VOL. XXVIII
Hotel
Waverly.
s. McKEAN ST., - - BUTLER, PA.
Opposite School House.
This elegant new hotel is now open to
the public; it is a new house, with new
furniture throughout and all modern con
veniences; is within easy reach of the de
pots and business houses of the town, and
has a splendid view of the eastern part of
the town.
Rales Reasonable.
Give me a call when in Butler.
CHESS STONER, Prop'r.
WMardHotel.
W. H. REIHING, Prop'r
BUTLER, - PA.
NTABI.I3U 15 COSXECTIOS.
SAMI'I.K KOOJI for COXBEBCUL TRAVELER
New Livery Stable.
New Stock,
New Rigs.
—OPEN DAY AND NIGHT—
Horses fed and boarded.
PETER KRAMER, Prop'r*
39. W. Jefferson St. Fotler, Pa.
Hotels and Depots,
W. S. Gregg is dow running a line
ol carriages between tbe hotels and
depots o( tbe town.
Charges reasonable. Telephone
No. It, or leave orders at Hotel
Vogeley.
Good Livery in Connection
CRAWFORD & KENNEDY.
The well-known liveryman, Wm.
Kennedy, has bonght an interest in
the above barn and will be pleased to
have his friends call at hie new place
of business. Tbe
Best Horses, Buggies and Car-
rlages
in Butler at the most reasonable
rates. The place is easily remember
«d. Tho first stable west of the
Lowry House.
Mifflin Street Livery.
W. G. BIEHL, Prop'r.
One square west of Main St., on
Mifflin St. All good, Bafe horses;
new buggies and carriages. Landaus
for weddings and funerals. Open
day and night. Telephone No. 24,
JL. c. WICK:
pkai.br in
Rough and Worked Lumber
OP'ALL KINDS
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings,
Shingles and Lath
Always In Stock.
LIME. HAIR AND PLASTER.
Office opposite P. & W. Depot,
BUTLER - - PA
LUMBER YARD.
L. M. ; &:J. J. i HEWIT,
Dealers in all kinds of
Rough and Worked Lumber.
DOORS,
SASH,
BUNDS,
SHINGLES,
LATH, ETC.
We bavu a large stock of all kinds of Lum
ber, Oil Well Iligs, Etc.
Call and get onr prices and aeo onr stock.
Mailorders Promptly Attended
To.
Office and yard oa
Monroe St., Near West Pesn Depot,
BUTLER. I\A.
Planing Mil]
Lumber Yard
J. L. PU KViP. L. O. PCWVD*.
S.G. Purvis&Co.
MANUFACTUBKRB AND DEALERS IK
Rough and Planed Lumber
OF KV«HY ISHWKIfTIOSI
SHINGLES, LATH
& SEWER PIPE.'
Butler, Fa.
MY NEW STORE
Is dow completed and I respectfully
invi>e the call and Bee me.
1 «m prepared to supply every
thing in thejice of Drugb and Medi
cines at all hours. Prescriptions at
night u specialty.
Electrle Bell and speakiug tube at
front door. Callajtnswcred prompt
iy-
A'bright, cheerful room and every
new
Yours,
J. K. BALPH.
G. D. HARVEY,
contractor nnd builder In brick work. grate
and mantel setting- and all kinds of brick-laying
a specialty. Also dealer in barrel lime. Wam
pum IOOM* lime, cements. National. Portland
and all beat grades In the market. Calcined
ril;jttrr. pl.ister hair. King's cement, flro brick,
tic, white tutul and river sand. Main ofllee .115
K. Main street, and all orders left at ware house
will receive prompt delivery. Terms reasonable,
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
JOSEPH W. MILLER, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon,
Office and residence utOTJ. Main St. Butler,
Ta.
Dr. N..M. HOOVER,
l»7 E. Wayne St.. ofllJe hours, 10 to 12 M. and
1 to 3 P. M.
L. M. REINSEL, M. D ,
I'UVSICIAK AND SCHGKGN.
Office and residence at 12T E. Cunningham St,
L. BLACK,
PHYSICIAN AND SIRUKON,
New Troutman Hnlldmg. Butler. Va.
K. N. LEAKE. M. D. J. E. MANN, M. I).
Specialties: Specialties
Gynajcology and Sur- Eye. Ear. Nose and
eery. Throat.
DRS. LEAKE & MANN,
Buller, Pa.
G. At. ZIMMERMAN.
riIYgiCIAM AM' SLKCS.UN.
Office at No. 45, S. Main street, over Frank
Co's Urns' Store. Butler, i'a,
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon,
fso. 22 East Jefl'erscn St., iluticr. Pa.
W. R. TITZEL.
PHYSICIAN ANU SURGEON.
8. W. Corner Main and North Sts., Butler, Pa.
V. McALPINE,
Dentist,
Is now permanently located ut 120 South Main
Street Butler, Pa., in rooms formerly occupied
by Dr. Waldrou.
J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Butler, Penn'a.
Artiiicial Teeth inserted in the latest im
pioved plan. Oold Killing a specialty, Offlce—
over Schaul's Clothing Store.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work pertaining to tbe profession. execut
ed m lUe neatest maimer.
Specialties Gold Fillings, and rainless Ex
traction of Teetli, Vitalized Air administered.
Office oa JefToreon Street, onf door East of Lowrj
Home, lip Sttln.
Office open daily, except Wednesdays and
Thursdays. Communications by mall receive
prompt attention,
111. iL— The only Dentist in Butler using the
best makes of teeth.
C. F. L. McQUISTION,
EKULNEKK AXD SURVEYOR,
Oftici kkak Diamond, Bctlkk, I'*.
A. B. C. McFARLAND.
Att'y at Law and Notary Public-Office on 8.
Diamond St.— opposite tne Court House—sec
ond lloor.
H. Q. WALKER,
Attorney-at-Law—office In Diamond Block,
Butler, Pa.
J. M. PAINTER,
Attorney-at-Law.
Office—Between l'ustoffice and Diamond, But
ler, fa.
A. T. SCOTT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office at No. 8, Uoutli Diamond, Butler. I'a.
A. M. CHRISTLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office second iloor, Anderson B1 k. Slain St.,
near Ccuit House, Butler, Fa.
J. w. HUTCHISON,
ATTORNEY A 1 LAW.
Office on second floor ol the Huselion block,
Diamond, Butler. I'a.. Itooin No. 1.
JAMES N. MOORE,
Attoknky-at-Law and Notahy Pl'olic.
Offlc# Ln Koom No. 1. second door of lluselton
Block, entrance on Diamond.
IRA McJUNKIN.
Attorney at Law, Office at No. 17, Hast Jeifer
sou St., Hutler, Pa,;
W. C. FINDLEY,
AttoiDry l .-.v iiiiij leal Estate Afit-ni. Of
flee rear of L. Z. Mitchell's oniee on north side
of Diamond, Butler. Pa.
H. H. GOUCHER.
Attorney-at-law. Office oil second door of
Amleruon building, near Court Douse. Duller,
Pa.
J. K. BRITTAIN.
Att'y at Law—Odlce at S. K. Cor. Main ST, and
Diamond, Butler, Pa.
NEWTON BLACK.
Att'y at Law—OfHce.on South side of Diamond
Butter. Pa.
L. S. McJUNKIN,
Insurance and Real Estate Ag't
17 east jeffersonjst.
BUTLER, - PA.
•HTLEK COUNT*
Mutual fire insurance Co.
Office Cor, Main & Cunningham His.
i. C. ROESSING, PRESIDENT.
it C\ IIUINEMAN, Skchbtaby.
DIRECTORS:
(j. 0. Roessluic, Henderson Oliver,
J. L Purvis, James Stephenson,
A. Troutman, H. C. lieineruan.
Alfred Wick, N. WeiUe!.
Dr. W. Irvlu. Dr. Htckenbach,
J. W. Burkliart, |D. T. Norris.
LOYAL S. K'JUNKIN, Agent.
pA
A. E. GABLE,
V e ten nary Surgeon.
Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary
College. Toronto, Canada,
Dr. Qable treats all diseases of the
domesticated auimals, and mo.kes
ridgling, castration and horse den
tistry a specialty. Castration per
formed without clams, and all other
surgical operations performed in the
most scientific manner.
Calls to any part of the country
promptly responded to.
Office and Infirmnry in Crawford's
Livery, 132 West Jefferson Street,
Butler, Pa.
OUR GREAT FALL
CLEARANCE
Sale is Now Going on in
m Hi a?
A. f 1 t\
J I 1
I» e I £
T | T
(j • ll C
Form Wagons, Spring Wagons, Delivery Wagons. Bug
gies, Surries, Carts. Sleighs, Bob-Sede, 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 Tops
and Wagon Tops, Buggy Dashes and Wrenches, Curt heels,
finished Harness of all kinds from the Cheapest Machine to
the very best Hand Made, Worn Harness and Buggy Harness,
Horse Collars, all kinds and sizes, Sweat Pads and Collar Pads,
Back Pads and Interfering Pads, 1 obes of all kinds and blank
ets to fit any horse at any price. Buggy W hips and Wagon
Whips. Alf 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 for Wagons, Buggies and
(arts, Hoof Ointment. Top Dressing & Harness Oil
Hitching straps, Hame straps. Hiding saddles. Bridies, and
Ha rness 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 not put you oft* with a manufacturer's
guarantee whom you do not know. We are here to make good
all our own contracts Our reputation is established -it 'ook
us years to make it. We intend to retain it. It is that which
enables us to buy more, sell more; buy 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. It you deal here once
you will deal here always. \ours &e
S. B. MARTINCOURT CO.
2 lfi W. Cunningham St
S. B. Martincourt, - J. M. Lieghner
HENRY BIEHL
122 NORTH MAIN STREET,
BUTLER - IPTiIiM 2SP A
DEALER IN
Hardware and House Furnishing Goods.
O
reaper and steel frame binder, Warren ready mixed paint,
warrented; sereen doors and windows, refrigerators and lawn
mowers.
No better plnce in the city to trade.
Come and see my large store room full of goods, loGi feet
long.
WHERE A CHILD CAN BUY AS CHEAP AS A MAN
STOCK ENTIRELY NEW!
Fine Watches,
Clocks,
Jewelry,
Silverware and
Spectacles
At lowest cash prices at
J. R. GRIEB'8 s
No. 125 N. Main St., - Duffy Block.
Sign of Electric Bell and Clock.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
This old and reliable Institution ha* prepared thousands of young men and women for the
active duties of life. To those in want of a useful, practical education, circulars will be sent on
application. r. 1)1 FF * syss,
BUTLER, PA., FRIDAY, OCTOUER, 181)1.
JOHN'S SUGGESTION.
A? a Suggester Rosa Thinks Ho
Is Simply Perfeot.
Irlfri Wi-V DOX'T see why
you should
' jgy, mind it at all,
VKgf Janet; it isn't
, Aml t a kit like going
to an alms
house, you
know. And
" I really, it seems
the only thing
to be done
!U" • ' Ar' lli under the eir
cumstanees. If
living in any
-g/ way. and were
r"'! able to do it, of
■JT-- -* r ~-. 1 • course things
would be differ
ent; but as it is, you haven't any
choice. And your hundred and fifty
dollars won't last very long."
"So," and Janet Reeves sighed, a
rery sad look on her gentle face; "and
but for your kindness in keeping me
here the past six weeks, a great deal of
it would have been gone already."
"Well, we needn't talk of that," said
Mrs. Wayne, briskly. "Let's go Waek
to the subject of this Old Ladies'
home. John says it is a lovely place,
and —"
"You —you surely haven't mentioned
the subject to your brother?" inter
rupted Janet, a red flush springing to
her pale cheeks.
"Goodness! No! I wouldn't think
of sueli a thing for a moment It isn't
a matter in which he would be at all
interested. _ Hut Beeehwood is only a
little way from the Old Ladies' home,
and, of course, he knows all about it.
I have heard him say it is a perfect
paradise for old people—a big, old
fashioned house, almost hidden by
vines, and surrounded by old oaks and
beech trees. Why! there's John now;
come to take Rosa out driving, I sup
pose. If you really ici*h to speak to
him about this project, Janet, or ask
him any questions, I'll—"
"Oh, no, no! Xot for the world!"
cried Janet, hurriedly, a look, almost
of terror, in her brown eyes. "As you
say, it would not interest him in the
least. Lida, promise me you won't
speak to him about it. I ask it as a
special favor."
"Certainly, 1 promise," answered
Mrs. Wayne, with alacrity; and before
Janet had time to speak again the door
opened and John Humphreys came in.
He was a tall, fine-looking man of
about forty-five years of age, with keen
blue eyes, a heavy, dark mustache and
brown hair thickly strewn with gray.
Life had been very pleasant to him, al
ways; but love had played no part in it,
and he had repeatedly assured his sis
ter that he was too busy to find time
for love-making or matrimony. But
Mrs. Wayne felt sure that at last he
had fallen a victim to the tender pas
sion, and inwardly rejoiced at the good
fortune which had made Rosa Burth
not her guest, for Rosa was young,
beautiful, rich and charming, and
would make a fitting mistress for John's
handsome home, as well as an admir
able sister-in-law.
Mr. Humphreys shook hands with
Miss Reeves and nodded affectionately
at his sister.
"Miss Rosa ready?" he asked.
"I'll toll her you have come;" and
Mrs. Wayne put down her work —a
piece of blue satin she was embroider
ing—and went out.
Mr. Humphreys walked to tha win
dow and stood there, staring out into
the garden. It was easy to find sub
jects of converse with Rosa Burthnot,
who was all life and spirit, but with
this shy, elderly spinster he found him
self tongue-tied.
"You're better to-day, I hope, Miss
Reeves," he said at last.
"Oh, I am quite well now," she re
joined, without looking at him, and ap-
|v ' .
JOHN Ill'lirilliL'VS CAME IN.
parently intent on the covering of a
little primer belonging to Mrs. Wayne's
only child. "1 cannot call myself an
invalid any longer, and I shall go very
soon."
"(>o! Go where?"
"I—l scarcely know," hesitatingly.
"But I can Lot trespass any longer on
your sister's hospitality. I have al
ready stayed too long."
"That is absurd! 1 don't see why
you should go at all. Considering what
you did for —"
"0, Mr. Humphreys, that was noth
ing—nothing at all!"
" 'Nothing,' to rescue an only child
from drowning! I don't agree with
you."
"I mean that I have been amply re
paid." sakl Janet, very much embar
rassed. "Think of how devotedly your
sister nursed me all tho time I was laid
up with that dreadful rheumatic fever,
and how I have stayed on here, day
after day, since I got well."
"The fever was the result of your
plunge into the icy water after little
Ruey. It would have been ungrateful,
indeed, in Lida, not to have done all in
her power in return. Where do you
propose to go—"
But the question was never finished,
for, to Janet's great relief, there was a
sound of gay laughter in the hall, and
Lida and Rosa came in, the latter draw
ing on a pair of long undressed kid
gloves of the latest shade of tan. Sh'
was a stylish looking girl, and Johr
Humphreys' eyes rested on her admir
ingly as she advanced to meet him and
threw over his arm, with easy familiari
ty, her light shawl. And Janet, whe
also admired her, wondered how anj
man could help falling in love with
such a gay, fearless young creature;
and, taking an opportunity when thej
were all talking, slipped unnoticed
from the room.
The hall window commanded a goo<J
view of the broad carriage drive, anc
Janet, safely hidden from observation
by the heavy curtains, watched Johi
Humphreys as he helped Rosa into his
light buggy and gathering the reins in
his hand sprang in beside her with
some merry remark which the pale
watcher at the window could not hear.
"She lias everything, everything!"
murmured the poor, lonely little
woman; "and I —l have nothing. Oh,
why should things be portioned out so
unequally in this world! And yet how
foolish to repine. At my age I ought
to have more sense and courage."
But as she thought of her utter lone
liness, and that in a day or two she
must go forth among strangers, to be-
I come an inmate of a charitable institu
tion, she put her head down on the
broad window-seat, and cried until she
was exhausted. She did not dream for
I a moment that the handsome couple in
| the carriage were even then talking of
her.
"Janet ltceves is the best, most un
selfish woman I over knew." said Rosa
Rurthnot, as the t>uggy rolled out from
the gravel drive into the shaded coun
try road. "I have actually fallen in
love with the poor, lonely, little thing',
and I don't see how anyone could help
it. She is so thoroughly sweet and
go.-Hir
John Humphreys pulled his mustache
thoughtfully, his eyes on the sleek
backs of his chestnut horses, but said
nothing.
"She is evidently troubled about the
future," continued Rosa. "and it is a
shame that she is so utterly alone in
the world She ought to have married
long ago; but of course she never got
a chance, penned up in this little coun
try village, taking care of her old
father, she was telling me yesterday
about her home and what a pretty, old
fashioned garden she had, and she
cried so pitifully that I couldn't help
crying, too. And when her father
died his income stopped, and the sale
of all the personal effects brought
only two hundred dollars! She seemed
to think she ought to be very grateful
to . ' "a for having given her a home
for so long, and made nothing of having
risked her life to save Rue}" from
drowning. I wish I could do some
tiling for her, but she is so proud 1
would lie sure to hurt her feelings if I
offered, her anything. Can't you sug
gest something?"
"I don't know. I'll think the mat
ter over," answered John Humphreys;
and then he turned the conversation to
something else, and Janet's name was
not mentioned again.
Two days after this, when Kosa came
down to lunch at the ringing of the
bell at half past one, she found only
Mrs. Wayne and Buey at the table.
"Where is Miss Janet?" she asked.
"She has gone," answered Mrs.
Wayne. "She left at ten o'clock. I
suggested to her that she ought to say
good-by to you, but she is such a timid
creature she wouldn't disturb you at
your letter writing. She said it would
be a matter of no moment to you that
she was leaving, and I could make her
adieux for her. IJut I think she was
afraid you would ask where she was
going. Such absurd pride!"
"Why, has she left the village?"
"Yes, she has taken my advice and
gone to the Old Ladies' home."
"Lida! you don't mean it!"
"Yes, 1 do. It was the best step she
could take under all the circumstances.
She has neither the ability nor the
strength to earn her own living, and it
would be useless for her to attempt it.
At the home she will have a good
room, and plenty to eat, at least. It is
a lovely place, and not at all like an
almshouse, for it is well endowed; and
she must pay one hundred dollars to
secure admittance."
"But oh! Lida! how friendless the
poor little thing must feel; how en
tirely alone in the world! My heart
aches for her."
"But what else eould she dp, Rosa?
I think it very fortr/aate there is an Old
Ladies' home for her to go to."
"It is cutting her life short at forty,
Lida. She isn't an old laily, and she
won't feci that she is in her true place.
She will fret herself to death there,
and die of a broken heart. But she
shan't stay there very long if I can
help it. Just as soon as lam married
I will take her away."
"You speak as if your marriage were
a probability."
"So it is. I have been making up
my mind for several days to speak to
you about it."
"Rosa! lam delighted!" and Mrs.
Wayne rose hastily to press a kiss on
the girl's blooming cheek. "But it
seems to me John might have given ma
some inkling of it, knowing- as he does
Ihat for years I have wanted him to
marry."
"I don't exactly understand you,
Lida. Mr. Humphreys has nothing to
do with my marriage, except that, as
guardian for Roland Raspton for ten
years, his consent was asked—but as a
mere matter of form."
Mrs. Wayne stared at her friend a
moment in bewilderment
"You are engaged to Roland Rasp
ton:'' she exclaimed at last.
"Yes, and we are to be married just
as soon as he returns from Europe."
"I think you ought to have told me
before, Rosa; and I confess I am bitter
ly disappointed. I was so anxious to
have you for a sister-in-law."
"My dear Lida, what utter non
sense! Why! your brother is twenty
five years older than I. We are not
suited to each other at all."
"Nevertheless, I am disappointed;
and I am sure he cares a great deal for
you."
"Only as a friend; but if I am not
mistaken he canes in an entirely differ"
ent way for some oue else."
"What do you mean?" and Mrs.
Wayne looked startled.
"Wait und see;" and with a merry
laugli Rosa ran from the room in an
swer to a call from Mrs. Wayne's little
daughter in the garden.
Meanwhile Janet, a little Russian
leather bag in her hand, and a look pf
utter dejection on her face, was mak
ing her way from the Ridgeficld station
to the Old Ladies' home, a distance of
two miles by the country road. She
had left her trunk to be sent for later,
ai*l had declined the use of the sta
tion hack, feeling that she could not
afford to spend an unnecessary penny.
Tired, dusty and warm, bhe was glad
when she came in sight of tho home;
but just as she reached the gate and
was about to push it open, she heard
tho sound of horses' feet and the swift
roll of a carriage, and looking around
saw, to her consternation, that he who
held the reins over the backs of the
stylishly moving chestnuts was John
Humphreys, whose handsome ebtatc
was situated only a mile from tho home.
It was too late for escape. She had
been recognized; and in another mo
ment the chestnuts were drawn up
sharply, and their owner was on his
feet by Miss Janet's side.
"Miss Janet! Is it possible! Why,
what are you doing here?"
Janet was unable to answer, and her
"MISS JASKT! IS IT POSSIBLE!"
eyes fell before the earnest, penetrat
ing' gaze of her questioner.
"Do you know anyone in here?"
"No." she faltered, "I—l have had
some correspondence with the matron,
and —and," desperately, "I have applied
for admission."
"You!" For a moment John Hum
phreys stared at her aghast. "\ou
can't be in earnest. You are joking."
Janet shook her head sadly, though
she tried to smile. "It is true."
"Rut you are uot an old lady."
"That does not make any difference.
I am obliged to go here for a time, at
least. That rheumatic fever left me
I very weak, and 1 am not able just
I now to make any effort toward my own
sunnort."
"But surely you hare some friend —" ■
he began.
"No. there is no oae at all," she
saiil, the tears standing thickly in her
eyes.
The sight of them moved him strange
ly-
"Don't speak so positively. Do you
count me as no one? lam your friend,
Janet, and I will never let you enter
this gate if I can help it."
His voice was low and determined,
and there was a ring of passion in it
that made Janet tremble from head to
foot No one had ever before spoken
to her like that.
"You don't say any tiling, Janet.
Don't tell me that you won't let mc
save you from this. I have known for
a month past that you were all the j
world to me. Janet, darling, look up
at me."
She looked up. their eyes met, and
the next instant she '■vas in his arms.
Ah! she had never known until now i
how sweet it was to be loved and to j
love again, but she was none the less
happy because of that.
It was well that the buildings of the
Old Ladies' home were situated a long 1
way from the road, and that no one '
was about the grounds, otherwise the :
old ladies might have had food for gos- !
sip for a long tim 3; for it is not every ;
day that a little dusty spinster is seen j
weeping on the shoulder of a big, ;
handsome and vjry devoted lover.
However, Janet's tears were soon
dried, for th?y were tears of relief and
joy; and five minutes later she was sit
ting in the carriage by her lover's side,
on her way to Ridgefield, where, in the
small parlor of the Methodist parson
age, she was speedily made Mrs. John
Humphreys.
Mrs. Wayne refused at first to bo
reconciled to the match; but when she
saw how perfectly happy her brother
was, and how graciously Janet filled
her position a» mistress of Beecliwood,
she concluded to make the best of it,
and held out the olive branch forth
with.
But she never forgave Rosa for hav
ing disappointed her, and there was a
decided coolness between them on that
account, which was not lessened when
Rosa told how sho had urged John to
suggest something for Janet's relief.
"And as a suggester, he is simply
perfect!" she said.
To which Mrs. Wayne made no re
ply.—Florence E Hallowell, in Demo
rest's Magazine.
Wanted It In Writing.
''Scaddsby is a suspicious fellow,"
said Brief the lawyer. "I did some
work for him a little while ago, and
when he asked for the bill I told him it
was all right—l wouldn't charge him
anything He thanked me cordially,
but said he'd like to have a receipt."—
Puck.
An Oversight.
Customer —Look here! I brought in
thirteen collars the other day and you
returned only seven. This is an out
rage.
Laundryman (proudly drawing him
self up)— You evidently forget, sir,
that thirteen is an unlucky number.—
Judge.
Tha Advent of a Reformer.
"Waiter, will you please bring me a
hammer?"
The loud, imperious voice rang sharp
ly through the gilded dining hall- A
hundred pairs of eyes looked up in as
tonishment. The rattle of knives,
forks and spoons ceased. The hum of
conversation died away. Even the ap
petizing odors that hung over the lux
urious tables r-cemed to loose their hold
on the senses, . d a seoiv of petrified
waiters stood holding in their petrified
hands petrified trays covered with pet
rified roasts, steaks, sandwiches, veg
etables, fruits and pastry.
"A hammer, if you please, waiter,"
again rang out the imperious voice.
"Wh-what do you want of a ham
mer?" stammered the waiter addressed,
finding his tongue at last.
"I want it," exclaimed the guest,
with grim resolution written in every
wrinkle of his rugged face, "to break
up this powdered sugar!" —Chicago Trib
une.
Learning: an Art.
His Father—Well, Eddie, how did
vour first lesson on the snare drum go
off?
Eddie —The professor asked me my
name, and then gave me a rigmarole to
say over and beat time to on the drum
till I could do it fast. It made mc aw
fully tired.
"What was it lie had you say?"
" 'Dead, dead, dead, dead, dead'll be
Ed'll be dead'll bo Ed'll be dead'll be
Ed'll be dead,' and I guess I would have
died if he'd made me keep it up much
longer."—Jury.
Willi Street All Ktght.
Mrs. I>e Stocks—Wall street must bo
very dull. I saw in the paper this
morning that hundreds of men who
used to spend from $1..">0 to $2 every day
for lunch now go to cheap places where
they can get a lunch for fifteen or
twenty cents, and then sneait off to
still cheaper places for their cigars.
Mr. De Stocks—Oh, Wall street is all
right. Those brokers' wives have been
at the summer resorts, and the bills are
beginning to come in.—X. Y. Weekly.
Culinary Item.
"Mother, will you be kind enough to
cook the dinner to-day? John was so
dissatisfied with the cook that I sent
her off. without telling liim about it."
"Certainly, my daughter."
John (at the dinner table)— Maria,
you must send off that cook. This is
the worst deal she has given me yet. —
Texas Siftings.
At Anbury Park.
Miss Skinner—We must never recog
nize Sue Promise again.
Miss Bones —What impropriety has
she been up to now?
Miss Skinner—We were looking at
the view and she said she could see a
certain spot with the naked eye.
D'jever!—Jeweler's Circular.
Taking It Away.
Horrified Guest—There's a roach In
this soup. Take it away, quick!
Waiter—Yes, sail. Wait just one min
ute, sah, till I catch him.—Good News.
A VIRGINIA CBEEFEE.
Jury.
Applying at Headquarter*.
"I understand that you have been at
tending the lectures on 'First Aid tc
the Injured,' Miss Rosalie," said the
young man.
"Yes," answered the sweet girl.
"Can—can you tell me," whispered
the youth, drawing a little nearer,
"what you would do for a bro—broken
heart?" —Truth.
Follows Naturally.
"How does it happen," inquired the
stranger, "that all the improvements
are l>eing made on this one street?"
"It doesn't happen at all, sir," re
plied the citizen who was showing him
about the village, majestically. "This
is the street I live on. I am president
of the town board, sir." —Chicago Trib
une.
LEAP BLIGHT FUNGUS.
A. I'snxlllc tirowth Which l>e»troy»
ThoaiinHi of Str»wl>«rr» I'Unti.
As to conditions which affect blight
in the strawberry, tlio Kentucky state
college of agriculture, by the director
r>f experiments in th » published bulle
tin. goes into the subject in itsminntla,
of which the follow: <ig is a synopsis:
Young plants are not liable to blight
until their leaves are nearly grown,
and new beds, commonly, show but
few of the spots until toward falL An
exception to this rule was noticed this
year which is worth recording. Some
rows of plants were put out
alongside old, badly blighted ones. In
the fore part of August it was observed
that the young plants next the old
ones were becoming ' idly spotted, the
first row leing especially affected,
while the plants farthest away were
but little injured. The explanation of
this difference is to be found in the
faet that the blight fungus is pro
pagated during the summer bv means
of microscopic spores, which of course,
fell in greatest numbers upon the
young plants nearest the blight-in
fested ones. The to l>e drawn
from the fact is too plain to need point
ing out. If it were possible, indeed, to
isolate beds of young plants so as to
prevent the access to the loaves of all
spores, plants might be kept free from
blight indefinitely.
All through the summer the blight is
propagated by theso long spores.
Toward fall the threads which have
been mentioned as forming the grow
ing part of the parasite within the sub
stance of the strawberry leaf, form
solid, tissue-like ma -ses in the dead
part of spots and finally these appear
at the surface as small black dats. The
function of these little nodules appears
to be to preserve the parasite condi
tions of weather unfavorable to active
growth and multiplication. They are
in the old leaves all winter, and send
out in spring threads bearing spores
similar to the long, jointed summer
spores.
The cut will show the peculiar charac
ter of this fungus.
RATIONS FOR PIGS.
Relatln* Amount* of Fat and Lean Cn
chaii£f(l by Of nary Food».
Bulletin 10 of the Virginia experi
ment station gives the details of ex
periments with 3 different rations fed
to pigs to determine their relative
economy and the comparative amount
of fat and lean produced by each. The
first ration was corn meal alone, in
which the percentage of nitrogen was
quite small; the second consisted of
10 parts corn meal, 4 parts bran, and 1
part beef scrap, and the third of 5 parts
corn meal, 3 parts broil and 2 parts
beef scrap, which had a large percent
age of nitrogen. At the beginning of
the experiment the 3 groups of pigs
t3 in each group) weighed about the
same amount, but it soon became evi
dent the third group which ate most
nitrogenous food, was not gaining as
rapidly as the others, and after about
2 months all three of this group died.
An examination showed that they per
ished from lack of power to assimilate
food. The other groups were slaugh
tered after 13 weeks' feeding, but no
difference in the relative amounts cf
fat and lean could be discovered. The
group fed corn meal alone had gained
1 pound live weight for 14.79 pounds of
dry substance in food eaten, at a cost
of 5.3 cents per pound gained. The
group fed 10 parts corn meal, 4 parts
bran, and 1 part beef scraps gained 1
pound live weight for 12.94 pounds dry
substance in food eaten, at a cost of
4.8 cents per pound gained. To sum
marize it appears: 1. That a very nar
row ration is not fed with economy,
and may even cause death through
lack of power to assimilate food In so
concentrated a form. 2. That not the
slightest difference is made in the pro
portions of fat and lean meat in hogs
fed corn meal alone and corn meal,
beef scrap and bran. 3. That the post
per pound increase of live stock weight
was one-half of 1 cent per pound in
favor of the bran-fed lot.
POULTRY PICKINGS.
A I, LOW each hen three square feet of
room.
PEKIX ducks are best where there are
no ponds.
IF kept dry and clean, earth makes a
good floor for poultry.
UENS must be provided with warm
shelter if they lay eggs during the win
ter.
USING milk to make soft feed for
poultry will be found much better than
water.
MUCH loss in eggs is often occasioned
by allowing the hens to lay outside the
poultry house.
IF eggs are to be kept any time they
should be washed clean as soon as they
are gathered.
ONE reason why corn should be fed
at night during the winter is that it is
one of the very best materials for mak
ing animal heat
WHEN fowls purchased for breeding
are brought to the yards keep the>4
separate from the other poultry fot
two or three days.
Ajrr kind of grease is certain death
to iice, while the odor of certain oils,
like cedar, kerosene or spirits of tur
pentine will drive them away.
SOME hens are natural fighters, and
one such among a lot of hens will mo
nopolize food and roosting quarters to
thd detriment of all of the othors.
WETTER layers depend upon early
pallet#, early pullet* depend upon early
setters and early setters depend upon
winter layers. A falluro of one means
more or les» a failure of the others.
Seaside Recreation*.
Cholly (at sea beach)— t say, old boy,
what shall we do this evening?
Old Boy—Let's go round to the Bang
up hotel hop and see the gurls dawnce
with each other. —N. Y. Weekly.
Modern Jonrnallfem.
Editor—Well, did you see Mr. Nabob?
Reporter—Yes, sir; but he refused to
talk.
Editor —Very welL Make the inter
view about two columns. —Puck
Chicago Hospitality.
Mrs. Calumet—Do let me offer you
some wine, Mr. Bleecker. But I md
afraid you will find it rather old. We
have had it in the cellar for two weeks.
—Puck.
There la Nothing Like Safety.
Yawksby—Bless my soul! Why did
you get that homely old guy of a girl
for a type-writer?
Eawksby— (meekly)— I'm married!—
Judge.
Suspicion*.
Judge—What led you to think the
prisoner was a burglar?
Ofljcer—Why, his pockets were full ol
burglar alarms when t arrested him. —
Puck. _
Profane.
"I don't want you to make use of the
word rum again, my son."
"Why not, pa?"
"Boc'ftUM rum 1* a cur»e."W\i&re-
ISTO. 48
SHIPMENT OF FRUIT.
Xutikn to lie Avoided and PrMUlfnl
t'ssentlal to Success.
Some skill ib required for meeting all
the conditions for successfully shipping
fruit by the wholesale quantity, 6ver
long 1 lines of railway, with perfect
safety, so that when the packages are
opened the specimens may be as plutnp
and frc ,ha» in the hour whets they
were taken from the tree. Apples are
commonly packed in barrels and pears
in half barrels, and to prevent any
rattling or shaking, or bruising in tran
sit, t hey muss be firmly pressed to
gether. There is a certain natural
elasticity in these fruits as they Ap
proach maturity, and before they be
come soft, before which they ary hard
er and unyielding. The kegs or
before filling are placed temporarily
upside down, and the contents
ually and carefully laid in them, witlj
an occasional jarring to bring them
compactly tofrether. They should be
about an inch more than level full, the
lever pressure on the head and tne
elasticity of the fruit making theqi
solid and unyielding. The barrel Is
then turned right end up and the
directions marked on it for shipment.
They will then go safely a thousand
miles or more, if the work has been
well performed.
Some packers, wishing to make th«j
fruit appear better in quality than it
really is, "face" or "plait" each pack
age with better specimens than the
average, by placing select ones at the
bottom when about to begin filling the
kegs or barrels, bring these first to
view when the heads are reversed and
opened. This is deception, which no
honest man will practice. The first
fruit exhibited should be a fair exhibi
tion of the whole contents.
The mistake is sometimes made of
Including single specimens, when too
ripe or soft, as in case of the packer of
Bartlett pears, who saw one so fine and
handsome, although turning yellow
with ripeness, that he was tempted to
include it in the package. It had lost
its elasticity, and, becoming soft,
yielded to the pressure of the hard
pears around it, and was crushed and
destroyed by the jar of the railroad.
This loosened the others, which in
turn were bruised and spoiled. The
whole co ntents of the package thus be
came bruised and worthless, but this
was only a small part of the loss to the
shipper, for the purchasers would try
no more Bartlett pears from so careless
a source.
These remarks on shipping apples
and pears by the quantity, do not ap
ply to packing small and select pears
in baskets and boxes for conveyance
by express, nor to choice specimens <jf
apples, each of which is wrapped in
tissue paper for special markets. —
Country Gentleman.
THE BEE'S STING.
Structure of the Organ Described and
Amply Illustrated.
The organ of defense which worker
bees possess is a very complicated
structure. Tho sting is composed of
two highly-polished, sharp, hollow
spears or laocets, B, B, and an awl. A,
in the illustration, held firmly together
by projections Ton the central one.
which fit into grooves T on the sides of
the other two. These lancets lying tQ
¥jther form a tube between them,
he central lance A, sometimes called
the sheath, is larger than the others
and has a cylindrical reservoir 8 at the
base which connects with the poisoii
M STISO (WITH LAN errs DRAWN TO OXB
SIDE,), CROSS SXCTIOX OT STISO, AX* A
LANCET MUCH MAGNIFIED,
a, Awl; b, b, Lancets; e, s»ck; e, a
Valves; b, follow In A*i; 1, 1, HoU6w in
Lancets; jn, Tubs from sack to reservoir: <\ o
Openings from boliow in tbe lancet#; s, Reser
voir; t, t. Ridges In awl; t\ Groove In lancet?
to, u, Barbs.
sack, O, by the tube M and below bv a
slit with the tube made by the joining
of the three lancets. The smaller
lancets B, B, have at their baae? pecu
liar valves, E, E. Their points are
barbed, U, U. in the sectional drawing,
which also shows the tube in the I*4-
cet, and tho openings 0, 0, connecting
the tube with the exterior. Those
barbs catch and hold, causingthe sting
to be left in when it is used. The poisofj
is driven through the ppenings and
through the tube formed by thft lancje
Into the object etung. This poison is
an acid fluid which the bee secretes and
stores in the sack, C. Being acid an
alkali, as ammonia, or soda, will neu
tralize it and help to allay the pain and
swelling.—Orange Judd Farmer.
A Variety Is Best.
Just as the cattle delight in seed
ing green food from the pasture, so do
the fowls; and even in winter the
hens, like the cattle, are not content
with an exclusive grain diet, but pre
fer a portion of their food to ho more
bulky less concentrated. At this
Reason the hens will thrive best on
the range, where they can secure
grass, seeds and insecu, as variety
promotes thrift.
Waste IPrul* Poultry.
I\ may not be know© that if V** 6
ptfples are coojced and a small qtiaiv
Sty of meal added, the hens will reljah
the mess. Experiment# made
prof. W. P. Wheeler at Genera, N. X-,
With cooked apples, gave rosulta thap
exceeded his anticipations. While such
food was not equal to some other kinds,
»et he was convinced that it paid well
to utilixe the vaate fruit for poultry.
Not That Klttd of Pressure.
"Your daughter refuses to be my
wife. Mrs. Jones."
"She's foolish, then. Have you
pressed her at all?"
"No. To tell the truth she is alwaya
so distant that 1 have been afraid tb
try."—N. Y. Press.
Ills Great Work.
Penelope Adams —Arc you an admirer
of Addison, Mrs. Nueboddv?
Mrs. Nueboddy—Oh, my, yea
Penelope Adams—And what think
you was liis best effort?
Mrs. Nueboddy—The phonograph, by
all odds.—Harper's Bazar.
That Was It.
"Did you ever discover anything that
a Vassar girl doesn't know?"
"Only oncc. She didn't know a gar
ter snake when she saw it."
"Oh, pshaw! She knew, but she didnt
like to tell."—Puck.
Why They Didn't Meet.
"Hello!" said the ace of spades to ths
ace of hearts, "I didn't see you laat
night."
"No," replied the latter, "I was up
a sleeve waiting for you to coml
around." —Jury.
The Detective 'Kkeeter.
"Tho ghost that has been haunting
that old Jersey mansion is a fraud."
"How do you know?"
"The last'time he appeared, ho spent
half his time slapptntf at moequitoa."—
o_.u ——