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BUTLEU 3PEJM 3ST'A
DEALER IN
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O A t< «
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TROUTMAN'S.
• Leading Dry Goods and Carpet Holism, Butler, IV
J. R. GRIEB. PROF. R. J. LAMB.
GRIEB & LAMB'S MUSIC STORE.
NO-18 SOUTH MAIN ST., BUTLEK, I J A.
BSoJc Agents for Butler, Mercer and Clar
ion counties for Bchr Bros. Magnificent Pi
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Tuning and Repairing of all kinds of Musical Instruments
Promptly attended to.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
PROFESSION A L "CA It DS.
J. W HUTCHISON,
Ai i .jUM.V A i LAV.-
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lHaiiiniid, liutler. Pa., Ic-*.»ui No. I
A. r. srorr. J. e. wtison.
SCOTT & WILSON,
ATI'OKNKVS-AT LAW.
< olli «tlun-> a i.iliy. office ut No. b. .South
Diamond, Hilller. Pa.
JAMES N. MOOKE,
Attobne*-at-Law ami Notary Pt'BUC.
office in Urn.in No. 1. second floor of llusetton
Block. fillr:ince ou Diamond.
P. W. LOWIiY",
ATTOItNEV AT LAW.
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A. E. RUSSELL,
ATfOItNKY AT LAW.
Office on second floor of New Anderson Clock
Main St.. -near Diamond.
IRA McJUNKIN.
Attorney at Law, Office at No. 17, Lust Jeffer
son St.. butler. Pa.
W. C. FINDLEY,
Attorney at l-aw and Real Kstate Agent. <>i
lice rear of L. Mitchell's office on north side
ol Diamond. Sutler, IV
H. 11. GOUCHER.
Attorncy-at-law. Office on second lioor ol
Anderson building, ne.ir Court House, Butler,
Pu.
J. F. BRITTAIN.
Att'y at Law—Officer at S. U. Cor. Main Ht, awl
Diamond, liutler. Pa.
NEWTON BLACK.
Alt yat Law Office on South side of Diamond
Butler. Pa.
* JOHN M. RUSSELL,
Attoruey-at-I.aw. Office ou South Hide of I>i»-
uiond, liutler. l'a.
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office nk.ab Diamond. Buti.bu, I'a.
G. M. ZIMMERMAN.
riIVICTAN AND H'HOKON,
| Office at No. 4fc. S. Main street, ov« r I rank (A
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SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon.
No. 10 »Ve*t Cunningham St.,
W. R. TITZF.L.
I'IIYSICIAN AN "SURGEON.
t Corner Main and Nor 111 Sta.
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DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
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Home, I'p Kt*lr«.
omen open dally, except Wednesdays ami
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porated capital S3,OOO,'KK) nml other
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l.ife Insurance Co., assets :f!io,<KK) ) o<Xi. Office
New lluselton building near Court House.
BUTLER COUNTY
Mutual Firo Insurance Co.
Office Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts.
y». 0. ROESBING, J'llEHl !>KNT.
WN. CAMPBELL Tuusvns
11. C. MEI NEMAN, Hkguktauv
DIRECTORS:
J. I. I'nrvis, Ranmel Ami- rsnn,
William Ciinplicll .1. W. llurkli.irl.
A. Trout man. Henderson Oliver,
• Iloesslni', .lames Stephenson,
l>r. W. Irvln. Ilenry Wliltmlre.
,1. K. Taylor. H. C. ileinenian,
LOYAL M'JUNKIN, Gen. A<?'u
BTJT'L'EE., PA.
BARGAINS
IN
Wall Paper.
For the next sixty days we
will offer bargain;* in nil our
gilt anil embossed wall papers,
in order to reduce stock and
make room for Holiday Goods,
J. H. Douglass,
Near P ostoffire, Butler Pa
LAKE SHORE NURSERIES.
ERIE, 3r»iV.
All ntock guaranteed I<i l>« in good con
dilioii when delivered.
We replace nil trees that tail to grow.
IIKFBUKN'CKS IN JIUTI-KR:
J. !•'. I.owry, AV. T. Merhling, Jamcu
Kltnuor, Jr , J. K. Kor vlhe, (Ico. Sliu/Tuer,
P Walker, I. ,| , I'erd Ifeiher, Iv.i and l>
li. Cleelnnd. '
G. F. KING, AGT.
EITBHAIIILIfc lloiun, llviLZu, Pa.
TIIH KiIRKATUNK STAKE
I,INK.
KLLERV BROOKES' IN FftKK PRK
"Pbiucaa! Uello! Phine**!"
~Te i*rn. ye in' Whoa there!"
The white horse had etth-d buck in the
breeching us if be bail suilFed Ibe Coiil
inainl from afar, then the die tuut gather
■■•l him elf together, a lii'ial sbivur ran
through the sleigh-bells and the Karra
tank stage came to a standstill.
"What is it, Mis' Weston?"
A large boned, cheery-laced womau
was stepping from the porch of a larai
hoose near the road.
"I want you to do a little shopping for
me, Pbin."
"Certain, Mis' Weston."
"A pair of copper toed boots for Penny."
••Le's .see—the last pair I bought for
Benny was nines, wasn't they."
"Yes; but he'll want tens this time."
"Certain. I'll pick out a good pair, too."
"Is there any news up the road?"
"Xo'ni—except that young Solon liack
ett's gone into the woods to cook for Brad
street's crew."
"Did Squire Fadden say anything to
you this time about expecting Frank's
widow'"
"Xo. Saw notbin' of bis folks."
"I didn't know but he'd notify yon to
meet her, or something."
'•Never's mentioned it. Fact is, the
never mentions things irnic h. Looks
like it storm, don't it? C'h'k! Get up!"
Jingle, jangle, went the big. round
sleigh-bells, and the stage moved on
its way to Ktreamville, just as it moved
every Monday, Wednesday and Friday, in
good weather and bad, on holidays and all,
with such regularity as if it were one of
the glittering orbs of the solar system, in
stead of a rusty black ark on yellow run
ners.
"Oh, give me a home by the deep,
\ cot by the billowy sea,
Where the wild breakers roar
On the stern, rocky shore—
Oh, that is the dwelling for me,
For me!
Oh, that is the dwelling for ine!"
sang I'hin. as the stage Mid down the hill
—not becanse he hail any particular lik
ing for salt water, or had become tired of
liis bachelor quarters at the Karratuuk
Tavern, or would have preferred clam dig
ging or lobstering to stage-driving. The
song was a mere outburst of good spirits;
it meant that I'hin. Bouncy was contented
with his lot, and pleased with the general
aspect of things in the interior of Maine.
11 was thirty miles from the Imckwood
town of Karratuuk to the thriving village
of Streamville, on the Maine Central Kail
road. A long journey at best over the
poor roads, it was always lengthened by
such incidents as have alreail) happened
and are yet to happen on this December
morning.
Kor I'liiii. wad tin- shopper in general ol
Hit! people til' Karratuuk, Cornboro' ami
AI Kin. villi'. Kor a dozeu years he lmil
been the medium of communication be
tween the farm houses on the stage line
mnl the stores of Streamville, and tlie me
il'um 11:■<] grown in favor with constant
use. He shopped for tin- fanners and lor
the farmers' wives, for the farmers' hoys
and for the farm era' girls. lie hopped for
the rich and the poor, for the good and lor
the wicked. And, besides hopping faithful
lv and imimrtiallv for cvcivbodv alive, lie
imtioTn:
Groceries and gowns, crockery and clothe
pins, tobacco and slate pencil twaddling
clothes, if ordered, and shrouds if need be
- lie bought and fetched, to the indescrib
able accomodation of all concerned.
But as much and as acceptably as lie
shopped in each fifty-two weeks ol the
year, ho never whopped HO extensively or
to Mich satisfaction as in the week
before Christmas. The Christmas trees,
the Christmas stockings, the Christinas
puddings, were all indebted to Chin. He
drove from Streamville loaded with bun
dies in which were the mystery and the
delight, the mirth and the feasting of
Coinboro', Atkinsville and Karratnnk—a
veritable Santa Claim, but for whom the
Christmas of these three towns would have
been a barren festival. All this added to
the passenger.-, the mails and the horses,
mi endless chain of work and bother which
honest Phin was really glad to wear. The
more errands he had to do, the more
pleased was hf—for the more Christinas
there was to her and if, as often happened,
he had no Christinas orders from two
or three idiabby houses on his route,
Hoinchow it came to pass that the stage
brought a Christmas bundle to every one of
them nevertheless —which, Phin. said was
much jollier and better than skipping any
body.
it was the day before Christmas in the
year eighteen hundred and, never in i ml, when
lie drove away, singing, from Mr . Wes
ton's, and the interruptions of his journey
were many. Mrs. lieety asked him to buy a
shaving-mug for Hiram, as good a mug a >
lie could get for a ninepenee; .1 mas Mer
I ill ordered two pairs of skates for his twin
boys; Atii.l Ora Westcut must have a
yeast-cake, and so on.
•'lt worries nie drelfully, I'hiu., hccaii >■
you never -el uothiii' down," aid Aunt
Ora.
"I get along just as well as if I did, and
better, too," said I'hiu "Ye sec, Aunt
(try, if 1 sot down iny orderu in a book, I'd
be liable to write 'em wrong or read 'em
wrong; but if I carry 'em in my head
there's no readin' nor writiu' to do, and no
chance to make a mistake."
And there did not live on his route man
or woman who tould justly accuse I'hiu. of
a blunder, lie bought everything exactly
according to orders, delivered everything
just where it belonged, and always knew
to a cent what everything ml.
"That's Mary I'addcu urpri. in' thin
and pale, but as pretty as ever," I'hiu. said
to himself at the Streamville railroad sta
tioli that evening, when a rather . lender
young woman in black stepped from the
train and looked eagerly about.
I'hiu know her well, knew all about her
and her widowhood, had carried Krank up
and back the last time he visited the old
homestead on Cornboro' Hill. And only
five or six weeks ago their daughter, June,
had gone to her grandfather's on the stage.
She was a charming little brunette of five
years, and I'hiu. had fallen de perately in
love with her at first sight, lie had in his
pocket, now, an intended pledge of his
affection in tin- shipe of an aggregation ol'
i ugar elephant camels and eagles,a pound
of the most < hrislma y and spectacular
candy to be bought in Streamville.
l'hin. clumsily made his way up to Mary,
when he saw her.
"Ilow'd ye do, Mis' Fuddenf" aid he.
1 suppose you'll lie goin' out with me to
morrow?"
"Oh, this is Mr. i'ouney! I'm glad I've
seen you to night. Yes, please call at the
hotel for me."
"Certain," aid l'hin.
And when he was ready to start, the
next day, it happened that lie had no other
passenger.
"Xow, nee here, Mis' Faddell," said he,
"wouldn't it be pleasunter for ye, no long's
it's a nice day, to set up on the boxf
The sunny peich certainly looked more
inviting than the dark and purple hung
chamber of the btagu-coach.
BUTLI I!. PA FRIDAY. JANI'ARY 10.1890
••Thank von. Mr. Itonney," said Mary.
"I believe I would rather ride up there.'
She \\a grateful to Pltiti. fur liis cordial
itv and lor the coii.-.iderat» iray in which
hi- lucked the buffalo robe- arouinl her,
but bis "lib equent .m-ia' exertions were
wa. led upon her She was equally heed
less of the bright winter -ccnci through
which the) w ere passing and of the driver's
pcr-i lent chatter, llercon.n iou-.ne- wa.
crowded vviib other things, and not iiiitv)
thing . either, on tbi line ( Lristina 1 nioru
iug.
••Vou remember that place, I suppose,
Mis' Fadden. That's where Barkins was
raised, the Congressman from '.bis dees
triet. Xobody thought he'd amount to
much when he was a boy—always took
hold of everything wrong end foremost."'
Mary heard I'hin . but herthonght Hew
away before she could answer.
A long time aftenvar ,s she gave a start,
aj if suddenly awakening fro«i a dream
"Excuse me, Mr. Bonney," he said,
"I'm rudely absent-minded.
"Cli'k! tiet up!" I'hin. exclaimed me
chanically, and without producing auy ap
parent effect on his team.
"Lord bless ye, ma'am! Don't pay any
attention to my talk! Nobody does, not
even the bosses!" and he gave those iu
attentive steeds a startling cut with the
whip, as if to demonstrate by comparison
the futility ol' his conversation.
There had been many stops and the short
■lay was almost gone when they reached
Squire Fadden's.
The watch-dog barked hoarsely ami a
man sauntered out of the back door.
"Halloo, Squire!" Phiu.'s merry voice
rang out. "I've brought ye a Christmas
present!"
There was no answer lor a moment, us
the man drew near, staring at the two
figures.
"Oh, il's you, is it?" he said when lie suw
Mary's face.
But she was not fairly down Irom t e
box when there was a scampering of little
lect and a screaui.
"Mamma!"
Tightly clasping her bosom and raining
ki ies on her upturned face, Mary forgot
the coldne ; of Squire I'utblcu's greeting,
forgot everything else, and was thrilled for
a moment with all the joy of Christmas
Day.
"Come, Mary, come! Don't land there
in the snow. Von and our June will both
ketch cold," .-aid a grating voice, and Mary
aw the Squire's wife standing iu the front
door.
"Here, little one! Something sweet tor
yon!" cried I'hin.
"Oh, thank you!" June shouted, as she
took the candy. "And I've something al
most ready lor you, I nele I'hin ! I'romise
me you'll call here to-morrow. Promise
me."
"Certain!" said I'hin. "Cli'k! (iet up!"
"Boo!" I'hin. shiveied as he gathered the
rohes about him more tightly. "Most auy
otic would have made uior'u that of a new
cow critter. I pity that woman."
Sarah Fadden extended her baud to
Mary, but held herself away when Mary
would have kissed her.
"Well, Mary," she said, "you're wel
come to what we have, but I don't suppose
'twill suit von very well."
"Dear me, Mother Fadden, it will more
than nil!"
"I —lii.o, c. Millo.t u.
pool' place loi.l liem lll.il i £<it ll.M'd lo ill
HTel tilings. But you'll have to excuse me
now. I've got no end of work to do, and
its about supper time.
Tired and dizzy, Mary went to bed .nun
after supper, and with her arms around
Juue gave herself up to the tears whie'.i
she had been struggling (<• keep hack.
She bad hardly expected this reception
at Squire Fadilen's farm. She knew that
Frank had married her again t. his parents'
will; and wine bitter words that his moth
er said had come to her ears, but wbeu she
received their letter offering a home lo her
and her child, she dared to hope that the
past would be forgotten in a common sor
row and they would open their hearts to
her. She believed it to be her duty lo ac
cept their invitation; for she was poor, she
was not Ktrong, and she knew too well
that she could not make a com fort aid •
home for J line. And so she come here, to
ache with present wretcheducs i and tram
hie for the future on Ibe very night of her
arrival.
She finally lell into a troubled sleep, in
awake in the morning with an aching head
and Muttering nerve i.
"I don't think it well for a person ill
your hcallh to sleep with the child —she
may catch consumption or something
from you, I've known ol'fuch things," her
mother in law said at the breakfast table,
in a matter-of-fact way.
' Von shan't take me from mamma!"
cried June passionately.
\o retort came from her grandmother.
She hui seen that look of June's before,
flashing from her lather's eyes. It awoke
Ibe woman's most painful memories
Mary said nothing. She did not know
what to su3 She loved lor child the
more for tln- loyal outburst, and yet : lie
wished that Mrs. Fiulden could have been
: pared thai look, much as her own wound
marled
It was a wearisome forenoon and she
she was glad when the Karratunk luge
stopped at the farm, true lo the driver's
promi e. ami June dragged in "Uncle
I'hin." lo give liiiai the bright llauiiel hut
terfly whieh her own bands bad made.
"Ain't il prettyf unit it prettyT" lu rii
ed. "It's ibe prettiest neck lie I ever
aw!"
"Oh no! It .. a pen wiper, I nde I'hin,"
said Ji|lie, in a gale of laughter.
"A pen wiper! ofconnie il i< -and the
handsomest pen wiper I ever had in my
lilt-' Hod bless ye, little one. what a line
pen wiper it is, and what a line girl you
be!— And how's your health this uiorniu',
Mis' FaddeiiT Ve look poorly, seems to
me Is there anything I could do for ye.
Whenever there is, don't ho afraid to
speak. Ve can con lit on me every time,
you and June!"
The hearty words brought a glow lo
Mary's cheek Ibat the biting air heighten
cil, as die slood at Ibe door Willi June lo
see I'hin. drive oil', waving hi hand.
"I want, you to let me do all I can, for
I mil I if I live here," she . aid lo her bus
band's mother, and there was employment
for another pair of hands in the lion c ami
the dairy; but whenever Mil. Kadib-n gave
her aliythiug lo do, it w.it with a di lrust
ful air. She i in-ceded admirably in mak
ing Mary feel that, she was a bother and a
. tumbling block; and ambitious as Mary
was to earn her living, the allernativa of
trying lo help Mrs. Fiulden or itliiig idle,
presented itself as a choice of evil*.
There seemed to be no sympathy in Sa
rah Fadden's nature. II she ever bail
shared of this gracious qualily.it apparent
ly had evaporated in the arid routine of
her narrow life. As for the Hqnire, he was
a busy, sordid man, satisfied that he had
done his lull duty iu giving shelter lo Mary
and June and then forgetting them
A 1 like Mary'* could only droop
upon the sterility of this home. While
June, ii.. ..lie breathed in the pure, sweet
is entcd aii that blew about Ihe hill faim
and revelled iu a free out door lile, wab
growing rosier and stronger every day, the
hollows iu her mother's face were deepen
ing.
"Oh dear!" sighed June, alter lie bad
jumped with plea are over :» new doll that
Phin Bouncy had handed her, by the road
■ide, one autumn day—' I wish you could
luiiig mamma something to make her bap
py!"
•'i crtaiu, little one, certain! \\ hat had
1 better bring liert"
"Oh. no. Vou can't bring her auyiliiug.
1 only meant that 1 wisln d you could!
••Why can't If
■ oh. you could't. I know yon couldn't!
And then mamma tol.l me I mustn't ever
ask you for anything."
"Nonsense! —I mean to always mind
your mother, little one."
"But 111 tell you what, I ucle I'hin,"
added June, brightening, "it might do her
good il you should call and see her! She's
been o loin ouie lately!"
"Certain, my dear! certain! Ch'k! liet
up!"
The very next afternoon I'hin Bouncy
appeared at the F&ddens' with an armful of
chrysanthemums.
"For you Mis' Fadden," said he, awk
wardly.
"Oh, Mr. Bouncy, how thoughtful and
generous j'ou are!"
"And by the way, Mis' Fadden, I've
been ihinkin' that it might . e a sort of fx
citement for ye to take a ride down to the
village ouce in a while. Ye'r welcome to
a ride any time, you and Jun -. It shau't
cost ye a cent."
Mary blushed and felt an unaccountable
emliarassment.
"It's very good of you, and—and please
understand that I thank you heartily," she
said.
"Certain, ma'am, certaiu —that is, I'm
much obliged," said I'hin, backing out ol
the door, in a state of mind w holly unlike
any thai he bad hitherto experienced.
He drove over the crest of the hill and
down through the valley, thinking of the
forlorn look iu Mary Fadden's eyes and
the color that had suddenly flamed npou
her cheeks.
"Poor thing!" said he, "Poor thing!—
and such a nice sort of a person."
lie tickled the white horse with his
whip, chucked to the chestnut and jogged
along.
"Poor thing!" he said to himself again
he crossed the bridge over Stollord'sbrook,
a mile beyond.
Suddenly a look ol intense chagrin came
upon his face; he yelled a tierce "Whoa!"
and pulled up the horses with such a jerk
that they snorted.
"Thunder and guns!" he bawled, "Vou
ve done it this time, Pbin Bouncy!"
To their indescribable amazement, the
white horse and cheslnut were turned
squarely about, and the Karratuuk fttagc
began to retrace its course.
"Oh give me a home by the deep,
A cot by the billowy sea,
Where the wild breakers roar
On a s eru rocky s'lore,
Oh, that i < the dwelling lor me,
For me!
t)h. that is the dwelling lor me!"
roared Pbin. oomewhat out of tune, tc lie
drove back, and the familiar words literal
ly expressed the yearning of his heart, lie
really wished to be transported, tor be felt
at t hat moment as if he could never look
his old friends squarely iu the face again,
lie had committed the u ipre cdented rnnl
uupiu'dunable -in of dri**'"" by
Aunt lliiiiiiuli Cool, on , i iiliout leaving
her molasses jug.
i'oor I'hin! lie said he didn't it- how
il could have happened final tlll, hu
thought, perhaps he iliil. t>i .creditable as
il appeared at first, the longer In- thought
about tin- more excusable it seemed, nm
sidering the circumstances. "Put I dun
no," said I'hin, "I dnnno!"
That evening, a:; the elder Mrs. i'uddcu
was paring and slicing apples with Mary
in the kitchen, he varied the taciturnity
with which she usually devoted herself to
such solemn operations, hy breaking into
conversation
"It looks to me, Mary, as el' you're
dreadful not on it for society," said she.
"What do you meant"
'•Why, bavin' so milch to do with I'hin.
Hon liny."
"Oh, he's a real good hearted mid ac
comodating man, and he is <o fond of
Juue."
"Hu the doesn't come lroui very good
stock, and I don't think he's a proper per
son for you anil June to he so IVeii with;
and, besides, the neighbors are fulkin'."
"What!"
"II don't look very becomiii', you know,
for you to lie reeeivin' bouquets and things
from liim when Frank's been dead so Hhort
a time."
"lion'l, Mother Fadden, don't say Mich a
thing as thai," Mary protested. Her voice
quivered—and the sharp pain, that now
came ode,,, came again.
"Well," said Mi . Faddon as if .die
were an ope: at in j; surgeon, ami tlie case
reijiiircd (hut the Knife lie thru.il si ill deep
-"I want one I bin;; understood, and
that is, if anything happens, I'm to ha\e
Juue."
'.n iudiguant retort, roue to Mury's lips,
but she iiinothcrcd il, and, in bin," lo her
chamber, she lell on her knee
• Oh, Cod, pare me— pare me!" :die
cried.
Hut, as Ibe year crept on, a s the Novein
her wiud.i tnii' Hie la"I leaves from Ihe oaks
anil Ibe Itecciiibor snow 1 hronded them,
it grew harder and harder to hear the lone
line *, the colduc. i and ilistrn I llial made
up her life with the Fadden .
She couldn't have borne it all but for
.lillle and more than once the huddered
lo find her. elf forgetting June and wishing
til'.t the end might come
Chir linns eve came around again and
brought one of the worst tonus that bail
raged iu Maine for many winters, ft was
a wild and dismal night. The wind howl
ed and shrieked madly as il burled the
skurrying siiowllukes into huge drills.
"We sha'n't get any mail to night," aid
Squire Faddcn." "No team could lite iu
such a storm. I'hin. will have to stop in
Streaiiivillc."
Late in the evening, when June bail gone
tobed, Mary sal sewing in Ibe cheerless
parlor of Hie farm house, alone. "What a
gloomy Christinas eve!" she thought; and
then her mind reverted lo that night when
the Star burned no brightly in the Fast and
there came to mankind glad tidings ol
great joy. "Clad tidings of great joy!"
The words kept ringing in her ears, a i if
she heard the angel my tliein. What a
night was thai!—and what a night was
Hu '
tier lillle dinily-buruiiig lamp made the
dark room more shadowy. She could hear
no sounds bul the roaring gusts that lore
at. the shutters and beat the bouse till il
trembled. The icy wind, driving through
every litllc t rauny, made her shiver ami
draw nearer to the wood lire, the most of
who ii warmth the same savage wind drag
ged up the chimney.
The fury of the gale seined lo increase,
lis ravings and moanings, with the creak
iug of the boards ami the timber in their
lniggle against its might, were terrible to
hear. Mary could not ..it I here longer
She stalled lo join Mi's. Kaihlfli A lij
companionship would be preferable to thai
of the storm.
Hut suddenly she beaid a new anil luudei
bound; she thought it was a knocking ul
the froiil <l<M>r.
n,nun., titunt)>T
\ i->, souicbodv was out there. pounding,
am! >li»- hastened mi ,wer.
blinding torrent nl suow rushed 111 a
•ln» opened the door.
"Owhl eveuin\ Mis' Fadden."
• What' you here, Mr Honnev, to night!'-
• Ye I v\otiltln't have coino, lint liut
ye see 1 hud a a Christina preseut for
11 a, ha!"
t'hin. usually spoke in a ringing tone,
hut his Voi.e now had ii Imrsher clang,
vibratiug with ex« iteuicut.
"Oh!" aid Mary, uubiously.
"Yes'm; a Clin tina.' pre entlorje, Mis'
Fadden."
"Hear nit-! Come in!" continued Mary,
helplessly.
"Hit. ha!" Pliiu laughed again, ami the
wind seemed to mimic the ; trained, unnat
ural lalijrli aud to shriek, 'lla, ha!"
"Hold on, 1 'hiii! Let uie go lir.it!" eried
another voiee. and a iniilHed form, which
the whirling snow had hidden, pressed into
the parlor.
The HI an strode ill and threw open his
ulster.
"My dear, dear wife!"
lie sluud LuMiUK out but Immlt arid
trembling while lie spoke.
A woman's stream rang through the
house; such a scream as if the dead had
come back to life.
"Frank! —Thank tiod, oh, thank •■<«!!
The dead had come hack to life. Mar)
Faddeu was uot a widow, hut, faint with
joy, lay in her husband's arms.
Wrecked iu the sout hern ocean, upon a
shore fur out of the course of ships, Hip
posed to ha\e been swallowed up by the
sea and mourned m lost, Captain Fadden
had spent nearly two years iu lighting his
way hack to the home aud to the loving
heart that now lluttored against his own.
"Oh, Frank, dear Frank!" she sobbed,
"I couldn't have stood it another year!"
Then she thought of June and the
others.
"June. June!— Mother Fadden, Father
Fadden!" she screamed, running from door
to door.
'Frank's come. Frank's come! Oh, it's
true, it's true!"
She grew.dizzy, reeled aud fell
"It's true, it's true!" she cried, when she
opened her eyes ami saw them all gather
around her in a mael trom of excitement.
"But where is 1 'hinf"
"What!" cried Frank, "tiood Heavens!
Where is he? N'otanother man iuStreum
villi* would have brought me through to
night!"
The front door was open, as they had
It*lt, and a large drift of snow hud been
heaped in the little entry.
They honied and shouted again, but no
answer camp from I'hin. They conld hear
nothing lull the howl of the storm.
"I he must uol go ou! I told
him he must put up here!" Frank ex
elainicd excitedly—then turned and threw
la s arms around his wife again.
He fore daylight next morning, a lauiily
lour miles beyond was aroused by the piti
liil neighing of two half perished horses
that had struggled thioiieh the ridges of
miow into his door-yard.
|{y the roadside, not far away, they
found Phin.'s frozen body buried in a great
drill into which lie had fallen, helpless,
from ihe bos.
.Tune burst into a torrent of teals when
the news was brought to the Fadden'*
I'm iu.
"The until inn I have been crazy!" cried
Captain Fadden
"I'oor l'liiii !" said Mary, with a nigh.
"Perhaps some great trouble unnerved
him. I can understand how he uiuy have
felt. Oh, Frank!"
A Tony Landlord.
liighly i\ miles beyond Denver, the
year belore the lirst railroad went through,
four of us San Francisco passengers on the
overland stage, alighted in front of the
"Occidental Hotel" (built of logs). With
pants resolutely tllcked iu his boots, aud
determinedly fastened to his waist with a
belt in which was a vehement revolver;
check shirt and slouch hat, poetically on
one ear, the alfable host came out, kicking
a hound oil the step, to receive us. His
size commanded respect.
"(ientleincn," said he, as he shook hands
with each of us, "allow me to welcome
you lo this hospitable hostelry. The
bridge i» gone ut the river below and you
can't get over till it is fixed some time to
morrow. You will abide with me and I
with you,and you bet we'll share and share
alike in all we've got if We have to cut a
pun kill We are far out, but you sha'u't
liml us way oil'. Step right up this port
cochcrc (slab platform) and don't stop to
use the scraper; follow me through this
portal (slah door) to which the latch string
is never out of lix, unless it happens lo be
drawn in. step light up to this ornate
counter (board on two barrels) and place
your roy#l mimes upon this accommodating
register (a medical memorandum book)
w I (till our caterer'* attention (Sal,
t'ct frrub lor four on «I i t * >
"..ow, Nic lord , please step out into the
lavalor) (the whole wide world.) and pro
Cecil to perform your ablutionn in uncoil
taiiiiuatcd water dipped lroui the creek in
Vessels of the purest plated ware (tin
basin i, and there are the frescoed napkins
(piece ; of former table clotb) on that rack
(wooden phi)' I Now please walk in There
is Hie mirror (northeast cor jer of small
looking gla ) and comb (too hy to show
il.i teeth).
".- il up lu re by the register, friends
(stove clear out id' doors), for the evening
zephyrs are chilly, and take Ibe frost oul of
your feel I till first, gents, stroll into the
leir room (dry goods box) and lake a
supper invigorator (mountain avalanche).
What, waler? (Sum, it'll take all the tas I e
out!
"The gong (spoon rapped on crock)
minds; your refection is ready; come over
into the dining room (southeast corner of
room) and lake chairs (sawed oil' logs) at
the table lie hole (two labs on trestles).
Lieu e our menu, it is not prinleil yet, bul
you see before the bill of fare (old bacon,
corn bread, hominy, luackeral and chicory
coffee), the terrapin and oysters haven't
got here to lie ill season yel. No toasts,
gentlemen, are permitted at 110- table; you
mil l adjourn lo the bar lor them ami the
speeches, (ieiits, don't lie sparing Willi
the napkins (our handkerchief i), they seem
to he plentiful."
hater on as we were lne.l we intiuiutgd
ade lire lii el ire early. Said the landlord,
"Wait till I light Ibe chandelier (tallow
camilc in a block ol wood), lis the gas i nil
out. Now conic ii|i the elevator (laddt rin
corner), don't stumble and fall up stairs.
Select your own roonii, gcdtleuicn (bedi
all iu one room, divided by chalk marks),
ami don't overbalance yourselves and fall
against the partitions or you'll disturb your
neighbor. Hepair to your downy couches
( draw ticks on pliiuks); just manipulate
this electric annunciator on the floor (a
hickory club) or telephone dowu the shall
(trap door) if yon want anything, but don't
make a misstep aud liiiuble down with the
in*" sage liood uighl
The in*x I morning we found the laudlotd
win a great reader of high toned, low
priced novels and had got on to Hie swing
At 8 o'clock wo got off with our lives
—.Detroit Frt t J'rem.
The Diseases of Flk^.
*i .Stuart *\ Sun i-nutribnte to Thr ohin
tutmri .-.iiilr valll.tlile .suggestion* /mucU
lil their riprrieuer with hogs. Knctier,
they ?ay, ha» taught us the (Treat ueiec-i
ty "1 being thurniigbl\ posted ill the ftjrmp
t'Hii-i in order to be able tn prest nlie trust
meut and cure Mrlmiiilholngy has taught
; ii« ti. ia the lultai \ nf many tiMi of
utniii - The |iujtiiu juppoaed
to cause the lns:i i«t piiwui. ami to
paralyse tue muscles ol the loin-, id not
present in I |ic r cent. »t the supposed
I iiseti Furthermore, tl err is not one per
><>u in one hundred that ever -aw a kidu»v
worm; microscopy alone can decide and
determine the presence of these parasites.
A sick hop was slaughtered in our |>r*-s
--••nee, ami we removed both kidncis, In
order tu Mibniit thrin tn the microscope.
We found myriad of tricbiuit and also
ryst: iHi bedded in the kidney tisane II & J
I all thtr triehiu.e been eu. j Mind. the bog
would bare shown no trouble iu his move
ments, but those that were tree were the
parasites that caused the trouble. The
owner being present at I ,e rxauiinatiou
decided that every part of the carcass
, should be minutely examined, and We
On inquiry we foiiud that the pigs were
purchased from a slaughter house where
nil offal of animals was thrown to them
We had occasion afterward to visit the
place where the pigs were bought, and
touud the intestines of several animals,
sheep's beads, lung-. aud blood, put where
the hogs hail the best chance to become
infected with the parasite*. Any hog at
fecled with trichiine will show the same
symptoms, uud great care should he takeu
about U iing nuy kind of pork that may
have beeu affected iu thut way. We have
seen hog* that were so fat that they drag
ged their hiud legs when they were forced
to move. The owner of such should not
tbiuk thai thoy are models of perfect
health, as they are iu a doubtful state.
A farmer in cleaning out the pttu placed
a shovel ou the loins of a hog very lightly,
he Maid, but from that moment afterward
the pig walked with his bark humped as
if he had disease of the kidneys No oue
should strike a hog across the hack, as no
domestic animal is so easily injured per
luauently as the hog.
In a tape worm case, the owner stated
that all the hogs did well till they had the
run of the lield; then they did not do well,
although well fed. llogs infested with
tape worms thut iufest the pigs are Ttenia
muculata and Tivnia expasia Oue of
onr specimens measures twonty-two
feet The medicines to cause their cxpul
.-.ion are kousso, oil of turpeutiue, ground
root of male fern, itud areca nut. Santo
nine can lie well powdered aud given iu
the food, mixed with molasses. It is the
best mixture that can he given, as it does
not cause nausea, like oil, and has no flavor
of medieiue.
In a 10.1 cof indigestion the owner said
that his hogs had some disease about them,
aud were affected very strangely. They
did not care to leave their nests to feed,
miles, forced, uud they squealed as if suf
fering from pain. When they cams to the
trough they would take u mouthful as if
tliep were hungry, crouch, ruu backward,
anil fall over, but iu fifteen minute* would
return to the food uud eat a., it 'milling
wa. lb • matter That is is a cte'T - of
iudige.'tiou, and when slaughtered while
showing the <e uyinptouis, the inside linings
of the pigs' stomuches uud pail of the col
on were found coated with a dry substance
like blown flour. Feeding 100 hue uieal
caused the trouble. Whenever plenty of
Vegetable diet diet is given we never Uud
such syiuptous. A rush of blood to the
head was caused by impeded circulation
in the system. This teaches us the need
id' ulhuminious food of a laxative uature.
A Case or Abduction.
A couple who appeared to have walked
a long distance over a country highway,
and to be nuiu aud wife, woro wrangling
on the north portico of tho City tiall yes
terday when a policeman approached and
asked what was the matter.
"She's kicking up u rumpus." replied the
mau.
"No, 1 liuiu'l either, lie wants to flank
on his hargaiu," she protested.
"Well, what is it?"
"Why, we've beeu married about a
year," said the mau, "aud we don't get
along together. I said we better divorce
and she said she'l take $5 and let me go."
"Seven, Jim—l said seven!'
" Vou said five."
"Where were you going to gut a di
vorcef" asked tho olllcer.
"In here. That's what we came for.
Moon's we git it I'm going to Cauada."
"1 said seven dollars, Jim," put iu tho
wife.
"You suid five!"
"Seveu!"
"Five!"
"Seven or I won't sign!"
•You've gotter fur five!"
The officer proceeded to enlighteu the
couple a littie on tho divorce question,
and when he was through tho husband
said.
"If I can't get u divorce then I'll aliduct
myself."
•Then I'll abduct after you!" she repli
ed, and us he started down the street she
trotted uloiig ut hi i heels uud was prepar
ed for any dodgo he might uiako
It Worked Both Ways.
I'ol Moshy relates the following amusing
incident, which occurred iu the cavalry
light iu the Shuuandoah Valley in IH<>4:
"Iu the midst of a sharp cavalry engage
incut with Sheridan's men in a charge near (
Herryville, there came riding Into our lines
like a whirlwiud a Vaukee soldier on a
black horse.
"A score of men tried to stop horse and
rider, but tho old black's blood was up,aud
he went on clear through our lines before
be was under control. The rider was seut
to I.ibby Prison, uud we mustered the
black charger into the Confederate ser
vice.
"A lew days later wo charged some of
Custer's men, aud that old horse was rid
den into the eugugeincut by one of our
loldiers. The old black eveued Up thing),
too, for he carried his rider into the Feder
al lines and never came hack.
How She Did It.
Clo. ago school teacher— "HUM auy little
boy or girl know the poem about Old
Mother Uubhardf,'
lattle girl (frmn Hoston)—"l do."
Teacher— "Very well, you may rei lt« It
for the others '
I,itllc girl—"Aged Mother Hubbard per
tor,i.i d that particular style of locomotion
known as walking in the direction of the
receptacle in which provision* weic wont
to be kept, for the purpoi.e of providing lor
her faithful cutiiue u portion ot the Irame
ol u body Kut, upon arriving at the
aforesaid receptacle, what was her dismay
upon disc.tveriug that it was iu a state of
absolute nudity."—Lawrence AjHtricun.
A French physician recommends as a
Itnre cure tor dyspepsia that patieuts bald
their breath as long as possible several
times pel day. This may help, hut a sure
cure would he to hold yuur breath all day
long
AGRICULTURAL.
lloney should Out be kept lu tha light, AS
it iii liable to become too tbiek. It aette*
tiiuea candies, tvcti iu the comlt, but It
ui«> be n»ed fur making airup. la be fed to
I bees
The reports of the *everal experiment
taliou-< ace al»»ypromptly stmt to may
farmer* deairiug ti.mn As tb«y contain
the results of experiments they impart val
uable luloriualion
Experiments ahnw that auf portion of
the *eed from au ear of com may be used
for plautiug, ami that there is no advan
tages possessed by the butt seed over the
tip senl, nor is the middle seed better than
that from the butts or tips.
Wbeu crushiuK tor uuprovemuut of the
•■took the male should always be pure
hied When a graded male is used the ,
tendency is to retard improvement. it
requires but two or tbri>e seasons to effect a
marked improvemeut on the fann stock if
careful consideration be given the selection
of males
One catuiot learn too much about dairy
ing Them are many details, and it is
very mm* •<» malr» • »le«v» f!m~< rJ—
dairymen succeed only by giving the busi
ness close attention and study. Each in
dividual aniiuiri requires particular man
ugemeut.and success depends upon a faith
ful observance of every requirement.
Too much land means taxes ou that
from which only partial crops cau be ob
tained It is the small plots, well manur
ed, that yield the profitable crops. It is
more expensive to attempt to secure large
yields from a tract requiring a portion of
the time to be lost in traveling over it
than to concentrate all the labor on a small
area
Kye straw, unbroken, sells better iu
market than that which ia broken; but fur
beddiug on the farm, it is better to cut it,
as it cau then be easier handled when add
ed to the manure heap. The fineness of
all material entering into the mannre feeap
is important, as it promotes more rapid
decomposition and saves labor in handling
the inauuro in the spring.
There are inferior animals among all
breeds Kecords are made by individual*
that cauaot be approached by other aui
uial* of the same bread. Improvement,
therefore, has a wide field before it, and
no farmer sheuld he satisfied with simply
grading his stock by a slight improvement
lor a few seasous, but aim to reach the
highest possible limit to be attained. He
may not reach it, but he will be amply
recompensed In the increased capacity of
his stock and the greater value obtained
A pasture will not provide food without
reuewal any more than the feed trough.
Keeping a herd ou the pasture year alter
year will exhaust it just as surely as the
feed is exhausted iu the barn. Every
ouuee of milk earned from the pasture to
the barn is so much loss of plant food from
the soil. Alter the uows are stabled for
the wiuter a liberal dreeaing of manure or
fertiliser should be applied to the pasture,
which will not ouly protect the grass but
increase the supply of pasturage next sea
sou
FPJtans biAiasK*.
As nearly all the diseases of vegetables
are due to living organisms railed fungi,
something in regard to them will not be
out of place. Many valuable experiments
have beeu made in order to determine the
nature uud characteristics of the various
forms of fuugi which prey on both the lin
ing and dead plants, chief among which
are thoiie of Professor Humphrey, of the
Massachusetts Experiment Station, who
describes the ditloreuue between plauts
aud fuugi by stating that plants perform
their various functions by distinct organs,
such as leaves, roots, etc., while fungi per
form their functions with the whole plant
body, which needs no variety of organs.
The plants body of fungi cousista of nu
merous simple, brauchlug white threads,
whiob spread over or through the sub
stances ou which the growth le made.
These threads are known as tho myflium
oi the fungus. No flowers are produced
by fuugi, but they are propagated by
spores, which are produced on reptoduc -
tive threads, and are so snail and light
they can be carried any distance bjr winds
!or insects To prevent the spread of fungi,
therefore, the work must never be delayed,
but commence with the opening the sea
son. The use of compounds destructive to
fungi aud its spores should really begin be
fore auy sigus of attack can be noticed, es
pecially if the vegetables were attacked
the year previous. It seems possible,
however, that plaute may be fortified
ugaiust attack by vigorous growth, indue
ml by the use of fertilisers, which may in
troduce into the plants subetancea which
reuder them less suscaptibla to the influ
ences of the fuugi, or, rather, render the
plant less congenial as a soil for the
growth of the spores.
Why the fungi do not exist independent -
ly is because they cauuot elaborate their
own food material, and must subsist ou
plants, us plants, through the agency of
the leaves, roots, otc., provide the food de
sired by the fangi. The available sources
of supply fall under two beads—the living
organism and tho dead organic matter —
hence certain kinds of ftingl subsist on liv
ing plants aud others on dead matter. The
latter beloug to the class of molds, toad
stools aud such like. The others live on
the growing plants, aud rob then of tab
stance and vitality. Thay are abased as
parasites. There are various forms of fan
gl, many of which confine their operations
to certain varieties of plants, and the nil
dews come under this olase. Though
closely related, the mildew of the lettuce
does not attack the onion, owing to the
remote relationship of the planta attacked.
Farmers should study the fungi and make
themselves acquainted with the nature of
each kind. If they are unable to classily
the fungi they can at least experiment with
remedies aud modes of cultivation uot
ouly for the purpose of lessening the rav
ages but exterminate the parasite.
liars to matrimony—the front gale
—"Hell hath no fury like a woman
scorned." There's some consolation for
the siuner, auy way.
—lt is rumored that the supply of Dr.
Hull's Cough Syrup is uot equal to the da
rn aud, Druggists Should prepare them
wives for all emer|eucleß(sles as the people
rely on them for this remedy.
No preparatiou could have made such a
leputatiou as Salvation OU has, without
intrinsic merit of the highest order. It
kills puiu Price 25 cents.
Chops cau be made a beautiful amber
color by cooking them in paper.
Keep your tongue in your inouth if
you don't want chapped lips, is a doctor's
advice
—Au up tewn young woman has tempo
rarily lost her sight by gailng too steadily
at an electric light.
SAD, BUTTBHE
The owl's the bird of wisdom
And he avoids the light
Rut many a man ie Wiser far
Next morning thut *t night.
VOIO