VOL. XXIX EVERYBODY will tell you that Bitter & Ralston s wraps are the best made and the best fitting wraps in the market, and if you want muslin underwear that at Flitter & Ralston s you can secure full size o-arments, well made and at about the o same cost as the material. But to cut • the story short, it a well known fact that you cp j get all kinds of dry goods, carpets, wraps, furnishings and trimmings at the most satisfactory prices at RJTTER & RALSTON'S, HITSELTOiVS SHOES! ju Woi tli Looking • P\ Into. " Our B • IP fori Shiff Rre making fan iini r» n-iin "<>n the H»ods of tinj»*." W«* help < ur cbui ni< rs to mab«* tbeir w»lk ii- lili > »>-\ h\ fittii-tf 'heni wi'b \ Shcn- rl.ui fi >l»'ii tf i ci-nifortahlt. ■j \ W'» psy t-pf. itil intention to thin as no B< (>t <.r Slu>e w ill w *ar »t II thHt doen not fit properly. m•»i• ir i trmle »'ii oiiu i i sim lifts without increasing it bv III fitting aboes All our f,» »'iw«>ir eirefullr from improver! well an quality ot -u >ek et.e We keep the k ?nl thjr .vi'l fi-. c , ia>fj> , tkhly »fid weir, k"e,» th" beet <lt. the l'iw i>"ie •■«. We don't k-"p •» Luliw Sii )*■< *r, $1 00 * d -iv ir i-» '.v >rth $2 00 'hi' if ID old, old chestnut ha' we do nav have a L id'tM fi i - Shoe at $1 00 ibet cannot matched "ither for S'v]t <.v >. m» th'? Bam« «•' on> Ladies entire line t'ro-i $1 25 $1 50 $2.00 $2 50 <1 3!o>•id up t > $4.00 •nd $4 50 Doo't you of they say if >od< arc "I'lriif SI *ii/bt-r-1 a'ic •> el-n no «r,c th.k' tbie or thai Bus l{ • i« i' ().) v>' I <2i|.) N T >v th"-e i-> jjs ODP of t W«l lhiiiiT< ej. Ilf n,l|. i oi; i- i >•!'•* • 1 > H'lifl th • truth, recoiled tt«i"*- libi .1 fello«y« d I) - - hhv it . </ood- ar- i»» r bepa dear «t U'e I. « p ieer Denied nft»-r yon h-e rh in *nl m mp- c!«ll •iter vou wearihcoi Ir SHHIH- n«. r i q'i i•» * I ,-\,r ij, ,■ ,r •. i• i ■ ii>■ n i i>- you nee the < »»is hii»> iwi >t b»<t > ■"i> • ; SI 00 i 1 i 5 vou ever ►»»' \•mi inn it ii»-re » \1 i"'« H •• • $1 50 'i' I 'iV -'i ' It 25. 50 75 • rt > (i i- Sh i- Hi •*. tl i ■ • .«•,' i hani'iu<f ■ • i»"'i i i i *t 'i • SO H. O' * 3'i > Hv- » '«t Viir-.e.- Ku "» r- at lo c - r. j.f '<•••■ :•» •.• w r, .i< Ml ei b> r. nr ll* et n :ve r». ; « I ■ r i * !. . . I— „• o>■ ■- it;.i lo weft. ■•ri <•» v- ei- 11- nv 1) • *.- >*.!.' •; :• i: r iniperf-c ' t:- v, ''l ij i* - : t • • » C HUS L ON, - 10.2 N. ' CHE AI fi ii • § U"' 11 o-iii r BOOTS, BIIOEB AA D RUBBERS. At los than \>'lio!esale prices. Stock must be reduced at at once, Big Line of Xmas Slippers, Come and see us. Remember the place. 347 S. MAIN ST., Opp. Willard House. v " rrIAYFZViaS//j Om HAY- FEVER WL/VM COLD-HEAD Sffft Oream Balm is not a liquid, tnuff or pmcdcr. Applied into the nostril* Hit _ A abtorbtd. Jt c! anm* the head, allays injUimttiaiion, heals _ C||M themes. S>ild bu druoqitUt or tent by iruiil onircf'pt of vritt. C (1A 3UC ELY BROTHERS. 56 Warren Street HEW YORK. DUG All Kinds of Job ork clone at the "Citizen" Offi(?e. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. J/isa 'LeUie IJuiillcy, Is the sister of Mr. W. S. Huntley, of Cortland, N. Y., a well known car penter and builder. Her frank state ment below gives only the absolute truth concerning her illness and mar velous recovery by the aid of Hood's Sarsaparilla. She says: "C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Slass.: "Dear Sir: Twelve years ago I began to have hemorrhage* and four years ago became so low tliat the physicians told mo There Was No Hope •lid I should soon die. I could not be moved from my bed. Uuder my face were napkins continually reddeued with blood from my mouth. I could rat Bathing and hud no action of the bowels for a week. The doctors said the cause was ulcer* in the stomach. At thh time my mother said she wanted to make one more trial, ami asked If 1 would take Hood's Sarsaparilla. I told her it would be A Waste of Money but finding it would comfort her, I began tak ing it. In a few days the bloating began to subside, I seemed to feel a little stronger, but thought 1' oiily fancy. I was so weak I could only take ten drops of Sarsaparilla at first. In two weeks I was able to sit up a few min utes every day. In a month I couM w<IU •cro» itac room. One day 1 asked what Uiev were to have for dinner, and said I wanted something hearty. My mother was so happy she cried. It was the First Time I had Felt Hun gry for Two Years I kept on Willi Hood's Sarsaparilla ami In six months was as well as ever iu my life. It is now four years since I recovered, and I hav<- not had a day's sicklies* since, nor any hemor rhage. If ever a human being thanked tli goou Lord on bended knees it was I. I know that Hood's Sarsaparilla. and that aloue, unquestionably Waved my l.ife." Ueisra. Sawyer & JenniiiKi. !iio well known druggist* of Cortland, (ay that Mild Huntley "is a highly respected lady; her (tatemeut of what Hood's Sarsaparilla Has don* for hor U worthy tbo highest confi dence." Hood's rills care Liver Ills. PROFESSIONAL <JARD> Q>EPH W VIILLKK, M. D Physician and Suiyeon, Oll'.ce and residence at 338 ■ Main St. Bullet Tf N. V? HO VKR. iBT K. V:<\ ne St., cltl • h"ur* It) t.> v_ M. it •j 3 I". M. ! . M. !>' Ei NSF.L, W n . "Nil SfK-.K-.v lice . l.i" ji strvim HI i« K. • >ui LH - K Ttuuinu'i t'niliUug. n, ill- r . .• K ■ .'it .vr. 'RI.RO - '- K > L -• '■ A :• IV.II r-. i'H.S A. .!( •' ?< (• Kl'lmg ■ ».. Aflii I-" lei" : v ft, ■ i \ tKW» -IT VU'» W-I » ta-c-.u. . . • C :«- • V V..!T- T- liro•• ■ .1 • : t yiler. PtM , Kti ... . , j-.-i lotr.mt: S* r< KM.lNtLli AMI M Kt r.li'K. nvtlt'l >F.AK lIUMIIKU BPTI.KK 1' A. 8. ". McKARLAND. Atl'y at l.aw and Nofury Public—• mce on s. Du.mond St oppowte the t ourt House —sec- >ud door. H. Q WAI KER, Attornej-ut-Law—Ofllce in Diamond Block, B .Her, Pa. J. M. PAINTER, Attoi ney-at-La w. Office—lVtwtea Postofllceand Diamond, But ler, I'a. A. T. SCOTT, A.TTOKN E V-AT-L A W. OJUcc at No. 8, South Diamond. Butler, l a. A. M. C.HR ISTLEY, ATiORNEY AT LAW. Ofee «reon<l floor, Anderson 111 k. Mai < St., n-;ir (TUIT liotise, I' U tier, I'a. J. W. HUTCHISON, ATTORNEY AT LAW rj»Tp on Feroprt floor of the lliiselton Moelr. [> aniond, Butler. Pa.. Koom No l. IRA McJUNKIN, H'Tnev »r IJIW . Office H* No. IT, Kant lerffr St ."Butter. Pa. W. C. FINDLEY, Attorney ft Irw nnf* Fesl F«t»te Apent. ot re rear of L. 7.. Vlrehell's office on north side 'f Diamond, Butler. Pi. H. H. GOUCHER. xtomev-nt-law. Ofllep on seeond floor ol "iderMon bullrtintr, ne.tr Cou»t House. Butler Pa. NEWTON BLACK. Att'y at Law—Ofllce on South side of Diamond flutter. Pa. G. D. HARVE , Contractor ami builder in brick work, grate and mantel setting ami uII kinds of brick -la vlntr a specialty. dealer In barrel 11m*. Wam pum loo«e llm'\ cements National. Portland and all he*t grades In the in»rk< I. <'»l>-ined plaster. planter hair. King's reiiieni.Hr>' i>rl> k tile, white sauil and river sand. Main oltl<v <U6 N- Ham street, and all oroers l»-tt ,ii ware house wtßrecWre piwapv tfettvery, jxtuw r mtsouut^ THE MONARCH OF OLLA. To the court of OUa. the Island of Eajo, Two wise men came one day. On a geological journey bound. With hammer and chisel, the wide world round. They were visiting isle and continent, And winnin?. wherever their steps they bent. By explanation and argument Their way. But here, as soon as they went to work. In Oil a, the Island of Ease, A rorsoaauc. dignified, florid, and bland, Pane hurriedly out to them, hat in hand •T 1 Monarch of Olla mrr ts." said he. 'T: Sni nifestatinn of industry, Deri res you to stop it immediately, If you please. • Objects to your chlppimr the royal roclts, Dislikes scientific research, Hard f -.cts, and harsh noises, and hammers ond such. And d. - sn't like pray-headed men very much— In short, your departure, good sirs, I sug (rest!" And, bowing (his manners were quite of the best). He left the two scholar*, perplexed and dis tressed. In the lurch. • This Monarch of OUa. I hear, ' said one, " Is only a ch-M. forsooth' Vet a rovi r : T;I child Is a sovereign still. And has, without doubt, a tyrannical will: Aid how to deal with the Infant m'.nd I . a difficult rroblem at best. I And. To the i! .ire st logic so hopelessly blind la youth." Then do-.rn t' ev sat in the Band to mourn Their lest peologlc-.l joys. Til a flsher-tnald, with a black eyo, Came strol'.Uirt, listening, smiling bv. 4 Good s : rs," said she. "mav I make so bold? The Monarch cf Olla Is elfrht years old. And rerv-rhnbly fond. I've often been told, Of tors'" They st-rtcd, they smiled, they stroked their chl-"t, \7ith a di-mifled. deep del'rht: Thev trlr trraphed straight to 'he nearest town. Where dwelt a tovman of much renown, And ordered fr->m him In the greatest haste A whin trl'h a handle silver-chased, A ball with the costliest broidery traced, And a kite Of wonderful beauty and monstrous sise, Embossed In a rich des*™n: A banjo of mid with a tuneful twanr, Ar.'l a rrolden Ttm with a patent "bam?:" A bicycle (safety) and trumpets and drums (The noisiest each of Its hind that comes). And a number of tops with a number of hums Very One: A train of cars that woidd run all day At a genuine railway rate: An armv of men In a golden box, And a trunhful of golden bnildin^-bloelts— In short, they ordered each possible toy That 1s deir to the heart of the everyday boy, Y«t costly enough for a king to enjoy In bis state. Then, bowirt? and breathless, they stood without In an anteroom neat as a pin, Vh'le the messenger boys in an orderly corps V'ent In with their (rifts at the nursery door. Five minutes they waited (It seemed a weelt). Then rose on the silence an uproar unique— A tempest of weeping and shriek upon shriek From within. And out at the door came the unlucky toys In a shower that darkened the air: And out from the palace In dire dismay T'>e wise men fled by the shortest way, Nnr paused until they reached The shore. Where, all In a heap on the sandy floor. The fisher-m-.ld found them as once before. In despair! She heard their tale wirt a brow demure, At ilr?t with a planee of wonder. And then with a frown of grave surprise That hid the laughter that lurked in her eyes. " Nay, now!" she cried, "what a heart of stone rulerof I years old must own: Yet, hark you, sirs, you may still atone For your blunder. " A gift of mv choosing (at your exnense) Will settle the matter with ease. And win you, I'll warrant, the royal grace, And the consequent love of the populace. Po chear vott, s'rs. it is not too late: Fer "L moderaf sum you may mend your fa te. Five doll-rs will do it, or four ninety-eight, If you please!" They s1" v "d and they doubted, but drew her* ch'ek o>ifte double her modest demand: And c'av or two afterwird stood once more In the rmtercom. at the nursery door, V ile the f sher-maid, with a face of joy, penr In on his errand one meswnscr boy With a strrio box and a single toy In his hand. Then la! t' ero was laughter and clapping o# har'S. And a rustl'e-3 o? delicate frocks: Ar.d thnn fro-i the monarch's mysterious ro'-m No w.'.m'-T tbere came cf immediate doom, ri 't p rr . foes rrtess-i-je of compliment, A-.d re Monarch of Oil .'s free consent To cl:in aw-'y at their heart's content At tiic ro^ua. Tie w'se n<-!i tben looked at the flsher-maid: i sl e lavjted with bep lip a-curl. • TTe-t time." I:-- cried, "before you b"":n, "T'vrcr - v:< 1 to consider whose grace you 1 win. Sooth, r Isdoin and folly are like as two peas! Ti-at ten. learned sirs, held a doll. If you please. For ih" Monarch cf Olla, the Island of Ease, It a girt!" Johnson, In St. Nicholas TIIE GOVERNESS. An Epiooda of a Win tor Day's Jourrey. p BITTER Fobru /JP*JJ ar.y duy. Xot a /s*? «L pleasant day to -A 1 1'AVCL in , by any U'Mfl MEANS; BUT, (t Jh l cn - Lettico I'mf Slain waring l / - .-".Ji wlis oae t' l ® N - U sort that makes /-VJ A J the best of K'; K everything. . " rt ' s a lon »' '/■ YGF- journey over the '' L- A ' R O'SS,"sa:CL --X t ' le w ''° °' tbe M& T landlord of the £■ little one-story tavc * l i ' iat vva3 perched on the crest of the highway, "and She snow's powerful deep." "I th.NL; a winter landscape is the prettiest TILING in the world," said Let tice, cheerily, as she wound her fur boa round ar.d round her neelc. "And old Stokes' stage is awful un comforta LE," added the landlady. "1 like BTAJE-I iding," asserted Letty. "You'll not pet there till dark." "Oh, that is sooner than I expected." And Letty climbed np into the STAGE couch, v. bich stood creaking and groan ing' at the door, having ju.t rumbled up from the next village, a mile or so down the hill. One solitary passenger occupied the oppos te corner —A tail, dark man, with a Spanish sort of complexion, and clear, dark EYES, who wore an odd sort of olive-green cloak or mantle, heavily trimmed with sable fur. lie nodded briefly in return to Letty's smiling rec ognition. Our little heroine would have talked with a polar bear, had a polar bear chanced to be her traveling companion. Lettxc arranged her furs and her basket and her bonnet string's, and wondered secretly how far tho tall man tvas {joinj. "Can I t>e of any assistance to you?'' courteously queried the gentleman, as Letty searched in the 6traw at her feet fur a dropped glove. "Thanks—no," said Letty, coming up again with very red checks and curls a little disheveled. "Are you going all the way through?" "As far as the stage goes—yes." "Oh," said Miss Main waring, "so am I." The gentleman nodded interrogative ly and went back to his paper. "Cross thingl" thought Letty, invol untarily pouting her cherry lips. "Why can't be talk and make himself agreeable? And he knows very well that we are to be shut up here together for eight long hours." Dut the wild, mountainous landscape, as it flitted by, white gleaming with EDOWS and darkly fringed with the %<avin<T of hemlock boughs and sol emn crested pines, was, after all, nearly as good a study as the "human face divine;" and Letty soon forgot her temporary annoyance aud chagrin in lb* Trtutft hinaifcaa-iiltfs valla at u sfcr- BUTLER, PA.,FRJDAY, MAKCH 25, 1892. serted old paper mill long since dis used and fallen to rum. "I wond r if it is hauuted?" said she. aloud. The stranger smiled and laid down his paper. "Do you believe in sueh things?" he asked. Lattice Mainwaring laughed and col ored. ••or course not; and yet— Are you much acquainted in this region of the country?" "1 have lived hereabouts a good deal." "Oh! Then, perhaps, you know Easterham hall?" His face br.ght -ned. "Oh, yes. You are going there?" "Yes. I am to be governess to the littlfc children," said Letty. making haste to enlighten him as to her true position, in order that he should fully comprehend that she was no elegant young la iy coming to the had to make a visit, ut a humble litt e working bee, who was obliged to toil steadfast ly for the daily bread she ate. "Indeed!" he said. And L My was vexed at herself for noticing the polite indifference into which his tone subsided. "I suppose it is a very fine old place," she went on. "Very—for those who fancy 'fine old places.' To my taste they are apt to be overrun with rats, full of draughts an i picturesquely inconvenient."' "And haunted, perhaps," mischiev ously put in L ttice, the roguish sparkles cominT back to her eyes. "So far as I know. Easterham hall • " : i frt > hfj^ "MR. EASTERHAM 13 A DREADFUL BEAR." is free from any supernatural occu pants." "I am sorry for that," said Letty. He arched his eyebrows. "You would like to share your room with a ghost or two?" "Xo; but I do like a little tinge of romance nhout the place—something to set it a little above and beyond the level of the commonplace." He did not answer, and talkative Letty once more set the conversational bal : rolling. "The Easterhams are very rich, I sup pose?" , "Yes." "1 never heard of them until last week," said shts musingly; "and now —how strangely th ngs are ordered in this world!—l am going to cast in my lot among them." "How does that happen?" said the gen'.'.cm an. He could not very well say less in ordinary politeness, aud yet L tty felt triumphantly that she had "drawn him out." "They wrote to Mme. Moligny, my aid teacher, to 6eeet a governess «jual ified to teach two little boys; and niadacjc knew tli..V 1 wished for a sit uation, end so here I am. I wouder h< w t'acy. will like me?" "1 hope you will like them," said the gent.eman. "That isn't the question," Letty cor rected, imperatively. "Mr. Easterham L a dread.'ul bear." "You are acquainted with him?" "Oh. no; only what I have beard," answered Letty. "And what may that be?" "Yon are a 11 ■ighbor?" said Letty, doubtfully. "Perhaps I've said too much already." He laughed with more animation than she had yet seen in his manner. "Depend upou it. 1 bhail not betray you to Mr. Lasterharn. So he is a bear? Well, I have thought so some times myself." "But he won't bite me if 1 am a good g rl and do my du'y to the little ones; and they tell mo they are very n.oo boy ," per: iuted Let ice. "They are very like their father, I beli ve." "Oh!" said Lcttice, laughing, "I can tame young bears; it is only the full grown specimen with sharp teeth and long claws 1 am afraid of. Ouiy thinli," in i a demure apprehensive expression same over Letty's round, blooming countenance, "he goes round the house all day long and never says a word to anyone." "lie must be a savage, indeed," ob served th ■ gentleman. -"And Miss Electa Easterham the old-m id a rat who k-eps house for him, lias quarreled successively with ev ry governe s they have had." went 0:1 L 'tt.v, p:ittiu ; her little foot 0:1 the rust!i -ig straw on the stage floor, "but she shall not quarrel with me. I won't let her. I am too good-natured and too aeeistoned to humoring pe >ple, especially old oae?. Mme. Moligny wrote me word that she disliked young an i pretty govcrne s > particularly Now, I'm not young—not very young, you see." "So?" "I was twenty lastwek," said Let ty, : i •ranly, "and 1 a:a not pretty enough to disturb her mind. I am only tolerably decent looking. Now, if madam ■ had 1 elected Olive Dayton, who used to be hi the tame class with me—she was a regular beauty, with great shady eyes and a compiexion all peA-ls aa I roses—there would have liccn danger then." The stranger began to look inter ested. "Tell me more about your school," said he. "I have a sister whom I think of placing in some desirable institution, I ~ ' i % n! I li>L, '■ l ' Ss* L|% ' ii Y 0 > , - • Ifll. \M L-i,.it/ssVi\ /3 f * m/Ai "DO I LOOK LIKE A BEAR?" and I should lika to judxe whether your Mme. Moligny's would be a good home for her." Letty's eyes brightened, her cheeks reddened an.l her little tongue was un loosed at once. Her traveling com panion was social and chatty, and the time fleeted swiftly away. "You are going?" she cried, as at a lonely inn, overshadowed with silver stemmed birches and funereal spruce woods, a light sleigh, drawn by two milk-whre horses, was waiting. "I have reached the end of my jour ney,'' he said, courteously touching his furcso/- "I hud latvaxtod to torayvu to mc ena 01 lac route, out i see tney have sent to meet ine here. I wish you every success and happiness in your bear-taming'."" And as the sleigh-bells jingled away Lett}- felt herself flushing deeply "I'm afraid I have lecn talking- too much," thought Letty; "but what is a body to do. shut up all day long in a stage-coach with a conversable gentle man?'' And the rest of Miss Mainwaring's journey was just a little tedious. It was dusk when they arrived at Easterham hall —a snowy, chill dusk which made the glow of lights through scarlet inoreeu curtain' and the coral shine of a great wood fire in a stone paved hall, as seen through the half open door, most delightful -and wel come. Aunt Electa, a tall, prim old ladyt in snowy cap ribbons and a brown satin dress, stood ready to welcome her; aud just behind her Letty saw a tali gent.e.nau. with two little boys clinging about him. "This is my nephew Philip," the old lady said; and Letty felt as if the blood in her veins were turning to fire, as she recognize.l—her traveling compan on of the day. *'Do 1 look very much like a bear. Miss Main waring?" he asked, laugh ing, as she stood, trembling and tongue-tied, before him. "No. don't color. 1 promise you to allow myself to become very tamable. And you must not cry. cither," as the tears came into Lctty's eyes. "There's noth ing for you to cry for." "Why didn't you tell me who you were?" she asked, p.teously "Because you never asked mo." Letty resolveJ within herself that she would leave Easterham the very next day. But she didn't keep the res olution. At the year's end she had neither quarreled with Aunt -Electa nor Mr. Easterham. and the little boys thought "M;ss Letty" was perfection. So did their father. "Letty," said he. "the year for which 1 engaged you is over." "Yes," she responded, softly. "Will yon stay another year? Will you stay with me always. Letty?" And so. within the yellow shine of a wedding ring, Letty found herself a prisoner forever at Easterham hall. — Amy Randolph, in N. Y Ledger. NOT A PARALLEL < ASE. "Bessie," said Mrs. Upstart, after the visitor had gone, "you shouldn't have asked Mrs. Uaswell how her son Peter was. It was very impolite. He is a young man. You should have said Mr. Peter." "Wasn't Peter the name of one of the disciples?" asked Bessie. "Yes." j "They didn't call him Mr. Peter, did they, mamma?" * "Peter,my child." replied her mother, with dignity, "was a fisherman. He didn't move in good society."—Chicago Tribune. His Rival (sarcastically, as Adams gives his chair to the lady)—" You ought to have had that chair deco rated, Adams." Adams —"It is deco rated." His Rival —"1 m an you ought to have distinguished it in some way " Adams--"It is distinguished."—Truth SOME IN i ERE3TING PICK-UPS. THE first lighthouses had Ores of wood and coal kindled at the 'op of them. Ox an average there a»*e I OS boys born to every lu;> but more boys die in infancy than girls. .Juno:; l>.U'::nnnTT. of Carterville, Mo., has a lot of rare keepsakes, among tUem an apple twenty-four years old. TIIK landed surVace of the northern hemisphere is ah. •it 41.0JJ.D0J square mile-, as against IG.UJJ.OOO squire miles j embraced by the southern hemisphere, i THE largest umbrella in the world j was recently made for a West African j king; it is twenty-one feet in di:.meter and is uilixed to a staff of the same length. I SOMI: of the ocean steamers now carry air-tight steel caskets, for the reception of the bodies of passengers who die in transit. They arc used to woavey the bodies to the relatives, ai»d to avoid burial at sea. TUB Phoenicians were acquainted with the use of extremely hardened iron (properly speaking steel), as their nu merous and beautiful works in orna mental metallurgy and the cutting und engraving of precious staaes show. SUNDiIY .I iM GULA.iI TliS. MISSOURI has a griK>:» WIDOW fourteen ! years old. A PUILADELPIIIAN owns thirty-three linger rings and thirty-four suits of i clothes. JOHN CAMXEY, a Kansas farmer, re cently plowed up a gold ring which his daughter had lost seven years previous. FOUR audacious footpads in Hillsdale, Mich., halted aTuneral proee sion and actually robbed the undertaker and the minister A Pin LA nri.ru IAN has made an um brella stand two and ouc-haif feet high, which io composed of one thousand six hundred separate pieces and fifteen kinds of wood THE wreck, fifty-five years ago. on the coast of Maine of the steamship Royal Tar, which carried a menagerie, has been recalled recently by the find ing of several hippopotamus teeth near Rockland. A CURIOUS fad fa* obtaining Indian relies has taken possession of the people about Reading, Pa., who go out in num bers, armed with spades and pickaxes, to dig for arrow heads and other re mains of the red man. THINGS ONE SHOULD KNOW. THE average life of a coin is twenty five years. TIIE average duration of human life is thirty-three years. TIIE net indebtedness of the world in 1890 was S"-0,017,000.000. THE total population of the earth is estimated at 1,43:J,0QU,000, of which 35,- 639,835 die yearly, 97,700 daily and 67 every minute. GOLD does not tarnish like other metals for the reason that it is not acted on by oxygen or by water. It is the moisture in the atmosphere that causes other metals to tarnish or oxidize. Tue fitness of aluminium tg~ use in gas fixtures, electroliers and other forms of interior decoration where fine metal work is needed has been pointed out by a leading electrical journal. SOME of the fires caused by lamp ex plosions might be averted by keeping the ornamental vases in the room filled with sand. The sand, promptly ap plied to an incipient fire, rapidly smothers it. WESTERN GATHERINGS. Ax a Catholic convent in Fort Bertliold. N D., ell the sisters, includ ing the mother superior, are Indians, and the spiritual director is a priest of Mohawk descent THE city of Butto. MoaU, had so many idle men on its hands that the au thorities were talking of putting up a new building where the unemployed can be fed and lodged FARMERS near Leeds, JF- D., have been complaining of the depredations of a herd of antelope that was destroying grer \ quantities of tbo uuthrashed grain, fiax secmiaj to be the favorite food A PARTY of tourists recently discov ered that an excellent natural tele phonic connection exists between cer tain points oa two high mountains in IN THE SPIRIT OF RHYME- A I on; I are well. pn sst'O b- r hao>l ihc parlor—ihrn. He said -Gootl nlgbt' 11 was bait past t^i H<« worked his way to tbo foot of t&o stair F-Hvcn o'clock -atl be still stood there In the hall, he prrssed her hand some more And at half pa.st eleven he opened the door: And heard, from the stoop, the midmgbt cblme As he said " Good nlfbt" for the Una) time —Harry Romaiue. injury The Old Story. The moonlight falls on oott.vo walls And tints the earth with softened glory. The lovers wait beside the pate. Meanwhile be breathes the old, old story The roses s:~b while dowdrops lie Within their petals soft caressing. And bright eyes frown with lids drooped down To hide the tale they are confessing. A little flout, a mimic pout A toss of dew-bedampened tresses A glance annoyed, a rose destroyed, AnJ then she speaks the word which blesae. O maiden, why forever shy- Forever taunting with your blushes? You'd cry a sea of tears to be The last red rose upon the bushes —Yankee Blade. Flow On. Swift stream. Flow on. swift stream, amid the Cowers, Flow on and dance for joy And tell me of the happy boure When I was yet a boy I watched thee with the loved ones then. Now all alone I come again To wander by the river. And I am old, and they are gone. But it unchanged ts gliding on As young and bright as ever. Unchanged it seems, yet who can stay The water's ceaseless motion' The little wives of yesterday To-day h-ive reached the ocean; Unmarked, unmissed. they swiftly fly, UumurUcd. uumlsacd. we. too. must die, And leave the mighty river. Where youth, and joy. and love, and strife. And all the various modes of life. Flow on unchanged forever —W E. II Leeky. In Spectator. The Itain nnil the Dew. " Thou hast fallen." said the Dewdrop To a si-iter drop of rain. " But wilt thou, wedded with the dust. In banishment remain*" " Nay, Dewdrop, but anon with thee— The lowlier born than 1— Uplifted shall I seek again My native home, the sky." —John B Tabb. in & S Time. Johnny's Iteckoning. I've thought of such a jolly plan The calendw, you know. Seems quite unfinished, for most months keep spilling over so Sow should they all have just four weeks, the pages would look neat. And surplus days together form another month complete. An extra month with one odd day—oh. wouldn't It be prime If this were done, and added on to our vacation time.' —Caroline Evans, In St. Nichols* The Bright Girl of To-D»y. She's tall, lithe and willowy, Her hair is banged and billowy, She's witty as the wittiest. Is pretty as the prettiest. She enjoys a tete-a-tete. Is aesthetic, blithe and gay, She is up on every fad that may chance to oome her way She's capricious and vivacious. To all she's ever gracious. She's the Idol of society—the bright girl ot to day She is winsome and astute. She is classified as cute. Is way up in verse and song. She's the Qower of the throng She is posted in the fashion. For art she has a passion. She's a living laced reality come prepared to stay She's the fancy of a dream— If she sees a mouse she'll scream— This sprightly, sparkling jewel— the bright gin of to-day She hums operatic airs. Likes to linger on the stairs And cast a winning glance Whene'er she lias a chance. She's liked and loved and petted By those she has coquetted She's no "iridcscont dream" that will fly and float away All of beauty and of trrace Is implanted In ter face- She's a winning, urily mischief—the bright girl of to-day —Tom M Morgan, tn later Ocean A Sure Tiling. You will flnJ It pvst d -n ial That t'AO daj~ht r W'JO Is dutiful Will never n< ' a looking-glass To tell her sue is beautiful Detroit Free Press. Com. Homo. A little child' fair haired, with ■ ondcrir.g eye. Past, through an open door, ihio the street She wandered on. lost in a land of sighs And wept. "Is there no rest for weary feet**" Deep in the dark—a door stood open wide. A light streamed from It brighter tiiaa the day. A mother s vole? kept calling 'Here Abide Come homo, my little one you'"- k»t vour way Come home'" A wretched man. forlorn, with matted nair Stood >n a crowd of sots, more beasts rnaa men. Deep curs* s rent the air. and dull despair Supreme, ly reigned in iliat accursed uea. But high above its revel rang one sound. Clearer than seabird's over roar.ng soa— The voice of wU'e and woman "Dost, out found Come home, my husband Come Oh follow mei Come home'" A poor, lost soul, cast down with wretchedness Pale death was ringing out his fatal knell No one to pity, no one tbere to bless Tho parting hour of one who loved too well Then suddenly a voice—"Oh which is best* To live or die' Ever to sing or sigh"' rtis voice eternal whispered -Come and rest Oome home, sad soul, and rest eternally Come home'" —Clement Scott, in Theater All That Is Needed. I think It I had a fine mansion In town. With treasures of art hanging over iu wails- A cook In the kitchen—a chef of renown— With rugs and tine armor In parlors and halls. A yacht in the harbor; rare wines in my vaults; Tho best of the clubs, and an opera box A competent tailor, and friends with no faults. A lot of good books, and some Louis Quins. clocks. A bouse in the country, likewise, and a wife. Fast horses and income of wondrous extent— I'd find this a tol'rablc sort of a life. And make a strong cHort at being content. —Carlyle Smith, in Harper s bazar For the Time Being "For the time being:" How long is that ' A space as brief As takes the whirling autumn leaf To reach tho sward, the April Qake To change to dew, the wave to break Now shoreward fleeing* "For the time being'" It Is thy word. Thou dost not know Such promise will not let thee go. Since time shall never cease to be, i ask but this—that thou'lt love me "For the time being " -Yankee Blade The Woman's Way. Friend—Do you permit your wife to have her own way? Husband (positively)—No, sir. Bha has it without my permission.—Detroit Free Press. The RitvUed Version. "Truth crushed to earth will rise again." Although a trifle lame And somewhat shattered from the shock She 11 get there just the same —X Y. Journal. No «Junketli>K. "Was Mr. Greatman buried with con gressional honors?" "No; all his folks ore temperaaoe people."—Puck. Tramp Philosophy. Eaprfflcs—Say. Bilk, when I looks on the miseries of thecn wot' 3 lost their good name I'm kinder glad I ain't oever bad none to lobe.—J udg". A Practical View. Son—Here's a horseshoe I found is the street—pood one, too. Papa—Well, throw it away. "Isn't it lucky to find a horseshoe?" "Not unless you own ahorso." —Good N«W6. Felicitations Due. Goslin—l'm not tzmwsclf this miwa Inff, doncher know Mrs. Goslin (heartily)—l congratu late you. my dear —»7ury. Hopeful. She's beginning lo take an Interest tn me. For dhe Kx wirvb eugftvauuwsy 1 HURRY DOESN'T PAY. HiaUkx in Ibrna u4 Uow «• Comet Tmm. The usual method of the cheese ciaker is to ruth the process of mak ing, and in far too many cases Attempt a biff yield st the expense of quality. In many factories, the night's milk ia held over until morning, and the morn ing's milk then added. The night's milk is usually warmed op in advance, the new milk adied as it arrives, and when the Last can goes In, the milk ia ready to set The rennet is quickly in troduced. and then the curd is heated up to 06 or OS degrees as soon as possi ble. The haste to cook, 6alt and get to press is observed as in the first process, and the result is cheese of all grades of texture, quality and "be havior,' and often final disaster. Is there no remedy? i If our cheese makers, to begin with, will insist upon taking in no milk that is not np to standard, and then go slow er themselves, a great gain would be made. Let this heating up wait nntil all the milk is received and then grad ually heat up the mixed milk, keeping i it well stirred until ripened. It will then work evenly and uniformly, and give a sound curd at the end. Milk ia not worked down smooth enough, as a rule, before the rennet ia introduced. The method of addiug the rennat needs a little reform. It should be made more dilute. The small amount is not sufficient to be thoroughly mixed with the milk. If the same amount of ren net is diluted with at least three vol umes of warm water and then added, better coagulation will result. The cooking or scalding is often done too hastily. The heat should be raised very slowly, and at intervals it should be held steady for a short time and then steam again turned on. What is the ob ject of cooking curd?—to scald it, or is it a method of promoting rennet action? It is questionable whether, taking one day wfc.h another, milk is not set too warm and later on scalded at least 10 degrees too high? Some late developments seem to indicate that 80 degrees is warm enough for milk wben set and 86 degrees to sc.-: I t, rather than 96 or 08 degrees, the usual temperature. The operation of cheesemaking should be to mal.e a good cheese and retain all of the bu; >r fats possible. But the moment milk or curd is warmed np to 88 degrees the oil in them tends to liquefy and escapes with the fluids, being lost as food. Of course it will take longer to cook a curd—twice as long—bnt some Canadian experimenters are finding that they thus get as flue cheese as they ever did. with a pound leas of milk for a pound of cheese. The acid needs to be developed in our curds in a dryer way after they have been taken out of the whey and the curds kept warm for this develop ment to take place. The sink or drainers of our factories should b" made double, so that a little live steam can be introduced under the jacket and the curds kept uniformly warm, until they will pull the threads of the requisite length. Then it shonl.l be broken up. cooled and salted by some curd mill process or otherwise. This should be a painstaking opcrar t on. so that the curds shall not lacerated, allowing the fats, in part, to escape on the least provocation. Much (rood eurd is injured by allow ing it to re ma n too long in the whey after the acid is developed. On tue other hand, some curds are put to press before they have taken on acid enough or been properly worked and aerated and then dumped into the hocps too warm. Definite rules should be ob served on this point—when end at what temperature the salt shall be added and at what stage of acidity and temperature the curd shall be nut to press. Many cur ls are hooped too warm, end the after performance of the cheese is lar~e y due to this cause. —American Agriculturist. SUNLICHT FOR CHI-KS. • plan of a P»uitry Uoioe wiili (•)<•< Kim*. The plan given is for a house made of rough material, or or nam -ntaL as pr ferred. the object being not ao much to show the interior arrangement as to give sunlight from sunrise to sunset. If the lions' 1 faces the southeast. tho i warmth wll enter as soon us the sun !is up When the sun g -ts around to I the w ■st. the warmth will reach the [ other run, one being on tho southeast and the other on the southwest sides of the house. The door to tho bouse may be placed anywhere at the oppo site sides. The window at the gable end is intended simply to light the in terior to permit of the hens seeing how to get on and off the roost, though a window may be on one of the sides also. A house 10x13 feet with each run 6xß feet, will be sufficient for a flock of fifteen hens, and they will have a warm place, with plenty of light, as well as ample protection from snow and cold winds. —Farm and Fire side. To Restore Latt fertility. Much partly-exhausted land is far richer than is commonly supposed. What it has lost is the humus or veg etable matter that by decomposing if.r nishes heat and helps make mineral fertility available, la all heavy soils especially there are stores of plant food that tho roots cannot get at un less they have the npparent stimulus of a nitrogenous fertiliser to set them loose. This explains why light dress ings of composted manure or of com mercial fertilizers often produce astounding results. Their fertility is at once available. They give the plants a start, and once started they are abie to find all they need. —American Culti vator. The Spectral Complexion. They were lovers, and fain they would wed. On Uls breast she bail nestled her toad; He glanced down and fainted. Her cheeks they bad painted only clean shirt bosom red. —Tansfll's Punch. The Color of Ski. "The news Is blue this mornlns." Tbe old subscriber said. The editor responded: •'I boc also it's read." —Detroit Free Press Terr I.ike Grown folks. Little Dot —I made n doll's swing to- • day. and I asked Ethel May to lend me her doll to try it witli, an' she would n't do it. She's just the meanest, stingiest thing I ever saw. Little Dick— Why didn't you use your own doll? Little Dot—l was 'fraid It might fall. —Good News. Way Cp. Wife—How do you like my new gown, dear? Uusband—l don't think it's quite stylish enough, is it? Wife—Well, it ought to be. It is just like the one our new girl has.— Cloak Review Hard tn fart With. Mrs. Clingon—Ah. dear profess <r, women love youth, you know. Prof. Krapkers— May be. madam; l ;• from their persisting in banging or ~ it (h . rty seems to be a favorite ago w ~.i U»c».—Jutlge. ]sro.2i FARM-HOUSE KITCHEN. Omr That Uw Many I'm Til arf Ca% vrutont Fwr—. Fisr I shows the plan of the entlr* hon < drawn 16 feet to the inch. Cx i pronations and dimensions as flillilW A. veranda. 'M feet wide is front, U i feet wide from the parlor awl 14 fed deep from frvnt to dining nw i It. parlor 14x13, C. bedroom 13x6, with wardrobe T; a window at left of T l« [ not marked D. dining-room 16x24, i with chimney at a. V is the entrance to stairway and passage from Dto a 1 Eis the kitchen, 16x18, with chimney at M. stove at I* sink at 1, cistern I oJ - I * aO Jl.el Lf=>l - 3 ; mt 1 • rie. L pump at P. stairway at S and cellar i way at W. His the pantry, 7x13, with I flour chest at J, shelves at R. and cup- I board between B and D. with sliding , doors opening into the dining room, f is the back porch, with well pnap aft N. Ois the wood house, 10x16. The : house fronts to the south. tig. 2 shows the kitchen and ad i juncts. Ais the kitchen; G. the pantry; 1 U. I, flour chest; S, shelves; B, cup* ' O |«- l-V. ! ■ Vn > "n • * rie. 1 board; Y. sliding door opening in din- I ing room; U, cellar way; D. front stair way, It, back stairway, with closet C, beneath; L. chimney; M. range or sSore; J, siuk; cistern pump at X; N, n corner cupboard; P. porch, with pump t at A; W, coal and wood heme; Q, sower-pipe drains. The porch in open on the east side, indicated by dotted ' line.—Mrs. G. E. Scott, in Ohio Farmer. TIMELY FARM HINTS. . ! Rkoomcobs should be n pnftiMs crop. Not only ia the seed valuable na food for pou:try, bnt the brush ccn» mands a rra.ly sale. At the present time the supply is short and prions veil upi It U a crop thot is os easily grown as corn Those men who say the curcullo ts n benefactor to the fruit-grower have n happy faculty of looking on the bright > side of things. They claim be prevents over • pro net.on. Individually we shoulc choose overproduction as the le»s?r evil. A 5 orchard on the farm always adds more to ti-.e value of the frrm than the 1 j cost of the ore .ard If the trees con sist of a variety of fruit the advantage is greater. l eery form should have an | orchard of standard fru.ts, and no farm ; is complete without one. Ti?f.be are other ways in which on orchard : ay be valuable, besides in the i single item of its i ui' product. As n bhelteror wind break for the protection of other cr->ps it is u>n times worth n great d.-a'. and if forests indi.oe rain i ! fall, why w.ll njt orchards serve the same purpose f A . article of food may contain ail elt-i-cnts n< jcasaiy to sustain life sad promo e . rowlh; yet it does uc4 ; follow this ts ise would be economio al. It m..y tor tain some elements in execs*' of n -eds of the animal- Tost is why we are looking fur "progeny bal anced" rations. A RECF.ST visit to the Kslstusioo cel ery fields tanrrht the writer something about blancbipg and the cause of rut Ihe ru-.t i« c u 1 from blanching with earth dnrintr v. arm weather. Until a.t rS'i'mlrr the Llsncbing shoo'd be don.- oul.v i v tn t. ana of boards, tile or paper. Wht-n the weather grows colder it tuay be made waxy white | with eartb _ Pirhtins iIM Chioeb Bag's. I Pract .cal mca.ures against the chinch available for the coming season, sre limited to the present destruction of the bivi in their winter quarters to a diminution of their food supply by infllipent cop Ding, to the support of Infested.crops by the use of fertiliser* and a liberal agricultural method is general. to the destruction of the In sects in smail grain in spring when they appear very abundantly there tn patches, to an arrest of their movement and a dcstruct.on of them as they pass from field to field at harvest, and to measures for a prompt and early semination and a rapid increase at their natural cont&fTtous —Bulletin , No. 19. Illinois Agricultural ExperV mcnt Station. Trees as J Stable Manor*. Experience has proven that while trees on which stable manure was usnd were healthy and vigorous, yet they were short-liveu. while such as were fertilised by asl.es were equally vigor ous and far more durable. The conclu sions thus forced upon us were that i heavy application of potash and bonn | made healthy trees while any large amount of nitrogen led to the yellows and other diecseee—J. H- Bale, in | Troy Times. To Pit the Crtne. "Mr. Newcome," Inquired the oity editor, "did yon write this article is which the statement ia made that 'K. K. Perkinson suicided yesterday after* noon?'" "Yes. sir," answered the new man on the local staff. "H'm." rejoined the city editor, blandly, "Mr. Nevrcome, you will please consider yourself 'resignattoned ' **— Chicago Tribunr Uow lie hn-w. "What are yon laughing about. Sap pie?" "A joke that Smart was just telling." "One that would make a donkey laugh?" "Yes; how did you know?" "Oh. I suppose because I saw ««« laughing."— N Y. Press. A Point orth C mm darte* First Btirjrlar—BßL yer never hear no one who baa a good word forabouae breaker Tliey never takes into cun sidera'-ion that we're obliged V» be out ir. all kinds o' weather, an that most o* our work has to be done while lasy folks U sound asleep in their beds!—• Lifo. CM To Mueh af Ik Mrs. C- .k, - (indignantly) Why. yon u~.«;.i to i' hat 1 sang like a bird, be.on e w t norrled! .VI fr" '~r ;'es. but you drmt often he "j a? In their nests, and yw'iwefcabus. UO I||||B> ihwljgt
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