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 <lul\ autiient.i.at
ed for settlement.
BOBEKT MCKISSKY.I jjx rg.
A. V. MCKINNEY, f
Connoquenessing F. 0.. Bauer Co., I a.
Estate of David Humell,
LiFK OF CUEItKY TWP., DEt'd.
Letters testamentary on the estate of UavUl
iiumoll (iee'd, late of Clierry twp,. Butler Co..
lia\ lnj? been gTanted to the undersigned all
oersons kifo\*lng themselves indebted to said
estate will please make lmmedlate paymtnt,
and anv havlnif claims against said estuu will
present them duly authenticated tor settlement.
* I'BOS. BINUHAM. t jix-jg
L. I>. 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.
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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 <A facetious humor, but watch
ing the slow reddening of the girl's
throat aud face, Standnege came to
her aid.
"Let her be, ma, an' work it out in
her own mind. Thar ain't no
'countin' fer the doin's o' wimmun
folks, no how. They are mighty on
certain creeturs."
"Why, pap !" exclaimed his eldest
daughter, a mixture of indiguation
aud reproach ia her tone.
"Now, I ain't a-meauin' tor throw
off on 'em, an' I don't say as thev
aiu't all steddy enough when' thev
settle down, but a gal in love is the
oncerfaintest creetur that ever lived.
Now S'phiry Aun aiu't'ja-lackin' in
common sense an' grit, if she does
belong to me," he continued, with
calm impartiality; "an' ef she wants
ter marry Gabo Plummer 'fore craps
air laid by, she kin do it "
But it was Monday again, and
S'phiry felt that her fortune was still
an unsettled thing.
"Ef it hadn't a' b'en for thinkin' o'
A 1 Headries' wife," she said to her
self agaia and again, and the old
spinning wheel flew swiftly beneath
strong young fingers, aud "the yellow
corn husk on the spindle tilled slowly
with smoothe, even thread. She
could look as downcast and troubled
as her heart prompted, for no curious
eyes were resting on her. Was it
true? A shadow suddenly darkened
the doorway.
"Howd'y' do, S'phiry Adn?"
The half twisted thread fell from
her fingers, writhed and rolled along
the floor, fair sport for the kitter la
zily coiled on the hearth, while she
turned toward the secretly wished
for but unexpected visitor. She trem
bled and the color in her face flushed
and paled.
"Gabe !" Then quiokly, and with
a swift searching glance toward the
road, "is it safe fer you'uns ter be
here?"
"Yes, they air gone—an' ter the
the devil, I hope." He leaned
against the wall, jaded, forlorn look
ing, the week of hiding out not im
proving either temper or appearance.
"Take a cheer an' set down, Gabe,"
she said, a vibration of tenderest pity
in her voice.
"I ain't a-keerin' tu rest jest yit
That was a good turn you'uns done
us t'other Dight. No tellin' where
we'uns would bo now ef it hadn't 'a'
be'n fer that. I don't know how to
thauk you'uns fer it, S'phiry Ann,"
he eaid with strong emotion in his
voice.
"Dont Gabe!" she stammered,
stooping to snatch the tangled thread
from the paws of the kitten.
"Would you'uns 'a' done it fer
me?"
" 'Tain't fair to be axia' sech ques
tions," she said defensively.
'• 'Cordin' to promise you'uns air
tu marry me."
"I said it if you'uns ud go back tu
the clearin'."
"Yes, an' that's jest what I'm
a-goin' tu do. I've hod a week o'
thinkin', au' now I'm willin' to 'low
you'uus kin hev your way. Ain't I
be'n afeered tu put my head outen
the holler?" he continued in angry
disgust; "afeered tu tech a dead leaf
fer the noise it made, afeered to draw
my breath, an' I tell ye I ain't a-han
keriu' arter any more sech days, an'
tole the boys so, an' I'm a-goin' back
tu the clearin' ef every crap fails."
S'phiry Ann stood by the wheel,
her face turned from him. silent, mo
tionless. He waited a moment, then
strode across the floor and laid his
hands on her shoulder.
"We'uns mus' settle it now,
S'phiry. I aiu't a-blamin' you'uns
now, though I don't say I didn't back
yander a week ergo, fer standin' tu
principle."
"If it hadn't 'a' be'n fer thinkin' o'
A 1 Ilendries' wife," she said gently.
"I've b'n a-lovin' you'uns er long
time, an' its time tu settle what we
air a-goin' tu do."
"The clearin' settles it, Gabe," she
murmured, and turned her head
slowly until her eyes, softly radiant,
met his eager, ardent ones.—Mat
Crim in Century Magazine.
Money.
Those who have occasion to hand
le money, may be interested in know
ing what portraits of noted men adorn
the different denominations of bills.
They are a3 follows: sl, Washington;
$2, Jefferson; $5, Jackson; 10, Web
ster; S2O, Hamilton; SSO, Franklin;
SIOO, Lincoln; SSOO, Gen. Mansfield;
SI,OOO, Ue Witt Clinton; $5,000,
Madison; SIO,OOO, Jackson. On sil
ver certificats—slo, Robert Morris;
S2O Commodore Decatur; SSO, Ed
ward Everett; SIOO, James Monroe;
SSOO, Charles Bumaer; and SI,OOO,
W. L. Marcy, On gold notes—s2o,
Garfield; SSO, Silas Wright; SIOO,
Thomas H. Benton; SSOO, A.Lincoln:
SI,OOO Alexander Hamiltoa; $5,000,
James Madison; SIO,OOO, Aadrew
Jackson.
The Wicked Wag
"Professor," said a student in the
natural science class, "I saw some
thing running down the street last
eveniag that excited my curiosity.
Upou examiuatioa I found it had no
limbs, nor-nor-"
"That's very queer. Can you de
scribe it, that we may determine its
family and name?"
"Oh, yes, sir; it was simply water
from heaven that-"
"Well, young man,you'll never see
the source of that supply if you con
tinue to practice such low puns upon
your elders."
This ended the lesson.
It was Counterfeit.
Mrs. Ikelstein—Run mit der doc
tor, kervick Solomon; de paby ish
swollowt a silver tollar!
Mr. I—Vos it dot vone I lefd on
der dable?
Mrs. I—-Yes, dot vos it; hurry mit
der doctor.
Mr. I—Don'd got oxcited, Rajel, it
vos gounderveit.
—lt matters not the age of suffer-,
ers from colds, coughs, or croup, "Dr.
Seller's Cough Syrup" is good for all
alike. Price 25 cents.
A bias; From Millerstovvn
The best tbinjf that apoeart J ia the
Butler papers oi last week was a let
ter from Millerstowo to the Her Ad
of this place, which we tbi;:k worth
reprinting. It is as ioilows:
MILLERSTOWN, April 18, 1887.
Since the close o our license court
I have remained quietly listening to
u!l fides of the question,not intending
to take any further part in the mat
ter for the pre.-eut. Hut after reading
your criticism of the Butler W.C T.
U I respeitfa'ly a>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?"
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