V')\ T XXVIL > Whv (Mir Success? IVcause wo devote our ».'ii tiro time au<l attention to liutu ;iml Mens outfitting and tlios«' neetlin<r anvtliing in tin ao know it is to tlieir H'lvjiii tuw to come to NN H keej» thoroughly )»Orft<-i on nil mat ters pertaining to our Im.-i --net!s. We get our goo*la diici t from tln> inanufaeturies en abling u* to sell at lower prices than many dealers pay for them. We sell only the best brands of goods in all grains, brands known the world over as re liable. This spring we are in bet ter shape to serve our patrons than ever before, and adding to our large t«tock daily. Re member we have but one price and that is the lowest. COLBERT & DALE, 70 S Main street. Butler. Pn. M. H. Gil key, Artistic 1 )ress Making. \<». 63 8. M UX ST., CILK'KT BUILDING - - 2d FLOOR, j Spring Millinery In all the latest styles. •New Ilats, New Bibbons, New Trimmings. All the new things in llowers, laces, gloves, veils, caps, M. F. & M. Marks'. No. 9S. Main St # , Butler, Pu. B. M. NIOHOLLH, L. 11. HEWITT j NEW LUMBER YARD I? S. NICHOLLS & CO., Dealers iu all kinds of Rough and Worked Lumber. DOORS, SASH, BLINDS, SHINGLES, LATH, ETC., Hard and Soft Coal. We lmve .1 large stock of all kinds of Lum ber, Oil Well Pigs, Etc. Call anil get our prices and see our stock. Mail Orders Promptly Attended To. Office and yard on Monroe St., Near West Pknn Dki-ot, BUTLEIi, PA. Planing Mill —ajwd— Lumber Yard ). L. ft' HV It i.. O. PUKV l». J S. 6. Purvis & Co. MANIFACTLT.EUS AND DEALKUS IN Rough and Planed Lumber OK «V <n V IJKitJrtU'TION, SHINGLES, LATII & SEWER PIPE. Butler, Pa. I* C- WICK DEALER IN Rough and Worked lumber OF ALL kl.NliS Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Shingles and Lath Always in Stock. LIME, HAIR AND PLASTER. Office opposite P. & W. Depot, BUTLER, - PA. A. J, FRANK * CO, DKAI.KRS IN PR COS, MEDICINES, AND OHEMIOA !>"' FANCY AND TOILET A KTICKS, SPONGES, BRUSHES, PERFUMERY, &c flrTUystclans" I'rcfcortptlons carefully coui poinded. 5 S. Malr. Street, Butler, Pa. Mifflin Street Livery. W. G. BIEHL, Prop'r. Oue fcijuure west of Main St., ou Aliiilin St. All good, safe horses; new buggies and carriages. Landaus for weddings and funerals. Open day and night. Telephone No. 24. Hotels and Depot s 3 \Y S. Grtfrg is now runuing a line of ee ; ritigi.- Htweeu the hotels ai:d depots oi ti v town :.jv~ inuliie. Telephone No. 17, or !• uve orders at Hotel Yogeley. (iood Livery in Connection. .New Livery Stable. New Stock, New Rigs. —OPEN DAY AND NIGHT— Horses fed and boarded. PETER KRAMER, Prop'r <i9. W. Jefferßon St., Butler, l'a. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. I>KO F.ESS IONAL CAR DS. A. A. KELTY, M. D. t'liysifiijn and Surgeon. mih-e uii k»iam.»l»'l. rviil!!i ..i » ouii House. .♦J M L*-i* ?vl A fo. t . V -l.'l V- AMI St h iUM, :«!• . Mulu li•. *I, j liollk & I luatoiv. Btiller, Pa. SAMUEL M. litPPLiS. Physician and Surgeon. rJo. -- t<.»l Jtfltieou SI., lii llcr, Fa. W. R. TITZEL. physician an, \si;u<;e< >n. j S. W.Corner Main aud North Sis.. limler, l'a. J. W. MILLER, Architect, C. E. and Surveyor. Contractor, Carpenter ami liuihler. Maps, plans, specifications ami esti mates; all kinds of architectural ami en , giuecring work. No charge lor drawing if I contract the work. Consult your beat iu- I terests: plan before you build. lufornia i tiou cheerfully given. A share of public [ patronage is .solicited. P. o. Box 1007. Office S. W. of Court House, Butler, l'a. C. F. L. McQUiSTtON, I.M,INKI.It AMI M ItttVUU, lltrllfc I,fr.Alt lllAii iM). IIIiTUUt, I*.. J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a. I Ariillclal 'l'iiili inserted (u the laical im proved plan. 1.1.11 l Killing a specially. Office— | over Schauta ( 10l lniij; BCoi c. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. All Work pertaining; to the profession exertil eil in the neatest numui. Specialties : Cold Killings, am) I'ainless Ex traction ot Teeth, \ iLalized Air administered. Oil*. »■ *.it Jt-ffeikuit Street, oue iluor KMHI *>fl l.unrj llou.e, I p Stuir*. Oltlcc open daily, except Wcilncsiiays and Thursdays, ('oininiiuli'ations by mall leceive prompt attention, N. B.- The only lleutiat iu Uulter ualug i the bc.st luakes ofteelli. J. W. HUTCtiISON, A I I'OUMEV AT LAW. unite ou second floor of the lluscliou bioik, Diamond, liuUer, l'a., liooni No. l. A. T. SCOTT. J. I'. WIIJSON. SCOTT & WILSON, All OKNEY S-AT-LAW. Collections a specialty. Ollicc at No. s. SoniU Di.iinoiid, Butler, l'a. JAMES N. MOORE, ATTOKNKY-AT-LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC. Otlice In Komn No. l, second fioor of Huselton Block, entrance on Diamond. A. E. RUSSELL, ATfOKNEY AT I.AW. Otlloe on second Door ot New Anderson Block Main St..—near Diamond. IRA McJUhIKIN. Attorney at Law, Olßce at No. 11, Ea&t Jeffer son St., Butler, l'a. W. C. FINDLEY, Altorni') at l.iiw'iunl Ileal Estate *>l lice tear of 1,. /.. Mitchell's ufflce ou north side of Diamond, Butler, 1"... 11. H. GOUCHER. Attornc-y-at-law. OOlce oil second llour ol Anderson buildLn-', near Court House, Butler, l'a. J. b. BRITTAIN. Att'y at Law Office at S. E. t or. Main St, and Diamond, Butler, l'a. NEWTON BLACK. Att y at Law —Oltlce on south aide of Diamond Butler, l'a. JOHN M. RUSSELL, Altorney-at-Law. Office on South side of Dia mond, Butler, l'a. L. S. McJUNKIff, Insurance aiul Real Estate Au't 17 EAST JEFi LRSON i'. BUTLER, PA. EI E ABHAMS&CO Fire and Lite INSUR A N C E Inpurancs) Co. of North America, incor porated 179 4 , capital $3,000,000 and other strong cotninuies represented. New York Life Insurance Co., assets $!i0,000,000. Office New Huselton building near Court llousc. MMM nurseries, (E-itublialu'il 1540.) oi l; KLEtiAXT ILLUSTI! U'KD CAT ALOG I K for lh9o will bo mailed ou appli cation. Every Fanner, Gardener, Amateur or owner of a lot should have one. Orders lor flowers and floral emblems have immediate attention. Telephone lili'J. John R. & A. Murdoch, 508 Smitltfitlil St., VITTSIii litiU, I'.l. UKESHOBE mm. ERIE, I J x\. ; All .stock.gnaranteed to be in good con , dition when delivered, j We replace all trees that fail to grow. 11KFERKXCKS IN BtrTLEU: •I. V. Lowrv, V,*. T. Mechling, Jinue | Jr., ,1. 10. Forsythe, Geo. Sballuer I <t. Walker, Ksq., Ferd Keibe r. Es<i. and l> ! L. Clecland. G. F. KING, AGT. EITBNUIL Lblt UotT.SK, r.u iXKK, I*A. FOR SALiI. The Evans City (lour will. This luill is situated in Kvaua City, and is in one of the bt-.-t localities in tin: county; on railroad, and surrounded by a splendid grain grow ing country. This miil will lie sold cheap. For further particulars call on or oddreta J .1 M t.s SUTTON, Evaus City, Pa. ! * *■ Tvr ® New Store ancl New Goods I). E. J A C K SON' S, No. 39 S. Main St, BUTLER. PA- Wo 1J!»V« ojwiied at above plaee nn efitire new stor-k of Dry floods, Notioiiri, Ladiiln ami <ieuts Furnidbing Goods, Ladien Wraps, ITrim mings, llibboiis and \ elvet Ribbons. I>o you want a nice lllaek or Colored l'ress iu Silk, Warp or all wool Henrietta.' )t r c' have Ihmn. And at prices asslow as you can get them in any of the surrounding cities. IQ short if you want anything in Dress 1 Goods, Dress Ginghams, Sateens, White Goods, Stripe or i'lain Surahs, Velvets, flushes, Black (Jros Urain Silks, etc. IK<; have them. ALSO, Ladies Wraps, Corsets, Corset Waists for Ladies or Misses, Ladies, Misses and (Jhildrens Vests. Carpet ULain iu wool aud cotton, all colors. Givo us a call We hope by politt aitteution to merit a share of your patronage. I) E JACKSON. ®JEFFEUSON ST.< S B O R N E, BIJTLiBK, PA. '•O Spring! of hope and love and youth and gladness— White winged emblem! brightest, best and fairest! With Spring comes new wants, new woik and new duties, all centering in the place where the family abides.be it cabin or castle—'"Home, Sweet Rome"—"One small spot where my tired mind may rest aud call it homß.'' So we suggest, begiu early. Come and get some ot our nice W all Paper aud Window shades, and lit up that "ppot" bright and new. Haug the walls with a few of our Beautiful Pictures, aud add the necessary flue ait furniture, which we are oll'eiing very cheap. Then place on your table aud in your shelves a selection of choice books which we now sell at bargain prices, and assuredly iu that "apot" you will find a home indeed. Why should your walls be bare and diugy when a little taste and trifling expense will transform the room into a place of cheer and beauty. And eye.iy yard of Wall l'aper from our cheapest at ti cents u roll, to s made, gold-tinted, aud rainbow shaded specials at >1 a roll, every yard is an object lesson in beauty, taste and culture. With a large stock of the lateat and best iu every line and department, aud salesmen of good jmlgeineut aud experience, we invite our frieuus ami the the public to call and examine our goods, feeling confident that we can satisfy all reasona ble demands. HENRY BIEHL 14 NORTH MAIN STREET, BUTLER - IPBIJM UST'A DEALER IX Ilarclu uro and mailing Guuilo. I!I (2500 Stitches Per Minute.) Agricultural Implements, Kramer Wagons, Buggies, (Jarts, Wlieel Barrows, Brammer Washing Machines, New Sunshine and Howard Ranges, Stoves, Table and pocket Cutler}', Hanging Lamps. Man ufacturer ot Tinware, Tin Eooiing and Spouting A Specialty. WHERE A CHILD CAN BUY AS CHEAP AS A MAN. J. R. GRIEB. . PROF. R. J. LAMB. GRIEB & LAMB'S MUSIC STORE. NO-16 SOUTH MAIN ST., BUTLER. PA. Sole Agents for Butler, Mercer and Clar- H ion counties for Behr Bros. Sl Cos Magnificent Pianos, Shoninger, and New by & Evans 9jpjr.fjintißiv r ianos, Packard, Crown, Carpenter and Knglainl Orgaiia. Dealers in Violins, All Kinds of Musical Instruments. SHEET MUSIC A SPECIALTY Pianos and Organs sold on installments. Old Instruments taken in exchange. Come and see us, as we can save you money. Tuning and Repairing of all kinds of Musical Instruments Promptly attended to. • • X.vN \\M' </ / - . Some like- Hors3! ( Mshoes the more Busy .wives who use SAPQLJXD never seern to grow old.Try e,ca,ke - A complete wreck ot domestic bappiuesa has often resulted from badly washed dishes, from an unclean kitchen, or from trifles which seamed light as air. But by these things a man ofteu judges of his wife's devotion to her family, and charges her with general neglect when he finds her careless in these particulars. Many a homo owes a large of its thrifty neatness and its consequent happiness to SA.eoi.io. «, t;niters often cubstitute cheaper guodis lor SIPOI.IO, to make a •'iiicr itroiii. i»euil back such urtlclcs, aud insist uu liailus Just wbat j«u urtlcrc<l.'fes BUTLEIt. l'A., FRIDAY. MAY Hi, 1890 mm UNCLE lill.L. Any oue Who visited Mr. Sarris at his liue place on the Hudson would be sure to notice, alter awhile, an old man who wan dered about the place dr< ssed all summer iu a white shirt and linen vest atd trousers, anil a fisherman's hat, mid c4*wiuter iu a wool dressing gown. He waa h meek, tail old man. aud people al first took him for a superannuated old servant but, finally, his nice linen, his neat hands, and » cer tain well-bred tone ol voice, if, by chance, they heard him ask: "Who is tbatf" If they inquired of Mi»s Belle, the eld est unmarried daughter, she Would auswer. "Au old connection of mamma's; I cau t see why pa has him here —horrid thing!" If they Mr. >. orris's maiden sister, she would reply: "One of the blessings my late sister-in law brought into the family. A miserable, ne'er do w ell of a relation." If the question was propounded to pom pous Mr. >'orris, as he sat in his arm-chair on the piazza, or drove abont his property in one of his handsome vehicles he would answer: "Well, that's a sort of a relation ol' my wife's, a ne'er-do-well. The black sheep of the flock, you know. Always is one in every family. For her sake—she was a very benevolent woman—we let hiui stay about. He prefers eating by himself; he'* very stupid, very; bul she wanted him here, and she had her way, poor soul. 1 grudged her nothing. Yes, that's poor Bill." But if it was Miss Phemie of whom the question was asked, she always answered: "Why, that is Uncle Bill. He's a little eccentric, but the dearest old soul. I'm very, very fond of him, and he of me. Dear old Cucle Bill." Certainly Phemie was the old man's only friend in that pompous household. She it was who went up to his little room with his meals, and sat with him while he ate them; who saw that he hud the newspaper aud his pipe; who had fixed that little, out of the-w ay place with a pretty carpet, book shelves, a student's lamp,lots of ornaments in worsted aud painted silk; who never re ceived her monthly allowance without buy ing something lor him. His pretty, snow white shirts were her gift, aud she saw that they were "done up" properly. The flauuel dressing gown he wore in winter was of her contrivance. Iu fact, up in that dormer roofed room there were hours that were more home like than any spent in the great parlors or the big dining-room, where Miss Belle w as only affectionate tJ "pa" when she wanted him to give her more money to spend; and Misa N orris, the eldest sister of the master of the house made bitter speeches in the pauses of the needle work in which she was perpetually engaged. Sometimes di rected at her brother, sometimes at Belle, sometimes at Phemie, but all worded so circumspectly and clothed in such a guise of piety that no one dared resent them. '"What comfort you are, Uncle Bill," Phemie would say, as she poured out the old man's coffee. •'And what a comfort you are, Pheniie. If I was a rich uncle, just homo from In dia, like those in plays and novels, you couldn't make more of me." "I shouldn't make so much, uncle," Phemie would answer, "for you'd be a victim of liver complaint, and that would make you ill-natured and you'd scold me, and say haughty words. They all do, you know. Xow, you haven't any money or stocks to worry about like >oor T>« and you re not irritable, and I like to be with you. You're like mamma, too. You have her eyes." "You are Susan's image," the old man would say. ''Do you remember the day that you came to the hospital with her?'' "Yes," said Pheniie. "I was just 12 years old, and mamma was crying over the telegram. My ouly brother, l'hemie,' she said. 'So sick that he may die, and so poor that he's in a hospital.' Then we carnu and I saw you iu bed,and after awhile wo brought you home, and ma nursed you well again. "And died herself, just as I got about," said Uncle Bill. "And your father and the rest did not like a shabby old man around the house. Well, I was lucky to get a home, I suppose, and luckier still to find such disinterested love as yours. You're like Susan. She was the dearest girl that over lived. Yes, you're like Susan." Cut they did not always talk thus, as they were very busy often, over books; ever Phemui's embroidery, for which ho designed patterns; teaching her little dog a thousand tricks; feeding the bliud kittens Phemie saved from drowning; mtiking a little well, from which the canary drew buckets of water. And l'hemie and the old man would wander of!' to the riverside, where he would fish, very seldom catching anything, and she would read or knit. Xone of the family knew of these inti macies. Belle, older than Phemie by six years, preferred that she should consider herself a child until Miss Xorris was married. And Auut Marcia detested her for her resemblance to her sister-in-law who had never been "congenial." Xo one in the house knew, but some one not of the household did, and shared at times in them. Sometimes, when tho old man's rod dangled over the water, a younger angler would take his place near hiui—a hand some young fellow, with black hair, and the brighest eyes in the world; and then the hours went by like hours in a dream, and l'hemie felt happy as she Lad felt when a child by her mother's side. And Uncle Bill laughed, and told fishermen's stories. As for the young man, silent or talkative, ho was always charming. So thought I'homie. She was seventeen; she had never;liud a lover. She was well read iu romantic lore. What happened was only to be expected. In a little while two lovers sat beside Uncle Bill on the banks of the pretty stream and walked together as far as the little gate that nobody else used, and did not hide from the old man that they parted with a kiss. Fred Uoward was not a fashionable man —only the son of a poor widow, who had made a book-keeper of her boy. What holidays he had spent he spent at home. This was his midsummer vacation; he was bright, find good, and handsome, but Mr. Morris surely would have had other views fur bis youngest daughter. And so, one day, as the two, having met accidentally «>u llie road were talking to gether, wiih an expression on either face j that made an old lady, who drove past, re mark to her husband: "Hiram, take my word lor it, them's beans." Mr. Norris marched up behind the pair and appeared like a very florid ghost be tween them, with an; "I was not aware, Mr. Howard, that you had ever been introduced to my daughter." The young man blushed, and then an swered: "But 1 have, sir—by my friend, hei uncle." ' Oh!" replied Mr. Xorris, lowering his tone a little. "Then you know my brother, Mr. Whipple Xorris, m the city? lie is a relative I am proud of- worth half a mil lion, if he is a cent "I have often heard of Mr. Whipple Norris.' replied the young man. irankly. ••Rni I have never met him I owe my introduction to lli~- Pheinie Xorris to her uncle William—ah—ah.' The joung man suddenly remembered that he did not know I. ucle bill's but name. "Her I'ucle William!" repeated ilr. -Vorris. "Kuphemia, does young Howard allude to yonr poor mother's unfortunate brother. Hillf f'hemie bowed her head. "Young Howard!" repeated Mr. Xorris. "That persou has no authority to introduce my daughter. Consider yourself a stranger to her henceforth.' Fhemie looked at Fred. Fred looked at F'liemie. "It is too late, air.' the latter said. "1 love your daughter, and have won her heart. She has promised to be my wife." Mr. N orris stared at him, lifted his eye brows, stared again through bis double eye-glass, and spoke sternly • I have one daughter who is a credit to me. l.ord McTab paid great attention to her last winter. He has written to ask my consent to her nuptials, which 1 shall give, and he will return in the fall to be married to her. An Euglish nobleman would hard ly like a brother-in-law who makes per haps, twenty dollars per week. My eldest daughter, Mrs. Timkins Trotter, has mar ried a gentleman who is esteemed the wealthiest man iu Aliuevilie. My son is with my my brother iu Xew York —a man lam proud ot. Xow, I shall never make a fuss about my I'heiuic. I only tell you this: If she marries you, I disown her. You can take her if she chooses. I shall never give her a penny. She mar have her clothes and trinkets, and go. If she obeys me she shall be. married or single, well provided for. She is plain and unprepos sessing, but I know a young clergyman who will attain eminence, who only needs my permission to propose. She might do very well, with a proper portion, for him. She has a thick waist, a large mouth, and ordinary features," continued Mr. >*orris, turi.ing his eye-gla'ss on his daughter, but a clergyman should not ldok for beauty," "She is the prettiest girl 1 know,and if I may earn her bread aud butter, I can do it,' said Fred Howard. "You give her to me, sir!" "No," replied Mi. Norris. "Jjhe may give herself to yoa, if she chooses to be a beggar." Then he walked awaj As Phemie and Fred stood looking at each other, Uncle Bill's head arose above the shrubbery. "I give my pet mission, he said, with more than usual dignity, "and I am her mother's brother. I think you will make her happy, young F'red Howard." The maiden aunt and the sister, who was to be the bride of an English noble man, led Phemie a sad life of it for awhile; but one morning she walked out of her home in her simple church-going costume, and w as married in the little chapel of St. John. Old Uncle Bill, in his old-fashioned broadcloth suit, went with them, and gave the bride away. Mrs. Howard was there.and a school friend of Phemie's, and a fellow clerk of Fred's. Xone of the Xorris fami ly. And after the wedding they were to go upon a little trip. I'hemie's trunks had been sent to Fred's mother's little house. The bride was not as happy as she might have been under other circumstances, but at home nd one had ever loved or consid ered her since her mother's death; and Fred loved her, and sho loved him. Her uuuUv, woo iliui alio must leave her old Uncle Bill. "That is hard," the old man said; "very hard, Phemie." And then Fred held out his hand. "Uncle Bill," he said, "we shall live in a very plain way, but if you will live with us we will do our best to make you happy, and sball be happy ourselves." "Will you be so, boy?" cried Uncle Bill. A poor old man like me—eh! really?" "Really!" cried Phemie, dancing with joy. "Keally and truly, heaven knows." And Pred grasped her hand and shook it. "Yon brought us togethor, Uncle Bill," ho said. "It's lucky," answered Uncle Bill, "for brother-in-law Xorris has turned me out of his house for aiding and abetting you— told me I might be town poor, if I liked. I didn't, but I just said, 'Very well; I'll go.'" Then the old man looked at them with a smile; looked at Mrs. Howard with anoth er, and then laughed his sweet, good mat ured laugh. "You're two jiood, honest, generous children," he said. And you're Fred's mother, ma'am? But I've an explanation to make. Five years ago my sister Susie heard that I was sick and at a hospital, and took me to her home. She nursed me back to tolerable health, and was very good to me. Then, sweet angel, she died. She thought that being in a hospital meant poverty. I was paying fifty dollars a week there. I have a fortune that even Mr. Xorris would respect, but seeing what he was, I took a lancy that I would find out what his children were. I've lived about the place as old Uncle Bill, a poor rela tion. I wasn't wanted; even at the table 1 was despised by all but Phemie. She, dear little girl, has been a daughter to mo. I told sister Susan the truth on her death bed, and I promised to do my best by this sweet girl; and my money has been grow ing, under good care lor five years. Why, had I been the beggar they thought me, I'd gone to an almshouse rather than eat Xorris's bread all these years. As it was, I enjoyed the joke. To think how he could have respected me if ho had known the truth. How he scorned me for being poor, when I was a wealthy man ;but let that pass; we are happy together, and what need we caret" There was great excitement at the Xor ris mansion when the news reached its in habitants, and Mr. Xorris sent a formal forgiveness to his daughter. She was a good girl, and felt glad that this was so, but she only began to know what real happiness was in the home where she and those who truly loved her lived contentedly together for many long and pleasant years. . How He Got Kid of tlie Bore. A very pious clerical friend, who bad consumed an hour of his valuable time iu small talk, said to James Harper, the pub lisher. "Brother Harper, I am curious to know how you four meu distribute the duties of the establishment between you." "John," said Mr. Harper, good humoredly, "attends to the finances, Wesley to the correspondence, Fletcher to the general bargaining with authors and others, and— don't you tell anybody," he said, drawing his chair still closer and lowering tiie toue of his voice—"l entertain the bores." —The chicken business is a matter of wonderful importance to the table comfort | and the financial outlook of the American i farmer. Government statistics show that j the annual expenditure in this line is $560.- | 000,000: and despite the immense produc- J tion of eggs, several million dollars' worth | are annually imported to meet the de ficiency of the home supply. : Hope for the Farmer. The first bright ray that has appeared iu the farmer's ilark sky i« cast by an ailmira ble articli* liv «' Wood l>avis. in the enr rent number of the t'vruut. In a tornier article "it was *hown that the absence ot prosperity among farni.-rs i> largely due to eleejwi'. i produetioa of nearly all urin products.' Therefore, "the needed relief must be found in the operation of sueli natural agencies as will bring about a re adjustment between population and pro duction." Mr. Wood's article is written to ahow that auch agencies exist and are at work. They are: a constant ratio of increase in population aud decreasing ratio of in crease iu the acreage devoted to farm pro ducts. During the last five years popula tion has increased 1.37 per cent., the area in corn 12.3. that in oats 29. cattle 20, aQd swine 14. with a decrea?e of 3 4 iu the wheat area. • Hut if a longer period of 3 _ ears be taken, the significance of these figures becomes more apparent. From 1574 to 1579 the in crease in corn acreage was 52 per cent.; ls"y to lot! 4. 11 7 per cent., and from 18s4 to 1339, 12 3 per ceut. During the la?t three years, however, the increase has only been 1.2 per ceut per annum. From 1575 to lbSu the increase iu the acreage of wheat was 44 per cent; from lt>Bo to 1884, 3.9 per cent; while from 1884 to I>B9 there Was a decrease of 3 4 per cent. From IS>>o to 1885 the increase in the number of cat tle was 3u.l per cent, while from 1885 to 18S9 it was only 10 4 per cent, but most of this increase was in the first two years of the four, the rate of increase in the last two years being but 24 per cent per aunnm. the first time in many years when the rate of increase was lower than that shown by population. These exhibits show that corn growing and cattle-raising are appar ently nearing their limit and that that ot wheat-growing has already been passed. The change! that are taking place may be better understood by an examination of the area in all staple crops, aud, separate ly, the acreage in corn, wheat, oats and hay in Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin in 1880 and in 1887. Dur ing that period the increase in the total acreage of all crops was 10.9 per cent; in that of oats, 50.9 per cent, and in that of hay 96 per cent, while the decrease in that of corn was 15.9 per ceut aud of wheat 17.4 percent. Or, to give the figures, "in the seven years 2,755,000 acres of the corn i fields and 2.296,240 acres ol the wheat I fields of the States named were converted I into meadows as were 592,0G5 acres of the 1 new laud brought into cultivation." "Existing data," says Mr Wood, "show that to supply home requirements and ex port tin; same proportions of tobacco, cotton and animal products as now, there should be for each unit of population 3.15 acres per capita. During the fourteen years prior to 1885, the increase in culti vated area was so great that, after assign ing the required 3.15 acres to each unit of population, there remained a surplus of 20,248,000 acres, which was employed iu growing products to glut home aud foreign markets. Fortunately the arable lands to be occupied had become so very limited that the additions to the area in cultiva tion, during the next four years, were re duced to a yearly average of 2,990,620 acres, as against 8,183,685 in the ten pre ceding years, the rpsnlt t.clug io diminish the acreage in excess of home needs from 20, 248,000 acres to 12,888,000 at the end of 1888; and a decrease of such additions of new lauds being probable, it is entirely safe to estimate that such additions will not, from 1888 to 1894, exceed a yearly average ol' 3,000,000 acres, while popula tion will augment at a rate of not less than 2.7 per cent per annum. This will, at the end of 1894, leave but three acres per capita to furnish so much of the agricul tural staple as we may then use or ex port. " These facts and figures, and they seem incontrovertible, open up beloro the farmer an unlimited era of prosperity.—Washing ton, I'a., Observer. The Funeral Sermon. In the town ol B—, Me., there lived a man concerning whose meanness, trickery, profanity aud general poor quality a whole volume might be written, while it was generally considered that a carefully con ducted microscopic examination of bis moral nature would fail to discover any thing related to the virtues. This man linally died and a new and rather young minister in a neighboring tuwn was asked to conduct the funeral services. To gatli er some points in regard to the chraacter of the departed to engraft upon his dis course, the young minister visited the neighborhood the day before the funeral and called upon the proprietor of the soli tary grocerv store in the place, who, hesi tatingly aud in evident embarrassment, declared himself as utterly unable to give the desired information. "But I'll tell you what," said he, "you go over to that there house over beyond the corner and Mr. L— will tell you all about it." The minister hunted up Mr. L— aud made known his business. More hesitation and embarrassment. ' 'Well," said this neighbor, seeing that something must be said, aud blindly fall ing upon the matter of relationship, "This 'ere man had an Aunt Banner. She was an awful good woman. Say," a new idea suddenly occurring to him, "you jes' con line your remarks to Aunt Banner!" It is uufortuuate for our clerical friends that there are not more Aunt Banners who are "awful good," unless, indeed, we might do away with the senseless fashion of eulo gizing the dead at the burial wheu we have said all manner of mean things about tliem while liviug. Not Guilty. "llcz the joorey made up its mind on the verdict yit?" asked an Arkansas judge of a jury that had just come in after hav ing been out ten minutes deliberating on the case of a prisoner charged with the trifling crime of killing two of his neigh bors. "We hev, your houor," replied the lore man of the "joorey." "Well, let's have the verdict then, re plied the grave and diguified judge. "Well, your honor," replied the forrnan, "we lind Ben not guilty, but if he over cuts up like that again we'll not let him off so easy, darned if \\ e will, Hen." "The prisoner is discharged," said the judge. A Well kuown dentist tried hard to collect a bill, but after many ineffectual efforts said to the debtor: "I do not intend to s>ebd you any more bills and I don't in tend to sue ) ou; but there is one thing I want to tell you. Every time you cut off a piece of beef steak and pass it to your wife. I want ye.u to remember that she is not chewing tl.at beef with her teeth, nor with your leeth, but with my teeth." In two or three daw ho received a check. The motion of those doubly false teeth in his wife's mouth was too much for the husband. —lndolence may not be a crime, but it is liable to be at any time. A Strange Land. Australia is a country iu which nature j has established cenditioce unknown el*e- i where. e«y» the Boston Journal, ami I where < iviluatiou must adapt iUM.It to sur- j rounding- which it finds novel aud strange ! It is a couutry full of absurdities in animal, vi .. table ,»a.t human lite. Its native race. I iu point of intelligence and development at I resources, is far below even the cave-dwell ers and the people of the stone age of Eu- j rope. Its animals perpetuate types which disappeared from every part of the globe some million-of years ago. Its trees and plants are respective of species found else where only in chalk and coal measures. Hardly anything here has the character and quality of its relations in other lands. Although the trees and dowers are chiefly i hose of the temperate 2uue, the buds are, l'or the mo»t part, of the tropics, and flash ! ihe gorgeous colors of the parrot aud the I ootkutoo through the through the dark fo | iiage ot the sad-toned eucalyptus. The j birds bate no soup, and such notes as they possess seein like wierd echoes from a per iod when reptiles were assuming wiugs aud tilling the tree tops with a strange jar | gon, before heard only iu the swamps and ; fens. The flowers have no scent, while ; the leaves of every tree are full of every j odor. The trees cast no shade, since every ' leaf is set at an edge against the sun, and »hed, not their leaves, but their bark, ' which, stripping off iu large scales, expos es the naked wood beneath, and adds to the ghostly effect which the forest already holds in the pallid hues of its foliage. The contour of the country is of one that is newly risen from the waves. Its thous ands aud thousands of square miles, level j as a table aud set with no other growth thau that of the eucalyptus, looks like up lifted bed of some great sea. and is as mo notonous as the unrelieved expanse of coast itself. II ere and there are low hills, ■fthith show it their sides and the country about them the evidences of an:ient lava flows. Elsewhere are piled np masses of bowlders, which show the long-ago courses of glijfiers over the face of the lands. Ev erything seems pre-historic, hoary with age, aud forgotten. To the traveler from other lands an impression comes that he is visiting a country which had deased in its development long ages ago. Cat Mummies In Commerce. Head Cii-sar turned to clay is thought to have been subjected to ignoble usage when employed to keep the wind away, but If, in the absence of a Japanese screen, it shields the delicate limbs of attiring beauty from the wintry draught, there is nothing unworthy iu such an office, aud at all events the imperial remains might be pnt to much baser use. For example, there is that agricultural operation which, save in name, has nothing to do with the graces of the toilet, known as top dressing. The humiliation of an involuntary competition with coprolites might have happened to the bones of Julius or Augustus. It has happened within these ten days to the relics of a race far more ancient aud which were at one time the objects of worship. From a subterranean cemetery recently discovered near Cairo no less than 180,(XX) cats, "separately embalmed and dressed in cloth," have been consigned to a Liverpool house for the purpose of manuring the soil of I ;«n<>n«hiri> A cat or two have been liberally assigned to the local museum, the curator of which has fixed the date of their interment at 2000 B. C. Nothing, we are told, is so likely to happen as the unex pected: but, except on that ground, such a vicisitude would hardly have been thought possible by those who, with pious hand, 3,890 years ago (exactly), placed these sacred animals iu their catacomb. In those times it would have beeu blas phemous to speak of price in connection with them, as though they had been mere hares or rabbits, but the whole of them were purchased the other day by an enter prising British firm in Cairo at £3 13s. 9 per ton! The trade may follow the flag, but it is certainly not accompanied by a reverence for antiquity.—London Illus trated News. The Plate Glass Industry. The manufacture of plate glass is evi dently one of the most prosperous in dustries in the United States to-day. But whether it will continue to be such, in view of the large increase of capacity pro jected, is a question which time alone can determine. There are already eight great works in operation, viz.: Crystal City, Duquesne, Creightou, Tarentum, Ford City, New Albany, Kokorno, and Butler, capable of making from 9,000,000 to 10,- j 000,000 square feet of glass per annum; according to recent estimates, or almost as much as the present requirements of the country call for. What then is to become of the heavy additional production prom ised is not known, without lower prices for the article can greatly augment consump tion. But the work on new plants and additions to old ones is going on just the same, nevertheless. At Charleroi, tho newest industrial city of Pennsylvania, a huge plate glass establishment is being erected, aud will be equipped with glass machinery by the Kanken & Fritsch Founday and Machine Company, of St. Louis, at a contract cost of $308,000. The Diamond Plate Glass Company, of Ko kotno, Ind., through a branch $2,000,000 incorporation, is putting up a works at El wood, Ind., to make 20,000 feet of finished glass a day and give employment to about 2,500 men. The Pittsburg Plate Glass Company purpose doubling their present plant at Ford City, at an outlay of $1,750,- 000, so as to surpass all competitors in the matter of output, at home or abroad. Other companies still are enlarging, and entirely new enterprises ol the kind are being either actually organized or talked of in various parts of the country. — Age of Steel. Tuberculosis in Sleeping Cars. The plush, velvet aud silk haugin g must go. Seats must he covered with smooth leather that can be washed off, carpets give place to rugs, to #c shaken in the open air at the end of every trip—better still, abolished for hardwood floors; the the curtain abomination must make way for screens of wood or leather, the blank ets of invalids' beds be subjected to steam at a high temperature, mattresses covered with oiled silk, or rubber cloth that may be waahed oil', aud. above all things, in valids provided with separate compart ments shut oil from the rest of the car, with the same care which is taken to ex clude the far less offensive or dangerous smoke of tobacco, cuspidors half tilled with water, aud consumptive travelers provided with sputuiu cups which may be emptied from the car. It is not necessary to say here that the sole aud only danger lies in the sputum. The destruction of the sputum abolishes the disease. hen the patient learns that he protects him self iu this way as much as others—pro tects himself from the auto-iulection, from the infection of the sound part of his own luug>—he will not protest against such measures.—©r. I. W. AVhitaker, in the American JUuictt. —Two genuine cases of leprosy have been discovered in St. Louis. This will make Chicago happy. AGRICULTURAL. Now that the teams will be busy it is important that the harness fits the horse. tialls and sores on the horse may be avoid ed l.y giving some attention to the harness. Dry soils should receive flat cultivation, and dau.p soils should le ridged. The object, in the first place, is to save as much of the moisture as possible, and, in the second, to get rid ofthe excess- Variation of the food promotes appetite. All animals become disgusted with a same ness of food. When food is refused tempt the animals with something else. In this manner sickness and loss of flesh may bo avoided, while the cost need not be necessarily increased. \\ hile the weather is dry the rowU of plants wilt quickly »lry if exposed. It la best to pour a little water around the roots of plants that are transplanted, as it will preveut mauy of them from wilting. If the ground below the surface is quite damp this precaution is not necessary. Do not plant corn on the same land that you grew a crop of corn upon last year A rotation of crops is best. When the location for your com is changed every year there is less liability of attack Iron, rust, and the soil is not compelled to per form the same duty twice in succession To gel a full crop of potatoes use plent.. of manure or fertilizer. If manure, let i. be nne and well rotted and apply literal!, in the rows. If fertilizer be used it shout be applied in quantity to push the plant vigorously and to enable the crop to pre duce as much as possible. It does not pa. to be too economical in the use of mauur or fertilizer. Bees, according to Professor A.J. Cool are fond of salt. For this reason they av often seen hovering about urinals. This i a sufficient hint for the bee-keeper to ket a shallow dish of salt and water where tl bees can get access to it Probably cie. r salt put near them wider cover won', draw moisture enough during wet weath and dewy nights for all practical purpost When the farmer churns his milk at. sells butter he does not deprive his soil fertility. The batter-milk may be fed swino and poultry with profit, but wh meat and eggs are sold the fertility gf also. Nothing robs the soil faster th .. selling milk, and unless the farmer p cures fertilizers or buys a large property . of bran and linseed meal his farm will < - teriorate in quality. JL retired plumber thus gives a point in , the Sanitary Engineer for the relief <>i | householders: "Just before retiring at night pour into the clogged pipe enough liquid soda lye to fill the "trap" or bent part of the pipe. Be sure that no water ■ mns into it until the next morning. Dur ing the night the lye will convert nil the offal into soft soap, and the first current <>!' water in the morning will wash it av ay and clear the pipe clean as new." i It is thought that in the agricultural dis tricts botany should be a study in the pub lic schools, and that one day in the week should be given up to lectures on s<ils. > plants, breeds of stock, cultivation, fertu i izers, etc. Such studies are not uninter.-st -1 ing to children who are accustomed to the I farm, and they would quickly comprehend i the lectures from the aid imparted t>y s every-day experiences. No doubt sac-n ■ studies would be of much benefit to the i coming generation and lead to better systems of farming. TREATMENT OF TOCKO FBTTTT TEKK: : Much depends upon how the young trees , are managed the first year after they are planted. Severe cutting back is beneficial to the peach tree, and caseß ate known iu which old trees have been induced to make , new growth and continue bearing, even when nearly all gone, by cutting all ot the old wood away above the trunk. Low, stocky trees stand the winds better, and the fruit is easily picked, but the cultivator cannot be used to advantage as among tall trees. The failure to cat back severely the first year, however, often results in but little new wood, and a poor start for the young trees, which should be .guarded against, as the future of the tree depends upon its progress during the first season. The greater the work done by the roots the more rapid the growth of the tree; but there is such a thing as giving the roots more than can be done. By cutting back the young tree at the time of setting it out, and allowing but a few shoots to grow, the power of the roots will be thrown into them, and the roots will not be overtaxed, the tree will at once begin to grow, and grow rapidly, each shoot push ing forward as if to excel the others; but when too much top is left on, each shout of the many will draw upon the roots and the result will be that little growth will be made, while the tree will be slow in com ing into bearing later on. By securing as much as possible the first year the luturc shape and trimming ot the tree can be done to better advantage, and this is effected only when then young tree is allowed to grow from a limited number of shoots, ana when it is cat back so as not to impose too much duty on the roots. The young orchard should be kept clean the first year, and the more frequently it is cultivated the better. Grass should not be allowed in a peach orchard at any time, though on rich soils grass is sometimes grown in pear and apple orchards, but only after the first year. Unrotted manure is too beating for young trees, and the best manure is that which has been composted. What is better, however, is an application of wood ashes every spring, applied liberal ly, after the first year, with 100 pounds of superphosphates in the fall. Young trees so treated will thrive, provided the very important work of destroying insects of ali kinds is carefully attended to. Walked Across the River in a Kettle. As a sirup maker was peacefully prepar ing for work among the maples he became aware that Indians were stealing upon him, and were already in possession of his canoe. 'Whatever was to be done had to be done quickly, and frontier wit was equal to the emergency. Snatching up his deep kettle he inverted it over his head and boldly waded into the river. The inverted kettle acttJ, of course, as a diving bell, and with his head in this air chamber ho walked across the river, which in thu miJ del was many feet over his to the utter amazement of the Indians. Philadel phia Times. —One of the latest and most unique in ventions is a machine lor butteri;.*; bread. It is used in connection with n patent bread cutter and is intended f> r me in prisons, workhouses, aud other reformatory institutions. There is a cylindrical shaped brush which is fed with butter, aud lays a thin layer on the bread as it comes from the cutter. The machine can be vorked by hand, steam, or electricity, and has n capacity of cutting and buttering 750 loaves of dread an hour. The -aving ot batter and of bread and the decrease in the quantity of crumbs is said to bj very large. That tired feeling is overcome, and uppetite and strength given by BcCa j Sarsaparilla. NO 28
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