T — / V- THE BUTLER CITIZEN. VOL. XXIX. HUSELTON'S SHOES! Worth Looking Oar Brvf-tp and Shoes are makiog >0 in prerfico 'on ibe fand.-t of time." We t.i ,'c our cuet< mere to make their y»- Wfa ** iu 8f: - v 'bent with t J/y, ' e Wat fit tleir fe« t comfi-rtahly. rSmV* fl We |.a_v special a: tent ion to thin, as no Bcc>' KS, either ib*y marie a big profit before or Dot telling the troth, it collect tbese liberal fellows don'i Jose uuy fnnoev, iroodf are per haps dt ar at tf.e li>w p ict ct natoed after you b< e them cud more rspecialh after too wear them It seems oseless to quote a long list of prices as you caunot unless yoo see tbe goods, bnt it you waf.t the best Boys Boots at $1 00. sizes 1 to 5 you ever saw yoo cao get it here, a Man's Boot at $1 50 Children's Shoe* at 25, 50 atid 75 cts , Boy's fine Shoes at 85 cts., tbese are straight prices no bombug to pull yoo iu. neither are tbey sold at 50 CEBITS ON THfci DOXjUA*. Have a let Mim* Rohfcers 8t 10 cts a pair and tbej are not worth 30 cts either, recollect we have tbe largest stock to select fr<."uj, best goods and lowest prices, we don't handle ?ny old jobs, sold cheap on account of some impcrfccti ctf, but K»lid, new atid dtfciraLle linei-at ifce lowest price. 80. HUBEL - - 102 N. MAIN 8T , BUTLER, PA The Price Broken Rubber Goods Forced to go! The greatest rubber sale ever known In Progress at Biekel's! Men'e Rubber Boots $2 00. Boys' Rubber Boots $1 40. , Youths' Bubber Boots Si.oo. Child's Rubber Boot 90 cts. Read and Wonder! Come and Buy! Men's Rubbers 40 and 50 cts. Ladies' Rubbers 25 ets. Mistes' Rubbers 15 cts. Child's Rubbers 10 cts. Customers Delighted! Competitors Depressed! Ladies' Buckle arctics Go cts. Ladies' Cloth alnskas 40 cts. Men's Cloth alasktis 50 cts Perfection oveis lor felt BootsJ36 cts Rich and Poor Alike are Benefited. Men's Kip Boots Si 35. Kip Boots SI.OO. Child's Kip Boots 5 Octs. Men's Working Shoes 85 cts. Boys High Cut Button Shoes 75 cts. No Cobwebs on my Goods. I Sell Ladies' Button Shoes 90, $1 00 and $1 20. Misses' Shoes fine 75 and Si 00. Child's Shoes pat-tip 50 cts. Bady's tShoes 10, 25 and 50 cts. Remember the old saying "The ear'y bird catches the worm." Conre to this Sale Quickly. It c. J. K. MANN. M. ». Specialties: Spe< laities: •jwsecology and Stir- Eye. Eur. Nose and if cry. Throat. DRS. LEA K E & MANN, Butler, Pa. ( . ZIMMERMAN. ruYSICIAN AKD >h. Office at No. 16. «. Main Street, ever Crunk ■ Co's 1)i use store. Bullet, I'*, SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. So, 2'J Ea»t JeAtrson St., Jit ller, Pa. V. McAL.PINE, Dentist, Is now permanently located at itM South Main Street Butler. I'a., in rooms formerly occupied tiy Dr. Waldron. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. Gold Filling rainless Extraction ot Teeth and Artificial Teeth without Plate* a specialty Nitrous Oxide or Vitalized Air or Local Aua-stlii-ties used. Office oxer Miller* Grocery cast of Eowry House. office closed Wednesdays and Thursdays. J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a. Artificial Tttll. iiiMTit-o in U»«? latent Ini -1110.11. (FOHL Killing A DINNJIMH). OCQO r,v»*r N'Laul'h ( lottiiuii bl^re, C. F. L. McQU ISTION, KMiI.NKEK AM> HI IH KVl.lt, (»na SKA it DIAMOND, linn.rit, I'A.; ] A. B. C. M<;F A R LAND. Att'y at Law and Notary I'uliUc- office on H. Inaii.oim st oij.nhlte the ( ourt House- ec .nii ffoor. H. Q. WALKER, Attomey-al-latw Office In Diamond Block, t'.utler, fa. J. M. PAINTER, Altoi noy-at-Law. Oflice Itetmen l'cutofllce and Diamond, But ler. l*a. A. T. SLOT T, ATTI >HN I'.Y-AT-LA W. (•fllce at No. », Houtli Diamond, Butler. I u. A. M. CHRISTLEY, ATIOHNEY AT I.AW. Office second floor. Anderson 111 k, Main HI., near Couit House, Butler, I'a. J. w. HUTCHISON, ATTORNEY AT I.AW. Office on second floor of the llucclton block. Diamond, Butler, I'a., Itooin No. I. IRA McJUNKIN. Attorney at Office at No. IT, East Jeffer son Ht . Butler. I'a.; W. C. FINDLEY, Attorney at law and ileal Estate Agent. Of fice rear of L./. Mitchell's oflice on north aide of Diamond. Butler. I'A. H. H. GOUCHER. Attorney-at-law. Office on second floor ot Anderson building, near Court iiouae. Butler. Ta. NEW TON BLACK. Alt'y at law-office.on Booth side of Diamond ftutler. I'a. G. D. H ARVE'r , Contractor and bulldur In brick work, urate and mantel Ncttliiif and nil kinds of brick-laving a specially. Al'" dealer In barrel lime. Wam pum loo»e lime, cements. National. I'ortlaint and all Is-st grailes In tlte market. Calcined idaster. planter balr. King's cement, fire t.rlck tile, while Mod and river K.IU'I ||ti| office SIS N. Mam street, and all orders left at. ware house will rtwrtvy prompt delivery. Terms reaMonalflu, DAYS OF MY YOUTH. £Tfce following poem was written by Judge 3t. George Tucker, the 'stepfather of John fcandolph. of Roanoke, grandfather of J. R Tucker, late member of congress, and great' grandfather of Charles Washington Coleman. Contributed by M. Louisa McClelland.] Days of my youth, Ye have glided away; Hairs of my youth. Ye are frosted and gray: Eyes of my youth. Your keen Bight is no more; Cheeks of my youth, Ye are furrowed all o'er; Strength of my youth, All thy vigor is gone; Thoughts of my youth, Your gay visions are fiowi Days of my youth, X wish not your recall; Hairs of my youth. I'm content ye shall fall; Eyes of my youth. You much evil have seen: Cheeks of my youth, Bathed in tears you have been; Strength of my youth. Why lament thy decay? Thoughts of my youth, Ye have led me astray. Days of my age. Ye will shortly be past; Pains of my age, Yet awhile ye can last; Joys of my age, In true wisdom delight; Eyes of my age, He religion your light: Thoughts of my age, Dread ye not the cold sod; Hopes of my age. Be ye fixed on your God. —LipptncoU'a SERENA'S VISIT. How She Accepted tbe Invitation from Her Nephew. Mrs. Serena Fry sat idly in the cal ico-cushioned chair in the kitchen. This fact, innocent at distant acquain tance, becomes startling to anyone knov ing well Mrs. Fry. A robust, in dustrious farmer's wife, her years, growing fast to be numerous, sat light ly upon her, and did not turn her for a moment from her daily work, always cheerily and faithfully and unceasingly performed. So long (ah! only the old kitchen, with its yellow almanac hang ing behind the btovo and its fading, dull yellow floor knew how long) had she on every afternoon gone about the baine round of duties, from the time when Joshua left the dinner table to the hour when he re turned from the fiel<\ that it was much more easy to go on with them than it could have been to pause. Yet there tilie sat Idly in the old rocker, the stove half polished, and tho brush on the hearth, while the sun was giving his last wink above the red barn on the hilL Besides, her usually cheery face was clouded —not with anger or sor row, but with deep perplexity. "Serena," she said.of a sudden,rising with her accustomed briskness, "you ought to be clean ashamed of yourself. If ever Satan got into anybody, it's you. The idea of your sittin' idle, with the work only half done, thinkin' about goin' to New York! It would be bad enough ef everything was done up llolTdays ain't for lazy folks, that's certain." And even as she spoke, the stove l>egan to smile out in its usual polished manner. When the last bit of work had been accomplished, and the old Uible, with Joshua's spectacles on it, was awaiting evening prayers from the lamp stand, Mrs. I'ry sat down, and said: "I had a letter to-day, Joshua." "You don't say!" said he, stopping in the act of putting on his spectacles. "From John?" "No." said his wife: "from N'»ph»w Joshua, in New York." "You don't say!" said Joshua again. "Do you want to read it aloud, S'rena?" "I would, but —1 burnt it up. There wa'n't nothin' secret in it, and I knew right afterwards what a thing It was to do before you'd seen it: but s6meway it didn't seem as if 'twas right to keep it" "Not right, S'rena? Has Joshua been doin' anythin'?" "No, indeed," said his wife, hastily. "Twas a real nice letter. 1 noticed particular that he signed his name 'Joshua S. Fry,' as if to kind o' remind himself that he was named after you. It ain't worth speakin' of, but it was printed 'J. Sylvesfcr' on the enretope." "1 ain't a mite surprised," said Joshua, with a kindly smile. "It's o sight handsomer name. Hut what did he say?" "He wanted me to coiae to New York," said Mrs. Frye; and for her life •he could not have said a word more. Her husband waited a moment in silence, and then he spoke again: "To stay, S'rena?" "Joshua Fry, how you talk! He ain't quite a fool. To make a visit." Serena let these short sentences shoot out from her lips as though they were loaded. "He said he an' Susie had been wantin' mo for a long time, an' ho thought I could be spared from the farm now as well as any time, seein' he remembered the hayin' must bo over; an' seein' I'd never been to New York, he did hopes I'd come. An* he Bent mo r. railroad pass." ."Did you burn that up, too?" asked Joshua; but an ha spoke he noticed it for the first time lying by the Uible. and he leaned forward to read it. Onco and again did he examine the innocent document, and still turned it over in his hand when his eyes were looking, as it were, far away. For flve-and-twenty years (I said only the old kitchen knew how long, but 1 bribed it to tell me) had Joshua and Serena Fry lived together and worked together without separation or holiday. Their wedded love was of the old-fashioned sort, and dwelt not iu many words, as it began not with a wedding tour, but thrived in faithful common toiL They were not only un complaining, but happy. As Joshua sat thinking these things, the sudden invitation of his brother's boy, who had before this shown his kindly remembrance of the old farm house where he used to come for sum mer frolics, brought no pang with Its half-told tale of the difference between life in Green's Corners and life in tho hurrying city The meadow paths, with their winged or creeping citizens, were Farmer Fry's happy estate, and the yellow-floored kitchen his Inner heart's home. It is for this reason that I most want his swift appreciation of his wife's feeling to be fcltand praised Had the coming of Nephew Joshua's letter been loretold to him, he would have expected Serena to read It cheer fully, and talk over with him the best way of sending their thanks for tho In vitation, and of telling how impossible it was for cither of thorn to leave tho farm. He know now, from her half excited manner, from the fact that she had burned the letter as though it brought subtle temptation to wrong, perhaps from a stray sentence which he had once read about tho hidden de sires and discontents in tho minds of farmers' wives, thai the invitation had come to Serena like a wiudow opened into unotlicr life, and that she had fuithfully tried and was still trying to close it There came with his thoughts uo bit terness or indecision. Serena must go to New York. Tho farm and lie could put up without her for u week or more, he thought. If sho had borne with thciu for twenty-live years! So when he spoke agaiu, it was, though after a considerable pause, with tho same widespread, kindly smile: "I hope you'll go, S'rena; It'll do you good, an' you ain't no cause to throw away sech a ehauce." Serena was astonished; she had cx- Wicted Her liutftnuitl to Uv lu*t w]ip( I BUTLER, PA.,FRIDAY, MARCH 189*2. said he would nave expected ner to do, bad not love quickened bis naturally leisurely brain. She had said: "Get thee behind me, isatau:" and here was Joshua serenely inviting- that dignitary forward again The window was wide open now, and eoald not be closed. But Mrs. Fry's mind and conscience did not quickly settle themselves. Not once or twice was the invitation almost fully rejected by them during the next few days, as their owner worked over fryinp-jian or sewing-machine, or talked with her many visitors. For when it became noised abroad in Green's Corner that Serena Fry was thinking of going' to New York (to spend the winter, gossip sometimes had it; and sometimes, to live), her sit ting-room became the scene of great social activity, and Miss Lainson, the dressmaker, who had been sewing at Smithville, came home of her own ac cord to fit out the traveler for her jour ney. 8o circumstances held the window open—not Serena —and she let them and Joshua and the neighbors decide that she would go, rather than decide it herself. It was Joshua who wrote the letter to his nephew that she would come, and who, with his own old hands, did the great part of her packing. F»r Serena, usually the readiest and most skillful for work, now seemed dazed and scarcely half happy at the pros pect which had been opened before her. In the pale gray and green light of early morning" they drove to the rail road crossing. Trains stopped at Green's Corners only when an anti quated man, who lived in a closet, came out and frantically waved a flag at them. He came out now, and leaned on the flag handle, while Ser ena tried to look back at the farm house. "Don't you be worried, Serena," said Joshua, cheerfully. "I'll prosper all right, unless I g.-t sick alonjf of eatin' all them pies and fixin's. You must hev thought I'd hev a sight of com pany. Well, good-by; take good caro of yersolf!"—for the was wav ing for all he was worth, and although Serena privately hoped that the diabol ical-lookingi'engine would refuse to stop, it stopped. In a moment inoro Joshua and the flagman and the farm house were as the cin icrs which were jerked past the car window by an un seen hand. So long was it since the wide world of travel hail shown a glimpse of itself to Mrs. Fry that the morning passed swiftly, on account uf the rapidly changing scenes through which the train fled along, and Serena was more nearly like herself than she had been since the invitation came. But noon brought a dismal rain, which drizzled down the windows and put the coun try in drab mourniug, and discouraged nearly every one, especially Serena. Not thinking that she had changed her place, she felt certain that it was rain ing thus dismally at the Corners, and that Joshua would have to look after the cows in the chilly wetness, and re turn to an equally chilly kitchen and stove. Presently the indefatigable news agent, who had been all the morning firing alternate caramel packages and books at the passengers, threw a pam phlet iuto Serena's seat, and she idly picked it up and began to read the ad vertisements on the cover. As she did so, she let the book fall and gave a lit tle cry of despair. It was only au advertisement of some patented rat destrojer which had mot her eye, but it threw her poor heart into deep distress. Only the night be fore, when sho had b-nti arranging Joshua's proV Wont in tba SleinrnoEu., the grocer's wife, had come to the door with a jar in her hand, the strings of her sunbonnet hanging de jectedly in front of her shoulders. "Here's that rat pizen I promised you," sho said. "I thought likely Mr. Fry might find it useful while you was away; the cm ptier a house is, the more the mice likes it. When my Susan died, Bhe wa'n't really buried before they was gallivantin' around her room I'll sit it right here, Mis' Fry, for I can't stop; it's comin' on dark. You'll find it 'll make 'em go right off an'die every time." Serena had noticed dimly at the timo that Mrs. Slemmons had set her jar just in front of one of apple-butter which had been fillod for Joshua and placed on the pantry shelf. Now, with tlio swift remembrance of this sccno which the advertisement brought, came a dreadful thought. She had not put the rat poison away! It must still be standing there by tho apple-butter, and .toshua—it made her sick to thiuk of it—might take tho wrong jar for his dinner. Ho might have done it already; probably had, and must be quite dead. Serena put her hend ilown >n the bae.k of tho seat in front of her, and let her troubled thoughts run on as they would. She wondered dimly whether tho |>oisou affected human beings as Mrs. Slem mons had said it affected rals, and made them "go off alone to die." Sho wondered whether it would do any good to ask the con ductor to seud word to Joshua not to eat any apple-butter until she should return. She imagined a mes sage awaiting her at her nephew's house, bidding her come back to lit?r husband's fuucr.it. She thought of how she dcservt-.l all this punishment in return for going away and leaving him alon • for the first time since their marriage There came into hei mind the words of the marriage ceremony 'What God hath joined together let no man put asunder," and she said to her self "We 'ain't never been asund. ■. io fore, an I wouldn't be now if twasn't fur my wickedness." And while she sat so. of a sudden it grew dark and then li;:ht again, and the eager train was resting in the New York station. A young man in a brown overcoat was inside the car in a moment or two, exclaiming "How do you do. Aunt Serena? 8> glad to sec you!" us he caught sight of the ligure in the prim block dress of Miss Lutnson's fashion- 1 '.sit Serena, as she let him take both her trembling hands, only said "My dear boy I've got to go buck home " "Home, Aunt Serena? Why, arc you sick? You must come and let Susie take care of you." "1 ain't sick," said Serena, wearily; "and I'd be gladder 'u' you think for to stay with you, but I'm I'm afraid somethin's happened to Joshua." The room ami the stove at Green's Corners were rattier chilly, and whether the mice discovered it or no, Joshua found tho house remarkably enigty. lie lingered long In tho barn with tho cattle, anil when he cutuo home ate only 4 bowl of bread and milk, and then drew out tho calico cushioned chair and sat in it. There was not a sound anywhere except tho voice of the old clock, baying': "Uono —Koncl gone—gone!" with dreadful haste and perseverance. Presently Joshua dozed. It was twilight when ho slept and black night when he awoke, aud ho heard tho far-away whistle of the Now York uight ex press. lie felt his way to the door and went out Why in the world he walked slowly toward tho railroad crossing ho did not know, unless the coming train seemed to him like a message from Sorona, now safe In New York. Ho waited silently near the flagman's closet, while tho red eyo In tho engine's forehead sent quivering light streams far down the track. Be fore Joshua knew it tho train had stopped. Tho conductor was stunding on tho ground, his lautcrn under his arm, helping some one out. Joshua went forward and took her In hlu •tm*. Serena could scarcely speak before they reached the gate. One by one the old familiar objects along the path broke upon her sight, though shrouded in the dark, with the sweet sense of awakened memory which comes to one returning home after long years of absence. At last she said: "Joshua, the apple butter?" "I ain't tasted it," said Joshua, put ting a great arm around her; "but there ain't any manner of doubt but what it's all right. Don't you worry about that, S'rena. You're all tuckered out." —It. Mac Donald Alden, in Har per's Weekly. BOGUS COFFEE. How Fraud* and Adulterants May He Keadily Detected. Artificial coffees can be detected in unground samples by a careful ex- and separation of all beans which do not hare a portion of the fine membrane with which they were orig inally invested, still adhering in the cleft The suspected b?ans should be cut open and the structure examined. The uniform structure of the artificial coffee is very distinctive and after com parison with that of genuine coffee can never be mistaken for the latter. Pure, ground, roasted coffee will float on cold water, coloring' it very slightly and slowly, while bogus cof fee. chicory, roasted cereals, etc., sink, coloring the water quickly Chicory is very easily detected by this test, since the particles in sinking leave a trail of color behind them. Cereals, when "light roasted," may escape de tection by the water test, but they respond readily to iodine, giving the characteristic reaction for starch. A hot water extract of the adulterated sample containing cereals, or other starch bodies, when filtered, cooled, acidulated with sulphuric acid and de colorized by permanganate of potas sium, will show a blue color on the ad dition of tincture of iodine. Chicory contains no starch, hence if the water is quickly colored and iodine doe*, not give the charn jteristic reaction, chicory is probably present. The microscopic examination will reveal the presence of starches, if cereals, acorns, peas or beans constitute the adulterant, and generally sufficient relics of the orig inal structures of these substances will escape destruction in the-roasting proc ess for their identification. The pres ence of chicory is also finally verified by the microscope.—Guilford L. Spen cer, in Chautauquan. line Question. ttir? ocruians arc a very pliilosophi cal and somewhat argumentative race. Two workmen in the great Krupp cannon manufactory were overheard discussing an important question. "In your opinion, Joliann," said one, "which is the most important part of a cannon—the hole or the steel?" "The hole, of course, Heinrich," said the other "Because, what use in the world would a cannon bo without a hole in it?" "You are wrong, Johann. It's the steel that's most important; for how many men would you kill with a hole with nothing around it?"— Youth's Companion. —"How's that black-and-tan dog of jrours?" "Dead." "Dead?" "Yes, (wallowed a bunch of watch keys and they wound him up " Not a Had a. Mis h All.soul-— 4 'l take it, Mr. Long face, that you too have seen youi trouble in life's voyage. I feel lhat mj own sad experience gives me the right to speak; you will take no offense, I'ic sure. Mr. IJ. —Oti, not tit nil! Orfeainljl I haven't been without tny affliction. Miss A. (with look of deep interest)— A heart trouble, I fancy. Mr. L.—Well—in that neighborhood —weak digestion.—Harper's Itazar. Saving Time. Mean Contractor (to workman whe fell from a tliree-story wall that he was tearing down) —I'll have to dock you for lost time. Workman (unhurt) —I thought 1 wai saving time coming down that way. Next time I'll take the ladder. —Dem- orest's Monthly. A IIANI>It"AI\ Cousin Jack —Race, Ethel? Ethel No, indeed. Mamma say» you're the fastest young man she cvet heard of. —Judge. Not Murh to Four. foreman Here are two sermons, one delivered at St. Fashion church and the other at the St. Avnoo church. We've got 'em mixed and can't tell which it which. Editor (busily)— Leave off the texts und put 'em in either. Neither of the congregations will know the difference —Jury. A Itonton I'arrot. "Does Polly want a cracker?" asked Coddling, who was trying to amuse himself while waiting for Miss South Church to descend to the parlor. "Not any, thank you, but I'd lie obliged to you for it little brown bread or a few baked beans," replied the well bred Boston bird. —N. Y. Sun. A Skek Wife. Mrs. McGinnesse —Oi hear y'r woife do lie sick, Mr. McCallahan. Mr. McCallahan—Yis, she do be very sick, Mrs. McGinnesse. "Is she dangerous?" "Niver a bit. She do bo paceable enough now."—N. Y. Weekly. Koraowliat Hardened. Old Nick O'Tcene (to his young wife) —My first wife was always cold and distant. I like the sweet, confiding way you nestle up to me. His Young Wife—Oh. I don't mind it; I used to work in a tobacco factory!— Puck. A I'roper Nlmlle. "She is a perfect Amazon." "Why do you say that? She is not at all like the Amazons of old." "Oh! no; I mean like the river. She has a large mouth and babbles on for ever." —Judge. l'l> to Oat r. Olil Klti# Colo Wait a merry old soul, And it, merry old soul ™ bo: * 11c called for hlti pipe, And lie called tor ti!» bowl, And a gorgeous J»n had hel —Puck. An r.dltor'a Lurk. Society Reporter—Mrs. Skihigh com plains the picture wo printed does not look i» bit like her. Editor —That's lucky. Wc can use it for some one else then. —N. Y. Weekly. No Sufr»«M Willi It. "Your hotel is a regular fire trap, sir," said a guest to the proprietor. "If that is true it Is a very poor trap, for it has never caught fire yet," was i the i*irply.— N. Y. Stiu. Her Triumph- Young Wife—l knew you would like the slippers, Harry, if for no other re» son because I made them. Husband—You don't mean this is all jour work? Why, what a talented little vffe I have, to be sure. Young Wife—Yes, all my work. CM course. I bought the uppers, and Mary sewed them together, and I got a man to sole them, but I put the bows on and did them up in the box. And do you know, Harry, I am just proud of my self. I didn't think 1 could ever do such things.—Boston Transcript. A Persoua! Prnnoan M ikn Trouble. Johnny was writing a letter and Wil lie was looking ovtvj his shoulder. "You're not making that 'l' right," said Willie. "What's the matter with it, I'd like to know?" replied Johnnie. "You're running it below the line. That's what's the matter with it." "I guess I'm writing this letter, ain't I? If I want to make it that way it's my business, ain't it?" "Course. If you want to make aJ ol yourself, go ahead."—Chicago Tribune. Nicefello*» Generosity. Sweet Girl—Mamma says you must not give me so much rich candy, as it will make me sick. Mr. Nicefello —Does she think candy unwholesome? "Yes, indeed. She says such a big box as you bring is enough to kill any body." "Horrors! Don't touch it. my darling. Give it to your little brother." —Good News. THE HIT or TIIK SEASON. *r fr n •i! it ih t —Chicago Mail. On« That Will Kofp "Did you make any resolutions New Years?'' inquired a Woodward avenue man oi ins in*.\ i door neighbor. "Nary a resolution," was the prompt response. "I never made but one reso lution in my life that I could keep so I let the others go." "What was that?" inquired the first man, with considerable curiosity. "Well, about five years ago I resolved not to resolve and I haven't had any trouble since."—Detroit Free Press. Authentic Information. Son —Say, pa. Father—Well? Son —Is a vessel a boat? Father —Yes. Son (after some thought)— Bay, pa. Father (impatiently) —What is it? Son—What kind of a boat Is a blood ressel? Father (absently)—lt's a life boat. Now run away to bed.—Golden Days. A Tired Man. "I think old Judge Penny bunker Is sne one of the laziest men 1 cversaw," remarked Gilhooly to Hostctter Mc- Jtnnts. "Is he so lazy?" "Lazy! Lazy is no name for it. He is lo confounded lazy that it tires him to keep up with the earth when it turns 9n its axis."—Texas Siftings. Why It U Off. She sent him off to match a shade, "I'll do it, dear," he said; A color like the sea-shell's pink— -110 brought her turkey red! ±nd that is why. Dame Rumor says, The two were never wed. —Kate Field's Washington. Cultivated Timtes. Lumberman—Why in thunder did you set these woods on fire? Small Roy (whimpering) Th'—th' ground is full o' chestnuts. "Couldn't you gather the chestmits without setting the woods on fire? Say." "We didn't wanter gather 'era 'loss they was roasted." —Good News. A Potent Reason. Ponsonby ller name has been dragged into the courts a score of times, it is synonymous with scandal Yet, why did Snively as« her for hei hand? Popinjay—l'erlups becauso there art half a dozen diamond rings on it.—Jew elers' Circular. The t'nre illty of It. licss—Now wo have been married o month, and yet it doesn't seem as if we were married at all. Bell—Yon are so happy. Hess—That isn't the whole of it. You see Charlie hasn't said a word about his mother's superior cooking. Yankee Blade A Hod Cu« Fillcins —Dr. Killum has paid flvt visits to our house. Bilkins—Myl at ten dollars a visit. That's expensive. Filkins —It's only ten dollars. The last four he was after his money.— Brooklyn Life. He Would I'repure. Blunche (after replying "yes" to Charlie's — I)o you want to speak to papa to-night? Charlie—N-no. Wait till to-morrow. I'll get an accident insurance policy be fore I come back. Hatchet. I.lkttl a Margin. Old Lady (excitedly)— When Is the truiu to New York due? Ticket Agent—ln two hours and for ty minutes. Old Lady (with u sigh of relief) —I am so glad lam not too late. Puck Mho Win Willing. Husband —My *leur. we'll have to economize. Wife —Well, let's smoke less Puck. Alter the Enlou. Asker— Did you fight for the union, old fellow? Tasker —Fight for it? No. I did all I could to briug about the union, but it wasn't till after we were married that the fighting set in.— Yonkers Gazette. An Important IMfTereure. She —Dueling is barbarous and tional. The General—lt's just like war, but for numbers. She—No, it isn't. In war you can lie in wait, or get behind something. —Life. Tlin Young Flrml Affalu. "There is nothing sentimental about Mary." said Mrs. Calmer. "Even when her lover is with her they sit fur apart." "Yes," spoke up little Harry, "as lonjf as you are in the room." —Demorest's Monthly. She Wua Heavy. John —You make me tired, Maria. Maria - What? John—You are pretty heavy, yon know Then she knew what he meant. She was sitting on his lap.—Yankee Blade, j Another t l»w of It. Hunker I wish 1 had courage enough to propose to Sue and end my misery. Spatts That might not end it. Hunker How's that? Spatts She tniyii". aceept you.— j Judge I ROAD IMPROVEMENT. Bad Highways Are a Source of Great l ow and Annoyance. Under f£csent conditions in most lo calities it is the farmer that loses most by bad roads. It is his teams that do most of the heavy hauling on the roads in getting his crops to market Before so many railroads were built mer chants, millers and others in towns and cities were obliged to do a considerable amount of hauling, but a large portion of this is avoided now, and the farmer is perhaps more interested in good roads than any others. He must use the roads all through the year, anil it is often the case when the farmers should use them to the best advantage they are in the worst condition. Bad roads often prevent the farmer from taking advantage of a favorable time to market his crops. He must sell when the roads are good, so that he can haul, and in consequence his products are forced upon the market during the lat ter part of summer or early fall, whether they are in demand or not They are often bought and held until there is a better demand, and then they are sold at a profit. With better roads, so that farmers could be sure of marketing at any time, more or less of the products could be stored and put on the market more gradually. The extra wear and tear of the teams wagons and horses caused by bad roads is an important item of expense, which, if it could be saved and applied towards keeping up the roads, would pay a good part of the expense. One objection to the present system of road work is that we fail to get , value received. The cost is made seem ingly light, but in a great majority of cases better work could be done at half the expense with better management. Experience has proved that the oost of making good roads is readily repaid by the-increased value of the farming laud near it. Yet many are hard to convince that it is profitable to go to tho expense of building good roads. But when well built they are never al lowed to run down. It would hardly be possible to under take to make all the roads good at once, but if all the money spent by a county on roads scattered all over the county, a good part of which is practi cally thrown away, was concentrated only on such a length as could be made thoroughly good, we should have good roads in a much less time than we will under the present system. During the winter Is a tro'v* -® consider this question. * themselves usually supply a (food argu ment and the farmer has more time to think and talk it over. —St. Louis Re public. PRIZE HOG TROUGH. An I'xcellent Tank for Scalding Hop of Large Bi*e. To scald hogs of 400 to 600 pounds a common tub is inadequate. Nothing is better than the tank or trough shown. It should be made of 10-foot plank 2 inches thick. These should be planed smooth on all sides and edges and pnt together with 0-inch wire nails or, still better, 4-inch screws. Each joint should be painted with thick lead and oil, and tightened by a piece of candle wick saturated in the same strung on tho edge of the joining plank before it is put together, the reeking wick to be held straight by being stretched on a small nail at each end. Let It l>e nearest the inside of tho tank as on the hit of plank shown. A Is the wick. Tho bottom of one end of the trough is beveled to facilitate the work of sliding the porker in and out For the same purpose a roller placed as shown is a great aid, and also for taming the hog over for complete scalding. A frame is hinged to the under side of the beveled end to support it while the hog is being drawn out This can be buttoned close to the trough while it is not in use. For transporting it use a stone boat, or rude runners may be built permanently on tho bottom of the troufrh for it to ride upon. Sled shoes will do, as at B. A piece of inch hose, C, is forced through an auger hole at the bottom and is used for the double purpose of hentinff the water by steuin from a cauldron with a tight lid, to which the hoao is attached, and for draining the tank when the scald ing is done. If the free end of the hose is kept at the height of tho top of the tub or higher no water will escape. Thrown en tho ground, all labor of emptying it is dispensed with. Tho scraping platform is arranged at the beveled end.—N. K. Homestead. ( hl«ik« and How el Ulimu. Many little chicks die of cold on the bowels, which is caused by their being chilled, and again it is caused by tho chick* becoming wet when drinking. To avoid this, tho water should be given in a manner to permit thcin to reach the water with their beaks only. To allow little chicks to trample In saucers of water is as suicidal as though they were placed in a cold rain shower The water for chicks and ducklings should always be tepid in winter, especially for ducklings, as very cold water causes (hem to bavo "cramps," while with chicks it chills them on cold days to such an extent that they never recover.—Farm and Fireside. J. 11. (iai.e, of Illinois, writes tho I'rairio Farmer that ho has made good floors in stables and cattle and hay yards by paving thein with second growth oak blocks cut five inches in length Lay the blocks as closo as you can Cover with gravel and allow it to remain until thoroughly dry, when It will easily work Into every crack and orevlcc. Hail for llanklnanu. Willie, (entertaining tho young man) —Mr. Uaukinson, you're made of dust, just like other men, ain't you? Mr. Hankinson (with designs on Wil lie's sister) —1 suppose I am, Willie. What of it? Willie—Notbln', only I heard sis say this mornin' your name was Mud.—Chi cago Tribune. Tlim Wr3 buckwheat, mustard and rape; 2. By the ua« of insecticides as kerosone oil (pure aad as as cmulston), crude petroleum (pure and as an cmu!:>ini), poisoned dough, bi-sulphide of car bon, anAby such fertilizers as salt, kainlt, muri ate of potash, lime, chloride of lime and gas Uuie. Destruction of Pupe and Adults: I. By fall (flovkig: 2. lly trapping. Of the various methods used to pro tect .<*cd all failed entirely, and sever al retarded germination or entirely de stroyed vitality. In the attempt to de stroy the wire-worms by starvation it was found that these larva can live for a year or more in soil upon which CORN-PLANT GROWING IN A BOOT-CAOS. (Infested by wh-eworms and click-beetles. From s specimen in the Cornell insectary.) nothing is growing, and that they feed and thrive upon buckwheat, mustard and rape. Therefore it is not worth while to lose the use of the land for a season, or to grow these crops to de stroy them. Of the insecticides tried kerosene was effective when used in sufficient quantities to thoroughly permeate the soil to the depth of several inches, but this makes it too expensive for ordi nary practice. The same was found true of bisulphide of carbon, salt, kainit, muriate of potash, lime and gaa lime. The poisoned dough seemed not to attract the wireworms at all. Of the methods of trapping employed, bunches of freshly-cut clover dipped in paris green water and placed about the field under boards destroyed a very large uumber of the udult beetles, but none of tho buits attracted the larvae. If this method could be carried out systematically for a term of years it would doubtless be effective; but as the larvsn remain in the larval state three years or more, as observed at the station and by European writers upon the subject, it would prove very slow. Fall plowing, which is the only effect ive, practical method of destruction discovered, also has the same disadvan tage, as only tho third-year larv® are destroyed by it July of the third year of their existence the larvss changes to soft white pupae resembling the adult beetle in form, and In August the adult state is assumed, but, strange to say. the insect remains until spring in its cell in the ground Any disturb ance during this time proves destructive to it« life. If. therefore, the irround la plowed and kept thoroughly stirred for three or four weeks after July 20 all these adults will perish and autumn sown crops may be put in. If this method of procedure Is followed for three or four years the soil will become nearly free from the wiro worms. Short rotations of crops can be planned to bring this about USEFUL SUGGESTIONS. A noted western man riding across the country and noticing thousands of acres of corn stalks standing in the fields from which the cars had been jerked, said; "The farmer Is conduct ing the only business In the world that allows a man to lose forty-five per cent of his capital stock and at tne same time live." Dndkh proper management either the wool or increase should pay for keep ing while tho other should be profit, but sheep caunot grow wool or furnish nutritious milk to lambs If they have only sufficient food to maintain animal life. It requires more food during win ter wheu tho animals have no shelter than when they were well protected. A couresponuent of the Maine Farmer cures colic In sheep by dissolv ing two tablespoonfuls of epsom salt* In about a hnlf-pint of warm water, and adding one tablcspoonfnl of essence of peppermint Opeo the sheep's mouth and insert a small funnel In it The l>oy pours the salts while I bold the sheep Iu about two hours the sheep will be all right At The Wrong Cell. Visitor (at the jail)— Poor, poor man! May I offer you this bunch of flowers? Man Behind the Bars— You've made a mistake, miss. The feller that killed his wife and children Is in the neztcelL I'm yere for stealin' a cow.—Chicago Tribune. ____________ A l aiulUar Character. Friend —Considering that your living expenses are fully up to your Income, I don't see how you contrived to get such a reputation us a philanthropist. Mr. Hpendall —Oh, I never give any thing. 1 do tho hat passing.—N. Y. Weekly. __________ til* (Itmt Mmt Have Been lligh. Wife—John, I want ten dollars. Husband—Maria, I'm sorry to say that 1 haven't that amount to-day. Wife—John Henderson! Ido believe you sat up with unother sick man last night—Judge. A Careful Yoang Man. Mrs. Chlnner— Why does young Mr. Ourley always kuock at the door when he oamcs to call on you? Mis* Chinner— He's afraid if becomes with a riug I'll regard it as a proposal. —J udgn. Am to Color. "You Mem very much interested ia Miss Browning, of Boston." "Yes." "Blue-stocking?" "No, black."—Judge.