TH E CJ riZEM. THURSDAY. APRIL 3, 190 a. ::" A 'FAIR '' 1 :: BACKSLIDER:: < I By James Arthur Cook '' Of . . Copyright, 1901, by 4 A. S. Richardson "' 4.#. It was Saturday afternoon, and Miss Meeson, the good looking schoolteacher of district No. 4, was at the school house to secure a book she had left the day before. She was sitting down to rest after her walk of a mile or more when a shadow darkened the open door and sbi looked up to find a tramp on the threshold. There was no mistaking his avocation; he was lean and ragged and hungry looking: he was snnlmrned and tough. It was half I a mile to the nearest farmhouse, and ■L yet after the first thrill of alarm the schoolma'am was not frightened. On the contrary, she saw the opportunity to read a fellow being a moral lesson and she was rather pleased. Miss Meeson bad ideas. They were Puri tanical and more. If she had been the governor of Connecticut she would have vigorously enforced all the blue laws on the statute books and sought to enact a dozen more. "Come in here and sit down," she said to the tramp, to show him she was not afraid. "Yes'in," be humbly replied as he timidly advanced and took a seat. "Now, then," she continued after looking him over, "you are a lazy good for nothing and wouldn't work if work was offered." "K'rect, miss," he answered. "You go tramping up and down the country, and you do not hesitate to steal as well as beg." "Perfeckly true, miss." "You've probably been In Jail?" "A dozen times." , "I thought so. You have a red nose, and I've no doubt you drink." "Like a fish, miss, when I can get It." "A pretty specimen of a man you are!'' she continued as she warmed to her subject "A vagrant, a l>eggar, a thief and a drunkard! You are also a Jailbird, and I don't suppose you ever speak the truth except by accident." 'You've bit It miss," replied the tramp, with a fleeting smile. "Cast in the mold of a man, yet wit ness the degradation !" sighed the schoolma'am. "As If you hadn't got lor enough, you have been fighting. No doubt you also used profane words T' "I did, mlss-I did. You see, it was this way: I meets a weary down here "AFTER WHAT'S IX TOT BOTTLE IS OOJTE " a mile or so and be has four turnips under his arm. I begs for one, but he turns me down. Then I tells him to go to tbe bad place. He sasses back and I puts up me dukes and lets fly. He gives me a black eye, but I knocks v blazes out of him." "Stop!" exclaimed Miss Meeson as she held up both hands. "I cannot listen to any such language. If my own father should talk that way I'd disown him!" "But I bad to tell you how I put up tne dukes, ma'am," be protested. "Dukes? Dukes? What do I know of dukes? I never beard such awful language in my life. You seem to have a bottle In your pocket Is It possible that you carry the soul destroying liquid around you?" "It's to keep off tbe chills, miss," he explained as he exhibited a pint bottle half full of whisky. "An:l men can sink so low as this? 1 wouldn't have believed It There Is 110 heathen to compare wltli you. Do you think it possible that there Is one little 1| 6 spark of goodness left In your soul?" "1 wouldn't bet on It, miss," ruefully replied the man as be gazed at his wayworn shoes. "Perhaps there Is. Do you want to reform ?" "Of course." "If you mads me 1 promise would you keep It?" "I'd try tnc hardest." "Then there is some faint hope. I want you to begin by repeating the Lord's Prayer after me." He humbly repeated It, and when It was finished he seemed considerably affected. Miss Meeson took this as an encouraging sign aud went on: "Now promise me that you won't lie or steal again as long as you live." "I promise." "And you'll let whisky alone from this time on." "After what's in the bottle Is gone." S"And you'll never flgbt or sweat again?" "Never, so help me Joner." "Now I have some hopes of you," said the schoolma'am in more friendly tones. "I hope you'll take a bath and wash up as soon as opportunity oc curs, and If you will call at Farmer Mecson's In a day or two I'll coax him to give you work. lie is my father, and you will be directly under my in fluence. I shall do my best to regener ate you. I um hopeful that my in fluence"— She was Interrupted by the entrance of three more tramps, each one of whom out-toughed the first caller. It was clear from the first that their In tentions wore evil, and as they stood grinning and winking at each other the schoolma'am moved back In alarm and her convert followed aud put him self in front of her. "Are—are they wicked?" she asked In a whisper. "A bad lot, miss," he answered, while one of the trio demanded a kiss all around. "Oh, lint hear them! They mean me harm!" "I expect they do, miss, and you see how It Is with me. You made me promise not to swear any more, and how can 1 blast their blooming eyes without swearing?" The trio began dauclng about, and the girl grew white faced as she said: "But I guess you may swear If you think it will do any good." "And mo dukes, miss. I promised not to pot 'em up again. I can't fight three wearies with me nose." "Oh, don't fight," she walled; "but If you must, then put up your dukes, or whatever they are! See! They are tearing the seats out!" "And one thing more," continued the convert. "I've got to take a drink of whisky to brace me up. It's one to three, and I'll need a bracer." "Then take It—take It!" she exclaim ed as the trio began to crowd closer. "And can I leave out the bath and wash up and work?" "Yes, yes! Protect me!" "I'll do it miss, and here goes." Her tramp reached for his bottle and took a hearty swig, and as he restored it to his pocket he opened on the enemy at the rate of seventy-five swear words a minute. lie swore and swore till the schoolma'am held her hands over her ears. Then he pushed up his greasy sleeves, "put up his dukes," and while Miss Meeson prayed be sailed in and slam banged. lie got many a bang in return before victory perched upon his banner, but his cause was just and be finally put the last one to sleep and stood over his body and told the half dead girl that the way was open. She hurried to the door, but paused there to turn and say: "I think I-I backslid." "You did, miss," he replied. "And you'll continue to swear and light and drink whisky and"— "I think I'd better, ma'am—for the cause of eddecashui). 'Pears to beat the other way all holler." And as the schoolma'am hurried down the road with her heart In her mouth she couldn't help but think the same thing. A Sporting Parson. Miss Mary Louise Boyle, who count ed Dickens, Lever, Browning, Lowell and Tennyson among her friends, re cords In her "Book" a story about a sporting parson she knew, the Rev. Loraine Smith, who hunted in purple instead of pink because the former was the correct episcopal color: "His reverence was always well mounted and was a keen sportsman. He had a pretty living and a good church In the neighborhood, but he sur prised his parishioners very much by altering the whole disposition of the tombstones. He thought they looked awkward and untidy in their actual po sition, so he had them all taken up and rearranged according to his fancy in iines, crosses, squares, etc.. One Sun day morning, a very cold winter's day, he had performed the service to a scanty congregation, and on going up into bis pulpit, instead of opening his sermon book, he .pronounced the fol lowing address: 'My dear friends, if you require it I will preach you the sermon which I have brought with me, but if you are as cold and hungry as 1 am I think you will prefer going with me to the rectory, where you will find some cold beef and some good ale.'" Men of Pew Words. A traveler in the Bolivian Andes says that at one time, while his cart was making Its progress through passes and over dizzy heights, be bad a chance to learn how two taciturn persons may show their satisfaction at meeting In other than the conventional way. It was midday, and under tbe glaring vertical sun drowsiness had invaded us. We slept until we were awakened by the approach of tbe mall cart conning in tbe opposite direction, the first civ ilized vehicle we had encountered. Both drivers stopped and gazed at each other long in silence. They were evidently pleased to meet, but had nothing whatever to say. At Inst one Inquired: "What news?" "Nothing." replied the other. "What did he say?" asked the first, doubtless continuing a conversation a fortnight old. "Nothing." "flood!" And they drove on. No Woman Wrote THcnt. "Why did the court refuse to accept that woman's letters as evidence?" "It was decided that they were not genuine." "Didn't the handwriting experts de clare that she wrote them?" "Yes, but there was evidence to tbe contrary." "What was It?" "Tbe letters contained no post scripts."—New York Herald. Feline Depravity. "Oh, Horace," walled bis young wife, "I have just found out that AJax, our beautiful Angora cat, has been leading a double life!" "That makes eighteen, I suppose," said Horace. "What has he been do ing?" "You know 1 let him out every morn ing, because be seems to want to go and play out of doors. Well, I have discovered that he goes over to the Robinsons and lets them feed him and pet him."—Chicago Tribune. The Betel Hat. Betel nuts, tbe produce of the areca palm, are chiefly used as a masticatory by the natives of the east They are too small to be applied to many orna mental uses, but are occasionally em ployed by the turner and wrought Into beads for bracelets, small rosary cases and other little fancy articles. In the Museum of Economic Botany at Kew there is a walking stick made of the3e nuts, sliced, mounted or supported on an iron center. A Zoo Discussion. "You know," said the orangoutang, "that man is descended from a mon key." "Yes," answered the chimpanzee, "and his descent has been very groat. But let us set it down to his credit tint he tries to rise again. Every now and then you hear of some man who is do ing his best to make a monkey of him self."—^Washington Star. Quick Work. "That editor Is terribly slow at read ing manuscript.", "Think so? Why, 1 know the time he went through twelve stories in less than a minute." "Gracious! When was that?" "When tbe elevator broke."—Phila lelpbla Press. Her Explanation. "Do you mean to say such a physical wreck as he Is gave you thai black eye?" asked the magistrate. "Sure, your honor, bo wasn't a phys ical wreck till after he gave iu« the black eye," replied the complaining wife.—Exchange. (tulte Technical, "The reason lie is so irritable is be cause lie is teething," explained the fond mother. "Indeed!" remarked Mr. Oldlmtch, wishing to appear learned. "Aud when will it IMJ hairing?"—St Louis Republic. Didn't Get the Credit. "I was sorry I sent Ellen auch au expensive wedding present." "Why were you?" "Why, she went and placed them on exhibition without the donor'* cards." -Philadelphia Bulletin. Shua'.d Ktei* Munifthliiß. New Wcnian—Simply because a wo man marries a man is no reason why she should take his name. Old Bachelor—Just so. The poor tel low ought to be allowed to keep some thing he can call his own.—St. IX>UIH Republic. A man seldom realizes how few of lis remarks are worth repeating until > has conversed with a deaf jierson. -Chicago News. Forests cover one-teuth of the sur face of the earth and one quarter of Europe. II By a Hair's 1 i; Breadth I Copyright. 1001, by D. H. Tslmadge • It once happened that a boy wander ed away from his home, thus produc ing distraction therein. He was a lit tle boy, and bis years were few. He was gone for hours, many hours, of daylight and darkness, and during the Interval between his going and his coming, for he returned safe and sound at last his mother was prostrated with nervous apprehension and lis fa'hT's face aged plainly. The alarm bells were rung; the community postponed Its business affairs and joined in the search: the schools were dismissed, and children vied with men and women to find the missing, but they were un successful. They found upon the river bank tracks made by the boy's small shoes: they found his straw hat floating upon the surface of the stream in a heap of driftwood; they found, trampled in tiie sand of the shore, a paper l ag bearing the name of a local confectioner, who testified that the boy had purchased a penny's worth of caramels that day. Aud suspicion became eouviction —the boy had been drowned! The river was dragged until the night came down, and one boatload of determined spirits worked grimly with the chains and hooks by the flickering light of lanterns until the clocks struck 12. Theu, discomfited, they retired to await the sunrise. That was a night long to be remem bered in the town. It was a night of speechless agony in the boy's home and of sorrow broken slumber in the homes of other boys. There is something i>e culiarly sad in the thought of a child's form alone in black waters under a starless sky or—and this was the faint est of hopes—in the thought of a child wandering alone In the darkness, cry ing out his terrified little heart, stum bling here and there, not knowing which way to turn. Tears were many in the town that night, but none flowed.in the boy's home. Eyes were dry there aud hot. Lips there were dry and burning. Hour after hour the father paced the floor, looking neither to the right nor to the left, his sweat cold bands clinched, his breath bursting from him as from one who strives to the limit of endurance at some manual undertak ing. The clocks struck 3. Tbe frout door opened and closed with a bang. A cry Indescribable was sounded. The boy was In bis father's arms. At daybreak the good news went forth, and the story was told and told UK UAH TO THE FOltM AND KNELT IIKBIUE IT • again how the boy had gone to the river to fish and had crawled out upon a log the better to get his ridiculous bent pin of a hook within reacli of the big, big fish. Thus he told the tale himself. The log had not been fasten ed securely, and it had sailed away with him. far, far away, miles and miles, almost to Europe, he thought. He was not frightened much. It was fuu until the river ran between high bluffs over great stones and the log dip(ied and pitched and rolled, lie Ml off at last, and a man who had been watching him from a cave up In the bluff came rushing down and waded and splashed and swam after him and pulled him out, aud turned bltn upside down and spanked him to get the water out, and carried him to a cave, •nd built a firo and dried his clothes, and fed bltn some luscious dried beef and crackers, and finally, long, long after dark, put him upon his back and gave him a dandy ride home. "He was a real nice man," said the boy In concluding the account. "He told me stories of kings who had tieaix of money and of queens who had so many Jewels thsy didn't know what to do. 1 told him I'd bet they didn't have any more money tlian my papa or any more jewels thin my mamma, and he seemed greatly Irterested. He didn't come clear to the house with me. He put me down at the corner and told uie to scoot, and 1 scooted." "Heaven bless him!" said the boy's parents fervently. "We should like to see him and thank liiui for the great service he has rendered us." "1 wish ycrtl could." returned the boy earnestly. "He was such a nice man." One night about two weeks later the boy's father was awakened by the sound of a rising window sash, and he crept from his bed and took a revolver from a bureau drawer. Softly he passed down the stairs, but not so soft ly that he was not heard by a man standing by the sideboard In the dining room. The man fired a pistol, and the boy's father fired In return. The first shot had no effect. The second had. When the boy's father turned on the electric light, the man was lying upon the floor bleeding. "You've fixed me, I guess," he said, grinning In a ghastly sort of way. ''You've hit me In a nerve center or something. I'm paralyzed. I can't wiggle." "Serves you right," grimly comment ed the father of the boy, and he tele phoned for the police. But before the police came there was a sound of swishing garments upon the stairway, and the boy entered the room. His eyes were wide with won der as he looked from his father to the form upon the floor. Then with a lit tle cry he ran to the form and knelt beside It. "Hello!" he said. "Hello!" was the groaning response. "How are you, kid?" "Ileal well," replied the boy. Then lie turned toward his father. "This Is him," he announced simply. The boy's father was much affected. "What!" he ejaculated. "Him! Oh!" He also knelt by the wounded man's side, saying nothing, only trying to stanch the flow of blood, and while lie worked the police arrived. He arose, confronting the officers. "I have made a terrible mistake," he said to them. "I thought this man was an ttoemy to my household, and he was unt. You are not needed. I'm sorry I put jrcni to so much trouble. If one of you will step to the telephone ami tell I)r. ISlgley to come here at once, I shall be obliged. After that you may go." The burglar van nurwd back to , health In Ihnt home. He Mas |i|e''e three weeks. He should, for the sake of the story, have gone iuto the world a better man, but he did not. Six weeks afterward he was arrested In another city on a charge of burglary, convicted and sentenced .to seven years' penal servitude. A short time prior to his arrest the boy's father re- ( ceived a letter from him, Inclosing sl3 in currency. It said: Dear Sur—Herea for my bord durin my plesaut »t*v at yure house. Ide like to square the docj bill to but line Byin to lite Regards to kid. Yures truly, Jakes Brockles. The father of the boy read the letter several times and pondered much. "The man's bad tendencies," he told himself, "outweigh the good by only the fraction of a hair. Poor fellow!" Gordoa'a Way. Lord Wolseley used to tell of three subalterns who were in the trenches before the Redan Wolseley, Gerald Graham and Charles Gordon. When they were relieved at night, the gigan tic Graham, the perfect type of the sworder, used to pick himself out of the trench and walk straight to his tent, careless of the fact that he was making himself a cock shot for the Russian marksmen. Evening after evening the Russian soldiers used to gather more and more thickly, but Graham would take no advice. He wasn't going "to bother about those fellows." Garnet Wolseley, with ambition even then to l>e one day the commander in chief, used to crawl through the very slush of the trench on bis hands and knees for a hundred yards or so before he got up and made a bee line for his tent. He did not mean to be shot if he could help it. "And Gordon?" the listener asked. "Oh, Gordon," said Wolseley; "Gordon was funny. Sometimes he would crawl with me nnd the very nest evening get up, hook arms with Graham and go off talking eagerly."—Candid Friend. Janet's Wsy of Cron lnu Yoang. As a matter of fact Janet was born exactly two years before her brother Fred; therefore in the natural course of things when he was ten she was twelve and gloried in it When Fred was known to be fourteen, she still confessed to sixteen. When Fred boasted eighteen years, she timidly ac knowledged herself Just over nineteen. When Fred came home from college and had a party in honor of his twen ty-first birthday, Janet said to her friends: "What a boyish fellow Fred Is! Who would think he is only a year younger than I?" When Fred declared himself twenty-Ave and old enough to get married. Janet said to a gentleman friend: "Do you know, I feel very Jealous of Fred getting married. But, then, 1 suppose twins always are more attached to one another." And two years later at Fred's wedding she said with a girlish simper to the guests: "Dear old Fred! To see him married today, and to think when he was only five years old they brought him to see me, his baby sister! I wonder if he thinks of it now?" The Old Constitution. The Constitution originally carried forty-four guns. A particularly inter esting history is connected with this Rlilp During the war with the Barbary powers In ISOH she was Commodore Treble's flagship in the Mediterranean and played a conspicuous part during the whole war. Lieutenant Wadsworth, who was blown up before Tripoli in tlie ill fated Intrepid, was one of the offi cers of the Coiißtltut!.)n. In the course of the war with England in 1812 the English papers laughed at the Constitu tion and spoke of her as "a bundle of pine hoards sailing under a bit of strip ed bunting." But when under Captain Hull she captured the English frigate the Guerriere. a vessel of nearly equal force, the people who had before ridi culed her called her "one of the stancb est vessels afloat." A few months aft er this victory the Constitution, then commanded by Captain Balnbrldge, cont|>elled one of the finest frigates in the British navy, the Java, to strike itH colors. The Ile»t Care. Quiet and warmth are the medicines of the four footed philosopher. If a dog Is ailing, he rolls himself Into a ball In a warm corner nnd eats little or nothing till lie Is well. Many times rest is the only medicine needed by the sick, but we seldom follow this example. The blprd loses the instinct of the ani mal. lie fumes, frets, takes stimulants and medicaments and gives uo chanco to tlie recuperative forces of nature.— Philadelphia Record. f'uppy Coincidence. Mrs llifly—ls Mrs. Swagger at home? Servant—No. ma'atn. She went out to call on you. Mrs. Hilly—How very fortunate for us both!— Boston Post. \n Profit In It. "What are you kicking about? Shu all your presents, didn't she?" "Yes, but the expressage amounted to more than the presents were worth!"— Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Grasse. in France, contains over a hundred factories which distill per fumes from tlii' flowers of the orange. Jasmine. ros<\ violet, cassiu, tuberose and other plants. No man lias ever succeeded in fooling posterity all the time. Chicago Herald. Slicep In Vnrled Clothlnir. One of the results of the Investiga tion of n special committee of the So ciety of Arts Into the question of book binding goes to show that sheepskin Is often used by liookblnders under very different names. They found books bound nominally In Levant mo rocco, hard grain morocco, straight grain morocco, pigskin, calfskin, croco dile and alligator leathers, all of which on close microscopic examination were found to lie the ordinary common sheepskin on which had been stamped the special grains and markings of the skins they were got up to Imitate. The committee, however, were satisfied that 111 man: «■:!.«« s both the book binders and tlie librarians had bought these leather;: ruder the Impression that llie.v v/< re buying the genuine ar tide. London Globe. Ilmt tl':n:i! 'i IV t-r.:it* l.tvr. Mort of t'.e I' i peasants pass a great deal of tl r I vis in v. rkshops, where they r. •• t a: I sleep, the same roof.i • a • :t:uber nnd | probably :i ]• : ' ! • har'iilu. There are few I • ! • -nI. all around the four unll; >f t! c ioot:i is l!:;cd what may lie literally d • I ::s a bench. It Is i."Vo' wo i! I: t this works J the p asimt by «!. . and on It he sleeps . by night, each i.iau at h'.s o*.vn spot, i The «o:;dlti> us of t:,e Russian work- j shop i r factory i:ntl the Ititsshtli prison j and military barracks, so Car as In tcriiff arrangements are concerned, are itLlti. ('hairs there will also lie and first summer a number of branches will be sent out from all sides of this straight stock. These are carefully watched and their number regulated by pinching off all those which are not desired. From four to six of these side branches are preserv ed, the object being to have them as well distributed around the trunk as possible, so as to give the tree a proper balance. On a tbrifTy tree these side branches will make a growth of two to four feet each the first year. The best plan is to cut off the tips of these branches early in September or late in August, so as to stop growth nnd harden them up. Care must be taken to see that suckers and water sprouts are kept rubbed off. At the opening of the second spring the tree consists of a short trunk with four to six diverging branches. These are cut back to a length of six to elglit ten fnolics. The weaker the tree the more closely It Is shortened In. On these four to six branches the head is then formed. From one to three new branches preferably two—are allowed to grow on each branch, and these are treated during tlie second summer just *1 ..! v \\ •- YOfMl PLUM TIfEE. [Knd of the first year In the orchard.] •:s the primary branches were treated during the first summer. Again tfce whole growth Is stopped late In August i.r early In Septeuber so that It may harden up. A tree caret illy handled In this way will usually Ik. In bearing condition at the end of the second year and should give a moderate crop the third year. Thereafter the system of pruning is somewhat different. Some men prefer to eut back their plum trees severely every year. Others prefer to remove only as much wood as Is necessary to keep the top fairly open. The warning of Professor J. B. Smith i f New Jersey as to the visita tion of seventeen year locusts, due this year, concludes with the advice to those who plant trees this spring not to prune severely. LAYING OUT A GARDEN. WiiLe It I.nnu nnd Narrow and Give It Horse Culture. 1 iie haphazard way in which gar dens arc usually planted and the short rows attract the attention and criti cism of those who study neatness and ee n my. This leads to advice by Pro fess..r l I). Roberts in Country tlentle* man on «iying out a vegetable garden. He sug i sis a garden about three to four times as long as it is wide and laid out in si.'.t* en rows of plants, if pn.>.i!il.. i... '.e tiie garden from three to six tinns i..; 1 ng as It Is wide In order to c'-on .i.i'y.e in tilling, tlie larger part of wl: <-Ii i!; uld be done with a horse and suitable Impl 'inent. Suppose that one row en the far side Is set with blacU , another with raspberries, a p.irt of a row wit it currants and a part with gnoscbt rrics and a r<>w or two of strawberries, the width of the rows being sillied to the character of the plants. L'sually all but the first named smalj fruits are set close togcth er. The rest of the garden should be plowed early in tlie spring and a row or a part of a row of carrots planted early: also beets, onions, lettuce and radishes. Another row would be for peas and two for early patatocs, a part of a r>w for early cabbage, which could be tilled out If desired with a second sowing of peas. One side of the garden, not being planted early, will become somewhat weedy. Surface till It, kill all the weeds and plant the corn, late potatoes, late cabbage, and so on. Of course you know that carrots, beets, onions, lettuce and peas can be planted before frost has ceased. With a small horse cultivate the rows, which may lie anywhere from twenty-eight to thirty-six Inches apart, according to the crops grown. The late cabbage may be set where the early "potatoes or peas were grown if the > land is well tilled and additional ferti- j liziug material is applied. "After the I garden is planted and the plants thin ned where needed at least nine-tenths of all the work necessary to keep the land mellow on the surface and free from weeds should be done by inter tillage with a horse Implement. If this is managed as it should be and the implements are suited to their work, almost no hand work will be re quired. The garden will always look trim, and if the varioas plants wanted are protected so far as they can be from their insect enemies you should have a continuous table supply of all vegetables and small fruits in their season. Tlie grapes and large fruits should not l»e set In or near the garden. At each end of the garden leave ten or twelve feet of grass on which to turn. A Stroner. Light Gate For the Darn. In managing stock to the best advan tage in stables where a few unruly an imals must be managed a few easily constructed conveniences can be placed here and there that will greatly lessen A HANDY BARN GATE. the labor of tying up the stock, says an Ohio Farmer correspondent. In our barn we have constructed a few gates, as shown in the accompanying illus tration. Tlie crosspieces in tlie gate are made of pine, being three inches in width and one inch in thickness. Two pieces are required both at the top and bottom of the gate. It is very essential that the crosspieces be of good timber and quite free from knots, for the strength of the gate greatly depends upon this part of the construction. The vertical pieces are made of oak. being two Inches in width and one inch in thickness. In this gate the vertical pieces are four inches apart. In hang ing the gate we have found nothing equal to a strap hinge wijh a wood screw bolt for a hanger. The strap is bolted through the gate with quar ter inch bolts. The latch is made of the same material as the vertical pieces, being cut down to half its size in older that the side motion for moving tlie latch below may be secured. It is bolt ed between the two three inch pieces nnd also to the piece below. When the top of the lever is pushed forward, the gate is unlatched, and with reverse ac tion the gate, when in proper place, is securely held by the short right angu lar piece. A light brace is very neces sary to hold the gate in proper shape. In our barn we have eight of these light, simply constructed gates that serve i\\i indi pcnsable purpose. At night all gates are closed, and if any animal gets untied no harm can be done. An Item In RondniaklnK. It is a common error in roadmaking to endeavor to secure routes covering the shortest distance between fixed points. For this puri»ose the road is often made to go over a hill instead of around it. A road halfway around a hill or through a valley Is sometimes no longer than a road over a hill or through a valley. The difference in the length even between a straight road utul one that is lightly curved is less than many suppose. Snow From i« Clear Sky. The most wonderful snowstorms of all that may lie seen every winter in the are those that prevail when the sky Id cloudless. Of these there are several vnrlcti'js. Every week or two we would see wmlt looked like n fog form about the distant hills and then come drifting across the creek valley. Doubtless it was a real snow laden cloud that had been drifting along until It struck our level (1,300 feet above the sea) In the Adirondacks, when the conditions became favorable for the release of its feathery burden. We saw these clouds fill the air with flakes that were driven along almost horizontally by a strong gale, although the tops of our old hemlocks and spruces rose Into the clear air and un obstructed sunlight above the highest level of the snow producing air strat um. We even saw the snow so thick in the air about us that the trunks of trees six feet above the were not visible, alttoiugh the treetops could be seen, and the sun shone down through the shallow storm with strength en< -h to cast distinct shad ows. We have stood on a quiet, sunlit hill top and looked down Into a valley less than 100 feet below us, where a snow storm was raging with violence and the temperature was frigid. Scrlb ner's. A Mnn In the House. There Is a young criminal lawyer In Memphis, Tenn., who on the occasion of his becoming of age began the cele bration of his birthday in a way that caused his household a great deal of consternation. On the eve of the fete, shortly after midnight, the young man's family were suddenly startled from their slumbers by a loud voice in the house calling: "There's a man in the house! There's a man in 11k? house!" The valiant pater famlllas rushed from his room, bearing In his hands a heavy billet of firewood, to learn the cause of the disturbance and to cap ture the Intruder. Ills son was stand ing In the hall, shouting at the top of his voice. "Where's the man?" exclaimed the old gentleman. "Here, sir; here!" proudly replied the young man. "This is he. At last I'm twenty-one!"— Memphis Scimitar. I*lpcr Leirenda. The Wends, who. we believe, are the ancestors of the modern Prussians, are the center of many legends. The Pled Piper or Ilamelin was a Wend; so also was the piper of the Hnrz mountains, who appeared so many days a year and played unearthly tunes and whosoever heard tit once fell Into a frenzy, from which there was no escaping. All these pled and weird pipers assembled once a year at the Brocket!, where there was a general carnival, the arch fiend lead ing ilk* concert on a violin, witches rolling around and fiddling on the skulls of horses and the pipers adding the concert of their unholy instru ments.- Chambers' Journal. Terrific Thunder. The largest rainfall on earth has been recorded at Cliera PunJl, on the bay of Bengal, but the most violent thunder storms ever observed are probably J those of French Guiana. At Cape Or nnge, some forty miles south of Cay enne, a French naval officer saw the 1 rills of the coast hills turned Into wa terfalls by a cloudburstlike storm, while the crashing thunder peals were Incessant and often almost deafening, so much so. Indeed, that some of the sailors began to mutter long forgotten prayers, probably thinking the day of Judgment near at hand. The total of deposits,capital,surplus and profits divided by the sum total of deposits gives the cash security for every dollar due depositors. DEPOSITS CAPITAL. SUR. DEPOSITS FOR EACH DOLLAR UNDIVIDED PROFITS. FEBRUARY. 1902. OF DEPOSITS. $6,032 000 -f- $2,362,000 = $2.55 Real Estate Trust Co., OF PITTSBURGH, - 311 FOURTH AVENUE. I Incorporated October Ist, 1900. ; CAPITAL AND SURPLUS, $3,630,000.00. Pays 'i percent, interest on «lepo«!ts subject to check, and 4 p«r cent. Inter est on virion urcoiints. liu«.4 not iitue booilt. Write for booklet, How to open an account by mail. v£SSVT U Jy/ 1 O N ' w aO B | SmokinslabcnJi r WJ* J* likmSSuttl > '?* ■ ! I BJU.TWOire.MB. ; M\go $ The ORIGINAL and MOST SMOKED |j lo>,ijs cut tobacco in all the United States, manufactured with the express : j purpose of blending the two qualities, ;l that of a good smoke and a good chew. It is made of ripe, sweetened "Burley," the only tobacco from I which a perfect combination of smoking and chewing tobacco can be n>ade. Gail & Ax Navy is known by the distinctive character of its blue wrap per (which has many imitators), it being to-day identically the same as forty years ago, and it now stands for the quality that it did then. You get the very best, and take no chances, when you buy Gail & Ax Navy. HELPLESS HDSBANDS HOW HELPLESS HUSBANDS HAVE BECOME HELPFUL. Never does a man feel so helpless as when he looks upon the suffering of the wife he loves and knows that he is powerless to prevent it. And when, as is often the case, he has exhausted every means at his disposal in the vain effort to restore his wife to health, his despair almost equals her suffering. There are husbands who have passed through this experience and have found a way to be helpful to their wives when physicians had absolutely failed to cure, and been even powerless to help the sufferer. One such husband thus relates his ex perience : " I take pleasure in writing you to let you know about your ' Favorite Prescrip tion,'" says Mr. IJ. R. Fricke, of Peters burg, Menard Co., Ills., Box 367. "My wife had been sick nearly all her life, and after trying everything I could think of I made up niy mind to try ' Favorite Prescription.' I sent to Chicago and got six bottles, which my w'fe took, a table spoonful three times a day, until the baby came. She felt better after taking the first I Kittle, and when baby was born he weighed nine and a half pounds. To-day ne is six months old and weighs twenty-two pounds. He is as good a child as any one could wish. The doctor says he is as healthy as any baby could be, and also the doctor says your 'Favor ite Prescription ' was the cause of such a healthy baby. I felt I owed you this much for the good you did my wife and for my own happiness." HIS "BETTMR HAI.F." The reference to* the wife as the "better half" is made sometimes half humorously. But in his heart every man feels that the old phrase expresses a fact. When the wile'is sick the whole fabric of home totters to its fall. When the wife is confined to her bed the hus band leads a half life, a life from which the sunshine and laughter have been taken away. It is not to be wondered at therefore, that husbands express their gratitude for the cures which follow the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. What a change from a sickly bed-ridden wife, helpless and miserable, to a wife who is once more able to "guide the house" in health and happiness. "My wife was afflicted with uterine trouble for several years," writes Mr. J. C. Day, of Little Britain, Lancaster Co., Pa., "and in November, 189H, the doctor said she had a mishap. He treated her for alx>ut two months or ao, but there was but little improvement. I wrote you after she had commenced to take ' Favorite Prescription ' and you told us to get 'Golden Medical Discov ery ' also. 61ie took six or seven bottles Try The CITIZEN FOR JOB WORK of ' Favorite Prescription' and two o» ' Golden Medical Discovery' she waf cured and got out of bed and was able to attend to her housework once more." Doctor Pierce's Favorite Prescription makes weak women strong and sick women well. It establishes regularity, dries the drains which weaken women, heals inflammation and ulceration at 5 cures female weakness. When takui as a preparative for maternity it promotes health of body and cheerfulness of mind. It encourages the appetite, in duces refreshing sleep, and when the hour of trial comes it makes the baby's advent practically painless. It is the best tonic for nursing mothers, promot ing the flow of the nutritive secretions and giving the mother strength to givt her child. "My wife was sick for over eight years," writes Albert H. Fulte, Esq., of Altamont, Grundy Co., Tenn. "She had uterine disease and was treated by two physicians and got no relief. At last I read in one of your Memorandum Books which you sent me about Dr. Pierce's medi cines, and we decided to „try his ' Favorite Prescrip tion.' I sent to the drug store and j;Ot one bottle and the first dose gave ease and sleep. She had not slept any for three nights. Being sure that it would cure her I sent for five more bottles, and when she had taken tbe six lx>ttles she was sound and well." AN OPPORTUNITY FOR WOMEN. Women who are suffer ing from diseases of long standing are invited to con sult I)r. Pierce, by letter, free. All letters are pri vately read and privately answered, and the written confidences of women are treated with the same strict professional privacy ol>- served by Dr. Pierce in personal consul tations with women at the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, Buffalo, N. Y. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buf falo, N. Y. Tliis offer of free consultation by letter is not to l>e classed with the spurious offers of "free medical advice" made by those who having, neither professional training nor experience are medicallv and legally unqualified to give the ad vice they offer. Although it takes more than a diploma to make a good physi cian yet the medical diploma is essen tial as witnessing to professional study and training. It is well for women to examine into offers of "free medical advice," and to ascertain whether the offer is made by those competent pro fessionally and legally to give lnecfical advice. Any one can offer "medical advice" but such advice from one who is not medically educated and qualified is not only worthless but dangerous. In a little over thirty years Dr. Pierce, chief consulting physician to the Inva lids' Hotel ami Surgical Institute, Buf falo, N. Y., assisted by his staff of nearly a score of physicians, has treated and cured hundreds of thousands of weak and sick women. Write therefore with out fee as without fear to Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. The effort of some dealers to sell a substitute for " Favorite Prescription " as "just as good" is due to the fact that less meritorious preparations pay a little more profit. Insist on having the medi cine which makes weak women strong and sick women well. TO HUSBANDS AND WIVES. The best medical work for the home is Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Med ical Adviser. This greut work treats of health and disease from the view-point of common sense. It contains 100.8 large pages and is sent free on receipt of stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Send 21 one-cent stamps for the book in paper-covers, or 31 stamps for the cloth-bound volume. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. EH. NBGLEY. • ATTORNEY AT LAW Office In the Negley Bnilding, West Diamond. P. SCOTT, • ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Office on second floor of Armory i uildinj;. Butler, Pa. 4 T. SCOTT. A, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office at No. 8. 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BROWN, IT • Homoeopathic PHYSIUAN SURGKON Office 236 fe. Main bt., opp. P. O. Night calls at office C AMUEL M. *BIPPUS, U PHYSICIAN AND SURGKON aoti West lui.ttinghau' St. EH. MERKLEY, D. 0.. • OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN. Room 9 and 10 Stein Building. Monday, Wednesday aud Frioay, con sultation and examination tree. DR J. WILBERT McKEE. SURGEON D'-NTIST. Office «>ver C. E. Miller'* Sbi« Store, 215 S. Main btrcet, Butler, Ha. Peoples Telephone 505. A specialty made of fillings, gold crown and bridge wurk.. DR. J. C. ABER. I)kn nsr All work, dune '.t>e luiesi improved methods. GoM, Aluimuuni, C-lluloid and Rubb«r piates. Golj, Sil.er and Cem*nt'tiling guaranteed to give satis faction. Crown aud Bridge -vork. Ex tiaction of 'eeth painless by an entirely new prepHmtion which la perfectly safe aud harmless. 131 S Mini St , Butler, Pa. OR. M. D. KOTTRABA, Successor to Dr. Johnston. DENTIST Office at No 114 B. Jefleraon St., over G. W. Miller's grocery. T ) DONALDSOM. 'I , F>K!*T«ST. Artificial TeetS inserted on the .at»-*t improved plan. Gold Killing* a a(>eu» ialtv. Off re to tmwtrtffice If W WICK 11. PKNTIST. Has located i» 'he new Stein l»uil«iinn, with all th.: i.-f't 'l-v ave orders at the CtTiZKN office in Bntl-T. I H. ELLIOTT, 1 • AtICTIONKRV, 112 Elm St.. Btitler. RB GILGHRIST. • LICKNSKD AUCTION HEN. Having taken out a license as auc tioneer,orders can lie left at Ibis office or sent by uiail to Box 351, liuiler, ''a. All orders given prompt attention. T J AMES DODOS • LIE T NFED AUCTION EH * Inquire at Sheiiff'SortU c or 426 Mifflia St. Butler, l'a. |1 F L. McQUISTION, V. Civil. ENGINEER AND SURVE• OR. Office near Court HOBM: Now is The Time to Have Your Clothing CLEANED OR DYED If you want jj.wo and "ciial'id cleaning or dyeing June, (licrc i.H just one place in town wlieic ..'-u can it, and that 'c jll The Butler Dye Works 216 Center avenue ».We do tine woik n -ut door Photographs. This is the time of year to have a pictur- ;»i your house. Give us a trial. Agent for the Jainertowi. Slid n Blind (Jo.—Ne* York. o. F'SMER A SOV 0 nusy AbWAys wh y ? The wu sell wu jruaranttee pure and wholesome - no nflpd of (TOVermont stamps If you tniv "f us ItEASON No. 2. If you deal with usouee— you're satisfied you tell your frleurts—tliat makes trade for us We Hud It pay* to (tlva you satisfaction —TRY UH. ALWAYS IN STOCK MUCH. »..»«« OVKUIIOI. r. IH K*. HK lIK.. HI.TKhMIX 1HU*IS"II. UIUsON, ■ ILI.IRUEK. BHII>«K OUT and offer them to you 0 year old at |l per full quart, 0 quarts f£»UO. GRANDFATHER'S CHOICE, whiskey tfnaranleed 3 yeans old, ti 00 pei (ral lon. Wo pay express charges on all mall orders of J&00 or over. Good* shipped promptly. ROBT. LEWIN