V OLXXXII The CLEVELAND NEW NOVEL. NOBBY The GREAT, SAY ELL SPECIEL CLEVELAND. An eye opener—A heart tickler. The longer you look at it the sweller it grows. Popular light w See the Cleveland before you purchase your mount for 1895. Never mind what others say, we are ready to supply the trade. Remember every Cleveland* is fully guaranteed to be first class in every particular. We have a full line for Ladies, and Gentlemen; Boys and Girls, and All Strictly High grade. H. A. Lozier Co. CLEVELAND, Ohio. J. E. Forsytk, Ag't. 116 W. Jefferson St. BUTLER, PA. SPECIAL Owioir to a contemplated change io our businena April Ist. it becomes necessary that we close oat our entire stock on or before that date—We will therefore place on sale this week over 2,000 pairs of pant*. 1,000 suits underwear, 1,200 Men's, 800 Boy's and «00 Children's suit*; 500 Over coats; 1600 Hats; 300 solid irold Rings; 50 Watchep; 200 Chains, 1,000 Collar and Coff batton-; 2,000 Scarf pins; 200 Shirt waists.etc. W* here (fire yoo timely notice of special days ales, and special dis coaot, BO that joo can prepare to take advantage of these sules and secure some ot the bargain*. Bargain Days HVdneeday Jan. 30—Pants day—2"> per cent off, Friday, Feb. Ist —Ov rcoat day—2o per cent. off, Tuesdat Feb ."ith— Underwear dav —2o per cent. off. Thor*d*y, Feb 7tb— lew*-lr> da*—2">p»r cent off, Monday, Feb. 11 lb—Hat day—2s per cent, off Special sales on certain lines of goo-is ev« ry day *H long an those good lant These goods not subject to special discount Pant- former price 3 io 6 dollars, special price $1 50 o $3 50— Men's suits former price $4 50 to sl2 00, special price 250 to 7 50.—Children* suits. former price 1 to <> dollars special pric»- 75c to $3 50,—fine gondola lU'f former price $2 00 to $4 50 sp»cial price from 75c »o $2 00—Hoy's and Chi!dre< s Caps, former pric* 15 to 25c special price 1 to 10c-Underwear former price 25c, Special price 15c Muffl >s 'ormer price from 50c to $2 50 cp»-cial price 2- r ><: t<>sl 2.) Don'' m*-* t*'i* great sa'e- by borrowing money at <> p»-r cent ynu <a > aave 27 per cot net, now this may se<-m strange yet it is true, and if you doobt it Just call aroond and we will convince you. D. A. Heck, Champion Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher, 21 N. Ma iri St., Duffy's Blcck, toiler, F i "While charms may strike the sight, 'Tis Merit wins the soul." "W? I MPROVEM KNT in footgear is ■r |S| * a sure index of a progressive civ ? Ba' ilization, keeping prices down is 1 prognostic that a big business will now getting for >' than you We won't hypnotize you and compcll you to inspect our st< il but your own interests and good judgment should cause you to do j so. Lookers are what we ask for—only that, (jive us our store full j of lookers and we'll risk the rest. Shoe Dealer. AL RDFF. s. Main St' FHA> K KKMPKh, DEALER IN BLANKETS, HARNESS, .A.nd everything in horse anrl buggy fur nishing goods-Harness, Collars, Whipts. Dusters, Saddles, etc. -A.lso trunks and valines. Repairing done on short notice. The largest assortment of 5- A Horse blankets in fowri will ho found at FRAINK KI ;MPki t\S, 124 S MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. jmU 95 It Is Not What We Say But what Hood's Sarsaparilla does, that tells the story. The great volume o. evi dence in th- form of unpurchased. volun tary testimonials prove beyond doubt that Hood's Sarsa parilla Be Sure to Get Hood s Hood's Pills c*rs habitual constipation. C.D. A busin- -•> tha' keeps gr w ing through a season ot de pression, such as the country has experienced, is an evi dence that people realize the) save money by trading with us. We know, and always have known, the days of lai ge profits are past. \\ ithou question wo are giving more for the money than last year Our stock is larger to select from than last year. CALL AND SKI: US Colbert & Dale. It is unnecessary to bore vou with the advertisement of our largest stock, host facilities, biggest business, etc. You know we have that. The important an nouncement is, We will Positively save you Money on your Fall Clothes. Our stock tables are resplendent with the newest patterns. See them. ALAND, TAILOR. Look iit This. Think of it, a Ladies line Vii i Kid Shoe, in lacc or button, HX different styles to select from, price $1.25 actual value $2.00. We are goiny to spring a sur prise on our customers and place on sale a Ladies Kid Button Shoe, Pat tips at 88cts., also a Ladies fine grain button shoe a! 88cts.,if you want a pair of these don't delay, they are going fast We claim to sell the best shoe for SI.OO ever made. It is a gent fine Buff Shoe in lace or congr and just as much style to it as any $3.00 shoe in the market. Our mens A Calf Congress and Lace shoe at 95c!s, needs no mention. We are selling them about as fast .t-> wc < ,111 th- n y\ll winter goods and Rub >vi to be sold regardlcs «.( (.Ist. TRY. The New Siioe Store. C. E. MILLER, 215 S. Main St., Butler, I'a WEAR HAMMERSLOUGH BRO'S Famous New York, tailor-made CLOTHING For sale by prominent dealt is all over the State. None genuine without Hammerslough Bro's label. The swellest and I< st wearing clothes in this Country. Ask your clothier for them. 1 • .11 <W. Blow*. ' . * \ ui% A BRA MS & BROWN, Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance, HCMKLTON Ht'LUMNO. XRARCOCBT UOLHK. I'.I'TLEK, I'a. Inxnr&nce (Nunptiiy ><f N'< rO Ami-m a, IOiM year. A •••» 4!' -V-. 1 II• .it • I> • w York, A - HIH .f!< 080,1Hurtford o Hirt* ford. Ah- t7 ri7H t (iiin, 1' Bri.ok t tyn, Aiueu <5,000,1>00. T TLKK. P A.. TH U HSD AY, FEBRUARY 7. 1 V? F FA T E hB d v\'\ i B thrown Robert /vfcm. Uuis Steven- JPISSMN 'X# (Jj 8011 and Whale Oil Gv.s togeth er er I re the former met with his un timely end the literature of the world might have been the richer by one more story of stirring adventure and thrilling incident upon the raging main. In the two score years since the Yankee sailor first saw the light oi day in the ancient port of Nantucket, he has met with a variety of experi ences worthy the pen of any noveiist, and unsurpassed in interest by the flights of the most fanciful imagina tion in fiction. The rare old days when the life ol the seafaring man was one of unend ing adventure have about passed away. The remotest corners of every ocean have long since been explored, and their secrets given to the geographers; the gentle practice of marooning has fallen into a worthy disuse, and th« only pirates that now infest the seas are the skulking robbers of the Malay peninsula. The black flag along with the thousand other things dear to the man with an imaginative mind has been raleg'ated into the limbo of th« past; and no adventurous cook may ever again hope to discover a second group of Hawaiian isles and be hon ored by queen and country for hii daring. Of all the once numerous classes ol sea adventurers the whaling man alone exists to-day. He is the sole re maining link between the gloriouj past and the material present, says tin St. Louis Republic. Sir Walter Raleigh, stout-hearted Francis Drake, Capt. Kidd and Lafitte, the Gulf Tiger, livq only on the pages of history; but Whale Oil Gus, the bold mariner of Nantucket, now a resident of St. Louis, still re mains to gladden the hearts of red blooded folk with his tales of stirring times upon the vasty deep. In his life. Whale Oil Gus has crowd ed enough experience to fill a dozen volumes of adventure. The press of circumstance still keeps the doughty whaler away from the sea he loves so well, despite its cruel treat ment of him, and he reluctantly con sented to tell a Republic young man the following chapter of his life: Among a rare collection of harpoon whale guns and other paraphernalia oi his collection Gus possesses a long wooden handled, rusty bladed knife, which he counts among the dearest of his treasures. "Do you see this ugly weapon?" he asked, holding up the murderous look ing blade and running his thumb along the rusty edge. "Well, the knife has a history. It figured in one of the most trying episodes of mv career. "It was in the spring of '33 that we sailed away from New Bedfordtown on the good ship Marie, bound for the whaling- grounds of the southern seas. Counting the five officers, there were thirty-two souls on board, the crew be ing composed of sailors of every na tionality, but principally of New Bed ford men. It is an old saying among people who follow the ocean that out of every complement of officers on board a ship one is sure to be a villain. The truth of this saying was proved in the case of the Marie before we had been two days out of port. When a lot of men are huddled together in the narrow compass of a whaling vessel it doesn't take them long to find out one another's characteristics, and before the second day's sun hud sunk into the sea we men in the forecastle had de cided that Tom Johnson, the second mate, was the one to lie feared. Capt. Edwards, although a mighty fine sailor and a good whaleman, was a little bit weak in matters of discipline, and the second mate seemed to take it upon himself to run the whole ship. "By the time we had got off the coast of Brazil the men found his conduct no unbearable that they went in a body to the shipper and made complaint. The captain said he'd look into th« matter, and advised the men to go on about their business, and try to put up witli Johnson as long as possible. This didn't satisfy us, of course, but there was nothing to be done except go back to work, which we did at once. ".Matters drifted on for a few days, while we forged southward before a stiff wind, and it looked like things were going to lie pleasant again. Hut when we got down near the old Spanish town of Maranhao a little squall came up one afternoon which seemed likely to develop into a storm, and we were sent aloft to reef the sails. One of the men who was handling the main topsail was new in the business and a little bit slow, and the second mate, watching from the deck, began to curse him for an awkward lubber, and ordered him to come down. The young fellow obeyed orders, though I Could see his neck swollen with rage a» he passed me in sliding down the rig (fitiff, and when he reached the deck the mate kept on abusiuif him and calling him every vile name he could think of, until the young sailor mut tered something under his breath which the mate didn't hear. " 'What's that, yon dog?' lie shouted, as he advanced on the fellow. " 'I didn't say anything,' was the " 'You lie!" cried the mate, and pick ing up an iron bar he struck the boy such a cruel blow that it shattered his left shoulder blade. lie was about tc strike hiin again wh n the captain ap peared on deck and interfered, doubt less saving the young man's life. Still holding the iron liar in his hand the mate walked aft, cursing a blue streak aud damning every man in the fore castle. "When the men came down from among the shrouds they helped their wounded shipmate to his hammock, and then held a council of war. They decided to again go to the captain and lay before him an ultimatum. This was done, the men declaring that they would quit the shipat the first port un less the mate was turned down. The captain explained that Johnson had shipped under a contract, and all that, but that he would try to get rid of him as soon us possible. This answer had to satisfy us, though every one of us vowed vengeance on that mate, and we again went back to work. "'lhings went on this miserable way until we rounded the Horn and started up the Chilian coast. Then one of the men, named —fell sick, lie was a delicate sort of a chap, anyhow, and every body predicted he wouldn't come back to New ltcdford when he shipped with us. Well, as I said, he fell sick, and was so feeble one morning that he couldn't show 011 deck. When the rest of us had lined up the second mate noticed Randall's absence and asked with an oath where he was. Some one replied that he was sick. Randall had been one of the leaders in the protest which had been made to the captain about the mate, and John ton knew it, and recognized hi- chance to get even. Going into the foreeu tie he bewail abusing poor Randall, and ordered him to get up and go to work. The sick man replied that he couldn't do it, and with that the mate grabbed him by the throat and literally dragging him out on the deck and over to a pile of rope yarns, ordered him to make a ball of sennit. Poor Randall, pale as a ghost, and that feeble that he could hardly raise his hand, was too weak and afraid to make any resistance, and be gan twisting the yarn as best he could. All of a sudden the slow motion of hie hands ceased, his body swayed once or twice, and then fell orer, iace for ward. Alexander, a Norwegian sailor who was one of the sick man's chums, and myself rushed over to help the poor follow, but when we raised him up and looked into his face we saw at a glance that he was dead. He hadbe"fen killed by cruelty. "Seeing us bending over Randall's body the second mate came forward and demanded to know what was the matter. He might have seen for him self if he hadn't been a demon, but we told him—and then happened the most horrible thing it has ever been my mis fortune to see. With the laugh of a fiend Johnson cried: '• 'He's dead, is he? Well, just watch me bring the cur to life!' And with that he raised his foot and gave the poor corpse a kick full in the face. " 'l'll teach him how to shirk hla work!' cried the monster, as he again kicked poor George's body. 'l'll show him what it is to pretend to be dead!' "YOC LIE!" and he jerked the corpse up and shook it. and threw it down again, and kicked it around and around the deck, cursing all the while like a maniac. "By this time the captain had been attracted by the noise and came out to see what was up. He was horrified and ordered the inhuman creature to stop his ghastly work and go aft. "That settled it. We determined to take the case of the second mate in our own hands that very night and avenge our wrongs and the indignities heaped upon our dead comrade as swiftly as possible. That evening the wind low ered and we were becalmed. Before eight o'clock our plans had been laid. We were to break out in open mutiny and demand the mate's life from the captain, in whose cabin, with prob ably some premonition of the doom in store for him, the villain had taken refuse. If the captain proved unwill ing we were to go into the cabin and get him anyhow. As we suspected, the captain would not listen to us. There upon two men seized him and held him fast, while we went after the monster who had been making our lives a hell. "Each man of us had a knife, and when we appeared at the door of the cabin the mate read in our faces what we intended to do. Alexander, the Norwegian, was in advance, and to him the cowardly cur fell on his knees and began begging for his life. There was no delay, and not a word was spoken. With one swift, sure blow with this knife I hold in my hand, Alexander leaned forward and struck the cower ing mate full in the heart. As silently as the deed had been done, we picked up the hated body and, carrying it to the railing, flung it into the sea. "The next morning poor Randall's body was shrouded and sunk with due solemnity, and then each one of us went to Capt. Edwards and placed our selves under his commands again. "When we reached Valparaiso we were tried before the American consul on the charge of murder and mutiny on the high seas. Hut the captain did not press the cases, and when we told the consul our story we were all dis charged. "That is the history behind this rusty old knife you see here May the good Lord deliver me from such another ex perience!" —Chopin hail a weak stomach, and any food taken in large quantity was certain to disagree with him. For sev eral years he lived almost exclusively on liquid diet. NAUTCH GIRLS OF TANJORE. Wonderful Tower of I'emoimtlon lU«alt -Ing front Inherited Irmtlnrtd. The serpent dance, winding through a sinuous maze of gliding measures, ap pears almost a transformation or re incarnation of the performer into the cobra, which she represents, says All the Year Round. Instincts Inherited from bygone generations of Nautch dancers combine with close observation of nature to produce miraculous re sults. The Nautch girl lives to please and labors for that end with the suc cess which attends the unwearied pur suit of one absorbing object. I'nlversal influence and fascination still belong to her, though in narrower range than of old, aud the dancer of Tanjore, who concentrates the whole force of her genius upon the requirements of her art. differs •• * much from the ordinary Nautch girl of India as a masterpiece of Raphael from the sign hoard whTch swings before the rustic inn. Every feature of the mobile face reflects the passing sentiment of the moment in the drama delineated with consummate skill; the dark eyes flash with fury, fill with tears or melt with tenderness, ac cording to the exigencies of the vary ing situation, and in the nervous ener gy which throbs and palpitates through every vein and fiber of the elastic and exquisitely proportioned frame, the tide of life seems to glow through the veil of flesh like some mystic flame burn ing in a crystal lamp. The Nautch girls form a distinct caste and jealous ly retain their immemorial rights and privileges They exercise their own laws and customs with the independ ence of control gained by a wider ex perience of life than that permitted to their Indian sisters. The S«n*ltlvn Oy*t<-r Any man who leaps heavily upon the deck of an oyster boat is likely to make an enemy his master. It is a belief of oyster catchers that the oyster is pecul iarly sensitive to such jars. The care ful oysterman never chops wood on deck when be has a cargo on board lest ho kill the oysters, and he dreads a thunderstorm for the same reason. rilriniiutlfMlly S|»ruklng. The modern wheel jtoe* yery fast. Yet th'-ro's no use concoalluj As wo oh>,crvo It pausing by, U has that tired feeling —Washington Star Proof. Softlelgli—That, dear boy, i« the pic ture of the dearest girl I know; and i am the only man she ever kissed! Uartlleigh—l believe you, old man, because 1 used to be the only man she sver kissed, myself!—Brooklys Life. Got a I p. "Blykens called Slugby a big, brutal bully yesterday afternoon." "Really? I didn't know Hlykcnshad a telephone in his office."—Washington 8 tar. (L martial had v V -J been ordered £• convened at gR* Fort Marcy. It had convened. Private Thomas Wilkins, ol Company D, —th infantry, had been tried for being off duty without leave, the pa pers ha<l been signed and sent to \\ ash ington by the afternoon mail, and Col. John Brierly, who had acted as judge advocate, and Maj. Thompson, the sur geon, who had appeared as witness against Wilkins, were striding along the board walk toward the colonel's quarters when I met them, and was invited in to have a glass of something hot. After the something hot had been declared excellent by all the persons interested, the talk naturally was of the court-martial. "By the way, colonel," said Maj. Thompson, "if you will pardon my say ing so, I thought you were very lenient toward Wilkins in your examination." "Yes," said the colonel, "I generally am in such cases. You know.'* he said, turning to me, "Wilkins left his quar ters to go and see his sweetheart. He is engaged to the girl." "But it was a clear case of neglect of duty," remarked the surgeon. "I know it," replied thecolonel, "but well, I sympathized with him." The major said nothing more. The colonel regarded his glass for a few m oments, tested the punch, and then, looking up suddenly, he said: "I'll tell you what I will do. If you men will give me your word of honor never to reveal to a soul what I have to tell until I am dead and gone, I will give you my reasons for sympathizing with this man." We g-ave him our word of honor, and we kept our word. The colonel has now been dead for many years; the ma jor, I believe, is on the retired list, and living' somewhere up in Maine, and so I do not feel that I am wronging any man in writing down the story told us that winter afternoon, some ten or fif teen years ago. "In the little old churchyard just outside of the Mexican village of San Felipe, in Arizona," the colonel said, "is a grave off by itself in one corner. On the modest headstone is the in scription: 'Sacred to the memory of the Wood Dove,received into the church as Mercedes Brierly, wife of Col. John Brierly, U. S. A., died March 10, 187—, aged 2fi years.' "Mercedes Brierly was my wife. I am the John Brierly referred to. She was an Apache Indian, and when you have heard what I did to win her hand, knowing her heart was mine, you will understand why I did not put many severe questions to the poor young man to-day. "I first met the girl who was des tined to be my wife in the spring of 186—.when I was stationed on the frontier. The civil war, in which I had won my colonel's commission, was just over, and the Apache and other Indi ans were constantly on the war path. I was at that time in command of tha —th cavalry, and I had about three hundred men with me. "We were encamped near a little Mexican village, San something or oth er, in the northeastern part of New Mexico. We had had no work to do for about a month, but the air of my tent was heavy with reports brought to me of a large body of Apaches said to be on the war path and rapidly ap proaching our neighborhood. "One afternoon—l remember the day well —the reports were verified by the capture of an Apache girl by some of my men. The girl was brought to my tent by her captors. They had found her riding by herself in the hills, aud had only succeeded in making her a prisoner after she had severely wounded one of them. "I will not attempt to describe the beauty of this Kirl. iShe was then about nineteen years of a fee, of sublime figure, with the most wonderfully beautiful eyes. I will oi)ly say that I fell in love with her the very moment I saw her. "VVe held tfc' girl a prisoner. .She re fused to tell us anything about herself or to betray the whereabouts of her people. That they were near we knew, however, and daily and nightly we ex pected an attack. But for one month they remained under cover. We did not go out and look for them, as it was my policy always to let them tire the first shot. "That month was in many respects the happiest month in my life. Love was new to me. I hadn't known it since my days at \\ est Point. I loved the girl with all my heart, and, wlmt was sweeter, she soon grew to love me in return. "One afternoon I told her of my love, anil 1 asked her to marry me. She told me then that she love.l me, and told mo that she would marry me. I left her, aim that night the Apaches attacked us. Their victory was complete. They found us unprepared. Our loss was something fearful and my loss was greater still, for when the morning came the girl was missing. Her people had recaptured her "The morning found us in a desper ate mood The men were mad, and I was mad. We were all in the humor for a first-class massacre, and I laid my plans accordingly Our .-.couts located the enemy, and that afternoon we penned them in and had t hem at mr mercy. Our numbers were about even, but our men were all old soldiers, thor oughly disciplined, and so they fell easy victims tcrour superiority. "It was about five o'clock, when the fighting was at its worst, I showed a flag of truce, ind a few moments later an Indian of commanding stature rodo out from the little fort they had built on the top of he hill aud advanced to the center of the diminutive plain which stretched liet.wcen where the two armies were posted. I rode out alone to meet him, for I could guess that he was the chief of the tribe. "We saluted. I offer you peace,' I said to hiin, 'on two conditions: first., that you lay down your arms and surrender; second, that the girl you stole from us last night lie returned to me.' " 'She is my daughter,' said the In dian, haughtily. " 'Then there is much more reason why you should surrender, for I love her; I would marry her, and 1 do not wish to be at war with her people.' " 'You are good,' replied the Indian, with a sneer, the first and only time I have ever seen a sneer on the face of an Indian. ' You offer me peace for honor. Go back to your tents.' "That evening at about eight o'clock a corporal came into my tent, saluted, and said that an Indian girl wished to speak with me. My heart ixsat vio lently, and I ordered the man to show her in. "Hut it was not my love —not my Wood Dove, as she had told iu« her name was among her people. The girl who stood before ine was small and wizened, with weak eyes, and in rags. " 'What do you want?' 1 asked her. " 'The Wood Dove could not fly to you,' she replied, "so she sent me. They are guarding her, but she will escape from them. Siie tells me to say to you that my people will charge up on you to-morrow morning. and that to deceive you all of our wumcu will be mounted and held in the rear, as if they were men waiting for their turn to fight. She tclK me to say to you that she will be mounted on a black horse, with a star in its forehead, and with two white forelegs. "'She will be in the front line when the charge is made, aud at your tirst fire will fall from her horse as though she were wounded. You must then L-.a:inge to pick her biidy up before our people do o Her father is the chief of our people; he ~":>s the chief with whom you spoke to-uuy. an ! he wa< very angry with her when he curat back to us. She has persuaded hire that she does not love you, but hate? you, and, though she is well guarded to-night, it is because of the fear of ac attack from you.' "The woman le*t ine and returned, as she had come, to the tents of the people. "In the morning- I called my officers about me again and told them what I had learned. My plans were completed and I had but to wait. I had not long to wait, either, for within an hour the warriors came forth from under cover, and behind came what looked like a second regiment, but what I knew to be the women. "The Indians advanced aud the bugle sounded the order to mount. I rode out to my place and stationed six chosen bodyguardsmen immediately behind "TOU ABE GOOD." mc in the rank. For some while I could not make out the horse I looked for, but at last I saw it in the rear guard, and then, as the Indians gal loped their horses, I saw it come out from among the women and take a place in the ranks of the men. "The enemy came on now towards us at a brisk gallop, its line as straight as an arrow, and, as I tightened my waist band, I caught sight again of the horse with the white forelegs. It was in the very middle of the line. My joy was almost complete. "The enemy was now in the middle of the plain, an<l the time had come for action. The bugle sounded and we were off. slowly and quietly loping over the ground at first; then, as the enemy came nearer, thundering over the parched earth. Within gunshot we came and the Indians opened on us. A few of our men dropped, but we did not reply. On we thundered, and then a line of insipid, useless fire burst from our lines. "I heard a cry. I saw a fitfure —the figure of the girl I loved. There was a rushing and a growling and a thunder ing of hoofs. We were among them, cutting to the and left. We cut our way through them. I dashed for ward to where my love awaited me. "I leaned forward over my horse, seized her in one hand and lifted her, with a strength I knew not 1 possessed, and placed her on the saddle behind me. My bodyguard pi:iced themselves in a circle around me, the bugle sounded the charge again, the signal to commence firing, and then, wheel ing, we opened on tiiem with saber and carbine. Through their lines we went again, my gu trdsraen about me, mowing a hole for me through the red men. And then, safe in our own terri tory once more, I gave mv love into the safekeeping of my six faithful fellows, and they returned to our camp with her. "Is there anything else I can tell you? You know the result of that bat tle, and the major here is old enough in the service to remember the com mendation of congr.->-» with which I was honored. The tight lasted but a few moments, and then, beaten, half of their number dead, their chief, the great Deer Head. Willed, the enemy re treated in disorder "Without much ado. my Indian girl and I were marl ied at the little Mex ican church in the village. For some short, few years we were very happy, anil then the All Destroyer took her from me " Chicago Journal A DROP OF ETHER. In ClirmUtry a Smull Klfnmnt Count* for Much If* Itraulta. Among condiments alcohol must be reckoned. It is a pluralist condiment, however, and—it goes without saying —is a dangerous condiment in more senses than one. A good deal that has been said about alcohol might be urged against other condiments, says New Sci ence Review. Mustard, for example, if largely mixed with water and freely taken, produces vomiting and occasion ally inflammation of the intestinal mucous membrane. Suit, even under circumstances when not counterbal anced by vegetable juices, induces a disease of hideous type. In respect of alcoholics the result of their employ ment depends on the quantity and quality taken. Alcohol given quickly in large doses is a deadly jxiison. Di luted alcohol, taken slowly anil repeat edly during the day, irritates the mu cous membrane of the stomach, and aecondarily the neighboring organs, and docs violence to the delicate tis sues. The nearer the fluid Is to "at«o lute" alcohol, the more Injurious it is likely to prove. Hut the combinations of alcohol with other substances—be sides water —modifies its effect in some Instances for the better, In others for the worse. In looking through a pair of spectacles, the glasses of which are tinted with one metal the world seems of a fire tint, with another the world seems cold and ghastly, frozen and dead. Infinitesimal quantities of added matter, so to speak entirely alter the properties of the man. The domain of the infinitely minute Is a broad one. It was lately stated at a Scientific meeting that a single drop of ether thrown on the lloor of the lab oratory would entirely prevent the suc cess of experiments illustrative of cer tain electrical phenomena. A pin hole in the door of a photographer's "developing" room will ruin his freshly taken plates. rrniii noalilMM ('»»■. 3n« o on n tlin« 11 niun th«r«' «a Who atrongly aid ile*lr« A r»"»t t-> t»U<- from budnea* cure*— In Mhort. i:«t out. retire He told til ft friend* of his Intrut. Hn ifol outtilll*. In fact. To rk<H« Ul* **.ock nrirt liu*lre**» cul 110 iinwl hi* utmost liu-l But. *trangr* to *ay. hi* trade hfild up New tfood* he bail to hay. It looked it* It hi< couldn't <jutt. No mattnr how he'd try. (Tuttl one duy a frlrnd explalmwl Why he aiich trode had had. Aud now l<<- * out of It for lc p* lie * ordered o .t hi., nd I'rtnum Ink A Polite Jndse. An Irish judge hail a b Wit of t>eg ging pardon on nvrrv «> .i >n One day as he was nboiil i< I" lionch tl;>- • til i ser of wrt 1 nded him that ha had not • • ot death on one of • . a ■ lie had intended <■ I his lordship "I !>••« In IMHIOII tiring him up."—Titbits. V SHIPPING POULTRY. Directions for Mailing K*pres« Coops for Chicken* *ml Ducks. Poultry shipped alive to market should be well fattened, healthy and free from blemish. It is mostly used by city people who dislike fowls or ani mals in any way deformed; but for un blemished and well-fattened fowls are willing to pay the highest price. Be fore putting them in the coops, give plenty of feed ami drink. Feed grain only; meal sours. Do not overcrowd the coop, as it causes excessive heat and makes the fowls feverish and sick ly. If sent by express tho coop should be as small aud light as i <• ;<;,;»atil>le with sufficient ►trengih to 15...r ruigh handling. Freight ischargedon wcipht of coop as well as of poultry. Old roosters usually sell at half the price of fowls and young roosters are rated the same as chickens. Small and near by lots are best sent by express and the coops will be returned free of charge. These can be made smaller and lighter than those which are sent by freight. Following is a convenient size for express coops for fowls, chickens and ducks: Boards for ends and middle, each 2 feet long, 1 foot wide and X Inch thick, free from shakes or splits and of light, dry wood. For the bottom use boards 4 feet long and inch thick. For sides and top, clear, straight-grained plasterer's lath is the POCLTBY SHIPPING BOX. best and cheapest. Make the bottom of boards the same length as the laths, and of full width of the end and mid dle pieces. Nail the lower laths close against the bottom boards on both sides, to prevent the fowls from get ting their feet or legs out. Leave in terstices of about 2 inches between the laths on the sides, but only inches on top. This prevents the fowls from sticking their heads through and being Injured or killed, as one coop is placed on another. Screw the two middle laths on top that they may be easily removed. Nail a piece of thin, light hoop iron all around the ends and mid dle. For small spring chickens and pigeons make coops of the same di mensions but only 8 inches ltltfh, as only strong healthy pigeons are used for trap shooting. Do not put steal ers or young ones on, or any with clipped wings, as they will be thrown out when sold. For geese the coops should be 14, and for turkeys 1«J inches high. For shipping by freight or long distances, make 5X feet long 3 feet wide and I foot high for chickens, fowls and ducks; for geese 14 Inches high and for turkeys 10. The coop Is divided by a partition across the middle. Use posts 2 inches square for the corners and middle. The slats on each side next to the bottom should be 3 feet 6 inches long, the others at each end 3 feet long. The 5 Inches extension beyond the end of the coop Is to hold a feed trough. Tho long slats and bottom Wards are s)s feet long, all three-eighths of an Inch thick. The slats are from 2X to 3 Inches wide,-free from knots and straight grained. A V-shaped notch is cut in the projecting ends of the lower slats to hold the feed trough outside of the coop. Put the slats on the sides and ends about 2 inches apart but closer on top to pre vent the fowls from getting their heads through. Make a feed trough of two pieces of board 4or 5 Inches wide and the end of the coop with end blocks in and nail well in the notches of the bottom end pieces and to the side slat. The best feed to use Is cracked corn thoroughly soaked, as it holds the moisture and will not sour. The illus tration shows the heavy style of coop In perspective.—S. li. Conover, in Karm and Home. AMONG THE POULTRY. I'OUI.THY will suffer from Irregular feeding. CORN is a heat producer and wheat is an egg producer. SKK to it that the cabbage leaves go to the poultry. Cut them up. No Hfuuisii should be permitted about the houses or poultry yards. GitAMULATKP fresh bone and 6teamed cut hay are recommended by a poultry man for etfgs. Bun.l) the poultry house on the dry est convenient spot you can And, even if it is a sandbank. TCKN the eggs in the Incubator twice a day. Home declare that It is not nec essary, but don't believe it. IT may be safely assumed that a hen cannot remain healthy in foul quar ters, and without health she will not lay. SAVK all the green bones you have at hand for the poultry. Crush them if you have no liettrr way to make them fine.—Farmers Voice. Kcnp Only (Inn Br»«L !t is best to undertake only orn breed of fowls or, at most, two if both egtfs and broilers are desired. This will give you an opportunity to note closely the good points of the fowls and try to improve them. It will pay to start with a good breed, provided proper attention is given to the raising aod feeding. L'nder such conditions the thoroughbreds will al ways distance the barnyard fowls in the amount and quality of their prod ucts, but they will not stand neglect any better Time and trouble are re quired in grading up your stock, but they will run down hill rapidly and without effort if once you relax your care AD (7tt«r W*at«. Dnshfiway—l havo Just hcurd from Miss Penstock what an uncomfortable royage she had going over, and I wish now I hadn't sent her that live-jHmnd box of candy down to the steamer be fore she left. Cleverton—Why? Oashaway—Well, it was just like throwing money overl>oard. Brooklyn Life BualntM. Indiffnaxit Householder—Ju»t look at this, will you? Waterworks Official —It looks to me like a small eel. "That's just what it Is. I got It out of the liydraut this morning." "Ah! James, charge Mr. Smith with one small eel—ten cents." —Cincinnati Tribune 4 PromlM of HurreM. "Is everything prepared for the sew ing-circle?" "Yes; the tea is all ready to be made and Sophy Lis just gone down for the gum"-Judge. A Nora sign. Jhuson—lH Jackson making tuoneyV liilson—l guess so. He has begun calling his customers his clientele. —N. Y. Weekly. To lh« Point. Barber—How do you waut your hair i cut? ' Customer—Off. Harvard lampoon. RABBITS CAN FEED THE WORLD. They «uuid Soon Populate Ur| • blu* for a Meat Supply. With the constant increac of thj population of the world the dt: 'lplcs Malthus have predicted an Inadequate food supply for the future. chemists, says the Philadelphia Record, have sought to reassure ma* kind with the prophecy of food maaik facture in the laboratory from Ua basic elements of the earth, air ana water around us. A new hope for flbf poor Is now held out by a Norwegian sociologist, who finds a sure salvatiof In the rabbit. Meek little "bunny" II to keep the wolf from the door. "The rabbit," this new phllosopkes of diet declares, '"supplies In man* ways the requirements of 'the pool man's food.' The poor can easily rate them, for they are cheap to keep, an 4 their propagating power Is most trar r.'.inary. Pennant has calcul&kaf thul i'i»e pair will In four years' time, It ull the youuff ones be kept alive, bM multiplied into 1,274,840. A femalo r--.'.bit easts young one* eight time# I year; if she casts seven at the averuge, R!IC ' ears fifty-si*, all told, In a year. Let us say she bears fifty per cent,, and est iiuate each at ten pound'-.; r* duces 500 pounds of meat in a yi.r A* many poor peoplecould get the r:. t'f food free of cost, they would p;\ . .it ly K*"t a few hundred pounds of m, nothing. Then, too, the rabLit ' tip are worth something, when prepa. «•<! Under various names 90,000,000 rabUn skins are exported yearly from Au tralia to London. London alone u*ae every week 500,000 rabbits, most ol which come from Belgium. Belgium earns yearly $10,000,000 to $19,000,000 on rabbits, and France $80,000,000." The best breed for the purposes ol food, in the opinion of this writer, is the Korman rabbit, bred in the neigh borhood of Cherbourg and Rouen. Q the domestic raising of rabbits should be begun on a wholesale Scale in the United State* the government would eventually be ohliged to regulate th« prolific rate of productivity or the woe§ of the farmers and of the south Cali fornia fmit-raisers would overwhelm the country. PROWS ON LOCOMOTIVES. Ma/ Be Useful Iti DlmtnUhlux the RaaUt anro of the Air. An Interesting attempt to get rid of a a part of the resistance which a railr way train encounters in through the air is being made M France. It is easy to understand that the pressure on the front of a swiftlj moving locomotive, which equals the force of a strong pale of wind, can only be overcome by an expenditure of en ergy greater than would otherwise b* required to run the train. U that pressure could be removed, or consider ably decreased, less coal would have to be burned. Experiments to diminish the pressure were begun in Franco about elght*- years ago, and a practical outcome has just been reached, aocordlng te* Youth's Companion. The plan adoptea Is very simple. Inclined planes are a»> » tached to the fore end of the locomo tive in such a way that instead of « square front It presents to the air a ) sharp prow, like that of a ship. It might be thought that little would 2 be gained In this way, but repeat*) j trials have shown that in some cases as ' much as ten or twelve per cent, oaa \ thus be saved in the consumption a 4 1 coal, and the average saving amounts j to about five per cent. J This is so Important an Item that a j large number of locomotives on the | railway system connecting Paris wilfe j points on the Mediterranean have re- ' cently been fitted with the new devie* j When the wind is blowing directly la • the face of the locomotive the resisV j ance to be overcome Is, of course, much : Increased, and the value of a prow- ; shaped front is proportionately greater, j In some of the experiments it was '■ shown that ty the combined effects oi placing the inclined planes In front and filling up the spaces between the spokes of the wheels one-half of the air resist ance could be done away with. A CURIOUS INDUSTRY. U rinding iUion a I.ncrattvs l»rofea»lon for Home Thrifty Souls. "We get razors from all over the oountry," said the proprietor of a razor grinding shop. "The razor gets worn down so that honing will not suffice to put It into condition. The razors gel Into the barber shops and the barber* send them to us—that Is, they are sont by the out-of-town barbers. We have a list of our regular customers In the city, and our men visit the shops to get the razors In need of repair. "Only a large city can afford to keep the appliances necessary for the deli cate work on finely-tempered razors. The principal reason for this is the price of grindstones and a thorough knowledge of the craft. The only good grindstones for use on razors come from Germany. Ohio has grindstones, but they are Inferior for sharpening purposes to the German article, no mat ter what Ohio manufacturers may say. We now make as good razors here M they do In England or Germany; but we can't make them as cheap. Up to ten years ago it was thought that the reason that wo could not temper ou> razors as well as they do it In England was because of a peculiar deficiency In our water. That has been proved to be a fallacy, as we now manufacture razors in Massachusetts and in Newark fully as good as they are made In Eng land. All English razors, you know, are Bent to Germany to be concaved. Thai is because of the superiority of the German grindstones." A Woman's Knife. About one woman In twenty owns a pocketkulfe and her selection 1s some what different from that of her brother. She, as a rule, fancies a small knlfo, sometimes tiny, and sho pays much at tention to the handle. Some of her fancies are In turquoise, while man» are In pearl, says Hardware. She rare" carries this knife In her pocket and it can also bo said that she never receives as u present one of these articles from • male acquaintance. A Hlilng Thermometer. "What Is It that keeps you busy writ ing so late In your study ever}' night?" asked Mrs. Yerger of her husband. "I am writing the history of my life." "I supposo you mention me in it." "Oh, yes; I call you the sunshine of my existence." "Do I really throw so much sunshine into your daily life?" "I refer to you as tho sunshine of my existence because you make It hot for me." A rise in the thermometer occurred immediately after tho foregoing con versation. —Alex Sweet, Ift Texus Sift" Ings. Ample Compensation. "Will you kindly take off your hat?" said the gentleman behind the glcl with the mammoth headgear. "I wonl aee my 11.50 worth of the show If yens don't." "No, sir," replied the girl, amiably, as she turned around and smiled serene ly upon him. "Yon may be deprived at a show worth SI.BO, but please to re member you aru peraiitted to see a hat worth $.15." —Chicago Record. A Lullaby Failure. " My mamma * pane away. And pops'* come to *luy, Uks her to sing his girlie Into nloep—slee|»— sleep: I'll quickly mako believe I slumber. i»ud deceive, tho dolsc bo'H Wfop tort illeaco keep c . -mq ■ NoO
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