VOL. XXX. White-Sand Oil Co. [A. STEELSMITH, Manager, Butler, Pa.] Dealers in Illuminating, Lubricating, Cylinder and Dynamo Oils—all free from Lima Oil. This Oil is made and handled by Independent Producers not con nected with the Standard Oil Co., as reported. All orders will be promptly filled. Warehouse in rear of Nicho las & Hewitt's planing mill, near West Penn depot, Butler, Pa. Refinery at Coraopolis, Pa., near P. & L. E. R. R. TlflAT'T I w I W I 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. Low Prices and Reliable Footwear! ARE THE TWO FORCES THAT CARRY THE PEOPLE IKTO H USELTON'B FROM ALL OVER BUTLER COUNTY. The public always approve of real merit id good*, hence they have unanimously aDd publicly declared that "HUSELTON'S" its, and always has been, The Leading Boot and Shoe House of Bntler Connty! A*k the small boy yon meet—he, too, will tell yon, if you want good footwear at fair prices, to go to HUSELTON'B. Too get the choicest styles there. Ton bay at the same price your neighbor does. lie carries his stock in the honse—not in the newspaper. Yon don't have to stay a hslf a day jewing on the price. Mens, Boys and Youths Heavy Shoes. Mens good heavy boots, 6to 11 $1 50 1 Mens calf boots.. —...... $1 90 A $2 25 "Hp boots, sole leather conn.2 25, 250 I Boys heavy boots #l. 125 «fc 1 50 " real kip, two sole and tap.. .2 50, 300 | " " "2 soles & tup, 1 50. 175<t 2 Mens hana made kip and grain boots, box toe, in bigh and low instep —s3 and 350 Mens, Boys and Youths Fine Shoes. Mens fiae shoes, with tip, at #l, 1 25, 1 50, 1 75, 2. and 2 50 Kens cork sole shoes in calf at #2, 2 75 and 3 50 Boys and yonths bhoes at.... ..... ....................75c, sl, 1 25, 1 50, 1 75 and 2 Hens grain sporting boots, lace in instep. Ont line of children* school shoe* is made of the best calf and kip. and will resist water. They are not grain leather. Have high cut at low prices. Misses and Childrens Shoes. Misses grain button, 12 to 2,. 75c, fl, 1 25 I Childrens Don. button, . 50c. 75c. sl. 1 25 " veal and kip, 12 to 2, 75c, 1, 125 j " grain, heel and snrijig. 50c, 75c, $1 Infanta fancy colors in soft sole, very fine. | Infants shoes 25c, 30c and 50c Ladies Shoes. Ladies heavy shoes 85c. 90c, sl. 1 25 I Ladies web slippers 25c " warm flannel lined 5h0en....75c, $1 | " grain button shoes 85c. $1 " (train 51ipper5............. ......50c | " fine 5h0e5........85c, sl, 1 25, 150 We lead them all as usual in kens wool boots and rubber goods. Mens rubber boots at 92 with a pair of Moccasins. Mens good wool boots with a heavy pair of bub ber« at only $1 90. Oer line of fine Holiday Slippers, now coming in,lower prices than •rer. Repairing done at lowest prices, or a new pair tnsde to order. Come and .-ee us. 102 N Main St., Butler, Pa "H. C. HUSELTON. The Best Place To get your Fall and Winter outfit of DRESS GOODS, CLOAKS, UNDER WEAR,. FLANNELS, BLANKETS, YARNS, HOSIERY, GLOVES, COR SETS, etc., is at They keep the largest stock, best goods and, above all, the lowest prices. CARPET, OIL CLOTHS, RUGS, LACE CURTAINS, PORTIERS, CURTAIN POLES, WIN DOW SHADES: We can sell you the above named goods cheaper than you can get them elsewhere A. TROUTMAN & SON., The leading Dry Goods and Carpet House, Butler, Pa. ■ REMOVAL SU BEGINS OCT. 6. YOU WANT FURNITURE. WE WANT MONEY. We expect to occupy our new store about Jan. Ist. We want to move as few goods as possible. We will give you prices that you can't help but buy. A #35 Parlor Suite for #25 00 A 45 " " 35 00 A 55 " " 45 00 A 16 Bed Lounge for 12 50 A 20 « « 15 00 A 5 Rocking Chair for 375 A 8 « 500 <fcc. Call early for these great bargains Campbell & Ternpleton, 136 N. Main St., - - Butler, Pa THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Mr. Herman Hick* Of Rochester. X. Y. Deaf for a Year Caused by Catarrh in the Head Catarrh is a CONSTITUTIONAL disease, and requires a CONSTITUTIONAL REMEDY like Hood's Sarsaparilla to cure it. Read : "Three years ago, as a resu'.i of catarrh, I . entirely lost my hearing and was deaf for more than a year. I tried various things to cure It, and had several physicians attempt It, but no Improvement was apparent I ronl.l di»iin guiuli no »*«n<l I was intending putting myself under the care of a specialist »>D some one suggested that possibly Hood's Sar saparilla would do me some good. I be(jan taking it without the expectation of any lasting help. To my •nrpriM'nod Krrnl joy I found when I had taken three Lotties tliat n.j hrnr i»« w«. returning- I kept on till I bad taken three more. It is now over a fear and I can hnr prrtA rtlf orll. lam troubled but very little with the catarrh. I consider this a rrmarknblr raw, and cordially recommend Hood's Sarsaparilla to all who have catarrh/* HFI MAN HICKS, 30 Carter Street, Rochester. N. V. HOOD'S PILLS are purely vegetable, and do mot purge, pain or gripe. Sold by all druggists. PROFESSIONAL CAKIAS. Dr. N. M. HOOVER, IST K. Wayne St., offlrp hours. 1" *-> 12 M. and 10 3 P. M." SAMUEL M. BIPFUS. Pbysician and Surgeon. 200 west runnlnghiini st. L. M. REINSEL, M. D , PHYSICIAN AND SI-KUEON. OJTlce and residence at I'etrolla, Pa. L. BLACK, RARSICIAN ANI> HI lIt.KO.F, sew Troutman Building, Butler. Pa. K. S. LSAKE. M. D. J. K. MANN. M. U. Specialties: Specialties: •yn®eology and Sur- Kye. Kit Nose and gery. Throat. DRS. LEAKE & MANN, Butler, Pa. G. . 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DKALKRB IN Sewer Pipe, Gap Fixtures, Globes and Natural (i is Ap|»lianpe«. Jefler<onSt.,(>pp. Low r> House BUTLERJ PA*. lUTTLEH, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 16, lSi)t>. CHAPTER XX. urro TIT* HEART Or THE COSTIMIET. With a heart almost oppressed by the Joy that had come upon it so unexpect edly, Mrs. Allaire, with Godfrey by her side, took her seat in a special train that was to carry her to Farina Town, where her arrival was now impatiently awaited by Tom Marks anil Zach French. She was also accompanied by an intelligent half-breed woman, Har riett by name, herself a child of tho wilderness, strong, fearless and a skillful rider, who was to perform the duties of serving woman to the captain's wife. The train made few stops, only such in ia-jt as became necessary to renew the supplies of wood and water After leaving Adelaide the first halt was made at Cawler, which was reached after several hours run through a district broken by deep gorges and narrow val leys, varied at times by interminable for ests of the eucalyptus. As the farms and settlements were left far behind and the country began to take on that wild and desolate aspect so characteristic of many portions of the Australian conti nent. Mrs. Allaire's eyes gradually filled with that deep earnest look which had been peculiar to then for many years. She was about to put forth tliestrength of her wonderful will power for the last time. If she failed now, it would be necessary to bow to the decrees of heaven and givo over a search which, while it had until now commanded the admiration of the world, would, if pushed any further, be in the judgment of her fellow creatures either the wild whim of an eccentric mind or the fool ish purpose of a disordered intellect. I From the windows of her railway "ar- ' riage the captain's wife, with that calm certainty and placid satisfaction of ono journeying to meet a beloved relative returning from a distant voyage, whiled away the long hours by examin ing the strange land through which she was being transported at almost light ning speed. This was that Australia which had been so justly called the "Land of Par adoxes," the center of which was one vast basin below the ocean level, whose streams bursting up through the sandy plains were gradually absorbed before Peaching the sea—a land in which the air, like the soil, is lacking in humidity, in which the strangest of earthly an imals are found, and in which savage tribes, pure nomads, furnish types of the lowest degree of human intelligence. Away to the north and to the west stretched those interminable deserts of Alexandra Land and western Australia, the very center of which the expedition was intended to pierce in search of the Aole survivor of the wreck of the Dread naught. What would there be to guide these intrepid searchers when once the outer line of hamlet and isolated ranch had been passed and nothing remained but the vague indications obtained at Harry Shelton's death-bed? In her in terview with the governor general Mrs. Allaire had been called upon to answer this supposition, to wit: How was it pos sible that Capt. John, during the nine long years that he had been held a pris oner by these savages, had never found an opportunity to make his escape? ; Mrs. Allaire's answer had been specific | and to the point. According to the testimony of Shelton, during all this long term of years, but one single oppor tunity of escape had presented itself to the captain and his mate —an oppor tunity which Allaire had not been able to take advantage of. As to the other i argument that it was not the custom of savages to respect the lives of their j prisoners, the fact remained that they : had done so, as testified to by Harry j Shelton, as his return alive irrefutably . proved. Besides there was a case ex- j actly in point, the case of the explorer , and pathfinder, William Classen, who had now been missing for thirty-five years and who was still believed to be held a prisoner by one of the tribes of northern Australia. This was, in truth, exactly the case of Capt. John, since, outside of mere speculation, there was the positive declaration of Harry Shel ton. Other explorers, too, had failed to make their way back after once plung ing into the depths of these vast wilder nesses, but there was no proof that they had been slain by the savages. The train dashed past the smaller stations leaving the bow-shaped Lake Torrens on its left and coming in sight of the peaks of the Flinders range. The weather was warm—the same tem perature that is met with during March in countries of the northern hemisphere traversed by the thirtieth parallel, such as Algiers, Mexico, or Cochin China. There was a threat of rain in the at mosphere, even of one of those violent thunder-storms which the expedition would long for in vain when once it had entered upou the plains of the interior. Under such circumstances was it that the train bearing Mrs. Allaire steamed into Farina Town, the terminal station of the road, at three o'clock in the afternoon. Zach French and his men were waiting at the station, and as Molly stepped from her compartment they lifted their caps into the air and sent up a hearty cheer. The shaggy brows of the honest old sailor were knit together upon first catching sight of Godfrey by Molly's side, but when he saw the transformation which had taken place in the sailor lad and noted his intelligent and gallant bearing as he swung his rifle across his shoulder and aided Mrs. Allaire to alight upon the platform, his heart shed its wrin kles and he grasped the lad cordially by the hand, welcoming him as one of the band of searchers. But how great was his joy at finding himself again in the presence of his loved mistress. For twelve days, twelve long days, he had not seen Capt. John's wife. Such a thing had not happened to him since the last return of the Molly's Hope to San Diego. Molly herself was de lighted to meet her faithful friend and servitor again, whose devotion to her bordered upon a veneration, and she pressed his hand warmly and rewarded him by a smile as sweet as it was pro nounced and long continued. Zach could hardly believe his eyes. It was Hhe first smile he had seen on that beautiful face since she stepped on board the steam launch years ago. He was almost startled by it Was it a good or bad omen? Had the captain'B wife slipped from that lofty standard of solemn and religious devotion to the great task of her life? And immediately his thoughts reverted to the handsome lad standing by side, and his shaggy brows drew darkly together again and his bronzed face took on a look of almost wrath. Was not his noble mistress weakening under this sailor boy's Influence? Would she not, after a few hundred miles had been put behind them, become soft hearted, irritable and despondent, like any ordinary woman, and fret over and complain of the hardships of the journey across these arid plains? lie feared so, he greatly feared so, und turned away, lest the captain's wife might read these misgivings in liis countenance. Tom Marks anil Z*ch French had dir.' 'heir r, r!: v.cll. Eroryt'iicg was in readiness for the start. Molly was ileeply touched when, upon making a personal examination of the long line of pack wagons, her eyes rested upon a seaman's chest, bearing upon one end the words. "Capt. John Allaire." She turned with parted lips and tearful eyes inquiringly toward Zach. "An outfit for Capt. John," said Zach, in a low tone of voice. Molly could make no reply, but she reached out and took the sailor's hard, rough hand tenderly within hers. "Mrs. Allaire." said Marks, "so long as we follow the government roads the country will furnish us with all the forage we need for our cattle, but when we enter the wilderness it will be neces sary to abandon our horses and oxen and replace them by pack and saddle camels; these we have already sent on ahead. The wells in these vast arid tracts are often days apart and it would be impossible for us to make our way from one station to another except by the use of camels." "I have complete confidence in your skill and experience as a path-finder. Col. Marks." replied Molly '1 under stand that we are to exchange our horses and oxen for a camel train at Alice Springs station." "Precisely, madam." answered Marks, "and the moment you have suflQciently recovered from the fatigue of your long railway ride, you may give tis the slf»- nal to break away, for everything is in readiness, even to the motto painted upon our pack wagons —'No Step Back ward. '" A faint smile spread over Molly's face as she bent her shapely head in ac knowledgement of this thoughtful bit of sentiment. "Move at once, then. Col. Marks," she cried out, cheerily; "if too late to day, let it be at sunrise to-morrow." Tom Marks bowed in acquiescence, and springing lightly on his horse rode away to give the necessary orders. Farina Town was one of those vil lages which spring up mushroom-like in a single night along the route of an Australian or American railway, and in a few short months arrogate to them selves all the dignity of a city a century old. The cunning of the surveyor and land agent is visible from the very start, and the incongruous legend "City lots for sale" makes its appearance the day after the town is located- Nothing is left to chance or individual taste for settlement, but streets, boulevards and Bquares are laid out with a geometrical ami mathematical regularity which, as th«. town is built up. gives it a monot ony that is as depressing as it is valu able, commercially speaking. The v. hole population of Farina Town as sembled at sunrise on the following day to witness the departure of the brave lady and her band of intrepid search ers. About one half of the men were white, the others being half breeds or semi-civilized natives, well acquainted with the language, customs and habits of the wild people who were supposed to hold Capt. John a close prisoner. The progress of the expedition was, on account of the thick forests and the rugged nature of the country, • neces sarily slow. The whites were well mounted, the negroes followed on foot. From Farina Town to Alice Springs station it was a goad three hundred and fifty miles, and several weeks were spent in covering this distance. Hut, al though the advance was slow, the mem bers of the expedition, thanks to the ad mirable precautions which had been taken by Col. Tom Marks, continued in the best of health and spirits. Karly and late in her saddle, sharing the fa tigues of the march without a murmur, cheering and inspiring everyone by licr indomitable courage and inexhaustible confidence in her own ability to accom plish the mighty work which she had set herself, Molly hovered around and about the little band like an angel of light and sweetness, like a guiding spirit deputed by Heaven to sustain, direct and preserve. Next to her it was Godfrey who knew how to work himself into the rugged but honest hearts of the members of t he band. The skill with which he rode, the accuracy of his aim as a rifleman, and the readiness and ease with which he took to his life in the Australian bush were soon all powerful enough to chase away the last frown from Zach French's face. "A wonderful resemblance," he mut tered to himself. "If I had not buried little Walt myself, I'd believe that lad was Capt. John's own boy." But if Godfrey's success iu making friends with the white members of the expedition was such as to carry joy to Molly's heart, she, as well as Col. Marks and Zach, was astounded at the devotion shown to the lad by the half breeds and Indian guides. To them this wonderful boy was a constant source of surprise and delight. Ilis courage, his surprising strength and agility, his horsemanship, his marks manship, his kindness and gentleness charmed and fascinated them. The daintiest tidbits of game and the ripest fruits were laid at the door of Godfrey's tent. And, to add still further to the long list of the boy's accomplishments, it was discovered that since he had been in service on the Australian coast he had picked up quite a voe-abulary of the native dialects, so that he now had ex perienced no difficulty in understanding the jargon spoken by the native guides. It might not be out of place to state here that this was far from being the first camel train that had been sent out Into the Australian wilderness. It was in 1888 that Mr. Elder imported from India a large number of camels, togeth er with their Afghan drivers. These animals have done well in Australia, and beyond all doubt it was due to tho fact that Col. Warburton made use of these ships of the desert that ho was enabled to ace-cmplish his daring ride from Alice Springs station to Rock bourne, Nichol Bay ou the coast of De- Witt Land If David Lindsay, at a later date, suc ceeded in crossing tho continent from north to south with the aid of pack horses only, it was because be kept close to the government roads and tele graph lines and did not risk himself in the wilderness which would have been powerless to sustain the life of his train. The expedition reached Alice Springs station in good form. Here a halt was made in order to transfer the baggage aud supplies to the backs of the pack camels. Col. Marks took this occasion to make a most searching examination of each member of his band, in order to weed out uny who showed signs of breaking elown. A week was thus con sumed, when, at a command from Mol ly, the camel train moved slowly aud silently out Into the sandy wastes of tho Great Victoria desert. As Molly, from her lofty scat on one of the ships of the desert, cast her eyes over this apparently limitless waste, Jjer heart Bank within hcrfor a VU'I moment as she asked herself the ques»- tion: Am 1 not warring against Heav en? "Am I not rebelling against the will of God in thus penetrating this awful solitude in search for a human life which only a miracle could have kept from destruction? Are not my at tempts as foolhardy as they are pre sumptuous?" Godfrey made answer to these doubts and misgivings, for at that moment his clear, ringing voice reached her ear, carrying balm and comfort to her anxious heart- She hesitated no longer She turned an inquiring gaze toward the horizon of this vast oeraa of sand as she had often fixed her weary eyes upon the limitless expanse of the sea. hoping and praying that the white sails of the Dreadnaught might come slowly Into sight. Upon drawing near to the Mureh*- son and McDouall ranges the native ■coats made known to Col. Marks the appalling fact that they had already fallen in with stragglers of a native camp, fr->m whom they had learned that in H quarrel between one of the chiefs and his brother a white captive hnd been slain. CoL Marks dar. -1 not make known to Mrs. Allaire the dread ful news. True, there was a possibility that this white prisoner might not be Capt. John, but the name of the tril>e and the additional fact that it was ac customed to pay yearly visits to the northwestern coast gave the awful tid ings the stamp of likelihood. It was nearly two mouths before the camel train reached Tennant's Creek station. Several of the wells along the route had been found dry and the animals suf fered greatly, being barely able to drag themselves along at the last. Scarcely had the tents been pitched and the exhausted men thrown them selves upon the ground for long-needed sleep when one of the youngest of the native scouts crept stealthily past the guard and roused Godfrey. "Quick, little master," he whispered, "quick, bring gun. follow me, no talk!" It seems that in making choice of Godfrey the native had done so solely on account of the youth's extraordinary courage, agility and quickness of move ment, just as one might choose a certain dog or horse to attain a certain end. The child of the desert knew exactly what was needed. He had no faith in the grown members of the band. They might, in their supposed superior knowledge, stop to reason, rouse the band, raise a voice above a whisper or be too slow in advancing on their hands and knees. (iodfrey had not removed his pistol from his belt. Reaching for his rifle, he joined the scout and stole silently out of the camp. Once out of sight and hearing, the scout made known to God frey that a white captive had not been already put to death as at first reported, but that he had been delivered into the hands of the chief's brother, who, with several of the tribe, were to put him to death that morning before the rescue party should become aware of his pres ence so near at hand. It called for the greatest precaution on the part of Godfrey and the native scout in approaching the Indian camp. A single startled outcry of bird or beast we>uld be sure to warn the savages of the approach of an enemy. The last quarter of a mile it became neeos ary to advance by crawling through the tall grass. Although hampered by the weight of his rifle, Godfrey, by great exertion, succeeded in keeping up with the scout. The execution was to take place at sunrise. Already, as Godfrey and his companion threw themselves on their knees in order to reach the spot unseen by the savages, the first rays of the sun shot faintly upward like spectral spears. Godfrey caught his breath as his eyes fell upon the white prisoner seated on the ground and encircled by half a dozen of the savages each of whom grasped two spears in his hand. The i TejAlKyv; >ii, V UNITED AT LAST. man's face was hidden beneath a long growth of hair, which iu matted strips hung over his brow, while a grizzled beard tangled and wide reaching cov ered his entire breast. His form was pitifully emaciated, and it would seem to have been a needless precaution to pinion his arms, so near death's door was this captive*. As the first ray of sunlight waved like a sword of flame over the wilder ness, one of the savages rose from tho ground where he bad been squatting, and with a terrific yell raised his spear. But a rifle shot rang out clear and sharp, and the man fell backward like a log. The others sprang to their feet in the wildest terror, and, as Godfrey und the scout burst upon them with loud cries, mingled with pistol shots, they fled dismayed from the spot, think ing that the whole band of white men had suddenly fallen upon them. The white enptive was quicllly re leases! and tenderly stretched upon the ground. "Father! father!" cried Godfrey; "do you know mo, I'm Walter. Speak! Mother is here. She has come to take you home!" But the man had swooned and the lad's words were lost upon him. Not until Zach French had Cached the spot and had made hurried examination of tho white captive's features was tho glad truth know n that Capt. John Al laire. of the Dreadnaught, had been found at last! "Mother, mother!" cried Oodfrey. bursting into Molly's presence. "We have found t.'apt. John at last." "I knew we would! I knew we would!" exclaimed Molly, falling upon her knees and bowing her head in prayer. After a moment's pause, <lodfrey lifted her tenderly, saying: "Come, mother, let me lead you to him." "Yes, my son; yes, my beloved Wal ter." replied Molly, clasping the boy closely to her bosom, "and another lost one has come to life, tex», for look!" she cried, pointing to a cluster of gold brown curls lying upon the ground. "That hair was never cut from your head, my son It was somebody's else child that honest Za<-h and dear Mr. Uollister followed to the grave!" • •••••• Two years have passed. A magnifi cent villa stands in the neighborhood of l*ros|>ect cottage. It Is the home of ('apt. John Allaire and his family, of which Kate Barker is now a member. Charged with th« murder of Edward Manson, her husband tied to South America, where he died of yellow fever. The reader needs but to be told that tho black nurse whom little Walt had re membered was none other than the mulattress Nanny. The child hud been picked up by the owner of a tlshing smack which was crossing the bay at the time of the drowning accident. A large sum of money from Lew Barker hud caused the fisherman to consent to suppress this fact and to pass the child off as his own. While it was yet a question whether Mrs. Allaire would recover her reason, Nanny had made frequent visits to the child at the tlshier man's home. Upon Barker's flight from San Diego, Molly's recovery of her rea son aud establishment of the Walter home, tho man bail carried the child to tinn. rlnir"I'"* 1 '"* ~ old sailor, be Kiwi the r. ;hl k>.,k Cue home to care for his chiltL THE (.ID. TOO HUNGRY TO EAT. Tii. % of i r* a ( allfnrnb lelrl. That any en? should *tarv? in the midst of plenty is sail cn« .ugh, but trbea the sufferer is a string anil willing g".rU in a city tvhcrv <l< imrwtie help ia hard to get, the pity of it U in the won.i. r. Yet an.'h tva* the eTp. r*" nee a younjf woman the other «t:>" in "■ in I rar. -ivii. She actually faintetl on the -tre. t. and was well-nigh unto death K-f -r-e reviv ing at the hospital, and one phy»-. ...o says there is nothing whatever tfce matter with her but starra.inn. Sh« is but twenty-two year*c>lii and Vallcjo was her home. Her father is poor and she felt herself a burden at*h- :n.\ ■*» she went to Kan Francisco. tooU lit t e room temporarily and tried t • t'u.d work. Day after day she hunted, re ducing her rations as her m >m»y trrew less, living for several days on tea a-id an occasional s--rap of bread, tii'. at la-«t strength gave out and those i%h*> pv*k. ! her up on the street thought shin. a woman of forty, so rapioly 1 ui . « agetl. She thus describes her eace: "Well, the day 1 saw my last 6 . nt piece I stayed in all day. I tru . t. jo out and hunt for work, but Ijut < < .1 n.tdoit My feet felt so heavy ,:i: I was so dizzy 1 wa» afraid t !. f. r fear I d fall down. I h.vin't eat •• any thing since the night before, i t ev.-a my bread and tea. I deal before that, but that day I f- tie sick to cry. Toward night Igr 't at the stomach—oh. awfully si my hands and feet were like 1 •• afraid I would be very sick if 1 get something to eat. so I vs. at -.J'. to .. little restaurant near by. I was g ing to get a cup of tea there with m\ five cents. I sat down at the table ar? 1 <•> just going to order the t- a wh n .11 ;.t once I couldn't sit up any lon r» r.' She revived, got on to th - - ret Ja anil fainte-d. Two women i a;:i :<;> -> ><l said: "Oh, that's too bail." an i were very kind. '"Did they get you something to eat?" "No." "Did they offer you any money?" "No; the policeman brought ine to this place then."' "Do you begin to feel better since you came here?" "Oh, yes, I feel better, but I'm very weak. I can't eat anything. I don't seein to want to eat. People have been so good A young man I used to know nt home read about me in the paper*, and he came to see me this morning He said be thought there must be some mistake u hen he read abou'. it. but I told him the only mistake was that I thought I conld earn my living all al<>ne in this big city. He's going to let some of my Yallejo friends know where I am, and I guess I'll be all right now." Her girlish pride and spirit are broken. She did not even know enough of city ways to examine the "want col umns." It is such as she who suffer in big cities.—N. Y. Advertiser. A DUEL FOR BLOOD. A Younjf French Oflleer Who, One® In for It, Carried It to the Exit!. In a regiment stationed at Marseilles the captain of one of the troops, a -cord ing to tho New York Recorder, was a notorious bully. He took a special de light in torturing the youngest . f his lieutenants, a bright. laughte*r-loving lad, who was the delight of the regi ment —officers and men. One day after mess he grossly insulted the boy and folli>wed it up by calling him a li.tr and slapping his face. Tho lieutenant flushed and left the room, lie hail pre viously shown his courage at Algiers, and his comrades conld not understand why he should tolerate sneh continued insults. They followed him to his quarters and told him that if he not call ont his enemy he would have to tfo to Coventry. The young t fli e-r . ,t --plained that he had strong religions scruples about dueling and could nol conscientiously go out. Finally the colonel of the rejariajent sent him the alternative—either tight or leave the service. The boy then agreed, on condition that the tight should take plae-e with pistols and over a handkerchief. One of the weapons was to be loaded and the other unload ed. They were to be chosen by lot. The inen stood up, each holdimr the edge of a handkerchief. At the signal the captain pulled the trigger, when it was found that he held the unloaded pist< ■!. All eyes were now fixed upon the calm, resolute, fair-headed boy The spectators were confident that.as he held his adversary in his power, he would either discharge his pistol in the air or not shoot at all. But not so He took deliberate aiui and. placing the muz zle of his pistol us u ar tho other maris face as he could rsacb. blew his brains out. Then, leaning cirrr the prostrate form of his enemy, he dipped » hand kerchief in the blood and smeared the face with it Then with exultation he turned to those in the field and said "There! do you consider that I have wiped out the blow I received?" Me then strode from the ground and that evening sent tn hi* resignation Sinee that incident there has not lieen so much bullying or dueling in any reg iment of the French army Xollilni to He Dtatattailed Ahont. Mr. Whitewash —See yer; yo' sold me these year pants las' night fo' pluio color an' dey's green! Ilerr Jacob—Ach! I haf a petter head t'an you; 1 peen older! Don* you know dot plums is always gre« ti first? Wait until they gets ripe! - Truth. A Wonderful Traii«f'>rn>»llon. "I discharged my hired man xe*trr day, and the effect was wonderful." "How?" "lie came to me this morning, and Instead of asking for a day off. as he u&ually does, requested a day on." — Harper's lla.'.ar. Itettfr Appetite Tha i <;rr»min»r. Aunt Flintskin—l feel quite provoked to think that you and your mother were in town the other day au>l went to a restaurant instead of coming to our house to dinner. Why didn't you come? Little Nephew—We was hungry!— Boston Globe. Willing to Meet Itlm Half v.«jr. Doctor —Your symptoms indicate, fiir, that you spend too much time in eating and drinking. Old*Swi.;well —ls that the tr mble? Then I'll spend 4e s time hereafter In eating.—Chicago Tribune. Why XotT "What sort of a vessel is a lig'iter?" aak«'d Mrs. bunting of her bu-'c.n l. "I suppose it is a ship which carr*'» petroleum," replied Hunting, who is a vrell-informed man Truth. .larky'* Re*|ue»t. "Mamma," Jacky. whose little •ister was puling hLs hair, "I wisn you'd make May atop. Sbe'« behaving in a very untfentlemanly way. - Har per's Young People. The Prod. Kirby Stone —Do you write hen the inspiration strikes yon? Algernon SJ. llardup--No, uen my landlord strikes me. l'uck. One llt« »t It. "Ha! ha!" laughed .lack, as his pony switched its tail to and fro. ' >«• old Jlui dus tin' himself off." —1! ;u par's Young People. Nothing Low. Jimmy—Pa, what's kleptomania? Pa —It's a—ahem! an eccentricity of the rich, my son:—Truth. FEEDING LIVE STOCK. To seear* t'arl* Wotnrlty «wl IU t*»t TkrUt; It fat evident * w f —lll iir ■T~r« of !>U>ck tlx farmer who <e*-:a fur market anal realises a profit must du a Stood mint th.ngs, At the start. to Ue a successful feeder he most of nna» »itT be a good one. He most fret} from the start. To allow an animal to a&afce a »low growth an.t then when a iaf ficient development has Wen eacard in this way to feed it lor market wtU add to the ©oat to such an eateat ..at in many cases no profit will b« real ize.!. Stock anit be kept t K rif»r aad growing in order to «»rar» earh x» tarity The stock should mm far aa sible be ready for market*: a certaaa a»e —hogs at not over ten moot a, cattle at not over three iran. ta a majority of cases two and a half tm better One deckled 3!v mtatpr- In k»ep.ng stock thrifty is that a ortter advantage can be taken of the m .nr\ than in any »ther way Yet. at ta* imo time, in man? caaes it a a rrmjd plan to feed to a certain xa- a. oeag ready to -veil, however, whenever a rcaLy profitable pr-..w an be rca 1* A. The food supplied should a'wars oe selected to produce the resufts <i-"ured in the be-T manner powiM*. rbanngf or earring as may seem -y or brat t«» secure that end in the time an ! at the lowest rs: Kacb feeder mast in a great aw a* are determine the ration that he can m »t econ.micallv supply, aa with one 1 :na material- may be used that with i thera would prove too The feeding must t* i!cnj regularly. litoiailv \nd systematically, working to accomplish t 5 en I in new in an economical, boat iii 'ike manner But to all of this must he aided stock capable, under the treatment o-itlme*!. of prod acini? souie:hins» rather ahova the average. as it Is onlv br this plsa that the largest results are ;m Su 'it The farmer that gives his viae to t.Ote care of and supplies his fee l to a < a.s of stock that, when read, to market, will not. with the treatment given, be only of average quality. mu*t be will ing at present prices to a- .-ept small profits for his trouble. The careful feeder understands that the value of hia time and of hts feed la the same, whether they are fed to gond, thrifty stock, or scrnha, but even with scrubs much better results are if proper care is taken in doing thia work—Prairie Farmer. APPLYING MANURE. How to secure the neat Revolt* froaa Meadows an<i raatorea. During the latter part of the fall and early winter is one of the '*st seasons fur applying manure to £rasa lands. There are perhapa two advaotage* ta thii; one is that during the winter the rain and meiting show will aid materi ally to carry the soluble portions into the soil in a condition to be used by the growing plants, and the other is that the coarser or insolubla portions that remain on the surface will act aa a mulch and help materially to prevent injury by thawing and freezing It ,m often the case that both the meadows and pastures are cropped so cloae that the 1 hints are injured very aertataaly by the thawing and freezing One of the best plana of mannriag is by applying on the grass lands. Of course where this is done a rep-alar sys tem of rotation should be followed up At the .same time with good manage ment and proper manuring land may be kept in grass for several years with out a change With both meadows and paataras. fcy keeping'tbe soil rich a batter irrowth can be secured. aoJ this implies tto keeping of more stock and tha making of more manure. If manure ia applied early to irraaa. tk will wor< down on tbe soil an that It vrill not interfere with tto (frowth of tbe gTass tbe next spring. Ilowam. if applie 1 in large lumps some damage may ba done to the plants by smother ing them. By a little care In spread insr, *> that it will be scattered evenly oTcr the surface, th s may be aroMied. Of coor* care mu<t be taken not to haul out when the noil is soft M erable damage will he done In thia way. But there will be plenty of op portunity for hauling oat manors dar ing the winter onto the meadows m.d pastures, n hen no injury will be don* by manuring and the soil is in ;Too4 condition to derive the benefit from the application. The finer the man era, anil tlie more evenly it is »prea«t, the better will be the results secured— Jl J. Shepherd, in Farm. Field and Stock man. GOOD THING TO HAVE. An Eieellent Praia* for Taking rp ll»rtk»<l Wire. To take up barbed wire is a Boat dis agreeable doty that has to be done most farms where a temporary fen -e has been thrown around a crop for a yean or twa Those who have done it by winding it back on the spool by hand, hare torn and lacerated the la*- rou warns* Banco win*, ter, which hare been very sore for days, so that they detest the nam* of barbed wire. Bat it Is esey to btilil the simple frame work shown ia cat. and screw it through the sills. A. A, to the bottom of a milk cart which moet farmer* have, and put the spool on the crank. C, which lifts oat of the slot. K. then one man poshes the cart and an other turns the crank, and the talcing np of any amount of wire ia a pleasure and not a painful doty The upright pieces, B, It, are framed to lean ahead so that when the cart handles are raised for pushing the frame stands perpendicularly, and when at rest the weighted spools rest ahead of the cen ter so as not to upaet the cart—M U- C. Uardner, in Rural New Yorker having Money. Mr*. Bpmv)n-Sef, dear, what a lovely new frame for a bat and it coat me only 49 era la! Mr. Itronson —tiood enough. Mrs., BnMN —And MM YON *11 be glad to let me have tZS to trim it w'.tk won't you?— Chicago New* Record. Ut<l lb* OlsaMtwl Tklaf. "Why did Dawson !e*te Hawser. Ropes i Co. .- "He did not like the way they dUi things." "What did they do that he dldat like?" "1 Jounced Uim."-—J'uck. %!»•• UM < Maid - The atfent says thia trunk ta orer weight. Misa W imlie of i'hiea^a) —I tolii y>u not to put both shoes in one -rank. - Truth _________ rh« Hnl ml »mim "tUlitors never send my verses bark," said Uimer. proudly "You arfflcrMd to inclose rtixam, I •oppose," replied Miss Cawker. Life. Ilsr.l Is I nJjr«HoJ. "Wh»t t don t understand ibout a unary birr!."* said Wallie, "la how he whistles so well withoat packer n' !<** bill " -Harper's V-.unrf People A ll*ii(Ml*l rnlta|. "*I lik>- to eat corn on the e»h,~ ' Mamie It make* me feel as th•»»,»?» 1 was playing on a Ante llsiwr • v.».«« 1"... ... I yio. e LARGEST CI THE WORUV A SUr.Both SMieh UgU at Cuaantuaß Fxp**ttioo. tt «w a P»vw m» Ik lll.lW - 1-T- M« laa «-!■»■ Cmm mm «■■■ aa • rkar *««**. At the »vM'« aefeer ''fM the wraratiaSa In efcarga n»itf a •est ft th» searrh light. w!*»rh m tm ffl biniMf Jvtaxa park ana wg«t parts of the ear* h ad> -0103- The vaas Mi— trie fes finn Srd « Hw. high tower f the •rarwwtatkai bmfaWwg ft ta a w •nd.-r*u. tiuaf. this >i ial «ht *hsn n?s <-m he «een sixty alia* «e»j aad which -aa Uura— a aaa final MB to ja»wer of eir. that k« The 'i(M in the aagt st aa# Maafkt «ee la the wnrti It ww wade *w Sdm-krti i C&, 4 XtrrafeMf, flw maar. and it has Seen to ifek e> uctry by fiwf flrl W "**a Ti—Jtm ~ f-r. a mmfcaodcal an«J el—tinal «apn 1 He b«**cght the laarw "i#S*t *0 'has entmtwy e vpreaaly ft* *he wnefcTs lair and it will be >a e-*htS«Toa anri! af*er lict V -St. when it he Awt •nti! the opening at the Mr next HIT The light ia what la ha»>w« aa a ftar foot retWtior—that (a. the s f «1 aapn fviar gtaea. thn>agk shut Ur -aye maw in diameter The .Irraat power e* tto ■* I*.- w »r«ilaa. t I'.hiit any It:am* »-toiCT ~r With the big «!am. tto (mr* k to IM.M9.M* candle power The carN >os aa*d is tk* radtaamr an tw,*}ee '.tj'-ha* <a(w!'«irt»ii.)nrtff •r*si«.!e tto :>np am); wrth swn «p. rsyht pieces "f steal. TW lamp if—lf to oftntn! «*n t*>rtaf.'«T4(t*rßMtMßf after the maasw of a Yaaim gwe. 1% can be turned la any liiwtir»a awl -*aa be tilted so that tto my* will —nil straight op. TWi >n»mt ll#h« too uttv tow (a Chicago a ft»w lay*. II w*a mA) **pre«aly few •xHibttioa at ttr Mr ty the German Sna. Tto teat waaa grand a*..-ce«a. I'wtar the —arching my* «»ery portioa of the (Mr f*Mu»4a iihU h» aadtotiartlr «>'aa ia tht of Uw »aa. Tto Columbtoa «i—*n am cirr anf tto groaada rauld iaas»y Ha Ito •**-: u*d mi Uwr paeert the*r havfea. Whan the fall posrar of tto light waa tnrned a tto Htj of Chicago -o«ald to riesaad .liatinctl j. thnagb tba night wan aaythi. n* bat eb <mr. fhmi. Ttoib»a 4*f i (Vi .-uatma that as a parftwat.lT flw night Mu-hi«an Otr ain— tba laba, ww id ha parltotly rtoibto Be atoa claim* tba« <m strb a night tba rm front the lamp -oald ba sea* by parauaa NiwsPiPti txMtarr Publishers of tba Mf in n ipa;i>i < la <"hlrag*i haee bean tftoroaafag fbr war Uc - plana of ma nUMt ttor wilt malar at tba fair It to a* gnod aa settled aaa tV»t bH'.i a wwhif ami aa nrnaing paper will ba iawnf hi mm Maairy toi" r »*i ) (bv Tba paper* will to yttoM on prma* % wt In tba felr aa mWb» and it to pnaalbte tba* ttor aOl ba printed >n paper made ««tba aapnnMton immfa. Tbto »"*hih»t woafcl wabla parentis who hare ant ritaes—d tba to teresflng pimawof pr"dai in/ a great daily nc-tspnper to aaa e»arf ftofm i at tba work. ftwMM tba Maaftortan* ji papar to tba iWllnij af ttoHary «f Ito «mti at a day to eatorrtWm Tba afcirsiiwf pap»r at tba will to aa inti 11 atlag j araai m asaa 11 Jpi -ta. It to yenbabla thai tack ■** tha hiir mnnlar MWa wtp aUltotr or«- f*a«fk* to 11 Tbto pa#a wUI to mm axiw-t <!ip!i<-ata at tba <im>i'i »ia— nay •>f tha paei r that wattftato Ik. Earh papar wilt ami to Jartaa part noa of tbnar palp »>!.h kamra aa a .natrta. asd fr«*m tbto tba awtoi plataa wit! to eaat ami tba paprio rm "9 m fail r~w«f m I»I mil am. i*m nttor pafaa < t tbe papar <dßrlal aanunnn uiafcanil ba marie. JAPAN ESC ANT WCKWS. r*it»ia(< W Ma Wiaai. T'jfma and hia tail wrwtory.T—to. wb» rrprsaat tba Japaaaaa jaatia In ( iiWjjn. ittriulal a lustra# «f tba (laa art.t ■ <>ranutt*e raraatly Ti»lia BrTf - 'man airmail uaiaa* to toa aa ani -na rnaaat to maka ftna tba tohade of Japan. Ta«haa toM Htoaf law aarf tha art cvwuttaa tha* tto aittof at Janan woaU uato a ftaa ftoplar at paiotinra mmi •miptura work at tha Ira* to loob at tba littia Hallow a—raly Tha Jap narar wiaaad. tot rapaatad tto statnarat !♦ »orprtoad t hiaf faaa, tor Jaranra artianta baaa aaaar Wwawa tmf of *Hair paintiaoa at #raa« i ■ Tbatr dtoplaya hi tbto itoa ha»» alwaya baaa ha tha form of faetaetk torn tfcma. T«|ima «paak» ffayltofc wdL •*Wa are to «boa oa%to<« patot h(pi." ha aaid. "aod waat all tto ipa wa -an »at Ami «tatuarr atoa. aad maav llaa carriag*. all «a*y toaatSM, will ba hmaffbt oaar A iill aw will ba tha 4r*t to <a» them" T-gtma the* told the that Japanese artuta were now ready la ha gin *■--orating iMr of tit* art batlding. He said the royal arHata had mm - their designs and were aow pre pared to transfer them to the MMing St»>oe wall* do aot always maim* a prison for the roerfct Whil* K a gene Turpia. the invewtar oi wttaita, hae ba-n e. nfined for treason at, Rtampea. ia Fram-e. he haa invented a ballooa that can be truxied by the aeruaemt. Be ; has a'v devised a new fuse tor shells iitevpeaeiva hydrogen gaa for laflalaag j bal'.oas. Meantime T >biae T. Hudson. a prisoner ia the Maryland peartem ! tiarv. has invented an improved mm he* j %m it»-aa>ieM-ent «mp« ami -s ami ih»m< a nnmber of uiuqne eJoeha, j whn-h. the wardaa saya. seeps ha«r* i time than the espaoate* Fremth clash j la the priam. Mis lipp nils whoae c!o*h«»s m-ver fit 'hem. *» ma**"- how thev try. ami others with wha» it ! is natural to drees weU. TOlH»ilj T" that's s«x That ian lire me think <t a fr.omi of aaine .1 Wtaa I f think everytl rig •*#. bat -ska la "prt» mxj «kppi*iti* >.• r :»r >ier- <\>n»es rtntarat to Ua, tsar I ft. to dresa we!' * rmth. Me LmS IS* -I«m. | going hi' uaus* aerate.** said a little b«»y to th." ftww «a th»* | "So yon'rs» not Wlvsn I • ailed with the t>Ui vmr father sal he waa rfmag j W> st.i) aii winter"* Well, we mat. Mas throwtaff the asl. ami .re p>..gs down eeilar. ami l ca« eos la ■%. uesaevery tiase. rsaea | Stiuow »**•« Have Msvs raws Maad -llc vaa realty laipei—iy ia love with me \ r Hen ha p«vtpaae4 he | de< !rr-d th .t if I dtd aut marry Ua he wooki fumaut saictde. Marie— lluv perfcrtly Iweilfil' fci | do yon Mip«s* yosr aarryiif him efll realty save hira it*—J* T 9»raid VIM t.»i*iH r at r i ■Si ii msal. First I-B-'Ves — Y üßir Waa p. utieui Aso'rati as. I sen t ha? SHriwad Lawyer Why da vaa thftsh en? IVn Lawyer—l aoties ha «tU* aO the iMsrheepera by their first esare.— 4 >. T. Weakly.
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