Vo l. X XX Jennie E. Zimmerman. Latest Styles, Lowest Prices Wraps, Millinery, Dress Goods, Novelties, Blankets, Underwear, Hosiery and Domestics of all kinds You are cordially invited to call and in %> spect our stock. JENNIE E. ZIMMERMAN, (■Successor to Ritter& Ralston.) N. B.—Hot cofilee and lunch served free to all our customers every Saturday during the Winter Season. Commencing Saturday, Nov. 4th. J. E. Z. DON'T YOU THINK You had better be getting your WINTER FOOTWEAR? The boys and girls are now going to school. The cold, wet weather is here, and they must have boots and shoes that will posi tively keep their feet dry and warm. SHODDY GOODS WON'T DO IT, No one can afford to have cold, wet feet. It costs too much to settle THE DOCTOR'S BILL. It's penny wise and pound foolish. HUSELTON keeps the kind at Footwear you are looking for, both in quality and price, and wh: t he tell*, TO: can rely on is right. READ A FEW PRICES: Men'« Kip BooU, tap sole box-t 13.00 and (3 « Men's Kip BooU. sole leather counter 250 aid 2.7 c lien's Heavy Boots, prim* 1.40 and 2.00 Men's Oeary Shoes 70 and 1.89 Men's Fine Shoe*, Con'g. and Bals 95 and 1.00 Boyi' Extra Prime Kip Boots 1.75 and 2.00 Boys' Extra Heavy BooU 1.25 and 1.50 Boys' Heavy Shoes 75 and 1.00 Boys' Fine Shoes, button and lace 1.00 and 1.25 Boys' Extra High Out Tap Sole Shoes 1.75 and 2.00 Women's Fine Shoes, button 85c, I.o* and 1.25 Women's Extra Oil Gran Butum Shoes 1.00 and 1.20 Women's Extra Oil Grain Lace Shoes 1.00 and 1.25 Women's Veal Kip Lace Shoes 75 and 1.00 Women's Kip Shoes, nnlined SI.OO, 1.25 and 1.54 Misses' Good Heavy Shoes 75 and 1.00 Misses Fine I Kid Button 7i Misees Fine Dongols Button, Pat. Kip 1 60 Women's and Misses' Kip and Calf Shoes a specialty. Women's Warm Flannel Lined Shoes 76 and 100 Women's Warm Flannel Lined Slippers £0 WE LEAD IN RUBBER GOODS! Men's First Quality Rubber BooU 2.40 Boys' Rubber BooU 1.75 and 200 Ladies' Rubbers 25 Ladies, Fine Gossamer Rubbers "5 and 4n Children's and Misses' Robbers .'. 25 and 3" Men's and Women's Piccadilla Robbers for Narrow toe shoes Men's Hip and Knee BooU, all styles, in Alaskas and Buckle Arctics Men's Felt BooU and Rubbers 2/0 Boys' Felt Boots and Rubbers I.Bs I haven't had time to count the uumber of pairs I have iu all these goods, but I will ; say I have .wice as many as any other house in Kutler, and better goods and lower prices. We don't carry oar stock in the newspaper. Come and see us. B. C. HUSELTON. No. 102 North Main Street • Butler, Pa. FALL OPENING - OF FINE- — Kll FURNITURE AND QUEENSWARE, A flock superior to anything we have previously shown, ar.d at prices that will Bterest shrewd buyers. Gold Chairs. Nothiug prettier for vonr Parlor than one of these Chairs. A fine assortment to select from. Onyx Stands. Exclusive Styles in these goods, and the prices will please yon Lamps. In Brass, Dresden China and Glass. One of these *>ll improve the appearance of any Parlor. Decorated China, In all the fine wares, such as Royal Worcester, Tepletz, Doleton Royal Dresden, Royal Bonn, Ac., Ac. Plain China. Nothing more kenutifnl for a Presenlthan a piece of Ihis ware, cicely decorated. Decorated Dinner Sets. Muny New Patterns and a largo assortment at Popular Prices! Brass and Iron Beds. When you want to improve the appearance of yonr Bed-room boy one of these Beds. BED ROOM SUITS, BOOK CASES, CURTAIN POLES, PARLOIt SUITS, WINDOW SHADES, BIDE BOAIiDS, CERTAIN" STOVES AND TINWARE. CARPETS. TEUTON Butler, - Penn'a. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. ITHE KIND H | THAT CURES ■ SIRS. OLIVER CHERP.IER, ■ Milonc. N. V. ■ | On Crutches 10 Years! | ■ EATING SORES THAT M WOULD NOT HEAL!E ■ CUBED! CUBED! jj H DAS A SARSAI-ASILLA CO. : H SI GCXTLEJIES I w:»h to testify to the efficacy S ijjßßof DANA'S SABSAPARILLA. * §§§ ■i For #»'T*ral year* I h*ve been from i| 3 had Diworder called by differentSgg ■Sr.ames bvthr- ral P? • ;< aus w ho attended me.M 95but which lh<- al.ill of them ail. It at-Mi mr mr face, EAT I.NO A WA.YiH Mil! I FLEMIL and leaving a per»:Ken« gggalao broke out on my limb a* a FEVERs ■HOKE. For monthf I was confined toB = ray bed and have been unable to watlfc == 2 without erutrhe« for over ten yearn. _ H Last Fall I purchased three botuea of P| B DANA'S « | SARSAPARILLA | Sof DaTii Bm*. it helned me from the flrat. = fi I took it faiihfuiiy, «nu I can now attend to=& Bmy Mount-hold duties and walk as well| Hi' ever. lam furethstun* ease i ■ injt Store. Butler. Pa. Dr. N. U. HOOVER, tii E. '.Vajne rfi.. o.Tioe hours, 10 12 XI. an.; 1,1i31. SI. SAMUEL M. aiPPUS. Physician arid Surgeon. 200 West Cunningham t>t. L. BLACK, PHYSICIAN AND BUHOKON, New Troutmau Building, Puller, fa. K. .V I.KAKK. M. i>. •!. K .MAN N, SI. t« j Specialties: BpedalttaE Gynaecology unv«r scaaul's > lolluua hujre. V. iv'c ALPIN fc, Dentist, Is now 1 X'ftteJ la new aud decant rooms I ad joining his. lorni'r. ones. All kinds ol cla.-p pl.ites urnl inodei en noli worl:. "Gas Administered." DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA Gold Killing Extraction of Tceili and Artificial Teetl: without Hates a speci .In Nitrous Oxide or Vitalized Atr or Local Aoassthetles used. Olllce o-cr Millers Grocer) ea.;t of l.owry House. Office closed ".Vein:* las iiid rau.-sd iys. IRA McJUNKIN. Attorney at Law, Office at No. 17, East,; Jeffe rson St.. Kutler, Pa, W. C. FINDLEY, Attorney at Law and Real Estate Agent.' (jr (Ice rear or 1.. Z. Mitchell's office ou north aide of Diamond. Butler, Pa. H. H. GOUCHER. Altorney-at-l.t-v. Office on second ,flnnory r.utldlnir Butler Pa. H. IQ. WALKER, v AtUirney-at-laiw Office "in Diamond Block Butler, PH. J. M. PAINTER. Altorney-at-Law. Office—Between I'ostofllce and Diamond. Bu lcr. Pa. A. T. SCOT T, ATTOKNEV-AT-LAW. f)(flee at No. H. South Diamond. Butler. Pa. A. M. CHRIST LEY, ATIOKNEYJATLAW- second lloor, Andersosi B1 k, Main St. near Court House. Butler, Pa. NEWTON BLACK. Att'y at Law—Offi i- on South side of Maniocd Butler. Pa. C. F. L. McQUISTION, P.MGiN'EEK AM) St'RVEYfIH, Omcl HKVK DHMO.NI>. lIITI.KK, Pi. BERKIMER TAYLOR, Funeral Directors and Enibalnrs iam ond Blc cI , next door to Post Office, Butler, l'a., prompt attention given to orders, day or night. (Copyright, 1893. by A. N. Kellogg NewspaperCo CHAPTER V. THE TAMING OF A I .AND SHAHK. I haf words. "You r.i cally young liar! What do you mean, coming here and insulting , me. with such a ridiculous story? Do HFTLER. PA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER IG. 1803. you suppose you can blackmail me—n,« —in this way? I'll have you arrested His wrath, and his fears, too, as his face plainly showed, choked his words I quietly took a chair. "I'd advise you to take it cool, sir! You'll remember we've done talking about my claim; we are on another subject now. I merely say to you that I have the evidence that you burned your own property to realize a large insurance on it I shall go from here to a magistrate and make complaint. If you know of any reason why I should not you had better state it." lie sat down and stared hard at me. lie tried hard to conceal his thoughts; but I saw plainly that his mind was halting between fear and bluster. "Preposterous!" he muttered. I said nothing. "Who do you expect to believe this silly story?" "I refuse to discuss that. It will be time to talk about that when my proofs are presented." "What are your proofs?" "You'll know in due time." He hesitated, then said, with an ef fort: "You haven't any proof. I'll talk with you no more about it." I thought the game was lost, but I resolved to play it to the end. "Very well," I said. "You defy me to make a criminal complaint against you. I will do it at once." I turned and walked out of the house. A window was raised, and I heard the deacon's voice calling me back. I had triumphed! When I was again alone with him he locked the door. "This is all very ahswsrt and foolish," he said. "Of course I never set fire to my barn, and if you know anything about it you know that I did not. But 1 don't court trouble. I haven't been over my accounts with you; possibly I do owe you something. Suppose I pay you the five hundred dollars you claim, will you tell me what evidence you have that I burned the barn?" "Yes." "What will there be then to prevent you from making your foolish com plaint?" "There will be nothing, Deacon nal leck. Understand me. I know what compounding a felony is, and I'm doing nothing of the kind. I make no bar gains. But you'll probably agree that my evidence against you in a criminal case would not be worth much if it was shown that I had just been mak ing an amicable settlement with you, and that I had received from you the fu". i amount claimed against you as guardian." "You're a keen one," ho said. "Do you mean to stay here?" "No. lam going south very soon. I may never return here." He turned to his desk and wrote off a receipt for five hundred dollars, in full of all claims against him as guardian. I signed it. From a drawer of his desk he took a package of bills, and counted out the amount. lie watched me till I had counted it and put it away. "What was your proof?" he de manded. "Your own guilty conscience, Mr. Ilalleck! I have heard it whispered twenty times, since that night, that you burned your property to get a high rate of insurance. I have suspected you, as well as others; but I knew no more than they, which was just noth ing. But as soon as I charged you with it, conscious guilt looked out of your face. You were made to be a small rascal, deacon; you can't conceal a crime. I predict that you'll betray yourself after I have gone." The anger with which he hearu the beginning of my declaration changed to abject terror as I went on. 4Jo wejit, wrung his hands, almost grov elled at my feet. "O Dorr,don't betray me!" he whined. '.'Think of my family, think of my good name, think of my position in so ciety and the church!" I assured him that I would not men tion the accusation, and left him in his terror and misery. The next morning' the village was horrified to hear that Deacon llalleck had committed suicide. He was found hanging by the neck to the rafters in the garret. Fear, 1 tSink, not con science, had destroyed him. CHAPTER VL A DISAPPOINTMENT—ANI> A WBLCOMS Of course, there had to be a coroner's inquiry, and I was called as a witness. So long was this investigation that May had com", before I was released. The first week of June found me steam ing down the Mississippi in one of the great river palaces of that day. Everything was new and wonderful to me," and I thoroughly enjoyed tho journey. The river craft, of all sizes, shapes and means of locomotion; the width and majesty of the downward sweep of the vast flood, draining half a continent; the verdure and luxuriance of the southern spring, passing into summer; the army of passengers, the people, white and black, so different from those to whom 1 had been accus tomed; the sights and sounds of the river by day and by night, and, as we entered the cotton belt, the spectacle of immense tracts of rich black loam on the bottoms or the uplands, burst ing into the "mimic snow of the cotton field;" these were the things that kept my mind in a kind of rapture all the way. To the speedy meeting with my benefactor I looked forward impa tiently. Never, I believe, did man cast his former life behind him more en tirely than I had done. I was ashore at Vicksburg- before the steamer was fairly moored. It was not the picturesque little city of to day, but a scattered town of barely four thousand inhabitants, straggling along the river bottom and trying to climb the heights. I arranged with one of the dozens of loafing negroes to carry my trunk, and, escaping from the crowd of passengers, cotton-buyers, and "roustabouts," that the dozen steamers lying with their tall smoke pipes along the river front had brought here, I climbed well up the bluffs and engaged quarters at a quiet place kept by a one-eyed Frenchman, who would talk without the slightest txcuse or provocation. After supper, as we sat out in front and watched the twinkling lights on the river, and heard the hoarse shouts of the steamboat men to the negro roustabouts, as they unloaded cargo or "wooded up," I asked iny host if he knew anything of Mr. Pierce Bostock, a wealthy planter of the vicinity. "Bosaytook, sair? I nevair hear ze name." "I believe he does not live right here; it is a few miles below." "I cannot tell; I know him not." A small shadow fell upon my exuber ant spirits. I had uken it for granted that everybody in Vicksburg knew of the great and rich Mr. Bostock. As we sat there, :ny host inquired of several loungers, one after another, If they knew the ( object of my search. Not one had ever heard of him. "I do not zay zere is not such man," said the Frenchman. "But I have been here four year, and I have not hear ze name." "Who was it?" a man asked, coming in for a drink. "A planter named Pierce Bostock." He gulped down his brandy, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand and began to meditate. "Boitoekt I declare I have heard the name. I'm up and down the river all the time, and things gits away from my head in a week; but if I ain't clear outen the channel a man with some such name was mixed up in a fight some time ago. Wasn't it so, Frenchy?" "I tell you I know not ze name." Rather dejected, I was about to re tire, resolved to start out in the morn fcg and make a systematic search for information, when a communicative old negro approached me. He had heard my inquiries and told me that " 'bout seben year ago, or mebbe longer," he was "one of Bos tock's boys." We remembered the place well; he could tell me just where to find it. I slipped a half dollar into his hand and encouraged him to go on. "Oh, J T O' can't miss em, young maus sa! Great big house, 'bout three mile back from de ribber; with great v'ran der all round." "But how far—and what road?" "It's a right smart ways. I specs as much as five or seventeen miles. Yo'go up to de bluff road, an' yo' follow him down right smart; den yo' branches off at de Muddy Corners; after awhile yo' turns to de right, an' den yo' axes de tray/ O, yo'll find him." Not much encouraged by this rather cloudy direction, but glad to find somebody who had some faith in the existence of the object of my search. I took a night's rest. The morning found me early astir. I succeeded in hiring a mule, being assured that there was no other mode of carriage practicable, and after breakfast I mounted and pushed out on my quest. The reader who has ever tried to make his way over the roads of the Bouth of thirty years ago, to say noth ing of a later day, and to gain infor mation as he progressed about dis tances and localities, will not be sur* prised to learn that I consumed the whole of that long June day in finding the plantation of my search. Doubts, Ignorance, and very little positive in formation, were surprisingly mingled. Had not the patience of my mule been matched by my own, I think I should have turned back in despair before meridian. Whether white or black were inquired of, the general uncer tainty was the same. Some had heard of Mr. Bostock; some had not. Of those who had heard of him, some thought he had been killed some way; they could not tell how. Others thought he had moved away some where, they knew not where. Still sthers there were who were sure that Mr. Bostock still lived on the big plan tation, but whether it was five miles away or fifty, they had not least idea I can only guess how far I traveled that day, advancing, retreating and prospecting —I should presume about forty miles. And I should say that the "great big house, about three miles back from the river, with a veranda all round," where I halted at sunset, was about half that distance from Vicksburg. A negro came running down the lane to me. "Maussa say yo' come right up," was his salutation. I dismounted and he took my mule. I walked up the lawn. A fine-looking, middle-aged planter, portly and pleas ant, rose from a group of ladies sitting on the veranda, and advanced with extended hand. "Good evening, sir—good evening. Come right in. Ilavo you come far?" "From Vicksburg." "Well, well; you're tired and hungry. Miranda, my dear, go tell Cassy to make some corn-pone and fry some chicken for the gentleman. Sit down here, sir; or you'd like to freshen up after your hot ride. 'Randy, tell some of the women to fix up a chamber for the gentleman. What news, sir?—and where are you from?" The easy cordiality of the man, mingled with a decided inquisitive ness, was something that had to be known to be understood. As he escorted me up the broad stops I aaw numerous house servants, of varying shades, peering around corners and "MAIM* TO' com BKMCr OT." out of windows. Past a corner of the house I observed a great field of cot ton all ablown. "My wife and daughter, sir." The ladies bowed, and I returned the salutation. "I am afraid I have made a mis take," I said. "I am looking for tho place of Mr. Pierce Bostock." "He did live here. Two years ago he removed to Louisiana. I bought him out." I took the chair that was offered me, and said, with the keenest disappoint ment: "My journey out here is to no pur pose. I had better go back." "Not to-night," said the planter. "High time to-morrow for that. Travelers don't get away from Alfred Dorion as easy as that." "I beg your pardon; that reminds, me that I have not introduced myself. My name is Dorr Jewett. I have como from the north—from New Hamp shire." "Jewett?—Dorr Jewett?" the planter exclaimed. "From New Hampshire?" "Yes, sir." "And you know Mr. Bostock?" "Yes; he was a friend of my father in boyhood. He called at our homo ten years ago." "And you wrote him a letter?—let's see —something more than Are years ago?" "I did; and he answered it. I wrote another last year, which was not an swered." "That one probably followed him to Louisiana. I am not surprised that he did not answer it, if he received it. But here's Cassy, telling us your sup per is ready. Go in and eat hearty: I shall have something to tell you afterward." My curiosity and interest were thor oughly aroused; but hunger makes everything yield. I did full justice to the substantial meal set before me by tho old negro "Mammy," with great rings in her ears and a parti-colored turban about her head. 1 was exhausted with the day's ride, and still anxious to hear what Mr. Dorion had to tell me about Bostock. But for awhile I had to sit ladies iu tho.parlvr. Theg; sang and played for me, and I told them much about the north which was new and strange to them. It was about nine o'clock before I found myself alone on the veranda with the planter. "The man you came here to find," he said, "was one of my dearest friends. He has been estranged from me, from everybody, for more than five years. I gather, from what you say. that it is as long as that since you have heard from him." "Rather longer." "I recall incidents about him which none but a friend would remember. Among other things, I remember dis tinctly his showing me your letter, telling me about your father and yonr self, and saying that you were a fine fellow; that he should have you down here some day and make a planter of you. But I fancy that you might as well end all your dreams of his favor right here." 1 saw by the moonlight that face was thoughtful. Sorely disap pointed as I was by these tidings, I was burning to hear more. He pres ently went on to explain himself. All that is contained in chapter first of this narrative I thus heard for the first time. It was told me, of course, in different language, but all the de tails were given. I listened with breathless interest. When the planter had finished that account. hc»paused, and seemed for the moment reluctant to proceed. "But what," I eagerly asked, "was the quarrel about? What was Mr. Caa tex's offense?" His answer filled me with surprise. "It is all a mystery. I knew very little about it, then. I know no more now. I believe it would be better for you not to inquire." [TO BE COSTKfCKD.J PAST VeUNG INDIA. Ms IOTPI English Society Ilerause of the Loaves antl Fishes. The Hindoo of Calcutta docs not rep resent an ancient tradition, for he is but a thing of yesterday, called into being by the foreigner, and he repre sents an altogether novel phase of thought, which is gradually making it self felt, and is the chief characteristic of what has been dubbed Young India. Young India is the more or less Eu ropeanized Hindoo, says Harper's Weekly. The supple mind of the Bengalese could not long remain im pervious to the Influence of dally con tact with the European castof thought, and all Hindoos are more or less af fected by that contact. A European education, the study of the classics and of contemporaneous literature, of an cient and modern history and of the natural sciences, could not fail to have results on every stratum of society, and culture has filtered down from the university to every class, awaking as pirations and ambitions previously un known. A new society has sprung up, of wnat may be termed Anglicized In dians, which society, alas! is not al ways recruited from the elite of the native population; the higher castes, who cling to their traditions and re tain their pride of race, are generally faithful to the culture of the past The masses who make up Young India are not attached to European civilization by any 6ense of its superiority or by intellectual curiosity, but in search of remunerative appointments. To get one of the inferior situations under the government which are open to native baboos it is necessary to be able to speak and write English, and everyone anxious to secure thirty rupees a month in some office rushes to the universities and public schools. Three hundred candidates for a place worth some three pounds ten a month! And what becomes of the two hun dred and ninety-nine who fail and can no longer live the simple natural life of their forefathers? They must die of hunger or swell the ranks of poli ticians, and they choose the fatter al ternative. 'i'roud of the superficial knowledge they have acquired and primed with European catchwords, the meaning of which have long since faded a war} - , they form a huge unclassed mass uncommonly like the lower middle classes of Europe—as noisy, as unreasonable, as narrow-minded, and, in some rare instances, as disinterest ed as those with whom we are all fa miliar, with the difference that the formulas they are so proud of are bor rowed from the traditions of an exotic civilization, and that for them there is a wider gulf than ever between the letter and the spirit. What they aim at is, in truth, neither national inde pendence nor local auiomony under the English protectorate; it is simply access to the higher administrative functions and political domination over other castes, with the English army at their backs. A Pretty Solution. Mr. Archly—Hero is a problem! What shall Ido about your bills? You extravagant wives are sponges. Mrs. Archly—Did you say spongea, my dear? Mr. Archly—Yes, spongea Don't you absorb all we have? Mrs. Archly—You might get it back, you know. Mr. Archly—Get it backl How' Mrs. Archly—Well, since we are sponges, John, yon might—don't you see? You might—squeeze us, John. — Truth. Her Fear. Mrs. de Ven —Why are you so anx ious to have your 6on marry a widow? Mrs. Malap—l'm so afraid he might make a miss-alliance, otherwise. —De- troit Free Press. An Oak-Corii. "If an acorn grows on an oak tree," remarked Madge, one night,' why don't they call them oak-corns instead of acorns?" —Harper's Young People. No Kooin for Agnosticism. "Do you believe in dreama?" "Why, of course! I've often had them myself."—Truth. No Ideals Shattered. She—Why don't you marry her? He—Because it's so much more de lightful to love her! —Truth. AN ADVANTAGE. Friend—l think it would irri tate an Irlshmau, with such an aversion toward anything English as you hold, to have red hair. O'Toole—Yis; but think av th' plishurc Oi have av cuttin' it.—Puck. Ilarrod Out. Mrs. Von Blumer—l am afraid that young man in the parlor Is trying to kiss Clara. I thought I heard her cry out. Von Blumer—Heavens! let me go in there at onoe. Mrs. Von Blumer—Y'ou can't get in, my dear. She has locked the door.— Truth. FARMING IN FOREIGN LANO& EXPERIMENTS made in the tobacco cultivation throughout Europe have not uiven much promise of success. In Germany, where the cultivation of tobacco has In-on carried on for a long period, the area planted fell from the average of about 55.000 acres: between ISTO and 18-S0 to 5C.500 acres for last year's crop. THE average requirements of the United Kingdom and 1-ranee during ten years past have been 5:io,OOO.OOC bushels of wheat, but this year's crop is estUmited at only bushels, leaving a balance of 205,000 bushels that it will be necessary to import dur ing the harvest year 1593-94, which is over 60,000,000 bushels more than the average requirements. THK import duties on foreign corn, corn meal and beans in Mexico have been restored, the president judging that the cause for their suspension had ceased. These duties were removed on account of the short crops of last year in order to prevent distress among the poor people, and Mexico has sent $14,000,000 since then to the United States to pay for corn. THE condition of the English crops continues unsatisfactory, especially in the case of barley, which was plant ed on a smaller area than usual. Ream shed their flowers without podding, and in many places the crop was cut for fodder. Peas, though a smaller crop than last year, are not in quite a« bad condition as beans. Reports as tc hay and grass are sim ply deplorable, and hops will yield nearly nineteen pet cent, less than last year. POINTS OF INTEREST. ALL the documents of the first four teen congresses were found in the basement of the senate the other day. A MILLION dollars in gold coin will weig'h 5.685.8 pounds, and SI .000.000 in silver coin will weigh 58,929.9 pounds. YELLOWSTONE park at present has 26,000 elk, 400 buffaloes, 500 antelopes and a large number of moose, deer, beaver and other animals. A MEETING of 2,000 persons over "C years of afffe is annually held at Leices ter, England, and of these over 400 die before the next anniversary. THE greatest travelers in Switzer land are the English; then come the Germans, the Americans, the French and the Italians in the order given. OLD English silverware is much in demand in the United States just now, and genuine pieces, especially those oi historic interest, bring high prices. THE romantic and supposed beauti ful Mary "Queen of Scots" was cross eyed and had other physical blemishes that are not accounted attributes tc beauty. RUTTER oil is made by pressing the oil from American cottonseed. It is pure, nutritious vegetable oil, which is used in smaU quantities to soften the texture of oleomargarine. LITERARY GATHERINGS. Jon S ADDIXOTON STMONPS, the Eng lish essayist and writer on art, died rich. He left an estate valued at £75,• 286, most of which, however, eamc to him by bequest. JAMES STILLIE, the Edinburg bo«k seller, who in his youth often carrie J proofs to Walter Scott at Abbotsford, has just died, in his ninetieth year. Fie was one of those employed to copy the novelist's manuscript in order that the secret of his authorship should be main tained. DR. EDWARD EGULESTON told a friend at Chautauqua the other day that he was working on another novel and that it would probably be the last novel he would write. "When I started," he said, "I had a name foe it, but I have written away from the name and will have to find another." ONE of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes' recreations is the measurement of the girth of large trees that he happens tc see in his jaunts. For this purpose he always carries a measure with him on his daily drives. More than fifty years ago he began this custom, exploring the New England woods, tape measure in hand. NOTES AND COMMENTS. PRESIDENT THWINO says more young women are hurt by too much dancing and candy young men are by too much smoking. OEN. ANTONIO EZETA, president-elect of Salvador, denies that he is to marry an American girl. This is probably due to the prudence of the girl. Quite likely she prefers a husband with a steady job. Sm RICHARD WEBSTER, British coun sel in the Hchring sea arbitration, says his fee didn't pay him. When the law yers in the case lost money by it the nations interested should feel resigned over the outcome. WILLIAM HALL, conductor of a street car in St. Louis, has secretly married the daughter of Ferdinand Meyer, the millionaire bank president of that city. The bride presented the bridegroom with a bell punch and he gave her a wedding ring. There is still a marked stringency, however, in the paternal blessing. FOR THE THOUGHTFUL. WHAT'S of no use is too dear as a gift. SWEET are the uses of adversity; but a superfluity of sweets is unwholesome. THE trouble with the man who knows nothing is that it takes him so long to find it out. THY friend has a friend and thy friend's friend a friend. Let thy words be few. —Talmud. THE way to truth is like a great road. It is not difficult to know it; the evil is that the men will not seek it THE wisest of us do a great deal more grieving over vanished joys than we do of rejoicing over vanished griefs. A HOSE tree that does not blossom is of no use in a garden. A vine that baars no grapes is of no use in a vine yard. Why She Wept. During the wedding ceremony at a fashionable church in Ilarlem, Birdie McGinnis, one of the bridesmaids, wept bitterly. After the ceremony Dudely Canesucker, who was present, said to Birdie: "What were you crying about. Miss Uirdie? You were not the bride." "I know it," replied Ilirdie with a lump in her throat. "Thut's what broke me all up."—Texas Siftings. Too Smart a Boy for That. Mission Sunday School Teacher— Benjamin, I was shocked to see you picking up a half-smoked cigarette on the street as I came down this morn ing. You ought not to smoke the vile things. They are poisonous, filthy and dangerous to everybody around you. Indignant Waif —I don't smoke no cig'rettes; I gits fifteen cents a quart fur dc stumps at de fact'ry!—Chicago Tribune. She Heard It. The enraptured young man drew the shapely head with its golden hair close, close to his heart. "Do you hoar it throb, darling?" he asked. "Y-yes, Harold." "What does it seem to say?" he whis pered. The dear girl listened a moment, and answered softly: "It says 'tick, tick, tick, tick, tick,' Harold."—Chicago Tribune. MO 49 fAwmmm ? , FREEZING BUTTER. A Gnat Improvrmpot fu the Storing of L>alry Product*. The freezing of butter is now prac ticed, as the reader probably know* According to a New York trade paper in a few cases reports were made Of lots of butter which was not benefitted by the freezing, but in every instance it was stated that it was due to the fact that these lots of butter were of a poor quality, having' too much salt and water or ha-ring too much cheese curd left in the butter. It was found that the butter which kept best in the freezers was that which wifi of medi um or fair salting, and was free from cheese curd and water. Special success was found in freezing the finest sepa rator creameries, which came out after six to eight months storage with the flavor and boquet of the finest fresh made stock. In past years it hits been the custom of butter-makers to put an extra amount of salt in butter, intended for holding', as the high salted butter would keep sweet longer, but the extra amount of salt was objectionable to most consumers, and it is fortunate to learn that the finest and most deli cately salted butter keeps best in the freezers and retains its flavor and aroma for an indefinite time. As noted above, the butter which is full of water or curdy matter Is more injured than benefitted by freezing, as the foreign substances will in most cases cause a partial granulation in freezing, injur ing the texture and causing the butter to bore ragged on the trier. The freezing of the butter is a great modern improvement in the storing and preserving of butter, and the cold storage men are meeting the require ments of the time. The whole burden of success will hereafter lay upon tho creamerymen, and it will be to their interest to make the finest separator butter free from curd and water, mildly and nicely salted with the finest tilt, and happy success will crown the efforts of all parties.—Western Rural. MILKING EXPERIMENT. Incompletely Milked Cows Show a I»lml«- Uhed Yield. Five cows were milked four weeks by two different persons, each milker serving two weeks, both being compe tent, one of them doing his average milking, and not aware that an experi ment was under way; the other was fully informed as to the nature of the experiment and expected to contribute his best skill for the purpose In view. In the case of the one unaware of the experiment the yield of milk from the five cows for two weeks was 804 pounds. The yield of milk from the sauic cows' for a corresponding period while in charge of the man aware of the experi ment reached 1,131 pounds. The excess of 267 pounds in favor of the man who milked to dryness. The experiment proved that it pays to get all the cow has to deliver. Also that it is a matter of importance that the udder lie emptied as rapidly as possible in a manner acceptable to the cow —this be cause of the effect on the richness of the milk in fat globules. Another im portant feature in milking- to dryness k that first milk drawn is most aqueous, while the last contains most butter fat. While not strictly n result of this ex periment, it demonstrates anew the teachings of the experience that proves that incompletely milked cows have a tendency to diminish their yield.— Farmer's Voice. GOOD MILKING STOOL. It'a So Simple That Anyone Can Give It a Trial. This stool takes the coon. To make it, take a 2x6 plank twenty inches long, make a raised seat four inches high and eight inches wide on one end. l'at.two legs under high end and one under low. Low part is to set pail on, which saves holding weight of milk between the knees. Try it—Samuel Paxton, in Farm, Field and Stockman. Proper Core of Milk. The first essential after starting a creamery is to teach patrons to take care of the milk. All vessels should be of tin. The milk should be cooled and aerated after milking, to prevent sour ing, as souring prevents the fat globules from raising in gravity creaming, and prevents the separator from doing its work. It should be set in cold water in summer and kept from freezing in winter. The milk cans should be washed, scalded and set in the open air. Defective milk should be returned to the patron. Milk should be separated at seventy degrees Fahrenheit; the less milk taken with the fat the less loss of the butter in the buttermilk. Skimmed milk and buttermilk should be tested every day to see if the sep arators are doing their work, and to see if the buttcrmaker is attending to the ripening of his cream. The cream should be cooled at once after separat ing. The Coloring of Hotter. There are people who think that col oring butter is a fraud. We never looked at it in that way. The con sumer wants yellow butter and as a matter of fact he or she does not care how it is made yellow. This was illus trated some days s*.nce by a lady friend of ours in the city who told her milk man that he need not leave her any more milk or cream. Upon being asked for the reason she told him that his milk was good for nothing and that his cream was not better than good mf.k would be. He replied that he did not put burnt sugar into his cream, where upon the lady said: "Well, if all cream is naturally like yours I propose to take cream from some milkman who uses burut sugar or something else;" and she meant it, too. She wanted more color to the cream in some way. Farm ers' Voice. The Had Hoy. "Tommy," said the visitor, "have you read your books in your Sunday school library?" "Some of them," he replied, rather doubtfully. "Can you tell me what happened to the boy who went fishing on Sunday?" "Yes. lie caught three catfish and one eel." "How do you know that?" " 'Cos I was him." —Washington Star. A Mao of Affair*. Mrs. i/ookhigh—Nr. Shortpurse is building a new house, and it's ever so much nicer than this old thing of ours. Mr. Loolthigh— All right, my dear; we'll watch our chance and sell this. "And build a new one?" "No, indeed. We'll buy Mr. Short purse's, ut about half what it cost, when he gets sold out," —X. Y. Weekly. A Matter of Tantc. Saidso —Chumpley's gallery of ances tors is the bluest of the blue. llerdso —One would never surmise he had blue blood in his veins. Saidso—He hasn't; but he knows a good ancestral portrait when ho sew