VOL. XXIX. Some Things You Never Knew: fer || -«* isr r * j|^"You never he of Top Buggies selling as low as $45 till we named that i- *&GI JQTYou never heard of Road Wagons selling for $35 till we named the price (■fYou never heard of good team work bridles selling for $1 till we told you°^gjft J®*You never heard of horse collars, both team and buggy, selling for $1 till we named it"~Tsi• LA »&• a» We did this all for"your benefit, and have everything connected \\ h a driving or team outfit. We advertise lor you to call in anil s,. us in our new quarters at 128 E. Jefl't rson St., above the Hotel Ijowiy. iJon't stay away be cause you don't know us, we are very i<-;.imon men and want to get acquainted with every person in But ler county and elsewhere. W< will show you what we have whether you want to buy or not. Come in and sec us, we have a larger stock of 3l better grade at less money than has ever been offered by us or any other firm. Yours Very Truly, S. B. MARTIN COURT S. ». MARTINCOURT. J. M. LEIGHNER. $500.00 To Any Person who Can Prove that the Adrianee Rear Dis charge Binder is Not Perfection- W e Guarantee the Adrianee Binder a t»i a ? quires an extra man on billy grnunil to keep it from npsettinif, when yoa can get one that ia low down, one that cannot be apHet, one that i.i light antl neat, anil will not thresh oat (Train, one that is nearly as light draught as a slnglo reaper, and one that doe* not require tracks for transportation and will pass through a ton foot gate? f f you dwpuie the statement, challenge ns for a field trial with ANY or ALL binders on the market. Wo will gladly meet vou. It will do ns good in the future as well as it has ID the p&dt. It would not l>6 tho firrft time. The Adrianco Hinder has come out victor tow in many field trials in thU country, as well as in Europe, England, Germany and France, where the Adrianee Binder has taken gold and silver medals from each. II yon dispute our word, ohallenge us; you can always find ns at 320 SOUTH M« KK \ V BUTLER, PA. Call and see sample binder. We Lead All Competitors in Binder Twine. In Prices and Quality We are Ahead. We bought early and can soli twine at what it now costs wholesale If you are in need of a Plow, Harrow, (irain Drill, Corn Drill, Cultivator. Shovel Plow, Hinder Reaper or Mower Hay Tedder, Hav Rake or Hay Loader, or Farm Machinery of any kind, Fertilisers. Fencing, Ac., calf and see ns. If we do not have what ynu want in machinery, we can at least show vou the largest assortment of Buggies, Surriea, Phaetons, Spring Wagons, Carts and Farm Wagons you ever saw in one plats.. We do not handle the cheapest rigs on tho market, but we handle and qnnrantee our rijrs to be the best for the money we ask for thorn. We have control of the Youugstown CarnageandWagon Co.'s goods in this place. Their work is second to none in ouality and finish. If doubt this call and wo can easily convince you. Low prices and tquare dealing is our motto. ' 1 F'. Hartzell £v Co. W. F. HARTZELL. HARRY STEPP. A TALISMAN! While there is nothing exactly magical abont our shoes, there is a "alight of hand" that trans them oat with the fitting qualities that makes tbem famous. There is too, a "charm" about them so impressive that, custo mersyield to the "spell" that never leaves. Oar ladies' shoes might be called "enchanters." Oar men's are fall of talsmanic virtues, smooth ■ailing ID these shoes, "no tacking" (nautical friends please catch on) The MMSOD of circuses reminds ns of "tarns," and the only thing "acrobatic" Moot °urs is that, like all our goods, they bend easily, being very flexible Uoodyear Welts, too modest to pat on airs, could do it if they wonted to though. The only thing low about them is the price. Call and see them at ROBINS BROS., 8. E. Corner of Diamond. - . . Near Opera House HENRY BIEHL 122 NORTH MAIN STREET, BU l 'LE"R " PE^JN'A DEALER IN Hardware and House Furnishing Goods. , Washing Machines; the Standard Rotary Shuttle Sewing Machine, 2500 stiches per minute; the No. American sewing machine, 4 Singer and Empress; implements and m I<«nsing farm wagons; New Sunshine & Howard ranges, K ■ Stoves, table and pocket wLm*- K n cutlery, hanging lamps: B nianulacturer of tinware, tin M roofing and spouting a sjhjc tho Johnston mowers, reaper and uteel frame binder, Warren ready mixed paint warranted; screen doors and windows, refrigerators and lawn mowers. No better place in the city to trade. Gome and see my large store room full of goods, 136 J feet long. WHERE A CHILD CAN BUYJAS CHEAP AS A MAN THE BUTLER CITIZEN. PROFESSIONAL CARDg. Dr. N. M. HOOVER, tJT K. WayiH'jSt., olllCe hours. ll> to 13 M. and 1 to :i I*. M. — L. M. REINSEL, M. D, I'llV.-K'IAN ANll St'ltiiKON. omci> and iinlilcnce at 121 K. I'unnlngliam St, L. BLACK, I'UYSIi'l »N ASH BURIIISOII, New Troutmaii ltiilldiu£« K'Hlcr, l*a. K. N. I.E.VKK. M. 1». J. K- MANN". M. D. Specialties: Specialties: Uymeeology and Sur- l£ye. Kiir. Now; and Throat. DRS. LEAK E & MANN, Butler, Fa. G. M. iIMMERMAN. ritVUU'IAN AM' BCHOKON, Office at No. 45, S. Main street, over Frank & Co'i 111 Ilk" More. Ituiler. I'u. SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgoon. Xs'o. 22 East JeSttmn. .1 . i!i lit r. I'a. V. MCALPINK, Dentist, 1h now |HTinauenU> locali (1 :il South Main Sin el liutter. P.i.. lu rooms lorne-ily ixuipml by Dr. Waidroii. t DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. j I>r. Arnold up \i from tho city to day for an oper ation. As it will probably be late when we are through, I will have to ask him to dine with us," said Dr. Enrle to his wife, as tliey sat at the breakfast table. "O! Raymond! I have positively noth inc in the house for dinner. What shall i dor "Can't you get something?" was bis brilliant reply to a beseeching look from his pretty young wife. "I haven't any money," she said, helplessly. "I have not much —hero is my all," said Dr. Earle, laughing, as lie put a quarter and a ten-cent piece on the ta ble. "The widow's mite. What an absurd position for people who live as we do!" exclaimed Mildred, as she glanced about the elegantly furnished apart ment. "Don't worry, Hay, I will make it suffice." "If yon need anything more, won't you get it and have it charged just this once, dear?" asked Raymond, persua sively. "Indeed. Raymond, I cannot. If Ido it this once, I will do so again and a again, as difficulties artse, and wc will soon find ourselves deeply in debt. Don't ask me, dearest, to sacrifice a matter of principle for a temporary incon ve nience." "Say, Millie, can't you serve the din ner in courses? Just a little style, you know. You see he generally dines at a swell club, and I am afraid things will seem very plain to him," Dr. Earle said, hesitatingly. "I will do so, if you think best. Good-by. I will look for you and your gourmand at seven," and Mildred spoke more cheerfully than she looked. After her husband left, Millie walked slowly into the sitting-room and threw herself down on the lounge, despair in her very attitude. "What Is the matter now, Millie?" asked Bessie, her sister, who was ar ranging chrysanthemums in a large cut glass bowl. "Only a swell city M. D. here to din ner, Bessie." "How dreadful!" "And he is not an everyday canni bal, but wants his missionaries served in courses, a la Delmonico." "The fiend!" "The worst is yet to come. lam al most penniless, and you know yourself to what our larder is reduced. Now what is to be done?" Mildred laughed to disguise a sigh. "Nothing, apparently; everything, I hope," cheerily replied Bessie, who was never known to bo depressed by any thing. "First course, ' 'mums,' in a fif ty-dollar bowl." Mildred was counting her money. "Thirty-five from Ray, and ten and five make fifty, and one, two, five pen nies. Why here arc two more; fifty seven cents, all told." Bessie, who was enpaged in a pro longed search through a large pocket book filled with a very miscellaneous assortment of articles, finally produced a dime. "After an investigation worthy of a bacteriologist, 1 find a dime. Take it, sister, it is my all! It could not go in a uukici cause. If those hard-hearted editors had only known my bankrupt condition, they would never have been cruel enough to return my charming verses." Mildred and Bessio were orphans. The large fortune left them by their father had been in the hands of a trust company, by the failure of which, just before Bessie became of age, they were left almost penniless. Mildred married Dr. Raymond Earle, a young physician to whom she had been engaged for some time. Bessie lived with her sister and managed to earn enough with her pen to keep her "In bread and cheese but no caramels," as she graphically expressed it. Elegant wedding gifts from a large circle of wealthy friends, added to their Jfeii MILDRED WAS COUNTINU llKit MONET. already luxurious home, which was all that was left from the wreck of their fortunes, thus surrounded them with an elegance that rendered the lack of ready money the more absurd. "Sixty-seven cents: not a fortune, but much better than nothing. I'll buy —" but just here Mildred was inter rupted by a ring at the door-bell. "I'll go," said Bessie. She returned with a very solemn face. "It's the ex pressman with a case for Dr. Arnold, sent to our care, and fifty cents to pay." "Oh dear!" groaned Mildred, "my din ner, my dinner!" "Well, I have my opinion of a man who is too particular to carry a little package liko thatl Cgli!" exclaimed Bessio as she came back Into the room after leaving the case in the office till sent for. "Bessie," said Mildred, handing her seventeen cents, "you will have to go to the store and spend every cent we have for half a pound of butter. It Is awful!" "Sister, I am glad the burden of spending all that money to the best ad vantage is off our minds. Wo would have been so fearful of squandering it. Cc*ie! dry those tears and let us get to work. What was to have served for our frugal meal?" inquired Bessie. "Apple dumplings. You know Ray always enjoys them, so ho won't mind making a dinner of them; and I have everything for them In the house, and it is about all, too, except bread." "Then dumplings it will havfc to be unless you will make an exception to your rule and let mo order a roast from the butcher's." "No; 1 positively will not go in debt for anything!" "But, Millie dear, will not Raymond be angry?" "I know lie will, Bessie, and I am perfectly miserable; hut I dare not break my word and bo false to the principles our father tauplit us," said Mildred, wiping the tears from her anx ious but determined face. "Then let's to work with what we have, sister;" anil licssie rolled up thu sleeves of her dainty morning-gown, displaying her dimpled, snowy urin.i. "It is fortunate that Raj' is not com ing 111 for lunch, there is so much to do to-day with ail the cleaning," observed Mildred as she donned a l>ig gingham BUTLER, JUNE IT, 180^. "What are we to do about the wait ing?" inquired Itessio as she to polish some of the silver from the side board. "It certainly will be strange to have a course dinner in an elegant furnished house with nothing to eat and no serv ant," replied Mildred. "I have it! I will be Biddy. In a cap and apron I will be perfect; and I could not bear to sit down to the table with the monster, anyway, making us pay fifty cents for him! Ugh! the fiend!"' "Bess, will you, really? It will be a wonderful help. You are an angel!" and the clouds lifted slightly from Mil dred's face as she gave her sister a kiss on her merry rosebud of a mouth. Promptly at six Mildred's husband ar rived with the much-dreaded guest, Dr. Arnold. He was a man approaching middle ago, intellectual in appearance rather than handsome, with a simple, engaging manner. Dr. Arnold was much impressed by his beautiful young hostess and her elegant surroundings, but he was quite unprepared for the elegance of the ap pointments when they were ushered in to dinner. The table was laid with tho finest of damask, while elegant cut glass sparkled in the soft light from a silver candelabrum. Tho china, too, even his untrained eyes noted, was ex quisitely decorated. "Surely my young confrere must have prospered beyond the wont of most young men in our profession to lie surrounded by so much luxury," he mused, as his eyes rested on the ele gantly carved oak sideboard with the massive silver service. The head of the house took his seat at the table, a smile of pride and satis faction upon his handsome face. "I knew Mildred would manage to get us something nice. She Is a regular witch about managing on almost nothing. If she only had not such fanatical notions about paying as we go!" he was think ing. lie glanced at his wife, ller cheeks were fluslicd but tho rest of her face unusually pale. They were seated at the table and Raymond was aliout to inquire for ltessie when she appeared. Her rebellious golden curls, smoothed and darkened with vaseline, were tucked under a white cap. She wore a plain dark dress and a white apron. He endeavored to hide his amusement. Of course he understood it now. Bridget had been gone about two months and his wife had insisted on not filling lier place until business, or rathor collections, were better. A bright idea of Bessie's! He would re member it when Christmas came. Bessie carried a tray upon which were three fine china soup plates, in each of which. In a sea of soft sauce, floated two dumplings no larger than peaches. Both of the gentlemen ate the "soup," as they saw it was intended to be, with perplexity mingled with en joyment; it tasted suspiciously like ap ple dumplings—very delightful, but slightly unusual just at the time. Ray mond was sure Bessie was getting mixed. Tho beautiful maid remove.d the plates and brought in her waiter re filled. This time, served on dinner plates, there were big, fat, luscious ap ple-dumplings; none but "mother" ever before attained anything so light and §o delicious. Oolden butter and the whitest and lightest of home-made bread were served with this course. Of course Dr. Arnold was surprised at this new form of a meal, but, man-like, found no fault with what satisfied his appetite and pleased his palate, and he caused his dumpling to disappear with astonishing rapidity. But one other ob ject divided his attention —the waitress. Of course It was highly improper to nu tlet her, but his eyes would wander. What a rosy mouth!—so saucy; and such beautiful deep blue eyesl The face seemed a little familiar to him. The white hand as it passed the bread posi tively bewitched him. He made efforts at conversation, but his attention would wander, which was indeed fortunate for poor Mildred, who was by this time quite crushed beneath Raymond's angry glances, which had been unintermittent 6ince the arrival of the second dump lings. "By the way," remarked Dr. Arnold, "I sent my surgical case by express to day. I don't like carrying even a com paratively light Weight previous to an important operation. I imagine it causes my hand to be a trille unsteady. If you will kindly tell me the charge, Mrs. Earle, I will settle with your hus band." ""ifty cents." replied Mildred—with relief in lier tone. She had unfortu nately been unable to secure a word alone with her husband to explain to him how she had been obliged to use the money. "Poor girl! that did put her in a hole," thought Dr. Earle, and the cloud on his face lifted a trifle; "but she should have given up about not having things charged, rather than mortify toe. I'll not forgive her." And Dr. Earie looked very savage when his guest's attention was directed to his plate. The maid removed I)r. Arnold's well cleared plate. Evidently he and Bessie were the only ones enjoying the dinner. Mildred and her husband made but a pretense of eating. This time a diver sion was made by a plate of llakv bis cuit and a dish of preserved fruit. Then again came the inevitable dumplings; this time they were square baked dump lings, of a golden brown, flaked, irre sistible. Dr. Arnold was both amused and delighted. Never since the days of childhood had he enjoyed such a feast. He looked toward his host. He was vainly trying to hide unspeakable rage under a smile. His hostess looked dis tressed, her eyes suspiciously bright, though she tried bravely to converse pleasantly. After the hostess left them, Dr. Ar nold, who had been pondering long and deeply over the distrait and uncomfort able appearance of his friend, deter mined to speak. "What is the trouble, doctor? You seem worried. Anything I can do?" "Nothing nothing only—" Dr. Earle hesitated, then continued in a sharp, irritated tone: "I am very sorry to have had nothing better to have of fered you for dinner." "Anything better for dinner? Why, old man, I never enjoyed a dinner so much in my life!" Why is it that when a man wishes to soothe or earess another man, he al ways addresses him as "old man?" "Don't be sarcastic, please," said Raymond Earle, bitterly. "Relieve me, Earle, I am in dead earnest when I say I enjoyed my din ner immensely. The only drawback was I did not dare ask your wife for another of tiiose last. I have not tasted anything half so good since I was a boy and mother would have 'dumplin's* when I came home from boarding school. 1 used to save up my appetite for them all through the term." "Uood!" exclaimed Ressie, who was by the door happening to overhear what was said. She reported to Mil dred, weeping in the kitchen. "Millie, dear, he said the dinner was just splendid! Now do stop crying and I'll go hear some more." And she was back in time to hear this: "Dr. Earle, your wife is indeed a woman to be proud of. One who will incur a husband's anger—no light mat ter to a loving wife—rather than sacri fice a matter of principle, is truly a martyr." "I suppose so, but—" protested Ray mond, unable to quite dissipate his chagrin. "No more to qje, 4J ' ]] | II) ' I BESSIE CONTINUED TO WIVE THE DISHES, you liart not Insisted on a course umucr it would have been much easier for your wife, but not so well for me; for I never would hare dared ask for so many apple dumplings as I ate to-nifrht By the way, is your cook engaged?— matrimonially I moan. If not, do you think 1 would stand a chance?" "I cannot say. Arnold, really," asd Raymond Earle laughed heartily, chas ing every cloud from his handsome face, "but I suspect the waitress made them." Bessie groaned. "The pretty waitress?" cried Herbert Arnold, with unfeigned interest. "Well say! suppose you just tell me who she is. I scent a mystery." "Oh, Ray! Don't tell! Please don't, please!" Bc-ssin murmured under her breath, her cheeks a deeper rose. Raymond Earle hesitated for a mo ment, then with a hearty laugh ex plained: "I don't feel quite as sensi tive about ray poverty as I did a few hours ago, for two large checks, long delayed, came by the last mail. So if you will just step into the kitchen—" Bessie fled precipitately, and did not hear her brother-in-law's explanation "O Millie! they arc coming out lierol Ray isn't mad now, so do stop crying! I'll run down cellar —" tugging des perately at the sleeves aliove her dimpled elbows. Before Bessie could escape she heard: "Bessie, allow me to introduce—" and she was obliged to turn and greet "the fiend," as she called him. Mildred flew to hide her tear-stained face, and her husband followed to atone for his unkindness and acknowledge his foolishness in being ashamed of an empty purse when it was through no fault of his own. Bessie, left alone to entertain the "august specialist," continued to wipe the dishes with charming, though wholly assumed, nonchalance. If Bes sie in her forced silence had been pleas ing, with her wit and merry laughter she was simply irresistible. Besides, she confessed to having been the maker of the unequaled apple-dumplings. Herbert Arnold was so evidently In terested and fascinated by Miss Bessie, that she felt obliged to confess him at least a gentleman of taste; and before the year was out, after much persua sion she concluded to many ' 'the fiend" —upon the one condition, that she would not have to make him dumplings more than once a week.—Marjorie F. Latimer, in Deraorest's Magazine. e Did Not Fill the Kill. Old T.ady—There is one thing I notice particularly about that young man who calls to see you. He seems to have an inborn, Instinctive respect for woman. He treats every woman as though she were a being from a higher sphere, to bo "Tilj with delicacy and deference. Granddaughter (sweet eighteen)— Yes, he's horridly bashful. —N. Y. Weekly. Tlu> Three Graces. ''There go two of the threo things that I most admire in this world," said a Kcntuckian, pointing to a lady on horseback, "a fine looking woman and a good horse." "And what is the third thing, colonel, which you most admire?" The colonel crooked his finger signifi cantly, and his friend said he didn't cstre if he did. —Texas Siftings. In f.unnon. Miss Chumperton-Chumps (of Eng land) —Every girl in town wants to inarry Lord Hasbroke even though ho is so dissipated. Miss Newgold (of America, superior ly)— Yes; but I'm the only girl whoso parents are willing to allow her to run such a risk.—Puck. An Allopathic Dour- Mrs. Dillingham (grass widow, glanc ing coquettishly up from book) —I)o you know I havo just made such an odd mistake. I've written it window instead of widow. Mr. Brown (crusty old bachelor, peering over his paper)— Quite right, madam, for whenever I see a widow I always look out. —Life. NOT MUCH. . "N Sambo—Mose Washington, I yerd a fella insultin' yo dis inawnin' —sayin' dat yo had freckles. Mose—Who'B got freckles! Who's gat freckles! Dem aln' freckles, dey's warts. Where is do insultin' rascal?— Judge. Ills Saccessor. An Arkansas editor thus announced an Important event in the local news paper world: It is with a feeling of distress that we retire from the active control of this paper, but we leave our journal with a gentleman who is financially better able than we are to handle it. The gen tleman is well known in this communi ty. He is the sheriff. ltiiftiiifMM About to l*ick L'p. "Wilkins," said the proprietor of the greenhouse, "how are we off for flower* this morning?" "We've got a pretty good supply," re plied the junior florist. "Plenty of 'Jack' roses, American Beauties, violets and lilies of tho val ley?" "Lots of 'em." "Raise the price of them twenty-five per cent, and engage an assistant. They've got another wife-murderer in jail."—Chicago Tribuno Her Successor. Jones -1 see you have a new stenog rapher. Is Miss Blioker married? Jackson —That's just the trouble. Jones—Well, you did a good thing to get a man in her place. These pesky girls get married as soon as they get a good situation, Jackson—l thought it advisable to get i a man. and Miss Blicker insisted upon it j Jones—But wasn't it a little out of | her sphere to dictate as to her successor? i Jackson —I married her.—Judge. . Solving Two Problem*. Mrs. Dullard—l don't see how yc*i manage to get along with a girl. Mrs. Sliarpe—l have a great many relatives who liko to visit me. and I make them help. Mrs. Dullard— Y -c-*; but they'll soon get tired of that and stop coming. Mrs. Sliarpe—Then I'll get a girL— l*uck. Aii KxctiMf. "Did you destroy this feather duster?" asked Fred lie's mother "Yos'm," answered Freddie: "I want ed to be an Indian chief." "But don't you know that they cost i money?" queried his mother. "/ did," said Freddie; "but Indian chiefs don't think of such thing*."— j Harper's Young People. Too M arli Curiosity. A Berlin gentleman called on his doc tor, who showed his patient over the house and pointed out many articles of bric-a-brac. "You house is beautifully furnished, doctor," remarked the visitor. "Where did you get all these things? Did you ) inherit them from your patients?" A Caution* I.over. "Did 1 understand yon to offer me ' your hand in matrimony?" "Well, Miss Esmeralda, I didn't ex actly commit myself, but what I %vant ed to know was if yotir hand were free and if I were to propose would yon be ( inclined to give me a favorable answer?" —Texas Siftings. So Ardnoua, Yon Know. Codling—Why, chappie, yon look fa- . tigucd. What's the trouble? Ooslin—l ain quite tired, Cholly. ( got up this mawning ten minutes earlier than usual, instead of remaining In bed ten minutes later than usual, as I gene wally do. —Harper's Bazar. A Jolto on the Tall Girl. "Miss Longstrait made a little call to day." "That would seem impossible." "How?" "Why, her stays must bo very long." —Jury. A Good Aniwer. Passenger (on whom water is drip ping through roof of horse-car during shower, angrily to conductor) —Say, is this always the case? Conductor No, sir; only when It rains.—Judge. Tlrerl of the T.oad. Atlas—Did I hear some one say that he wanted the earth? Jnpiter—lt is quite possible you did Atlas—Shado of Demagorgon! Who was it? I'm willing to part with it— Puck. And No Came Uff Hamper* lllm. A busy hunter Is the man who tries To shoot each folly as it swiftly flies. Tho wide, wide world is his hunting ground. And the gunning Is good tho whole year round. —Chicago Tribune. Her Accomplishment. Boston Young Man—ls your cousin from tliay>. "I once had an income of five dollars a minute," said the man who liad just accepted a dime with profuse thanks. "Really?" "Yes, indeed. It only lasted three minutes, though. I was playing faro at the time."—lndianapolis Journal. Ardent Spirit*. Miss Mehitabel—Mr. Blakcsly, the trance medium, seems to bo very ardent in his belief. Miss Blanche—He probably gets that quality from the spirits. Wo often hear of ardent spirits, you know. —i'hwina- ccutieal Era. She I,evere or lest, cruated on the surface. With a giioil Tttcvl rake pulverize this warfare, and soil. This will hasten growth and any foul seeds just starting will be de stroyed. In cultivating potatoes avoid the com mon practice of drawing the earth In bills around the plants. I-•cause in doia*' so you scrap.- tha earth away from the roots between the rows and pile it np needlessly high against the plants. Fig. 1 shows the hill, irlth the natural level, and the mass of soil piled above it. It is easily tested bv experiment Cultivate ten rows level and ten In heaps, and the level hills, whan the crop is measured, will have from ten to twenty per cent, wore potatoes. There will be a difference between ' r J : slight hills and steep hills, and ther* will be it difference in soils. Try both ways and compare the result* Take the same care in cultivating corn, the roots off which nre nearer tho surface than potato mots and more easily injured. Both corn and }>>>tatoe* t Rend out root* from tlve young pianta two or three times as long as the height of the plant*. Avoid catting the cor* roots, therefore, near the plants. Fig 2 reprcf-ents a hilled young plant, the • dotted lines showing bow the root* ara cut off when working deep and nrar. Karly in the season is the time for ! thumb-pruning. Tly tha time or l>afore the young slioots havn grown un Inch or two, the owner can ace very plainly which of these shoots oupht t<> !»■ rub bed off, so as to leave the right ones to , form a neat symmetrical head, or a well- i trained grapevine. Thia practice is im measurably better than allowing all to grow on a tree till they are as larire aa one's arm, and htfve become crooked, crossing and crowding each other, and when cut off with saw and ax leaving a bad wound. Pruning ornamental and other hedges, or shortening them back to promote thick growth, must always be done be- ; fore the buda swell, if growth is to be favored; but it may be dohe aa the buds are opening, or tvhen the plants or trees rw* arc In leaf, if the object is to check or prevent growth. Fig. 8 represents a hedge plant pruned early in the spring and well cultivated. Fig. 4 shows the choked or stunted appearance of snch a plant cut back or pruned in June or July. Frnit trees from the nnrsery may be set out, if they were dug early and kept from growing in a eool place, even if the leaves are partly expanded, lata, uw ■> Moot a should never be short ened back after the swelling of th* buds. Mulch well all small or newly set trees, if they happen to stand where regular cultivation cannot be given them. Young cherry trees specially require mulching, if the sum mer is dry and hot. Thinning the young fruit on over loaded -trees while yet small may be done more easily than after becoming larger, and with far less labor than gathering and assorting the whole crop at maturity, besides preventing the ex haustion of the tree by needless over bearing. I.awn mowing with the land machine, wherever practicable, should lie (VIM after the grass has been well washed by a rain, and the grit and dust re moved which so often dulls the cutting blades. For the same reason set tha knives so as to cut rather high, avoid ing the sand near the ground, allowing the (fras-s stronger roots and better growth than by close cutting.—Country Gentleman. AROUND THE FARM. To DSTKCT the adulteration "f pari* green put a tea-spoonful in a iflaas of strong ammonia water. The paris green should dissolve completely. It is a very ,simplo method, anil enables anyone to make the test. ABOCT the last of June La the proper timo to thin fruit, when it is about tha size of butternuts. Very th- irouifh I thinning is advisable. Thinning of tha fruit is also a great relief to the over taxed anil.—(Jeorge 11. Po.velL A REOI'E for breaking up a aetting hen ia as follows: I«et her set for a few days and then put her in a box with lath nailed in the bottom a few inches apart. Elevate the box and the haa will soou get tired of her setting. SET out but few early cabbages for a family supply. The main crop of csb batfe should be for the winter, and should not Im* transplanted until quite late. Cauliflower should be trans planted at the same time as early cab bage. GRASSES are conservers of soil and prevent washing and leaching. Rota tion checks some kinds of insect rartfra aiid fungi- The corn root worm does not feed on clover roots. The cfciaer root borer ilues not bore corn root* or roots of wheat, oats, etc. THE summer is the time to push tha pigs. They should be kept in growth, ( so as to mala- a large frame upon which to put tl*- fat late in the fall A clover patch, with skim milk and bran at night, will be much better for them tfcan to allow them oorn. lirrMXO TIIK SKA so*. Mother —Wliy. lor goodneaa' sake, Adrian Adrian—Don't say nathln", mother. Do you hear tbein shouts? We have boatcn the clmmpion Mndlung nine and killed an umpirel Our artist haa attempted to ik-ptrt the amikn which lighted his countenance at thiaauoment.—Brooklyn Life. I>«nh«l a Will. Ounkcl (to lawyer who la making on* Ms will)—I Vont do leaf each clerk; ten dousand dollars dot h*f la-en in m vera bloy twenty years. Lawyer—Why, that's too liberal.JMr. DunkcL Dunkcl—Ah,, dot'a it Xooe of*t*« haf peen mlt me ofer von year, nnd it makes a good free advertisement* for my poys ven I'm (lend, aln'd It?— Judge. :nto. 32 WHAT WEEDS ARC. A liblbeUai tt kkk la rare *j Haaaaa mm« lIIMIM A qnesti- m oft. n ibtwtod la what eam st:tnt» • n *r».L TVrr in tn natare m »ccU thing w a winl TV b> fw ' T b: «ian Mhl trtilrttl V« UtAJ caul .»i*> n.anl A ttvU v hUifa «*- trujc. itself w Im* it aa not *iM4 W Urat plant* .a tkr Bowrr ftrdn Uhl flovrrrlug pUtti li the wh#*t kid arm etjnaily m-fr: u. The plant* Beat cia— monlj c-*Uc«! .-ed* are th-w *Utk with Inn tfrnt* ;»r»Bt*wr (am tlNrtr prtwnw Ir tr oar Ae!d* ukl gaiiWna. crowding "tit the usWnl plaata whn*e •ffiU »e have Mian The r.-aa.aj why Um amti off moti vated ground* arv m» ...traaavv U W caiw, by the t onl ontj ••**rv|v*l of the llttr»t * Ift the war wagwi Itioni by the be*h*artmaa and by ntkw «pe.-|e«. tl.eae ° r H tnU hare developed it length wm-'. rful power* off dndioo. or BXlt i>iWn for •iisacmi*at- Ing and prot«;tinf their *«h On the otter Hand. « cultivated plant*. kat inf been pr.ttr 1 and protected froa fret competition (»* age*. h*t« at length. ia a grvat ineasart. loat their Datur*' staaßhia. and when the iwiUwr or S.'B»C accident ha msai aid and fbr« the weed* an >ppor tunity, our .-ilti rated plant* make a *>>rry %-hfc. One of .«*r most n..t>iu haa faUen off. I ahoald not ea pect to (t«lf» mneh benefit by apray tng while the trees were ia hi HIM am. bat I thouh) fear injury by canaing tha tn»es to biaat, s*ya a writer in Amarkaa Bee Journal. I recommend waiting nntil tl I*s frnit ia aa large aa a cherry, because for two or three days after tha hioanotss fall, the stamens aad piatila remain in tha -*alr*. Thta maiaaa It difficult to fore* the spray into tha calyx where it ia wanted We want the time aa ahf-t as poaaibla between tl*.> tprayinir and the hatcUafoat off the egg. because we are liable to haw* heary raiaa. aliicf- wonld make i* aaaeaaarr to do tha a«rk orer again A aecond a week «• ten Jaya later e«try w#fl pay for tha penae Tlte ,- nao-h depoaita bar eggs when th« tree m in birannw. or aoon after. In tb' calyx or "blow" end of the frnit. where it hatehea ont ia tmm days or two weeks, and immediately bores and cats it» way to tha ceatar off the same. Our object is to spray mom» of the poisoned water Into tha cnp ahaped calyx where It dries aad re mains nntil the worm hatches, that when it caLs KM first breakfast it la aiao its laat ooe. Aa to whether the spik ing of (rait trees is lajnrioaa to tha honey-bee, 1 think I have fully an swered that when I sar it ia improper and injurious to frnit crop to spray when trees are in bloaaota. CONVENIENT KITCHEN. Amaajreat la rifOTitt* Dnaaalk Waah la the rws llnaaa. The convenient arraageiaant of the kitchen and proper loatlet pipe ftaa the >lnk into th« ■ eerfcw pipe ATOM the ci»tem. This rntaila plambingto prevent the caeape of gases. Da aot aeKlrat to has* a <«• d s»*e.| wna*rw facing the sink, that all enihaarr work aaav be done ia a jP*d light. Tha lof jf ihe '.lnk ami all vljoiaaag *tat w>nary < H Helving should be sboat two fret si* inctirs trum tha !*•**. .%»rrteaa If ricnttnrtst. .titer fksrak. Mrs. Goodlcy—Dr. aenaoo to-day was aa< h a lumiaoos .aa. daa't fvn think, my clear? tfr. (J—Tc*. iadeetl It w*a rmiif eolominon*. —Detroit Free Pre* tllar a War anas Vady— How do JOB sell these hand k «Aiefs» —Eight centa • p4aaa yr th.*e tor a iptartar. *at Lad r—m take three —fndgw ra«— tne rmia. Poadary Daaiar-How did yo« :.ke the rvsas Hver yon had yaatetdajr? Vornc Hons*aepar lt wa* »aey ■See. hi JcetL I waat aa nth i r eat. hd from th a •*«* fnoaa, raaaaaahar rape'a Je*e. Littla what la a ta*«~ Ia it a ittAffl -who makes tails" Papa--Yea. my arm.