VOI,. XXX
Grand Clearance Sale
FOR
The months of July
And August, of
Millinery, Dry Goods,
Wraps, Notions, &c. Great
est Bargains ever offered.
MPS. JENNIE E. ZIMMERMAN,
(Successor to Rittcr & Ralston.)
Butler, - - - I 3 a
N. B: We make this Sacrifice to
make room for Fall Goods, many of
which are already purchased.
HUSELTON'S
Summer Shoes
Give Satisfaction!
Our stock of Summer Footwear Sh>. ee for the Workingman, the
iB a mammoth' one and Farmer, the Seaside, the
comprises everything in From an Mountains,—Shoes for
the Footwear line * immense as- every time, place
for young and old 1 sortment, we se- and occasion !
*** lect a few items for
f special mention. Come in f
: and see these and others: :
Men's Fine Tan Calf Bluchers $3 to
Men's snd Boys' Tennis Oxfords 50c
Men's Fine Buff and Veal Cong's or Bals, tip or plain toe, ut SI.OO. $1.23 and .$1.50
Men'* Fine Calf Cong's, Bals and Bluchers .$2.00, S'J.fiO, $3.00 aud $4.00
Men's Brogans and Plow Shoes 70c, SI.OO and $1.25
Bojs' Fin e Dress Shoes SI.OO, $1.25 and $1.60
Ladies' White Cinvas Oxfords..'. sl.-10
Ladies White Opera Slippers $1.25
Ladies' Dongola pat. tip, heel and spring heel, button Boots, all solid $1.25 and $1 50
Ladies' Oxfords, Heel aud Spriug Heel, Dongola, Tan, Tip, Opera and Philadelphia
Toe 50c, 76c, SI.OO, $1.35 and $2.00
Misses' I Dongola Oxfords, Patent Tip 75c aud SI.OO
Misses' Qeuuine Goat Tan Oxfords, 11 to 2 SI.OO
Misses' Red Goat Oxfords, 11 to 2 SI.OO
Children's Tan Button Spring Heel, 8 to 11 90c
Children's Red and Tan Oxfords, 8 to 11 75c
Children's Dongda Oxfords, 6 to 8 50c
These are all solid with insoles; will wear than cheap turn-;, which will always
rip from sole:
Daring this hot weather why not come in and gtt a pair of our cool, cheap Shoes and
make yourself comfortable ? Nothing like keeping your feet cool p.iid.your head will he
cool. Won't cost much. Try it!
B. C. HUSELTON.
No, 102 North Main Street, - Butler, Pa.
Special to the Trade.
NICKEL'S GRAND
ARGAIN SALE.4-
This sale is a grand clearance sale. 1 will soon start East and be
fore going I wish to reduce my stock, so I have gone through
all goods and have placed on sale a large lot of Men's, La
dies', Boy's, Misses' and Children's Shoes and Oxfords
to fit and suit all and at extremely low prices.
Bargain seekers should not let this grand op
portunity pass by as these are greater
bargains than ever before offered.
Full stock of Gent's fine Russia
Calf Shoes, lace or Blucher style, at
$2.75 to $4.00. Full stock of La
dies' Russia Calf Bluchers, common
sense or piccadilly style, at $2.00 to
$3.50, all styles and widths. Our
stock of Ladies'and Misses' Oxfords
is larger than ever before, prices 75c
to $2.50. Men's Black Oxfords at
SI.OO. Men's Tan Oxfords at $1.25.
Men's Southern Ties at $1.50. Full stock of
Men's Dongola and Wine Color Creole shoes at
$1.50. Men's Patent Leather Shoes at $3.50. Men's
Patent Leather Pomps at $1.25. Our stock of Men's Fine
Shoes is large and prices very low. Men's Calf Shoes $1.50,
any style. Men's Kangaroo shoes $2.50; hand-sewed Cordovans $4.
AND MANY OTHER BARGAINS.
At all times a full stock of our own make box-toe boots and shoes.
BOOTS AMD SHOES MADE TO ORDER. REPAIRING KEATLY DONE.
Orders by mail will receive prompt attention.
When in need of anything in my line give me a call.
JOHN bicki<;L.
128 SOUTH MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PENN'A.
Jewelfy, Clocks,
Silvefwai'e,
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., Dufly Block.
Sign of Electric Bell and Clock.
All are Respectfully Invited
—"Remember our Repairing Department— 2o years Experience."—
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feed. For prices and t.tma Ad
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J. W. MILLER,
131 3l<=rctr Si, Bntl<-r' F'a.
SPRING
STYLES
HEADY.
YOU WILL Ci RTAIXI Y
HAVE A SUIT ADE TO
ATTEND THE WORLD'S
FAIR. YOU CAN AF
FO! D IT W. iEN YOU
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ATERIAL,
AND PHi: MOD
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WHICH WE MAKE
YOU A SUIT THAT IS
CORRECT TO TI I E LATEST
DJECREE OF FASHION.
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Tailoring EstabiisLment.
C. & D.
ALWAYS
Take into consideration that money
Baved is as good as money earned.
The best waj to save money is to
buy good goods at the right price.
The only reason that our trade is
increasing constantly is the fact that
we haudle only goods of first quality
and eel! them at very low prices.
We have taken unusual care to
provide everything new in Hats and
Furnishing Goods for this season,
and as we have control of many
especially good articles in both fines
we can do you good if you come to
us.
We confidently say that in justice
to themselves all purchasers should
inspect our goods.
Yisit us.
COLBERT & DALE,
242 S. Main street,
Butler, Pa,
N OIT I C E !
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W Apt 7 and° Wn ASS
1 V ll I I fi praphsr;forroerly
XX v X VLA I the head of the
' Wertz-Hanim a n
Art Co., will open a Studio and Photo Par
lors opposite the Hotel Lowry, Cor, Main
and Jefferson Sts., Butler, Pa. This will
be the best lighted and equipped Studio
and galleries in the the county. The work
will be strictly first and made under
new formulas by tho artist himself, who
has had 15 years practical experience in
large cities. Portraits in Oil, Cra3"on,
Sepia, Pastel, Ac. in this line we have
110 competition, Our portraits are made
by hand in our own Studio, from sittings
or from photos. Our work has reached
the highest standard of excellence ULJ
is uot to be compared with the cheap ma
chine made pictures furnished by others.
Wait for us; get your pictures from us and
be happy.
EGGS FOR HATCHING.
Itose Comb White Leghorn liens frnm the
yard ot Ed. W. Boyle, score n.i. (Cockerel frcm
Tlieo. Sclield, scor« ys. Single Ccnio Brown
Leghorn hens, Eureka Strain, headed tiy Cock
erel from .ta-s. Sterlings Strand, score 93.
Price $1.25 tor 13 eggs.
H. A. KISON. Saxonbuxg.
liutier Co., Pa
CANADIAN SMUGGLERS.
How Thoy Got Their Merchandise
Across Niagara Rivor.
A Remunerative RwilnMi That Ila*
Carried on for a Number of Tears
Uadnr tho Xo«e« of Cas
torn* Othoicls.
"There lias always been more or less
smuggling carried on across the Niag
ara river, and all the watchfulness of
government agents seems powerless
to prevent it,'" said a customs officer,
according to the New York Sun. "The
principal part of this border smug
gling is from Canada to this side. The
only articles there is any profit in get
ting from this s ! 1 e into Canada free
are kcroutne and lager beer. Our
kerosene is so much superior to the
oil made from Canadian petroleum in
every way, and it could be sold so
much cheaper than the native prod
uct, that the Dominion government
levies a heavy duty on it. Such is the
case, also, with our beer. The busi
ness of smuggling these two articles
across the river is not so extensively
carried on as it was four or five years
ago. as the Canadian authorities dis
covered the ingenious method by
which it was made an easy matter to
cheat the customs officers, and estab
lished a regular river patrol with in
structions to keep an eye out entirely
for the detection of the oil and beer
free traders. Put they still manage to
do a profitable business in this class of
smuggling.
"The way the oil and beer are taken
across the river is by weighting the
barrels or kegs on one end so that only
the head appears above water, and
that only for an inch or two. A tow
of barrels thus sunk is attached to a
rowboat, which a skillful riverman
rows across at night. If the river
patrol discovers the boatman, and the
latter is likely to be overhauled, he
cuts the ropes that fasten the tow to
his boat. The barrels are thus cast
pdrift, and tho smuggler has nothing
in his possession for which the officers
may apprehend him when they come
up. These tows frequently escape de
tection by tho government agents, as
the barrels float away in the darkness,
and watchful companions of the boat
man, who has cut them adrift, hover
ing about on the river, generally suc
ceed in recovering them, and proceed
with them to their destination. In the
early days of this oil and beer smuggl
ing the points from which it was chiefly
carried on were Lewiston and Youngs
town. The goods were taken to St.
Catherines and other places on the
Canada side. Nowadays the smuggled
goods can be landed only at out-of-the
way localities where landings may be
made secretly, and all sorts of sub
terfuges have to be adopted to dis
tribute them successfully among the
met) who take the chances in dealing
hi them.
"There is no doubt but what there
are scores of Canadian merchants who
regularly employ agents to smuggle
goods purchased on that side of the
fiver to those who purchase them on
American side. The number of people
who go to Canada and buy dress goods
and clothing, not to sell again, but for
their own use, and arrange with the
merchants to deliver them duty free,
is surprising. The smugglers who take
the chancos of delivering the goods at
the American points agreed upon work
on commission, which is a division of
the seller's profits on the articles.
There are miles of wild and unwatehed
river front, and the agents are selected
for their knowledge of the country and
their skill in strategy and watercraft.
They -work only on the darkest nights,
and use very small boats. If they fall
in landing goods in safety they get no
pay. So vigilant and expert are they
that the percentage of their failure to
their success is very small. There ere
numerous citizens of the Canadian
border conspicuous for their prosperity
who owe the foundation of their com
petencies to the commissions they
gained in delivering safely Canadian
goods free of duty to American pur
chasers.
"Eggs and butter were formerly
largely smuggled from Canada to
American markets, even before they
were made dutiable. A small entry fee
was collectable on them, but the Can
adian traders objected to that, and
were in the habit of packing large
quantities of eggs and butter in loads
of hay that were sent over to this side.
The hay was subject to duty, payment
of which could not well be avoided,
but the eggs and butter which the
trader succeeded in getting over free,
hidden in his hay, more than made up
for the duty on that. Since a regular
duty was placed on eggs more atten
tion has been paid to loads of Can
adian hay by customs officers, and
these importations do not afford the
safe hiding places for eggs they once
did."
A Little Doll.
A lady from Buffalo, says Harper's
Bazar, had quite an experience in a
large Berlin hotel. She was "doing"
the continent alone with her two chil
dren, without being able to speak a
word of any language except her na
tive tongue. One night, having re
tired early with the little ones, she
was suddenly awakened by a peculiar
noise, which she soon became con
vinced was caused by some one trying
to open the door between her room and
the one adjoining. She got up quick
ly, turned on the electric light, and
rang the bell. The sound at the door
ceased suddenly, and after a slight de
lay a man appeared to answer the bell.
"Speak English?" (the usual question).
"I slipeaks heem a leetle," was the
reply. "There is some one in the next
room trying to open my :door," excit
edly. "No; he is out," positively.
"But there is some one there—a robber,
a burglar—don't you understand?"
"He is oudt! He vill be een at halluf
past zwelf." "No —a roller! burglar' a
thief— a thief, I tell you—a thief in tho
next room!" "Veil," meditatively, "I
do not fink he ees a t'ief, but he ees
oudt. He vill be een at halluf-past
zwelf, and I—vill—tell—heem—zat—
you—want—to—see heem."
Two of a Kind.
"What is all that uproar about in
there?" inquired a stranger, trying to
force his way through the crowd in
front of the building.
"It's a plumber and a paperlianger,"
replied a man standing on tbe window
sill. "They've done some work for
each other and they're trying to
settle."—Chicago Tribune.
A Cure for It.
Friend—One of your clerks tells me
you raised his salary and told him to
get married, under penalty of dis
charge.
Business Man—Yes; I do that to all
my clerks when they get old enough
to marry. I don't want any of your
independent, conceited men around my
place.—Puck.
An Experienced Parson.
Gr«oin —How much do I owe you?
Clergyman—Cm—er—whatever you
think your wife is worth.
Groom—Oh, that's so many* millions
I would have to go on owing it to you.
Clergyman —Well, call around again
in a few years. Perhaps the estimate
will then be within your means. —N.
Y. Weekly.
She Wa* N<> Cushion.
She —Well, if she is so sarcastic to
you, why don't you sit down on lier
once?
He—Oh, I cawn't do that, don't you
know. She's altogether too sharp.—
Detroit Free press.
SUTLER, FRIDAY. AUGUST -A,: 1 803.
SHOOTING AN AUJOATOU
on tl*(? Who Stolo thM
BuDoek.
Oge day after dinner, says a traveler
In Queensland, who has recorded his
experiences under the title: "Missing
Friends," we found that an alligator
!iad takcu away one of the working
bullocks, which was lying down a few
hundred yards fr. ■:n llie houft Tho
tra lis showed piaiidy that tho animal
must have taken its victim by the hind
quarters and dragged it along, for the
earth was plowed up where the bullock
had been holding back with its head
and forelegs.
It had been dragged to tho river's
edge and there killed and partly eaten.
As we approached the bank we saw
the alligator by the carcass, still feed
ing. but it dropped into the water like
a -toii.c at dght ol us.
My employer, Mr. A , turned to
me with sparkling eyes.
"Now is our chance," he oried. "To
night aud to-morrow night it will come
again and eat of tho bullock. Then
we can shoot it."
The next evening we sought the
spot as soon as darkness begah to fall.
The river bank nearest the wattir was
very steep for about thirty yards; then
there was a g-entle slope for another
twenty yards, and on that slope the
carcass of the bullock was now lying.
We were careful to have the wiild
against us. as the alligator is shy, and
would never ascend the bank if it
should smell us.
We lay down flat on the ground be
hind the bushes, and it was agreed
that I was not on any account to fire
until Mr. A should give me the sig
nal by means of a touch. Then I was
to fire into the mouth of the alligator,
while he at the same moment tried to
send a ball through its eye.
We lay in this position until mid
night. and then e..;x>e a heavy body
creeping up the hill, distinctly audible,
though out of sight. Now and then
the noise would cease for a minute or
two, then it would come on again, and
at last we saw the dark mass of the
alligator come crawling up to tke bul
lock and begin tearing at ft.
I dared not move sufficiently to look
at Mr. A- , but 1 nervously awaited
the signal to fire. The alligator turned
this way and that; at one moment it
almost seemed as if its powerful tail
might sweep us away.
At length we heard another alllga-i
tor crawling up the bank, and the first,
one began snapping its jaws fero
ciously.
Then came the signal. Bang! went
the rifles. The beast did not move a
muscle. It was quite dead, and we
could hear the other one tearing and
rolling down into the wat«r again.
DOWN MOUNT HAMILTON.
A Thrllllujr Stage Coacli Ride at Fall
Speed, Turning Many Sharp Cnrves.
It was late when we left the build
ing and began the downward trip,
says a writer in the Californian. It
was so dark that I determined to ride
down as far as Smith's, making the
start from there afresh in the morning.
The coach I happened to catch con
tained a party of excursionists. The
road down from the summit is in all
probability the finest cut road in tho
world, but it is steep, abounds in sharp
turns and terrific precipices, and Is not
a road one would select to go down at
fr."' speed. Yet when the four-in-hand
turned down into the road, the driver
mashed his hat firmly on his head and
brought a crack from his whip like a
report of a revolver, at which the
horses sprang forward in a mad gallop.
Crack came the whip again, and with
a terrific sway the heavy coach swung
round the curvo and went tearing
down the road while fitful shrieks
began to come from the "insides."
Trees, spectral trunks, great oaks and
sycamores flew by, clouds of dust rose
and hid the landscape so that the
horses seemed rushing into a fog
bank. Over bridges we went, the
thunder of hoofs rising in the night
with a weird and forbidding sound.
The pace kept increasing; the liorsej
were at a dead run, sweeping round
curves with a frightful swing, now
coming up under the brake with *
terrific crash, then tearing madly on
in the wild race for the lights of
Smith's away below in the gloom.
Great trees with long branching arms
reached out, seeming to intercept the
road. Gulfs of gloom opened up sud
denly as the coach dashed around
curves. Spectral sycamores stood
white and distinct, where on every
side masses of verdure made the night
more impenetrable—a black gulf all
about, down which they seemed
skurrying. On plunged the coach—
horses and driver seemingly gone mad
—until finally, after pivoting around
in a remarkable manner, we rushed
away in a cloud of dust over the little
bridge into the blending and welcome
light of Smith's inn.
v Japanese Holidays.
The Japanese holidays are the New
Year, the celebration of which lasts
for three days; God Fox's day on the
2d of the second month; the Feast of
Doils, for little girls, on the 3d of the
hird month; the Feast of Flags, for
ittle boys, on the sth of tbe fifth
month; the Ablution mass in the sixth
month; the Tanabata on the Tth of tho
seventh month; the day of the chrys
anthemum jflowers and tho festival of
Inoko late in the fall. Red boiled
beans and rice is the delicacy eaten on
the 2d of February, rice cakes wrapped
in oak leaves are for the stli of May.
Sake is drank on all occasions, but
with a spray of peach blossoms in the
bottle on the 3d of March, and a bunch
of chrysanthemum blossoms on Chrys
anthemum day.
Mouruiiig Colors in Russia.
Black is the almost universal mourn
ing color in Europe, but there are a
few exceptions. For instance, in Rus
sia black is never used for covering
coffins, the cloth being of a pink shade
when the deceased is a child or young
person, a crimson color for women and
brown for widows. Italians do not
use black cloth, white being used in
the case of a child and purple velvet in
the case of adults.
How to I>o It.
Greenie —How do you manage to
make so much money on the races?
Sportle—l go around and get tips.
"Ah, I see."
"Yes. And then bet on the other
horse."—N. Y. Weekly.
Just it Society I.ion.
Mrs. Pompus—The gentleman over
by the piano is a notable literary man.
Mrs. Smythe—lloes he write books?
Mrs. Pompus —Heavens, no! Noth
ing so common. He's just a literary
man.—Chicago Record.
A Test of Love.
Little Effie—Do you love me very
much, mamma?
Mamma (a widow) —Yes, my darling.
Little Effie —Then, why don't you
marry the man at the candy store? —
Vogue.
Only One living.
Friend—Does the new landlady at
your boarding house appear to be get
ting a living out of it?
Boarder —Yes, she is, but we are not.
—N. Y. Weekly.
A I.ay.
The bird sings its lay
When the morning air stirs;
But 'he hen's less poetic—
She cackles hers.
—Detroit Free Press.
The Only Safe Way.
Mr. Sappy—l hope I'll not get a fool
for a wife.
She—You'd better remain single, Mr.
Sappy.—Brooklyn Life.
SIZE OF THE UNIVERSE.
flif N'umbfr of Heavenly Ilodir* Is Too
Ta« for Human Comprehension.
To form some idea of the largeness
of this earth one may look upon the
! landscape from the top of an ordinary
church steeple and then bear in mind
that one must view 900,000 similar
landscapes to get an approximately
correct idea of the size of the earth.
; Place 500 earths like ours side by side,
says the Copenhagen Nordstjernen,
yet Saturn's uttermost ring could
j easily inclose them. Three hundred
| thousand earth globes could be stored
! inside the sun if hollow. If a human
eye every hour was capable of looking
npon a fresh measure of world ma
! terial 11,000 square kilometers large
that eye would need 5o,00>) years to
overlook the surfaoo of the sun. To
reach the nearest fixed star one must
travel 33,000,000.000 of kilometers, and*
if the velocity were equal to that of a
; cannon ball it would require 5,000,000
i years to travel the distance. On a
, clear night an ordinary human eye
; can discover about 1.000 stars in the
northern hemisphere, most of which
1 "r light from distances which
r -.it measure. How large they
m ik iiound these 1,000 stars circle
j 50,000 other stars of various sizes. Be
! sides single stars we know of systems
of stars moving round one another.
Still we are but a short way into space
as yet! Outside our limits of vision and
imagination there are no doubt still
large spaces. The milky way holds
probably at least 20.101.000 stars, and
as each is a sun we presume it is en
circled by at least fifty planets. Count
ing up these figures, we arrive at the
magnitude of 1,000,955,000 stars. A
thousand million of stars! Who can
comprehend it? Still, this is only a
part of the universe. The modern tel
escopes have discovered more and sim
ilar milky ways still farther away.
We know of some 0,000 nebula; which
represent milky ways like ours. Let
us count 2,000 of them as being of the
size of our milky way, then 2.000 by
20,191,000 equals 40,382,000,000 suns, or
2,019,100,000,000 heavenly bodies.
SCARED AWAY THE SPARROWS.
A Stuffed Cat Found to Be a Cure for the
Twittering NuUance.
Whatever else may be said against
the English sparrow, no one can accuse
him of being a sluggard or of folding
his hands for a little more slumber
when he should be out in pursuit of
the earlj r worm. But in this eonnec
tion one very bad habit of the bird
which came to this country as a for
eign pauper laborer employed to do
contract work, may be mentioned. lie
awakens with the first streak of dawn,
and fully a half-hour after awakening
he spends in chattering like a lot of
schoolgirls, until everybody in the
neighborhood is wide awake and
breathing execrations. A story comes
from Westminster, Md., which the Bal
timore Sun gives for the benefit of
readers who are afflicted with the spar
row plague. A tree near the bedroom
window of a lady of that town became
the home of a large covey of brazen
lunged, wide-mouthed, vociferous spar
rows. The lady became as sleepless as
Darius when Daniel was in the lion's
den. But her ingenuity came to lior
rescue before it was too late. One of
the children in the house had an imita
tion tabby cat made of calico. This
was placed in the window by the tree
and the tables were turned on the
sparrows completely. The very sight
of the imitation cat made them shiver
with fear and flutter their wings in
dismay. They all left their home, and
as long as the calico cat sat on the win
dow sill they did not return, but went
and sang morning songs to one of the
neighbors. This is a discovery which
may be valuable. A paying industry may
be started in killing backyard-fence
cats and stuffing theif skins to frighten
sparrows, and then if something could
be found which could be frightened by
stuffed sparrows there might be life in
the old land yet.
The City of Flowers.
Paris rather than Florence should be
called the City of Flowers. In every
quarter you may see a tall, handsome
"kiosk," a slender and graceful
corner built of wood and glass, in
which a pretty flower girl has her
shop. She has a witty word for every
body, even for the ladies who make her
haul over her whole stock in trade and
then go away without buying more
than two sous worth of violets. She
sells little breast knots of flowers to
the work girls going to their toil at
eight in the morning, and sends home
bouquets and cut flowers ordered by
ladies out shopping. In the afternoon
she sees a long procession of gallants
pass before her, and her income do
pends largely upon her popularity.
When evening comes she has the
strangers and the flaneurs for patrons.
And it is generally midnight before
she packs her baskets, closes her ki
osk and goes home. These girls often
work fourteen or fifteen hours daily,
since they have to be at four or fire
o'clock morning flower auction at the
Halles.
Where Women Can't Tell the Truth.
A volume of memoirs has just been
published giving the experience of a
French president of assizes. It bears
curious testimony to the inaccuracy o4
women on the subject of their own
ages. As the writer's information if
from the calendar, he speaks only ol
the criminal classes. The only in
stances in which lie finds correct datei
given by women are whun they are un
der twenty-five or over eighty-five. At
these periods of life, he says, they are
to be trusted. At all other periods the
sure controlling tendency is to under
state. The magistrate has been able
to give a rule for guidance. He findi
that female prisoners invariably state
their ages at twenty-nine, thirty-nine,
forty-nine or fifty-nine, and from this
remarkable circumstance he deduces
his rule. If their ages are in the for
ties, they boldly set them down in the
thirties; but, conscience asserting it
self, they keep as near the truth as
they can and fix them at thirty.
Whether male criminals do the sam«
the magistrate does not state.
Rough ou (jus.
"May I make your mother a mother
in-law?" asked Gus Snoberly of Miss
Birdie McGinnis, to whom he has been
very attentive for some months past,
but has not been able heretofore to
pluck up courage to propose.
"Why not," replied Birdie, who has
no use for Gus, "provided, of course,
you can find a gentleman whom I
might like to marry."—Texas Sittings.
A Gallant Youth.
Mrs. Knight—How did you tear your
clothes so dreadfully?
Johnny Knight—Trying to rescue a
boy from getting a nawful beating.
Mrs. Knight —That's a good little
man —who was the boy?
Johnny Knight—The boy? Why,
mt! and the teacher didn't get the best
of him, either'. —Puck.
Checks anil Stripes.
He was bound to get a new suit, though his
treasury was drained.
And he got it—a forged check the cost defray
ing;
But he does not like the broad stripes of the
garments he obtained,
Though the pattern's very stylish where he'i
staying.
—Truth.
Narrow Escape.
Miss Wellalong—Yes, these strikes
are dreadful things, but don't you be
lieve in unions, Mr. Spoonamorc?
Mr. Spoonamore (looking wildly
I about) —Unions, ma'am, sometimes—
: hum —order a walk-out —and that re
! minds mc I'»e kept you up too late,
1 Miss Wellalong-: I njust be going.
Uight!—Caic3g.j Tribune.
FAmteARDEN.
HCW TO MEASURE HAY.
lialm for Flading the Number of Ton* In
Stack* or Mows.
In answer to a number of inquiries
we again publish a few simple rules for
determining the amount of hay in stack
or mow, when it is not convenient to
weigh it Selling by measurement is
not always the mast satisfactory* meth
od, but it sometimes is most convenient.
Sellers are disposed to insist that a
cube of seven feet is a ton. This is en
tirely too small and will not weigh out.
How many cubic feet will make a ton
depends on so many conditions that no
certain rule can be given. It depends
on the kind of hay. whether timothy,
alfalfa or prairie, on the character of
the hay, whether fine or coarse, on the
condition in which it was put in the
stack, and particularly on the size, es
pecially the depth of the stack or mow.
In a very large mow, well settled. 400
cubic feet of alfalfa or timothy may
average a ton, but on top of the mow
or in a small stack, it requires 500 to
519 eubic feet; sometimes even more. It
is not safe for the buyer to ligure on less
than 500 cubic feet; but in a well iiiled
mow, in selling we would rather weigh
than sell at that measurement.
To find the number of tons in a barn
mow or hay shed multiply the length,
depth and breadth together and divide
bv the number of cubic feet you
think, considering the quality of
hay and the condition in which
it was put up, will make a
ton. To measure a cone-shaped stack,
find the area of the base by multiplying
the square of the circumference in feet
by the decimal .07958 and multiply the
product thus obtained by one-third of
the height in feet, and then divide as
before, cutting off five right-hand fig
ures. The correctness of this will de
pend somewhat on the approximation
of the stack to a regular cone, and if
the stack bulges out it makes the prod
uct too small. The better way is to es
timate the area of stack up to point of
tapering in and apply above rule to cone
shaped top.
The best way is to weigh. The ex
perience of weighing a few stacks will
enable anyone to judge quite accurate
ly. Another approximate rule for meas
uring a round stack is this: Select a
place which is as near as possible to
what the average size would be if the
stack were of uniform diameter from
the ground to the top point. Measure
around this to get the circumference.
Add four ciphers (0000) to the circumfer
ence at the right and divide the whole by
3.1459 to get the diameter. Now multi
ply half of the diameter bv half of the
circumference and you have the feet of
the' circular area. Multiply by the
number of feot the stack is high, and
you will have the solid or cubic feet in
the whole. Then divide by 500 to 512,
according to its size and compactness,
which will give the number of tons in
the stack.—Orange Judd Farmer.
HOW TO RAKE HAY.
What a Pennsylvania Farmer Kbowi
About the Operation.
The merit of any implement or ma
chine depends upon the wise use of it,
and in making hay time and labor are
often lost by the unskillful use of the
implements. In raking, for instance,
one may go over the ground twice in
both raking and loading, by the unwisa
method of raking. To avoid this the
side-delivery rake has been devised, but
it is of no use to one who knows how
to use the common dumping sulky rake.
My plan has always been to begin at one
side of the field, early in the morning,
when the hay is ready for it, and rake
the hay into winrows, turning at th«
other side of the field, and so going
back and forth, continually adding to
the length of the winrows. Then,
when the loader comes along in the af
ternoon, there will be a load in each
winrow on any good-sized field, and th«
load may be gathered without a turn.
Or, if the hay is loaded by hand, the
wagon is drawn between two winrows
and loaded from each side. This makes
quick work. It is always wise to hav«
the hay raked half a day before it is
loaded, and after the first day the load
ing may begin in the morning; when
there has been no rain at night, the
dew will dry off in the loading and un
loading.—A Pennsylvania Farmer, in
N. Y. Tribune.
SLIDING FARM GATE.
Its Introduction Woold Save Lot* ol
Trouble and Annoyance.
A sliding gate, as illustrated, can
easily be made by any farmer who can
hammer in a nail straight or handle a
saw. Two posts arc needed at each end
of the gateway, and they need to be
comparatiyely light posts, as there U
little or no strain upon them. The
posts at one end stand so that the cleat
supporting the gate can be nailed to
the front side of one post and to the
back of the other. This enables the
gate to be swung round when open
against the posts that project most.—
N. E. Homestead.
Cow Pea Cultivation.
For cow peas the ground should be
plowed after corn planting and made as
fine as possible. At the experiment
stations the planting is done in June.
Use the harrow liberally. Plant about
half as far apart as corn rows and about
two and a half inches deep in this
climate; use a bushel of seed to the
acre. They are ripe enough to cut for
feed in from fifty to seventy days—
they are then about half ripe. Cut and
cure like clover. All kinds of stock are
fond of them, and they arc rich in
nutriment, but if fed unmbced - with
grass be sparing at first, till cattle bo
come accustomed to them. They can
be threshed other grain, except if
intended for seed. A machine breaks
them too much.
Something In a Name.
Jasper—So that beautiful heiress,
Miss Smith, has thrown hcreelf away
on a penniless nobleman!
Jurvis—Yes; she evidently believes
that a good name is better than great
riches.—Puck.
This Matter-ot-Fact Age.
He —Don't you think you could love
me a little if you knew that I would
die for you?
She—Possibly, if you will give proof
satisfactory to a coroner's jury.—Bos
ton Globe.
That Is the Place.
"I think I must huve seen yo*r face
before," said Tomdik to a man he met
on the train.
"Quite likely," replied the stranger.
"That's where I always wear it."—
Judge.
They Were Even.
Wife—You have lots to thank me for,
John. In marrying you I saved yon
from a drunkard's grave.
Husband —Well, you needn't blow
about it. I saved you from being an
old maid.—Jury.
THE VALUE OF BRAN.
It Can BE FPJ (O Good Adrutafr la
Summer.
With nearly all kinds of stock bran
can >*" fed to good advantage, and esp®-
cially so during the summer. At the
prices it is usually sold at during the
summer it makes one of the very cheap
est foods that tan be supplied. Some
use more or less in tho duirv; but while
it makes a valuable fixxl for the cows
and teams, brood mares and pro win#
pigs can be given more or less to a good
advantage. It can be fed for milk, for
growth, to .add to the variety, and for
manure. For fertilizing alone it adds
nearly or quite its cost to the manure
and for this purpose at least it is worth
twice tlie value of coarse meal. One
advantage in feeding it is that there Is
little or no waste, is easily assimilated
and contains but a small amount of in- j
digestible material. It is also in a con
dition to be combined to a good advan
tage with other materials. In itself it
is not, «i complete food; in feeding in
nearly all cases its best results are se
cured bv feeding in connection with j
other materials. With the milch oows,
oil ineal. corn meal and bran with good
pasturage make a complete ration for
milk and butter.
With growing pigs bran can be used
with middlings, ground oats, barley or
cornmeal. and if made into slop with
sweet skim milk with any of these It
will aid materially in securing a strong,
vigorous growth with a good develop
ment of bone and muscle. For tho
teams bran can be combined wtth al
most any kind of grain with benefit,
while with unthre*died oats, if they are
run through a cutting box, it makes
one of the best rations that can be sup
plied.
Many purchase bran all through the
winter from necessity; In many locali
ties from this time out it can be secured
at fair prices, so that generally It cmji be
bought and used in connection with
other materials to good advantage.
When grain raising is combined with
stock feeding the manurial value of all
feeds must be considered if the fertility
of the soil is to be kept up, and with
bran this is one item gained, as it is one
of the best ulaterials that can be fed to
stock when the value of the manure is
an item. It is not best to depend upon
bran alone, but on nearly all 'arms
more or less can be used to a good ad
vantage. —Prairie Farmer.
CATTLE FEED RACK.
It Cta lift t'Md for Hay and Cm and
Other Grains.
A correspondent sends to the Orange
Judd Farmer the plan of the feed rack
illustrated herewith. It is 14 feet long
and 5 feet wide, tho posts being T feet
high. The bottom is made solid, of 3-
inch plank, the lower ends of tho slant
ing slats of the hopper fitting into
notches cut into the edges of the middle
board. This leaves a trough or manger
a feet wide along the side, which
gathers any loose hay which falls while
the animals are eating and servas as a
trough in which to feed grain. A fl
inch studding nailed along the outer
edge gives it a depth of 4 inches. The
bottom of the rack is 2 feet above the
ground, giving ample room for hogs to
COMBINED HAY ASD OKAIJf ItACK
pass under it when running in the
same yard. This is a most excellent
feature as it lessens the risk of pigs
being crippled. The posts are 4x4-lnch
pine studs. The floor is supported by
2xl'J-inch timbers solidly bolted to the
posts. By an oversight on the part of
our artist these are not represented in
the illustration. This makes a very
solid, durable and economical feed rack.
It can be turned over on the side on a
sled and dragged to any part of the
yards. The strong points in its favor
are: It wastes little hay, holds a good
amount of it, serves as a grain trough,
and is easily moved.
Training the First EiwntlaL
The breeder who weuld win stakes,
sell quickly and prolitably and make
the blood of his stallions and a
marketable quantity must train and
train early. Not so long ago it was
phenomenal for a stallion to have one
in the list at ten years of age or to be
represented by two-year-olds and
three-year-olda Excuses must now be
made for the stallion whose youngsters
do not find their way into their list at
two or three, and the indications are
that before many years the
2:30 list will be quite a factor in judg
ing strains of blood. In the evolution
of the trotting breed the history of the
thoroughbred is merely repeating itoelf.
—Colman's liural World.
Mutton Growing in America-
Each year this country is becoming
more and more a mutton-growing coun
try, and the sheep kept are of the Eng
lish breeds, which have been reared for
over a century on turnips and man
golds during the winter, and if we are
to maintain the health of these sheep
and keep up their breeding propensi
ties we must, to some extent, follow
the English method of feeding. Eng
land feeds but sixteen bushels of grain
to her animals, while we in America
feed forty-seven bushels. England has
the reputation of producing the finest
mutton in the world and her flocks pro
duce the largest yearly lamb crops of
any nation in the world.
Diarrhea In Lainba.
This is a common disease in young
lambs and is due to the ewes being dis
eased in some way, probably by un
wholesome food of some kind. It is
apt to appear when the ewes arc over
fed with grain, or are exposed to wet
or damp, or kept in steaming stables
that are too close and warm. The
remedy is to remove the cause and give
the ewes some warm oatmeal gruel
sweetened and flavored with half a tea
spoonful of ground ginger. It is worse
than useless to give any astringents, as
a him, but a scruple of powdered sul
phate of iron might be usefully added
to the gruel.
A Sore Klga».
••I am certain that Minnie inteads to
marry Frank."
"What makes you so certain?"
"I heard her scolding him for send
ing her such valuablfe presents."—
Brooklyn I.ife.
In Ikuniuens for HimMlf.
"My husband has to work very hard," |
said Mrs. Storclerc.
"Mine hasn't," said Mrs. Softsuap. j
"Is he in business for himself?"
''Yes, he's an officeholder." —N. Y.
Pr.tss.
Good Out of Evil.
• Tttis ought to be a prosperous
month," said the club treasurer.
'How so?" asked the secretary.
"Ilrutfre cleaning," was the replyi
••and the men'll all be here."—Life.
At the Concert.
Mamie Will kiss (gushingly)—Do yon
know, I'm just devoted to Strauss'
Van Demmit (fiercely, to himself)—
Wait till I get the fellow alone; I'll
teach him! —Truth. _
MO 35
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MANAGEMENT OF BEES.
Tim*' Tor Transferrins | N Whoa
Trr*a Are in Bloom.
If success in bee culture is the object,
then there is no u•• keeping l>ecs in a
log gum, :■ - it e.v luue, all attempts at
inanagem :.t. The bees and combs
must Ik; transferred to a f*.ame hive, so
that each cr.iub is open for inspection at
any time the weather permits, or when
inspection is ne.-e- vary in the estimation
of the l>ec-ke .-per. i tie best time for
transferring is when fruit trees are in
bloom, for then combs can be handled
with safety, bro vl is not yet too plenti
ful, v. hieh would be injured more or less
according to the skill of the operator, and
fruit bloom furnishes supplies enough
for the bee-, to repair their combs in a
very s'.urt timo. An experienced hand
can transfer a colony of bees from a
box hive >r a log gum at almost any
time of th" year, bat durv. g tho sum
mer months br>.. 1 so plentiful and
combs an- :.o >C I that a beginner
should keep his ha.ids . ff.
Bees locate their entrance and for
miles made a beclir.o ior home, writes a
correspondent of the Indiana Farmer.
When transferring is to be begun, move
your lop gum to one side and set the
brood chamber of the frame hive in its
place, the entrance facing in the same
direction xs that of the log gum. Put
a cover on the broed chamber for the
entering l>»es to cluster under. A few
whiffs of smike blown into your log gum
w»k« your bees till their sacks with
honey, which brings peace to their
minds and makes them easily handled.
Split the gum open with an ax and cut
out a comb or two at a time with a case
knife. Place them on u table, a frame
over sach one and cut along inside of
the comb to make the comb tit Fasten
it in some manner. Cottou twine
doubled is all I want for fastening
combs in frames when transferring.
Pieces of comb as big as one's hand and
smaller can be fitted together to till up
a frame. Each frame with comb is
hung in the new hive its soou as fast
ened. The combs containing brood ar<*
hung together, those containing honey
on each side; next to them the empty
combs or frames containing comb
foundations. As the bees are inclined
to cluster under some object, a box of
some ktnd should be placed over those
bees decamping from the box hive or
log gun to cluster under, so that they
may be shaken in front of the new hive,
or on the frames after the combs are
transferred. Care must be tfUcen that
the queen Is not injured and is placed
safely in the new hive, when the bees
will find their way in gradually but
surely. Bees being inclined to crawl
upward and many having fallen on the
ground during the time of transferring,
a board placed from the ground to tho
entrance of the hive is quite an accom
modation to the stragglers. If the
weather is warm and fruit bloom favor
able, the hive should be opened again a
day or two afterwards and all the twines
and clasps removed, as all the combs are
patched up and fastened by that time.
USEFUL BUILDING.
A Combination of Cora Slied aud Plain
Poultry Honsr.
This combination building can be
used us a corn house, also as a poultry
building, the lower part being higher
than usual above the ground, thus in
suring to the fowls more freedom from
dampuess or from being disturbed.
Stairs from the corn room afford access
to the poultry quarters, as shown in
Fig. 2, where the nests arc represented
by N, roosts by R, dust-box by D B, and
entrance for the fowls at E, from the
stepping boards outside. The building
is 50 feet long, the poultry house 10 feet
fTi i ;ii iIII II I I
y. •.ill L
y k k
high and the corn room 7 feet
high. The width is 18 feet. It can be
built at a cost of from SIOO to $250 ac
cording to the price of lumber and la
bor.—J. W. Caughey, in Farm and
Home.
(toolings and Water.
When a jjoslin# is just hatched it is
really naked, as the down is no protec
tion, and it is easily chilled. No doubt
it may occasion surprise to claim that
goslings are liable to perish in water,
but it is true. When Mie weather opens
and the water is warm, it does no harm
if they go on a pond, but the case is
different when the water is cold. They
will thrive better on dry land until
they are feathered, after which they
will be able to endure as many hard
ships as their parents. —Farm and Fire
side.
Summer Condition®.
Plenty of water and plenty of dust
are necessary to keep the hens in con
dition for laying when the days be
come warm. Give fresh air in abund
ance, and have the quarters clean in
order to avoid odors and disease
Shade of some kind will be of advan
tage, and the food must not be too
largely of grain. To get eggs in sum
mer keep the hens as comfortable us
possible.
The Mixing of Honey.
Buckwheat honey is dark in color
and strong in taste. The best plan is
to mix all kinds together, and thus
have a combination of flavors that is
like that of the honey of wild bees.
About Uncapped llonry.
Uoney that is uncapped is not "ripe"
and should be allowed to stand a few
days to evaporate rbefore being ex
tracted. If this is not done it will de
teriorate by losing its flavor.
lless ought never to be kept with
turkeys, geose and ducks, as they are
sure to be driven about and abused.
Let "birds of a feather flock together."
GETTING HIS TRl">'K CTIECRED.
- -Harper's Young People.
&Flf-FoMesslan.
Fleecy—l'd give anything if I had as
good command of myself as Downey
has. .
Ilailey—ls Downey so self-possessed
then?
Fleecy—That man can say "truly
rural, up to four o'clock in the morn
-1 ing.—Judge.