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VOL: XXVII' TfilllM JfcMD, * * _ L , ! I--' 30 AI N.ST IF YOU WANT A WRAP A DRESS A Carpet A Bargain COME IN. HENRY BIEIIL 14 NORTH MAIN STREET, BUTLEU 3PEJM 3ST'A DEALER IN Hardware and House Furnishing Goods. Agricultural Implements, Kramer Wagons, Buggies, Carts, Wheel Barrows, Brammer Washing Machines, New Sunshine and Howard Ranges, Stoves, Table and pocket Cutlery, Hanging Lamps. Man ufacturer of Tinware, Tin Roofing and Spouting A Specialty. WHERE A CHILD CAN BUY AS CHEAP AS A MAN. There is no Doubt Ah to where you should buy your new <lress, il economy is the object you have in view, and you will agree with us, after you liave examined our line and prices in Silks, Satins, Cashmeres, Serges, Henrettos, Broadcloths, Flannels, English Suitings in plain and novelty plaids. TJ IST D E R W E R For Ladies, Gents, Mioses and Children which we know can not be equaled anywhere for value and price. Blankets, Flannels, Yarns, Plushes, Velvets, Ribbon, Hos iery and of all kinds. CARPETS, OIL CLOTHS, AND LACK CURTAINS In all the new fall patterns and designs. We are showing the grandest line of Ladies, Misses and Childrens O A t< « Ever brought to Butler, to convince you that the place to do your trading is yvith us.all we ask is that you call and examine prices and be convinced. 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 anos, # New by & Evans' Pianos, Smith- American and Carpenter Organs, Importers of the Celebrated Steinrneyer Pianos, and Dealers in Violins, Bruno Guitars, and All Kinds? of Musical Instruments. SHEET MUSIC A SPECIALTY Pianos and Organs sold on installments. Old Instruments taken in exchange. Come and see us, ILH we can save you money. 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.- V JIVI • I Ml ■' ..|T7T!»«•• •< '•( 111 • llu-x-lluu l.lOlk, 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. No. 3, Aiul»*rtiOii ttuiMtiig. liutlrr, I'a. 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. 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Communications by mall receive prompt attention, N. ll.—The only DrnlM in Rnller usliiK the. !»• f makes iftMflb L. 8. McJUNKLV, Insurance and Kenl Kstat<; An' t 17 KAST JEFFKUSON ST. BCTLEB, i*A. E. E. ABRAMS & CO Fire and Lile I N S IJ It A N (J E Insurance Co. of North America, incor porated capital S3,OOO,'KK) nml other strong corn pan ies represented. New York 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