VOL. XXIX. What Draws the Trade, What Holds the Trade, What Increases the Trade AT BIOKEL'S Low Prices and Good Goods Does the Work- A Great Effort to Close Out all odds and ends will bv Made, and iflow 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. I M«L'» good solid plow shoes $ 75 j Men's baud-pegged, 2-bnckle, shoes 1 00 Men's high cat Creedmoor's tap sole 1 00 Meo'd oil grain shoes, buckle or congreps 1 15 Mm'i fine satin buff shoes, lace or cougresH 1 25 Men's fine calt and kangaroo shoes 2 00 THIS LIST Will m 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. ■ 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 BICKEL. 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. J)ofl'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. CKve us a, call and be convinced, The Popular Shoe Store, VOGELEY AND BANCROFT No. 347 South Main Street, OhPOSITK WII-.L.AKP HOUSE, BUTLKR PA , RINGS, Diamonds fc'S, 'STUDS, fGENTS GOLD, W «if h 1 LADIES GOLD, TT (GENTS SILVER LADIES CHATLAIN, .TpWPIfV J Ear-rings, t| OYr C'-li- y | Ri ngfl> Chains, Bracelets, Etc, f Tea sets, castors, butter dishes RllvPt*WiirO i an( * everything that can be KJU vuvvmc [ tbund in a firgtclafeß Btore> RODGER BROS. IM? {SjThJ OTks - Spoona " E. GRIEB, THE JEWELER M 0..139,..139, RorthlMain St, fiUTLEB, PA., THE /BUTLER CITIZEN. PROFESSIONAL CARDg. SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. ton West CuuQlnghaiD ft. Dr. N. M. HOOVER, IST E. Wajne sr.. office hours. 10 !■> U M. and 1 to 3 P. M. L. M. REINSEL, M. D , Physician AND SCKGKOK. ! Office and residence at ii'T K. Cunningham St. L. BLACK., I LLVSICIAN AND SAUOEOS. ' New Troutinan Kutliliiijf. b'ltler, 1 '.I. ! E. S. LEAKE. M. It. J- E MANN. M. l>. Specialties: Siieclalltes: Oyna-coktty and Sur- Eje. Ll:ii None and jftrj. Throat. DRS. LtAK E <Jfe MANN, Butler, PJ. G M ZIMMERMAN. l-UrtUCla* ANll SC!Ui»J:. OHit eat No. 45, S. Main street, orrr Frank £ C..'s l)iu< Stoiv. Butler, l'a. V. McAL.PI N E, Donrrst; Is now located In new and elegant moms ad joining tils former ones. All kin is of clasp plates and modcren liold work j. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a. Artificial Teeth Inserted cn the latest im proved plan. liold Killing a specialty, ofl.c.— over ScbaurH < lottiing Storv. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. (iold Killing Painless Extraction ol Teeth and Artificial Teeth without riau- a specialty Nitrous Oxide or Vitalized Air or Local AnastUcties used. Office over Millers Orocery east oi 1-owry House. , , Office closed Wednesdays and 1 hursd&ys. C. F. L. McQUISTION, EMiINEEII AM> SL'KVEYOK, OFFICE NKAB DIAMOND. BRA.M, I*A. A. B. C. McFARLAN D. Att'y at Law and Kotary Public Office on .S. alamond St.—opposite the Court House—sec ond Door. H. Q. WALKER, Attorney-at-Law—Office Jin Diamond Block, Butler. Pa. J. M. PAINTER, Office -Between l'ostolllce and Diamond, But ler, Pa. A. T. SCOTT, ATTORN KY-AT-LAW. Office at No. 8, South Diamond. Butler. Pa. A. M. CHRISTLEY, ATTORNEYJAT LAW. Office second floor. Anderson 111 k. Main St, near Court House, Butler, Pa. NEWTON BLACK. Au'y at law—Office on South side of Diamond Putler. Pa. J. W. HUTCHISON, ATTORNEY:AT LAW. Office on second floor of the fluselton block, diamond, Butler, Pa.. Room No. 1. IRA McJUNKIN. Attorney at Law, Office at No. 17, Ka"t .Feßer son St., Butler, P:v, W. C. FINDLEY, Attorney at Law HHII Heal Estate Agent. Of (Ice rear of L. /. Mitchell's office ou north side of Diamond, Butler, Pa. H. H. GOUCHER. Altomey-at law. Office tui stcuwl Moor of Andersou hulldlnr, near Oourr. House. Butler, Pa. fil r i LEK COUNT* Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Office Cor, Main & Cunningham fl. C IIKINEMAN, SECRETARY. DIRECTORS: Alfred Wick. Henderson Oliver, l)r. W. Irvln, James Stephenson. W. W. Mlaukniore. N. Weitzel, F. Bo\vman, I). T. Norris. Clea Keit<jrer, ('has. Rebhun, John (irohman, John Kooning. LOYAL S, M'JUNKIN, Agent. STTTH.IiIIR,, PA. DR. JOHNSTON'S IMPROVEMENT ' IN DENTAL PLATES. Patented February 25, 1890. Jf This Improvement A Jdoci away with the largo suction plate In common use. The plates are very small, only about one-eighth to one-fourth the usual size, and btlng con structed on true mechanical principles, tit the mouth with perfect accuracy. Any number of teeth can be put in without extracting any uood teeth you {r,ay i<ave, and no plate In the root of the mouth. The patent plate Is specially adapts ed to par'.lal lower dentures, since It is wel known Hial the dental profession have nothing successful to offer in that line ; and further more , partial lower plates have not nor caunot be successfully made bv any otlier known iwtiiua. This Is ap important mat ter when we take Into*/,,. consideration that lower teeth are as necessary its upper. For further Information, call at Haomii 1H Eut Jeffemoii Street, BI'TLER, PA. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. L. 8. McJUNKLN, Insurance and Real Estate Ag't 17 EAST JEFFERSON BT. BUTLER, - PA. THE NEXT MORNING \ FEEL AND NEW AND MY COMPLEXION 18 BETTER. My doctor says It acts gently on the stomach, Ilw and kldm-vs, and is a pleasant laxative. Thin drink 1.41nr.d0 from herbs, and is prepared for use •• easily a■ tea. It Is called LANE'S MEDICINE All druKltfst* sell It &Qc. and IT .no TMT po<kagv. Buy one to-day. LA*g'B KAHJT.Y UEDICINB MOV ES THE BOWEIi EACH PAY, la order to U> fccallfcr CHAPTER VL A CAMP OR TRAMPS, If the wind had been blowing from across the river, so as to hold the ark close to the shore, against which she was moored, nothing could have saved her from destruction by the torrent of blazing oil that rushed down the slope toward her. Even her occupants would have stood but a slight chanco of escap ing. Tho stream of leaping flamo was so wide, and came toward them with such extraordinary swiftness, that, he fore they could have reached the shore j and run beyond its limits in either di rection, it would have been upon them i Their only chance would have been to throw themselves into the swift current of the river froin_tho bank at a safe distance below. Uncle Phin was helpless with terror, and completely bewildered by the sud denness of tho peril that threatened them. Thus it was entirely owing to Arthur's presence of mind and quick wit that their boat was saved and they escaped the necessity of taking the desperate plunge, that would prob ably have drowned one or both of them. The boy had noticed that the storm came from over the hills on their side of the river, and how, as tho fierce blasts swept down and struck the broad side of the ark, she tugged and strained at her moorings. Now he remembered this, and was quick to turn his observa tions to account. Seizing the axo he severed at a singlo blow the rope holding the boat at oTie end, and then, running to tho other, cut that with equal promptness. Next, thrusting a long pole into Uncle Phin's trembling hands, ho bado tho old man shove off from shore with all his strength, at one end, while, with a ■ lighter pole, ho did the same thing at | the other. 'Fhelr feeble strength would have availed little, but for the power ful aid.lcnt by the favoring gale. Whilo this hurled the advancing flames fierce- ; ly toward them, it also drove them, at first slowly, then more rapidly, beyond ! reach of the danger. There was hardly ten feet of open water between tho ark and the shore she had just left, when the flames sprang down the bank, and began to spread over tho surface of the river, the oil burning here as readily as on land. For a minute it seemed as though the flre must catch and devour them after all. Its flames leaped eagerly for ward, liko a million writhing serpents, with red forked tongues darting after their prey. "Push, Undo Phin! Push for your life!" shouted Arthur from his end of the boat, where he was breathlessly ex erting every ounce of strength that his sturdy little frame could yield. "X' 3 a pushin', honey!" answered tho old man, with the veins of his forehead standing out liko whip cords. "I is a pushin'; but unless do good Lawd push wit us, we hain't got no snow." But tho good Lord did push with those, His helpless ones, and His strong' wind boro their drifting boat forward faster than it did the hungry flames. The current of course set them down stream at the same time, and thus, moving in a diagonal direction, they soon found themselves in safety. They were beyond tho limits of the sea of fire, that extended for a mile down the river, and a quarter of that distance out toward its center. Here tho old man and tho boy laid down their now useless poles, and watched tho wonder-, fully beautiful, but fearful sight, while they recovered their spent breath. The great tank was still vomiting forth sheets of flame and olouds of smoke. None of tho others had caught fire; and an occasional gleam of light, reflected from tho white walls of the Chapman's cottage, showed them that it was still safe. At length, as they were rapidly near ing the opposite side of the river, the current bore them around a sharp turn,, that almost instantly hid the whole glowing scene from them, and plunged them into a darkness, the more intense on account of the recent glare. With this turn of the river tho gale, now acting on the other side of the boat, drove it back toward the bank they had left; and thus, for several hours, as they followed the windings of tho crooked stream, they were carried, now almost to one side, and then nearly to tho oth er. As they could see absolutely noth ing of whero they were, or whither they wero going, they were quite ignorant of their Surroundings. Nor did thoyknow whathad happened, when, about mid night, their boat was driven violently upon some obstruction, and its move orient was suddenly arrested. • The storm had passed, so that there .was no longer any lightning to give .them instantaneous photographs of tho scene about them. The wind still blew a gale, and, as they could hear it lashing the branches of the forest trees, ap parently directly above their heads, they concluded that they must have been driven ashore. , Although both Arthur and Uncle Phin —ere too excited and too anxious to go to bed, there was nothing they could do to improve their situation un til tho morning light should disclose its features. So they closed the doors and windows of their house and lighted tho new lamp. How snug and cheerful tho rude little cabin now looked. How homelike it seemed, and what a fine shelter it was from the gale that was fowling outside. ! Arthur said he was hungry, and, as Undo Phin said ho was hungry also, they drew upon their slender store of provisions for a light lunch, after which Arthur read aloud from his book tho tale of the Steadfast Lead Soldier. The old negro thought it a very nice story, ! though not so good as it would bo had the lead soldier been alive. Then he told 'Arthur, for about the thousandth time, |the story of how Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox went a-fishing; and before it was "finished the tired child was fast asleep. iThen Uncle Phin lifted him gently into his bunk, and, finding that tho gale had subsided almost to a calm, concluded to (go to bed himself. i So tho ark was again left to take care of itself; and when its inmates next awoke, it was not only broad day light, but nearly noon. They now dis covered that their craft had indeed been driven ashore, on tho same sido of tho river that they had left tho preceding evening, though of course many milos below the pumping station. There were now no houses in sight, nor any traces of human beinns; nothing, so far as they could see, but a thick forest. After a few ineffectual efforts, they found that it was useless to try and push tho ark oil with poles into deep water. She was hard and fast aground, and they could not budge her a single inch. So they decided to have break fast first, make up their minds .vhat lo do afterwards, and whilo Uncle Phin prepared the simple meal, Arthur made tho beds, and swept out the cabin with his fine new broom of BUTLER, AUG I 'ST 1 v>. 1 bircn twigs, ! After breakfast, or rather after dinner; for, although they did not know it, it was past one o'clock before thev finished their meal, the entire crew of the ark got overboard to examine her situation. They found she had grounded on a sandbar that afforded her an easy rest ing place, bat which also held her in a firm grasp. Uncle Phin cut down a I young tree, trimmed off its branches, and, using it as a lever, with a large ! rock as a fulcrum, tried to pry tho boat j off the bar: but to The com bined strength of and the i boy produced not effect upon and the t strength thev but .. f| . . ... r .at was needed. f It was a very unfortunattjf situation, particularly as provisions mough to last and knew not where they were to obtain more. Then too, as it was now the month of October, no more high waters could be expected that year, and, in the meantime, tho river would bo apt to fall lower and loner, leaving their boat high and dry. In going ashore to cut his lever. Undo Phin had discovered a road running par allel to the river. Now, he proposed to walk down this road until he came to a house, in the hope of obtaining help, provided Arthur was not afraid tore main alone, and look after the ark. Of course Arthur was not afraid. Ho scorned the idea. What should he be "PUSH FOK VOUK LIFE!" SHOUTED ART HUE. afraid of? It was not likely that any body would hurt a little boy like him. So Uncle Phin loft him, and, wading ashore, disappeared down tho forest road. F6r some time tho bey amused him self about tho boat; but his resources wero few, and after an hour or so ho grew lonely, and began to watch anx iously for Undo Phin's return. Ex pnseH to the full nf tho afternoon sun, the boat became as hot as an oven; and finally tho boy decided to take his book and wade ashore. There he would find a comfortable place in tho cool shade of tho trees, from which ho might the sooner perceive anybody approach ing along the road. 110 found just such a place as ho had •longed for; a deliciously cool, shady 'glade, surrounded by spreading oak trees, and commanding a limited view of the road. After sitting hero for 'somo time, ho discovered that there iwero ripe berries on the opposite sido jof the glade. When he had gathered and eaten theso ho saw more borries ( beyond them, and still more at a greater 'distance. Thoro he found some lovely {flowers, and thought it would bo a fine i idea to gather enough of them to deo |orate the cabin of tho ark against Undo | Phin's return. So ho strolled carelessly 'on, from berries to flowers, and from ;ono flower to another, until, all at once, I the deepening shadows roused him to a 'knowledge of the fact that tho sun was sotting and that ho could no longer see either tho road or the river. It was evidently high time to bo get ting home, and the.boy started back in tho direction ho had just come. He was certain that it was the right direction, and yet tho trees and bushes kept get ting thicker and thicker, and ho missed tho open glades through which he had been strolling. This was clearly the wrong track, and, facing directly about, ho now attempted to retrace his latest course. It was rapidly growing dark, strange night sounds wero beginning to be heard in tho forest, and a great dread began to clutch at the boy's heart. Was he really lost, as the Babes in the Wood had been, and would he die there, and be covered with leaves, so that even his body would not be found, and nobody would over know what had become of him? He began to call aloud, but only tho forest echoes mocked him, and the night UK MEGAN TO CALL ALOUD: BUT ONLY THE FOKKST ECHOES MOCKED HIM. birds answered him with harsh cries. At length it was too dark to even try and walk any farther. Tho little fellow, frightened and weary, sank down at tho foot of a great tree that seemed to lean over him with an air of protection and sympathy. He would not cry. Uncle Phin said that none of the Dales ever cried after they were grown up, and ho was a Dale, almost grown up. Two or three big tears rolled silently down his cheeks, but then that was something that might happen to most anybody at any time. It could not bo counted as crying. As ho sat there in the darkness, try ing to bo brave because ho was a Dale, the sound of a peculiar, long drawn, far away cry, caused him involuntarily to look around; though, of course, he did not expect to seo any thing through tho darkness. Ho did sec something, though, and it was a light. It was not a bright, dear light; but a dim glow, just visible between the tree-trunks, and evidently at quite a distance from where ho sat. The boy's spirits rose with a bound. Ho dashed away the stealthy tear drops, and sprang to his foet. Things wero eoming out all right after all; fora light meant aj ople, who, jQcordlng to simple- heartod litno Artnurs cxporience oi mf world, would bo kind to him. They would probably Invito him to to supper, and show him tho way to tho ark aftorward. Then ho would ask thom to help him and I'nclo l'hin pet the boat afloat, and his becoming lost would turn out to be the very l*-*-. kind of a thing that could have happened after all. While these thoughts passed through his mind, the boy was making his way, as rapidly as possible, through the woods in tho direction of the light, that grew brighter and more distinct with each step. Ho still carried his precious book in one hand and the great bunch of flowers that he had gathered in the other. Suddenly bo came to an abrupt pause on tho edge of a shallow ravine, through which laughed and tumbled a small brook. Tho sid?s of the ravino were quite steep, and, almost at his feet, the boy safc a sight that filled him with amazement. About a glowing Are, occupying all sorts of easy positions, were grouped a number of men and one boy. They were ragged, dirty and unshaven. Their clothes were mado up of odds and ends. Some of them were smoking short Maok pipes; some were talking loudly, and others lay perfectly still, as though asleep. Two of tho number seemed to be preparing supper, for they wvro at work about tho lire, and were evidently anxious regarding tho contents of sorao tfn cans and liaUorcd k»-uics- At a short distaneo from tho flr<* were two or three rude huts of poles and branches. Although Arthur did not know it at the time, this was a tramps' camp, to which all these vagrants of so ciety, who happened to bo prowling about that part of the country, flocked when night overtook them. Some times one or more, who were tired of tramping, and who had begged or stolen a stock of provisions, would remain hero for several days, so that, from early spring until quito late in tho autumn, the camp was never without a greater or less number of occupants. Now, although Arthur had never had any practical experience with tramps, except to gaze curiously, from a respect ful distance, at tho few specimens he had seen, ho instinctively shrank from making his presence known to tho rough-looking fellows gathered beneath him. It was pleasant to see tho cheer ful firelight, to hear the sound of voices, and to know that there were other human beings besides himself in that dark forest. It would also be very pleasant to the hungry boy if he could h»ve s»om«< Still, to venture down among those men might prove very unpleasant. So Arthur wisely de cided to bear his hunger as best he might and study them from a safe dis tance, at least for awhile longer. All at once, from some part of the camp beyond tho circle of firelight, came the samo melancholy, long-drawn cry that had first directed tho boy's attention to this place, and ho now rec ognized it as tho howl of a dog in dis tress. At the sound tho largest and most powerful of all the tramps, who had been lying motionless stretched at full length on the ground, sprang up and in a fierce voice exclaimed: "You kin fetch that pup here! We'll see If wc can't give him something to kl-yl for, or else we'll stop his infernal yelp entirely." The one boy of tho camp, who an swered to the name of "Kid," and was a tough-looking young rascal, larger, and apparently a year or two older than Arthur, hastened to obey this command. He disappeared, and in a minute re -1 turned dnifrfjinjr attor him by means of a bit of ropo about its neck, that was evidently choking the poor creature, a dog. As tho bright firelight fell upon it Arthur was amazed to recognize it as the very one that had been presented to him by tho Chapmans the day before. There could be no doubt of It, for there were tho same erect, sharp-pointed ears, the same white-tipped little tail, and the samo brindled markings. It was indeed poor Rusty; and Arthur's heart ached to see him in so wretched a plight. How could he have come there? What wero they about to do with him? This last question was quickly an swered. Tho big tramp took tho rope from tho lad's hand, at tho samo time bidding him go and cut a hickory switch. "Seo that it is a good one, too," he added. This command was obeyed as the other had been, and in a few minutes tho switch was ready. "Now whale him while I hold him," ordered tho big tramp, savagely. '•We'll give him a chance to do all his howling at once, and then have some peace for the rest of the night. Lay it on solid, and if you kill him, so much the bet ter." Arthur's blood boiled at these words. How could anybody bo so cruel? Would tho boy dare beat hut dog? The heavy switch was uplifted and brought down with vicious force on tho animal's back. He uttered a sharp cry of pain and terror. Again was tho switch lifted, but be fore it could descend it was snatched from tho boy's hand and flung away; while he was confronted by a sturdy lit tle figure with blazing eyes. "How dare you strike my dog?" cried Arthur, in a voice that choked and trembled with anger. "He is mine! My very own! And I won't have him hurt. I won't, I say." The other boy stared at this one in open-mouthed amazement, while tho other tramps, who had been startled by the sight of tho strange little figure, as it dashed into their camp from tho dark forest, now gathered about th ' 1 two to see the fun. "Well, my bantam," said the big tramp to Arthur, "I don't know who you are, nor where you come from; but you talk pretty big about your dog. Kid here says it's his dog, and I reckon you'll have to settle it between you. Can you flglit?" "I don't want to fight," replied Ar thur, looking the big tramp bravely in tho face. "Oh! well, then, it's the Kid's dog, and he'll do as ho pleases with him. Kid, givo tho cur a kick." Tho boy lifted his foot; but again Arthur sprang in front of him. "Vou shan't kick him, even if I havo to fight "HOW DARE YOB STRIKE MY IlO'i!" CRIED AHTIIi n. you to makoyoustopit!" he cried. Then ho clinched his fists, and his face grew very pale. "That's right, sonny!" said tho big tramp, approvingly. "I'll back you, and hold your plcturo book and nosegay. Take oil your jacket like a little man. Now, fellows, form a ring, and give the bantams a fair show." f'ontinitf<i nest ire<l,. I THE RATTLESNAKES TAIL. llow tho |{fptllf'a Warning Hnttlf It 1* ro<l ured. The structure from which the rattle snake takes his name— the rattle—con sists mainly of three or more solid, horny ring's, placed around the end of the tail. These rings themselves, says the Quarterly Review, are merely dense portions of the general outer skin of the Ivody, but the rattle has also a solid foundation of bone, for the three last bones of the tail become united to gether in one solid whole or core, grooved where the bones join, while they increase in size toward the hinder end of the complex bone thus farmed. This bony core is invested by skin also I marked by grooves, which correspond with those at the junctions of the three bones, and this skin becomes much thickened, and so forms an incipient, imperfect rattle of such young snakes as have not yet cast their skin. When it is cast the skin investing the tail close to its termination is not east off. but is held fast by the enlarged end of j the bony core l>efore mentioned. The piece of skin thns retained be rlnr 4n front • # ♦V. 9 P| "f the future p. rf. ; rait | 1 rfe same process is repeated at each molt, a fresh loose ring or additional joint to the perfect rattle being thus formed every time the skin is shed. Thus the perfect rattle comc£ ultimate ly to consist of a number or dry. hard, more or less looae, horny rings, and in j this way a rattle may consist of as many as twenty-one coexisting rattling rings. It is the shaking of these rings I by a violent and rapid wagging of the , end of the snake's tail which produoes the celebrated rattling sound a ->und which may be compared to the rattling of a numtn'r of peas in a rapidly-shaken paper bag. PHARAOH WITH A PISTOL. ltemarkabl* AnachroaUmi of th« Artiste of Aby««lnla. We found the walls of the churches in Abyssinia covered with pictures of Scriptural history and the walls of the cathedral with the exploits of Johannes, says a writer iu the Century. 11 is vie- , tories o\er the Egyptians nt Gorra and in the valley of Gundet are fully repre sented In t'mcs as florid as those of ad vertising posters at home. The native ! artist does not make up for crudeness of color by the accuracy of his drawing, and if these pictures have any merit it is in their originality of treatment. For instance, in the cathedral of Gun det. in a picture representing the Israelites crossing tho Red sea. Pharoah carries in his right hand the latest ; specimen in six-shooters, and in his left | hand he holds a pair of opera glasses, while the Egyptian host sport Reming- ; ton rifles. All the movement of figures ( is from right to left, and in all pictu. es , heads are full-faced, with the. exception 1 of Satan and the hated Egyptians, who are painted in acute profile, to show their lock of honesty and good faith I und their inability to look you square . in the face. It is a deplorable fact, and j oue which, la«ties will say at once, only : proves the ignorance and barbarity of the Ethiopians, that the evil spirits in . these compi >sitions are always presented j by the softer sex, generally showing their naughtiness l>y exhibiting their tongues. The church painter goes so > far as to question tho gallantry of St. George, the Abyssian patron saint, by depicting that warrior, instead of doing battle with the dragon, as spearing the j graceful, undulating form of a long tongued woman. A LINGUISTIC MENAGERIE. Origin mid Sl(p>lflr»nc« of Oualnt and Queer Sajings. Let us take a turn with the animals and insects of metaphor. The Scotch have a saying: "You have a bee in your bonnet.' 1 The meaning is that the head ' had a new idea or fancy that is for the time paramount. "Yopr head is full of , bees," is an old-time phrase meaning j that dreamy theories have taken pos session of the brain. The connection between bees and the soul was once | generally maintained; hence Mahomet admits bees to Paradise. The moon was called a ' bee'* by the priestesses of Ceres, and the word lunatic, or moon struck, still means one with "bees in his head." "The wolf at the door" is a common expression in all countries, and we say of a ravenous-eater, "he has a wolf in his stomach." It implies hunger, star vation. It is said that there are people who use the term literally to frighten ■ their young children into habits of in dustry and economy, so that the fright ful wolf of hunger may never appear at their doors. "A frog in the throat" is a common expression referring to a husky speaker. "I smell a rat" has long been a pop ular saying when some mystery has been discovered or a hidden clew f >und. It was an Irish barrister who got off the mixed metaphor: "I smell a rat, 1 | see him waving in the air, but if we are careful we shall nip him in the bud." Emigration of -Irwi from Riusla. A definite agreement is reported to ; have at last been concluded between llaron Flirsch and the Rusbian govern ment concerning the emigration of , Jews from Russia. The baron under takes and the Russian government con sents to have three anil a half millions of Jews taken to other countries with in twenty-five years, or 140,000 a year. The government has reserved the right of an absolute control over the opera- , tions of the emigration scheme. The number of emigrants shall increase : from year to year. In the present year j 25,000 shall emigrate, the number to in- i crease as the preparations by the baron ■ grow more efficacious. He will estab- j lish emigration bureaus all over the ] Russian empire, to be controlled by a , central bureau at St Petersburg. The emigrant Jews cease to be Russian sub jects and are not bound to become soldiers in Russia or to pay for exemp tion from that duty. A guarantee of of 100,000 rubles must be placed in the hands of the Russian government to be used to pay for expenses that might be caused by any of the emigrants going back to Russia. Fanhlon Item. Meeting Jim Webster Uncle Mose could not help being astonished at the magniticent pants of Jim. "Dat's a mighty finepa'r ob pants for sich a poor niggah as you am to be wearin'." "Yes, dcy's mighty gorg'ous and no mistake." "llow much mout dey cost yer, and where did yer git "em?" "Dey mout cost me two years in do penitenshiery cf I tole." —Texas Sitt ings. At tlir Actors' flak "A new process of preservation, said Hicks, "enables Australians to ship eggs to London now." "Dcali me," said Murdoch McCready, the tragedian, who has just returned from Australia. "Deah met Then I shall not play Hamlet in London. —N. Y. Sun. Better still.. Matthew —We've g>t a stuffed eagle t at home. Frank—That's nothing; there's a real live hawk that comes ami stuffs himself with our chickens every week —Har per's Young People. Kitchen Mirror*. Domestic —l'laze, mum, I'd liko to hOTj WS lookin'-glass in th' kitchen. Mistress (a practical houM*rtfe)-«-j Keep the tinware well scour oil, Mary,- kad you won't need —Judge. LABELS FOR TREES Thr < h«apr<l uil MnipU.t !!•«• I'm»■ a ihr Mo«t lre*M# For many years past, and In answer to biqu Tiei, we hare rMrnimrwM labels made of »Ui t zinc cut in strip* half an inch or less in width and sev eral inches long. on which the name was written with a common black lead peneii. < ine cud was nooaJ once around the side branch of the tree. I he other end with the name remaining ex pose* i and risible. The name that written will continue VHstinctlr tagfbto for half a century; we hare •- ;w»ei toe ns nearly that ape; and the ebii ar >nn<l the branch is now on some of «• ir trees where it remains after a lapse of t ua ty years without any injury to the ' of the tree. We have been surprised at the mis takes which intelligent cultivators hare j made in rejecting this la 1 ■el. A distin guished pomologist once publicly de nounced it ns cumbersome and a«k war*l becau.--o it required so much tune anil labor to uncoil the xinc in order t«» render visible the concealed name, not being aware that th« name .vas al ways exposed, and that the weather would not obliterate It as he mistakenly j supposed. Again, a late uumberof th« 1 Carilen »nd Forest quotes the Garden ers' Monthly for the statement thai toe label will cut into the bark or o v t H It r»sta pn is by tt« TV s mhtaken opr... yi. . . originated from windinp the . s. '• eral times around the branch. *• • that its parts are bonnd t jet her and will not yield to the increased size of tho added prowth. The fact that we hav* labels tininjuring and uninjured that hare remained without attention for | vari. ns periods from fifteen to twenty years proves its efficiency wlya right- ( ly applied. The coil should never go i twice about the limb, and should al- j ways be pat on loosely; and the rinc J should be slightly rusted when written i on. Good and permanent labels, east- I ly applied, are important in preserving the names of selected fruits, and the , best forms should b® well understood.— Country Gentleman. HANDY NEST BOXES. liru lUcu Whlrk t««a to B»"TVarthy of Considers tloa- Fig. 1 is handy becausa you can move it easitr by means of the top crosa-bar t'bc any kind of a box, and sa*\ and , nail to suit your requirements. Make | !m L I a number of them and put them in the ■ laying house. A box 10x1 J inches is i j about the right sire for a Leghorn or P. Hock, but lixU should be giv.u to 1 larger breeds. Place clean straw or hay in the box and shape it neatly, to induce ready possession. In Fip. 2 still another idea is snp gested. new to some. It is constructed of half-inch or inch hoarte la the farm | no. 3. of a triangle, say lOxl'J inches, or Uxl*. according to the variety you are breed ing. This nest is also movable. The handle on top makes it easy to mm# about. An old piece of a suspender or I leather strap will answer the purpose 1 Ilay or .straw is formed into a nest on the door, inakinp it as inviting as yen can. I would keep such nests thor oughly whitewashed with strong car bolic acid and white lime, to keep away vermin as much as possible.—John W. j C'aughey, in Ohio Farmer. <julek t'roflU fruß Poultry. To secure the greatest profit, the aim thould be to shorten the time of growth as much as possible, as the quicker a fowl reaches the marketable age the , less the labor and smaller the cost. It is well known that a dock will con- j snrne twice as much food as a chicken j and is, apparently, more expensive to but when it is considered that a | ; duck also grows twice as fast as a ! chicken* the cost to produce a pour I < f j meat on a duck is no greater than for ! other poultry. Profits are not msde by | feeding fowls after they should no j longer be retained. When fattening j fowls they should be weighed every j i two or three days, and as soon as they j I show no increase in weight they should be marketed. There are business methods in poultry raising as in all other pursuits, and the largest profits j i are made when business methods are j practiA-d. It should be the rule to keep nothing that does not pay, and • when a chick is hatched it should be pushed right on, so as to get it into market in the shortest possible time. — j Farm and Fireside. The Eirnlng Inspection. A few years ago visiting a friend who had some valuable stock, just before we retired for the nipht I suggested that we y'n around and take a look at the animals, which was my custom at home. 110 laughed and said I was al ways a queer fellow, itut we went, and found a cow down with the halter about her neck. She was a valuable, I pure Jersey, about to calve, and was sold to be delivered with the calf for 51,500. my friend; "Yoo have given me a lesson I shall never forget. And you have saved me 81.500, and. what is more than money, all the blame for gross carelessness. I will never fsil to make a round of my stables and barn hereafter the last thing before I po to bed. It is better to be safe than sorry." —Rural World. ACCO**OD*ri*(t. l'l N ■ 11» " " 1 V ler, won't you give me a lift? Elevator Boy— l'ertairtly! Step in. | Which floor? Puck. The Sam- Thing. "Hoetor, what is the meaning of the peculiar formation just back of baby's ' ear?" "Combativcnesa, perhaps." "Why, some one said it was love of i domestic life." "Ob, wall, it's all one and the same j thing."—Life. >JO. 30 • THE POULTRY YAM Ok Lim* After tk» rjn V To «hi *• Mi *an a 4 »»i i if If jour f-iwls l»nk r U)4 tMr oinbi and %r» pale, look tar 1m Yon will l« on k teat IVi, iXm': gr> t.» ik».n«( tbeat »Itk «4rn irall for r •ap.n-ir mmr oDwr fmM ardor, hat get tats# prrrtkm ud dirtt •••M-h • separate and th.-ra-ighiy Take all the moat* ma *. nest* >ut of tha h. n*>- Vkl i-lljn the 3. »w fr-*ra all Jrny piaj* and lKtor. Then pot whitewash, bavin? a little'carbolic acid uH.ni aidfv roof aad lone, being 1 *«ry particalar to (111 all the cracka. If M rooate tit -.nto Oat* "ear Uuraa 08 xaa, after coating with whitfw:»eh»pat th*a on atfaia. I like an imm bracket made of cast or rnalleabla fn>* '.ike tte sketch. Ah a »aocer ifta»aH collar. 3 tiw cavwty m '.«• ouuar, U % hole Imiil toroug t the .Ist rooet «-*ntiiag C. ft in .;esvae.s that kff neat oil he pwmt through I) until B ia tIM and tlua will keep the lit tie r«d mites from, mwli^t Q__j -i>a the panw! and *ktan of tin IwlK 1.- <>nto the ruoCi The baweketa »h <mdh.: placed apon opposite sides of the UniUiiug, *0 that each roost will e» tend clear aeecwa. "Pie hole Is the ruuet nhould he made so lara* that Ik can be «*ti t taken iff '•Then yoa repJace the Beats pat a shtWclM Vi dirt Into each bo* ftf rrrsr birds arm not white? and rm top of fris a Tittla straw sad tnhaeew re fuse If too hare ant «ared aa* fnad iio«t for a dast hath, gat a bwahel of land plaster aad mix aaas osal ashes with it whjathey are warsa*su that tiw mixture wiU ha thoruagfciy dry. Pat this a a sb box and set it in the *ami!cst part <tt the butMtqf. I? T°a rriH cir* Tnttr prroltry hosae a thu»- oa|h cleaning now aad then look aftar the*, during tbs water jou out keep the lice <iff easier *haa yon thfak Who wiO saj this time: "O. thag» Tory well for yon ftaHw. ha# —" wsaa her. my <*rv brother Ihrmera, we fancier* are ->Miged to look alta* talk, atxd we fat the egg*- —W. K. Ihsm ley, AXE. Ijoai* art, MAKrWGS POSTS OUWASCK. The Frw»w* at Chawlm* Uuaa X«t ha. A correspondent wtohea to taue if therv ia any better way to rewdar pm* a durable whea art ia the ground than to char the ii. aad if these i% he ta f)aKt for the mode It.xawtr — charring 1 posts* as ctaamtfaQF (tea*, ioaa not materially iapwt* them. TVe ehareoa. *hlA i»ti«i»»adt»aMaa thrta m a»ora or leaa porava aad ad mis the watar froaa the aad twpaaa tbroarh into the wnod. whaaa Ik «yar ate» to decay tha aaaa aa tt all were wood. Thera la only aae wa(j to pre rent thia decay, aad to pre rent the wealrneaa at the Mm necapytng the !ar*» poettoa at *a pert as a and that Is h» he a# tt woad to a aearae that ahall tQghtl; turn the wool brown all thr>j>«fh Ok It will thoa retain moat at fta i<m«a while the si •<*¥ rh * rTte « *•••••? decay. Son»e •ijartwa » i»naii«l to determine "She dag ma at which thia partial trial w{ll take piaaa nttruleom aad aoal tar aaa hi i|aaa»- ty r«cu<nm«ndad w! ummL hat thaar ▼also varies with coeditioaa Coal tar ap->li.'<! hot may he made to ftjrm aa £»- pervious ruisf, ihntuay nat air aad moiatnre. hut coarae a«>* pr» 'Wtlif it fn>m «nteri»r ahnee. Br«tlad ap m thu mana.T It atay pitaauta Aaeay. With d»tf -r.-nt coaditfama it aaay pew a naefal app.-dataoa. With sluDtflM ttaetadJbiaatly. ha in? wholly - vpnaad to the rata aad air. Apply the ;x-a-oiexujj by dlpfMag' the thiafles in it ia a tab ni the eat, aad all""- a frw hour* f>r « to soak ther ough!y into th 4» porea of the wood, aad thea lay tfvm In the osnal w»y. It may be applied leaa perfectly to tha ■tiiiurlea after they us laid, aeaaf a e>mrse ! raau for tha pui fnaa. aad H sh< aid he ri'tewai onoe m saswa aa citfht years. It afirata tha raia watei only tor a few weeha. In appiyiaff it to the r *>f, trowd the potata of tha hraah into the crencea between the shlagiaa —Cocmtrr ' • utlemaa. m ni.i win DAIRY SL»OGf»TtOI«S. Wrrn oiieat floora ia tha stallayaa ran feed profttaMy. a»eajf y«m da sot (rat it all back ia tha aaik. A x acre of dry torn fcnider aa aaaally fed will keep a cow abowt 100 4mf% aa aero if eioeer hay about SOO dtys. aa arrsof rood -nsilage abowt I®# day*. Doe* the dlo part fxs diuryiiiaa maat stm|y the rela tive value of "lie liffereat feedtar >taft if he wonld which way saeeeaa liaa a small am- >uat of waated fhod wfll de *tr >y the nirjla of proft A nr>oD cow In a Tillage will do much toward <apf<>rtiaf afafflCy Ity tptd one we mean saeh aa win (its eiffht quarta of oulk-per .lay tor SWdaya. See what this will yield, retailed at wtm cents a quart. Ira dairyoaaa depvada apna bay mach feed h..- maat hare a aauat eacel lent head to enable Mm to tara it iato a profit. Tho farm ahoald sappiy asasX of what the sattla cooaame Ameri can 0 nlti vator. There ia no aon prodtahla frown for Mail feediar or soilla* dairy cows than safar cane. Tha laffr f» rietiea make aa ahwadaat trap hi a short seaaon, and tha beaeflta of ftsart ing it. when the paatore fatla. are eaor muua The a<rrea(a planted ia aot likely to be too large, for if & ia aot ail ne>-<fed as green food. It can be earrd for winter use. Cattle are aaore fond of it than any other kind of fodder. Kw thr >u(fh a cnttiny box. ears aad all, tha atalks. leares and hoiks ta the laat bit will be <->>nsnmed with reliak. The whole plant ia fall of sntrimaat aad ralne aa food. — Michiffta Farmer x* tineas tram was. Fire-year-old Rna •; teltinyif the awd lcii»- she ha<! taken) —And I took anas com pulton of cod lirer <dl, aad— Mrs. Fanjrlo—Voa mean "rmalakm.- don't yon. not ■-•■>mpala*on? lieas—Well. I think there waa a aae compulsion abuat it. Detfdt Prae Presa. -That aosel of Hawley s ia perfect mn»h," said Cr". tic-ns. '•That's so," rrtitraed *af|. "Bat tfa acereat story."—l*. T. Sss. A lH*l6t A*TWW Mr Clctaia—!*• takia' my ma*a Mr lludcra awhbar dnaa a stroke . h «u» ia yo' lih be*>'. Mr. Ch mm—l knows it. IJa'a wharf make dis racatioa. T iMkfS
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