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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-26
FEEDING FOR EGGS.

Nourishing Rations Especially Adapted
for Laying Hans.
Cooked feed for the morning meal in
excellent IL composed of the proper in
gradients aud fed regularly.
A good mixture may be made of
equal parts of cornmeal, fno mid
dlings, bran. ground oats and ground
meat This should be stirred into .
pot Of cooked vegetables while boiling
hot until the mass Ia as stiff as can be
manipulated by pair Of strong arms.
The mixture should be seasoned with
salt and cayenne pepper.
Potatoes, beets, carrots, turnips. on.
ions or anything in the vegetable line.
clean and free from decay, viii be acr
ccptable. Cut clover hay may be sub
stituted for vegetables for an OCCASIONAL
meal
The above contains a variety of food
elements and such MS compose the egg
and the bone and muscle OF the hen.
the fat forming elements not being
prominent
For the noon meal, wheat 10 the best
single grain. 1t may be mixed with
good heavy oats and scattered In chah
or leaves on the feeding floor.
The night feed should DO light one
and consist of whole corn.
Plenty of grit should be accessible at
nll times
Unless the morning feed can be given
very early, we would advise putting
little dry meal In hopper for them to
to peck at until their breakfast IL
ready.
We have given substantially the Same
advice before, but do 30 again In an
swer to repeated inquiries for ration
especially adapted to laying hens. -
Farm Journal
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-26
PHILOSOPHICALLY VIEWED.


Adversely Is the Test of True Friend
ship.
''Sweet are the uses of adversity,"
but it takes philosopher to see II
while the storm is on. After it Is over,
and the sun of prosperity is again shin.
ing serenely anyone may see it
poet, knew this when he put these
words into the mouth of his spokes-
man, Jacques:
"Sweet are the uses OF adversely,
Which. like the toad ugly and venomous.
Wears yet precious jewel in its head;
And this our life exempt from public haunt,
Finds tongues in trees books in running brooks.
Sermons in stones and good in everything"
Here is philosophy, and if you will
take the trouble to study 1t well you
may find a great deal Of comfort In IL.
You will learn that everything has its
uses, and he that abuses them suffers
most
Has itever occurred to you that it Is
your adversely that tries and proves
your friends? While you are in health
and in wealth you have friends on
every hand, but when in adversely you
stand almost alone. The few that re-
main are worth more than the whole
vanished train.
Then, when adversely overtakes your
friends. the genuineness of your friend
ship is put to the test. Thus you are
made acquainted with your real self,
besides showing the quality of your
mettle to others
Friends come; they are not bought
This is happily expressed by a western
poet:
''Tby friend will come 20 thee unsought.
With nothing can his love be bought,
His soul thine own will know OF sight
With him thy heart can speak outright
Greet him nobly, love him well,
Show HIM where your best thoughts dwell
Trust him greatly and for aye;
true friend comes but once your way"
Pittsburgh Commercial-Gazette.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-26

sees the wisdom of economy. Explain.
my dear"
well, papa" said Emma, 1T is just
this Nine. Farine says / need ten
yards of trimming at four dollars a
yard The dress is half finished, and
really money goes sol There were other
things to get I'm ashamed to ask, but
was obliged to-"
Very well, my dear" replied the
merchant There is the money, but
don't think you'll need any more be-
fore Christmas. Times are not good.
you know. and, dear mel Forty dollars
for trinmingi Women are getting worse
than ever!"
Emma Rome slipped the roll of notes
into her purse with a feeling that 1t
was dearly bought; but fate has placed
so many women in the condition of
beggars. and it is SO customary to do as
Emma did, that she almost wondered
at the little pang which shot through
her heart. Besides, her father seemed
to forget the matter soon, and she
knew that he was called rlch-that,
actually, forty dollars was but small
sum for him. So, breakfast over and
MI llOl14C Ou III VIC obCA AONto AtS AOAo
known as down town." she dressed
herself becomingly and started on her
shopping expedition. On the way
thoughts of her new dress ran through
her mind. She intended to wear it on
an occasion which to her seemed very
important. Some one was to be present
whose opinion she valued-some one
she herself admired very much. Did
he admire her?
She had asked herself the question
over and over again She had even
pulled away the petals of Marguerite
one by one, counting them as they fell,
with the words: 'He loves me-loves
me not" And there were to be many
pretty girls present, and she was not
vain. oh, she must look as well as
possible!
Thus absorbed, she suddenly found
herself several blocks below her des-
tination. There was nothing for it but
to walk back, and the way lay through
streets filed with miserable tenement
houses Emma hurried along until,
all at once, she found sort of barri-
cade across the street The middle OBJ
ject of this barricade was sewing-ma-
chine, to which on one side clung a
woman, on the other man. The wom-
an was crying; the tears splashed down
on her hands. An attendant crowd of
residents contemplated this scene with
evident interest, and Emma became,
perforce, one of their number.
Scarcely ever in her life before had
Emma Rome been in close contact with
actual misery. Poor, to her, simply
meant not rich. Now she was amongst
rags and dirt and misery, forced to
stand still for moment and look at it
AT first, the only emotion it excited
was disgust. But, as she was about to
seek a passage through the squalid
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-26
VIII Obsy the Voice.

WIN Obsy the Voice.
There are many things that should be
carefully observed in the education of
horses that are entirely omitted. Too
much dependence In placed in the bits.
lines, strength of the harness. the use
of the whip and the ability of the driver
to control the horse by sheer brute
force. Hence there are so many fatal
accidents.
The horse Is sensible and sensitive
animal. possessed Of many attributes,
among which fear often predominates-
On the road . horse sees or imagines
danger, and the ignorant driver, in
stead of allowing time for the horse to
take in the situation and satisfy him
self that he Is mistaken, plies the whip
in the most vigorous manner. The
sensible horse always resents such
treatment and. scared and angered,
dashes OF In fright and fury. II the
harness ia strong, the bits reliable, the
driver able to guide and control the
horse, all may be well; should some
thing give way the results are serious
A safe horse must be one with sense
enough and so trained that in emer-
gencies 1t does not become frightened
and uncomfortable. 1t may require
some patience and tact to talk horse
out of running away or kicking things
to pieces, but this should be possible
with a safe horse. A horse must be
taught to stand still when 1t is desir.
able either for getting in or out of thc
wagon, or TO mount or dismount under
the saddle. The horse should under
stand that it is not to start until tho
word Is given. It is of the highest i'm.
portance that the horse should be
taught to stop for the word whoa,
whether on the farm or on the public
highway 1t might BE- considered
ridiculous for the driver to be calling
out gee, haw, whoa, get up. etc, to
team of horses on the boulevard, but
1t would be wonderful safeguard to
have horse 30 trained that he knows
what to do when spoken to by his
driver in a firm, quiet manner Horses
should be taught to 60 down hill in
slow, careful manner, and to stop and
hold the wagon whether going up or
down q hill. In no case should q
horse be allowed to cross a bridge in
any gait but walk. This should be
drilled into horse. so that in case IL
should be running away it will como
to a walk when q bridge is to be crossed
II is the reckless driving of horses,
the depending on the man. and what
is called good luck. that causes SO
many disasters and fatalities. 1t Is
time to train drivers OF horses as well
as the animals 1t is not every man
who can hold pair of lines and
whip that is At to do so.-R. M. Bell.
in Farm and Fireside.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-26

They are so constructed that they
can either skim over the ice or sail
through the water. This is necessary
because the ice, constantly subject to
the tides and currents, may break up
suddenly and leave large spaces of
open water between the fields.
Prince Edward island is well known
for it's fine draught-horses SO superior
in size and strength that buyers go
there from the New England states
In the fall of 1885 / went to the IS
land to buy some Clydesdales for firm
in Boston. Being barely eighteen
years old, l was very young to be sent
on such an errand, but had earned
the confidence which the mission i'm
piled
While making my purchases
stumbled over an opportunity TO buy
large quantity of oats cheap, and de-
cided to do little speculating on my
own account
The buying and shipping of the
horses and the attention my own
venture required detained me much
longer than l expected, and by the
time all was completed the weather
had become very cold and boisterous-
Owing to this the steamboat service
from Shediac and Pietou suddenly
ceased, and found that I would have
20 stay weeks on the island, or get
over to the mainland on the ice boat
which carried the mail in such contin-
gencies.
"We'll take you all right SIR" the
captain of the hybrid craft assured me,
''if you're bound to go, but we don't
insure no passenger that he'll get
there, and in case of trouble all passen-
gers has got to turn in and work their
passage"
The next morning / found three
other travellers ready to brave the dam
gers of passage across the strait.
They were all Canadian ''drummers,"
who, like myself, had been shut up by
Jack Frost in ''P E. l." They were
stout, athletic fellows, and proved to
be most agreeable companions
At the breakfast table of the inn at
Summcrside, near our embarking place,
Capt. Hawkins informed us that the
chances were reasonable good" and
that as soon as we had provisioned our
selves for the trip we must go on board.
When we got under way about eleven
o'clock, the sky was perfectly clear and
the wind fair, and there was every
prospect that in about three or four
hours we should reach our destination.
Iceboats travel with great velocity
when the wind is with them, and the
distance from the point of departure to
Cape Tormentine, our objective point
on the New Brunswick side, is only
about twenty miles.
With "A clear sky, fair wind and
plenty Of wraps, commend me to an ice
boat as the most agreeable method of
progress in the whole wide world. No
pen could do justice to the delight of
being the only living things on great
wide expanse of clear. CLASSY ice, and
of skimming over it at the rate of ten
miles an hour
The bracing wind that blew in our
faces made every nerve tingle. and
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-26

crowd, words fell upon her ear that ar
rested her attention.
Forty dollars I've paid you on that
machine, and now you will not give
me timei I only ask time. I'm an
honest woman. Pll pay you Man, do
you know it's all there is between us
and starvation? Let me have the
thing back. It's but ten dollars owe
you"
You have owed that two months" :"
replied the man. Come, let go, missus,
] don't want to hurt you. I've got to
obey orders. Money or the machine
was what the boss said"
But the woman did not relinquish
her hold. Still clutching the machine,
she turned her agonized eyes upon the
bystanders.
Forty dollars" she repeated, land
the machine but fifty, and he's taking
It'll never failed until Jim broke his
leg, and his work stopped, and his
wages with it, and I'd doctors bill and
all"
mo, that she didn't" cried a voice
from the crowd. I'm knowing to
that"
And he'd better be off with his
cart" cried man who had stallted out
OF the entry Of the house near which
the crowd had gathered, rolling up his
sleeves.
Look here, good people" exclaimed
the man who held the machine, 81
don't want 10 DO this I've got 10
obey orders, or lose my position and
my bread and butter. Shed better go
TO the boss and talk to him-not TO
me-"
'I've BEEN" said the woman. He's
made Of stone. told him he'd starve
us. He win. There, what Is the use
of my fighting like n drunken body
in the street-me, decent womanl
They've more than the worthTsof the
thing now, God knows; but they've
the power Take it" And she let go
her hold, and covered her eyes with her
hands.
But in place of those rough. red fin.
gers, others, dainty and small. and
well-gloved, came down upon the cover
of the machine. Emma Rome had
pressed forward, and now spoke.
"Stop," she said. "Will you let thia
woman keep her machine If pay you
ten dollars?"
"Them's the boss orders, miss" re.
piled the man, land I'd be glad to do II,
too"
Then, while the crowd gathered
close, and the woman who had told her
piteous tale sobbed with Joy, Emma
drew the sum named from her purse,
received n receipt, which she gave TO
the poor woman, and experienced for
the first time the delight which the
performance OF a good deed brings
with it,
Moreover, when the machine had
been borne upstairs, Emma, who had
exchanged few words with its own
er, followed her to her miserable
room, noted its poverty, heard all the
bitter tale. IL was a true one-the hot
tears told that.
But / don't mind anything now,
miss" sobbed the narrator. Now the
machine IL my very own, don't mind
how hard work. And the only great
tug is the landlord-four dollars q
month for rent"
"As much n month as yard of that
trimming" thought Emms, with lit
ltlcpapg. ...--.-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-26
A NEW THING IN CHECK REINs.

each end of It. The part which runs
on the pulley lis about q foot long and
LIS made of round leather. A ring at
each end of this round part of the rein
prevents its passing through the pull
ley. Accordingly, when the reins are
taken in hand and drawn on, the
horses head Is lifted till the bit comes
to the upper ring, when the pull be-
comes direct On hitching the horse
he can drop his head till the lower ring
strikes the bit, thus giving oil the ease
of an unchecked rein, and at the same
time preventing his head from reach
ing the ground While the bit Is very
effective in handling horse, one of its
chief merits Is Its humane features IL
is seemingly the most comfortable bit
ever put in horses mouth. and doubt
less will receive the earnest commenda-
ton of every humane society.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-26
"sroP," SHE SAID.

from the door she had emptied her
purse and had paid three months rent
in advance.
Your husband will be well and ut
work by that time" she said; and there
were no regrets for the lost fringe as
she made her way homeward. She
was not even stung when Nine Fa-
rine remarked with glance that said
volumes:
THE black lace from your old gren-
adine dress? Certainly. since it is your
taste"
The dress, however, was not unbe-
coming, despite the refurbished lace,
and Emma wore 1t to the party. She
was conscious that every woman of
her acquaintance knew what the dress
was trimmed with, but her conscience
whispered to her that she had done
right Moreover. the light of the bet
ter thought was on her face. Some
how. Arthur Maine found himself more
than ever attracted by 1t, and as She
drove home that night Emma felt that
the Marguerite which had said to her:
"He loves" had been no false prophet
She had learned two lessons In q
little while. One that the poor might
be clothed and fed from the trimmings
of the rich; the other, that extravaganza
in dress is not always the way to win
a mans sheart-Woman's Journal.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-26
WINTER POULTRY HOUSE.

In front and small one on each side.
which makes it very light An opening
for egress or ingress is at the front, the
door being shown at the side The
house f. eight feet high In front and
Ave feet at the rear and faces the south.
By the use of two short posts and some
light scantling q covered shed, to be
made of muslin, may be arranged In
front The muslin may be painted
with linseed-oil to make II water
proof II preferred, the lower or open
space may also be inclosed by fssten-
ing n strip of muslin. ono yard wide,
from the side OF the house. around the
posts 70 the other side, rs n wind-break.
with this contsivance the hens will
have plenty OF light and warmth, the
cost being but trife. and rs the hens
will be more comfortable they will
also produce larger number OF eggs.
Farm and Fireside.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-26

gave such vigor and tenseness TO every
muscle that when we were half an hour
on our way we were all declaring that
we felt as II we could whip our
weight in Wildcats" or something to
that effect. Before we reached the
snowbanks on the opposite shore we
had ample opportunity to show what
we really could do.
When we were something less than
halfway across, the stearing-gear
broke loose In order TO repair the
damage the Wolverine had to be un-
loaded, and her bow slightly raised.
Capt Hawkins proved himself TO be
brave navigator, and the cheerful
ness with which he faced this emer-
gency kept us all in good spirits
Wen sample the Wolverines stores,
boys" he said, when she was in sailing
trim once more, land then we'u put
her nose to the cape and keep it there
till she drives 1t ashore"
But even while he was speaking he
discovered that the wind was veering
round, and the prospects were that in
few moments it would be blowing
through the strait instead of across 1t,
which would oblige us TO turn out and
haul our boat, instead Of having our
boat carry us.
81 don't conceal from ye, gents" he
added, that we're a-goin' to have a
rough time. The lighthouse on Jouri,
main island lies thereaway," he con-
tinued, thrusting ont his arm. at
can't be many miles off and soon as we
hear the gong we're all right, but II
the wind keeps like this it'll be q
steady pull until we fetch IL, and every
one on yen have TO take his spell
Pm sorry for ye, gents. but ye was
told, ye know"
We drank our coffee and ate our
rations hastily, and then started in on
as stout struggle for life as ever eight
men engaged in.
These boats are the merest cockle-
shells, but even so their weight Is not
Il trife, and ours was loaded heavily
with the mail matter that had been de-
layed by the recent storms
Two pushed at the back. Two got
into sort of harness rigged at the
bow and pulled. SO we spelled" 1t as
LuS 1dpbdin Hdu WdIHCu uS VIC SnOulu
have 10 do.
Icy blasts drove down against US,
and swirled the snow around SO that
we were literally envcloped in clouds
of it. IL chilled us TO the very heart,
and in spite of our severe exertions
frost-bite became imminent.
The first man 70 give out was Jim, 4"
one Of the crew. He fell face down.
ward in the snow, and was unable to
raise himself, SO benumbed were his
legs and feet We were obliged to
place him in the boat and as the
terrible haul was beginning 10 tell on
all of us the mail matter had 10 be
taken out and left In the snow.
We covered Jim up carefully with
everything that we could spare from
our own necessities, but we could hear
his teeth chattering like castanets all
the time. Every few moments we haa
to stop for some one TO rub his FROST
bitten hands 2g- feet. .Eith aaaY, and -Ys
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-26
Tn, Rest o.ts for Iors...

Careful feeders Of horses know that
in feeding oats. especially the whole
grain, much depends upon the nature
OF the hull or chaR. IL is not always
the heaviest grain which gives the
best results That which Is much above
the standard weight has most often q
rough, gritty chaff, which SO acts on
the stomach as to expel much OF the
grain In IN undigested state The hull.
however soft its texture, 10 always
laxative, and a moderate degree OF
laxativeness Is beneficial. especially TO
breeding animals. but there is no gain
In passing through the heaviest grain
In a nearly whole state. II Is better 70
use light grain, which will be more
thoroughly digested
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-26

oSLr good queens should 70 int
winter quarters
Much bee-diarrhea can be traced "A
cold. damp hives
ITALIAN bces were first imported n
this country In 1850
Dos'T let the bees either starve oe
freeze to death this winter.
SroREs gathered from decaying fruit
In dry season are unhealthy.
IF honey is overheated the color and
transparency will be affected.
MoyING bees. even short distance.
invariably results In the loss OF some.
IN the majority of cases unhealthy
stores are the cause of the loss of beeS
DURING the winter prepare for the
spring by making and mending the
hives
Mosr beekeepers prefer the italian 10
the black bees, as they are more gentle
to handle
In moving bees In freezing weather
care must be observed. a the comb be-
comes very brittle.
WHEN bees are to be wintered on
summer stands they ought to Be packed
and fxed up early.
IT is said that q bee-keeper at Reno,
New. recently shipped so, 600 pounds Of
honey to St Louis
This is the time to plan all the
changes and improvements to be made
in the apiary next spring.
The honey Of Central and South
America remains liquid longer, As q
rule, than that of North America
A MAJORITY of the bees that winter
well are kept in temperature of 45 to
90 degrees. with some ventilation.
In some states efforts have been
made to prohibit spraying at certain
seasons on account of the liability Of
the bees dying from poison.
SPRING dwindling is often caused by
having too many bees to start In the
winter on. They die before spring and
leave the colony weakened In numbers
FAULT is found abroad with eucalypt.
us honey, the strong flavor Of which
does not please the English taste The
Australians are likely to be disap-
pointed in the market they had hoped
for.
THE sting of the bee is moro painful
while working ON buckwheat. This
fact Is attributed either to a more pow.
erful secretion of formic acid or be-
cause 1t is secreted In increased guam
titles.
EXPERIMENTS made to determine the
comparative value OF comb foundation,
drawn comb and ''starters' brought
out the fact that those swarms hivcd
on foundation, as a rule. stored the
most surplus; next came those hived ON
comb, and then those on ''starterA"-
N Y World
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-26
all were.beginning to feel more or les

all were'beginning to feel more or less
numbness in our feetand legs
Another of the crew succ2moed- They
were not so warmly clothed as we who
We're passengers. He, too, had to be
placed in the boat, and then :. noticed
for the first time that Jim's teeth -
ceased chatterlng. The poor fellow
was dead
We lifted him out, and laid him In
the snow. 1t seemed heartiess, and
the captain muttered something about
mot being able to face his folks, but
we could do nothing more for him. and
our own chances would have been MAJ
terially lessened by not leaving him be-
hind
Next one of my drummer friends
gave out He stun bled and fell at
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-26
He, Too, Was slippery.

II swear by those tall elms in yon-
der park"-he commenced. but she In
terrupted him.
"Swear not by them" she said Inn
ploringly.
"Why not?"
Because those trees are slippery
elms," she said simply.-Texas Sift-
inpS.