VOL. XXIV.
Auditor's Notice.
In the matter of the) In the Orphans' Court
partition of the real | of Butler County at
estate of John Vandl-)• No 1, June Term,
vort, late of Oranber-1 1837.
ry twp., dee'd. J
In re petition of H. Kleber and August Kleber
for leave to pay money Into Court.
And now. June 7, 1887, petition presented
and the petitioners are directed to pay Into
the Orphans' Court the principal of the sum
mentioned, and W. 11. Lusk, Esq., is appointed
an Auditor to make distribution of the same
among those entitled thereto, and report such
distribution to Court. Br THE CorBT.
Butler Co. SS: Certified from the record this
7th day of June, 1887. H. MCELVAIN. Clerk.
The undersigned hereby gives notice that he
will attend to the duties of the above appoint
ment at his ofllce in But'.er. Pa., on Tuesday,
the stli day of July. 1887. at to o'clock a. in..
when and where all parties interested may at
tend If they see proper,
June 17. 18*7. W. 11. Lrst, Auditor.
Administrator's Notice.
Letters of Administration having been grant
ed to the undersigned on the estate of Franklin
Klsher, late of Allegheny township, dee d, uotlce
Is hereby given to all parties knowing them
selves Indebted to said estate to make immedi
ate payment, and those having claims against
said estate to present them duly authenticated
for settlement. BARBARA FISUKK.I AC I MRA
W. A. KISHKB. (
Sandy Point. Butler Co., Pa.
A. E. Ilelber, Att y,
Administrators' Notice.
ESTATE OF R. M. HARBISON. DEC'D.
Whereas letters of administration have been
granted t>v the Register of Butler county. I a.,
to the undersigned on the estate of It, M. llai -
bison, late or Buffalo twp.. Butler county. Pa.,
dee'd, all persons who know themselves in
debted to said estate will make immediate
payment, and those having claims against the
same will present.them properly authenticated
for settlement to the undersigned,
J. 11. HARBISON,
JOHN HARBISON,
FKESPOIIT. P, 0.. PA. Administrators.
EBTATE OF tIIBISTOPIIEB HrMICIUEL,
LATE OF CLAY TOWNSHIP, DEC'D.
Letters testamentary on the estate of
Christopher McMicbael, dee'd, late of Clay
township, tiutlei county, Pa., having been
granted to the undersigned. All persons
knowing themselves indebted to said estate,
will pleas® make immediate payment, and
any having claims against said estate, will
present them duly authenticated for settle
,Uent" JAPIIIA McMICHAEL, Ex'r.
EUCLID P. 0., Butler Co. Pa.
Executors' Notice.
Letters testamentary having been
the undersigned on the estate ofhobert
cesser, deceased, late of \V lutl.in twp., Butl< r
CoTVa., all persons knowing tnemseHesi in
debted to said estate will make Immediate pa) -
ment, and those having claims against said es
tate will present the same proper 1;> authenticat
ed for settlement nESSELfiESSER>>
DAVID HESSELGESSER./ Ex'rs.
April 18. 'B7. Leasurevllle, Butler Co.. la.
Partition Notice.
0.C.N0 01 .March 1887. In re thepetition of
Jas I). Fowser for partition of estate of Sa
rah IJ. Fowzcr, dee'd.
And now to-wit, June 7, A. D., 1887. ser
vice having been accepted tor all the heirs
and legal representatives of Sarah B. Fowzer
dee'd, except Henrietta*pwzer, whose resi
dence is nuknown. On motion of Messrs.
Williams & Mitchell the Court is requested
to order publication requiring the said Hen
rietta Fowzer to appear and show cause why
partition of real estate of Sarah B. Fowzer
should not be made accor ing to law.
WILLIAMS & MITCHELL, Att'ys.
June 7, 1887, motion granted.
BY THE COI BT.
THK COMMONWEALTH OK PEKN'A, )
COCNTY OF BUTLER, J '
To Peter Kramer, High SherifF of Butler
Connty, Greeting:
We command you that you make
known by publication in one or
more of the weekly newspapers pub
lished in the county of Butler by
not less than three successive publications,
or by personal service of this writ, the cou
tents of the foregoing petition an 1 rule here
to be and appear before the Judges of our
Orphan's Court at Butler on the 4th Monday
day of June, 1887, l>ein« the 27th day of said
month, to show cause, if any she may have,
why the real estate of Sarah B. Fowzer, dee'd,
should not be partitioned as prayed for.
Witness the Hon. Aarou L. Hazen, Presi
dent Judge of our said Court at Butler, this
7th day of June. 1887.
REUBEN MCELVAIN, Clerk.
FARM FOR SALE.
I will seell my form, located in Franklin
township, Butler county, PH. It contains
220 ACRES
of good, well watered land, both ridge and
awamp; good grain land and good grass land,
about 30 acres of good chestnut timber, three
orchards,
GOOD BANK BARN,
60x60 feet, frame and log dwelling, good
spring and good spring house near house;
well in kitchen, good coru crib, pig pen and
All necessary improvements.
For terras, etc, inquire of me on the prem
ises. GuoROK C. MCCANDI.ESS,
Prospect, Pa.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE?
FARM of T~I acres nearß. R. station. 90acres
Improved land, convenient to Pittsburg ; barn
is 100x00 and cost Sirsoo—ls good as new—a good
G room Irame house. good orchard. Price ssooo.
MIGHT PAY A CASH IJIFKKRKNCK on a trade.
We have small and large farms tor sale or trade.
Patent and Pension cases proseculed. Head
the new pension laws and write to us
J. H. STKVKNSOS'S & Co's Agency,
100 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa.
FARWT FOR TALE
In Sugarcreek township, Armstrong county,
near Aaams P. 0., one iiad one-fourth wile east
of the new oil development In Sugarcreek twp.
Farin contains
100 ACRES,
with bank bam, 32x00 feet;
BRICK HOUSE,
18x30 feet, 2 stories, with cellar, frame kitchen,
Hxltifeet; good spring of water, farm well wa
tered, good orchard of grafted trult. Farm In a
good state of cultivation. About
75 ACRES CLEARED,
balance In good timber. Will sell extremely
low for cabh. For particulars lnqulrc^of_
Itlmersburg.
Clarion Co., I'a,
A RARE CHANCE!
FOR SALE.
ONE OF
Butler County's Best Farms
Containing 130 Acres.
All under a high state of cultivation; no
waste land; under g >od fences, a large
EIGHT-ROOM FRAME HOUSE,
almost new, with cellar under the whole
house, a large frame batik barn, 50x52, a
three hundred dollar spring house,
and all other necessary outbuild
ings. Excellent water.
30 ACHES
OAK AND CHESTNUT TIMBER
Good orchard. Choice fruit of all kinds.
Churches and schools convenient. This
farm is located on the Unionville
road in
Franklin Township,
one mile from Mt. Chestnut aud five miles
from Butler, and will be sold on easy
terms. Immediate possession will be given
Call on or address
T. W. YOUNG,
Mt. Chestnut, Pa.
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THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
| A DRAMATIC SENSATION,
I The Ttrcbbirg, Thrilling Dama. How to
Save Money.
Hy T>. HECIC,
' Author of the "The Bride Won; or. What :i New
| suit or Clothes Didwill be enactcd c\ery
day and evt nlntr (luring thecoining
season at D, A. lIECK'S
GREAT CLOTHING E\MM t
So. 11, \orlh H ;Iu St.. Biiil'j's iilorl,
BDTI.EE, - pa.
L'ntll further notice. This powerful work is a
wonderful air I varies ated combination of
tragical comedy, and comi-il irugtily
ana never falls to bring down the lit use.
The actors are all star*. The < stuiulr.;;
will be a strong feature, The lolluwnig brie fly
outlined Is the
Sose- fhe happy man no more reflects.
Who bios his clothing at I). A. lieck's
AT-r I,—St'Exr. T—Time 9 a.m: Enter young man
wltli friend. Youag mail explains to his
friend that the direct cans.'. t his en;;age
nient to the wealthy fariwi's daughter
was his purchase of an elegant suit. at
l>. A. 11 ECU'S Great Clot hlmr Emporium
l'rlend tumbles to th.' Idea ;'.u-l Is made
happy with a new bull. llat, Shirts, < 'ollara
Ties. t'liderwear, Gloves. llose,. Trunk
Valise. I'mbrella, etc. Scene closes with
song. Joined In by the audience.
SONG— The day will be intensely cold.
When l>. A. Ueck is und-isold, &c.
ACT II.— SCENE 2— Time 11 a.m. Enter throng of
people, old men, young men, livilfs. chil
dren. mainglng matrons w.th marrlarable
daughters, who with oa; u-vord fairly
shriek with delight at the wonderful.bar
gains shown, ihe beautiful young iady.
Cinderella finds soni'- Jeweiery, a palrol
Corsets, a pair of Kid Gloves, an elegant
pair or llose that set iier off so exquisitely
that a dude from I'nlonvllie and a young
man from Gr.i.w Citv both propose.as the
Greece City man ha- on one of l>. A. lieck's
Irresistible suits, Cinderella decides to
patronize home Industries and incepts
lilra. The I idcnvdle dude talk:; of duels,
suicides. ,vc., but decides not to leave this
world while he can get clothing so cheap
at U. A. IIECK'S Great Emporium.
Song by company, joined by audience:
% 'Tls our experience, one and all.
And every one who tries it knows.
That 1). A. liE'-K has got the . all,
And takes the town in selling clothes.
ACT in.— SCENE 3.—'TIME ten years lat >r:
l/ECK'S LARGEST EMPORIUM.
Ten years are supposed to have ( lapsed.
I>. A. 11 fcX'K'S store quadrupled In size.
Butler a metropolis. Arrival or several
excursions, electric trains and a number
or balloons, with crowds of people to buy
Clothing, Underwear,
Hats, Caps, Collars,
Neck Ties, Hosier}',
Suspenders, Handkerchiefs,
Umbrellas. Trunks
Vuli- s, Satchels,
Bill and Poeketbooks,
cloth. Hair and Tooth Brushes
and Innumerable otuer an ivies which
space forbids to mention. Scores or pros
perous men and plump matrons gather
around the proprietor, all agreeln < i'.iat
their rise in the world began from the mo
ment they began to buy their goods irom
D . HSCK.
Cinderella and hc-r husband about to de
jiart for Mt. chestnut (this !s no chestnut)
The Unlonville dude, a dude no longer but
a rich business man In theelty of Butler.
Population 10,000, note.l chleily lor being
the most enterprising city la the county,
and for lair dealing and (or the fact t>. A.
HECK'S Emporium, Bully's Block, is the
headquarters for good goods, fair dealing
and low prices.
All will now join In singln g:—
llow B. A. Ileek is selling clothes,
Way down at bed rock—
.lust watch i lie crowd that dally goes
To B. A. lleek's In BuCT'y Block.
Curtain falls to 3low but sure _
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SIMON SHUCK'S FO'TH ER JULY.
Hooray fer Cncle Sam, b'gosh!
Er'm soin ter hev sum fun:
Er've tfot e r paound erpaowder
An' mer granther's rusty gun.
Er'U raout tiier nayburs in ther morn
Afore th sun hez rose—
Er'U play antique an' horribull.
An' dress in skeer-crow clo'es. ■
July ther Fo' th's but once er year 1
An' yew kin bet yer skin —
No matter whut ther ole folk sez—
Er'U hev mer leetle spin.
Ter ta.ee mer gal ter see ther shaow
Thct s in ther sariciss tout.
An' let 'er ride er swinging hoss,
Er'U spend mer last red cent.
We'll go an' see th r b'ioon go up.
An' drink sum leinin pop;
Til: r's nutt'in mean erbaout mer
Yer bet Er'm there, ker-flop.
Er'm lib"ral naow, on treatin' gals-
Yes, sir-«ee. Er 11 be darned!
Er half er dollar woan' break me, ,
j Not w'er mer Sue's consarned.
Naow, w'en Er du er thing er tew,
Dad allers hez er rs^e;
But 'taint no use for 'im ter rile—
Er'm gitting n>ist uv agil
'E thinks 'e's kind an' giu'rous tew—
f=7|rm|
fen
»«.*. , v(
* stPSsb
'
Drawls psam chewnes like an 'elf;
Dyer's er fire-cracker 'e gin me
An'sez: "Enjoy yerself."
Er teU yew v.-hut, ut makes me latTl
Haow ther ole man will stew
W cn 'e gits up termorrer morn
An' licz t ?r milk old Moo I ;
Bill Jason's gwinter puil er string J
Er'll hitch on mer big toew; r
An' w'ea th;r ole man calls me up, )
'E'U find thet Er hev flew.
Er recken naow Er'll go ter bed
An' play off hacw Er'm sick;
Cuz Er wouldn't wauter miss mer fun.
An' wauter git up quick.
Er've got mer paowder an' mer gun
Staowed a jutside in cr rick;
Great gngcr! Haow ther folks 'll rave—
They'll tiud Er'll fool 'cm slick.
* * * * • « •
" Merlindy," said old farmer Shuck,
" D'ye hear thet curus noise?
Er b'lievc mer saoul thet aour Sim's er
Gwinter j:ne ther boys!
Jest take cr poep in Simon's room
An' Er'll si p daowa ther stairs;
Er'll bet mer craps that's Jason's boy
Er eatin' uv aour pairs."
" Th'.t's him. yew guse! ez sure's yer born—
Tiier skimpy leetle thing!
'E's under Simon's winder, pa,
Er pallia' on er string.
Ugh! Haow Er would jest like ter git J
Mer lingers in's hair! ,
E'd right saoon stop 'is nibblln' on
Thet great green, iiartlett pear."
" Gimme thet Hire .liing-fiall, Lindy;
Er brought it i l last night
Ter mc ,u tie r 1 >:.tUer on ther flange—
An' it's cam in jest right.
Er'll 1' uin iher s« amp ter spile aour Sim—
-1
1 _ Hi \ —
_J '2r;r%S^i ~ |'l
Xs'":
t Ther pesky leetle brute!
! An' com raour.d hyer afore we're up
! Ter steal aour suaimer fruit.
" Take thct, yew rogue 1 an' thet—an thet 1"
The old man said, with vim.
" Jest cu:n raound l'.ycr crgin cr stealin'
An' enticin' mer bey Sim!
Yew, tew, yer scamp! yer most ez bad,
Er slidia' aout th'-r windy;
Er'll tenter yew, mer precious lad I
Jest hold O'l tii_.it, Belindy I
" Naow, railU ther caow en' dew yer chores,
An' w'en yer git em done.
Jest let mc know an' Er'll find work
Ter keep yer aout ther sun.
Ef yer'd cr stayed cr bed, mer boy,
Ycr'd gone with Uncle Cy;
Naow, rawin' wood 'll <;• w, Er guess,
Tiier Fo'th er this July.
" Th-'t boys is boys, Er knows right well,
An' hat' r bo so strce'ui;
But ef Er hedn't caught yer,
Yer'd hed mc nicely tricked.
W'en ycr've growed up ter be cr man,
Yer'il lock sua ia ther eye,
And thank mo cuz Er kctched yer, on
Ther t'u'th cr this July."
13"JUT All?!OLD.
MEDDLESOME TIM.
The Story of a MinrliievotiH I<«iy'.s Pranks.
"Now, Timothy," said Mr. Spriggins at
the breakfast table, in an impressive man
ner, "mind what I tail you, sir, and don'l
you touch that box of fire-works in the
store."
"Naw, sir," mumbled Timothy, as he
munched his doughnut, and looked his
parent in the eye, to see how far tho in
junction could be safely disregarded.
When Mr. Spriggins said "Timmy," his
dutiful son governed himself accordingly,
"Tim" brought him a little nearer tlio line
of obedience, but "Timothy," in full,
usually meant business.
Tim's ten digits wore possessed with a
most unaccouutablo itching for mischief,
consequently ho was nearly always in a
scrape of some description; only three
months before, when the new roof was
being tarred, he amusad himself in bal
ancing on the edge of the tar-barrel, which
was only half full, until aa unlucky lurch
landed him head first into its sticky
depths, snd his ad ventures might have
ended there and then, hi d not his father
opportunely turned the corner in time to
see the striped leg 3 sticking up from tho
barrel and in season to l-oscuo him from
his perilous position. Tim's head felt
liko a buzz-saw, before ho was through
the scrubbing, scraping and shearing
necessary to get tho tar out of ht3 hair,
and even then one-half cl his face was as
neatly colored as if a half of him hal Icen
born in Africa
His next appearance was when the
painters, who wero at work on the paternal
mansion, were gono to dinner; Master
Tim concluded to branch out a little on his
own account, and, keeping Growler, the
family mastiff, still by means of sundry
bits of meat stowo-l away in lus numerous
pockets, the embryo artist decorated tho
long-suffering dog with a coat of colors in
zebra stylo, which were brilliant, if not
tasteful, thereby earning a thorough dust
ing of his jacket by his father, ami num
berless invectives from tho workman, who
spent the best part of tho afternoon re
pairing the damages.
Then there was tho affair of tho littlo
German twins, who wero so exactly alike
that Mrs. Schmidt was obliged to tio a blue
armlet on Hans and a pink ono on Fritz,
to tell them apart. This was too rich an
opportunity for meddling to bo lost, so
Master Tim enticed tho babies into an
alley and replaced their armlets with cigar
ribbons exactly alike, and to this day it
has never be MI determined which ouo of
tho twins is the other.
"You dells dot poy of youra dot I kills
him right off uwick in two minutes if I
cfer catches him meddlin' mit mine dwins
no more pritty soon 1" said Mr. Schmidt,
ju a rago, as ho shook hia li >t over Mr.
Sprigsjins' counter.
With such a record, is It surprising that
tho father felt tho necessity of saying
♦'Timothy" with unusual gravity, as ho
thought of his unruly son in connection
with tho box of explosives in the store*
Tho average good littlo boy would have
gone on hia way with no thought of diso*
oodiencc; but Tim wasn't built that way,
and his father's words only roused in him |
a burning aud insatiable longing to see the |
interior of the box; and he hung about the
store all day with alarming pertinacity.
"Can't I have one peep, pa?" said Tim,
imploringly.
"Not a peep!" replied Mr. Spriggins,
sternly; "it will be soon enough for you
to see them when they are sent up from
the platform to-morrow night"
Stern parents have nipped young hope's
fond illusions in the bud before, but to tell
the truth, in this case, the parent dared
not do otherwise, for Tim was like a trail
of gunpowder—give his curious desires
ever so little a touch of gratification and
there was no knowing where it would end.
Tlio following day was the Fourth ol
July, a day dear to all lovers of noise and
confusion, and under ordinary conditions
Tim would havobeen a happy boy; but the
unexplored wonders of that box stood a
very Mordecai at his gate, and even fire
crackers lost their charms. There was to
HE WAS RESCUED JUST IN* TIME,
be a gorgeous procession in the morning,
a greased pole and prize-races for the after
noon, and the fireworks in the evening;
but Tim's interests, like Lady Bluebeard's,
all centered on the forbidden and uu at
tainable.
"Where's Tim?" said Mrs. Spriggins, as
her husband came homo late in the even
ing.
"At home and in bed, probably," replied
Mr. Bpriggins carelessly, "at least I sent
the young rascal home two hours ago."
"I'm sure he's not in," returned Mrs.
Spriggins decidedly. "Mary, go see if
Timmy is in bed."
Mary went and returned, reporting Tim's
bed unoccupied.
"Great jumping horned spoons!" ex
claimed Mr. Spriggins as a terrible thoughl
flashed through his mind, "I believe the
little villain has hid in the store, so as tc
pry into that box of fire-works," and the
very hair 3 of his head stood up in horroi
at the idea of what might bo happening.
It was even so. Timothy had apparently
obeyed his father's command, but, as the
night was warm, had found it an easy mat
ter to slink in at the back door and hide
under a counter, until his father and the
clerks had departed.
His mischievous fingers fairly trembled
with delighted eagerness, as he lit a can
dle and fitted it into an old lantern which
lie had provided for the occasion, not wish
ing a bright light, for fear of betraying
himself to the passer-by, and he wrenched
off the cover, which had been loosened dur
ing the day by the clerks, and there were
the treasures open to his longing eyes, and,
holding his lantern dangerously near, ho
bent over them with itching fingers, but
only inteudiug to satisfy his eyes, and then
creep out of the back windovv and return
homo.
He never could tell just how it hap
pened, but probably in his excitement ha
did not fit his candle properly into tho
socket, and out it fell into a vacant space
in the end of tho box, and fizz, fizz, whizz,
AfPfl
\V T
liOTfcSi
FIZ 1 F!Z ! BANG 1 BANG!
whiz-z-z, went tho contents; crack, snap,
and explode, until tho room was in a blaze
of light, just as Mr. Spriggins and a night
watchman crashed in at tho door, and,
seizing the crackling mass, hauled it out
of doors at tho risk of burned hands and
scorched faces, and it blazed aud fizzed,
and popped, in the middle of tho street, tc
the delight of the vagrant street boys, and
the despair cf tho committee 011 fire
works.
There were no fire-works that Fourtli,
and Mr. Spriggins declares, that, in case
of another such emergency, ho shall put
the boy in a strait-jacket to commence
with, and run 110 risks.
Hits. F. M. HOWARD.
SHUCK TROTTER'S FOURTH
And How lie Observed It—\ Celebration
Under Dilliculties.
Shuck Trotter, having "laid by" his
corn on tho third of July, was lifted into
such exultation by his maturing prospects
of a good crop, that he decided to hold a
sort of celebration on tho Fourth.
Throughout I.hs neighborhood of "Lick
Skillet" Shuck enjoys that peculiar leader
ship which certain oddities of character
frequently grant a man who lives in a
backwoods community. Those oddities,
however, are never of an intellectual sort,
for, in Shuck's neighborhood, a character
istic that is purely mental is always re
garded as a weakness, while a certain
"pranliishness," particularly an ability to
jump higher and dance faster than any
other man is italicized distinction.
The celebration at Shuck's house can
doubtless bo given most appropriately,
and lam certain most entertainingly, in
tho exact words of Zeb Finch, the brown
jeans beau of tho "Lick Skillet" neighbor- 1
hood:
"When Shuck come over whar I wuz cr
cleanin' up some now ground fur er tur
nip patch," said Zeb, "an' told mo er bout
the cilybratlon, I sorter hung fire cr bout
goin'; but when he 'lowed pino blank that
Liza Baker an' the Jimison gals would be
thar, 1 told him that nothin' but er pow
erful mixture uv tho rheumatiz an' cramp
colic could keep mo er way, an' I meant
whut I said, even ef Liza is fat, an' not C 7
pale ez the most uv folks like to see a
gal. Wall, when I ariv at Shuck's house
X seed that all tho necessary preparations
had been made. It wuz too hot to stay in
tho hou3o, so a lot uv cheers an' benches
had been put in the yard under er low,
spreadin' mulberry tree, that givo a thick
shale. Thar wuz er right smart sprink
lin' uv folks, I toll you. Ole Uncle Mose
Gayner, that went to the Legislatur last
year wuz thar. Uncle Moso ain't much
bigger cr round then er hoe-handle, an' it
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"DON'T FOOL YO' SELF,"BAYS HE.
I do peer like that whin natur sot into malc
i in' his logs sho come mighty nigh not
j stoppin'or tall, but in spile uv all these
J here drawbacks tho ole feller has got a
way uv sm.ickin' his mouth when the jug
is passed, that gest liachuily keep.4 him
I fruin fallin' into obscurity, cz tlio preach
er nays. Ole Gayner was thar, too. 1
don't think I ever se-.-J a fatter woman
then she is. W'y, she's so much thicker
then she is liiyiitli.it when siio wants to
•' reach up on er shcif after any thing she
BUTLER, PA., FRIDAY, JULY 1,1887
ays down. The Jim'.son cjals wuz tharsho
mil, an'—ges ho.' i.iv hat. somebody, while
I think uv h.-r—JiUs Liza, bless her fat
aws, wuz thar life, uncraver
tsre hoss. Doa't understau' me to mean
my disrespect v.!; a 1 compar that lovely
?reetur with er hoss, fur 1 .nn;e tell you,
:he human fam'ly will hive to improve
Hight'ly befo' it ketches up with tho hoss.
"It mout not peer to bo necessary to
speak about tho sizes uv thoso folks, but
I'll jest say th t weight ha I cr good
ieal to do with tho tallaesj uv the capers
that wuz cut that ilry.
"Old Shuck wuz in his glory, aa' 'lowed
that the country's birth lay should bo cily
bratcd in er manner that tha neighbors
wouldn't soon furgit.
" 'How you g< in' to do it, Shueki' says
L 'We kain't do nothin' but set cr round
an' stuff ourselves with watermilons uu'
sich.'
" • Don't fool yo'se'f,' says he, 'l'm goin'
to have some 'splosicns here airter while
that'll lay all the firecrackers an'tawpe
ters you ever seo l in tha everlastin'
shade. Sec this,'taki.i'er package oaten
tho pocket uv his duster. ; Here's two
pounds uv the finest blastin' powder you
ever come cr cross. Airter we eat an'
drink er while we'll step out here an' bore
holes in legs, load 'em up an' have the all
lircdcst bombard men t yen ever seed. Folks
Way over tho creek will think that the big
est, Fourth uv July this country ever seed
has jest been turned loose on the com
munity.'
'"Oil, Cou3in Shuck,' sa!d Miss Liza—
r.n' ez X remarked jest now, bless her fat
jaws—'please don't havo no shootin' fur it
skeers me.'
" ' Bless yo' soul an' body, Lizv,' Shuck
replied, 'I wouldn't skeer you fur nothin'
in the world, but on this crcasion I'm jest
nachully bound to turn tho liiils an' hollers
wrong side out'ard, cr haw, haw—plum
wrong side out'arJs, Uncle Mose,' he
added, grinnin' at the iean old man.
"Laws a massy,' cried Shuck's wife,
'the white sow is in the milon patch. Run
Shuck an' knock her fetch-taked head off.'
"Shuck he drapped the package uv pow
der in er cheer an' er way he went, an'
Liza snatched up the powder, retched up
an' put it on a limb uv the tree an' begged
us not to tell Shuck whar it wuz which we
all promised that we wouldn't. Shuck
braught er big milon back with him an' we
div into it red-eyed. Then he axed fur his
powder. We all 'lowed that wo hadn't
seed it.
" 'That'll never do in the world,' says he.
'Er fou'th uv July cilybration without pow
der is like cr set uv plow gear without er
back-band —jest nachully won't go. Undo
Mose, whar's the powder?'
"'Ain't seed it Shuck. Bleve you tuck
it with you when you went airter the white
sow.'
"'That's gest erbout whut I did,'says
Shuck, an' ho put out to look fur it, an'
when ho couldn't find it, he went up iii tha
fence corner an' cussed that 010 sow fur
ever' thing ho could think uv an' Liza—
bless—but never mind, laughed fit to kill
her sweet self. Then Bhuck fotch out his
jug. It made the gals gr.n miglit'ly when
they tuck er pull at it jest to be sociable,
you know, but I tell you it made ole Uncle
Zvlose's mouth pop like er hickory bark
whip.
"'My stairserlive' said one uv the Jimi
son gals, 'the black gnats is so bad er body
caint hardly live.'
" 'That's er fac-k,' said Liza, 'an' they run
mo nearly stracted.'
" 'l'll fix 'em,' Shuck lowed, an' he went
into the house, an' soon come out with
some fire in er big dinner pot. He sot it
on the ground an' the ladies all thanked
him fur his kino an' plite cr tention.
" 'Shuck,' says Uncle Mose —tho 010 fel
ler is powerful frolicky—'they tell me
that you learnt er new step when you
went over to the Bran dance the other
day. Give it to us.'
" 'Oh, yes, do, Cousin Shuck,' said Liza
—that'sall right. Give it to us, fur I
know we'll bo so much edified.' That
, '
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THE WAY IT ENDED.
word settled it with me right thar an' ei
I coulder got holt uv her hand I would
have sartinly squz it.
" 'I ain't round thrown' my steps er
way,' says Shuck, 'but ez we've all met
here to cilybrate the Fourth, here's at
you. Hero, Zeb,' turnin' to me, 'pat for
me.' I commenced to pat an' ho hopped
up an' went at it. It wuz er sort uv Ingun
dance, with er lot uv whoops scattered
through it, an' tho fust whoop Shuck
fotch he leaped up an' struck tho limb
whar Liza had liid the powder, an' down
come tho powder an' I wish I ma3 T die dead
ef it didn't come slap dab into the pot uv
fire. Tiiar wuz er bout cr second befo'
any thing happened an' then tho cilybra
tion tuck placo sho null. The fust thing
sporienced wuz the earth sorter shakin' it
self, an' then thar come er noiso that I
ain't goin' ter fursjit soon.
"Somehow I wuz permitted to sec the per
formance without takin'much uv cr band
in it. Shuck an' Uncle Moso peered to go
into partnership fur they went up in tho
tree together, an' it did seem like Uncle
Moso'slegs wrapped erround Shuck erbout
throe times. Shuck's wife riz like cr tur
key-lien an' went over the fence, an' Uncle
Mose's wife, ez goo l-hcarted er ole soul cz
ever lived, wuz jest rolled erway like er
bar'l. The pore cle lady squealed but lcep'
on er rollin'. Tiic Jiinisun girls fluttered
ever' whicher way, an' put ino in mine uv
cr lot uv young patridges. But Liza —
alas, bless her fat jaws, the powder,
findin' that sho wuz so heavy it couldn't
pick her up, turned her round er time er
two, fluttered her over tlio fence an'
started her off down the lane on er trot,
an' she hadn't mo'rn got started good till
er watcrinilon cotch up with her an' I
hope I may die dead cf I didn't jest nach
ully think it had knocked all the mazin
grace outen tiio dear crectur. Holler! I
never licarn cr pore soul holler liko sho
did. I run airier her aa'didn't ketch her
ti'.l she got to the foot uv the hill. Sho
tlung her lovin' arms round mi an' sobinly
cried: 'Ah Lawd, Zeb, who woulder
thought that dinner pot woulder busted!'
When we all got ter gether ergin, Shuck,
seein' that nobody wuz killed, lowed that
the saf.'st thing wuu'.d bo ter git down an'
pray, an' wo gest nachully got down even
ihough wo seed tho white sow mako cr
r.uther break fur tho milon patch. I ain't
axed him but I j ;.-;t liaehuilj think that
Shuck has gone outen the col-, bra'.in' bu.--.i
aesi." On E P. READ.
A JlHnic Actor and a K ink K^ff.
"They have the mustiest rs in this
town ever 1 met," said a cheap variety
star to a member of hi i troujie.
"You must liavo met with one of thorn,''
replied liis companion.
"Well, I did. An cgfj that was laid by
a dead hen, too."
"How do you know?"
"Howdo 1 know! Great Scott! Sly noses
was against one side of the cg:;-sheli when
it broke."
•' Hrbout Tiler S.iuio Kinder Tunc."
"Did you cv r dance to the air of that
piece in the M.'.: ;lo called *\\ illew-'i it-
AViliow-Tit-V. iiiov/'? " asked Dan.'.ymau
of liii country cousin.
"No, but da I often made me sin;,' and
danco tor the willow-ta, -willow lie keep-s
in ther wood", lie J. Er rocl.c 11 it's orbout
ther same kinder tune, ain't iti"
—tl is meet and drink tiiat is de
priving many of food.
Among the Zu!m young people
fight and pet married. Here they
married and fight.
—' Potter the day, better the deed,
will not prove true when you come to
diting a deed on Sunday.
All men try to get the earth.but
the earth gets them. This is not a
joke; it is the grave truth.
O v \ t / . v
fireJlracker
, . . 1776! . . .
Hurrah for Independence Day!
Cheers for this Yankee Nation
Who's yearly racket aud display
Just startles all creation.
Our Eagle, red and white and blue,
Will flap his wings like thunder
And crow a 'Yankee-doodle-doo,"
To make the old world wonder.
Our Uncle Sam will make a speech.
And we're a-going to hear him.
And when he waves our llag we'll screech
And toss our hats and cheer him;
Then, when the " Yankee-doodle-doo"'
Comes from our B-ird victorious
We're going to crow a little, too.
For Liberty Is glorious.
Cheers for America's small boys
With patriotism aching;
Who'll fire crackers till the noise
Sets all the earth a-quaking.
Ring bells,beat drums,bang cannon,too;
While this grand Yankee Nation
Crows " Yankee-Doodle-Doodie-doo "
In Freedom's Celebration.
• * BY H. C.DODGE. * •
AN "ENEMY WON. 1
Returning Good for Evil—A Fourth ol
July Story.
For years a bitter feud had existed be
tween the two leading physicians of Oak
land. At one time they had been intimate
friends, and young Dr. Parker had been
the acknowledged suitor of old Dr. Ro
mans' sweet daughter, Cicely.
It was at a Fourth of July celebration
that tho trouble arose, and tho beginning
of tho quarrel had its origin in a very
ial thing, too. Both men had been invited
by the citizens to participate in the exer
cises of the day, and in his address the old
doctor saw proper to take exception to
some statements made by the younger one.
Boing something of a politician, Dr. Parker
resented tho liberty taken by his friend,
and then the old man in scathing words
denounced the "young upstart, who thought
to teach those who had forgotten mere
than ho had ever known."
The idle tongues of tho gossips were not
slow in repeating the comments made by
thoughtless persons, and thus, instead of
the breach being healed, it grew wider and
wider. Dr. Parker, though quick to re
dress a wrong, was the more generous, and
even after hot words had passed between
them, came to his enemy and, frankly con
fessing his own fault, sought an amicable
reconciliation.
The old man, though tho one to give the
first offense, was furious, and ordered his
antagonist to leave his houso immediately
and forever.
Strong as was the attachment existing
between Cicely and the young doctor, she
was too dutiful a daughter to carry on a
clandestine courtship, even if the honor
able young man had proposed such a
course. No formal engagement existed
between them, and when at her father's
command, tho letters she had received
■were returned without ouo word of ex
planation. Dr. Parker quietly submitted to
his fate, more convinced than ever that
women were as fickle as they had been rep
resented.
Thus several years rolled by and the two
men were still estranged, and perhaps
would have so remained during life, had
not a circumstance brought them together.
It was as follows: One dark, stormy night
Dr. Parker was riding home as fast as the
rain, which boat in his face, and the slip-
JL STORMY INTERVIEW.
pery condition of the roads would justify.
Slackening his pace, when he entered the
"narrows," ho was moving along very
cautiously when his horso shied suddenly,
almost throwing him to tho ground. By
the faint light of the lantern which he
carried, he could see the debris of what
seemed to be a broken sulky. Supposing
that some unfortunate traveler had met
with an accident, and had left the vehicle
by the side of the road until morning, he
attempted to pass, but tho horso only
snorted and scented tho air with his nos
trils; he would not move astep to the right
hand or the left Dismounting, to ascer
tain tho cause of the strange actions, ho
discovered to his dismay, that the battered
sulky hung half over tho precipice. Ue
was about to lead his frightened steed to a
placo of safety, when a faint moan startled
him. Listening attentively, he was horri
fied to hear from tho rocks below tho foo
ble cry of—
"My God! will no one help mei" He
shouted back: "Who is there, and what is
the matters"
The despairing wail came back: "It is I,
Dr. Romans. My horso took fright and
precipitated me over tho narrows. I am
entirely helpless, and tho creels is almost
up to mo. If help doc 3 not come speedily
I will be washed away. For God's sake,
be quick."
The young man recognized the voice and
his brow grew ominously dark. For a
moment a horri'.Ao temptation assailed
him. He had only to ride jji ar.d he would
bo free from his bitter enemy forever.
The secret would be his own, and no one
would think of attaching biaine to him:
but it was only for an instant that th :
dark thought haunted him. In spito of
tho increasing storm and the extremely
dangerous descent, he was soon malting
his way, laboriously,down llio steep, treaeh
jrous cliff.
Reaching his fallen foe, he obseived the
spasm of pain that pas.; ;.t over tho old
man's lace, when ho know that he was in
the power of au enemy. " You have com:
to gloat over my fall, have you?" he groaned
in despair.
" 1 have come to render aid to a fellow
being in distress," Dr. Parker answered,
in a subdued voice. "I would rather per
ish than bo saved by an enemy," Dr.
Romans answered, savagely.
Nevertheless he obeyed tho firm, rapid
commands of Parker, who l'ouad ho had
a herculean task on hand, for tho man
was thoroughly drenched with the rain, be
sides having sustained the fracture of an
arm and tho severe contusion of his right
ankle. At first the pain was so great as to
cause tho strong man to cry out in agony;
but Parker, fearing that tho flood would
overtake them, hurried him along as fast
as practicable. At last, aftor a tremen
dous effort, m which lie half carried, half
dragged the almost helpless man, Parker
succeeded in reaching tho public high-way
and placing tho wounded man upon his own
gentle horse.
Then, seizing tho bridle, ho proceeded
cautiously along tho slippery "narrows"
and across tho bottom, until they struck
the smooth, safe road that led to tho vil
lage.
Arriving at the Romans residence. Par
ker succeeded in arousing tho household
and gaining assistance to carry his charge
in out of the storm. In tho midst of theii
alarm and consternation, the young phy
sician briefly explained how the accidenl
had happened. Speaking of tho injuries,
ho suggostod tho propriety of securing
medical aid at once.
"I'll havo 110 surgeon but yourself, my
friend," gasped the old man, "that is, ii
PAKKER HURRIED HIM ALONG.
you will consent to take charge of such an
old bear as you have seen demonstrated in
your humble servant."
Dr. Parker assured him that if it were
his desire to put himself in his hands he
would do all in his power to restore him to
health.
'•lt is my earnest desire, my noble friend,
although I did tell you to-night that I'd
rather die than be saved by you. If you
had taken me at my word, I would be float
ing down the Ohio by this time. I owe my
life to you, and after your heroism to-night
I would rather owe it to you than to any
man living."
Mutual confessions followed, and as it is
always easier to foreivo thoso who injure
us than those wo injure, Dr. Parker ex
perienced no difficulty in burying the past
and giving the old man his hand in token
of reconciliation. All the loug period of
deadly warfare was bridged by that one
night's noble work. Dr. Parker had ful
filled his vow. He had saved his adver
sary from a horrible death, and owned that
his revenge was sweet.
Cicely and the young doctor spent many
pleasant hours in each other's society dur
ing the invalid's convalescence, and as tho
Fourth of July, 1887, is to be celebrated by
their marriage, the people of Oakland have
settled the question as to why beautiful
Cicely Romans remained so long unwed,
and why Dr. Parker should have chosen
tho lot of an old bachelor when he could
have had picking choice among the fair
maidens of all the country-side.
BET-LB V. CHISHOLM.
tiILL NYE'S SPEECH.
lie Delivers a C'liaraetcristte ami PatriottO
Address—An Excellent l*lctur® of the
Orator.
FELLOW CITIZENS: It has now been one
hundred and eleven years since tho most
successful and most prosperous republic
known thus far to history, sent forth upon
the sultry air its first feeble cry. One
hundred and eleven years ago this morn
ing, the small red infant known as Ameri
can Liberty jammed her purple fists into
her watery eyes and made a few desultory
remarks which were heard in the utter
most parts of tho earth.
To-day she is a full-grown person with
a dignified mien, aud has had a statue of
herself taken, which stands in the harbor
of New York and although sho lights up
the country for miles around, with her
tall torch, there is no one who has evei
been able to hold a candle to her in the
Liberty business.
Those who arc to-day within the sound
Of my voice, and who are over one hun
dred and eleven years of age. will perhaps
recall to their minds tho deplorable con
dition of things here in our young and
struggling country at that time.
If we moved out West in order to se
cure more freedom, the venturesome sav
age filled us full of arrows till wo looked
like toothpick-holders, and when we came
back for protection, tho haughty Briton
MR? NYE A3 nE APPEARED ON THE PLATFOUM.
assessed us and crushed us beneath the
iron heel of the despot.
Now, wherever tho starry banner
hangs out to greet tho gentlo breeze, all,
all aro free. Little do we know to-day,
here in America, what it Is to suffer for
freedom. Liberty doos a good business
here in the United States now, aud the
man who runs out of freedom shows that
he is a shiftless man and a poor provider.
Only a little over acentury ago wo dared
not go out after dark without a chilled
steel corset, for fear that tha maroon-col
ored children of the forest might let the
pale, shimmering moonlight in among our
vital organs by moans of their crude tom
ahawks. Then life was indeed uncertain
and disagreeable. Peoplo remained at
homo rather than return to their houses
with holes in themselves and wildly dis
heveled brains.
Now a man can start out and go any
where if ho will pay his fare.
And so we are marching on. What a
grand stride it is from tho despotism of a
century ago, to the long and short haul ol
to-day i What a mighty leap from the bar
barism of a hundred years ago, to tho glor
ious sunlight of freedom which we enjoy
now! -
Where once Iho slow-going ox team and
Belcher box wagon cropt through the
wilderness, liable to be scattered over the
greensward at any moment by the yelling
Injun, now tho patient newspaper man, the
member of Congress and tho Associate
Justice of the Supremo Court, with theii
cjats over their arms, toil along tho leva)
sweep of railroad which they assisted te
build by moans of their land grants and
moral encouragement, looking ever and
anon over their shoulders for the approach
of the yelling modern lujun.
Times have indeed changed in the past
century. A hundred years ago whisky
was sold at forty cents per gallon, and
every other man you met was a statesman.
Now you have to pay fifteen cents foi
enough iwhisky to wet the bottom of 8
small tumbler and thoro hasu't been s
speech made in the House of Representa
tives for three years that was listened t(
by any body but the stenographer.
So liberty, while enlarging her field, has
not always ameliorated the condition ol
mankind. Wo arc prone to boast over th«
enormous mass of freedom which wo have
accumulated here in America, aud yet the
freedom of the press lias been greatly im
paired, if I may bo allowed that expres
sion.
Too much caste has been tho result of re
cent laws. A year ago I held up my head
aud mingled with a class of men who to
day refuso to recognize mo. They were
then, and aro now, of course, men ol
wealth and social position; but so am L
I allude to the railway conductors of the
United States.
A year ago I knew them from New York
to San Francisco, and associated with them
frequently, allowing myself to bo drawn
forward into the smoking-car to mingle
with them and visit pro anil con.
But what do I find to-day? I find the
satno men running on the same trains, bul
they are arrogant, haughty and reserved.
Oue of them placed mo on a aide-track last
spring in tho night, in the midst of a piti
less storm, because I tried to renew a for
mer acquaintance with him, and ride into
Chicago.
He said that 1 could not ride on my ac
quaintance with him by uo means, but that
I would soon bo ri ling on tho small of my
back if I did not pay my faro to the city.
«*•*•*•
And so I remained thatni-;ht in tho midst
of some ancient ruins called Monmouth.
I was not acquainted in Monmouth, and 1
had no business there. Nobody ever had
any business there that I ever hea'rd of,
and yet 1 remained thcro through what
was left of that terrible night.
1 often think that our forefathers did
not suffer any more hardships than we
do, and if I had fitted myself for it I would
just as soon bo a forefather as to be the
pampered <-hild of wealth that I am to-day
Bill NYE.
15^™* Advertiau in the CITIZEN.
The Declaration in Rhyme.
In an imitation of Hudibr&p, writ
teu in the time of tie fierce contest
between Great Britain end America
in 1777 and 1778, published in the
latter year, was a parody, with com
ments on the Derlur tion of Inde
pendence. At tLat time there was
no clue to the author or t'. 3 place of
nativity of the author, but it must
have been an American production
and it may with propriety bo pub
lished now.
When in the c> ursc of human things
All tuljects iuay desert their king',
And thus becoming Uisai."-.
bonds by which tiny we:-e connected;
Assuming 'mcngst the pow. rs in earth
Au equal rank to which their biri'u,
The laws of heaxeu and r.t" nature,
Entitle every human creature.
Respect when men are thui inclined
For the opinions of mankind,
Kequirt s they should the causes tell
That have induced them to rel.el.
First let them downright maisms strike,
That all men are born free alike,
And r.rc undoubtedly allowed,
By Providence to be endowed
(As many a learned author write-
With some inalienable right ,
'Mong these we lay the greats' stiess
On life, pursuit cf h&p| ints.-i,
And (what is best cf all the three-
Of uncontrolled liberty,
For surely no one ccn believe
But he's a certain right to iive,
Without receiving check or stop here,
As long as ever he think j i j ;r.
Neither is life like chair or table,
To one another alienable.
Neither can any mortal have
The right to make himself a -lave,
(Although by thieving we may say
Some people do it every day ;
Neither can any one entrap ye
From the just rights of bting happy,
(Though your chief happiness iu life
Should be to kiss your neighbor's wife) .
To keep these rights ty their consents,
Man instituted governments,
Aud should they afterwards be tir' i
Of systems that the world admit M,
The people have a right t' al.eixb,
After relinquish and demob- ■
By methods novel and surprisir.s:,
New States and powers orgctul/iu..-,
In such a form and figure drcst,
As the wise authors shall (h.nk best.
Prudence indeed, niiyht plainly dictate,
(To any but a dull aud thick pate)
That governments estabiisb'd ancient,
Should not be cliang'd lor causes transient —
And therefore ail experience shows
That man would rather something lose
Than to le ltsh, because they're strong,
And right themselves by doing wrcng.
But when we had refused assent
To British acts of Parliament,
(Tho' bulwarks of the Constitution),
And stuck to this one resolution,
When we determined to be free,
And seized on other people's tea,
Tarring arid feather!:every fc.d
That spoke iu favor of £<x>d rule;
Broke up the courts of law and justice
(For iu ourselves our hope and trust is),
Forcing from everyone concession
To things of which we made profession,
And settling thii-gs we could not guide
To ride upon a stick, astride;
Because we plainly saw designs
To catch us in despotic mines;
When after this the plans absurd
Of that harsh tyrant, George the Third,
Under a notion of e.\| edience,
To bring us to a due obedience,
Pursued through regular degred.ition,
Of gross abuse aud usui pation,
Prove an invariable eh sign
Our liberties to undermine,
A resolution to betray
Aud rule us by despotic sway.
It is our right and our intent
To throw off sueh a government,
While other methods may be tried
For future safety to provide.
The Coming Man.
Harpers' for June.]
The American man only develops
himself and spreads hi nine If i:nd grows
"for all he is worth" in the Great
West. He is more free lind limber
there, and unfolds those generous pe
culiarities and largenesses of humani
ty which never blossomed before.
The "environment" has much to do
with it. The great spaces over
which he roams contribute to the en
largement of his mental horizon.
There have been races before who
roamed the illimitable desert, but
they traveled on foot or on camelback
ard were limited in their range.
There was nothing continental about
them, as there is about our railway
desert travellers, who swing along
through thousands of miles of sands
and sagebusli with a growing con
tempt for time and space. But ex
pansive and great ts these people
have become under the new condi
tions. the Writer has a fancy that the
development of the race has only
'ust begun, and that the future will
.-how us In perfection n kind of man
new to the world. Out somewhere
on the Santa Fe route, where the
desert oi one day was like the desert
of the day before,and the Pullman car
rolls and swings over the wide waste
beneath the blue sky day after
day, under its black flag of smoke, in
ihe early gray of morning, when the
men were wailing their turns at the
ablution bowls, a slip of a boy, per
haps aged seven, stood balancing
himself on his little leg?, clad in
knickerbockers, biding Lis time, with
all the noucbalance of an old cam
paigner. "How did you sleep, cap?"
asked a well-meaning elderly gentle
men. "Well, thank you," was the
dignified response; "as I always do
on a sleeping car." Always docs?
Great horrors! Hardly out of his
swaddling clothes, and yet be always
sleeps well in a sleeper! Was he
born on the wheels? was he cradled
in a pullman? ile has always been
in motion, probably; he was started
at thirty miles an hour, no doubt this
marvelous boy of our new era. He
was not born in a house at rest, but
the locomotive snatched him along
with a shriek and a roar before his
eyes were fairly open, and he was
rocked in a "section." and his first
sensation of life was that of moving
rapidly over vast arid spaces, through
cattle ranges, and along canons. The
( fleet of quick and easy locomotion on
character may have been noted before
but it stems that here i 3 the produc
tion of a new sort of man, the direct
product of our railway era. It is not
simply that this boy is mature, but
he must bo a different and a nobler
sort of boy than ouo born, say, at
home or on a canal boat; for whether
he was bom on the rail or not, he be
longs to the railway system of civil
ization. Before he gets iuto trousers
he is old in experience, and he has
discounted many ol the novelties that
usually break gradually cn the pil
grims of this world. Ho belongs to
the new expansive race that must
iive in motion, whose proper home is
the pullman (which will probably be
improved in time into a dustless,
sweet-smelling, well aired btdroom),
I and whose domestic life will be on
| tho wing. so to speak. The inter-
I State Commerce Bill will pags
him along without without
friction from end to end of the Union,
sr.d perhaps a uniform divorce law
v. ill enable him to change his martial
relat ons at any place whore ho hap
pens to dine. This promising lad is
only a faint intimation of what we are
ail coming to when we fully acquire
the* freedom of the continent, and
come into that expansiveness of feel
ing and of language which character
izes the Great West. It is a burst of
joyous exuberance that comes from
the sense of an illimitable horizon. It
shows itself in the tender
words of a local news
j piper at Bowie, Arizona, on the
i death of & beloved citizen: "'l)jath
1 -res a shining mark,' und she hit a
dandy when she turned loose on Jim."
And a!-o in the closing words of a
N-w Mexico obituary, which the
Kfin'oa Magazine quotes: "Her tired
spirit was released trom the pain
r.v ■! ': g b;. !y and soared aloft to eter
nal git-v at Denver time." We
die, i:s it were, in motion, as we
*1 rn, and there is nowhere any
Liuui diiry to our expansion. Perhaps
\v shall never again know any rest
we now understand the term—rest
l»ing only change on motion—and
we bliull not be able to sleep except
on the ears, and whether we die by
the 90th meridiau, we shall only
change our time. Blessed be this
.-iip of a boy who is a man before he
is an infunt, and teaches us what
rapid transit can do for our race! The
oniy thiug that can possibly hinder
us in our progress will be second
childhood; we have abolished first.
Mr. Beecher's Prompt Approval
H. W. llipley, of Portland, Maine,
who has passed forty-nine summers
in the White Mountains, tells a story
about llenry Ward Beecher. Mr.
Utecher once drove a passenger
wagon from the Twin to the Craw
ford, just lor fun. In turning around
his team became tangled up and his
wagon bid fair to tip, when a Port
land and Ogdensburg conductor look
ing out of a chamber window of the
hotel, shouted: "Let go your lead
e;s, you old fool."
"That's good advice, young man,"
was Mr. Beecher's calm reply, as ho
followed it.
Puts and Calls.
"Papa," observed little Johnny
Gray, "what does this mean in the
ptper?"
"What is it my son?"
"Why what do "puts" and "calls"
mean?"
"They mean," said the old man,
who had taken several flyers; "they
mean that a man goes down to Wall
street and puts some money in tho
hands of a broker."
'•Well, but what do "calls" mean?"
"Oh, th&y mean, my son, that
when he calls for it he don't get
it.
The Weakest Part.
It is a general pr'nciple that local
disease attacks the weakest part of
the unfortunate victim at tho time he
may be exposed to tho attack. This
may be more satisfactory to tho
theorist than to the sufferer. Tho
l itter has often asked, "But why
should that part bo weaker than any
other?" That is a wise remedy that
tends to strengthen all the weakor
parts, and thus enable them not only
to cast off the disease, but guard
them fro a the encroachments of other
disease?.
For this purpose the Compound
Oxygen has no equal. If you wish
to know more of this treatment, you
cun easily be gratified by addressing
Drs. Starkey <fc Palen, 1529 Arch St.
Philadelphia, Pa, for their Brochure,
in interesting book of 200 pages, and
it will bo sent to you free.
—A bad scrape—an amateur's vio
lin solo.
—A burglar seldom does his work
aljne lie generally has Jimmy
with him.
—Advice to a dressmaker—bo sure
you'r right, then gore ahead.
Enjoy Life.
What a truly beautiful world we
live iu! Natures gives us grandeur of
mountains, glens and oceans, and
thousands of enjoj'ment. We can
desire no better when in perfect
health; but how often do the majority
of people feel like giving up disheart
ened, discouraged and worn out with
disease, when there is no occasion
fur this feeling, as every sufferer can
easily obtain satisfactory proof that
Green's August Flower will make
them fr<e from disease, as when
born. Dyspepsia and liver complaint
arc the direct causes of seveuty-flve
per cent, of such maladies as bilious
ness', indigestion, sick headache, cos
tiveness, nervous prostration, dizzi
ness of tho head, palpitation of the
heart and other distressing symp
toms. Three doses of August
Flou-er will prove its wonderful ef
fect. Sample bottles 10 cents. Try
it.
—lt's a wise child that resembles
its richest relative.
—A coquette is like a war veteran
—-he goes through many engage
ments.
—"Yes,my child; duu is the future
tense of due."
An Important Element
Of the puccess of Hood's Sarsaparilla
is the fact that every purchaser re
ceives a fair equivalent for liis mon
ey. Tho familiar heading "100 doses
one dollar," stolen by imitators, is
original with and true only of Hood's
Sarsaparilla. This can easily be
proven by anyone who desires to test
;he matter. For real economy, buy
only Hood's Sarsaparilla. Sold by
all druggists.
A Philadelphia policeman speaks
"even different languages. To hear
him talk iu his Bleep, you would think
he \va3 a polyglot dictionary.
—A distinguished physician has
discovered that the gall of a rattle
snake will cure its bite. From this
we infer that the average rattlesnake
Las nlmost as much gall as the aver
age bouk agent.
As Sure as the Sun Shines,
Dr. Tutt's Liver Pills will cure fever
and if taken by directions—a
b>ld assertion, but a true one; a mil
lion people endorse it Sold by all
druggists. Price, 25 cents per box,
five for sl.
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