VOL. XXIX. Some Things Yon Never Knew: aer « f Ai " r " jar You never heard of Top Buggies selling as low as $45 till we named that JMP"Vou never heard of Road Wagons selling for $35 till we named the * JfcTYou never heard of good team work bridles selling for $i till we told you"^B& Jo"You never heard of horse collars, botji team and selling for $1 till we named war Vou never heard of spring wagons selling for S4O till we offered them-tetfl ®gP*You never heard of Kramer wagons selling for the price we sell them at till we brought the price down"^g& never heard of sweat pads selling below 50 cents till we started if^Sl never heard of a good top half platform spring w agon sell ing for $75 —we have JS-You never heard of single buggy harness selling for $6 till we started it"^a 'ou never heard of team work harness with breeching and collars . selling for $lB until this minute—we have them^^jft JSWT L J Site - A W We did this all for your benefit, and have everything connected with a driving or team outfit. We advertise for you to call in and s>. us in our new quarters at 128 E. Jefferson St., above the Hotel Lowry. Don't stay away because you don't know us, we are very c •' mon men and want to get acquainted with every person in But- Li cjunty and elsewhere. We will show you what we hnve whether you want to buy or not. Come in and see us, we have a larger stock of a better grade at less money than has ever been offered by us or any other firm. YOURS VERY TRULY, S. B. MARTIN COURT & CO. S. B. MARTINCOURT. J. M. LEIGHNER ITS A HOODO! , | , j"~—. It never harts a cusroaier, but it knock* Competition endwis? The monsier in gentle to our customers and they can odv wants to buow; b\ oar illufciratinn you can new tba' it >h not t.kc to Bnv /■B'q Ibe earth, bat more wonderful than aoy f/l tbinif ever exhibited by Ba.narn or |fl| jh.'kKg Orangoutang, ouranout and stick vour IJFT i tongue oat, the greatest wonder of the age. "What is it?'—why its lleck's mammoth stock of fiue clothing, Hats, Caps, Shirts, I'ants Underwear Collars, Caffs, Neckwear, Suspenders Umbrellas, Trunk-" Valises. Satchels Parses, Bill and Pocket-books, Clothes, Hair and Tooth brushes, Watches Chains, Charms, Ladies' and Gents' Rings, Pins, Collar and Cuff Buttons and handreds of articles too tedioaa to meation which we have for sale, and you may need. Call and see oar" mammoth stock of beautiful spring at tractions and you will certainly say its a H K»1O. Well, we are not looking for those who do trade with as bat for those who do not We dou't believe there are many who do not, bat there oaght not to be oue person in Bailer or adjoining counties left who does not know that the place to nave money, to get big values, la at Heck's Btore, 121 N. Main St Why is it that you miss your chance and waste vour money ? Don't you know better ? We bear you no ill will, why should we ? This is not our funeral, we aro just the same merry merchaat as of old. We are rollickius\ jolly fellow.-;; we arc riproaring, tip top sellers, and when ic comes to hargaiaa we can suit you to •T. If you think we are a honey, come buy your clothes and drop vour money, and we'll treat you like a little sonny, fur we have got the energy and the will; we made up our mind to be the LEADER IN OUR LINE and the result is that we lead aud the band plays Annv Rooney, and there is no mistake about it. The world stands aghas tat the realization of tb* fact that the high quality and low prices of oar goods is a reality and not » fictionary legend to those who have never dealt with as. We would he glad to see yoa and pleased to put iu your bands A real money saver, B bargain with a great big B If you are not on oar list of customers, come and be convinced that we are right at the front doing big business, «>n tbe best basis, a square deal and a rolling dollar We are going to get up « train load for tbe World's Fair at Chicago in 1893, and we waut you to come in and go along. We will famish you with a Round Trip Ticket, free the only conditions that you bay your goods off as. For farther particu lars call in and see us about it. With kindest regards for yonr liberal patronage and your remembrance of us to your many friends, we shall in the future eudeavor to merit your confidence. Yours Very Respectfully, D. A. HECK, Champion Clothier, Hatter and Fnrnisher 121 N. Maiq St., BUTLER, : : : : PA EVERYBODY will tell you that Ritter & Ralston's wraps are the best made and the best fitting wraps in the market, and if you want muslin underwear that at Ritter & Ralston's you can secure full size garments, well-made and at about the same cost as the material. But to cut the story short, it a well known fact that you cp a get all kinds of dry goods, carpets, wraps, furnishings and trimmings at the most satisfactory price? at RITTER & RALSTON'S All Kinds of Job Work done at the "Citizen" Office. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Mlsa 'LeMe Huntley^ Is the sister of Mr. W. S. Huntley, of Cortland, N. Y., a well known car penter and builder. Her frank state ment below gives only the absolute truth concerning her illness and mar velous recovery by the aid of Hood's Sarsaparilla. She says: "C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.: "Dear Sir: Twelve years ago I began to have hemorrhages and four years ago became fo low that the physicians told me There Was No Hope and I should soon die. I could not be moved from my bed. Under my fare were napkins continually reddened with blood from my mouth. ■ could rat nothing; and had no action of the bowels for a week. The doctors said the cause was ulcers in the stomach. At this time my mother said she wanted to make one more frial, and asked it I would take Hood's Sarsaparilla. I told her it would bo A Waste of Money but finding it would comfort her, I began tak ing it. In a few days the bloating began to subside, I seemed to feel a little stronger, but thought it only fancy. I was so weak I could only take ten drops of Sarsaparilla at first. In fwo weeks I was able to sit up a few min utes every day. 11l a month I could unlit ncrna ihr room. One day I asked wliat they were to have for dinner, and said 1 wanted something hearty. My mother was so happy she cried. It was Wie First Time I had Felt Hun* gry for Two Years I kept 011 with Hood's Sarsaparilla and in six months was as well as ever in my life. It Is now four years since I recovered, and I have not had a (lay's sickness since, nor any hemor rhage. If ever a human being thanked the good Lord 011 bended knees it was I. 1 know that Hood's Sarsaparilla, and that aloue, unquestionably Unved my Life." Heuri Sawyer & Jennings, the well known druggists of Cortland, say that Mits Huntley "is a highly respected lady; her statement of what Hood's Sarsaparilla IIAS done for her is worthy the highest confi dence." Hood's Pills cure Liver III*. C. D. Ready for All. WE HAVE THE MOST COMPLETE STOCK IS THIS COUNT Y. Everything that ia new in Si iff Hats. Our $l5O uod S2.OU a e wonders for the money. ] 7 i if 09 V ,in Soft Hats, ranging in price from 2.Vcts>. to $5.00. All the new blocks in Silk Hats, Greatest line of Farnis bing Goods we ever had. An inspection will bean advantage to any one. COLBERT & DALE, Hatters and Furnishers, 242 S. Main street, Butler, Pa. Grentlei:riei\ TO ATTIRE "~'~f SYOURSELY ' in NKAC::; WM\ NI) FiT-mtr™ TING PAR A L , LKA V K YOUR ME ASURE 'AT Aland'a. LARGE STOCK. BEST FACILITIES. Grand Pianos for Sale. How Is your Hole to select a(good Piano; vou do not want to buy but one I'lano in vour ilre time. So while selecting one it is the best aud cheapest to buy a good one. PROF. MAIERS, of Boston has opened a Piano and Organ Parlor at No. '.'is. Kasi North sr., where he lias ou extbltlon a new Invoice of Pianos irom the very best of makers of Boston, they have a full rich and mellow tune, the action is light, quick and powerful; tbey will stay In tune longer than any other Piano on account or a new device of tuning pins, th it 1 will lie glad to show nnd explain. Pleas call and examine be fore buyng elsewhere. You can savo money by purchasing a Piano of mo, mid net an instrument that vou can relv upon, and one that I will warrant or uuruutee t„ K j v <> entire satisfaction. I have made and tuned Pianos and (Wans or over H yea-s.lt herefor know how to select crfect Piano. PIANOS AND ORGANS TUNED. £lB E. ]STortli St., BUTLER, PA. © hag removed his* immense stock of Vail Paper, Window Shades, Fine Pictures and Frames to that large commodious room in the Aldinger building, 311 S. Main street. The increased size of my new room has allowed a large increase fn stock. W. -A.. OSBORNE, ART DEALER, - BUTLER, PA 'I •«*.?. I JOT every la. 1892. ana canea: '•Hello! Hello!" He was answered by the owner of the house, from r.n upper window. "Mother here?" ho anxiously in quired. '•Yes." "And the boys?" '"Yes; bnt I don't reckon none of us kin stay here long," said the neighb«\ '"Of course not," replied Frank. "Tell them to hustle on their things and I'll take them to the hills first and then came back for the others." As the house was situated on a "rise of ground" the water had only risen to the middle hinge of the door, and Frank carefully pulled the Peerless in side the room and up to the stairway, from which his mothers and brothers stepped into the boat. She gave Frank a silent kiss, placed a hand on the head of each of her younger lads and scarcely stirred or spoke during the whole wild.ride to the bluffs. It was a terrible night. The whole \*llev was a vast black river, filled with bellowing cattle, floating cabins, despairing men, women and children. From every part of the flood could be heard the booming of guns, signaling for help: and occasionally a despairing liumau err could be heard above the roar of the waters and the confused noises of the drowning and terrified animals. Frank anticipated that his mother would entreat him, because of his re cent illness, to stay with her and let others take the boat ami continue the rescue, so he no sooner saw her safely landed.than he pushed the boat away and darted out into the darkness with a lantern in her bow. Before reaching the neighbor's house again, ho met boats bearing all its former inmates. This left him free to drift down stream, as he could make more rapid progress with less expendi ture of strength. But some strong and unaccountable impulse seemed to draw him in the opposite direction. lie obeyed the impulse and pushed up stream, keeping out of t!*e swiftest current and occasionally pausing to listen for cries of human distress. But he could hear none—only the strange, wild, uu natural cries of mules, horses and cat tle. floundering aimlessly about in the mighty flood, staring ia wild-eyed in fusion at his glimmering lantern as he pushed hurriedly past them. A white object became dimly visible and he rowed up to it. It was a straw-stack, lodged against the top of a tall usage hedge. Its only inhabitant was a set ting hen, who scolded with hearty domesticity, as he flashed his lantern before her. Curiously enough, he after wards learned that the stack became dislodged and was carried far down the stream, where it landed "right-side-up" and the faithful old Dominique hatched her eggs and reared her brood in tri umph. Again Frank nearly determined to turn down stream, but the blind im pulse which had dictated his course at first held him to its continuance. He rowed steadily up stream for an hour, as nearly as he could judge, and almost despaired of rescuing anyone, when a faint sobbing sound caused him to stop instantty and listen. There could be no doubt about it; some one was crying out in despair. Frank hallooed as loudly as he could and swung his lantern. He was answered from a clump of treetops, near the original banks of Big Cana. He hastened there and found a woman and two little boys Ringing in the branches. Frank recognized them at once as Rnfe Miller's mother and little brothers. No sooner were they safely in the boat than Mrs. Miller fainted and narrowly escaped falling overboard and overturning the boat. But Frank dashed her face with cold water and finally succeeded in reviving her. She then began to cry hysterically and pleaded with him to search for her husband, whom she fancied she had heard call. He. had become separated from them some time before, she brief ly explained. They would call and then pause to listen, from time to time, until nearly ready to give up the search as hopeless, when at last a feeble reply rewarded their persistence. It came from across the bed of the stream, and although the current was very strong and his boat well loaded, Frank realized that there was no retreating and that he must pull through in some way. For a time it seemed as though the boat would either capsize or IK: carried miles down the river, but by a heroic struggle he at last pulled into compar atively calm water. Repeated answer* to their calls brought them to a treetop in which a man was clinging. It was Mr. Miller. Their experience, to which Frank listened as ho pulled for tho nearest signal lire, was as follows: Rufe had gone in the morning to visit cousins oil the uplands and was un doubtedly safe. The valley at their house was so narrow that when once the creek had overflowed its banks tho water rose with terrible rapidity. Tho father, mother and youngest boy jumped into the "democrat wagon" and the older lad, twelve years old, mounted his pony and rode behind. As the fields between them and town were lined with barb-wire fences, they were obliged to follow the road, which led half a mile up stream before turning towards the bluft's. They had gone but a few rods when they saw a wave sweeping down upon tliem. The lad on the pony instantly threw off his coat. This rare presence of mind saved his life, for the waves swept the pony from under him and it was only by a fierce struggle that he gained the wagon. The father managed to turn the team about and regain the house. From the upper windows they watched the awful rise |J|^ HE SNATCHED OUT THE CHILD. of the waters. In a few minutes tho house had floated free from its founda tions. The father swam outside, much of the time, to see that it was not going to wreck upon obstacles. After dark he could not do this, but when it dodged against an immense pile of drift wood he clambered out upon that. Tho house suddeuly disappeared in the darkness aud he was left on the drift. Again the house lodged. The desperate mother and the two boys clambered out into the strong branches of the tree with which they had collided. They were scarcely settled against its trunk, when the roof of the house fell in. The house dislodged aud moved on. A large log next charged its butt against the tree. What if it should form the nucleus for a collection of driftwood that should break the tree? She placed her foot against the log and persistently worked it loose. Tlieu she discovered that tbo boys were nodding. Their forces were exhausted aud they were falling asleep, to drop iuto tho dark flood below them! j i\Yhen threats would AQ~).SSKBK, fccey them awaKc, the courageous mother broke a switch from the tree and with it whipped them into wakefulness. Then she fancied that she could hear her husband calling. What wonder that she fainted when Frank took her into the Peerless! He had hoped to find men at the sig nal fire who would take the Peerless and continue the work of rescuing, but he did not. Although his strength was well-nigh exhausted, he left the Millers in the care of the hospitable women whom they found on the shore and turned to cross to the other shore. He found the pull through the cur rent almost as difficult as before and had scarcely completed it when he saw a strauge object bearing down upon him. It was the wreck of a "prairie schooner," and from the wails that came from it Frank knew it contained a child. Fragments of its canvas cov ering were flying from its skeleton "hoop" arches and the child was stretching its tiny arms over the edge of the box. Frank turned his boat alongside and snatched out the child and pulled for the nearest signal fire. His strength was so nearly gone thai he almost despaired of reaching it, but the pitiful cries of the child aroused him to a last effort. He reached the shore to find the signal fire deserted. By slow de grees he drew the Peerless ashore.over turned her and propped her up Indian fashion, fronting the fire, and. taking the child, crawled beneath her. In the ear 13- morning a search party found them, the face of the little baby girl resting against the lad's bare bosom, both sleeping soundly. To still her cries for her mother's breast he had opened his flannel shirt and gathered her close against his own brave, tender heart. Frank, the Teerless and the little waif all survived the effects of the flood and are the pride of Big Cana bottoms, whero they still dwell. The baby— now Frank's adopted sister —was prob ably the child of movers who had camped ou the bottoms that terrible night. Fo..«tEST CRISfIEV. A Troublesome; Letter. 4 There have been many estimable peo ple whose great stumbling block has been orthography, and it has sometimes proved an insurmountable obstacle. There was once in eastern Tennessee a judge well versed in the law, but en tirely self-educated, who had this same obstacle of orthography to contend with all his life. In early life he had lived in Knoxville, and for a long time insisted on spelling the name Noxville. II is friends at last educated him tip to the point of adding the K; so thorough ly, in fact, did he learn this lesson that when, a few years afterward, he re moved to Nashville, nothing could pre vent him from spelling the name Knashville. After a few years's residence there the judge again moved, this time to Murfrecsboro. One day he sat down to write his first letter from that place. He scratched his head in perplexity for a moment, and finally exclaimed: "Well, I'll give it up! How in the world can they spell the name of this place with a 'K?'"—Youth's Companion. —He —"What is the plcasantest sound i in the world when you arc tired?" She (with a yawn)-"Sound sleep." REMOVING LARGE TREES Hint# from tlio Chief of tlio California Department of Agrlcoltare. Prepare to remove the specimen by j carefully digging around it with a i sharp spade in such a manner that the I sides of the adhering earth will conform ' to the shape of a box to be used. Do j not attempt to remove the specimen be- ' fore fixing the box permanently. This should be done by first placing the sec tions A on opposite sides of the ball, j passing the rods through the holes already bored in the ends of each sec lion to hold them in position, then drop ihe two sections B in place on the in sides of the rods and screw up tho nuts sufficiently to secure the earth. If any soil has broken away from the outside cf the ball fill in carefully with the soil and ram tightly with a pointed stick. Then cut the roots oft carefully level with the bottom of the box, lay the specimen over ou its side and nail on the bottom firmly, leaving spaces for water to escape. The sides of the box should then be nailed tirmly all round. In boxes of the siae given as an ex ample, or larger ones, the rods should remain in place, but if of smaller size they may lie removed after nailing. Water the specimens thoroughly and remove to a shady place to prevent too rapid evaporating. , Before their final disposition the boxes should be filled with soil level with the top; boards should then be placed to form a cover and to protect the ball from fracture, and strong pro tection strips nailed across this cover. Whatever sized boxes are used, they should be uniform in shape and propor tionately on the same lines as in the example here given. Some deep-rooted specimens will require boxes of greater depth. The illustrations herewith show the style of box best adapted for the re moval of specimen plants. The box represented is the one most commonly used for good-sized specimens, but the dimensions must necessarily vary ac- j cording to the size of the plant to be | moved. The box is made in four sections, and for one of the following description IK-iucli boards should be used. "A" shows the inside of two opposite j sections, 4 feet wide at top, 3 feet at bottom aud 11 fact deep; 2x4 scantlings j are nailed at each end, through which are bored holes to correspond with the , size of the iron rods to be used. "B" gives the outside view of the other | two sections, 3 feet 4 inches wide at top, 2 feet 4 inches at bottom and 3 feet S deep. A strip Ix 6is nailed across the center to strengthen them. "C" gives an end view of Section "A," | showing the position of the iron rods i and a 2x4-ineh strip on the outside to which to nail the bottom of the box.— San Francisfo Chronicle. WHERE WE WERE BOYS. D you mind tho mountain farm, oIJ boy, wber* you »n' me was kids? Aa bow wf laid o summer nights an' hoard the katydid* Aii' a pipln' oat and Sddlln' □IOIIK the stocks. An' how we uscn'l dare to speak for fear we'd raise the spooks? Can't yoa mind the spring ho use still, where all the milk was kep', An' how our litUe toes would ache, a standln' on the step? Our house was neat an" tasty, the barn was full o' hay. A purpcse so as me an' yoa could romp a rainy day. 0 What fun to climb for huckleberries, tip-top of the hill, An' set our traps for rabbits in the meadow by the mill! An' don't you know that moss-grown trough, deep in a forest glade, Where tinkle, tinkle, went the spring, a-slngin' while we played? Somehow I took to hankerin' to see the farm again, An" view the spots that seemed so bright before we two was men. E/. frisky ez a colt I clum the dear old hill 03..0 more— I wish to God I'd stayed away: my heart is sick an' sore. The farm, old boy. was dead an' gone—the bonea was scattered round; I felt like in a trraveyard, where ghouls has tors tho ground. The chimbl' y's fallen off the house, tho barn's without a roof; The uprinphouse shed is tumbled in— It'a full o' leaves an' stuff. Where mother used to set her crocks down In tbe spring to cool. An' turn an' kiss us wh. n we'd come a bountin' home from school. Tl>e wind sweeps through the stable, an' the stall wher. Old Moll died Is filled clean to the manger-top with snow that's blowed Inside. A preat bip lumpeome in my throat, thet congh drops couldn't cure. I turned to hunt the grown trough and spring so cold and pure. I found the trough upon Its side, and rotted quite away; The sprint; was dried—l duuuo why, but I couldn't stay, For t seemed so sad an' lonesome there, an' voices tilled my ears That you and me hain't heard at all for more'n twenty years. I couldn't somehow trust myself to go back past thet scene, But sneak'd away along the creek—l never felt so mean, Scnce when our little blue-Jav died, an' we tried hard not to cry, An' mud. a drizzling failure at it, blubbering or. the sly. I hain't a-tellin' what I done a-comin' down thet road, But when 'twas over, like, I felt relieved of quit< a load. I'm never goin' back no more t' thet graveyar.' of a place. For spooks walks there in broad daylight thet 1 don't care to face; I'd ruther treasure up them scenes, afore th* place was dead. An' hang em round like pictures on the inside of my head. An' of any man should ask me: Where's the farm you cnco lived on? I'll say: It's gone to Heaven, where the dear old folks is gone. —Edwin L Shuman. in Chicago Journal. krWPfm IIAD taken 'j[jonHHif , ■ passage'in the / cars from Flor -1 ence to Venice \A day of travel. It was in th« latter part of March, and few strangers were to be met upon the routes of northern Italy, therefore I settled myself down very comfortably i in the railroad coach, which contained no one else. The first hour passed pleasantly as we crossed the fertile plains of Tuscany and then commenced ! to creep up the mountains, to dive in and out of long, dark tunnels, to ! struggle over up-grades and to rush down again on the opposite side. Some of the wildest scenery to be met with in Europe salutes the eye of the traveler at this point, varied with deep gorges and rushing mountain torrents, now and then descending into sheltered valleys where the hillsides arc terraced and beautifullj- cultivated by patient labor. Quaint old towers, a ruined convent, a crumbling church belfry, a half-demolished castle of the middle ages, the graceful arch of an antique stone bridge and here and there a splendid modern viaduct ara combined with the ever-varying picture, while the snow-capped Apennines reach far up on cither hand until mingled with aud lost in the blue heavens. By and bv the route descends into the low-lying, long-reaching plains of Ve nctia. where the train glides over a country as broad as a western prairie, and where the large estates are divided by alleys of tall Lombardy poplars. It was at a small way-station just here, where the express train had stopped for coal and water, that the door of my carriage was opened and a man entered, taking the seat opposite to that which I occupied. 1 remarked that lie had no " baggage with him, ami concluded that he was probably not going far. Vet, as the express train stopped only when its fuel and water were exhausted, I knew that he must remain as my com panion for two or three hours at least. I nodded politely to the individual as he entered, the mere salute of strangers upon being thrown into close connec tion, and was a little surprised to ob serve that my courtesy was not re turned. However, I thought no more t of the matter for some moments, but busied myself watching the attractive scenes through which we were thread ing our way with lightning-like speed. Happening to glance toward my com panion, just after we had got fairly un der way, I caught his eyes regarding tne with singular intensity, and with a most sinister expression. It was difficult to understand this, as we had not exchanged a word, conse quently I could not have offended him in any way. Still, every time I met his glance the same expression- was mani fest. except that it seemed to be in iensiCcd more and more every minute, bntil presently I saw him take a large bladed knife from his pocket and open j ing it, he said, as he looked me full in the face with savage intent: "Have you got the diauagemcnt of all these devils and reptiles?" "Devils and reptiles? Where?" "All about us; here on the seats, in your lap, and creeping ttp to the win dow there." "Oh: I understand you, now," said I, : instantly suspecting that the man was deranged, and resolving what to do. "Do you suppose I am going to sit quietly here and let you put those crea | turcs on me?" "By no means," said I. "They have been bothering me all the forenoon. Here, give me your knife and let me j slaughter tho vermin." Thus seeming to faH in with his ideas, ! and recognizing the presence of the I devilsand all about us. I reached out my hand and almost snatched his knife from him. antl pivtx-nded to cut and slash in a frightful inajiner Then I passed some* minotes in seem ing to throw the carcasses out of the window, talcing good care to send the knife after them. "Well, that's a comfort," said the stranger, calming dawn considerably. "You did that very weO Stop! there is one with awful, glaring eyes in that corner. Sec! see! bee!" and he trem bled all over as he* pointed to the cor- I ncr'of the. coach. _ _ "Dou't be afraid." said I; "just let me get at him," and I went through an imaginary tussle with an animal, and with not a little apparent exertion pre tended to throw hun also out of the window. "Where is the knife?" said he. sud denly. "I dropped it out with those devils." "That's bad." sa ; d the man: "but they're all gone for the present." "All," said I; "not one left" He drew a long breath, as though quite relieved, and I longed for the time when the tram should stop, so that I could free myself from the compan ionship of a lunatic. 1 had thrown awav his knife, and thought that per haps I could handle him if he had no weapon: but I never for a moment took my eyes off his face, and when 1 could fairly catch his eyes, 1 gazed back full and determinedly into them with all the power of my will. Thi i affected him . singularly, and he began to avoid my direct look and fidget in his aest—a restlessness which I knew to be a bad symptom. In the meantime I tried in a degree to analyze the man's case. He was evi dently suffering from delirium tremens, and in the most virulent form. Nator ally a large and strong man, his »al power was of course greatly excited iud increased temporarily by the de rangement ot the brain. 1 knew that a m:>.n in his situation was entirely un amenable to reason, and that the easiest and perhaps the only way to control him at all, was to adopt his own ideas, however unreasonable, and by finesse to manage him without ap pearing to do so. My eyes were off him for a moment, and as quick as thought he sprang with both hands at my throat, which he {rra.s(>od as though in a vise. In doing this he rose to his feet. For one instant I could hardly breathe, but I struck both his feet from under him by a blow at once of my hands behind tbe knees and he came down st once upon the floor. Throwing my weight against his body, 1 fell upon his chest, with his Isxly under me, while I succeeded in freeing ray throat from his grasp. ' I can't drive these snakes and devils nff unless yon keep quiet £nd dont get in my way," said I. "'Get up and g> into that corner, while I throw them ous of the window," I continued, in a stem voice, "and be quick about it"' He obeyed instantly, and did notseem to comprehend that he had just attacked me so violently. "Oh," said he, in a moment after; "the devil looked over your shoulder, and I thought it was you."* "Keep quiet, and don't get in my way again," I said, as I once more went through the pantomime of throwing imaginary devils and reptiles out of tha "an: bxs! sxx:" window, not daring to put my own lead out, lest he should get me at a dis advantage and dsah me out also. Would the train never stop? Here I lad been shut up with this madman for st .east an hour, and bad I not sufficiently comprehended the case to take bis knife tway from him at tbe outset, doubtless he would have murdered me before this time. He was aa strony as a lion. I might not be so lucky in a second airug ,'lc as 1 had just been in throwing him >ff. With all the erratic impulse of madness he was liable to be upon me iny moment. "There's a boa constrictor," screamed the man, seizing my arm and pointing to the end of the car. "He will break ;very bone in my body. Kill him.' kill him!" "Well, well." said I, soothingly, "let /o my arm and I will fix him. Tiere! sit in your corner and give me room." and I thrust him back into the opposite seat. I once more went through the panto nine- of an imaginary struggle to eject aome monster from the window | "Ha! He's getting the better of yoa," screamed the maniac. "He will be me next,'' and he made a spring at ths other door, but it was securely locked on tbe outside, otherwise he would have been under the wheels of the train and killed in an instant. "All right; the big snake has gone," said I, seizing him as he struggled to get his body out of the window. He looked cautiously around and thea shrank into tbe corner scat. This continuous mental and physical strain wsis quite unnerving me. We must certainly be approaching tha end of our journey, tor it »as already seven o'clock p. m. and we were due at seven twenty. If I could only manage the lu natic for twenty minutes relief would be at hand. He saw me look st my watch. "IXi yon know that you bsve just put a live head into your pocket?" be whis pered to me. "Yes; I am going to keep it for a curiosity. It is one of those I out off from a reptile just now." "I thought so. You are one of them! You'll eat that for your supper! Oh! ! you devil you!" And he sprang at me with frantic rage, grasping once more at my throat, but I was on mf guard this time. I got both of his hands in mine and we strug gled together for more than a minute, when by a sudden effort I stepped upon the seat, raisin? myself above him. and ue mmum at **• by sheer force of weight threw him once more upon the floor, with my knees on his chest He came down thin time so heavily tbat I feared I bad knocked the life out of his body. a»d for a mo ment be remained motionless I looked up at tbe strap upon my traveling shawl which hong in the rack, if I only had a strong rope I might tie his arms behind him before hoar caused and then I could easily manage him. I had uoth ing suitable, however, for tbis purpose. 1 as actually glad when I saw bim , open his eyes once more, for 1 began to I dread' lesfl had.httiedJiTp] "liave you cleared thow devil' iU oat?" he asked me, rery quietly nd with a heavy sigh. "Bwry one of them. Q«t up *—* ii| in the corner—it u tbe uiMt place, ui I will keep them off you." Tlwic lut twenty mlmm nmn4 mm eternity. Should we never gat to «w Journey"* end? By a glaacs out of tbe window I could get a glimpas of tbe distant Adriatic. Surely we nut Mop iu Ave minute* more. Pilitum' The stranger began to U rast 11 ■« again What would he attssapt next? I kept my eyes Used upon Us. which teemed unconacioasly to %mik beneath mine: yet I could see that ha waa (row ing momentarily mora aneaay, that a paroxysm was undoubtedly Btldißf. I dared not sug&est a word last ft should hasten his lit. and to could only keep upon my guard. It was already aunsst, Mi toe air seemed full of golden mist, aa Ike trate at last began to more more alow\y, ud then it stopped altogether. Hwt aa tbe guard threw open the car doer, wttb the rluging cry: "Vtnlxia.'" to my ta finits satisfaction. The moment tbe door afasasd my mad companion made a raab to get out, and. leaping upon the plstfcam of the depot, was instantly seiaed by two stout fellows, while a third handcuffed him. Re waa expected, aa tba con ductor told me afterward, a tabflna having been sent forward to aaeare him. It seemed that he bad snMtpsd from an insane asylum, near abfrfc be had taken the train, when be iiMinml his ticket and made all proper arrange ments for the journey to Venice with as much correctness and knowledge of detail as though perfectly sane. I un a person of more than average coolness, ami accustomed to meet vari ous exigencies, but I must confess that my nerves were considerably shaken by this ride with a madman —Lieut. Mur ray, in N. Y. Weekly. A Glagerbrwrf Hwaite. A clever F renchman who has original Ideas on most subjects employs a bind of barometer which may safely be called unique. It is nothing mora aor less than the figure of a general made of gingerbread. He buys it every year at the Place du Trone, takes it home, and hangs it by a string oa a aalL Gingerbread, as tteryose kaowt, ie easily affected by chaagea ia tbe at mosphere. The slightest mstotsrw rea ders it soft: in dry waasbsr, oa tbe con trary. it grows hard and tough Every morning, on going oat, tbe Frenchman asks his servant; "What does the general say?" and tbe maa ap plies his thumb to the giagarbraad figure. Sometimes be replica: "The general feel* flabby about tbe cheat; be would advise your taking aa ambcalla " On the other hand, when tbe flMMral's symptoms are "hard and unyielding, ' the Frenchman sallies forth amgrad ia his beat, with no fear* far Ma IfMlees suit or his new hat. Be say* toe gen eral has so far never proved unworthy of the confidence plaoed to bin prognos tications. —Youtb'a Companion —ln the Marriage Bureau.—Agent "This girl will have a dowry of flfty thousand marks." Baron "Hardly enough, my friend— eeaahlertaar wcy debts—wouldn't be anything Mb far ma but the mrl." -Fliegeade Blnttor LATE GAMMKM o*o*9. ■•w to Ti tpmi m toe M to toaass artery atasotaa. To keep a good garden tt ti ant only necessary to havn a good aqpply OK vegetables early ia tbe seanna. baft alan all through the growing seaeoa wttb a •apply to Hore away to aae daring tbe winter. Parsnips and salsify ean ba Ml out all winter without in Jury. Jigging ap a supply an aeedod. areatbawaatftor will perm ft. In order to secure n yed growth of large, smooth roots It in the soil be stirred deep and tbsrnagbly. Plant In drilla fifteen or rigbtosa inches apart, covering tbn sssd absst aa inch deep. Use plenty sf saad sad then thin oat after tbe plaate gat waU started. It is quite aa item to get a good even stand, while al tbeaame tea the plants must have ptoa*y rsasn to grow; so it Is usually to* to tote, leaving the plant* two ar three tonbas apart in the row. Carroto may be assa in tbe same way. As neither of tbeee germinate qnichlv it in a gwad ptoa, ea pedally if the toll ia weedy, to tote a Ww radish seeds with them tassartog so that, if necessary, some enltlssniMa may be givea to beep down toe waate. Sufleient cultivation mast bn glass to keep the soil mellow sad etaam With cabbage the soil nan had? be too rich Coarse, fresh maaaaa. If clear of weeds, can be uaed if aecassnsy Tbe plants are grown in n seedbed sad transplanted after a gtwd start to grow has been made One of tbe esseattoia necessary to a vigorous growth to thor ough cultivation. Of all crops usaally grown in the garden or trash patch none need earlier cultivatioaor more of It than cabbage. It is neeessnry to cultivate not only early in tbe season, but early in the morning while tbn dew is on. After the plaats gat weO torts l less cultivation ia seeded, vet tbe sofc must be kept in good tilth if large, sot id heads are made. Ia very maayessea a good plan of management ia, Mtor toe earlier cropa are taken oat of ten bat hed. to sow celery send. With a little trouble in this way a good sapyly of plants may readily be grown. It Is aim a good plan, after they baas mads a good start In the txd-bed, to traasflast In ths open ground, and then .alar la the season set them oat wbma tbay nsn to grow. Stockier aad better plaate will be secured in this war teaa tf transplanted but ones. Celery fbrfvne best in a moist, rather snol aafl- It needs good preparation whan ptoatod out and thorough cultivatto«» at lanat until hot, dry weather arts to mi In localities subject to drought tba plaat lng should be doae so that a good growth can be secured earty. ar at least while the weather in fi ■ wehle All of these, if properly sieved, wflX keep all win tor. aad can be nasi nt mj time that they are needed, tbaa laaaaa ing the cost and addtog considerably to the variety of the winter's Hi tog—St- Louis Republic. Arr»UM4 to Lasaitts Mr. Xicefello exhibiting PSajßdte) This handle is purs silver, what do you think of that? Littls Oirl— Huh: ThaTs Mlteg Sister's teeth is oa a plats «< PUIS geld —Good News. ___ The Xsaatag •» Weeds. "If anyone should call, liflte ' shall not see them." "Shall I say madam la oatT* ••o. dear, no! That woald be a telaa hood. Say lam not at home."—Lite She !«e»d *• Pal ton Miss Flypp—l want a bnsbaad nt once handsome, accomplished, patient, enterprising and manly Young Hunker — Kim Flypp. allow me to offer myself- —Judge. *•« Mto- Careful Mother— Hnrb! Habi If » young man wants to talk to dnagh ter, he can just talb oot load- I bear whispering in the parlor. small Boy They im*t wkwyn- . mamma. They is only irimiag Sews. A Perfect Die-Pevg. • Have a cigawetto, ChoUy, nT teW" "Jfevab use them, dsah hoy: aad j"n weally surpwised that joa ba*» that weakness!" • Weakness? I'll have you baow