V 1, XXVII
■' It '' i 30 T?mai M ST.. • -.;•-
HENRY BIEHL
I! NORTII'MAIN STIiEIiT,
- PE N IN' A
DEALER IN
Hardware and House Furnishing (roods.
Agricultural Implements,
Kramer Wagons,
liiiggies, Carts, Wheel Barrows, Braromer Washing Machines,
New Sunshine and Howard Banges, 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.
J. R. GRIEB. PROF. R. J. LAMB.
GRIEB & LAMB'S MUSIC STORE.
NO. 16 SOUTH MAIN ST., BUTLER. PA.
«jp-~- Solo Agents for Butler, Mercer and Clar
ion counties for Behr Bros. Magnificent Pi
anos. New by & Evans' Pianos, Sniith-
SS American and Carpenter Organs, Importers
of the Celebrated Steinmeyer Pianos, u|id
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, as we
can save you money.
Tuning and Repairing of all kinds of Musical Instruments
Promptly attended to.
Established 1850
E. GRIEB,
THE JEWELER,
No. 19, North Main St., BUTLER, PA.,
DEALER IN
Diamonds,,
Watches,
Clocks,
Jewelry,
Silverware,
Spectacles, &c., &c.
Society Emblems of all Descriptions.
Repairing in all branches skillfully done and warranted.
1850 ESTABLISHED 1850
THIS WEEK,
And for the next 30 days we shall con
tinue to clear our shelves ot Winter
Goods to make room for
m SPRING GOODS.
Come early as the prices we have reduc
ed them to will move them rapid
ly as they arejj marked very
low. You w ill find some big bargains at
TROUTMAN'S.
Leading Dry Goods and Carpet House, Butler, Pa-
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
J. W. MILLER,
Architect.
i otilce ou S. w. « ornerof
Mads ami .sprritlciilloiis lor el»**ap unJ expeo
-1 sue faade «»u short nutl v.
A. A. KELTY, M. D.
Oltlce doora south of tbc VOR L**y House.
Main St., Butler. I'a., on second lloor of het
terer's buiMln ,'. K« sUlonceoD W. JelTerson St.
G. M. ZIMMERMAN.
MIYSICIAS ASH BX'BOKON.
office at No. 45, S. Main street, over Frank «
fo's DIUJC Store. lHltler. I'a.
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon.
No. 10 vVeat Canniughum St.,
BUTLER, liPZENMNT'^
w. R. TITZEL.
i PHYSICIAN ANI) SURGEON.
s. \V. Comer Main and North Sk.
IBUTLER PE-M IN - 'A.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work pertaining to the profession exeeut
ed in the neatest manner. .....
Specialties :—«iold Fillings, and Painless Kx
t ruction of Teetli. \ italUed Air administered.
OlHrc on JfffrrtOß Street, one door East ofLonr/
House, l'p Stair*.
Office o|ien daily, except Wednesdays and
Thursdays. Communications by mail receive
prompt attention,
X. It.—The only Deutlst in Butler u-slug tlie
bc'st makes of teeth.
J. W. HUTCHISON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office tn second iloor of i lie IJuselton block,
Dlniucnd, Butler, I'a., Boom No. 1.
A. T.'bC'OTr. J- I l * WILSON.
SCOTT & WILSON,
ATTORN'KYB-AT -LAW.
i ollectlous a specialty. Office at No. 8. South
Diamond. Butler. I'a.
JAMES N. MOORE,
AITOUNEV AT-LAW AND NOTAKV I'cui 10.
Ollico In Room No. 1. second floor of Hiiselton
block, entrance ou Diamond.
P. W. LOWRY,
ATTORNKY Al LAW.
Room No. 3. Anderson Building. Butler, Pa. j
A. E. RUSSELL,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office on second floor of New Anderson Block :
Main St..—near Diamond.
IRA McJUNKIN.
Atlorney at Law, office at No. IT, East Jeffer
son St., Ilutler, I'a,
W. C. FINDLEY,
Attorney at Law and lteal Estate .\Rent. Of
tlee rear ol L. /. Mitchell's office ou noith side
of Diamond, Buller, Pa.
H. H. GOUCHER.
Attorney-at-law. Office on second floor ot
Anderson building, near Court House, Itutlcr,
Pa.
J. b. BRITTAIN.
Ally at Law -Office at S. E. Cor. Main St, and
Diamond, Butler, Pa.
NEWTON BLACK.
Atl'y al Uw—Office on South hide of Diamond
Ilutler. I'a.
JOHN M. RUSSELL,
Attorney-at-l.aw. Office on South side of Dia
mond, ilutler, Pa.
C. F. L. McQUISTION,
ENGINEER ANI» SURVEYOR,
OKFICK NKAK DIAMOND, BCTLBU, I'A.
L 8. McJUiVKIiV,
Insurance and Real Estate Ag't
17 EAST JEFFERSON ST.
HUTIiER, - PA.
E E.ABRAMS & CO
Fire and Life
INSUIt A N C E
Insurance Co.of North America, incor
porated 170*, capital $3,000,000 und other
strong companies represented. New York
Life Insurance Co., assets $;»0,000,000. Office
New Iluselton building near Court House.
BUTLER COUNTY
Mutual Fire Insurance Co.
Office Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts.
•i. C. ROESSING, PRESIDENT.
VVM. CAMPBELL TUEASURKK.
H. C. IIKINEMAN, SKCBKTAKY.
DIRECTORS:
J. I. Purvis, rtamuel Anderson,
William Campbell J. W. liurkliart.
A. Troutman. Henderson Oliver,
fi. C. Roessluij, James Stephenson,
Dr. VV. Irvin, Henry WhltnUre.
J. P. Taylor. U. C. Helneinan,
LOYAL M'JUNKIN, Gen. Ae't.
BUTLER, IPA.
BARGAINS
IN
Wall Paper.
For the next sixty days we
will offer bargains in all our
gilt and embossed wall papers,
in order to reduce stock ami
make room for Holiday (roods.
J. H. Douglass,
Near Postollice, Butler Pa
Advbftige ir 'bo CITIZEN
THE PEOPLE
WANT THEM!
lIUSELTONj
HAS GOT THEM!
The Good Qualities of Our
Boots and Shoes Bring Ex
pressions ol Delight from the
Thousands of Homes W here
Their Merits Are Known !!!
Tbc father is delighted over tLe
j lesseued bills for lioots and Shoes.
| The children were active and wore
out their fhoes so rapidly until
Huselton's Shoes Were Tried
I The mother is t;lad to add her word
of praise, for the children find all the
| family are to much better pleased
since they nso llnselton's boots und
j shoes that now
Nothing Else will Fill the Bill
We are having a great run on our
Women's Genuine I>ongola Flexible
Button Boots at 81.25, $1.50 and $2. j
! These are beauties and canuot be
; matched for style aud wear in other
houses at 50 cents a pair advance on
; our price.
gjgr°See our Women's SI.OO Uut
tou Boots. Nothing in the town to
equal then).
The Ladies' Hand-Turued Button
Boots—we have the stock to select
from, and the ladies know it. '1 hoy
all go to lluselton's for fine, good
fitting shoes. Stock larger this spring
than ever. Trade demands it So
we have it at ull prices and in all
shapes, widths, etc., from A A to hh,
tipped or plain.
Our line of Ladies' and Children's
Oxfords and Slippers are simply
grand. The combinations in fancy
colors in trimmings are immense, and
at vtry low prices. Stock exceeding ;
ly large. Look them over.
Ladies', Misses' and Children's J
Spring-Heel Shoes in great variety j
in black and fancy colors. They are
beauties! \
Men's Brogans and Plow Shoes at
75c. to $1 and $1 25. All solid, fine i
Shoes at sl—not shoddy, seamless |
tip bals. Klegaut—sl.2s, $1.50 and
$2 get you the finest in the laud for
the price. You can bay Men's !
Genuine Calf Shoes at $1.25 and a
dandy at $2. Come and see!
Our Infants' and Children's Shoes !
are lower in price than ever. Now
lines added. See OIK new l>ongolas
at 50c., patent tip and v.ery fine; 5-8,
S-l 1 solid at 75c ; these are very line. '
Infants' 10 25 cents and up. Chil- <
drcn's School Shoes, heavy, 50,'. t'>
SI.OO
Women's Heavy Shoes at 75c. to
sl, all solid. Boys' aud Youths'
Shoes, high cut, spring-heel, or heel,
$1 to $2 in button or bals. WE
PLEASE ALL THE BOYS!
We Don't Soli Any Old, Kusty
Job Lots, Auction Goods, or
Sample Lots, but All
Straight, Regular
Goods at Same
Price to All!
New, Fresh Spring Stoek now
coming. Come and fee us. It will
pay you.
B. C. HUSELTON.
No. 1, N. Main St., Butler, Pa
Business Change.
THE FIRM FORMERLY CALL
ED J. ,t B. KEMPER HAS NOW
CHANGED TO Fa. KEMPER, A
GOOD. COMPETENT AND EX
PERIENCED HARNESS MAK
ER. THE BUSINESS WILL BE
CARRIED ON AT THE SAME
PLACE AND IN THE SAME
MANNER AS USUAL THE
BEST OAK-TANNED LEATHER
WILL BE USED, AND 1 WILL
ALWAYS HAVE ON HANDS A
FULL ASSORTMENT OF
FINE AND HEAVY HARNESS,
COLLARS, BLANKETS,
ROBES, WHIPS
AND EVERYTHING GENER
ALLY TO BE HAD IN A NO. 1
HARNESS STORE. ALL OR
DERS WILL BE KINDLY AC
CEPTED AND MADE ON
SHORT NOTICE. ALL RE
PAIRING DONE PROMPTLY
AND PRICES AS LOW
AS THE LOWEST. ALL
CUSTOMERS TO THE OLD
FIRM, AND ALL IN GENERAL
ARE RESPECTFULLY INVIT-
E1 >TOC AL L AN D EX A MIN E.
Fr. KEMPER.
Christmas Goods for
Everybody.
I A splendid line of fancy and use
ful articles of every description.
Match safeß—in brass, nickel, cel
luloid, oxidized silver and rubber.
Toilet cases,manicure sets, shaving
sets, gloves and handkorchiof boxes
in leather and plush.
Odor cases in leather, plush and
celluloid. Smoker's Bets, vases, per
fume stands, and un endless variety
j
jof fine goods, which must be ateu to
Ibo appreciated. All finer, nicer and
cheaper than ever before. The pub-
I lie is invited to call at REDIUK'S
I Drugstore, next to Lowry HOUFC.
; Examine our goods and get our
; prices.
FOIt SALE!
J will sell my house and lot on W. Pearl
Ht. The lot has a frontage of <io feet 011 W.I
Pearl, and the house contains four rooms,!
with a good cellar.
For particulars inquire of me al II ". W.
Pearl St.. Butler, I'a.
MRS. E. J. IFFT. 1
BUTLER PA . FRIDAY. MARCH 14, 18<H)
Sllli WAS IN KARNRST.
• llullo, irung- r! might ymi b>,- looking
i lair someliodyr"'
The man who had been addre • ed- a
goodly-looking \ouug fellow. wearing a
' tostly overcoat, and bearing in lo hand ft
traveling bug—turned in thn word, were
| -pokm ami saw behind him a heavily
! built, elderly man of the farmer sort, who
: i arrieil i» hi-; hand a long whip, and wore
a brood-brimmed felt hat well pulled over
I his eyebrows.
"Am I looking f«»r someliodyt" he ie
| pcited. "Yes, sir. I'm looking for Mr.
Mark Mcllisb. lio was to meet me here
j and take me down to his place. I've been
j walking that station platform for a lull
I hour, and as the sun is pom;; down and 1
! have no idea where I am and I—"
Here he paused, evidently thinking it
j be t not to utter the remainder of his sen
tenec.
i 'Melli.li had good reasons l'or wanting
!t, >ee me," he added "I'm beginning to
! think that he neyer got my telegram
Have yon a hotel or tavern hereabout?"
••Nothing but the boarding hon.se at the
mine--," said the farmer "and when you've
gnt there jou are at Mellish's. lint if
you're Mr. .V< I son Noble, then—"
"I am," interposed the Ruling niun
Then," proceeded the farmer, "I've
come to letch you, and you haven't any
need of a hotel."
•'Good," cried young Noble, 'this great,
grand, stony country of yours, with its
bald hills and nothing growing, gives a
man trom Connecticut a leeling of having
got into the giants' country an Jaek-of-tbc-
Iteanstalk did. Your depot master trotted
home awhile ago, saying that there were
no more trains until to morrow, and it is
goiug to be a deucedly gloomy night. The
idea of spending it here was unpleasant—
in fact 1 was getting nervous over it when
you spoke to me."
" And yon couldn't be among hone.iter
people." ->aid the farmer: " 'li u'l like your
big cities, where there is robbers, and
bunko men, and pick pickets, as I've heard
tell, and traps set for you everywhere.
\ ou'll find every tnnu a brother here."
"Very likely," replied Noble, with a
laugh; "however, I'm glad you eauic lor
me, Mr.
''Smith, you can call me," said the old
man, "and we might as well be oil'; my
wagou is ill the holler there. The horse is
acting queer, and I wouldn't give liini the
pull up-hill. Any baggage, Mr. Noble?"
"Only this," answered Noble, with a
I swing of the traveling bag. "I'm only go
ing to stay over liigllt," and lie followed
Mr. Smith over the rocky road and dowu a
steep slope until they reached the spot,
where a cover-wagon, drawn by a bony
old white horse, stood waiting.
"Yon bit iii:>ide out of the draught," said
Smith, "scein' you've g>>t chilled at the
depot. The wind is kinder keen."
"Thank you," Noble answered, and
shortly finding the old 111:01 indisposed to
talking, he fell asleep under the dingy
canopy, and slept until the -uddeii stop
ping of the wagon aud loud .bouts from
the driver aroused him.
"What's the matter?" he cried, thrusting
his head through a rift in the awning, aud
from the shadow beyond for night had
fallen while he slept—Smith's rough voice
replied:
. "Darn it all. the bore has done it at
last, lie's dead as a door nail, and you
can't get to the mines to night, stranger,
nohow you can tix it."
"Let ine look at the animal,' aid Noble.
"Perhaps lie's not dead."
"1 know more about horses than yon
do," said Smith, "if you'll excuse my say
ing it. I'll have to ask you to slop at my
place to-night. I'll borrow a team to
morrow and take you up to Mellish's."
"Von are very good," said Noble. "Per
sonally, I'm not in haste, bill Mr. Mellish
had good reasons for wishing to sec me to
night; he should have sent a better horse
for me."
"tih, that's my horse," laid the farmer,
laughing. "He gave me the job to fetch
you. Guess be had reasons for not sending
folks from his pliuv. Well, losses are to
be expected,l suppose. This way, stranger;
I'll take hold of yon. I know the way in
the dark."
And shortly Noble l'ouud himself
emerging from the darkness of the starless
night into a little area of yellow light that
fell from a lantern swinging before the
porch ol a shabby looking house.
As Smith, with the freedom of the owner
of the place, flung open the door, Noble
caught sight of the figure of a girl of seven
teen, who sat crouched upon the hearth be
fore a blazing lire.
The girl was a handsome creature; and
as she sprung lightly and alertly to her feet
Noble saw that she owed nothing to the as
sistance ol dress. Her hair was cut short
like a boy's; her dress was a faded calico,
made without regard to the fashion;aud her
shoes were the roughest specimens of the
of the cobbler's art.
She stood in the blaze of the firelight
and looked at them with great dark eyes
that reminded Noble of Iho-e of a iitflg at
bay.
"Brought home company, Middy,'' : ; aiil
the man, with au air of jollity. "Set sup
per as soon as ye can, for we're starved.
Mighty plain doiu's you'll find here,
stranger; but you'll have to tand it."
Then ho marched out of the room.
Noble sat down upon a splint bottomed
chair near the lire, and looked at the girl.
She stood staring at him. Evidently the
advent of a stranger had alarmed her. A
curious feeling ol awkwardness came over
the young man. Middy, a her futher bad
called her, was too old to be spoken to
caressingly, as though she were a child,
and too uninformed to greet him as woman
would. He compromised the matter by
smiling; in return she frowned.
"I am afraid I intrude," said the young
niun, gently..
"Well," said the girl, "if truth is to be
told, 1 don't want you here. Why don't
you go on up to Mellish's? Your legs seem
long enough to walk it. You'd get a de
cent supper there. I could tell you how to
fc'°"
The idea that the girl was half witted
occurred to Noble.
"Oil, I'll go early to morrow, Middv," lie
said jestingly.
"For my part, answered Middy, "i
wouldn't si ay at all where 1 wasn't want
ed."
"The prettiest idiot thai I ever saw."
thought Noble
He turned toward the lire and began to |
stir the coals with a long poker. Mean
time lie kept his traveling bag between his
feet. Heavy steps were heard going about
overhead.
The girl begun to rt the table. Soon
she said:
"You'll have to move. I'm going to
cook."
Then lie left the ft reside and walked to
the window, carrying his hag with him.
" V"U haven't a bit of pride," she said,
'or you'd get out of a place where your
very victuals are begrudged you. There's
I he door, ami straight along the footpath is
the road. Go to the left and keep 011 to
Mellish's May he they want yon there."
Just then the feet of the elderly man
were heard upon the rough steps that led
from the garret, ami he appeared luilin •
••I've fixed you 11(1 a bnnk, stranger."
Aid ho. j»» 'au put up with ii
i fur »ni' night
! •Toil MS TIIJ ki■!•). -aid Ni'lili'. "I 111
afraid 1 am giving you trouble."
"Not a hit «>f It." replied Smith. 1
i jmi into thi.l fix through the horse dying—
I'm bouud to :-t e yon out of it."
Noble Junchwl.
The ohl man -at down near the table, to
j which he summoned his guest when the
| luenl was ready; and shortly a young man
; came in, nodded and took his seat.
'•My soli, stranger." -aid Smith, as he
| ilid so. ltnt all Noble's efforts to make
talk wore fruitless, and soon aft<-r supper
| lie decided to go to bed.
"All right. Karly to bed i -itl to b«>
! good for folks," remarked the elder man.
lie lighted a candle, and preceded his
; guest up stairs. A hammock swung be
tween two beams; a couple of blankets
and a pillow were arranged in it. The
broken window let in the damp night air.
Bunches of herbs ami ropes of onions
dangled from the hooks in the beams.
"Sleep well." said tlu- old man ami de
scended the stairs again.
Noble placed his portmanteau under the
pillow of the hammock and sat down ou
un old box. He was vexed by not having
remin d tin- mines that night, for his mi
ion was to bring a sum of money, which
Mellish had borrowed at en\v inter. ' to
tide-over a season of trouble.
It was in small bills, and the men were
to have been paid from it at sunset. Its
delay might cause something like a riot.
It was not hi- fault, but it was annoying,
all the same.
"Tho best thing 1 can do is to sleep and
forget it." bo said, ami had pulled off his
cravat and collar, when a whisper fell upon
his ear:
"Conie here," said a voice—'"come to
the window!" and he saw. appearing mys
teriously at the broken pane, the girl's
brown lace ami great, deer like eyes.
"Conic softly," she said ••come quick!"
He went to her. She had climbed upon
a shed beneath the window, and tooil
with her chin on a level with the sill.
"Well. Middy," he said, fancying this
only another outcome of a lock of pood
sen >e, "there you arc, eh.'"
"Yes, I'm here," said the girl iu a whis
per. "Hilt the ."a h and put your head
out."
He obeyed.
• | want you to come down and go with
inc. "I'll show you where the Mcllishes
live. Come 1 want you to."
"I'll go iu tho morning, Middy," aid
N'oble.
"Morning, aid the girl, "will lie too
late. I'm not foolish; I'm talking sense.
Your name is Noble, isn't It?"
"Yes," said the young man.
"You've got a 10l of money in that bag."
said the girl.
"What makes you Iliiuk so?" a ked No
ble, carelessly.
"I've heard them talking about you."
said tho girl—"uncle mid Sam."
"Oh, they're mistaken, Middy" aid No
ble, carelessly.
"Mr. Noble," said the girl,. "I'm risking
iny life to tell yon this, t'nele and Sam
are all I've got, and many a dishonest
tiling I've heard, that makes me ick to
think ot, I've held my tongue about. Hut
this is the lirst murder they've planned to
to do."
"Murder!" gasped Noble.
"Tlicy know all about you," said Middy.
"Last wo ;k they robbed the mail; they've
done that before; bill this time they got a
letter from you. and know just what
you've got there—" and slu; named tho
sum correctly. "Then undo got yonr tel
egram, offering to take it to Uic Melli.shcs.
So he knew that you were coming—Mr.
Mellish didn't. There was no accident;
the horse isn't dead: that was nil a trick;
Sam took him home. It was just to get
yon here. .After awhile uncle will come
up to give you some hot drink—it's full of
lamliimnn—don't take it— pretend to.
"When yon are .sound asleep Sain and un
cle mean to kill you, and bury you, and
keep the money. There! I swear it."
"Great heaven! is it possible!" gasped
Noble.
"Oh, iny Hod, it is!" -sighed Middy. l're
tend to drink tho stuff; then, when he is
gone, climb out of the window; I'll wait
for you below. Will you?"
"Yes," said Noble.
lie stared at her, halt lieliiving her, half
fancying her mad, and, with a motion of
her hand, she disappeared from the win
dow.
A moment more and Smith came up
-fairs, with a teaming glass in hi hand
A night-cap, stranger," lie said.
"Tliauk you," said Noble. "Jut what
I was wishing for. Can you give me some
thing to make my pillow higher? I can't
sleep with uiy head low."
Suiitb grunted and went to the farther
corner, where some old garments hung.
As he turned his buck Noble emptied the
glass ont of the window.
"The right kind of stuff," lie said.
•Thank yon."
Then Smith went (lowii the stair.-, and
on the instant Noble with his portmanteau
sluug over hi. shoulder was ont upon tho
shed. As he dropped to the ground a girl's
hand caught his wrist, and he was hurried
away toward a road which lay like a gray
ribbon amid the darkness of rock and
stunted bush.
Not a word was spoken, not a moment
was lost. At last the roaring of a rapid
stream was heard, and they crossed a
bridge.
After that the stunted pines grew thick
er, the road ascended, a lew houses ap
peared; a large one of sumo pretentious, in
the windows of which lights were glow ing,
was visible upon an elevation.
"That's MellishV said the girl, "fio
and ring tho bell, and get in as quick as
you can."
She uttered this between quick gasps,
for the pace had been too rapid for a wo
man, and she was spent.
"And you—you must come with me —
you can't go back to those wretches!" No
ble said.
"Wretches!" repeated the girl. "Why
they're not wretches title's; an honest
man. Sam's another. I've been stuffing
voi\ with lies, stranger, to get rid of you.
{ didn't want you bothering round. I've
made a fool of you—l just like to fool city
fellows. Nobody was going to hurt. yon.
Good night, you goosy gander!"
She was off, laughing as she rau, and
Noble walked up to the house in a tale of
ii'tcr bewilderment.
Was the girl speaking the truth now, or
had she spoken it beneath the window,'
The surprise of the Melli.shes at his ..i
rival, and the fact that they had not »'c
ceived either letter or telegram made him
night he held his peace. Time enough he
thought, to tell his tale in the morning.
That night he dreamed of Middy. Her
doer-like gaze was upon him, her hands
uplifted in supplication; and he awakened
to think of her. The tinkle of fho break
fast-bell took him down stairs with his
tuiud still full of her. and through the day
which ho spent at the mines she still
haunted him.
It was 3 o'clock when a horseman ri-'e
up to the door with horror in his fact*
• Terrible v <>rk ov. r yonder!" be nai l
pointing toward thf valley '-That pirl at
the SmithV. Middy. hi : nie.. ->• a mnr
deied 1.1 tiii eh I Ttiey found her 011 the
kitchen floor, a horrible -killed with
un ax, tin ;. and old Smith and im
are nowheie to l»e found '
' They have murdered her' eried Noble.
For now he knew hru warning had been
an honest one, and thfit -lie had paid for
savinp his life with her own: and now he
told his tale.
Jiidfe I.yueb ruled in that land in tho<e
days, and the venireanee of those who
and found the murderers was
speedy.
Ala-' it eonld not restore pretty Middy
to life, and still, though many years have
flown, her treat dark cyf " haunt' Xel-on
Nolde's -out. nnd he breathes a sigh to her
memory.
Knndall and Butler.
A protip of C'oiijrressuieii were ilisen-ising
UandaH's pronpeeta for eoinplete recovery
the other day in one of the cloakroom.': of
the House, says the Washington eorret ,
pondent of the New York /Yi/oiin , when
the conversation turned ujion the recent
"conversion" of the Penu ylvani i . tate ;
man and hi.-; formal reception by baptism 1
into the membership of a certain ehurcli. \
Ju.-t then the well known liijure of Oeueral
Iteiijamiu F. Cutler passed the door. II
reminded -omeoi.e at once of an episode in
t'ongre . in the liiiiioii ileailliH-k over the
civil rights bill, iu whieli both Kandall and
lluller were conspicuous figures.
The question of adjournment was under
consideration, and tieneral Iluflcr had
tepped o\ er to Mr. liaildall's desk for a
private eonsultatioii. Butler favored a
Sunday session. Kandall opposed it.
"Bad as I am." said Kandall. "I have
some respect for (!od .> day, and I don t
think it proper to hold a session of Con
gross on that day."
"I'shaw," responded Buller, "doesn't |
the Bible ay that it is lawful to pull your j
a • or your o>: nnf of a pit on the Sabbath
dm? You have 73 as es on your side of
thij lion ■(■ that I want to out of a ditch
t.. morrow, and I think 1 am engaged in a
holy work."
"Ooji'ldoit. Bnllf-r," replied Kandall;
"I have some respect for yon that I don't
want to lose. I expect onie day to meet
you iu a better world."
••You'll be there as you are here," rr j
torted Duller, quick as thought, "u mem- \
her of the Lower Hone."
2 \ O'clock.
The i : agitating the !
propriety of changing our present custom !
of dividing the the day into two halves, of j
twelve hours each. It says the custom |
has not a single feature to recommend it I
and only serves to mystify, particularly j
when a typographical error makes a train .
leave at p.m. instead of a.m. Thousands
of dollars have been lost, time wasted and
engagement. failed because of this, where
as, if the sensible plan of beginning at one
aud counting up to 21, were adopted, it is
so simple that a child need not go wrong.
Of course if would take a little while to get
used to the change and i' would noauil
rather odd at llrst to hear the preacher an
nouuee services at t!) o'clock, or see a
time table note the departure of trains at
17:10 or li3:iio, but the people would soon
"catch on" and any amount of worry,trou
ble and misunderstanding be saved. Some
countries aud several lines of railroads
have already made the change and welook
to see the practice become universal be
fore long. The world moves and any
thing that will help it move with less fric
tion will bo gladlv accepted by the peo-
Wriling Short Sentences.
Two students, Smith and Jones, were
great friends iu college. They had made
an agreement that after eai li had been at
home for a week during the vacation term,
Jones should write in Latin a letter to
Smith, the reply was to be in Latin also.
The writer who wrote a good sensible let
tcr, with the least number of words, was
to have the entire expon eof his \ icaliou
paid by the other.
Jones wrote from his city residence:
"Ell Ut'RK,"
meaning iu Kuglish "I am going to the
country.
"If Smith writes a shorter letter thau
that and to the point," chuckled Jones,
"he's a corker."
The next day Smith's came. It read as
billows:
"I,"
which means in English "go."
The Curse of Strong Drink.
The distillers make the whiskey and the
brewers make the beer.
Our Creator made the water o pure and
bright anil clear.
Whiskey is like arsenic and beer like fer
merited swill.
But the pure sweet crystal water iloweth
ou aud always will.
Why should lncu spend ilicir money that
is so hard to eui n,
For the wicked, writhing serpent that will
bite and sting and burn.
We are immortal creatures with body, soul
and mind.
Why should men drink the vile stntl' lli.af
makes theni so unkind?
That big listed saloon keeper that stand •
behind the bar,
lie takes a driuk. and strikes a match, and
lights a big cigar.
In comes the wretched worker with his
solitary shilling.
And gives it to the bartender while he the
glass is filling,
lie begrudges the landlord his iiinncj with
stove-pipe lutt and cane.
While he drinks down the liquor lode itroy
bis soul and brain,
lie then demands another then staggers
and sits down.
He pours him out another of the poison
reddish brown.
He is gettiug very drunk as he drink.; it
sup by sup.
As he drinks the red brown liquor he drinks
curses lroui the cup,
With cursing and with swearing lie stag
gers to his feet.
Then falls to the floor and is kicked to the
street.
The patrol wagon is summoned, he'.- dead
drunk they say.
Now lie's off to tho jail that is not far
away.
To spend a night ill prison what a horrid,
wretched thing.
If you drink the poison whisky, that's the
curses it will bring.
But there is a time that's coming when
the punishment is worse.
For there is no earthly mind we know can
comprehend that curse.
Thero is a passage ill the Bible which the
drunkard never liecds.
No drunkard shall see t'.od is. I think, the
way it reads.
If this industrious nation would try to do j
Ood's will.
Thai drop would cease it dropping that I
droppeth from tho still.
Composed by
WILI.IKT. MCCANDLKSS,
Age, H yeal'S.
—Tbc rin'it thing in the right place is
without doubt l»r. Bull's liaby Syrup, the j
best remedy lor babies while teething j
Only !ifi cents a botlle.
If your liver is torpid, if your appetite i* )
poor, if you want your stomach thorough
ly cleansed, it you cannot uleep, if you
want a good digestion, use Laxador, the
great regulator. Price 2."i cents
- Mrs. Charlotte Smith is urging con
gresb to tn* cigarette-' il a pack.
A Wayward Girl's Career.
Tin- saliii.i ■ orrc pond<-ut of the Oft rick
; »i»«>.. a brief biography of Auitic Fish, as
i follow
Annie K Fish üb«, l<y l»«-r numerous
• HIM! IN IK . h:I made her-elf
notorious through tin' papers, is the
• daughter "i Robert Fisli, uu hou. I, hard
working citizen of Cranberry, now living
; near Saliiia, and who ha- lived in this
\ icinity fNT II year;. Anit is about 1"
years ohl. Her mother died when .-lie was
about Id. and a year or two after lie went
lo re ide with a biv'lily respectable and
well honored couple of Cranberry. who had
no children of their own.
Here lie had a pood home, but alter
tayinp about three year lie decamped in
the absence of the family and struck out
for hei-ell'. and soon alter went to work in
Franklin with n family named Gardner,
liut she soon left and weut to Hradensburg
to an tinele living there, who took her
home to her father. In Keliruary. ISS, a ,
he went to Oil City to work, and in May
her father tea notified til her misconduct.
He brought her home again, and two days
afterward- ho ran away and went to Oil
i'ity, to the same place. She remained
I hero two or three days, leaving one morn
ing about 10 o'clock and -hortly afterwards
was found by Levi I>a]e and Win. Mu- .er,
about Oiie mile out of Oil i'ity, near the
Hale well.-, in a eeuiingly uuconscious
i omlition. Sir. Hale took her to his home
in Oil City, where she toll a number of
conflicting storie She -aid that she was
an orphan, giving her name as Hollie Lee.
that she had left her brother's at Red bank.
Armstrong county, three days before, and
that she was put oft the Valley train at
Franklin, and had wandered through the
country for three days, without anything
to cat. She pretended -he did not know
how she came to bo where she was In a
day or two -he was identified by a lady lor
whom she had worked, she denied her
identity, lint finally had to give up and I
confessed she wa- planning. Her father
was notified. She claimed to be unable to
he moved whin he came for her. Soon
afterward fhe went home and promised to
do better. She remained at home most of
the time until April, I.HStI, when he again
rail away from home, going to Oil City
where .he tmil a few day .'. Going out into
the country near her home, sho found em
ployment with a family, giving licr name
as Ida Blair. In two days her right name
was found out when she unceremoniously
left, she next turned up it I'niontown
near Franklin, giving tu-r name .. Donna
Harris to the family where sho was work
ing. When her true name was found out
he left in company with another girl and
went !<■ Parker- Landing. Armstrong
county,and worked there about four weeks.
One evening she and another girl went
buggy riding with J. 11. Knntz and Will
Llliott, buggy agents, and returned be
tween in and II o'clock the same evening.
The next morning she h it and was .-ecu by
different parties going towards Six Points,
Littler comity. In a day or two afterwards
he was fonnd apparently unconscious near
Ihc old Maple Furnace. She was taken to
tho house of Klias Paubeu-peek, near by,
anil gave her name as Ada Seatoii, that
he was horn in Pittsburg and that her
mother died there, her father removing to
Cleveland where he died.
Sho then went before a justice of the
peace and swore out warrant against
Kuntz and Klliott lor a—suit with attempt
to commit rape. She claimed she had
never been ba« k to Parker iucc going out
liiling with them.and thi story she repeat
id in open court. The friends of Kuntz
end Klliott knew who she was and xvhere
from, and had her father, brother and
several neighbors to identify her, but she
denied all knowledge of them and stuck to
her story. The two young men were found
not guilty but to pay the costs, amounting
Willi other expenses anil loss to over
SI,OUII.
While in Hntler her father had Annie
arre led and a commitment made out to
i.end her to the reform school, but he left
for home an attorney got out a writ of
habeus corpus and had her released. She
then went to Martinsburg. Butler county,
staying there until about the first of .lan
nary, when for some misbehavior she left'
and went home to her father's. In Feb
ruary she went to work in the family of
Win. Krenger, who keeps a store half a
mile we-t of Salina. She staid there nine
days, then skipped, lirst taking a full out
lit of men's clothing from the store. At
Franklin she got on a freight train anil
went to Pitt-burg, dn -.d in men's clothes.
There she stayed oil' as a green country
hoy and was employed by a lady about her
house. She gave herself away by her apt
ness in the kitchen and was given an outfit
of clothes, and next morning was found
lying unconscious iu the hallway and was
removed to the hospital. She appears to
have the power to bring on these periods of
apparent uni on . iousne whenever she
please i and keep them up for day at a
time. She. claims t«> have been mistreated
and abused at home, but no such report is
current in the neighborhood where her
father live; lie is a hard working, poor
man. and was lelt with several -mall chil
dren at the death of his wife.
Fasting.
A Frenchman. M ('baric.- lliehet, has
been investigating eases of long lasting ,
voluntary and involuntary.
Cold blooded animals can live without
food twice as long as warm blood
cd ones. Hogs can endure starvation thir
ty days before they die, human beings us
ually sixteen to twenty day The fatal
limit is reached when the animal or man
becomes o emaciated that 10 per cent, of
weight is lost.
Those who endure long fasts with impu
nity are usually person dominated by
some absorbing idea which takes away the
thought from the stomach. The most met
ed tasters are hysterical subjects and
Hindoo fakirs. It. is remarkable that ill
these cases the emaciation is comparative
ly slight. Some other other influence
seems to step in for the time and stop the
usual operations of the body.
M. Hichet see no reason to doubt that
Tanner. Merlatti, and Succi fasted the full
fifty days, as they claim, hut says their
fasts were undertaken under most favorable
circumstances. They had only to put forth
their band and eat ai any moment. It
would have been different had they been
shipwrecked on a desert island, or perish
ing in iee fields, like a party found in ISOJ>.
These were without food seventeen days.
When found their skin was ticking to the
bones, and was covered with a ooty
seuri. Their tongues were black, their
breaths fetid. This iekening odor iiiitl
blackuc .of the skin and tongue are char j
aetcri lie of the last tages of tarvation
A Cure of Catarrh
ill the head, a Well as ill bronchial, throat
and lung diseases, if taken iu time, is
elici ted by using Hi. Pierce's Hidden Med
ieal Discovery, or money paid for it will be
promptly returned.
A more pleasaut physic
Vim never will find
Than Pierce's small "Pellets,''
The Purgative kind I
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AGRICULTUI ji .
mW
BAT IS A MODEL KIKE'
\ model wife is the Woman in «h«ni the
heart of hei hu baud doth -afely troat.
She U ihe Wouiau who looks after iiu
hon ehold, and makes her hospitality *
delight to him, and not a burden.
Who has learned that a soft answer will
turn away wrath.
Who keeps her sweetest smile 3 and most
loving words for her hnsbmd.
Who is his confident in soriow or in
joy, and who does not feel the necessity of
explaining her private ull'*ir» to ttw neig
borhood.
Who n -peels the rights of husband and
children.and in return has due regard paid
j to her.
AVho knows that the strongest argument
is her womanline- •• and so she cultivates
it.
AV ho i ■ sympathetic ill joy, or in grief,
ami who finds work for her hands to do.
Who makes friends and keeps them.
A\ ho i- not made bitter by trouble, but
who strengthens and - weetens under it.
Who triei to conceal tlie faults of her
• husband rather than blazon them forth to
an uninterested public.
The woman whose life book has lova
written on every page.
Who makes a home tor a man—a home
in a house and in a heart. A home that
he is sure of. a home that is full of love
presided over by one whose price is above
rubies.
She is the model wife. Ladirs' Home
Journal.
THE PoriTKV TAKD
As spring coiues on anxietv increases.
That is. poultry anxiety.
The matings must bo watched that no
admixture of the (locks occurs.
The breeding peus must have special at
tentiou to to insure the best results.
The eggs to be used or sent away to pur
chasers must be carefully assorted.
That none but the finest shaped, correct
I color and uniform shell he selected.
That the nests he gotten in condition a?
best adapted for hatching in comfort ar.d
wariiTttr. -
disturbance from other hens,rats ami other
intruder-.
That the coops be ready when the chicks
make their appearance, and they be warm,
comfortable and roomy.
In short, that all l>e ready iu every de
tail to make the poultry business a success
from a spring standpoint.
There seems to he much controversy
I among poultrymen a i to whether oyster
shells, or lime, is u necessity to laying
hens.
| Some say they must ha\e it. others say
! they need it not. The real fact Ib, they
need it and ought to have it.
It is not a definite fact whether grit iu
the foriu of oyster shells, gravel, bone, or
broken crockery is digested in the fowl's
gizzard or not. but the, fact remains all the
same that a fowl's nature demand.) these
things, and because no proof has yet been
brought forth that they are not digested is
evidence that nature requires them.
It is true, where a proper amonut ot
wheat and oats is fed these supply the cal
careous and phosphate elements essential
to egg formation, but where these foods
are not fed sufficiently the salts must be
supplied from some source. Corn will uol
answer sufficiently.
Some wonlil-be theorizers also claim that
fowl ■ inn t have meat; but then they can't
agree whether it is best fed raw or cooked.
Some declare that raw meat makes (lie
birds cro and irritable and is apt to ere
ate the desire for feather pulling, and
should therefore be fed cooked. The other
ide claims cooking destroys the alhumi
noiils and other nutritive elements and il
must be led raw. Now what are we to do
when both sides claim they are rightf I
suppose cooking just half, or soak in water
at half boiling point (100 degrees) and give
meat and water together would come very
near the mark. Xext.
Right here it comes A recent poulterer
of a scientific turn of mind says: "Pepsin
is the great stimulant to digestion. We
find it in all patent egg foods. Popsin is
found iu the corrugated membranous lin
ing of the stomach ot cattle. Hcneo in or
der to feed the most stimulating meat
food use the paunches of cattle, which can
be purchased at any slaughter house."
This profound thinker just cuts short the
meat question ami says stomach is the
thing. Hut he didn't mention whether il
is to he cooked or raw. This again will
create controversy.
IIEMKUBKR THESE I'oIXTS.
Hi- probable that most of the breeding
pens are made up. If there are, see that
these points are ob erved. if not. observe
them in mating
Houilanj must all have live toes on each
fool, and beard and horned comb.
White Leghorns must not have red
leather - nor pink iu ear lobes, nor white
legs.
Partridge Cochins shall not have white
in leg and toe feathering, nor white in
flight feathers.
Langshans must be absolutely free from
white feathers, and the eyes must not be
I red, but brown of hazel.
lilack Cochins must show yellow ou bot
tom of feet. If this is not present they
are to be discarded as breeders. Leg and
toe feathering well developed out to end of
middle toe.
Light Hralima males .should have ailark
streak throngh the middle to the end cd
the upper mandible. Lower inaudible
solid yellow. Leg and toe feathering to
end of middle toe and showing little or no
black. Legs yellow, or yellow with vcr
milieu streak down the center of tlio side.
Wyandots must have red car lobes. A
• tain of yellow is allowable, but uot stand
aril, white disqualifies. Legs yellow with
out blue spots, aud beak horn color taper
ing to yellow toward the point.
Plymoth Rocks must have pure yellow
beaks and yellow legs, or yellow with pink
line down centre of side in male. No bine
or brown spots on legs.
\ clear complexion, free from pimple -,
may lie had by taking Hood's Sarsaparilla.
A young lady asked an editor this ex
traordinary question: "Ho you think it
right for a girl to sit on a young man's lap,
even if she is engaged?" Whereupon tho
editor told this extraordinary lie: "Wo
have bad no experience in the matter re
(erred lo." Why didn't the editor say,if it
w a our girl und onr lap, yes; if it was an
other girl and our lap, yes; but if it was our
j'irl and another fellow's lap, never! never!
That's the best advice wo can give. Whilo
there is no hociety law governing such
cases, practice has made a law which gov
erns all such instances as the above.
\ u c. teemed coiitemporay says that
-pring bonnets will be almost flat. They
will, will they* Well, they won't be any
Halter than tb* pocketbook that, has lo
pay tor thetu.
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