VOX.. XXX Grand Clearance Sale FOR The months of July And August, of Millinery, Dry Goods, Wraps, Notions, &c. Great est Bargains ever offered. MP I JENNIE E. ZIMMERMAN, (Successor to Ritter & Ralston.) Bntler, - - - !Pa N. B:—We make this Sacrifice to make room for Fall Goods, many of ii * which are already purchased. I HUSEETON'S Summer Shoes Give Satisfaction! Oar stock ofSoramer Footwear .Sb es for the Workingman, the is a mammoth one and Farmer, the Seaside, the comprises everything in From an Mountains,—Shoes for the Footwear line immense as every time, place for joooff and old! sortment, we se- and occasioa ! * m * lect a few items for o*m 0 * m f special mention. Come in t : and see these and others: : M«a'( Fiac Taa Calf Blochtra $.'J to $ lies'* and Bojrt' Tenoia Oxfurdi _soc Koa'a Fiaa Buff and Veal Coos'* or Halt, tip or plain tor, >.l i 1.25 and 51.5 )(«■'<• Fiaa Calf Co or'*, Bal* tn<t Blucber* .42.00. s£.so, t-> 00 au>l st.oo Ilea'* Bragao* and Plow Hhoe* 70r. jl <»i ari'l $1.2 ■ Bora' Fiae Dr«»»8ho«i <1 00, #1.23 and iI.M Ladies' White C'IOTO* Oaford* sf.;o Ladies While Opera Slipper* $1.2.0 Ladies' Doogola pat. tip, beel and beel, button Boota, nil robd 11.25 and il oO Ladies' Oxford*, Heel and Spring Heel, Docgbla, Tan, Tip, Oytra. and Philadelphia Toe 50c, 76c, il 00, $1.3» and *2.00 Mitaes' I Don jo la Oxford*, Patent Tip 7.0 c and il.'/) Miaan' Geoaioe Goat Tan Oxford*, 11 to 2 SI.OO Uiasea' Bod Goat Oxforda, 11 to 2 sl.o') Children'a Tan Ballon Hpring Heel, Sto 11 90c Childrea'a Red sad Tan Oxforda, 8 to 11 75c Childrm'a Dong'la Oxford*, 6to 8 50c These are all aolid with inaolea; will wear better than cheap turns, which will always rip from *ole: During tbi* hot wc-aiher why not com* in and x*t a pair of our cool, cheap bboet and make yoarw.'f comfortable? Nothing like keeping y<ar fw cool ei.d joor bead will he cool. Won't cost much. Try it! B. C. HUSELTON. Mo. 102 North Vain Street, - Butler. Fa. Special to the Trade. NICKEL'S GRAND BARGAIN SALE.#- This sale is a grand clearance sale. I will soon start East and he fore going I wish to reduce my stock, so 1 have gone through all goods and have placed on sale a large lot of Men's, La dies', Hoy's, Misses' and Children's Shoes and Oxfords to fit and suit all and at extremely low prices. Bargain seekers should not let this grand op pot tunity pass by as these are greater bargains than ever before offered. Full stock of Gent's fine Russia Calf Shoes, lace or Blucher style, at $2.75 to $4.00. Full stock of La dies' Russia Calf Bluchers, common sense or piccadiliy style, at $2.00 to $3.50, all styles and widths. Our stock of Ladies'and Misses' Oxfords is larger than ever before, prices 75c to $2.50. Men's Black Oxfords at SI.OO. Men's Tan Oxfords at $1.25. Men's Southern Ties at $1.50. Full stock of Men's Dongola and Wine Color Creole shoes at $1.50. Men's Patent Leather Shots at $3.50. Men's Patent Leather Pomps at $1.25. Our stock Fine Shoes is large and prices very low. Men's Calf Shoes $1.50, any style. Men's Kangaroo shoes $2.50; hand-sewed Cordovans $4. AND MA.ISTY OTHER MAHOAINH. At all times a full stock of our own make box-toe boots and shoes. » BOOTS AID SHOES MADE TO ORDER. REPAIRING NEATLY DONE. Orders by mail will receive prompt attention. When in need of anything in my line give me a call. JOHN BICK^L. 128 SOUTH MAIN STREET. BUTLER, PENN'A. Jewelry, Clocks, Silvefwafe, Purchasers can save from 25 to 50 per cent by purchasing their watches, clocks and spectacles of J. R. GRIEB, The Jeweler, No. 125 N. Main St., Duffy Block. Sign of Electric Bell and Clock. All are Respectfully Invited —"Remember our Repairing Department—2o years Experience."— THE BUTLER CITIZEN. ITHE KIND i ■ THAT CURES^ I \ ® I I l B " CHARLES SIMMONS, ' B S Cotou, K. Y. ■ A MARVEL IN COEOES! PS ■Kidney and Liver Diseases FOE 15 YBABS. jj| I CUBED EY 3 BOTTLES! BDaSA BAB&APARILLA Cc.: 5 =2 GEmt -<-> —H . o|h'-alth •/:. u*r d j rs *. If! *B| gr;iy dmv to I<r*. oUieri ki->v Lac . t-rotCS I™ ; Shaw == fl| For 15 year* I ike*.* ? r. tro 1 ere pain* iq ti Hionuicb. t-<v Kit!-- Sney i*)f Llirr lliwain*. wr> bed'ytcut f j.S P> g>ti» Ha tim«-1 bxi u» ttiy in L>cd. j£| I Lat ", used three J el I DANA'S * SAItSAPARILTiA si *n4 I feel lik- :k r»< w ir.uii. I i * <4 n| m*nd it to WiV x;tn of t -.^Wi ==U'M. V ur» rt-, *' =H ■ Cohoe«, X. Y CllAilLL. mm B Hie trcsh of th* a Sot* i« crtlfi*-d to by CA J KIN -, 3 fifi nw:.. :.:;.Y. ■ B Hever purchus c.f a " SUBSTITUTE!?, '3| 9 a parson who tries to ssil you tomethir.g Idle ahen you call for Dana s. Oirbot-Bi stlet are being filled with a HARTICLE bj "Substitutes." Buy ef the™ § HONEST DEALER who seiis >ou what yougjj E= ask for, and It you receive no benefit he^f ■ will return ycur money. fl |S Dana Sartapi'Hla Co.. Belfast. Maine. feed. Fur p-iees anil i; Ad dress, J. VV. Ml LEER, 131 Mercer St. Kutkr'Pa. SPRING STYLES READY. * 3§J»» YOU WILL CERTAINLY HAVE A SUIT ADE TO ATTEND THE WORLD'S FAIR. VOL CAN AF FORD IT, WHEN YOU SEE THE SPLEN DID ASSORT ENT OF ATERIAL, AND THE MOD ERATE PRICE AT WHICH WE MAKE YOU A SUIT THAT IS CORRECT TO TI i E LATEST DjECRKE OF FASH ION. Aland's, Tailoring Establishment. C. & I). ALWAYS Take into consideration that money saved is 88 good »s money earned. The best way to rave money is to buy good goods at the right price, Tbe only reason that, oor ir&'le is increasing constantly the fact that we handle or.iy poods of first quality and sell tbem at very low prices We have taken unu ual earn to provide >-verytbiug new in Hats and Furnishing floods for this season, and as we hav.j control of many especially good articles in both lines we can do you «ood if y<u come to ÜB. We confidently say that in justice to thfinsi Ives all purchasers should inspect our go >ds. Visit us, COLERT DALE, 242 S. Main Htreet, Butler, Pa, fsfjunnn : u IN Ovr I C E ! i T '"'' W K'''' W OPT 7 -' own ■ V | , I I Mi |frai>h<;r;ft»rrn<jrly XI \J 1 tZJ ■ the head of th# ' Wert/ Hardm an Art Co., will open a Studio and i'hoto iors opposite the Hotel Lowry, Cor, M iin and JeffcrKon St* , liatler, Pa. Thh will be the bent lighted and e<juipp"d Studio and gallerie* in tlic the county. The work will lie Ntrictly firM ela-* and ma'ln under new formula* l»y the artmt himself, who ha* had 15 yearn practical experience in large citie*. Portrait* in Oil, Crayon, Sepia, Pastel, Ac. In thin lino we have no competition, Our portrait* are made by band in our own Studio, from sitting* or from photo*. Our work ha* reached the highe*t standard oi excellence and i* not to be compare ! with the cheap ma chine made picture* furni*hed by other*. "Wait for u*; get your picture* from u* and be happy. Is***! ef ) ■ H (.A— S p i} ed [Copyright, 1893, tiy vjfr' J ASTER GREEN J**** y\J dismissed the , driver when he J reached the r ' ' _ yV/ wharf after crossing' the Ot ** ' tawa at the Four Corners, ami locked round for Daouit to carry his bajrgag'i' ujo to Labellc' as in days of yore. Bat <i i Daoust was dead, and therefore conl.i . . In the lan guage of the a:i' ifnt Millette, a former crony of Daoust, who was waiting on the wharf: "I say to heem. Monsieur Green, after zc dance: 'Come home — chez moi—you hare mooch viskee on board. Eof you mak' to cross ze riv aire you will rr.eex drinks.' And he toomble overboard and meex for zc last time. Ah-h! mon Dieu —for ze last time." "Sure this isn't an invention of yours to do Daoust out of a quarter for car rying my trunk up?" asked Green. Millette held up his hands in lioly horror at such a wicked suggestion. "Ah-h. ze drole monsieur!" Jasper Green looked around. "I suppose it's true," he said, reluctantly, "as I don't se<; him anywhere about. If he had been alive he'd have come, for sure. Here's your quarter." Millette put the 5 r-avy trunk on a truck - sleigh and began to trot alon the wooden wharf, every now and then slipping one fool tnrough a hole in the rotten planking and recovering him self dexterously. Green watched him with an amused smile. Then, when Millette paused for breath, he pushed the old man aside and took hold ot the truck. "Say, Millette, I'll wheel this up for fifty cents for you," he said. Millette ran panting alongside. Heading the procession. Green grave ly marched past the schoolhouse just as morning school was over. When Lily Labelle saw him she came out, and promptly gave the children a holiday for the rest of the day. Then she joined hi'.n at the head of the procession, Jas per bowing with dignified politeness over the top of the truck to her, as the children fell in behind- When they reached the veranda, the children gave three cheers for Jasper, and called for a speech. "Fellow-citizens," he said, gravely, "I am rejoiced to be once more in my native township, and I thank you heart ily for this magnificent demonstration in my honor, although I must confess I expected a brass band and a banner or two. Believe me, although I have been far away from you for the last six months I have not been unmindful of jour doings. It is with feelings of pride that I have noticed your achievements. Three old friends I had the pleasure of meeting in Kingston penitentiary whilst I was making a brief tour of in spection over that noble edifice. I see they iiave not yet returned to gladden your hearts. Several other friends I also miss, and can only attribute their absence to foree majeure Gentlemen, I trust that next year I may again have the pleasure of meeting you. I've no doubt Mrs. Labelle will give us a dance to-night. Sans adieu." He waited for the crowd to disperse and the shrill piping of the children to die away before he approached Lily, who stood leaning against the veran da, an amused look in her dark eyes. "Arc you glad to see me?" he asked. "Come in to dinner," she said. "I'll answer your questions—some of them —afterwards." Jasper opened the door and allowed her to go in, just as the dinner bell rang. Mrs. Labelle greeted him with a kiss on both cheeks, whilst her husband bowed with grave politeness. He believed in the power of the press, but preferred that its representatives should stay in Montreal and exercise it there. Lily, after removing her sealskin jacket, seated herself at the upper ta ble; Jasper immediately sat beside her, carefully moving the chair of a fat hab itant lower down, whereupon the fat habitant, who had been looking for ward to the enjoyment of Lily's society, scowled and commenced to consume vast quantities of pickles. Green at once took possession of Lily, and held his prize against all comers, especially the cashier of the Four Corners bank. The latter was not easily disconcerted, but, having pol ished off his portion of turkey and cran berry sauce, prepared to demolish Jas per, whose keen gray eyes seldom wan dered from Lily's face. Lily was evidently accustomed to scenes of this nature. She scarcely lifted her eyes, even when Miller, the cashier, asked her to go for a sleigh ride that afternoon. "So sorry," drawled Jasper. "Miss Labelle ban been engaged to me for a year. Isn't that so?" turning to Lily. "For the ride? Yes," said Lily, de murely. "I —I believe so." "Surely you'll give ine the benefit of the doubt?" tho cashier appealed to Lily. "Oh, there's no doubt about it," re plied Jasper, with airy confidence. "I'll trouble you for another mince pie, Mrs. Labelle. I've never met any mince pie.s like ytiurs anywhere. Those you sent me made me quite homesick." "Miss Labelle can surely answer for herself," said the cashier, angrily. "Well, ye-es," answered Jasper, pre paring to demolish the mln<-e pie. "She could, no doubt, only you see it's much easier for me to settle it all." The cashier rose in wrath. "I shall be at the schoolhouse at two," he said, majestically, "and shall hope to have the pleasure of your company this af ternoon, Miss Labelle." "Two will do just as well as any oth er time," said Jasper, preparing to im pale his mince pie. "If you want to go to the schoolhouse at two, there's noth ing to prevent you." The cashier, without waiting for a reply, went angrily out. "That's a mistake," said the imper turbable .J;isper. "ff he'd waited a minute, you'd have told him there'll bo no school this afternoon." Lily raised her i-yes from her plate. "Why are you a week before your time, Jasper?" slur asked. "That's the reason," said Jasper, in dicating with a fragment of mince pie on his fork the retreating form of the "cashier. "If I'm only allowed one sleigh ride a year, I don't sec why that fellow should get ahead of ine and have three a week." "IJut your work, Jasper?" "Oh, McQuire's looking after that for me. I explained to him that it was rather important to clear up matters here, and so I came." Lily had not expected her coquetry to become known. "It is so dull," she said, in extenuation. Jasper commenced another mince pie. "Don't be afraid of it's being dull while I'm here," he said, with sublime self-confidence. " You promised roe one sleigh ride a year for seven years if I wanted it, and I guess I'll take this year's to-day." Lily pouted. "You are very ar bitrary." Jasper smiled, and rumpled his yel low hair. j "You'd better own up," he said, with iiTTTLKR, .PA., FRIDAY, JULY 2K, 1 Si>:}. unabfited cheerfulness, "how soon can you be ready?" Lily was cowed. "Oh, in half an hour;" and ran away to get her things on. Jasper smiled after her. "Guess we'll have a busy afternoon," be said. Then he went into the bax. "Here, sonny, run fsver to Watty Lee, and tell him to put tbat old black trot ter . .." L's in the sleigh—the one that gets seared on the ice. Any kind of sleigh will do, if he puts in plenty of buffalo robes." The boy departed on his errand. Jasper sauntered round to the shed and found a smart cutter, with a magnifi cent chestnut in the shafts. "You'll take a lot of beating." he mused, and strolled back to the house. When Lily came down, arrayed in her tiv. . —'-'K furs, Jasper smiled ap provingly. "You only want some flowers to be perfect," he said. Lily gave a little cry- "Ah, flowers! but they are impossible." "Not at all," said Jasper, taking a box from his pocket. "Nothing impos sible if you want it badly enough." Lily opened the box and gave anoth er cry. "Orange blossoms!" she said. "Yes," answered Jasper. "From Florida. People there stick the ends in a potato to keep them fresh. Capital dodge, isn't it?" He took out the orange blossoms, threw away the potato, and pinned them to her jacket. "Now we're ready to start. Stop a moment!" and he drew her back behind the curtain, as the cashier drove past on his way to the schoolhouse. Lily began to laugh. "It's very wicked of you, Jasper." "That will teach him to go sleighing with my sweetheart," said Jasper, calmly. Lily protested. "You've no right to say that, .Taspor. I -.n!y promised you a sleigii ride once a year for seven years, and then, if I liked you well enough, then, perhaps, I might marry you." Jasper was drawing on his sealskin gloves. "That's all very well," lie said, "but we haven't the time to waste which those old Biblical people had. In seven years' time I expect to be in the cabinet." Lily followed him to the door, only to recoil in dismay. "That!" was all she said. "He's not handsome to look at," said Jasper, drollv. "Rather three-cornered and lop-sided. Still, I don't suppose that cashier fellow can overtake even a venerable ruin like this." "If he does," flashed Lily, "I'll change sleighs." "Well, that's fair," gently asserted Jasper. "In you go. There isn't much JL JASI 'Kit SMII.ES APPRO VIS OLY. fuss and feathers about this old sleigh, but it means business all the same." Lily was ftirious at being treated like a child. IJcsides, she had determined to teach Jasper a lesson. However, she controlled her feelings for the present, although they became more and more scornful as Jasper endeavored to per suade the old black horse to start. "liather like Deacon I'latt's sermons. They always hang fire at the start," said Jasper. "Now, we'll goto Hawkes bury by the river track. That fellow can see us coming. Ah, I thought so. He'll be down here in a minute." Lily looked rather frightened, as the chestnut cainc along at a furious pace. It was evident that his driver resented being made a fool of and that there would be a scene as soon as he could get his horse down on the bank alongside Jasper's funeral quad ruped. But no sooner did that de jected animal touch the ice than he became a different looking horse al together. His head went up and his tail out, at the ring of the chestnut's hoofs on the smooth ieo which con nected the river with the shore. Then Jasper, leaning back, waited until the chestnut was within twenty yards and suddenly loosed the reins. "Why, w —what —" said Lily. "He's tanning away, Jasper!" "Yes, he's doing his level best," said Jasper, as the bank seemed to spin by. "We'll get down to Ilawkesbury in rec ord time. If the chestnut catches us you can have his master." "But, J—Jasper, I d—d—d—don't want him." "Ican't help that," said Jasper, im partially. "A bank cashier's a handy sort of fellow for a husband. He's bound to have a show for his money." "But, Jasper, I —I —I was only pre tending. I didn't mean about the seven years." Jasper kept the black's head straight. That was all he could do witii the un manageable beast. "You sec, Lil," he explained, "you've been fooling one of us to the top of your bent. Now, you'll just take tho chance# of war. If he collars us, I shall have to give in." "I won't," said Lily, stoutly, begin ning VJ realize the situation and how Jasper had awakened to life under tho influence of jealousy. "Nothing shall make ine m—m —marry him. I only drove with him because it was so dull down here. That was all." "Chei.tnut's coming up a bit," Raid Jasiper, cheerily, after another mile. "Hope I?aalbec will hold out." Lily hat up and (fazed anxiously at the animated "ruin" in the shafts as they swept round the bay. The chest nut was gaining. Then she looked at the black horse again. "C—c—c— couldn't you whip him?" she asked. "I could," said .Tanper, "but it's hard ly fair. He Isn't the one who should be whipped for this. Besides, he won't stop until we tret to Hawkesbury. I must nurse him the last half mile for that bit where the river narrows to twenty yards across." Lily turned white. "You're very cruel, Jasper, but I deserve it all. Nothing shall make me marry him. I'd "IM'.'.M MUM MU Lint nfi." rather go to the bottom of the river with you." Jasper looked rueful. "Doesn't seem as if we were dealing squarely with that bank fellow," he said. "No, 110, Lit; you'll just have to make the best of it." As they neared Hawkesbury the chestnut succeeded in pulling the old black back into his pait. and began to whistle. Suddenly he turned palp. "How far's that fellow behind, Lil?"' he asked, without moving his head. "Forty yards," said Lil, in agony. Jasper spoke quite lightly. "Lil," he said, "did you mean you'd raiher go to the bottom of the river with met'ian let that fellow catch up?" "Yes, she said, without hesitation. "What do yon mean. Jasper?" "This," said Jasper: "I forgot the spring thaw. Three hundred yards ahead of us the river's split right across. Of course it will close in a day or two, but that won't do us much good. Shall I pull up?" Lily stood up in the sleigh and looked around. They ha*i entered the narrow part of the river where the steep banks • were twenty feet above the level of the I ice. Straight ahead was a thin, steoly | blue line where the ice had cracked. It looked a mere thread now, but it was impossible to tell how wide it ■ might prove to be when they ncared it. She gave a little shudder, and laid her hand on Jasper's arm. cn, Jasper," she said, "I'll risk :r looked down for a moment into her white face. "I'll pull up if you wish, Lil. 'Twill be two late di rectly." "Xo, Jasper. I deserve it. Go on. anil —and if—if it's to be good-by—•" She i kissed him. "Hold tight," said Jasper, beginning I to pull steadily on the old black. Lil held tight to the side of the ; sleigh in an agony of grief. She dicln't I mind being drowned if only Jasper for | gave her miserable coquetry. Jasper ! looked almost serious as she glanced up iin his face for the last time. Then he lifted the black to the leap, one cruel slash with the whip, there wa"s a crash of breaking ice as the sleigh struck on the other side, a stagger from the black, a convulsive pull and they were over and twenty yards be yond the widening with the frightened cashier pulling up on its brink. When Lily recovered const iousness she found herself in the Manse parlor at Ilawkesbury. "Are you all right. Lil?" asked Jas per, cheerily. She clung to him and hid her face in his breast. "Was it all a dream. Jasper?" Jasper took a plain gold ring from his pocket. "I don't think so," he said. "I wired down to Mr. Watson yesterday to ex pect us this afternoon. Flowers all right? That's it. Now, Mrs. Watson, she's all ready." An hour later the funeral black crawled lazily back to the Four Corners —by the road this time —with Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Green. Half way they met the cashier, his chestnut nearly foundered, and scarce able to stand. "Thank God," he cried, as the} - came in sight. "I thought you were mad." "X-no," said Jasper, touching up the old black. "X-no; 1 was just giving my wife a sleigh drive down to " "Y-your wife!" "Yes," said Jasper, again stimulating Raalbec. "Sorry we couldn't wait for you." And the cashier fell behind—a long way behind—again. TO TEST MEN'S SOCIALISM. Give a Man Cliauce to Get Rich and Watch Him. "The best way to test a man's faith in socialism," said a traveler to a rep resentative of the St. Lotus Globe- Democrat, "is to watch what he does when lie accumulates or is presented with a little property. 1 have a trustt*! employe who i> a first-class man in every respect, except for his determina tion to talk and argue a little too much. For years he has been an ex treme socialist and has been arguing about the crime of wealth. Not very long ago he refused to continue the discussions and seemed very anxious to forget all he had ever said in favor of an equitable division of all the good things in the world among all the people living in it. I laughed at him a good deal, but without success, and finally ascertained the cause. "He had for years been buying the house he lived in by small install ments, and not being a very good ac tountant had lost track of the flight of time, and was very much surprised one fine morning to find that he owned his house free from incumbrance. The ground had increased in value about two hundred per cent, while he was paying for it, and he is now worth three thousand or four thousand dol lars. "I forgot how much he had been ar guing was the maximum amount each American should be allowed to own, but it was a very small percentage of his present earthly possessions, and hence his abandonment of the desire for dividing up. The building assticia tions scattered over the country in so many thousands are the best anti- Socialist advocates that can well be imnrr'iusd." A Compliment.» Little Johnny—Mrs. Talkemdown paid a big compliment to me to-day. Mother—Did she, really? Well there's no denying that woman has sense. What did she say? Little Johnny—She said she didn't see how you came to have such a nice little boy as I am.—Good News. A Great Woman. "She Is deeply interested in the ele vation of the masses, 1 believe?" "Her life is given to the work. Why, her time is so much occupied with the welfare of her fellow creatures that she is obliged to let her children run wild. She is a great woman." —N. Y. Press. "LOSING MIS Gft IP." —Life. Why «»"• Klrke.l. "I wonder why all my friends treat me BO coldly," asked Gus( 'lam whooper. "Well, you see, <ius, you have been living a fast life. You have run through the fortune left you by your father," replied Charlie Knickerbocker. "Yes, but that's his fault in not leav ing me a bigger fortune. 1 don't think it Is right that the '.ins of the fathers should be visited on the children."— Texas Niftings. \ vfy likely. Father (to extravagant son)— Now just suppose for an instant that 1 at your age had behaved as you do, what would I have been t.o#lay? Son—Well, you would have been j>en niless, and I'd have had a chance to become a useful citizen. Harper's liazar. _ _ Miltiilry. Mrs. Hlossoin Ah, Clarence, men are so cold nowadays! In the age of chivalry you would have told me you would be willing even to die for me. Mr. Blossom Hut, my dear, you for get. Haven't I already expressed my willingness to try to live with you?— llrooklyn Life. DECLINE OF MARRIAGE. Old Bachelors and Old Maids Are Increasing in Number a Tlio rUenomenon ta Apparent Atl Over the World—Some Interesting Views A< ronnttns for ThU Strange Development. Statistics accumulate showing the decrease in the marriage rate all over the world. Our own vital statistics are so imperfectly kept—there being only six states which make a preten sion of collecting them regularly—that we are unable to say at what rate the celebrating of matrimony is decreas ing; that it is decreasing the sennty figures which we have only show too plainly. In all the European countries the birth rate, which is simply the marriage rate in another form, appears to be falling off year by year. In the last fifteen rears it has declined from 25 per 1,000 "to 21.8 in France, in Eng land from i! 4.7 to 30.0. in Germany from ijs.9 to :W.6. in Belgium from 51.4 to 30.6. It will be remembered, says the S-.n Francisco Call, that these fifteen year-, were years of peace and general pros perity, the supply of available candi dates for matrimony was not reduced by the ravages of war, nor war, the dis position of men to assume the responsi bility of a family chilled by poverty. The phenomenon before us must bo due to other causes. That it is worth while to search for these causes is evident from a study of the consequences which will supervene if the present unpopularity of marriage continues. French and English writ ers on the subject say that marriages have been discouraged by the heavy fees imposed by government ou the celebration of matrimonial unions. Some years ago the attention of tho British government wa:. drawn to tho low marriage rate prevalent in parts of Wales. A commission was appoint ed to investigate. It reported that the peasantry were unable to pay the fees which the clergy exacted before they would solemnize marriages, and a change in the law ensued. In France the chamber has for some years had a similar reform under consideration, though in this ease it is the state and not the church whose exactions make marriage a luxury. In this country the cost of a license and a fee to tho mag istrate or priest amount to so small a sum that marriage is within the scope of the poorest. No man need deuy himself a wife by reason of the ex pense of getting her. And jet, here, as in Europe, marriages are decreas ing. If anyone will count the number of available bachelors he knows, and compare it with the number of those who marry in a twelve-month, he will be surpriseil to find how few young men avail themselves of their oppor tunities to become fathers of families. Tho evolution of celibacy is less marked on this coast than in the east, because there is here—taking the coast altogether—a slight predominance of males over females. But even here the proportion ot girls who are admira bly fitted to be wives and mothers is unduly large in proportion to those who enter the conjugal state. The cause is probably two-fold: First, our girls concentrate an undue s hare of their energy on the cultivation of fac ulties which, however valuable, do not increase their fitness to be wives and mothers; and secondly, the march of modern improvement makes bachelor life so delightful that young men are reluctant to exchange it for matrimony. A tax on bachelorhood would probably be unconstitutional, and it would not be feasible to close clubs itnd other re sorts of celibates by statute. The practical lesson which statistics teach is that young women should not look forward to matrimony as the ex clusive road to happiness, but that tlicy should boldly look the situation in the face, and should prepare to en gage in the battle of life on the same footing as their brothers, with the pur pore of remaining single unless the ideal of their aspirations should bap pen to mukc them an offir. (iirls should be educated to regard marriage as boys do—a good thing if it comes in the right way, with the right man bear ing orange blo somsin his hand; but not the one end and aim of existence, a failure to obtain which involves mis ery and desiccation. With the devel opment of civilization the range of pursuits in which girls can compete with men is constantly widening. It ts probably as easy at the present time in this city for a girl t > get remunera tive employment as for a boy. while the scale of pay of shop girls is too low which will probably continue to be the case- so lonir as they persist in calling themselves "salesladies"— women in some other calling-, arc pret ty fairly paid. A trained nurse com mands ninety dollars a month and her board, and the doctors say that there are not half enough of them. If every girl could be sure of earning even fifty dollars a month she could snap her fin (fer.H at the decline in the marriage rate. \ I)»nff*roui Operation. Plucking ostriches requires many srecautions. The l>ir<l iu'c driven into i larpe inclosure, then into smaller nncs until they urn so clonely packed together that they cannot fight or turn round; from there into a plucking box, where there is just room for a bird to ttand. An operator standing on each (tide of the box reaches in and with shears snips the loiiff white pluines from the winprs. The tails and tlie glov.y black feathers on the body are pulled out. An Kztlnct < r*-i*tnrr. There is a three-toed rhinoceros, be lieved to be hundreds of thousands of years old, in the American museum of natural history. The relic, according to paUoontologiats who have read its history, is the only one of his herd who escaped mutilation by the ciooo dlles and alligators of his time, when he was deposited after death in a lake which existed in South Dakota, near what is now the I'ine Uiilffe Indian res ervation. COM KM TO TBB MAKE TIIIN<;. .Tack—l say, Gus, that dog of yours looks like a fool. (!u Why, he lias Justus much sense as 1 have. Jack—That's what 1 said. Truth. Mlrlkc* Moth W«jm. Daughter I just read in a paper that Ifirls who learn to play the cornet, clarionet, flute or trombone develop the cutest little dimples in their cheeks that Father Yes, but think of the wrinkles they develop in everybody else. —N. Y. Weekly. No I'ubll" Inform!. Visitor—Don't you think it possible that a pardon may be procured for the poor man? His offense was not great, ami further confinement will kill l|im- Warder I'in afraid it's impossible. The crime lie committed was not suf ficiently atrocious to Interest the pub lic in lila caiMjj—£?.. % JtsM, PRAIRiC CHiCKE.iS. Tli« litvili I lave i -jef \-. r, I oc thr 1.n1,...: Or.'i:. At th • t'-i -.;r North America-. 1 :. .. . ! ;;t love mti'.i' j: . . l«i ii... ;:-.• and ii • t biiiKii. . In a.i . . • the "Live:- and Lo-rc . of North Ar.iof ican Birds" in the Nineteenth < ntnrr, John \Vorth pives the follov.-ir. • de scription of the preliminary courtship of the "prairie chii !.. :. " '-Aiier the disappearance of the ■ ■ u»v," in- 'ay.-., '"and the vjmin;; of waimi rwe i;: »r, the prairi. obiv'a-us sr.- - .: -d grouse) meet every meruit- ' at irruy dawn, in companies from • t t .rer.- on vnr." i elected hillock or '..noil, and indulge in the dance." At tirnt the birds stand about iu or.':::; >• • at;i tndes, resembling people at a bail be fore the music begb: .. when .uddenly one of the cc>cks lowers his uca,!, spreads out his wmjr-; nearly horizontal ly and his tail pei-jjen '.kiilarly, di; i. -n Is his air saes and er. i - hi- : then rushes acros., the *ii.- >r.' takuig the short. :-t of step... but stamping his feet so hard and so rapidly that the sound is Tike that of the kettledrum; at the same time lie u' ; ~:t >* babbling crow, tvhieh . ; . oiue from hi; air sacs, beats tie- .': : i his ■wings, and vibrates his tail ".at he produces a loud, rustlin,- r:<;' and thus becomes a really cstoe 'ling spectacle. Soon aft«-roi:' commences all the cocks join in. rattlieg. '.imp ing, drumming, crowing and daneing together furiously; louder au:' : jder the noi «?, faster and faster t! • d: :>ce become-, until at la hey uia.ily -A 'eirl about, 1 japing over , .i.-!i •. : in ex citement. After a brief • ,'d the en ergy of the dancers be-'ii:.. to c.)iate, and shortly afterward ;!: • ei-and stand < :• move al>o-.:<> very quietly, until they ar- a ain start ! by one of their number leading off, as k;.:nan dancers are ohser .e<l to do durisv; tie- intervals of rest between their p.-t " r. s. "The whole operation rem; the looker-o.i :.o strongl> of a (Vee dance as to suggest the possibility of it, being the prototype of the Indian exercise. The space occupied by thr- dancers is from fifty to one hundred feet across, and as it is returned to >, uv#; r year the gram la ■:•:•.!!..- worn off, ;od the ground trampled down 1...1ei:-', smooth. 'Dancing* L. ii.l in at any time of tr.e morning i r i■■- in May, but i.s usually at its 1 I, ;it before sunrise." HEALTH I-' ROM A TREE. Nlaouly, n :-ow <"-.i;>tlo:iiji Crowd:, \t iiiffli Is a< u Olsiiif.-c-; For some time past mnJi has be. n said about a tree called >uly. !t grows in New Caledonia a;? • i'urj*ii.-hes to perfume-makers a valuable oil. Ac cording to the St. Louis Post-Dispatch the leaves of this tree pre -r. - meat from spoiling, exercise ov.r the coun try the : ame whole omo influence 83 the eucalyptus and furnish a pleasant aromatic adjunct to sauce . The es sence is employed medicinally for Mad der troubles and rheumatic ;;i" .en; , with even more suece s than the thcre benthin. In Caledonia the niaouly en joys the reputation of r v ndering healthy every territory in it is introduced. This is undoubtedly trne, for in all parts of Nov.- t'a!,*doni:i. v.-'u-re this tree is at home, the; ver i.-. not known at all. '1 he New ilehri !es, not far from Nov.- « a! doaia, are also in possession of this health-pre - : : mascot. The antiseptic pr- perii ■ of the oily •- • :<••• «.f the i . abun dantly cont . :e I in the 1 :v , ere very great, an i wherever th- v hi.- en to fall into th • ..vamps, : . or rivulets they •!: •t . .:i:n pletely. Like the eucalyptus. the niaouly need:. pleiit 'of sun .Mae. The Reeds, which are ivry I!i !::•!> t. be carefully tuw i and covered wii i about un inch of earth. It : . best to do tlil , in the months of May, Juno and .July. Ily December thev will have advnnc si enough to be planted in the place where they are destined to grow. 'i«• tree is ea • ly acclimatised, and in t! i. ■ warmer countries cirri ,v;i,'.cas r.i.;ch at home an on its nati\c soil SHERMAN LOST THE CASKET. The Senator Arennipaniecl JI:•! 11 ,'liii< to Market on Ore o<-< ,-iion. Mrs. Sherman invariably goes to market several times a week, says Washington. So do other • riiHtor.' wive . and >:n-times a ffr -it i.tates man goes alo lg just for amu- eme .1. or from a sen' >■ of dut™ Mr '■ i .nun had watclv 1 Senator Mnndct on, of Nebraska, fcorting his wile through the market even occasionally luggin? the prov! loa basket. Mrs. S!r-r --man thought her husband might show her the s.*t n ■ attention, au l quoted Mr. Madder..on to him till in simple despair Mr. Sherman consented to be annexed on market day. lie went the whole rope and even carried tin- basket, but Mrs. Sherman has never mentioned "market" to him since. He lost the basket and she lost him, for a time, and, when the grea' financic r n a safe in his own home, he announced in big type that Senator Manderson and all the rest of be »th houses might go to the market ever / day of their lives, but as for him, John Sherman, as lonrr ns he posse Shed his mentul faetulties, he would never be persuaded into going sixain. An Intcrrfct ftifff Historical !*»«'(. The earl of Dciby, who died a few days ago, wan i erloutdy con*idered as a candidate for the throne of (!reeee after the retirement, of King Otto, the iiavarian, in IISO3. At the time he was Lord Stanley, a member of the house of commons and one of the most intimate friends of Lord Hcacons'icld. then still Benjamin Disraeli. This in teresting historical fact first hccamo l>ublie two years ago, through I'roudo, the lsnglish historian, win- found let ters referring to it in tin* correspon dence between lleaconsfleld and Mrs. Hrydges. Although Disraeli favored Ihe candidacy of Stanley, he expressed the belief in a letter, daU-d Deci-mlier ), IHfl'J, that, the Stanleys would prefer Knousley to the Parthenon and Lanca ddre to the plain* of Attiea All K'lltnm llirn. Stranger- lam in search of an editor I low many people in this town who know how to run a newspaper? Editor -Well, the population nuio bers six hundred and sixty-five Atlun ta Constitution. Tim I ant Clianco. Mr. Waite (trying to entertain his ladylove's six-year-old sister) Do you know who 1 am? Flossie—Yep. Pop says you're l.dith's last chance. -Truth Never Trie,l. "Hobby, can you keep quiet for Just one minute?" cried his father. "I don't know. sir,"auswerod Hobby, "I never tried."—Harper's Young Peo- Pl« Hoiun Hope. She Poor Mr. Lef berry! Three phy sicians are attending him! lie Yes, I know; but then lie l.asnn Iron constitution, you know Truth An Kiifllfiit Way. Jone# Good morning. Here/-it llo«» do you tlnd '•• • '.ir s'f llcnr-on—l)v JnVc.'ri" ,• ..< »f. 'i.g— Life Too Wllliiiij. I low son Lott I tell yoa, >ou oti'ht to eonio out and live lit Lone oi huurst. It's the healthiest and roost beautiful station on the load Murray Ilill (musin -ly» I wonder i.' I could buy a nice little place out t her Howson Lott (eagerly) Ye .; ill !1 vnu miuel Dirt cheap, too! Puck. MO 34 -rOCIT # 1: . - '-'S$ MC'J L HOG :OUS£. It Can ! '• • "vor Two Ha- ■ ~ nctiiar#. flto n.- • ... • r .'la .tration shows •he : ■ ' Vv; ■ which 1 ha* The bulldiag is r. The sills arc ' • ■ r Joist, 3xß inches: floor, 1 '■ ;\v.> est re. rills are k»id : .1 y\i ..r ;."ic alhrv partitions ; : s ' JIC leagth of the .e are not mortised into ♦ho ■ .it are laid uuder them, s;l l i ■ 1 r joist in the center, stid the w ?rc .» oa blocks of stone. , .Jl ilil J. LlJ Vt i T F r D X D f * —i ] —-1 G i P P P p P w *Y iY | Y Y Y A MODT'I, rioc, norsr. '' he sides and ends are boarded upright and ha;: with 8-inch battens. The roof is ma if *»•• jvad roofing; and 0- I he v. inside arc i.re-d i . f. t f, )r warmth. Tlie build:.i t •">■'< f -t It ig anil fuet wide. A is ste., t i ■ ••.•Tat >:-, B II It barrels for water as: «.» ; .1 feed, 1* pens Bxlo feet. V yr.r The 5 pens on the south side .ire <: vi -d by partly movable par titii't a. i .•. ■> ; ■ Ifor fattening hogs. The t:\ie. > pla.ed directly uuder the partit'on between the pens and the alley, and a ' ver .'0 inches high anil the •;ame lee h as the trough hangs to this partit-' n, : he door having a sliding latch wi*'. v ;.i ii it maybe fastened to rith r :'< . -iuding hops until th# f.-> dI• ia t■. From X to the right hand end of hor.: e (:u feet) the whole fio rsi j indies, aad this i consider the l-.i ■ point in u.y plan, since by using !'• -e or cave spouting in connection with the wa! -r simply at C, the flo#r can be easily washed, and . lie manure with the iiquid be pushed through the shute at W, and caught in a tight box placed on a sled «.-rnc boat and removed to the field. Yhe si ley is G feet wide, 1) Dare doors r feet wide, O(1 are grain bins. With this house I am ready for my sows to farrow any time after the 15th of Feb ruary. The cost of the building was about $2-5 with lumber at SIS to $32 per thousand.—Cor. Orange Judd Farmer. TO KILL PARASITES. How Our Farmer UliU Ills Stork oi Lice nn<l Dlsoasf. To kill ticks on sheep I buy a b:ftl of snuff or enough to go over ali the deep at once. 1 cut the snuff and puS.s r:7.e it on a newspaper and put it in a ;;fa:-s jar. 4 lake the jar, a larx.' pc. ;> -v box and a tablespo »n and dip the .a.: from the jar into the pepper box luvi f or two-third-, full, then I take t!u sheup gently, lay heron her side,.put ray knee on her head, open the wool and shake snulf on the sUin in places three or four inches apart, and close the wool. I put more of the snulK around the neck be cause the nits hatch under the neck, and in about three days the ticks and nits will be a sorry h>okhig family. To cure the c 'lie or stretches in sheep I dissolve two tablespoonfuU of lip: ia salts in about a half pint of war u water and add one teaspoonful of essence of peppermint. I give it through a small funnel and In about two hours the sheep will bo all rijjht. If she doesn't get well in two hours I repeat the dose. To kill lice on cattle J take about a pint of kerosene and rub it all over the cow with a woolen cloth, then card against Ihegruin and with grain. It is a sure care. To cure warts on cows i wash the teats before milking anil rub on castor oil. It limbers the teats. For gapes in < hickens, prevention is better than euro. When we set the liens wo put air-slacked lime and sulphur in the nests and keep clean water before them. Thomat Smith, in Our Grange Homes. LIVE STOCK NOTES. IK you wash the sheep at all, do It thoroughly. It is best to do this some, day ; before shearing so as to let the oil bark into the fleece. Afterjvashing put the sheep where they will keep clean until after the shearing. Do Nor make the mistake of pam pering your breeding animals with fat produeing foods. Too many of our colts, calves, lambs and pigs are weak arddlh'-A '1 b •.HIM- the dims were not fed so as 11 develop bono and mimic. IT is often the ease that the animals upou thr fa;•!.•» wli*: ll de rre the best car • we mean the work horses—have the 1 :i v' f it. Tiiey are usually well fed, but t'cre their care stops. Groom ing is ol almost os much importance to them a < their diet, but they too often get very little of it. To Prevent Grub In Hlioep. Tiie ui< .vi . >f prevention of the grub in tli ' !••• • ! : . to provid a shade for the flock of si pduring the visitation of the fly which dep. .it. the eggs in the nostrils that bateh into the grub which, when ll i r rvl'i to the upper recesses of Hi.• s:i.:■ •i- |s rts of the na-il cavity, eiins s so much grief to the afflicted. The tly make . its appearance in Uie months of July ami August, and if the sheep have a dark place In which to re treat during the day, when the tly is most active, they will escape; the noses of sheep Hre sometimes tarred to repel the attacks of the fly To dislodge the (frub, syringe ipi >thc nostrils a mixture it equal p:i ."f ti entlne and linseed jil, injecting about a tablespoon fill of the mixture at one time.—Coimaa a Rural World. The Telegraphy of MarMujfe. Carrie News I understand Clara Vane bad quite n dot when she married young Diekerboekcr. Young Ilyson—Yes; but they cut such a dash the first year they were married that there is nothing left.— Puck. A Wrleomts Uuent. Tuttcr Weren't you playing th« piano us I rang the l>cll? Mi sPinkerly -Yes Could you beat me from the outside? Tntter Oh, no. Hut 1 met yonr father in the bull and he said ho was glad to see me. Truth. Tlie lie tort Courteous. First Hoy (contemptuously) tlnlil Your mother ta'.es in washin'. Second Hoi O' course. You didn'i n'pose he'd leave it hangin' out ovet xi I;R?IT MIL OUR fat her WHS in prison, did ye? IJoaton Globe. A I.UU2 I.IJIIIIIK* Little Dick Who's In the parlor? Little Dot Mr Hlnnk. She won't get through her call for an hour yet. "How do you know?" "I just heard her say: "Well, I mus' be going.' Good News. I'nrtifUert. "Gxonse me," said the outspoke! mun nt the club, "I understand that yon left London under a cloud.* "Yens," was the reply, "1 believe sc. Deuced foggy town, that, you know.' —Life.
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