HVOL. XXVIII D. E. JACKSON.; 203 8. Main St. - - Butler, Pa. Everybody Delighted. Who are in L" d of Seasonable Goods. Having bougb i« large Stock of Fall and Winter G«ode, and owing to bad weather and worse roads, they have not been going oat as fast as thej ongtt to We have CUT PRICES AWAY DOWN, as we mast on account of scarcity of room close them oat to make room for Spring Goods. If yoa want a Cloak, Jacket or Shawl NOW IS YOUR CHANCE. Or if yon want Blankets, Comforts Underwear. Ladies' or Gentß', Flan nels, Canton Flannel or anything in that line. COME NOW before the Stock is broken, bat DON'T FORGET to examine oar large stock of Dress Goods, which are included in this CUT, Also Fancy and Dress Plashes, Black Smah and Gros Grain Silks, all Marked Down. Full Again. We mean our wall paper de partment, full 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 cts to $1 per double bolt.' Examine our Stock. J. H. Douglass, Rear Po<*totfice, Butler, Pa. Rare Bargains, Extraordinary Bargains are offer ed here in UNDERWEAR, HOSIERY, GLOVES. HANDKERCHIEFS. MUFFLERS, Everything in furnishings for ladies, children and men. Compare our prices with what you have been paying and see if yon can't save money by dealing with as. John M. Arthurs. 333 SOUTH *lIA GRAND CLOSING OUT SALE FOR REMOVAL AT RACKET STORE, 148 t 5 . Maui £rt. Butler, l-'a. GO TO REDICn FOR Pure Drugs, Paints, Oils, Glass, Fine Toilet Articles, Patent Medicines, And all other Articles Kept in a First Class Drug Store. BUTLER COUNTY" Mutual Fire Insurance Co Off ce Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts «3. C. ROESSING, President. H. C. HKINKMAN, Skcrktary DIRECTORS: Q. C. Rnrflnlne, ] Henderson Oliver, J.I. Purvti, Jamnt Stephenson, A. Trout man. H. C. Hetneman, Alfred Wick, N. Weltzel. Dr. W. Irvlu, I>r. Itl.-kenbach, J. W. Burkhart, L>. T. N orris. L OYAL M'JUNKIN, Aeon'; BUTLER, PA. Adfbftise Ir the Citizkit, PROFESSIONAL CARDS V. McALPINE, Dentist, Is now permanently located at ISO South Main Street' Butler. Pa , in rooni#form«rly ;ccoupled by Dr. "Waldrou. Dr. N. M. HOOVER, IST E. Wayne St ~ olTl je hours. 10 to 12 M. and 1 to 3 P. M. L. M. REINSEL, M. D , PHYSICIAN AND SLKGKOX. Rresidence at 2v!4 Graham Street. Office Frank's drugstore. Main St.. L. BLACK, PIIYSICJAJi AND fUBGIOII, New Trout nun 1 Bollding, Butler, l'a. Dr. A. A. Kelty, Office at Rose Point, Lawrence county. Pa. E. S. LEAKK, M. D. J. K. MANN. M. T>. Specialties: Specialties: Gynecology and Sur- Eye, Kar. Nose and gery. Throat. DRS. LEAKE & MANN, Butler, Pa. G. M. ZIMMERMAN. rUVSKIAN AND Bt'HUKON. Office at No. 4S, S. Main street, over Frank £ Co's Uiuir Store. Butler, Pa, SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. Wo. 22 East JeC'erson St., I»i.tJer, Pa. W. R. TITZEL. PHYSICIAN S. W.Corner Main and North Sts.. Butler, Pa. J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a. Artificial Teeth Inserted cn the latest im proved plan. Gold Filling a specialty. Office over Scliaul's Clothing Store. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. All work pertaining to the profession execut ed in the neatest manner. Specialties Gold Filling!*, and Painless hi traction of Teeth, Vitalized Air administered. DBn oa J«ff«n>on Street, our door Kast of Lorrj Honur, tip Main. Office open dally, except Wednesdays ant Thursdays. Communications by inatl receive prompt attention, N. B.—The only I»entlst In Butler uslng.the best makes of teeth. J. W. MILLER, Architect, C. E. and Surveyor. Contractor, Carpenter and Builder. Maps, plans, specifications and esti mates; all kinds of architectural and en gineering work. >"o cbargo for drawing if I contract the work. Consult your best in terests; plan before you bnild. Informa tion cheerfully given. A share of public patronage is solicited. P. O. Box 1007. Office S. AV. of Court House, Butler, Pa. C. F. L. McQUISTION, ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR, OFFICE KKAK DUIIO.ND, HC-rum, PA. J. M. PAINTER, Attorney-at-Law. Offlce—Between Posfofllce and Diamond, But ler. Pa. A. T. SCOTT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Offlce at No. 8. South Diamond, Butler. Pa. A. M. CHRISTLEY, ATIORNKY AT LAW. Office second floor. Anderson 111 k. Malu St., near Court House, Butler, Pa. J. W. HUTCHISON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office on second floor of the Iluselton block. Diamond, Butler. Pa., Room No. 1. JAMES N. MOOREj ATTOKNIY-AT-LAW AND NOTAHY PTBMC. Offlce in Room No. 1. second floor of Iluselton Block, entrance on Diamond. IRA McJUNKIN. Attorney at I .aw, Office at No. IT, East Jeffer sou St., Butler. Pa.; W. C. FINDLEY, Attorney at law and Beal Estate Agent. Of flee rear of L Mitchell's office on north side of Diamond, Butler, Pa. H. H. GOUCHER. Attorney-at-law. Office on second floor of Anderson bulkllng, uear Court House, Butler, Pa. J. K. BRITTAIN. Att*y at Law—Office at S. E. CJor. Malu St, anfl Diamond, Butler, Pa. NEWTON BLACK. Alt'y at Law—Office;on South side of Diamond Butler. Pa. A. E. GABLE, V Surge qji. Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College, Toronto, Canada. Dr. Gable treats all diseases of the domesticated animals, and nivk>-s ridgling, castration and horse den tistry a specialty. Castration per formed wi'hcut clams, and all other surgical operations performed in the most scientific manner. Calls to any part of the country promptly responded to. Office and Infirmary in Crawford's Livery, 13*2 West Jefferson Street, Butler, Pa. SAW MILLS Patcat Variable Friction and licit Feed. Steam Engines, Hay Presses, Shingle Mills, &c. Portable Grist Mills, Send lor IIIU.B. Tlm-shintr Machine*, 3lc. Catalogue. A. B. KAK4JI HAU €O., York, Pa L. 8. McJUMIN ' Insurance and Real Estate Ag't 17 EAST JEFFERSON ST. BUTLER, - I*A.. kit - iRTSiiLsi ..." IZ&VZSZ : w spi whon in Chicago, will lind it on fCc 11 LORD & THOMAS. THEBUTLER CITIZEN. Cai' Load After Car Load OF F URN ITU RE Arriving daily. \on will all want O J • some nice new Furniture this . Spring. Before yon bnv look at our new stock; it will pay you. We call special attention to our PARLOR CABINET,S, .MAX TEL CABINETS, CI 11XA CLOS ETS, BUFFETS, SI I)E B()AR1 )S HALL RACKS, PARLOR SUITS, BED-ROOM SUITS, A:c. We can show you any kind of furniture von want and at any price. Campbell & Templeton, 130 NORTH MAIN STREET. BUTLER, PA CLOTHING! H. Schneideman 104 S. Main St. - - Butler, Pa- Tasteiul, Go d Fitting, Well Made Garments for MEN, BOYS and CHILDREN 1 . The largest SPRING and SI MMER STOCK in Butler C.>. Profuse with Novelties, GREAT in ASSORTMENT and UNAPFKOA(. HABLE in PRICE. Good Treatment, Square Dealing and LOW PRICES have won for us the large patronage we now enjoy. Full line of new styles in Men's, Youths, r\ ij . i • Boy "cil re „ s ulothmg In all grades, of all kinds and at prices to suit everybody. P. S. The famous ''Davy Crockett" gun given free with every purchase of a boys suit. ... . -i. 1 rift-vat*-irt'i - THE • (( C \\\o).PQ WDER Satisfaction Guaranteed, EACH CAN OF THE COOKS BAKING POWDER 13 GUARANTEED FULL STRENGTH, FULL WEIGHT, AND IS SOLD ON ITS MERITS AT THE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE CONSISTENT WITH QUALITY. OQQKS QUARTERS, RETAIL AT 5 CTS. COOKS HALVES, RETAIL AT 1 0 CTS. COOKS POUNDS, RETA!?, £T2O CTS. Sold by a*' *7 Can. EVERY WATER PR OOF COLUR OR CUFF ——— THAT CAN EE RELIED ON BE UP OTot to Stolid! TO THE MARK 3XTOt tO PlBCQlOr! ———————l DEARS THIS MARK. #f,LLULOID MARK. NEEDS NO LAUNDERING. CAN BE WIPED CLEAN IN A MOMENT. THE ONLY LINEN-LINED WATERPROOF COLLAR IN THE MARKET. "Some lives iike= Worse®fehoes the more e brighter!* Busy wives who use SAPQLIO never seem to growold.Try&c&ke--- A complete wreck of domestic happiness has often resulted from badly washed dishes, from an unclean kitchen, or from trifles which seemed light as air. But by those things a man often judges of his wife's devotion to her family, and charges her with general neglect when ho finds her careless in these particulars. Many a home owes a largo part of its thrifty neatness and its consequent happiness to SAPOLIO. «i-Gr<Kcn often substitute eheaprr srood* for MAPOI.IO, to make a better pront. Send back such ariltlcs, and Insist on bin Ins Just what you ordered.-** HLTTI.F/R, PA.. KIM I)AY ? M A IUM L 2". IHJM. LANDLORD VS. TENANT. ;The Landlord's f i Jo. 1 The landlord leads no U?e of ease, nis lot wo do not i<ri*r; His tenants be can never please, Mo matter bow be tries. He builds for them sweet homes to let And puts on every fioor The best Improvements known, and yel The tenants cry for more. And when, for lack of proper care, Are those improvements wrecked, At once they want him to repair And pay for their neglect. He decorations makes within To give his tenants joy: These they, regardless of the sin, Let children small destroy. When landlords have to raise the rent To make investments pay, The ones for whom the cash Is spent Get mad and move away. Although the landlord wants to be. And is bis tenant's friend. They treat him like an enemy And fight him to the end. They love to run his houses down. And others scare away; Especially when leaving town With rent behind-to pay. Between the plumbers, born to vex, And tenants, born to kick. And houses turning into wrecks. The landlord's pretty sick. E'en though he n;"ts —Just two per cent.. Upon bis mortgaged wealth, The worry to collect the rent— Or half—tells on his health. The tenants lead a life of ease, Tbc landlord one of pain, For 'tis a thankless ta-kto plcaso Those eager to complain. But where, O where, would tenants be (Except upon the street). If landlords, striking to be free. Ceased building homes ooinpletef —n. C. Dodge, in Goodall's Sun. HOW IIE ESCAPED. Tho Story Told by a State Prison Convict. UJJJJJJWIIIS is the st' ry thickset man /I I wearing a I! I b ruad-brimmed "NJ black hat, and / I never doubted / that it was true was ordered by a circuit court X up and hear my I ' when I sat down again it was with the knowledge that I had seven years to serve in prison. The crime? Well, let that go. I was only twenty-three years old then, and a young man is more easily lead off than an old one. The prison? Don't pin me down too closely. I have friends whose hearts are still sore over my folly, and you mustn't forget that my time had not expired when I took my leave. I expected from seven to ten years. I made up my mind to obey carefully every rule 'and regulation of the prison. No "good time" was allowed in those days, but if I conducted myself to the satisfaction of the warden for five years he would be quite willing to ask the governor to shorten my sentence. I had not been in prison above an hour, however, when I made a change in my programme. Such a feeling of loneli ness caine over me —I felt such a horror at being shut out from the world—that I determined to escape at the first op portunity. When I came to realize that there were over twenty-five hundred days and nights before me, each one with the same monotonous routine, I felt that I would risk death in any form to escape. While I would be a model prisoner, so far as deportment went, I would make a break for liberty when ever an opening occurred. I was a fine machinist, and after awhile I was placed in charge of all tho machinery in the prison. That is, I kept everything in repair, and it was an occupation in which I delighted. I had a little shop in the engine room, and I looked after my work so well that I soon had the confidence of the prison officials. The man who ran the big stationary engine was a "free man," or an outsider hired by the month, as was also his fireman. While both treated me kindly and well, they no doubt felt it their duty to watch me and report anything suspicions. My little shop had no door to it, and while work ing in it I was under the eye of the en gineer. That is, if he sat on his chair in the usual place he could see my every motion. My room had a window look ing out on the garden of the prison, as follows: m There were three heavy bars running up and down and six smaller ones run ning across and, mind you, the entire opening was not above two feet square. This window was exactly the height of my head. From the first day I entered the little shop I determined to escape by tho window. You can see some of the diffi culties which must be overcome. I was under the eyes of two free men when in the shop, and much of the time was employed elsewhere. It was only when the engineer went over to the boilers or was at the donkey engine that I could snatch a moment to work. I had to make a fine saw to work with, and there were days at a time when I could not use it, but when I had been in prison eleven mouths I had cut through the bars, as you see in the illustration, and was only waiting my chance to go. My work was concealed by rubbing putty into the track of the sa\fr and blacking it over. The engineer came on duty fifteen ninutes before I did, and remained fif- XJen minutes later, while the fireman Jept at the prison and was aroused about 5:30 o'clock. J had to leave tho shop at 5:55 to march in to supper with my gang. To attempt to leave by day light would be foolishness, as I would be seen by the guards <>n the walls. I must have some excuse for lingering in my room until after dark, and I had just planned it when an unforeseen cir cumstance knocked tne out. I was go ing to disable the donkey engine before six o'clock, knowing I would be called back to help repair it after sup per, when the prison authorities gave the wagon contractor leave to occupy a portion of the garden with his lumber. A great lot of it was hauled in and piled up directly before my window, obliging me to use a lamp to work by, and cutting off my chance of escape. I made some cautious inquiries and found that it was all green stuff, and might be left there four or five years to season. It was a bitter disappointment, but still it only made me the more deter mined to g.'t out. About this time I was approached by two or three priw onors who had a schem • to tunnel out from the cools room, but I re fused to have anything to do with it. 1 wanted no partnership undertaking', with the chance of being given away at the last moment. In about two weeks some more machinery was set up, ami outside help had to be employed in the work. I took careful note of the iroiag and coming of the free men. 1 here were ten or twelve of them, and they came ami went by the yard wicket. One day, when my plan was fully ma tured. I man aired to vet hold of a cap. blouse and pair of overalls belonging to workmen, and I fully intended to go out with them as they quit work at night. I had the garments hidden away, and an other half hour would have witnessed the success or failure of my plan, whena life man, who was employed as a "lum per," or errand boy. came across the bundle, caught the ideaaud, while I re mained in prisou.'he walked out with some of the free men, and I know that he has never been recaptured. This escape put the prison authori ties on the watch, and my hopes were again blasted. The prison had been overcrowded, and a new wing was being built. This was finished when I had served thirteen months, and I was one of the men transferred to it. Re member, this was a long time ago, and they didn't build prisons the# as they do now. This wing had the cells placed as follows: lilllllillllii'lii If OGOR HALL '§| IjiimxiiiHiin You see that the cells backed against the outside walls on either side, which is never the case now. There were three tiers, while the corridor or hall, which was sixty feet long by thir ty wide, was lighted by two larp-e win dows in the far end and also by sky lights in the roof. I was put in cell No. 1, which was the last on the left-hand side, and at the corner of the building. I knew all about this wing before we occupied it. The east wall, which con tained the windows, was still in the prison yard, while the north wall ran along a public street. Under the win dow nearest my cell was piled a lot of womout machinery and refuse lumber. The sashes in these windows hung on hinges, and after the Ist of July they were open day and night. 1 had no sooner entered my cell than I determined to make it the basis of oper ations for an escape. The top and sides were of iron plates, while the front had a barred door. My cell, being at the corner, had two sides of stone. The authorities had hurried the wing to a finish, and when I examined the flagstones composing the floor I found the cement not yet fully hardened. Be fore I went to bed I had settled every detail of my plan, which was to tunnel out under the north wall. How long do you suppose it would have taken a free man, working ten hours a day, and hav ing every convenience, to accomplish that task? Two weeks at least. And now think of my situation. Every hour of the night after nine o'clock a guard walked the length of the hall, up 0:10 side and down the other, looking into every cell. Each day every cell was inspected. I had to smuggle in such tools as I could, and I had to dispose of the dirt taken out. I knew the wall to be four feet thiek in the foundation. I knew that most of it was composed of heavy blocks of stone. 1 knew that I should have to go down six or seven feet below the floor of my cell if I tunneled under the wall. I figured on all the chances, made a lib eral estimate as to the time required, and resolved to begin work the very next night. When I returned to my cell the next evening I brought with me from the shop a piece of hoop iron, about a foot long, and the bread fur nished for my supper I did net eat. You see, as we'marched in at six o'clock we went directly to our cells, each man taking his supper tray off a shelf as he passed it. We were locked in our cells, and as there were nearly two hours of daylight left we could read or do as we pleased. The corridor guard made his first round when the lamps were lighted. This gave me two hours to work, and I , had no sooner swallowed my supper than I began cutting the cement from between two flagstones. In starting to lay these flags they had begun in my corner, and had used stones of different 6izes to •'make even" out to a certain line. The floors of all other cells were composed of two large stones. Mine had five, and this was a great thing for me. The door of my cell was next to the east wall, while my bed was against the cell partition to the west. The two end cells were sixty-two inches wide; all others were only fifty. Between the door and the foot of my bed stood a homemade chair covered with chintz, which a discharged prisoner had given me. The flagstono directly beneath was not over sixteen inches square, and I began on that. By so doing I would have to tunnel seven feet fnrther than if I i>egan at the wall, but I hoped that in beginning there I would escape the Denervation of the Inspector. I had brought in with me a piece of brown paper, und as fast as I removed the ce ment I placed it on this. It was slow, tedious work, and I had to be careful that the prisoner next to me heard nothing. In prison you can trust no one. I worked off and on that night until a very late hour, and I took out half a pound of the cement. Its loss was sup plied with bread crumbs, but I had to get rid of the paper package in the morning. 1 had planned how to do it. When we were let out the guard came to the cell opposit.' mine first. In those days eaeh cell had a lock by itself, each prisoner walked to the west end of the iron door, where two lines were formed. This brought the first men in last out. As my door was unlocked I delayed a few seconds, though being in plain view. The guard stepped to the next door, and as I emerged 1 had the pack age in my left hand, and tossed it through the bars of the corridor win dow. 11 was done at a single motion and while he was rattling the lock, and escaped observation. From that mo ment 1 felt my escape was only a ques tion of time. Not to weary you with details, 1 had the stone up in about a week. I brought in a carpenter's chisel after awhile, and for many weeks this was the only tool I had to work with. A package larger than the size of a [>• mnd of sugar would not go through the bars, and I had to limit myself as to quantity. But for this I might have got along much faster. Beneath the stone was two feet of concrete, formed of broken stone and cement, and though I carried some out in my pockets every day in addition to making up the usual pack age it was terribly slow work. It was t Kc 1M of September before I got to tho soil under the concrete. That is, I had dug a hole a little over two feet deep and large enough for me to work in. It required the utmost caution, as the corridor was as still as a graveyard at night, with two wide-awake guards watching and listening. The window would be closed by the first of October anyhow, and then I could no longer get rid of my dirt This idea was making ine feel terribly anxious, when I struck a bit of good luck. My tunnel ran as shown in the acei imp any ing illustration. It went down perpendicularly two feet, ami then drifted down toward the north wall at a slant so as to strike the foundation. At the elbow I found a buried log supporting the earth, and en tirely by accident I found the log rested over a hole in the ground. Whether it was a cave, an old cistern or well, or only a natural sink, I never learned, but by shoving my dirt under the log it dropped down somewhere, and I could work much faster than before. I was, however, greatly troubled to get fresh air down in my tunnel, anil the cramped position in which I worked kept me sore and lame. While working at night I hud to be in bed regularly every hour as the guard came around, and every moruiuT the stone had to bo. replaced and the crevices tilled in with bread crumbs. Twice I was almost caught by the guard, owing to my delay, and one afternoon, owing to something said by a convict, two inspectors went through i my tier of cell. and carefully examined ' everything. They moved my chair off i the flag, but found nothing suspicions. , I knocke 1 off work for the next week, anil it is well I did, as the guards came creeping along to the different , cells at odd times during the night, and ' I should certainly have been caught. I I began work, as near as I eaa remem ber, on-the night of the sth of July. On the night of the 2d of the next MaYeh i reached the bottom of the foundation. TUXSEU About seven months, you see, and lia ble to discovery any day. It got so at last that I could not work in the tunnel over fifteen minutes before the want of air drove me out, and long toward the end my health failed ine and* I lost strength. I dug under the stones and upward about a foot on the other side, and then I was sick for five weeks, lie fore I got to work again June had j Qpme, and it was a dark ana rainy night on the 23d of that month that I took a farewell leave of my cell and crawled into the tunnel. I had fou»or five feet of earth to dig away, and I was almost perishing for want of air as I got to the crust. It was about twelve when 1 crawled out of the tunnel into the storm, and luckily no one was abroad to catch sight of me. I had left a "dummy" in my bed, and I hoped my escape would not be discovered until morning. It was not, as I afterward saw by the papers. I lost no time in getting away from the neighborhood of the prison, and long before my cell was unlocked in the morning 1 was safe with friends. Yes, I was hunted, and a reward was offered for my capture, but they never got me. My escape was termed "a marvel of ingenuity." Had they called it a marvel of patience and hard work it would have been more ap propriate. The prison authorities at once had all the cells removed to the center of the corridor, back to baek, as you now see them in all prisons, ami if there is any patent on the idea it is justly mine for my escape suggested the change.—N. Y. Sun. —The state of Georgia was settled at Savannah by Gen. Oglethorpe on Feb ruary 12. 1738. SMITH OF POTTSVILLE. How He Got liven with the Conductor Who Dhln't Know lUm. I had been dropped off the train at a small stat' n in Nebraska and the train had been gone about ten minutes when a young man rode up and called out to the landlord, who was also sta tion agent and telegraph operator. "Has the train passed?" "She has," was the reply. "Did you get a telegram from me to hold her here till I came?" "One from Smith from Pottsville. That you?" "Yes." "I showed it to the conductor, and he said you must bo fresh to think he could fool around here." "Said that, did he? Saw it was signed Smith, eh?" "Yes." "Went right on just the same?" "Yes." "Didn't even ask what Smith?" "No." "Didn't express any anxiety, eh?" "Not the least." "Well, good-bye." "Hold on a bit. What's up?" "Oh, nothing much. My name is Smith, of l'ottsville. I was going to marry the conductor's daughter this evening. Had to catch this train to get down there, you know." "And there is no other until aftei midnight!" "That's all right. The supper will be spread, the guests on hand, the preacher there, the bride ready, and I'll ride back home and get off these togs and get drunk on hard cider " "ISut man, I—" "Oh, it's all right. When the conduc tor comes up in the morning just ask him if he knows Smith, of Pottsville, and how the wedding went off last night. Ta-ta. old chap, and you needn't mind any wild-eyed telegrams which come whooping up the line asking for my whereabouts." —N. Y. Sun. si'Brcnmo HIS GOOD NAME. If Johnny Hunter—Come baek here, you rascal! Have you gone crazy? The pup didn't use to be afraid of a gun.— Golden Days. New Mother-In-I.aw Joke. Son-in-law —I can't understand why the comic papers show such bad taste as constantly to publish jokes about the mother-in-law. Mother-in-law —lt is really the greatest injustice, and I am glad to find a man at last who— Son-in-law —Yes, it is the greatest in justice! A man is glad when he can, for a moment, forget his mother-in-law, and to be continually reminded «f her in this way is positively cruel. —(Juebec Chronicle. ■ The Deceit of Appearances. Carrington— Jove! isn't she a stunner? Where does she act? Murray—Act? Why, that is Mrs. Blassford, the president of the society for the refinement and culture of chorus-girls. Carrington —And who is the demure and dignillt 1 little woman with her? Murray That's Belle Ivickley of the Casino.—Judge. A Cue la Point. She—l believe that a people are both outwardly and inwardly influenced by their natural surroundings—that scenery influences physiognomy—the Highland.->v„ y>u know, have rugged j faces. lie—Yes, and t\at Chicago girl be hind me, who livts <« l'rairie avenue, is plain-looking.- Life. Very striking. "1 beg your pardon," said Mr. Worth ington, "but did I understand you to refer to the lady who has just passed as a stunner?" "Yes, sir: 1 said it deliberately, and, I think, judiciously. You must consid er the fact that I was struck by her ap- I pearanee."—Washington I'ost. FEEDING FOR EGGS. What Kind* *>f Food Will I'rodar# th« IV>»1 KM alt*. A correspondent of the California Cacklrr in relation to feeding laying fowls communicates the following: Thtrc has lioen a very great com plaint in s>ime sections about the hens not laying as they should. 1 think every case can be accounted for. 1 was recently called in to see a lady's flock of eighty-eight hens that were looking, to say the least, line, ye- i she said she was not fretting as many eggs from them as I was from a pen of eight that were always confined in a yard Bx2o, with a tight house 3x5, and hers had free range. I purchased a dozen from her and after killing a couple 1 fouud that her hens had not sufficient food to produce eggs. While this I lielieve to bo generally , the cause of failure of eggs, yet it is 1 not always; some feed too high, aud not that food which will produce eggs. i I have been for some time experiment- j ing on what kind of food will produce best results and have found the follow ing by far the best: l!ran or bailey in j the morning, scalded with milk: give ! all they will eat up clean. In this, we 1 have what is generally acknowledged I to produce the greatest per cent of ; the white of an egg, and very little fat At noon feed wheat or screenings. In this we have the lime for shell, and also a good per cent, of the yolk. Give all they want, and if you have an ash or manure pile mix a little in for tliein to scratch after. At night give a liberal feet of corn and Jo not l>e afraid of making too fat. I do believe, contrary to the opinions of some, that corn will produce eggs, and lots of them, especially in winter. Feed beef scraps every other day (cooked), and plenty of bone meal, with a liberal supply of preen food every day. * liens fed in this manner must lay, If they are any good at all; if not, get rid of them. An old saying, and a trno one, is that a hen properly fed must lay or get fat. Of course, this will not ap ply through moult in# time. POULTRY SELF-FEEDER. A Device Imperially Suitable for I'm on the Farm. Some poultry keepers, especially farmers, do not like the idea of feeding ' | \ the fowls twice X GRAIN /Va^fSEr /// would suit such Jy persons. To \\ /y make one make X vWv two crosses, the SSr [/ Q same as for a saw horse, only // of smaller tirn c A\ bcr. Fasten one I sideboard so it - rests on the bot tom of the crosses. Leave a half inch space between the lower edge of the other one and the first one put on. Nail a strip six inches wide to the edge of the lowest sideboard to catch the grain as it drops through and a strip to the other edge to keep the grain from work ing off. Put in end pieces and use a hinged cover on the top. One can be made to hold several bushels and fif teen or twenty fowls need bo fed but once or twice during the winter. While most people would prefer to feed but little and often the self-feeder is a much better way than the once a day or every other day plan. The fowls soon get used to this style of feeding and after the first few days do not gorge them selves to the extent they will if fed once a day. Moreover, it docs not take as much to winter fowls as it does by other styles of feeding.—J. 11. Andre, in Farm and Home. SELECTING A STALLION. Suggestions to Thoso Contemplating: the rnrcluiiic of One*. In selecting a stallion, says an ex change, first look at his legs; if they are npt up to the standard don't look any further at that horse, for a horse with out legs is no horse. The legs should be large, flat, l>ony, free from flesh and puffs of any kind, not too straight at the pastern-i nor yet set too far back—a fault with some draft horses. A good flat foot, with the ability to lift it up and place it straight forward the proper distance, is a desideratum. Next, look at the bn 'k. It should be short, straight and closely cot pled. Next, the head Requisites—broad between the eyes uiul ears: clear, mild eye, not showing much white; jaw thin. If the horse be full between the eyes, head sloping backward, and a narrow poll, that horse has no intelligence, and will breed that way. Shoulders should be large, sloping well back; wide rump; long hips, ri'-t punched up in a knot like your fist doubled up. Wide be tween tbe forelegs. Thin tliront latch. Neck long u*ul enlarging tj the point where it is set on shoulders. If the hoi -.c pome cs the necessary individual merit, his breeding may be looked up. I!ut though the horse bud a pedigree a mile long, don't breed to him unless he has individual merit AN EXCELLENT FENCE. It Is Cheap aud Will Stand an ItumtuH Amount of tVear. Mr. I). G. Ilatchsr sends to Farm and Fireside a description of a good and cheap fence, which is well shown by the accompanying cut Let the taller posts stand about five feet out of the RAIL AND WIltE FENCE ground and the shorter ones two and a half feet Wire the top of the short post to the tall one. I'ut rails between the lower posts, and run two wires on the taller posts. In selling fat wethers each one r.iu>t decide for himself whether the money is in shearing or selling unshorn. We know llock-niustcrs who hold there is just as much money in selling with il* wool on. A Matter of Form. Ark light—l see that you have shut off all the gas in your house, and are using nothing but candles. What Is that for? Dr.rklight—Merely out of curiosity I want to see if it will make any differ ence in my gas-bills. Fuck. What Decided Her. Maud —Which have you elected to study—French or German? Ethel—French. "Do you like French better than you do German?" "No, but 1 like the French professor better."—Yankee lllade. Eupljr. \I rs. Borrowed—Now don't feel lu the wrong pocket, lienry, and then tell me you haven't nny money. Borrowell —My dear, I'm afraid that ' all my pockets arc wrong pockets to j day.—West Shore. The HaeUnejed Term. First Reporter—Why arc you so ncrv j ous; got a hard Job? Second Reporter —Yes; I'm writing an article on oysters, and I was told not to ' uae once the expression "succulent bi valve." —Boston Herald. Operatic Note. "I'altl sang on the stage at the ago of ! seven." "As early as that?" "Yes, but she did not begin her faro wells until she was twelve.Munsey'a Weekly. ROLLING IN STALL. A Device That Is More to Core Horse* ml Thia Virions Habit. Some time ago I noticed a half hu morous account of the experience of two elderly ladies in buying a horse which had the bad habit of rolling in its stall. Invariably when the horse attempts this he gets "cast" Having had some experience with an animal so inclined, and havingsuccessfully solved the question how to prevent the occur rence. t will explain my plan. Properly to us* the device require® a stout leather halter with a metal ring securely fastened to the top directly be tween the animal's ears. A stout leath er strap Is firmly fastened overhead, so •I that it will hang about where the head of the animal would be when lying down. To of the strap a good snap is fixed. The strap should be put long enough to allow the horse's nose to touch the floor when the snap is hooked in the ring on the top of the halter. With this arrangement the animal can lie down comfortably but cannot lay its head on the floor, and conse-. quently cannot well get cast This tie was originated through necessity. It may not be new but I have yet to meet the person who ever used it I have imparted the knowledge to many, but I think it has never beun published. It invariably enres a horse of rolling.— Eugene Starkweather, in Country Gen tleman. COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS. They Should He Scattered Over the Sur face a* Karly aa Feasible. One of the principal advantages in using commercial fertilisers is, that if of a good quality they are usually more readily soluble. In order to be of im mediate benefit to the growing plants it is necessary that the plant food be soluble. On the average farm it is difficult to get manure enough from the stock, and if the fertility of the soil is to be kept up and at the same time good crops made, it will be necessary to use some green crops as a manure, and with some crops it will be found an advan tage to use more or less commercial manures. This Is perhaps more espe cially the case with land that has been cropped for several years without ma nuring. A better growth and yield of wheat is often secured by broadcasting 900 or 300 pounds of good fertilizer. Care should be taken to scatter as early as possible over the surface. This work can be done at any time now with good results. Commercial fertilisers are well adapt ed to grass lands, especially when well rotted barn manure Is hard to get With meadows, the garden and the po tato patch it is not advisable to use fresh or coarse manure, and when well rotted manure cannot be had readily commercial fertilizers can be used to good advantage. : With meadows and all small"gaiden crops the better plan is to apply broad cast and then work into the surface. There is no necessity for working deep into the soil. With potatoes, tomatoes, cabbage and the class of plants that are usually grown In hills, the more economical plan Is to apply the fertilizer in the hill. —St Louis Republic. GARDEN AND FARM. IT is better to grow fifty bushels ef corn on one acre than two. A sb aue tree should never be taken from a dense forest and be set out in the spring. BY keeping the fruit trees trimmed well when small less pruning will be needed later. IT is an important item to have good teams on the farm if the work is done in good season. Is planting trees for a windbreak, care should be taken to get those that have a close-growing habit IT is a wise plan for fruit-growers to invest In new varieties in order to test their value in that locality. IF manure is an item, it is of more importance to save the liquids than the •ollda. Use plenty of absorbents. The improved breeds of stock have made farming more desirable as well as more profitable, at least in a majority of cases. Laboe seeds are better than small, for the reason that they furnish a much larger amount of nutriment to the young plant IT is for the farmers to see that the agricultural colleges and experiment stations are properly run, and to aid in running them. One reason why every farmer and breeder should keep good stock is that they furnish the best instruments for deriving the best profits. To Strengthen Weak Flower Sterna. Helen Warburden, according to the Michigan Farmer, advises the use of a solution of sulphate of iron to give strength to weak flower stems. Many tall-growing plants like roses, carna tions and fuchsias have auch weak stems they are unable to support the largo full flowers, and must be staked, and the supports are by no means a graceful adjunct Water the plants with a weak solution of the sulphate when the buds are beginning to grow. The color aud beauty of the flowers arc enhanced by its use; and there Is little danger of injury unless the application ia too strong. An Agitated SU-e. Father— Where are the girls going to night? , M Mother -There is a rehearsal of The Messiah," I believe. Father (sharply )~nas that infernal ghost-dance craze come East?— Judge. Aa It Happen* Too Often. "It is a pity that young Gowitthaan't taken more advantage of his opportu nities." , , t "Yes, indeed; the trouble is that be has taken too much advantage of thoae who offered the opportunities!"— Puck. His Anelent Pedigree. "I'm a Hill, sir! the oldest family in America." ~ , "I never heard of the Hill family be ing among those of ancient lineage." "Whatnever heard of the proverb 'A» old as the Hills?' "—Judge. Some IHfffrreuce. She—Why dont you get married* Can't you afford it? ne— Yes, I can afford to marry, but X san't stand the expense of an engage ment— Mun-sey's Weekly. At the Marriage Bureau. Elderly Gent —I want to consult with fou about getting me a suitable wife. Agent—All right sir; I think I can tcconimodate you. "What are your charges? I'd like to aow that before going any further." "Well you sec that depends on your self. Do you want a wife with or without a mother-in-law?" —Texas
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