VOL. XXXXI. ; ftoooooooooocooooooo^oooo'?; i Mrs. J. E, ZIMMERMAN]! < > ANNOUNCES Great Semi-Annual| Sacrifice Sale 1 y For the Entire Month of Jan.. 04'' Commencing Tuesday, Jan. 5. X This is our 22nd Semi-Annual Sacrifice Sale of new, clean up-to-date Dry Goods, Tailor Made Suits, Wraps, * Skirts and Waists This semi-aunual event awaited by /'» I hundreds of discriminating women, WITH THE BEST . , ASSORTMENTS AND MOST TEMPTINGLY LOW PRICES OF YEARS. „ Dress Goods | 4 Sacrifice Sale of Black and Colored Dress Goods. 1-3 A to 1-2 less than former prices, ihis sale includes all A dress goods. No stock reserved. It means $1 goods A for 62 l-2c per yard. It means 50c goods for 25c per yd. A Garment Prices Sharply Cut Down j'| This means dollars saved to everyone who purchases j 11 a Tailor Made Suit, Wrap, Skirt, Silk or Laundried^i' Waist, or Fur garment, during this Sacrifice Sale. Mil- V linery included in this sale. { * Underwear Must Go • | < ' Underwear Values Extraordinary. V . ( * Hosiery Values Extraordinary. ' * , \ Wonderful reductions in every department, and on i r \ > every dollar's v/orth of merchandise in this store. € ► ; ;our Record is Our Guarantee : Irs. J. E. Zimmerman, j 801 l Pbonr V*. | Ar A ( { \ Propk'a JPhoju? IJ Ll I. c? i y Id* a ■'"Ji*. 1 -■-.■■■■ " ' 'J- ■ ' - ■ .'J .I.'- T BICKEL'S Great Bargain Sale. An Immense Stock of Seasonable Footwear to be closed out in order to reduco our extremely large stock. PIG REDUCTIONS IN ALL LINES. Qn many line 3 prices are reduced 25 per cent. B ikf-r A Bowman's ft hu« shoes in hand turns aud welts, reduced t0..... "•"» L idies' fine shoes, price $3.50, redace<l to 1 fine shoes, regular price $1.50, reduced to U<"» Radios' g'XKI Kangaroo Calf, every day shoea, reduood t0..,, <>* l Jfisses fine shoes, all sizes, regular price $1.25, re<lii(Msd to One lot Children's fine shoes, size 4to reduced to 45 Oue lot Infanta' fine thoes. s : zes oto 4, reduced to H* M- n's fine shoe 3. Bos Calf, Vici Ki'l and Patent Leather, regular price $3.50 ond $4.00, reduced to 2 Wen's fipe Sattn falf shoes, regular price 11.50, reduced to jj^j One lot Men's fine slippers reduoed U; Oae lot Men's heavy shoes, regular price $2.00, redactd to 1 One lot Boys' fine Satin Calf shoes reduced to »'"> One 1 >t Yonths' fine Satin Calf shoes reduced to Cue lot Little Genti' flue Satin Calf shoes r««lriced to ~<l Oce lot Boyj' self acting rubbers reduced to 25 per cent. Off on Felt Boots and Overs, Warm-lined Shoes and all Warm lined and Felt Slippers, also balance of our stock of Leggins ind Overgaiters to be included in this Great Reduction Sale Repairing dene in cithrr Leather or Rubber Goods John sicl<el, 123 South Main St., Butler, Pa, |j"£ j Remodeling "£ I . Sale . Nothing reserved. Winter goods are to be sacrificed, jR tieginning .Saturday, January oth, and continuing until S January 25th. 1 We must empty our shelves of all our winter goods r 1 regardless of prices, as immediately after we intend to 1 make some extensive alterations on our store, and must r make room for the workmen. Nothing must remain of V 1 «t<>ck to be iu their way. Yes, we will even sell at a loss cj to clean ont everything in short order. L If yon are waiting for priees to tumble on winter r gcxxls there is no need of you waiting longer. Come in f and p;< k what yon want and save from 1-4 to 1-2 of our already low prices. See circulars for particulars Cohns If REST! Cor. Main and Cunningham I ™ \ .» Streets. ... ][ Watch u m UD J |j Us ■ i $ Grow I The Place v/ith the No \\ Grow \\ ••• Handsome Front. ... yic i: if if Hif S "THE BUTLER CITIZEN. | Surprising Sacrifice Sale Kitf Bargains. 1 ■ & m r The Modern Store. $ ( | FIVE DAYS. P Tuesday, Jan. 5, to Saturday, Jan. 9, inclusive \ SEE POSTERS FOR PARTICULARS. \ Dress Fabrics, Ladies' and Men's Wear, > ! % Underwear, Hosiery, Fashionable Millinery, , j Ir Linen, Cotton and Woolen Goods, Blankets, Comforts, Etc. | A Large Stock Mast ba Cleared. I! SOPTH MAIlt STRICT | £ phobes ■pJopL.t's 11 ' . Send in Your Mail Orders. POSTOFTICE BOX I ■■■" 1 OCIIU 111 l UUI iiitxil wiuwj. OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BI'TLF.K. !'A. , I SPECIAL SALE F* OrvJ Goods and Cloaks, i Five days of Bargains, Commencing & $-- TUESDAY, JANUARY sth. 1904, --| (R Owing to unfavorable trade conditions we have a stock of sea- y . CK aonabl* and very desirable indise on iund* th.it should hav ■ been . i sold (luring November and December To reduce stock l>efore iuvoic jj> ing we will hoM '•&_ | Five Day 15argain Sale,^ vjs Commencing Tuesday, January 5, 1904. & Ub All kinds of Dry Goods are greatly relaced f>r this s»le Silk- {# Drees Goods, Cloaks, Underwear and all winter goo is at. i» •ci-il f V Kain prices. 5 « Sale For Cash Only. ? | L. Stein & Son, j ***** XWX %WX> IMVWIVW &X&& '§■ -1 --I 1 Brisk Activity Marks Opening of ■ Fall Footwear Campaign at Miller's Store. | I Emerson said: "If a man can writg a better book, 11 m preach a better sermon or make $ better mouse trap I j H titan nre tißigw'ui,utStlgn ne outiu mo nuuse in me j/Oogs, b j B the world will make a beaten path to his door." The | j E same rule applies to the merchant and is the real secret | j 9 of this store's great success and large and growing ??t | < ronage. We do not stork this witn the goods we 1. could make the biggest profits on, but the ones that wear § ;, the best, look the best and fit the best; in short the | goods that are the best and most stylish and jr,akc | permanent customers when onr.g worn. Compare these with all others. The style of a r\ has become proverbial. It is a ? L/T * A shoe tha{ preserves tim uawural ua /J ' # —ytl /outlines of ibe f<x>t, yet actually B iTjftfft makes it look a full size smaller gj They ar«j the utmost height of H style ease and durability. The Egjj highest praise yon can give a shoe is to say "it has the stylo of a Hj Dorothy Dodd " Our new Fall Styles of *te beauties. Made in'|ll the*n»sW <»ml ixtaupy styles. Oompare them with others at and flj.OO. We have 9 aifferent styles of this "e»y popular make. I" All styles and widths. The strongest Union Made Shoe. jf-fi W. L. DOUGLASS, |f another very popnler inake of Men's Fine Shoes. They have a world- 53 wide reputation for style, fit and durability and a dtjong Union Kjjft Made Shoe. - " Bl The only tt tew ot ttiti many stylish and durable tino H carried \>y this store, and a sample of the kind of goods that has mode pn this the largest and most popnlar shoe store in Butler county. ( See our stock of Boys' and Girls' School Shoes. p; C 6. Miller,! I J? Merchant Tailor. ■ ■ Fall and Winter Suitings ft ■ ( ] JUST ARRIVED ( ] 1 ■ vy H2 North Main St. vy 1 COOPER CO., | FINE; TAILORS. I Are r\ow occupying their old locatior\ ot corner of tl\e Diumoi\d. Suit« from to ! I TrvJ The CITIZEN ~ FOR I JOS WORK BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 7, 1904. The Great SpreuJ for Daily 'Bread. lAgro! | CORN SYRUP r SOtk. At grocers, 10c, 25c, 60c tins. CORN PRODUCTS CO.. York and Chicago, Nasal CATARRH Wh In all iu .Use* j£l Ely's Cream Balm£' rro '^M^ '.eacses, soothes and heals f y M .he diseased membrane. M It corf 9 catarrh and drives M i 1-.Toy a coid in the head lalckly. Cream Ralm i» placed into the nortrili.fpren is , over the membrane and is absorbed. Rei;tf is im- , nediate and a cure follows. It is cot drying—d"CS lot produce sneezing frvzr, 50 cents at Drus ;ißte or by aiaii; Trial Size, 10 cent*. ELY BROTHERS. 66 Warren Street, New York f \ U <''Yl M ' Poor man ! Fc can't help it It's his liver. H? needs r. liver pi:!. Aycr's Pills. i Want ycur moustache cr beard a f } beautify trc-n cr rich b:ack ? Use j BuckioghsrrrsDyej HjI! 3cCo., FOUR-FOLD ! I LINIMENT. 3 For Sore Muscles, 1 Pain In Back, ? Sore Throat and Sprains, p Ist ALL BRUGSI3TS. SSe, 80;, SI.OO I | | Indigestion, ! Dyspepsia r ! can lie cored by I a ? ~ " a | Try it and if it j | doesn't help you m j wil< pay back your j money. Johnston's PHARMACY,; 106 N. Main St, | * ® i T I RUINED j Many a fine piece of $• W silver,watch or locket V tli is spoiled by machine W fit or poor hand engrav- fx? ft? ing, we engrave with- f!f •fi out extra charge on iji all goods sold by üb, & and when we" say i|i engraved wo mean j* 'X engraving that you will not be ashamed X ?r to send anywhere. tit tl? £ Ralston & Smith, j| I .. $ "No Fancy Prices," jjf l|i JEWELERS, ki ?I? Engravers and Watchjnakets, ft? *f? 110 W. Jefferson Street. f|« I i ffi %? I 1 fl? f*? fy *I?fI?fI?f I?fl? ****fl?fS?ffr J HEYMAN HARRIS, I IAOIES* TAILOR-MADE SUITS j !j 2nd HIDING HABITS, i S !597 Forbes Strrrt, Corner Craig Street, < PITTSBURG, PA. ❖ ♦ ♦ ** ♦ + | UNEXPECTED I t IMPRESSION "By "Bennet T*tus-ion t I I + Cni>i/ri'jh', 10OS. lib T. C■ McClurc ♦ +4- +~-+-~*~+ If one were looking for a cure for baslifulnetu) carbon paper would seem mi unlikely tiling to select. Hut it was a piece of this paper which, if it did not exactly cure John Kendall, at least overcame the effects of his shyness. John's bashfulness was most perni cious, and, while it had not retarded ids career as a successful manufactur er in the flourishing town of Schuyler ville, it proved a very embarrassing possession when he was smitten with the tender passion. In the first place, Margaret Little was an "authoress," and that alone was an awe inspiring circumstance. To be able to write stories which met with occasional acceptance, to have the post man sometimes bring her thin letters containing checks and not to be the grinning bearer of bulky packages of rejected manuscripts, placed her on a plane above other women —in John's eyes; not that she needed such placing, for it would be futile to chronicle the angelic qualities with which he en dowed her. The trouble with this endowment process was that it was not disclosed to Margaret. John could write and did write letters teeming with sentiment. Of course it was unfortunate that these letters never were sent. It was more unfortunate that he found himself un able to express in her presence the feel ings which agitated his six feet of manhood. Ile had made three nttempts at a pro posal, each of which had ended In stammering confusion and dire failure, and It Is probable that the number would have been extended Indefinitely had not .1 rival appeared on the field. Any one who showed Margaret the slightest attention was a rival in John's view, and it seemed impossible that the editor of a New York magazine would come fifty miles to Schuylerville for the sole purpose of consulting Marga ret about a series of stories for Ills pe riodical. If this innocent purpose brought the editor, something emotion ally attractive in Margaret's pretty face must have Induced his reappear ance within a month, nnd it was dur ing this second visit that John spurred himself to action. On a June afternoon he deserted his desk nnd determinedly strode toward the Little homestead. His courage mraally luted mtOl ke pissed tbe front j ACItOHM TilK OBCHAKD CAME MAttUAIlE't AND i'Hli KltllOtt. gate, but on this occasion he was sur j>Cisod to tlud it upholding him even after he had reached the veranda. It evaporated when he rang the bell. A maid told him that Miss Little had gone for a walk with tho gentleman from New York. This Information, ' coining as a respite, at first relieved John. Then Jealousy renewed his courage, and ho lioldly said that he wished to leave a note for Margaret. In the matter of impassioned mis- ' elves John Kendall was no coward, and he sat at Margaret's little desK and dashed off a few glowing periods on a sheet of hov manuscript paper. W'lum the effusion was finished It j proved satisfactory, being. In fact, a ! condensation of tho Others which he j had left unsent. He folded It neatly | »»nd was reaching Into a pigeonhole in ' the desk for an envelope when he hap pened to glance out of the wln<\QW. Across the orchard ciuue Margaret and the editors. I'he latter, a small, blond, handsome man, was walking close beside his contributor and look log smilingly into her beautiful eyes. After viewing this scene John wus seized with panic at tho thought of Margaret's nsadiug his note immedi ately. The next instant he was strid' ing away from the house, scattering bits of whito paper to tho June breezes. Ho did not see Margaret for a week, and during that time deep despair held him for its own. Then an urgent busi ness affair led him to call on her fa ther, who was suffering from a slight illness and was unable to leave his hI>USC. When the lutcrvlew with Mr. Little <vaa at an end and John reached the front door, he found Margaret sitting on the veranda. He thought to pass her with a formal greeting, but his In tentions usually went astray where she was concerned, and he was soon seated near her In a wide aruied veranda chair. "I am sorry I missed you when you culled Inst reek," snld Margaret after tier father's illness had been discussed. ' "I'm sorry, too," John replied, men tally condemning the memory the maid, who he had forgotUr. tk" lncldfeu t. "The girl said something about you leaving a note," coutltsuod Margaret. I "Yea—or an invitation to a picnic," 1 John said weakly, "but the affair was | postponed." "Before you could write the note?" "No. I thought It would lie post ! poncd, so I changed my mind." | Margaret was looking demurely at a i rosebush "It has been postponed be fore," she mummied i»ottly, but her companion did not hear the remark. "John," she said In a louder tone, "I ■Uppose It Is only In an Invitation to a picnic that you would address me as your dearest Margaret." ! John Kendall turned slowly nnd re garded the object of his affections with bewilderment. He wondered If any of the torn bits of paper bad been picked | HP and pieced together by Margaret, ( but he had scattered them so widely | that that seemed Impossible, i Miss Little, who had transferred her gaze from the rosebush to her lover's face, seemed to enjoy his expression. Then John rocked violently iu the ve randu chair in the bupu that the action would Luduco mental stimulation *»■* It did not. "Will you come with me for a mo ment?" Margaret asked, rising and en tering the hyise. John followed her to her study. There, on the little desk, was the pile of iS»- uscript paper. Margaret took a note from the bosom of her dress, unfolded it slowly and handed it to John. "There was a piece of carbon paper among the top sheets," she said, "and this was under it." And John read an exact copy of the effusion he had ad dressed to Margaret the week before. For a moment he looked helplessly at the note, then he glanced shyly down at Margaret, and the expression he saw in her eyes was entirely unlike that with which she had regarded the editor. It seemed to say. "Speak for your self, John." and had the stolid type writer which stood on the desk risen to the occasion it would have added an other love sceue to its long list. In the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Kendall, In Schuylerville, Is a dan, and on one of its walls hangs a bit of black paper in a gilt frame. When the curi ous question John about this paper he tells them its story. If they are worthy, and if they are unworthy he merely says that it is an Impressionistic pic ture of the darkest hour before dawn. Whims of a Great Sinner. Brlgnoil. the great tenor, was so careful of his voice when he had to sing that he would not speak at all and was iu the habit of writing his wishes on a piece of paper. During the last thirty years of his life he lived at the Everett House when not on the road. It took him at least three-quarters of an hour to go from his room to the sidewalk. He must get used to the changes very gradually. Leaving the room, he would pace up and down the hail for ten or fifteen minutes until thoroughly "acclimatized," as he him self would say, and from there would go to the lobby to experience for twen ty minutes a slightly lower degree of temperature. At the end of half an hour he usually reached the vestibule, where he would pass another quarter, opening the outer door occasionally to get a taste of the fresh air. When thoroughly acclima tized here he buttoned his greatcoat close about him and stepped out on the pavement. Biiguoll never was known to be ready to go on the stage to sing his part. He had to wait one minute or several minutes before appearing. In this he was a great trouble to mana gers. "Just give me one minute more," he would beg, and when that was up ho would plead for another and anoth er till all patience was exhausted. How Loco Acta. Loco Is often called "crazy weed" from its dire effect on cattle and horses when they eat It In any quantity. In the beginning the poison is slow In showing Itself. The first symptom Is usually a dull, glassy look In the eyes, which gradually dilate and become wild and staring. If after this the animal Is left to graze on the herb the symptoms will become more pronounced, the vision becomes Impaired, and the victim de velops au aptitude for grotesque antics, sometimes rnshlnr mnrtlv * and often hurl itself backward and has the greatest obJeeUon to having its head touched. The last and fatal stage of the dis ease is a gradual wasting away of the animal. Cattle born on the prairies seem instinctively to avoid the loco. lUgh grade beasts most easily fall vic tims to their partiality for the weed. Endlnc Her Storlra. A very small girl of very large liter ary ambitions found It easy enough to begin her "stories" and work up the plots to the right consistency for thrill producing, but then for the life of her she could not "get them stopped." One day, however, she hit upon a happy expedient, and thereafter the "ending" of her narratives was a matter of the Utmost ease. The closing sentence, which came with an inspiration and served fo draw the curtain on Innu- mora hie adventures, was, "One morn ing when they were walking up the front path they all died." Occasionally "back road" or "dark turnpike" or "sunny lane" or something of the sort was substituted for "front path;" but, with tlie exception of such minor vari ations. the one cheerful expedient served the small authoress* purpose for months, *nd the only question In ber mind was why she had never thought of It before!-—New York Tribune. Drck t or Ilia Health. •That innu cau speak, more language* correctly than you can count on the (ingets of one hand," said a railroad otltclal, pointing to n deck hand on a North river ferryboat. "He translated tho European corre spondence of a large importing house nntli his health gave way from the COplln'tiient. We live in tho same town, and one evening he came to mo and asked for a Job as deck hand. " 'I have to have an outdoor Job,' he snld, 'or you'll be a pallbearer at my funeral.' "I trb-d to find something that would pay better, but thero was nothing that would give him as much good air, and he got tbe Job. Now that bis health Is restored he Is loath to give It up. He had saved some money, and ho pieces out ids Income by doing translat ing at home, so he gets on pretty well. "Yes. you'll easily find several score of men ou North river ferryboats who arc working as deck bauds for their health. The dock of one of these big boats Is n sanitarium, to say nothing of the grave."—New York Times. Many years ago a vessel f«-om New foundland ran aground no»r an estnto called Walnut Grove, on the shores of the Chesapeako. This estate belonged to Mr. George Law, a member of a well known Maryland family. On i board the ship were two Newfound land dogu, which were given by the captain to Mr. Law In return for kind ness and hospitality shown to himself and crew. The beginning of the Chesa peake dog was a cross between these Newfoundlands and the common yel low and tan colored bound, or eo«>n dog. of that part of the couutry. The marked characterlsthfi of the Chesapeake Imy dog give every evl (JeHco wf the truth of this story. Its strong power of scent. Its hardihood, its shorter hair. Its medium size and Its remarkable endurance come from the hound, while Its love of water. Its powers of swimming. Its extraordinary ability to endure cold, its furry coat, wonderful Intelligence and general good temper are all due to the New foundland. There has doubtless been adde<l from time to time some water spaniel cross which has helped Its rc markahle retrieving qualities. The yel low and tan of the hound, combined I with the black of the Newfoundland and the Introduction of the spaniel, produced tb« liver color of the true Chesapeake bay dog. In course of time the Chesapeake bay has. In Maryland, become a distinctive breed. Forest and Stream. MEASURING HEAT. flow Science Determines I'xaet De gree of Hiith Trmpeiolurea. Until within a comparatively recent period tbe man in charge of one of the very hot ovens used in many industrial operations, such, for example, as the making of pottery or the manufacture of various kinds of gas, could only judge the heat of his oven by looking at it. Nowadays, however, as n result of the Increasing demand for heat ex perts, pyrometry is taught as au exact science. Even the most expert optical judg ment, as was shown in a series of ex periments made at tbe Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston at the time when heat measurement was first being established as an important study for tbe schools of technology, could not tell tbe heat of nn oven of over 2.500 degrees with more than ap proximate accuracy. Pyrometry, how ever, has invented instruments that can exactly measure heat that is thousands of degrees above and cold that falls hundreds of degrees below the zero point. One of the simpler instruments for determining a high temperature is tbe calorimeter. A ball of nickel or plati num Is heated in the furnace whose temperature Is to be tested and drop ped Into water. The water will im mediately rise in temperature, and, the change having been noted by a ther mometer, the amonnt of heat generated by the furnace itself may be readily calculated. Another Interesting device is a small torpedo guaranteed to ex plode when exposed to a certain degree of heat, and there are various mechan isms that may be connected directly with ovens. Modern pyrometry deals with cold as well ns heat and has yet other Instru ments for measuring the lowest obtain able temperatures. One of the most curious of these Is the so Called ther mophon, an electrical measuring instru ment with a telephone attachment. The device is connected with a coll ex posed to the temperature under ques tion, so that a man in the central sta tion of a refrigerating plant can hear reports from each without the neces sity of making a dally inspection of ail the local thermometers. Trade Methods. Facts came recently to the attention of the London Chronicle which the edi tor hopes do not make quite a repre sentative comparison between English and American trade methods. A manufacturer in Florence who makes boxes of a novel design and character, especially suitable for Jew elers, submitted, post free, a sample box to a leading firm in the United Kingdom, accompanying the same with a letter. His letter, marked over with a huge cross, was returned to him with an indignant rebuke for his presump tion and notice that the box would be returned unopened. At about the same time this same States, equally unknown to him per sonally, and, though the American had to pay CO per cent duty before he could open the packet, he accepted it, with re sults which have proved advantageous to both parties. Coffee For Wornoit *»»•• A simple and valuable remedy for restoring wornout horses is reported by a German naturalist, Ilerr Martin. lie says he bought a horse which "was then almost a skeleton and so weak it could hardly walk" and began giving it coffee, sometimes In the form of in fusions of the roasted beans and at other times ground and mixed with honey. Soon the horse began to im prove, and after a few months Herr Martin had the opportunity to sell It for $250. The German says he has brought round by the same treatment many horses which bad been over worked or were run down, with loss of strength and appetite. Scientifically Made Glasa. In a recent lecture at Oxford Pro fessor Itaphael Meldola described the rapid progress in the development of the glassmaklug industry in Germany. Since the Improvement of the micro scope and the telescope lay with the maker of the glass, a glassmaker, a chemist and a physician united their efforts, and the result was the now world renowned Jena glass. Glass can now be made with almost any optical properties that may be desired. The manufacture has been placed upon a strictly scientific footing. A Pet Crow. C. A. Crelghton of Thomaston, Me., has a crow that was given him when nnd now the bird Is so tame that It llles through the streets, lights on fences, hobbles Into doory ol^B nlu ' Is nearly everybody's pet. It Is said that the bird will go to the school house grounds and wait for Mr. Crelgli ton's boy to come out, will accompany him homo and then fly down Knox street to meet Mr. Crelghton when he comes to dinner. Rhode Island's Great Oak. Perfect in its shape, the largest oak tree in western Ilhode Island, If not In the entire state, stands on what is called the old Parker place, at Greene, In the town of Coventry. It grew from an acorn and Is at least 100 years oh!. The tree has a spread of branch of 100 feet, and its trunk Is thirteen feet in circumference and from three to six feet through. The tree is believed to be good for at least half a century more. As the pen is sometimes mightier than the sword, so the laugh is on oc casion as powerful as in eloqueuco the spoken word. "There are many different kinds of conversational accomplishments," re marked a man well up In the ways of the world, "and I have paid due atten tion to the cultivation of such as lie within my range. Great Is language great Indeed and beautiful withal. Next to my limited ability with words, however, 1 rank my faculty of using the smile or the laugh, as the case may toe. "I don't mean pleasantry and mirth, as domestic social graces, but as defen sive business artillery. Of course s mini's first Impulse when another mis guided man makes a palpable move to 'do him up' or asks some unreasonable and preposterous business favor is to enter on Wordy opposition, strenuous naturally and perhaps violent. This, I liavo learned, is waste of nervous force ami allows argument on the part of tho unfriendly man who is trying to make tin- touch. The stronger wcapou Is to laugh Just laugh. Utter not a word, no matter how much the other may say, but Juttt keep f»n laughing. Fve routed many deep laid, dishonest schemes with a good, hearty laugh. Try It."- L»etrolt Free Press. No. 1. FARM CONVENIENCES. A Fork For Shredded Fodder—An Emllt Handled Mieep Trough. Among conveniences for farm use de scribed in the Ohio Farmer is the handy fork for handling shredded or cut fod der or chaff of all kinds shown In tbe Illustration. It is made of half inch stuff for tines. The head is of one inch square stuff. The piece that goes under the tines to hold the end of the haudles Is one-half t)X one Inch. Bore half inch boles through the head and round off the tines to fit; then nail a crosspieee on the under side of the tine, so there Is Inches of space between the two pieces. Then put the handle on over the mi | 4 0 <N 1 r v i • 2/t ' j A HANDY FORK. head and under the crosspieee and nail it. Cut a notch (m in the small cut) in tbe end of tbe handle where It goes under tbe crosspieee. The handle Is made of a narrow strip of board. Concerning another device sketched in the journal mentioned a correspond ent says: I send you the plan of a sheep trough I constructed which is easily cleaned when a Quarter turned and can easily be rolled about to use the dry trough by turning same one fourth at a time. I use a plain board thirteen inches wide, gauged length wise to the center on both sides. Six Inch hoards arc then nailed one on each side, setting the tlrst board back of the center line (edge scarcely coming to the line) and nailing it firmly; the other I set back of the line on the opposite side of the board, thereby getting room to drive tbe nails In tbe second board. Nail firmly; then take for ends two 14 inch square pieces of one inch board. Divide the margin equally all around at each arm or edge of tbe trough and nail securely to the end. For inside use, in sheds, etc., I hang such troughs between upright posts, ffo're 1 1 Vhi#KJrfrtrte'pßSt'bF upright about six inches above the cen ter or axis, then having tbe trough In A REVOLVING BIIEEP TROUGH. position. I bore through the ends of each of the four troughs at one end (keeping the bit In the hole in the up right) and turn each trough so as to bo level across its edges. In this bole a wooden piu is loosely fitted to keep the trough from turning when In use. The pin is removed to turn the trough and replaced to again fasten It. Not Well Advertised. One reason why the agricultural col leges are not filled with students of both sexes is because the advantages of these institutions are not made known. Our agricultural colleges, at least in the middle and western states, do little If any advertising either in tbe newspai>ers or In other ways. It Is au opeu secret that tbe vast attend ance which most of the great univer sities have is due to the earnestness which those institutions are constantly working for students. In some cases they employ one or more representa tives to constantly visit tbe high schools and preparatory institutions to tell tbe students about tbe university *nd to get them interested in Its work. Any agricultural college that will "get a move on Itself" along these lines can easily secure more students than It can accommodate, and we believe that every bne of these institutions should bo open to both sexes. Tbe girls lia\o as many rights as the boys to a practi cal education.—American Agricultur ist. Trotting the Hor»e Downhill. There are lots of fools who drlvo horses, but one of tbe biggest Is tho one who trols bis horses downhill. It Jars tbe shoulders and may bring on pnralysl*of tbe nerves and muscles. It wenkens the tendons and springs the knees. Let a horse have bis own way and you will notice that be will slacken bis fiace and go carefully downhill. Only those go downhill pollmell that are first made to do It under tbe voice or whip.—Tim In Farm Journal. The I.oaer. "He's what 1 call a 'good loser.'" "He didn't seem that way to me." "Why, I saw him lose $l5O at poker last night, and lie didn't kick at all." "Funny! You should have heard him today when he dropped a half dollar and It rolled down the culvert."—Catho lic Standard and Times. (Jnlrklr Solved. "Yes, for a year and a half she was In doubt as to whether she loved him enough to marry him or not." "And how did she succeed In finding out?" "There was another girl who got to acting as If she wanted him." -Chicago Record-Herald. The Mfiini. Old Lawyer—Why do you feel that your client will lose his ease? Have you exhausted every means at your dis posal to- Young Lawyer—No, but I have ex hausted all the means at bis disposal. Keep In the sunshine find go where men and women are hopeful. If It rains keep enough sunlight In your heart to last till the sun beams again.— Schoolmaster.
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