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jj Douthett & Graham,
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jj BUTLER, PENN'A. j
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GREAT SLAUGHTER SILE
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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
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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.
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IH T TLF;R. PA.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17. 1 sn:,
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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
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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
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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