VOL. XXVIII Robes and Blankets As cold weather approaches horse owners will s»ve money by buying the » horse blank ents, knee robe*, etc., now. A good warm blanket on a horse in cold weather saves more for the owner than any thing else. The largest and most com plete line of robes,blanketß,har ness,whips,trunks, valises, etc~ in the county,and al the lowest price?, will always be tound at Fr. KEMPER'S, 124 N. Main Si, Butler, Pa D. E. JACKSON. 203 8. Main St. - - Butler, Pa. Everybody Delighted. Who are in need of Seasonable Goods. Having bought a large Stock of Fall and Winter Goods, and owing to bad weetber and worse roads, they bare not been going oat as fast as they ought to We have CUT PRICES AWAY DOWN, as we most on account of scarcity of room close then out to make room for Spring Goods. If yon want a Cloak, Jacket or Bhawl NOW IS YOUR CHANCE. Or if yon want Blankets, Comforts Underwear. Ladies'or Gents', Plsn nels, Csnton Flannel or anything in that line. COME NOW before tbe Stock is broken, bat DON'T FORGET to examine our large stock of Dress Goods, which are included in this CUT, Also Fancy and Drees Plushes, Black Burab and Groe Grain Silks, •II Marked Down. Full Again. We mean our wall paper de partment, lull and overflowing with our immense and choice stock of paper hangings. You must help us out, we haven't room for half our goods, until you relieve us of some of them. We have the choicest selec tion of patterns in every grade from Brown Blanks at 10 cts to Gilts at from 20 eta to $1 per double bolt. Examine our Stock. J. H. Douglass, Near Postoffice, Butler, Pa. Rare Bargains, Extraordinary Bargains are offer ed here in UNDERWEAR, HOSIERY, GLOVEB, HANDKERCHIEFS, MUFFLERB, Everything in furnishings for ladies, children and man. Compare onr prices with what you have been pejing and see if you can't save money by dealing with ns. John M. Arthurs. 833 SOUTH MAIN STREET. 333 Big Overcoat Sale 1 AT The Racket Store. OVERCOATS OF ALL GRADES, BTYLEB AND COLORB AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES FOR CASH. REMEMBER THAT NO FIRM DOING A CREDIT BUBINEBB CAN QUOTE THE LOW CABH PRICEB YOU WILL FIND AT THE ONE PRICE RACKET STORE, 48 B. Main St., * Butler, 3?a. SAW MILLS Pstsst VarlabU FrlcUaa mA Salt Faad. Steam Engines, Hay Prewea, Shingle Mills, Ac- Portable Grist Mills. Sen* for ntu*. TfcfMfclsr Ma«*i»aa, tu. Catalogue. A. S. PABqUIUB CO., Tert. Fa. L. 8. McJUNKIN, ImiiiMce nd Bed Eiltlc Ag't 17 EAST JKPFKRHONJBT. BUTLER, - PA. ID i'cßTlsers rr.~£ on adwritat.-g »» « ws»n in Ciwcaga. "ill *V>d (I an If- > t LORD t TMOIUS. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. V. McALPINE, Dentist, la now permanently located at ISO Sooth Main Street- Butler. Pa, ID rooms formerly ;ccoupied by Dr. Waldron. L. M. REINSEL, M. D, r* PHTEICIAX A>'D SCBGSO.V. Office and residence at 224 Graham Street, Butler. Pa. L. BLACK, nrrsiciA* xav BIHOEON. New Trout man Bonding. Butler, Pa. Dr. A. A. Kelty, Office at Boee Point, Lawrence county, Pa. K. X. LKAKE, M. D. J. E. MANN. M. D. Specialties: (Specialties: Gynaecolotfy and Bur- Eye. Ear. Nose and *ery. Throat. DRS. LEAKE & MANN, Butler, Pa. G. M. ZIMMERMAN. rorsicnic A» BCHUEOS, Office at No. 43. 8. Main street, over Prank t Go's I)I OX Store. Butler. Pa, SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. Wo. 22. East Jefferson St., Butler, Pa. W. R. TITZEL. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 8. W. Corner Main and North Sts., Butler, Pa. J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a. ArtlOdal Teeth Inserted on the latest Im proved plan. <iold Filling a specialty. Office— over Scnaul's Clothing Store. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. ▲ll work pertaining to the profession; execut ed in the neatest manner. Bpeeialtles :-Gold Killing*, and Painless Ex teaetkm of Teeth. Vitalized Air administered. OMM MUMI Street, osr deer last of Lowrj Mease, Dp Mtalra. Office open daily, except Wednesdays and Thursdays. Communications by mail receive OFOMDT Attention. 1. B.— The ML J Dentist la Batter asiagfUu; beat BAKES »f teeth. J. W. MILLER, Architect, C. E. and Surveyor. Contractor, Carpenter and Builder. Maps, plans, specifications and esti mates; all Kind* of architectural and en gineering work. So charge for drawing if I contract the work. Consult your best in terests; plan before you build. Informa tion cheerfully given. A share of public patronage is solicited. P. O. Bo* 1007. Office S. W. of Court House, Butler, Pa. C. F. L. McQUISTION, EKVKEEB AKD SURVEYOR, Omci NBAS DIAMOND, BCTLSB, PI. J. M. PAINTER, Altorney-at-Law. Office- Between Postoffice and Diamond. But ler. Pa. A. T. SCOTT, ATTOBNEY-AT-LAW. Office at Ko. I. South Diamond. Butler, Pa. A. M. CHRISTLEY, ATIOKNEY AT LA : Office second floor. Anderson B1 k. Malu St., near Court House. Butler, Pa. J. W. HUTCHISON, ATTOBNKY AT I.AW. I Office on second Door of the liusellon block. Diamond, Butler. Pa., Boom No. 1. JAMES N. MOORE" ArroaSKY-AT-LLW AMD NOTABT PUBLIC. Office la Boom No. i. second floor of Huselton Block, entrance on Diamond. A. E. RUSSELL,: ATrOBNEY AT LAW. Office on second Door of New Anderson Block' Male SC.—near Diamond. IRA McJUNKIN. Attorney at Law. Office at No. IT, East Jeffer son St.. Butler. Pa.; W. C. FINDLEY, Attorney at Uw and Heal Estate Agent. Of flee rear or L. Z. Mitchell'* office on north vide of Diamond, Butler, P*. H. H. GOUCHER. Attorney-at-law. Office on second floor of Anderson building, near Court Uouse, Butler, Pa, J. Y. BRITTAIN. Att'y at Law-office at S. E. Cor. Main St. and Diamond, Butler, Pa. NEWTON BLACK. Alt'jr at^Law— Office on South side of Diamond A* £i OABLE, V" etennary Surgeon. Graduate of tbe Ontario Veterinary College. Toronto, Canada. Dr, Gable treats all DIAEAFTEH of the domesticated animals, and makes rldgllng, castration and borne den tistry a specialty. Castration per formed without clams, and all other surgical operations performed in tbo most scientific manner. Calls to any part of tbe country promptly responded to. Office and Infirmary in Crawford's Lirery, 132 West Jefferson Street, Butler, Pa. BUTLER COUNTY" Mutual Fire Insurance Co. OfTca Cor. Main & Cunningham Bts. a. C. ROKBBINO, PBMIDMT. H. C. HKINEMAN, HKOKKTAHT H'T" Ilendersoa Oliver, J. brums, .lames Htenhe n»on, Ai.Ytygman, i». a. Helneman, 4M*£ Wl' k-i n. Weiuel, 9*l>r. RtckenliaCh, J. W. Bnrkhart, U. T. Morris. LOYAL M'JUNKIN, Gen, AG'T BTTTIjIOR, FA Advertise Is THE CITIZIJT, ifILMAMI I ARC; * * . . i j-:' ■ ! 30 S. MAIN ST. Regarding Fine Clothes. As a new comer requesting a share of the pat ronage of this town and vicinity in my line, it befits me to make a few statements. I make a specialty of the higher grades of work; 1 keep in stock the finest quality of goods; I recognize the fact that a good fitting suit from my house is it's best advertisement, while a misfit con demns the cutter and tailor, F shall endeavor to send out the best fitting clothes to be found. I do al! my own cutting. The prices will be as low as can be made com patible with the quality of goods I shall adhere to. A full line of the latest and most stylish goods in stock. Call and see me before placing any orders. GEO, HABERNIGG, SR. MERCHANT TAILOR, 202 S. Main St., New Troutman Building, Butler, Pa. Don't Read This Unless You Want To! — X»10000000I»NAR.I We feci confident it will pay you. Now that the Holidays are oyer we are busy getting ready for Spring trade. We want all persons to know where to buy goods at right prices. This is the place. We sell goods as cheap as any person in the United States, if not cheap er. We RETAIL FURNITURE AT WHOLE SALE PRICES. We give you first-class goods; what more can we do. We also do just as we ad vertise. We will sell you a Good Oak Bed Room Suit for #1 9 and a fine Pol ished Oak Bed Room Suit tor #25. You can't buy it elsewhere under #35. Any- J t/ thing you want in the Furniture*line vou will find at our store at low prices. Come and see us whether you want to buy or not. We want to show you our goods. •7 Campbell & Templeton, OLD TROUTMAN STAND BUTLEIt, PA. JAA£H. N» ■■IDAIINI —BM THE NG Satisfaction Guaranteed. f£P. H C^. N OF THE COOKS BAKING POWDER IS GUARANTEED f.ULL. STRE.NGTM. FULL WEIGHT, AND IS SOLD ON ITS XF£l T £,,£. T ..rI HE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE CONSISTENT Willi QUALITY. COOKS QUARTERS, RETAIL AT 5 CTI. COOKS HALVES. RETAIL AT IOCTB. COOKS POUNDS, RETAIL AT 20 CTB. Sold by ali Crocer&u ': y : und Can. EVERY WATERPROOF COLLAR OR CUFF ————— THAT CAN BE RELIED ON "O P TQ SPLLT2 THE MARK 3NTO"t to DlSQOlort —————J BEARS THIS MARK. # TRADE lliu i D MARK. NECDB NO LAUNDERING. CAN BE WIPED CLEAN IN A MOMENT. THE ONLY LINEN-LINED WATERPROOF COLLAR IN THE MARKET. Th rift is d. good revenue! result's from A HAI IAT cleanliness U - s lMs&.solid cake scouring soap Try i bin your next house-cleaning &nd beh&ppy. Looking out over tho many honiee. of this country, we 800 thouaandc of women wearing away their i;•/<•■* in household drudgery that might be materially lessoned by tho uno of a low cakes of BAPOLIO. If an hour ia saved each time a cako is used, if ono less wrinkle gathors upon the face becauao tho toil is lightened, sho must bo a fooliah woman who would heaitato to make tho oxpei-iinout., and ho a churlish husband who would grudge the lew cents which it costa. HIJTT.ER, FRIDAY, J A AR V -iO. 1 Hl> 1. The Secretary's Murderer. The Secretary of the ''Society for Edu cating Cherokee Indims in the Apprecia tion of Browning" advanced upon the Al bany Station. She <fid not hurry. The society had failed to materialize a quorum that day, and she had plenty of time. She entered with the domeitic eagerness of a suburban, to which was added an almost fireside expression of content, which may be said to be peculiar to that celebrated de pot. The true suburban has an air— whether it reside in the bonnet or the tront teeth, in the coat pocket or the velvet gaiter, who shall sayT—which is as un mistakable as the railroad clock when you come in two minutes after train time. The Secretary was thirty-five minutes before. For this reason she did not rush in through the big doors, past the telegraph girl and the newspaper man. through the hot, huge vestibule, where the FIG paste seemed to be about to melt, the sour strawberries were taking root, and boiling soda become a vicious insult. It wa* one of the days when Bosten was conicientioualy illustra ting our new climate. It was still called February for courtesy's sake. The ther mometer registered s»venty in the shade, and the furnaces did tkeir best to compete with the temperature. The Secretary wore a seal-skin coat. Oneof its warm pockets embraced a copy of Paracelsus. She took out her handkerchief and apologetically smoothed her face. If she had been in Chicago, she would have boldly mopped her brow. Our passenger madt a flank movement, threading her way through the steaming coupes and herdics, if hopes of monopoliz ing the cool, onter aiicroom on the femi nine side of the station. Tbe Secretary was slight but determined, and the belligerent door yielded discreetly to this spirited woman. A gust of fresh air swept her in. She sank inM the furthest corner and removed her sealskin coat, which sho laid neatly on an empty seat. She then fanned herself sadly with the last circular appeal for funds in btbulf of her refined Indians, and wondered, with tbe patience of all trne reformers, why the cause was not more passionately appreciated. In the main waiting-room women of a less literary nature and of an economic turn of mind bought the penny evening papers of Boston for PURGES of infrigida tion, and whisked them vigorously. Most of these women were arrayed in black boa constrictors or fur-lined cloaks. These they retained with the pertinacity worthy of a nobler cause. Several of fie pas sengers had their feet on the base of tbe radiator, from which blasts of hot air could be seen to vibrate. The pleasant flower girl was vainly trying to resusciate her gasping carnations. Tbe janitress, who had been there thirty-nine years, for the fourth time resignedly told tho lady from the country what time the nix-o'clock train went. The employe who announces tbe trains took his Websterian attitude, with one elbow on the radiator, and harangued his audience with less than his usual eloquence, grinding out the names of stations as indifferently and as tbo chairman of the State Committee giving the woman suffragists leave to with draw. It was warm. It was very warm. But in the anteroom the Secretary breathed. It was dusk, and shadows liad begun to envelop tbe corners of this room, especially those seats nearest tho door, whoso upper panels were of glass. The Secretary was, or thought herself, alone. Many pas passengers passed through, violently char actering the weather; but they all went into tho inaiu room, and made straight for tho radiators, where they sat down, and such as could not afford the evening paper fanned themselves with their gloves. The Secretary was glad to be alone. She looked at the Indian oircular censoriously, as if it were to blame lor tbe failure of her life's scheme. Tho Secretary was not a Puritan, but she was of good old mission ory descent, and her thoughts "on awful subjects rolled." Tho Secretary was a born philanthropist. Sho was tho most con scientious soul in Boston and vicinity, and we all know what that means. She was consoling herself by the mental organiza tion of a new Association for Teaching Beggars how to Starve Silently and .Aesthetically, when sho was startled at bearing a penetrating whisper not six feet away: "How shall the deed be done?" Tho Secretary turned her head with tho least possible motion, and beheld for tbe first time tho dim outline of a man and a woman bending toward each other in tbe darkest corner of the room. They seemed to shrink from recognition. .THO scant light from the covered court fell from be hind them and hid their faces in deep shadow. To prevent any possible chance of identification, the broad brim of a soft felt hat drooped over the man's eyes, and an impenetrable veil enveloped the woman's feature*. THO Secretary held her breath while the mysterious whisper was repeated: "How shall the deed be done?" After nn agitated pnuxn the woman'* voice answered, timidly: "MiiHt it bef In there lid CHcapet" With Mime Milliliter deliberation the mini replied, "We have carried the matter a* far aw we can without doing it." He spoke f^rullly, and the Secretary thought HIIII defected a cold-bloodedliCKH in hi* voice. "Bnl—" pleaded the woman. '■No; it ha* not to he done." ~ lie pulled hi* mimbrero lower over hi* eyes, and rapped the floor viciously with hi* cane. The Secretary Hank back with a sigh of horror. InHtinctively nho felt lor her Hrowning, but her (rood *en*e told hgr that thin situation wan beyond the reach even of that great man. It occurred to her to make her prnnenco known to the HUspjcioiiH pair. It occurred to her to pet up and leave tiie room. "It I could only attract the attention of the colored an nunciator," thought the Secretary. "He HeeniH to have a very practical mind. Per haps lie can tell me what to do with thin cane " The Secretary wan accustomed to clnMiify humanity altogether by "cane*.,, Itut the mis*i«tiary in her kept alienee. She listen ed, and felt it her duly to give almost an much attention to these wicked Ilostonian* an if they had been Cherokee*. "It ban got to he hone," repeated the man in the corner, with an imperative accent on the lu.it word. "Whent" asked the woman, helplessly. "To morrow night." The word* came back in a curdling whisper. "WliereT" "Leave the place to mo." "JIowT" "I don't know. All I know IH that it mn«t be the greatest mystery of the day." The man pulled hi* hat an inch lower, and gave a growl that made the Secretary •hlver with apprehension. Kven hi* com panion nhrunk from hi* calculating brutal ity. Tho Secretary had read in the Hoston evening penny paper detail* of the plot* which precede greut crimen, hut die hail never expected Ui participate in a prelude to Kiich social cnormitic*. "Must he diet" Tho feminine vice trembled in the darkne**. The Secretary Mhuddered. "Xo help for it, I don't see any help for it," said the man, callously. "The only question is how to do it. " "Make it an easy death, then, won't you?" "Ay, ay. 'A sudden and a subtle." " The Secretary pricked up her ears anew. She recognized the classic quotation, and marvelled that such monsters should be so highly cultured. "He might be smothered with a very soft sofa pillow," suggested the famale ac complice. "Yes; or I might get a powder from the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Ani mals." sneered the man. "Tbat'sthe trou ble with plotting with a woman. Their hearts are made of jelly. I think I 'll cut his throat.and throw him in the reservoir." lie shot out the words with a savagery peculiar to his sex. "Poor fellow! I had taken such a fancy to him." The folding doors leading to the larger ladies' room were hooked back, and the Secretary stared in there, gasping. Her spotted lace veil clung to her damp tore head. When would the gas be lighted? Why did nobody come? Where was that subordinate of whom the Secretary char acteristically thought as the "colored annunciatort" The first gas-light now sprang from the remote end of the long room. A motherly woman moved her seat under it, and un concernedly began to darn her husband's stockings. The colored man, carrying his ladder to the next jet, carefully picked his way among some children playing with paper dolls on the station floor. The Secretary sighed with relief. Surely, she thought, the infernal plot must yield before such sacred domestic influences. "It must be done so that it seems exact ly like an accident. The police must be thrown completely off the track." Thus the man mused upon hisvillanous problem. "I'll help you all I can; I'll do my share. Had you thought of electricity?" "Ah, just the thing!" Then, after an ominous pause, "Didn't yon mention the fact that he bad a burglar-proof mat before his bedroom doorT" "Of course lie has; 1 put it there. Can you make any use of tbaif;' The voice sounded so sweet, the sugges tion so mnrderous, that tbe Secretary was appalled at the depth of this psychological anomaly. "I have it. I'll connect it with a dead wire. It is the most popular way of dying just now. The electric companies will have to pay tho damages." "Are you sure it won't hurtt" cried the woman, anxiously. 'He'll never know what struck him." "Excellent!" The accomplice clapped her gloved hands softly. "By his hour to-morrow night he will be no more." With this molodramatic and baleful as sertion the assassin buttoned up bis over coat, rose to his feet, and stamped them with determination. Flash, flash, flash! hiss! ah! The lights leaped along the Waiting room, and chased the darkness as it had been a malefactor. .The colored man, preceded by his ladder, now came into the anteroom in a matter of fact way that soemed to tbe Secretary forced and incredible. The room blazed. In the moral influence of light, the man and woman separated instinctively. The Secretary looked at them fiercely. All she saw to aid identification was a blue barege veil closely drawn, and a black sombrero dipped to a rugged beard. Before the Secretary could make up her mind what to do or bow to do it, the couple, witli the boldness of habitual crime, had walked through the ladies' waiting room and bad disappeared. "Oh, what shall I dot" cried the Secre tary, helplessly. She knew how to edu cate remote Cherokees, she had taken high honors in the Browning Club, but before the commonplace crime of her native city her highly attenuated mind drooped. "Are you ill, madam?" inquired the "an nunciator," with a lordly, patronizing, at tentive, and courtoous side-wise motion of his head. "Stop those two persons! They are murderers. I don't know what to do about it," gasped the Secretary, pointing with one hand and gathering up her seal skin coat with the other. But that most excellent of employe* folded bis ladder and smiled incredulously. "I guess, madam, they're not a murdering, but a-courting." "Perhaps so," said tho Secretary,wearily. "Vou ought to know." But she was not at all convinced. With tho necessity which rests upou her sex for confiding iu somebody, sho hurried out to tbe main room and consulted with the flower woman. "I don't believe it," said the flower woman, charitably. "The man that just come out of there bought a dozen pinks of me yesterday." But the jauitress, with the experience of thirty-nine years, shook her head. "I saw a fellow once in tbe depot give hi.4 girl a huttoneer, and ho beat her brains out with a hatchet that very night. 1 think, madam, that I bad better take you to the police."' With a beating heart tbe Secretary ap proached the station policeman. Sho hail never had occasion to consult un officer be fore, except when she wished to get from Summer Street to Winter Street on T'hrist mas week. She felt almost like a murder er herself. She trembled visibly. "There are two murderers in this depot," bugan the Secretary, with a heroic eflort after self possession. "I overheard tho whole plot. The deed is to tie done to morrow night." Tho officer roused himself and respect fully asked for the details, which the Sec retary told as quickly as she could. The officer felt for his "billy," and asked if they took a train. Tho Secretary shook her head headlcssly. "I could point them out if I observed them." She was almost ready to cry. The whole situation seemed to her so unculti vated. She saw herself testifying before a police court, and reported in tho penny paper. '*A* you mention a reiiervoir, madam, I think we'll anarch the circuit train*." The policeman left the Secretary for n moment uml connultod the tall gate keeper with the line heard. The officer returned with a dtKComfited •xprtMion. He xald he »•»» "ufraid we've lout 'em." "You'd hotter come out, madam, or —ah, IIIIMH," looking doubtfully at her—"and hunt 'em up." AK the Secretary emerged from the hot veHtibuln into what in conceded to he the wornt draught in New Kngland, (die clutched the guardian of the law by the arm. "See!" »he could barely articulate; "there they are!" Hearing down upon them from the hagK"fc'e room two figurea approached. There wan no doubt about it. It wait xhe of the veil; ft watt he of the Hombrero. The man lugged a valine,heavy with—whatT "Jimmiet or dyuamitet" asked the keen policeman ol him. llef<ire the Secretary could Hcroaui. the officer laid hi* hand henrily on the man'* xhoulder, and raid, Hignificanlly, "1 ain norry, cir. but you'll have to come with me." "Ah!" naid the man, courteously, raining the brim of hi* sombrero, ami looking at the officer with remarkable steadiness. "Can I trouble you to tell me whyf" The woman untied her thick veil leisure ly, and revealed a quiet, intelligent face. The policeman looked a little .«ta»rfrered. He did not recogni/e any of his old offend ers, and with tbe bmtality of his sex, turn ed the ca-ie over entirely to the Secretary. "On tbe testimony of this lady," bowed the officer, blandly, *1 feel compelled to arrest j'ou on the intent to murder." "I don't believe you'll make much of that." broke in the gate-keeper, towering over the three. "Who suspects them?" The policeman pointed at the Secretary stolidlv. "You'd better take a course of training before you set up a Pinkerton agency," the gate-keeper was proceeding, when the Sec retary broke in with sobs as thin as her self. "But he told his accomplice that he was going to kill biui with a dead door m.it on a wire.'' "Accomplice!" exploded the gentleman of the sombrero. "Why, she's my wife." The gate keeper grinned. "Uimf Why, he belongs in Newton Centre. He's run in and out these two years. Herf Why, she runs a Bible class with forty-nine young men. Where do you belongt" — turning suspiciously on the Secretary. The two accused drew together. Xewtou Centre and Chestnut Hill glared at each other. "I am sorry, madam," said the gentle man, with a courtly bow —"l am sorry to have put you to so much inconvenience, but, you see, my wife and I are collaborat ing." The policeman looked blankly at the cou ple. What new I rime was THIS! "Uelabo ratingf What's that? I don't know but I'd better hold you, sir." "We are writing a novel,'' said the gentleman from Xewton Centre "We are collaborating a story. We are publishing a volume." The gentleman straightened himself impressively. "That's so." Tho gate-keeper nodded with infinite intelligence. "This strange lady accidentally over heard my plot," proceeded the gcntlcm&n, warmly; "and I hope that in honor she will not divulgo this secret to the re porters." "Chapel— Longwood — Brook line-- Reser voir—Xewton Center." the fumiliar voice of the "annunciator" echoed from tho wait ing-room. "Four forty five train on track Xo. 1. In tbe rush for room tbe couple dis appeared. When the Secretary had stolen I dejectedly into the rear car, she might have been heard to murmur between her dying sobs: "I don't believe they are even married. I think it's a tbeosophic flirtation. Col laborating a novel! I guess he does the writing, and she docs tbe type- writing." — Harper's Btuar. An Impression. There are several things about an adver tisement that impress the reader, and they have an influence that is irresistable. We mean things different altogether from the snbject- matter of the advertisement. Perhaps one of tho most potent ol these influence is the character and standing of tbe paper tho advertisement is printed in. Insensibly tbo reader forms an estimate ol tho house that advertises, and of the real valuo of goods it claims to have, by the reputation of the paper in which he or she reads the advertisemect. Whyt Because, as a general thing, first-class bouses seek first class mrdiums in which to make their announcements. We heard a lady say once that she reads every advertisement in certain monthly magazines and certain daily papers, be cause she knows she can rely upon the staten.V.it that advertisers in such mediums make; the publishers, she thinks, would not permit any misrepresentation. It doesn't pay to spend money in so called" cheap" mediums. A thousand to one that the paper that ask - a good, fair price per line can give you the full value of your outlay. How Screws Were Made. It is not well known when screws were first made or by whom. The aplication of mechanical contrivances to make screws can be traced as far back us L.">(>!), when they were made by a Frenchman whose name was Benson. The bolts wero-f'orged and the thead was made by filing. In 1741 tho watchmaker Bindley, of York, improved upon Benson's method. For a very long period bis way of cutting screws by the screw pinto was continued in England. The best patent for cutting screws was obtained by Job and William Wyatt in 17!W). I p to IM4O about fen more patents were issued for the same branch of mechanism. One of the patents, obtained Jan. 2#, 1837, by .Miles Vcrry, is worthy of men tion. It was the art of making pointed screws — wood screws. Wyatt employed three separate machines, one for making the bolts, one for cutting the groove iu the head and one for cutting the thread. Short Ksauy oti the Modern Hen. liens. We don't know to which this world owes the most, the hen or tho egg. Did tbe hen start flirstf If so, she has a right to the floor and tbe atten ling honors; if tbo egg was first on deck, then here's to tho egg first, last and all tho time. Ileus can be very busy if they wish to at laying eggs, setting or scratching up tbe neighbor's com. Just now the scratching business isn't in season; its too cold to sit still and there's too much going on in pol itics, railway building and general gossip TO perr.it of laying to any great extent, and hence it is that eggs just now are eggs. The Witne:.S Dead. We could prove that Billy Patterson was was never struck at all; That j elision agents, as a class, have very little gall; That ( barley l(< ; s was never lost; that Keinmler's living si ill. And that cvfrybody's tickeled w hen they get a little bill; We could back up (Irtcly's proheeies, and prove be owned tbe weather; That Sittii'ir Bull is -till intact aixl hasn't lost a leather; That Br. Koch's discovery has never failed to cure, • And that New Vear's resolutions a twelve month will endure— We could prove all this beyond a doubt, and other thiugs beside, If did Bill Jones were living- what a pity that lie died! Vou are aware ol course that catarrh w ill become chronic unless checked at oneo by Old Saul's Catarrh Cure. Only cents. "If a numerous household is the safety of the Republic," it might us Well be pro claimed at once, that the remedy upon which such household should be reared l» Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup. The famous John Calvin did not like actors or plays, lie once wrote "llell is neither deep or hot enough for players, and tbe mail who would enter a play bouse w ill be burned iu fire everlasting Bre'r Cuh iu probably bad on a largo JaK ol his special brand of theology when be wrote that. American Oratory. ( Extract from Kudyard Kipling's latest effusion on America and Americans.) But this has nothing to do with San Francisco and her merry msideus; her strong, swaggering men and her wealth of gold and pride. They bore me to a ban quet in honor of a brave lieutenant — Carlin. of the Vandalia— who stack by his ship in the great cyclone at Apia and com ported himself as an officer should. On that occasion—'twas at the Bohemian Club —I heard oratory with the roundest of o's, and devoured a dinner the memory of which will descend with me into the hungry grave. • There were about forty speeches deliver ed. and not one of them was average or ordinary. It was my first introduction to the American eagle screaming for all it was worth. The Lieutenant's heroism served as a peg from which the silver tongued ones turned themselves loose and kicked. They ransacked the clouds of sun set, the thunderbolts of heaven, the deeps of hell and the splendor of the resurrection for tropes and metaphors, 4I| J harle d the r esult at tLc head of the guest oi the eve ning. Never since the morning stars sang to. getber for joy, I learned, had an amaxed creation witnessed such superhuman bravery as that displayed by the American navy in the Samoa cyclone. Till earth rotted in the phosphorescent star and stripe slime of a decayed universe that god-like gallantry would not be forgotten. I grieve that I cannot give the exact words. My attempt at reproducing their spirit is pale and inadequate. I sat be wildered on a ccrrnscating Niagara of blatberumskite. It was magnificent—it was stupendous—and I was conscious of a wicked desire to hide my face in a napkin and grin.. Then, according to rule, they produced their dead, and across the snowy tablecloths dragged the corpse of every man slain in the civil war and hurled de fiance at "our natural enemy" (England, so please you,) "with her chain of fortresses across the world." Thereafter they glori fied their nation afresh from the begin ning, in case any detail should have been overlooked, and that made me uncomfort able for their sake*. How in the world can a white man, a sahib of our blood, staud Tip and plaster praise on his own country! lie can think as highly as he likes, but this open mouthed vehemence of adorat ion struck me almost as indelicate. My hosts talked for rather more than three hours, and at the end seemed ready for ' three hours more. But when the Lieutenant—such a big, brave, gentle giant—rose to his feet be de livered what seemed to me the speech of the evening. I remember nearly the whole of it, and it ran something in this way: "Gentleman- -It's very good of you to give me this dinner and to tell me all these pretty things, but what I want you to understand—the fact is, what we want and what we ought to get at once is a navy —more ships—lots of 'em " Then we how led the top of the roof off, and I for one fell in love with Carlin on the spot. Wallah! He was a man. The prince among merchants bade me take no heed to the warlike sentiments of some of the old generals. "Tho sky rockets are thrown in for effect," uuoth he, "and whenever we get on our hind legs we always express a desire to chaw up England. It's a sort of family affair." And. indeed, when you come to think of it, there is no other country for the American public speaker to trample upon. France bus Germany, we have Russia; for Italy Austria is provided, and the humblest I'atban possesses an ancestral enemy. Only America stands out of the rucket. and therefore to be in fashion makes a sandbag of the mother country and bangs her when occasion requires. "The chain of fortresses" man, a fascinating talker, ex plained to me after the affair that he was compelled to blow off steam. Everybody expected it. When we had chanted "The Star Spangled Banner" not more than eight times we adjourned. America is a very great country, but it is not yet heaven, with electric lights and plush fittings, as the speakers professed to believe. My listening mind went back to the politicians in the saloon, who wasted no time in talk ing about freedom, but quietly made ar rangements to impose their will on the citizens. "The judge is a great man, but give thy presents to the clerk," us tho proverb suith. Pulled Straws for a Wife. A romantic event has just conio to light at Wilkohbarre, l'a. It is a repetition of the old tale of Enoch Arden, but with a somewjiat different ending. In IHBU \\ il linm Evaim anil Maggie Williams wore residents of Tamequu, Schuylkill county. They fell in love with each oil er, and in course of time were married. Evans, who previously worked in the mines, had a lit tle capital, and after his marriage started a small mercantile business. He did not mice I very well, and becoming ills couraged sold out and went to Colorado. In the meantime two children were born to the couple. The htwliand promised that lie would HCIHI for hi* wife and chil dren HH mion a* ho made a homo for thoin in the Went. For two year* Bran* work e<l in the mine* in Colorado. Ho Rent money homo to hin wife every month. Then he fell nick and wiw taken to a ho* pita). That'* the la*t hi* wife heard of him until Rome month* later, when *he received a paper apprizing her of her hn»- Imnd'ri death. Upon receipt of thi* new* Mr*. Kvan* removed to Wllkeabarre and kept houve for her uncle. She wan a good looking woman for her nge, and iu the spring of IHH'J married John 8. Jenkiua, and both lived happily together. On Friday last Mr*. Jeiikin* heard a knock at her front door and aent her oldeat girl lo opcu the door. A well dressed man atood in the doorway. He said to the little girl: "I* your maiumu int and i* *h» all alone?" The iittie mi** responded: "Ye*, mamma i* in and aii alone." The gentleman then walked iu. Mr*. Jenkiua recognized the uinn at once a* her husband. She fainted, and after ahe recovered *he explained the situation. The hu*band *aid it wan ail lii* fault, be ahonid have kept up hi* correspondence with hla wife, lie had been tick, but recovered; the Kv an* who died waa another man. in the evening Mr. Jenkins came home and his Ktirprisu was great. "What are we going lo do now, wifef" be a«ked. "In deed, I don't know," «aid Mrs. Jenkins, "I always did love my first husband and I love you, too. I don't like to give either of you up." After a long discussion of the situation the men agreed that two husbands were too many for one woman; they would pull straws for her. The woman agreed. Kv an* won. Husband No. 2at once packed ii|> bis belongings and moved out of the house Mr* Kvans still retain* possession of lit* child, but with the father'* consent. Kurly thi* week Kvan* will remove his taiinly to Denver. The affair haa created no little excitement. isro.l3 AGRICULTURAL. BK.XBKITS FROM DRAIKAGB. By removing superfluous water from the soil a way is made for the air to aid in de composing the orgrnic substances, which become the food of the plants, and in gredients which are bnrtfal to plant growth, and which cannot otherwise be removed, are carried off hf rain. Not only docs the removal of extra moisture make the land drier, bat it allows the soil to have the benefit of the gun's heat, render ing it warm and congenial to plant growth and readj to benefit by the least shower of rain, and at the same time raising the tem perature of the surrounding atmosphere. Braining also makes soil of a stiff or tenacious nature more friable and better prepared to receive the fibrous rootlets of plants, and by the action of the atmosphere hard pans or crusts are broken and pulver iled, so that the roots may enter them, a result which could not otherwise be ob tained without subsoiling or trenching. BCILD A GRASART. It is unfortunate that farmers should allow so much waste in their grain pro ducts after they have so muoh pains and labored so hard to harvest them. And yet there is a great loss every winter in| the granary. Indeed, some farmers have no granary, put their thrashed grain in bags and boxes, in which things miee delight. Others do not thrash ont the main crops until they wish to market them, possibly not until spring; but there is always a waste in the mow, as well as in the granary. Every farmer should have a good mice proof granary, and there is no sufficient reason fur not having one. As a rule it will pay to market most field crops in fall or early winter, before they have wasted much; and the saving thereby, we believe, will exceed the possible increase of prico which may be received if held until spring.—X. Y. Independent. KAIL TIIKBK TO THK BAHN DOOR. Who enters here leave pipe behind. The horse will be all the better for work ing his way through the winter. The man that knows the right nse of a horse blanket is a first class horseman. Too many horses eat up during winter all they have earned during summer. The horse blanket saves feed and flesh less substance is used to make animal heat. Keeping matches in any other reoeptaole than an iron or tin box is tempting Provi dence. Some people think a farm animal ia like a postage stamp—no good until itia lioked. They are sadly mistaken. The form horse, having only light labor, and not much of that,during winter,should have less grain and more roaghneaa daring Hammer. The man that puts iron bits in horses' mouths in cold weather, without wanning their bits, has altogether too machofthe savage in his composition. lIordKHOLD 111 NTS. If flavoring is added to a hot oostard a part is lost. Beatiug an egg with an egg beater can never increase the bulk as when a fork is used. Kipe tomatoes will remove ink stains from white clothes, and also from the hands. When whitewashing yoar cellar add an ounce of carbolic acid to each gallon of wash before applying. A householder in Bangalore is said to have for years used nothing bat the dost of the roads, mixed with linseed oil, as a paint for woodwork exposed to the weather. If you wish to keep pickles in gUa* fruit jars rub the untitles of the metal oaps with lard. The cans with caps lined with por celain are much to be preferred for all pur poses. It is just as necessary to keep salt from absorbing bad odors as cream. A sack of best salt standing where there is a smell of fish or any objectionable odor will absorb the flavor. No kitchen should be without scales to test the integrity of things purchased by weight, and to measure the quantities of various recipes. A soothing application for burns is to cover them with the white of an egg. It lorniH a coating over the injured part and protects it from tho extornal air. When using eggs once in a while break the ends carefully and save the shells for little molds. Blancmange looks very pretty served in this way for a change. Apples w ill not friexe If covered with a linen cloth, nor a custard burn if In the oven with a dish of water. Warmed-over biscuits can hardly be told from new ones if are set dry in a close pan and covered while reheating. Bent whalebones may be restored to shape by soaking in warm water a few hours, or by warming overt lamp or fire. Before chopping suet be sure to take out all the membrane, also have it quite cold and dredge with flour before chopping. Scientists state that thero are no ml crohus in milk when it comes from the cow's udder, but that the moment it comes in contact with the air of a filthy stable, or even where the surroundings are clean, the microbes enter the milk. This dem onstrates that when young animals prooure their milk from the dam, instead of being allowed milk to drink, they are less liable to disease. The precaution of heating the ■uilk (not boiling It) should be nsed when giving it to very young stock. Dr. Fanner'* Golden Kaliafii warrant o»l to relieve toothache, headache, neural gia, or any other pain in 2 to 8 minute*. Also bruises, wound", wire cute, swelling*, bile* burns, Huininer complainta, cofic, (iilno iu home*), diarrhoea, dysentery and llu*. If *ati*faction not given money returned. —At New Castle, some woeka ago J. B Lowery, nire 18, but *mall for one of hla yearn, Man dipping down hill on a aled, lying on hi* (totuach, when a boy weigh* ii'it about HO pound* jumped on hi* back, I<»wery screamed with pain, and when the other boy got to hi* fpet he fonnd blood ooiing from Lowery'* ear* and mouth. ilin spine had been injured, lie died laat week. —ltch on human and liornea ana *ll *ni malM cured in 30 iniimtea by Woolford'a Sanitary l,otion. Thi* never litfle. Sold by J C Itedick, druggist, lintler. —There'* one man in Colorado who be livvea in the efficacy of advertising. He in Paul White, a proaperon* ranchman ol Kocky Ford, in that aUte. He edTertiaad in a Colorado paper for a wife. It brought «uch a heavy mail to the advertiser that he had to convey it from the poatoffloe to hla ranch in barrel* in hi* farm wagon. For a month he haa apent hla evening* pe ruilng hi* cnrroHpondence, and ha* not yot made a choice. Moral: If yon have any goods to aell, or wi*h to dUpoee of your preciou* aelf, adverti*e. —Farmer* of leaver county propo*e to e. .tablieh a market hou»c at Heaver Fall* if the oltiiena of the latter place will aid them linancialljr.
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