VOL. XXXIII -#Martincouft & Co. Always Lead.#- Have you been looking at buggies and wondering how they could be made for the price the dealer asked you? If so, then call at our store and you will think the manufacturer stole the material to make them of, when you see good bug gies for the price others sell shoddy for. We never buy a cents worth on time. Have been in the business many, many 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 ditler ence what you want about your buggy, wagon or harness, « me here and see the largest stock in our line you have i er seen, at prices below what any other firm does or can i. ake. It won't cost you anything to try it and satisfy y urself. Thankful for past favors, we are, "S. B. HARTINCOURT & CO. 128 East Jefferson St. Butler, Pa. T. H. Burton T. H. Burton Why is it that T. H. HL'RTON is always busy in his store? Simply because the people of Butler county appreciate the fact that he has the best selected stock of Foreign and Domestic Suitings extra pants and Ven's and Boy's burnishing Goods, ever brought to Butler, and sells them 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 **Underwear Specials** For two weeks only. The greatest bargains ever offer ed in this city. 25 and 35 cent corset covers :»t 13c. MILLINERY DEPARTMENT. 25 cent drawers at 19c. 25, 35, 40 ami 50 cent ribbon at 9c, 35 anil 4 it cent drawers at 25c. y, cent hats at 3c each, the*: hats all 25. 25 and 35 cent chemise at 13c. s'>, swl 75c. 50 cent skirts at 41. j ° nt PnC "' 5 d "' ] , . Z J"C, former price 25c to ft. 75 cent skirts at ooc. iicst quality silk mitts 25 cents. $1 and $1 25 night gowns at 73c. 35 c " " iHc. 75c gowns at 55c. 50c gowns at 23c, 25c " " 13c. Infants 10c vests at 2C. J5. 35 »«d s "c handkerchiefs i s c, or 2 . tor 25 cents. Children* 25c vests at 75c, or 2 for 25c. infants mull c?ps at 3, 9 and 15 cents. M. F. & M. MARKS, I 13 to 117 South Main Street, Butler, Pa. REDICK &GBO HM A NN DEADERS IN Drills, Perfumeries, paints, Oil, Window Glass Etc. 109 North Main St. Prescriptions and family recipes are matters of inji'/rtance and should Ijc filled carefully and with pure drugs only, w.• give them our special attention. The baby requires a little special care during the warm weather, esj<ec ially if fed from a bottle, we have a supply off rest infant food, at all times, also bottles, nipples, tulx-s, liottle and tulie cleaners etc. It vou desire a sterilizer we can supply you with one, or will l»c pleased to furnish any desired information concerning them, Disinfectants should be used extensively at this season of the year, the best being copperas, chloride-lime, and crude carbolic acid, the latter being better than the pure, as in purifying an important disin fecting agent is removed, we have a large supply of these at all times. We also carry a full ine of toilet articles and sick-room requisites. RE DICK & GROHMANN PEOPLES PHONE. 114. BUTLER PA. DIAMONDS KAK '"*'*• M'AltH I'INH, HTUDH. 'J|T jimri arv,nj 1 MKNTH' <i<'t.l>. I.AIHKS- uot.lt. •*** 1 <;KNIM HII.VICK. LADIiTH CIIAII.AIN. .TRWT!I.R V \ ,i " 1 " K " wif"- •J l*lf Z / f'hitlus, Mriirch'lji, Kic. (2 TTIT? XJtY /4 "R IT* 1 Tea Hen. C.eitors. I Unties uiul KveiytDtlu * wlf /aXI m M | thttf. t un fo#s foiiii'2 in n fir*f cAn/w ator*\ ROO6FI BROS. 1874 J KSIV,H - '"»"<«. »"«•« ATH P PPIPR TIIK Lf. MAILED, jvv r ELE lt. No.' l.'J!) North Main Kt, Uutlt r, Pa ••lllfsi m *• gfST +BOOD WORK * PRICES^ | (These are the things that have enabled me to build IIJ. a first . hiss tailoring trad, during the last year. * We have the most skillful, painstaking cutter; employ none but the very best workmen; handle nothing but the very best goods, both foreign and domestic and guarantee you perfect satisfaction m each and every particular, ami for all Ibis Ct arjjc yo« simply a fair livi-ig profit. J. H. VOl J NO, Tailor, Hatter and Men's Furnisher. -• THE BUTLER CITIZEN. ,Ut<! L ' bnr r julyM Constipation Causes fully half the sickness In the world. It j retains the digested food too long in the bowi Is j and produces biliousness, t«fpld Ever, hull- Hood's Best, on, bad taste, coated ■■ ■ tongue, sick headache, in- _ | I soainia, etc. Hood's I'iln 111 results, easily and thoroughly. 25c. All drucgista. Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co . Lowell. Mass. The only Pills to take with Hood's Sarsapariil> MILLER'S GREAT 88-CENT SALE. WOULD YOU SAKE MONEY? II so. Attend This Sale $f .50 Men's Shoes reduced to 88c $1.25 Men's Shoes reduced to 88c 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 oil grain shoes 88c IT IS WONDERFUL WHAT 88c WILL DO Men'? Ball Shoes reduced to 88c Youths' Bicycle Shoes 88c Misses' Strap Sandals go at 88c Ladies' Fine Dongola Oxfordsßßc Have Kou Got 88c? If you have, bring it to us 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 Cent Sale. AT Butler's Progressive Shoe HOUSP. 215 South Main St., BUTLER PA 0. E.MILLER, .»<iN(i PROMPTLY DONE. C. ,D. lUpcJer- 1 IWcar | |p©fe)t® | fSj », csj f- rv- Ttjorc-ug!) W r*o Wo irrifelfcirj OO OO (SJ % Moment? vriczj. & & it) Jitros Hy%izr)lc & r ~ w o wammaafflttQ All gradf of enderwer 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. 24 2 F. Main St., Butler, enn'a The Place to Buy (;AS COOK ING ANIJ HHATINGSTOVKS, GAS BUKNLRS ANI; FIX 'fURHS, IIOSIC, BATH TUBS, KNAMHL AND IMPROVFD WELSHBACH GAS BU RNERi W. H. O'BRIEN LON 107 Hast Jefferson St. iu. c;. wick bIALKR t» Hough ard Worked Lumber ut AL— KINDS Do-jrs, Sash, lillnds, Shingles and Lath Always In Stock. LIME. HAIR AND PLASTLK 0(Hc» oppuMlto P. AJW. Depot, riITIiWH \ ii"' Us ■ —• • » .V .at .t 4 lUTTLER . PA.,THURSDAY, AUGUS V 6, 189 G. WIljIil»W T. fUCHOIiS. y ,4 »J. by j- B Upplncott Co«i|4ny... xxni. Not until several months later did I hear something of the part of Lamar's Efcory which explained his coming into ■my life. A letter from Perez brought this explanation, for which I had b«n waiting eagerly. Neither Johnson nor I had had signs again of Lamar's pur suers, who, howeTer, we believed, had contrived to secure proof that their intended victim had evaded their veu geance. The strange schooner had not reentered the bay, but the fisherman had heard that a vessel answering her description had lain for three days at •anchor in a little harbor some miles up the const, and that at least four of her people had been away from her throughout her stay. It was his the ory that the four revisited the house the night before Lamar's funeral; though the man whom I had employed to assist .'ohnson as watcher and care taker, and who was then on duty, re ported no uuusual happenings, and the fisherman's belief had, so far as I could discover, no more substantial basis than the fact that as he approached the house late that night the sea-breeze bore to his ear faint sounds which lie took for those of oars against thole pins. My tenn of residence in Rodneytown was closed within a fortnight after the body of the suicide had been committed to the earth; but before I went away there was a wedding, at which an al together charming bride was given away by my good friend Dr. Banks, standing for the lime in loco parentis. In view of the change in our circum stances, I ha«l persuaded Dorothy to consent to an early marriage, and to come with me to Trent, where there promised to be an excellent opportu nity to establish a practice, and when the bay might become a doctor's nag in reality as well as in name. And there I'eri/'s letter found us, as happy a pair a-s the city held within its bor ders. As Lamar's residuary legatee if the term can be correctly used in such a case—l was possessed of an in heritance which, with my savings, wae ample to support us in comfort for the several years we deemed it wise to allow for the building up of a profitable professional connection. ISut now for the letter, which was to tell me all I had ever learned of the career of the man whom I knew as Lamar. "He was of a family of rank and wealth," it ran. "He had ranch to con tent him with his lot, yet lu; was by na ture an Intriguer and a plotter, cold, selfish, daiing and revengeful. Many hated him, more feared him. 80 adroit was he in his schemes, that, though they sometimes came to grief, he him self escaped. "At last he became involved in a po litical plot of the gravest character, and for once lost his craft. There wis a meeting of the conspirators, at which enthusiasm ran high, and, in the furor of the moment, a compact was drawn up and signed by those present. Bo treasonable was this document that the signers were hopelessly compromised should it fall into the hands of even the most mercifully-disposed govern ment. Within 24 hours after the meet ing the paper disappeared. The sign ers set themselves to search for it, and at last gained a clew Following this, they discovered that It had come into the possession of a woman of rank, young, beautiful, ambitious, mad for political Intrigue, and attached to a rival faction. The fact that *he had so cured It waß sufficient to lnsuro the failure of the project It outlined; but worse than this failure was the menace to the signers. It was resolved to re cover the compact at any cost; but then arose the question, who should undertake the difficult task? The Uian who afterward came to you vol unteered, and was accepted. "He recovered the document. Single handed, he waylaid the lady's carriage drove off her servants, and, on her re fusal to surrender the paper, cut her throat. As he had expected, the precious paper was found in the bosom of her dress. "lie fled the country forthwith, curry ing with him the cau>e of the tragedy, fco long us he retained possession of it, he was certain of holding his co-con splrutors at his mercy. Many of them abhorred his bloody deed, but he held their fortunes and perhaps their Uvea in his hand; and some of them, at least, were forced to aid him in making his escape. The family of li!b victim jwore undying vengeance. Her broth ers traced him to Europe, nnd then to tho United States. They were close Upon hiin when he sought your aid: had It not been given, he could hardly have escaped; for In your country a man of his face and accent was easily traced—ho impressed the persons he met far too strongly for his own good. "He had heard of the lonely coast p ou described to me, und he had carried tvith him the card he presented to you It was given to him, because I was myself involved lu the political net, but because others whom I loved were fiwt in its meshes, and for their sake I desired him not to fall Into the clutches of the avengers. When he came to you, the pursuers lost the trail. They searcched and searched, but for months without result. After a time I was told of rumors that lie had opened correspondence with his broth ers at home, and thu* they were sup plying him with large sums. His ene mies also heard the reports, and strove Jn every way to hit upon Uie channel of communication, but their < iTorts seemed to be doomed to failure. "Chance finally did what skill and bribery could not effect. liy acci dent, a traveler, who, through friend ship for the murdered woman's kins men, hail aided them in their hunt, Mumbled upon the fugitive's hiding place, and Is even said to have seen, from on ambush of his own, the mur derer moving about his retreat. The discoverer lost no time In bearing tho ,I'cws to his allies. Two of the victim's brothers, with a force of assistants in •whom they could trust, sailed hence, ostensibly tor France. Humors cur rent here have it that they arrived only te find that their enemy was dead. It is also sold that the compact Is de stroyed. If you have any knowledge of its fate you may relieve inauy anxious hearts." Lamar's pursuers hud been tha indigent of blood. liy my aid he had evaded them, yet through me they had come upon him at last. Fortune's cu j-rlec had granted htm but n reprieve, ijlowlng him. In the end, only the priv ilege of dying by his own hand rnthcr than by the bands of his foes. Ilaffled in their vengeance as they would have carried it out, they had as partial com pensation the knowledge that they had forced him to the dread alternative. A penalty—if not that which they desired—had been paid for his crime. THE ESD. THE WICKEDNESS OF SLEEPING. Some of the Notion* Which Uere Enter tained Years Ago. That idea was almost dominant in re ligious society CO years ago, and some times assumed forms which, if not ridiculous, were at least quaint. It was, for instance, held to lie wrong for any but the aged to sit in easy chairs, not, as is now vainly imagined, from any ignorant idoa as to the in jury done to the figure, but because "lolloping" betrayed a blameworthy tendency to ease and self-indulgence. That was the origin also of the extraor dinary prejudice against taking any extra sleep. The old knew well ffliat sleep, when sleep is not needed, is to the young the most wearisome of all obedience, but nevertheless they be lieved that to wish to sleep more than a strictly regulated time, which, ac cording to modern hygeists, was too short, was a mark of sluggish self-in dulgence, and it was visited, therefore, with moral reprobation. Early rising was extravagantly praised, not liecause it lengthened the day, for the early risers went to bed early, but because it was disagreeable; ond some curious rules of diet—foKex nnjple, abstinence from sugar —were defended in part upon the same prin ciple. We have known girls cut off their curls avowedly because they were proud of them, and men go about in shabby clothes, because, as they averred and believed, it was well by diminishing comfort to promote se rious reflection.—London Spectator. Washington's Odd Htreot Names. In examining the directory, one can not help but notice the confusion of names of streets and alleys and courts. For instance, there are four Pleasant alleys in Washington, two Pleasant streets and Pleasant Plains thrown in. There are six Prospect streets, hills, alleys and courts in various parts of the town, and Prospect hills are as numer ous out in the District as Fairview school houses ore out in Indiana. Washington has six Washington high ways, including the alleys of that name. Coming down to alleys ulone, there Is a simplicity about tbe names of them that is certainly refreshing. While the people of Washington are quarreling as to whether the name of one of its streets is Stoughton or Staughton, they have allowed some of the alleys to be named as follows: I'igß foot alley, Cablxige alley, Louse alley, Zigzag alley, Truck alley, Pig alley, two of them; Cow alley, Fighting alley, Bood alley, Tincup alley and so on. — Washington Post. Left One Thouiutfi<l und Odd Descendants. There may frequently be seen about the streets here a half-breed Indian who comes in from across the Canudian border with snowshoes, moccasins nnd baskets to sell, soys aSoranac Lake correspondent. His name is Macomber. The tribe to which he belongs holds a reservation 12 miles square, and is from the Five Nations. The reservation is known as Caughnawugu. His grand father has died recently, aged 103, leav ing considerable wealth. Theold gent leman had lieen married three times. By his first wife he had six children, by the second 15, and the same number by the third. In reckoning up how many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, end this old Indian had it counted up to over 1,000. Of the 36 of his children 28 are still liv ing, as are most of the grandchildren, grcat-gruudehildren and great-great grandchildren.—Utiea Morning Her ald. I.lterallj Construed. "What you want to avoid/* Bald tho publisher to the struggling author, "is writing over the heads of the people." "I know it," was the answer. "I was depending on getting you to take this book so that I could come down out of the attic and do my work on the porlor floor hereafter." —Washington Star. No Grrat Advantage. Mr. Hlghlive (looking up from the pa per)— Well, welll Wonders will never cease! They've got so now that they can photograph In colors. Mrs. Hlghlive (glancing at his nose) —I think, my dear, you'd better get your picture taken before the old pro cess Is abandoned.—N. Y. Weekly. At tlio Seasld* Hotel. Dora (shyly)—l became engaged to Mr. Athertou lust night. Cora—Oli, you lucky girl! You are sure to have a perfectly lovely time this summer now. You know I was engaged to him myself last year.- Somervllie Journal. Ills I'ost of Hanger. "For three months during the war I occupied the most dangerous posi tion in my company." "Indeed ?" "Yes; every morning I curried the eight mules l>elonglng to our commis sary." Chicago Iteeord. Iler loiey llnslmnd. "Sweet one, I love you," he whispered to his partner at tho masquerade. "I should think you would," she replied, "seeing that I am your wife." "Didn't I know it darling? What ot her woman do you think I would suy tJiat to?" Boston Courier. In Memorlam. Slek Husband Will you see that my grave is kept green? Wife —Yes, indeed, love; I'll huve you buried in the Evergreen cemetery where they make a specialty of keeji ing graves green without extra charge. —N. Y. Weekly. He Simply Kills Now. "Does your papa get much practice?" ;u>ked the visitor of the doctor's seven ▼ear-old son. "Oh, he doesn't have to practice any more," replied the boy; "he knows how, now."—Tit-Bits. Tliey Agreed. Warden—What did you do wlt.li the commitment papers of that burglar? Sheriff Filed them away. Warden So lots the burglar. He has filed a wuy through tho window of his cell. —N. Y. World. It i'ost film Ills 1.1 re. Sympathetic Friend Your luwyer's charge vvus very high, 1 presume. Convicted Murderer —Yes; but the judge's charge was what finished me.— USEFUL ARRANGEMENT. How to Ventilate Bo* Stalls at All Sea- 1 «oa« of the Year. Where box stalls are constantly in use are many days, not only in summer, but In winter as well, when It is a serious problem to keep the inmates comfortable. There may be a venti lating shaft in each stall, and a small window, but even with these exits for overheated air there will be days when the inmates of box stalls will suffer for J a freer circulation of air, particularly ; in winter, when it is not always prac- ; fjjjj 4g|j ticable to open stable windows. Under such conditions the best plan is to open the box stall out into the interior of the stable, by using such an arrangement as that shown in the accompanying ills tration. The door to the stall is cut into two parts, while attached to the lower half, but extending to the top of the doorway, is a grating of wire, supported by the framework that is screwed to the lower half of the door. The upper half shuts into place and bolts to the lower half, when tbe whole swings as one door. During the day the upper part of the door can be kept open, and shut at night for warmth. This not only affords good ventilation during the day, but permits the occupants of such stalls to be seen at any time without opening the stall doors. The same ar rangement is useful for poultry houses, sheep pens, etc. In the case of small animalß, common wire poultry netting can be used for the grating.—N. Y. Tribune. BETTER SHEEP OUTLOOK. We Iluve Now More Vlg»rou» Stork Tbsn We Ever i!»d lie fore. The low prices of wool and the use of shoddy, with the introduction of large quantities of inferior wool from Argentine and the British provinces, have l«d the few sheep masters we have left to turn their attention more to mut ton sheep than to those prodneing the highest grades of wool. This tendency to produce good mutton has led to the selection of the best breeds for this purpose, aud to the more careful prep aration of lambs and mutton sheep for the markeL The care of the flock and the kind of feed used have undergone a great Improvement, and the result is that, whilst wool growing lias been unprofit able, we have a greatly improved class of shepherds; and fine fed lambs and mutton have never had such a sale in all the markets throughout the country, as at the present time. Besides, flocks have been culled, and only the best of each kind have been retuined. In this regeneration of the herds we have to-day a more vigorous and healthy stock of sheep in all the sheep raising regions than ever ltefore. This will be great gain In the joining reinstatement of the sheep and his wool to their prop«r place among tho home products. Nothing Is all evil; In this case we have derived benefits from our misfor tune. W T e will have better and health ier flocks, better mutton, and more mutton eaters in the future than ever before. The wise farmer will try to prepare for what must soon come. Select the best breeds, prepare the best feed, and be ready to take the best possible care of your flocks, and your Increase will soon bring you your reward.—Farm News. H*pitr»rr Trough* for Young Sfork. It is not a great undertaking to pro vide a small trough In some convenient corner where they can eat their soaked corn uiul milk unmolested by older stock. They learn at un early age to visit their sideboard and their appre ciation of its content* Increases dally. As time goes on they will become more dependent upon their side ration, un til, us you go the round with the feed buckets, you are reminded that you luive another regular lot on your feed roll. By the time they are ten or twelve weeks old you have them weaned with but little ceremony. They have become so attached to their feed trough that they miss their mother but little, and the sow will hove reduced in the flow of milk, making weaning a very sim ple matter. —Pacific Bural l'ress. Feed for Yonng I'lifn. The young pig should have enough feed to maintain thrift, but ho should not bo fed as if he were being fattened. The digestion of young pigs is weak, and if overfed at this time, especially with corn, they will become stunted and never after prove profitable ani mals. The Western Swineherd main tainn that feed for young pigs should not IK; concentrated, (live them ■' small projKirtion of groin und wheat middlings, with enough milk and dish water to disbud their stomachs am keep their digestion in good condition A pig should be eight or nine nionthf old befor« It will l>e safe t/» feed It heavily with corn. Merely it Suggestion. Young Man (very thin und very long) I am going to 11 masquerade party, und I don't know what character to usHiime. Old Man (very thick and very short) —('hulk your head und go UH a bllliurd cue. —Tit-Bits. Uenerous Johnny. "Which would you rather, Johnny," asked the fond mother, "have tho measles and stay ut home, or l>e well and go to school V" "Huther have the measles and stay at home; but then I'd like to go to school, too," said Johnny. "Hut why, darling?" urged his mot her. "So I could give all the other fellows the measles," answered the generous boy. Detroit Free l'ress. Mother's Thought. "Oh, dear," niiarled Billy, os he rushed into the house aud slummed the door; "all the ls>ys has gone off arid I ain't got nobody to play with." "Well," said his mother, serenely, "you can come und play with the baby." Which he thereupon did, for an hour. Mothers forget that it Is things like this tlu.l encourage their lsiys to grow 1 up und Uo pirates, <N- Y. Unorder. FARMERS WHO SUCCEED. Three Types of Agriculturist* Fonnd In the Western State*. Farmers are divided into three classes: First, those who take up with c* cry tiling new in grains, \egitablus feuits and machinery without stopping to think or studying the der.ands ot ; r-liel. the possibilities of their soil iUiu , :i'ic9 of the climate. Invariably they 'pres. The sec ond CIOFS are those v. 1. : 'mv or produce anything new in the \.uy of grains, etc., use the same implement.* their fathers did, irrigate only wher the spirit moves them, let the'r cattle run around the straw pile in winter, feeding them a few nubbins; make all their butt«r in the summer and use the old dash churn. They are homely lik ened to a cow's tail, inasmuch as they are always behind. The third class are those who think, study their market and soil, begin on a small scale and experiment until the problem is solved. If a new fruit is being advertised and trees sold at enor mous prices they buy but one and see if it suits their soil and climate. They will not set out a peach orchard in a swamp or a cherry orchard 011 an al luvial soil underlaid with gravel. This class is the one that is making money at farming—-the other two are in the background. One and two are both bound for the same place, but seemingly traveling in opposite directions. One acts without thinkiug; the other thinks without acting. One is extrava gant in buying unnecessary things; the other extravagant in not buying neces sary articles. One has no fixed method of labor; the other's method of labor fixes him. These two classes are an anomaly, and, as Lamartine said to Robespierre, are "shadowy, undefined —mixed." Not so with those desig nated as the third class. They have an aim In farming, and as a result have a well defined plan and combine brain ond muscle—theory and practice, know the old way, but adopt the new and are a success. In the new agricul ture of the far west these farmers are legion and arc rapidly coming to the front. They believe in the modern theory of advangeinent as applied to ag riculture and are bettering their condi tion by working along these lines. The methods of the past generations will not do for them and they are reaching out for the improved order of things that mark the pathway of other men who are a great success in this world.— Denver Field and Farm. STRONG FARM GATE. It Is Cheaply and Kaolly Made, and Not Apt to Hag- I send description of a farm gate, cheaply and easily made, strong ond not apt to sag. I huve made several for my self and am well pleused with them. The lilnge piece is 4 feet 0 inches long, 3x4 inches, rounded at the ends, and banded to prevent splitting. A round rod three-fourths inch in diameter and about 5 inches long is inserted in each end about 3 Inches; the lower rod or pivot should have a flange welded on 1% inches from one end. At the footof the post sink a block of wood (or stone) so that its upper surface will be level with the ground. In its upper surface mor tise a hole about 2 Inches square and 1 Vi inches deep; in the bottom of this hole lay a piece of an old buggy spriiig 2 inches long; on it place a blank seven eighths-inch nut- This will lie a step for the gate to be pivoted on. Set the U»te in the ste.p; take a piece of plank about 18 inches long; bore a three fourths-inch hole 0 inches from one end; put the plank on the top, and pivot and spike it securely to top of gate post. The gate swings in cither direction, and doea not pull on the jsist so hard as if hung on hinges.—Ohio Former. May X*r<l It In th« FalL No matter how favorable crop pros pe<cts may be now, 110 human being is gifted with sufficient foresight to tell with any degree of certainty what the final outcome will be. With chinch bugs, drouth, army worms, cutworms, grid) worms, cyclones, wet, unfavorable weather for harvesting, etc., the crop.-t run a terrible guuntlet from the time they are planted till safely garnered. Who knows but that the surplus corn, wheat, etc., of last year's bountiful crop may all be ueeded for home use before another crop is raised ? The man who is able to hold his surplus may do well to refuse, to sell it at present prices. See that the corn stored in i»ens is well protected from the weather.—Journal of Agriculture. Weeds In the Farm Harden. Few gurdens have the opportunity to show of what the soil is cupuble, be cause they are not kept free from weeds and us well cultivated us they should be. This work needs to be done at the start and kept up to the end. And In deed It should not stop until the weeds stop growing. It Is often the case with the gurden us it Is with the fields, that when the crops are thought to be safe tho weeds arc let alone to grow aud mature seeds. Thus the land is stocked for years to come. Five years of jM-rse vcranee in killing weeds and preventing the seeding of them will secure clean ground In the garden, and tho field us well. —ltural World. Hoot < raps for Stock. lie sure and fit 4 piece of good laud for the root crops that are so nourinh- Ing and healthful us cuttle feed. The siiK'ar l>eets and the mangels will yield immensely on good land, if put In in g«Msl time und well tended, and no farm crops are more vuluable. ( attic thrive on such food 111 winter, when it forms a large part of their rations, uiul every stock owner should liavo a good sup ply. Carrots are partlculnrly desira ble for horses, keeping them In good, thrlftv condition. FMtitl Kiperlmftnt Aunt Itachel (on a visit) —Gertie, where is the nice little doll I gave you last Christmas? Gertie—l put bloomers 011 her the other day, uuntie, and she isu't a bit nice now.—Chicago Iteeord. It All Depends. Uiimnrried Lady—lt must be a great thing when husband and wife arc of one ml ml. Married Lady That depends 011 whose mind it is.—Texas Siftor. Saw lha K(Toots. Johnny—Muimnu, why do they call It a stag party ? Mamma—Ask your father—l think It In on account of the horns.—N. Y. World. We All lla»n Suffered. lie—Have you ever lisd your ears pierced, Miss Gay? She —Yes, at every amateur musicals I have attended.—Town Topics. Hard Times Htlggesllon. The Oordcn City Herald wants the motto on the silver dollar changed from "In God we trust" to "God be with you till wo meet ugaiu." FARWmARDEM. GOOD SUBSOIL PLOW. How to Make One Whlih Ilort I'erfoctlr Satisfactory Work. The following description of a home made subsoil plow said to do perfectly satisfactory work when made strong enough is condensed from the Country Gentleman: Some IS months ago I had occasion to visit a brother gardener in the west ern part of the county late in the fall, and found him using a home-made sub soiler that exactly met my ideas of what such a tool should accomplish. It was a straight beam of hard wood three by four inches in size and about six feet long, supported with an ordi nary plow-wheel at each end, and carry ing on either side between the wheels a stiff steel shank, which in turn carried a steel wedge-shaped shoe. The shank of each shoe was a piece of mowing machine cutter-bar, about five-eighths of an inch thick and three or four wide. They were attached at the upper end by a bolt, one being on each side, and about two feet apart, and a slanting brace made of wagon tire was bolted to the shank about a third of the way from the bottom and to the beam some 18 inches ahead. The shoe was a piece of inch-steel about three inches wide, and in a finished condition about seven inches long, the back three inches be ing full size and the front drawn down to a tapering chisel-edge with a slight inclination down just sufficient to make it draw into the soil nnd rest upon the wheels. A clevis and handles attached like eultivator handles completed the outfit. At the time I saw the plow work there had been a prolonged drought, and it was being used in an undralned, heavy clay loam, and it did It* work perfectly, with a not very heavy team drawing it. The surface plowing- was nine inches, and the subsoiler went seven inches lower, making a total of 10 inches. I could not find any lumps bigger than a butternut. The entire iron work of the outfit waa made by a country blacksmith, and the cost was quite small lu propor tion to the usefulness of the tool. Fig. 1 shows the plow as my friend had pot it up. He had a hook clevis, and changed from one plow to the other every time round. The subsoiler ran as steady as a mud sled, keeping right down to Its work without any exer tion on the part of the driver. Its only weak |x>int was the side strain on the shank, which, having only a three-inch bearing against the beam and a 20-inch leverage, was liable to be bent sidewise and run either nearer or farther from its partner than was best to Insure equality of work. As height of beam is necessary to clear furrows with the double tree, this fault can only be rem edied by putting another and shorter beam below, bolting each shank to each. 1 give a drawing. Fig. 2, showing the construction after such a plan. AGRICULTURAL NOTES. The Wisconsin station finds 100 pounds of whey produce* as much pork as 13 cents worth of corn. A sheep grower says that when lambs arc tormented with ticks they will drop down on the ground and tiy to bite their flanks and liellies in the most frantic fashion. Prof. Shaw, of the Minnesota ex periment station, cautions farmers to grow peas on laud that has a clay sul>- soil, and states that they will not thrive on sandy soil. The Vermont station kills j>otnto bugs with a mixture of one pound Paris green to 100 pounds laud plaster, all costing 05 cents, while 100 pounds jMiteut bug remedies cost five dollars and up. Divide the day up so us to have plenty of time to rest and recreate. Thero is no sense in working 12 hours a day on the farm. It Is the best way In the world to disgust the boys with farm life. Hnllotiu 25, of the Wyoming staMon, gives results of six yearu experiment* in growing wheat by irrigation. The average cost, was $7.75 average profit, $lO.lO per acre, which is ten per cent, on a valuation of SIOO per acre, 20 per cent, on SSO, »r 40 percent, ou $25 per acre. The advantages of Irrigation are an assured crop, a heavier yield, a better grain, and Increasing fertility of the soil. —Journal of Agriculture. TellliiK » lluran's Ag-r. "The popular idea that the ago of a horse can always be told by looking at his teeth," said a veterinary surgeon on Michigan avenue, "Is not entirely cor rect. After the eighth year the horse has no more new teet.li, so that the tooth method is useless for telling the ape of a horse which Is more than eight years old. As soon as the set of teeth la com plete, however, a wrinkle Ixigins to ap pear on the upper edge of tli" lower eyelid, and a new wrinkle i» added each year, so that to get at the age of a horse more than eight years old you must tig ure the teeth plus the wrinkles."—Chi cago Tribune. Tlio M«rt>lo-lte»rte«l World. I.IHIKII end (he world Inuichs with you; Hut when you Indulge In n cry. With your feelings (he hue of Indigo blue. It gives you tlio ley eye. Washington Times. UAH HIM WELL TRAINED. "What may I eat to-day, doctor?" "Anything you like." mny 1 like, dear Eulalia?"— Fllegende Itlaetter. Ity Coiitrnrlrfl. How droll urn tha trick* of tlfal Truly, enough t«» uppal on*. Man <lrvuni« of a llttln wlf*» Ami niarrU** a *r«at. tall ona. - CUloajtu Iltccrd. TSTo. 31 WEIGHT OF CATTLE. It Hm Pt«-a<ltl IncKutd Since the Klnnlnf nf the Cental?. In the beginning of the century about to close cattle were dressed at the weight of 400 pounds net, or less. In 1830, as was stated by an historian and statistician, they wore killed at a weight of 450 to 500 pounds, at four year* of nee. In a few years from now the RT-at bony frame and bulky carcass of the Texas steer will hare disappeared, and instead of these we will hare the short horns, the Angus and the Herefords, or their grades. It Is surprising- how early in life calvea, when rnised by hand, will learn to eat, or rather lick tip. If a calf is weaned directly it has drawn the milk once or twice after birth, and is taught to drink milk from the pail, it has no further use for its dam than to have her furnish at first new milk, and, subsequently all the skim milk It can assimilate. At four weeks old it will lick salt, if taught, and dry bran. At six weeks of age a handful of cornsreal may be added, and soon until a year old. Of course it should have (in suason) all the <-->od pasture grass it ca« consume. Rj! ; *eall your calvcc. At six weeks of af,-*- geld your males. One year on my farm 1 had a bttker's dozen of calves. They <!- aak at proper ntre, all the milk in any s;!iape, and then they were" fed a half tuxliel of corn and cob meal, and I never had a finer lot to turn out to pasture the next spring. They were large and in fine con dition. The American people eat much meet. It always was abundant; bit", either we export too much, or we do not raise enough, for in these days it is neither cheap nor good. The mechanic and the laborer cannot afford to buy much at the prices at which it retails; and yet the quotations run from $2.50 to $4.00; hence it should come to the consumer at a lower rate than it docs at present. The couutrv butcher cart is seen in the lanes and on the farms as often as needed, and presumably the farmer* have beef at reasonable rates. Beside* he can, if lie manages correctly, have a lamb, a pig, or some fowls, nnd need not starve for want of fresh meat. — Chaa. W. Murtfeldt, in Journal of Agricul ture. MODERN STOCK BARN. Novel Conn ruction In Shown In the De> ■ Igu Here Illustrated. The silo lins ehnnped the entire con ditions of feeding on many farm*. Bulky fodder, for which much barn room wns needed, has been largely re placed on these farms by the coudenJed ration of ensilage. A radical change can thus be mnde in barn construction, for, with the silo, immense storage room for hny and similar fodder is not required. A somewhat novel construc tion is shown in the design of a barn that is presented herewith. The wall space around three sides Is used foe stock, while the space over the stock —the soifftolding— van be used for hay and fodder, this being stowed away with a hay fork. The center of the bam is taken up by an immense silo, or a double silo, the center of the barn offer ing the greatest height for the accom modation of the bIIo. A cellar is needed under such a barn, so that manure con be dropped through the floor. If tho e<'llar is not possible, the manure can be wheeled out in a ear arranged to run behind the cattle. Make the foundation a grout wall and cover the sliding 1 with, heavy paper. Bhingles over this will keep all very warm within. If more fodder is required Mian can be stored ujxjii the feaffoldlng, a stack con be made outsid •. —N. Y. Tribune. PIGPEN POINTERS. When a sow prove* valuable at a breeder do not piu-t with her as long aa sh« remains useful. Dy keeping the pig pen liberally »up pllcd with «lry earth, bod odora will be prevented anil the value of the manure increased. So long as there is good pasturage It is rarely an economical plan to confine the hogs In a close pen, even when fat tening for market. When the pigs get to eating regularly, care should bo taken not to feed more than they will eat up clean, unless the l>ens can be arranged so thut the sowa can be let in to eat up the leavings. In selecting a breeding sow or boor, always choose one with a long body, wide back, and whose buck and belly or upper and under lines nre straight and parallel. Such are much more apt to prove desirable than a chunky one, however smooth. Colman's Rural World. Hot Time to H«ll Ho?* When to sell hogs Is a mooted ques tion among farmers. One writer ad % iaes to sell hogs when the moat money can be got for them at the least outlay. The upa aud downs of prices we cannot control, but by careful attention to feeding and the use of scales we can tell closely whether we are making corn into j>ork at a profit or not, there ought to be a change of ration or nn Immediate solo of marketable stock. It docßu't pay to hold beyond the time of profita-- bio growth and fattening. Most auc oeasful feeders believe it j>aya l>est one year with another to sail the pork when the highest jmint in grain lias been reached, letting the <)ue«tion of profita ble high prices alone. Corn used In keeping over fattened hogs will make twice as much pork if given to other animals. It is a losing game to hold for an increase of price as a rule. Make all tho pork you can out of your corn In just us little time us possible and then market to the best udvantage.—Rural World. Hail ('•••. "I'm that tired, mum," said Moeely Wraggs to the pitying matron whjjfjiud offered him u luncheon of rolls and coffee, "that, I don't believe I eould raise a cup o' euwfy to my mouth, but if you've got a leetle spirits of any kind in t he house I think I could awa ler a Mitall glassful of It."—Chicago Tribune. Neither Hulled. Angry Husband—What I wanted waa a wife who would bo a helpmeet. Angry Wife —liuhl What I wanted was u husband who would supply meat to help.—N. Y. Weekly. Kinlneut I>oinaln. Brown—What is eminent domain? Jones—lt means the right of the pub lic to tuke a man's property by paying a little more for it than anyono else will.—N. Y. World. KicnMbln. 1 M nek —Why do you put weather strips around your windows In summer? Wyhl -The family across the street lias bought a plnno.—Town Topics. The H|Mirtln|[ Idea. W« iJ<j not iiilml thf terrible hsat. It wo kuuvv Uiu blithest record's beat. 1 "N* | —.. ...i — *
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