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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
A Dozen Hints 10 Gentlemen.

1. a gentleman will never speak i'll of
one lady To another
? If a gentleman has been attentive to a
young lady and has grown tired Of her he
should not peak unkindly of her.
). Gentlemen will never mention ladies'
names in public places.
4. \ gentleman should always raise his
hat, not merely bow when passing lady
On the street.
8. \ gentleman should b. polite and
courteous at home as well as abroad
q. Gentlemen will never congregate on
the street corners. chew tobacco nor use
prOlane language.
q. II at an evening company. party or
ball, a gentleman should not monopolize
one lady's society all evening, nor show to
the assembly that he cares for this or that
particular one. He should show the same
amount of attention to each and every
one.
). III gentleman deems NJ ncce 'saTy To
ask permission To smdNe when in lady's
presence. he will not add to the oiiense by
inviting her tn Join him.
8. A gentleman will not keep his seat in
Il car or any other place while ladies' are
standing.
10. A gentleman should always be eour-
teous enough to raise his hat when his com
panion speaks To a lady on the street, even
though he is not acquainted with her.
IL. A gentleman should never encourage
a lady in vulgar talk or manners. Rather
teach her to be pure and innocent, thus
making her an honor 10 her sex.
l.. Abide by this advice and you will all
ha thnrauUh ,rput ipmpu
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12

THE ORGANS ofthe body most given 10 shlrk-
ing their regular work are the stomach, bowels,
liver and kidneys. A medicine that stimulates
these organs into healthy action without caus-
ing pam, IS invaluable.
NEw STYLE VINEGAR BITTERs does this and
IL does It's work permanently. IL never robs
Peter to pay Paul as alcoholic and other $50
called remedies do. Ii is a most grateful heal
ing medicine TO all who are troubled with piles
for II relieves at once, and soon cures this most
painful disorder.
IT aids digestion. cures constipation, head
ache, bilious complaints, feverishness, neural
ga nervous diseases OF every sort, and every
class Of skin disease known.
As A FAMILY MEDICINE, for the use OF ladies'
children and men OF sedentary habits, the New
STYLE Vinegar Bltters has 10 equal In the world.
II is invaluable for curing the ills that beset
childhood, and gently regulates the diseases TO
which women at every period of life are sub
icct.
LADIES, get a bottle from your druggist and
try 10. III your druggist has not the New style
Vinegar Btters, ask him 10 send for u. IL you
once try 1t you will never be without this price
less remedy IN the house. Ladies book Tree
Address, II. II. MCDONALD DRUG CO.,
Cor. Washington and Charlton sts., N, y.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
The Worlds Dams.

The dam that caused the Iohnstown dis
/ astcr. originally cost s3i0. coo. IL covered
/ an area of about 300 acres, impouuding the
/ water from Iity or sixty square miles of
/ watershed II was - feet high aud 800
I feet long, and formed lake that held 4s0
I 600, 600 cubic feet oi water or about :. 600.
! 00O. 900 gallons. IL mas been spoken Of as
! the largest artificial lake in the United
States, but il was exceeded m siza By the
reservoirs formed By the following dams:
Croton dam, Ia New York-434 feet long.
2o4 feet being OF masonry and the remain
! der of earth. The height Is about 40 feet.
The foundation Of the dam consists OF two
lines of stone filed cribs, with 10 feet Of
concrete between them. The downstream
face is curved and faced with granite
small crib dam 500 feet below forms hasin
which serves a. a cushion Ia break the fall
OF the water The back Of the dam Is filed
with earth ImpOund3 5.Oa0 0000. 600 gal
Ions.
Sweet Water dam, IA National. Cal
Rubble masonry ia Portland cement; 9ss
feet high, 40 feet thick at bottom and II
feet at top ofcurved type. with radius Of
2l3 feet; go feet long on crest Impounds
5000, 600 600 gallons.
Dam at Oakland, Cal-Earth. 50 feet
high. 800 feet long, and 80 feet wide at
base, Impounds 5000 900 eco gallons.
Dam at Redland, Cal-Bear Valley dam
Granite masonry in cement; "a feet high,
300 feet long, % feet thick at base, and Il
feet at top Curved type, with radius Of
335 feet Impounds 10. 600, 00O. 000 gallons.
Dam at san Mateo. Cal-This Is to be
40 feet high, 200 feet long. 176 feet thick
at base and 20 feet thick ON top. IL is to
be in Portland cement concrete masonry.
and is to have a capacity of 81, 900, 00o, 600
gallons. 1t has only recently been begun.
The Quaker Bridge dam will, of course
dwarf all these. II viii he 26j ieet high
from bed rock, with base 2l6 feet wide.
Ninety nine feet of its base will be beneath
the lake bottom. SO that the visible mason
ry will rise l66 feet 1t will impound about
81 800. 600 600 gallons Of wafer. forming a
lake sixteen miles long.
Apprehensions have been expressed a.
to the effects of its breaking down. Should
such an accident occur. the present Croton
dam, which will undoubtedly remain intact
and submerged. Will lessen. To some ex-
| tent, the food. The valley between the
| Quaker Bridge site and the Hudson River
is only two miles long, and has no settle
| ment of any Importance in IT,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12

Base ball appears to have lost its
standing in this community.
--Trot out your painkiller-young Gu.
cumbcrs are in market
Freight traffic is heavy on all the rail
roads entering this place
Taxes make us all stand and deliver
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
Some Quaint Hymns.

Some Of the quaint old hymnes, remarks
the Youths Companion, are not calculated
to arouse religious feeling-in the present
generation, at any rate.
Take this
''Ye monsters of the bubbling deep,
Your Makers praises shout,
Up from the sands,ye codlings, peep,
And. wag your tails about"
II would be diiIicult for congregation
of to day to sing this without smiling; and
the one that follows is almost as amusing
"The race Is not forever got
BY him who fastest runs
Nor the battle By the people
Who shoot the longest gun.
\ Northern clergyman, during the Civil
War used to say that never until then had
he found occasion or Justification for his
personal employment of David's impreca
tory psalms. sentiment which was no
doubt reciprocated on the other side. The
fathers, however, sang without demur:
"Why dost Thou hold Thine hand aback,
And hide il in Thy lapi
q. pluck ii out and be not slow
To give Thy foes a rap"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
Not a Pleasant Outlook

Little Bobby-Ma will go to heaven
when diei
Mother-Ifyou are a God boy you will.
"Will you go, tooF
II hope "a, Il obby."
And will par
Eyes; we will all be there some time"
Bobby didn't seem altogether satisfied,
but after some thought he said:
II don't see how am going to have
much fun"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12

The potato bug has lost his grip
Even the pests of life are passing fash
ion.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12
THE CAUSE OF THIS ANGUISH.

THE CAUSE OF THIS ANHNTnH.
A couple most loving these used to be,
\ couple most loving and tender
And go to the worlds end with pleasure
would he
A service his sweet wife to render.
To night in the gloom they are sitting a
part,
She irving her sorrow to smother,
With tears in her eyes and woe her heart
For she can't cook rs well as his mother
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1889-07-12

Don't act the hog when you're invited
ont.
When dispute enters the docr love
crawl- under the bed.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-11
Blowing Wells.

A correspondent writes from Eckley,
Washington County, Colorado, stating
that they have six-inch bored well
over two hundred feet deep-the first
five Or six feet through stratum
called native lime, the balance being
clay soil and gravel water being found
in quicksand. The we'll seems to act
as barometer, before storm blowing
pure-smelling cool air with force that
is heard in house thirty yards away ;
as the storm passes, it sucks the air
down with an equal force.
The country is very level, or what is
there called a fat, having sand creeks
or gravelly waterways, where water
can be had at few feet below the sur
face, while at quarter of a mile each
way it is only found at depth of zoe
feet. There are several of these blow
ing wells in that vicinity. Scientific
american.
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American Home Life.

Let us take a little look at Americans
at home, and see if [ was wrong in call
ing American life pure phantasmago-
ria.
We will begin by the private houses.
In well-appointed house you will
find in a little room on the ground floor
a brass plate fitted with several but
tons. You touch the first and immedi-
ately a cab drives up to your door. If
you press it twice it is two-horse cab
that comes. You touch the second and
in a minute Or two there appears mes
senger from the telegraph office to take
your telegram or carry parcel or mes
sage for you to any part of the city.
You touch the third and policeman
presents himself, as if by enchantment,
to know if you suspect the presence of
burglars. You touch the fourth, and
hey, presto up dashes the fire brigade
with engine, fire escape and the rest of
their life-saving apparatus, and this in
about the time that it took Cinderella's
godmother to turn the pumpkin into q
coach.
Jonathan will not stop here. Before
long we shall see the architects of all
first-class houses laying on not only
gas, water, the telephone and the cleo
trio light, but the opera and church
service. A landlord will advertise a
house to let: "The opera and church
service laid on the premises"
Already the ladies of Chicago are
able to do their marketing at home.
The housekeeper goes to her tele-
phone and rings.
"Hello!" responds the central Office
put me i'll communication with
2438" Cher butchers number).
In another instant the bell rings.
"Hello!"
"Hello!"
us it the butcher?"
Eyes"
"Send me two pounds of fillet of
beef and leg of mutton by II o'clock. "
Very good! Is that ALP
"Yes,"
Cali right"
Upon this the lady rings again,
Hello" from the central office,
where this sort Of thing goes on all day
long.
"Send me 1867" (the fruiterer this
time).
Again the bell rings.
"Hello!"
"Hellow
"Is this the fruiterer?"
Eyes"
And the scene is repeated-and so On
with the baker, the grocer, and all the
lady's tradespeople.
There is great effort being made
now in New York, Chicago and other
towns to find out plan to accelerate
the service in restaurants and do away
with walters. 1t is very simple, and
the Americans will not be baff1ed
for such a small matter. Jonathan
and HIS Continent" OReIL.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-11
THE GARDEN.
SeaSOnabie Hints.

Plants which grow tall and spindling
should have their tops pinched back
frequently to keep them in shape and
avoid the long, spindling growth which
soon wears out the vitality of the plants
and makes them sickly. The decayed
bloom should be picked off at once. It
is essential to the future blooming of
the plant, to say naught Of the good ap-
pearance of the bed.
Liquid manure will be found very
beneficial stimulant during the warm
days, and is especially desirable for
roses, clematis and ampelopis. 1t should
be applied sparingly at first. Plants
absolutely require some stimulant after
excessive blooming, and liquid manure
will be found better than anything else.
If any plant is not successful in one
spot it should be moved to another. It
is surprising to see what little differ
ence in soil or position will do for o
plant. Often position where there is
no perceptible difference from the for
mer one will make Eli the difference be-
tween success and failure.
About this time come the insect enc
mics of the rose bushes, the rose bug,
sphis or green fly, and, on monthly
bloomers, the red spider. A decoction
of tobacco water will do away with them
all, but it is 81 more Importance the
plants should be kept we'll fed and
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-11

THE DAIRY.
A New Cream Starter.

Mr.. John Boyd, Of Chicago, writes
thus to the editor of H0drds D0iqymGn
in regard to his new method of ripening
cream:
In reply to both your public and pri-
vate request for my formula for ripening
cream, will say that [ have heisitated to
make it public, and do now, simply be-
cause I may be misunderstood.
However, if you must have it, here it
is.
If any of your readers try it and fail
to comply with the conditions, their
blood be on their own heads"
Submerge the milk direct from the
COW in ice water. Skim every ten OF
twelve hours, place the cream of the
morning in covered vat, and when the
cream of the evening is mixed with it,
stir in the starter so that all three will
be we'll mixed (after that no stirrin g
for twelve hours in a temperature Of 60
degrees to IS degrees when the cream
will be ready for churning.
The starter is to be made fresh every
day in this way:
sweet skinned milk direct from Coo
AOy Cu1l Cudt LIDS UCCu Acdt
the milk to 80 degrees in water bath,
keeping it we'll stirred during the pro-
cess of heating. AS soon as it has
reached the temperature of 80 degrees,
cover it up tight and place in a temper
allure of about IS degrees. It may be
ready for use in about "a hours.
The quantity required for use will be
the same for given quantity of cream
every day, and will easily be determine d
by experiment; q very small measure
will be sufficient, provided the above
conditions are secured.
[ would add that this is no longer an
experiment with me, having been in
constant use for four seasons OF the
year. Before adopting this plan, we ex-
perimented with several different kinds
of acids, including the Tactic acid OF
commerce, and while we found it not
difficult to produce the acidity requisite
to make butter, We in every case de-
stroyed the fine aroma necessary to good
work.
The quality of the butter depends not
upon the amount of acidity produced
in the cream, but rather upon the pecu-
liar kind of acidity developed. Ergo,
the uncertainty of what the product
will be by the ordinary method.
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well-settled countries. let us have all
the white and alsike clover possible
4 american CUltiUUtOr
THE HOUSEHOLD.
Hints to HOusckeepers.

IF you are troubled with a clammy
sensation after retiring try wearing
WOODEN underwear at night.
NEVER wash bronzed lamps, chande-
Tiers, ETC., but dust them with feather
brush Or soft WOODEN cloth.
To GET ripe Florida orange never
buv one before Christmas, and be sure
that it is dark, reddish yellow, round,
not oval, and medium rough skin.
JEssUP WHITEHEAD. the gastronomic
writer, says the infallible rule to know
when fried potatoes are done is this:
When first thrown into the fat they sink;
when done they rise and float. After
that it is only question of how much
color when they should be taken out.
IF bedstead creaks at each movement
OF the sleeper, remove the Stats and
wrap the ends of each in old newspa-
pers. This will prove complete
silencer.
A PRETTY addition to closetless
room can he made by putting up two
pieces Of scantling in convenient COR
ner. fastening in some hanging pegs,
and draping it with pretty hanging Of
chintz or Madras cloth.
IF a chimney or fiue catch on fire,
close all windows and doors first, then
hang blanket in front of the CRATE to
exclude all air. Water should never be
poured down the chimney, as it spoils
the carpets. Coarse salt thrown down
the fue is much better.
CORNs-Dr. Trail Green speaks very
highly of the results obtained in the
treatment Of hard and soft corns with
salicylic acid. He has adopted form
ula recommended by DR.. Gezou, which
is as follows: Salicylic acid, thirty
parts; extract of cannabis indica, five
parts; collodion, 240 parts. The COLO
dion fixes the acid to the part and pro-
tects it from friction; the cannabis in
dica acts as an anodyne, and the acid
reduces and loosens the corn so that it
comes off in four or five days. The rem
edy is applied with camels-hair pen
Gil, and if the corn is not we'll cured,
the application may be repeated. In
four or five days the patient should use
a warm foot-bath and rub off the colo
dion. If any portion of the corn re-
mains, the acid should be applied again,
and the treatment continued until the
corn has disappeared.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1889-04-11
THE POULTRY YARD,
Poultry Notes.

BURNT corn is most excellent thing
to feed to poultry, and is far superior to
wood charcoal, which, however. has
wonderful effect in promoting the Health
of the fowls.
For winter layers save the pullets of
the larger breeds Matched in January or
not later than March, the pullets of the
small breeds that Matched in April, and
the hens that mouH early.
some Of the most expert poultrymen
occasionally feed their fowls tu1nips in
winter. They are not peeled, but cut
into quarters and thrown into the yard.
The birds know what to do with them.
To BE certain Of eggs in winter, hens
must be ten months old. welI-fed, and
housed. Select the early Matched pull
lets and the early moulting hens. Old
hens will not lay until we'll feathered.
AN exchange says a course of twenty
four lessons in poultry keeping, would
be of more practical benefit to the ma
course of twenty four lessons on the
organ or piano.
For cholera, take bird as soon as no.
ticed and feed it soaked bread plenti-
fully sprinkled with black pepper.
Ion wait LOT II 10 eat oTslI Will starVe,
feed it with spoon. If taken in time
it will often effect cure.
DANIEL WEBSTER once said: "The
longer I live the more convinced I am
that it is employment that makes peo-
pie happy" Employment alone may not
fill person chuck full of happiness,
but one thing sure-constant employ
ment will keep hens out of mischief.
| THE duck should have dry floor in
| winter. Some persons are under the
superstition that water is just what the
duck requires, and that dampness is no
| injury, but the fact is when it is COM
PEELED to remain during the night on
damp ground, it becames chilled and
| gets out of condition.
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healthy; then they will suffer but little
from the rayapes of insects.

healthy; then they will suffer but little
from the ravages of insects.
Success in Horticulture depends vastly
more on the care bestowed on the plants
than on the large amount of money ex-
pended. Yet for all this, many people
will naturally spend a great deal Of
money on high priced and rare plants,
afterwarG giving them no attention. A
bed Of geraniums, petunias, lantanas,
and other easily grown plants, is we'll
cared for, will be more satisfactory than
rare plants, which require the care and
attention of an expert grower.
Have on hand good supply of white
hellebore for use on currant and goose
berry bushes when the worm appears. 1t
may be applied dry after watering the
bush, or dissolved in waterand sprinkled
over the plants. In dealing with the
striped cucumber or squash beatle in
the garden the Ohio Experiment Sta
tion recommends the use of kerosene
applied to G cloth and placed near the
hills.
Those whose time is limited so that
they cannot give the proper care and at
tention to ANNALS will find the summer
Towering bulbs, like gladiolus and tube
rose, very attractive, and requiring but
little care. Dahlias and iris may also
be added with good results.
Borers abound where their bird en- e.
mics have been destroyed, likewise the
white caterpillars, but the sparrows
have vanquished them. Likewise with
many other insects. Save the birds.
Preserve the balance of power in animal
life.
Sand plants will usually do much bet
ter in their own soil than in richer
loan, for in the latter they are liable to
make a strong growth of foliage at the
expense of the flowers, and the plant
is very likely to be killed by the first
hard frost, while if grown in a poor soil
it would blossom freely and ripen its
growth and thus withstand frost.
Dandelions can be best destroyed by
cutting the plants little below the sur
face Of the ground, then applying drop
of sulphuric or carbolic acid. Salt also
destroys them, but it is applied in too
large quantities, and consequently de-
stroys some Of the grass in the lawn.
All other weeds should be dug or pulled
out as they appear. Should the weather
be very dry and the lawn likelyto be in
jured, an application of water may be
necessary. Give it before the grass be-
comes brown in color, and when ap-
piled do it sufficiently to give it thor
ough soaking. Less water and more
benefit can be obtained by giving one
thorough watering than by mere drib-
bic every day or two.-Americon Gar
den
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THE APIARY.
Bee Pasturage.

To raise forage for bees successfully
cooperation among neiShborho is
necessary, says contributor to the New
York Tribune. Bees are not amenable
to any trespass law; they forage on every
mans land; indeed, they seem to like
better to gather their sweets from dis
tant fields than from their own premises;
watermelon rinds, temptingly sprinkled
with sugar and placed near the hives,
are passed by without notice, while
rinds thrown in the poultry yard, rods
away, will be visited by numbers of the
little fellows. A benefactor of man and
of bees gives plan for making bee pas
ture, which he has followed success
fully: He bought alsike clover seed in
Montreal at wholesale price; sold all he
did not use to his neighbors, within a
radius of two miles. at a few cents less
than cost, for the sake of having
greater surface sown. Three pounds Of
the alsike mixed with timothy was used
to the acre; this furnished pasture of
the very best quality for from two to
five years for bees anda other kinds Of
stock.
Another writer says sisike is more
permanent than red clover; will live on
heavy clay soil where red usually kills;
makes but one crop in season, but
throws out many blossoms from each
root; blossoms from June into August.
When its heads are nearly ripe, the
stalks and leaves are green; the seeds
can be threshed with q fail, instead of
being hulled like red clover; the seeds
are smaller than the red, hence require
fewer pounds to the acre; it does not
yield in quantity of hay as much as the
rod Int JyrcIc
quality, both green and dry, as cattle
show preference for it; finally, it is
claimed to be the best honey plant in
the world. Many plants secrete great
deal of nectar, but are not useful for
general pasture. Among these the or
namental snow or waxberry bush Sym
phoricarpus) was noticed last spring
fairly swarning with honey bees for
several weeks. Until we become edu-
Gated to the idea that bees require some
! thing more than natural pasturage in
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THE FARM.


Regulating Cabbage Growth.
Sometimes cabbages need extra stimu-
lation, or rather extra feeding, to induce
them to make head. This is best done
by some liquid manure containing dis
solved phosphate and heterogeneous plant
food, both of which are very important
to this crop. 1t is rarely that enough
rain falls to dissolve dry manure left on
the surface, and carry it to the cabbage
roots, if it is applied after midsummer.
A good watering with liquid manure is
almost Immediately effective, and if it
makes good head out of what would
have been only mass of loose leaves
it will pay. On the other hand, if the
cabbage seems to be making too much
growth and is in danger of splitting
open, turn it half over, exposing half
its roots. This will check it's growth
within reasonable bounds.