VOLXXXII I 1 t * ? I | We start this week j I To make a special | I Cut Price S&le, j I f r Which will continue unt l Feb. 10, 1895. Don t wait until our >tOik is so o\v J we cann ot suit you, but come while we have a fair nt to s« lect from | # All heavy Suits, Ulsters, Overcoats, Underwear, etc., go at a sacrifice. You won't £ J qtt better clothing anywhere th.*n we sell. We keep all kiids to, the m.>s; ex- | # pensive, but whatever kind you select yon can rest assured that it is the best for £ J the money that can be obtained. Still, if after you have taken it home and are J 5 not perfectly satisfied, bring it back and get your money back. 4 $ Don't be led astray *>y misrep- The Lexow Committee made it > t resentations. Investigate for yourself, warm for corrupt public officials in | \ come in and see us and if we do not New York, but you can keep c .mfort- | S prove to you that we arc the lowest able by wearing one of our Ulsters or J 5 priced as well as the most reliable Overcoats. Cut prices in every one of J 5 clothing house in Butler County, then them, J J we do not know what we are talking We do not advertise anything £ W about. we cannot substantiate > S Did you ever have a fit in a suit f \ of clothes? COUPON. f If not come to us, we'll fit you, . 5 m C.ut out this coupon. Bring. # | if not in our ready to wear clothing, . between now and Feb 10* 0 # surely can in our made to measure de- • ,g 95( and we will allow >oua; J <> payment. ; cash discount of 10 per cent, on ; r I , , ■ any purchase you make. Good un-- # < Hustle while you have the legs. • J V , ! til Feb. JO, '95. 5 J There are no chickens in last year s r j| eggs. Take advantage of our special j DOUTHETT & GRAHAM. j J Cut Rate sale. Hustle around and get # | a bargain. J OUR LOSS! YOUR OA!N 1 * jj Douthett & Graham, !» Main and Cunningham Streets, } jj BUTLER, PENN'A. j I | GREAT SLAUGHTER SILE OF * OVERCOATS, - SUITS, Underwear, Shirts, Hats, Caps, Hosiery, lies, Gloves, M itteas, Cardigin Jackets, Sweaters, Trunks, Valises, Telescopes, Watches, Chains, Charms, Rings, Pins, Su iperi Jers, Handkerchiefs, Brushes. Purses, etc. This s NO CLEARANCE SALE Of Summer Goods, but our regular stock of FALL AND WINTER GOODS. We show you the lar gest stock in Butler to select from and everything goes. Don't miss this •#Grand * Opportunity.#* We arc the pioneers of LOW PRICES. We never were, never can and never will be UNDERSOLD. Bear this in mind, and don't make your purchases un til you see us. We feel satisfied we can do you good. r>. A. HECK, 21 N. iVlcii r\ St., Duffy's Block, Butler, PP. F!?A> K KK M P DEALER IN BLANKETS, HARNESS, Arid everything in horse and bnggy fur ninhiug goodh HarneNs. Collars, Whip?. L>ust,ers, Saddles, etc. Also trunks and valises. Repairing done on short notice. r rhe largest assortment of 5-A. JElors* blankets in town will he found at FRANK KKMPKU'S, 124 S. MAIN ST. BUTLER PA. e- -T- !3L a Buggy v that's reliable when you do buy one. Fredonia Buggies lave f /en.hing ir. fr.,', :': vor—bent it}', stability, ease. You can fin' this out by ! • >.t 'en. Y ■' ">ler sells tlw n i 'riade by F-RED<.AU-Xi. Co., iuaatfstowfcft THE BUTLER CITIZEN. 3HLX §N|I —i I &PACKABES fcr MAKVFINE PREMIUMS GIVEN FREE TO DRINKER 6 OF LION COFFEB 3RE AT BARGAINS IN Clothino', Ilats and u 7 Gent's FURUISHIIIU'S © FOR FALL. Snits nold by oth«-r* fur s|{,< 0 cur price $4.50 Suits eold by o(b«rM fur $8.(10 our price $6 ((0 Sails nold by other* *«sr $lO 00 <i r priw V\ bite Meriuu Ui n>*rwt-ar 50 trade «>r 3ft • Grey Merino U - for 35n. We will puve you 5J5 [»»t ci u : o a*' grnrl-y of t-l<ubuiK t ail aod examine our enodri aud prirve whether vm wish to bu» or not. THE RACKET STORK IS" S MAIN SI C."%D. A business that k.eps grow ing through a season ot d< - prcssion, such as ihc country has experie iced, is an evi dence that people realize they save money by trading with us. We know, and always have known, tbe days of large profits are past. Without - question we are giving more for the money than last year. Our stock is larger to select from than last year. TALL AND SEE US. Colbert & Dale. Oarfieid IQI E™ Hi i • r., *•« • I (UiU. I, *. r, ..'I N.Y Cures Com 14 JII IH T TLF;R. PA.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17. 1 sn:, KUSf/rAotf. —• If 4 " 'nq AiiP'GuTt Or^FOv^n CHAPTfcK XVIU. The horse did not seem to feel u. weight of his double load, and sp • >ver the ground at a rapid pace. "How noble of you. Ned, to risk you own precious life for me," she said, a :hey flew along 1 . "An eternity of lov and" devotion could repay you i vour work of to-night." "One smile from my darling one, 01, vord of love from her lips would ampl; epay me for any undertaking, n natter what dangers it might pr. -.ent," he fondly replied. "Did the I> lians treat you harshly, Alice?" "No, Ned. but 0, I shudder to thiu of the fate they held in store for m and which I would have met to-nigb and not this storm come on. There is i. the band a young half-breed Indiai who speaks fairly good English, and h explained to me that many of the Ii dians' horses have died lately froi> some epidemic, and the medicine mai of the tribe told them that the Grea Spirit was angry with the people an' demanded a sacrilice to appease hi wrath. He told them that they mus make captive a paleface girl, and out i) an open camp must build a great cirel< of fires, aud that in the circle amid darn in# and rejoicing the maiden must b. bound and trampled to death b horses ridden by ,v iose whose animal had died. The I nd which capture< me were on the \\.. j to the ranch of ; settler near the base of the San Mate mountains west of the fort to carry of hia daughter for the sacrifice whei they heard my pony's footsteps eomin; down the gulch, and, concealing ♦hemselves near the trail, they awaite my coming. They believed the Grea ■ipirit had thrown me into their hand; and their rejoicing was great. Th wood for the fore -ircle had all beei ■ollected when the storm approached »nd as the thunders rolled in the di> ance the medicine man told them th- Great Spirit was speaking to thci' •ommanding them to take me to th reservation where the entire tri> could take part in the ceremonies. < Ned, in their blind, ignorant superst ion they will be frantic over my e> cape, and will use desperate efforts t recapture me. Do you not fear put suit?" "Your absence uay not be disco* cred until daybre.>K, my darling, am even should you be missed to-nighi they could not discover our trail in th. darkness. Even now I am depending entirely on the instinct of the horse t< keep our direction for not a landmark •an be seen in thi.- jitchy darkness.'' "But they will know that my rescue' aiiio from the fort >r that if I escape' unaided I would start back toward th< fort, and should I be missed in the light would tlie\ tot at once come in his direction in search of me?" "You are right. Alice. I had not bought of that. Then, in a reassur ng tone, he added: "Hut do not fee the least fear, dear one, for we an mounted on a magnificent horse, an< le i.s making splendid progress. \V. •vill surely reach the river by day break, and I think the Indians woul< lot go far without some sign to shov them that they were on our trail. Res assured that we will reach the fort 11 safety in time for a good breakfast." "I pray that you may be right, Ncu vet I have a presentiment that peri awaits us before we reach our home, will try to banish the fear, which is n< • loubt a foolish one." "You will laugh it your fears, litti< >ne, when you are <gain safe in youi home. Hut see. ■ urling. the rain lia • lmost ceased, and <t grows lighter." The clouds u re indeed passing A.vay, and soon * :i« stars glimmere' limly through tin "izy atmosphere. On and on the,, sped across th. desert, every beat of the horse's making an increased distance be twee themselves and their Indian foes. On through the gloom of uight iui. the gray dawn of morning they rode and just as the lirst streak of sunlight kissed the damp earth over the easteri hills they came upon the bluffs over looking the Rio Grande at the point where they had crossed it, four mili below the fort. "Here is the dear old river again, ho joyfully cried. "Now to ford it and in an hour you will be safely bad in your father's arms." "Did father know you started aftei 'i<». Ned?" she asked, as the hor«e THE BACK FOI: I.IFE. moved down the slope toward the river. "You have not yet told me how you happened t>> come alone to ur rescue." "Yes, darling, I .one with his know! edge and consent lie then related to iicr all that had transpired at the fort after the discovery that the Indians had carried her away. The affectionati <irl ffave him a hug that almost lifte<; him from the saddle and lovingly said "Oh! you dear, brave, noble follow Perhaps your aotion in coming upon such a perilous mission to rescue his daugh ter may have great weight in breaking down papa's prejudice, and when he realizes that it was you who restore-', me to his arms he may look upon you with favor and no longer oppose our hearts' fondest desires." "That has been the uppermost sub jeet. of my thoughts during the entire trip, and I pray Uod that it may be as we hope." Happening 1 to cast his eyes back ove> lis shoulder his heart ceased for ; ,i moment to beat and his blood rai cold in his veins. A band of mounted Indians cam sweeping down the bluff but half a aiile behind them. "My God. we are pursued," he crleti striking the spurs deeply into the side of the horse. "Cling closely, my love one, for it will now be a desperate rid for life." "May Uod in llcaven protect us," she murmured, as the fierce yells of the pursuing Indians reached their ears. The noble horse heard the savage cries of the.-pursuers, and seemed t<« realize the great danger that threat ened his riders. Across the grassy val Icy he Hew with almost incredible Bffiul, tuid a tluili yf thioijyu through the younj; soldk-r s breast Vi ne noted that each bound of the anima increased the distance between then selves and the savages. "We gained on them. Courage, ui V>eloved. courage, and we will yet e ape them. If we can but reach th. >ther side and pain the hig-h ground •hey may abandon the chase befori getting- too near the fort." "(iod grant that they may! Oil hose frightful, unearthly yells! The.* ,eem to chill my blood," she saic'. ■tinging yet more closely to her lover Without slackening his pace the horse dashed into the stream, but the vater impeded his progress and the ndians gained rapidly upon them N'obly the strong- beast plunged against the swift waters which rose to his breast in the center of the stream, but the current was strong and his progress was slow. At last ue reached the other and dashed up the bank as the In dians were urging their ponies into the water on the opposite side. Across the wooded bottom which in tervened between the river and the vestern bluff they flew, and began the ascent of the gulch which led to the mesa. The steepness of the hill agaii impeded the horse's speed, and wlier they reached the summit the Indian could be seen flying across the bottom, still in mad pursuit. "Courace, my darling!" he agaii cried in an assuring tone. "Do not lespair. for we ma\ ret escape them The fort can now a > nost be seen." "God will aid u- N'ed, my beloved.' she responded. "My lips are moving ! n constant prayer for our deliver 1 ace." Up frem the gulch eamc the Indian; out half a mile behind, and again thei olood-curdling yells rang out upon thi iir. On they flew, pursued and pur si: . : rs. and Brown's heart sank within hin when he noted that the Indians wer. rapidly closing the gap between them Spurring his horse to its greatest ex ertions a groan escaped from the sol dier's now bloodless lips, for the ani •nal began to perceptibly slacken it> -.peed. His powers of endurance wer. almost exhausted, and it was evident that he could go but little further The fort was yet two miles distant, an< escape now seemed impossible. "Zip! Zip! Zip!" The bullets from the rifles of the Indians began to fl\ by them. Pulling the jaded horse behind a bai ricade of rocks which rose by the traii Brown sprung to the ground and cried "Get into the saddle, Alice, and push on toward the fort. For the love oi God hasten, and I may be able to hold them at bay until you escape. Fly, my darling, fly, for not an instant must b. lost." To his utter amazement the bra\. girl slid from the horse's back ana with pale but determined face, replied "No, Ned, I will not leave you. Yon risked your precious life for me! und it would be cowardly for me to desert you now. If you must die here, I will die with you." There was no time for further urg ing', for the yells of the Indians now came to them with startling distinct ness as they rapidly came on. Oainin" a position from which he could set over the rocks, the soldier leveled hia repeating- rifle and beg-an to discharg-o it with deadly effect. So unexpected was the fire that the Indians recoiled, and, springing fron 'heir ponies in confusion, sought foi ihelter behind the rocks which dotted 'he mesa. From their cover they kept lp a scattering lire, but their bullet lew harmlessly overhead, or were flat -ened against the rocky breastworl vhicli natured had provided. Peering cautiously over the barricade •he brave soldier watched his foes with iagle eyes, firing whenever a feathered lead came into view. There came a cessation in the flrinj. •{ the Indians, and he heard them call ng out to each other from their sCp& ated positions behind the rocks, am uirmised that they were planning & sudden dash upon their hiding-place lis heart became as lead in his breast for he well knew that, although hit -iHe might do deadly work as they ad •anced, they would certainly over lower him and death would speedily follow. In his eagerness to get a good shot itnd thus still further intimidate the savages, he raised himself yet liighei above the rocks, and the next instanl fell backward into the arms of his be rothed, the warm l>lood spurting from -i bullet wound in his breast. "Oh, Ned, Ned, you are hit! You an tilled!" she cried, in agony. "Oh! m\ ;,.d, my God, what shall I do? Fath-t n Heaven, save him. save him!" With a great effort he said: He brave, Alice, my love, be brave Lis not mucli. I ainonly—onlystunnei i little. I will re—recover in a—ln noment." His face grew deathly pale, am. blood oozed forth from his pallii lips. Alice almost screamed witl fright, and her voice trembled witl •igony as she said: "Oh. Ned. my poor darling you ai> lying. They have cruelly murdcrei you! Father in Ileaven take me witl him!" With an almost superhuman effort h« seemed to rally his fast departing strength and said: "I am not so badly hurt as yon think. Mice, and can yet protect you The .>f th<- Tide mi- '"<•! fnin* ..i il lia.s pa-..sea. Kaise uie up iu yon: rms, dearest, so I can see over th< >cks. I will yet beat them back They shall never harm you, my be oved. Raise me up. There now iiu.se your hopes. Ah! hear theii iendish yell ! Tlu-y think they havi is now. but will MIOH learn their error Alice ex-:rte-.l all her strength in <l<. ig as he requested, and a;rain his rill ang out a.s the India? s, supposing h. tad been killed, wore securing theii ionics and preparing for u desccin ipon tho maiden. Again they souglit hclter behind the rocks and resume heir desultory lire. The effort proved too great for th. \ minded man, and he sank back liea\ ly into Alice's arms. She now becam ilmost paralyzed with fright as sli rently let him down upon the grount; le looked up into her bianchcd face ind with a smile so ghastly that ii eemed to betoken the approach ot ■loath said, faintly: "Why do you weep. Alice, darling. 1 on not badly hurt. I feel very—very —weak—but—it is only—only fron. oss of blood. I will rally in a moment Clss me, Alice. Tho pressure of you' lear lips will nerve me—me —me fot ■ne mo—more effort." She pressed her trembling lips to his. and moaned: "Ned, you are dying! You are dying! 1 can see it in your poor, dear eyes. Oh! must you die so cruelly, and for ne? Don't close your eyes, darling— vou frighten me so! I cannot bear it! -peak to mc once again, Nvxl! OJrl bv SHE LOOKED OVKR THE RlirKS She gave way to hci yriei i the most pitiful sobs. The wounde man made a preat effort to rally hi strength, and feebly said: "Alice, do not despair. I —l—l—l ai very —very faint, but I—" A fiendish yell from the Indians en short his speech, and Alice, a cold gl'n ter of desperation coming into he eyes, laid his liead gently on th ground, seized hi- -ifle. and, with strange ring in he; -oice, .said: "You defended lue to your <1 -nth. m; lost darling. Now I will defend yo\ till death calls me to go with you int the dark shadow?" Raising herself she looked over th. rocks, and to her amazement saw th:. the Indians were hastily mounting an rapidly retreating. At the Fame ii stant a rumbling sound from the direi tion of the fort fell upon her ears, an. casting her eyes in that direction sh observed a great cloud of dust raisin; in the air. Springing to the side of hi lover she cried: "Oh! Ned, darling, if you are ye alive rouse yourself. The troops nr coming from the fort." But the pale lips refused to mov and the eyes were closed as if in deatl With a wild shriek of agony she rai - her hands aloft and fell across h body, as a troop of cavalry thunder up to the spot. Cel. Sanford at its h> CIIAPT .R XIX. When Private Brown regained cm sciousness he found him-. If lying on cot in the hospital, with the post su; geon bending over him. "How do you feel now, my man?" t! doctor asked, kindly. "Very weak and faint, sir. ll' came I here? What is the matter v.-i me?" "You have beei -ry sick. Brow ■ Can you not reca i lie past? Do y< not remember being wounded by 1 Indians?" "Wounded? The Indians? What i dians?" Tie looked up at the surgeo In astonishment. "Try to remember. See if you cann> recall your desperate tight with the 11 dians from behind the rocks." Brown closed his eyes and endeavore to collect his truant thoughts. Slow! . faintly and indistinctly at first, bvi growing clearer and clearer as his di lirium-prostrated brain regained powei the rescue, the desperate ride for lift, and the battle all came back to him. "Oh! tell me, doctor, was she—wa Alice saved?" "Calm your'self, my boy. The leasi excitement may yet undo all my wor In my efforts to save you. Miss San for. is safe with her father." "God be praised," he fervently said, great, tears of joy starting in his pair dimmed eyes. "How long have I beer here. -ctor?" "Fl. four days. You have been de lirious all that time and very near t< death, but you have now passed the crisis and there is a good chance foi your recovery. You are built of gooi! material, Brown. That shot would have killed an.v ordinary man." "And Alice, doctor. Miss Sanford has she been to see me?" "Been here to see you, indeed? Why the little witch will scarcely take time to eat and sleep, but wants to sit here by your side all the time. The youn? lady is filled with gratitude towari you. Brown, for your heroism in rescu lag her from a horrible fate, and th< whole garrison is singing your praises It was a brave undertaking, my boy a noble, heroic venture successfully ac complished." A smile of gratification spread over his pale, wan face. lie cared not fo: the laudations of the people of the gar rison. His Alice had been near him 4nd that <vas worth -tv tp to h'm than would have been the plaudits of ti universe. "lias Col. Sanford asked after m< doctor?" There was an eager look or his face as he put the question. "Col. .Sanford calls to see you several times a day. Brown. You cannot real ize the dangerous position in whiel your care places me. The colonel hi. given rae the most emphatic orders t save your life, and says if I let you di, he will at once have me taken out am shot. Now you see the peril whiel confronts me, and you must do all yoi can to hasten your recovery by implic itly obeying my orders. You must m>' speak another word. You have talked too much already. Yon mus* remeni bcr my life is at stake, my man." He smiled knowingly as he referred to the colonel's blustering threat There was a smile of perfect peace am satisfaction ou the pale face of thi wounded man as he closed his eyes t< reflect over what the surgeon hud toll him. Alice was with him almost con stantly, and, of course, it must bi with her father's consent. And the old commander, him elf, called severa times daily to ask after him. Thi; knowledge was sweet to his soul, anr he felt supremely happy. Gradualh his senses grew more and more in active, and he soon sank into a sweet, refreshing sleep, the first since he had been brought into the hospital. The surgeon bent over him and noted hi> strong, regular breathing, atid softly felt his pulse. "Excellent! Excellent!*' he said t< himself. "l'.rown, my brave boy, you are worth a whole regiment of dea< men yet." When Col. Sanford found his daughter once more safe in her home, he acted in a manner that at time almost made her fi- -r he was losing hi> reason. He'would call her many times a day to come to him, and clasping her closely in his arms, as if lie feared she might again be taken from him, would weep like a child and mutter praises and thanks to Heaven for her deliver ance from death. The old man's heart was filled with joy immeasurable, and the light of love was never neforc so bright as now as he gazed upon her lovely face. The day following her return he called her into his business ofiice and said: "Sunshine, that young scapegrace saved you from God only knows what fate, and T must reward him. 1 want you to tell me all you know of him from your first meeting to the present time." "Papa, dear, may 1 not give it to you in writing?" she asked, a slight llush suffusing her face. "Yes, daughter, that's military. Make a full report to me in writing and place it in im hands at the earli est possible moment. Give your old bear cf a fathor a ki->s and get to work on your ofiicial report at once, dear." She kissed him once, twice, thrice and ran away to her room. Her pen llcw over the paper with great rapidity as she fully, freely wrote down every 'IOUfU rcJatiiJiia with thy vale Mjlaiei iroiu uieir nral HMCllti until the present moment. She told o his enlistment, being ignorant of th fact that the colonel had gotten a fu' report of that from Private l.annai told of their many iii e tings, of mutua love and of her urgent appeal to Browi to go to her father and tell him all and ask his sanction to their engag. mcnt. Nothing wtfS withheld, nm when the statement was complete she took it to her father's office, laid i on the desk before him. kissed him pa v : —tely and ran iway to her nx)ni her your..; V.rr.rt throbbing with anx iety. That afternoon he s*.. " * r her, an when she came in he softly saia: "Sunshine, I have just written detailed report of your captur ind rescue to the secretary o war at Washington, and, of coursi fully advised him of that youn* profligate's action in the matter, have made certain recommendation regarding him. which I trust will b. considered favorably. My orderly i away on an errand, and I thought yoi might like to take a hand in the prr ceedings by yourself mailing the re port. Take it to the post office, dear lie had never spoken to her mor. tenderly, and ir ho knowledge tha' he had read her j-iper and was full; cognizant of all that existed be I /\ I | j|j iH As & i I m m SHE PICKED CP THE PAPER. • ween herself and Brown, his ldm: less of tone and tender expression a ■le looked into her face filled her hear' t itli a joy. "Did you recommend his discharp, rom the service, papa?" she asked. "That is no affair of yours, lltth .latterbox," he replied. "You shoult iot try to pry into official business. T i want to get the rascal out of th« service, it is nobody's business but m; »wn. Go mail the report and thei :ome back to me. I want to talk t .•ou." When she returned she found her f* ther sitting on the porch rea ling t ate paper. She sat down near hin iud waited for him to open up the cor 'ersation, her heart throbbing wildlj "urtively she glanced at his lice, bui t was as calm as a summer day. Finally ie looked up and said: "Sunshine. I hav« just been reading V,.r.- -f nf abort'. your age. whu. like yourself. brought into great peril. She wa penned in a burning building in Nev York and a brave fireman at the risV «f his own life rushed into the blind iug smoke, up the blazing stairs an< lowered her from her chamber window vith a rope. In attempting to descent le fell and was badly injured, and wat taken to a hospital. That young giri belonged to a rich, aristocratic famih and the fireman \vr■ a poor, obseun fellow, no higher in the world, per haps, than an ordinary private soldiei and she went to the hospital an« nursed him and cared for him as lov ingly as if he had been her equal ii the eyes of the world until he recov ered. She v.as a noble girl. Alice. and damme, done just as 1 would have: daughter of mine do under like cireum stances." He threw down the paper am marched abruptly into the house. lea\ ing her staring after iiiin in wonder. She picked up the paper herself t read the interesting story. Sh« glanced hurriedly over the prominen' headings, but taw nothing referring t' a fire. She then turned her attentioi to the minor articles, but the item re ferred to seemed to be hiding from hei eyes. From page to page she turned but only to find her search fruitless llow could she have overlooked a storj which had caught her father's eye? He ginning at the top of the fir.->t column of the first page she went carefullj >ver the paper column after column scanning every paragraph uutil the bottom of the last column was reached There was not in the whole paper a word about a girl being rescued from a burning building. Then a great light seemed to breal; in upon her. A half joyous, half wond ering look came over her face, then vanished beneath a smile of the most intense delight. "Just as I would have a daughter of mine do mv'»r like circumstances." I'lo BE lO.\TINLEI>.| A ClrcamKtstntlul Case. friend Broadrim—So. Friend David, thee wishes to marry my daughter Hannah Friend David, thy circum stances are not such as to make thee a good match for Daughter Hannah. Friend David—Hut, Friend Broad rim. my circumstances will be greatly improved by marrying thy daughter Hannah, as thee very well knows. — Truth. A Burglary. Tom—Pills, the druggist, tells me that burglars entered his store the other night and stole fifteen dollars' worth of perfume. Too bad, wasn't it? Jerrv —I should say so. Have they put the detectives on the scent?—N. Y. World. A TruUm. Though mothers fume when younc men call. Anil woniier If they'll ever Get up und go. their <l-<ui(btcrs Unow It's betur late thai, auvcr —K. F Wilson, In Puok. GATHERING UP EVIDENCE. Perdita —Were you ever kissed in a tunnel? Penelope—Yes. Perdita—Were you frightened? Penelope Yes; 1 was awfully afraid no one would see us. - Brooklyn Life I'rofuuml I'lilJoNoplij. She —Strange how drowning persons .vill clutch at a straw He Yes, especially when there ia a nice refreshing julep at the other end jf It.—Truth /\ ( l«"r (iIICHII. Little <>irl What kind of women ure : nancipated women? Little Boy Murricd uucs, I gwaa.— i -Mi J^vwt* f v *«9SBSi | KINONESS TO COWS. Ii rnjr* Better In Ever; Way Than Oattu and Cruel Kicks. Some lime ago. suspecting that the hired man was not treating our co«> us he should, 1 undertook to do the milking myself. Says a farmer writing: to the National Stockman. I found that one cow, a thorough bred Jersey, began to lift one foot fiom the ground as soon as I begun milking. I paid no attention to her save to occasionally stop and pet her, but she kept on and finally upset the pail. Then she jumped as if to ward off a blow, but instead of the blow that she evidently expected sho got only kind words and more petting. She turned her head and after giving me a good look she began to lick my coat and kept it up until I had finished milking; and after a week or so I could go it her box stall and set the pail un der lier and - milk her without any trouble. And to repay mo for my kindness to her, when I wentaftertlie cowa in the evening 1 had only to open the gate and call her while the hired man had to walk after her and drive her to the stable. Now I do not believe there is one case in ten thousand where striking a cow does any good. Cows are not by nature vicious, and even when they are made so by man the way to con quer them is not to show them more viciousness. Look at tho matter in a common ~ense light. A young heifer is brought o the stable with her first calf. She .laturally thinks it is a great event and s very much excited over it, when a nan comes in with a rope and a pail ind after tying her head so short that »ho can hardly see her calf, he begins to pull on her teats. They are of jourse more or less sore and she re sents it, the only way she has of show ing her resentment Is by kicking, which she naturally does. And then the owner begins to inquire for devices for kicking cows, never thinking that he has, or ought to have if he runs a Jairy, the remedy within himself — kindness. SECURE WELL HOUSE. (t Aids In Keeping the Pump from Freez ing lu Winter. The advantages of a tight, well made well house are so many that it is a wonder that BO few are seen upon the farms of the land. They shelter the pump and make its period of use fulness much longer than where it is. exposed to the weather, and they es pecially aid in keeping the pump from freezing lu ivinter. Moreover, where cattle or horses are watered at such a pump, they oftentimes sot their noses into such contact with the spout that one's pleasure in drawing drinking water from the same channel is les sened, to say the least. Such a house as is shown in the illustration la inex- A WELL-PROTECTED PXTMP. pensive, but capable of serving' its pur pose admirably. It is just lar?e enou-'h to inclose the platform of the pump, and is constructed of mateiie I boarding, nailod upon a light frame two by-two stuff being sufficient!; itout for this purpose. A troujfli is located outside, which keeps the pump, and the platform of the pump, entire !y out of reach of cattle or horses. — American Agriculturist, FRESH DAIRY DOTS. TIN milk pails are much better than wooden. ARTIFICIAL coloring matter for but ter is best put into the cream. TEST every cow's milk at least once a month. Twice is better. WATER for cows in winter should be warmed to 75 or 80 degrees Fahr. IF heifers are bred so that they will drop their calves at about two years old, it will be right. WHAT is the use in keeping a cow that does not pay her board? It Is a ! vital question in the dairy. TUKKE can be no success in the dairy unless the herd is a pood one. That is the first thin? to look after. ONE of our most experienced dairy men uses wet chuff to weigh down en silage and says that it is the best thing to use. 11. B. CURLER says that nobody can detect in butter any bad effects from feeding ensilage, and he has carefully tested the matter. No DXFFKREKCK what its costs your neighbor to feed his cows. What does it cost you to feed yours? That is the thing to determine. WIIEN individual cows are more gen erally tested there will be fewer good cows for sale than there are now, aud they are not as thick as snowflakes even now.—Farmers Voice. Hon to lieep liuti«*r Swwt. In many parts of France butter is kept quite sweet for a number of days by a very simple means. Dip the hands in fresh water, and manipulate the butter so as to squeeze out all the remains of buttermilk, then pack it tightly into any earthenware vessel that will lioid it. either in large or small quantities; a cup will do. or a pudding basin, according to require ments, only the butter must be s well pressed down that no space be allowed for any air to penetrate. Invert this vessel in a soup plate or shallow dish and fill the latter with fresh water, stand it iu a cellar or cold larder, change the water every day, and the butter will cerlaialy remain sweet for a week or more. She Wan Prepnred. Ji~'rs Did you hear about Mrs. Mop flore s half killing a burglar? Jaggs—Yes. How did it happen? Jig-g-s—She was sitting up waiting for her husband, who was out late at a poker party, when she met the burglar in the dark hall, walking in his stock ing feet, and thought it was Mopflore. —N. Y. World. An Ol>*tacle. "Uy the way," said the editor to the new man, "we don't credit statements to a well-known citizen on this jianer. You must give his name." "The trouble is," exclaimed the new man, "that he is so well known that the statements would bo discredited if his name were given." —lndianapolis Journal. A (aaiiUcrnte YOUUR W.fe. She—l need a new dress. He—But you should take the hard times into consideration. She—l have taken them into consid eration; that's why I haven't said any thing us yet abput the new liat is to ipj with tfeßw Sift* Iwa*-' A SMOKY CONTINENT. That Is What North America Haa Been of Late. No tee of a Traveler Who C rotted to the Ptcllft Dnrlujj tho Recent Great Forest 1 he* —Strange Sights and Incidents. Reports continue to come in of forest and prairie fires in the west. The fires in Montana and later in the north west have been followed by others in Tennessee, Kentucky and Arkansas. Those who have made a study and record of extensive tires on plain and in forest say that those of last summer and this fall are unprecedented in tho history of this country The fires reached from the great lakes to the Pa cific. A New York Sun Reporter who went west just before the Minnesota disas ter pa.ssed through a baze of smoke that extended clear across the country. He went from Buffalo to Duluth on »'• • h.lces, and so thick was the smoke that it was necessary frequently to blow the fog whistle of the steamer f.ir in hour at a time. All the fog whi.-tlee at the lighthouses on the lakes were kept going night and day. Near Cleveland the smoke was so thick that it was impossible to see more than the length of the ship when approach ing the breakwater. On Lake Superi or the smoke was so dei*e that scores of birds iost their way and welcomed the ship as a place of refuge. They were birds that almost never venture beyond the forest, and so exhausted were they that they were practically tame. They took crumbs out of the hands of the children on hoard tho vessel, and one beautiful little green and yellow songster, almost as delicate as a canary, lighted on the head of the reporter and rested there for fully fif teen minutes, while the reporter re mained in conversation with a party of at len»t half a dozen. It was impossi ble to see the famous Apostle islands as th« ship went by them, and the har bor of Duluth was In a thick haz«- On the way down from Duluth to Minneapolis the fires were burning freely in the famous lumber district, but there was no indication of the ter rible disaster that was to overtake Hinckley the next week. The country had been so long without rain that everyone seemed to think that it must come in a day or two. and there wa* little apprehension that anything more serious than that which had al>- ready happened could occur. Travel ers could see a few hundred feet out of the car windows, and as night came on the thin line of flame eating its way through the leaves and underbrush was visible every mile or two. In St. Paul it was impossible to see the river and the city itself from the heights. Out in the wheat country of the Dakotas the haze seemed to lift a a little, but when the grazing country of Montana was reached desolation seemed to reign. For fifty miles at a stretch the plains were black as far as the eye could see. The cattle had been driven back to the mountains, the herders said, in some cases for hun dreds of miles. The streams of water and the little lakes, that are the salva tion of the country for grazing purposes, were dried up. Occasionally there would be a patch for eight or ten miles that would be unburned, but over the the mounds in that rolling coun try there could be seen the approach of the fire, and there was no way to stop it. At night the fires were especially lieautiful. The flame was never more than from six to eight inches high. Oc casionally it ran in a straight line par allel with the railroad for a distance of several miles. At other times it formed crescents and circles up the .loping sides of some extended lcnoll. Again there were acute and obtuse angles, and as the smoke rose and filled the air it made it impossible to see clearly for more than a few hun dred yards. In the Roclcy mountains It was the MUC story Far up the peaks, close to the limit of the wood belt, scores of ,ire, could be seen burning briskly, where no hunter could have left his ea.npfire burning. Some of the fires in the mountains, as well as some of tho « on the plains, were undoubtedly tarted by locomotive sparks, and somo were started by the negligence of hun ters who hail not extinguished their oampfircs on leaving for their sport, but no one could account for the fires far up the mountain sides. On the Pacific slope the reporter found scores of tourists who had changed their routes and given up part of their trips because of the smoke. Seattle was in a fog. and the attractive Puget sound was as if it did not exist. The sound of the fog whistles on the steamboats was the only Indication that Seattle was a seaport. All salm on and other kinds of fishing was at a standstill, and the eitizens were saying that the smoke was a most serious loss to the industries of the place. Down through the beautiful and fertile val leys of Oregon the smoke hid the scene ry, and not until the travelers were closo under the flanks of glorious Mount Shasta in upper California, could the towering pile be seen. All the Cascade range was hidden, and tho superb peaks, such as Tacoma, Hood and Adams, were as If they had not been. Not until the reporter hail reached the Selkirk mountains in Uritish Co lumbia, on his way home, did he find the atmosphere clear. The hotel keeper at Glacier said that the day that burst in splendor over the pealcs, on Sunday of the second week of September, was the first perfectly clear day that had been seen there for two months, and at Field, on the eastern slope of the Can adian rockies, the railroad officials told the same story. Travelers, railroad men and weather experts all along the route that the reporter went over united in saying- that probably such an extensive baud of smoke never before hung over the continent. It practical ly reached from the Atlantic to the Panifio for at least six weeks. A Few Year* lienor. "So you want to marry my son," said the stern mamma to the' emanclpa'ed woman. "I do." "Can you support him in the manner in which he has been accustomed?" "I can." "Then take him and be happy."— Life. Why lie VT»» Cnlqoe. Miss Castique—So you are engaged to that Mr. Atkinson, are you? Now, tell me. honestly, what can you see in him that distinguishes him from all the other men in the world whom you have ever met? Mix* l'assee (with unlooked-foi frankness)—lie asked me to be Uia wife.—Somerville Journal. Too Much Art. Brings—That Miss Penstock is rery sensitive, isn't she? She won't speak to me any more. Miss (Jriggs— What have you been saying to her now? Brigga—Why, I merely remarked that I could tell by her face she was aa artiirt. —Judge. The Coming Jury. Lawyer (a few years hence) —Mak« youi mind easy. The jury will disa gree. Prisoner —Suro? Lawyer—l know It. Two of th« member* IM «0A wJi ¥j N'o3
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