VOL xxvri:
THE NEW YORK BAZAAR!
A Notable Store
[> a store here the (iiircb»a»r ineet> with
nnrarving good treatment ami 1-. >^ ~'
tied that be (Tt'ls tli.- best goods at
tlu fairest price*.
A Not-able Store
m .store wio-re lb«-> ate »»«»t al»le to • • in "
p(*tc in or piiees, au«l t*u<lt-a\or
to cu>t a fclur MII lln-ir l-flfc r
coui|»Ktin»rs.
There are
KIN HUMS:
Stores m.t able to *uil or satisfy the cus
tomers.
There is
OHt MM STORE
Where satisfaction is tiuuranU-ed.
hO YOU TRADE THERE?
IT IS THE
New \ oi'lv Bazaar
00 and 0- S Main St.,
BUTLER, - PA.
Christinas Goods for
Everybody.
A n>ltudiJ line of faDcy and use
ful articles of ev«ry description.
Match pa(eß—in bras?, nickel, eel*
—Juloid, oxidi/.ed silver and rubber.
Toilet ca6ee,manicure Beta, shaving
sets, glovea and b.'ind kerchief boxes
in leather and plush.
Odor capes in leather, plush and
celluloid. Smoker's sets, vases, per
fume stands, and an endless variety
of line goods, which must be seen to
be appreciated. All finer, nicer and
cheaper than ever before. The pub
lic is invited to call at REIIICK'S
Drugstore, next to Lowry House.
Examine our goods and get our
prices.
M. H. Gilkey,
Artistic
Dress
Making.
So. f»2 8. MAIS' ST.,
GILKET BUILDING - - 2d FLOOH.
Spring Millinery
In all the latest styles.
New Hats,
New Bibbons,
New Trimmings.
All the new things in tlowers,
laces, gloves, veils, caps,
AT
M. F. & M. Marks'.
No. 0 S. Main St., Butler, Pa.
R. S. StOllOLt-S, !-■ M. HEWITT
NEW LUMBER YARD
K S* NICHOLL3 & CO.,
Dealers iu all kinds of
Rough and Worked Lumber.
DOORS,
SASH,
BLINDS,
SHINGLES,
LATH, ETC.,
Hard and Soft Coal.
We have a large stock of all kinds of Lum
ber, Oil Well Rigs, Etc.
Call and get our prices and see our stock.
Mail Orders Promptly Attended
To.
Oilice and yard on
MOMBOK SR., NkAB WEST PENS DEPOT,
BUTI.EU, PA.
Planing Mil]
—AND—
Lumber Yard
J. L. t'U JlVli* L. O. FUKVIB.
S.G. Purvis & Co.
MANUJUOTtmKIUi AND DBALKRB IN
sough and Planed Lumber
UF KV«.V DKSCKtITION,
SHINGLES, LATH
& SEWER PIPE.
Butler, Pa.
L. C- WICK
DEALER IN
R«u|ti and Worked Lumber
OK ALL KINDS
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings,
Shingles and Lath
Always in Stock.
LIME, HAIR AND PLASTEK.
Office opposite P. A AV. Depot,
BUTLER, - PA.
LUMBER IS ADVANCING
Saw Mills, Steam Engines.
Shingle Mills, Hay Presses, &c.
If YOU W illi n KIKST-CI.ASS SAW MUX
wiiu for Catalogue ami special prl« c to intro
duee in your *mion \n
,t. <» KAKIJI IIAII tO. (I.td.) lOKh. PA.
oroth^rj.wnowi»h lotumnt
ftl# df Cfl I IwWlw th:» pape ,or obtain 1
on t Jvirtiwng sfjf whon in Chicago, will f:nd it on i t
LORD&THOmS.
A / /' /
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
PRO KESS I(>N AI i C AIIDS.
A. A. RELTY, M. D.
Physician :• ri«l Surgeon,
offl. e « n iMauiuu.'. - .uin «.i <*..uri Hui.se.
C M . „:.VI1\!1 KM A.M.
t'Ut'RUli AN»» ?1 ftitil.S,
..,r r , / 4:.. :r. A.klla «UoH # t . -.Lit SL
I lu'd in U/ . i♦•. l-iit 1 r p«t
SAMUfcL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon.
So. 22 Es»t Jtfiercon St, l!i. tier, Pa.
W. R. T ITZfcL.
PHYSICIAN AND SUIiGKON.
» W.Corner Main and Norlii t?t© Butler, Pa.
J. W. MILLER,
Architect, C. E. and Surveyor.
Contractor, Carpenter and Builder.
Mips, plan.-, specifications and esti
mates; all kinds of architectural and en
gineering work. So charge for drawing if
I contract the work. Consult your best ia
tcrests; plan before yon build. Informa
tion cheerfully given. A share of public
patronage is solicited.
I'. O. Box 1007. Ollice S. W. of Court
House, Butler, Pa.
C. F. L. MeQUISTION,
E\(»I\EEIt AND SI ItVEYOU,
Orrios HEAR DIAMOND, BCN-tit, PA.
J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Butler, Penn'a.
Artificial Teeth inserted <n the latest lm
proved plan, (iold Filling a specialty. Office—
over Scnaul's Clothing Store.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work pertaining to the profession execut
ed in the neatest manner.
Specialties : <iol«i Fillings, and Painless Ex
traction of Teeth. Vitalized Air administered.
OOre OK JefTenoii Street, one door East of f.owrj
House, I p Stair*.
Office open daily, except Wednesdays and
Thursdays. Comniuiiicalions by mail receive
prompt attention,
If, B.— The only D> ull.-.-t In Il.ilbi'
be t makes or teeth.
J. w. HUTCHISON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Ofllce on second floor of the liuselton block,
Diamond, Butler, Pa., llooin No. 1.
A. T. BCOTT. WLLISOH.
SCOTT & WILSON,
ATTOUNKYB-AT-LAW.
Collections a specialty. Ofllce ut No. 8, South
Diamond, liutler. I'a.
JAMES N. MOORE,
ATTOBNKV-AT LAW AND NOTABT I'l ui.ii'.
Ofllce lu Boom No. l, second (loor of liuselton
Block, entrance on Diamond.
P. W. LOWRY,
ATTORNEY AT I.AW.
Koom N<>. Anderson
A. E. RUSSELL,
ATIOIiNKY AT LAW.
I Mil. e on Heetifi.i floor of Ne* Andcisoii block
Main St.. near Diamond.
IRA McJUNKIN.
Attorney at l.aw. Office at No. IT, East Jeffer
son St., Uutler, I'a,
W. C. FINDLEY,
Attorney al Law and ileal hstate Agent. Of
lice rear of L. Z. Mitchell's office on noith side
of Diamond, liutler, I'a.
H. H. GOUCHER.
Attorney-at-law. ofllce ou sccoud floor of
Anderson building, near Court House, Hutler,
I'a.
J. K. BRITTAIN.
Atl'yalUiw Ofllce at S. E. Cor. Main SI, and
Diamond, Uutler, i'a.
NEWTON BLACK.
Att'v at IJlW— Oillce on Hoiltli side of Diamond
Dutfcr. I'a.
JOHN M. RUSSELL,
Attoniey-al-ljiw. Oillce on .South side of Dia
mond, Butler. I'a.
L. 8. McJUNKIN,
Insurance and Real Eslale Ag't
17 EAST JEFFERSON ST.
BUTLER, - I»A».
E E. ABRAMS &CO
Fire and Lite
IN SURANCE
Insurain u Co, of Noith America, incor
porated capital $.'1,000,000 and other
strong companies r<presented. New York
Life Insurance Co., assets i1i0.000.000. «mice
New Huselton building near Court Ilonse.
BUTLER COUNTY
Mutual Fire insurance Co.
Office Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts.
G. C. ROESSINO, PaicsiDKNT.
WM. CAMPBELL TKKABDRKU.
11. C. IIEINEMAN, SECHKTART.
DIRECTORS:
J. I. Purvis, Samuel Anderson,
William Campbell .1. VV. Hurkiiart.
A. Troutman, Henderson Oliver,
O. C. Boesxim?, •lanieanteptiensou.
Dr. W. Irvlli, llfury Wldtiiilie.
J. K. Taylor 11. C. Helnenian,
LOYAL M'JUNKIN, Gen. A«'t.
STJTJIiETtI, IE 3 A .
PITTSBURGH NURSERIES,
(E.Ubliubcd lh4« )
.orRKI.EC.ANT II.I.CSTIt ATED CAT
AL M»l h lor 1890 will be mailed on iipuli
ration. Every Farmer, Gardener, Amateur
or owner ol a lot should have one
Orders for flowers and Ihirnl emblem*
|iavo immediate attention. Tel.-phone L'W.
John R. & A. Murdoch,
508 Smith/i(l<l 81.,
rirr.su i run, r.i
ggwEnioiGEiiTs
"WILUAMHAND. * *
' I 3° S;"MAIN ST. >
HENRY BIEHL
14 NOIiTU MAIN STREET,
BUTLER - - - - ' - 3?.T£LN 2SJ' A
DEALER IN
Hardware and House Furnishing Goods.
Agricultural Implements,
Kramer AV agons,
Buggies, 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.
185<)
E. GRIEB,
THE JEWELER,
No. 19, North Main St.,' BUTLER, PA.,
DE .A LER 11ST
Diamonds,
Watches,
Clocks,
Jewelry,
Silverware,
Spectacles, &c., &c.
Sopiety Emblems of all Descriptions.
Repairing in all branches skillfully dune and warranted.
18SO ESTABLISHED 1850
TIHS WEEK,
And for the next 30 days we shall con
tinue to clear our shelves ot Winter
Goods to make room for
NEW SPRING GOODS.
Oome early as the prices we have reduc
ed thein to will move them rapid
ly as they are marked very
low. You will tind some bi<> bargains at
Til OUT MAN'S.
* Leading Dry Goods and Carpet House, Butler, Pa-——
PBRI^SYER^
»'©fa.g.ood house-wife,who u§es
SAPOLIO. it is well he mouse
fs muzzled inherhouseVTry il'&nd Keep
your house cleajwAll grocers keep tt-
Cleanliness and neatness about a house are necessary to
insure comfort. Man likrs comfort, and if he can't find it at
home, he will seek elsewhere for it. Good housewives know
that S A POLIO makes a house clean and keeps it bright.
Happiness always dwells in a comfortable home. Do you
want cleanliness, comfort and happiness t Try SAPOLIO
and you will be aurpiised at your success.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
BUTLER I'A., FRIDAY, MAY 2. 1890
A CASE OF TRUE LOVE.
IFBOit THE CALTiMCiBE SCTTLAY SEWS.)
Jeff Hadley, a stranger in the comman
ity, jaw Minnie Barnes at the ..Id meeting
honse and fell in love with her. Jeff
yearned to be presented to her but he
knew no one. ar.d as he was not a diploma
li-t his connection with the public having
thus lar Leer, confined to the d«ck of a Mis
sissippi river steamboat, he bad to content
himself with standing on the outskirts of
the crowd, and gaziug with eating tyes at
the bewitching young woman, lie learned
that old Barnes, the girl's father, was
quite a well to-do farmer and the next
day on a pretext of looking for a 'strayed
horse, he called at the Barnes homestead,
iliunie met him with a deligbtfal conrUty
—she answered his questions with regard
to the horse; told him with a tremor of pa
thos in her voice that Lei mother Lad been
d. ad a uuinber of years, and even brought
hi in a »;la.j.> of cream li'oui the apnnfC-honsc
where the graeu trog sat under the drip
ping moss and sang a coarse accompan
iment to the cricket's sharp-edge chant.
Jell came again the next day, declaring
that he had been told that the horse had
been seen strolling in that direction. The
girl told him ol her bird that had died, and
with the corner of her checked apron wip
ed a star away from her eye. When Jeff
went away he ran into the wooda and pas
sionately hugged a black oak tree. Three
days later he called again and when she
asked him 'f ho had found his hprse, he
dropped on his knee , and desperately ex
claimed:
' Lovely critter, oh! heavenly critter, I
don't know a horse when I see hiui. Ob!
first June apple of a backward season, lead
me not into talkin' about you. Minnie, if
love was a noise, you'd thiuk that a saw
mill had been started in your ears. Sweet
lilac on a spring morning; sweet perfume
of wild plum blossoms in the June air. I
love you."
Minnie lifted the corner of her apron,
wiped another star from her eye and de
clared that her other bird was dead.
"Oh, let the birds die," be cried. "Let
everything die *cept you and me. Will
you be mad if I tell you that I want you
to be my wifef
"Xo, I won't be mad, but I can't tell
you that I will be. lam always going to
do just what pap says. If he says that
I mout marry you, w'y I am sure that I
will."
"Dumniin' bird that lives on honey,whar
is yo' papt"
"He is out in tbo field gittin' tbo hogs
outen the turnips."
"Mockin' bird that sings the song of a
perfumed soul, I will go and see your pap."
He found the old man in the field.
Barries could not have stepped into a draw
ing-room and posed as an ornament, still
be was not ill-looking. He had set out so
much tobacco that his shoulders were
stooped and had cut so much grain with
a cradle that be walked with a swing, but
the expression of his face was kindly and
his voice soft and persuasive.
Jeff talked some time before stating the
object of his visit, aud when he did de
clare himself, the old man, instead ofshow
iug offense, quietly remarked:
"I reckon young folks know what is suit
ed to their taste, but ain't alius got the
best artikle of jedgement. Come and see
me at the houso to-morrer.
Jeff called the next day. "Now," said the
old man, "I have found ont that Minnie
loves you, but that don't satisfy me for all
the years of trouble and anxiety about her.
Don't you think Wc ougLtcl' take that inter
consideration? Of course you do. Well,
now, here's my idee: You know Jacob
worked like the mischief for Rachel, which
was no more than right, considerin' the
fact that Rachel's lather had raised the
girl, and I tell you what it is, the sooner
we git back to them Bible days the better
it will be for ns all. Now, I won't be as
bard a man to deal with as Rachel's father
was; I am a mighty easy man, so, you
work for one year an' Minnie is your'n.
What do yon say?"
Jeff threw his arms about the man. He
declared that the old tiiue idea was a
glorious one. "We'll draw np a contract,"
said the old man. "And it's got to be
powerful bindin'," he added. "You must
swar that you wont speak to nobody, not
even your best friend, about this transac
tion. You must jest go along an' do your
work aud nobody must know that you ain't
gittin' regular wages."
Jeff agreed to everything, signed the
contract and went out into the field where
he was to work. The old man had made
great preparations for large crop that
year, had bought a number of new weeding
hoes and hired two youDg fellows, Sam
Drake and 'full Smith. Jeff found the two
youiig fellows very easy to get along with
—they worked side by side when the
weather was so hot that blisters arose on
the horse pond—they cradled the wheat
aud cut the bay, singing the while the
sweet song of contented labor.
The creps were all gathered and the
three men went into the woods to split
rails. It was an October afternoon and the
grasshopper had begnn to grow stiff in his
joints. The lizard, knowing that winter
was almost at hand, bathed in the sun
shine, and the horse-fly, with ono wing
ragged and torn, buzzed where the warm
light fell on the dead leaf. The boys, hav
ing felled a large tree, sat down to rest,
when Jefl remarked: "I am mighty glad
thut the end of the year is so close. I am
tired of this hard work, and if I could I
would rest to-day, for I ain't feelin' so
well."
"1 reckon you would lay oil to-day if
you wan't afeered the old man would dock
you," Sam Drake answered. .
Tall Smith sat on a stump, chewing a
sassafras twig.
"No, I ain t afeered of bein' docked nur
notbiu' of that sort, boys," Jeff' replied.
"Say," he continued, "you boys won't say
notbiu' if I tell you something, will youf"
The boys said they would not and Jeff'
continued: "I'll tell you why I ain't
afeered of bein' docked. Ipromised to
work here one year if the old man would
give me Minnie—fact —what's the matter
with you? Promised not to have anything
to say to the girl durin' the time an'—"
"Hold on," Sam yelled. "That was my
contract with the old man."
Tall spat out the sassafras twig, sprang
to his feet and exclaimed:
"That's my contract, and I want you to
understand it."
Then there arose such a controversy that
neither one could have his say. They
quarreled, fought and then finally agreed
that the old man was 4 criminal. "Let ns
go to the house and one of us talk to him
at a time and not let liiin know that the
other ones are near," said Jeff "Let us
understand wliut right he has to make us
work for him while he sets back in the
shade."
They hastened to tho house. Minnie
was singing in the kitchen, boiling a cab
huge and taking care ibut the cat did not
snatch a piece of salt pork that lay on the
table. The old man sat iu the family room
greasing his rawhide boots. Jeff outer*J
first.
"Mr. Damea, urn 1 1o have Miuuie at the
end of the yeart" the younjr man asked.
"Of course, Jeffy How ure you hoys
g'.tUu' along with the railst"
"Never mind the rails, oid man I want
to know if the girl is mine."
"Of course VTe want rails enough to
fence the new (trouud, Jeffy '
Jeff without saying anything more,
went out and Sam came in "Mr. Barnes,"
said he, "the year i« gettin' sorter old "
| ' Yes. Saicmy, time don't hang itself on
a peg '
| "Ah, hah, and Mr. Barnes, I want to
know it Minuie is to be mine at the eud of
the yearl
[ "Why. Sammy, how can you ask such a
questiont You know she is your'n."
Sam went out and Tall came in.
i "Why, hello, Tall, what are fyou doin'
round here this time of dayt lam mighty
anxious to git them rails dose and I did
hope you boys would suck to it. Ton
know that I take a mighty, big interest in
you bec&ze you are to be my son-in-law,
Tally."
"But are you goia' to jrive me Minnie?''
"Of course I am. Tally, lam a man of
my word."
Tall stepped to the door, n.adu a motion
with his hand, and then the other two boys
came in. They raved at the old man: they
threatened to kill him; they threw him out
of his chair and bumped his head against
the wall.
"Wait a miuit, boys," said old Barnes,
pressing his hands to his head, "wait a
uiinit. If I have wronged any of you I
am sorry for it. I mout have made prom
ises that I don't know anything about.
The doctor tells mo that I ain't well; he
says that I have lost my ricollection. If I
have made contracts with all three of you
I don't know anything about it. The Lord
knows that I lore you all. Jest set here
till Igo and speak to Minnie. If she takes
one of you the others can't object."
They could not object. Each mau knew
that be was the favored one. When the
old mau came back he declared that he
could not find the girl. The lovers ran out
to find her, but she was gone. Several
days were spent in a resultless search. The
three men brought suit ajraiust old Barues,
each suing for the girl. The case came up
before 'Squire Tonny Peggleworth. Just
as the trial was called the girl Minnie
entered.
"This is a very complicated case," said
the judge, "and if I agree to give justice
every one interested must swear to stand
by the decision."
All the interested parties swore that they
would stand by the decision of the court.
"I must consult the authorities," said
the judge. "What we want is justice.
The authorities," he said, after a few
moments spent in turning the leaves of an
unabridged dictionary, "are silent as to
this particular case. I must, therefore, act
with caution. Mr. I.arnes, lam a widow
er, as you know."
"Yes, your honor."
"Mr. Barnes," the judge continued, "we
had a transaction once, and 1 now hold a
mortgage against you for $500."
"Yes, your honor; that is true."
"Well, Mr. Barnes and gentlemen, to
settle this cause iu a satisfactory uiauner, I
will dismiss the whole affair and take the
girl as a litter of the mortgage. Gentle
men, the wedding will take place to-night.
You are all invited." OPIE P READ.
Of Interest to Teachers.
The following letter from the Deputy
Superintendent of Public Instruction will
prove interesting to the teachers of the
county and in itself is explanatory. The
letter is in reply to au interrogatory from
Prof. J. C. Shaw, of Westmoreland county,
relative to the holding of township insti
tutes and the power of School Boards to
impose a fine for non attendance:
Department of Public Instruction, (
Harrisburg, March 6, 1890. s
Mr J. C. Shaw, Delmont, Pa.; Dear
Sir—Semi-monthly district institutes are
no longer authorized to be held under
existing laws. The Act of June 25, 1885,
(P. L. page 176) prescribes 20 days of
actual teaching as a common school month
—the school* to be closed on Saturdays,
legel holidays and during the time of bold
ing the county institutes in the several
counties.
The teachers may organizo district or
local institutes if they desire to do so, but
attendance upon such meetings must be
left entirely to their own volition without
any restriction or compulsion whatever, on
the part of the directors or other olliciuls.
In case such district or local institutes are
organized by the teachers, they cannot
consistently be held on regular school days
interfering with the proper and legitimate
work of the school.
Directors have no authority to impose a
fine on teachers in any case whatever.
The law simply provides for nn annual
term of not less than six months, of twenty
days each, and provides for compensation
for County Institute attendance. Directors
cannot impose conditions or restrictions by
resolutions of the Board or otherwise, not
authorized by the law governing their
ollicial actions.
In reply to your inquiry ot the 4lh inst.
Very respectfully,
JOHS Q. STEWART,
Deputy Supt. Public Instruction.
Some Jewels of Sentiment.
Everything good comes by suffering.
Ueart pangs are the price of great
thoughts and great actions.
Heaven is not gained by a single bound,
But we build the ladder by which we
rise
From the lowly hearth to the vaulted
skies,
And we mount to itb summit round by
round.
Gratitude is the tairest tloWer that sheds
its perfume in the heart.
What matter) Though the winds may
take
In ruthless hold the seeds we cast,
Their heedless course a bloom may wake
Within some desert place at last.
Van Bulow's contribution to a friend's
album: "In art. bate respectability and
respect ability."
Even the snowflake lets a shadow fall
As to the earth it softly sinks to rest.
So may the whitest, sweetest souls of all
Seem sometimes wrong to those who
know them best.
Kind words are the fragrant blossoms of
the heart. Smiles are the sunshine of tbo
soul.
Though low our years may be,
It matters not the number given
If we can feel that, like the tree,
Each year hath found us nearer neaven.
The Goat and the Hunter.
A goat who bad observed a hunter beat
ing a thicket for game went and secreted
himself at a *favorite spot, and when the
hunter came near the goat attempted to
growl iu imitation! of a tiger. The hunter
fired at random, but the bullet laid the
goat low.
"Alas! but you might have known it was
not a tiger'" exclaimed the g..at in his dy
ing agonies.
"But how could I tell it was not a wolf?"
replied the hunter
liORAI.
A large and varied assortment of Calam
ities may happen to the man who was in
tended for a goat but wants the Public to
think him an elephant.
Camphor
The reUii price of camphor has recently
advanced from thirty to sixty cents a
pound This will no donbt occasion sur
pnse to many person-, and especially to
those who will soon require to make small
purchases of the dntg for the purpose of
prot«ctiug fur and woolen «»rni«ut3 from
moths during the summer se&sou.
Ihe Scarcity and consequent hijib price
of camphor is caused by the large quanti
ties of it which have been taken by Euro
pean governments for the manufacture of
sm.>kele3»'powder and also by the the in
creasing demand lor celluloid go.«ds iioth
iu Europe and in this country.
Previous to the invention of celluloid,
about all the uses to which camphor was
put were for preserving clothing and fur
goods against moths and in medicine.
2iow the two great inventions above al
luded to are using such large quantities of
this article that the supply will probably
prove to be entirely inadequate. The
principal source of this supply is southern
Japau, and on April 3 a plant built in this
couutry for extracting the gum from the
wood by improved process was shipped to
Hiogo, Japan, which some thiuk may in
stitute a revolution in preparing the drug
for commerce. This plant is composed of
stills, engines and boilers and when ship
ped at Pittsburg, Pa., weighed lifty-five
tons and occupied two cars. 11 has been
erroneously stated that the object of send
ing this machinery to Japan is to obviato
the necessity of bringing the wood or fiber
here, thus paying freight on much useless
material aud incurring loss by evaporation.
The truth is, hower, that the camphor
wood has never to any extent been brought
to this country, the work of extracting the
gum being done in Japan, but it it put
through a refining process after arrival
here. The processes in Japan are very
primitive indeed, and it is possible that the
machinery now going forward may be so
great an improvement that the supply of
camphor will be increased by its use. It
is the opionion of those who have given
thought to the subject, however, that
some substitute will have to be found for
camphor in the manufacture of smokeless
powder, if not in the production of cellu
loid, as it will be impossible to pay the
high prices which the unusual demaud
creates.
Wasn't Losing His Memory.
[Scene —Scotch railway station. Ticket
collector, in making his collection, finds an
old geatleman fumbling in his pockets for
his ticket.]
Ticket Collector—Tickets, please.''
Old Gentleman —"I'm just lookin for it."
Ticket Collector—"Well, I'll look in
again in a few minutes. See and have it
ready then."
Ticket collector returns shortly; but the
old gentleman is still hunting for it.
Ticket Collector (suddenly)—" Why jou
have it in your mouth, man!"
Old Gentleman (giving him the ticket) —
"Oh, so I hae! Here you are!"
Another gentleman in the carriage, as
the train moves on, to the first gentleman
—"l'm afraid you're losing yonr memory,
sir "
Old Gentleman—"Nae fear o' that; nae
fear o' that! The ticket was a fornict ould,
and I was jist sookin' the date aft't!"
Tableau.
The Guileless Peddler.
Peddler (respectfully)—" Madam. I have
not called for the purpose of trying to sell
yon anything, but to inquire if there is a
man named Jones in this vicinity."
Lady of the House—"Mr Jones lives
neit door." BIJiCEM
"Thanks, np has u boy about 12, has
ho not?"
"He has."
"I think he is the man 1 am looking for.
I was directed n few moments ago by a
friend of his to call upon him. I am mak
ing my last trip as u traveling vender of
merchandise, and have closed out all my
juvenile wares except this bras3-tipped
drum with ebony sticks, which I shall offer
to; Mr. Jones at such a figure that—bnt
pardon me. 1 had no intention of detain
ing you. Thanks for yonr kindness,
madam. Good day."
"Hold on! What is that drum worth?"
"It is really worth $5, but I bad decided
to offer it to Mr. Jones for his boy at the
nominal figure of seventy-five cents."
"I'll take it."
Good Enough to Be True.
Ajnew story of Abrahau Lincoln is told
by the Sew York Herald. It is good
enough to be true. Secretary Stauton was
once greatly vexed because au army officer
had refused to understand an order, at all
events, had not obeyed. "I believe I'll
sit down," said Stanton, "and give that
man a piece of my mind." "Do so," said
Lincoln, "write hiiu now, while you have
it on your mind. Make it sharp; cut him
up."—Stanton did not need a second invi
tation. It was a bone-crusher that he
read to the President. "That's right, "said
Abe, "that's a good ono." "Whom can I
get to send it byf" mused the secretary.
"Send it!" replied Lincoln: "Send it! Why
don't send it at all. Tear it np.—You
have freed your mind on the subject, and
that is all that is necessary.—Tear it up.
You never want to send such letters; I
never do."
Preservation oT Lard.
James L. Dcmoville, Pb.G., finds the
alum process for purifying lard all that can
bo desired. The lard is melted, a little
powdered alum being stirred in; then
strained, cooled, and upon an inclined slab
rubbed briskly with a muller, while a
stream of water is allowed to trickle over it.
For preserving the lard, experiments
were made besides with benzoin, with balm
of Gilead buds, atorax, salicycle acid, tur
pentine, aud tolu. The best results were
obtained by using one per cent of balsam
of tolu; the lard was white, kept well, and
had its peculiar odor well masked by the
slight but pleasant odor of the balsam.
A Nervy Boy.
An exceedingly cheeky thief made his
appearance iu Boston ono day recently.
He was dressed in overalls. He went into
the office of a life insurance company, and,
while whistling one of the latest tunes, be
gan to unscrew from the walls of a toilet
room on the fourth door a mirror valued al
about S2O. Fully twenty occupauts of the
building saw the man at work, and every
body thought he had been hired either to
repair the glass or clean it. They did not
suspect anything was wrong until he left
Then it was learned he was a thief
A Fortune for Somebody.
A fortune awaits the man who can make
a watchspring that won t break. Every
now aud then fumtonn mines to the front
with the claim that he has made the dis
covery, but all have so far failed. The
breaking of watchspriugs is largely due to
electrical influences After a watchspring
has been demagnetized it is less liable to
break, ot course But to say that a watch
rpiiug will not break or that some will
break is nomens*.
The Girl Who Helps. Her
Mother.
There ale girls who paint aid girls »U
p'»r.
Anil girlj who dance with grace
And girls who steal onr hearts away
With charms of form and face.
Bat there's a girl whom 1 respect
ilach more tbau auv other
Ami as a wife I shall select
The girl who helps her mother.
Although it may be out of style,
She grant* her mothers wishes
Nor does she idle all Ihe while
Her ma is washing dishes.
She has a kindly, loving way
For parent, sister, brother,
She proves a blessing every day.
The girl who helps her mother.
She may not read the latest trash
Xor sigh for a flirtation.
She may not care to make a mash
Nor pine for a sensation.
Such lives as hers with grace abound
Add love for one another.
She scatters sunshine all around —
This girl who helps her mother.
Dr. Lewis A. Sayre's Sayings
Here are some of them from the N'ew
York Herald:
'■Whisky cannot be considered injurious
under all circumstances. There are times
when it is useful, like castor oil, calomel
and quinine, but it is not beneficial as a
beverage."
'•Consumption can be cured. The way
to cure it is to put the patient in the moun
tains, where the air is dry. and keep him
away from the doctor and the apothecary
shop."
"There is too much medicine used in
many kinds of disease."
"Insanity, I should say. is increasing,
and the explanation is to be found in the
way in which we live. Men rush to secure
millions when they ought to be satisfied
with hundreds of thousands. They like
wise rash to spend their money and then
worry to meet their financial engage
ments."
■'lf a person keep? his mouth shut he
will not snore. If he cannot keep it shut
in any other way he ought to tie a bandage
under his chin and over his head."
"A giggler is a fool."
"Some people are so solemn they have
not life enough to die, and keep on earth
to curse everybody they are acquainted
with."
"Disappointment in love is injurious, as
great grief is always harmful."
About living to be a hundred years old
the doctor says this:
"Everybody, under ordinary circum
stances, ought to live to be 100 years old.
As it is, people live from eight to fifteen
years longer than their forefathers did.
They have learned how to eat and drink,
how to keep their homes ventilated and
their sewers drained, and how to generally
tuke better care of themselves. Siill they
do not live anything like as long as they
ought, because they do not yet live as they
ought to. They have too much to do, too
much to thiuk about aud too much care to
bear. Many are very much distressed as
younger men to know how they are going
to make snre of a living. By and by,when
their reputation is grown, they are driven
to death with the work forced upon them."
Had to Suspend
An amusing anecdote is told of a Scotch
man who started a paper called the Daily
Record, in 1840, in a town near Edinboro.
The canny Scot, however, soon tired of
his labors as a journalist, and shortly alter
discontinued bis newspaper. During the
next ten years the French revolution, the
flight of Louis Philippee, the Chartists
riots, the anti-corn law agitation, and
many other notable eveuts took place, but
in 1850 the editor renewed his Btcord,
without explanation, except these words:
"Since the publication of our last number
nothing of interest has occurred!"
An editorial utterance which will serve
to go with this is credited to an English
editor, whose journalistic enterprise, the
Exeter Wettern Echo, a total abstinence
paper, was actually so overwhelmingly
successful as to be obliged to suspend pub
lication. The editor referred to his totally
unparalleled good fortune with the charac
teristic modesty of the craft in these
words:
"Since adding our steam machinery, the
large increase of business has far exceeded
our expectations. Wo find that, notwith
standing the building of un extra office,the
enlargement and rearrangement of the
p remises, and the utilizing of every availa
ble space for the various departments, wo
have still insufficient room for the require
ments of the trade, and the only practical
remedy we can devise is to suspend the
publication of our journal."
A Nut to Crack.
About ono month ago a young man
named Joe Darpster was struck on the
back of the .bead with a pair of brass
knucklers by a footpad, knocking him
senseless, and for more tbau a month he
lay unconscious. A few days ago he sud
denly recovered his senses, but when he
did he was able to converse
only in the German language. He was
lKtrn of American parents who spoke Ger
man, and that was the language be first
learned. He gave that up, however, and
learned English, using it at all times, en
tirely forgetting his German. Now he can
remember nothing of English. Scientists
are wrestling with the problem.
Treatment of Burns.
A physician writes: "Quite often I see
formulas for the treatment of burns. As I
have been burned all over my body, ex
cepting the soles of my feet, upon which I
stood while being burnt so severely that
twelve physicians said I could not live,
you will see why I am so interested in such
formulas. Please say from me that the
free use of soil soap upon a fresh burn will
remove the fire from the llesh in less time
than it takes to write these words. If the
burn be severe, after relief from the pain
use linseed oil, and then.sift upon it wheat
flour. "When this is dried hard, repeat the
oil and tlour until a complete covering is
obtained. Let this dry until it falls off,
and a new skiu will be formded without a
scar. This treatment leaves nothing more
to be desired."
A Great Pair of Trousers.
The North Pole may at length be reach
ed, and all on account of a pair of trousers j
—oilskin ones—which were on board the I
ill lated Jeannette. The garment is said
to have been found on the coast of Green
land, showing that on theii journey from
the Pacific to the Atlantic the breeches
must have passed the J'ole, tarried that
way by a current. Dr. Nansen, who dis
coTered this fact, thinks that it is possible
to make the same ronte.
The fight between Cleveland and Dana
is over, but it contributed two picturesque
expressions to American Billingsgate—
"senile liar' and "stuffed parrot."
AGRICULTURAL.
THt MTcHK.N GARI.KV
For domestic purposes, and where the
ground is limited, tne kind of vegetables
to rfrow ir su.'h a-- come in early and that
( utter most troin exposure in the market
: man's . itre One of the very hrst things
j lor example that can be got trom the ear
| dens in the north is green onions, a not
I very notable one we admit, but withal
| admittedly a very health-giving oue to
! partake of.
Now the top onion stands out readily
aii winter, and a small bed of these iu a
>audy location adord.- its crop pretty uoou
alter frost has left us. Those who have
not provided themselves with these can by
the purchase of a quart of "sets" from the
seed store, aud planting them at once, in a
v«.rv short time have them ready. They
may be set ont in rows a foot apart, by
three inches apart in the row. When large
enough for use just pull out each other one
Another early and always acceptable
crop is spring radishes. These may be
sown every two or three weeks, and a fine
succession obtained. Only a small space
need be sown at a time. Many scatter a
thin sowing of these between other crops
which come off before room is wonted for
the growth of such crops as cabbages, peas
and the like.
Lettuce is another salad easily gri.wn,
either from seed sown in the open ground
or transplanted from hot-beds. By having
a bed of seedlings, taking up but a few
square feet of ground,saccesaional planting
is easily provided for.
Those fond of salads can also have one
* ithin a couple of weeks by sowing mus
tard seed in some warm spot. To give
pungency to this, a batch of crees should
also be sown at the same time. This can
be cut over, again and again. The mus
tard once cut does not grow again.
For greens, one of the first crops that
can be got at is a sowing of spinach, By
the time this is over, young beets are in
aud then follows a first crop of early cab
bages to keep up the procession. The idea
should be to have one follow another to
the end.
SAVE THE POCLTR7 FEATHERS.
A Vermont woman who has made ponl
try pay says: "I save feathers not nnh
from ducks and geese, but from chicken
and turkeys. I have two big bags, on.
for the geese and duck and one for chitkei
and turkey feathers. When enougl
leathers have been collected to make
pillow or cushion I cut the shape out o.
the bed ticking aud stitch closely all
arounJ the edges, with the exception of a
small opening left at the top in which to
put the feathers. Before filling I turn tfce
the bag or case inside out and rub what i
the right or outside of the bag well will,
common bar soap, then pat iu the feather
tie up the hole in tho bag and place i.
with its contents iu a clothes boiler an .
boil for a few minutes, moving it abou
with a stick and lifting it up and dow.
Finally, I take it out, drain and squet:
out the water as well as I can and hat:
up in a light, airy place to dry. Iu .i fe
days the feathers will be light aud Dull
and free from any unpleasant odor."
POSSIBILITIES IN CORN GROWING.
Some of the results following the coute !
for prices for the largest yield of c'oru from
a single acre by the American Agnail t..
ist, show* what may be done iu the line . i
corn production. Z. J. Drake, of South
Carolina, succeeded in growing 239 hu li
els of crib enred shelled corn from a mea
'urcd acre of land. But in order to seciu.-
this unusual result the following feriili.
ing material was applied to the soil: 1,00.•
bushels of stable manure, ploughed iu,
which is equivalent to about nine an t
three-fourth cords; also 807 pounds of Ger
man salts, 867 pounds of cotton seed meal.
200 pounds of acid phosphate, I,ooopout..i
manipulated guano, 200 pounds of animal
bone, 400 pounds of nitrate soda, and t'oo
bushels of cotton seed, about five and on. -
third cords. This with the labor of aj
plying cost $22G.92. To this must be t H
ed the cost of cultivation and harvesting,
and when it is found that the value of tho
entire crop is but $194.25 it will be discov
ered that returns must cowo from ui . :
pected fertility in order to get pay for pro
ducing large crops when no premium i» in
cluded.
A farmer gives the following as a sugar
cure tor hams which ho has used for "!0
years: To each gallon of water add 1 j lt< .
salt, I lb. sugar, i oz. saltpeter, } 02. sulu
ratus. Put together cold and stir v .11.
Boil aud skim well and when cold 1 >;ir
I over meat. Put weights on the ine.it to
hold it down. Tho brine must cover n.:-
meat. Six gallons for 100 pounds of j ork
and 4 gallons for 100 pounds of beef. '1 •11
can keep any meat in it. Hams will . ;im
in six weeks. All the animal heat 1:111
bo out of the meat.
While aiming to produce good butter do
no forget that one of the most important
essentials is the purity of the salt. Butter
may be injured by salt, and as no miti. 1.11
is more difficult to rid of impurities II ;>i
salt, extra care should be exercised iu
securing the best to be obtained.
A French scientist states that his ex
periments show the colors of growing
plants to indicate the presence of complete
plant food. When the soil is lacking iu
nitrogen and the mineral elements, the
color of the leaves of the plants are yellow.
Light-gTjen color shows a deficiency 0!
some particular substance, and deep-gr. > u
indicates that tho plants are particularly
supplied with nitrogen, lime, potash and
phosphoric acid.
An excellent mode of growing early
tomatoes, egg plants, tie., is to scoop » «it
a potato or turnip and fill the hollow with
rich earth. Have only one plant to n li
potato. When the plant is of the .1> ire I
size plant the potato (earth and -
plant,) and no check will be give 11 1'
growth, as the decay of the potato vill .
sist in providing food for tho plant. \\ 1., re
turnips can be had they should be pivl.-ir. I
to potatoes. Egg shells have also been
used for the same purpose with sucee •
Fersons living in unhealthy localitie •
may avoid all bilious attacks, by taking a
dose of Laxador occasionally to keep the
liver in a healthy action. Price only -•>
cents a package At all druggists.
It is the only inediciuc I would uivo to
my baby, a mother said, speakiug 01 l>r.
Bull's Baby Syrup. It is safe At .ill diug
stores, 25 cents.
—Joseph Cook says that man's life mean
tender teens, teachable tweutie., tireless
thirties, busy forties, forceful Blti*'. eri
ous sixties, sacred seventies, achm- eigh
ties—shortening breath, death, the 0.l
—Whether early, whether late, theie is
one thing women hate; there is one thing
they all do against their wishes; there is
nothing 'neath the skie3 they so mortallj
despise as to have to go and wash the
blasted old dishes They can cook and play
the host, fry potatoes, fix a loaM, make a
puddiug, apple pie and cake delicious, but
they rave around like sinners, when they all
get done their diuuers, aud go out to wvh
the blasted old dirty dishes.
- Though time flies it ii the niaa tvlig
goes »lcw wbo keep* up vith it.
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