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Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-15

The opal, with its mixture of green, red and milky white, is not only beauti- ful, but accords with the chameleon idea of three oolors combined, which runs riot in dress materials.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-15

Cunning leads to knavery It Is but . step from one to the other, and that very slippery, Lying only makes the difference. Add that to cunning and 1t is knavery.- Bruyere.
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-15
TWELVE WOMEN.
They Have Almost Completed Their Com-
 posite Novel.

The last chapter of the composite nov el to be written by members of the Twelfth Night club of New York is in the hands of the author, Maude James Chiffon, who is Mrs. Lemuel w. Serrell in private life. She occasionally steps
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-15

HE park lay in all the lovely stiffness and calm of an au- tunn morning, and as my carriage passed near the re- mote shaded bridle path in the hollow
 to the west of the lake the shrubbery
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-15
THE WOMAN ATHLETE MRS. FRANK LESLIE ON GRACE OF
 LIMB AND OF SPIRIT.

Woman on the Wheel, In the Saddle and on Flood and Field-1rhe Insolence of strength-A Question of costume-Para- disc.
 Copyright, 1895. by American Press Associa-
Birmingham state herald., 1895-12-15

In response to question asked by lady the great Napoleon replied:
 My ideal woman is not the beautiful featured society belle, whose physician tries in vain to keep her in repair, nor the fragile butterfly of fashion, who gilds the tortures of disease with a forced smile.
 "No My ideal is woman who has ac- cepted her being as sacred trust, ana who obeys the laws of nature for the pres eryation of her body and soul.
 'Do you know, my knee inyoluntarily bonds in homage when I meet the matron who reaches middle ago in complete pres ervation?
 ''That woman is rendered beautiful by nerfect health and the stalwart children by her side are her reward. That's my ,daal woman. "-London Advertiser.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
PROFITABLE FISH FARMS.
A Now Industry Now Being Developed b!
Progressive Farmers.

A Now Industry Now Being Developed by
Progressive Farmers.
The practice of raising food fish for
market has become of late a very prof
table industry, and in some parts OF
the country is being carried out on an
extensive scale.
The equipment of a fish farm, as 1t is
called, is very simple and inexpen-
sive operation. Land which would be
valueless for ordinary farming may be
used for the purpose, the only require
ment being a plentiful supply Of good
running water. The best site for a
farm is hilly or mountainous district
where the water runs swiftly and is In
terrupted by waterfalls, since this
serves to aerate and refresh the water.
The fish farms are usually provided
with three ponds, each of which Is re-
served for fish of about the same size.
As the fish grow, they are changed
from one pond to another. The fry Is
usually bought at the state or other
hatchery and placed in the first pond.
The food for the fish is the principal
expense. There are a variety of pre-
pared fish foods on the market, but 1t
has been found that the fish fed with
prepared food have a decidedly beefy
flavor. plan very generally adopted
is that of planting the ponds with an
abundance of fresh. water shrimp.
These grow very quickly and soon pro-
vide plentiful supply OF wholesome
food.
It will be seen that the fish require
little attention, and the consequent In.
come from such a crop Is almost clear
profit. In the season the product OF
Ash farms sells in the market at one dol
lar a pound, and ont Of season, If the
sale be permitted by law, q much
higher price may be realized.-Scien'
tific American.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
LITERARY FINDS.

Sometimes Even Now an Apparently
Worthless Book Proves 70 Be Rare.
Probably the days are gone by when
Q man could even hope to discover In
six-penny box an early quarto OF
ehakspeare's play or a rare tract on
America, but for all that literary
''fnds" Of more or less interest continue
to be made by keen book hunters. DR..
Garnett Of the British museum tells
how tradesman at Oswestry had in
his possession books to which he at
tached no Importance, but which a lady
informed him must be very rare. They
were submitted to the authorities at
the British museum, who gave high
price for them. One was Sir Anthony
Sherley's "Wits New Dyall," published
IN 1904, of which only one other copy Is
known to be In existence.
As rule, offers Of rare books come
from booksellers, who do not always
say how. they become possessed OF them.
Among the private people who offer
books to the museum for sale are O.
large proportion who think that a.
book must necessarily be rare because
It Is one hundred years old or more.
Before the great catalogue was made
finds were occasionally made In the
museum itself, and even now volume
will occasionally be found which has
special interest and value on account OF
It's binding. In other cases book VIII
be found to be in binding made-up Of
leaves of some rare work far more valu-
able than the book itself.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
THEY NEVER DRINK.
Animals of the Desert That Have No I

Animals of the Desert That Have No Use
for Water.
Persons who have given natural his.
tory and the allied sciences but little
study have expressed much surprise
upon reading of the number OF animals.
serpents and insects found by the Dr..
Merriam expedition, In the Death vais
ley, the rainless and waterless district
In southern California. cannot saFf
says writer in the st. Louis Republic.
as to whether any of the creatures cape
tured or killed by the expedition mems
toned above can exist wholly withou4
water, but can cite several instancea
mentioned by authorities of high res
pute Of animals which seldom or neyey
drink.
Blanchard, in his book on Abyssinia.
says that neither the Doreas nor thu
Bennett gazelles were ever known tn
resort to the springs, creeks or riyesa
for the purpose of drinking. Throughs
out Africa the expression: "As dry az
Sahara or an old gazelle" Ia very com.
mon. Darwin, In his Voyage o4 q
Naturalist" says that unless the wild
namas Of Patagonis drink salt water
"thoy must not drink at an" All
writer's ON natural history subjects are
agreed ON the point that the largest
and most Interesting hs1uch Of the
sloth family never drink. HAyn3s says:
They are one branch Of the peculiar
animals which never drink vuSae." c.
B. Tartan. On paes %, volume k,
American Notes and Queries" mem
tions a parrot which lived In the Lon.
don geological gardens Afty-two years
without drinking so much as drop Of
water. Somers, Williams, Christian and
others doubt whether Wild rabbits ever
drink, but Rev. ]. g. Wood questions
the correctness Of their suppositions.
Creatures which never drink ara
AtmOsphere
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
has a steep sidehill slope, Il
DIAGRAM OF suB1RRIeArEp FIELD

is best to bring the water into it by .
supply ditch on the highest part, as
shown at in the sketch, and conduct
1t by series of dams or drops b, b b
b, to the lowest part of the field.
Then run bitches c c from above each
drop nearly along a contour or equal
level line Of the field, dyking these
bitches up to keep the water above ac-
cidental high places. These bitches
should be permanent. They should be
near together at the top of the field,
the intervals widening as they near the
lower edge, as the seepage from the
upper bitches will necessarily make
the ground more and more moist to-
ward the lower edge of the field The
field should be made as long as possible
along the course Of these bitches, and
the bitches should be made as near
parallel as the ground will permit, 80
as to obtain as large and regular an
area between bitches as possible.
Whenever it is necessary to food
growing crops an opening can be made
In these permanent bitches ut points
where the grade line Of the ditch in
ter rsects slight knoll. This will pre-
vent washing of dykes and the con-
sequent digging up Of crops to repair
these brea ks. From these openings
the water should be conducted In zig
gag courses, in burrows prepared at the
time Of seeding, thus pre- venting wash
ing, and keeping the water as much as
possible away from the crowns of
plants until il soalzs into the soil. A
headgate d should be placed at the
source of each of these field laterals,
and then it is possible for the farmer
to so regulate the supply in each part
of the field that q sufficient supply
may be at the roots of every plant,
and very little or no water going to
waste at the ends of the field laterals.
By this method comparatively small
quantity of water can be made to sup
ply a large area. The system Is
simple, and can be applied in many
sections not equipped with regular
tffezeeiferaf, sS,se- -uir,,vrl; -
gation.-J. r. Patterson, in Orange
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14

An come for We, Tammas, gin there
be danger; but what are ye feared foi
wi queens ain surgeon here?"
Fifty minutes did the fail rise and
fall, save twice, when Tammas crept tc
the door and listened, the dog lifting
his head and whining.
1t seemed twelve hours instead OF
one when the door swung back, and
MacLure filed the doorway, preceded
by a great burst of light, for the sun
had arisen.
His face was as tidings of great joy,
and Elspeth told me that there was
nothing like it 20 be seen that after
noon for glory, saw tic sun itself in
the heavens.
"A never saw the marrow, OF Tam
mas, an all never see the like again;
it's a over, man, withoot a hitch frae
beginnin' tae end, and she's IA n asleep
as fine as We like"
dis he think Annie IL
liver"
'Of coorse he dis, and be aboot the
hoose inside month; that's the guide
O. bsin' clean-bludded, weel-livin'-
Preserve ye, man, what's wrang wi
ye? It's a mercy a keppit We, CIR we
wud hev anither job for Sir George.
"Ye're a RIGHT moo; SIT doom on the
strae. All come back in while, an
yen see Annie juist for a meenut; but
ye maunna say word"
Margaret took him in and let him
kneel by Annie's bed.
He said nothing then or afterward,
for speech came only once in lifetime
to Tammas, but Annie whispered, MA
ain dear man"
When the doctor placed the precious
bag beside Sir George in our solitary
first next morning, he laid check be-
side 1t and was about TO leave.
mo, no." said the great man. Mrs.
Macfadyen and / were on the gossip
last night, and know the whole story
about you and your friend. You have
some right to call me a coward, but
I'll never let you count me a mean,
miserly rascal" and the check with
Drumsheughs painful writing fell in
fifty pieces on the floor.
AS the train began to move a voice
from the first called so that all in the
station heard:
"Give's another shake of your hand,
MacLure; I'm proud to have met you.
You are an honor to our profession.
Mind the antiseptic dressings"
1t was market-day, but only Jamie
Soutar and Hillocks had ventured
down.
did ye hear yon, Hillocks? Hoo dae
ye feel? All no deny am lifted"
Half way to the junction Hillocks
had recovered and began to grasp the
situation.
Tells what he said. A. wud like to
hae it exact for Drumsheugh.
"Thae's the eedentical words, an
they're true; there's not man in Drum
tochty disna ken that except ane."
AN wha's that, Jamie?''
"It's WeeluIn MGcLure himself. Man,
ave often girned that he sud fecht ava
for us a, and maybe dee before he kent
that he had githered mair luve than
ony man in the glen.
Am prood tae hac met ye, says Sir
George, an him the greatest doctor in
the land 'Yir an honor tae oOr profess
sion.'"
''Hillocks, a wuda hae missed it for
twenty notes." said iau:ss Sout&r,
cynic-in-ordinary 10 the parish of
Drumtochty. "Besiae the Bon
ME Briar Bash"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
The WEIGHT of Hay.

The Country Gentleman says In reply
TO q correspondent who asks how to
measure haymow to find the number
Of tons Of hay: Compact timothy hay
REQUIRES about 500 cubic feet to weigh
q ton considerably more, perhaps 700,
as 1t is brought from the field), but the
quantity will vary with the pressure
caused by the height of the NOW, and
with the age Of the grass when cut,
ripe and stiff grass yielding less under
pressure, and requiring more in bulk
to weigh a ton. Stiff, coarse hay Will
be found to weigh less than fine and
flexible hay, which win pack solid.
The quantity we have stated Is fair
average for well-settled hay.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
Tho ssntient Typswritar.

Typewriter girls are said to grow
attached to their machines, and to re-
gard them almost as much In the light
Of living creatures to be petted and
managed and judiciously disciplined as
che traditional railroad engineers OF
fiction do their locomotives to which
they invariably refer with the person
al feminine pronoun. The typewriting
young women declare that Their ma
chimes are as sensitive and subject to
caprice, and that they know who Is
operating them as well as a dog knows
It's master, that they will sulk, or per-
haps fare up and refuse to work at all,
under unslsilled manipulation, and that
they can be soothed into complacent
and obliging frame Of mind again
simply by the return OF their usual
manipulation.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
Most Cordial Fraukness.

Mr.. Dobbins had been urging friend
whom he met to come and dine with
him at his home. The gentleman still
hesitated in accepting the invitation
so Master Thomas concluded he haG
best put in a word.
'.You better come" Tommie advised
him. I'VE don't have any great shake:
OF dinners right along, but ma alway:
slings herself when we have visitors ~
Judge.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
AMAZING SKILL
Clever French JuggIsr's wondsrfu,
.Feae with CoinA

n Clever French Jugglsr's Wondered
,Feas with Coins
A writer on the streets of old Paris
gives in Blackwood's Magazine the des
seription of wonderful juRgler, who.
must, however, have performed the
following trick by skill rather than bv
deception.
he asked the crowd for pennies, thai
is, pieces worth two sous; he put five al
them into his right hand, played with
them, tossed them a few times In the
air, and then suddenly flung them
straight up to height which seemed
above the housetops.
He watched them intently, as they
rose, and as they turned and began to
fall, he opened, with his left hand, the
left pocket of his waistcoat, and held IL
open, perhaps two inches.
Down came the pennies, not loosely
or separated from each other, but in
what looked like compact mass. HS
gazed at them fixedly, shifting his body
slightly, so as to keep under them-hs
scarcely had to move his feet at ALL
and crash! came the pile into his waiste
coat pocket.
He repeated the operation with ten
pennies, and finally he did It with
twenty. Yes, positively with twentyI
1t almost took ones breath away to
hear the thud. Never did he !. ana
never did the pennies break ao-rt or
scatter. They stuck to each o. by
some strange attraction, as If tt had
become soldered in air. There v as eyi:
IDENTIFY something In the manner Of
Ringing that made them hold together.
After wondering each time at tho
astonishing skill of the operation, 1 al
ways went on to wonder what that
waisteoat pocket could be made of, to
support such blows. The force, the
dexterity and the precision of the
throwing-some sixty feet high, as well
as could guess-and the unfailing ex,
actness of the catch were quite amax.
ing. The pennies went up and down In
an absolutely vertical line.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
SYMPTOMS.

He pondered in silence for a moment.
When the ormolu clock had measured
a moment he spoke:
Darling" he said, do you think
your father divines my purpose"
The lovely girl did not ponder at all.
She answered at once.
"Egberthold, she whispered, II think
he suspects For upward of a week
now he has devoted an hour each after
noon practicing the drop kick with q
bag of sand. Detroit Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
ABOUT SUBIRRIGATiON,
How Farmers on the Plains Can Practi
Tt to Adwautace.

How Farmers on the Plains Can Practice
Tt to Advantage.
Wherever the irrigation is necessary
TO the production Of crop, Il will be
found of great advantage, at the time
OF seeding, to make bitches and fur
rows at short intervals, and then to
so check the water in these bitches
that it may stand in small bodies at a
level above the general surface of the
ground to be irrigated. If the water
is held constantly in these small res
ervoirs during the growing season, it
will not be necessary to food the
ground so often, and il the soil Is suf-
ficiently porous, 1t may be possible to
give the crop all the moisture it needs
without surface application. Wherever
this plan Is practicable 1t has been
found to be of the greatest advantage,
as the ground Is kept mellow and fri
able while flooded land becomes SO
hardened that plants make but little
growth in IL.
II field has steep sidehill slope, Il
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
s,hat Young Man Again.
The Glorious East

'Out in Oregon" said man from
that state, 1.-The air is so clear that you
can see the peak of Mount Shasta in
California, from the peak of Mount
Hood in Oregon, distance of two hun
dred and seventy-siX miles"
Here in the east we can see much
farther than that"
80, come now"
Its fact. The moon is two hun
dred and forty thousand miles away,
but we can see it on clear night. -
Life
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
Al They Pass.

.'He says we are so alike he took us
for sisters"
'Just like himl He owes me o
rrudpe Life
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
And shueked, Too.

He-I love you madly. passionately
fondly-fy with me from your nus
band, or die in this cornfeldi
She-Hush. The corn has ears ans
will he eshocked.-Truth.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
Save 20
Per Cent.

BY bringing your dyeing an cl aniug d.
rect to our place. We have done awav with
our agents and propose giving our patrons
the benefit. Come and bring your work and
we can tell you just what can he done to it,
thus avoiding the misunderstanding and in
competency of agents. If you csnno' come
send us postal and We will call on you.
z. Fisher.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
The Bachelors Joke

"This," said the bachelor, as he paid
for sewing on q button, us what -
meant by single tax."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
r,ked Them Wen Grown

The Mamma-At what ago do you
consider children most interesting?
The Bachelor Friend-Any time after
&hfrtv-JudCe
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
Never Was West

veteran,-I presume you never heard
IN Indian war-<vhoop.
Gviltan-N-o, but I've hea2 boys
esl.as ont st saAaAl-& Z M'kln'
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14

price $I.25 actual value $500.
We are going to spring a sur
prise on our customers and place
on sale a Ladies Kid Button
Shoe, Pat tips at SScts., also a
Ladies fine grain button shoe at
SScts. if you want pair of these
don't delay, they are going fast.
We claim to sell the best shoe
for $I.oo ever made. 1t is gents
fine Buff Shoe in lace or congress
and just as much style to it as
any $500 shoe in the market.
Our mems A Calf Congress and
Lace shoe at o5cts, needs nc
mention. We are selling them
about as fast as we can get them
All winter goods and Rubber
to be sold regardless Of cost,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
The YerY Best.

Customer Qn the book store(-What
is the best book for Christmas?
Clerk Cblandly) - Pocketbook. De
troit Free Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
NEW

Southside Restaurant
No. Oil Centre Avenue, whit.
mire buildiDg.) convenient to p. &
W. depot. Open all hours. All
kind of lunches and regular meals.
Tobacco and Cigars, fine CONNECTIONS
and everything to be found in a
first class Restaurant. Give us a
call and we will do our best to &C.
commodate you.
w. j. MATES,
Manager.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
Drawing tho Line.

Teacher-What Is an agnostic9
Observing Boy-Its @ man wot ne-
Neyes in most everything except re-
irion.-Good News
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14
FACTS ABOUT FATIGUE.
whether Arising from Athletic Exercise
or Excess, 1t Is Equally Bad.

whether Arising from Athletic Exercise
or Excess, It Is Equally Bad.
DR.. Tissie, well-known French
physician, has been studying the SUBJ
ject of excessive physical culture. He
points out, in Science Siftings, that
there is similarity between the nerv-
fotic states. All fatigue IS ID ind
nerves; the muscles simply lose their
power. In violent and prolonged
physical exercise the waste Of the body
Is rapid and extreme, and at the end
the victim is in state of poisoning
from the accumulation of waste prod
ucts in his system not yet thrown OH.
He is like a patient recovering from
some disease The muscular overstrain
In the case Is like that which results
from such nervous shocks as are some
times produced by violent emotions or
by dreadful dreams
DR.. Tissie made special study Of the
case of a runner in a ''go-as-you-please"
race which continued twenty-four
hours. The first effect OF the nervous
exhaustion was a feeling Of great IA
tigue, followed by loss of interest and
disgust. Next came phenomena OF u
fusion or ballucination, of double per
sonality, loss of memory and great
need Of sleep. The doctor claims that
the real aim of every trainer for the
ring is to produce an automatic state In
the one who is to take part in the con-
test of physical strength. His whole
science is to transform the man he
trains into being that will keep on
automatically. Something of this oc'
ours in all overstrain from prolonged
physical exercise. The plodding &C
| tion which results is akin to the con
slant repetition of the same word oveI
and over until it becomes a fixed idea
| in the mind. The doctors conclusion:
are that the abuse of athletic sports II
| an evil; that the players lose character
| and tend to retrograde from intel
| lectual volition to an habitual autom
atism. Just as moderate exercise Il
good, SO these intensive exercises are
| bad
That Young Man Again.
"Did YOU ever pay any attention tc
theosopny, Mr.. Slogo?" she asked, with
deadly sweetness in her tones.
The young man admitted that he hat
not
"Oh, 1t is just lovely!" she continued
81 have often thought how perfectly
charming it would be to send onef
astral self down into the parlor to en-
tertain, while ones real tired self wal
sound asleep"
The ticking of the little clock b. came
so painfully loud that the young maj
| was forced to look at it and suddenly
discover that it was really growing 81
awfully late.-Indianapolis Journal.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-02-14

THE Russian thistle is said to be very
exhaustive Of the very best elements OF
the soil.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1895-08-22
FAIRIES.

The well-known tale of Cinderella
was a favorite with the children Of
ancien> Egypt, though the version was
somewhat different. In it Cinderella's
slipper was the slipper of Rhodop's,
which an eagle carried off and dropped
into the kings lap.
Many Of our fairy stories are of pre-
historic origin and were current before
the Teuton and the Hindoo parted COM
pany in Asia. The fairy tales of Ger
many had their origin in the legends of
Deccau.
The tabled exploit Of William Tell
may have been inspired by the fairy
legend of hobgoblin who shot an an
pie off a child's head. British elf con-
ceptions are divided into two classes
the bright fairies and the goblins-the
latter tricky and bad.
The people of Cornwall have legend
=, that the knockers who haunt the tin
scines are the souls of the Jews who
crucifed Christ and were sent by the
Romans to work the mines. When the
| Anglo-SaXons became Christianized
they inclined to the opinion that the
elves were the descendants Of Cain. the
| first murderer.