VOL. XXIX.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
JOSEPH w. MILLEK, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon,
Office and residence at 338 3. Main St. Butler,
Pa.
" Dr. N. M. HOOVER,
I*7 E. Wayne St., office hours. 10 to 12 M. and
1 to 3 P. M.
" L. M. REINSEL, M. D,
PHYSICIA* AKD SCBGBOX.
Office and residence at 127 E. Cunningham St.
L. BLACK,
FHYaiCIA* ASD BUBGROS,
*;ew Troutmau Bulldiuj?. Butler, Pa.
B. N. LBAKE. M. D. *• D
K«*-i*ltle«- Specialties:
and Sur- Bye. Ear Nose and
DRS. LEAKE & MANN,
Butler, Pa.
G. M. ZIMMERMAN.
rursiciAN awn sr*o«o*.
Office at NO. 4*. 8 Main street. over Frank *
Co's Diug Store. Butler. Pa,
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon.
No. 22 East Jefferson St., Ci ller, Pa.
V.Mc ALPINE,
Dentist,
is now permanently located at no South Main
Street Butler. Pa., In rooais formerly occupied
by Dr. tValdron.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
/'Am Fillinc Painless Extraction of Tcrtb
vsatrta vres
A oSS""?r l Mi?len Orrery east of lowry
H Office closed Wednesdays aud Thursdsys.
j. j. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Butler, Penn'a.
. «ij>.i « »roaiv, (Q tb6 itn*
£?£*&& omc^
C. F. L. McQUISTION,
BftiOKBB AKD SURVEYOR,
Orrica HEAM Diamomd. But lie, Pa. ,
A. B. C. MeFARLAND.
i t|t« ft # \mw and Notorv PoUllc —office on 8.
nV&nd tie court House-sec
ond floor.
H. Q. WALKER,
At tor ney-at-Law— omce in Diamond Block.
Butler, Pa.
J. M. PAINTER,
Attorney-at-La w.
Office-Bttween Postoffice and Diamond. But
ler. Pa-
A. T. SCOTT,
ATTOENKY-AT-LAW.
Office at No. 8, South Diamond, Butler. Pa.
A. M. CHRISTLEY,
atiobney AT LAW.
Office second floor. Anderson B1 k, Main St.,
pear Couit House, Butler, Pa.
J. W- HUTCHISON,
ATTPBNEY AT LAW.
Office 011 second floor of the II uselton block.
Diamond. Butler, Pa.. Boom No. 1.
IRA McJUNKIN.
Attorney at Law. Office at No. IT, East Jeffer
son St..Butler. Pa,;
W. C. FINDLEY,
Attorney at Law and Peal Estate Agent. Of
flee rear of L. Z. Mitchell's office on north aide
pf DUqinud, Butler, P*.
H. H. GOUCHER.
Attorney-at-law. Office on second floor of
Anderson building, near Court House, But-sr,
h.
NEWTON BLACK.
Att'y at Law—Office.on BoaiU aldelol Diamond
Butler. Pa.
(~ S. McJUNKIN,
litirance and Beat Estate Ag't
17 EABT JEFFERSON.BT.
PPTLER, -
B I r J 1 if COUNTY
Mutual • Fire Insurance Co.
Office Cor. Main dc Cunningham fits.
vJ. 0. ROESSING, Pb*Bid«rt.
H. C IIKINKMAN, SKOBETARY.
DIHSCTORS:
a 0 Homsluk, Henderson Oliver,
j' l purrli, Jaires Stephenson,*
A. Troutman, H. Heluemiui,
Alfred Wick. N. Welteel,
Dr. W. Irvln. Rr Kickonbach,
J. W. Burkhart, D. T. Norrls.
LOYAL S. M'JUMKIN, Agent.
STTTJL."ra"R., PA
A. E. GABLE,
Veterinary Hurgoon.
Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary
College. Toronto, Canada.
Dr, Gable treats all diseases of the
domesticated animals, and mokes
ridirling, castration and boras
ti#try a specialty* Castration per
formed without clams, and all other
surgical operations performed in the
motit scientific manner.
Calls to any part of the country
promptly responded to.
Office and Infirmary in Crawford's
Liverv, 132 West Jefferson Street,
Bntlcr Pa
G. D. HARVEY,
{Contractor and bulUtor tu brick work, grate
tld mantel setting and nil kinds ot brick-la\ Ing
specialty. Also dealer In barrel lime, warn
tarn lowe lInJS. cemeuts. Notional, Ptirtianil
|i|4 all oeai grades iti thp market. calcined
piaster. planter balT. lung's cement, tire brick,
fete, white Kami ana rfrcr sand. Mam office ;tls
N. Main street, and all orders left ai ware house
till recede prompt delivery. Terms reasonable.
FOR SALE.
LOTS I will offer for sale u number of lota
Situated on the high ground adjacent to H. H.
Goucher, Ksq., and tbe Orphans' Home. The
land la laid out lu squares of something les«
than one acre, each square being surrounded
by a 50-foot street, and containing five lots M
feet tront by 1-0 feel back. Them; lots aro offer
ed at very reasonable prices and on terms jo
salt purchasers. Tbfts« who wish an entire
square can tie accommodated.
ALHO--I will sell my »Hrtn In Summit town
thlp.situated within ou»-'ittir mile of the Hutler
Eorou gli Uue. adjoining lands of lames Keurna
and others, on the MlllerstoMrn roa<l and con
sisting of m acres. It Will l>e villi either as a
whole ordtvlded t«i suit purchaser*.
Kor further Information In regard to either ot
theabovi properties, call on .1. u. Sullivan.
Eas North Street Huiier. Ha
MIUJ. V AUUUA SULLIVAN.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
FURNITURE
-ytinoaaaooaiywt • ■
Thanking* vou for
c •
last year's patron
age, and wishing
you a prosperous
new year.
We intend trying
to increase our
trade for 1892 by
greatly reducing
prices 011 many
goods. Save
money by buying
this month. -:-
Yours Truly,
Campbell & Templeton,
136 N. Main St., - - Butler, Pa.
F R KK !
A Handsome Three-quarter Life-size
Crayon Portrait Free.
As a compliment to oar many patrons, and the public
generally, for a short time we are going to give to ever?
porcl aher of Ten dollars worth of gooda a
FINE THREE QUARTER LIKE SIZE CRAYON PORTRAIT.
There is not a family bat poeseaaes some picture of
Father, Mother, Brother or Sister which they would 11ke to
have reproduced iu a life like and durable manner Call at
once and see specimen'at our store
What mure editable for a present? And 88 our liberal
offer will insure immedia e orders in large numbers, your early
yia't is desired.
To secure one of tb'-so portraits, you first trat'e Ten
Dollars worth with us, and then give us any picture of your
self or friends that you wish to have enlarged The frame
(samples of which you wi I sen in our store) together with the
glass and mounting will only cost you $2 75.
These portraits are made by the celebrated Acme Copy,
ing Company, 302 and 304 West Van Buren Street, Chicago,
111., which is a guarantee of quality of work we intend to give
you.
RITTER & RALSTON
WOOL BOOTS
AND
Perfection Heel & Tap Overs
$2.00 $2.00
FOR TIIE COMBINATION.
We offer the Fr.rmers of Bctler Co., tbis season the greatest value for
the money they have tyer bad.
The Hoots are £hc heaviest and best made and are fitted with joint and
hack stay ot leather I'hcy are nil woo! and seamless. made ctiinmoih size
and then fulled down to the proper dimensions Tbev combine Softness
Pliability and Durability and will keep your feet warm the coldest d*y.
CANDEE BUCKLE OVERS.
This wall known brand of overs., which forms over one half of the
great combination needs no commeat as to their quality. Everv one kuoww
that tbey arc one of the best makes of rubber Roods on the market to day
Their style is that of a buckle ankle boot. The buckle is a patent claxp.
They have solid Heels aud Taps The taps over extra thick at tbe bail
wbcre the most wear comes.
We will se'l either part of the combination separately for SI.OO per pair.
This will give those \ybo bay* b'-ots b4t uo shoes a chance to buy tbe best
shoes at lesg than wholesale prices and vice versa.
A last word. Don't delay in buying. We have lots of these goods
now bat no telling how long tbev will labt at these prices.
A-L. R-U-F-F.
114 South JButler, ;Pa
FOR THE 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 arc Respectfully Invited
"Remember our Repairing Department— 20 years Experience."
ADVERTISE IN CITIZEN
MY DEAREST FOE.
OCTOBER. '.S9O.
I can't say why except tbat man.
Since Adam, will do what he shouldn't;
While others thought Miss D. so nice,
1 couldn't.
I can't say why or wherefore: each
Must draw his Individual moral.
But ere we spoke three words we seemed
To Quarrel.
It wasr" Tat she pinched or dyed;
She oldn't. any more than I did:
SOT did she smoke, or favor skirts
Divided.
Nor were, fo far as I could see.
Her stockings blue, nor red her tressefc
Nor did she love esthetic fads
In dresses.
Nor was it that I ever found
Her fringe in curl the least bit lacking,
Or chanced to note her shoes In need
Of blacking.
She'd none of these faults: yet dislike
Gr<-w into hate. I couldn't stop it;
Nor can I tell the reason now.
So drop it.
That she was handsome. I'll admit.
And looked at time* a very goddesA
Nay. more, a Venus plus a skirt
And bodice.
Her lips were like Diana's bow.
Her dark eyes would have graced a Juno,
She waiked like— l forget her name—
But you know.
And I must fain admit, although
1 loathed her. noi to put 11 finely.
She was a clever gin. and sang
Divinely.
And I was rubicund and pla'.a
As cooks when out of situations,
And envied those who could achieve
Flirtations.
Vet when by some 111 chance we met
My steady pulse declined to flutter.
And I'd no other wish except
To cut her.
While she delighted to invent
Somf horrible nickname to dub me,
And seized with rapture every chance
To snub me.
I had no reason In the world
To hate this Juno-Venus Naiad,
And she bad just about as much
As I had.
But this I know though fourscore years
Should be our lot ere falls the curtain.
Miss D. and I will ne'er be friends.
That's certain.
P. a—OCTOBER. '9l.
Dear reader—lf so long you've tarried—
There's on y one li*e more to add.
We're married'
—Pall Mall Gazette.
// Vy H HAT 1 was con-
Vy /a siderably sur
fj AjgJ** %' \ prised to hear
B mar "
W sitting in his
lji\ £ ft, wheeled chair
no such idea in his head. But every
thing happens for the best, and the old
place is clean run down for want of a
nice stirrin' housekeeper Berenice
Stubbs charges a dollar and a half a
week and wants the washin' put out at
that. Things didn't go on in this 'ere
way iu the lifetime of my second de
parted—no, nor yet while my first
was livin' I'm willin' now to
confess that I was sort o' turnin' over
in m.y tnind the idee of askin' Pantheon
Jones' widder if she d any objections
to share my solitary lot. but this mar
riage o' .loe's puts things in a dif
tcrent light. I wasn't sartin but
what he was going to be an old bache
lor i do hope his new helpmate can
make ri* bread and dunning cakes and
soft soap. Berenice Stubbs never
made soft soap She was fairly ruining
me with bar soap boughtcn at the
store. And there's all my two de
ceased pardners' frowns upstairs, in the
blue paper trunk, waitin' to be made
patchwork of. Of course she'll be
handy with the needle, or Joe wouldn't
hov selected her "
And Mr Ailesbury chuckled at the
prospect of the "good time coming." It
was Thanksgiving morning when the
young couple arrived.
"Is this my new home. Joe?"
The bride stood in the clean, white
washed kitchen, looking around in a
bewildered sort of way. She was
] A EFPLJ,,
|jj
"18 THIS MY UOMK, JOE?"
slight and small, with large blue-gray
eyes, and u delicate complexion. Her
traveling dress was of the softest pearl
gray, and she wore daintily fitting
gray kid gloves, and boots so tiny that
it Imost seemed as if the (trass of the
door yard, like the haret-ells of Sir
Walter Scott's poem. must, have "risen
elastic from her tread." Iler *talwart
husband, standing beside her, looked
down with beaming pride on her min
iature beauty
"Why. yes, pet," he said. "Isn't it
like what you had fancied?"
The bride laughed hysterically.
"Not in the least." said she. "But I
dare bay I was absurdly fanciful."
"I guess." said old Mr Ailesbury,
"that Mrs. .Joe had hotter change that
flincky dress for something plainer and
help lie re nice htubbs with the supper-
Berenice la sort o' plagued with neural*
gy to-day "
"She's too tired to do much to-night,
father." said Joe.
"Tired" What's sho done? 1 don't
Call it hard work to go ridin' in the
railroad cars. Do you?"
Berenice Stubbs, a hard-featured fe
male with a waist like the town pump
and sharp, twinkling eyes thatched
with span: white lashes, regarded Mr*
Joseph Ailesl.ury with svant favor.
"Don't look a bit as if she could
worry through a day's wash," said she.
"These small folks is wiry some
times," said the elder Ailesbury "My
first dear deceased wasn't no taller
than Mrs. .Joe but my. what a hand
she was to turn off work."
When Mrs .loe came in from the
garden after tea with a bunch of clover
pinks in her hand, her fathcr-in-law
was ready to accost her.
"Now you're here, Mrs. Joe," said
he, "to sort o' see to things. I've told
Berenice Stubbs she can go homo for
half a week, and I'm curious to find
out what sort of a housekeeper you'll
make."
Mrs. Joe looked helplessly at her
husband.
"I dare say she'll turn out a capital
housekeeper, father," said he. "But
you won't find out about it at present.
I'm goiiiff to take her to Welland Falls
to see Cousin Simeon Ailesbury. Her
mother used to know Cousin Simnon
year J a;, r o."
L "What, all that way?" croaked- the
BUTLER, FJi I DAY, J AN L T ARY 1">,
larmer.
Joe nodded.
"Traveling's dreadful expensive."
"Well, it docs coit something," ad
mitted Joe.
"And you'll have to stop over night
at some tavern."
"Yes."
"It seems to me," growled the old
man, "that all this is a senseless waste
of money You'd both of you a great
deal better settle down and go to work.
I didn't go mooning round the country
when I marr ed my dear deceased first,
nor yet my dear second. Life
is made for work, not play "
"Time enough for that, father," said
the reckless Joe. "A man doesn't get
married, ordinarily, oftener than once
in a lifetime."
Mrs. Joe drew a long breath of relief
when she found herself out from under
the farmhouse roof.
"Joe," said she. "I'm afraid I'm go
ing to be an awful disappointment to
your father."
"As long as you're not a disappoint
ment to me," he retorted, laughing,
"it doesn't so much signify " •
"There must be a deal of work in
that house—four cows, a hundred tur
keys, a flock of sheep, a poultry yard
of Leghorn fowls, butter, eggs cook
inc. washing, baking, scrubbing"—
'How do you know all this?" asked
he.
"Miss Stubbs told roe. Oh. Joe! why
didn't you marry Berenice Stubbs?"
"Look in the glass. little girly, if
you want the question answered."
"But I am so useless. You should
have seen Miss Stubbs look at me
when 1 said I didn't know how to make
bread and that 1 had never done a
washing in my life."
"You'll easily lerfrn. Ellie."
"Do you think I shall. Joe?" A lit
tle cloud, no bigger than a man's hand,
came over the pearly frankness of her
brow "Did your mother wash and
bake and brew?"
"Presumably she did. But I don't
remember her; she died young."
"Was she your father's first der.r de
ceased?"
Joe nodded.
"What was the other one like?"
"Tall and pale, with a cough and a
habit of taking winterprreen snuff."
"Would you like rne to take to win
terffreen snuff?" she queried,
lie laughed
"It hardly seems to me. dear, as if
you could belong to the same race as
those two poor, pale, drudging wom
en," said he.
"Do all farmers' wives die early,
Joe?"
Joe did not answer, lie was unfold
ing the paper to read the latest news
by telegraph.
Cousin Simeon Ailesbury was the vil
lage doctor, a pleasant old man with a
bald head and a genial smile. Ellen
Ailesbury made friends with him at
once
"You are very like your mother,
child," said he. "She always remindad
me of a little mountain daisy."
Ellen's lips quivered.
"1 am glad you speak so kindly to
me. doctor," said she. "for somehow
since 1 came to the old farmhouse 1 feel
as if 1 was a fraud."
"A fraud, my dear!"
The bright tears sparkled now.
"1 was brought up to teach." said
she. "1 can do nothing about the
house. And Joe's father seems to ex
pect me to be the maid of all work. Of
course I can learn. I'd do anything to
please Joe But it's hard to think one
is such a dis ppointment.'"
"Humph!" said Or. Ailesbury, "I'll
speak to Joe about that."
And that afternoon, when Ellen and
Mrs. Or. Ailesbury were gone to 1001.-
at a pretty cascade in the woods, the
old man had a long talk with his
cousin's son.
At the end of the week Joo went
back to the Ailesbury farm.
"Well, I'm glad ye've got through
galivanting," said the old man. with a
long breath of relief. "All the farm
work is behind, and Berenice Stubbs
ain't worth half what she used to be.
I hope your wife is prenared to take
right hold of the butter and the poul
try and"
"No, father, she isn't," said Joe, val
iantly "Ellen isn't very strong, and
she has never been used to the hard
ships of farm life."
"What did you marry her for?"
snarled the old man.
"To be my companion and friend,
father, not my drudge and servant"
"Your mother warn't above work."
"My mother was dead and buried,
sir, at the ago of thirty—worn out. as
all the neighl»ors tell ine. by the hard
ships of her life. Your second wife,
too, was a victim of the Moloch of
work. I don't intend to lay Ellen in
the church yard at their side."
Mr Ailesbury s brow darkened.
"I won't have no one iri the house
who don't earn their board." said he.
"Very well," said Joe. "We'll rent
the little Barrow house down Locust
lane. It will be handy to my work at
the carriage factory, and Mllen shall
have a strong servant to help her with
the bouse."
Oltl Ailesbury started up, forgetful of
his infirmities.
"Joe," said he, brandishing his
crutch, "if you've been such a fool as
to marry a mere wax doll"
Just here his foot slipped; he fell, a
dead, heavy weight, his head against
the sharp edge of the table. The sen
tence was nevor linislyrl.
"A month!" cried the old man in a
cracked voica; "a month since I had
that fall' Then I must a-leen out of
my mind. I must have had a fever."
"Well, I guess you ju:.t have," said
I'.erenice
"And who took care o" me?"
"Mrs Joe, to be sure, night and day.
I ain't no baud at nursin' sick people,
and there was a hull week some one
had to sit up all night with you."
"But that slim, pale face creature
never done it?"
"Yes, she did. She said you was
Joe's father and there was somethin.'
about your eyes and forbid, as you laid
asleep, that reminded her o' him. And
she wouldn't leave you a minute."
"God bless her!" said the old man,
turning his face away v" ith a curious
thrill at his heart.
"Joe,' said he, when his son came
in, a few hours later. "I'fe been very
sick?"
"Yes, father."
"And they tell me I nearly died."
"They tell you the truth, father."
"The doctor says if it hadn't been for
your wife I'd l>eeu under the
Churchyard sod by now."
"1 believe it is so. father."
"Joe, she's an angel!"
"Don't I know it. sir?"
"Joe, I'm sorry I said all them
things about her Do you suppo.e, |
Joe, she'd stay here if I'd hire a gal to |
do all the rough work?"
"We have planned, sir, to move into j
the Barrow cottage, and" —
"But you mustn't do that, Joe. 1 j
can't feel to let her go," urged the old
man. "All the luck would go out of
the house once the door closed on her.
Ask her to stay, Joe. Tell her"—
The door opened softly. Ellie her- j
self came in.
"Father, do you want me to stay?"
she whispered.
"God knows that I do, child."
"Then I'll stay "
That self-same evening Berenice
Stubbs was engaged to remain perma
nently as houseworker and general
factotum.
"Yes,* I'll undertake all that," said
sht-. "Mrs. Joe mayn't know much
About, housekeepin". but there's lots be-
5 %}
"do yon want me to stat?"
side housekeepin' in the world Mrs.
Joe can do things I can't."
And Ellie took her place as queen of
the little home kingdom.
"Your wife must be a wonderful
person. Joe," said the squire the nest
week. "Your father is never weary of
singing her praises, and Berenice Stubbs
has never said a vford in her disfavor.
And of all the people that I know
your father and Berenice are the hard
est to please. Pray, is Mrs. Joe an en
j chan tress?"
"Well, I rather think she is," said
, Joe- —N. Y. Weekly Uerald.
DON'T TOUCH THE WIRES.
Excessive Care Nrnlrd to Avoid Danger
ill These liuys of Electricity.
In these days of abundant electricity,
says the Paper World, the following
suggestions from one well versed in the
subject are worthy of careful study and
| remembrance:
"Never touch an electric wire that
i has fallen down across your way while
yon are standing on the ground, as your
body will become a conductor for the
electric fluid to the earth, unless you
have rubber boots upon your feet Line
men are sometimes seen pulling these
wires about, but they have insulating
rubber boots upon their feet or gloves
of like material upon their hands, and
some people, supposing these covering
to be only used for protection against
the wet weather, have foolishly grasped
the wires and received severe shocks in
consequence Don't employ a carpen
ter or ordinary laborer, nor do you
yoursalf attempt to fix any electric ap
paratus of auv power about your prop
erty whether the current is turned on
or not. Electric wrtres should be han
j died one at a time If it is necessary to
take hold of two wires at the same time
i don't do it In handlingor drawingany
wire ly-ng over any of the ordinary
street wires, especially such as convey
currents for electric lighting, use a dry
hand line for the purpose, or grasp the
! wire with insulated pincers. An ordi
nary wire clothesline may liocomc the
j conductor of a deedly current.
"In a dvnamo room, touch not. taste
not. handle not. The most inoffensive
looking dishpan raa.v strike yon like a
mailed hand Nothing Is safe to yon
here, unless you know everything Let
workingmen rememlier that when a
company has strung wires on the cross
bars of poles so closely together that a
man cannot move easily between them
it is better for him to come down and
resign."
TVltuoal a acu»a.
"Jobson is » sort of a crank, isn't
| he?"
"Oh, I don't know. lie is very set is
Lis ways, of course."
"Yes, and some of his ways arc so pe
culiar."
"What have you in mind particu
larly?"
"Well, you know he prides himself oa
his church connections."
"Yes."
"And claims that he is absolutely
pure?"
"Yes."
"Well, he told the church director the
other day that he should go to some
other church if they put stained glass
in the windows."
"Good-day, - ir." —Philadelphia Press.
ScliolhhUc Item.
"I suppose you are k"pt very busy,"
said MLss Murray Hill to a young Co
lumbia college student who called on
her not long ago.
"Yes, indeed, 1 am kept busy. It is
not often that I have a leisure hour to
myself."
"What do you do when you have
leisure?"
•When I have leisure, and am so
bored that I don't know what to do to
kill time. I call on some young lady."—
Texas Siftings.
She Willi Imposed t'pon.
Lady (engaging servant) —Why did
you leave your last place?
Servant—l couldn't put up with the
way one <>f the young mistresses used to
copy me, mum.
Lady—What do yon mean?
Servant —Why. I had a private soldier
for a sweetheart, and what must she do
but go and get a hufSoer for hers! —
London Tit-Hits.
PICTORIAL. ADVERTISING.
BEniutINOTON Beiuiys, Author. Dear Sir:
I devoured your list novel, "Why Are Wo?"
with groat pleasure. It was quite to my taste.
Yours truly, W*. Goat.
—Judge.
Dem Clolden Slippers.
Col. Yergei— Why is it that the ladies
of the congregation always present the
pastor with embroidered slippers and
suspenders?
Mrs. Yerger—The suspenders are to
keep up his trousers, so that the em
broidered slippers can be seen. How
stupid you are!
Simple furiosity.
"Do you want some nice pork, sir?"
said a butcher to an Irishman, who was
intently regarding a side of a hog,
which hang outside the door.
"No, sorr! Oi was only wondherin'
whin ye was goin' to kill the other half
o' that pig."—Pittsburgh Chronicle.
A Cat Colloquy.
Mouser—See here, Maitie, you are
playing a little too rough! You yanked i
out a bit of my coat t At. time.
Maitie —Excuse me. I only intended
it for a joke.
Mouser —Yes; but it was rather fur
Inched. —Yonkers Gazette.
A Iteasoiiahlc Explanation,
"I don't understand," said the east
side tragedian, "why the Jews never
attend my performances."
"They never did," retorted the man 1
who was leading the attack on the free '
lunch, "have much use for ham." —
Brooklyn Life.
Whit On?
In Germany teachers nre verv poorly
paid. At a teachers' festival somebody
or p"'' I t 1 • toast "I.on" live ottr
who >1 teacher*!"
"What on?" asked awcaduverous-look
ixur boccuiien. rib Lag m Texaft
FOE COAST DEFENSE.
The Monterey Nearing Completion
at San Franoisoo.
Th# Most Powerful Vessel of IU Klad Ever
Constructed In th« United State*
Wherein the Craft D.fl>ra from
Other War Ship*.
The new double-turreted, twin-screw,
armored coast defense vessel here illus
trated was launched in May last, at the
Union iron works, San Francisco, and
is now fast Hearing completion. She is
designed to »!Tord a floating defense of
the highest character for the magnifi
cent harbor of San Francisco, while
also available for similar service any
where on the coast, and would probably
have been named after the principal
city, had not this name been already
given to a new cruiser. As it is, she
takes the name of the coast town which
was the capital of Upper California
when the territory was taken posses
sion of by the United States more than
forty years ago.
The bids for the construction of this
vessel were opened April 3. ISB3, the
Cramps, the Quintard iron works and
the San Francisco Union iron works be
ing competitors, the contract being
awarded the latter firm on their bid of
$1.623,950, with the provision that SIOO
will be paid for every unit of horse
power over the stipulated amount and
SIOO deducted for every unit less than
this.
The Monterey, says the Scientific
American, is of the low freeboard type,
presenting but little surface to receive
the fire of an enemy's guns, and has a
curved steel deck to give her further
protection. She is constructed entirely
of steel, and has a double bottom
throughout, with 110 watertight com
partments in her hull that can readily
be filled with water, submerging the
vessel until only about one foot of her
• sides shows above water. Iler die*
THE MONTE REV.
placement in ordinary condition is 4,000
tons, but in fighting trim it will be 4.456
tons. Her general dimensions are:
Length over all, 201 feet: on load water
line, '<!s6 feet; extreme breadth, 59 feet;
mean draught. 14 feet 0 inches. She
will have an armor belt which is thir
teen inches thick amidships, diminish
ing at the bow and stern, the maximum
thickness extending over the steam ma
chinery and the ammunition.
The engines of the vessel are designed
to give 5,400 indicated horse power, with
forced draught, with which it is ex
pected she will show a maximum speed
of fifteen or sixteen knots, and be able
to carry sufficient coal to travel over
600 miles at this speed, her coal en
durance at the rate of nine knots per
hour leing designed to allow her to
:cover a distance of about 2,700 miles.
She has no sail power, her single mil
itary mast being solely for observation
and signaling, and t > carry machine
guns aud a search light.
The propelling engines are triple ex
pansion, the cylinders being 27, 41 and
04 inches diameter respectively, and the
stroke 30 inches, there being two of
these engines, designed to work the
twin screws at a speed of l. r >o revolu
tions per minute on a steam pressure of
100 pounds per square inch. There are
two main steel boilers, 11 feet 2 inches
diameter and 10 feet 7 inches long each,
and four smaller tubular boilers. The
fire room is under pressure to give the
forced draught when that is required,
and the ventilation throughout is ef
fected by a large blower, doing away
with all funnels. The hatches are
closed by hydraulic cylinders. The
electric light plant consists of three
units, each unit embracing an engine,
dynamo and combination bed plate, and
eeveral search lights.
The armament of the vessel is to be
as follows: Two 12-inch breech-load
ing rifled grins, with 13-inch steel armor
protection and steel shields eight inches
thick, each firing a projectile weighing
850 pounds, with a powder charge ol
425 pounds; two 10-inch breech-loading
rifles mounted en barbette, with U><-
inch steel armor protection and steel
shields inches thick, each firing a
projectile weighing 500 pounds, with a
powder charge of 250 pounds. There
are also to be six 0-pouuder rapid
firing rifles, four 87-millimeter Hoteh
kiss revolving cannon, and two 1-pound
rapid-firing rifles.
Deepeil Luke In the World.
By far the deepest lake known in the
world is Lake Baikal, in Siberia. It is in
every way comparable with some of the
great lakes of America; for. while its
area is only 9,000 square miles, making
it much smaller than the three largest
of our five irreat lakes and about the
exact equal of Lake Erie, in superficial
extent, its enormous depth, 4.000 to
6,000 feet, makes the total volume of its
waters almost equal to thos* of Lake
Superior. Its level is 1,350 feet above
that of the Pacific ocean, but, notwith
standing, its bottom is more than 3,000
feet below it. There are many other
deep lakes in the world, but so far
Baikal takes the palm. Lake Maggiore
is 3,000 feet deep. Lake Como 2,000 and
Lego-di-Garda, another Italian lake,
nearly I,'JOO feet in depth. Lake Con
stance averages about 1,000 feet and
Lakes Superior and Michigan about 800
feet.
Well Provided.
The snail has the greatest number of
teeth. It has been proved to possess
80.000 in its mouth, which without %
glass looks very innocent.
The l'oint of View.
"What a world of change this is!"
(sighed Mr. Billus, looking over an old
newspaper.
"And how'little I get hold of!" sighed
Mr:*. Billus, lookirig over her old gown.
—Chicago Tribune.
The St. f.'niiN Clrl.
"What would you do if you were In
my shoes?" asked the perplexed Chica
go girl of her St. Louis friend.
"Change them for a smaller pair,"
was the consoling reply. Detroit 1 reo
Press.
No Time for Delay.
The Priest—This man is so tipsy ho
can hardly stand. I can't marry you
to him unless he is in his normal state.
The Bride—Faith, thin, ye'll have to
hurry, for its sobo»in' up he is this
minnut. —Life.
Mia Did It.
Brine —I don't see how you manage |
to get along with that wife Of yours.
Llenpecq«e—l don't manage. She ;
does.—Detroit Frue Press.
The Kronomjr ol Health.
Pater (sternly) Now. children, I i
don't want you to get s'ck any more
until that last measles-account Is settled
with the doctor.—Judge.
The Mljiit KtcU.
Do-i't ' t-'i n r- ■! wh'tl he 1« -r~>.
A- • t. ... ■.>.« a , *.
Re » ■ iie a. j,■ uy -
A-u wttnihissed todoobic" Icicit'-.g!
-PsLeOelyk.# Pre**.
LANDSCAPE GARDENING.
Loading Rata* aad PvtarfeUa aad How
to Avoid Mlatakoa.
An acquaintance, who has been the
owner of a farm for many year* and
has given some attention to landscape
improvement upon it. asks for some of
the leading principles or rule* which
he can apply, so as to obtain the great
est amount of artificial landscape im
provement with a limited expenditure,
and avoid obvious mistake*
In answer to this request a large
book might be written, with the sub
ject unexhausted; and it would be well
for him to study some of the works
which have been written. But this is
not what the inquirer asks for, and we
therefore comply briefly by giving a
few condensed rules, which. If followed,
will prevent mistakes into which some
distinguished professor* have fallen:
1. Give attention first to securing a
smooth lawn, and well laid out and
well-dressed walk*
2. Avoid parallel walk* because ex
pensive and needless, unless entirely
separated in view from each other by
dense planting or abrupt ridges of
land, andprefer few walks to many
8. Every curve in a walk should
have an obvious reason, or turn aside
from some plain object or obstruction.
Curves without reason are a deformity.
4. Short curves approaching angles
sre to be avoided, and longer and mora
graceful sweeps preferred.
5. In setting out tree* observe care
fully what their effect will be in future
years when they spread abroad their
branches.
0. Leave a part of the grounds in
planted with tree* to allow a suffi
cient breadth of lawn In future year*
and avoid regular irregularity, but pre
fer a constant variety or change.
7. Heavy grading is expensive, and a
rounded and graceful variation of sur
face may be more pleasing than a level,
and it costs much les*
S. Dwellings may front streets
squarely, when the streets are impor
tant and" the dwellings small; but
large mansions, at a distance from ob
scure streets, should show less atten
tion to them.
9. Begin small, and make perfect
work; avoid the mistakes of laying out
great expense; let the lawn be a
smooth carpet, and the walks have per
fect finish, even if small in dimension*
—Country Gentleman.
FOR WINTER FEEDING.
Two Cheap UfTlrM for the PrM*rv*llm ol
Cornstalks.
A low, temporary open shed, made of
odds and ends of posts and rails and
covered with brush, hedgrgras* sedge
and eelgrass, seaweed, or even coarse
litter, just to keep rain and 6now from
the tops of the stalk* will preserve
them better than any stack This shed
can be built near the cattleyard and
no. L —FODDEB SBKD.
become a windbreak at the same time
along a fence. It can be made any
length and width, so as to store the en
tire stalks of the corn crop The feed
ing from any part can safely be done,
as whether few or many are fed out
those left are always in good condition
till the last stalk is fed A plain, cheap,
movable feedrack can be moved from
place to place as the shed is emptied,
so that the labor Is simply to toss out
no. a —FKEORACIL
stalks into the rack at feeding >tlm*
Those who have not estimated the value
of windbreaks in a cattleyard can bavc
no idea of the saving in fodder and com
fort of the stock that they effect. Fig
1 clearly illustrates this simple shed,
and Fig. 2 shows the equally slmpl«
feedrack, engraved after sketches sent
us by Dr A. 8. Heath, who has used
such appliances for many years on hi*
farm on Long Island —American Agri
culturist.
S..lt and Pack at One*.
Salting and packing butter direct
from the churn is urged, in an un
credited current paragraph, as in ac
cord with the approving experience ol
a great dairy expert; "The butter
milk should be all washed out of the
butter so it will not color the last
water. Tho butter should then be *1
lowed to drain. It needs no working
whatever, but should be carefully
weighed; then press in an ounce ol
good, fine dairy salt to the pound ol
butter, and if you intend to pack loi
shipment or to keep in crocks or tubi
you never can have it in as good con
dition to pack as the minute yon first
get the salt Into it The butfer will
retain its rosy flavor better to pack im
mediately; every moment's exposure tc
air lessens its goodness, every particl*
of working above what Is actually
necessary to press in the salt injure!
the grain of the butter and reduces ib
value in market"
A Dreaded Disease.
Among the diseases described that
come to us from reader* Is one which
is very common. The heads of the heni
swell, and lumps appear, both on th«
heads and sometimes in the throat*
and the eyes arc also swollen and
closed. The trouble is roup, and th«
symptoms described are due to ex
posure to draughts of cold or damp all
at night. There are different kinds ol
roup, but the form of roup mentioned
is always the result of exposure. It U
difficult to cure, but the sick birdi
should be kept In a warm place, and a
few drops of a mixture of one pari
spirits of turpentine and three paru
sweet-oil used as an ointment on th<
face and head Farm and Fireside.
Not entity.
"Thoro goes poor Jonei—banlrropl
orer since hl» trial."
"Did lie break the low?"
"Nn ; tb- Inw broke him?"— Pnefc,
BTUDYINO IT Till BITTATIOR.
jfcjjjl 1 1 |
Mother (upstairs) Violet are yon
Btudj-ing'?
Violet—Ycs'm.
Mother —Studying what?
Violrt rye* fixed intently on tbe
Jamj hnid; i liou the uua'U»mable
can be obtained. Golden Days.
IST 0.11
THE MAPLE WORM.
A Du|<rou I'Ht to otuaaMl ib 4 9m»
Ml PlMtsUtM.
The lame 01 the nwpt*
worm from time to time CUM htrot
on soft maple trees, particularly in the
central western state* TktM dip»»
dations are the more noticeable and
serious on account of the Importance
of the swamp or soft maple in all
forest or ornamental planting* la the
west, where it is one of tha favorite
trees on account of it* rapid growth
and the little care and attention needed
in its propagation. Its sole drawback
Is the lisbilility of its being defoliated
once or twice yearly by the larva ua
der consideration, and thia has led. a
frequent instances, to the replacing of
these trees by other and perhaps lees
desirabie varieties. Thia la entire ly
unnecessary, however, as the maple
can be easily protected by the proper
application at suitable times of either
paris green or London purpl* Of
its range and life history Dr. & V.
Riley, in his annual report of the dlvia*
ion of entomology. United States de
partment of agridullur* says: While
especially abundant in the weal this
insect has a wide range—from east to
ORKE.T-STRIPXD UAPTL WOMC.
a, worm; ». pupa; *, ■»>,
west In the west it is reported now
frequently from Illinois, Missouri.
lowa. Nebraska and Kansa* in most
of which states the soft maple Is ia*
digenous, a fact which accounts for the
excessive multiplication of ths insect
there as compared with the more east
ern sections of the country. It feeds
on other maples and presumably on all
species of the genus Acer, and when
forced to from necessity will feed on
oak, though nominally never found oa
; that genus of trees, and probably In
capable of full development thereon.
The eggs are deposited by ths parent
moth in batches of thirty and upwards
on the under hide of leaves. The egg
ia abont 0. OS of an inch long, suboval,
slightly flattened, pal 5 gvfoaish, be*
cumin? yellowish, and showing the
i black head of the Inclosed larva just
before hatching, and is hatched in
eight or nine days after being depos
ited.
The larva undergo four molts and
reach full growth in abont a month,
when they enter the ground and trans
from to pttpaa. The worms (a) are long
itudinally striped with pale aad dark
green lines, and are chiefly distin
guished by two anterior projecting
black horns on the second segment* and
by having segments 10 and 11 a little
dilated and rose-colored at the sidea
The pupa (6) is of a deep brown or
black color, very much roughened and
armed with curved horns and points
about the anterior extremity and also
on the last joint, which terminates in a
long forked projection. The pup* oi
the first brood give forth the perfect
insect in fourteen to sixteen days, those
of the second l.rood usually wintering
over in the ground. In the west there
are usually but two broods In She year,
but three broods are occasionally pro
duced. The pupa, before giving out
the imago, works its way to the sur
face by the aid of its spines, allow
ing the ready escape of the moth. Ths
moth is of a pale yellowish color shaded
with pink, as in the figure (c) which
represents the female. The male has
a smaller abdomen and broad <-omb-Hka
antennae. Different specimens vary
greatly—the yellow predominating In
western and the rosc-color In eastern
specimens, while others again, especi
ally from the west, are nearly white.
Parasitic insects very effectually aid
in the control of the worms, which la
fact seldom occur two year* in succes
sion in injurious number* Spraying
with paris green or London purple in
the proportion of one pound to ISA to 154
gallons of water, a* soon as the young
larva) are noticed, or a week or ten days
after the moths appear in the spring,
is at once the simplest and moot effect
ive re medy If the lams have been al
lowed to reach full growth so that
spraying will be of no ase, great num
bers of them can be entrapped and
easily destroyed, by digging a trench
either around tho Individual trees or
around the groves or belt. The tranob
should be at least a foot deep, with the
outer wall sloping under. The larva
usually wander from the trees bafora
entering the ground, and will oolleot
In numbers in the trenoh or bury them
selves in the bottom, and may then be
easily killed. Their numbers may b*
reduced also by keeping a sharp look
out for the moths and eggs during tho
latter part of May, when both may be
destroyed in large quantitie* —Orang*
Judd Farmer.
FACTS FOR FARMERS.
L&ROC as was the wheat crop this
year it is stated that indications point
to *s large an aroa of land seeded to
wlieat as before.
LOOK after the fences end see if they
need any help to enable them to with
stand the snows and winds of win tax
without falling down.
STONES on the farm are not aa on
mixed eviL They represent great po»
sibilitic* Look around and See ti
what good use they can bo pvt.
IT is seated by some one that when
the thermometer stands flfty dagMM
at sundown frost will not OOMr thai
night It Is worth observation.
"J A PAW" fruit trees are orpatfnf
some interest among fruit man bagpaaa
of their reputation for be ing proof
against blight, Insects aad fnagua at
tacks.
IT may seem a little hard to plana
the best fruit down in tha package
where it will not be seen, yet that la
the proper thing to doi Tho ooaanasr
likes to find some of it there
Tramrornatlo*.
He dropped Ms glove open the atsl*
Be wsa with love so smitten 1
But when she gave It bsek to hla
He saw It was a mitten.
—Tom M anion, in Ciotbler sad Furnisher.
A Labor ftavlag B«ko»e.
Husband—Why do you alwaya ask
me what I want for dinner, just as 1
am leaving the breakfast table?
Wife— Because yon alw*yssay "Noth
ing much," and it saves a lot of Book
ing. Life.
Not Kncurmflaj.
Dudely Cancsucker—The young lady
I am going to marry Is very poor; aim
hasn't got anything at aIL
Candid Friend— Well, she wOl have
still less after shs has married yon.—
Texas Sifting*
Uard Look.
Uncle Tom— Well. Bobby, what do
you expect to get In your stocking on
Christmas?
Bobby (disconsolately)— Not maobt
Horn put me Into socks last October!
Puck. ___________
Large Stakes.
Hungry Quest—Bow is this? f
ordered s steak and a poached egg I
see the egg. but not the steak?
Tabic Attendant— Dat's all right,
sfth Do steak am under do egg.—Tens
Sifting* ■
III* MM of TKVA.
"I wish I w*« a Chinese boy." welled
Tommy, then I won Id be trwgMß^