VOL. XXX. PENN'A White-Sand Oil Co. [A. STEELSMITH, Manager, Butler, Pa.] Dealers in Illuminating, Lubricating, Cylinder and Dynamo OAs—all free from Lima Oil. This Oil is made and handled by Independent Producers not con nected with the Standard Oil Co., as reported. All orders will be promptly filled. Warehouse in rear of Nicho las & Hewitt's planing mill, near West Penn depot, Butler, Pa. Refinery at Coraopolis, Pa., near P. & L. E. R. R. This oil can be secured at McCrea's Feed Store on E. Jefferson St. "nrwT I 9\ w I I cause we have the finest and most reliable drug store in this part of the State that you have to pay more for your medicines. We dispense only Pure and Fresh Drugs at all times and at reasonable prices. WULLER'S MODEL PHARMACY, 229 Centre Ave., South Side, Butler, Pa. * The Best Place To get vour Fall and Winter outfit of DRES GOODS, CLOAKS, UNDER WEAR, FLANNELS, BLANKETS, YARNS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, COR SETS, etc,, is at They keep the largest stock, best goods and, above all, the low est prices. CARPET, OIL CLOTHS, RUGS, LACE CURTAINS, PORTIERS, CURTAIN POLES, WIN . DOW SHADES: We can sell you the above named goods cheaper than you can get them elsewhere A. .TROUTMAN & SON., The leading Dry Goods and Carpet House, Butler, Pa. Select Your Holiday Presents from' this List: , RINGS, Diamonds SS, < STUDS, (GENTS GOLD, W atfhp<s \ LADIKB ttOLD ' Y▼ aiClieb (GKNTS SILVER. LADIES CHATLAIN, T/iiimml mr J Gold Pin8 ' Par-rings, tl t/WtMl V RingH Cbainn, Bracelets, Etc, ( Tea sets, castors, butter dishes QilTmt>ixruT*£i \ an(l < ver > thing that can be Oil Vlsl W ill t? ( loun( j in a fi rßt dabs store llDtlll HIS. Ill) I E. GRIEB, THE JEWELER Ho. 189, North Main St., BUTLER, PA SELLING OUT Our entire stock of drugs, medicines, patent medicines, perfumery, toilet articles, etc. Must be sold in the next 60 days, as we must leave our present location and quit business. BAYE MXXPsTEY. You can save 20 to 25 per cent, on everything in the store. Spectacles, eye glasses, trusses etc., sold at cost. Yours Rewpectiully, J. A. FRANK & CO, 2*6 S Main St-, - Butler, Va FOR SIXTY DAYS. WE NEED MONEY, YOU NEED SHOES, And tor the next 60 days we will make scrt-at reductions on all fioo goodM. LOOK! All $6 50 and $9.00 Cordovan WeltH go at |f> 00 all $4 50 and $5 00 Writs (to $4 00, all $3.75 and $4 00 go at $.'125. Ladiwt' fine Welt Maud torn* $4.50 and $5 00 go at $4 00, all $3.50 and |4 00 ?o at $3 25, and Ac. remember <bet<e are oar he*t pood*, Hirorg A Carrell. Howard A Putter I *, and Eddy & Wi-bater'p. We want money and must have it there of* tbia great Mcr ifio«». ROBINS BROS., M- Corner of Diamond. ... - Butler, i'a. THE: BUTLER CITIZEN. Of St Johnsbury, Vt Like a Waterfall Great Suffering After the Crip Tremendous Roaring in the Head l'aln in the Stomach. "To C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell. Mass.: " Two years ago I had a severe attack of the Grip, which left me in a terribly weak and de bilitated condition. Last winter I h3d another attack and was again very l adly off. my health nearly wrecked. My aj>j» lite «as all gone. I had no strength fWt tired nil the tint) , had disagreeable roaring noises in my head, like a waterfall. lal o bad severe headaches and Severe Sinking Pains in my stoma< h. I took medicines without ben efit. until, having heard so much about Hood's Sarsaparllla. I concluded to try it. and the re sult is very gratifying. All the disagreable effects of tne Grip are gone, I am flee from pains and aches, and believe Hood's Sarsaparilla Is surely curing my catarrh. I recommend it to all." GEO. W. COOK. St. Johnsbury. Vt HOOD'S PILLS care Nausea. Sick Headache, ladigestlon, BiUoaabess. Sold by all druggist*. FB< >H • 81QMAL CARDS CCLLT I R & BAKER. ATTORNFYSAT I.AW. office li. tocm li . A riiiorj l.uilil.ng. IJuibr Fa. I H. Q. WALKER, ;,\'tri.i-;. -a' Law-utile- in Diamond Block liu'ler. K». J, M. PAINTER, Attorney-at-Law. Othce—lletween I'ostofßoc and bl.imond, But ler. fa.. A. T. SCOTT, ATTOItN KY-AT-LA W. Office »t No. H. S(;iith I' iDiii il, Hitler, fa. A. M. CHKIsTLEY, ATIOKNEY AT LAW. Ofß e second flodr, A riflerson hi k Main St nsa.r t'otm House, Butler, t'a. NEWTON BLACK. Ait'v nt Law—offl eon Houtb hs tus of Dlarnoi* ttutu-r. Ta. J. W HUTCHISON, ATTOKNKY AT LA W. Office on second floor of the Huaelton block iainond, i'.utler, Fa., Koom No. 1. IRA McJUNKIN. •ittoiney at l.aw, Office at .So. 11. !Ca.-r - 1011 St.. Butler, Fa. W. C. r INDLEY, Attorney a* Law and ileal Estate Agent, oi .ice rear ol L. /.. Mitchell's office on north aide »/ l>Uunoou. Hurler i'o. H. H. GOU .HER. vttorney-at-law. Office ou iktw: t!i>or e iodcrvjn building, near Court House But lei Dr. N. M. HOOVER, 137 K. Wayne rtt., office bourn, 10 to uM. and to a i\ M. SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. Hx) V. est Cunningham -t. L. M. KEINSEL, M. D , I'IIVIHC'IAN .ISO StIMiKO.V. Office and residence at l'etrolla. f'u. L. BLACK, I'll YHICS AN AMD KUIIIIKON, Nrw Troutman ilulldlug, Butier, Fa. . N. I.KAKK, M. J>. J. E MANN. M. li. .Specialties SpcctaUleK: •yuw olouy and 61 r- Eye, liar. Stif an.i If cry. Throat. DRS. LEA K E & MANN, ,butler, Pa. G. M. ZIMMERMA N. PUYi'ICI AN AMD tiV K/JEOK, • ♦•a! v<i.4fi S. Main 4f.r»*et, over Frank Co'B DtUf( iUjr*. ISUU'T. Pa V. McALPIN E, Denlis-t, l» now located In new and (elesaiit rooms ad joining lita fotmer ow . All kltils of i lafp plates and moderen gold work. J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a. Arllli'ial T" tli lusetn-1 <u t.lie latest loi y'lived plan, oold Killing a specialty, office— »ver heuaul'a < lot litliK S"jre. DH. S. A. JOHNSTON, oENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. dole) I 1 Ufnif rulnh** l xlr;.(llon of TfwMi md Arilllcial 11* M. without H a HpcriaJf) Nitron* Oxide or VU.ulzed Air or Ixxral ! u&nlurlicH .» ' i om««9 o»er Milium (irocer) ••*-»». of l,<.wr-» Houw. Office clottttl W • dtic.HUa} a umU Thui C. I-. L.. OUIS I lU'Si, EMOI.NEFJt AMI HI'BVKYOK, | iKrtt r. nf.aii In»MO*n. BiTLjnt, K». . J. A. HEY DRI K & SON, SURVEYORS. Farm kurreya promptly n.arlf Charge" •iKMierate, • tlffic! t v»»r lleru'i ilank Itutt« r. Fa. L vicJijNKiN f Insurance and I!F;i! Estate Ag'l 17 KAHT .M:FKi;it~or? HT. BUTLKII. - I * A - Garfield Tea sss, , Cure* nidi Iho. Itcul* >rc* (om nlu rUn ' vra Doctor*' ! mil*. Uaflßpto frw. O*arUEU»TKA(>» .319 .thHt ,S.X. Cures Constip 'ion i "CITIZEN" and NEW Yoi K i WEEKLY Tkiuune fur only 4-150 , JUTTLKR, PA.,FRIDAY. JANUARY 13. ISi > v.|A»Lek on j n these aleak and trackless mountains." "Xo, J: j. I'll take noiiiing but a lifrht pick and shovel and some frrub," I replied, passing out. Near the door were tied our two deer lionrtir?. Zip and Keene, anil, as I 6topped to pat their heads, both begged piteously, in dog fashion, to be taken along. "So, no, old bovs, no hunting to day," I said, soothingly. And the in tcl igent creatures, seeing that I did not carry a gun, soon ceased to grumble. It wa~. the 4th of July, ISB9. We had been for some time engaged in silver mining near Argentine Gulch, Col., and were living in a stout log hut, of which,in the absence of other claim an Is -ve had taken peaceable posses sion. We could not think, however, of prosecuting our usual work on the Fourth; and Jim, not feeling like join ing me, 1 had decided to go off pros pecting alone. "Don't lose yourself, old man. It's a mighty easy thing to do," he called out, as I walked away: while the hounds gave me a cheerful send-off in the shape of a parting howl. "Well, no, Jim, I'm not quite so green as all that. But if I'm not back to-niarht maybe you'll look me up," I laughingly rejoined; the point of the joke lying in tne fact that I was an old mountaineer and Jim a comparative tenderfoot, though one of the best fel lows in the world. Prospecting or, indeed, traveling on foot at all in the heart of the Rockies, is exceedingly hard work, not only be cause of the physical obstacles, but also from the unsatisfying nature of the highly rarefied air, of which one is obliged to inhale vast quantities in order to get oxygen enough to su-itain life. Hence, after four hours of in cessant toil, by which time 1 had got above timber line. I was glad to sit down by a little spring to rest. So far, though making many tests, 1 had found no indications of a paying "lead;" but I was not going to give up hope, and, after making a hearty din ner from the bre ad and cold meat in my haversack, I scaled the heights tc my right, determined to find my way home by another route. 'Twas easier said than done, for, on descending the ridge, I came into an utterly strange neighborhood, and shortly found my self wandering in a wild labyrinth ol intricate bowlder-strewn gullies and frowning precipices, from which extri cation seemed hopeless, as every at tempt to travel in a direct line only tended to confuse me more and more For two hours, spent in desperate ex ertion, 1 tried vainly to thread the mazes, and finally had to confess that 1 was lost. Then I thought to retract my steps to the old trail and take a fresh start, but this, too, I found impos sible. I had, somehow, ft complete ly "turned round;" and, despite al! reasoning to the contrary, could not convince myself that the sun, of which 1 caught occasional glimpses, was in the right place. "Pshaw, I'll get out all right!" I said aloud, as if arguing the point with a companion, "but can ldo It this after noon? If not, Jim will have the laugh on me, and I can't stand that." At last, twisting and turning, plung ing, climbing and scrambling into, around and over ravines and rocks, I managed to get down to timber-line again, but of how far I had come or ol wnere 1 now was I had not the lefist idea. Two things, however, I did know: That the shades of evening were coming on and that my chance oi reaching camp that night was hardly worth reckoning. No glimpse of sunlight now. The deep shadows of the lofty peaks were all around me. and in another hour the gloomy solitude would be wrapped in flarUnesa. The night, too, at that alti tude, would be unpleasantly cold. I must prepare for It in time. I had come to a little valley hedged in by great pieces of detached rock, and there were numerous gnarled roots, dr3\ broken limbs and other available fuel scattered around. De termining to go no further, I com menced to gather a heap of these, in tending to ke« p up a big fire until morning. 1 picked up one armful of email stuff and then stepped across to attack a specially dense pile which lay close against the base of an overhang ing cliff. Seizing hold of a protruding bt'r-'c, I gave a strong pull and brought down the whole mass. Then I saw behind the rubbish wao the mouth of a rough, shallow cavej and, curious to see what it contained, 1 very foolishly stooped down and went in. \t first I could distinguish nothing, but 'vh< n my eyes became accustomed to Hi di .i ight 1 saw, huddled up in ong conic, and quite motionless, twe furry-looking objects about the size of raccoons; aud, on going closer, fount that they were neither moro or les» than grizzly bear cubs. So boon as the little creatures were convinced that I had seen them, they bunched up for a fight, but I picked up one, and, in spite of its furious strug gles auil pig-like cries, carried it outol the cave. Holding it l>etween my knees, with t forepuw in each hand, while the clawi of iti hindfeet were vigorously digging at iny boot tops, 1 was minutely exam ing it, when I heard anoise as of Hying gravel and, I o'uing up, saw tl.e mothei bear tearing . -itind the corner of a roci and coming at me with open moutt and flaming eyes. Now, there ar<-grizzlies and grizzllea Even thi > fea lessly s»-'age beast, rrileai cornered or wounded, will generally try to get out of a man's way, but an old she, robbed of her young, is one of the most terrible animals in existence, and would charge a regiment of sol diers without a moment's hesitation. The cm -d monster was not over twenty yarus from me, and, dropping the cub, I turned and ran for dear life. Glancing around in hope of finding some place of refuge, I could see none close at hand not equally accessible to the bear; but about nixty yards abend stood a tall hemlock sapling, and to ward this I darted at tny best speed. In those days I was very swift of foot, and with a fair chance might have made a short dash like that quickly euough to escape. But I was badly handicapped by heavy, spiked boots and a rock-encumbered course, while my pursuer, thin from long nursing, was in prime racing condition; and bo fore 1 had gone half way, I found that she was fast gaining on me. The four-footed brute cured nothing for the 100 • ( tic ; l>ut, should I stum ble, :ill would be river In ti moment. 1 leuco I tvu., obliged to [ ick my steps thouffli my revengeful enemy carna each instant neat er ~ud nearer uutil less tls;:n Ufloen feet intervened be tween ui 1 Willi uj'j.ar. .jtly doomed; for although the tree was now v. ithln tweuty-flvi; yards, unle , > I eould reach it at leu>t three seconds ahead of the bear, sho would puU me down in the net o t tuounUuy^ I RJLS FOB DEAR I.IFE. lue lioarse, grunting roar of the eaper brote had changed to a blood curdling growl, and I fancied that 1 could almost feel her hot breath on mjr back, when a sudden remembrance of some old-time story struck me. Quick as a lightning flash I drew my belt knife and with one stroke severed the light strap ol the oil-skin satchel con taining the remains of my lunch. The bag fell to the ground, and. sure enough, the bear stopped short and tore it into shreds. Then, totally ignoring the bread and meat, she came on again with re doubled rage. But the precious three seconds had been lost and gained, and she was yet four lengths behind ine when I reached the tree and scrambled up to the first branch, about twenty feet from the ground—though barely in time to save myself, forthe long-bodied beast reared straight beside the trunk and came wi thin a hair's breadth of catching my foot as I ascended. Most fortunately for me, adult grizzlies do not climb, nor could even a common black bear have gone up that sapling, the stem of which was only nine inches in diameter. Though safe for the present. 1 was by no means in a comfortable position, none of the branches being large enough to sus tain my whole weight. Consequently, in order to support myself, I was obliged to cling with one arm to its body, and very firmly, too, as the baffled monster rose several times on her hind feet, shook the tree violently and tore off great strips of bark with her powerful claws. What if she should take a notion to dig it up, by the roots? She could have done so in fifteen minutes. Oh, how bit terly I now regretted not taking Jim's advice to bring my revolver along! After awhile ray jailer got tired of trying to dislodge me, but instead of going off she uttered a loud, peculiar cry, and the next moment the two cubs came shuffling along and joined her. Then, while her babies refreshed themselves, the grim mother sat com posedly down at the foot of the tree, evidently preparing for a regular block ade. If I should live_ a thousand years I could never forget that awful night. After dark the temperature fell to the freezing point, and 1 kept from perishing only by repeatedly climbing higher up the tree and then sliding down to my old position. Even so 1 could hardly keep my blood circulating, and I was so worn out by fat' -tie .md so deadly sleepy that I wa > in momentary danger of dropping Into the hungry jaws below. I had Irjped that the cold would in duce the bear to retire to the cave with her cubs, in which case I might take a short run and gain a larger tree, but the cunning beast seemed quite con tented with her present quarters, and long after I had ceased to distinguish her brownish-gray form on the simi larly colored ground I could hear her moving about and coddling her young ones. At this time, the moon was two or three days beyond the full, and it must have been past midnight when it rose high enough to clear the mountain-tops and light up my valley prison. Then the bear and I could again bee each other plainly, a fact of which she took advantage to give my roosting-plyee another scries ot vigorous shakes. If the angry beast had known enough to keep this up for five minutes at any one time. I must have lost my hold; but. luckily, she didn't, and I always renewed my grip during her quiet spells. What was to be the end of it all? The dumb brute could maiutaiu her fast until I should drop from exhaus tion, and, if she kept watch long enough, that result was certain. In this desolate place no outride help could be expected, and. barring a cotc rnon butchers' knife. I was entirely un armed. "Hut, surely," I reasoned, "the old fiend will go off first thine in the morn ing to look for food, and I can then either make good my retreat or kindle a fire which will keep h'er at bay and, perhaps, by its smoke, attract some wandering prospector." These rellections, though quite con j soling to me, didn't exactly harmonize j with Mrs. Hruin's views. The rising sun found her still on duty and appar ently determined to have me for break fast or go without. Hour after hour passed away, and, as the day grew hot, I l>eg;.n to suffer so fearfully from thirst and the strained horror of my situation that 1 at last deliberately made up my mind to de -1 scend and meet death in fair light. No use in delaying; 'twas but prolonging my agony. And yet to v> die was aw i ful. I would hold out till nature | could endure no more. No voluntary act of mine should precipitate my . doom. If the tree had been an aspen, a cot tonwood or, indeed, any kind of a de , ciduous tree, I might have obtained j relief by chewing the leaves, but there was no nourishment in the bitter hemlock spray, it seemed only to in crease my thirst, anil I felt that the end wan near. Once more, with a kind of horrible , fascination, I gar-ed down at my im -1 placable foe, idly wondering whether j she would kill me by a single blow of I her great paw or rend me piecemeal to fragments. Hut suddenly she stopped in her rest less walk, sniffed the air for a moment with uplifted li<-ad and then, driving the cubs before her, ambled off toward her den. j What could this mean? A question quickly answered, for, intently listen ing, I next instant heard the low, re pressed whimper of hounds, and as, with returning strength, i uttered a loud yell of joy, Zip and Kecnc, burst ing into full cry and straining on their leashes, came round the corner of that same rock whence the bear hail first emerged! The dogs were closely followed by Jim Hayes, upon whose heels came three btalwart companions, and they met the grizzly face to face before slie had gained the cave. At this blessed bight the warm blood nncn again rushed through my i benumbed limbs, and with frantic j haste 1 slid to the ground. AH was over, however, before 1 could reach the scene. On seeing her assailants the Ix-ar had charged instantly, but Jim jerked the hounds to one side, and the other j hunters, coolly liring together, sent three bullets through her brain, when ■ i blie dropped dead with scarcely u quiver, and the scared cubs scurried into the den. The men and dogs rushed tuniultu ouuly upon uie, and it was hard to tell which were the more delighted by my rescue. | "Water, Injurs! water!" I gasped, a* the jubilant follows pulled me about. One of them put his canteen to my swollen lips and 1 shall remember that draught to my dying day. Not a question was asked until my comrades had seen me begin to eat like Till Ht'NTEBS FIRED TOGETHER. a famished wolf, but then Hayes quiet ly said: "Well, partner. I guess you'll live through it; but you did kind of get lost, I reckon." "Yes, Jim, I own right up. I don't know half so much now as I thought I did yesterday morning. You came just in time to cheat the grizzly of her din ner. How did it all happen?" Jim laughingly replied: "Why, man alive! You're not more than two miles from camp now, but, the country being so rough, I suppose you couldn't hear the signals I fired all through the night." "Only two miles? 1 thought it was a dozen," I wonderingly rejoined. "Well, I guess we traveled more than that to find you, and you've only got the dogs to thank that we did it; for, of all the wild, crooked tracks ever made by a mortal man, yours beat. "When I found that yon were sure enough lost, I started out at the first streak of light this morning and got the boys here to join in for the hunt. The trail being so old, we were rather dubious about the hounds keeping to it; but every now and then we came to some place where you'd chipped at the rocks, and then we knew they were right. "The greatest bother was after you'd crossed that low range and turned back to come home, and, if we hadn't been certain sure of the dogs, we'd never have fol'owed them, for there was one place where they led us nine or ten times round and round in a circle with out going ahead an inch. We wouldn't let them give tongue, 'cause we thought maybe we'd run across a btray elk. and that's the reason you and old grizzly didn't hear them sooner. "We got here at last somehow, and it's all right now, partner; but I tell you you've had a mighty lucky escape." "Jist erbout ez narry a one ez ever I heared on," said one of the old timers who had come with Jim. "Ilowsum ever, we've got the b'ar an' cubs, an' it's a purty good day's work, artcr all." —W. Thomson, in N. Y. I/edge r. —A Mitigating Circumstance.—Mrs. Talker—"lt must bo very hard to have your husband in the postal service." Mrs Walker—"lt is, indeed; but when I give him a letter, it gets mailed."— Puck. A Practical I.lttle Wire. Neighbor—You've got a lovely bed room now with this new carpet. Just put it down, didn't you? Hostess —Yes, just througli. Neighbor—l thought so, from the tacks scattered around the floor. You ought to pick them up before night or your husband will be stepping on them. Hostess—No. let them stay. My hus band is a newspaper humorist, and ev ery time he steps on one, he'll think of some new joke about it. I hope he'll make enough out of them to pay for the carpet.—N. Y. Weekly. Helping the Doctor Out. A Scotch lad was being tried for steal ing from a doctor's house. He told the judge that lie had a headache, and Ills mother said to him: "Go to the doctor's and take some thing."' "But surely your mother did not tell you to go and take a clock," said the Judge. "No; but there is an old adage which says 'time anil the doctor curecall dis eases.'" —Boston Globe. Tliat way l.«>ok. "Have you been reading jKietry late ly?" said the bank president to the cashier. "Why, yes," was the reply. "I have been troubled with sentimentality of late." "Well, I wish you'd g'ive it up. You are getting that 'far-away look' in your eyes, and it worries the directors." — Washington Star. RIOUT KOK ONCE. \ Mr. Pedagogue—l am very sorry. In deed, Thomas, that I shall have to pun ish you. It will hurt me more than it will you. Thomas —You r« dead right, it will.— Puck. Tli«-lr Lingering Fragrance. Miss Kajones, after an evening spent in the parlor, had returned t > the family sitting-room on her way upstairs. "Good night, papa." she said, kissing the paternal Kaj >ncs. "Good night, dear," he answered, "and pleasant dr phew! What vile cigars young Ferguson mol.. » these days!"—t hicago Tribune. Out of llh r.n-lifinluK. Adjutant (at a ball after the third set) —Now I fancy I can risk it; by this time our general's fat daughter will surely have tilled up her programme. Mein gTiaedlges fraulein, may I a»-k to sec your programme? General's Dau rht'-r Where have y.»u been so long? I have only six dance* left for you! Bl ictter A Our.tloii ot Up. "You ought to run all mamma's errands without ifrutnbliug," said p.tpa "Little boys ought t • t>« ln-tter than spiders, and y< t spiders are just as pa tient as possible." "Yea, sir." was the answer; "and per haps if I had as many legs at a spider I'd be paticntcr."—Harper's Young People. POTENCY OF TREES. A Story rrotlof Ikra to B<- » ruitfol b More Warn Than On#. Two yoan.' men. by the s death of their father, were left a iOO - One had lea-ned the >'• trstle. the other desiretl to be a raiir id engineer. Tht-j theref >n-•• rtr.ined U> *eo their new liul t; » Utiver apj<eared- St-veral who tookvt at th« place a<imirr.l tlie iencen and broad, snoo'.b :1 U lut made no offer. At last an el leriv man. after (T'>ing over the place thr>- -.■! affe rent time*, said to the owner- "Bov*. the fa-m is fertile, it b«s ri|fh'. i» r>n a good road nn i n.-ar enough (.. market and social pririlecev m l the suit me, but—" and there he stopped. "Well, what is it?" exclaimed the elder. "Is the price too hi;h? Haven't you anything to pay down? Can we not come to sc-me understanding 1 ?" "Yes," he replied; "I have the par chase money in my pocket. I <-ame this time intending to buy. and your price is reasonable, if— On my way here I passed an orchard bending with beau tiful fruit, and men were picking and barreling. Oh. how fragrant it all *u! At my time of life I coald never hope for such luxury from my own planting I cannot bny." In vain the owner* urged him to a different decision, even reducing the price of the place 9-">00 and including a pair of horsr .. The suggestion was a potent one, however, to the owners. Tuey decided to set an orchard at once, and within a month had three acres planted to tree*. The following spring the area was doubled, only three varieties being chosen (Porters, pippins and Bald wins). and the young men n ' » work for a year or twu to ma . • t ■ • place salable." The tree . grew a, _ <■, and so did the youths. At the end of two years the farm was so d.ffercnt in appearance and so full of inter.-st that they hardly thought of leaving it. The younger boy had learned at. at the habits and charaeteriitics.if - r . and, going still further, had Kv- <:ne interested in other insects. The otber had visited the fruitful orchard of the neight>or mentioned and had mounted a hobby-horse. Five years f.-om the setting of the first t-ees an offer of more money was made them than their original selling price, but they declined it. Five vears stili later an offer of donble their old price would be no temptation. They have learned to bless the old gentleman for not buy ing them out. and no other spot on earth is so dear to them. The trees have not yet yielded mti.'h in money, but the farm has been made to pay in other directions, and owners are more than satisfied with what at first was termed their "bad luck." To-<lay they acknowledge, what many an older man has proved, that fruit trees have a po tency not only to inoreaa.t firm value, but one's interest and general welfare, even before the lnscious fruit is borne. —iiollister Sage, in N. Y. Tribune. TO CHEAPEN FEEDS. tone Thought. Which Are Ortaloly Worth Serious < oi».lteration. The prices of feed bid fair to be high the coming winter, and such will con tinue to be the case every winter, as long as there is such a tremendous de mand for all sorta of miilstuiTs, on the part of dairy farmers, all over this broad land. The dairymen are all right in their ideas of feeding well, hut they are all wrong in not growing more ot their own feed. Wheat is way down in the lowest notch we have seen in thirty years, and bran climbing up in price every day. We are not certain, l.ut those farmers who are well situated to i!o it had bet ter buy the wheat by the carload and get it ground at the custom mill and feed the bran and middlings, selling the flour for what they can realize. If we were in northe-n Dakota or Minnesota we would not sell at fifty cents a bushel, if we had good cows to feed it to, ami butter thirty one cents a pound in Chieagu We be lieve there are four pounds of butter in a bushel of wheat fed to a good cow, with good roughage in addition. Hut whether in Dakota or New York, everywhere the dairy farmer is at the mercy of the feed vender. This would not Iw «»o if the majority set seriously to work to produce their own feed, in some fi>rm or otiier. The mischief in, the most of farmers stop feed when prices of feed go high, no matter what the price of butter is. W hat a lot of education we all do need on this feed question. There is so little real figur ing on It—so little really studied out by the dairy farmers by which they can figure. The wav to bring down the price of feed stuff is for more farmer* to go at growing peas and silage corn Not one man in a thousand knows what he could do if he should try. Hoard's Dairyman. NOSE RING FOR CALF. Ifovr to I'retiut llrlf*r« from falling Into » lla«l Habit. Several readers having asked how to make a device to prevent calves from Bucking cows we reprint a picture of NMD <m f/ S , j/ms nose kin's roR CAt.r. one made by J. M. Drew and given in the Rural New Yorker. It it pretty Well shown in the illustration "Ibe spike is riveted in one set of holes, and after the ring has been placed in the holes the bolt ii fastened in the other This is sure to prick the cow and make her move away when the calf sucks. Some heifers pet into this bad habit and will not give it up. even when tbey have calves of their own. Kuofl have sold at good prices this season, aul farmers should devote a larger share of their attention to poultry, instead of turning that b. anch over to their wives. Another .lUvorll.oinenl. Jeweler What do want with so m»nj paste diamonds? Sorely you wouldn t wear them. Actri-:*—l want to have thetn stolen —Judge. Love so.! Millinery. Sh»r took a nhret and wrot# How much nb«* loved him on It, An<l thr» nhr abided h t.f a r«-aiu Abo it that a-itfimo bonnet -N V OAlim fißir. *ff\ [ |[ A yy Ijj </A\ f ' y* ) |sß Inite I'assenger Madam. what >l< you mean by letting that I'rat siuttc) off Uiy wig? Mother (with sigh of relief>—Ou. it i a wig, is it? I w»i afeari >1 fur a nuuuU tliat Ue'd acaipt ye aiive ~-Life HOUSE won I^OULTdT. riau Umm Si infm m< IIM Urn*. Cm a pi**,- :re trip !■«( sntaaker I had occnioa to visit MTtra! hnHfn of choice p--nltry Ik* hoaae 1 rive Ulna tratK>n» of is that of Mr T Rrosius. He <■ 1 !trs*r Mil far • rear pa»t hi* pontrr ha* aot been fiwo tV ittntiaa a* wiiliw la JtwU to them. So marh other far.n warh haa forced him to reinetaatly rrxr wnrfc inir np hi* Hnißra in h%h r'mtm ponltrv. hot he tnten '• g v-.ng moe.- of hia time to them wry «o»>a Ud maoD he mid ITS witiofi --if rfj< :mm hi* flocks at • profit at %l ~-0 Lm^ r;o ! »bans, Plymouth Rocks mad Pirtnrift Cochins are hia fancy. aa well aa Tooloase ffeese The past mv.r. ha has raised bat *0 yonn# hirda. (Wan* early in the «prtnf canned mvk Ironbk im'-n/ his flock. Mr. Krosins keeps about 100 bens and they did (txid service for him until fans work piled up on him and forced hia to neglect them. Fifr 1 is a perspective view of the hoosi- and Tarda. The hooae is a plain board structure, yet eery nest and comfortable for hia flock, it ia 33 fret loo?, * feet wide and JO feet hijrb There are two windows firm* the house ample liffht. Wia for windows, R for r>. «ta. X for nests. D for door*. The entrance to runs ia shown at lower ri<rht-'nand corner, Kijj a, of rronad plan. The runs aa you notice, have bnt two openitwr* from the riffht aide Nat of building, one from the building, tha other from one yard into the other. This is very nsefnl. from the fact that the flock ia never all in one yard, and thus become crowded, hat can acafter in groups in any of the three yarda. There ithonlal also be shown a fence makinsr another yard or run near the center of the yard, to the left of door, bat it wan overlooked in sketch. Fig. a shows the interior with tha slatted x&r en i> = r" 5h * K -J. . hlisr I .*■ ™ no 1 partition between the door aad tha roosting and nesting quarters omitted, ratner than destroy the rtow. 1 hope all our farmers will abow tha interest in poultry that Mr. Broaiua does and be more attentive to their flocks.—J. W. Cangbey, in Ohio Farmer. CARING FOR COLTS. . Why They «ho«td at All Ttaeaa Parttralar tltntba Colts are the oooat valuable lire stock on the farm, and while it doea not pay Jo neglect any atoek. either old or yountf. yet colt* should receive parttca larly frood attention. They should ha treated so kindly that they will come to meet yon in yard or pasture This point is accompliahed by frequently givintr them a lump of sngar. aa ear of cut n. or something elae they Ilka Halter break them when small, teach them to lead and stop at the word "whoa." leave them tied for an hoar or two at a time, letting them have aotoa thinir to eat when tied, and ".here will be little or no danger of their palling at the halter. At one year of age they can be accustomed to the hit. aad aaay havv- a light liarneaa pi are. 1 oa them for a few boars at a time The mod ern practice of drivia# them to a ve hicle when only yearlings is bad, for. unless extra care ia uaed injury will ha the result. Colta should be acrnatoaaed to the sitfiit of umbrellas and to atraaga noiaes. Keep them growing whan both in ami out of pasture Do not dona with medicine unless abmlntolr ra quired and then only oa the a. I vice of a skillful *e|fe'. urian. Otve them a naaaa and alwaya call them by it.— Aniertraa Agricultnriat. SHEEP SHEARINGS. Sheep need plenty of good air to keep healthy A KEaixr cboiea mutton nearly al ways aell at (food price* Wres early lambs are expected it to best t > early separate tha br»edln» ewes from .h' rest of the flock. Miit And it moat profitable to build a abed and arrange a good feeding lot. especially for the sheap in wiatar. Is keeping sheep, many fail to prop erly turn to account many of tha sources of income that are poaalbla An the weather be.-omes .older it will, in nearly all caaes. ba fuaad ad to gradually increaae tha ra tion. Ir it barely pays to keep a sheep that shears only four or Ave pound* of wofll, one that shears aevca or eight ought to return a good profit. Is attempting to cheapen tha onto ml keeping sheep tha wool aad the <;areaaa should not l>e overlooked, bat earn to taken to improve ateadily I't" r the old sheep aad thia yearliags in a warm stable or abed and feed good hay or fodder with ground grata aad hare mutton rather thaa palta to aali. Western Rural. <t »auii tiiria— a. Brown —Tea; they thought f waa poi soned, and tha doctor caaae with hi* stomach pump— Joars—ind he get anything out of you? Brown—Yea; five dollars. Pack. It* l ..4.1 la* 1 rata. Merchant (to applicant —You aay you have had raperieace? Weil, war* you ever in una p'ace aa long aa ata months? il..y —Yes. sir. I uaed to be a meaaen ger boy. Brooklyn Life. rS- Way of ta* wmm. Tom—l got a check t.-day fur my on the evllaof betting. I.u<-y - V\ hat are yna g mg to da with the money? T. m - Play the raceu to-naorrow Judge. ll«w He allied Tiaa. "Three days <m that job; hard wort, too!" "Thri-e dan on a little job like that?"" "Yes, three: two la trying target to w-rk, and the < thcr on the jots"— Llfia The rntal "f tlew Bru >-y Your wife ia a a oarmiag woman. I like hrr style. IViul.-r \oa wouldn't if yuu hn>l to pay f-»r it.—Trnth. f/iait* V muMwry **l can't ae«.~ aald Jhntnlr. why fiah have to bo ■ leaned. They're ia bath ing all tha tuae. fjeiaogrst a -Mag tolaa O'PLOWATS AMD U f It t» • n#*i:ar thM MrfflVfHii ftje-i#n miaiMeva !uw beam 5553 —r. mmi Rayset Taylor ~sa the n.M^MMi had Hi JoseeUa gm hjs IKai start Tirf* he *>aa rnaau! to Ju»hhb H iwthea* Muk mmm off tH beet »rrVf wS>«hMtsw^toyr MM ia CifiMd. Clks & VmMhhv k- pt a >:-»ry white he was kUMVti Fart% and '.-is saner of the wege *# cit> .-na< the F>sn«»PtaaAaswb the 3e«t ia*eres*h*g honk *hhk hM bee* faklWel «• the wfc)e t- M Bent the tsthrsftb* •" -'tathMflk.* PHrersa..ae ~4 m Wpl mmf ktowafii bant hnbira ysWkkel am Twtafl toM emi of ow toreigy -nmmmmm am mam roraced m the t iMpa»sliaa -it ha*fc» aboat the mntna w>th wMck have been .-.nneeted Andrew (M* who was minister to R jmla. wttl flaw aa in*rre«rtay -liaptii or tao uima in# hia «' «y nan an there ha fete **■ orra. which he in n i illaj aa Ikßh f«>ote. Pa.. aad <>em. Deahy, who flg» the ieet aqfht yearn haa hem atalMw to Pekia. haa tike material tor aa easel lent book oa rhiaa aad the China ai Jacob • hi Ida, of Miarnil who w«e iria inter to "•Jam inder CVeetami. !kee • hook os that umatiy ta the .-wwrsea# prr, aretx.n By ail aida the baM haeh ever pafcitahed »nt hina wan the* at Weils Willinaaa, win weak to the* mmm try aa a aiai iaary. ha* wan unai <tak with nor drptmaatic anka tor fM Bimo SO«K» By It Uke tetWrH B«P>| ■ ten The gift t4 bird sonc hi Taipkly tan r-jiiae pres'ufatire. aa mf tender sentimi nt hy wtuch the ator t* >n of the onyunkae an may ha mm •d aad retained, ladrnal the btede fn ntah aa esceyuon to thn awee| ftmg a sertioa that 'tla ioea that «Nne 9 key to ail earth a innair * Hiey sfe from lore aad hsppim aa. say* eta from lore aad rivalry, another aaaer* while Joy aad haujsjey sf spirit* ar said hy a third authority ta haaanarr able f r their manmc. 'That aaoM at li speciea vif heat ia the sfaiafi ia wei.- knovm. the motive that ia raaqpawofb.i --(or the (nml >n tpowr at aaff hday a resalt of ;ta inSneaceat they Mt hap py to he at home affatn hk the cr haunts, to he sail an dad hy pie My ar ttxrniaff sprin#time. On* of the mat <!ei%hMM at a-tr Aaxricaa eaaayiatn beUevae ail harda *> be wcipieat or woald-be *..n*stem (hi r til nt £tvb the h**n ham % tented carol —aad he nadil die aw with a desire to fill the a%ht wttb manic. The lifki of love wtthte the little bird'a heart ia MgktM aft thah ■easiwi na<l os at flues aad tUaMkan Mn aong The language «* pin toapa time to the heart * rhythaa" latil 'Jha rail beauty of the fiosear at \mm m homes aoout aa Undoubtedly they stag at teate vrry j>jy. jnet mm wa gr» wng*ag ato»«»« nor wufti bMMw ow Wwti m Hflti mod happy, ud the aong afi tor » we htm only to limna to ii ORIGIN OF CAMt-WAIKINQ. The practice at raha-waihlag: »»r walking far priara. origlaati 4 ta tl ■oath during the «M alaevry dtoya, aa the S»w Tort Wurtt ta thine top it wto rtlM a <tanca awl alwaya *» * place at a "* party They need to gtva thaa to »>• opea air by caadla light, tadrr the system of burning tat ami eottMi k tin* 1a a tin pan. ma that tMyHlnf cmtd fr> on joyfally This aak a strung* M aftor all • pleaanat ight. as it fik'harwl aaawag - cornstalks tad the <*'»"«* u mm Tb aaZktag took place miniliy to a car* •eld after the frain haul toia «fcr*pp»-- f**>m the stalks. The MiitiiMwe »ori were o<W ami very illff*^at front ttaaae ehrk may he seen at aay otf the Mad era eahe-walka to the-tty of Jtow Tart fie'd g.nghmm .Iraiiaaa aad ett I,'HiHw . ami the men eo» -nra—rh tinunai with «toe teg rolled ap aad the oflfcee palled <to«a The aaoat Uifty-sitaatod .ahaa are (mtad aia<>og the 11 i jaalaya aaoaatoto in Thibet, rhetr aimadea du aM. Itow reer am to hare barn ary ammto<T garaged. far dUhmH tathrtto g*v» widely different <fin'»rnai Hil|tha mi one of the ai'wd lahra it Thfha*. b between I*.«to aad to. 90* hetakawihr level of the sea. aad if thia halt la aw doubtedly the lofttaat m the wart Two other Thibetan latok shat d Chalaaoo aad Sarahnl. are atf to ha t?.«W aad 13.t0* faet to altitude iw ap»» tively For a Song ttato It waa aap •owed that Lake TMrato to Shtoth Aaaertra. waa the lidtfeM to the wuafci ft aan.ni ahnat tyre nrtl»a. to ftM feet la ito greaaato ilapth ami la 13.0W feat ahnee the sea. la apate of inexartttade wtth legnad aa the BMaaareataata of tha .'ls enema -i to Thibetaa iahaa. they ar* aa daaht aaa tolerably higher thaa Uda oraay aahm~> A man wto» mat wtth topwrn h a# the roaal >f tuba aad had to tahe to mm opea boat, teila of the paraliar haOart nation .-ailed bf aaikwa tha "FartoHto eraac." bw»agfct oa hy i ipwri to the terrific heat of the mmT% ray* Be aaps "Tha era appeared to ha 'jaadtoaai tat<> a mighty meadow, bright with flowers aad maabcal with aaa«r »f Itoh ("or. I tprtnjpi barat traa ryitol maha * rtlr-a v»l I olaaged oeae the aM» f I »; -ata 'arty fetlv raa ofbrtoa. . '*te«'»baa <~-aaa aura 'toad it 'rr piral aaaa wd to a»>»T the poato • Tpi< f*r rnaiK H«»ii«r Mr Oothaae—Wettr wail' A trato robber la Uheiy to ba «atofh» to ito, Tha paper «ay% he haid «p a 'Jala aad ri>bhe»l e-. • rraody. lacladtaf tha >aal grmmtm. *r% liot'iam -%ra yaa w»a toll to aangbt* Sfr Ootham— -ndead. Ito ehat •ra'U rateh hlto -X t Waatoty A Laetor a-r UttSe (Writ- 1 thinll . too 'Jtmmm to aaythlne t Had to toay la whaal to day toanr aad J 4uu»y Jiaawn •• Mother-Tha*"« «traa»r Wtop Wto he allowed t»|»» aarty* Little |M.-h— Itoaaa a' toa fate to »»p to".~«J«ad .tm__ a «w to wl'i' ■artowa—Theae railway aitoaa are ite oioißif too siatoartoto I "hai, traeel hereafter aa a torpeto. Mr. Marr » tot toaJfm aa 'obsoi. wtth Mrytha an laaay paopla alt lad. Itottt -to*f oae Ti<-rtm ta «torh toa—lto to ■e aatot aa laooeattt' —I «b >a*t aea to*w pMB itoap ta- stoife ia piare \Unafn- Aad why ant 7 laaorent -It baa hmtot * Mawafer—<;f MtoMt tato laaui •at lad Siaa? NO.IO
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