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