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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20
NO 1e
FooD FOR THE DAIRY.



TO Cows
Most of the hay substitutes are sub.
stitutes in furnishing the required
bulk rather than In furnishing IN
equivalent in nutrition. and the urso.
teal question IL how TO use them I'm
order to obtain increased dairy proA.
uctA The best feed In the one whioh
sccomplishes most economically the Oh.
iect in view. and the best use OF feed
for dairy purposes is that which meets
the need of the animal Coarse fodder,
hay and hay substitutes are deficient iu
the nutriments best calculated to pro.
duce large milk flow. To insure this.
these folders must be combined with
feeds richer in protein and fat to make
q well-balanced ration. There In such
an abundance of cornstalks and stoveF
produced on most OF our farms that
there is no necessity for our giving
much attention to the less valuable
coarse products till these are better
utilized.
OF the crops ordinarily grown, the
corn plant will doubtless furnish the
larger part of the hay substitutes. 70
would be OF advantage IL our farmers
got more into the way Of growing 9TH
er crops for winter feeding. The
.legumes tclovcr. peas. etc.) deserve TO-
take more important place In dairy
foods Not one of sixteen rations ex.
amined contained clover hay or hay or
ensilage of the legumes- Some of the
reasons why some of the legumes are
especially valuable may be concissly
stated as follows,
Their large percentages of proteini
compounds-which serve to form blood,
muscle. bone and milk-and their COM
sequent feeding value. which exceeds
that Of the grasses, corn fodder, corn
stover, or strawa They may be used
to supplement these folders in place Of
the concentrated nitrogcnous feeds,
such Us bran, cottonseed. linseed and
gluten meals, etc Hay from the L.
gumes is twice or more than twice mn
rich In protein as that from grasses
Their power of gathering large guam
titles of plant food from natural
sources Many, If not all Of our COM
mon legumes acquire considerable
quantities Of nitrogen from the air.
Their roots penetrate deeply into the
subsoil. and they thus obtain plant
food from depths beyond the reach Of
plants with smaller root development
Their manurial value When ths
crop is fed, most OF the nitrogen, phos-
phoric acid, potash and other fertilis-
ing ingredients go into excrement.
liquid AMI solid. and IL preserved make
q rich manure The large amounts Of
plant food left behind In roots and
stubble after removal Of the crop fur
nish cheap and valuable store of
plant food for following cropA Farm
and Home
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20

The real cause of that fire was never
known. But it is my opinion that in
ny hurry 10 overturn the lamp. it must
have ignited with something lnflam
nable. cannot bring myself to think
that Fetch was so utterly heartless as
20 carry into operation his cruel, un-
manly threat Yet this is the belief
Of most people.
Sometimes, as my thoughts wander
back to that night l cannot but feel
grateful for the miraculous deliver
ance from the hands of him from
whom l should have met with little
mercy. 1t seems, however, as though
the conflagration which at first so ter
rified me, had proved, in the end, to be
the work of kind and watchful Provi-
dence.
That page of life's history has entire
ly changed my career; for after the
events which l have just recorded, a
peculiar dislike for performing in pu b.
lie grew upon me. and, / have long
since abandoned all idea of doing So
Someti mes my husband gently remon-
strates with me for this, and says it is
pity that a clever musician should
withhold her talent from the world;
but l laughingly tell him that my
blemished features wouli be pre-
ventive to my securing an engage
ment, an argument to which he play
fully gives way and conforms to my
superior Judgment.
1t would, indeed, be untrue to say
n Al
for as the wife of the man whom 1
love, am happier now than could
ever have been otherwise, and the sweet
and peaceful solitude of our little home
Is dearer to me than all the deafening
applauses to which was once accus-
toned.
In our quiet chats about the days of
our early courtship, Fred and l often
refer to the startling events of that
night when / was Saved by Fire"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20

were repugnant to me, and / avoided
him in Consequence.
AS feeling of coming trouble grew
upon Zne, began to loathe him, and
would willingly have left the theater
had another engagement offered itself
One night he asked me to allow him
to accompany me as far as my resi-
dence. OF course 1 did not wish to Of
fend or to make an enemy of him, as
my dismissal lay in his hands; thus 1t
was that I reluctantly consented to his
walking with me, which he did for
some weeks.
How / longed for the time to come
when Fred Hamilton would again be
back at the theater; for then. /
thought, he would protect me from this
mans annoyances.
My lover had been ordered away for
the benefit of his health; but he was
expected to resume bis post as stage
manager In the course of fortnight
The night before Fred was to return
10 the theater, Otto Fetch came to my
room and asked me to be his wife. /
think my refusal almost maddened
him.
Catching me roughly in his arms he
vowed that nothing should prevent me
being his.
struggled from him and rushed
pantingly to the door, but alasl he
barred the way. Now that it was too
late, I became aware of my terrible
peril.
With mocking smile, he laid his
hand upon my arm
my darlingi" he said, drawing me
passionately to his breast; my darlingi
which shall it be-life or death with
us? Swear that you viii be my wife,
or this very hour we die together.
There Is no help for you now; we are
alone in this building, and you are at
my mercy, the limit of which depends
upon your answer. IL you will be
mine I will spare no pains in endeavor-
ing to make you happy. Oil my dar'
ling, without You, existence would
hold no charm for me. No other man
shall ever call you wife-shall ever rob
me of that affection for which my
heart pleads and pleads In vain. Now,
Stella ST. Clair, my life, my soul, my
ALL which shall it be? The workmen
will be here at five o'clock; as / have
much to do before the dawn of that
hour, you must decide at once. Comet
sweetheart, tell me-"
AS felt his hot breath fan my burn
ing cheek, shuddered.
Choking back my tears, / spoke with
oil the hauteur that could muster
No! even were l free to do SO, would
never become the wife of one who had
taken such an iniquitous advantage OF
a woman's helplessness
told him this adding:
II had rather face thousand deaths,
were it possible, than be your wife"
Producing revolver, he leveled 1t at
my head.
stella, rehect!'' he cried, in the angry
voice of a maniac.
As my eyes fell before his felt that
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20

My parents had spared no expense In
giving me frst-class musical educa-
ton, and the tutors had been very Law
ish in their endeavors to develop me
into what ! then was-an instrument
talist OF no mean skill or promise
For three years l toured around and
about the provinces as a soloist; but 1
soon began to tire of travelling and
gagement as would permit of my resid-
ing at home.
At the age of eighteen | succeeded in
securing a leadership in an orchestra
in which was the only lady member
of - London theater Possibly some of
my readers will say that this was not
CONNIE il faut'' for a girl Of tender
years. But was perfectly happy and
would not for the whole world have
gone back to the excitement of the con-
cert stage.
had been there some time when our
conductor vacated his post to for
eigner of some five or six and thirty
summers
1t was soon apparent that he was as
undeniably clever as he was handsome;
yet, in spite of his talent and attrac'
tions, l fancy he was aware of the fact
that he was no favorite with any one
of US
About him there was that cold dis
tance and peculiar reserve which at
once checked all kindly feeling and
friendly advances. Somehow, instinct
seemed to tell me that it was I whom
he dislilSed and avoided most. He was
won't to become unpleasantly alb
rupt to me and often very rude in COM
ing and ng without even passing the
complim, is of the day.
would sometimes sit and muse upon
his behavior; for 1t seemed so strange
that / should meet with nothing but
Sights and rebuffs was always at
tentive TO business, and ever trying to
the utmost to please and make friends
instead of enemies.
When Otto Fetch had been with us
about six months I noticed a great
change in his manner towards me. l
did not like the looks which he fire.
quently cast in my direction. and felt
whenever I met the CLEAN of his dark
merry eyes, Wnlcn were SO powerfully
mesmeric in their influence.
Being girl of quick perceptions, it
was not long ere discovered his secret
Otto Fetch loved mel Yes; in spite of
his former Indifference it was now
quite evident that he had conceived q
passion for the little violinist whose
talent had been the means of bringing
us together
AS l gazed back upon those years
feel that / can speak unreservedly of
my pretty face and recognized accom-
plishments; for now that my features
alasI have lost their charm and beauty,
any vanity for the past would avail
me nothing.
Night after night Otto would follow
me home, and persisted in dogging my
footsteps wherever l went.
To make matters worse, his passion
was no longer unknown amongst the
members of the orchestra, whose talk
an joke it was.
AS my heart had long since been
given to another man, his attentions
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20
A Eunernl Accident.

A funeral accident happened recently
not a thousand miles from Haverhill
In preparation for attendance at the
funeral of one member of the family, a
second member purchased new suit of
black clothes and laid them in a room
until the time of the funeral. Soon
after the undertaken called at the house
to prepare the body for burial, and,
finding the suit of clothes, innocently
robed the corpse in them. An hour or
so before the appointed time for the
funeral the second mem Der of the fam
lily prepared to don his new clothes,
only to find them missing. Inquiries
located them as told above. and a quick
change and slightly postponed funeral
made everything right -Haverhill Ga
zette
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20
SIMPLE MILK CARRIER.
ContrIvance for Carrying MIX from Ia
IN NfIlkhouse.

Contrivance for Carrying MIX from Barn
tn Mukhouse.
Our illustration shows an apparatus
for conveying milk from the barn to
the milkhouse. II resembles the we'll
known hay carriers in principle, and
all know what labor savers they are.
This is "a sketch from life" made by
the dairy editor on a recent visit TO the
milk-producing district of Illinois. The
carrier runs on half-inch wire cable.
This cable is 270 feet long and is at
tached to the barn at one end and to
posts at the other as shown Before
constructing this apparatus it was hard
work TO get the milk from the barn to
the mill<house; now the men can milk
the entire herd and one of them leads
the cans of milk to the milk house as
he would lead pet colt. The milk
house-not shown In the CUTS close
beside the taller post. BY the way, IL
l. supplied with running water from
spring l30 rods distant A hydraulic
ram forces the water over a hill 90 feet
high. The milk goes TO Chicago, and
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20

water tanks are necessary to cool 1t
and keep it sweet All creamery
patrons should use these cooling tanks
They will also keep the milk from
freezing in winter. Ordinarily the tank
can be filed by windmill or tread
power. running the water for stock
right through the milk tank In this
way there is no waste either of water
or of labor. There are other cases In
which a carrier would be great con-
venience. Such an apparatus could be
used for carrying swill for hogs as the
carrier can be placed high enough to
pass over fences, IL necessary. Other
cases will suggest themselves. Orange
Judd Enrrnar
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20
stopping the Flow of MILK.

Don't dry off milch cow too sud-
denly And when endeavoring to stop
the flow of milk feed as little wet and
milk-making food rs You can get on
with. Ignorant or inhuman owners OF
good mixers frequently leave them
without milking entirely until tho bag
becomes so distended as to be painful
A little milk is then drawn and the
condition OF affaira allowed to repeat
itself The results are effectual as n
rule, but unquestionably damage the
COW materially in frequent instances
Irregular, partial milking win dry even
a fresh cow, and naturally and painless
ly.-Earm Journal
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20
Some Points worth Considering.

In the dairy good animal is the one
that will profitably convert feed into
milk, butter or cheese. In this. guam
tity is not the only consideration,
neither is quality. Both are important
but the cost is rather more important
than all else. There must be a liberal
quantity and the quality must be good.
At the same time both must be secured
Mt "a cost IL at will leave fair per cent
of profit II rightly managed. And
there is more certainty of doing this
with certain breeds than with others
Rural World
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20

the cows teats, which communicate
with the milk bucket BY means Of z
ANAL hose. An air pump II then at
tached and the milk drawn from The
COW as seen In the engraving. To suo
cessfully uss tho machine " would
seem that O very quiet cow was . No
ccssity.
The best machine, so far a. We know
In the hands of an expert millcr. Five
or six minutes cleans cow, and tbs
the essence. One does not know u the
milking machine so far milks clean,
and. IL trial must be made with each
COW, why not milk by hand and done
with it?-Prairie Farmer.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20
ouEBEc's BUNTING GROUNDS.
Plenty OF Big Game to ne Had Close nd
Hand.


Hand.
Que bee is at the edge of great will
derness of forests, rivers and lakes-a
wilderness reaching all the way to the
north pole. Without doubt, says the
New York Sun, it is the nearest to big
game of any city east of the Mississip-
pi and north of Mexico. Moose and
caribou are SO close at hand that men
are willing to try for them within a
few hours OF the city, and to guarantee
the getting of them in days journey
or less. The moose roam all over the
country south of the st. Lawrence,
and are perhaps most plentiful east of
the Maine border. The caribou field
extends all the way into and across
Labrador, there being two varieties
the wood caribou and the barren
ground caribou, the latter being the
larger beast. Visitors to the recent
carnival at Quebec were surprised at
the great number of freshly slaugh-
tered moose and caribou then in the
city. They not only figured on the
floats in the grand procession but they
were to be found in the dwellings and
offices of the sportsmen and In the
clubs. The trout that has been
caught by fishing through the ice
were positively enormous. Some were
more than u foot in length, and
more than an inch thick at the thick
est part. They were not only speckled
but their skins were suffused with q
brilliant reddish tinge. These fish
abound all around Quebec and are as
little trouble to get as any game fish
in the world. Two accomplishments of
the ordinary wilderness country were
very disappointing. They were the
Indians and the Indian curiosities.
The Indians were always in evidence,
but they were more white than red,
and more French than anything else.
Ordinarily they looked and dressed
like the rest of the habitants, but
when they put on their aboriginal
toggery for the great carnival parade
part of it proved to be a most extraor
dinary headdress of short feathers.
They were turkey feathers apparent
ly, although most of the American In
dians despise the turkey as a cowardly
bird unfit to eat and unworthy to be
dealt with at all. Whatever the feath-
ers were, they were arranged like
a mop, and on the heads of the
Indians they looked like the new
tangled paper lamp shades which the
women are making. These headdresses
were the only Indian curios worth
having. The beadworlx sold as Huron
work is such as the Long Island farm
ers' wives sell at Fulton and Washing
ton markets. Flowers were the princi-
pal designs, and flowers are things
that the true Indian never works into
pattern in any tribe in any part of
Al o<..ss>+-v
Conversational.
Mrs. Brise (at the musicaD-0h Mrs.
Mutt, had SO much to say to you, and
the pianist is through.
Mrs. Muffin just dying to hear it.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20
Hr the Month.

Scrappie Injecting friend)-Hello,
February.
Crappie dndignnnt)-What do you
cali me that for?
Scrappie-oh, that's all right It's
because you are always y Rttn abusS
-DGtuGt Era Rrnaas-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20
"a Soft Answer" Etc.

Young Wife (pettishly)-You always
seemed TO have plenty of money before
we were married.
Loving Husband-It was only SEEM
ing, my dear. had very little.
'And you told me you expected to be
rich"
$50 am rich, darling; I've got you. /"
She could not help kissing him
London Tid-Iits.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20
Butler,
]. Fl. FAUBEL, Prop'r.

This house has been thorough
ly renovated, remodeled, and re-
fitted with new furniture and
carpets; has electric bells and all
other modern conveniences for
guests, and is as convenient, and
desirable a home for strangers as
can be found in Butler, Pa.
Elegant sample room for use OF
ommercial men.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20
Hn.Incas Imnrorina.

Jimson-Any change for the better
in your line of business?
Bilson-Y-e-s, it's been several weeks
since we've had bill collector starve
to death.~N. Y. Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20

want Of understanding and systsm
has resulted In Q nearly useless cx'
penditure of enough labor and money
to have furnished the settled portions
OF our country with good, substantial
noada Harrison.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20
Reasonable Fxplapatlon,

Gedney-Do you know, think Van
Guzzler must have been bitten by q
mad dog in his early youth.
Marlboro-Why SO?
Gedney-He has such a horror OF
water.-N. Y. World.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20

little hope of escape, l rushed to the
door and ran down passage which led
TO the property room?
In my terror and excitement I de-
scended the wrong staircase; the one
which l should have taken terminated
at the stage door, where I should prob
ably have made successful egress-
Ny utter exhaustion was my only ex-
,use for making such an error.
In the distance heard the sound OF
footsteps Otto Fetch was following
me-
think the terrible idea of once again
sncountering him must have invigor-
ated me.
1t was the work of moment TO dash
along the corridor at the end of which
[ came to an office, in which I gladly
took refuge.
Locking the door behind me, ran TO
The window Alas! there was no hope
for escape l could not possibly jump
from such height
I stood considering what should do.
Presently detected sitting odor of
fre and deafening craclSle of burning
sparks
Oh, what a dreadful night that was
Ny only qualification was in the knowl-
edge that / had managed to avoid
the villain whose folly was the cause of
al that misery which l had expert
snced in those early morning hours,
when / was shut out from the world
and locked up in building which was
now a mass of angry flames.
% IN
saw the ghastly reflection of that dead
lv fend which wrecks so many happy
homes-the destroyer of brave and val.
liable lives
Only those who have been grasped
from out of the jaws Of death will un-
derstand the awful feelings of being
brought face to face with q cruel end
and ruthlessly flung to grave for
which so many are unprepared
AS a last resource / opened the win
dow, out of which 1 screamed for help.
Good heavensi would no one come to
save me? Was destined to die there
was my life to be sacrificed and to meet
the same fate as that of the man who was
avould-be assassin? Hark! What was
th...? The door was giving way-the
flames were rushing in upon me and
s,orching the walls which seemed to
whirl round me. Another moment and
I should be an unrecognizable heap of
ashes.
Should | risk it and jump from the
window, or should I face the suffocat-
ing confagration and endeavor il pos
sible to retrace my steps?
l could not think my brain was
burning and aching with excitement
and seemed to be losing its sense OF un-
derstanding.
With one bitter scream fell to the
door, where 1 lay in state of semi
helplessness.
In my delirium I thought l felt
hand grasp my waist, and above the
roar of splitting rafters l fancied that
l heard well-known voice cryi
"Stellal found! thank heaven!"
Then tainted
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20
The Poor Moon.

Staqgs-I surely would hate to bs
the moon. Takes IL two weeks to get
full.
JaQgers-And that isn't the worst OF
Il. either. After 1t is full 1t needs two
more weeks to get over it--Indisnspo-
lis Journal
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20
Erpe,l,nr n Refractory scholar.

you boys are very quiet out there
In that barn" called out Willies
mother. suspiciously.
'Yesm." responded Willie, opening
the back door and gently urging out
into the alley large yellow dog with
a tin can tied to its tail. Were play
an Sunday-schooli"- Chicago Tribune
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20
a Gentle Hint.

Charlie-I don't believe fish diet is
good for the brain, as the papers used
to say, for I've eaten fish now for the
past three months.
Alice-It isn't, except where it has
brains to work upon.-Raymond's
Ma,th1t,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20

-Pannard. noted French poet, made
a reputation by writing drinking songs
in the shape Of bottles glasses and
other bacchanalian emblems A num-
Der of his books were printed in these
r,rninH charar
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20
M pInrytnriNt

King-You may say what you like OF
Mrs. Lease, but she has some decidedly
original ideas.
Wing-For instance9
King-She has alluded to Chicago al
n conservative town."-Puck.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20
He Know His business.

McFingle-Now that you're drawing
such good pictures for the magazines,
why don't you sign your name to your
work.
Del Ineator-Not much! My credit
ors would know was working, and
swoop down on me.-Truth.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20
A Sincere Apology.

Miss Clara-Don't hang back in that
awkward way, pet Why don't you
kiss the gentleman?
Little Pet (apologeticallyl-Pease
'suse me, Mr.. Nicefello. I'm not SO
fond of tissing gentlemens as sister
Clara is-Good News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20

Grocer-I can't take this dime; it's
got hole in it,
Customer-So has the cheese bought
with it.--sHallo.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20
MILKING MACHINE.

Picture and Description OF . New Eaks
iish invention.
At recent dairy show In England .
milkina machine was shown at work
Of which the appended fgure In an
illustration. The method Of drawing
the milk from the cow by the machine
In to place the India rubber tubes on
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20

The difference between a babe in
arms and a woman trying to do her
own housework is that one cries and
fuses while the other fries and cusses.
life
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20

"Yesl' Fred responded, somewhat
-eproachfully thought, yes! the fire.
men were q brave lot of fellows, but ali
efforts to re scue him proved useless.
But failing their assistance. did you
think that would see q man die so
awful death without exerting every
endeavor to save him?"
Dear Fred. know that you are the
best, the bravest man in the whole
world"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-04-20
The Real Fatnto OF AfFalrs.

Hcbbs-That fellow Dalton seems 10
be gaining ground In his affair Win
Miss Clay.
Nobbs-Then he must have mort
~sre ON her name.-JudgD.