VOL. XXVIII PROFESSIONAL CARDS. JOSEPH W. MILLER. M. D. Physician and Surgeon, Offlce and residence at 338 '. Main St. Batler, In. Dr. N. M. HOOVER, 137 E. ofliee hours, 10 to 12 M. and 1 to 3 P. M. L. M. REINSEL, M. D , PfIYMCIAH AND SCRGEON. Offlce and residence at 12T E. Cunningham Bt, L. BLACK, PHYSICIAN AND ILLOTO*, New Trout man Hnlldingr. Butler, I'a. K. N. LEAKE, JI. D. J. E. MA>N, M. D. Specialties: Specialties: 1;, 11 <1- ~logy and Sur- Eye, Ear. Nose and b -ery. Throat DRS. LEAKE & MANN, Butler, Pa. G - ZIMMERMAN. rsYSICIAN AND SOEOEON. Office at No. 45, S. Main street, over Frank * cVs Ut u# Store. Butler. Pa. SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. AO. 22 Ea*t Jefferson St., Butler, Pa. W. R. TITZEL. PHYSICIAN ASD iJURGEON. 8. W. corner Maiii and North sts.. Butler, Pa. V. McALPINE, Dentist, is Dov. j.timar.cntlj- located at 120 Soutli Main Street Lll tier, l a.. In rooms formerly occupied by Dr. Waldrcn. J.J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a. /■uncial Teeth inserted tn the latest im iirijved plan, fiold Killing a specialty. Offlce ovtr Eeliat'l's ClcthiDK Store. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. All work pertaining to the profession execut "l&SM and Painle» Ex trarliouof Teeth, Vitalized Air administered. OBI« on Jeffertoa Street, one door Cut ofLowr) UOBse. t'p Ktain. onwe open dally, except Wednesdays anJ Thursdays. Communications by inatl receive piemp-attention, N. It.— The only Dentist In BuUer using the L#~.l makes of teeth. C. F. L. McQUISTION, E.NUIKEEB AND SURVEYOR, O mc« NEAR DIAMOND. I'.CTLEB, PA. A. B. McFARLAND. Att'y at Law and Notary Public—Office on S. Diamond St.-opposite the Court douse—sec ond floor. H. Q. WALKER, Attorney-at-Law-Offlce In Diamond Bloc*. Duller. Pa- J. M. PAINTER, Attorney-at-Law. Office- Between Postoffice and Diamond, But ler, Pa. A. T. SCOTT, ATTOKNEV-AT-LAW. Office at No. 8. South Diamond, Butler. Pa. A. M. CHRISTLEY, ATIOIENETi AT LAW. Office seccijd floor, Anderson Bl k. Main BL, nm < 1 uit lioufe. Htiiler. Pa. J. W HUTCHISON, ATTORNEY AT LAW.-* Office on second floor ol the iluselton block, I lamond, BuUer, Pa. Boom No. 1. JAMES N. MOORE, ATTOBNET-AT-LAW AND NOTART PCBLIC. Oflico in Koom No. 1, second floor of Iluselton Bloek. entrance on Diamond. -IRA McJUNKIN. Attorney at Law, Office at No. 11, East Jeffer son St . Butler, Pa.; W. C. FINDLEY, ■: 01 .-1 yut I r.w and Benl Estate Agent. Of f. ~ 1, ;.r of L. Z. Mitchell's office on north side 01 iiiHuiond. Butler. PA. H. H. GOUCHER. Attorney-at-lafr. Office on second floor ol Anderson building, near Court House, Butler, Pa. J. if . BUITTAIN. Att'y at l^iw—offlce at S. E. Cor. Main St, and Diamond, BuUer, Pa. NEWTON BLACK. Att'y at Law—office.on South side of Diamond liutler. Pa. I tS MeJiiNKLV, Insurance and Real Estate Ag'l 17 F.AST JEFFKRSONjBT, HUTLER, - PA. V-i'uWt COUNTS . itua* Fire i»Bura.ice 00. »co Cor. (flahi & Ufiimingftam Jits. >•. C. KOEBbIN(i, I'BESIDEHR. .. (. IIKINEMAft, SkcfUHAKv. DIHEr. W. lrvln, Or RtckcnbhCli, .1. W. Uurkhart, ID. T. Norrls. I,OYAL S. NVjUNRIN, Agent. . xfJ'lT'P Li SR, PA. A. E. GABLE, . Veterinary Surgeon. Graduate of the Ontario C ToroDto, Canada. Dr. Gable treat* all di«ci»se« of the JoiucHticated aoirrialv, and mv.kea ridkliiiff, castration arid borso den tistry a specialty. Castration per formed wi'hout clamt*, and all otber eorgical operatiood performed in tbe most scientific manner. Calls to any par' of tbe country promptly responded to. Office and Infirmary in Crawford's Llrerj, 132 West Jefferson Street, Batler, Pa. 4 A / r AY Ar> —77 C/LxO y ' OUR GREAT FALL CLEARANCE Sale is Now Going" on in M m a n R ill I 1 ; ¥ I T C ll c U IK V> i \ mm U T B | ti X & ill % «& ° A. ° Tt !! m ** Farm Wagons, spring Wagons, Delivery Wagons, Bug gies, Surries, Carts, hleighs, Bob-S : eds, Buck-wagons, Slat wagons, Spindle-wagons, Buggy wheels, painted; Buggy wheels, not painted, Shafts and Poles, finished; Shafts and Poles, unfinished, Buggy Curtains and Lazy-backs, Buggy 'l ops and W agon Tops, Buggy Dashes and Wrenches, Cart v. heels, finished. Harness of all kinds from the Cheapest Machine to the very best Iland Mad.-, Work Harness and Buggy Harness, Horse Collars, all kinds and sizes, Sweat Pads and C'ollar ['ads, Back Pads and Interfering Pads. I'obes of all kinds and blank ets to fit any horse at any price, Buggy Whips and Wagon Whips. All parts of Harness—Hames. Tugs and Traces; Halt ers of all kinds. Fly Nets and Lap Dusters, Buggy Paint, the best make Single Trees, Double Trees, Neck Yokes, Horse Brushes, Curry Combs, Springs tor Wagons, Buggies and Carts, Hoof Ointment. Tup Dressing & Harness Oil Hitching straps, Hame straps, Hiding saddles. Bridles; and Harness Saddles, Buggy-washers, Snaps, Bridle bits. Hoisting jacks, Anti-rattlers and everything—at Wholesale or Retail. We have all our stock made to order. We give our own guarantee so that when you buy of us you know just what you are getting, We do nut put you off with a manufacturer's guarantee whom you do not knew. We are here to make good all our own contracts Our reputation is establish *d —it look us years to make it. We intend to retain it. It is that which enables us to buy more, sell more; cheaper, and sell cheap er than any other firm in the State and you who buy of us re ceive the benefit. Come and see us. If you deal here once you will deal here always. Yours &c S. B. MARTINCOORT k CO. 216 W. Cunningham St S. B. Martin court, - J, M. Lieghner HENRY BIEHL 122 NORTH MAIN STRKET, BU I.LBR ZPIBJNJ IST'A DEALER IN Hardware and House Furnishing Goods. reaper and steel frame binder, Warren ready mixed paint, warrented; screen doors and windows, refrigerators and lawn mowers. No better ph'ce in the city to tr.ulc. Come and see my large store room full of goods, L5J6i leet long. WHERE A CHILD CAN BUY AS CHEAP AS A MAN , RINGS, . Diamonds EAR-RINGS. UlrtlllUIUlf? j SCARF PINS. I STUD % ( GENTS GOLD, i LADIhS -»OLD, . (GENTS SILVER LADIES CIIATLUN. .TPWPIW 1 >ins ' ! « r -rif'gH> uCYVCII \ ( Rings Chains, Bracelets, Etc {Tea sets, castors, butter dishes and «verything that can be found in a first class ston? BOD6IB Ms. llfl a * - E. GRIEB, THE JEWELER No. 19, North Main St., BUTLER, PA., THE SIZE OF IT. tf we were rich, lilje some, you know, Had acre of wealth tcan we could usa, We'd sow it broadcast, so and so. And Cot a needv man refuse; We'll fill our pockets every morn And sow it broadcast. 'ln a horn.) We'd send precocious lads to Vale, And bui'.d a school for common fry. And scores of nice deed? promptly nail The minute they should catch our eye; We'd ke"p them peeled, too, right and morn. To do some good thicp. *i3LSy kind in E— city, a small rain tag town not far from that of Leadviile. In one end of a low, rambling building had bee n erected a rude stage, the sides boarded off to serve as dressing rooms. At the other end was a bar whtwe Sanford himself presided, and with tlt« assistance of an over-grown, red-headed l>oy dispensed liquors. There wef e a f« w rooms above, the only ones in the town strangers might have for a night's lodging, so that the building was also termed the hotel. Uusiness had been dull owing to the failure of the Little Giant mine to pan out, consequently the men of the place had little money to put into Sanford's coffers. With proverbial obstinacy things had been going from bad to worse with the proprietor, and his late stage attractions had been succeeded by others still lower in grade and with a consequent reduction in "popular prices." This week, to amuse his twenty or thirty steady patrons, he had been able to secure but three people—two actors and a musician who drove si lence froru the place through the medium of a miserable excuse for a pi uno. The two first mentioned traveled as man and wife, and the programme they presented' included such attrac tions as the following: Song ami dance by an antiquated black face comedian, one of the "old school," whose jokes and dances were received with as sober faces as those of the artists (?) them:,elves. After thi , futile attempt toarou the audiencj from their apa thy came a singer of the feminine per suasion, who had certainly attained that age at which the I n neh govern ment pension:; her ballet dancers. Following tlii, came an Irish song and (lance by an artist whose figure and mannerism-, re'mindetl one of our minstrel friend",. iSowever, Sanford had said there were thr"' actor.; in the cote j eny, and as he hail the reputation of i •i'.i'.r a bad man an ! a dead shot, his word went unquestioned. One evening half an hour earlier than that set for the i rfon.iance thr re was trouble be hind the scenes. There had been no money coming from the manager's pockets for two weeks, and Signor and Mine. Do C.'ona, as the two sty led them selves, refused to appear. For ten min ""j , j" 'I \ j /1\ HilfrSn " YOU WILI. rr.AY IF I SAY SO." utes there were hot words between the proprietor of the theater and his com pany when a compromise was effected by Sanford pledging his people the re ceipts of that evening. It was at this juncture that the sole representative of the orchestra in this templo of art spoke, up; "I vill play not von note mure 'til 1 haf 1113' money. Not von lectle note." The speaker was a German, of that type that misleads one in believing them Spanish or Sicilian until their tongue is heard. Tall nnd slender with curly black hair, anil with eyes to match behind gold-rimmed spectacles, he appeared in strange contrast to both performers and audience here. He looked to be about thirty years of age, and was always dressed like a gentleman, which fact alone hail given him no little annoyance. No one knew from whero ho had come; but two \* celts lie fore the occurrence of the scene described in this narrative, ho tad applied to Sanford for hi.-, present position, and, as it was then vacant, ho ha«,l been immediately installed. 110 had made friends with 110 one about Jho place, remaining in his room near ly all of tho time. The name he had given was Otto Hcimer, and hi* bag gage consisted of a small valise and a black leather case containing a violin. No one bad heard him play this in strument, however, and its existence had slipped from thi memory of the few idle, curious miners who wero lounging about the entrance of tho tavern when he ha I alighted from the stage two weeks before. The red headed boy, before alluded to as the assistant dispenser at the bar, had asked our hero why he didn't "bring his fiddle out and play," but the. answer had been: "My violin is a lady; this place is not fit for her." That a refusal to work on the occa sion referred to at the opening of this story should come from the musician proved a complete surprise to Sanford. There was an ominous look in his eyes, and when the statement was repeated he drew a revolver and putting it to lleitner's head said with an oath: "You will play if I say so." It was no time for argument and tho performance passed off as usual. Jsut the pianist looked gloomy, and anyone with an car for the music must have .felt that a smothering volcano was 'ttCXt-UW_in:jtrutflciit, business re- RUTLER, T J A.. KHrDAY. OCTOHIiR, 2. 1891. vived a little tnat evening ana wnen the place was cleared Sanford invited his assistants to "come up and have something." The two vocalists did not need a second bidding, but Hcimer, pleading illness, retired to his room.' The "something" amounted to a great deal. The two actors and mine host beeame hilarious, and au hour after the close of the performance in the hall one would have supposed a German saengerfest was being held the+e. All three were singing and shouting, and to those who had wit nessed the disturbance in the ''green room" early in tho evening it appeared that tho matter had been amicably settled. This, in fact, was the impres sion Sanford most desired to give, and was really his object in effecting a temporary reconciliation. There was a great uproar in camp the next morning. Sanford had been found dead with a knife in his heart, and, though the man was little liked, still, on the frontier murder does not go unpunished. The fundamental law, "A life for a life," is always enforced. So the first question the excited men asked each other was: "Who did it?" A coroner's jury was hurriedly organ ized, with old Jim Reeves at the head. That morning when the bartender had opened the shutters of the room he had found Sanford's body lying out on the floor in a pool of blood. lie testi fied that he had left the barroom late the night before, but didn't lcuow the exact time. Everyone had gone to bed but Sanford, himself and the two actors, as he termed the man and woman who had amused the crowd the previous evening. He had thought that Sanford was trying to "make up" with them after the quarrel that had occurred.and he said that all three were intoxicated. This testimony cast suspicion on one of the two, and forthwith a posse of men went in search of the husband to learn what ho had to say for himself. The knife on the body was one no one in the camp had seen before. It was of curious workmanship, and evi dently of foreign manufacture, having the mark of a Vienna cutlery firm en graven on the blade. Our comic man was brought in between his two captors in a very pitiable plight. Not yet sob ered from the night's debauch, he looked about the crowd of men in a dazed sort of way. Questions were put to him several times before he could answer them, and even then his replies were sententlou , and inuendoic. After much questioning and beating about it was learned that the knife belonged to "the Dutchman," which turned the search in the direction of the violirrt.-at. Two minutes later tho self-appointed officers rushed in with the news that the German had "skipped with all his belongings." No proof of a man's guilt could be more convincing. Jim detailed three or four men to keep an eye on the other suspect, and five minutes afterward he with a dozen others were searching the whole coun try round for the missing man. I*hc few men left in camp gathered in groups and discu.--.ed the exciting event. As the afternoon advanced, one by one of the searching party returned bearing no news, nnd it was not until the beams of the western sun lay like a ribbon of yellow gold on the ridge of hills skirting the town, that Jim Reeves and his followers at last bore their prisoner in triumph into the camp. Jim said they hat! found their man at Q unconcernedly talking to a hotel man there with whom he had made arrangements to pass the night "He was a cool one," they said, not a nerve quivered when they showed him the knife, although he promptly acknowledged its ownership. Upon learning that he was "wanted" for tho murder of Sanford he had paled a little, but had strongly protested his innocence. To Vie surrounded as ho was tlfen by a crowd of excited, rough men accusing him of murder was certainly not calculated to make any man cheerful, however innocent he might feel himself to be. Taking their prisoner to tho dance hall, which on this evening was made to do service as a justice court, tlicy gave him an opportunity to tell his story. He hail, he said, packed his valise the night be fore and immediately after the per formance left a place in which he had been compelled to work at the risk of his life. Ho had missed his knife, which he had treasured as a memento of his native land, but as ho couldn't account for it being out of his posses sion had given it up as lost or stolen. He could make 110 further defense except, to again reiterate that lie had known nothing of the murder until ar rested that day. There was a eonsulta tion for a few moments among the men, followed by a speech by Jim Reeves: "Hero's a man blips out tho same night his boss is murdered. Tho knife found on tho body he doesn't deny being his; there had been a quarrel be tween them the night before, and to his thinking this was the man who did the deed. 110 can't say anything for him self, only I -11 a very flimsy story about leaving 'cause lie wasn't treated square. Hut no ;t man leaves his place in the middle of tho night, so they had decided to hang him. Wc will give you ten minutes to leave any message and say ycr prayers," lie .said For a moment there was perfect quiet; then the condemned man spoke: "I haf not done this murder. Soma day you will know who did it. 1 haf no message to leave only that some one send my violin to Carl Holmes in Vienna. My name is Otto Hiemcr. I haf no friends." That was ull except that he asked for his violin. The man who handed it to him wondered that a condemned man could fidd!e. He took tho instrument from its case with loving hands, anil one of the "!>oys" nearest him.saw a tear glisten on the varnish. Then he played —strains the like of which had never been heard in those parts before were drawn forth by his magic bow. Strange, wild music, weird—almost uncanny at times, and again soft, tender, pleading' —a chain of melody—voices of Spain and Russia, Italy and Hungary united into one by free improvisation in which the popular melody and tho personal 1 THEN lIK I'LAVEH creation wero so closely intermingled as to make it difficult for the listener to distinguish the original from the ac quired. What rebellion against sorrow, pain und despair was breathed forth by tho musical ifi'tiius of the player. What longing for sweetheart, mother—the overwhelming longing for home! Judges and executioner* were turned into a spell-bound audience. What memories of his native land, old friends, all lost to him, as ho had said, were shadowed forth in that music. The ten minutes hail extemleil to :i halt | hour, and not a word had been spoken. The snapping of a string at la=>t broke the spell. There was a confused mur mur. Jim said: "Time's up;"'but sev eral of the men protested. "A guilty man can't play like that," said one i rough customer, to whom the music had awakened memories of a better • day, leaving traces on his cheeks. There was a dispute for a moment or two, but Reeves' faction prevailed. The prisoner sat motionless. The break ing of the string had brought him back to the realization that his dreams were . of the past, and his life also soon to be cut off. Just as violent hands were about be ing laid on him, there rushed into the j room a boy who frantically cried: "The fiddler must not be hanged. The wom an in the next room says so. She is sick and wants to saj- something to a priest." "Wait a minute, boys," Reeves ex- : claimed; "I'll sec what this means." lie and two others followed the boy into the rough chamber, where the j woman lay a mere wreck with the deathly traces of drink and con sumption plainly written on her coun tenance. When Reeves emerged from the death chamber he related to the ex pectant crowd the story he had learn<«d from the sick woman. In substance it was this: Sanford had insulted the woman, who through all her vicious life had j kept some shreds of modesty about her. | In their drunken row all three had | come to blows, and in a moment of S frenzy the woman had stabbed Sanford | to the heart with the knife she had • stolen from lleimer the day before. | Stupefied by liquor and fright, she did | not then realize tho enormity of her , deed, and had gone to her room, only I to fall into a drunken sleep, from which she was aroused many hours af ter by the noise of the "trial" in the i room below. On learning from the boy the meaning of the uproar the whole scene of the night before came back to her with painful vividness —the row, ; then the crime unseen by anyone, (her j husband having fallen senseless from a | blow Sanford had given him.) She was first tempted to keep silence, but | strains of music had come to her ears | like the wail of a man protesting his i innocence. Remorse was soon followed j by repentance, and it was her messen ger who had saved the man's life. "Now," said Jim, "I want to apolo- i gi/.e to this 'ere man for the way we've j handled him. Pard, will you take my hand? I've heard heaps o' preachin' in i my day, though we don't get much in t these parts; but I never knew a prayer to go so straight to the heart as this 'ere musiciancr's. I'oys, we'll take up a collection for «him, and he can stay ; here; and we will give liiin a 'rake off' if he will play for us now and then." Now that the strain was removed the violinist broke down completely. "I thank you, friends," he said, "but I jimist go home to my own country." "l'hat same night the sick woman died And the next morning when the stage pulled out with the one passenger a crowd of rough miners stood at the "hotel" corner and gave three hearty cheers for the "tnusieianer." \V E Another Me Nalicd. F. Parmenter Pyne, 'ill —This talk about college graduates not being able to cope with the stern realities of life is all bosh. Why, two of our men are street car conductors, one is a waiter in a restaurant, one is a letter carrier, and I could name lots of other cases, too.— Life. Culinary Item. She—What shall I cook for dinner? You know the cook lias left, and I'll have to do the cooking myself. lie —Well, just cook me sonic dish that I don't like, something that I wouldn't cat anyhow, even if it was properly cooked. —Texas Siftings. Iluppy Mail. "Alii Joncsj-, old man," said Hicks, as he and Jones walked home from tho club; "there's a light in your window for you. You married men—" "By George, so there is!" returned Jones. "Let's go back to the club." — Puck. A I'roverb of Witli* Application. "I never thought of the application before," said the professor as he wrestled with a section of spring chicken; "but it is true in regard to poultry that it is the good die young."— Judge. Correct. Teacher —You may answer, Tommy Jones. Why do birds fly? Tommy Jones—'Cause they ain't such fools as ter walk when they don't he v ter. —Judge. "UKIt FIRST HAWL." /"ivSl —Pall Mall Itudgct. lluil Hail Experience. Merchant You want a place in my store, j r ou say? Applicant—Yes, sir. "Ever worked in a store before?" "Yes, sir." "Let me try you. Suppose a lady should come in with a piece of cloth, and want to get a number of yards to match it, what would you do?" "I'd send lier to the next counter." "I guess you've had experience."— Munsey's Weekly. LainVti Tulvn. ! Fond Uncle (to favorite niece just lorin- from fashionable boarding-school) —Well, iny dear, which of your studies | lid you enjoy most? t "On the whole, I liked my English t iterature the best, only the teaeher ilid ( five us such funny topics sometimes." "What, for instance?" I "Why, one day she wanted tne to fiud c ant about lmnl»' toil*! J spent the whole ' afternoon going through tin; encyclo paedias, and couldn't lind a single thing about them!"— Harper's ICuzar 1 After Them. f Excited Citizen—l)o you know that the tiraliall hank has closed, and not an , official can be found? Do you know j we suspect they have run t Police Officer —Y-c-s, wc know all t about it. "Oh, you do, eh? Well, what have you done?" "Oh, we're after 'em, hot uu' heavy. We've already caup-ht the janitor."—N. ' Y Weekly. c I mll*|iuial>lr. i Stranger Digging a grave, eh? Do people die often in this village? Sexton iNo, boss, dry nebber di«*s bat once.—Munsey's Weekly. ' In t!U> (IEOFFMPLIY CIOM. Teacher —Where i.; the state of Illi nois? Smart Scholar- Near the center of the city of Chicago. .Munsey's Weekly. : DeUitetl. ( "Papa, what i; luck?" "It is a finality, my son, that wc de- I &pisc the more the less rre have of it." >. An Apolojry for an Apolofjr Wantetl. Papa -My daughter Minnie here tell* me. sir, that you kissed her forcibly last night. Do you apologize? llarry—Yes. I'm ,-ure nobody re* grets the occurrence more than I. Minnie ( Sir!— Judge. A N>\v Fxiwrl^nci*. Xew Arrival (in barber's chair) —Ro* gorra, phwat stliat y'r doiu' now? Rarber —I've begun shaving your ncek. sir. Xew Arrival - Moy! moy! Do yci shave a mon ull over in this country?— X. Y. Weekly. Thi- Itruad Hint. She—l am afraid tlmt bell ringing means another caller. lie (imploringly)— You know there is such a thing as your not being at home. Siie—Yes: and there is such a thing iu, ray be in r engaged.—ltrooklyn Life FKO.H TiiK COLLECTION UOX. ■»r v •,■-!■> <«, fvv. * W v J": i f Si r— _ "I iiavi; more buttons on my string than you have." "Yes: but your papa is a minister." — —Judge. Reflected Wealth. "Would you mind my h tving a word with you?" "Certainh not," said the ieemsn. "What is it?" "Well. I expect my girl's father along | in a minute or two, and he has an idea f have no wealthy or powerful ac ! (|uaintances, so if you'd just let me bask j in the golden sunshine of your company ' till he goes by it might improve my | chances."—Philadelphia Times. An Article "f Necessity. A Louisiana gentleman was discuss ing tho tariff question with a gentle man from Kentucky. "Sugar," said the Lonisianian, "is as much an article of necessity as flour and meat." "A great deal more so, my dear fel low," responded the Kcntuckian. "Without sugar you cant make a whisky toddy."—Texas Siftings. Beat thr Dentist. "I saw old Pi Itpcnni come from the dentist's this morning." "Yes; he had a roaring toothache, but when the doctor told him it would cost him a dollar to have it pulled it stopped aching at once. I tell you, it's a mighty smart man that gets anything out of old l'inchpenni—even an old tooth."— Detroit Free Press. All Neciled. Foreigner—Zay tell me you haf near ly dree hundred tousand words in your langwich. How effer can you use so many? American (attorney at law) —Iluh! We use all of 'em my friend, every time wc draw up an indictment.—Chi cago Tribune. *■ The Matter Settled. Mr. Oldboy MV dear, that new cook of yours is homely enough to crack tho kitchen plastering, Mrs. Oldboy (with much decision) — I'll attend to keeping the plastering in repair, my dear. You won't have to iook after it. She's going to stay.— Chicago Tribune. U*ed tho Same Sign. Einstein (the clothier)—Ah, Simon s-.hn, vy don't you have a sign up so your gustomers gan vind yon? Sitnonsohn (the broker) —Vy should I be so extravagant? My office is sliust back of a barber shop vot has "Shaving Done Here" on der sign alretty.— Amer ican Clubman. 1114 Explanation. Victim—"What? Two dollars for draw ing»that tooth? Why, tho dentist across the street only charges a dollar. Dentist Yes, but I take twice as much time about it as he does.—Mun sey's Weekly. •Not Uncommon. "Do you employ your man Rastus by the month or day?" "Well, with Rastus it's sort of both. I employ him to do a day's work now and then, but it always takes him a month to do It."— Harper's Bazar. Uancball lt*m. *A young 1 lady watching' a baseball paint; asked her escort: "Why does he call those balls foul?" ' I don't know," lie replied, "unless it is because they arc flying over tho fen ce."—Texas Si ftin gs. \ Trifle Too I.nfcs Insurance Agent—What is your pleas ure, ma'am? Joiner's Wife—Oh! my dear sir,l have only come about an insurance, as the work-shop i>» on tire. —Dahcini Kalen der. The I'ower of Gold. Miss Midas—Do you expect to go to college next year? Young Cruosus —Not much. Father is going to have them bring it to me.— Puolc. out of Stock. "You do not love me as you once did. If you do you do not suy so." "It is not that I love you auy less, dear, but the fact is I have run out of phrases."—lndianapolis Journal. lie staid. Ethel—They do say that Lcighton Layter wears stays. Maud—l don't know about that; but his stays wear me. —Puck. In No Danger. "You can't be too careful how you handle paper money, Dorothy," re marked Mr. Skrimp. "They've found out that it's covered with microbes and disease germs." "Thoy won't hurt me much." said Mrs. Skrimp, shortly. "It's mighty sel dom I'm exposed to 'em." —Chicago Tribune. Xo Time for lilloaein. Retired Uusiness Mau —I am rich at last, and now I'm going to find a per fect climate to live in. (ireat Traveler —Good idea! I've al wavs held that when a man retires from business he should immediately take up something that will keep him occupied for the rest of his life.—N. Y. Weekly. Itupld Trantit. Mr. Stammer (who has just boarded cars at I'hiladclphui. for New York, to conductor) -S-S-S-Say, c-c-c-captaiu, w-w-w-wliat t-t-t-tunc w-w-w-will w-w-w-we g-g-g-get t-t-t-to — itrakeman —New York! Mr. Stammer (to braketnan)—Tli-Th- Th-Thanks.— Puck. Not a Good Recommendation. Old Lady—ls this good fly paper? Hoy - Yes, ma'am; best there is. Old Lady —Will it catch flics? Boy—lt'll catch 'cm letter than tho center fielder of the Rochcsters. Old Lady (who reads the papers)— I'll look at some other kind, young man. j >—J udge. AN ECONOMICAL SILO. Valuable Silkier*tlo". fr .1:1 the New Hampahlre rjcperiinmt station. Hie day of costly silos is past, says Director Whitcher, of the New Hamp shire station, and it is this fact alone which enables tlie rapid extension of this system of storage. A wooden silo keeps its contents with less loss than a stone or cement one, chiefly because of the pent rat ion of air through mortar and cement. A silo built independent of the barn can be built for 51 per ton of capacity, if the capacity is above 75 tons. If built in the corner of a barn, the cost of labor and material will be about half that sum. A silo 16xlrtx25 feet will hold 100 tons. As stated in a bulletin of the station above mentioned, if built in the corner of ,i barn, it will require forty pieces studding. -xS, twenty-five feet long— -680 feet; four pieces basement sills BxS. seventeen feet long—3oo feet; boards for inside walls, 3,500. The boards should not be over seven inches wide, planed on one side, and the inside course made to break joints with the outside course. Matching the boards is useless. Common covering boards, free from loose knot 11 , arc good enough, and in many eases the barn frame and studding can be partly utilized, and the above quantity of lumber be con siderably reduced. A cement bottom, though not necessary, is desirable. Among the advantages enumerated for the silo are the following: Moro actual food material can be produced i from an acre of corn than from any ' other of our common farm crops. Three times as much dry substance may be produced from a given area of corn as from a like area of grass. The objection sometimes made that ensi lage is too watery is met with the statement that it is not as watery as pasture grass in June. The farmer who has a silo is about I as independent of the weather as a 1 man can be. Aside from heavy rains ! nothing interrupts this kind of harvest- J ing. Light rain and showers, while making the work disagreeable, do not I stop it, and when once properly in the ; silo, all danger of imperfect curing is ' past. The early date at which the land can be cleared makes it possible j to either seed down to grass or winter grain a month before corn in the shock would be dry enough to husk. Another advantage in the north is that varie ties of larger and later growth may be planted for this purpose that will not fully ripen before frost. HANDY DRIVING CART. With It One Mau Can I>i> More Than Two with an Ordinary Outfit. Those who have u%ed a wagon to drive posts in and have found it incon venient should carefully examine the post driving cart which is shown. Take a common low wheel cart and remove the sides and ends. On the floor that is left build a stout chest on which you can stand the drive posts, which are held erect by two steel arms that arc firmly secured to the side of the cart. These arms are constructed as shown in A. Hinge a door to the roar end of the chest, as you will desire to carry your ax, spade, sledge, wire, stretcher and hammer with you. On the side of the chest nail a small box of two com partments, one for nails and one for ,< d§Qii¥ staples. On the end side of the cart can be carried a few boards and posts. Of course this is only for repairing, and if a man repairs twice a year it will not take long and but few posts and boards will have to bo taken along. Hut if the fence is old and wants much repairing load your wagon with posts aud boards and string them out where wanted, letting your man follow with the cart Then the team can be taken to the house and put to work. By so doing a man and a team is gained, for with this cart one man can do as much and do it as well as two men with a team with a lbtfd of material. —M. LaF. Raney, in Farm and Home. A RAT-PROOF ROOST. An Ingenious Device Invented Uy 11 Ml»- nourl I'"uruier. A roost pole proof against rats that attack chicks on the roost is sent to Farm and Fireside by Mr. Robert Os terhoru, Missouri. The stakes are 2x2 inches, and three feet long, driven into thejfround alio lit one foot deep. The moral plates, A A, ara ten inches in di ameter (any old wash-basin or large pie plate inverted, will answer), and they ~ fr c _ VS/ arc placed centrally over the stakes; the pole, which is one inch thick and four inches wide, lieing nailed over them. The end pole (B) shown on one end, is used where the end of the pole comes near a wall tiiat rats can climb. The end plate should be six inches wide, seveu inches high and sixteen inches from the wall. Sharp <*rlt. Kven on stony ground the liens may, by daily foraging over the same space, use up all tho available material that is serviceable as grit. Smooth, round gravel is not suitable. Mens require something sharjj ari l cutting; or they will bo unable t< properly mastivate their foo l The broken china and crockery may be utilized with advan tage for grit by pounili'.ig ii, into small pieces (about the size of l> •' '• -ed). anil sealL-rin ,' it whrvrr t!i • he-.s for:.;;.-. ,v« th-y will -.v. ch for i-.d fin ! t.iec ■ —Farm arid Fire- io. , A Crawl. C'ul Somlne (rising)—Gen'lemen, 1 kain't continue in dis game; dar's cheat in' go in' on. (Three razors nrc instantly drawn.) lluli—ah—! Hut, as 1 was savin', I'se oulj- made two dollars 'll' a qnawtali by hit, w'ich I I>egs t' refund, and wivdraw!—Fuck. Another Boom. Eastern Man—How is Cosmppolo City, the "Occidental Wonder of the Western World," and "Hello of the Plains," prospering? Western Man Finely! Finely! We're got two stores and a blacksmith shop In full blast now.- -Good News. After the Proposal. She (hesitatingly) —This is very sud den, Mr.—er er Smith, is it not? We only met last night, and— He lint reflect. I've only a week to stay here, and there are forty other girls at the hotel and about two men. —Judge. A rromiueot I'lace. Young Lady— What a delightful scene! How prominent that massive r.. idervl important because of the i.art they playja. taking up odors and liquids tli-t afterward enrich the land. A convenient rack the length of the stable may be made V shape beside the stable wall back of the cows as shown. It Ibe three feet wide at the top and but nine inches wide at the bottom, which is left open and is three inches from the floor. This allows easy access to the contents with the stable shovel, working °n a smooth surface, and u:. fast as the dry earth is removed nv re . Is down. The rack or bin is nn:u. -r <1 "A" in the cut. It must not IK; IS- nough to strike the_ hips of the C.KVS as they are being driven in an.l out of the stable. If tho manure is throw .1 out of the windows t'.v bin should have a drop lid. It may be filk d from the windows, but a cheaper way i - to draw the absorbents onto the floor above and dump them into the bin ftirough trap doors. Bis L 1 the drop or gutter back of the corn, C and D the floor where the cows stand and E the stanchions or tie posts. It will be noticed that the forward part of the floor is boxed in and filled with earth. This saves planking and pre vents injury to the cows* knees. It al--o acts as a purifier of the stable. Three or four months after filling in it will be found dry enough to use in the drops, when it should be shoveled into the bin and replaced with fresh ear f h. A stable kept dry with dry soil and having two storage places for loam near the drops may be expected to keep healthy cows and not contaminate milk. Such conveniences also encour age the saving of rnanuro and so enrich the owner, soon more than returning their cost. —Ilollister Sage, in N. E. Homestead. FACTS FOR FARMERS It is very desirable to keep the breed ing stock in a good thrifty condition. A failure to do this will show in the offspring. Too close breeding should be avoided with sheep full}' as much as with any other class of stock. Change the same every two years at le^sL Thf.he is an opening for some enter prising individual to introduce lat