VOL. XXX
FALL OPENING
OF FINE
FURNITURE,
AND
QUEENSWARE.
A Mock superior to anything ne have previously sdiown, and at price* that wi
ntfreat shrewd buyers.
Gold Chairs.
Nothing prettier for your Parlor than one of the*o Chair*. A fin
assortment to select from
Onyx Stands.
Exclusive Styles in these goods, anil the prices will please yon
Lamps.
In IJrass, Dresden China and (ita*a. One of Ihesn will imjrov
the appearance of any I'arlor.
Decorated Cliina,
In all the fine ware*, such as Royal Worcester, Tepletz, Doletor
Royal Dresden, Royal Bonn, Ac., Ac.
Plain White China.
Nothing more benutiful for a Present than a piece of this ware,
nicely decorated.
Decorated Dinner Sets.
Many New Patterns and a] large assortment at Popular Prices!
Brass and Iron Beds.
When you want to improve the appearance of your Bed-room buy
one of these Beds.
BED ROOM SUITS, BOOK CASES, CURTATV POLES,
PARLOR SUITS, WINDOW SHADES,
SIDE BOARDS, CERTAINS, STOVES AND TINWARE.
CARPETS.
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TCIFLETON.
Butler, - Penn'a
Onr New Fall Stock of Footwear.
Opening this Week
LADIES FINE SHOES.
A more varied assortment of Stylish Footwear can't be found. "Low
est Prices" on best qualities and newest styles the rule. Nothing
shoddy, but stylish, well made shoes, from lowest prices to highest
cost ones. r s
Ladies Fine Shoes, Stylish, Nicely Made, Perfect Styles.
We never advertise or offer a line of shoes that is not just as rep re
sented. We have selected the best line for the money yoa ever saw in
Ladies fine button shoes at sl, 1.25, 1.50 and 2.
Hand turns, Goodyear welts, at $2.50 to $3
In Piccodilla, Tuxedo, Opera and Common Sense !a*t, bluchers aod but to
Of Ladies Heavy Shoes "We Are
The leaders of them all at 85 cents, sl, 1.25 and 1.50.
Bala and button in veal calf, kip, oil grain and glove grain. They are
wearers and no wet feet.
Have you Boys and Girls? Don't fail to get them a pair of llusekon's
heavy school shoes and keep their feet dry. Stop doctors bills. We have
high cot shoes, tap soles, wear resisters, boots for the boys ail at the lowest
prices. Girls shoes at 75 cents, sl, and I 25, boys and youths at $1 1 25
and 1.50.
, MEN'S HEAVY BOOTS AND SHOES, shoes at 75 cents, $1 and
1.25; boots $1.50, 2, 2.50 aod 3. Keep low instep boots and can Gt any
foot. Box toe boots and shoes.
J-II ®®f nß ' sn< * y° at bs fine shoes in endless variety, all styles, Picco
dilla, Opera, Globe, ect. at sl, 1.25, 1.50, 2in mens; boys at sl, 1.25, 1.50
ftnd 2.
Old ladies soft, easy shoes, wide low heels, warm shoes and slippers
these are no ancient styles but the newest and best t-tyles
I?" 6 lo f ]adieß Bhoes were $2 now $1.50; one lot were $3.50 now
$2.50; one bt was $2.75 now $2, these are broken sizes, and several other
lines in mens and boys at greatly reduced prices. Oxfords and slippers er
doced. Our house full of bargains.
Come and get them.
B. C. lIUSELTON.
No. 102 North Main Street, . Butler, Pa.
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fou want the SJEST. T'in • »i m
slwayp depend upon gelling f rot»i up,
it* we a » nothing but utrictly Puie
Drugs in our Prescription Depart
nent. You caa get tbe l«at of every
hing in the drug liue Irotu lit.
Uur store is,ulso headqimrter; For
PAINTS OILS, VARNISHES
Kalsomine, Aiabastins fie,
Get our prices before von buy
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ffer. We can save you doiiarc in
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Respectful!*
J. (J. REDICK,
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PA.
Hotel Butler,
J. H. FAUBEL, Prop'r.
This house has been thorough
ly renovated, iemodeletl, and re
fitted with new furniture and
:arpets; has electric bellr. and all
other modern conveniences for
quests, and is as convenient, and
desirable a home for strangers us
can be found in Butler, Pa.
Elegant sample room for use of
commercial men
W. H. O'DKI/ :' -ON.
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Sanitary P umbers
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Jefferson St.,opp. Lowry Ilonse
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till 11 | ■ T y I'hoto
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XX v X VLi I the bend of the
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Art Co., will open a Studio and Photo Par
lors opposite the Hotel Lowry, Cor, Main
and Jefferson Sts., lintler, Pa. This will
bo the best lighted and equipped Studio
and galleries in the the county. The work
will be strictly lirst class and made under
new formulas by the artist himself, who
has had 15 years practical experience in
large cities Portraits in Oil, Crayon,
Sepia, Pastel, <fcc. In this line we have
no 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 ai.d
is not to be compared with the cheap ma
chine made pictures furnished by others.
Wait for us; get y-our pictures from us and
be happy.
Clearance Sale.
We must Lave more room nnd we
want to reduce our '.vail paper Btock.
We will sell you paper now
cheaper than we can afford to sell it
next spring.
Our object, is to reduce Ftock aud
we will give you wholesale prices on
any amount
If you will ever need wall paper,
buy it now.
NEW AND LATE I'ATTKRNS
at
J, H. Douglass',
341 S. Muin St. Near. I' ()
Garfield Tea s
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HU*Himpl* hw. 8u
Cu res Sick Headache
NOSEGAY.
- tr.~ from iho woodland wi!4
"<^ v ■?'■ and gold,
~ with Use grace of a child,
-«. _ -<« that never grows o'.i* •
* TThere did yon grow so stately and fair,
My beautiful wildwood Sowers?
Vou must havo drank sunshine and spicy all
Through all the summer hours.
What dryads gave to you their grace.
My tender woodland fiowers?
You surely could not have grown apace
Without their helpful dowers.
Did Pan. while sporting In these bowers
With the Graces in his train.
Help win for you through sunny hours.
The smbient colors af the rain?
Topaz and opal and rose are yoc.
As I gaze on your petals fair,
And jasper and sapphire pearled with dew,
And gold like a maiden's hair
I wonder whero did yo-i bourgeon and blow—
In what I. J r :s of the fairies, deal
blooms?
Titan!a must have kissed yon, I know.
Somewhere beneath those hemlock brooms.
Oil. dainty flowers from the forest way,
Yon carry me back to my youth.
When life was as bright as a summer's day.
And Heaven was a dream of truth.
The years seem but a rift of time
Since I, a little barefoot child.
Went, whistling ru.le, unry'.hmlc rhym*.
To gather blooms in*oo<Slands wild.
—Frederick M. Colby, In X. Y. Observer.
©Qig
)§ WRECK on the
road stopped the
train in front oi
Mull's. The men
had congregated
in the bar, the
ladies retiring to
their rooms.
Old Bill sauntered in, scenting -re
freshment. Mull himself treated the
old fellow to three or four drinks, and
then Bill was wound up. He was a
man of about sixty, tall, bent, griz
zled, threadbare as to attire, smiling
of visage. A number of the delayed
passengers clustered about his chair
and roared over the stories he told.
To-night his stories elicited more mer
riment lhan usual, for there was a wit
in the room who was liberal witb
jorums, and he drew the old man out
Mull saw how it would be—he would
have to let Bill sleep under the stairs
in the upper entry, as he occasionally
did when the night was very bad and
there had been extra treating.
"So you were a college man?" ths
wit said, lighting a fresh cigar.
Bill launched forth upon escapades |
during his scholastic career, interlard
ing his anecdotes with falsely-quoted j
passages of Latin and Greek.
"Don't believe he ever saw the in
side of a college," Mull laughed over to
a young man sitting alone at a small
table. "He's the champion liar of the
place."
The young man paid no more atten
tion to the landlord's advances than he
did to Bill's stories. He was thinking
of the little school-teacher who had
promised to be his wife when he should
be able to support her. He had recent
ly "gone on the road," had hoped much
and failed to have his I opes realized.
Money! That was what his mind was
on—money. A thousand dollars, and
he might marry and take Mary away
from her drudgery. He pulled out his
note-book and fell to figuring what a
thousand dollars would do. There, it
was raining outside, and his boots
leaked. Oh, for money.'
Old Bill had his eyes on him; never
before had a young "drummer" failed
to be amused at the stories now being
retailed. Bill's amour propre was
touched.
" I'm a reader of human nature," he
suddenly said. " I'm a seventh son of
seventh son. That young man oven
there—at this moment he is thinking
of some fair Dulcinca and longing for
wind mills to fight with in her behalf."
The young fellow frowned. "110 ad
mits the soft impeachment. A visage
that has disclaimed acquaintance with
a razor for several days. Hut he is dis
pleased. Now, gentlemen, I will tell
you a story about the time when I was
in a similar plight"
Mull was talking with a portly man
of about Bill's own age. But what a
difference between the two! Here was
HE REACHED OVER.
a dignified man, full of honors, hasten
ing home to his wife after a few months
of European travel to recruit health in
terfered with by overwork in his pro
fession. He held in his hand a small
blue-plush box.
" Landlord," he said, "lam anxious
to place this in your fireproof safe.
There is considerable value here, and I
do not care to keep it in my room all
night."
" Sir," said Mull, "this is a humble
house, but its four walls are a burglar
proof safe, my every guest a special
guardian. This is a commercial house,
sir."
"I beg your pardon," smiled the gen
tleman. "Can you supply me with
paper and an envelope?"
He took what was handed him and
moved toward the door. On his way
out the noise around old Bill attracted
his attention, ille looked that way for
an instant, then turned the knob of the
door and disappeared in the passage be
yond.
Old Bill; while he rattled on, had
looked and listened. It was said that
the* more he drank the keener became
his wits. Without vouching for the
truth of this, it is certain that he missed
not a word that bad been said by the
gentleman to Mull, and he had noticed
the expression on the face of the young
commercial traveler, who had also
heard the colloquy between the land
lord and the gentleman with the valua
ble package.
But when the gentleman passed out
of the bar the young fellow also left
the smoky atmosphere ard went into
the passage on the way to his room.
Before him walked the gentleman.
What ease of gait wealth bestowed—
independence almost amounting to in
solence!
The gentleman entered the room
next to that assigned to the young
man. He tried to close the latchless
door. It had been this door, then, that
had made him solicitous for the safety
of the little package! What could be
in that package?
The door swung open an inch or so, 1
and the young man glanced inside. The
gentleman turned to the door, when
the young man stepped into an embra
sure under the stairs on the opposite
side of the passage. A minute later,
the gentleman not coming out, the
yonng man went into his own room
and sat down in the dark to think.
How long he sat there he did not know;
when he roused himself all around was
Cjuiet,
HTTTLKR, PA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER •-><>, 1893.
There was a shuffling out in the pas
sage, and ho listened.
It was old Kill; the company down
stairs had broken up, and Mull had not
the heart to turn the old fellow out into
the rainy, cold night, but said he might
sleep under the stairs in the second
story.
The young commercial traveler, open
ing his door, saw liiiu navigating along
to the embrasure.
"Great Scott!" said Bill, stretching
himself there, "it's good to be well
housed. But I'll not be here long."
For just as he went upstairs a train
hand came into the bar and told Mull
the passengers might go on about three
A TOUCH rPOX'HIst SHOCLDEK.
in the morning, in which case Bill must
before that time vacate his place; for it
was a rule that none of the guests
should ever find him sleeping there un
der the stairs.
Nevertheless, huddled up to keep
warm. Bill could not coax the sleep he
had a right to expect in consideration
of the hospitality below. Strangely
enough liis mind flitted to the young
man who had sat alone in the bar, and
to his expression when the gentleman
was talking to Mull. A sharp arrow of
light came from a door open about an
inch, a latchless door. Bill decided
that that was the room of the young
commercial traveler.
Bill clasped his hands around his
knees and watched the arrow of light.
Was it the presumed story of this
young man, or was it a new tale, to be
told to some future gathering' in the
bar, that revolved in his brain?
There was a poor, proud fellow in
that story, in love with a beauty who
had promised to be his wife. Ilis
wealthy classmate is presented to the
girl. Then there comes the day when
the girl's father is on the verge of bank
ruptcy, and the lover knows it. His
wealth}- classmate is fond of him —has
given him a key to the house where he
lives, so great is their intimacy.
That night the lover resolves to go to
his friend and ask for a loan to bridge
over the oankruptcy. Admitting him
self to the house he finds that his
friend lias been suddenly called to
another city to be gone a month. The
lover goes to a desk to write his request
to him, when in a drawer he sees a
great pile of money his friend has neg
lected to send tj bank, and some gov
ernment bonds as well. And the bank
rupt cannot wait! In a month the
friend returns; the lover tells him what
he has done.
"Go away!" says the friend. "You
have "one too far. Can you repay me
the uiouey?"
"Not now," is the answer. "I will
wo 't for it and pay you."
liie friend turns from him. The lover
reads the meaning of this, and he leaves
town that night. He writes to Ellen,
his betrothed, and receives no reply,
lie learns that the oflicers of the law
arc on his track, and he disappears. In
; five years he is back again. Ellen has
married the wealthy classmate from
whom the lover took the money to save
her father from ruin. That was the
story Hill thought of as he huddled
under the stairs.
He smoothed his hand over his face.
"Curse it! I must sleep," he said, but
his eyes still fastened on that arrow of
light still streaming from tho inch
open door. "I will sleep; I must, eurse
it all!"
In the dark room, not in the light
one, there had been for hours
thought of the little school-teacher—a
thought obtruded upon by a reminis
cence of a wealthy man with a valu
able package, and an old, besotted
creature sleeping under the stairs op
posite the wealthy man's room.
All at once the young man took off
his shoes. There was a buzzing in his
ears. He opened his door and saw the
light streaming from the crack in the
next door. He looked into the room.
The blue-plush box was on the table,
and at the table sat the owner of the
package writing a letter on the paper
Mull had furnished him. Yes —why,
tho man had fallen asleep as he wrote;
his eyes were closed, his check rested
on the table. The young man llew
over the stairs. Old Bill was under
them, the man who would likely be
accused of any depredation. Another
minute and he had leached over the
man sleeping at the table, had the box
in his hand, was out in the entry, in
his own room, trembling like a leaf.
He sank upon the edge of the bed
holding the box to his heart. What
was in the little box? Suppose he had
been fooled!
He struck a match and lighted his
lamp. He opened the plush box. Two
magnificent diamonds flashed in his
eyes.
His life with Mary was assured. He
choked, he laughed—then he felt a
touch upon his shoulder. Old Bill was
In the room. He took the box from the
young man.
"I saw you do it all," he said, hoarse
ly. "As I am, you can be. I once did
as you have done, only no one saw me
do it. I loved a woman and by my dis
honorable act I forfeited her love. I
will take these baubles to the man you
took them from."
The young commercial traveler put
his hands before his eyes.
"Oh, my God!" he said, and "Forgive
me, Mary!"
Old Hill left him and entered the next
room. He must have made a noise in
going in, for the gentleman awoke and
confronted him.
At tho same moment a gong sounded
below. The train was ready. The
gentleman turned from liill and gave a
quick glance at the table.
"Hero it is," said Bill, and held out
the blue-plush case.
The gentleman took it from him, his
face set and hard. He gathered up his
wraps and prepared to go to the train.
At the door as he left the room, ho
paused au instant as though he would
say something. But he checked him
self, and with a dark, forbidding look
he went hurriedly down the passage
way to the stairs.
Old Bild yawned and looked around
him. What a pleasant, warm room it
was!
"And as for that bed. that has not
been slept in," he 6aid, "it is positively
disrespectful to neglect it" There
came a sweep of rain against the win
dow. "I wonder," said Bill, "if Mull
would be any the wiser if I turned in
for an hour or two? I haven't slept in
a bed like that for years. First let me
dowse the glim."
Going to the table to put out the
lamp he noticed the partly-written let
ter over which the gentleman had fallen
asleep.
A word at tho top of it arrested BilL
The word was "Ellen."
Ellen had been the name of her of
years ago!
"Dearest Ellen," lie read, "I am de
tained for u few hours by an accident
on the road. ... I have with me a
couple of diamonds l %yi|^j)u^_iu
your cars on the"anniversary of the day
that gave to me the most loving and
faithful of wives. . . . And now let
me tell you of an incident that occurred
in this house to-night. In the bar be
neath my room I chanced upon a man,
a drunkard, a sot, a social pariah. As
I write to you I can hear the laughter
raised by his ribald stories; men are
plyitig- him with liquor to have him tell
them. I went to the bar for the paper
on which I write this. Voices, it is
said, rarely change. At any rate. I
knew his voice. I looked closely at the
"I SAW TOC DO IT."
miserable-looking speaker, and I dis
covered a faint likeness to one we knew
in former days. This creature, this
wreck of a man, was the chum of my
college days, the man who brought us
together, the man who robbed lue—
William Tracy.''
Old Bill uttered a th'_n, feeble cry.
The letter fell from his hands.
"It is the man I loved—the man who
married my Ellen. He will tell her I
tried to rob him a second time. I must
find him—l must find him and tell liiin
the truth."'
He rushed from the room, from the
house, hatless, into the pelting rain,
stumbling along the dark road.
It was said at the coroner's inquest
that he must have tried to board the
train as it started and fallen sheer
under the wheels. They thought he
intended to steal a ride, he was such a
worthless old body.—Robert C. V.
Myers, in Leslie's Newspaper.
Prudent Investments.
It is a great blessing to have a cheer
ful confidence in the future. Two em
inent French gentlemen who were
great friends used to relate an amusing
story of their impecunious days.
Neither fame nor fortune had come
to them, but they were always hopeful.
The years had weighed heavily enough
upon Jules, however, for him to have
become entirely bald.
One day Alphonse met him with a
beaming countenance, and cried gayly:
"What do you think, Jules! I have
been buying a strong box!"
"Then, Alphonse," replied Jules,
firmly, "I shall buy a hair brush."—
"V outh's Companion.
—Bertie —"You say he called you a
donkey. What did you do?" Fred—
"Nothing." Bertie—"Well, if a man
called me a donkey, I'd kick him with
both feet." Fred —"Just so! Any don
key would do that!"
A New Explosive.
'Chemists and others interested in the
discovery and use of new explosives are
now busy studying the component
parts and character of an acid recently
discovered by a chemist, and to which
he has given the name of hydrazoic
acid. This, it is claimed, is destined
to make a new era in the history of
explosives. The new acid has been
christened hydrazoic acid from its com
position, which is three parts of nitro
gen and one part of hydrogen. It
seems strange that in all the years
that chemistry has been studied this
acid has escaped discovery till now.
It is described as resembling water,
fuming strongly in contact with the
air aud causing painful wounds when
applied to the skin. The acid does not
seem to be itself explosive, but the
salts it forms with most of the metals
are described as being extremely so.
It was discovered accidentally, it
seems, during the course of an obscure
organic investigation, and the strange
ness of its properties led to an investi
gation, and the discovery of the exact
nature of its characteristics. Few speci
mens exist in this country, and the
acid has not been studied to any great
extent.
Physiological Oddities.
The muscles of a well-developed
human jaw can exert a force of 534
pounds according to recent experi
ments. The blood in its natural state
contains an amount of pure water that
is really astonishing to one who has
not given the subject attention —nearly
seven-eighths of its entire bulk. Kiel
estimates the surface of the lungs at
150 square feet, or ten times that of the
external body. There is enough of
iron in the blood of 48 men to make a
plowshare of 24 pounds weight.
FROM WISDOM'S STOREHOUSE.
TUE gnat is provided with a regular
set of lancets and a cupping glass from
which the air can be withdrawn.
IT is believed that there aro five
times as many insects as there are
species of all other things put together.
THE trichina} found in infected pork
are someimes so numerous that eighty
thousand have been found to the cubic
inch.
SEVERAL species of moths never eat
after attaining a perfect state. They
have no mouths and live hut a few
hours.
WASPS are the most inveterate ene
mies of flies. Reaumur says he lias
known one wasp to kill a thousand
llies in a day.
Two SEXTON beetles will bury a mole
in an hour, a feat equivalent to two
men interring' a whale in the same
length of time.
ALLEGED HUMOR.
SxoorEK —"lie took a drop too much
and died." Skidmore —"Delirium tre
mens?" Snooper—"No; parachute."
AHA —"Why docs Clara speak of
Oeorge as 'her intended'? Arc they en
gaged?" Alice—"No; hut sho intends
they shall bo."
"I UNDERSTAND Jigson is linancially
interested in the concern he is with."
"Yes; they owe him six months' sal
ary."—Westlield Union.
I'ORXXA —"Here's Dick Holler, with
his million-dollar llancec." Helen—
i "Ho looks like a martyr, doesn't he?"
l'ortia —"Yes; bound to the stake."—
Frank Leslie's.
BROWX—"That is a beautiful medal
Smith has." Jones—"Yes; that's for
beatiny the bicycle record." Brown—
"What is his record?" Jones —"Run
over seventeen men in a week."
Not An Appropriate* Hrnird/. i
Friend—Hot water will euro your
nervousness.
Mr. Ilenpcck—Not much. I've been
in hot water for ten years—ever since
I married, in fact. That's what makes
me nervous.
"Perhaps if you heaped coals of fira
on your wife's head she would do bet
ter."
"Coals of fire? Why, she's red-headed
already."—Texas Sittings.
A Friend** Advice.
liilkins—That boy of mine has such
an ugly temper, I hate to buy him a
pony.
Wilkins—Theft don't do it. Get him
a sailboat.
liilkins—But if he should get mad at
the sailboat and losfe his self-control
lie'il upset.
Wilkins— Y-e-s; but you'd (.till havo
th« sailboat—Uovd New*
NAPOLEON'S SUCCESSORS.
Tho Two Zulu Princes Now in Ex
ilo at St. Helona.
A* a l'uni»hment for Ir«irrectto« the
Kojal Harbarlana Wert* Captured
and Killed br Tlieir Brit
ish Protector*.
Napoleon Bonaparte, the Frenchman
whose interesting career was brought
t<> an end by the English at the battle
of Waterloo, has two royal successors
on the island of St. Helena, where he
was exiled and died.
They are Dinizul, the son and heir
of Cetewayo, the Zulu king, and I'nda
buko, brother of the same monarch.
Both are victims of liritish arrogance
and disregard of the interests of other
nations, and their treatment has been
decidedly more unjust and overbearing
than that of the distinguished Cor
siean, says the New York World.
The Zulus are the finest race in
Africa, which is not very high praise
to bestow on a nation. Rider Haggard
has made us familiar with their moral
and combative qualities in his more or
less reliable works. Under insidious
British influence, however, they l>epan
tome years ago to give up their fight
ing habits and grew agricultural "fhey
were encouraged to cross the boundary
into the British colonies of Natal and
work for the British and to resist the
encroachments of the Boers of the
Transvaal. In 1577, when a war broke
out between the Boers and the Zulus,
the British profited by the occasion to
annex the Transvaal. A war with the
Zulus followed. The English were de
feated at first, but Sir Garnet Wolselev
crushed the Zulus at I'lundi. The
English then reorganized the govern
ment of Zululand in such a way that
there was incessant internal disturb
ance. Cetewayo visited London, where
he was received everywhere in society,
his frank aud genial manners and his
interesting ways at table making him
a universal favorite.
It was finally determined by the
English government to restore Cete
wayo to his throne. Shortly after his
restoration a chief named Zibebu led
an insurrection against him. attacked
him and wounded him in the night
time, and killed many of his followers.
Cetewayo's people, the I'sutus, formed
an alliance with the Boers and defeat
ed Zibebu. Cetewayo died soon after
ward from the effects of his wounds.
After much disturbance Zululand
was made a British colony. Zibebu
then invaded the portion of the coun
try reserved to the Usutus. The latter,
feeling that they hail been unfairly
treated by their alleged British protec
tors, rose and were suppressed. Un
dabuko and his ward and nephew
were exiled to St. Helena for ten
years for taking part in an armed re
bellion.
Ilotti are stout, well-grown men, and
show high birth and breeding in their
manners. European civilization has
begun to affect them. Already they
have given up the native costume of
feathers round the waist for one of
trousers, coat and tall hat
The climate of St. Helena obliges
them to wear a blanket or some heavy
covering much of the time. The
change from the fierce, dry climate of
South Africa to one where the air is al
ways full of moisture and the tempera
ture ranges from fifty-seven to seven
ty-two degrees has been verj- disagree
able for the Zulu princes. It is doubt
ful whether they will ever leave their
island prison alive. If they die their
fate will be still more similar to that
of Napoleon. They vc very cleanly
in their habits, but live by preference
in the smallest and dingiest rooms of
the house allowed them.
NEW CURE FOR HEADACHE.
Tupplug the Head with the I'luger* Often
Gives Temporary Kelief.
It is surprising to what an extent
mechanical vibrations are now em
ployed to act upon the morbid condi
tions of the sensitive nervous system,
hays the St. Louis Republic. Deßou
det, of Paris, has been able to produce
local anajsthesia by conducting fine
and exceedingly rapid vibrations half
way up the roots of the teeth and to
perform one of the most painful dental
operations, that of extracting the liv
ing nerves from the teeth, without the
patient feeling any pain. Charcot has
successfully used the vibratory treat
ment for sick headache and for certain
nervpus diseases accompanied by pain,
as well as certain mental conditions
accompanied by depression.
A very simple form of this treatment
is recommended by M. Dourdurki, of
Moscow. While he was one day exam
ining a patient who was suffering
from un excruciating headache he used
percussion of the cranium, just as is
done for the chest, to ascertain wheth
er any material lesion was perceptible.
Two or three minutes after finishing
his examination he was greatly as
tonished to hear his patient say that
the headache had completely disap
peared. M. Dourdouki has since prac
ticed this method with much success,
especially in cases where there was no
apparent cause for headache, or when
it assumed the nervous form. The per
cussion must be made lightly, with
oqly one or two fingers, without pro
ducing any unpleasant or too pro
nounced sensation, and the intensity
of the taps can be gradually increased.
In this way a vibratory massage is ad
ministered, which is calculated to re
move the distressing symptoms.
It is evident that in many cases this
relief can be only momentary, and the
cause of the headache must then be
discovered, in order that a cure may
be effected.
Live Toad It) a Hailstone.
A hailstorm visited Pawtucket, It.
1., and caused plenty of excitement.
One woman picked up a large hail
stone and allowed it to melt in her
hand. She thought something was in
side the little piece of frozen rain, but
was surprised to find when all had
melted a little live toad or frog in her
hand. There is a general belief that a
great many pebble* came down with
the hail.
A Difference Worth ftomethlnr.
"What is the difference," shouted
the orator, "between the pitiful bribo
of 85 accepted by an obscure and un
known police officer and the 850,000
taken by a great and mighty senator
high in the councils of his nation?"
"Forty-nine thousand, nine hundred
and ninety-five dollars, to be sure!"
roared the red-whiskered man on the
front bench. "And that shows what
brains is good fori" —Indianapolis
Journal.
Col. Ycrger's Anxiety.
Col. Yerger—Sam, you must be very
careful when you feed the horses. Al
ways speak to the horse before you
touch him, or he may get scared and
let fly both heels at your head.
Sam Johnsing—Yes, sah, I'll be keer
ful.
"I hope you wilL I don't care to
have a lame horse on my hands," re
marked the colonel, seriously.—Texas
Sittings.
Out of the Question.
Mrs. Innit (soverely)—Clara, I heard
Mr. Sampson kiss you last night as he
left you. You should never allow a
man to kiss you until ho is engaged to
you.
(J race Innit (in surprise)— Why,
motherl What can you be thinking
of? You don't suppose I would do any
thing so unladylike as to engage my- •
self to Mr. Sampson when I am already |
engaged to Mr. Tompkins.—Puck.
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CHESTNUT TREES.
Farmers Who Plant Them Win Xo: lU
trft Their Knicrprlw.
Growing ehestnnts is claiming a good
deal of attention front enterprising
cultivators throughout a wide area of
our country, and experiment* have
proved that it can bo made profitable.
There are some difficulties attending
the establishment of u chestnut jrrovo
or orchard, and like all other new lines
of Work some thing's have yet to lw
learned by further experience.
in the iirst place, chestnut trees are
difficult to transplant, and many of
them die the first season from the ef
fects of careless handling in trans
planting. Their roots will not endure
any exposure or drying: therefore they
should if possible, be dug on damp or
rainy days and l>e well protected all the
! time they are out of the ground, and
i replanted with as little delay as possi
-1 ble. In the next place chestnut trees
' are difficult to graft successfully, and
; in order to secure profitable trees it is
1 just as necessary to have grafted chest
nuts as it is to have grafted trees of ap
ples, pears, or any other kind of fruit
Our best results in grafting tueiu have
been secured by cutting tlie grafts
early in tlie spring before the sap starts,
: and keeping them dormant in an ice
house until the buds on the stocks arc
well swollen, usually from the 15th to
30th of April in this latitude, then
graft the same as other fruit trees by
any of the usual methods of insertion.
J In this way wo can usually get about
35 per cent, to 75 per cent, of the grafts
to grow; the proportion of success de
pending a good deal upon the season
and condition of the weather.
As most of the bearing chestnut trees
in this country are natural seedlings
there are of course innumerable varl
ties differing much in the essential
qualities which make any fruit tree
valuable, viz., hardiness and produc
tiveness of the tree, and size, appear
ance and quality of the fruit. A few
of the best varieties nave been elected
by nurserymcD. —Gardening.
DEATH TO WOODCHUCKS.
A Simple Contrivance Which Kill* llopheri
at .Some Distance.
Stephen If. Sayer, of the Mt. Vernon
Farmers' club, of Orange County, N. V.,
hates a woodchuck—has no use for him,
in fact. For a time he was obliged to
take it out in hatred, for the chuck
laughed at the methods devised for tak
ing his life. The matter was discussed
before the farmers' club, and, as a re
sult, this note came from a farmer in
Nebraska:
Tho farmers hero are much troubled by
gophers. One gentleman has a Little machine
that kills them effectually—a sheet-iron can, 14
or 16 inches long, anil 6 or a Ultlc more in diam
eter, with a cap over the lop; at th J other end
a tube two inches in diamelor. s'.x or eight
inches long; a sheet-Iron valve on a at
the junction of the tube andean perforated so
that smoke can pass through. On the top of the
can fastened to the center of the cover ts a
small pair of band bcllour*. with a valve so ar
ranged that lire canno*. pass from the can to
the bellows Pill the can with h.iy, fire it, put
in a certain amount of sulphur, put the tube in
the<woodchuc'.< hole. a:iJ iill up around it with
earth; pump the fumes Into the hole. These
will lilll the gophers at an almost incredible
distance, and, unless the woodchuck fills the
hole behind him. one raiciiine will exterminate
the Mount Hope chucks.
The result is the machine shown in
the cut, which Mr. Sayer has found
very effective. With it he says he is
prepared to quote the great Perry:
"We have met the enemy and they ure
A WOODCHUCK RTTEKMOTATOB.
ours!" In the picture, A represents a
two or four-quart can, II a pair of old
fashioned hand bellows, C a tapering
hollow tin or iron spout, and I) a tight
closing hinged door.— Rural New
Yorker.
EASY WEED PULLER.
How One Can lie Made at Home Without
Moeh Trouble.
To pull weeds easily, take a piece of
a wood saw blade 14 inches long, heat
the ends, bend them up 3 inehes and
punch or drill two holes in them. Then
take a piece of one-quarter-inch round
iron 20 inches long, flatten the ends,
bend together, hammer into a handle
\
and bend it out to meet the saw. Rivet
them together firmly. The back should
be kept sharp with a file. The weed
puller is much easier to handle than
the hoc and will cut twice as many
weeds.—Farm and Home. _
ORCHARD AND GARDEN.
LET no dead flowers remain on the
flowering plant.
CELERY delights ill liquid manure. It
needs plenty of moisture.
REMOVE the suckers from the apple
trees. They ruin the trees.
FIOUT the cabbage worm with kero
sene emulsion, if you expect a crop.
CmivsANTiiKMiMs rejoice in liquid
manure and should have it once a
week.
A st BscitinEit uses nothing but Per
sian insect powder for cabbage worms.
It is too expensive.
fr is said that pulverized potash
placed in the runs will kill moles.
Open JJ»e runs,.put in the potash anil
cover with a stone.
I'ICK g.Tapes three or four days before
packing, >cd cee to it that nothing but
perfect fru.U is packed. No matter how
large the cr.ip is, take this precaution.
ONE of our horticulturists speaking
of black knot says that the Wash
ington, Bradslmw and Heine Claude
arc the least subject to it, while the
Lombard, English Horse plum and
Magnum Honum aro more liable to th«
black not—Farmers' Voice.
A I*r»ctlcu*l View.
Struggling Pastor—The collections
have fallen off terribly.
I'ractieal Wife It s tiat new vestry
man who passes the plnte. He never
watches to see what people put on.
N. Y. Weekly.
lie l«ld Something.
Gazzam (just introducedJ-rSo your
name is Henn?
llenn—Yes.
Gazzam —Do you*lay eggs?
Henn— No, 1 lav bricks. —Brooklyn
Li fit*. '
Consnlation.
Scramble —My dear fellow, 1 didn't
tell you, but I had such a stroke of
genius the other day.
Scrim —Never inind, dear boy; that
isn't so bod as a stroke of apoplexy. —
Judge.
Had Owned One.
Dudeleigh—You don't kn.iw what j
you are talking about when you call
me a donkey.
Miss Kifitie Fresh —Yes, 1 do. J used
to own a donkey.—Brooklyn LifeN
MO 43
' '"'■FFIJLF *
A USEFUL PLANT.
The Corr ip » ArUtota and Its Charm
tnjlj Beautiful riower*.
This is one of the most showy, and,
at the suiuc time, one of the most
graceful of all late blooming composite*.
au>l. like its aongeners, C. lanceolata,
C. integrifolia. and several others, it is
a native of California and the humid
marshes of Illinois. 11 succeeds well
treated as an annual in our gardens,
and, together with its allies, is valuable
in a cut state, affording, as it does, a
profusion of bright-colored, slender
■talked blossoms at a time when really
elegant and beautiful hardy flowers are
scarce It was, I Iwliere, introduced to
our gardens by Mr. W. Thompson, of
Ipswich, to whom we are indebted for
so many handsome composite plants.
The illustration represents nearly the
natural size of the flower; it is a rich
golden-yellow in color, the disc being
spotted with crimson brown. It is
difficult to imagine any gold-tinted
dowers more beautiful than those of
the different, species of coreopsis,
especially when their graceful stems
arc inserted in a crystal vase and their
flowers contrasted with the rosy, purple
and lilac tints of autumnal crocuses and
colchicums.—Gardening Illustrated.
KEROSENE EMULSION.
A Valuable Insecticide Even When Ap
plied to Flowers.
The emulsion is a valuable
insecticide even when applied to flow
ers, a use which some no doubt have
never thought appropriate. A Pacific
coast writer says in his southern ex
perience with tender plants, such as
pelargoniums, geraniums, and the like,
he was very much troubled with a little
green worm, also a green louse (aphis).
He tried sulphur, tobacco smoke, gourd
leaf smoke, and various other solution;.
His gardener often troubled his head to
put an end to the torments, but to no
permanent purpose. In a few days
after the drenching they were as bad as
ever. The worms they would pick off
and thus get rid of. A few days ago he
discovered on some large pot plants
both pests at once. By a thorough
spraying with kerosene emulsion not
one is now to be seen. The emulsion is
prepared in a small way by putting one
cup of boiling hot soapsuds into a bot
tle. Then add two cups of kerosene
oil and shake vigorously for five min
utes. A little of this, diluted with
from ten to fifteen times its bulk of
warm water, will make a solution of
the proper strength for spraying. One
of the little perfumery sprays worked
with a rubber bulb will answer every
purpose.
HORTICULTURAL ITEMS.
SEND the liest fruits in the best order
to the best market
THERK is no danger of planting too
many apple trees as long as the choice
varieties are selected
IT is not of so much importance to
know where a fruit originated as to
know whether it is adapted to a given
locality. v
THE more vigorously a plant grows
the less liable it is to become the prey
of insects. Weak animals and weak
plants both invite attacks of disease
and insects.
A NEW YORK horticulturist keeps
sheep in his orchard and considers
them the best insecticide he knows of.
He has pastured his orchard in this way
for fourteen years and it is in good con
dition.
IT is sometimes advisable to renew
old orchards, especially for small
planters. The work must be done care
fully and the land enriched and culti
vated thoroughly in order to secure
good results.
A (loot) authority on small fruit cul
ture has said that in planting a ten
acre tract he would divide it as follows:
Three acres of asparagus; two of straw
berries; two of blackberries, and one
of raspberries, leaving the other two for
buildings, shelter belts and garden.—
•Orange Judd Farmer.
It Pays to Bits Grapes.
Grapes should be bagged. It pays.
Thos - who make an effort to grow the
finest ,T:ipes bag their fruit, and what
ever such people do we who grow
grapes on a small scale can well afford
to do. I get my grocer to buy me a lot
of inanilla bags, long and narrow, and
I place each hunch of grapes in one of
these bags as soon as the bloom is off.
The bag is tied with a string at the top
so that the bunch of grapes is entirely
inelov. -d. They thus remain until lam
ready to Jiick the grapes. liirds, in
bects and fungoid diseases are kept
away from the fruit, and the grapes
come out fully formed and beautiful.
A neighbor of mine failed to produce
satisfactory results in bagging. Why?
Because he waited until the grapes had
grown to b« half ns largo ns a pea. The
bngs must b? put on early, just as scon
as the bloom is over or even before.—
Cor. Farmers' Voics.
Not lo He Improved.
This pretty story is told of a distin
guished lawyer He and his wife were
at a social gathering, where tho ques
tion was discussed:
"Who would you rather he if not.
yourself?"
His wife asked him for his reply to
the question
He answered promptly. "Your sec
ond husband, dear." N*. \ Advertiser.
As I'sual.
William— Handshaw, the detective,
is dead. He died very suddenly this
morning I saw him last night, and
he told me he was sure to get well.
Henry— And he died in a few hours?
William —Yes.
Henry Well, he was consistent to
the iast was on the wrong clew. Bos
ton Transcript.
lie Didn't Call.
Tho lleircs i— Yes. when I don't wish
certain men's attentions, and they usk
where I live. I ! ay in the suburbs.
Mr. Nelfsure lia! ha! ha! Excellent!
But where do you live. Miss Brown?
The Heiress- In the suburbs, Mr.
Sclfsure —l.ifc.
< Irctift Con vernation.
"Hello," criwl the chimpanzee to the
elephant, as he was eating his break
fast. "f'oing away?"
"No," returned the elephant. "Why?"
"'Cause i saw you had your trunk
packed just now," chuckled his tor
mentor. —Harper's Young People.