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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
A NOVEL RAT TRAP.

will have been allayed. Then add
poison to the meal and you will, in all
probability, get them all and be
troubled no moro until new genera
ton appears
Rats can be easily poisoned by bait
ing them with food for awhile, but it
cannot be done suddenly, as they are
too cunning and suspicious, and the
difficulty is to poison them without
danger to dogs, cats or poultry, but
with this contrivance there is no diff
Guilty, as the box may be placed in the
poultry house or at any desirable point
The two holes to the box, and the fact
that the cat cannot get in, will be such
an inducement as a secure retreat that
the rats Will come to 1t even when the
cat is near.-Farm and Fireside.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
rN.rROYED FORK.

lGEhONE fOhh. as QcSlTcu- NOWt
a tool having six or more slender steel
tines about thirty inches in length, ar
ranged as here indicated, with the two
central tines prolonged to form
handle, is great convenience. The
head a nj is piece of hard wood an
inch and half by two inches, and two
feet long. The two outside tines are
made of one piece and bent to form
the bail (c) for the left hand. The
next two tines are also continuous;
are over tines. made in one piece,
and they may be attached when car
rying straw on n windy day. They
slide on the handle under the bail and
may be graspcd ut d. have tested
the idea by making n wooden one,
using strips of barrel slaves for tines.
/ find the tool practical, but some OF
the tines persisted in strengthening out,
spelling its efficiency. Again, by en-
larging the whole affair and attaching
a pair of wheels to the head piece, we
have an efficient manure truck that IS
loaded and dumped instantly. y.--Ameri-
can Arriculturist
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
The Value of Hardship.

As a gladiator trained the body so
must we train. the mind to self-sacri-
fee, ito endure all things" to meet
and overcome all difficulty and danger.
We must take the rough and thorny
roads as well as the smooth and pleas
ant ones; and portion at least of our
daily duty must be hard and disagree
able, for the mind cannot be kept
strong and healthy with perpetual sun
shine only, and the most dangerous OF
all states is that of constantly recur-
ring pleasure, case and prosperity.
Most persons will find difficulties and
hardships enough without seeking
them: let them not rep ne, but take
them as a part of that educational dis
cipline necessary to fit the mind to
arrive at its highest good.-N. Y.
Ledger
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
A NOVEL RAT TRAP.
An Easy Way OF Poisoning Rodents With
OUT Danger To Poultry.


out Danger to Poultry.
As rats destroy large numbers of
young chicks, and are difficult to catch
in traps. or TO poi~on them without at
the same time irjuring or poisoning
the chicks, the illustration shows q
cheap and easy mode of poisoning rats
without danger to the cats, fowls or
chicks Make box two feet long. one
foot wide and one foot high Tor use a
soap box if necessary. and have top
TO it that can be raised up. At each
end, about four inches from the floor,
cut hole I% inches in diameter.
Never raise the top unless to put in
the feed or to take out a dead rat
Place some corn meal in pan and
leave it in the box. In the illustration
the holes are shown 1T A a, the top at
b, and the pan of feed at c.
As the rat will feel safe and secure
from the cat, and will prefer the two
holes, SC as to have better opportu-
mites for escape, it will soon find out
the box, and will also soon learn to eat
the meal. Once the rat tastes the
meal (or other food aud finds it to be
wholesome, or free from poison, it will
come every night for the meal and
bring other rats Do not poison them
ut first, but wait until they have feasted
for week, when all their suspicious
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11


THE REPTILE.
venom in him had already De-
gun to tell Between us we had done
what we could as precautionary meas
ures, though this was little enough.
He was prepared for what followed
so much prepared that he made me
write his will for him the moment we
re-entercd the hut | did it on n piece
of common tissue paper, the only avail
able material. The swelling all the
time was getting worse and worse; nor
was his agony in the least abated by
the fat and oil which Wan Tan rubbed
upon it.
The poor fellow died at eleven
o'clock, after suffering fearfully. AL
most his last words were these, with an
attempt at smile that nearly set me
crying: What an ass was, to be sure,
old fellow!'
Before l left the place, and when we
had buried him, made my way again
to the spot where he had met his doom,
and pulled down the spray of passion
flower which had drooped over him
when he was bitten. This flower,
dried, and under glass, is one of various
articles that serve as mementoes of in
cidents in my career-incidents | am
glad to say, not always SO tragical as
this.-Cham bers' Journal
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11

nv heart We crossed from Annoy to
Taiwan, big town on the west coast
of Formosa. and made our preparations
for getting well into the wilds. You
see, we had both been in China mat
ter of ten years, and could pass muster
very well with our knowledge of two
or three dialects of the dreadfully pro-
fuse language of the empire. And so
we expected to get along all right to
shoot variety of strange quadrupeds
and feathered creatures, and Hammond
to enlarge his already very copious col
lection of plants and grasses.
/ never knew a man more enthuSiaS-
tic about his hobby than was Ham
mond about his specimens. 1t cost him
many a groan to leave them on the
mainland. But for the infinite annoy
ance they would have cost us both, he
would have carried them with him to
Formosa. They filed eight boxes as
big as American travelling trunks
what with their layers of wood and
thick blotting paper, and the camphor-
wood cases in which the different
species reposed apart from each other
Poor old chap! he might have pleased
himself in the matter / wish he had,
for his interest in the things might
have kept him from the craze that
killed him.
For week we had a very agreeable
time in the bungalow of Il certain
Scotch missionary whose name will be
u familiar memory to every European
who has stayed awhile in the island.
He was-indeed is-a very remarkable
man, and credit to the Anglo-Saxon
race. If every man had his due, he
ought to be appointed governor gen.
eral of Formosa: though ! doubt not he
would refuse the dignity. This by the
way. And yet | ought to mention him
if only for the earnest warning he gave
us about the vermsn and reptiles of the
interior. We spent two days in jour
ncying from his house to the woods in
which we proposed to camp for n fort
night, as happy as Adam and Eve be-
fore the fall
The forest scenery was magnificent,
but the brake of brambles and flower
ing crcepers which matted themselves
between the tree trunks made progress
very SLOW. We did not stick to the
tracks; otherwise, of course, it would
have been different. And we were re-
paid for our labor by the strange
creatures / shot, and by many u grass
and flower which Hammond was as
clated over as mother with her first
child.
Two more days passed, and we pro-
nounced our holiday a success. Then
Hammond sickened of fever or sun
stroke, could not determine which.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11

bolt. Do not nail anything in building
this rack For the cover to the hind
VIII eels any boards will do, but elms Is
the best. Soak in water for "a or 46
hours and bind over the wheels, bolting
to the cross timbers. both in front and
back of the wheels A board as long
as the rack and wide enough to fill be-
tween the long timbers should also be
bolted underneath the cross timbers,
which 81 ould be placed near enough
together SO the wheel cannot hit them
when cramped under on short turn.
This makes the rack complete, but If
desired ladder may be added, IS
shown in cut No. Q. 1t should be bolted
inches back of the front cross-piece
so it may lean forward when standing.
When turned back it makes good seat
for the driver, as it rests aSross the
back side OF the front square.-L. Fl.
Abbott, in Farm and Home.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
I,ameness in Young Turkeys.

At this season many complaints are
made that young turkeys become lame
and swell at the joints The difficulty
is due mostly. to the high roosting
places, the young turkeys striking the
ground too heavily. Old turkeys are
not SO liable to be injured, as they are
matured, but the rapid growing young
ones are too weak in the legs to endure
the constant strain upon them when
they jump from high pcrches.
Looking Cityward.
Western Magistrate - You arc
charged, sir, with killing six OF our Old
est and most respected citizens What
have you to say? :,
Prisoner-They were all OF 'em rich
old penny grabbers wot was leavin the
best buildin' sites in town lie idie' walt
In fer higher price.
"Well?"
"Well, yer honor, | belong TO the
village improvement society N l.
Wnalylv
A Dialogue Abroad.
De Gush Tin the doorway OF an
Italian cathedraD We have nothing
Ike this in America. Smithkins. love
these deep arched doorways; they sug-
gest quiet, contentment and-er-re-
pose, you know.
Smithkins- Yes; | like them first
rate. Capital places in which to light
a aci9ar.-Munsey's Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
AT $50 p. M.

The music OF the distant sea
Now rnurmurs through the balmy air,
No longer butterfly and bee
FIit round the flowers here and there.
The first white star IS il the sky,
The hoptoad rests beneath the weed
And in heap
The cows asleep
Upon the bosom OF the mead
The bat is circling wild and free,
The frog is croaking loud and long.
Mine car, mcthinks, discovers the
Mosquitoes rude unhallowed song.
Ihear the shrieiling whip-poor-will
That keeps it up with Spartan spunR.
While on yon pane,
A wild refrain,
The June bug goes "kerplunk! kerplunkF'
The banner OF the mellow corn
Now ripples like q silver lake
Beneath the rising moon, whose horn
Keeps your Internal dog awake
The dewdrop's on the lily bell,
The hollyhocll's asleep, and hence
Til tilt my chair
In comfort rare,
And rests my heels upon the fence.
The night is grand, no cloudlets sail
Across the star -bcsnrinklcd sky;
The turkey roosting on the rail
Is not one eighth as glad as l.
Oh, golden rapture brims my cup.
dream on Pleasures peariy shore
Now there squalls Joe,
Which means q 60
As.you-please all night upon the floor.
Puck.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
Scas.iorc Love.

That's Miss Young down there with
her fiaEce."
How do you know"
"See that half-arc of purple and yel-
low light swinging in the darkness?
That's her new engagement ring, and
she's waving her arms for us to notice
it"-Judge.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
NO.
LAsoRsAvlNo LOADER.
4 Hayrack 3nat r. a New Departur&
But No Experiment ON Paper.


The hayrack shown here is o new de.
parture in its line, but is no experiment
on paper. began using it in Kansas in
ls7s, when | had lots of heavy work for
it. Some thought it would break down
back of the front wheels, but 1t has
stood severe tests and long service
without any apparent weakening. One
advantage is that it places the load
down low, thus making it easier to load
and less liable to upset. Again, the
chances for c-lmPing and straining,
and possibly breaking the ront wheels
of the wagon, are done away with, as
the wheels can turn under the load
without touching the timbers, neither
can they tilt the rack up edgewise. II
also allows short turning, almost as
short n the na,sei running gear, and
for this reason saves the team much
travel and many a hard pull
Thc rack is well explained by the
two cuts. Cut No. l shows the plain
frame without the boards. A. A. are
the two main bed timbers, by inches
square and of the desired length and
distance apart. d. T. are two shorter
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
Matrimonial Item.

Cynical Old Bachelor-What makes
you grin like an idiot?
Young Happicuss-0, ! am the hap
piest of mortals' Tomorrow | get
married.
Cynical-Yes, suppose you are the
happicst man in town to-day.-Texas
Siftings.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
Unusual Luck.

Gus DeSmith-l see by the papers
that the ear has been enjoying the
pleasure of the chase in the Jabonski
forest, near Warsaw.
Gilhooly-What luck did he have?
Gus DcSmith-Splcndid. He came
back alive.-TeXas Siftings
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11

Mechanical tom.

Gentleman-Why, my little boy, you
ought to be at school; you are too small
to work.
Boy have to work to support my
mother, sir.
''Why, is your father dead?'
s'No. sir: he's an inventor. Texas
SiftinpS
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
She Waa RiDht

Jennie-I hear that you are going to
become lecturer.
Minnie-The ideal am engaged to
be married.
"Wcll, l knew it was something OF
the sort" returned Jennie.-Jury.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11

"A Thoughtful Boy.-Son-"Didn't
you tell me, pa. that it wasn't healthy
to stay in the water very long at a
time?' Father-"Yes." Son-''Well,
hadn't you better tell these ducks? The
poor ignorant things have been swim
ming up and down the pond all day. -
Munsey's Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
A Homeless Case.

Fogg-You refused me when l asked
YOU last June to marry me, Miss Flyrte.
May ask if you have changed your
mind since then?
Miss Flyrtc-No; but have changed
INV name.-Somerville Journal.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
IInn,hIe EunnCh.

Mrs. Gadby-Mrs. Henry Peek has her
husband in complete subjection.
Mrs. Clatter-From what do you
judge?
Mrs. Gadby-I asked him a question
the other night, and he turned to her
and said: Let me think. Puck.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
The watch Was n Failure

; Washington Jefferson-Dat ar fly
back watch yer sold me amt no good.
Jeweler-What ails it?
Washington Jefferson-Hit's been
stole mn fo' days and hain't fiewed
back yet.-Jewelers' Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
4 Horrible Example.

Foggs-It is said that man once ad-
dicted to a vice can never really give it
up.
Trotter-I believe it, too. know a
gambler who is reformed, but every day
he plays solitaire and bets with himself
that he'll Wiu-Epoch
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
& Good Eensnn.

''Why don't You come in?" said his
wife mocl1ingly from the second-story
window as he fumbled in his pocket for
his latch key.
81 haven't got openers" he replied
sadlY.-JurY.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
Nh Nancy to Lend.

Hello, old chappy Been maxim
money lately?"
ST should smile; got m pockets full )"
LEND me V, will yer?"
-'Oh, l can't yer know; it's all in one
dollar bills s"-Texas Siftings.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
. Upon This Hint I spake."

Abby (who is thirsty)-How long VIII
we have to wait for dinner?
Hiram (who lacks decisionl-About
twenty minutes, / guess. Then III
have a bottle of plain soda, and have 1t
opened here.
She-I should like to hear some thing
pop, if it's only a cork!-Lifc.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
At Narragansctt Pier.

"Well, this is act first" said the sum-
mer youth as he put his arm around her
and drew her tenderly to him.
"And it is also scene first" replied the
summer girl as she pointed to her
frowning chaperon standing not ten
feet away.-Life.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
A Great Success,

Stranger-I understand that electro
cution is great success in this state
New Yorlxer-Yes, indeed. When a
man wants to die q quick, painless and
delightful death, all he has to do is to
go out and kill somebody. We do the
rest N Y Weekly
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
70 p-o,ect y.is rcilow-Mcn.

Client-Your fee is exorbitant. IL
didn't take you n day to do the work.
Lawyer-It is my regular fee. l am
not charging you for time, but for the
cost of my legal education
Client-Well, give me receipt for
the cost of your education, so the next
fellow won't have TO pay for 1t, too
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
No Oral Credit Given.

Rising Young Orator-I intend to try
to learn to speak in italics, as Justin
Mccarthy says Gladstone does.
Knowing Layman-What you need
most is to learn to speak in quotation
marlls.-Judre
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
= Proverb Practically Applied.

Father-It is the early bird that
catches the worm.
Johnny-That's SO; but it is the little
birds that stay at home sleeping in the
nest that gets the worm to cat
Harper's Bazaar.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
Eoretliought.

"Our names are written in pencil in
this marriage certificate" said Waldo
Higgins, of Boston, to his.Chicago bride.
''Yes," she said, that's Chicago
custom. They are easier to rub out. -
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11

broken fine in
the process Of
thrashing, t h 9
ordin airy pitch
Or dung fork Is
found wholly in
a d e equate t e for
quickly handling
such straw when
d e S sired to b Q
m owe d. Even
the large barley
fork fails to "get
there" as fast
Is-~.l N1-v
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
Looking Cityward.
Contrary to Rule.

Husband-You are surely not going
out shopping in the rain? You'll be
sick.
Wife (firmlyl-I never allow the
weather to interfere with my shopping.
Husband-Then you are letting your
buv-laws interfere with your constitu-
tion.-Pittsburgh Bulletin
A Visible Reason.
isn't this your prayer book. Miss
Chaser?"
"Why, yes; thank you, 1t Is How
did you know it, Mr.. Blunt?"
"When took it up II opened mt the
marriage service
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
IMPROVED FARM FORK.

An Implement which Facilitates Rapid
Handling of Straw.
In the west, where solpuch grain Is
cut ryith the header and the straw is
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
Reason :or Her Faith.

Cousin Mary :int &C. you think you
can place any dependence in Harry
when he tells you he loves you?
Kate--Oh, yes, indeed. He has told
me so many things that | know are
true that can't doubt his word. you
know.
Mary-As for example?
Kate-Wcll, he told me, among other
things, that WAS ayvfully good looking
and that was ever SO much better than
the rest of the girls.-Boston Tran
scriDt
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
THE CREEPING PLANT.
A Botanist's Sad Death in the
Wilds of China.

D o r II A M =
NJ o n ID man
aged to get n
months leave
at the same
time as myself.
That was how
we came to join
hands and ar
range for the
trip to Formosa.
I wish / had
worked on for n
year longe e r
n w, with all
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1891-09-11
AN UNPLEASANT SIGHT.
Appropriate EpItaphs.

For hanged mamie took q drop
too much.
For awyer-IIic jacet.
For grave digger-He has got in his
work.
For watchmaker-Run down.
For IL shoemaker-Rest his SOLE
jury. Z
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-15

The Homecoming Reyie,o takes pains
to reiterate its appreciation of an
article in the New York Herald con-
demnatory of the convict labor system
and also to commend to the JOURNALS
attention another from the Louisville
C0urier-J0urnat.
The latter we had read before seeing
the Regieeo.
But like all other screeds on that
question, there is not line of argument
in it. 1t is all gush, based upon a
sickly assumption that the system is
wrong because trades union dictum
has so pronounced it-only for trades
union purposes. No other possible
interest is or can be subserved by OPP
position to the system.
The Re0ien illustrates
If some greedy capitalist were to buy out
the Ledger and start a newspaper up there
and employ convict printers you would hear
the JOURNAL send up wall that would burst
the hoops around BarrellvIlle, and set Pink
Whlskers free.
The Regie,o is entirely mistaken.
The Lec7ger could not be run upon a
cheaper basis than it is.
Besides, the Reoie,c should know that
there are 40 convict printers that if con-
Wet labor be its last hope, then of all
newspapers the Ledger is the most
miserable
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-15
PUBLICATIONS.
WAS 1t Suicide >"


Why marriage is sometimes 4 failure is an
interesting and important question to all !;
and everyone, married or single, should read
the absorbing story with the above title, by
the poet novelist, Ella Wheeler Wilcox
written in that popular authors most forcible
style, which is published i'll September num-
Der of that always bright periodical, Demo-
rests FdmHy Nagazinc. 1t contains, besides
an abundance of other reading matter, just
the sort that one enjoys at this season. There
is a splendid article, fully illustrated about
BRAZIL "A Poet at Home" tells about Ella
Wheeler Wilcox and her lovely home, and
with it are pictures Of the poets corner and
portla its of her in some OF her noted gowns ;
whether you ever enjoyed that rare sport
oosc-hunting or not, you will be interested
"A Stray Shot at Moose" written by the
fortunate amateur sportsman who brought
down his game at the first shot, which is also
finely illustrated; "a Seven Days Tramp
and What it Cost" describes tramp" made
by eight girls and Il chaperOn, and the
chaperon tells the story; then there are
stories and poems, and the various depart
ments are repete with useful and amusing
matter and there are nearly 200 illustrations,
besides beautiful water.colOr PLAY ball,
Pa :" which appeals to every admrer and
devotee of baseball And this is only fair
sample of what one gets monthly in this
ideal FumHy UogazHte, which is published
for 81 year, by W. Jennings Demorest, Is
East 18th ST., New York City.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-15
RreXitiCS.

j. A. Fulton & Co., of Cumberland.
publish an advertisement headed "A
Bad Dollar" On one face it has a
book of final record, on the other an
asterisk, probably typifylng a fair ex-
change for newspapers that rate them
selves as worth something below a
living price.
Intimidation wins baseball games
beforehand.
The ring and auti-ring debate has
brought out the brightest editorial
writing the JOURNAL has seen in this
county for years. The JOURNAL is the
evident model, and when all the papers
get to be as good as the JOURNAL the
Allegany press will outshine that Of
any other county in Maryland.
Skill in baseball Is a back number
and merit is an old fogy.
Great difference in the literary style
of the Homecoming Stars courthouse
ring editorials and that of its reports
of its own base ball ring achievements.
Funny story that-about the tags
only six tags for twenty. The "origi-
nal Brown men" are laughing awfully
about it. And so are the six who got
the tags. The fourteen are lying still
and cussing in a loud but invisible
undertone."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-08-15
\ Matterof Propricty.

An Elk Garden correspondent of
the Cumberland NerS says:
Coketon, Thomas and Douglas might with
propriety be called one town, as the three
towns are only one mile apart
Certainly.
Why noto
If the Elk Garden trinity wants a
precedent for consolidation the JOUR
NAL gladly points to jackson, PEBBLES
tannery and Never Seen-a combina-
ton which gets along through life
under the name and style of Lion
aconing."
But the correspondent continues his
argument
Thomas boasts of a good cornet band Il
lodge of the Mystic Chain, etc
On account of superior age, doubt
less, Homecoming sees these and goes
two better. 1t has the musical terror,
the mysterious concentration of links,
a homeguard baseball club and a
terrestrial .Star.
In all of which there is conclusive
and substantial reason why the one
town suggestion should be adopted
unanimously in "Cokcton, Thomas
and Douglass