\ <'L. XX vil "VIKIAMSEMWI. ** C&i ' I 30 ST. THE * VERY PEOPLE WHO) HAVE THE LEAST MONEY j Are your wages small. TO SPEND ARE THE ONES , Arc you the head °* " I family? OUR RELIABLE CLOTHING Wit| , marketing bill , MEANS MOST TO j large ? With house rent a drag on you? IJOW prices fur honest, long-wearing Clothing will be A boon tu your pocket-book and your back. («et*an Iron-dad Cloth Suit at sl2. Strongest AH-Wo Suit we know of. Nobody else sells it. Get J. N. PATTERSON'S Cloth Suit at SIG. For dress and even day wear combined it's wonderful value. No matter how fine a suit you »vant for dress or business we have that at a low price. There is no oj en question about Hoys' Clothing. \N c are not only pioneers, but to-day's leaders in styles and qualities —highest excellence and lowest prices. Kemember the place. J. N. PATTERSONS. One Price Clothing House, 29 & MAIN ST., BUTLER, FA. HENRY BIEHL 11 NORTH MAIN STREET, BUTLER - ZP.^-Nlsr'A DEALER IN Hardware and House Furnishing Goods. Agricultural Implements, Kramer Wagons, Buggies, Carts, Wheel Harrows, Brammer Washing Machines, New Sunshine and Howard Ranges, Stoves, Table and pocket Cutlery, Hanging Lamps. Man ufacturer ol 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, it economy is the object you have in view, and you will ngree with us, alter you have examined our line and prices in Silks, Satins, Cushiperes, Sprges, Henrettas, Broadcloths, flannels, English Suitings ifl plain and novelty plaids- UN D ERWE^R For Ladies, Gents, Misses and Children which we know fin not be cqua'ed anywhere for value and price. Blankets, Flannels, Yarns, Plushes, Velvets, Ribbon, Hos iery and Notions of all kinds. CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, AND LACS CURTAINS In all the new fall patterns and designs. We are showing the jrrapdept linp of Ladjep, Missps ans Children? C-L=o-Ar=lfr;B Ever brought to Butler, to convince you that the place to do your trading is with us.all we nsk is that you call and examine prices and be convinced. TROUTMAN'S. Leading Dry Goods and Carpet House, Butler, Pa- BARGANS in WATCHES, Jewelry And slverware. • • i . • •• Finest stock of Sterling Silverware in thecoupty and at prices not to be equalled for cash. Watches"and Clocks repaired andrwarranted, at J. R. GrRIFGB'B No. 1G Soiltll Moin St, 'Sign of ELECTBIC BELL), • —n. ..... III! llTrit BALBMKN to soil Nursery A. J. FRANK k CO, iHfiNTFD &2SSK '* | f^, r t lie rteUt men Hood salaries and expense* DKICS, iiald »r.>kly Liberal Inducements to beeln- HKOICIN ES, n -rs. No previous experience necessary. Out *KD ( HF.WICAUS 1 tit tree Write for tanas, (flvlni; at,-' FANCY a JEP TOILET AMICES, 'CHARLKSH C HASE. Nurseryman. Rochester, BPOKGES BRL'SHKS, EEJIFRMBRY, Mention U>l/p«pcr. iarrtyik rrcv-rtpf oni . caret ully|pc m • • 'i ——— $ S. 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We have one price and that the lowest, W r e like to have people look at our goods and get the prices. COLBERT & DALE, 70 S. Main street, Butler, Pa. New York Bazaar. Our Grand Cloak Opening was indeed a phenomenal suc cess. Hundreds of ladies were delighted with our immense stocK of Cloaks, and at such wonderful low prices. Our sale of Cloaks will be continued —and the public will do well to inspect before buying elsewhere. The NEW YOBK BAZAAR leads in Dress Goods, Flannels, Blankets, Hosiery, Underwear, Ribbons and MILLINERY GOODS. Oqr stock is brand new. You will find no last season's goods in this store. Come and be convinced that this is the right place to deal. THE NEW YORK BAZAAR, Leading Dry Goods House, 13IJ TLER, - fA. FOR SALE, REGISTERED BERESHIREB. The prize winning Berkshire Boar, TOM DODDS, 18,403. Reason for selling, cannot use longer in herd. Also, extra good fall pigs, either sex, sired by Tom Dodds. Pedigrees gtyen with every salp apd guar anteed as represented of money refunded. Address, J. PARK HAYS, Prospect, Pa. l» the oldest and most popular scientific and iinH-h-.niL-al p;i|.er published aDd has the largest . r<-ulatlon of any piipor of Its class in the world, run* 111 unruled. Best class of Wood Engrav- I, if - *. I'uhlislie.t woeklr. Send for specimen I-.IIV. Hi-ice a veur. row months' trial, (L IILN.V \ t'O., rt ui.lsnitlis, 3SI Broadway, N. V. ARCHITECTS & BUILDERC H Edition of Scientific American. V A great success. Each Issue oontalns colored lithographic plates of country and city residen ces or public buUduura. JHwoeromM jesgraYing; and full plane and speculation* for Wieuse of • uch us contemplate building. Prl ! PROFESSIONAL CARDS. JAMES N. MOORE, AnUMK lT lIK »NO NOliKlf P.'w.K'. UfflMi 111 ICIHJIH No I. NCOCI.I do r >1 ISuseltan Bl SURVEYOR, OrKtck ON DIAMOND, BCTI.KR, PI. G. M. ZIMMERMAN. rursiciAM AND RRAOKON, Office at No. 45, S. Malu h trout, over Prank £ Go's Diuif Store. Butler, I'a. SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. do. 10 VVest Cunningham St., BUTLER, FEUNTZN-'A W. R. TITZEL. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. S. W. Corner Main and North Sla. BUTLER TPE-EN UST' A. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. All work pertaining to the protrusion execut ed in the neatest manner. Specialties Gold Killings, and Painless Ex traction of Teetb. Vitalized Air administered. Outer Jthnw Street, oat door Eaat ofLewrj Houc, I'p flair*, onice open dally, except Wednesdays aud Thursdays- (Joiuwuntcatldus by mall receive prompt attention. N, It,—The only Dentist In Batfer using Uie best makes of teeth. L 8. McJUNKUV, Insurance and Real Estate Ag't 17 EABT JEFFERSON ST. BUTLER, - PA. £ £. ABR AM S & CO Fire and Lite IN SURANCE Inkuranc » Co. of North America, incor porated 1794, capital $3,000,000 and other strong companies represented. New York Life Insurance Co., asset* $90,000,000. Office New Huselton building near Court House. BUTLER COUNT* Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Office Cor. Main & Cunningham Sti. vj. 0. JIOPSSING, f ft*BID*NT. WM. CAMPBELL Tujsascrkk H. C. UEINEMAN, B*ORKTARY DIRECTORS: J. 1. Purvis, Samuel Andersou, William Campbell IJ. W. Burkhart, A Trout man, Henderson Oliver, (}. C. Koesslnn, Jamea Stephenson, Dr. W. Irvln, Henry Wmunlre. J. F. Taylor. iH. C. Heineman. LOYAL M'JUNKIN. Gen. Ae'i. BTXT-LIER, PA : Planing Mill -AND- Lumber Yard J. L. £UKYII*. i. v>. riiKVia S.G.Purvis&Co. MANUKACTIT.KBW AND UKAI.KBS IN I Rough and Planed Lumber or KVCHY UKtiCtHITiOH, SHINGLES & LATH PLANING AND YARD NwrtieraißD Cathulje XJ. C. WICK, DEALER IX Rough and Worked Lumber OF ALL KINDS poo»'4, Winds, Mouldings, ' ' Shingles and Lath Always In Slock. LIME, HAIR AND PLASTER. Office opposite P. Sl W. Depot, BUTLER, - ITI toetamin AU3C.H I Idblld this pape . o» cfctaii. Mt.mat « on advertising spC- when in Chicago, will find it on fi'e 1 1 iWDiTMoms. BUTLER, PA.. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 188!) THE WRONG GUN. AN KNULIMM fiKKTCB. '•lt is rather a large gun," Mid 1. "Ah!" replied my friend Ulater, iu tho*e accents of satisfaction that no effort of tha will can conceal, "thai is my gr'utlf bear gun. You want to nee iu/ elephant gun, dear boy." lie hail it in a leathern uaae iu the corner uudcr a rack loaded with fowling-piece*. All around us were racks aud case* filled with firearms of every possible model— breech-loader* aud muzzle loaders, single barrels, double barrels, and inagaiine gnna, garnished with a ferocious trimming of re volvers of all calibres and knives whose vicious glitter gave one a cold chill. And Blazer, moving among theao instrument* of destruction with the proud tread *f a master, had a poem to sing in praiso of each, and un epic to honour thoir exploits "The art of sportsinauship," said Hater, with a somewhat pedantic air, "is *i be ing prepared for any emergency and equip ped for any game. A good worknuu re quires good tools, you know." "Quito true," I replied. "But way he not sometime* have so many tools that he finds it difficult in un emergency » elephx<* guu Iu iw cose, and after a violent struggle, which tinted his face a fine royrt purple, he ex tricated it from its stout invelpe, and set forth for we to admire. 1 say set it forth literally, lor he had to wst its massive stock upou the lloor while he pautod for breath. The barrel, of fine blue black steel, su which purple tiread* glistened, was of about the bulk of a weaver's beam. The breech block was a massive piece of uiutal, tempered to an iridescent splendor, aud when Blazer threw it back and reclos ed it to demonstrate the operations of it* mechanism, it sounded likotlie shutting of an iron door. "That," said Blazer, iu a voice quivering with the triumph of possession, "is some thing like a gun, eh?" I suggested that it was more like a can non, at which Blazer "pooh-potted!" agaiu, | and, having gained hi* second wind pro ceeded to exhibit the management of his treasure at length. He went through the operation in dumb show of aiming and fir ing, of recovering, reloading, and firing agaiu. The moisture of arduous labour Btood iu beads upon his brow. Hi* elbow* shook with the nervous strain, and hi* knee* quivered. 1 suppressed the expression of un opin ion tbut it would require un elephant to carry thi* massive machine into the field, and a gun carriage to prepare it for its an nihilatory use. It is well for friendship not to presume upou its privileges, you kuow, especially when a friend's wine is good, and his cook the possuewtr of a spec ial gift. Coming fresh from the inspection of Blazer's armoury into the hall, it was quite natural that 1 should look upon a pile of game that his man was sorting over as a trophy of his prowes* in the preserves. The man noticed me watching him, while I selected a cigar from the box on the side board, and grumbled something about the way thefce marketuicu do cheat a person, to be *ure. "Why, bless you, ajr," said he, "|ißlf these bird* isn't til for game *oup, aud I'll lay my head they'll be charged for as full feathers." "So you have to get some of your game from market," I answered. The man looked sharply at me and an swered, with a shrewd twinkle in hi* eye: "Aye, sir, some." Whipster came over from hi* placo as wo sat with our cigar* iu the dining-room, and the subject of sport was renewed. Whipster went iu for a more mode*t game than Blazer. Hp cultivfttwl the «rt of the gentle o)d ".Complete Angler," and owned a private museum of rod* and gaff* and Unding-neta and an art gallery ol creel* aud flies. Where Blazer coverod hi* walls with game panel* and his floors with the fells of wild beasts, Whipster adorned hi* with stuffed and varnished salmon, por traits of gasping trout iu the grass, and greedy black bass rising to their simulat ed prey, and matting woven of river reeds. "Saw you on tho turf ttya tflorniug," ob served Whipster. "Have »uy'luckf" •/Rose a woodcock," replied Bla*er, puff \m very hard at his cigar. "Good fellowt" "Regular beauty," puffing harder than ever. "Got him beret" 'Haw," replied Blfwer, toughing through «k fojj qf smoke. ''No. Fact i», I didn't have my woodoook gun with me." Whipster grinned and winked at me. "If it had beeu yesterday," said he "you'd have fetched him, eht" "You bet," returned Blazer, brisking up. "But, confouud it! when I went out yester day there was nothing but snipe," "That'* the way with bim," said Whip ster, a* he walked with me to the station. "He's got a house full of death, aud never kills anything. 1 Volieve if he met ft Uou aud bail only hja het*r gun with him, he'd himself be devoured rather than use it. He went out for woodcock yesterday and fuuud nothing but anipe. To-day ha went out for suipe and found woodcock. To morrow he'll go out for grouse aud find plover." I believe I lauged over thi* idea. At auyrate 1 had forgotten all about it when a mouth later, Blaaer called ou me lu a cloth cap and a traveling suit. V\e an nounced that his dqctPJ a long yoys£6 for tym M A restorative from tUe uitni'ou* strain of doing nothing, and that he was going on a trip around the world. ''With you were going along, old man," said he. "I'd show you *ouie sport. Egad! I'll wake 'em up, il the ammunition holds out. Come down aud see a fellow off." I fouud him in t. cabin with his annasrj iu covers, cases, aud boxes tbttt'lert tim just room to crawl to bed through. It was evident that ho would have to undres* outside or sleop in hi* clothes, but he was happy in the prospect of depopulating the preserves, forest*, (If?* erts and jungles of would fls iu the beat of spirit* when (he parting bpU wig. .'l'll aeud you a Bengal rug, old man," he shouted, "aud a lion skin fur your *mok iug-room. Dou't you be astonithed when the box comes." 1 should have been astonished had the box come, but it did not. There came no end of letters from Blazer. Indeed, he almost milestoned hi* way eround tie world with theK; ti»t y&r«" 'purity jfaiiufiittra'uUl'curiously enough, contain ed no allusion to hi* triumph* in the field. This modest trait iu a sportsman of Blaz er's perfect equipment might have aston ished me, had I not recalled Whipster'* hint on the evening we walked to the train together. But I still the ho'«e th"t t 4. tt 4 ( t! at leakt ou ime rfccamon, happen to have the right weapon in the right place. Whipster, however, was more scep tical. ' "I'll go you the best >.oi' toe three of in) that iiwaey can buy, 1 ' said he, "that he don't bring a haft ot a feather back with. | hint unless he buys them llow many let I ters have you had from him?" "A hundred, more or less " "Aud how many things bad he slaugh j lered iu themf "None, excepting his grammar aud his spelliug"—for iu truth Blazer's disdaiu of the elegances of style is quite as marked as his euthusiasiu for the liattuu and the chase. "Well," said Whipster, "I'll not make a bet with yon. I dou't believe in inveig ling men into dead-sure things." A year bad elapsed since we had Blazer saudwiched between his gun cases aud ammunition chests ou the "Madagascar.' His final communication came from Mau dalay, I believe, where he was having a glorious time; "finest climate in the world," aud all that. Of the forest nnd the jungle he had, however, nothing to say. If he had been sojourning in Loudon or iu Paris he could not have recorded a more uneventful and matter-of-fact exper ience. Consequently, when a Custom House cart one day delivered at my d<»or a case which proved to be stuffed with tiger skins, lion fells, aud a choioe assortment of minor peltries, I was to be pardoned for experiencing a spasm of a*toni*hment. I had not yet recovered from it when Whip ster arrived, with tho news of a similar consignment to himself. ' The beggar must have bought out the TUT UllirKlT, Lino ...■■l - "I'd give a pouy to kuow what he wilt tell us about thorn when he gets homo." It was a mouth or more before Blazer followed his souvenirs iu pers on. Theu came a brief note announcing that lie was back, aud that we were to diue with him that eveuiug, at his house in town. \Ye found hiui,iu nothing different from the old Blazer beyond a trifle of sunburn, al ready unpacking his arsenal, while his mau burst the lids of the cases aud drew the uails. The hall aud the parlours were littered with the stock of a wholesale fur shop, and tho air was musty with the the odour of a menagerie. "Ureal collection, eh?" said Blazer,when be had greeted u* iu his best form. "That's the sort of thing that is worth a trip around the world, eht" "Rather," replied Whipster. "You must have bad great sport." "Royal," answered Blazer. "Just royal." "Nothing but big game, eht" Blazer smiled complacently and respond ed: "Not a hair." "Now, that lion there," remarked Whip *ter, critically, "must have given you a ■mart scramblo." "Seven shots," replied Blazer, grabbiug up the skin to show us the holes, through which he poked hi* finger with a contented expression. "Came across liiui one luotn iug just after daylight. I only had my tiger guu with me, but my men peppered him with their Henrys till he caved in." "Oh," said Whipster, dryly. "And did you have your tiger gun when you bagged that Beugalf" "I was out for olephaut* that day," re plied Blazer, calmly, "but uiy meu fetched him. There's eleveu holes iu his overcoat" Count 'em." "Never mind," said Whipster. "I'll take your word fur tile number of holes. Any elephants!" "Two. Got thoir tusk* iu that long box in tho hall." "And who shot theint" "Nobody. We trapped theui iu pits aud gave 'em poisou." "Well, by Jove!" cried Whipster. "Did you shoot anything yourse'ff" "Oh, yes," replied Blazer, placidly. "Two or three of uiy niggors, wasn't it, Simpsonf" "Seven, sir," answered bis man, griu uing. "Yon hftd yuur nigger gun with you those days, I suppose," observed Whip ster, sarcastically. Blazer surveyed him with a glauce com bined of pity and scoru. "If you were half a sportsmau, Whip," he replied, "you'd know that there i* con siderable difference between meu and beast*. You can kill a man with anything, but if you don't kill a beast with the right metal it's not legitimate spurt." AM he the way into dinner with the air of a man who had laid down a law that neither *ophi*try nor logic could dispute or •et aside. Progressive Theology. A certain ovangelist in Western Virginia organized a Sunday School, and by dint of diplomacy obtained u good following of youngsters into whose uucoinbed head* aud pliant hearts he instilled the rudiments of religion. Neither did he spare the cor rective rod iu case his charge failed to come to taw with the catechism. One Sunday a new arrival was discover ed over in the boys' corner. He was call ed down betore the teacher aud cross-ex amined with a view to learning his roligio.it* acquirement. "flow many §ati* are theret" asked the t«*cher, The boy thought a moiueut and ventured the assertion that there were two. "Wrong!" said the teachur. "Three!" "Ob! you must kuow better that that! try again. "How mauy gods are tberef" "Four!" whimpered the boy. "Wrong agaiu!" shouted "I will sive yot\ o.qe more chatico. fl yon don't ftn*y,;ex right this time I'll lau you. Now t fof the last time how uiauy gods are theref" "Five!" wailed the unhappy tow bead. Suiack! Tho teacher gave him a thorough dressing down aud sent hiui from the room in digracc. A belated scholar found hiui sitting by the roadside howling at the top of his voice. "Whayi m»Uor, Jackt" •■"teacher licked me." "What fort" " 'Cause I didn't know how many gods there were." "Huh! that's easy enough." "D'you know*" "flow are theref "One, yau rtupid." "One, eh! Well, you just go iu there with your little one god and you'll catch it. I 'lowcdthore was five, aud he nigh killed me."— Washington Post" A Useful Cement. Fur tho uun ruling tops, i u&U to *toves, etc., the following ' mixture is recommended; in fact,with such ■ effect ha* it been used as to resist the blow* of a «ledge bammor. This mixture is composed of equal parts of *ulphur and white lead, with about 059. 1 sixth proportion of borax, (,uiee being » perfeotJy incorporated''together, so as to t form one homogeneous mass. When the application i* to be made of this composi -1 tion, it is wet with strong sulphuric acid, t and a thin layer of it is place''. V.a»wocn - the two pieces c( UfJj, >oeiie iieiiig at once together. ' In five days it will be a perfectly dry, all traces of the cement hav t ing vanished, and the work having every l appearance of welding Two Ways to Propose. j Here urr two kind* of "proposing ' This I one is llie kind you r«ad uKent, but the I other i* the ino*t popular in the reft)m ot | fact "lly angel, I have long waited for thin opportunity. You mutt have detect lid ere now the growth of i U y love for you. Prom the day I firit met you that love took root, aud to night il is strong and sturdy, unwavering, undying. Your *wvet smile* have lighted uji uiy life, your every word has been to me a note of oxijui.Mt* music, thrilling, enthralling me. You have filled a place in uiy heart, iu my af lections, that no one has ever before occu pied. My lifelong happinc*.* depends sole ly upon the answer you give me. Say you will be mine to lovo, carets, cherish, idol ize through time and eternity, aud make me of all men most envied. Cut if you ref—Oh, 1 canuot! I cannot! The thought is maduess. You will be my wife? 1 see the answer of your heart mirrored in yaur lustrous eyes; you kuow I lovo you ai no other mau has ever loved you, or over can love you, darling. I kuow you will not thrust me off." The augel assumes a stereotyped really this-is-so-suddeu expression, and assures Mr. Wordie she would derive great pleas ure from being his sister. Here is the other way: "Ma ide, I have been thinking seriously lately." dicious than to do that." "Yes, I know it is a heavy tax on my mental capacity, but then I always was reckless that way. This time, howeyer, 1 think I've been thinking to some purpose. Iu fact, I've beeu thinking you wouldn't object to having your name cnauged." "When !" "Just as soon as possible." "Will it be home or church t" "Church, of course; we waut to do this thing iu style." "Have you asked pa 1" "Certainly uot. I dout want to marry your father." "Well, I know; but for form's sake." "All right, dear for form's sake. I will see pa, aud maybe you hail better prepare ma for the ordeal." "Oh, she won't mind it." Deep silence reigns again, save as it is broken by the soft sighiug of the treetops, swayed by a gentle breeze. Gleefully the stars twiukle; the moon look* beamingly dowu from heaven to earth, and discovers on a vino-botvered piazza two forms with but a single cliair. Be Explicit In Making Bargains. It is evident that many law suits and unpleasant business differences, aud con siderable loss of money, could be avoided by cxplicituca* in asking and giving prices, iu ordering, aud in making statements, either oral or writteu, regarding the details oftrausaction*. Kick* and complaints are very common in the lumber business, says the Lumberman, and it applies equally to business transaction* of every kind. Tronb le arises from misunderstandings that might easily have been averted by care fulness at the outset of a deal, while iu other iustances definittness of statement on the part of buyer or seller, iu event of controversy, would have made plain the merits of u case that look* decidedly mix ed because too much has been taken for grauteil. Inquiries often reach the J.um ber ma it office regarding the right or wroug of a disputed poiut point involving a rule a or custom, but as a general thing a decis ion cannot be uiado without going into de tails that the inquirer omits to furnish. An ambiguous order should never bo given, nor should goods be forwarded ou the iitrongth of it. If there is any opening for a mistake us to the diuieusions or quality of stuff that is ordered, all the points should be definitely stated. Orders by telegraph especially are often too brief, are open lo iniscoustruetiou, or lacking in detail. If goods are so urgently wanted that they arc telegraphed for, it is certain ly highly important that there should be nothing wrong ou their arrival. The gTQit aim of most porsons iu yriting out a message ss to save a few cent* by boiling it down—an economy that often loses dollars |for the sender. An order by telegram should be made to state exactly what is wanted, 110 matter how many words are required, and then in case of & depute the buyer will have more ground to stand on. How 33,000 Pounds was Made a Horse Power. When uicu begin tirst to become famil iar with the metbodsof measuring mochau ical power, they often speculate on where the breed of horses is to be found which cau keep at work raising 33,000 pounds one foot per minute, or the equivalent, which is familiar to meu accustomed to pile driving Uy hurae power, 330 pouuds 100 feet per lainute. Since 33,000 pounds laised one foot per rniuute is called one bor*e power, it is natural for people to think that the engineers who establish that uuit of measurement ba*ed it on tho actual work perforniod by horses. But that was not the ease. The horse power unit was established by Wutt about a century ago, aud the figures were settled in a curious Watt, iu hi* usual caro- uiuuuir, proceeded to find out the aver age work which tho horse* of hi* district could perform, and he fouud that the rais ing 01 pounds one loot per utinnte was about the actual horse power. At this time he was employed iu the mauu factnre of engine*, and had almost a mo nopoly of tho engiue building trade. Cus tomers wcrefso hard to find that all kind* of artificial encourageuieutJ were consid erad nccesswy to Induce power users to | buy KC«am engines. As a method of eu eouraging buisncss, Watt offered to sell engines reckoning 33,000 foot pounds to a horse power, or one third more thau the actual. And thus, s*y* the Manufactur er* Go tfltf, what wa* the temporary ex pedient to promote buisness has been the means of giving a false unit of a very im portant measurement to the world. The Lawyer and the Robber. A lawyer awoke at midnight to find a robber standing beside his bed and already in posessioit of hi* jewelry and money. "Why, Man!" cried the lawyer uftor a closer look, "are you nQt the rubber whoso case I ;u Court ouly two or three vlays wot" "The very same." "Aud my plea was so effective that the jury acquitted yout" "Tes." "And, alas! you now come V, itik me, ytiur benefactor'" ts business," replied the rob ber. 1 hired you with cold cash to plead my case. 1 must now Hob to get hack what 1 paid you." •'But I'll Send you to tot thin!" l,Ul 4 fcopo not. This time spoils enable mo to employ even a better Attorney than you ar««. Oood-bye, old lei—see you later!" iIOKAIj iUcutd always be douo for The Father To His Boy. Come hither. William' John, my -on. eomr hither to uiy knee, We'll «it and watch the river take it* jour ney to the »ra. Aud .11 the water roll* al-'ii* I fain would talk awhile, ! Since I Inn k heard thy youthful soul is lately steeped iu (fuile; They tell me that you want to lie a humorist aud write For papers, grin ling out your jest* at luoruillg. liuou and night. To tell of candies uiade of rlay and other jokes u» dark— Ala*, my son. old N'oah sprung such chest nuts in the ark! ou'll tell about the wretched man who long with store-pipe* toils, And say the mother in law is tit for strat agems and spoils; And to the cat that sings at night you Columns will devote. And bubble o'er with huiuor when you're speaking of the gout That breaks its fast with circus bills aud scraps of ruety tin. And boil with mirth when speaking of the iramp who's soaked with gin. And gets a dose of thirty days—oh, William Johnnie; hark! Old N'oah rung the bell ou sn:-h wheu sail ing in the ark. That brooding fowl has always been to humorists a glee; Aud then the poet with his rhymes who | climbs the printer's stair, And lands upon the boardwalk with a look of dull despair; And looking to the future, son. you well I j can descry Propounding such a thing as this: "What j makes the bottle-fly!"' Or telling of the nurse and ' 'cop" a court- j ing in the park- Old Noah wept when gags like these were given in the ark. We'll sit beside the river, son, and watch its rapid flow, Aud if you do uot change your mtud we rapidly shall go To where there liaugs a beateu strap with in our humble call, Aud I shall gently take it down —shall take it from the wall; And those who live within three blocks, ere we have done our quarrel Will tliiuk I'm simply pounding in the beading of a barrel; Aud if they any questions ask I'll say it'» just a lark With oue who wauts to spriug the gag * that sounded iu the ark. Why Some Mills Fail. The two chief causes of failure in flour mills at the present day are bad office man agement aud wasteful milling. The manu facture of flour is in different conditions from what it was ten or twelve years ago. Then u man of small ability and limited experience could run a mill with consider able profit. But those times are, I believe, gone forever. Sometimes a mill started in profitably comes to a turning point and begins to lose moucy. Wheu this is the ease, it will not avail to curse the times and the fluctua tions of the times. The thing to be done is, by means of frequent balauce sheets iu the office and frequent tests in the mill, to forret out the true cause, and then to apply the remedy. This may involve the dis charge of a trusted wheat buyer, manager, or head manager, but it is the only thing that will save the enterprise from ship wreck. One of the gravest mistakes that can be made iu milling, and one that has more than once come under my observation, is that of changing, for the sake of a small apparent saving, to a poorer grade of wheat. Let a mill build up by steady ad herence to a high standard of product a profitable home demand amouuting, we will say, to a hundred barrels daily. Then let that mill begin to use iufcrior wheat, putting the product out under the same successful brand, aud iu thirty days its flourishing trade will be kuocked endwise —just to save three or fonr cents a bushel on wheat. Hut thin saving ou wheat. I cau show, i.i uot actual. We will take a . r >,ooo bushel lot of good wheat, mill it into flour, and calculate the yieid. Next we will take 5,000 bushels of poor wheat and treat them in like uiauuer. Comparing results wo shall tiud, I am confident, that the first lot hu yielded uot only more ham-la of flour, hut a greater percentage of high grade than the second. I scarcely need add that sue cesal'ul milling to-day hangs on high grade percentage. Another important matter, olteu over looked by millers, is the proportion of loss or waste to each barrel ot flour. There are mills in which tho total waste averages as high as four pounds to every barrel of flour manufactured, while others there are where it is kept down to one aud a half. Four pounds socui to me a good deal, yet some millers habitually allow for that aver age of loss without special test. Others mill as though there were no such thing as waste or loss. There is no skill or cunning so great that it can for any long period foist a poor quality of flour upon the market without detection and loss. The public may bo fooled for a time, but sooner or later they will note the (li«•»■*»»<•«• «»>.i nnnUh th* ile ceit.— Roller Milt. Answered Correctly. A teacher iu one of the public schools of Detroit was giving a lewon on patriotism. The children seoined to know very little about Washington except the hatchet sto ry and the fact that he was a ffreat and good Tnan, which they had read in the second reader. At la*t the teacher said: "You stay home from school on W ash- Ington's birthday, but you never do so on my birthday. Why not?" And with surprising emphasis came the answer: " 'cause he never told a lie." —Mr. llitter, of South Bethlehem, thought marriage a failure and now he entertains the 6ame opinion of elopement. He deserted his wife for a charmer, who within six hours robbed him of SBOO aud put the police on his track. He i* now in jail. November. Blithe Stephou and Fair Chios «tray No longer where the wavelets play. Xor liftud in hand the meadows rove, j Or, *neath tho arches of the grove. Whisper love's sweet and tender taW, Heard only bv the evening's gale. Or sit upon stoop and spoon As „ft thf-y used to di> in June, Hut close beside the parlor stove Thoy sit these nights and talk of love. Thus love, the pleasure kindling flame. Thwigh every teuton bums the same. Aud sheds as bright as warm a glow When drops the gloss tv teu below. As when it marked by Pbwsbus' aid fh^aotcH-of "ninety ltl th» shada." AGRICULTURAL. Unseed meals should l>e used regularly lor all classes of stock. It is not only nn. ' trilion*, lint serve* to regulate the bowel* and aid digestion. At this season the p«n should Imi < arc ; fully attended to. They must l.« in good \ condition for proridiug plenty of milk to the lambs that come iu early next Mason. Have a »mall bin in the cellar in order to •tore parsnip*, carrots and beets for family use. Store them in dry tand. Tlx miin crop may lie stored in mouuds outside. As soon as fall work is over the tools should be thoroughly cleaned and well anointed with kerosene oil, which will pro tect them from mat. N'ever keep tools in a damp place. The farm Journal says that a Veil raised pig of from 150 to 180 pounds, dress ed at 8 or 9 months old, is the best eating that can grow in that sort of hide, and that the days of the heavy pigs are nam bered. Manure may fail to tihow g<>od results the first year and show well the next. Much depends ou the condition of the ma terial. It cannot afford food to plants un til it decomposes and its soluble material can tie appropriated »»" iwiumj iij|iLji^ r | if) thereby preventing pools from forming around the trocs. The ground being kept dry, trees will endure the cold better. Wtdl-cured hay is nearly as concentrated as grain iu proportion to weight. Com contains about 10 per cent ot moisture and hay about 15 per cent, but hay eontaius three times as mnch mineral matter as corn and much more nitrogen llay. bow ever, cnutajiis ten times as much crnde fibre as corn and leas fat. Food i» best wheu it contain* a variety of constituents, Phosphate* supply the growth and waste of the bones, organic matter rich in gluten, albumen, legumen. etc., are the flesli formers, aud matter con laining sugar, xtarch or oil, supply the car bon, or fat. The food, to be perfect, mnst contain all the elements necessary for the objects songht. Improved stock requires improved food That is, the beat stock is that which re quires good care and management instead of being compelled to pick np a meal where it can be obtained with difficulty. Im proved stock, whether full bred or grades, give good results only when the opportun ity for no doing is afforded. When tha scrub is abandoned the methods of keeping the scrub should be discarded also. Feed ing has largely contributed to the develop ment and improvement of all classes of stock, aud judgment in that direction will still permit of further progress luporrAVCß or Xitbook* is Yioeta Tiosr. Scientists h tve long diligently worked over the problem of the fixation of nitrogen, which (to make plain to those who inay not hare given the subject con sideration) means the procurement or utilization of the free nitrogen of the at mosphere as food for plants. The air is composed of nbont four-fifths nitrogen, which is in a free or uncombined condition. If it could be cheaply combined with some other element it wonld provide all that the fanner conld wish ot that character, but as it seems to avoid combinations the free nitrogen of the atmosphere is yet beyond the utilization of agriculturists except *n far as the plants are able to appropriate ,t. The object on the part of scientists is to de termine if plants have the capacity to ap propriate free nitrogen directly from the air. La we*, Gilbert, lterthelot, Wilforth and Hcllriegel have made experiments extend ing over a period of many years, bnt they have failed to discover any evidence show ing that the free nitrogeu enters directly iuto the combination of any class of plants, lterthelot fonnd that free nitrogen was brought into combination by argillaceous soiUwhen exposed iu their natural condi turn, and that there was fixation dne to living organisms. These gains of nitrogen explain how argillaceous soils eventually become vegetable molds, and other experi ments made in France demonstrate that micro-organisms play an important part in such processes of combination, that elec trical discharges in the atmosphere of cer tain temperatures effected the result, and that when the air is charged with electricity orgauk- matter absorlted nitrogen and oxygen and effected combination, but re suits were not favorable to the supposition that the plants themselves effected tiia tion. That combinations occur under favorable condition* are supposed by the gain of ni trogen in the soil, evidences pointing to two actions in the soil, one liberating nitro gen aud tho other bringing it into combi nation. There are several combinations to be considered, and their sources do not de pend on the free nitrogen alone, as they already exist, among them being ammonia and nitric acid (compounds of nitrogen) and the gain of these substances may lie from the atmosphere and yet not from tree nitrogen, but it is admitted that certain plants and soils, under certain conditions, may avail themselves of nitrogen brought into combination under the influence 01' lower organisms. The farmer is interested in the studr of this subject for the reason the knowledge of the best conditions favor able, aud the action of certain plants on the soil, he will be better enabled to take advantage of such and increase the fertility of the soil by green manurial crops. Song of Ye Olde Pedagogue. 'Twas a Jolly old pedagogue. long ago, Tall and slender, and sallow and dry; _ His form was bent and his gait was slow, And his long thin hair was white as snow. Hut. a wonderful twinkle shone in his eye; And he sang every night as he went to bed. "Let us be happy down here below; The living sboold live thongh the dead be dead.' Said tho jolly old pedagogue, long ago. —jMinl Pome Delay always induces ultimate trouble and especially is this trne in its applica tion to tho human system. Laxador aa»e* time and trouble by prompt u*» in U»c beginning of sickness —lf your baby is sick, suffering and cry ing with pain of cutting teeth, soothe it with Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup It i« safe. Price 25 cents. —A prominent member of the ancient and aristocratic family of Dupont, of pow d«-r making fame, has m-andalised his na live State by marrying a Qoeenstown bar maid noted for her beauty. Her name wan Margamt KiUgerald, familiarly called •■Tottie," and the young man became enamored while on a tour with relatives and took her from the tavern to inairy her. ! Ile is possessed of a large fortune. I —Mother—Oet np Johnny. Ton are aitting on my new bonnet. What are yon i laughing at? Johnny (ri.ing)-There is nothing iu»w I under the- son. NO 4