VOb XXVIh
Wliv Our Success?
Bceiiu.-.i; we our t*n
tire (iin«* ami all<*ntioti (<» lints
ati<l Mens outlining ain! 11«
iH-fJiiij Jin \ I liin mili*".-*' lift* s
ItlliiU' i! l> tn tlit'H :i-! V Mil > :!•_•»*
W» colli'' to US \\ r
ihoroirjlilv j •<»-1 <* ! on all [nat
ters pert Hiiinir t<< <"ir busi
ness.
We j»i»t our ':o«>.l- <I • r«-«• t
J rolls tin- inaiiulaCtiiiH- 4ii
aliiin<r us to sell at lower j»ri«*e.s
tliaii many dealers pay for
1 hem.
We sell onl\ the liestluand.s
ol'goods in all tr tains, brands
known the world over as re- j
liable.
This spring we are in bet
ter shape to serve our patrons
than ever before > and adding
to our large stock daily.
Remember we have but one
priee and that is I lie lowest.
I j
COLBERT LY DALE,
To Main street.
I hitler, Pa.
(linslmas < MMXI.S tor «
Kvervl)odv.
A tiriitl liuf of fur.cv and use-
Jul articles <A every description.
Mutch pairs —in bruss nickel, eel- i
Cj
luloiil, oxidized silver and rubber.
Toilet eases.manicure peti-, shaving
w ts, gloTed and handkerchief boxes |
in leather and plusb.
Oder case* in leather, plush anil
t
celluloid. Smoker's sets, vases, per- <
fume stands, and an endless variety
of lice goods, wbicb must be seen to '
li
be appreciated. All liner, nicer and
cheaper than ever before. The pub
lic is iuvitcd to call at Kf.MCK's
Drugstore, next to Lowry House.
Examine our goods and get our
prices.
JYI. 11. (lilkey, 1
Artistic
Dress
Making.
Y«. LIL' S. v.tixsr., J,
OILKKY m'fi.rnxu - - -'< l FLOOK.
Ty r
1 O " I
In all the latest styles.
New Hats,
New Ribbons,
New Trimmings.
All the new things in (lowers,
laceb, gloves, veils, caps,
AT - i
M. V. Ar M. Marks'.
No. 0 iS. y. tin St., Butler, l'a.
K. S. Sit lIoLI.S, I- M. II KM ITT
NEW LUMBER YARD
R. S. NICHOLLS & CO.,
Under- ill all kinds <•!'
Kouyh and Worked Lumber.
DOOKS,
SAhIJ,
BLINDS,
SIMN(;i.ES,
LATH, ETC.,
Hard and L'oft Coal
We have .t luiu''- ht«w I, ill" all Kin.l ..I Lime
l>cr, Oil Well Kijrs, Kte.
('.ill and gel our plii i .mil « e our Lurk.
Mail Orders Promptly Attended
To.
Ofti.O .1..1t yuut oil
UoNUi'K Hi N*. •.it tt'Ml I'l s > lo.rt.r,
111 TLIiU, l'A.
Planing Mill
—ANH--
Ijiiuiber Vardj
J. 1.. l'U uv: I. O. PI'KV Is. |
S.G.Purvis&Oo.
MANUKA) tUISKU."! AMI OKA I Kits IN
Rough and Planed Lumber
Ofr KV it '■ ■ iltHCittt'TlON,
SHINGLES, LATH
& SFiWLII PIFJv
Butler, Pa.
Tj. C- WICK
I>KAU:U IN
Rough and hoiked lumber
of UXKIXDI
Doors, s.i .ti, 131irids, Mouldir
Shindies ;in<l Lalh
A! \v,tys in Stock.
LIMP., 11A IK AND PLASTEK.
out.. <i |i j»-• -jt< •r. <c w Depot,
mirt.Kß, - PA.
LUM3ER H ADVANCING
Saw Wills, Steam Engines.
SliiiiKle Mills, Hay Presses, &<*..
I»V«M| Will a HKSI-CI.AS.; SAW mux
fii.l t..r i .it.il'.vin- nfiii -i..i prtiv in lntr>
diii> tit yjiir iiofi to
* it. i wuji imii i it. it i«'. roiiK l'A.
iMMMuilueo. A.M.trn'.tieii lottcui
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
I'IiOFKSSK )N AI, CARDS.
A. A. K KLTY, M. D.
Physician atul surgeon.
i 11, . i. :j.,- , f .ih ~i «.. .rl liiinw.
( ... Y. i li ,\i A ei.
<•»!,. . ' i 1 - \t .ill. 'Mitl, I-1 tltk X
.. i■*. i:' . i I'J.
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon,
Ad J'J Ea*t Jtfiei.on i>t., itt.tlcr, la.
1
W. R. TITZEL.
I'll VSF( IAN - si, srR(JKON.
\N.CurDtf ?«iaiij irtifi Noitli ttl-s liuiicf I'a- j
J. W. MILLEK,
A i cbiieol, C. E. and Surveyor. '
Cull ti a.'lui. i urpeuti-r ahd iluil.lcr.
y apH, |i!aii.~, .spei ili. .lUi.n • ainl esti I
' .nali . all kjluls ~1 architectural and en- j
I giiiefcriuji »ik. N . f... .lia.viugii,
| I centra, t tin: \v..ik. C'iiuhuU your LN-t iie J
I teri'.-t.-; plan before you ImUd. Informu |
tinn ehiM-rlully friveu. \ -hart- »»t" public j
pAtrnnji/ic in -ulicitcd.
I*. o. Uox lOoT. I'iii. o W. of t'ourt i
Unlit.', Hutler, ]'a.
I C. t. 1.. McUUISTION,
K.\t.lM:i K 1 \l> M Kltlull,
OfHCfc' DlikOhl', li« Tl.i.H, I'i. j
J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Puller, Penn'a.
Art ill ial T.. ti. it. -r'. .1 (li 11..* lal.M iin
:pruTf^lnten. OoMFUUnK a HpeeUlty. «>:ie . |
ov-r .Tliaul eiutliliiK Stuie.
DIL S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work p< rliiiiiiiii; to tin: piult • lon ex.-cui
e.l in tbe iit-aH'Mt uiaitii.*r.
S|M*i*ia)in*s : n.itrt I ilium", ami I'alnleas Ex- !
traction ol 'leeth. \'Uall/.ed Air ailiiiliii ,
DID,r on JtfeiMin Stri-rl, .mi- .l.i.ir i.l Lonr|
Hosae, I |. i.talni.
outre oi<en dally, except V .•dn.-s.iays an.l
Thuwlajs. i W.iuiiHiiill atl.mi l»y mail n*e«ive
prompt at usiitioii.
X. IS. — Tin* only I'. in. i in llulli-r ii-inti tln'
11«--1 maki'.s olli-flli.
J. VV. DUTCHISON,
ALTOITNK.\ AT I,A\V.
<ilti. <*. .in M*. i.|nl tl.H.r '■! tli'' llie.clti.ii I.I.X'W,
IMUIIIIIII'I. iinilM I'a., ll'm.iu S'.i. I.
A. T. •WIT. .1. R. •> lI.HON. I
SCOTT & WILSON,
ATTOKNKI - AT I AW
i:.,l|rclloiiH li -|ii-. ialtj'. onii-i :it. Xo. 4, South
I.l.inn,ii.l. Iliill.'i I'a.
JAMES N. MOOKE,
AI'MU SKV-A I I. AW ANO N<n IKY I*l 1.1 IC.
ItfMllll N«» I. M*Ct>ll«l lloor «»f {1 ttoii • ;
llluck, eutr.un - on I'K.IUOIKI.
A. E. RUSSKLI
A i I*< M;N f*: i A I I.AU.
om« «- "ii h< ftnl Hour • Mi'i' i ain Jiiock
.M tin tS'.. iuuit Ifiajiiwii'l.
IHA McJUNKIN.
Atl«irii*-> at Law . «»nit ,• al No. IT, l-.i-l .1«li«t
--doii hi . Butler. I'a.
W. C. FINDLEY,
Altoi n< at Uw aii«i Heal J ntah: Aj;«-iit. •»l
!i< i- I'cur ol I, /.. MID hi lt b DFLT« eon uoitti Bide
ol Diamond, Iluiler I'a.
11. H. COUCH ER.
Al'oriK -a' !:r.v. Olfb e oil «• »li*! !'n#«»r «*1
Aiidenviii ileal t 'uufl lloiint: Itutler,
J. h. BH ITT A I N.
All. > «tl I-:*v\ 'Xllet'al li. « or. Main SI, an l
liiaiiiouii, I'iii lei , I'a.
NEWTON BLACK.
Ml ) al lav. * »fll« i- tfji Soil Hi bide of I'laluond |
li«jl !ei. i'a.
JOHN M. RUS
MtoriH'V-.il l.avv. oil Houtli -Ide ol Ilia- I
instill. ISiitlei', I'a.
L. S. McJUNKIN,
lifeuriiiicf ami liral Ksliite AK'I
17 KABT ,LI:I L'L.LUSON Hl'.
UIITLER, - I'A.
Q E. ABRAMS &CO
I
Fire and 1 ,ile
I X 8 U It A X C E;
: lu urubtii> Co. ol N(»rth Afneric.i, iueor-
I fiornted Icapital ■: J,Ooo,tioO and otUer
hlroiitf eouipinicK n j*r<'settled. Ne.w Vork !
Lile lii-urain-c «'o., t el t »€> 4 i MI<I,CHMI. OH'n e
I New II building near l curt lion'-.-
-f •
- . . !
BI) R » U.CR COUNTY
tfutiui eire Uiuurancs; Co.
Uiiice Cor. Msiii <t Cuiiiiifigfiam frits.
•3. (J. ROESHING, I'KKUIHENT.
VVM. CAMPBELL TREASLUUI.
11 ('• II EL NEMAN, SL-tJUKTAKY.
DIICHITOKN
.1, I. Purvis, Mannlel Ainli r.on,
William fiii.l].L.ell .1. W. llurkli irl,
A. Troutiiiaii, Itcniiei on Oliver,
(i. < linc ILH ', .l.'tllK'N SLl'lllil'lltHll,
|»r. \V. Irvlu, HI MI v WL.lii nlrr.
J. K. Taylor . 11. R. Hcliifiniiii,
LOYAI. MMUNKIN, Oon. Ap't
R R R R J I R_»7ii R , -RA
FITTSBHiH ItURSERItS,
I ,lali|i»!.. .1 LS|I)
I "I h' F.l, lit; \NT I 1.1.1 TI? \TI.I» 'AT
I \ L.<U.L 1. for Is'.Hl will lie mailed 011 appli
| cation. LA.r. I' inner, Ciarilener, \niateiir
j or owner of A t..l -liould have one.
I iir.ler lor Hover, and lloral emblems
| lia\ • 1111111. .liale attention '|, h phone 'JOLL.
John R. L A. Murdoch,
fiOH Smith firlil HI.,
111 I Sill /;«; 11. /' 1.
; ♦« L'.U «fi Lt • 10it w1» *l<l s
Vl'n. li'ter 'iOi't V.'!! 11:1■1■ I'.• I iif i iilL n
Wi.i. ai- "tie.-1,1 kllnxH If ii 311 li
I Itrr A Itirrj, Kim-Ih- (~ >, II Mil ILU
Mt. Hope Nurseries. Ksuuiishcd IW".
"William Aland. • ••
' 4 li i - '
W, ! 30 S MAIH ST
* '^^■feUTbEß^A..
(* _' - Th-' - y---*' *- jT j ~ \ Z/j
' liM
IIKNRY BIEHL
14 NORTH MAIN STREET,
BXJI I,ER IST'A
DEALEK IN
Ihmlu ;iro jiihl I louse Fiirnisliiiiu' (mxklS.
o
1 iii|>leiiients,
Kramer Wagons,
o 7
Buggies, I'arts, Wheel Bullous, Biainnic-r Washing Machines,
New Sunshine and Howard Ranges, Stoves, Table
and pocket Cutleiy, Hanging Lamps, JMan
ufeetuier ol Tinware, Tin
Rooting and Spouting A Specialty.
Wll EI; 10 A CHILI) CA N 811 A S C IIE Al' AS AMA N.
K«tal)li«liecl 1850
E.GRIEB,
TJ IM JEWELER,
No. 19, North Main St., BUTLER, PA.,
D h: AL in
Diamonds,
Watches,
Clocks,
Jewelry,
Silverware
Spectacles, &,c., &c.
Society F.iiilileins of all Descriptions.
Repiinnig in till blanches skillfully done and warranted.
18SO ESTABLISHED IBSO
♦
THIS WEEK,
And tortile noxt 'Mi <hi\s we shall con
tinue to rli'ar our shelves oi W inter
(loot Is to make room lor
NEW SPUING GOODS.
(onie earls as the prices we have reduc
ed (hem to wiM nio\e (item rapid-
Iv as they are marked ver\
low. on will 111 id some haiiiains at
TltO IJTMAN'S.
Be.-nliiig I>i \ (jood.s and Carpet 1 Inline, Butler, I'a-
-WELL bredQ
- SOOH WED*
IAPOUO Are QUICKLY MARRIED
SAPOLIOia ono of the bust known city luxuries and each time a . ako
ih uecrl an hour ia uaved. On floors, tables and painted woik it acts liko
u charm. For acouring pota, pans aad metals it has no equal. If your
■tore-keeper does not keep it you should iubist upon his doing so, as it
a) wayti satisl'tfction and its imntense tale all ov>'r theTJnited States
makes it an almost necessary article to any well supplied store. Every
thing shines alter its u«rt, and even tlio children delight in using it in
their attempts to help around tbe house.
liHTLKK. I'A., FRIDAY. MAY !l, IS'.iO
PARSON 601 LE'S LIMIT.
(Fnr.ll TltE BALTIMORE STSDAY SEWS.)
In some parts of the South it is the cus
tom to pres. h the funeral of the deceased
long after tl.e deceased ha.l been buried
In fact, nearly all of tlte preacher's work
, coueifts of luueral i.ian. es Sometimes a
new circuit rider, to endear himself to the
people, will tir.-t announce himself by de
claring that he will entertain his beloved
hearers with a few remarks on the life,
character and death of old Anderson I.ip?-
. ..nib, w ho surrendered to the demands of
i the i_'ieul high sheriff of death, just forty
three years ago yesterday. Then, assuming
a serious expression of countenance, he
hauls oil, strikes the pulpit a jolting blow
and for two bonrs and a half he rants and
I roars over the virtues and abilities of a man
of whom he never heard until a few hours
! previously.
Recently*, Simeon J. Boyle, a circoit
nder of the old school, was appointed by
j conference to take charge of the Black
i Sulphur Springs eurcuit. He was known
as a powerful agonizer, a man who could
: raise the soft hair of luxurious sin into the
■ slid bristles of fear. The day alter Boyle
! had arrived in the neighborhood of his new
charge, he was called upon by Viggs
Baiij'. W'iggs is a well known character
ot the community -a man of uutrembliiig
ner.'c ,f strong ar:.;.- and an appetite that
bad never been known to fail.
"What can I do for you?" the preacher
asked, when the visitor hud introduced
himself.
'•JOB' called to pa., my respeck an to
u II you that efyou ever need my sarveses
jes' call on me."
'•Are you a preacher!" the circuit-rider
asked.
••i)li. no."
"Then bow t un you ever be td* any rtt±r
viic to uie.' My wtuK, you know,
Willi the l-.ird, and a man whose work is
not directly in the Lord's work can't do
me any good."
"Wall, all your work in this here com
munity inout not be with the Lord. You'll
find some putty tough fellers 'round here,
anil I 'lowed that they mout want to pull
1111' haul you about one of these times; an'
ef they do, w'y you jest call on me au
we'll make 'em so hot that they could
stand under a peach tree and make it
bloom in January. Understand?'
"Oh, yes, I understand, but don't give
yourself any uneasiness on mj account."
"All right, but that is not ali the lmsi
ness I've got with you. I 'preciate the po
sition you hold as worker fur the Lord, and
1 wanter ask a favor of you."-
"All right, brother."
"I want you to preach the funeral of my
brother Ike. Best feller you ever seen in
your life—died about tin or fifteen years
ago. Great, big feller, whipped old Oscar
Miles once, an' Os was a power in the land,
I I tell you. Now yon preach his funeral
an' I'll make it all right with yon."
•I will do it, brother. What was the
canse of his death "
"Lack of licker."
"What, was he so addicted to the use ot
liqu.>i that when it gave out and he
couldn't gel any more be died?"
"Oh, no, l.e never tins much of a hand
to drink."
•'Then how did lie die on account of the
lack of fnjuorf"
"\V y, he vt as bit by a an
a ; he didn't have no lickcr he jest nachully
died."
"And you want me l>> preach his fu
neral/"
"Yea, an' you ken nil git in some power
ful win k when you git down inter thW fucks
of his lyin'thar sufi'erin' fur licker. You
ken fetch the tears outen mighty nigh
ever" eye in the house."
"1 see, hut a description of his death, no
matter bow vivid,will not lie quite enough.
Tell me something of his life."
"Wall he was the powerfullet feller in
the country. Reckon be could lift more
at a handspike than any man about here."
• liut what were his strongest points?"
"Rasslin', brother, rassliu' with tlio
ketch as kelch can rule "
"Hut bad he not some moral quality?"
"Ob, yes. lie didn't swear 'cept when
lie couldn't help hisses!."
"Well. I will do the best I call. Will
next Sunday do?"
"Yes; suits me all right. Thar'll be a
big crowd out, specially this is your fust
'peaiai.ee, an' 1 want you to paint Ike
as bright as a rose."
• 'Veil," said the preacher, scratching his
head. "I'll do that. Your brother was a
a -a popular man, Was l.c!
"Popular as a ba-kct of ginger cakes at
a county tail.
"All right, brother. I'll l.e on band
next. Sunday."
The house was crowded on the following
Sunday. Wiggs took a seat near the pul
pit, and, taking out an immense bandker
chief—it must have been the ball' of a
table-cloth—made himself appear as a man
of deep-seated sorrow. The now circuit
rider preached a powerful sermon—be
painted a palbctie picture of a man,
wallowing on tbe ground, wringing bis
hands and crying, in an agonizing voice:
"Bicker, oh! brinn me licker or 1 will
perish!"
After scivices were ..\cr, Wiggs shook
bands v.ith the preacher, and then, break
ing down with the weight of his emotion,
wheeled about and disappeared in tbe
woods.
On the following Saturday Wiggs called
on the preacher again. "I have c>>uic,
said tl.e visitor when the minister bail
hukcii bauds will, him, "to tell you that
not only me, but everybody, is delighted
with the brother Ike sermon."
"I aui highly pleased to hear it."
'•Not at all. Say, I've got another favor
to ask."
"What is it, brother?"
"I want you to preach t{n: sermon of my
brother Iko next Sunday.
"Why, thflt would.i't do tit all."
""Why not?"
"Because I preached it la.it Sunday."
"Brother, let me tell you that 1 come
Iniglity nigh ruiinin' this here community.
I put five of the main logs in that church
you preached in last Sunday, and unless
you preach Ike's funeral again next, Sun
day, w'y, I'll take the logs that b'long to
tne an' split 'em for fire wood. Oh, don't
yon think the folks will take your part.
They know tne —l.now that it won't do to
fool with mo. What do you say?"
"(Hi, lather than liai. any trouble,
brother, I will don you Mipge.-I
"Will you make it as powerful i. llie
other one wa. '
"I will try," tin preacher answered.
"All rifjht, but mind that you do try."
'I lie next Sunday the people weru some
what surprised to b n ayollie, ,e,iuoii <ui
the virtues au.l gruco* "• brother Ike, I..it
no objcelioija Wci e raised. \\ lugs Was
ugain deeply affected, and again with over
powering emotion he disappeared in the
woods.
Early the following Friday morning, the
' preacher was surprised to receive another
call from Wigg».
•What can I do for you ihist ime,
! brother?" the minister asked.
"Notbin" only to preach the funeral of
i my brother Ike next Sunday."
"Absurd," exclaimed the preacher. "I
have set up the sermon twice au.l think
that I have done my duty "
"Look here, cap'n call you cap'n be
cause you air abont to go iutei a war—my
brother Ike has been lyin' tlmr for ten or
tifteeii years with nary a funeral sermon
till the other day, while lots of old fellers
Ibat never done nothin' fur the country
have had more fune.als than they knowd
whut to do with, so I ibink it's time fur
Ike to lime a chance Hear nie?"
"I hear, but Ido not hearken. The fact
that your brnthei ha- been neglected is
no fault i f mine. There are hundreds of
men that never had a funerl. but am I to
l.e held responsible?"
"In regard to other folks, no; iu regard
to Ike, yes."
"Hut 1 refuse to preach his funeral
again."
"All right. I'll wallow you awhile and
then I II go over and take thein logs oat of
the chur.h. Wanter be wallowed?"'
"I don't want any trouble with you."
"Then agree to preach about Ike or I'll
give you the wust wallerin' a white mail
ever »eed. '
"Brother—"
"(join' to preach that funeral?" The
visitor began to take oil bis coat. A dis
tressed expression tiled upon the
preacher s face.
"Brother, 1 do not wish to have any
trouble with you. I am a mau of peace
nii.l guiilluness."
"But 1 ain't," Wiggs 1. plied. 1 am a
snorter frum B'ur Hollci! I aiu't the man
that butted the bull offeil the bridge, but I
am the man that rul the lay ..teer through
the Baft ooze of the s» amp of despair. Ef
you don't wanter git that coat dirty, w'y.
oil with it."
"Brother, at the risk of displeasing the
people whom it is my duty to pleat, I will
make another venture. 1 ..ill preach for
you again next Sunday."
On the following Sunday the people weii.*
si ill further surprised at the great virtues
of Biothcr Ike. hut being indulgent, made
no complaint. Three days later Wiggs
rode up to the preacher's house, and, see
ing the minister in the yard, dismounted.
"Come out here a minit." Wiggs called.
"\\ hat you can possibly want with me
now'?'' the preacher asked, as he climbed
over the fence.
"I have come on mighty distressin' busi
ness. You know that you preached my
brother's funeral three times'?"
"Yes, and you could not possibly want
me to preach it again?"
"No; fur frum it. I have jest found out
that Ike wa'n't nothin' but my ball'
brother, and 1 don't propose to do so much
fur a teller that ain't no more kin to me
than that. So, brother, we'll have to fix
it."
"But how can we? The funerals have
been preached."
"I know that, an' that's why I have
come. 1 want you to go to the church
next Sunday au' take them sermons back.
1 ain't hayin' no half brother puffed. Thar
ain't none of the half way bu. iness about
me. Will you take them sermons back
next Sunday?"
"Such a thing would he ridiculous, my
friend. I cannot comply with vour wish."
"Then I'll have to waller you."
"I have accommodated you three times
aud now 1 beg you to go away.''
"I lowd that I'd have to waller you."
"I tell you I am a mau of peace and
gentleness."
"Lowd that I'd have to waller jou."
"Well, come on then, you trifling scoun
drel."
The preacher took off his coat aud huug
it on the fence. Wiggs looked up aud
dowu the road. The preacher rolled up
his sleeves, and turning toward his house,
lifted his bands and said: "Lord, Thou
khowest that when I killed old Lige
Moore, and Sam Tillotson, aud Calvin
tireen, aud Dock Yanee, that I prayed that
all such cups might forever pa.-s from me,
but Thou secnt that I am compelled to de
fend myself."
Tbe preacher turned about. Dust was
rising dosvn tbe lane. Wiggs had taken to
bis heels. * ORIE I*. REAH.
Sherman's: March.
"Let lile r. late to you a little episode of
my famous march to the sea. One day I
halted with my stall'at a bouse on a large
plantation aud asked the gray headed old
planter sitting on the piuxza for a drink of
water. He called to so in.: of his colored
men then slaveß, and ordered a bucket of
water, which was brought with a gourd to
drink lioui. While 1 aud my officers were
drinking from the gourd Ih. old planter
sat and eyed us inquisitively. lie, ot
course, knew that I was an officer from
my dress and stuff, but .lid not know 1113"
rank of office or name.
''Hearing one of my staff address me as
'General,' be turned quickly with a look of
surprise and said:
•"Are yon a General
" 'Yes, air.'
" 'Wlial is your name!
" 'Sherman.'
" 'Sherman; you Geu. Sherman?"
" 'I suppose I am.'
" 'flow many men have you got?'
" 'A million.'
" 'Now, I'd just like lo have you answer
me one question more. Where arc you
going from hero?"
"'Well, now, that iR Considerable lo re
quest of an entire stranger and under the
cireuinutunees'
" 'Hut I promise lo keep it a secret.'
" 'Are you sure that you can kwp a se
cret if I impart it to yon?"
'■ "Certainly, certainly. 1 will, on my
honor as a gentleman.'
" 'Hut there is a risk, you know. What
if 1 should tell aud my intentions become
publicly known,"
" '1 promise that 1 will not tell your su
crel to a siuele human being. You can
trust lo me implicitly.'
" ' on are quite sure 1 can trust you?"
" Most certainly, I am, with the utmost
safety,' (saiil eagerly).
"Well, then, I will tell you. 1 am go
ing where 1 d please. Good day.'
"The expression of that man's lace can
better be imagined thau described on his
heiuii informed of my intention -
If Nobody Elbe Does.
Roland (admiringly)—beautifully
and ber;o(r>in£ly you are dressed, sweet
out'. And with such taste iu colors."
Ruth ■ "(Had yon admire me. I always
eboo, e tlie hade 1. For instance, I like to
have my hal and cloves em re :JHIIHI
Rolaud I'mfaoing awa) j ."i Ino t
May we lie hat and gloves?"
Hnth ( a.ftly)—"Ve often "
\llll the l'ostotti ec Department piotits
there Ils'.
- The man who wipes hi, iius» on bis
sleeve, pi. ks his teeth with a lork, .|uirls
lolia. ro juice on the cool to e hearth rides
to mill with corn in one > iol of the sack
and a stono in the othei, Ume with
hickory bark lines, deposits bis money in
his last winter's sock, insi. tson paying his
taxes Willi coon skilin and uil.l honey,
fastens his oue gallu with a wooden ji;*g
and wears "posauiu belly'' puutd, i the
-ame old muster who has 110 u 0 for tbe
j home paper, and his brother 1 ■ the fellow
| who tries to do business iu town without a
lino of advertising.
A Strange Case.
Ali.-> Ida'l'ui ktr or Uv- .laun>s Ui.ran,
as she call-s herstli', was arretted in Hefn er
Fall?, last Tliursday, for the murder or
suspected murder iif Paloier Rich, a
wealthy farmer nf Chi-naiig.. Cn . N. V., a
year and a half age.
On O. ti.her lt», l- k> * Kich left the farm
of his wi.lowi d mother, with whom he liv
ed, and droit: into the little town .if X.ir
wieli. to hank sereral thousand dollars in
L»S1I which he had received in payment of
a mortgage he held He stopped in front
nf the only hotel in the place, and throw
ing the reins to the hostler, t.dd him not
tu stable the horse, as he would be back iu
a few minutes. Kicli then started down
street, and was seen to enter a little two
roomed frame house, about a olock away.
He was never seen again.
The bouse Rich entered was rented by
Mrs. Fox, a young woman whose hu.-band
bad left her, it is said f«r cause. With
Mrs: Fox lived her husband s cousin, Ida
Tucker, a very pretty, black eyed, black
haired woman of 'Si y ears.
When Rich failed to return for bis horse
and buggy the next snortiing his mother
was communicated with, and a search for
him at once instituted. A Deputy Sheriff
went to tbe l''..>, bouse house, aud. show
ing a photograph ot the ni i-sing man, ask
ed the women il the) had lately seen tbe
.in^iii..l. They b.ith declai.d tli.y had
not, and a rigid search of the place failed
to disc-over any tr.'ii • of Rich Suspicion
still pointed to the women, the rural po
lice holding the theory that Kicb h:i.l been
chloroformed au.l robbed, an.l bin bod,
cut to pieces.
Ida Tucker bore the innuendoes of the
townspeople for three weeks, but they fi
nally became irksome, and she went to
Utica. ben she took her trunk to tbe
dep.it the mithoiitio .-earcbed it again, the
motor having -prea.l that it contained tile
body of the victim, but nothing was found
to coufirm the suspicion. Miss Tucker
left and the matter rested for two years.
Last Wednesday night Sheriff Mc-fand
lf*ss of Allegheny Co., received the follow
ing telegram:
NORWICH, X. Y.
Arrest and hold Ida Tucker. 1 have
warrant from Governor Heaver for her ar
rest. Crime, murder. She is with James
Morran, teacher of athletics, at some Cas
ino Museum. Answer.
W. W. Rrowx, Under Sheriff.
This was supplemented by a telegram to
Inspector McAleese stating that Ida Tuck
er left Utica about the last of March.
Superintendent O'Mara aud Detectives
Shore and Robinson at once started in on
the case. They found that Miss Tucker
had appeared at the Casino about three
weeks ago, and that James Grady, who is
now performing there, had been on inti
mate terms with her. Mr. Grady was
aroused from his slumber in his room over
Miller's restaurant, and he stated that Miss
Tucker had gone to Heaver with James
Morran. The officers took the 11 o'clock
train for Heaver and Grady wa# taken
along.
Miss Tucker, or Mr 3. MOl ran, as she is
known at Heaver, was found at a house on
Main street, preparing dinner for her hns
band, who was employed as a striker in a
blacksmith shop. She was not the least
surprised at the announcement of tl.e offi
c. rs' errand, but calinly prepared to ac
company the detective to Pittsburg. She
said she had been arrested for the crime
before, but 110 evidence had been produc
ed lo implicate her. Her husband took the
same unconcern, aud was firm in his be
lief in his wife's innocence.
A tier Mrs. Morran was arrested she ac
knowled to Inspector McAleese that she
lived with Mrs. Fox, at Norwich, and said
she saw Rich drive up to the hotel the
day he disappeared, but denied that he en
tered the Fox house, or that she ever saw
him again. She stated further that on
two weeks from next Monday she and her
husband were engaged lo open the season
with a small ciicus in Virginia in a double
club swinging act.
The Sheriff of Norwich was notified of
the arrest, and replied that officers armed
with extradition papers would take tbe
woman back, ffe does not state what ad
ditional evidence has been obtained iu the
past two years which has led to Mrs. Mor
rau's re-arrest.
A reward of SSOO is effered for the re
covery of the missing man's body, dead or
alive, and fSOO for the arrest and convict
ion of' his murderer.
Will They Ever Wear It?
Lady Florence Dixie, who, ridiug man
laxhioii. galloped all through l'alagonia,
and has given the world charming sketches
of her journeyiugs, has begun an earnest
crusade against tbe wearing of long skirts
by women for a walking costume. Sho
.-peaks of the (haiigcs that have taken
place iu woman's garments in the last lew
years, aud then adds:
"Yet still the bugbeJt skirt remains,
hampering to the limbs, tbe spouse of mud
and dirt, the tyrant which practically de
clares that a woman's lower limbs shall be
niuscleless aud weak front lifelong inac
tivity."
Sho does not waul woman lo adopt
man's costume, because it is so ugly, but
she says:
"1 know my remark will be received
with shouts of horror by many—of derision
by a few—but I unhesitatingly declare
Wl.lt I lie day is fast approaching when the
hideous aud M useless long skirt will die a
natural death. 1 am not an advocate of
trousers for women—unless it be the zou
ave pattern—for I think trousers are bid
eons at any time; hideous on men. much
more so on women The difference in
man's appeurcucc in the kilt to what be
presents when Iu trousers is very marked.
The former is graceful and becoming, the
latter neither one or the other.
Tbe ideal dress for women, such as l.ady
Florence wears in Scotland, she describes
as follows:
"It consists of a flauocl shirt, knicker
bockers, kilt and loose jacket . Iu it lam
free; in it I can walk twenty, thirty unles
a day if need be, over the roughest ground;
hut, put me in tin: hated skirt and I am nt
once feeble and unable to move.
r-An exchange ssys: It's 110 longer
gooil form for a gentleman to raise his hat
when he meets a lady <•" the street. A 1
1 oiirteom wave of the baud, not unlike a;
military salute, ha been substituted tori
the old cu. loin in London, I'aii' aud |
Vicnun M 1 not .1 fail l.iil a conviction
i that uncovering the head iu the open air j
'. an "I'd a number of eases of influenza To j
| see a loan go along Ihe tre.-t and will, a
I spa modic grab yank his hat oli ..inl bring j
i it down over bis face so he can see the in
! .i.le of a crown, is amusing Fool- often
do the same thing, ami sapheaded dudes
always In future keep 011 vour hat if you
v. isli to he iu style Make a semi military
salute, |n t touching the rim of the hat
An excellent and quick way l<> mend
broken plaster easts and impressions is to
paint tbe broken surfaces over two or three
liHie.s with very thick shellac Varnish, and
at each application to burn out the alcohol
over a fiaiue When the sheflac is suf
ficiciitly soft, press the parts together, and
| hold in position till coo). It will be as
' strong as before broken.
Aichio ("ampbell's Courlship.
Muuy good stories iilive been told Itt the
i xpetise ui' Archie Campbell the lrisli tav
ern kei-per who fur many years prior to his
death, im account of his odd characteris
tics. Ms the most unique and conspieious
figure in Keynoldsville, and among the
best of these anecdotes was one frequently
related hy the late Garner Wilson. It told
how Jimuiy Waite, a genial and witty old
Irishman from the "backwoods," assisted
Archie in securing a wife.
At appears that when Archie was a
young man. he tame to the conclusion
that he needed a wife, and having previ
ously devoted all his talents to the aoijuire
uient ot a few thousand dollars, he had
found no time to learn the gentle art of
love. Consequently he set about the task
of getting a wile in a purely matter of fact,
businesslike way, unmixed with tender
sentiment and glorious day dreams. Al
though the stars had never sh.iue through
Archie's soul, uud no bright visions of an
angel lonn, dwelling with him iu the "soft
palaces of a fary future," evfcr haunted his
mind, yet he wanted a wife.
He consulted Jimuiy Waite about the
matter, and Jimmy informed him that
Alary Ann Kile was just the girl he want
ed lie agreed to take Archie to the Kile
homestead and introduce him, and assist
him in his courtship. Together then they
. ot. \» iiTu liny arrived at the Louse
Mis. Kile invited them to come in and sit
down.and Jimmy introduced their delicate
mission in his characteristic stvle.
Tim.- 11/ iliisler Cumuiell, Mussus Kile,
tie wants to marry yer dauther."
"Och!" exclaimed ilrs. Kile, "Mary Ann
is the only pari we're pot, and sure we
can't spare the pari."
Mussus Kile." sai.l Jimmy, assuming a
confidential tone and sideing up closer to
tier, "Musses Kile- —Muster Cnminell has
more money than all ofye'n can carry.''
'•lndaile," said Mrs. Kile, "thin I sup
pose we'll have to spare the gorl."
That settled the matter, and Archie and
Jimmy started for home highly elated.
"Archie," said Jimmy, as soon as they
pot outside the house. and he
chucked him iu the ribs with his thumb,
"Wuth your uioue}- and my slack tongue
we could sejuce the word!"'
"Egad, that's so," said Archie, and they
went on their way iu high faVor with them
selves.—l'unxsutawney . Spirit.
Bismarck on the Labor Prob
lem.
Iu a recent interview with a press corres
pondent on the probable effect of the
great May Day demonstration to take
place throughout Europe on the first of
May, Prince Bismarck, the great German
statesmen, gave his views on the labor
question. "The antagonism between labor
and capital," Bismarck says, "is the result
of the natural law, and iu the course of
nature can never come to an end. We
will never reach the situation where the
laboring man will say, 'We are satisfied
both fur ourselves and tor our children and
for those who cntne after us.' It may be
considered un axiom that the desire of the
laborer to improve his condition and to get
on will last as long as he sees anyone
whose condition is better than his own * "
In this eternal struggle between labor and
capital labor has scored the most victories.
Such will be the ca»« whenever the labor
ing in an,has the ballot and should there
e\er be a final victory it will be his. But
if this struggle ever does come to an end
human activity would eome t.> a dead lock
and human struggles and striving conic to
an end, which i< not, I think, the intention
of divine providence. "Where, as iu thous
ands of islands iu the southern oceans, the
consequences of climate and production is
food without effort, and there is no neces
sity for working, men might live and be
content, like sleek, good-natured animals,
but in our life the strife and the struggle
that accompany it produce progress and
civilization by the friction of human com
petition. No, this conflict of classes will
never cease, and to solve it, like tryiug to
solve the problem of squaring the circle, is
the Utopian dream of a thousand years.
The millennium is to be realized only when
men become angels."
Notes For Your Album.
The following form for the arrangement
of pictures iu the family album has been
copyrighted. Persons adhering to it will
have the stereotyped explanations usually
given to callers as they turns the leaves:
No. I.—"T'nderstood to bo "my father,'
you know, now in his seventieth year.
N ice old man but rather sot in his ways."
No. 2.—"That's grandma— sixty-five
years old and as spry as a cricket. Com
ing out to setf us next Fall. Didn't turn
gray until she was sixty."
Xo. .'J, —"Oldest sister, Minnie, lives in
Cincinnati—five children—keeps three
m i \ uu —cataract in the left eye."
No. 4.—"Thtttf Oh, tliut'H my brother
lien. Takeu just after he (rot well, lie's
out in Denver now. Vc gthink he is
engaged."
No. 5.-"My sister Jessie's four childreu
iu a group. Aren't they cunningf Jessie
lives in Chicago. We don't think she is
bappy with her husband, hut she never
lets on, you know."
No. o.—"My Cousin l!ella—lives in Wis
consin—rather conceited and uppish. We
used to write, but don't now."
No. 7.—"My Uncle William, of Massa
chu.-i tt>. lie's rich, and we expect he'll
leave us his money. Queer old duck, and
we have to use him tenderly.''
No. rt.—"Oh, yes! That picture doesn't
belong in there. That's my Aunt Sarah,
but she's dead. He en dead live years, but
we kind of keep the pictures around. She
didn't amount to much. Just ordinary,
you know."
No. !>. —"One of my girl friends. She
thinks she's good looking, but she isn't.
I'ui mad at her just now, and 1 keep it in
here for spite."
No. 10. —' One of iny tellers. The pic
lure isn't near as good looking as he is.
We wore engaged, but his mother broke it
up."
Nos. 11, 1-, 13, 14 and 15.—"Aunts,
uncles, cousins and other folks who don't
amount to much, hut have been put in to
till up."
I' ucut cannot ho too careful in guarding
the health of their babies, only a good
ami reliable medicine should be given to
I hem, Mi. Hull's Baby Syrup is known not
to contain anything injurious.
It your skin i yellow, or it you ar«
I ti'iiiiblfd with pimplei and boils, cleanse
pour blood with l.axailor, the golden
specific. I'rice only cents.
•*
The recent decision of the Supreme
' Court, which renders uuggatory all laws
prohibiting the importation of intoxicating
liquors into a i'rohibitiou State, and gives
it man,even without a license, tbe privilege
of i irryinK on an iuter-State liquor 'rathe,
is pretty generally condemned by the
press Justices oray, Harlan ami Hewer
dissented from the opinion of the majority,
alleging that it was the undoubted right of
a State lo protect its inhabitants against
iu< evils, physical, moral and social, alien
ing the free use of intoxicating liquors.
The deti-ion is a severe Mow to Stalo pro
bition.
Facts About False Teetb.
From Boston Herald.
' How long do tulse tveth weart" an ex
perienced dentist was asked the other day.
ou might as well say. How long does
a >llll of elothes wearf' was the reply.
It all depends upon the quality of the
teeth and the person who usee them. It a
woman bites thread with her artificial
molars, they are likely to be ruined in a
week On the other hand, I know persons
who have worn the same sets for twenty
years, and have never been compelled to
have them repaired. Sets made of the best
material and in the best manner should last
a lifetime with proper care."
"What is the proper care of false teethf
"Both the plates and the crowns should
be removed from the mouth and cleansed *
every night and morning.'
"Do artificial teeth decay*"
"So. They are all made of porcelain,
whieh is not subject to decuy as the natur
al hone is. But at the same time porce
lain is more brittle than bone, and hence
an aitilicial tooth will not stand rrany
hard knocks."
' What is the difference in the durability
of high-priced and cheap tcethi"
"That is a difficult question. Cheap
teeth are made of a material that bears the
relation to tliut of the best teeth that a
common stone china plate does to a Sevres
and that is al>out all that some of them
are. Xow. so long as the glaze lasts the
teeth are as strong as those made of the
costliest material, and I have known a set
costing nest to nothing to perform service
for many years. They are not quite so
brittle, in fact, as those made of the finest
porcelain. But the chief superiority of the
latter lies in their shape and in the exacti
tude with which they are fitted to the
gums."
"What is the best sort of plate?''
"One made of gold. But black rubber
is just about as durable, only it is harder
to keep perfectly clean."
"Are complete sets of artificial teetl:
not uncommont"
"Partial sets are more frequently seen,
but complete sets are by no means unu
sual."'
'•Who wear the most false teeth —mei
or women?"
"Women, by long odds. I don't thinl
the result is due alone to vanity, however,
although that may have something to d
with it. The chief reason is that the nat
ural teeth of women are not as good an i
strong as those of men, and. therefor •
have to be more frequently replaced b_
artificial teeth."
He Didn't Understand.
To prevent mistakes in transmitting, tl.v
grain and commission men have a well e
tablished cipher in which words that a:
not liable to be mistaken by the telegra; !>
operator are used in the place of the qu
tation figures. Some of the Kansas Cit
firms use the eipher in corresponding wi i.
their out of town customers, and others o
not, as the geueral run of customers a.
not familiar with the cipher.
A Kansas man was in Kansas City la-t
year aud made a large purchase of whi .1
with a leading commission house on a t
per cent margin, says the Star of that cit.v
He requested the firm to telegraph b:..i
the quotations the next day, and a clerk i
the firm was instructed to present t;
with a cipher key, but neglected to do
The Kansas man now telli the story ■
his speculation with great gusto.
The next morning he rfreeived a tc'
gratu:
"Opened, disgust."
He was somewhat surprised and fai 1
to make any sense out r.f the message,
little later he received another message
"Disgusted."'
lie did not know what it meant, but it
was signed. He telegraphed back to ice
commission firm:
"So am I."
A little later came a telegram:
"Disgusting."
By this time he was getting mad. and
sent back another message.
"I should say it was disgusting W uat
do you nieani"
Before he had fuirly got his auswer u
the wires there came another message:
"Disheartened."
So was the Kansas man; so he wuited
aud did not auswer. But when another
message came in "Dishonest," he sent
■word back:
"I won't dispute it, and I think you are
crazy also. Sell all my wheat at once."
A little later he received a message:
"Sold just in time. Now disgorge.
To say that the Kansas man was am 1
would be putting it mildly. He cool, tin*
traiu that night for Kansas City to see
what it meant, and when he f'jund out he
treated all around.
Disgust translated is 09} cents; disgust
ed, cents; disgusting, 100 cents; <iis
hrartened, 100J cents; dishonest, liWl
cents, and disgorge, 99J cents.—Kansas
City Journal.
Bowstringlng.
An article going the rounds of the papers
gives the methods of execution in all tho
civilized and half-civilized countries of tho
world.
The death by the bowstring is desciiiied
as follows:
While executions in Turkey are commonly
conducted by tho sword—except in m-lifary
circles, where the gun is used. n< in
England und iu this country—the bow
string is not neglected. This is an in
stitution peculiarly Turkish, and although
often talked and written about, com para
tively few outside the Moslem dominions
know anything at all about ii The
executioners with tho bowstring ai ■ gen
erally deaf mutes. They work in pair* and
are very expert.
ilany of them are dwarfs, ugly, mis
shappen people, creatures who sc. .o io
have been formed by nature expre- I) lor
their hideous work. The condemn.-.l nnu
or woman sits on a divan, while the two
mutes approach behind, bearing with ihetu
a stont bow. One of them, bends tin- tmw
almost double with his strong -lueay
arms, while the other, with a dexterous
■notion of the wrist, casts tho loop of the
bow string around the victim's neck, which
has been considerably bared for Hie
occasiou. It settles across the lain) -v. the
how is released, aud the mutes ea. It grasp
a band of the victim now struggling in the
throes of strangulation. Motion ieaie* io
a few recotuls, and a moment or two later
Ihe spasmodic action of the muscles tells
that the lile has gone out.
* The bowstring finds a fitting companion,
as far a» refined Oriental cruelt) i» con
teriled, in death by strangulation mid tho
saik, which is yet practiced iu some parts
of Turkey, l'ersia and Syria, and which
was a common method of punishmeut in
ancient Greece aud Home The viatim,
half or a holly dead, is sewed up in a sack,
weighted, and cast into the river
—Pharisee—l thank God I »n> not as
other men.
Publican —An J so do they.
"Sweet maid," said he.
"1 ask of thee
To Hy, to Hr, to fly with me.'
• i'ouug felloT," said she.
•Now don't you be
Too fly, too fly, too fly w tb me.'
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