VOL XXXI J. S. YOUNG. WM. COOPER YOUNG & COOPER, I MERCHANT TAILORS I Have opened at S. E. corner A Main and Diamond Streets, Butler, with all the latest styles in Spring Suitings. Fit and Workmanship Guaranted. Prices as low as the lowest. TRY US. Grand Clearance Sale for 60 Days OF Dry Goods, Millinery Wraps Notions, Underwear, Hosiery Blankets, Flannels, &c. Here Are Some of The Immense Bargains We Offer Y,u. 5 p-ur of r!I wool blankets. wor'h A.5.U0 tor $3.50 'i riwa of Kateeu hips, worth 25 for SI 50. 2d' z<-Q of e<>oi calico haps w.>r(h *1.75 for It G«n.d country fiatioel. worth 36 ••erit* »>er yard for 13 t-<-C 0o"d linen f>auj a*lt, worth .IS i-enfn p»*r jrnrd tor 25 cents. Good linen torih 5" n«ut- fx-r yard lor 4'iceoh Bern oil red Dimn*k w >rth 5 • (Vat- i«*r yard !.>r 4-> Cent (i'j-jil dtrS ( ocbii>-> priot- w rrri 4ce t-> 5 i s per ,< 'I Orl'd nUpi- »:ini{h«u)- w.trin ann » 'or ncm- . «*r »*rl. UtMid h -s»y uob'encMe l iheKtiuif. vnttb 7 c«* i< t 5 c-ii' v ; f*r . I Fine all-wool 4»i-inch black hnir ett* w- tr-h $l »l mr 7">ce i i j«*r y tr>i "A few uo»Klne* iu iir<-n« p-iiit>ros. w irtn - i • • ' r $7 •: Pot brotidciotn it. biocx or c.i'ur. S 1 SI 0 • Oeilteluiui'a all-wool umlwrweur. W»nH si ■> ,i-r Ul t >r -1 ; ' Gentieiii iD'» uierino un« uu .>-tr m ' lor ">» JLvtir*' fine c*oiel'l 50. Ladies' fine rnuntin night Kowuk wh U) >) oents for .'5 cent*. L»di»»' floe muklin ikirta, chemise :tad dra- er* w. it.h 50 cent* for 25 ceuti, Co»»«t corrm for 16 cent*. One-third off on til TIM, mii'iner. at y.-iir owo pric -. R airinl>er;tit{ these prices are not for one da; or two day* in th« wee- bn. lor twf 4if i i tfta '*eek 'r »a uow aoti I March !at, 1894. Call and nee tu. we wi.l a*»e ya money ou every purch «* .u wis. JENXIE E. ZIMMERMAX, (Successor to Ritter & Ralston.) N. 8.— 20 dozen 5 Hook Foster Patent Kid Gloves, worth SI.OO per pair for 69 cents,in Black and Colors. Read This Or(ce. LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE PRICES AND YOU WILL, I THINK, BE CONVINCED THAT HUNK I sr< Is the place you will buy your footwear. Ladies fine button sloes, patent tip, opera toe $ .85 " " square toe 9° " grain " 75 " fine slippers 45 " warm, flannel-lined, shoes 75 " " " slippets " slippers 20 " good, heavy, peged sh >es 75 " " standard shoes 85 " rubbers 25 Mioses' tine shoes, button 7° Men's good heavy boots 1 4° " B& A, calf, congs. and bais tip 9° " extra fine shoes $1 25 and I 50 Bjys' good heavy boots, sizes 1-5 1 00 Youths' " " 11-13 75 Men's " brogans 7° " " calf boots I 9° Rubber boots and shoes, wool-lined arctics, felt boots for .boys and men, wool stockings at the lowest prices. Men's slippers, nicely embroidered, at 50c, 75c, and $1; Women's, Misses" and Children's slippers at 20c, 50c, 75c and sl. Arc you one «f the few that does not buy of us, if so we arc looking for you, come in soon and sec Vs. B. C. MUSE! TON. OPPOSITE HOTEL LOWRY. No. 102 North tvn Street - Butler- Pa. (MM i in, WANT EVERY Mar\, and Child In Butler county know that they have received their large and com plete line of Fall and Winter Boots, Shues and Slippers at prices that will surprise them. We have the celebrated Jamestown Boots and Shoes, made by hand and warranted, which have proven their wearing quailites for years past. We want to give the trade f The Best Goods for Least Possible, Living Profit.il- The best line of Ladies' and Gents' Fine Shoes ever shown in th« county. Children's School Shoes in every shape and stjle. Rubber Goods oi_ all kinds and shapes at all prices. Come and see the boys. I Yogeley & Bancroft I 347 S. Main Street. ----- Butler, la GREAT 1 LOSING OUT SALE! Owing to ill health my entire stock of SIO,OOO worth of Gents Furnishing Goods, consisting of Hats, Caps, Neckwear, Under wear, Shirts, Gloves, Trunks, &c. will be sold at cost and below. These goods must be sold before April, so come early and secure bargains in unbroken lots. I have a great mmy goods suitable for farmers that will pay to purchase for future use at the following low rates: Wi ARE OFFERING: 1135 all »oH underwear Bt 30e 75c necktie? at 100. tl 50 ol underwear at $1 00 neektiea at 15c. 49.- $1 .25 children*' fane? raps at 43c #1 50 ivrcal dr?«p abi'" ra' 50c. 20c fine linen c lla'i< > • i. C- VV iCK •IKALBH iIN ioU(.ti and Kforksii lu» OP ALL KIKDK Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding , Shingles ana Lail. Always in Stock i fc. HAIH AND PLAS - . t'illcv opposite HAW. Depot Hi TI.Kk WE WANL' TO KEEP UUK FACrOKV KUNMING DURING THE WINTEK. Io ord r to do thin we oiler '• oiake (>ai*id» window binds Ht ONE DOLLAR Hud upwards per window urn: ir>-iri»- wiudow bliodsat T«o DOLLAR nod upward* per wiud 'W. These tiie the lowest prices nfei offered ou wiudoW blind* and now 1- r> time to :ake advuniaye ot Keap^ctfully. S.%G Purvis & Co. W. H. O'BRIPtf . ><> N. [Successor" 01 Hchntto & o'Liri«a.) Sanitary* Pumber vnd G - F : " ngAi < w :r Piptt. Gas Fixture* (il;> > ' owrj 11 u HI TT.KR. \ . FRANK KEMPEH. DEALtiR IN BLANKETS, HARNESS, everything in horse and buggv tnr aishinggoods* I-I n >• - uess, Collars, Whip."- L>usters, Saddles, etc. A.lso trunks and va -1 ises. Kepairing done <>i. Mhort notice. The largest assort ment ot 5-A. Mors' blankets in town will be tound at KeniDer's H. H. JACKSON Wh'J baa bad a ye»rM ripuce *iih ooe of the it-adiri); firuiH of Pitt*hur;r in now pr* otiftid to nil lurni!nr« •1 hi- cb'»rue, wnri will tru .r.-uji' • iT'ind work Hiid natinfaci-'D a' 249 S vlcK*an St , - Butler, Pa. EUROPEAN * HOTEL 315 S. Mun St., - - Butlt r, v 'a A LEX WILLIAMS. f»r p'r />»h >»nd water. I* eulHr id"hU »• *2ii r - at $1 00 a dat *%* . : Lunch Counter opeD a'l niirht • : J"HE BUTLKR roCNTY NATIONAL B\N T K, BI ti.KK ' A.. • (l>IT4l. P*l4 (?«. - - - SI'MI 'MM, •> >n PLPH iSli PKOriT", - 14 OPFICEItS: •fo». Hanniun. Ff<>s't, J. V KIM*. Vice PW< A nailer, Cftthler DIRECTORS: ••f Harfinan. <;. P. <"ollln». N M.II'MIV'T 1 o. O ilrvf.l V MUt* ■ \ r AbrMim. Leslie Uazlett I. Smith ( S. Waidron M Ptmnrxn. A ir<>ii«*rm hanbinir bii*lncHs rr!tn«»rt«i I> -<■«» pnM «i Mm* 4i-poHlt.it Mow) loau* ■' tpurove*. tecurlt;, ""™"r "*ir " riM Jf Has Katie Ko^tigrant Ulster. Penn. Scrofula The Worst Case the Doc tors Ever Saw Hood's Saraaparilta Perfectly Cured "C. I. TTood & Co., Lowell, Mass.: "Dear Sirs:—l wish to testify to the great value of Hood's Sarsaparllla. For some time I had been troubled with scrofula, which early ; last winter assumed a vary bad form. Sorea Appeared on My Pace and hands and gradually increased in number ! until they reached to my shoulder. The doctors said It was the worst case of scrofula they ever saw and also went so far as to say It was In curable. I tried ointments and other remedies j but to no avail. A friend recommended Hood's Hood's^Cures Sarsaparilla, and although f was completely dis couraged. as a last chance I resolved to elve It a trial. After takingone bottle I noticed the sores had commenced to heal. After the sixth bottle They Were All Healed. I continued to take It, however, until I had wed nine bottles, and now I am perfectly well." Miss KATIE ROSENGKANT. Ulster, Penn. Hood's Pills are prompt and efficient, yet easy in action. Sold by all druggists. :sc. JOHN KEMPER. Manufacturer of Harness, Collars, and Strap Work, and Dealer in Whip*. blank"'*, robes, trunks ml v»- 'i- s md.i everything f«»oud in a Srat-e as hurtles" st'!•!•* age't for the Dexter Sweu Collur h~ bi->t e..|:«r iiiado—:t set i>f siugit- h:J * - n --s is jriveii away wi'h a irross of ih»- e -Wf-at ci'llars. Come in aiid s<-e them My iii >«ids are all new and strictly fir> - e, isr worK, guaranteed Kepairiug promptly done H42 S Main St. - - - Hmler. JV SPECIAL SALE OF PANTS. 00 P-iiits tor 00 $5 50 Pants fur $4 SO. $5 00 P'imt< fo $4 00. $4 50 Paotn for $3 50. f4.HO Phni h fur #3 00. $3 OU Pants for $2.50 s.' 511 Pai.te for $1.75 #2 00 Pants f.ir $1 25 11 > r aii.frt Ji'au Paula Hold l>\ D 'i • f>r Ifsj than *1 do *#* :. for 89c. : : %* THE RACKET STORE. 120 South Main Street, Butler, Pa., ijspecticn +"' Invited, J HOLDING UP Sioe.s for the inspection of a. , 11 -lding down prices for the co: veniance of everybody, IK ldi out bargains within the reach . all and cons quently holding u, to the people's patron tge to tl;. c> tsternation of all competitor: .Ml people go vhe>e they can the best for their money. S. out Infant's Shoes in Red an lan at 15 cents. See our Bov Lxtra High Cut Shoes at $1.2 See our Ladies Fine Rubbers i 23 cents S.-e our Ladies' Sturrr Rubbers at <5 ce its. See us a'l ki ids -»f tootwem. \ ii! v i you mine.. The \e S C K. Ml Id. Kit 215 Sot; in MAIN- STRI i Yoti Should Gd th-3 Foil, wag Boik. j • s«n. «.»h • « T'. vv 1 ' F ' h> ./ii 1 Ai' •>'« iv 11. f> 5n ! q -t.. • 1 h „ p u ■ » H ••• " J< 'lt 12 • ! t 'o : fid. #1 50 ' v K '' >• It v J 1. |i |> i -12 85 • *< K •< "x V 11.i 1 |p. n-« $2 Ou. "(1 imi'H'-f OF the | *>Vi.r«dV Fair" 50c. R-view of ih. ; ll'- ll lyl MIS ('■ H " j' P b 12 111 ..'if. 11.Oil. p,, t . 1 ih ' 2 * " 2 'ii i*2 s'» A•• k lit Ii »' o •»- : (I 111 re ~t , DOUGLASS' BOOK S'ML,, RFTLEH. PA., FRIDAY. MARCH 2, 1894. COWAN U "The won! 'rache,' written in letters of blood," he said. "Tl.rt v. 0.3 it," said Lestrade, in an awe-struck voice; and we were all si lent for awhile. There was something' so methodical and so incomprehensible about the j deeds of this unknown assassin, that it imparted a fresh ghastliness to hia crimes. My nerves, which were steady enough on the field of battle, tingled as I thought of it. "The man was seen," continued Les trade. "A milk-boy, passing on hia way to the dairy, happened to walk down the lane which leads from the mews at the back of the hotel. He noticed that a ladder, which usu ally lay there, was raised against one of the windows of the second floor, which was wide open. After passing, he looked back and saw a man de scend the ladder. He came down so quietly and optu^ - that the boy im agined him to be some carpenter or joiner at work in the hotel, tie took no particular notice of him, beyond thinking in his mind that it was early for him to be at work. He has an impression tha' th« man was tall, had a reddish face, and was dressed in a long, brownish coat. He must have stayed in the room some little time after the murder, for we found blood-stained water in the basin, j where he had washed his hands, and marks on the sheet where he had de- | liberately wiped his knife."' I glanced at Holmes on hearing the ; description of the murderer, which tal- | lied so exactly with his own. There was, however, no trace of exultation or 1 satisfaction upon his face. "Did yon find nothing Ln the room which coNii furnish a clew to the i murderer?" he asked. "Nothing. Stangerson had Dreb- ! ber's purse ih his pocket, but it seems j that this was usual, as he did all the 1 paying. There was eighty-odd pounds 1 in it, but nothing had been taken. [ Whatever the motives of these extraor- j dinary crimes, robbery is certainly not ■ one of them. There were no papers or j memoranda in the murdered man's : pocket, except a.single telegram,dated | from Cleveland about a month ago, : and containing the words: 'J. H. is in Europe.' There was no name appended to this message." "And there was nothing else?" Holmes asked. "Nothing of any importance. The man's novel, with which he had read himself to sleep, was lying upon the bed, and his pipe was on a chair beside him. There was a glass of water on the table, and on the window-sill a small chip ointment-box containing a con rile of pills." Si.urlock Holmes sprang from his chair with an exclamation of delight. "The last link," he cried, exultantly. •\My case is complete." The two detectives stared at him in amazement. "I have now in my hands," my com panion said, confidently, "all the threads which have formed such a tangle. There are, of course, details to be filled in, but I am as certain of all the main facts, from the time that Drebber parted from Htangerson at the station up to the discovery of the body of the latter, as if I had seen them with my own eyes. I will give you a proof of my knowledge. Could you lay your hand upon those pills?" "I have them," said Lestrade, pro ducing- a small white box. "I took them and the purse and the telegram, Intending to have them put in a place of safety at the police station. It was the merest chance, my taking these pills, for I am bound to say that 1 do not attach any importance to them." "Give them here," said Holmes. "Now, doctor," turning to me, "are those ordinary pills?" They certainly were not. They were of a pearly gray color, small, round and almost transparent against the light. "From their lightness and transparency I should imagine that they are soluble in water," I remarked. "Precisely so," answered Holmes. "Now, would yo- mind going down and fetching that poor little devil of a terrier which has been bad so long, and which the landlady wanted you to put out of its pain yesterday?" I went downstairs and carried the dog upstairs in my arms. Its labored HE I'LACED IT IN FRONT OF THE TERKIER. breathing and glazing eye showed that it was not far from its end. Indeed, j its snow-white muzzle proclaimed that ! it had already exceeded the usual term j of canine existence. I placed it upon : a cushion on the rug. "I will now cut one of these pills in [ two," said Holmes, and drawing his [ penknife he suited the action to the ! word. "One-half we return into the ! box for future purposes. The other half I will place in this wine glass, in , which is a teaspoonful of water. You j perceive that our friend, the doc- ! tor, is right, and that it readily dis- ; solves." "This may be very interesting," said j Lestrade, in the injured tone of one who suspects that he is being laughed at. "I cannot see, however, what it ; has to do with the death of Mr. Joseph Stangerson." "Patience, my friend, patience! You , will find in time that it has everj-thing to do with it. I shall now add a little milk to make the mixture palatable, and on presenting it to the dog we find he laps it up readily enough." As he spoke ho turned the contents of the wine glass into a baucer and placed it in front of the terrier, who speedily licked it dry. Sherlock Holmes' earnest demeanor had so fai convinced us that we all sat in silence, watching the animal intently, and ex pecting some startling effect. Non« such appeared, however. The dog con tinued to lie stretched upon th« cushion, breathing in a labored way but apparently neither the better not worse for its draught. Holmes had taken out his watch, and as minute followed minute without re- | suit, an expression of the utmost cha grin aud disappointment appeared upon his features. He gnawed his lip, drummed his lingers upon the table and shown! every other symptom 01 acute impatience. So great was hii emotion that I felt sincerely sorry foi him, while the two detectives smilcc , .jjcriaively, by ao preaae digpfcased ftt I tnis check which he had met. "It can't be a coincidence." he cried, at last, springing- from his chair and pacing wildly up and down the room "it is impossible that it should be a mere coincidence. The very pills which I I suspected in the case of Drebber art actually found after the death of Stan gerson And yet they are inert. What can it mean? Surely my whole chain ol reasoning cannot have been false. It is Impossible! And yet this wretched dog is none the worse. Ah. I have it I have it!" With a perfect shriek oi delight he rushed to the box, cut the other pill in two. dissolved it, added milk and presented it to the terrier. The unfortunate creature's tongue seemeil hardly to have been moistened in it before it gave a convulsive shivet in every limb, and lay as rigid and life less as if it had been struck by light ning. Sherlock Holmes drew a long breath and wiped the perspiration from hi: forehead. "I should have more faith/ he said. "I ought to know by thij time that when a fact appears to be opposed to a long train of deduction! it invariably proves to be capable ol bearing some other interpretation. Oi the two pills in that box, one was most deadly poison and the other wai entirely harmless. I ought to hart known that before ever I saw the boa at all" This last statement appeared to m» to be so startling that I could hardly ; believe that he was in his sobei senses. There was the dead dog, how- j ever, to prove that his conjecture had been correct. It seemed to me thai j the mists in my own mind were grad ually clearing away, and I began ta have a dim, vague perception of th« ! truth. j "All this seems strange to you," con tinued Holmes, "because you failed ai : the beginning of tho inquiry to grasp the importance of the single real clew which was presented to you. I had the good fortuno to seize upon that, j and everything which has oc curred since then has served ! to confirm my original supposi tion, and, indeed, was the logical se- I quence of it. Hence things which have perplexed you and made the eas« more obscure have served to enlighten me and to strengthen my conclusions. It is a mistake to confound strange ness with mystery. The most common place crime is often the most myste rious because it presents no new 01 special features from which deductions can be drawn. This murder would have been infinitely more difficult to unravel had the body of the victim been simply found lying in the road way without any of those outre and sensational accompaniments which have rendered it remarkable. These strange details, far from making the case more difficult, have really had the effect of making it less so." Mr. Gregson, who had listened to Ihia address with considerable Impatience, could contain himself no longer. "Look here, Mr. Sherlock Holmes," he said, "we are all ready to acknowledge thai you are a smart man, and that you have your own methods of working. We want something more than mere theory and preaching now, though. It is a case of taking the man. I have made mv case out, and it seenu I was wrong. Young Charpentier could not have been engaged in this second affair. Lestrade went after his man, Stangerson, and it appears that he was wrong, too. You have thrown out hints here, and hints there, and seem to kno%v more than we do, but the time has come when we feel that we have a right to ask you straight how much you do know of the businesa Can you name the man who did it?" "I cannot help feeling that Gregsoo Is right, sir," remarked Lestrade. "We have both tried, and we have both failed. You have remarked more than once since I have been in the room that you had all the evidence which you require. Surely you will not with hold it any longer." "And delay in arresting the assas sin," I observed, "might give him time to perpetrate some fresh atrocity." Thus pressed by us all. Holmes showed signs of irresolution. He con tinued to walk up and down the room with his head sunk on his chest and his brows drawn down, as was his habit when lost in thought. "There will be no more murders," he said at last, stopping abruptly and facing us. "You can put that consid eration out of the question. You have asked me if I know the name of the assassin. I do. The mere know : ug of his name is a small thing, however, compared with the power of laying our hands upon him. This I expect very shortly to do. I have good hopes of managing it through my own arrange ments; but it is a thing which needs delicate handling, for we have a shrewd and desperate man to deal with, who is supported, as I have had occasion to prove, by an other who is as clever as himself. As long as this man has no idea that any one can have a clew there is some chance of securing him; but if he had tho slightest suspicion he would , change his name and vanish in an in- ; stant among the four million inhabit- j ; ants of this great city Without mean- I ing to hurt any of your feelings. I am j bound to say that I consider these men j to be more than a match for the official j force, and that is why I have not asked 1 your assistance. If I fail I shall of : . I course incur all the blame due to thii | omission; but that I am prepared for. ' At present 1 am ready to promise thai the instant I can communicate witfc you without endangeringmy own conr j binations I shall do so." Gregson and Lestrade seemed to b< far from satisfied by this assurance or by the depreciating allusion to the detective police. The former had flushed up to the roots of his flaxen hair, while the other's beady eyes glistened with curiosity and resent ment. Neither of them had time to speak, however, before there was a tap at the door and the spokesman of the street Arabs, young Wiggins, intro duced his insignificant and unsavory person. J "Please, sir," he said, touching hia forelock, "I have the cab downstairs." "Good boy," said Holmes, blandly. "Why don't you introduce this pattern at Scotland Yard?" he continued, tak ing a pair of steel handcuffs from a drawer. "See how beautifully the spring works. They fasten in an in stant." "The old pattern Is good enough,'' 1 remarked Lestrade, "if we can find the man to put them on." "Very good, very good," said nolmes, smiling "The cabman may as well help me with my boxes. Just ask him to step up, Wiggins." 1 was surprised to find my companion speaking as though he wero about to set out on a journey, since he had not said anything to me about it. There was a small portmanteau in the room, 1 tkja ta pulled gut yad began to R , "jrsr orris mk a hei.p with this BUCS3.E, CABMAN." miap. nc »•»«» easily engaged at It when the cabman entered the room. "Just give me a help with this buckle, cabman," he said, kneeling over hit task, and never turning his head. The fellow came forward with ■ somewhat sullen, defiant air, and put down his hands to assist. At that in stant there was a sharp click, the jang ling of metal, and Sherloek Holme* sprang to his feet again. "Gentlemen," he cried, with flashing eyes, "let me introduce you to Mr. Jefferson Hope, the murderer of Enocb Drebber and Joseph Stangerson." The whole thing occurred in a mo ment —so quickly that I had no time to realize it. I have a vivid recollection of that instant, of Holmes' triumphant expression and the ring of his voice, ol the cabman's dazed, savage face, as b< glared at thtf~ glittering handcuffs, which had appeared as if by magic upon his wrists. For a second or two we might have been a group of statues. Then with an inarticulate roar of fury, the prisoner wrenched himself free from Holmes' grasp, and hurled him self through the window. Woodwork and glass gave way before him; but before he got quite through, Gregson, Lestrade and Holmes sprang upon him like so many stag-hounds. | He was dragged back into the ! room, and then commenced a ter rific conflict. 80 powerful and »o fierce was he, that the four of us were shaken off again and again. He ap peared to have the convulsive strength of a man in an epileptic fit. Hia face and hands were terribly mangled by the passage through the glaae, but lose of blood had no effect in diminishing hia resistance. It was not until Le strade succeeded in getting hia hand inside his neok-cloth and half strang ling him that we made him realize that his struggles were of no avail; and even then we felt no security until ws had pinioned his feet as well as hia hands. That done, we rose to our feet breathless and panting. "We have his cab," said Sherlock Holmes. "It will serve to take him to Scotland Yard. And now, gentlemen," he continued, with a pleasant smile, "we have reached the end of onr little mystery. You are very welcome to put any questions that you like to me now, and there is no danger that I will re fuse to answer them." [TO SB CONTINUED.] POISONING IN INDIA. A Popular Method of DUpotlnf of Ob noxious Parsons. Although the English government beeps strict surveillance over its sub jects in India, it does not seem able to stop the wholesale poisonings going on among the natives there every year, says tho Pittsburgh Dispatch. It seems innate ln tho native Hindu to poison if he desires to get rid of some one who is in his way. The poison, which the natives use produce about the same symptoms as the poison of a snake. The victim dies suddonly and Is cremated within an hour or two aft*r death, so there is no opportunity of investigating tho cause. The poisoner, to further deoeive, usually makes a cut ln the leg or arm with a knife, such as the fangs of the snake would make, so that it Is difficult to distinguish a victim of the snake from the victim of the poisoner. There are thousands of deaths put on tho gov ernment registers every year that are attributed to the bites of snakes. I'll venture to say that but a small per centage of these are from that cause. In traveling through India it is rarely that a snake will attack you, for as Boon as it hears anyone approaching it usually glides away Europeans are seldom bitten, on account of the boots and leggings they wear, but tho na tives, who go barefooted, occasionally step upon a reptile which strikes them and death results in a few hours. Tho English government offers sixpence a head for every poisonous snake killed India. I know of some places where natives went into the business of breeding cobras for the purpose o er, a sort of ralet de chainbre and, if you have two horses, two grooms; one man to run before you when you go out riding and take charge of your horse, another man whose business it is to collect for your horse's feed tho grass which prows in a vine-like man ner upon the roads. Then in summer you require three or four men who work the large fans or "punkas" over you night and day while you are walk ing and while you are sleeping; tben last, but not least, a watchman. This last institution is a peculiar one. 1 If you did not have him you would bo , liable to find something stolen every night. Strangest of all. the only man %vho is a successful watchman must be a thief —the caste of a thief. He makes no pretentions of being anything else, but as long as you have him in your employ nothing will ever be stolen. Whilo the native Hindoos are very dis honest, the only way in which to keep your valuables safe is to give them into their hands for keeping. If one locks five hundred dollars in his chest one would be sure that some time or other one of the servants would steal it; but If the money Is given to a servant he would guard it with bis life. Toufrh on the Uurg «r. Goodfellow (nearing Jollyfellow's house very late at night after a "time" at the club) —Shay, Jollyfellow. look there There's a burglar getting into your house by zhe window. Jollyfellow—So he is. Stay, wait (hie), wait a little. My wife'll zhlak he's me, and (hie) she'll half kill the chap.—Spare Moments. The Boy Knew. Teacher—Yes, children, when the war broke out, nil the nhle-bodied men who could leave their families enlisted In the army. Now, can any of you tell me what motives took them to the front? Uright Boy (tjlumuixusJy)— Loco too GARDEN AND ORCHARD. Pi. ANT trees as deep as they grow in the nursery. THE chief value in dwarf pears is their early bearing. DWARF pears require a light boil and a light pruning every spring. is of benefit, whether the planting is done early or late. A DEEP soil is necessary to a good garden, but care must be taken not to bring to the surface too much subsoil ONIONS set out in the fall should be well mulched as soon as the ground freezes hard enough to bear up a wagon. TREFS set out in the fall should be carefully mulched as soon as the ground freezes hard enough to bear up a wagon. IK removing dead branches care should be taken to make the cut close and smooth. If a stub is left it will not heal over readily. THE wild cherry is the home of the tent caterpillar. The safest remedy is to cut off and bura infested branches as soon as they make their appearance. BEN DAVIS. Grimes' golden. Stark, wintersweet. Paradise, Stewart's gol den. Fink's rambo, and quite a list of standard apples are raid to bear gener ally in the even numbered year*. ONE or two careless fruit growers in a neighborhood will keep up a supply of the tent caterpillar to infest all the orchards for a mile or two around. It Is only by thorough, earnest work that they can be eradicated. Tax cherry ia less troublesome to grow than almost any other kind of fruit. All that is necessary is to plant out the trees carefully and then let them alone. Cultivation is really an injury, by inducing a too spreading growth. As soon as the ground freezes apples and vegetables that are pulled out should have a covering of coarse ma nure, straw or other coarse litter as extra protection during the winter. The windows of the cellar should be closed up.—St. Louis Republic. THE eggs of the tent caterpillar are laid in clusters on shoots of rather leas than half an inch in diameter and are fastened together with a kind of glue that protects them from the weather. As they are easily seen in winter the best plan is to cut o*- all infested branches and burn them. WINTERING TURNIPS. Star* In Cellar* and Pita aad Keep Them ai Coal as Passible. The best and most convenient way is to have a cellar for the purpose, where the temperature does not fall below freezing point. This can be made un der an ordinary barn where the drain age is good Where one is fortunate enough to have a basement or back barn, one stall or a bin can be reserved for them. Place this as far as possible from the door or from windows. If neither of the above can be had, ordi- Jig TUBNIP PITS, nary pit», Such aa are sometimes used in storing apples and potatoes, are very satisfactory. The most common way of making these is to select a high, dry, well-drained spot, dig out the earth about one foot deep, and line with hay or straw. Fill this full and round up the heap well Cover with •traw, then with about three feet of earth. The pits may be circular or elongated like a hay rack. They are much easier removed when wanted for use if a door Is arranged at one end, so that the frost can not get at the roots, but which can be opened without moving any earth. A pit so constructed that one end will come against the side of a barn with the opening in the barn wall has been used with satisfactory re sults. It is best In this case to build a temporary wall against the end of the pit about one foot from the main barn. ' Fill the intervening space with straw or some loose material. This prevents contact between the earth and the barn. Otherwise the barn might be damaged. It also serves a good purpose in keeping out cold. If the doors are properly ar ranged, this is a very convenient plan. The main point to be looked after in wintering roots is to keep them as cool a* may be without any danger of freez ing. If too warm, they shrink, be come soft and lose much of their value. Tba Care of Orchard*. The only way to keep up an orchard is to plant some tree# every year. Most people neglect this, and when they do plant the trees they set them too close together, so that the roots intertwine 1 and fruit production is checked. Ap ' pie trees should be set at least thirty | feet apart each way. It is a mistake to imagine an orchard will take care of it self. Trees require the attention of the owner just as well aa stock or farm crops, and neglect will be repaid in the same fashion. If you are not willing to give proper care, it is better to cut the trees down and plow up the land. It is useless to expect to get something for nothing. To Make Trtrl Symmetrical. Some of our contemporaries devote i Attention to protecting trees in a lean ing position, attaching much advan tage to this position. Labor is required in providing one or more stakes to each single tree, in giving them a firm posi tion, and in preventing the chafing of the bark by the wii d. All this seems to Iw necessary when trees with large tops and small roots are planted. Near ly all tills is easily prevented by taking up roots and in cuttini; off portions oi the head, so as to make them light in weight and symmetrical la form. Such trees will outgrow the Ixeavy-headed and short-rooted ones. Like • rranchman. "The Boston Courier has a new story ot French politene* i. At an evening gathering the subj of ladies' ages came up. "And how old should you take me to be?" asked a fine-looking dame of the k'cntleman at her side. "Pardon, madame, but I cannot guess," he answered. "Then, tnousicur, I will tell you. Yesterday was my birthday, *"< l I am jurat—" "Indeed, but you don't look it! said the gallant gentloinan, with an elo quent shrug. breaking in upon her l>e fore she oould finish the senten I asked him to lend me twenty dollMt, Just to save i vh.it I coul tf for htm. don t you see? 11 ostetter VcGinnin-Did he lend you the money? "Oh. yea." , "UOMU! He aVisit Lavcttad* X'O Y CARRIED HIS LUNCH. i A Snake TluU Made a Meal of OU Owl ■ Caudal Appeodafc. ™ Talking about snakes," said tha man who had worked as a telegraph lineman in South America, "you ought to see the sarpiuts they have down Me and tny purtner ran across a snake one day; we was working on the line and wo thought at first that it was a log It had jnst eaten some big critter, for there was a lump in ita body, and it didn't show any more in* . terest in us than if we were sticks. We got a big crate that haif come to tha village near us. full of dishes, "and tonk it and a bottle of chloroform down to his snakelets. "We knocked him out with the chloroform, and after a pood deal ol work pot him coiled up in the crate. Then we carried the crate on a wagon to the station with us and took him into camp on the train lie waked up next day. but the cuss wouldn't eat. lie just laid there and sorrowed, and nary a bite would ho even take out of a lamb we gave him In about two weeks he began to look thin, but he still kicked on eating, so we put him and his crate in aa outhouse and left him for two weeks more. When we went to look at him again he had changed position and was now coiled around iu such a way that he could gel his tail in his mouth, and he had about a foot of it swallowed, just to keep hi| stomach braced, 1 suppose. "We moved just after this, and we took Nero, as we called him, with us, carrying the crate with us ip a freight ear The car was an old one, so wq were allowed to run it oi? on a siding at the station that we made our head quarters. and here we left him while we traveled inland to run a line. It was a month be/ore we got back, and we both made a break for the car. but gosh darn me, would you believe me, there wasn't more than a foot of that snake left He had swallowed and di gested about nine feet of himself, antj he took off six inches more before he died." HYENAS OF THE DANUBE. Plundering the Muf Dead Bodies Thai Float Down the Hlver. A painful sensation has been created here, says a Vienna correspondent oi the London Telegraph, by an article in one of the Vienna daily papers, entitled ' "The Hyenas of the Danube." in which a grewsomely realistic description is given of the annual appearanceof hun dreds of corpses floating down the river between Vienna and Hungary, which are regularly plundered by the people on the banks, and then cynically thrown back into the swift current of the stream, never to be heard of again. The writer considers this horrible state of things mainly in a judicial light, and complains of the serious losses thus inflicted upon the living in consequence of the absence of all clew to the fate of their unfortunate rela tives. "Year after year," he affirms, "hundreds of lifeless bodies—the mor tal remain* of suicides, victims ol crime and victims of accidents —rise to the surface of the Danube, are swept along with the current, and washed up on the laud on one bank or the oth er. Here they are discovered by the 'hyenas,' who rifle the corpses, and then, as a rule, kick them back on the waves, after which no human being worries about them more. Thousands of people vanish from the scene in this manner, no one ever learning what fate befell them. Itlood-cnrdling crimes remain undiscovered, and the uncertainty whether a man is dead or will return again to his family and friends is often fraught with heavy losses to the latter. No mound marks the spot where these unfortunate peo ple rest: they are struck out of the roll-call of humanity; no trace reveals the course of their last long journey; they have simply vanished from the world like the lost wanderer of the desert who is buried beneath enormous sand waves, or like the famished trav eler in the wilderness whose body be comes the food of birds of prey. And yet we are living in Europe!" SHUT YOUR MOUTH. Br Kl their i fQpxJto" _