VOL. XXVIII PROFESSIONAL CARD?. JOSEPH W. MILLER, M. D. Physician ; d Surgeon, Office and residt nt* ; • «J. Main St. Botler, Pa. Dr. N. M. HOOVER, 137 K. ntttze hours, 19 to 12 M. H-Dd lIO3P. M. L. M. REINSEL, M. D , rimCUM AM> SCBGBON. < >(Uce ami residence at 12T E. Cunningham at, L. BLACK, FIIYBICIAX AND BCBUKON, New Troutman Bonding, Butler, Pa. E. N. LKaKK. M. U. J. E. MANN. M. D. ■Specialties: Specialties: OynaTology and Sur- Eye, Ear, Nose and gtry. Throat. DRS. LEAKE & MANN, Butler, Pa. G M. ZIMMERMAN, ruvucua AND hckuioh. Office at No. *3. S. Main street, over Frank * Wi In UK Store. Butler, Pa, SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. /Co. 22 East Jefferson St., Butler, Pa. W. R. TITZEL. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 8. W. Corner Main and North SU., Butler, ra. V. McALPINE, Dentist, la now permanently located at ISO South Main Street- Butler, ra.. in rooms formerly ;ccouplod by Dr. Waldroo. J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist Butler, Penn'a. Artindal Teeth Inserted cn the Intent im proved plan. Gold Killing a specialty. Offlce ovtr Kehaul'a Clothiug Store. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON. DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA. All work pertaining to the profession; execut Stalni. Office open dally, except Wednesdays an* Thursdays. Communications by mall reeelve prompt utteution, K. B. -The oaly Dentist In Butler aslng Ue best autkee or teeth. C. F. L. McQUISTION, ENGUEES AID SURVEYOR, Omcl KIAI Dl AMOJTD. BCTLXB, TA. H. Q. WALKER, Attor «•< y -fcl-I »w—Cfflte in Diamond Block Butler. P;t. J. M. PAINTER, Attoiney-at-Law. Office— Between Pc«U»fflce and Diamond. But ter. ra. A. T. SCOTT, ATTOHNKY-AT-LAW. Office at No. *, Souili Diamond, Butler. Pa. A. M. CHRISTLEY, ATIOItNEY AT LAW. Office seconrt fioor, Anderson Bl k. Malu St., near t'ouit House, Butler, ra. . __ J. W- HUTCHISON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office oi? tu rond floor of the Uuaelton block. Diamond, Butler, Pa.. Boom No. t. JAMES N. MOORE, ATTO»**T-AT-LAW AMD NOTA*t PUMIJC. Offlce In Boom No. 1. second floor ot Uuaelton Block, entrance on Diamond. IRA McJUNKIN. Attorney at Law, Ofllce at No. IT, Eaat Jeller son St.. Butler. Pa.. W. C. FINDLEY, Attorney at law and Btal Estate Ageut. Of flee rear of L. Z. Mltcheira offlce on north aide ol Diamond. Butler, Pi. H. H. GOUCHER. Atlorney-at-Uw. Offlce on second floor of Andenon building, near Court llouae, BuUer, Pa. J. K. BRITTAIN. Att'y at Law-Office at 8. K. Cor. Main St, and Diamond, Butler, Pa. NEWTON BLACK. Att'y at Law— South aide of Diamond Butler. Pa. L, & McJUNKLN, Insurance and Real Estate Ag't 17 EAST JEFFKBSON.ST. BUTLER, - PA. iiurmil GOI'NTY Mutual Fire Insurance Co. Office Cor. Main & Cunningham Bt*. a. 0. ROESSINO, I'BKSIDINX. H. C. HKINKMAN, SMJKKT^bt. DIRECTORS: O. C. It'iessln*, Henderson Oliver, . J. L Purvis, .lamed Stepliensoi , A. Trnittman, H. O. Helneman, Alfred Wick. N. WelUel. Dr. W. Trvln, Iw. Rlckenbach, J. W. Ilurkliart, ,D. T. Noma. LIYAI. S. M'JUNKIN, Agent. SXJTJLtTirR, PA. > A. E.« GABLE, V" eterinary Surgeon. Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College. Toronto, Canada. I>r, Gable treats all diseases or the domesticated animals, and m*kt>s riddling, castration and horse den tistry a specialty. Castration per formed wi'hout clams, and all other surgical operations performed in the most Kientific manner. Calls to toy part of the country Ofilce and InGrmary in Crawford's Livery, 132 West Jefferson Street, Butler, Pa. THE-BUTLER CITIZEN. LOOK AT YOUR SHOES! DON T YOU NEED A NEW PAIR? JOHN BICKEL, HAS JUST WHAT YOU WANT. If yon are in Dted of Bhoes or slippers of any kiod, no matter wb»" style you may want, call aroaod and see us aud we will suit and please you. We haye now on band a large line of ladies Oxford ties, opera toe or common sense slippers, any material desired, all sizes and bave theni iu widtbs Bto E. A large and complete line. Gents low cut sboea, Lawn Tennis t-boes aud Wigwam flippers at a bargain. Four styles of men's Patent L< atber shoes at $3 per pair We have at present an extraordinary large st' <:k of men's, hovV aud voutb s fine calf and kangaroo shoes wbich we are going to close out before visiting the eastern markets to make my tall purchases. If you are in m.ed of any shoes visit our store and get a bargain We have still on hand 200 pairs chi'dreus tin color slippers, regular price 65 cents now on sale at 25 cents per pair Many styles of plow shoes, brogaus and all grades ol working rboes ranging in price from 85c. to $1.59 We bave slill a large stork of tbe "Eureka" shoe at $1 25 which seems to be everybodys favorit**. Call and get a pair and get a shoe that will wear and give entire satisfaction 125 pair Qossamcr calf shoes regular price $2 25, at $1 75, sizes fi to 9^ LADIES SHOES. We con new show a better aod finer selection of ladies and mifS«s fine shoes than ever before. Ladies front lace shoes, opera or common 9ense style, patent leather trimming or plain trimming. Button t-hoes of all kinds, dongola kid, cursa kid, French kid. glove kid top, cloth top, ooze calf top all, styles—all grades—all prices. We want joor money and we are going to pive yt u more than value for it, for we ueed tbe money and not the goods. Call and get u bargain of a lifetime in this grand sacrifice sale. Now is your time to buy. Grand bargains in seasonable goods and from the immense assortment which we carry you can never fail to rind what you want in footwear and what will suit you. Au immense business enables us to name tbe very lowest prices for reliable goods Boots and Shoes Made to Older Repairing Deatly and promptly done either in leather or rubber goods At all times a full stock of oilmens box-toed boots end shoes. At all times a full stock of Leather and Findings. When in need of anything in our line give me a call. Orders by mail will receive eame attention as if brought in person. Yours truly, JOHN BICKEL. ]STiimber» 128 S. Main Street, BUTLER, - -- -- -- -- PENN'A mjwrz. r IH U 8 E L TON'S l\lll\l/ill Wliv shouldn't it? The people jlAlj llM) quite as naturally drift to the store i flii wv'f JhVAi Iflv IN i tha ' beßt serve their interests as if Vll HI wau ' r "■ ,WB down hill. lla \l i'i 'he grrat shoe retailing \I i 1 \ IvH Iw li y headquarters of Butler low prices and VfrFlHO J dependable t-oods iro band in glove. ' V>.' * i Vsf\ ~i " Sumetin'es more than full value. Ladies our priceswlll open your eyes as well as your purses. Below are a few prices: Ladies kid button boots, handsome styles, only $1; ladies genuine don gola button boots, handsome styles, only sl-25; ladies genuine dongola but ton boots, very fine, only $1.50; 1-dies genuine dongola button boots, the finest you ever ?aw, only $2; ladies bright dongol i, hand turned shoes, a very fine and comfortable shoe that holds its own with any $3.50, here at only $2.75 We have ladies fine dongola tops, calf, patent leather, vamp hand turns, only $3 75. Ladies lace Oxford Southern ties and Opera slip pers, for wbich we are justly celebrated fir having the largest stock, best styles and best of all the lowest prices, has and is selling large quantities of these shoes Oar line in men's, boy's and youth's shoes is grand—not equaled in Butler. We have from a gtod plow shoe or Lrogan at $1 up to the finest band sewed sboes in all widths and shapes. Gentlemen step In and try on some of the sho«s we offer in Con gress at sl, $1.25 and $1.50; B calf dress shoes, no seums, full quarter, plain or tipped, solid leather insoles and counters It yon want finer lock at o: r calf shoe at $2; calf Kangaroo, soft as a glove at $2.50; a better end finer ones at $3 75; the finest English Cordovan, band made at $5.75, all widtbs; don't forget our $3 line, they are beauties. Men's fine patent leather shoes, bycicle shoes, base ball shoes. Infants shoes at 25c., 50c. and 75c Misses fine shoes, heel or spring at sl, extra Gne at $1.25, $1.50, $1.75 and $2, sizes 11 to 2; children's 5 to 8 at 50c to $1; youth's shoes, button or lace, strong and durabie al $1 $1.25 and $1.50, 11 to 2; boy's button, lace or Congress at sl, $1.25,51.50 and $2, plain or tipped, solid to the core. Lawn Teunis shoes at 50c a pair. Mail orders for above shoes filled promptly aud carefully. B. C. UUSELTON, 102 N Main St., Butler OUR--- "NEW FINISH" KID BUTTON SHOES! ---IN--- Opera and Common Sense, is a shoe that can scarcely be distinguished from the genuine French Kid article and is very durable, splendid fitting and most elegant appearing. It has a very flexi ble sole, making it extremely easy and comfortable to the foot. VVe sell it for --$2.25.-- It has eclipsed any line we ever offered in point of popularity. All sizes in stock. Mail Orders Filled Promptly AL. RUFF, 114 South Main Street. Hutler, Pa' MY NAMESAKE. Hail Raphael seen a lace Like this I inly trace- Full browed and sweet, with llly-iustrous skin. Fond, rosy Hps and dainty, dimpled chin. And large and soulful eyes, Gazing In soft surprise At all they saw In this strange world of ours— So fair a elierub then He straight had limned, that men Ha>l said: "This passes art; Earth hath no counterpart; The master ha-: communion with angelic pow ers." A glory, all too bright To shine on mortal sight. Save through the veil of matter, gildeth earth; fn uncreated glory it h*»th birth, And cometh us to cheer, Saying: "Beyond, not here. 3 pilgrim soul, thy native country lies." It glowoth near and far, n dew drop and in star, But in a beauteous child. By sin still undeflled. More purely than In aught beneath the kindly skies. Why doubt that God is love When daily from above These little messengers to earth descend. To tell us He who made us is our Friend? And when brief is their stay. Why count it wrong that they, Like rested bird.-, again should take to flight? Their mission done, 'tis time They sought a gladder clime; Others their presence need. And so away they speed. To do God'a bldc.ng in the realms of endless light. Proud was 1 of the boy; My heart leaped up for joy, When first I scanned his goodly face aad frame. To think that one like hun should bear my name. The prophecy he seemed Of all my youth had dreamed. Destined a nobler manhood to attain, And win those heights at length That mocked my feebler strength. Ah me! Ere he could wis The meaning of my kiss. He vanished from my sight; and all had been In vain. All vain? Did be not live? O Lord, my plaint forgive, I would not raze his Image from n.y heart, Though grief and I might now forever part. I've held him to my breast; His tender check I've pressed; I have embraced him in my inmost soul; And that will ever be A pleasing thought to me— A dear, restoring thought. With healing virtue fraught. And Heavenly power to guide, admonish and control. All vain? Does he not live? Yea, gracious Lord, forgive My momentary plaint. He still Is mine. And ever will be, since he still Is Thine. In faith I lift mine eyea, Andlo: In Paradise, Lapped in perennial June, I see the boy. Forms radiantly fair Move round about him there; And as a mellow haze Infolds him from my gaze. Through all my being flows a calm, dissolving Joy. —Charles Follen Lee, in N. Y. Independent. A PLEBE AT WEST POINT. Ho Furnishes Amusement for the Older Cadets. Learning the First Position or a Soldier- Entertaining Inquiries Which He Had to Answer to Their Satisfaction. 8 THE annual examinations at the United States military academy have just been con l eluded thou boys arid others throughout the country arc deeply Interest- in the sub- I'oint. There is, perhaps.not one in ten of the in " —' cogit at e d at some time or another or who is not now cogitating whether he would be an ornament to the army and could not distinguish himself as an Indian fighter. Perhaps lie would like to know some thing of the way boys are received at the academy. In the year 187-1, in the early summer, I received ail appointment to a cadet ship at West l'oint through the kind ness (or unkindness) of Hon. John 0. Schumalccr, then a congressman, and new a prominent lawyer. I thought it was a kindness then. After I had been a week at West Point I be pan to realize that it was a deeply planned scheme on the part of my father to lessen his responsibilities and to have me killed. With my credentials in my grip and with a light heart I boarded a Hudson river train and started on my. career as a soldier. Everybody must have real ized the fact that I was a born warrior as I passed through the street on my way to the station. My shoulders were thrown back, my chest was thrown forward, my chin was depressed, and I kept perfect step to the martial airs produced by the organ grinders on the route. The only thing that detracted from the suggestiveness of a soldier was my hat, which was of the kind known as "plug." That plug hat cost me many a weary thought after I arrived at the point. At (iarrison's I took boat across the river to the government resurvation. It was just in the early evening, and as I landed a gun boomed out its greetiug. I wondered if they treated every new cadet in that way, but afterward ascer tained that It was the formal notifica tion to the sun that they were through with him for the day. Climbing the hill, I at once reported, as I had been instructed to do, to the commandant. Gen. MacMahon was the commandant of the post at that time. He afterward committed suicide by throwing himself from a Hudson river boat I hold myself guiltless in the matter, and cannot beur to think that my appearance had anything to do with it, although I afterward real ized that a "plebe" with a "plug" hat was looked upon as a sort of freak in military circles. The commandant gave me the liberty ol West Point until the following morn ing at nine o'clock, when I was to re port to the medical examiners. I re paired to Cozzen's hotel, obtained a sentry box on the top floor, and went to bed. At nine o'clock the next morning I reported to the medical examiners. There were three of them anil they were in full uniform. Hy their direc tions I stripped off my clothes. They then held up cards of different hue! and compelled me to guess their colors. Then they exhibited cards printed in different-sized letters and I was in structed to read the print at different distances. Then 1 was compelled to hop around the room like a frog, first on one foot und then on the other. Then I had to swing my arms around in different di rections until I resembled a wind mill working on full time. When I imagined that they were altout through with me one of them placed his ear against my spinal column, supposedly for the purpose of ascertaining what was going on inside. Another tapped me on the chest and then listened, evidently with a desire tc ascertain if lie would be invited tc spend the day. While they were thut amusing themselves with me the third was taking measurements of my height, bre.tdth, depth and style oJ beauty. I was finally informed that if 1 had any use for my clothes I could put them on. "Am I sound?" I asked. Hy that time 1 wa< weary of soldier lile.-aad prayed iaWardl vi.tUaU.Ucy BUTLER, PA.,FRIDAY, JULY >24. IK9I. THE KIItST I-OSITIOX OF A SOI.DIEIt. nau discovered enougn mseases aoout me to start a clinic. Unluckily, I was healthy. I was next given over into the tender care of an orderly, who was instructed to conduct me to the cadet barracks at the other side of the square. As we started to cross the yard, he looked al my glossy "plug" and chuckled. "If I'd 'a' been yon, I wouldn't 'a' worn that hat up here," he said, com miseratingly; "that hat's going to get you into a heap oI trouble." It did. We had not proceeded a rod before nearly every window of tbe huge, three-sided barracks was filled with howling cadets, who had spotted it. "Take that thing away and drown it, orderly!" "What kind of bate did you use?" "Don't want any! Come around next week!" "Block and run!" "Get on to the kid under the pipey!" "I'a, please kin I wear a high liat?" Those were some of the salutations that greeted me aud I realized that I was in for it. I shivered, but the or derly never moved an eyelash. He was accustomed to such pleasantries. He led me upstairs to the second floor, front room. He tapped upon the door, a voice said: "Come!" and he left me to my fate. 1 want to say right here that I have not exaggerated in the least, and that I am giving my actual experience for the benefit of prospective cadets. If they succeed in obtaining appoint ments, they will bear me out in my statements. "Why don't you come when you're invited?" yelled half a dozen voices in chorus. I came. I found myself in a room about twelve by fourteen feet in fli mensions. It was occupied by six young men in cadet fatigue uniform. They were the cadet officers who took tender care of the verdant plcbe and in stilled into his budding mind the first principles of warriorship. I had scarcely entered the room when my hat was landed in one corner of the room and my grip in another. Two of them caught a hand apiece, jerked it down the sides of my legs, jammed the little finger of each hand along the scams of my trousers, flattening out the palms full to the front. Another grabbed me by the shoul ders, placed his knee in my back and pulled me out straight until I cracked. Still another was busy dislocating my chin, while the fifth was jerking my feet into "V" shape. The sixth was driving a tack into the wall at about the height of my nose. After tliey h«'l me fixc«l to their satisfaction, and so that I looked as if I was ready to be conveyed to the chamber of horrors in the Kden Musee, I was informed that that was the first position of a soldier. Then I pitied the soldiers, although I had never seen one look like that, and I wondcretl what the last position of a soldier must be if the first was as hard to do as that. Compressed into this state of being, I was inarched over to the tack and commanded to place my nose against it and to move at my peril. Then, in order to divert my attention from the tack, so that they might be able to jerk me out of the first position of a soldier and thus have more fun with me by fixing me up all right again, they hurled such questions as these at me: "What's you name?" "Age?" "How's your mother?" "Got any dynamite in your grip?" "Wherc'd you get that hat?" "Where were you born?" "Sorry or glad that you were born?" "Don't you think it was a waste of material?" "Think you'll make a good soldier?" "Married?" "llow many children?" ••now much Is twice two?" "Why?" "llow far is it from here to some where else and back if you run both ways?" "Are you white or colored?" "Head and write?" "Pa alive?" "What for?" "Grandma got any teeth?" "How many?" "Why didn't you count 'em?" "Is she a flirt?" '"Fraid of a nigger man in the dark?" "Fiver scalp a wooden Indian?" "How many fingers on each hand?" "How many thumbs?" "Both alike, ain't they?" "Any insane people in your family except yourself?" These and a hundred other entertain ing questions were put to me. Although I was all afire, I could uot help but laugh at some of the conundrums. Whenever I did so my nose was ham mered up against the tack and 1 was threatened with the guard bouse. Finally, more dead than alive, I was told to shoulder my grip and "plug," and I was conducted to my temporary quarters on the top floor of the bar racks. I was shoved through a door way and found myself in a room al ready occupied by eight other plcl>eß who had jnst passed through the ordeal experienced by inc. After the officer had departed they greeted tne with a howl. We were won friends, however, as wc were to be roommates and bedfellows until the "mental examination" should decide our respective fates. We did not know each other by our names, but by the states wc hailed from. In my quarters were "Texas," "Virginia," "Califor nia," "Alabama," "Wisconsin," "Mis souri," "Arkansas," "Maryland," and "New York," myself. This was our daily routine: Reveille, B:30; up and dress. Inspection, return to rooms and make up beds; 0:.'l0 break fast. From that until noon we studied or did as we pleased in our quarters. At noon we were marched to Mess hall for dinner. In the afternoon we had another inspection, and at 5::i0 we were marched to supper. At nine o'clock "taps" our beds, which had pre viously l>een made, were hastily en tered as the lights were doused. Kacli "plebe" had to make his own bed ami help take care of the room In the morning the blankets, sheets, pil lows, etc. (of all nine of us), had to bo folded and placed one above the other, HO that their edges, in a vertical line, should nqt vary a hair's breadth. If they did they were kicked down by the officer, and had to be rearranged. At all hours of the day and night hu morous cadets would "drop in to make a call," anil then they would put us through "a course of spouts." such as compelling us to sing, to whistle, to dance, and to hop from trunk to mantel aud "chirp like a mocking bird." Another diversion for the cadets wan to catch a "plebe," when he WM cotnoelled to iro to the Kurd, and "plav horsey" with him, the "plebc" walking on his hands and knees with the cadet astride of his back. "Why stand it?" asked the prospect ive "plebe." Stand it or light. If you fight you will have to fight the whole corps, ltetter to stand it anil wait until you become a cadet and the next batch of "phebes" arrives. Then you have an opportunity of getting square. After a week of this brand of excite ment we were marched to the hall where our mental status was to be in vestigated, and I desire to state that no "plebe" is permitted to appear out side his quarters unless he assumes the first position of a soldier—shoulders thrown backward, chest forward, toes turned outward, and little fingers down the seams of the trousers. This position must also be assumed whenever any frisky cadet knocks at the door of the quarters, even if it is in the early morning hour, and I have seen nine shivering "plebes," awakened "PI.AYIXO HORSEY." long after midnight, startled by a rap on the door and standing in their night clothes "in the first position of a sol dier." In tlu-se festivities my new hat came in for its share of the fun. and it finally became of so much trouble to me that I traded with one of the boot blacks for au old cap The "mental examination" consisted of questions in the rudiments of arith metic, geography, grammar, history, etc. To do work in arithmetic through decimal fractions, to bound states and locate their capitals, and tell how to travel from on<* point to another, to name the presidents of the United States and to have a fair knowledge of ancient and modern history; to be ablo to parse sentences and to read, write and spell correctly was all that was required of us. Those who passed their examinations had their choice of roommates so far a* was possible, aud cadet lifo b.*gan with two in each room. Those "found" fail ing to pass examination were dismissed. The examination always begins in June and the cadets go into camp on the parade ground and have all the hard work and fun combined that they want. I remained there three months. Then a colored cadet got hit with a dipper. A dozen of us came to New York that night and the country was deprived of the valuable services of that number of possible Indian fight ers. —N. Y. Times. MUi June* and the Byn*«- A prrt*j;ssor of rhetoric arv-r dilating fully upon the synecdoche as a figure in which things are associated by us, as part to whole or whole to part, read the following example: "The sanctity of the lawn should be kept unsullii*d." ".Miss Jones will recast the sentence, using plain language," said the profes sor. Miss Jones, who had not been paying interested attention,and whose thoughts did not suggest to her the robe of a bishop as the sentence was read, re plied. "I—don't—know —unless," (here a bright idea dawned upon her) "it means 'Keep off the grass.'" —Lillian Mayne, in Wide Awake. He I»rcw the I.lnn. "Well, Penn," said Hannibal, survey ing the room critically, "you have mighty snug quarters here for a bach elor, I must say—books, papers photo graphs of pretty girls—stunners, too— Hello! here's a scrap book. (Examines, and turns to Penn with a look of dis gust.) Oh, I say, it can't be possible that you laugh at these so-called humor ous paragraphs?" "Kxcuse me," replied I'enn, coldly. "You are unjust. I write them; Ido not read them." —Harper's Uazar. A Candid SlMtrment. (lid Moneybags lie fore I give my consent to your marriage with my daughter, I shall have to inquire how much property you have, Mr. (iawle. Young (iawle —Not much at present, sir, but I expect to inherit a large for tune. Old Moneybags From whom, may I ask? Young Oawle—From my father-in law. —Munsey's Weekly. A iiond Kfiiioii. At a social gathering a young widow did not engage in tripping the light fan tastic toe. A gentleman approached her and asked: "Are you not going to dance this even ing?" "Not until after midnight." "Why not before?" "Because to-day is the anniversary of my second husband's death."—Texas Siftings. ••ALL TIIK MAMK IN TIIK END." Pl* ' —Life. lie Knew What He Wanted. Farmer Hayseed—Why don't you gim ine a finger bowl? Think I'm a green horn, eh? Waiter Hut you've had no fruit, sir. Farmf-r Hayseed -What's that to you? I've liud my dinner, and you can tell your bloated up ol' boss liack thar I won't pay for it till I get a finger-bowl. See? He gad dinged 'f I will!— Texas Siftings. A llarked the parson, eagerly. "Because." said the deacon, "we haven't lieen able tocolleet it." —Judge. OYSTER PLANTING. How the Natives Are Bred on the Shore of Chesapeake Bay. Interesting Fart* C cr 15, and there is a vast amount of work to be performed ero the tongmuu or ilr. dger can a_'ain hoist sail on his puugy or canoe and offer his cargo for sale in the city markets. It has been a matter of great concern among the authorities regarding the de pletion of the oyster crop in Chesapeake waters by ovcrdredging or through oth er sources of apparent destruction. But the enactment of wise laws from time to time and the rigid enforcement of the same have in a measure checked the wanton annihilation of the oyster parks, and thus, while many new ones have been laid out, the old ones have had time to recuperate. The law prohibits the taking of oysters on Sunday or ;.t night, and dur iug the close season not more than live bushels per day are permitted to ba taken, and no oysters in the shell are allowed to be sold outside the boundary of the state of Maryland. A park consists of live acres of ma rine territory, which may In? selected by any native first taking out a license for the same, at any convenient point, so as not to interfere with or obstruct navigation. The place usually selected is in the quiescent waters of s >me eove or creek, and, if for tonging purposes, in shallow waters and upon as hard a bottom as it i.-. possible to secure Ow ing to the remarkable fecundity of the oyster two or three years is sufficient to afford a paying park. The sandy bot tom is first covered with several loads of oyster shells, which are spread about evenly, to which the spat may adhere in the process of generation. The old parks are carefully gone over with a light rake in order to remove the weeds and the accumulation of Other foreign substances, and clay pipes, old shoes and pieces of chain have been taken up to which adhered from fifty to sixty young fry all the way from the size of a three-cent piece to a silver quarter. This raking also has a tendency to break up the density and compactness of the oysters aud affords them greater facility to attain their natural shaped—the elongated shell, known in oyster parlance as the "cat's tongue," deriving this abnormal shape from the fact that comprt ssion prevents its expanding properly during its growth, and many curious freaks in shape of shell are in the museums, caused by negligence and failure to re lieve this density at the proper time. The spawn of the female is reputed to produce over one million young, and it isduringtUis period that the oyster has a very thin, dark appearance. It is said that if all the spat should mature the creeks anil coves would be one vast mine of oyster shells several feet in thickness. But from the time this spat ascends to the surface until it finally in crcaac.i in size and ru iifht utK» actllCS down to the bottom again, it has to en counter many difficulties, for, floating about aimlessly on the surface like a great roll of white ribbon, a great part of it is destroyed by storm or by adher ing to overhanging tree limbs, or being eaten up by fish; and even after it has found a resting place on the old parks and developed into the tiny oyster it is still pursued by its relentless enemies, the starfish and periwinkle, the latter boring through the tender shell and sucking out the oyster. In midsummer this spat may be been drifting about far out on the waters of the Delaware and Chesapeake bays, and has frequently been the object of great curiosity among excursionists. An old native at Koariug Point, who was preparing to go out to his park, was asked what he thought of the re ports concerning the depletion of the oj*sters in the Chesapeake bay, re moved his pipe from his mouth, and, with a smile, said: "If the authorities enforce the law as they have been doing and the people give more intelligent attention to the cultivation of the oyster it will bo very many years yet before the tongs or dredge fail to take up an oyster in these waters. Why, bless me, I'vo no doubt there are beds to-day where this drift spat has settled that have existed for years in spots under the waters of the bay that we know nothing of." Strength of Men and Women. A French scientist who experimented with fifty persons of both sexes, using a machine for compression as a test of strength, found that the strongest man was able to produce with his right hand a pressure equivalent to eighty-five kilograms (a kilogram is rather more than two pounds) and the weakest to forty kilograms, the average being fifty-six kilograms. One curious result was arrived at; the short men were aU very nearly as strong as the tall men, the average difference between equal groups of two sizes being only three kilograms. The force of the strongest woman of the fifty who were selected amounted to only forty-four kilograms, and that of the weakest to sixteen kilo grams, while the average was thirty three kilograms. Napoleon'* Nitmo In ltul>. The name "Napoleon," according to a writer In the Nouvelle Itevue, was to l»e found during the middle ages more fre quently 111 central Italy than iu north ern Italy, but it was not beard in Naples itself. From this it is argued that the appellation was used to designate families that ln;d removed from the vicinity of Vesuvius, just as the (iae tani, tiie Adriuui, the Koniani, the For loni and others derived their names from their native 'owns All Took a Hand. The Bavarian are in many respects similar to the Irish. They drink a great deal, are quite witty, and are never so happy as when they are fighting with each other. A story is told of two Bavarian peasants meeting on the road and holding the following conversation: "Were you at the wedding last night?" "Indeed I was. It was the nicest wedding we have had this season. Why, even the bride took a hand in the tight." —Texas Siftings. A IMsCOI'NT rOK QUANTITY. Mr. Du Poy (at Asbury park)— What do you ask for your bath houses by tbe hour? Owner (sizing his customer) —Two for • quarter, sir.—Judge. .. A PECULIAR REVENGE. Sad Fate of an Old l*arty Who Did Not Apologise. It was on a suburban train coming in to Jersey City, says the New York Sun. A bald-headed, fussy-looking man, with a pair of spectacles on his nose and his hat on the seat beside him, kept rub bing his pate in a nervous way and hitching about on the seat as if afraid of tacks. Opp.wite him sat a man who was closely watching his movements and chuckling and grinning nntil the attention of a dozen people was at tracted. He was finally asked to ex plain, and he said: "The old chap over there sat down on my hat, stepped on my toes and el bowed my ribs and didn't apolo gize. I determined to pet even with him. He always sits in that seat if it isn't occupied, and he alrfays hunts around to find a paper instead of buying one. I'm getting even with him this morning." "But how?" "That paper is just three years old to-day. It cast me fifty cents to pro cure it, but I've bad fifty dollars' worth of revenge. I left it on the seat, and he's been reading it for the last twenty miles. See?" The old fellow struck the head lines of a railroad accident, looked puzzled, bobbed up and down and slow ly shook his head. He jumped from that to a murder—on to news from Washington—and for a minute was In terested in the stock market. Then he folded the paper up, removed his glass es, and looked out of the window with a troubled expression on his face. "He's wondering if his mind isn't giving way, and is half scared to death," chuckled the joker. "Been flattering himself that he is good for twenty years yet, and the first thing he does when he gets to the city will be to buy some brain food and a liver pad. I'm not a bad. bad man, but the chap who sits down on my hat must at least apolo gize." "ON TIME." An KiiKlUbman'a Experience on an Amer ican Kallroad. It is a matter of pride with railroad companies to run their trains on time, or to come as near to punctuality as possible. This well-known fact no doubt explains an incident which an English traveler relates in connection with a journey which he took across the American continent. It was on one of the great transcontinental lines which had made special promises as to punc tuality. On the journey, the English traveler seemed to notice a marked disregard for the time-table, but he was inter ested in the country, and made no com plaint. At last the Pacific terminus was reached. There he met a beaming offi cial of the company, who, pulling his own watch out, said: "Just look and see what time you'vo got, will you, please?" "It wants ten minutes of one," said the Englishman, a little puzzled. "Yes, sir; twelve-fifty, exactly! And that's the time she's scheduled to ar rive! How's that for promptness? Crossing the continent, almost three thousand miles, and getting here at twelve-fifty o'clock, precisely as adver tised." "I can't deny that, you know," said the Englishman. "It's very fine, no doubt; but look here —how many days were you late?" "Oh, a matter of two or three, per haps; but we struck the coast at twelve fifty!" CITY OF THE UNKNOWN. Aitec Metropolis Which Indiana Say No White 3lan Haa Ever Seen. "During the frequent visits I have made to Mexico," said a mining en gineer of Philadelphia to an inquirer reporter, "I have come in contact with many of the Indians resident there and have heard some very singular stories. One, which all the Indians unite in tell ing, is that far in the interior exists an enormous city, never yet visited by white men. It Is described as peopled by a race similar to tho ancient Aztecs, who are sun worshipers and offer human sacrifices to their deity. "The race is said to be in a high stato of civilization, and the Indians say that the city is full of huge structures which are miracles of quaint but beautiful architecture, and are situated on broad, paved streets far surpassing those of tho City of Mexico. 'Vine Indian, I recollect, assured me that he had seen the city and its inhab itants with his own eyes, but had been afrnid of being aaptured and had fled. Of course, I did not believe him, but, all the same, It Is not a little strange that the accounts of the Mexican Indians relative to the mysterious and magnifi cent interior city agree perfectly." Call for ThU Steak. Only a few people know that In every carcass of beef there is a choice morsel. Butchers don't tell their customers alfout it, and very seldom are there any calls for It. We prefer to reserve It for our own tables, says a butcher. This rare cut is known as "skirt steak." It Is a thin, fiat bit of meat, tender and Juicy ns young grass, adhering to the ribs oil either side of the fore part of the steer. The rarity of it is in the fact that out of a whole beef you can get only about two pounds of this steak. It is so thin that it wiU not fry or broil well in the ordinary way, and the way I have it cooked is to fry briskly in clear, boiling lard. When thus cooked, served piping hot, It Is delicious. Of course it comes high. I'rlnce Albert's Memory. The remarkable memory the prinoe of Wales has, that enables him to recall little incidents In the careers of com parative strangers who meet him, is the result of assiduous practice. He reads the newspapers with as much attention as an editor does and stores away in his memory for future use every scrap of information relating to people who are likely to IK? thrown in his way. Ho haa trained Ills eye so that on entering a room lie sees everybody there at a glance, and possesses a marvelous fac iilty for recollecting faces. Not a Surprlar. Marie—Would you be surprised if I told you that .lack White proposed to me last night? Ijouise—Not st all. I knew his cred itors were pressing liim terribly, and I fully expected he would do something desperate.—Munsey's Weekly. A Strang* Or«lrr. Little MihK —Mamma don't waut jou to look out of the window so much. New Girl—An' pliy not? "Because it makes people stare." "Sure, didn't they ivcr see a good lukin' face in these windlea before?"— Good News. . Taking an I'nfalr Advantage. Kainbo —That's a curious kind of a sign across the way. lialdwin (reading it) —"Step inside for the I>est mint julep in the city." Kambo (with alacrity) Thanks, Baldwin. Igo you!— Chicago Tribune. How ll« Hrjirtltd It. Cumso—Jinks has just been saved from a terrible fate. Mrs. Cumso—Why, he was killed by a runaway horse yesterday. Cumso—True; bid he was to have been married next week. Judge. It All l>ependa. "Is a check payment for a debt? - ' queried Bangle. "Well, that depends. Jay Gould's would be, but I'd rather have cash from you," returned Wimpleton.— Munsey's Weeklv. .. . _ :NX>. 37 Net Mack mt a UmptlM. A Texas merchant sent bis clerk for the twentieth time to the residence at a prominent citizen to collect a bill. "Did you fret anything 1 ?" asked the merchant on the return of the clerk. I "Nothing at all. They told me to come into the reception room, as usual, but I didn't receive anything."—Texas Siftings. ; A l; i.i vrkmbU KIfUU. I'lain Citizen (to editor of Dinkeyrflle Clarion) —Why do you call Wahoo t prominent and influential citizen? He has never done anything worth notlo ing. Editor—Hasn't hey? Gosh Almighty, man! He has just paid me two years' subscription in advance ! Brooklyn Life. ll» Advantages. "I tell you. Bill," said Smoky Mike, the burglar, "we hard-work in' thieves don't make half as much money outo* j the business as them dude bank presi- I dents and l'onusylvania officials." j "That's so, Smoky," returned BilL "An' that just shows the value of eddl cation, which 1 has frequently • marked." —Puck. lie Had a Flu. Her Father (dubiously)— l don't know I what you are going to marry on. You have but a small salary and my daugh j ter has no fortune. ' Iler Lover (confidently)— Oh, wall, if you are economical for a year or two, you'll be able to start us all right. ] —Munsey's Weekly. A F.. r-Slghtmi CI tlx**. W'lggins—How is this? You said a ■ year or two ago that you intended to j move to Chicago. Diggins—Since Chicago got the world's fair 1 have changed my mind. •'Why so?" "Too many relatives."—N. Y. Weekly. Ma and Pa. Mrs. De Style— The expressman haa come with my box of Worth dresses. Tell pa to go down and pay him. Little Son—Pa can't go down now. lie's sewing a patch on his pant*.— Good News. Nut a Title Hunter. (iossiper—Everybody is saying you married Count De Golde for his title. American Girl— That's a base slander. I never thought of his title. I married him for his money. — N. Y. Weekly. It Mad* • Difference. Mrs. de Peyster— lf I lived as near to you as you do to me I'd run over to see you real often. Mrs. Darling— l guess you don't know that we moved last month.—Judge. An Assared DMIIOJ. She—Do you think Ibsen's drama is the drama of the future? He—Yes, and always will be.—Judge. la th* Moianaa. "So, that is the witch, is it?" "No. It's the what-ls-it."—Puck. "XVLTCX IN PAMTO." II —Jury. The Timidity of Waalth. Old Gentleman (to street car driver) —My friend, what do you do with your wages every week—put part of it in the savings bank? Driver No, sir. After payin' the butcher an' grocer an' rent, I pack away what's left in barrels. I'm afraid of them savin's banks. — Yankee Blade. Krone In the Kerfrd*r*s o«e*. Judge Duffy— Witness, did I under stand you to swear that you saw the ac cused at ten o'clock op Tuesday on Union square? Witness (slightly tight) I can't schwear to it, your honor, but I'll bet you two schiKincrs of beer I saw him. — Texas Siftings. riasllc but Predlapsssd. She—No, I don't think I ought to marry you. I've never known what it is to be in love. lie—But don't you think jou might learn that after you married me? She—Yes; but I want to take lessons under somebody else.— Judge. Hit Water!**. Elderly Heiress (sadly) No, Mr. Jones, my heart is dead to the tender passion. The only man 1 ever loved, or could ever love, was killed at the battle of —of — Mr. Jones (disappointed, and reach ing for his hat) —Waterloo! —Jury. Deceptive Appearance. "You wouldn't take him for a self made man, would you?" "I see nothing particular in him. About the average run of waiters." "Well, he isn't a self-made man. He was luade to -order." —Philadelphia Times. _ juration of Quality. Sweet Girl ilraduate —(to train boy) —ls this book good? Boy—No; hud. S. G. O.—Then I'll take it.—Puck. A Definition. Ily Jove ! "What is the Juno type of beauty I hear so much about?" "Any type of beauty which one's hus band has ceased to admire.'j—Judirc. lino tli* Heavy Kn.otlonal. "I)r. Firstly isn't much of a preacher, j-et all the women are in love with him." "How do you account for it?" "He is the best voice trembler in town." —Puck. Heea Oat Over It. Friend —How's real estate in the sub-' orbs to-day? Real Estate Agent (emptying the muddy water from his boots) —Out of light, sir—simply out of sight!—Chica-. jo Tribune. l'roof of Insanity. Constable — This fellow is a burglar. [ caught him trying to break Into the residence of Mr. Gould, and- - Judge —Take the poor fellow to the, lunatic asylum.— Munsey's Weekly. The Worm Will Torn. Talkative Man (on street car)— Fine weather for the gardens. Sufferer (sitting next to him)— Yes. liaising anything besides onions in fours? -Chicago Tribune. Faahlo-i Note. Mrs. Peterby— Do you think this hat matches inv hair? Mr. PeU rby—Well, if it don't, it is, rasv enough for you to buy some other sair.—Texas Siftings. Too Late. "Remember, my son, it's never to#' .ate to mend." "Yes, it is. Look at these pant*." —Judge.