"VOL. XXX.
I f)R. HOXSIE'S CERTAIN i
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The smallest child can V WllwUl
' fake this remedy without AlIMp
| any bad effects. It does I II U L
not contain opium in any || a
I GUARANTEED ALWAYS HEADY FOB OSE !
TO CURE HoxsieC.C.C.Co.. j
I OR MONEY REFUNDED. BUFFALO. N. Y. 2
Do You Want to Make Monej? s
Do You Want to Save Money? =
If you don't want to save nionev don't
read between these lines.
Tti« «d In writt*u for c.-»-lj bovern ih&i nr« > f
mriraios wb«o thprn are any to bp bud. and if thine- hurt t> k.-n >h» 'r
■•oal conrne this wioter this ad all iii» wnuriprioi bnruairiH wi'uid Devei
a? 0 eppppffd, hot op to Jan. let *p h*d a vpry n>ild winipr
lt?*lbpr goods* and rubber (food* havp l»>pn VPTT niiich c
> till tbe troth lam o»er,Btoeked but I havp a pl«n to unload
, —ni"" nui n IIIIIIMIIIIII IHII II i
It is simply a matter of business and
concerns only money saving people.
Vo others need read between these lines.
My plan to unload my gorplnn stork of boots, yboc? and i
•mplj this 1 ba*p jrot to lose some mooey on tbese, lam not er«it*tr ••
»rry them over ootil next eeaaoD, I will BPII them at anv price 6r*t
.®atber goods get bard, tbe life gets out of them aDd th"y are unsalpHiile
flohber goods are eyeo worse, for they will rot a''d become worthle»»>
•anoe jou can see at ooce and onderptand why thin pflpnfiee mnht b>
nade on goods that are now eessonable end just wh.»t you need.
——————— ——————— m w—«
)ne man's dollar is as good as an-
if he puts it to the rip hi use
It may cost something to read be
tween these lines.
If reading low prices will interest yon. I will interest vnu. If von
' »n't care for bargains von miirht, as well stop riebt here, -j- "Cro*.
•ad to let yoo off." Just at this tim" «f the vp-»r are ni"re rnHh« i
•ods worn than at any other time, aid as robhpr eoods are pil d an nn'
■e ontil I can hardly see daylight. I will tackle them first, and ».h<
rices I quote are less tb»n first cost and if YOU arp too conscientious t
•me and help me lose some rooDej, you will have to go elsewhere anr
v a profit.
J'he object is for you to make money and
for me to lose it. Can you take part
in such a scheme?
■■■■■■■■■■■■MniHMHßMnaßnPß*
I will sell for twenty days men's rnbbpr boots Lvrnmine mnVe fo
? 90 Boston rubber boots $2.00, C«fdee rnhher boots $2 00 Woon-oct.
«er haots $2.00; of i>o.:d canvßf slippf-rs goes with each pa : r «P'
I ••an't produce any of the above m-<kes a» quoted w ; ll f-u-re' d
•■'aim on y«»nr Attention in a'l fntore ads. or a round trip ticket to th
rid'* Fair Boy's robber boot* ] to 5 $1 50 V' ntKV rn'>l»
ta II and 12 $1 00, ladies' robber boots 3 »o 8 $1 15 Misaes* rniibe
»w 13 to 2 SI.OO child's robber boots 7 tc 10 90 cts., men's Storm
■ts reduced to $2 50.
■——■—TTMFI 'JUMIIH—'NAIL ■" M ' IMIIW W W
\ farmer came to "Rutlor broke. TTe sold 1 O
hnsliels of'poiatoes nrtfl Avent home witli aj
vagon full ol'shoes. did he get tlic^in?
t ■ rgiWMWi - •
As a«»ou as he sold hi- p >tatops bp *-pnt to Bick-!- be g>» a ptir of
* rubbers for himstlf for 40 c'M,bt bonvh* » pair of wrm lined rubber,
wife for 25 eta. be bootrb* fecfi of , be ►'* « bi ! dr« n a pnir of
10 eta. a pair, he bought, the bired man a puir of Ktojrfp boots for $1 50
' bis prown up dhUjfbter a pair ol fine -bopi- f.-r $1 00. and till be hurt
n-y too. Fell do yon know wh*i be did? fI •- gi-i nsd hwkni
ron op io the door arid looded his good- and 'eft haying be did not wain
pl« to think be stole the goods or be wou'd I aye spent tbe lisl. of bi>
"ey, he promised to call again.
-WaHMBMHaaHBBBnBHItItMBUJWV' ; K-1-'
/ben you get tired Stop! You drn't have to read between
these lines- Nor It is strictly Private.
—I»—A—WBIHI'LL IM>>LLIRN<»LLLL«FIS!GZ^ABS^^A:-.-
If yon are needing any leather go-»ds cnie and >ee wh.it I hove t<
11. I have one lot of ladies' finp button shoes for $1 otip lot of samplt
iocs at $1 00 worth $2 00. one lot of fine gr button t-loes for 90 cts. ot-<
tof serge gaiters for 50 cts , one lot of si!ppprß for 25 cts., one lot of
HASPS' shoes 85 cts., one lot of child's shoes 40 cts . one lot of iniar.t.-'
ioes 18 cts All of tbo above am nbon' one hull the rfgulur price,
me in and see bargains on oar sample counter,
word to the wise Is sufficient—that is sometimes it is. and
sometimes they get It*ft.
————ac»'-<«zMHßß—wren i'i iiiwi'iaiimnwi^mufc
A man that likes nice shoes and need-< a pair is not wise if be don't
all and get a pair of Edwin Clapp's hand made shoes for $3 00. and if be
on't wont to pay that ranch will sell him a nice dress shoo lor $1 25 io
<2 00. We make a great many boots and shoes to order and do all kinds
f repairing in connection with shoes. We baye a leather depart
•nent, and fall stock of findings always on band
Remember the place and Call
rHohn Bickel.* B ?
Street
PENN'A
White-Sand Oil Co
[A. STEKLSMITH, Manager, Butler, Pa.]
Dea'ers in Illuminating, Lubricating, Cylinder and Dynamo
Oils—all free from Lima Oil.
This Oil is made and handled by Independent Producers not con
nected with the Standard Oil Co., as reported.
All orders will be promptly filled. Warehouse in rear of Nicho
las & Hewitt's planing mill, near West Penn dq ot, Butler, Pa.
Refinery at Coraopolis, Pa., near P. & L. E. R. R.
This oil can be secured at McCrea's Feed Store on E. Jefferson St.
"nn iVT'T —-v
Iw\ f I I cause we have
W ■*- J the finest and
most reliable drug store in this part of
the State that you have to pay more for
your medicines. vVe dispense only Pure
and Fresh Drugs at all times and at
reasonable prices.
WULLERS MODEL PHARMACY,
229 Centre Ave.,
South Side, Butler, Pa.
THE 7 BUTLER CITIZEN.
Sirs. Waiimma
Lynn, Mass.
For the Good of Others
Iter. Sir. Williams Heartily En
dorses Hood's Sarsaparllla.
We are pleased to present this from
Rev. A. A. Williams, of the Sillsbee
street Christian Church, Lynn, Mass.:
" I see no reason why a clergyman, more than
a layman, who knows whereof he speaks,
should hesitate to approve an
Article of Merit
an<l worth, from which he or his family have
been signally benefited, and whose commenda
tion may serve to extend those benefits to
others by Increasing their confidence. My wife
has for many yean been a sufferer from severe
Nervous Headache
forvl.ich she found little help. She has tried
many things tint promisea well but per
formed little. J.n«f f ill :i friend gave her a bot
tle of Hood's SarnpynlH. It seems surpris
ing what simply cue liottl; c-.iuld and ilia do
for her. The attacks of h 'ad.iche decreased in
number and were les* violent in their inten
sity, while her general health luu been im
proved. Her appetite l. is also been better.
From our experience with
Hood's Sarsapariila
I have no hesitation in endorsing it« merim."
A. A. WILLIAM.
HOOD'S PILLS »>* "•« ben family cathartic,
grade and effective. Try a box Price Sic
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Spu '.alUi-a: Specialties:
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gery. Throat.
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Buiier, Pa,
. i .41 M LKMAN,
PsIYBULA;. AND SUHOEON.
'fiioe ai No. 45. >. M:«!u -.rroet, ovpr Fronfc *
sr/;r •. flu* !• r. Pa.
V. .V c A LP; N fc,
Doatist,
Is now I rati l lu r.- >. aotl rl, : ;aiit rui nis ad-
Jclnli.u i.U (ismcr ones. All kiiuLs n clasp
pl»tes and moderen gold work.
J.J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Buller, Penn'a.
Artulcial T'»iU insetted n rlit* «rr..
proved pli.li. FilUii« a Specialty. Office—
vt:r Scl)uur» notluut! ST "re.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
OtNTtSr, - - BLTLER, PA.
tJclrt Kllliig Extr; i-tion of Teelli
ami Arttlli ml "1 e» 'l NMIIh UI I |:iie» u specially
Ninons Oxide or VI! i lze.i Air or Local
\aar->th«*»l«s!» ■■••• «.
Uliiii o>ei SiiiKis liio'vrj 'a-t of Lowry
House.
Offli-e cIO-m d Weiln <dais Ju l Thursdays.
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KM.'Nr.Klt AMI SI'KVKYtSK.
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J. A. HI YDRI K & SOX,
SURVEYORS-
Farn. surveys |r<i- | ' y u>ade <"h*r, e
moderate.
Office i.ver r.era's n H ,.k Puller. I'a
L iS. Vic I \K: \
insurance ;in<! Real Estate Ag'l
i? EAST II- fkkrso:; ST
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Hotels and Depots,
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t csrriaffps * > tv>. • . (..ire s anrt
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Livery in loitißtiioii
lU T TLER, P A.. FRIDAY. JANUARY '2O, !*!>:{.
POPPING CORN.
Open two comely figures the Blow of the fire
light (alls.
j While their strange distorted shadows dance
about them on the walls;
A happy youih ar.d maiden, from whose minds
all care is gone.
Are before the glowing fireplace, deep intent on
popping corn.
O'er the coals between the andirons the cagel
kernels move.
And their sadden burst of whiteness seems a
symbol of a love
Which the happy youth ana maiden have borne
for many a (lay.
And as hourly It grows stronger, soon 'twill
sweep all bars away.
The clock t.cks of the moments and the time
fast forward slips.
Yet the words he longs to utter still are linger
ing on his lips.
On his face anoth< r radiance than the firelight's
seems to dawn.
And. as If <o hUc Uis feelings, he more quickly
pops the corn.
T*Jt maiden sits In silence, but with wisdom of
! her kind
»-sms to know the thoughts now rising in her
dear companion's mind;
And when down from out the popper the hot.
white kernels fall.
And be turns his bright face to her, then she
asks. "And is that all?"
Their eyes meet; the words are spoken—the
story sweet and old.
Which «o long he has been learning, now with
tenderest grace Is told.
And at once beside the fireplace, the happy
love is born.
And forgotten is the world outside, amid
thoughts of popping corn.
—John S Barrows. In Good Housekeeping.
CAUGHT BY A CAMERA.
Why a Bank Robber Has Reason
to Dislike Them.
£ ESTER Drake's
] V detective cara
] I _. era first ere
j • I ated the idea of
- v' photography in
O La a~) my minJ - Be ~
' r tmk m .! ha A 1
| \ INX i| hadnt the
I'i ill slightest incli
,Vr I I nation toward
V-4 \ / /I the art wi,at -
W' /»' \ ever, but when
mwl' \ Lester pur-
I H chased his neat
Ml Ir) ! i leather-
Ey I f/f covered box,
f»M J . and went
(L yLJ | around merely
~ pressing a
button, and getting dozens of pictures
by no other means, I immediately de
cided that I, too, must have a camera.
Lester's was not an expensive one.
His father had found it in one of the
photographic establishments in Phila
delphia, and being of a slightly scien
tific turn of mind himself, had pur
chased it and brought it home to Les
ter. The latter fitted up a corner of
the cellar as a dark-room, and straight
way launched him-elf as an amateur
photographer.
Lester's first attempts, revealed by
the chemical development, were sur
prisingly good, and inspired a strong
feeling of envy in the breasts of those
of his comrades whose fathers were
blind to the oft-repeated advantages
and delights of amateur picture-taking.
Even more exasperating, he straight
way became the idol of all the girls at
school, whose zeal in posing for him
was only equaled by the
of some of their postures.
I brooded long and deeply over this
unpleasant condition of affairs, and
finally arrived at the con.l '.iion that 1
would have a camera like Lester's at
any cost
Lester was kind enough to initiate
me into the mysteries of his dark-room,
and to allow me to examine the interior
of his camera by ruby light With the
knowledge thus gained, I resolved to
manufacture one myself. It wouldn't
be as handsome as Lester's, perhaps, I
thought, but it might do just as good
work. So I made the attempt using
the lenses f.-om an old microscope
which 1 owned, but in vain. The in
strument never reached the second
stage of its eonstruction.
The contrast between Lester's clean,
6cioothly-covercd box, and what I knew
mine would appear, even if 1 coulu final
ly complete it, was too great, and I
abandoned it in despair.
Then 1 tried another tack. My father
was exceedingly skeptical concerning
the desirability of amateur photog
raphy, and flatly refused to furnish the
necessary funds. •It was October then,
so I conceived a plan b3' which 1 would
earn money during the fall by corn
husking among the near-by farmers,
BO that when spring opened I would
have the price of the coveted camera.
No one could have worked harder
i
XIIK MAN TURNED HIS HEAD.
during the weeks through which the
season lasted than did I. Huskers
were in demand that fall, and I secured
work wherever I applied. It is just
possible that if Lester had grown tired
of his camera in the meanwhile, and
had ceased to use it, my desire for one
might likewise have gone by the board,
but the snap of his shutter was heard
everywhere and at all times, and even
at night—by flashlight—in the barns,
where the frequent huskings were
progressing.
When, alter a few weeks, the farm
ers ceased to require huskers, I struck
up a bargain with our grocer whereby
I was to spec 1 Saturdays running er
rands for him. The money from this
helped out wonderfully, and. according
to my expectations, when April opened
a snug little sum reposed as the fruit
of my labors in one corner of my top
bureau drawer.
As soon as the weather moderated
slightly Lester, who now posed as a
photographic oracle, and myself went
to the eity one fine morning to buy the
camera.
The neat little leather-covered box
was duly inspected and purchased, to
gether with the pamphlet of instruc
tions that seemed so enticingly mys
terious to my uninformed mind.
The camera was just like Lester's,
with the exception of some minor im
provements which had been effected
since the time when he had purchased
his.
On the way home Lester and I drew
up a compact whereby 1 nas to have
the use of his dark room and chemicals
until I felt that I was fairly on my
photographic Then I was to fix
up one of my own.
The camera hud been sold loaded
with pla'es, ready for use, and 1 lost
no time in snapping several views here
and there as the fancy seized me.
Lester taught me to develop them,
and when the most of them came up
under the chemicals clear and sharp,
my delight was great.
And when I made prints from them,
and the familiar home scenes and my
playmates' f.'.ce > were there plainly be
fore me. it seemed to ine tiiat the uni
verse could hold nothing more entranc
ing than amateur photography. OI
course J had failures, but they were
few compared wivh, aycceagea.
One morning in May, after I had be
come thoroughly Tcrsed in the art of
using the camera and had fitted up a
dark room of my own in the attic,
Lester and I sallied out with our
cameras, for no other purpose than
to secure a half dozen snap shots when
ever desirable ones might present them
selves.
It was an ideal day for picture tak
ing. liain had fallen the night before
and had left the atmosphere clear
iand brilliant, with none of that dim
haze which is tho camerist's Nemesis
so often.
We had strolled along the road, per
haps two miles out of the village, and
had caught three or four very pretty
views.
None had presented themselves, how
ever for some time, when, by a turn of
the road, we came upon a man drink
ing from a spring at the side of the
road. He was bnt a few feet away,
and was stooping down with his back
toward us.
"Let's get him." said I. in a low tone.
"All right," replied Lester; "yon do
it, though. I've only got one plate
left."
I had several unexposed plates re
maining in my camera, so I pointed the
box toward the man and pressed the
button Jnst at the instant when the
shutter must have operated, the man
heard us and turned his head, facing us
squarely.
He evidently understood what we
were about, for he scowled deeply and
walked rapidly away through the
woods, without, however, offering to
molest 11s. He carried a small black
jrrip with him.
As the man's retreating figure disap
peared through the trees, Lester and I
drew a long breath of relief, for we
felt like criminals detected in a crime,
and we were a trifle afraid of the fel
low besides.
We wandered on a little further,
snapping a few more wayside pictures,
and then turned toward home and re
traced our steps.
That afternoon Lester came over to
my father's honse to witness the devel
opment of the morning's pictures.
As, one by one, we put the plates
through the developer, a majority came
out. well. One or two were a trifle un
der-exposed and there were minor de
fects in others; but, on the whole, they
were very good.
The star negative of the lot, however,
was that of the stranger whom I had
photographed drinking, and who had
turned his head and caught me in the
act. That was perfect. Everything
was brilliantly sharp, and the shutter
bad caught the man's full face. In the
negative, even so small an object as
his eves stood out beautifully.
We made a blue print of this nega
tive, and both Lester and myself rec
ognized the faithfulness of the likeness,
notwithstanding the fact that we had
seen the man but a moment.
About the middle of the afternoon
my father returned from the neighbor
ing town, ten miles away, in one of
the banks of tvhich he was clerk. lie
seemed to be much excited and per
turbed about something. My mother
noticed it also, and immediately in
quired as to the cause of his uneasiness.
"The bank was robbed last night,"
he answered, "and over fifty thousand
dollars stolen. Every cent I had in the
world is gone with the rest."
My mother made an exclamation of
dismay.
"And the worst of it is," went on my
fath«r, "that we are almost certain
who the thief is, but we haven't a thing
in the world to trace h:m by—not a
vestige of a photograph or anything
like it, which we could give to de
tectives to guide them in the hunt. The
man's gone and the money with him."
And my father sank despondently
into a chair.
Meanwhile Lester and I stood by,
listening silently, the still wet blue
print in my band After a minute I
went and pressed the print out flat
upon the table, on which my father's
arm was leaning. At any other time 1
would have proudly exhibited it to him,
and would have been sure of his inter
est and appreciation, but I did not feel
like intruding upon his present worri
ment
As I laid- the picture face upward
upon the table, my father turned his
head and looked at it indifferently.
Suddenly he pushed iae aside and bent
over the print so closely that his face
almost touched it
I recovered my balance with difficul
ty, and stared at him in frightened iJb
wilderment. My father had never act
ed in this manner before, and I was al
most afraid he had gone mad.
"Great Scott!" he exclaimed. "The
rery thing!"
Then, wheeling around, he grasped
me by the shoulders, and wanted to
know where I got that picture.
I was far too dazed by his strange
actions to answer a word; so Lester in
terposed and told my father, in as few
words as possible, of our morning ex
pedition, and of the man whom we had
photographed in the act of drinking.
"Bless the camera!" ejaculated my
father, excitedly, "that's Eli Parker,
the thief! And the best likeness of
him I ever saw. too'"
Then he questioned us closely as to
the direction the man had taken when
discovered, and ended by confiscating
the print and the negative, and rush
ing out of the house to take the next
train back to town. Lester and I
talked about it all the afternoon, and
felt ourselves quite heroes for having
the temerity to stand before a real
bank robber. -
Fifty prints were immediately struck
off from the negative, and these were
given to the detectives, who scoured
the country in every direction. After
a two days' search, those nearest home
HE BEST OVER THE PRINT.
were successful, and fouud Parker in
the same woods where Lester and I had
| first surprised Mm. He had so ught to
: e» ide capture by avoiding railroads,
and hiding himself until the first ex
citement of the robbery had passed.
As the whole amount of stolen funds
was discovered in the little black jrrip
which lie carried, he was convicted of
the crime without diCiculty, and sen
tenced for a term of fifteen years in
state prison.
The sequel of the incident was the
most agreeable and the most astonish
! ing of all. One day, a month subse
quent, when Parker had been safely
housed in the penitentiary, my father
came home, and, with a mysterious
smile upon his face, handed me an en
velope. Upon beinu opened, the dis
covery was inadethat "Howard Benton
and Lester Drake were authorized to
dr aw upon the First national bauk of
C , for one hundred dollars apiece,
in slight recognition of their part in
apprehending Eli Parker, the perpe
trator of the recent robbery upon that
institution.''
I lam still an ardent_ disciple of aina-
tear photography. Who wouldn't be
under sttch circumstances? —E. J. Uuck
ley, in Golden Days.
FRENCH CIVIL MARRIAGE.
The Cnrioos Ceremonies Which Prevail
on Saeh OccMion*.
While people dying at St. Denis, in
France, are to be buried according to
the mayor's ukase, those who desire to
be married by "civil rights" have
everything in their favor.
At a recent wedding in the town hall
the salle des marriages was profusely
decorated with planta and flowers.
After the mayor had tied the nup
tial knot an orator especially engaged
in Paris made an appropriate speech,
and the "Wedding March" of Men
delssohn was played on a piano.
Some of the friends of tbe bride and
bridegroom next sang the waltz from
Gounod's "Komeo et Juliette;'' "Bebe,"
by Ilenrion; tho "Uomanec of Maitre
Pathelin," by Bazin; the "Marche anx
Choux," of Chateau, and, finally, the
duet from tbe "Ode Triomphale," of
Augusta Holmes.
The engagement of the orator from
Paris is a new departure at "civil wed
dings." The hint was apparently bor
rowed from the procedure followed at
the funerals of obscure persons whose
friends want to have a panegyric pro
nounced over them, as is customary in
France at the graves of notable men.
Those desirous of retaining the serv
ices of a professional panegyrist usual
ly find him in a wine tavern contiguous
to the graveyard. He is known as the
"Monsieur de Cemeterie," and has al
ways on hand an assortment of ora
tions to suit customers of every de
scription. He only needs a frw hints
about the life and career of th<* de
funct and then evolves from his im
agination a biographical sketch so
brilliant and eulogistic as to make the
mourners and general auditors believe
that in the deceased the world lost one
of its greatest men. —Boston Herald.
A Tandar-Hemrted Dog.
Last week a sick dog took up its
abode in the field behind onr house,
and, after seeing the poor thing lying
there for some time, I took it food and
milk and water. The next day it was
still there, and when I was going ont
to feed it I saw that a small pug was
running about it, so I took a whip out
with me to dr.ve it away. The pug
planted itself between me and the sick
dog, and barked at me savagely, but at
last 1 drove it away, and again gave
food and milk aud water to my pro
tege. The little pug watched me for a
few moments, and, as soon as it felt
quite assured that mv intentions to
ward the sick dog were friendly, it ran
to me wagging its tail, leape;l up to my
shoulder, and licked my face and liand%
nor would it touch the water till the
invalid had all it wanted. I suppose
that it was satisfied that its companion
was in good hands, for it trotted hap
pi y away, and did not appear upon the
scene again. London Spectator.
—For the Wind Blew.--Frayed Peters
—"Soy. cully, look atdis. Dem English
is makin' a row 'came d>? jewk o' York
buys his trousers off a sweater." Ilag
son Tatters (shivering)—" Wish 1 was
de jewk. Nobody never sweated in
dese trousers." —Brooklyn Eagle.
Pat Help.
Mrs. Irons (matron of the well-known
Irons boarding house*—Sergeant, I
wish you would send a squad of police
down to my house as quick as you can!
Police Ofiicial—Calm your excitement, ,
Mrs. Irons. What is the trouble?
"We've got a burglar locked up in the
cellar!"
"Ilow did he get in?"
"Through an outside window. We
heard him moving about in the cellar
and one of the boarders got up ami
slipped outside and fastened the shut
ters tight, and the only door he can ge'
out at is locked. O, we've got him!"
"Is there anything of value in your
cellar?"
"Anything of value? There's a dozen
of my best mince pies and some eold
meat, and—"
"How long has he been down there?"
"Since about four o'clock. Nearly
three hours."
(Moving toward the telephone)
"Madam, this is not a case fur the po
lice. I will summon the coroner."—
Chicago Tribune.
Reflections of Great Men.
Jones—l heard your new opera with
great interest. Some passages of it re
flect great credit.
Smithers—Oh, thank you. You are
too kind—
Jones—Reflect great credit as I was
going to say, on Strauss, Milloeekcr and
Offenbach.—Chicago News Record.
i'bilosophy.
We must sup of the sorrow * within life'* cup.
He patient 'neath fortune's frown:
But let us so live that when we ar ■ ip
We'll forget we have ever been down.
—Judge.
lIE GOT THE LI US.
sJ&V
Mrs. Mooney (to her husband) —Ted-
dy, go out an' shwear over th' ha lc
fince at th' Callahans, so they'll t'row
our shtove-lids back at ye, or sorra th'
bite av dinner Oi can cook this day.—
Judge.
Not I* p to th« • ta d ird.
"No. miss," said the s hool trustee of
District 13, Cornstalk township, shad
ing his head slowly. "I don't think
you're quite the person we want for
teacher in our school."
"May I ask in what parti -ular I fail
to meet your requirements?" inquired
the young woman, timidly
"I've been listening to your talk," re
joincd-the oC.-ial, reluctantly, yet firm
ly, "and if I must Jell you the truth
you don't seem to have no idea of gram
mar."—Chicago Tribune.
A Sure i are.
A famous French do_-tor and profes
sor of medicine contended that every
disease was due to a process cf inflam
mation. On dissecting one of his pa
tients, not a truce of inflammation
could be found. He explained the cir
curat.tances to his pupils as follows:
"Gentlemen, you that our motie of
treatment was thoroughly effective.
The patient is dead, but he died cured
—Dcmorcst's Magazine.
Awful
Baby—A-bwa, a-bwa. a-bwa.
Mother—Boire, boire; what can Char
les Augustus mean?
Father—He's going to be a tope, An
geline. Boire is Freacli for drink.
Mother (anxiously)— Oh. wouldn't it
be dreadful if Charles should turr. out
to be a French baby, and we couldn't
understand a word he said!— Jury.
Not a success.
"Where have you been?"
"I have just come from the theater.
Smith's new play is being given for the
first time."
"Were there many people there?"
"Yes, then; were many people there,
but there were not mauy in front of the
curtain. Most of 'em i.ere on the
stage. '' —Texas Siftio^s.
THRUSH IN HORSES.
rtrton Eilrrmrl; ( aodorlit to Toot
AND Hoof IHMUX-
To hnrs« owners who i!fsir« to have
their horses' feet filled with loath
some, foot-wrecking disea--e knnwc
thrush, we can say that the n:u ! r. •!
filth which can be fourd at this I:me of
the year in so many yards ami s?a'U
w here horses arc kept are (itt .rs ex
tremely eonduciT* to that coadition.
If owners would stop to en -tier t . .it
no other disease is responsible for half
so many dtfcrinwt and narrow-heeled
feet as thrush; that no other tl.se »se is
half so frequently found in the iioiic'i
foot, and, withal, that no otl.t r • -ease
is as easily presented. and. in its earl
ier stages* cure.l, as th is, th.*y would
certainly be more active in adapting
preventive measure* against its on
slaught*. Ther e are soicc feet »o
bealthly and sound that it wouul seem
no amount cf exposure to mud and
filth, aud even actual contatrion, could
develop the disc a*e, but the average
foot has a tendency to c< ntra. t the
malady if the conditions are part;cu ar-
Iv favorable.
Animals which are taken from the
locality to another and, in totneouen r
of imperfect acclimatization, found to
be in a state of hra.tb ui -CThut be
low ordinary condit; n. are r art cular
ly prone to the contract! n f tiiru>b;
in fact, the lowering of the health
status from any cause whatsi ever is a
marked predisponent to this condition.
The prevention consists in
the unfavorable conditions to nhuii
the animal is ex; >s/>d to the mini
mum. by hooking out *be feet twice a
day at least, and if a suspicion . f the
disease is found, in puttin - a fe
spoonfuls of a ten percent. • f
chloride of zinc into the cleft an I i: ■ -
spaces of the fro? and bars two or
times at intervals of tw> or three d;»v<
As it is almost impossible to cure
thrush in an animal that is not in a
state of health it follows t..;it both in
the prevention and treatment of the
disease, a consideration of the general
health is a matter of primest impor
tance, after which cleanliness becomes
the next greatest esscnt.al—' '.ark's
Horse Review.
THE HORSE STADLE.
(iood Care cf Animal* I'ajra In I>»llsr*
and Cant*.
One of the best-known writers says I
that the horse stable should be con
structed with a view to the horse's wel- j
fare in every possible way; l>e made ;
warm and comfortable; kept clean and
well littered, and the window directly '
in front of the stall. Protect the glass (
by lime wash, or by daubing with white ;
paint laid on with ends of bristles, so 1
as to prevent nny frlare and to diffuse It ]
so that the eyes may not I* too mnch
excited by direct suulipht. To tske a
horse from a dark stable into bright ,
sunshine, especially when snow is on
the ground, is destructive to the eyes, '
and a frequent cause of blindness. The
most comfortable stall is it 100 -e one; |
7x9 is large enough, and tiie feed j
trough should be raised so that the
droppings may fall into it. Use curry j
comb and brush at least once a day.
and thoroughly.
A well-curried horse will not roll in j
the stall, and will Keep himself clean, j
It is a irood plan to rjb the bra-di with ;
kerosene occasionally, as preventive ,
of vermin (and to give the harness a j
rub with it now an I then will save it
from gnawing mice and rats). The
horse should be brushed until the coit j
shines. This work is an effectual i
servative of health; due action of the
skin as an excreting organ is thus se- j
cured. No horse paws at night in a '
loose stall, when quite comfortable
every way; the hab'.t indicates uneasi
ness. Ihe common remedy often rec
ommended—to fasten a chain to each j
foot —is barbarous. '1 hese hints, which |
merely touch this subject, should go to j
show how important it' is to think •
about all the busin> -s o' the farm. If
one would on hour a week for this
thinking he would soon find plenty of
it to do even more frequently.—Farm- ,
ers' Voice.
HANDY STABLE TOOLS.
It Coot* Nothing Hut a Little Time to
Make Thrm.
At a cost of very little time, and 110
money, every horse owner may have
convenient stable tools. '1 he wooden
scraper at a has a lianillc four and a
half feet long, the scraper head beintr
fourteen inches long. six inches wide,
and one and a half inches thick at the
center, and tapering toward each 'dge.
The scraper at b has the same length
of handle, also the same length and
thickness of head, the solid portion,
however, he in/ but four inches wide,
the upperedge set with pointed wooden
pins two and a half inches long and
HOMEVADK STABLE TOOLS.
three-quarters of an inch in diameter.
Provided with these wooden teeth, the
stable can be nicely and expeditiously
cleaned without the use of a fork It
will, also, prove convenient for separ
ating the coarse from the fine litter.
'I he wooden pin at e is for clearing out
the hole->, made through the Poor for
drainage, aud should be one foot Ion?,
a hole being provided near the upper
end for a striag or wire loop by which
it may be hung up.—American Agri
culturist
A Point In Blanketing.
Most persons who have the car>* of
horses in the winter make a bad
mistake in blanketing a horse as soon
as he is stopped if he has become heat
ed by hard teork or long traveling.
The vapor "hat steams up fro*n the hot
sides of the horse condenses and wets
the blanket, and as he continues tc
cool the cold and wet covering chills
instead of warming him The better
plau is to allow the horse to stand un
covered until cooled down to abont the
ordinary temperature*, and th-»n throw
on the blanket.—National Stockman.
The Close of the Ducawiou.
peek—l'd have you know, madam,
that I have as much right to ventilate
my opinions as you have.
' Mrs. Peck—Hut, my dear, your opin
ions don't need ventilating. They're all
wind, anyway. —Indianapolis Journal.
The Different Varieties.
"How many kinds of seals are there?"
asked Penelope.
"Well." said papa, "there is one kind
that is found on a sheet of pan-r and
another that lives on a sheet of ice."—
Harpers Young l'cople.
I True Economy.
Friend—Why do you wear those fear
fully old-fashioned collars?
Winkers (a man of affairs > —Because
when the washerwoman sends th-.-m to
anvbody else, they fiend them back. —>'
Y. Weekly.
A -11;; lit Difference In Aees.
He—And so you were named after
your mother?
She Oh. yes; of course manna
doesn't like it referred to, but it *f<i» a
little while afterward.—Truth.
Consolation.
"There's one wise thing about having
only one leg," said the veteran. "A
pair of sock* lasts twice as long as they
would otherwise/'—Jury.
At the Funeral.
First "Sister—Why don't you cry?
Second Sister—Can't. Left my rn»-
bruidered handkerchief aA home. —"liiX-
-1 wSuUas»
PROTECTOR FOR TREES.
Aa rrttrntm tflmi lajwf
fr.as lui>Mr»
In IV I the protector a kLm ia
position a'»>ut an apple tpre F".? I
show* a mntfni*tt atkl ntsl ia»»h. 4
m »>» .Bj» the prvtcttor. The !atk> ntay m
cat r:lher Jor.i feet long. aeeard ag to
the height of the truck* of the tee* for
which *-nev axe lateoded. >ert!nor
laths arc sufficient for oae protector
The wire aaed ia a boat Xoi V* ia aw,
aua mar be of iron, brass or Ofier
Br»at an.! fopjer are am« ilaalll
than iroa. bat their greater e-wt may
owrha'int* thia adv-nata/v A 1 a
rapitl mean* of aieasur.uj oflT the *t-».
it tear be wound lengthwise aonct a
piece of t> >ar.l .aches iwog for an
8-la!h protector, or 16'■» iacbe* if T .atoa
are to be :i»ea The wiraa mar than W
SMlfe
rtVfC
I
I
m I. —TR»£ raoraoT"a.
cat at i-ne end of the board with tha
cold chi-.0l or tiaaer's »h.-*rm. The
protector* taaj be njndif pat tofetlvr
on a c ■mmon work bench by mean* rtf
a »imple deeice *hown ia aeojad «iraw-
Procara a piece of str>>«jj eia-tic
wood aboat 4 feet loair. and tt» e-»-
fourtb*of an inch thick, to serve aat a
sprin; »lu>wa at the upper port of Ota
drawing. Then tack two M -;k* to t K a
top c,t t'oc bench near the rear side tr>
serro as a support for the «prin|r- Sa—
drtre three nail* iato the beach aea.-
the front side, at the distance apart at
which the wires are to be pl.calct
the protector. The end wire* ahooul
he aijout 3 lDche* from the end
of the laths. Seat t « iat tua
end* of the wires togetlier for a
short distance. beginning atx.nt thrr»
inches from the end. and place one of
the wires about each of the nai s ia tl<«
no. 3. XAt:s» ras ran rnoracT
front of the bench, aa shown. Place
another shorter wire, hieing the ends
bent into hooks, about tha outer end < f
the Kprin;. and slip the first iMh
thmuirh the foar wires, aa shown 1
the <ira ing. bending tha spriuff suffi
ciently to make thia po«sible. Tha
spring now acts an a tension to keep
the wires taut. Insert the areond lath,
lifting np the lower strand of wire and
slipping the lath beneath that, aad over
the other strand, tha* crossing tha »» »
strands. Then with a hammer reatl*
drive np the second lath toward th -
first until the two are about oae-fonrta
of an iach apart. Insert tha other lath
in the same manner, after which un
hook the wire connecting tha afr.ox
with the first lath and looaen it from
the protector. In placing 1 tha protector
about the tree, simply bend it around
and insert the free ends of the wirv 1
beneath the wire of the first or tme-mti
lath, clinching it enough to hold secure
ly The protector ia to be left 00 suir
mer and winter, nntil the tree oat
grow. it. or the wires rost off. TV
protector not only prevent* icn*ca. i
on the trunk, but 1* an effectual pre
ventive aguinst injury from rabb.t-.
and other rodents, as well as from
w'uifil 'trees used in cultivation.- Prof
El S (Jo/f. before the Wisconsin Horti
cultural Society.
PACTS FOR FARMERS.
WITH the present low price of whaat
it can be more profitably converted ia-
by feeding it to the hena than
into flonr.
Yot" can select a nice yoniur steer,
ma'.ce it fat and salt the beef for yoar
own use. and with more profit, than to
sell all of your steers and bay beaf by
retail.
SAGE tnd other herb* pay well, and
it ii clainifil th*t i cropof i* wortn
about 5330 p*r acre Those who make
a business of ifrowinf it sow the seed
early in the spring am! transplant the
younsr plants in July.
IVmi.r milk u being inspected for it*
solids, it would be well if an r*3inin»-
tion could be made by the farmer of
his cows, that the healthiest only
should be selected for breeding, is
order to avoid transmission of disease
to offspring.
Sr.vn.owcß seed is valued at about CI
a bushel. A bushel of seed will pro
duce about one gallon of oil. and the
residuum is then used for cattle in the
same manner as linseed meal, la Rus
sia it ia one of the most valuable plant*
grown.
FORCIXO fruits and vegetat-ie* is ver y
profitable work in winter, if (lone cor
rectly. and care is T'ier»
arc many detail* to look after. When
one can ;ret 31 for a quart of strawber
ries so grown, however, it should pay
to bestow the work.
THE English method of keeping fruit
ofer winter is to select apples, grapes,
etc.. that ire perfectly free from Flem
ish and wrap them in paper, parking
the articles in dry sawdust The saw
dust must be thoroughly dried, •# M
to contain not tho leaat moisture.
THOSE who know what the green to
mato worm is have often ni>Uctd the
little white spot* on the worm The
white srots are the eirgs of a caraeite
that will, when hatched, destrov ail the
worms ia the neigh borhood; hence the
worm should not be killed if the while
spots are noticed.
Too UMI a «low
He s'-Tt ta the room where ta* fas sscaved.
But this be Ud not dreai!.
It *is wlira 1*- saw tae flrst month's tifil
That he fell down Use? and d-md.
—CHica«o tnwr Ocean.
A Sir* Way of ratttnc l«-
"Itut, darling, is your income sufficient
to support a wifeT*
"I think so. dearest: provided your*
is suSlioient to support me." —Life.
You say be limbed. "» aoUow laueh. «h" «»
a«r'"
llow ceaM that fie when Be d Just had ht* ma-
Ml'
W*y Me LM«
"Why are yon so 'ate. JackT* asked
the boy's mother on hit re tor— fxvim
school.
"I was kept In." replied Jack.
"Whispering againT"
"No. "m. I was kept in for not talk
ing."
"llow was that*'
"The j >sxapny teacher asked me »
question, and I nerer said a warO."
Harper's Young People.
rr.i>ul<»! sraosp •*-
"I tell you." he said. diaronaolutet"
"women are aitogrthtr too
like iwwallays.**
"What's the matter?"
"I proponed to the hei«*s» yeste*»tar
"Did she accept jr««r
"N> >he took out her note
wrote my natoe and add,r«» u» it Mk
said she would ioo*irr i%v
• ma. '—ituattM Oh/ac
TH€ OOC'S i OCA or MS MAOVVb
*>»t of aarr*. btag ums
■*€*■» mm* anAs if thought * 4MB MS
•nuxj aed oa »Si wa
iVa.in* with 'V -nrntaJ vrnrntmmm
a*M- r ** «n >r Lam
whea w» aa-'ak of th* nll i IMM
rntHHit aa nM to tmnp prrnmmmjt
*» ha »flnorr »:a.-e» !>hm aa |§
pn».-r »1«i US' «viadg» t*MB w» aw Mm
•aa do* Than we «ae -a tha au* ««Mp
' * Wfr«t Ttt piwt * Hmmi
w-ra thought >r men «a V- *• UlaUa
»' -he JT •»'-*. 4»nMiai bMw MMy
were p. • j«nf m the r -' of :1M ««»
shipera. who "na. —J ay tnMO tat
«»a k».ara u> th. m*ao-ra. T'.iaAoati
teach aa an hear -a aM tkH IkM %
\Jtc-our tIM 4nf* pnt« of !(■». *
mat andnabaadly nrk a 'hrrig aa «ps»
»»cph-.»*. Hi that he !m* h«a paeaflw
aa«l ideaa at life awl at
nwntad rimitra. aad Ihareflwvw {tevfnaa
aw hi* art Via: in iir m Ml
with hilt It ha» >m «a>ri that amm
Maada tr> hta dng la tha mniih a «# m
owa« at Iritj laai aatatta
fa! aad • i—iai u at' 'mlai
hat**. :r i a an, rewanla aad j matin te
hnmaa Uha tWii<<a. it tvoivaa a» strata
«f 'ma «r nation In r »wi a*— tha* !*«■»
4*f» point at »W Ma -aaaaar to a»
n. ni-mfrj »>l naallT «af ta^t
"1 >hapa lad —n i ■■ ■ mala
-amimp :a his »a»rnrtal n»t-ire
KICKED BY A OtAO MMI
w«a m LrmrOmm
*1 had my ha* HMtf wM
ai*nt •*• a ind mmm." mM J.»ka A. &»
•wfc to a St Lona GM»t!nHM
reporter. " Wbea aj' iaiugni mt tone
teea I mm rUunx a rtar ■! smato ta
•wrthwMtfli Mi—narl ft waa Jkat
after the war. kid Imtpafc »m nrr
|ll«<W
"<V lark nfht • eMpit •< Am
f»»«n tr*d to WU w M I waa
**kml th» <pin koar and radaower
then. I w*Tjt plnafftaff oa toe
darkaena for a»eer«i hoadrad J auto
*hea my kon* «t pp>d aa
that I taadwartoMly left -J»e iiWln> Mi
•! aatrUie bra Mrh
"Mjr aditfrim di «nt
with friffht tat. to wh aw, I «mM
we ooMuajr t thnuyht it mm* to mmm
f oTpa-ta nd ipiund the ku*to tor
»wi whi'e I told nr pM raa# to
the expected sttark
".to I pawrt a ;«f* a«« itol
»«rfj nwr»d the mad a My ■iwity
boot atrarb roe ia the tmm aad mapil
my bat of I raatliM that fAt mm*
a«H a hat. an did aot May to 11—nn lb
"Oa my «if hack ant morakqr I
found that the ki<-ker «t* a iead an
who wan swiagiay fma a ! lab with a
piece of paper ptnaed to bta shirt, m
which waa ** raw led: Thoa *hatt aa*
•tae's,- apeahally error* aad *«!»"*
THE PARSON S TUT*
Tie; DH>l Ai iIH h Waa ito ■> MM
There is a atory at a -tugj 1— ato
had taken tempi wary datf Lr a tttoud
aad who cad the 01 lark to tsfare Jmm
faiae teeth Jurinjf the week. The piafcr
was aeat to the . teatiat'* tor rryan. a
Jkitkfsal aan-.raaca beiag pt ra lha- t
ahr>ai<l be daly returned by Sutotay a
poet. bnt the dentist or the peal piui M
IWt>le»*
with the a«B«taaea at llto dark ika
clergyman managed to atnadMe ikr.it«fc
the prayer*. Not f it it w aid ha aapna ■
mfetc to altera*"» preach. .Ie there
fore interacted the clerk to "naiaaaw
excaw foe him aad <ll iaa ila tka aoagr -
gathwi
Bat bin feriin-r* may ha bettor if ay
iaed than dinned when, .a tka »
clato '□ of the rea try. he uveraoapi tka
clerk, in immvearee toaaa. tana dkiiinii
the "maemmr."
"Pirwm *~rr marry, bat it ia to ato
fjrtuiv to be <rt>ay»d to wear a «e* e#
artful teeth. They boated tort Wedame
day aad be eta t got thexa bath fr~>m
Loact-m to-imy. ae be waa prna'wil
I>e helped him ail I roald thruagk tka
serri.'e. bat I >-aa*t do aa awe tor bkai
km t any one for his r*ag tnto tka pd>
pit. for you wouldn t naili'irt—i • word
he *sud. m> be thmhayoaaU aaay m *aN
go home."
VANISHING ANIMALS.
■ae la ilentte* Tkaa am Caa*Matf
So one m read a book a 4 araeet to
wild coontriea witkoat hae-.ag kuiighi
forcibly before bia the grave tart tka*
many at the moat latereattoy tonaoa
tiua eart.i wtoa the brtaknf ■ ilai aiaa
tkra.
The btsoa m practically gam* m a
miU snimai from firth America. The
quagjra not now to be found ia *wh
Atr.cm. The harmlei and mteriatiagaat
bear appears aisn to be fokmm «fc» *ar
of the man moth and the m—aiiikm
The L- - toa Zoo csaaol get a |ui#i
The price of am.nala ia the wnrhee
has if one op to anpreeadeated Jgaiaa
We carefully provide their nafiei majea
ties of Africa with repeatiag nttm t*»
aceeierat.- the pr«esn of acnihilaMna
Trawlers warn aa that the (Banal
slaughter pi Lit eede with aa eeer aacat -
e rated pace so loag as iiiiali eaa ha
found to be killed.
The destruetloa apparently at aoaa
result ia orat of the larger wild ea»-
maus becoming aa exttart aa the <M»
Or Joha Brown, of BetHned, Ea^aat
te.ld a r»d story the other day at a re
eeption given i..m by a Boefaia feat is
man He nut that the c.ngliah nan
are »avtiuei rfginlni an rathwr hibh
suadfil and not eery promfcaag peeaeaa
for ministers to work aaoaf. bat thiy
once in awhile show a aatiea Ju ew«t
nesa by no meana » he d< auiaed Oaa
of theot. oae day. i-aatag has luahre
was met by a spnrTi iaaa, wail in-aasd
and equipped, who hailed Him -vtth the
request W hat shail I give yoa to haew
a sh* t at that d.naerr* "O. dna t shoot
the doakey." >ir»r ;ed the road*.
brotherly toee eoatuaaa."
TfeM is PS <• ' *
JfUe F nmirwaa- -No. yoa eaa t Was
me. Doctor* ?ay that tiawaaa amm >►
transmitted >*y tooehiag ?^a
Mr Biff-I haee ao ular* bat aa
affe. ti.-n of the heart. *t»d I
wish yoa woulJ eaarh iat—
Life
Msaaaw Wrnnr *m*mm
Ttet hrr .• e'.tßoas .wek.
Cat w» * «rf ms.M
Aa C«*i aa« n ■—*»a«»ssam»i
Chariey—ls Eoek a «otMl 'aitaf
Chap-iie - H ■ 'oak*s
ha s too .le«-erf y rmie for a>. »«aah mf
He seaiU in a btU every iaoa»h
A »'!■< aaa
*o«her-I>» yoa kaow why yaar»
Mkl'.ed Mr Blow a ll«*. Tommy*
Toauay- Tea m, ha a a «aiVr mm
thaa pa. —Brooltljra Life
til lr«
"Toar acn haa a Mr.
aramec' pewrtoa f hear
"Yea, tf♦ • regnlar -vrmmmrn*"
Jadge.
«>M DM S*e »»■■■•*
Peedita Wd r-a kiaa aim.'
P-oelope ioitetgwoaalyV-5««
It* tr»al ha.
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