VOL XXX Happy Homes-tr Comfortable Homes!! - ' —noauOQanii—i Any Person can have such a Home if' They will BUY FURNITURE QUEENSWARE STOVES CARPETS OIL CLOTHS TIN WARE. And all House Furnishing Goods From (ML fi mm, Butler, - Penna. - Complete House Furnishing Goods House. 1 WILL YOU BE ONE TO READ THIS AD. AND ACT PROMPTLY. EVERY ITEM IS A LEADER. Mra'« felt Uonu asd over* $1.85. ! Boy'* good solid boot* *\i»» 1 to 5 95c. M«i'« good bnckel arc tie- 95 i Men'* overs for lelt boots $1 15 and $1.25. Ifttn'rt fund tolia boot* $1 50. I Men's pood solid working Hboen 95. M«n'n fine drvtui shoes la.ce or CoDjrrects $1.25. THE NEW SHOE STORE LEADING THEM ALL. kid batton shots tip «#r plain 95 I Lmjie-' g»»<>d oil #rain button $1 00. fruin batton shoes beel or *pritip9s | L»die»' kip lace "hoe* 95. MIMM' kid button shoes spring heel 95: | Ladies' fine rubbers 25. ALL RUBBER GOODS REDUCED AT THE NEW SHOE STORE. 215 S. Main Street, fi U MIT T TJD Opposite Arlington Hotel, If. £i. luiLLlul. Sweeping Redactions have been Made on all Vinter Clothing, Overcoats, Underwear, Cap, etc. Our business has been very successful since our opening nine months ago, leaving us a lot of odds and ends, which are ALL NEW and which we are willing to sell at a sacrific rather than carry them over. Be sure and see us before you buy if you want to save money. Wishing you all a Happy New Year. We are Yours Respectfully, DOUTIIETT ny value to you have the same done here. Beware of tramp artists and irresponsabic parties and strangers I »ho arc tramping through the county soliciting your orders. Stodio, 118 Horth MJa St., Butler, Pa. H| .. Job. Work ol all kind done r. - jr. ■■••• • at the "Citizen Office.' * THE BUTLEi PROFESSIONAL CARI)> G. M. ZIMMERMAN. PHYSICIAN AND HCBOION, office at No. s. Main struet, over FranSc Co'S DIUK Store. Butler. Pa. Dr. N. M. HOOVER, 137 E. Wajne St., office hours, 10 to 12 M. au. 1 to 3 P. M. SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. SCO West Cunningham St. L. BLACK, PHYSICIAN AND SUBUKOS. New Troutman Hnllding, Putler. Pa. K N. I.EAKK. M. D. J. K. MANN, M..L. Special ties: Specialties: Gynaecology and Sur- Eye, Kar. Nose «, o gery. Throat. DRS. LEAKE & MANN, Butler, Pa.. J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a. Artificial Teeth inserted on the latest in pruned plan. <*>ld PUIIUK a specialty. Ofllce ,ver Scuaul'u ClothuiK Store. V. jvIcALPINE, Dentist, 1b now located In new and elegant rooms .ad joining nls former ones. All kinds ot clani plates and moderen .jjoia work. ••Gas Administered." DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. Gold Filling Painless Extraction ot Teeti and Artificial Teeth without Plates a speclalt Nitrous Oxide or Vitalized Air or Local Vnapstlieties used. Office over Millers Grocery east ot Lowr House. office closedWedneslays ami Tli ursdaya. IRA McJUNKIN. attorney at Law, Office at No. IT, *ou St., Butler. Pa, W. C. FINDLEY, Attorney at Law and Ileal Estate Agent, oi ace rear of L. Z. Mitchell's office on .north slue of Diamond. Butler, 1 H. H. GOUCHER. %.ttorney-at-law. Offlce on second .floor vnderson bulldlnjf, near Court House. Bulle fa. J. w. HUTCHISON, ATTOKNEY AT LAW. Office ou second floor Jf the Huselton clock, irt&mond, BuUer, Pa.. Room No. 1. S. H. PIERSOL. ATTOENEY AT LAW. Office at No. 104 West Diamond St. A. T. BLACK. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Room F., Armory Building. Butler, Pa COULTER & BAKER. ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Offlce Jn rooat 8.. >rncoiy Eullding, Eulle Pa. H. Q. WALKER, Attorney-at-Law— Diamond Bio BuUer, Pa. J. M. PAINTER, ! Attorney-at-Law. Office—Between Postoffice and Diamond, Bu ler. Pa. A. T. SCOTT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.. offlce at No. 8, South Diamond, Butler, Fa. A. M. CHRISTLEY, JB ATTORNEY AT~LAW." >ffice second floor, Anderson ,B1 k, Main si. near Court House, Butler, Pa.. NEWTON BLACK. Att'jr at Law—omce.on South Bide of Dlamono Butler. Pa. C. F. L. McQUISTION, EJiGLNEEIt AND SURVEYOR, .OFFICB NEAR DIAMOND, BDTLKH, PA. L. S. McJUNKIJN, "" Insurance and Real Estate An' i 17 EAST JEFFERSON ST. BUTLER. - PA. L. C- WICK DBALKB ~ I J* Hough and Worked Lumbei —•ov ALL KINDS Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Shingles and Lalh t Always in Stock.; LIME,.HAIR AND PLASTEK. Offloe Phaeton a&t PHI* KH Wi'l pmLm. «Pm« Topftarr«7.M7 ALL VlnS' f*> Knad WMOO. t* ootnp*«t it/ n«. ■"•""■" HUB sl4 Road Cart |lio< Buj of fiMV IWY Boerr Btnun, #3 u torriuiri kth m . C #l® Bturjfy #4.76 Mind iunuui'e/fJdHg JMf- P. %BfOT A CABT CO. nuatmPrv, -d)I 'TWAS THE OTHER MAN. Love at First Sight and Love at Second Sight. RIVER f\J brawled a noisy "O* tune that th^ v > ened to unmoved jT for some hun- W \y dreds of years, Jf HGsf -y * fi/ and then, as if j // H i wearied with ) / this profitless \ I exertion, drew ! \ itself np with | d-ignity and \ /*swept along 1 A '/ . with (lef p. rapid / r A BAND ON HIS COMPAN ION'S SHOULDER. —I didn't want to interfere in any way | whatever. So 1 took a steamer and went to New Zealand and back, just for my health, y' know " "You're rather 'ing, Duucan, but if yon insist 1 can only repeat that j there's remarkably little to tell. She j was civil to me, an d grateful, and all that, and we could have been the best of friends if 1 had wished it so. But I couldn't stick at friendship, and of late she has seen it." "Well?" "She can't give me more than friend ship. I asked her, and .she said she couldn't. I told her I would wait any amount of time if that wonld do any food, but she refused to give me the least, hope." , "And didn't she vouchsafe anything further, Billy?" "Yes, she did." "What was it? Don't tell me, ot course, if you'd rather not." "It's a hardish mouthful, Duucan, old man, but I'll out with it. She told me she was fond of another man, and —" "And what?" "And he had shown conclusively he cared nothing for her, and consequent ly she should never marry." "What a scoundrel the other man must be!" "Yes, I said that, but she promptly denied it It seems he had hardly spoken half a dozen words to her. She said he had once tried to render some great service to her aud failed But the intention was clear enough. By dint of pleading I got the name out of her—" lie paused. "And it was?" asked a strained voice from the depths of the chair. ' heavens, man! can't you see that it was you?" Duncan leaned forward with his chin in the heel of his fist, and his face turned awny to vards the fireglow. "And you don't care a pin for her?" "No, of course not." Duncan turned t-wiftly round. "You mean that?" he demanded. "Yes, jor else 1 shouldn't have said it. Why, whatever is the matter with yon?" Duncan came across the room and laid a hand on his companion's shoul der. "Billy, d'you know what 1 cleared out of England for? No? Then I'll tell you. You fell in love with that girl at first sight; I did the same when I met her for the second time. "We've always been good chums, you and I, old chap, and I couldn't bear to run counter to you. So 1 went away on the out trail. I thought the sea air and the fresh scenes would blow the nonsense out of my head. "But it didn't. I love her more than ever now." "Then no one stands in your way, and I congratulate you with all my heart Go in and win, old man. "No, don't say anything. I'm goinp to leave this for a bit. My brother's got an orange ranch in Florida, and 1 think I'll run over to hlin for a year oi 80. I'll go now, if you don't mind. Good night, old chap, and God bless you."—Boston O'obe. ONE MAN'S DIPLOMACY. Jt Stopped the Huby's Crying ami F.arned Him EverlttHtlug Gratitude. It was in an "L"' train and a baby was crying with all the strength of its two-year-old lungs. The expression on the faces of the occupants of the car changed from indifference to pity, then to unnoj anc -, and finally to downright anger. Finally, says the New York Recorder, a man two or three beats from the crying child leaned over and snapped his lingers quickly. The effect was magical. The child stopped in the middle of a yell, and gazed open eyed and open mouthed at the man. He snapped his fingers sev eral times, then, accompanying them with grotesquely cheerful smiles and a peculiar shake of his head which seemed to highly interest the cross cherub and appeal to his sense oi humor, for a wavering little smile crept around the corners of the droop ing mouth and the cries ceased for good. The man leaned back in hii seat, bestowing occasional cheerful, winks and smiles at the vanquished foe. He reaped his reward. The old fel low next to him declared he had diplo macy enough to make a prime minis ter, the men opposite peeped at him in friendly recognition over the tops of , their papers, the woman near him with ' nerves aud a headache said: "Thank j you," and the pretty girl in the cor- j ner gave him a sweet smile. That man j left the car followed by a score ol j blessings, and the cross baby turned \ over and actually went to sleep. CUTTER-RIGGED YACHTS. River C'olne the Birthplace of the <»rac«- fnl Hriiinh ( utter. I'earl and Louise were the first yachts with the distinctive cutter-rig, writes Capt. A. J. Kenealy in Outing. The river Colne was, in point of fact, the birthplace of the cutter and of the graceful cutter-stern. The marquis of An glesey may be said to have been the parent of Brit ish yachting, and his'descendants have been glorious patrons of the sport. The old marquis christened his son, Lord Alfred Paget, by dipping him head first into the sea while a child in long clothes, from the deck of the I'earl. Every yaclitman knows what Lord Alfred did for the sport in Eng land, and how capitally the prince of Wale* and he worked together in de veloping it. Lord Alfred had the full management of the prince's yachts, Alexandria and Dagmar. both built for his royal highness by John Harvey. Lord Alfred, too, was the first to recognize the advantage of the auxil j iary yacht, and John Harvey designed ; for him the Xantha, the first of her 1 kind ever built, and she was followed, In 1874, by the Sunbeam, Lord Bras -1 bey's boat, made famous by Lady Bras sey's facile pen. CHIMNEYS IN ENGLAND^^ They Were Sot in l"se There llefore the A Twelfth Century. 1 There does not appear to be any dence of the use of chimney shafts England prior to the twelfth century, j In Rochester castle, which is in all probability the work of W. Corbyle, | about 1130, there are complete fire- j places with semicircular backs, and a shaft in each joint supporting a semi- j circular arch over the opening, which [ is enriched with a zig/Uig molding; j some of these project slightly from the \ wall. The flues, however, go only a few feet up in the thickness of the wall, and are turned at the back, the apertures l>eing small oblong holes, i At Castle Hedingham, Essex, which is j about the same date, there are fire- j places and chimneys of similar kind, j A few years later the improvement of carrying the flue up through the whole i height of the wall appears, as at Christ j church. Hants: the keep at Newcastle; Sherborne castle. Dorsetshire; Conis borough castle. Yorkshire, and Boothby Fagnell, Lincolnshire. The early chim ney shafts are of considerable height and circular, afterward they assume a great variety of forms, and during the fourteenth century they are frequent ly extremely short. l*revious to the sixteenth eentnrv the shaft is often short, and not un frequently terminated by a spire or pinnacle, usually of rath- I' er low proportions, having apertures of various forms, under and sometimes in it, for the escape of the smoke, t There are also taller shafts of various forms—square, octangular or circular —surmounted with a cornice, forming a sort of capital, the smoke issuing from the top. Clustered chimney shafts do not appear until rather late in the fifteenth century; afterward they be came very common, and were frequent ly highly ornamented, especially when of brick. OLD PLAYMATES. A PleaMiug Story of a Celebrated Treach Sportfttiian. The author of 'Modern Hunting," in La Nouvelle Revue, tells a pleasing story of one of the oldest and most cel ebrated sportsmen of France, Prince de Joinvillc. The prince is perhaps the "senior member" of hunting soci ety in this country. He was hunting in the Chantilly forest, as the guest of Due d'Aumale. His party met another party which was following a deer in the same for est, and some disorder resulted. The prince lost track of the animal timt he was following, but he took the disap pointment philosophically, and set out to find the deer again. On the way he was stopped by an old white-haired peasant, who told him that the deer he was following had passed by there recently. The son of Louis I'hillippe asked some simple question, but as the old peasant replied he looked at him keenly, seeming to pay more attention to him than to his words. Suddenly he stopped him. "Wait! it seems to me that I know you. friend!" ho exclaimed. "Yes. sir," replied the peasant, in his old, cracked voice, which shook with emotion. "Oh, yes, we have often eaten cakes at 'Auntie Adelaide's."' It was sixty years since they had been children together, but the varied experiences of that time hud not made the prince forget his old playmate and servitor, and he delayed his quest for the lost deer to renew the acquaint ance. A REASONABLE OBJECTION. An English Clercymau Who Protested Against a Remarkable Name. Sometimes in English country par ishes, where the clergyman has been accustomed to have his own way, he protests vigorously if the name pro posed for a child about to be christened does not suit him. Occasionally, how ever, he does so upon false premises. James Payne writes in the Indepen dent: The late Dean Ilurgon, when a curate in Berkshire, was requested by a village couple to christen their boy "Venus," or, as they called it,"Vanus." "Are you aware," he said, "that you are asking something ridiculous as well as exceedingly wicked? Do you suppose I am going to give a Christian child, a boy, the name of a woman in heathen mythology? How did such u monstrous notion get into your heads?" "Please, sir," said the father, "we want him called after his grandfather." "And doyousay liisgrandfatherwas named Venus?" "Yes, sir; there he is, sir." A poor old man, looking very unlike Venus, hobbled out of the crowd. "Do you dare to say you were chris tened Venus?" asked the indignant clergyman. "Well, no, sir," was the respectful answer, "1 was christened Sylvanus, but they always called me Van us." A N> w Cereal. A traveler in the Himalayan moun tain region has discovered that the na tives of that country cultivate a grain hitherto unknown in civilized agricul tural operations, which has something the look of wheat but has very much longer ears, and which has a peculiar inward curve. The shiny, brown grain, unlike wheat, is, on the other hand, much smaller than wheat grains should be for so large au ear. But the inter est is that a cereal of this character should yield such heavy crops in so high au altitude, where the seasons arc necessarily short and the temperature low. The natives call the grain kow nee. The right of the Far North. The wonders of the aurora borealis in the British possession just over the , line of Alaska cannot be told. The heavens all winter long are lit up with a golden glow. Indeed the colors — the sparkles and flashes —are so many, constant and varied that no one can de scribe them. There is practically no day during the year. For two or three months up to December 15, from nine to twelve o'clock, there is a sort of | daw n, but the rest of the time it is night. It is so clear that you can go out and read a newspaper anywhere. flntanleal Oddities. Those who have given any particular attention to the study of botanical od dities know that the Brazilian flower known as the "running antelope" is so called because its white petals have a series of well-defined dark-colored lines and dots, in which the imagina tion can readily trace the form of an antelope, with the limbs outstretched aud head thrown back, seemingly flee ing for its life. In the "caricature plant" one species has the imitative form on the petals, and another ' has it outlined in the ribs aud shading of the leaves. This last mentioned curiosity bears a remark ably well-executed likeness* of the duke of Wellington, aud has on that account been named "Arthur and His Nose." Mines Under the Sea. We have all heard about the British coal and iron mines, the galleries of which extend far out under the Atlan- I tic ocean, but there are perhaps very I few Americans who know that the | most extensive under-ocean mining operations in the world are carried on along the Pacific coast of this conti nent. At Nanaimo, British Columbia, there is u coal mine the abaft of which extends several hundred feet below the ocean bed at that point. All the galleries of the mine, aggregating something like twelve miles in length, I are entirely under the ocean. | KEEP THE HENS WARM. Description of Tonltry Ilonse with lint* ing Arrangement. The object of the accompanying illus tration is to give a design of a poultry house for a cold climate and to accom modate those who desire a cheap sys tem of heating. The house is shown by the interior end view, in order to explain the arrangements. It Is 14 feet wide, s}*' feet high on the south ' side, feet on the north side and Sfl feet long, divided iuto six rooms, each room being 6x9 feet on the floor, and ; ten or twelve fowls to occupy each room. It can be boarded outside with barn boards, naving strips nailed on 1 the joint*; hut the interior should be | ceiled, sides and roof. The roof U cor- j ered with tarred paper, or some similar I roofing material. If preferred, the ] space between the outer boards and i the ceiling boards may be filled with dry sawdust In the illstraticm A is a slanting par tition, six inches from the roosts (B B r^Tl #n 5- o ,%-f C H fe f \ «| niA R ELL I lSl=*= POULTRY HOUSE WITH HtATIXO AB BAKGEMEST. B). and C C are the nest shelves, with an opening at one end, and a door from the hall also, D being the sitting-shelf, with a door from the hall only. E, F and G are narrow doors, nearly the length of each room. The ball, H, is 6 feet wide, the partition dividing the hall aud rooms being made with com mon lath, as also the doors; but parti tion A is made of matched boards. Jis a water-trough, I a feed-box, and K a hatch, hinged by pivot in the center, for convenience in cleaning the floor; L being an opening in the floor covered with wirecloth, cone-shaped M is a 2x6 board or studdinsr, placed on the floor to divide the litter from the clean floor. N is a door opening into the yard, O being a door from one room to tho other. Pis a skylight on the roof, one for each room, and W is a venti lator, one at each end of the house. B is a cellar, which may be larger if pre ferred, and S is a small oil-stove, no pipe being necessary. T is a dirt-trough the full length of tho house. Two feet of the bottom portion of each dividing partition is made of boards and above the boards is lath. The hall may be only 3 feet wide if preferred, and the other arrangements may be altered for convenience, as circumstances demand. —Farm and Fireside. ATTRACTIVE PACKING. Many Beekeeper* Now Pnt Their Honey In GlasH Section*. A glass section is one of wood grooved to receive a glass, each side, when it Is filled and removed from the bees. Some of the New York producers put honey in this bhape upon the market When the section is glazed, tho sides, top and bottom are neatly papered. Only a limited amount of honey can be dis posed of in this way. Others put each section in a paper box with a handle. Consumers have to pay for all this fuss and feathers but they are the monied ■ class, who do not care what anything costs, if it is only nice. In local mar ]LiV L fill 111 111 ■ 11 j! ill h !r! ■ f Hf fi 111 If Fit 1 1 !| vi " V ' i 'j|i BP* A OI.ABS SECTION. kets, the price is governed by supply and demand. The best market for honey is a home market, and a fair price should be demanded. If an ex orbitant one Is charged, it will remain upon the producer's hands, and other sweets will be used instead. Choice white comb honey is quoted in most large cities of the union at sixteen cents per pound. At St Louis, Mo., it is usually a few cents lower than at other cities.—Orange Judd Farmer. (ieese on the Farm. I The Embden, a white goose (both male and female), is, with the Toulouse, the largest of all breeds. The best cross for the market is tho Toulouse gander and Einbdeu goose. The Toulouse is parti-colored, and the male and female are alike. In fact tho male and female of any pure breed are alike in color. The large breeds do not forage over as much ground as the common kinds, but produce twice as much feathers, in weight, and fatten more readily for market An adult gander of the Embden or Toulouso breeds should not weigh less than twenty-fivo pounds and the gooso twenty-three pounds, though individu als have been known to reach as mnch as fifty pounds. The best way to grade up a flock Is to procure a gander of the Embden breed, mute him with large common geese and mate the fe male offspring with a Toulouse. The males should then be pure-bred Emb dens, as they are pure white, which is an advantage where the feathers ar® considered a valuable product I,dolling Ahead. Lawyer—Well, little girl, what can 1 do for you? Annie —Nothing just now; but thej told me you were a divorce lawyer, and I thought it might be well to make your acquaintance.—Judge. Initiated. Tho vegetarian, from liis board. Carnivorous dtot routs. And feels no hardship, bavins been Put through a course of sprouts. —Puck. (Snort Advlee. Blinks —Have you read that article on "Ilow to tell a bad egg?" Winks—-No, I have not. but my ad- | vice would be: If you have anything important to tell a bad egg, brrak il gently —Brooklyn Life. A Natural Inference. "Ma, is sis going to the theater?" "Not that I know Why do you ask?" " 'Cause her new hat's come home and it's about four feet across."— I UroQ klyn Life. The I'mal'j of Knowledge. "Did' the teacher punish you for not knowing enough?" "No. for knowing too much. I sassed her back." —Brooklyn Life. The Itemed jr. Miss Fayre Young Mr (Josling seems to be Intoxicated with love Old Pache —Oh. ho 11 get sober ejjvugb I tUieriia'a uiauiiidi—Ttuih. to nectly, says the Nineteenth 1 ill comparatively lately in commercial business, except banking, has not been thought highly of for gentlemen. Politics, the church, the army and nary, the bar, etc., have been the outlets for English younger sons. In America it is quite different Among the many reasons for this 1 will mention but the one important one, that the pursuits above men tioned afford but few openings, com paratively speaking. The church Is a poorly-paid profes sion for the sons of the wealthy mer chants. and the army and navy are so small in number that they do not af ford a field for more than a few. Tie bar is, of course, open, and is crowded in America as in England. Politics, for some inscrutable reason, does not seem to attract many of the higher grades of youth. Consequently, the young American seeks the commercial field, and in every American city, especially in the west, one finds at the head of cultivation and progress men whose rise has been due to successful commercial enterprise. It is well for the individual that success should be so rewarded, and it is well for the , community, also, that the man of busi- : ness. who has pained his success on ' legitimate lines, should be Us leader. ; In a new and partly unsettled country ; like America, so fortunately situated as to need practically no foreign pol icy, and to fear no foreign enemies, the creator or the distributor of wealth is a far more valuable man than the politician or the soldier. The sangulneness of the American is another feature especially striking to an outsider. The whole temper of the people Is one of hope. No young mau enters life in any line without the 1 fullest belief that he is going to sue- j ceed, and going to make a great deal of money, and do it all very quickly. | This may be true of young mon every- | where, but it is especially so in the states. And men are justified in their youthful hopes. Practically any young man of rea sonable brains and industry is sure to succeed. Openings are numerous, mid the sharp-witted American is quick to take advantage of them. It is a curi ous fact, but one that I have often heard employers of unskilled labor comment upon, that none of their workmen were American born, unless, possibly, some of the foremen. As an Englishman. I am glad to add that rarely are Englishmen either found as unskilled laborers in American work shops. THE ART OF EATING. A Branch of Education la Which A»fr- Icanx An Woefully Deficient. "When my children get to the proper age," said the man who was smoking a briar pipe, "I intend to have them taken in hand by some competent per son and given a thorough instruction in the art of eating, and, further, in the science of finding out what to eat and ordering." '•What do you mean?" inquired the man who sat next to him. "I mean this: The averago American citizen is woefully deficient in knowl edge of what he can get to cat. He falls down when it comes to ordering a dinner. The great majority of peo ple In this country are brought up frugally at home and do not know any thing but the commonest dishes. The consequence is that when u man goes into a restaurant for dinner or to a hotel he gazes helplessly ut the bill of fare and sees many things of which he does not know the component parts. He dares not order anything that he is not sure of, for fear of ridicule, and he falls back on roast beef and mashed potatoes. The fact is, he doesn't know anything but roast beef. Same way in a restaurant. When a waiter shoves a bill of fare under a man's nose nine times ont of ten he will look it over and then say: 'Gimme a steak and some fried potatoes.' Now, the man who does this day a fter day doesn't want roast beef. He is sick unto death of steaks and fried potatoes. He loathes ham and eggs, and yet he keeps on ordering them in dreary and dys peptic suoccssion, because he doesn't know any better and he is too prunnd to confess his ignorance. It's that way with me. and I 11 bet it's that way with most of you. lam going to relieve my children of all these things. They're going to know what's what when it comes to eating. 'No roast-beef domi nation!' shall be my household slogan." And the rest of the party, says the Buffalo Express, thought it. over and concluded that he was pretty nearly right. The World's Fre»ldente. The president of the Argentine Re public is chosen for six years and re ceives an annual salary of JWRT.OOO. The French president receives a salary of 8120,000, a house to live in, and allow ances amounting to sl-0,000 more; his term of office is seven years, and he may be reelected. The president of the Swiss republic is elected from the seven federal councillors (who serve three years), and serves as president for one year, receiving a salary of $3,- 700. He may be reelected after an in terval of one year. The president of Mexico is paid' 849.977 each year, and serves four years; lie may be reelected now, Gen. Diaz. the present president, iMTinV had the constitution altered to pcraiit him to serve. * The "Holy 'Jbo»t" Plant. In Mexico, Central and South Amer ica, and in some parts of tuba and Jamaica, a rare and beautiful plant called the "Holy Ghost plant" grows in great profusion. This plant, also Itnown as "the botanical dove," is sailed the "Holy Ghost plant" on ac count of the shape of the flower, which las the appearanee of a dove with ex panded wings hovering over the stalk, l'he entire flower, which is pm-e white, }p«ns from the end of a long green »tem and is verv fragrant. Those Little Economies. "So you had a church wedding?" "Yes." "1 think church weddings are too expensive." "No—they're not half so expensive as having to buy new furniture for a home wedding."—Vogue. A Teaor'i Fate. "Did you know that Sig. Smithini s ▼olcc had completely given away?" "There! you know that I always told you that he'd have to give that voice awav. for nobody would think of buy ing it."—Brooklyn Eagle. No Wond«»r. "He's a great admirer of Miss Cub leys. And he's such a thin, withered, ! dried-up specimen of a man!'' "I've noticed that when she speaks | to him he seems a good deal —um—rnt- j tied."—Chicago Tribune. Matrimonial Item. Mr. Newlywed—l wish you wouldn t call mo "dear" when we're in com pany. Mrs. Newlywed—Why. Charles'.' Mr. Newlywed—Because it makes me ! feel so cheap. —Texas Siftings. Invincible. Cnrren Twether —Doesn't this \ve;ith : er beat anything you ever saw? Ole He Stinabitant—No. sir. it docs not! I'd have you understand, sir, that iu> weather beats loiytbing / ever i eavr.—Puck. Pleasant Employment tor Winter Day* and Evening*. There is nothing more pleasing to the eye. or more acceptable, than a rustic chair or settle, on porch or lawn; and yet the purchase of these things is nttea so expensive to be impossible for the average purse. Two home-made articles seen on a recent trip have led k to think how easy to make and sub stantial such things can be. The first, a long and broad settle with a high bock, I came upon suddenly to my sur prise and gratification, on the veranda of my friend, C. D. Tylee, at Ste. Thereae, Can. It has a high ond com fortable back and solid legs to which the seat and arms are mortised. A ■eat is made of round sticks shaved flat on the surface side, and the whole is well braced and graceful, as the cnt shows. The arms are made from natu ral crooks found In the woods, the KL'STIC BENCH mountain laurel serving admirably. In reply to my inquiry 1 was told that the young son of my host had con structed it, aud hud become quite an ; adept at such work with a little prac tice. The second is a chair, capacious, with a seat like that of the settle. It has stout legs supporting the back, and the arms are well braced by crooked sticks neatly mitered and nailed in place. It | possesses the advantage of being quiek- I ly made, as there are but few pieces ;to it A long, limber sapling, such as can be got by the thousand in any. dense, second-growth timber, can l>e fastened to the bam; a'. A, carried down RUSTIC CHAIR to the forward leg below the seat and neatly pinned or screwed on, bent about over the forward leg to serve as an arm, carried back to the top of one rear post, fastened and bent around to the other, carried down to the forward post and fastened, bent still again and run buck nearly parallel to a point on the rear post midway between the seat and top to correspond with the oppo site side on which it started. If this chair is not to be left In the weather, grape vines serve a speedy and satis factory purpose. In the manufacture of camp chairs the vines of the wild grape are without parallel for this pur pose. This chair was made and is in use at the charming farm home of L. D. Smith, St Albans, Vt From these few suggestions other articles of furniture may be easily made; they Include plant boxes, urns, fences, gateways, swings, porches, summer houses and a score of other use ful and at the same time ornamental thing*.—Holllster Sage, in Country Gentleman. AGRICULTURAL NOTES. THERE is no profit in foundered pigs. Pooß quality lowers prices more than overproduction. THERE IS always a good demand for strictly first-class stock. MORE fat can be laid on with ground than with whole grain. VENTILATION and warmth should go together. Avoid draughts. THERE are reported to be 998 aban doned farms in Massachusetts. IF turnips are fed before milking they will affect the flavor of the milk. LEAVES are excellent as a mulch, as stock bedding and as a stable absorbent SHEEP produce four crops every year, namely: Mutton, wool, lambs und ma nure. THE greatest profit in feeding sheep for mutton Is made while the animals are young. CASES of caked udder may be quickly relieved by liberal applications of very hot water. STATISTICS show that England annu ally spends f80.000,000 for foreign but ter and cheese. , BEFORE setting, air your milk thor oughly, so as to allow animal and other matter to escape. IT is said that when the cows have been fed on bran the milk rises slowly and is hard to churn. FIREWOOD is more easily cut when green and makes quicker and better fires when well seasoned THOSE trees whoso leaves stick to the branches in the spring are to be looked upon as lacking in stamina. IF the stock are to be kept thrifty they need more variety of food in win ter than at any other season. T HE largest creamery in the world is said to be at St Albans. Vt The ca pacity Is 22,000 pounds a day. IN many parts of India oxen still serve as carriers of merchandise, and buffaloes are kept for milk and plow ing. BUTTER from fresh cows is more highly fluvored than that from cows long "in milk, so the latter requires more care in ripening WISDOM THAT CAME TOO LATB. "Will you take this woman for your lawful, wedded wife? (After u pause) i Why don't you answer?" "Well, judge, that question requires some serious thinking-' Fliegende Blaotter. ____________ In a Sew York Boardln* Home. New Boarder —Is there a dog about this establishment? Walter—Yes. sah de landlady's son ha* a bulldog In de cellar. New Boarder —Can he bite? ) Waiter—Yes. Indeedy, he am de mos' wishus bog eber 1 seed. New Boarder —Then be kind enough ' to rr\ vc u»i this chicken with my com pliments. I d like to believe there is r ■ somebhiag can it.-«-Tejfas