VOL. XXVIII
D. E. JACKSON.
203 S. Main St. - - Butler, P».
Everybody T)eiighted.
Who arc in . J of Seasonable
GOCMIP.
Hiving bougl !arge Stock of
Fall and Winter Uoods, and owing to
bad wtolL'-r scd worre roads, they
Lave not been going out as fast as
tbey oogLt to
We have
CUT PRICES AWAY DOWN,
an we must on account of scarcity of
room close thera out to make room
for Spring Goods.
If you want a Cloak, Jacket or
Sbawi
NOW IS YOUR CHAHCE.
Or if )ou w?nt Blankets, Comforts
Ur-derwmr. Lodits' or Gents', Flan
nels, Crntcn Flakier anything in
that
COME NOW
before li e Stock is broken, but
DON'T FORGET
to examine our large stock of Dress
Good? which cro included in thiß
CUT,
Fancy atd Dress Plushes,
lilack Hciab and Gros Grain Silks,
all Masked Down. .
Full Again.
We menu our wall paper de
partment, lull and overflowing
with «ur immense and choice
stock ol'papfr hangings. You
must help ns out, we haven't
room lor half our goods, until
you relieve us of some of them.
We have the choicest selec
tion of patterns jn every grade
from Brown Blanks at 10 cts
to Gilts at cts to $1
per double bol£
Examine our Stock.
J. E Douglass,
ft ear Fostollice, Butter, Pa.
Rare Bargains,
Extraordinary Bargains are offer
ed fcere in
tjkdibwear,
HOSIERY,
GLOVES,
HANDKERCHIEFS.
MUFFLERS,
Evuvibu g in ioruiibiogs for ladies,
children and men.
Compare our prices with what you
have hem jnying and tee if you
can't tave money by dealing with
us.
John M. Arthurs.
3XJ 80ITTIVMAIK STREET. 333
E. S. A BEAMS & CO.
I2SI SUE A NCB.
Ins. Co. rf Noith Ameritii, lOOth'yeir.
AUSETS .t5.ft.1,518 9X
Home Inf. Co. Aftets $9,091,192 58
Hartford lne. Co. " $6,516,616 13
CcntiueiiUil Ins. Co. " $5,000,000
London Assurance Co. Iccor'd. 1720
N Y. Life Ins. Co. As'ts 115,000,000
Office in HUBLLTON BUILDING, nex
to tbe Coart Home.
'piiE BUTLEH COUSTY;
National Bank,
BUTLKR,|PA.; 1
capita), r«w;rp, - - - »i«o,
OFI ICKKS :
.Jo*. llartmmi. I ros't. D. Osborne, cashier,
J. V. uiiisViCf I'uVt, c. a. Halley.Amt Cash
OIKECTORH :
i»K. HaHman. r. CoIUm. O. M. Ruwell,
H. Mc->*eeEey, C. P. UreenlW, J. V. KltU,
E. E. AlirHinf. if Hazlett. I. <l. Hmltli.
u. S. V.'altiion. i>. Osborne.
A m-i.eral I iiklnjr business transacted. In
terest prtld on ! ill's deposit*. Money loaned on
approved security.
Foreign exchange bought ana.sold.
GO TO
MUCK'S
FOR
Pure Dings,
Paints, Oils, Glass,
Fine Toilet Articles,
Patent Medicines,
And all other
Articles
Kept in a
First Class
Drug Store.
HI TLER COUNTY
jKuiuai Fire insurance Co.
Oftcf? Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts.
C. ROESSINU, PRKSIDMT.
11. O. IIEINKMAN, SKCBITAKY.
DIRECTORS:
G. C. Roe*stni», Hendrrwin Oliver,
J, 1. Purvis, Jiiines Stephwoson,
A. Trouiimm, 11. r. Helneroau,
AlfrM Wlelt, X. Weltzel.
Or. W. Irvln. br Rirkenbacb,
J..W. Uurkhart, I>. T. Morris.
LOYIL iI'JUK£IN, Afen'T
JBUTJLIT'VR. , .
Adtrfiiw I d the Gixizsv,
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
_____ =
V. McALPINE,
Dentist,
Is now permanently located at ISO South Main
Street 1 BuUer. Pa., in rooms formerly IccoupU-d
by Dr. Waldron.
Dr. N. M. HOOVER,
137 E. Wayne St., office hours, 10 to 12 M. anil
1 IC 3 P. M.
L. M. REINSEL, M. D ,
PBYSICIAM AND SIKUKOX.
Kresldenee at 224 Graham Street. Offlee
Frank's drugstore, Main St..
L. BLACK,
PHYSICIAN ANI> BUBGBON,
New Troutman Untitling. Butler, l'a.
Dr. A. A. Kelty,
Office at Rose Point, I.awr» nc* county. Pa.
B. W. LEAKE. M. O. J. E. MAN'S. M. D.
Specialties: Specialties:
G.'UJeeolojfy and Sur- Eye. Ear. Nose and
gery. Throat
DRS. LEAKE & MANN,
Butler, Pa.
G. M. ZIMMERMAN.
rarsiciAN AKO sraoeoK.
Office at No. 4S. 8. Main street, over Frank A
Go's I>iuk Store. BuUer. Pa,
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon.
No. 22 Eiut Jefferson St., iiotler, Pa.
W. R. TITZEL.
PHYSICIAN AJiD SURGEON.
8. W.Corner Main and North Bla., Butler. Fa.
J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Butler, Penn'a,
Artificial Teeth inserted cn the latest Im
proved plan. Hold Killing a specialty. Office
over Scnaul'a Clothing Store.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work pertaining to the profession execut
ed in the neatest manner.
Specialties:— Uold Killings, and Palule* Ex
traction of Teeth. Vitalized Air administered.
(■m Jcfr.noa Street, oae door East tfUwn
Boase, l> Main.
Offlee open dally, except Wednesdays and
Thursdays. Communications by mall receive
prompt attention.
X. B.—The oaly Dentist In Butler uln£the
beat uaktm of teetfc.
J. W. MILLER,
Architect, C. E. and Surveyor.
Contractor, Carpenter and Builder.
Ifaps, plans, specifications and esti
mates; all kinds of architectural and en
f'neering work. Xo charge for drawing it
contract the work. Consult your best in
terests; plan before you build. Informa
tion cheerfully given. A share of public
patronage is solicited.
P. 0. Box 1007. Office S. W. of Court
House, Butler, Pa.
C. F. L. McQUISTION,
ENGINEER AM) SURVEYOR,
Orrici >kak DIAMOND, HCTLKH, PA.
J. M. PAINTER,
Attorney-at-Law.
Offlee—Between Postofllce and Diamond, Hut
ler, Pa.
A. T. SCOTT,
ATTOBNEY-AT-LAW.
Office at No. S, South liimcond, Butler, l'a.
A. M. CHRISTLEY,
ATIOKNEY AT LAW.
Office second floor, Anderson Bl k, Malu St.,
near Court Mouse, Butler, Pa.
J. w. HUTCHISON,.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office ou second floor of the Huselton block,
Diamond. Butler, Pa., Room No. 1.
JAMES N. MOORE,
AITOBNIV-AT-LAW ANU NOTARY FCBLIC.
Offlee In Room No. 1. second floor of llnselton
Block, entrance on Diamond.
IRA McJUNKIN.
Attorney at law. Office at No. IT, East Jeflrr
sou St..Butler. Pa.;
W. C. FINDLEY,
Attorney at l.«w mid I'eal Estate Ageut. Of
flee rear of I- Z. Mitchell's office on north side
of Diamond, Butler, r&.
H. H. GOUCHER.
Attorney-at-luw. Office on second floor of
Anderson building, near Court House, Butler,
Pa.
J. K. BRITTAIN.
AtCy at Law—office at S. E. Cor. Main Bt, and
Diamond, Butler, Pa.
NEWTON BLACK.
Att'T at Law—Omcaion South side of Diamond
Butter, Pa.
A. £. GABLE,
Veterinary Surgeon.
Qradaate of the Ontario Veterinary
College, Toronto, Canada.
Dr. Qable treats all diaeaees of the
domesticated animal*, and makes
ridgling, castration and borse den
tistry a specialty. Castration per
formed witboot clams, and all other
surgical operations performed in tbe
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.
SAW MILLS
Patoat Variable Frlrtlaa aad licit Few].
Steam Engines, Hay Presses,
Shingle Mills. &c.
Portable Grist Mills,
Send tor lllus. Thrc«hln* Marhinex. Ar.
Catalogue. A. B. rABIJIHAK CO., York, P(.
L. S. McJUNKIN,
Insurance and Keal Estate Ag'l
17 LAST JEFFERSON ST.
BUTLER, - PA.
lOi'fcßTiSEtii
yn idvarttorig kp. ~ wh«n In Chicago, will find it on t r
LORD & THOMAS,
Ca t Load After
Car Load
OF
F URNITU RE
Arriving daily. on will all want
some nice new Furniture this
Spring. Before you buy look at
our new stock; it will pay you.
We call special attention to our
PARLOR CABI NETB, MAX
TEL CABINETS, CHINA CLOS
ETS, BUFFETS, SIDE BOARDS
HALL RACKS, PARLOR
SUITS, BED-ROOM SUITS,
<kc. AVe can show you any kind
of furniture vou want and at any
J »
price.
Campbell & Templeton,
136 NORTH MAIN STREET. BUTLER, PA
CLOTHING!
H. Schneideman
104 8. Main St. - * 13utier, fa-
Tasteful, Good Fitting, Well Made Garments for MEN,
BOYS and CHILDREN.
The largest SPRING and SUMMER STOCK in Butler Co.
Profuse with Novelties, GREAT in ASSORTMENT and
UNAPFHOAC IIABLE in PRICE.
Good Treatment, Square Dealing and LOW PRICES have
won for us the lar c r e patronage we now enjoy.
Full line of new st> leu iu
Men's, Youths, i •
80 - vs o!;!m,,„ Clothing
In all grades, of all kinds and at prices to suit everybody.
P. S. The 1 anions 'Davy Crockett" gun given free with
every purchase of a boys suit
WHEN IN NEED OF
z' i w
CALL ON
HENRY BIEHL
122 NORTH-MAIN STKKET,
BUTLER • JPEJNIISr'A
Where you can haye your clmirc out of tin; largest assortment of cooking Btid
heating stoves in Luili-r county; alto dealer in Hard*arc. I.anxii g Wagon-, Where
<fc Wilnon and Standard Seeing Machinec, Hanging and Sti'iid Lamps. MM ulrctue
of Tinware; Tin Hooting and Spouting a Specialty.
WIJFRE A CHILD CAN BUY AS CIfISAP AS A MAN
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. 1 make a
• specialty of the higher grades of work; I keep
in stock the finest quality of goods; 1 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
'1 lie 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. ( all and see me before placing
any orders.
GEO, HABKRNIGG, SR,
MERCHANT TAILOR,
202 S. Main St., New Troutman Building, Butler, Pa.
HUTLEB, PA,FIIIDAY, APBIL U, lHilt.
, /njin Y NAME is
C Si/Vs'-\ Ethel Cox.
"a-THI A *' mnot a k°y
smart and say:
"«A J course, I
Ethel is a girl's
/ name" —for I
> f am not a girl,
v- 7 -T> cither.
C.<v What am I?
Well, listen,
and find out. Nearly a year ago a lady
and gentleman had left their country
home to winter in New York. One
afternoon as the lady was sitting alone
in her room word was brought to her
that Miss Ethel Cox wanted to see her.
"Miss Ethel Cox I" said the lady, "Is
she waiting in the parlor?"
"No, ma'am," was the answer, "it
was a telephone message. Miss Ethel
Cox wants you to call on her at once."
When the boy went away the lady sat
and thought. She did not know any
person named Ethel Cox, and being of
a jealous turp of mind, she concluded it
was some female person of her hus
band's acquaintance who had had the
temerity to telephone for him. When
somewhat later her husband cama in
she said never a word about Miss Ethel
Cox, although she was boiling over with
remarks; she bided her time until he
was going to bed and had his boots off,
then quite sweetly she told him of the
lady who was wanting to see him im
mediately.
The gentleman protested that he
knew no person named Ethel Cox, but
despite his most eloquent disclaimers
his wife went to her bed distant and
skeptical.
Next morning came a letter from the
country home telling the news that a
heifer calf had been born the preceding
day. The lady immediately hurried off
home, for the cow was an especial fa
vorite of hers and she wanted to see
that it had been properly cared for.
When she reached home she began to
scold because she had not been told
about the calf sooner—and her sister,
who was an Englishwoman and who
was caring for the house in the lady's
absence, told her that she had sent her
word by telephone and had been sur
prised that she had not arrived the day
before. Then it all came out. The
sister had telephoned about a heifer
calf, and the operator, unaccustomed to
the English accent, had mistaken
"heffer lcawf' for "Ethel Cox."
When it all came out it was too good
a joke against the lady to be sup
pressed, so the calf was named Ethel
Cox, and when I tell you that that is
my name you will know just what I
am —neither a boy nor a girl, but just a
heifer calf.
What are you laughing about? Does
the idea of a calf writing a story strike
you as funny? You must be very inex-
•t;*, <,?> v
CURIOUS TREATMENT FOR A REAL MOTHER,
perienced, then, for I've heard my master
say that any donkey could write better
stuff than a critic, aad if he thinks that
a donkey who wastes half liis time
wagging his ears and making heathe#-
ish noises has more intellect than a
critic, why shouldn't a calf have more
intellect than cither, or both? I don't
do a thing all day but chew my cud and
think. I think fearfully. From what
my master says a critic never docs,
and my master to know, for he
says they arc always trying to sit on
him.
I wonder what kind of an animal a
critic is! It must be big or else my
master, who is quite a tall gentleman,
wouldn't mind its sitting on him.
Before my horns grew, when I was
quite a silly little thing, I used to fancy
that a critic was a big dog who had
puppies—like our Snoozer —for she sits
on all the other dogs tiie moment they
go near the barn where her puppies are
—but since I have grown older and
listened more carefully to the conversa
tion of cultivated people, I have learnt
that a critic is something much bigger
and crosscr than our Snoozer. A foonsn
thing like Snoozer couldn't say things
that my mistress would mind and cry
over; if she had even tried to, my mis
tress would just have whipped her and
had her chained up in the barn for her
impudence. Still finding out that
Snoozer was not a critic didn't help me
to learn who a critic was.
I asked Beauty one day—Beauty is a
cow who also Itclongs to my mistress,
and who has the foolishness to pre
tend that she is my real mother.
As if I ltelicved her! First of all she is a
very silly cow and has no ideas what
ever; and second of all, if she was
really my mother she would give me
her nice rich milk when I'm thirsty, in
stead of kicking at mc, and saving it
all for Patrick—who is a man, not a
calf, and who can't possibly want milk
—while I want it so badly that I have
to steal it from a friendly neighbor's
cow, whenever she is tethered near
enough.
As I said, I asked Beauty who a
critic was; her answer was Just what I
might have expected.
"My dear Ethel," she said, "I don't
know, or care any thing about a critic.
I have all I can do to attend to my own
business. If I wasted my days wonder
ing about a critic I shouldn't have time
to eat grass, then I should fall off in
my milk, and biff —t'risfleld would be
poking me in the ribs to see how fat I
was, and driving me off to make beef of
me just as he did to Dean's Sadie, who
was the Wile of Westchester County in
her day. Don't bother your head about
a critic, my child; gambol round and
get strong until you go into the milk
business yourself, and then stick to it,
my dear, stick to it."
I strolled contemptuously away from
her, but tho indignant reflections I
might luive indulged in were cut short,
for at that moment I saw my master
and mistress coming out of the garden
gate toward me.
I like my people very much. They
are always very kind to mo. My mis
tress used to feed me with her own
hands when 1 was small, and take me
up and down the yard with a rope, and
give me dainty bits of grass—and take
me out on the lawn sunny days, when
Patrick—who I should have told you Is
idv trrooin —used to .want to keep me
cooped up in the stable.
Mv master is a ve*y nice person, too,
but I don't see so much of him. He's a
painting man, so I heard Patrick tell a
friend. I don't quite know what that
is, and Patrick had some difficulty in
explaining it to his friend, but anyhow
he docs something that keeps him sit
ting all day in front of a board while
my mistress and I stay the other side of
the brook, and he looks at us. I got
over one day when he had gone to r-peak
to Beauty and looked to see what ho
was doing, but nil I saw on the board
•was a little cow's head something like
Beauty's, and a little lady's head some
thing like my mistress,' and before I
could find out more my master had
chased mo away.
My master generally stays at this
board till afternoon, then he says he
has worked enough, and comes over to
my mistress, and they sit together under
the willow and pat me and tell me how
pretty I am; yon can't think how happy
we all are.
At times they get a little more absorbed
with each other than I think quite po
lite. 1 spoke to James (the horse) about
it—he says they are the most affection
ate couple he has ever seen—that half
the time, when he takes them out, he
haa to do all the driving himself, for
they will get so interested in each other
that if he didn't turn round sharp and
bringthem home they would drive on for
ever. He told me that at first he wanted
to leave—for he had always lived in
high families, and it is considered so
unfashionable for married people to
like one another —but that after awhile
he found them pleasant people and the
stable comfortable end the oats good
and plentiful, so he decided to put up
with them.
When he told me this I decided I
could also afford to put up with their
want of manners, and indeed I suppose
that it would bo hard to better oneself
in a small country town, for the time I
ran away to the house over the hill I
found the barn so draughty and dirty,
and the hay so inferior to my own, that
I was glad when Patrick came for me
and took me home.
But pardon me for digressing. As 1
was saying, my master and mistress
;ame over as and sat down by the
brook; after giving me a little attention
they began to talk, and strangely
enough their conversation chimed in
with my own thoughts.
"Don't be so cast down, darling,"
said my mistress, "they'll understand
you and acknowledge you some time. I
wouldn't be worried by any thing a
critic said."
"No!" said my master. "And yet you
cried like any thing this morning after
you heard a critic's remarks—and your
eyes are red yet."
"Well, I can't help being a little disap
pointed. I know that one day you will
be appreciated, and the world will sec
you with my eyes, and every time your
work comes before the public I say to
myself: 'Perhaps this is the time!'
When I find that we have yet a little
longei to wait, it pains me, and being
only a woman, I cry—not because we
have to wait, but because not a critic
understands what you have been aim
ing at, and appreciates the endeavor,
even if the achievement was a failure."
"That's where it hurts," said my mas
ter, gravely. "I labor for months to
put the best that is in mc into my work,
and when it comes before the public
this that has taken me so long to pro
duce is dismissed with a few curt, un
thinking remarks, and except for the
harvest of abuse I have reaped, I have
gained nothing by my long years of
earnest, honest work —nothing but a
dastardly attack like that which made
you weep tins morning: 'lt i 3 said that
the unfortunate pubiii is about to have
another picture Inflicted upon it from
the incompetent brush of Mr. and
so on.' Ah, wifie, I am no nearer the
goal than I was ten ago."
"Nonsense you nre nearer —much
nearer. The fact that jx>u are of suf
ficient importance to be abused in ad-
Taxice ought to tell you that; and then,
husband dearest, consider that you are
■till a very young man. Suppose that
you had already made lots of fame and
lots of money, you might bo Inclined to
idle and enjoy life; and, instead, these
slights which are hard to bear hare
proved very beneficial to us; havent
they spurred you on to do this last
work, which I prophesy will turn the
tables for us; but even If wo have one
more set-back, what does it matter?
You improve all the time, and I have
such an ombition for you, such a deter
mination that you shall gain the very
highest pinnacle of fame, that I don't
care how long they keep nagging you so
long as it spurs you on to greater en
deavor."
"That sounds very fine," said my
master, sighing, "but in the meantime,
how do we live?"
"Now, don't talk about money and
bread and butter; those departments
belong to me. We can never be poor
as long as we have each other's love,
and even if we have to give up our
pretty home and go to smaller and
poorer quarters we wfll be happy. In
deed, I think I could make them so
much nicer than our present ones that
they would inspire yon more than these
have ever done. Nothing can hurt us
while you love me and I love you. All
you have to do is to love me."
May be I ought to have walked away
at this, but I wasn't going to just when
things were getting Interesting, so I
watched them, and under the shadow
of the big willow saw my master em
brace my mistress.
"I will love you always," I heard him
say, "as long as there is a critic left to
abuse me."
"Don't," she cried, "don't make our
love the price of our ambition. Yon
couldn't find a critic who would want to
work us such harm."
Then they went away, and I stood
wondering and wishing that I knew
what a critic was like, that I might tell
_ ✓ "
THEN' THEY WENT AWAY ASD I STOOD
WONDERING.
it how sad it made my dear mistress,'
and ask it not to; and if it persisted
after that that I might show it what a
calf could do towards settling a person's
Irouhle*. . _
For sercral days after this my master
and raistross seemM ven- uneasj anj
restless—they would l>c always search
ing the papers, bringing theruout umler
the willow to road, and hardly noticing'
me.
One mornings Patrick was quite late
in fetching us in to breakfast, and
Beauty had not been milked, and we
were both big-inning to let them know
at the house that we didn't approve erf
their ways when out came my master
and mistress and stood looking down
"the road. In a f»w moments there was
a great cloud of dust and up came
James in a lather with Patrick astride
him carrying a groat bundle of papers.
My master seized them and hurried over
to the willow; then began to open
them nervously and search through
them. My mistress stood looking over
his shoulder. Suddenly they both gave
a great cry and fell into each other's
arms.
"At last! At last!" my mistress cried,
"they have acknowledged you at last!"
"Yes," said my master; "but I won
der how much of my success is due to
the lovely face I copied?"
"The two lovely faces." laughed my
mistress, blowing a kiss to me.
My master smiled, and twirled his
mustache, and looked so happy that I
wanted to know what it all meant, and
trotted up to them to find out, when
Patrick must needs come up and chuck
me off to breakfast. I was very mad,
for I hated not to know what it was all
about.
After that morning things changed a
little. My master was never at home
any more. The talks under the willow
were over, and I only saw him in the
early morning when he would come out
with a high hat and gloves on and pat
me in absent-minded way. and say to
my mistress:
"You don't mind my going to town
to-day, do you, darling. Now that
things are beginning to look brighter
for us I ought to go round amongst the
bovs a little."
My mistress used to smile and say
she liked him to go, but I noticed that
after he had said the same thing every
morning for about six weeks, my mis
tress smiled less and seemed to be less
cheerful when she told him she liked to
have him go.
Quite a wet spell came after this. I
saw nothing at all of my mistress, but
I used to see my master driving uway
with James and Patrick as usual. It
worried me to know what was the mat*
ter. James could not tell me any thing,
and none of the dogs came to the barn,
so I absolutely knew nothing. I
not stand it, and set to work to call my
mistress with all my might the first
morning that it was fine enough for her
to get out.
Some hours passed—l kept on calling,
but nobody came. At last Patrick put
his head over the fence.
"That calf beats all!" was all he said,
and disappeared.
A few moments later out came my
mistress. Iler eyes were red; she had
evidently been crying. She came up to
me and I was so sorry to see her sad
that I licked her hand and tried to com
fort her. At this broke down com
pletely, and laying her head on my neck
began to cry.
"Oh, Ethel, Ethel!" she said, "he
doesn't love us any more! He isn't
happy with us any more! lie is rest
less and wretched until he can get
away from us. Now that he has noth
ing but praise from everybody and there
isn't a critic left to abuse him he has no
use for us! When I longed for a critic
to find out his worth I little thought I
was longing for the wrecking of my
own happiness!"
She seemed so unhappy that I began
to cry, too, for sympathy.
"Mistress," I said, "just show me
what a critic is like and you shan't have
to cry any more; I will take care of
you."
Before she could reply Patrick came
through the gate.
"Well, he do bawl!" he said. "I guess
I'd better change his food."
"Is any thing the matter ivith her?"
asked my mistress, starting up.
"I dunno," Patrick replied; "he's
been bawling that way all mornln'.
Tain't for the want of food; he's fat
enough. Mebbe he's lonesome. A
man's never done foolin' with a calf
that's been reared by wimmin."
"Poor little thing, may be she misses
her master," said my mistress.
"Humph!" said Patrick. "He's a lad,
he is! If he keeps up that bawling I'll
give him some condition powder and
have done with him."
My mistress turned away, not heed
ing my Indignant protest, and I was left
to my fate.
After she had gone in I was very much
troubled. I hated to see my dear, good,
kind mistress unhappy, and I wanted
to help her, but how could I when all
her trouble came from a critic, and I
didn't even know what a critic was like.
I asked the chickens.
They couldn't tell mo.
I asked the neighbor's cow: she had
never heard of such a thing.
I asked James. He said he supposed
it must be a dealer in poor oats, for
that was the only thing he could think
of which could possibly make a person
cry.
I asked the dogs.
The puppies giggled, but my mistress'
pet dog, Sport, a very arrogant Cocker
Spaniel, who thinks himself clever,
paused a moment to throw an answer
at me over his shoulder; he was too
superior to waste much time on me. and
this is what he said:
"A critic is the only person who can
make my mistress cry."
"But—" I asked, "what is he like'.'"
Sport gave an angry bark.
"I have told you all you need to
know," he said; "If you are not smart
enough to think the rest out for your
self, I am sorry I wasted ray breath
over you."
Sport walked Into the house, and I re
commer\ced on my cud, while I thought.
At last it was all as clear as daylight
to mc. A critic was the only person
who could make my mistress cry, so if
I ever saw any one make my mistress
cry I might l>e sure It was a critic, and
all I had to do was to horn him, and
trample him to pieces, and then my dear
mistress would never cry again.
I jumped and began to practice with
my new horns on tho willow tree to see
if they would dent it; they didn't seem
to hurt it much, but I resolved to use
them every day so that I would be quite
ready for a critic when it came.
Time passed on. I never saw my
master, and there was no sitting under
the brook, no tender embraces under
the shadow of the trees. My mistress
came every now and then, but she had
grown silent and sad and hardly ever
petted me.
One afternoon the gate opened. I
looked up hoping to see both my friends,
but it was only my mistress and a little
dark man with whiskers. They came
over beside me and sat down under the
willow.
"It la a shame," he was saying, "for
you to be left here alone day after day
like this."
"No," she answered, "you find me a
little dull, I suppose, because I have
been so long accustomud to have him
with me that I don't quite understand
how to do without him yet—but I shall
learn," and she gave a sigh that went
right to my heart.
"If I had such a home and such a
vyife you wouldn't catch me leaving
them," ho said.
"Oh yes," she answered, with a sort
of feeblo imitation of her old merry
laugh, "it you had ever such a nice
home you would find its hold on you
very slight when art called you from
It."
"Art doesn't often call so loudly now
adiu'a."
"What «lo you mean?"
"The call of ptrMtiiv is often dis
guised under the call of art."
My mistress turned on him with angry
eyes.
"Do you mean to hint that ruy hus
band leaves me for his own enjoyment
•—or for nny other reason than the
furthering of his work'.'"
"Don't let's talk peisonalitl -*." said
the little man v.-ith the whiskers.
"But we must. You mean s mething
personal."
"Indeed you arc mlv.ai.cii—l was
sprukinrr —with to many hus
band. the e.*ll of art com-'*' in the shape
of golden V..-.ir. a girlis'; f",-ure. tad a
prettr foot, u:\ 1 I was ra.*:~ !y mention
ing the fret."
My mistress sprung to her feet.
"Von ar a bad man," she said. "<Jo
—I never want to speak to you again!'"
With a few hurried steps she ronebe l
the garden irate, and hr.d passed in < \
of and slammed the pate !*hir»d
h«r.
The little man with the whiskers stood
watching her, gave a short laugh, and
walk ! away down the road.
I s: od there fuming; I lifted hLu
sure he hud no busiae-s., under the wil
low with my mistress—for he kept try
ii.; l it as clofo to her &« my :n-.;:t. r
does, and she was all the tune cdgtnjt
away from him and was not a bit com
fortable. He looked at her in such a
cros-i v»y. too—not a bit gently, as my
in. stor l ies, but so fiercely that if I
bud l.*en iter I shoald have been afraid,
end liorr.o.V him first on the chance
thr.: he was going to attack mc.
As 1 watched him I thought he must
be a cl itic, and I kept close at hand in
s»M he was: but he did not make my
mistress cry, so I did not %iare to inter
fere: but I wished he had, I was so near
him
To he Cnucluittd A 'est tl'etk.
lie Appredatfil Courtesjr.
Mr. Kulpepper, an epicurean smoker,
was traveling on a railway with a pas
senger from Berlin who was smoking a
horrid cigar. As all hints and signs
proved .unavailing, Mr. Kulpepper had
recourse to an often tried experiment.
Rising from his seat, he politely said:
"Will you all me to open the win
dow?"
At the same time he "quito acci
dentally" brushed against the hand of
his fellow-passenger, causing him to
drop His cigar. Mr. Kulpepper had the
additional misfortune to step on it and
said, in alarm:
"Oh! I beg a thousand pardons. Al
low me to offer you one of mine. They
are not half bad."
"With your kind permission," an
swered the llerllner, quite pleased, lie
took three cigars out of the case pre
sented to him and put them into his
pocket, saying:
"These are a first-rate brand. I'll
smoke 'em on Sundays."
And with that he proceeded to light
another one of his own.—Keueste N ach
richten.
Aii Natural as Life.
"How many cards did yon say?" said
Postmaster Shattuek as a gentleman
asked him for some postal pasteboards,
yesterday.
"Give me three," said the inquirer, as
he hastily looked at his hand.
Another gentleman just behind, who
was waiting, here "chipped in" with
the remark that ho "would take five."
The number was promptly shuffled out
to him.
Then as the gentlemen stood there
looking at each other, a funny thought
seemed to stike them simultaneously,
and they smiled, bunched their hands,
and quietly separated.—Titusville Her
ald.
Consequential Damages.
"That was a terrible accident on the
New York Central yesterday."
Guest—There was nothing terrible
about it. The train ran off the track,
but nobody was seriously hurt.
Waiter Nobody seriously hurt! I
guess you didn't know that my wife's
mother, who was going to leave to-day,
got soared when she read about the ac
cident and changed her mind.—Texas
Sittings.
A GOOD I'OKKIt HAND.
—Texas Sifting*.
IMB l*roud Soul Revolted.
"Yes, I have plenty of cold victuals"
said the lady, "but I will give you a nice
hot breakfast if you will fill this coal
box and sweep the snow off the side
walks."
"I can't accept it on those terms,
mum," replied the tourist, as he turned
away, a hot flush of Insulted pride
mounting to his dirty check. "1 have
Indian blood in my veins."—Chicago
Tribune.
Nothing Very New.
Mrs. De Visite —Good afternoon. Miss
Blank; is your mother ut home? •
Miss Blank—No. She has gone to
Mrs. De Mugg's IVogressive Conversa
tion Party. By the way, what sort of a
party Is that, Mrs. De Visite?
Mrs. De Vlalte—lt ia one at which the
conversation begins with art, science
and literature, and progresses very rap
idly to fashions, gossip and servants. —
Good News.
Not Satisfied.
Rothschild in Paris once broke his
arm. Prof. Dupuytriin was at once
sent for, who bandaged the limb and
attended the patient until he was cured.
Rothschild thereupon remitted him a
check for 20,000 francs. Dupuytrien
then wrote to his patient, saying:
"I did not expect that Rothschild
would only pay liy installments." —Aua
Medicinisclien Kreisen.
Another Refutation.
Mr. Einstein—Aaron, it vas von lie in
dis newsbaber dot marriage vos a fail
ure.
Mr. Colinsky—l don'd know about dot,
Isaac.
Mr. Einstein—Veil, uf marriage vos
von failure, vy don'd 1 git somethings
from my Rebecca, ain'd it?— Judge.
An Engagement.
Jackson—Do you know, Gibbs, that
there is a possibility of warl>etw«en the
Jones and Brown families?
Gibbs —Is thai so?
Jackson—Yes, already there is au en
jragement between Tom Jones and Sal
lie Brown.—Boston Herald.
The Incurable Kind.
Wideawake —There's one kind of hams
jou can not cure.
Butcher—What kind is it?
Wideawake —The stage variety.— Bos
ton Herald.
A l'laoaibia Reason.
Pennoyer - Why do so many of theao
prize-fighters call themselves the kid?
Prettiwit—l suppose it is because it's
JO hard to put a kid to sleep.—Jury.
In the Editorial Iloomi.
Manager—Peter Jackson has chal
lenged Sullivan. How shall I head it?
Editor —Oh! just put it in with the
death notices—Texas Siitincrs.
XO. 22
ABOUT STRAWBERRIES.
Topic* l)briu«cd at I lie Mertiug of th«
Ohio llortlrollvnU society.
The "Ideal Strawberry How' 1 was
one subject discussed. K. il. Cushmaa
•aid the perfect strawberry row ha<l
not boon distort rod, but the nearest
approach \v-- could uake to it was to
contrive t«» have the plants use all the
pround and not crowd each other. Ila,
planted in rows feet apart and set"
the plants every 18 inches. In July
he 1. *. some runners start and let two
plan;. s ton each side of the plants set
in the spring. All other runners were
kept off. This style of row gave very
fine fruit but tost considerable labor,
lie uses a tool contrived by his father
for cutting 1 runners. It was a hoe with
Fijr. I— Cushman's ktrnwtorry rows, 3V» feet
apart, plants is tact _u npart la row. Four
rhints allowed to root fr«.m ea» h plant set la
tht sj r : .zg- i - narrow quadruple row.
the shank rtraightenedso the hoe blade
was in the line of the handle, like a
spade. It was kept sharp and in the
hands of a careful person did nicely.'
W. W. Farnsworth said it was easy to
start an ideal row but quite another
thing to keep it so. lie planted
in the spring, in rows SX feet
apart, and kept the runners
off as long as he dared. It was
difficult to tell just when to
allow them to grow, the object being
to put it off its long as the season would
permit and still get plants of sufficient
maturity to bear fruit next season. If
it turned dry after midsummer it was
difficult to got a good stand, and if it
was wet then too many plants started.
He cut runners with sheep shears.
Henry Young planted in double rows,
eighteen inches between the rows and
eighteeu inch 's between plants. Ha
left a space of three feet between each
pair of rows. This space was cultivated!
with a horse while a hand wheel-hoo
was run in the narrow spaces. The
picking was done i -he wide spaces,
® St $ » &
DOUBLE ROW
%
* » & % ET
DOUBLE ROW
Sg* ft &
Fl£. 2. H. Young'* double-row sjrstemi
spaces 3 feet and IV4 feet alternately: plants 11
lncbcs apart.
and they admitted light and air to the
plants, that, at the close of the season,
pretty nearly filled the narrow space.
This narrow space not being trampled,
was much mellower than the wide one,
and thus the roots had some mellow
soil at all times of year. ~ Planted in
this way, a bed could be made to bear
a full crop for three years. All runners
were cut with shears. —Ohio Farmer.
GRINDSTONE FRAME.
A Treadle Attachment That Obviate* Man?
Difficulties.
The great objection to running a
stone with a treadle Is the "jerky"
character of its
revolutions,
true bevel or a
being ground, to
IMPROVED C.KIMiSTON-K Bay nothing Of
framk. Inconveni
ence to the operator. The arrange
ment shown in the illustration largely
obviates these difficulties. A fly-wheel
is attached at suiiicient distance to ono
side to give freedom of movement when
sharpening an ax or scythe. A wheel
of this kind can frequently be found
among the old iron of u hardware
dealer, or can be purchased new for a
small sum. It is important that it be
of sufficient weight to give steadiness
to the stone, and momentum to the
revolutions, so that little effort need be
expended on tho treadle to keep the
stone in motion when once well under
way. The stone itself should, of course,
be "hung perfectly true.—American Ag
riculturist.
POULTRY PICKINGS.
A hen will lay more eggs, keep in
better health and her eggs will hatch
better if she can have a good variety in
her feed, both in soft food and grmin.
Guineas are among tho best-foragers
of all the fowls usually kept on the
farm, and if allowed a good range will
pick up the greater part of their own
living.
While an exclusive diet of grain Is
objectionable as a rule, yot at this sea
son some grain must be supplied in
order to keep ths fowls in good, thrifty
condition. .
Fcixy one-half of tho failures with
brooders are duo to want of caro in
keeping warm. Urooders shoald be ar
ranged so that there will be no corners
Into which the chicks can crowd.
If the fowls appear droopy and lose
appetite, it will often be a good plan to
feed them . linseed meaL A gill of tho
meal given to ten hens twice a week
will aid in maintaining good health and
thrift.
The priacipal item with the bantam
is its small size, and in breeding them
everything should be sacrificed in order
to have them as small as possible. If
they get beyond a pound and a half in
weight they are getting too heavy.
Bones make a good feed for poultry
occasionally, and on many farms a
good supply could be readily secured
with a little care in picking them np
and breaking or grinding them into
such condition that tho fowls can cat
them.
do Must lie raid.
"Those who dance must pay the
fiddler," quoted Miss Hleecker.
"Yes," replied Miss South-Church, of
Boston; "the individuals who Indulge
in terpsichorean exercises must defray
the expenses incurred by the engage
ment of a violinist." —Judge.
Wo Itl Rather Dilute It Himself.
"Look here," said Jay Gould to his
milkman; "there is water In this milk
you arc furnishing mc."
"Yes. sir," replied the mllkinauj "I
thought you preferred It that way. I
read the newspapers, sir."—Judge.
A Counterfeit*
Hicks—l take my dinner now at May
new's. You ought to try some of his
Knglish plum pudding.
Wicks —I have tried it, and all I've
pot to say is it's a confounded humbug;
not the real thing at all. Why, I ate
two platcfuls of it t'other evening and
then went home and slept like a baby.
No indigestion, no bad dreams and no
heavy weight in my stomach in tho
morning. It's a confounded humbug, I
tell you.— Boston Transcript.
( arved by a Harbor.
"How's this? What do you charge for
a shave?"
"Ten cents."
"But I gave you a quarter.'
"Yes. sir."
"And you handed back only ten cents."
"Yes, sir I don't make a cent on
the court-plaster, but I'll have to charge
jou just what it coats me."—Chicago