VOL. XXX.
BICKELS
Grand Bargain Sale
Still continues and will continue
until we have sold out our stock of
Sample Boots and Shoes and Oxfords.
B&rgaiu BB«k«rrt8 B «k«rrt should not mis* thin Graod Bargain Sale a< we
offering greater bargain* than ever before.
Having received a Urge line of iadies fine shoas an i oxfords, I am pre
pared to show a better selection than ever before, and prices much lower .
Ladies Fine Russia Bluchers at $2.00 to $4.00.
" " " Oxfords at SI.OO to $2,25.
" •' Chocolate Oxfords and Blucher stjle at $2.25.
" Hand Turn Oxford and Sonthern ties at $2 50.
Ladies fine Dongola Shoes hand turn) jy i STYI FS
a a a a a W elt) * J
Misses Fire Dongo'a Shoes at $1 00 to $2.50.*
'• School Shoes 75c to $1 25.
" Tan or Red Shoes at SI.OO.
" ' " Oxfords at 90c.
CHILDREN'S SHOES AND OXFORDS ALL COLORS.
Infant Shced at 18c to 50c.
We Stand foi* Quality
MEN'S .FIISTK SHOES.
Oar Men's Cne shoes are more varied in styles this year than ever be
fore, Ful- *!-«. ck of men's fine Tan shoes in Lace or Blocher styles.
Men's fine patent leather shoes in lace and congress, plain toe and tips.
Men's fine Calf, Cordovan, Kangaroo nod Porpoise 9hoes in all styles
fid at low prices.
Men's low cut shoes in Oxfords and Southern ties in Tan color or of
Calf and Kangaroo stock.
Boys' Tan BloChers at $1.50. Fine shoes, lace congress or button
at $1 25 to $3 00 per pair.
Our stock of men's and boys's working-shoes is larger tbau ever before.
NOTE THE PRICES. !
Men's kip shoes 75c to $1.25.
Men's grain shoes SI,OO and upward?.
Men's grain box toe shoes at $1 50 and $2 00.
Men's kip and calf box toe shoes $1 50 to $2,00.
Men's fine calf dress boots at $2.00, fall stock of our own make-
Boot and Shoe Repairing Neatly Done.
COMPLETE STOCK Of LEATHER and FINDINGS.
When in need of' anvtliins* in mv line give
me a call.
JOHN BICKEL.
128 South Main Street Butler. Pa.
Spring and Summer FooTwear!
You might just as well have the first selection from our
new stock of shoes, slippers and Oxfords. Some of the
new styles we arc showing this season in fine goods are fetch
ing. The large and well selected line of
LADIE S SHOES AND OXFORDS
are worthy of special mention; however, we will only state
that you will be pleased with their style and fit, and we are 1
selling the very prettiest styles ut prices ranging from 75c to
$2.25. Light colors will predominate in
Children's Footwear
this season. Call and see the pretty things we arc showing
in Tan and Chocolate Colored Oxfords and Blutchers. We
have more and prettier styfes for little ones to select from
now than ever before.
SHOES FOR GENTLEMEN.
In regard to our new goods for gentlemen, we wish simply
to state that we have exercised our usually care in their se
lection. We have all the newest and latest styles in men's
and boys' wear. We feel confident that we can suit you
not only in the shoes but as to the price.
AL. RUFF, 141 S. Main St. 1
N. B..—Just now our BARGAIN COUNTKR is quite a 1
feature. Almost all the goods on it arc marked at less
than half price.
SP SHSESFOR EVERYBODY, i
An immense exhibit of spring shoes. All '
TOUR FEET CAN BE the latest shades in tan goat and Russia '
FITTED WITH calf, newest tips and styles of lasts. We 1
HUBELTON'B SHOES. show everything in the lino. Footwear 1
worth the having—but no traßh. (
LADIES' FINE SHOES.
Never have shown to onr customers so many new and heautifnl 'styles
as we are showing this spring, we are drawing customors every day by the
power of low prices backed with good quality. There is nothing,in a low
price unless the qnality is back of it. |
LADIES' FINE SHOES.
All the styles worth having have found there way to our bonse
Ladies' fine shoes from 85 cts. to $4.50. Don't forget to see our shoes at
SI.OO, $1.25, $1.40, $1.50 and $2.00, tip or plain too,common sense opera or
Phil'a. last.
MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S FINE SHOES.
We are showing a beautiful line in tan goat and Russia calf, heel and
Spring. Tbey combine beauty, service and low prices. Misses' shoes at 80
eta. op Pine dungola patent tip spring heel, 12-2 only SI.OO. Misses'and
children's oxfords all colors. Infants soft solo shoes in colors. Children's
•boe« 25 cts. to 50 cts.
MEN'S FINE SHOES. #
New attractions in high grade goods of the latest make, sound in
quality, thay are straight square bargains every one of them, and at a close |
price. Men's brogans only 70 cts. and sl.oo' Men's fine shoes with tip at
SI.OO and $1.25. Men's fine shoes extra nice at only $1 50 Men's fine
■boes genuine calf fine only $2.00. In lace and congress tip or plain, then
onr tan bluchers and patentcalf are beauties, goodyear welts aud baud
Mired in calf and cordovan at $2.50 and up.
IN BOY'S AND YOUTH'S SHOES
We lead at usual in style, qualitj aud low prices. Boy's fine button or lace
at SI.OO and $1.25, sizes 3to s£. Youth's fine shoes at 75 and SIOO.
Full line Men's box toe heavy shoes in grain and kip at $2.00. Kip
box toe boots, three soles, long leg, at s:{.oo and 3.50. Repairing all kinds
done at reasonable prices. Came and see for yourself.
B. C. HUSELTON.
•SPRING.*
. We are approaching the days of all the year, the days when the air
is freighted with the perfumery of flowers, and everything is
symbolic of Peace and Good Will. In this respect these days re
semble our shoes Their Good Will is shown by their willinguess
to stand by you,as long as you stand iu them. (Quality, not price
is cheapness, and we believe our prices quality considered to be
the lowest in Butler.
ROBINS BROS.,
8. B. Corner of Diamond. • .. _ Butler, Pa
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~I>ANA SAMAL'AE.LLA CO.:
GKMTLZXEX Dtirimj the thr* year*
Bhst-e 9ul! i 1 e n udcraiAy -.r'th I>zenta, fetM
==tira'*s so that 1 vrzs una! to cttend to my work. 1=
sutf red Iroin iutlittcmion, andV&s bauiyaa
■run d jw:;. I trie-! van :s rern'.-dic* without
=«in:ng any relief until I wad induced to tiy
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■I have taken on'.v two * . cr. 5 feel like aB
n«-.\ man. Plapl . .. blotches
= e«t irc-ly <linaupear<-d$ Appetite Qr»t^~
■ rate; l>isection good. In fact I believe ifß|
I had not taken lIANA'S I would not be nli\'e?=
==now Yours truly,
H Htltotr.S. V. L. A- VrOLi~iLc.il. gf
= Dana Samparlila Co., Belfast. Maine
feed. For prices an'J terms Ad
dress,
J. W. MILLER,
131 Mercer St, Butler' Pa.
SPRING
STYLES
READY.
YOU WILL CERTAINLY
HAVE A SUIT MADE TO
ATTEND THE WORLD'S
FAIR. YOU CAN AF
FORD IT, WHEN YOU
SEE THE SPLEN
DID ASSORT
MENT OF
MATERIAL,
AND THE MOD
ERATE. PRICE AT
WHICH WE MAKE
YOU A SUIT THAT IS
CORRECT TO THE LATEST
DECREE OF FASHION.
Aland's,
Tailoring Establishment.
C. & D.
ALWAYS
Take into consideration that money
saved is as good as money earned.
The best way to gave money is to
buy good goods at the right price.
The only reason that our trade is
increasing constantly is the fact that
we handle only goods of first quality
and sell them at very low prices
We have taken unusual care to
provide everything new in Hats aud
Furnishing Goods for this season,
and as we have control of many
especially good articles iu both lines
we can do you good if you come to
us.
We confidently say that in justice
to themselves all purchasers should
inspect our goods.
Visit us.
COLBERT & DALE,
242 S. Main street,
Butler JPH.
Wall Paper
CHEAP AS THE CHEAPEST,
FINE AS THE FINEST.
-A/NID
The C 'hoice of All,
.A.T
J. H. Douglass'
Two Doors North of Postoffice.
Hotel Butler,
J. H. FAUBEL, l'rop'r.
This hp use has been thorough
ly renovated, remodeled, and re
fitted with new furniture and
carpets; has electric bells and all
other modern conveniences for
guests, and is as convenient, and
desirable a home for strangers as
| can be found in Butler, Pa.
Elegant sample room for use of
commercial men.
CONNORS.
The* Value of a Kind Word to a
Lonely Man.
"Connors," the lieutenant had said
during their memorable interview,
"hare yon never known anyone who
was always interested in what you did.
who was sorry wh"n you got into
trouble, and glad when you behaved
yourself?"
"No, sir," he had replied; "I ain't
had friends. 1 don't seem to mak3
friends easy. I had a good pal oncet
in Chicago, but he didn't gave a—he
didn't care anything about my gettin'
into trouble."
"Connors," said the lieutenant, and
he looked thoughtfully at a .silver
framed photograph on hi.s desk, that
Connors saw w.. . a picture of a little
girl with long tresses of wavy hair,
"I've a little daughter back in St. Paul..
I hope she will come out here some
time. More than anything else 1
should like to leave to her the memory
of her father as an upright and, I hope,
a brave soldier, and if I have any as
pirations for great deeds in this profes
sion of ours, it is because 1 want her to
be proud of me when she grows older.
I think it helps us to do right if we
sometimes think of the sorrow we
bring to those who love us and to our
friends when we do wrong, and, if
you've no objections, Connors, I should
like you to think of me as your friend,
if yon will, for I take more of an in
terest in you than in most men I've
known in the ranks, and nothing would
do me more good than to see you bring
credit on yourself and your regiment,
and hardly anything would grieve me
more than to see you go to the devil, ai
you will if you don't stop now. But I
think you will stof), and, if you will let
me, 1 should like to shake hands with
you."
Connors had suddenly found the pic
ture of the little girl grow rather dim
before his eyes, and something felt un
pleasant in his throat, but he managed
to mutter a "Thank ye, sir," and since
that time he had been drunk only once,
and the feelings he had known when
he found that the lieutenant had heard
of that he had never experienced before.
And now he was standing on the edge
of the parade-ground looking out on the
brown prairie over which the cool au
tumn wind was steadily sweeping, and
wishing he had been a better man.
Far away the curious peaks and rocks
of the Bad Lands rose like the citadels
of some ancient city. The scene was a
picture of dreariness, not a living or
moving object in sight. If Connors had
been imaginative he might have fan
cied he was a lonely mortal looking
out on the primeval world. But his
weary familiarity with these surround
ings prevented their arousing any un
usual feelings. He was thinking of his
wretched boyhood and youth, and of
the vice and crime he had seen and
taken part in, of the year's sentence he
had served, and how he had enlisted
under an assumed name to es
cape capture for shooting Sandy Feters
in Fagan's saloon in Chicago. It was
true that if he had not shot Sandy,
Sandy would have shot him, but he
knew very well that the plea of self-de
fense would have availed him little?
with his past record, and with any
number of Sandy's friends ready to
testify against him lie had sometimes
wished since then that he had not
dodged the rough's pistol, but had
stood still and made a fitting er.d to his
youthful but precocious career in the
appropriate setting of the vilest dive
in Chicago, and gone into the history of
that city's crime as a terror to the po
lice and an object of worthy emulation
to every young tough. What made this
all the more pllluVlc who Onl Cuuuors,
with all his knowledge of evil and un
happiness, was little more than a boy
in years, the time when hope should
seem brightest and life most full of
promise. But of late, since that talk
with the lieutenant, and especially
bincc the little girl had come out to join
her father, life had seemed more hope
ful somehow —he could not exactly tell
why. "They're the only friends I've
ever had—him and the little 'un," said
Connors to himself, "and I won't go
back on 'em; I'll be a credit to 'em yet
—if I can."
A great intimacy had arisen between
the little girl and Connors from the
moment when tho lieutenant had intro
duced them and the child had said, in a
polite little grown-up manner: "I'm
very happy to meet you, Mr. Connors,"
and had insisted on shaking hands
with the orderly, much to his con
fusion, for lie did not know exactly
what to do with the soft little hand she
held out to him, and his sensations
were curious as he looked into tho
great brown eyes she smilingly raised
to his.
"I think Connors will excuse your
calling him mister," said the lieuten
ant, with a smile.
As Connors looked out on the prairie
and thought in his way about all these
things, he was conscious that he had
changed very much in the last few
weeks. If he could have analyzed his
feelings he would* have said tlmt he
had more self-respect than ever before,
for he had been lh'ing straighter, as he
would have expressed it. He had a dis
tinct longing to do something in the
world, and to bring some happiness to
those who were kind to him —matters
he had never taken much interest in
hitherto; but he may not have been
greatly to blame, perhaps, for he had
never known anyone who was kind to
him. As he stood there he heard his
name called behind him, and turning,
saw the little girl running toward him
across the parade ground, without her
hat, the wind waving her brown hair
back from her forehead. * When she
came up to him she caught hi.s hand in
one of licr own, resting the other con
fidingly on his coat sleeve, aud, as she
looked up at him, Connars saw that
licr eyes were brimming over with
tears, and a frightened little quaver
sounded in her voice as she said:
"Connors, they're—they're going off
to fight the Indians. Papa will have
to leave me, won't he? and he may be
killed. Oh. Connors, do you think he'll
be killed?" and she bent her head oyer
Connors' blue sleeve anu sobbed aa if
her heart would break.
"Don't cry, miss," said Connors.
"Killed? W'iiy, he couldn't get killed
if he wanted to. I'ooh!" he contin
ued, grandly, "Injuns is all cowards—
they'd run if you waved your hand at
'em." lie knew that, not to put too
fine a point upon it, he was lying
outright; but he told himself that he
was used to it and ought not to mind
it now.
"Do you think, Connors, you could
take care of him some and not let him
get shot?" said the little girl.
"Why, certainly, miss," answered
Connors, promptly.
'•You see, I'd feel more comfortable
if I knew you were looking out for
him."
"I'll take care of him all right,
miss," said Connors. "Don't you worry.
Why. in a few days he'll he back here
same as to-day."
"Connors," said the little girl,
brokenly, in a rush of childish grati
tude, "you're—you're so good."
"Me good," groaned Connors, inward
ly, as they turned back toward the fort.
Four days afterward all that was left
of a detachment of twenty officers and
men from X Troop, Tenth United
States cavalry, were grouped in an ir
regular circle on a small liillcck in
Devil's Creek canyon, husbanding their
remaining cartridges, and sometimes
wondering whether they would ever
see the familiar buildings of the fort
again—a hypothesis that seemed cx-
B ITTLKK. FRIDA'Y, MA V MK IS
treineiy linproDame even to tne most
sanguine. They knew that two of their
number had been killed when the led
horses were captured, and the bodies of
two more were-lying side by side in the
center of the group, while three were
wounded and one of whom was slow
ly dying behind a protecting rock. The
rest were crouching or lying behind
the rocks and rubbish they had hur
riedly heaped np as a breastwork,
wat hing for stray shots at -.he dusky
figures that were occasionally seen
darting from rock to rock or leaping up
suddenly to fire into the little circle.
They knew that there had been some
mistake in the information they had
received. No one had imagined that
there were such numbers of hostilcs so
near them. They had been entrapped,
cut off from the horses and surrounded
before they fairly knew what had hap
ponc .. T'.:3 regiment was doubtless
expecting their return, but could have
had no news of their danger or of the
proximity of the Indians unless the
redskins had been bold and numerous
enough to attack the whole force sent
against them. The small supply of
water was going fast and the number
of cartridges was becoming smaller
and smaller. They knew very well
what to expect; in a few hours there
would be the yell, the rush of the hos
tiles, the hand-to-hand fight, and all
there would be left "would be the heap
of bodies on and about those forms al
*eady in the center. But the discipline
of the regular service was strong even
in this crisis, and the love of fighting
for its own sake, that makes good sol
diers, was still apparent in the gleam
that shone in a man's eye when ho
saw through the smoke of his carbine
one of those dark figures throw up its
arms and fall back. Most of the men
felt in some way that there was some
thing heroic in this position; they
understood that they would die as true
soldier.; should fighting to the last.
But the lieutenant wondered, as he
steadily watched a rock from behind
which two Indians were tryiug to get a
shot, why the inspiration supposed to
accompany such scenes was wanting.
In another part of the circle Connors
had been meditating a plan for the last
hour, and as night approached it be
came a determination. Near his posi
tion, outside of the circle, was quite a
large number of bowlders piled togeth
er, around which the sagebrush had
sprung up rather thickly. On this side
the Indians were fewer, and he thought
that perhaps it might be possible for a
man to get through them in the dark.
If thff scene had been changed to the
slums of Chicago, and the Indians to
policemen, he felt quite sure he could
do it easily. But he reflected that In
dians and policemen differed. Still,
there was a bare chance, better, at
least than waiting to be butchered,
and he determined to try it.
When the stars began to appear, and
the enemy commenced to fire more rap
idly, he turned to the man next to him.
"Look a-herc, Jim," he said; "I'm—"
There was a crash of two or three
shots from the Indians, and Jim rolled
over on his side, his arms and legs con
tracted, then stiffly extended, while his
face turned a ghastly white, and Con
nors saw that he was stone-dead. They
dragged the body into the center and
laid it beside the others. Connors
thought better of speaking to anyone
about the project, and in the slight
confusion occasioned by moving the
mar who had just been killed, stepped
suddenly into the darkness, over tho
low protection, among the sage-brush
and rocks, and disappeared. The men
in the circle wondered at the sudden
firing and a few yells among the enemy,
and as Connors' absence was not no
ticed in the excitement, a faint hope of
relief was raised; but the noise soon
subsided, and all was as before.
In the camp of the regiment the men
were bitting about the fires singing
and telling stories, while the officers
were gathered together smoking, and
occasionally wondering where that de
tail of X troop could be. Still there
was no real anxiety, as no hostiles
were supposed to be in the neighbor
hood. The prairie stretched away
lonely and white in thcmoonlight, aud
the voices of the regimental singers
sounded sweet and plaintive on the
night air.
On a sudden there was a shout from
the sentinels on the western side of tho
camp, the singing stopped, and two or
three of the officers ran toward the
western outposts, while some confusion
arose in the camp. Soon there were
cries for the surgeon, and that officer,
who had been interrupted by the noise
at the height of one of his best stories,
grumblingly arose and walked over to
the spot where a group of men had
gathered, bending forward to look at
something in the center of the crowd.
As the surgeon approached he was sur
prised to see an unmistakable Indian
pony standing perfectly blown near
the knot of men, its leg? wide apart
and head down, while the steam rose
from its wet skin. "Here's the doc
tor," said some one, and tin* .surgeon
made his way into the center of the
group.
Connors was on the ground, hi.s head
and shoulders supported by one of the
men. He was trying to say something,
but could hardly whisper.
"The detail's up in Devil's canyon—
eight miles—east side. Injuns all
around 'em —shootin' 'em like dogs
may be all dead now. For God's sake
hurry!" whispered Connors, weakly,
and then fainted.
In the circle in the canyon a little
flicker of hope had arisen when Con
nors was missed, and the shots and
yells of the enemy thus accounted
for; but the probabilities were so much
against any man being able to get
through alive that it was a very small
llarne, indeed. The heap in the center
was larger, and the grim certainty that
that fatal rush would come and the
wish of all that it might come soon
were stronger every minute. It was
quite clear moonlight now. The shots
of the enemy came faster, and had
closed in perceptibly in the last hour.
The men fired slowly, and the order
was given for each man to use his last
two cartridges on no account till the
end. They could not see the Indians,
but fired at the Hashes. The faces of
the men were set and rather pale; one,
with a bloody shirt sleeve bound tight
ly around his head, looking particular
ly ghastly. The wildest rumors were
entertained by the most hopeful, but
the determination of despair had set
tled on most. One poor wretch, mor
tally wounded, lay near the center,
talking loudly in his delirium. He
thought he was back at the fort with
his chum, Tom Gordon, one of his
trumpeters.
Suddenly the shots came faster, and
the Hashes drew quite close, especially
011 the side where the defense was
lowest.
"They're coming in a minute," said
In an instant there was a harsh, wild
yell of a single voice from the savages,
and immediately the cry was taken up
by the creatures hidden behind roclt
and sage bush, till the whole canyon
seemed to be full of devils.
"Here they come, boys!" shouted tho
sergeant. He was an older man than
most of them, and his stern white face
looked steady and cool as lie raised his
carbine for those last two shots.
liut there was a pause among the
savages. Most of the men thought it
was the stillness that came before the
rush. In the lull in the firing the
voice of the wounded man could be
beard.
"IlarU!" he said, in a hoarse whis
per, and raised his hand waniingly.
the biiL'le! It's Touynv. I'd
Know that bugle anywhere." But they
thought he was raving, and lie lapsed
again into his fever, thinking: he was at
some great review.
But the lieutenant bent forward and
listened. "Keep quiet," he said. '"Lis
ten!" And up the canyon, through the
heavy smoke of the rifles, came the
notes of a bugle clear and distinct in
the sudden silence. It was the "gal
lop."
It was rather a chokiug, feeble cheer
the j- gave, but it reached the regi
ment.
"There they come!" yelled the ser
geant excitedly. And they dimlj- saw
a dark mass in perfect order come
around a projecting' crag of the canyon
and move swiftly and steadily up the
great gulch A few shots met the ad
vancing column. The Indians around
the circle were slipping away.
In a few moments the colonel stepped
over the low breastwork, went up to
the lieutenant, who was leaning dizzily
against a rock, and took his hand. The
colonel did not say anything, for he
was not a demonstrative man, and per
haps he thought no words were needed.
But he stood silent for several min
utes, and the men came up and stood
about looking with half-smothered
curses and wild faces on the debris
strewn bit of ground, on the cartridge
shells, canteens, torn pieces of cloth
ing. and on the pathetic heap in the
center. Gordon, the trumpeter, had
one of the bodies in his arms, and,
with his back to the moonlight, was
crying like a boy.
Connors woke at last, with a rather
luxurious sense of weakness, with a
dim recollection of some horrible
dream, but with a feeling that it was
all over now, and that ho was rather
happy and contented than otherwise.
llis head felt cool, aud though when ho
tried to raise his hands he found tint
they were so heavy he could not lift
them six inches, the discovery some
how did not cause him much anxiety,
but rather amused him.
lie must have slept again, for the
n<txt thing he remembered was seeing
a familiar little face above him,framed
in the long tresses of brown hair th»t
hung forward as she bent over him.
"Connors," she said, a little quaver
ingly, as she softly stroked one of his
thin hands, and the touch was wonder
fully soothing to the invalid. "Con
nors, I'm so glad you're better. In a
few weeks we'll be going out to look at
the horses together again, won't we?
And you have done the noblest thing I
ever heard of. Connors, you're—you're
the goodeit man in the world, and my
dearest friend!" and she leaned over
and kissed him.
No one had ever kissed him before
Ferhaps it was because he was very
weak, but he felt that he was crying.
"Pooh!" he 6aid, faintly, with an ef
fort to stop the tears running out the
corners of his eyes, "me good!" Fra
ncis Parsons, in Harper's Weekly.
"l'apa, what is dynamite?" asked
Willis. "It is a powerful explosive,"
returned his papa. "What's explosives
for?" the boy asked. "To blow things
up," was the answer. "I guess my
nurse must be an explosive, then," said
Willis. "She's blow in' me up ail the
time."
Great KfTort.
"Yes, I wrote that," said the poet.
"It's one of my greatest efforts."
"That's what I thought," said his
friend. "It was one of my greatest
efforts to read it." —Chicago News Rec
ord.
An Original Girl.
I askea her for a sister's love,
To lighten my aull life;
She spoke as softly as a dove
Ami answered, toying with her glove:
rather be your wife."
Urakr'H Mftpjasir»«i
Or Seldom.
H<>3ter (in cheap restaurant) —The
steak they have here reminds me of a
woman's work.
Willard —Why so?
Iloster—lt is never done.—Truth.
In the Country.
"John, John! Tho house is on fire.
Ring for the fire engine."
"I guess not! We're insured against
fire, but not against firemen. Let her
burn." —Jury.
Good Kcason Why.
Mr. Fog—Yes, he must have been a
good husband. They tell me that his
wife says she never saw the least fault
in him.
Mrs. F.—Perhaps she was blind.—
Boston Transcript.
An lusuperablo Objection.
"Barrows' wife is a very handsome
woman."
"But she has one abominably homely
feature."
"What is that?"
"Barrows." —Harper's Bazar.
NOT THE ONLY ONE.
Mrs. Lafferty—Oi was a big fool to
marry yez, so Oi was. If it wasn't for
me ye'd shtarve to death.
Mr. Lafferty (haughtily)— Don't be so
stuck-up, Mrs. Lafferty. You needn't
t'ink dthere air no other fools in dthis
wor-r-rld besides yoursilf.—Puelt.
Well Said.
Flattery, when delicately adminis
tered, cannot fail to be acceptable.
"You forget that I am an old woman,"
said a lady, in response to an admiring
remark from one of the old school.
"Madam," was tho reply, "when my
eyes are dazzled by a diamond it never
occurs to me to ask a mineralogist for
its history." Horace Walpole in dining
with the duchess of Queensborough ou
her eightieth birthday, said, in pro
posing her health: "May you live, your
grace, until you begin to grow ugly!"
Her ladyship's tongue was as ready as
his own. She replied; "I thank you,
Mr. Walpole. May you long continue
your tasto for antiquities!"—Waverly
Magazine.
Some Mistake.
Cubbage—Did you say Snooper could
play the French horn?
Rubbage—Y cs.
Cubbage—lt's all a mistake. He
doesn't know a word of French. —
Judge.
A Content in Wealth.
"My papa owns a gold mine," bragged
Wallic.
"That ain't anything," retorted Fol
ly. "My mamma owns a check-book,
an' just writes all the money she
wants." —Harper's Young People.
Ho Wan One.
Cholly—Don't you believe what I saw
myself? Perhaps lam an idiot
Trotter (dryly) —My dear boy, don't
make such a statement —there's 110 per
haps about it.—Truth.
Ilx<'h;iiiCC of
Mrs. Gofrequcnt—My husband is a
bear on 'change.
Mrs. Fly about —So Is mine. Never
given me a cent. —Chicago Tribune.
LACE MAKING.
A School Near Venice Where the Art li
Taught.
A school of about three hundred and
fifty Italian girls, wearing the national
costume and all industriously at work
ou exquisite lace, is a pleasant and in
teresting place to visit. So writes
Mme. de Boret, who visited a lace
making school at Ilarano, an island
in the Adriatic s«a a few miles from
Venice. The girls, who are from ten
to eighteen years of age, sit in great,
barely furnished, well-lighted rooms,
on low chairs, holding their lace
frames on their knees.
They wear a short, bright-colored
petticoat, a green, red or orange fichu
crossed on the chest, silver rings in
their ears, and around the neck bead
or coral necklaces. They have dark
eyes, teeth like pearls, smiling red
lips, oval faces, fine profiles, and black
hair worn knotted in the back of the
neck with a silver pin by the older
girls, or in long ringlets by the younger
on«s.
They draw their needles slowly and
gracefully back and forth, and grave
ly except when some girlish joke raises
a storm of smothered laughter.
The teachers superintend the work
carefully, and the pupils make fine
Venetian, Brussels, Aleneon and Ar
gentan point aud guipure laces. They
sometimes fill orders for veils worth
five thousand francs. A lace drapery
which was shown Mme. de Boret repre
sented a vast amount of work. Seven
months had beeu spent in making the
foundation for it.
The price of the laces is fixed ac
cording to the time spent in making
them, the rate being a franc a day.
The more skillful pupils add to their
income by doing lace work at home
also.
They all like the school, and though
the pay seems small for such fine work,
it secures them a comfortable living,
for a little money goes a long way in
the island of Burano. Queen Mar
gherita of Italy has been a generom
patron of the school.
THE COLORS OF BUOYS.
Each One a Message to the l'atftlng
Sailor.
When you enter any harbor in the
world where the channel is marked by
buoys you will find that those on your
right, as you pass in, are painted red,
and those on your left black. If you
should set- one painted in red and
black horizontal bands the ship should
run as close to it as possible, because
that indicates the center of a narrow
channel.
Buoys with red and black vertical
stripes always mark the end of spits
and the outer and inner ends of ex
tensive reefs where there is a channel
on each side. When red and black
checkers are painted on a buoy it
marks either a rock in the open sea or
an obstruction in the harbor of small
extent, with channel all around.
If there are two such obstructions
and a channel between them the buoy
on the right of you will have red and
white checkers and the one on your
lett will have black and white checkers.
When a wreck obstructs the channel
a green buoy will be placed on the sea
aide of the wreck, with the word
"wreck" plainly painted on it in white
letters, provided there is a clear chan
nel all around it; otherwise, an even
number will be painted in white above
the word "wreck" when the buoy Is
on the right side of the channel ana an
odd number if the buoy is on the left.
MILK CARTS IN FRANCE.
They Are Alwayn Drawn by Dogs and
Women.
No mattei how much an American
has heard of foreign milk carts drawn
by dogs, and often by dogs and women,
it always seems odd to see such a
strange team, says Harper's Young
People. The dogs have pretty harness
es, and draw bright green carts, but
they look really unhappy, as if they
haa no pleasure in their work. They
trot along with their tongues out of
their mouths, and when they meet an
other dog they cannot even stop to
bow to him. An American child would
Bay: "Poor doggie!" It is said that
some countries have made laws prohib
iting dogs from working as milk-car
riers, and in a few years dog milkmen
may be a sight of the past. It is queer
that there are so many kinds of milk
cans in the world. In America milk is
carried in glass bottles and in small
round tin cans. In England a pretty
tin milk-pail is \ised, furnished with a
brass handle and a wide brass hinge to
the cover. The handsomest milk-cans
in the world are the great brass cans
which are seen in the little European
milk carts. They glitter like gold, and
the froth of the white milk makes pearl
rims upon the well-filled cans. It is no
wonder that American artists take
these cans home to shine in dark cor
ners of their studios.
KWISH Watchmakers.
Watches were made in Geneva as
early as 1500, and now that watchmak
ing lias become a national industry in
Switzerland schools for the perfection
of this profession have been established
there. Tho principal one of these is
L'Ecole Municipale d'Horlogerie in
Geneva. A boy enters this school at the
age of fourteen and works ten hours
for eleven months. Seven hours out
of every week, however, are given to
various studies. The second class re
quirws a stay of five or six months;
the third six or seven months; the
fourth six months; the fifth—when the
work is growing very complicated—
eight months; the sixth thirteen
months and the seventh and last class
about one year, making about five years
in all. At the end of the five years each
boy has made twelve watches, which
are his own property.
Trade* of Turk..
Every Mussulman, however high his
rank, from the sultan down to the low
est dervish, is compelled to have a
trade. The grandfather of the present
Bultan was a toothpick maker. The
boatman, porter or groom is eligible to
the grade of pasha. The butcher of
to-day may be generalissimo of to-mor
row, and the lowest slave may become
grand vizier
Not I'xclatiive.
First Little Miss—Our family is awful
exclusive. Is yours?
Second Little Miss —Of toursc not.
We hasn't anysing to be shamed of.—
Hood News.
Knle Applied to llotli.
Wife (to husband, whoso loud snor
ing keeps her awake)— Charlie, Charlie,
do stop snoring! Turn over on your
side. (Nudges him.)
Husband, ouly half awake, grunts,
turns on his side and continues to
snore.
Wife has a happy idea, llemembers
a line from an article called: "How to
Prevent Snoring." Gives her husband
a second nudge, which elicits another
grunt. "Oh, Charlie, if you'd keep
your mouth shut you'd be all right!"
Charlie (still semi-conscious) —So
would you.—Boston Globe.
11 «• Hail lilt* Mcaiturc.
Mr. F. 11. Winston and Hon. 11. A.
Gilliam were for years leaders at the
Bertie county (X. C.) bar, and had each
a full appreciation, from experience,
of tho skill of the other. At one term
Mr. Winston was suddenly called away,
and placed his business in the hands of
his nephew, Duncan Winston, a recent
acquisition to the bar.
"Now," said he, "Duncan, if Gilliam
makes you any offer of a compromise,
decline it. If you make him one, and
30U find ho is about to accept, with
draw it immediately."—Grcon Bag.
VARIETY NECESSARY.
A Ttc! N'ot an Thnnmghly l nil.Tsto.xl u
It Should lie.
One article fed to stock may contain
all of the elements necessary to main
tain an animal life, yet it will be an ex
ceptional case when any one material
can be considered the most economical
to feted The principal ivason for this
is that S..UU" of the elements will be in
excess as compared with others. An
animal will use only a certain propor
tion of the different elements, so that
if more than is needed is in the food it
is more or less wasted. The most eco
nomical feeding is that which supplies
the elements of nutrition in the right
proportion to secure the results 'or
which it is supplied. It is for this rea
son that in nearly all cases and with all
kinds of stock a good variety is essen
tial to the seenring of th>- best results.
But the obji*t for which the food is
supplied must be considered in deter
mining- the ration to ba iriven. Some
materials are best adapted to growth
and others are fattening 1 . One is best
to secure a good growth and develop
ment of bone and muscle while another
is best to finish for market. One will
help to increase the quantity of milk
while another will add to the quality. •
Corn is acknowledged to he one of the
very best rations for fattening- stock of
any kind while oats is one of the very
best single rations to feed for muscle
alone. (
A knowledge of the nutritive value
of differe.it materials is valuable in
.feeding, as iu ihc majority of cases the
work can be done more economically.
To secure the best results, a variety
should combine the elements of animal
nutritions in the right proportions.
This will be found in a mixed ration of
the cereal gTains and grasses.
Corn is a heating food and can nearly
always IMJ used to a go->d advantage in
the winter ration, but less is needed iu
summer except with fattening stock.
Hogs can be fattened very rapidly now
if they can have the run of clover and
are given all the corn they will eat.
Cows that are to give the largest flow
of milk can be given bran with ground
oats and corn m»al during the summer
even when on good pasturage. Oats
can be made the principal ration of the
work teams because oats supply the
elements needed for bone and muscle.
Yet a bran mash once a week with a
change of other materials, will help ma
terially in keeping up good condition.
No set rules should be followed as
the materials growp on the farm mnst
in a measure determine what the rations
shall be. They will vary with locality.
—Prairie Farmer.
BARN FOR HORSES.
An Excellent Pi»n Dnilgitnl by a Nebraska
Farmer.
Mr. C. Ernest Brown, Antelope coun
ty, Neb., sends to the Prairie Farmer a
most excellent barn plan which we
have had engraved to pretty much tell
its own story. Mr. llrown in his note
says: It will stable twelve horses; mow
capacity, about twenty-five tons; corn,
about 1,800 bushels ears; threshed grain,
about 5,000 bushels. This plan can be
reduced to 38x40 feet if smaller capac
ity is wanted, but should be 16-feet
ELEVATION OF BAITX.
posts. Elevator dump is under floor,
and holds about sixty bushels of grain.
A in elevation and in lower parts of
ground plan is power tumbling rod
under floor; power outside; band wheel
under floor. B, grain chute iu driveway;
C, movable window for throwing in ear
corn from outside; D, fjrain elevator;
F, doors for ventilation; G, slanting
floor of grain bins.
The interior of corn crib should be
made of Ix 4 inch strips perpendicular.
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GROUND PLAN.
Driveway may be covered all over and
large hay doors made in each gable to
receive the hay; or, partly cover, and
put liaj' up from inside. Should be
about three windows back of
Cost of barn will depend upon legation
and size.
LIVE STOCK NOTES,
THE same feed that makes beef in one
cow makes butter in another.
WHETHER you feed two or three times
a day, see that the animal has all it
wants.
IT is claimed that the feed that will
make a pound of beef will make a pound
of butter.
TnE difference between the gain on a
scrub animal and full blood will often
pay for the feed.
LACK of water or a supply of bad wa
ter is oftener the cause of sickness
among stock than is supposed
Risks from Corn Feeding-.
Exclusive corn feeding is the cause of
more losses of hogs than any other
thing. It is because corn is perhaps
one of the hardest grains to digest un
less ground and cooked. Even then it
is too rich, and liable to bo overeaten,
thus causing indigestion. It is better
to feed growing pigs milk with a mix
ture of oats and fine wheat middlings
until they are ready to fatten. The
best p6rk is made in this way. —Rural
World.
Sure to lie Found.
Policeman—Well, my little dear, if
you can't tell mo your mother's name,
or where she lives, how are we to find
her?
Little Girl (lost while out shopping)—
Jes' put me in a store window, an'
matnma'll bo sure to see me. —Good
News.
Hope '' *""*
A Fleaeant Reminder.
Mabel—That was such a funny story
you told mo yesterday about a donkey,
Mr. Sharp.
Sharp —Do vou think so?
Mabel—Yes, Indeed. Alter this,
whoncver I see a donkey, It will re
mind mo of youV—Des Moines Argo
i naut
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A Test of Merit.
A pretty young girl was corrected <®e day
For tapping tier tool on tbe floor
While uu orchestra played—and the pretty
girl looked
At the speaker and thought him a bore
" I can't understand why peoplo object.
•Tls Justified sure on the whole,
I-'or what oarthly good In tho muslo 1 bear
Unless It appeals to my sole?"
—Boston Uudget.
Merely an Experiment.
"I got tired of riding home in crr>wded
cars, so I bought a bicycle."
"So you are going to ride homo on
that, hereafter?"
"Well, I dou't know. 1 got it only
I yesterday and last night I rod/b homo
In a n .
MONEY IN GEESE.
Wbh Proper Accommodations They Can
Ilr Made Very Profitable.
Apparently the majority of fanners
either know little about geese, or else
are prejudiced against them. At all
events, we seldom see a good-sized flock
of these grand water fowl upon our
farms nowadays. With proper ac
commodations. geese can be made very
profitable stock, and little trouble or
expense to the owner. Geese are graz
ing animals, as truly as horses, cattle
or sheep; and plenty of pasture is need
ed to cause them to thrive well at little
cost. Indeed an abundance of grass is
far more necessary than pond or lake;
for, although geese delight to sport in
a good-sized stream of water, they will
grow finely and .thrive first-rate if sim
ply water for drinking purposes be
alone available.
The goslings are not especially diffi
cult to rear, although they are some
what tender in the early part of their
existence. Dampness must be guarded
against. If found in a damp, wet loca
tion, or allowed to remain out in a
shower, it will very likely prove fatal
to the goslings. Hens are preferable to
geese for incubating purposes, since the
latter are very clumsy in their move
ments and very apt to step upon and in
jure the little gosiings. For the first
three or four weeks I would keep the
goslings in confinement near the house;
they can be tended and leaked after
much better, and they will not be
harmed by rains or dews. Feed often
and liberally upon oatmeal, bran, and
corn meal moistened, milk, chopped
clover, etc., and do not neglect to place
bits of tender sod in the pen with the
goslings, as the latter will delight to
pick at both roots and blades. As soon
as the permanent feathers have been
grown, the goslings may be set at lib
erty and allowed to roam at pleasure,
for then rains or dews will have no ef
fect upon them, and they have become
the most hardy of farm stock and
the least liable to disease. From this
time on the most of the growth will be
made upon clover and grass pasturage.
Little or no grain is required until time
comes for "finishing off" for market.
Then corn for two or three weeks will
put these fowls in grand shape, so that
they will bring good prices, a consider
able portion of which is profit.
We have two improved breeds of
geese that are most excellent for the
purposes of the farmer. They are the
Toulouse and Embden; the former came
from France, and the latter from Hol
land. Individuals of these breeds at
tain the noble weight of twenty pounds
apiece at maturity. As long as a fine
gander can be bought for five dollars
or a good pair of geese for eight or ten
dollars, let no one breed common mon
grel stock. Just estimate what an in
creased profit even two or three pounds
extra per head upon a flock of young
geese will give the breeder, and yet a
large, vigorous, pure-bred gander
should make much more than this
difference, when crossed upon ordinary,
mixed goose stock. Only breed the
best.—M. Sumner Perkins, in Ohio
Farmer.
GOOD PIGEON LOFT.
A Useful Structure That Can Be Built for
Thirty-Fire Dollars.
Before talyng up the subject of dis
eases affecting pigeons, we will describe
a pigeon loft.
A good size for such a structure is a
cage 10 feet high and 18 feet square at
tached to breeding room 8 feet wide
and 10 feet long, making the whole
building (see cut) cover an area 16x24
feet. The cage is on the south front of
the breeding room and is entered by a
door at the corner, the steps to which
are removed when not in use. The
building being set on posts 2 feet from
the ground and tin shields being placed
on these, mice and rats cannot enter to
disturb the birds.
The rear or north wall of the breed
ing room is 8 feet high. Against it the
nest boxes, about 200 in number, are
placed. These should be of dressed
white pine boards, painted white, with
perches for the old birds to alight on.
A board slanting downward should be
placed under each perch to prevent the
birds soiling those beneath them.
Grocery store boxes can be added when
additional nests are needed.
The floor of cage and house and the
side walls may be of hemlock, made to
fit cldsely, the skies being stripped to
keep out wind. The roof should be rain
tight If the birds get wet they are li
able to take cold which will develop
canker and other diseases. The cage
should be boarded 3 feet from the floor,
and the netting bo mesh
Such a house can be built for about
|35. — Farm Journal
Gritty Material.
Poultry cannot procure gritty ma
terial while the ground is covered with
snow. It should be supplied in the
shape of coarsely-ground bone or by
pounding the broken china, crockery or
glass. Oyster shells are excellent if
they can be had, and even coal ashes
will be of assistance if nothing better
can be obtained Grit is very important
to laying hens —Farm and Fireside.
Cholera and Indlffestloa.
Cholera is not a winter disease. In
digestion, due to overfeeding, and mak
ing the hens too fat, is a disease usually
mistaken for cholera. The cholera
spreads rapidly and kills its victims in
a short time, often in a few hours, but
indigestion may result for weeks. The
remedy for indigestion is to remove the
cause, which is to give less food and
compel the hens to exercise.
In the Vermont legislature, the house
has reported a bill, enacting that a
dozen hen eggs must weigh IX pounds.
He Didn't Like It.
Miss Coo pah—Oh, His to Johnsing, I
yer yo' is from Boston. Is yo' fond of
Browning?
Mis to Johnson —No, indeed. NebDer
fool wif dat; I only does blacldn'.—
Truth. __________
Backer* of Nature.
Physician—Doctors, yon know, mere
ly assist nature.
Layman—Especially when one en
deavors to escape the debt of nature.
—Judge.
Courage.
Teacher —Define courage.
Bad Boy—Not be in' 'frald of th'
teacher.—Good News.
TRUST THICM NOt.
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