VOLXXXII + Mid-Summer * CLEARANCE + S A L E. + Having placed our orders for Kail and \\ inter goods, we must make room for them. We therefore offer you the usual Mid-Sum mer prices always found in this store July and August. Capes, dress goods, silks, milliner) and notions, shirt waists, wrappers and skirts at prices less than cost. We arc also having a SPECIAL REMNANT SALE of woolens, silks, calico, ginghan , satines and lawns, muslins and linings. These remnants all mar' ed down ju.-d one-half the original price— a rare chance to secure bargains. This mid-summer clearance sale at the popular and reliable store of |'s, Jennie E. ZimmermaN — . 7 O 1 1 . a I L >wry Soccsßor to Rittpr k Rid-"' Wii t Do You Think of This KOR JULY. Top Buggies Low as S4OOO Top Slat Wagon Low as SSO 00 Two Horse Karm Wagon $55 00 Phaeton |^ XJ 00 Two Seat Spring Wagon 00 Harness Oil Per Gal Axle Greese 4 Poxes 2 5 Ruggy Wheels, with steel tire SB.OO per set Harness leather has advanced 50 per cent, but we had enough to last us a whole year, bought at the Old Price, and arc making Harness accordingly. Therefore, anybody wanting harness, now is the time to buy to save $5 to $lO per set. No difference what you want about you team or wagon, come here. Also if you need a Trunk or Valise, we keep a full line. S, B. MARTINCOURT & CO., 128 E Jefferson St., Butler Pa. Sweeping Reduction in Hillinery Wire Krames at .. Straw Braid, Half Price.—Kvery Flower—Kven the finest in the house* at | Leghorn Hats at half price—Special prices in Sailors. Ail other Hats from 50c to $2.50, go at one Price 1 All our fancy ribbons go at Half price—The Dresden* and Stripes are just what you need to complete you wash ure ses. Re member the first here get the choice things. M. F. & M. MARKS. 113 to 117 S. Main St. F fifes W, F. Hartzell. Frank Kemper. The Adriance Kinder A V •%/%/%/%/%.<%, V 1 ™ Is the draft, the simplest constructed, the e»M. t ojx-rated, and the most durable of any binder on the market. It will not upset on the steepc*t liilU, It will cut where *ll others fail. It will handle as long or an short grain a» any other binder. It vsill do better work in tangled ){raiu than any binder in use. This binder is wild on its merits. If it fails U> do as above mentioned, we do not ask you to buy it. All machines and vehicles Hold by um are guaranteed to be as represented. Machinery for all farm use, from the plow to tl><- separator, can be not from u». Vehicles in various styles and prices. Harness for all kinds of u»c. Ply nets and Covers, 1 >untcr*, Robes, Ulankets, Whins, &c. In *hort, anything lielonginK to a team outfft is kept by us. Tne best wa|(on on the market is sold by us, We guarantee it sujKirior to any thing *«jld in tliis C'Minty. Call and see us HARTZELL « KEMPER, ' 111 THE QUESTION is often asked, What Paint shall we use? THE ANSWER : If you arc looking for capacity, wearing qualities, general appearance, and your money's worth, you must buy THE SHERWIN-WILUAMS PAINT. OtMra Afo at, looht Beit, Wiarg Lonqtnt, Moat economical. Full Meaaura, Our prices are for "best goods" first, last and all the time. We arc in the business to stay and * w - F sta y sw,th "»• COLORS IN HOUSC * COACH VANNISHCST J. C. REDICK, 109 N. Main St. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. !t is Not What We Say Hut what Hood's Sarsaparilla Doe, that tells the story. Thousands oi voluntary testimonials prove that Hood's Sarsapariiia is the Only True Blood Purifier Prominently in the public eye today. HEINEMAN & SON, * # \ SUMMEK J £ is approaching- nd t q-» # F only way to k • p cool i*» J * to go to yS Ileinonian s *x n, # P R A a.'.n n- r ••not-! a t co p , . J J Hammock. 3# Up have the !»' •-« QQ J hlid fiicM line ■ f # £> z J Hammocks 5 z QS t-st-t b.-oujfi! Sutler 5 ; * <*s V\ all Paper Jc 2 ® S <> 2 # t~" sj I'APLRS. ?= W * IN 0 We also handle the p-j i—i celebrated " SI RAM lioKK }.? j BICYCLE. j 1 T HEINEMAN &.50N. GREAT SAMPLE SALE. Suninicr Hl^oew, at Half-Prices. Just received I ,oou pain. • > Summer Sample Shoes and Siij pers. 'I hese goods are to be sol' at once. 1 bought them at trr own price and you < an have then at yours. These samples \vcr< not bought to make money on, but to keep things lively duriii the dull season. Prices Good for 10 Days Oniy Ladies' Fine Tan Oxfords, fi and #1.25 kind # 65 Ladies' l ine I)ongola Oxfords, 75c kind f 40 Ladies' Fine Cloth Slipjs-rs »o at... 21 Ladies' Fine Tan Shoes, heel, f 2 kind fi 10 Ladies' Fine Tan Shoe-, spring, fi kind f 1 10 Ladies' Fine Kid Button Shoes re duced to f H.| Ladies' Fine Tan Shoes, £2 kind,... 1 25 Boys' and Youths' Fine Tan Shoes #2 kind fi if) Misses and Children's Tan Shoes Space forbids me quoting fur ther,but if you will call during th i•. Sample Sale you will see Summer Shoes going cheaper than ever be fore. Don't delay but come at once and try The New Shoe Store During This SAMI'LK S.M.I. OK SUMMIT: SI IO ICS. C. E. MILLER, 215 S. Mai.' St., Hutlcr, Pa Seanor & Nace's Livery, Feed and Sale Stable, Rear of Wlek House, Butler, Pa The beat of horscH and first chnn rigH always on hand and for hire. Heat accommodations in town fer permanent boarding and transient trade. Special care guaranteed. Stable room for nixty-flve horn *. A good cIaHH of horse*, both driv «rH and draft horsea always on hand and for Hale under a full guarantee; and horses bought upon proper noti fication hv SEANOR A NA'IK. All kinds ot live stool. bought and flOld. Telephone at Wick Honae. BUTLER LUMBER COMPANY Shippers nnd dealers iu V! rvtormls I'.ough und uremcd Lumber of a kinds, Dcors 1 nil Window*, and Mouldings of all kinds. H. E. WICK, Manager. Office nnd Yards, unnliiKham snetter not." "No; better wait and see h° w you Come out," and Rob fancied Esther looked u trifle skeptical. It put him on his mettle. Esther's "scheme" worked like a charm. The next day Bob was ono of the first to answer his father's "good morning" at the breakfast table. "Well, now," said Mr. Jordan, as ho viewed the youthful faces around him, and dispensed the griddle cakes, "It's pleasant to sit down all together. Let's keep it up. Bob. I tell you, punctuality Is a great thing;" and Bob nodded re spectfully, though his father's remark did not bear for him the charm of nov elty. Three days passed. Bob was beam ing with prlde-ln his own improvement, aud in anticipation of Ihe promised re ward. Tho fourth morning ho was the first to slip into his chair at tho breakfast table, and it was at least a» hour before luncheon that ho left tho fishing pond and repaired to the side porch, so as to bo sure of hearing Jane's summons to the dining-room. "Bob, I'm proud of you," said Esther; "I'll have Jane order the molasses this evening." "You're a brick, Esther," said Rob "It isn't so awfully hard to be on time, after all; and I'm going to keep it up, t*K>." The sninuier afternoon passed awfty; it was fivo minutes of six, and the children clamored for dinner. Rob not put in an appearance, though Es ther's fingers were giving the finishing touches to the table. The minute-hand Seemed to speed over tho face of the cuckoo clock; she felt as if It were trying to cheat Rob, and looked anxiously down tho path, hoping to see tho boyish fiK-ure dash in sight. "Cookoo! cookoo!" began tho old clock, triumphantly. Still no Rob. Esther was tempted to have Jane tie lay the ringing of the flintier bell, but restrained tho impulse. It would bo violating the compact, and, l>esidcs, Rob must learn self-reliance, and ex |H*ct the consequences of his own heed lessness. So the dinner bi-lt added its voice to that of the cookoo clock, and it was a funeral knell, us well as a business-like summons to dinner, for It tolled the untimely death of Esther's little project. When the family assem bled, there was an empty chair at tho table. "Oh, dear!" walled Sue; and "How mean!" added Freddy, giving the table leg a vicious kick; for you see, Rob had indiscreetly confided to them his secret tho day before, and they were looking forward to tho candy-pull as much as he. As for Esther, she was thoroughly li'iki. laUtaL Mi gfun to hare such hope of him; it nu too bad. Dinner was half over when Rob; flushed and breathing heavily, entered the room Such a chorus of reproaches greeted him from the children that papa and Esther forbore to add their voices. "You keep still till your opinion's asked," said Rob, goaded into this re proof by the children's gratuitous crit icisms of his tardiness. "Yes, children, be quiet," said Mr. Jordan. "You speak rather roughly, my boy; but I know that you are dis appointed, and your sister and I are almost equally so." Rob attacked the beefsteak in si lence, and the rest of the meal was a quiet one. Esther lingered after it was over, half expecting some explana tion; but, beyond the remark that he stayed at Joe's longer than he had in tended, Rob vouchsafed none. It was the next morning that Jo® Simmons came over to the side porch where Esther was sitting in her favor ite place behind the vinea. "Good morning, Joe." "Good morning. Miss Esther. l— er- " "I suppose you are after Rob. I'll speak to him." "No, no," Joe hastily interposed. "I was looking for you." lie broke off a morning glory which had gone to sleep under the sun's too ardent atten tions, and ground its purple juice into his fingers. Esther, from long experi ence with boy ways, knew a disclosure of some kind was coming. "Sit down," she said, pleasantly, j "You have something to tell me, and I want to hear it." "Well—er—Bob ivas over to my house yesterday afternoon, you know. We had a big time out in the barn, and I— i I kinder forgot about the baby. Ma and pa had gone out, you know, and left him to me." (Lest you might think it a piece of gross neglect on the part of Mr. and Mrs. Simmons to intrust so precious a charge to so youthful an older broth er, it is well to state that the infant in question was a sturdy young creature of two years.) "He—er"—another lunge at the morn ing-glory vine—"got a-hold of some green apples, and after awhile he came out to us in the barn, yelling awfully. First we didn't know what was the matter; but we went into the house and saw the pieces that he hadn't eaten, and I knew something must be done right off quick. Cholera morbus, you know, is so awful dangerous. I couldn't think of a thing to give him but whisky; I knew they gave that in lots of sudden cases; so while 1 held Alfle Hob went pfter it." "My goodness! whisky!" said Esther, lier startled imagination picturing her innocent brother making his way be hind objectionable screens. "I hope he thought to go to a drug store." "Oh, yes'm,'' answered Joe, "he did. It was bad enough to go there after it. I'm temperance, you know—belong to the loyal legion; but I knew the baby'd got to have something. The clerk told Rol» he could get something better than whisky and gave him a bottle of medicine. We gave the baby a dose of it, and' after awhile he went to sleep. Ma said (1 told her all about it this morning) that it couldn't have been the apple that hurt him; he couldn't have felt it so quick, and besides, it was riper than it looked. Rut I tell you I was scared at the time. "What I came round for, Miss Esther, was to tell you that this is what made Rob so late home yesterday. I made him promise not to say anything übout what kept him; but I forgot then about the candy-pulling (you know Rob told me before, tiiat he expected to have one). I didn't find out till this morning that ha was lato >or dinner. I asked Freddy. Ma said I oughtn't to make anyone -keep anything from his folks, and that it generally wasn't wise to make such promises. But it was all my fault. I hadn't wanted ma to hear of it, for fear she wouldn't trust me again. And then afterward that seemed kind of sneaking, so I told her myself. I hope you'll—er—fix it up about the candy-pulling, Miss Esther; not so that I can come, I'd feel too mean for that, but on his account—to make it up for him, you know." "Joe," saiil Esther, "I'm glad you and Roll are such friends. Thatcaudy-pull is coining off this evening, aud you and Rob are going to have the thing iu charge." An hour later Hob, entering the kitchen, found Jane cracking English walnuts, and Esther removing them their shells. "What arc you doing?" he asked, curiously. "Getting English walnuts ready for the candy-pull this evening, you blessed boy!" said Esther. —N. Y. In dependent. AMERICAN WRITENS LACKING. lon.plaint That Uootl Work In In Demand While th« Quality I« I'oor. There Is an increasing demand for goupcr olllees here and there who are capable of de veloping Into novelists; but they have no eliunee, while on morning papers, at least. The average reporter goes to work at noon, ami then until midnight, or an hour Inter, be or she Is hastening from one point to another, oftentimes unable to eat regularly or to secure sufllclent sleep. By the time the after noon assignment is covered and tbc "story" written the" reporter has a chance to breathe sometimes; aud then when he reaches the ortlce with his evening assignment covered, provided he has !>ut one, he sits down mul writes when U*o often he is greatly fatigued. At midnight, or one or two o'clock In the morning, he goes home. Is It rea sonable to expect a man or a woman after such a siege to write fiction'.' Mow can it be done? Leaving entirely asldo the fact that newspaper work, with Its plain statement of events, preclude* the development of thought and lit erary style, tin' reporter's very exist ence, with its hurry and rush and ex hausting physical labor, makes It very doubtful If we can look to him as a cluss from whom to expect fiction. With men and women on evening pa pcrs the ease is different. They have more leisure, In the evenings, at least; but the fact remains that as a usual thing the brightest men and women prefer morning papers, because they niv so much more. A DEAL IN STOCKS. fr RESENTS clothes ,ff=g I F honeymoon. How on Hi -m earth can one leave ki& out cither?" asked n George Lit tic cash of * *5;/ / \ fT. jj" himself, earnestly sSSajßy) ' drilling his penholder l IF-. • into a much furrowed forehead. "There never was a wedding without presents. As for no honeymoon—why, Hetty would be justified in crying off before the very altar." What had placed our friend in this unpleasant quandary was, to begin with. Uncle' Piper's check for- £SOO. It was a check to marry Ilctty and set up house with, and qua cash was satis factory enough, but accompanied with the wise avuncular injunction: "George, marry on a cash basis —cash, mind —or never look me in the face again." Such excellent advice, plus a £3OO check, it is impossible for a nephew to spurn—especially a nephew in love. And then, when he had this gold mine of untold wealth in his pocket, and a full ocean of happiness to look forward to, George fell into the toils of the plausible fellow, Tom Scherer, of the well-known city firm of Mouton, Scherer »fc Walker. Scherer had such a taking way of remembering, and cherishing affectionately, one's Chris tian name. "Ah! Congratulate you, my dear George. Coming off next month, eh? Happy man! Some of you fellows have the devil's own luck. And just in time, too, for me to put you on to making a comfortable nest egg for the happy home one of the prettiest chances you ever had. But come into Pipps' and have a coffee." Pipps', that long, low, smoky "dive" in Throgmorton street, was crowded with easy-mannered gentlemen in silk hats, or in no hats at all, who con versed in pairs and in groups with electrical energy. They could not hear themselves for their own talking. "Sell-at-five-three-eight." "Book-you thousand." "Buy-six-quarter." "Sell." "Buy." "Panjandrums." "Rhodes." "Barney's stock." "Struck - Bibble bobble-reef." "Last - 'crushing - ten ounces'' —such were some of the scraps of jargon that emerged above the din in flashes of comparative silence; while ever and anon a gentleman would draw from his vest pocket a little notebook and pencil some entry or other. Almost deafened at first by the hubbub, George Littlecash was soon in the whirpool himself, an eager listener to Mr. Scherer's glowing tales indicative of the pecuniary advantage certain to result from a small punt in the South African "boom." "Eighty thou' in one deal, my dear George—what d'ye think of that, eh? Springett went nap on Gold Bug Ex tensions—put on every penny he could scrape together, till he hadn't a cent to swear by—and came out 80,000 golden sovereigns to the good. And yet you say it isn't worth trying. My dear George—faint heart never main tained a fair lady, if it won her." The upshot was that George figured up his liabilities against his check, and handed over to the trusty Soherer £250, to l>e converted in two days, or some such reasonable time, into £2,600. "Done!" cried Scherer, as no penciled the little transaction in his notebook. And "done" George was. For next day, when ho looked at "Mines" In the money column, h* found Gold Bugs had crawled downstairs three-eighths. "Whatdoyou advise, Scherer?" asked George, when they met in the city. "Never advise, my dear George. Don't do It—on principle. 'Cut your losses, let your profits run,' is our old wheeze; "AM! COSiOHATULATI£ VOU." but it's no good being too hasty. Thla fall is simply due to somebody being in too big u hurry to pocket a profit. But you judge for yourself, dear boy; that's what I advise." Next day Gold Bugs had crawled downstairs two or three steps more. "It's nothing, George," aaid the op timistic Scherer. "Weak holders *- couldn't last out —that's iny explana tion, Still, don't be guided by me." Next day after that Gold Bugs had fallen so ln-uvily that you couldn't find anybody to pick them up again at any price. And just then, of course, to make amends, George Littlecash was reminded by his tailor of "that littlo account" which had been overlooked for so many quarters. It was in this doleful hour, as he sat savagely biting his lips, knitting his brows and inward ly cursing Scherer and all his works, that he glanced vaguely at a copy of the Evening Intelligence. "Renewed Activity In Rand Shares" was the line in large type that caught the disconsolate investor's eye as the paper lay on his desk. "Confound Rand shares!" he ejacu lated fervently, wheeling round as though from a too affectionate snake. Just then, as luck would have It, In popped the beaming and expansive Scherer. "Why, Gei irgo, my dear boy, you're looking as ghastly as James Canham Read when he was 'taken from life,' as the waxworks bill says. Nothing seri ous, 1 hope? Gal chucked you?" "Look here, Ncherer; I don't want you blarneying ino again. Tve had quite enough of Rand shares, thanks — in fact, a long sight too much." "Rand shares! Why, my dear fel low," Scherer returned, with a look of pained virtue, "you really don't mean to tell me that's what put you down In the dumps—that little matter of two fifty, when you stood to win as many thousands! Bless my soul!"—Scherer's eye had just caught the line in the Evening Intelligencer "have you seen the paper to-night?" "No," replied George, whose back was turned, "nor want to. I'm sick of the whole thing. You knew, for I told you, I couldn't risk anything under the circumstances unless It was absolutely certain." "And that's what you call risk?" "Oh! hang I know It's my own fault —only don't bother me. with any more of these fine tales." "Now, I call this very unkind of you, George," said Scherer, Injured; "I do, indeed." And so saying, while he kept one eye on George's back, Mr. Scherer east the other down the money column. When he reached "Gold Bugs" that particular eye flared up like a fusee. "Now, what should you say If Gold Bugs went up again to f>>{, eh?" "Rot!" "Right you are, dear boy. 'Rot' Is It? Well, well. You think I misled you about that little deal, eh?" "Well, if you want plain speaking, Mr. Scherer. I think you did." "And you an' I friends, George! Thla ij of trying to do a wan a gQOd turij! J'ow, what do you say if I offer to t»ke those shares off your hands again, sicce you're so cut up over 'em?" "At a shilling apiece, I suppose, Ha, ha"' "A shilling apiece? No, sir! Not at 'a shilling apiece.' I'll give you what jlljl "X>OS'T DOUBT TOUR FRIKND's HONESTY AGAIN." you gave for 'em, and a shilling- apiece over to sooth your injured feelings. What d'ye think of that!" Mr. Scherer found his magnanimity so exhilarating that he drew himself up, threw open his coat, and slipped George's Evening Intelligencer into his own pocket "You doubt my honesty and my good faith, eh, my dear sir," he said, pulling out his check book and a roll of notes. Last week you paid me £-50; if you will be to good as to hand me back the serip I shall have much pleasure in handing- you my check for £302 10s. Or, p'raps," he added, with cutting sar casm, "since you doubt my honesty, you would prefer Rank of England notes?" George, who had rises, half dazed, had just enough presence of mind to gasp in his astonishment: "If it's all the same to you, I should." "Certainly, my dear sir." "I'm only too delighted to hand It back to you," said George fervently, as he passetl over the scrip, and received the crisp notes and gleaming gold in exchange. "And yet, strange to say," laughed Schcrer, "I can assure you I'm no less delighted to take it back, lia! ha! Hal Ila! ha! ha!" For some moments the cachinnation prevented speech. When Scherer found breath he remarked to his bewildered friend: "My dear George, let me give you u word of hon est advice —in fact, two words. Don't doubt your friend's honesty again, and when you hold active shares keep a sharp eye on the papers- :ia, ha, ha!" "The papers?" echoed Link-cash; 'why, no, I haven't seen to-night's pa per yet." And ho struck a bell. "Yes, sir?" said the office boy. "Where's to-night's evening paper, Tippetts?" "Ain't come In yet, sir." "Oh, yes, it has," corrected Mr. Scherer, choking with laughter as he produced the Evening Intelligence. "I just—just -mechanically picked It up for a moment myself." Hut the office boy triumphed. "That's a hold won, sir; to-night's ain't come in not yet, sir " "Not come in!" shrieked Scherer, turning to the date. "Why, good Lord —the paper's a month old!" Mr. Scherer's exclamations as he sank into George's chair were so shock ingly profane tiiat even the office boy turned pale and expected a flush of lightning. George got his friend out of the office ot last, but made a point of handing him back the odd twelve pounds ten— "to soothe his feelings." The wedding took place, and Uncle Piper will never know the particulars of George's first —and last little venture on the stock exchange.—St. James' liudget. —Trees have übout them something beautiful aud attractive, even to the fancy, since they cannot change their places, are witnesses of all the changes that take place around them; and as Borne reach a great age they become, as It were, historical monuments, and. like ourselves, they have life, growing and passing away—not being inani mate and unvarying, like the flelda and rivers. One sees them passing through various stages, and at last, step by step, approaching death, which makes them look still more like our selves. —Humboldt. —The sum of the whole is this: Walk and be happy; walk and be healthy.—Dickens. A Peculiar Fact. "Keep out of debt, youug man," said the philosopher, "l'eople will think better of you for It." "Perhaps," was the thoughtful re ply; "and yet I've noticed that the more I owe j>eople the gladder they al ways seem to see :ne." —Washington Star. Artistic Appreciation. Painter (with dignity)—l am an art ist, madam. Madam (effusively) Oh, you poor man. Here's a quarter to buy you something to cat. —Detroit Free Press. A Doubt. Shall •manclpnle|a«**r; that's Just It.— K. Y. World. DIVERSIFIED FARMrNG. It I*. After All, the Only Sara Way to Bae r(« for Firntn. Steady farming, with a food rotation of crops persistently ia the surest way to success for farmers. Ab rupt changes in order to meet high prices for some farm product are dan gerous practices. It is within the re membrance of every farmer when hay was so low that it hardly paid to raise it for market, but since then farmers hare been making more profit off hay than almost any other crop To suit the change, a great many dropped hay from their list of farm crops and tried to get along without it- The steady farmers continued to give grass a place in their crop rotation, turning it un der when it would not pay to cut and sell it as hay, and when prices went up again for hay they were the only ones who had good crops to selL Be sides enriching their soil with the grass, they found themselves prepared to reap a (rood harvest when prices came around again to their normal con dition. Just now sheep have been at a dis count, and thousands have been selling them off to raise something else more profitable. But sheep, both for wool and mutton, will be profitable in the future. Several times in the past the bheep industry has been at its lowest ebb, but it revived in time. Steam and electricity are said to be driving horses out of the market, and that it will no longer pay to raise fine colts. There never was a time, and probably never will be, when it did not pay to raise good horses. Underbred stock is too plentiful, and will be at a greater dis count in the future than now; but fine driving road horses or heavy draught horses will never lose their value per manently. It is within the remem brance of the writer when many farm ers paid S3 and 9A per head for ordinary sheep because a boom in that line was sending everything upward. There are too many farmers engaged in this industry who wait for high prices, and then they rush into that particular line of work. If sheep are high they pay exorbitant prices for stock in order to raise others to 6ell. If corn is the leading farm product that pays well, they turn their farms Into enormous corn fields, unmindful of the fact often that they do not un derstand its culture nor the expenses attached to it Frequently they have to make an initial outlay to adapt themselves to Che abrupt change, which alone will take away all profits. Just now more farmers are prepar ing for abrupt changes than ever be fore. It has been a disastrous year with most of us Many have lost money and are generally dissatisfied with their conditions Each one is looking around at those who seem to be raising something more profitable. Very often these profitable products are only temporarily so. and by the time the change is made they will no longer pay good prices. Good, steady farming, with a fair rotation of crops, is the only sure way for any farmer to make farming a sure thing. Orass, hay, oats, wheat, potatoes, corn, sheep, cows) and horses cannot always be unprofita ble. A proper system of diversified farm ing will make profits a certainty on some of the crops. It is at any rate good farming. The land is kept up, not run down. Expenses are normal and outlays are not increased by suoh vio lent changes The pigs, chickens, cows and sheep will all yield some incidental Srofita. while the main farm crops may uctuate from year to year, but not more so than manufactured articles Fluctuation is characteristic of every business, and farmers hsve no more than their share. The shoe manu facturer does not take up pin making because shoes happen to be unprofita ble for a season or two. —Germantown (l'a.) Telegraph. FRAME HAY STACKER. If Made Properly, It Ia Haiti to He a Very Handy Device. The frame for stacking hay, shown l>elow, consists of two sills, '.'xti Inches, 2'J feet long and placed 10 feet apart. Upon these sills rest three frames made of -'x4 timbers 20 feet long for the up rights and joined at the top by means of 2xtt-inch hoards 8 feet losg and braced at each of the up(>er corners with 3x4*inch scantling. From the ■TACKING If AT FOR WINTER USK. croHSpiecv is suspended a track for a hay fork. Hay Is brought up at the end of this frame and by the proper ar rangement of pulleys the hay is easily lifted from the wagons and transferred to the stack, which can be mado, of course, as high as the frames When it l b desirable to move this from one portion of the field to another, simply hitch a horse to the end of each sill anil pull it wherever desired. Make the sills rounding at one end so It will slip over the ground like a sled. The upright timbers are mortised firmly Into the sills, thus making the whole strong and durable. If larger and higher stacks are to be built, ths slxe of the frame cau b« varied accqrdlnir ly. It is a very handy device if mode properly, and for those who have a great deal of field stacking to do is worthy of trial.—Farm and Home. Knrlohlng Forest Lands. Shading the soil Is of great advan tage In converting ammonia into ni* trst.es, a process which has served to enrich forest lands while they are oov ered with dense growth. The mulch of leaves added annually Is a carpet which prevents influence by the direct rays of the sun. That a soil which grows forest trees increases in fertility, is demonstrated by the larger crop* grown upon such "virgin" soli after It has l>ee» cleared of its forest growth. On the same principle the mulching of tho soil with a dense crop or with leaves is beneficial in certain respects. At the Hare*. Hill—How do you manage to win every day? Berg A friend who knows all about it tells me which horses to buy. Jllll —And you do Just as he tells you? Berg- No; Just the opposite.—N. Y. World. Little Room. Hmi there — How many Jokes on tho bathing suit have you written to-day, Pen Dennis? Pen Dennis-My dear boy, there's not room enough on the average bath ing suit to write more than one.—Town Topics. One Tfctsg Settled. Mammy—Here's my new cart. A let she n beauty? Tommy—You inusn't say she, A cart's it. Nammy- -Taln't. It's she. Tommy—l'll leave it to Dick. Dick (Inspecting It) —'Taln't either one. Jt's he. It's a mall cart. —Chica- go Trlbuno. Presumptive Fvldenee. Miss Nharpglrl - 1 have read that a fish diet hu» a very beneficial effect on the brnln. Do you think there Is any thing in it? Canesucker —No, Miss Nharpgirl, I'm no fish eater. Mis* Nharpgirl—Well, then, It seems las if there might be something In it after all.—Texas Hlftlnirs N029 HIS GREAT SCHEME. It Failed Because His Friend Refused to See ths Polat. "The elevated railroad has Just had to pay twenty thousand be cause one of its guards attaak*d a pas senger and smashed him in the face," said Mr. Skeemer to Mr. Ploti, accord ing to the New York World." "Now, I have a scheme. You and me aren't do ing anything just now, and we might put It into practice." "What Is it?" demanded Plots. "11l get a Job as brakeman on the el evated, you get on my train and then 111 attack you. As soon as I see ydu I become uncontrollable, make a wild dash for you, kick you In the stomach, knock out your teeth, black your eye, and then throw you out of the win dow. You sue the company, all tho passengers testifying that the assault was entirely unprovoked, as it \jas, and the jury will award yon anywhere from twenty thousand to fifty thousand dollars. We divide evenly, of course. The bigger licking I give you the more money we get." "Ye 6," interrupted Plotz, "I get tho licking, and 'we' get the money. Sup pose I be the brakeman! I used to sweep out a railroad station, and I'll take to the business easier than you. Besides I'm a harder puncher ti •• von. After I get through wi<\ \ ; would be worth seven; -H-. • I dollars at least. llowaL "No," replied Skeemer, 'Vi. • is mine, and if I can't assign ;!• .ik ing parts I won't play. OS veil; if you dont want to, simply .... 11l Just hire a man for doi!;.. . to let me pound him, and thea 111 get all the Srofits for myself. VttX going right own town now to sea 001. Haln and get the Job and youll feel pretty sink when you read in the papers about an other elevated guard running amuck and half-killing a passenger. Wont you wish you'd been him? 11l be a rioh man in a week." And he headed for down town to get tho iob. WHITTIER'S COURAGE. He Hasarded Life and Popularity In Uie Cause of Abolition. Before he was thirty he had made op his mind that it was his duty to do what ho oould for the relief of the unfortun-. ate negroos who were held in bondage in the south. In 1838 he wrote a pam phlet called "Justice and Expediency,", in which he considered the whole que* tion of slavery, and declared that it should cease forever. Three years later, writes Prof. Brander Matthews' in St. Nicholas, he beoame secretary of the Anti-Slavery society. Ia 1888 he went to Philadelphia to edit the Penn sylvania Freeman; and so boldly did he advocate the right of the negro to own himself that the printing qJBoe was sacked by a mob and burned. Then, as more than once afterward for the, same cause, Whit tier was in danger of' his life. Whlttler showed physical oourage in facing the ruffians who wished to pre vent free speech; but he had revealed the higher moral oourage in easting hia lot with the little band of abolitionists. Up to this time he had looked forward to holdiug public ofilce, as well he might, when many another journalist was stepping from the newspaper desk nto public life. When ho became one of the Kmall band who denounced slavery, he gave up all chance of office. He also had literary ambition, but so strong was the power of the slave owners then, and so intoierent were they, that most editors and publishers were sorely Intimidated, and declined to print not only any attaok on slavery, but even tho other writings of an au thor who was known as an abolitionist. Thus Whlttler, In Identifying himself with the anti-slavery movement, thought that he was giving up his lit-| erary future also. He made his deci sion promptly, and he never regretted It. Indeed, in later life ho said to a ' boy of fifteen to whom ho was giving counsel: "My lad, if thou wouldst win success, join yourself to some unpopu lar but noble cause." THE BICYCLE CANNON. How the Uuna May lie Mounted In Future Wars. With the many new devices of offense and defense which have reoently made their appearance comes the bioyole cannon. The gun mounted on a bicycle was In a parade in New Yo V city re oently, and was seen by thousands of people, says the National Tribune. The vehicle was a twin cycle, in ap pearance much like a tricycle, and known as a duplex. It is especially light and strong. The cannon, a steel, rifled affair thirty-four Inches in; length, eight Inehes at the butt and i four at the murr.le, and weighing about fifty pounds, is swung between the two rear whecles, resting upon the con necting axle and is farther supported from above. An Ingenious mechanism permits of the piece of ordnance being raised or deflected to any angle. ; The caisson containing the ammuni tion is carried on another duplex. Four artillerymen equip tho battery. They are at once gun crew and motive power. Two men on the seats can propel the machines with their heavy loads at a (aster gate than horses have ever ihuwn in similar service. The work of wheeling the gun Into position is the work of an instant. Just (lone. To most German visitors to Rome Uoethe is a sort of diety, and after his ileath every trace of his stay there, however unimportant, was unearthed ind visited as If It had been a sacred ihrlne. One of these shrines la a humble Inn, where the greet poet used to take a glass of wine In the evening. Mr. Rudolf relates that an enthualastlc young Teuton, engaged In '.his pilgrimage, asked the waiter in his broken Italian whether this was really ihe spot that Goethe used to visit. "Goti, Got I, no loconosco, I never beard )f him," said the waiter. Then, seeing mddenly that he was disappointing a .stonier, ho added; "Oh yes, of •ourse, Goti—ho has just this moment fono." Willing to Unlde the Oey. "And you?" usked tho angel. "Write mo," said Abou Hen Bunco, "aa one who loves his countrymen."— Indianapolis Journal. Vindictive. Jess —Hero comes that dlaagreeable Miss Jones. Jack—Don't you like her? Jess—l hate her; sometimes when we j*eot I dou't oven kiss herl —Puck. Name Thing. "Did you go to church yesterday?" "No, but I did the same thing. I took a nap."—Life. The Stumbling Block. "Tho manner in which my father-in law treats me," said tho count, ''li shameful. Ho baa allowed my debta to accumulate; my monthly remlV tances have fallen Into arrears; he lifti loft me peunllcas." "But," said tho lawyer, "that la not suflit-lout ground for divorce." "I don't want a divorce," aald the count. "Hut can't I sue iny law for damages? Has he not violated an Implied contract?" "Oh! yes," replied the lawyer. "You cau prove cruelty and abandonment and non -support." "You see no obstacle, then, to com mencing such au action at once?" "None—exoept that my retainer U payable In advance." Hut the count strode haughtily from the room.—Life. rw— **" '