VOL XXXI WILL YOU BE ONE TO READ THIS AD. AND ACT PROMPTLY. EVERY ITEM IS A LEADER. MenVfeit boots And over* $1.85. I Boy's good oolid bout* *iK»« 1 to 5 95c. Men'* gnod buckel arctie* 95 I Men'n n Tent tor felt boots $1.15 «nd $1.25, —Mw'i good solid bo<>ts $1 50. I If en's pood solid working oboes 95. Men's fine dress shoes lace or CoDgre.-s $1 25. THE NEW SHOE STORE LEADING THEM ALL. Ladies' kid button shoes tip or plain 95. | Ladies' good oil grain button $1 00. Ladies' groin button shoes heel or spring 95 I Ladie»' kip lace shoes 95. Hisses' kid bntton shoes spring heel 95: | Ladles' tine rubbers 25. ALL RUBBER GOODS REDUCED AT THE NEW SHOE STORE. 215 S. Main Street, f U If IT T I'D Opposite Arlington Hotel, U. L. iuILLDII. Sweeping Reductions liave been Hade on all Winter Clothing, Overcoats, Underwear, Cap, etc. Our business has been very successful since our opening nine months ago, leaving us a lot of odds and ends, which are ALL NEW and which we are willing to sell at a sacrific rather than carry them over. Be sure and see us before you buy if you want to save money. Wishing you all a Happy New Year. We are Yours Respectfully, DOUTHETT & GRAHAM. Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts. BUTLER, PA. The 0. W. HARDMAN Art Company Limited. GROUND FLOOR STUDIO. Finest and most artistic photographs. Hand made portraits a specialty. Picture and portrait frames. If conscientions work is of any value to you have the same done here. Beware of tramp artists and irresponsable parties and strangers who are tramping through the county soliciting your orders. Stndio, 118 North Main St, Butler, Pa. BICKEL'S SPECIAL I ANNOUNCMENT. I have placed on our bargain counter a line of boots and shoes which will be closed out at a sacrifice for the next thirty days. Among this line will be found greater bargains than have ever been offered. Call and examine these gu.ids whether you wish tu buy or not Ladies fine Dougola sh'iea regjUr price $3.50 now $2 2 7ft at 1 25 " Calf fb'wa $1 m 1 SO. " o'l grain »»h tee $1 1 50 fine xpring heel 9" c- $1 25 " heel shoes 50 c-ots. " school sboe» 75 C T « t" sl. Men" Hand mad» hog toe b •<>•« $3. plrtin '<>- t.-M.lr #2.50. Mens fi.e r»lf hurt- at $2. " tthoert at $1 5» Boys fine c»K shoe* at $1 25 And manv other bargains. Our line of HOLIDAY GOODS is more complete than ever before, consisting of many new and pretty styles in SLIPPKR.S. Now what is more appropriate for a fine present than a beautiful pair of SLIPPERS, and by visiting our store you will have the best assortment to select from and at prices lower than any other store in the coun ty. Be sure to call and examine our goods before selecting a XMAS PRESENT. Boston, Woonsocket, Goodvear, Glove, Bay State and Snag Pivot Boots at Bickel's. Mens first quality robber boot* 12 25 Boys " •' 150. Mens knee boots $2 50 Mens Storm King boots $2.75. Fireman robber boots («»itr* high) $3 Tooths robber boots $1 25 Cbilds " 100 Women* robher hoot* 1.00 Ladi«*t< finf specialty rubiwrn 40 war " crcqoetti 25 cents. Misses rob»>ers 25 cents. Meue specialty rubber* 50 t-i 65 cunts. Mens buckle Annie sl.lO. Mens Alaskan 75 cents. W omens buckle Arctics 75cents Mens best felt boots $2 Wi; nave 100 pair mens high b »ot* (rubber > >t.-) V t 10 11, regu lar price $3 50 *-hicb will b> $2 p-r pu<* d«j<-ing this snie. When in need of footwear give me a call. JOHN BICKEL. 128 SOUTH MAIN STREET BUTLER, PENN'A. "A FAIR FACE MAY PROVE A FOUL BAR GAIN." MARRY A PLAIN GIRL IF SHE USES SAPOLIO W wuHj I>r. Tali's ASTMMALEKE c<> ni... i.) i i'iam or , rVJU a d«*roy j < hc> spcciUc Miliaria powon In post-offlce address we mail 1 = or sit -jj. .J ' ng t: L. t for brxitfa for fear of suiroea' v.. wl " an does cure asthma *r. r n j fcv all drucgists. 0B TAfT BSC? » OiCINE CO., ROCHESTER. H. Y. *tO'J \i OJ'lv di uii kiliii iioliC' at the "Citizen Office.' THE BUTLER CITIZEN. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. G. Mi ZIMMERMAN. raraiciAN AND SURUEON. omce at No. «, S. Main street, over Frank Co's Ut off Store. Butler. Fa. Dr. N. M. HOOVER, 187 K. Waune St.. ofllce hours, lrt fo tt M. an'i to 3 P. M. SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. 200 West Cunningham 9t. L. BLACK, PHYSICIAN AMD SUBUBON. \-e w TVutaian BnUdlng. Butler. Pa. , K. I.EAKK. M. U. J. K M.. • specialties: jtpetialUts; tij uajcolosi "nd Sur- Eye. K»r, Nose a • gery. TtoroaU DRS. LEAKE & MANN, Butler, Pa. J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a. Artitlclal Teetn in»erie»i on tne latest IU. .r..»ed plan. Gold KUUUK a specialty, onicr ■ ver Scnaul's clotlunn Store. V. ivicALPINE, Dentist, s now located in new and elesant rooms au jolnlUK uts former oneb. All klnila ol plates and moderen EOld work. "Gas Administered." DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. Gold Ft lling Painless Extraction of Teeth aud Artlßcial Teeth without Plates a specialty Nitrous Oxide or Vitalized Air or Local \ na-stUetles used. Offlce over Millers Grocery east of Lowr> House. office closed Wednesdays au 1 Thursdays IRA McJUNKIN. Attorney at Law, Offlce at No. 17. Kast.rJeller sou St , Butler, Pa, W. C. FINDLEY, Attorney at Law and Keal Estate Agent. Oi sice rear of 1.. Z. Mitchell's omce on norf h sldt ul iilamona. Butler. Pa. H. H. GOUGHER. \itoriicy-at-law. Office on necond l»oor < oaersoD building, near Court House.. Butle/ J. W HUTCHISON, ATTOKNEY AT LAW. oflice ou second floor Jl the Iluselton oiuck, iainond, Butler, l'a., Koom No. 1. S. H. PIERSOL. ATTOP.NKV AT LAW. Office at No. 1(M West Diamond St. A. T. BLACK. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Room F„ Armory Building, Butler, Pa COULTER & BAKER. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office In room 8., >rmory Building, Bullet Pa. H. Q. WALKER, Attorney-at-Law—Office in Diamond Block Butler, Pa. J. M. PAINTER, Attorney-at-Law. Office—Between Pootoffice and Diamond, Bu ler. Pa. A. T. SCOTT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. office at No. 8. South Diamond, Butler, Fa. A. M. CHRISTLEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW. offlce second floor, Anderson B1 k, Main St. near Court House. Butler. Pa. NEWTON BLACK. Att'y at Law—Offlce on South side ot Diamon -utter. Pa. C. F. L. McQUISTION, EXGIXEEIt AND SURVEYOR, Orrics MKAB DIAMOND . BUTI.BR, PA. L McJUNKIN, Insurance and Real Estate A g'l 17 EABT JEFFERSON ST. HUTLER. - PA. L. C- WICK DSALKB IN Rough and Worked Lumbet OP ALL XIHDS Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings Shingles and Lath Always in Stock. LIME. HAIR AND PLASTER Offlce opposite P. ( KIPTION, BHLNGLES, LATH & SEWER PIPE. Butler, Po. [Copyright. iSt)}. by A. N Kellojg NewspaperCo CHAPTER XXV. BROKEN FETTERS I As lie came forward, he seemed not ;to sec me nor Coralie. The judge ■ greeted him cordially, by name, and it ! was evident that they were old friends. "When did yon arrive in tovrn?" ho j asked. "Within an honr. by rail from Vicks ! burg. I was on my way to Donaldson ville and beyond, and was amazed to learn on the street of the death of the man I was going to see and the na ture of the case you are investigating. Here is a paper which I fancy will be of great importance." fie took a folded paper from a long pocketbook and laid it before the judge. While the latter was reading it, Mr. Dorion stepped down and heart ily greeted us. My lawyer had caught the name and, leaning over, whis pered: "What's your evidence, sir?" "Wait a moment." was the reply, given with a peculiar smile. "I reckon you'll be satisfied with it." The judge finished reading the pa per, and called to Mr. Dorion. They had a brief whispered conversation. Then the lawyers were called up to- SLLJ A MR. DORIOX HKAKTILY GREETED US. gether and permitted to read the pa per, the judge adding some comments in a low voice. As they returned to their seats, I saw Mr. Garnett's face wreathed with smiles. "You're safe," be whispered. I looked at Conrad. The face of the fiend never shone out more plainly in a human countenance than in his, as his lawyer communicated to him the startling news. "I have been made acquainted with such additional and surprising disclos ures," said the judge, in a voice which the whole room heard, "as make it, in ™y judgment, both proper and nec essary to end this case here, so far as relates to the charge of abduction of a slave. The gentleman who has just come into court is the owner and occu pant of the plantation in Mississippi formerly occupied by the deceased. Pierce Bostock. In a secret drawer of an old bureau left in that house when he returned to Louisiana; Mr. Dorion, only a few days since, found this pa per. It purports to be the last will and testament of Pierce Bostock, exe cuted by him December 9, 1853. It frees and manumits the person de scribed in it as 'my beloved daughter Coralie, child of the late Louise Bou fant,' and then proceeds to devise and bequeath to her all his estate, real and personal, wherever situated. lie names his 'unworthy son, Conrad. 1 only to declare that he has by hisunfilial con duct and his long confirmed evil courses forfeited all right to any part of the testator's property more than he has already received." "That instrument has never been established," Conrad's lawyer inter rupted. "I am aware of that; aud it cannot be, in this court. But there is reason to think that it can be legally estab lished in the proper tribunal. Mr. Dorion pronounces the signature of Pierce Bostock genuine. There are three witnesses, as the law of Missis sippi requires—all of whom, strangely enough, are also dead, as Mr. Dorion informs me. But he pronounces all these signatures genuine, and he says that numerous witnesses in that vicin ity will swear to them. "If this instrument is the legal act of the late Mr. Bostock, not only is Coralie Bonfaut named in it a free woman, but she is at this moment the rightful owner of her father's immense estate. "Whether it will stand in law, or not, I have no authority to decide. Other courts must settle that question. And it would be improper and absurd for me to attempt to pass upon the charge brought here against Dorr Jew ett until this instrument has been legally examined and-pronounced upon. "I have examined it and considered it far enough to see that a very strong case can be made for its legality, with all that would result from it. The charge that is here made is premature, to say the least; nor do 1 think that, in any event, the defendant has been guilty of anything more than a tech nical violation of the statute. Ihj is discharged; also the lady." The judge smiled graciously upon us. Mr Garnett capered about the bar, and Mr. Dorion renewed his greetings, mingled with congratulations. The popular anger had now turned upon Conrad Bostock. and he aud his friends withdrew by a rear door, to escape be ing hustled. The fickle multitude pro posed to give me a triumphant ride on their shoulders, and it was with some difficulty that I escaped their attentions. We sadly needed rest, quiet and the company of friends after the tremen dous excitement of the last few days; and these we found at the hotel with Mr. Dorion and his eldest daughter. CHVPTfcK XX VL I.AST WORDS. That Pierce Bostock executed the will aud article of manumission before leaving Mississippi, that he secreted it in his house, forgot to take it with him. apparently forgot the fact that he had done it, and never mentioned it to anybody, were things that, to my mind, were perfectly consistent with his con dition of mind after the deed The witnesses, Mr. Dorion said, were ob scure white men of the vicinity It was not necessary for them to know, and they doubtless were not informed as to the character of the instrument, any more than that it was a last will and testament. They were not men much giveu to gossip, and Mr. Bostock could easily satisfy theni not to mention the circumstance. Ills extreme caution in secreting the paper was a natural part of the terror and dread of disclosures about Coralie which possessed him after the duel. That the will was his deliberate act appeared when it was seen that he. not being a lawyer, had informed himself as to how to execute it legally The proof was very strong that his mind failed sadly after his re- S£Zt{ tU i- a ayi tbo HUTLER. PA.. FRIDAY. ,1 ANUAKY 12, 1894. evening before he died, he was full of anxiety to execute another paper, it is Ewe u.i strange to me that he had forgotten the one secreted in the old Mississippi home. This is my theory Hut I should add that lawyers have argued long and learnedly over this branch of the case, and that judges have written opinions sustaining it. I take from my closet a Clc of the New Orleans Daily Picayune for the years ISSJMSO. In those feverish times little else but heated politics and the alarming condition of the nation was seriously talked or read about, but among the things of local interest most often mentioned by the press of the southern metropolis was the great suit at law of Coralie .Jewett against Con rad Bostock, involving the novel pre liminary- question as to whether the plaintiff was a free woman and en titled to sue—and. after that, the title to the La Fourche plantation, its slaves and belongings and all other property left bv the late Pierce Bostock. Could man give higher proof than I did of faith in the justice of his cause? Before the suit v.-;: . begun I married the woman who by the decision might be declared a slave! I have said that the law of Louisiana was cruel to such as she. Let me hasten to add that in the end it gave her a full measure of justice. The light was a bitter one and pro longed for more than two years. The defendant was in possession and was ably represented. And brisk little Mr. Garnett, on our side, had an oppor tunity to become acquainted with the "best lawyers of Louisiana." The reader will not require me to give the details of this great legal con test. He can find them in the Missis sippi and Louisiana reports of the time. So large a public interest is rarely excited in a civil cause. Sympathy was largely in our favor, the exceptions being of that class which could not bear the thought that a woman born a slave should become the owner of one of the finest plantations in the state. But Coralie's romantic story had won the ardent people of that section to her support, and frequent proffers of material help in the struggle were made to us. The generous friendship of Mr. Dorion enabled us to thankfully decline them. In the last days of 1860 we were en tirely successful. Courts and juries were with us. Possession was given to my wife the day before Christmas of that year: and such a holiday carnival as was given to our overjoyed and af fectionate "people"' upon the occasion, I think the whole state could not elsewhere show. The Dorion family cai-e down to enjoy the festivities. Miss Celeste bringing Mr. Simon Bar not along, whom she had given (as she expressed it) the legal right to abuse her. Conrad Bostock disappeared; where, it can only be conjectured. Rumors of men shot in gambling affrays at Mat amoras reached us in such a way that we supposed him to be among them; but his fate, or whether he is yet alive, are matters of the greatest uncer tainty. The happiness of Coralie and I was rudely broken by the fctorm of civil war. To few was the situation more painful than to me. Of northern birth, attached to the union by habit and early education, all my interests, my ties and associations were at the south. I did as ethers did. I "went with my state." Heavily, indeed, was the ruthless hand of war laid upon us. Hostile parties met upon our lands, buildings were destroyed, crops trampled down, stock driven off. Those years were years of desolation and terror. And all this, thank God, has passed away. Peace smiles again; sectional hate and passion are disappearing: the union is supreme, and the old flag is venerated at the south. Slavery has perished, with all in it that was good, and all that was bad. As I look upon the new order of things, much that I have written seems like a dream. Here is our happy home, under the florid sun, upon the teeming soil of southern Louisiana. Yet I love to tell my children of the glory of our whole vast land. I love to take them up to rocky New Hampshire, to show them where their father lived and dreamed in his youth, and to make them ac quainted with the rugged character and simple virtues of the people among whom he was reared. I teach them at least the spirit of the New England poet's noble verse; "The pine must whisper to the palm. The north wind break the tropic calm. Ami with the dreamy languor of the tine The north's keen virtue blend, and strength to beauty join." [THE EXD.] SLOT MACHINES. One of the Mont Novel or Them In Ten Thousand Year* Old. Probably one of the latest appliances of the principle governing the opera tion of the slot machine is found in the hot water fountains which have been brought out in France, says Cas sier's Magazine. These fountains are put up in the public street and afford the conven ience of supplying at any hour of the day or night a certain quantity of hot water in return for a coin of certain value, which is dropped into the slot in the now so familiar way. The dropping of the coin automatically governs the flow of water from the street mains through a small boiler, heated by a series of gas jets, and sim ilarly regulates the quantity of gas which is admitted, and which is lighted by means of a small, constantly main tained ignited jet. The French hot water machine brings back to mind very strikingly the apparatus designed more than two thousand years ago by Hero, of Alex andria, which furnishes one of many similar illustrations of the extent to which the ancients made use of what are often supposed to be entirely mod ern ideas. Curiously enough. Hero's machine, it may here be repeated, was operated by a coin representing tlve drachmas. The coin, in falling, st uck a lever, opened a valve aud let out a small (fuautity of holy water. When the coin fell off the lever the valve was closed. Hero went still further, however, by inventing an automatic bartender on the coin-in-the-slot principle. This was a vase containing three kinds of liquor in different compartments, with a faucet arranged so as to be opened part of the way by one coin, stiil fur ther yet by a larger or heavier coin, and then still further by a still larger or heavier coin. The extent to which the faucet was opened determined which chamber should communicate with it. and hence which of the three liquors should be allowed to escape. This machine, ap parvutjj,', has not yet been reinvented- GEOGRAPHY OF CRIME. Murdor a Product of Lack of Civ ilization. The Retraining InUurnce of Religion* Sentiment-Countries Where tlie Moat Mnrdeni Are Committed. Murder, geographically considered, is the product of lack of civilization, writes Prof. Oettinger in his "Moral Statistics." Whenever a state of gov ernment is in a state of disorganization the people become demoralized, educa tional and religious progress is at a .standstill, and murder is bound to in crease. It is essential to lay great stress on the religious feeling of a community, because comparatively few murders occur in Turkey, a country deranged and unsettled in its af fairs, wherein a large proportion of the people are lacking in civiliza tion and culture. Hut the Islam faith is productive of a certain religious sentiment in these uneducated masses which prevents murder, the greatest crime against human and divine laws. Compared with Turkey, Greece, once the seat of civilization, but now de moralized and degraded by Turkish in fluence, without the prohibitive power of the Mohammedan religion.manifests the truth of this assertion by rolling up, in a population of less than 3,000,000 people, 316 murders, and 473 felonious assaults, an average of one killed or maimed for every 2.800 souls. This number overshadows demoralized Ire land. where for a number of years the most terrible agrarian crimes, mur ders, arson, etc., have been committed, the outcome of the atrocious feeling between landowners and the peas antry Another country with a large per centage is Spain, and an increase in bloodshed goes hand in hand with its gradual decline. A glance at the crim inal statistics of the United States demonstrates that murder reaches its highest percentage among the unedu cated class, who can neither write nor read. In the state of Texas, for ex ample, one murder occurs to every eight thousand five hundred inhabi tants. In Illinois this percentage is considerably lowered, one murder be ing quoted for every fifty thousand. Germany of late years shows au in crease of murder cases and assaults, born out of socialistic tendencies. The murder percentage of Great Britain is comparatively small, with the excep tion of London and Ireland, and per sonal safety in England and Scotland is commended on all sides. Even few thefts are committed in the level por tions. France, Sweden, Denmark, Bel gium, Holland and Switzerland record murder statistics similar to those of Ger many. Xo substantial data can be obtained about Russia, but the strik ing increase in political murders, sig nalized by the nihilistic and socialistic era, needs no comment. No state in the world rolls up more revolutionary attacks and crimes at the present time than Russia. During the year 1886-87, the last authentic report that could be obtained, three thousand persons were deported to Siberia for life. As with suicide and murder, it is with theft,geographically speaking. Lack of culture and civilization is synonymous with increased theft and dishonesty, not so much on account of the immoral and depraved condition of the people as because of lack of protection. Theft in Sweden and Norway, in Denmark and the extreme north is exceedingly rare. The oriental and southeastern states show an alarming amount of theft, and next to America Turkey, Russia, the Balkan states and Hungary contain the most crooks. Fraud'in all its-various denominations, ranging from high-grade swindle in its manifold phases down to small shady transactions which hover be tween dishonest practices and techni cal evasions of the law, has its home principally in the large cities of the world. London is a perfect mecea for swindlers, while throughout England, with the exception of Londcn, busi ness dealings are characterized by sound principles of honesty. Compar atively little fraud is practiced in the northern and western states, as Swe den, Norway, Denmark and Finland. Holland, Belgium, France and Switzer land rank favorably in this respect. In Germany a striking decline is noticea ble in fraudulent transactions. The same conditions —lack of civilization and education—which prevail with other crimes pertain to fraud. Spain, Italy, Greece, Turkey, and, above all, Bussia lead the line. HOW OLD OAK IS MADE. The Froreu by Which Otmu Material It Made to Look Aged. You will have to go a long way be fore you find a body of men more — well, clever than those cabinet makers who produce goods to satisfy the desire of the public for furniture made of old and fancy woods. They can, says Waverly Magazine, trans form white wood into all kinds of ex otic woods by means of chemicals, and a chemist would be surprised if he were to have the run of one of those factories for a day. The manufacture of "old" oak is one of their easiest processes. The boards, moldings, panels or whatever pieces are required are made of oak which has just had time to dry sufficiently to prevent excessive warping. They are then placed in a dark room, on the floor of which, and quite close to the furniture to be "aged," are placed several bowls, plates, and so forth, of liquid ammonia; the room is theu hermetically closed up and the wood is left for a month or two, ac cording to the age which is required. The coloration will extend to a depth of nearly a quarter of an inch if the room is kept closed for a fa*v months. That is why there is so much old oak furniture about. Of cours«». a little re flection would show that it could not be genuine—the forests of the middle ages would not hfcve furnished one half of it; but people do not always re flect. SIGNED IN BLOOD. Contract of Murderous Member** of a Monniblnert' Association. Charles T. Dazey, the author of "In Old Kentucky," relates some interest ing stories about the moonshiners of Kentucky and Tennessee, with whom he associated while visiting that sec tion in search of material for his play. "I became more or less intimate with many of them," said he to a New York Times reporter, "and learned of the existence of a very strange sort of as sociation having its headquarters in one of the counties in southern Ken tucky, bordering on Tennessee. The object of the association was to pro tect the members from the government and to encourage the manufacture and sale of illicit whisky. Whenever a mem ber of the band was arrested by the 'revenooers,' as the revenue officers are called, three or four others would testify to an alibi. Each member was bound by an oath signed in blood to kill anyone who informed on another. In this way they hoped to protect each other from the raids of the deputy marshals. The secret leaked out in some way, and for a time—until the band was effectually broken up—the men, when captured, were taken to Louisville for trial; but there's just as much moonshining- done away back in the fastnesses of the mountains as ever " ESQUIMAUX USE TOBACCO. They M'.x tha \Veelar ied singers wouldn't loaf on their jo.* > « as they do now. And the fiddlers are pretty near as bad. They just draw the thing out as if they were afraid to work, and the crowd doesn't seem to catch onto the way it's bamboozled. Why, we've got an old, broken-down singing teacher out our way who can put any one of those songs through in anywhere from five to fifteen minutes' better time." When Obedience la Ea«y. He—What a woman that Mrs. High strung is! Does she ever obey anyone? She —Oh, yes; she obeys her husband Implicitly. lie —Iler husband must be a very strong-minded man, then. She—Not at all. He simply tells her to do exactly as she pleases, and she obeys without a murmur. Boston Globe. Mnloted And Cholmondlej. Tommy—Here's a queer word, nurse. It's spelled m-u-l-c-t-e-d. Nurse (gazing long and earnestly at it) —I can't make it out, Tommy, un less it's some new dood way of spellin' mustard. I knowed a man in Oireland once what spelled his name Charlie Mandelay, but called it Chumly. May be this is one of his spellin's.— Harper'* Bazar. Starboard and Fort. The term starboard or port, when ap plied to the wheel of the ship, is a con undrum to a landsman which he bas difficulty in getting through his hi ad. : llow the turning of the wheel which acts on the rudder brings about the de sired result of starboard and port can be illustrated by reference to » China man. A starboard wheel thro» -s the stem of a re-ssel to starboard, chang ing the course of the bow to port and vice versa. So with the Chinaman when be turns his head to the left, which is port, his pigtail swings to the rifrht, wh ! -h is starboard. Opposite re volts are obtained CREAMERY BUTTER. Inr It Is M*4< In a Motel thimbllii—l Bow mtnj readers have seen a crram ery In action, and know exactly how batter i* made by the methixl which has taken the place of that once in vogue in every farmer's dairy? At atowe. Vt, lia food specimen of these "new-fangled" ways of treating cream, and one who wiahes to spend a fore noon in pleasant surrey of an interest ing work would find himself repaid for seeking ont this cool, clean buiMing in a lovely town. First of all. unless the creamery is a co-operative one, the milk must be bought, and in any case the farmers for miles around must bring or send in the milk. Generally all the milk that a farm produces is sent. Sometimes Ate creamery uses over four thousand pounds a day, a "pound" of milk usually filling a "scanty" pint The milk la not paid for by measure, for that would be most unjust. The man who had Jersey cows would then receive no more than the owner of ani mals which are "larfre milkers," but whose milk is of poor quality So the rullk is tested by the use of acid, apd paid for according to Ita percentage of butter-making qnality Early In the morning this new milk is made to flow steadily into a receiver, and there it oomes in contact with a cylindrical vessel which Is whirling at the rate of forty-four hundred revolu tions a minute. This motion has the effect of Keperating the cream from the milk; as the milk is heavier, it falls to the outside of the vessel, where it is carried off through a pipe, and the cream, being lighter, seeks the center, exactly as the foam of a whirlpool is always thrown to the middle of the circle. A metal rim, rising between the two fluids, serves to keep them permanent ly apart, and the cream, like the milk, is carried off by a pipe of its own- It flows into a large oblong tank In the next room, and there, protected by a thin cloth from dust and flies, it stands for forty-eight hours, since butter has a richer taste If the cream is allowed to "ripen" a little. The enormous churn which receives the cream when it is ready for the sec ond process is in shape exactly like those used by many a farmer's wife, and turns bodily with every revolution; It is, however, moved by steam-power, and not by "elbow-grease," and the buttermilk is finally drained off through the floor into enormous vats. And when the butter has "come," what delight to see it worked! Great yellow masses, usually about sixty pounds in quantity, are spread, in a broad circle, upon a round table. Im mediately over this table are two grooved, wooden rollers, and when the table is set in motion by machinery it slowly turns about under the rollers, which are at the same time revolving. Thus the buttermilk is quickly and ef fectually pressed from the mass, and it lies spread out, ready for salting. As the table turns a woman shakes over the butter fine salt from a sieve, an ounce of salt to a pound of butter, and when a few more revolutions of the rollers have worked it in, the but ter is made. It is then rapidly packed into small tabs, covered with a cloth and a thick layer of salt, oria made into beautiful ly regular pats. These pats, each weighing a pound, marked with quar ter-pound divisions, are wrapped up in white paper and then placed in a very ingenious receptacle, formed of thin wood, made so aa to bend in the proper places and form a little box. When one views the cleanliness and precision which go with this work, done on so lai*ge a scale, he cannot help being convinced that the creamery has not destroyed the poetry which still clings about the life of the dairy. STANCHIONS AND TIES. The Illustration Show* Haw Thajr Are Built and Amnted. A subscriber inquires how cows are fastened by stanchions aod ties. In the illustration stanchions are shown at the left, open and shut They con sist simply of twostrong strips, the one firmly bolted or pinned, the other hinged or pinned at the bottom and al lowed to swing back far enough at the top so the animal may remove Its head. "If fa iv I// II || Ij When closed the movable strip is held in place firmly by a pivot which ia dropped down behind It at the top, or by a loop of iron which is allowed to fall down over the upper end of the movable portion. At the right side of the cut a method in common use for tying stock is shown- Short partitions support the floor where the cows stand into stalls which contain two cows each. At either side of this stall a smooth pole is firmly established, and on thia pole a large ring which can easily slip up and down is connected with a short chain which holds the cow by a strap around her horns or neck. The chain must be so short that the cow cannot annoy her bedfellow. If the cows are dehorned there will be no need of partitions.—Farm Journal A Satf-Socktar Cow. The nuisance of having a cow with thia vice is such as to make It almost useless, and. unless the cow is a good one, it »vould be better to make the animal Litc> heef than to worry with it. If the co\*. however, ia worth keeping In spite of tbto bad habit, it m|y be controlled ia thta way: The head if fitted with a common headstall, having a strong ring under lie jaws. A strap is worn by the cow around the body immediately behind the shoulders. A A ring is fitted on this strap under the brisket. A stout Mckory or oak rod, having a snap hook at each end, is then fastened to the riags and passed be tween the fore toff* «> tl *« co * can feed, but cannot reach her udder. B# *s«» Head of Firm— L'«ve you had any ex perience with double' entry? Prospective Bookkeeper I should say so! I've been shipping clerk for one of the largest hi I **** 8 111 e trade- Head of Firm—But you d.VIn t learn anything about double e.itry. d ' ll J Prospective Bookkeeper —CeT rfr. When the goods were ship l '»ed 1 made one entry, and when they .▼ere returned I made another. Ain't t doutVe entry?— Cloak Review. Oaoarosltr I'salf. Struggling Pas tor-Nearly all the congre fation have subscribed liberal ly for the building fund, and I feel sure thai I c*o al*o have your hearty cooperation. How much will you— Mrs. Leader— Let me see. Oh, I am the cmly member who has a car riage, I think! "Yes. the rest a « pwor " "Well, I will drive around and coi laet the ■Bfrffnrip\fc»a."-'"» )c> * wt ' c ' g>^ mam * —i ■ MO 2 CHEAP TREE GUARDS. UteeUve tor PrtrratlKf IIIIWM Imjmf If t Rabbits ami Mica. It is astonishing how tnoch damage two or three rabbits can do to a young orchard in a single night Four year* ago 1 had an orchard of seventy trees planted, on open ground, between my house and that of a neighbor. The orchard was well cultivated, and the ground kept entirely clear of all weed* an-1 trash; and as my neighbor kept two hunting dogs, which made It their business to kill every rabbit that ventured into that locality, thought It entirely unnecessary to provide any protection for the trees. Late in the winter there came a light fall of snow, accompanied by severe cold weather. I looked over the orchard the following morning, and not a track of any kind was to be seen, but the second morn ing I noticed a few rabbit tracks, and, to my great surprise, I found that H no. a. no. t FKOTEC TED TREK. WOVEN TUL EUAJUX fully one-third of the trees had been gnawed, four of them being completely girdled. The tracks showed plainly that the mischief had been done by rabbits. My neighbor brought his dogs, and we hunted the entire locality over, but could find only two rabbits. In the stomach of which we fonnd tree bark. We followed their back tracks and found that they had oome from a swampy tract, six miles distant I immediately bound up the wounds on the trees with strips of cloth, and, as soon as the ground thawed a little, I took four-inch drain tiles, broke them open lengthwise, and, removing the cloth, inclosed each of the trees with one of them, binding them together with small wire. These tiles were then filled with fine soil, and kept full until the first of October, when they were opened and the trees examined. In every instance, the wounds were entirely healed, the bark having grown over them, and the trees were in a healthy, thrifty condition In a few cases roots had started out from the edges of the healing wounds, but the autumn drought had stopped their growth. During the last three years, I have tiled quite a large number of in jured trees for neighbors and friends, and in every instance they have healed completely. It is advisable, however, to adopt ef fective measures for preventing injury to trees by rabbits and mice, and thus save much labor and anxiety. It can be done easily, as follows: Take com mon plastering laths and cut them in halves; then with fine wire, weave five to eight of the pieces together, at the top and bottom, as shown in Fig. 1, the same as wire and lath fence is woven, and set them around the trees, as seen in Fig. 3, giving the ends of the wire a twist about each other, to" hold them firmly in position. This makes a very effective and cheap guard, eighteen inches high, and one that will last four or five years. If the laths are dipped in crude petroleum, they will last ten years, and prevent pigs and sheep, as well as rabbits and mice, from injuring the trees.—G. Frederick, in American Agriculturist THE FARM ORCHARD. It Adda Mach to tha Attractlvaaeaa at Cmatrj LUt. If you own a piece of land, even if it does not contain more than five acres, plant a portion of it to fruit In a small orchard it is a good plan to alter nate apple and peach trees. In this way you can plant trees much closer together, as the peach trees will have died before the apple trees are large enough to interfere with them. Don't plant apple trees closer than two rods of each other. If you do you will find you have made a mistake before they are half-grown. Plums, apricots and cherries may be planted twenty feet apart It will be a long time before tbey crowd each other. Standard pears should have five feet more room eaeb way. I don't favor planting dwarf fruit trees. They bear early and die early. This may be done in a new country, where fruit is scarce and land is cheap It is a good plan bo cultivate a young orchard. Manure well Plant small fruita (for the first five years) be tween the rows, leaving it so you can plow one way, especially where the tract is small and land is dear.—Farm ers' Voice. Carlau Caaa •( Grafting. The following note was made in France in 1882: Mr. M. Carillet, of Vlncennee, took up a young pear tree and grafted it with roots In the air on another tree. As the pear used as a scion was on general quince roots, the queer spectacle was presented of quince roots in the air above two varieties of the pear. Before the end of the first season the quince roots threw out leaves and short branches. The next year the quince shoots grew to a length of thirty inches. The nett spring four varieties of pear were budded on the quince shoots. So at present the plant is made up as follows: The base stock is on quince roots. On this is another pear with its roots in the air. On the quince root, or on shoots coming from them, are four other vsr rieties of the pear. DEAD branches on fruit and other trees are not only unsightly, but they are a draft on the_ vitality of the tree. A D«(TM Woraa. "Well, Johnny, how are you? Do you find dollars scarce, as everybody else does?" "I am worse off than that 1 even find half dollars scarce."—Brooklyn Life. CLOSURE. Lilr Whi^^lhd^ you have many others duricg the summer* fVrbe JJird—Many? Why, I had to limit the proposal speeches to five minuto®- —Puck. KvtolalJuß Da jr. Vices are tuonsiers of saoh hldeocs intan. That to ba hated nood but to be »a«n; Bui Been «» oft, we come bj to»n> accuraaS.