VOL. XXVII
"WILHAMKMD. * %
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"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., <S'KI Of Electric Leu.),
J3UTLKR, PA.
IJ. FRANK fc CO. ]
—-Mtutaa iw—
MOOS,
MEDICINES,
and cjiemicalh
rAHCY ADD TOILET AItTICES,
ffOHOD), BKCHIIEB, PEHFUMEKY, A*
rratrrtptloos carefully coji
§ Si Main Street, Butler, Pa.
■
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Are your wages small.
Are you the head ol a
family?
With marketing bills
large?
111 lUTrn BALKMEN to wll Nurbi-rv
HUH I 111 Stock. All (■■•odM WurruiiU'it
■ Rill 111 KIIWT-CLAHS. rcrinaii. in
II HIl I 111 pleasant, prolltafoln p'.ltloni
for lUp right men liood salaries ami '-xim-iik ,
paid weekly. MUcral lnduc«nifnt« to lieuln
iwi-m. No previous••xpertenee ueeesnary. Out
tit Jn:<\ Writ"' lor ti.-rms, KlvliiK W
CHARLES ll ( 11 ASK. Nurseryman. Rochester,
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BUTLER, PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15. !889-
\ LAWYER'S STORV.
About twenty i'oars ago tliere died in
, -outlu-rii Obio a ijueer 01.l characti-r naniefl
Tlioin i Martin. lie was never niarric.l,
iinl lii eeeeiitriritii ni '.*!" lii.t name a fa
miliar one iu several j-oouiie . He lived
in a little Imr lion eon a I'.irin about I'atir
! mile- from a village, and -onietimes lie
(vas alone lor inoutbs. and a-rain lie would
I have bis hou.io crowded with relatives.
, While I'atlier and mother were dead, lie
bad three brothers and four livin.c
and in the same county. Ono day lie
j might meet one of them and baud him a
; S2O gold piece. The very next (lay be
would pass the same person by without
speaking. As he was worth about #2OO,
000 all made by the ale of oil wells found
on bis lands in Pennsylvania, aud as his
j relatives were all poor, none of them dared
j offend him. II he treated them coldly
j they put up with it; if he insisted on some
; family staying with him for a week they
; made every sacrifice to please him.
There was a layer of hnnior in old
i man's composition withal. I think be
j reasoned that all his relatives expected a
! slice of bis wealth, and be intended each
' one should have it,but he proposed to make
' them earn it as far as they could. If he
i knew that hi- brother James was planting
j corn anil in a great hurry to get through,he
i would end for him and insist that be hunt
or fish or go looking over the country
for some plant or root needed for sickness.
! If his brother Henry was extra busy iu
his saw mill the old man xvas
snre to send tip a message to him to come
down and take a witchhazel rod and go
wandering over the hills to locate metals.
There was only one bed in the house, and
I yet the old man would insist that a family
| of eight come anil visit him and sleep
where they could. Twice a year he killed
a lamb. The rest of the year lie lived ou
pudding and milk and vegetables.
ITnele Tom, as everybody called him,
was over seventy years of ago when I first
knew him, and it must have seemed to
bis relatives that he intended to live to be
hundred. the years went by ho' really
seemed to improve, and it was a cold day
v, ben be couldn't think ol some netv trick
lo play on those who anxiously waited for
him to (urn up his toes. He had made a
will as was known in a certain law office,
dividing up his wealth pro rata, but one
i day something occurred to determine hiiu
i lo revoke it. He had sent for his brother
Henry anil family to come lo him at once.
Henry was sawing lumber on a contract,
one of the children was ailing, anil he re
turned word that he couldn't come. This
was the first time he had ever refused such
a demand.and when the messenger return
ed the old man boiled over with indignation,
lie sent, for his lawyer to come and make
a now will, and tlio lawyer of conrso
brought the old one. lie saw this laid on
the clock shelf, and it was lying there
when he wont away. The new will was
not entirely completed that day. Martin
said he might want to make some other
clftitiges, and so be did. His sister May,
who was an old maid, was with him that
! day, and after the lawyer had gone Martin
wanted to lower her down in the well to
recover a lost bucket.. She was timid and
afraid, and the result was that she was or
dered to pack up and was told plainly
that she need not expect a dollar.
Xor was this all. Having got his baud
in, as it were, the old man went for anoth
er brother ami forced a rupture, and then
sent for a lawyer and cut the. three per
sons off with a legacy of SH)O each. He
signed the new will and placed it with the
other, saying he would keep both for a few
days and see il anything else turned up.
j Then, in order to show his contempt for
his relatives, ho sent for a woman named
Thatcher to keep house for him. This
woman was a grass-widow, about forty
years old, and was looked upon as half
crazy and tho other half foolish. She was
employed iu the village at laundry work.
Martin bought her clothes and jewelry anil
oven gave out that ho would marry her,
and In- was heard to ay more than once
that not one of his relatives should ever
pet a dollar of his money.
One night, two months after the Thatch
er woman went to live with liiui, he got a
bad fall while bringing in wood. He had
to be helped to bed, but only a portion of
what followed was known for many months
afterward. The old man felt that, his last
hour had come, anil be got rid of the wid
ow for a few minutes by sending her out to
the barn. Which will he meant to burn
no one will ever know, but he got up and
burned one of them. Both were duly seal
ed and attested, and both wore equally
gfioil iu law. That be did burn one of
tlieni was sure. Thirty hours later some
one happened to visit the cabin, and the
old man was found dead in hi; bed. The
,i-i ( nK>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<lc which ha - li d Mrs. John W. M.ickay
tn sue an Kugiish paper for nifr Unit
«.iu . she W.I , .» poor widow with two •
drcu. and tb.it hi' u i employed a- a
washerwoman hy Nevada minors when Mr.
Mackey was fir-t attracted inward her and
fill in loVi- with and in Writ-J her Shu
asks damages because the words suggest
that she was not a lady by birth or ednca
tion and was not accustomed to associating
with persons of good position. What real
wrong has been doue Mrs. Maekayf It is
no crime to be a widow, provided the hus
band wasn't poisoned Or foully dealt with
in achieving that state. In fact, if it isn't
a desirable position, it is oftentimes a
"good sort of lonesome." And ns to not
associating with persons of good position—
bless the lady's hedizzened and ileJianiond
ed soul! How do the Prince of Wales and
the corrupt, dawdling sensualists, the
titled trihe who deign to accept Mrs.
Maekay's lavish hospitality, while sneering
covertly at her fawning, costly efforts to
enlist their favor—how do these compare
witli the honest, manly miners of Nevada'
Take away the boodle that Jim struck and
shoveled into her lap. and this silly woman
would be the mo t forlorn and ridiculous
figure in Kurope.—Franklin -Y< «>.
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
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