VOL* xxxiv MRS. J. E. ZIMMERMAN. Attractive Offerings In New Spring Goods • The wealth of spring is verily centered here—a completeness without a parallel. Desirable merchandise at our well-known low prices. The newest things marked by fashion's*favor await you. \VI respectfully ask you for a visit of inspection before purchasing else where. We permit no over-statement in our advertisements. Ladies' New Spring Tailored Gowns Ladies' tailor-made Eton suits; also fly front Reefer suits i.i a splendiJ quality of rough finished serge. Jackets lined with chang able silk. Skirts lined with ptrcaline. Also ladies' plain and mixed Covert cloth suits in new spring shades —a wonderful bargain at $lO, real value $12.50 Ladies' Separate Skirts Black a id new desirable color?, well made, lined, full width and velvet faced, sl, $1.98, $2.25 and up. We have also added a full I line of Misses' and Children's Jaqket Suits. Misses' separate skirts and shirt waists. A nice 3-toned check shirt at $1 Eull jacket suits at $3.25- New Spring Dress Goods Doubie-width fancy novelties and shepherd checks in a large variety of seasonable and choice color combinations, exceptional values from 12c per yard up to high class novelty dress patterns at $2 per yard. Spring Capes Ladies' Velvet Capes lined, prettily Embroidered in Jet. Ladies' Silk Capes lined, prettity Embroidered in Jet, ribbon-trimmed, at $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00. Spring Millinery . All fashion lovers are rapidly becoming acquainted with this store's great trimmed Millinery Stock. They realize our facilities lor producing the finest specimens of the art. We allow nothing to be placed on sale that is not stylish and up to the very latest decrees of fashion, while hats trimmed to order is our special pride, Only ex perienced milliners in our employ. Your orders taken by an < :x --perienced millinery sales-woman. All trimmed hats and orders g it ten up at our well known low prices. MRS. L. M. RITTER Still in Charge of Our Millinery Department. Space forbids us—we would like to describe our elegant assort of Wash Goods, Embroideries, Laces. Dress Trimmings, Silk and Laundered Shirts Waists, Lace Curtains, Portiers, Table | Covers, Draperies, Curtain Goods, &c. We are better prepared : than we have ever been to fill your wants with stylish up-to-date j; goods at our well kno.wn low prices. Quality the best. Mrs. J. E- Zimmerman, j m i T. H. BURTON, T. H. BURTON, 1 "THE BE2ST ■ ■ - | I've seen for the money," famJ an enthusiastic buyer who had visited every store, reserving ours for the last, "and when I leave my $12.00 I feel as if I had an SIB.OO suit for it." Nothing new to us, we always did claim to give the bast—always fell: as if the pub lic knew it too. We would like you to- compare anv thing you see elsewhere for £IO.OO or even $12.00 with our $7.50. T. H. BURTON, T. H. BURTON, 120 S. MAIN ST. SUTLER, FA. ...... y .0000 joe x ©oaoooooooooococoo^ | tuaiity Power. | ij; Hitch your ®j M But be sure ;! ||l business m it's in a i|i works to a|pjr j 1 : ahys Qold-lj: good watch. | \ /Hied Case, ;jj jjl And that you buy it from._ .. * . i ( and refurnished. Everything convenient, and guests 4 will always receive close attention. < .Located near Postoffice and P.& W. Depot. When > . ( in Evans City tip at the Commercial. Bell Tele- " THE BUTLER CITIZEN. i Butler Sayings Bank i>i_itler, Pa. Capital - *60,000x0 Surplus and Profits - '-fi 19,263.67 JOS L IT K VIS President J. HKNKV IKOUTMAN Vioe-1 r<->i -lit KM CAMPKKLL, .Ir I.OL'KS ft. *l>:s ' < T imtttCTUitS ~l> >epn L. ! urvls. .1 He" r;. Tto*Hinari W. I). l;r.;nusin«-*s transacted. \\V solicit a -counts -f oil producers, mer chants. farmers and others. All business entrusted to us will receive prompt attention. 1 ut«»rest paid on time deposits. I T FII K Bfltier County National Bank, Butler Penn, Capital pai l ill - - >IOO,OOO 00 Surplus and Profits - <114.617 87 Jos. Hartman, President; J. V. RiU.«, Vice President: C. A. Ha 1 ley. cV.shier; John o. McMarlin, Ass't Cashier. \ iccm-rul bankine business transacted. Interest p:.ld on time osil>. Money loaned Ou approved security. We Invite y.m to open an with this bank. ItlliEt'TOKS- lien. Joseph !!arti:.an. Hon. W. S. Waldroti. !»r. X. M. Hoover. 11. M.- Sweenev, E. K. A liram*. <'. IV Collin-.. I. <>. Smith. Leslie I'. Hazlctt. M. I'iiM-jr.i". V. \V. 11. I.arktn. John Humplirvy.hr. . <- McCaudless, Hon Masseth, l.i-vl M. W i e. J. V. Kitts. •PENNSYLVANIA WTSTEN PENNSYLVANIA DIVISIN. Ki- i— 1 TiMK 7Aj h^. V.'s-stitn Pernsylvanii Division. "■> S.txoDt uru. - Arrive 1; sr K -.'j 1143 10 ituUer JcPt.. . " 12" 8 12 07 335 5.W Culler t Leave T ;,0 81* ltl \2 3 » - r > 33 Natrona . Arrive'. 3H 12*1 3*» ' Tarctltllin T42 903 I 2 2C 354 00. Sprln'.ritiiU TSO i# W 120 M 102 ... iiarecont ... Ulis 12* r urg SOT 931 10l 42a 638 Allegheny Cltv h2O 943 115 i3l «43 A. X. A. ». P. M. r. M. P. A stjSDAV TRAINS Leave Butler lor Alle (,!» uv Cltv aim tilr.cipal Intermediate ..iatto>iS T:4o A. M.'. •>:UJ nud l> 00 1". M. N'ortli. , Week Pays —'—• A. »• A. M. A. M. SI p. M. SliarpfliurK' '.ll 912 1137 250 ... Clareniont 919 1145 2 M KpnuKdale 930 1'59 .i 15 ">57 I irentuin 732 939 "2 OS 32. ti <'7 \',l. r M. tiVfil'AY TWAINS— Allegheny II; for llMiler utid principal iiitermeQiaa; sLatioas 7iij . :.i., Jl'iio and7:ls r. M. WeekJ)ay>) i'or Iho Kaft Week a. m a. in. p rn p. in. II 20 626 Lv Hcitlkr. .. Ar 125 12 07 727 Ar Butler Jc't Lv 12 34 3 aIS 740 Ar I'rneport.. Lv 828 12-' SO :i 22 703 " AllHg'y Jc't •' 824 12 21 I 3:J3 804 " Leechbarjr.. " 812 12 12 050 821 '•Faalt«.n(Apollo" 756 1155 418 851 •' Saltsbarg "7 32 11 32 450 922 '• Blairnvilla..." 700 11 W) 4 r,B 030 "iilairsville 550 11 35' Altoona '"3 25 800 100 310 " H»rriKhurg..."ll 310 -4 30 623 " Piiladelpbia. '8 30 11 20 it. in \> in. a. ai i> in Oil Sundav, iraip lnavln>f Ilullcr 7:40 A. il . coiaieot* lor Allooua, and Pl.iledfciphi i. 'iVlrctgh trains for tbe eawt leavfl Pitt»'- Tiiirj/ (Union cation) ar. follows: — Atlantic Lipresi, daily 3 10 A. iS. if'etin*ylvaTia Limited •' 715 " IWay iixpre.f*, " .....7 30 " St»l i. Li'je lixprefa *' 800 ' tj>si.lel|iliia Hxprt'** '' 430 P. V. y.-iHVr:! Bxprn*« " .....7 05 " Past litiie " 810 " Piiiia-;'* Mail. Sunday only ....8 40 a. in. For detailed iiilormatiou, aJdie * Thus. I'". Watt, Agt. W«.it».i,i liifrict, cor i'"ilth Av«. i.Ld Sniithfield St, i'Htu:y, nureaisox, J. r, WOOD, 'ie i".r.i! M :na>:«r. t'er.'l P-AStsr A itont. pITTSBUKG & WESTERN Railway. Allegheny Short Line. Schedule in effect, July 19, 1896. Butler Tline, , Depart. Arrive Alleglieuy Accommodation.. 1 625 am 925 am AlleKhenv Flyer 8 15 ain 10 no arn Akron Mall s 15 am 7 30 0m Newcastle Aceoin t ... 8 15 arn 925 am Allegheny Aecoino 10 05 am 12 20 pin Allegheny Express 2 55 pm 4 55 pm Clilcaifo Express 3 3"> pin 12 20 pm Ml«Kln*ny Mall 605 pm 7 :-o pin El.'wood Accomo •; 05 pm 7 30 pn> CMcR«o Express 6 05 pin 9 25 ain Allegheny Express | 8 00 pin K«ne and Bradford Mall ( 10 OS am 520 pai (Marlon Accomo 6 IS pm 9 50 am Foxburg Accomo 7 3o pin 8 05 am BUNOAV TWAINS. D Jet. Aecoino 8 15 am 7 30 pm Allegheny Accomo 10 00 am Chicago fc*press 3 :« pin 4 55 pm Allegheny Accomo 6 05 pm 4 55 pm Pullman Bullet Sleeping Cars and arsl-cU >■ *>ay CoacU«s 11111 throuEh l>«tweeii iiuiler ar.d Chicago dallv. ..... Kor tlcketo to poliito 1 tl»« Northwest, or South writ apply to A. B. CItOUCH. Agent Butler, l*a TfiUcs leave the B. & O. depot In FlUburg ;or 1 lie East as follows. For Washington D C., Baltimore, Phlladel phla, anil New York. 7:30 and P m Oumiierh'nd, 6U0.1 :go, a.m. 1 :10. 930 p. m. Cou uelsvllle. ?:40, 7:30. a. Ifl. 1.10. 4.30, 4.45. 5.30, 9.20 i>. in. UnioDlnwo, ".'io a. m . i JO. 4.:t0. 5.30 p. m. UnlontowD, Morgartown and Fairmont. 7,3n. a. y Standard Cen tral Time (90!h Meridian). OOIHO NORTH. 6omßwn 14 a STATIONS 1! 13 p m ipni jji.ni. ArrPufTalo l.v'ea.m. n.m :■ m :... 540 2:« S-.vM.s 535 11 or, ... I 4 551 y. I. ( -V.Nt.l. 5 3T.11* 06 p.in a- m. ... i 2 07 9 10 Erie .... il CO I CO 1 is 8 '25 (ilrard II 4' ( 4S I 07 s 13 Lock port 11 4 53 j 100 SO', .OanesUlle. It 0" BOS iII on; 6 SMv Coiineav' lv.. . ill ooi 409 | 1 4T| !• lioar ar I 147 f, 0 lB Si, 7 59ar.. ..Albion... If l)H 509 .... 12 44 745 . iz 20 r. 10 ... I 2 4i 7 4;... sprlngboro 12 24 s 1; ... ,12 :;4 7 34..Conneautv'lln 12 3M5 25 o(7 : l2 l« 7 is... Mea'v'le .Jet 12 r>«! s4« 30S|i2 2.0 7~15&r. "TTnevU'le tv ,12 »»: ....|l2 40 7 251 v ar .... IL 40 r, 00 •i 10 12 "0 0 401 v .Conn't Like la M» . . ! 1 07 1 7 .'i2ar ar 1 1 07 con 1 3at 11 35! 6 OMv. MeadMlle .lv 11 3T .... ~..| I 32! S IMar a> ! * 32] 6 40 "0212 02 J . Uarlstowii . No I 1090 01 ]it 57 G.. Adamsvllie 114 e % ... 11 is 11 ... .O.tgood 121 r, 11 an H4O i. ... Uret-iiviile .. e3O 1:i b2C tail tl 1 ... HIHniUl ... C. 4* 1498 32 00 11 04 . 7 00 2 07 . ill 047 sftriv.-.,, 7 i'i; 22^ as 10 33 pardoe 7 18; 10 2.1 drove City- .. 7 4c a 4s .... 05; 10 10' tUrrlKvllle 7 Ks :; 00 . 57,10 02 Brancliicn. . .. H 3 on sti; J 571 ... .v.. .Kels.crH .... s 101 S 1:. .... 39 9 4» Euclid S 22 3 27 10|_9_15| ... .... 8 50| 3 56' 220 720 Allegheny, PAW]I a V 05j .... p.m|a.m .... a. mip. m .. J. T, Hl.Alii, General Manager, (.rcemllle, pa W. (i. iABIiKAKT (i P A MeadflMe Pm • ' r. A / ii p I BUTLER 1 THURSDAY, APRIL, 13, lHt)7, Liver Ills Like biliousness. dyspepsia, headache, cor.rtl ralioD, sour stomach. tndipe.stion are promptly eured by Hood's rills. They do their work Hood's easily and thoroughly. ffe *ll _ Bi st after dinner pills. 111 25 cents. All druggists. ■ ■■ ■ Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co., I.owell, Mass The onli- 2*ill to take with Hood s Sarsaparilla. This I» Your Opportunity. On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps, a generous mmple will be mailed of the most popular Catarrh nnd Hay lever C ure (Ely's Cream Balm sufficient to demon strate the great merits of the remedy. ELY BKOTHERS, 56 Warren St , Kew York City. Rev. John Reid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mont., recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I can emphasize his statement, '"lt is a poti tiva cure for catarrh if used as directed."— Rev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres. Church, Helena, Mont. Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged cure for catarrh and contains no mercury nor any injurious drug. Price, 50 cents. WE ARE MAKING Good clothes at such low prices that po r ones are no longer wanted. * , « * A There is a little something about d J the collar and lapel of oi ,r coats x 0 and a certain graceful hang of the 0 trousers that makes them original, i 0 It is in part of the details, a 0 \ knack which cheap tailors cannot 1 acquire no matter how good is the W • material they use. 0 k 4 i WE INVITE Your inspection of our new Spring Patterns and a com parison of prices. ALAND, MAKER OF MEN'S LOTHES C. I). A LOVER IF GOOD HATS Can surely full his every desire satisfied in our Spring 1897 stock, which con tains all the shapes. colors and qua ities most admired bv connoisseurs. We have no fancy prices, but merely value for value. WE TREAT Furnishing Goods iu the same manner, buying the best and selling as low -is many charge for inferior goods. We are always glad to show visitors our goods. Call And See Us. COLBERT & DALE, 242 S. M vi« ST. BUTLER, PA. CUTTING PRICES ON and clothej now-a-days is what we arc doing. The drop in prict: and the same level ol quality and workmanship is bringing every one to us. If you want a Clay Diagonal suit lor $2500 you know where you can {jet it. All Cut Up. The goods we have is all of it being rapidly cut up and transferred into stylish Cutaway a:)d sack suits. Oui prices are all cut up too. I 4 or you can get a business sack suit for s'B.oo, etc. Sartorial Prices Shattered when you can get the imported goods, with the finest of trimmings, and the work of the very best cutters for $'25.00 per suit, you ought to shake hands with yourself. It will not always be thus. Em brace the opportunity while it lasts, and leave your measure with iipfHn WEDDING SUITS A SPECIALTY. Cor. DlKmond. Butler. Pa A'lvertirM in the CITIZEN. KEEPER OF CRAGIE'S CUT. AXTKR, the new inspector of the was no'- the only person who had r> lieen iislonished «it tlie irst s 'S bt - °' " the keeper of Cra b . pie's bridgreand the T | " ' ■ rock cut beyond. I —r "L. C. Dolby, Sec tion 27,"' he had read in his little book with the thumbed blu<*.cover, and he had expected to see a prizsle-bearded roan *it.h a rouph. red fa and a stubby black pipe. For Crapie was known to lie one of the worst wvtioi - on the line. Its keeper was rt-tjiii-:"( i to walk a mile from the end of the lonp bridpe and thronph the cut twice every day, winter and summer, ar.d it often required a cool head and a \ orousbody to dodpe the tramj freipht.s that thundered br.ck and forth v,:'.i seetninp disregard for time-cards ar.l runninp rules. The new inspector had come down from Crapie's, walkinpthewholelenjrth of section 27. lie had found everythinp in the best of order, not a bolt loo«e tor a spike pone, and he felt after the manner of new inspectors, like complinientinp Uie vigilance of the kteper. "Is L. C. Dolby in?" he asked, when he reached the keeper's house on the hill. "Yee, sir; will you walk in?" asked the rosy-cheeked pi*l w ho came to the door. He stepped into the neatest of little eittinp-rooms. There were flowers in thci windows and a cheery fire on the hearth, in front of which a lazy tabby cat yawned a good-humored greeting. "My name is Baxter, the. new in spector, and I wish to see L. C. Dolby, the keeper of 27," he said. The pirl flushed sliphtlv. lie ob served that her hair was cut short like a boy's, and that her chin was firm and sharp. "I am the keeper," she answered; "mv name is Lettio C. Dolby, and I ic had the place since father w as injured last winter." "That's ripht, and as pood as a man she is, too!" came a pruff voice from the inner room. "It's father," she whispered; "won't you step in nnd si* him ? lie's very plad to have visitors." Baxter had not yet recovered from his shock of surprise at findinp that tlie slim, blue-eyed pirl who stood before him was really keeper of C-rapie s cut, and he allowed himself to be led into the. other room. There, at a bip, bripht window, *mt a man in a rockinp-ohair, Jlis faco was of the chalky whiteness that comes from beinp always indoors and his lap was spread with a plaid comforter. He looked prematurely old and worn. "How are you?" he asked. "I'd pet up, onlj—" and he motioned to his crippled leps with a faint smiie. "That's all ripht," respomVd Baxter sympathetically; " keep your seat " And Baxter, sitting there, heard lit tle explain the condition of Section 27 and make her report as promptly and very much more clearly than any oi the keepers he had met. She spoke In a frank, almost boyish way, and she un derstood her work as well as Baxter himself did. Tier father sat watching her quietly, adding a word here and there. Presently the clock in the fur ther room struck three, and Lettie started to her feet. "It's time for me to make the rounds of the section," she said, and a moment laterßaxtersaw her lithelform, w rapped In a stout, dark cloak, disappear over the brow of the hills toward the tracks As he looked bark he found Dolby watchinp him intently. berk he caught his eye, the cripple leaned for ward and touched Baxter's kn.-e. "There isn't a pluckier pirl between St, Paul and the Montana buttes," he said, "even if I do say it who shouldn't.' "I don't- see how she can manage the section," replied Baxter. "That's what I say," exclaimed IX)iby; "it's wonderful," nnd his pinched face lighted up with a smile that was beautiful to see. "It would pc bard with us all if it wasn't for Lettie.' "How did the pirl happen to be ap pointed to such a place, anyway ?" "She deserved It," Dolby answered en ergetically; "she deserved it, Thetre ain't many people that knows all the facts excep' the superintendent. He knows, and he says Lett ie can be keeper as long as she wants to. "Course you remember the bip bliz zard that we had last winter—the one that snowed in Evansburp and Brock ton and Collinville, and killed all the cattle on the Puddin' Bottom ranch. Well, it struck the CVrapie country, too Came up over the hill from lxick of the house eairly in the morninp, and long before teu o'clock there wasn't a fence to lie seen in the county. Lettle's moth er said I better not po down to the cut She was afraid I mipht fret lost. But I'd been at Crapie's off an'on for more'n eiplit years, and I thfenpht I'd seen the worst weather could do. So 1 went down the hill, and before I was ten rods from the house the snow had wiped it out, and all I could see were the whirl- Inp drifts anil the path for a dozen feet ahead of me. And when I reached the cut thore wasn't any cut there. It w»i filled to the top with snow. 1 wondered what the limited Ixvaad down for Craple would do. It was pretty sharp and cold when I reached the track this sid" ol the bridpe, and I had to g-et lown on my hands and knees and crawl alonp from tie to tie just, like a baby. I was strong in those days, too, only the wind and the snow was so terrible that I couldn't stand up. And the first thing 1 knew I had crossed the. bare knoll at tlie bridpe approach and thore T was hanpinp over the edpe. of the embank ment like a bat to a rifter. Slipped be fore I knew it. "Pretty soon J heard tbe limited squeal inp down the Cut. I knew that Jim Crosby, the engineer, was floun dering in the snow. I said to myself that if Jiin succeeded in root ingthrough with his engine 1 might be saved, but I knew w ell enough that he wouldn't suc ceed. It would take four engines and two rotary plows to drive a tunnel dur ing Mich a blizzard. And there she squealed and shrieked for hours, it. seemed to me, while my hands aud arms grew as numb as clubs. "And I-ettie —what was she doing all this time? When the snow covered the woodshed and began to creep up on the windows, she was frightened. 'l'm afraid father 'll never get back,' she told her mother —I heard all about it afterward—and her mother, who's al ways been fidgety ami nervous like, began to walk up and down, and wring hi:r hands, not know ing what to do. Twelve o'clock came, and then one bet tic started up aud said: 'Mother, I'm going out to see if I can't find father,' and in spite of alj her mother could do, t'iip. bundled into lier cloak and hood I'pd opened thp door "The snow was up to her waist, but the wind had mostly gone down. In the cut .linnuie Crosby's engine, was eallin' and screechin' for mercy, aud jjet.tle, when she looketl over to-e ctiit, couldn't see the train at all—or.ly a biy blacli hole where the smolie from the black hud melted the Know. I'.ut Let tie wasn't stronfr euouirh to tret down to the track, for the pnth wc» drifted full, and n slim pirl likei her couldn't venture it without, losing- her life. She knew well enoupb Uia-t I was down the section somewhere —perhaps out oil the bridge. But she didn't pive u;>— r.ot Leltie. There wasn't a man around the place to help—only in the train, and tbe train win at the bottom of the cut buried in the snow. She thought that if she could only tret word to Jiin Crosby he'd help her. for she knew him well. So she ran and pot a coll of rope nnd tied one end of it to that stubby oak —there, you can see it at the edpe of the hill, and then she took hold of it and slid into the cut. That took prit. There aren't many men who would have riskck off his hat, this way, nnd held it before him. "'You're the bravest pirl I ever met,' he said." Dolby ]erased as if he liked to re member this part of the story. "The passenpers? Oh, they escapee by l.ettie's nope, and were driven into Ciapie's. And that niplit, when the superintendent was talkinp about w he should be kee|>er of Section 27. I/ettie spoke up, timid like: "'Mr. Bradley, let me watch it. I can do almost as well as well as father.' "Thesuperintendent looked at her foi a nnd then he said: "'I believe you can. Let-tie." "From that day to this L. C. Dolby has been kee|>er of 27. I've never recovered —my lepsand my back—but the (loetoi still gives me hope. And I couldn't pet alonp without Lettie—" But the old man's voice broke. Bax ter, shakiiip hands with him silently went out toward Crapie's, where he sent a plow-in# report of the excellent condi tion of Section 27, L. C. Dolby,keeper.— Chicago Record. The Jlorne uml tlie WBrrt. "After all, there's a close affinity be tween the bicycle and the horse." "How so?" "I saw a red-headed bloomer pirl to day, and there were three white bicycles directly behind her."—N. Y. Truth. I) ii ni pcd. "I'm very sorry to hear, Grumpy, that you and your wife bad a falling out. How did it happen?" "The horse started before we were ready and tlie seat of the cutter pave way."—Detroit Free Press. lOvimi vr. She—lf you were to find that I had lost all my fortune —every penny of it —would you hesitate to carry out our engagement? He —I would hesitate at nothing.— Indianapolis Journal. Not Vet. •'Fly with me," he cried, passionately. "Not yet," she answered. "Wait un til there is a flying machine in which I can have some confidence. However. 1 don't mind runninp away with you." —Chicago Post. Following Instructions. "When were you born?" shouted the lawyer, after lie had badgered her for art hour. "You've told me a dozen times that I must not testify on mere hearsay," she snapped back. —Detroit Free Press. Tlie Native Urn nil. liraffg' (°f Connecticut) —How dieef.— Philadelphia Press No I*rotec-(lnic Arm. Bess— llow- do you know they quar reled while out driving? Jes.y—On the way home he allowed hei to fall out of the buggy.—X. Y. Journal. Home Pleiisnnlrle*. Mr. .Teems—My dear, here is a liuii in the butter; it's one of yours. Mrs. Jeems—lt's false, sir.—Up-to- Dote. OlhemtNe Xot 12tiJoynbIe. He —There is a pood ileal of power in my arm. She —I hope the power is on to-night. —Town Topic.*, Onvlil nixl t.ollnth. Sunday School Teach or—And what did David do to Goliath ? Chimin; —Aw, say! He didn't do s t'ing to liim!—N. Y. Truth. THE ROCKING CHAIR SPINE. An Affliction from Improp er Sitting. "Weaver's thumb" awl "housemaid's knee" are «juite famiiiar terms, espe cially to those who are fond of jKTUsinp journals medical and liypienic, but the "rockiiLjr chair spine" is less talked of. possibly because it. is one of the jxis sessio'.u; of those dwelling in more affluent circles, and is what may be classed tlie luxuries in the way of dis ease. llut it is none the less a clearly de fined ill, and one that often leads to more serious than its pri mary condition might suggest. Indolence and love of ease ore the ineit i r causes of this aJUiction, and genuine spinal disetse in m:uiy in stauces been it.* unfortunate climax. Strict h»pieuis(s and licalUi eultur • sts tell that the n.;ckiup chair is an unmixed evil. It perpetually changes the equilibrium of the body and agi tates the circulation. It injures tbe eyes, as it continually changes the focus of whatever one may be looking at. It so disturbs tbe biuin that pliy sicians have forbidden mothers and nurses to rock delicate babies. It will thus be .--ecu that the rocking chair bepins its deadly mission ver\ early in the lives of its victims, and it is equally true that they are very likely to ktvj' up the mischief until they are ready to uuike their tiuai exodus and slip from the rocking chair into the grave. The symptoms that tirst attract at tention are a sore.nessai.il sensitiveurst of tlve spine. ustKilly that |>ortion near or below tlie waist, and sometimes ex tend ir.p to the lower edges of the shoul der blades. There may be more or less indirection accompanying it, and head aches arc not infrequent. The trouble arises from an impix>j»ei [>osition in s : tting. Instead of keep ing the KT>;naJ column in a [icrpe.idic ular positiou, the lower |>art is bent forward, as one lounges in a chair with a sofa cushion. The strain on one side of the *pine caused by its curved shape after a tipie produces irritation, and il lor.p continued, inflammation of a seri ous character ensues. While there may not be fatal consequences, there surely are much inconvenience anil discom fort attendinp a weak or irritable state of thr- spinal column. (Jood health can not exist with such a condition.of af fairs. neither can pood spirits dwell in s'lH.'li a Inxly. Persons who experience a sotise of weakness or weariness, or a dull ache in the back, will do well to take thoupht if they have been too de voted to the rockinp chair and its lux urious cushions. It is by physicians declared to be much better to re«t either sitting up right or in a recumbent |>osition, rather than the lounging, half-doubled-up at titude that rockinp chair devotees ordi narily assume. But the wide, welcom ingl arms of an easy chair are so alluring that it takes Spartan courage to pive up such a delicious luxury.—N. Y. Ledper. MEAT COOKING. Some \ Hlunlil,- I'olnl* for the Conk tu (unnlilir. Mutton, beef and lamb stews anil hashes, if properly prepared, that is cooked very slowly and made of tlie raw meat, are valuable additions to the bill of fare, and are dipe.stiblc in the oriJer named, but a stew or a hash which involves the second cookinpof meats, oi any of tlie almost numberless re cbnuffes, with receipts for which oui culinary literature is laden, should Ix refused a place on the children's table Use cold meats as cold meats, if possi ble, or, If thej- are absolutely refusee' when presented in this form, warm but do not cook them in a gravy which may be prepared with a little slock if none of the original gravy is left plicc the meat in very thin slices or mince it very fine and when tiie pravy is well cooked and seasoned to taste put the meat into it and set it on the back of the stove and leave it there until it is heated thoroughly. The usual rechauffe means more than re hcatinp, it. means reeookinp, and meat* subjected to that process are more oi less indigestible. When preparing a stew or hash, cut lean meat and vegetables into pieces oi the desired size, put into a stewpaJi, not made of metal which will rust, cover with cold water, let stand in a cold place for an hour, nnd then heat until it bepins to simmer very slowly keepinp it closely covered meanwhile; let it simmer for from two to four hours, according to the toughness of the meat, seasoning it. about half ail hour before it is done and stirringoccasionatl ]y so ns to mash some of the potato or rice, which, one or lioth, should form one of its constituents and pive it body. This makes a delicious dish, costs but little, is sufficient, in itself, with the ad dition of bread and butter, for a meal and is readily digested. The vegetables used in it may lie a mutter of choice rice, tomatoes, lima beftns, corn, anj or all of these may be used, and for seasoning, onion, a little spice, pars ley, bay leaf, etc.—Washington Home Magazine, Kagrr for Take two cups of milk, one cup ol dried bread crumbs, one-quarter of an onion, two tablcspoonfuls of butter and half n teaspoonful each of salt and pep per. Dry the bread in a warm oven, then roll it into rather coarse crumbs, sift them and put the fine crumbs which come throuph the sieve on to boil with the milk, addinp the onion, and boil 13 minutes, then skim out the onion and add one tablespoonful of butter aud the seasoning. Fry the coarse crumbs until brown in the remainder of the letter, which should lie very hot before they ijre added. Stir over a hot fire two minutes, beinp careful not to burn. Cover the breasts of the game or fowls with these, and pour the sauce kinnmd them.—St. I.ouis Republic. —Did it. ever occur to you that it is one of the. hardest things in the world to always exercise common sense? — Atchison Olobe. I.OTP at Final Sltfbl, Friend—So yours was a case of love at first sipht? Mrs. I.or.ejoy—Yes, indeed. I fell desperately in love with my dear hus -sanil the moment I set eyes upon him. I remember it all ns distinctly as if it were yesterday, i was walking with papa on the promenade at Brighten, i\ hen suddenly pa jwi stop|>ed, and, |xiint lnp him out, said: "There, my dear, is « man worth £50,000." —Tit-Bits. A I.i mI f «*«! Monnroli) . Mr. Bluff (host at a little dinner of mala friends) —Yes, gentlemen, I hold that every man should l»e master of his own house. There is no other way. Well, as you are all t hrouph, pentlemefl, suppose we ajdourn to tlie library for a smoke. Wuppish Guest—Why not smoke here . iu this praud old dininp-room? "I'm! Mrs. Bluff won't let us." —N. j Y. Weekly, Aojtlilnic llntiily. When Mr. Jones and Miss Smith mnl he was a splendid catch, I Hut since they married comes tlio news so j Brim— He needs to be—she throws so much at j him! • -N. V. Trlt^un*. FOG FORMATION. Rranlts of Almuiphrrlc foilr»clle»« s and Eipaolona. I\>g may form in at least tbm differ r ent wavs; first, whore the air is cooleeen caused by an uplifting e of the air. The first is the most com . I pion cause of fog formation. Radiation I fop is generally formed over surfaces _ ! nearly level, when warm air comes in , ! contact with cokl ground. Sou fops oc . . cur when there is a marked difference between the temperatures of the water p and the air. or when two water currents I ' of different temperature* arc contigur ous. Coast, fops are forrnied when in j flowing moist air from the sea passes . ! over a ahilled land, hut more generally Q sre formed at.sea during the presence of s some preat. area of high pressure, or "anti-cyclone," as it is technically c known, and then arc carried inland, dis s uolving as they go. It must he rr-roem t hcrectween themove s ment of the "high" area and the fop. |. Tvof. Davis tells of somewhat similar conditions in December. 1879. when the , lowlands of Kuroj>e were shrouded in fop for most of t.he month, while in the mountains it was eleair and mild, and t over 20 deprecs warmer than lwlow. ], The low countries werelost lieneath the c sea and the fop. and the hills piercing e throuph were like islands in their iso- I lation. Fruit growers are familiar with |. these teui]>ertiture inversions and the y fogs which sometimes accompany v them. Fruit and vegetable* in the val- J. leys aire frosjf liitten, while on the hill „ sides they eseajie. !_ Nature provides in the blanket of fog >_ t means of preventing the extreme low ,j temperature* which would otherwise it result. More than a century apo Tliom ns Jefferson, who appears to have Iwen 0 the first to notice these i*>cnliarities of frost, wrote: "I have known frosts so severe as to kitl tho hickory trees around about Moniticello, and yet. not in jure the tender fruit, blossoms then in bloom on the top and higher parts of the r mountain, and in t.he course of 40 years, during which it has been settled there have l>ee.n but two instances of a gen [. eral loss of fruit on It, while in the cir -0 eumjacent country the fruit, has es p caped but twice in the lastseven years." —Harper's Magazine. WORK OF THE PRESIDENT. a Dradirry of the thief Executive of the Xatlnn. 1 A president who should not carry s Ir.to the white house a relish fordrudg e try, business habits of the nicest dis e crimination, and a constitution of iron, e would be president only in name, even !i us regards his more important duties, i His signature on the papers which he is told will not otherwise be legal might i be as pood as tho custodian of his bank t account would require, but within the meaning of the la w it would be as often its not. a moral forgery. Yet no com plaint should be offered on this account. l Presidents are made for better or for h. worse. Such as they are in natural faculties and strength, so they must serve—some of them leaning on official i advisersandbureaucraticclerksin every v step they take; and some of them put ting the stamp of their own individuali t ty on the papers and acts which make e tip an administration, p When a president-elect, facing the - chief justice, has repeated the constitu s tlonal oath: "I do solemnly swear htat I i will faithfully execute the ofllee of president of the United States, and will, t to the ln-st of my ability, preserve, pro- I tect, and defend the constitution of the , United States," he has indentured him* self for four years of the heaviest servi ii tude that ever fell to the lot of any t mortal. By comparison the "hired man" talked about In the last canvass ; would lead a pampered existeiK-e, and a r constitutional monarch is u man of » leisure. A president, equal to his oath r is both king and premier; he reigns and he rules; he is bowed down by the t crown of authority and is encompassed i by the mantle of care.—C. C. Duel, in Century. t'nban Women I'atrlnta. The women of the better classes in ' Cul>a are much more lurdent in their ' sympathy with t.he revolution than the men, and I am told l»v agentiema.ii who has recently spent several weeks in ! Havana, that there is scarcely a Cuban woman who is not seriously contribute ing to the success of the cause, al though her husband may l»e indiffer ently supt>orting the Spanish author- I ities. Many young men have been i drven into t.he insurgent ranks by their I sisters and sweethearts. It is a com mon thing for a.n able-bodied 3'oung man to receive u woman's chemise with a sarcastic note saying: "You should , w>nir this a« long* as you remain at , home and refuse to fight for Cuba I llbre."—Tbledo Blade. ' lie Knew Ilia Man. Jack —Let me hold your hand when ' we go to ask your father for his bless ing. May—Why? Jack—Unless I hold a good hand he inav try to bluff roe out.—X. Y. Truth. Eiplnlneal. "Look yere, sub," suid Washington Whitewash, "wliut yo' mean by runnin' inter me dat away?" "G" way, black uian," replied Jackson Chlckeoop, "Use color blind. I is."—Phil adelphia N'orth American. The tare of Money. Once Cupid of the silken wing Made simple hearts to leap and sing; Now men are wiser—hearts are cold — His fleetest wings are made of (told. —Chicago Record. The nird Movement. Mrs. Gazzam —■Isn't it strange that Americans should l»e importing birds from Enplund? Mr. Gazzam —Who says we do? Mrs. Gazzum—The paper to-day says that 5,000 eagles were taken from the Bank of ICngLand and shipped over to America.—N. Y. Tribune. A *»prra*tle I'npa. Father (upstairs)—What time is it down there? Mamie (down in the parlor)— Just ten j by the clock, papa. Father—All right. Don't forget to start the Hock again when the young man leaves.—N. Y. Journal. Written by a Man. I Edwin —llow do you know that it j was a man that wrote the novel? Helen -Because the story takes you over a space of ten years and the heroine never changes her dress but Brrnklnx Llnera. "One of the youngsters asked me the other day," said the old skipper, re ports tho New York Times, "if I had ever been to Lurope on a record-break* ing liner. I told him I hadn't, ojid never wanted to go there that way. It is just a question of engineers and stokers, mere landsmen, on a big liner, and I'd rather ship before the most, even on one of your lublierly 40-day steel square riggers with bows like a canal boat, than go on a steamship. It would be just about as interesting to me as atrip on u railroad train. "The kind of sailing I like it will neve* be the privilege of you young fellows to indulge in. You will never know the fun of having] clipper craft BS a steamboat under your feet jumping across the sea under a press of canvas never seen on ocean-going sailing ves sels nowadays, with her rigging as taut as iron bars, and your shipmates hold ing your hair on your head. " 'What she can't carry she may lug,' was the textut sea then. I remem ber when I was in the clipper North ern Light we carried stu'n'sails slap into Boston harbor, making the famous passage of 76 days and 4 hours from San Francisco. Our ship worked like a bas ket; but we htul shipped a double creiw for the run, and one crew did nottiing but pump ship. There was some crack ing on of sail when ships of 2,000 tons or more had all their top hamper whisked over on the lec side while the skipper was turning to spit over the taffraiL Even after that same of the ships mads good passages. It's a funeral nowadays to lose a topgallant mast." FIDDLIN' JOHN'S VENGEANCE. How He Made Way with Ik* "Blaadr Sixteen" Band. "Fiddlin* John" Turner WTBS born in Yellow-Creek Valley 83 years ago. His father lived to be 103 years old, and lie killed three men. He came from Virginia and settled in the mountains of Kentucky on the farm on which "Fiddlin' John" now lives, says the Chi cago Kecord. "Fiddlin* John," at tbe age of 83 years, is hale and hearty, and there never was a better fighter, as his his tory shows. He was a scout under Gen. Morgan during this occupancy of Cum berland Gap and his famous retreat to the Ohio river. One thing about "Fid dlin' John" which makes him so dear ly loved by the mountaineers is that there never was a better fiddler in all the mountains. "Fiddlin' John" is noted throughout, the mountains be cause he ended the lives of 16 of the worst mountain desperadoes that ever trod Kentucky soil. The "bloody sixteen," as this band of desjieradoes was railed, killed "Fid dlin' John's" brother, Sam, cut his ears off, and nailed him to a tree, and "Fid dlin' John" in turn exterminated the entire baud by "bushwhacking" them one after another. Hp never received a scratch In all his fighting, ;in