VOL. XXX FALL OPENING OF FINE FURNITURE, AND QUEENSWARE. A Mock superior to anything ne have previously sdiown, and at price* that wi ntfreat shrewd buyers. Gold Chairs. Nothing prettier for your Parlor than one of the*o Chair*. A fin assortment to select from Onyx Stands. Exclusive Styles in these goods, anil the prices will please yon Lamps. In IJrass, Dresden China and (ita*a. One of Ihesn will imjrov the appearance of any I'arlor. Decorated Cliina, In all the fine ware*, such as Royal Worcester, Tepletz, Doletor Royal Dresden, Royal Bonn, Ac., Ac. Plain White China. Nothing more benutiful for a Present than a piece of this ware, nicely decorated. Decorated Dinner Sets. Many New Patterns and a] large assortment at Popular Prices! Brass and Iron Beds. When you want to improve the appearance of your Bed-room buy one of these Beds. BED ROOM SUITS, BOOK CASES, CURTATV POLES, PARLOR SUITS, WINDOW SHADES, SIDE BOARDS, CERTAINS, STOVES AND TINWARE. CARPETS. w I TCIFLETON. Butler, - Penn'a Onr New Fall Stock of Footwear. Opening this Week LADIES FINE SHOES. A more varied assortment of Stylish Footwear can't be found. "Low est Prices" on best qualities and newest styles the rule. Nothing shoddy, but stylish, well made shoes, from lowest prices to highest cost ones. r s Ladies Fine Shoes, Stylish, Nicely Made, Perfect Styles. We never advertise or offer a line of shoes that is not just as rep re sented. We have selected the best line for the money yoa ever saw in Ladies fine button shoes at sl, 1.25, 1.50 and 2. Hand turns, Goodyear welts, at $2.50 to $3 In Piccodilla, Tuxedo, Opera and Common Sense !a*t, bluchers aod but to Of Ladies Heavy Shoes "We Are The leaders of them all at 85 cents, sl, 1.25 and 1.50. Bala and button in veal calf, kip, oil grain and glove grain. They are wearers and no wet feet. Have you Boys and Girls? Don't fail to get them a pair of llusekon's heavy school shoes and keep their feet dry. Stop doctors bills. We have high cot shoes, tap soles, wear resisters, boots for the boys ail at the lowest prices. Girls shoes at 75 cents, sl, and I 25, boys and youths at $1 1 25 and 1.50. , MEN'S HEAVY BOOTS AND SHOES, shoes at 75 cents, $1 and 1.25; boots $1.50, 2, 2.50 aod 3. Keep low instep boots and can Gt any foot. Box toe boots and shoes. J-II ®®f nß ' sn< * y° at bs fine shoes in endless variety, all styles, Picco dilla, Opera, Globe, ect. at sl, 1.25, 1.50, 2in mens; boys at sl, 1.25, 1.50 ftnd 2. Old ladies soft, easy shoes, wide low heels, warm shoes and slippers these are no ancient styles but the newest and best t-tyles I?" 6 lo f ]adieß Bhoes were $2 now $1.50; one lot were $3.50 now $2.50; one bt was $2.75 now $2, these are broken sizes, and several other lines in mens and boys at greatly reduced prices. Oxfords and slippers er doced. Our house full of bargains. Come and get them. B. C. lIUSELTON. No. 102 North Main Street, . Butler, Pa. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. ITHE KU4D I B THAT CURES p m I ■ . : . V fe I - J: ..._ _. ,-i-" tf£gjg-~ O >..vy~i' ' ■ -r»- & i< ■-* V -' iK -a5 ?. --'" p <1 JiM. KKI-Xfu ll}.'!-'. 2 §\ visfey Or. Disease!? ' "i'-!rribit Pslit i iieid and PS Sioasach!" Si jjar "I.tv V 733 one of i B B* 'he Fkicr Night jjj£ frr»i'. U> . 71 A-t3 7"-v-*MB S-: * _i.L JL POWl:{ o; DA: l-9£ : Si. ~J r i * l l • ■sy Jg i.,... - j' ' r ' V-: /; fc < : i «« - 1 '•< B'-' ••?'••• = • •*•' «S- I UAi.-J A •"•> K BSAIW/vPABILLA ~ r • I '•' • is •• -I ' i-c • t»• ■ •- v. htlj', i had i.-:t i.r I. < * I' ap-'. it ': onch«'l!r 1 f«/. :• *'«*.»! "s.; B& *s®f [ j k-- 1 lae *an«c v I «. *i» t • ssm:i:? ti.i. •-*&? ic it r-« E» IVelXia.T 1 ! ; cntlrcS.v *«;:»..<•. '»> ' prj ** '• < * f f th:-k «r. «*? ■l urr v V- -,ur.« ivw-. :fuiiy -._s.- ™ r. u .ii r>/ :. v mrn Fi:iNT) \ n\: ® " I*. . . 1 .. : afi ■j Oasi r -ir; :>a.\iia Co., Beifect, Maine. _j pflais LOW I PRICES is the QiotM< a', /nr £ Stoic. I f jf a hre fi< k iid iud medic In fou want the SJEST. T'in • »i m slwayp depend upon gelling f rot»i up, it* we a » nothing but utrictly Puie Drugs in our Prescription Depart nent. You caa get tbe l«at of every hing in the drug liue Irotu lit. Uur store is,ulso headqimrter; For PAINTS OILS, VARNISHES Kalsomine, Aiabastins fie, Get our prices before von buy - aiuts, .-tad wbat we have ,o ffer. We can save you doiiarc in r onr paiat bill. Respectful!* J. (J. REDICK, JVliiir M..11 < >t t« lit 1« i ) i viy PA. Hotel Butler, J. H. FAUBEL, Prop'r. This house has been thorough ly renovated, iemodeletl, and re fitted with new furniture and :arpets; has electric bellr. and all other modern conveniences for quests, and is as convenient, and desirable a home for strangers us can be found in Butler, Pa. Elegant sample room for use of commercial men W. H. O'DKI/ :' -ON. [Successoia otJSchTitt:' <>, 1893. There was a shuffling out in the pas sage, and ho listened. It was old Kill; the company down stairs had broken up, and Mull had not the heart to turn the old fellow out into the rainy, cold night, but said he might sleep under the stairs in the second story. The young commercial traveler, open ing his door, saw liiiu navigating along to the embrasure. "Great Scott!" said Bill, stretching himself there, "it's good to be well housed. But I'll not be here long." For just as he went upstairs a train hand came into the bar and told Mull the passengers might go on about three A TOUCH rPOX'HIst SHOCLDEK. in the morning, in which case Bill must before that time vacate his place; for it was a rule that none of the guests should ever find him sleeping there un der the stairs. Nevertheless, huddled up to keep warm. Bill could not coax the sleep he had a right to expect in consideration of the hospitality below. Strangely enough liis mind flitted to the young man who had sat alone in the bar, and to his expression when the gentleman was talking to Mull. A sharp arrow of light came from a door open about an inch, a latchless door. Bill decided that that was the room of the young commercial traveler. Bill clasped his hands around his knees and watched the arrow of light. Was it the presumed story of this young man, or was it a new tale, to be told to some future gathering' in the bar, that revolved in his brain? There was a poor, proud fellow in that story, in love with a beauty who had promised to be his wife. Ilis wealthy classmate is presented to the girl. Then there comes the day when the girl's father is on the verge of bank ruptcy, and the lover knows it. His wealth}- classmate is fond of him —has given him a key to the house where he lives, so great is their intimacy. That night the lover resolves to go to his friend and ask for a loan to bridge over the oankruptcy. Admitting him self to the house he finds that his friend lias been suddenly called to another city to be gone a month. The lover goes to a desk to write his request to him, when in a drawer he sees a great pile of money his friend has neg lected to send tj bank, and some gov ernment bonds as well. And the bank rupt cannot wait! In a month the friend returns; the lover tells him what he has done. "Go away!" says the friend. "You have "one too far. Can you repay me the uiouey?" "Not now," is the answer. "I will wo 't for it and pay you." liie friend turns from him. The lover reads the meaning of this, and he leaves town that night. He writes to Ellen, his betrothed, and receives no reply, lie learns that the oflicers of the law arc on his track, and he disappears. In ; five years he is back again. Ellen has married the wealthy classmate from whom the lover took the money to save her father from ruin. That was the story Hill thought of as he huddled under the stairs. He smoothed his hand over his face. "Curse it! I must sleep," he said, but his eyes still fastened on that arrow of light still streaming from tho inch open door. "I will sleep; I must, eurse it all!" In the dark room, not in the light one, there had been for hours thought of the little school-teacher—a thought obtruded upon by a reminis cence of a wealthy man with a valu able package, and an old, besotted creature sleeping under the stairs op posite the wealthy man's room. All at once the young man took off his shoes. There was a buzzing in his ears. He opened his door and saw the light streaming from the crack in the next door. He looked into the room. The blue-plush box was on the table, and at the table sat the owner of the package writing a letter on the paper Mull had furnished him. Yes —why, tho man had fallen asleep as he wrote; his eyes were closed, his check rested on the table. The young man llew over the stairs. Old Bill was under them, the man who would likely be accused of any depredation. Another minute and he had leached over the man sleeping at the table, had the box in his hand, was out in the entry, in his own room, trembling like a leaf. He sank upon the edge of the bed holding the box to his heart. What was in the little box? Suppose he had been fooled! He struck a match and lighted his lamp. He opened the plush box. Two magnificent diamonds flashed in his eyes. His life with Mary was assured. He choked, he laughed—then he felt a touch upon his shoulder. Old Bill was In the room. He took the box from the young man. "I saw you do it all," he said, hoarse ly. "As I am, you can be. I once did as you have done, only no one saw me do it. I loved a woman and by my dis honorable act I forfeited her love. I will take these baubles to the man you took them from." The young commercial traveler put his hands before his eyes. "Oh, my God!" he said, and "Forgive me, Mary!" Old Hill left him and entered the next room. He must have made a noise in going in, for the gentleman awoke and confronted him. At tho same moment a gong sounded below. The train was ready. The gentleman turned from liill and gave a quick glance at the table. "Hero it is," said Bill, and held out the blue-plush case. The gentleman took it from him, his face set and hard. He gathered up his wraps and prepared to go to the train. At the door as he left the room, ho paused au instant as though he would say something. But he checked him self, and with a dark, forbidding look he went hurriedly down the passage way to the stairs. Old Bild yawned and looked around him. What a pleasant, warm room it was! "And as for that bed. that has not been slept in," he 6aid, "it is positively disrespectful to neglect it" There came a sweep of rain against the win dow. "I wonder," said Bill, "if Mull would be any the wiser if I turned in for an hour or two? I haven't slept in a bed like that for years. First let me dowse the glim." Going to the table to put out the lamp he noticed the partly-written let ter over which the gentleman had fallen asleep. A word at tho top of it arrested BilL The word was "Ellen." Ellen had been the name of her of years ago! "Dearest Ellen," lie read, "I am de tained for u few hours by an accident on the road. ... I have with me a couple of diamonds l %yi|^j)u^_iu your cars on the"anniversary of the day that gave to me the most loving and faithful of wives. . . . And now let me tell you of an incident that occurred in this house to-night. In the bar be neath my room I chanced upon a man, a drunkard, a sot, a social pariah. As I write to you I can hear the laughter raised by his ribald stories; men are plyitig- him with liquor to have him tell them. I went to the bar for the paper on which I write this. Voices, it is said, rarely change. At any rate. I knew his voice. I looked closely at the "I SAW TOC DO IT." miserable-looking speaker, and I dis covered a faint likeness to one we knew in former days. This creature, this wreck of a man, was the chum of my college days, the man who brought us together, the man who robbed lue— William Tracy.'' Old Bill uttered a th'_n, feeble cry. The letter fell from his hands. "It is the man I loved—the man who married my Ellen. He will tell her I tried to rob him a second time. I must find him—l must find him and tell liiin the truth."' He rushed from the room, from the house, hatless, into the pelting rain, stumbling along the dark road. It was said at the coroner's inquest that he must have tried to board the train as it started and fallen sheer under the wheels. They thought he intended to steal a ride, he was such a worthless old body.—Robert C. V. Myers, in Leslie's Newspaper. Prudent Investments. It is a great blessing to have a cheer ful confidence in the future. Two em inent French gentlemen who were great friends used to relate an amusing story of their impecunious days. Neither fame nor fortune had come to them, but they were always hopeful. The years had weighed heavily enough upon Jules, however, for him to have become entirely bald. One day Alphonse met him with a beaming countenance, and cried gayly: "What do you think, Jules! I have been buying a strong box!" "Then, Alphonse," replied Jules, firmly, "I shall buy a hair brush."— "V outh's Companion. —Bertie —"You say he called you a donkey. What did you do?" Fred— "Nothing." Bertie—"Well, if a man called me a donkey, I'd kick him with both feet." Fred —"Just so! Any don key would do that!" A New Explosive. 'Chemists and others interested in the discovery and use of new explosives are now busy studying the component parts and character of an acid recently discovered by a chemist, and to which he has given the name of hydrazoic acid. This, it is claimed, is destined to make a new era in the history of explosives. The new acid has been christened hydrazoic acid from its com position, which is three parts of nitro gen and one part of hydrogen. It seems strange that in all the years that chemistry has been studied this acid has escaped discovery till now. It is described as resembling water, fuming strongly in contact with the air aud causing painful wounds when applied to the skin. The acid does not seem to be itself explosive, but the salts it forms with most of the metals are described as being extremely so. It was discovered accidentally, it seems, during the course of an obscure organic investigation, and the strange ness of its properties led to an investi gation, and the discovery of the exact nature of its characteristics. Few speci mens exist in this country, and the acid has not been studied to any great extent. Physiological Oddities. The muscles of a well-developed human jaw can exert a force of 534 pounds according to recent experi ments. The blood in its natural state contains an amount of pure water that is really astonishing to one who has not given the subject attention —nearly seven-eighths of its entire bulk. Kiel estimates the surface of the lungs at 150 square feet, or ten times that of the external body. There is enough of iron in the blood of 48 men to make a plowshare of 24 pounds weight. FROM WISDOM'S STOREHOUSE. TUE gnat is provided with a regular set of lancets and a cupping glass from which the air can be withdrawn. IT is believed that there aro five times as many insects as there are species of all other things put together. THE trichina} found in infected pork are someimes so numerous that eighty thousand have been found to the cubic inch. SEVERAL species of moths never eat after attaining a perfect state. They have no mouths and live hut a few hours. WASPS are the most inveterate ene mies of flies. Reaumur says he lias known one wasp to kill a thousand llies in a day. Two SEXTON beetles will bury a mole in an hour, a feat equivalent to two men interring' a whale in the same length of time. ALLEGED HUMOR. SxoorEK —"lie took a drop too much and died." Skidmore —"Delirium tre mens?" Snooper—"No; parachute." AHA —"Why docs Clara speak of Oeorge as 'her intended'? Arc they en gaged?" Alice—"No; hut sho intends they shall bo." "I UNDERSTAND Jigson is linancially interested in the concern he is with." "Yes; they owe him six months' sal ary."—Westlield Union. I'ORXXA —"Here's Dick Holler, with his million-dollar llancec." Helen— i "Ho looks like a martyr, doesn't he?" l'ortia —"Yes; bound to the stake."— Frank Leslie's. BROWX—"That is a beautiful medal Smith has." Jones—"Yes; that's for beatiny the bicycle record." Brown— "What is his record?" Jones —"Run over seventeen men in a week." Not An Appropriate* Hrnird/. i Friend—Hot water will euro your nervousness. Mr. Ilenpcck—Not much. I've been in hot water for ten years—ever since I married, in fact. That's what makes me nervous. "Perhaps if you heaped coals of fira on your wife's head she would do bet ter." "Coals of fire? Why, she's red-headed already."—Texas Sittings. A Friend** Advice. liilkins—That boy of mine has such an ugly temper, I hate to buy him a pony. Wilkins—Theft don't do it. Get him a sailboat. liilkins—But if he should get mad at the sailboat and losfe his self-control lie'il upset. Wilkins— Y-e-s; but you'd (.till havo th« sailboat—Uovd New* NAPOLEON'S SUCCESSORS. Tho Two Zulu Princes Now in Ex ilo at St. Helona. A* a l'uni»hment for Ir«irrectto« the Kojal Harbarlana Wert* Captured and Killed br Tlieir Brit ish Protector*. Napoleon Bonaparte, the Frenchman whose interesting career was brought t<> an end by the English at the battle of Waterloo, has two royal successors on the island of St. Helena, where he was exiled and died. They are Dinizul, the son and heir of Cetewayo, the Zulu king, and I'nda buko, brother of the same monarch. Both are victims of liritish arrogance and disregard of the interests of other nations, and their treatment has been decidedly more unjust and overbearing than that of the distinguished Cor siean, says the New York World. The Zulus are the finest race in Africa, which is not very high praise to bestow on a nation. Rider Haggard has made us familiar with their moral and combative qualities in his more or less reliable works. Under insidious British influence, however, they l>epan tome years ago to give up their fight ing habits and grew agricultural "fhey were encouraged to cross the boundary into the British colonies of Natal and work for the British and to resist the encroachments of the Boers of the Transvaal. In 1577, when a war broke out between the Boers and the Zulus, the British profited by the occasion to annex the Transvaal. A war with the Zulus followed. The English were de feated at first, but Sir Garnet Wolselev crushed the Zulus at I'lundi. The English then reorganized the govern ment of Zululand in such a way that there was incessant internal disturb ance. Cetewayo visited London, where he was received everywhere in society, his frank aud genial manners and his interesting ways at table making him a universal favorite. It was finally determined by the English government to restore Cete wayo to his throne. Shortly after his restoration a chief named Zibebu led an insurrection against him. attacked him and wounded him in the night time, and killed many of his followers. Cetewayo's people, the I'sutus, formed an alliance with the Boers and defeat ed Zibebu. Cetewayo died soon after ward from the effects of his wounds. After much disturbance Zululand was made a British colony. Zibebu then invaded the portion of the coun try reserved to the Usutus. The latter, feeling that they hail been unfairly treated by their alleged British protec tors, rose and were suppressed. Un dabuko and his ward and nephew were exiled to St. Helena for ten years for taking part in an armed re bellion. Ilotti are stout, well-grown men, and show high birth and breeding in their manners. European civilization has begun to affect them. Already they have given up the native costume of feathers round the waist for one of trousers, coat and tall hat The climate of St. Helena obliges them to wear a blanket or some heavy covering much of the time. The change from the fierce, dry climate of South Africa to one where the air is al ways full of moisture and the tempera ture ranges from fifty-seven to seven ty-two degrees has been verj- disagree able for the Zulu princes. It is doubt ful whether they will ever leave their island prison alive. If they die their fate will be still more similar to that of Napoleon. They vc very cleanly in their habits, but live by preference in the smallest and dingiest rooms of the house allowed them. NEW CURE FOR HEADACHE. Tupplug the Head with the I'luger* Often Gives Temporary Kelief. It is surprising to what an extent mechanical vibrations are now em ployed to act upon the morbid condi tions of the sensitive nervous system, hays the St. Louis Republic. Deßou det, of Paris, has been able to produce local anajsthesia by conducting fine and exceedingly rapid vibrations half way up the roots of the teeth and to perform one of the most painful dental operations, that of extracting the liv ing nerves from the teeth, without the patient feeling any pain. Charcot has successfully used the vibratory treat ment for sick headache and for certain nervpus diseases accompanied by pain, as well as certain mental conditions accompanied by depression. A very simple form of this treatment is recommended by M. Dourdurki, of Moscow. While he was one day exam ining a patient who was suffering from un excruciating headache he used percussion of the cranium, just as is done for the chest, to ascertain wheth er any material lesion was perceptible. Two or three minutes after finishing his examination he was greatly as tonished to hear his patient say that the headache had completely disap peared. M. Dourdouki has since prac ticed this method with much success, especially in cases where there was no apparent cause for headache, or when it assumed the nervous form. The per cussion must be made lightly, with oqly one or two fingers, without pro ducing any unpleasant or too pro nounced sensation, and the intensity of the taps can be gradually increased. In this way a vibratory massage is ad ministered, which is calculated to re move the distressing symptoms. It is evident that in many cases this relief can be only momentary, and the cause of the headache must then be discovered, in order that a cure may be effected. Live Toad It) a Hailstone. A hailstorm visited Pawtucket, It. 1., and caused plenty of excitement. One woman picked up a large hail stone and allowed it to melt in her hand. She thought something was in side the little piece of frozen rain, but was surprised to find when all had melted a little live toad or frog in her hand. There is a general belief that a great many pebble* came down with the hail. A Difference Worth ftomethlnr. "What is the difference," shouted the orator, "between the pitiful bribo of 85 accepted by an obscure and un known police officer and the 850,000 taken by a great and mighty senator high in the councils of his nation?" "Forty-nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-five dollars, to be sure!" roared the red-whiskered man on the front bench. "And that shows what brains is good fori" —Indianapolis Journal. Col. Ycrger's Anxiety. Col. Yerger—Sam, you must be very careful when you feed the horses. Al ways speak to the horse before you touch him, or he may get scared and let fly both heels at your head. Sam Johnsing—Yes, sah, I'll be keer ful. "I hope you wilL I don't care to have a lame horse on my hands," re marked the colonel, seriously.—Texas Sittings. Out of the Question. Mrs. Innit (soverely)—Clara, I heard Mr. Sampson kiss you last night as he left you. You should never allow a man to kiss you until ho is engaged to you. (J race Innit (in surprise)— Why, motherl What can you be thinking of? You don't suppose I would do any thing so unladylike as to engage my- • self to Mr. Sampson when I am already | engaged to Mr. Tompkins.—Puck. -SJP.-A * L - ' - V ' ?2 i - !%e well protected all the ! time they are out of the ground, and i replanted with as little delay as possi -1 ble. In the next place chestnut trees ' are difficult to graft successfully, and ; in order to secure profitable trees it is 1 just as necessary to have grafted chest nuts as it is to have grafted trees of ap ples, pears, or any other kind of fruit Our best results in grafting tueiu have been secured by cutting tlie grafts early in tlie spring before the sap starts, : and keeping them dormant in an ice house until the buds on the stocks arc well swollen, usually from the 15th to 30th of April in this latitude, then graft the same as other fruit trees by any of the usual methods of insertion. J In this way wo can usually get about 35 per cent, to 75 per cent, of the grafts to grow; the proportion of success de pending a good deal upon the season and condition of the weather. As most of the bearing chestnut trees in this country are natural seedlings there are of course innumerable varl ties differing much in the essential qualities which make any fruit tree valuable, viz., hardiness and produc tiveness of the tree, and size, appear ance and quality of the fruit. A few of the best varieties nave been elected by nurserymcD. —Gardening. DEATH TO WOODCHUCKS. A Simple Contrivance Which Kill* llopheri at .Some Distance. Stephen If. Sayer, of the Mt. Vernon Farmers' club, of Orange County, N. V., hates a woodchuck—has no use for him, in fact. For a time he was obliged to take it out in hatred, for the chuck laughed at the methods devised for tak ing his life. The matter was discussed before the farmers' club, and, as a re sult, this note came from a farmer in Nebraska: Tho farmers hero are much troubled by gophers. One gentleman has a Little machine that kills them effectually—a sheet-iron can, 14 or 16 inches long, anil 6 or a Ultlc more in diam eter, with a cap over the lop; at th J other end a tube two inches in diamelor. s'.x or eight inches long; a sheet-Iron valve on a at the junction of the tube andean perforated so that smoke can pass through. On the top of the can fastened to the center of the cover ts a small pair of band bcllour*. with a valve so ar ranged that lire canno*. pass from the can to the bellows Pill the can with h.iy, fire it, put in a certain amount of sulphur, put the tube in thecd cee to it that nothing but perfect fru.U is packed. No matter how large the cr.ip is, take this precaution. ONE of our horticulturists speaking of black knot says that the Wash ington, Bradslmw and Heine Claude arc the least subject to it, while the Lombard, English Horse plum and Magnum Honum aro more liable to th« black not—Farmers' Voice. A I*r»ctlcu*l View. Struggling Pastor—The collections have fallen off terribly. I'ractieal Wife It s tiat new vestry man who passes the plnte. He never watches to see what people put on. N. Y. Weekly. lie l«ld Something. Gazzam (just introducedJ-rSo your name is Henn? llenn—Yes. Gazzam —Do you*lay eggs? Henn— No, 1 lav bricks. —Brooklyn Li fit*. ' Consnlation. Scramble —My dear fellow, 1 didn't tell you, but I had such a stroke of genius the other day. Scrim —Never inind, dear boy; that isn't so bod as a stroke of apoplexy. — Judge. Had Owned One. Dudeleigh—You don't kn.iw what j you are talking about when you call me a donkey. Miss Kifitie Fresh —Yes, 1 do. J used to own a donkey.—Brooklyn LifeN MO 43 ' '"'■FFIJLF * A USEFUL PLANT. The Corr ip » ArUtota and Its Charm tnjlj Beautiful riower*. This is one of the most showy, and, at the suiuc time, one of the most graceful of all late blooming composite*. au>l. like its aongeners, C. lanceolata, C. integrifolia. and several others, it is a native of California and the humid marshes of Illinois. 11 succeeds well treated as an annual in our gardens, and, together with its allies, is valuable in a cut state, affording, as it does, a profusion of bright-colored, slender ■talked blossoms at a time when really elegant and beautiful hardy flowers are scarce It was, I Iwliere, introduced to our gardens by Mr. W. Thompson, of Ipswich, to whom we are indebted for so many handsome composite plants. The illustration represents nearly the natural size of the flower; it is a rich golden-yellow in color, the disc being spotted with crimson brown. It is difficult to imagine any gold-tinted dowers more beautiful than those of the different, species of coreopsis, especially when their graceful stems arc inserted in a crystal vase and their flowers contrasted with the rosy, purple and lilac tints of autumnal crocuses and colchicums.—Gardening Illustrated. KEROSENE EMULSION. A Valuable Insecticide Even When Ap plied to Flowers. The emulsion is a valuable insecticide even when applied to flow ers, a use which some no doubt have never thought appropriate. A Pacific coast writer says in his southern ex perience with tender plants, such as pelargoniums, geraniums, and the like, he was very much troubled with a little green worm, also a green louse (aphis). He tried sulphur, tobacco smoke, gourd leaf smoke, and various other solution;. His gardener often troubled his head to put an end to the torments, but to no permanent purpose. In a few days after the drenching they were as bad as ever. The worms they would pick off and thus get rid of. A few days ago he discovered on some large pot plants both pests at once. By a thorough spraying with kerosene emulsion not one is now to be seen. The emulsion is prepared in a small way by putting one cup of boiling hot soapsuds into a bot tle. Then add two cups of kerosene oil and shake vigorously for five min utes. A little of this, diluted with from ten to fifteen times its bulk of warm water, will make a solution of the proper strength for spraying. One of the little perfumery sprays worked with a rubber bulb will answer every purpose. HORTICULTURAL ITEMS. SEND the liest fruits in the best order to the best market THERK is no danger of planting too many apple trees as long as the choice varieties are selected IT is not of so much importance to know where a fruit originated as to know whether it is adapted to a given locality. v THE more vigorously a plant grows the less liable it is to become the prey of insects. Weak animals and weak plants both invite attacks of disease and insects. A NEW YORK horticulturist keeps sheep in his orchard and considers them the best insecticide he knows of. He has pastured his orchard in this way for fourteen years and it is in good con dition. IT is sometimes advisable to renew old orchards, especially for small planters. The work must be done care fully and the land enriched and culti vated thoroughly in order to secure good results. A (loot) authority on small fruit cul ture has said that in planting a ten acre tract he would divide it as follows: Three acres of asparagus; two of straw berries; two of blackberries, and one of raspberries, leaving the other two for buildings, shelter belts and garden.— •Orange Judd Farmer. It Pays to Bits Grapes. Grapes should be bagged. It pays. Thos - who make an effort to grow the finest ,T:ipes bag their fruit, and what ever such people do we who grow grapes on a small scale can well afford to do. I get my grocer to buy me a lot of inanilla bags, long and narrow, and I place each hunch of grapes in one of these bags as soon as the bloom is off. The bag is tied with a string at the top so that the bunch of grapes is entirely inelov. -d. They thus remain until lam ready to Jiick the grapes. liirds, in bects and fungoid diseases are kept away from the fruit, and the grapes come out fully formed and beautiful. A neighbor of mine failed to produce satisfactory results in bagging. Why? Because he waited until the grapes had grown to b« half ns largo ns a pea. The bngs must b? put on early, just as scon as the bloom is over or even before.— Cor. Farmers' Voics. Not lo He Improved. This pretty story is told of a distin guished lawyer He and his wife were at a social gathering, where tho ques tion was discussed: "Who would you rather he if not. yourself?" His wife asked him for his reply to the question He answered promptly. "Your sec ond husband, dear." N*. \ Advertiser. As I'sual. William— Handshaw, the detective, is dead. He died very suddenly this morning I saw him last night, and he told me he was sure to get well. Henry— And he died in a few hours? William —Yes. Henry Well, he was consistent to the iast was on the wrong clew. Bos ton Transcript. lie Didn't Call. Tho lleircs i— Yes. when I don't wish certain men's attentions, and they usk where I live. I ! ay in the suburbs. Mr. Nelfsure lia! ha! ha! Excellent! But where do you live. Miss Brown? The Heiress- In the suburbs, Mr. Sclfsure —l.ifc. < Irctift Con vernation. "Hello," criwl the chimpanzee to the elephant, as he was eating his break fast. "f'oing away?" "No," returned the elephant. "Why?" "'Cause i saw you had your trunk packed just now," chuckled his tor mentor. —Harper's Young People.