VOL XXX
Happy Homes-tr
Comfortable Homes!!
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Any Person can have such
a Home if' They will
BUY
FURNITURE
QUEENSWARE
STOVES
CARPETS
OIL CLOTHS
TIN WARE.
And all House Furnishing
Goods From
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Butler, - Penna.
- Complete House Furnishing Goods House.
1 WILL YOU BE ONE
TO READ THIS AD.
AND ACT PROMPTLY.
EVERY ITEM IS A LEADER.
Mra'« felt Uonu asd over* $1.85. ! Boy'* good solid boot* *\i»» 1 to 5 95c.
M«i'« good bnckel arc tie- 95 i Men'* overs for lelt boots $1 15 and $1.25.
Ifttn'rt fund tolia boot* $1 50. I Men's pood solid working Hboen 95.
M«n'n fine drvtui shoes la.ce or CoDjrrects $1.25.
THE NEW SHOE STORE LEADING THEM ALL.
kid batton shots tip «#r plain 95 I Lmjie-' g»»<>d oil #rain button $1 00.
fruin batton shoes beel or *pritip9s | L»die»' kip lace "hoe* 95.
MIMM' kid button shoes spring heel 95: | Ladies' fine rubbers 25.
ALL RUBBER GOODS REDUCED
AT
THE NEW SHOE STORE.
215 S. Main Street, fi U MIT T TJD
Opposite Arlington Hotel, If. £i. luiLLlul.
Sweeping Redactions have been Made on all
Vinter 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,
DOUTIIETT <fc GRAHAM,
Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts.
BUTLER, PA.
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The 0. W. HARDMAN Art Company Limited.
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GROUND FLOOR STUDIO.
Finest and most artistic photographs. Hand made portraits a
specialty. Picture and portrait frames. If conscientions work is of
>ny value to you have the same done here.
Beware of tramp artists and irresponsabic parties and strangers
I »ho arc tramping through the county soliciting your orders.
Stodio, 118 Horth MJa St., Butler, Pa.
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Job. Work ol all kind done
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at the "Citizen Office.'
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THE BUTLEi
PROFESSIONAL CARI)>
G. M. ZIMMERMAN.
PHYSICIAN AND HCBOION,
office at No. s. Main struet, over FranSc
Co'S DIUK Store. Butler. Pa.
Dr. N. M. HOOVER,
137 E. Wajne St., office hours, 10 to 12 M. au.
1 to 3 P. M.
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon.
SCO West Cunningham St.
L. BLACK,
PHYSICIAN AND SUBUKOS.
New Troutman Hnllding, Putler. Pa.
K N. I.EAKK. M. D. J. K. MANN, M..L.
Special ties: Specialties:
Gynaecology and Sur- Eye, Kar. Nose «, o
gery. Throat.
DRS. LEAKE & MANN,
Butler, Pa..
J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Butler, Penn'a.
Artificial Teeth inserted on the latest in
pruned plan. <*>ld PUIIUK a specialty. Ofllce
,ver Scuaul'u ClothuiK Store.
V. jvIcALPINE,
Dentist,
1b now located In new and elegant rooms .ad
joining nls former ones. All kinds ot clani
plates and moderen .jjoia work.
••Gas Administered."
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
Gold Filling Painless Extraction ot Teeti
and Artificial Teeth without Plates a speclalt
Nitrous Oxide or Vitalized Air or Local
Vnapstlieties used.
Office over Millers Grocery east ot Lowr
House.
office closedWedneslays ami Tli ursdaya.
IRA McJUNKIN.
attorney at Law, Office at No. IT,
*ou St., Butler. Pa,
W. C. FINDLEY,
Attorney at Law and Ileal Estate Agent, oi
ace rear of L. Z. Mitchell's office on .north slue
of Diamond. Butler, 1
H. H. GOUCHER.
%.ttorney-at-law. Offlce on second .floor
vnderson bulldlnjf, near Court House. Bulle
fa.
J. w. HUTCHISON,
ATTOKNEY AT LAW.
Office ou second floor Jf the Huselton clock,
irt&mond, BuUer, Pa.. Room No. 1.
S. H. PIERSOL.
ATTOENEY AT LAW.
Office at No. 104 West Diamond St.
A. T. BLACK.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Room F., Armory Building. Butler, Pa
COULTER & BAKER.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Offlce Jn rooat 8.. >rncoiy Eullding, Eulle
Pa.
H. Q. WALKER,
Attorney-at-Law— Diamond Bio
BuUer, Pa.
J. M. PAINTER,
! Attorney-at-Law.
Office—Between Postoffice and Diamond, Bu
ler. Pa.
A. T. SCOTT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW..
offlce at No. 8, South Diamond, Butler, Fa.
A. M. CHRISTLEY,
JB ATTORNEY AT~LAW."
>ffice second floor, Anderson ,B1 k, Main si.
near Court House, Butler, Pa..
NEWTON BLACK.
Att'jr at Law—omce.on South Bide of Dlamono
Butler. Pa.
C. F. L. McQUISTION,
EJiGLNEEIt AND SURVEYOR,
.OFFICB NEAR DIAMOND, BDTLKH, PA.
L. S. McJUNKIJN, ""
Insurance and Real Estate An' i
17 EAST JEFFERSON ST.
BUTLER. - PA.
L. C- WICK
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—•ov ALL KINDS
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings,
Shingles and Lalh
t Always in Stock.;
LIME,.HAIR AND PLASTEK.
Offloe <fe W. Depot,
BT7TLBR r PA
WE WANT TO KEEP
OIIR FACTORY RUNNING
DURING THE WINTER.
ID order to do this we offer to
make outside window hiiads at ONE
DOLLAR and upwards per window and
inside window blinds at TWO DOLLARS
and upwards per window.
These are the lowest prices ever
offered on window blinds and now is
the time to take advantage of them.
Respectfully,
S. G, Purvis cSi Co.
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'TWAS THE OTHER MAN.
Love at First Sight and Love at
Second Sight.
RIVER
f\J brawled a noisy
"O* tune that th^
v > ened to unmoved
jT for some hun-
W \y dreds of years,
Jf HGsf -y * fi/ and then, as if
j // H i wearied with
) / this profitless
\ I exertion, drew
! \ itself np with
| d-ignity and
\ /*swept along 1
A '/ . with (lef p. rapid
/ r<V \/\ A. and noiseless
. .. V V current.
On a slender spit of turf which jutted
•ut at the tail of the eddies stood a girl
; intenth engaged with a fly-rod; loung
ing over the pray parapet of the bridge
were a couple of men lazily watching
her.
One of the men was tall and dark; he
answered to the name of Duncan. The
other was shorter built and had lighter
hair, and him his companion addressed
as Billy.
The pair of them were moving leisure
ly through the country, in company
with a house on wheels, a yellow
painted caravan which was then rest- !
ing just down the turn of the road.
The shorter man removed his pipe ;
and spoke:
"Ah, see that cast? By Jove, it was a
neat one. Couldn't have done it better
—risen him again, and—no, not this
time, my lady. But you'll go on. won t
yon? He's a fat two-pounder, and you're ,
a keen sportsman, I can see that."
Three other casts were made without
result* hut at the third the fish rose
again, and was snugly hooked in the ;
dropper.
"That fly's a March Brown for a ten
pound note," exclaimed Duncan with
an access of interest as the trout shot
•if like a flash diagonally down stream.
"Ah, now she's giving him the butt,
and that's checking the pace. Ile'd
break her if he got tangled in the over
fall among those stones. Faith, she's
playing him like an old hand."
As he spoke the spring of the bend
ing rod stopped the two-pounder's
rush, and the fish began doggedly to
return to the summons of the slowly
turning reel.
The unrelenting tenbion of the lino
wore down his strength, and his captor
felt blissfully sure of success. In another
minute or so he would be gasping and
showing silver beneath the bank at her
feet.
She reached a hand round for the
landing net, which hung from a ring
in her creel-strap, and had partly
drawn it out, when of a sudden the
honeycombed turf beneath began to
bend and break down.
She haw the danger and tried to step
back, but the movement was not In
time. She lost balance, slipped and
fell, and the next moment had rolled
off sideways with a spl:ish into the
6hining water.
By the men on the bridge no words
were spoken. They left the bridge at
either end and raced down the rugged
bank on different sides, Duncan crashing
through hazel bushes, his companion
stumbling madly over tumbled bowl
ders.
Reaching the bottom of the strag
gling fall, each left the bank and
splashed into the deeper water dressed
as he was. Duncan swimming with a
side stroke, tho other racing against
him on the breast. The current was
very rapid, but as to where it was tak
ing them neither gave a thought.
Each was wholly intent upon being
first t.o reach the form which was
swirling on ahead, now half sub
merged, now wholly beneath the sur
face.
Then Billy got knocked out of the
raue. He fouled an island of weeds
that was being swept along by the cur
rent and felt ftieir slimy tendrils wrap
If c/
Mm
m§A ra?^
"SEE THAT CAST:''
around him and had to stop and fight
for his own life.
By the time he had emerged panting
and half choked from the conflict ho
turned to see the girl lying in a drag
gled linap on tho bank and Duncan in
the aet of scrambling up alongside of
her.
An hour afterwards the pair of wan
derers reached their caravan again,
patted the browsing horse and went in
side to change.
Silence was well maintained for
awhile, each being occupied witli his
own proper thoughts. Then Duncan
spoke:
"You had a narrowish squeak with
those weeds, old man. I saw you out
of the tail of my eyes once or twice.
You were fighting them under water,
weren't you?"
"Yes, they wrapped round me like
slimy ropes and pulled ine down. I was
nearly done for when I got my nose up
again."
"Glad you got out of it so well. I'd
hove her on to the bank and was just
coming off to bear u hand when you
bobbed up from below. I couldn't com*
earlier."
"Of course not, and besides—it didn't
much matter."
"Eh, what's that?"
"Only I envy you your luck in pulling
ber out, Duncan, that's aIL Ileigho
ho. And now let s change the sub
ject."
The tall man whistled.
"Dry up," said his companion.
"Sits the wind in that quarter? Why,
ray dear goose, if you think it matters
in tho smallest degree, we'll say that it
was you that, hooked her inshore. We'd
both got the will, and it was quite a
toss up who actually did tho finishing
touch. If it hadn't been for tho un
lucky handicap of those weeds you'd
have been there first"
"No, I shouldn't. You were ahead."
•'Pooh, a yard or so maybe, but wo
were practically neck and neck. I say,
old man, is this a case of that com
plaint one reads about in books, love
at first sight?"
"I—l believe it is."
"No one saw the girl fished <sut of
the water, and when the brother and
all that crowd of domestics turned up
from the house and saw us pumping up
and down her arms and getting the
breath into her again nothing was
asked as to how the thing was done.
They thanked the pair of us collective
. lv and trooped off.
"When we dine there to-night, and
they've got their nerves quieted down
and ask for details, I shall just pitch
! the yarn in my own fashion, and pic
ture myself tied up in the weeds and
| you doing the rescue business."
MFTLKH. HA., fl
The scene changt-s from the yellow
painted caravan to luxurious bachelor
chambers in town, and time hao spun
by to the extent of six months.
Duncan is seated in a great eider
stuffed chair; the man tttey called
Hilly is stumping 1 restlessly over the
soft carpet.
"You'd hot" r toll mo what's hap
pened, chapter and verse," suggested
he of the arm-chair.
"Oh, nothing except what you've
heard."
"But I've heard nothing I met you
and her at dinner on the night after
our mutual bath, and I haven't
clapped eyes on either of you since. I
jr»'i s
jO JfeV /j
i mu%{\
\IMA feJ
f L~J x W;:v
1 v FT! , wSS*
flip,
DtTXCAX LAII> A BAND ON HIS COMPAN
ION'S SHOULDER.
—I didn't want to interfere in any way
| whatever. So 1 took a steamer and
went to New Zealand and back, just
for my health, y' know "
"You're rather 'ing, Duucan, but
if yon insist 1 can only repeat that
j there's remarkably little to tell. She
j was civil to me, an d grateful, and all
that, and we could have been the best
of friends if 1 had wished it so. But I
couldn't stick at friendship, and of late
she has seen it."
"Well?"
"She can't give me more than friend
ship. I asked her, and .she said she
couldn't. I told her I would wait any
amount of time if that wonld do any
food, but she refused to give me the
least, hope." ,
"And didn't she vouchsafe anything
further, Billy?"
"Yes, she did."
"What was it? Don't tell me, ot
course, if you'd rather not."
"It's a hardish mouthful, Duucan,
old man, but I'll out with it. She told
me she was fond of another man,
and —"
"And what?"
"And he had shown conclusively he
cared nothing for her, and consequent
ly she should never marry."
"What a scoundrel the other man
must be!"
"Yes, I said that, but she promptly
denied it It seems he had hardly
spoken half a dozen words to her. She
said he had once tried to render some
great service to her aud failed But
the intention was clear enough. By
dint of pleading I got the name out
of her—"
lie paused.
"And it was?" asked a strained voice
from the depths of the chair.
' heavens, man! can't you see
that it was you?"
Duncan leaned forward with his chin
in the heel of his fist, and his face
turned awny to vards the fireglow.
"And you don't care a pin for her?"
"No, of course not."
Duncan turned t-wiftly round.
"You mean that?" he demanded.
"Yes, jor else 1 shouldn't have said
it. Why, whatever is the matter with
yon?"
Duncan came across the room and
laid a hand on his companion's shoul
der.
"Billy, d'you know what 1 cleared
out of England for? No? Then I'll
tell you. You fell in love with that
girl at first sight; I did the same when
I met her for the second time.
"We've always been good chums, you
and I, old chap, and I couldn't bear to
run counter to you. So 1 went away
on the out trail. I thought the sea air
and the fresh scenes would blow the
nonsense out of my head.
"But it didn't. I love her more than
ever now."
"Then no one stands in your way,
and I congratulate you with all my
heart Go in and win, old man.
"No, don't say anything. I'm goinp
to leave this for a bit. My brother's
got an orange ranch in Florida, and 1
think I'll run over to hlin for a year oi
80. I'll go now, if you don't mind.
Good night, old chap, and God bless
you."—Boston O'obe.
ONE MAN'S DIPLOMACY.
Jt Stopped the Huby's Crying ami F.arned
Him EverlttHtlug Gratitude.
It was in an "L"' train and a baby
was crying with all the strength of its
two-year-old lungs. The expression
on the faces of the occupants of the
car changed from indifference to pity,
then to unnoj anc -, and finally to
downright anger. Finally, says the
New York Recorder, a man two or three
beats from the crying child leaned
over and snapped his lingers quickly.
The effect was magical. The child
stopped in the middle of a yell, and
gazed open eyed and open mouthed at
the man. He snapped his fingers sev
eral times, then, accompanying them
with grotesquely cheerful smiles and a
peculiar shake of his head which
seemed to highly interest the cross
cherub and appeal to his sense oi
humor, for a wavering little smile
crept around the corners of the droop
ing mouth and the cries ceased for
good. The man leaned back in hii
seat, bestowing occasional cheerful,
winks and smiles at the vanquished
foe.
He reaped his reward. The old fel
low next to him declared he had diplo
macy enough to make a prime minis
ter, the men opposite peeped at him in
friendly recognition over the tops of ,
their papers, the woman near him with '
nerves aud a headache said: "Thank j
you," and the pretty girl in the cor- j
ner gave him a sweet smile. That man j
left the car followed by a score ol j
blessings, and the cross baby turned \
over and actually went to sleep.
CUTTER-RIGGED YACHTS.
River C'olne the Birthplace of the <»rac«-
fnl Hriiinh ( utter.
I'earl and Louise were the first
yachts with the distinctive cutter-rig,
writes Capt. A. J. Kenealy in Outing.
The river Colne was, in point of fact,
the birthplace of the cutter and of the
graceful cutter-stern.
The marquis of An glesey may be
said to have been the parent of Brit
ish yachting, and his'descendants have
been glorious patrons of the sport.
The old marquis christened his son,
Lord Alfred Paget, by dipping him
head first into the sea while a child in
long clothes, from the deck of the
I'earl. Every yaclitman knows what
Lord Alfred did for the sport in Eng
land, and how capitally the prince of
Wale* and he worked together in de
veloping it. Lord Alfred had the full
management of the prince's yachts,
Alexandria and Dagmar. both built for
his royal highness by John Harvey.
Lord Alfred, too, was the first to
recognize the advantage of the auxil
j iary yacht, and John Harvey designed
; for him the Xantha, the first of her
1 kind ever built, and she was followed,
In 1874, by the Sunbeam, Lord Bras
-1 bey's boat, made famous by Lady Bras
sey's facile pen.
CHIMNEYS IN ENGLAND^^
They Were Sot in l"se There llefore the A
Twelfth Century. 1
There does not appear to be any
dence of the use of chimney shafts
England prior to the twelfth century, j
In Rochester castle, which is in all
probability the work of W. Corbyle, |
about 1130, there are complete fire- j
places with semicircular backs, and a
shaft in each joint supporting a semi- j
circular arch over the opening, which [
is enriched with a zig/Uig molding; j
some of these project slightly from the \
wall. The flues, however, go only a
few feet up in the thickness of the
wall, and are turned at the back, the
apertures l>eing small oblong holes, i
At Castle Hedingham, Essex, which is j
about the same date, there are fire- j
places and chimneys of similar kind, j
A few years later the improvement of
carrying the flue up through the whole i
height of the wall appears, as at Christ j
church. Hants: the keep at Newcastle;
Sherborne castle. Dorsetshire; Conis
borough castle. Yorkshire, and Boothby
Fagnell, Lincolnshire. The early chim
ney shafts are of considerable height
and circular, afterward they assume a
great variety of forms, and during the
fourteenth century they are frequent
ly extremely short. l*revious to the
sixteenth eentnrv the shaft is often
short, and not un frequently terminated
by a spire or pinnacle, usually of rath-
I' er low proportions, having apertures
of various forms, under and sometimes
in it, for the escape of the smoke,
t There are also taller shafts of various
forms—square, octangular or circular
—surmounted with a cornice, forming
a sort of capital, the smoke issuing
from the top. Clustered chimney shafts
do not appear until rather late in the
fifteenth century; afterward they be
came very common, and were frequent
ly highly ornamented, especially when
of brick.
OLD PLAYMATES.
A PleaMiug Story of a Celebrated Treach
Sportfttiian.
The author of 'Modern Hunting," in
La Nouvelle Revue, tells a pleasing
story of one of the oldest and most cel
ebrated sportsmen of France, Prince
de Joinvillc. The prince is perhaps
the "senior member" of hunting soci
ety in this country. He was hunting
in the Chantilly forest, as the guest of
Due d'Aumale.
His party met another party which
was following a deer in the same for
est, and some disorder resulted. The
prince lost track of the animal timt he
was following, but he took the disap
pointment philosophically, and set out
to find the deer again.
On the way he was stopped by an old
white-haired peasant, who told him
that the deer he was following had
passed by there recently. The son of
Louis I'hillippe asked some simple
question, but as the old peasant replied
he looked at him keenly, seeming to
pay more attention to him than to his
words. Suddenly he stopped him.
"Wait! it seems to me that I know
you. friend!" ho exclaimed.
"Yes. sir," replied the peasant, in his
old, cracked voice, which shook with
emotion. "Oh, yes, we have often
eaten cakes at 'Auntie Adelaide's."'
It was sixty years since they had
been children together, but the varied
experiences of that time hud not made
the prince forget his old playmate and
servitor, and he delayed his quest for
the lost deer to renew the acquaint
ance.
A REASONABLE OBJECTION.
An English Clercymau Who Protested
Against a Remarkable Name.
Sometimes in English country par
ishes, where the clergyman has been
accustomed to have his own way, he
protests vigorously if the name pro
posed for a child about to be christened
does not suit him. Occasionally, how
ever, he does so upon false premises.
James Payne writes in the Indepen
dent:
The late Dean Ilurgon, when a
curate in Berkshire, was requested by
a village couple to christen their boy
"Venus," or, as they called it,"Vanus."
"Are you aware," he said, "that you
are asking something ridiculous as
well as exceedingly wicked? Do you
suppose I am going to give a Christian
child, a boy, the name of a woman
in heathen mythology? How did such
u monstrous notion get into your
heads?"
"Please, sir," said the father, "we
want him called after his grandfather."
"And doyousay liisgrandfatherwas
named Venus?"
"Yes, sir; there he is, sir."
A poor old man, looking very unlike
Venus, hobbled out of the crowd.
"Do you dare to say you were chris
tened Venus?" asked the indignant
clergyman.
"Well, no, sir," was the respectful
answer, "1 was christened Sylvanus,
but they always called me Van us."
A N> w Cereal.
A traveler in the Himalayan moun
tain region has discovered that the na
tives of that country cultivate a grain
hitherto unknown in civilized agricul
tural operations, which has something
the look of wheat but has very much
longer ears, and which has a peculiar
inward curve. The shiny, brown grain,
unlike wheat, is, on the other hand,
much smaller than wheat grains should
be for so large au ear. But the inter
est is that a cereal of this character
should yield such heavy crops in so
high au altitude, where the seasons arc
necessarily short and the temperature
low. The natives call the grain kow
nee.
The right of the Far North.
The wonders of the aurora borealis
in the British possession just over the
, line of Alaska cannot be told. The
heavens all winter long are lit up with
a golden glow. Indeed the colors —
the sparkles and flashes —are so many,
constant and varied that no one can de
scribe them. There is practically no
day during the year. For two or three
months up to December 15, from nine
to twelve o'clock, there is a sort of
| daw n, but the rest of the time it is
night. It is so clear that you can go
out and read a newspaper anywhere.
flntanleal Oddities.
Those who have given any particular
attention to the study of botanical od
dities know that the Brazilian flower
known as the "running antelope" is so
called because its white petals have a
series of well-defined dark-colored
lines and dots, in which the imagina
tion can readily trace the form of an
antelope, with the limbs outstretched
aud head thrown back, seemingly flee
ing for its life. In the "caricature
plant" one species has the imitative
form on the petals, and another '
has it outlined in the ribs aud
shading of the leaves. This last
mentioned curiosity bears a remark
ably well-executed likeness* of the
duke of Wellington, aud has on that
account been named "Arthur and
His Nose."
Mines Under the Sea.
We have all heard about the British
coal and iron mines, the galleries of
which extend far out under the Atlan- I
tic ocean, but there are perhaps very I
few Americans who know that the |
most extensive under-ocean mining
operations in the world are carried on
along the Pacific coast of this conti
nent. At Nanaimo, British Columbia,
there is u coal mine the abaft of which
extends several hundred feet below
the ocean bed at that point. All the
galleries of the mine, aggregating
something like twelve miles in length,
I are entirely under the ocean. |
KEEP THE HENS WARM.
Description of Tonltry Ilonse with lint*
ing Arrangement.
The object of the accompanying illus
tration is to give a design of a poultry
house for a cold climate and to accom
modate those who desire a cheap sys
tem of heating. The house is shown
by the interior end view, in order to
explain the arrangements. It Is 14
feet wide, s}*' feet high on the south
' side, feet on the north side and Sfl
feet long, divided iuto six rooms, each
room being 6x9 feet on the floor, and
; ten or twelve fowls to occupy each
room. It can be boarded outside with
barn boards, naving strips nailed on 1
the joint*; hut the interior should be |
ceiled, sides and roof. The roof U cor- j
ered with tarred paper, or some similar I
roofing material. If preferred, the ]
space between the outer boards and i
the ceiling boards may be filled with
dry sawdust
In the illstraticm A is a slanting par
tition, six inches from the roosts (B B
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B). and C C are the nest shelves, with
an opening at one end, and a door from
the hall also, D being the sitting-shelf,
with a door from the hall only. E, F
and G are narrow doors, nearly the
length of each room. The ball, H, is 6
feet wide, the partition dividing the
hall aud rooms being made with com
mon lath, as also the doors; but parti
tion A is made of matched boards. Jis
a water-trough, I a feed-box, and K a
hatch, hinged by pivot in the center,
for convenience in cleaning the floor;
L being an opening in the floor covered
with wirecloth, cone-shaped M is a
2x6 board or studdinsr, placed on the
floor to divide the litter from the clean
floor. N is a door opening into the
yard, O being a door from one room to
tho other. Pis a skylight on the roof,
one for each room, and W is a venti
lator, one at each end of the house. B
is a cellar, which may be larger if pre
ferred, and S is a small oil-stove, no
pipe being necessary. T is a dirt-trough
the full length of tho house. Two feet
of the bottom portion of each dividing
partition is made of boards and above
the boards is lath. The hall may be
only 3 feet wide if preferred, and the
other arrangements may be altered for
convenience, as circumstances demand.
—Farm and Fireside.
ATTRACTIVE PACKING.
Many Beekeeper* Now Pnt Their Honey
In GlasH Section*.
A glass section is one of wood grooved
to receive a glass, each side, when it Is
filled and removed from the bees. Some
of the New York producers put honey
in this bhape upon the market When
the section is glazed, tho sides, top and
bottom are neatly papered. Only a
limited amount of honey can be dis
posed of in this way. Others put each
section in a paper box with a handle.
Consumers have to pay for all this fuss
and feathers but they are the monied
■ class, who do not care what anything
costs, if it is only nice. In local mar
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kets, the price is governed by supply
and demand. The best market for
honey is a home market, and a fair
price should be demanded. If an ex
orbitant one Is charged, it will remain
upon the producer's hands, and other
sweets will be used instead. Choice
white comb honey is quoted in most
large cities of the union at sixteen
cents per pound. At St Louis, Mo., it
is usually a few cents lower than at
other cities.—Orange Judd Farmer.
(ieese on the Farm.
I The Embden, a white goose (both
male and female), is, with the
Toulouse, the largest of all breeds.
The best cross for the market is tho
Toulouse gander and Einbdeu goose.
The Toulouse is parti-colored, and the
male and female are alike. In fact tho
male and female of any pure breed are
alike in color. The large breeds do not
forage over as much ground as the
common kinds, but produce twice as
much feathers, in weight, and fatten
more readily for market An adult
gander of the Embden or Toulouso
breeds should not weigh less than
twenty-fivo pounds and the gooso
twenty-three pounds, though individu
als have been known to reach as mnch
as fifty pounds. The best way to
grade up a flock Is to procure a gander
of the Embden breed, mute him with
large common geese and mate the fe
male offspring with a Toulouse. The
males should then be pure-bred Emb
dens, as they are pure white, which is
an advantage where the feathers ar®
considered a valuable product
I,dolling Ahead.
Lawyer—Well, little girl, what can 1
do for you?
Annie —Nothing just now; but thej
told me you were a divorce lawyer,
and I thought it might be well to make
your acquaintance.—Judge.
Initiated.
Tho vegetarian, from liis board.
Carnivorous dtot routs.
And feels no hardship, bavins been
Put through a course of sprouts.
—Puck.
(Snort Advlee.
Blinks —Have you read that article
on "Ilow to tell a bad egg?"
Winks—-No, I have not. but my ad- |
vice would be: If you have anything
important to tell a bad egg, brrak il
gently —Brooklyn Life.
A Natural Inference.
"Ma, is sis going to the theater?"
"Not that I know Why do you ask?"
" 'Cause her new hat's come home
and it's about four feet across."—
I UroQ klyn Life.
The I'mal'j of Knowledge.
"Did' the teacher punish you for not
knowing enough?"
"No. for knowing too much. I sassed
her back." —Brooklyn Life.
The Itemed jr.
Miss Fayre Young Mr (Josling
seems to be Intoxicated with love
Old Pache —Oh. ho 11 get sober ejjvugb
I tUieriia'a uiauiiidi—Ttuih.
to
nectly, says the Nineteenth
1 ill comparatively lately in
commercial business, except banking,
has not been thought highly of for
gentlemen. Politics, the church, the
army and nary, the bar, etc., have
been the outlets for English younger
sons. In America it is quite different
Among the many reasons for this 1
will mention but the one important
one, that the pursuits above men
tioned afford but few openings, com
paratively speaking.
The church Is a poorly-paid profes
sion for the sons of the wealthy mer
chants. and the army and navy are so
small in number that they do not af
ford a field for more than a few. Tie
bar is, of course, open, and is crowded
in America as in England. Politics,
for some inscrutable reason, does not
seem to attract many of the higher
grades of youth. Consequently, the
young American seeks the commercial
field, and in every American city,
especially in the west, one finds at the
head of cultivation and progress men
whose rise has been due to successful
commercial enterprise. It is well for
the individual that success should be
so rewarded, and it is well for the ,
community, also, that the man of busi- :
ness. who has pained his success on '
legitimate lines, should be Us leader. ;
In a new and partly unsettled country ;
like America, so fortunately situated
as to need practically no foreign pol
icy, and to fear no foreign enemies,
the creator or the distributor of wealth
is a far more valuable man than the
politician or the soldier.
The sangulneness of the American is
another feature especially striking to
an outsider. The whole temper of the
people Is one of hope. No young mau
enters life in any line without the 1
fullest belief that he is going to sue- j
ceed, and going to make a great deal
of money, and do it all very quickly. |
This may be true of young mon every- |
where, but it is especially so in the
states. And men are justified in their
youthful hopes.
Practically any young man of rea
sonable brains and industry is sure to
succeed. Openings are numerous, mid
the sharp-witted American is quick to
take advantage of them. It is a curi
ous fact, but one that I have often
heard employers of unskilled labor
comment upon, that none of their
workmen were American born, unless,
possibly, some of the foremen. As an
Englishman. I am glad to add that
rarely are Englishmen either found as
unskilled laborers in American work
shops.
THE ART OF EATING.
A Branch of Education la Which A»fr-
Icanx An Woefully Deficient.
"When my children get to the proper
age," said the man who was smoking a
briar pipe, "I intend to have them
taken in hand by some competent per
son and given a thorough instruction
in the art of eating, and, further, in
the science of finding out what to eat
and ordering."
'•What do you mean?" inquired the
man who sat next to him.
"I mean this: The averago American
citizen is woefully deficient in knowl
edge of what he can get to cat. He
falls down when it comes to ordering
a dinner. The great majority of peo
ple In this country are brought up
frugally at home and do not know any
thing but the commonest dishes. The
consequence is that when u man goes
into a restaurant for dinner or to a
hotel he gazes helplessly ut the bill of
fare and sees many things of which he
does not know the component parts.
He dares not order anything that he is
not sure of, for fear of ridicule, and he
falls back on roast beef and mashed
potatoes. The fact is, he doesn't know
anything but roast beef. Same way
in a restaurant. When a waiter shoves
a bill of fare under a man's nose nine
times ont of ten he will look it over
and then say: 'Gimme a steak and
some fried potatoes.' Now, the man
who does this day a fter day doesn't
want roast beef. He is sick unto death
of steaks and fried potatoes. He
loathes ham and eggs, and yet he keeps
on ordering them in dreary and dys
peptic suoccssion, because he doesn't
know any better and he is too prunnd
to confess his ignorance. It's that way
with me. and I 11 bet it's that way with
most of you. lam going to relieve my
children of all these things. They're
going to know what's what when it
comes to eating. 'No roast-beef domi
nation!' shall be my household slogan."
And the rest of the party, says the
Buffalo Express, thought it. over and
concluded that he was pretty nearly
right.
The World's Fre»ldente.
The president of the Argentine Re
public is chosen for six years and re
ceives an annual salary of JWRT.OOO. The
French president receives a salary of
8120,000, a house to live in, and allow
ances amounting to sl-0,000 more; his
term of office is seven years, and he
may be reelected. The president of
the Swiss republic is elected from the
seven federal councillors (who serve
three years), and serves as president
for one year, receiving a salary of $3,-
700. He may be reelected after an in
terval of one year. The president of
Mexico is paid' 849.977 each year, and
serves four years; lie may be reelected
now, Gen. Diaz. the present president,
iMTinV had the constitution altered to
pcraiit him to serve. *
The "Holy 'Jbo»t" Plant.
In Mexico, Central and South Amer
ica, and in some parts of tuba and
Jamaica, a rare and beautiful plant
called the "Holy Ghost plant" grows
in great profusion. This plant, also
Itnown as "the botanical dove," is
sailed the "Holy Ghost plant" on ac
count of the shape of the flower, which
las the appearanee of a dove with ex
panded wings hovering over the stalk,
l'he entire flower, which is pm-e white,
}p«ns from the end of a long green
»tem and is verv fragrant.
Those Little Economies.
"So you had a church wedding?"
"Yes."
"1 think church weddings are too
expensive."
"No—they're not half so expensive as
having to buy new furniture for a
home wedding."—Vogue.
A Teaor'i Fate.
"Did you know that Sig. Smithini s
▼olcc had completely given away?"
"There! you know that I always told
you that he'd have to give that voice
awav. for nobody would think of buy
ing it."—Brooklyn Eagle.
No Wond«»r.
"He's a great admirer of Miss Cub
leys. And he's such a thin, withered,
! dried-up specimen of a man!''
"I've noticed that when she speaks
| to him he seems a good deal —um—rnt-
j tied."—Chicago Tribune.
Matrimonial Item.
Mr. Newlywed—l wish you wouldn t
call mo "dear" when we're in com
pany.
Mrs. Newlywed—Why. Charles'.'
Mr. Newlywed—Because it makes me
! feel so cheap. —Texas Siftings.
Invincible.
Cnrren Twether —Doesn't this \ve;ith
: er beat anything you ever saw?
Ole He Stinabitant—No. sir. it docs
not! I'd have you understand, sir,
that iu> weather beats loiytbing / ever
i eavr.—Puck.
Pleasant Employment tor Winter Day*
and Evening*.
There is nothing more pleasing to the
eye. or more acceptable, than a rustic
chair or settle, on porch or lawn; and
yet the purchase of these things is
nttea so expensive to be impossible for
the average purse. Two home-made
articles seen on a recent trip have led
k to think how easy to make and sub
stantial such things can be. The first,
a long and broad settle with a high
bock, I came upon suddenly to my sur
prise and gratification, on the veranda
of my friend, C. D. Tylee, at Ste.
Thereae, Can. It has a high ond com
fortable back and solid legs to which
the seat and arms are mortised. A
■eat is made of round sticks shaved flat
on the surface side, and the whole is
well braced and graceful, as the cnt
shows. The arms are made from natu
ral crooks found In the woods, the
KL'STIC BENCH
mountain laurel serving admirably.
In reply to my inquiry 1 was told that
the young son of my host had con
structed it, aud hud become quite an
; adept at such work with a little prac
tice.
The second is a chair, capacious, with
a seat like that of the settle. It has
stout legs supporting the back, and the
arms are well braced by crooked sticks
neatly mitered and nailed in place. It
| possesses the advantage of being quiek-
I ly made, as there are but few pieces
;to it A long, limber sapling, such as
can be got by the thousand in any.
dense, second-growth timber, can l>e
fastened to the bam; a'. A, carried down
RUSTIC CHAIR
to the forward leg below the seat and
neatly pinned or screwed on, bent
about over the forward leg to serve as
an arm, carried back to the top of one
rear post, fastened and bent around to
the other, carried down to the forward
post and fastened, bent still again and
run buck nearly parallel to a point on
the rear post midway between the seat
and top to correspond with the oppo
site side on which it started. If this
chair is not to be left In the weather,
grape vines serve a speedy and satis
factory purpose. In the manufacture
of camp chairs the vines of the wild
grape are without parallel for this pur
pose. This chair was made and is in
use at the charming farm home of L. D.
Smith, St Albans, Vt
From these few suggestions other
articles of furniture may be easily
made; they Include plant boxes, urns,
fences, gateways, swings, porches,
summer houses and a score of other use
ful and at the same time ornamental
thing*.—Holllster Sage, in Country
Gentleman.
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
THERE is no profit in foundered pigs.
Pooß quality lowers prices more than
overproduction.
THERE IS always a good demand for
strictly first-class stock.
MORE fat can be laid on with ground
than with whole grain.
VENTILATION and warmth should go
together. Avoid draughts.
THERE are reported to be 998 aban
doned farms in Massachusetts.
IF turnips are fed before milking they
will affect the flavor of the milk.
LEAVES are excellent as a mulch, as
stock bedding and as a stable absorbent
SHEEP produce four crops every year,
namely: Mutton, wool, lambs und ma
nure.
THE greatest profit in feeding sheep
for mutton Is made while the animals
are young.
CASES of caked udder may be quickly
relieved by liberal applications of very
hot water.
STATISTICS show that England annu
ally spends f80.000,000 for foreign but
ter and cheese. ,
BEFORE setting, air your milk thor
oughly, so as to allow animal and other
matter to escape.
IT is said that when the cows have
been fed on bran the milk rises slowly
and is hard to churn.
FIREWOOD is more easily cut when
green and makes quicker and better
fires when well seasoned
THOSE trees whoso leaves stick to the
branches in the spring are to be looked
upon as lacking in stamina.
IF the stock are to be kept thrifty
they need more variety of food in win
ter than at any other season.
T HE largest creamery in the world is
said to be at St Albans. Vt The ca
pacity Is 22,000 pounds a day.
IN many parts of India oxen still
serve as carriers of merchandise, and
buffaloes are kept for milk and plow
ing.
BUTTER from fresh cows is more
highly fluvored than that from cows
long "in milk, so the latter requires
more care in ripening
WISDOM THAT CAME TOO LATB.
"Will you take this woman for your
lawful, wedded wife? (After u pause)
i Why don't you answer?"
"Well, judge, that question requires
some serious thinking-' Fliegende
Blaotter. ____________
In a Sew York Boardln* Home.
New Boarder —Is there a dog about
this establishment?
Walter—Yes. sah de landlady's son
ha* a bulldog In de cellar.
New Boarder —Can he bite? )
Waiter—Yes. Indeedy, he am de mos'
wishus bog eber 1 seed.
New Boarder —Then be kind enough
' to rr\ vc u»i this chicken with my com
pliments. I d like to believe there is
r ■ somebhiag can it.-«-Tejfas