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White-Sand Oil Co.
[A. STEELSMITH. Manager, Butler, Pa.]
Dealers 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 depot, Butler, Pa.
Refiner}' at Coraopolis, Pa., near P. & L. E. R. R.
This oil can be secured at McCrea's Feed Store on E. Jefferson St.
Are Yon One Of The Lncky Ones Who Will
Attend The Grand Clearance Sale At
*vT roLitm ci it '
For the next two weeks. Remember it
is not our fault if you come too late,it will
commence Jan. 25 and continue till Feb. 4.
Carpets, Cloaks, Underwear, Hosiery,
Gloves, Corsets, Dry Goods, Flannels,
Ginghams, Calicoes, etc.
See our bio- bargain counter 011 left
hand side entering store.
YOURS RESPECTFULLY",
A. Troutman & Son,
Leading Dry Goods and Carpet
House, Butler, Pa.
EVERYBODY WANTS TO MAKE MONEY.
Bome try to Bare money, some in one way, others in another way.
The true way to make money is to save money, but it would not be
prodent to expect for instance that you can bay an article at 50 cts. as good
u one yon pay SI.OO for, this would be losing money.
It is Simply a Matter of Business
With yon to bay from a reliable house and one that you know has only one
priee, a boose that gives one man as much as his neighbor for his dollar—no
two prieee.
Houeee that are always advertising goods at SI.OO worth $2.00, and all
tbis kind of bosh as • role are dangerous places to make money in,it is used
by them as a catch to get yon in their net.
It would not be safe for you to take part in any schema where the
merchant is going to lose money and you make, for fear the merchant
would make the money and yon lose it.
We carry the largest stock and best rubber goods of any house in Bnt-
Isr, we give a new pair of men's rubber boots if not satisfactory to the
customer free of charge, ask one of these little follows to do this, see what
he will say to yon, we have all these cheap or should say dear rubbers,
men's at 25 cts., chil's 10 cts., etc., and that is all they are worth or all
soy of them are wortL.
Oar atoek in men's, boy's and youths' boots and is not equaled in Butler.
Men's fine shoes at - - and 1.25
" extra fine calf shoes at - - - - 200
Ladies' fine button shoes at 1.00 and 1.25
" " grain button shoes at - - - 85 cts
" slippers at 25 cts. and 50 eta
" flannel lined shoes - - - 75 cts
All these not half price, but regular price.
Men's wool boots and robbers at - - 1.90
Old ladies' flannel lined shoes and slippers in great variety, we tel 1 you
whst goods are and give you tbe lowest price. No old rusty job lots in tbis
stock,s!l clean fresh goods. Come and see us.
B. C. HUSELTON.
, RINGS,
Diamonrls I E AR RINGS >
LJ\ cUIIUIIf < SCARF PINS,
'STUDS,
(GENTS GOLD,
\\l o tfeTi LADIES GOLD,
YY (GENTS SILVER.
LADIES CHATLAIN,
T/-txsr/nl |»tt f Gold Pins, Ear-rings,
otnCll J | King*, Chain?, Bracelets, Etc,
{Tea sets, castors, butter dishes
arid everything that can be
tound in a first class sto^e,
SODfiEB MIS. Ilfl
E. GRIEB,
THE JEWELER
No. 139, North Main St., BUTLEB/PA.,
*
Job Work of all kind done
at the "Citizen Office.'
THETBUTLER CITIZEN.
4
iTHE KIND a
■ THAT CURES.
HI
Cohuv.3, y. v.
j§ A MARVEL IN COHOES! ■
■Kidney and Liver Disease!
H FOB 15 YEAES, -■
t CUBED BY 3 BOTTLES! i '
IDA.VA SAR.-»APA RILLA CO.: *'
«l GENTl.kmkn Hav.ugbeen r»*stored to ~
■ health by the use of your Saraapanlla I fwl itH
SB my duty to let other* know tic grvm t benefit 1= !
recehred. ==
|H For 15 years I have been trooblau withal
r-»evert* puina in the Mtomurh, -p,•-j
~ney andJLlver I>l»e«*«-. *o badly that for ~
Hweek« at a tfinc-1 had tn stay in bed. SSJ
=§ I have used three bottles of
« DANA'S ■
| SARSAPARILLA f
jaand I fr.-L like :I MW man. 1 1
Bnx r'l it to «n* iiTJirt.,l w th diMir of the
nry«. \ oar* rcpenfullv.
3 Cohan, N. V. CIIARLES SIMMONS. Mj
s The troth of the ftl-.vc ii <*rtilU-d to by *
_ JAMES S. CALKINS, =
H brusrirt of Cohoes, N. T. |H
■ Never purchase of a " SUBSTITUTE!!, '(j|
3 a person who tries to sell you something jg|
Helee when you call for Dana's.) Our bot-f
Sties are being filled with a COUNTERFEITS
SARTICLE by "Substltulers." Buy of the§|
BHONEST DEALER who sells you what you||
ask for. and ff you receive no benefit he==
■ will return your money. II
51 Dana Sarsaparilla Co., Belfast, Maine. =
■THE KiNl> §
| THAT^OR^
_ MRS. P. J. CROMWELL, 9jt
■ Eiperancc, J». Y.
■A WORLD OF JOY INS
| FOUR WORDS! ss
jj"Two Bottles Cured Me!"*~
BDAN* SARSAPAKILLA CO.:
Si DEAR Bnt» —For yesra I have be n t-.a.wd : -r
== with Rhenunti .w.olso Livpy uil
fiSney Trouble. Nothing rca&i t) help
until I tried
I DANA'S
1 SARSAPARILLA *
ar.d two bottles CVHEI) ME.
■ Yours re«KctrullT. *™
M Efperan o, N.\. 3IHS. P. J- CROJIWEIX. g
■SCHOHARTT. CO. 6S. B
This eert:fi' S that I know the above Mr*. P. J.=j=
gOmvdt to be trustworthy, ai.d oueup -
■ whose- word yan can rely. *•
A. if. McKtL Jusucc of iue Peace. .;
Eiptrancc,N. Y. .... a
|p Dana Sarsaparilla Co., Belfast, Maine, gg
FRANK KEMPER,
DEALER IN
BLANKETS,
HARNESS,
And everything in
horse and buggy liir
nishing go ods—HE ar -
ness, Collars, Whips,
Dusters, Saddles, etc.
Also trunks and va
lises.
Repairing done on
short notice.
The largest assort
ment of 5-A. Horse
blankets in town will
be loiind at Kemuer's.
DIRE DRUGS IT LOW
J PRICES is the motto at oar
X store.
If yoa ate sick and need medicine
you want the BEST. This you can
a'wavs depend upon getting from us,
as WH use nothing but strictly Pure
Drugs in our Prescription Depart
ment. You can get the best of every
thing in the drug line from us.
Uur store is also headquarters for
PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES,
Kalsomine, Alabastine k
Get our prices before you buy
Paints, and see what we have to
offer. We can save you dollars on
your paint bill
Respectfully
J. C. REDICK,
Main St., next to Hotel Lowry,
BUTLER, PA.
SEE These Prices on EVERGREENS.
10,000 Norway Spruce. 4 too inches high, $.-u.
10.000 Balsam Fir, 4 to 8 inches high, S«. lo.ocio
Arbor Vita 1 . « to 15 Inches high, s£>. 10.000
Scotch Pine. 4to 8 inches hlgli, Mo. Over -joo
varieties. T.000.0w for sale.
TfiPFI iOO.W) White Cottonwood.
rvnLoi inijDo.! to V 1 lnch _ tm _ 100.000
Yellow Cottonwood, 1-.'to 21 lncit, SHJO. 1«>,0""
Sugar Maple. Ito 8 inch, 135. iflno.ono Elm. 4to
« incli. We sold 8,000,0c0 in 1&02. We mast
sell twice as many this year. Our nursery is
overstocked with all varieties and sizes of fruit
and ornamamal trees. We must clear some of
them out. ses»d for price lists. .
EVERGREEN NURSERIES,
Evergreen, Wis.
NEW CUSTOM GRIST MILL.
I have placed in my Mill a firat class
Roller outfit for Buckwheat Flour.
Also Roller Corn and Chopping Mills,
all the best the uiarkct oilers. Give us a
trial, we'll do our beet to .rive y<>ti a go-ul
turn oat.
Running every day except Sunday.
WM. F. MILLER.
313 N. Washington St.,
Butler Pa,
lUTTLER, PA., FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 17. 1808.
AT THE CORNERS.
[Tale of a Tramp.]
A dreary, wild November day,
The winds are whistling on their way
Across the moor-
He does not hesitate to wedge
His ahirer'.ng form within the hedge,
A shelter poor.
Along the slippery, rutted tracks,
High loaded with their bursting sacks,
Farm wr.gons rolL
They heed i.:n not. r.- v «eem lu ..ear
The wail of misery and fear
That rends his souL
The daylight fades and with it hope.
Again through cruel night to grope
His bitter lot
But stay: What sound comes through the
storm?
A little voice: A child's wee form,
Its way forgot:
"Alas: poor comfort of my rest.
Without a roof or shutter blest.
What warmth is her*'
We'll offer t:. r.i'.Jcred child—
-0«2 • : :'_j oiorm is howiing wild.
With wintry fear!
"There, little one. I'll wrap this coat.
Such as it is, 'bout arms and throat.
Dear frozen mite I
Lord! can X think beyond the j oars I
My babe—adrift and cold—in tears
On such a night!
"Rest, child: your head upon this arm
Is safe enough from other harm
Than wolfish co'.d.
Don't cryt Till morning comes Just sleep,
Somehow we'll manage life to keep.
You see I'm bolA"
Along the slippery highways shine,
Now high, now low, torchlights of pine,
Whose eager rays
Hunt but the shanows from the hedge
And throw within the woodland's edge
Their aniious blaze.
They're meeting- at the corners now,
Strong heads in tearful sorrow bow,
For hope seems fled.
When, from the hedge's gloom a moan
Comes faintly, and the light is thrown,
A glow of red.
There, folded to a loyal breast
The child enjoys a troubled rest,
Yet nothing cares:
He's certain his poor ragged friend
Will guard till night be at an end,
Though 111 he fares.
The tramp, pocr fellow, bent and cold,
A piteous sight—gray-haired and old-
No word he said.
They try to rouse him from his seat.
But rest has come at last most sweet.
The tramp Is dead:
—George E. Bowen, In Inter Ocean.
A PRECEDENT.
Two Deer at One Shot Not Ex
traordinary.
The news liad come iu that a hunter
back on P'ison Run had bagged two
deer at one shot, and there was great
diversity of opinion at the tavern as to
whether the hunter had actually done
It or not Some professed to believe it,
while others loudly proclaimed that
they would bet a little something that
there wasn't a word of truth in it. The
squire was among the latter, and the
Old Settler coming in when the discus
sion was at its height, he was placed in
possession of the disturbing news.
"W'at-a ye think 'bout it, major?"
asked the Squire.
•'Who were the hunter?" 6aidthe Old
Settler, sitting down, and assuming a
wise and judicial air.
"Baisly Cronk," replied the Squire.
"O'Cronk Hill?" asked the Old Set
tler.
"Yes; him."
"Do y* krow wnther his gun were
loaded tol'able heavy?"
"Dunno nuthin' 'bout his pun!"
"Did y' hear wuther he were patient
er than common w'ile he were waitin'
fer his shot?"
"Duru his patience! Do y* b'lieve
he got them two deer at one shot or
don't y'?"
"Were tha anythin' said 'bout his
waitin' till he see the whites o' their
eyes?"
"See here, major!" exclaimed the
Squire, his patience exhausted. "Be I
a witness in a britch o' promise suit, or
be 1 wantin' to know what y' think
'bout Baisly Cronk gettin' them two
deer at one shot? It don't make no
differ'nee, ez a matter o* that, w'at y*
think; but w'at's all this here rig'ma
role o' your'n got to do with it?"
"Squire," said the Old Settler, bland
ly, and without a feather ruffled, "alluz
load yer gun heavy an' hev patience,
an' don't shoot till y' see the whites o'
their eyes. Then if y' don't git enough
b'ar meat an' venison, et cettery, at
one shot to last y' pooty nigh all win
ter, it'll be sumpin' that hain't in none
o' the perceedents o' the past that I
know anythin' about! That is. pervidin'
y' don't shoot too high, or too low, or too
much on one side, or too much on
t'other. Tha hain't nuthin' that'll
knock perceedents inter a cocked hat so
quick ez that kind o' shootln'! Do I
b'lieve Baisly Cronk got them two deer
at one shot? Not if he didn't hev his
gun loaded heavy, nor didn't hev no
patience, nor didn't wait till he see the
whites o' their eyes, I don't. If he did
hev all them, o' course I b'lieve it. An'
if his gnn were loaded heavy enough,
an' he had patience enough, an' he
waited till he see the whites o' their
•yes enough, he orter got more than
two deer at shot. Tha's perceedents
fer it."
There was a look >of mingled disgust
and commiseration on the Squire's
face as he stood for a moment gazing
at the Old Settler. Then he exclaimed:
"Mebbe tha is perceedents fer it, but
if tha's any perceedent fer a man a
gittin' ez foolly ez you be, day arter
day, I never heerd on it."
"Mebbe!" said the Old Settler, with
surprising and aggravating calmness.
"But then tha's a good many things
yon never heerd on, Squire, an' 1
shouldn't wonder if one of 'em were
the time I stood on a runway fer an
hour seein' a b'ar feedin' an' prancin'
around in the scrub oaks, an' not wunst
a-pullin' bead on him, 'cause I had pa
tience, b'gosh, an' know'd that if 1
handled things right the future were
bulgin' fer me with more than jist one
b'ar! I shouldn't wonder a bit, Squire,
but w'at that time were one o' the
things you never heerd on!"
The Squire shook his head slowly,
and, as if soliloquizing over some mel
ancholy fact, muttered: "Foolier an
foolier ev'ry {lay! An' his pap lived tc
be eighty-six an' wa'n't a mite child
ishl An' a sensibler woman at ninety
than his ol' mammy were I never see!"
The Old Settler bristled a little, and
there was a little warmth in hi 6 tongue
as he remarked:
"I was sayin' to M'riar only this
mornin', 'M'riar,' I says, 'seems to me
the Squire's gettin' oncommon sociable
all to wunst, hain't he?* I says.
"'How so?' says M'riar.
" "W'y,' I says, 'he's stopped at the
gate more'n a dozen times this week,'
I says, 'an' ast p'tie'lar how you was,'
I says, 'an' how yer lard tried out,' I
says, 'an' how my roomytiz were,' I
says, 'an' if my 'taters was rottin' any,'
I says, 'an' if we wouldn't like to try
a roastin' o' his spare ribs,' I says, 'an 1
seemed ter'ble anxious,' I says, 'about
how things wa"s turnin' out 'round our
premises in giner l,' I says. 'lt's ben a
year an' better,' I says, 'sence the
Squire has ben so oncommon sociable
anxious. W'at do y' s'pose has
struck him, M'riar?' I says.
" 'Mebbe he's heerd,' says M'riar,
'bout them three bar'l o' cider we've
rolled inter the cellar,' says she.
" 'B'gosh!' says I. 'That's it!' "
The Squire's response to this sally of
the Old Settler was lost in the burst of
laughter that the latter called forth,
and when quiet was restored he waa
serene and good-natured, and the Old
Settler was beaming again. But he
was not to be diverted from what he
had set out to narrate, and he immedi
ately returned:
"Lippy Conkrigiit, he says to me one
| day, he says: 'Sile, tha'e a slammin'
over on Wild Gander,* he says. 'Less
go an' plutr some inter it,' he says.
That jist suited me clean through, an*
we went,"
•' Will y' drive the ridge?' says Lip
py. 'Or will y' stan' on the runway?*
"'Woll, Lippy,' I says, 'bein's It's a
cold an' squally day an' the runway is
the toughest job," I says, 'you kin
drive.'
"So Lippy tojk the dogs an' went off
back on the ridge to start out the big
buck. I put myself on the ol' red oak
runway an waited for the nnfort nit
deer to come along. I hadn't ben there
ten minutes 'fore off on the scrub oak
barren I see a golthumpin' big b'ar
come out and go to feedin' on the
acorns. My gun were loaded heavy, I
kin tell ye, an' I says to myself:
" 'See here, b'ar," I says, *you come a
C'.'.J r.'. ;!:cr, au' I'll lief to har-
vest ye!'
"Wull, the b'ar. not seein' or gittin'
scent o' me, kep on feedin' nigher an'
nigher, an' 1 could 'a' bored him ex
easy ez borin' a hole inter a sap tree,
but it come over me, ez the b'ar fed
along, that w'at I wanted to do were
to hev patience.
" 'We hain't out arter b'ar,' I says.
'We'm arter deer, an' if I plug that
b'ar,' I says, 'the buck is liable to hear
it an' shy off fer some other runway,
an' we won't git him,' I says. 'But,' I
says, 'if 1 hev patience, tha's a future
right here on this red oak runway,' I
says, 'that'll make comin' ginerations
hoi' up their hands an' wonder,' I says.
"So, hevin' my gun loaded heavy, an'
hevin' patience, I stood thar in the
blustcrin' cold an' waited fer the future.
The b'ar fed nigher an' nigher, an'
come so close, b'gosh, that I conld 'a'
twisted fur outen him with a ten-foot
pole. Then he fed away ag'in, till he
got most out o' range, an' then 'spose I
hadn't 'a' had patience? I'd 'a' drawed
head an' plugged that b'ar. sp'iled the
future, an' my gray hairs'd a gone down
in sorrer to the grave ev'ry time I'd a
thort of it!
"W'ile the b'ar were feedin' away
from me two great big white swamp
rabbits come a-lopin' out o' the bushes
an' went to grass almost where I could
touch 'em. Them kind o' rabbits was
6ca'cer than money in Sugar Swamp
deestric' jist then, an' money were so
sca'ce that folks usety come twenty
miles to git a look at a silver shill'n'
my pap brought with him from Jersey.
If I'd 'a' had my ch'ice I'd ruther
gathered in them two big white rab
bits than the buck or the b'ar, an' if I
hadn't had patience an' my eye on the
future I'd 'a' banged away an' got 'em.
But I let 'em feed an' said nuthin'. Ez
the rabbits fed around a flock o' pheas
ants come peckin' an' peckin' out inter
the openin' right in front o' me. My
mammy were consid'rable low with a
fever in them days an' had been
cravin' fer a hunk o' pheasant. I'd
been out ev'ry day fer a week, an' I
couldn't git pheasant to save my giz
zard, an' here was a half dozent or
more, an' all I had to do were to pep
per 'em over! I come pooty nigh raisin'
my gun an' bangin' 'em w'en my eye
got onter the future ag'in, an' I stood
still in the cold wind an' waited.
"Ol' Jedge Sniffets, at the county
seat, had a standin' offer o' sixty dol
lars for the skin of a silver gray fox,
but tha hadn't one o' them foxes ben
seen in the deestric* fer ten year. Ez I
stood there waitin' fer the future, with
th" big b'ar feedin' in to'rds me ag'in,
a., ihe white rabbits nippin' the grass
around me, an' the pheasants peckin'
in front o' me, I heerd sumpin'
in the brush, off to ray right, an' peek
in' out o' the corner o' my eye, w'at
should I see but a shiny silver gray
fox.
" 'Gosh!' thinks I, an' 1 thunk it
so hard it's a wonder the b'ar an' the
rabbits an' the pheasants an' the fox
didn't all hear iu 'Goal*! Thin future'*
gointer be wuth while!*
" The b'ar fed nigher an' nigher. I
know'd w'at the fox were arter. He
had his eye on them white rab
bits. The rabbits nipped around till
they was right behind me. The fox
sneaked around nigher to 'em. The
pheasants kep' peckin' away an' wal
lerin' right in front o' me. Pooty soon
I heerd the dogs, an' knowed the buck
were comin'.
" 'Now,' I says, 'if this here gun is
only loaded heavy enough, b'gosh, the
future is made!'
"The b'ar got nigher, an' I see tbe
deer creakin' over the ridge.
" 'Wait till ye see the whites o' their
eyes,' I says.
"The b'ar riz np on his haunches ei
he see the deer comin', an' I see the
whites o' his eyes. The buck come
boundin' along, an' ez I see the whites
o' his eyes he were right betwixt me
an' the b'ar. I let the ol' gnn beller.
She were loaded heavy enough, fer she
kicked me over back'rds like a log a
fallln', an' I heerd the skeert pheasant!
whizzin' up ez I went. I throwed up
my hands an' clutched at sumpin' ez I
went down. I squashed down on
sumpin' that were soft and wiggly, an'
I stayed there. I were sort o' obfusti
cated fer a minute, but ez soon ez 1
come to, b'gosh, I know'd the future
had come an' hadn't got by me. I had
a pheasant by the neck in each hand.
I had sot down onter the two white
rabbits jist ez the silver-gray fox had
made a jump fer 'em, an' the fox were
ketched under me, too. Jist then the
dogs come up, an' I riz up, piled my
pheasants an' my rabbits an' my silver
gray fox in a heap, an' went to see
w'at else the future had brung me. The
ol' buck were stretched out deader'n a
log, an' on t'other side of him laid the
b'ar!
"Squire, 1 dunno whether Baisly
Cronk got them two deer at one shot
or whether he didn't, an' I don't keert"
concluded the Old Settler. "But if he
had his gun loaded heavy, an' had
pp tie nee enough, an' waited till he see
the whites o' their eyes, I say that ac
oordin' to all the perceedents that 1
know anythin' about he orter got more
than three deer, b'gosh!"—Ed Mott, in
N. Y. Sun.
How Things Have Changed.
Tourist (from the north) —Uncle, can
you get us up a real typical southern
dinner?
Mr. Milledge—Bless yo' heart, sut
tin'ly, sah. Mammy, jes' tippicle a can
ob dem Bost'n bake-beans, on t#r de
fiah an' slice off a hunk ob dat Sheecago
dried beef. We sen's all our chick'ns
an' hawgs an' hominy down t" Ro'noke
now, sah.—Judge.
More Gas l ied.
Slimson—Heavens! look at this gas
bilL It is more than double what it
was last month. Clara, can you account
for it?
Clara—l can, father. It was just a
month ago that you forbade that lovely
Mr. Spooner to call.—Judge.
Had Been Paid For.
Editor—You say you want a check
for some jokes you left here two weeks
ago? Why, those jokes have been paid
for.
Mr. Chestnut—How long ago, sir?
"Oh, about fifty or a hundred years,
I imagine."—Life.
Encouragement for the Timid.
"Humph!" said a young gentleman
at the theater to a young lady, "I
could play the lovor better than that
myself."
"I should like to see you try," washer
naive reply.—Boston Globe.
She Knew the Man.
The Parvenu—l enjoyed a perform
ance of the opera "Faust" last night.
The Member of the Dahntay Club—
Oh, how I envy you. Goethe's music
must be f*> much lovelier than his libret
to.—Chicago News Record.
SIOUX MORTUARY CUSTOMS.
Trrrlbl* *«lf-Tortur« Inflict#* by Both
Br*vet »nd *qo»w«.
The Dakota Sioux paint a corpse red
across the mouth, the hand biaclc, with
the thumb on one side of the mouth. A
Sioux, says the St. Louis Republic,
never cries with pain and never exhib
its alarm at death or shows fear of any
kind. The medicine bag is placed on
the heart. There is little or no prepar
ation for death. The corpse is blanket
ed. boxed and lraried with the head to
the south, whence they believe they
originally came. A person who has
been murdered by one of their own
tribe is always buried face down, with
a fat piece of pork or bacon In the
mouth to prevent the spirit of the mur
dered person from scaring the game
from that section. A kettle of food is
sometimes placed at children's graves.
Girls eat the food out of it at girls'
graves and boys at boys .
The scalplock is cut off. hung up in
the lodge and considered "keeping the
ghost." Formerly these Indiana buried
in a tree or on a platform, and burial
in the ground waa a disgrace. They
even sometimes carried the dead
body of a person with them on their
journeys. The most cruel mourning is
practiced. The squaws hack themselves
to pieces with stone flints until they
are covered with blood. The braves run
sharpened sticks through their fleah un
til the scene is fairly sickening. A sin
gle scalp avenges the death and atop*
the mourning. While they mourn they
never laugh, wash or comb their hair.
They also have what is known as the
"ghosts' gambol." The Minnataree In
dians, of Dakota, cut off their fingers
for the dead till the whole ground Is
strewn with them.. They are Invari
ably buried in a green blanket, though
they never wear green when living.
PUSSY DIED OF GRIEF.
H*r Only Friend Wu a Xnrd«r*r Whom
Sh« Followed to th« ScsSbld.
Ellis B. Smith, the only republican
sheriff Pettis county has had since the
war, and the only sheriff that has ever
executed a criminal during the criminal
history of that county, was relating hi*
experiences as an officer to a reporter for
the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "I wit
nessed quite a peculiar thing in the jail
at Sedalia last year," he remarked. "I
had the very unpleasant duty of offi
cially removing an old man by the name
of Tom Williamson, who had been con
victed of a triple murder. About two
months before the day of the execution
the old man asked me to get him a
young kitten to raise. I did so. An at
tachment grew up between the two
that was certainly remarkable. If at
any time I happened to lock the old
man up in a cell without the cat, she
would raise such a disturbance that I
would have to lock her up with him.
They were together day and night.
When the day of execution rolled
around, the cat appeared to t>e the
chief mourner and brought up the rear
of the death march to the scaffold.
When the trap was sprung, the cat
walked back into the jail and, after
walking up and down the corridor for
an hoar, pounced upon old man Wil
liamson's cot, where it remained for a
week, refusing to eat or drink. A boat
eight days after the execution I deter
mined to remove her. When I attempt
ed to frighten the cat off, I discovered
that she was dead. I actually believe
she grieved herself to death."
PROGRESS IN BURGLARY.
hb-Cr*ckln( flu EMOBC a Srt*nc« ud
the Jimmy I* Obselet*.
Burglary is a trade. It has Its tricks,
its tools, and its ups and downs. It is
a trade which, according to the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat, is continually
changing and improving. Methods of
trnrt* t-njpn
twenty years ago are hardly known
now. The thiefa "jimmy" is ont of
date. Safe-blowing has given way to
safe-cracking. Four or five men, with
a few sticks of dynamite, rob a train
nowadays as easily as twenty men,
armed to the teeth, did it a dozen years
ago. But in spite of the changes the
motto of all low-grade crooks is: "The
way to steal is to steal." They em
brace every opportunity, and steal
whenever they can, often making a
bnngling job and getting nipped. After
a few terms in the penitentiary, how
ever, they are no longer low-grade
crooks, but have become educated pro
fessionals. The penitentiary is their
school. There they are taught all the
improvements of the "trade," and there
many burglars' devices are invented by
brainy but vicious men.
English Farm Hands.
When, as rarely happens. English
farm laborers come to this country, they
find it extremely difficult to accommo
date themselves to the current American
custom of eating but three meals a day.
An English maid servant and nurse who
lived to be more than a hundred years
old averred that she hat! always been
accustomed to "a dew bit and break
fast, a stay bit and dinner, a nommet.
a crummet, and a bit after supper."
Extra meals are common enoogh (luring
the harvest season in this country. The
hasty breakfast at half-past three in the
morning is followed by a "stay bit" at
eight o'clock and by a luncheon be
tween the noon-day dinner and the
after-sunset supper. In parts of south
ern Pennsylvania the dinner hour is
eleven o'clock in tbe morning, and it
would not be difficult to show that
Americans living on the aame meridian
are dining all the way from that hour
until seven in the evening. The great
mass of country folk still dine at noon.
Cnrlooa Death Custom* of FIJI.
The Fijians believe that in case a
marriageable youth or maiden die*
without having gone through with the
elaborate nuptial knot-tying ceremony
of tbe islands his or her aoul is doomed
to wander about forever in an inter
mediate region between heaven and
hell. When anyone dies, man, woman
or child, a whale's tooth is placed in the
hand of the corpse, the missile to be
thrown at the tree which stands as a
guide poet to point out the road that
leads to Heaven and the one that leads
to helL
Waiting.
Tbe mistletoe hangs from the cbaadelier,
Her cheeks are ro»y red;
Yet In her blue eye (learns s crystal tear—
" He cometh not," she said.
—Judge.
The lnnorent Voting Thing.
He —You know. Miss Smythe, I fancy
you—
She —Oh, George, this is so sudden.—
Truth.
▲ MODERN CHIXNET-SWEEP.
- it. Nicholas
fggg
FEEDING HEIFERS.
ft* !*eed of a More !klutllc Trastmeat
of Toung Dairy Stock.
The first year of tbe dairy cow ia the
most critical of all her life. Immature,
because not more than half grown, she
has had to give life to her calf, she is
now called upon to give milk for het
owner, and within a few months she
will again have to furnish iife and sus
tenance for her second calf. So she ,
has nearly a constant threefold demand
upon her energies, and unless the ut- \
most skill Is taken the usefulness of
the coming cow will be Injured by care- !
less and ignorant methods of feeding
and care. This young heifer should
receive, not only a great abundance of
food, bnt that which is succulent and
easily digested, and the greatest care
should be taken to develop the aan
mary gland That is, her food should
be so regulated that it would not only •
sustain her and produce material for j
the growth of herself and the embryo I
calf, but there should be a surplus re
sult of the food consumed; the milk
and butter product is the result of this
surplus. We want to so breed and feed
calves for the dairy that they will I
make cows that will put this surplus i
feed into the milk pail and nowhere
else.
1 wish I knew how to better empha
size the need of a more scientific treat
ment of our two-year-old heifers. If
all of them could be fed right for one
or two generations, the average prod
uct per cow of our dairies could be
easily raised 20 per cent. As soon aa
the animal digests and assimilates
more than it wants for its daily susten
ance. and all healthy animals can di
gest more than ia needed for their daily
wanta, it seeks to do something with
it. Sow it is the province of the
breeder to direct this surplus energy
into specialized channels, a* may be
desired, and creating a tendency to re
ceive this surplus and store it in the
form of growth, milk, beef or reserve
energy appears to stimulate the power
of the animal to increase the amount
of surplus assimilated food, and so the
animal may be induced to go on and in
crease its production until it has
reached the limit or end of the law of
ita being. The change and variations
desired often come alowly. but each
additional generation may add some
thing valuable of surplas directed ia
the channel best suited to minister to
the wants of makind. —Prof. I. P. Rob
erts, in Farm and Home.
THE COMING HOG.
Not an Ideal-Looking Creator*. But a
Very profitable Uae.
The future hog must be a rustler, by
which Is not meant a "raator back" or
"hazel splitter" but one that has the
getup and grow to him; an animal of
fine proportions, with extra top line,
broad deep hams, clean cut, smooth un
der line, free from flabbiness of jowl
or belly, with deep bacon aides and
deepness extending well back to flank
and forward to shoulder, not uneven,
and deep in center, having a fine cut
head, smooth and broad between the
eyes, jaw broad and tapering well and
even to muzzle, eyes clear and promi
nent, with ears standing ont well from
the head, breaking evenly and smooth
towards the point, but wonld even pre
fer a standing-np ear to a drop or flop
ear, as a drop or flop, flabby jowl and
anderline in my experience are not
rustlers and are more inclined to di»-
ease frou> »iki«ive «•# »«s
and these bad habits are generally
found together. The bone should not
be too large, but one of fine and strong
texture, legs firm, standing erect on
their pins and tapering well from arm
down to their feet. Some people have
an idea that the size is the mo«t de
sirable in the selection of a hog, and
that large bones, no matter how badly
shaped, is the hog for them, claiming
that large hogs mutt have large bones.
While a good bone is desirable, if well
shaped, a small bone ia more to my
notion than a big, awkward-shaped
one, for this reason—a bog that has the
right form and small bone po«sesses
tbe property of patting on deep flesh
and making big returns for his feed,
and carrying to market desirable meat,
while the other is a harder, longer feed
er, and goes to market with a larger
per cent, of low priced meat —IL C
Dawson, in Colman's Rural World
FINE COMBINATION.
Stack Tard nad Manger for Pre.eatla#
Waste la Feeding.
Moat farmers utilise tbe straw move
than they did twenty years ago. and
many of them consider good bright oat
and barley straw to be worth for feeding
purposes quite as much as over-ripe
clover or timothy hay. and, pound foe
■■ma ma lasiasiise waste IV
FEEHM.
pound, worth fully half as mochas any
good hay. Hence, instead of wast
ing the straw by bnilding flat-topped
stacks and allowing the cattle and
other stock to have free access to them,
a yard is boilt around the stacks and
the straw fed out as regularly as hay or
grain. To make all secure a log pen ia
built, like the one iu the illustration
from a sketch by L. D. Snook. The
logs rest upon a foundation of stone or
wood, the lower log being one foot
from the ground and three logs oo
each aide, the extreme height of fence
being sot leaa than four and a half
feet On the leeward side of the stack
pen a permanent and durable manger
can be easily made from small poles.
This may extend the entire leaffth of
tbe pen and be built upon one or more
sides. The straw is thrown into it di
rectly from the stack, and if a ration
of hay or straw be fed at noon it will
prove equally as valuable, the only ob
jection being that it ia located out of
doors. However, it is more convenient
and economical than to throw the
food upon the ground or in the nearest
fence corner.—American Agriculturist.
Papa'* Consent.
Bhe— Isn't it lovely? Papa consents.
He—Does he, really?
She—Yes. he wanted to know who
you were, and I told him you were
tape-clerk at Scrimp A Co.'a, and he
seemed real pleased.
He—l am delighted.
She—Yes. and he said we could be
married jnst as soon as you were taken
into the firm.—X. Y. Weekly.
Her Question.
Briggs—l called on Miss Birdseye the
other day in my new auit, and when I
kissed her she waa quite indignant, un
til I told her it was always the custom
to christen a new suit in that way.
Griggs—Then what did she say '.'
Briggs—She wanted to know if that
waa the only new suit I had. —C lothier
and Furnisher.
Hard on *appy-
Barlow —Old man Timberw heels wants
to condemn Sappy to perpetual ullence.
Taddles—How's thaf
Barlow—l beard him tell Sappy he
ought to thiak before he speaks.—
ABOUT ROOT CROPS.
TWf An rrdaakU for r>rai <k*
tttr <UrkHL
Many farsm hare *a»t food
crop* of potatoes ire prorita Die when
grown crar enough *o nr-arbt-t to b*
disposed of without too ionif cari
The Mist con*id»r»tlon mast h» r*-
gardcd in growin g crops of beets, tar
nips, carrots. parsnip* snd other root*
They are both bulkv inl hea»y in pr->-
rortion to their price \go -! deal of
art] work most go for alt the m »ner
tbej bring. That ia true also of p>t»
toe* The* are not like the cheaply
and easily harvested graia crop* The
roots are worse than potatoes ia tha,
that after they are oat of the ground
their tops bare to be rat 'iff Potatoes
can be dag by machinery, and only
need hand labor in picking jp and con
to the market wir'a W»ll
frown root crops. however. j wUI m
much more heavily thaw do
potato crop® that for tn.ise not afraid
of hard work they pay better tbaa
most others. If land is jp»l and sea
son favorable they will, at * I -w pr-ce.
give a lanre ret am per a—*. Root
crops are one >f the sore ways by
which an industrv>us man fan pa»- for
his farm Maybe be will earn his
farm while paying for it M -*t d«x
Bat it is at least better thaa the hard
work that men most afraid of labor
often are obliged to do and grt »' re
turn at all If • man has enough to
sustain himself while working it be
may bay an acre of rich Sand, pat it
into roots ia the spring. s»t pay for the
land with the prod art tue com ng tail
It is not rery likely that the price of
any kind of roots will fall low enouirh
to prevent this betnir done There is
never likely to be the clone competition
In root growing in tbut country that
will always prevail sn grain growing.
Though they mar not w:sii t) grow
roots for market, ye' farmer* should
grow enough to at least make a change
of feed for the stock they keep through
winter Turnips and beet* axe best for
hogs, and are especially good f<>r breed
ing- sows before as weli at after far
rowing. Carrots are excellent for
horses. A peck of them a day is worth
mora for each horse than the price of
them in the market. Beet-*, carrots
and parsnip* will each pay better fed
to cows t'nan they will he to market.
With a well stocked farm there im a
home market for a large snppty of
roots, and if any are grown for market
ing by the bushel the horn- market
may well take the place of any oUter
when the price is !<->w.
VALUE OF TILLAGE
livrMMfd rralu la IW Hawse* ml Cow
»-«»trstt<l 9arvtef
The almost universal tendeeey with
Western farmers for years has been
"spreading-out ' farming. Everywhere
will one see farmers who. oat of choice,
had rather run over two acres to rata*
thirty bushels of wheat than to have the
headache hard enough to raise that
amount on one acre. There ia a good
reason for this. To raiae thirty buaheis
on one acre requires skill, forethosagirt.
care, good tillage; ia short, that kind
of crop depends on the man sa much aa
on the land. In the other cane there
would be but very little investment of
the man, and more of lack aad a blind
trust in Providence. When a maa has
more trust than skill he will of coarse,
invest that of which he has the most.
Every man farms according to the
mcwiatc uf tl»e man. W« wvmtf at
ways bmable to do aa well aa be knows,
but he will try. aad, what ia more, ha
will try to keep bis knowledge ahead
of hia bands. Every year adda evidence
that concentrated, aot "spread-out"
farming LS to be the fntare <rder of
things. Concentration enriches the
soil: "spread-out" impoverishes it. Con
centration reduces the primary capital
in land and increase* its productiveness,
thus decreasing- the coat of production.
The Irishman was right nrheu. >a bear
tag another speak of a certain horse
as be la if «|uite speedy, he replied
"Troth. I know of a horse that' all trot
as fast ss two av im That is the
principle to work for Lay oat your
capital ia better tillage. -Mi* more
acres; ia better cows, horses. K-sf» aad
sheep: aot more, bat better orv ia
acrsa aad animals. Only ia this way
caa true ecnaoay aad a eneservatisai
of the farm forces be brooght a boat
so as to enlarge the margia of profit
The mlscbef with all oar producta ia
that they coat ton much to raise Thm
state of affairs will coatiaas with
every farmer aatai he seea woes clear
ly and app'les more energetically thta
principle of less acres sad »>ettar til
lage; less animals aad better nets
Slowly In everi farming msuanitf
are a few who are beginning to ge ad ta
ste up aad oat of the low level of con
trary ideas, and increased profits rome
to them as a reward. —folman s Rural
World. _
80XES FOR VEGETABLES.
The? are mm ( Sea* mm m Slaai i marevm
aa4 Crates.
The boxes here illustrated are the
cheapest ones we make, says A. L
Root, ia Handling Farm Produce, and
a rrao aoaaa
the ones which sell heat. Far the eada
we use six slats instead of boards cross
wise, thus making them open on the
enda as well as the sides. These are
used for tomatoes, apples, cucumbers,
etc. In fact, there ia no fruit or vege
table of about this site or larger that
could aot be handled ia these craars
They are aa cheap to ship garden staff
to market ia aa the ordinary barrels
and crates, bee idea beiag much lighter
and neater. The above cut shows the
manner in which ail the bones are
packed for sapping
Doctor—There is «ofnething yoa have
which I have not yet been able to get
at When I d». I think 1 caa get away
with It in a very little while.
Patient lugubriously—lt must be my
bank account. —Truth.
He—lf I should ask yoa to marry ae.
what would row say?
She —Oucse.
|| e —Well—cr—what would it rhyaae
with?
She -Guess.- Pack.
t (ntkMß.
"Don't you think, the mother said,
proudly, "that her playing sfc. >w* a re
markable finish****
••Yes." replied the yoang a.an. ab
sently, "but she was a ion# «iase get
ting to It."—Jury.
Woniaa'i s mr a Ware.
Burglar—What woald yoa say If I
was to blow ver head off for aot telling
ao v»here your iuonev ia?
Mr. Joker—Sot a word, air aot a
word.—Boston Uioto
:>*as»P>NG «IV|A
tw rat taw r- .p 11 sm» ay a fMaa>
itw «<■■■!■» a«» Saaafe.
Twentv years ago tae jianpla at
that wrtna >f the omatrr tahvat
ia western Jlarth Cirnltoa aad aaaaent
Teoaess.ee w permit: ee ia Ma «*•
treme. said a traveler . n«uLy.
Tew eoald real; not amm Mi a h-itt
drevt had ever aeea a railroad or a tows
of uae tboasaad lahahitaata, X was
tramping *.h- igh the tanavtaiaa irrair
iag some fc«Ft<-hea aad say wtfo. tdtott
aa exceedingly hoadsctaa mvmmm etf
tweatr. ace-impeeled aa «•» stopped
one aight st *i«e ja'-.tt at a vrjwtlrr
who was a typieal m. an'aiaa»r Bfs
wife was a tall, raw Suaad. «laftartflT
woaaa with a miff stveh aad a shar
t ng-:.- After a sapper of "sanspaw
milk aad fat pork the acat :.mfc ae •
side aixi. •* inv.ng with has Uaaftssr.
his sboalder *o tor aiwili'ii sia
said.
"How'll yoa iwt^T
I had heard that the paoyla gf thr.:
cuoatrv soaaatuaee traded wive*. I *
regarded.'it aa a fiooiiaa lalwfn
"Weil. * said I. inclined tu get «ast.
amusement .mt <»f it mska aft *t
"l kinder reefco*. aid Mm *..aad u
swapper. ' that my <etf> s the
awl She"s the btguwst'a' s>rnag» it
She kaa mitt eows, dig wag aad kta
wk a patiia to a tarn. But Pea had
her nigh onto a rear aa" aas
f.wsl of her old clapper ef a tmagma
IT! swap even."
I declined the .dfer aad ha teailv
offered to give aa annt a mmi»l tdk
and a Jus evnated to he iteath «s
co>ma. Thu. '.iberal >ffer did aot tsmp'
me. aad as we were ab»at ta teave he
offere.! u> add a ;ag lawaiigbi
whisky r.»» waa taa maeh for the
temper of his partae r
** Well. Z -.ek Jenktaa. ' said the. with
aaprrltv. "V ve Seea swappad tear
timev an* you're the foot Mhr that
dhi n't cacker!ate that I was wath a
deal more ia a trailt then f ithe
woman. '*
Wo departed, leaeiag Xaca t» ea
plain matter* aa beat ha eoaidL— dt
Louis <#l«vhe-De-aoerah
NEW INTOXfCAMT.
The innabitaata od the anrthenreia
part of Aeia <me a mas broom t» pro.
mote iatoaicatwrn tt ia Scaowa m the
•y-blowa mush room, tad ia aim* eerj
ah indaat m *<eotlaa<L The faagsw f
gathered ia the hotteat part at the
year, and la then hang a<p hp a str ag
ia the air to dry fcea are dry before
gathered, aad -hear are stated «a te
far more mrratie than theaa m'tlfoiai
ty pease mil Csaatly the taapna m
roiled aa tiha a atdaa. aad laissa witfo
oat chew iag. for, if :una«i —d. ia m
<ani to disorder the mash Oaa large
or two «raail faayi peodaea what m
loohed apoa sa a pfias—l stale eft»
toxical ion for oaa day. The «ftit a
quantity »f spirits or eiae. «as* pt lia
delayed froaa oaa to tsea hamra aftar the
bnlas has he»B sw allowed At irat .1
produces eery chaarfttl esaetiaaa af
m.a.!. it readers soaae persams aaaaad
iagfy active, aad ia a stimmlaaa to ma
ealar esertioa; thaa. if a parsaa An
ad by it wishes to stop over a aCcase ■ r
a sua-i 1 stwh. rt moeU Hua to toha »
jump suAeient to a ham hadga
a trunk of a urea; it iseapa those foe
OF MIWIKR prrprfnall T JMMA* SIT'
der its niotarr. a •sikalive pav»-1
caa aeither 'keep secret* aar mlem
heace it ia a soarea >rf danger to
aad poiitictama. llortaraltaral Tina
oae plain shave srtthml taato. "U
--hers." be said, hp wag ad aar
meat, Tw got aa swMRy lamts i t.
aad I want yoa to to very earetol w
it-"*
The bar tor pmaemed asiaaeaiy • »
aad thaa ha praeaedad to itrafi !'
razor fiaalv He iafhared Ms parti
lar c-ustomer carefWly. 9oah hia ea>
hie band aad w£h oaa swipe Pia ■
heart lathar aad catfate fraat hasr
ehu*. The aataeat bo a led with p
aad situng «dt up m tha chasr
aeed the barber repmacbfWly
•What ia twiiufor see y««B m ■ Is*
dnT* to iemamled. aagnty
"Toa see my raaur m too sharp * mr
og-je>> the • hesterlii lull— bm
m so sharp that whaa « taham hah
will aot let go aad I am .eiWed
piay the .HIM mt"
Time*
wards Aaws- caaimil "assaar. * • s
hitro. ne * I fie reiga sd B^apy
aad it was h sag John who And graat
the eitiaeaa u* Lmadna tha rtgh«
electiag a mayor aanaaily Tha paa«
ef "loci" aad tha style
ia 3U
Jones— I dna't believw Bhto
half sa marh ainaey as ha >Hd tofosa to
was laai i n d.
Smith Xos I kaose to damt: hit wifo
it MOW.. —« hacaffs later flaaam
riara- Area t ynm afraai that aftor
we are mamrl ww shai I gat tired ad to
iag *
•"barlie- But. tsar we shaft ha to
gath-r so little.—T*sra Topssa
*u».tsca tw HHt
f '"r !B7
' hf
. ■ .ais" v.a *. she
Bii: -Daisy' Why. a tang aafl ag
HknaaUK* Jo toa. ShPh a whali
hnokay' -Life
Old Friaad- WdTl hriahdi tor
yam wifo m faliy aa toll myat mm.
*r Da *seh to a wbl.f »
graeaa that's so.
•How caase paa to maavy aarh a «fo
Will il shs iilda*T seem <m b*g to
fore marriage. '-3 L t. WsaMv
"There goea a mam wha a«a to
been kaosra to disagree wdi^mraifo
_t r ilea n*>»s»a.
V uag CaUowa— I eagact to dMvt fta
Loadom ami Paria toawevase. "tm I A
anything for yaa?
Praaella—Tea; la M>« aa# to wtm
yomr atsamer Lifo
Tern 'her I aa» to sna j—
>ag
t wntetoy jstq «of»«4aoF^
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