VOL. XXVIII
D. E. JACKSON.
203 S. Main St. - - Botler, Pa
Ererjbo<'' Delighted.
Who STE ID i J »f Seasonable
Goods.
Having boagLi - large Stock of
Fall and Winter Goods, and owing to
bad weather and worse roads, tbey
have not leen going oat a* fast as
tbejr ouglt to
We have
CUT PRICES AWAY DOWN,
as we must on account of scarcity of
room close them cat to make room
for Spring Goods.
If yoa want a Cioak, Jacket or
Sbawl
NOW IS YOUR CHANCE.
Or if you want Blackets, Comforts
Underwear. Ladies'or Gents', Flan
nel?. Canton Fia->n<l or aDjtbing in
tb&t lice.
COME NOW
before the Stock is broken, but
DON'T FORGET
to examine our large stock of Dree?
Goods, which rre included fa this
CUT,
Alto Fancy and Drrss Plashes,
Black Suiab and Grofi Grain Silks,
all Marked Down
Full Again, j
We mean our wall paper tie
paitim-ut.-Inl! and overflowing
with our immense and choice
stock of paper hangings. You
must help us out, we haven't
room for hall our goods, until i
you relieve us ol aome of them.
We have the choitet-t selec
tion of patterns in every grade
from Brown Blanks at 10 cts
to (jilts at from 20 cts to $1
per double bolt.
Examine our Stock.
J. H. Douglass,
Near Poslolfice, Butler, Pa.
Rare Bargains,
Extraordinary Bargains are offer
ed ber.e in
UNDERWEAR.
HOSIERY.
GLOVES.
HANDKERCHIEFS
MUFFLE RB,
Evrrjihirg in furDisbiDge for lodien,
children and men.
Compare our prices witb what you j
have IH tu paying acd fee if jrfu
can't save money by dealing witb
us.
John M. Arthurs.
333 SOUTH MAIN 6TBEET. 333
GRAND
CLOSING
OUT
SALE
FOR
REMOVAL
AT
THE
RACKET
STORE,
1-48 B. Main fct.
Hutler, i*a. l
GO TO
HOICK'S
FOR
Pure Drugs,
Paints, Oils, Glass,
Fine Toilet Articles,
Patent Medicines,
And all otlier
"Articles
Kept in a
First Class
Drug Htore.
butDsTr cot wn
Fire Insurance Ce.
Office Cor. Main & Cunningham
>3. C. RO ESS I NO, PatsiDENT.
H. C. HKINEMAN, SKCHKTAKT.
DIRECTORS:
O. O. lUKMnimc, lfct«l*rs<>n Oliver,
J. I. Purvis, Jain*-* Stephenson,
A.jrmiliiian, 11. r lleineliilUi.
Altreil VYl'k, V \Velt7.fl.
Dr. W. Irvin. Or Rt< Keubaeli.
J. W Hurkliurt. I>. T. Norris.
Hm Afen'i
BUTJLBR, 3PA..
tgfinanj- Jt Y,
j PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
V. McALPiNE,
Dentist,
; U now permanently J orated at lao South Main
: Street* Hutler. Pa , In rooms formerly .ccoapted
by Dr. Waldroa.
j ~
Dr. N. M. HOOVER,
j 137 K. Wajne St., affile boure. 10 to 12 M. and
I 1 to 3 P. SI.
l t
L. M. REINSEL, M. D .
i'HYilCf AN ISD SI'SaCOS.
' Office and residence at Graham Street, ]
, Butler. Pa.
L. BLACK,
rnVSICtAN AM) *I"KGKOX,
' New Troutman Building, Butler, Pa.
Dr. A. A. Kelty,
Office at Buse Point, Lav.rciiee county. Pa. i
E. S. LEAKK, JL D. J. E. MANN. M. D.
Specialties Specialties:
Gynaecology and Sur- Ere, Ear. Note atui i
cry. Throat.
DRS. LEAKE& MANN,
Butler, Pa.
<_». V ZIUUEKUAII.
R;:V£ICIA* AJCP SCIMiIGJ..
Office at No. S. Main street, over Frank A i
Co's Uiust stere. liutl'-r. Pa,
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SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon.
.<(■, 22 East Jtfit-tauo bt., ill tier, I'a. i
W. R. TITZEL.
PIIYMCIAN ■ USD SURGEON.
8. V..Colr.fr MBITI atd Kbttt Sin.. Butler, Pa. [
J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Butler, Perm'a.
A|>ifiri>l T««ti. lii-'Tttcl cn tUe UUst lin
pruve<l plan, r.old VtllliiK a specialty, oince—
o*er Scl» ul'a cioUiirg store.
DH. S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work pertaining to tlie pro(ew>iou e«:cnt
ett in llit u»-aU~I manlier.
Hpwialtle* «S«l<l Hllinpi, and PaitileW F.x
traction ot Teeth. ViUMtu Air administered.
Office on J»fTifn»on Street, one door K**l ot Lonrj
lluL*e, I p Stair*.
Office open dallv, except Wednesdays anfl
Tliiirsdays. Communications by mail receive
prompt attention,
S. B.—The only Deutifet In Butler
liect makes of teeth.
J. W. MILLER,
Architect, C. E. and Surveyor.
Contractor, Carpi i.ter and Builder.
Mspp, plane, speeifceatiou* and esti
mates; all kind* of architectural ami en
fiiiecriutr work. So charge for drawing if
contract the «<>rk. Consult your heat in
lereet.-; plan before you build. Informa
tion cheerfully piven. A share of public
patronage is solicited.
Y. 0. Box 104)7 Office R. W. of Court
HOUH,', Butler, L'a.
C. F. L. McQUISTION,
ESULVEEIt XSU SLUM.YOU,
Office t r \ll Diixojin, Butlkr, I'a.
J. M. PAINTER,
Attoiney-at-Law.
Office—Between pcttoJlV e and Diamond, But
ler. Pa.
A. T. SCOTT,
ATTORN EV-AT-I.AW.
Office at No. ft. South Diamond, Butler. Pa.
A. M. CHRISTLEY,
ATIOBXEY AT f.A .
Office «ecocd floor, Ah<ii r«(in Bl k. llali: St.,
ti<«r Couit House, Buller, Pa.
J. w. HUTCHISON,
ATTOKNEV AT I.AW.
Office on Second door of the lluselton block,
Mantoud. Butler, Pa., Koom No. 1.
JAMES N. MOORK,
Attobxcy-AT-I.aw AMI NOTAKV PCELIC.
office In Koom No. 1, second floor of lluselton
Block, entrance 011 Diamond.
r
IRA McJUNKIN.
Attorney at IJIW, Oftlce at No. 17, Fast Jeffer
son St., Butler, Pa.,
W. C. FINDLEY,
Attorney al 1»w and Heal Estate Agent. Of
lice rear of 1.. MttcholPS office on north side
1 oC Diamond, Butler, IV
H. H. GOUCHER.
Attorney-at-law, Office on second floor of
Anderson hulldlr<ir, near ('ouri House, Butler,
Pa.
J. V. BR ITT A IN.
Att'y «t Ij»W—Office at S. E. <'<r. Main St, and
Dlaiiioud, Butler, l'a.
NEWTON BLACK.
Att'y at l.awr—Ofllcu on South side of Dlamou'l
Hutler, Pa.
A. E. GABLE,
Veterinary Burgeon.!
Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary
College. Toronto, Canada.
I)r, Gable treats all diseases of iht
domesticated animals, and m-kes
riddling, castration and LortJe den
tislry a Hpccialty. Castration per
formed without darm l , and all otter
surgical operations performed in the
mowt pcientifie manner.
Calls to any par* of the country
promptly responded to.
Office and Infirmary in Crawford's
Liverv, 132 Welt Jefferson Street,
Butler, I'a.
SAW MILLS
ratriat V«rlftfe!r I'rlrtlon »n<| Kelt Fffd.
Stcain Engines, Hay Presses,
Shingle iiiilis, &c.
Foitable Grist Mills,
Send tor Itlus. Tlire«lifiii.- Harlilaea. Ac.
Calak>K'io. A. H. KAHOIIIUt < O lark. Pa.
L. S. McJUNKIN,
InsnraiMT and Kcni Estate Ag't
17 F.AST JKPKEIISOK ST.
BUTLER, - l'A.
i „.T *
J :•% 'A* wh#f* r» v. • y. iit • a ff - * »I
;;.<LOBO&THOiAS.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
SHINE IS CHIP
We are liere first and ready to supply
you with anything you may want in the
line ot new
FURNITURE
We (juote no prices; goods will speak
tor themselves, and we will save? you
money. Call and see.
EL O li h: W\
I*2B Jeficrson t-t.. - - ljutler* Ha
Unquestioncd Bargains
IN
Boots, Shoes, Slippers-and
Rubber Goods
AT
GRIEB & VOGELEY'S,
r rhe largest production of boots and shoes
in the town, which must be sold at
reduced prices.
Wo want your trade,
Quality the Best,
Prices the Lowest.
Give us ft trial We fohtill offer barg&iuft BO ex-r iordioary. 80 stflrtliop
bat d o one «*an r< -it<t
THE CASH SHOE STORE
Will save you money. Hoots und Shoes at for the next 30 days. An
solute sacrifice sale. An unuMiul opportunity.
OUR SHOE SPECIALTIES iu ladies and gents possess three dis
tiiK'f points of excellence.:
They are the most Durable, the most
Complete and the most Stylish shoes
in the town for the money.
Adapted for all classes of trade.
Bargains! Bargains! Bargains!!
C? O *—■ l
We bave on hand that ITIUS*. he sold within the next 30 days
-500 pair nn nn' kij> hoots. 300 pair boj V kip hoots.
200 pair chi.ii's and youth's lioots.
That will I>< sold to ,-oioe on - for les.- than co-it Euthrace the opportunity
and come and see for yourself
Yours Respectfully,
Gi'ieb & Vogeley,
347 8. MAIN STREET, - BUTLER, PA
Opposite W illard House.
Regarding Fine Clothes.
As a new comer requesting a ;.han of the pat
ronage of this town and vicinity in my line, it
befits me to make a few statements. 1 make a
specialty of the higher grades of work; I keen
in stock the finest quality of goods; I recognize
the fact that a good fitting suit from m\ house
is it's best advertisement, while a misfit con
demns the cutter and tailor. 1 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 lov. as can be made com
patible with the quality of goods I shall adhere
to. A full line of the latest ;.'xl m< t stylish
goods in stock. Call and see me before placing
any orders.
GEO, HABERNIGG, SR.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
202 S. Main St.,
EVERY WATERPROOF
THAT CAN BE RELIED ON
BE iJP j Notto I
TKL MAttK ' tQ J C>
—— BEARS THIS MARK.
# trade
Mark-
NETOS NO LAUKOERINC. CAN BE WIPED GLEAM !N A MOMENT,
THE ONLY LINEN-LINED WATERPROOF
COLLAR IN THE MARKET.
I % V',<» •
Some lives !ikc s
| notse shoes
the more bright-er!'
Busy wives who use SAPQLiQ
never seem T'O old.Trye.ca.ke--
A complete wreck of domestic huppino.-.u has often rfieultod from
badly washfd dishes, from an unclean kitchen, or from tritlos which
n<»med light aa air. But ty theao things a man often judges of his
| wife's dt.votion to her family, and charges her with general neglect
whon ho fir.d 3 her careless in these particulars. Many a homo owes
i a largu part of its thrifty neatness and its consequent happiness to
S A. Jr*OLIO.
Grorcrn uiini hut»s(ltu(r rhrapfr KOOUI for siPoi.lt>, to make a
better pruilt. Mend bark nueh articles, ami Insist on having Just what
you orUercU.-*#
BUTLKR,PA.,FHrDAY, MAIM'I I 1:5. 181)1.
A LESSON.
[■tOuJ is r.,-- cabin Ttht-r. iY/rerty's hand
Was t idla* - i S. the acepler of
Was : - : r !; by a icmon'S ut-jn
sasctL
Th- > 4 ..rit of all . r;.e Jy ot each hour—
And i ti. u-ht. I, . i. •'. - the ficn r and the
walls.
Ho* bl: tor—how crue. is Poverty's sting.
Row barren this cabin cotr.pared with the halls
Where Weailh Is the Ja.»ster tho ruler—the
king!
But, 1 . a I isascd. there enter. .1 the room
S» etl Love and Cor.toct in their beauty and
pnde.
While Courage was holding the bands of a
proem.
An;: II pe was inspiring the words of a bride.
Etrsptur.-il 1 gazed cn the 1 • .. seta-;
The brl.'.. and the rr r -cra at the earnest 10m-
Of Love, who was crowned as the rulur su
preme.
Were breaklnj the scepter in Poverty's hand.
I stood In the cabin catday as the years
With nil their troubles were hurrylns past.
And >aw, thrvugh the ang. r?, th" cares, and
the fears.
That L >ve will be loyal if Courage will last.
Th'- sr. • rv. ' r .. an.l Poverty's power
Was forced from the c:.l In: the bride and the
croom
With Hope andContt nt, each moment and hour.
Were a.ded by Plenty in flliing the room.
The cabin lias fallen : the r'.-le and the rrootn
Xow liv- in a njans cn tir.t's stately and
grand.
The t>canty aUorelag tl.o dis of (ach it> ai
Tells plainly that Love is still holdln? com-
C :rage and II '■ a:. iv. i.'a Lo. u-d
Content,
With hearts that wer fearless and hopeful
and true.
They met all th- dui.-jr.- with chanreless in
tent.
And so taught a le-soa to me and to you.
—Detroit Free Pres-L
GOOD SIAYERS.
How Cousin JaboZ Put ia Ail tho
Time There Was.
"There's one thing about it," raid
Aunt Hannah Far ms, "if Conwn
Jabcz Thayer comes down from Berk
shire to stay over v. c : han't have no
place fnr im to sic. p. He v. 'ighs two
hundred and fifty if he docs a pound,
an' it takes a:i ur.oraary lx*d ter hold
*im; an' he snores —I've heard 'is wife,
that wuz, ; ay—like a burrowed bear,
so't he has ter hev a hull room ter his
eelf. With I'ncle Riyal's folkses a-com
in', an' all the rest. I don't know how't
we're goin' ter work t r lodge 'm.
We've made up extra bedsa'reidy in the
back chamber an' the summer dairy,
an'—"
"Oh it's ea y enough to get along
with Ja!>ez, Anr.t Hannah," said Aaron
Taylor, who bad jn -t dropped into the
old tavern long kitchen, ".labc will
set up all night if i • hes some one ter
talk to. lie 1 :u • all for settin' up. 1
shouldn't wonder if he'd never say noth
in' about goin' t r I■■ 1 if nobudy said
notliin' ter him. I should like ter see
it tried. I'll agree ter cum over an'
give him a pull till midnight, an'the
boys here ken git up along, one at a
time, ter keep 'im company, an' he
nevcr'l think what time 'tis till break
fast's reddy."
"Ez bi;r er hand ter hold on, Jabez is,
as old llilly Harthburne used to IK*,"
said Uncle Tom Knowlton, lira-ing one
of his broad shoulders again t the cas
ing of the kitcb' ii door. "He used ter
live up Moose Meddcr way, an' lie never
knew v. hen-ter-eome nor when-ter-go.
One orful rough Janurwary r.iglit, full
onter 9 o'clock, I heard a liell-npon
airth of a gec-up an' : - -whoa-in' right
out in iriy door-yard. I ketched up cr
candle an' held it ; :>■ >ve my eyes an'
opened the hUth'ard door an' i.celled
out. When ther light lied insinocated
its way thm' the u:i>t a Tittle, what
should I see but Uncle Billy with three
yoke cr cattle riirht tlier in the chip
ynrd. 'Twas rainin' li!{e swill, an' i-r
freezin' es fast cs it fell, but he stopped
his team out ther by the v. 11 sumwhers,
an' cum along up ter ther door.
'Thought I'd drov in, es long es I was
down th way,' i." d, s •/, he, "nd I
darsn't leave them ilurned critters in
the road for fear they'd cut V run'n'
go hum 'n' leave me ter foot it. My
folkses wud he scairt ter death ter hev
ther team cum hum without MC.'
" 'Cum in,' sez I, an' he cum in.
" 'lleal, old-fashioned Jannerwary
thaw,' sez he, beginnin' ter take off two
or three top-a-most coats. 'Ther wind
blows out er ther north -most corner er
sun-risin' enough ter cuter man in tew',
an' h sot down, an' ther 'e sot 'n' not.
"There was a pitcher, an' pepper au"
cider a-brewin' on the hairth, an' I told
'im ter help hi -scK, 'n' he help hisself
till the tears ran down his cheeks.
'Amnzin' warmin' ter ther stomach!'
he'd say once in er while, an' ther he
M'it. 'n' the old clock struck ten. an'
after considerable of a f jx-ll—'n hour er
so —it struck 'leven. The eider wuz all
gone, 'n' I didn't offer ter git no more,
'n' iny wife begun ter kivcr the back
log, 'n' he begun ter put on his top-a
most coats—V the elo-ic struck twelve
afore his hell-upon-a'rthof a gee-up an'
gec-whoain' wuzovcr t'uer hill an" outer
hearin'- an' lie three mild frttin hum
then."
"Yis, he ir'iz a master hand to stay,"
said I'ncle i!en Dennis who came in to
light his pipe with a coal from the open
lire -"but he couldn't come up ter I.y
iander Hull. One time when I was
'scssor, an' the time wuz about up fur
'em ter come ter swear ter tie-ir list,
Bieae er the farmers that alius wait till
the old <-al i near alxiut dead a fore
they cotnc up ter the scratch, come
draggin' alon; p the very la t arter
noon and evcnln'. There was William
Hennery Crocker an' Linus Brlgif'S an'
little Tom lipton, an' they all had
swore so-help-me-cnd-so-forth, an' gone,
aa' my wifesai'.l: *%Vcl i, it's nine o'clock,
an* they must !> the end on't.' 'Not by
a 1 >n', r chalk,' say-. I. 'l.ysander Hull
alius hrint up IU- r .cr.' So he put
ther bivktvl.eal a-ri n' f'ir breakfast
an' went off ter bed, < n I tipped my
chair back i't th • i ner 'n waited till
after ten. 1 kept a 1 teiiin' an' after a
spell I heerd a pair of old cow-hide
hifxilH e :uin' along on the frozen
grou -1 ' m .,, clump, ti*»mp, sc»ape —
an' in eo:ne Ly .and. and sot down and
began to tell the new, an' I didn't say
nnthrn', bi.t j i t • atehed tho clock.
Byrne 'y it 'rC'lf 'leven. an' he
talked and talked -in' the long
hand crawled a d crawled. an'
byine by l said: 'lts een a in« t. TO
morrer, an' thi . is. the la»<. hour, an' the
last half, an'the last quarter of it ter
day. If you'v got any partiekerler
business af.re the honorable hoard of
'sessors for thin year, it high time 'twas
'tended 1 w.' I'er h • sure! Ter lie
sure! thankee,' aid I.y and, and he
straighten d up he was a m ' Ter tall
man, an-' held up his right hand, an'
when he jf.it through he -ot down agin,
he did, I swan, an' the clock struck
twelve, an'Ju- ot an' he talked an' the
clock struck one. and he 1-cptoti settin'
an' kept a talkin', an' I swan iht old
rfnek run ilntit! "» •■ 11 'twas er one
day at a lime uool'n 'rangement, an'
I alius « • und it the In t thing afore I
went ter lied, so I :'ot up arid wound
the clock and kivercd up the lire an'
lighted an ex'ra candle an said jc tas
polite as I knew how: 'Mr Hull, we
should be pleased ter have you s]>end
the ni/ht with us,' au' he riz up njM)n
that, tin' se/. he: 'No, I thankee, much
oblecged, I must lx* agoin", and off he
went, an' I heerd the old cow-hides
goin" scrape, troinp. clump, stomp over
tho frozen ground 1 never heerd the
be ate r that, an' if labcz can beat it I
hope you'll let 'im jist fur the sake of
the story."
"When I lived up ter ther north part
cr ther town we was nlghest nabors,
a quarter of a mile cr so, to < ap'n Diek
Pearl's," s: ill I 'nelo Nat Dimoek. who
h.'ul lu'eii sttiacted kitchenward by the
clior : . of lau rhter that followed the
< x-a s .... >r'i st'irj'. ""an"lic'd come over
ou some arrant, airlv candle lii'htin'.
'n say he conldn't stay a minit; an'
he'd keep IT the latch cr the
door an' stan* there an' talk an' open
ther d'«>r an' i.-ft half out. 'n
back an' shet the door an' talk, an'
one 'n anutitcx wtid £•<> oiT ter bed, till
tli ro wtmldn't ho a soul left but me.
An' one I v n if I didn't fro t?»
".leep in my ehot'r after he'd opened the
i'.. .- an' -I-ct it irsore'n twenty times
"n ha.ln't sot down at all: an' when 1
Wl'lre np h - wasn't there —so I s"pose
he : r.atred sonu-how to fo. One \v:n
--t-r'.. r.. ruin' he c me over to our house
afore liaht—we w. s a-eat.'n' brekfust,
1 know, "n he -.ed he wuz in a
hutry tv r 1 rrer er log chala, "en I
aro-*! im - :nt".un' • r nuther about hi .
i; : .rrcl with t'nele . im Caldwell alxmt
a line fence, an' he t->ok cr cheer an'
entered inter pcrtiekerlers, an' I'll lie
hanged ef h • didn't keep it up till my
wife hed dinner cn ther tuhle. an' his
v. ife come alter him, an' be hadn't hed
a m- u'fal tcr cat thet day."
"That put- me in mind of Joe I'rin- '
| die." said Aunt Hannah, who was upt i
her eltiows in the bread tray, mixir.. r\ •
an<i Indian into a ■ ieky mass that was
sure to turn lit the m >st excellent of i
brown bread. "IVh i, he was a young .
spark he u? 1 ter }r > to see Ilunnah ;
Simmons, an' ho would stay i. stay, 'n'
never know v. hen Ur go home. One
hot summer night, after he'd been a- !
reapin' rye nil day, he was tired. I
s'pose, 'n' he dropped ersleep in his
cheer, 'n' s iored like al 1-posseissed. j
hlie went 'n' fetched er pillar 'n' put
under his head, an' then she fetched the
old-fashioned long-handled dash churn '
an' set it down beside her cheer, 'n' put
! on it her little white dimity roflled cape
'n' ap'on, an' hung her little cap on top i
er the dash an' went ter bed. 11c woke ,
up at day break an' ee what the joke i
. wuz, an' he put the'cape 'n' ap'on "n"
cap in his pocket "n" went off. She
i told on't, 'n' it got all around, 'n' every !
; budy had their fling at Joe. 'n' we all :
thought 'twould I reak up ther match. f
| But he k 'pt :i g- .in' ter c-' her jest the
, same—but mind ye, he kept awake— i
an' after a considerable of er • pell they
wuz engaged. She sed she bad ter j
| promise ter hav 'im ter git her property
j back."
"1 u. t. r know her." said Zcbcdiah
Marcy, who happened to remember
that his wife wanted him to ask Aunt j
[ Hannah for her rule for "riz cake." and '
! so had made his way from the bar-room '
to the hospitable kitchen. '"She was
ou ii cousin to Darins Glazier. A great j
; hand to visit, Darins was. an' he had 1
j the greatest knack at alius happening i
I in about meal time. He never would j
' hitch his horse, but would drive up,
1 drop his lines n' go in. 'Grimes.' he
I would say, 'any hoss thet belongs tr-r
me lias got ter stan", 'n' if they don't
I know how to stan'at fust they've got
: ter larn." One dark, foggy night in
i March he com inter our house an' sed
he'd been er-trauin' hosses with old
• man Hammond, the grave-sto.ic maker,
an' he reckoned how he'd got er boss !
that would stan' an' wait till he'd hed j
time ter bargain and sell er grave- i
stcne. He laughed al>out it all the i
cvenin," an' told stories aliout all the !
bosses he'd ever owned, an* hain't he
larnt them oh 'em ter stan' that j
wouldn't ter begin with? Ainazin* fond j
of er a hoss. 'ltiuz wuz. 'X' at last he j
made up his mind ter go, 'n' I lit the 1
lantun, an' we all went out, wife an'
all, ter see the new hoss. Darius went I
ahead, an' when ho got where 'twas '
'twan't there.
" 'Why the tai-nal critter's gone,' said j
he, 'Grimes'. I wonder how long she '
thought she'd otter wait ter licv c i
grave-stun sold?'
"We thot she might hev gone t; r th.-
bam, or under shed, or Inter the sheep
fold, 'n we all hunted. 'Twas darker
thin tar,'R the fog wuz thicker then ;
black sheep's wool. We lit up a I tcr j
pine torches thet we t: . you 1. >v,
when we go a Ib.hin' i'i ': T night, "n i
'twas comioal 'niilT ter us prowlin' '
all over the primises with ther slush up
to onr knees. Jest as we concluded
that she ha<l started for Monson, ter her i
old home, my boy .lot; sung out th't |
he'd found tracks he couldn't count for, 1
leadin' down towurd the river, an' j
Darius sed lie guessed she was so dis
gusted with her new master she'd sot .
out to drown her* elf. W all, we all fol- j
lowed along urter the tracks, an' half I
way ter ther river they struck off fur i
the left, an' we followed a half-mile or i
more, an' cz sure cz I'm a sinner we j
found ther emitter a-standln' stretch in' !
her neck over the burj-ing-ground fence. !
'Good boss,' sanl Darius. 'Vou know ;
your bizness—you told a '.tun. an' then
you come ter set it up. Ila! Ila!'"
"Why, herr-'A the ' ta;-e a-comin' a
reddy." said Aunt Hannah; "an' here's
Jubez. I-'o glad ter see ye, .labez.
We've told a'.l the young folkses about |
you an' your stories, an' we hope yon
won't forget a single one on "em."
Jabez needed no encouragement to be
entertaining. He kept a laughing j
group around him from the moment ho ,
entered the old stage tavern.
"The bitkins got to go on all night !
ter IH! ready fur the ball snpper Thanks- j
giving night," said Aunt Hannah.
"There's pound cake to 1 ake and
brown bread, an' a load of pies, an' its |
true ez preachln' that there is more !
than twice as many folkses in ther
house ez there is beds— not thet any j
house could have too many friends at
Thanksgiving time, only it seems 1 rl«
tn ainazin' Lucky time ter entertain j
Jabez."
Jabcz for his part talked and talked j
without his stock of stories beginning ■
to run dry. 11 i s listeners were attentive !
and responsive. To be sure, they :
changed oIT now and then; from time i
to time h" found himself looking into
different faces, hut the laugh never
failed at ju I the right |wiint, and Jabez
felt that he mis the life of the company
arid was glad he hnd come. The time
slipped away fast, and It did not seem
long before the six o'clock breakfast
was ready. .1 a be/, always was blessed
with a good appetite, anil it never oc
curred to liini to think whether he was I
eating breakfast or suj*|>cr. llefore |
they were up from the table the Nor
wich stage came in, and after that there
were coiners and goers all day long.
That night was the ball. Jal> /. and
Aunt Hannah led the first figure, and
Jalx-z danced all night, and the next |
day he went home.
"Never hed so good a time iu my
li/c," he told his mother. "Tliey was |
all master glad ter see me, an' I wuz
glad 1 wept."
"Where'd you sleep?" asked his I
mother, who had been brought up in
the old Connecticut stage-tavern and
was naturally anxious to know all the
particular .. "There wuz such a house
full Niece Hannah couldn't hcv put
you inter her best bed?"
"Why, no, she didn't," said Jabez. "I
didn't stay all night, did I? Why, 1
must hev, fur I went of a Wednesday
and now 'tis a Friday. I swannyl I
hadn't, thought on't, 1 I hain't been
a-bed since I left Ilerl . I've done a
powerful lot er talkin', 1 linin't been be
hind hand in the catin' an' I're danced a ,
good deal, but I'll be hlatncd if I didn't !
i put in all tin* time there wuz, for I j
hain't slept a darned wink." —Mrs.
Annie A. l'r< ston, in Springfield Ke
nubliean. '
Aii liiuovatlota.
"We had a big layout at the boarding
house where I live."
"Did the tables groan?"
"No, the boarders groaned." Jury.
As ITn 1 (tctid Hint.
Philistine Of what use is the editor |
| of a paper?
Young Reporter—To make a long
story short. i*uck.
(*enttj li«-|irouctiril.
"1 will Is; a sister to you," she >.iid.
"Only that," said he, "after 1 have
I been a popper to you?"—l'uck.
THERE IS NOTHING NEW.
ALEX V.VDER the Urvnt had a copy of
the "Iliad" inclosed in a nut hell, and
it is quite certain that it could not have
been written without the aid of a uii
creope.
I.\ ail that pertain- to sculpture and
painting the ancients knew so much
that their superiority has never been
questioned and their work remains aa
unsurpa -ed tu -'.els.
Ai.l the mechanics! powers, the screw,
lever, pulley, ii line plane, wedge,
wheel and axle, were known to the
ancients and used in evcry-day life.
They were expert builders, as existing
relics testify.
IN our sch.>>ls at the present day we
■use "Euclid's Elements of Oeometry,"
written by Euclid two thousand two
hundred years ago. Kuclid also wrote
on music and optics, antedating much
which we think we discovered.
TH:: p»>ople of Tyre were such experts
in dyeing that the Tyr-ian purple re
mains unexcelled to this day. The
Egrptia :-- w«. -•! also wonderful dyers
and could pr'-'tuoe colors so durable
tli at they may be called imperishable.
THE ancients were wonderful giass
work. rs and discovered a method of
making it malleable, which we have
not been able to do. They could spin
glass into garments, dye it iuto every
shade of the rainbow* and etch it with
marvelous skill.
TWENTY centuries before the birth of
Watt, Hero of Alexandria described
machines whose motive power was
steam. He also invented a double force
pump, used as a fire engine, and antici
pate-.1 the modern turbine wheal by a
machine he named "Xeolpile."
LA YAitD found in the ruins of Nineveh
what Sir David Brewster pronounced
to l>e a "magnifying glass:" and nearly
four thousand years ago the Kgyptians
and Assyrians observed t*!e stars
through a' "sliding tulie," which we
have reason to believe was a telescope.
IN medical skill the Oriental physi
cians of India practiced vaccination
1,000 years ago. Anaesthetics were
known in the days of Homer, and the
Chinese -.2.000 years ago had a prepara
tion of hemp, known as "una yo," to
deaden pain—something similar to the
modern cocaine.
EVENTS OF INTEREST.
Ax lowa man lias brought suit for
820,000 for the loss of two fingers.
A farsiKß in Norwalk, Cal.. has real
ized 54,200 this year from sixteen acres
of onion;*.
"Towm. supply" companies and "car
pet cleaning" companies are now sup
plemented by "building cleaning" com
panie .
Jons H.vl -i:::, a horse trainer of
Ilieksvillc, !.. 1., has received two live
deer, which "he will train for carriage
driving."
Tin: Tennessee Supreme Court decides
that a mortgage is not property, but
! simply security, and that it therefore
can not IH> taxed.
To SUTTLC a bet a man in Van Wert
County, 0., wheeled a wheelbarrow
containing 150 cats for three miles over
a muddy country road.
A colli*A N* v has been organized in Chi
cago for the delivery of parcels and
light-weight goods throughout the city
and suburbs by means of bicycles.
AT the christening of a Chinese baby
in Nee/ York a few days ago, each guest
presented t'l child with a twenty-dol
: lar gold piece wrapped in red payer.
A WOMAN* of New York met with A
: singularly fatal fall recently. S'.m
; slipped on the pavement and fell back
wind. Her heart struck the earth with
such force that it drove her hat-pin into
her brain.
TUB Springfield -(.Mass.) police have
adopted the plan of giving tramps a soap
breakfast and lr.sil;ing them saw woiM
' for four hours after the meal, which Is
having the effect of thinning out those
lodgers at the city hall.
| THE SUCCESSFUL POULTERER.
SI.I: that every fowl gets its share of
feed.
FATTKXISB fowls should IH* fed at
i least five times a day all that they will
j eat up clean.
KEKI* the fowls gentle; they will be
much easier managed than if they run
' every time you go towards them.
GATUKR the scraps from the table
and ;rive them to your fowls. There is
no kind of food that Is better for them.
KI:I:I*ING a handful of old nails in the
drinking water vv ill afford a good tonic
for the fowls, or an iron vessel can Is?
used to hold the water.
THF. best plan of supplying charcoal
to the 1-niliry Is to burn corn; not
black but nicely browned; give them
all they will eat up clean.
Cnt'liK carbolic acid is one of the best
materials to us ■ am< ng the poultry. It
is good to destroy vermin, to prevent
j cholera and to use as a tonic.
THE hen is an excellent agent for
i scratching and working over manure,
and lie will find many dainty Morsei.,
therein that would be of little value
, otherwise.
WATER CURES.
TKI'ID water acts promptly as au
1 emetic and is sootliitig as well.
HF.AHACHE almost always yields to
the simultaneous application of hot
j wat r to the feet and back of the neck.
A lo'.vi.i. folded, dipped in hot water,
wrung out rapidly and apple d to the
stomach acts like tnugic iu cases of
! colie.
TifEl'.K is nothing that so promptly
' cuts congestion of the lungs,
sore t oat or rheumatism as hot
wat : \ hen applied promptly and thor
oughly.
Till. WAV or CIVILIZATION.
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Mrs. L. W. Oh! an' it's a game of fan
tan \c/. <lo want to go an' play, is it?
I'll fan tan ycz. I'll fan ycz will de fire
shovel and tan vez wid d« poker, now
moindtliat; divi! a fut do ycz put out
side the dure tills blissed day, hut ycz'll
stay at home and moind young I.ung
i Wop; it serves me roiglit for a marrytn'
such a heathen; luit I'll fix yez (nails
his queue to the wall). There, now!
shtir a fut if yez dare! .lury.
I rllotv I crllng.
It was evident that Hungry Iliggln*
was taking a literary as well as alimen
tary interest iu the scrap of newspaper
that held his "hand out" of cold buck
wheats and yesterday's liollcd beef. He
remained silent pud absorbed so long a
time that his hlase and cosmopolitan
companion. Weary Watkins, was moved
: to inquire; "Watcherreadin', Hungry?"
I '"Nothcr cashier skipjM'd out. Same old
Btory. I! is Idces of livin" was bigger*n
his income.'' "Yes; I know how that
goes myself. Many's the time I've
want-.l a !»• an' didn't have the price."
—liidiatnqxiUs Journal.
PEOPLE WELL-KNOWN.
Mis* HORWITZ, of Baltimore, is reek*
oned one of the best-dressed women in
America.
TURKIC of ihe richest women in Phila
delphia are Mr*. Thomas A. Scott, with
P;*,i* 1 0,i>'»0; Mrs. Joseph Harrison, with
P'J.OOO.OOO. and Mrs. Baldwin, who has a
fortune of $2,000,000.
GENERAL BUTIXR owns the Craig
ranch, lie low Pueblo, consisting of one
hundred thousand acres. He is also
owner of three-fourtlis of a six hundred
thousand-acre ranch in New Mexico
Mils. CI.EVKI.AXP has just declined a
check for tive hundred dollars which
was inclosed in a note from a leading
masrniine requesting 1 an artisle on "Per
sonal Reminiscences of the White
House."
WII.KT JONES (colored) owns outright
two street-ear lines, twelve miles in total
length, in Pine Bluff, Ark. He was born
there and was a poor barber fifteen
years ago He is largely interested in
real estate
MH GEORGE: M PUI.LM.IX. the pos
sessor of fifty millions of dollars, re
cently said to a correspondent, when
asked how it feels to be a millionaire
"I have never thought of that. But
now that you mention it, I believe that
I am no better off - certainly no hap
pier--than 1 was when I didn't have a
dollar to ray name and hail to work froui
daylight until dark "
DA CDAOCKT M OKPRVV'S dinlng
room Is a spacious apartment in which
forty guests can easily be seated. The
walls are in dark red, to match the
mahogany furniture, and the frieze
about them is formed of appropriate in
scriptions in Greek, Latin, French and
English A handsome mahogany side
board contains a fine display of rare
china that is all of historical interest.
MECHANICAL.
A coratEsrOKDEUT thinks that a future
awaits the inventor who can produce a
machine for tilling, weighing and sew
ing salt "pockets" at the mill
OI.ASS lined tubing, which has the
great advautuge of preventing lead or
metallic poisons of any kind, and con
veying water and other liquid in a state
of perfect purity, is coming Into use in
Great Britain.
IT Is alleged that hempen ropes can
be so strengthened by dipping them In a
bath of 20 grains of sulphuric acid to
one litre of water that they will be en
tirely preserved from the attacks of
animal parasites or rot.
IN the manufacture of gold thread
for embroidery, a cylinder of silver is
covered with gold and afterward drawn
out into wirtS In this way six ounces
of gold have I teen made to yield over
two hundred miles of gilt wire
To PBEVENT the snapping and crack
ing of radiators when the steam U
turned on, the valves beinjr open it is
only necessary to cause the steam to
enter slowly, giving the water a chance
to escape and the radiator time to warm
up.
As THERE are no less than eleven
different inventions now before the
public, or soon to be placed before the
public, the advocates of mechanical
type-setting have a chance to prove
their prediction true in regard to the
speedy adoption of the automatic
method. _
SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENT.
IT is stated that since the sunflower
hr.s been cultivated on certain swamps
of the Potomac, malarial fever has de
creased* Similar results have lieen ob
served in Holland, at the mouth of the
Sheldt.
Sot xDiNGfi iii the Black sea show that
beyond u depth of six hundred feel the
water is so impregnated with sulphur
etted hydrogen gns emanating from de
cay intf animal and vegetable matter
that living organisms are not found
there.
OBSERVATIONS of the Muir Glacier
show that the fall of blocks of lee from
the end is extremely irregular Some
times they come tumbling down at five
minute intervals, but there is often an
hour's space between two successive
blocks. Heavy rains cause more fre
quent falls.
SOME interesting experiments have
recently been inade in Denmark in fell
ing trees with gun cotton. For felling
a tree twenty-live inches in girth it took
two men only a quarter of an hour to
make the preparations, tlie rule fol
lowed bein;,' to make one t>ore hole for
each foot <>f circumference.
Am a light-house Ult-minnnt, pat has
been found U> p< issc;. > the following ad
vantages over oil. Us facility for In
creasing the power on the sudden oc
cmriM' if a fog, abseuce of the neces
sity of trimming, and power to make in
stant ;>M't>u> transitions from light to
darkness. and the converse.
WOMEN WHO WRITE
Okaci: (j|:i:KNwood is not writing
much just now. All her spare time Is
devoted to charitable work.
M mr. Moimrbka aspires to literary ns
well ns histrionic fame. She Is now
publishing' a very readable account of
lier tonr in America in a Cracow news
paper .
Uiiooa lluoLonro.N livi-f. at Oxford,
r-here si. toolc up her ab< »1>: ten years
a< i. In all she has written about thirty
boo Us, but she h. •; allowed only half of
then to be published.
Ami-lie Hires Chanlcr has completed
ui .ther novel, of which Richard Henry
Stoddard, who has sun the manuscript,
s.-irs. sciitentlously, he thinks the prun
lD:'-knife will have to be used before
the iHHik is published.
I'uixi kns ISkatiucb is Indefatigable in
literary work Not content with the
treat? .<• on lace that she is soon to pub
; lish, she has just brought *mt a clever
translation of a Ocrcnan book entitled
) "Th* Adventures of Count tieorge Al
bert, of Erbaub."
.lAnts lli ssKt.i. Lowkll's •inter, Mrs.
I'ntnam, of lioston, is noted iik a liu
-1 guist, and is the author of some verj
able papers on Polish and Hungarian
; literature She h:is also written n
! dramatic poem. Mrs. I'utnam »■>'!'*
born in 1810, and is nine year* older
than herdi tingnished brother
Tim Hoot of the Kill.
; lie Willi.: the choir was trying to
I ma >ter the new To Ileum the other
I sight .:t the church rehearsal, the
arpan suddenly stopped, and we found
• the V >y who had ln*en Mowing it flat on
Ills back, unconscious.
She What did you do, send for a
iloctt >r?
He—No. We stopped singing. -Life.
It Wim IVrntlnr.
"There's something peculiar alxmt
Jennie's Hneque." remarked Mrs. Tim
kin- to Mr. I imkins a'i they entered the
i limly lighted hall.
"1 should say there wan," saiil the old
man. Bif! and thu something peculiar
rapidly took the f >rinof a young man fly
ing down the fn.nt steps into the street
—Boston Herald.
At the i inn si CoMtrt
Mr. N What's this another solo?
Miss (•. Yes; do you prefer the cho
rus";,?
Mr. N. Well, I don't nee the u«e In
1 dribbling the mn*le otit to in In snlrm,
and dllos, :,nd trios Mnit fptnrtette*.
ahen they can lust well let eta all
' hill:; t 'III' t i* I "t thee ugh with Itl-
Llf "
i he IMftvrmv*.
li /am What is the difference be
tween ■■> poet and a plumber?
M Mux I'he |KK't Is generally poor.
"That Isn't the answer."
J "Let's have it, Umu."
" I'he poet pijs's the lay, but
I plumber lays the pipes."—Life
NO. 1 9
ller Xeolation.
"Miss Exiersonki will now
favor the company with a recitation,"
announced the teacher to the friends
that had assembled iu the school-room
to enjoy the regular Friday afternoon
exercises.
Little Mi-s Kmersonin stood forth and
recited as fellows:
"'Coruscate. coru rate, diminutive ulellar orb!
H.-a-lni-x, . . e t . me seocis the stupendous
problem Of tUy existence :
Ei'-v..- >1 to such an immeasurable ili-sianoe In
tlio till-. i'.aLio depths ol space apparently In
a perj>«: ilar direction from the terra
queous planet w.-occupy!
K« - tat ' K In i-iy atil unapproach
able if a ery-tallted carbon geta of
auxpiuslci; UrMimcy and impenetrability
£litU'iin„ a tbe ethereal I'uUvkOWbMßil
lew w endeavor to bring within
the eompasa i,f the human lntelleetnal prasp
t \ ibc i.»e »>/ ■ concrete term Lruiament !'*
When the dear little Boston girl had
fihished reciting these touching lines in
her rapt, soulful, Bostonian way and
»at I'. iwn tUer? was a dry spectacle in
the school-room. -Chicago Tribune.
.V t'ulturcfl Appetite.
"Doj.n think you could manage u
inor-.-l uf tlu> turkey?" said he.
"Why. yes; but just a small piece,
please.'
Tie started t'.> trim off a delicate bit
and asked: "Ts th.-re any pa it yon would
' specially like. Miss S.?"
"Oli, well. I'm not particular," she
answered, as she looked demuredly at
her knife and fork. "Just five me a wing
and a leg and a few slices off the breast,
with a p -tii':! of the gizzard and a
spoonful of dressing, and I'll reach the
vegetables myself." -West Chester Lo
cal News. _____
WUere to Apply.
"Excuse me," he said, as he entered
; the shop of a cobbler, "but I want to
' ask you the meaning of a word."
"Vhell?"
" The word is 'articulate.' Do you;
i know what it means?"
, "My frendt, vhe re you get dose shoes?*
"At a shoe store on- Woodward ar
j euue."
"Vhell, you go right oafer by Wood
ward avenue und ask dot shoe store to
articulate for you! Dat vhas me! Good
day!"—Detroit Free Press.
A BLIGHT CHANGE.
Irate Father—Now come right along
with me. I'll allow no miserable book
worm of a s. hool-teacher to thrash c
boy of mine. I'll teach him a lesson ha
won't forget for many days.
Father Hid you li.ik this boy of mine
this morning?
Teacher (with angelic smile) —I did,
sir.
Father—Well, I just came down to
say I'm much obliged to you. You see
I havo an affection of the spine which
has weakened mc so that 1 am unable
to give him the necessary chastisement
when he needs it. Good-day.—Judge.
Didn't I'ae One There.
Tramp—Don't call me lazy, madam. I
assure you I take great pleasure in
using the pick.
Lady— Well, there's one iu the bam
you can use to clear the ice from that
path.
Tramp—lt isn't the right kind, lady.
Lady—Why, what kind of a pick do
yon mean?
Tramp A tooth-piek.—Boston Her
ald.
The l atest
Fashionable Da;ne (who summered in
Europe) -Stop that scratching; the au
dience will notice it.
Husband (in u parquette seat)— But I
can't stand those fleas.
Dame —Bear it until the curtain falls,
and then go out lietweeu the acta. Then
people will think you are only on a
spree.—N. V. Weekly.
Adding Insult to lujurj.
Van Dusen (rejected) You have
made mo desperate! My death will lie
at your door, for before to-morrow
dawns I shall blow my brains out!
Amy—Oh! I don't think there's the
jliglitest danger of that!— Life.
• Iho liiifio of Yootlt.
Four-year-old— Dto is my right hand,
isn't it, papa?
Father —Yes, my deur boy.
Four-year-old—Den dis must be my
wrong hand? —Boston Herald.
Nrcrrt* of the IltMlness.
"What is Fleecy doing since ho left
the signal-service?"
"Oh. he's writing weather indication*
to order for Western newspapers."—
Judge.
Of Course They Do.
Mrs. Tabby- Don't coarse expressions
Jar upon your nerves, Mrs. Gnbb?
Mrs. (labl>—You l<ettbey do.--.lury.
Ills Objective I'olnt.
Guest Look here. 1 wanted four
towels and you only brought three.
BeU-l>oy—What do you want to do,
tuke a bath?
Guest No; I'm trying to stop a leak
in this gas jet.—Judge.
lie WM Posted.
Boomer —I tell you that mine Is a big
thing, one of the biggest openings of the
year.
Cynic us Yes, u big opening to take
In and si;> . your canii.—Boston Herald.
Dignity.
Lady Dear mc, John, look at the
dust on those chairs'
Butler There i* nothing surprising
about that, madam; no one lias sat on
them vet to-day.- Harper's Bazar.
KiprMilr*.
Jones Does he look like a country
man?
Adams A*!* he? Ho looks like a
composite picture of all the inhabitants
of New Jersey.—Life.
The Debt Aeknowledced.
"Are you acquainted with this?"
asked Banks, ns he displayed nn unpaid
note to Its maker.
"No," replied Kytlng; "I never met
It. "-Puck.
Could <•!%«* Tlirm Point*.
Sunday-School Teacher—Oh, Kanford.
What are yon doing In company with
auch bnd boys?
ganford Teaching them how to pltcfe
pennies for keeps,—Jury.