plants arc liable to get smothered, be
ing beaten down and held there with a
heavy fall of snow; they then decay
about the surface and die.
FEEDING CORN FOOOER.
An Improvement That «hM 4 It* telea
alueett oa I.very farm.
Throwing the bandies upon the
ground for the cattle to trample under
foot, while the feeder is descending the
steps or coming around the back way.
is the ordinary method of feeding fol
der from the two-story or "bar k~
barn Those who have been ptirso ng
this plan will greatly appreciate tlie
Improvement represented in the eat;
and as its cost is comparatively small
it comes within reach of aIL A plat
form 12 to 14 feet long and as wide as
the small double doors, seven feet or
more, is hung to the rear of the bum.
Oat upon this the fodder is carried and
dropped into a feeding raek paceu on
the ground jnst below. The sd*
beams of thia hao?ia? platform are
made of wood, pine or popiar.
3 inches bv S inches, counected below
by four cross pieces of stouter mater aI.
8 inches by 4 inches, ail firmly bolted
together- Boards nailed down upon
these cross pieces form the floor A
bolt having a hook above ia inserted
near the outer end of each side beam
of the platform; and in each door
about four feet from the floor, a s ra
dar hooked bolt is placed, upon wtuct
are hung the brace rods, made of
five-eighth inch round iruo furnish- d
with a ring at each end. Through
the sill, just back of each door
post, two half-inch hole* are bored and
an iron loop (C) inserted, having an in
side measure slightly greater than
three inches in width, nod extending
half a foot or more below the surfae-.
These receive and bold the beams at the
back end of the platform. To prevent
straining these loops by any borison
tal thrust a board (Bi is placed jut
behind them, against which the ends of
the L»azna may rest. This board m
supported by others (AA) nailed
against the sleepers in the position
shown in the drawing When the sea
son s feeding is done, the platform is
roil ruciiuts roil mddu.
taken down and stowed away until
again needed The fee I raek is placed
just below the outer end of the plat
form. and parallel with the barn. la
this position it may be sixteen feet
long and yet easily reached from the
platform Ordinary fencing boards
and scantling are u-.ed in its construc
tion. The bottom of the rack is
formed of boards lying upon the three
strips nailed from post to post across it
below It is set upon the ground wit*
out linking the p>*ts into the soil, and
when the feeding season is past mav
be lifted out of the manure which has
accumulated around it and carried
aside. —S. P. Shall, in Rural New
Yorker.
"WHAT is it that can betaken from
land and leave it better? Answer:
Clover Sow It whenever there is a
chance; sow it liberally It ia the
only opportunity of making, under all
circuinstances, a clear profit —getting a
valuable crop without leaving the land
poorer thereby "
BBIOHT corn fodder is a beaithful
food for sheep
A KIMHy IWkl
It Is always well to be charitable
The woman who enters a theater after
the performance has comfbenced may
have been obliged to wait until she
washed up her dinner dishes. Puck.
I'tteh oid T«*».
Keyboard—l see that it has been de
cided to give all pianos one uniform
pitch
Much bored—Ah. out of the window. I
suppose- St. Joseph News
line For Hla Frl**l.
Bell Boy—Gentleman in 400 wants
another cocktail.
Barkeeper—Why. he Just had one.
Bell Boy— Ye* lie aays this ia for
the snake.—Life.
To* Rid.
"Did yon have a good time during the
last snowstorm?" asked t'nele Dick
"No. sir." replied Tommy "All I
had was the measlea"—Harper's Young
People.
The <l>biilTCi Pilar*
Perdlte— Papa says I shall marry th*
man I wish to.
Mary (who has bad experience j
What will he do. hypnotise the man?
—Life.
To -e» ia* Siehla.
Homeleigh—Want to see my anrit
while you are In New York?
Sparlei«b— Yes. Im here to see the
tigute—Jury
NO. '2O
KEEPING UP FERTILITY.
How to r.rae l r«.pa a art at th* Saaas
Tice Keep rp th* Pars.
It Is a e- mparativety eaar matter te
to keep ap th.- f rtility of th* soil whan
manure can be secured conveniently.
But so far western farmers are ant SB
situated that this can be doa*. sad It
is a serioa* question as to the beat plan
of manage me ut to grow crops contin
ually and at the same time keep ap the
farm.
The farmer who is close to a larga
market n here a good portion of the
crops can be ha tied in and sold, aad
manure be secured at a nominal prion
to haul back has a very decided ad
vantage over tlie f inner who ia so dv
uatr 1 that all the manure xcaitd most
be made on the farm. It la *aay
•noagh to say. ' keep a sufficient ana*
b-r of stock to consume all the 'SI toa*
products grown oa the farm, mall
save nti.i .pnlr ail the manure ** Thia
is god advice as far aa It roes, bat the
average farm r tinds by ezpariaaa*
that this, even with the moat caref«l
management, wdl afford a very ia
adequate supply A man with a small
farm can secure a better supply la pro
portion to the advantages thai th* oas
on a largo f ;l rnr> because he haa mora
time to gather up and work in material
that the more expensive farmer ia
obliged to let ©v The larger the farm
the more the work of hauling eat and
applying is mereased
Commencing at the start with a good,
rich so t. it requires good management
to keep tip t*e fertility; aad wken, aa
is so generally the ease, the toil has
run down to a more or less extant by
cnl.nucd cropping, it ia difllenlt to
continue to grow eropa and at th*
ante t.rre build np th* fertility, ft
cannot I e done altogether applytag
manure, and lesa so when th* in— a
mast all be made on the farm.
Seeding down to grass is only a
change and does not baihl ap th* soO
If the hay ia cut off. If green eropa
can be grown and plowed under thia
will help and in many caaea it can ha
done to a good advantage Of foiiras.
wh-re a regular ay-stem of fetation ia
carried out. th - products grown are all
fed out to stock on the farm, pur
chasing and Ming t ran. middlinga and
oil meal in mniiectkia with the feed
grown on the farm. Much battel 1*
aults can be obtained than where ao
particular pains are taken te thia in
sect. Yet. even with the b*at of man
agement. it ia ' fficnlt to k**p up or
build up the fertility.
As with much other farm work. it te
eas. »r to tell b<>w to do tbnn to da. aad
especially where there ia snch a dif
fer*-no- in the conditions under which
th- work must b* done. Prairi*
Farmer
USEFUL BARN PLAN.
Swaaimiil»;l-tn for It-ay. t.rala. CaMtat
■•raea .nil *!»*«■ p.
The Orange Jn.id Farmer print* th*
following plan for a stock barn suited
to the wants of formers and stack
growers of the southwest. Th* build
ing illustrated may he any sine desira
ble. the arraa.-aent of statist bin*
etc. Bttmr >t for various dii»«naiona
F'gure I repr- scat* the front of ths
tract lire. I is the driveway through
the barn; i. the central part y th*
barn, contain: n* bias and criba; & th*
stalls for stock; *. driveway over th*
entrance to basement: 1 door* iats
stalls; A. mangers; 7. mow* fee bay
ofr'
'/ '
_____ i»i
«
UD ILKV »TKI Ist »asrTO nas o9
*Tt«C* AST) oaars MUX.
and straw; \ --1" ranee into sha*p fetd
Til • floor of tlie enure mtdrtto part of
the barn ail of th* bar* except stalls)
is s feat from the ground aad ondag
this floor t the sheep fold. Figure J
repr -seats toe raised floor; t i* an a*
bin; X a wheat bin; 3. con bias; 4.
driveways tlirough the bam; t. paMgi
wars between biaa aad art ha Th*
stalls for stock are *t th* sifea th* •
imaia facing the driveway*
It*** lr ttin.i th* S«P*W Ma
We oorr watered a lot of ahoteM
about a straw pile, agaiaat tha pnpw
lar belief that 'tenth te th*
bog larks in th* straw pfei
and never hail a lot thrte* Nutter
or have great-r freedom front oalda.
We snceerO.-l tn thi* way Every few
days we gather*, i ap all the daaap and
wet straw lying .round th* rkk. aad
that they mi:?!" are a dry had. with
th* n-te of tee har knife, w* worked •
bole into and tin ier th* rich. Wh**
one became du-ty aad -ontaantentad
with I* iocs, we destroyed it and mad*
another Somet naes when UM boys
came out to fee-l we would crawl into
the aest to know th* temperatnsm
They were ao warm a* to be saa*m>
fortable. bat the boga never teak aoM
when coming out of them, aad th*
only reason the* did not w*a that tk(|
were perfectly dry Th**e ae*te war*
warm as pmmibi* to bar* shading
without artificial hent —Swine fend
ers Journal.
XKATttKS* and clennlineas tha
part of the fanner who piae** them
npon the market always adds te th*
ealoe of the prodacta which ar* d>
fered for sale aad are .a themaelean
poaitive iux ir.es, for which th* buy**
ia willing to pay. and to pay w*U.
••What sort of a bmking "*mm h
Mrs. Syntax"*"
"She is a retf-hea«le<i ■maaa r*»
never seen her. Hot I know that much
about her "
"But bow do yon come to know that
■he baa red hair *"
"I saw Syntax yeaterdny with hfe
bead tied up. an«i he was aalringr whera
waa tlie ehear»- ' pfjee t«« gat fur tutu**
repaimlTeaas -siftings.
ft* K**w Her l»aell*i .liana
Mrs. Ch<nner-l*ior Mr* Chnmh has
lost her hnsbaixt
Vfr Cbinner—Yea.
Mrs. 1 *hi nner Shell ha** te ear* ha*
own livin* aow
Mr Chimer —I snppoa* ao
Mrs. Chinner-What should I da if 1
were left so"
Mr fhtenrr f wptww —er yon
mighs—er— becoino a ieetarar.— %. Y.
Preaa
A l.ael-i >-«*!*■*H
Jmfcr" — Anruwed. are you really UMT
Blind Man— Yea, yonr honor
"Bow did von frirco— HUadT'
-By a fit of n»iplexy
•-Why. then, thia picture oa yon*
hreaat representing aa eaploatea te *
mine, tn which y«a kwt yonr sight?^
" PVase v -ir honor. b*ca*M te
represent apoolexy paintiag m paw
lesa. ao the art .-»t had te dn tha hasA ha
eonid. *—T*aas