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.