VOL.- xxxviii HUSELTON'S Popular-Priced Spring Shoes The greatest assortment of Stylish Footwear ever placed before the people of Butler county. The perfect embodiment of fashion »n«l service, at cur own uncomparable prices. n Our Eighty-cent and Dollar Shoes For men and women, for boys aud girls form a wonderful feature of our great showing, and we claim great things for them. Thousands of pairs have been put to the lest. We lure yet to hear of a complaint. You meet with such values only at HUSELTON'S. At fi.so, $2.00 and £2.50, Men's and Women's Lines, alm<«t surpass our own ideas. These popular shoes are designed and built esj-cially for this store Vici Kid, Box C»lf, Patent Leather, Russia Calf, gen uine McKay sewed and Goodyear welts. Solid, substantial service in every pair. At $3.00 and $3.50. we put out strong claims for your favors. The strongest probably ever made in sboedom. Patent and Enamel Leathers, Vici Kid, Box aud Kusma Calf-skin— turn and welt soles-for men or women; extension edges, Cuban, military and French heels. All popular toe styles; all latest men's lasts; all latest women's lasts, and representing £3.50 and $4.00 values as shown in other stores. BOYS', MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S SHOES Ha?e received our expert attention. 75 eta, ti.no, fi. 25, $1.50 and $2.00; comfort for growing feet; appearance* that please the wearers and* service that profits the buyer* of these shoes, are the strong points we claim for the* lines as well as a saving of 25 per cent, in the prices. BUY YOURSHOESNOW B. C. HUSELTON, Batter's bending Hboe House. Opposite Hotel Lowrj Bickel's Spring and Summer Styles. The time of the year is here when you want a nice pair of fine shoes for summer wear. Our stock is ex tremely large,showing all the latest styles in fine shoes and Oxfords in all leathers. We are offering some big values in fine footwear and it will pay you to see us before buying your summer shoes. A FEW OK OUR PRICKS Men's (ice Satin-calf shoes, Lace or Congress, at | UU Boy's fine Calf slices, light AA or heavy soles, at jjllQ Ladies' fire Dougola sboer,||»4 Dongola or Patent tips, I I II I button or lace, at ▼ ' • "" Youths' fine Calf or Vici kkl|.ho«. a. OUC Misses' Cne Dongola, Qf" spring heel shoes, at We invite you to call ami M* our stock cf SOROSIS SHOES AND sOXFQRUS< ,he tat"* "tyles for tummtrr *ear, mule in fine Ixmyola, Patrnt calf and Patent Heal Kid in light. heavy or medium aolea, high or low heelii. They are handsome. All wizen, 2'A to K; all width*, AAA to K. JOHN BICKEL, 128 SOUTH MAIN STRhKT. - - BUTLER, PA . C. E. MILLER. GETTING HEADY FOR SPRING- All Win terGocds must go regardless of cost; we need the money and we need the room; we must -b»ve It for our Spring Goods. $5,000 Worth of Shoes and Rubbers At About Half Price. Misses' and Children's School Shoe*, all sizes.... (*jc Youths' and Hoys' School Shoes, all sizes, 98c Men's Latrobe or Jamestown Hox Toe Shoes.... 48c Indies' Fine Ores* Shoes, button or -lace 98c Men's Fine Huft Shoes, tip or plain, 98c M en's Working Shoes, high cut, buckle 98c Oar entire stock of Warm Shoes Less than Cost Our entire stock of Rubbers Less than Cost Profit and <>*t loat night of in thin *»K If yon are in n<-**d of Hh<*-* and Iluhborn, iu:t promptly: thia ia yonr laxt chance. C. E. MILLER, THE SHOE MAN OF BUTLER KECK Spring Styles % Have a nattine** *l>out theiri that —A 4 f\ l\ mark* thu wearer, it won't do to JV-, /J r k_\ // \\ wear the la»t vear'a output. You bf [ft |\ Yf'] si won't get the lateat things at the ~fj NL \r\JTJ vTj U at'ick clothier* either. The up to vT t F? t ' C date tailor only tan supply Uvm, / l\ |/ I > V if you want not only the Uteat I < ' \ A |T\ s—rr'/r thing* in cut and fit and work- 1 /If J II 'J I tn«ti»hip, the fineal in durability, j 1 I [ f ill I where e'*e can you get comhina- * 1 1 II •I'll/ I t»on* f you get them at I I I J (j[ ' KECK G. F. KECK,! Merchant Tailor, 142 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed. Butler, Pa Removeil Notice! C. F. T. Pape, vJeweler one I Watchmaker Will be found on and after April Ist at 121 East Jefferson street, opposite (i. Wilson Miller's Grocery Store, Butler, Pa. Men's and Women's Oxfords. 75Cts,$i.oo. |i 50, |2.co, $2.50, $3.00 and $3.50. Black and Tan. A range of style and price beyond the reach of or- ' diuary shoe stocks; snappv extension f edges, rope and cross stitched, low broad heels, full round toes, plain and per forated tips; Vici Kid*, Russia Calf, Patent and Enamel Leathers. Every taste for dress, street or business met in correct style. Men's Working Shoes, fi.oo, fi i 5, s[.so and $2.00 are not equaled in Butler for servi:*. Shown in Veal, Calf, Slaughter Kip, Oil Grain and Kangaroo Kip and Calf with or without Box-toe; two soles and tap with Bell us tongues. Children's fine tipped, sixes 5 to 8, at..... Your choice men's working *.• 4 shoes,lace, buckle or I I II I gress, heavy soles, at N' ■ Ladies' Kangaroo calf or Oil 4 Grain shoes, at | Misses' fine Patent Calf, lace < QF shoes, extended soles, at I Ladies' fine Dongola patent tip otfords at THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Hood's Pills Are prepared from Na ture's mild laxatives, and while gentle are reliable and efficient. They Rouse the Cure Sick Headache, Bil iousness, Sour Stomach, and Constipation. Sold everywhere, 25c. per box. 1 Prepared by C.LHood & Co. .Lowell Mass. CATARRH LOCAL* DISEASE and is the result of colds and ; j*«cOLua sudden climatic changes. For your Protection ywfEVEft A we positively state Luat this K I remedy does not contain mercury or any oilier injur ioua drug. t Ely's Cream ia acknowledged to be the m r *e t thorough cure for Kual t surrh.Co d in Head and Hay Ferer of ail remedies. It open* and elGsoaea the na*al ailaya pain ana inflammation, heaii the pro tect* the membrane frnui coif!*, restore* the aenpea of taaV-and Price6oc. at Dnuv -t* r, r bjr mail. £LY BKO'l liiJUS, OC Warren Street, New York. ||jggf Pain in Head, Side and Back. For yearn I suffered with pain in the bead, pain In the aide, and In the small of the back. I was nervous and constipated and could not sleep. The pill* and other medicine* I tried only made a bad matter worse. Then I tried Celery King- One package cured me and made a new woman of me.—Mrs. Th. Klec tin miner, C'rotou-on-H udson, N. Y. Celery King cures Constipation and Nerve, Hto iliac h. Liver and Kidney UlseaseK. 2 KS&&&SM | If it's in the f DRUG-LINE I ; YOU ! CAN P ; GET [ » £ Johnston s K ; Crystal £ ; Pharmacy. A It. M. LOGAN. Ph. 0., k 10»; N. Main hi., Butler, fa. iUttU 'l'tiooe*. W A ] '* I mm Womb's Way oil w;e>ll tltftit, and t limn In tlin fmlf ISM hour, <«#v ; ; «jr««l witli witter. Tlml'i all 'be wanti day work rlfifle, wrllitf and dry. Hold l#y urtx'.mrn. ! THE NEW YORK CLIPPER Contain* a Reliable Rooord ~r of all the Events In the THEATRICAL WORLD 'AND THI * WORLD OF SPORTS. PUBLISHED WEEKLY. M.OO A YKAR. BINCLK COPY, I Oct*. For Sale by all Newedealere. •AMPLE COPY FREE. Addreea NEW YORK CLIPPER, NEW YORK. WANTKB lloneai mini ur woman to Iruvtt for large horn* , salary stt& monthly and witii Increastq position porrnail eiit;iii>'ioMi self-sildresseri Htnmp. d envelope MANAOKK UOCmUm Clilrimu. BUTLER. PA., THURSDAY, MAY O, 1001 THE GENTIAN. As one lite to the call of lore. Whose **ger youth ran by nor yielded toll* Withheld aloof beneath a cold control. Disdaining heart and throning mind above; Yet in midlife, at fl*«dtide of §ucce«, I-ayf power and down before her feet, to mighty love by love as meet, unswerving, final, measureless; 80 wakes the gentian with November near Nor answers aught to sweet June's fervid breath. But as late love, with passion unto death. Outlives the sumim-r and the flaming year. —Grace Kichardson in Atlantic. noo 00000000 0000 0000 0000 oOQ I DICK HUYL § O A O £ 8 Tbe Story of &o AP*cb* O Boy. § 800 0000 0000 000 oOOOOOOOOoCXJ The writer owes to Dick Huyl a debt not exactly of gratitude, as the story will demonstrate, which she, by writ ing his biography, seeks to discharge. Dick liuyl's history will never be writ ten by me nor by any one else who knew him to adorn a Sunday school li brary. lie was not that kind of boy. Dick was an Apache Indian, with all the characteristics of total depravity that the word Apache conveys or sug gests. We were children together, Dick and I. We lived, fought and play ed together for two years In the same army post. On one memorable occa-- »ion Dick, instigated by the devil—for I firmly believe in the devil. If only for Apaches—dropped down the neck of my frock coat a live toad. It was the cause of my first fit of hysterics, and I determined if I ever grew old enough 1 would tell the whole world how bad a young Apache could be. In 1872, if I remember rightly, Gen eral Crook had succeeded, after years of bloody war and the loss of hundreds of good men. In subduing most of the bands composing the Apache nation of New Mexico and Arizona. They had dwelt in the strongholds of mountain and desert, from which they frequent ly emerged to rob and murder all min ers or emigrants that they could am bush, leaving nothing for the human mind to conceive of In the way of cru elty whenever a white man fell Into their power. At the reservation, although they were well fed and quite decently treat ed, It was necessary to watch them constantly, and large bodies of troops were detailed for that purpose. Never theless, scarcely a week passed but a small squad of Apaches, usually led by some attractive squaw, would slip quietly past the guards and escape through the darkness Into their beloved cactus plains and mountain barrens. Roll call nearly every morning devel oped these absentees, and next day would come news of murder, rapine and horrors generally. A favorite Apache mode of disposing of the un suspecting freighter, miner or emi grant whose camp they had succeeded In raiding was to tie the victim by the four limbs to stakes and then to build a fire on that portion of his body desig nated In the old fashioned almanacs as "vlrgo." There seemed to be something par ticularly fascinating to the Apache temperament In this form of torture. Death being long In coming, It gave the squaws uud papooses plenty of chance to Invent small torments on the side, as It were. The women and children emigrants— Itut enough. Suf fice It to sny that the absolute hatred entertained by these Indian* for the whites was fully reciprocated, especial ly by the soldiers. It was no easy matter to track and successfully fol low the runaways through the cactus and mesquite thickets, over the barren deserts urid desolate mountains that make up the topography of Arizona. Hut In that parched country water Is only to be found at certain springs and water holes, between which days of travel often Intervene, but which are equally well known to soldiers and to Indiana. So when the morning report ahowed to General Crook that so many war riors, squaws and papooses were missing the grim old warrior would make uo sign of pursuit, but on the night following or perhaps the next one a squudron of mounted men would file silently out of the reservation bear lug orders to move as rapidly as pos sible to the water hole of Palo Pinto or to Agna Grande spring or to some other place where the presence of the precious fluid favored a camping place for the renegades. The troops were always positively Instructed to bring buck uo prisoners, all matters of de tail lielng left to the officers In com mand One June morning there were reported missing 8 Indians and 11 squaws and pa|s>oses. Including Wah liemo, than whom a more depraved aud cruel Indian never existed, eveu lu Ari zona. Two nights afterward a squad of the Twenty-third infantry. Crook's own regiment, under Lieutenant Huyl, a Splendid young fellow, who has since left the service, was sent out ou a icout with the usuul orders. No trace of the renegades was fouud, but a burned ranch and stage station and a cremated cowboy gave sufficient evi dence of Indians at large. The next night, or rather Just at dawn, after a long ami fatiguing march, the scouts reached a natural rock basin at the fool of one of the steepest and most Inaccessible knobs to be found In des olate Arizona. This basin hud often collected a supply of acrid water, 'which, however, was drinkable enough lu that country. A thin vapor of smoke from a nearly spent fire convinced the troopers tlml their night's march had not been lu vain, and ou creeping up as close as (Hissllile the hostllcs were outlined against the rocks fast asleep. The little squadron silently deployed out so 11s to avoid adsslng a single shot and at the word of command fired, kill ing nearly every one of the Indians. The others Jumped up, only to lie cut down by tin' reserve fire. The only two unhurt were Wuhiicnio and his 4-year ohl papo<,;,c. (jrilNpilig the child, lie spiling for the mountain side, scaling the rocks like a chamois amid a show er of bullets, soon distancing his pur suers and getting out of range of their rifles. Halting on a shelf or rock, lie set the child down and proceeded to 111- tlnlge In every exhibition of contempt and derision that lils Imagination could Invent lo aggravate the discomfited troopers, who gnashed their several sets of teeth In rage at the Insults of the old heathen. They were relieved at last by the arrival of Lieutenant Huyl. who bore 111 ills blind a new tar gel rifle, received only the day before the scouts started. 'l'lil* u'i/iiuiBr||e. fcell UK H«M-lir»* HKnlllHt their caihlucN, continued III* taunt* until Huyl, taking deliberate aim, with sights raised for 1.900 yards, fired. His aim was true and the gun all that It was boasted. The old savage plunged face forward over the ledge and crash ed down the rocky mountain side at the very feet of his slayer. The attention of the soldiers was now directed to the papoose, the sub ject of this sketch. That Interesting infant still calmly occupied the ledge and was evidently turning the situa tion over In his mind. The troopers, with Lieutenant Huyl at their head, slowly and painfully clambered up the rocks and finally approached the or phan, who. instead of squalling as a civilized Christian child would have done, commenced throwing stones at bis pursuers, hitting Lieutenant Huyl squarely on the nose with a half pound rock and drawing blood copiously. He followed this success by other good throws, causing as nearly a panic as possible. At last, by flanking him. our Apache was knocked down by a blow from a saber aud stuuued. His capture was now easy, but the lieuteuaut's orders were to return no prisoners. "What shall we do with the little dev il?" asked one of the men. "Shoot him or throw him over the cliff after his fa ther?" The "little devil" had regained consciousness by this tiuie and deliber ately set his teeth into the calf of the soldier's leg. Lieutenant Huyl wiped his bloody nose and replied: "A baby who fights this way ought not to be killed in cold blood. By George, I'll take him back lo San Carlos if it costs me my commission!" A gag was put into the young one's mouth to prevent any more biting, and. with a soldier holding each hand, he was landed on the plain l»elow. There he was placed on horseback, a lariat tied to one foot, passed under the horse and tied to the other, and thus, the troopers returned to the reservation. Lieutenant Huyl was a great favorite with General Crook, but he had dis obeyed orders and confidently expected to be put under arrest. But the general had already heard something the stone throwing affair and had enjoyed a hearty laugh over Huyl's broken nose. When the lieutenant In muklng his report reached the point where Wahnemo was killed, the general in terrupted him with. "By the way, I think you had better not let me know officially any more of this scout than you have already told." Then glancing at the swolleu nose he burst Into a roar of laughter, in which all the other otli cers Joined. The young Indian was confined In the armory until his first fright was overcome. The soldiers of Company A named him Dick Huyl and. fitting him out with a uniform fusliioned from the lieutenant's old clothes, regularly adopted him into the service. In less than a month the small re cruit learned to express himself tolera bly In English aud lu a very short time hud accumulated all the accomplish ments of tobacco chewing and profani ty possessed by the soldiers. He also picked up a .wonderful knowledge of bugle calls and evolutions, always turn ing out at roll calls aud taklug his place at the extreme left of the compa ny when In line. When I first knew him, be had been under the refilling Influences of the United States service two years. If that ludian had Improved lu that time, I am very glad I did not know him be fore. He was not beautiful according to classic standards. The Apaches flatten the beads of their babies between boards, and this, as much as anything else, served to render Dick unattractive to us chil dren. Then he had such a predilection for carrying snakes iu his pocket! The soldiers spoiled him, of course, aud up held him In every villainy he chose to perpetrate. When he shot the mules in an ambulance tilled with women and children, causing a runaway and a kinash up. one soldier thrashed him tvith a barrel stave aud a dozen more gave hlui 5 cent pieces to comfort him. They alternately pounded and petted, but It was all one to hi in. He seldom laughed uud never cried. He was an Apache. I said he never cried. I will note an exception. Kvcry Saturday afternoon the men took him out behind the quar ters aud gave him 11 bath. This process was very simple. They stripped off Ills clothing stul turned the hose on 111 111. On these occasions the shrieks of the little savage could be heard all over the post. I hate not seen Dick since I was 11 years old. but I like to think that he grew up aud regularly enlisted in the old regiment and is now an honcr to the service.-New York Tribune. Ilia Only Ileal I'leaaare. "What good doe* your money me deaervlng fellow without a won I knowing It ».VH) or 91.000. giving him a freah Mtart upward without making the gift a hurt 1o him. Thal'a the only real plcaaure I gel out of life. Ami an to [tOHHeHHIoiiH. the only thing I aoinetlinea feel I really own are my two boy* and my good name. Take everything elae from me, leave me them, and I would yet be rich. I wouldn't care a snap f»r the rext. We would noon together make enough to keep the wolf a long way from our door." Krre Id Npralt Ilia Mind. Old I»r. X. never enjoyed the reputa tlon of being a rellgloua man. In faet., hi* belief In the sincerity of things xplrllual. an expre**ed liy the world at large, waa usually »umtried u|f by the worda poppycock. folderol ami the like, uttered In a contemptuoua anort. .Meeting one day a mln later of the vi cinity In which be lived, he waa re minded of the fact that the mlnlater bad but lately Inherited, through the death of a relative, a conaldcrable mini of money. "Mr. I).," he aald. addreaalng the gentleman In question. "I underaland thai yoll have acquired quite a conald enible fortune from the dear departed, your uncle." "From my coualn. I'r. X.," corrected Mr. !».. a trifle disconcerted. "Then I am lo underatand that you are no longer dependent upon the char lly of your congregation for aupport?" continued the doctor. Mr. I>. bowed atlllly In ackuowledg incut. "Then. Mr. 1>.." Whispered the old tnan eagerly, "give 'em badeaP'—New York Mall and Kxpres*. HI I k good* are aald to take dyea m>r« readily than any other fabric. POULTRY GROWING. For the General Farmer—lncubator and lien Hatched Chicks. The j»osition of the farmer with re gard to poultry is entirely different from that of the specialist with a large plant. To the farmer such Information as the following from a late report of A. G. Gilbert, manager of the Canadian experimental farms. Is especially di rected : Farmers have given increased atten tion during the past few years to the artificial hatching and rearing of chickens, which have been pursued by two methods: By filling the incubator and begin ning operations in late February or early March. By deferring hatching operations until the hens have had a run outside, uud as a resnlt their eggs will hatch better. In connection with the second method, unless the farmer has a brood -1 HEN AND CHICKEN* IN COOPS ON UKAHH. lng house, which permits of his being Independent of outside temperature, he will have to content himself with Incubator and outside brooder. His outside brooder is placed on the rap- Idly growing grass, and with proper care and food the young chicks will be found to make famous progress. At the experimental farms when the hens became broody they were set lu wooden boxes placed lu vacant pens In a house. The wooden nest boxes con tained no bottoms and hud a hinged door 111 front. The nests were made of dry lawn dippings, which were fouud to answer the purpose much Ix't ter than cut straw. Grain, grit and drink water were constantly before the sitters. On being made the nests were thoroughly dusted with a disin fecting powder, and so were the sitters before being put on the nests. It wu* found beneficial to place two or three china eggs lu the nests as arranged ami allow the broody hens to sit oil them for a day or two. The sitters having proved reliable, the china eggs were removed and replaced by the valuable ones. In the morning the doors of the nest boxes, which had been closed from the previous day, were opened and the sitters allowed opportunity to get out for food, water uud a short run. In early spring, when the weather Is likely to be cold, the sitter should return to her nest Inside of ten minutes. The foregoing details are all Important In the successful hatching of chickens by hens. I.ate April and May hen hatched chickens did the best at the Canadian farms. In the case of hen hatched chickens the latter were permitted to remain In their nest for 2-1 or .'MI hours, when, with the mother lieu, they were placed lu a slatted coop 011 the grass outride. The coop was so arranged that It could be securely closed at night while ventilation was secured. Through the slats the chicks could run on the grass outside, while the hen re mained Inside. On the floor of the coop was sand to the depth of two Inches. On taking the mother lien from her nest she was given food and water. She would be more likely to brood the chicks contentedly after be lng fed than If hungry or thirsty. How NKHT BOX roil BITTING HENS. Important It Is to have early chicks carefully brooded Is well known to all experienced breeders. The rations adopted were stale bread crumbs, fol lowed by stale bread soaked 111 milk 11 in I squeezed dry; this for a day or two, when granulated oatmeal was (riven. Crushed corn was not given tin til after light days, and whole wheat was not fed until I lie twelfth or four teetith day. As the chicks grew a masli couqsised of shorts, coriuneal. stale bread and 11 small quantity of prepared m**at was mixed with boiling sklmmilk, allowed to cool aud was en three or four times per day. Milk and water were both furnished for drink. How I..»»it to (iron th«- Kitme I'lanli. Bcrffts inny often be grown for ten years in succession upon the same laud and peas even longer, but egg plants have been found to deteriorate after the third year, and tomatoes, melons and most other vegetable fruit plants need new land frequently, If not every year. BEES IN SPRING. I,el Them llreed t P Stroim Before llomwvlnil l-'roni Winter (itiurlern. Bees should not be removed from their winter quarters too early. If they have had extra protection, such as chaff hives or packing of any nature about the hives, It had better remain until all cold snaps are past. Double walled hives are much better for the bees 111 spring, and It Is best to kis-p the hives thus until the bees have bred l.p strong Chaff hives are of great kdvantage to bees during the breeding season, for the changes of weather, which are very frequent, do not affect them so and breeding Is not checked so readily as It Is when the bees are lu thill hives. So advises A. 11. Duff lu Farm, Field aud Fireside, and lie fur ther says: We should bo very careful during early spring about changing location of colonies. Home |H*ople who may not carefully study the nature of bees, es peelally farmers, frequently set hives lu a different place Just before winter, thinking they will be better protected from storms. When the first warm weather comes In In spring, they will move them bai k to tleir former lis u tloii or some other location, thus liiuiiu' lng their position, and the result Is that large numbers of liees are lost, for they will return to their former place of wintering and never find the way back to their own hives, and nearly one-half the force of l>ees are thus lost at a time when It badly cripples the colony. The location should not be changed thus in spring. Bees may be taken a mile or more away, when this loss will not occur, but in the immedi ate vicinity in which they have been sitting It will surely occur. Bees that are wintered In cellars should not be taken out until all cold weather is past. BIG STRAWBERRIES. found on the Early Plant*—Method of Training First Konnrri. The after cultivation of strawberries consists in keeping the soil well stirred to a depth of one or two Inches, but not deeper, and all weeds removed. A 14 tooth cultivator Is a very fine tool If provided with three or four fiat cutting hoes, like that shown In the figure. These are made for us out of old wag on springs. They cut all thistles, dock and other weeds which may be left by the narrow teeth. The cut, from Rural New Yorker, .shows how the corre spondent quoted trains his strawberry plants. He says: Our experience has been that a straw berry plant should l*e as near 12 months old at the time of fruiting as possible. To attain this result the runners must start early; consequently we set very early and encourage the plants to throw out runners at the very earliest possi- O PARENT PLANTS \\ PLANTS AND TOOLS. ble moment. The largest, best and most fruit Is always found on these early plants. The later plants are weak, short rooted and in many varie ties partially or wholly barren. The old rule was to cut off the first run ners. This Is now reversed; we now cut off the later ones. We cultivate l>oth ways frequently until the runners start freely, when we train lengthwise in the direction the rows are to be, placing the runners as shown In the cut those In front of tlie plant, as the betlder Is working, to the left, those behind the plant to the right. This method prevents the plants from growing together In bunches aud al lows the extra plants to run out be tween the rows, where they can lie eas ily destroyed. Bedding Is done by peo ple on their knees astride of the row, using a homemade tool very like a wide putty knife. This bedding Is, we think, the tfiost important though coxt ly part of the culture. iMiriug the latter part of the season we use hoes like the one shown, which Is 11! Inches wide and 2 Inches broad. Tbls hoe can be worked under the leaves aud runners, doing better and quicker work than any tool we have. Calling the Cow. Professor George Heinpl of Ann Ar bor, Mich., has been Investigating the manner In which we call the cow and otherwise talk to her 111 this coun try. He finds "co boss" the normal call In the north and "co mully" frequent In Maine and other parts of New Eng land. In the midland and the south the most common call Is "sook" or "sook cow," and In the largest por tion of our continent "BOOK" IS the uortnal call to cows, while some dimin utive like "sooky" Is used to the calves. In New Jersey and southeastern New York we still find "cush." This lias found Its way Into literature In Jean Ingelow's "High Tide:" Cu»ha. ctißha. rtiaha, calling Kre the i-arly dew* were falliittf. Various Interesting words are used at (diking time. The commonest word employed to quiet a cow Is "so," ap pearing In the forms "so boss," "saw cow," "saw wench," "soo," etc. The pronunciation "saw" Is peculiarly louth western. The Work lloraei. After the day's work every night the shoulders of the work tenuis should be thoroughly washed and drlce. You don't want any sore shouldered horses, remarks The Farm Journal. Ills «oal the l.etter "V." When the late Horace Maynard, I.L. I)., entered Amherst college, he expos ed himself to ridicule and Jibing ques Hons of his fellow students by placing over the door of Ills room a large «f white cardboard on which was inscribed In bold outlines the sin gle letter V. Disregarding comment and question, the young 1111111 applied himself to his work, ever keeping In mind the height to which he wished to climb, the Urst step toward which was signified by the mysterious V. Four years later, after receiving the compliments of professors and stu dents on the way he had acquitted himself as valedictorian of his class, young Maynard called the attention of Ills fellow graduates to the letter over his door. Then a light broke In upon them, and they cried out: "Is It possible that you had the vale dictory In mind when you put that V over your door?" "Assuredly I had," was the emphatic reply. On lie climbed, from height to height, becoming successively professor of mathematics lu tin- University of Ten nessee, lawyer, member of congress, attorney general of Tennessee, I,'tilted States minister to Constantinople and dually postmaster general. Success. What He Talks 'l*hroa«h. Myer What's Windham's telephone number? Gyer Nix and seven eighths. Myer—Why, there aren't any frnc tlonal numbers In the telephone book. Gyer But there are in lulls. Chlcn go News. Superstition. "limine go In, friend." said tliu man oil the outside. "I am one of Dewey's old sailors." "Don't you know, my friend." replied the man at the door, "that it Is 111 link lo pass the salt?" Itidlunapolls I'ress. They lli»l«r«! Pairs. While Bishop potter of the Episcopal church was traveling through Ixtiltil a 1111 some years ago he addressed lu qulrlcs lo his fellow passengers with » view of obtaining knowledge regarding the orchards mid fruit Interests <>f tin state. "Do you rnls«' pears In Louisiana/' Inquired the bishop. "We do," responded the Loulslanlan, "If we have threes or better."- Han Francisco Call. BOLTON'S LAST YEAR. RH* WAY HE Spent It Pr»*irlS( FOP Ilia Death. "Billy Bolton, the I-ansingburg brew er. was a very rich man and one with a host of friends," said an up state man to the New York Sun. "His brewery in Lansingbitrg was a profitable con cern, and he p.actically owned about all the saloons in that town. "One day after a consultation his phy sicians told him that he had Brlght's disease and that he surely would not live more than a year. Billy took their word for It and made up his mind to make the fur fly while life was left He had never traveled much, and so he decided to go around the world. "He took with him a congenial friend and plenty of money, and away they went. They left a trail of tire and ash es through all the capitals of Europe and the queer aud strange places of Asia and Africa. After nine months they came back, and Bolton brought with him the most marvelous collection of souvenirs and presents that any man not a professional collector ever brought into this country. The duties amounted to $3,000. "Arrived in Lauslngburg. Billy hired the town hall, sent his [lacking boxes tilled with these oriental and European treasures up to the hall and had them all taken out and put on exhibition as though for a church fair. Upon each article he mnrked the name of some friend whom he wished to remember with a gift. There were hundreds In this category, but Billy had presents for them all. "On the day ap|>olnted for the pres entation he invited his army of friends to the town hall. To each he turned over the present selected for him, and amid the cheers of his grateful and ad miring fellow townsmen the hall was stripped of its beautiful things. "When the last present had been placed In the hands of Its recipient, Billy went back to his home and lay down to die. Within the year his phy sicians' prophecy come true, and the town gave him the finest funeral that any man ever had." JHE SHOTE WAS THERE. Wbr One Old Farmer Thlaka He Would Make a Good Defective. "Guess I wouldu't have much trou ble gittin on the 'tective staff In De troit ef 1 wanted ter make appercla tlon." and the old furmer kicked a log in the open fireplace so that he could see Ills uelghbors better. They were assembled to hear him tell all about It. "When I missed that shote outen the pen, next mornin It jest came ter me sudden as llglitulu that It had been stole by that ther George Washington Peppervllle what had been workln fur me. He knowed the dog, so It wouldn't bother him none, and he was the pow erfulest man fur fresh pork 1 ever see. So I goes Inter town and tella the head man of the 'tectlves. and be puts a couple of fellers on the Job, and tbey reports that they waa no shote about Peppervllle's shanty, and they was no case ag'ln him. I 'lowed I might be follerlu the wrong track, but I klm home here and sot my own stakes, and 1 was to Peppervllle'a afore suuup. "'Wash,' I says, 'why didn't you keep that hog when you bad him? Wusu't he fat 'nougb ylt ter suit you?' " 'Who you taikln to?' he muttered. 'l'll hnb de law ou you ef you make me any mo' trouble 'bout dat hawg.' " 'Now, Wash,' says I, 'don't git your dander up. That there shote klm home In the night and went ter squeal- In ter git Inter the pen. 1 put ole Uas tim tin the scent aud he landed me right here.' "'Dog gone dat Itastus,' be shouted, 'l'll (lay dat dog aiibeT "And he sprung ter the middle of the room and rlpfied up the floorin, and there was the shote. Wash would have jumped on me, but I Jest klvered him with that ole muzzle loadln pistol of mine and tole him ter go gentlellke. "Well. sir. he liegged and whined so I let him off. him agreelu ter tote the pig home in a bag and ter chop wood fur me three days fur my trouble."— Detroit Free Press. The Iteheareed Weddln*. The wedding was. upon the whole, nil artistic success. The bride particu larly evinced unmistakable talent She trembled with all the techulcal accu racy of mi aspeu leuf aud the emo tional lutciislty of a startled fawn. Her trembling Indeed was Irreproachable. If she cast down her eyes with some thing of amateurish gawklness, the fact Is easily attributable to her Inex perience, thla being her first wedding, ruthcr than to tin essentially defective method. She was fairly well support ed. The bridegroom rose from his knees too soon and had to be knocked down by the prompter, but otherwise the minor parts were curried out credita bly.—Detroit Journal. Kelt Familiar. Ben net Burleigh related a pleasant story In the ixjudoii Telegraph. The Incident which happened In his sight aud hearing, was as follows: Two oltl rera, total strangers, uew arrivals from up country, rather lonely and bored, were awaiting luncheon. The elder having proposed that they should sit together, a mutual friendliness de veloped so rapidly that ut last one said to the other: "Do you know, 1 rather like you. aud there's something about you that seems familiar, as If we had met before'/ I'm Major S. of the Blanks." "Indeedl Are you? 1 thought so. And I'm Lieutenant 8. of 's staff. Just Joined—your youngest brotlMiri" A tJreat Error. "My hero dies In the middle of my latest novel," suld the young author. "That's a grave mistake," replied the editor. "He should uot die liefore the reader does."—Atlunta Constitution. RIDING ON AN AVALANCHE. Ilutvu a Steep Cmmyan Without a llriilar or a Sear. Few mountaineers go far enough Into the avalanche regions to see much of 1 lietii, and fewer still know the thrilling exhilaration of riding on them, says John Mnlr lu The Atlantic. Iu all my wild mountaineering I have enjoyed only one avalanche ride, and the start was so sudden and the end came HO soon 1 thought but little of the danger that goes with tills sort of travel, though one thinks fast at such times. line calm, bright morning In Yosemite, after a hearty storm had given three or four feet of fresh snow to the moun tains, being eager to see as many avnlaiiches us possible mid gain wide views of the peaks and forests nrray ed In their new robes before the sun shine had time to change or rearrange them, I set out early to climb by a side canyon to the top of a commanding ridge n little over H.ISSI feet utiove the valley. But I was not to get top views of any sort that day, but Instead of these something <]iille different, for deep trampling near the canyon head where the snow was strained started an avalanche, aud 1 was swished buck No. 19 down to the foot of the canyon aa If by enchantment. The plodding, wallow ing ascent of about a mile bad taken all day, the undoing descent perhaps about a minute. When the snow suddenly gave way, I Instinctively threw myaelf on my back and spread my arms to try to keep from sinking. Fortunately, though the grade of the canyon waa steep. It was not Interrupted by step levels or precipices big enough to cause outbounding or free plunging. On no part of the rush was I burled. 1 was only moderately Imbedded oo the surface or a little below It and covered with a hissing back streaming veil, and as the whole mass beneath or about me joined In the flight I felt no friction, though tossed here and there and lurched from side to side, and when the torrent wedged and came to rest I found myself on the top of the crumpled pile, without a single bruise or scar. Hawthorne says that steam baa spir itualized travel, notwithstanding the smoke, frlctiou, smells and clatter of boat and rail riding. This flight In a milky way of snow flowers was the most spiritual of all my travels, and after many years the mere thought of it Is still an exhilaration. \ CURIOUS PRIVILEGES. Some of the PrerosXlTN Wkleh Cm baaaidori Mar BxarelM. A curious privilege of an embassador is that he and be alone when dismiss ed may turn his back to the sovereign to whose court he Is accredited. The mode of procedure Is as follows: When the embassador's audience Is over, be waits to be dismissed by the sovereign. When dismissed, the em bassador bows, retires three paces, bows again, retires another three paces, bows a third time, turns on his heels and walks to the folding doors. But It is felt that more polite methods should obtain when the reigning SOT ereign Is a woman. To turn bis back is to be discourteous, to walk back ward Is to resign a privilege. The em bassador retires sideways, like a crab* lie keeps one eye on the sovereign and with the other tries to see the door, lie thus shows politeness to the SOT* erelgn and at the same time retains one of bis privileges. As the embassa dor Is usually an old gentleman, often short sighted, he sometimes falls to reach the door and comes In collision with the wall. Another privilege of embassadors Is the right of being ushered Into the royal presence through folding doors, both of which must be flung wide open. No oue except an embassador can claim this privilege. The most any noneuibassadorlal person can ex pect Is that one of the leaves sball be opened to hi in. The reason for tbla privilege is uot knowu. There are cer tain Irreverent suggestions that have been made, but we prefer to be slleat with regard to them. Another privilege, capabla of causing great Inconvenience, Is the embassa dor's right of admission to the SOT* erelgn at any hour of the day or night. Thus the minister representing some little bankrupt state could go down to Windsor and demand an audience at 4 o'clock In the morulng. The audience would have to be grunted, though ft could be delayed by the exercise of In genuity.—Chambers' Journal. The Trot Mlaaloa of Laxary. No luxury Is justltiable that ends In simple enjoyment. It must be turned to good account by adding to our pow ers of usefulness. It we enjoy reading, are we enthusiastic for the public libra ry'/ If we enjoy outdoor life, are we anxious for parks and pleasure grounds for the iieople? If we revel In art or music, do we long that picture gullerles t»e thrown O|H*U or good mnslc be attainable by all'/ I)o we stiiTe whenever possible to share our luxu ries. whatever they may be, with those less favored than ourselves, or are we jntlsficd with our own enjoyment as an end Instead of using It as a means to bettering the lives of others also? Truthful answers to those questions will speedily tell us also whether our own special luxuries are building ap character and life or whether they are the means of lowering the one and narrowing the other.—Philadelphia Ledger. The Imperial family of Russia pos sesses the most valuable collection of precious stones of any reigning house In the world. The favorite theatrical play In In dia Is the presentation « f the exploits of some god. Counterfeit ('hint. Other thiiitfH In'Khlt'M money are coon terfeltcd, and purchasers of old chins have to be continually on their gusrd or they will be paying inauy dollars for what IH worth only u few cents. "The market is full of Imitatlou chi na." suld u lower Fourth avenue dealer In antiques who was asked about the matter. "Persons who rely on marks are sure to be deceived, for marks are easily imitated, and there Is uot oue tliut lias escaped forgery. "Both French and Kngllsh manufac turers forge all of the most sought aft er marks and And sale for their prod ucts. Iu looking for old china 1 tlnd that every mark of importance has been forged, from Dresden to Worces ter mid Crown Derby, not excepting old Sevres, livery day would lie pur chasers come here and visit other New York shops, looking for china, snd have no mortal Idea at all correct of what they are buying. Yet they will talk after u most learned fashion aud will take offense at the very suggestion that they may be deceived. "If you arc going to Judge of chins by Its marks or evidence of Its age aiid use from discoloration cracks and chipping, you lire more than likely to lie cheated, for all of these things are easy for an ex|>ert and dishonest desl er to Imitate. If you are uot a Judge of china, then hire an honest expert to purchase for you." New York Herald. (lave IIIm Aw«r> They hud been at the masquerade, where she had recognised him at once. "Was It the loud beating of my heart, my darling, that told you I was here?" murmured he. "Oh. no," she replied. "I recognised you by tho size of your feet."—Town Topics. Thi> Nnllait's KU««»I«». "I wonder why the sultan Insists on his audiences always backing oftt of the throneroom afraid of assassina tion?" snlil tlx- man who Is always ask ing uuexpeeted questions. "Oh. no," replied the man who car ries a large stock of explanations. "He does SO because he wishes to be con sistent. The sultan backs out of a great iiiiiny transact lons himself, you know, and he does not like to be made con spicuous." "Mebbe," suggested the practical man "inebbe he makes theui do It for the protection of the royal umbrella."— Baltimore American.