VOL.: xxix. 12 Yars Sentence. Twelve je»re experience for your benefit. For twelve yeara we have been in the buggy business and in all that time not a einple individual has accused us of misrepresenting the quality ot a vehicle sold. It must bo a satisfaction for eyeryone to know that they have a firm that never misrep resents and that years of experience enablts them to know the quality of work they sell. Our business has increased year by year until it is twice that of any other similar concern in the State, and we fe*l eo good that 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 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 set of wagon harness, with breeching, for two horses $18; heavy leather fly oeta $1 50, wagon and buggy cushions 75 cents, top buggies $45, two seat spring wagons S4O, etc. Vehicles of all kinds; bnr.-iess of all kinds, lap dusters and everything used in connection with a di ving 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 new elevator, fret. Now do come. If you don't need anything co»e walking right in and say you don't want to buy but look and you are welcome. If you have a package of any kind you can leave ? * here until you are ready to go out of town without charge, our location is i''" '. I member the place and remember we are the first and only persons w" •« * • r had enough enemy within themselves and confidence in their fe.ii *r citizens to bring down the price and depend on increased sales to co -jnsate them We did it. You appreciated it and dealt liberally with as ajd now we want the crowning month of our life. Hurry, now come along, get ready for the 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 $^3.00, 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 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 do—best goods for least money o any FURNITURE store In the country. • ■ maaOQQoQnnc» —- Campbell & Templeton, 136 N. Main St., - - Butler, Pa. FOR THE HOLIDAYS !IU JEWELRY, CLOCKS, SILVERWARE, Purchasers can save from 25 to 50 per cent by purchasing their watches, clocks and spectacles of J. R. GRIEB, The Jeweler, No. 125 N. Main St., Dully Block Sign of Electric Bell and Clock. All are Respectfully Invited —"Remember our Repairing Department— 2o years Experience."— Presidential Campaign of 1892. GRAND INDUCEMENTS TO READERS OF THE CITIZEN. The Preßidential Campaign of 1892 will, without doubt, bo tho most intensely interesting aud exciting in the history of the United States, and country people will be extremely anxious to have all the gonerai and political news aud discussions of tho day ns presented in a National Journal, in addition to that supplied local paper. 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BLACK, I-HTSICIAN AND SCHUEON, I New Troutman Rnlldins-' I! !»ler. Vs. I B. M. LEAKK. M. D. J- K MANN M. H. Specialties: *(*'' • Villus: Gynaecology and Si:r- K; >• ' .•■••ear..! I i liro.'.i. DRS. LEAKE& MA N.N, Butler, Pa. G M.ZIMMERMAN, rerrciif MJBOIOK, ; Office at No. 4.VS. Main str-et, over Fr-nk & Co's l)i uk Store. Butler. Pa. V. McALPINE, I Dentist, Is now located la new and elegant rt<oms a<*.- Joining lils fotn.tr <>:■< s. All l:ln'I> •',! clasp plates nnd moderen gold work. J. J. OGNALiysOjSI. Dentist. Butler, Penn'a.t Artificial T ith Inserted cn the latest im uru'ved plan. Gold KllilliK a specialty, ufflce over bcaaul'a clothing Store. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON, DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. Gold Filling Painless Extraction '>l Teeth and Artificial Tec'li wituout Plates a ipcclaltj, Nitrous Oxide or VltalU*sl Air or A na stlitties used. . onicc o\er .Millers Grocery east or lowrj House. office closed Wednesdays aud Tiiursdtyfe. C. F. L. McQUISTION, KM.l' KKK AM) SIKV Ei'Ol!, O PUCE HKAI: I)iayo vr». BITI.kk PA H. Q. WALKER, Atumey-at-Law Office [in Diamond Block. Butler, Pa. J. M. PAINTER, Altorney-at-La\v.. office—Between rostollice and Diamond, But 1 er. Pa. A. T. SCOTT, ATTO BSKY-AT-LA w. Office at No. H. South Diamond, llutl»r. J'a. A. M. CHRISTLEY, ATIOKNKVJAT I.AW. Office v-cond door. Anderson B1 k .Main St., near Court House, Butler, Pa. NEWTON BLACK. Att'v at Law—Office on South side of Diamond Butler, Pa. J. w. HUTCHISON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. office on second Door of th' 1 lluselton nlock. Diamond, Butlor, Pa.. Hoom No. 1. IRA McJUNKIN. Attorney at l.aw. Office at No. !7, K. t leSer son St , Butler, Pa, w. C. FINDLEY, Attorney at Law and Heal Kstate Agent. Ot tlce rear of L Z. Mitchells office on norUi sld»* of Diamond, llutler, P.». H. H. GOUCHER. Attorney-at-law. Office on second door of Anderson building, near Court House Butler, Pa. L. 8. McJUNKIN, Insurance an,l Real Estate Ag'l 17 RABT JEFFEBSON ST. 131 JTIjER. - I'A. ~i r\ ER OoUN f ! V Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Office Cor. Main <fc Cunningham »>ts H. C HKINKMAN, SECRETARY DIRECTORS Alfred Wick, Henderson Oliver, Dr. W. Irvln, James Stephenson, W. W. Black-more, N. Weitzei. F. Bowman, D. T. Norri°, Geo Ketterer. < has. Kebhur, John Orohman, John Kooning. LOYAL S. H'JUNKIN, Agent. aTTT , H."H]"R. F 5 A . DR. JOHNSTON'S IMPROVEMENT IN DENTAL PLAI ES. Patented February 25, 1800. This improvement ft Junes away with the Urge suction plate in common use. The plates arc very small, only alwiiit. one-eighth to one-fourth th;> usual size, and ixlng con structed on true mechunlnal principles. tit the mouth with perfect accuracy. Any number of teeth can he put in without extracting anv good teeth you may have, ami no plate in tlie roof of the inouth. The iwitent plate Is specially adapts ed to partial lower dentures, since it n wel known that the dental profession have nothing successful to offer in that line; and further more. partial lower iilatcs have not nor cannot be successfully made by any other known m> l„>d. nils Is an important m ter when we take Into; J , V ' rTtjgß* consideration that lower V. 1 r JWa teetb sre oi neoeasary as upper. For further Information, call at Kooius 111 Kniit Jefferson Street. 111 TI.EIt. PA. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. |ggg It Caret Colds, Cough*. Bore Thro«t, Croup. Influ enza, Whoopmf Cough, BronchiU-* and AttLma. A certain cure for Consumption in Orst stagea. and a suro reliof ia advanced stage*. You will MI the exsellent soeet after taking the flrat does, gold by dealera everywhero. Large bottles, M osits and SIOO. BUTLER, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEM UKR l-l, 1 m uumniß Is the title of a serial, the opening chapters of which will appear in the columns of this paper very shortly. JULES VEPINE is the author, and his name will need no introduction. The story is illustrated and copyrighted. SUBSCRIBE NOW AND THUS INSURE GETTING THE STORY COMPLETE. Complimentary, Cpgiiardson (meeting old friend on the street) —Ilello, Atom! Glatl to see you, old fellow. I've been reading j-our department in the Daily Bread with a good deal of interest lately. It's im proving right along. Atom (newspaper man) —Glad to hear it, old fellow. I'll tell Banks. He's been doing my work for the last ten days. I'm on a vacation. Upguardson (turning red) —Why, of course, I might have known—that is, I —anybody could tell, you know, that— er—folks all well? Looks as if we were goinf? to have rain. Well, I must be getting along. Afternoon!— Chicago j Tribune. A I'roucl Darky. Sam Johnsing—Look heah, Mlstah Schaumbur}?, I got caught in a shower yesterday, and dis suit is done shrunk 60 I kin hardly breeve. Schaumburj?—You vas mistaken, my friend. My goots never shrink. Dot suit was a little tight, perhaps, pecause you vas all swelled mit pride pccause you vas so elegantly dressed.—Texaj Bif tings. An Heirloom. Brace—Among my dearest treasure! is the watch my father carried when he was a young man. Bagley—Would you mind letting m« see it? Brace—Certainly not; but it is tempo rarily in the possession of my—cr—fa ther's brother.—N. Y. Sun. . 1 The Difference. The difference between a looking glass and a dude is that one reflects, but can't talk.—Life. A MATTER OF TASTB. _ Lifc> A Saving Clanse. Mr. Chngwater—Yes, you've built an elegant dwelling, IJillus, but don't you know that when a man past the middlf age puts up a new house ho hardly ever lives to enjoy it? Mr. Billus (with a sigh)—l haven'l any fears, Chugwater. There's a heavj mortgage on it.—Chicago Tribune. Some Are at the Work Now. "I wish you would let me look among your imbecile patients," said a man tc the supcriutendcntof an insane asylum "I have a job I can give tho man whe has the least vestige of mind." "Indeedl What is it?" "1 want him to suggest names for race horses."—N. Y. Sun. A llrlght Outlook. "How is it with you?" asked tho ed itor of tho subscriber who was dying in arrears. "Ail looks bright before me," gasped the subscriber. "I thought so," said the editor. "In about ten minutes you'll seo it blaze." —Atlanta Constitution. Servantnalism In New Torlc. Mistress (to hired girl)-J#>lzzie, If you don't want to obey my orders and dc things the way I want them done you can go, and that at once. Lizzie—All right I've been fired out of many a liner house than yours, so don't come :.ny of yonr airs on me.— Texas Sittings. It Ku Not. "May I ask if that was your maiden effort?" inquired tho reporter at the woman's rights convention, edging his way around to the fair orator who had just sat down atnid loud applause. "It was not, sir," sho replied em phatically. "I'm a widow."—Chicago Tribune. It Takes Time. "You had better begin to get ready," said Cumso to his wife. "Ready for what?" "To go to the country." "But we don't start till morning." "I know that, but you have to put your gloves on."—Leslie's Weekly. Ilad Confidence In III* Watch. "There i:> s< mcthlng wrong with the sun," said Ala.. son. "I believe the whole solar system is out of gear." "Why so?" queried Hicks. "Why, by my watch the sun was three-quarters of an hour late rising this morning."—Judge. Tlio t Kcason Wan Good. lie—Won't you let xno have a kiss— now that I am going away for a day? She—lf you can give any good reason why I should, I might think about it— possibly. lie—l should like to establish a prece dent—Life. Apologlr* to Order. "To call that young woman wasp waisted," exclaimed the old bachelor, Indignantly, "is a libel on the wasp. The wasp, sir, has the good sense to be satisfied with its waist just as nature made it, sir!"— Chicago Tribune. BITTEN BY AN ADDER. According to This Description It Ij Not a Pleasant Experience. As cases of poiiionlng' from tho bite of venomous reptiles are happily rare In this conntry it may prove interesting to some of your readers if I relate my ex perience on this matter, writes A. Uudee, in Lonaon"Nattire. About a month ago I caught two snakes *ft IJickleigh, near Plymouth, and while examining one It "hit" or rather struck me on tho lower part of the right thumb. I immediately sucked the puncture (it could not be called a wound), which bled a little, and tried to make light of the matter. A livid patch soon formed around the point, and the hand and arm commenced to sv.ttii. In a quarter of an hour I was unable to hold anything and almost in a fainting condition. The first symptom (apart from tho swell ing) was a peculiar taste and a sensation of swelling in the teeth; then tho tongue commenced to swell and became so large that I could hardly move it, and my eyes seemed ready to 6tart from their sockets* In half an hour a terrible vomiting commenced, preceded by excruciating pains in the stomach and heart, and continued with the pains altogether for nine hours, every drop of liquid being ejected almost as soon as swallowed. There was also violent purging and complete suppression ol urine. There was practically no pain in the arm. Altogether tho painful symp toms lasted for about nine hours. I did not loso consciousness at any time. The arm continued to swell for two days, and then it was nearly aa large as my leg. After this the swell ing subsided, but the arm did not re turn to its normal size until twelve uays after the accident After the swelling had gone I suffered very much from rhcumatical pains, and, in fact, do so now, and the digestion was also very much impaired. The viper is a male, a little more than two feet long and one inch in diameter at the largest part. Color, a dull, yellowish brown on tho upper side, with a zigzag black line running down tho wholo length. On the under sido it is nearly black, ex cept at tho head, where it is pale yel low. I have kept tho reptile now for nearly five weeks, and, although well supplied with small frogs, etc., it ha* not eaten anything and seems as lively as ever. Cases of this kind, where the sufferer is able to record tho symptoms, Deing rather unusual, is my excuse in occupy ing the space of Nature. ANIMALS' VIEW OF MEN. They Tear the Savajje More Than th« Civilized Being- Savage man, who has generally been first in contact with animals, is usually a hunter, and therefore an object of dis like to the other hunting animals, and of dread to the hunted. But civilized man, with his supply of bread and beef, is not necessarily a hunter, and it is just conceivable that he might bo con tent to leave tho animal in a newly dis covered country unmolested, and con descend. when not better employed, tc watch their attitude toward himself, says tho Popular Science Monthly. Tho impossible island in "The Swiss Family liobinson," in which half the animals of tho two hemispheres were collected, would bo an ideal place fox such an experiment But, unfortun ately, uninhabited islands seldom con tain more than a few species, and those [generally birds or sea beasts; and in (newly discovered gamo regions savage man has generally been before us with his arrow, spears and pitfalls. Some instances of the first contact ol animals with man have, however, been preserved In the accounts of the early voyages collected by Ilakluyt and others, though the hungry navigators were generally more Intent on victual ing their ships with tho unsuspecting beasts and birds, or on noting those which would be useful commodities fox "traffieke," than in cultivating friendly relations with tho animal inhabitants ol the newly discovered islands. llow Gold I* Shipped. I Shipments of gold from New York to Europe aro ordinarily made in very strong hardwood kegs, each keg con taining fifty thousand dollars. At each end of the keg four holes aro bored through the projecting ends of the staves, and through these holes pieces of red tape are drawn, meeting in the center, where a large wax seal is ap plied, bearing tho stamp of the house which makes the shipment A material cause of loss in this handling of specie is the rubbing of the coin or bars one upon another; and for this reason twen ty dollar gold pieces aro preferred tc ten or five dollar pieces, tho surface exposed to abrasion being less. Kach keg contains ten canvas bags, and in each bag is five thousand dollars. In tho United States assay office tho rub bing of tho gold bars upon each other is prevented by packing them in saw dust Coffee in Guatemala. Guatemalans believe that there is no better coffee in tho world than that raised on their own plantations, and Central American coffee has of late years acquired a high reputation in the 'markets of tho world. It is usual for wealthy Guatemalans to make sure ol good coffee in traveling by taking along a store of their own. A long glass tube, several inches in diameter, but tapering to a tunnel at one end, is filled with ground coffee and through the mass is poured cold water. A strong solution of coffee slowly drips from tho narrow end of the tube and this liquid is care fully put up in air-tight vessels to be warmed in small quantities and drank on the journey. A Strange Cnitom. A curious marriage custom Is recorded by Dr. Post as existing in southern India among some of tho more primi tive non-Aryan tribes. This consists of wedding a girl to a plant, a tree, an ani mal, or even to an inanimate object, tho notion being that any ill luck which may follow an actual marriage may be averted by a union of this kind A SuccM*fnl Search. "I feel for you, my b jy," said Cumso to his disobedient son, "1 feel for you every time I nui compelled to punish you. " "You find me, too," replied the boy, as lie rubbed tho chastised portion of his anatomy.—Brooklyn Life. locongrruo.lt jr. There are many men In tho world, who Our feelings, severely hurt: But the man who takes tho buscult, pat. Is the chump who wears utall si 1U hat With a neglige outing shirt. Anil Then He I.eTt. He—Had my photo taken at Sereno's the other day. She—Yes. I saw it. lie —Ethel thought it rather Insipid in expression. She— l don't know. I thought it very characteristic of you. —Harper's Itazar. Her Career. "That fortune teller said an awfully mean thing to poor old Miss Meridish." "What did he say?" "Told her he could do nothing for her. Said he read the future and not the past"—Chicago News. A run. Miss Sharp—Do you know, your ex pression reminds me of the steps to an ancient temple? Mr. Staylate—So elevating, 1 suppose! Miss Sharp—No. Such a vacant stare. —Judge. NEW KIND OF DIVORCE. A Young aud Gullelens llrl«2e Wanted to Get It. She was a shy young thing, apparent ly not lonff severed from her mother's apron strings, and, as she edged her way into the Denver police headquar ters, with furtive glances and sup pressed voice, the Times says she was a picture worth gazing at. It required considerable clearing of the throat and bracing of the nerves before she could muster up sufficient courage to spin her story. "Do you know anything about di rorces?" The officer in chargo grasped the rail to steady himself. Though used to questions of a thousand hues he was taken off his guard by that. lJesides, he. in the method common to guardi ans of the peace, had already sized up the (firl and jumped at a numl*r of conjectures at her errand, iiut the crestfallen officer iMiin't come within several lengths of the bull's-eye. He had supposed that a parent or a brother loomed up in the background of her mission, or, by a chance shot, a lover; never a husband. Nevertheless he proved equal to tho emergency, pulled himself together in gallant style and made a show of knowledge on the divorce problem. The story in a nutshell is this; Mar ried a fortnight or so. Tired of mat rimony. Mutual. The spoony hubby of a few weeks' standing had failed to settle wlfey's board btlL Moral- "Don't you think I could get a divorce be cause he hasn't paid my board?" "What good would that do?" persist ed the officer, maintaining gravity of composure with great effort. "Then you would have to pay yonr own bill." "Oh. that isn't the idea at all," she exclaimed, with a look of pity for his obtuseness. "Why can't 1 get a divorce from liini and compel him to support me until I get married again?"' The officer rushed to the tank for a glass of Ice water to check a dizzy feeling that crept down his spinal col umn. and when he recovered he polite ly referred the foxy young bride to a divorce lawyer. SEEING WITH ONE EYE. Effect of Judgment Trained by lMnornlar TUIon. A person may see as far with one per fect eye as with two, but he cannot see as clearly; for the advantage that bi nocular, or double, vision possesses over monocular, or one-eyed, vision is that the former, by allowing the observer to catch sight of tho object from two different points of view, gives hira at once some idea of the proportions of its different parts. But though this Is true in theory, In practice the judgment interferes, and the judgment has been educated and In some measure rendered independent of the services of binocular vision by ex perience and the use of other, senses, such as touch, says the Washington Post. Thus a man with only one eye la never deceived as to the nature of an object with which he is well acquaint ed, for tho report of it that he gets from his vision is corrected and supple mented by his experienced judgment and transmitted to his centers of con sciousness in as perfect a form as that which reaches those of a man with two eyes. The advantage of binocular vision may bo thus further illustrated: In rapidly dipping a pen into an inkstand or putting a stopper into a decanter tho one-eyed man cannot judge so accurate ly as the two-eyed man. Or, again, if we shut one eye and attempt to pltingo the finger rapidly into the open tnouUi of a bottle we are apt to overreach or fall short of it. HIS LIFE WAS SAVED. A Yoang Man Ilee%mc Anjfry Ilecaine He Worked Too Hard for It. "I never heurof anyone being drowned that I don't think of an amusing acci dent which happened to mo once," said Clerk Donal, of tho coroner's office, while in one of his reminiscent moods the other day to a Philadelphia North American man. "It happened while I was working in the navy yard" "Let's have it." "I was working on the stern of a vessel, and I was walking along with a hatcliet in ono hand and a saw in the other, when I lost my balance and plunged into the river. I didn't want to lose my tools, so I struck out for tho shore, and never worked so hard in my life as I did then, for I was working ft my life. 1 plunged and spluttered an, pushed until I was near the shore, when my breast struck something, and as I dropped my legs they struck some thing which I soon found to bo mud." "Didn't anybody go to your assist ance?" "No. They stood on the shore laugh ing at me, and when I found I had run ashore they wanted to know if they should send for a tug to pull me off. When I made- an investigation I found tho water was not over four feet deep in the deepest part, and that I could havo waded aslioro with tho greatest ease. I was mad, of course, but after I got on dry land I could sec the ludicrous side of tho affair, and I have a hearty chuckle to myself every time I think of it now, although it liuppened a good many years ago." Fecundity of the White Ant. Somo silk worms lay from 1,000 to 2,000 eggs, the wasp 8,000, the ant from 3,000 to 5,000. The number of eggs laid by the queen bee has long been in dis pute. Burtneister says from 5,000 to 0,000, but Speuce and Kirby both go him several better, each declaring that the queen of averago fertility will lay no less than 40,000, and probably aa high us 50,000 in ono season. Termes fatalis, tho white ant, is possessed of the most extraordinary egg-laying propensities of any known creature. She often pro duces SO, 100 eggs in a single day. From tho time when tho white ant begins to lay until tho egg-laying season is over — usually reckoned by entomologists as an exact lunar month—she produces 2,500,- 000 eggs. In point of fecundity tho white ant exceed* nil other creatures. ia*rifnyTng'Hiin. "Do you know who that Is?" asked Trivvetof Dicer, referring to a man who had just given his wife a twenty five-cent piece in response to her re quest for a dollar. "No; who is he?" "He's I'ercollum, a man who has written somo very able articles advo cating that husbands pay their wives weekly salaries."—Judge. Hi* Fortune A.anreil. Hobsou, l'ere—Do you think, Henry, that tho practice of medicine will give you sufficiently large returns? Hobsou, Fils (just from the medical college)—Oh, yes, father. You see I'm going to make a specialty of expert tes timony at murder trials. Ilobson, l'ere (with tears in his eyes) —Harry, my boy, you are a credit to your parents.—Chicago News. liltln't (m> !>_f ExprcM. "They say Green has been wandering in his mind lately." "Well, he's .safe enough; he can't get far."—Boston Globe. XTluit » C»t Can l>o. Glanders—Havo you ever seen the Catskill mountains? Gargoyle— No, but I've seen a catfish. —Truth. I(»>h Conclusion.. "If I were to depend on you for a loan <>f ten dollars what would you say?" "That you didn't know me." —Chica- go News. HARVESTING CORN. Ynluo of a Kegalar hi Catting tlarh While the inventors cf harvesting machines are making sncewsful projr ress in constructing machinery <irawn by horses for cutting the corn crop, the great majority of the corn flel.ls in the conntry at large «.ti!l h-\rvestc«! by means of hand labor, when not allowed to go to waste. It Is important, there fore, while millions of dollars are ex pended in labor by the cultivators of this crop, that every facility si. aid he afforded, and the labor reduced as far as practicable. The suggestions we of fer on this subject are not only intend ed to abridge labor, but to prevent much of the existing waste by the needless exposure of the corn fodder. The practice of planting corn in "hills" is stilt very largely pnrsned throughout the country, and when the crop is ripe enough and the grain has well hardened. It is cot by hand and secured in shocks. Tht-sc remain sev eral weeks till the season arrives for huskint' and stacking, during which time the shocks are exposed to weather and storms, and a portion of them are commonly beaten down and prostrated, soaked with rain and rotted so a« to be of little value for fodder. A reason for this prostration and waste is th<* one-sided way in which the shocks are built Instead of plac ing the shocks in au equal circle around the center, they are often pi a oed nearly ail on one side, pressing them more or less out of the center, giving the shocks* a one-sided tendency, and entirely pros trating a portion of them. This waste | could be prevented by taking the ne«* V ft f- —*—* ;H H Tt c c } • H"" i x : / t * « *c f4 A i i C A A' \ E essary care to bniid them with equal additions on every side, and by thus giving them a firmly erect position A regular system in cutting each shock may be adopted, saving time and lalior, which the accompanying figure may fully explain. The field Is cut by taking five rows of hills at a time, and placing the shocks in the center one. Twenty-five hills will lnake one shock, the center being first taken; all tho others aro cut and placed around it If the corn is of a large variety, three hills will be as much as tho operator will hold in the grasp of his left arm while he cuts them with his right hand and places them against the forming shock. In the figure, the shock is larger and in the center; and the first three hills are those indicated by tho letters AAA, car ried to the shock on the dotted lino. Tho next three arc liHIl, cut and placed beside the others. Each suc cessive three are marked by the letters CCC, 1>I)D, KEE, FFF, GOO and HUIl; and being taken and cut in this regular order they will be placed in separate positions equally all around the shock, and the laborer can hardly avoid mak ing it equally upright The regular system will abridge his steps, and make the work much easier than cutting at random. As every shock requires the 6ainc order, the operator soon becomes accustomed to it aud works rapidly. The same general course will apply to larger shocks, or to those made of smaller corn. With blight modification, it will apply to corn in drills. The gr rows show the direction for th® oper ator to worlt. In making a single shock, if the hills are three and a half feet apart, it will require about ten rods walking, and for a field of a hun dred shocks, more than three miles; while with an irregular mode, without system, several miles would be re quired. Saving the fodder would be still more important, making all the difference between such as is fresh, green and uninjured, aud that which is destroyed by prostration and rotting with rain3.—Country Gentleman. DAIRY SUGGESTIONS. IK you have a sportive cur that likes to chase the cow, sell the cow or kill the dog. WHITE butter when cows are on good pasture is a good indication that the cows are not what they ought to be. BUTTER that is mado as our grand mothers made butter is not the butter that brings the highest price. Improved methods produce the butter that sells at top prices. THE farmer who sticks to old meth ods, regardless of improved ways of do ing things, is a big loser. The dairy man who follows that course is a still biggger loser. THE advice that is frequently given that milk is a whole food aud conse quently suited to every stomach is ab surd. Some people cannot digest milk Yet many who cannot—and who may bo dyspeptic—would bo greatly bene fited by drinking it with pepsin in it THE milk of A cow that U kept con fined in u place scarcely largo enough to hold her ia not tit for consumption. In all our large cities the government should forbid the keeping of cows. That would bo In the interest of con sumers ami of farmers aud dairy men. —Farmers' Voice. Handling Loony lli-u». The best way to treat a hen that ia Tory lousy is to dust her well with llno ashes. Sift coal ashes, and then sift again with a flour sieve, as the ashes must be very tine. Iu each peck of ashes mix half a pound of insect pow der. Hold the hen over the ashes, head down, and throw the ashes iu huiong the feathers by the handful, uslrg the ashes freely, rub a iw drops of lard on the head and turn her loose. The ilce will be destroyed at one operation —Farm and Fireside. A (KIEL IXMEMiO. She—So that Is IJear mountain, doc tor? He—Yes, that Is it. She—Dear me, how old it must be! Why, only look! it is quite bald.— Dem orest's Magazine. A*Mn« Mulhlnf I nrf»««i»bl* Hulfinch—llow are Xaggedat ami hie wife getting along togr<l!. r? Wooden—Oh. I don't know; what makes you ask? Hulflneh—Oh, nothing; only wbea they got married they liad one of tho*«i mottoes: "(iml Ulcm t)ur lli'ine,' in the sitting-room, and now he baa it up in his smoking-room with "As lar As Possible," written underneath tt> I toa ton Courier. IMPURE WATER SUPPLY. Www lad TVpath C*w4 lone Paras X '.imal* of rrwr Kln.l It is as important that aar stork «b"nld be with pare water as it ia for mankind. Many farmers hara l**a care It ai in tbia matter It ia a mistake own to allow cattle to drink merely tat*Mr and Mack swampy e strr. The cleaner and letter th.- water the better for the stock This is cspeeiallr important for dairy cows. But that poaitire disrasr ami death re&altin»r should come fr».m the drinb log of bad wat*r few fanr-or* bare been prepared to WUera. It is. h.- ,» »er, a well-established fact. As tight on t>;'".s «»>bje -t Tnay he merti* n—! s»"a.. experiments and examinations br Or Stalker, retennarian of the lowa »*- periment -tation. iKirir.-r the fstter part of the «mmier at I*9o he was cal'ed to Inrestigate a serera outbreak of dla om>'. Horses, cattle aad pig* ware all affected alike—swelling and partial paralysis of the upper air rawgn painful and J:)Benlt breatbinc CVath rnaned about two days after th.- attack. The il.xrtoe could not elaaaify the dt» case and set aNmt to find the <-> mr lie found ct-.-rvthlng all ri*ht but tha water supply, which came from a wind ing creelt. whicK in the dry weaiher had ceased to run. He foond that it i had been the custom on the farm to . throw the carcaaaes of animals 'lowa the steep bluffs into the bed of tb» . stream- *h.* *a« .aimer Aiek cnch.>lcra had.pr*r*i!ed «n* tl-.e farm and a large number had died and been thrown orer tha hank; that the bog cholera had caused the death at A coo slderahle number of swine, the car casses baring been treated in similar manner. The aerrral yards • occupied by horses, cattle, pigs and liamyarvl fowls were on the hillside trith abrupt drain age into the creek In addition, large heaps of (eratat ing manure were deposited ai» nt the ! foot of the bill near tha c.lge of tha stream, where the animals went to drink. A few ot the animals oa the farm had not access to the stream, bat had been watered from a well None of these showed signs of lu-'meaa. , though they had been tn contact with those that bad their water from the pools in the bed of the stream, and erea tv ith some of the sick. A number of farmers had built their homes along the banks of this stream, and had been accustomed to make use of It in much the ume way M the farmer above referred to. OBRU lean than frmr farm* situated on the bancs of this stream animals bad died show ingl symptoms identical with Ihntm on the farm first investigated. On another occasion where a Mgh rate of mortality hod prevailed among the cattle main? on the open prairie, be waa able to trace the cause to contamination of surface water. An animal dead fraa anthrax had been drawn Into a baain on the open prairie. Later the rains filled the basifl with water, and about one thousand cattle on the range had accesj to the pon«t for water snpply The result was that about ten per cent, of all the animal* baring access to the impure water died from anthrax. — Farm, Field and Stockman. GROWTH OF WEEDS. It Far* to Itostroy Thvui M as t*»» ,%rr rotttof to thr Cultivators xwho hare tried both w*yn know the WWrftl advantages of de stroying weeds just as they are coating to tho surface- The ground is then na L rendered mellow and clean with a tenth part of the labor required io de stroy large weeds; the crop has not been retarded in growth nearly to its entire failure. The estimate is made that weeds after growing a fortnight and becoming a foot high, contain by cubic measure ooe thousand times as much substance in growth, or more, than when first making their appear ance at the surface, and with this no i great difference it la easily understood why they retard or destroy growth. Take as an illustration the common turnip crop. If toe weeds are not al lowed entrance, the turnip* will appear like those in Fig. L If the weed* are rampant, the turnips will make no headway, and will resemble those in Fig. 3 Late In the summer is the sea son when so many weeds steal a large growth. American Cultivator. Desks ud Corn CixMrr. Ducks will greatly enjoy green corn fodder, if it is cut fine, and especially the suckers. A few rows of corn with the seed very thick in the rows, may be cut and cured for ducks when the corn is about two feet high. If the fodder is cut rery tine in winter and sprinkled with bran and cornmeal the docks will highly relish it The blades of corn fodder may also be stripped, cut tixu) and scalded for them. It is best to always scald their dry food at all sea sons. What a Month C'aitaM. When the poultry man loses one month's time he is then a month behind for the whole year. The broiler that should be hatched In January but waa delayed until February will fail to reach the market in time to compen sate for the loss by delay. It Is impor tant that all preparations be made now and la advance. It ia quite awhile be fore winter, but there will be plenty of work to do before the cold season be gins. WHAT W». ARC TO. The probable effect if llir • heek Ho according to law of evolntwm.— Life. I nrnmpllamlsrr R^rataa" Nell Ido think Bert D>w»llttle is toe mean for anything. T*r» yon knrrw. he had the impudence to kiss nae fxul-by ! when he wan leaving me last evening! Belle Well, that isn't always a •■rim- ( inal offense, is it? Xell Writ, maybe not. hat when I j Mulilnl him a little ahmt it what do you think the fellow did? Il«- atiualiy ! said he was wrry for having dene It;— That <H4 rwtM. 11 u-»band Where's your poeket die tionary .* W tie—Tuat's no pocket dictionary; it's a Webster's Unabridged. What <lo yon persist in calling it that for? Husband— Because I can never find IV—Free fro*. XO. 45 CUR NEXT SERIAL Will be trim the pen of that weil-known ro mancer. JULES VERNE, Author of "A Trip lo th? Moon." " Around the VV in Eigtity Da vs." irk} almost in numerable other atones. S2CMUIUS VV ill be the title of this latest production of Verne's fertile brain. tl THrstraUJ ami copy rut hied L M OUT M f(w m OPENING crunfus. Am* It. «»B« I • ttaMy >in ■■ The ycma * father stood tw 00 rrmd'r. crit»»-aUy in.*pactra* Ua i boOL '"Of «*m IT* I healthy. weU-feeMe* babr. Ury." h» Mill to Mi w«K "Mi wid" ba a credit to the family wfcaa m gr>tws <-ider. bat It s > M«ly )tnl auw ~ "Orar little thiagT* coned A maigfchia who happened ia a few a» meats Tatar "It's the Tfrj hiMfi at ita pmfmf— Ofr cago Tribune. SB* Pretty (ta tears ud Wif <H» I IfMli-Ok, P.IIWII I ——tfe—tfta thiak-I to-fa— foaarf* Mr*. ri«tty-r» MM I tan b—aiV lear Swraiv tba awt.hu baaaaTt ban ! M )Mir saw 11 a labia aaa»|aat >Rsa Prrtty-.H not n t* ha M aa that. bat * m>th waa shirt ip w*«h my bathing sait seat he ate it all ap. ; -Electric Spark. tiensan pmt mm in w are pan ■ irtttaHy abeeat-minded. bat mm if thaat am so than Pr f M, «( Bm. B» : tired one liar hi* wife piarta* • laaga m Ma leak. •What does aU tMa nr«r toMbai "Why, tbia la the mnt i aisary o* yaw ; Marriage," rept»ed Mr*. Dwt "A*k»Gattl U that anf Watt, lata* know when ynrnm mmmim trmal and Ptt , ractpi '-*ca4e "Yoa know that y»oa* Me. •*■»» | waekT" "Tea. dear."* "Too remember ba yiuyuHl bila ftrla tn the puHtaat way lmaf*nab!e»- "Twice to me, you remember. » "Taa, and three tiaai ta Ma Wa% here's a poem of baa ia tbia aa|Mba«a faehangtn* Lxrea. 1 " Chlaa*e Saw* Beeord. A <M M. Wo 1— Bn uut'i dead wifc wa* a good msl. Did ba ibaa ya« that mm* orandum aba wroW wham aha aiald art •peak" Van Pelt—No; what waa ttf Wool— ft raa tMa war "P— --your collar button » ta tba bartaa drawer, back aft heart enraer Deal look tjr that borrid *ad and gr aaa aeota tie; I homed tt af.'^lMb. Ta *>e Taa. Ucother —I am im|ataad. gaillj. tha* yoa thoolH haaa aach bad tarta aa ta wear tba hair ot another womb mm yemr haaii. Mtater—Aral I am aurprtaad tba* J* <bmU-l wear tha wooi at uiotkar *h««p oa yo«r back, aad aboea at tba laaifcar ot aa>'ther raif oa yoar fae*.—Tteaaa SifUcif*. __________ Aa* Vet *a Wmli I fiai I Deacon Hatter—Tbia iiiii«*bg baa been railed foe tha poryuaa a# gaMtag sujfjfeationn sboat a jaw balL SaM* want .-bimea aad aoiaa aaa* Tha Brother (who liaaa baaMa Aa church j—My ulea woald ba ta aaa <teaab betla—S. Y. A iwtiaar A!gr-I b^a^4a^yaaawa» don't ya know? CboUy Daafty iataM "Ttoa houah." "I bare 'em roada la tbia aoaatij.^— IL T. Weably. rat ixrtroKi or a uw. (tiaaMar. tw ri ■!»» w■<, "Ha waa joroae aad baUieaaa tMa morning." oai<t nu-ka of Mawaaaa 1 aarer knew tmch a riatmßrtnrr aaa4 aa be waa In/' Tee often araa him ta a eartooaa aa*» myself."• retnmed Biwaaim,—Mfk W.ioi—l met a tmala» ma tbi* ■ura In* who bad tnst bad a t» nad witb a Cap* Co«! farmer. Van Palt—DM ha *fn him* Wool— Y aa. tba haab> am amay tn* when I saw him.-*. T. HeeaU A TaeaM am MUtrcaa—l sboabl Mb.- to km>w wbaa boainen* that pi»lu-»*aa baa ta my bite hen every rdjgb* In tba week? ba aaaptciona m~ ot ■Mflactla' am auab ar amaatbia .—X. Tf. WaaMy. Ethel— I'm juat aa hna*ry *• * M*. hi* H»m Mamma -Well, wbaada f« tMa* a baa*ry bi*. hi* !bm aoaM Mba to ear Ethel • »yfttUy»— I* ra»t eaha'-Har pe» i T iaa* Ctvpk. Ta* «Wi A latm "flow mat h .lid yoa pat ia Mba aa trlbntioo plataT" taa srWa "A noarter " • Jehu, are yna *Hiif to pat a a ' ■aeuai aa • » - feia l a naai'tee psaptaf*— Washington star.
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