VOX,. XXXIII
- -#Martincooft & Co. Aways Lead.#-
Have you been locking at buggies and wondering how they
coi-'d be made for the price the dealer asked you? If so,
then call at ojr store and you will think the manufacturer
stole the material to make them of, when you see good bug
g;es for the price other* sell shoddy for. We never buy a
cents worth on time. Have been in the business many,
mpny years. We know what we are selling and tell you
straight. "Never misrepresent or try to get rich off our
customers," has alway been our motto and has built up for
us the largest trade in Western Pennsylvania. No differ
ence what you want about your buggy, wagon or harness,
come here and see the largest stock in our line you have
ever seen, at prices below what any other firm does or can
make. It won'; cost you anything to try it and satisfy
yourself.
Thankful for past favors, we are,
"SKF S. B. HARTINCOURT <& CO.
128 East Jefferson St. Butler, Pa.
T. H. Burton T. H. Burton
Why is it that T. H. BURTON is always busy in his store?
Simpl) because the people of Butler county appreciate the
fact that he has the best selected stock of
Foreign and Domestic Suitings
extra pants and \'cr's and Boy's Furnishing Goods, ever
brought to Butler, and sells ihem for less money.
We guarantee everything that goes out of our store to give
perfect satisfaction or money cheerfully refunded.
T. H. Burton T. H. Burton
+ Our July Clearance Sale *
Has made this the busiest July in the history
of this Store.
We will continue to sell throughout July
5 .x:, 75c and SI.OO hats at 15c. 25, 35 and some 50c hats at 9c.
25c Quills 15c or 2 for 25c. One lot Quills 2 tor 3c.
50 and 75c Silk Gloves for 19c. 25 and 3j LUe Glover ?- 9c.
50c Corsets at 39c. 75c Corsets at 50c. SI.OO Corsets at 75c.
Watch this space for Underwear Specialties.
M. F. & M. MARKS.
113 to 117 South Main Street, Butler, Pa.
+NOTICE*
4NBW FIRM*
I have taken into partnership, Mr. Edward J. Grohman, and the
drug business will be conducted in the future under the firm
name of Redick & Grohman. Mr. Grohman is no stranger in
this community. He has been connected with our house fot
the past seven years, and it gives me pleasure to testify that he
understands his business thoroughly. He is a graduate of the
Pittsburg College of Pharmacy, is also a Registered Pharmacist.
I take this opportunity to return thanks to a generous public
for the liberal patronage extended to me for so many j ears, and
I hope to have a continuance of the same as we are now better
prepared to serve our patrons than ever before.
Respectfully,
J. C. REDICK.
DIAMONDS Kl.'lj , EAR HINf.S. » acAl>F pIJJa BX (j Ds .
GWJ A rpf« T-T MIKNTS' GOLI), I.AIHES' GOLD.
* Vrtiaa l GENTS' SI I. Vl£lt, LADHf.H CiUTLAIN.
JEWBLRV \ (!old nns - Ear Kings. Rings.
4IU WUAJXVI / CUftlns. Bracelets, Etc.
CZTT-XT *1 Di TTET M T8 Tea Sets. Castors, Butter Dishes anil Everything
WW /lltuj that ran be round in a llrst class store..
RODGF3 BROS. 1874 } KNIVBB ' FORK - Bpoc^ s iplk FI A-*
E. GRIEB, JE ™ L L E K.
No. 139 North Main St, Butler, Pa.
+UTBT SLLLL. * BEST HMDS*
♦moo mi * HiR PIICB+
I! These are the things that have enabled me to build up a lirst-class tailoring trade
during the last year.
We have the most skillful, painstaking cutter; employ none but the very best
workmen; handle nothing but the very !>est goods, both foreign and domestic and
guarantee you perfect satisfaction in each and every particular, and for all this
cLarge you simply a fair living profit.
J. S. YOUNG,
Tailor, Hatter and Men's Furnisher, "" ° p
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Eatty to Take
any to Operate
I Axe features p ;enl!ar to Hood's Pills. Small io
! size, tasteless, efficient, thorough. As one nian
Hoods
I said: •' Youn( ter know you
have taken a t ill till it Is all _ I I a
over." 25c. C.r. Hood & £«., 111
I Proprietors, i owell. Mass. ™
The only pills o tak« rith Iluod's Sarsaparilla.
MILLERS
GREAT
88-CENT
SALE.
would Wmakf7 money?
IPSO.
Attend This Sale
$1.50 Men's Shoes reduced to 88c
$1.25 Men's Shoes reduced to BC'c
SI.OO Men's Shoes reduced to 88c
$1.25 Boy's Shoes reduced to 88c
OUR LEADERS GO At 88c.
Men's Oil Grain 2-buckel shoes 88c
Men's Oil Grain Creole Shoes 88c
Men's S Kip Brogans 88c
Ladies calf and oi! grain shoes 88c
IT IS WONDERFUL
WHAT 88c WILL DO
Men's Ball Shoes reduced to 88c
Youths' Bicycle Shoes 88c
Misses' Strap Sandals go at SCc
Ladies' Fine Dongola Oxfords 88c
Have You Got 88c?
if > r ou have, bring it to us I
and we will give you more for it
than you ever got before. If you
have not got it, borrow it and at
tend this
Great 88 Gent Sale,
AT
Butler's Progressive Shoe House.
2i5 South Main St., BUTLER PA
C. E. MILLER,
REP/.tflNli PROMPTLY DONE.
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All grad>- of rnderwer at very
low prices.
Largest stock of hats and
furnishings for gentleman ni the
country. An inspection will prove
this to any ones satisfacture.
Colbert & Dale.
242 ?. Main St., Butler, envt'p
The Place to Buy
GAS COOK
ING AND HEATING STOVES,
GAS BURNERS AND FIX
TURES, HOSE, BATH TUBS,
ENAMEL AND
IMPROVFD WELSH6ACH GAS
BURNER,
W. E O'BRIEN LON
107 East Jefferson St.
Li- C% WICK.
DBALKR 111
Rough and Worked Lumber
OP AL. KINDS
Dours, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings,
Shingles and Lath
Always In Stoek.
LIME. HAIR AND PLASTIiK
Office opposite P. & 4 W. Depot,
rUTIjRK
V.)u Liii\ i" iHi) 1 .
~i». aQK BRUtf.
W * will % 1 iw-l Lux turrU
BUTLER . PA.,THURBDAY. JULY 30, 1890.
X WIXiIiIAJH T. r»ICHOL«S.
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XXII.
Whatever business was occupying
Lamar, it was not the sort to be dis
posed of quickly. Hour after hour
passed,and still he did not rejoin us. At
lost I climbed the stairs and, knocking
at the door of his room, asked if there
was anything he desired us to do.
"At present, nothing," he answered.
"No use tryin' to nudge him," John
son observed, when I returned to the
living-room. "He'll let us know fast
enough when the time comes. You'd
better get some sleep, doctor, if you
can curl up comfortable In a chair. I'll
stand watoh."
Nothing better suggesting itself, I
tried to foilow the fisherman's advice,
at first with very indifferent success.
The events of the evening had not been
of the sort to make one sleepy. So I
sat in my corner speculating on the
probable outcome of the encounter.
What Lamar's plans would be It was
difficult to foretell. Physically he was
in poor condition to undertake further
flight from his enemies, yet he would
hardly dare to remain without estab
lishing a small standing army. John
son had covered himself with glory, but
he was but one man; and I did not
enumerate myself as part of the bel
ligerent force. Again, the excitement
and worry the presence of his enemies
must cause, would certainly have an
extremely bad effect upon I.amar, ag
gravating his disease and cutting short
even the scant allowance of time I had
estimated as his. If anything could
have overcome my extreme repulsion
for him, it must have been the cool
courage, he had displayed in the face
of danger; but, though I appreciated
It, I could not bring myself to a more
kindly feeling for the man who had ex
hibited It in such trying circuriistunees.
What would Dorothy have to say such
part of the tale as I could tell her? I
was thinking more of her and lees of
Lamar, when my eyes closed for weari
ness.
Johnson's hand on my shoulder
brought me back from my dreams.
"He's called for you," he said. "He
wants yon to go up to his room."
"Very well; I'll go; but what's t3ie
time?" I asked, grinding my knuckles
into my eyes.
" 'Most six o'clock. The sun's just
rlsiß*."
Reaching the head of the stairs, I
heard Lamar's voice from the resir
room, one which he had never before
invited me to enter.
"Come in," he said. "I regret to havo
detained you so long, but my task Is at
last completed."
In spite of his efforts to maintain the
old steady tone, his voice sounded
hoarse and full of weariness; and all
that it suggested was more than borne
out by his fo-cc, upon which fell the cold
light of the morning, revealing with
pitiless distinctness the traces of the
struggle of an indomitable will agabist
physical weakness. His pallor was
ghastly, the skin was drawn above the
temples, the cheeks were sunken, the
lines about the mouth were grown to
furrows. His eyes burned with a fever
ish fire. The hand which rested on the
desk at which he sat shook, notwith
standing its support. I had never seen
the man in such a state—so completely
mastered by his infirmities. How he
had been able to work through the night
was almost beyond comprehension,
though the bottle of brandy at his el
bow showed that he had had the aid of
a stimulant. It had carried him
through, but at a fearful pz-ice. Plain
ly, it was no longer a question of weeks
or months with him; his daj-s, perhaps
his hours, were numbered.
On the desk before him lay a sealed
letter, a check book, u Bheet of paper
covered with figures and the little black
valise which he had guarded so jealous
ly on our journey to Itodneytown, and
which I had not rested eyes upon sine?
the day of our arrival.
He motioned me to a seat beside him.
"Dr. Morris," said he, "last night's
visitation warned me to perform cer
tain duties which, in view of my fail
ure of health, had too long been neg
lected. I d«sire your assistance in the
completion of them."
"I am at your orders," said I. "For
the little while that remains for you,"
I added, to myself.
He opened the hand bag and took
from it a paper, which, upon being un
folded, appeared to be a petition or
agreement of some sort; for appended
to several closely-written paragraphs
was a long list of signatures. He gave
me no time, however, to decipher either
text or names. Striking a match, liesct
fire to the document, which was burn
ing briskly before he dropf>ed it to the
floor. As the flame grew I saw that
übout it lay several little heaps of
fluffy asli, no doubt nil that, remained
of other papers he had chosen to put
out of the way. He watched the fire
creep along until the whole sheet, was
ablaze.
"If the question arise, as It may, you
can make oath that a document of this
appearance was destroyed," said La-
Uiar. "You may feel free to do so. No
one suffers by the destruction of it,
though many might by its preserva
tion."
"I will certify to the fact," said I.
"But who will make inquiry about It?"
"Possibly no one. But, if inquiry is
made, they who ask will understand."
He oyened the check-book and
passed it to me. It was one I had given
to him months before, though, as the
funds deposited in the bank at Trent
stood in my name, he could have had
little use for the book. In fact., none
of the printed forms had been filled In.
"I desire to make provision for John
son," he explained. "He is deserving
of a reward. Mako a check to hla
order."
"Very well," said I, picking up a pen.
"For how much?"
"Five thousand dollars."
I looked at him In wonder. Was he
playing a practical joke of some sort?
But he met my gaze, and repeated his
words: "Five thousand dollars!'';
After all, to a man In his position the
fisherman's services certainly had been
valuable. I filled up the form, and tore
it from its stub. Lainar took the slip
of paper and thrust It into his pocket.
"You comprehend the reason in.thesc
matters," said he. "It Is necessary to
nrraage with an eye to the worst. I
fear a sudden failure, a collapse. If
such should be my end, I wish to have
my affairs In order. For Johnson pro
vision is now made. To Martha, who
has been a faithful servant, I would
give, let us say, SSOO. I count upon you
to arrange the mutter."
"I will do sfl," said I.
"And as for yourself —"
"You have paid me well," I broke in.
But he continued:
"As for you, I desire this: when my
death comes, you will regard as your
own the money deposited in the bank In
your name. There will be no rival
claimant. From my memory of the
account you submitted recently, I am
convinced that you w-ill find a consider
able sum remaining after the two pay
ments you know of have been made. I
may tell you that the fund has been of
late replenished."
"But why should you make me such
a bequest?" I began. "I thank you,
but—"
"It is no case for thanks," said he.
"Am I not free to do as pleases me with
my own? Moreover, I have yet another
request."
He poured a little brandy into a glass
end gulped It down. Then, picking up
the letter, he said:
"This I desire you to place in the post
at the railway town at once. Then send
a telegraphic message. Please write
the words; 'Search ended, but without
result. Documents burned.' The ad
dress the same as that of the letter."
"What signature to the dispatch?"
"None is required. Go at once, and
return as soon as possible."
"I shall Btart immediately," said I,
rising. "Take my advice and get some
rest, if you can. I need not tell you
how you need it. By the way, double
the dose of that medicine I brought you
last night. I shall return within three
hours, and In that time it ought to have
some effect."
He bowed gravely, and I left hini
seated at his desk, a mere wreck of the
man he hud been even a few hours be
fore. In that strong morning light
death's seal appeared to bo upon liim.
Cautioning Johnson not to leave the
house, I hurried across the plain to Mrs.
Weston's, harnessed the buy more husti-
Iv than he ever had been liarnessed be
, fore, and started him off briskly along
the Bassettvllle road. I drove fast that
morning, as fast as even the swift road
| ster cared to go. The telegraph oper
! ator was just coming on duty when I
j reined up beside the platform of the
' railway station, and to him I lost no
time in committing the message. Its
address, which I copied from that of
the letter, was the banking house in
New York with which Lamar had com
municated previously. Five minutes
later I had posted the letter, and was
beginning my journey homeward.
Sam Carpenter gave me a friendly
greeting as I passed his stable, but
there was no time for gossip, and the
bay sped by at a gait which no doubt
satisfied him that there was urgent
need of my services in Itodneytown.
Nor did I draw rein until the farm
houses were close at hand and I saw
Dorothy at Mrs. Clark's door.
"Where in the world have you been?'*
she asked, running across the yard to
the road, and gazing up at me anxious
ly. "Mrs. Weston says that you were
away all night. And your horse looks
as if you had been trying to drive him
to death."
"You shall hear all about it, Dorothy,"
I answered, "but I can't tell you now.
||L
/* —
I left him seated at hii (leak.
I must go on to Lamar's; but I'll come
back as soon as I can. Things have hap
pened which may make a great differ
ence to us."
I left her somewhat piqued, perhaps,
by my brusqueness, and drove on
♦toward the house on the knoll. John
son was awaiting me at the base of the
landward Bide of the elevation.
"Anything new?" I asked, as I leaped
from the buggy.
"Notliin' for the last hour or so. Soon
ufter you left he called me up and give
me somethin' —I guess j-ou know what.
Since then I've heard nothln' from him."
I ran into the house, climbed the
stairs, und knocked at Lauiur's door.
There was no response. I softly turned
the knob, thinking that he might be
asleep. He was still seated in liis chair,
but his head had fiillen forward upon
the desk, and his arms hung motionless.
I sprang to him, raised him, and caught
sight of his face. One look was enough.
Lamar wes beyond the reach of his
enemies.
As to the manner of his death I was
not long left In doubt.. Beside the desk
wn» found a little phial in which re
mained % few drops of a solution of;
arsenic. Months before I had
him the poison, to bo used, as he had ex-|
plained, in certain of his chemical ex
periments. With the foes who hod pur
sued him so relentlessly close upon him,
and with a mortal disease dally sapping
his strength, he had chosen thus to end
his troubles, ne died, I think, as he had
lived, strong In his passions and his
courage.
It was to be desired, for many reasons,
to avoid the notoriety which must sure-'
!y follow a disclosure of the circum-,
stances of his end. Johncon and I
could be depended upon to keep our
counsel, and old Martha probably had.
heard nothing of the attack, and had
no reason to suppose her employer's
death to have been due to other than
natural causes; but even a suspicion
of suicide would give riso to most un
pleasant gossip, and quite possibly to
an official investigation. By law, a cer
tificate of death had to be filed with
the town clerk. I realized the weight
the people would attach to Bonks' sig
nature to such a document In case any
question of Its accuracy arose, and de
termined to secure It. My senior heard
what I had to say of the facts—enough,
probably, to give him an inkling of the
truth. Then he seated himself at La
mar's desk —I had taken him to the
house on the knoll to view the body of
its late master—and filled out a certifi
cate.
"This will, I think, meet your re
cmhrMiM'nte," said ho. "It is not too
._, „ mil serve, it is record
ed Here that your patient died of 'heart
failure.' "
[TO BE COXTTN-rED.)
HEIRS TO A THRONE.
Early Exploit* of the Two Son* of the
Archduke Karl Ludatß.
Two young Austrian princes, w ho, by
the death of their father. Archduke
Charles Louis, are brought into the line
of immediateguceescsion,t>eara populnr
Ul-repute which would have lieen exces
sive even In the Munich or Stuttgart of
a generation ego. says the Saturday .Re
view. Both are reputed to be unable to
read and write correetJy any one of the
languages in which nn Austrian ruler is
supposed to be proficient.
After the suicide of Archduke Ru
dolph, in 18S9, an effort was made to
train the mind of the elder of these
cousins. Archduke Francis Ferdinand.
He was sent on a tour around the world,
and the pretense was carried to the
length of issuing a record of observa
tions which he was paid to have written.
All that he really derived from the jour
ney was a malady from which he is now
slowly dying.
He Is the prince who scandalized
Vienna In his youth by halting a peas
ant funeral procession which he met
whilerlding.nnd compelling the mourn
ers to hold the bier while he leaped his
horse backward and forward over the
coffin. His uncle, the emperor, thrashod
him with a stick for this* exploit, al
though he was at the time a grown man
and an o£Rco>r In the nrmy. His brother
Otto Is the hero of another exploit, in
volving a public insult of the grossest
kind to his own wife, for w lilch the Aus
trians were delighted to learn that he
also felt the emperor's cane.
In explanation, though not in de
fense, of their vicious worthleesness, it
is remembered that these young men in
herit not only the worst qualities of the
degenerated Hapsburg blood, but are
grandsons of that criminal lunatic
whom Englishmen still remember —the
Neapolitan "Boinba."
GAME BUTCHERS' WORK.
Wanton Slaughter Hunter* In the
Jirktnn Hole Country.
The American Field Jumps upon the
foreigners who come to the United
States, seek out those localities where
most of the big game is to be found,
and then lay themselves down to the
work of slaughtering It with rifles. A
favorite resort of these game butchers
is the Teton Basin. Here are found elk,
deer and antelope, which are being
killed off rapidly. The Teton Basin,
Jackson's Hole, is much lower than the
National Yellowstone park, and much
of the big game migrates south to it,
as a warmer climate Is to be found in
the valley. It is here that the hunters
from abroad congregate, and in spite
of the Wyoming state laws kill game
wantonly. If these men would kill a
couple of heads of each kind, taking
care of the meat, and following up
wounded game, little or no objection
would bo made.
These hunters, some of whom are
Americans, puss through the national
park on their way home with wagou
loads of skins and horns. The law in
relation to transporting game reads
that "possession within the park of the
dead bodies or any part thereof of any
wild bird or animal shall be prima facie
evidence that the person or persons
having the same are guilty of violating
this act." With this act behind him
the superintendent could squelch the
wholesale slaughterers of game in the
region of the Yellowstone park. Capt.
Anderson, the superintendent, is urged
to make an effort to enforce the law.
What would be better yet would be the
annexation of the Jackson's Hole coun
try to the Yellowstone park.
MOURNING ON MEN'S HATS.
Prevalence of the Custom and Vurloui
Degree* of Grief Indicated.
The custom among men of wearing
mourning upon the hat is increasing In
its observance rather than decreasing.
Crape, however, which was formerly
exclusively used for this purpose, has
now been almost entirely supplanted
by bombazine. Years agj It was cus
tomuiy to sew on a row of tiny black
beads, set at a little distance apart,
along the seam of the band where it
was joined at the side, but this is now
very rarely done. There 2s now put on
around the hat over the lower edge of
the band, where it meeta tho brim, a
narrow silk ribbon to make a finish.
For loss of wife the band of mourn
'jig worn upon a silk hat is carried to
within an eighth of >tn inch of the topj
for the loss of a parent the band is car
oled to within m inch of the top; for
lelatives other than wife or parent, the
band Is worn three-quarters the height
of the hat.
The mourning band for a silk hat is
specially fitted to it and made for it;
for ftraw hats and for soft hats an
English cloth band 's provided, which
can be slipped down over the crown of
the hut.
The "FemlnUt" Cougron*.
At the international "feminist" con
gress which was held in Park last
month Mme. Maria I'ogon was proposed
as president, whereupon Mme. l.eonie
Bouzade rose and said that there wero
some lady doctors present who should
hai o precedence over the lulutreAs of a
lodging-house. That uiitde trouble,
and Mme. Rouzade was BO sore bese T
that she arose aguln, and exclaimed:
"Do not Insult me; my husband is
here, and he is a member of a municipal
council." This appeal to the tyrant
man utterly scandalized the delegates,
and an uproar ensued, which is said to
have had a disastrous effect upon the
nerves of the audi«nce.
Mummifying the I>ead.
A method of mummifying the dead by
absorption of humidity and g:ise« after
the body is placed in the coffin has been
devised by an Italian nnmed Vercelloni.
The body seems to be preserved as if In
life, excepting that the color in the yel
lowish copper tint peculiar to Egvpt
tian mummies.
Ufllei Idle.
Detroit's celebrated park, Belle Isle,
waa purchased by the city in 1R79 for
$20(1,000. Since then over ? 1,000,000 lias
been spent In Ix-autlfylng the spot.
Proper Place for It.
She (sentimentally) What poetry
there is in a Are.
He (sadly)— Yes, a great deal of my
poetrj* has gone there.—Tit-Bits.
Modern I.oie.
He —When did you love me most?
She—The day you had your pay
raised.—Town Topic*.
Dental.
She—What superb teeth she hasl
He—Yes, but they are false.
She—Why do you think so?
He—She told my sister she inherited
them from her mother.—Bay City Chat.
Doing Well.
"So Pitkins has gone into the shoo
business. How is he doing?"
"Fine. He's selling his goods right
and left.—Brooklyn Life.
Still In Evidence.
Mrs. Nagger—The lecture business
seems about played out.
Mr. Nagger (sadly)— Yes, all but the
curtnln variety.—Town Toj^icj.
SUDDENLY BECAME RICH
Canadian Miner Fouud u Mnuntrou* l.uiup
of l'mMoiu Mt uL
A prospecting miner returning, w ear
ried and d isgusted, from an unsuccessful
season, stumbled across a IwwUler so
rich in gold that in an instant lie is a
millionaire, says the New York Joui -
i '. It reads like a fairy tale, but it
hapi-ei. » '<* true.
There is .v.,!. f ;-y evidence of the
truth of Martin Nt < '"rful find.
It was on Monday, April 2., t..-. My
was returning to Rossland, B. C., a;":cr
an unsuccessful prospecting trip in the
Salmon river district. He had reached
| the Columbia river at a point six mi « s
north of Trail Landing, B. C., at about
noon, and, selecting a site on the bank
of the stream, at the foot of Lookout
mountain, sat down to eat his dinner.
As he munched his humble, food ho
; noticed a huge bowlder, half buried in
the sand, in a dry portion of the riven
I bed, not. far from "where he sat.
When he had finished meal h<?
I walked over to the bowlder, examining
1 it in a casual manner, and then, as his
I experienced eye detected signs of the
| precious metal for which he had vainly
i sought for months, he attacked the
; great gray mass with his pick, working
j with feverish energy. He almost
swooned when a fragment of rock came
j away, showing distinctly the trace of
gold and copper.
"I am rich," he shouted. Then lie
proceeded to take specimens of the ore
from a dozen places on the bowlder,
staked out his claim, hurried into Row
land, arriving late In the afternoon.and
recorded the claim. The next day he
had his specimens assayed by different
experts, who found that the ore ran in
value all the way from four to fifty
eight dollars to the ton.
When he told of his groat fortune,
there was a wild rush to the place. A
surveyor accompanied Neillj to his
bonanza, and, after making measure
ments, declared that the bowlder
weighed approximately 20,000 tons, and
that, In round numbers, it will prove to
be worth $1,000,000.
FOLDING KITES.
A NoTelty from France That Close* Uk«
an l iuhrclla
A novelty from France is a folding
kite. Folded up it looks somewhat like
a small rolled-up umbrella; <»j>eucd out
ready to fly its shape is like that of the
kite commonly know n as the bow kite.
It has a single upright stick, which is
30 Inches In length. The bow is formed
of two light steel ribs, one on either
side of the stick, which are raised into
place and bowed into form, as the ribs
of an umbrella are raised; there are
braces running from the ribs to a metnl
band which slides on the stick, like the
sliding ferrule on the handle of an um
brella; when the bow is raised and in
place it is held there by turning a little
metal button attached to the kite stick
under the band to which the braces are
attached. As the ril* are raised their
Inner ends, where they meet at the
stick, near the top, bow up into a light
metal holder which projects slightly on
either side of the stick and which holds
the two portas of the bow In line.
The kite is covered with light muslin)
they are used In covering the kites
muslins of various colors, so that some
of the kites are red, some blue, and so
on. The tail Is of string with little
parti-colored bunches of muslin cut
tings attached along Its length, as lit
tle bunches of paper are sometimes at
tached to string kite tails; at the end
there is a little bag in which may be
placed a marble or other weight, if more
ballast is required. In a high wind.
NO CALF THERE.
The ltoy Kuan WUut to Expect If lie
lieturnecL
The l»y w as starting out In the world
to make a living, and possibly a name
for himself. His father had given hin:
some money and a great deal of advice.
He had a situation In prospect, and ns
he had never taken kindly to farm work.
It looked like a good opportunity for
him, says the Detroit Free Press.
"Thur's one thing I winter say ter
ye," the old man said as he handed the
youngster Ills luggage out of the spring
wagon at the statiort, "an' I wantyer to
understan' thet I say It in all kindness.
Ye're goin' away from home weth purtv
good prospecks."
"Yes, dad."
"An' at the same timo ye're goin' ter
move Inter the neighborhood o' the
wicked whur yer foot's liable ter slip
any minute."
"Yes, dad."
"Wall, whut I wan ter say is jes' this:
Home's goin' ter stay right here whur
ye kin alius turn to it. But times he/
been mighty hard lately on' this farm
never wan't no great shakes no how."
"I know It, dad."
"So ye might ez well understan' thet
ef ye com© back 'cause ye wanter sej
the folks ag'in, ye'll git yer wish, butef
ye come buck lookin' fur fatted calf,
ye're powerful likely ter get dlsap
p'inted."
Guarding AgHlnxt Accident*.
It was a London diamond broker and
he was trying to get into the social
swim. At last he received cards for a
certain imposing function, but, unfor
tunately, about the same time, was
forced to assume the leading role in an
unsavory police court case. "You 'ave
done it," exclaimed his friends. "You
vill get a leedle note to say der dance
has been postponed, and you vill not I*>
told when der day Is!" "Nod so," ex
claimed the Jew; "I have der invitation
to Somerset house taken to get it
stamped. It is now a contract."
TC>atmln*ter Ilall.
Westminster hall has been closed to
the public, except wheu under surveil
lance, since the dynamite explosions
11 years ago. The St. James Gazette
suggests that it is time to take away
the policemen and to let visitors enter
the hall freely.
l-'lmt Htrent Ilall road.
The first stret railroad was laid in
New York in 1532, between the city hall
and Fourteenth street.
I'reiterrlnK yatet.
"Who was that ringing ut the front
door last night?"
"The policeman."
"What did he want?"
"He wanted the baby to stop crying.
It kept him awake."—Bay City Chat.
Ilopeles*.
She—Poor Mrs. Weed! She regular
ly attends those spiritualistic seances
and tries to communicate with her hus
band's spirit.
He —That's silly. The poor fellow
never had any. —Brooklyn Life.
Not » yuewtloa of Arithmetic.
"I hear you're very good ut arithme
tic, Bobby," said the visitor, pleasantly.
"Sure," returned Bobby, without look
ing up from his play.
"Well, If I should tell you when your
papa and your mamma were born could
you tell me how old they are?" asked
the visitor.
"I could tell you how old pap is,"
answered the boy.
"And not how old mother is?"
The boy shook his head.
"Arithmetic hasn't anything to do
with n woman's age," he said.—Chicago j
Pcmt.
CAPONIZING TABLE.
A Subject of Great Interest to I'ttrinCn
I.King Near Cities.
About four years ago, through the
influence of an intimate frieud, 1 v. us
jxsrsuaded to experiment in a small \\ay
with capons. The departure was prac
tically a new thing for me, and it was
with some trepidation that I entered
into it, but now, after knowing of its
merits and its few if any disadvantage*.
1 wonder that caponizing is not better
known and more widely practiced than
it is. Anyone with a little enterprise
can successfully perform the operation ,
and grow capons to perfection, and
once having given it a ttial, they will
never fail to caponizeall their cockerels
that are not desirable for breeding pur
poses, and thus be able to furnish their
table with a delicacy whith our wealthy
epicures of the city prize very highly.
The operation, pays a writer Ui the
Orange Judd Farmer, Is performed on
a table made for the purpose, about 3
feet high and 1y # feet wide by 3 long.
The bird is placed upon the table as in
dicated in the accomparying cut, the
legs being secured under the padded
lever (a) at the operator's right, and the
wing's by the loop of strong cloth (b)
attached to the lever (c) at the left and
coming up through the hole in the left
i enter of the table, passing around the
wings. The weights on the two levers
should be in proportion to the size nnd
strength of the bird; thi»n after pluck
ing a few feathers from the side of
the cockerel just in front of the thigh,
cut a slit between the last two ribs,
well up towards the back, and after
adjusting the "spreader," the operator
can see what remains to be done very
plainly. Some cut only one side, but I
prefer to work from both sides, as it
is much more convenient, and usually
takes no longer.
Some care should be exercised in per
forming the operation lest the largo
artery following along the backbone
Is ruptured, since that would cause the
Immediate death of the chicken; still
there is no loss, for he only provide* us
with a good broiler! Then, too, another
thing to expect is from 13 to 25 per cent,
"slips"—these are cockerels on which
imperfect operations were performed,
and as they mature the comb grows,
and to all appearances they are roosters.
Possibly the most important factor of
all in a successful operation is having
the cockerel at the proper age. lam
better acquainted with the Plymouth
Kocks than any other breed, and with
them about 3% months seems to be the
proper age. Those breeds which mat ure
much earlier, like the Leghorns, should
be operated upon much younger, while
a Brahma could possibly be caponized
when five or six months old, and not
have much danger attending the work.
As soon as caponized the chicken
should be given all the ground feed and
drink it wishes, for it is hungry, since,
in order to facilitate matters, the cock
ereJ should be fasted about 30 hours
previous to the operation; in three
days' time the wound should be healed
over, and in twoor three weeks It would
be quite difficult to find even a scar.
Now we have a bird that will pat. on
flesh at. a surprising rate; the meat Is
of a delicious flavor and very tender
and juicy, and with the same amount
of feed, a capon will weigh about a third
more at a given age than if left as a
rooster. It is well worth the trouble to
have the noisy young cockerels trans
formed Into a quiet, lazy bird, even if
we were recompensed in no other way,
but the price to be obtained for capons
is what pleases the grower of them
most of all, as the regular quotations
range from six to ten cents above the
ordinary chicken. I weM remember the
first year I engaged in this department
of my poultry work, when I sold 20
capons averaging eight pounds at 25
cents per pound, one of which dressed
9% pounds, and a well-known lawyer
paW me $2.37 for the same. So we seo
the advantages are threefold—a better
price, a larger bird and » quiet bird.
IN THE POULTRY YARD.
niack feathered fowls have a white
skin. White skinned fowls usually sell
at a less price than yellow-skinned
/owls.
Young Guineas do not thrive well if
hatched too early. Taking one year
with another June is plenty early to
have them hatch.
A filthy drinking fountain will breed
disease sooner than anything else, and
easily becomes foul when a large num-
I ber of fowls drink from it.
Young ducks drink water every day
when eatiug. They should be supplied
with ail they can drink in a convenient
place while they are eating.
Carbolic acid is a poison, and too much
should not be used. Ten or twelve drops
in a quart of water is enough. For
cholera double this quantity.
After the turkeys are ten days old
they may bo turned out every morning
after the dew is off and be allowed to
stay out nil day, unless there are hard
showcrß.
Give the hens as much liberty as pos
sible now. It is natural for them to
forage. They will l.iy more eggs on the
food that they pick up than if kept in n
yard and fed well.—St.. Ix>uis Republic
Tery Odd.
"I don't know why it is, but I arn
always saddest oil a Friday," said Miss
Gaskett.
"I don't understand how that con t*s
either,-" replied Mr. Skldda, "for tlio
last day of the week is a Sadderday."—
To Date.
All of a Kind.
"How can you say that Japeon is not
a bright, capable man? Why, all of his
friends say that he is on® in a thou
sand."
"Yes, but the trouble with Japson's
friends is that they belong to the some
thousand."—Brooklyn Life.
She I'alnts.
Between the ladies:
"I«u't there a portrait somewhero
of Mme. C ?"
"Ye*. Jules Lefebvre painted her."
"Indeed! X supposed thatshe painted
herself."—L'Hlustre de Poche.
VanUhad fltuaro.
"Are you enjoying house-cleaning
this year, Mrs. Fudger?"
"No; we have sueh a large yard that
the dust from our carpate can't fly over
on the neighbor's washing."—Chicago
Itecord.
ISTo. 30
A ». -.O ABOUT HIVES.
Th.uir V <l. HI Howe Are a* Geo4 M
i-x|ifuV.Te (IDOL
1 r ■ airy bee-keeper, and fo*
- s, for that matter, no
hiv. i* i ;han a plain, simple Langs
troth h. % It is simply a plain box
itii «••• bottom, with rabbeits
;»r inside edges of oppo
• • . ..-.ring the frames. To
! t . - hi' th list be added, of course,
a i f ; .. i arid a cover, but these
iiri : lust as a rule. Sometime*
tluybo' "Mrd is nailed fast. If this
ia tin. the board composing the
fro. • 1* three-eighths of an inch
n; miwir • ~t<i the other boards com
} ; i.- .. this gives an entrance
ij the «1; :»* '- hof the front of the hive.
If the in l>oard is loose, a rin»
t... . an inch high is nailed
I iirouut! s • r edges on the upper
sKl' . ront. The leaving oft
oi the : ' i out makes an entrance.
j In rithvr small blocks are used,
- hen nec< .r\, for contracting the en
trance. If 'he bottom is nailed fast a
cleat will be nc» ded on the front end of
the bottom ho.-.rd to keep It from warp
ing If it is ,<>ose a cleat will be i.t eded
at eneh end on the under side. A rim
of wood ..ailed around the hive i ar its
upper helps to keep the hive in
shape ai.d is very convenient loi han
dling :t.. ihi cover is simply a plain,
liat board v.idi a cleat naile<l on each
end. l.uiu troth frames are 9% inches
deep and 17", inches long, and the hire
should V of such a size that there is a
space of three-eighths of tux Inch be
' twwn the i .ines and the bottom, top
' ard sides r,f the hive. In this climate
there is no necessity for halving, mi
tering, or 1 ?vetuHing thecoriiers. Juat
a plain hi 1 !i:t well nailed is sufficient.
The fra; i l .-. are made of seven-eighths
lumber, plei s of boards of the right
length behur cut oft and then three
elghths-in" h trips being tawed off the
edges. Tli tap l>ar is nailed on with
IVi Inch wire pails, and seven-eighths
will answer for the other joints. Ail
these pnrt.s can be cut out at any plan
ing mill, c>r i: the bee-keeper has afoot
power by; 2 ua he can cut them out
himself.
After the hive Is made give It tvw
grcnl coats <>f white paint. White is
preferable because this color doee not
absorb the heat as is the case with dark
colors, and such hives can usually bo
used in the .11 with no shade boards
o\er them, and there will be no danger
of the coin melting down. Such hives
can lie made by anyone who is at all
handy with the hammer, and they an
swer every purjwise for which a hive is
needed. With such a hive as this ex
tracted honey can be produced by sim
ply setting one hive on top of the other,
or they may l*> tiered up three high if
necessai\. In producing comb honey
a super will bo needed. This Is made
of half-inch luml>er and is just about
the same size ;LS the hive except that it Is
not so tall, It being three-eighths of an
inch deeper than the size of the sec
tions used. The usual size of section is
4%by 4VJ, and the super should. In that
case, be 4 S .C deep. There will need to be
thr. e> partitions crosswise of the super,
and to the bottoms of these partitions
and to the bottoms of the end pieces
must be tacked some strips of tin of
such a ui ' li that they will project be
yond the partitions about one-eighth
of an inch, thus forming a sort of ledge
that wil' support the sections when
they are slipped down between the par
tit :ons. The Oi linary hive cover will
also cover the super.—W. Z. Ilutchin
son, in I'rairii Farmer.
FUMIGATING BOX.
An £xcet!< nt H? >d Simple Device for Rid
d}pf ll<-its of Lice.
In maki - 1 '■ migatlng box for rid
ding h<f 1 did not take the
1 uins to pr V.„• it with all the conveni
ences nt *iin.: described.
Mine * mporary affair, mado
out of a • hox, but it answered
the pur; ■ \ rfeetly, and such a fu
migntii ' ' >v i.:iyone can fix up in half
an hour. Take, any fairly tight box
of suitable au.u, say about 24 inches
high, and remove a portion of end
f. . . ,
r r'
board (one end onJy) as shown at A in
the cut. Put in a slat platform about
light, inches a< ve tJie bottom, as
shown at B 11. .Next remove part of the
top, and hinge (leather straps tacked
on will answer) as shown at C. At
1) trim out a hole of suitable size to
fit snugly aruir 1 the hen's neck. Stand
the hen In on the slat platform, and
shut the lid <: iw ii tight., leaving her
head protruding. Now take a pan with
a shovelful of live coals in it, sprinkle
on the latter n tablespoonful of sul
phur, slip it under at A, and let the
hen renid'n (if not hot, it need not bo
directij- under her feet) until the sid
phur lins burned away, and the work
is done. If the hen is well fumigated
in the evening, the sulphurous acid will
not only kill the lice on her own body,
but the feathers will be so saturated
as to also drive them from the little
chicks, as »ho covers them. Try it.—G.
W. Waters, in Journal of Agriculture.
I'ruHt UrpCDili ou .Management.
lYoflt in fowls dejiends on manage
ment. Few realize how much profit
may l>c mado from a small flock of hens.
One farmer's wife began last year with
50 hens and ended with 73. The ac
count of i'xi er, s and receipts foots up
a profit of . nid the eggs sold for
one cent ■ a> h, and the chickens dis
posed o{ brought only five cents a
pound. This little fiock is, tlien, clearly
worth as a u.. riey breeder the sum of a
clear SI,OOO for It brought In the Interest
on that sum nt s l>er cent.
The way t«> grade up tho cattle is to
use a thoroughbred sire.
Two I'nthn to Knowledge.
"We U'Htr. to ilo by doing,"
I think the seng (loth run;
But to my nUnd
More thinßS wo find
And learn by being "done."
—University Courier.
rom.AB s<>Nt« ItIXSTKATEDk
' » !>*-
"Sho rtav have t,een better dAyg."—'
DhiciucD Iku-rU.