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Our 1 ln;_ r froods which comprise"- the latest novelties at
tiiinahh', in Foreign ami Itomestic markets,
11 AV EC A. RR S V ED.
As it is a consideration of all gentlemen who desire to
•Ire.-s w« 11. what to wear lor Spring, and where he shall pur
•has ■, we invite \ oil to inspeet our iimnense stock, and you can
readilv select some thing uitahle.
S<v Our Window Display.
TH£ VERY PEOPLE WHO
HAVE THE LEAST MONEY Are your waives small.
TO SPEND ARF. THE ONf.S A,e >uu tllt! lie,ul :l
I family?
OUn* RELIABLE CLOTHING j w . . ....
W itii marketing bills
MEANS MOST TO i al , v?
With house rent a drag on you'.'
L i.v pnees for hom-st, long-wearing t lothirur will be a
l>*>»tii to \< ui iocket-l»ook ami your bacK.
(retail Iron-clad Cloth iNiit at *l-. strongest All-Wo
Suit we know <i. Xolody el.-< sells it.
Get .1. N PA'i TKI;S<)N\S Cloth Suit at sl<>. For dress
and ever v< lay wear combined it's wonderful value.
No matter how line a suit you want for dress or business
we have that at a low price.
There i» no o[ on question about I-oys Clothing. We are
not on I j pioneers, but to-daj s leaders in styles and qualities
highest excellence and lowest prices.
liememln r the place.
J. X. PATTERSON'S,
()nc Price ( lotliinir I louse,
29 S. MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA.
IN.K) Established
E. GRIRB,
THE JEWELER.
No. 19, Noith Main St., BUTLER,', PA.,
1 ) K* A E R I N
Diamonds,
Watches,
Clocks,
Jewelry,
Silverware,
Spectacles, &c., &c.
Society Emblems of all Dcscripl ions.
Repairing in all*branches skillfully done nnd w.iii<int».<l.
iSSO ESTABIiISHBD 1850
IHH!) —SUMMER — 1 SSI)
We are now ready for
SUMMER TRADE,
having in stock a splendid assortment of
FINE DRESS GOODS,
MEDIUM DRESS GOODS,
LOW PRICED DRESS GOODS,
consisting of all the new things for summer wear, with the
very latest things in trimmings to match.
CAKF ETS,
Oil cloths, mattings, linoleums, rugs, stair rods, curtain poles,
lace curtains, blinds and ecrinas at lower prices
111 an ever before offered.
OOMKWTI OK,
We carry a full line o| all the standard domestic goods in
twilled and plain sheeting, pillow casing, ginghams, prints,
ticking* and all kinds of house furnishing goods.
KUVKKS
will learti bv examination that it always p->* tlicm to do their
trading at
lUTTEH & RALSTON'S.
FASHION EMPORIUM.
Wi- mint ourselves completi'lv at the way our poods
ha<r«- i)< i ..filing. 0:i the fith we opened tin- largest stock we bad ever
1>: ugh' t<> I'.utler <)n tho 20th our shelves w.-re as baro us Mother Hub
linfi'n r , i. Urutfd cujihoitrd, ami necessitated an cntiro re stocking at ouce.
Ti>-iii«.rn>w »c open ihe fresh lot, and there is nothing of the shopman's
talk about in nur warning yon to come at once; it is the truth, from the way
».ur cro.tu? are selling. Whether we sell because of cheapness, or quality of
- whether liecr.iu.-e of the quantity to select from or the knowing how
to-suit customers: whether from »ny or all of them, is for your eyes and
judjfim-nt to de cide —that we do thr business is not doubted.
.Just a moment for a word or two on our latest novelties. The newest
thing in dn >s trimmings is the Surah Sash, very wide, and very handsome
We have a fine *tock, at moderate prices. They are beautiful.
IMrcetoire lints are being worn a great deal, and they are very becom--
«»!if ' • «liuo-t ;»ny face and figure. Our stock is unsurpassed ami would cer
tainly suit ltie taMea ~r the ino>t fastidious.
Our < • iinj» and Laces for dre.-s trimmings are quite in keeping with the
extent <•( i-ur ■ <k in other lines. We have everything worth showing.
The pr:«>', t«»", i- 'vh.- t tell* While never for a moment sacrificing quality
to <1 ' i|wn (lor our reputation is built, on this very thing; we endeavor to
tipjilv the t>< tin the market at the? most reasonable price. Ilemember that
Mi ss M. H. G ilkey,
II IK IJiADING MILLINER,
NO.Oil S. MAIM S r r, UUTLER, PA
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
R&^£Dy;"pA!fsl
rorUruises and Burns.
Fresh, Strong, Convincing Facts.
Best Kcftult*. E» t T rcvidca e R 1., Juna iS
Wh;l«ln ih»- employ of the Ban o* Stove Co
applied your 8t Jaobt Oil to many bad burr.* of
tfc«* moulders, ar.d oiwars with fccit re«u]t«
GEO W HORTON.
ladder Fell- Galveston. Texas, Jant 23 ISBB
Feii frv.m ladder, braised and »pr*:E.e<i my fool
and wrist; iuff-red Are days was cared by St.
Jacobs Oil JOSBt A iLTH
Knee-Cap Hart. Ha.!! lad . Ac; 10 lifiS
Knee cap an hart ar.d I suffered 3 months. J
botilet jf St. Jacobs Oil permanently reitored me
C. C. McMOItRIfI.
, I)i ,lo< at lon. JoUst. Hi.. May 24 1319
Dislocated shoulder 3 j*«ars ago. confined 9
• Ills to house, the pa:n was cured by St JacoM
Oil and have no return of it. J D BROWN
' Ilor«e-kick. Ozark. 0 . Jane 23. IS4B.
Suffered 4 weeks from the hick of ahorse, had to
im cine, two bottki St. Jitob. OU^ttred
AT Drcogists and Dealfes.
IKE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO.. Baltimore. Kd.
RESORTS.
Purl: sftyn: "The white man who drives a
eoal cart lias to resort to soap aid water, just
as <lot*s a who has spent the day in
whitewashing."
lint the most strausre tilings of all are us
ually resorted to when a man gets sick.
< >i' course he doesn't want a doctor—al leas:
not at first. He usually goes to the so-called
saloon and gets a drink, which makes him
teel rather dazed, so he takes another and
couies home temporarily elated, supposing
h'mself cured.
When he w,.kes next morning, with a
headache twice as bad a» ever, and leeiiiiK
I feverish and cross, he concludes he will have
to try something else.
He takes a dose 01 whatever he happens to
have in the house—some liver renovator,
kidney evaporator, or heart enlarger—and
sets forth saving if he isn't better to-morrow
he will send for the doctor.
Next morning he is sick in bed; the doctor
is called, shakes his head, prescribes two or
three kinds of medicine, according to his
medical creed but alwajs insists upon per
■ ■ feet quiet, and that the patient must not a<>
to his office for two weeks, or the result will i
be serious.
lie does in truth lie in bed for a week or .
' ten dajs, his recovery retarded by a multi
tude ol lemedies, and the knowledge that his
basinets is going to ruin in l.is absence.
( When he does drag (.ui at last, he finds that
that the family must deny themselves every
thing but+he common necessities of life for
some time to come, in order that the doctor's
bills may be | aid, and repaint made in the
business.
Now. the | roper thing for this man to have
done «a* to have Ixmght a bottle of New
Style, I'leasant Taste Vinegar Hitters, the
moment he felt the first headache, and to
have t."kt ti two tablespoonfuls at once. Two or
three half doses,two days apart, after the first
dose Pt'd taken effect, would have cured him
and | rcvented bis ilinc and his consequent
financial loss.
The uia:i did not know this, or, as lieecher
would have said, his foresight was not so
good as his hindsight. Another time this
, man will know just what to do to save pain,
time and money.
New Style, Pleasant Taste Vinegar [titters
is a krand blond purifier, cathartic and tonic. '
contains neither alcohol nor opium, hus a
most delicious ilavoring, and will not harm :
an infant.
For sale by druggists. See that carton und
bottle arc marked New Style Pleasant I a-te.
We keep the old stvle 111 stock for those who
prefer it. An interesting book on Ilules of \
Society, Fortune Telling, etc., free to all who '
send for it.
Kg
Tiik OHd.txs of the body most given to Bliirk- !
i ing their regular work are the stomach, bowels, '
liver sad kidney*, a nedtolae that wiMhtw
these organs Into healthy action without caus
ing pain, is invaluable.
SKW STI I.K VIMKt.AItItITTKBK dOCS tills,allll '
I It does its work permanently. It never robs I
Tcicr to pay I'.iul, as alcoholic and other (so
! called; remedies do. It Is a most grateful, heal
j Ing medicine to all who are troubled with piles j
' i for ii relieves at once, and soon cures this most
] painful disorder.
I IT >lils <1 locution, cures constipation. head
ache, bilious complaints, feverisliness, neural
gia, nervous diseases of every sort, gad every
! class of skin disease kn< wn.
; As A L'AMII.V .MKOK'INE, for the use of ladles
I children ami men of sedentary habits, the New
Style Vinegar Hitters lias no equal In the world.
It is Invaluable for curing the Ills thai beset
childhood, and gently regulates the diseases to j
I which women at every period of life are sub
i ject.
j I.AKI K*. (jet a bottle from your druggist and i
try It. It your druiKfist has not the New Style
Vinegar Bitten, uk Mm to send for It- If in
| once try It von will never tie without this prlcc-
I les- remedy m the house. Ladies book free
A dilreus, I! 11. MrUONAM>DKt r U CO.,
for. IVKKhiiiclon nn<l Charlton Sts., V.
Willard 1 iotel,
W. 11. BBIHIHG, Pi^'r
liUTLEH, - PA.
STABI.I.NG IN CONNECTION.
SAltl T.K KOOM ror < OHIIKIM IAI. TKAVKI.KITH
| SAMI'I.E ItOOM. UVKIiY IN t'ONNKCTION
1 lotel Vogclcy I
(Strictly First Class.)
HENKV L. HECK, I'ROP'HH.
!J. 11. I'Ainnt,,it,, Malinger. Butler, I'a.
I)iaiiion(l : - : I lotel,
Fronting Diamond, Butler, I'a.
THOMAS WASSON, I'ro'r.
I 1 (iood rooms, good meals, stabling in con
nectiou, everything first class.
EITEHMOLLER HOTEL,
1 No. 88 and 90, S. Main St.,
BUTLER, - - PA.
Near N< vv Court House formerly Donaldson
•lons. x<mml acconiHiodatioiiH li»r travelers.
* (iood li»n connectl'd.
r [4-9-*K«; lyi )i KITKNMIILLKR. I'rop'r.
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NIXON'S HOME,
35 N. McKRAN ST.. Ilt'Tl.Klt, l'A.
Meals at all hours. Open nil night,
breakfast n.i cents.
liiutier -a cents.
Supper £. cents.
I.odglng as cents,
, SIMI ON NIXON raoi-it.
> WHEN voir
VISIT PITTSBURGH
CALL ON
JOHN R. & A. MURDOCH,
IOS Stulthtleld str ' t for Trees. Seeds. I.IIIch,
<ira|ie Vine*. Ilardy
I tsh. etc.
Descriptive Pull (.'aialougo mailed trio.
TIIE WAI'ERCURE.
I ::.\.N.sLATfcl> l EOM TitK CCI.'.UAN (>i VV 11.
11K1..M BBKOEB BV I.M.M V L. WARM:It
In a large tarin-hou>c up in the Itiack j
Koreiit there once lived a childless widow,
who devoted a conseieutious care To keep
ling her estate in exemplary order Kath
arine was still iti the prime of life. and.
moreover, was a very attractive personage;
so that if she had only wished she could
easily have found a wooer of her own rank.
Far from entertaining such a thought,
however, she had in view a poor neighbor
a handsome young fellow, who by the
sweat of his brow eked out a scanty liveli
hood from his little tarn:. But he possess
ed an honest pride, and raining highly his
independence, little importance as it gave
!iim in the eyes of other people, he would
j have nothing to do with his rich neighbor.
It is true that Katherine's manners had
: become somewhat harsh and forbidding
I through tin- habit of commanding, and
: Florentin. perhaps, was not far from right
; in thinking that he would have a hard lot
; as her husband; and as he was fully con
scious of his own ability, he had no inten
tion of playing the part of his wife's hired
j man. So he quietly dispatched all go-be
tweens whom Katherine sent hiui, and
when she put herself in his way and, in a
manner not exactly winning, scolded him
| lor his senseless pride, he replied:
"Yon are too old and too rich for me.
: Katherine: lam not going to let you train
me, and I don't need your money. If you
are tired of being a widow, look about for
some one else. Where 1 am the farmer I
will be master, understand: and you
wouldn't bear that from a man for whom
i you must buy a wedding-suit so that he ■
; could be seen beside you in church. I
j know you, Katherine, and that is why I
tell you to leave me in peace. There is no
help for it; I have made tip my mind, once
for all, and if you make me towntalk any j
longer I'll sell out and go to America. I
have had to bear flings enough on your
; account already."
After this the widow kept a discreet si
lence and tried to rid herself of all thought
of her refractory neighbor, but without
i success; and least of all could she find the
' iieart to follow the advice of a good friend
j and put an cud to the matter by another
marriage. She still hoped, in secret, that
Florentine decision would be shaken, and
that some day he would come humbly edg
ing into her house; but he went his way
quietly, thinking of nothing of the kind,
but rather enjoying daily his precious lib
-1 erty, short as was the allowance of bread
| that accompanied it.
Several months had passed in this way j
when the war of 1870 broke out. The call '
i to arms flew to all parts of Germany, and
Florentin was drafted into the ranks. He
j felt, at heart, no regret at being obliged to
enter the field, for he had the instinct of
i lighting, and that his tiny farm would lie
| fallow gave hitn little .anxiety, as that
j could not add much to his poverty.
But Katherine was not a little frightened !
' when the news reached her that Floi-entin
was hurriedly equipping to go to the war.
i She sent liiui word that he ought to protest
! against his enlistment; that the tioveru-
I ment hail no right to take him away from j
| his bouse and land Florentin laughed at j
! iter ardor, saying that every one could ;
come with like shiftless excuses. How
J then would the companies be complete if |
- the reserve forces trie Ito sneak out? lie
i wouldn't be a sneak; on the contrary, he j
| would try to do himself honor by taking j
his place by the flag as soon as possible.
| Thereupon Katherine came in person
I and found him ready for the journey.
'•I meant it well with you," said she,
"but with you men-folks one can seldom
bring anything about with a reasonable
word. I might have known you would
have your own way again. Well, go, then.
Be brave and come home sound! And
I what 1 wanted to say to you was. not to
jbe worried about your land. I will have
| tny men take, the best care of it, and it
shall not cost you anything. That is, with
[ your consent. I will not force kindness
!on you. If you agree to it, only say so."
Florentin agreed to it without demur,
I saying, "I'll thank you when I'm ouce
: hack airain: hut that will lie all: mark that.
I uach again; uui inai. win uc an. marit uiai,
Katherine!""
' "Write me sometimes when you are in
camp."
"I would rather not promise. Perhaps
there will be no pen anil ink; aud then,too,
I should be perplexed about how I ought
to address you. I don't think anything
will come of it. GooJ-bye, Katherine!"
The widow pouted, "You haven't any
heart, Florentin!" .
"Yes, I have, but keep it for myself,"
replied Florentin, nodding to Katherine
and going down toward the village.
For those who were left behind a few
weeks of suspense followed while the arm
ies were organizing ami marching. The
usual day's work was done in a half-heart
ed way, as something of little importance
in view of impending horrors. Then came
in rapid succession rumors of the battles of
Weissenburg, Spichcrii and Woerth.
When more accurate reports arrived some
days later, Katherine gathered that Floren
tiu's regiment had been in the battle of
Woerth; and now she began to be torment
ed by a strange restlessness and by horrible
dreams. She saw her beloved wounded,
crippled, and when she started up out of
sleep she heard his groans and sobs from a
corner of her room. lie also called her by
name and in a tone h> tender that it made
her heart tremble. After seeing these ap
paritions a few days, she could no longer
endure it at home; she must go aud lind
the poor fellow who longed for her iu his
suffering. Pretending that she was going
to visit a relative at Mauheim. she put on
her Sunday finery and started confidently
lor Alsace The geographical knowledge
of the peasant woman was limited, and in
leaving her native village she had but a
faint idea of what direction she ought to ,
take. As soon as she was far enough away,
however, to be sure that none klicw her. <
she began to inquire the road as she went.
The lonely pilgrim never for all instant i
lost courage. On the way she met nothing
but kindness, as every one gave her under- i
taking a hearty sympathy; and when she
was once on the other side of the Rhine,
Florentiu's voice never ceased calling her.
Then she felt certain that she was iu the
right course; but how long she inquired
from hospital to hospital iu the neighbor
hood of Woerth before finding at last—
fourteen days ufter leaving home—the ob
ject of her search! and in what a condition!
Poor Florentiu's right knee had been
shattered iu battle by a shell. The sur- 1
gcons had tried to save the leg, but had
not succeeded, and the day before Kath- >
orine's arrival it had been amputated.
When the Sister with the red cross told
the cripple that a cousin of bis had come
to look after him lie was not a little uston
islied that such a relation hail suddenly
been bestowed ou him, and said that it
must be a mistake; hut that for all this,
she could come up and convince herself
thut she had been taking trouble for the
wrong person. Then, as Katherine step
ped to his bedside, her lips tightly closed
anil great tears running down her checks,
he said to the Sister:
"But it is so, after all; only I couldn't <
think that it would be this one." i
BUTLER. l'A FRIDAY. AUGUST 2, 1889-
He reached Katherine his hand. "So
you know, then, what they have done with
no-! There is i woiulen leg forme when
thi.s stump l- healed. Then I will turn or
gan-grinder and go to the fairs. They say j
it isn't bad. that sort of life, going from '
one jollification to another. Only the girls ,
won't cast any m ire lender glance at inc.
There is an end of that now."
"Don't talk so. Florentin! That isn''
t!.• worst, that yon mnst give up dancing
and singing, for yon never cared much
about it. For aught I care, you could have j
two wooden legs. I should like you jtts*
as well."
Florentin gave her a long side glance .
and then said:
"You are foolish, and will soon change i
your mind; but I thank you for coming. It j I
does one good, lying alone in his misery, i
to see a familiar face. But how did you i
hear what has happened to me?" 1
"I didn't hear it at all: 1 dreamed it i
three nights a-running, and took that for a
sign that you needed inc. Then I came to
find you, but I never said a word about it
to anybody."
Florentin had a peculiar sensation as he 1
heard that, and then he willingly gave i
himself up to Kathc. ae's nursiug. He '
thought she was sent by the good (iod. and
one mustn't resist Him. So, having the 1
good creature near him day after day and
experiencing her love and goodness in the ;
care she gave his weak, sick body, he lost '
the defiance that had so long wounded her
and even treated her gently and kindly.
He no longer noticed that she was older
than he,and forgot her wealth in the pains- I
taking service she rendered him. Soon he
felt sure that his heart was inclined toward
her; but oppressed by the consciousness of
his maimed condition, he would not ven
ture to inform Katherine of the change iu
his sentiments.
She, in the meantime, was too sharp
sighted not to have become aware of this
change. Now that the future began to
shjipe itself in accordance with her wishes,
instead of speaking openly and fully, she
held shyly and modestly back. She, who
had formerly wooed so boldly the healthy
Florentin, now that he was thrown almost
helpless upon her mercy, from sheer em
barrassment could no longer address him a
confidential word: and if ever at their
first morning greeting he held her hand
somewhat longer than usual, the widow
experienced a confusion such as she. had
never known as a girl.
No, she bad certainly felt nothing of the
kind during her betrothal to the old
peasant, her first husband, although he
could boast of a stately figure and vigorous
health and, besides, clung to her almost
passionately; and afterward when, having
become a widow, she felt attracted toward I
her young neighbor, she had been far from
any languishing doubts and longings.
Then, too, when he treated her with dis
dain, she had felt no more than keen vex
ation, which, however, was not especially
deep;—and now these heart-throbs! this
faint hearted shyness! She could no longer
understand bow she ever came to run
blindly after this lnnti who was in no way
related to her. Such a caper! She thought
she would never have the courage for it
now.
This new phase of Katherine's nature
was very pleasing to Florentin, yet he was
at a loss how to account for it. When she
had left alone evenings, painful thoughts
took possession of him. It seemed to him
then that she was turning away from him.
and his fancy pictured that he would real
ly lie obliged, a lonely fellow, to trudge
about the country with a hand-organ on
his back and crawl in winters wherever he
could liiul shelter; for that he could not
linger iu Katherine's neighborhood after
she had given him up he considered a mat
ter of course.
Once he said to her, "I can't see you
spending your time any longer for such a
useless fellow as I am. There is not much
to do for me now. Everything is growing
right of itself, and it isn't well for y.our
housekeeping that you don't take a look at
it all this while. 1 don't know why you
want to stay with me any more. 1 should
not blame you if you left and went about
your own business.
"Oh, yes!" replied Katherine, "you are
right. It would be better if I could be at
upiji. ii n uuiu w Ufiui ii i rwum ur at
home; but look here! I um not going with
out you. That is a vow I hare made to
myself, and I ani going to keep it."
"Want to take ine with you, <l<> you?
What for, then?"'
"Don't ask such a stupid question, Klor
entin!"
"Perhaps you think you can unload 1110
in front of my cabin and then goon with
your good feet! Then you'll send me a
bit to eat now and then, whenever you
happen to think of the poor fellow who
must get along with only one leg! I tell
you that doesn't suit my ideas. You may
just know, Katherine, that if yon can't
take me for your husband you are seeing
me for the last time. Excuse my impu
dence, but 1 can't help it. It isn't for the
sake of being taken care of; you mustn't
think that. The Lord knows that if I had
three good legs I shouldn't talk differently.
Now you know how the matter stands, and
you can consider it."
There was not much for Katherine to
consider.
"Oh, you comical fellow!" she replied
joyfully; "do you suppose I ever thought
of anything else? I shall not let you out
of my hands again. You come with me
to my house; then the bans shall be pub
lished and I will make such a wedding as
people haven't seen for many a day."
So the affair seemed satisfactorily ar
ranged between the two, and Klorentin,for
whom a temporary wooden leg had been
provided, was soon dismissed fiom the hos
pital. As he drove through Alsace in a
light wagon with Katherine at his side, he
felt even jubilant and entirely forgot now
and then that he was nothing but a poor
invalid, liut in Baden, where be came
across throngs of people and saw every
body stepping off so lightly and easily a
dark shadow settled over his spirit, lie
was quick to notice that when Katherine
led him every one looked after them sym-
and it was not always he who
received the pity. Once in an inn, where
they had stopped to rest, bo heard a eon
vcrsation that disturbed him sorely.
"It is good enough in her to want to
marry him," said some one under his win
dow, "but it is not right in hint to let her
do it; for her own wake now, not. A plucky
woman like her deserves a whole man for
a husband, and he must think so himself
when he goes dragging along at her side."
During the rest of the journey poor Klor
OUtin was lost iu thought. Hi- would have
preferred, after all, to lie unloaded in front
of his cabin and in the stillness of the next -
night to hobble away as far as possible;hut
that would not answer, for Katherine bad
sent word when they should arrive, and
the whole village was on the alert to see
that pair that had come together in such a
wonderful fashion. So Floreutiu did not
betray his misgivings and made tin- best of
whatever befell him.
I'ntil late in the evening their acquaint
antes thronged in and were especially in '
terested in staring at the wooden leg. which
now at times seemed to Klorentin like a
distinction which might give him a little
conceit. liut this illusion was id' short du- <
ration. The next morning, when he tried <
to go alone to alone to his own field, he
made such woful progress that he again
clearly realized his condition. lie came
home out of temper and sat down silently
in a corner.
Katherine cauie up to him: "What now'
Will you smoke a pipe! Wait; I will fetch
yours. Where have you left it? Or will i
you have something to eat? There is fresh
bread just out of the oven."
Florentin shook his head. "So much ts
pi Jin to me—what we have thought out to- i
gether can't come to anything. In addi
tion to all onr bothers, you can't burden
yourself with a husband at whose heels i
you must be all day long as if you were a
maid. I can't bear to see it. I didn't thiuk I
fit i t that light there in Alsace, where I i
had to be waited oa like a baby. If you .
had only stayed at home that time! Then 1 ;
shouldn't have lost my heart gazing at you. |
and it wouldn't have been as hard to get i
along without you as it is now." i •
"What nonsense you talk!" exclaimed (
Katherine in alarm. ; ]
"I am sorry from the bottom of my heart .
to hurt you." continued Florentin, "yet 1 c
think a brief vexation is better than a last I i
ing misery. I love you too well to let you j
be tormented with uie your life long. It ; i
would be mean in me if 1 let you go so, t \
and I will not do it."
"Can it lie that you don't trust me! Do | j
you think, perhaps, that I shall get tired j i
of you in time' Oh. shame! Florentin." j
He replied, "You don't understand me. '
Katherine. It is exactly because I think
the very best of you that I can't suffer your i
good heart to have its own way. I have j
said to you once that where 1 was the far (
mer I would be the master. Aud it is I
the right order in the world that the man
should take the lead: and where it eau't be ]
like that in a house it is a disjointed state i
of afhairs and no one feels comfortable.
You can see that matters can't be eontrol
ed from indoors. But there would bo my
place. Or do you think that after a while
I could tend the children? That again,
wouldn't be my business. However you
turn or twist it. you can't get a shoe out. !
The best thing is. that I go my way and 1
you go yours."
In vain Katherine expended all her clo- j
quence to bring the contrary Florentin 1
back to reason. He persisted that the very
best proof that he could give her of his I
thankfulness and love was in not marrying '
her: and the ofteuer he gave her this as- j
surance the more firmly he believed it him
self. Finally, he said they had talked
enough about it and that he was going i
back home. Kilian could help him over
the soft places in the road.
Katherine said no more, but went out
with compressed lips and called the bov. :
Without once speaking, she accompanied
herjobstinate lover to the gate: but there,
as lie offered her his baud, she fell on his
neck and kissed him violently.
".Vow go!" she cried wildly. "You will
see so .n enough what mischief you have i
done with miserable scruples. Only don't
flatter yourself that yon have done any
thing for my good! If I was going to take '
delight in making you forget your misl'or- !
tune, why couldn't you let me? As if one ,
love didn't balance the other! But go along
with your narrow little heart and see
whether it is gay over its work. I don't
believe it will be.'"
Florentin was far from happy as he hob
bled away on the arm of the boy. But
what he had once said he must abide by.
It would have been more beautiful if he
had changed his mind at Katherine's cut
ting words. No; aud if she had been a
thousand times right- now it was too late!
A man who yields loses prestige in his own
eyes and in those of others. Now the word
was, to rally his forces and keep on straight
ahead without one backward glance at
what might have been.
But before Florentin reached the edge
of the hedge that separated Katherine's
yard frotn the road ho looked back once
more and just iu time to sec his dear Kath
arine jump into the well thut was in the
middle of the yard.
Florentin uttered a vigorous exclama
tion, tore himself away from the astonish
ed boy and ran back with amazing speed.
Down iu the well it was still and dark.
•'Are you alive yet, Katherine?" he call
ed down. No answer came. Florentin
had already seized the bucket to descend
into the deep, when lie saw Katheritie's
face shimmer above the water. Then he
knew that she had escaped with her life
and that there was no more danger of
d rowning.
"Don't do anything silly, Katherine!" he
called warningly. "I ant going to let down
the bucket. Look out that it doesn't hit
you on the head, and then get in and keep
a firm hold of the chain. Do you hear'"
"I won't!" came from below.
Ktlian approached.
"What do you want here?" said I'loren
tin imperiously. "You needn't help me;
1 can get along all right without you; and
you needn't look on, either. Go about your
business. To begin with. 1 don't need you
any more."
The boy stared at him without moving.
"oh—so you would like to know what
has happened here?" said Klorentin sav
agely. "A hen has flown into the well;
didn't you hear it squawk? If you don't
want to believe it, you needn't; but thai is
what 1 tell you, and if you tell a different
story I'll break every bone in your body in
two. Perhaps you don't know me yet.
Zounds! will you get into the field? I see
lhat you have long felt no master over
you!"
lit; snatched up a lath that lay on the
ground, ami rushed toward the boy, who
still hesitated to yield obedience, liut
now that he saw the cripple wrathfully ap
proaching with uuexpected speed, it seem
ed advisable to him tu take to his heels.
To be sure ho coultl have sworn that his
mistress, Katherine, was in the well; but
after all what concern was it id' his. what
tricks she and Klorentin played on each
other?
The boy having left the yard. Klorentin
chuckled contentedly as lie went slowly
back to the well. "The wooden leg isn't
so bad," Said he to himself. "A little prac
tiee, and I could take up running with .t
stifT buck like Kilian; but it's hot work
any weather."
lie bent over the stone coping.
■ Are you cold. Katherine?" he asked,
L'l mil naturally.
"Not a bit," came back the quivering
answer.
"I am glad of that. Well, when you
don't like it any longer down there, y iu
have only to say so. lamiu no hurry."
He seated himself on the coping, folded
his arms and peered down slyly.
Below, everything was still. The watch
dog came along, rubbed his head on Klor
culm's wooden leg, then becoming uneasy,
|iut his fore paws on the edge of the well
and snuffed.
"You are a knowing animal, Sultan!"
said Klorentin. "You will not let 11113' one
else know where your mistress bathes in
summer, will you?"
The dog gave a short yelp.
"Just wait, Sultan! She can't stay in
the water any longer Wo two have a lit
tie business with each other this morning
that she w ill not want to miss. You know.
Sultan, —down in the villugc, at the clerk's
office. We must hurry, or I may get sick
of it again. If she would only come up
now. she i ouhln't hit it any better. .Ttist j
look around, Sultan! There is no to see I
what a golden treasure I haul for voy.-elf [
out of that old well there, is there; is there.
Sultan?"
The dog barked
"The bucket. Florentin!" called Kath
eriue.
"Did you hear, Sultan? But now he
still, and down with you! It is no easy
task for a man to get back the happiness
that he has thrust away from him, —umler-
star.d. Sultan?"
It was. indeed, no easy task for Floren
tin to wind up such a buxom woman a.-
Katherine up to daylight. Moreover, all
the time he turning, he had a secret anx
iety lest some rust-eaten link of the old
chain should give; but although it grated
aud jarred, the liuk.s held, aud when the
wheel had made the due number ol revolu
tions, Katherine hovered safe above the
well. Florentin sei/ed the bucket aud
drew it toward hint over the edge; then
letting go the chain, he brought it safely
down on the ground. The dog sprang up
on his mistress, and then rau barking
around the well."
"Just look at that animal!" said Floren
tin. "As il be fitly rejoiced that reason
has broken through iu my head! But I
must say you have a good weight. Kather
ine. 1 should like it. if iu future you did
not often go pleasure-seeking down there
in the water.
Katherine had stepped out of the bucket
and was shaking herself. Giving Floren
tin a sidelong glance, she exclaimed. "You
are a perfectly horrid man!" and went with
quick step toward the house.
She soon heard Florentiu's wooden leg
clattering behind her. Without hastening
her step, she looked back over her shoulder
aud asked. "What do you want, now ?"
Then Florentin put his arms around her
from behind.
"You—stop! You arc getting wet, —
what are you thinking off—that is au idea,
to kiss me now—aud here in the yard.—
Florentin! I don't know what liberies
you are allowing yourself! Isn't every
thing over then. between us?"
"Heaven grant, no! This is nothing
but the beginuing." he retorted gayly.
"Do you think, then. I would have fished
you out to let you go again? I tell you that
at the well I got an entirely different dis- j
position. It seemed to me that life flew
into my wooden leg all at once. But how j
you shiver! You poor woman! Did you i
get so cold? Run in and chiuge your
clothes, I will have the horse harnessed."
Katherine called back from the door,
"And if I don't conic?"
"Great C'icsar! Then I'll fetch you!"
But Katherine came of herself, and the
bans were published.
Florentin had an artificial leg made, lat
[ er, in Munich, with which he no longer
seemed to himself au invalid, and on Kath
erine's furm be was not only the farmer
but also the master. But he had a pump
put into the well.
"One can never know," he said, "what
may happen in married life."
The French Exposition.
A writer in Siiniec thinks the great ex
position lucks novelties. He says people
may walk until they are fatigued through
the alino t endless btt'ld'ugs on the Champ
dc Mars, and yet fail to find any great and
striking object by which thev would espec
ially remember the exhibition of 18CD. The
place is filled with evidences of until 'ng in
dustry and ski" on every side, but there is
a strange absence of great novelties. We
believe, however, that the exposition will
be famous for four distinctive features —in
the first place, for its buildings, espeeia"y
the Eiffel tower aud the Machinery llall,
in the second place, for its Colonial Exhi
bition, which for the fi-st time hi'ngs viv
idly to the appreciation of Frenchmen that
they are masters of lands beyond the sea,
third, it will be remembered for its great
collection of war material,the most absorb !
in-; subject nowadays, unfortunately, to
governments, if not to individuals, and.
fourth, it will be remembered, and with
good cause by many, for the extraordinary
manner in which South American eouu
tries arc represented. Several of those
nationaliics are beginning to put them-
selves forward as appreciable factors in the
politics of the word, and, what is of more
interest to the manufacturer, they consti
tute the richest and largest customers iu
Kurojtean and North American markets.
Especially this is the case with regard to
Horticultural machinery of a'l k'uds, and
those exhibitors are fi rtnnate who are we"
represented in this respect.
About the Fool.
lie who is born a fool is never cured.
Knjoy your little while the fool is seek
ing for more.
He is a fool that praises himself and lie a
mailman that speaks ill of himself.
The reason tin; fool said it "in his heart."
was because he had 110 head to speak of.
A fool always finds a greater fool that
admires him.
The wise man hivcth his pence, while
the fool expendeth his substance 111 the
purchase of nose paint.
The fool may be depended upon to keep
a secret if he does not know it.
"A fool may sometimes say a wise thing"
—just as a wise man may soinetiir"s say a
foolish thing.
Tlio fool joineth church thinking he will
lie able to enter heaven in the crowd.
The fool paddles somebody else's canoe
and carries all his grist to another's mill.
Women who elope with coachmen probu
lily think that class of men will make st,<
hie husbands.
No Account.
Distinguished Kort igner—I am told that
the moment a little Kuglish Hag was hung
from a private residence in New York 011
the Queen's birthday, the street was tilled
with a howling mob, ami the flag had to be
taken down.
American official—Yis, sorr.
Distinguish -d foreigner— \inl yet the
Irish flag waved from the City Hit" all St.
Patrick's day without causing a ripple of
excitement.
American Official—Yes, sorr. The Kng
I'sli hadn't backbone enough ter say wan
wor r-d, s irr.
Distinguished foreigner I low about the
Americans?
American official—Begorrr. who cares
fur thimf
He had Hopes.
Little ii year old Jemmy, being permit
ted to see his new-born baby brother —
fifth boy in the family, remarked:
"Mamma, 1 am so glad it is a boy."
"Why, Jemmy, are you glad it is a
boy?"
"Because, mamma, we will soon have
enough for a base ball team."
"How many does it take?" asked the
foud parent, when Jemtucy innocently re
plied:
"Only nine, mamma.''
This is a correct report of the conversa
lion occurring between mamma and little
son in a village near Philadelphia recent
Iv.
A Disgusting Potentate.
From a Lou.fou letter
Xasr cd-Decn. Shah of I'cr-... who 1- '
now engaged iu hi- thiril tour through Eu
rope. is far from being considered a- a we!
come gue.il by the various courts which he
ha- announced his intention of visiting. In
the tir»t placo, the royalties Ku r ope have !
retiued a most unpleasant recollection of
his disgustiug and repulsive habits on the
occasion of his tirst visit. On v.iriou- ot
casions during the pa-t thirty year- East
ern poteii'.ales, such a< the Sultan of Ti •-
key, the Khedivo, the voud kins of Siam
and quite a number of Indian maharujahs,
have visited Europe. In almost every case
they have displayed much refinement,
elegaucc and courtesy in their dealings
with their European hosts. The lat.er
were therefore but ill prepared .or the of
fensive and unmannerly ways of the di- i
scendant of Xerxes and Darius.
The Shah's behavior in Bcr'u in Is?:',
was NO intolerable that the old Kaiser with
drew froui the festivities on the plea of iu
dispwition and refused to see his Persian
guest any more before his departure. The
whole burden of entertaining the Oriental
potentate fell on the shoulders of the Km
press Augusta, whose poetic hankerings
for the Orient, however, were subject to a
most severe shock. Thus to this day she
loves to relate iu her shri'l and high-pitch
ed voice how during the grand state ban
quet given in his honor at Berlin. when
ever he got some food wb'ch was not to
his taste in his mouth, he woe'd coolly re
move it from bis jaws and place it on her ,
German Majesty's lap. to the intense hor
ror of all present. Iler magnificent robes
at the close of the banquet presented a
most woeful aspect.
On his at rival in England he was qua
tered at Buckingham Place, and while in
England he sorely tried the lYuce of
Wales' temper by coolly placiug h's hands
on the bare shoulders of the Princess
while talking to her. Over SI3O.'XK) was
required to render Buckingham Palace
habitable again after his departure. The
fnrniinre had a" to be burned, while not
only the silken panels, tapesti.es. carpets
and paper-hangings had to be thrown into
the flames.but it was even found necessary
to entirely remove the plaster of the walls
and the parqnet floors of the rooms which
he had inhabited. The slaughter of a live
.sheep for saciiticial pu -poses in one of the
yucc's daint : est boudo s was but one of
the most pardonable of all his offenses, and .
the stench of the rooms occupied by bis
Persian Majesty was so intense and unbear
able that quantities of disinfectants had to
be used before even the palace attaches
could muster up courage to aUend to clean
up matters.
At Vienna he was quancred at the
Chateau of Luxemburg, now the residence
of Crown Princess Stephanie, ami before
he left got into serious trouble with respect
to a young member of the Austrian halt
world, whom he had subjected to the mo>t
gross brutality. llis presence at Vienna
was indeed a sore trial to the courteous,
chivalrous and refund Knipcror. The
Persian monarch had during the previous
portion of his tour developed a strong
taste for champagne, and was staggering
about in a maudlin state during the major
portion of his stay in the Austrian capital.
Nothing was more curious than to watch
the Emperor present some distinguished
statesman or soldier to his Oriental guest.
The latter would gaze with bleary eyes at
the personage bowing before him, and
then with a short, contemptuous laugh and
a twirl of his long mustache would leave
the unfortunate courier standing there in a
state of mingled indignation and perple: "■
ty until the Emperor hail stepped up and
whispered a few comforting words in his
ear.
The Meaning of the Word
"Limited."
It has become somewhat common nowa
days to see the word • limited." in paren
thesis, after the title.-, of corporations, and
it is safe to say that people generally do
not understand the significance of this
term, though, of course, business men do.
An explanation of it, as stated in one of
our exchanges, may therefore, be of gener
al interest. The old principal of corpora-
tions created by legislative act was that
tlio entire property of every stockholder
was liable lor the whole of the company,
as the whole property of every member of
a general partnership is still liable for the
debs ot the firm. This system made every
shareholder responsible for bnd manage
meut, of which he might not be guilty,and
deterred wealthy men from becoming in
terested in the shares of corporations. To
remove this objection the principle of liui
itcd responsibility was introduced, and in
order to notify the public thot only the
separate property of the corporation was
liable lor the debts of the corporation, the
Kuglish law requires that the word •'limit
ed" shall be used in every ease by the com
pany in connection with its t tie. Most
American corporations nre constituted on
the principle of limited liability, and bat
lew, if any, of the States enjoin the com
panies formed under their laws to append
the word "limit d" to their corporate ti
ties. The matter is so generally under
stood in this country l»y business men.
however, that it is not deemed necessary,
though many companies do it of their own
accord
The most noteworthy exception to the
general rule is the case of the national
bank, but even in this instance liability is
limited to au amount equal to the par
value of the shares held. That is. if the
national bank fails, each stock holder may
not only lose what he has invested, but
SIOO more for each share of the stock he
holds, if so much is necessary to pay the
debts of the btti>k. I'ntil within a few ]
years all the Scottish banks wore organix- (
i-d with t'nlimi.ed liability, and when, (
some eight or ten years ago, a Glasgow (
bank failed disastrously, there were eases (
of men who only owned a share or two,
valued before the failure at not much more ,
than SIOO, who were assessed thousands of
pounds sterling to meet the debts of the (
bank. Since that time the Scottish banks f
ha\e been allowed to reorganize on u lim
ed liability basis.
Culinary Maxims.
Table Talk.]
Heautv w ill buv no beef.
Inquire not what is iu another's pot. '|
Itettcr half an egg than an empty shell, j '
A good stomach is the best sauce.
Itettcr some of the pudding than n<< ; 11
pie.
lie who depends on another dines ill and
sups worse. I i
M ike not your sauce till you have caught ; ,
your fish
He that dines and leaves lays the cloth
twice. I
He deserves not the sweet who will not
taste of the sour.
lie lasts enough whose wife Molds ut
dinner time.
When a man cannot have what he hives
lie must love what he has. \ \
Mealed enmity and a warmed up dinner I J
arc never worth much. I']
Hew to Work in Hot Weather.
At this season. when severe labor in the
field i- a nei s*itj with farmers and their
employees, it i* order to raise a few cau
, tionary signal- It i- not wise to over
work at any time, especially when tlo
mercury is in the nineties and the hi .it vn 1
humidity extreme. The cases of -unstrok.
are comparatively rare on the farm, yet
they do occur (and more frequently of late
years), and many instances «f sudden fat .1
and wasting sjckne-- from severe latx.r
during great heat, are reported every sum
mer. Hence it behooves fanners and other
out door workers, whether in town or
country, to take every precaution agaiu-t
undue exposure, and the observance of san
itary laws is the only -afeguard. When
► ver the temperature of the air excewls
that of the body, there is danger to those
i who continue at hard labor, and such as
persist are liable to suffer, if not die. in
consequence of their recklessness. In all
<nch cases caution is the parent of safety.
An attack of sunstroke generally occurs
without any special warning, and hence (he
necessity of prompt action whenever one
i- prostrated. Every one should avoid the
use of liquors and lie very cautious in tl:e
drinking of ice water. Great injury often
result.- from the immoderate use of cold
water when the system is overheated, and
it is averred that a great majority of the
fatal cases of sunstroke in cities occur with
penplo of intemperate habits. Those who
have ice. a- many farmersjdo late years—
and it is a great blessing when properly
used—should take the precaution before
drinking to temper the ice-water with
warmer water, especially in the harvest
field, or elsewhere when overheated. M..<t
of the glutinou- and saccharine prepara
tions for field drinking—such as mo]as>cs,
ginger, cider, etc..—have no tendency to
allay thirst, and frequently cause diarrhu-a
aud bowel complaints. There are plemy
of better beverages, one of the very best
of which is oatmeal water. It is cheap
and easily prepared. Put oatmeal iu wa
ter. let it stand a few hours.aud then shake
it tip. A piece of ice in it will do harm
and it may be sweetened a little, if prefer
red. It is a safj aud healthful beverage.
All farmers who can do so should avoid
heavy work during the heat of the day.
doing the lighter work then, and taking a
long "nooning." Whenever one feel- a
weakness or prostration suddenly coming
, over hi in. while working afield in very hot
weather, it is generally a warning which
should be heeded immediately. The wis
est course is to stop work at once, rest and
employ nicaus to recuperate the system.
In case of actual suustroke the patient
should be placed iu a cool aud couiforta
ble a position as possible, and ice or ice
water applied to the head without delay,
while a good physician is being summoned.
The chest should also be bathed with cool
water aud mustard plasters applied to the
feet and calves of the legs. In such cases
delays are dangerous while prompt and
decisive action often saves the lite of the
prostrated.
Another relief to hard work iu hot
weather is a good lunch about •> p. in. This
will help the haying, harvesting and hoe
iug hands, and promote health and harmo
ny. It braces np in the inner man ami
outer muscles at a time when there is mo>t
need of strength aud endurance.
Parents Must Be Kept Under.
To the boys aud girls of America:—lu
the conduct of life you should always bear
in mind that the eleventh and most impor
tant Commandment is. Pareuts shonld
honor and obey their children.
It may be difficult to enforce this rule on
all occasions. liecause parents—on account
of their -nperior strength and alleged wi
dom—are sometimes obstinate and obstrep
erous. With the proper discipline. bow
ever, they may be subjugated and kept in
that condition.
They have many faults which you should
cndcuvor to correct, one of which is a per
sistent conceit that they know what is lor
your good better thin you do yourselves.
This hallucination shows itself in the iin»t
obnoxious ways, as for instance, when they
insist that yon shall go to school, though
they know it is irksome to yon. and that
von would tnttoh upofor (» *»•» <lr
you wouhl much preter to go tithing. <»r
again, wheu they tell you. dear That"
you musu't marry a man atnipTy bccau-e
he is a fool, and has neither the means nor
the abi]oy lo support you, iguoring the
I'lcaffaet that it is your divine right to
marry an idiot provided you are idiot
enough to fall in love with him. and and
also your right to make a mistake in your
youth and repent of it nil the rest of your
days.
There are a thousand and one other mat
ters in which parents make themaelvi
disagreeable, but we will not recall them.
Parents are a necessary evil. The W (HMI.
are full of theui. Hut they should be made
to know their phue, which is at the foot
of the table at dinner and standing ag.ui.~t
the wall at a party. Their chief duty is to
saerilicc for their offspring, and c-peciall;.
to work hard aud nccuinulato a fortune
that their children may l>c eonifortable and
happy.
American yonth may not stand in need
of this 'advice, lie cause they have iuaugn
rated the reform and ure currying it for
ward with marked effect aud success We
speak therefore only that wc may encour
age a noble work.
A Capital Idea.
At the recent meeting of the school
board, Mrs. Meckel and MissMuudlforiuriy
were elected for a term of three years in
stead of one. as reported in these column
last week, and Prof. Rose was elected last
year for the same length ot time instead »f
last meeting. The object of electing teach
ers of ability for three yeara it that it a
sure- permanency to the coarse recently
established in the school, and tho pupil i
assured he will receive the saute able in
slruction, and not be obliged lo become
acquainted wah the new teachers ttud
their ways each year or two a* the case
may be. The idea is a capital one.—/.'«•/»»•-
I"H At ITS.
How to Wash Flannel Shirts.
"All material will shrink some; we gen
erally allow half au iuch for tlannel, aud if
it is properly washed there is no rnMa
whj it should shrink perceptibly after that.
The proper way is to souse the garment in
hot soap suds—never rubbing it —put re
pcatcdly through a wringer. The garment
should never lie wrung with the hands aud
never put in cold water."
A Cool Hand.
A telldcrloot whittled beside A WI»NI -bed.
When some cow boys of Sassafras <it j
Paused a shower of bullets to whiz round
his head;
\nd lie looked oil their efforts w ith pity.
Foniie ga/i <1 from hi- dream with a bean
tilul smile
On these demons of carnage and blowl
shed.
And murmured, "a miss is as good u- a
mile."
A - lie carved the bulls out of the wood
shed.
I gues.. Hod in ado my mamma's eyes
With some ot the blue that's iu the kit-s,
I'or when I look into them I set-
Two little angel- looking at me.
NO. 38