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.
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E Grocery Trr.utman Building
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WASHINGTON STREET.
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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