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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-19

Il didn't want to interfere in any way
whatever So ! took steamer and
went to New Zealand and back, just
for my health, y know "
You're rather pulling, Duncan, but
If you insist can only repeat that
there's remarkably little to tell She
was civil to me. an d grateful, and all
that, and we could have been the best
of friends If had wished it so. But l
couldn't stick at friendship, and Of late
she has seen it,
''Well?"
''She can't give me more than friend
ship. / asked her, and she said she
couldn't. | told her / would wait any
amount of time if that would do any
good, but she refused to give me the
least hope"
''And didn't she vouchsafe anything
further, Billy?"
Eyes, she did"
What was it? Don't tell me, of
course, if you'd rather not"
ITS hardish mouthful, Duncan,
old man, but III out with it. She told
me she was fond of another man,
and"
And what?"
"And he had shown conclusively he
cared nothing for her, and consequent
ly she should never marry"
What scoundrel the other man
must ber'
yes, I said that, but she promptly
denied it. 1t seems he had hardly
spoken half dozen words to her. She
said he had once tried to render some
great service to her and failed. But
the intention was clear enough. BY
dint Of pleading l got the name out
of her"
He paused.
'And it wasp asked a strained voice
from the depths of the chair
Great heavens, man! can't you see
that it was you?"
Duncan leaned forward with his chin
in the heel of his fist, and his face
turned away towards the fireglow.
"And you don't care a pin for her?"
mo, of course not"
Duncan turned swiftly round.
"You mean that?'' he demanded
Eyes, or else l shouldn't have said
it. Why, whatever is the matter with
you?'
Duncan came across the room and
laid hand on his companions shoul-
der.
BILLY, d'you know what / cleared
out of England for? No? Then I'll
tell you. You fell in love with that
girl at first sight; | did the same when
I met her for the second time.
''We've always been good chums, you
and /, old chap and | couldn't bear to
run counter to you So | went away
on the out trail. l thought the sea air
and the fresh scenes would blow the
nonsense out of my head.
but it didn't. l love her more than
ever now"
Then no one stands in your way,
and ! congratulate you with all my
heart. Go in and win, old man.
mo, don't say anything I'm going
to leave this for bit My brothers
got an orange ranch in Florida, and
think III run over to him for year OF
SO. I'll go now, il you don't mind.
Good night, old chap, and God bless
you. boston Globe.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-19
A REASONABLE OBJECTION.
An English Clergyman Who Protested
Against a Kemarkable Name.

An English Clergyman Who Protested
Against a Remarkable Name.
Sometimes in English country par
ishes, where the clergyman has been
accustomed to have his own way, he
protests vigorously if the name pro-
posed for child about to be christened
does not suit him. Occasionally, how
ever, he does SO upon false premises.
James Payne writes in the Indepen-
dent:
The late Dean Burgon, when a
a village couple to christen their boy
venus" or, as they called it, "Vanus."
care you aware" he said, that you
are asking something ridiculous as
well as exceedingly wicked? Do you
suppose l am going to give Christian
child, boy, the name of woman
in heather mythology? How did such
a monstrous notion get into your
heads?"
''Please, SIR" said the father, I'VE
want him called after his grandfather" !"
'And do you say his grandfather was
named Venus?"
eyes, sir; there he is, SIR"
A poor old man, looking very unlike
Venus, hobbled out of the crowd.
''Do you dare to say you were chris
tened Venus?" asked the indignant
clergyman.
"Well, no, SIR" was the respectful
answer, 81 was christened Sylvanus,
but they always called me Vanus."
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-19
Geese on the Farm.

The Embden, a white goose (both
male and femalel, is, with the
Toulouse, the largest of all breeds.
The best cross for the market is the
Toulouse gander and Embden goose.
The Toulouse is parti-colored. and the
male and female are alike. In fact the
male and female of any pure breed are
alike in color The large breeds do not
forage over as much ground as the
common kinds, but produce twice as
much feathers, in weight, and fatten
more readily for market An adult
cander of the Embden or Toulouse
breeds should not weigh less than
twenty y-five pounds and the goose
twenty-three pounds. though individu-
ais have been known to reach as much
as fifty pounds. The best way to
grade up flock is to procure gander
of the Embden breed, mate him with
large common geese and mate the fe-
male offspring with Toulouse. The
males should then be pure-bred Emb-
dens, as they are pure white, which Is
an advantage where the feathers are
considered valuable product
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-19

to the forward leg below the seat and
neatly pinned or screwed ON, bent
about over the forward leg to serve as
an arm, carried back to the top of one
rear post, fastened and bent around to
the other. carried down to the forward
post and fastened, bent still again and
run back nearly parallel to point on
the rear post midway between the seat
and top to correspond with the oppo-
site side on which 1t started. III this
chair is not to be left in the weather,
grape vines serve a speedy and satis-
factory purpose. In the manufacture
of camp chairs the vines of the wild
grape are without parallel for this pur-
pose. This chair was made and is in
use at the charming farm home of L. ID.
Smith, St Adams. VT.
From these few suggestions other
articles of furniture may be easily
made; they include plant boxes, urns
fences, gateways, swings, porches,
summer houses and a score of other use-
full and ut the same time ornamental
things-Hollister Sage, in Country
Gepffamnn
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-19

The president of the Argentine Re-
public is chosen for six years and re-
ceives an annual salary of $4,000. The
French president receives salary OF
sI20, 600, house to live in, and allow
ances amounting to $4,000 more; his
term of Office is seven years, and he
may be reelected. The president of
the Swiss republic is elected from the
seven federal councillors (who serve
three years., and serves as president
for one year, receiving a salary of ST.
700. He may be reelected after an in
terval of one year. The president of
Mexico is paid s49,977 each year, and
serves four years; he may be reelected
now, Gen. Diaz, the present president,
having had the constitu tion altered to
permit him TO serve.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-19

POULTRY HOUSE WITH HEATING AR
RANGEMENT.
b, and are the nest shelves, with
an opening at one end, and a door from
the hall also, d being the sitting-shelf,
with door from the hall only. E, +
and G. are narrow doors, nearly the
length of each room. The hall, III, is 5
feet wide, the partition dividing the
hall and rooms being made with com
mon lath, as also the doors; but parti-
ton a is made of matched boards. j is
a water-trough, l feed-box, and X a
hatch, hinged by pivot IN the center,
for convenience in cleaning the floor;
L being an opening in the floor covered
with wirecloth. cone-shaped. Nj is n
2x6 board or studding, placed on the
floor to divide the litter from the clean
floor. n is n door opening into the
yard, o being door from one room to
the other. p is skylight on the roof,
one for each room, and w is q venti-
lator, one at each end of the house. r
is cellar, which may be larger III pre-
ferred, and is small oil-stove, no
pipe being necessary. T is dirt-trough
the full length of the house Two feet
of the bottom portion of each dividing
partition is made of boards and above
the boards is lath. The hall may be
only feet wide If preferred. and the
other arrangements may be altered for
convenience, as circumstances demand
Farm and Eiresfde
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-19

On slender spit of turf which jutted
out at the tail of the eddies stood a girl
intently engaged with a fy-rod; loung-
ing over the gray parapet of the bridge
were a couple of men lazily watching
| her.
One of the men was tall and dark; he
answered to the name of Duncan. The
other was shorter built and had lighter
hair and him his companion addressed
as Billy.
The pair of them were moving leisure
" through the country, in company
with a house on wheels, a yellow
painted caravan which was then rest
ing just down the turn of the road.
The shorter man removed his pipe
and spoke:
"Ah, see that cast? BY Jove, it was
neat one Couldn't have done it better
risen him again, and-no, not this
time, my lady. But you'll go on, won't
you? He's fat two-pounder, and you're
keen sportsman, can see that"
Three other casts were made without
result, but at the third the fish rose
again, and was snugly hooked in the
dropper
"That fy's a March Brown for ten
pound note" exclaimed Duncan with
an access of interest as the trout shot
off like flash diagonally down stream.
"Ah, now she's giving him the butt,
and that's checking the pace. He'd
break her If he got tangled in the over
fall among those stones Faith, she's
playing him like an old hand"
AS he spoke the spring of the bend
ing rod stopped the two-pounder's
rush, and the fish began doggedly to
return to the summons of the slowly
turning reel
The unrelenting tension of the line
wore down his strength, aud his captor
felt blissfully sure of success. In another
minute or so he would be gasping and
showing silver beneath the bank at her
feet
She reached hand round for the
landing net, which hung from a ring
in her creel-strap, and had partly
drawn it out, when of sudden the
honeycombed turf beneath began to
bend and break down.
She saw the danger and tried to step
back, but the movement was not In
time. She lost balance, slipped and
fell, and the next moment had rolled
off sideways with a splash into the
shining water
BY the men on the bridge no words
were spoken. They left the bridge at
either end and raced down the rugged
bank on different sides. Duncan crashing
through hazel bushes, his companion
stumbling madly over tumbled bowl
ders.
Reaching the bottom of the strag-
Cling fall, each left the bank and
splashed into the deeper water dressed
as he was, Duncan swimming with a
side stroke, the other racing against
him on the breast The current was
very rapid, but as to where it was TAX
ing them neither gave thought
Each was wholly intent upon being
first to reach the form which was
swirling on ahead, now half sub
merged, now holly beneath the sur
face
Then Billy got knocked out of the
race He fouled an island of weeds
that was being swept along by the cur
rent and felt their Shiny tendrils wrap
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-19
A New Cereal.

A traveller in the Himalayan noun
tain region has discovered that the ma
tives of that country cultivate grain
hitherto unknown in civilized agricul-
tural operations, which has something
the look of wheat but has very much
longer ears, and which has a peculiar
inward curve. The shiny, brown grain,
unlike wheat. is, on the other hand,
much smaller than wheat grains should
be for so large an ear. But the inter
est is that a cereal of this character
should yield such heavy crops in so
high an altitude, where the seasons are
necessarily short and the temperature
low. The natives call the grain lSow-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-19
cHIMNEYs IN ENGLAND.
They Were Not In Use There Before the
Twelfth Century.


Twelfth Century.
There does not appear to be any ev
dence of the use of chimney shafts il
England prior to the twelfth century.
In Rochester castle, which is in all
proba biIity the work of w. Corbyle,
about 1880, there are complete fire
places with semicircular backs, and a
shaft in each joint supporting a semi
circular arch over the opening, which
is enriched with a zigzag molding;
some of these project slightly from the
wall. The hues, however, 60 only
few feet up in the thickness of the
wall, and are turned at the back, the
apertures being small oblong holes.
At Castle Rockingham, Essex. which is
about the same date, there are fire
places and chimneys Of similar kind.
A few years later the improvement of
carrying the flue up through the whole
height OF the wall appears. as at Christ
church. Hants: the keep at Newcastle;
Sherborne castle. Dorsetshire; Conis-
borough castle. Norkshire, and Boothby
Papnell, Lincolnshire. The early CHM
ney shafts are of considerable height
and circular. afterward they assume
great variety of forms. and during the
fourteenth century they are frequent
ly extremely short. Previous to the
sixteenth century the shaft is often
short, and not unfrequently terminated
by a spire or pinnacle, usually of rath-
er low proportions, having apertures
of various forms, under and sometimes
in it, for the escape of the smoke.
There are also taller shafts of various
forms-square, octangular or circular
-surmounted with a cornice, forming
a sort OF capital, the smoke issuing
from the top. Clustered chimney shafts
do not appear until rather late in the
fifteenth century; afterward they be-
came very common. and We're frequent
ly highly ornamented, especially when
of brick
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-19

KEEP THE HENS WARM.
Description OF Poultry House with Heat
ing ArrauEament.

Description OF Poultry House with Heat
ing Arrangement.
The object of the accompanying illus
tration is TO give design of poultry
house for n cold climate and to accom-
MEDIATE those who desire n cheap sys-
tenn of heating The house is shown
by the interior end view, in order to
explain the arrangements. 1t Is IA
feet wide, 5Is feet high on the south
side, ~ feet on the north side and SO
feet long, divided into six rooms, each
room being exc feet on the floor, and
ten or twelve fowls to occupy each
room. 1t can be boarded outside with
barn boards, having strips nailed on
the joints; but the interior should be
ceiled, sides and roof. The roof Is COW
cred with tarred paper, or some similar
roofing material II preferred, the
space between the outer boards and
the ceiling boards may be filed with
dry sawdust.
In the illstration A is slanting par
tition, six inches from the roosts (B Il
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-19

fo9 an Englishman to understsN
rectly, says the Nineteenth Cent?
Till comparatively lately in England
commercial business, except banking.
has not been thought highly of for
gentlemen. Politics, the church, the
army and navy, the bar, etc. have
been the outlets for English younger
sons. In America it is quite different.
Among the many reasons for this !
viii mention but the one important
one, that the pursuits above men
toned afford but few openings, COM
paratively speaking.
The church Is n poorly-paid profess
sion for the sons of the wealthy mer-
chants, and the army and navy are so
small in number that they do not at-
ford field for more than few. Tie
bar is, of course, open. and is crowded
in America as in England. Politics,
for some inscrutable reason, does not
seem to attract many of the higher
grades Of youth. Consequently, the
young American seeks the commercial
field, and in every American city,
especially in the west, one finds at the
head of cultivation and progress men
whose rise has been due to successful
commercial enterprise. IL is well for
the individual that success should be
so rewarded, and il is well for the
community, also, that the man of busi-
ness, who has gained his success on
legitimate lines, should be its leader.
In new and partly unsettled country
like America, so fortunately situated
as to need practically no foreign pol
icy, and to fear no foreign enemies,
the creator or the distributor of wealth
is far more valuable man than the
politician or the soldier.
The sanguineness of the American is
another feature especially striking to
an outsider. The whole temper of the
people Is one Of hope. No young man
enters life In any line without the
fullest belief that he is going to sue
ceed, and going to make great deal
of money, and do it all very quickly.
This may be true of young mon every
where, but il is especially so in the
states. And men are justified in their
youthful hopes.
Practically any young man of rea-
sonable brains and industry is sure to
succeed. Openings are numerous, and
the sharp-witted American is quick to
take advantage of them. Ii is curl
Gus fact, but one that I have often
heard employers of unskilled labor
comment upon, that none of their
workmen were American born, unless,
possibly, some of the foremen. As an
Englishman, / am glad to add that
rarely are Englishmen either found as
unsl1illed laborers In American work
shoDs
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-19
CuTTER-RIGGED YACHTS.
River CoIne tho Birthplace or the Grace
fuI British Cutter.

ful British cutter.
Pearl and Louise were the first
yachts with the distinctive cut ter-rig,
writes Capt. A. j. Kenealy in Outing.
The river Colne was, in point of fact,
the birthplace of the cutter and of the
graceful cutter-stern.
The marquis of An glesey may be
said TO have been the parent of Brit
ish yachting, and his descendants have
been glorious patrons of the sport
The old marquis christened his son,
Lord Alfred Paget, by dipping him
head first into the sea while child in
long clothes, from the deck Of the
Pearl Every yachtman knows what
Lord Alfred did for the sport in Eng
land, and how capitally the prince of
Wales and he worked together in de
veloping it. Lord Alfred had the full
management of the princes yachts,
Alexandria and Dagmar, both built for
his royal highness by John Harvey.
Lord Alfred, too, was the first to
recognize the advantage Of the auxil,
iary yacht, and John Harvey designed
for him the Xantha, the first of her
kind ever built, and she was followed,
in 1874, by the Sunbeam. Lord Bras
sey's boat, made famous by Lady Bras
sey's facile pen.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-19
PRETTY RUSTIC WORK.
Pleasant Employment for Winter Days
and Evenings.

Pleasant Employment for Winter Days
and Evenings.
There is nothing more pleasing to the
eye. or more acceptable. than n rustic
chair or settle on porch or lawn; and
yet the purchase of these things Is
often SO expensive to be impossible for
the average purse Two homemade
articles seen on recent trip have led
ne TO think how easy to make and SUBJ
stantial such things can be. The first,
q long and broad settle with high
back, I came upon suddenly to my sur
prise and qualification. on the veranda
of my friend. C. ID. Tylee, mt Ste.
Therese, Can. 1t has a high ond COM
Portable back and solid legs to which
the seat ard arms are mortised. A
seat is made of round sticks shaved fat
on the surface side, and the whole is
well braced and graceful, as the cut
shows The arms arc made from natu-
raj crooks found in the woods, the
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-19

We have all heard about the British
coal and iron mines, the galleries OF
which extend far out under the Allan
tic ocean, but there are perhaps very
few Americans who know that the
most extensive under-ocean mining
operations in the world are carried on
along the Pacific coast of this conti-
nent. At Nanaimo, British Columbia
there is a coal mine the shaft Of which
extends several hundred feet below
the ocean bed at that point All the
galleries Of the mine, aggregating
something like twelve miles in length,
are entirely under the ocean.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-19
RUSTIC BENCH.

mountain laurel serving admirably.
In reply to my inquiry was told that
the young son of my host had con-
structed it, and had become quite an
adept at such work with little prac-
tice.
The second is a chair. capacious, with
q seat like that of the settle 1t has
stout legs supporting the back, aud the
arms are well braced by crooked sticks
neatly mitered and nailed in place. 1t
possesses the advantage of being quick
ly made, as there are but few pieces
TO it A long, timber sapling, such as
can be got by the thousand in any.
dense, second-growth timber. can be.
fastened TO the back at A, carried down
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-19

Those who have given any particular
attention to the study of botanical od-
dities know that the Brazilian flower
known as the running antelope" is so
called because its white petals have a
series of well-defned dark-colored
lines and dots, in which the imagina-
tion can readily trace the form of an
antelope, with the limbs outstretched
and head thrown back, seemingly flee
ing for its life. In the "caricature
plant" one species has the initiative
form on the petals, and another
has it outlined in the ribs and
shading of the leaves. This last
mentioned curiosity bears a remark
ably well-executed likeness of the
duke of Wellington, and has on that
account been named Arthur and
His Nose -
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-19
The nHoIx Ghost" Plant.

In Mexico, Central and South Amer
lea, and in some parts of Cuba and
Jamaica, a rare and beautiful plant
called the Holy Ghost plant" grows
In great profusion. This plant, also
known as 1.-The botanical dove" is
sailed the holy Ghost plant on ac-
.ouut of the shape of the flower, which
1as the appearance of a dove with ex-
banded wings lowering over the stalk.
The entire flower, which is Purc white,
opens from the end of a long green
stem and is very fragrant
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-19

The scene changes from the yellow
painted caravan to luxurious bachelor
chambers in town. and time has spun
by to the extent Of six months.
Duncan is seated in a great elder
stuffed chair; the man they called
Billy is stumping restlessly over the
soft carpet.
You'd better tell me what's hap
pened, chapter and verse" suggested
he of the armchair.
"Oh. nothing except what you've
heard"
But I've heard nothing. | met you
and her at dinner on the night after
our mutual bath, and haven't
clapped eyes on either of you since. I
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-19

The wonders of the aurora borealis
in the British possession just over the
line of Alaska cannot be told. The
heavens all winter long are lit up with
a golden glow. Indeed the colors-
the sparlxles and hashes-are SO many,
constant and varied that no one can de-
scribe them. There is practically no
day during the year. For two or three
months up to December 10, from nine
to twelve o'clock, there is sort of
dawn, but the rest of the time it is
night. 1t is so clear that you can go
out and read a newspaper anywhere.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-19

A GLASS SECTION.

kets, the price is governed by supply
and demand. The best market for
honey is home market, and a fair
price should be demanded. III an ex-
orbitant one is charged, it will remain
upon the producers hands, and other
sweets will be used instead. Choice
white comb honey is quoted in most
large cities of the union at sixteen
cents per pound. At St. Louis, Mo-, 1t
is usually few cents lower than at
other cities.-Oranpe Judd Farmer
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1894-01-19
ATTRACTIVE PACKING.


Many Beekeepers Now Put Their Honey
In Glass Sections.
A glass section is one of wood grooved
to receive glass, each side, when 1t Is
filled and removed from the bees Some
of the New York producers put honey
in this shape upon the market When
the section is glazed, the sides, top and
bottom are neatly papered. Only q
limited amount of honey can be dis
posed of in this way. Others put each
section in a paper box with q handle.
Consumers have to pay for all this fuss
and feathers but they are the monied
class, who do not care what anything
costs, if it is only nice. In local mar