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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-29
grace YOU had inflicted on him, or one

grace you had inflicted on him, or one
of contempt"
Contempt. sir. UnmistalSabIe con-
tempt"
.'0ut Of respect for your rank, Lieut.
Vandever. the sergeant should have
tried TO hide his feelings. | wish to
say to you. sir, that Sergt- barrett
was a tried and true soldier when you
were pulling infant in your mothers
arms. have known him for many
wears, and in all of his long and faith
ful service this is the first blot ever
cast on his record. He is man fitted
by education and long service to I'll a
position above the one You now oc-
cupy. Sergt. Barrett is soldier who
is not at all lacking in respect for his
superiors in rank. Were to meet him
and receive and acknowledge his salute
and on turning around he should sa-
lutte me again, / would think he had
been drinking, sir, and would pardon
his excessive manifestation of respect
on that ground. believe have moth
ing more to say to you, sir, further
than that your hasty order placing this
man under arrest must be instantly re-
voked."
Stung to the quick at this official re-
buke, the lieutenant sought his quar-
ters. An order was at once sent to the
non-commissioned officer annulling the
verbal order of arrest, and directing
him to report to the first sergeant of his
troop for duty.
Lieut.. Vandever and Miss Sanford
frequently met, and it did not take the
young officer long to learn that any at
tention shown her outside the bounds
of ordinary politeness and courtesy
would be met with marked displeasure.
He was really desperately In love with
the beautiful girl, and did not despair
of arousing in her heart a responsive
emotion; but her attitude toward him
told him all too plainly tnat he could
never gain her favor through the me-
dium of light fattery and gallant at
tention which had proved SO effective
in transitory love affairs at THE
Point" He soon ceased to force his at
tentions upon her, and tried to be con-
tent to wait and hope. He felt that his
charm of manner was sirresistible-doz-
ems of girls had told him so in moon
light wanderings-andh he did not doubt
that at some future day the fair girl
would strike her colors and capitulate.
fro BE CoNTINUED.)
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-29
GROUND PLAN OF GREENHOUSE.

seven feet long; all the other rafters
are four and one-hah feet long.
The letter indicates the position Of
the stove, which is an old-fashioned
wood heating stove, for which paid
$3.50. The legs are left off and it is
set on bricks so as to place it low down,
and over it is built the cutting bench,
the bottom of the bench being two
feet from the top OF the stove. A large
pot OF water is kept on the stove to
maintain due moisture in the air. A
large piece of sheet-iron is placed be-
tween the stove and the wall; another
piece is arranged SO as to be easily
moved in and out between the top Of
the stove and the bottom of the cut
ting bench. The dotted lines show
where the flue passes from the stove.
The fue is made of six-inch tile except
one joint of stove pipe next the stove.
This tile is supported by strong gal
vanized wire fastened to the wall at
one end, and to the rail on the flower
bench at the other end. The joints Of
tile are luted together with wet clay.
which makes it easy to take them
down for cleaning out the SCOT, which
must be done about once a month in
winter. The bench indicated by and
is built high enough to allow two
and one-half feet space under it, which
gives room to get under to put wood
in the stove; is bed of heliotrope
which is always in bloom. and In
where the carnations are grown for
winter blooming.
The FIRE is allowed to burn its full
force only in zero weather, when it
must be looked after every four hours.
In moderately cold weather it may be
left all night. There is always a diff
ference of ten to twelve degrees be-
tween the middle and the ends Of the
greenhouse. At d is the rose bench,
where roses are grown for cut flowers,
a Marechal Mel being in the end near
est the fire. The bench is two feet
high; is the place for begonias and
young palms; +, smilax, the bench low
down; 0. coleus, begonias, ETC.; h, q
large palm; 1, a tall plant All the
benches, &. and m, are used for plants
for sale. The walks are two feet
wide. The door is in the west end,
and storm door is built outside.
did all the work myself. and the green
house cost me fifty dollars With .
few cold frames in addition 1t will, II
well managed, turn out $500 to $500
worth of plants and cut flowers per
year.
Still, if the purse will admit. ad-
wise to build it on the level ground and
not dig. Use two thicknesses of
boards and put tarrcd paper between
them. as the building will then last
much longer, will not be so damp in
continued wet weather, and will then
allow cold frames to be placed outside
the east wall My house has good
drain, which is indispensable for q
house built below the level of the
ground.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-29
CHAPTER /.
INTRODUCTION.

adobe houses of the Mexican ranch
eros, the great black bowlders and
monuments of lava rock across the
stream, set in beds of mesquite bushes
and cactus, far away TO the eastward
the bold towering peaks of the San
Andreas and Oscura ranges, to the
southwark the Fra Cristobel and to the
westward the Magdalena and the San
Mateo ranges of mountains, all con-
tribute to picture so fascinating in its
rugged grandeur and beauty that it
would seem as mockery for the most
gifted artist to presume to transfer Its
details to canvas
All of the buildings of this remote
border garrison were built of adobes,
or sun-dried bricks of Mexican manu-
facture, officers quarters, barracks for
the enlisted men, storehouses, stables,
ETC., being but one story in height.
Around the post ran a line of earth
works thrown up during the civil war
when Indian and confederate foe alike
coveted its possession. The buildings
formed hollow square around level
parade ground some twenty acres in
extent, and in the center during the
occupancy of the fort stood a tall flag
staff from the top of which, every day
in the year from sunrise to sunset gun,
the stars and stripes floated proudly in
the semi-tropical breezes.
At the time of which write the fort
was garrisoned by four troops of cav
airy, two companies of infantry and
battery of light artillery. The COM
manding officer, Col. Elmore Sanford,
was a dignified, gruff old veteran who
had grown gray in the service of his
country, strict disciplinarian who ex-
acted with unfinching severity the
performance of every duty from Of
ficers and men alike with promptness
and precision. Every infraction of mil
itary rules met with swift punishment,
whether the offender wore the gold
laced uniform of the officer or the plain
garb of the private soldier. He pos
sessed a volcanic temper, at times,
when angered, storming and swearing
like a madman, then as quickly subsid-
ing into his usual state of icy dignity.
Those most familiar with his moods
met these fitlul outbursts of passion
with no thought of resentment, for
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-29
TURNED EAKIR,
An Englishman Who Adopted the Religion
OF the Htndoos.

A singular case of European turn
ing falzir. or Hindoo holy man-and
that In the most European station in
India-was lately brought to light,
says the Pail Mall Gazette. At Bishop
Cotton school, at Simla, there was once
an English boy named Charles de Reus-
selte. He got into some boyish scrape,
and, to avoid the consequences, abb
seconded. Search proved abortive, and
nothing more was heard of the fugi-
tive. 1t appears now that he had wan
dered no farther away than Mount
Takkho, just above. There he had
taken refuge with the fakir Of native
temple. He became first the holy mans
acolyte and eventually his successor.
His identity with the runaway school
boy WAS entirely lost, and the sanctity
of his life made him an exceedingly in
fuential parsonage. Meantime. Charles
de Reusselte had become entitled to o
large fortune, and was being adver-,
tised and sought for far and wide
without success. One day q CORE.
spondent of the Lucknow Gazette, who
chanced to be at Sinla, fell In with the
fakir, and either discovered bis secret
or had it communicated to him. But
the heir manifested no desire to claim
his Inheritance On the contrary, he
assured the correspondent that he
should never revert to the religion OF
his fathers, nor ever return to civilixa-,
ton; u was 9 .la aaits ssPpy Ehsss~wsI
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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-29

they knew the old man never meant
the half he said, and that beneath his
forbidding exterior rested soul that
was really warm and generous.
The light of the old commanders
military home was his daughter Alice,
his only child, who came as a ray of
sunshine into his life but a week be-
fore the death of his beloved wife. At
the time our story opens Alice was a
lovely, sunny-faced little fairy of
eighteen, full of life and spirit, as
beautiful in her blonde loveliness as
the lily bursting from its bud. She
was devotedly attached to her stern
old father, who, in her society, laid
aside his air of military dignity and al
lowed the reflection of his really kind
heart to play in genial smiles over his
soldierly face. He id0lized the lovely
girl, the last priceless gift from his dy-
ing wife, and to contribute to her hap
piness and enjoyment seemed to be the
one leading aim of his life. The best
instructors which money could secure
had been brought from the far-away
east to look after her instruction, and
when she reached her eighteenth year
her education in all necessary branches
was complete, and she possessed as fine
accomplishments as she could have Sc
cured in any academy in the land. Born
in border military fort and reared in
the garrisons of the far west, she became
imbued with the spirit of adventure in
cident to frontier life, and was never
so happy as when dashing over the cac-
tus studded plain or wooded river bot
tom on her tronglimbed pony or ex-
ploring the gulches and canyons cleft
in the breasts of the adjacent noun
tains.
The picture of this young border
princess was indelibly stamped upon
the hearts of several of the younger
officers of the garrison, yet none of
them were suitors for her hand. They
knew how her father idolized her and
held her as a precious jewel set in his
crown of life for him alone, and each
one felt that it would be almost sacri-
lege to attempt to pluck the gem from
its parent setting and transfer it to an
other. She had, seemingly, no espe-
cial favorite among the young men of
the post. The same sweet smile which
would set the heart of a young officer
throbbing with delight would illumine
her pretty features while bending over
the cot of sick soldier in the hospital,
or while thanking the humblest pri-
yate who had done her favor. She
treated all alike, and came to be looked
| upon as a treasure which all might ad-
mire but none need ever hope to pos
sess-a devoted child whose father so
filed every nook of her pure heart that
there was no room there for another.
One lovely morning in the month of
September, 1866, while returning from
| gallop down the valley of the Rio
! Granle, Miss Sanford rode up a gulch
onto the mesa about a mile below the
fort. As she came out upon the higher
| ground she observed young soldier
sitting upon rock near the trail busily
| engaged in sketching. She was her
/ self clever artist and passionately
fond of drawing from nature, and her
interest in the soldier was at once
aroused. He had R9t noticed hsE PIP.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-29

would have gone to the captain of my
troop, but he is absent from post on a
hunt, and the officer of whom would
complain is temporarily in command of
the troop. | do not think, sir, there is
a man in the service who feels more
respect for his superior officers than
do, or who is more prompt at recogniz-
ing their rank than | when / meet
them. Lieut.. Vandever came into the
quarters an hour ago just as / was
leaving the room, and | saluted him as
was my duty. A moment later was
standing on the porch just outside the
door when he came out, and / assumed
the position of soldier and waited for
him to pass. No officer who has been
any length of time in the service would
have desired or expected a repetition
of my salute, but the lieutenant stepped
up and shook his fist at me and rough
ly said:
+" What do you mean, fellow? Do
you know who am? Why do you not
salute me?'
II tried to explain to him, but he
Grossly told me to shut up, and said he
would teach me the respect due an Off
Ger. He then placed me under arrest.
Sir, served as private soldier for six
wears and was never in the guardhouse
as prisoner, and during my fourteen
years service as non-commissioned
officer / have never until now been
under arrest, and it hurts me, sir. He
humbled me before some of the men of
my troop, but l don't mind that so
much as the disgrace he has fastened
to me-"
SIS that all that passed between you,
sergeant?"
THAT is all, sir. The lieutenant
used some language that he would be
ashamed to use toward a soldier of my
service after he has been in the army
awhile, but do not complain of that.
/ wish the disgrace of arrest wiped
from my long record, sir, that is ALL
IF it will in any manner soothe your
wounded feelings, sergeant, | will say
to you that | have known you for
long time and have always regarded
you as model soldier. You can go to
your quarters. 1 will look into the
matter"
The sergeant saluted and retired,
and an orderly was dispatched to sum-
mon Lieut.. Vandever to headquarters.
The young officer had from his window
seen the sergeant leave the office, and
instinctively felt that his unwarranted
action had been reported to the colo
mel. He entered the commanders
presence with timid air, and seated
himself in q chair pushed toward him.
"LieuteDant, you have placed Sergt.
Barrett Of your troop under arrest"
Eyes, sir, for showing me disrespect."
''In what manner?"
HE failed to salute me when passed
him, and retorted when | reprimanded
him"
Had he NOS saluted you in a proper
and respectful manner but moment
before2"
"Yes, sir, but then | was entering
the quarters. He did not recognize me
when | came out any more than he
would have done one of his own com
panions."
I'm what language did he retort
when you reprimanded him?"
He cndeavored to excuse himself for
-his-his-hi breach of military disci
pline. His words were respectful, sir,
but the expression on his face was
not"
"A Lock Qtpain.at the anRsTitGd dis
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-29
NIAGARA'S POWER.
1t Is Being Harnessed for Manufacturing
Purposes

1t Is Being Harnessed for Manufacturing
Purposes
Engineers have estimated that the
total water power of Niagara falls is
seven million horse power. This esti-
mate, to be sure, is in the main only
guess, but when the area drained into
the lakes above Lake Ontario and pass
ing through Niagara river be consid-
cred, the guess or estimate does not
seem to be too large. The water sur
face of the great lakes above Ontario is
$4,000 square miles, and the watershed
of these lakes is 24O, 900 square miles
more than twice the area of Great Brit
ain and Ireland. The total length of
shore line is 5000 miles, while the vol
ume of water is 6,0OO cubic miles, of
which Lake Superior contains almost
one-half. The rate of outflow at Buff
falo is from 1900 to 275, 900 cubic feet
per second, while the fall of the catar-
act is 165 feet. The volume of water
in the lakes Is such that 1t has been es-
timated that even If no rain fell the
flow Of the river would be continued at
its present rate for one hundred years
that is, If the lakes could be gradually
drained.
These are very large figures, says
Harper's Weekly, but in the main they
are the results Of exact measurements.
The small water powers in the world
are uneven, and are affected by floods
and droughts, but this great power at
Niagara is as constant as anything in
this world can be, not even the ice in
the severest and longest winter ever
known app-eciably changing it. The
present plant is intended only TO utilize
125, 900 horse. power, and the turbines
now in place are only for a small part
of this. Other turbine wheels will be
put in place as the demand for the
power grows The general plan of the
company contemplates the ultimate use
of 45O, 900 horsepower on the American
side and a like amount in Canada. Such
a power would turn all the wheels
within a radius of 500 miles of the
falls. At the present time a considera-
bic part of the power developed is to be
taken to Buffalo by electric transmits
sion, and it is the confident expectation
of the electricians now at work on the
problem that the power can be taken
as Tar east as Albany, 300 miles away,
and delivered there cheaper than power
can be generated by burning coal. If
this be SO, then all the country be-
tween Albany and the falls will be ad-
mirably adapted for manufacturing,
while the Erie canal will afford cheap
and tolerably quick transportation, for
there seems to be little difficulty in the
way of hauling these boats by electric
al power.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-29
PLAN FOR GREENHOUSE.
Full Directions for Building and How to
Arrange tho Interior.

Full Directions for Building and How to
Arrange tho Interior.
The accompanying illustrati11
shows the plan for n greenhouse
which is cheap and gives a different
temperature in the various parts OF
the house, yet is heated with only one
fire. 1t really consists of two small
greenhouses joined together as shown.
The front part is ten feet wide and
twenty-five feet long, and the rear
part is eight feet wide and twenty
two feet long. have used this green
house for two winters and it works
admirably. / grow palms and hot
house plants in one section, and prim-
roses, cinerarias and cool greenhouse
plants in the other, and all thrive sat
isfactorily. To build the house l dug
in the ground two and a half feet,
then set in oak posts eight feet long,
sinking them three feet in the ground.
This left the walls five feet high, ex-
cept the south wall, which is only four
feet high. This wall being low let's in
plenty of sunshine. The framework
is oak scantling two by three inches,
and the walls are made of oak boards
one inch thick. Then earth is banked
up to the top of the wall, and sodded.
The rafters on the south side are
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-29
CHAPTER II.

The soldier artist resumed his seat as
Alice rode away, and sat and watched
her until bend in the trail hid her
from his eyes. He had often seen the
young girl at distance and had ad-
mired her graceful figure and light,
springy step, but had never before had
an opportunity to closely observe her
face. AS she sat on her pony bowed
over his sketch he had studied her
features, and he thought he had never
seen so beautiful girl. Her sunny
disposition flashed softly from her
laughing blue eyes, and the lingering
echoes of her low, sweet voice re-
sounded in his ears in pleasing melody
long after she had gone.
There was a marked stir in the so
cial circles of the garrison when an
official communication from the war
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-29

laid before you, you would find it
dark one. You must not allow your
romantic little brain 10 picture him
prince in disguise. Come, dinner IS
waiting. and am as hungry as troop
er after hard days scout. Attention.
squad! Right face! Forward, march"
Gayly trilling the air of The Girl
Left Behind Me" she led the way with
military step to the dining-room, the
old colonel marching after her with
the precision of other days.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-29

proach, so deeply interested was he in
his work, and she refined in her pony
few yards distant from where he sat to
study him. There was pleased eX-
preston on her face when she noted
that he was a handsome young man
with frank, honest face, neat and
tidy in dress, and wearing an air of in
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-29
POOR MARKSMANSHIP.
Firing In Both Army and Navy Less Ac-
curate Than Formerly.

Firing In Both Army and Navy Less Ac-
curate Than Formerly.
The training Of naval artillerists has,
in recent years, been given a good deal
of attention, and no end of powder and
shot has been expended in target prac-
tice designed to serve more telling
purpose in actual warfare, should the
occasion present itself. Itwould seem,
therefore, says Cassier's Magazine, that
the floating equipments of naval powers
of to-day ought to give good accounts
themselves in point of craftsmanship if
called into action, though it would be
presumptuous to undertake to fore
shadow possible results. If, on the
other hand, past experience counts for
anything, there would seem to have
been a notable decline in accuracy in
naval gunnery, growing with success
sive improvements in naval architeo-
ture and naval armament. 1t was esti-
mated some years ago, from data fur
nished by target practice at sea, that
heavy gun must be discharged fifty
times to make one effective hit. The
old smooth-bores were credited with
killing man by the discharge of the
guns weight in shot; in other words
three tons of thirty-two-pounder shot
were required for the purpose. Actual
service test with modern high-power
guns, however-guns weighing twelve
tons-has, within . past ten or twelve
years, shown that it took about sixteen
tons of projectiles to accomplish the
same thing. 1t is interesting to note
from what statistics are available that
the introduction of rifed muskets into
the armies has had somewhat similar
result. The old-time muskets, it is
said, killed a man by firing at him his
own weight in lead bullets, but the
modern rifle, in the hands of the aver
age soldier, so it has been figured out,
does not effect fatality until it has
discharged twice the mans weight in
lead Both here, as well as in naval
shooting, therefore, there has been
shown to be an important demand for
greater skill and care. Whether this
has been met In any measure, future
hostihties only will tell.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-29
Sincere admiration.

Mr.. Boozley (reading)-It Is grand
sport There is no pleasure like reel
ing off ten or twenty miles on ones
wheel What cycler (hic) that man
must be- Why, it's (hic) all expec' to
be able to do to (hic) reel home two
blocks t'night!-Judge-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-29
Inductive Reasoning.

Little Boy-It's wicl1eder to move
your arms than your legs on Sunday.
Little Girl-Guess not.
Little Boy-Yes, 1t Is. Mamma Will
let me take walks on Sunday, but she
won't let me gd rowing In " bost.-
GeSn Asws -: ,~-".
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-11-29

DIRT CRAIG, in
the territory OF
\ e W Mexico,
stands upon a
high mesa, or
piece of ta BILE
land, overlook
ing the historic
valley Of t h e
Rio Gra n de.
The view from
the fort Is
wildly pictur-
esque. The long
stretch of river,
grass = carpeted
valley d ed
with groves of
cott on w God
trees, the low
The Green Forest tribune., 1894-01-18
Vaughan viii Hang.

LITTLE Rock, Jan. l3.-Samuel F.
Vaghan who hired an assassin to take
the life Of ex-Clerk w. A. Gage Of
Madison county, must hang.
The supreme court handed down an
opinion this morning, refusing q new
trial.
W. A. Gage was assassinated at his
home in Madison county September %,
1891. A man by the name of Hamil
ton was indicted as principal in the
crime. Samuel f. Vaughan as accesso-
~. The circumstances leading to the
identity of Hamilton are about as fol-
lows: Guage was killed by some one
in ambush as he was returning from
his horse lot, where he bad been to
feed his stock.
Vaughan was twice convicted in the
Washington circuit court. At first the
cause was reversed and remanded for
new trial because of some undue inHu-
ences to which it was shown the jury
was subjected. The case was appealed
to the supreme court again on q judge
nent of death pronounced by Wash
ington circuit court.