VOL. XXXXI. | Beautiful Spring Goods. | 2 New Stock Arriving Daily. a m Banner Fashion Sheets and Patterns. S THE MODERN STORE-- 8 5 An Elegant Line Spring Wash Goods. Drews Ginghams and Percale?. Uk •I New Novelty Suitings, Voiles, etc. Ub Embroideries; Laces, etc. K Banner Fahison Sheets here for March. Free to Customers. Banner Uk |R Patterns are tfce b«t on the market Uk lOc and 15c e«u*h. S OUR CUSTOMERS WILL USE NO OTHERS. | EISLER-MARDOkF COMPANY,Sj S SOUTH MACT STREET | f\C%4 & £ I"■ Send in Your Mail Orders. S S OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. PA. Uk Sapacagflcagag agagae wxxmcx &X&4 §o©o©©«©©©©©s©®e©ss®ss®©e<s .GREEN & YOUNG'S § 8 THIRD GREAT SEMI-ANNUAL § § SALE § O Starts Jan. 23. at 9 o'clock in the Morning. O O Every heavy garment in our store must be sold, J* © regardless of cost. This is the store that is a little 80 over one year old and has made a wonderful record for ** Itself. We have but two sales a year—one at this W time, and the other in August—and when we say sale JJ © we mean an honest sacrifice of wearing apparel for v © men and boys. We do not have much room in this v © small space to tell you about this wonderful sale, but JJ © will quote you a few prices:— 5? V Men's heavy fleeced lined underwear, worth 50c. sale price. 29c. Q One lot cf boys'heavy winter nnderwear, worth 2.53, sale price, 10c. OOne lot of men's heavy working coats, worth $1 25 and $1 50, sale O price 90c. J? One lot of boys' knee pants suits, sizes from 9to 16, at 4 regnlar price. %J OOne lot of men's and boys' suit*. worth $C to $7. sale price, $3 75. One lot men's and boys' overcoats, worth $6 to $7. sale price, $3 75. J' A All 50c overalls, 39c. %J A All 50c working shirts, 39c. 0 We have bargains all through the store. fk Remember the date and come early before the good numbers are v 0 all picked ont. 0 § Green § young, § § One-price Clothiers and Hatters, Q 0 118 South /Vlain Street. g o ©O©©© Q® O®OO©©©©©©©©©©©©©© February Prices AT Bickel's. Men's Gray Felt Boots and heavy Goodyear—Glove overs $1 25 Men's extra heavy Goodyear—Glove Perfections 75 Men's fi rat quality robbers 5® Boys' first quality rubbers 35 Jjadjes' fine grade rubbers ~ ; . • ; ........... 35 LEATHER GOODS. Men's line lace shoes, tipped, latest style 95 Boys' fine lace shoes, tipped, latest style 95 Little gent's fine lace shoes, tipped, latest style 75 1 lot Men's $4 fine patent leather, vici and box calf shoes . 0 50 Men's heavy sole and tap working shoes 1 00 Men's fine slippers, regular price, $1 50 LADIES' FINE SHOES. Ladies' $1 25 warm-lined Congress shoes 50 Ladies' |1 50 warm-lined lace shoes 75 One lot Misses' $1 25 fine shoes 75 One lot ladies' $1 50 fine lace shoes, patent tips 1 00 Baker & Bowman's $4 fine shoes, hand turns and hand welts 2 25 One lot Misses' fine Kang*roo-calf fl 75 shoes I 00 One lot Ladies' good eVery day shoes reduced tp j«j Emdiej ft 2$ fine telt elippenr reduced vo. 75 Children's fine shoes, weage heel, sises 4 to 8 45 Infant's fine shoes' sires 0 to 4 19 Ladies' $1 fine Jersey leggina reduced to 50 Ladies' fine buckle Arctics reduced to 50 All winter goods to be closed out regardless of cost. Sole leather by the side or cut to any amount you wish to purchase. High iron stands with four lasts for repairing. John sicl<el, 128 Sonth Main St.. Butler, Fa. 1 g Merchant Tailor. J? I I ' Fall and Winter Suitings K ■ ( \ JUST ARRIVED. C] ■ ■ w 142 North Main St. ■ COOPER m, FlNf£ TAILORS, A-res r\ow occupying tlieir old iQcatior;, £it corner of tJt\e Diamond. Suits from sls to SSO. . . i \ ; nj_ frfr *•*' irT*-- t' * Subscribe for the CITIZEN mm*-" ■ : THE BUTLER CITIZEN. NEW ™ llfc - lw STOCK -1 have purchased the C. J. Harvey Pharmacy, in the Stein building, at 345 S. Main St., am remodeling and restocking the store. I have twenty-two years experience as a pharmacist, and compounding of prescriptions will be under my personal at tention. Pure drugs and honest treat ment guaranteed. When in town shopping, stop and leave your packages. J. L. McKee, Pharmacist, Stein Block. S. Main St.. Butler. Pa. jC. F. T. Pape,; | f. JEWELER! | / 121 E. Jefferson Street. / F amiiy Reuii ioriw! We often cause ourst-lve* • i <i less worry «n<l ri-tnowe In ia lecting to do some little thing Get a good picture of your f.imily and home made at your first op portunity We make the best at $6.00 per dozen Bxlo inches and guirantee them permanent. I.ct us know in time to go out. The Butler bye Works Dyeing, Cleaning, Picsting. R. FISHER . .Sale Is On.. Our Annual Clearance S*le. We nlways list goods that jou nt-e.l. and not things that have proved un saleable. Heed this. China cale at 20 per cent. off. Pic tures, framed and nnfr»raed, one-third off. Sterling silver one half price. 100 piece dinner sets, one-fourth off. Toys. Games and Dolls at 25 per cent. off. All Bric-a-brac, Bronzes, etc.. one third off. Brush Sets, Shaving Sets and all fancy good* at one-half price. Jewelry one-third off. AH book* in fancy bind ings at 20 per cent. off. Musical in struments of all kiuds at 20 per cent, off. Call at once at DOUGLASS' BOOK STORE, 241 S. Main St. Butler, Pa. Peoples Phone 307. Reed's Wine of Cpd biver Oil will build you up and make you strong, will give you an appetite and new life. If you feel tired and worn out try our Wine of Cod Liver Oil and find relief. It is stronger and better than pure Cod Liver Oil. Pleasant to take and is inoffensive to delicate stomachs,." Indorsed and recom mended by physicians every where. The best Spring tonic to give you Health and strength. For sale only at Reed's Pharmacy Transfer porngr Main and Jetferson St*., Butler, Pa REMOVAL. We have removed our Marble and Granite shops from corner of Main and Clay streets to No. 200 N, Main street, (opposite W D Brandon a we vyiil be pleased to meet our customers vyitb figures that ape right 011 Monuments & Headstones of all kinds and arc also prepared to give best figures qv Irqn Fence: Flower Vases etc., as we have secured the sole agency from the Stewart Iron Works of Cin cinnati, Ohio, for this town and vic^njly. P. H. Sechler ( Wm. Foster, j | Architect. f ' t * ,IX - * 1 11 —X j Plan of all kind of buildings \ S furnished on short notice. f C Office in Berg Building, S J Butler, Pa. ( REGISTER'S NOTICE The Kegister hereby gives notice that the following accounts of executors, adminis trators ana guardians have lieeu lilfd in this office according to law. ami will !«• pre sented to Court for confirmation and allow ance on Saturday, the 1-tli day of Mar. law. at U.« . of said dav: 1 Third partial wviiunt <>f -.loseph Geibsl. nct'Eg executor of Charles (Iribe'. Sr. de deased. late of Butler borough 2 Kin ill account of Charh*> Sze*> au mlnistrator <>f Wilbelmina Szebalskie, do ceascd, late of Clinton townshiu. :j Final ;K''*r»uiit of Chariest Szebalskie. c<- ecntorof Charles Szebalskie, deceased, late ofClintO"' township. I Final and distribution account of Elmer I*. Sutton, administrator of Juni-s Sutton, deceased, l ite of Evans t'ity. 5 Final a«*c«<unt of Catherine O'Donnell. exei-uirix of Jt»seph CDonneli, deceased. Ute of Donegal township. li First partial accoont of M iry A. Eieh enlauband W. .1. Eichenlaub. executors of William Eichenlaub. deceased, late of Sum mit township. 7 Final account of Charles H.Conway, ex ecutorof Fiaocik P Conway, de«s-a>''d, late ol DaWland township. H Final account of Joseph I> Fleming. a:l --ministrator of Michael .1. Flemiug, de**eas !ate of Cleariield township. » Final account of Wilson Uarvin. adinln istra'or of Ellzabetlt Uarvin, deceased, late of Cranberry township. Hi Final account of Conrad \\ \\ iegand. admlnlsi rator of lie rietta W iegand, de ceased. late of lniield town-.l.ip II second partial acc >ur.t of I'eter Nigh, one of the executorsof Peter i.ytiehaugh. de ceased. late of Summit township 12 Filial account of 'ohn F l-owry, admin ■st rator of t'harles S Lowry. deceased, late of Butler tiorougli. la Final account of X M Mclnty re. admin istrator of Mary Jane Mcln'yre, deceased, late i..' BufTaio township 14 Fin '1 account of 11 II Goucher. guar dian of Frank F Mcßride. minor child of I)r C F Mcßrlil . of Voungstown. O. la Fiual account of II II Oouclier. guar dian of Helen I McHridc. minor child of Dr. C F Mcßrh.e. of Youngstnwn. O. Jii Final account of s F Clark, adniilnls trao.r of (.eorge W Kuiin. der eased, late of Buffalo toietifcnip. 17 Final acco'lit of Harriet A Wiles, ad- ministratrix of Henry F Wiles, deceased, late of Fairvjew township. Is Final account of Frank Kohler. trustee Of Edith C Wertz, now of Cumlierhmd. Mil. la Final account of Joha W Powell, guar dian of Bert >1 Wltlierup, minor ch 1 Wl_ t>f 'ohn W Wliherup. dpceased. late of For ward township. 21) Final account of B R Rfttnsey, aduilnl - tracorof Ja e Mc .eorge, deceased, late of Cranberry township. 21 Final ac- ouni of II A Mcl'anilless, ad ministrator of Elizabeth McCandless, de ceaseii. late „f Bu'ler (Mirough Final account of John A Gelbach, guar dian of K Bruce Clark, minor child of James A Clark, deceased. lat > of Franklin town ship. CI Final account of H E Kepple, adminis trator of Peter Kepple, deceased, la'e of BuiTaJo tptynshin. 24 Final account "f John Reed, adminis trator c t aof w m ''rocker as stated uy W F and 11 U heed, administrators of John Reed, deceased. 2.» Fiual account of 11 R Heed db n. c t a of William Crocker, deceased, late of Centcr ville liorough. 2ii Final account of Gnarant.v Safe De posit £ Trust Co.. guardian of Victor Stehlc, nr lnor child of John F T Stehie. de ceased. late of Butler liorough. 27 Final account of Albert B MeCandles-. administrator of Ellzalieth J Mc'"nndless,de ceased. late of Butler twp. 2s Fiual acceunt of Edward F Harley. ad uiinist rator c t a of Sophia ilarlcy. deceased, late of BuMpr borough. 2U Final account of Stephen Cummlngs. guardian of Charles I. Nij<h. minor child of Henry Mgh and ( arollne Nigh, of Summit township. 30 Fii-al account of Isaac Meals, guardian of Sarah E Klnzer, minor child of Catherine Kiazer. deceased, late of Concord township. 31 Final and distribution acco int of Geo. W Wilson, administrator eta of Thomas Donaldson, deceased, late of Evans City. J. P. DAVIS, Register. ROAD AND BKSDGE REPORTS. Notice Is hereby given that the. following roads anil bridges have lieen confirmed nisi by the Court and will be presented on the first Saturday of March Court. 11104, being the J2th day of said month, and if no excep tions are Hied they will be continued abso lutely : R. D. No. 4, December Term. 191X1' In the matter of the petition of citizens of liutier township for a county bridge across Conno (juenessing creek In said township, where the creek crosses the nubile road leading from the Three degree road to Petersyille, known as the Klnzer bridge. September 8. 18H3, viewers appointed, who on November 14, UW3. filed their re, ort in fayor of proposed bridge. Now. December 12. IWW, approved. Notice to be given according to rules of Court, and to be laid before the Grand Jury at next term. I}V Tflfc COUKT. 1< I). 2*o. it, Dccon-tH;* Term, IMOX In the mm tor of th»* petition of cltlxritf of Clear fii'll township for a county bridge over Lit tie Buffalo creek in said township, where s lid creek crosses the pualic road leading from Coylesvill to Fenelton station, Sep tember IT, 1903. viewers appointed, who on November.27, lUO3, til*»d their report In favor of proposed bridge. Now, December 12. 1903. approved. Notice t<> be given according to rules of Court, and to be laid before the Grand Jury at next term. BY TIIE CocitT. R. D. No. 7, December Term, IDOT,, In »he matter of vhp pelitlop'of citizens of Wash ington township for a county bridge over south branch of Slippery rock creek, where said creek crosses the public road leading from Milliards to West Sunbury. September 7. 1903, viewers appointed, who on Pecemlier. 3, IHO3 (lied thpir reports in favor of proposed bridge. Now. December I:.'. 1803, approved. Not let to be given according to rules of Court, and to be laid before the Gram! Jqry at nest tefnj. B»- HUB CkIOHT. K. li. No. (<. Ueceii.ber Term. lUO3. In the matter of the petition of citizens of Jetfer son township for a county bridge ovr Thorn Ol>eeb In said township, where said CTI ek crosses the public road leading the old Butler and Free-port turnpike to the Butler and Saxonburg road, at or near the pump station. November 7, 1903, viewers appointed who on December 4. 1003. tiled their report in favor of proposed bridge Now. December 12, 1903, approved. Notice to be friven accord ing to rules of Court. and to be lu}<l before theGrAhd Jnrv .'»t next ieiiVtf. " " 1 o" ■■ By^u^ootiKX. R. D. No. b, Decern tier Term, In the matter of the petition of cltlieog of Butler township for a public road from a point on the Harmony road at or near the residence of William Wachmuth. to a point on the fiublic road known as the Butler and Gil eland Mills road, near a point where the private road leading to the residence of John Manny. Intersects last named road. November 10. 1903. viewers appointed v' oou December 3. 1903. Hied there .. aort in 'fiiVor of said roiid; no damages assessed. Now. December 12, 1903. approved, and Bx width of road at 31 feet. Notice to be given according to rules of Court. BY THE COUIIT. BITTI.KR COUNTY, SS: Certified from 1(jo record tutu i»ay ot Keb., A. ISjftj" VKOKGE .\l. tiRAIfAM " ' ' Plerkij, 8. Court. WIDOWS' APPRAISEMENTS. The following widows' appralsem* its of personal property and real estate set apart for the benefit of the widows of decetU have been filed in the of a ui HoeCierk of tiie Orphans' Cauik of Huflbr County, viz: Widow of John Reed. per. prop'ty s*lo Widow of Isaac Donaldson, per prop'ty. :ioo Widow of John I). Boyer, per prop'ty iioo Widow of Thomas K. Hur.ter, per prop'y.. .*X» Widow of J. F. Kelly, per prop'ty Widow of John T Wick. per. DtOp'ty Widow of Levi L"fpve.\ per. firop'ty :#ih Widow of Harvey 1). liyeriy, per prop'y :iv Widow of fTirgh R. Hervfejr, per prop'ty Zi\ Widow or l'hilo E. Morse, per ty . .-ft Widow of John I'ost. per pron t« grtj Widow of Samuel IV.Ur.., s lift idop'iy .... 300 Wirios q( Pfeifer, per pr0p.270 50 Widow of Herbert C. Cricks, per prop'ty 113 Widow of I. N. Harvey, per prop ty 300 Widow of F M. < ooper. per prop'ty 300 Widow of John L. McKee. per pron'*— Widow of John Kumnov pt . r prop ty".. .'. '23 00 »». of F. White, per Drop.. • • mow of George K. Me»doo, per pn.i Jvm Widow of William J. Murks. [».»' tirop.'.'.. W Widow o' Vi';... A. mnos. per-Artd real prop. • '••••' •••'•• ' ;.'W Ail persons Interested |n the above ap praUc:nu*uV>» Will ta!(P uuiiuo that they will In* *«r eon Urination to the Orphans' Court of Butler county. Pa., on Saturday the 12th day of Mar.. IWO4, and if no exceptions * are filed, they will be confirmed absolutely. GEORGE M. GRAHAM, Clerks Cffice. February lWu . 1 M ' Do You Buy Medicines ? Certainly You Do. Then you want the best for the least money. That is our motto. Come and see us when in need of anything in the Drug Line and we are sure you will call again. We carry a full line of Drugs. Chemicals, Toilet Articles, etc. Purvis' Pharmacy S. G. PURVIS, PH. 0} both Phone*. 213 S Main Bt. Butler Pa. BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1904. Drying preparations simply d •.<. op dry catarrh; they dry up the secretio . which adhere to the membrane and decom pose, causing a far more serious trouble thin the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid all dry ing inhalants, fumes, smokes and snu.is and use that which cleanses, soothes a:. l heals. Ely's Cream Balm is such a remedy and will cure catarrh or cold in the head easily and pleasantly. A trial size will be mailed for 10 cents. All druggists sell the 50c. size. Ely Brothers, 5(5 Warren St., N.Y. The Balm cures without pain, does not irritate or cause sneezing. It spreads itself over an irritated and angry surface, reliev ing immediately the painful inflammation. With Ely's Cream balm you are armed against Nasal Catarrh and Hay Fever. Dizzy? Appetite poor? Bowels con stipated? It's your liver! Ayer's Pills are liver pills. I Want your moustache or **eard a beautiful brown cr rich black? Use Bufilingliaoi'sßye !«cfs c'l- . —:t!f " P. H>: I Co . Ni:hui N.H / \ THE GREAT "RUB-DOWN." . FOUR-FOLD LINIMENT. For Sore Muscles, Pain in Back, Sore Throat and Sprains, i C5e. $1 C Indigestion, Dyspepsia can be by jVtnbl Try it and if it doesn't help you we will pay back your money, Johnston's PHARMACY, I 106 N. MaiD St, __ CONCERTS, PIANOS ;,.j Everything •- V; Musical. ' Andreas Arthur Love. I '■ s£J KMSBRft'* ; JB£ MUHtu mouse. 331-223 Fifth Ave.. Pittsburg. Pa. Don't Know That? t'ha» Sterna and Milk denut at the of 417 South Main s!ryot is in operation? WELL, IT IS! And if yon TjaSt ***** -Milk. Cream. Cv«&uiery Mutter or Bntter uiitk, call and see us or watch for our wagon. People's Phone 435. Bell Pho\\w %S, ASK Yori; Uuot'KK for Stesn's Oiifer in quart jars. \Ve guarantee >ur products pure and free from any adnlteration. J. 11 STHEN'S CREAMERY. Binding of Books Is our occupation. We put our entire time to studying the best and latest of doing our vyofk. it you are thinking of having some work done in this line I am sure you will be well pleased if you have it gone at Tfce Butler Book Bindery, W. W. AM ON, fro p. Opp Conrt House. 6 O O G O O 3>S e O O © s'• I A MEETING 1 : of ROYALTY J 9 By SIDNEY 11. COLE • v Iff .... Copyright, U*C. by T. C. McClure.... # • •t a # c e® a so e o Barbara stood at the gate drinking In the mountain air. which was like a draft of wine to litr. The sua, hanging Just above the crest of I!:iid Hill, had lifted the early morning fog and sot the dew covered spider webs on the grass shimmering like so nu.ny clusters of crystals. Adown the road linnets and thrushes were chirping merrily in the woods, and occasionally tiie breeze wafted the scent of pines to her. The woods were calling her. She would not disregard such an invitation. ! She ran lightly into the house and presently reappeared with a parasol and a small red volume. Accoutered thus, she started down the road, follow ed by her aunt's admonition to b,' back J % yfta ' IMIIDON MK, DOf'rOK, lIOT THEY'VE JI'ST ' GOT IIEK." to dinner at noon and to remember not to cross the Johnsons' pasture, where rattlesnakes had been seen recently. Barbara went briskly toward tho woods with a feeling that on such a day it was indeed good to be alive. Well down the road she passed the great arched gateway pf the sanitari um, and, looking up the steep drive way, she could see the buildings perch ed on the hill. She had not been down this road for ten years, but she sud denly remembered, with fl little thrill of pity for its Inmates, that the red brick building on the extreme left was the Insane pavilion. She took the little footpath which led across the lower end of the snub tarluu 1 . grounds and into tho plno woods. She found a place where giant pines towered many feet skyward and the ground was covered thickly with pine needles. Here she sat down and listened for n time to "n 1 tinkle of a tiny brook hard by and the sighing of the breeze through the pine tops. She had just opened the little rod volume when the cracking of u twig warned her pf bomu one's approach. She look ed up. Before her, hat In hand, stood a handsome, well groomed young man, who reganled her with a steadiness of gaze decidedly disconcerting. As she looked up he bowed gravely. "Good morning, Princess Louise," ho tin id In a cheerful voice. '"Really de lightful morning, isn't it?" Barbara's mouth curved scornfully. Then, all at once, the truth flashed up on her. This man before her was a strayed Inmate of the Insane pavllion t ller eyes opened wide in alarm and made her doubly ohut iiilng— at least so thought tho young man with a feeen sense of pity. •'Charming spot here," he went on easily. "Let me congratulate you on your choice." Barbara's heart was beating wildly. The man might be dangerous, and she was at his mercy. Sho remembered she had heard somewhere it was best anil safest to humor lunatics. So, yuiothering a desire to scream, she faced the intruder with as much com posure as she could summon. "I should ver3* much like to sit down here with you," he was saying. "It tsn't every one, you know, who Is favored with a morning interview with Henry IV." "Ob, yes," Barbara said breathlessly. "Do sit down. I shall be very glad to have you sit down with me. Indeed, I'm awfully—awfully pleaded to have you sit down, u Unseated himself with a smile which In a sane person would have betokened unlimited patience. "And what Is Princess Louise doing this morning?" he asked. "I'm—J was reading a book on birds, Mr. Henry 1V.," she said, He glanced at her quizzically. "Do you iPilid If I feel your pulse, your highness?" he asked quite humbly. "Oh, no. Indeed not," she assured him, at the same time extending her wrist to him. He pulled out his watch and took her wrist lightly in his hand. Presently he dropped tl and returned the watch to his pocket, . "Ah, thank you," he said as he drew • tablet from his pocket and began writing rapidly on one of the pages with a pencil. He laid the tablet aside, and as it lay on the ground near her Barbara read ;u tlm round, full hand on the page; "Jnnet Tolman. "June 14. Tucker's Grove. Eyes un usually dilated. Conversation rational. Pulse 83." "And now, Princess Louise," the young man was saying, "I think we'd better seek the banquet hall." He rose and slipped the tablet and pencil into his pocket. ' I'm—it's very comfortable here." she said, and tUcn as a forlorn hope she added, "but don't let me detain you." "But really I insist," lie said, with well bred firmness. Barbara dared no longer hesitate. "Henry IV." assisted her to her feet, and as she gained them he slipped her arm through his own. She felt his arm pinning hers tirinly against his side and realized that opposition was useless. Together they started through the grove, and Barbara was surprised to find they took the path leading to the sanitarium. They sained the grounds and started up the hill toward the buildings, "Henry IV." meantime con versing pleasantly and Barbara an swering liim as best she could. She breathed more freely now, for she was sure they would soon encounter an at tendant. who would relieve her of her dangerous escort. They had nearly gained the summit of the hill wheu an attendant In white coat came running toward them. "Pardon me. d< < tor." lie said, ad dressing Barbara's companion, "but they've just got her." "Who?" said the other quickly. "The Toluian woman. Found her In the laundry." said tU? attendant. "Here they come now," he added, pointing to two men who led a struggling woman between tlicm. "Good Lord!" gasped the erstwhile "Henry IV." "Who have I got. then?" "Then—then you're not Insane?" said Barbara, giggling hysterically with this sudden removal of the tension. "1 wasn't an hour ago," he said, rub bing his forehead iu a bewildered fashion. "A woman named Tolman confined here escaped, as we supposed, this morning," he explained. "You are the image of her, which accounts for my actions in the grove. She thinks she's Princess I.ouise and everybody else is some other celebrity. Henry IV. fell to my lot. I'm particularly interested in the case, and because I was won dering what effect the <juiet of the woods would have I took your pulse and made those notes iu the grove. It's a terribly absurd situation. I don't know how to apologize to you. I presume you thought me insane and tried to humor me." "Precisely," said Barbara, and they both laughed heartily. "At least, let me get my automobile and take you home," he said. "I pre sume you've had quite enough of the grove for one day." "Thank you," said Barbara, "but it's only a step to where I am staying with my aunt, Mrs. Durgin." ".Mrs. Durgin's!" said the doctor. "Why. I spend half my evenings there." "Oh, then you must be Dr. Dennett, my aunt's idol," said Barbara. "A fallen idol, I fear," he returned, "when she hears of my latest esca pade." Three months later they sat one evening before the fireplace at Mrs. Durgin's. "Really, Barbara," the doctor said, "I demand an answer." Barbara lifted her downcast eyea and flushed becomingly. "I suppose I should humor you, as I did once before, 'Henry IV,'" she said. "I'm utterly uncontrollable when crossed," he laughed. "Then," sighed Barbara, "for the sake of peace"— But at this point the sen tence was interrupted. Several Hinds of SaailC", The Germans, in most instances, al together discard bread crumbs for their sausages, and when they do use them moisten them with milk or water, hut the Italians refuse to put any bread into their sausages, and they claim that their famous "Bolognese morta della" is at once a more nourishing and a more economical sausage than the very best German wurst, inas much as tho "mortadella" must be boiled three times before it Is properly cooked, and the water In which it has been boiled constitutes a strong clear soup. The Romans make likewise a highly ambitious sausage. In which no kind of bread Is allowed to enter. They call It "zamplno," which is the foot and leg of young pork, the best of which is obtained from Modena. A leg freshly salted .is chosen and carefully skinned, the trotter being preserved; then the meat is finely minced an J v seasoned Is re placed In tho "zamplno," which Is tied with string and simmered In an oval pan for two hours. Wholly Innocent of bread crumbs are also the renowned "cervelas" of Strassburg. A View of Robeaplerre. At tho time of the destruction of the fiasullo the most remarkable of the un fortunate wretches who had been con fined within its walls was the Comte de Jorge, and he was brought tc\ Jlrne. Tussaud that she might take a cast of his face. He had been incarcerated for thirty years, and when liberated he begged to be taken back to his prison. The people flocked In thousands to see the (lungwns. and Mine. Tussaud was prevailed upon to accompany her uncle and a few friends for the same pur pose. While descending tlio narrow stairs her foot slipped, and she was on the point of falling when she was saved by itohespicrro, who held out his protecting band and just prevented ber from coming to the ground. "It would indeed have been a great pity If so young and pretty a patriot should have broken her neck In such a horrid place." said Robespierre, In his own peculiar complimentary style.—"Mem oirs of Anna Maria Pickering." The Time to Tlilnk, Clara—l suppose I o-'iht to stop and think before I . n. Mai\d—Oh. no. You'll have plenty of time to do that afterward. Detroit Free Press SHORT STORIES. Buenos Ayres proposes to erect a monument in honor of the memory of Garibaldi. The amount of gold in the United States treasury exceeds that in the banks of Russia, Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands combined. A Wareham (Mass.) bauk official has just resigned after twenty-one years' service, during which time he has nev sr bad a vacation uor has he been ab sent from the bank on account of sick- . ness. Truman Newton of Yergennes, Vt., has recently shingled his house, the first time It has needed it lu sixty-two years. The shingles that were on it were made by his father and were put on with old fashioned nails. A I'aris paper says that "M. McClel lan, the newly elected mayor of New York, is the son of the famous Confed erate general of that name." By the same token it will be remembered that Victor Hugo never forgave General Grant for hanging John Brown. When Margaret Dinwiddle died at Itushville, Ind., sixty years ago, she left an estate valued at SSO.OOO. There was litigation between the heirs, and the other day tho last fragment of the property, worth $15,000, was turned over by order of the court to the law yers engaged In tlie several suits grow ing out of conflicting claims. Why They Spoke. "We had known each other slightly." said Miss Evvy Waite. "hut never to •peak to until day while out skat ing I fell down quite near him. and"— "Ah. yes!" replied Miss Peppery. , "That broke the ice, of course."—Pliila- j delphia Press. Cbonnlat a Milliliter. Dean EvPrett used to say that parish ' Committees had no more ability ctaoos- ' Ing a minister than a minister showed in buying a hoi- '.—Boston Christian Register. The man who l>ecom ■> hi* own doc tor has a f 'ol for a patient is truly as the man who a<*t ■ as his own lawyer has a fool for a client. > PLANT PROTECTORS. Dovlcn For Sblrlillni Fnrly I'lanta From I'roit, Wimli and Rnia. Uet your plant protectors ready, for [ there will be little time to do so later i on. T. Greiner gives designs and de scriptions in Farm and Fireside for some useful homemade devices for pro tecting early plants from fro-t and cold winds and from bugs. First is the simple box frame, a box without top or bottom. >- y a foot . square and four to six Inch high. A llox WITH MUSLIN TOP —MUSLIN COVER WITH END UOALTDS. square piece of cloth or netting may be tacked over the top. A similar device is made of stiff paper, with a piece of cheesecloth sewed or pasted right over a square opening cut into the top, the sides being held down by pieces of wire bent in double pin shape. For another device a piece of netting may be tacked in two end boards, each end board be ing provided with a small sharpened stake (nailed on the outside), which when pushed into the ground will held the end boards in place, with the cloth stretched tightly between them over the plants. Even a large piece of cloth or netting and a few sticks will do the business. We can take some pieces of willow twigs or other pliable wood and stick a couple of them crosswise into the ground in the form of a bow over the top of plants or a s ' u K' e plant /[ |l\ VV and place the ff fI \ j|\ \\ Piece of cloth fj if J l'A-\ over this frame, 1 11l \ jjr holding the ed«- es down by bank ing a little soil WTI.LOW TWIGS AND up over them, or MUSLIN. we may simply push one or more little sticks slantingly Into the ground and over the plant or plants and cover with netting, or the nettiug may be simply placed directly over the plants in loose folds. Cheese cloth may be considered preferable to ordinary mosquito netting. The latter is rather coarse and would not prove an effective barrier to thrips and other small Insects that might do damage. All these devices are simple and per haps as effective as any more elaborate or more costly ones. EGGPLANT. It* Sucee»sfnl Cultivation Packinc For Market—Good Varieties. For the successful cultivation of egg plant continual perseverance and eter nal vigilance are necessary from the time the weed is sown until the fruit is ready for market, nearly six months. Seed is sown on March t in hotbeds or hothouse in rows three inches apart, not too deep, as a quick start is neces sary on account of the tenderness of the plant. Before sowing the bed is watered, well worked up and warmed. After the seed is sown the rows are covered with sand to insure quick germination and prevent dampening. After the plants are up large enough to handle they arc transplanted under glass into five inch pots or six inch sods. About June 1 the plants are ready to be set out after having been well aired and toughened to withstand any cool weather that may follow. Land that lias been well manured is then marked off in rows four feet each way, a hole is dug at each cross line for sod with plant to set in and ground well pressed mound the plant and wa tered. The field is then well cultivated both ways between the rows witli horse cultivators, after which the plants are well hoed to keep the ground loose and kill the weeds. The fruit should be ready for market by Aug. 10, provided the bugs and weather have not discouraged them too much. The eggs are then cut and packed in small crates holding from thirty to thirty-six, according to size. The best strain I have as yet grown is Purple Perfection, thornless, an im proved strain of New York and New Jersey Purple. The last two seasons eggplant culture has not been a howl ing success on account of the wet and cold weather interfering with the plants to K great extent, concludes nn Illinois writer in American Agricul turist. The Intereat In Fertlll»*r». We have never before had so many questions about fertilizers. They come from all over the country, a large pro portion from the west. We can easily remember the time when he who talked of usiug fertilizers west of the Missis sippi was regarded as a wild man. Last year in the state of Missouri alone near ly $-,"00,000 worth of fertilizers were used by farmers in addition to their I supplies of stable manure. In states farther east the use of chemicals is be coming general. This is one tiling in which the west can learn of the east. There are eastern farms which were producing good crops when the west wa* a howling wilderness. With the lid of chemicals, properly used, these farms are now producing more than they ever did, says Kural New Yorker. GRASS AND ALFALFA. |ronlns Together In laity and Making Fine (alllf. At the Pittsbore (Ind.) institute we had Mr. J. X. Shirley of Roone county to talk about alfalfa. lie owns a hun dred acre farm, fifty of which are in al falfa and fifty in blue grass, nnd his business is the growing of cattle. Ex cepting a little grain to calves in their first year the feed is blue grass and al falfa In the summer and alfalfa hay in the winter. Mr. Shirley says he does not like to plow, and he sees no use of doing so. lie has a herd of Herefords and produces fancy cattle without any particular lalior except that of making hay and feeding it. The scheme was so I novel to me for an eastern state and the memory of criticism of myself for i reporting examples of success difficult! of acceptance by the uncircumclsed nnd nonelect was so recent that 1 made inquiry of Mr. Shirley's neighbors nnd others who know his farm, and they say that this farm is run just as it is j represented. According to my notes of Mr. Shir ley's talk the story runs as follows: Eight years ago he sowed one and u half acres la tliu eurlng where his No. T. wheat had failed. It was rich bllit soil, and twenty pounds of seed per aero were nsed. The next year he sowed more hind, part of it clay ■!!, on wlii.-h tli r.lfalfa did « quaily well. One VI . r H D-D el::':! :I !:■ ' s at the last working of the c :n. - nvlng the seed ahead of the cultivator and covering it two incites deep. It was a showery fall, and a in • 1 stand was got on all except two and a half acres. He has sown any time from April to Au gust with good results. There ore now fifty acres on the farm, and some of the blue grass on the other fifty acres will be piow.-d up and : ,1 to . lfalfa. No effort will be mad" to kill the blue grass out by cultivation of a crop, but he expects it to come in with the alfal fa. occupying the surface with its roots while the alfalfa uses the soil down lie low the surface. Some grass and al falfa are now growing together, dwell ing together in unity and making choice pasture. While Mr. Shirley is keeping his cat tle on blue gra-s nnd alfalfa and some mixture of alfalfa and timothy and is growing tine Herefords for breeding and for the block without grain after the first year, it docs not follow that al falfa without grain will give satisfac tory results to others. It will to.some, probably: not to all. Ills blue grass is heavy, and that is a great feed. Lots of the credit is due to the grass. Rut we should see that alfalfa is less diffi cult to grow than some have supposed anJ that if we can produce the five to seven tons per acre that Mr. Shirley gets—or the half ivf it— we have a cheap and wonderfully rich feed. Alfalfa is to be grown far more extensively in the states east of the Mississippi than it now is. The experiments in New Yo l( Pennsylvania, Ohio nnd other states prove its adaptability to a wide area of soils.— Alva Agee in National Stock man. Drilroblc Fowl* on Small Place*. The Polk"h are a class of jioultry very much liked by fanciers and breeders who have small places and can give them the proper attention, says Ameri can Agriculturist in presenting the ac companying cut. They are probably WHITE CRESTED BLACK I'OLISH COCK. the handsomest class of poultry, their large topknots and brilliant coloring making them very attractive. The White Crested Black are solid black in color except the topknot, which is pure white. The fowls are medium in size and lay beautiful white eggs. Hastening tbe Rhubarb. Clve tho r!iubar* pT*aft !ri tYie den a heavy dressing of fine old com post. If yon wish a few early stalks place kegs or boxes over some of the plants and heap over them some horse manure. Asrrlenlt arnl Xew* nnd Xotei. Speaking of materials used in ndul terating feed, Professor Carlyle of Wis consin says weed seeds are often ground and introduced into the bran. They may possess feeding value, but the bran should not be called pure bran. According to American Agriculturist, potato holdings are not heavy, fully three-fourths of the crop having found its way to market. The New York Agricultural Experi menters' league at its first annual meet ing at Cornill university elected I)r* I. I*. Roberts honorary president, 11. R. Winters president and J. L. Gilmour, Ithaca, secretary-treasurer. As n cultivated plant the dandelion Is assuming a place of some importance in farm gardens, and in the New Eng land market gardens it is grown exten sively, yielding large returns per acre, says American Cultivator. The gypsy moth pest Is exciting re newed anxiety in Massachusetts. WAYS OF THE MAGPIE. The Hint la Soeiable, Secretive nnd Full of Mlaehlef. The magpie has the same sort of so ciability, the same secretiveness, the same thirst for education—of a certain kind—the same inherent nnd Ineradica ble love of mischief as has that very versatile bird the raven. Not that in in tellect and strength of character she is In any way equal to the raven. Fun she has In abundance, but hardly hu mor. Conscious huiuor, that high and rare gift of man widen interpenetrates and colors everything in life, is, I think, possessed in germ by the raven and the raven alone. You see it in his eye. In the pose of his head, in his walk, in every movement of his body. The eye of the magpie is, like the wit of Dickens, always on the move, nerv ous, excitable, glittering, scintillating. The eye of the raven is like the humor of Goldsmith. It has a faraway look, it dreams. It thinks, "it bodes and it bodes," it all but smiles. The magpie will pick tip many words, or even sen tences. and the old superstition that she will only talk or talk well if her tongue Is slit with a thin and sharp silver sixp: nee died a natural death about the time that the coins of the realm had to be "milled" and so wero rendered unsuitable for so stupidly cruel an operation.— R. Rosworth Smith in Nineteenth Century. ServnutN In CJermnny. It is difficult in Germany for a pro fessional regtic to enter a family as a domestic servant. There every servant has a character book, in which the mis tress must enter the dates of the com ing and leaving of the servant, with her character while, in service. This the girl is obliged to* take to the near est police station and have it dated with the official stamp, thus preventing the manufacture of bogus recommen dations. Wliut She Meant. "Didn't I hear your wife refer to you as the human mince pie?" said the curl ens person. "Yes." answered Mr. Sirlus Barker. "Is that a compliment" "Not exactly. She means that I never ■ agree with anybody." Washington Star. Am I'Miinl. "When I looked ::t this picture last iv i-k I frilled to observe those goats 'own In the corner." "Tin! .-My they butted in since then." Kansas City Journal.
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