VOL XXXI DON'T Want A Wheel? Just as good time now, as any, to think of buying, to compare pri ces and merits. A\ e pin our best faith to the CLEVELAND and the PHOENIX. A wheel should be £asy Funning . ril * | LooUmg V Full# ~ s s "rfT" - Ladies Phoenix. 4 I We i\ave tlieni i\ow aqd will have J. E. FORSYTH E. ' WHAT BO PEOPLE tXPECT? Good Goods for little money—and the\ get them and what follows will prove it. Everyone that reads this is asked to come, and in their own interest they ought to come, AND THEY ARE COMING DAILY in crowds to H 1 1 SELTON'S for reliable wear. Fine styles at low prtci . I lie choicest collection of Ladies' fine dress shoes u is store ever invited you to see, at 7 oc goc si. s>2s $.. 5 0 $2 on The finest Goodyear welt for only $2.50 you ever saw. Rig lots of Ladies' heavy shoes in Oil and (i!ove grain Kangaroo Calf, unlined kip and split, in button and lace, at 75c, 85c, $!., $1.25 and $1.40. A centre shot is our Ladies' veal standard button, only sl. It knocks competitors silly. Boy's and Girl's school sho*s woith looking at. They fill the bill. Boy's and Girl's are delighted—no road too long for them. Boys at 75c, sl.. $! '5. $1.50 and $2. Girl's at 50 75c, $1 and .*1 Ladies' flannel lined shoes and slippers in but n " lace, with and without foxing at ; cc. 751. •SC and i 1 Men's, Boy's and Youth's heavy 1> < .s. Hoy .s at 1 . $1.25, $l 50 and $1.75. So'id ieati-er nu-.isat Ji |o, $1.75, $2. and $2.50 Men's, Hoy and Youth r- hut shoes. Men's at 90c, sl., $1 '-5°'75 Boy's at 75c. sl., $1 25 and $1.50. Dtiiit.i s b-x toe high cut shoes with bellows tongue, Spot tsnu t 's boots. Men's low instep boots a specially Our .itock oi u■ ol boots and stockings, rubbi > boots ai:d . h«*e*, b-adthtm all in fjreat variety in style and price. If you want te liable foot wear at low pi ice go at once to HUSK I .TON'S. GREAT yiiGMI SuLE OF OVERCOATS, - SUITS, Underwear, Shirts, Hats, Caps, Hosiery, Ties, Gloves, Mittens, Cardigan Telescopes, Watches, ,<*nains. Charms. Riiiijs. I'ins. Suspenders, Han Ikercpefs, Brushes. 1 m >es. I ' s is NO CLEARANCE SAI.E Of Summer Goods, but our regti'tr stock of i- V'.!, AND WINTER GOODS. We show y t th. lar gest stock in Butler to select from and everything goes Don't miss this -#Gra nd + Opportu o i ty.^ We are the pioneers of LOW PR I ES. We never were, never can and never «iil be UNDERSOLD. Hear this in mind, and don't make your purchases un . til;\ou see us. We feel satisfied we can do you pood. D. A. HKCR; 121 N. xVltiin. St., Duffy's Block, Butler, Pa. J3 Siimmef Drive i loses a measure of its pleasure if the carriage is lets Itu urious, easy running and hanJsome than it might be. Fredonia Buggies have nothing but good points. They're the handsomest vehicles yon can get—are as strong and secure as they're sightly. Ask and insist that you see them at your dealer's. Made by FREDONIA MFG. CO., Yotiagstown, Ohio. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. State Library A Good Appetite Is essential to p •«1 1: i!th. an ! wh Finel PAS LOP GAME if your Scaler does rot ' nil for pale. v rite us Li» naui■< a/id address. that w« c-«y placa il a§2f» there. bblM Co- tA It is unnecessary to bore vou with the* advertisement of 0111 largest stock, best facilities, biggest business,et i. on know we have that. The important an nouncement is, W8 will Positively save you Money OD£ yoai Fail Clothes. Our stock tables are resplendent with the new*-st patterns. See them. ALAND. TAILOH. C. \ t D. A business that keeps gr >•. itv through a season ot ij - pr-ion, such a- th•• country h.is experienced. is an evi dence that people realize they save monc} by tt«iding with u.s. \\ • know, and always have known, the days of largi pr-.l'. - at'.- j .tst Without qui iicii w: a giving mo ■ fot the money than la.- year. Our stock is larger to select from than last year. CALL AND SF.F I S. Colbert Sc Dale. iHEAT HA ROA INS IN Clothino, Hats and Gent s Furnishings O FOR FAIL, Suits -old bv others fir sf>.oo our price ?4 50. Suits sold by others f'-r SB.OO our price #l> 00 Suits f-' ld by others ■< r $lO Oft t.r price O'J. White Meri !■> U'-nerwnr 50t* gmdr or 3.j . (Jrey Merino Uu«j«?r»e rt r 60c gruii.- foi /.*• We will Pule yen 2*"> p'-r rent ou u* irr»rt> 8 of clothing C*ll Hlid exuniil" Our t'i (in nr., i.rie» i* whether v >u wi«»h to THE RAUKST STORf, 12>II >. ■'! A )N -> I SEASONAoLh *•- O'lr ). r rf»i IWeain Sil" I .* ■ «<•«• r Nov. ii'l cr «ii«t iici-t-rn'.-r l- • > ut tiv Uliwt S i In • Y'l'l Ii ll >•) i.li' ti-l . f.m's All '.v.Mil V, ; ■:. ... | ,• ■ tnldlVlM Mr< 1111 l .H t,hildli-UH 7f»e ('oni .i !• s. . ' hiturili. $1 All nil'!, t islii. aiioe SmtH Tni- L»tlier. | • •CH Lit ' i Vt'jil; S.l LxtltK# 00c v :' L»mil l ji' i ■ (■. hi.i |i FINE KILLiNEhi OCR SS F.CIALi l M. F. & M. MARKS. 113 to 117 S. Mai? Sf . - \ t» e tmlii rllno lih. Ia v )•■ i No. J»2O Piltubr r_' A oos - r. ,j s oCRHAM C..Vr.r"^Nr has it- , ,;ii 1 ri' ■ ,ii «J ' ' • in is not Ill< ii - - ; <• e ai : ©®Oi»OOv/«»uww»w HTTTLKR. PA., TJ IURSDAY. DECEMBER (>, 1804. ,&Privare|rwn. ■f la tlnL 1 ® " ft rw ijVt Br^PTAi^jAcKß^roßp. ■ I It.-' . % § - • ir -- ■ -- mm- TOPVRIOHT 1894. B» THC AJTHOW Au Ricnrs RfStßveo CHAPTER 111. A few days after their first meeting, while the soldier artist was near the same spot making a sketch of Mount Soledad, a prominent peak of the San Andreas range, Alice came upon liiin again. Long' before she reached the spot where he sat she had seen him bending over his work. With girlish impulsiveness she determined to en deavor to learn something of him, and rode up to him. "If I disturb you. you must frankly tell me so and I will go away," she said. "I sketch a great deal myself, and naturally take a deep interest in an art I so well." "You '% not disturb me in the least. MisS Sanford," he replied. "As but a private soldier I deem it an honor that the daughter of my commander should take an interest in my poor efforts. And you, also, are of artistic tastes? Do you not find rare subject matter for your pencil in this wildly beautiful I country?" "O, yes, indeed I do. I have many sketches I have made about the fort, and many mor - from rarely beautiful spots in the tntain ranges here abouts. You ketehing Soledad, I see. May 110 ■ .:t it?" "It is scarcely started yet," he re plied, "but as you are an artist I need not point out to you what it laeks to coniplete'it." She gazed upon the picture with great interest, for every bold stroke of the pencil and every delicate shade proclaimed a master's hand. For some moments she stood in rapt admiration, her lips parted and her bright expres sive eyes drinking in every detail of the young artist's work. "Your work is that of the finished artist," she said. "Where did you learn this?" "At my liome in a far eastern state. I developed a taste for drawing when but a child, and every facility for ad vancement in the art was placed at my disposal. In both drawing and paint ing I had the best instructors to In found in th? country." "And now you are —" "Now 1 am Private Brown, an en listed man of F) troop. Sixth cavalry," he replied, with a sad smile. She looked into his eyes with a puz zled expression, followed by a shadow SHE GAZED I* PON THE PICTUBE WITH GREAT INTEREST. of pain, as her father's words were re called, "the romance of crime." "Mr. lirown. I cannot understand. I—l hope—" I!o divined her thoughts in an in stant and quickly responded: "No, Miss Sanford, not that. I know what you would say. It is too true there are many soldiers in the army who enlisted to escape punishment for crime, but I can truthfully assure you that I never committed a crime in my life. I confess that the position in life in which I am placed is not of my own choosing, that my servile lot is dis tasteful to me. yet with uplifted ltand I gave myself to my country for five years, a 1 I will faithfully fulfill that obligat; :io matter how sorely the task m:i 'nfiict with my own person al inclinations. In the ranks of life you occupy a sphere far above my pres ent one, Miss Sanford, yet you need not fear*being tainted by holding con verse with Private Brown." "I do sincerely crave your forgive ness," she warmly exclaimed. "It was but a passing thought, and even before you interrupted me your eyes told me ] the suspicion wronged you. But it j surely could have been no ordinary | cause that induced you to enter the I army?" "It was a result of youthful folly, Miss Sanford. I owe my present con dition in life entirely to my own youth ful folly." i "You excite my curiosity, Mr. Brown, and a woman's curiosity, when not gratified, is like a rankling thorn in ; her side, you know. Will you not trust me with your story? Perhaps I may be able to assist you. My father is the commanding officer, you know, and will grant any reasonable request I may ask of him. I might be able to se cure your discharge from the service and enable you to return to a life for which you are better fitted than you are to perform the duties of a private soldier." "In scekiug to learn my history I am sure you are actuated only by pure womanly sympathy. I thank you for this, thank you most sincerely, but I cannot consent to you making an ef fort to secure my discharge. I have ac cepted the condition in which I am placed as a deserved punishment for wrong doing and as a severe school to teach me the right, and under no cir cumstances would I have my term of enlistment shortened one single day." Alice looked into his eyes for a mo ment, and then began a new scrutiny of the sketch. Her thoughts were not upon the picture, however. She was debating in her own mind the pro priety of pushing her inquiries further. She was burning with curiosity not un mixed with sympathy to learn why a man of his acquirements and unmlstak ablo refinement should be found in such a humble position. After a few mo ments' reflection, during which he watched her faco with growing Inter est, she sprang from her saddle to the ground, and requested him to tighten the girth. While he was doing so she said: "It may be presumptuous for me to do so, Mr. Brown, but I must ask you a question even at the risk of being thought impertinent. When I tell you I am greatly astonished to find one of your qualifications among men so far beneath you in intellect and refined tastes, I feel that you will see in my interest some palliation for my action. May I venture to ask if there is a secret connected with the cause of your thus banishing yourself from the ranks of life in which you are fitted to move?" "I fully appreciate the spirit of curi osity which prompts the question. Miss Sanford, aud I really regret that my reply may deface any romantic mental ' yieture may have drawn me. 1 have nothing to conceal from the world." "Then will you not tell me some thing 1 of yourself, if your story be one you can properly intrust with a stranger? I ask f>>r no confidence, Mr. Brown, and assure you that curiosity alone feeds my nature—with, perhaps, a feeling 1 of friendly sympathy for a fellow artist." He reflected a moment with down cast eyes, then looking in her face re plied: "I will tell you my story, thoug-h It may lessen me in your esteem, and un dermine any good opinion you may have formed of me. It can be told in a very few words. In the flrst plr.ee, my name is not Brown." "I was very sure of ' '.at." she said with a sunny smile. "Brown is too common a name for such an uncommon "And yet illustrious men have borne it. I recall one long since dead whose tireless soul with knapsack upon its back is yet reported to be on an extended march. My true name is Edward Thornton. I assumed the name I now bear when I enlisted. "My mother died when I was but a year old and a few months later my fathcr followed her, leaving me in the care of a very wealthy aunt in the city of Brooklyn. N. Y. She was my father's only sister, and took me to her own luxurious home and reared me as her own child, lavishing upon me her deepest love. 1 \v::s all she hail to love, and from childhood the dear, good woman fairly idolized me and gratified my every wish. When I reached a proper age competent teachers were secured for me. and, developing a love for study, I progressed so rapidly that at the early age of seventeen I was the possessor of a liberal education and fitted to fill a responsible position in the business world. As I before told you, I acquired a deep love for drawing and painting, for which I am now trnly thankful, for the only real pleasure I now derive from life I find amid these western solitudes with my sketch book and pencils. "W hen my education was completed my good aunt supplied me libej-ally with money, and in her solicitude for my pleasure and enjoyment paid little at tention to my moral training. I was of a lively, fun-loving disposition, and in choosing my companions I selected kindred spirits who would join me in any wild lark that promised sport. "One night at a banquet given in hon or of the birthday of a young lady friend of my aunt I listened to the smiling entreaties of the fair hostess to drink her health, and accepted from her hand my first glass of wine. Ah! Miss San ford, the first downward step toward the depths of drunken degradation is often taken at the invitation of a thoughtless fair woman with a glass of sparkling wine in her jeweled hand, when she little dreams that what she re gards as but a trifling act of hospitality is the seal of doom upon a life that might otherwise be bright and useful. The wine seemed to flood my soul with its rosy warmth and to quicken my senses, and other draughts of the ruby liquid fol lowed until I was taken home in a car riage supported in my aunt's arms, in a state of stupid intoxication. "When I came down from my cham ber the next morning feeling as guilty as a felon approaching the bar of jus tice, my aunt met me with a smile, playfully chided ine for having taken just a drop too much, and cautioned me to be careful and not in future overesti- mate my bibulous powers. That same night I again sought the false cheer of the wine cup. * Lower and lower I went in my downward course, the demon of drink sinking its poisonous talons deeper and deeper into my soul. No word of re buke ever fell from my aunt's lips. She continued to keep my purse well filled, the good creature believing my crop of wild oats would soon be sown and I would then settle down Into respect able, sober manhood. "Two years ago this very day-—the date is a notable one to me, for it is the second anniversary of my enlist ment —I went 011 a carouse with a couple of my boon companions. In a saloon in New York we met a sergeant of artillery, then attached to a recruit ing' office in that city, lie was u hand some, dashing young fellow and I at once took a great fancy to him and asked him to join us in our revels. Re tiring to a private room in the rear of the saloon I ordered wine, and we were soon deeply under the influence of the seductive liquor. Our potations grew deeper and deeper until my two com panions fell intoa drunken sleep in their chairs. "The sergeant then suggested a walk, but 1 told him that gentlemen of our standing should ride, and I ordered a carriage and we drove away. We stopped at various drinking places about the city, and I bei amc wild with my frequent potations and ready to second any proposition thai the ser geant might make. " 'Come i:ml enli: t with me, old fel low,'he said. 'You will hare nothing to do but wear a uniform and hang around with me looking for recruits, and we will have a glorious time in this gay city.' "In my irresponsible state I agreed to his proportion and ordered the driv er to take us to the street and the num ber he named. I have a dim,indistinct recollection of ascending a stairway supported by the sergeant, of him tell ing me to give the name of Kicliard Brown, of replying to some questions propounded by an officer, and then of raising my hand and taking an oath. A few moments later, with a lotof men, I was taken to a boat and helped on board, and there 1 fell into a drunken sleep. < HAPTEK IV. "I awoke the next morning in along room tilled with men, and in answer to my queries was told that I was on Governor's island and was an enlisted man in the United States army. You can imagine my amazement at this startling revelation. I walked about the room in a half dazed condition, my brain being yet ;»:ostrate from the ca rouse of the previous day. During the forenoon 1 was supplied with the uni form and neci ssary outfit of the private soldier, and was notified that I had been aligned to I'< troop. Sixth caval ry. and would start for the far western frontier on the following morning. "After donning my uniform I walked down to the water's edge and sat down on a dismantled cannon to reflect on my mad action. My brain seemed to have shaken off the grip of the liquor which had been the cause of placing mo in such a distressing position, and I thank God that I was able to take a philosophic view of the matter. Ere 1 left the spot 1 began to look upon my enlistment as a blessing. I reasoned that ha 1 I continued to pursue the downward course into which I had fallen 1 would sink lower and lower and onejlay till a drunkard'ttgxflva In the I'nited States service T would l>e vtnder restraint and bo far re moved from the temptations **f a great city and from the companions who were fast leading me toward utter ruin. In the service I could reform, and by contact with hardships and pri- I SAT I>OWX OS A I)IKiIA>TI.KII CANNON. vations fit myself to cope with the rougher aspects of life should fortune ever desert me. Then and there I firmly resolved to serve faithfully for the term of my enlistment. "I did more. Miss Sanford. I swore in the presence of Almighty God and of the spirit of my angel mother in Heaven that as long as I should live not another drop of Intoxicating liquor should ever pass my lips." The impulsive girl reached forward and grasped his hand, the tears stream ing down her cheeks. She essayed to speak but coald not, and dashing the tears from his own eyes he continued: "With these resolutions firmly im planted in my mind I returned to the barracks with a lighter heart, and wrote a long letter to my aunt in which I called into requisition ull my powers of eloquence to convince her that it was all for the best, and that my moral salvation was the stake for which I was playing. I consoled the dear old woman as best I could, and promised her that if God spared our lives I would return to her at the ex piration of my term of enlistment as a man of whom she could lie proud. I did not tell her of my assumed name nor of my destination, for I well knew she would spend her entire fortune, if necessary, to secure my release. "I was sent to the west with other recruits, and the experiences of niv two years' service have been but the same as those of other cavalry soldiers at a frontier post. 1 have tried to faithful- ly perform every duty assigned me. and from the fact that I have never re ceived a reprimand from those in authority I aia I d to believe 1 have been a good soldier. "That is my story. Miss Sanford. Vou may now understand my motive when I repeat to you that under no circumstances would I have you make an effort to secure my discharge." Alice had listened to bis recital with thc deepest interest, and at its conclu sion she again extended her hand and said: "Mr. Thornton. 1 respect and honor you. Your determination to do your duty faithfully and to bury your in clination to lead a dissolute life in the hardships and rigors of service in the army is a noble one. I pray < .od that your future may shine out all the more resplendent from such a dark back ground. There Is, I hope, no shadow of deceit in my nature, and I frankly tell you that I believe you to IK* a true, honest anil upright man whose heart is swayed by the most noble impulses, even though you may wear the garb of a private soldier. lam glad I met you, and I shall highly prize your friend ship and will do all I can to lighten the dark hours of your service. You must call upon me at my home and—" "Pardon the interruption. Miss San ford, but you have forgotten my station in life iu your sympathy for the unfor tunate man. In your kindness of heart you lose sight of thc fact that Col. San ford would nevor permit a private sol dier to enter his house, unless in the line of military duty." A shadow flitted over her bright young face, and in a tender tone of voice she replied: "Yes, I had forgotten. In contemplat ing the man my eyes were closed to his station in life. What you say is but too true. Papa is unflinchingly firm in his ideas of the impregnability of the so cial barrier which separates the men in tho ranks from those in official life. Yet I hope to see you frequently when you ure out sketching. I feel a very deep interest in you, Mr. Thornton, and I do trust unclouded happiness may dawn upon you and ever remain with you at thc close of your army life." "God bless you for your cheering words," he warmly responded. "They touch rny heart with thrilling tender ness, and the knowledge that I possess one friend above the ranks of the rough soldiers will be a cheering re flection as I plod on in submission to my self-imp* 1-cd [k-nance. I shall look up to your sympathy as a bright star illumining the dreary days of my term of service, and the knowledge that you arc watching me with friendly interest will lighten every uncongenial duty im posed upon me." "Your term of service will soon pass, and it must be a cheering reflection to you that you will then return to the enjoyments of civil life and to the so ciety for which you are so well fitted. I feel that a briglii future lies liefore you, Mr. Thornton, and you will appre ciate the blessings At life all the more with this experience to look back upon. But I innst go now. Papa will become uneasy at ray long absence. Will you kindly assist me to mount my pony?" With his aid she sprang lightly into the saddle, and once more extending her hand said: "Good-by. I thank you for the pleas ure your sketch afforded me. You must let me see it when it is com pleted." "I would be only too happy if you would accept it as a gift. Uood-by, and may the Master above bless you for the light you have brought into my distasteful life." With a smile and a farewell wave of the hand she was oil at a brisk gaflop, but soon drew in her pony and permit ted him to walk leisurely toward tho fort. Private Brown had strangely im pressed her, and as she rode along she endeavored to analyze her feelings toward him and determine what It was that caused her to feel such a deep Interest in the handsome young soldier. In her garrison life she had met but few young men, and these were mostly officers of the army. True they were polished gentlemen und studiously polite in their demean or toward her, yet in the actions of each she could observe an air of disci plined dignity that seemed to cast a chill over his social qualities, and even impart an icy ring to bis laugh ter when called upon to do honor to a refined joke or sally of wit. In IYI - Brown she read a noble nature, unselfish and devoid of aught but man ly pride, a nature luminous with the gold of self-sacrificing heroism in his battle with life. She saw in him a gentleman of culture—a man as great ly out of place in his pre ent position lib a diamond in the filth of the gutter. She recognized in his every action a courtly mien which could not be hid den beneath the blue blouse of the lower ranks. She found herself draw ing comparisons between this man of the ruyks and the gaudily uniformed • luct rs whom her father had taught her were 'rue gentlemen, and Private Brown did not suffer in the least by thc comparison. By the time she had rviiched her home the fact had fixed it*elf la her minil that the had never before l.iet u man who had so favorably impressed her an thi-. private in the ranks. ony an" 3 entered th.- house bre.ithing the fcr\<-n?wish thiit uii!i';:rv r.ink were i«nv by the ►.*> she could jriXt o-. - "w frien'J on terms of eoualit^ ; Mo: Brown, ::. b> ir: 1m av \eitb ti.e iair equestrie." to. her 'i.* tost wlnsomo cr.*a»_.'*' 1 eve-, mew nni as Ue 1 atb«»red up his skc'-clit ijf m:tU r'*l »:.*! • arted toward liiy chw erless thi h*>nds of an*/f ' Bob" and "Bill" Womax, who took up a sec tion of land here under the desert land act about 1 s?f>. In the early days of gold excitement in Colorado, when people crossed the plains with "I'ike's l'eak or Bust" painted on their wagons, some little gold was washed out here, but not enough to encourage anyone to stay. So the prospectors passed on into the mountains and left the land for thc Womax brothers to feed their cattle on. They didn't dream, says the Chicago Record, that gold was there, and be- coming tin d of the place aliout seven years ago sold it to Bennett & Myers, a firm of real estate agents in Denver who had loaned them money. There were 400 or 500 cattle on the place, and 6everi 1 hundred miles of fencing, which inclosed about 50.1X1) acres of government land. For all this Bennett & Myers paid S-0,000, and when they got the title they organized the Pike's Peak cattle company, with a capital of 81,000.000. Hut before they got things ready to put the stock on the market President Cleveland issued his procla mation ordering the cattlemen to tear down all the fences they had erected upon public land. That practically de prived the new company of 50,000 acres of pasturage and knocked the profits out of ranching in Colorado. In February, 1891, Bennett & Myers got a letter from their foreman at the ranch, saying that gold had been dis covered there, and the prospectors were digging holes all over the place, which made it dangerous for the cat tle. Several cows had already fallen into these excavations and broken their legs, and he asked for instructions. They wrote back to him to run the miners off the place, but he replied that they were already several hundred in number, and it was folly to think of disturbing them. lie followed his let ter to Denver a few days after and gave his employers a description of affairs. So they went up to make an inspection, which resulted in the transfer of the cattle to a less valuable pasture, and the platting of a town site on eighty acres of the pasture. That sold off like hot cakes, and the town of Cripple Creek was born. The man who discovered gold was a drunken blacksmith of Colorado Springs, of the name of Dick Woden, who havl been hanging ; round the ranch for months at a time, and of course found it by accident. lie at once advertised the fact among all the prospectors and mining men in that part of the country, and they came up in swarms to scrape over the beds of the streams and rake out the grass roots. A man by the name of Frisbee was the first to discover gold quartz a few weeks after Wootcn'sfind. In less than six months there were a thousand prospectors at work in the valley, anil nc/w more than 4,000 miners are em ployed in the hundreds of mines that lie on that ran h alone. They have taken out more than 87,000,000 or 88,- 000,000 in gold. The yield for the first year was about SOOO,OOO. In 18U2 it reached 51, 500,000, and in 1893 82,400,- 000. The ii iners' strike last spring put things back enormously, but, notwith standing between four and five months that were actually wasted, the yield this year will average ßVoO.Ooo a month, or a total of §3,500,000. During this month they expect to reach thc 81,000,- 000 mark, and next year the output will be doubled. I'ntil recently very few of thc miners had been working with improved machinery. Cripple Creek has been emphatically a poor man's camp; that is, the owners of most of the mines were men without capital to develop them, and they were compelled to put ter alopg with the most primitive apparatus until they had made enough to buv modern machinery. The Independence mine, which is re garded as the most valuable in the Cripple Creek district, is a good illus tration. It was discovered and isowned by a man named W. S. or "Hill"' Strat ton, a carpenter at Colorado Springs, who came up to the camp to spend the Fourth of July in 18l>2. Wandering over what is known as Hattle moun tain, near the site of the present town of Victor, he said in a jocular way to his companion that he was going to throw his hat down the hill and locate a claim where it fell. He drove his 6take, filed his papers, and "worked his assessment" according to law, and after awhile he struck a vein of gold that is said to bo richer than any other that has been discovered here. lie had no money and was very shy of partners. A Denver syndicate offered him 81,000,000 for the property, and at ! first ho thought th he was able to make improvenients, | and upon the reputation of his mine he • succeeded in pcrsuuiTing a Chicago firm , to furnish him a 850,000 plant that runs bj' electricity, and is said to bo the best in the Cripple Creek camps. Ho gave notes in payment, and within tweuty day after his machinery started was j able to take them up with his profits, j Tho mine is now paying $90,000 u month net, the bankers here say, and there are millions of dollars In the ore in sight. They call Hill Stratton "the king of Battle mountain." Tho florae ijmuie ISvrk. A horse that belonged to a family of Bloomficld, N. Y., for twelve years was sold two years ngo. A few days after ; the sale the animal returned to his old master, and although the faithfulbcust has been sold three time since then he hns invariably returned. During his ab sence a setter dog has become attached to the horse, and the loving pair take all their trips together. Did It All. A story of Scotch honesty comes from Dundee. A small boy had taken thf prize for an exceptionally well-drawn map After tho examination the teacher, a little doubtful, asked the lad "Who helped you with this map, James?" "Nobody, sir." "Come, now, tell me the truth. Didn't your brother help you?" "No, sir; he did it trll."—Jlilwauiie« ' Wisconsin. <£, } s tO S!H CULTURE OF PLUMS. A Ooc-Arre Orrhard R«tnrn« a Really I.argf rroflt. Probably no fruit is so sure of a pood market as fir->t-class plums and they have sold this season for from to 54 per bushel. This shows that there is money in plum growing, says the American Cultivator. llut the grower must understand how to raise the strictly first-class fruits. ISlack knot must bj controlled by cutting- it out as soon as it appears, and the trees must be given culture, and not simply planted and then neglected It mav be that plums are not more generally raised because of the diffi culties attending the raising of these fruits. In many parts of the country it seems almost impossible to raise good ODes, but where they do well under neglect they are certainly sus ceptible of great improvement. A good plum t.-ce of the Lombard type ought to produce from two to four bushels of choice fruits, and this means that each tree would yield an annual income of from SS to Sls. I'lurn trees are generally small, and a great many can be grown on one acre, so that the profit from an orchard of this size is really large. A good method of starting a plum orchard is to use the place for a chick en range. The work of attending to one would not interfere with the other. Ttiere would be mutual ad vantage and double profit. The tree 3 should be set in holes liberally sup plied with bones, either whole or ground, and the most salable varieties are the Lombard, Niagara and Dam son, although other good plums could be selected from the Imperial Gage. Purple Eg sr. Green Gage and Yellow Egg. After the trees are planted far enough apart so that sunlight can be admitted to each one freely, the chick ens can be turned on the range. The trees situated between ten and twelve feet apart will afford the shade the chickens need. The ground should be plowed and harrowed or otherwise turned over once or twice a year, and oats, wheat or grass sown in it. The chickens, of course, will pick most of these seeds up, and scratch for them. ltut all grain fed to them should be scattered around in tlie plowed range, which will Fct them to work scratching. Some of them will grow up and provide freo food for poultry. This also keeps the soil constantly stirred, which is bene ficial to the trees The chickens will also pick off worms and insects from the trees and keep tln-ui free from all such pest ravages. The droppings of the hens enriches the soil with the very best fertilizer. The trees then only need the further attention of thinning out fruit a little and the pruning in the fall. Two thirds of the season's wood growth should be cut back after the leaves have fallen each fall. Illack knot should be cut out and burned as soon as it shows itself. A fine orchard of fruit trees could thus be grown and they would prove very profitable. The fruit is easier to pick and handle than apples or pears and generally more remunerative. FOR BERRY BUSHES. A Trellis Suitable for a Small Falch of Ranpbfrrlfi. A good trellis for raspberry and blackberry bushes is shown in the ac companying sketch. Here we have only single strands of wire, and the bushes must be tied to them in some way. The trellis, therefore, although cheaper than the double trellis, is hardl}- as convenient, but it will au svver, and surely makes a little patch of raspberries or blackberries appear neat and tidy When blackcaps are grown for evaporating purposes, as a farm crop, they must of necessity be grown cheaply, and spending a lot of money for posts and wires is entire ly out of the question. Close pruning is the only practicable method of keeping the bushy growth within bounds, and providing convenient chances for gathering the berries. The TRELLIS FOR HE ICRY BUSHES, danger here lies chiefly in neglect to do the work thoroughly and in proper season. Ido dislike to see the tangled masses of prickly branches so often found in larger patches. For the home garden, however, there is no excuse to allow this state of affairs. A good trellis can easily be provided for the 6mall patch of berry bushes, and it will pay many time . its original cost in the greater attractiveness of the garden, in convenience of gathering the fruit, and ■in satisfaction generally. Make your arrangements for another fruiting sea son accordingly. The illustration of trellis shows how Mr. Charles Green imagines plants of the Loudon (now claimed to be one of the best of red raspberries) to appear when supported by the trellis.—American Gardening. lion Fruit I* Refrigerated. In shipping fruit to Europe, the process of refrigeration is the same as that for the manufacture of artificial icc, so far as cooling is concerned. Coils of iron pipe., tilled with strong brine are set inside of large boxes filled with compressed ammonia by condensers operated by machinery. Contact of the ammonia with the ex ternal surfaces of the brine-filled coils reduces the brine to such a low temperature that when it is forced through straight pipes which traverse the ceilings of the refrigerating com partments, the latter pipes become in crusted with snow-ice about two inches thick, and as the machinery is kept constantly at work, day and night, an even temperature of from 30 to 35 degrees is secured. Careless picking of fruit, bruising it. etc., arc like producing a valuable picture and then defacing it HIS FATIC. Mr. Dude—l was thinking how much 1 resemble your carpet— always at your feet, you know. Miss Sly —Yes, yi u are very much like u»v carpet. lam going to skaka it o 4H GOOD DAIRY RATIONS. Koo In the borough it causes drunkenness; in Fleet street alcohol ism; in Piccadilly, heart failure,—" fear son's We*kiy>