VOL. XXIX.
JSC as
Btatler Fair.
The Butler County -A-gricultural A ssoci
ation will hold its fifteenth annual exhibition
on its grounds in Butler
SEPT. 6,7,1 & !,1U
Liberal Premiums; an Interesting Race Program for Each
Day; Excursion Rates on all Railroads to Butler; Special Pre
mium of SIOO for Herd of Seven Head of Either Holsteln Her
fords or Durhams.
Entries for Horses and Cattle Close Monday Evening, Aug.
29, or one week before the Fair; Music by the Great Western
I'and, Etc., Etc.
Fo Premium List and other information, address
Ira McJunkin, Sec'y.
13 Years Sentence.
Twelve years experience for your benefit. For twelve years we hare
been in the baggy business and in all that time not a single individual has
accused as of misrepresenting the quality of a vehicle sold. It mast be a
satisfaction for eyeryone to know that they have a firm that never misrep
resents—and that years of experience enables them to know the quality of
work they sell. Oar business has increased year by year until it is twice
that of any other similar concern in the State, and we feel so good that we
have a notion to jump ont of onr 3d story window—but we won't—for now.
just before the Fairs we want one great big busy month, and are ready for
it. We have the goods and most make prices so as to induce customers to
boy quick. Remember we keep everything pertaining to a driving or
team outfit.
Now look at a few prices: Leather halters 50 cents, team work bridles
90 cents, buggy whips 10 cents, a whole set ef baggy harness $4.75, a fall
set of wagon harness, with breeching, for two horses $18; heavy leather fly
nets $1.50, wagoa and buggy cushions 75 cents, top baggies $45, two seat
spring wagozJ S4O, etc
Vehicles of all kiads; harness of all kinds, lap dusters and everything
used in connection with a driving and team outfit except the horse,
Now don't be backward, come in whether you want to buy or not.
Wslk in just as you would into your mother's room—»yoa are just as wel
oome. Take a ride on oar new elevator, fret. Now do come. If you don't
seed anything oome walking right in and say you don't want to buy but
look and you are weloome. If you have a package of any kind yoa can leave
it here uotil you are ready to go out of town without charge, our location is
central.
Remember the place and remember we are the first and only persons
Ifho ever had enough energy within themselves and confidence in their
folia* citizens to bring down tfee price and depend on increased sales to
compensate tbem- We did it. You appreciated it and dealt liberally with
0> sod now we want the crowning month of our life-. Hurry, now come
along, get ready for the Fairs and drive thereto in just as good a rig as your
neighbor.
Respectfully,
S. B. MARTIN COURT & CO,
S. B. MAKTINCOURT. J. M. LEIGHNER
This Is The Lowest Price
Ever given on ?
Bed Room Suite
Solid, Polished OaK, glass 26x30, beveled plate,
FOR $23.00,
We offer this suite for 30 days only.
Our Bed Room Suite for $9
You can't get elsewhere for less than $23 to $25. We don't only
offer the above goods at low prices, but anything in our store
away down In price. All we ask ydu to do is to examine our
stock and you will say as we do—best goods for least money of
any
FURNITURE
store in the country.
Campbell & Templeton,
136 N. Main St., - - Butler, Pa.
FOR Ti HUMS ILV
JEWELRY, CLOCKS,
SILVERWARE,
Purchasers can save from 25 to 50 per
cent by purchasing their watches, clocks
and spectacles of
J. R. GRIEB, The Jeweler,
No. 125 N. Main St., - Duffy Block.
• Sign of Electric Bell and Clock.
All are Respectfully Invited
—"Remember our Repairing Department— 20 years Experience."—
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS,
i
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon.
*OO West Cunningham St.
Dr. N. M. HOOVER,
IST K. \V»>ue St.. omce hours. 10 l» 12 M. and
l to a P. M. . _
L. M. REINSEL, M. D ,
PHYSICIAN AND SITBOEON.
Office and residence at 121 E. Cunningham St,
L. BLACK,
PHTSICIAN AND BIROKON,
New Troutmaii Bnlldinff. Butler. I'a.
K. N. LEAKK. M. D. J. K- MANN. M. D.
Specialties: Specialties
Gyna*colO(ry ami Sur- kljc. Ear. None and
gery. Throat.
DRS. LEAKE & MANN,
Butler, Pa.
G M. ZIMMERMAN.
raraiciAN AND SUKOEOH.
Office at No. *.V S. Main street, over Frank 4
Co s 1)1 UK Store. Butler, Pa.
V. McALPIN E,
Dentist,
Is now located In new and elegant rorniw ad
joining his former ones. All kinds or clasp
plates and raoderen gold work
Ji J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Butler, Penn'a.J
Ar'iiiciat Teeth Inserted tn the latest im
pruvetl plan, tiold t'lllluK a specialty. Office—
over SchauTa < lothlne Store.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
Oold KlUinfi rainless Extraction ol Teeth
and Artificial Teetl; without I'lates a specialty
Nitrous Oxide or Vitalized Air or l-ocal
Anaesthetics used.
Office over Millers Grocery east of Lowry
House.
Office closed Wednesdays au.l Thursdejs.
C. F. L. McQUISTfON,
EMiI.VEEIi AM) SI'BVEYOK,
Of fice NEAR DIAMOND. BITLKK. I'a.
H. Q. WALKER,
Attorney-at-Law-omce in Diamond Block,
Butler. Pit.
J. M. PAINTER,
lAttorney-at-Law.
omce—Between rostoffice and Diamond, But.
ler, Pa.
A. T. SCOTT,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.
omce at No. 8, South Diamond. Butler, i'a.
A. M. CHRISTLEY,
ATIOKNKYJVr LAW.
Office second floor, Anderson B1 k, Malu St.,
near Court House, Butler, Pa.
NEWTON BLACK.
Att'v at Law—Office on South side of Diamond
Butler. Pa.
J. w. HUTCHISON,
ATTOKNEY.-AT LAW.
Office 011 second floor of the Huselton block,
D aniond, Butler, Pa.. Koom No. 1.
IRA McJUNKIN.
Attorney at Law, Office at No. IT, East Jeffer
son St., Butler. Pa,
W. C. FINDLEY,
Attorney at Law and Heal Estate Agent. Of
flee rear of L. Z. Mitchell's office on north side
of Diamond. Butler, Pa.
H. H. GOUCHER.
Attorney-at-law. Office on second floor of
Anderson building, near Court House, Butler,
Pa.
L 8. McJUNKIN,
Insurance and Real Estate Ag't
17 EAST JEFFERSON BT.
BIJTI.EH, - I* A,
81 TLER COUNTY
Mutual Fire insurance Co.
"•ftico Cor. Main & Cunningham P>ts.
II 0 HKINEMAN, SECRETARY.
DIRECTORS:
Alfred Wick. Henderson Oliver,
l>r. W. Irvln, James Stephenson,
W. W. Black more. N. Weitzel,
F. Bowman. D. T. Norris.
Geo. Ketterer. «'has. Itebhun,
JohnUrohman. John Koenlng.
LOYAL S. M'JUNKIN, Agent.
STTTL SR, 1? A .
DR. JOHNSTON'S IMPROVEMENT
IN DENTAL PLAIES.
Patented February 25, 1890.
f This Improvement
ft Jdoes away with the
large suction plate in
common use. The
plates are very small,
only about one-eighth
to one-fourth the usual
W size, and being con
structed on true mechanical principles, lit the
mouth with perfect accuracy. Any number of
teeth can be put in without extracting any good
teeth you may have, and no plate in the roof of
the mouth. The patent plate Is specially adapts
ed to partial lower dentures, since It is we 1-
knowu that the dental profession have nothlßg
successful to offer In tnat line; and further
more . partial lower plates have not nor cannot
be successfully made bv
any other known method.
This is an Important mat -
ter when we take lntoV/
cons leratlon that lower ajHCSW
teeth a-e as necessary as upper. For further
information, call at
Imu 111 Cut J«rmoß Street. BI'TLEB, PA.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
THE NEXT MORNING I FEEL BRIGHT AND
NEW AND MY OOMPLEXION 18 BETTER.
My doctor pa jt It act* gsnt.r on the stomach, liver
and kidneys, and 1* a pleasant laxative. This drink
U mad# from herbe, and to prepared for use a m easily
as to*. It Is called
LANE'S MEDICINE
All druggists s«ll It at 60c. and 91.00 per package,
lluy one to-dar. LANE'S FaMIT.Y MKIHCINEMOVES
THE UOWELo EACH VAY. •In order to be health/
this Is necessary'
f« : ift LJ ! KUI ' W
■ illii i r.V I ■luSSitf
fed "l~ * Ie ''»• 3!
CHAPTER VLL
THE IBS 13 STOLES. i
How really likn a house their rude,'.
Mttle old house-boat appeared to the
boy who had been lost in the woods
and spent the night in a tramp's camp,
and to the old man who had passed the!
long hours in wandering up and down
the lonely road searching for his lost
one. What comforts it contained, and
with what a delightfully easy motion it
glided down the sunlit river. Even
Rusty seemed to feel that he was at
home, and to recognize the place; for
tho moment ho was taken into the cabin
ho sprang up on Arthur's bunk and
nestled down at its foot, where the boy|
had prepared a bed for him two days
before.
While Uncle Phin was getting ready
tho breakfast for which they were all
so hungry, Arthur and Rusty, who had,
fully recovered his spirits, had a fine
game of romps, during which the dog
displayed so much intelligence, and
performed so many funny tricks, as to
oompletely win his young master's
b«art.
When breakfast was finished Uncle
Phin and Arthur sat on the cabin .roof,
under a bit of an awning that the form
er had contrived, and talked of their ro
cent experience, while watching, with
the delight of simple natures, the ex
quisitely beautiful scenery through
which they were drifting. Between
them, apparently appreciating it all as
much as they, sat Rusty contentedly
wagging his tail, the little white tip of
whlsh seemed the emblem of perpetual
motion. He had evidently transferred
all his affection to Arthur, and tho ex
pression of his honest eyes as he turned
them upon his young master was of love
and perfect confidence.
This day was but the first of many
such, during which the ark, with fre
quent stops, drifted down the quiet riv
er, ever southward, and, as its occupants
fondly hoped, ever getting nearer to the
far away home that thoy sought. They
always tied up to the bank at night, and
every now and then they spent several
days in a place, while Uncle Phin sought
odd jobs of work by which he might
earn a little money for the replenishing
of their stock of provisions.
At length during one of these stops
their dream of continuing to their Jour
ney's end in the ark was rudely dispelled
by a man for whom Uncle Phin did a
job of work.
"Get to Richmond or anywhere near
there in that craft and by following this
river!" he exclaimed with a loud laugh,
when the old negro had explained their
plans. "Why, if you keep on, this
yiver'll take you into the Ohio and the
Ohio'll carry you into the Mississippi,
and it'll drop you into the Gulf of Mex
ico, and then if you keep on. you'll bring
up, may be, at the South Pole, but you
won't ever make Richmond. Oh no,
what you've got to do, is to sell your
boat when you reach Pittsburgh, for
money enough to carry you in the cars
to Richmond, and I don't reckon you'll
have any trouble in finding a customer
if you don't set too high a price on the
old craft."
Further inquiry assured them that
tho man's words were only too true, and
so, when, a few days later, they reached
the smoky city, they realized that their
pleasant voyaging was over, and that
new trials were awaiting them.
It was late in a dull November after
noon when they moved the ark in tho
mouth of a small croek in the outskirts
of the city and began to prepare for sup
per the very last food remaining in their
llender larder. After eating their
scanty meal and after Uncle Phin had
lighted his pipe they sat down in tho
little cabin for a serious discussion of
their future plans.
As their backs were turned to the
wtndow that was nearest the shore,
AN EVIL-LOOKING FACE WAS PEEPIN«
IN AT THKM.
neither Arthur nor Uncle Phin knew
that, during this conversation, an evil
looking face was peering in at them,
and that its owner was an attentive
listener to all that they said.
Mow, as they looked up, startled by
an uneasy growl from Rusty, who had
just detected the strangor's presence,
and sprang barking toward the window,
the face was hastily withdrawn, and ap
peared no more.
The next morning they cast tho ark
loose from its moorings and allowed it to
drift a mile or two down past the city
water front. At length they reached a
piece o i comparative quiet, amid the
bewildering numbttf of steamboats, tugs
and barges by which they were now sur
rounded. It was just below a great
bri<??o that spanned the river at this
point, and here, after half an hour of
great anxiety and hard work, they Anal
ly succeeded in making their boat fast
to the levee.
Then, not knowing what else to do,
they waited patiently for some hours in
theliopothat a customer would appear
and make them an offer for the ark.
Rut of all the hurrying throngs who
passed the place no one paid the
•lightest attention to them. Unole
Phi u had just decided that it would be
scoessary for him to go ashore and in
some way make It known that he had a
boat for sale, ytben a stranger came
walking briskly toward them and sprang
aboard.
Growling savagely, Rusty would have
flown at the man whom he recognized as
the one who had looked Into tne cabin
window the evening before, had not
Arthur seized and bold him.
"Good morning," said the s}ranffer
politely. "Pine watch dog you've .Jot
there."
"Yes," replied Arthur, "he Is; but I
sever know him 4o want to bite any
body before."
"Oh, well,"said the man, "he proba
bly Isn't used io city folks; btjt he
will get over that. 1 came to ask If this
"Of course ltjs," replied tho IxJy, de
lightedly: "we havo been hoping some
body wfUld come along, who win ted to
Buv it.
IBTJTLKR, PA.,AUGUST 20, 1892.
Then they showed the stranger all
| over the boat, explaining to him what
an unusually One craft It was, and, be
fore long, had told him all he wanted
to know of their history and plans.
He was a shabbily-dressed man; but
they were accustomed to seeing such peo
ple, and never for a moment mistrusted
him, when he said tfyat he had been look
ing for just that kind of a boat, in which
to take his family to New Orleans for
the winter. They only congratulated
each other, on securing a customer so
readily, by exchanging sundry signifi
cant looks and smiles behind his back.
At length he asked their price for the
boat, and Uncle Phin, emboldened by
his praise of tho craft and evident de
sire to possess her, answered that as
boats seemed to be in pretty good de
mand, he thought this one ought to be
worth twenty dollars.
"Nonsense!" exclaimed the stranger.
"Twenty dollars! Why, she is worth
fifty, if she is worth a cent, and I
couldn't think of offering any less for
her. Kay fifty and we'll call it a bar
gain."
Was there ever such a generous and
honest man? Both Arthur and Uncle
Phin thought there never was, as they
gladly accepted this magnificent offer,
and thanked him fcr it besides.
"Now," said the stranger, "business
is business, and I should like to take
possession of the boat at once; while I
presume you are anxious to pursue your
journey. If you will just step up-town
with mo to my bank, I will pay you the
fifty dollars, and on the way I will show
you the station of the railroad that goes
to Virginia. Then we'll get a team to
come down here for your baggage, and
you'll be all right."
Neither Arthur nor the old negro
could think of any particular baggage
that they wished to carry with them,
unless it was their bedding and Uncle
Phin's axe, and they told the stranger
so. He said they might think of some
thing else after they bad got their
money, and that at any rate they had
better go up-town with him and secure
it at once.
Arthur suggested that it might not be
safe to leave the boat all alone, and pro
posed that Uncle Phin go for the money,
while he and Rusty stayed behind to
guard it.
"Ob, that's all right," said the
stranger. "You never knew such hon
est folks as live around here. They
wouldn't touch any thing that didn't
belong to them for the world. Resides
I want you both to sign the bill of sale
and the receipt for the money."
So, after carefully closing che cabin
doors and windows, the trusting old
man and the boy, ignorant as yet of the
world's wickedness, accompanied the
plausible stranger up-town. Arthur led
Rusty by a bit of rope fastened to the
leathern collar Uncle Phin had madefor
him, and had some difficulty in keeping
him at a safe distance from the stranger,
toward whom the dog seemed to have
taken tho groateit dlslika. Moved by
some impulse that he could not have ex
plained, the boy bad also taken his pre
cious book from Its shelf at the last
moment, and now carried it under his
avm.
Tho stranger continued to bo very
polite and entertaining, as they walked
through the crowded streets, and point
ed out several places of interest; among
others, the railway station from which
they were to take the train for Vir
ginia.
They walked so far that Arthur be
gan to grow tired, and was very glad
when they at length entered a flno
building, above the door-way of which
he read the word "Bank" in large let
ters. Here both the old man and the
boy were awed and bewildered by the
imposing appearance of the interior,
into which they were ushered. They
wondered at the number of desks, at
which busy clerks sat writing be
hind a high and strong iron grating,
and at tho crowds of people who
stood in long lines before the little
windows in it, or passed hurriedly to
and fro. Leading them to a retired cor
ner out of the throng, their guide bade
them wait there for a few minutes
while ho prepared the papers that It
would be necessary for them to sign
and procured the fifty dollars. Then he
mingled with the crowd of men about
them and disappeared.
For fifteen minutes or so the attention
of the old man and tho boy was fully
occupied by the novel scenes about
them and in keeping Rusty quiet.
Then they began to watch anxiously
for the stranger's return and to grow
somewhat uneasy over his non-appear
ance. When half an hour had passed
they were thoroughly alarmed, and be
gan to walk up and down the crowded
space In front of the iron grating, peer
ing wistfully into the faces of those wbo
filled it, but without seeing him whom
they sought.
At last a man who had been closely
watching their movements for some
time stepped briskly up to them, and,
laying a hand on Uncle Phin's shoulder,
said:
"Come, get out of here, old man! I've
had my eye on you since you came In,
and It's evident that you have no busi
ness here."
"But, boss, we'se a lookin' fer —"
"Yes, I know you are looking for
something you won't find here, so olear
out, or else I'll have to put you out."
There was no use offering a further
resistance to the detective, and so, the
next minute, our two friends found
themselves in tho street, utterly bewild
ered, and not knowing which way to
turn.
"What do you suppose it all means,
Uncle Phin?" asked Arthur.
"Don' know, honey. Flit beats do ole
man's 'sperlenco an' ho don' kear to
know any flng about hit."
"There Is something wrong,any way,"
said the boy decidedly, "and I think the
best thing we can do is to get, back to
the boat just as auick as possible."
By inquiring they found out In which
direction the river lay, and started to
make their way to it as fast as they
could. It was a long, weary walk, and
when they finally reached the river,
they spent nearly an hour searching and
Inquiring before they discovered the
bridge near which the ark had been left.
Now the boat was n%where to be seen.
In vain did they gaze up and down the
river. They saw other house-boats, and
many strange crafts of all descriptions;
but nothing that looked in the least
like the one that had sheltered them
tor so long that- 1* seemed like a very
home. Then the truth began to dawn
upon the®. Their boat had been stolen,
probably by the very man who had per
suaded th<jm to aooompany him up-town
and then deserted them.
This belief was finally confirmed by •
good-natured boatman of whom they
made some Inquiries, and who told them
that the craft for whloh they wore look
ing had been boarded and taken away
by a couple of men, more thai two
honrs before. They had of course
floated off down the river, and the boat
man said tho onlv^hhlg^for^t^iuja^O
was to hire a tup an.! go after her.
As this would have cost at least
twenty dollars, and as they did not
have a cent, it was o? <-our*e out
of the question, what were they to do?
And what w as to become of them?
It was almost night, and In addition
to being very tired they were very hun
gry. This latter unpleasant sensation
was evidently shared by pour Kusty
who began to whine and look pleading
ly up into his youflg master's face. To
add to their misery the dense
clouds that had been hanging lower and
lower over the city now enveloped it en
tirely in damp, sooty fold:; and a cold,
drizzling rain began to fall.
Poor Arthur was so utterly wretched
that he would have cried, but for the re
membrance that he was a l>ale. As they
turned slowly away from the river with-
NOW THE BOAT WA6 NOWHERE TO BE SEE*.
out knowing where to go, their future
did indeed look black and unpromising.
Never before had Arthur felt the terri
ble gnawings of hunger as now.
"Oh, Uncle Phin," he moaned, "can't
you think of any way to get something
to eat? Just a loaf of bread or some
crackers?- It doesn't seem as if I could
stand it any longer."
"Well, honey! My pore lil lamb! De
ole man is er rackin* his brain an'
er projectin' an" er tinkin' and hit's
mo'n likely he'll strike up wif
somo plan d'reckly. You see. dis yeah
'sperience hab kim up powerful sudden,
an' its emposserbilitles hab tuk me by
'sprise. Now, we might sell dat ar dog
Rusty, for ernough to buy a squar meal,
ef we know'd whar to fin' a pusson what
wanted a dorg."
"Sell Rusty, Uncle Phin! Sell my
dear little dog! Why, I'd starve first!"
"Hat's it! Dat's jes de way I knowed
'twould be," said the old man, shaking
his head sadly. "Well, dar's dat ar
book of yourn. We might er—"
"My precious book, that the beautiful
lady gave me!" cried the boy. "Why,
Uncle Phin, that's worse than Rusty. 1
wouldn't give it up for any thing in the
world; not even for a great heaping plate
of hot buckwheat cakes with maple
syrup on them."
"Or a fat possum roasted in a hole in
de groun'?" suggested tho old man, his
mouth watering at the thought.
"No, nor a beefsteak with baked sweet
potatoes and hot rolls," said the boy,
who, under the circumstances, was cer
tainly placing a high value on his book.
"Or a big dish er hominy, smoking
frum de kittle, wif a plenty er po'k
gravy," added Uncle Plin, eagerly, un
able to conceive of any thing more like
ly to tempt a hungry little boy than this.
"No, not for any thing that ever was
cooked, or ever win be, would I give up
my own dear book," said Arthur, stoutly.
They had found a temporary refuge
from tho rain in a doorway, and stood
within its shelter during this exchange
of the tantalizing thoughts uppermost
in their minds. Nearly opposite to them
IT WAS A DIM. FOR FIVE TKH.L.VRS.
there was a street lamp, that had just
been lighted, and they watched tho
lamp-lighter as ho shouldered
his flaming torch, and walked away,
whistling merrily, doubtless to a home
and supper.
"Now," as In answer to Arthur's last re
mark, Uncle Phin was saying: "Well.den,
honey, I don't see but what we'se got 'er
go hungry 'til to-morrer, when may be I
kin git a job er wood-saw in',"' there
came a quick rush of feet on the wot
flagging. Arthur turned to look at the
flying figure, and gave a little cry of
recognition, as the light from tho street
lamp fell on its face. At the same in
stant, Rusty recognized In it his old
persecutor, the boy with whom his
young master had fought in the tramps'
camp. With a growl, he sprang forward.
Arthur still held the end of his rope,
and the dog's movement was so sudden
that It nearly threw him down. As it
was he stumbled, and the precious book,
so recently the subject of their conver
sation, fell to the sidewalk. The next
moment another figure, and this time It
was that of Sanay Grimes, the big
tramp, rushed past, evidently in pursuit
of his boy, and then all was again quiet.
Recovering himself, and taking a
firmer hold on the rope that held the
still excited Kusty, Arthur stepped for
ward and picked up his book of fairy
tales. As he did so a bit of dark paper,
that seemed to fall from between its
leaves, fluttered to tho wet stones, and
this the boy also picked up. Curious to
see what it was, he held it to the light
and uttered a cry of incredulous amaze
ment.
It was a bank bill for five dollars; ard,
although Arthur did not know it at the
time, it was tho samo one that his
friend, Brace Barlow, had slipped be
tween tho leaves of tho book on the
night that he bade them farewell. Why
Arthur had not discovered it long be
fore will always be a mystery that can
only be accounted for by the fact that
the book was a large one, and contained
many stories, several of which he had
not yet read. Between the leaves of one
of these the bill had probably lain all
this time, and now in the hour of tho
boy's sorest need it came to him as
though it were Indeed the gift from the
(airy godmother, who had penned the
inscription on the fly-leaf of his precious
book
Continued next ireek.
—Tho Washington State building at the
World's fair will show to sopie eitent the
forest resources of the state. The foun
dation nloDe will contain 1~1 log*, -nine ot
them 120 feet long and 42 inches in diama
ter at the small end. The sjper-tructure
of the building will contain, be»ide-< heavy
timber, fine finished wood-, showing the
grain and structure of the woods, and a
complete exhibit of shipbuilding material.
USE OF A PASSPORT.
Th« Mnf ular K. ipert«n< e of * Trtirlw
In IStnuo;.
"Mine is rather a hart >'ur," nlil a
discouraged rradmtr of a yonng iadie«"
seminary. "I can't pet a position a» a
teacher because I haven't had «
cnce, and if I m, never allowed to
tea. li, how :im I to pet my experience 7"
A Minowhat similar p&rwlox nu per
petrated by a German officer, mentioned
by Mr. Henry W. Wolff in "The Conn
try of the Vosgcs." This traveler had
been wardering ahont Met* Baking
questions and seeing the sight*, and he
SAYS:
On my return to the station, I found
a surprise awaiting me. The German
police had found me out; not a difficult
task, since I purpodrty went about quite
openly.
However, that, it appeared, made no
difference. There, at the entrance to
the station, stood a Prussian gendarme,
all on the alert, looking very ferocious
with what th« German s<>ng calls "a
moustachioed air." He was on the
lookout for me. and stopped me at once.
"Have you a legitimation about you?"
he asked, rather gruffly.
"Yes; but do I want one? Ami not
entitled totravelin the country without
a passport?"
He looked angry, eyeing with disgust
my "Murray," which bore, all too plain
ly, upon its cover the title "France."
"I must see it. I hear you have been
about the town looking at things and
asking questions."
"It is true; that is what I am travel
ing for."
"I must see your passport."
"What? In defiance of the emperor's
regulations?"
"Do yon not understand," said he,
pompously, "that I must see your pass
port in order to be able to judge whether
or not you are entitled to travel with
out one?"
Here was logic, but logic which, how
ever feeble, must be heeded- I pro
duced my passport, and after having
studied for a tedious interval, he grave
ly announced that I was fitted to travel
without one.
WE LOVE MEDICINE.
A Doctor Sayi That Amrrlraiii Ar* •
Nation of Drug-Taker*.
I think Americans should be described
as a nation of medicine takers. The re
turns from the sale# of patent medicine*
are astonishing, but no general practi
tioner is at all surprised at this. b<N.*au*e
he has long since learned that hypo
chondria exists almost universally, and
that medicine taking is the great de
light of an enormous percentage of
mankind, says a physician in the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
One great object a doctor should have
in view is to sure with as few doses a*
possible, and I believe that ninetv-nine
out of one hundred medical students
commence practicing with this idea be
fore them. If their experience is like
mine they have somewhat let down in
their efforts in this direction, and if
they have not done so they have cer
tainly offended quite a large number of
patients.
There seems little to choose between
the sexes in the matter of a desire to
take medicine regularly, and it is often
Impossible to persuade an apparently
rational-minded patient that a cure has
been effected, that no more medicine Is
needed and that nothing but good diet
and careful habits are required to build
up the constitution.
A number of doctors save themselves
from falling from grace by prescribing
a harmless tonic after effecting a cure,
but those who pride themselves in dis
posing of cases by aid of a dozen doses
or less seldom attain any great popu
larity.
The often quoted and much vaunted
practice in China of paying a physician
while his patient is well and stopping
his pay dnrhig sickness could never be
introduced successfully into this coun
try, because so many people who are
perfectly well are prepared to file affi
davits that they are dangerously sick,
that no doctor under the China regime
would be able to earn his board.
WHISTLING A GIFT.
Whftt ft ProfusioQAl L*dy W hUller Saji
About the Art.
Mrs. Alice Shaw, the celebrated
American whistler, has this to say of
her peculiar gift: "A clever whistler
must be born, not made. The natural
gifts necessary are a good ear, a sound
pair of lungs, a favorable formation of
the cavity of the mouth, regular teeth
and a flexibility and agility in the
orbicular and buccinatory muscles. The
strain on these muscles arc great.
After an hour's practice I have been
compelled to apply electricity to my
lips to get them into a normal condi
tion. I breathe like a singer, from the
diaphragm, and whistle as any artist
would sing. Trilling is to me as easy
and natural as ordinary speech. It is
the notes which must be long sustained
that are most difficult. My compass is
two and three-fourths octaves. I never
whistle on an inward breath My
notes are always directed outward.
The higher the note the closer my lips;
the lower the note the larger the orifice.
The possibilities of a whistle are almost
unlimited. The art is at present in ita
infancy. I phrase music as do the most
careful singers. During my first Der
formances my lips became so dry that
it was difficult to produce a clear, liquid
tone. I now use an ointment which
obviates that difficulty. I practice an
hour —sometimes more—daily, and this
has had a doubly beneficial effect. It
has not only enchanced my proficiency
as a whistler; it has caused my chest to
expand four inches in the last three
years."
••Bummer" Not American Slang.
Americans get credit for a great deal
of slang which originates on the other
side of the Atlantic. The word "bum
mer," for instance, is not an American,
but an English expression, being found
in the market laws of two hundred
years ago, where it was used to desig
nate a retail dealer in fish who peddled
his goods outside the market and with
out a license. A transition from an un
licensed peddler to a disreputable loafer
was one which came easily and natural
ly in the course of time.
Make* Its Own Trouble.
"That's a mighty poor circular yon
have to advertise your eye wash."
"Why?"
"It is so illegible it gives a man sore
eyes to read it."
"Well, isn't that good for tho eye
wash?"— Harper's liazar.
AX ELEPHANT ON HIS HAND*.
—Life
Hli Reproof.
Minister Those wicked boys were
playing ball again in Jones' lot aa I
came from church.
Minister's Wife—Didn't you stop to
reprove them?
Minister—Yea, but it didn't have any
effect. Youpg Cowlea made a <ia»y
three-bag hit and let in three runs, and
the crowd didn't have any use for me.—
IniUa
OUfl country roaos.
TWj It iUtr tb* hrwr M 4 An • liMM
»Ht« m 4 «MMf.
TV St. r*nl hoorcr IV*, In re
viewing an article in the F<rura by
John »«ji- "Wii!#
Mr Ik«>kwmlt<T is right in ascribing
mucii of the ten len ■? of pnjm't'.ian to
mute from th« country t-> tU city to
the is> datum of farm Mm, and whilm h*a
plan of having farm lands to surveyed
that there would be a rillafi in the
center of each aeetton where aii im
families mifrht lire Kn »*<-eilent fea
tures, we think that he haa searrrlj
Ifiven due weiffht to the evil effects of
our o 'antry n <via in creating aad et>-
forcing almost abaolat* seclusion (or
country IneT.era
"The worst difficulty about rural iifa
is not the distance that separaU-< on*
habitation fr m another-, it is the fact
that this distance to be traversed is a
barrier, during certain seasons of the
year, almost as impassable as a m> na
tain range or a swollen t. rrent Farm
ers as a rule, are well supplied with
▼chicles and horses. They are n. >t
woil<Jpd to a life of solitude, bat ion
cheer knd sociability ifra better th .n
other folks. They And these denied to
them by the condition of the country
roads during a large portion of the
year This Ls less marked in cmr prairie
country than it is In sections at the
east and south, where the soil
under the influence of rainfall, to a
tenacious mud that practically nega
tives all locomotion. But et»n here
there is a considerable portion of the
year when a drive of from three to ten
miles is anything but a pleasant nnder
taking. In the most unfavorably situ
ated communities there are fully si*
months when neighborhood intercourse
is denied to all but pedestrians. This
is the great sacrifice which he must
make who decides to try country life
in the United State*.
"It is hardly doubtful that a large
share of the average Englishman's pw
sion for residing in the country, and a
still larger share of his fondness for
long walks and rides, is doe to tbe fact
that he does not know what a poor road
is Such a highway in Great Britain
as the best of oar eoantry rmub wrmld
proToke the natives to an Insurrection.
From one end of the island to the other
the trnwler finds everywhere the same
beautiful, even surface for driving,
equal m comfort and very like in ap
pearance to our asphalt streets, though
it is ocly a superior macadam. Ovar
this tho heavy English carriages. which
a horse could hardly more in this coun
try. bowl merchants up hill and down
dale. On one side is the graveled foot
path for WALKING neople. OD the other
the dirt bridlepath for those TO riorse
biick. And between them the ideal
highway stretches its glistening length,
free from mud or stones or dost at ell
seasons of the year. It is small won
der that people lore the country, an.l
that short distanoes do not deter them
or compel them to lire seeluded where
the facilities for travel are soch as
thesa.
"Yet the difference between the coun
try roads of Great Brita'n and thoee of
the United States Is rather one of in
telligent interest and painstaking than
one of expense. The Englishman haa
simply learned how to go about road
making He prepares the surface with
almost or quite as much care as we do
for laying a pavement. Then. wh«-n
the macadam is laid on, he sees to it
that it haa constant attention. A little
break, a slowly forming depression, is
not allowed to ruin the roadway.
Stocks of finely broken stone arc ready
prepared everywhere, and the slightest
defect is repaired immediately.
"We think it can be proved that la
many of the older communities of this
country the people hare actually paid
out more money for highway construc
tion and repair per mile than it has cost
the English to create and maintain
their almost perfect system of roada.
A good deal of the money has been
wasted by political spoilsmen. Most of
the remainder has been applied unintel
ligently, a lot of men digging deep
ditches on either side of the highway,
throwing the earth from these Into the
center and thinking that this convex
surface of newly-dug mold could be
called a road and this process 'road
mending. *
"There are signs of aa awakening of
intelligent interest In the subject in
some quarters. I*rofessorships hare
even been established in son* of the
colleges to teach the art of roadmakmg.
anil people are beginning to understand
the frightful economic loss of putting
an embargo on travel during a good
portion of the year, or else compelling
all beasts of burden to consume vital
force ami exhaust themselves unneces
sarily. It will be a saving to be
{ counted by millions of dollars annually.
! ami it will be a marvelous gain socially
! and morally as well as industrially,
when we shall have such scientific
j road making in the United States that
the rural dweller will possess, so far as
j private conveyance is concerned, the
I same advantages that are enjoyed by
the residents of cities."
-■alplist* of C«ff« Hoist lo®.
Dr. Jnbez Fisher (Bulletin No. IT of
the health experiment station, Massa
' chusetts, is of the opinion that a solu
tion of sulphate of copper in the pro
portion of 1 pound to 900 gallons of
water is ordinarily safe and sure for
spraying fruit trees and vines. Exper
iments at the station showed that cov
ering a grape terrace with ail awning,
so as to keep off dews and rain, made
the space under the trellia "an oasis of
health in the midst of a desert of
fungi" To develop the spores of fungi
they must have moisture.
eradicating IIIMU*
Eradicating disease is not a nrntter
of a week or a month. While it ia
proper to use all precaution in order to
, prevent disease in the herd or flock, it
is only by selection of the hardiest and
most vigorous animals for breeding
that disease may be mostly prevented.
It is from inbreeding and debility that
I disease becomes permanent. Inheri
ted defects can nev*r be eradicated In
the natural condition animals select
their mates from among the mo-*t vig
orous, and in domestication man must
use judgment in mating bis stock.
r.lk»ialr<l.
Cleverton —Last night I called npon
that girl you introduced me to the
other day.
Dashawaj—So she Informed me thia
morning when I met h«*r.
Cleverton (eagerly)— Tell me. old man.
did she say anything abont me?
Dashaway—Sot a word. She *ald
she was too tired to talk.—N. Y. World.
He Told the Tretfc.
Dora Summergirl—You told me yon
were a gentleman of leisure; and now
you say you have to go back to the city
on business.
Lannt Ennis—What I say is true, t
am a clerk in one of the municipal at-
I aces, ami have to go »>ark to morrow to
draw my salary.— Pork.
the A«e of Orgaafsttoa.
Sew Bn»rdef-W»ll! well! Tkb ts
the flrst place I're strur-k wkw» they
have preserved strawberries kiwi peach
}ta Instead of * tewed prune*
Old It artier—Allowing to Tftka-z*
tion. my boy. l"» Have *
mutual protective Mocwtimi, with
iron clad rules and IKITJ penalties.
"Oh. bo! Yon kicked against pror.es,
did yoo7"
"Not much we didn't. ffi paaacd a
law that whenever pn»a»-« came en the
table tmjr member »k«iU eat a qi.irt
or pay <lO fine. That settled it. The
landlady found prunes too expensive."
j —N. Y. Weekly.
>s O. 4-1
«ACH kCAF CVffL.
hotii «i* Mseaia,
This peculiar di nss« is widespread
Mk ia this <*n«atry sikf in fcrr^pe
••ar-JHt aie-s-eer the peach ia fiwv*.
ft often wtrrrlf tajitfrs nursery mm h.
thrifty rw*n« trw« are mrrrm
lsb>»t to rts attar k» than ttinse mom*
mature. The curi Is to the
leaves are moat leader: afWr the «fta>
se»-s of t :-ese parts are faHy fin awd •
they are no loader nifPs■ Tad
The <!t*raae shows Itself as srana as fea
!»»♦« are By the Int rm
mHMIe of J-me the oaly rtgaa of tha
malady sne the withered .eaves oa the
F" and and the shrieelad atwifi <m tk*
tree, new >aeaa haee lbsaiy k>
vel oped on the lateral twtga The l9a»-
tration, F g t, shows the eiiarianifef
Istic aptearaae* of a peach leaf a*
f-e- <i » the earl aad the mma em
graving Ulistrates a twig diaeaaaA
from the same cansa. Frequently tha
rtt : -UAfcr* iiiicuptttf «•
rwa
entire leaf la iavolved, the di«MMd
part being somewhat thicker aad «f a
more fleshy texture thaw that ia health.
The under surface is nsuallj smooth
but the upper haa a more or less mealy
appearance. When the leaf stoek ia af
fected it swells to seerrai tunes ita
normal thickaaas and seldom attains
ha full length. These poniuaa haws a
pale green c lor, the surfece ia swollea
aad ooeTen. aad tarns Mack aad jha
The cause of peach-leaf earl ia a uiiiia—
ia cioaeiy related to the fuagua which
causes "plow poekela. " The tnyeeihua
or spore producing part at thaa fuagua
forms a net work of threada rs—blfaag
a string of head* ia the tisanes of tha
peach leal This is Illustrated ia ITg.
X Fr in these threads tha spores or
seels are produced by which tha Ha
aaae ia sprsad from tree to tree. Theaa
n«. S.— i rxr crat rrr « were waaar
naa.
tailing oa y nng leader shrink pene
trate their substance ami raasn them to
eurl up aad riaaliy die. 9a 1 it tie ia
really known of the life history of tha
earl that little can be said fganiiag
preventive measures. Retaosin* aad
destmyiag all the leases aad yoaag
shoots aa sooa as they shese stirna at
the malady, aad at the proper season,
cuttiag well hack the brmachea where
the disease -sisted. ia the beat course,
and mfht to mitigate th* erfL le aa
esperiment it ia suggested that the
tn-es be spraysd ia March or hefcea the
buds begia to swell, with aJt« * par
cent, solution if sulphate at ina—
Orange Judd Farmer.
AGRICULTURAL notes.
I» buying a giv*n mmcmm* «rf fan* tm
the cheap fertiltosr yon ?•# pnrhajpn
twice as much far freight. rartage. b«c
--j gin,; haivlltog aa yim ilo ki b«yto*
! the better brand.
P*or. Botun, of Cornell ■nivnmty.
flnds by repeated experiments that
sheep are the moat valuable erf U iwa
tic anim-Oa in keeping *p the produeing
capacity of the farm.
()SLI aheot ten par eMt at the ap
ple trees planted erer eotaa into Bear
ing This bur warte (• «w.rtVd to a
combination rf causes, the eh»ef on*
lack of rare the ftrst yaw. Sebraafca
, Farmer.
A w**» » a plant outaf pi sea A oar*
plant, a wheat plant or a potato pi mi*
fear be a weed by bete* too eloee to
another. Treat meh as weed* and Mi
them oat withont delay-—Prairte View
er.
Tnx Mich iff an farmer say* aa Sag
llah gardener. who hae had great mc
eese te raisin* radlahea, unaee hw m*-
tah beds with oae half soft eonl aahen
and soot Coder thm piaa hto he* mm
a»t Infested with won*
MA*T tons of manure are traaepwerd
from oar cities which .uatem =ean toaa
a dollar's worth of solnbto fa« 4 W*
may ba beneficial aa a aahh Xto
too often a very eoatly way of jm seel»
ing the fertility of the tol-Bwr ft
, Summey
IT ia beet to gram a variety o# mam
that will mate**. tf it Is *trueh by
frost after it haa arrived at the fiaaad
stage it will keep aa Weil to the nlo and
make aa atood fodder ea if it bad an#
beeo froxen; that la oar «J pen ieitan
Prof. Robertson.
AT the first appearance of blight hill
your potatoes a* high aad steep aa yon
can The fu.-igaa hi washed <h>wa
through the soil by rain. If it reactors
the potktim it esueea them to ft By
hilling. I* will bo washed hstwea*
the rows away from the potatoes.
~>n»piata about the
Jokes I print being .tolL Well, per
hap* they are. bat yoa oagfc* to mm
thoe I do not prist.
Critio—l dr.. to other papers, sad I
enjoy them hugely.— Trath.
He—Will you marry me?
She- <•n -oe -woditioa.
He—What la that?
She—Aa imprrwad laaa rial. uadllti a.
—Kate Yield's Washington.
Frank—flow <-an yon toll a wnbiew
from a dnisr"*
> OHev»A daiwy la yell am aad whtoe.
tost like the son wW« a «mdwwr
, fel l Harper's Tonag People.
Orare— Is there anything I iagbt an*
to read to thia book?
Mrs. Kipper—So, dear.
Grnre —All right; than I <wet mm*
11-Park.
Dnflae I hear thnt yon pi npnaaJ to
Mies Testy laet nigh* and got a ■ fusl?
Callous—Well. aa to that. she didn't
bhmtly r-fnse me; she wowldnl wnani
my feelings by doing that, yet the to
/et*ore f her mnarb watfiaineeosgh
Dallme-What reply did she ■aakn to
your pr jwenl?
taitone—She atod tf I waa the Into
man on earth she m%bt tototo ft—
" BoaVoa Qp«rf««i