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.
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