Vol, XXVI Our Spring goods which comprises the latest novelties at tainable, in Foreign and Domestic markets, H A.V K A.R HIV KI). As it is a consideration of all gentlemen who desire to dress well, what to wear for Spring, and where he shall pur chase, we invite you to inspect our immense stock, and you can readily select some thing uitable. See Our Window Display. THE VERY PEOPLE WHO! HAVE THE LEAST MONEY ; Are your wages small. TO BPEND ARE THE ONES! Are you the " i tatnil)? OUR htLIABLE CLOTHING j ... #l . . .... With marketing bills MEANS MOST TO j , ar!?u? With liouw rent "a drug on you? I*»w prices fur honest, long-wearing Clothii g will be a boon to ycur pocket-book and your baCK. Get an Iron-clad Cloth Suit at sl2. Strongest All-Wo Suit we know ul. Nobody else sells it. Get .1. N. I'ATTKHSON> Cloth Suii at F- r dress and everyday wear combined it's wonderful value. No matter how fine a suit you want lor dress or business wo have that at a low price. There is no open question about I'oys' CJothirijfriVc are not only pioneers, but to-day's leaders in styles r.nd qualities highest excellence and lowest prices, lteiueuiber the place. J. N. PATTERSON S. One Price Clothing House, 29&MAIH ST.. BPTLEB, PA. NOTHING~LIKE'IT! =C=iA=~S^==H=i! E THE HARD CASH Will work wonders at The Cash Shoe Store, No. 95 South Main Street, Hutler» Penn'a- We have just receiv j ed a large stock of Boots, K \ Shoes, Rubbers and I ~*) / Slippers, and we intend I "•) / v do a cash business, I ? I m 1 J ap d can tell you any § Jr I footwear you may need A 1 Ajfl cheaper than any house JF { \ BfS in Butler doing a credit / ir- 1 ZMM business. / Yours, &c. p BLACKMORE & GRIEB. 1889— SUMMER —IBB9 We are now ready for SUMMER TRADE, having in stock a nplendid assortment of FINE DRESS GOODS, MEDIUM DRESS GOODS, LOW PRICED DRESS GOODS, consisting ol all the new things for summer wear, with the very latest things in trimmings to match. CARPET'S, Oil cloth*, mattings, linoleums, rugs, stair rods, curtain poles, law curtains, blinds and scrims at lower prices than ever, before offered. DOMESTIC S, We carry a full line of all the standard domestic goods in twilled and plain sheeting, pillow casing, ginghams, prints, tickings and all kinds of house furnishing goods. BUYERS will learn by examination that it always p«>* them to do their trading at RITTER & RALSTON'S. FASHION EMPORIUM. We mast confess ourselves completely surprised at the way our goods bave b««en selling. Oa the 6tb we upeued the largest stock we bad ever brought to Butler. Oo the 20th our shelves were as bare as Mother Hub bard's celebrated cupboard, and necessitated au entire re stocking at once. To-uiwriow we open the fresh lot, and there is nothiug of the showman's talk about in our warning you to come at once; it is the truth, from the way our goods are selling. Whether we sell because of cheapness, or qaality of good*; whether because of the quantity to select from or the knowing how to suit customers: whether from any or all of them, is for your eyes and judgment to decide—'that we do the business is not doubted. Just a moment for a word or two on our latest novelties. The newest thing in dreea trimmings is the Surah Sash, very wide, and very handsome. We have a fine stock, at moderate prices. Tbey are beautiful. Directoire Hats are being worn a great deal, and they are very becom - ing t«« almost any face and figure. Our stock is unsurpassed and would cer tainly auit the tastes of the most fastidious. Our Qimp and Laces for dress trimmings are quite in keeping with the extent of our stock in other lines. We have everything worth showing. The price, too, is what tells. While never for a moment sacrificing quality t<> cheapness, (for onr reputation is built oo this very thing) we endeavor to Hupply the best in the market at the most reasonable price. Remember that Miss M. H. Gilkey, THE LEADING MILLINER, ISO. OS S. MAIN ST, BUTLER, PA THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Ifliaco&sOil V/ J tH£3 VETERAN'S FRIEND. Jf Cures il stra ' ns ' wSfJ- * ches and ■Hf Pains Rheumatic, Wm Neuralgic Sciatic, Pj PROMPTLY Yfi And PERMANENTLY. I* AT UltlUCilsTS AM) DKAIJ;HS. IHe CHARLES A. VOGELER CO B.»lti»ect. Ml KDUC ATION A. L INDIANA NORMAL SCHOOL., I.MHIMA. PA. luillaiiu ua school abreast 01 ilit- tlmttj. .\»> droits art- bciii£ hpared to make It the leading pn»ks>l«»ii;.l irainliiK school in the country. Tike facult) Is composed of members irbo are ->pe / X SMUKU, Ph.D., l'rlnct|i«l. Curry Business College. CI KKY I NIVERSITY. SI \1 II STREET, PUTS 1)1 80. ri»c lust Equipped :uid most successful liusi ness College in lvnn'a. Individual Instruction lor every student from uA M. till 4P. M.. uud 11.tin T 1111 10 P.M. Actual Business Practice mid Practical Hunklug arc Specialties. The best advantages In Shorthand and Type-writing. 'I he University also sustains full regular cour ses ul stud) in the Classical. Scientific, Seiulua ly. Normal. Music and Elocutionary Depart ucnts. Coirespondcnce solicited, scud fm catalogues. JAMES tl.Alik «IEI.IA.MS, A. H , Plot. HIRAM COLLEGE. 11 Irani, O. Thorough Classical, Philosophical and Sclentllic courses. Also a Biblical course and a :i years' course especially to pretmre Teachers tor their work. Much attention Klveu to preparatory studies. New and commoalous builulogs. l int' Ladies' llall under care of I.ady Principal, l ocation lilifh and very health ful. No saloons. Expenses very low. Next tenu beglus Sept. IT, I"S9. For Catalogue and lnioi'uialion address, 12. V. ZOILARS. President. Wasliiuffton k Jefferson College, Washington. PeHu'a. The Suth year beglus Sept. 11. Claslcal, scien tific and Preparatory Uepartmeuls. for Infor mation concerning Preparatory Department ap ply to* PHOF. .1 AUOI.PII SCHMITZ, Prln; lor Catalogue or other information to I'll F.ST MOFFAT BEAVER COLLEGE young girls and youn< ladies. Beaver, Pa. Most fully cipuppcd Ea.ii is and Music SHitiol 111 Western Penna. Thirly-ftftU year and no death, Oealthful aud beautiful location. Pop ular rates. Only (Illy boarders received. Send lor catalogue. I!. T. TITI.OIt. Pres. TWO CHOICE SCHOOLS. BROOKE HALL, For Giris and Young Ladies. Shortlidge Media Academy, For Boys and Young Men, SWITHINC SHORTLIDGE, A M (HARVARD URADfATE.) MKUIA, L'A., (Near Philadelphia.) J. E. Kastor, Practical Slate Roofer. Ornamental arid Plain Slating «>1 all kinds dune on shoil notice. Ollice with W. li. Morris iNo. 7, N. Main St., Residence North Klin street, Butler, Pa. Willarcl Hotel, W. U. REIIIING, Prop'r BUTLER, - PA. StmiN IX CAHnciMX. I SiNri.E ICOOH for (OHHKUCIAI. TIUVEI.EItS SAMPI.F BOOM. I.IVEIIV IN CONNECTION Hotel Vogeley (Strictly First Class.) lIENKY L. BECK. PROP RS. J. 11. I'-vrnEi,, Manager. liutler, Pa. Diamond : - : Hotel, Fronting Diamond, Butler, Pa. TIIOMAS WASSOX, Pro'r. (Jood rooms, good meals, stabling in con nection, everything first class. IEITEIIILUI HOIEL, No. 88 and 90, S. Main St., BUTLER, - - PA. Near New Court House—formerly Donaldson House—good accommodations lor travelers. Hood stabling connected, u-y-nc-iy' 11 KITENMUI.LER, Frop'r. NIXON'S HOME, M N. MCKEAN ST., BUTLER, PA Meals at all hours. Open all night. ISrealcfast 'il cents. Hlnner jr. cenLs. Supper 25 cents. Lodging 'Si cents, SIMEON NIXON - - - PROP'R. WHEN YOU VISIT PITTSBURGH CALL ON , JOHN R. & A. MURDOCH, 8 Suilthtleld street, for Trees. Seeds. El lies. rape Vines, Hardy Hoses, Canary Hlrtis.Uolti GLHU. etc. .. . „ Descriptive Fall mailed tree. fllJ u Irft I I ft#Child this , i>t Cbu><> %ktimat % . - ad.u-tiii it- when in Chicago, vsi I f:rd it on turmn'." re markeil Mr.-. Hoduey, liopefuliy, as she *v.ts thinking, practically enough. <■( the continued low price of 1 t;<-r "And we aotnr to tlw ii:ri - .->> >it:l.leislj . -omelilui'S, wln n we don't «->tliein. r -ponded ijiiie! littl<- Mi— Hurl.ara. 1.-tt.ng her sewing fall idly upon her hip for a ' moment, while her thought*, t.ot all of markets or prices, wandered back over the curiously winding life lane that had brought her to this day. The room had a third occupant, a hiilt grown boy, standing by an open window He was thinking of "nothing under the canopy." his mother would have --aid: of nothing above it. surely. One boot, toler ably large-sized, heavy and guiltless ol pol ish. was pushed out the window, presently its mate followed aud Launcc sat ou the window-seat. Looking at him so framed, one saw that the trouble extended higher than the boots—the lack ol polish was general. An ordinary boy in an ordinary window, that was all the picture—a cheap print uud a rustic frame. He drummed carelessly on the sash above his head, whistled a little, and then forgetting pru dence, began to klioi k his depending heels against the side of the house. That JOUIIII caught his mother's ear. and she turned round sharply. "Launco Kodtiey!" I.auuce dropped suddenly from his pert h to the ground outside. "I never did sec the beat of you! ou d ought to be ashamed of yourself! Stuck up there ag'in, scratching the paint all oil' the house, uud knockin' your boots t>> pieces, to say not bin' of " That was all the bo_\ heard as lie walked away. lie had no need to tarry as it means of gaining information, for he had heard it all on previous occasions, and knew exactly what was coming next, aud stopping to listen as a matter of respect did not occur to him. He was just at that age when the bump of veneration, or rev erence, or whatever its name may be, seems to suffer a temporary but woeful de pression. So he walked ou out of the yard into the garden, picked hi way over the squash vines aud through the tall rows of corn that rustled, nodded and whispered as he passed, until he reached the orchard aud an old apple tree near the fence. Then he stretched himself upon the soft grass, drew his straw hut down to shade his eyes aud lay still. It was very quiet and pleasant there. There was work enough to be done else were, but l.aunce was inclined to play hide-and-seek with his duties —a one-sided game in which he was always the oue to hide. If they followed him up, fouud him, and there was no escape, he attended to theui, otherwise he let them alone, and congratulated himself on having the best of the game. He was not indolent. The energy and ingenuity he expended in get ting around tilings that ought to have been done would have carried litem straight through and left a respectable surplus. "'Taint just the work," ho commented, serveying the toes of his boots through his half-shut eyes, "but what's the use? Milk the cows to-night anil it'll have to be done over again to-niorrow and next day; and its just so about chopping wood aud all the rest of it. Father, he pitches into it us if he thought he would get through some time, but it's the same thing over aud over, aud what's the good of doiu' a thing now. and uudoiu' it bitne bye, and doiu' it over next time ? A feller might as well be an hjur-glass, with the sand runnin' first tho one way and then t'other, and it don't make auy difference which." There was no one there to dispute this proposition. A stray bird iu the branches overhead seemed rather to agree with it. and twittered out "So! so! That's so!'' "Then there's the school," pursued Launce reflectively. "What's the good of stay in' shut up all day with benches aud blackboards, to learn ever so uiauy pages of things you don't care about, when ther'll be a lot more just like 'em to learn to-morrow? If John Thompson did buy six sheep at ten dollars a piece, and lost two drivin. 'eta home, and sold the rest for twelve dollars a head, what do I care .' And why must I be bothered to find out how much he lost? That's his business. If they'd been my sheep, I'd looked after 'em a little sharper, and wouldn't have lost anything. S'pose a boy is a noun—what's the use of knowin' about it when he can't do anything or have any better titne> than if he wasn't?" The bird left the tree and flew swiltly away. The boy watched it until out of sight, wondering how it would seeui to be so free—to go, go, as far aud as fast as it should please him. Wouldn't he be up and away though ? No more of the old life for him! lie would be off over the ocean having a gay, glorious time, lie could find some very different work from this dreary round of doing and undoing things. Digging gold in Australia, where every glittering grain would count as so much gained, would be a vast improve ment upon digging away in this common soil for potatoes that had to be dug, plant ed and dug again. Or growing rich at the diamond mines of Hra/il. Living in that strange, •wild, beautiful land, with nothing to do but enjoy it, while the natives work ed for him, and every day's work had something to show in bright, costly gems! Lauuee's knowledge of these far away glories was derived from the wonderful pictures and brief descriptions contained in his geography—the one study he did like—and these were just vague and unsat isfying enough to leave a boy's fancy a fine chance for supplementing tbeiu; so Launce lay still, thinking uud wish ing. "Hallo!" broke in a sharp little voice— not iu the least like one of his slaves an nouncing treasure. The boy turned his head a little, discontentedly, and saw a small brown face pressed close to the fence, and a pair of dark eyes steadily surveying him. "What you doin' there, Launce Kod ney t" "Xothiif," said Launce impatiently. "ThinkinV "What makes you lay down for when you think?" persisted the newcomer. "'Cause—no matter what, Hettio Nixon —yon run along." "I don't want to run along. That's what everybody says, 'run along,' and I don't want to." Hettie settled her little chin more squarely upon the fence rail and held her position. Launce looked at her again irom under his hat; at the small brown feet poking restlessly in the warm sand; at the short, faded dress she wore; and the old, liuip gingham bonnet pushed back from her head, and hanging by its forlorn strings. A stray thought suggested her miserable home over the hill and wretched, drunken i father. "Hetty." ho said with a sudden con sciousness that change might he almost us desirublc a thing iu her life as in his; "Hetty, what would you do if you was a man ?" "Work for folks an' do as 1 oughtcr, and be be good to my little girls—that's what I would." answered Hettie promptly. Lauucc twitched his hat over his face once more iu vexation. "What did «he Bl' I'Li H, l'A.. FRIDAY. AI G1 ST Iss'j. know about it anyway There wan no use in talking to her.'' "An' if I wiw a big boy. I'll go an' help little girls pick lurries, an" show 'em where the good places was," pursued Uettie, uu der tin- iiiiVi» that she n.;uht .is well make know n hur vwwi- on vaiiotis subjects n Lib- she was alKiUt it. I tended when he assaulted Justice Field to | bring to au issue a feud of thirty years i standing, and avenge the punishment he j had lately snfl'erc'd at the hands of the I Justice. Th«i trial will he a sensational oue. Meanwhile has the last act in this event ful drama beeu reached? Sarah Althoa Hill, the leading actress, -till lives Poison Ivy. Correspondents of Tin ( nuntii/ (•• nth iHttn recommend remedies for ivy poison ing us follows: I have read in your paper several articles in relation to the euro of poisoning by ivy. The simplest and safest remedy is sulphite id' soda Di.-solve live cents worth iu half a pint of water, aud apply as a linauieut. Oue application at night ou going to bed i- enough generally for the cure of the worst cases. I have used it myself, and know where it has afforded great relief iu ! two other cases. It is harmless in every | way.— M. 11. Tihcch taint, .V. ./. There i- an antidote which grows near ! wherever you find the ivy, which is fa miliar to every one. Toueh-me not, or Celandine, is u sure remedy. Kub the juice of leaves aud stalks on the parts af fected. The dried leaves are used for tea | in kidney and liver troubles.— s. /,. I I'lttiitiiif/o Co. .V. I. Having several times read articles in your paper about poison ivy, I will tell my experience with the hope of relieving some fellow sufferer from the sume cause. At the first attack 1 applied everything iu succession that was recommended, or that I ever heard of being used, but it j la-teil three weeks and spread over my j body. The next time, when I knew I had j been exposed, 1 washed hands aud face ! with soap, then bathed them with sweet j spirits of uitre; it showed a very little on • one hand. Tho third third time the nitre j did not help; then 1 acted according to I my own ideas of curing .it. I bathed ' through the day freely with witch hazel, and at night bound up with vaseline, each j morning washing with soap before using the witch-hazel; took a small teaspoonful of salts for several mornings. It healed | very soon It is better to keep it from the I uir.—/.. A"., Red 11001., S. 1. —One billion brass rings were sold iu the I United States last year. What of it? ' Well, it is an indication of the sham, the | pretense, the huuibuggery of the age. —An authority oa the subject says;— i "When boiling cabbage, if a bit of dried | bread is tied in a bug and put into the ket- I tie all the unpleasant odor that makes the j house smell like an old drain will be ab sorbed by the bread. Tho same is true iu cooking turnips and onions." ' —As before stated, suit has been entered by (I. S. Vcoii against Patrick t'reightou. j of Kinlenton, for #.>,ooodamages for selling | liquor to plaintiff's -ou, whereby the latter ' lost a leg ou the railroad. If Yeon should j win this suit the pareuts of young Shan j uon who was kitled at the timu \ eon was I injured, will doubless bring suit for dam j uges iu u larger amount. The tishes are ripe iu the creeklet. The angle worms crawl from their i nook, The pin that was bent for a tricklet Now comes into play for a hook. Oh? was ever man more happy, Could ever more gleefully sing. Thau when buying trout in the market, And swearing lie caught tue whole string' Great Growth ol the American Live Stock Trade. The improvement of domestic animal* by the importation of blooded sUx k which has occupied the attention of cattle raisers, farmers and horsemen iu thi* country for a number of \ ears ha- passed beyond the ex (•crimental Mage and i« uow in successful operation everywhere The value of this ' improvement is shown in the fact that on the Ist of January last the value of cattle throughout the I'nited Slates was (I.HH -715,703. and the unimproved valuation was t-H'.'-Vkl 7s;».so that tl>- infusion of superior blood had really added #287.451.tHt> to the value of our cattle. In the Da-tern and Middle Males the cattle originally caiue principally from England and Holland, while in tin! South crn Atlantic States they were derived from various'parts of Europe. Short-horns were lirst introduced iuto Ohio iu the early part of the prescut century, and they have since been the popular breed iu that Slste. al though there are herds of A Serdeena, An gus. Dcvon.s and llerefords in the line of beef cattle, ami of Holsteiu-Friesian*. Ayr shires and Jerseys as fancy breeds, the Holsieiu Friesians having -pri ad with great rapidity throughout Ohio, Illinois and In diana. The reports of the Bureau of Animal In dustry show that the cattle interest is spreading rapidly, not only in the region west of the Mississippi. which is naturally adapted for this industry, but also in the South, where the people were al first slow to realize the benefits to be secured by raising uiore and better cattle. In the , different State* and Territories iu the West there are uow over 113.000,000 head of i-attic, representing a value of #t!00,o00,000. The breeders of that section consider the >hort-horn breed a* the one best adapted for beef cattle, and the crossing of it with common -lock has been attended with most excellent result* And although the dairy busiuess has not yet assumed propor tions sufficient to justify the brcediug of cattle with this purpose alone iu view, yet many of the farmers are successfully cross ing the native stock with llolsteins and Hereford*. During the last ten years the breeding of horses has increased very rapidly iu tbe Western States, it having been found not only that there is a large demand for good horses but that, however severe the winter, aud however heavy the loss of other live stock, the percentage of 10.-s on horses is very light. Although the slieep interest does not in crease as rapidly as the cattle industry, yet the grade is being improved by tbe intro duction of blooded stock..mostly .Merinoes. It will thus be seen that judicious and sci entific practice on the part of capable breeders has converted what twenty years ago was an industry iu embryo into a colossal affair representing millions of cap ital, aud has largely improved the econom ic conditions of the whole country.—Phila delphia Record. Hadji Hasseln Sees the Joke. A resident of Newark. N. J., who was a ' fellow - passenger of Minister Hadji Uassein return voyage, lias sent luuie an authorized copy of a lit speech made by the minister. The speech was made oue evening at what the Newark writer calls an informal dinner aud shows that the Persian minister has at length re- I alized that he acted hastily iu assuming that the badinage of a few American news papers respecting the Shah was ill-natured. The minister said.- "1 am quite satisfied now that it was only a joke, and that my inability to understand American humor was the cause of the trouble. I drink, my friends, to your health; to the prosperity of the I nited States; and I feel that this jovial cup unites us as the ocean does the I Eastern and Western continents. Spring ; iug from the same origin, there is jno reason why Persians aud Amer i icaus should not be brothers, aud while we remain iu Iran. the cradle of the noble A was, jou are demon strating tit the world the vigorous charac teristics of the race. I have been much impressed with all 1 saw in America, aud hope to be able to inform his Majesty the Shah of your wonderful progress. If the political necessities of Persia require it. 1 shall b.- happy to return to your country, although I felt annoyance at the comments ol some of your newspapers. Believe me. then, that it was not so much for myself as for uiy country's honor and for bis Majesty, whom we regard as our father; could 1 see him treated with levity without protest? i I trust, however, that iu the future editors will suppress untrue and foolish stories such as have already appeared, anil that Persian ministers may not have cause for I complaint of indelicate personalities to ■ themselves or to his Majesty the Shah." A Great Year for Kairs. According to Secretary Edge, of the ' State Board of Agriculture, this is going to be a great year for agricultural fairs in | Pennsylvania, as over seventy will be held ' during the months of August. September ! aud October. Secictary Edge has com piled a list from reports received by him, beginning with the State Fair at Philadel phia, September -4 to October 9, and the Tri-Statc Exposition .it Williams' drove, August I*6 31. Iu the Western counties, fairs will be helds as follows: Armstrong— Dayton, September -4 -7. aud Parker's Landing, September 17-20; Beaver—Beaver, September 24-27, and llookstowu, August 21 23; Blair —Hollidaysburg. September |l7 20: llutler—Butler, September 10-13; Cambria —Carrolltowu. September 17-20: ocbrautou, September 11-13, and Bam bridgeboro, September 24-27; Erie—Corry, September 10-13: Wuttsburg, September 17 2", and Edinltoro, September 10-13; Fayette—Cniontown,October l-4:(ireeue— Wayuesburg, September 24-26; Indiana— Indiana. October 1-4; Jefferson—Brook ville. September 10 13: Puuxsutawuey, Sep tember 17 20: McKcau —Port Allegheny. September 13-15; Mercer—Stoucboro, Sep tember 23-27; Warren—Warren, Septem | ber 30; Washington—Washington, Sep tember 17 20, aud liurgcttstown. October ; 1 Westmoreland—Greensburg. Septem i berß 11. —The lion is the kiug of the forest, but ' the cow is the boss of the barn yard. —New York has seen many noble pa geants lately: but Boston is the real place j lor spectacles. —Some unknown geuius sets forth the j following illusive problem: A friend asks iue to multiply $5 by *5. Ido so and an- j uouuee the result as ♦25. All right. Now , multiply 5"0 cents by 500 cents, giving the ! answer in cents pure and simple, not as ■ ! fractional parts of u dollar. Ido so aud | • surprised to see the ligurs climb up to j 250,000 cunts, which is $2,500. As io aud ■ fiOO cents are equivalent, the result is puz- ' /ling. Law is supreme, without a doubt— The brain is mightier than the fist. John bares his arms and kuocks Jake j And is the champion pugilist; But law steps in behind the fray: A different tune the "scrappers" sing: And Governor Lowry is to-day The champion of the riug. An Infamous Trust. The accused lust of fold led rattle* ]ilulwr»Ui» corner cml. ickeu, Tkiitv, sugar. »»lt. peanuts. **tor oil sad mil th« treat staple food products of the world, m order that the) ui.iv fatten and grow gross tr upon every Kite and sup in which the poor man may venture to indulge But only lately bare these cormorant! of a tumid civilization presumed to menace the pleasure* of tbe mind and darken tbe de l:cbt-> of tbe eye. And the horrid claws of • hat is popularly known as the batefal hand of corporate greed are now stretched out to clutch one of tbe tew legacies of the fury illusions of youth which remain to world-weary uien in this age of cold utili tarianism. The ballet girl is the last, lingering echo »(the fairy stones of childhood. She falls lightly from the clouds upon the enraptured vision, she twinkles star-like before the longing eye of tbe beholder, and dance* with tbe sciutillant. hovering gleam of tbe will-o'-the-wisp across the -light of tbe jaded uiiud She is beautiful and buoyant alike to man. woman and child; to the • dweller in towns and to tbe bucolic visitor with halls of tbe golden grain in his hair: to the proud millionaire and to the bainble toiler who .->reals an hour away to be carri ed out of bis workaday world into th« changing mists of Prospero'* island, where imagination flies Ariel-like abo\e the earth ly dullness of the *poken lines, and in whose sweet beguiling the man becomes a boy again and fully believes in the giants and ogres and puissant fariesof childhood's unquestioning creed. The ballet girl is perennial—she it natur al wealth—she is the gift of the gods to mortal men. She has blessed ns with her gracious lingering behind tbe flight of many vauishing joys. And uow are we to lose herf Is she to be bought up and cornered and kept apart, and only shown at a price commensurate with the greed of a soulless trust? Never, never. The paw of tbe British lion, now laid upon this dearest treasure of oar liTes in tbe shape of an English syndicate which proposes to control all the ballet girls in the country and to compel all theatrical managers to come to it for their coryphees, must be hewn off short, even though it bring on a deadlier war than that which threat.-u» to follew the dispute in the Bebring Sea. The American ballet girl mast and shall be preserved, free from tbe hampcriug hand of capitalistic (reed —free forever to gladden tho fast fading garden of man * delights— free to wreathe her golden spell— bewildering the foul. That is, comparatively free. No putting up prices on the prime necessities of refiu ed life. What a Dying Irishman Asked His Wife to Do. "1 beard a story on an old Irishman tbe other day which I think is new," said a friend at tbe club "This Irishman was in the habit of going home drunk every night of bis iife and beating his poor wife Biddy iu tbe good old fashion. He didn't lick her because be disliked her or wanted to punish her, but just because he thought it tbe proper thing to do. Finally, how ever the patient woman could stand it no longer and appealed to tbe priest The rev erend father went to her home that even ing aud waited for Pat. He came, drunk as usual, and the good priest took him in band. ••Pat," says he. "you're drunk." "Vis, your riverince," says Pat, "I'm feeling purty good." "Well, how long is this going to contin ue. I'd like to know?" "Jist as long as I kin git a dhrop of the creatur," says Pat, "I can't stop dhrink ing." • Now, see here, Pat, "says the good fath er, "I'll tell you what. You'll stop this right here to night. If you ever get drunk ugaiu I'll turn ye into a rat—d'ye mind that? If I don't see ye I'll know about it jist tbe same whether ye git drunk or not. and if ye do get drunk into a rat y« go Now remember that—there's a good man.'* "The priest then- went away and Pat was docile that night; but the next night when be came home aud kicked open the door one glance showed Biddy that he was loaded to tbe bat. She gauged his •jag' at oucc, saw that he was in fighting trim, so sbe dodged behind tbe table iu an attitude of defence. "Don't be afraid, darling," said Pat, in a subdued key, as be steadied himself before 1 dropping into a chair. "I'm not going to bate you this night. I m not going to lay the me linger on ye. I want ye to be kind to me to-night, darling and to remember, if ye kin, tbe days when we was swate hearts, and when I was always kind to ye and ye loved me. Ye know his rivcrince was here last night, and he tould me if 1 iver got dhrunk again he d turn me into a rat. I'm dhrunk this minit, darling. The praste didn't see me,but he knows I'm dhrunk and this night into a rat I go. I want ye to be kind to me, darling, and watch me, aud when ye see me getting lit tle, and the hair gowing out on me, and me whiskers gitting long, for God's sake, darliu', as yo love me, kape yer eye on the cat. Is it any Wonder that Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery outsells all other blood and liver medicines, since it possesses such superior curative properties as to warrant its manufacturers iu supplying it to the people (as thev are doing, through druggists) under condiUons such as no other medicine is sold under, viz: that it must either benefit or cure the patient, or the money paid for it will be promptly returned It cures all diseases arising from deranged liver, or from impure blood, as biliousness, "liver complaint, all skin and scalp discuses, salt-rheum, tet ter. scrofulous sores and swellings, fever sores, hip joint disease anil kindred ail ments. —The rudder is a stern necessity to a ship. —Children cry for tbe moon. Men want the earth. —The woman who lives in vanity lives iu vain. —People who get lonesome realize what poor company they are. —A dime museum has a cow with three tails. There are no flies on that beast —Sullivan in a jail and Jake Kilrain a fugitive from justice. How the big men do take a tumble. —England has a coal canal|*ixteen mile* long, between Worsely and St. Helens, that is underground from end to end. Ilu meu lie ou the coal and propel With their feet against the roof. —Wiggins, the weather prophet, says the seas are drying up. They set him a good example. —The smart young man said he bad not been in the drug store very long, but he had been at the ioda fountain long enough to lie a fizzician. frith a tightening grasp she seized hi* arm Like one with horror dumb, liurirlcd and moaned, then wildly shriek ed, • Oh. George, I've lost ray gum!" NO. 41