VOL. XXIV. ESTATE Of" JOHN WOLFORD j LATK OF IWNKOAL TP. Letters of adminlsti.it ion having W" Kf"iteU | to tUe undersigned lu the Mtate of John woi ford, dcoMwlate of Donegal tp. Butter Pa., all persons kuowlng tndetued to skid estate will please make '»"n\edl«e pay ment and auv l<«jig claims asauistsaidestatc will present UusliSuly authenticated for settle- j ment. HABB.KTT W OI.KOKD. liarnharts Mills, V. O. t F. H. Mommk. Souora, P. O. S. F. Bowser, Att'y. Administrators, ~ Estate of C. A. McKinney. LAI.: OF COSNOQCKNESSINO TWP., DKC'D. Letters testamentary on the estate of C. A. ; McKlm. v. Esq., dee'd. late ol Conuoquene-jsinif twp., BuilerCo.. Fa., having been &ranU-d t« . the undersigned, all persons knowing t i selves indebted to said estate will make' dtate payment, and any having da'ms agalins said es'-ate will present them . 11UMELI., ) Coalville P. 0., Butler Co., 1 a. Estate of David Marshall, LATE OK PROSPECT, DKC'D. Letters of administration having been granted to the undersigned on tlie estate of Dawu Mar shaU, Kstl .Uec'd, late of Prospect. Sutler Co., Fa., all persons knowing themselves indebted to satd estate will please make Immediate pay ment. and any having claims against said estate will present them duty authenticated foi settle ment. MAKTUA MARSHALL, Adm x. Prospect, Butler Co., 1 a. Lev. McQulstlon, Att'y. Administrators' Notice. JWATK OP R- M- HARBISON, DEC'D. Wlierc:us Utters of administration have h?£ n graXn* the agister of Butler. county Pa., to the undersigned on the estate of It. >l. 'jar toteon lata of Buffalo twp.. Butler county, l a., deed all persons who know themselves In debted t J said estate win make immediate payment. ;.nd those having claims against the JXTlli present.Uicm properly autnentloateU lor settlement to the un e *jJ^®Jj ABE[so)(i JOUN HARBISON. FREr.po.iT. P, 0.. PA. Adinin.strators. KHTVI'K OK CIIHISTOPHEB KeWCHAST'. LATE OF CLAY TOWNSHIP, DEC'I). Letter* testamentary on the estate ol Christopher Mc Michael, dee'd, late of Clay towcchip, Butlei county, Pa , having beeu f ranted to the undersigned. All persons nowing themselves indebted to said estate, will please make immediate payment, and *ny having claims against said estate, will present them duly authenticated for settle men ' JAPHIA MCMICHAEL, Ex'r. ECCLID P. 0., Butler Co. Pa. FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE. FARM of 175 acres near R. K. station. 30acres Improved land, convenient to i'ittsburg ; harn Is 100x00 and cost s46oo—ls good aa new--a KOOd Groom frame house, good orchard. Price wopo. MlfiHT PAV A CASH DiKKF.iiKSt K on a trade. We have small and large farms for sale or trade. Patent and Pension cases prosecuted. Head llie new pension laws and write to us J. U. STKVF.NSON'H & Co's Agency, 100 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. TRUSTEES SALE ESTATE OF It. W. JIEBERLING DEC'D. By virtue of an order of the Orphans' Court of Butler county, Pa., at O. C. No, 49 of Dec. T., 1886, to me directed, I will ex pone to public sale on SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1887, AT 1 O'CLOCK P. M. on the premises, in the Borough ol Ze'ieno lile, the following described tract df land, or ot of grruud, bounded aud described as fol lows: On the uorth by lot of J. C. Brown, on the east by lot of A. F. tfeberling, ou the ■outb by New Castle street, and ou the west by lot of Mrs. Margaret Strohecker, and baying a frontage ou New Castle street ol one hundred and thirty-four feet, and run ning back from thence a distance of sixty aix and two-thirds feet, with a ONE STORY BRICK HOUSE thereon ereeUtfltSale to be adjourned from time to time if no sufficient bid is oblaiued. f TERMS OF SALE: One-third of purchase money on eoriGrma tioo of sale by tne Ccurt, and remainder in two equal annual installments from that * ' date with lawful interest; to be secured bv bond and mortgage on the premises, bond and mortgage embracing attorney's commis sion, in case the same shall have to be col lected by legal process. PETER KRAMER, Shenff, Butler April 11, 'B7. Trustee. Application for Pardon. Notice is hereby given that I, William Mc- Kcever, of Butler Co., Pa., convicted of as •ault and battery in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Butler Co.. Pa., No, 38 March sessions, 1887. will apply for pardon before the Board of Pardons in Harrisburg, Pa., at (he next meeting of said Board the third Taeadav of May, 1887, being the 17th day of May, 1887. WILLIAM MCKEEVEB. April 22, 1887. BED FIIST LifEIT, W. Jefferson St., Butler Pa. Hick & Kennedy Have opened a first-class livery stable on West Jefferson St., with everything new horses, harness and wagons. OPEN DAY AND NIGHT. Particular attention paid to the transient trade. When in Butler give us a call. 12-24-6 m FLICK & KENNBDY. Planing Mill -AND— Jjiimber Yard J. L. PUKVIS. L. O. FUR VIP, S. 6. Purvis & Co. MANI-rACTHBHRS iND r>KALBKS Tlf Bough and Planed Lumber OF ILVKUY D*BCKIPTIO«, FRAMI S, MOULDINGS, SASH, DOORS, FLV-OviJNG, SIDING, BATTENS, Bracketslugged Cornice Boards. SHINGLES&LATH < PLANING MILL AND YARD RMrUermnn Oatbollct'linrcb SU R V E Y I NO LAND, COAL BANKS, AND LEVELING. Particular attention given to the Retracing ot old lines. Address, B. F. IIILLIARD. Co. 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KITENMUI LEE. Prop'r. iSBTfn AGENTS If rill I LU "POI.IJTICAL IHSCI SSIO.NS, DIPLO.MATK and PGPM.AB," Including sill his speeches. IIVJ.AMKSG. BLAINE. Apply at once lor terms and territory. i\ .1. FLEMING & CO.. 4-lA-4t 4. Mil Ave., Pit'sb'irg. S'I'HIHV ANN. The Standneces lived in a littie sheltered cove upon the mountain bide, their house only a two roomed cabin. with «n entry separating the rooms, and low ungainly chimneys at each end. Below it the Cartecay river lay like an amber ribbon in the j preen, fertile valley: above it towered majestic mountain heights, shrouded in a bilver mists or veiled in a blue hi>ze. The Standneges wee bred and born mountaineers, and had dri'.ted j into the little cove while It.diau camp fires were fctill giowing like stars in the valley of the Cartecay and Indian wigwams dotting the river's banks. The house had a weatherbeaten look, and the noble chestnut oak* shading it had covered the roof with a fine • green mold. The kitchen, a heavy looking, blackened structure with a puncheon (1 >or, stood just iu the rear , of the house, and so situated thai from i the door one could look through the j entry to the front gate and the moan- ! road bevond Mrs Standnege sat in the kitchen | door one morning with bottß-s aiia j bean bags scattered around her j "sortin" out seed beans She was a j woman not much beyond middle age, , but lean and yellow, with faded eye* J and scant dun colored hair, time aud i toil and diet having robbed her of the last remnant of youih, without giviDg her a lovely old age. She was a good t\ pe of the average mountain woman, illiterate but independent, and contented with her scant home spun drees, - aud her bean bag 3. A heavy eld loom occupied one corner of the ki'chen, and i oily, the eldest daughter, sat on the high beneh before it, industriously weav ing, while S'phiry Ann stood by the smoke stained mautel, watching the pine she had laid on the fire burst into a livid flame. A bundle of clothes lav at her feet, surmounted by a round, flat gourd, filled with brown, jelly-llko soap. Polly was the eldest and she the youngest of eight children, but the others oil lay safely aud peacefully in the little neglected burial ground jat the foot of the mountain. She was unlike mother and sister, She had youth, she was supple and fair, her hair dark and abundant, her eyes gray and clear. She had the soft, drawling voice, but also bad a full share of the sturdy independence of her race. The circumstances of her christening, Mrs. Standneges was rather fond of relating. "Yes, S'phiry Anniser oneommon name," she would say, not without a touch of complaceny, "but her pap gin it tu her. She was a month old to a day, when that traveiin' preacher came through here an' held meetin' fer brother Dan'l on Sunday. He preached mos'ly about them liars droppin' dead at the 'postles' feet, and Standuege came home all hut persess ed about it, an' nothin'ed do but he mus' name tho baby S'phiry Aun in stead er Sarry Aun as we'uns had thought. He 'lowed it sarved tiiem onprincipled folks right to die, au' he wanted sometbin' ter remin' him o' that sermont Well, I ain't desputin' but it was right, but I tole Standnege then, an' I say so yit, that ef all the liars in the world war tuk outen it, thar wouldn't be many folks left." S'phiry Ann had heard of the fate of the Sapphira figuringin sacred his tory; it had been deeply impressed on ber mind in her tenderest years.and might possibly have left a deep im pression, for she grew up to be a sin gularly truthful, upright girl. Just now, as she leaned against the mantel and stared at the fire, her face wore au unwontedly grave expression. "Folks as set themselves up ter be better'n tbey ekals air mighty apt tu git tuk down, S'phiry ADO," said her mother, evidently resuming a conver sation dropped a short time before. "But 1 ain't a-settin ; up ter be bet ttrn' my ekals, ma," said S'phiry Aun, gently butdefensively. "It 'peared like nothin' else yister day when you'uns so p'intcdly walk ed away from Gahe Plummer at meetin', an' it the fu3t time you'uns had seed bim since comin' from yer aunt Thomas over in Boondtown set tlemint. Thar aiu't no call ter treat Gabe so." "But ain't we hearn he's tuk up with them distillers on the moun tains?' said the girl in a low tone, a deep flush overspreading her face. "Yes, we'uns have heard it, but what o' that? Many a gal has tuk jest Beeh." "An' glad to get 'cm too," snapped Polly sharply, stopping to tie up a broken thread. "Gabe Plummer is er oneommon steddy boy. He's er master hand at en'thiny he wants ter do, an' " But S'phiry Ann did not linger to hear the full enumeration of her lov er's vrirues. Hastily balancing the bundle of clothes on her head, she took up the blazing torch, and hurried to the spring, a crystal clear stream, running out of a ledge of rock and slipping away through a dark ravine to the river. If she imagined ehe had escaped all reproaches for her rep rehensible conduct the day before, it was a sad mistnke. Hardly Lad the fire been kindled and the rusty iron kettle filled with water, when a young man came treading heavily through the laurel thicket above the spring, leaped down the crag and sa luted her. "Mornin', S'phiry Ann." "Morniu', Gabe," she said, blush ing vividly and busying herself piling unnecessary fuel ou the fire. He was a fine specimen of the mountaineer, lithe, well made, tough ened to hardy endurance, with taw ny hair falling to his collar and skin bronzed to a deep brown. He wore no coat, end his shirt was homespun, his nether garments of coarse brown jeans. He carried a gun, and a shot bag and powder horn were slung car lessly across his shoulders. "I knowed you'uns had a way er waehin' on Monday, so I jest thought bein' as I was out a-huntin' I'd come roun'," he said sitting down on the wash bench and laying the gun across his lap. "You'uns air welcome," she said taking a tin pail and stepping to the spring to fill it. "I wouldn't a lowed so from yiste'- day," darting a reproachful glance at her She made no reply. ' What made you'uns do it, S'phiry Ann?" he exclaimed, no longer able to restrain himself. "I ain't desarv ed no sech; but if it was jes' ter tease me, why" She raised up with the pail of water. "No, it waen't that," she said in a low tone, her eyes downcast, the color flickering uncertainly in her face. "Then you'uus didn't mean what was said that night a comiti from the Dillin'ham gatherin'," he cried turn ing a little pale. "Mebby it's* some bodr over in Beondtown settlement," a smoldering spar k of jealousy llamiug U P "It's the 'stiilery, Gabe," she saia, and suddenly put down the pail to unburden her trembling hinds. You'uns hadn't ought ter go inter ic "But the crap last year made a plum' failyre," he replied excusingly, his eyes shifting slightly under the of hers. She was standiug by the t-pring, against a background of dark green, a slanting sunbeam shift ing its gold dawn through the over hanging pine ou her dark, uncovered bead, lighting up her earnest face, lending lustrous fire to her eyes. The cotton skirt and ill-fitting bodice ehe wore could not destroy the sup ple grace of her figure, molded for strength as well as beauty. "The crap wusu't no excuse, aa' if vou'uas runs' make whisky up thar oa the sly, 1 ain't got no tu say, aa' I ain't got no use fer ye." "Yer mean it, S'phiry Ann?" "1 mean it, Gabo " "Th°n you'uns never keered," he cried with rising passion, "an' that half way promise ter marry tue was jest a lie ter fool me, nothin' but a lie. I'll make it if I please," bring ing his baud down on the bench with a fierce blow "Au' hide iu the cayes like a wild creetur when the rainders air out on the mountains ?" she scornfully ex claimed. it is sunburned fac-o flushed a dull red, and he writhed uuder the cruel question. "They ain't apt ter git me, that's certaiu," he muttered. "You'uns don't know that," more gently. "Think o' A 1 Hendriesan 1 them Fletcher boys. They thought themselves to smart for the officers, but they wasn't. You'uns know how thej- was caught arter lyin' for weeks a-tukin' the sleet an' rain an' all but starvin', en' tuk down to Atlanty an' put in jail, on' thar they stayed a-piu in\ I staid long er Al's wife them days, for she was that skeery she bated ter see night come, an' I ain't forgot how she walked the floor a-wringin' her hands, or settin' deep over the fire a-dippin' snuff or a smokin'—'twa3 all the comfort she had—an' the chillua's axia' for their pap, au' she not a-knowin' if he'd ever git ;.baek. Ob! 'twas turrible lonesome, plum 1 heart breakin' to the poor creetur. Then one day, 'long iu the spring, A 1 crept in, all broke down an' no 'count. The life gave outen him, an' for a while he sot rcuu' an' tried ter pick up, but the cold an' the jail had their way, an' he died." She poured out the brief but trag ic story breathlessly, then paused, looked down, and then up again "Gabe, I sez ter myself then, 'none o' that in your'n, S'phiry Ana, noue o' that in your'n."' She raised the bucket and threw the contents into a tub. Gabe Plummer cast firey glances at her, the spirit and firmness she dis played commanding his admiration, even while they filled him with ruge against her. Yes, he knew A 1 Hea dries' storv; be distinctly remember ed tbe fury ot resentment his fate roused among his comrades, the threats breathed against the law, but he held himself superior to that un fortunate fellow, gifted with keeper wits,a more subtle wariness.The stand S'phiry Aun had taken against him roused bitter resentment in his soul, but the fact that he loved her so strongly made him loatbe to leave her. A happy dream of one day haviug her in his home, prevading it with the sweetness of her presence, had been his close and faithful com panion for years, comforting bis lone ly winter nights when the wind tore wildly over the mountains, aad the raia beat upou the cabin roof, or giv ing additioaal glory to languorous summer noons, when the cloud shad ows seemed to lie motionless on the distant heights, and the sluggish river fed moisture to the heated val ley. What right had she to spoil this dream before it had become a reality? He could not trust himself to argue this matter with her then, but ab ruptly rose to his feet. "We'uns'l not say any more this morniu', though I do thiuk a settin up A 1 Ilendries' wife agin me is an opjestice. Me an' some o' the boys air comin' down ter ole man Whita ker's this evenin', an' beiu' agreeable I might step down to see you'uns agin." "Jest as ye please," she quietly re plied, then w r ith a tinge of color ad ded; "If you'uns'l go back ter tbe clearin' I'll do jest do jest what I promised, Gabe." But without saying whether he would or would not, Gabe shouldered his gun aud went away. S'phiry Ann had been very calm and decided throughout the interview but the moment her lover disappeared she sank trembling on the bench, her face hidden iu her hands. "If it hadn't 'a' be'n for thinkin' o' A 1 Hendries' wife I never could 'a' stood up agin him," she sighed faint ly. A squirrel springing nimbly from a laurel to a slender chestnut tree paus ed on a swaying branch to look at her, and a bird fluttered softly in the sweet gum above her. The sun slipped under a cloud, and when she rose to go about her work the spring day had grown gray and dull. It sent a shiver through her, as she stared dejectedly at the overshadow ed valley. She bad little time, though, for idle indulgence; she mnst. be at her washing; and presently, when the clouds had drifted away and the sunshine steeped the earth in its warmth again, her spirits rose, a song burst from her lips—an ancient hymn, old almost as the everlasting mouataias around her. Tbe day waxed to full noon, then the waned, and S'phiry Ann spread the clothes on the garden fence and the grass to dry. There were other duties awaiting her. The geese must be driven up, the cows milked, and water brought from the spriug for evening use. Then she would put on her clean cotton gown and smooth the tangles out of her hair before Gabe came iu. It was all accom plished a3 she had planned, and at dusk she sat on the rear step of the entry takiug a few minutes of well earned rest. The light streamed out from the kitchen, falling across the cieun, bare yard and sending shifting BUTLER. PA , FRIDAY, APRIL 2!), IBS 7 gleams up among the young leaves of the trees. On the kitchen step sat Eph, an orphan boy of 12 or 13 the Standneges had adopted, whittling a hickory stick for a whistle, and at his eide crouched a lean, ugly hound. S'phiry could see her father tilted back in a chair against the loom, talking to Jim Wise, a valley farmer who had come up to salt his cattle on the mountains, while her mother and sister passed back ami fortb preparing supper The voices of the men were raised, and presently she beard Wise sab: "The rainders air out ter-night, so I hearn comia' up the mountain. They air expectin' ter ketch up with things this time, beia' as somebody has beeu a tellin'—it 'pears so, auv way." S'phiry Ann pressed her hands to gether with a little gasp. "The boys air got thevyeers open," said Mr Standuege with a slow tmile, his half-shut eyes twink'ing. "But this er onexpected move, an' they mayn't be a lookia' for it," per sisted the other man. "They air always a-ready an' a lockin'. They aiu't to be tuk nap- piu' " But the girl listening with breath less attention shivered, not sharing her father.s confidence. She re membered that Gabe Plummer had said they were coming down to old man Whitaker's, and she knew that they were off guard. They would be caught, she thought, with a cold sen sation around her neart; Gabe would be put in jail, lecked up j.robably for months, and then come back with all the youth and strength gone from him. Even a3 these thoughts were passiug through her mind, a sound fell on her ears, faiut, far away, r.ad yet to her, alert, keenly alive to the approach of danger, terribly signifi cant. It was the steady tramp of iron shod hoofs upon the road, aad it approached from the valley. She sat motionless, but with fierce beating heart, listening aud feeling sure it was the enemy drawing near. The revenue men had always look ed upon the Standneges as peaceful, law abiding citizens, aud though no information had ever been obtained from them, the officers sometimes stopped with them, lounged on the entry, or sat at their board, partakers of their humble fare. Probably they intended stopping for supper. The girl devotedly hoped they would The steady tramp grew louder, the hound pricked up his long ears, sniff ed at the air, then dashed around the house with a deep, hostile yelp. The next moment a party of horsemen baited before the gate. Her fears were realized. The dog barked noisily, the men chaffed each other in a hilarious way, while the horses stamped and breath ed loudly, and the quiet place seemed all at once vivified with fresh jife. Standneges went out to the gate, fol lowed by his guest; Mrs. Standnege and Polly came to the door and peer out, aud Eph hurriedly closed bis knife and thrust the whistle into his pocket preparatory to following his elders. Tbe officers would not dis mount, though hospitably pressed to do so. " 'Light, 'light, an' come in; the wimmen folks air ?.jest a-gettiu' sup per," said Standuege cordially." is too urgent. We our bound to capture our men to-night. Why, the whole gang are coming down%ut of their lair to old man Whitaker's to-night, so we have been informed, and we must be on hand to welcome them." Eph crossed the yard, but when be would have stepped up to take a short cut through the entry, his hand was caught in another baud so cold it sent a shiver of terror over him. "My—why, S'phiry Ann!" he sharply exclaimed. "Hush!" she whispered drawing him out of the light. "Will you'uus go with me ter old man Whitaker's, Eph? ' "This time o' night?" "Yes, now." "It's more'n a mile." "We'uns'l take tho nigh cut through the woods" "Dark a3 all git out." "I'm not afeerd; I'll go erlone then," she said with contempt. "What air you'uns up ter? Good Lord! S'phiry Ann, do you'uns think that could be done, au' they a-ridiu'?" suddenly understanding her purpose. "Nothin' like tryin'," she replied, and glided like a shadow around the coruer of the house. The boy stared for a moment after her. "Well, I never!" he muttered, and followed on. They ran through the orchard, an ill-kept, weedy place full of stunted apple trees, across a freshly plowed field to the dense, black woods be yond. It was a clear night, the sky thickly set with start, and low in the west a pale new moon hanging be tween two towering sentinel peaks, but the light could not penetrate to the narrow pathway S'phiry Ann had selected as the nearest route to Whita •ker's. The awful solitude, the in tense darkness did not daunt her She kuew the way, her footing was sure, and she ran swiftly as a deer be fore the hunters, animated by one de sire, to get to Whitaker's before the officers. It was a desperate chance. If her father detained them a few minutes longer—but if they hastened on—she caught her breath and quick ened her own steps. Eph stumbled panting along behind her, divided beween admiration at her fleetness and anger that he had been called on to take part iu such a mad race. In speaking of it afterwards, he said: "I never seed a creetur git over more ground in ez short a time seijpe that hound o' Mis' Beaseley's got pizened. It's a dispens'in er provi dence her neck wusn't broke arushin' through them gullies an' up them batiks, an' it so dark you'uns mought 'a' fell plum' inter the bottomless pit an' not a knowed it." But S'pLiry Ann had no eonsidera tion to spare to personal danger, as she broke through the uuderbrush and climbed stony, precipituous heights. Oace a owl fbw across her way, its outspread wiugs almost brushing her face, and with a terrific hoot sought a new hiding place. The wind swept whisperingly through the forest, and a loosened stone rolled down and fell with a dull, hollow sound into the black depths of the ra vine below them. Eph wished they had brought a torch, wished he had not come, then struck out in a fresh heat as he heard a mysterious rustling in the bushes behind him. At last they emerged from the woods opposite Whitaker's, and S'phiry Ann leaned for a moment against the fence, panting, brea'.hlesp, but exultant. She had won the race The house was only one forlorn old room, bu>it of rough hewn logs, with a rickety shed in the rear. A small garden spot and the meagre space inclosed with the house com prised all the open ground. Moun tains rose darkly above it, and below, the mountaiu road wound aud twist ed in its tortuous course to the fair, open valley. At the bark of the dwelling the ridge shelved abruptly off into a deep ravine, dark the brightest noonday, an abyss of black ness at night. From the low, wide front door ruddy light streamed generously, de fying the brooding night, playing fan tastic tricks with the thickly growing bushes on the roadside. The trirl had a good view of the interior, the men lounging around the fire, the livid flume of pine knots bring out the linos on their tanned, weatherbeaten faces, flashing into their lowering eyes, and searching out with cruel distinctness all the rough shabbiness of their coarse homespun and jeans. There were the Whitak r boy 3, hardy, middle aged men; Jeff Ward, a little shriveled fellow with long, tangled, gray beard and sharp, watch ful eyes; Bill Fletcher, who had bravely survived the trials which had proved the death of his comrade, poor A 1 Ilendries; Jeems Allen, a smooth faced boy, and Gabe Plutnmer. He sat somewhat aloof from the other*, staring gloomily into the fire, instead of giviug attention to the lively story Jeff Ward was telling. At one end of the great hearth, laid of rough uo h«wa rocks, sat old man Whitaker, at the other his wife—a gray and wither ed couple; he tremulous with hge, ehe deaf as a stone. Nobody seemed to be on the look out for enemies. The wide fluug door, the brilliant light, the careless group, gave an imprcssion'of security. What liad become or the revenue officers? No sound of hoofs struck upon the hard road, or murmer of voices betrayed hostile approach. Eph turned and peered dowa the road, then clutched excitedly at his compaaion's arm "Good Lord, S'phiry*Ann! they're right down there a-hitchiu' tbey horses an' a-gittiu' ready ter creep up I'm er goin ! ter leave here/' S'phiry sprang across the fence, and the next moment stood in the door. "The raiders, the raiders air a comin'," she cried, not loudly but with startling distinctness; h«p torn dress, wiid, loose hair, and brilliant, excited eyes, giviDg her a strangely unfamiliar aspect. The warning cry thrilled through tho room and brought every man to his feet in an instant. "Whar? which way?" exclaimed young Jeeras Allen, staring first up atnomr the smoke blackened rafters, then at the solid log wall. "Tain't the time fer axia' ques tions, but fer running, boys," said leff Ward, making a dash toward the back door, closely followed by his comrades. Gabe Plummer had made a step toward S'phiry Ann, but she vanished as he appeared, and he es caped with his friends into the fast ness of the woods. There was a shout from the raiders, creeping stealthily around the house, a dis ordered pursuit, aud over the cabin the stillness following a sudden whirl wind seemed to fall. S'phiry Ann crept cautiously out from the chimney corner, slipped over the fence and knelt down on the edge of the bushes to watch and wait. The officers soon returned with torn clothes, scratched hands and faces, but without a prisoner. They were swearing in no measured terms at be ing baffied of their prey. Old man Whitaker and his wife bad quietly remaiued in the house, apparently not greatiy moved from their usual placidity. Oace the old woman dropped the ball of coarse yarn she was winding aud rose to her feet, but the old man motioned her down again. They were questioned by the officers, but what reliable information conld bo ex pected from au imbecile old man and a deaf old woman! The girl could overlook the whole scene from the crack in the fence—the officers stamp ing about the room, the scattered chairs, the old people with their withered, yellow faces, dim eyes and bent, shrunken forms, and the danc ing flames leaping up the wide, Booty chimney. Satisfied that the distill ers were safe she softly rose and started across the road. One of the men caught a glimpse of her. the merest shadow outline, and instaa tly shouted: "There goes one of 'em now." She heard him, heard the rush of feet over the threshold aad the bare yard, aad, without backward glance fled like a wild thing through the woods, home. Oae afternoon, a week later, S'phiry Ann drew the wheel out into the middle of the floor, tightened the baud, pulled a strip of yellow corn busk from a chink in the logs, and set herself to spinning tbe "fillin'" for the piece of cloth in the loom. Hor mother and father were out in garden sowing seeds, Eph was cut ting bushes in the new ground, and she could hear the loud, resonant "gee-haw" with which her father guided the ox drawing his plow. It was a serenely still day, with the heat of midsummer in its glowing sunshine, with only a fleck of cloud here and there along tbe horizon and mountains wrapped in a fine, blue haze. It bad been a trying week to S'phiry Ann, but she had no time to mope and brood over her anxieties, no iacliaation to confide them to her family. She had not shirked daily duties, but went about them silently and without enthusiasm. The rev enue officers, disgusted, angered, at their disappointment, lingered on the mountains several days seeking some thing to lay violent hands on. One still they found and destroyed, but if the earth had opened and swallowed them, their prey could not have dis appeared more completely. The law is stroug, but it loses its power when carried into the stronghold of the mountains, majestic, clothed in re pose, yielding up their secrets only to those bred and born upon them. S'phiry ann lifted her eyes to the lofty heights, yearning to know if her lover and his friends bad found safe refuge, trembling with terror every time the dog barked or an ox cart creaked slowly along the road. When tbe family were made acquaint ed with her part in that Monday night raid there were various exclam atory remarks at the inconsistency of her behavior. Mrs. Standnege dropped her pipe aud stared at her in great amazement. "Well, ef you'uus don't beat all! Last Sunday a-sli?htin' Gabe Plum mer at meelin', an' now mighty nigh a breakin' ver nick ter git him cuter the wav o' the raiders." "Gabe wasn't the only one thar," said the girl in a low tone. "But it stands ter reason you'uns wouldn't 'a'done it,ef he hadn't'a'be'n thar. Yer pap may hev ter look fer a n w farm band arter ell," with a touch k space to review the (acts is said ciiticism as they truthful y exist to-d&v It is not unknown to the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of But ler county that the sympathies of the Herald are not in full accord with the temperance work, and especially with the woman's part of that work I have been impressed for several years with the Her aid's ilea of a stomach education, instead of purity of heart and culture of the brain For instance: When Fannie B. Kilgore came before the Courts asking admis sion as a practitioner, aud was sever al times refused by Judges learned in law, the Herald, ia commenting or. this applicant, said: '"We have no doubt of Mrs. Kilgore's ability to practice law, but. she had better write a cook buofe," aud I find the cook book idea prevailing to a large degree whenever we meet opposition in this temperance work, as conducted by women. The Butler Union havo resolved not to go before Judje llazju again. What would be the result of a second effort in this direction? Has he not treated all re monstrants with the utmost con tempt, not even referiag to them in his decision, but saying, plainly, that "he had an opinion of his own and intended to use it, regardless of his brother Judges, and the renderings of the Supreme Court." Had this ruling been strictly the letter of the law, judge Huzea could not have been faulted; but when the law gave large discretion in this matter, kuow iDg, as he well does, that there are but two sides to this questiou—the right and the wrong—and with the past year's experience before him; and further, to consider bis partial and arbitrary granting of iicouse to the different applicants, there can be but one conclusion reached by every honest voter—remembering the while that womeu are to confine themselves strictly to the "cook book" scries—and that is, that Judge Hazeu's decision was most unjust,and that by bis own act he has turned loose on the law-abiding citizens of this county, a fiend, under guard of law, whose mission is, for a certain price per draught, to destroy the soul and body of every inhabitant of our county. Let any mau in Butler open a feed store, and seli to his cus tomers feed that would causo the horses and cattle to go wabbling and screaming arouad the streets, and teams to fall in the gurters, or when most needed by their owners, to be of no use for days at atirna, solelv on account of the food given them, do you think a caso of that kind would get as far as Judge Hazeu's court? Would not, rather, the public opinion of Butler put a rope around the feed store and encourage it to leave town hastily? But admit the case came before Judge Hazen, would he give his fatherly advice to the feed merchant as to how the law took into consideration the cost of his buildings; the money invested in stock, and that there was no part of the law forbidding the sale of his nerve-destroying food to the cattle of Butler, at least to horses of mature age, provided said feed merchant commenced his sale not too early in morning, and closed at a seasouable hour in the evening, so as not to ex asperate the temperance people of the community? And further, that if older horses addicted to this appetite, or the very ycuug ones finding them selves in need of larger quantities to satisfy their increasing appetite, they must go in by way of the back door, would not the Court, in a case of this kind, find immediate relief—through the medium of the law—for every citizen of this county? Yes, you re ply; but the cattle of this county are of so much more value than the hu man portion, that they (the cattle) should be fully protected by the law and kept in a healthy condition. The Supreme Court has said, that the number and character of the appli cants and remonstrances should be considered. Was this done? The ap plicants are the men who, by their traffic, fill the jails and poor houses, and cause three-fourths of all the heart-breakings in the country. The intention of every applicant was and is to sell to every person who has the money to buy; and if at times the customer is too visibly intoxicated for public scrutiny, some one with a lit tle more equilibrium is sent for the draught. The majority of all the ap plicants have testified that the sale of beverages were not necessary for the entertainment of the traveling public, but for the benefit of the seller. They are without remorse robbing the homes of this county of their rightful affection and protection. In our own county of Butler they have destroyed much of its brightest talent, and have kept out of our legistativo halla its best intellects-, and these facta have not been hidden from the Court. Tho remonstrar - largely the sufferers from-the Court's action. They are the law abiding citizens, for whom poor houses and prisons are not built; but,instead,themselves build churches and schools; teaching their children to love their country and her free in stitutions, and to hate everything that would mar or destroy the happi ness and life of our republic. In comparing the Woman's Chris tian Temperance Uniou with the Chicago Anarchists the Herald has only heaped another indignity on the organization; and instead of the work being "retarded for teu years" the dear voters must see that the conflict is upon us, aud instead of sitting on the fence and saying sweet nothings to the W.C.T.17, of this county, they will get down on one side or the other and take active part in the bat tle. The Woman's Christian Tem peranae Union of this State have kept aloof from politics, askin_ r only that from every party, all lovers of their homes come with us and help us in this struggle; but the while wo have takon note of every party move ment, and remember, during the cam paign last fall, that the Herald's cry was, "All the saloon keepers voting for Beaver in Butler county will get license.'' If we are to accept this as sertion as true, Petrolia and some I other places must have yoted uuani ! mously with the other party. Again: we are advised to meet the question as the Judge has solved it,"asingour influence to mitigate the evils of drunkeuness, and "watch the saloon keepers." With eqaal propriety the Court might turn a mad dog loose in this county, that had been chained by order of said Court duriDg the past year, and then say to the W.C.T.U. of the county, now watch this fero cious and deadly animal, and keep him within the limits of the law, but be very careful and do not strangle the monster, because the revenue de rived from bis ravings will pay a por tion of the expenses his venom cre ates, and the dear stupid tax-payers must meet all delinquencies. It is well kuown to the Herald that the W.C T.U. of this county can go into court and hang a man on much weak er evidence than is necessary to crim inate a saloon keeper, whose every ef fort is to blind the truth and evade justice. Lastly, after being treated to few doses of Scriptural quotations, the W C.T U. are advised to turn their attention to education; bat where, pray, are we to begin, when the men who of late have been helping to toimulate the laws join hands to make them of no efiFcet? The W.C.T U. may Lave committed errors, hut tbeir work will compare favorably with the old political parties, who have been tryiug for years to knock this temperance ball out of existence, and hoping at each thrust to bave drawn its last breath, but who at each turn have given it new life and fresh vitality. Without the proposed "re organization" the W.C.T.U. of this county will go forward, trusting to the leadership of that Judge whose rulings are always justice and love. Mas. N. C. COUE. England's Fisheries Proposal. Lord Salisbury's offer ought to go far to convince President Cleveland and Secretary Bayard how difficult it* is to settle a serious difference of opinion by doing nothing. Two years ago the United States denoun ced the fishery clauses of the treaty of Washington, chiefly because they admitted Canadian fish free. For priviledges which the change in the methods of fishing made of very little, if any, value the United States had paid under the Halifax award $6,500,- 000 and remitted duties in the twelve years from 1874 to 1885 whose esti mated value were placed by Senator Frye at $5,825,000. Unwilling to continue this gift of duties, the Unit ed States put an end to the treaty, and Canada, backed by Great Britain and aided by onr own long suffering diplomacy, has been endeavoring to worry the United States into resum ing this arrangement by seizing its fishing vessels and denying to them the rights of trade and common hos pitality. This is the dispute in its simplest form. Canada claims that its nag ging, of whose purpose the Canadian press and Government have never made a secret, is within Eoglish rights nnder the treaty of 1818, and we have insisted it is not. But tho real issue on which the last treaty was terminated, as it is understood by the industry directly interested— the fishing interests of the North At lantic coast—is whether Canadian fish are to pay duty or not. The United States insists and always has insisted that the treaty rights left when the treat of Washington ended gave our vessels all the privileges they need to catch all the fish wanted in the United States. When Canada by the unfriendly execution of un friendly legislation—for she has alter ed her laws to accomplish her purpose —attempts to force the United States to change her customs laws to suit Canadian fishermen, she has made still more impossible the concession of free fish. Lord Salisbury, however, waving aside the main issue, blandly pro poses that the United States, by way of showing "that spirit of good will and generosity which should animate two great and kindred nations, etc." should give Canada what she has been worrying our fishing vessels to secure. This concession, doubtless, in the spirit which led President Lincoln to urge one of his boys to I give the other a plaything "to keep him quiet," would keep the Canadian fishermen quiet; but, as the boy of the first part told his father, ''l need it to keep me quiet." Our fishermen need existing duties on Canadian fish to keep them quiet, and we are glad to say they will have them. In the temporary arrangement made to bridge over the fishing season of 1885 the fishery clauses of the treaty of Washington were allowed to stand for the season, without the re mission of duties, and'the action of the Senate a year ago clearly showed that no arrangement would be ac cepted by the treaty-making power of our Government which concedes the free fish for which Lord Salisbury makes his plea. Lord Salisbury, it is true, adds to the apparent strength of his position by his allusion to the award of the Halifax Commission. Under it wo paid $5,500,000 on a case falsely stated by Canada, "faked" in short, for r-'o-hts which, as far as they are worth anything under existing con ditions of trade, we have anyway. We paid the money, however, and when Lord Salisbury proposes to forgive us now and hereafter for having lost our case on that occasion he shows a readiness to condone and forget our loss and mishap which does credit to bis imaginative gener osity, but which the United States can scarcely accept as an equivalent for the concession it is asked to mako and which no power but Congress can grant. "A sigh of melancholy despair'' is attributed to the State Department over the proposition by a friendly cor respondent. We are not surprised. Two years of the diplomacy of Secre tary Bayard and Minister Phelps have not even given the English Foreign Office a comprehension of our position. It has still to learn what we ask, and Canada, mean while, continues its safe game of wor rying a big neighbor into altering its tariff to admit Canadian fish.—Phila delphia Press. —Salt as a tooth powder is better than almost anything else that cau be bought. It keeps the teeth bril liantly whit*, and the gums hard and rosy. "Mamma," said little Carrie ono day, "can you tell me what part of heaven people live in who are good but not agreeable?" NO. 9A