VOX,. XXXIII - -#Martincooft & Co. Aways Lead.#- Have you been locking at buggies and wondering how they coi-'d be made for the price the dealer asked you? If so, then call at ojr store and you will think the manufacturer stole the material to make them of, when you see good bug g;es for the price other* sell shoddy for. We never buy a cents worth on time. Have been in the business many, mpny years. We know what we are selling and tell you straight. "Never misrepresent or try to get rich off our customers," has alway been our motto and has built up for us the largest trade in Western Pennsylvania. No differ ence what you want about your buggy, wagon or harness, come here and see the largest stock in our line you have ever seen, at prices below what any other firm does or can make. It won'; cost you anything to try it and satisfy yourself. Thankful for past favors, we are, "SKF S. B. HARTINCOURT <& CO. 128 East Jefferson St. Butler, Pa. T. H. Burton T. H. Burton Why is it that T. H. BURTON is always busy in his store? Simpl) because the people of Butler county appreciate the fact that he has the best selected stock of Foreign and Domestic Suitings extra pants and \'cr's and Boy's Furnishing Goods, ever brought to Butler, and sells ihem for less money. We guarantee everything that goes out of our store to give perfect satisfaction or money cheerfully refunded. T. H. Burton T. H. Burton + Our July Clearance Sale * Has made this the busiest July in the history of this Store. We will continue to sell throughout July 5 .x:, 75c and SI.OO hats at 15c. 25, 35 and some 50c hats at 9c. 25c Quills 15c or 2 for 25c. One lot Quills 2 tor 3c. 50 and 75c Silk Gloves for 19c. 25 and 3j LUe Glover ?- 9c. 50c Corsets at 39c. 75c Corsets at 50c. SI.OO Corsets at 75c. Watch this space for Underwear Specialties. M. F. & M. MARKS. 113 to 117 South Main Street, Butler, Pa. +NOTICE* 4NBW FIRM* I have taken into partnership, Mr. Edward J. Grohman, and the drug business will be conducted in the future under the firm name of Redick & Grohman. Mr. Grohman is no stranger in this community. He has been connected with our house fot the past seven years, and it gives me pleasure to testify that he understands his business thoroughly. He is a graduate of the Pittsburg College of Pharmacy, is also a Registered Pharmacist. I take this opportunity to return thanks to a generous public for the liberal patronage extended to me for so many j ears, and I hope to have a continuance of the same as we are now better prepared to serve our patrons than ever before. Respectfully, J. C. REDICK. DIAMONDS Kl.'lj , EAR HINf.S. » acAl>F pIJJa BX (j Ds . GWJ A rpf« T-T MIKNTS' GOLI), I.AIHES' GOLD. * Vrtiaa l GENTS' SI I. Vl£lt, LADHf.H CiUTLAIN. JEWBLRV \ (!old nns - Ear Kings. Rings. 4IU WUAJXVI / CUftlns. Bracelets, Etc. CZTT-XT *1 Di TTET M T8 Tea Sets. Castors, Butter Dishes anil Everything WW /lltuj that ran be round in a llrst class store.. RODGF3 BROS. 1874 } KNIVBB ' FORK - Bpoc^ s iplk FI A-* E. GRIEB, JE ™ L L E K. No. 139 North Main St, Butler, Pa. +UTBT SLLLL. * BEST HMDS* ♦moo mi * HiR PIICB+ I! These are the things that have enabled me to build up a lirst-class tailoring trade during the last year. We have the most skillful, painstaking cutter; employ none but the very best workmen; handle nothing but the very !>est goods, both foreign and domestic and guarantee you perfect satisfaction in each and every particular, and for all this cLarge you simply a fair living profit. J. S. YOUNG, Tailor, Hatter and Men's Furnisher, "" ° p THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Eatty to Take any to Operate I Axe features p ;enl!ar to Hood's Pills. Small io ! size, tasteless, efficient, thorough. As one nian Hoods I said: •' Youn( ter know you have taken a t ill till it Is all _ I I a over." 25c. C.r. Hood & £«., 111 I Proprietors, i owell. Mass. ™ The only pills o tak« rith Iluod's Sarsaparilla. MILLERS GREAT 88-CENT SALE. would Wmakf7 money? IPSO. Attend This Sale $1.50 Men's Shoes reduced to 88c $1.25 Men's Shoes reduced to BC'c SI.OO Men's Shoes reduced to 88c $1.25 Boy's Shoes reduced to 88c OUR LEADERS GO At 88c. Men's Oil Grain 2-buckel shoes 88c Men's Oil Grain Creole Shoes 88c Men's S Kip Brogans 88c Ladies calf and oi! grain shoes 88c IT IS WONDERFUL WHAT 88c WILL DO Men's Ball Shoes reduced to 88c Youths' Bicycle Shoes 88c Misses' Strap Sandals go at SCc Ladies' Fine Dongola Oxfords 88c Have You Got 88c? if > r ou have, bring it to us I and we will give you more for it than you ever got before. If you have not got it, borrow it and at tend this Great 88 Gent Sale, AT Butler's Progressive Shoe House. 2i5 South Main St., BUTLER PA C. E. MILLER, REP/.tflNli PROMPTLY DONE. E. D. lUpcSer- I |Wcar 1 |P©ipts | oo rv> Tifr©r©uo3 p>F'3feesHOi9 eo Ho cxJ op P'Zrfi&czt pMiz) -r £§ (Vj OJ prissy cx; CJO ii) Hy^ (X? t (V) owwmimmmo All grad>- of rnderwer at very low prices. Largest stock of hats and furnishings for gentleman ni the country. An inspection will prove this to any ones satisfacture. Colbert & Dale. 242 ?. Main St., Butler, envt'p The Place to Buy GAS COOK ING AND HEATING STOVES, GAS BURNERS AND FIX TURES, HOSE, BATH TUBS, ENAMEL AND IMPROVFD WELSH6ACH GAS BURNER, W. E O'BRIEN LON 107 East Jefferson St. Li- C% WICK. DBALKR 111 Rough and Worked Lumber OP AL. KINDS Dours, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Shingles and Lath Always In Stoek. LIME. HAIR AND PLASTIiK Office opposite P. & 4 W. Depot, rUTIjRK V.)u Liii\ i" iHi) 1 . ~i». aQK BRUtf. W * will % 1 iw-l Lux turrU BUTLER . PA.,THURBDAY. JULY 30, 1890. X WIXiIiIAJH T. r»ICHOL«S. VT rJ a^&yr rl t ht - *>* J - B UppIDCOU Cottony... XXII. Whatever business was occupying Lamar, it was not the sort to be dis posed of quickly. Hour after hour passed,and still he did not rejoin us. At lost I climbed the stairs and, knocking at the door of his room, asked if there was anything he desired us to do. "At present, nothing," he answered. "No use tryin' to nudge him," John son observed, when I returned to the living-room. "He'll let us know fast enough when the time comes. You'd better get some sleep, doctor, if you can curl up comfortable In a chair. I'll stand watoh." Nothing better suggesting itself, I tried to foilow the fisherman's advice, at first with very indifferent success. The events of the evening had not been of the sort to make one sleepy. So I sat in my corner speculating on the probable outcome of the encounter. What Lamar's plans would be It was difficult to foretell. Physically he was in poor condition to undertake further flight from his enemies, yet he would hardly dare to remain without estab lishing a small standing army. John son had covered himself with glory, but he was but one man; and I did not enumerate myself as part of the bel ligerent force. Again, the excitement and worry the presence of his enemies must cause, would certainly have an extremely bad effect upon I.amar, ag gravating his disease and cutting short even the scant allowance of time I had estimated as his. If anything could have overcome my extreme repulsion for him, it must have been the cool courage, he had displayed in the face of danger; but, though I appreciated It, I could not bring myself to a more kindly feeling for the man who had ex hibited It in such trying circuriistunees. What would Dorothy have to say such part of the tale as I could tell her? I was thinking more of her and lees of Lamar, when my eyes closed for weari ness. Johnson's hand on my shoulder brought me back from my dreams. "He's called for you," he said. "He wants yon to go up to his room." "Very well; I'll go; but what's t3ie time?" I asked, grinding my knuckles into my eyes. " 'Most six o'clock. The sun's just rlsiß*." Reaching the head of the stairs, I heard Lamar's voice from the resir room, one which he had never before invited me to enter. "Come in," he said. "I regret to havo detained you so long, but my task Is at last completed." In spite of his efforts to maintain the old steady tone, his voice sounded hoarse and full of weariness; and all that it suggested was more than borne out by his fo-cc, upon which fell the cold light of the morning, revealing with pitiless distinctness the traces of the struggle of an indomitable will agabist physical weakness. His pallor was ghastly, the skin was drawn above the temples, the cheeks were sunken, the lines about the mouth were grown to furrows. His eyes burned with a fever ish fire. The hand which rested on the desk at which he sat shook, notwith standing its support. I had never seen the man in such a state—so completely mastered by his infirmities. How he had been able to work through the night was almost beyond comprehension, though the bottle of brandy at his el bow showed that he had had the aid of a stimulant. It had carried him through, but at a fearful pz-ice. Plain ly, it was no longer a question of weeks or months with him; his daj-s, perhaps his hours, were numbered. On the desk before him lay a sealed letter, a check book, u Bheet of paper covered with figures and the little black valise which he had guarded so jealous ly on our journey to Itodneytown, and which I had not rested eyes upon sine? the day of our arrival. He motioned me to a seat beside him. "Dr. Morris," said he, "last night's visitation warned me to perform cer tain duties which, in view of my fail ure of health, had too long been neg lected. I d«sire your assistance in the completion of them." "I am at your orders," said I. "For the little while that remains for you," I added, to myself. He opened the hand bag and took from it a paper, which, upon being un folded, appeared to be a petition or agreement of some sort; for appended to several closely-written paragraphs was a long list of signatures. He gave me no time, however, to decipher either text or names. Striking a match, liesct fire to the document, which was burn ing briskly before he dropf>ed it to the floor. As the flame grew I saw that übout it lay several little heaps of fluffy asli, no doubt nil that, remained of other papers he had chosen to put out of the way. He watched the fire creep along until the whole sheet, was ablaze. "If the question arise, as It may, you can make oath that a document of this appearance was destroyed," said La- Uiar. "You may feel free to do so. No one suffers by the destruction of it, though many might by its preserva tion." "I will certify to the fact," said I. "But who will make inquiry about It?" "Possibly no one. But, if inquiry is made, they who ask will understand." He oyened the check-book and passed it to me. It was one I had given to him months before, though, as the funds deposited in the bank at Trent stood in my name, he could have had little use for the book. In fact., none of the printed forms had been filled In. "I desire to make provision for John son," he explained. "He is deserving of a reward. Mako a check to hla order." "Very well," said I, picking up a pen. "For how much?" "Five thousand dollars." I looked at him In wonder. Was he playing a practical joke of some sort? But he met my gaze, and repeated his words: "Five thousand dollars!''; After all, to a man In his position the fisherman's services certainly had been valuable. I filled up the form, and tore it from its stub. Lainar took the slip of paper and thrust It into his pocket. "You comprehend the reason in.thesc matters," said he. "It Is necessary to nrraage with an eye to the worst. I fear a sudden failure, a collapse. If such should be my end, I wish to have my affairs In order. For Johnson pro vision is now made. To Martha, who has been a faithful servant, I would give, let us say, SSOO. I count upon you to arrange the mutter." "I will do sfl," said I. "And as for yourself —" "You have paid me well," I broke in. But he continued: "As for you, I desire this: when my death comes, you will regard as your own the money deposited in the bank In your name. There will be no rival claimant. From my memory of the account you submitted recently, I am convinced that you w-ill find a consider able sum remaining after the two pay ments you know of have been made. I may tell you that the fund has been of late replenished." "But why should you make me such a bequest?" I began. "I thank you, but—" "It is no case for thanks," said he. "Am I not free to do as pleases me with my own? Moreover, I have yet another request." He poured a little brandy into a glass end gulped It down. Then, picking up the letter, he said: "This I desire you to place in the post at the railway town at once. Then send a telegraphic message. Please write the words; 'Search ended, but without result. Documents burned.' The ad dress the same as that of the letter." "What signature to the dispatch?" "None is required. Go at once, and return as soon as possible." "I shall Btart immediately," said I, rising. "Take my advice and get some rest, if you can. I need not tell you how you need it. By the way, double the dose of that medicine I brought you last night. I shall return within three hours, and In that time it ought to have some effect." He bowed gravely, and I left hini seated at his desk, a mere wreck of the man he hud been even a few hours be fore. In that strong morning light death's seal appeared to bo upon liim. Cautioning Johnson not to leave the house, I hurried across the plain to Mrs. Weston's, harnessed the buy more husti- Iv than he ever had been liarnessed be , fore, and started him off briskly along the Bassettvllle road. I drove fast that morning, as fast as even the swift road | ster cared to go. The telegraph oper ! ator was just coming on duty when I j reined up beside the platform of the ' railway station, and to him I lost no time in committing the message. Its address, which I copied from that of the letter, was the banking house in New York with which Lamar had com municated previously. Five minutes later I had posted the letter, and was beginning my journey homeward. Sam Carpenter gave me a friendly greeting as I passed his stable, but there was no time for gossip, and the bay sped by at a gait which no doubt satisfied him that there was urgent need of my services in Itodneytown. Nor did I draw rein until the farm houses were close at hand and I saw Dorothy at Mrs. Clark's door. "Where in the world have you been?'* she asked, running across the yard to the road, and gazing up at me anxious ly. "Mrs. Weston says that you were away all night. And your horse looks as if you had been trying to drive him to death." "You shall hear all about it, Dorothy," I answered, "but I can't tell you now. ||L /* — I left him seated at hii (leak. I must go on to Lamar's; but I'll come back as soon as I can. Things have hap pened which may make a great differ ence to us." I left her somewhat piqued, perhaps, by my brusqueness, and drove on ♦toward the house on the knoll. John son was awaiting me at the base of the landward Bide of the elevation. "Anything new?" I asked, as I leaped from the buggy. "Notliin' for the last hour or so. Soon ufter you left he called me up and give me somethin' —I guess j-ou know what. Since then I've heard nothln' from him." I ran into the house, climbed the stairs, und knocked at Lauiur's door. There was no response. I softly turned the knob, thinking that he might be asleep. He was still seated in liis chair, but his head had fiillen forward upon the desk, and his arms hung motionless. I sprang to him, raised him, and caught sight of his face. One look was enough. Lamar wes beyond the reach of his enemies. As to the manner of his death I was not long left In doubt.. Beside the desk wn» found a little phial in which re mained % few drops of a solution of; arsenic. Months before I had him the poison, to bo used, as he had ex-| plained, in certain of his chemical ex periments. With the foes who hod pur sued him so relentlessly close upon him, and with a mortal disease dally sapping his strength, he had chosen thus to end his troubles, ne died, I think, as he had lived, strong In his passions and his courage. It was to be desired, for many reasons, to avoid the notoriety which must sure-' !y follow a disclosure of the circum-, stances of his end. Johncon and I could be depended upon to keep our counsel, and old Martha probably had. heard nothing of the attack, and had no reason to suppose her employer's death to have been due to other than natural causes; but even a suspicion of suicide would give riso to most un pleasant gossip, and quite possibly to an official investigation. By law, a cer tificate of death had to be filed with the town clerk. I realized the weight the people would attach to Bonks' sig nature to such a document In case any question of Its accuracy arose, and de termined to secure It. My senior heard what I had to say of the facts—enough, probably, to give him an inkling of the truth. Then he seated himself at La mar's desk —I had taken him to the house on the knoll to view the body of its late master—and filled out a certifi cate. "This will, I think, meet your re cmhrMiM'nte," said ho. "It is not too ._, „ mil serve, it is record ed Here that your patient died of 'heart failure.' " [TO BE COXTTN-rED.) HEIRS TO A THRONE. Early Exploit* of the Two Son* of the Archduke Karl Ludatß. Two young Austrian princes, w ho, by the death of their father. Archduke Charles Louis, are brought into the line of immediateguceescsion,t>eara populnr Ul-repute which would have lieen exces sive even In the Munich or Stuttgart of a generation ego. says the Saturday .Re view. Both are reputed to be unable to read and write correetJy any one of the languages in which nn Austrian ruler is supposed to be proficient. After the suicide of Archduke Ru dolph, in 18S9, an effort was made to train the mind of the elder of these cousins. Archduke Francis Ferdinand. He was sent on a tour around the world, and the pretense was carried to the length of issuing a record of observa tions which he was paid to have written. All that he really derived from the jour ney was a malady from which he is now slowly dying. He Is the prince who scandalized Vienna In his youth by halting a peas ant funeral procession which he met whilerlding.nnd compelling the mourn ers to hold the bier while he leaped his horse backward and forward over the coffin. His uncle, the emperor, thrashod him with a stick for this* exploit, al though he was at the time a grown man and an o£Rco>r In the nrmy. His brother Otto Is the hero of another exploit, in volving a public insult of the grossest kind to his own wife, for w lilch the Aus trians were delighted to learn that he also felt the emperor's cane. In explanation, though not in de fense, of their vicious worthleesness, it is remembered that these young men in herit not only the worst qualities of the degenerated Hapsburg blood, but are grandsons of that criminal lunatic whom Englishmen still remember —the Neapolitan "Boinba." GAME BUTCHERS' WORK. Wanton Slaughter Hunter* In the Jirktnn Hole Country. The American Field Jumps upon the foreigners who come to the United States, seek out those localities where most of the big game is to be found, and then lay themselves down to the work of slaughtering It with rifles. A favorite resort of these game butchers is the Teton Basin. Here are found elk, deer and antelope, which are being killed off rapidly. The Teton Basin, Jackson's Hole, is much lower than the National Yellowstone park, and much of the big game migrates south to it, as a warmer climate Is to be found in the valley. It is here that the hunters from abroad congregate, and in spite of the Wyoming state laws kill game wantonly. If these men would kill a couple of heads of each kind, taking care of the meat, and following up wounded game, little or no objection would bo made. These hunters, some of whom are Americans, puss through the national park on their way home with wagou loads of skins and horns. The law in relation to transporting game reads that "possession within the park of the dead bodies or any part thereof of any wild bird or animal shall be prima facie evidence that the person or persons having the same are guilty of violating this act." With this act behind him the superintendent could squelch the wholesale slaughterers of game in the region of the Yellowstone park. Capt. Anderson, the superintendent, is urged to make an effort to enforce the law. What would be better yet would be the annexation of the Jackson's Hole coun try to the Yellowstone park. MOURNING ON MEN'S HATS. Prevalence of the Custom and Vurloui Degree* of Grief Indicated. The custom among men of wearing mourning upon the hat is increasing In its observance rather than decreasing. Crape, however, which was formerly exclusively used for this purpose, has now been almost entirely supplanted by bombazine. Years agj It was cus tomuiy to sew on a row of tiny black beads, set at a little distance apart, along the seam of the band where it was joined at the side, but this is now very rarely done. There 2s now put on around the hat over the lower edge of the band, where it meeta tho brim, a narrow silk ribbon to make a finish. For loss of wife the band of mourn 'jig worn upon a silk hat is carried to within an eighth of >tn inch of the topj for the loss of a parent the band is car oled to within m inch of the top; for lelatives other than wife or parent, the band Is worn three-quarters the height of the hat. The mourning band for a silk hat is specially fitted to it and made for it; for ftraw hats and for soft hats an English cloth band 's provided, which can be slipped down over the crown of the hut. The "FemlnUt" Cougron*. At the international "feminist" con gress which was held in Park last month Mme. Maria I'ogon was proposed as president, whereupon Mme. l.eonie Bouzade rose and said that there wero some lady doctors present who should hai o precedence over the lulutreAs of a lodging-house. That uiitde trouble, and Mme. Rouzade was BO sore bese T that she arose aguln, and exclaimed: "Do not Insult me; my husband is here, and he is a member of a municipal council." This appeal to the tyrant man utterly scandalized the delegates, and an uproar ensued, which is said to have had a disastrous effect upon the nerves of the audi«nce. Mummifying the I>ead. A method of mummifying the dead by absorption of humidity and g:ise« after the body is placed in the coffin has been devised by an Italian nnmed Vercelloni. The body seems to be preserved as if In life, excepting that the color in the yel lowish copper tint peculiar to Egvpt tian mummies. Ufllei Idle. Detroit's celebrated park, Belle Isle, waa purchased by the city in 1R79 for $20(1,000. Since then over ? 1,000,000 lias been spent In Ix-autlfylng the spot. Proper Place for It. She (sentimentally) What poetry there is in a Are. He (sadly)— Yes, a great deal of my poetrj* has gone there.—Tit-Bits. Modern I.oie. He —When did you love me most? She—The day you had your pay raised.—Town Topic*. Dental. She—What superb teeth she hasl He—Yes, but they are false. She—Why do you think so? He—She told my sister she inherited them from her mother.—Bay City Chat. Doing Well. "So Pitkins has gone into the shoo business. How is he doing?" "Fine. He's selling his goods right and left.—Brooklyn Life. Still In Evidence. Mrs. Nagger—The lecture business seems about played out. Mr. Nagger (sadly)— Yes, all but the curtnln variety.—Town Toj^icj. SUDDENLY BECAME RICH Canadian Miner Fouud u Mnuntrou* l.uiup of l'mMoiu Mt uL A prospecting miner returning, w ear ried and d isgusted, from an unsuccessful season, stumbled across a IwwUler so rich in gold that in an instant lie is a millionaire, says the New York Joui - i '. It reads like a fairy tale, but it hapi-ei. » '<* true. There is .v.,!. f ;-y evidence of the truth of Martin Nt < '"rful find. It was on Monday, April 2., t..-. My was returning to Rossland, B. C., a;":cr an unsuccessful prospecting trip in the Salmon river district. He had reached | the Columbia river at a point six mi « s north of Trail Landing, B. C., at about noon, and, selecting a site on the bank of the stream, at the foot of Lookout mountain, sat down to eat his dinner. As he munched his humble, food ho ; noticed a huge bowlder, half buried in the sand, in a dry portion of the riven I bed, not. far from "where he sat. When he had finished meal heucd out ready to fly its shape is like that of the kite commonly know n as the bow kite. It has a single upright stick, which is 30 Inches In length. The bow is formed of two light steel ribs, one on either side of the stick, which are raised into place and bowed into form, as the ribs of an umbrella are raised; there are braces running from the ribs to a metnl band which slides on the stick, like the sliding ferrule on the handle of an um brella; when the bow is raised and in place it is held there by turning a little metal button attached to the kite stick under the band to which the braces are attached. As the ril* are raised their Inner ends, where they meet at the stick, near the top, bow up into a light metal holder which projects slightly on either side of the stick and which holds the two portas of the bow In line. The kite is covered with light muslin) they are used In covering the kites muslins of various colors, so that some of the kites are red, some blue, and so on. The tail Is of string with little parti-colored bunches of muslin cut tings attached along Its length, as lit tle bunches of paper are sometimes at tached to string kite tails; at the end there is a little bag in which may be placed a marble or other weight, if more ballast is required. In a high wind. NO CALF THERE. The ltoy Kuan WUut to Expect If lie lieturnecL The l»y w as starting out In the world to make a living, and possibly a name for himself. His father had given hin: some money and a great deal of advice. He had a situation In prospect, and ns he had never taken kindly to farm work. It looked like a good opportunity for him, says the Detroit Free Press. "Thur's one thing I winter say ter ye," the old man said as he handed the youngster Ills luggage out of the spring wagon at the statiort, "an' I wantyer to understan' thet I say It in all kindness. Ye're goin' away from home weth purtv good prospecks." "Yes, dad." "An' at the same timo ye're goin' ter move Inter the neighborhood o' the wicked whur yer foot's liable ter slip any minute." "Yes, dad." "Wall, whut I wan ter say is jes' this: Home's goin' ter stay right here whur ye kin alius turn to it. But times he/ been mighty hard lately on' this farm never wan't no great shakes no how." "I know It, dad." "So ye might ez well understan' thet ef ye com© back 'cause ye wanter sej the folks ag'in, ye'll git yer wish, butef ye come buck lookin' fur fatted calf, ye're powerful likely ter get dlsap p'inted." Guarding AgHlnxt Accident*. It was a London diamond broker and he was trying to get into the social swim. At last he received cards for a certain imposing function, but, unfor tunately, about the same time, was forced to assume the leading role in an unsavory police court case. "You 'ave done it," exclaimed his friends. "You vill get a leedle note to say der dance has been postponed, and you vill not I*> told when der day Is!" "Nod so," ex claimed the Jew; "I have der invitation to Somerset house taken to get it stamped. It is now a contract." TC>atmln*ter Ilall. Westminster hall has been closed to the public, except wheu under surveil lance, since the dynamite explosions 11 years ago. The St. James Gazette suggests that it is time to take away the policemen and to let visitors enter the hall freely. l-'lmt Htrent Ilall road. The first stret railroad was laid in New York in 1532, between the city hall and Fourteenth street. I'reiterrlnK yatet. "Who was that ringing ut the front door last night?" "The policeman." "What did he want?" "He wanted the baby to stop crying. It kept him awake."—Bay City Chat. Ilopeles*. She—Poor Mrs. Weed! She regular ly attends those spiritualistic seances and tries to communicate with her hus band's spirit. He —That's silly. The poor fellow never had any. —Brooklyn Life. Not » yuewtloa of Arithmetic. "I hear you're very good ut arithme tic, Bobby," said the visitor, pleasantly. "Sure," returned Bobby, without look ing up from his play. "Well, If I should tell you when your papa and your mamma were born could you tell me how old they are?" asked the visitor. "I could tell you how old pap is," answered the boy. "And not how old mother is?" The boy shook his head. "Arithmetic hasn't anything to do with n woman's age," he said.—Chicago j Pcmt. CAPONIZING TABLE. A Subject of Great Interest to I'ttrinCn I.King Near Cities. About four years ago, through the influence of an intimate frieud, 1 v. us jxsrsuaded to experiment in a small \\ay with capons. The departure was prac tically a new thing for me, and it was with some trepidation that I entered into it, but now, after knowing of its merits and its few if any disadvantage*. 1 wonder that caponizing is not better known and more widely practiced than it is. Anyone with a little enterprise can successfully perform the operation , and grow capons to perfection, and once having given it a ttial, they will never fail to caponizeall their cockerels that are not desirable for breeding pur poses, and thus be able to furnish their table with a delicacy whith our wealthy epicures of the city prize very highly. The operation, pays a writer Ui the Orange Judd Farmer, Is performed on a table made for the purpose, about 3 feet high and 1y # feet wide by 3 long. The bird is placed upon the table as in dicated in the accomparying cut, the legs being secured under the padded lever (a) at the operator's right, and the wing's by the loop of strong cloth (b) attached to the lever (c) at the left and coming up through the hole in the left i enter of the table, passing around the wings. The weights on the two levers should be in proportion to the size nnd strength of the bird; thi»n after pluck ing a few feathers from the side of the cockerel just in front of the thigh, cut a slit between the last two ribs, well up towards the back, and after adjusting the "spreader," the operator can see what remains to be done very plainly. Some cut only one side, but I prefer to work from both sides, as it is much more convenient, and usually takes no longer. Some care should be exercised in per forming the operation lest the largo artery following along the backbone Is ruptured, since that would cause the Immediate death of the chicken; still there is no loss, for he only provide* us with a good broiler! Then, too, another thing to expect is from 13 to 25 per cent, "slips"—these are cockerels on which imperfect operations were performed, and as they mature the comb grows, and to all appearances they are roosters. Possibly the most important factor of all in a successful operation is having the cockerel at the proper age. lam better acquainted with the Plymouth Kocks than any other breed, and with them about 3% months seems to be the proper age. Those breeds which mat ure much earlier, like the Leghorns, should be operated upon much younger, while a Brahma could possibly be caponized when five or six months old, and not have much danger attending the work. As soon as caponized the chicken should be given all the ground feed and drink it wishes, for it is hungry, since, in order to facilitate matters, the cock ereJ should be fasted about 30 hours previous to the operation; in three days' time the wound should be healed over, and in twoor three weeks It would be quite difficult to find even a scar. Now we have a bird that will pat. on flesh at. a surprising rate; the meat Is of a delicious flavor and very tender and juicy, and with the same amount of feed, a capon will weigh about a third more at a given age than if left as a rooster. It is well worth the trouble to have the noisy young cockerels trans formed Into a quiet, lazy bird, even if we were recompensed in no other way, but the price to be obtained for capons is what pleases the grower of them most of all, as the regular quotations range from six to ten cents above the ordinary chicken. I weM remember the first year I engaged in this department of my poultry work, when I sold 20 capons averaging eight pounds at 25 cents per pound, one of which dressed 9% pounds, and a well-known lawyer paW me $2.37 for the same. So we seo the advantages are threefold—a better price, a larger bird and » quiet bird. IN THE POULTRY YARD. niack feathered fowls have a white skin. White skinned fowls usually sell at a less price than yellow-skinned /owls. Young Guineas do not thrive well if hatched too early. Taking one year with another June is plenty early to have them hatch. A filthy drinking fountain will breed disease sooner than anything else, and easily becomes foul when a large num- I ber of fowls drink from it. Young ducks drink water every day when eatiug. They should be supplied with ail they can drink in a convenient place while they are eating. Carbolic acid is a poison, and too much should not be used. Ten or twelve drops in a quart of water is enough. For cholera double this quantity. After the turkeys are ten days old they may bo turned out every morning after the dew is off and be allowed to stay out nil day, unless there are hard showcrß. Give the hens as much liberty as pos sible now. It is natural for them to forage. They will l.iy more eggs on the food that they pick up than if kept in n yard and fed well.—St.. Ix>uis Republic Tery Odd. "I don't know why it is, but I arn always saddest oil a Friday," said Miss Gaskett. "I don't understand how that con t*s either,-" replied Mr. Skldda, "for tlio last day of the week is a Sadderday."— To Date. All of a Kind. "How can you say that Japeon is not a bright, capable man? Why, all of his friends say that he is on® in a thou sand." "Yes, but the trouble with Japson's friends is that they belong to the some thousand."—Brooklyn Life. She I'alnts. Between the ladies: "I«u't there a portrait somewhero of Mme. C ?" "Ye*. Jules Lefebvre painted her." "Indeed! X supposed thatshe painted herself."—L'Hlustre de Poche. VanUhad fltuaro. "Are you enjoying house-cleaning this year, Mrs. Fudger?" "No; we have sueh a large yard that the dust from our carpate can't fly over on the neighbor's washing."—Chicago Itecord. ISTo. 30 A ». -.O ABOUT HIVES. Th.uir V oard is loose, a rin» t... . an inch high is nailed I iirouut! s • r edges on the upper sKl' . ront. The leaving oft oi the : ' i out makes an entrance. j In rithvr small blocks are used, - hen nec< .r\, for contracting the en trance. If 'he bottom is nailed fast a cleat will be nc» ded on the front end of the bottom ho.-.rd to keep It from warp ing If it is ,<>ose a cleat will be i.t eded at eneh end on the under side. A rim of wood ..ailed around the hive i ar its upper helps to keep the hive in shape ai.d is very convenient loi han dling :t.. ihi cover is simply a plain, liat board v.idi a cleat nailear is nailed on with IVi Inch wire pails, and seven-eighths will answer for the other joints. Ail these pnrt.s can be cut out at any plan ing mill, c>r i: the bee-keeper has afoot power by; 2 ua he can cut them out himself. After the hive Is made give It tvw grcnl coats <>f white paint. White is preferable because this color doee not absorb the heat as is the case with dark colors, and such hives can usually bo used in the .11 with no shade boards o\er them, and there will be no danger of the coin melting down. Such hives can lie made by anyone who is at all handy with the hammer, and they an swer every purjwise for which a hive is needed. With such a hive as this ex tracted honey can be produced by sim ply setting one hive on top of the other, or they may l*> tiered up three high if necessai\. In producing comb honey a super will bo needed. This Is made of half-inch luml>er and is just about the same size ;LS the hive except that it Is not so tall, It being three-eighths of an inch deeper than the size of the sec tions used. The usual size of section is 4%by 4VJ, and the super should. In that case, be 4 S .C deep. There will need to be thr. e> partitions crosswise of the super, and to the bottoms of these partitions and to the bottoms of the end pieces must be tacked some strips of tin of such a ui ' li that they will project be yond the partitions about one-eighth of an inch, thus forming a sort of ledge that wil' support the sections when they are slipped down between the par tit :ons. The Oi linary hive cover will also cover the super.—W. Z. Ilutchin son, in I'rairii Farmer. FUMIGATING BOX. An £xcet!< nt H? >d Simple Device for Rid d}pf ll<-its of Lice. In maki - 1 '■ migatlng box for rid ding hv i.:iyone can fix up in half an hour. Take, any fairly tight box of suitable au.u, say about 24 inches high, and remove a portion of end f. . . , r r' board (one end onJy) as shown at A in the cut. Put in a slat platform about light, inches a< ve tJie bottom, as shown at B 11. .Next remove part of the top, and hinge (leather straps tacked on will answer) as shown at C. At 1) trim out a hole of suitable size to fit snugly aruir 1 the hen's neck. Stand the hen In on the slat platform, and shut the lid <: iw ii tight., leaving her head protruding. Now take a pan with a shovelful of live coals in it, sprinkle on the latter n tablespoonful of sul phur, slip it under at A, and let the hen renid'n (if not hot, it need not bo directij- under her feet) until the sid phur lins burned away, and the work is done. If the hen is well fumigated in the evening, the sulphurous acid will not only kill the lice on her own body, but the feathers will be so saturated as to also drive them from the little chicks, as »ho covers them. Try it.—G. W. Waters, in Journal of Agriculture. I'ruHt UrpCDili ou .Management. lYoflt in fowls dejiends on manage ment. Few realize how much profit may l>c mado from a small flock of hens. One farmer's wife began last year with 50 hens and ended with 73. The ac count of i'xi er, s and receipts foots up a profit of . nid the eggs sold for one cent ■ a> h, and the chickens dis posed o{ brought only five cents a pound. This little fiock is, tlien, clearly worth as a u.. riey breeder the sum of a clear SI,OOO for It brought In the Interest on that sum nt s l>er cent. The way t«> grade up tho cattle is to use a thoroughbred sire. Two I'nthn to Knowledge. "We U'Htr. to ilo by doing," I think the seng (loth run; But to my nUnd More thinßS wo find And learn by being "done." —University Courier. rom.AB s<>Nt« ItIXSTKATEDk ' » !>*- "Sho rtav have t,een better dAyg."—' DhiciucD Iku-rU.