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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13
ARCTIC INSECTS.
Immense Quantities of Larve Brought
Down by Glaciers.

Immense Quantities of Larv@ Brought
Down by Glaciers.
1t is a matter of surprise to all who,
for the first time, have any experiences
In high northern latitudes, to note
the great abundance of insect life in
Alaska The writer of this paragraph,
says Meehan's Monthly, was especially
interested in noting the large amount
of larvae and other low conditions of
animal life which was carried down
from the melting glaciers into the
rivers and streams which flowed from
them 1t is to this that we have to
attribute the great abundance of high
er forms of animal life which prevail.
Fish especially are in such quantities
near the coast, attracted by this
abundance, that it seems like repeat
ing the tales of Baron Munchausen to
the listener. The young son of the
writer, who was with him in this ex-
.pedition, was, with a couple of Indians
in boat, able to drive salmon into
narrow creeks in such abundance that
the boat would be driven against the
fish in their endeavors to escape. They
could have been dragged up In shoals
by any strong and ordinary net In
the earlier history of Colorado very
much stress was laid on the fact that
Fremont saw bee on one of the high
elevations while crossing the Rocky
mountains. Lieut.. Peary in his recent
expedition to North Greenland found
a humble bee on the north coast of
Greenland-the highest point of land
yet reached by human being SO far
as known. This explorer states that
not only bees, but other insects abound
as soon as the spring fairly opens.
Flowers of many kinds are particular
ly beautiful and abundant, affording
good chance for honey and pollen-col-
lecting insects to lay up rich stores in
advance of their long Arctic winters.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13

CONVENIENT CARRYING YOKE.

sketch by w. Donnell, and may be
found very convenient upon farm for
the carrying of heavy pals of milk,
baskets of fruit or vegetables, or other
burdens which otherwise would fall
upon the unaided arms. Two-inch
strips of ash or other plant and tough
wood are bent and secured by bolt
and nut at either end, these bolts secu
ing also to the ends of two swinging
rods of iron, three-eighths of an inch in
diameter, with hooks at the ends, or
light chain, or even n rope with hook
at the end can be used instead of the
iron rods. Across the yoke are stretched
two bands of canvas, or webbing, four
inches wide, and secured to the wood
If stretched completely around the yoke
the latter can be used on one side as
well as the other These bands rest
upon the shoulders and support the
weight of the articles being carried.
The yoke. when completed, should be
about four feet long and very light, yet
strongly made. American Agricul-
f1riSt
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13

cellar. The accompanying figure rep
resents cross-section of the wall and
ditch, F being the earth outside the
whole building, and E the ditch filed
from bottom to top with broken stone
or coarse gravel. 1t is in contact with
the cellar wall Below the whole is a
ditch filled with broken stone and one
or two pipetiles for carrying off all the
water which runs down from the ditch
E. This bottom ditch must be wide
and deep enough to receive and convey
away all the water which otherwise
would enter the cellar. G is a heavy
fiagstone on which the wall rests The
owner will of course know the proper
slant to give the ditch. The ditch E
remaining open while digging. must be
braced with heavy blocks if necessary,
to prevent the main wall from falling
till filed Country Gentleman.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13
DAIRY SUGGESTIONS.

THE prospect for good price for
dairy products this winter seems good.
LOOSE methods or no method at all
and scrub cows make big leak on the
farm.
THE COW that has nothing but a
burnt up pasture to feed on ought not
to be expected to yield profit
MAKE good butter and send it to q
city market. There is no money in
selling butter at the country store.
DOES grain raising pay you? Well.
no. Then why not try dairying? That
has been found to pay when the price
of grain was much better than now.
MILK is now In disfavor with some
of the doctors for feeding infants. They
say that disease so often comes from
sickly cows that it is dangerous. Any
body who tries can get healthy milk
THE best cow bred is none too good
for the farmer who will take good care
of her 1t is the farm dairy that pro-
duces most of the butter and the farm
dairy should be fully equipped with all
modern improvements, including the
best COW. But the cow is only q
machine. She must have good care like
any other machine, or she will wear
out before she should, and not be able
to do the work that she does do as eff
ciently as she might-Farmers' Voice.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13
DEATH is RARELY PAINFUL
Bot Sensations of Approaching Dtssolu-
tion Are IttIO Known to Physicians.

Bot Sensations of Approaching Dissolu-
tion Are Little Known to Physicians.
Descriptions of the sensations of
those who thought they were about to
die, but who passed into more or less
profound state of unconsciousness and
afterward recovered, though intense
and realistic, cannot be accepted as
authentic portraysls of the sensations
of the dying, since these persons did
not die, says a medical writer in Kate
Fields Washington. The temporary
suspension of all the physical signs of
life, as in a trance or lethargy, may so
exactly simulate death that all may
agree that the person is dead, while
yet that indefnable something which
holds the soul to the body remains and
is capable of reinstating the common
phenomena of life. We have no reason
to assume that the sensations expe-
rienced in passing into this state of
unconSciOusneSS resemble the sensa-
tions of those who have actually felt
the earthly house of this tabernacle
dissolved. Inconsistencies is not
death. 1t only objectively resembles
it. Physicians at the bedside Of the
weakening pulse beneath the finger.
eagerly watch for some word or sign
expressive of the sensations of ap-
preaching dissolution Nothing, how
ever, of value ever comes to us. In
deed many life goes out leaving be-
hind clear indications that there is no
appreciation whatever of the great
overshadowing change that is upou it,
even though the Sind remains clear
and active to the last.
A mother hearing me whisper at her
beside: "She is dying" opened her
eyes and replied: ''I'l be better in
minute" though when the minute had
elapsed she had given her last sigh
her last heart-throb. A little girl
clinging to her fathers hand one sunny
morning said: Papa, light the lamp;
it is getting so dark" and Immediately
expired. A young man asked: why
do you all cry? 1 shall get well soon,"
and fell back on his pillow, dead.
These expressions show clearly that
the putting on of immortality was un-
accompanied by sensations indicative
of the change.
In great majority of cases death is
preceded by period of unconscious
ness, more or less profound and of
greater or less duration. In this state
the vital spark goes out painlessly and
without any evidence of the mind be-
ing illumined for single instant by
returning consciousness. Deathbeds
are rarely painful.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13
CHRONOLOGICAL HINTS.

THE grub is often the cause of the
flower plants turning yellow.
TOBACCO is valuable insecticide
against greenhouse pests, used dry, as
smoke or in the form of decoction-
If discarded apples are removed from
the orchard and fed to pigs or other
stock or the animals allowed to pick
them up in the orchard, many injurious
insects will be destroyed
EXAMINE focks of sheep and if ticks
are still found on them, destroy by dip
ping in tobacco decoction or in some Of
the prepared dips, before they are con-
fined in barns and sheds again.
ONE pound of paris green to 800
pounds of water, with about Is pounds
of soft soap, is said to be good for spray
ing for the codling moth. 1t should be
used several times about fifteen days
apart
HEAVY losses occur annually in the
United States from the parasitic insects
which infest animals They can usual
ly be destroyed readily if given atten-
ton at the right time. Stockmen should
learn their habits and be ready to COM
bat them
DUST white hellebore on the cabbage
plants to prevent the attacks of the
cabbage worm; or, powdered pyrethrum
can be used and is said to be less dan
gerous. Use part dry pyrethrum
to or of -four, or l ounce to gallons
of water
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13
Novel Device for a silo.

My plan for keeping corn has been q
success for the past four years. have
a bay in my barn 25x35 feet with 1s-
foot posts. | cut out of the center OF
the bay of solid hay hole of Is feet,
which will leave feet Of solid hay on
the sides. l also leave about feet Of
hay in the bottom of the hole. The
hay taken from the hole can be put on
the top and around the sides, or, if
press is handy. may be baled. then
set boards all around the inside as close
as / can get them together and nail
them to board put in crosswise. am
then ready to fill. l put my corn in
whole as think it is just as good and
saving in the buying of machinery
for cutting. / use horse fork for un-
loading and have man in the hole to
lay it straight, preferring to have it laid
lock fashion. Otherwise / proceed as
others do with regularly built silos.
The corn invariably comes out all right
and affords a cheap ensilage.-M. b.
Spencer, in Farm and Home.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13

an I've regretted It thousan' times
more than ever durin' the last year. :"
$50 have l." the widow replied IF
we had only been friends an neigh bors
while Martin and Lindy lived. We've
missed great deal, Mr.. Burton, by our
contentious, an now that t'other two
an happier lives We ought to drop
the old suit an bury our differences
Don't you feel SOP"
81 do. I've felt it for long time,
Mis- Martin, an 1 come here this even
in to talk the matter over an see if we
couldn't agree to plan of settlement.
have a plan to offer, Jane, which, If
twas agreeable to you, would settle the
trouble forever"
Mrs. Martin arched her eyebrows in
surprise when Isaac spoke her first
name, for that was the first time in his
life that he had shown such familiarity.
Yet she did not seem offended at all,
nor did she appear displeased when he
drew his chair nearer hers and looked
into her face with an unmistakable
tendernes ess.
Jane" he went on, in low soft tones,
''we are gittin' old, an we're all alone
in the world For thirty years we've
been as strangers, an we've each
helped to sadden the life of the other.
We can blot out the old trouble, an
the line-fence with it, an 1 feel that
we ought to do it It's our duty to
forgit the past, an in the future try to
make up to each other the happiness
we've missed. we can make the farms
one, Jane, an then theren be no need
of no cross fence an we kin make our
lives an interests one, an then there II
be no need for no more contentious.
Isaac paused, but, as the widow di d
not raise her eyes nor attempt to speak,
he went on:
I'm lonely old man, Jane" he said,
IAN want somebody to keep me compa-
ny through my few remaining years,
an nobody would suit me like you. 1
love you, Jane, for your kindness to
Lindy, an want you to forgive me for
all of the past an be my wife. We can
be comfortable an we can cheer each
other in our declining days. Jane, will
you do it?"
L
in spite of its age, and, looking into
lsaac's eyes with an answering tender
ness, laid her hand in his.
"Yes, Isaac" she said, 81 will be your
wife, an will faithfully try to fill Lin
dy's place in your home"
A few days later the old couple were
married, and Sam Gross, who was pres
ent at the ceremony, took to himself
much of the credit for the happy termi-
nation of affairs, and not unjustly,
either.
Isaac Immediately threw the old suit
out of court, then put men to work to
tear down the old line fence and turn
the two farms into one, just as the own
ers had turned their lives and interests
into one. Thus the last vestige of the
old trouble was removed, and the two
surviving litigants entered on a quiet,
happy existence, at peace with all the
world. E. Montfort, in Les
lies Wealxlv
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13
sulphur for Ticks in Cows.

Speaking of the screw worm the Mis-
sissippi station says that nearly one
half the cases in cattle occur when
ticks have been crushed. The great
trouble is that cattle are not kept free
from these pests. The old manner of
killing the ticks by the application of
kerosene, sulphur or tobacco requires
more time than the average stock raiser
can give, and when the ticks are de-
stroyed in this way it is but a short
time before they are again abundant
The method of combating with ticks
practiced by this station is by feeding
sulphur with the salt A covered
trough is made in one corner of the
pasture, and in this is kept quantity
of sulphur and salt, about half and half
When the supply is nearly exhausted
the trough is refilled and thus the cat
tie can get it whenever they may wish
Some claim this will cause rheumatism
during wet weather, but no such re-
suits have ever been noticed, and when
thus given the sulphur will keep the
cattle free from the ticks.
--u xx0rxrEp OF NECESSITY.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13
TYPES or BAD MEN.
characteristics of the Frontier Desper
ADDE'S Who Held Life Cheap.

characteristics OF the FRONTIER DeSper-
ADDE'S Who Held Life Cheap.
The wonder grows whence sprang
these men, who, with pistols on both
hips and knives in their belts, were
ever eager for some fray, and when no
one could be found to accommodate
them picked a quarrel and then killed
their fellow-man.
The peculiar dangers that attend the
pursuit of gold seem to bring out, in
enormous degree, all the latent vic
iousness in man, and the interest is,
where did such men hide themselves
when in more peaceful parts, or
did the mere sight of the precious
metal or the Unsuitable greed to obtain
it transform respectable citizen into
an animal in contrast with whom
royal Bengal tiger would be sociable
and almost companionable?
asked this question, says writer
in the San Francisco Chronicle, of ii.
j. Crow, of Los Angeles, one of her
most prosperous and adventurous busi-
ness men, who had founded Idaho City
and had followed mining in many
states and territories, about the char
acteristics of these "bad men" and
whence they came.
"You could generally bet on it." said
Mr.. Crow, that they were from the
southern states, and seemed to have
had dark experiences before they had
penetrated into the mines. AS a rule
they were lazy men, possessed with al
most animal strength, and were utter
ly devoid of remorse. Indeed, these
men-and l have known several-ap-
parently felt that they owed nothing
to society and had no responsibility. /
saw three men hanged together one
day and heard one say to the other:
"'Well, Jim, go ahead, I'll meet you
in hell in a minute, and when it came
his turn to swing he shouted: Three
cheers for JEFF Davis They actually
feared nothing and held their own
lives as cheaply as they took others.
Where these men disappeared after the
mines gave cut, or whether they ever
became peaceable citizens, 1 cannot
say. 1 know several have adopted the
latter role, bue it would take very lit
tie provocation to make them as blood
thirsty as when they sought victims in
TdahOo
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13
WHEN SISSY STARTS TO PLAY

OH there's sadness in the household, ant
there's gloom upon the street
When Sissy starts TO play on the pianner.
The robins and the bob-o-links they beat swift
retreat
When Sissy starts to play on the pianner
Even the organ-grinder passes swiftly BY the
gate,
His empty lineup in his hand, his eye a-glcan
with hate;
The neighborhood for blocks around is strangely
desolate-
When Sissy starts 10 play on the pianner.
The young man in the parlor is sitting pale al
death
When Sissy starts TO play on the pianner
While father thinks the house TOO warm ane
goes to get "breath''-
When Sissy starts to play on the pianner.
The tomcats jump from OF the fence aud fly tc
parts unknown,
Where they may charm the Silly night with
music Of their own
And Towscr sits and bays the moon out in the
yard alone
When Sissy starts TO play on the pianner.
The dishes leave the pantry shelves and roll
upon the floor
When Sissy starts to play on the pianner.
And grandma says she's positive a burglars al
the door
When Sissy starts to play on the pianner.
OH what woe and mental anguish upon my
mind descend
What haste and desperation all my movements
do attendl
Excuse mel must snatch my hat and go 10 see
friend
Ere Sissy starts to play on the pianner.
Henry d. Muir, in Puck.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13

or light wood just large enough to slip
into the box from the front
Fasten at each of the four corners a
stout piece of iron to support the box
some or 10 inches above the stove
This should be left open for the air to
circulate through 20 prevent the fruit
burning A square of mosquito netting
should be tackled over the top to keep
out the flies and other insects when not
over the stove. Hang the door with
light hinges and a strap of leather to
fasten over a nail or tack to hold the
door shut, and one has dryer that can
easily dry bushel of apples a day, or
more if one attends to nothing else,
and by this dryer one does not run the
risk of losing the fruit il there does
come a wet spell For drying sweet
corn the shelves will need covering with
mosquito net. This dryer cost ~ rs
and it might have been made cheaper
but for having to send distance for
wire cloth.-Azalia, in N. E. Home
Staad
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13

Whether an orchard be bearing or
not summer application of manure
rarely fails to make it more pro-
ductive. If used as top dressing there
is little loss The shade of the tree
will keep the manure from excessive
drying. and increases its value as a
mulch If manure be applied early in
the spring it may make too large wood
growth. Stable manure for pear trees
should be applied in July or August 1t
will then have time to rot before
danger of blight to the tree the follow
ing season. If put on in winter or
spring then the manure will be In
active fermentation just when the
danger from blight is the greatest
While stable manure may be best ap-
piled now it is better to apply mineral
fertilizers late in the winter or early
in spring, so that they may be dis
solved by rains and made available
during the summer.-Colman's Rural
World
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13
Not Bribed.

Citizen-People are saying that you
were bribed to put through that thiev-
ing bill in behalf of the Graban COM
pany-
Legislator (haughtily)-Huh? Who
would there be to bribe me, 1 should
like to know. No one, sir. Not liv-
ing soul.
Citizen-But that company
Legislator-Why, I'm the company.
N Y. Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13
Horse and Horse.

Butler-There's man below to see
you, sir.
Mayberry-Whatd did you tell him?
Butler-I told him you told me if it
was lady to say you were in; and If
it was man to say you were out.
Mayberry-What did he say then?
Butler-He said to tell you he was a
lady.-Chicago Post.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13
A Summer Idyl.

He-So you demand that our engage
ment shall be broken, just because
won desire to firt with that college
youth. Suppose decline?
She Ccarelessly)-Wel, you'd better
think about it. The youth Is on the
university football team, you know
Judge -
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13
The CureaIl.

A Bazar reader who is blest with a
large family, is strict disciplinarian,
and never gives in to refractory child.
She thinks spanking accomplishes all
things One day the dessert was pie
which seemed small for the number to
be served, and she said: ''Oh, dear me,
this pie won't go round"
Spank it and make it go round"
sang out little voice from far down
the table.-Harper's Bazaar.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13
The Trouble.

"Are you going to the fair?"
sIf l can afford to. | doubt II l
can"
"Why, your wife said she was 60
ing"
'Yes, but 1 pay her expenses. l
haven't anybody to pay mine. Judge.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13
THE MOTHER OF NECESSITY.

witherby Visiting Plankington at
his home in New Jersey)-What is that
strange animal you have hitched to
your buggy?
Plankington-That's thoroughbred
mosquito mare, old man. couldn't
afford horse.-Judge.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13
a Work of Time.

Mr.. McSwat-Have you packed your
trunk yet, Lobelia?
Mrs. McSwat-Not yet.
Mr.. McSwat Cooking at his watch)-
Then your haven't any time to lose.
The train leaves in exactly thirty-six
hours.-Chicago Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13
Spoiled Their Pleasure

Mrs. Tittle-Did you have o good
time at the sewing circle this after
noon?
Mrs. Tattle-No, miserable time; it
was awfully dull
Mrs Tittle-Wasn't anything said
about how Mrs Blazer has been carry
ing on?
Mrs. Tattle-No; she was mean
enough to be there herself, and of
course the pleasure we had all looked
forward to was spoiled. Strange how
people can be SO selfsh.-Boston Tran
script
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13
From the German.

Dull Sergeant Ito recruit)-rve
told you forty times that you must
stand up as straight as If you had swai-
loxved a raInrod Instead of that you
anpear to have swallowed half dozen
Turkish scimitars
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13
a NEW ENGLAND DEVICE.

Convenient Yoke for Carrying Heavy
Pals and Baskets.
In the region of the Vermont and
New Hampshire sugar maple orchards
a convenient yoke is in use for carrying
the heavy buckets of sap. Such a yoke
is shown in the engraving, from
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13
Small Change.

Mrs. Riverside Parbe-I wish i
could have a little change this sum-
mer.
Mr.. Riverside Parle-You can, my
dear. Here is dime for yQu.-Texas
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13
Very Odd, Indeed.

"Jones must have made some odd
bets on the races"
''How is that?"
"Says it will take him three months
In get even. Chicago Record
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13
KCHEAP FRUIT DRYER.
1t Can BE Built for Two Dollars and Sew
enty- Five Cents.

1t Can BE Built Tor Two DOLLARS and Sew
enty-Five Cents
Procure dry goods box of a size 70
fit the top of the cook stove and some
90 or 80 inches tall. The taller it is
the more room for shelves Take out
the bottom and one side, which will
make a door, and on each of the oppo-
site sides nail strips of lath at the dis
tance of or inches as support for
drying shelves. These should be of
galvanized wire cloth with mesh from
Il to Il inch tackled to a frame of lath
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13

Truly good young men," said Mrs
Errordite, ARE as scarce as angels
teethr' "Why, gran'ma! What an ex-
pressionl' 81 should have said," hastily
added the old lady, las scarce as hens
r:sitc
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1893-10-13
Undivided Affection.

Harold-Ethel, love thee alone.
Ethel know it, Harold I've dono
my prettiest to shake ma. but ! can't
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