VOT,. XXVIII D. J-:. JACKSON. 203 8. Main St - - Butler, P». Evtrjbc" Delighted. V> « in L 1 of Se«on*ble Gocde. i: .; . ; hougL. a large Stock of Ka.i s VVlater Goods, and owing to l;a'l • ;.'hr acd worse roads, they have do - '~'en going out as fast as ibey ouglt to We have CUT PKSCES AWAY DOWN, Cr « - u.'j-'v oa account of scarcity of n.-riag Goods. If tja warn a Cloak, Jacket or Shaul :.C V. 15 YOUR CHAHCE. Or • u went Blankets, Comforts l i >r. Ladies' or Gents', Flan <">• r-'.d Fia r.el or anything in tLa! ilt-C. COME NOW ly' r? :( '■ Stock iB broken, bat L>ON'T FORGET to ex car large stock of Drees Go- i b, which are included in this CUT, Ait . I'tiLCj and Dreas Plnsbes, Black Su.ati and Gros Grain Silks, all Marked Down. Full Again. We luean our wall paper de pavtment. lull and overflowing with Mir immense and cho:ce titofk ui'paper hangings. You muj-t help us out, we haven't room lor hall our goods, until u.u leiieve us of some of them. V. r have the choicest selec tion of patterns in every grade Jroui Brown Blanks at 10 cts to at from 20 cts to $1 per double bolt. Examine our Stock. J. H. Douglass, ;> I, -{office, Butler, Pa. Rare Bargains, Kx' ':b:t Bargains are oS#r cd hfc r " in ' UNM-K.WEAR. HOSIERY, O LOVES, HANDKEIiCHJEFS. MUPPLERB, Ktn;. 1 i g in furaiahiDgß for ladies, children Mid im n ("■•»!. p. c our price* with wbstyon have litu {ajit-g and w»® if yoo cerj't >-«*»• mo Dey by dealing with aa. John M. Arthurs. 3.JJ .-O! Tim AIX BTKEBT. 333 GRAND CLOSING OUT HALF, FOR REMOVAL AT TIIE RACKET STORE, 14 8 Sr . ain Bt. Kutler, Pa. GO TO ROICK'S FOR Pure Drugs, Paints. Oils, Glass, Fine Toilet Articles,! Patent Medicines, And all other Articles Kept in a * First Class Drug Store. BUTLER COUNTY" M.' ai' Fire Insurance Co. OfiiceCor. Main & Cunningham ßt». •3. C. ROEf HINO, PEMIDSS*. 11. V. i:*-'JJ»EMAN, Hkobstabt. 1) {'('TORS: O.C. 1 ■ I, Ifemlrrwn Oliver, J. I. I' r .lamps mephamon, A T?', II . i,. m. r. Hrineman, / Sir i v fc. N. WeltzeU Dr. v. i i, l>r Klrkenbscb, J. W. l-.uiUliiirt. I>, T. Norm 1(7/1 MMUNKIN. Arsn'l BT7T F jTTS"R , PA. Ad'eaiiT 1." CITIZSV, PROFESSIONAL CARDS. V. McALPINE, Dentist, la now permanently located at 110 South Street' Boiler, Pa.. In rooms formerly ;ccoopI«l by Dr. Waldron. Dr. N. M. HOOVER, I*7 E. Way DC St . office hours. 10 to 12 M. and 1 to 3 P. M. L. M. REINSEL, M. D , PrmciAH axd SENOEO.V. BmMence at TH Graham Street, Office rraak'a drogator* Main St., L. BLACK, FBTBICJAM AMD tUKOEOX, Sew Troutman Building-, Butler. Pa. Dr. A. A. Kelty, Office at Boee Point, Lawrence county. Pa. K. N. L£AKK, M I). J. K. MANX. 1L D. Specialties: Specialties: Gynaecology and Sur- £ye. Ear. Nose and gery. Throat. DRS. LEAKE & MANN, Butler, Pa. G. M. ZIMMERMAN. rnmciAX am wemamom. Office at No. ii, S. Main street, over Prank * Col Dins Wore. Batter. Pa, SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. do. 23 East Jefferson St., Boiler, Pa. W. R. TITZEL. PHYSICIAN A *® SURGEON. 8. W. Corner Main and Nortb BU., Butler. Pa. J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a. irtlwlil Tretb inserted on tbe latest Un proved plan. Gold Killing a specialty. Office— over Heaanra Clot bins Wore. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. jUI work pertaining to the profession ssosat *4 mUm neatest manner. Bpseultle* U«i4 Ktlln.pi, sod Painless Ex- DaeUoo ot Teeth, VltallzedAlr administered, pan Mbnu lilrHl.tH i««r Isrt «fU«rj ■sis, bp Stairs. CMBee open dally, except Wednesdays sod Tbondayi (Jotmnunlcationi by mall rsesirs urtMDDt ftCtcn t Jon, «. 8.-Tbe saly Dentist la Batler aalatftlM best aakes of teeth. J. W. MILLER, Architect, C. E. and Surveyor. Contractor, Carpenter and Builder. Maps, plan*, specifications and esU mstes; all kinds of architectural and en gineering work. No charge for drawing ii I contract the work. Commit your best in terests; plan before yon build. Informa tion cheerfully riven. A share of pablic patronage is solicited. P. 0. Box 1007. Office 8. W. of Court House, Butler, Pa. C. F. L. McQUISTION, ESOUEER ASD KI RYEYOK, Omcs SKAS biuoND. lie-run, PA. J. M. PAINTER, Attorney-at-Law. Office—Between Postolßce and Diamond, But ler. Pa. A. T. SCOTT, ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW. Office st Mo. «. South Diamond, Butler. Ps. A. M. CHRISTLEY, ATIORNEV AT LAW. Once second Boor, Anderson ill k. Mala M., seu f'ouit Bouse, Butler, I**. J. W HUTCHISON, ATTOBNEY AT LAW. Office on second floor of the Hux-.lton Mock. Diamond. Butler. Pa., Room Ho. 1. JAMES N. MOOREi ATWMir-AT-Uw AM> Norunr PUBLIC. Office la Boon No. 1. second floor of Uuaelton Bloat. Mtraace on Diamond. IRA McJUNKIN. Attorney at Law, Office at Mo. IT, Kaat Jeffer ■oil Bt.( BoUfffi 11&. # W. C. FINDLEY, Attorney at Law and Heal fcstate A rent. Of flee rear of L. Z. Mitchell's office on north aide of Diamond, Butler, fa. H. H. GOUCHER. Attorney-at-law. Office on second floor of Anderson building, near Court Bouse, Butler. Pa. J. ». BRITTAIN. A try at Law-Office at 8. K. Cor. Main at, and Diamond, Butter, Pa. NEWTON BLACK. Att'jMtfXaw-Office.on Soutb aide of Dlamoad A. E. QABLE, * V eterinar,y Surgeon. Graduate of tbe Ontario Veterinary College. Toronto, Canada. Dr. Gable treats all diseases of the domesticated animal*, aod mikes riddling, castration and bori-e den tistry a specialty. Castration per formed whbout clams, and all older surgical operations performed in tbe most scientific manner. Calls to any part o( tbe country promptly responded to. Office and Infirmary in Crawford's Livery, 132 Wcbt Jefferson Street, Butler, Pa, SAW MILLS PsUal Tarlable Prtetlea as 4 Belt Psed. Steam Engines, Hay Presses, Shingle Mills. Ac- Portable Grist Mills, Send lor lllus. Tlnoeblaa Bseblae*. Ac. Catalogue. A. B. PAKIJIIUfDO.. Tsrk. Ps. L. 8. McJUNKIN, lisiranee and Beal Estate Ag't 17 LAST JEFFKESON HT. BUTLER, - PA. IR'fCSTICCDC «f,o ~i»« i Ml jCII I lOUl* th„ p Jp . ol 0n.,-. . wi sdwrttatflf tp when in vow »i- 4if on , i &THOSIB. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Eggs are the source of all life in this world. Were it not for eggs there would be no life. Now this being the case, would it not be wisdom to use the utmost endeavors to keep eggs in the very best possible condition. And to that end take advantage of any appliance which will assist in the furtherance of that purpose. To enable the fanners of Butler county to look after their interests in the niatter of eggs, wc have made arrangements with the Farmer's hgg Case Com pany, by which we will be enabled to present to each customer one of their Celebrated Egg Cases, on the following: terms each customer will receive a ticket upon which will be figures in all amounting to $20.00. When corning in to buy bring this card with you, and what ever the amount of your purchase may be it nil! be punched out o the ticket, and when the amount of $20.00 is purchased, you will re ceive one of those justly Celebrated Egg Cases, the handiest thing ever manufactured, and will also have the advantage of Ritter & Ral ston's low prices on Dry Goods, ( arpets, \\ raps and Trimmings. Do not fail to come in and examine these wonderful Cases. HG IS CHI! we are here first and ready to supply: you with anything you may want in the line ot new FURNITURE We quote no prices; goods will speak tor themselves, and we will save you money. Call and see. E. S. D R E W, 128 E. Jefferson tet.. - Butler* Pa 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. I shall endeavor to send out the best fitting clothes to be found. I do all my own cutting. ; —o—o The prices will be as low as can be made com patible witli 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. Great Auction Sale Of Pianos, Organs and Musical Instru- Now going 011 at GRIEB & LAMB'S, MUSIC STORE. AIBO the entire stock of Fine Watches. Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware, &c , of J. R GKIEB. No. 120 .South Main Street. Sale begins at 2 and 7 p. in , Monday, March 9th, and con tinues each day at same hours until entire stock is sold. Pri vate Sale each morning. Saturday will be special sale of Pianos, Organs and Muwical Instruments. Terms of sale. Bankable paper. eiw ner, the attic of which is a cir cular room "" overlooking the woods and fields around and fitted with electrical batteries and appliances used by my husband in developing his inven tions. On account of the danger to persons unacquainted with the wires and to preserve its secrets from inquisitive eyes, access to this home workshop was only by means of a movable ladder en tering a trap-door through the ceiling of the room below, so arranged that when the ladder was drawn up and the trap closed no one would suspect there was anything, save empty space, above. A private telephone also was there connecting with the factory to enable my husband, when day working at home, to direct matters in the distant city. As my husband knew he would have to be from home sometimes over night he had solid oak shutters instead of blinds built on the first story windows, and frequently cautioned me never to open the doors to callers after dark without first being certain of their iden tity. My handsome new home with its ap pearance of wealth proved an attraction that the ever-watchful burglars couldn't resist, and so on one of the regular nights of my husband's ab sence they came. Though the memory of their awful visit always brings on nervousness and nightmares, I will try to tell the story—for the last time, I hope. It seem«ml to grow dark earlier than usual that evening, and I went inside early and through all the upper rooms to make everything secure against the threatening storm which was slowly rising and rumbling in the distance. Finally, as it got toward nine o'clock, I told Lily, the colored girl, to fetch in big Hover and then lock up the house for the night. She lighted the lantern and started for the dog. I n a few minutes she came running back frightened and cry ing that Ilover was dead. Thinking she must be mistaken I took the light from her trembling hands and went out to the dog house. Sure enough, there was the poor brute stretched on the ground while be side him lay a piece of raw meat. "Poisoned, so the house may bo robbed," I thought at once. Horrified I rushed back, imagining that I saw the shadow of a man by the corner of the piazza as I entered. Hastily by the lantern's light Lily and I, both scarcely daring to whisper, barred the solid shutters and doors, an<4 then fearing to part company, went up stairs to my bed-chamber. For an hour, I guess, we sat by a front window looking out on the gath ering tempest and hoping that Oeorge still might make his appearance. The whole heavens now were black ened by the wind-driven clouds, and tho thunder was growing terrific. The rain had not commenced, but the incessant and blinding flashes of lightning were awfuL During a vivid flash I distinctly saw the flgvres of two men on the lawn be fore the house, and I know they saw my face, too, at the window, for one of them pointed quickly in my direction. When the next flash came they were gone. "My brother has come," I called to Lily, "and we must go down and let him in." With a joyous feeling of relief we started to the front hall with our only Tiir. POOH ÜBUTK WAS BIITLICUTU LTOJJ THE OBOUSB. light of thi) lantern Ib-fore we reached the bottom of the btuirs the door was poundcil violently. "Is that you, George?" I cried, pre paring to unbolt and open it. "Yes, hurry up!" replied u voice which I kneiv instantly was not iny brother's. "Who i.» It?" I gasped. A loud peal of thunder drowned the answer, if any. When the rumbling stopped so I could hear I managed to rsk: "What do you want?" "We're got a telegram very Important —open the door, quick." I looked at Lily. 'J'hc poor (firl was quaking witli fright, and so was I, for wc both suspected mischief. "Shore the mensago under the door," I feebly ejaculated. "Can't do it. 'Gainst orders; must de liver In person." "Well, then," 1 answered, as boidly as I could, "bring it in the morning, for I won't open the door now to auy one." Then all disguise disappeared ami the response I got made me nearly fair* away. "See here, my lady, you're all alone and at our mercy just open the door quietly and we won't hurtyer a bit. All wc want is hoodie that ere thousand dollars yer know. If yer don't we'll fix yer like we did the dog, for we'll get In anyway, and " A thunder clap stopped the rent and the ruin Ix'gan to full in torrents. The money, a last payment to be made on the place, was upstairs in my bureau. To get it was iny lirst impulse then to hide in the tower loft if I Could g«"t there in time. lie fore 1 had strength to move, a crash of broken gluss sent Lily faint ing to the floor. I couldn't leave her, no matter what happened. Quickly though, she revived, and I commenced dragging her to the back staircase. Passing the door in the hall leading to the cellar something shining and moving by the key-hole made me pause. It was a thin, steel saw, and the rob bers, evidently in the cellar, were noisolcHsly cutting out the bolt and the lock. Retracing my steps I took the front stairs, pulling and lifting the girl as best I could, gained my room and the money, and flew up again to the tower room and the ladder. There, with lit tle strength left, I pushed Lily ahead and through t he trap-di>or, followed her, barely hoisted the ladder inside and dropped the trap when I heard uv our- t>uers up the stairs aiul Into tn«> tower-room below me. "We're safe now, Lily," I said, "and you must rouse yourself for I need your help; but be careful not to touch any wires." Assured by my forced calmness she pressed my hand and whispered: "Detn ole l>ugrf?ellers can't coteh us now, no how." Then she (jave a blood-curdling shriek as a fearful thump came from be low on the trap-door, raising- It a few inches. The fellows had returned with a pole and were using it. Before they could strike again I had bolted the trap, so the next blow was of no avail. But they soon discovered us and yelled they'd soon have the money and me too. "O, if my husband was not ten miles away," I cried. Then I thought of the telephone to his factor}-, where ho might be on duty, though 'twas past midnight. At the next flash of lightning I found and rang the instrument bell. No an swer. I rang again. Hurrah: my signal was returned. '•Hello!" I called into it and strained my ears for a reply. "Hello!" came back. "Who are you?" "Mrs. Dean. I'm in danger. Call my husband. Hurry!" It seemed an age before an answer came. The bell jingled. "Mr. Dean is out. We've sent for him. What's the matter?" "I'm attacked by burglars in the house. In a few minutes they'll have me. Hurry!" I could hear in the telephone confused voices, but understood nothing. After an awfully long while the signal bell sounded once more. "We've wired the railroad station in your village to send help, but have no reply yet We'll try again. How long can you hold out?" "Not long. Have you found my hus band?" "No, but expect to. Kc»p up your courage!" O! how much easier said than done. For some time the robbers had been silent but I knew they were planning a way to get at us. Perhaps they were making some sort of a ladder and would manage to force open the trap door in the floor. In the dark without a weapon, with no strength to use one if I had it, I was helpless. Maybe they would think of the sloping roof, and, reaching It, climb in through a window. Leaving the now cilcnt telephone I bade Lily come to the window with me and stand there on guard. "Don't be fearod, missus," she whis pered, "de good Lord will sabe us. I'se been a prayin' foh him to send down de angel wid de big flaming sword an' chop dose buggellcrs' heads off." The storm had cleared and the full moon was shining brightly. "Look down the road, Lily," I said, "and let me know the instant you see anyone coming. They may be in time, yet; and watch the roof." "Spec' de buggellcrs kin git up dar, missus?" "They might," I answered When the villains entered from the roof I might jump out of the opposite window, but abandon Lily I couldn't; so I dismissed that idea All to be done, therefore, was to trust and to wait and—if no deliverance came —fight to the death. "O, Lily! Can't you see a wagon com ing up ttie road yet? Look sharp. They telegraphed from the city to our railway station about us." "Don't see nuSin, missus—yes! dars sumthln' movin' top do hill down yar." Was it help? I sprang to the window. There was a speck way, way down the road, apparently approaching, but so far off, I couldn't tell what it was. "Lily! look from the other window," I cried, overjoyed with hope, "while I stay here." The object was coming but strangely slow„ Now it was lost In the shadow of the woods. Then I aaw it nearer on a rise of ground and lost it again. Now I yes—no —my heart sank within me. It was only a stray cow. Suddenly Lily, suppressing a scream, called: "Dcre dey is, missus. O, Lordy, sen' down de angel, quick!" "Who? Where?" I gasped "Dere by de barn," she whispered, quivering with terror. In the moonlight I plainly saw the robbers dragging a heavy ladder toward the house. At that moment the telephone bell jingled "Watch them, Lily, and report their movements," I said quickly answering the summons. "Sarah, are you safe?" I heard in my husband's ▼oice. "Yes; Frank, yes! but the robbers are bringing the barn ladder to get on th« roof. Tell me what to do!" "He brave, Sarah, I'll save you. They've started from the village but we can't wait. You think tho rob bers will attack from the roof?" "Yes, they're by the front piazza, now." "Sarah! He perfectly calm and follow my directions exactly. Don't hurry. A mistake may bo fatal. Have you a light in the room?" "No! but the moon is shining." "You'll need a light. Go to tho switch-board and turn the key on the upper right-hand corner. Then shade tho electric lamp so it only shines on the switch-board—-otherwise you'll be aeen from without." "All right, Frank. I've done It. The robbers are mounting the front pia/./.a now." "Now, listen Sarah, and don't hurry. They can only attempt an entrance at the front window. Are tho blinds open?" "Yes, Frank!" "Is the glass sash open?" "No!" "Then raiw the sash alK>ut a foot." "It's done, Frank!" "Can you see the window sill?" "Yes, tho moon shines on it. Tho robbers are now on the piazza roof pulling up the ladder for the next." "All right, Sarah, they shan't touch you. Now attend carefully to what I say, and, above all, don't hurry. Take down the two wire coils hanging under the lamp. Insert an end of one in bind ing post 'I" on switch-board screw It firmly—then bring it across the floor to the right-hand corner of front window aill—bend It—then carry it along on top of sill to right hand staple on which the blind hooks and tlirrc fasten itVccurely. Do you understand?" "Yen, Frank!" When the wire was rnadf fant I re ported. "All right, Frank, but l>c fjulok. The rubbers will be on thn roof In Ave min ute#." "Don't hurry, Sarah, we've tfot tlmo enough. Now insert tho other wire In binding post 'N' on switch-board, carry it, same way, to left-hand corner of window sill and fah ton to staple on that side. Let me know when ready." "I've done it, Frank 1 I can see the top of tho ladder. Tho robbers are mounting." "Don't hurry, Surah! They can't get In the window except by climbing. Now go to the switch-lHianl and Jiold ready to turn on full the large center key marked 'lnduction Coll.' Take plenty of time and don't think of dan ger. One fellow will have to boost the other, for the window 1A too high to climb alone. Stand holding the twitch until you ace thu man'a head riaing above the alii an he pull* himself up. Ilia hand* then will IK Injth covering the two wlrea respectively. Wait till you are absolutely certain hia handa touch each wire, right and left--then turn on awtteh full force, and keep It ao till ho drop*. The battery la powerful and may kill him- At any rate It will pro vent hia eairjoo* Dent ljjgrrj—*n4 #'W i iH , IS'T A I HBSED OS THE SWITCH. report results. The railroad folks ought to be there now. Do you under stand fully?" ■"Yes, perfectly! But O, Frank; don't leave me—the robbers are under the window beginning to climb in." "Then go to the switchboard at once. I'll stay here and listen—Good-by!" Astonished at my nerve I held the switch prepared to do my terrible task of killing a man and watching him die. As my husband said, one robbrt- was boosting the other up to the window. I waited without a tremble ready, even anxious, to do my awful work. They seemed in danger—not I. Soon I saw the top of a cap— then the devil's face leered through the open window—his hand grasped the sill and both wires. I turned on the switch full force. "Buz-z-z-r" it went like a swarm of bees. Convulsively clutching the wires —unable to let go— his face under going horrible contortions—he was pushed by his comrade up, up, and he lay balanced on the sill—head and shoulders inside. The shade from the lamp fell off and the light shone on his hideous features twisting and writhing with the agony of electric death. I never moved, never flinched, though he seemed about to spring in and on me. I gazed into his protruding eyea that were burning into mine. Bang! Hang! Two pistol shots from outside! I heard the other robber cry out he was hit —heard him fall—roll down the roof—heard the thud as his body struck the ground. Then came shouts—l knew I was saved —and fainted. Some one else told my husband through the telephone of my safety and the death of the robbers, and he took the first train home. His suspense and torture had even been worse than mine, and it was weeks before either of us recovered from the shock. He never leaves me alone .Mght now, and I avoid the tower h it a.l much as possible, for its memory haunts m -. Some tir.i' I ma;- forest that terrible death scene in which I, the slayer, watched my victim dlo, when by a turn of the switch I could hfcve snared him— but as lonff as I have to tell the tale I cannot banish it from .ay i. inrt. That is why I havt t to the paper; so I need never tc. ;uin. —H. C. Dodg<-, in Goodall'a Su.i THE MASHER MOSEYTO. * rhr Old Tt:n:irl Trick erant health and vivacious spirits attracted the attention of a handsome young man who occupied a seat just back of the one she was in. Hy his attention to the child he soon scraped up an ac quaintance with the mother, and as the day passed was essaying to make him »elf very agreeable to her. He was a presumptuous man and thought that he had made an impression; his elation manifested it. The lady, dreaming of no wrong, waa apparently pleased with her casual acquaintance. By and by, as the truin approached an unusually long tunnel, the gay young man leaned orer and whispered something in the lady's ear. For an instant she was thunderstruck and her eyes flashed with indignation. A moment more and a smile lighted up her features. She made him some reply that seemed to please him very much. She chatted with the nurse alxmt several matters and presently the train reached the tun nel. In a few moments the train came into daylight again, but tho mother and nurse had changed seats. The mother looked amazed, the colored nurse was very disconcerted, the young man looked dazed. 'Jane,' said the mother, 'what have you I>een doing?' 'Nothing,' responded tho nurse. 'Yes, you have,' said the mother, in a tone that attracted the attention of all in the car. 'See how your pollar is rumpled and your bonnet smashed' The tuirse hung her head for a moment and then, turning round to nice young man, replied: 'This man kissed me while the train was passing through the tunnel.' The young man occupied the smoker during the rest of his jour ney."—Chicago Herald. TAKING IJrK EASILY. 4pl§ —Harper's Bazar. A Story rrotn Harvard. It is almost a century since the cus tom at Harvard of roquiring the fresh men to take off their hats to the seniors in the collcgo yard was abolished. A sturdy memlx'r of the class of 17tri, who afterwanls became a prominent mem ber of the college faculty, in his fresh man year neglected to perform this act of reverence to a wnlor whom he met, who thereupon ordered him to take off his hat. He did so. "And now," said he, "take off yours, or I'll knock you down." The senior saw that it was ex pedient to obey, but he went directly to President Willard and complained of this lack of deference. "Did he say he would knock you down if you didn't take 'iff your hat?" asked the president. "Yes, sir." "Then I advise you always to take It off, for If he said so. he'll do it." F rom Unit time the freshmen kept their hats on in the presence of seniors —N. li. M fcgazinc. An Incontrovertible Argument. Dashaway 1 went into a drug-store yesterday to get a bottle of cough mix ture, and met a fellow named Wagner, who said h«- used to go to school with you. He impressed me as being the •st fool I ever saw. Cloverton Indeed! What made you think so? Pushaway —lie wiia buying a bottle of the Hume cough mixture I wa». -Har per'* llu/.ur CHEAP SMOKEHOUSE. A New One (an He Had Whforirr Tkw* I* Oeraaloa for I'M. I have noted hundreds of smoke houses, from the hollow log to the ele gant brick affair, ranging in price from a dollar or two to a hundred or two dol lars; and have seen nothing in my ex perience that would compare favorably, either in utility or economy, with the kind I invented and have used for years. It is easily constructed and so cheap that any family can have a new clean one every time there is occasion for use. A large clean sugar or salt barrel is placed on a box that is wide enough for the barrel to -stand on clear of the edges of box and twice as long /or more) as wide, and eight to twelve inchos high. Three or four ouger ho'es must first be bored through the box on the end where the barrel stands, to al low the smoke to come through. Strong wire nails are to be driven through from Inside doss to top of barrel- Place the barrel on the box over the holes and chink tight with clean clay mud around the bottom of bar rel. Box stands on the ground, nang your chams on the wire nails, some with short string, others with long ones, if you wish to utilise aU the space in the barrel. Place a strong clean paper or cauvas over the top of the bar rel and enough gunny sacks or blankets can be added to keep the smoke In. A depression should be made in the ground under the front end of the box, so that when the fire is made up on a piece of sheet or tin, the whole -can be shoved under the box. Leave the fire close to the front end of the box. A half head of a barrel can be crowded down by the end of the box, closing the fire hole when the loose earth Is banked around It The cut shows the half head in place With this contrivance you need only to have tho smallest possible amount of Are and yet owing to the construction, the smoke is bound to be reasonably cool even If there is considerable fire. If one is afraid thieves will carry off hams, smoke house and all, cut a hole in the front end of the box to put the fire through, and place the smokehouse on the cellar floor. Very little inconvenience is ex perienced from the smoke, if a little care is exercised In ventilating' cellar.— Cor. Ohio Farmer. NOTES ON GRAFTING. The Beet Time to Perform tho Operation is Early Sprint. An Illinois subscriber asks how to graft apple and plum trees, what kind of wax to use, and the best time to do the work. There are different modes of grafting, known as "wedge," "whip," side graft ing, -etc. Wedge grafting consists in sawing off the stock to be -grafted and shaping the cion or graft like a wedge, splitting the sawed-off stock an inch or two, and inserting tho wedge-shaped graft, being careful that the bark of the graft is exactly opposite the bark of the stock If the stock is more than an inch in diameter it is customary to put in two grafts, one on each edge or side of the stock where split The whip graft is used f>>r small stocks that are the same thickness as the clons to be used. The stock and clon are cut with a similar slope (oppo site), an inch or more in length. In order to keep them in place until the wax or wax cloth is put on it is well to cut a "tongue" In the center of each, so when placed together the clon will keep i:i place, the tongues being inter locked. This system Is mostly used in root grafting Whichever system of grafting is used it is necessary, ufter the cion has been attached to the stock, to cover with some odhesive substance. The most common is grafting wax, which may be obtained at most seed stores. If quantity is wanted It may be made in the following manner; Take four pounds resin, three pounds beeswax and two pounds tallow: heat and mix thoroughly The object of the wax Is to exclude air und water, so it must be applied over the end of the cut-off stock as well as itror.nd the sides. It Is often convenient to have the cloth which Is wound about the stalk and clon dipped in the wax and torn into strips as used. Thin calico or muslin is the proper cloth to use. The best time to do grafting is iu the spring before the leaves come out Farm. Field and Stockman. FARM AND GARDEN. WiIKN you find a bull to head your herd that suits you, buy him. Don't <|uihble over a few dollars SOMETIMES a cow that gives plenty of miik Is not worth keeping. Quality has quite as much to do with profit na quantity. lIfTTEH is not Improved any by keep ing. Hence the sooner it is got into the consumer's hands tho more likely he will l>e to be pleased with It. C'AUI iPi.owEit should have a strong, ricli soil, which should be liberally ma nured with good fermented manure. It is planted in early spring and should have a moist location. THE cost of a quart of mll'.c at the New Hampshire station averaged for the herd 8.74 cents. The best cow on good feed matfe milk for l.ftO; milk for the poorest cow on the same food oost 4.30. "Is there any money In your busi ness?" "We psld llfty percent, last year." "lliewl How did you manage It?" "Our creditors saw that was all they could get, and they took It."—Puck. A Conjee tar*. She—l wonder why It la that the Smith family la so much larger than any other. He—l guess it must have been found ed by Joseph Smith, the Mormon.— Judge. The Teaaeity of Despair. "Do you think she loves him?" "Desperately." "Why desperately?" "Because he Is her last chanee."— Harper's Bazar. A Tight H«| "You heard sbout the grizzly bear that tackled a Chicago girl?" "No—what hsppened?" "The girl hugged the bear to iletth." -Life. tlaea't a Seidell llalr. "Old Curmudgeon Is the meanest* stingiest man in town, sud yet yon s there isn't a hellish hair on his head!" ••Curmudgeon, sir, is entirely bald." —Judge. A Parallel. "Is liraaksmere a good writer?" "Welt, if you can Imagine Thackeray with nervous prostration, you sen get an idea of what Branksmere is."— Pnek. SENSIBLE POULTRY HOUSE. If Ton Studr the Hctirt Too WUI li»»« How to Hal Id It. The poultry house illustrated In this Issue may be of any size, bnt as shown, the hou.se U 10x13 feet, intended for 25 fowls. The front is S feet, slanting to 8 feet at the rear, the shed being 3xlo feet (main part 10x10 feet). The shed is intended as a dnst room, and for scratching in rough weather. The FIG. 1. house may be boarded or built in any manner, with tarred paper roof. In Fig. 3 is shown the interior, B being the feedbox; C, the graia box; D D, the rooste; E E, the nests; AAA, the egress and ingress holes from main room to the shed; P, the ingress and FIG 2. egress hole from shed to the yard, and R. a ventilator, or lattice cover. The main room has a feed box and water box at each end, which may be re moved at will. It requires not over 1,090 feet of boards and 200 feet of scantling to build the house. The il lustration is so plain that an extended description is unnecessary.— Farm and Fireside. BISULPHIDE OF CARBON. The Moat Bailable and Safest Remedy Ajilimt Gram Weevil*. Prof. Riley declares that the use of bisulphide of carlvjn against different Insects attacking stored grain has greatly increased in this country since he first recommended it some thirteen years ago. There is, however, consid erable diversity in themethod of using it and the recommendations of some of our writers have evidently been made with no sense of the twat that the fumes are heavier than air and descend rather than ascend. l*rof. A. H. Church in a recent number of the Kew Bulle tin records that he found that one and one-half pounds of bisulphide is enough to each ton of grain. He advises that it be applied in the following way: A ball of tow is tied to a stick of such a length that it can reach the middle of the vessel containing the grain. ' The tow receives the charge of bisulphide, like a sponge, and is then at once plunged into the vessel and left there, the month or opening of the vessel then be ing tightly closed. When nec essary, the stick may be* with drawn and the charge (of one ounce to one hundred pounds of grain) may be renewed. The action of carbon bi sulphide lasts In ordinary eases six weeks, after which period a fresh charge is required. The bisulphide does no harm to the grj>iu ps regards its color, smell or cooking propemes and' the germinating pAwer of most seeds is not appreciably affected, provided that not too much is used, nor its action con tinued for too long a period. The assistant director of agriculture of Uurmah is reported to have used naphthaline instead of bisulphide in' the following way, but Prof. Rilej would not expect, he says, anything like as good results from the naphtha line as from lb J bisulphide: A hollow bamboo cylinder one and c done once to every ten feeP square and the application should be repeated every fifteen or twenty days- 1 —Western Rural. LIVE STOCK NOTES. WATCH the leaks in feeding; grain is too valuable to be wasted. StiKF.r require as little care as uy stock, but this core must be timely. IN stormy weather keep sheep KY. doors; better to lose a meal than to pt wet BE careful that the brood mares ra not overworked or permitted to strain themselves. BECAUSE sheep are just now en the, upward boom, do not rush wildly into them at the sacrifice of everything else. I* answer to the subscriber who asks, whether sheep should be fed turnips while carrying lambs, we would say, that the moderate feeding of tacnlps Of other root crops at thst time is not con sidered, by good shepherds, Injurious tp either sheep or lambs, but too heavy feeding of any root is. The same U true of ensilage, as far as the lamb* are concerned. —Farm, Field and Stock-* man. The lint Color for Hives. In painting hives, says Farm, Stoolp and Home, dark colors shoula be avoided, for In extreme hot weather the! combs in such hives will melt down, while in a hive which is painted white no damage will be done. Such melting down of combs often comes in the times of scarcity of honey in the fields, so that robbing is started by the honey running from the hives, when the in mates are in no condition to defend themselves; and from this csnse and the spoiled combs much damage is done. AN APPLIANCE 0» SAFETY. Officer (at 1 a. m.)-What's goln* on hare? Clubman—My wife's In the habit of throwing things out of the window at me If I come home late, so 1 had this telescopic key mode, so's to k now when the coast Is clear.— Once a Week. A Mere Carle*tur*. Sympathizing Friend—Well, old man, what sized dose of whisky did the doctor prescribe? Disgusted Invalid —Humph I Only half a wine-glassful a day. Sympathizing Friend—Too bad, too bad; rather a homoeopathic dose, isnt It? Disgusted Invalid— liuaphl More like tho faith cure.—Lljfc