VOL. XXVIII PROFESSIONAL CARDS. V. McALPINE, Do ist, is uuw permanently !<* ' i*> South Main Street' Butler. J'a., 1; formerly :ccoopled by l)r. vVuldroa. Dr. N. M. HOOVER, 137 E. Wl.sne.Sr.. offlee hours. 10 to 12 M. and 1 to 3 P. 11 ' L. M. REINSEL, M. D, FBYSICIiN AND SCKtiKON. Urefldence at 224 Graliam ..Street, OEQc© Frank's drugstore. Main St. L. BLACK, rBVSICIAR AND fVUUKOM, Sew Troi;tmau ItnlMliig. liutler, Pa. K. N. LKAKE. M. 1). J- E- MANN. *- D- S|K'C!jJtlea: SpecUltto* OyiuePology and Sur- Eye. and DRS. LEAKE & MANN, Butler, Pa. G. M. iIAIMERMAS. rtiTdiCIAN AND si buxom. ow eat No. 45,8. Main street, over Frank a Co s Uius store. Duller. Fa, SAMUEL M, BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. Sc. 2'j;Ei»t Jtfitrson St., Butler, Pa. W. R. TITZEL. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 8. W. Corner Main and Noith Sts., Butler, Pa J. J. DONALDSON, DentisL Butler, Penn'a. r Arttnrtel Teeth inserted fn the latest lm pruved plcn. Gold KlUln* a specialty, once over SenaU's Clothing Store. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. All work pertaliiini! to the profession execut ed in the neatest maimer. Suecialtle* :—Gold t'llliiiKS, and Painle» Ex traction of Teeth. Vitalized \tr administered. Olßee oa Strwt, oae door Eaat tfUflJ HoaM, l> Htaln. Office open dally, except Wedne»d»y» «gj Thursdays. Communications by mail receivo prompt attention, K. B.—The only Dentist l» Bitlet Mlija* best make* 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 gincering work. Xo charge for drawing ii I contract the work. Consult your best in terests; plan before you build. Informa tion cheerfully given. A share of pnblic patronage is solicited. P. O. Box 1007. Office 8. W. of Court Bouse, Butler, Pa. C. F. L. McQUISTION, EMiIKEER AND SIBVEYOR, OVMCI sr.AH DIAMOND, IICTLX*. FA. J. M. PAINTER, Attoi ney-at-Law. Office—Between Postoffice and Diamond. Boi ler, Fa. A. T. SCOTT, ATTOBNEY-AT-LAW. Office at Ko. s, South Diamond, Butler. Fa. A. M. CHRISTLEY, ATTOKNEY AT LAW. Office second floor, Anderson HI k, Main IK., near ("eui t House, liutler, Pa. J. W HUTCHISON, ATTOKNKY AT LAW. Offce On second floor of the Muselton block. Pl&n.onri. Uuller, Pa., Koom No. 1. JAMES N, MOORE, ArroH.*:Kv-Ar-I.AW ANO NOTARY PUBLIC. Onice In Kooin No. l, second floor of Hut* I ton Block, entrance on Ulimoiid. IRA McJUNKIN. Attorney at Law, Office* at No. It, East Jeflter sou Bt.. Burler, Pa.. VV. C. FINDLEY, Attorney at law and Heal Estate Agent. Of flee rear of L 7- Mitchell's office on north side of Dlumond. Hurler. I'd. H. H. GOUCHER. Attorney-at-law. Office on second Boor of Anderson l.ullulatr, near Court House, Butler, Pa. J. h. BKITTAIN. Att'y at Law—tMTlce at S. E. Cor. Main St, and i>iainoud, Burler, Pa. NEWTON BLACK. Alt'y at Law—office on Houlh side of Diamond Butler. Pa. A. £. GABLE, Veterinary Surgeon. Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College. Toronto, Canada. Dr. 0»ble treats ali diseases of tbe domesticated animals, and ifl'kes ridplinp. castration and horse den tistry a specialty. Castration per form < d without clams, and all otber sargiet.! operations performed in the most scientific manner. Calls to uuy part ot the country promptly responded to. Office aud lolirmsiry in Crawford's Livery, 132 West Jefferson Street, Butler. Pa. - 3 it' i.EJK 'coi'M'n mutual Firs Insurance Co. Office Cor. Main & Uunningham 8t«. *3. 0. ROESBING, PaxsiDßNT. 11 C HMNKMAN, BKCBITABT. DIRECTORS: O. ll'K-.'.iiie, Henderaon (illver, J, I. I'Mtvi.s .lames Mtephfiwon, A. Troutiniin, 'I O. HelHemau. Alfri-'l H !'•!<, N Weltiel. Dr. W. irvin. i>r ItK-kenbaCh, J. W. liurkhArt, D. T. >orrtß. LOYAL S, tt'JUttKIN, Agent, fITrTIiKR, PA. L. tS McJUNKIN, Insurance and I»Val Estate A?'t 17 F.AST JEFFKESON.BT. j BUTLER, - PA. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. MAIN STREET. 1 rr ~ ~ E Grocery Trr.utman Building I N —l —S t .J* L _ w T — —i! r~7 " Jl_ _ WASHINGTON STREET. " ' "13 r " }*i l MARTINCOURT & co. J L Here we are down on Cunningham St. Almost « \er\- body knows where we are, butil .you do not, please IOOK .it Ju above map. Walk down Cunningham St. on the right hand side till vou come to 216 and you will find us. here \u. lots of room and pay 110 rent and more than doubled our >m.< last year and expect to increase them as much this year. A who came last year to see if we had as large a stock an;] .*Ol ■ as cheap as we advertised said we were too modest in oui declarations and said they did not expect to find hall as nun n. even after reading our advertisements. You know us now and of course will continue to deal here, but we must tell you we have twice as large a stock now as when you were here before and still cutting prices lower. To those who have never been here, we want you to come too. We don t advertise to blow. If you don't find more stock here at lower prices than you ever expected after reading our advertisement we will pay you for your time that it takes to walk down here from Main St. Remember, we keep every thing in our line. Horse col lars 50c, team work bridles sl, work harness $lB, buggy har ness $6, wagon single trees, ironed, 25c, double-tre«'.«, shnlts, wheels, poles, shafts, cushions, tups, harness oil, curry combs, brushes, paint, springs, dashes, lap dusters, robes, blankets, whips, carts, buggies, spring wagons and everything, and Kramer wagons,— the best wagons made. Come and F-ee UE. Look over our stock. We want to get acquainted with you. Bemember, it was us who first brought down the prices of buggies in Butler county for your benefit, relying on increased sales to make up for small profits, and the public has stood by us in a way that makes us like everybody. Yours, etc., S. B. MARTESITI ED. S. B. Martincourt, - J. M. Lieghner. AL.. RUFF, DEALER IN OOTS AND SHOES. 114: South Main Street. Sutler, Pa., April, 1 KDI. To TUB PKOI-LK OF BUTLKR COUNTY: PATRONS AKD FBUNDB:— Another season is upon us and yon irill be wanting new shoes suitable to the season. If you wHI spare us a few moments of your time, it is in regard to Shots we wish to talk to you, believing it will be to our mutual ad vantage. ll'e hare this Spring a larger and better stock of Hoots end Shun than ever before. We believe we can supply you with anything in our line that you may need or want, and as the prices of Shoes are largely governed by the expense under which they are sold, let me call your attention to the fact that our expenses are lower than those of any Hoot and Shoe firm m Butler. Consequently we can and do give our patrons the best value for their money. We deal only with the best manufacturers, those trim <» igin ate the styles and make shoes to wear. Owing to our long experience, gum! standing and cash buying, we are enabled to get our goods at the lowest cash prices, another fact to your advantage. Our shoes are also comfort able and stylish, qualities that arc often as much desired as service. IIV will not enumerate any of our prices here, as the few we would hair room for might be considered leaders, and we hare no leaders. Our shoes are (ill equally cheap. Hut we would consider it a favor if you will roll and ex amine our goods and allow us to quote jirices. flood treatment will l,i yours. If'e consider it no trouble to show goods. Thanking you for past favors, and again asking for a share of your valued patronage, and in con sequence of such, bespeaking entire satisfaction and a continuance of the same, we remain, Very Truly Yours, AL. RUFF. every WATERPROOF COLLAR OR CUFF THAT CAN BE RELIED ON 3xrot to split! THE MARK UTOt ~tO DlSCOlOV? ——————J BEARS THIS MARK. TRADE NEEDS NO LAUNDERINC. CAN BE WIPED CLEAN IN A MOMENT. THE ONLY LINEN-LINED WATERPROOF COLLAR IN THE MARKET. • a.good house-wife.who uses BAPOLIO. Ib is well saadrThe mouse is muzzled in her houseVTryif and keep your house cle&n+All grocers keep it- Cleanliness and neatness about a house are necessary to insure comfort. Man likea comfort, and if hi can't find it a. home, he will 6eek elsewhere for it. Gcod housewives know that SAPOLIO makes a house clean and keeps it b< k' '. Happiness always dwells in a comfortable home. Do \ want cleanliness, comfort and happiness? Try SAPOi and you will be surprised at your success, BEWARE OF IMITATIONS. TWO TOO ALIKE. Franklin Fyles' Contribution to the "Possible Caseß." A Startling Vara of Twin Mea—Kemirk ablc DUponition of » Superfluous Foot— The Mystery of .Tosopli aiul Jasper Haden. [copraiGHT, isai.l The twin men who, at the outset of t T .i v>- ible case, were in the station at tfc cuter end of an Adirondack raihv; v, !. d been physical counter p u-ts at birth; hut between the age of forty winks and forty years thc3" had gr .\vn into a difference of appearance. T is ne< oaat will tell how they became two iilike again in a mannervery singu lar in.leed. Jasper Iladen was lean. Joseph Iladen was fat. In that dis pnritr •-f .'• ■■■ lay the contrast which had nearly obi:' rated all similarity. Both !i: ! v.v. • 1 ivcisely the same hcigt;. :-.rid It i- not likely that their skeletons, if the two hundred pounds of Cesh had been remored from one and the one hundred from the other, would have hov.-n any marked contrast —save in on • particular. Jasper had lost his left foot. It had been cut off at the ankl.;. Nevertheless, he had won in a fleet mercantile race for wealth, while his brother had lagged in poverty as a physician and surgeon. "Two tick;". , for Tupper Lake and r. '■ said Jasper to the young man inside the window. The face of Jasper was emaciated, and its complexion was wan. Many in valids go into the Adirondacks and die there. Jasper looked like that kind of a traveler; but in fact he was not very badly off for health; and he had an im pulsive way of using his fair degree of strength. "Did you say: 'And return?'" the ticket seller asked, with a look and a tone commiserative of the man who, apparently, was buying a seat that ho could never sit in. Jasper was sensitive about his false show of illness, and very retaliatory, too. lie reached through the window, gripped the young man, and hauled him half-way out. "Don't hurt him," Joseph interposed; "lie is aware now that you're not in a pr<? -inous state of health." "Yes," the n-sailed fellow said, going back into his scat like a rubber doll that had been stretched and then go of. "Yes —yer, —I know —you're not in a precarious state of health." A man with sidelong eyes and edge wise attitudes watched the episode with very conspicuous slyness. That man was :i private detective. Sometimes he feared that people would not know it. lie liked to bo a spy. When he was not spying for pay he spied for pleasure. So the Iladens had not disappeared into the wilderness a week before he knew who they were; how rich was the one who looked poor In health, and how poor in money the one who looked rich in health; and that the reason why the irascible one limped was that the left foot was an artificial member. The twins encamped on the shore of Ts:i ,coni pond, and fished and hunted with the help of Reuben Brown, an Adirondack guide. Reuben showed them how to hook the trout and bullet the deer, and he was their proxy in much of the sports which proved at all dangerous to the dumb creatures. But he has never revealed the fact of their failure as sportsmen, not only because it was a professional secret, but also for a reason which will presently appear. The hunting and the fishing, such as they were, went on for a few days ordi narily. The campers told one another that they liked the discomforts of camp ing, and thej-convinced themselves that th • dampness of the rainy days, the chilliness of the wmdy nights and the lack of sanitary things all the time, " DON'T HURT HIM," JOSEPH IXTKWOSKD. were conducive to robust vigor. Jasper Iladen never realized either the truth or falsity of those theories. lie died in Hascom pond. Although Jasper was a quick-tem perol man, as we have already seen, the reader will be surprised to learn that it was not lie who killed the suave and unctious Joseph, but it was Joseph who killed Jasper. The murder was f;ir from an impulsive act. It was a coolly calculated achievement, looking to a transfer of fortune from the inan of sordid mercantile pur suits to the man of jovial professional leisure. Joseph would be the only natural heir of Jasper in case of that wifeless, childless man's death, and there was no will in existence. So, when the brothers capsized their canoc, while fishing, and it was not unlikely that the lean one would sink and the fat one float, Joseph did not depend upon such natural results. lie clung to the overturned boat and pushed his brother off, until a most deliberate and diabolical fratricide had beenicommitted. Then he removed the artificial foot from his dead victim and pocketed It care fully; stripped off all the clothes, and placed them where he could recover them later; and hid the body under the water, by means of a rope and a stone. "Reuben," said Joseph Iladen to the ruide, upon returning to the tent (and ero see how the murderer kept his •onueience clear of ay.y lie) "my brother Jasper has been drowned, and I hav* escaped with my life." lieub n wont to search for the Ixnly jt the dead lladen, leaving the live Lla<li'n shivering with a chill; for his clothes w< re wet, and, besides, a man naturally feels a creepy sensation after he has murdered a brother for the first time. The guide rowed hither and thither, I'O ring down into the pond, and reaching with :v paddle, but never finding Jasper in tho dark little water pit into which ho was sunken. lie re turned to the tent after an hour or two, and saw a thing that astonished him. Joseph lladen sat enveloped from neck to heels in u big bag of rubber. Stenm was escaping a little at the throat, and the exposed face looked parboiled. The inclosed man was tak ing a Turkish bath by shutting himself in with a lighted lamp, after the man ner common out of the woods, but Reuben didn't know it. "I am taking precautions against a cold," Joseph said. "I'm a physician, yon know, and I am fully aware of tho danger <.f pneumonia following tho chill I've had." Reuben had heard of folks boiling with i.•;' , and he was now impressed v,-i with tho thonght that this b.v eian was boiling with grief for b' d ■•v. iied brother. If »o, ho was bound to be well done, for he sat there hoar aft. r hour until nightfall, with the per pi ration d-ipping from his head down the outnde of the bag, inside of which the accumulation of water tlireat- HI TLKR, P A., FRIDAY, MAY 180 J. ened to rise high enough to extingnisn the lamp. The fire did burn Itself out at length, and then the simmering man tumbled weakly from the seat. •'Take off the rubber," he whispered. ! "That's it. Now lay me out straight and rub rue with titat woolen jacket. Hard —harder—t'.mt's ri^-Titt:." The friction dried the mau, drenehed the jacket and lired the guide. ' Now," Joseph said. 'Tii turn in for the night." Wrapped thickly in blankets, he slept on the bed of boughs until morning; but at dawn he started off on a brisk walk of five or six miles before break- j fast, of which he ate sparingly of lean meat only. During the ensuing five j days the -snide was astonished by the J amount of boiling, walking and rub- ' bing which this singular man endured. ; "Hadn't weoughter go out'n give no- j tice of your brother's death?" Reuben once suggested. "Go anil make one more hunt for hLs ! body," was the reply, "and if you don't find it, we will quit the camp tomorrow morning." Reuben did find it, and good reason why. Joseph had loosened it from the rope and stone an hour before, and then fled from it as it floated, for he habit ually avoided unpleasant sights if pos- 1 sible. He looked long enough, howev er, to see that it had bloated so much j more than its former bulk. "Good Lord!" the <ruido cried breath- i lessly, as he ran back into the camp. ; "I've found him. His clothes was gone, j llow could that a'been? And ho was | as stocky as you was two weeks ago." He looked at the surviving brother, and saw in an instant the change that had been wrought in him. The fat man had reduced himself to a thin one by violent sweating and exercises right before the staring eyes of the guide; but it was not until now that the dolt ish witness realized the extent of tho alteration. "My gracious!" he exclaimed, draw ing back for a critical survey; "you're the image of him like he was when we come here, and—and —" "And his body is as big now as mine was then?" the other suggested, ur banely. "That's jest about so, Dr. I laden." "And it looks to you as though I had been drowned, and he stood here before yon alive?"' "To jedge by the pearanees, yea. Only —" "Well, only what?" "Only there was his foot. I mean only there wa'n't his foot!" "Ah, yes. lie had ' nly one foot. So, the false one had become de tached?" "Gone along with the clothes, I guess." "No doubt." "But what I can't guess, doctor, la how them clothes got off'n him." Joseph wouldn't do any needless lying. He was inclined, rather, to economize in the guilt necessary for his enterprise. He was no rockless criminal. Still, the time had clearly come to murder Reuben. Nor was it to be done thought lessly. The manner and means had been planned already. "You think I resemble my brother, as he was when wc came into the woods together, do you, Reuben?" he re marked. "As like cz two peas," wui the reply. "I never seen sech a resemblance." "All caused by the treatment 1 gave myself, Reuben. I waa too fleshy to suit my notion, and so I reduced myself, you see. Reuben passed a hand dazedly across his own brows. 110 was not used to har<l thinking, and these strange occur rences made nis head ache. "Groat thing, the Turkish bath," "I AM TAKING I'RKCAOTIOXS AGAINST A coi.n." Joseph continued. "In Ave minutes it will make you unconscious of the head ache you've got now. Come, sit down hero and try it. O, you needn't undress; I'll apply it to your head only." The guide did not consent to the pro posed treatment. But he permitted it, and so he is dead. IlLs demise was very singular. If ho has come to his soribes yet, he must review the event with keen interest, arising not so much from a personal concern as from that pride of distinction which should exist in a man who has been drowned on dry land. "Will it hurt me?" Reuben asked, as the rubber bag was being puckered tightly around his neck. "After a minute or two you won't feel it," was the sincere reply, "and your headache will be gone entirely." By this time the upper end of the sack was fitted to the ncclt so tightly as to choke. "Wc will vary the use of this thing to suit your case," the operator went on. "0, don't gasp. Your breath won't bother you after just a little." Nor did it. Joseph slit the bag at the bottom, turned it up over Reuben's head and gripped it tightly. "You'll smother me," the victim panted, with a convulsive shake of his bagged head. "I'll give you some air," and the as sassin kept his word by relaxing his hold sufficiently to make an aperture. "Now, sit down quietly on the ground, Reuben. It's got to be done, yon know, and tho quicker it's over the sooner you'll be comfortable." It was at this point In the experiment that Reuben became greatly amazed. In recalling it to memory (if his pres ent condition of mind permits him to be retrospective) he will recollect that the novelty of tho homicide was wondrous. He sat down on the ground obediently. Over his head, but leaving a small open space, the reversed bag was bunched in ono hand by Joseph, who with the other took up a pailful of water and poured it into the opening. So Reuben's head was as completely submerged as though he had been fit the bottom of the pond. For a minute or two there was a great deal of commotion. If Reuben hail not tried, in the absence of air, to breathe the water, his violent strength might have availed him; but he had en joyed no experience with such unex pected circumstances, and his futile writhin?', and contortions seemed to be actuated by a confused belief that he might s\\ im out of the difficulty. Joseph twisted the bag with all his might, thus forcing the water down around Reu ben's head. "Stop kicking!" he cried. "I)o you hear mo?" Reuben heard him, but couldn't say so; and, whether In obedience or not, his resistance ceased, and he soon lay drowned to death on tho sun-dried ground. lie had died so much after tho manner of a fv-h that had been pulled out of the water, with his captor holding to him while ho floundered, that tho suirccstion of bomc new and awful form of Adirondack 6port flashed into the slayer's perturbed mind. Hut it was not blithesome or jocose to be alone in the woods with two men whom you have murdered, and Joseph Iladen, moreover, was filled with per sonal regret for the sacrifice of feeling which his enterprise had demanded. Besides, he knew that a most incon venient and painful ordeal still awaited him. He had put himself into a re stored resemblance of his deceased brother: he had caused the l>ody to as sume the proportions of his own as last seen by relatives and friends; he had silenced the only witness of any of the process; he was ready to go out into civilization with the now indisputable lie that the two men had been drowned accidentally In the lake—except that one important act remained to be done. If Joseph linden was to be accepted without suspicion as Jasper Iladen, then the dead twin must have two feet and the survivor only one. Joseph was not a man to enter upon an important undertaking without cal culating it to a climax, nor to stop in his endeavor before he had done his ut most to reach the ultimate success. He was a surgeon, and well aware of the bother and unpleasantness of amputa ting his own foot. But he felt that tho two other persons concerned had suf fered considerable annoyance, and he would not permit himself to hesitate in doing his duty by the affair. So he ex cised his left foot at the ankle, and it was an excellent piece of surgery—well worthy of a full report to his medical society, if he had not felt an obligation of professional sec rosy. Joseph allowed himself a week for the wound to get along in the process of healing. With a skillful and uncom monly solicitous surgeon in attendance, the case had no mishaps or complica tions. When all was ready he went to the nearest settlement, Introduced him self as Jasper Iladen, reported the death of Joseph and the guide, and arranged for their burlaL There was no arousal of suspicion In the mind 6 of the rustics who had to do with tho inquest, funeral and interment. Several relatives and acquaintances of the Hadens came, but there was no cause for incredulity. There was a well-rounded and two footed dead naden—for the surgeon had attached his severed member to his brother's ankle in a manner which, be ing uninvestigated, was not discovered. There was a slim and single-footed live Iladen—for he wore the artificial foot. Who could suspect? It was almost a month later when the false Jasper Ilayden arrived at the sta tion at the outer end of the Adirondacks railway. "Ah! I see that I guessed wrong that you wouldn't need a return ticket," said the young man behind the window. "liow uncertain life is. Your brother looked so robust and healthy —" "And I am alive, though no better for my sad trip, thanks to grief and—and—" as he limped on the still sensitive stump of his left leg. Then he looked across the room, and saw the same detective who had lounged there at the time of the journey's start. The guilty man blanched and trembled. "You here?" he faltered. "0, yes; I am here, sir," and the spy glanced furtively ct the ln.'nc foot. Instantly the criminal felt that he had been watched throughout his awful deeds by this sleuth hound of the lawl Rut that was an utter mistake. The detective had no suspicion whatever. So far as anybody save Joseph Iladen knows, Joseph was drowned in the Adi rondacks, and Jasper Iladen is sumptu ously living, and fattening with judi cious slowness on the luxuries <vhieh an ample fortune commands. Some times he goes to the cemetery and reads his own name on the fine monument which he has erected over his brother's grave. Hut he is serene and compla cent, oven then and there, although he cannot help dreading to meet Jasper and Reuben by and by. FHA.KKI.IX FVLES. HUMORS OF THE BOOMERANG. An Instrument of Destruction Which Is No Respecter of Persons. No one who discharges a boomerang for the first time has the faintest notion as to where it will land If let loose in a thoroughfare it may navigate around a corner and take off the hat of an un suspecting promenader. It may shoot Into a carriage window and frighten the occupants of the vehicle out of their senses. It may soar away over the houses and get lost, or skim upon the surface of the pavement and entangle itself among the legs of horses. It may climb up a stoop, go through an open doorway and wander around the in terior of a dwelling, breaking mirrors or destroying other valuable property before it gets tired. And if It strikes anybody it may inflict serious hurt, for its rapid whirl gives it an Immense force, so that a blow from one of Its ends may cause death even when It Is flung without much exertion of strength. I have seen a pig killed in the island of Formosa by a boomerang which appeared to be very lightly pro pelled. Worst of all —certainly most mortifying —it may come straight back upon the thrower, perhaps follow him with a persistence which seems almost to indicate a deliberate intention, chaso him about, no matter how nimbly he may try to escape, and finally double him up with a thump In the stomach and reduce him to a state In which no boomerang could, for the time, be any thing but an object of aversion to him, not even if it we re made of a stick of candy. Out in the country, where broad, un occupied fields are accessible, experi ments may be undertaken upon a large scale; but caution is always necessary at the beginning, and when the little curved stick Is launched into space it would be wise for all spectators, and the thrower as well, to choose a pro tecting tree, and stand behind it, lest the missile perform its favorite exploit, and return to the point of departure, menacing every living l>eing in the vi cinity. It is quite capable of skipping round a tree, but aa alert youngster ought to be able to dodge and keep him self out of harm's way. Cows might be put to Inconvenience, and sheep would probably see no fun in the sport; hut nobody could expect a cow or a sheep to appreciate the humor of a boom erang. In any case, the earliest at tempts should be with instruments of moderate dimensions, from which severe bruises need not be apprehended. —K. 11. House, in Harper's Younjf Peo ole. |:»<1 for Uuslness. Hronson—l tell you this discovery of a cure for consumption is a grand bene fit to the human race. Stranger —1 don't think so. Hronson —You don't, eh? And pray who are you? Stranger —I'm proprietor of the High price Hotel at Jacksonville, Fla.—Sat urday Kvening Herald. Considerate. Ilrldget—l'laze, mum, the book agent at the dure says he must see you. Kthel—Did you tell him I was en gaged? Hridget—lmlade I did, mum, but ho says the young man needn't mind; he'll not notice him. —Chicago Times. Chip Off the Old liloc!i. Uutcher—You little scamp, breaking your new rocking horse! What are you going to do with it? Yonng Hopeful Make sausages. — Light. Cleaned Out. "Lilly, did you polish Folly's cage and clean him out, as I told you?" Lily—Yis, sor-r; an' I know he's clean out of his cage, for I saw hijn fly out o' the window! —Jujlge. MUSICIANS OF NOTE. Threo Chicago Artists of Inter national Roputation. Julie llive-Kirtc the I.at—it Addition to Western Musical Circle* - TU* Achieve menta of Prof. ShertvooU an«l I'. C. Cleaaon. (P; ecial .i- r o Correspondence.] A short time ago I wrote about two of Chicago's leading musical organiza tions. the Orel. >tral association and the Apollo club. Many rejj.hr.-> who had never hr.d an opportunity to become fa miliar with the artistic enthusiasm which pervades every grade of Chicago's society were somewhat surprised at the rapid progress made by the western city as ar. art center, and even tluise who have carefully watched its growth JULIE RIVE-KING. In every direction were more than pleased with the achievements made in the course of the past ten years or less. Naturally the appreciation of good inusic has brought to Chicago a number of the leading artists, the latest addi tion being Mme. Julie Rive-King, a pianist well-known In all parts of the United States, and distinguished above all other concert performers for the smoothness, facility and unapproacha ble quality of her technique. Mrs. King has for many years made her home in New York, but becoming con vinced that the center of culture was moving westward, she concluded to es tablish her domicile In the great city by Lake Michigan. She will, of course, carry on her concert business from Chi cago as she did from New York. Mme. Rive-King's name is familiar in every home where music is loved. From her first appearance on the concert stage a number of years ago she has made friends in the east as well as in the west. The brilliancy of her play ing and the modesty of her presence made her exceedingly popular, and her managers alwaj's found her a paying attraction where other and more famous musicians had made a failure. Her repertory, according to a musical authority, includes upwards of twenty one concertos, including three by Beet hoven. both of Chopin's, l>oth of Liszt's, Schumann's, Saint Saens", Rubinstein's and about four hundred pieces of dif ferent work. Out of this vast repertory she has played as many as eighty pieces in a single week, as in Boston in a scries of recitals a few years ago. Her orchestral experience, according to the musical critic of the Chicago Times, has been wide and honorable according to a degree unsurpassed in America if anywhere. She has played under the batons of all the great conductors of the country, including nearly two hun dred concerts with Thomas. Personally, Mine. Ilive-King' is a lovable woman, handsome and modest. Her triumphs have not turned her head, and she is to-day as accessible to the young woman in search of advice and information as when she first attracted the attention of the public. Society, which has always been kind to the tal ented lady, not on accomnt of her re markable ability but owing- to her per sonal charms, has welcomed her arrival in Chicago with a sincerity which must be exceedingly gratifying to its recipi ent. From a financial point of view her removal to Chicago promises to lie one of the happiest acts in Mine. Itivc's career. Prof. William H. Sherwood, head of the piano department of the Chicago conservatory, is another pianist enjoy ing a national reputation. Mr Sher wood is perhaps the most scholarly of the score or two of famous musical men residing in the west. His father was a musician of exceptional ability who left nothing undone to develop his son's tal ents. At an early day in his career the young man became an instructor in the WII.LIAM H. SHKKWOOD. Lyons (N. Y.) musical academy. At the age o? twenty he went to Berlin, where he entered Kullak's celebrated conservatory. While pursuing his ordi nary studies he succeeded in becoming a member of Carl Weitzmann's class, which at th;*t time ranked highest in the old world both in personnel and achievements, and it was then ho be came master of the theory of composi tion. He continued his studies for n number of years in various German mu sical centers, among them Stuttgart and Leipzig, everywhere winning the esteem of his teachers and the applause of the miblic. Liszt, the Nestor of piano virtuosos, Ux>k a strong liking to the enterprising young American and spent both timo and personal influence to secure for him a hearing before the masters of the art. At one of his concerts he invited young Sherwood to play, and this exhibition may properly be called the keystone of Mr. Sherwood's success. Subsequently he wrote a number of pieces which secured for him immediate recognition and found publishers among the most conservative German music houses. It has been said that music knows no nationality, and while this may be true to a certain extent, it is nevertheless a well-known fact that no class of people are as jealous of a rival's success as mu sicians—and especially musicians be longing to different nationalities. That Mr. Sherwood scored such wonderful successes in Germany proves therefore that his talents must have been nomenul. Critics at once recognized that in strength of Interpretation and technique the young New Yorker had but few equals. The result was that petty jealousy could n it affect his standing, which was fixed by such in disputable authorities as ICullak and the immortal Liszt. Upon his return to the United States, Mr. Sherwood gave .1 series of piano recitals whose remarkable artistic per fection has become proverbial in musical circles. He became a leading attraction and was sought by the managers of high-class entertainments. Ho soon tired of traveling, however, and be- came connected w«n the cnicago con servatory. IIU principal compositions are a ■cherzo, an idyl, a scherxosymphonique and an allegro patetieo. All of them have been adopted by the principal con servatories in their courses for ad vanced pupils, an honor which is high ly appreciated by the composer. The best known Chicago composer, however, is not Mr. Sherwood, but Frederick Grant Gleason. He is a na tive of Connecticut, in which state he spent his early years and where he learned the rudiments of the art of which he is destined to become a master. At the age of sixteen he composed a Christmas oratorio which exhibited such murked tulents that his parents gave hiin an opportunity to acquire the knowledge necessary to success. He first became a student of Dudley liuck. of Hartford, Conn.; but subsequently went to Leipzig, the Mecca of musical students, where he became a pupil of Moscheles, Kiehter and other celebri ties. Other famous teachers in Berlin and London finished his education, and when he returned to his native country FREDERICK GRANT GLEASOX. he was amply equipped to begin a ca reer equalled by but few American com pose rs. In IS7G Mr. Gleason removed to Chica go. His first employment was that of musical critic for a daily journal, a po sition which he resigned as soon as he had found an opening in his legitimate field. During his residence in Chicago Mr. Gleason lias composed a romantic opera, called "Otho Visconti;" on opera named "Montezuma," selection* from which have been played in the principal cities of the country by the Thomas or chestra: an "overture triumphal" for the the organ; two cantatas, "God Our De liverer" and "The Culprit Fay;" the "Auditorium Ode," composed for and sung at the opening of the Chicago Auditorium, ana a "Praise Song to Har mony." Besides these he has written a large number of minor pieces for voice and piano, some of which have become very popular. Mr. Gleason is very modest, and when asked about the rewards his labors had found, referred to a recent newspaper statement which gives the information that he was appointed to represent the American music-teachers' national asso ciation at the meeting of the English so ciety of professional musicians at Cam bridge, Eng., an honor which he had to de cline on account of pressing professional duties. The Association del liemeriti Italiano, of Palermo, a few years ago voted him a gold medal of honor "for distinguished services in the cause of art," and other musical organizations delighted in honoring him in different i ways. The writer could continue to chat for a long time about other Chicago musi cians whose names are familiar to the general public, but enough has been said to show that the advantages of Chicago as a musical center are appre ciated by those who are best qualified to express an opinon. G. W. WKIPPIEBT. Greasing Electric Wires. Electric railway operations in New England were materially interfered with the past winter by the formation of a thin coating of ice on the over head conductor. The remedy for this trouble has just been found to lie in greasing the wires, and an ingenious device has been evolved for this pur jK>se. A pan which is carried along be neath the wire contains a wheel BO mounted that its lower portion revolves in the grease contained in the pan, and its upper edge is in contact with the wire. As the apparatus is moved along the line the little wheel conveys the grease to the wire and thus smears its surface with a protection against moisture and ice. BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE. The Tendency of Mlifortane to Improve Human Character. Great griefs, Shakespeare tells us, are as medicines for our lesser sorrows. The remedy. It may bo thought, is worse than the disease. And yet It Is not so altogether, for the overwhelm ing anguish which swallows up the minor tribulations disciplines the mind, and when it has felt the shock of real calamity, it is loss likely to be dis turbed by petty annoyances. Of all schools, that of misfortune is the best for a grumbler. If anything can make a quiet, considerate, dignified man of him it Is affliction. It softens the hardest natures and teaches the sel fish to sympathize with all who suffer. "Me jests at scars who never felt a wound," but should a bullet cripple him ho will jest at scars no more. A haughty, capricious, self-adoring beau ty, if smitten by the smallpox and thereby rendered "a perfect fright," would be considered by her friends an object of commiseration. And yet per haps she would b« a happier, because a humbler, woman than she could ewer have been as a fascinating coquette. When we pray to bo exempted from disaster wo often pray unwisely, and wlicu Heaven, turning 1 a deaf ear to our shallow petitions, visita us with groat sorrows, they are often in reality blessings in disguise. —N. Y. Ledger. A tVtap Kiterinlnmtor. The common green tree frog, so often kept in ferneries, has been recently discovered to possess an insatiable greed for wasps. This extraordinary apatite docs not seem to l>c in the least checked by an occasional sting. The protecting color of the frog, which sits motionless uporf leaves, no doubt deludes tho most, wary insects into a jenso of security. Tho wasp, however, trusting to its formidable reputation, which is duly published and advertised to the insect-eating world at large by bright and conspicuous colors, does not need to be wary. This may, perhaps, account for the fact that a largo Auir tralian tree frog at the Zoological gar dens in London has the genial effect of its protecting green color interfered with by numerouj white patches aud marks caused by the stings of wasps. N. Y. Ledger Tho Il«>»ult of Angling. Bloobumber —Fishing was the favor- Ite amusement in King David's time. Indeed, I may r.aj that it was well-nigh universal. Fosdick--! didn't know that Hloobumbcr —Yes; you will remem ber that David gave it as his opinion that all men are liars.- -West Shore. Crnmmiit cal roXnfc. Studious i!oy—Jerry Judd asked: "Which is tlio "safest, ico yachting or lutein r Bailing?" 13 that correct? Father—No. He should have said: "Which is the more dangerous?"—Oood Nerr*! CAn drivers are not permitted to smoke in the streets of Aberdeen. Scot land. N O. 27 SAVED BY HIS BABY. The Fortanate Circumstance Which I're ti-rvnl a Watchman's Life. A lawyer of wide experience says that it is diuicult for honest people to realize how distorted the view of a criminal often becomes. In many cases it is practically impossible for him to distinguish between good and evil. Yet the re is always *a bit of moral sense left at bottom. The lawyer in question was once called upon to defend two men who were accused of robbing a bank. They were evidently thorough going rascals, but the lawyer was satis fied that in this particular case they were innocent. They confessed that they bad ln t u.led to rob the bank; that they had not filly uiadc all their plans, but that they had lain in wait for three nights to kill the night-watchman on his round. They declared, however, that th«f> had then abandoned the whole en terprise. but the wife of one of them, who was in the secret, had told their plans to her brother. This man, as was afterward proved, carried out the scheme which they had abandoned, and then managed to throw suspicion upon them. "Of course when they told me this story," says the narrator, "my first thought was that they were deceiving me; but in the end, though the tale did not sound very probable, I somehow came to believe it. "The tiling which puzzled me most was that they {rave no adequate reason why they had not carried oat their mur derous plans on the three nights when they were lying in wait. "I pressed them upon this point, tell ing them that they might as well trust me, for that if I found at any point of the cas» that they had deceived me, I would unhesitatingly throw up the de fense. no matter what the result might be. •This threat evidently frightened them thoroughly, and each tried to make the other telL They showed so much shame-faeedness, that I confess I was prepared to hear something un speakably wicked; for I thought that anything which mode such scamps ashame.!, must be drea.iful indeod. "It took them half an hour to tell me; and then, between astonishment and emotion, I felt the tears spring into my eyes. For three nights they had lain in wait to kill the' watchman, who lived in the top of the building; but it chanced, every time, that he was carry ing his little baby up and down in his arms all through the middle of the night, and they could not make up their minds to touch lUtn. "I bad no doubt of the truth of their story. Their shame for their soft heartedness was unmistakable, and I learned afterward that on those par ticular nights the watchman's wife was ill, and he really was carrying the baby about in his arms." —Youth's Com panion. FICTION AND FACT. How the Former Sometime* Serves In the rincn of the Lsttar. There is rarely a circumstanee or character invented by the imagination that does not find its parallel in real life. A year or more ago a writer, whose name is familiar to Companion readers, described in a story the adven tures and vicissitudes of an erring lad who ran away from home to fbHow the sea. The tale was pure fiction, and the author invented for his young saCor a name unlike any he had ever heard. Soon after the story was its author received a pathetic reMs from a sorrowing mother, saying ttaA the sailor-boy of the story was her only son, and begging for his address. "Tell him," she wrote, "if he will only come home I will forget and for give all the past. I am alone In the world, and if my dear son will but re turn to me I shall be happy again." It was hard to write to this poor mother that the sailor-boy of the story, whose name, adventures, and life so closely resom'oled her son's, was but a creature of the imagination. "While a jury In a crim inal case a few years ago," said a law yer, "I made up the following story to i lust rate the need of coolness and calm judgment before condemning a man. "A passenger train was pulling Into the station of a small New England town. The engineer had seen many years of continuous service on that par ticular run and had never failed to stop his engine at a certain point. "One day a great celebration was held in the town, and when that train eamo in, the track ahead of the point where the engine always stopped was crowded with people. No one feared being run over, so great was the confi dence in the engineer's ability to stop his engine at a particular spot. "J>ut alas! on this day the heavy train was not stopped, but the engine forced! its way through the dense mass of hu manity, killing and maiming a score of persons. At first the crowd stood aghast; and then a great wave of Indig nation broke forth against the engineer who had done this thing. "'Hang him' Lynch him P they shouted. "The engineer stood In the door of! his ca!>, white and speechless— helpless against the fury of the mob " 'Wait!' cried the fireman. *Se» thi i!' and he held up a broken bolt. 'Here is the cause of the accident— a broken bolt at the throttle!' "I believe that I won my case op that little bit of fietion, and what <4o you think! After court had adjourned a line-appearing, gray-haired old gentle man came forward, and grasping my hand exclaimed: " 'You told that story welll I was in' that crowd at the time of the accident, snd saw the whole thing!' ' Youth's Companion. T!i.' Virtuous fblum* Censor. The action of a Chinese censor who ha'l more <>f the honest man than of the courtier about hiin deserves to be re corded. The emperor, being desirous of celebrating the birthday of his aunt, the emprr-s dowager, directed that a lar; f e hall, now in ruins, was to be re stored and another building of a simi lar sii-.e was to lx> constructed to show his devoti< .» to the lady who had kept him in leuiing strings so long. The censor sent a memorial to the emperor, in r. lii.li it was pointed out that as the peoji'r- were extremely poor, especially so from tin- disastrous rains, the ex penditure of money as proposed was in opportune. Virtue in this case had to be its own reward, for the censor was degraded and discharged from the service of Ids imperial nnd despotic master. —C hieago News. A I.lttle Girl's l«lem. (icntlcraan Visitor (to best girl's little sister) Your sister lets me kiss her. Now won't you let me kiss you? Little Sister 'loftily)— ?«o; 1 don't al low ;ili the gentlemen to kiss me, as sister <lo"s 1 here's a great difference In people, you know.—West Shore. -Teacher- "All things were made out of nothiu Johnny— "And what was the nothing made out of?" Har per's liazar. SlcSc-Bed Strategy. Miss Pollv ' prim, positive and vine gary)- Miss Lightfoot, I am going out for the day When my brother awakes, toll bin. that if be insists upon being perverse, unreasonable and unmanage able he may !*• in your charge for weeks to come. The I'retty Trained Nurse (demurely) —Yes, ma'am. The Ipvalid (feebly but triumphantly) —Thank Heaven! My little plan la working I'll stay sick. -Pittsburgh Bulletin
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