VOL. XXVIII
D. E. JACKSON.
'203 S M n S:. - - Boiler, PP.
Kv'vl Delighted.
Wi'i u'o in ; 'of Seasonable
<z<X
II . ;: boo _ i _ large Stock of
Ka.ll and Winter Ooodp, and owing to
I rid w ;t. r sr:d woree roads, they
have not Seen goiDg out as fast ae
thf v ougl t to
We have
CUT PRICES AWAY DOWN,
as v intHt oa account of scarcity of
roo i them oat to make room
for Spring Goods.
If yon want a Cloak, Jacket or
Shawl
NC W IS YOUR CHANCE.
Or it uv. aiit Blankets, Comforts
Ui:< crv «*cr. Ladies'or Gents', Flan
neb Cecton Flannel cr anything in
th;
COME NOW
before ;be Stock is broken, but
DON'T FORGET
to CJ: mine oar large stock of Dress
Ooodc", which are included in this
CUT,
A > Fancy and Dress Plushes,
Black Suiab sod Qros Grain Silks,
all Marked Down.
Full Again.
Wo mean our wall paper de
partment, full and overflowing
with our immense and choice
slock i i'paper hangings. You
niu.-t help us out, we haven't
r< < in (i r half our goods, until
) (iu relieve us of some of them.
We have the chokest selec
tion of patterns in every grade
from Jjrown Blanks at 10 cts
to Gilts ;:t from 20 cts to $1
per (louhie holt.
Examine our Stock.
J. H. Douglass,
Butler, Pa.
Rare Bargains,
Extraordinary Bargains are offer
ed here in
UNDERWEAR.
HOSIERY,
GLOVES,
1! A JiDKEECDIEFS.
MUFFLERS,
Evtiyl • . n furDi?hirgs for ladief,
child; < u and men.
O n>j';.rf i ur j iicfs with what you
b»vt> i mi pajirp end see if yon
can't i a»c inoccy by dealing with
its.
John M. Arthurs.
333 SOUTH 11A IN STREET. 333
GRAND
CLOSING
OUT
SALE
FOR
REMOVAL
AT
THE
RACKET
STORE,
148 Main St.
Butler, Fa.
GO TO
Miners
FOR
I'ure Dings,
Paints, Oils, Glass,
Fine Toilet Articles,
Patent Medicines,
And all other
Articles
Kept in a
First Class
Drug Store.
BUTLER COUNTY
V rirr insurance Co.
0->c Cor f- air l & Cunningham B'i.
• . |! Oi .-..-iINU, PUEHIX>KN7.
> . HKIN)-AIN , WKCRKTARY.
P!!*ECTOItb:
'!. ( ! " ■ . , Henderson Oliver,
J.i I s rv , .lames* Btephen*on,
A. Tr.. Im !., 11. Hejneinan,
Mil v, ;• : . N\ iVfil/e!,
1 ' I' >" I»r KVfcenbach,
J. W. i ktu.rt, 1). T. Norrls.
10 ' ; j vl JtK KJN, Aren'r.
TT, ™r;pp. PA
Wu3?TC' U
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
V. McALPINE,
Dentist,
Is now permanently located at 120 South Main
Street' r.ntler. Pa.. In rooms formerly ;ccoupied
by Dr. Waluron.
Dr. N. M. HOOVER,
137 K. Wayne St., ofllse hours, 10 to 12 M. and
1 to 3 P. M.
L. M. REINSEL, M. D ,
Physician AND SL-rgeon.
Office and residence at TJi Graham Street.
Butler. Pa.
L. BLACK,
PIIYBICJAK A Nil SOBS BON,
New Troutman lir.llding, Butler, Pa.
Dr. A. A. Kelly,
Office at Hose Point, Lawrence county, Ta.
E. S. I.EAKK, If. D. J. K. MANN. M. D.
Specialties: Specialties:
Gynaecology and Sur- Eye. Ear. Nose and
tery. Throat.
DRS. LEAKE & MANN,
Butler, Pa.
G. >V.. ZIMMERMAN.
rriYgfClAK AND BTKOKON,
Office aIJNo. 45, 8. Main street, over Frank L
Co's LiUff Store. Butler, Fa,
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon.
So. 22 EaM Jefieroon St., Hi.tier. Pa.
W. R. TITZEL.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
9. W. Corner Main and North fit*., Butler, Pa.
J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Butler, Penn'a.
Artificial Teeth Inserted cn the latest Im
proved Plan. Gold Killing a specialty. Office
over Schaul'a Clothing Store.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work pert lining to the profession execut
ed in the neatest manner.
Specialties Gold Fillings, and Painless Ex
traction of Teeth. Vitalized Air administered.
Office SB Jefnui Street, oar doer East of Lowrj
House, Up Stain.
Office open dally, except Wednesdays am)
Thursdays. Communications by mall receive
prompt attention.
If. D.—The only Dentist In Butler
best makes of teeth.
J. W. MILLER,
Architect, C. E. and Surveyor.
Contractor, Carpenter and Builder.
Maps, plans, specifications and esti
mates; all kinds of architectural and en
gineering work. So charge for drawing if
X contract the work. Consult your best in
terests; plan before you build. Informa
tion cheerfully given. A share of public
patronage is solicited.
P. O. Box 1007. Office S. W. of Court
House, Butler, Pa.
C. F. L. McQUISTION,
E\UL\EEIt AND SURVEYOR,
Orrici NEAK DIAMOND. Ktrn.ru, PA.
J. M. PAINTER,
Attorney-at-Law.
Office—Between Tostofllce and Diamond, But
ler, Fa.
A. T. SCOTT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
Office at No. 8, South Diamond, Butler, Pa.
A. M. CHRISTLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LA .
Office second floor. Anderson B1 k, Main St.,
near Court House, Butler, Pa.
J. w. HUTCHISON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office on second floor of the Huselton block.
Diamond, Butler, Pa., Room No. 1.
JAMES N. MOORE^
ATTOBNIT-AT-LAW AND NOTABY PUBLIC.
OfTlce in Room No. 1, second floor of Iluscltoa
Block, entrance on Diamond.
IRA McJUNKIN.
Attorney at Law. omce at No. IT, East Jeffer
son St., Butler. P»,;
w. c. FINDLEY,
Attorney at Law and Real Estate Agent, Of
IcJ1 c JL rear " f z - Mitchell's office en north side
of Diamond, Butler, Pa.
H. H. GOUCHER.
Attorney-at-lawr. Office on second floor of
Anderson building, near Court House, liutler,
J. K. BRITTAIN.
Att'y at Law—Office at S. K. Cor. Main St, an-1
Diamond, Butler, Pa.
NEWTON BLACK.
Att'v at Law—Offico on South side of Diamond
Butler, Pa.
A. E. GABLE,
V" eterinary Surgeon.
Graduate of the Ontario Veteriuary
College. Toronto, Canada,
Dr, Gable treats all diseases of the
domesticated animals, and mokes
ridgling, castration and boreo den
tistry a specialty. Castration per
formed without clams, and all otner
surgical operations performed in the
most scientific manner.
Calls to Bny part of the country
promptly responded to.
Office and Infirmary in Crawford's
Livery, 132 West Jefferson Street;
Butler, Pa.
SAW MILLS
Variable Frirlion anil Belt Feed.
Steam Engines, Hay Picsses,
ShingJe Mills. &c-
Portable Grist Mills,
Semi lor IllU*. Tltrrolilnir Mnrhlnr*. Jtr.
Catalogue. A B. KAUCjtIUK CO., York. Pa.
L. 8. McJUNKIN
»
Insurance and JReal Estate Ag't
17 EAST JEFFERSON ST.
BUTLER, - PA.
THIS PA
Ad teniae is th* CITIZXM
GREW GIVE ally SALE.
We have in stock a large line of Long Wraps and Jacket;-.
We have assorted them into lots.
Lot 1 running up to S 6
U 2 " " " 10 .
" 3 " " " 12
" 4 " " " 15
5 " " " 18
" 6 " " " 25
Now tn gel them out of the way, w oiler to each buyer of
our goods (at the lowest prices ever know: following extra
ordinary inducements:
PARTIES li 1 Y i r\C*
$lO worth of goods will have their choice of one wrap, Lctl
15 .< " « " " 2
18 U " " " 3
20 " " " " " 4
22 " " " " " 5
25 " " '• " " 6
FREK OF CHARGE,
As we say we have a big line of these wraps, md wart to run
them olTquick. And we guarantee all our goods rnarktd in
plain figures at less than you can buy them e. ewnere. Come
in and get first choice.
RITTER & RALSTON.
Regarding Fine Clothes.
As a new comer requesting a share of the pat
ronage of this town and vicinity in my line, it
befits me to make a feu statements. I make a
specialty of the higher grades of work; I keep
in stock the finest quality of goods; I recognize
the fact that a good fitting suit from my house
is it's best advertisement, while a misfit con
demns the cutter and tailor. I shall endeavor
to send out the best fitting clothes to be found.
I do all my own cutting.
o—o
The prices will be as low as can be made com
patible with the quality of goods I shall adhere
to. A full line of the latest and most stylish
goods in stock. Call and see me before placing
any orders.
GEO, HABERNIGG, SR.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
202 S. Main St., New Troutman Building,
Don't Bead Tlii* Unless You
Want To!
We feel confident it will pay you.
Now that the Holidays are over we are
busy getting ready for Spring trade.
We want all persons to know where to
buy goods at right prices. This is the
place. We sell goods as cheap as any
person in the United States, if not cheap
er. W c
RETAIL FURNITURE AT WHOLE
SALE PRICES.
We o-ive you first-class U'oods; what more
can we do. We also do just as we ad
vertise. We will sell you a Good Oak
Bed Room Suit for s'l9 and a fine Pol
ished Oak Bed Room Suit tor $25. You
can't buy it elsewhere under #35. Any
thing you want in the Furniture line you
e5 «, %/
will find at our store at low prices. Conic
and see us whether you want to !>u\ or
not. We want to show von our goods.
a. O
Campbell & Templeton,
OLD TROUTMAN STAND. BUTLEIS, PA
EVERY WATERPROOF
I———— THAT CAN EE RELIED ON
Not to i3x>l±t!
—
Not to Discaloy!
THIS MARK.
NEEDS NO LAUNDERINC. CAN BE WIPED CLEAN IN A MOMENT.
THE ONLY LINEN-LINED WATERPROOF
COLLAR IN THE MARKET.
®ELL BRE|H
If SOON WED??
Svouo rn QUICKLY MARRIED
SAPOLIO is one of tho best known city luxuries and each time r. cako
is used an hour is saved. On floors, tables end painted work it acts like
a charm. For scouring pots, pau3 and motals it has no equal. If your
•tore-keeper does not keep it you should insist upon his doing' 30, as it
always gives satisfaction and its i&imense sale all ov r the United States
makes it an almost necessary arti :1a to any well sni)pliod stora. iivnry
thing shines after its uso, and even tho children delight in using it in
their attempts to help around the house.
BI'TLKK, PA.. FRI I)A V. KKHlil'A I i V \M ). IS!H.
The Klre-I.lgfat.
When all without Is bleak and cold.
And shrouded tn somber gloom.
How cheerful Is the fire '.:jht
As It ells and floods the room!
The women sew
By its flickering glow,
And the children play ir.erry 1,-ames.
The musician's gttc,
As he softly plays, '
fs bent on the leaping flames.
The poet sits with head on hands.
And in the light his sonl expands;
He dreams of a beauty In rich attire.
And sees her there tn the blazing Are.
But off In the corner.
By glow nnkissed.
Sits the portly form of the oculist;
His eyes are closed.
And he dreams of wealth—
Of gold by the ton—
For how well he knows.
As the Are-light glows.
It Is spoiling the eyesight of every one
—Mortimer Dossone, In Puck
And Vet.
We know that wrongs forever bring
Their pangs of deep regret.
To ranklo In the 1. art and sting
Our consciousness,
And yet—
We go on sinnic:, 1 day by day
And add to our distress
Until we lose the gracious way
That leads to happincss-
We know that life Is but a day
That from the tasiinct
t'nto the scpulche,- the way
ts very short.
And yet—
We do not seek the deathless spr!-.
fntil it is too la'e.
And while the 1 -of H .>ven ring
We stand out'-i > t!i" 'n' •.
-Chicago P.*'
PASTE OK DIAMONDS.
A. Necklace That Enabled Mrs.
Sykes to Moot the Kaiser.
The Duke and Duchess of Beaumonde
were about to receive the German Ktn
peror at their villa at Cowes, and Mrs.
Sykes l ad set her heart upon going.
N*ot only was this ti be the most superb
event of the Cowes season, but a periixl
had now arrived in the career of Mrs.
Sykes at which she felt that in one form
or another it was imperative that she
should meet royalty. 1- or two years —
ever since, in fact, Mr. Sykes had con
verted himself, as he used to express it,
from a tradesman into a gentleman by
selling Svkcs' Soap Substitute to a
limited company —Mrs. Sykes had been
steadfastly maneuvering herself Into
society. I2y reason of her husband's
enormous wealth and her own nut over
scrupulous astuteness she had succeeded
up to a point. Hut though the circles
in which royalty moves are not inacces
sible to certain portions of the common
herd, the line, which even in these days
has to Ix; drawn somewhere, had latiier
to been drawn at Mr;-. Sykes. She had
sustained a severe disappointment in
connection with the Marl borough house
garden party, but defeat only acts as a
stimulant on some natures, and as Mr.
Sykes, whose one hobby was yachting,
was going to Cowes for the Royal
Yacht Squadon meeting, Mrs. Syltcs
was seized with the inspiration that her
failure in London might be retrieved
by forcing herself into the Duchess of
Ileaumonde's entertainment to the En
glish and German royalties in the Isle
of Wight.
When she came to consider how this
was to be accomplished there was one
lady to whom Mrs. Sykes' thoughts at
once turned. This was a certain Lady
Pali Mall, whose husband was afflicted
with a chronic impecuniosity which
made it extremely difficult for both to
keep up the state and dignity befitting
their station. Her ladyship, being a
young, pretty aud clever woman, was
often compelled to practice various
stratagems and devices in order to keep
her own and her husband's head above
the waters of debt, which constantly
threatened to overwhelm them. Not
the least remunerative of the many
avocations pursued by her ladyship
whereby she contrived to make her
rank and position profitable in a pe
cuniary sense was that of social sponsor
und general guide, philosopher and
friend to people who, like the Sykes,
were at once wealthy, ambitious, vul
gar and generally unpresentable. While
Lord Pall Mall borrowed money freely
from the husbands of those ladies for
whom Lady Pall Mall procured invita
tions, presented at court, patronized
and introduced into her set, her lady
ship accepted from the ladies them
selves numerous handsome and costly
gifts.
All this Mrs. Sykes knew and appre
ciated, and upon it she formed her
scheme. It was a scheme, however, in
which her husband's co-operation was
indispensable, for, in spite of the fact
that Mrs. Sykes enjoyed a liberal al
lowance, her anxiety to shine in the
world kept her in a perpetual state of
financial embarrassment At the pres
ent moment, so far from having any
6pare cash in her pocket, she was very
seriously in debt. She was obliged,
therefore, to confide in her husband be
fore she could carry her scheme into ef
fect John Sykes liad heard a good
deal about the Duchess of I'.eaumondc's
party and had every opportunity of ap
preciating the depth of ' his wife's
anxiety to get there, but he opened his
eyes considerably, when he was given
to understand that with the view of
procuring a card Mrs. Sykes contem
plated making a costly present of
jewelry to Lady Pall Mall.
"You don't mean tosa.y that .you want
to offer a bribe to a real Countess!" ex
claimcd Sykos, a vulgar man, possessed
of a simple mind and a limited vocabu
lary.
"Bribe! What a dreadful expres
sion!" answered his wife. "I propose
to make her ladyship a present, John,
that is all. To one in her position it
would bo an insult to offer any tiling
but diamonds. The only question is
what form the present should take. 1
think a necklace."
"It will cost a lot of money, Polly."
"Not more than we can afford," re
plied his wife. "It might be fifteen
hundred- it might be two thousand; but
you never were a mean man, John."
To do him justice, John was not.
During the last two years he had, in his
own phrase, "stuck at nothing" in the
way of expenditure for the purpose of
enabling his wife to attain that position
in the world on which she had 4et her
heart, though, as Mrs. Sykes very well
knew, his wrath would have been great
if he had known that she had spent
several hundred pounds more than ho
was aware of. lie only needed to be
convinced that Lady Pall Mall was
amenable to the influence which his
wife proposed to bring to bear on licr,
and that there was a reasonable pros
pect of her ladyship being able to pro
cure the desired quid pro quo. When
Mrs. Nykes, by dint of long argument
and expostulation, had convinced him
on these points lie was ready to go and
buy the diamonds at once. But lis in
sisted on buying them himself. Mrs.
Kykes had not intended this, but she
found her husband linn on this point
and was too good u diplomatist to con
test it.
"You had better call on her ladyship
this afternoon and sound her about the
busines:he said, in conclusion. "Two
thousand pounds is a bit of money, and
I don't want to jump before ! come to
the fence. You can sec how she takes
it before I get the stones, and mind you
do it carefully."
Mrs. Sykes did it -whether carefully
or net i; a. matter of opinion. She suc
ceeded, jit any rate, in making Lady
Pall .Mall understand what she wanted
and what die was prepar Ito pay for
it. If Lady Pall Mall had been dis
posed to r ■■•lit the fashion in which
the transa-l'ion v.::. approached the
price v.: to • tilfi 1 •ntl.'.l : r her to be
tray her ntiinen s. By t!i t:me the;
two ladies parted a rcry definite under-
Standing was arrived at. Mrs. Sykca
duly reported the result of her mission
to husband, and at luncheon time rest
day the pood man placed in his wile's
hands a ease containing a diamond
necklace which made that lady's eyes
sparkle.
In due course the coveted invitation
arrived. In due course Mr. and
Mrs. Sykes, who had Ixvn in their
yaeht in the Solent for a week
found themselves amony the proud
gathering at the Duke of ISeaumonde's.
\\ hilo this was happening Lord and
Lady I'all Mall were still in town, de
tained there by his lordship's some
what superfluous devotion t> his duties
as an hereditary legislator. On the
of the Duehe.-s" fete they wi re
enffagtid to dine v. itli a brother peer,
who was still waiting for the rising of
Parliament; and while Mrs. Sykes was
basking in the sunshine of the German
Kaiser and his English relatives. Lady
Pall Mall was reaping her reward in
the contemplation of her glittering
necklace of brilliants. For a week her
ladyship had kept the pri sent fr« in
the knowledge of her lord and master,
having, indeed, her own reasons for so
doing. To night, however, temptation
was too strong for her, and after much
doubt and hesitation she came down to
dinner with Mrs. Sykes* diamonds round
her neck.
It was astonishing how quickly the
glitter of the stones caught Lord Pall
Mall's oft >n unobservant eyes.
"Why, where on earth did you get
that?" he asked.
"It is a little present that I have
had," answered his wife.
"A present! Who the dickens' from?"
"Don't be alarmed." said her lady
ship. "My admirer was'no one more dau
gerous than Mrs. Sykes.—Sykes' Soap
Substitute, you know."
"Oh, chl And what have you been
doing for her?"
Lady Pall Mall responded in a whis
per.
"What fools these people must bet"
exclaimed the [>eer. "Why. the stones
must be worth a couple of thousand."
"Oh, no —not half of it," replied Lady
Pall Mall, turning away rather hastily
from her lord's scrutiny and changing
the subject- llis lordship returned to
it, however, when they came back
from the reception that evening.
"The fact is, Alice," he explained,
"that things have been going confound
edly erooked in the city the last day or
two, and at this moment I am at my
wit's end for —"
"Why will you speculate?" inter
rupted his wife, impatiently. "Things
always go crookedly when you have
any thing to do with them."
"It is only a temporary difficulty, I
assure you. I can't explain the posi
tion—you wouldn't understand it if I
did; but I must have I*l,ooo within the
next few days; and, if you wculd lend
it to me, that necklace of yours would
just save tis from ruin."
"How can yon ask such a thing!"
cried Lady Pall Mall, the tears starting
toher eyes. "It is the only decent or
nament I have. Will you leave me
nothing?"
"Oh, of course, if you refuse, there's
an end of it," replied her husband,
coldly. "Keep your necklace, by all
means, aud much pleasure may it give
you."
Lady Pall Mall, with all her clever
ness and knowledge of the world had
one very soft place in her heart, as his
lordship well knew. She stood for a mo
ment looking at her husband's care
worn and not over intellectual features;
then with an impulsive movement she
unclasped the necklace and held it out
to him.
"Take it and get the most you can for
it," she 5 aid, but with rather'a husky
voice. "I hope it may prove as valua
ble as you think."
With many protestations of grati
tude, and a solemn assurance that
the stones should be returned in ?.
week's time at the very farthest, Lord
Pall Mall took Mrs. Sykes' offering and
locked it up in his desk.
Next morning he was absent from
home for an hour or two. On his re
turn he dashed up at once to his wife's
room and c<#ifrouted her with a face
expressive of the deepest indignation
and disgust.
"Alice!" he exclaimed, "are you re
sponsible for this trickery?"
"Trickery? I den't understand you!"'
replied his wife.
"Did you not know when you gave
me these confounded diamonds that
they were paste?"
If he had for a moment thought that
she did, the incredulity and amazement
which his wife betrayed at the question
would have convinced liim to the con
trary. That the stones were paste was
proved beyond all question. The young
man at Mr. Meleliisedek's, to whom
Lord Pall Mall had tendered them as
security for an advance of one thousand
pounds, had detected their true charac
ter in half a moment. The question
now was, with whom had the imposture
originated? As soon as Lady Pall Mall's
first outburst of anger and disappoint
ment had subsided, she and her hus
band debated this question between
them very eagerly.
"I think," said Lord Pall Mall pres
ently, "that I see a way of solving the
mystery, and, what is more, of getting
yon your diamonds, with something
handsome beside."
"You do!" exclaimed her ladyship.
"I think that I do. The Sykeses are
back in town on their way North. I met
him in the city yesterday. Ask theni to
dinner to-morrow, anil then do as I tell
you."
The same evening Mrs. Sykes wasen
cliantcd by the receipt of an invitation
to dine with Lady Pall Mall on the fol
lowing night—not a formal invitation,
but a friendly note which might have
come, as Mrs. Sykes observed to her
husband, from an old schoolfellow.
This was a return, indeed, for tho
£3,000! Of course the Sykes went, and
of course Lady Pall Mall put on her
diamond necklace for the occasion—a
compliment which the worthy proprie
tor of Sykes' Soap Substitute fully ap
preciated, and which, coupled with tho
remarkable affability of his host and
hostess, helped to quickly put him at
his case. Indeed, before the dinner
was over Mr. Syltcs grew quite confi
dential and entertained bis noble
Mends with many edifying anecdotes
of his early life and adventures in the
soap trade. In the course of such con
versation the talk somehow turned upon
Mrs. Sykes' love of finery.
"Ah, you can afford to indulge these
tastes," said Lord Pall Mall, with a
glance at his wife. "For my part lam
always telling Lady Pall Mall that it is
folly to spend a fortune on real jewelry,
when stones can be imitated well enough
to deceive the ljost judge."
"Couldn't deceive me," remarked Mr.
Sykes, with a knowing air. "Give me
a handful of mock stones and one real
gem timong them, and I'd wager one
thousand pound sterling I'd piek the
genuine stone out ut the lirst guess."
"Iteally, are you so good a judge as
that?" queried her ladyship, innoccutly.
"Come now, Sykcs, you're joking; i
think only a professional expert can
detect really Cn.t-rato paste. Hut we'll
put you to the test. Look at that neck
lace my wife is wearing; it doesn't com
pare unfavorably even with Mrs. Silver
hook's emeralds, and yet she tells me
she only gave fifteen pounds sterling
for it."
Mr. Sykes stared, then burst out
laughing.
"So that's the story you've told his
lordship," he thought, as he looked
sideways at his hostess' blushing face.
"Well, mum's the word, but I ain't go
ing to be made ft fool of, even by a noble
loriL" And turning to Lord I'all Mall,
lie continued: "I should bo glad to give
her ladyship live hundred pound Bter
c-» it. Those t>tones are real —
every one ox tncsu.-
"I'm sorry to contradict you." re
torted Lord Pall Mall coolly, "but
really now you are mistaken. My wife's
necklace is only paste. You see, 1 was
not far wrong when I asserted that
paste sometimes deceives even a good
judge."
"1 quite agree with his lordship." in
terrupted Mrs. SykoH, quietly. "You
must be mistaken. John;" and she (rave
her husband a look that said plainly,
"It is bad manners to carry an argu
ment too far."
But Mr. Sykes was not to be stopped.
"Well, my lord." he said, "I'm ready
to back my opinion, anyhow. I'll bet
you any thing yon please that the neck
lace Lady Pall Mall is wearing is made
of twenty-five real stones of the first
water—and I ought to know."
"Oh. it's hardly worth betting
about," said Lord Pall Mall, indiffer
ently ' I'm very glad the necklace is
good enough to deceive such an excel
lent judge as you, but really I seldom
bet."
"Afraid —eh —in this ease?" sneered
Mr. Si - !.. . who was losing his temper.
At that mi incnt Lady Pall Mall gave
Mrs. Sykes the signal to retire, and the
ladies left the room.
"1 didn't want to discuss the question
farther before the ladies," said Lord
Pall Mall, as they settltd into their
scats again. "But lam as confident as
you are. and if you really want to back
your opinion I'll take your l>et to any
reasonable figure."
"Say a couple of thousand, if you
like.' replied Sykes, bumptiously, "and
let's decide it as soon as you please."
"Done with you. If you know any
expert in the neighborhood, I will send
to him at once."
"Send round to Louder & Bydon's.
Mention my name and ask them tost nd
Mr. Agate," said Mr. Sykes, with a
chuckle at his own astuteness. It was
Mr. Agate who had sold him the neck
lace.
"So be it," said his host. "Shall we
go upstairs?"
Within half an hour Mr. Agate had
arrived and by Lord Pall Mall's orders
was ushered into the drawing-room.
"Lxcu::e my sending for you iu this
informal way, Mr. Agate, but we wish
you to decide a trifling wager. My
dear," added Lord Pall Mall, turning to
his wife, "just let Mr. Agate look at
your necklace."
Lady Pall Mall at "once unfastened
the necklace. Mr. Agate carried it to
the light and closely inspected the dia
monds through his pocket lens. The
four onlookers waited expectantly.
"Well, sir, what do you say?" de
manded Mr. Sykes. "Stones of the
tir. t. water —eh'.'"'
The expert laid the necklace down,
and the stones flashed in the lamp-light
as if to affirm their unimpeachability
"Every stone in the necklace is pa:-to,"
he said, quietly.
"Then you are the biggest swindler
in London," shouted Mr. Sykes, "for you
sold me that necklace not a fortnight
ago for £2,000."
"I sold you one somewhat similar to
this, but"— the rest of the sentence was
drowned in an hysterical shriek from
M rs. Sykes, and for some minutes all
was confusion.
"I was right, you see/' remarked
Lord Pall Mall, when he and his wife
were presently left alone. "The lady
was the thief. I wonder what he will
say to her when they get home."
"I hope," said Lady Pall Mall, "that
he will tell licr to send me tho diar
monds."
"And I hope," said his lordship,
"that he will send me my £3,000."
Mr. Sykes was honest, with all his
faults, lie did both.—Jewelers'Weekly.
Met llis Match.
Parkins—What a magnificent woman
Cashly's wife is!
Ilarkins Ya-as; but, then, he's a
fellow who is always bound to get the
best of even,- thing.
Parkins—H'm! I'll bet you, my boy,
that he doesn't get the best of her!—
Puck.
nil Fate.
"Ilerc's an account of a robber who
fell down the chimney of a llrooklyn
boardiug-liouse right into the grate-fire
and lay there for half an hour "before
he was discovered."
"I suppose he was burned to a crisp?"
"No; he was frozen stiff.'"—Judge.
—The Hero's Habitation. —Tenner
Collum—"l'm writing a horrible talc in
twenty-six chapters. I'm going to call
it 'The Romance of a Corpse ' " Weeks
—"I see. But what is the plot like?"
Tenner Collum—"O, I shull have several
plots. Bach six by two." —Ai.'.crican
Grocer.
LITERARY SMALL TALK.
Sirt LIIWIM ARNOLD gets 53!>,000 for
his poem "Tho Light of the World."
Ovnit SS.OOO copyrights have been
granted to American authors during
tho present calendar year
AKCITIIIAI.D CUTIBI.NO Gtnmsn has
received SiU.OOO in royalties upon his
"Mr Barnes of New York."
JOHN O. WUITTIKK'S birthday gift*
Included a barrel of pitch-pine kindlings
from the Whittier colored school at
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
THE "House of Seven (iables." which
Nathaniel Hawthorne made famous, is
still to be seen on Turner street, Salem,
Mass It was built in ICC2, but re
ceived many alterations by its suc
cessive owners until it became the
curious structure which attracted Haw
thorne s attention, and was at one time
his home
LML.ILSON'S old home at Concord is be
coming more and uiore a shrine for the
literary pilgrim. It is now the hos
pitable home of Mrs Kmerson and Miss
Kilen Kmerson. One of tho most inter
esting relics iu the house is a fine old
clxssic engra'ving that was presented to
Mrs. Kmerson by Carlyle as a wedding
gift On the back of it Is pasted the
paper containing Carlyle's autograph in
scription
E. H. HOWE, the Kansas newspaper
man aud novelist, has been offered one
hundred dollars for the original manu
script of "The Story of a Country
Town," the novel that made liiiu famous
six years ago And yet, according to
the Kansas City Times, "there were
lots of nights while lid was writing the
tftory that he would have taken fifty
cents for the whole business and thrown
up the job."
SOME QUEER PEOPLE.
A.N Orovillo (Cal.) man keeps thieves
from his orange trees by tying cow
bells to them.
A WKI.J.INGTON (Kan.) hotel mnn
charges thirty-five cents for a single
meal, or seventy-five cents for two
TmtHE deacons at Bellaire. Mich.,
threw a brother out of church because
he refused to sing, or speak, or pray
A VEHY careful man is Farmer
Drisko, of Jonesborough, Me. He has a
plow which has been in constant serv
ice for fifty-three years
A UDT who advertised for a girl "to
do light housework" received a letter
from an applicant who said her health
demanded sea air, and asked where the
light-house was situated.
A BHOOKI.YN bridge for women only is
the latest idea, ami a Brooklyn spinster
will build it when she gets rich- She
says that women receive brutal treat
ment from the men at the bridge sta
tions.
A \Vi.i I'KIUC farmer's daughter, who
persuaded her father to give her a farm
for tier own, manages the entire eighty
ucres herself, and last year managed to
clear 51,000, besides buying her clothes
and machinery and stock for the farm.
She has a girl friend for a companion,
and keeps one man.
THE ARIZONA KICKER.
JoarnAli<ta from tUp llMt llmre to (<el
Arcliimtrd.
XE MORE rx
gf\ \ FORT I'X AT E.
1 i ] —The other
I iMpI J week a tender-
VVpj/ J foot who said
he had been a
N reporter on the
* 'Ll\ Pittsburgh
-j\ Chronicle, came
r Vlj alone and
struck us for a
w ,\ij _*■ job, and we set
! W him to work
i **"" »-■' Monday on the
■ Iff *i? < v Nr. agricultural de
yjyypartment of the
*" ji* 1 * — * z "~ paper. We
warned him against the strange climate
of this stranpe country, and that he
must not attempt to handle any thing
until he first asked the name of it.
After two or three hours he pot the
swell-head and went out to chin with
the boys, and that afternoon we buried
him. He had heard tell of jackass ralv
bits, but had never seen one, and some
body made him believe that Colonel
Moore's mule, which was tied near the
post-office, was one of the pen tie creat
ures of the plains. He was looking to
see if the rabbit's feet were weblied
| when the calamity came. Mortum bum,
which is Latin for he didn't know it
was loaded, and that we have his latch
key, five cents in money and a summer
necktie which we will forward to his
friends on request.
ToiJ) IIIM So.—Three months ago,
when a young man who had stuck type
for thirty-five cents per M on a Cleveland
. paper, and had knocked off because he
; couldn't agree with the editorial policy
of the paper, came out here to establish
a plant and grow wool on his back, we
sat down and talked to him like a
brother. There's nothing mean about
us. We don't want the earth. We
have a great weekly newspaper, a
butcher shop, grocery, saddlery, shoe
shop, millinery store and signal service
bureau all under one roof, and we don't
care how many other enterprises are
established in this wild West. This
young man planned to start a weekly
; over at Pedro Valley, and we warned
him to pitch into the Czar of Russia
and go light on the boys at home.
That's the safe policy while learning to
shoot right and left-handed. He didn't
seem to take kindly to our advice, and
our last words, as we lent him sixteen
letters out of a font of job type, were to
prepare for the up-hills and down-hills
of the hereafter. The sequel proves
that we were correct. He issued one
edition, jabbed his home subscribers,
and now he sleeps on lot Xo. 17, section
; 21, of Tower's subdivision of the 2,000-
acre tract. He died a victim to the cli
mate. assisted by willing hands.
TOOK A WAI.K. —Any particular lack of
interest in our editorial page this week
must be laid to a little incident which oc
curred Tuesday foreaxin. A cross-eyed
pressman, who was working his way
from San Francisco to Boston to see his
mother die. had put. in a couple ol
weeks with us as literary editor. lie
seemed a prudent, level-headed fellow,
and we passed in his copy without read
ing it. What did he do but ring in a lit
tle item to the effect that four aces
always beat a royal flush, no matter
what old li.tr held to the contrary.
Colonel Johnson, who is Arizona author
ity on poker, came around to have a
look at our man and ask where and how
we had captured him, and he had
scarcely stepped inside the office when
TNK I'IiESSMAN FKOAN TO BHOOT.
the pre lost his nerve and began
td shot. What was the Colonel's (fain
was our loss. We had a finger split by
a bullet, the devil pot a rake across the
si:all, and the foreman now carries his
arm in a slii The Colonel, it is need
le sto ;.ay, was flnt -nehed. When our
youn r wan got through shooting at
ev< rvbody except the man he wanted
to hit. we assisted to take him out. head
him for the cactus plantation, and start
him off. lie won't sou his mother die —
not if he keeps < u in that direction.
Tenderfoots sailing in this direction
shoue.l bear in mind that our customs,
vvavs and habits are somewhat different
from those of Boston and Sew York,
and on arriving in this locality they
should expect t> bo advised and posted
by citizens who can exhibit nine graves
in their privat* burying grounds.—De
troit Free Press.
A JDc«v I-aid Plot.
Maud —What a dear, good cliaperone
you are! I!ut how did you manage to
get my rival out of the room just at the
critical moment?
(,'haperono—l whispered to her in a
kind, confidential tone, that there wae
a rip in the back of her silk waist.—
Harper's Monthly.
(.raifimat ico-Mu«lral.
Mrs. IJardington (writing) Mr.
Ilardington, is the WOIKI 'iband" —a
brass hand, you know—singular or
plural?
Mr. Ilardington—Well, my dear, I
should say that depends upon whether
the musicians keep together or not
.l
A Siirprlf*lnjf Statement.
"I've a mind —" began (roslin
"Where did you get it?" asked Mise
\iay, interrupting hirn. Jcry.
A llupp; Man.
Lel»nd Doahleyou (in Wall street)—
Yesterday 1 saw you jumping out of the
Exchange with your hair on end. Now
yon look as sleek as a parson. Have
things been coming your way?
I'hil A. Heading—Well, I should say
so! I succeeded in borrowing ten thou
sand dollars on that jump.—Puck
A Way They Have.
Senator A. —Were you in the Senate
yesterday?
Senator B.—Yes.
Senator A.—What did you think of
Mower's speech?
Senator it. I haven't read the Record
to-day.—Jury.
An I nltlm) SufjjfMtlon.
Iliggins I've got u new idea for a
book. I'm going to write the autobi
ography of a horse.
'l'iggins You could write the autobi
ography of a do&key better. I think.
Munsev's Weekly.
HIT rurtlnn Worito.
"So your wife has left you?"
"She has."
"What wre her last words on leav
ing you?"
•• 'ls my hat on straight?"'—<"ape Coil
Item.
AH far niv Her Mirt«l U>uf,
M ,s High mind —What did you think
of Signor Travello, the new tenor?
MUs (iiddygirl—Oh, I thought lus
mustache was simply stunning! —
Judge.
NTO. 16
A FRAME DWELLING.
h. Moo llouso That Win Coat Twenty
Eight Hundred Dollars.
This honse consists of ten rooms, in
jludinp the reception hall, which is
5x12; the parlor, 14x10; the sitting
room, 12x16; dining-room, 14x14, with
conservatory Cxl 4; kitchen, 9xlo, and
chatnlters as shown on plans. This
house is well adapted for the country.
It has three fronts and can be located
on a large Kit so as to have the ad
vantage of the three entrances which
are shown on plans.
The arrangement is a novel one and
is apt to suit a great many people. The
design is plain ami solid. The front is
20 feet and the length 54 feet. There
are two porches, one 11x2® and one
3xlo. The honse is piped for gas and
furnace and is arranged for folding
doors, which can be omitted and pro
vided with portieres, making the rooms
in an agreeable communication with
each other. It is a houße adapted to a
moderate climate. There are folding
\ ■»
doors from the hall into the reception
hall and folding doors from reception
hall into parlor, sitting-room and din
ing-rooms. The parlor and sitting-room
are separated by folding doors. From
the sitting-rooia you enter the dining
room or conservatory through folding
doors, and the dining-room is divided
from the conservatory by a cased open
big and the conservatory is connected
with the chamber by a cased opening.
To enter the kitchen, yon pass
through the pantry, which is 4xlo feet.}
From the kitchen you enter the wood
shed through the rear entry. The finish;
throughout the house to be clean pine
with maple floors in kitchen, pantryy
bath-room and hall.
The front chambers will have an|
alcove 7xß feet and the rear chamber!
Pfß-S.T" —I 1
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Wi&tfmjj ffoom W.#/
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JST jif
—/7rsT Hoop fflan -
will have a den oxl2 feet with two seats, 1 !
oiio tn each end.
The exterior will look well painted'
white with gray trimming*, the chim
neys to be of red pressed brick, capped
with u smooth sand-stone cap. The
roof should be painted or stained a slate
color. The second story and tower to
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<fr —
,\* ffiamntr- r—i 3
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AkoJt : Phamhl'rd \
1 />r • /t f/t 1
G±i j
o)erond Floor
be of ornamental red wood shingles and
the first story to be of 3-inch O. G. siding
mitred at the corners without corner
boards. Foundation to bo of rubble
stone.
Jiascment 7 feet high; first story 10
feet: second story, 0 feet C inches. Two
by four feet studs, 2xlo feet joists, on
first and second story, and 2x3 feet
joists in nttie. llafters 2xo feet, and
sills Bxlo fyet. U. A. W. Kixtz.
The Pyrnml«l» a* Building Material.
The liosphorc Egyptien announces a
new act of astounding 1 vandalism, which
that ntniable journal docs not hesitate
to insinuate, is connived at by the
Egyptian Government. Three gangs of
workmen, under two local sheiks, arc
daily extracting blocks from the lower
courses of the two largest pyramids of
Gizcli. These are broken up on the
spot and carried away on camel-back
for building purposes. The sheiks al
lege that they are doing this work of
destruction by permission of the Gov
ernment, whereas they have, it is said,
obtained only a permit authorizing them
to remove scattered blocks (dtt bloc*
eparjiiLUs.) That these Arabs should ex
ceed their license is not surprU'ng; but it
is surely, to say the least of it, extraor
dinary that a Government partly ad
ministered by Europeans should have
granted such powers to native overseers,
unchecked by the presence of one of
their own ollicials. The pyramids do
not belong to the Khedive nor to his
Government; they do not oven belong
to the Egyptians. They arc the inher
itance of the wortd.
Wli.it the Baby Said.
"Sinff a Song of Six pence," crooned
Mrs. Mosenstcin to her darling boy, as
he lav i:t her arms with his baby curls
falling in a golden shower about his
faee.
"Mag' id a kvarter, mamma," he
murmured In his dreams; and thw moth
er, smiling softly, bent and kissed the
whisper dying on his lips.—Puck.
IW. riiuk-riunk on Envy.
"Doan let envy git possession ob your
hearts, deah breddern; ef ya sec a man
woarin" a stovepipe hat an' a cape ovah
c<>at, an' ya feel de green-eyed monster
wrigglin' nroun' yer heart-strings, je»'
j«membor dat de man may be shiverin'
wif de eold under his stylish outside on
account ob de alisence ob an under
shirt." N. Y. Herald.
In l)«obt.
O'Zone -O'Megs, are a home
ruler. are you not?
O'Mega (fiercely) —I am, sir, to tbo
last drop of bl<x>d in my body.
Mrs. O'Mega -Come, Jerry, it's tunc
we were going.
O'Mega (meekly) —\es, my dear.
Chicago Tribune.
Tit tor Tat.
•1 am ashamed of yon, my dear,"
■aid Chipace. severely. "The ides of a
Strong, healthy woman like yon being
afraid of a mouse!"
••I should have lx-ttcr nerves, lore,"
said Mrs. Chipace, "if i had accustomed
myself to bucking tigers, as you have
done." —Chicago Times.