VOL. XXXXI.
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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
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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. ...
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"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
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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 !
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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
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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
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| Indigestion,
! Dyspepsia
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! can lie cored by
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| 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, |
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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|«
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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.
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| UNEXPECTED I
t IMPRESSION
"By "Bennet T*tus-ion t
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+ Cni>i/ri'jh', 10OS. lib T. C■ McClurc ♦
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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
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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.