VOL. XXX. Reduced Prices ON Clothing. For the next sixty days we will sell our large stock of clothing at greatly reduced prices. Mens suits worth #2O will go for #lO, " " " #lB " " " #l4, And Boys suits at the same reduction. We are now ready with our Fall and Winter Footwear. Give us a call and see our goods, and get our prices before purchasing else where. R. Barnhart & Son, General Merchants. Connoquenessing P. 0„ Petersville, Pa. TiA\PT I/i r1 1 I cause we have the finest and most reliable drug store in this part of the State that you have to pay more for your medicines. We dispense only Pure and Fresh Drugs at all times and at reasonable prices. WULLER'S MODEL PHARMACY, 229 Centre Ave., South Side, Butler, Pa. t Bickel's Great Oct. Sale OF Boots, Shoes and Rubbers. Are you a close cash buyer? If you are don't fail to Attend this sale. .A. "Word To The "Wise Is Sufficient. I Am Loaded To My Utmost Capacity And The Goods Must Qo. First Week Of This Great Sale I will open the fall season by placing on sale tie Vest line of children'? school shoes made, I have an extra large stock of tbi-m bought for spot cash from tbe largest manufacturer io the country, have them in bright and oil grain, high cat 75 eta. to SI.OO, fine sstiu caif high cut 90. 1 00 and 1.10, •very pair warranted waterproof and prices guaranteed to be 25 per cent cheaper tban elsewhere. Second Week Of This Great Sale I will place on sale a line of ladies' fine, medium and heavy shoes at pticet to suit the times, money is a little scarce and you must ir«ke a dollar go as for M possible. I think I can help you out. Ladies' fine Don. button shoet tip or plain toe I.GO, same shoes in fine grade 1.25 and 1.50, have reduced the 3.50 cloth topß shoes to 1.75. See it and you will buy it either tip or plain toe. Ladies' bright grain shoes button and lace 1.00. Ladies' oil grain shoes bntton or lace 75 and 1.00. Ladies' grain slippers 50 «ts. Ladies' velvet slippers 50 cts. Ladies' brossel slippers 50 cts. Ladies' serge gaiters plain 50 cts, foxed 60 cts Third Week Of This Great Sa e I will commence to sell men's and boys' stogy boots, and if you need tbem sooner yon can bare tbem at the following low prices. Men's stoge boot.- 1.86, 1.50 and 1.75. A fnll line of band made Jamestown boots in men'r and boys' from 1.75 to 3 50. Men's good calf boot for 2.00 a pair. Fourth Week Of This Great Sale. In addition to the goods named I will offer an extra line of Ladies' warm shoe*. Ladies looking for solid comfort should be interested in these floods, they are durable comfortable and cheap. Prices on Ladies' warm ined shoes are 1.00, 125 and 1.50. Come in and look over our line of fine O xfcrds, New ports and slippers all very cheap. Any Time During Oct. I Will Sell Boots, shoes and rubbers cheaper tban any other bouse in Butler, I have the goods and they were booght right and will be sold on a small margin o) profit We Take The Lead In Felt Boots Just received from tbe largest felt boot factory in the world, 50 eases of their best and closest made felt boot, and they will be sold at 2.00 a pair Including a pair of good heavy overs of the following brands: Lycoming, Candee, W oonsocket, Boston. See That Your Fubber Boots are Branded Boston, Cande; Woonsocketor Lycoming an Then Buy Them at My Price $2.25. Including a Wrj pair of slippers Bay any of the above makes and you will bare a good boot. . Bay them at my price 225 and you will have the price right. All Rubber Goods Reduced. Boots and Shots Made to Order. Repairing Done Same Day Received Leather and Findings, Blacksmith's aprons, etc. When in need of Footwear Call at Butler's Leading Shoe House. JOHN BICKEL. No. 128 South Main Street Butler, Pa. FALL AND WINTER BOOTS and SHOES. We now have ready lor your inspection the largest aud most cnmple te stock of first class boots, shoes and rubbers in Butler county If yoa want to fit out your family with W ATERPROO K Boots and shoes that will last them ail winter RUFF'S is the plase yon are looking for. We may not sell the cheapest truck sold in Butler, but we at least have the reputation of giving more real value for ▼oor money than can be bad elsewhere. Our kip, calf, oil grhin, goat, etc., boots and shoes are made not only to sell bat for HARD WEAR. We not room here to quote enough prices to give you an of how cheap we are selling goods adapted to you special need, hut rest an sored that no dealer in Botler shall undersell as, bat that we will positively SAVE YOU MONEY. .n B^^ ET and BEAVER GOODB are alio! the best makes and at prices lower tban the lowest. Call and see for your self. We take special pride in our line of BOYS AND GIRLS SCHOOL SHOES Tot style, fit and serrice they are ucequaled. We are gelling them as cteap as other dealers sail inferior gradep. We give a handsome tchool ta" with •tery pair. AL RUFF, 114 South Main street, Butler, Pa. THE BUTLE] In giving his consent the shipping merchant haul had no other thought than to defer to Molly's wishes. Both heandCapt- Willis had imagined that she would (five up all ideas of a second expedition after the absolute failure of the first. If time was never to weaken her remembrance of her husband, at, least it would in the end destroy every shred of hope of ever see ing him again. In accordance with Molly's wishes the steamer was not laid up. Capt- Willis and his crew remained In charge of her and their pay went on just the same. But there were exten sive repairs to be made. She must go Into dry dock, her rigging must be overhauled, new boilers put into her and her engines looked after. After all this had been accomplished, the Molly's Dope was thoroughly provisioned and coaled. Mrs. Allaire's life at Prospect cottage had long since taken on its old-time methods, but, with the exception of Andrew Hollister and Capt. Willis, no one was admitted to her int'.macy. She lived entirely in the atmosphere of the past, save as her unfailing hope tem pered its awful darkness. The dead was always with her the lost forever beside her. Little Walt would have been seven years old now, an age when the young and impressionable mind feels the quickening touch of reason, but Walt was gone forever! Molly's thoughts would often revert to him who had been so devoted to her, to that sailor, Zach French by name, whom she was so anxious to know personally, but who had not yet returned from his cruise. It could not last much longer, however, for the shipping reports had on several occasions made mention of the Golden Gate, and, no doubt, he vtould be back home before 1881 had passed. The moment he arrived Molly was resolved to send for Zach French and make good to him her indebtedness by providing for him in the future. In the meantime, Mrs. Allaire did not cease to look after the families who had been affected by the loss of the Dread naught. It was solely for the purpose of visiting their humble homes, of pro viding for their wants that she now and then left Prospect cottage and went down into the lower town. Her gener osity showed itself in many ways, busy ing itself with the moral as well as the material needs of her proteges. It was during the first part of this year that she consulted Andrew Hollister con cerning a project which she was anx ious to carry out. She was resolved to establish and endow a home for the care and custody of abandoned and orphaned children. "Mr. Hollister," said she, "it's as a memorial of our child that I desire to erect and endow this institution. I'm sure John will approve of it when he returns, for to what better use could we put our fortune?" Andrew nollister admirably seconded Mrs. Allaire in the execution of her plans. A hundred and fifty thousand dollars were to be set aside for the pur chase of a suitable property and for the payment of its running expenses. The project was quickly carried into execution, thanks to the assistance af forded by the city government. There was no necessity to erect a building. Purchase was made of a large resilience situated in a most healthful" location near the Old Town. A skillful archi tect was employed to make the necessa ry changes, so that the building was soon in a condition to accommodate fifty children, together with a corps of nurses and teachers, large enough to take charge of them. As the building was surrounded by a large garden full of shade trees and provided with run ning water, there could be no question that the place would prove a most healthful resort. On May 19 this foundling hospital, upon which the name of The Walter Home had been bestowed, was inaugu rated mid the plaudits of the whole city, which rejoiced to have an oppor tunity of testifying its sympathy for Mrs. Allaire, who, however, to the in tense regTet of all, was not present at the inauguration. She had not been able to bring herself to leave Prospect cottage on this occasion, liut the mo ment a number of children had been installed in the home, she went every day to pay them a visit, as if they real ly belonged to her. These children were to be permitted to remain at the home -until they were twelve years of age, and as soon as practicable they were to be taught to read and write, their religious and moral education was to be looked after, und at the same time they were to be taught such a trade as their particular aptitudes might justify. Such ones as belonged toihe families of sailors were to be trained for the sea and shipped as cabin boys or apprentices. It really seemed as if Molly had a special affection for this class in tender remem brance of Capt. John. The end of 1881 came, but with it no tidings of the lost ship or of any soul that had been on board of her when she sailed, and although large rewards had been offered for the slightest trace of the long-lost vessel thero had been no grounds for dispatching the Molly's Hope on a second voyage. But Mrs. Allaire was still buoyant and liopefuL Possibly 1883 might bring about what 1881 had been powerless to effect. And the Barkers, too. What had become of them? Where had Lew Barker taken refuge to keep clear of requisition for his arrest? As the police authorities had given up looking for him, Mrs Al laire found herself constrained to aban don the thought of discovering Kate's whereabouts. In truth, this was a great sorrow for Molly, who was deeply interested in the lot of her unfortunate relative. It was a matter of astonishment to her never to receive a letter from Kate, for how easily could the latter have communi cated with her cousiu without in any way imperiling her husband's safety. Oould they both be ignorant of the facts that Molly had recovered her reason, that she had fitted out a vessel to search for Capt. John, that the expedition had ended in naught? It could not be pos sible. Had not the newspapers of both worlds followed the movements of the Molly's Hope, and how could it be pos sible that Lew and Kate Barker had not noticed any of these accounts? They must also know that Mrs. Allaire had been enriched by the death of her uncle, Edward Manson, and that she was now in a position to help them. And yet neither one of them had made any attempt to open correspondence with Molly, although their situation could not be otherwise than precarious. January, February, March had gone by, and it began to look as if ISS3 would slip away without bringing any change in the situation, when something hap pened which really seemed likely to throw light upon the mysterious disap pearance of the clipper ship. On March 27 the steamer Golden Gate, on which Zaeh French had shipped ns a common seaman, entered the bay of San Fran cisco after a cruise of several years in liTTTLER, .European waters. The moment rara. Allaire heard of this arrival she wrote to Zach Fronoh, who had been pro moted to boatswain, requesting him to call upon her at San Diego. As French was contemplating a trip to his native town for the purpose of enjoying a few months' rest, he replied that he would start for San Diego as soon as he could procure leave and would upon reaching that city at once present himself at Prospect cottage. It would possibly be a matter of several days. In the meantime, a rumor became current, which, should it meet with confirmation, was qualified to create a sensation throughout the length and breadth of the land. It was alleged that the Golden Gate had picked up a bit of wreck which in all likelihood be longed to the ill-fated Dreadnaught. A San Francisco paper reported that the Golden Gate had come upon this frag ment to the north of Australia in lati tudes lying between the Timor sea and the sea of Arafoora off the island of Melville to the west of Torres strait The moment this news had been re ceived at San Diego, Mr. Hollister and Capt. Willis, whom it had reached by telegraph, hastened to Prospect cot tage. At the first mention of the sub ject, Mrs. Allaire turned very pale, but she recovered herself in a moment. "Xow, that we have come upon this trace," she cried out, in a tone of abso lute conviction, "we shall find the Dreadnaught, and after the ship has been found we shall find John and his companions." The truth is the finding of this bit of the wreck was a matter of great im portance. It was the first time that a fragment of the lost vessel had come to light. Now. when Mrs. Allaire betook herself to the region in which the disaster had been located, she would have in her possession a ring of that chain which held the past bound to the present. A map of Oceanica was at once sent for, and Mr. Hollister and Capt. Willis were requested to enter upon the con sideration of a new route to be followed by the Molly's Hope on her next cruise. "Then you incline to think, captain,'' said Mr. Hollister, "that the Dread naught did not endeavor to reach Singa pore by crossing the Philippines and Malaysia?" "I do," replied Willis; "to my mind, it's improbable; yes, impossible." "But assuming that she did take that route," pursued Hollister, "how comes it that this piece of the wreck should have been found in the Arafoora sea to the north of Melville island?" "I can't understand it. I can't ex plain it," answered Willis. "All that I can say is that the Dreadnought was seen off the southwest coast of Celebes island, after she had passed the strait of Macassar. Now, if she entered this strait she did so from the north and not from the east, and hence could not have come in through Torres strait." This question was discussed at con siderable length, and it ended in the ac ceptance of Capt. Willis' views. Mrs. Allaire had listened in silence to this discussion; but her knitted brows indicated with what tenacity, what persistency she clung to her belief that John and his companions were still among the living. No; she was deter mined to stand steadfast until actual proofs of their death should be fur nished her. "I agree with you, my dear Willis," cried Andrew Hollister, "that the Dreadnaught on her way to Singapore crossed the Java sea." "Part of the way at least, Mr. Hollis ter, for it was between Singapore and Celebes island that the vessel was wrecked." "That's so, but still how was it possi ble for this piece of the wreck to drift as far as the Australian coast if the Dreadnaught went to pieces on some reef in the Java sea?" "There is only one way to explain it," replied Capt. Willis, "and that is by as suming that this fragment of the ship was drawn through Lombok or some other one of the straits which connect the waters north of these islands with the Timor and Arafoora seas." "Do the currents set in that way?" "Yes, Mr. Hollister, and I would go so far as to say that the Dreadnaught after having been dismantled in a tor nado may have been sucked into one of these straits and finally been cast on some reef north of the Australian coast." "You're right, my dear Willis," cried Andrew Ilollistec, "it's the only reason able hypothesis, and the conclusion is irresistible that if a fragment of the wreck has been picked up to the north of Melville island six years after the disaster it must have been recently de tached from the reefs on which the clip per ship went to pieces." This explanation was qualified to carry conviction to the mind of any intelli gent seaman. "Since it is more than likely," added Mr. Allaire, whose gaze still remained riveted upon the map unrolled before her, "that the Dreadnaught was driven ashore on the coast of Australia, and since none of the shipwrecked crew have made their appearance here .or elsewhere, it follows that they are heW prisoners—" "That is not impossible, Molly," in terrupted Mr. Ilollister. Mrs. Allaire was on the point of pro testing vigorously against the implica> tion contained in this answer, when Capt. Willis broke in with: "We have yet to determine that thii fragment of wreck picked up by the Golden Gate really belonged to C'apt. John's ship." "Have you any doubt of it?" inquired Molly. "We shall soon be able to solve that question," cried the merchant, "for ] have ordered the fragment to be for warded to us." "And I have given orders," added Mrs. Allaire, "that the Molly's Hope be kept in readiness to sail at any moment." Three days after this conversation Zach French, the boatswain, reached San Diego and presented himself at Prospect cottage. Thirty-seven years of age, strongly built, with a face browned by exposure and eyes full of determine tion, this man had something frank and pleasing about him. You felt that he belonged to the kind that never shrinks back nor hesitates, but goes straight to the place where he is told to go. The welcome that he received from Mrs. Allaire was so full of gratitude that the honest sailor quite lost the use ol his tongue. "My friend," she exclaimed, after hei feelings had somewhat quieted down, "it was you who saved my life, you who did all in your power to save my poor babe, what can I do for you?" French insisted that he had only done his duty. A sailor who wouldn't dc j what he had done would be no sailor at j all —he'd be a mere hireling. His only ; regret had been that he was not able to save her child. But he couldn't accept , anything from her for what he had done. Ho thanked her for her fcipd I FRIDAY. wishes, and with her permission he would call to see her while he was ashore. "I've been looking forward to seeing yon for a number of years, Zach," said 51m. Allaire, "and I hope that you'll be with me the day Capt. Allaire returns —' "The day Capt. Allaire returns?" "Zach, can yon bring yourself to think —•** "That Capt. John har Perished? Not by any means!" cried tli^fcoatswaln. "Then —you have hope—" "More than hope, Mrs. Allaire! I have a firm and solid conviction. Would a captain like your husband permit him self to be whisked away on the skirts ot a gale? Not he! Such a thing was never known!" The sailor's words and the manner in whLh they hid been spoken sent a thrill through Molly s heart. It was such a comfort to know that she would no longer be the only one to think that Capt. John was not lost, and that this other person was one to whom she her self owed her life. She saw something providential in all this. "Thanks. Many thanks. Zach, yoc little know how happy you make me. Tell me, oh, tell me again that you be lieve that Capt- John was not lost in this wreck." "Yes, Mrs. Allaire, yes! And the prool that he is itill alive is that he will b« found some day or other. And if that'i not a proof—" Hereupon Zach French entered into a number of details with regard to the finding of the fragment of wreck by the Golden Gate. As he concluded Mrs. Allaire said: "Zach, I'm resolved to institute a new search at once." "Good! It will succeed this time; and if you'll allow me, madam, I'll take part in it." "You will ship under Capt. Willis?" "That I will, madam." "Oh, thanks, Zach. With you on board the Molly's Hope it will seem to me like one more chance in my favor." "I believe it, Mrs. Allaire," replied the boatswain, with a kindly light beaming from his honest eyes. "I'm ready to sail any moment!" Molly had taken hold of the sailor's hand. She felt that it belonged to a true friend of hers. Her feelings got the better of her and she was now con vinced that the boatswain was des tined to succeed where others had failed. However, although Molly had no doubts on the subject, yet as Capt. Willis had suggested it now became necessary to determine positively whether the fragment of wreck picked up by the Golden Gate had really be longed to the Dreadnaught. This piece of the wreck had been forwarded to Hollister & Co. by express from San Francisco and been sent to the superin tendent of the ship yard, by whom it had been submitted to the examination of the builders and their foremen. The fragment of wreck which had been picked up by the Golden Gate off Melville island about ten miles out from shore, was a piece of a ship's stern, or rather of that carved cutwater which is commonly attached to the prow of sailing vessels. This piece of wood had undergone considerable change cf texture, not from lying in the water for a long while but from ex posure to the inclemency of the weather, nence the conclusion that it have remained for a long time on this reef on which the clipper ship had struck, then in some way or other been detached, possibly by the action of a strong current, and tossed about in the water for several months or possibly weeks, when it was picked up by the Golden Gate. But did it come from Capt. John's vessel? Yes, for the carving on this piece of wood matched that which had ornamented the prow of the Dreadnaught. This was the con clusion reached by the builders at San Diego. The teakwood, for such was the fragment, was positively recognized as identical with the stock on hand. They even discovered the mark of the iron brace which clamped the cutwater to the ship's prow, and also the remnants of a coat of red paint with tracery of foliage in gold line. Therefore, the fragment of wreck picked up by the Golden Gate once be longed to the good ship Dreadnaught; of this there was absolutely no doubt. This point established, it became quite possible to accept Capt. Willis' theory that«fmce the Dreadnaught had been signaled in the Java sea to the south east ot Celebes island, she must have been, a few days later, carried through Lombok or some other passage open into the Timor or Arafoora sea and hurled upon the reefs of the Australian coast. And hence it was perfectly rea sonable and justifiable to send a craft to explore the waters lyingbetween tho Sunda islands and the north coast of Australia. But would this expedition succeed any better than the one which had included the Philippines, the Cel ebes and the Moluccas? Yes, the pros pect was brighter. This time Mrs. Allaire was quite de termined to accompany the expedition and it required the combined appeal of Andrew Hollister, Capt. Willis and Zach French to dissuade her from so doing. A cruise of this sort, which would of a necessity last a long while, might be hampered by the presence of a woman on board. It need hardly be stated that Zach French was shipped as boatswain of the Molly's Hope which wafT now reported by Capt. Willis as ready to saiL CHAPTER xnx. carts* or THE MOIXT'9 HOPK rs THE TIXOR SEA. Capt. Willis sailed from San Diego at ten o'clock on the morning of April 8, 1882, following a southeasterly 'course, with the intention of proceeding by as direct a route as possible to the Torres strait and so into Arafoora sea. The Molly's Hope not having any reason for touching at the Gilbert or Salmon islands, after an uneventful voyage of three weeks, sighted first the high land of the New Guinea coast and then the most northerly point of Aus tralia known as Capo York. Torres strait, lying between this point and the New Guinea coast, enjoys the repute of being an extremely dan gerous passage, partly due to the vio lent current which sets in from east to west and partly to the shoal water. Only for a certain part of the day while the sun is in such a position as to make the breakers plainly visible, is it at all safe to venture into this narrow water lane. "Was it quite as far up a# Melville island that the Golden Gate picked up the fragment of the wreck?" asked Capt. Willis of Boatswain French. "Quite," replied Zach. "It must be five hundred miles be yond the strait." "At least, captain," replied Zach, "and I can understand your surprise. For, knowing as we do the existence of these strong westerly currents, it would seem from having found the piece of "wreck off Melville island that the Dreadnaught must have been lost at the entrance to Torres strait." "Precisely, Zach, and we would be I forced to conclude that Capt. John had ' made choice of this dangerous passage ' to reach Singapore. Now, that I never can admit! Unless something happens to change my opinion I shall stick to j my belief that he crossed the eastern archipelago, as we did in our first ex pedition, for the last time he was seen i was to the south of Celebes island." "And as there is no other conclusion i possible for us to reach," remarked the mate, "it follows that if Capt. Allaire entered Timor sea he did so through one of the straits separating the Sunda islands." ... _ .. 1 ward the eastward. Now either was dismantled or he was not- If he was dismantled he should hare been carried hundreds of miles to the west of Torre* strait. If he was not, why should he have returned towards this strait, when Singapore, his port of destination, lay in the opposite-direction?" "I don't know what to think," an swered the mate. 4 'lf the piece of wreck had been found in the Indian ocean it might be explained by assum ing that the clipper ship had been wrecked on the Sunda islands or on the west coast of Australia." "While the fact is," replied Capt. Wil lis, "that the bit of wreck was found as far up as Melville island, which would go to prove that the Dreadnaught had been lost in Arafoora sea near Torres strait or in the strait itself." "It may be," said French, "that there are counter currents along the Austra lian coast which nay have carried the piece of wreck towards the strait. In that case the ship may have gone to pieces in the western portion of Ara foora sea." "It will come out in good time," an swered Captain Willis; "meanwhile, let us work our ship as if the Dreadnaught had gone to pieces on the reefs of Torres strait." "And if we work her well," added Zach, "we shall And Capt. John." This was the best thing that could be done, and this was what thev did do. Torres strait is about thirty miles wide and swarms with reefs and inlets, nine hundred or more, and most of them on a level with the water. The natives are very skillful in the manage ment of their light pirogues and have no difficulty in crossing from one 6hore to another. Therefore, if Capt. John and his companions had taken refuge on one of these inlets it would have been easy enough for them to reach the Australian coast and then make their way to some little settlement on the gulf of Carpentaria or on the peninsula of Cape York, whence they would have had no great difficulty in reaching home. On the other hand. tk« moment it was assumed that Capt. John had never entered Torres strait then arose the question of the fragment of wreck and how to explain its presence off Melville island. Cap t. Willis ran the Molly's Hope boldly into this dangerous passage, keeping close to the Australian coast. Upon nearing Murray inland the ap proach of a number of dugouts was sig naled, but the natives who manned them as well as those who gathered on the shores as the Molly's Hope steamed slowly by contented themselves with uttering wild war whoops and brandish ing their battle spears. For a whole month, up to June 10, Willis and his indefatigable searcher* continued to ransack the coaeta of the islands lyfcig between the gulf of Car pentaria and New Guinea. Not a bit or shred of rigging, not a broken spar or piece of wood was picked up by Capt. Willis to lead him to think that the Dreadnaught had gone to pieces on these reefs. After another month spent in coast ing along from Arnheim bay to Van Diemen's gulf the Molly's Hope on July 11 sighted Melville island. It was ten miles to the north of this coast that the fragment of the wrecked l>readnaught had been picked up. As it had got no farther than this point it became necessary to assume that it had only been detached from the wreck a short time prior to the arrival of the Golden Gate. It was therefore possible that they were at that moment in close proximity to the scene of the wreck. With the coming of November, Willis asked himself whether he was to con sider that the campaign was at an end, at least so far as the Australian coast and islands lying off it were considered. Should he return home after he hail made search among the Sunda islands lying in the southern part of Timor sea? In plain words, was he conscious of having done everything that it was possible for a man to do? The brave sailor hesitated to look upon his task as ended even after he had scoured the Australian coast. Something happened to rescue him from this state of indecision. On the morning of November 4 he was engaged in conversation with Zach Frenoh when the boatswain pointed at some objects floating in the water about half a mile from the steamer. They were neither pieces of wood, frag ments of planking or trunks of trees; they were huge bunches of grass, sort of yellowish gulf weed torn from the bottom of the sea and drifting along the main land. "Well, that's strange'." said French, "hang me if that grass isn't coming from the west; yes, from the southwest: There must be a current which is carry ing it toward the strait." "That's so," replied Capt. Willis, "and it must be a local current with an easterly course unless it be the effect of the tide." "I don't think so, captain," answered French, "for I recollect now that early this morning I noticed bunches of this grass drifting in the same direction." "Zach, are you certain of it?" "As certain as I am that we shall find Capt. John some day." "Well," replied Capt. Willis, "if such a current exists it may be that that piece of the wrecked Dreadnaught came from the west following the Australian coast." "That's exactly my opinion, captain." "Then there is but one course for us to take. We must continue our search across Timor sea as far the west Australian coast." "I was never more convinced of it, captain, since beyond all doubt there is a coast current which runs in the di rection of Melville island. By assum ing that Capt. John was lost in western waters, we have now an explanation how It was possible that a piece of his wreck should have been picked up where it was." Capt. Willis sent for his mate and consulted with him as to the expediency of continuing the expedition towards the west. The mate was of the opinion that it now became absolutely necessa ry to do so, At least until the source of the current had been reached. "To the westward then!" cried Capt. Willis; "we must not go back to San Diego with possibilities but with cer tainties—the certainty that if the Dreadnaught went to pieces on the Australian coast there is not a plank or a spar of her left in existence." In consequence of this—under the cir cumstances—very jus-tifiable determina tion, the Molly's Hope crossed to Ti mor island in order to take on provis ions and fill her coal bankers, and then, after a stay of forty-eight hours, re crossed to Cape Londonderry. Upon leaving Queen's channel, Capt Willis determined to follow as closely as pos sible the outline of the Australian coast above Turtle point. At this location the direction of the current towards the east was very perceptible. Upon making Cambridge gulf, the waters of which bathe the foot ot Mount Cockburn, Capt. Willis resolved not to risk his vessel in this deep fun nel bristling with reefs, so he ordered the steam launch to be lowered and put in command of Zach French, with or ders to make a thorough search of the interior of this gulf. "Evidently," said Capt Willis to Zach, "if John Allaire and his crew fell into the hands of the natives of this coast, it would be folly to imagine that a sin gle soul of them Is still alive. But n hat we are after is to learn whether there are any remains of the Dreadnaught in casq tjie natives should feave sgnt- to had done so!" replied Zach French made the tmir of the gn f without coming up< >n any traces >f th • lost ship and thereupon returned to the steamer. Capt. Willis now weighed anchor, rounded Dussejour cape and hea.; 1f .r the northwest double Cap" Lond. inderry Continuing her now southwesterly course, the Molly's Hope rro*»il Hnrrj ncer urchipe'ago and entered King sound, and by the end of Jancar,-. »ft r a fruitless search in this long irm f the sea for some trace of the Dread naught, Capt. Willis determined to end the expedition at this point, to wit. At the eighteenth parallel of south lati tude. Besides, the coal supply was running low and hence it was considered ad visable to sail for Ratavia, then, after coaling, to coast along the Sunda isl ands, cross Timor sea and so u the ground by family cats than from any other cause. THE best of all insecticides, and per haps the most expensive, however, is made by filtering one gallon of kero sene through one and one-half pounds of pyre thrum (insect powder*. It is I death to all kinds of insects and para sites. MANY fruits ripen best where they { grow, but not so with pears, and par- ; ticulariy summer pears. They attain i their richest colors and their finest flavor by being gathered while yet j hard and laid away in the house for a weed or ten days. Cons fodder is a valuable crop, al- j though neglected, much of it being al lowed to waste in the fields. An a.-r.- of corn fodder contains twice as much j digestible matter as an acre of cl 'i-e: i or timothy, and it will give excellent j results if kept in a bright and cleau condition. THE eggs of the ox-pot are attached so the hair, particularly to the flank-* and to the legs near the heels. They ! are then taken into the stomach by the ; cattle when they lick themselves, and j here they are hatched into larvw or grubs, which fasten themselves to the walls of the stomach. HANDY POULTRY CROOK. UtrlilaK a >'owl Without l.wltrmfH of Injury to the Blril. C. Jarscen, Philadelphia county. Pa., sends the following description and sketch of a crojk designed for catching poultry: The pole is round, tea feet long, with a piece of quarter-inch iron, nineteen inches long, driven three j inches into the end. This iron is a. j bent as to form a hook five inches in length. The crook is then ready for use. Its operation is simple. Step quietly towards the fowl, and, with th< pole advanced and close to the ground, CROOK FOR CATCHING rot T.TRT. put the hook under the fowl so as tc catch its legs, then draw the pole gen tly, disengage the birds feet from the crook and the deed is done withovt ox citement or injury to the bird —Arser ican Agriculturist. First Dog—Well be tied up every Thursday and Saturday nights now. Second Dog—What's up? First Dog—That new dude that, omes to see Miss Susie has money.—N. Y. Weekly. The FUh; or. The Story? Kiljordan (with ten-pound pickerel)— Grindstone, ain't this a beauty? Caught it myself. What do you think of it ? Grind atone —Looks fishy, Kiljordan. Looks fishy.—Chicago Tribune. gnotcd Too t.ow. Alas' For though X lorfd Miss Flo, I cannot tbtnii of ranting l'y looked It up and, at,' Xknow What is her father's rating. —C&leaco News ReoorA Ills Ia to rp rotation■ Johnny—Mamma thinks I shouM live among deaf people. Papa—ls that so? Johnny—Yes. She thinks I should be seen, not heard. —N. Y. Herald. A Throat. "I hear bandits are holding your boy Peter for ransom." "No," returned the banker. ' Tbej threaten to send him back if I don 1 pay. I shall pay." —Puck. Btaarre "How very badly Mrs. Flash is over dressed:'* "Yes; she presents quite a bazar ap appearance! —Puck. An Arbtag VoM. Cholly—Bah Jove, I've a dreadful pain in my head: Can you suggest a remedy? t Sinnikers —Yes, have it filled. —Truth. The ton».»«atloo» of WatrtmooT. She—l suppose you would have been happier if you had not married me? He—Yes, darling, but I wouldn't have j known it.—Life- '• fttdrwl TW« •• m l» Ima ft»» N«|« a* tfrMn!>. Barb- wire trace* ks*» K»n .-.a rae«* tin* of grr-mt impnr' m'- t» fanem lltllinni < f dollar* Im*» Wn in con«"mf:j!i( W*?n ia>< ih*i ftae» »tfd mill ns to farmer . .a iwashll II rheap m l fficient bwrifn bM»Mn their grain and •*!! •• ti.-. Is. Rot ■se riMB objection has arwg at the uio tirn-. tn the *nao« lii i| in* barbs inflict on the aaiatals whwah carelessly dash 4.i.nl them. TVir •Irr?-?? araaes directly *be.r Tilmt Wire-* without harln mttl uot inflict any w.winds. and they would aot retard *troof aoj fure-us io:bia To prevent the w»l f :nt altogether tor fen.-es. but they do no. L not insist on the prohibition of rail roads. titbosfh these cause more than a hundred time* aa many accidents of a more formidable -haracter Barb fences may be mullallJno at to avoid the (lanrrr of arridroK ao! at the rwa in inakimr their ioroada, they qmek'y make themselves acquainted with what appears to be to them a eery formidable barrier, and we never «e» younir h--rse* resting their heads oe ne -ks on this kind of fence, aa we often see them renting <» smoother f-ares. Board fence* which have become weak ened i»y age haee been thus r-n.iered Impregnable to the wiltlm horses. A common way f.»r rendering barb rw. 4 fences more safe by erect.a* a visible barrier, is to place a single board at the top, as shown in Fig * !' requires a larger number of post*, aa they must be set nearer together. Some animals of smaller size, not seeing the w res, sometimes attempt to pasa under thus upper board, and thus become badly lacerated, but tht* i* rarely attempted. The arrangement may he rendered safer hy placing the top board below the top wire The hoard is then sttil a risible barrier, and tier will nt at tempt to go above or below it (Fig » Another form of safety consists la " * I HilW, if. , • no i. placing the risible barrier at the bot tom This may be a board, a ban'.* and ditch, or a stone waiL The objection to the bard is **iat it is ao low de Uvr construction. A hone rarely attempt* nfl 8. to leap a ditch: and where there to one on each side of the line, with a hank :a the eeater, a horse or other animal will rarely or ivever attempt it The ditctaea are opened with several furrows of the plow, an.l the earth from these fur-rrwa thrown tip by hand between them. Prints are set in the line at suitable distances, an 1 the* wires stretched over the line at suitable he: "a and distances to make • good fence I Fig. S). Among the mativ instances of the construction of such fen --. none when well made ha. Bern known to fall. When there are many -*m». tt,m«s scattered over the fields which *He owner desires to clear off. a bev *t oe wail may take the place of the kst < and ditches. Both these hare the ob jection of occupying more land than the other*, but thee re are certain lo calities where they may be employed without inconvenience; or where the ditches may be usefut for open dra a* which I being along the swic of a fence* will be bat little in the way of the cul tivation of the fields. A nc.it and handsome f >rm of the barb fence with its eootpieaaw aiae. is mad" bv ill"' iig it in an . momenta, hedge. Stretch the gatvaisiaad wire length wise a! -nj the center of the hedge when it is half grown, aiada.r» ! « in subsequent years successively til' it is completed i Fig. 6 The hedge ■».»>- be of some plant not fo-ainy a suffi cient fence of itaelf. bat rrndere.; amply so to resist any anima! t irc ;gh the additional aid of the bar® wire, a small deciduous tree that has a h*us WWu »ae« !«-i •* . tt'tar- rut the e*m w!|)i a waehiee .»m Sn * r ~ a F-g !. •. 'i-mm- * lade » '•* aefces «Mer«ba«» tm . —| *o "be htad ead ia fas-eae-t a aa; •at ■ whee.s *a>t Id tae inrsir! - w *id«oa Toeaa sea brait**! at t a tad the aotrle mmy o* d >y a. . the bratt«. Th* Jrafves abeu : ! V tWtt «ttd Step* ♦bar** •***. a*eg atf ba wi| ta place a# **■.» :t tr»-» h T» e-~ - -n- at us badlet try-m «i* t» "ea a- -es par < ; i PMk t. day. Lay tba buen.es ka reat una ieat 'or ~ia*ft*r and j»t them '.mf ttm twesty-fkmr to t'atr»v-s-a i urs ta silt aad dry to aouae eateaf. lia*r» m * ue*e * aavuig »f 'jkb.tr o es in. tor tUidar m if take* tp at the right stage, will aot wekfh aearty as awrh as *ha« giow a. -■«wsequaat!v in taarh etniJer haadl-ed aad maiars swetar "*si Cat th* enea m half >r • irpe-t»uitlt iaeh ta length aad ose at «a*y *aaaaa am aaea—ary to 'keep she aaacatae -iway. Coaatraet a piatf'..«rm at the ns liiaa ta anioad fodder aa fhr «am *nce d I I! II ! Hf A =s=l |y7llVl[n the wagoa vuii a oasr a# »fpa aa itonp aa the grcwad whue :.oadiag md ] tar. bat aitr->vea aa tialy fiard by tte 1 as" large head ilea see the ami act!va <*• .Ittle cmcaa .»f way at ad. aad rt m quita peolwbie that the miy way to deaar>y thaaa ia with g-'.'aasi, War* the hura< have hissatoad the heavy work of the saaaoa tiaa baat aodr of - :r ng sore toat m to their shoes aad tart* tbeaa >a the pa» tore. K««r the ate cartes atf r—pharriaa and htauisherriea cut ->ach if they i— > atade haa» * /nrath. which wiU athaca them to thro-w oat awn is. hmmmm stocky aad neudaos hatter ftsiM seat Tn beat ptace toe a ing a Uen with a brood >f e-hieha m .aa the aaparatfus patch. The ■••hieha dUSr gentiy saareh the «tailcs aad i<* »» the aaparagua beet la. wasch Isiaan'i a the piaata ia » aa- .oeaiitaea Sai-r ia reenmaa»nrtirst sa am ewaileac fertioaer arooaad the ti uaha -d qmaea trees. The salt prtim ites the gruarth of the treea, laeteaaes the si ma aad q iality of toe fruit, and ahn -isiatiofi worms oe aeaiarows us Use -■<*. & F. SCOTT, of Sew Turk. ta*s ke haa triad all ways ~f apfwyiag paeia green «> potatoes, aad baa «e»tiad aa natng it with wheat asMhtoags aad ap i piyiag w-th a star*. If fine aafce* are I a* ac t -n pert it -hiaa Jaat ae we.lL Taa root aaot m a ■ tiasaa if prevalent a-aeug t-je waiautL chaatnut and mm other trees. Tbh fat*, should to borae :a an ad aha se lecting trees toe tnaaepianttag; reject Caoaa tbat have itaota oa their rmaa hr ia baat aot to ret y en if t*eee I hack a"ia« tmA. bwt pilsa the work la the sertag. If eat bsik SM»W the trees *iu r-quire asotiev pruaaog a the spvtag »uua*l any yiulius atf tbe trees be winter kniad. wtora aa to aappea every season. The yrnang fartaar who th naa ae -aa farm as d..! iua grandfather aad «aa eeed aits an edae-ataoa uat eoaera a oseager linektdge -it rejpuaat. -pei.iagt writing aad anthaaetic iau whaa too iato that ha hea ma>ic aa error tha* will readier as iito wed air", -aaeiesa The farmer of the ae*t * —otr Sve yijaars will be a thiolwr !t twi.l ~m the dominant actne ia g ' -inseat. 1.. i papers wut to the a»it.ea aad .;a aau | wui he tleileered to baa hotaaei ii® ' business w'X he afstema -c and aa Must aeep ace«met# that aeill -•> e a uat traps and etoek are Tr- fitai»«e The msi .f sueeeesfhi fa-mer aaat ao, taly be edtaeated la toe ornfctary Sng- Uah branches, bat ha mttse hate a groat practt -a. bun.aeaa training tfearik am aatocat-.oa ia sa asaentas. %* the farawa aa to tUe aaa ia tbe acetataag-*®®*.— Cedar I-.-tod* <.aaatta nsgtt ae Ke*w. •"The Pail * Bread ia a g •* panee m enr 1 ! oe. en t said the M-ptew ' ts Ith the rto- tersi tr"e^s -frnm.' r>a* - i the repertae with the load watch .'I ilia, "bu* »« peesataar Just aa s«r«- ae a ssasa get* ♦.. H- >*ag grand work sod w f-'i • W thing It In. hi an Tre been -tat tfca* peper aiigtify near tea >"«*«»"* ha whied. r~*r-»»«w" ive?y "aaa! i aeeer Itare It to keep a fc '*nr »bet eaa worth a -sTntlaeafal inrsee tban abaiast sis laoath* That la, B f ■" CM ratf" Tnhnp# Ma *»+ ft «■§. "Are yea fellevs grrn* to ->iay beae bal! ak»>u ae-tt »ea«aan»r* aaJaee' r- mail to 7. ••yas." replied *he Tfher. "fee |nt a naaar trr ver clash. * "Whatr "f.aar-httta* "What torT tea yer eeeh boa* throwers."—Waaato htgtou !*tar. Mare let. "What hae happene I to yoaa? Tsa lrsik vetted. "* "1 rV»- 1 «ay »o This -noentag I wa* joas *^ to **• '"Jf ahaah ao3E-t tag wb-a smae aae ajrdw to ate. and I have >-» a tryiag the whole day a* think what I was f*da« to he angry a boat aad I -aaj't do It."—T sas tags.