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THE BVTI EB CITIZKS.
BCTLER. PA.
Planing Mill
—AXD—
Lumber Yard.
J. L. PURVIS. L. O. PURVIS
S.G. Purvis & Co.,
■ UK AMD DEALER!) !»
Rough and Plansd Lumber
OK EVERY DESCRIPTION,
FRAMEB,
MOULDINGS,
SASH,
D< H)HS,
FLOORING,
HIDING.
BATI ENS.
Brackets, Gauged Conicefioards
POUCH POSTS,
STAIR 14 AILS
Newell Post* and Balusters
FKNCE PAI.IMIS, Ac., Ac ,
MICHIGAN SHINGLE
Barn Boards; Plastering Lath ; lien
look Bill Staff, such as Joist Raf
ter*, Scantling. Ac., all
oonstantly on hand.
All of which we will nell oi»
reasonable terms «nd guar
antee satisfaction.
PLANING MILL AND YARD
Hear German dalhallrrliarpb
fag,ma
A. Haffner,
SUCCESSOR TO
H. BAUERIBROS.,
BIITI.KK. PA.,
PLANiNG HILL
AND
Lumber Yard,
KAXOACTtaiI AND I>XALKB I*
Rough and Planed Lumber
OP EVERY DESCRIPTION.
DOORS,
SASH,
FRAMES,
MOULDINGS,
SIDING,
FLOORING,
BATTENS,
Brackets, Gaug d Gomice Boards,
PORCH POSTS,
STAIR RAILS,
NEWELL POSTS & BALUSTERS,
FENCE PALINGS, Ac., Ac.
MICHIGAN SBINOLES
Barn Boards, Plastering Lath, Hem
luck Bill StafT, of all kinds,
constantly on band,
All of which I will sell on reasonable
terms and guarantee satisfaction.
Planing Mill and Lumber Yard on
Jefferson street, Butler, Pa.
ldecly A. lIsFFNER.
_JiOTELH
■J"IIE .SBfIKEniE K BOUSE.
L- NICKLAS Prop'.,
MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA.
HtTing taken poMiMion of th» *bov« well
ko*Q Hotel. and It being fnrninhel in tlie
bewt of iityle for tlie aeconnKlMion of gnfteta. the
public «re respectfully invited to give me A call.
I have *lm> pimxewiou of the barn in rotr of
hotel, which furnieliee excellent iit»t>li»((, ac
comodAtioiiN for my patron*.
L. NICKI.AS.
BUTLEK COUNTY
Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Office Cor. Main and Cunningham Sis.
G. C. ROESSING, PRESIDENT.
WM. CAMPBELL. THEASUKKH
H. C. IIEINEMAN, SKCBETAKT.
DIRECTORS:
J. L. KorrU, I E. A. llelrot>oldt,
Willlntn CAinpboll, |J. W. Hurklmrt,
A. Troutnim, Jacob Rflun-iie,
0. C. Rneiflng, John Caldwell,
Dr. W. trrln, J. J. Croll
J. W.OhrtotT i 11. C. lleiucniAn
JAS. T. M'JUNKIN, Gen- Ae't-
BTTTLJER PA.
th. RESOURCES of
KANSAS
AOOOMPANICO OV A COUNTY MAP OP THC
STATI AMP A FINE MAP or THC UNITED
STATES, WILL M MAILED FREE.
W«ITI torn * oorv to
A. 8. JOHNSON. LA«
TOPEKA, KANSAS.
H. X3icltel,
LIYKHV & FKKDSTABLE
JEFFERSON STREET,
WEST OV LOWBY HOUSE, BUTI.ER. PA.
Having removed all my stock *o the
above Stable, the public are r.-*pect
fully invited to call.
The best Horses, Carriages. Bug
gies, Ac. kept constantly for hire.
Open all hours, day and night.
NOTICE.
In Re the petition of citizenn of Butler town
•hip, at Q. H., No. 46, Bept., IHHO.
Praying the <'ourt to appoint viewer* to
change and lay nut a dividing or boundary line
between Butler and Summit towinhipv a< will
lie in accordance with the draft or line* an
made and decreed at Q. S , No. 23, Jine, 185.1,
and In make draft and report whether <mch
change ax prayed for would be to the benefit of
the inhabitant* of the respective townvhip* or
either of them.
March "th, IMI, report of viewer* filed.
March 10th, 1801, report confirmed nisi.
I»T TUK COURT.
Now, therefore, all paraon* lntere*te<l will
take notice that the alx>ve report will be pre
aented to the Court of Quarter Htiwion* for con
firaMttOß VB WedutMtUy, tbe Htli day of June,
VOL. XVIII.
BOOTS&SHOES.
THE OLD AND RELIABLE
BOOT AIM HOUSE
B. C. HUSELTON,
Is now Receiving Fresh New Goods in the Latest Styles the Eastern
Markets produces. All his
Spring and Summer Stock
OF
BOOTS AND SHOES
Are now ready for inspection. 1 hese goods are made to his own
(special order bv the largest manufacturers, and cominar direct from
them to his House there arc NO MIDDLE PROFITS TO
PAY. He intends to give to the public BOOTS and
SHOES at prices that they can find no where else.
It pays to sell goods low and he means to do it.
The attractions which he offers in the as
sortment, in the quality, and
in the prices, are such that no one can resist going to the
LARGEST BOOT & SHOE HOUSE 111 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA.
B. C. HUSELTON,
MAIN STREET, BUTLER PENN'A,
Some und only a few of the Bargains Offered •.
Gents' Fine Buff Congress and Alexis $1 25 and upwards.
" " Strap Low Shoes, SI.OO and upwards.
" " Calf Boots, warranted s2. lf) and upwards.
" Hrogans and Plow Shoes, 90c ami upwards.
Large lioe of the very finest .Machine ami Hand sewed goods in stock.
Ladies Serge Congress and Polish, 75c and upwards.
" " (irain Fox and Polish, elegant goods, $1 00 and upwards.
" Grain Peg Polish, elegant goods, $1 00.
" " Standard Polish, elegant goods, $] 25, all warranted.
" Kid Button Boots, $1.50 and upwards.
" Grain and Peb. Button Boots, $1.40 and upwards.
" " Sewed Polish Boots, good, $1 25 and upwards.
Very largo stock of the very finest styles in Kid, St. Goat and Peb. Button
Side Lace Shoes.
Old Ladies Shoes Wide, Low Heels a Specialty.
In Ladies, Misses and Children, the stock is the largest I have ever offered.
Hlipoers Low and Kutton Newports
BOYS AND YOUTHS' SHOES in proportion to Men's. Can't give many prices,
space will not permit, suffi.-e to say you find every thing in tbe Boot <fc Shoe
line and verv low figures at
B.C.IIUSELTON'S.
LAR/.E STOCK OF LEATHER & FINDINGS. REPAIRING of all kinds done at
Reasonable Prices. Be certain to examine this stock and prices before you
buy. Thanking you for past favors I still solicit a continuance of the same.
EVERY MAN, WOMAN"AND CHILD
SHOULD ÜBK IT.
Herbali n e Syrup,
TIIK OKRAT MEXICAN RRHDEDY.
The only Medicine in the World Compunded from tlx* Natural Roots ami Herbs of Mexico. j
HKRBALIN b: S Y RXJ Jr\
(NO AIX'OIIOLIf DIIINK.) Tlie most valuable remedy ever discovered in the Vege
table Kingdom lor Ihe *|>e»-dy and permanent cure of Dyspepsia. Ilabittial C'ostlver.ess,
l.iver end Kidney Complaints, Scrofula, Klieutnalbun, Piles, Dropsy, Heart DiseiiM.', Ner
vous Affect tens and Chronic Diseases.
H E K B A L I N K H Y R tJ P.
(NO VINKOAR COMI'OtTND.) The purest and lust M« ulcilie in the world for delicate
Female*. whether young or old, married or single, at. the I'awn of womanhood or the turn
of life, relieving and curing their complaint# as If by .Magic. For the aged and the feeble
this I'onic Syrup lias no equal.
H K R BAL I N E IS Y R XJ
(NO MINERAL POISON.) A swift and sine n lirf in Mental and Physical Prostration
caused by over-taxing tlie imnd and body with liusincs* and professional cares.
H E R B A L 1 NT E BY R UP,
(A VITALIZING TONIC.) L'neqnaled as a medlclnn for Children, being easy of admin
istration, tileasant and refreshing to take, prompt In It* action ; certain In its results, and
always safe Hlid reliable. No Vermifuge, Lozenges, or other medicines will free the sys
tem from Worms like this wonderful Wild Herb Tonic.
HERB ALINE SYRUP,
(TIIK LIKE (JIVINO PRINCIPLE.) Skin diseases of whatever name or nature,such as
Eruptions, (notches. Pimples, Ringworms. Scrofula. are literally due "p and carried
out of the system by this UREAL Tonic and Alternative, while the complexion IN rendered
I clear and beautiful.
H E R B ALINE S Y R XJ P,
(PURKI.Y HERBAL) A genuine medicine warra itcd free from Calomel. Arsenic, i
Opium, (Juinine, and Alcohol In all Its forms. Tlie most valuable Family Medicine in the i
World.
ft •• /Wk ■ & ■» Is offered for a ease of Chronic Disease
that this great Tonic Syrup will fail to cure or greatly iM'neflt, If the directions are strictly
followed.
TRY IT, PRICE SI.OO PER BOTTLE.
PREPARED BY THE
STANDARD MEDICINE COMPANY,
PITTHBURGH, I»A.
fob sale by all DRUGGISTS.
]). L. Cleeland,
(FOItMEULY OF HAURHVILLE)
t'F.A I.KII 15
WATCHES, CLOCKS, JEWELRY
SPECTACLES A VIOUN STRINGS,
t3r Fine Watch and Clock repairing » speci
ality AH work warrented.
Store between W niter's Druir store and Hutlnj
Savings Hank. M iin street. Butlor. Pa.
ORPHtHS' MUM Silt.
By virtue of nn order of the Orpbm*' Coart!
of Bailer count), the underpinned administra
tor ol J II Winter, lute ot Worth township,
Butler rounty, Pa., will expose to mile t>y pub
lic vendue or outcry, on
Weilnodny. Mny 25. 18W1.
Nt one o'clock, t*. m , on tlie premise", nil liie
riubt, title. Interest itnd claim of said decedunt,
I'.elnu the undivided one hall of ull tb-it eertiilu
tract of Inud situate In Worth township, Butler
county, Pn., hounded on the north ty innds of
J onnlhan \Vliner, dec#used; on the east Uy lands
of Catharine Kuullinnti; south hy hind* of .J. Wl
mer, et *l., containing about thirty-four ucru«,
ail denied; lon house thereon.
TERMS OF PAYMENT:
On'-third of purchase money in hand on con
firmation of ft ilc. and the bilance In two equal
annual Installment* thereafter with interest, to
be secured by bond mid mortiraue, lo< ludltiK
; live per cent, attorney'* lee in cnao the aaine
nhall have to be collected hv legal process.
JEFFERSON WIMEK.
Adt t'r »f J. If, Wlmtr. |
} TLv(Pp*cra & tfcoiV, 41v j<.
l-TsHB OIBWmONS.
ppEAVI BAUfil SKMKfiK
Mari fios/n L./y Insert with little flnger
©tATARRK,COLD*'}. «rfl it particle of tlie Balin
I® ytAV[•*. JL..,.. into the nostrils ; draw
fuL^Cv C^^^^ £ <ff/r r I slroiighrealhs through
the nose. It will Tie
\ afoaorbwl,
For I),,ftfnt ' BH '
T )y 1 ,>,ir " <:l< * i>>t " i
ELY'S CREAM BALM
HAVINO gained an enviable reputation, displac
ing all other preparations In the vicinity of discov
ery. Is, on Its merits alone, recognized as a won
derful remedy wherever known. A fair trial will |
, convince the most skeptical of Its curative pow- !
i ers. It effectually cleanse* the misal pass»«es of [
1 Catarrhal vims. causing healthy secretions, al- i
lavs inflammation and Irritation, protects the !
meinbranal lining* of the head from additional i
colds, completely heals the sores and restores the j
sense of taste and smell. Beneficial results are i
j realized by a few applications. A thorough treat- J
I incut as directed will cure Catarrh. As a house
hold remedy for cold in the head Is iincijunlcd. j
The ltalin is easy to use and agreeable. Hold by i
dmgglsls at "0 cents On receipt of Vi cents will
mall a package. Send for circular with full Infor
mation.
ELY'S CREAM BAI.M CO., Owcgo. N. Y.
For sale In Hutler by I). 11. Wuller, ,1. C. Hedick,
Zimmerman & \\ uller. Coulter & Linn.
Union Woolen Mill,
BUTI.ER, PA.
If. FUMjERTON. Pro§»'p.
Manufacturer of Bi.ankrtv, Flansbl«, Yarn*,
Ac. Also custom work done to order, aiich as
carding Roll*, mik in/ Blankets, Flannels Knit
ling and Weaving Yarns, Ac., at very low
prices. Wool worknd on the shares. It dc
• ircil m»7-lv
1
BUTLER. PA.. WEDNESDAY. MAY 18.1881.
MMI
FOR
RHEUMATISM,
Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago,
Backache, Soreness of th 9 Chest, Gout,
Quinsy, Sore Throat, Swellings and
Sprains, Burns and Scalds,
General Bodily Pains,
Tooth, Ear and Headache, Frostod Feet
and Ears, and all other Pains
and Aches.
No Preparation on earth equals ?T. JACOB"- Oil. as
■ anfi' 9 Kurr, r.imple an'l rlirnp Extcniul HemcUy.
V trial entails but the comparatively trifling outlay
. i' Oa fonts, and every or.c MifieriiiK Willi jaiin
, an have cheap and positive proof of ita ciaaiu.
Directions in Eleven Languages.
SOLD BT ALL DRUGGISTS AND DEALEES 15
MEDICINE.
A. VOGEIJ2R Sl CO.,
JBaltimore t Md., XJ. S. X
MRS. LYDIAT. PINKHAM.
OF LYNN, MASS.
DISCOVEREIt or
LYDIA E. PINKHAM'B
VE&ETABLB COMPOUND.
ThcPosßlvt^ure
For all Female Complaints.
ThUi LT« nam© RONRTRTU of
VCIOTABLE Tropc/tiea THAT ARC Ltrn:* to thc lUO>t del
icate Invalid. U;»on one trial tlio n.orlta of thi« Com
pound will bo RECOFRNT 2 as relief i.I immediate ; a:II
trhon ITI twe In eo3t!r.Ul>«J, In nlnety-nino CPJICJ In a hua
drod, APT ni%ncntciirci*cfl>« %r!L| tc»
tifjr. Oa account of It s proven merits, it H R+
commen'LFKL and pre»orib?J by tbo BE-T p!iysiciana IA
the country.
It will cure entirely tl»O trorrt forr.l of FNILINF
ef the utrnm,
Menstruation, all Ovarian Troubles, lll.laxnniatiMa a:.d
Ulceration, F!oo<!insr«, a!l Wrplacf.nent* and the con
eequer.trpinal weakness, *r.d is adaj.trd to
the CHANGE of I-ife. IT will dlaoolvo and ezprl tumors
from t!.E uterasin an oar!y rtr.go of development. TH«
tendency to cancerous hurno; S thoro B cLocked viry
speedily by Its use.
LA faet It has proved t> »e the (NEAT
EST and L#est rem <<ly that liae ever U«n discover
ed. It permeates every portion of thc rjoJ givee
new lifcand vigor. It removes frdctac: *,J!a tulcrxy, do
■troy* ail CRAVING for ctliaulaota, an 1 relieves WCYINEN
of the aionuv H
It euros Klontlnj:, ?>rvous Trostratlon,
General Debility, niecplciucrna, T>c;»rcaalon tnd Indt
gestlon. That feeling of bear! NJ<*ov.'n, causing PAIN,
WEIGHT and bcrkache, Is always f* rrnanently currd ly
its u*a. It will at all tlmc4, r.ad uadcrrH clrcumatan
oes, act In harmony with tho law that govei us the
female system.
For Kidney Complaint* of either SE* this compound
ia unsurpaaaed.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Is prepared at 233 and 213 WESTERN Avenue, Lynn, Mass.
Price SI.OO. 82* bottles for £:.. W. Sent by mail L:I the
form of pills, also In the form of Loscngt s, on receipt
of price, SI.OO, per bo*, for either. lira. HMvILUI
frec!y answers all lvttcn of Inquiry. KI nd for pam
pbU t. AtMr«na AT AU»VE Jlrntio* ihU paprr.
Ko family should be without LYDIA E. lINKHA3I'
LT.XR. RXLL3>. T!»ey EIIRO CONRTLRTATLOR, I.iliouaneas,
ai.d Torpidity of tbe Liver. L.j " nts per hot
QKO. A. KELLY & CO. General
Age ts, Pittsburgh Pa.
Sold by I). 11. Wuller, - Dutlor Ta.
HOP BITTERS?!
(A .llodlcloe, not a Drink.) D
CO.ITAITOS E
ncrs, mrciir, MANDRAKE, H
UAXDEMON, ■
A*i> rar. l'rr.r.nr »*n Ily.«TMrl>|f QI'AU- I
rii H or ALL. OTIIZI: ItrrraiM. n
TIIEY CUKE I
All PISEAM^a of theF.tomach, R»F»WRL». Nl'»od, ■
L.lver, KITLIX'ys. a: >d Urinary Organs. Ner- H
\ouanoaa, enpeclally Bl
Fcuialc (OMl'laluUi.
SIOOO IN COLD.
WILL HE T"*M ' OR 11 R ** NR>T RINR
litlp, or for nnytlilnir L:I ;»tirc or lujurious ■
found in tli« m. W
A'k f Mir for lion NITERS AND t-y ■
IH« in before you sh op. Take UO I#tta<*r« ■
p T.C Is an absolute and I* resist !M<* cure for I
L>runk.c;uie»s, USE of opium, tobacco and S
narcoths.
BMH BBXD FOB ClIKt-LA*. ■■■■■■■
All A»OL«L »«Y H
LL'F Btllwn MFF Co., O'IMLFR, N. \ A R>NI. J
WILL IT CORt ME?
Said a man. whose woebegone eounten
nuee ami broken-down constitution plain
ly showed traces of disease —a MifTerer with
Nervous liyspepslr. In whose stomach till?
most delicate morsel lay tike lead Re
freshing sleep and quiet nerves win- stran
gers to him. unit he despaired of ever helng
well. We advised him to lake
SIMONS LIVER REGULATOR,
which lie did. and in a short time was not
onlv relieved hut cured.
Header, if you arc suffering with Dyspep
sia or l.iver Mlsea.se in any form, do not
nail until the disease lias taken a fast hold
j upon you. hut use the ItegulilTor when the
symptoms first show themselves. SIM
! MO.N'M 1,1 VKit HKIitiI.ATOK Is not an al
coholic stimulant, hul a IM'ItKI.Y VKGh-
TA HI,IO ItKMKIJV hat will eure when
everythingeise fail-. II Is a faultless fam
ily medicine. I toes not disarrange the
system. Is no vlolert drastic purge, hut
nature's own remedy, flic friend of eve
ryone. and will not disappoint you. A
I single trial will convince \ou that it Is the
I cheapest, purest and best Family Medicine
In tlie world.
ASK tlie recovered dyspeptics, billions
I sufferers, victims of fever and ague, the
mercurial diseased patient how tlieey re
covered their health, cheerful spirits aud
good nppclltc they will tell you liy taking
' Simmons l.iver ltegnlator.
ASK YODR DRUGGIST FOR
Liver Regulator!
Ordinal and genuine prepared only bjr
J, 11., ZfclLIN * CO., I'kiU.
1 apt rt-tV
TORPEDO JIM.
The Story of a Moonlighter.
'I am dying; yes, dying.'
Away up on the Bingham lands, in
the great northern oil-field of Pennsyl
vania, a man lay dying. The flare of
a huge gas jet came struggling through
the wide crack of the rude hemlock
board shanty and fell on the form of a
man upon whose features the hand of
trouble and sorrow had left heavy
traces. He was alone, save the writer
of this, and as the hours drugged slowly
along he grew uneasy, as if he feared
and dreaded tbe end which was inevit
able. With an effort he roused him
self.
'What time is it?' he asked.
'Nine o'clock.'
'big Jack won't be home till half
past twelve, and before that time I will
be locating wildcat' wells in another
world.'
'Shall I go for him ?'
'No; oh, no! Don't leave me I
couldn't watch out the last tour and
run the last bit alone. I want to tell
Big Jack something, but you will do
just as well. Can you keep a secret ?'
'Yes.'
'Well, it's a strange story I'ye got to
tell, and I want somebody to know it
before—'
He paused a lonj? time for breath.
Tbe cabin or 'shanty' in which he lav
was situated in a sheltered spot among
a cluster of piant pines, and was the
only habitation for miles around. It
was far beyond the line marking the
extreme front of oil operations, and had
been hurriedly thrown together as a
cabin for tbe drillers and tool-diessers
of a test well since become famous
among oil men as 'the duster that sent
the market flying into the nineties.' It
wasn't much of a shanty even for the
oil country; the boards had been nailed
together with more than usual care
lessness, and the heat from the rough
stove inside had warped the boards so
that snow and rain sometimes blew in
on the 'bunkers' during the night und
frosted each man's beard and hair like
a net-work of lace. Outside, & few
rods from the door, a gas-light flamed
and flared ucross the snow aud played
ghostly pranks with the giant trees in
the darkness of the night. I had
sought the shelter of the rude cabin
one cold day during the winter just
passed, for I bad l»een delayed while
'out in tbe big woods' prospecting for
new territory, and had not set out on
the return journey soon enough to
reach civilization by night-fall, and had
been hospitably invited to stay as long
as I pleased, providing I could accom
modate myself to tbe surroundings.
Five men occupied the cabin—two
drillers, two tool-dressers and a male
cook. Two of the men were, at nine
o'clock at night, busy at the test well
a half-mile away, two others were on a
visit to Bradford for provision supplies,
and the fifth one lay in a rude bunk
above tbe pas stove, tossing from side
to side and waiting for the 'silent sum
mons.' It was Torpedo Jim, the moon
lighter. What bis real name was no
one knew ; be went under the dime
novel name of Torpedo Jim. Some
men called him Jim Barton, but wheth
er or not that was really his name none
of his friends aud acquaintances could
tell. Jim had In-en sick for three days,
so the head-driller, Big Jack Sanford.
said ; and as 1 stood by the f-ide of his
bunk and watched the pain-contorted
face I wished I might lift the veil hang
ing over this man's life, and so learn
the tragedy and romance lying deeply
hidden ben«ath the blue shirt and
heavy coat. As I stood watching and
waiting he started up in a fright
'My Ood, did you hear that?' he al
most shrieked.
'No; I heard nothing. What was
it ?'
'A woman's scream I have heard
it before moie than once. Go outside
and listen.'
Curiously wondering what the man
could mean, I opened th door and
stepped out into tbe night. All was
still and dark save a low whispering
among the pines and the flure of tbe
burning gus. Away off down the val
ley, at the test well, I could hear the
puff, puff of the laboring engine us it
swung the ponderous drilling tools up
and down and the ring of the heavy
hummer as the tool-dresser pounded
the bit into proper shape. No other
sound broke the stillness of the night,
and the little cabin under the pine was
us silent us the grave. Into the room
again and by the invalid's bunk was
but a step, and as his eyes met mine
the mute question was quickly answer
ed :
'I could hear nothing except thc
well; all is still,' was my reply.
'lt must be that I am dying ; yes, dy
ing,' the man murmured once more,
'and I cannot go with a secret on my
mind. Say, stranger, said he sudden- i
ly, 'do you think Ood forgives the ,
blackest sins and crimes ?'
He waited eagerly aud with emotion I
for my answer
'Yes, if you ask it in the right spir- ;
it.'
'Do you think so ? Well, lam glad
of it, and I have been praying a long :
time these three days I have been sick
for Ood to wipe out tbe black spots j
and stains in my life ; and oh, I do
hope He has heard what I asked. But
I feel that the end is near, und I'll tell
you my story.'
After having been proped up with a
pillow of old coats and boots lie l»egan:
'I s'pose you've beard of Torpedo Jim,
the moonlighter ? Yes? Well, that's
me; and 1 got the name liecause I'm
the only living man that took an active
part in two glycerine explosions and
lived I've handled hundreds of tons
of the infernal stuff, both in tbe employ
of Roberts, the torpedo monopolist,
and working for myself, skulking
aroung the woods at night and shoot
ing wells against the law. I've been
a pipe-line man, a tool-dresser and a
driller, and a heap of other things lie-
Rides, but the worst business I ever
got into was this same moon-lighting.
A man will stay ont of it so long as he
fears Ood and regards man, and I tell
you be gets pretty well hardened be
fore he can sneak around nights with
enough frozen bell to blow him into
four tiifftfeot towasbiptt iu UiO of
an eye. When a man gets so that he
don't care whether he lives or dies the
next minute, he goes into moon light
ing and makes a heap of money. Oh,
yes, there's lots of money in it, but it
is dearly-earned cash. But I wasn't
always a moonlighter. Oh, no; I used
to be as promising a boy as ever walk
ed. and that was only a short time ago.
I am only twenty-six years old now,
but I have felt to" be nearly fifty for the
past two years. What made me a
moon-lighter ? I'll show you. There
—that made me a moon-lighter and—a
—murderer!'
It was a picture, a small locket pic
ture of a beautiful young woman with
dreamy browa eyes, sweet pouting lips
and a wealth of dark-brown hair A
most lovable young lady, surely, if the
picture might be taken as a basis of
calculation. The features were strange
ly familiar to me, for they resembled
the features of the wife of a prominent
oil operator whom I had met several
times at private receptions and small
parties The man continued without
interruption :
'Ah, you start,' he said with a fierce
luagh. Jseen the orignal ?
Yes? And you will see her again,
roo. Four years ago I was engaged
to that woman, and I was as happy as
the day was long. I had bright pros
pects in the life then, and ray father,
who was in business in Philadelphia,
where we lived, was supposed to be
pretty comfortably fixed in life. But
somehow or other, after he died and
his affairs were straightened out, my
mother and I hadn't a cent to give a
beggar. I tried clerking and book
keeping in Philadelphia for awhile, but
it was no go; and to cap the climax of
my misery the young lady I was en
gaged to broke off tLe engagement with
the polite excuse that she thought too
much of me to hamper me with an en
gagement, and that I could climl) the
ladder of fortune much better if 1 was
not bound by ties of any kind. Very
tender and cousiderate, wasn't she ?
She never cared for me as much as she
did for my money, but I just worship
ed her, and when she threw me over in
that cool way I wilted right down aud
left tbe city. I landed in the lower oil
country and tried to do something. And
then when I saw my mistake it was
too late to get good bargains on leases
in the northern field, but I came here
all the same aud tried to make my
way. I had my mother to support in
Philadelphia all the time, aud it was
through btr that I learned of the mar
riage of the woman I loved to a wealthy
man from the oil regions. I was
sick for two weeks after that, stranger,
und when I came to my senses I
wasn't tbe same man. I didn't care to
live ; and if it hadn't been for my poor
old mother 1 should have killed ni}*-
self. I became rough and reckless and
did the roughest work I could fiud. I
drove team awhile, and then built rigs
und dressed tools. After awhile I
turned driller and tried to save money
for my mother, but I did't make it fast
enough. The lonper I lived in the
northern field the more reckless I be
came, and it wasn't long before 1 was
a moon-lighter. I made topedoes for
shooting wells, against the law, aud
out in the woods in a little log hut and
hated the sight of man. I soon became
the boldest and most successful moon
lighter in the country, and every cent
of money I could get above expenses I
sent to Philadelphia. I got on the in
side of a lot of information some lucky
speculators had, and took a flyer <>n the
market with splendid result. I made
money hand over but fortune came
too late to do me any good, aud though
I was still a younjr man I looked for
wurd to nothing this world could give.
'A year ago this winter I took to
drinking 'tangle-foot' whisky, and after
two or three sprees 1 got to going it at
a terrible rate, and one day in the ear
ly spring of 1880, some time in April,
f think, I got into a row with a man
at the head of Tram Hollow, and we
had a red-hot fight. We were both
drunk; and when I found I was getting
tbe Ix'St of him a wild thrill rau
through me, the devil took full posses
sion of my actions, and before I could
think twice I had stabbed him to the
heart, und my hands were stained with
the blood of a fellow creature!'
The dying man shook with agony as
the thoughts of that terrible deed came
upon him, and his pain-distorted face
was lifted in prayer for mercy and for
giveness. It was a solemn hour for a
stranger to that country—the death
bed confession under the moaning pines
and the long shadows of the giunt trees
casting their somber forms about in the
flickering light of tLe gas-jet. A silence
fell upon us suddenly; the moaning of
the pines sank to the faintest of whis
pers, while from ufHr down tbe valley
came the whirr and rour of the bull
wheel as the cable of the heavy drill at
the well ran with lightning speed over
the crown-pulley do vn into the earth
two thousand feet.
'Hark!' t-aid thc man whom death
was about to claim. 'Big Jack is run
ning the tools and is letting them slide
so that I can hear. It is the last time
I will ever hear that sound. I have
heard it often and handled the bull
wheel brake many times. I never will
again ; no, never uguin on this earth.'
He was silent again, and so still was
the wintry night that I could hcur the
thud of the walking-beam und the rat
tle of the cable against the derrick. The
silence Itecame absolutely painful, un
til at last the melancholy face of the
dying man was raised again.
'Stranger, come nearer; I'm going
fast, snd I must tell you the rest.
After I killed th.it man I hid the body
in a clump of brush and searched him
to learn who he was. I never found
out, for he had on his oily clothes' and
there was nothing in his poekets only
this, a little piece of paper, and on it
is written, 'What is life? 'Tis but a
vapor, soon it vanishes away.' True,
isn't it? At last I have found it so.
WelJ, after I hid that man in the brush
heap I wandered around the country
and couldn.t eat nor sleep. It was
glorious weather at that time ; every
thing wa« as dry as a bone, and the
next day I stood l>eforo that brush
pile by some power of attraction that
made me go tbere, saw a great column
of blaek suioko rise up near (lew City.
I ku*w ft to c/il 6h>, and 1 ko*w
it would sweep a large area of couutry
and leave nothing but ashes and the
casing in the oil wells. The grouud
was sprinkled with oil all over the
fields and leaves were as inflammable
as powder. Well, I watched the Hew
City fire grow larper and larger, and
all at once I became a fiend incarnate
and set the leaves and oil soaked brush
on fire around the big tinder pile that
bid the body of the unfortunate pauper
I had killed. Instantly the whole
place was a blazing mass, and the fire
spread so fast that I had to run for my
lite. Did you ever see an oil fire?
Yes? And saw the fires in Rew City,
Tram Hollow aud Foster Brook ou
that awful day? Is that so? Well,
then, you know how fast they run
and what a roar they make. It was
just awful that day. 1 never saw any
thing like it. It was reported that the
Tram Hollow fire was accidental and
that the fire started from some sparks
that had been smouldering in a stump
pile. That is all nonsense, for I star
ted the fire myself and had to run for
life to keep out of its way. Like a
crazy fool, I ran down the valley with
the wind, and the fire followed me like
a monster ready to avenge itself.
There were some houses down in the
valley, and they used to call the place
Oil Center, and when I reached the
first house the fire had caught up with
me, and I jumped into the creek and
ran down in safety out of reach of the
fire.
'Pretty soon I came to a house that
belonged to a woman, and it was all she
had between her and poverty, and I saw
her trying to carry out some things;
but before she could do anything the
fire swooped down and caught up that
house like whirlwind. That woman
turned to me, gave one unearthly, heart
rending scream aud fainted away. I
took care of her until she was able to
walk, md then put her in charge of
some of her friends. Oh, that awful
scream. I have heard it mauv times
since; I heard it to-night while you
were here. It has haunted me day and
night; it has given me no rest. I
sometimes think that the pauper I kill
ed was some relative of hers, and that
her scream comes to me in punishment
for the deed.
'You know the result of that Tram
Hollow fire? Scores of people thrown
on the world homeless and penniless ;
thousands upon thousands of dollars
lost; children crying for broad about
th<> skirts of their heart-broken mothers.
I have since done what I could in a
feeble way to see that those homeless
people did not suffer for the necessaries
of life ; but, oh, the remorse that has
gnawed at my heart since that fatal
day ! Why, oh why, did I ever touch
the accursed whisky that made me a
fiend? Why, oh why, did tho woman
I loved drive me to this? Oh, curse—'
He stopped as if stricken dumb, hi*
eyes glaring wildly from their sockets,
his face a picture of horror and fear.
My God 1' he shrieked ; 'that scream
again! Did you hear it? No; bow
could you ? for it comes only to me. I
feel that I'm going very fast now ; and
oh, 1 hope God has forgiven me Come
closer. Heie, take the picture and
keep it, and—some—day show it—to
the woman it represents —and tell her
—and—tell her—l—l loved her—to—
the—the—last!'
The gas-light came struggling
through the crucks in the rough cabin
and fell upon an upturned face, from
which had faded sorrow and care and
hate and fear and all things earthly,
and which, as the Angels of Death re
leased the suffering spirit, reflected
from its cold form the look of peace and
love of the dead but unfortuuate past.
Slowly, reverently, I closed the door of
the rude building and left the dead
alone with the changing shadows under
the moaning pines. Ontj in to the
wintry night, down the little valley to
the test well I walked as in a dream,
and as I opened the door of the derrick
and stood before the giant form of Big
•Jack Sanford that large-hearted man
gazed at me in surprised silence.
'The man up at tho shanty—l be
gan, and a lump seemed to come into
my throat all at once.
'Yes?' said Jack interrogatively.
'He is—is—dead!' and I sat down
on the anvil in sheer despair.
'What! Jim Barton ? Torpedo Jim?'
I could only n<<d assent.
'Dead! Torpedo Jim dead! I'oor
Jim!' And a great sob shook the
burly form of the driller as he groped
blindly for the throttle-wheel.
With a creaking and jarring, the
ponderous machinery came to a stand
still, and honest-hearted Jack Sanford
leaned against the back brake ol the
sand-reel and wiped the moihture from
his eyes with a kind of a groan. Tho
tool-dresser came rattling into the der
rick with a Gem Theater song on his
lips, but as he saw his fellow-worker
the song died awav, and he stood in
amazement before his friend nervously
wiping his grimy hands with a bit of
waste.
'What—what's tho matter, Jack?
Lost a bit down the hole, or is she
stu k fast in the rock ?' inquired the
tool-dresser
No reply.
•Ain't broke tho temper-screw nor
nothin', hev ve ?'
With an effort tin driller aroused
himself and started the heavy tools
once more. Then nodding tov ard the
bull-well, and then at the tug-wheel
rope-belt, he soon had the tool-dresser
busily : n preparing to raise
the tools from the hole two thousand
feet under the snow.
Have you ever stood in an oil der
rick and watched a heavy set of drilling
tools being raised from the bottom of a
hole two thousand feet deep? How
the cable springs and stretches; how
the timbers creak and groan as if every
revolution of the monstrous bull-wheel
was attended with pain, and how the
engine labors and fiercely coughs forth
its discontent at such hard Work.
As Big Jack Sanford turned on the
steam that cold night and started the
drill from its rocky l>ed every piece of
timber aod every bit of iron aeomtd to
cry out against the proceeding. Never
had tho thickly-braided cable shot out
from toe hole with such lightning
speed, and never before had the tool
droaaor forgotten to pour water down
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rushing to the surface. How the dirty
water and bits of Hand did fly about as
the cable rattled on the boards of
the derrick! But the nerve of Big
Jim never faltered, aud 'n the midst of
the rush aud roar he found time to
order the tool-dresser.to put out the fire
under iSe boiler and close up for the
night. At last the unwieldy drill stood
dripping on the derrick floor, and
silently the driller led the way through
the snow-path up through the wooded
valley to the lonely cabin. As we
neared the place I gently held the
tool-dresser's arm and allowed Big
Jack to go on and enter the cabin alone.
All this time the tool-dresser was pro
foundly ignorant of the whole affair,
and as I broke the news to him as
gently as possible the usually thought
less-spoken man sjbered down and
said nothing for a long time. At last
with * a suspicious huskiness in his
voice, he spoke
'Poor old boy !' satd he gently and
sorrowfully ; 'his troubles on this earth
are over forever. And poor Jack, he
loved him like a brother, although he
knew that Jim was once a high-toned
cuss from New York or some big city.
And doesn't it seem strange to you
that a man who had been through two
nitro-glycerine explosions should pass
in his checks away out here in this
God-forsaken country ? And all alone,
too, that is, I mean, with none of his
friends near. It seems hard, doesn't
that a fellow like what Jim used to be
before he struck this country should
die all alone up here away from his
mother and friends ? They say he had
a mother, but be was ashamed to see
her as he was, and none of us, not
even Big Jack, knows where she is.
But I know she has been weli provided
for, because Jack told me Jim had giv
en her a)>out twenty thousand dollars
that he had made up here. She want
ed him to come home and live with
her; and they say that when he would
get a letter from her be would go out
into the woods by himself and stay
till night, and then he would burn the
letter in the fire. Strange, wasn't it?
He thought a good deal of his mother;
but they say be had some affair of the
heart that "broke him all up for good.
Women are queer things, anyway. I
have always tried to keep away from
them, for it's like running your
hands into a gas-fire to get mixed up
with them. Well, well, I'm sorry that
poor Jim run his last bit and struck the
sand out here, for he was different
from any of us, aud was made for some
thing better than to die here all alone.
Poor Jim, poor Jim !'
Softly we entered the little cabin and
stood in the presence of the dead. It
seemed so strangely that death should
come down and lay his hands 011 the
sick man under the hualth-givingpines ;
it didn't seem like other haunts of
death, like funerals in churches and
grand houses, where sorrowing friends
crowd around theuilver-trimmed casket
and take a last look at the tenement of
clay. There it was pomp and worldly
sorrow ; here it was poor, unfortunate
James Barton" Torpedo Jim. lying in
his bunk so cold and still and silent.
We satin the little cabin a long while
in silence, each man busy with his own
thoughts and strangely affected by the
presence of death in the lonely forest.
The night wore on apace, and alter
awhile Big Jack Sanford, the driller,
arose aud went out of the room into
the early morning, closing the door
carefully, as if afraid be might disturb
the corpse of his friend. Hours pass
ed, and r.s one by one the stars faded
away and the Bun came gleaming
through the tree-tops the tool-dresser
and 1 dropped off to sleep ; and when
we were awakened by the sounds of
footsteps on the frozen snow we saw
Big Jack coming toward the cabin
with a rough hemlock box shaped like
n coffin.
'lt isn't BO nice as I could wish,'
said Big Jack as he deposited his
burden on the board table; 'but it is
the best we can do.'
With the loving tenderness of a fath«
er, Dig Jack gathered the inanimate
lorm of Torpedo Jim in bis strong
arms and laid him gently in the nar
row coffin. And then he and the tool
dresser lifted tho remains and carried
them through the doorway and down
the path leading past the well. It was
the most sorrowful funeral procession
1 have ever ueen. It wasn't much ofa
procession, to be sure, .lack and his
fellow-worker .ed the way with tho
body and I followed. Yet thero was
sorrow there ; sorrow for the dead and
oching hearts and broken sighs joined
with the moaning pines in chanting a
requiem for-one to whom fate had been
a bitter enemy. Down past the well
to a lightning-blasted giant pine tree,
and as its foot was a newly-made grave,
the last loving labor that noble-hearted
Jack eould do for his dead friend. And
then, as we lowered the blue-eved msn
into his last resting place, the sun
burst through a cloud and fell full upon
us and east a halo of golden glory about
the scene ; and when all was done tho
driller raised his arms and said slowly
and solemnly ;
•Peace to his dust and ashes through
time and eternity. Amen I'
Poor Jim ? Yes, poor Jim ; faraway
out in the Bingham forests, under the
world of snow, sleeps the blue-eyed
man who will always be in the great
army of those who die unknown to
home and friends, and who will to the
end of time In? among tho missing.
And in her comfortable Philadelphia
home the patient, loving mother waits
and watches for her boy, the boy who
will gladden the old, tried heart and
brighten the old home never again on
this earth ; and by-and-by she will put
away the well-worn Bible and gold
bowed spectacles and lie down to sleep
the sleep that rights all wrongs, heato
all wounds, and gives the beloved eter
nal peace and rest.
And in a little valley in the great
northern oil field there stands a giant
blasted pine with these words: 'Sa
cred to the memory of Torpedo Jim,
who died unknown January, 1881.'
From Sassafras, Kent Co., Md.—l
find that 1 sell as much of Dr. Bull'*
Tough Syrup as of all other cough
remedies combined. J. £2. Hartley,
tfruggift.