VOL. XXVIII Full Again.; We mean our wall paper do partuient. ful! and overflowing ; with our iin:..' nee and choice ; stock !r- gings. You must help UK < ,we haven't, room for ball goo-is, until j \ ou 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 31 per double bolt. Examine our Stock. J. H. Douglass, Near Postotfice, Butler, Pa. Dry Goods, V Fancy Goods, %! Dress Goods, Notions, Etc. A GREAT PLENTY OF THE VERY BEST. MORE NEW STYLES and HANDSOME SELECTIONS THAN EVER BEFORE. SUCH FINE GOODS YOU NEVER SAW SOLD so LOW WE WILL GRATIFY YOUR AMBITION to BUY CHEAP AND GIVE EXTRA GOOD QUALITIES IN THE BARGAIN. AN UNEQUALLED AS SORTMENT INCLUDING all the NEW fr ST STYLES. A BIG STOCK TO BE TURNED QUICK ON CLOSE MARGINS. ( You people who know what a bargain is come in and ■ we will surprise you. D. E. JACKSON. 203 8. Main St. - - Butler, Pa Full 100 tents' worth to the Dollar on Every Purchase Made at our Store. We are offering values Un precedented in Furnishings for Ladles, Men and Children. Be advised and you'll gave money. Whatever yon may require in oar line, come to os, we'll show yoa a great variety and save yoo money. Our BpriDg etock is now full and complete. We guarantee to meet •very demand to your fullest satis faction. We have a big variety, with many atyles of Boys' and Girls' Hats and Caps at low figures. John M. Arthurs. 333 SOUTH MAIN STEEET. 333 A Complete Stock Of MILLINERY, NOTIONS, UNDERWEAR. Two departments well stocked with tbe meat stylish and best productions in the market, sold at tbe very lowest prices." — Department No. I.—Hats, Bonnets, children's silk and mull bats, old ladies' caps, flowers, ribbons, laces, gimps, Swiss braids, jet edgings, ornaments, tips,plumes, crapes, nans veilings, mourning silks, rucnings, gloves, mitu, etc. No. 2.—Corsets, health waisU, dress forms, hose supporters, hosiery, gauze and muslin nnderwear, aprons, ladles' shirts, waists, infants robes and knit sacques. A full line of trimmed goods always on hand. M. F. & M. Marks'. CLEARANCE SALE OF Robes and Blankets AT Fr. KEMPER'S, J124 N. Main^St., Butler, Pa The largest and most complete line of robes, blankets, harness, whips, trunks, and valises, and at lowest prices in Butler, is al ways be found at KEMPER'S. MY NEW STORE la now completed and I respectfully invite the' Public to call and see me. I am prepared to supply every thing in tbe line of Drnga and Medi cines at all hours. Prescriptions at night a specialty. Electric Bell,and*speakiog tube at front door. Celle a answered prompt- J 7- A bright, cLeerfoProom'and every aew. Yours, J. F.IBALPH. MRS. AMELIA C. EYTH Desires Immediately so K n |« to learn drea»-ma«- lnjr. We feach them the Taylor (JfSiem and only employ flris we teach. Respectfully. Mrs. Amelia C. Eyth, 237 W. Cunt Ingham St., Butler; Adrartfaa Is the Cmiu, THE BUTLER CITIZEN. PROFESSION A h ( ARDS V. McALPINE, Dentist, la now permanently located at i» 8011U1 Main I Street" Butler. Pa., tu rooms formerly ccoupled by Dr. vValdruu. Dr. N. M. HOOVER, • IST K. Wayne,Bt.. offlie hours, io to 13 M. and | 1 to 3 I'. 11. L. M. REINSEL, M. D , PHYSICIAN AND SCBGEON. Itresidence at 224 Graham Street, Office Franks drugstore, .Main St. L. BLACK, PIIYSICiAK AND SfRGBOS, New Troutman Building, Butler, Pa. E. N. LEAKE. M. 1). J. E. MANN. M. D. •Specialties; Specialties: Gynaecology and sur- Eje, Ear. Nose and gery. Throat. DRS. LEAKE & MANN, Butler, Pa. G. M. ZIMMERMAN. PUVBICUN AND -Ji.Uiit.OJf. Office at '•«. 4J. S. Main street, over Frank tL Co a IJtug Store. Butler. Pa, SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. f»o. 22.Ea»t Jtßtrson St., littler, Pa. W. R. TITZEL. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. H. W.Corner Main and North Sts.. Butler. Pa. J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a. __ l Artificial Teeth Inserted cn the latent 'im proved plan. Gold Killing a specialty. Office over scnaul's Clothing Store. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. All work pertaining to the profession execut ed in the neatest manner. Specialties Gold Killings, and Painless Ex traction ol Teeth. Vitalized Air administered, one* oa Jefferson Street, one door East of Lowrj Hoau, t'p Stain. Office open dally, except Wednesdays and Thursdays. Communications by mall receive prompt attention. H. B.—The only Dentist in Butler uMugithe best Bakes 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. No charge for drawing ii I contract the work. Consult your best in terests; plan before you build. Informa tion cheerfully given. A share of public patronage is solicited. P. 0. Box 1007. Office S. W. of Court House, Butler, Pa. C. F. L. McQUISTION, KXtiIXEKH AM) SURVEYOR, Omc* hk aii Diamond. Bran, Pa. J. M. PAINTER, Attoi ney-at-Law. Ofllce— Between Poatoffice and Diamond. Hut- < ler, Pa. A. T. SCOTT, ATTOKNEY-AT-LAW. Office at No. 8. South Diamond, Butler. Pa. A. M. CHRISTLEY, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office second floor. Anderson HI k. Main St., near Coutt House. Butler, pa. J. w. HUTCHISON, attorney at law. Office on second floor of the Husclton block, Diamond, Butler, Pa., Room No. 1. JAMES N. MOORE, Attokkit-at-Law and Notabt Public. Ofllce In Room No. 1. second floor of Iluselton Block, entrance on Diamond. IRA McJUNKIN. Attorney at I .aw, Ofllce at No. IT, East Jefler sou St..Butler, Pa.; W. C. FINDLEY, Attorney at Law and Real Estate Agent. Of flee rear of L. Z. Mitchell's office on north aide of Diamond, Butler, Pi. H. H. GOUCHER. Attorney-at-law. Office on second floor ol Anderson building, near Court House, Butler, Pa. J. K. BKITTAIN. A try at Law—Ofllce at B. K. Cor. Main 8», aud Diamond, BuUer, Pa. NEWTON BLACK. Att'y at I .aw—Ofllce on South side of Diamond Butler. Pa. A. E. GABLE, ~V eterinary Surgeon. Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College. Toronto, Canada. Dr. Gable treats all diseases of tbe domesticated animals, and m?kes riddling, castration aud borne den tistry a specialty. Castration per formed without clams, and all other surgical operations performed in tbe moat scientific manner. Calls to any part of the couotry promptly responded to. Office and Infirmary iu Crawford's Livery, 132 We6t Jefferson Street, Butler, Pa. BUTLE K COUNTY Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Office Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts. «h C. ROESSING, President. H. C. IiKINKMAN, Seoketart DIKEC'TORS: O. C. Hoesslnc. Hcnderwiri Oliver, J. L Purvis, .lame* Stephen-ion, A. Troutman, H. Helnemiui, Alfred Wick. N. Weltzel. Dr. W. Irvln." - I»r. Klckentiach. J. W. Burkbart, D. T. Norris. LOYAL S. M'JUNKIN, Agent. faUTLiBR, PA. L. S, McJUiVKIN, Insurance anil Real Estate .Ag't 17 E.ABT JEFFERSONJBT. IBXJTLER, - PA. Do You Want to Make Money? OF COURSE YOU DO! That's Human Nature. THEN BUY YOUR BOOTS & SHOES AT BICKEL 'S . Bv go doing you will get iLo pretr-t ri KM ie*—iN Jutef-t styles BDd bet-t wearing goods for the least money. We would like tc redoce onrfctotk as *«• wiob to moke some improve ments on cnr store rotm aca at f>refent our Meek if u-o large as we Lave not the rocm and in order to aeccmplit-b cur purp n we have marked our goods so remarkably low that it wiiKbe an ii;doi.fcu.«ut for every person vis iting onr store to n ake a putt-base. We'll save yon money for you krow by experience that our prices for reliable goods were never beaten and seldom equaled. We v\ill ifftrycu an unlimited n-tcrtroe&t of ladies ond misfes fine shoes, pric»> $1 to $5. A fu: 1 and ccmplete stcck of ladies front lace shoes with scollop fronts and patent IcaiLtr trinmiDpi- all sins fid all widths. Ladies button shoes, fite dcrgola, with clctb tops, dc cgola tops, bright finished tops, with patett leather fjneittrs, plain tee (T pi.tent leatbfr tips—all styles—all ma terials and all prices. MISSES SHOES heel cr spring heel—and kind of stcck desired and tLe latest patterns from Rochester's largest shoe factories. MENS SHOES We can show you a large assortment of Men's flue dress shoes, Gne French calf, kangaroo, cordovan, bard or machine sewed, at a big bargain. 500 pairß of Men's fine calf eboep, Congress or English Balmorals at $2 former price $2 75 aDd maDy other bargains which «pace will not permit me to apeak about. A larger and more complete fctcck of men'- kip plow shoes, Brogans, Creedmoora, Enrtkos, box tee shots of all kinds at prices lower than ever. The above are not leaders in the sense of being a few articles singled oat for special mention because of their extremely good values, but fair spec imens of the entire stock. They are leaders in another *euse. They lead numbers >f people to come to us (or tLnir shoes and we please aud suit them all. Boots and Shoes Made to Order. Repairing neatly and promptly done either in lestler or rubber goods At all times a full stock of oilmeus box toed boots rnd shoes. At all times a full stock of Leather and Findings. Shoemakers supplies of all kinds. Hest brand of Sheffield sole leather Kip and calf stock. Shoe uppers of every description. Blacksmith aprons. Whet) in need of anythiog in our line give me a call. Orders by n.ail will receive same attention as if brought in ptrson Yours truly, JOHN BICKEL, New Numbers S. Main Street. BUTLER, ------ - - - PEN N'A STOCK MTIBELY SEW Fine Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Silverware and Spectacles At lowest cash prices at jr. R. R I K « ' 8 F No. 125 N. Main St., - Duffy Block. Sign of Klcctric Hell and Clock. "GET THERE ELI ? Follow Dan McGinty, Annie Roonev and the rest of the crowd to EC. S. 13 R E W ' S FU RNITURB R()()MS, And Becnre the nrw pieces you will need after bouse cleaning. Pick them out, make a deposit on then:, and we Mill set them o«ide un u you are ready for them. No trouble to show goods whether you buy or not. 128 E. JeftersonSt., - - - Butler, I'a. EVERY WATERPROOF COLLAR OR CUFF THAT CAN BE RELIED ON B xq P racve to ar>iit; THE MARK 3>TOt tO DlSCOlOP! *—————I EEARS THIS MARK. # TRADE ELLULOID MARK. NEEDS NO LAUNDERINC. CAN BE WIPED CLEAN IN A MOMENT. THE ONLY LINEN-LINED WATERPROOF COLLAR IN THE MARKET. BUTLER, IJA.?1 J A. ? FRIDAY, MAY *2'2, IHDI. THE OLD HOMESTEAD. My window's high between the eaves, IU sash Is set »ith tiuy panes— -8.1 Quaintly flcckod wMb summer rains: Some, cracked across and puttied In;" One. mended by a strip of tin; And, all day long, the rustling leaves Dart shadows on Its ancient face. As cherry branches interlace. The house is lowly, old and brown. Long, sloping roof with chimneys vast, (They made such, in old times, "to last.") Green woodMnc creeps np over it, And on its apex pigeons sit. No ■'gambrel" hath my root, nor crown. Where, in the softening evening light, I reit and bid the world good-night. Inside you'd stare, and deem it "poor," You, fresh from modern luxuries; But. always, in my home-bred eyes. The rooms seem royal—with a grace Unwon from velvet, damask, lace. Quaint latches fasten every door — t'npaaeled doors, which softly swing To let the needy stranger in. I would not change it all for gold Nor part with one rush-seated chair; Nor ancient linen, woven fair And checkered with blue, long years ago; Nor starry patchwork quilts a-row. I'erchance you think my praise too bold? Ah! my rag carpets—striped gay. Were made by hands moldered away. The house runs o'er with relics small I And oft It secmeth that the night Kestorcs lost faces to my sight. My loneilness then disappears. The stina is gone from saddening years, A buoyant radiance rifts death's pall. And freshly dear groweth each stone Which lowly lifts my mountain home. —Lydia Wood lia dwln, la Good Housekeeping. LARRY'S "OLD FOSSIL." Truo to Hor Promise Sho Adda Him to Her Collection. There was so much talk about Frof. Chesney before he arrived, that Larry declared herself sick of the subject. Augusta, having spent several weeks in his company the previous summer, at the house of their mutual friend Mrs. Martson, felt she had a prior right to him—"A primary mortgage on him," Larry said, in her girlish impertinence; Gertrude, who had met him several times, and who was considered very clever, called him "a congenial spirit;" Mrs. Austin, knowing his social stand ing and large income, declared him "a model man, one in a thousand;" Mr. Austin pronounced him "an up-and down good fellow;'* even Jim Annsley, their cousin and adopted brother, ex pressed approbation of him. Larry was the only one of the family who had not met him, and with her usual preversity made up her mind not to like him. lie was learned in mathematics, which only scored against him, in* her eyes. " 'The calculating power alone should seem to be the least human of qualities,' " she quoted, her small nose in the air. "There is something wrong about a man whom tterj/boily likes. My prophetic 60ul tells me I shall not take to him." "Your 'prophetic soul' makes mis takes sometimes," put in Jim wickedly. "I've no doubt you'll succumb to his charms before he has been here a week. But for sisterly affection's sake don't interfere; do give Augusta a chance." "Don't alarm yourself!" cried Larry, loftily. "I'm not susceptible, and dried-up, fusty old professors dou't appeal to mo in the slightest. 1 shall be truly thankful when this wonderful 'admirable Crichton' has been and gone. I'm positively sick of the sound of his name." "Prof. Chesney is certainly a won derful man," began Jim, sententiously; but Larry pounced on him and he was ignominiously pot to flight. The Wednesday the professor was expected Larry went for a long walk; she met Ned Erkaine and Harry Win throp, two young artists with wlTom Ehe was good friends, and enjoyed her self very ruuch, getting in barely in time to dress for dinner. They wero all assembled round the table when she slipped into her place, and there was a reproof in her mother's voice as she said: "My third daughter, Larinda, Prof. Chesney." If there was anything' that her "third daughter" hated, it was being ad dressed by her baptismal name. With a mutinous pout of her red underlip bho bowed hastily, and it was not until she had disposed of her soup that she looked at her opposite neighbor. A tall, thin man, with brown hair and a Bhort brown beard and mustache thick ly streaked with gray, a large, dome like forehead, and near-sighted gray eyes that looked kindly at her through his spectacles. Lie was a little sur prised at the hostile expression in the brilliant brown eyes, which surpriso deepened into astonishment when, in answer to a low-voiced remark from J iin, the young lady replied, also in a low tone, but so distinctly that he heard every word: "I think he is an old fossil." Notwithstanding this, sev eral times during the meal his eyes strayed to the white-robed figure, the bent, shining, brown head, and onco. in the midst of a remark from Au gusta, he turned to listen to a peal of merry laughter from Larry. Several of her friends came In during the evening, and she devoted herself to their entertainment, completely ignor ing the professor: When she kept up this behavior for nearly a week. It at tracted the attention of her family as well as that of the visitor; and when gentle hints were scorned, Larry was severely reprimanded. "You are positively unladylike!" said Mrs. Austin; "and I insist on, at least, civility. He must think you an illman nered child." "I daresay I do seem a child to his advanced years," saucily answered Larry. "Hut what is your objection to him?" asked her mother. "To me he appears a mcfct kindly, estimable gentleman—" "Ugh!" cried her spoiled daughter, with a gesturo of deep disgust. "If there is one thing that I despise more than another, it is that word 'estima ble,' as applied to people. Call them good, bad, weak, strong, brave, cow ardly—anything but 'estimablet'" "You are exceedingly impertinent!" answered Mrs. Austin, who was now very angry. "I insist on your being po lite to Prof. Chesney, and doing your Bharc toward entertaining hiin, or t shall certainly complain of you to your father. Leave the room, miss." A little ashamed, and wholly angry, Larry whisked out of the room, almost into the professor's arms, with such force as to rather stagger him. With a hasty "Excuse me," she sped along the corridor and up the stairs, while the "estimable gentleman" stood and looked after her. "An old fossil!" he murmured, with a slight smile, stroking his beard. Shortly after tliis, to the surprise of all, Larry suddenly changed her tactics, and at dinner one day addressed the professor. He answered courteously, and very readily joined in an argument between herself and Jim. Her remarks were bright ami amusing, if somewhat crude, and th>- brown eyes and change ful face were very attractive. In the evening she played and sang for him, and was us sweet and bewitching as tho heart of man could desire, much to tho surprise of some, and the annoyance of others, of her family. ''She means mischief!" thought Jim, uneasily. "Are you beginning to suc cumb to the professor's charms?" he ■whispered. "You know I gave you a week." "X am thinking of getting up a col lection of fossils," she answered, with a mocking lau Th, "and this is too fine a specimen to lose. Don't you dare in terfere!" "Poor wrctchl" rejoined Jim. "He hiu my bi-inpattu'-" . ' t'nable to account tor the change in Larry's manner, the professor never theless found her very agr, cable: and, though never neglecting anyone else, it fro* »n became evident that she was the attraction. The other t'.o reluctantly gave way to her, and she it was who went with him to picture galleries and lectures and concerts, who was the life of the theater and opera parties, sancy, willful, eharming. With all his gravity and erudition, it was plain that he admired this ill-regu lated young woman, lie had never be fore l>een thrown closely into compan ionship with such a nature; he admired her beauty, her dainty costumes; even her girlish extravagance of speech and tauey disregard of his opinion pleaded him better than Augusta's unvarying politeness, or Gertrude's cleverness. His eyes followed her every movement, a wistful light in them sometimes, that touched Jim. "He's in for a severe attack, I'm afraid," he thought. "Bad disease to take late in life"—and went off whist ling: Two bright eyes neath a scarlet bood. One beguiling and one beculled.'' Larry was curled up in a deep window sill overlooking the park, basking in the sun, for she was a veritable Persian in her love of sunlight, when Prof. Chcsney came into the room. Ho leaned against the side of the window, looking at the picture she made in her quaint puffed aad furbelowed gown, the sunlight falling on her brown head. Larry looked up, nodded with a smile that showed her small white teeth, and *ettled back into her original position, waiting for him to speak; and so he iid, after awhile, but not ai she ex pected. "I am going away to-morrow. Miss Larry," he said. "My pleasant visit aas come to an end." " 'To-morrow'?" echoed Larry, sitting np straight. "I'm very sorry you are foing." And, much to her own sur prise, she realized that the remark was perfectly sincere. "I am glad to hear you say that," laid the professor, trying to keep his poiee steady. "It makes it a little easier to say something that is in my leart." Then he told his story in warm, eager words, very unlike his asual calm—words that stirred Larry itrangely. There was a queer expres lion on her pale face as she stood ba •ore him. "Prof. Chcsney," she said, with quiv ering lips, "I'm not worth the love you save offered me. You'll realize that ivhen I tell you that I've only been pleasant and civil to you all these weeks, not from any liking for you, but io—to plague the others." Thorough ly ashamed, she bent her head, unable io meet his eyes. "You mean that you have deliberate ly played a part all these weeks? You, ivhom I thought a? frank and true? (low could you do it! Then you've not the slightest love for me In your heart —that, I suppose, is out of the ques tion." There was a hurt, shocked tone n his voice that touched Larry keenly. "I don't love you," she answered, ''but I shall be very grateful, if, after what I have told you, you will let me be your friend." She put out her Uands and moved a step nearer to him, out, to her mortification, her extended Sands remained untouched. "I did not ask for your friendship,,' le said, unsteadily, "and just at pres ent I want only what I asked for. By ind by I may be able to appreciate four offer; I shall try, but you've taught me a hard lesson, Larry, one "'in not likely to forget. Perhaps I jught to have known better, but," with a break in his voice, "I'm not nsed to women —I'm only 'an old fos »il,' after all." And without another word he left her. Up in her room Larry was still more lurprised to find a fit of crying a necessity. She could not account for the dull, unhappy feeling that took en tire posssssion of her as she reviewed the past weeks and realized that the kindly, pleasant companionship she had iccepted so heedlessly was ended. "I suppose he'll hate me now and for ever," she thought, between her sobs. "But how could I say I loved him when [ didn't?" "Mistress Mary, quite contrary, quite sontrary!" mocked a parrot in the next yard. "He was so hurt, so grieved. I won der if he'll ever forgive me?" "Quite contrary, quite contrary," shrieked the parrot, with such force that it sounded positively personal to conscience-stricken Larry. "Fiendish bird!" she cried, "I wish somo one would wring your neck!" Then she lobbed all the harder. The professor left the next afternoon, while Larry was out. A box of whits roses lay on the table, addressed to her, a card attached on which was written: "From your friend, Roger Chcsney;" that was all, but she guessed dimly what an effort it cost to write it. With trembling lingers she divided the flowers into three parts and gave them t" her mother and sisters. "/ don't want them," she said, proudly, in an swer to Mrs. Austin's remonstrance. "I was only civil to him to please you all." But Jim noticed that the brilliant eyes were full of tears, and that she took the card away with her. "It must bo a relief to you to have hiiu gone," he said, with malice afore thought, as they stood a moment in the hall. "Associating with such a serious man must have been a trying experi ence for you." lie was unprepared for the way she flamed out at him: "Such an experi ence as makes mo more willing to ac cept the statement that man is mado after God's own linage and possesses some Godlike attitudes. Now go!" And he did, a lurking smile under his mustacho and a most emphatic "Hy Jove!" on his lips. One bright, sunny morning early in June Jim opened the door of Mrs. Austin's sitting-room. Larry was in there alone. Shc-hadan industrious lit on her, and with the sleeves of her blue morning dress turned back, displaying two prettily-rounded arms, feather duster in hand, she was whisking the dust off some rare pieces of old china. "Larry, here is an old friend of yours," announced Jim. "Treat him well, for he sails for Egypt to-morrow, never to return. I'll l»o back in a minute." He vanished; and there, inside the closed door, stood Prof. Chesney, a little thinner, a little grayer, but with the old kindly smile on his lips that she rememl>ercd so well. Startled out of her self-possession, Larry stood with her feather duster suspended over grandma's hundred-year-old teapot. "I sail for Europe tomorrow," said the professor, taking a few steps Into the room, "and I may never return. Won't you wish me godspeed, Larry?" Crash went grandma's priceless tea pot into a dozen pieces on the polished floor, and the next thing Larry knew bho was crying bitterly. "Are you crying because I ant going away?" a:.ked tho professor, eagerly— he was very near her now—"or because you have broken tho teapot?" "Beth!" cried Larry, with a convul sive sob which was smothered in the folds of the professor's coat as the arms of that "estimable gentleman" closed round her. "How about your 'prophetic soul,* Larry?" teased Jim, later on. "I thought you called him 'a fossil'?" "So I did," answered the young lady, with a brilliant smile, quite unabashed. "But I also said I was 'getting up a col lection of fossils,' and recognized the fact that ho was too flnc a specimen to lose.' Don't you remember?" —Barbara Yechton, in Demorest's Monthly. Correct DUrno«i». Doctor —Good morning, Mr. Lorerl What can I do for yon? Mr. Lover—l—l called, sir, to—to ask for the hand of-of your daughter. "Humph! Appetite good?" "Not very." "How is your pulse?" "Very rapid when —when I urn with her .very feeble when away." j "Troubled with palpitation?" "Awfully, when I think of her." "Take my daughter. You'll soon be cured. Ton dollars, please."--N. Y. Weekly. He Could NVt Say That It Wai. "Isn't this perfectly delightful?" she asked, as they sat on the snfn with their armi intertwined and the briWiantine on his mustache not very far from the crimson balm on her lips. "Dorothy," ho replied, "when I know that your mother is listening on the stairs, that your father is waiting in the vestibule with a cane, that the bulldog is loose in the front yard, and that your little brother is under the sofa, how can I say that it is delightful?"— Jury. SKETCHING IN TEXAS. ?h vj •T x> v.*"> j-. Artist (to cowboy)— Please turn youi right side to me, Mr. Broncho Bob. I want to draw your gun. "No yer don't, yer spindle-shanked i paint splatterer! Yer can't git the drop on me that way; nobody draws this gun j but me!" —Munsey's Weekly. Independent Females. Simple-Minded Citizen What is it j you women are tryin' to do, anyhow? Mrs. Hardhead (President Female Emancipation League)'—We desire to make women entirely independent of man. "That's easy enough." "Easy? How?" "Let her marry the man." —N. Y. Weekly. Equal to Emergencies First Little Uirl—Let's play keepin' house an' goin' callin', and dress all up in your mamma's best things. Second Little Uirl—Eversing of mam ma's Is locked up, 'cept two skirts wli no bodies to 'em. First Little Girl—Well, let's play goin' to a party.—Good News. No Account Indeed. Geawdge—What sort of a tailor it Shears? Chawles (laconically)—No account. Geawdgc—Why, they tell me h« makes beautiful clothes. Chawles —Yes. But he's no account. You lv»vc to pay for them. —Munsey'a Weekly. Knew u lietter l'lan. Kenneth—Miss Maud! Maud! Will you gwant me that gweat happiness" Will you be mine? Maud—You may ask papa. Kenneth —I sliahn't. I shall ask mamma. Papa nevah lets me do any thing.— Puck. Catering to Hublriten. Cultured Boston Miss (victim of the latest fad) —Waiter, you may bring me some bird's-nest soup and shark's fin. Intelligent Waiter —We doesn't hab 'em, missy: but we's got some s'perla tive pork an' beans.—N. Y. Weekly. Very Strange, Indeed. Gilliooley—What o'clock is it, Char lie? Charlie Bondclipper—lt is just ten. Gilhooly—What a singular coinci dence! I was Just going to ask you for ten dollars.—Texas Sittings. Two V:ilid Objection*. "Let us get married at once," said Chipper. "Why so soon?" asked Ethel. "I can't stand the expenses of an en gagement," returned Chipper. "Bo sides, it keeps in? out late."—Jury. A Saperflnoun QueHlon. Mrs. Peterby—What is your husband doing now? Mrs. Ironjaw—What is he doingl Nothing, except what I give him per mission to do. —Texas Siftings. At the Station. Dude (entering restaurant hurriedly) —Aw, I say, can a man get a dwink here? Barkeeper (dryly)— Yes; wlicre's the man?— Life. Marry Blm Off. "Say, doctor, yourson is very fast; he needs to be curbed." Doctor —Yes; I intend to bridal him. —Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper. liarriuf Ilook-A(f«nt®. Miss Tence—l like to meet a mat with a history. Mr. Fence —So do I—provided he doesn't have it for sale.—Puck. Did He Catch the I*olnt? Lord Algernon—l really consider it my duty to marry &*>me American girl. Ethel—A duty for revenue only'. Is M not?— Life. It W»i Worth More. Theodore de Banrflle always re fused to stand as candidate for the Academy. One evening Francois Coppee, who had just been elected academician, undertook t«> rally the poet: "Now, really, Banvllle, you will never be one of us?" "Never, my dear fellow. What la the use?" "But supposing somebody were to. present you your certificate of election ready-made—on a platter of silver?" Ban villc (meditatively)—l should take the platter.—Paris Figaro. Holding Him Down. They were looking into the window of a crockery store, when the old man observed: "Mary, there's somo mighty line spit boxes for only sixteen cents. We never had one, and I guess we'll invest." "I guess we won't! They're too high." "Only sixteen cents." "Yes, but when you get too good to ■pit on a rag carpet which cost me forty-two cents a yard you can put your head out of the window or go to the door."—Detroit Free Prcsa. • ilia Motl»e» Differently Viewed. Designing Mamma —Father, It looks as if there is going to ho a match bo tween our Emma and the precious stone importer. See! I believe he's about to kiss her hand. Practical Father (himself a diamond dealer) —Nonsense! He's studying the reals la her braoelot.—Jeweler'* Week- I THE SWAMP DOGWOOD. One l'lant Will la • Short Time Cover « Sqaarf Ito.l of Lanil- In ridingfrnan Talraadge to the north western corner of Uavenna, (>.. the trav eler passes through one <.f the most fertile and beautiful portions of the western reserve, anil it wonld l>e tiitU cult to persuade a foreigner yrho saw the fine, nicely painted farmhouses and huge bank bams, that it was net a prosperous. wealthy re jlm. In goin » to Mr. J eiming*'homo yonr correspond ent went through a neighborhood known i.i Porta;:e county as red brush, fo called because of the great abund ance of th.- swamp dogwood or '•*d willow" that grows in th't region. This i- the cormis sanguinea of the catalogues and a young lady once told how she s >nt t» a distant nursery for a fio. l. " plant of this when the 7 might have got thousands of plants within her own township had sho known it was the same. This pretty winter sHrub in its wild state is a tine illustration of nature's methods of extending the area of her wild growths. It is simply a natural method of layering by which people can, if they will.indefinitely multiply almost all the pretty shrubs and bushes which are u«ed in dooryard adornment. Fig. 1 is a two-year plant of the red willow. After a habit of this bush, one branch will grow long and curved, as a. This branch will send out upright shoots and become top-heavy, and the' long grass will fall over it when the frosts come in autumn. By spring the branch will have been weighted to the ground by snow and lee, and the clog ging grass will hold it down in the po rio. 2 sition indicated in Fig. 3. Being in contact with the moist swampy earth it strikes root and becomes a separate bush if the connecting branch Is brok ed, and if not, it remains a partner in the firm of Corn us Jt Son. The bend ing of the main branch brings the as cending shoots of last year's growth in a partially prostrate position and in goods hape to renew the previous proc ess. In this way, under favoring cir cumstances. a lively and pushing red willow could walk across a ten-acre lot, just as a wild strawberry will push itself along a fence-row. The snow ball, wiegela, syringa andother shrubs, sometimes self-layer themselves in this way, but not so persistently as the red willow. A neighbor sent to Blooming ton, 111., for a little plant of this shrub, and in a few years it covered a rod square, simply by the process de scribed.—Cor. Ohio Farmer. PROMISING OUTLOOK. Good News for the American Farmer and Stock Raiser. The news from London, says an ag ricultural exchange, in regard to the prospects of the wheat crop being so very favorable to the American wheat-grower is received. All the other sources of supply to the English market ar? reported us offering little prospect of a good harvest. Short crops are anticipated everywhere ex cept in the United States, or the home of the farmers. Newspapers that are well informed on the subject say there will be a good demand for all surplus which the United State# may have to offer. Before the applauding of the above encouraging news had fairly died out news is received from Washington that Germany intends to withdraw the em bargo on American pork. No event has transpired for many years bearing with It a greater signiticance than doea the opening of 4hc German port for the re ception of pork from the United States. We doubt If those Interested fully rea lizo the magnitude of this new outlet for American pork. It means a big demand at good prices for years to come. It is to be iwjretted that our farm ers were compelled (owing to short crops last year) to close out their breed ing t>tock so closely. We would advise the securing of a pair or two of some good breed as soon as practicable, and who knows but that the advanced prices of cattle, pork and grain will prdve the solution to the problem as to how the mortgages on our farms are to be lifted. There are a number of good breeds of hogs fro in which to select. The Poland Chinas and lierkshires have been, and are ye*, quite a popular breed of hogs with many. The ad mirers of these breeds have developed in them nice, large hams, but over looked the importance of breeding, in ▼lew of large girth around the vital organs, the digestive, breathing, etc., which largely swtcoants for these breeds thus devalopcd succumbing to the ravages of cholera, etc., the color having nothing to do with It. The breed know n a.* the O. I. C. seems to pos sess the power to resist disease in a greater degree than any other breed of hogs known to us. I.«t the Good Work Proceed. The subject of improvement of coun try roads is one which is attracting widespread attention. The fact exists that our highways In the rural districts are, as a general rule, in an unsatisfac tory condition, most of them being al most impassable without great discom fort during large portions of tho yean while few are kept in a proper state of repair. They are far inferior to thoso throughout Kngland and several other countries in Kurope, while the public roads in tho New Kngland states are conspicuously l>etter than ours. —N. Y. Sun. Not Taking Any rhaneos. Clerk —A pair of our $3.00 shoes; yes, sir. Will you have the heavy or the light weight, sir? Kininent Thespian—Let me see—we open in Frostviile Monday night; you may show me a pair of the heavy weight, please.—Puck. One of tho HyiUrlw. Maud—What do you think of Irene? Laura —I detest her. And she hate* mo like poison. "Then why do you and she always kiss when you meet?" "Heaven only knows." Chicago Tribune. Over la Roit«o. Bridget—Wan the master off on a bust last night? Her Mistress—lie was off on a burst, Bridget. 1 wish jou would be more careful of your Knglish. It is tho only thing that annoys me. Munsey's Weekly. A Misapprehension. "I hear Johnny Hicks, the,son of the novellst, threw a ruler at his teacher." "Yes. Johnny overheard the teacher telling some one that Mr. Hicks was the greatest story teller he knew and Johnny got inad."—Munsey's Weekly. Matrimonial Item. Parson Smith —You have been mar ried more than thirty years, and now I hear you are applying for a divorce. Venerable Parishioner—Yes, parson; but remember "better lata than never." l^Jj£as_Siftings. INTO. 29 BUSINESS PRINCIPLES. Why Faroicr* should Keep Account* «t Their nuin*H ASUra. While looking about for the CHUM of agricultural depression, we should not fail to scrutinize those things that tone more directly under individual ecmtroL It is true we have just cause for criticising our public officials, but at the Minp time, if we examine our own management of individual affairs on tnc farm, we may sometimes find sources of lost that could easily be remedied. Among 1 other things, the farmer should have some systematic method for keeping his accounts. He should have this system so arranged as to enable hiin to ascertain which crop yields the greatest profit, or which line of stock is more profitable for him to raise. It is a lamentable fact, how ever, that a comparatively small num ber of farmers keep any accounts what ever The general excuse is that they have not the time, or that the varied complexities of their business render It impossible to so systematise it as to make bookkeeping practical. As to the first excuse, it will not hold good, for many farmers waste enough time to keep several sets of books Besides, in many families there are boys or girls to whom the task would be a great benefit The second excuse has a better foundation, yet farm transactions may be so re corded as to be of great value. We could not think of contending against the low prices of the present time did we not produce those articles which our books show to bo the most profita ble. For farmers who have no knowl edge of bookkeeping we would sug gest a large account book, ruled, let tered and spaced for every department of farm operations. Though we have kept careful record of all transaction* for twenty years on ordinary blank books we have lately secured one of these books, as its small cost is no item, and it will enable us to make our accounts more definite and require less time. We believe farmers should not only keep their accounts systematically, but all contracts, verbal or written, should be "properly recorded, that no room may be left for troublesome disputes. Thon, again, where everything' is thus re corded, the man's honse is always "in order," so that when the summons come his executor will have no diffi culty in adjusting his affairs and mak ing a final settlement of the estate.— John L. Shawver, in Farm and Fire side. USEFUL FEED CUTTER. It Will Cat One reclc ot Feed for Poultry In Two Minuted. ' Those who are interested in the UN of chopped clover for fowls, will not doubt notice the illustration of a cheap, homemade feed cutter, sent to Farm and Fireside by Mr. VV. J. Noble, State Center, la. Mr. Noble says: "I am astonished at the great amount of finely-chopped clover that a flock will cat, and for the use of those who desire a cutter, 1 send the cut of one not new, but which will answer the purpoee. To make it, take four piece* of two by A HOMEM ADE FEED SCTTEB. four scantling, three feet long, cross them within one foot of the ends and place thereon two boards, securely fastened, to serve us a trough for holding the clover to bo cut Next take a stick about one and one-half by two inches, and tlvree feet long, and fasten one end at or near the bottom of one of'the legs with a bolt and at the other end of the stick make a mortise one and one-half by two inches long, to admit the heel of an old scythe whict has been bent back and made with a half-inch hole in it to admit a bolt. Have the poirt of the scythe hammered down so that a handle can be put on it On the inside of the trough put two strips of thin iron abont one Inch wide and as long as the boards are wide, so that the scythe will not cut into the ends of the boards. The stick in which the scythe is put should be incased with a board, so as to steady the motion of the scythe. One peck of feed can be cut in two minutes." POULTRY PICKINGS. CLEAN straw is good for the hens to scratch in. Pirr turpentine in the drinking water to prevent gapes. SOME recommend soaking corn in kerosene for cholera. GENERALLY on the farm there is no necessity for buying extra foods. UEESE eat the grass close down to the roots and often kill it out in this way. WHEN hawks bother the chickens a few brush piles will afford a good pro tection. POULTRY will readily digest bones if they are broken tine enough for them to cat i CLEANLINESS now will aid materially in preventing the lice from getting a good start HENS will lay more eggs without the roosters than with them, but of course the eggs will not hatch. THE tendency of wheat fed whole is to produce a healthy growth and to aid materially in laying eggs. IN a majority of COSE* it is impossible to compete to advantage with incubat ed chickens as regards earliness. FEED only what is eaten up clean and at certain hours in order to keep the fowls from getting too fat CURD is a good feed for young poul try of all kinds and can be fed to the laying hens to a good advantage. IN many cases it will be best at this season to feed all the hens will eat at night Just before they go to roost DOCKS and gccsu can be picked now whenever their feathers aro ripe; thare Is no advantages in letting them go to wast* Anxious for Information. Miss Old Maid (school-teacher)— How many million years old is the earth? Bright I'upil—Please, ma'am, I dont know. It was here when I come. How old is it?— Good News. The Force of Habit. Stranger—What do you mean by star ing at ray wife, sir? You owe me an apology. Hardup—Call around next week.— Munsey's Weekly. READY FOR ANYTHING. Call (who drops In unexpectedly).— Goodness RTiicious, my dear Ksmarekl What ha* happened.' EsinareU—Don't be alarmed, old fel low. Yon see Mrs. Esmarek Joined m "First Aid to the Injured" class during .Lent, and we're giving the children m few lessons.—Puck.
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