VOL XXXI DON'T Want A Wheel? Just as good time now, as any, o ' » to think of buying, to compare pri ces and merits. We pin our best faith to the CLEVELAND and the PHOENIX. A wheel should be Running, il Looking Guaranteed. Ladies Phoenix. We l\ave tliem rjow ar\d will have ir\ tt\e jSprir\£>. J.E. FORSYTHE. Mrs. Jennie E. Zimmerman Wonderful Bargains For Fall and Winter. NO HIGH TARIFF RATKS HERE! We rejoice with the people that th*- tariff ijuexlion it a' U-t settled, awl we are pre pared to meet all demands l"r Fall and Winter 0 <>■')• with pri< <-« lower than ever am) oaali'y over and above my thing we have ever sbi «* n. Id DIiEHH GOOD.-i, L««lie«' and Children'. Wrapc, Millinery, auil ir, Jilatd etc FJani.e!., Tarns and Woolen* „f A |i kind*. Ho*ieiy and I'nderwear (or men, Women at.'l Children; Fine Trimmings, consisting of Jeta, Lace, Braid, Buttons, and Fur Trimmings, all new and late design* Note a few price* given below: 25c. I 50c. 50c y r ln h Novelty Df*M Goods.4o'lndl All-Wool UlaO '■ lr>'h \>w Noveltv I Iri all co orn. \ ifMl Nov} (ioodh, all-wool all rolors. Real valoe • 4(c Kejtulftr price* - value* - 50e. 75e. 60c W *"MUi'cbeV' H " k ' ' " mloK«! *ne T « "° Krttolnr pilee - ffic. Actual value - II O) KCal value TV. Linens Blankets & Flannels! Ail-Wool Flannels. Bargains In Dain»»lc. Bank In*. Mirer Urty illanketa, &"■ t><-i|l>e»l'ouiitrv All-Wool Klan- Toweli Cnixb. W»»ped iikit', real vatue, 75c. Be«t All ! nela In Butler for ÜbeDX. WwA Coootrr Ulanicete, value,! i-Vrj er yard, t.'. '.'j our | rice f.i.vi, Oor Domentln I>"partmeiit i* aii Qfual full to overflowing, wit everything new, •tapla and novel. Dor reputation i* lirmly e*t«bli-h*d for b".t i?railen UIK! lowest priced Donieatic* offered in the citv. We un-an to maintain <>nr good record In thin and all otber department*. Space lorlnd. a detail'-d price lint in HUH u* *ell an onr Millinery and Wrap l)ep»rtin«nt* We re-pectlully »«k yon to call and see u., and we Will o»>nviue« yoa The plaie to get the be*t value* for the lea.t money in at Tbe Leading Dry Goods, Millinery and Wrap House of Bntler. MRS J £ ZIMIKERM4M. FALL FOOTWEAR. Cdht your «ty»H in upon tho flue din tfTtJ tVIV Pi o }' of ihe new em and moat elegant aty!e« in Footwear yon bnveever look ' v/ ed upon in II tier that we are now of I 1 f< ring to the public I i ■ "1 H'«- are now prepared to berve all v I -I liuft ih that want g'ori, cuituble Foot never lefore offered in this town, quality coniidered The l" j~yZ~i people of Isntler ci.unty know onr I pi I wrdai d guarantee ih Hiflieienton any N— I ~ I «.JL "hoe we offer, «► time bun prcren. i.i ■ 1 ■ Il jr«.u are Inoki g for Ladien Hhi ea aee our 75 and 95c. sl. 2f» and $l.5O;H< p®' d I'ok ut 'he $2. $2 50 and |:i, as fine UH »ilk, in B'uelereltH and Hutir-n, Ncirow and Square Toe, all widths. IF YOU WANT MENB' SHOES Von have got to the right place at liht, either in working nhoen or fine dreaa sh'>eH Fine lin-;-( it 85c, i)0o, $1,51.25 arid $1 50; w ait a moment and aee the $2 and $2 50 nboe in London, (Jl >l»8, Vule and Ht I.ouiß toea Nothing like the in in ilutler Well if you want HUHOOL fIHOK3 for your BOYB ANI) GIRLS, •ee the great display at 45c, 50c, 75c, $1 and |1.25. oy's and Youth's High Cut School Shoes. Ifyoo ar.i looking for a ho'H i tbt'. your doll i"* w irth 100 centH to every man, woman and child If you are looking for a IDUSH that, cirrierf it* stock in the houne and not in tbe newpaptirH, In fact if you want to trade with u reliable, firat- CISSH Khoe House go at once to IITJMI-CI /r< >N'H. Where the majoritv <>f tho In-wt people of Hutl«r county do theru buy ing in footwear 102 N. Main St, Butler, IV. oppoalte Hole' Lowry. WA Summer lirivc ( /*jP6ev \ loses a measure of its plea: uif if ihe carriage is less lu* A J urious, easy running and I:. nJ onie than it might bt- Fredonia Bodies have nothing but good pwiinfs. They're the hand .omcsl vehicles you can get are a* strong and retire as they're sightly. Ask and that, you see them it your dealer's. Made by FREDONIA MFG. CO., Youngstown, Ohio. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. I Can't S!&£ lam all tired out—say many people now. This means that the nervous system is out of order. Hood's Sarsaparilla is needed to purify at d vitalize the blood, anl thus s-u. ply nerve strength. Take it now. Remember f-IOOd'S 1 pa r ilia Be sure to get llcod's C* ures and only Hood s. Hood's Pillsj ■ '"*■ t-^^ness. r* Si : . t *!BII!i Willi ■ i; MY \ fAOHftfilsl— y xcverv'P^^'S r PREMIUMS £ t/ZN FREE 'EPS OF nor. CCFftE /IMBWKi ) ? trying to cure me of this Jisease. iv /visited Hot Sprit,; s, a: J v. is t-eated f \ by the best medial men, but was not / /benefited. PPf)M Wi.enall> S things had i .7failed 1/ /determined to try S. S. S., and in f ? four months was entirely cured. The I / terrible Eczema \v .-«s e, not a c ign \ Sof it left; my gen aihe -i;' up, / > and I have never had a; v re; rn of 5 1 E":« GHILOHOODI V S. S. S to a \ / eases. ar.J have never sot krv v/n a failure to / < cure. GEO. W. IRWIN. !rwin. Pa. > / Ncvf-r fails to cure. X \ even after all other r i rem*dl'*- Onr 1 \ Tr'-ntJ»<* on »n<l i / B-*L |>,.. um-h mailed C J . Remedy f I JT Which, f YOUPQGR > \ m% UfeVl ,u / Wives sr 5 "MOTHERS' fRIEND" j t Robs confinement of its Pain. Horror and; ( Risk, as man; testify. C / "My wife used only two bottles. S / She was easily and quickly relieved; \ lis now doing splen iidly.— / I I. S. MORTON, Harlow, N. C. I J S*-nt byeipr'-m or mall, on r«x-«?tpt of pri<-e. / s IJ.M Book J #" To Mother* ' mailed free v S BBADFIELD UEGI'UTOR <O., Atlanta. (;>. \ A (imu Bnle Now (ioinu' on at TH t: N KAY SHOE STOK Lar<>*o w1 Stock, Lowf si Prices and Best BOOTS, SHOES and Rl BBERS Ever Shown in Bntler County. Don t Spend One Penny tor Footwear Before Calling on Me. C. 2S. BaULSR.. 215 IS. MAIN STREET. BXJTLER. C.'X.D. A business that keep; grow ing through a sc.l HI OI <J ■ prcssion, SIK 'I .R, I CO ■< it . has cxpcrii- ; •I, i. .1" i dciii c 1 hat Jit<jpi i* r .. /c , v save money by trading w; •> us. WV know, an I a! /.u » liave known, l!".-da> . of ' i profits past. Wuiiout question wo are giving m ■; _• ("or the money than f t>t y t . Our s'ock i. larg . .•> !e front than la 1 year. ' ALL AND SICK US. Colbert & Dale. YOU IAIN I'LNU^,"?* •'' 4*l r iHfu m » « • *.i■. • i it,, , . •»' REIPMTON mOS. » »'IJ xill itct i"t naT«rtUiug »t IUWMI I fUTTLEH. PA.,THURSDAY. OCTOBER 1894. (.o.T She kissed her hand as she r-m away, and he. somewhat dazed at the turn matters had taken, looked out on the street with unseeing eyes. In his heart, though, he was happy, delirious ly so. He had loved her from the first, and there had Been few holidays in Ills busy life. He would forget that ghastly specter lying at the morgue in Denver, and for months live for loVf. The world lay all before them: they would put the past by. "I will steal my happiness from life.'' he cried. "Let the world condemn me. I can fight her battles; and no man knowing my story and hers, see ing her frightened, tortur. by that maniac's memory, would do otherwise than I do now." Mrs. Minny appeared in her jaunty traveling-suit, her sealskin jacket, a dainty dotted veil over her hat, and her dog under her arm. "I never get married like other peo ple," she said, cheerfully. "Look at me in these clothes; and the other time I had on an old dress, too." Oliver winced. "Perhaps at the third you'll have better luck, my pet." "I have said something awful, I sup pose," she laughed, "but I am SIJ happy I don't care, and I said good-by to that ghost room. Oh, I'm so glad I've got somebody alive to be with!" "I believe you are going to marry me out of fear," he said, as they drove along in the carriage. "You don't think that, sweetness," she said, contentedly; "and you have got your lovely look. You always were like a man out of a novel to me. A city bachelor. Aunt Hannah says. Won't she be surprised? but, do you know, she said I had leanings towards you all the time?" Mrs. Minny was very reserved when the two strange gentlemen joined them, and when the marriage service was b»*ing read trembled a little, until Skye yawning dolefully—he had not slept well, poor dog, in the hotel cellar—made her smile, and she was radiant when the solemn ceremony was over. They were married in a shabby parsonage of an out-of-the way church, by an underfed parson in threadbare clothes, and Minny's gen erous heart rejoiced when she caught a glimpse of a fifty-dollar bill Oliver paid for the few moments' talk that meant so much—the ceremony that is, after all. the strongest link in the chain of human happiness. Oliver had told his two friends some thing 'if the events preceding this strange marriage, so they were tactful enough to say the right things at the little dinner the four had in the very private rootn where Minny had eaten the day befoVc. Skye behaved pretty well, anil the only cloud on his mis tress' brow was when one of the strangers stupidly asked if the dog was going on the wedding trip. "Of course," she said, decidedly. "Of course," echoed Oliver, meekly, und the two guests smiled the old, old smilu of the married who knows. "It was a little like Hamlet," Minny whispered when she und her husband, and of course the dog, drove to the depot—"the wedding-feast." He laid his linger lightly on her lips. "Sweet, there are things best unsaid." "You will find me so full of faults," she sighed, in remarkable meekness. "Skye, gip'e me your paw; this is your new papa, and if lie gets cross, why, 1 can pet you II will lie no new experi ence to you, unhappy dog." Then Oliver laughed and hugged her "What a child you are!" he said. Al the depot he sent a telegram to Dr. John: "I have married Mrs de Ue-itaud We arc oil ou a trip, and want to hear nothing from Denver. Tell my clerks 1 won't be home for four months Have sent word to Jones II Ilalley to take my cases. lam happy, anil she Is divine We have the dog along "(,'HAIf! OI.IVKIt." When, after two months' absence, Oliver telegraphed Dr. John to forward his mail to St. Augustine, the first let ter he opener! was one addressed to himself from Newcastle, Me. Mrs. Minny leaned on his shoulder as ho resul: "DKAU Hit Ol.lVKIt: The flmt thing 1 saw on rny gi-ttlng home from Pari., France, was a letter In my niece Mlruiy's unreadable hand writing, which she says is Italian, but Is as hard to read as a picket fence. 1 would have wrote right away, but the house was In such a niuns from shiftless people 1 left some llalleys In charge of It—that f had V turn to aud go to hous'-cleanlng before I ctttild live In the place. I made out that Minny Is married to you. and roost likely on the very day her llrst husband was til ing hurled. Ido hope folks here won't learn of It; my family has given the village more to talk about than they ever had tiefore, and they are dragging me over the coals now. Most of 'em knows I've been to France, and they pcMter me to death Inquiring round. "I guess you about felt obliged to uiarry Min ny to take care of her, and I foresee she set a store by you be ore lier llrnt husband died. I was right, 100, In qui-Nllontiig you atiout her. Well, folks' ways Is different nowadays. If I'd bad Niece Mluny's bail luck with one man I never should have taken another one." (Oliver looked back.lnto the rosy face leaning over his chair "Well, Minny?" "You di-ar thing," cooed Mrs. Minny, with a soft 11111«- kin., "she ilon'l dream how lovely you are! Uead on. 1 don't care- Aunt Han nah's letters are like cold shower baths—they send chills all over you und little stings, but make you feelgood afterwards.") "I am sure, though, you, being well on In years, can regulate Mlnnv's conduct, and tie stern wlih her, too. Mrs. Poole Is mighty bit ter towardH Minny fur her gtilug.-on with Sam arid says he's taking to smoking cigars and playing billiards since she rode with him and acted no flirtatiously Hut Minny didn't do much." ("Aunt Hannah*, relenting." laughed Mrs. Minny.) "And that Poote boy ain't hall baked, any way; none of the Poole* ever were. I waul you to see that Minny wears her rubbers when It's wet, and lakes cure of herself; for her mother's fnlus it wi-akly, and her mother died of consumption." (Oliver drew his wife to his knee, and, dropping the letter, looked al her anxiously. "The pattens urc awfully long lived," she said, merrily. "Don't be a goose. She didn't think I would hear that, you know." "I shall lake you to l)r. John," he said, seriously, "when we gel home." "I like him HO much!" she murmured. "In tny trunk I nave his stnoltlng-rap: I'll glvv It back, now I have you. I kept II to remember our ride by." Oliver took up the h-tter again) •*I can't have no regreln that Mr. de Itcs laud Is dead. He wus a dreadful profitless man to everybody, and made Minny unhappy enough 1 hojie he had change of tieurl aforo he died in that asylum, tint Dr. John wrote he didn't know anything It wus good of l»r. John to go there and slay by him. there uln't, to my mind, many men angels walking about on earth, but the doctor's one of 'em. Ili-fore I forget It, bring him with you when you conie 4uwn nest summer, a. I hope you will com., Mr oilvi r, for I t ;t store by yuu ou aCcount ol your kindui ns to tho poor child." ("You see she pais you on the back now," chirped Mrs. Minny.) "Before 1 close my letter I must tell you about my vl.lt to Paris, France: and, though it seemed hcarllcft* to take Frankle away, Minny Is Utmost about It ami she will till you I done right. I wan mortal afraid Henry would steal him off. null, as he Ik a croupy child, he would get bin death; HO I Just took him myself acrona ocean to Henry's folk. 1 wa'u't much sick on tbe voyage, nor tho baby, but W«H bothered most In France on account of folk, not under standing nje lliiWHomevcr, there was some Philadelphia people along that I got acquainted with, and th'-y HOI me right, for they could talk with the French. Finally, when I got to the general's house, coining In a tab that charged a mortal bill for waiting, ou ai-couut of me being lotcrcHtcd In talking, I found tbe general lu a Hue old man, too, and he could talk Kngllsb ffSMSttftMe w■ H. lup and told him VI I fij .• keeping Franklo on my lap Now,' Hays I, 'lf jrou dmj'l waul this poor little child and treat him us vuur own, 1 tuko kliu to iny homo, (or I'm weinto-do, and the litilo creeiur's prowcJ Into my affections." Goodness me. he knowi-d most of it, that man Le»U having kept him In formed. He set riplit down and talked friendly as possible, said Slinny ought to have come to htm. would treat her as a daa?hter: Th n his eyes flT.ed with tearsacd he took I.tUe Frankie c \ / jfi. . ' I MRS. MIXSiT LEASED ON HIS SUOL'LDER. ID his arms, and told me Iheir Alphonse was dead, and his eldest son's wife was a helpless Invalid who wept Dlghl and day. I took my things and went upstairs with him to her room—such a grand house:—and there she was a pale little creetur, that could only Jab ber In French; but baby smiled on her—babies knows any language—and she shook hands kind with me, and the upshot of the matter was 1 stayed two weeks In their house, till Frankle got acquainted with the new nurse. I forgot to tell ytti I never thought of that cab till I was eating dinner three hours after wards, and I jumped right UD and was running out, but Henry's brother, a respectable, sol emn-looking man. sent one of the help out, and a bill there must have been, but he wouldn't let me settle 'Fore 1 news of Henry's death come and upset them all, and then Lewis and Annette was expected, and as I didn't want to see them two—especially him—l went away. They sent a cordial invite for Mlnny to come, but 1 told them I guessed she'd like America best, as I do. where you can tell what folks say when they arc talking "The general give me to understand they would legally adopt Frankle, and I told 'em you would sign any documents—as I know you would—for the boy's sake. He will have a fine property some dav I was awful lonesome go ing home. My old arms was empty and I cried myself to sleep lots of nights. "X will now close. Be good to Minny, Mr. Oliver, and come down early anil stay all sum mer Younrto command. "HAN-NAB PATTEN." Sometimes, as the years glide by, Mrs. Minny's arms arc empty, too, and her heart yearns for tho little baby over the sea. No other child has come to her, and her husband frowns at the mention of a journey to France- he is jealous of even the little hold the lost baby has on her affections; so there is a thorn in her bed of roses. Skye, too, is old and sleepy; or is it herself who has no desire for play? Is she becom ing grown-up and different? Will he love her just the same, perhaps more? lie must tire of her childishness. Hut he does love her, and so fondly. Oliver, on his part, saw the decay of his political prospects with calmness. Ho heard one day at the club some thing they did not wish him to hear. A knot of men were discussing the possibility of his securing the nomina tion for governor in the coming elec tion. "Never in the world," said one of his friends. "There is some story about his wife; she does not go in society at all—a pretty little thing. I wonder, though, how a man can throw away his future for a pretty face." "What was wrong?" asked another. "I'm not sure," answered the first. "I do know he married her the day Ht'T UK I)OKH MIVK IIKIi, AMI SO KONDI.V. after her husband tliut crazy Frepch fellow De Rostand- -died, and that ho ran away with her ono night from her home up in tho North park. Oliver had it shooting-box there. You couldn't make liitn governor; regular exodus of our wives to the east; they never would call on her." The words stung Oliver a little; but that evening, when his wife went to meet, him at the door, wearing a little yellow gown, too, as in that night in the past, with Sky<- at her heels, he smiled in content. Ilow inllnitely small were all honors men might give uian lieaide the real heart-happiness of love! Hi- thought he would rather be married than l«- president; and he blessed the kindly fate that led him to the valley of the Troublesome and the little Troublesome lady there. TIIK K.VU. ti.r irniutlo:. V. The policeman was standing on the street corner about midnight thinking of mother, home and friends, when a belated p:-d<- Irian touched him on tho shoulder. "I say, officer," lie said, huskily, "how fur is it to the nearest police sta tion?" "About five blocks," responded the officer, eying him sharply. "Itlocks of what?" "lilocks of town, of course. What did you think It was?" "Warm night like this, didn't know but what it might be blocks of ice. Which way is It?" "Two blocks down this street and three blocks to your left." Without as much as thanking tho offii-er, the pedestrian started off in ex actly tin- opposite direction. "Here," called the officer, "that Isn't the way." "Course il ain't," answered the man without stopping. "You didn't suj>-! pose I wiin I i>d to go to tho stution house, ditl you?" Detroit Free Press. |l<. Millie U Mistake. "I tell you," said tin- Inspector, lean ing back in liis chair, "detective work is not the snap it's cracked up to be." "Were you ever badly taken in?" "Well, rather. The worst 1 was ever fooled was by a pretty, baby-eyed, in nocent-looking young girl. I could have sworn she was an angel!" "And wasn't she?" "Well, 1 guess not! She hud a temper like a western cyclone; and once when I attempted to cull her down, I thought an earthquake had struck inc." "How did you happen to discover lier real gharacter?" "Simply enough I married her."— TIMES ARE CHANGED. An <lid Woman'! Reflection* on Ill ° Vir tue* of Long Agu. "Law," said one of the wealthiest old ladies in Clarke county, Ind.. the other day, according to the Louisville Com mercial, "girls are not what they used to be. This is the fir*t time that I have been in town for thirty years, and I had no idea that there was any such carryings-on. Why, there is a man who works for a living- at so much per wee"k, an 4 his family has a carriag-e. and they spend nearly everything he makes. The dinners they have at their houses are nicer than I have, and their chil dren are dressed finer than any I ever saw before. I reared fifteen children myself, but none of them ever had such clothes as those children of this man have. Still, all of mine now have good farms and bank accounts, and go to church, and try to be Christians. When I was married my husband had a horse and I owned a cow. They were all that we had. We rented a place, atjd now we not only own that place, but several more in that neighborhood, be sides some business property In Louis ville. Thave never worked hard, and have enjoyed myself in a quiet way. These people who are spending every thing they get, and would be in a bad fix if fhe husband were suddenly thrown out of work, can hardly be having a better time than I am, be cause they must be continually worry ing as to how long they can keep it up. I am positively alarmed when 1 think of it myself. These are the kind of people that fill the almshouses. Every body can save, unless there Is sickness in the family." A THREELEYED LIZARD. On* of the Moit Striking C'urlotltlfii of the Rcptlllitn Kingdom. "Speaking of lizards, the queerest one we have seen for a long time Reached us the other day from Xew Zealand," says a scientist in the Wash ington correspondence of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. "It is named the 'cyclopean lizard' because it has a third eye on the top of its head. However, it Is not a true lizard, but a sort ot con necting link between the lizards and the turtles. The species is limited to a small island near New Zealand, and it has been rendered almost entirely ex tinct by hogs with a taste for its flesh. It attains a length of three feet, but all of the big ones were eaten up long ago. The third eye is rudimentary, but a dis section ot its structure plainly reveals the eye socket, the lens, and a strand of nerves connecting- the visual tract of the brain. "This eye is interesting chiefly be cause it corresponds to the third eye with which every U uman la-ing is provided. The so-called 'pineal gland' is actually pn eye that has become rudimentary. The gland is about the size and shape of a pea, and is situated In the middle of the head. Place the end of your finger just above the bridge of your Dose, on a level with the eyes, and di rectly l*ehind that point live inches is the gland. It still retains somewhat the structure of an eye. The ancients Supposed it to be the center of con sciousness and the seat of the soul." PERT PARROTS. Cut« Hayings Attributed to the Talka tive Illrdft. There is no end to the stories about parrots. We all doubtless remember the cheeky bird at the parrot show, which, uncovered last <>f all among tho competitors, placed his head knowing ly on one side, and ejaculated: "My eye! what a lot of parrots!"—of course securing the prize. A Boston man has a parrot that puts its claw before its face, and shyly croaks: "Polly had a letter this morning an ufTer of mar riage tilt Polly!" and a Philadelphia parrot earnestly adjures the children to "Hurry up to school—last bell Is ringings -you'll be late!" Another poor parrot was owned by a young man who tried to teach It to welcome a rich rela tive with the words: "Good morning, uncle!" The bird was slow to learn, Bo he lost his temper, took the bird by the neolt and shook it, exclaiming, an- Kily: "Bay 'good morning, uncle,' you oil" The next day the young man heard a terrible noise In the hennery. On making his way there, he found three bens dead on the floor, while on a perch In the corner was the parrot, holding a hen by the throat, and shriek ing: 'good morning, unele,' you fooll" A FLORAL CURIO. 1 Th« Wonderful Snow Flower of Northern fctherla. One of the greatest curiosities la the snow flower that blooms in the north ern portion of Siberia, where the earth la continually covered with a coating of snow and frost. This wonderful plant shoots forth from the frozen soil on tho first day of the year, and reaches tho height of about three feet; It blooms on the third day, remains open twenty four hours and then returns to its original elements. It shines for a single day, theu the stem, leaves and flower are converted into snow. The leaves are three in number. The flower la htar-shajM'd, its (M-tals about as long as the leaves and atiout half an inch wide. On the third day the extremities of the leaves show little glistening specks, like diamonds, alxnit the size of the head of a pin. These are the seeds of this queer flower. On one occasion some of these seeds were gathered and husllly transported to St. Petersburg. They were there placed in a lied of snow, where they were kept until tho llrst of the following year, when the snow flower burst forth and was great ly admired and wondered at by all who saw It. A t'enroutilo IVopli*. The Nazareues are u sect who resem ble the Quakers in some respects, en tertaining strong scruples agulnst war in any form. They have many mem bers in Hungary, Transylvania and the Danube valley, and suffer many hard ships because of their refusal to liear arms. One of their number was re cently court-martialed at Kragujcvata und sentenced to ten years hard labor In chains. riunt«<l Prevlouidy. "(Jot ii nice piece of real estate In tho suburbs, huve you?" said the roaming agent of tho Wisconsin nursery., "Wouldn't you like to have it covered with some nice trees or shrubbery?" "No. I have It covered already," re plied the Dearborn street cigar dealer. "What have you got on It?" "A big, healthy mortgage."-- t'hicago Tribune. 111. Threat. "Y\ hat do you mean by threatening lue as you have? I hear that you swore if I cut across your field again you would shoot me us you would a dog." "Oh, that's all right. I never shoot dogs." Ilostou Transcript. A ftMrtto Collection ot Cumso Tuddells lius a very vuluublo library. Fungle I didn't know that he Intd any IxMiks to speuk of. I'uniso O, yes. lie hus six bunk books which show uu credit 0i966,000. Detroit Free Prens. A llou.eliold ColtTfmleneo. Mrs. Tldey I never knew till I mar ried Arthur how much a full tieurd 1 if/-111 -II . the duties of II tioiisekccger. Vlilting Friend Why, what has a full lieuril to do with housekeeping, Laura? Mrs. I'idey It makes such a nice crumb e»teller. J udirc. WILL GOOD ROADS PAY? Th«. I l;um In Thl. Article Clrr an Vfilrtuatlte Answer. The question of roads and their im provements have received, within the la»t two year-, a great deal of con sideration, ar.d while volumes have been written, tests made of materials (jnd samples of roads built, yet there is room for further discussion and con sideration. The problem at the present, of vital importance, is not so mcch whether it is advisable to improve our roads in a permanent and systematic but will we profit by the in vestment? Will such roads pay their first cost and subsequent maintenance? As an illustration of this we submit an estimate which we have prepared for improving 175 miles, being the road mileage, at the present maintained, in the township of Yarmouth, in the county of Klgin, which is the closest to us: 173 miles cost fI.HOO per mile #315,000 00 Equal annual payments 1 per cent., 50 years IS.2K", 4j Maintenance, SJO per mile 3.500 00 Total yearly payment 21,710 45 Present system, including statute la bor at jl per day 6.0H0 00 Thirty years'actual yearly rate 12.716 45 f51.716 45 Total acreage, in township, 70,01)0 Assessed value. S"J,700,000; f>er 100 acres, $3,850. Estimated actual value, 54,- 000,000. Extra rate required for annual payment, 4" t mills. Estimated increase in value of property, 10 per cent., 8400,000. In constructing 175 miles of stone road, 50 per cent, of $157,500 would be expended for labor that could be performed by the ratepayers; this w-ould equal S"-'-5 for each 100 acreS. The roads would cost $315,000, of which $157,500 would be spent in the township. The property would be in creased in value $400,000. Taking these figures into consideration, the township would be benefited to the extent of $-24'J,500 over and above the cost of construction of the road. In estimating the increosed value, we are Satisfied that we have placed it at a very low figure, furnishing, as the roads will, sure means of transporta tion every day in the year, which must prove the profit of the investment to the farmer, to the merchant and to the commerce of the world. The reasons for this are many «nd various. Fertility being constant, it is the accessibility of market that fixes the value of tillable land. It is tho facilities for transportation afforded by her network of railways that has given Ontario her wealth of agricul ture. Without such means the vast resources of our country would be al most valueless. And so we claim that the same law by which a railroad gives value to real estate will also hold when a hard road completes tho transportation system from farm to shipping station. For all practical purposes, that piece of land has been moved several miles nearer the mar kets of the world, and at times it has been rescued from the dead sea of des olation and anchored to a present civ ilization. Its fortunate possessor, no longer at the mercy of the barometer, can go where he pleases and come when he gets ready. His produce ho can sell when the prices aru best, and is not like his mud-bound brethren, compelled to wait tho pleasure of sun shine and shower, and then in some halcyon days, when the roads are good, is not like him compelled to force his product upon an unwilling market at whatever price a crowded Warehouse, elevator or railroad may dictate, liis teams, instead of being u heavy expense, and of little use from four to six months in the year can be profitably employed every day, and that, too, with less wear and tear of vehicles, less loss of time, and less danger of crippled horse i than iu at tempting to fathom a bottomless some thing sometimes called a public high way. True, you can sometimes haul in winter on dirt roads just as well as any other, but the benefits to be de rived from this are largely offset by the fact that such a state of uffuirN is so uncommon, so unlookcd for that yon arc totally unprepared to take ad vantage of it. licsides, it is only a question of a few degrees of the ther mometer, when the hard frozen dirt returns to its original plasticity, and the so called road becomes neither a thing of beauty intra joy for ever, nor even a fit associate to tho progress, the civilization and the Christianity of the nineteenth century. But with the change to solid roads all uncertainty vanishes. Tho distance to market is a constant factor every day in the year. No purulysis of business, no stagnation of trade, no slow collec tions, because the farmer is stuck In the mud. He has taken his rightful place in the business world, and is in creasing profits by decreasing cost of production. His hauling is doue when crops do not need, or on account of the weather, cannot receive his attention. It is done at less expense as the loads are larger and are hauled in less time, lie receives for the product of his skill and toil that price ullottcd by that supreme law of finance, supply und do mand, and is no longer at tho mercy of greedy speculators, and glutted mar kets. And if the cost of these rotols be not in excess of what is absolutely necessary, and be at ull fairly dis tributed among those benefited, it is our firm belief that many miles could be constructed at u direct financial profit to say nothing of the mental and lnorul improvement which might arise from the closer association of villago und country life, to say nothing of tho fact too often forgotten in this rush ing age, that man is not a mere ma chine successful most, us most he gnlns, and hoards of gold, but is made to live in the fullest sense of that term to enjoy the sights und sounds of na ture, to love the beautiful, to revere his Maker not alone with selfish aim, but with that broadened view which most rejoices when others are the most glad.—A. W. Campbell, C. E., lu Mu nicipal World. ENSU.AOK has worked its way to a prominent position umoiig feeds for cows on its merit. The cow was get ting wonders outof ensilage when sol ence said it wus an inferior fend. Money In It. "There isn't any money to be made; outof the races," sighed Chappie, who had just backed the losing horse. "Yes, there. Is," said a stranger at his elbow. "I run a French, German, English and Irish intelligence office, and It pays good money." Harpers Bazar. Her Idea of It. He How uAich did you give for that hat? She Twenty-live dollars. lie—Great Cu-sur! I only pay five for mine. She—That may lie, my dear; but I'm sure 1 should not object if you pave twenty-five. Detroit Free Press. No Bright. May—Are you still calling on Nellie tJpdute? Brother Jack Yes; she's a very bright girl. May —She must bo. I hear you don't need u light in tho parlor when you and she are there.—Philadelphia Record. Wrung from III* Moul. '•Q conic off!" It wuh the* npjM nllntf, horror-Mtrurk, heart-broken outcry of a strong man in agony. Mr. Kitjones hud wen his daughter, Luuru, for the llrst time riding her bi cycle in red bloomers. Chicago Trib» SYMMETRICAL CISTERN. Direetlon* for Mtklug itod Cuing the Right Kind of Fnmetvork. Cisterns that are built in the ground are usually of a round form, ns they are more durable and less liable to cave in thau those of a square or oc- I tagonal form. To make a round cis tern in the usual manner requires a man with a correct judgment of dis ' tance, unless a proper framework is j used as a model. The accompanying ' illustration, from a sketch by L. D. Snook, shows how this frame is made and used. After the excavation is made, and the bottom laid with brick or cobblestone, the center of the bot tom is found, and a hole is made, in which is inserted the lower end of a standard. A, the upper end of which revolves in a hole in a plank, the ends of which rest upon the banks of the excavation. To this standard has pre viously been nailed a skeleton frame of boards, C. The outer sides $f these Represent the form and inclination of the cistern walls. It is plain that as the walls are laid up. and this guide is brought into position by revolving it, the workman can place each brick or stone at the right angle. To make all easy working, an inch space should be left between the wall and outer edge of guide. For a common house cistern a diameter of eight feet inside the MANNER or BUILDING A OOOD CISTERN, walls will prove large enough, and would be a proper guide in the forma tion of the walls. If possible, fill in the space back of the wall as the stiucture progresses, tamping the soil firmly in position. If it be dry weath er, it should be made wet and firmly pressed, that the inside pressure when filled with water will not cause the wall to crack or give way. An egg shaped form is best, with the top or small end long drawn out or elongated, as shown above. This guide is not ex pensive, and when the walls are up it is knocked to pieces and thrown out. —American Agriculturist KEEPING A RECORD. now to Keep Track of the Phyalral Con dition of Animal*. Some one has said that a daily rec ord of the weight of milk given by each cow in a dairy herd is, of itself I .lone, of very little value in determin ng the relative value of each cow com posing the herd, because the weight of the trtllk Is no indication of its quality. The practice of keeping such a record is, however, of sufficient value to abundantly repay for the expense in curred. Sucti a record Is a valuable indicator of the physical condition of the different animals. Any materi&l irregularity in the amount of milk given by any cow indicates something out of order In the cow's health, or in the feed or water or treatment. Weighing the milk shows the Impor tance of milking the cows regularly at even intervals of time. The effect of such a record is most salutary upon those doing the milking. It creates a greater interest in the work of milk ing, creating a spirit of emulation among the milkers to have the cows in their charge excel the others in the quanlty of milk given; and wlr n the weighing Is done in plain sight the effect is better quality of work being done, and rarely will any cows be left half milked. Such records show the effect Of slow or Incompetent milkers, the yield of the milk varying with the skill of the milker, lint however use ful these Incidental results of such a record may be, If It is coupled with some easy method of calculating the quality of each cow's milk, the knowl edge thus gained of the real merit of each cow In the herd will supersede all these other advantages. The Babcock test is the only simple and acurate method by which the quality of milk may be measured. With the use of this test and the scales the dairyman aoon learns the worth of the different cows.—Farmers Voice. The Cauaa of Htrlafy Milk. When a cow is neariug the time of calving, the milk undergoes u change, and she should be dried. It is not ad visable to milk any cow within six weeks of calving, the milk organs needing this time at least to prepare for the change incident to the birth of a calf. If the cow Is not near the time of calviug, the fibrous milk indi cates an Inflamed condition of the ud der, which is commonly called garget. The treatment for this is hot fermen tations of the udder, with gentle kneading to soften the hard portions, and, after ten minutes of this, the ud der is dried and well rubbed with cam phorated soap lluimcnt. No iodine in any form is to be used In such eases. A pound of cpsom salts should be given in some warm oatme tl gruel. If there Is difficulty In drawing off the milk on account of Its thickness, inject some solution of carbonate of soda with a syringe, ami lu a few minutes milk it out; It will then have dissolved the fibrous matter, which Is to lie got rid of, ami not left in the udder.—N. Y. Times. II k MHfl atf' Mrs. l'atrlck—l thought ye* said ye would put the money away for a rainy day? Mr. l'atrlck—So Ol did, and th' next day It rained.—St. Louis Republic. The Kaelaat Way Out. "If your boys doesn't reform, old fel* low, you won't be able to keep hlin out of jail when he grows up." "Don't you believe It. I'pi going to make a policeman out of him.' Life. Heally a Hcrloiw Matter. Actor —Hurry, or we'll miss the train. Actress- I can't find my diamonds or iny purse. "Oh, well, never wind." No. 39 WOKE HIM UP AT LAST. How a Sleeping Telegraph Operator Wat A routed to Doty. There is a pood story about a tele-; graph operator who once worked the land wifth in the Duxbury cable office going to sleep one night and a message having to be sent six or seven thou sand miles to wake him up. The oper ator is now a practicing physician in Cambridge, Mass., but before annexing M. D. to his name was one of the gilt edge telegraphers of the country, says, a writer in Donahoe's Magazine. One night while on duty in the Dux bury office he fell asleep at his key. The sleep was a sound one. The New York operator called till out of patience, when he sent a message to' Boston requesting the chief operator in charge to tell Duxbtfry to answer New York. The sleeper, however, was as deaf t6 Boston's "I)i, Di," as to the; Impatient characters flashed oft from I New York. In the cableroom next the sleeping I operator was the cabfe artist. The room was dark and he was watching the mirror for the tiny sparks that in those days went to up a message. To him the Morse alphabet was all Greek, so the sleeper slept on. ■ Seeing no other way out of the j muddle and thinking the operator i asleep, New York called Canso in J* ova Scotia and addressed a message to the ! cable operator at Duxbury. The mes sage read: "Go into the other room and wake up that operator." Canso sent it to Heart's Content in Newfoundland; tleart's Content rushed it Boroas the deep to Valentia. From there it went to London, thence to Dover, and across the channel to Calais and to Brest. Brest kept it moving on to Miquelon and Miauelon gave the cable operator at Duxbury a unique surprise. The sleeper was then aroused, about eleven minutes having been taken by the grand round of the cablegram. He tried to explain mat ters by telling New York he wa# out of adjustment. The story didn't im press the officials as being truthful, and in a day or two there was a vacancy in Duxbury. THE SOLDIER'S WORK. Regular* IjLbor the Name H Any Other Worklngmu. "Carrying a gun and shooting when you are ordered to shoot is a business the snme as laying briok or making a boiler to the average regular soldier,"' said one of the privates of a company' on guard at the custom house during the great strike, says the Chicago Herald. "These people," he contin- 1 ued, "who call themselves laboring' people, and jeer at us and insult u4,' saem '<o forget that when a mail, enters the regular army in times ox peace he doesn't do it from any par ticular motive of patriotism. It is a business with him, and it has less of feeedom in it than any class of labor that 1 know anyhting about. A regu lar is absolutely under the eyes of his superior day and night. Ho oan T t go the street without permission. He has requirements made of him every hour in the day. He undergoes about as many privations as any laboring man I ever heard of. I wonder if some of| these civilians who think proper to Jeer £t us, and Insult us, as many have done in Chicago, ever stop to realize what we have done for their welfare and gooa in other times? I wonder if they think| we have Iteeu kept, sometimes for months and years, away from the civil ization which has given them so many advantages? I wonder if they thinly we are doing this thing for our health? The regular private is as much a labor ing man as any now on a strike; he is under a contract, the violation of which means disgrace if hot death. And yet it remained for us, who have been among Indians and snowstorms and all privations, to come here, under orders, to be insulted and spitefully used." THE ORIGIN OP TATTOOING. It I>atc« Ho Far Back That I* I* Lost In Antiquity. Tattooing dates back so far that it la Impossible to"discover when it was first practiced, but it was ono of the prac tices that were prohibited to the Jews, for in Leviticus 10:28, is the follow hig: "Ye shall not make any cuttings In your flesh for the dead, nor print any marks upon you." From this it may be inferred that tattooing was prevalent in the days of Moses. It is 4 custom that prevails a'taiong the savage nations of the earth and tattooing 1* practiced to this day, except whers Christianity and civilization have put a stop to it. It was al one time yearq ago, and Is yet, but not to such & marked degree, a fad among sailors to have various designs placed on the body. It was also a fad among a cer tain class of silly women to haVe their lover's name tattooed on the arm of, breast. There arc sailors in almostj every seaport at this time who aro will ing for a consideration to place flgoreA on the flesh of any who aro foolish enough to have disfiguring marka driven beneath the surface of the akin with needle points dipped Into coloring matter. Skinned Hliuxlf and At* It. My unole and sister and I were ovjt lu the garden one day watching a lit tie toad, and my uncle took a twig and very gently scratched first oni side of the toad and then (Tic other. The toad evidently onjoyed It, for he would roll slowly from side to side, says a correspondent In the I'hlludol ?hla Press, and blink very expressively, was so Interested that when they went In 1 took the twig and did as my unelo had done. If, thohgbt I, If he rolls from side to side, as I touch hlip, what would he do if I ran the twig down his back? I did so, and what do you think happened? His skin, which Was thin and dirty, parted in a neat little scam, showing a bright new coat Delow, and then my quiet little toad allowed his knowledge, for he gently and carefully pulled oft his outer skin, taking it off the body and logs droit and then blinking it over his 6yea, till ,—where had it gone? He had rolled Ii in a ball and awaliowed it. Sociable Neighbors. Not long since Col. Yerger, of Austin moved Into a new house. About a, week ago Gllhooly, meeting him, asked him how he liked his new location. "The location Is all right." the neighbors sociable?" "Very." "Have they called on you yet?" "I think so; but I was not at hoiue." "You ought to roturn the call. They are very nice people." "Yes, I'm going to return their calls If there Is ouo more stick of lire Wood, missing."—Alex Sweet, in Texas Sift ing" . Kraaonlnv by Comparison. She Hero I read in the paper that if the forces employed by women In lac-, ing their stays and buttoning the boots could be condensed It would more than sufflco to drive all the machinery in the factories and the railway engines in the whole of Germany. He—Good gracious! Why, then the concentrated power of their tongues would be eopable of lifting the earth off its hinges!—WVstfallscher Kurler. ranee rnnecassary. In an Kxt'ter (N. H.) town meeting the question of building a new fence about a burying ground was consid ered. Judge Jeremiah Hmlth opposed it. ' What is the need, Mr. Moderator," said he, "of u new fence about such place? Those who arc outside have nOj desire to get in, and those who are in aljie cannot
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