VOL. XXIX. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. JOSEPH W. MILLEK, M. D. Physician and Surgeon, offlee and residence at 338 a. Main St. Butler, F*. 1 - Dr. N.~M. HOOVER, U7 F_ TtfMUR., ofllie hears. J« to 12 M. and 1 to 3 P. M L. M. REINSEL, M. D, PITHCUI AKD BR*G«OIF. (rtnre and RESIDENCE AT 12T E. Cunningham St. L. BLACK, PBTBICIAK WD BUBO BON, Kew Troutman Bnllding. Butler. Ha. K. N. LEAKE. M. I>. M D ' Specialties: iSpeclall „ N d «;,„;£logy and Sor- Eye. BARLJO* AND DRS. LEAKE & MANN, Butler, Pa. G. M. ZIMMERMAN. rurnciAH akd hvkomok. Offlce a'- SO. 46. S. Main street, over Frank * Co'S INUIT Store. Butlf-r, Fa, _ SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon, FIO. 22 Ea»T JeCVrMiD St., Butler, Pa. V. McALPINE, Dentist, Is now permanently locattd at 120 South Main Street Butler. Pa., In rooms formerly occupied by Dr. Waldron. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. PULING Falniess Extraction of Teetb A "MINERS Grocery east of Lowry H onrice closed Wednesdays and Tiiurylsys. j. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a. sywsuz Sv« rSebaurs Clothing Store. C. F. L. McQUISTION, KXUHEEK AKD SURVEYOR, Orricc nut Duuioap. Ben**. Fa- A. B. C. McFARLAND. »»!•» .I 1 1( AND Notary Public— office on S. Diamond fct. -opposite the court Bouse-sec ond Door. H. Q. WALKER, " ln Dlamo,ul BtoC "' Butler. Fa. J. M. PAINTER, Attorney-at-Law. Office-Between Postofflce and Diamond, But ler, Pa. A. T. SCOTT, ATTOKNKY-AT-LAW. Office at No. S. South Diamond. Butler. Fa. A. M. CHRIST LEY, atoornev at LAW. Office tecond floor. Anderson B1 k. Main St., near couit House. Butler. Fa. J. w. HUTCHISON, ATTORNEY at LAW. Office on second floor of tbe Huselton block. Diamond, Butler. Pa.. Boom No. l. IRA McJUNKIN. Attorney at Law, Office at No. 17, East Jeffer son St.. Butler. Pa.; w. C. FINDLEY, Attorney at Law and Heal Estate Agent. Of See rear of L. Z. Mitchell's offlce on north aide of Diamond, Butler, £'*. H. H. GOUCHER. Attorney-at-law. Offlce on second Boor of Andenon building, near Court House, Butler, Fa. NEWTON BLACK. Alt'* at Law—offlce on South side of Diamond Butler. Fa. L 8. McJUNKIN, insurance and Real Estate Agft 17 F.ABT JEFFKRSON4HT, BUTLER, - PA. mTii county Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Cor. Main & Cunningham fits, uh 0. ROEBBINO, PBISIDIST. H. C lIKINEMAM, HEOBETAKT. DIRECTORS: G.C. noessln*. Henderson Oliver, J. L Purvis, James Htephonwn,* A T'outman, H. (!. ffetaemnn, Alfred Wick. N. WT-ltzel, Dr. W. Irvln. Dr Blckenbach, J. W. Burkhart. D. T. Norris. LOYAL S. M'JUNKIN, Agent. 3TTT T j "PI "Ft, PA A. E. GABLE, Veterinary Surgeon. Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College. Toronto, Canada. Dr. Oable treats all diseases of tbe domesticated animals, aod m?keg ridgling, castration and borne den tistry a specialty. Castration per formed without damn, and all ottoer surgical operations performed in the most scientific manner. Calls to any part of tbe country promptly responded to. Office and Infirmary in Crawford's Livery, 132 West Jefferson Street, Butler Pa G. D. HARVEY, Contractor and builder In brick work, grate and mantel setting and all kinds of brick-laying a specialty. Also dealer In barrel lime. Wam pum loore lime, cements. National, Portland and all bent grades In the market. Calcined platter, plaster hair. King's cement, tire brick, tile, white sand arnl river sand. Main offlce :I|S V. Msin street, and all orders left at wsre house will receive prompt delivery. Terms reasonable. FOR SALE. LoTfl I wtU offer for vale a number of lot* •Hunted on the Illicit ground adjacent to H. il. Uoucher, Em)., and the Orphan*' Home. The land 11 laid out in txiuare* or something let* than one acre, each mjuare being surrounded by a 50-foot atreet. and containing Ave lot* 40 feet front by ISO feet back. Tbeaolota ore offer ed at very reasonable prices i.nd on termi 10 suit purchaser* Tbnae who wiMi an entire * from tho small village of Gibbsborough. It was late in the autumn and the weather was cold and gloomy, while the near est neighbor was nearly a mile away; yet they were never lonesome, for the honeymoon was scarcely over and they were still very fond of each other's so ciety. Mr. Gibbs, Sr., lived at Gibbsborough, and the two families were on tho very best of terms. The young people were very comfortably situated, as Freeman owned his farm, free of incumbrance, and had just sold his interest in a man ufacturing enterprise at tho village for three thousand dollars in cash So the future outlook was exceedingly bright for the young couple. The money for the quarter interest In the factory was paid over to Mr. Uibbs at his house one forenoon lata in November. Before ho had time to take it to the bank a driving' snow storm set in, andshe concluded to wait until the morrow rather than face such a tempest, although he realized that everybody at the village probably knew there was a large sum in his possession. A robbery bad not been committed in the vicinity for years, and besides that Freeman was a courageous fellow who always kept a revolver within reach; so he had no fears for the safety of his money. The storm increased in violence as the night came on, and by dark there were eight inches of snow that the furious wind was rapidly whirling into great heaps. Mr. Gibbs and his wife retired quite early, and, lulled by the roar of tho storrn without, they were soon sleeping as only light-hearted young people can sleep. It was almost midnight when a thundering knock at the door aroused them both. Thrusting his head out of the window, Mr. Gibbs called out: "Who is there?" "Lewis Jackwood," was the answer. "Your father lias just had a shock and cannot live till morning. If you wish to see blm alive, come Immediately." Lewis Jackwood was his father'l nearest neighbor, so Freeman never had a doubt of the man's Identity of the truth of his tidings. Of course anxiety for his stricken parent at once overcame all fear of the terrible storm. "Dare you stay alone and let me go, Nettie?" said ho to his wife. "No team can get through, so it i* out of the ques tion for you to attempt to get there in this bitter tempest. As for me, I feel as if I must sec wy father once more. Boor father!" "Certainly I dare," was tho ready answer, for Nettie Gibbs was no coward. "No one will get out in this storm to trouble me, and you will be back early in the morning. I will sit by the fire and read, so you need have no fears for me." Thus encouraged Mr. Oibbs was soon dressed and at tho door, but when he opened it he was greatly surprised to find that there was no one there. The midnight messenger was gone. Uis tracks were plain upon the steps, however, and without an in stant's hesitation Freeman plunged into tho blackness .of the howling storm. His father's health was of far more Importance to liitn than Lewis Jackwood's abrupt and unexpected de parture. His progress was necessarily slow for tho snow was already deeply drifted. Step by step he fought his way through it, but more than an hour went by lieforo he reached his destination. Another surprise awaited him there, for the whole house wasilark and silent. There was not even a gleam of light in it from garret to basement lie speedily aroused tho whole house hold, only to I -am that his father was in his customary health and that Lewis Jackwood had been gone away from home for two days. Then Freeman remembered the money and trembled for his unprotected wife, alone in tho darkness of midnight and that terrible storm. With just a word of explana tion he started out on his return, if pos sible more anxious and alarmed than When he came. But he got along slower than ever, and it was not long before he found all trace of footsteps obliterated by tho driving snow Yet he still kept plung ing on in a frantic attempt at great er speed, becoming more and more alarmed with every successive movo- Dient When Mrs. Nettie f<>un SAFK AT I.AST. tered unmolested. Seeing no one they rushed at ouco to the bleeping-room above. They found the window open and the floor covered with snow, but nothing appeared to have been dis turbed. Suddenly one of the men gave an ex clamation of horror, and everybody ran to his side as he stood by the window The cause was apparent at once. The robber was still there In the top of the old apple tree. In some way his feet had slipped among the snowy branches and as he fell his neck had been tightly wedged into the crotch be tween two limbs. All his efforts to release himself had evidently been unavailing; but during his struggles the mask had slipped off, anil his horror-stricken neighbors were I gazing full upon his features. No wonder the man bad cried out on first | beholding them! It was the face of Lewis Jack wood indeed, but it was now a cold and icy one. Justice, swift and sure, had overtaken liim in his nefarious attempt, for he had been caught and strangled between the confining branches of the old apple tree, to hang there all through the long and freezing night only to be discovered in the morning, frozen and dead.—O. E. Young, in Goodall's Sun. WON'T "CROSS A FUNERAL" A r»nny Notion of Some Superstitious People. You may get some idea of how wide spread is the superstitious belief that "crossing a funeral procession" brings bad luck if you will stand any day at the New York or Brooklyn entrance to the East river bridge and wait until a hearse and a long line of carriages appear. You won't have to wait very long. So many mourners pass over the bridge that it is almost entitled to be called "The Bridge of Sighs." And when your patience is rewarded by the arrival of the cortege, if you arc on either the New York or the Brook lyn bide you will observe that, though the horses are moving slowly and though there is plenty of room to pass between the carriages, many men and women who have been walking rapid ly halt suddenly and wait until the last carriage has gone by Some do not stop, but hurry on. They are the indifferent or the ignorant or the reck less on'is. On the Brooklyn side one day I saw a crowd of certainly two hundred superstitious persons awaiting the passing of a procession. A number of those who waited were evidently an noyed at the delay, and when the rear vehicle had passed they ran to tnaUc up the time which superstition had caused them to lose. "Does that always occur when a funeral procession is passing?" I asked of a bridge policeman. "Oh, yes," he answered. 'Some times there's more and sometimes less, but I don't believe a funeral ever crossed the bridge without somebody stopping "When I first came on the bridge. he wenton, "I didn't understand it. I used to stop the carriages and motion to the people to over. But they wouldn't. They'd stand as if they were glued. I don't bother about 'em now One day as a funeral procession was leaving the roadway a couplo of girls came up. One of them stopped. Tbe other ran across. " 'Oh, Mamie!' shouted the one who had stopped, 'you have crossed a funer al.' "'Goodness, me,' says Mamie, •what'll I do?' " 'Come back quick before it gets by.' says the other one, and Mamie ran over in front of the last carriage. "I suppose," said the policeman, "they thought that would put tho kibosh on the hoodoo."—N Y. Herald. Mrs. Tangle—"Henry, you have been making presents to that girl you call your amanuensis. Don't try to deny itl I have proof." Mr Tanglc "What proof, pray?" Mrs. Tangle—"l found in your pocket a bill for 'ribbon for typewriter "" Kate Field's Wash ington. The f s.-ful Cane. I'cnelope—l suppose if you did not continually suck that cane-head you would not know what to do with it? Dicky —Oh yes, indeed; but I wouldn't know what to do with my mouth, you know. —Life. AI tvay4 S\v«*et. Merchant —What kind of cider is that? Farmer—Tramp cider. Merchant —What do you call it that for? Farmer —It never works. Detroit Free Press. Itoniiinre ami llralisin. Ild threw Ills arms around lier nock, And words of love he spoke; And then went home a total wreck. Ho threw his arms around her neck, 11 was Indeed no Joko, For his suspender broke. —Clothier and Furnisher. Transcendental lexicography. Head-Mistress—Miss Balfour, I saw yon kiss that Tarleton boy. What is the meaning' of that? Sweet Girl Undergraduate—l can spell it. Miss Grayson, but I can't define it. —Life. In Harmony with Ills Mildness. U—l don't like the looks of that man yon lust introduced to me. He has a designing face. I —lie lias to have it in his business— he's an architect.—Texas Sifting*. A Young Spark. She—l could never marry a man un less I felt sure he would make a shine in life. He—Marry me, then. I'm an elec trician. —Judge. Referring to Its Size. Mrs. Gaswell (after seating herself at the theater) —What do you think of my new hat, dear? Gaswell—lt's immense. Pittsburgh Chronicle. Ills t*rigailunt Inference. Mrs. limiting—The bishop of Massa chusetts speaks three hundred and twelve words a minute. Hunting —I didn't know they any women bishops.—Life. A TREMENDOUS GIVE-AWAY. —Jury. Trial* of u Dramatic Author. Blotterwick —Well, how is the farce comedy coming off? Pompano -All done but the finale. I can't decide whether to wind up with an earthquake or an oyster supper.— Philadelphia I'rcss. Still Young. Old Resident—Yes, sir, I'm eighty years old, and I walked thirty miles t'other day. Kin yon do that? Average Man —N-o, not yet. I'inonly forty.—Good News. To lie Thought Wise. You want your friends to think you smart* I'll tell you what to do: Just make those friends believe you think That they arc smarter far than you! —Philadelphia Press. lllgli- Priced. "Did you ever go to Bins, the tailor?" "Yes. Got two suits from him. One dress suit. One law-suit. Very pen sive man."—Jury. What Sim Took Him l or. " You seem to take mo for a fool!" Sold lie; she said: "How funny! 1 do not lake you for a fool, I take you for your money." —Philadelphia Press. Well Named. "You might try one of our Rip Van Winkle rugs." "What is there special about them?" "They have an unusually long nap." j —Puok. HOW TO CUBE FURS. Valuable Hints Furnished by an Old Trappor. How to Secui e the i:et»t Ventilated, I.caat Tainted, I;ryest and Whitest Skin* l'oiilhlc Without the I*»e of Chemical*. First catch the animal, writes Wil liam Bell, in the Youth's Companion. After its death take the skin off as soon as possible unless the creature was drowned. In that case wait till the fur is dry. Hold the animal up by the hind legs. Stretch them apart and make a cut from each hind foot along the top or back of the leg to near and under the tail. Leave the tail uncut with the back of the skin. Work the fingers under the skin around and over the back near the tail. Pull this out of the skin by placing a split stick on the tail, while the other hand holds the body. After the tail fur is pulled off the in ner stump, pull the skin off whole from the hind legs toward tbe head. Do not cut down the belly. On coming to the fore legs work around them with the fingers and pull them out of the skin. Then work the skin off to the tip of the nose. Cut this off so it will hold on or over the end of the board, to keep the sic in stretched properly. At the l>eginning cut carefully around all the natural openings of the skin.so as to save all the fur and not tear the skin. Work off the hide with the fingers, using the knife as little as possible. Thus you will keep the skin white. To STBETCH TITE SKIN: The best way is to use a board. Cut it a little longer than the stretched skin is from the lip of the nose to the tip of the hind lo;j. Make the board as wide as can well be pushed into the skin. The board s'.; Id be not more than three-eighths of an inch thick in the middle, and tapered to a thin edge at each side. Most of the small animals are one third head, or one-third forward of the fore legs. Make the board tapering Fkj.S. slightly, narrowing from the liind end to the fore legs. Then cut it in the shape of a tapering flatiron to the tip of the nose. I'ull the skin on the board fur inside. Then take off all grease and flesh pos sible. Make two "swords," or strips of wood as long as the board. Run one under the skin down the middle of the back, and the other down the belly side. Thus the skin is raised from the board and stretched. Catch the under lip on the end of tlio belly sword, so as to draw it well up to the nose. Pull the hind feet baclc tight and tack them in place to the edge of the board. Pull at the roots of the tail with ono hand and at the same time rub the slciu backwards with the other, so as to stretch it without tearing. Tack it to the sword, and tack the edge of the belly side likewise. To CURE THE BKIX: Hang the skin up by the nose in the shade. It should not be near a lire nor any other object. Fresh air should be all around it. These directions carefully followed will give the best-ventilated, least tainted, dryest and whitest skin possi ble, of any given kind. No chemicals being used, the peltry will bring the highest market price. These directions are for animals from the size of the beaver down, except as to otter tails, which must bo split open, spread out and tacked on a board to prevent tainting. Fold the skin of the otter's fore legs across the chest and tie so that they will dry llat. The illustrations show some forms of boards and swords commonly used. Fig. 1 is a plan of a board for the skin of a muskrat or other short animal. Fig. " represents the "sword" or strip of wood which goes with it. Fig. 3 is the board needed for the skin of a mink or other slim animal, and Fig. 4 is the sword which must accompany it. Fig. 5 is an end view or section of the board and swords, with the skin stretched upon them. IK tho Karth Hollow ? The orthodox Icelander believes that the earth has an opening through it from pole to pole; in other words, that it is the exact counterpart of a gigantic head. According to their ideas, all waters which flow to the north are drawn thitherwards by a suctiou created by the oceans tumbling down ward through the hollow which they firmly believe exists. Their authority for this curious belief is the "Utama baga," a semi-sacred work written early in the fourteenth century. If this ancient volume is to be relied upon, ono lijorn Liefson, a fisherman, who was driven northward by a fierce gale about the year 1291, is tho only human being who has ever seen the spot where the waters of all oceans plunge down ward :Tnd are not seen again until they have passed entirely through the earth and again appear, bubbling and froth ing like a mammoth spring, at tho south pole. Symmes, an American Arctic ex plorer, is said to have entertained a notion somewhat similar. Kesulta of ISuyltig a ISat-Trap. A citizen of Troy, Ala., recently in vested twenty-live cents in a rat-trap. Within one week he had caught forty rats, one calf and one old setting hen. Now the owner of tho calf has sued the trap-setter for heavy damages, and the owner of the old setting hen lias broken off an engagement of marriage between his daughter and the trap-setter. An Ofl»et. Fannie do Vere—That awful Mr. Goldbag has offered himself! Fashionable Aunt—Fortunate girl. Vou must accept him. Ilci:* the richest man in the city. Pantile do Vere.—And the most wicked! Fashionable Aunt—Well, my child, it's naughty to Ito wicked, but it's not fashionable. —Once a Week. A liooil Looking I an*. "I must pause and reflect," she said in response to tho gentleman's mar riage proposal. "Ah, my dear, Mtss Marie," lie said with beautiful court lesy, "one so bright as you does not nceit to pause in order to reflect." His got her, of course.—Detroit Pree Press. Uncle I(M' Vontwrlpt. Miss Minnie (a Vassar graduate) — ! Ilere, Undo Rastus, is tho letter you I asked me to write for you. Is it all right? (Jucle Rastus—lt am ourtainly bury [ fine, but you forgot to put in: "Please excuse bad writing and spelling."— ltrooklyn Ka^lo. Wlirra lio llio lt««t Coma In T "Very few animals wear shoes," ro marktxl Mrs. Snagg,reflectively; "horses do, but that is about all." • "Quito true," assented her husband; "and yet there isonlyone species which goes bear-foo%eoviiio animal lacking whose flesh and milk as food is produced at a loss to the farmer. It is also unsatisfactory C% the consumer though bought at 4 moderate price. The same holds true of the pork, mutton, wool and egg pro- I dneers as on their breeding, carc and management hinges much of the Sri- ' come of the farm. To start right fh breeding is as necessary as in building a dwelling. The rock of intelligence and skill is not to be compared witfi j the sands of chance; and a policy that j does not take cognizance of the whold j life history of animals will result M j loss. The keystone of the arch of success? ful breeding and management. is a tile, active brain —one not stultified by an over-exhausted body. An worked farmer, who had not leanrpd to think, found himself poorer, yeaf after year, though he had wide acres' and large herds. By accident he lost his right arm and was thus compelled to cease the slavish use of his muscles. By active use of his brain he kept htS farming and stock-growingin progress, and success began with the loss of thfe member. Others may take from tfrfs true incident the hint to exercise fa!(Ji in their brains. Systematic manage ment, rather than only their own mus cles, will win success. Think of th'e worth of good sires! If one or two farmers have eight or ten cows, a p*ro bred bull is worth to them treble thti value by weight of first-class beef (6 cents a pound at home); but the y«W ling at 1,000 or 1,300 pounds can often be bought for 10 cents per pound. \VTtli care the offspring will make good I,BO'C pounds"baby beef" at 20 months of ajo, worth now 0 cents, or $72. The ccfm mon steor, same age, with same care, brings but half this amount, oounting the weight at 000 pounds and price 4 cents, which are high estimates. Five litters of pigs by a pure, selected boar— -25 of there at 8 months of age will yielc! 1,000 more pork than the best (?) com mon«sort at 4 cents; only tills is nearly double the average cost of the pure bred boar which is capable of siring several times as many pigs. The same rule holds good in the breeding ol horses, sheep and poultry. With lire new year every farmer should start aright. Only superior sires should ever l>e used. —Orange Judd Farmer. HANDY HOG LIPTER A Convenient Device for I'M at Hog-KM ing Time. 1 have so often had to strain myself In the past to lift heavy animals that 1 set to work to contrive something to make butchering easier, and here is tine result: A A A A represent four posts 0 feet high, set in pairs about 2 feet S inches apart, the distance the other way to depend upon the number ol • jW — 8 nf A | A A |A B]J===L hogs to be butchered atone time. B B are the side rails running from one pair of posts to the top Scantlings 3 by <5 inches are good for these. C is a windlass to raise the hog after it IS scraped from the platform 1) to the side rails 1! B, letting the ends of the gam brel rest on the side rails. Then the hog can be slid back to make roorm for u'.ioiiier Nail a piece of plank to the outside of each of the front posts and let them extend about 1 foot above the post for the windlass to work in. Let the rope pass up on the back side of this windlass, and as you raise the hog it lands it further back on the rafl. —A. W. Lucas, in Farm and Home. Warming Water for Cow*. Cows don't like to drink very cold water; if the water is drawn from a well it should not be pumped until tllf cows are turned out to drink unless tho temperature of the uif 1h higher than that of the water. Whether it will pay to warm the water depends a great deal upon tho number of cows and the coldness of the water. They will drink more warm than cold water, and if milk is sold the increased quantity Of milk they will give from drinking warm water must be taken into the calculations when considering the ad visability of warming the water. It is doubtful whether there be any rich ness added to the inilk from the In creased quantity caused by tho cows drinking more warm water than would have of cold; therefore, butter makers would have less inducement to warm the water than those who sell milk.—National Stockman. Damp Floor®. If the floor is well-covered wifh leavos the dampness will be absorbent. Dry floors make the poultry house more comfortable. In the case of ducks the dry floor is very important, as they are soon injured by floors are cold and damp and becoino laur-- lt will cost but a trifle to have a dry lloor. Amour I'ropro. Husband—Caroline, you know yon were in the wrong about that lawstlll you lost. Come back to me and let OS be happy once more. Wife—No; I won't do it until you ad mit that I was entitled to a divorce.— Judge. No Wrakneaa There. Sniveiy —Old Mr. Oildersleeve always strikes me as a very weak man. Snodgrass—You are mistaken. He carries life insurance amounting to £250,000. —l*h il adelph 1 a Press. The Antiquity of the Tank Clay. Tolling—l suppose that "Ten Nighta in a Barroom" was really the first tank drama. Iliuiling—You forget "Henry IV." "Why, that was written by Shakes peare." "Yes." "lie never introduced a tank into a play." "What's the matter with Sir John j Falstaff?"—Life. Womun'H Inconalatende*. "I nin afraid your wife will give yon j a cold reception," said Simpklns to a friend with whom ho bad been out rath- | er late. "Yes. She Is very Inconsistent about j these matters." "Inconsistent?" "Yes. She gives mo a cold reception n warm wentlier, and a warm rec*|>- :ion in cold weather." —Texas Sifting*. UNTO. 12 TH"E VEGETABLE OYSTER. Raliiry In One of the Moat Toothsome at Vegetables. This, when rightly cultivated and pre pared for use, is one of the most de licious of vegetables, and should be more widely known to receive the ap preciation it deserves. Like the beet, carrot and parsnip it is a biennial, and like the last the flavor is improved by frost. I'nfortunately the salsify does not, as stated in seedtnen's catalogues, endure our winters without protection as the parsaip does. Even with protec tion it is no uncommon thing on nncov ering in the spring to find the crowns oj two-thirds of them rotton. The natural protection afforded by weeds and grass SAtSrrf rtft VEGETABLE OTBTKB. seems to Slllt it better than the arti ficial protection of man, as it has be coipe partially naturalized in some of the eastern states and here—in lowa— frequently grows year after year from seK .own seed among the bushes and grass in the vicinity of gardens from whence the wind has originally wafted its plumed seeds. The roots of the large varieties often grow to an inch aim a half in diameter and a foot or rtroro in length, and should have few side roots. The leaves are long and gr&as-like, and the flowers which ap pear fhe second year from the seed are large, handsome and of a peculiar soft purple color, o|>ening early in the morning and closing before noon. For winter nse the roots should be packed in sand or earth and placed in the cel lar. In this way tlicy do not become dry and shriveled. —l'rairie Farpaer. MONEY IN PORK. The Otltloot for Hoz« Brighter Than It Hsfc Ileeu for Tear*. Those farmers who read the papers and try to keep up with the times, know that corn and eloyer make good growth for p4gs and good pork. II skimmed milk can be added, so much the better; less corn and clover will be required. It Is pretty well settled, by those who have tried it, that a hog weighing from 75 to 100 pounds in May will donble its weight by fall with no other food than tho clovei pasture. An acre of clover will pas ture eight to ten hogs, an equivalent of 1,000 pounds of pork or equal to 150 bushels of corn. But we would not confine hogs to eithor corn or clover; If they can have only one, by all means givo them the clover. It is bet ter to comblno the two and then oc casionaily throw i n a little something »lse to make n variety. The clover i« best relished when young and tender. Hence It is better to keep enough hogt to the acre to keep the clover well fed down. The destruction of hog's hist year be cause of the '-hort corn crop, the open* lng of foreign markets to our pork products, and the short hog crop thi* year, added to the naturally increasing demand because of increase of popula tion, all point to higher prices for some timo to come. Our big corn and grain crops this year will help out wonder fully in supplying the demands of the market, as swine breed rapidly under favorablc conditions and modern meth ods of breeding and rearing produce markOtablc pork in a remarkably short period. With plenty of feed and a good demand, no one need hesitate aboutjthe prnfitablo production of pork until fu tnre signs, some way off, shall point to fhc prospects of a glutted market. Un til then pork must be a paying product, and still more so because of the higher price of boof of the best quality. Sure ly, the avenues of prosperity appear to be opening freely to our farmers, who have been resting so long under a cloud. Tire farmer who has faith in the hog ma; reasonably hope to now enjoy the reward of well doing.—Colman's Rural World. POULTRY PICKINGS. IN nearly all cases a combination of eurly chickens for market with eggs in season will pay better than either one alone. A MIKED that may be best In one lo cality will not always prove best In an other. Select according to locality as well as purpose. COAL ashes are good to scatter under the roosts. The objection to wood ash is that they are too caustic, often in juring the feet. Wmi.E ducks will usually begin to lay early in the season, it is not best to have them hatch until spring. They do not thrive in cold, damp weather UNLESS they are provided with quar ters something better thau the aver ago, it is a positive cruelty to pick either docks cfr geese during the win ter. Os the farm, under the average con ditions. It does not cost any more to raise a pound of turkey than it does to raise a pound of pork, and the turkey brings tho best price. IT costfc no more to keep-an Incubator run to its fnll capacity than when only one-half or three-quarters fulL In lmtching for profit every item of ex pt'oso otKRt fan considered. Test the fc-ggs by the seventh day. The Pity of It. First Swell-There goes Miller, tha richest man in town. What a pity the did fellow has no daughter. Don't yon think so? Second Swell—l don't know. Why? First Strcll—Because she would make inch a good wife for inc.—Texas Sift ing?- Rkt Had Ueard So. What number of facts are still nnre coalcd in any Itookl A teacher was hearing her class in natural history re cite, ami asked a bright-looking little girl: "What is a ruminating animal?" "One that chews her cubs," was the Innocent reply.—New Moon. The Only ()•• for Money. "If I gave you a quarter what would you «o with ft?" asked Uncle John. ''Spend it, of course," replied Tgmmyi "thal-u all it's good for."—Harper's Yotmg People. That IVa» the Raaaon. McCorkle—Why didn't vou speak to Jaysmith when we passca? Don't yon know him? McCra«k!