VOL. XXIX.
What Draws the Trade,
What Holds the Trade,
What Increases the Trade
AT BICKEL'S
Low Prices and Good Goods Does the Work-
A Great Effort to Close Out
all odds and ends will made, and If low prices will move
goods they will certainly go. The season being far advanced
all summer goods must go at once.
Read Our High Price Killer, It Makes Our Customers Happy and
Competition Depressed. The Like Was Never Known.
Met'* good solid plow shoes $ 75
Men's baud-pegged, 3-buckle, shoes 1 00
Men's high cat Creedmoor's Up sole 1 00
Men's oil grsin shoes, hackle or congress 1 15
Men's fine satin buff shoes, Ince or eongress 1 25
Men's fine enlt end kengsroo shoes 2 00
IMS LIST 111 l BUR CLOSE INSPECTION.
Ladies' fine dongola button, patent tips, $1 15
" " " shoes, plain 1 05
" grain button shoes 100
" walking shoes, tips 75
" patent leather oxfords 100
" Southern ties 1 20
A Car Load of Samples at Half Price.
All Pat. Leather Goods Must Go.
n in order to close all my pat. leather shoes and oxfords I have
placed them on sale below cost. When you are in ask to see them.
Will You Attend this Sale?
It Means Money to You.
11l Mill ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY.
Remember the Place.
JOHN BTCKEL.
No. 128 South Main Street Butler, Pa.
HAVE YOU HEARD
OF THE
GREAT BARGAINS
THAT
Vogeley & Bancroft
Are Giving the People For
Two Weeks Only.
Everybody Wears Shoes.
Now is you chance to buy them.
Don't wait and lose a chance
That will save you money.
Remember we are offering our complete
line at a sacrifice--We are not fooling.
Give us a call and be convinced.
The Popular Shoe Store.
VOGELEY
AND
BANCROFT
No. 347 South Main Street,
OPPOSITE WILLARD HOUSE,
BUTLER
.RINGS,
Diamonds ) EAR-RINGS,
LJi ttlllUlU < SCARF PINS,
'STUDS,
f GENTS GOLD,
XXf i LADIES SOLD,
(GENTS SILVER
LADIES CHATLAIN,
.TpWpltV J GolcPPins, Ear-rings,
J ( Rings, Chains, Bracelets, Etc,
{Tea sets, castors, butter dishes
and everything that can be
found in a first clahs stove,
RODGER BROS. 1847 {&J orks ' Sf —
E. GRIEB,
THE JEWELER
80.>139, North.Main St, BUTLEB, PA.,
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
PROFESSIONAL CARDs
SAMUEL. M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon.
WO West Cunningham St.
Dr. N. M. HOOVER,
13? K. Wayne St., ollice hours. 10 to li M. au<l
l to 3 I'. M. *
L. M. REINSEL, M. D ,
fHVSICIAK AND »l
Office and residence at 12" E. Cunningham St.
L. BLACK,
PHYSICIAN iMD SL'KCJKON,
New Troutman Ilullciiug, Butter, Pa.
E. N. LEAKE, M. a J- K MANN, M. D.
Specialties:, Specialties:
Gyna-oology and Sur- Eye. and
DRS. LEAKE & MANN,
Butler, Pa.
G. .V. ZIMMERMAN.
I'iiYblClAlf AND BUKOION,
Office at No. 15. S. Main street, over Frank &
Cos Diug b I/O re. Butler. Pa,
V. McALPINE,
Dentist,
Is now permanently located at iw) South Main
Street Butler, Pa., in rooms formerly occupied
by Dr. Waldron.
J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Butler, Perm's.!
Artnicial Teeth Inserted on the latest im
proved plan. Oold Filling a specialCy. Ofllc.
over Sehaul's clothlnc Store.
DR. s. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
oold Filling Painless Extraction of Teeth
and Artiiicial Teeth without Plates a specialty
Nitrous Oxide or Vitalized Air or Local
Anajstheties used. ...
omee over Millers Grocery east of Lowry
H Office closed Wednesdays and Thursdays.
C. f. L. McQUISTION,
ENIU.VKEK AND SI'RVEYOK,
OPFICK NHAK DIAMOND. Butlxh. Pa.
A. B. C. McFARLAND.
A try at Law and Notary Public—Office on S.
diamond St.—opposite the Court House—sec
ond iloor.
H. Q. WALKER,
1 Attorney-at-Law—office Jin Diamond Block,
Butler, Pa.
J. M. PAINTER,
[Attorney-at-Law.
Office—Between Postofficc and Diamond, But
ler. Pa.
A. T. SCOTT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office at No. 8, South Diamond, Butler. Pa.
A. M. CHRISTLEY,
ATIOUNKYJAT LAW.
Office second Iloor, Anderson B1 li. Main St.,
near Court House. Butler, Pa.
NEWTON BLACK.
Att'y at Law—Offlce on South side of Diamond
Butler. Pa.
J. w. HUTCHISON,
ATTORNEY:AT LAW.
Offlce on second floor of the Huselton block.
Diamond, Butler, Pa.. Room No. 1.
IRA McJUNKIN.
Attorney at Law, Office at No. 17, East Jeffer
son St.. Butler, Pa,
w. C. FINDLEY,
Attorney at LAW and Real Estate Agent. Of
Hce rear of L. Z. Mitchell's office on north side
of Diamond, Butler, Pa.
H. H. GOUCHER.
Attorney-at-law. Office on second lioor of
Anderson building, near Court llouse. Butler,
Pa.
HI TLER COUNTY
Mutual Fire insurance r Jt>.
Office Cor. Main & Cunningham »>U.
H. C. IIKINKMAN, SECRETARY.
DIRECTORS:
Alfred Wick, Henderson Oliver,
Dr. W. frvln. .lames Stephenson,
W. W. Blackinore, N. Weitzel,
F. Bowman. D. T. Norris,
Geo. Ketterer. Chas. Rebhun,
John Grobmau, John Kooning.
LOYAL S. M'JUNKIN, Agent.
BTJTL.ER-, TP.A.
DR. JOHNSTON'S IMPROVEMENT
IN DENTAL PLATES.
Patented February 25, 1890.
This improvement
& Idoes away with the
large suction plate In
common
plates are very small,
only about one-eighth
to one-fourth the usual
W size, and being con
structed on true mechanical principles, !U the
mouUi with perfect accuracy. Any number of
teeth can be put in without extracting any good
teetli you may have, and no plate in the roof of
the mouth. The patent plate Is specially adapts
ed to partial lower dentures, since It is wel
known thai the dental profession have nothing
successful to offer In that line; and further
more , partial lower plates have not nor cannot
be successfully made by
any other known method,
This Is an Important
ter when we take iutoXT
consideration that lower
teeth are as necessary as upper. For further
Information, call at
Bttoms 114 E»«t Jeffen.oll Strut, lUTI.KU, PA.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
L. & McJUNKIiN,
Insurance and Real Estate Ag't
17 EAST JEFFERSON ST.
BUTLER, - PA.
It Oinc C«l<U, Co nek*. Ban Threat Croup. InSa
aoaa, WhoopiDf Coach, Bronchia* aad Asthma.
A wrtaia curt for Coaaumption la first lUfti,
aad a *oro relief ia adraaced etarea. You will
MO tho excellent effect after takiac tho fint dooa.
Bold Vj dealers everywhere. Larfo bottles, M
•oaU and f 1.00, -
CHAPTER V.
rscXE purs's DAGGER.
For a moment poor Axthur, who knew
nothing of boats, and had never been on
one before, unless it was a New York
ferry boat, stood irresolute and fright
ened without the slightest idea of what
had happened or what he ought to da
The cry that he heard had not sounded
a bit like Uncle Phin's voice, and if it
was his, what had become of him? fie
was not on tho boat, nor, so far as Ar
thur could discover, was ho in the water.
Upon seeing tho bridge overhead the
boy readily comprehended that the
shock that had flung him to the floor
was Caused by thA boat drifting?
one of its gre.it stone piers; but this did
not explain Uncle Phin's disappearance.
In his fear and distress of mind he be
gan to call wildly: "Uncle Phinl Oh
dear Uncle Phln! where are you?"
"Hyar I is, honey," came a feeble voice
from tho other ena of tho boat, and Ar
thur sprang joyfully in that direction.
As the boat had swung around on
striking the bridge pier, its after end
now pointed down stream, and Arthur
had been standing at the bow, gazing
back on tho place where he was afraid
Uncle Thin had been left. Now, as ho
reached the other end of tho boat, ho
saw tho old man's white head and black
face, just on tho surface of tho water
but a short distanco from where ho
stood. He seemed to bo sitting astrido
of some object, to which ho clung des
perately. Every now and then it would
sink, and poor Uncle Phin would disap
pear completely, only to reappear a mo
ment later, sputtering, choking and
exhibiting every sign of tho utmost ter
'ror.
For a moment Arthur did not In tho
least comprehend tho situation, and
could not imagin© what it was to which
Uncle Phln was olinging. When it sud
denly occurred to him that it was tho
long steering sweep, the other end of
v.-hich projected above his head up
over the roof of tho cabin, his
first impulse, and the ono on
which he acted, was to spring
to this inboard end, and throw his
weight upon it, with the idea of lifting
tho old negro clear of the water. As tho
steering sweep was a very nicely bal
anced sce-saw, and as Uncle Phin's body,
in the water, weighed less than Arthur's
out of It, tho boy's effort was crowned
UK LOST HIS BALANCE; TOK'LED OVER
with complete sucoess, though its re
sult was not exactly what ho had antici
pated.
To be sure, as Arthur flung himself
upon ono end of the long pole, the old
man astride tho bit of plank fastened to
Its other end was lifted into the air. It
was, however, so suddenly and unex
pectedly that he lost his balance, top
pled over and again disappeared, head
foremost, beneath the water. At the
same time tho boy, at the inner end of
the see-saw, was bumped down on tho
cabin roof. Then Uncle Phin's end
again descended into tho water, just in
time for tho old man to grasp it as ho
camo to the surface.
With great difficulty be struggled into
his former position, and, turning a re
proachful gaze on Arthur, said:
"Don't you do it agin, honey. I'se no
doubt you means all right, but anoddcr
fling like dat ar would drown do 010
man, shuah.''
"1 didn't mean to, Uncle Phln! In
deed I didn't!" cried poor Arthur, in
great distress. "I only meant to try
and help you and lift you from tho
water."
"Well, you done it, honey, shuah
nuff, but I wouldn't try no more sich
experiments. If you'll frow me do end
ob de ropo wljat's lyln' jes inside do do,
and tie do Odaey end to dat ar pos', I
reckin I can pull mysef up outen do
water."
Arthur quickly did as directed, and
in a few minutes more had the satisfac
tion of seeing his dear old friend res
oued from his perilous position, and
seated safely oh the deck. As the
water-soaked man sat thore, recovering
from his exhaustion, and grateful for
the warmth of tho hot morning sun, he
shook his head and said:
"I alius heerd tell dat sailorin' was a
resky bizness, an' dat dem what goes
down into do sea in ships sees wonder
ful tings; but I never speoted 010
Phin Dalo ebber sperienco it all fer his
own sef."
After his strength was somewhat
restored. Undo Phln Instructed
Arthur to keep a sharp lookout for
any more bridges, and went into tho
cabin to light a firo and prepare break
fast. A good supply of dry wood and a
bo* • t matches having been provided,
ho quiokly bad a cheerful blazo crack
ling in his rude hearth. While it was
burning down to a bed of red coals ho
mixed the meal, salt and wator that he
intended should be transformed into a
corn pone, set tho coffee water on to
boll and cut two slices of bacon. The
smoko of tho firo found its way out of
tho cabin through a square hatch that
Brace Barlow had cut in tho roof direct
ly above it.
In less than an hour the bed of coals
had dono its duty. The corn pono had
been baked on a flat stone previously
rubbed with a bacon rind, and set up at
a sharp angle la the hottest corner of
the fire-place. Tho slices of bacon were
done to a turn and four fresh eggs had
been fried with them. The coffee was
hot and strong, and there was maplo
sugar to sweeten it. Taken altogether,
it was a breakfast that would have
pleased a much more fastidious person
than hungry littlo Arthur Dalo Dustin,
and he enjoyed it as, it seemed to him,
ho never had enjoyed a meal before.
Uncle Phin's uollght at seeing his
"lil marso" eat so heartily was un
bounded, and they both found so much
pleasure in their novel housekeeping
that the mishap of an hour before was
forgotten and they would willingly
have agreed to drift along in this happy
way for the rest of their lives.
After every scrap of food had been
eaten and only grounds remained In tbe
coffee-pot, Uncle Phin began to clear
the table, which was an empty packing
box, shake the table-cloth, which was
a newspaper, aqd tho dishes.
BUTLER, PA.,AUGT'ST 5, 1893.
wtiue Artnur set to worn w nuy up mo
i cabin. He made the beds, which only
! took about ono minute each, placed his
precious book carefully on one of the
shelves and then looked about for a
broom with which to sweep the floor.
There was none.
"Why, Uncle Thin!" exclaimed the
| boy. "If we haven't como off and for
. gotten the broom!"
"So wo has, honey! so we has!" re
plied the old man, pausing in his work
and assuming an expression of mock
dismay. "I rickollec' now, when de
furnichure man patten in dem elergent
brack walnut bedstids he say: "Misto
Thin Dale, doan' you fergit somefin?'
An'l say: 'No, Misto' Furnichure Man.
I rccltln not.' Sow, be mus' or been
meanin' de broom all de time, an' now
we is come off an lef it behin'."
"You are making fun of me.you know
you are,"laughed Arthur; "but really. I
do need a broom very much, for I can't
make this place look tidy without one."
"You must have one, of co9e," said
Uncle Phin, "an* we'll jes' run inter de
sho', and fln' somo white birch trees, an'
Uncle Phin make you a twig broom jes'
de fines' you ebber seen."
They were both glad of an excuse to
stop and make a landing, for they were
enjoying their voyage so much, that
they feared it might come to a*: end
more quickly than they wished it to. So
they went on deck, and watched for a
good opportunity to run ashore.
At last they drifted close in to a grassy
bank, above which were a number, of
huge oil tanks, a brick building, and a
neat white cottage. It was a pumping
station on one of tho great pipe lines
through which crude petroleum is con
veyed from the wells of the oil region
to the distant seaboard refineries. At
that timo it was thought necessary to
have relay stations of tanks, and pumps
to force the oil along from one
to another every five or six miles. Of
late years, however, the pumps have
, grown larger and stronger, until, on a
! recently-constructed pipo lino leading
into Chicago, ono immense pumping en
gine forces tho oil along the entire dis
tance of two hundred and fifty miles.
As the ark drifted slowly along in
front of thi3 pleasant-looking place,
Uncle Phin, directing Arthur how to
steer, loosened tho side sweep that was
furthest from shore, and by rowing with
it, headed their craft in toward tho
bank. In a minute more she was so
closo to it that active little Arthur could
spring to the narrow beach, carrying
with him the end of a rope that ho mado
fast to a tree.
When the boat was properly secured,
'Uncle Phin, leaving Arthur to look out
for it, shouldered his axe and went in
search of a birch tree. Within half an
hour he returned, bringing a great bun
dle of twig's and tho interesting infor
mation that there was a little boy and a
little girl up in the bushes picking
blackberries.
,T Oh! can't I go up tboro and pick
some, too?" asked Arthur. "They
would bo so good for dmnor, and if I got
enough you might make a pie, you
know." lie was fully in earnest, for he
had such firm faith in Uncle Phin's cul
inary skill that ho believed he could
make any thing good to cat that any
body else could.
Tho old man only laughed at this; but
said he might go if be wanted to, and
the boy, taking a tin cup in which to
hold the berries, ran off, happily enough,
to find tho children. When ho dis
covered them, they were both standing
still, bashfully looking at him, tho littid
girl, in a pink sunbonnet that reminded
him of Cynthia's, half hidden behind
her brother and evidently just ready to
run away.
The new comer at once opened conver
sation by saying: "How do you do? I
am very glad to see you,because I have'nt
very many friends. My name is Arthur
Dale Dustin. What is yours?"
Tho boy said his was Bert and his sis
ter's was Sue, and thatboth their names
■were Chapman, ne added that their
father was enginoerof the pumping sta
tion, and that nobody else lived any
where near there.
Within five minutes thoy were
thoroughly well acquainted, and wore
all busily picking the luscious ber
ries that abounded in that vicinity.
Arthur said it reminded him of a fairy
story, and littlo Sue Chapman said she
loved fairy tales, only she had not heard
very many. So Arthur began to tell
them the story of the "Mermaid," which
was onethat he had read to Cynthia;
but ho could not remember it very well,
and said if they would go down with
him to where ho lived, ho would read it
to them out of his book.
They readily agreed to this, and were
so perfected delighted with tho little
house-boat and all that they saw on it,
that it was some timo before thoy wore
ready to listen to the story of the mer
maid. When it was finished they said
they must go home now; but invited
Arthur to como up to the house and seo
them after dinner.
That afternoon he met Mr. Chapman
and Mrs. Chapman, and saw tho great
pumping-ongine at work, and was al
lowod to climb up and look into ono of
tho huge tanks that held thousands of
barrels of oil, and had altogether a most
interesting and happy time. The best
of all, though, was playing with the
dogS, of which there were three, a
mother and two half-grown pups, all
thoroughbred bull-terriers.
The boy enjoyed these so much,
and was so fascinated with their
playfulness and intelligence, and
Mr. Chapman took such a fancy
to him that he told Bert and
Sue they might make their new
friend a present of ono of the pups if
they wished.
As Arthur had never owned a real livo
pet in his life, this seemed a most gen
erous offer, and ho thanked tho Chap
mans warmly. They gave him his
choice of the two pups, and each showed
so many good points that it was a long
time before ho could make up his mind
which to take. At length he chose one
that was brindled and had a white tip to
his tail. Ilis name was "Russet,'* but
as the little Chapmans called him
"Rusty," Arthur decided that ho wvuld j
call him so too.
He carried the pup In his arms down
to tho boat, but all the way It cried!
piteously at being taken from its home, ;
and struggled hard to get free. Arthur ■
made a bed for it at tho foot of his own !
bunk and tried to feed it, but the pup
refused to accept his kindness, and only
cried and whined and begged to bo let
out at one of tho closed doors. Finally
even erood-natured Uncle Phin lost his
patience, and said tho pup needed a good
whipping to make him keep quiet.
"Oh no, indeed, Uncle Phln!" ex
claimed Arthur, reproachfully; "I
wouldn't whip him for any thing. How
would you like to be whipped because
you cried at being taken away from
your mamma? l'vo made up my mind
that I won't make him unhappy any
TIIE NEXT INSTANT TIIE WHOLE SKV WAS
LIGHTED CP BY A VAST COLUMN OF
FLAME.
longer; and so, though I should love
dearly to keep him if he wanted to stay,
I shall just carry him back to his home."
True to this resolve, the tender
hearted little fellow did carry poor
"Rusty" back, up tho hill, and was
made even happier by witnessing the
extravagant joy of the pup and the
mother dog at once more seeing each
other, than he had been by receiving
the Chanipans' gift.
They made him Stay to supper, after
which the »*hole family said they would
escort him down to the boat, of which
Bert and Sue had talked so much, that
their parents were curious to see it. So,
taking a lantern with them, for it was
growing dark, they started down the
slope, at the bottom of which they met
Uncle Phin, just coming to look for his
"111 marse," at whose long absence he
had grown anxious.
Mr. Chapman, who was much inter
ested in this voyage of tho old negro
and his littlo master, had brought down
a small lamp and a gallon of oil for it,
as a present to them: for Arthur had
told him that they had no light on
board. Mrs. Chapman brought a loaf of
hread. Bert brought half a dozen eggs
laid by his own hen, and little Sue, who
could think of nothing else, brought a
bunch of flowers from her own garden.
They had a very merry time on the pre
sentation of thesegifts.for each of which
Undo Phin returned thanks in his own
funny, earnest, way.
When Arthur said bo wished he had
something to givo in return, for them to
remember him by, Mrs. Chapman said
that if he would only read to them ono
of tho stories out of his fairy book, that
the children had told her of, it would
be ono of the most acceptable presents
ho could make them. This tho boy was
willing enough, to do, and when tho new
lamp was lighted and placed on tho
packing box that served as a table, and
they had all found seats, he read to them
the story of "Little Klaus," who mado
bushels of money by every thing that he
undertook.
When he finished they all thanked
him, and Bert said if he had a bushel
of money he would buy a pony. Littlo
Sue said sho would get a great big doll,
as big as a livo baby, that would talk;
and her mother said If they only had
money enough, they would live near a
town where they would have neighbors,
and where tho children could go to
A FlKltt'E TOKUENT OF FLAME CAMB
RUSHING DOWN THE SI-OrE.
school. Mr. Chapman said It would
be very nice to have a bushel of money
and a fine houso; but that they should
bo very thankful for tho ono they had,
especially when such a storm was com
ing up, as was about to burst over them
at that moment.
Sure enough it was thundering, and
tho guests of tho evening had not been
gone from tho ark many minutes, beforo
great drops of rain began to fall. Nearer
and nearer swept tho storm, and
blacker and blacker grew tho night, un
til the awful glare of tho lightning
was almost continuous, and the crash of
tho thunder was deafening. Silently,
hand in hand, tho two occupants of tho
house-boat sat and watched it.
Suddenly there fell a blinding, daz
zling ball of Are, accompanied by such
an awful burst of thunder as shook the
solid earth. The next instant tho whole
sky was lighted by a vast column of
flame that seemed to spring from tho
hillside directly above tho place where
the ark lay moored. One of the great
oil tanks had beet struck by the light
ning, and now a raging, roaring mass of
flamo shot up fifty feet into tho air
abovo it, lighting tho river and the
whole storm-swept country for miles
around, with its fierce, lurid trlare. It
was a grand, but fearful sight, and tho
boy cluntr closer to tho old man, as he
gazrd upon it with an eager fascination.
They could not at first understand the
deep, booming sounds that they began
to hear above tho roar of the storm soon
after tho fire broke out, and which were
repeated at regular Intervals of a few
minutes each. Then Arthur remem
bered what Braco Barlow had told him
about firing cannon balls into burning
oil tanks, that tho oil might run out
through tho holes thus made,
and tho danger of an explosion be
lessoned. Mr. Chapman was shooting at
this tank with a small cannon that ho
kept on hand for just such an emergen
cy.
All at onco the contents of the tank
seemed to boil over. A huge fountain
of blazing oil burst up from it and
poured down its sides. Tho oil running
from tho shot holes near its base took
fire, and, in another instant, a fierce
torrent of flame came rushing down the
slope, directly toward tho littlo house
boat moored at its foot.
Poor Uncle Phin dropped on his knees
in an agony of fear, crying: "Oh, Lawdt
Oh, do good Lawd, hab mussy on us an'
deliber us frum do fiery funness," while
to Arthur it seemed as though they were
in most imminent periL
Continued next trcck.
it Was Encrasit.
"Only one word, Gladys!" lie pleaded.
"One little word!"
The young woman looked at the
slender-shanked youth on liia knees be
fore her, and she opened her beautiful
lips and softly said:
"Rats!"— Chicago Tribune.
A Useful Mirror.
Little Nell—What does the organist
at our church have a lookin'-glass fixed
over his head on the organ for?
Little Dick—l guess that's so he can
tell the choir when tho minister is
lookin'. —Good News.
Cause and Effect.
lie owed Buckskin Pete three dollar*
And afterward denied It.
That's why tho coroner's Jury
YTM ia te4ecSse ju
AGRICULTURAL HINTS.
SHEEP cannot stand much liampties*,
either on their backs or mukr their
feet, and thrive welL
WBEX young chicks become droopy
ami appear drowsy tho cause is usually
, the large gray lic<a on the bead*.
Anoint with a few drops of swei't oil. •
FEW things equal wood ashes for
fruit and garden crops. The unleached
article and bone meal go well together,
and thus they make a complete mi
! nure.
SrEAKixo of the nasty habit of allow
\ ing poultry to roost in the toolhouse,
, the Rural New Yorker remarks: "Yon
might just as well invite the hens in to
roost on your wife's sewing machir.e "
Two CROPS may be grown on the same
land, but no farmer should attempt to
do so unless he is willing to double the
amount of manure applied. Land can
not produce something from nothing.
It must be fed or it will soon become
exhausted of fertility.
Ax educated young man in Indiana
last year was managing his father's
farm and giving half; but by the im
proved methods employed the father
received just about as much as he made
when he did all the work himself. This
is the result of education oc the farm.
As SOME one remarks, peas are rapid
j ly coming into favor as food for milch
' cows, especially in the winter produc*
tion of milk, as they are easily gTOwn,
and art* worth twie* and »
V. —»»• r* i. i.n field
; pea. Sow two and c. , ~rter 1 ushels
I per acre.
C OA I. oil is tho best article to use on
: rusty implements. It not only removes
rust, but will prevent the difficulty if it
is frequently used. All tools should be
kept under shelter, however, as there
is nothing that can prevent rust when
implements aro exposed to rain r.nd
dampness.
Too MUCH hilling up around the plants
is not an advantage. Nearly all experi
ments made to determine the effects of
hilling and level culture are favorr.bls
to level cultivation of nearly all kinds
of plants, not even excepting squaahes,
cucumbers and melons, especially on
sandy soils.
THERE is a saving of labor by per
forming it at the proper time. The use
of a light garden rake will kill weeds
when they first appear, but "it may re
quire a plow and two horses to clear the
land after the weeds get well under
way, and the labor may liavo to be ap
plied during a busy period.
DOOR FASTENING.
Its Inventor Think* It li lucaeelletl bj>
Any Other llavlcc.
I send a sketch of my door fastening.
Where doors are required to be fastened
at top and bottom, I have yet seen
nothing that excels it When the doors
are closed they cannot possibly open of
themselves by either wind or storm,
and when open there is nothing to
catch should they blow shut. The
cost is comparatively smalL It
consists of two seven-eighths inch lath,
of elm or other light lumber, 3 inches
wide at (A A),* 2X inches wide at
(B B), and 2 inchos wide at (C C). An
iron clip slightly larger thau the lath al
tflmm
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DQOR FASTEN ISO.
point of contact holds them in posV
•tion on each arm of door. The middlq
clip is Biightly more than 4% inches
wide. The cnt (Fig. 1) represents po
sition of lath when doors are closed.
To open, pull up the lower lath till
notch (C) catches and holds on Jinid
die clip, then push the upper lath to
the left and let it drop down on (B).
To close, vice versa. The point of ex
cellence is that the lath must be raised
up before they can either be opened or
Closed.—S. J. Arnold, in Ohio Farmer.
DO BEES INJURE FRUIT?
Tii# Proposition Emphatically Denied by
a Weil-Known Authority.
The idea that bees injure crops is
only a silly prejudice. A gentleman ia
France, several years ago, established a
green house and stocked it with a
great variety of choice fruit trees.
Time passed, and every year there was
a super-abundance of blossoms, with
very little fruit. Various plans were
devised and adopted to bring the trees
into bearing, but without success until
it was suggested that the trees needed
fertilization, and that bees were needed
for this. A colony was introduced the
next season and there was no longer
any difficulty in producing crops. The
bees distributed the pollen, and the set
ting of fruit followed naturally. In
stead of being an injury to the crop,
they are an advantage. The atamens
and pistils of flowers are the male and
female organs. The btameu is the
male, which furnishes the pollen; the
pistil is the female, which must be im
pregnated by this dust or pollen from
the stamen, or no fruit will be pro
duced. This fertilization is aocom
lished by the bees moving from one j
flower to another aud carrying the i
pollen, sticking to their legs and wings,
to the next flower, and impregnating ;
its pistils, says American Bee JournaL j
The all-wise Creator created the bee :
for the flower, and the flower for the !
bee; endowed the plant with the power .
of secreting the liquid sweet, and gave j
the honey bee the instinct to search |
after it and treasure it for its own as
well as for man's wants.
A Scientist'* Abstraction.
A French gentleman, engaged upon •
profound scientific work, ru.ng for his
valet. Then ho sat down at his table
and wrote a note: "Kindly send some
one to arrest the cook. She has stolen
my purse." This he directed to tho
chief of police.
The valet appeared, and while wait
ing for his master to finish writing, ho
picked up something that was lying
under the table. As he took the note
he said: "Monsieur, here is your purse.
I found it under the table."
"Ah, just in time. Give me tho note,
Jean."
He addttd this postscript: "1 have
found my purse. It is unnecessary to
send anyone," and handed the letter to
the valet, saying: "Deliver this at once.
It is important." Then he went back I
to his work.—Youth's Companion.
.In*t the Same.
Miss Sinilax—Good morning, Mrs. I
MeGinty, and how are all your family? ]
Mrs. MeGinty—An' shoor, mum, they j
be all adoin well but nie little Jamie:
an' he has the rheuinatiz that bad lie ;
can hardly crawl, at all.
Miss Sinilax—Poor little fellow; does |
he stay in bed?
Mrs. MeGinty—Och, bless ye, mum. !
he kapes right on wid bis wurruk.
Miss Sinilax —And how ran that be
possible? What does he do?
Mrs. MeGinty—lie's a missinger bye. i
—Boston Courier.
HOUSE-SHOE PATTER*.
l« <Ml4r»n to Be Warn •« All
of the Tear.
This Is the diagram of a house ilvk
for children. Tine Lsdy tvlv> jirt ir.e
the diagram mod ftattern saj'sc "My
©w* little lad wt»r* th. m In the house
with great camfort to htmseif and
I dH scarcely add to his mother like
wise." The pattern will not. of rnanr.
fit ereij child of the «*rao age; one may
nce<l a higher instep, another a mors
Blender ankle. For everyday vc«r
make them of thick, beaty cloth and
line with cloth suitable for the wwun;
in winter with woolen or canton rtan
nel; in summer with lighter material
Measure the child's foot and rot and
baste a shoe ant of any cloth and fit it
before cutting the goods Frnt yv the
seams 1 and 3; nest sew*3 and 4
from the instep to the toe; n»w f Id ao
the seam will come exactly in the mid
dle of the to« and sew acmaa the toe.
Cnt the lining a little smaller »> It will,
when the outside Is turned, slip Into tt
easily. 1 f one doea not rare if the wum
show on the inside the outside nad fin
ing may be l-asted together and aaered
in one seain. Sew on the nMbrhine so
the seams may be firm and the stitching
even. Bind the trrp and opening with
braid or ribbon, work eyelets each si.le
of the < opening and lace with cord or
ribbon.
Very dainty little shoes can be made
of velvet or silk and ornamented with
embroidery. Cut fmtn bine velvet and
line with bull or gold-colored canton
flannel or silk; bind the edges with rib
bon the shade of the lining; work the
eyelets with the nme shade of sillf and
la. o with gold-colored cord and tassets;
finish with a tiny msette of the bind
ing ribbon at the toes. For a bnby they
may be made of satin and etnkflrddasred
at the toes, around the top and »*■—«!»
side of the opening. MY frtend suggests
rose-colored satin or velvet Hoed with
flannel, embroidered with a pattern of
tiny green fern leaves, eyelets worked
In preen, the edges buttonholed with
green and laced with a green silk cord
having a tiny silver bell on each end.
—6. E. Welch, in Ohio Farmer.
SWEEPING A ROOM.
Valuable Hint* for II arose keeper* frnw
Maria Parioa.
The preparation of a room for sweep
ing and the arrangement of the fur
niture after the room has been cleaned
are by far the greater part of the work,
writes Maria Parioa in the Ladies'
Borne Journal. The first step is to
dust all the ornaments and place '.hem
on a firm table in another room. Next,
dust all the plain furniture, using a
soft cloth and removing the lighter
pieces from the room. Now beat and
brush all the stuffed articles, using a
brush to clean the tufting and creanes.
When everything movable has been
taken from the room and all the large
pieces covered dust the pictures with a
feather duster or a cloth; the© ■over
the pictures. Brush the ceiling and
walls with a long feather dustje- or a
soft cloth fastened on a broom. Brush
all dust from the tops of the doors and
windows. Have fho windows open all
the while If there be portiwi* and
window draperies that can b» taken
down put them on the clothesline and
shako them welL
Take up all the rugs, and, if y»u have
grass in the yard, lay them it,
right side down, and beat well-with a
switch or rattan; then shake. If you
have no place where you can spread
them, hang them on the line and beat
them welL Have a good broom, not too
heavy, for tho carpets. Sweep in one
direction only, taking short Sffkes.
Take up the dirt with a dustpin and
corn brootn. When the dust settles, go
over the carpet once more, having first
freed your broom of all lint, thre4d, etc.
When the dust has again settlAl. dust
the room with a soft cloth.
l*ut three quarts of warm water and
three tablespoonfuia of househiid am
monia in a pail. Wring a clean piece
of old flannel out of this, anl Wipe
every part of the carpet, wringing the
cloth as It l>ecomes soiled. Now wash
the windows, and wipe off any marks
there may be on the paint Remove the
coverings from the picture* and furni
ture, being careful not scatter the
dust. Bring back the rugs and hang
ings, and arrange them.
Filially, put tho furniture aod omar
men ts in place. If one has proper
covers for the pictures and heavy pieces
of furniture in the room, a great
amount of trouble can be saved on the
sweeping d.iv. Buy cheap print cloth
for the furniture. Have three breadths
ill the cover, and have it yards long.
It should be he mined, and the work 'an
be done quickly on a sewing machine.
I find six cloths a convenient number,
although we do not always need so
many
How to Fart the Ilftir.
A fancy has arisen for a parting in j
the hair. Few women can stand one I
just in the center of the head, for that i
requires a good forehead, a perfectly j
outlined pair of eyebrow » an«i a straight
nose. However, the hair can be parted
on the top of the head a little to one
side, or indeed, if it is becoming, very
much to one side, and the parting OJt
allowed to come through the short
fringe which is just over the forehead,
and which produces a softening effect.
Few women can afford to do without !
the bang, which Is, when properly cat j
and becomingly arranged, decidedly the |
most universally becoming mode that j
has ever been known. Ladies' Horns J
Journal.
A Plata «'awe.
Collector —Can I see Mr. Wiggles?
Office Boy (promptly)—No, sir.
Collector (sharply)— Why can't 17
Office Boy (looking around the other
wise vacant office) —That's a pretty sort
of a question for a grown man like you
to be asking a boy like me, ain't it?
Collector stands corrected. Oetroit
Free Press.
she Knew > Thloj or Two.
"There is one tiling I like about your j
husband; he never hurries you When |
getting ready for a walk."
"Precious little credit due him f r j
that, my dear. Whenever I see that I i
am not likely to be ready in time I sim- j
ply hitU' his hat or his gloves out of the i
way and let him hunt for them up and .
down until I have finished dressings-
Boston News,
Tho Sad Troth.
Cncle Jack (driving with his Boston j
niece through the suburbs of Chicago
There, Margaret! There's a fine piaoe •
—Mrs. Bornstein lives there—Just mar !
ried to her sixth husband-
Margaret £me*A husband, Uarle
Jack! Oh, I know so many girls at
home that are pining for their Jiro.
Life.
The Oaly Way.
"I wonder how Hawkins got his In
vitation to the Van S teen burgs recep
tion?"
"Robbed the mails, I guess."—Pa k. j
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NXX3B '1
SOME VALUABLE MINT*
800 v> r»t l>naa Qui* Wmttf
Every n-maa kaowt Mm* rsrfkas.
folds, facings, £•, stand. ait srarh bet
ter when cnt o« the ems*, aotwHfc.
star., hay H to her MM to est than
straight—a habit burn at tks Mtaf
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that "-ntting Mas" to m suftlsg onto
«fc!e the *< 111sinn|| of ■npiiiil—ill—l
shears.
Therein she to all wring fton as*
twenty quick and easy ways to % it
The ma::, thin* to to set shunt tt rigtoL
A perfect h«ns runs diiMnto srmm
the squares mpde by warp and wnoi.
Here is the way to rat It from soft rm
•f*' the*' ' r —• '*"*** _______
acmes, fiat on table sr
begin folding aa in V%. L Vnaaw te
folded fe'---t!(fs lies straight wMk Mm
woof thread. Keep ewer tmi
oeer along the In»%d Wn—. toMtaf mm
not to wrinkle the Imm» Tt *i— and «|-
Ways keeping selvadg* straight srMto
toot Continue till all year toiantof
•tuff to in a long flat Ml aa to Vlg. h
And oow double «w the pnint and
at an exact right aagta to Oka «Maa, umt
cut It off. along ttoa teiato tokantpT'
fectly sqaart end. Then lag apt* l|to
long told a cardboard Maw*, the
Width your trfauning mat ha. Mark
its depth In the cloth wfth a ttnyi'im, m
abowo by dotted Unea In V% SUf ft
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rr g i
up and mark again—eepeattog tQI Eton
is a mark tor eaarh btaa breadth rm
qr.fmt Then, with the shar>wt of
shears, cut throagh the lollt# etotk
along each mark. If pan toaa*4aa*
your work proparly, each saatkan wfll
unfold a itnifst and aeeaaly Mml If
the marks have not been made at n per
fect right angle to the edgas the ruaatt
will be as shojrn In Flgnre X
the end*piere first cut. II H ahiina tt
tigxag profile, trim the and |i«ilaitto
square before laying an thn peatitinaei
While folding tot the stuff Ha ft* DM
the table. This method to capaataltjr to
be recommended for soft gf*ey r.loito
ss once properly folded It eaaaot
or wtreteh as it doea when cut liajfta
The fold may ha any srtdth pastomft—
the wider the tower tfcfehMMM psn
will have to eut through, ft* aodaaa
yoar hand to eery steady to to tonfe to
make it just wide —nugh to oat
1 through at on* stroke of the shawls
thus avoiding the chanea ai a rough
place in the cut edges.
For heavy staffs —cloth, velvet asd
ao on—your motto mast tor ' "HI ■ lifts anil
conquer." To explato: Oat thn toagdk
required by fhux* or anas adHfl>
thereof. Say. for example, wt nsai
eight breadths; first eut an andsf jam
stuff to a true bias, which to a start at
«5 degrees, or half a right anaris, Itos
measure the whnla eight hiraadttoi <town
the longest selvedge, and aaafts n
notch there. Then anasuse ttoa assas
depth the other eatoedge,
notch at the end, told Mas aoram
to the first notch and ent att
The resultis shown tn fig. %
a, which you wQI ibid aiong the dotted
line. Fig. ♦—b. and eat In hal»aa.
Fold and divide each half the aasae
bias edges lay exaetly tmm wflft the ottoan
Divide eai'h resultant fourth (ha same
way and you have eight breadths of
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ruffle fold or fedng. Thto nstted aanan
no rotting, but much trouble to aaaa»-
oring beddes making I'Mirislw that larh
breadth shall be exactly as wida an tfcs
other.
if ynu have a head tor ttguras It ft
easy to estimate the amount of atodK a
given trimming will raqnton Thspw
portion of straight length In tlw teas
depth to as fire to four. That to n rudto
« inches deep wGQ a,i sasars $ ta»m„has
along the selvedge edge or the wnaft s
2-Inch told will measnre tH iarhsn
Laotly, take heed when .-uttteg teas
from xld bits or different tongthSi that
your warp and woof thvsnda run tfcs
same way in each, or yon will nrinfy
strive to make them set tha saaas wag
when yoar work is flniahed—dt Ls«to
Repablie.
(teltvtoaa L>U mt
Take two pounds of apple* yarn and
eore them, slice them late a pan, adt
one pound of loaf sugar and the juira
of three lemons; Ist them hail aba at
two hours, turn Into a -fish and ssrus
with thick cream.
tn LMmw»
There waa a certain dtaad-rantegn tn
his passenger in the knowledge wMeh
a Parisian cab-drfeer had at Kagttoh
lite rata re In Paris—where taatiy
streets are named after fsjaoue Rtecnry
men. French and ft>reign—a passenger
called s cabuias and sshed to ha takoa
to the Rue Milton. The cahiaan drove
a k>ng •listaaea, and then daysaftad hie
pas!»enger, who found apna alighting
that he was In the Koe tot mas—a* the
opposite ettretnitv of Hkm etoyt The
passenger expressed his mind »tgiw« , ii«s
ly as to the stupidity of eaNnsnln gaw
era. and of the one whom he addrassad
in particular.
"Just a littl. mistake to the post. air.
tiu&c's all,"* said tha catenas, calntiy,
an<l duet th. pasaengsrhnek to ttoa ftsa
Milton.—Youth's " Mgsnlim
SaSkaf
I>ruwtng Teacher 'dia|iiiindimft;l
That thing you're <Unms Veto amen
like a tajw than it atosa lihe a hssan
Fair PupU ( -rightly)—Why^edsmnss.
professor, it to a cow.—Ousd Nam*
m« I a «aa» tses—s.
Wee Pet— Kitty dajssnt Hhs my daHto
Mamma-Why do yew think aad
Wee Pet—Won I pnt *ar In atoMto a
lap, she dosan't purr shft. 6aad ikea
r«»»l« C nlaaWi
One-half the world doesn't know how
the other half lives; but Iks wesson
are trying tasir bast to remedy itol
Puok. ,