VOL. XXIX. 12 Years Sentence. Twelve years experience for your benefit. For twelve years we have been in tb« buggy business and in all that time not a single individual has accused us of misrepresenting the quality ol a vehicle sold It most be a satisfaction for eyeryocc to know, that they have a firm that never miprep resents—end that yeers of experience enables them to know the quality of work they sell. Our business haa increased year by year until it is twice that of any other Bimilar concern in the State, and we fir-el so good that we have a notion to jump ont 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 for it. We have the goods and must make prices so as to induce customers to buy quick. Remember we keep everything pertaining to a driving or team outfit. Now look at a few prices: Leather baiters 50 cents, team work bridles 90 cents, buggy whips 10 cents, a whole set of buggy harness $4.75, a full »et of wagon harness, with breeching, for two horfes $18; heavy leather fly nets $1 50, wagon and buggy cushions 75 cents, top buggies $45, two seat spring wagons S4O, etc Vehicles of all kinds; bai'cesH of all kinds, lap dusters and everything used in connection with a driving and team outfit except the horse, Now don't be backward, como in whether yon want to buy or not Walk in jost as you would into yonr mother's room —you are just as wel come. Take a ride on oar new elevator, fret. Now do come. If you don't need anything co»e walking right in and say you don't want to boy but look and you are welcome. If you have a package of any kind you can leave ft here until you are ready to go out of town without charge, our location is c " '. I it. .aber tbo place and remember we are the first and only persons v.' • v had enough energy within themselves and confidence in their ii : i .lizens to bring down the price and depend on increased sales to i '• jsate them We did it. You appreciated it and dealt liberally with i ..J now we want the crowning month of our life. Hurry, now come M|.>r r, get ready for the Fairs and drive thereto in just as good a rig as your i ij,hbor. Respectfully, S. B. MARTIN COURT & CO. S. 1!. MARTINCOURT. J. M. L.EIGHNEK This Is The Lowest Price Ever given on a Bed Room Suite Solid, Polished Oak, giass 26x30, beveled plate, for $33.00, We offer 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 offer 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 o any FURNITURE ISSmiitjiafstore In the country.. T . c-jSfeS 1 ~ " "wwow 6ll - - ™. *_l_. r'cl~T Campbell & Terapleton,® 136 N. Main St., - - Butler, Pa. H TOE HOLIDAYS ONLY JEWELRY, CLOCKS, SILVERWARE, Purchasers can save fi'om 25 to 50 per cent by purchasing their watches, clocks and spectacles of J. R. GRIEB, The Jeweler, No, 125 N. Main St., Duffy Block, Sign of Electric Bell and Clock. All arc Respectfully Invited —"Remember our Repairing Department— 2o years Experience."— Presidential Campaign of 1892. GRAND INDUCEMENTS TO READERS OF THE CITIZEN. The Presidential Campaign of 1892 will, without doubt, be the most intensely interesting and exciting in the history of the United States, and country people will be extremely anxious to hare all the general and political news and discussions of the day as presented in a National Journal, in addition to that supplied by their local paper. To meet this want we have entered into a contract with the NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE The Leading Republican Paper of the UNITED STATES. which enables as to offer that splendid journal (regular subscription price SI.OO per year) and "THE CITIZEN" for one year For only fBl-50, cash in advance. N, Y- Weekly Tribune," regular price per year SI.OO The Citizen," " 150 Total $2.50 WE FURNISH BOTH PAPERS'ODE YEAR FOR $1,50. Subscriptions may begin at any time. TJ»is >» the most liberal combination offer ever made in the United Btatef, and every reader of "THE CITIZEN" should taka advantage of it at ooce. Addresa*all crders to THE CITIZEN, BUTLEK, VA.. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. SAMUEL M. BIPFUS- Physician ami Surgeon. MO W*fct Cuß!ilr«fcl»aro si. Dr. N. H. HOOVER, IST K. Wayne si .. «0i -e hdtirs. 101- M. aod 1 to 3 P. M. L. M. REINSEL, M. D, PHY!»H'I*!« SI BOHO.V. Ofllee ;-.nJ pVuleiice at Ktf K. t'utiulughaui Si, L. BLACK, rnvßici.ts <*. l>r >■ l *e and gtfj. Throat. DRS. LEAK L & MANN, Butler, Pa. G M. ZIMMERMAN. AND BvaasoK. Office at No. 4.'<. s. Main street, over Frnnk A Go's Diug Store. Bul l :r, Pa. V. McALPINK, Dentist, la now located in new ar.d i-legasil rooms ad joining his former ones. All kinds ol < Usp plates and moderen golil work. J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a.J Artlliuial '1 •
  • . T. Norris. G eo. Ketterer, ('has. Kebhtin, John Grohman, John Koenlng. LOYAL S, M'JUNKIN, "Agent. BITTLIUR 4 PA DR. JOHNSTON'S IMPROVEMENT IN DENTAL PLAIES. Patented February 25, 1890. <4? This Improvement ft ML Idoes away with the large suction plate In common use. The plates are very small, only about one-eighth to one-fourth the usual size, and being con structed 011 true mechanical principles, tit the mouth with perfect accuracy. Any number of teeth can be put in without extracting any good teeth you may have, and no plate in the roof of the mouth. The patent plate Is specially adapts ed to par'tallow er dentures, since It is wel knowu that the dental profession have nothing successful to ofTer in that line ; and further more, part.aUowerjjlates have not nor cannot consideration that lover teeth are as necessary as upper. For further information, call at Ksomn 114 East Jefferson Street, BIITLKS, PA. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. Jr 1 ; HE NEXT MORNINQ I FEEL BRIGHT AND NEW AND MY COMPLEXION 18 BETTER. Ity doctor says It acts gently on the ctomarh, liver n ,d kidneys, and is a p!?ioj»| TbU drink t.. medfl from herb*, ana Is prepared for use ** easily on t< a. It Is called LANE'S MEDICINE All dtuinrists sell It at 50c. and tl 00 nsr package l«uy one to-day. I.A*K'S KAGLLY MKhiriKE MOVES THIS BOWfcLfl EACH £aY. luonlctVo bealtH/ tbl £ la accfunry. MUTED -UDY,., 5L?!2 "E'ER.- - MJIIWJ. 1 W* Jt HtOQ-!« wafer 4. *. 7. BUTLER, f-A.., FKIDA Y, SEl'TlvM Hf, WOMANHOOD. Llffctly siept she on tbo thri nbold of Urr Cv» and twentieth year,, bail yet the world be fort he r—naught of i>m» to dread or fear. Au l «hs looked with happy longing, as the yenr« before her itood Richer, brighter, better, broader—heritage of womanhood. Past the waver;:;?, jrlrllsh fancies, paat the fu ture's fearful gloam. For her heart had found its double—settled now no more to roam. 3o she dreamed of happy home life in to-mor row's fancy day— Oome where she could sit ki silence, sit and love her life away: Whore the Joy of loving deeply brings ao thought save that of bliss, Where the sorrow* born of living flee at touch of husband's kiss, ; Where the strong arm is protector, and the weak heart strrng alaray, When- t'..e cynic's snarl Is vanquished by the sunburst of love's day. Blessed thought of home life, Bweeter than ever thought beside could be— Home where two shall build their heaven, lov ing ever perfectly. Would the home life be kept empty, naught be side e'er enter there? Arc they fearful lest the heart-wealth scanty prove with three to share? Dlessed thoughts of baby Anger?, patter scft of baby feet. Ahl there's room for child and husband—wom en's hearts are wide and deep. —Ella S. Elliott, in Ladies' Home Journal. IN A FLUME. A Miner's Thrilling Rido Down a Mountain. ! kD Tuolumne! CJ K Ef they are from fTuolumne. 'F*"■v.: r d n c r w a s I among' them. I lie lived there ' awhile. Why, V f H that fellow V Jr. /fk coming there (. S'''{jy -4R picture of him I barring- his w,hite hair. But (\\ a whiter man you never met than was my pardner, up there in the Sierras, years and years ago. But we will wateli the procession go by,and then I will tell you about it." The sun had pone down beneath the leisurely swell of the old Pacific ocean, after flinging 1 over the hills of San Francisco and setting upon the roofs and towers of all her edifices a rich golden mist which here and there, up on western window and burnished spire, burned like molten metal ready for the mint, before the story began. In the spacious courts of the Palace ho tel we gathered, and, seating ourselves in comfortable if slightly unconven tional fashion, my friend began: "We were goldseekers in the days of long ago, my pardner and I. On that particular day we were doing a little prospection, but our main occupation was hunting. We got separated after clambering up the Sierras. I heard a shot to my left, then savage growls and the noise of a great struggle. Soon a crash sounded as though great bodies had fallen with pieces of rock. I hur ried in the direction of the noises, and as I approached I heard moans in the distance. Reaching the edge of a preci pice I looked down and there I saw my, pardner. He wa3 partially covered with a rock of large dimensions about fifteen feet below me. "I clambered down and succeeded in removing the rock when he fainted away. Ilis leg had been broken and was partially crushed in the fall, and the bear which he had fought was still farther down, limping away, having fallen with him but tumbled to a lower distance. I gathered him up and clambered above where there was a small rivulet of water. I bathed his face, examined his limb and found him to be in a critical condition. I had no ticed signs of a lumber camp in the vi cinity and started for it, carrying my pardner. "Two men were there and they as sisted me in easing the wounded man. We dressed his leg, but the pain which he endured was great and the wound seemed to be of so serious a character as to make us think that possibly am putation would be necessary. After awhile I became convinced that he |gj|! A WAV I SHOT. must have the care of a surgeon if we would save his life. We had exhausted our skill. But where should we find a 6urgeon? "There was a small town twenty-seven miles away at the base of the moun tain. But how could we reach it and return in time? It would take me near ly five hours to go down and not much less than that to get back, if I secured horses for a portion of the distance, and the operation ought to be per formed without delay. "Ten hours! lie would be a dead man In that time if nothing 1 more was done for him than what he could do. One of the men remarked that if the flume were it* n-pair person who wished to risk liis life m _rht start to town down it. 'Just the tiling,' I said. 'No. It is out of repair. Leastwise it has not been examined for some time. We were to have it inspected in a few days and send down our logs,' insisted the log ger. But this man lying there approach ing the brink of death was my pardner. We had summered and wintered to gether, and he was as good as the gold, lie had befriended me when we were not so well acquainted as now. We had shared many perils, and he stood fore most in my regard, of all men. Besides, he was helpless now and in great danger. What was I as a friend if I would not take some risks? I soon learned that the lluine was all right so far as the men knew, only it had not been inspected for some time, and it should before they would send down a tingle lo„'. I made up my mind to go down the flume. "Did you ever see one of those log flumes of the Sierras?" I replied that I had seen flumes which came down from the mountains to the Columbia river, carrying wood for the steamers and also lumber, and that I had seen those long flumes which car ried water from distant heights for mining and irrigation purposes. "Well," said he, "these log flumes are stronger. They are quite common, and they are from two mil<-s to fifty-five miles long. They are constructed in the shape of a V out of two-inch plank fcecurcly bolted together and placed firmly on a trestle. The sides of the flume are about two feet high, and tho water about ten inches deep that usually pours down. The decline is quite steep, say eighteen or twenty inches to the tliuuaand, but in some places much more than that. This flame ran some tning inco twenty-throe mi'es, and the town was almost a mile below ns. My ride was to be nothing like that which the millionaires J. G. Fair and J. C. Flood, in company with an eastern man. once indulged in down a flume fifteen miles long. They took every precau tion and made everything as secure as possible, having at their disposal a well constructed br»at. #_it they were upset, thrown out, and escaped by only a hair's breadth with their lives. With tji« same motive it would have been the very extravagance of folly for me to have entertained the idea of going down this flume. What madness was it then for me to deliberately determine on making that terrific descent, un certain whether the line of the flume was continuous or not? The sagging of a r the rotting of a timber, the fall of a tree across it—any one of fifty possible things would be enough to hurl me into eternity and thoroughly thwart my purpose. "But there was my pardner, whose case was every instant becoming more and more critical. He was growing de lirious, having bruised his head in tf>e fall. My heart was big witii gri»f at the bare idea of his death. I went out and examined an old boat which had been used to take trips down this flume. It would serve my purpose. I was ready to start. leaving my pardner in the care of one of the men, after telling him that I would soon be back with the doctor, I came out of the rough log cabin ngain in company with the other man, who was to turn on the flood gates at the reservoir when I would be ready. "Night had come and a wind from the south arisen. I noticed a mass of clouds was rolling around a corner of the mountain and its outer edge had touched the line of the flume. And at the same instant there touched my ears the faint, muffled echoes of thunder. Following upon this came a sharp re port, which was preceded by an ugly thrust of lightning, which seemed to cut through my path. I adjusted my boat and told the man I was ready. The old reservoir gate creaked as the man worked at it. A thin stream of water came at first sweeping beneath my J»oat. I was firmly fixed within watching the white line as it shot ahead of me. The stream increased. It touched my boat The next instant the full tide struck me and away I shot. It fairly took my breath away for the first few rods. The veloc ity and the fall gave me a sinkipg sen sation and my brain began to reel, while everything began to run together in a universal chaos about me. 1 knew oniy enough to»hold on tight while downward I spun, like a projectile hurled from a cannon's mouth. Out of this dazed condition of mind and sick ness of heart I was jerked by a sudden jump of my boat. The line had sagged, causing an unevenness. Ilut the de cline was so great that the waters plunged across and my boat leaped the" break and struck the other end of the flume, making the water spout up for sixty feet Then there was a tremen dous jostling foi a moment I received a splash of the water full in the face, which revived me. Thereafter the perils, known and unknown, and the terrible rush only stimulated my facul ties. "I was now swinging along like light ning in the full light of the moon. Tho swiftly-moving panorama of trees, of wide-reaching forests, of rocks, of yawn ing chasms —all stood ont with terrible distinctness. The flume went straight for awhile, then it curved and skirted the edge of a precipice which over looked what seemed a bottomless abyss. Ahead was an enormous rock. Against it I appeared to be rushing, when, like a flash, the boat seemed to strangely evade it and cling to its perpendicular sides, for the flume was bracketed against the dead wall and beneath there was only an unfathomable depth of darkness. On to the solid but steep sides of the mountain the boat came with a bound again. Then there wis a frightful drop; it seemed straight down, as though the bottom had fallen out of everything in general and the flume in particular. My! how the water dashed and tore when the boat struck the more moderate decline. Across an awful chasm it shot, and what a roar rose, borne up by the chilling winds which struck me there for an instant, making my teeth chat ter. Once or twice after 1 started 1 had heard the boom of distant thunder! Into this thunder cloud my boat went with its own roar. The moon was ob scured and the cloud was so dense that I could see nothing. It was simply the blackness of darkness. The gloom ap peared opaque, impervious to any light. But the crackling of electricity was going on all about me. Then came a deafening explosion. This was fol lowed by one even more ear-splitting. For a brief period the lightning illu minated the dense cloud and made it seem like fine mist. "My mad rush downward, in the midst of these rolling vapors of inky blackness, again and again flaring frightfully into lurid hues, all a-tremor with the crashing detonation of the lightning, was to me the most realistic illustration of what a lost soul might pass through in hurling itself into the infernal regions. A strange awe crept over me. The uncertainty of my own fate settled a bodeful depression upon my spirits. Every instant T expected my rickety boat to collide with some obstruction, or strike an opening, or jump from the flume and hurl me into an unrecognizable mass upon the rocks. Then the realization of the spectacle of my pardner hovering between lifu and death, whom, it seemed, I loved better than my own life, would give new reso lution to my spirit, and 1 would throw off these dismal premonitions. I was in the folds of this thunder cloud but a very brief pcrjpd; hut on stioh occasions of great peril the mind works with pre ternatural activity, and it seemed that I would never get oat of it. I strained my eyes ahead, but could not see a hand's breadth in front of mo. and even when the lightning illuminated the cloud the mist gave the flume a short distance before me a ghostly appear ance, which did not serve to reassure me. ' Hut at last I leaped out of the cloud into the full shining of the moon, for I was near the other edge of it, and then I went skimming along the edge of a precipice whose grim walls opposite me rose up out of sight. A thunderbolt just then smote those towering crags, and immense rocks were split from their sides and came tumbling down right before me. It seemed that the mountain was falling, and the re verberations of that bolt went rolling over my head and all about the upper peaks, while the rock slides as they struck the bottom of the chasm beneath made the whole earth tremble. After it all my astonishment grew to think I was still hurrying safely on with my message of help for a dying comrade, with the speed of Mercury himself. "I was now shooting through vast forests. I caught the gleam of a small stream flowing by my side. Surely I must be approaching the end of my journey, I thought. A cabin appeared and disappeared like a flash as I sped on. Then my anxiety was aroused anew as 1 wondered whether the pond into which the logs were dumped by the flume was clear. In a moment it was in full sight. Ilorrors upon hor rors! Logs floated all about upon its surface. I was going to certain de struction. But that thought, with its paralyzing effect, gave way to the thought of my pardner's need, and at once I said: 'I must not get killed, for I told him I would get back soon with the surgeon.' "My purpose was like uM^>iration. IMf 'I?* 11 1 M'j i ■- fSfe/ vSf *lll "Ht, / / f ' I - 4 . i^n I BOSE WITn A TBtHEXDOr* X.EAP. .-\s I approached with t!ie speed oi litrhtning this pond, every inch of it went under my swift inspection. I calculated the leap of my boat from what I saw of the spring of the water* from the flume's mouth. I saw an opening in the logs beyond. On my boat tore. All fear seemed to vanish from mv mind. As ray boat shot from the end of the flume I rose with a tre mendous leap to my right and struck the clear water. It seemed that 1 never would reach the bottom of the lake. Then I began to rise. I emerged above the surface. I was on the logs instantly. Over them I went jumping. I reached the shore, met a man. asked for the surgeon,found his-house near by, delivered my message, saw him and an other man leap into their saddles, got into my saddle, start -d for my sick pardner, then everything became a blank. '"lt was morning down there when I came to again. I had struck something when I leaped and suffered some bruises of which I was not until then aware. I ought to have l>ccn killed according to a calm view of the experi ence in the pond. For I was going at the rate of two miles a minute when I plunged in—the descent of twenty three miles was made in twelve min utes. I would certainly have been a dead man sbt times over, but my pardner gave me in spiration and nerve to balk common place conclusions. The surgeon and his companion went on, reached the cabin and treated my pardner. "lie recovered And, when conval escing, he went down to old Tuolumne. Well, time passes Life is common place enough. But we do not know what we are capable of until we are roused to help those we love."—San Francisco Chronicle. —The felt cloth which is made Into hats is composed chiefly of the hair of rabbits, hares or goats, mixed with much wool. These substances are en tangled together and pressed and beaten until they adh*r<» to forma com pact but flexible material. —Delsarte, with all his study in the art of gesticulation, never succeeded in equaling the expression of a dog's tail when his master put on his coat for a walk. AN EFFICIENT ASSISTANT. f s •Mim r! y_- Irate Employer (sharply)— What are you doing down there, Rastus? Ra^tus —Hulpin* Nimbus, sail'. Irate Employer—What is Nimbus do ing? Rastus Nuffln, sah! Lippincott's Magazine. No Sympathy Needed. Uilow —Ilello, Glim, how are you? I haven't seen you in six months. Glim —First rate, thank you. How are you? "Can't complain. How's Miss Ding bats? You were engaged to her when I left town, I remember." "We are not engaged now." "Ah, sorry for that, old boy. What was the trouble?" "No trouble. We merely got mar- Tied."—Brooklyn Life. A Terrible DUcovery. "Ethel," said the young man, with a break in his voice, "it comes hard, but I think it best that we should part I did not know the dread circumstance or I should never have proposed. Now that the terrible fact is out, now that I know that you play the piano and paint in water colors, let us part Sadly, may be, but not in wrath." —Chicago News' Record. An Appropriate Reply. Materfamilias (suddenly appearing)— Sir, I have long suspected you were in clined to take advantage of your posi tion as private tutor. Private Tutor (with arm around fair pupil) Madam, you surprise me!— Puck. Kind to Animals. She —Yes, I am going to name my pug after you, Mr. Dudely. He—Bah Jove, that's not very com plimentary. She—O, it's all right; he won't know enough to care. —Texas Siftirf^s. Pleasant Reminiscence*. Hos tetter McGinnis Why, Gus, what's the matter with you? Your face is all scratched up. Gus De Smith—o, it's nothing to speak of. I've just had a little chat with an old flame of mini.—Texas Sitt ings. Rootn for Suspicion. Chappie—l almost suspect Dickey of trying to cut me out with Laura, don't you know. Penelope—Why? Chappy—l saw him kiss her last night —N. Y. Herald. A Prompt Menial. Lady (to servant) —Matilda, have yoa watered the flowers? Matilda Snowball—Ycs, mum. I done watered 'em more'n two weeks ago.— Texas Sittings. Method In It. "Why do you irritate mamma so, George?" "Because, my dear, I hope some day to tnake her speechless with indigna tion."—Jury. The One Tiling; Needful. Customer —I'm a lawyer and I want to get a suit Tailor—You can have it, sir, if you will pay the costs. —Detroit Free l*ress. A ljtl>ur.Ss>lo( .Synonym. Mrs. Moore —Don't you think the grass in our yard ought to be cut? Lon Moore—By all means; ignore it completely.—Puck. „\fmoiptierlc Condition*. "Good deal of wind about Wklgley.*' "Yes; tikes him no time at all to Wow his money in."—Chicago News. INCENTIVES TO EXPLORATION. Tbtj Ire Various and !*¥«»( at All Con fined to the I.ot# of httrofery, Every year the hunt for the pre j cious metals awl the f-hining ne* grows sharper, until the piat<*» i of Thibet and the further iales <>f the east- ern archipelago are abxumt the only likely plar. s where the ag*nta »t Eu ropean firms are not inquiring, and prospecting, and sending b :ne con crete evidences'hat. if enough is spent and a sufficient area < f unknown terri tory is diligently ejurnined, there may be solid returns. The emerald seekers of Ecuador know the paths of its moun tains better than geographers, says the Spectator, and the hunters for gold will tnake known every ravine of the vast region between Cape Colony and Lake Nyassa. Every y«ar the _ demand for wood drives imp>>rters into more distant for ests, while the enthusiasts of botany and ornithology are ransacking regions into which it was recently supposed to be death to enter. The Phoenicians of our day number wltole tribes, and they are penetrating everywhere, ex actly like their old prototype*, in search of spoil. Nothing stops the explorers for gain, and another party will f 41ow them yet, not longing f»r minerals or new drugs, but for great estates. Aus tralia was not explore*! for explora tion's sake, but to find lands fit to sup port great herds; and so will Africa bo, and the eastern archipelago. The com petition for great fortunes grows bit terly sharp.,and this is a r>«wf on adventurers ncetl only daring, a certain capacity for command, and a resolve to explore such as wa» displayed in Xew South Wales by the Wentworths. who, twice Inaten by the m tintains, went on a thinl time, to bee* me great n<>b!es in the southern world SOUND OF A SUNBEAM. Kteii the Knrn ot Tight llitr a Way «»f Making Themftrlve* Heard. One of the most wonderful disc* -vcries in science that has been made within the last year or two, says the Yankee Blade, is the fact that a lieam of light produces sound. A lieam of sunlight is thrown through a lens on a glajss vessel that contains lampblack, colored silk or worsted, or other substances. A disc having slits or openings cut in it is made to revolve swiftly in this beam of light so as to cut It up, thus making al ternate flashes of light and shallow. On putting the ear to the glass vessel strange sounds are heard so long as the flashing beam is falling on the vessel. Recently a more wonderful discovery has been made. Abeam of sunlight is caused to pass through a prism, so as to produce what is called the solar spec trum or rainbow. The disc is turned, and the colored light of the rainbow is made to break through It. Now place the ear to the vessel con taining the silk, wool, or other material. As the colored lights of the spectrum fall upon it, sounils will be given by different parts of the spectrum, and there will be silence in other parts. For instance, if the vessel nmtaim red wonted, and the green light flushes upon it, loud sounds will be given. Only feeble sounds will be heard if the red and blue parts r>f the rainbow fall upon the vessel, and other colors make no sound at all. Green silk (fives sound best in a red light. Every kind of material (rives more or less sound in different colors, and utters no sound in others. MILLIONS OF MICE. Tk»T Furnish a Foatl of Month* far Uoff, Cat* and Owl*. During a fine moist summer, when grass and flowers were abundant, mice increased to an abundant extent In La Plata, so that everywhere in the fields it was difficult to avoid treading on them, while dozens could be shaken out of every hollow thistle stalk lying on the ground. The most incongruous ani mals swarmed to the feast which they provided. Dogs lived almost entirely on them, n» did the domestic fowls, assuming the habits of rapacious birds. The cats all left the houses to live In the fields. Tyrant birds and cuckoos seemed to prey on nothing else. Foxes, weasels and opossums fared sumptuously and even the common armadillo turned mouser with great success. Storks and short-eared owls gathered to the feast, so that fifty of the latter birds could often be seen at once, and they got fat and bred in the middle of the winter, quite out of their proper season, in consequence. The following winter was a time of drought, the grass and herbage hat! all been consumed or was bnrnt up, and the mice, having no shelter, soon fell a prey to their numerous enemies and were almost wholly exterminated. «>jr»ter Dukrt Men*. When a sailing master wishes to buy oysters in the ports of the Chesapeake he runs up to the masthead an oyster basket and presently has plenty offered at the vessel's side. Down at < hinco teague island the basket at the mast head is sometimes accompanied by a flag of concentric squares in different colors. During the closed season for oysters the flag and basket indicate that the master wishes to buy clams. The Chineoteague clam digger works during the greater part of the year ; and a very spry man in a spot w hen clams are thick can tread out a gTt at many hundred in a day. Clams fetch from one do liar to one dollar and fifty cents per thousand at Chineoteague, j which seems a great deal for the money when one thinks of clam chowder at a fashionable restaurant. Sulphuric Add and CUUIMIIM. 'A famous scientific man has declared that the measures of a nation's civili | /.ation may be gauged by the amount of sulphuric acid it consumes, since this acid is an essential to the m-wt skillful, speedy and economical methods in the higher mechanical arts. Measured by this standard the civilisation of the United States is the highest on earth. Inscriptions on mummy cMht with a material produced only through the agency of sulphuric acid are taken as an evidence of the high civilisation ex isting In ancient Egypt. (,ot the Job. Druggist (to applicant)— Yes, I need a man for the soda fountain—bt»t 1 see you wear eye-glasses. Is your sight de fective? Applicant—A little, sir, but my hear ing is superb. I can hear a man wink. —Chicago Tribune. tnrrtlnHr. lie—Something tells me that yen are not entirely indifferent to my atten tions. She— What Is it? He—A little bird whispered it to inc. She—Your feathered friend is off his perch. —T ruth. Contrary to Hl* Rule*. Borus—Young Ardnp doesn't seem to have any bad habits. That, at least, redounds to his everlasting credit. Mr. Howell (of the firm of Gettup A Howell)—Not at this store. Thirty days is the limit with us.—Chicago Tribune. A Webt of llwwir. Johnny (reading)— Say. pa, what is a debt of honor? • Pa (who has had experience)—lt is where a dear friend borrows fifty dol lars till the next morning, and yoo never sec him again.—Brooklyn Life. Utrrall; Cnrwt Teacher—lly reptiles we mean such creatures as creep along the ground. Can you name one as an exampt*. , Adolf? J Adolf—Yes; my little brother. inn desblati. TALKS ABOUT HORSES R-»:-r (iad horse-flesh mm! k**p It well. Sl 800 »Urtiof of ioada, ud «*j>. rin« when the mml* in icy. rmxtm more spa*:ii* than ee- rytatotf -'.a* ,■■ m- UmA Tnnrruur minute* *• the faataat ton* la which ft bate I** eeer tin. tted 3** miles. L.v!y Mv hoirt* thin reo-rd. which was made fa IJTt wire a g-poond hmw sad trolled a sulky weiring #» pnmkti sad » drirrr w»ighhad t* prrond* »Vn she reduced the wotw*s record to Mtolf. IHrect's frnr shues which he wear* m a rac»- weigh just Id muum SKiM-mut I >r colts to t« oaefn; a* for calve* or pig*. It snakes them grow and is good far br*M> aad mmsrje T«« or thre« fall e«lta ru he raised lit er.». naction with the i*i ry aad at very lit tle e*pense. Sltiir-mi* rth SO Mil* per esrt, far M in* colt* by practical Iwrwarti *h>> bare used It. <~nuax A. Hjcbob ia a great bei;#v«r In the efficacy "# springs <* bo»»f-ea panders t r the carta# of aina* iwun of the feet, uxl also for helping a horse's (rait by giving him a wider sar faoe to stand tm while trotting. He uses them on nearly all of bia berae* that are subject to contraction. . juarfcer crack*. thrash, etc. A MoDKKf compilation of engineering maxims states that a horse cam drmjr, as compared with what he can carry ca bis bark. In the following proportion*: On the worst earthen road, three time at on a good macadamised road, nine: - dnction of hia characteristics ia tha foal will be more proooaneed." HE who treats his boras aa ha treat* himself will not make many mistaken What man, after a hard rtra ©a a hot day, would jump under a shower bath? Some men hare tried it and have died. Yet men bare been known to tors thS hose on a heated hone, or dash cold water carer him, and think they were doing 1 him a good turn. Everybody knows bow refreshing it ia to bathe the face in cold water, when heated, and to rinse the mouth, but to use it 800 freely over the heated body la a eery dangerous experiment. FO* APOt-g PKHCINQ. How to rastea Two Unldert T««»vsibU> so m not to catch small limbs when used singly Both ladders may then be nsed for general purposes.—American Agriculturist. liitrlilgvtc* at tfce Ilorm Too much stress cannot bs laid upoa the duty to make the horse understand what is wanted of him. Few horwa fail to respond to the driver's r*qiura ments if the animal knows just what is wanted and is handled property. *« saw that illustrated a few days tinea. A gentleman mounted an excallsat saddle horse. lis waa unaccustomed to riding- and Jerked up tha wins toa tightly. A tender mouth added to tha subsequent denouement. Tbe animal bei-amo «-t n fused, reared and then backed into the hind wheeLwof a buggy, breaking one of them, and in sosae way finally falling. After the animal waa got upon its feet and the rider had been ixtricattd from horse and buggy wheels, another man fflmntf! *n the otter she waa not confused.—Farmers' Votea MmS Proprietor—What are ran taking ba<-k. there? Waiter—Customer sent this baefsteak back; says he couldn't cut it Proprietor {examining it)— Take it right back to him and tell hiss ha'll have to pay for it. We ran never use it again; be has bent it all omt of shapa. —Puck. ' A liugwwn TrtmUmm. W Im at Trtao the* wmn w* She mm :»ostr taw sSe aaM. H<*. siace ah* tarf-saa his arirt she -ilMa't kak »• vmr%" h* \emranS vtta grief and p»«a. Wtca th»y **•* a ort» *» *a«sa Wh«-r» her mrlf MS ass trpm* Ere «he«T«r westward •»»«. sae ft*.: carrwl apoa a tns Her dearaaaM. tat# -«L -Cmat ttaa« A L«f>r > Heart. Jessie— If that ball should attack a* wtiat could joo do? Tom—l could reach that fewes !• tssa than two seconds. Jessie—Tea, bat what ermW I da? Tom—Y«nr paras. I would Weep hia attention until I was safely over.— Texas Sifting*. S« tb« «!■■■>S». Uerotc cheered so lowdty when I reseaed IW tittle boy froos drowning? Kriend—ll» isovevtkera oa tfes vera* da, proposing to the girl who screamed I and fainted.—H. Y. Weekly. NO. 44 SifWPLC J»*o WCASUdV. »«f~. m» *nm Tmm— mmm mm* H Ther-e*;** rar*-*e - atr#aaaaa ** flare are steel tuae* efctoh mm prasier iUMt tape's, -heager. bat 41 tie rx AafahiUlg and to gPt m-tiA. whtta hoeh »p»)nir« isms p» ».«» in h»a«ise them htad ti oOarxl by sgrvwitaarmi il maker•> ia tha lea >4 a i«~r. Aw which «pr»ii#i» [unal ml wbsah wmmtimm* * y betnc yashed by a baadtes hat aa the*- can prtsJi tha snrfaaa mlg m short iatrrra)*, say hM«» taetab tary can*e a 'r xibMaaw aaiaa* fura*.« »*.? w *h aa eepaaatae apaarf (Beater. aa>t '.tahte «a hreah if «tn»% into a few 111 The #*»«tr r f»atrtr the i aHiie wisiaa la draw farase-s' atteMhna fa a thafl% yet #«e.-t -e aad fcnlb mm aaroae haady »jU tea to saa osa|»> hiaawtf aad at the am* tea pM aa tartntarat whleh itfhes a earisAy a# ti»>a, is Mt «ai!lse an sreftiteeTs .Itoli ers, an-! •• of isn >tra«M sdtoto* n# a diaaset«r nt 1H iairhaa as «ay sag H»f aa tach at th« tip. made mg trm yet tßsnrh woedL aeatiy piaaad aaj •crape.! hy a wax aad shn) with 1H ;aeb todlow torraliaa Tha tips are -aartlr «ut 9eet spset ftantf point t* poiat. aad Ada meat ha am dfe ject of b*eia«r ~<*|eet. Tha ngtot la#to 9 fret from pant to iaalda. whara It Ml knaed to the -ither leg by » laaxa g» ta# right tijmagh; the left oae to • : aches longer. 1% wsbsa .nnaltag ft# the sla&tiog thiclpMaa eg the tap mt tha nght leg attached to it, fltd ttoaraoHdto ler for the beadle. At the saatar eg and equardiataat froa '.aatie apaa ad trtanjp<». to aa iron rud. af HI e« aa Inch in diaaseter. Maeh right thuwgft. haria«r a head o»vse" a Mail platan securing it firmly, tsatead mt thto m 4 a wooden bar, at a dtamefr mt tihe Tmm it Joiaa. might be sebatJtated. taauasl aad wedge.! from tie -»atatde. 'inldisg It eqaally firm. Dtotaaee fr-»m poiala tehgr. aa* haa - bar tD inner apex, foar foea Right leg, fie* toot. Left leg, five feet eight iaehaa And iaatly. am atMar le*. * oneaaure might be dlwtilad a& Is MMaat To maxnimiaae thia oaaaaaeat Mil poiata b*u*c lightly 3mwi m lis froaad. lay the paim it the nght MM on the higheat jwtet of the r%h* kft »—lmi IiHit U»e baaitia with *.he !tpM Flaia Ttinr right float a* tW *Ma of tft* rtght le* xxi -oaaMK* waihsag by •tridhig •vlwialb* S*»iW a# the Haad «M perftiraaa It ewtwaai Wf«MKM» whO* the ©paaMw baa taMa Mraa nor* ktepa, and MM r%ha fao* Mlm ttlteMWtiMM tiM rtgh* !■§ at ■atari m. h**>.ng haaa iHHi M aa •traitfht a Una aa t)iMbl» A few triaU naa*»r tha aaa «*% whwh thoa tt»r «»ary tea* •aepa a*ea*> '..)•« the Spe* to aa** MaaaaMl «ag to three Seat M iaciw ha* aaear Maa II oat of »a»w »hA Ma itataaiT« bitaiaa »be two p<>taea iwa always la MB iwi lii raapattiTe a* st» •mmtmimmmm. Rto wfonmeßditi to taa trmd f ■ at. Mr » aa* sjaly ft>**ae to a haalMy. MM «M bat ahm to a araaealar aaa a# Ma mmm IMPROVED MOBS® STJkLX. »'—> toap- The *alaa a* a ciaaau dry MaßivM famUr Horses twl 4a d«mMHk4 itlaaitT in' up i aHaing tin* aoeaaa atsadlng «s»a pUuafc tsars. Ths mm mum earth goor ftvw» the OHiaia aa aoth w<>rtt to *eap Ma kaase etoaa Ma* it haa loag nmem beam * a beraa'« too*, aanl Majr aaaafcad Ma toTK tbeo I piaaad tteaa Ma ato»ea. elueh )al tiWdMatapedMa pit. A wafoa ioed af giowdileeßMee •u apread triaad Me >xaM edpi«< tbe «taIL aad raiaed towaed Ma iiilmMii.. fftvimr tt * gr-nxlf atooa ta Mta Jbai tioa. Oear tkiawta apread W#M»» ofjrelfene elmf. wmti taoaipaA tladal. aaea of aa J»ai diak. aad iiaaifa aU Ma nrtae. frmaa ittfcar Mfaa aw am t»M» eenser o# tba atall ami Ma Mi yM» *btr» t* «radaaOr tnaaa away aatotka j~ and. There ta aa aa Me botaoa ai tlw pM aaad, ilimiet, ■» bad cMir toim MM ftMa Ma aMMh aa ■>!*«» dntn «km a I' ■'■ adv«ata«e ia tiua etail «a Ma M|» which aaa aaarly «a Ma hoaaa wMla iT-.tue down. »od .e«|altaa leaa »«*«» te A tile *M flwat Ma p* woald be aaeMl am a ftar*. or wlteeeiw the tiTwe eae be *a4e' Mr aiovrt. AmerMs AgrieaMaaM Little Dm— Mma 1 mmt Ma* • aew drtU ri#ht teif. —ryrwmt la Me laalta* "llfc Ma oU -iae? Little Ont—ir» r* mmm aneaaehaa am its (tea. aa' jmhaaai lin i ihaibhf atmm Mmnf bmb* *rmm 9%. Ptet«r—Bditor. eh? What fond thinjr have yaa eear de«s? foe am* of nay aMM Mai a# thn>wi«f ittato Ma -.ateDifaMaaaM* ll *' toe. WMMiU "H»*w yam mmf beighS M "Can yarn U-,h we la Me eye aad ak