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