VOL. XXIX. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. JOSEPH W. MILLER, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, Office and residence at 338 si. Main Bt, Butler, Pa. Dr. N. M. HOOVER, 137 E. Wayne St., office hours. 10 to 12 M. and 1 to 3 P. M. _ L. M. REINSEL, M. D, PHYSICIAN AND STROKON. Office and residence at 127 E. Cunningham Bt, L. BLACK, PH YBICI iN AND iUROBON, New TTOutnuui Building. Butler, Pa. B. N. LEAKE. M. D. J- MAUN. M. O. specialties: .Specialties: Gynecology and Sur- Bye. an DRS. LEAKE & MANN, Butler, Pa. G. M. ZIMMERMAN. RILVSICLA* AMD truuKOK. Office at. No. 45. 8. Mflln street, over Prank & Co s Diutf store. Burlfcr. I SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. * iCo. -2 East Jtfferfcoii St., Butler, Pa. V. McALPINE, Denti3t, js.cow pennaw-uUj located at ISO South Main sjrect Butler, I'a., in rooms lorrowly occupied by Dr. Waldron. j. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a. iHii'rlul Tectll Inserted cn the latest Im w3S£riaa.«Sd«nißK a specialty. Offlce over WHaul'B Clotuin* Store. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. All work pertaining to the profession: execut ed ui the neatest manner. Paini«M»« Kx -08.. 0. office oiien daily, except Wednesdays and Thffiiyi. Coiuxminlcatious hy mail receive ptompt attention. S. B.— The only Bent Ist in Bntlor using the best DUik.cs of teeth. C. F. L. McQUISTION, KXtiIJfEEK ASD SURVEYOR, OFFJC'B WKAR DIAMOKD, BOTLW. PA.' I A. B. C. McFARLAND. , ft » i and Notary Pui>llc— office on 8. DfiSSns & Coun HOUBC - 3eC ' ond floor. H. Q. WALKER, Attomey-at-Law—Office in Diamond Block. Butler, Pit. J. M. PAINTER, Attorney-at-L.aw. ODice— Between IVstoffice and Diamond, But ler Pa. A. T. SCOTT, ATTOBUfT-AT-LAW. p»co at No. 8, Soul u Diamond, Butler. Pa. A. M. CHRISTLEY, ATIORNKY AT LAW. Office sccucd ttcor, Anderson Bl k. Main St-, pear Court KOuf®, Butler, Fa . J, W HUTCHISON, ATTOlt»;v A? r -AW. Office en second Door of- the Huselton block. Diamond, Butler, Pa.. Room No. 1. IRA McJUNKIW. Attorney at Law. Office at No. 17, Ea*t Jeffer son St.. Butler, Pa.;. W. C. FINDLEV, <U(ornei at La* and Real fcstate Agent. Of flee rear of h. Z. Mitchell's office ou north of Diamond, Butler, P*. H. H. GOUCHER. Attoro*Y-at-law. Office 011 Becond floor ot Anderson Wilding, near Court House. Butlar. Pa. NEWTON BLACK. v Att'y a'. 1-aw —Office.on South slde;of Diamond Butler. Piv. " L. 8. MeJIINKIN" Insurance and Real Estate Ag't 17 EAST JEFFERSON ST. BUTLER, - PA. YI i 118 COl) NT V Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Office Cor. Main & Cunningham fltu J. C. ROESBING, PRESIDENT. H. C. LIEINKMAM, SECRETARY. DIRECTORS: ». 0. 1 Hendanoa Oliver, 1 1 Purvii 'James Htcphwuon, A. Troutman, ». C. Helneinan, Alfred Wick. N. Weltiel. i>. w Trvlu, l>r Klckenbach, j. W. UurkkaiC iD.T. Norrto. LO y» i s. h',} L- N KJK, A gent. BTTTJL/El'R, PA A. B. GABLE, V" eterirraiw burgeon. Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary Colhpe, Toronto, Canada. Pr, Gable treats ell diseases of the domesticated and m*.i»eß riddling, castration and horse den tißtry a specialty. Castration per formed without clams, and all otber surgical operations performed in the moat scientific manner. Calls to any .part of the country promptly responded to. Office and InOrmary in Crawford's Livery, 132 West Jefferson Street, Butler Pa. G. D. HARVEY, Contractor nn<! builder In brick work, grate and mantel setting and all kinds of brick-laving a specialty. Also dealer In barrel lime, \\ arn pum loose lime, cements. National. Portland and all best grades in the market. Calcined olasfr, plaster hair King's cement, fire hrlck. tile, wblte sand and tlver wind. Main oltlee 315 N. Mail' street, and all onters left at ware Bouse will receive prompt delivery. Terms reasonable. Good Farm for Sale. Containing 100 acres and 97 perclien. To acres cleared and under fence. ISalance standlnK in good wblte oak tlinl>er. Comfortable dwelling ous«', good burn, wagon shed, spnngliouae of best kind, hog pen and sheep house. Never f&lltuK springs over whol>- place ; a good or cbard. Powsoon given April t.isifl. Title ffjod. Situate in : 'ur. ran lin'ler couu'-y, V».. xi">ut si» Bnqoire at Cnizjcv office. R,.tltr. f-... or the owner. DAVID DIXON, Brownsuaie, riuUw Co., Pa THE BUTLER CITIZEN. FURNIT URE! F U It NITUR E! FURNITURE! New styles arriving daily. It will be bin a short timo until you will be looking around for vour holiday presents, we want to call your attention to our beau % tiful line of fancy ROCKERS, MIRRORS—ManteI and Cabinets, PARLOR CABINET, etc. We will also have tor the holiday trade a full line of Dinner and Tea Sets at any price from $4.50 to #75, all new styles and new shapes, goods guaran teed not to craze. A beautiful line of Vase and Bouquet Lamps, from #LSO to #lO. Anything you want in the above goods call and see us. Truly Yours Campbell & Templeton, 136 N. Main St., - - Butler, Pa. ' . free;! A Handsome Three-quarter Life-size Crayon Portrait Free. As a compliment to our many patrons, and the public generally, for a sbort time we are tcoiug to give to every purchaser of Ten dollar? worth of good* a FINE THREE QUARTER LIKE SIZE CRAYON" PORTRAIT. There is not a family but possesses some picture of Father, Mother, Brother or Sister which they would to have reproduced in a life like and durable oiaaaer Call at once and see specimen at our store What more tunable for a present? And as our liberal offer will injure immediate orders in uumbers, your early vis't is desired. To secure one of these portraits, you first trade Tefl Dollars worth with us, md then eive us any picture of your self or friends Uitu you wish to lave enlarged. The frurne (samples of which you wi 1 see in our store) togetbtr wiib the |r!ads and mounting will only cost you $2 75 These |M>rtraits are made by the celebrated Acme* Copy ing Compaay, 302 and 304 West Vau Bureu Street, Chicago, 111., which is a guarantee of quality of work we intend to giv© yoq. RITTER & RALSTON WOOL BOOTS AND Perfection Heel <fc Tap Overs $2.00 ~r52.00 FOR THE COMBINATION. We offer the Farmers of Butler Co., this season the greatest value for the money they have ever had. The Boots are (he heaviest and best made and are fitted with joint and back stay of leather. They are all wool and seamless, made m imiooth size aod then fulled down to ibe proper dimensions They combine Soilness Pliability aDd Durability ami will keep your feet warm the coldest dav. CANDEE BUCKLE OVERS. This well known brand of overs., which forms over one half of the great combination need* no comment as to tbeir quality. Everv one knows that they aro one of the best makes of rubber goods ou the market to day Their style is that of a buckle ankle boot. The buckle is a patent clasp. Tbey have solid Heels and Taps. The taps over extra thick at the ball where the most wear comes. We will se'l either part of the combination separately for SI.OO per pair. This will give those who have boots but uo shoes a chance to buy the best shoes at less than wholesale prices end vice versa. A last word. Don't delay in buvinjr We have lots of these goods now but uo telling how loug they will last at these prices. A-L. R-U-F-F. 114 South Ma in Street. Butler, Pa FOR TEE HOLIDAYS ONLY JEWELRY, CLOCKS, SILVERWARE, Purchasers can save from 25 to 50 per cent by purchasing their watches, clocks and spectacles of J. R. GRIEB, The Jeweler, No. 125 N. Main St., - Duffy Block. Sign of Electric Bell and Clock. All are Re?:jectfull\ ' ;\itcd t • —''Remember our Repairing Department— 20 y ears Experience." PHANTASM. The night Is gloomed with many a cloud; A waning moon, behind them, Give? each the sembianco of a slirouJ _ L<Vwrapped round sLapes—an CT'il cfowd— That, grisly hued and frowning-browed. Have slipped the chains should bind theo. Th«r wander lone, they gather where Are wild and hurried meetings; Their parments waver in mid air, And curses oft—but never prayer— Diatcrt their lip<. while fierce despair O'ersLadows all their greetings Tli>'fr breath is like a wa'ling breeze Through shuddering ether giidtng. It cleaves unto the shrinking trees. TV>:it as though some fell disease rani ■ ru'hlng forth, their limbs to selza, Fr> m deca wh.*re it had hiding. In the still village, down below. The p'ood folk rest in slumber; Unmindful of the plotting foe. Marshaled above to work them wee— A sinister and gloomy show Of demons, 1:1 to number. Now. to the heart of w;ndy space— The quiet hamlet dark'ning— Tiio wci d assemblage flock apace; Shape unt •> shape, and face to face. And ther \ Just o'er the sleeping place. Hang ominously, heark'r Ing In silence, deep as of the dead, Tije somber cohorts listen; While one Beet messenger is sped Away, upon some errand dread, An.l lieath the fitful moonbeams red, Uy times his garm»ats glisten. Thn messenger flies forward fast, A . waits the sileat column; T.;" 1 OK -raced moments glimmer past— Wal;e! sUi.nberers, and gaze aghast: Seek safety, ere the die is cast, From doom so sad and solema Ah. harmless terror of the iky. Of fancy's own creating: In peace the village well may lie- While vaporous phantoms, up on high, Tiiough the vast void float wildly by— A placid morn awaiting. —Joseph M. Pratt, in Springfield (Masx) Re publican. KAARD I fjil was a poor tiler '/ HTb jjy o f Grenouille / ville, who had fy- -- a wife and two children. Jean was no advo vLw ~ cate °* Polyffa f ItVjJgS- my. He found li ' "* one w '* e I 1 "*® enough, for La Louise, as sl»e '■ ii ' wascalled often, led him u hard life. Jean worked with a will from morn ing to night. He was full of courage and strength, and yet in spite of all the hours he spent on the roof in company with love-lorn cats, he barely managed to eke out a living. '•The two youngsters, their mother and me." said he, "that, makes four, and four stomachs to fill is not a small affair. It means: To work, Jean!"' And work he did, poor man. and yet never knew what it meant to have a few spare coins laid by in a corner of a drawer. The winter of 1579 to 18S0, cruelly rigorous, as will be remembered, taxed the slater rudely. No work to be had. To warm his blood he was obliged from time to time to whip his arms back and forth; but work also would have kept his blood in circulation and, in addition, would have brought in coin for dinners and breakfasts. Often at this time Jean Renard looked up at tho higli steeple of the old church of Grenouilleville. In many places the ruined slates had fallen away pieee by piece. What a lot of work there was to be done on that spire. Of course it was dangerous work. Jean knew that, but he knew his trade, too. Long ago, also, the weathercock that Torched on the summit of this spire had been blown down during a storm. The cure had often beeu asked by his peo ple to reinstate this weathercock in his high station, and had always re plied that he asked nothing better, if he could manage to do so without it costing him anything. Jean Renard had an inspiration: "Suppose I propose to the cure to put back tho weathercock for nothing, if he will give me the work that is to be done on the steeple." liut the cure was a miser, and he re j plied that it made no difference to hiru if the steeple was leaky, as he did not | bleep there. "Repair as much as yon want to," i said he to Joau, "but I will not ffive I you a cent." ! The slater found this too little, and (favn up the affair, keeping, however, a | grudge -igaijist the cure. A* about this epoch the mayor of Grenouiileville was revoked. The new magistrate in- auffu rated his X i \ rule by asicing / p \ the cure to re- f A \ paint the fla?, f M\ covered with I Hit) ru st, which \ 111 I J crowned the £ 1 W4 (I ' steeple. ? I jag j > e A pi Maire," ob- J| 1 jected the || cur. •*„» do fa/6 C'i v • ir ' money t0 pay ""•vfo" 'or this jjL work? " i bother your- J sl 'lf about that I M. le Cure," f replied the mayor; "have the flag re- JEAN urso FROM THE painted, and TOP OF THE STEEPLE, the municipal ity shall pay." "Very well then, since you wish it," replied th • cure, none too happy at see lnsc the s.auonal colors float over hia steeple. True to his principles, the cure beat de'<-n the price, franc by franc, in mak ing liis bargain with Jean Renard; and 1 Irheiiit was concluded, the priest added: ! "And it is well understood that putting j back the weathercock is included in ' the bargain." "O, no," said Jean, "that is nc* un- I derstood at aIL That, you know, sir, i doubles the labor; and also, the weather i cock has to be put much higher than 1 mount to paint the flag, l'lacing the ; weathercock is a perilous job,—so | perilous that it is my life you are ask- I ing me to risk for nothing. No." "Yes, my friend," said the cure, with ! an unctuous smile; "you will do that j for the love of God." | "110 .von say masses for the love of 1 God. M. le Cure? I»consentto replace j the weathercock, but you will add fifty francs to your price; it is worth ! that." "Fifty francs!" cried the priest "The , deuce I will! How you run on! See , here, Jean, ouce you are up there, it won't be much of an effort to go a few j steps higher." "Hut if misfortune befalls me, do you think you, for the love of God, will care for and bring up my chil dren'.'" "Come! come! 2s*o more talking. I'll give you ten francs." "Ah, M. le Cure, you take advantage of my poverty. You know 1 must earn a living, and so you jjet the better of me. In short, I'accept tor ten francs more." 'iiie cure, delighted al his success, SDreuol the food n«ws through the BUTLER, FRIDAY, -JAXUARY 8, 181)'2. town. At last the wcatnercocic was going to be in place once more'. It was December, and the bad weath er still persisted. Jean, therefore, was forced to wait several ''ays before un dertaking his dangerous ascent. At length the rain ceased: by night the clouds had gone, and next morning all the roofs were covered with frost. "Clear weather," said the slater. "I can go to work to-day. All the good folks of Grenouilleville were assen.bled in front of the church in the large square to see .lean Renard hoist himself to the top of the steeple. He had in his belt three bottles con taining red, white and blue paint for the flag-, and to his back was attached the weathercock, resplendent in new gilding. He entered the church to pass by a window at the base of the spire. When he appeared, throwing one of his ropes over the lirst hook of the steeple, there was a murmur of con sternation from the watching crowd; but terror became paroxysm when Jean, near the middle of his ascent, al most lost his equilibrium by the break ing of an iron eaten by rust. The up turned faces were pale with emotion, but the dexterous slater quickly grasped a higher hook. Nevertheless, ho was long in mount ing. It was nearly three o'clock in the afternoon when he touched the base of the cross at the top of the steeple. He lashed himself fast tiertto. feet and body, and began his first work—the painting of the flag. In about half an hour cheers and applause broke from the crowd; the national colors floated over the steeple. The hardest part, though, was yet to be done: the weathercock had W go up. Two feet more to mount; and to crown the danger it was the cross that had to be climbed, that is to say, a mere bar of iron. In December it is soon night; already the ira hers saw but a faintly outlined form amid the mists of twilight, and they began to rtow uneasy. How would poor Jean Renard manage now? Ho could no longer see to work, and now in greater danger than ever. Suddenly a small light showed in the darkening night. Jean Rcnard, being a careful man, had thought to carry with him a candle. Soon nothing more could be seen but th-t tiny light, gleaming on high like a star lost in the clouds, and the anxious crowd began tc disperse. Jean continued working. On the morrow, at dawn, the early risers of Grenouilleville saw a fright ful sight. Jean Renard hung, head downwards, from the top of the steeple, his feet still held by his ropes. The unfortunate man had doubtless lost his balance, and in falling his work apron had turned backwards, thus concealing his face. He no longer moved; dead, probably, some hours since. The cure, who was at once apprised, expressed his sentiments in intolerable form: "Unlucky fellow! Well, at least, he had put back the weathercock!" "Yes," was replied, "but we cannot leave the corpse up there; it must be got down." "That is true," said the priest; "it must be brought down, but who will do it?" "That, M. le Cure, is your busi ness. Get workmen from the city, if you must, abno matter what cost; the body of Jean Renard must not remain up there." Get workmen from the city—that was very expensive, and the cure hesi tated, but it had to be done. Just then It was learned in the village that the priest had pushed his avarice to the point of trying to get his weathercock repaired for nothing, and feelings of aversion for him developed in the breasts of his parishioners. A subscription was opened for the orphans of the tiler, and the same day a hundred francs were paid in; little, but the people of Grenouilleville were not rich. A inau had gone to the city, but they asked two hundred francs, and the cure found that ridiculously exor bitant. So the next day the corpse being still suspended from the steeple, funeral ceremonies were held in front of the great church door, draped for the occasion; and all Grenouilleville joined in the last prayer for Jean Renard. Bnt to inter the body, it had to be got down from its lofty perch. The fellow-citizens of the slater this time showed great decision. They wonld have the body, and. if necessary, would force the cure lvinself to go and get it. When that person left the church, ho found himself confronted by a threat ening crowd. "No, M. le Cure. He shall not stay up it is an outragvj"' "My good friends, I am qaite of your opinion; so get him down!" "You shall go yourself, since you re fuse to pay some one else to go," and al ready the most audacious, the anti-cler ical faction, pushed the cure backwards towards the church. Thoroughly alarmed, he at length exclaimed: "it is impossible; I do not-know how to climb on roofs. I'll pay! I'll pay!" "They ask two Imndrcd francs to cotne from the city," cried the men on all sides. "Oh! but I'll give them!" "Stop! stop!" cried a voice. "I'll do the job for a hundred francs," and a m;:n forced his way towards the cure, through the amazed villagers. ".lean Uenard! Jean Renard!" burst from their lips. It was indeed Jean He explained in a f< - u words how he had planned to trick the cure, who meant to get the better of him. After his work was fin ished he came down, entered the bell tower, aud dressed a wooden figure in his clothes; he then remounted and linng his effigy from the steeple. But effigy or not. it was a dishonor to GrcnouiileviHe, suspended from their church spire, and must remain there no longer. Jean Renard climbed up aud un hooked the supposititious corpse, which -0 _ TV lili P I Jl» •tfa S&fe., \/p i nvri . iMk" r " i /k Wi I "iJ m mfi "I'LL DO THE JOB FOB A HUNDRED FHANCB." fell upon the square beneath, amidst general cheers and laughter. The cure thus got the worst of the barcrain; his money, after all, paid for the weathercock. This was not the end of the matter, however. "1 gave Jean Renard a first-class fu neral service," thought the cure, "and he shall pay for it." He then I egan suit against the slater, who. naturally, refn »*d to piv . "I d d not ask you for burial & rvice. Mors-. ,e Cure." "Notje ask that, my son, and yet all finisji that way. You were thought oea<l —~ "But I was not, happily; and also, in that ca«e, it is never the customer who pays. Carry your bill to my heirs." ••To your heirs! You have none since you are not dead." "Then why did you bury me?" "But. unhappy man, I prayed for the salvation of your soul." "The salvation of iny soul! Pray for the salvation of your own, for I am not sure that I have a soul." "Heretic!" muttered the priest "The cause is heard," said in his turn the justice of the peace, who gave judgment as follows: "Considering that Jean Renard tricked the cure, but that the cure had first tricked Jean Renard; "Considering that the trade of a priest is to pray for the salvation of souls, as it is that of slaters to set up weathercocks; "But, whereas, the slater could no more have set up a weathercock that had not fallen down, than the cure could pray for the salvation of a soul that was not in peril; "Whereas, finally, Jean Renard af firms that he has no soul, and in that case no use for prayer; "We therefore, reject the suit of the Cure de Grenouilleville. and do con demn him to pay the costs thereof." And all Grenouilleville laughs yet The cure's money was put to pood use by Jean Renard. He no longer climbs steeples. He lives by the sea side now, from whenoe he frequently sends me a basket of fine oysters. So I owed him this story.—From the French of Raphael Lighten®, in Over land Monthly. The riin and the A clam who had become very mnch disgusted with his station in life paid a visit to a well-known wizard who dwelt near the seashore and said: "O, wizard, I am come to ask a great favor of you. As a clam lam an object of ridicule, and the funny man is al ways cracking jokes on me. I want to be transposed into a bird." Tho wiz /d, who had disposed of his Santa Fe stock before the slump and therefore felt in good humor, waved his hand and the clam flew away. He re turned in about an hoar, however, to loudly complain: ''O, wizard, as a clam I had to put up with only ridicule, but as a buzzard I am the object of everybody's con tempt " "Well, then," replied the wizard, "be ing as you are neither satisfied to be a clam nor a bird I'll make a snail of you," and he forthwith gave him a shell and curled him up iu a sandhill. MORAL. In trying to be somebody else we may come to nothing.—M. Quad, in N Y. World. What Nap-sleon Cost England. The steward of Napoleon I.'s house hold at St. Helena received £I.OOO a month for living expenses. Every fortnight there landed, for the table of '•is ex-majesty, 84 bottles of ordinary wine, --li i bottles of strong wine (Con- I stantia. Teneriff, etc.) and 54 of porter j In all the period of his stay on the | island is said to have cost England JM,- I Osj,(i io. Of course, there were no poor j wretches starving either in ICnglautl or in France at *he time.—Notes and j (Queries. Mysteries of Navigation. Sweet Girl (in a rowboat) —What is this place in the back of the boat for? Nice Young Man —That is to put an | oar in when you want to scull the boat. Rowing requires both nirs. one on each side; but m sculling one oar only is 1 used. This is placed at the back and ! worked with one hand. Sweet Girl (after meditation) —I wish you would try sculling awhile.—Good j News. _ IA Testimoni.il for Matrimony. Jaylawn—How long has that young Mrs. Dodson's husband been dead? Ireson —About six months. "She was extravagant in her devotion i to him, wasn't she?" "Very She is going to marry again next month as a delicate compliment to his memory."—Kate Field's Wash | ington. On© for the Doc tor. Skeptical Caller Doctor, can you | cure me of the belief that 1 have these ; warts on my hands? Faith Doctor (inspecting them) —Not I until I can cure myself of the belief that your hands need soap worse than they do medical treatment. Good morn ing. This is uiy busy day.—Chicago Tribune. A Sad End. "How's that biaek and tan dog of yours?" "Dead." "Dead?" —- "Yes. Swallowed a bunch of watch keys and they wound him up."—Brook lyn Life. The Humblest M»y Follow. Miss Wobbleton —How beautiful, pro fessor, it would be to mold one's life, however imperfectly, aiter the ideas and practice of Emerson! Prof. Grout- Well, you can make a start by eating pie!— Life. The Modern Way. Cholly—l—l—l—called to ahsk—er— er — Her Papa—Yes, yes; you may have her! Take my blessing! ! This is my busy clay! ! ! Get out! I ! ! —Puck. An KmlHirriAMsinc Question. He—My lips never uttered a word of love to any woman before. She—How did you manage —speak through your nose? —Judge. FIVE MILES FKOM A SALOO>'. Farmer Whifßetry—Hi, there! W r hat are you doin' here? Tommy Towcan—Ah. sir, I'm spoiling a most beautiful thirst!—l'uclc. Their Reapeetire Value*. Mrs. Meddergrass—Young Sassafras has run off with our daughter, Jeru sha. Meddergrass—Oh, he can have her. "And he took the sorrel mare." "What's that? Get me my gun! I'll go after the scoundrel right away!"— Epoch. An L'-m*xpeete<l Answer. "Our neighbor, Mrs. Comfort," said Mr. .Pones, "is greatly praised by her husband for her economical manage ment of her household." "I don't blame her for being econom ical," replied .Mrs. Jones, tartly; "she has plenty to be economical with."— Cape Cod Item At tha Ball. "What do you mean. sir. by your in solence?'' ir«nlt"noe are you talking about?" "Your iiKolence. sir, in permitting my daughter to cast loving glances at j you.;'—Texas tftitggs. VERNE IN HIS STUDY. A Visit to the Great Novelist's Home in Franco. A That About Hl* Method* of Work an* the Beginning of Hi* labors In th* Itnliu of Adventurou* aual Mmr velou* Literature. "Is this the residence of M. Jules Verne?" I asked a little boy at the gar den gate of a stylish villa in the suburbs of Amiens. The little curly headed boy nodded. '•Do you wish to see papa?" "Yes, if he is at home." "He is snoring'." "Then I had better come another time." "Go away; what do you know?" cried another little Verne, pushing his young er brother aside aud then turning to me. "If you wait a few moments I believe you can meet M. Verne." Then they both ran off. 1 strolled slowly through the pardon to the veranda, continues the writer, a New York Herald correspondent, where a heavily-built man soon appeared and greeted me cheerfully. "Thank you for the trouble of com ing all the way out here. It is seldom that strangers go to the inconvenience of seeing me in a little town." j He led me into his study, crowded with all sorts of instruments, such as a quadrant, an electrical machine, a ; thermopile, batteries, etc., globes of different sizes, maps, calendars, charts ond bookcases. Heaps of books, rnaga | zincs, pamphlets, etc., lay on the floor and the writing desk, causing it almost to disappear from view The room was in great disorder; it seemed as if every thing had been laid down where it was ■ last used. A skeleton stood in the corner among stuffed animals and made the room look like a museum of natural i history. "How did the idea of writing in your ; peculiar style first suggest itself to you?" I inquired. "Ob, as a boy in reading the story of 'Baron von Munchausen." His fabulous, ridiculous adventures made me think whether they could not be written in a S —*| f JULES YF.K.VE. serious manner, so I set to work. 'Le Tour du Monde' was my first great suc cess, so I pursued the chosen path"— Then his wife, in apron and cap, en tered and served some cider, with a friendly smile. But before she could speak a child was heard crying and she had to excuse herself. "As you see, we live quite like the bourgeoisie—simple but comfortablel I would not live in Paris for anything in the world— "Look, here is one of my latest books, illustrated. It is always a great pleas \ ure to me to see my ideas taking form and shape." "How do you make the enormous material that is necessary for your novels?" I asked, "Why, I read all the scientific books that are published—in short, ever> thing in the book market of any interest to me. lam also a subscriber to all scien tific journals, as you see." making a sweeping gesture with both arms and looking around the overcrowded room with a humorous expression. "Besides, I have connections with many of the leading conservatories, museums, etc. Also that 1 know Ger man is a great help to me. The Ger mans are remarkably clever, but only theoretically, while the Americans are undoubtedly the most practical, but they sorely lack taste. Only look at their public buildings! Colossal, expen sive, but no architecture." "And the Frenchmen?" I asked, po litely. "Nobody can deny them the suprem acy in matters of art. Hut to return to the subject from which 1 started, my actual experience for the 'Clipper of the Clouds' was*one ballaon ascent, while I had to look over about five hundred books on aeronautic inventions." "Then yon do not deem actual expe rience necessary?" "1 think a careful perusal of books from the best sources on any new sub ject is better at least for the purpose of writing books. A good book on the customs and manners of a country can only be written after a sojourn of years, while I, at the very best, could only de vote a hasty trip to it, and at that rate my books would dwindle into a very limited number of volumes." "I think it must be time for me to go." But he continued in his jovial way, as if he had not heard me: "People should always remember that Jules Verne is neither a mathematician, nor an astronomer nor the author of scientific handbooks, but a novelist, who scatters his knowledge here and there in the manner of a conversationalist." The Harvest Moon. It so happens that the position of the moon is such that the full moon preced ing the autumnal equinox for several Buccessivo nights, in the latitude of London, rises only uine or ten minutes later each succeeding- evening-. This phe nomenon is called the "harvest moon" from a notion that it is a provision of all-wise Providence calculated to enable the husbandman to take care of liis grain at night if there is so much of it that it cannot be handled during day light. Another Ca*e. Frances —Is it that tiresome Mr. Co balt, with his everlasting gabble on ivrt? Laura (hotly)—l think lie amounts to a good deal! He is quite wedded to his art. Frances A case where marriage seems to be a failure. —Life. A New Industry. Prof. NVetthedust (a few years hence) —Good morning, Mr. Tiller. Anything in my line to-day? I have brought my balloons and explosives along. Mr. Tiller (American farmer) —Well, I dunno. What's the price of rain now? —N. Y. Weekly. An Artful Maid. Mother— Why, Rosalie, I thought you were going driving with Mr. de Kiche. What are you wearing black for? Rosalie—You know the poor fellow is In mourning for his wife, and I want to show my sympathy. —Judge. I'imblf to I'roT* It. "You are a grasping man," said Sum way to a creditor. "I don't know how you know that," replied the latter "You never gave me a chance to grasp the money that you owe me."—Detroit Free Press Very Mean. "Gould Is awfully merji with his uuU>- graph." said Bobbie - 1 >-**? it l<iin * bl.mU check aud U -t-d 1.. i I write his name at tl.e i f it. ;;addi> you know he w*juldn tuo it." —Brooklyn Life. _ 0m ftEQAW&INft QONQWETt. It Cm ll# Fi«l In Mur Wiji AImM Ftrtu til M law Concrete may be turned to otaaj val uable uses about farms and rural dwell ings. ami any ordinary workman caa manage it It is made up of the com mon hydraulic cement or waterlime, one part; clean and sharp, rather coarse sand, three parts, and broken stone or coarse Travel, fire parts. The lime and sand mixed dry and evenly as pos sible; this is necessary, because if mixed wet it will quickly harden and be spoiled. A mixing-board or table is made and the cement and sand are spread on it Water is then added to make a tbia mortar. Th* broken stone or gravel, which show £ be clean and free from earth, is kept wet, and the required quantity ia added to the mortar, the whole being shoTeled over and over until each fragment is com pletely covered with the cement Thia is important: the strength and solidity of the concrete depend upbn it To lay a floor, the bottom is first graded and made level, and should be well rammed to get a solid foundation. As much of the concrete is then mixed as can be spread while a second batch is mixing, and is spread on the floor and beaten drown. More of the con crete is then spread and a clean joint is made, so that no cracks will be left in the floor. The whole floor is thus laid and made as smooth as possible by a rubber of plank with a handle, by which the sur face is smoothed and leveled. After the floor is laid it is covered with a fin ishing coat of the cement and sand mortar alone, and this is well rubbed, as before, to get a good surface. It must be left a few days to harden before it is used. It will be impervions to rats, and if coated with hot gas-tar or asplialtum, it will be perfectly water proof. The floor should be at least three inches thick, and the finishing coat need be no thicker than is neces sary to make the surface smooth. Thia is the best floor for stables and dairies. The quantities of materials required may be calculated on this basis: A barrel of the cement and three of sand will make 12 cubic feet of mortar, and the 5 barrels of stone or gravel will make 20 cubic feet This quantity of concrete will make 120 square feet of floor three inches thick. To find the quantity required, the length and width of the floor arc multiplied together, this giving the number of square feet in it.—X. Y. Tribune. CATTLE STANCHIONS. A Xew Kind Invented by aa Ingeniona Western Farmer. Some improvements on the common stationary stanchion are herewith shown. They are in nse in the stables of a Minnesota subscriber and give good satisfaction. Being cheap and easily made, they are adapted to the wants of those who feed cattle in the winter and during the summer or who another year want this space for some thing else. The stanchions are made of two by four inch scantling and, l>e (ng put together with wooden pins or bolts, they may be readily taken apart and stored away when necessary The bed piece is made of two by four inch scantlings and so is the top piece, but iIIM fl 1 y* i Ti IMPROVED CATTLE STANCHIONS. in the illustration one is removed to show how they are fastened. A A are the stationary parts; C C the movable sides that hold the cattle in; - E E are automatic fasteners which hold the stanchions shut In stall A the stan chion is shown open. The space II is filled with a triangular board to keep the animal from putting its head in the wrong place. When tho animal puts its head in place a push on C closes the stanchion. E drops auto matically in place and holds it shut, as shown in stall B. As seen in the en graving, the movable part C has no pin in the lower end to hold it in place, but one on each side of it A pin at the top keeps it down when it is shut In stall C is shown how the movable part is taken from its place when tak ing the stanchions apart Stall P shows a simple contrivance by which the cattle can be shut in if they know their places and let out, too, without going in between them. A strong string S is tied to the staple N, passes through the staple I and to any con venient place. I'ulling on this will close them, and on the one attached at W and E will open them and let the cattle out—A merican Agriculturist Excellent Tonic for Fowls. Iron in any shape is beneficial to fowls. Copperas is sulphate of iron, and if a little copperas is added to the drinking water or ground fine and mixed with their food, the benefit will soon be seen in the reddened combs and healthy look. If an old iron pot is used in which to keep the drinking water gradual oxidization of the iron by the water will cause particles of oxide of iron to be given off, which will be taken up by the fowls when drinking. A handful of nails or other pieces of iron, iron fillings or even iron cin : 'rs, if placed in the vessel contain ing the water, will more or less afford iron to the poultry Iron is invigor ating 1 , stimulating aud assists in guard ing the system from disease. Iron is in the system of every living creature, and any deficiency thereof causes weakness and debility. The use of copperas is beneficial in another re spect It is a remedy for a great many diseases; it is a good disinfectant and a sure remedy against contagion of a certain character. Do not be afraid to use it. A tablespoonful of solution of copperas in the drinking water for a dozen fowls is sufficient, and it is cheap in price; the expense of its use is but a trifle.—Farm. Field and Stookman. THE lien hasn't much of a voice, but her lay is sweet Look Out for the Farmer. Tough—l tried the bunco game on ft Kansas farmer yesterday Another Tough—How did you come out? Tough—He got my dollar and a half —Judge. Of Coarse Not. She—Why do they always refer to music as a woman? tie—\v e ii, you couldn't conceive of music as existing in silence, could you? Life. Iu the IluUurant. Mr. Feeder—What's that awful thumping out there? Waiter— Dat's de cook. Yo* ordeied a tenderloin steak, didn't yo", sail?— Puck. Not That Kind or a Relic. The widow of a distinguished pn> fi«sor was visited by a rather shabby genteel sort of a gentleman, who ex pressed great admiration for her de ceat*Hl husband and who finally said: •'I revere the memory of your hus band, and would like very much to have some Helic to keep and cherish." 'The only relic I can offer you." re plied the disconsolate widow, sighing heavily, "is myself If you will love and cherish me for his sake you may for 1 atn of ,ia affectionate dUpoaitmo and Uul tue relic huiier hau silent.v stoleu away before she ooulti finish the *eawn^.— I Textt t&fnflSfc NO. lO PROFITABLE MO&& Kxcess la Fat la lankily tha llira Coasiderakl* Laaa. When tha farmer is feeding for hla own meat ho has no one but his own taste and that of his family to consult, but in feeding for market, if ha expect* to realize the best price, be most sup ply what the market demands. With hogs there has been a considerable change and the farmer must breed and feed so as to supply what is needed as fully as possible. Instead of a hoy made extremely fat. a proportion of fat and lean and not so large an animal ia wanted, and sells at a better price • pound than the fat animal, while in nearly all cases it can be placed on the market at a less cost One of the principal causes of the ex cess of fat with hogs is the exclusive feeding of corn. So many rely almost entirely upon corn as a food for their hogs, not only in fattening or finishing for market, but also in feeding for growth, and as corn is very fattening food the natural consequence ia a car cass with a large proportion of fat. The selection, feeding and breeding have all been to this end, and with a predisposition in this direction, and a ration that is well adapted to its devel opment, a large proportion of the hogs marketed have contained an excess of fat While breeding is a factor in secur ing a better proportioned carcass, the feeding is still more important By supplying a good variety and using such materials as are well adapted to a development of lean as well aa fat meat, such as alfalfa, peas, barley, 6ugar beets, squash or other flesh-form ing seeds, a better animal can be se cured, and while ordinarily corn is one of the cheapest hog feeds, other ma> terial can be used in connection with it that will still help to reduce the cost Especially during growth is it im portant to feed properly. Keep in a good, thrifty condition, but not fat, nsing alfalfa steamed In winter or green in summer, bran ship-stuff, oats, barley or other material to secure a good growth of bone and muscle. You need not discard corn entirely if you can grow it easily, but using in connec tion with other materials rather than making it au exclusive food. After an animal has reached a certain stage, any gain beyond this is secured at an additional cost This, of course, lessens the profit and wheu tho lower prices are considered it is c-rtainly not ad visable to feed beyond a certain weight In a majority of case': hogs that are well finished for market, weighing from 175 to C'JO pound-., not only sell at the best prices but cost less to feed than those that average 309 pounds, as the additional weight 1* generally largely fat and is not what the con sumer wants.—Colman's Kural World. STORY OF SIX HENS. The Experience of «n Eaterprlalaff Maw Eughmd Vroiu- a. Living in the city, yet longing for some of the country privileges. I deter mined to at least keep a few hess, so about the first of October, 1889, I bought six brown. Leghorn bens. They cost me $3.00, the expresaage came to $1.25 more. 100 feet of • wire netting tax a small yard cost SI.O(S, and twenty-five cents was paid for boxss of which the house was made, so I with an outlay of S5 59. In our small back yard a henhouse was constructed of packing boxes as shown in tha illustration. The front or the largest part was re moved and old glass that we had on hand was substituted after the box had been raided on two 1 ght sticks so that the top sloped suilieirntly to shed rain. Here the f.iwls took tiieir dust and sun baths, arc! were led on cold days. The next part, which was smaller, was a complete l box, raised in the same man ner as first part. Ihe entrance from the other box was through a small hole cut in the >-ld3 of the lower end In AN INEXPENSIVE POULTRY HOUSE. th s were two poles for roo6ts and the under part formed a shed. The small est box was for the nest where my favorites deposited 24*1 during the seventeen weeks of my ownership. The top board on this box could be raised and the eggs taken out I sold ten dozen at thirty-three cents, besides using all we wanted in our family of two. Then, too, there was the satis faction of knowing they were fresh, not limed as most eg;,'s are that we find in market in winter. The food, corn, bran and crackod shells cost only $3.00. Circumstances forbidding me to koep them longer I sold five at fifty oents each and cooked the sixth, so she was worth as much or more tLaa the aver age one sold. Setting aside tbe pleas ure of the pursuit and satisfaction when using the products, and looking at the money view only, 1 cleared in the transaction 53. 25, considering the eggs and fowl used were worth market price. This for so short a time and with only six hens was an excellent re turn. When I gave up my fowls I had on hand a quantity of the feed 1 had bought, and had I kept them five weeks longer the percentage of profits would have been greatly increased.—Anrer* can Agriculturist An Asserted l-lworery. It Is asserted by a California papej that a Swiss savant has made a discov ery which seems almost to revere* know-n natural laws. He reduces milk to a dry powder in such a manner thai by the addition of water it at once as sumes all its natural properties. It i« claimed that milk in this torva Is mncb better than canned or condensed milk for one reason —it has no sugar in it THERE is no positive way to tell tha age of fowls. An experienced person can judge something from tbe general appearance, but not always conwUy. Corrobort t tan. "Lighthouses are very expensive," re marked Mn. Dimiing', looking up from a governiacut report ."Yes, any theatrical manager will tell you that," replied her husband.— Detroit Free Ih-es*. I ucout roTertlble. Mamma —You seem to be In ft hurry. Little Frances - Yes ma'am; If I hadn t turn so fast I wouldn't det hare so soon! I'uck. Ye Modern .fonrnal. City Editor— Yob may all take a v»ca> tion for a few days. . Reporter— What's the matter? "I presume you noticod that we printed au exclusive bit of news to-day —big beat on the otker papers.* "Yes." "Well, wo won't have any more room for news for several days. That beat is in the way The editors will need till our space to blow about it n N- Y. Weeklv. . * Not Entirely L'aelaaa. lie (hopeless, but seeking consolation) —Now that you have met Tom Walk* over, you have no further use for mo bile —Oh, yes 1 have. I need ytfu to make him Jealous!- Lilfe. A Mean Adwat ii*. Jack How did vru muoage to get rid of your nvi,|V dorry I b "ot hi o appointed an um pire, ano tuul> the t lri outtbWlWW first ipoae.—Fuck-
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