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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
GOOD SUsSOlL PLOW.


How to Make One Which Does Perfectly
Satisfactory Work.
The following description OF a home
made subsoil plow said to do perfectly
satisfactory work when made strong
enough is condensed from the Country
Gentleman:
Some is months ago had occasion
to visit brother gardener in the west
ern part of the county late in the fail,
and found him using a homemade sub
soiler that exactly met my ideas of
what such n tool should accomplish.
1t was a straight beam of hard wood
three by four inches in size and about
six feet long, supported with an ordi-
nary plow-wheel at each end, and carry
ing on either side between the wheels
a stiff steel shank, which in turn carried
a steel wedge-shaped shoe. The shank
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
Root Crop. for stock.

BE sure and fth piece of good land
for the root crops that are so Dourish-
ing and healthful ns cattle feed. The
sugar bects and the mangels will yield
immensely on good land, II put in in
rood time and well tended, and no farm
crops are more valuable. Cattle thrive
on such food in winter, when IL forms
a large part Of their rations, and every
stock owner should have n good sup
ply. Carrots nrc particularly desira-
BILE for horses. keeping them in good,
thrifty condition.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06

ticable to open stable windows. Under
such conditions the best plan is TO open
the box stall out into the interior of the
stable, by using such an arrangement
as that shown in the accompanying ills
tration The door TO the stall is cut into
two parts, while attached to the lower
half, but extending to the top of the
doorway, is grating of wire, supported
by the framework that is screwed to
the lower half of the door. The upper
half shuts into place and bolts to the
lower half, when the whole swings as
one door. During the day the upper
part of the door can be kept open, and
shut at night for warmth. This not
only affords good ventilation during the
day, but permits the occupants of such
stalls to be seen at any time without
opening the stall doors. The same ar
rangement is useful for poultry houses,
sheep pens, etc. In the case of small
animals, common wire poultry netting
can be used for the grating.-,N. \.
Tribune,
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
soparane Troughs for Young Stock.

1t Is not n great undertaking to pro
vide a small trough in some convenient
corner where they can eat their soaked
corn and milk unmolested by older
stock. They learn at an early age To
visit their sideboard and their appre-
citation of it's contents increases daily.
AS time goes on they Will become more
dependent upon their side ration, un-
I'll, as you go the round with the feed
buckets, you are reminded that you
have another regular lot on your feed
roll. BY the time they are ten or twelve
weeks old you have them weaned with
but little ceremony. They have become
so attached to their feed trough that
they miss their mother but little. and
the SOW will have reduced in the flow
of milk, making weaving very sim
pie mntter.-Pacifc Rural Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06

There may frequently be seen about
the streets here n half-breed Indian who
comes in from across the Canadian
border with snowshoes, moccasins
and baskets TO sell, says n Saranac Lake
correspondent His shame is Macomber.
The tribe to which he belongs holds a
reservation 12 miles square, and is from
the Five Nations. The reservation is
known as Caughnawaga. His grand
father has died recently, aged 103, leay-
ing considerable wealth. The old gent
leman had been married three times.
by his first wife he had six children, by
the second 15, and the same number by
the third. In reckoning up how many
grandchildren, great-grandchildren,
and Observation-Disclosures this old
Indian had 1t counted up to over l 900.
or the 80 Of his children 20 are still liv-
Ing, as are most Of the grandchildren,
grcat-grandchildren and great-great-
randchildren.-Utica Morning Her
aid.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
TrlIInR IA IIorno'a Arc.

"The popular idea that the age of q
horse can always be told by looking Mt
his tecth," said n veterinary surgeon on
Michigan avenue, sis not entirely cor
rect After the eighth year the horse
has no more new teeth, so that tie tooth
method is useless for telling the nge of
n horse which Is more than eight years
old As soon as the set of teeth Is com
pletc, however, wrinkle begins TO APP
pear on the upper edge of the lower
eyelid and n new wrinkle is added each
year, so that 20 get at the age OF horse
more than eight years old you must fig
ure the teeth plus the wrinkles."-Chi-
cnrn Trihnne.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
Mothers Thought.

"Oh, dear" gnarlcd Billy, as he
rushed into the house and slammed the
door; "all the boys has gone of and /
amt got nobody TO play with"
"Wcll." said his mother, herenely,
you can come and play with the baby"
Which he thcreupon did, for an hour.
Mothers forget that IL IS thinga like
this that encourage their boys TO grow
up and 10 DlrateH-,N. Y. Recorder.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
Literally Construed.

What you want to avoid" said the
publisher 70 the struggling author, sis
writing over the heads of the people"
"I know IT." was the answer. 81 was
depending on getting you to take this
book 80 that 1 could come down out of
the attic and do my work on the parlor
floor er."-WashinRton Star.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
MODERN STOCK BARN.

Novel Construction IL Shown In the De-
sign Here Illustrated
The silo has changed the entire con-
ditions of feeding on many farms.
Bulky fodder, for which much barn
room was needed, has been largely re-
placed on these farms by the condensed
ration of ensilage. A radical change
can thus be made in barn construction,
for, with the silo, immense storage
room for hay and similar fodder Is not
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
Had Caae.

'I'm that tired, num-" said Moscly
Wraggs to the plying mntron wh9ehad
offered him n luncheon of rolls and
coffee, "that l don't believe / could
raise a cup o. cavity to my mouth, but
II you've got n leetle spirits Of any
kind In the house think could swa-
Ter a small glassful Of it."-Chicago
Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
USEFUL ARRANGEMENT.
How to VentiIate Box Stalls at All Sea
aona ~ War

How to Ventilate Box Stalls at All Sea-
sons of the Year.
Where box stalls are constantly in
use th2re are many days, not only in
summer, but IN winter as well, when 1t
Is a serious problem to keep the inmates
comfortable. There may be venti-
lating shaft in each stall, and a small
window, but even with these exits for
overheated air there will be days when
the inmates Of box stalls will suffer for
a freer circulation Of air, particularly
IN winter, when it is not always prac-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
Her EoHey Husband

"Swcet one, love YOU he whispered
to his partner at the masquerade.
should think you would" she replied.
"sccing that / am your wife" Didn't
I know il darling? What other woman
do you think I would say TINT top
nnainn Courier
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
In Mcmorlau.

Sick Husband-Will you see that my
grave Is kept green2
Wifc-Ycs, indeed, love; I'll have you
buried in the Evergreen cemetery
where they make n specially Of keep
Ing graves green without extra charge.
N v IVcnLlv
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06

gate in the step; take piece of plank
about 1s inches long; bore three
fourths-insh hole inches from one end;
put the plank on the top, and pivot and
spike it securely to top of gate post. The
gate swings in either direction, and
does not pull on the post so hard as if
hung on hinges.-Ohio Farmer.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
No Grent Advantago.

Mr.. Highliye Cooking up from the pa
per)-Well, WE'LL Wonders will never
ceasel They've got 30 now that they
can photograph in colors.
Mrs. Highlive (glancing at his nose)
I think, my dear, you'd better get
your picture taken before the old pro-
cess Is nbandoned.-N. Y. Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
II All DeDentia.

Unmarried Lady-It must be n great
thing when husband and wife are of ono
mind.
Married Lady-1'hat depends on
whose mind IL is.-Texas Sitter.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
Fatal Experiment.

Aunt Rachel ION visit-Gertie.
where is the nice little doll gave you
last Christmns2
Gertic-I put boomers on her the
other day, auntic, and she isn't n bit
nice now.-Chicngo Record.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
He simply Kills Now

Does your papa get much practice p
asked the visitor OF the doctors seven.
vear-old son.
"Oh, he doesn't have 30 practice any
more" replied the boy; che knows how,
now "-Tit-Bits.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
Tney Agreed.

Warden-What did you do with the
commitment papers of that burglar?
Sheriff Filed them away.
Warden SO las tho burglar. He has
filed II way through the window Of his
cell-N. Y. World
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06

Johnny-Mnmma, why do they call
IL IA stag party?
Mamma,-Asle your fathcr--I think IL
IS on account OF the horns.-N. Y.
World
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
Eminent Domain.

Brown-What IS eminent domain?
Jones-It means the right of the pub
lie TO take n mans property by paying
a little more for it than anyone else
will.-N. Y. World.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
A, ,h. Seaside Hotel.

Dora (shyly)-I became engaged to
Mr.. Atherton last night.
Cora-Oh, you lucky grill You are
sure TO have n perfectly lovely time this
summer now. You know was engaged
TO him myself last year.-Somervillc
journal
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06

in their vengeance as they would have
carried it out, they had as partial COM
pensation the knowledge that they had
forced him to the dread alternative. \
penalty-if not that which they
desired-had been paid for his crime.
THE END.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
n Cost Him I'll. Life

Sympathetic Fricnd-Your lawyers
charge was very high, presume.
Convicted Murdcrer-Yes; but the
judges charge was what finished me
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
We All IIavo Suffered.

He-Have you ever had your ears
pierced, Miss Gny?
she-Yes. at every amateur musicale
] have attendcd.-Town Topics.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
IIa pnai Of nnnnnr.

"For three months during the war
l occupied the most dangerous posi-
ton in my company"
"Indecd?"
"Ycs; every morning curried the
eight mules belonging 10 our commits
RnrY. = Chicnpo KccOrd.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
Neither suited.

Angry Husband-What wanted was
n wife who would be n helpmeet-
Angry Wife-Huhl What i wanted
was n husband who would supply meat
to help.--N. Y. Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
Ixcusnbic.

Macle-Why do you put weather strips
around your windows In summer?
Wyld-The family across the street
has bought piano.-Town Topics.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
Hard Tim~a Suggestion.

The Garden City Herald wants the
motto on the silver dollar changed from
ain God we trust" TO God be with you
till We meet again"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
Grncrous johnny.

(Which would you rather, Johnny
asked the fond mother, have the
measles and stay ut home, or be well
and 20 to SCHOOL,"
"Rather have the measles and stay al
home; but then I'd like 10 go 10 school
too" said Johnny.
But why, dnrling" urged his
mother.
80 / could give all the other fellows
the measles" answered the generous
boy.-Dctroit Free Press.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
Feed for Young Pigs.

The young pig should have enough
feed TO maintain thrift, but he shoulC
not be fed us if he were being fattened
The digestion Of young pigs Is weak
and IL overfcd at this time, especially
with corn, they will become stunted
and never after prove profitable ami
mails. The Western Swinehcrd main
tains that feed for young pigs shoulc
not be concentrated. Give them 8
small proportion OF grain and when
middlings, with enough milk and dish
winter TO distcnd their Btomnchs an'
keep their digestion in good condition
A pig should be eight or nine month";
old before IL will be Fnfc 10 feed II
b.u,.;I,, ,yitb corn
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
Tho MarbIo-Hcartod World.

Laugh and the world laughs with you:
But when you indulge I'm n cry.
with your feelings the hue OF indigo blue,
1t gives you tho Icy eye.
-Washington Times.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
Merely a SnRgeAtIon.

Young Man very thin and very long)
I am going to n masquerade party,
and | don't know what character to
assume.
Old Man very thick and very short)
Chalk your head and go as billiard
enc -Iit-IIitA.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06

Tho Sporting Idea
We do not mind the terrible heat,
II we know. the highest records beat
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06
Constipation

Causes fully half the sickness in the world. Il
retains the digested food TOO long in the bowels
and produces bilousRess, torpid liver, indl-
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1896-08-06

How to Make One Which Does Perfectly
Satisfactory Work.
The herald., 1896-09-20
EOS ANGELES HERALD. MoRNINe.

This is flat drawing in perspective.
play, have what is called scene plot"
showing each scene as it should be set
up. The shape of the room Is shown,
the number and location of windows
and doors and their exact style, the kind
of furniture and where it is to be placed,
the color of the hangings and the kind
of concentrations. These latter are al
ways chosen so as to best show off the
costumes of the players.
Every large theater has an immense
amount of scenery and furniture al
ways on hand, and unless the new play
is exceptionally like the staging of a
comic opera there is usually enough for
the master mechanic and the property
man to fill the bill down to the small
est details. If the scenery on hand is
not quite what it should be. the master
mechanic hauls out of the dock" some
of the old pieces, the scenic artist is set
to work on them and the emergency is
soon met.
When all of the big work has been dis
posed OF the scene shutters are drilled
to make the play move swiftly. Between
the acts everything on the stage seems
to be chaotic, but it is really the height
of order. The cleaners, the cheapest of
The herald., 1896-09-20

| by paintings, not paintings of the or
binary kind, but the work of masters.
Many of the best artists in Europe and
this country have worked on this piano,
some painting two or three or four pic
| lures, and others only one. In itself the
piano is gallery of modern art. A per-
| son could study it every day for week
without exhausting it's beauties. The
whole cost $4,000. Great care is taken
| to keep it in an even temperature, for
| if the enameled wood suffers the slight
| est crack irreparable injury is done to
painting of considerable value.
| In all the great New York houses there
is an important functionary called the
| steward, a man who is responsible for
. everything in the house, the condition
! of the furniture, the conduct of the SER
! wants, the purchase of supplies, the
management of all entertainments and
host of smaller duties. If anything
| of value is broken by a careless servant
| the steward bears the brunt of the
blame. He receives a good salary, has
! his own dining room and is often man
| of considerable intelligence. He never
! does any mental work, and instead has
servants to wait upon him. He must
know something about pictures. pottery.
statuary, rugs, tapestries and laces, and
| how to care for them.
This man assumes charge of the work
| of getting the house ready for the fam
| ily's return in the fall. The great rolls
| of light canvas which have been hung
| on the four walls and ceiling Of a room
| to protect the painted concentrations
! are taken down under his direction. If
! anything has been marred, he employs
| the decorators to repair the damage.
Silk-like carpets and rugs are cleaned.
| The boxes in storage are sent for, I'M
packed and their COMETS properly dis
| tributed.
Silver and gold tableware are sent to
| the jewelers. to be freed from all
scratches. This is costly work. Mrs.
William Astor has gold dinner service
which cost 100000. Five years ago her
| steward, Thomas, sent it to the makers
! to be embellished. 1t had many bad
scratches, and the only way to remove
them was to plane off the surfaces This
| reduced the weight of the service fully
| 10 per cent. An allowance was made
for the gold shavings, but it was very
tiny amount compared with the $4,000
which Mrs. Astor paid for them, being
one-tenth of the total cost. Since then
the gold service has never been sent
for repairs.
The herald., 1896-09-20
SCENIC ARTISTS AT WORK

one has heard of the fish without eyes
ir the cave ofKentucky and other freaks
which exist in dark wells and such
places. These facts are of great i'm
portance in studying the evolution of
man and species, but so far no research
es upon the subject have been carried
out by scientists.
Down in the deep galleries of the cat
acombs it is always pitch dark and fish
ponds will be dug in the solid rock and
stocked with fish to study the effect OF
the obscurity upon them and their Off
spring. Animals will also be kept down
there for the same purpose.
A good deal of trouble and some dan
ger was experienced in opening up the
galleries, which have for SO long been
closed. The temperature 200 feet below
the surface is chill and damp, while the
gases which hive accumulated in 1OC
years made it ticklish undertaking te
descend. These galleries undermine al
most the whole of Paris and its en-
virons. being used as catacombs and al
The herald., 1896-09-20

the stage help, tackle a scene the in
slant the curtain falls, and while some
of them brush off the furniture, rugs,
ETC., others grab the walls of a room and
run them off. The ceiling is hoisted out
of the way in trice, and the next in
slant the shutters are running the new
scene into place.
The scenery of a play is all kept to-
gether in one place, the largest scenes
resting against the wall with the face
turned inward. That which is to be used
in the last act is against the wall, while
that for the first act is on the outside.
In this way the shutters work down
through the scenery from act to act
with little commotion. After the play
the scenes are all placed in the same or
der again for the next performance.
When play drags on the opening night
it is usually due to the unfamiliarity
of the scene shifter with the scenic eff
fects, and now they are drilled as care
fully as the others.
The herald., 1896-09-20
How MilIionaires' Homes Are
Made Ready for Them
THE ANNUAL PREPARATION
There Are Many Delicate Tasks, But
Everything Must Be New and Bright
For the Home Coming.

NEW YORK, Sept. 15.-Fifth avenue
presents touching scene just now. A
few days ago it was practically dead.
Dark green shades covered every win
dow in nearly every house. The great
massive front doors looked as if they had
not been opened for years. A stranger
might have thought that death had
penetrated every home, bringing the
gloom of closed windows and barred
doors with it.
But if Fifth avenue looked like fun
eral q few days ago, it now has all the
merry animation of wedding feast.
The green shades have faded away and
their places have been taken by bits of
lace, some of it worth ten thousand fold
its weight in gold. AS If by magic every
house has cast away it's somber look of
gloom, and is now bright and CHEEKY.
The herald., 1896-09-20

more optimistic look, but the outsider, if
he could take a peep into one Of them
while. the. work of preparing for a new
NAV was going on, would think that
everything had a dreadfully mixed up
look about it.
THE MANAGER IMPORTANCE.
Staging play nowadays is no childs
task. Good new plays are always scarce,
ard the fundamental work of all clever
stage managers is to make poor play
seem good by the brilliancy of its trap
pings. In the rehearsng he must force
the PLAYERS to wiring every ounce of mer-
II out of their lines and then he must
work on the electrician the scenic ar
fist, the property man, the carpenter and
the master mechanic to devise novelties
which will cover up the many weak
spots. He must know how to direct each
Of these functionaries, and to- do SO he
must have detailed knowledge Of
their respective lines of work.
All stage managers in the large thea
tiers, when they take hold Of q new
The herald., 1896-09-20
BRITISH REPORT ON JAPAN'S
TRADE.

The London Financial News says:
"In 1895 the total trade of Japan was 10
per cent larger than in the previous
year, and of the total the share of Yoko-
hama was exactly one-half. Two-thirds
of the increase were due to exports
and one-half to imports, and, as Consul
Hall says, these figures are an unmistak-
able indication Of the vigor and recuper-
alive power of Japan's foreign trade
We are sorry to find that, comparing the
rate of increase of the four countries
which are the leading participators In
Japan's trade, and taking imports and
exports together, the statistics for Yoko-
hama show that Germany is making the
most rapid Zvance and Great Britain
the slowest, the value of German trade
in 1895 being an increase of over 81 per
cent on the preceding year, American
trade nearly IS per cent, French 12R per
cent. and that of Great Britain less than
per cent. AS regards the proportions
in which the gross trade of the. port is
shared between the same countries,
America leads the list with "a per cent,
Great Britain comes next with Il per
cent. France next with II per cent and
then Germany with Z per cent. or the
total exports of Yokohama America
takes more than half while Great Brit
ain supplies nearly half the imports.
The herald., 1896-09-20

and the CRIME of the city they are now
as bright and as glistening as diamonds.
A week back only very slouchy look
ing servants passed i'll and out of the
houses, but they, too, have been caught
in the magic spell as well as the other
things. These down-atth the heel men
ials are now the pink of perfection in the
serving line; clean and neat, active and
Industrious with spotless liveries or
costumes.
1t all looks like a miracle, but it is
nothing of the kind. 1t simply means
that in another week or two all of the
fashionable world will be back from
Newport, from Europe, from the Berk-
shire hills, from the sporting fields of
Long island, from all points where
swelldom congregates in the summer
months. Within the past five years the
fashionable folks have opened the town
season trihe later each year. They
cling to country life as long as posi-
BILE, fact which is entirely due to the
increasing love of outdoor sports among
women as we'll as the men.
Even when they come back to town
most of their time until November LIST
is spent at the country clubs surrounding
the metropolis, where golf, polo and the
The herald., 1896-09-20
APPOINTMENT GOING BEGGING

No one seems to want to represent
Los Angeles at the annual meeting of
the American Society Of Municipal I'm
provement at Chicago, Oct. 14th, 18th
and 18th. At recent meeting of the
council. request from the president
of the association that this city be rep
resented at the annual meeting was re
ferred to the mayor to make an appoint
ment. win the understanding, however,
that the representative defray his own
expenses. Up to this time the MAYOR
has been unable to find any one willing
to go to the convention unles his ex-
penses are paid by the city. City En-
gineer Compton represented Los An.
geles year ago. He says he cannot af-
ford the expense at this time