VOL. XXIX. m A aa Butler Fair. The Kutler County A gricultural Associ ation will hold its fifteenth annual exhibition on its grounds in Butler SEPT. 6,11U tttt Liberal Premiums; an Interesting Race Program for Each Day; Excursion Rates on ail Railroads to Butler; Special Pre mium of SIOO for Herd of Seven Head of Either Holstein Her fords or Durhams. Entries for Horses and Cattle Close Monday Evening. Aug. 29, or one week before the Fair; Music by the Great Western Band, Etc., Etc. For Premium List and other information, address Ira McJTunkin, Nec'y* 1 '2, Years Sentence. Twelve year* experience for your benefit. For twelve years we have been in the buggy business and in all that time not a single individual baa accused as of misrepresenting tbe quality of a vehicle sold. It must be a satisfaction for eyeryone to know tbat they have a firm that never misrep resents—and that years of experience enables them io know tbe quality o! work they sell. Our business has increased year by year until it is twice that of any other similar concern in tbe Btate, and we feel BO good tbat we have a notion to jump out of our 3d story window —but we won't—for now just before the Fairs we want one great big busy month, and are ready foi it. We have tbe goods and must make prices so as to induce customers to boy quick. Remember we keep everything pertaining to a driving oi team outfit. Now look at a few prices: Leather baiters 50 cents, team work bridle: 90 cents, buggy whips 10 cents, 'a whole set ef buggy harness $4 75, a full set of wagon harness, with breeching, for two borses $18; heavy leather fly nets $1.50, wagon and buggy cushions T5 cents, top buggies $45, two seal spring wagons S4O, etc. Vehicles of all kinds; harness of all kinds, lap dusters and everything used in connection with a driving and team outfit except the horse, Now don't be backward, come in whether you want to buy or not Walk in just as you would into your mother's room—you are just as wel come. Take a ride on our Lew elevator, fret. Now do come. If you don't seed anything come walking right in and say you don't want to buy but look and you art welcome. If you have a package of any kind you can leave It here until you are ready to go out of town without charge, our location is central. Remember tbe place and remember we are the first and only persons who ever bad enough energy within themselves and confidence in their fellow citizens to briag down theprice and depend on increased sales to compensate them. We did it. You appreciated it and dealt liberally with ns and now we want tbe crowning month of our life. Hurry, now come along, get ready for tbe Fairs and drive thereto in just as good a rig as your neighbor. Respectfully, S. B. MARTINCOURT & CO. S. B. MARTINCOURT. J. M. LEIGHNER This Is The Lowest Price Ever given on a Bed Room Suite Solid, Polished Oak, glass 26x30, beveled plate, FOR $23.00, We ofTer this suite for 30 days only. Our Bed Room Suite for $9 You can't get elsewhere for less than $23 to $25. We don't only ofTer the above goods at low prices, but anything In our store away down in price. All we ask you to do is to examine our stock and you will say as we dc—best goods for least money of any FURNITURE . store In the country. nOTBQQQOI'Hi . Campbell & Templetou, 136 N. Main St., - - Butler, Pa. FOR THE HOLIDAYS ONLY JEWELRY, CLOCKS, SILVERWARE, Purchasers can save from to per cent by purchasing their watches, clocks and spectacles of J. R. GRIEB, The Jeweler, No. 125 N. Main St., - Duffy Block J Sign of Electric Bell and Clock. All arc Respectfully Invited —"Remember our Repairing Department— 20 years Experience."— THE BUTLER CITIZEN. PROFESSIONAL CARDS SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. Wefet CuiiiiUiiihitm St. Dr. N. M. HOOVER, I 137 K. W'ujce St., office hours, lot.. 12 M. and 110 3 V. M. L. M. KEINSEL, M. D, PUYMCIAK A.Ni> SCRIiKG-V. Office and residence at 127 E. Cunningham St, L. BLACK, rurSICIAS ASK StitUEON. New Troutman Bnlldlug. Butler. H;i. E. N. LEAKK. M. D. K MANN. V. r>. Specialties: Specialties: (ftriiawology a ' ,d " ar - 0,* T 'V'"'' a,,<l 3 tf «ry. Throat. DRS. LEAKE & MANN, Butler, Pit. (. ZIMMERMAN. i'litfiCtAV X3HV SCKOWIi. Office at No. 4ft. S. Main street, otct KrftCk & co'o 1)1 UtT Store. Butler, Pa, V. McALPiNE. Dentist, Is now located In new ar.d elegant rooms ad joining his lorm.-r ones. All kinds of clasp plates and raoderen Bold work. J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a.l ArlmiU Tettli inserted in 'lie laieit im proved ;>lau. <-"ld Filling a specialty. Offlce— over i ffcisie Btorp. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. Gold Filling Palni.s- Function o! Teeth and Art inrial Teeth vulliout Plates a specialty Nitrous Oxide or Vitalized Air or Local Anesthetics used. Office o*er Millers Grocery east ol lx«»r> House. Office closed Wednesdays and Thursdays. C. F. L. McQUISTION, RNtiI.VEKB AM) SI HYKYOIt, Orricl KKAB DUUOHD. BUTI.KK, I A A. a. c. McFARLAMD. Atl'y at Law anil Notary Public—Office on B. diamond St. opposite the Court ilou'^e—sec ond iloor. H. Q. WALKER, AlU>ruey-at-Law- Ofllce ?in Dluminl Illoch, Butler, r.i. J. M. PAINTER, |AUorney-at-Lavv. Office Between PostolP.ee and Diamond, But ler, Pa. A, T. SCOTT, ATTOBN K Y-AT- LAW. Office at No. 8. South Diamond, Butler, Pa. A. M. CHRISTLEY, ATIOKNEYJAT LAW. Office *econd floor, A nderson B1 k. Main St., near Court House. Butler, Pa. NEWTON BLACK. Att'y at Law—Office on South side of Diamond Butter. Pa. J. W HUTCHISON, ATTOKNKY:AT LAW. Office on second floor of the Huselton block. Diamond, Butler. Pa., ltoorn No. 1. IRA McJUNKIN. Attorney at Law, Office at No. 17, Hut Jeffer son St.. Butler, Pa. W. C. FINDLEY, Attorney at Lfiw and Itesl Kntate Agent. Of flee rear of L. 7.. Mitchell's office oil oorth side of Diamond, Butler, Pa. H. H. GOUCHER. Attomey-at-law. Ofllce on second floor of Anderson liulldliiff, near Court House. Buller. Pa. H S. MCJIJNKIN, Insurance and Real Estate As't 17 KAHT JKFFKBHON HT. BUTLER. - PA. \\\ TLBR COUNTY Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Cor. Main & CunninghamP».S. M C IIKINEMAN, SECRETARY. DIRECTORS: Alfred Wick, llendersou Oliver, t »r. W. Irvln. James Stephenson, W. W. lilttckniore. N. WeiUel, K. Bowman. 1). T. Morris, (leo. Ketterer. (.'has. Hehhun, John (irohman, John Koetilnn. LOYAL S. M'JUNKIN, Agent. BTT r r r .."K'R , PA. DR. JOHNSTON'S IMPROVEMENT IN DENTAL PLAI ES. Patent ad February 25, 1890. This Improvement X ML Idocs away with the larife Huctlon plate In common The plates are very Hinull, only UIMMII one-eighth to one-fourth the iimial size, and btlhK con structed on true mechanical principles, tit the month with perfect accuracy. Any number of fethcan be put In without extract Ink' any irood teeth you may have, and no plaLe In the root of the mouth. The patent plate In specially u<lapt» ed to par'.lal lower denturex, ntneo It. In we I known that the dental nrofenslon have nothing HUcccsHful to offer in that line; and further more , partial lower platen have not nor cannot be successfully main- by any other known method. This Is an Imjiori ant ter when we taki- lntoK*/ consideration that lower teeth ar« as necessary an upper. Kor further Information, call at Kttiima 114 K»«t .lifTi-rumi Mtrret. HL'TI.KII, PA. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. |ggf H• B H y&mim 1 It Corn Cold., Cou(ko. Sort Throat. Croon, fnlla uu, Wkoopi.f Oough, Broa.hitu ud A.thma. T (trtali mi for Couamptioa in Ant IUIIL u4 a in. relUf If Utun4 otafoo. Ton will ■oo tko oao.ll.at ofo* aftar taklog U. fir.t tooo. ioU h 4.010r. oTtrywb.ro. Lvp fcotUoo, M Mats sai tt.M. CHAPTER VIL ARTHUR'S FIGHT TO SAVE RCSTY. In all his life Arthur had nevc-r be fore found it necessary to fight, though he had certainly received provocation enough froin his cousin Dick to do so more than once. His own father had taught him to hato fighting, and to avoid it if possible, as ho would any thing else that was ungentlemanly and wrong. At the same time llr. Dustin had been too wise a man not to know that occasions may arise in everybody's life when it becomes absolutely neces sary to fight. lie believed, for instance, that It is right and proper to do so in defense of the weak and helpless who have claims upon us for protection, provided that is the only way of defend ing them, and this principle he had thoroughly instilled into hid child's mind. Mr. Dustin also believed that every boy should be taught to use the weapons with which naturo has provided him — namely his fists—for tho protection of himself and others, just as lie should Ins taught to read and write or do a thou sand other things necessary to his BUC ocss and happiness in life. Thus believing, and having been himself one of tho best boxers in his college gymnasium, he had begun to in struct his little son in tho art of self-do- fense on the very day that the boy's moth er began to teach him his letters. Now, therefore, although Arthur had never fought a battle with any other boy, ho had a very fair knowledge of what ho ought to do under the circumstances and of how to do it. All his father's talks upon the subject flashed into his mind, and he seemed to rwmetriber every word of thora. He could almost hear tho dear voice say: "Never fifflit if you can help It; but if the time comes that you feel it to be your duty, then pitch in with all your heart, with all your strength and with all your skill. Then fight just as long as you can stand, or until you have won a vie- ( tory." In the present instance, surrounded ! as he was by fierce-looking, hard-hearted men who acknowledged no law but that of brute force, and with poor little Rusty crouching at his feet, so certain was the boy of his duty that he prepared for tho coming struggle with a bravo heart, though with a very white face. Tho boy called "Kid" was perfectly willing to fight; in fact there was noth ing ho enjoyed more, especially when, as in this case, ho saw tho prospect of an easy victory before him. So, as ho stood up in front of Arthur, tho fire light disclosed a broad grin on his dirty face. He looked so much stronger and heavier than his antagonist that somo of the men were touched with pity for the little fellow and murmured that it wasn't a square deal. '•That's all right, ' said tho big tramp, who had taken charge of the affair. "Th« little chap's got sandorelse he wouldn't be here. He's been talking pretty big, too, and now he's got the chance to show whether he eon back up his words or not." To the amazement of the spectators tho battle was a lontf and a hard one; for the new-comer's pluck and skill wero evenly matched against the oth er's weight, and a dogged pride that for bade him to yield to one younger and imaller than himself. Still, ho was in the wrong, and ho knew it; whilo Arthur was in the right and knew that niKT FISAI.LT WK.NT TO TIIE OKOUND TOOKTilJflt WITH ABTHI/lt O.V TOP. he was. The boy who was fighting in defense of tho weak and tho helpless never once thought of tfiviiiK in, and so tho other had to. They finally went to tho ground together, with Arthur on top, and this ended the struggle. Tho •'Kid" began to cry: "Lemme up! Lcmme up! I don't want to light no more wid a professional. Lemme up!" Then Arthur left htm and walked to where poor little Kusty was crouch ing with his rope held by one of tho tramps. Taking the rope in his hand, and lifting his brave, flushed face, blood-stained from a slight cut on his forehead, to that of the big tramp who had ordered tho pup to be beaten, the boy asked: "Is he my dog now?" "Of course he is, sonny! Of course he is," answered the big man, promptly. "You've fought the bulliest kind of a fight, for him, and I'd like to see the man a , would try to take him from you." As he spoke the big tramp glared about him, ai though wishing somebody would i!:ir« dispute his words; but no body di'i. Kvery one of those who now crowded about the boy, anxious to shake hands with him and congratulate him on his victory, expressed the heartiest approval of what tho big man said. They all seemed to regard Arthur as a hero and to feel highly honored by his presence in their camp. Even hit dog received a full share of praise and potting, and was utterly bewildered by the sudden turn in the tide of popular opinion concerning him. Seeing that tho young champion was rendered uncomfortable by tho over ofllclousness of those who crowded about him, the big tramp, who seemed to exercise au acknowledged authority over them, ordered the rest to clear out and leave tho little chap to him. Then he took Arthur to tho brook and bathed his face and hands and even his bare feet, in its cool waters, with a degree of tenderness surprising in one ho big ami rough. A few minutes later supper was an nounced, and the big tramp made Arthur sit beside him on tho ground, in front of a kettle that contained a most delicious-smelling stew <»f chicken, and potatoes, and onions, and green corn, and several other things. To be sure, Arthur was obliged to «'at his portion out of a hastily Improvised bowl of birch bark, made for hiin by his big friend, with a rude wooden spoon provided by the same ingenious individual; but how good it was! Ilow often that Imrk bowl was refilled, and how proud the cooks were to have the hero of the feast thus compliment them so highly. As for little ifviiity, who seemed to jreeogiiize Arthur as his friend and pro und t e.nl. cliisn bflflldo him, there BUTLER, PA.,AU(xI'ST IJ>, 189*2. never was a dog treated with greater consideration. Everybody wanted to feed him, and kept tos>in? choice mor sels of food to him. lie ate every thing thus offered, with perfect impartiality, until at length he had no room for another morsel, and even the daintiest bits of chicken failed to tempt him. After supper all tho tramps were anx ious to learn something of Arthur's his tory, and who had taught him to fight so skillfully, and how ho happened to visit their camp. So he told them about his own dear father who had given him boxing lessons, and about living with Unc'o John and Aunt Nancy, and how he and Uncle I'hin had decided to go to his grandfather's in Virginia and wore traveling in a boat, and how it had run aground so that they couldn't got it off, and Uncle I'hin had gone in search of help, and how ho happened to get lost In the woods, and finally, how ho dis covered their canp; all of which *ll listened to with absorbed interest. When he finished, the big tramp spoko up and said: "Well, fellers, from this little chap's account of hisself, I don't see but what him and his old Uucle I'hin is traveling through tho country pretty the same as we docs, like gontlo men of leisure and independent moans, as it were. In fact I should call 'em a couple of honest tramps, as is making their way through tho world without asking no odds of nobody." "That's so," assented several voices. "Such being tho case," continued tho big man, "it is clearly our dooty to help 'em out of the fix they got into, and I move that wo all go down to tho river first thing in the morning and set their old scow afloat for them." As this motion seemed to meet with general approval, Arthur was cordially invited to spend the night in the tramp's camp, and was assured that they would guide him to the ark, and that it should bo started on its voyage tho very first thing in the morning. As there really Boomed nothing elso for him to do, the little fellow accepted tho invitation, though he wished he could get back to tho boat that night, and thus relieve tho anxiety that he knew Uncle I'hin must be suffering on account of his unex», plained disappearance. In the meantime ho had recovered his book from the big tramp, who had held it during tho fight, and it now lay on the grass beside him. He had mentioned that he sometimes read stories from this book to Uncle I'hin, and now tho big tramp said to him: "Look a-bere, sonny, why won't you road a story to us out of your book, just to pass away tho time? If you will, I will give you some in formation that may prove useful to you in your travels, but which you can't find in any book in tho world." Arthur said ho would gladly read to them if thoy carod to hear him, and at tho same time ho wondered what valua ble information tho man could possibly give him. Then all the tramps gathered as near to him as they could, and Arthur, sit ting where tho fire-light shone bright est, with one hand laid protectingly on little Rusty, opened his procious book, and read the first story bo came to, which happened to bo that of tho "Ugly Duckling." It was a striking picture, that of the fair-haire<l, dolicate-featured child, sit ting in the rod glow of the firelight, and reading a fairy tale to the rough men crowded about hi no, their uncouth figures half disclosed and half hidden in the dusky shadows. Close hchiud the big tramp, who was his father, sat tho boy with whom Arthur had fought, still looking sullen and crestfallen over his recent defeat, and occasionally casting glances of mingled envy and hate at his rival. As the tale proceeded his hard, young faco took on a softer expression, and when it was finished he heaved a great sigh. "Well, Kid!" said tho big tramp, turn ing to him at tho conclusion of the story; "what do you think of that for a yarn? You arc a pretty ugly sort of a duck, yourself, and who knows but what you may turn out to bo a swan after all, some of these fine days." "It'll be agoose, more like," muttered one of the men; and Arthur, looking pityingly at the lad, wondered which it would be. Now, it was tho big tramp's turn to fulfill his part of the bargain. This bo began to do by taking a bit of chalk from his pocket and drawing with it several rude figures like theso: XX (|) —V - on a piece of birch bark. Showing these to Arthur ho told him that these wero signs understood by all tho tramps of tho country, and that whenever they saw these chalked on gate-posts or fences or other conspic uous places near houses they knew at once what They meant. "This, for in stance," ho said, pointing to one of the signs, "means 'stingy people in this house; won't give a poor tramp any AM) 11KAU TIIK KlltST BTOBV UK CAMK TO. thing.' This one means 'savage dog in hero,' arid this, 'good people and plenty to eat.' " Another meant, "man here keeps a gun for tramps," and still an other, "only women folks here, no dan ger." Ho also said that tho older and best-known tramps bad their private marks or autographs, which were very generally known and recognized by all tho others along their particular lines of travel. Arthur was greatly interested in this and made copies of several of the marks thus shown him, so as to impress them upon his memory, though at that time he could not foresee that they would ever bo of any uso. At tho close of this novol lesson tho big tramp told him that his name was Sandy Orlmes, ami showed him his own private mark or autograph, which was 9,. Then Arthur said he was tired and would like to go to sleep, whereupon Sandy Grimes showed him a bod of dry leaves In side a big log, near enough to the fire to feel its warmth, and told him he could lie down there. So there the tired boy lay, with littlo Uusty nestled close beside him, and watched the stars twinkling until he fell asleep. Although on this occasion Arthur breathed groat quantities ot the air that his Aunt Nancy had declared to be poison, its injurious effects were not apparent when ho awoke the next morning looking as bright and fresh as though he had slept in the downiest of beds. To be sure he felt somewhat stiff knd sore, but, after his encounter with the young tramp, it would have been most surprising if he had not. The sun was just rising as he made his way to the brook to dip his face in its cool waters; but the camp was al ready astir. Tramps are proverbially lazy; but they are always among the earliest of risers. From the cheap lodg ing houses and police stations of the city they are turned out at daylight. The same thing happens in the country, where the thrifty farmer routs them out from the barn or haystacks, and hun ger drives them from their camp at the same early hour. A want of food was what set this particular camp astir by sunrise on this occasion; for its occu pants had exhausted their entire supply in the feast of the previous evening. Now they were setting forth to beg. or steal, something to eat at the nearest farm-houses and villages. Some of them, careless of their prom ise mado the night before to go with Arthur and help him and Uncle Phin get their boat afloat, had already left, while others sullenly refused to keep their word, now that they were re- IT WAS BUT A FEW MINUTES* JOII FOR THE STRONG TRAMPS TO WORK HER OFF THE SAND-BAR. minded of it. However, five of them, including tho big tramp and his boy, said they were going that way anyhow, and didn't mind giving tho youngster a lift with his scow if it didn't take too long and prove too hard work. So, in a few minutes after leaving his bed by tho old' log, Arthur found himself walking down tho ravlno toward tho river in company with Ave as disreputable and rascally looking tramps as could bo found in the country. Ho had not forgotten poor little Rusty. Oh no, indeed! Nor had the dog forgotten him, but now followed close at his heels without paying the slightest attention to any other person in the party. lie had been stolen by ttio "Kid" from tho Chapmar.s' houso during the excitement caused by the burning oil tank, and had evidently suf fered much at the hands of his captor; for never after that day did ho see a tramp without growling and showing his tooth at him. Tho tramps' camp was located but a few hundred yards from tho road that ran along the river bank, and the little party had hardly turned into it before Arthur, with a cry of joy, sprang for ward and flung himself into the arms of Unci© Phin, who, looking tho picture of misery and utter dejection, was hob bling toward them. Tho old man was so overcome by joy and bewilderment that for a few moment* ho was utterly speechless. Then ho broke out with: "Tank do good Lawd, honoy, I Is foun' you! yio Phin dio ob do heart-hroko tihuali if ho didn' flno you pretty quick, an' he's bin a sarchin' fo' you all do night long." This was said with such a heartfelt earnestness that the boy realized in a moment how greatly his old friend had suffered. Although Uncle Phin had found several houses during bis absence of the afternoon before, none of their inmates had been willing to return and help him got the ark afloat. He had not got back to it until after sunset, and then, to his dismay, had found it dark and deserted. Too greatly distressed to eat or sleep, he had spent the night in wandering up and down tho road, hunting and calling for his dear "lil Marse;" and now, that' he had found him, his joy was almost too great for expression. It was but a short distance to where' the ark lay, aground, and it was but a few minutes'job for those sturdy tramps to work her off tho sand bur, and set her once moro afloat. Tho last thing Arthur did before scrambling aboard was to shake hands with the boy whom ho had fought tho evening before, and, as ho bado him good-bye, ho said: "I hope you won't be an ugly duckling much longer." Then, with its three passengers safely] aboard, tho ark slowly drifted away, with tho current, while the tramps watched it, and waved their tattered hats in farewell to the bravest twelve year-old boy they Lad ever known. ('oHlinnnl nut in < I:. Not to lie lUnmrtl. She—Do you blame American girls for marrying foreign noblemen? Ho—Now \Vl.o else would marry tlx m? —Brooklyn Life. VERY .«i rH»TA-RA-lIA-HOOM-lJt;-AV." A sketch >it tho West end, London.— Pall Mall Budget Qualified. Dissatisfied Colonel—l expected, cup tuin, that the general would send mo men of experience for this expedition— I wanted an officer to lend men who have seen service—l dare say you never led anything. Cuptuln I led the german last sum mer at Newport.—Brooklyn Life. Not 'I I oillilrnoftii-. Servant—This room will rented only to an artist. Room Hunter And why not to an other man? Servant—Because artists are less troublesome they never want their room put in order.—Once a Week. Took the Wind Out ..I 111. Waggs (to young matron with the perambulator) Good morning, Mrs. Fullbloom! Are you taking the son out for an airing, or the heir out for a sun ing? Mr#, l ull Mix jiii - Neither, Mr Waggs. Baby is a girl.—Life. A WONDERFUL BIRD. It L.ty* an Knormotii Kfc nrxl ttutl'U a MouuUinoaa Nest. There is a bird in New Guinea, says the PittsburghTKspatch, called them, j apodius, which, in the .size of its egg* and its manner of hatching them, must be reckoned with things outside the bounds of the ordinary. This rara avis is about the size of the common Ply mouth Rock hen, yet Its eggs an- fotir inches long by nearly threi inches in diameter. These birds do not attempt to sit upon their eggs in the ordinary way. A colony of them will nest to gether in a large mound, which is built by the birds themselves of sticks, sand, leaves, stones, grass, etc. When the vegetable ma'.ter of this curious nest mound decays the heat it generates, to gether -with the sun's rays, hatches the ( eggs. Then again, these nest mounds are of gigantic proportions compared with the size of the birds which eon- ! struct them, being frequently as much as twelve feet in height and sixty feet in diameter at the base. When the young birds are hatched they come out : at a circular hole left in the apex of : the nest f< >r that purpose. The nv >ther birds wait around until their broods are hatched, then each leads off with her own farr\ily. Naturalists are unable to decide the perplexing question as to how each Instinctively selects her own brood. While exploring one of these mammoth nests in search of eggs a na tive of Capo York was buried alive, lit erally killed by a bird's nest falling upon him. THE RUSSIAN RULER. A Monarch Wljo In rhy»lr»lly and Men tally lueapnble. A near kinsman of the czar who visits Russia frequently and who is well known for his frankness as well as fairness told a writer for Harper's Magazine recently that many of the things clone by the alleged order of the czar were repugnant to that ruler's feelings. The prince's n vrsation might Ik summarized in this war: "Alexander has no idea of <l<>lag wrong to anyone. Ills heart Is full of kindness. Ho is happy only when sur rounded by his family circle. It is true that tlio foulest maladministration and I persecution are going on all ab. >ut him. but he, poor fellow, is incapable of I seeing them. He hearsonly the report* i of ministers, %vKo know that he d«*es not like to btj worried. The poor man 1 Is so burdened with fat that he can scarcely do any work; his temperament Ls sluggish; ho lacks intelligence: when he signs papers he has no idea that he is doing more than an exorcise in pen manship. He is physically and men tally incapable of supervising any de partment of the government not even the military—and as a consequence the country is left entirely to officials, who - divide up power among themselves and do what they can to remain in office." LOYAL TO THEIR PAPERS. EnKllihlnrn In AmAli'S Demand Old Country Literature. I atn Inclined to the opinion that native-born Englishmen, and more es pecially English women, are tho hard est, or at least most loyal, readers in existence, said a newsdealer to a St. Louis Glolxj-Democrat reporter. (hie of the first things an English immi grant seems to do in locating in any city Is to arrange with a news stand to supply him or her with favorite old country literature, and a most careful note is taken of the date when the first number is promised. Then month after month, or week after week, as the case may be, the sub scrilier calls with marked punctuality for his paper, and In the event of delay in Hie mails will frequently come twice a day, and will even produeo a copy of a new sniper with a list of ship arrivals t„t New York to prove that tho period eal ought to be on hand. Other foreigners sohietimes secure pa pers from their native lands, but few are so persevering in the matter as tho English, some of whom go so far as to refuse point blank to accept American editions of their favorites, even when such editions are printed simultaneous ly with tho London edition and are fac similes in every respect except the title P«gt- INDIAN TEMPLES. Several llouiea of \%'or»hlp ChUeled from Solid Stone. Mayalipuram, India, is graced with seven of the most remarkable temples in the world, each of these unique places of worship having liecn fashioned from solid granite bowlders. Some idea of their size may bo gleaned from the fact that the smallest of the seven Is twenty four feet liigli, seventeen feet long and twelvo feet wide, and is divided into upper and lower stories. The "Hevasa-Goda-C'la," the largest of the seven, ls three and a half stories high, its outlines resembling those of an Atlantic steamship. Tho inside of tho bowlder has been chiseled away until tho walls do not exceed eight inches in thickness. Tho two floors above that of tho foundation are each about a foot in thickness and seem as solid as tho rock of ages. The upper stories are reached by a spiral stair way carved from the same piece of granite. Tho second largt*>t of these single stone temples has a j>ortico eleven feat wide and seventeen feet long, ornament ed with four crouching lions and two elephants, all carved from the same bowlder which goes to make up tH»i main building. Th« Lotomotlrt'i Vole#. An engineer on one of the railroad* running into the city says that persons In his business can always judge of the condition of their machinery by the tone it gives out w liilu running. Every engine, says tho Cincinnati Enquirer, whether stationary or locomotive, has a particular tone of its own. The en gineer becomes accustomed to that and any dej irture from it at once excites a suspicion that all is not right. The en gineer may not know wlmt is the mat ter, he may have no car fi>r nmsie, but the change in tone of his maeliine w ill be instantly susceptible mid will st.irt him on an immediate investigation. The Modern Accnnpaiilmi nl. "I think this will salt me," said Hun ker to the jeweler after selecting an en gagement ring. "Very well, sir," replied the jeweler. "Now let mo show you our Hue line of proposal revolvers."—Judge. Tho Kftert of Contra*!. "I thought I was a wealthy young man," said Simpson, "until I threw my 'fortune at tho feet of a ChJeuffo girl. Then I discovered my pile apj>carcd quite small."—Truth. Tho I'roprr Thing. Uncle Tom (shaving) Yo' C"loet Fotch ino some o' dat babby powder to amoof mah face. Auut Cliloe (to her grandson)—*i liile, Jest hau' yo' ole graitffadder dat pot »>' chimbly soot Life. A lirrul llrttl. lk»b—ls there anything your fatltet doesn't know? Sam—Yes; ho doesn't know where 1 hid his slipper* last liighL HarjM'r's Young People. Ill* Only lure. Totndik—Staggers Is freo from ilw liquor habit at last, i Hojack—lndeed? When did ho« Oto? —Brooklyn Life. None Wt« ite,|Ulred. "Anil when yoitiasked In rU»«we<l, she declined?" "Yes; she dismissed me {without cere mony."—Puck. j PROFITABLE SELLING. V* Important te .Iplrallnna »urf«» As rii..r-.a»h « ulllnlkiD. Selling of the various products iu<l stock to th« best is of u much importance as tfruwiim of them. liften the farmer that sells well mil be able to rualizo a profit wh<r» an other will u<j|» s With quite a nusiber of products tHe dlSert-DM of a few cents per pound or bushel will cftea . determine the question of profit or loss. Of course, appearauce and •jaauity *r» important items, and judgment as to when It is best to sell must always he used One can keep posted as to the probable supply and demand by retail ing the papers, and this will be a srreat help in determining whether or n. >t it is best to sell and when. In fact, an , intelligent farmer cannot aiT <rd to farm without a (food acwspapcr. so , that he may keep posted not onl; as to methods of farming but also aat<> the condition of tha markets for his various products. The risk of loss in selling !s too much for the average farmer to take, as there are many buyers always ready to take advantage of a seller « ) ignorance, antl failure to get all that a i product is worth in the market is a di rect loss that should always be amMad. ' With the majority of products, whsther farm or stock, the time to sell is when • the products are fully ready. His only j in exceptional cases that the average farmer can afford to run the risk <<f loss by holding or storing for an ad vance in price. Yet, at the same time, every farmer should I* able to sell every product at the beat price obtain able. Grow the best and then bell for the best price is the wa/ to get the vwirth from the farm. Send the stuff to market in the form that will command the Isest price. Take every advantage to sell welL I If it is deemed best to store arrange , so that there be as little wast* as poe- , siblc in handling and in storing, to that the risk of ioss as damage will be i lessened as much as possible. In stor- ! ing. as in selling, judgment must be ex- , ereined. No roles can be laid down as to the l<est times or manner of selling. There are ao many conditions that must be considered that the ownei must r.se his own judgment, and It is the exercise of this that determines the ability to sell well.—St. Louis Republic. WORTH KNOWING. now to Prevsn* tattle fro» Thruvte) | Rails or 1 tkmftftn( TIMS. A simple arrangement to prevent cat tle from throwing mils or molesting fences trees, ete., is herewith illus trated. Drill a hole in the end of each horn and fasten a strong wire V> them and not too taut. A leading ring, such [ W' as is held together with a spring, can be used in the nose and a wire con nected between this and the other wirv. IV> not draw it so tight as to nw*.- any Inconvenience in feeding, but have it tight enough to hold the ring up. When the animal goes to toss a rail he change* his mind, as the ring pushes or palls on hi.s nose. He will also stop ftghtipg and other disagreeable tactics. Farm ami Home. FACTS FOR FARMERS. Wims and how to water the team i» not well understood by all- Too much water at one time and n<»t enough st another is cruelty. The team shock! be watered whenever the animals are thirsty, especially during warm weath er, and they will not drink to eaer«n ONE of the chief leaks in atone fruits is j • >tash in the soil. This is especially , true of |>caches, which are supposed to do better on sandy soils, where potash t Is usually deficient. Liberal dressiugs , with wood ashes or muriate •»# potash t art- a preventive of, if not a remedy for. , thw yellows. f KntrtTioM among farmers K pn» gressing rapidly. It is now known that a farmer may be a scientist with i plenty of room on his farm for olner , vation and experiment. The best farin , trs not only aim to make discoveries, but they read with interest of the work i done by others. . [ I r has long been recognised that the yield of milk is materially affected by the nervous condition of the animal, L but only within the last few year* lias i it been demonstrated that the quality i of the milk is more affected by nervon* i changes than is the quantity given.— p ! I'rof. H. M Habcock. BII.I.KTI* Xo. 13 of the Utah station f of I/ogan gives an account of experi ments in feeding horses by I'rof. San - j born, which show that cutting hay ami I mixing grain with it has no sdvsntage - | (irrr feeding them *eparately, and-tbat > cutting hay for feeding has no advan i tage over feeding whole. , "• . The »;»u» of font K««<la. The evils which arise from the pres ent r,y*t. m of country roads are greatly • enlarged by the fact that the roads are 4 worst at the very time that the farmer 5 ' lias the time to supply the public de s iriaiids. During the summer, when the r ; roads are at their best, he is busy at the • work of cultivation and reaping In the , meantime he lias not marketed his sur plus winter stock, because the roads ' were well-nigh impassable am! only » the richest of them have belp.-n.ugh • to keep the market wagons running i while the summer work is on- 1 lie • fall duties are only a degree less exact ' tug, aud with them eoese rain and early ' snow to change the road* into mud hanks again.—lltiral WorliL In Ik* Jnrf -| First Juryman—Wc can't convict the - higauiy. Second—Why not? having a wife made his I hecuwl marriage null and void, lleuee J,as but one wife, and as I under stand bigamy it Is having two.—X. Y. Hun. A HpscMlr. Oumincy—4 have nerer had a twinge j of rheum ntisutjduce I was stung by s bumble bee flv.vyear* ago. Olandcra—lWJorou suffer much from it before? 1 Gummcy -fcio. never had It at alt 1 Jury. Kumawr Tbe«M>t, perupVli* day» «•«hers I >«s>f r. astst •*! sn<l T"'"Ht. An<l u«(*4«uMßra l«»» «"*'«■ A >*l >«..** Wtll Stat «t»T bang - Train ' « ao«hl Ulns,«M S|M»t. •'llo you think. Miss OUage," «aid young Mr lldlo. -that marriage is a • fallurtt?" „ . M . 'Thank you, Mr. l'hllo," replied \l«« tilling.•, "I sliall be.glad indeed to pot r the qu estion to a practical teat."—Ohi cago New*. ' ,%t l olaaka 1 lirst t»ludent —You haven't got *") Idea of what a contemptible opinion I i | have of our professor. Second Student —Humph! I g>«e*i - | that's th 9i< anon you didn't answer »uj | \of the qursUons be aaked you yesterda] ♦»t the U cHatlyu-—Tcaaa XO. 40 TRY rr YOURSIL*. r». rwi a* M 4 fur ISSr—» « M n* tmr SOT*. Ov -r£vc l.ii-.dred totr. ja(y*U|xiM Ww signed a paper ■-■ -.,!einning tight ehack-reiaa, as pamfttl to hoe«M and f.r< !u.ttva of disease. - Titling iiiVr t. n id the w LmFpine to nir> » Ugise as to impede respiration. They men tion pnrai vsts 'it the nxoseiM at UN 'see, apoplexy, com* and » a«nautk>n as some of the results at its use. The >v<»r-cheeli rein irllt often «au>e a horse to h» nin ktst-^nag ■ It desiroT* the ielteate sensitrrunsaa Is the bit whieh is moat .iestrabla m fold ing a horse. Dr. Kitehtng unys: "If a horse pulling a load has his head held in tor a ehrch -rein, he <-amaot«krow hla weight Into hi* collar, and ia hindered fts -n giving his body that peattion whieh is m *t natural and c Wuctlee." lie on t> «nenk of the vaaeqsest •train of hi.» lmtha and mwsciea. aad the injurv .used by the n*fi sllnaJ p>*uti.>n of the bead, where by the hreathmg and eircaiatina ar» affbeted. and the horse made restlesa irritable ami uncomfortabta. U« says: "Thn cheek-tain .aAu-ta mcri-mg aataie upua the animal in another way. By holding the lead it poMtfe* ! muaeies of tha neck am a aoariMl •train. Thev t i -nai paiafaily aeap ami tire-i If the burse neiiii4 bane M. be rests the TVeighl of bis head apna the rr*.. and his moath is rmhstty stretched, rhaa he only exenangna oan t'irment for another. To sam ay ia a word, the check-rein lessens a home's strength: brings on dleenae: ha* pa MM in pnin; frets aad mteres hia awlh and sptn's his temper. " INTENSIVE FARMING. ! Th. Btod at I'allhMb. WWS %nII N n Cmmml As the agr- -tltirraU areas grufcaallr grow less in propnrtioe to pi pnlaMnn, not <ndy aa—* %>-taer seeaoats ha ap plied, bat notM • horrmghnrse ia ntt partmenta of land culture ta*obtain tha beet results. This sronid impiy ftnu with a larger pmporth* of prufit A writer upon the snbjnct, re -1 fcrring particularly to the aratk says, I ail over the o untry we see fiarmers who are cooaderinf tha adviaabsiity it rid. • hag thrrneelves of the large farm aaad ita attendant -area aad rxpanaand devoting their energwo to the bettoa cultivation >f fewer acrea This ia a move ii) the right I especially in the older and more thickly settled regions of the eonatry. In thany places farm lands hare reached a viae, where it is extremely diAenit to auaian the staple crops pay a net retora aa acre that will •••jual the «n»swaa» np* the investment. Sorb branehea as wtll give a higher retnra an acre are bednp looked to, sueh aa gardening and frait farming, high-claaa dairying, etc. Tha only troabie with this new movement ia that some of tha men who go into ift ! think that these beanehaa ran be eoa ducted on the same trial liaoa anrf principles that they haee appMad m the manatfementof the general farm Thta is a grave ermf, am! si moat always leads to disaster. If the fnrm*r who la thua changing hia plana cannot malaa ' up his mini Mo change his _ nethnds and ' practure* also—ia fact, to" begin at tha 1 liegintdng ami stady the mrw *gi k ni tttre which ia •rofß ill tIMI ' piiraso ' 'intensive <- a)tiratlon" —ha had I better turn the manage meat of things over to one of the near ftarrathh j Semi the ohlaat boy to the college, aad when he oaaes bane let him take the helm.—Western EnrnL LIGHT POULTRY HOUSE. Vsvjr rkMrtsl a® (Ike rwa Damt toe The design of a p»aitry hnnaa la thin Issue a Aar a fl.«-k a 4 llfteea fowls, tha house being ten fcet wide aad iiiateaa feet king Bnt little eeplaanMoa in necessary, as the ulueliation saphahaa itself. It k* well known that the heaa are very partial to pleaty of tight to the poultry tunaaa. and tha dealga la to A IM art rocMW aai* | Show how easily a large poetina «i the I h rise may be compnaed d wlsAiws If such a ho'ise ia aaed In tha * mam nr. the win.lows at the ends aad the h>wsi window in front may be femoved aad wire aettiog » ihatitnte«t Fog winter the giaaa should be returned. Thin house lavita eapeamve aa it appears, and ia very «-heer#al to a Soeh dartog winter, whea it may be' neeeaeary *" confine the hens for mcmthn —fagm and ' Fireside. Tom* tmr ' l.inaeed meal la one of the beet <t f.jo.ls f<>r m>>uluag hena. It ia not «mly rich ia nitrogen snd mineral «na«tee. I.nt its od h salens the proersaof drop -1 ping tlw obi festbava aad pr..motiavthe growth of the new pleanaga. When ' moulting feathers the bene sawttaee r drain oo toeir b-«iiaa ia »>ipptytag aew fear tiers. A gill of Unseed a>eaL "naa a day, to five hea* wiU be tuaad at f»u. h benefit to them iartng tha paaa> rss i t ru< .ultfng. ( .1 resetme r«—. Mm—l knew her Intimately ftw *e» era I years am! «aw her In every '"adl s tlon of life. She waa delightful—ah „ *olut. !y without peeo!iartttea. Another Sho—ls It pnsaiHleT Whahn peculiar person she must be.*—Jarfgn. t .|..<l>l« Ow*. Hunting—l read fn the paper ahwat • the fimling of a valuable deposit of steal * ore In New Mexico I.arkin l snppnae the next thing to " be diacoverr.| will be a braaa mine Is i Chicago.—Jury i I*».I r-i»~» Uaabaml- Why do you bny »oeh a lot of traah every time yoo r» •* Wife— Kecauaa theclerkaaaaanpidito. They don t s» t a t*t like yon do mbnm* It. —N. Y. Weekly. KMiaa r*e«i»y. I'erilita—Oh. Ten.. I'm g-riagte aanrvy a iiot*!t'Tnftik. " I'enelope—ThntT* nothing. I'm going to marry a man.—Truth. It , rmmw «!-»• VVlnka— Minks haa been agtng eerf rapidly during the peat few yenra. Jinian— Yes. he anat be MwUlißg a ! house. —W. V. Weekly. "| SaiiwoollMl iwn- Teacher-What la anka wnqamHtf' s i Vial Dealer's Boa What yon g»t >y when you bay a ton of imaL—T*e» >y) Mftlnga
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