VOL. XXVII "WILHAMKMD. * % is "V'-V-f J ' 30 s MAIN ST. THE VERY PEOPLE WHO] HAVE THE LEAST MONEY| TO SPEND ARE THE ONES j OUR RELIABLE CLOTHING j MEANS MOST TO With hou*e rent a drag on you? Low price? for honest, long-wearing Clothirg will be a boon to ycur pocket-book an l your back. Get an Iron-clad Cloth Suit at sl2. Strongest All-Wo Suit we know of. Nobody else sells it. Get J. N. PATTERSON'S Cloth Suit at Sit',. For dress and everyday wear combined it's wonderful value. No matter how fine a suit you want * for dress or business | we have that at a low price. There is no open question about Roys' Clothing. We are | not only pioneers, but to-day's leaders in styles and qualities —highest excellence and lowest prices. Remember the place. J. X. PATTERSON'S, One Price Clotliinir I louse, 29 S. MAW ST.. BUTLER, PA. HENRY BIKHL 14 NORTH MAIN STREET, HU'l'l .TTT?, ----- UST'A DEALER IN Hardware and House Furnishing Goods. Agricultural Implements, Kramer Wagons, Peggies, Carts, Wheel Barrows, Brammer Washing Machines, New Sunshine and Howard Ranges, Stoves, Table and pocket Cutlery, Hanging Lamps. Man ufacturer of Tinware, Tin Roofing and Spouting A Specialty. WHERE A CHILD CAN BUY AS CHEAP AS A MAN. There is no Doubt As to where you should buy your new dress, if economy is the tippet you have in view, and you will agree with us, after you haw examined our line and prices in Silks, Satins, Cashmeres, Beiges, Henrettas, Broadcloths, Flannels, English Suitings in plain and novelty plaids. UNO E R W K A R For Ladies, Gents, Misses and Children which we know €Mi not be equaled anywhere for value and price. Blankets, Flannels, Yarns, Plushes, \ elvets,Ribbon, Hos iery and Notions of all kinds. CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, AND LACS CURTAINS In ail the new fall patterns and designs. We are showing the grandest liue of Ladies, Misses and j Children s o=JL,=o— brought to Butler, to convince you that the place to do jour trading is with us.all we ask is that you call and examine prices and be convinced. TR OUT MANS. —-Leading Dry Goods and Carpet House, Butler, Pa- BARGANS in WATCHES, Clocks, Jewelry And silverware. Finest stock of Sterling Silverware in the county and at prices not to be equalled for cash. Watches r and Clocks repaired andJwarrantedjjit J. R. GRIEB'S ISTo. 16 Soiltll Moin Bt., ::!■! i|Ac.A/.Kf hM •■l-" Irt : llMir) -I t and ill'istmUM t»f Ut« ""'I Miitadi. . \\. li. H liv '! >■ lil <-o;.:ri •:i hom-Ih'II'" ~i llsrn 1 iiort. end I.'il'Milio ili' ii'ii a novi-l-'t'-- m Tl'.a .>•, < II! '1 Vo l'H.i." :.:»!1-1 -oni ly l!l'' - 111 iilustrated najK-rs. louclilui' aUbj'-oM of current loti-n ;>!. uiiil in it« short storl' ikh-iii s. and timely articles, tho Mai; *zink. «i!l main tain Its wit-known -r unltni. HARPER'S PERIODICALS. Per V«*ar. 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Planing Mill —AND— Lumber Y a.i*ii b,.d disappeared anil the wills were missing. With all thai money al. stake there was great excitement, of course, am] the relatives gave me the case to work up. No one knew, until I overhauled the ashes in the fireplace, that anything hod been burned. I found scraps of paper, proving that at least one of the wills had been de Btroyeil. Ho far as I could tell, both might have boon burned at tho same time. One had been, anyhow, and the question of which it was interested every relative. It seemed curious why Mrs. Thatcher bad gone away, and still more curious that I she had escaped observation. As no one had met her in the village or on the high way, it must lie concluded that she had reasons lor hiding. If one ol tho wills had | been preserved, she probably knew of its whereabouts, as the w little cubiii had been hunted ovei and over again without bring i in;' it to light. My first step, therefore, was to discover her; but when a fairly sharp man pits himself against a half idiot be | may be beaten. I made a circuit for thirty miles around on horseback, anil, while 1 met a hundred people who knew tho woman by sight, I could got no late trace of her. A robber could not have hidden his trail more successfully. When I found that the hunt was to be extended I notified every Sheriff in that part of the State. I got out circulars and sent them to Town Marshals, Constables, Postmasters _ and farmers, hut no good resulted. Then, one day, I sat down to put myself ;n her place. For all I knew then she was j with the old man when lie died, and it might have been her baud which held one of the wills to the Dauie. Just why she should fly and hide herself when not guilty of any thing was a puzzle. So fur as we could deter mine, she had taken nothing. One day Mar tinhail gone with her to thcbaiikanddrawu out and presented to her the sum of S3OO. This she had taken, as was her right, but the few dollars he had iu his pocket were there when we searched thfl dead body. I bad not thought to overhaul her wardrobe, but when I came to do so I got a pointer. She bad dressed berscll in her lie it and gone without even taking a hand satchel. Her best was a black ilk. a line red bawl, a fashionable bonnet aud line shoes. She would not only look very much like a lady, but she would not et out lor a walk across the wet lii hi or along the muddy highway. She would take the train at tho nearest point, of course, and that happened tu be at a station not over thirty rods from the old man's cabin and on bis land, i'roight and MCtoiniuodatien traini stopped thvre always for watcr.and the regular pa i-u/.-r trains sometimes. For instance, the ex press- for Cincinnati would not ..top al the village but would at Ibis country .station, to pet a supply of water for the engine As soon as I struck thi - trail ITV a only a fen day in ascertaining that Mr . Thatch er, dressed in her best, did actually hoard the express that night as it stopped for a moment, and that she paid her fare and was carried to Cincinnati. She hud four weeks the start of inc. hut 1 had strong hopes of finding her. I reasoned that the fact of her being simple minded and of never having traveled much would make her keep clear of the hotels. She, doubtless, feared that she would be blamed for the old man's death and a search made for her. In that case sho would hide herself. I had my tnind made up when I reached Cincinnati to look foi her among the boarding houses, aud look I did. After a vain search of a week I got one of the regular detectives and in another week we got track of her. On going into the city she had entered in to conversation with a fellow-passenger, and he had recommended her to a board ing--house kept by his aunt. They gave her n room at tho house, but soon saw that she was queer. The situation sharpened her wits, and she claimed to he a Mrs. Hose, of Chicago, who had come to search out rela tives. As she never went out. received no letters and employed no assistance her story was not believed, aud she was an ob ject of wonder to the other boarders. In about three weeks she one day paid her bill and walked off, but one of the boarders fol lowed her to another boarding-house. We Imped anil expected to find her there, Imt she had again changed and no one knew where plie wa-. It took us three days to locate her again, and this lime we were too late by an hour only. In making her second change Mrs. Thatcher had gone to a hoarding-house kept by a woman who had a brother on a farm. He supplied her with vegetables and as he came in one day Mrs. Thatcher saw him and at once decided to go out to his farm. She arranged for her board, bought herself a cheap dress or two, and the pair had been gone about an hour or two when we rang the hell. The detective was busy on another ease and decided that he could not go with me. I therefore gol a horse anil buggy and drove off alone. It w as about three o'clock iu the afternoon of a Juno day, and I was hardly clear of the city when I noticed that ft thunder storm was coming tip from the direction in which I was headed. I drove fast, hoping to make the ten miles before I was caught,but when seven miles from the city the storm broke. The only shelter I could secure was an old wagon shod, but —whilo tho thunder and lightning were severe—little rain fell. In the half-hour I was under the shed the lightning struck near mo three times, and I was greatly relieved when the storm passed ou. I dro''e forward for about a mile and then suddenly came upon a cu rious sight in the highway. A farmer's wagon was smoking and burning, while one horse lay tone dead and the other was plunging about. On one side of the wagon lay tho body of a woman, on the other side that of a man. 1 leaped out aud secured my horse, and the man was the first ap preached. His clothes were on fire over his breast and his face was discolored. One glance satisfied me that he was dead. The woman lay in a heap, but when 1 took hold of her hand there was a flutter of the eye lids. A bolt of light ning had killed one of the horses and the man, but the woman hail only been stunned. My first move was just what any physician would have recommended. 1 tore open the bosom of her dress and cut her corset-strings to give her lungs a chance to play. As the knife parted the string and the corset flew open a paper was displayed. I reached for it, afid one look told me that it was the last will and testament of Thomas Martin. Then the woman must be Mrs. Thatcher; hut 1 should never have known her, dress ed as she was. She came to while I was releasing the plunging horse and putting out tho fire in the wagon. The accident had como about its I supposed, and in half ail hour she was quite hoi self again. I went tf> the nearest farmer, got him to come back and assume charge of things, and then droyo back to the city with my prisoner. On the way In she fully explain ed everything. When Martin found him self about to die lie told her to burn the old will. In her nervousness, aud being un able to read, she linrncil the wrong one. When he discovered this he berated licr ill as forcible language ns lie could call up— indeed, he fell back and died while cursing her. Fearing that she had committed some awful crime, and hoping that if she carried the other document off with her she might escape all consequences, she dressed her self, took the paper and her money and Walked over and boarded the train. Cudcr the will I had recovered all tho relatives shared alike, which was fair and just under the circumstances, and instead of making any trouble for tho grass widow, they presented her with a purse of SOOO and headed her for Oregon, where she got another husband in loss than a month after hor arrival. The Force of Dynamite. Dynamite is so instantaneous in its action that a green leaf can be compressed into the hardest steel before it has had time to flatten. One of the experiments at the United States Torpedo Works was to place some leaves between two heavy llat piece, of iron, set them ou a firm foundation, and see what gun cottun would do in forcing the iron plates together. A charge was placed upon them by compressing the gun cotton into a cylindrical form about one inch thick and three or four inches iu di ameter, through tho center of which a hole is made for a cap of fulminate of mercury, by which tho gun cotton i , exploded. The reaction was so great, from merely being exploded in tho open air, that ono of the iron pieces was driven down upon the other so quickly and with tuch force that it caught an impression of the leaves before they could escape.— Portland Transcript. Ouida Is Not Polite. Ouida spends much tiuie at the Lang ham when she is iu London. Not long since a young American girl, Miss W til' New York, called upon her ..t the hotel with a lcU'.-T ui introduction. After wait ing some tipie a strangely dressed figure rushed into the room. Kvcry color of thi rainbow appeared in her costume, and hor head was decorated with a circlet of many dColureil bright ribbons. This bizarre creature stalked up to our American girl, aud iu a very brusque manner said: "I)o you' want to see met" "I have a letter of introduction to you." "Youare an Ameri can—*l ;know it by 3-0111- bold stare," was Ouida's pidite reply. "And I know you to be a circus rider from your outlandish cost'ume, and so I wish you good morning aud decline your acquaintance." Flexible Paint. The follow ing retains sufficient flexibili ty to enable the sheet to be rolled: Soft soap ounces Boiling water I- ooures Dissolve and work well in usual oil paint; 6 lb. Lips That Never Touch. Over in the Mikado' empire ki ingi-.m ; unknown pleasure, and even between hu ■ hand and wife oscillatory enjoyment i a j liberty never indulged in. Although the i y oung maiden-' have the ro ic I of lip-, the whitest of tooth and the sweetc t of smiles, ihoir dainty little months are as forbidden fruit to their sighing swains, who must content themselves with more formal mm ! iterations of their love. A Tokio corre spondent of the San Francisco Chronicle \ writes thus: 'Tis a melancholy fact, but a Japanese has no such impulse. Xo lover courts his ' mistress with ''sweetest persuasive kisses." No mother kisses her baby as she : hugs it to her bosom. Parting husband I presses the hand of his wife and bends his ; forehead to the mats in sad farewell. Our salutations run through the crescendo of | bow, handshake, kiss and kiss. I can't ex plain the difference iu grade between the last two, but everybody knows. Tint in Japan the expression of regard is regulated by the number and length of the salaams. A friend who constantly travels about the country told me of a little illustration in point. He had been on the road for six weeks, having with him a native mer chant who was interested in his business. Ou their return to Tokio he accompanied the broker to his home, a permit for the night's visit having been obtained from the local Inspector of Police. The wife met her husband and friend at the door and ushered them in. Together they assisted their guest to remove his coat. The wife next took from her lord his wadded kimono anil other wraps and folded them away. Then, and not until then, did they kneel upon the mats anil how long and low to each other. "Von have been many weeks away from us," said the wife, in a sweet, affectionate voice. '-ACe have waited for you with impatience. I hope that you are well, der lanoskesan." And lie thank ed her and said ho was . Abscnt-MinrJedncss. AVhat we call absent-mindedness is teiu porary suspension of the faculty of memo ry. The mind, intent upon some present thought, obliterates or obscures the record of the past. We may even regard it as a temporary and partial form of insanity,and if we find absent-mindedness most com mon with persons of great mental powers, we may accept llie fact as another illus tration ol tho near alliance between great genius and madness. Certain it is that Rruycre's "Absent Man" was no mere creature of n fertile imagination. The or iginal is said to have been the Count de Brancas, of whom a curious story is relat ed. One day he was reading by the fire in bis study, when the nurse brought him a child newly born to hint. The Count threw away the book ami took the child on his knee to play with it. By and by a visitor was announced, aud tho C'ouut, forgetting all about the child, and remembering only that he had been reading a book, threw the poor infant carelessly on the table. What a mercy be didn't throw it into the lire! It is recorded of La Fontaine, noted for his absent miuilcdness, that he once at tended the funeral of one of his most iu tiiuate friends, and shortly afterwards call, ed lo visit that friend. When reminded by the astonished servant of the recent death he was at first terribly shocked, aud then remarked: "True, of course, I recollect now I went to his funeral." Manufacture of Slate Pencils. One of the most peculiar branches of in dustry in this country is the manufacture of slate pencils. Thorn is only ono slate pencil factory in tho Fnited States. It employs 25 hands, who turn out 30,0011 slate pencils every day. The method of manufacture is a good deal iu advance of llie primative methods employed some years back. Xot long since the blocks of soft slate from which pencils are cut were sawed in lengths and distributed among tho neighboring laborers' laniilies to lie whittled down to pencil shape. Those working at them could earn about So cents per thousand. Now tho blocks are put iu to a machine ami cut. into square lengths by revolving knives, and the lengths arc afterward rounded and polished by emery belts. One uian can cut and finish about 8,000 pencils per day. Tho Buckboard Driver's Mis lake. A Bar Harbor buckboard driver is sore on account of a mistake lie made last sum mcr. He had taken a passenger, a young woman, from near the club house to "Chat wold" and had told her the price of the trip would lie $1 fill. On the way he tried to make out whether she was a tour ist or a servant, as, according to an ex change, "bis big heart would not allow him to charge a working girl such tv price lor so short a ride," Ou reaching their destination tho now comer was met at the door by ono of maids and he decided she was a servant, aud so gave hack the half dollar when she paid him. Later be learned that the young woman was Miss Mary (iarrett, a twenty millionaire, ami he is now inconsolable. "She took the fifty cents as willingly as if she had been taking in washing to earn the money." is his plaint.—Lewi stow n Journal. They Led and Pig{;io Followed. Two bright little girls at I sle all llaut, Georgio May Welsh and t.die Coombs, w ere sent to drive home a pig which had been allowed to run wild all summer. The pig was three miles away, but contrary to usual experience in such cases was gol home easily. Thin Was. because llie girls knew h(>W to do It. They didn't try lo drive the animal, but started home ahead of it scattering along the ground from tiuie to time some com with whioli they had provided themselves, and piggio meekly followed. These girls have wits that will be useful to them all through life.—Lewis ton Journal. Badly Mixed. There lives in l.'niou township, Indiana, a family that can boast of the most curi ously complicated relutiouship. Some ycurs ago widower named Morgan, who h.ttl a grown son. married a widow who bad a grown daughter. After a while he ami his wife secured a divorce. His son then fell in love with bis father's divorced wife and married licr. The father got mar tied to the daughter of the woman from whom be bad been divorced. liaeh cou pic has children aud the two families are terribly mixed an to their relationship. What Becomes of the Children. Stranger—And what i that handsome large building. Citizen —That ii llie Asylum lor Feeble minded Children. Stranger—May Ia .k what become ol these afflicted children in after life' Citizen —Oh! they are all right. The j boys grow up to bo eligible as jurymen : and tin- girls develop into writers of. yndi j cute stories. This rumpus about woman's rights Is but the merest lissue, For women, like thin question which Has roused her to her highest pitch, la only a side Issue. • Meet Is More Sense ;i!i«J Kower Dollars. It i- ui>t a proper anil comtuendablcj l.ri. Suspicious Submission. A small boy had been having a day of unmitigated outragoousneas, such as all children who do not die young are likely to have at times, and when he was ready for bed his mother said to him. "When you say yonr pravers. Georgie. ask (io.l to make you a better bey. You have been very naughty to-day." The youngster ac cordingly put up his petitoni in the usual form, and then before closing with "amen" he added: " And please, God, make me a good boy." lie paused a second, and then to the utter consternation of his mother concluded with unabated gravity: "Nev ertheless, not my will. 0 Lord, but thine be done."—Providence Journal. A Candidal e's Bail Break Once upon a time as a candidate for po litical honors was travelling to a county scat, he opened his mouth and put his foot in it. He was one of a party of eminent gentlemen and the conversation turned to the subject of farmers. The candidate feeling -lightly exhilarated, told an exper ienee of his, wherein he was badly cheated by an honest tiller of the soil, and ended his story with the remarks that farmers as a rule were very dishonest. At this junct ure a gentleman from the rural district jumped to his feet and said in a lond tone of voice. "I guess we are as good as your kind of people." The candidate realized the situation, and also realized that ilisere tion i the better part of valor. Just Leaked Out. A laughable lory has just come to our ears. The other evening one of our bibu lous friends was returning home rather late assisted by some boon companions. Upon reaching his home he insisted upon their coming in, but they, better aware than he of their demoralized conbition, demurred, saying that his wife might object to his entertaining company at so late an hour. "Oh, hang my wife! I am CVsar here, boys. Conic in; come in. The argument was growing interesting when n clear voire called down from an upper window: "Gentlemen, you can leave Cicsar 011 the steps: I will see to him." They were only too glad to leave him ill his glory.—( Riiilcnton Sens,) Many men get credit for what obscure persons work out. —A debating society iu Dorks eouny has sensibly decided that "a cross and clean woman does not make a better wife than u dirty and good liatured one." —An Irish editor iu speaking of the mis cries of Ireland, says: "Her cop of miseries has been for ages overflowing, and yet is not full." —An idea of the magnitude of the grapu growing industry along the Lake Shore may be gained from the statement that an average of ten ears a day of grapes have been shipped for the past month between Dunkirk. N. V. and Erie. —There has lately been a sudden rise of 10 to 15 per cent, iu the prices of raw im ported silks. This has been traced to the fact that the crops in both Italy and Japan arc short this season. It has been known among the silk importers for some time that the Ration crops would be short, but the news that the Japan crop would also be short did not reach here milil Septein ln-r 'JO. —Over $15,000,000 has been spent in Australia within the last 13 years in ef forts to exterminate the rabbit, and late estimates agree that he had also doubled in numbers during this time. When the rab bit strikes a good thing he hates to let go, small a? he is. —First Village (lossip—"On you believe that awful story they are telling about Mi us Priuit" Second Village Gossip —"Ves. What is it."' —The muskrat unites with the goose bone and the corn husk iu tlio opinion that the coming winter will be comparatively mild. There are two forms of chronic rluima mat I HI: One iu which the joints are swol len and red without fever; in the other the joints are only stiff aud painful. Iu either form Salvation oil may be relied on to ef fect a euro. It kills pain. 25 cents. —Popular discrimination iu favor of l>r. Hull's Cough Syrup, ban given it a larger sale tliuu any other remedy ot its class. Price 23 cents. —lt does not take a very hard hit |to knock some people silly. —lu an oyster campaign of course the enemy is shelled. —One disagreeable feature about postage stumps is that they nre apt to get stuck on themselves. —When the stars above are uot shining j they are probably locked up in the star | chamber. —The surest way for a man to have greatness thrust on him is to get himself lost in Africa. —Strange that the White UoiisC should | be overrun with rata, whin it is such ii| •troii!' I'iiion establishment. v —"Money i < tight, ;-aid the treet car driver as u dozen dimes got wedged iu one of the coin carrier! of hi« car. KI;v. SAM JONKN is one of the most eloquent preachers this eouutry ever pro doced. When under full headway he has a eo ui maud of language which Ueeeher or Taliuage never dreamed of. We extract a i uugle gem from a recent sermon, lie re marked: "John the baptist was the brave-t type of Christian I know of. He jut jumped on llcrod aud pawed hi • leath era out." AGRICULTURAL.. Farm and Garden. Plants which limy 1M- desired f.>r t!,<- win dow garden daring the winter hinM now he given ome citrft care in the way of pruning, watering, etc. An expert -ay that if butter be broken when cold the broken parts should re sent- Me"~the broken parts of east iron or steel, and also the same «.r rock forma tions. Considering its cost sawdust is an excel lent material for bedding and as an absorb ent. It po-scsses but little manurial value, but will answer well on the stable floors. The rich black liquid that Hows off from the barnyard contains the wealth of the farm. Use absorbent materials, and save it. The loss of liquid manure is groat, aud it saved would not only add fertilizing matter to the farm but increase the value of the solids. Soapsuds ou the manure heap i- bene ficial. The suds not only aid tlie soda and other elements of the soap of the soap to the heap, but also induce chemical changes, during which process the ammonia is to a certain extent pre vented from escaping. The alkaline mat ter also largely assists in rendering some of the solids soluble, and reduce- them to a finer condition. Siutply washing the dairy utensils is not sutlicient. They must lie scalded, washed in warm water (using soda in the water) scrubbed aud then rinsed. A single parti cle of matter adhering to a milk pan may serve as a ferment to injure the milk. Kv en the hands shonld lie washed before handling the vessels, and every precaution taken to observe cleanliness. Stands should lie made ready for the tender plants that are to be kept in the hon=e over winter. Geraniums, eolens, and other plants must be potted without delay. The rixits of dahlias should bo where the frost will not reach them, as al so those of eannas aud the bulbs of gladio Ins. The roots of hardv roes left in tin. ground should be well covered with earth by banking around them. Cut straw as bedding for sheep keeps the dirt out of the wool, and affords a dry place for the sheep at night. The shed in which sheep remain at night should be fre queutly cleaned in order to avoid accum lations of droppings. As the fall rains ap proach. aud the weather remains damp, sheep easily take cold, which is accompan ied with discharges at the nostrils. Dry shelter and bedding will greatly ussi-t in warding off this difficulty. It is sometimes recommended that ladies should devote their attcution to poultry raising. This is impossible except with a small flock. To keep hens in large mini hers requires labor that cannot be per formed hy ladies. There is not only heavy work to do in cleaning the houses and yards, but exposure to all kinds of weather must be endured. To throw down a mess of corn to a few hens once or twice a day is an easy matter, but it is very different when poultry keeping is made a special business. The amount of butter and milk produced by a cow should be measured by its cost. It is true that high feeding is neces sary to induce large yields, but the fact- • remains that some cow . will ffiro better results on a certain amount of food than will others. A careful account of the food allowed each animal will show which cow is the more profitable. The proportion ot cost to receipts alone can determine the actual profit made, and in many cases it happens that a cow may yield largely and yet be not as valuable as another not so productive, but which yields more in pro portion to expenses entailed. TIME \.\l> MA.N.VKK OK FEKTILIZIXI. The matter <>f applying manure is one that is more difficult for the farmer to ileter mine thai) many other*, as he must con «ider the condition of the manure, the kind of soil and the nature of the crop* to be grown on the land next .season. Above all it thu question of the economy of haul ing and spreading the mauure. Then, again, there is the liability of los of ma nure after it is spread on the land, and al so the liability of loss when the heap is left until spring befoje the materials are spread. If the soil is underlaid with lie ivy clay there is but little liability of loss of fertil izing elemeiit.H if the manure is .spread at any time, provided the land is not subject to being "washed." There is at least one advantage in applying manure iu the fall, which is that teams are not busy, and the hauling can be done with but little nddi tional expense. One mistake made iu ap plying manure is that it is left on the iir face. While it is considered by some a disadvantage to plow the manure under, yet it will greatly prevent loss if the land i • fir t plowed, the manure spread and the cultivator run over the lield. ISy o doing the mauure is incorporated with the soil near the surface, the soluble portion* not carried off. anil the frost given uu opportu liitv of disintegrating it. Whether the fail application is better thau hauling out the manure ih the spring can only be determin ed on each farm by the farmer but much depends on how the manure is kept in the heap. On light, sandy soils, which permit the rain to go down, a large proportion of the soluble matter will lie carried down by the heavy rains and melt ing snows which renders fall uiauuring of no advantage, but if the manure IH- applied during the winter, in those sections when? a few day plowing can be done at that season the manure may be hauled and har rowed into the s iil without danger of great loss. If a licap is in the barn yard, and expo ed to leaching, a greater loss will result than if the mauure is huuled to the field*, as it is better to have the rains dissolve it in the fields than iu the heap only to flow away. If the manure in line, and does not contain large pieces of stalks or coarse litter, it can be easily be mixed with the soil by going over the ground with a culti vator or harrow, but the manure will suf fer less loss if spread on plowed ground t ban when scattered on hard soil, the nn : plowed ground allowing the water to carry off the soluble poltionK. If the farmer can ' have his manure well decomposed by spring, and iu a very fine condition, It will pay him tg apply it in the spring, pro vided hi# U'Uius are not busy ut thai time with other work. Mr. Laker (angrily) —No, indeed. 11l never allow a daughter of mine t» marry Ted Lardiy. The young idiot hasn't any sense Hi all Mrs. Laker (quietly)—l think you arc mistakes about that. Uo wit» refused us a juryman iu a murder trial last week. Mr. Laker—Ton don't say! Well, that alters it. •Well, 1 can't ee any fun iu attendui' court," aid an ob"cirau,t old lady. "Ev ery tittle a witne-t gec.i lo tell unythuig to do with the case ull the lawyers jump up and holler, mid the J edge rules Uu tes timony out." —There MB mae things a dwarf iMi't do, but he can l atch just as big a told M # giant NO 2