VO j. XXV.
THE CELEBRATED
ALLEN WASHER.
Why it is Superior to All Others in the Harlot!
"V* li.t. Bting busily worked, and does the
I work more rapidly than any other machine.
2cd. Beic? enclosed prevents all-p!a«.hinir
-SS of water end inhaline of steam, so injurim*
to health, and unavoidable in the use of all
C o P* n n* B^'*l6 ® or l h e washboard. Tbou
\oo\ sands ot vrt men are yearly broken down in
|r I , health by the hborof the waifcbocrd and in
haling of the fumes wa-h
--at', fr< m clothes worn on the person or b-cl
' both sick and well. This case
„ using the .M'en wafher; being enclosed it
-elsic* the high ten;pert.rure so necessary in
.inu'vinir the dirt from the good>; another
material pr int is the; there is no friction on
«I'thine to dzm -ge them. n« who have
raed the Allen r a>her «f y they believe that
it will rave the price of it in less than a
year's time.
Tbe pecoliar action of the water in the
m machine'which cannot be understood un!e<<-<
one se-- it; forcing a strong current of water
■& through the clothing at every vibration of
the agitator, which i« caused by 'he peculiar
construction of the top of the machine, in
c« nnection with the New Champion Wring
* er, makes the Alien a household
necessity.
MAUIFACrt BED AND FOR SALE BY
SHIRA, Sin & HAYS Bullsr, Pa,
Sew Drug Store
JUST OPENED,
NEW GOODS, NEW PRICES.
AT
10.30, E JEFFERSON ST.,
Where you will find a full line of Fine Drugs, Chemicals, Per
fumes and Toilet Articles. Agents for
Mi Alma,
Montrose Dealer.
Keno, and
Scissors Cigars.
Best 5 and 10 cent Cigars in town. *
Prescriptions carefully compounded by an experienced
Pharmacist.
iour patronage respectfully solicited.
DR. D. E. WILES, Prop'r.
FALL MILLINERY!
OUT line oi Ladies, Misses and Children's ST'AW and FKLT IIATS and
BONNETS, in ail the newest fal ml winter shapes,
in now complete at the
i Leading; Millinery House.
IX T. PAPE,
No. 18 South Main Bt.» - - - - Sutler, Pa
A. Troutman & Son.
■m
Leading Dry Goods Bousa,
BU' rJI.SK/ - - - - - - -7'A.
. minim
A Trouiman & SOD.
The leading Dry Goods e'Bd Car- j
pet, House, Butler, Pa.
New Fall Dre«B tiooda at prices |
which will make them move very
fast.
We bare the largest stock «ver
shown in Butler coonty, comprising
all the Lew goods ia Checks, Stripen I
and Plain Weaves in Foreign and j
Domestic
Black and Colored Silks, j
Special Values
IN TRIMMINGS,
we have never bad such a> nice ah
feortment and so many of them.
BAROAZNS
In Flannels, Blanket, Tickings,
Gingbama, White Quilie, Shawls
Table Linens, Lace Curtains,
ID fact everything which can bo
found in a
First-Ciass Dry Goods Store.
A. TKOUTMA** & SON'S,
Bugler,, Pa-
J. KLEE & CO.
MANUFACTURERS OF
MENS', YOUTHS', BOYS, AND CHILDREN'fc/
limiiTl CLOTHING, mmnl
Of Fine and Medium Grades, at Closeet Prices.
Also, J. KLEE & CO.'S SUPERIOR WORKING PANTS,
Every pair guarantee! not. to rip.
Ifoft. 628 and 680 Broadway. Ntw York.
811 LIBERTY ST.. PITT^BUBGH,
M.F.&M, Marks
Invite your inspection ot their
stock of FALL and WINTER
Millinery Goods.
Receiving goods every week
their stock is always
FRESH AND COMPLETE.
- i S
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Cloaka and WraPs.
j for Children find Ladies.
We carry the jrreatest variety of
I styles, our stock never w:vs UX large,
1 pile"* never so low, gooda never «o
nice.
Jf yoa want to see the nice goods,
please call and examine our stock,
j Ladies', Gents', and Children's
! Underwear, every grade, all sizes,
s ben goods.
! Gloves, Corsets, Hosiery, Velvets,
Plushes, Yarns, etc.
, —OUB—
| Carpst3 and Oil Cloths,
never had so many—never were car
pets so cheap.
Our stock is complete Don't buy
a Carpet until you have seen our
btoek. Body Brussels, Velvets, Tup
entry, 3-Ply Extra Super, Hemp, Cot
ton and Hag Kufrs.
Window Shades, largest assort
ment, lowest prices.
CURTAIN POLES
You will find on examination our
stock o.' g o<J d s t0 be the Lowest
Priced in Butler county.
CHOICE FRUIT.
Having taken Uie agency for tli« f'holce Krnft
I Jrec*.
I
| Beautiful Shrubbery,
Ornamental Trees,
Ann cvfryiblUK (>l*e In the Nuwery line, of the
: >t\v y.uf-iann, N UMMie*. Clm»« Uro*. & Co.,
V.. I v.ilic ili upon you In liie i>> ar future anil
solicit your i«3<i*:rb for Hprlit|{ delivery.
A. H, FALL.ER, Agent,
Butler, - - - Pa.
HOW SHE WARBI.ED.
She was taking a
trip on the railroad,
and the#day was a
y» • \ perfect charm. She
jjj Wyl rested her head
f > 'gainst the window
to gaze on the land
- : |
looked far away to the meadows, far
away to the changing whirl, and the draft
through a crack of the window lifted each
pendant cnrl. Was it a dream or a vision
or a scene in the green far off? For 6he
sighed with a gentle murmur and then
was convulsed with a cough. Just then
came a friend to her elbow, a companion
who came to rejoice, and she turned with a
smile togTeet her, but loT she had lost her
voice. Yes; just in that little second, as
her < _.es on the landscape gloat, that draft
through the open crevice had closed np
her delicate throat. And alas! in a Hear
ing city she was to sing on the stage that
night. What could she do so voiceless
but to weep at her pitiful plight? Xow
the friend who had watched her dilemma
drew forth from her satchel a cure. St.
Jacobs Oil it was late-led; a remedy
famous and snre. An external use on the
throttle, well rubbed to remove the cause,
she will always <-arry a bottle, for she
eang that night with applause. "New Ti ork,
N. Y., July 6,1387—Y0u may rely on what I
told yon about the positive cure by St.
Jacobs Oil, which remedy I used on my
wife (professionally known as Patti liosa;.
In Hartford, after doctors stating she
could not recover before four weeks, St.
Jacobs Oil cured her in three days, and
she has not had a pain since. Her complaint
at that time was ntrve neuralgic rheuma
tism, and I can assure you she was a great
sufferer. I have never failed in advising
all whom I have met that were complain
ing to use St. Jacobs Oil. If this letter is
•f any value you are entirely welcome.
Very re*p'y, li. L. Scott, 239 E. 14th St."
To professional travelers, subjected to
drafls and exposure, it is indispensable.
, Catarrh
Cretm Baiir
Cleanses 11 t- SjwjAM
"■•; , 1 p r* fr
es, Ailay ftiAVFFVFftSV'2 jf-Js
pain and In- £ £M
Heals th .- r
sores,restore:
the Senses c!
T a sle an c UVA. |
Smell. HAY-FEVER
Try the cure Ely's Cesm Balm,
\ particle is applied into each nostril and is
sgreealde Price ■"» cents hi i-rugßi-sts: by mat!,
n mistered, (/)<•!«._ Circular* 'ret, ELV BEOS,
Green v.icb ritrNew York
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SHARP
Ij: ..-:«7 1-ttJ-- fi'iteh ia tbo
PA l Pi S ;wis
Pain in tilt Chest, and al! : :. wilder local or
de-o-c-i-d ore in m.tV • ••«*'-' tr ' ! (pcedlly cun.d by
the well-known £*<p flar'T. Compounded, as it is, of
tb/- nvdirinalvirtu ~;cf fro '•■ ti pi, O-tms, Baliairi an!
Kxtraeta, it U Indeed We ' ■:■*« t«in-klULnr;. rtiHulalinx,
aootL .-•>d Po. »•« Hatter cw made,
//op I'MMtcrt are (old by ail urugi'W" and country (ton*
™5 '-enta orfl*efor 5100. | B 1
Mailed on MOuipt of p J - '
price. //''.o IluttfTfjO., 1 mm
PLASTER
fyOmted toajfof?, bad breath, j*our a:>d liver
dbf-AM rvxrfrd by Ha.vyV-y'E Stomach aiyi 1,17r.r lIIH,
Br. S. A. JOHNSTON,
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
AH >' <>rk pertaining to the profession execnt
ed hi thf neatest namr r.
Hpeeialtie* Onld Killings, and Painless Ex
traction of Teeth, Vitalized Air administered.
Offi. c on JelTenoa Strict, one door Haul of Lonry
ilease, l.'p Slalm.
Offlee open daily, except Wednesday* and
Thursdays- Cbmrntinlcatlons by mall receive
prompt attention,
S. a-The only Dentist in Butler using the
Ijext makes of teeth.
JOHN E. BYE IIS,
PHYSICIAN ASD SURGEON
Office No. rs, South Main Htreet,
BUTLER, - PA.
SAMUEL M. BIPPDS,
Physician and Burgeon,
No. 10 Went Cunningham St.,
T3XTTTLiIEIR,, ZPEINTIsr'A.
DE i"T TTST IP. X .
o|/ WAMjKON, (iraduate of the Piilla
. »V. delpliia ;>en! .1 rollt-ge, 1* prepared
todo anything !:■ the line of hl.s profession in a
satisfactory manner.
Office on Main street, ilutler, Union Block
up htairs.
j. S. LOSE, M.D.,
liaii removed from Harmony ro Butler and lias
tun ofiiee at So. v. Main St., three doorx low
i.owry llouse. uj.r-r.o-i r. ,
DJI. U. McOUiIDY,
ri:)Ki<'ii9ii mtd Nurgt-Dii,
Office on M hi Ht., over Kemper's store.
13\itler, - Penn'a.
(ITERMILLfR H OHL,
No. 88 and 90, S. Main St.,
BUTLER? - - PA.
\-ar New f;ourt l[ou <- formerly Uonaloton
Hotiie--}»ood accomnn«latlon» for traveler-,
fjmid xtabline couifeted
ly| J1 i:iTi:NMt'l.l.fc.lt, I'rop'r.
Siui H FOB SUE.
In Franklin twp,, half wav between Pronp-ct
and VVliltesiowu. <<n the *- n'l I'rankllii
road, eon'ains fonrl'-en and a quarter teres, lias
good buildings
A Ksw Frame Hcuas,
Good tiatii and all other necessary ontbiiildir,|{s.
I,and all m d In good state of cultivation,
eood well water, l oill and soft, and nood
orchard of Ml kinds of mil'. I'or price and
(i-rins apply to ine at my fnr.ilturt store In Pros
' C M. EDMUNDSON
9-2-3 in
L 87 McJUNIKIN,
Insurance and Real Estate Ag'l.
)7 KABT JEFFKItHON ST.
BUTLKJt, - I*A.
i 7 FRANK k CO.
DEALKKH 111
mk mciNia.
and f'IfKMKMLM,
FA;Vf Y and TOI/JJT AItTI<;KS,
SfONOEH BRi'HIIKH, PKHFI'MJOKY. A.e.
ry-Pl»yirtc.tM»' Pi e .ojiptlotii c rerully c 0...-
pounded.
45 S Main Street, Butler, Pa.
FARM FOR SALE
In buirarcn ek tow/whlp. A'amtrcnK utility,
near Adams P. «)., on* and 01 ■ -fourth ..iHe
of the new oil dovclopiflent in sugarcreeft t vv P-
Farm contalas
100 ACKKS,
v/lth bauk baro. awaw foot; ✓
i BRjUSK
I I8x»i feet, 2 utorlCM, witli cellar, frame kitchen.
ItxPlfeet; (fOM! H|irlu« or v.'at/)r. fariii well wa
-1 Wired, Kood or< hard of jfrafted fruit, funu In a
tfoo'l HUxte of cultlvatUjii. About
75 ACKES CLEARED,
' TD.tlahce in ko',,i timber, will sell extremely
i low)(/.■ ca'di. i'or partlcuU.x la'i'Hre m
i v 4 j. ft. wica,
; Ulraerhtyurg.
ClarlUb Co.. >'u,
TIIP Last Christmas-Tiee.
CHARIO:TF M. V.VILE, ia Wide Awake.]
It was just at evmiog's edg-; the
day before Christm'.s, that a white
covered emigrant wagon, drawa by
a pair of tired gray ruu'es, appeared
up the road that led by the Kilburn
farmhouse.
A crowd of rosy faces at once
swarmed at the kitchen wind >w, and
Mrs Kilburn herself, in the back
ground, looked out over the heads of
her flock. Now it was not the first
time they had seen an emit Tint
wagon. The eight was rather a com
mon one on this Colorado plain,
across which the shadow of the great
Ilockies were stretching in the early
twilight; but there was something in
tbe appearance of this particular ve
hicle which distinguished it from any
of the hundreds which had passed
that way From out its dingy cover,
over tte head of the driver, a bright,
dark-green bough extended, nodding
and swaying to the jolting of the
wagon and giving a gypsv touch of
cheer to the otherwise common "out
tit.
me," said Mr?. Kiibnrn at
last, with her eves on this unusual
object, "if those folks haven't put out
a bit of Christmas green ! Poor souls,
they have tried to ch er themselves
up, and I should think they wonld
want to, mukiiig their way over the
country at this time of year."
As she spoke, the gray mules came
to a etandstiil, and the children at
the window, moved by a natural cur
iosity, started towards the door.
"There's no need of you all running,"
she said; "most likely they oniy
want to inquire their way. "Ar;d
Tom can teli them that," she added,
exempting the tall boy who wis al
ready out of the bouse
Tom's curiosity Lad reeiiyed an
impetus from his obsei v-itiou that the
driver of the mule 3, the only occu
pant of the wagon in sight, was a lad
liboui his own age. Tne two greet
ed each other with cordial "hullos "
> ben the stranger, leaning a sharp
sunburned face towards Tom, dernand
" Want to buy a Christmas tree?" A
Chris m :a tree repeated Torn, he cir< w
nearer tne front of the wagon and per
eivedtbat the evergreen ensign was a
paitof a small pine tree which stood
somewhat back He saw, too, a
child's face peepiag shyly out at him
from among the branches, and a slen
der, daak-eved woman also rose su 1-
d-nly into view beside it. Tom wts
too much absorbed for the moment to
attempt to answer tbe lau's question.
It was his father's voice bounding
from the barn-door which broke the
silence:
"What do yon aav? Got a Christ
mas-tree to seli?" Father Kiibnrn
came to; ward with a pitchfork in his
hand aud a generous sprinkling of
hay upon his sturdy figure.
"Yes," answered the boy in the
wagon, "and we'll let you have it
cheap;" and tbe dark eyed woman be
hind him went on eagerly, "It's the
very last one we've got and not so
big as some, but it's right trim and
green. Don't your folks want it?"
I reckon everybody likes to have a
tree at Christmas."
• Why, yes, I guess they'd liko to
have it, responded the farmer cheer
fully. "It's a good while since
they've had one. Run in, Tom, aud
see what your mother says."
Tom returned to the house and dis
patched his errand with alacrity, add
ing, "Pa says wo may have it if you
say so."
"Ob, you'll 'fiav so,' won't you,
nm?" cried the children iu chorus,
dancing about their mother ar.d
twitching her dress on all sides as
if to hasten her decision.
"Yes, I'll "say so,' said Mrs. Kil
burn. "It would so iu like old times
to have a Christmas-tree. I only
wish we had the things to fix it up
as it on</bt to be," she added, sighing
a little at the remembrance of the
wax candles and the pretty tinsels
which she had been accu-itorned to
use as decorations when she lived
•'back Kast."
"O ma," cried Ueba, a bright girl
of fourteen. "I'm sure wo can make
that tree look just lovely with strings
of pop-corn und cranberries and
bunches of tissue-paper flowers
They're plenty to trim with, and you
know tin re are lota of presents to put
ou to it "
"Well," said Mrs. Kilbum, "you
may tell your lather that I'd be glad
to have the tree if he's iu the notion
of buying."
Tom faced about again "And 1
gu< ss those, folks'll be gLd to sell it,"
be said. "The woman acted as if
she pretty anxious "
"What woman?" demanded bis
mother.
"Why, the woman that's back in
the wagon. There's a woman uud a
child."
Mrs Kilburu set down the dish of
raisins she WHS Reeding for to-mor
row's plum-pudding, drew her head
und went out, followed by u!l the
children.
Farmer Kilbum, bin foot on the
hub of the wagoo-wheel, was holding
conversation with tho traveler<. '1
s'pose you came down from the
mountains?" he was saying at that
moment.
' From Bed Rock," answered the
bov, naming a small mining-camp
some twenty miles distant among
the mountains
"Bufunewi pretty lively lip th re?"
queried tbe farmer.
"Not HO lively an while back," nn-
Bwered the hoy with a shake of his
head. "The Silver Belt has shut
down.''
'That V/OH the reason we Btarted out
with Christmas trees spoke up the wo
man."We hadn't anything to do, mo
and Davy. You «ee he'H been hauling
pre for the Silver Belt tolks and I've
been bottffjinjj Home of the hands
And when they hbut (Jovjrn we was
both throwed out ol work, and wo
didn't know where the money to live
on *yu«t coming from. Then it came
into my head about ChrietmaH treen.
There's plenty of '«: mto bad for the
diggging up in the mountains, and I
'lowed folk* would be glad to get
'em down here on the plains where
there ain't uny trees but cotton woods
arid them mighty scarce. 'We might
Ink'- down a load, Davy, says I.
'Hank wlmic I WUH raided,' nayß J,
thought a heap of having a
green Tree at Obiistcnar.' And l>u
vy bo was wonderfully took witn the
notion. He hunted to find the be HI
ones and brought 'cm down clear
from the top of the mountain. Wo
had a wagon plumb full when we
mailed, ai;d they're all gone now but
thir."
She laid her hand on the little tree
as Hpoke and smiled wnb evident
BS 'l'Li-H, PA FRIDAY, DECKMB ii 9.1X^7
pride in the success of her project.
"Well, I'm sure it was a real nice
idea "said M-s. Kilburn, who bad
reached the w*gon in time to hi ar
the woman's story. She gave her
husband a glance which expressed an
evit'e it approval of the purchase, and
be thrust his hand into the depths of
fcis pocket, inquiring, "How much
did you say the tree was worth?'
"We got a dollar for the others,"
said the woman, "but as I was say
ing, this is the the last, and a bit the
smallest I reckon we migh; let it
go for a little less."
"0, I'll make it a dollar," said the
farmer, "I guess it's worth it," and
he expended as be spoke a fresh shin
ing- coin towards tha woman. She
took it eagerly, and the lad who act
ed as driver, rising from bis seat, pro
ceeded to draw the tree to the front
The Kilburn children watched its
progesß with bright eyes, but their
mother's interest was absorbed in the
woman.
' I suppose your husband is a mi
ner?" she ventured.
The woman looked np from the
knot she was untying in the cotton
handkerchief which served her for
a purse, and answered briefly: "My
man's dead."
"Oh,'' exclaimed Mrs. Kilburn in a
tone of sympathy, "and you have to
make the living?"
"Me and Davy," replied the wo
man. "Davy's helped right smart."
' You wuatfiud it pretty hard to get
along," murmured Mrs. Kilburn.
"We've seen some pretty tough
times," assented the woman, "but ma
and Davy have pulied together, and
somehow we've alius got through."
Urged by the look of interest in
her listener's face she went on: "It's
nigh on two years since he was kill
ed. One morcing he was going
down the shatt at the Silver Beit,
aod somehow, the bucket got caught
in the belt-rope, and before he could
save himself he was flung out. No
body could tell juat how it happened,
but, they to s him up from the bot
tom dead, aud brought him home to
me. I h-it was the day my baby wus
bra" Her dark eyes grew moist as
sne spoke, aud the lines of suffering
deepened in her fe.co.
Mrs Kilburn drew a corner of her
apron across her eyes aud wiped
them iu silence. She looked down
at the child who was standing beside
the mother holding fast to her dress
"It's a beau'.iiul child you've got."
t-h'- said softlv.
"She favors him," replied the wo
man, She stooped as she spoke, and
drawing toe child closer, stroked the
fringe of golden hair back from the
fair, low forehead. But the little one
d'd not notice tbe caressing touch
Her large blue eyes were fixed intent
iy ■ n the moving tree, and a wave of
delicate color was rising in her cheeks,
TTM next instant,when the little ever
green was grasped by farmer Kiiburn
and lifted from the wagon, the blue
eyes filled up with tears, the seusitive
fuce quivered all over, aud stretching
out her hands the chiid gave a pierc
ing cry.
"Land Sakea !" exclaimed the
mother in a tone of dismay, "if she
ain't a grieving after that tree!"
With a hasty effort to console her she
took out the coin which she had just
dropped into the handkerchief, and
laying it into one of the little out
stretched hands, said coaxingly,
"Here, Honey, see tbe pretty moon !
Hold it tight and don't let it slip
away from you."
The bright, silver circle fell with a
ring to lhe floor. The child looked
reproachfully through ber tears at ber
mother, then strugglieg out of her
arms,toddled towardi the boy who
stood regarding her with astonish
ment. She lifted her face imploring
ly to his, then, holding out her arms
toward the tree again, redoubled her
sobs.
"Don't cry, Sissy, don't cry," said
the boy in a distressful tour;. "Here,
you shall drive Jack und Jinny.
I'nll the lines and make 'e.n start on,
make 'em get, up lively." lie held
out ifae reins which guided tho gray
mules as he spoke,but the child would
uot touch them. She leaned past, him
towards the tree, then, frightened at
the sight of so many strangers, drew
buck.aad biding her l ice in her b-*nb
er's coat, subbed an if her little heart
would bre;>k
The boy looked from the trembling
little figure to hi-> mother t'l- n helpless
iy at tho Kilburu family, "'i'ears
like we shall have to take »btt tree
back," he snid.
The Kilbum faces fell, "Maybe
she'll forget all about it when it's out
of sight," suggested tho mother.
The woman iu the wagon shook
her head dubiously : "She ain't one
thiit's easy to turn when she tcets h>-r
mindset It's more like she'll fret
after that tree all day and all night
l"rhnp< we've humored her too much,
me an' D.ivy, but we never could
bear to see her grieve She's been a
tender little thing nil her life " She
was silent for a moment, looking at
the child with a troubled face; then
she rcsurn"d. "She was tickled to
death when wo started cut with the
trees. 1 reckon she thought summer
had coinu luck, and she was looking
for to s> « birds among 'em all day
long Isut film never made a bit of
fuss about letting the other trees go
I hate to ask for it back, but I don't
see no other way."
"We bad rather pay back double
for it than not to have it," added the
boy Ho lifted his si-iter as he up Ice.
and quite unubnshed by the spectators,
kissed tho tears from her ftusnel
cheeks.
"O, you shall have it again, to be
Hure," Hiinl farmer Kilburn, and bin
wife Hfild the name, adding as nbe no
ted the look of disappointment on h'-r
own children's face**, "it couldn't pos
sibly be worth HO mucb to UH art it in
to that baby. It would be dreadful
to have her fretting and worrying af
ter it all the way home "
The tree was lifted to itH placo in
the wagon again. The child,dipping
dowu from her brother'a arms, clasjied
her bauds about, her recovered t.e.n
ure ami hid her huppy, tear-Htained
face among itn brunches. The wo
man picked up the coin from the floor
and ex-ended it towards the fanner,
OH the lad took up the reins "I'm
awful sorry," she said, including tbe
whole roup in the apologetic expres
sion with which she presented it. "1
reckon you think we've imposed on
you, getting you all out here to buy a
Christ man-tree, and then takiog it
back nf>ain, but ! 'low wo couldn't
do no other w»y."
"Oh, it'* all right with UH." uaid
the farmer cheerily. "But keep the
money, you're welcome to it "
Tno wouiau shook bur head decid
edly. "We hain't give nothing for it
and it ain't oura," she said. She
prrss d tb« money ioto his hand,tb*>n
catching up bor nbild retreated to the
rear of the wagon. Tbe boy tighten
ed his grasp on the reins, and at a
word the gray males started forward
A few seconds more and the dinghy
white vehicle with its nodding branch
of green, which hud roiled so sudden
ly into the busy, happy life at the
farmhouse, had rolled away again
For a minute the Kilburns stood
look ng after it, then the farmer re
turned to his chores in the barn, and
the childieu with their mother walked
soberly back to the house.
Hut though the popping of corn and
the seeding of raisins which had been
interrupted by this episode were soon
briskly renewed in the kitchen, the
preparations for Christmas had some
how lost their interest, There was
less lively talk, and seemingly much
less fun to be extracted from teasing
Loach other with vague hints of de
i lightful secrets to be revealed on the
! morrow Even the supper, usually a
merry meal in the Ivilburn household
W-JS eaten in comparative silence, and
the genial farmer, looking round up >n
the abstracted faces of his family,
queried, "Are you saving your talk
for to morrow ? What ails you all ?"
"Well," said Reba, "for my part,
I can't keep from thinking how pretty
that Christmas-tree was, and how
nice it would have b?en to have had
it standing in the corner of our par
lor covered with presents. Not that
I wanted to take it away from the
baby," she added. "I wouldn't have
kept it for anything alter that. But
when you have got your mind set on
a tree, ycu know, it's hard to come
down again to stockings."
This statement seemed to voice the
genera! feeling, but there was a more
serious clement in the depression
which had falien upon Mrs Kilburn.
"It isn't tbe tree that I'm thinking
about," she remarked. "It's the
folks that went along with It. I dou't
know where my wits were that I
didn't ask 'em to stay to supper I
don't suppose they've had a good
Christian meal since they started
our.',
"Why, mother," said farmer Kil
burn passing up his plate for a sec
ond help of the rabbit pie, "they
wouldn't have come in if you'd asked
'em You couldn't 'a hired 'em to
set down with us."
"Well, I might have asked 'em,"
said hi 3 wife. "Aud anyhow,l might
have given 'em something to take
along with 'em Tnere's pies iu the
cellar and any quantity of cakes I
declare I sha'u't enjoy my Christmas
diuner for thinking of 'em with noth
ing to eat but stale victuals and may
be not euoujrh of thern "
"I say, Keba," cried Tom, who
throughout the meal had beeu look
ing unu-ually thoughtful,'l'm almost
sure they are camping down by the
creek to uighr. If you say so,mother
I'll go down and take a basket of
thing to 'em now "
"And too," cried Reba, "why
couldn't we send down a few tbiugs
to bang on that Chiistmas-tree for
tbe baby ? Her mother could put
them ou while she's asleep, and oh !
wouldn't she be delighted when she
woke up ?"
This double proposal seemed to act
electrically upon the circle at the
farmhouse table. All tbe tongues
unloosed at once, and the younger
children, jumping from their places,
clapped their hands and cried, "Say
yes, ma ! Say yes !" at tbe tops of
their voices.
Mrs. Kilburn's own face was beam
ing She thought it necessary how
ever to interpose a caution: "Maybe
they're not camping by the creek.
You mustn't be too sure of that,"
"But it's pretty likely," said farmer
Kilburn, "i'here isu't another wa
tering place near "
"I'll get on to Zep aud find out
where they are," said Tom. He
pushed hi-* chair back from the table
as he spoke, and a few miuutes later
was scurrying across the plain ou the
back of his colt.
During his absence expectation
stood an tiptoe at the farmhouse. "Jf
they're gone out of react) it'll bo a
great deal harder to bear than not
naviug the Christmas tree,"said Reba
1n a remarkably short time Tom
reappeared, and bis exultant manner
WUH diacernable even iu the disiauee
" They're there !" he shouted, flinging
himself oil'the back of his pmy ba
fore she had fairly come to a hull.
" They're there, just behind the rocks
at toe buud of the creek, you know
They've staked their mules and stop
ped for the night, i knew 1 could
liud 'em."
And now an excitement unprece
dented even on Christmas Eve took
possession of the Kilburu lamily.
Mrs. Kilbum went into the pantry
und drew upon her Christmas sup
plies in a manner which made ample
amends for ai.y former neglect. The
largest market-basket was brought in
to requisition There was a pile of
mince pies set in carefully one upon
another, there wus a gouerous round
of cold boiled ham, a Iragrant slice of
bend-cheese, a loaf of snowy home
made bread, a bottle of pickles,
a jar of rich, delicious
cranberry sauce, and in all the spaces
them were cukes und more cakes,
seed cookies, ginger-snaps und crisp,
brown crullers. It was no wonder
the basket was filled to its utmost ca
pacity, for Mrs Kilburu was acting
not only upon her own geuerous im
pulses but upon the advice of her
oldest son, who stood by. offering
suggestions as to the quantity of this
ano that delicacy which it lad of age
could eat when be wus fairly hungry.
When at length there was room for
uoihing more Mrs Kilbum tietl a
while cloth over all and pushed the
basket from her with a sigh of relief.
"It's a good thing we can send it to
'em, Tom," she suid impressively
"It isu't always when you let a
chance of doing a good turn go by
that you can catch up with it after
wards "
Meanwhile Reha and the younger
children were tilling another bank.it
with gifts for the baby, niitH which
nbould make her little,green tree Htill
dearer in the light of tbe Christmas
morning than it wan to night. A
pretty linen scrnp book, beloved of
the children, and lresh ami bright in
spite of much usage, wan the llrnt
offering Next came the white poo
dle, whose cotton-flannel coat was
somewhat soiled, and a little torn to
be sure, but who wan made to look
almoHt an good as new by a few
skillful stitches and tbe adjustment of
a fresh blue ribbon round his neck.
A rubber ball WUH next donated; the
gay striping which had once adorned
it WHS faded, but there was still a de
lightful bounce and a little bit of
squeak le-t in it. There was not a
pinkie piaytbiug in the children's
store which was not brought for
ward and reviewed with refejence to
its fitness as a Christmas gift for the
baby, and great was the disappoint
ment of Jamie when his battered tin
soldier was rejected as unfit for ser
vice, and of mamie when her dear,
one eyed, one-armed, shrunken Bet
sey was prououueed too old and in
firm.
' But there really ought to be a
d I on that tree," said Reba. "Who
ever saw a Ctmstmas tree without a
doll."
A way of supplying the deficiency
occurred to her, aud she went to hold
a conference with her mother. "Why
couldn't we send that doll that we
have dressed for Mamie? She will
have so many other tbiugs to-morrow
that she will never miss it, and we
can get her another afterwards."
Mrs Kdburu hesitated. 'lt was
bought for Mamie," she said, and it
we ought not to give it away with
out her consent."
"I'm sure she would be willing,"
said Reba. She considered a min
ute; then with a glowing face went
out to her little sister and drew her
into har arms. "Mamie dear," she
said earneslly, "if you knew Santa
ilaus would have a dolly in his pack
when he comes this way to-night, a
dolly with curly hair and black eyes
and red cheeks, would you want him
to give it to you or that baby in the
wagon?"
Mamie opened her brown eyes a
little wider than usual and looked at
ber sister withoui speaking. It was
not easy to say all at once that the
stranger child and not herself should
be the reeipieut of that blooming
cratnre.
Reba saw the look of hesitation
and went on still more earnestly:
"Would you hold out your hands
and say 'Give it to me! (iive it to
me!' or would you say 'Oh, dear Mr.
Santa Claus, please give it to that
poor little girl in the wagon that
hasn't got any papa Dor any nice
home nor any prstty things to play
with. Please put it right on the top
of her little green tree. Which
would you, Mam e?"
The tears sprang into Reba's eyes
as she made tbe imagined appeal and
flashed instantly responsive in the
little sis er's. "Yes, that is what I
would say," cried the child, clasping
her hands "Those are the very
words I would tell him."
Perhaps it was well that the child's
unselfish choice was not tested by an
actual Might of the doll iu questiou.
It was slipped quietly into the basket
when the children's eager eyes had
ceased to scan its contents.
But all was not ready even now.
"We must make that tree look just
as pretty as if it were for ourselves,"
cried Reba, aud at her suggestion tbe
children fell to stringing popcorn
and cranberries, while she produced
her store of tissue paper flowers and
made a bunch of crimson ruses fresh
fur the occasion. Tne mother gave
au assisting touch here and there;theu,
bethinking bershit that no Christmas
tree could be complete without some
dangling store of sweetmeats among
its branches, she made a number of
liny bags aud horos which she filled
with nuts, raisins and lumps of maple
sugar.
Auiid these busy blessed doings
the twilight hour faded away; and a
great yellow moon had risen abovo
the level horizon when Tom Kilburn
started out again in tbo direction of
the campers.
This time bo went on foot, accom
panied by Lteba, who had begged to
nhare the delight of the expedition.
It was still acid clear, mild as a night
iu late October. Under the flooding
moon light the bare, brown plains
took on a golden tint aud the high,
white crests of the mountains glisten
ed like silver. A quietness stole
upon Tom and lieba, and they had
grown quite silent when, after a
half-hour's walk across the fields,they
reached the hollow at the bend of the
creek which the travellers had chosen
as their camp.
A half-circle of gray bowlders shut
out the white-covered waguntill they
were close upon it. There it stood,
whiter than before in the moonlight,
but giving no sign of life. Only the
mules, cropping grass at a little dis
tance, stirred at their approach; lift
ing their heads they eyed their visi
tors with looks of wouder.
Tom stepped boldly up to the
waA'on and lifted the curtain which
hung loosely at the front. "Hullo,"
he said in a somewhat suppressed
voice; for it had been agreed between
him and Reba that if the child were
asleep thsy should not wake her.
There was no response. "Hullo,"
repeated Tom a little louder. Still
silence reigned in the wagon.
Tom dropped the curtain and turn
ed to bis Bister. "Reba," he whis
pered in great excitement, "they'to
till asleep, all three of 'em iu the back
of the wagon. But the tree is stand
ing right hero at the front Do you
suppose wo could get the things on
and not rouse 'em?"
Reba clasped her hands in an ec
stasy. "If wo only could!" she ans
wered in a palpitating whisper.
"You'd better hand up the things and
I'll pat 'em ou. I can do it quicker
than you."
Tom concluded that his sister's
suggestion was a wise one. With
one band he held away tho curtain
and with tho other lifted the contents
of tho basket, while Reba, standing
upou the wagon-tongue leaned for
ward and placed the gifts, ouo by
one, upou the tree.
Surely Santa Clans himself never
executed a task requiring greater
speed and stealth.
Hut Reba was equal to it. Only
a slight rustling of the green bran
ches betrayed the swift movements
of her hands as she wound the pop
corn wrcuth in anil out among the
boughs, entwined the crimson flow
ers. and found nestling places for tho
toys. She fairly held her breath as
she worked, fearing each movement
of her heart might wake the sleepers
But their slumbers were sound af
ter the weary riding of the day
They had not stirred, when lleba,
turning from her finished work, stole
a lant glance at them' There they
lay in their places on the wuiron-floor,
a course blanket spread above them,
their heads on a heap of gunnv-saekn.
The faces of the mother and child lay
in shadow, but Davy's, touched by
the steal ng moonlight, wore at that
moment a look which, to her, seemed
somehow a silent appeal.
She turned to Tom, who had step,
ped up beside her to inspect the tree,
aud the sumo thought seemed to flasb
from one to tbe other, "Tom,"
whispered Reba, "It's too bad that
there isn't something on that tree far
V*vy."
' That's so," said Tom n a wbU-!
per. His hand was in bis pockn os j
be spoke. The next instant he dr w i
it out and with i his beautfu , si
bladrd jaekkoife. It was bis deart-st
treasure, bought with bis owa ea n
ings a few raontbs before Reba
started. ' Ob, Tom " she whispered,
"you don't thiDk of giving him that!"
Thf sacriti e i ea almost to great,
and she ad ed, "Don't you suppose
he's got a knife?" * I
"It is .'t likely he has got ono like
this," said Tom, lifting his bead '
pr< udly. For a moment he looked '
at bis treasure in silence, then some
thing more powerful than the pride of
owners-hip thrilled him, an i t.-anin/
forward he stuck the open knife into
the stem of the tree. The n-xt in
stant be sprang from th?> w-igon to
the ground. "Come," be whi?pered,
holding out his hands to Reba.
But Reba stood Btill in her plac»
In the light of her brother's sacrifice
she had seen the possibi.ity of another
generous action.
"Tom," she whispered, leaning
over towards him, "I'm going to give
my mittens to that woman Her
bands were bare, and these would bo
just the things for her. Wo can't
leave her out!"
It was Tom's turn now to be sur
prised. He knew bow his sister val
ued the beautiful crimson mittens
with their long wrists and fancy
backs which had come to her all the
way from Boston at the beginning of
winter " You know Aunt Clem sent
'em," he said in an admonishing
whisper.
"Yes," answered Reba, "but I
know she won't care."
She glanced rapidly over the tree
in search of a tilting place tor this
Bual gift, and it occurred to her (as
she told Tom afterwards), that if she
could draw those mittens outo the
tips of the two foremost branches, tbe
tree would loOk exactly as if it were
holding out its hands " It was while
she was giving ibis crowning effect
to her work thai, leauing a little too
for, she lost her bulauce. Tbe wbip
ple-tree, upou which she had stepped,
sw tng suddenly mund beueath ber,
and with a little cry she fell against
tiie sitie of the wagon.
There was a stir among the sleep
ers. Davy's head was suddenly lift
ed Reba saw it. but she saw no
more, for tbe next instant, seized by
Tom, sbo was betug whirled away at
a breathless pace.
It was only u minute's run to tbe
great rockn, and in a deep cleft iu tbe
farther side of one of them tbe two
crept as if their very lives depended
upon their concealment There,
crouched among -the shadows, they
listened witn throbbing heßtts to the
souuds which proceeded from the
w agon
There had been at first a noise of
noise of scrambling and a shout ad
dressed apparently to the mules.
Then there came a cry of surprise,
and now a sudden expressive still
ness. It was easy to true6S that
Davy at least had made the discov
ery which should have been reserved
for daylight, and that be was now
standing in wonder before the trans
figured tree. But the wonder soon
became vocal. The sound of voices
in excited conversation reached the
rock, with now and then a burst of
mingled laughter and sobbing, and
once exclamation which made Tom
clutch Reba and whisper, "He's got
bold of that knife!"
It was a time of intense suspense
to those two. Every moment they
expected to hear approaching step?
and see peeriug eyes look in upon
them in their hiding-place. But,
strange to say it was some time be
fore it occurred to tbe occupants of
tho wagon to make any search for the
perpetrators of the deed which had so
amazed them.
At length however it must have
occurred to one of them that beyond
tho rocks, upon the open plain, some
glimpse might be had which would
furnish a clue to tbe mystery, for fol
lowed by his mother Davy came eag
erly running to tho nearest point of
outlook.
They passed within a few yards of
Tom and Reba's hiding place. But
they were unacquainted with tbo
rocks and their wonder-filled eyes did
not Boarch tho shadows of the rugged
sides Their guze swept the country
in all directions, but they caught no
glimpse of a flying horseman: noth
ing moved in sight except the cloud
shadows driftiug across the level
Gelds.
"Well." Tom and Reba heard
Davy say at length, "it's the queer
est thing I ever saw, this is. Some
thing waked me up, I couldn'i just
tell what, and then I heard a noise of
running. I thought the mules had
broke loose and 1 shouted to 'em, but
when I looked out there they were,
just as we lett 'em, and nobody in
sight nowhere."
"Davy," they heard his mother
answer—she was standing near him.
bareheaded in the moonlight, with
her dark streaming loose upon her
shoulders—"Davy, 'pears like you
must have beard Santa Claus himself
gitting away with those reindeers
they used to tell about when I was a
girl." She dropped ber head when
she bad spoken, and smiled a foolish
little smile, but it somehow touched
her worn face with a look of youth
and made it almost fair.
Davy shook his head sturdily.
There had been no illusions arouud
his childhood. Tbo light from the
Kilburn farmhouse seemed to catch
bis eye at that moment, for stretch
ing out his hand towards it, he ex
claimed: "Mother, I 'low those folks
over there bad something to do with
it." Then having no argument with
wbich to sustain this view, ho, too,
dropped his head and smiled foolish
ly. But they heard him add as bo
turned away, "Anyhow, they're
mighty kind folks, and I mean they
shall the very best tree on Klk Moun
tain another Christmas "
A littlo laior, when tbe'danger of
discovery was past and tho fugitives in
tho rock dared to breathe onco more,
R'iba whispered to Tom in a trembling
voice, "Tom, if wo do have a Christ
mas tree of our own we never shall en
joy it as we've enjoyed this ouo of
j theirs "
Tom's own voice trembled a little
as he answered, "No, Reba, I don't be
lieve we shall." Then iu a more busi
ness-like tone than usual he added,
"Well, let's get out of here ami go
home and tell the folks about it.''
Had Tried Almost Everything.
W.I. Hlttir, Danville, Va., say*,
"I have long miHored from Torpor of
the Liver anl Dyapepnia, and have
tried almoht everything, but Dover
derived half tbebuoi'ljt that I li*ve
fr'dw Yqu'u J'illf.
! France Since 1788.
i From New York Wolrd.]
The many chances in the French
Government wince 1798 are most in
teresting. Though the causes of tbe
French Revolution were at work
long before th° meeting of the
Stßtes General in 1789, the first time
that it had convened since 1614, then
tegan in a legislative way the
{troubles which have never since been
securely quieted. For fonryear after
:he meetng'-t>f tbe States Generals
: ihe popular power continued to rise
until Louis XVI. was beheaded, in
1793, wbeu tbe royal prerogative was
exterminated and the bloody career
of tbe revolutionists prevailed nn
checked.
It fairly burned itself out in its in
tensity and prepared the way for the
dictatorship of Napoleon, soon to be
followed by his coronation as Em
peror. He wrought order in home
affairs, aud at the same time conduct
ed the unuaralled series of wars in
which his fame was consnmated and
which ended in bis downfall in 1814.
He was Emperor but for ten years.
The allies placed Lonis XVIII. on
, the throne, from which he was driven
for one hundred days in the following
year by Napoleon, on his retnrn from
Elba. Louis XVIII. was reinstated
i after Waterloo and roigned for nine
years longer. His brother, Charles
! X., then reigned for six years and
" was dethroned in 1830 by revolt, to
: make place for the Citizen King,
■ Louis Philippe, who was in tarn
overthrown by the revolution of 1848
when tbe second Republic began its
short and troubled existence
Socialist ic troubles and general dis
content culminated in the coup de'etat
by wbicb Louis Napoleon, then Presi
dent, paved the way to be made Em
peror, in 1852. His Empire lasted
nineteen years only, and was sustain
ed mainly by the policy of diverting
the attention of the people from the
interna] administration. He entered
upon the Crimean war in 1854, held
an International Exhibition in Paris
1855, engaged in war with Austria
in 1859, sent Maximillian to Mexico,
aud expended vast sams under Baron
Huusstuan in the embellishment of
Paris. The fuuds to defray the ex
penses were obtained and expended
in a way that, with other aggrava
tions, brought forth threatening mani
festations that doubtless led the Em
peror to look for another way to oc
cupy the popular mind. He found it,
and thereby hastened hia own down
fall Then came the Republic for the
third time.
There bare thus been nine revolu
tionary changes in the French Gov
erment in less than a century. The
shortest duration of any Government
was one hundred days, and the long
est that of Napoleon—nineteen years.
The present Republic has lasted six
teen years, but they haye been un
settled ones.
Early History of Coffee.
From the Grocery World.]
The first authentic mention made
of coffee, or its ÜBe, by an European,
is probably that of Leonerd Rauwolf,
a German physician and traveler, who
returned from an extended journey
through Syria and other countries of
the East, in 1573. Certain it is that
the first scientific account of the plant
aud its product is that given by Pros
per Alpimus, an Italian naturalist, in
his "Medicina Ejryptorum," publish
ed at Venice in 1591; he also particu
larly describes the plant and its vir
tues in his "History of Egyptian
plants," published in the same city in
1592.
Its use as a beverage is referred to
in the seventeenth century by two
English travelers, fiiddulph and
Finch. The former in writing of it
in 1603, says- "The Turks have for
their most common drink, which is a
black kind of drink made of a kind of
pulse-like peas and called by them
coava " The latter in 1607, relates
that "the people in the island of Soco
tora have, for their best entertain
ment, a china dish of cobo, a black
bitterish drink made of a berry like a
bay-berry, brought from Mecca and
supped off hot."
I'ietro della Valia, a Venetian, in a
letter written from Constantinople in
1615 to a friend in his native city
states that: "Upon bis return to
Venice he Bbould bring with him
some coffee, which he believed was a
thing unknown in his country;"
which it is said be subsequently did,
credit being accorded bim of intro
ducing the first coffee to Europe.
Take It Either Way.
"Yes," said the railway agent, "our
road transported 450,000 hogs last
year, uot including Chicago dram
mers."
"Look here," said a commercial
tourist, who was present, "I object
to that statement."
"Which, to the figures? Well, I
can show the books for it."
"No; not the figures, but your re
mark about the Chicago drummers."
"You are from Chicago, are you?"
"I am."
"You are a drummer, too, per
haps?"
"Yes, sir."
"Then of course I'll amend my re
mnrk, and say that we carried over
450,000 hogs last year, including
Chicago drummers."
—lt is too bad to spend half of a
short life distressed with neuralgia,
when 25 cents spent for one bottle of
Salvation Oil will cure it quickly.
He talked as if he had a "frog in
his throat," but he was only hoarse;
a single bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough
Syrup relieved the trouble at once.
25 cents.
—For a rather sleepy industry the
sleeping car business has made lots
of money.
—llerr Most has tremendous
whisker and no brains to speak of.
llair Most is most hair.
Rheumatism
Is undoubtedly caused by lactic acid
in tbo blood. This acid attacks the
fibrous tissues, and causes the pains
and aches in the back, shoulder,knees -
ankles, hips and wrists. Thousands
of people have found in Hood's riar*
snjmrilla a positive core rheumatism.
This medicine, by its purifying ac
tion, neutralizes the acidity of the
blood, and also builds up and streng
thens the whole body.
—A man may be good humored
and yet not be a humorist.
—Robert Bonner's wealth vu not
OQ ftfet, but dQ fldldtf.
NO. 5