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W. G. DOUTHETT. H. vV. F. GRAHAM
DOUTHETT+MRAHAM'S
NEW
CLOTHING
A!STD
Gent's Kurnishing
STOKE
WILL OPEN APR 11. Ist, —
AT
Corner of Main and Cunningham Sts.,
REIBER BUILDING.
Latest Styles, and all New Goods.
WE ARE STILL ON DECK. We have better facilities, larger
stock and lower prices than ever before. We broke the back
bone of high prices in Butler county several years ago, and have been
pounding it ever since. The result has been satisfactory to us,although
it took lots of nerve and hard work, but the people are with us and
by their support financially, and good words spoken, we have kept
manfully on in the same way we started out, having for our motto —
"Never misrepresent nor try to get rich off one customer;' so that
to-day everbody is our friend and customer. One purchase here
means a customer for life. + + X +
If you have not been here lately you should come and see us
now. t + + + + t +
Top Buggies, only - $45,001 And ever) thing belonging to a
Spring Wagons, only - 35 00 driving or team outfit at corres-
Buck Wagons, only - 30.00 pondingly low prices. No
Buggy Harness, only - 4.25 difference what you want to
Leather Work Harness,only 18.00 use about a horse or team come
Buggy Whips, only - 10 ! here for it. We have even reduc-
Harness Oil, per gallon 50 ;ed the price of Kramer wagons.
Sweat Pads, (collar) - 35 .We also have now a lot of the
Singletrees, only - 25 very finest buggies, wagons and
Team Collars, only - 75 , harness made in the world,
Buggy- Collars, only - 75 J which we sell at prices others
Curry Comb* -only lOjcharge you for common work.
11. Martincoui-t &, Co.,
128 East Jefferson Street, Butler, Penn'a.
PENN'A
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.
This oil can be secured at McCrea's Feed Store on E. Jefferson St.
List of Applications for License
The following applications (or distillers, wholesale, tavern, and restaurant licenses to sell
vinous, spintoin, malt or brewel liquors, or any adralxt lire tnereor at the several places
nated below are now (lied in the office of the Clera of quarter Sessions Court of Butler .•ountv
I*., and will he heard by the said Court on the ith Wednesday of March, tsw. belnjr tne 22d day
thereof, mad continuing from time to time until all applications snail have been heard.
DISTILLERS.
Names. Residence. Place for which application is made
George Bt*hl. Z henople. Butler Co., Pa. New Castle St.. Zellenoole Pa
A. Ouckenhlmer ft Bros., sth Ward Alleghnny Olty. Pa. Montrose. Buffalo twp., Butler Co., Pa
BREW FUS.
C. Baeuerllne Brewing Co.. Bennett. Allegheny Co.. Pa. N. W. corner of Main and North St.
Butler Borough,
WHOLESALE.
C. faeuerllne Brewing Co.. Bennett. Allegheny Co., Pa. N W. corner of .Ma n and North St..
John Key. Smith. No. 000 South Main St., Butler, Pa. 3d Ward. Huselton Block
IGeonre Belber. 110 N. Main St.. BuUer, Pa. No. 13s E. Jefferson St. 2d W BuUer pa
\Jaoob Befber. 12s Jefferson St., Butler. Pa. • . ' ra -
I M W " B H tter - Pa N0 " 122 East Wayne St.. 2d W. Butler, Pa.
TAVERN.
S* o "** Y;j£*3 pb,l L? d w " BuUer - P* (Wlllard Hotel) No 107 South Main St..2d W. Butler Pa.
Harmaa Let bold, No 2l« and 218 Main St.. Butler. (Vogeley Hotel) No. m, 21s and 218 Soutn
t JIW M W., Butler, Pa. No. 3M and .i»i South Ma'ln St.'. Butler.' Pa
Pnnk 8. niark. 2d •• 2d ward (Ulainon.i IJou-l)
{xuhn ? Browrf 011 M •• Cor. Main & Jefferson sts. (Lowry H.) "
Hnieon llicon. tth Ward. Butler. Pa. (Nlxons llione; nn Ward. Butler boroutrh Fa
quer ' Boro M Millsrstown, Butler Co. ra.. Slipper>r»ck St., MUlerstown
' " Cor. Main & Klt'annlng sts.
k - (J-ehrelb< r House)
Ksy!» t!&u. Harmony borough, Butler Co.. pa. (Beam Houst) llarmory borough. Pa.
ShSSLtIJSSf 67 3oro <«h of ZeUenople, BuUer Co, Pa. (Bastlan HouJ) ZeUenonte, o pi' 1 ' Pa "
OmnesStoaey •• <• (Stokev llouse) ••
M_ ler Boro.of Eransourg, " (Miller House) Evansburg, Pa.
uSSd C a &« Boro. 0, Petrolla, i-' P^lt.'^ 1 ' 11 -
§«/£?« mhurg. :: . <gSSDn»T>Petro,,a-Pa
r£vS. r i_ " (Laube House, Saxonburg. Pa.
Darki Stewart. Renfrew, Penn twp. •• (Benrrew House) i.eufrew Pa
Jenule Duprey, Earns City Boro. - (Duprey liouse) Earns City Pa.
RESTAURANT.
Joeeph Smith tth ward. Butler. Pa. No. 315 S. Main St. Butler Boro. Pa.
Clerk's Office. Much 1.18». JOSEPH CRiSWELL, Clerk q. S.
REDUCED! REDUCED!
Men's felt boots with good rubbers - - _ _ $1 75
Men's gum boots - - - _ -185
Men's buckle arctics - _
Men's gum shoes - - ~ 35
Ladies' gum shoes all numbers - - _ _
Misses' gum shoes spring heel 11 to 2 - - _ j g
All goods reduced, see our shoes for glass workers, buck-skin
will not leak or cut like black shoes try a pair only $1.5*0.
Every thing cheap at
ROBINS BROS.,
8. B. Comer of Diamond. ... _ Buder, P»
""'THE"BUTLER CITIZEN.
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! IB EATING SORES THAT -
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but which Iciflb d Li«- skill t!u~n ».l It at-HI
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Bg.lao brok u: or. . FKVERs
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} s=i with am cmt.'hm ?-r over t»*n year*,
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| SARSAPARTLLA |
» 1 g'lf Djri« n ' hhe lped ir fr m tlr«t. =z
SB I t'jok it fa:Uifu:.y, sna I ca.'i no j attend
■imy household duties and u alli m well|
ever.
j ■■ I«m ture that my i« aj r. art. miracle a»ji|
I ■4n>lh;ng that happen* it the prt-wnt -lay. wk
I I am very ■iijcerely Tour*.
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GrvTLEMrv • —W»- mclow U itimoßal of Mrs ==
j pgChrrrier, which i* a ttr nz of yourgg
gH %iltiabie compound. W«bchrve her ttcieiueot tojH
tg|v true in every respect.
gS We are very respeetfullv rourt, a
S DAVIS BROS. ■■
Haione, N- ¥. VVii£>ietaie Je Reuui Druggista.
_ Dana Sarsaparilia Co.. Belfast, M?ln«. H
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"I WAS CURED!"
Mb. Bali, was nil mwrr HAS to ptrEriiASE*
B DANA'S fN COBOEB. LIMTEN AS HE TELLS YOUS
■■the Rksult. ■
Sl)ana Sarsaparilla Co.:
■ GENTLFJf EK J— I have bf «n a ruff'-ri r from m
glfead aelie (he la«t ten >rar«. Lasts
SEfall I «aw in one of our local papers &u r.'lvfrrtif-=j
■prnrnt of your marine, aua tertimonkla of it«H
gwunderful eure*.
SB X d«eldrd to try one The fir-t |y>tt!eß&
■■grf-aty relieve nif, and by tho time I had token Hi
gtvoraore bottles I WAN tl KLI>. I can3s
B recommend
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R#*«pectfuiiy your*.
■ Waterford, X. Y. JLP.OME B.UJ. ■■
W The truth of Mr. Bali * ttatement i« certified toHK
■by MM« DLKMOTT, S
■■ Cohoec, N*. Y. Phanuaciit. |H
g§ Du« Sanaparllla Co,, Belfail, Maine. §p
FRANK KEMPER,
DEALER IX
BLANKETS,
HARNESS,
And everything in
horse and buggy fur
nishing g oods-H a. r -
ness, Collars, "Whips.
Dusters, Saddles, etc.
A-lso trunks and va
lises.
Repairing done on
short notice.
The largest assort
ment ol 5-A Horse
blankets in town will
be found at Kemner's.
DURE DRIES IT LOi
I PRICES is the motto at our
JL sto re.
If jou are sick nnd ne"d medicin»-
TOU want the BEST This you cat
always dep-nd upon gr-ttinir froni u*>
»h we Dot hint.' hut K'rietlv Pur-
Drugs in our Prescription Depart
men:. Yon can jf<-t the hest of everj
thiacr in the druj? line from un.
(Jur store is also headquarters f
PAINTS, OilS, VARNISHES.
Kalsomine, Alabastine k,
Get our prices before you bu*
Paints, and >-ee what we have ;<
offer. We can save you dollars 01
your paint bill
Respert fully
J. C. REDICK,
Main St.. next to Hotel Lowrv
BUTLtH, PA.
SEE These Prices on EVERGREENS.
lO.W Norway Sprue». lio« iu ii < s_■
1 out) Kir, 4 Ui H iu li.-s hluh, -i ~ io it
Arbor Vila' 8 *.» i.» lu ti-s i <j. km.
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FOREST TRhbS.r;:";;v^r
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I U Inch. We si.lfj H.Ood.n.Olu l"4ri W, n, -■
■«*ll tuli'p as many this your. <> i r uan U
1 otcntoclc'l Hlilial. •, ..ri !' > . .I-h;/,.-. If iru"
[ huil uruaiji.iinal in r iin-t i Irar mhih' .>t
tbem out. Si i.il fur I!h'>.
| EVERGREEN NURSERIES,
Every:e n, Wis.
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Garfield Teh
Corv-a.Si. lc Headmrri- Ut"-* T>Mr»uii>lezi'. r. Oortom'
bilia. Suaptotrw. vur i.. .a ■ .:ij st ,S.Y.
Cures Constipation
Adventures of Tad;
OR THE
HAPS AND MISHAPS OF A LOST SACHEL.
A Story for Youuk and Old.
OY i iiANK H. COXVERSI-
Arrnon 01 "Pepfsh aj>axs. -Blow* Oct
to Sea," -PArt. usaptov." Ftc.
[Copyrighted, !•>»», by D. Lothrop <t Co., and
Published by Sp*ci tl Arrangement.]
CHAPTER L
T was near the
lif close of a blnster
r ' n ° arc^l a - v - :itu^
fi-T'Mi the scats about the
I / * 3 If H* eytyider -t v.-
Z- / | in thi' walt !n g
!'* roo ni <'f the Bli >:: ■ I
Street station iu
SWf-' f the city of I'hila-
TAI >. detphia were in
great demand. One of them was occu
pied bv Tad Thorne, who, though he hrd
no business there, was enjoying the
warmth as ouly a small, fourteen-year
old boy can do. after being all day in
the eitv streets crving parlor matches
at three cents per box—"two for live."
Tad's enjoyment was tempered
by a little mental worry, as a
matter of course. Nobody is entirely
happy in this world, and as he warmed
himself Tad was obliged to keep a
watchful eye on the door of the porter's
room opposite. It was the duty of
that colored functionary to assist
tramps and vagrant boys from the
waiting-room, with scant ceremony.
"Last night lie said he'd bounce me if
lie caught mo here again," mused Tad,
advancing first one patched shoe and
then the other toward the stove, "hut
I shouldn't think the corporation would
grudge what little fire it takes to warm
me."
For a time Tad remained in undis
turbed ci lfort. So many persons
were constantly coming and going that
no one took particular notice of the
thinly-dressed,pale-faced lad who occa
sionally stretched his fingers caressing
ly toward the glowing coals.
"It's the first time I've been warm
clear through since last August—l
wish't I could hold heat like a hot brick
does," Tad soliloquized, as with an
involuntary shiver he thought of having
to start out in the chilly air again.
"Is there no other place where you
can go and warm yourself, besides a
waiting-room only intended for the-er
—patrons of the railroad?" asked a tall,
aristocratic - looking gentleman, with
iron-gray hair, and a very dignified
manner, who occupied the next seat to
the one in which Tad was sitting. Ho ;
spoke severely and frowned at Tad, as j
though the boy's presence annoyed
him.
If his address had been more kindly,
Tad's reply would have been more
respectful. As it was. Tad scowled a
little.
"There's places enough, I s'pose—
only they don't happen to 'low boys
who hasn't any business there, round
specially if they ain't dressed any bet
ter'll I am," he answered, sullenly,
glancing involuntarily down at himself
ns lie spoke. The. tall man muttered
something about "confounded nuis
ance," but made no further reply. And
as he rose, giving a nervous glance at
the cloek, Tad noticed that he wore a
lo:>g gray ulster, over a very nice suit
of clothes, while at oue side of the seat
In Imd vacated lay his traveling rug in
a shawl-strap, and a small alligator
skin -achel with nickel-plate mount
ings.
Tad was wondering within himself
whether he ever knew what it was to
be homeless, cold and hungry when ho
was a boy, when his meditations were
disturbed by the violent ringing of a
hand-bell, accompanied by the hoarse
voice of one of the railroad officials
calling out something, of which the
words "express" and "passengers"
were alone intelligible to Tad's ear.
This was followed by the usual frantic
rush toward the great swing doors
leading into the depot. The tall gen
tleman sprang nervously to his feet,
and. snatching up his traveling rug,
shot through the doorway as though he
had but five seconds in which to board
a train that did not start for ten min
utes, schedule time. "Hi, there!"
cried Tad after him, "you've left your
little sachet!'" but the gentleman was
beyond call. So, seizing the hand-bag
from the next seat. Tad elbowed his
way through the throng, into the depot,
in hot pursuit of him of the flowing
ul>ter.
Just inside the swing doors stood a
policeman of imposing presence. He
was a large fat man but extremely
zealous, and his professional instincts
were at once roused at the sight of a
shabbily-dressed boy dodging in and
out of the crowd, with a nickel-plated
alligator-skin sachei in his hand. Step
ping hastily forward he laid a heavy
hand on Tad's shoulder.
Now, after the manner of his kind,
Tad regarded all policemen as natural
foes to be feared —and, as far as possi
ble, avoided. So, no sooner did he
recognize the dreaded touch than, slip
ping eel-like from his would-be ca]>-
tor's grasp. Tad. with an inarticulate
or) of terror, dove directly under the
wheels of the nearest train.
The cars were at a stand-still, of
course, but had they been in motion, I
am not so sure but Tad would have
acted exactly the same, so great was
his fear of arrest. True, in theory,
conscious innocence is generally sup
posed to show a bold front, but unfor
tunately this is not always the case in
practice, particularly in an issue be
tween a big policeman and a small boy.
Tad emerged on the opposite side
of the track, with the encouraging cry
of •• Stop, thief" ringing in his ears,
just in time to confi >ut the blue
coated official, who, iu u>me inexplica
ble way, had reached the spot as quick
ly as himself.
" There he is!" shouted a young
man, whom Tad had noticed in the
waiting-room a I tie before, and, hesi
tating for a href second, the hunted
lad, who still clung to the cause of
his trouble, sprang upon the platform
of a parloi car attached to the waiting
train. Flinging open the door, he
darted in, meaning, if possible, to
pass through to the other end, where,
slipping off, he hoped to be able to
lose himself in the crowd.
Vain hope! As ho hurried Ijetween
llie ro'.vs of as yet unoccupied chairs,
the ratle of the conductor's key was
heanl in the rear door at which he was
hoping to escape, while the shuffle of
feet, and sound of voices, at the door
which he h:td entered, told Tad that ho
was fairly trapped.
Glancing despairingly aliont him.
Tad's quick eye discovered at least a
temporaty hiding-place. Dropping on
his knees, he crawled behind tho near
est of the revolving chairs, which, fort
unately for him, was the one next
the door of entrance. Concealed by its
arching back. Tad made himself as
email ;is possible in the angle formed
by th ■ end of the compartment and
side of the car, where he awaited the
rfstilt in for arid tretjjblijyj.
IVfTTLER, PA., FRIDAY. M ARCH 10,
1 He heard the sound of masculine
feet and the rustle of silkt-n skirts,
blended with a subdued murmur of
( voices as the parlor-car ljegan to fill
up. A rather stout lady, richly dressed,
paused beside the chair behind which
Tad was hidden.
"It is so warm here, John, I shall
not need to keep on my circular," she
said, in a somewhat languid tone. Tad
could not distinctly see the person thus
addressed, but by the way he threw
himself into the chair and immediately
nnfolded a newspaper, from behind
which he vouchsafed a brief grunt in
reply. Tad imagined him to be the lady's
husband.
Suspending her heavy, fur-lined cloak
from a hook at the compartment end.
the lady patted and pulled its long
. i.place behind the chair-back,
and for a moment Tad's heart almost
-.tupped Ix ating, a- her gloved fingers
once or twice actually gr:r/«l his hair.
But he remained undiscovered, and,
lietter still, the sheltering garment
helped to hide him more effectually
FOB A TIME TAD REMAINED IK f.VDIS-
Tt'KBED COMFORT.
than before, and, as its owner seated
herself with a little sigh of relief. Tad
chuckled gleefully as he heard the re
ceding tread of the big policeman, who,
after casting a comprehensive glance
about the car, was obliged to beat a
hasty retreat —because—
The cars were in motion! In his ex
citement the possibility of such a con
tingency had entirely escaped Tad's
mind. He was almost on the point of
scrambling to his feet and calling out
to the conductor to stop the train, but,
remembering the unpleasant results
which would probably follow* such a
procedure. Tad sank helplessly back
into his niche. He felt as though the
chances were that the conductor would
not believe his story, and he would
probably be given into custody— bag
and baggage—at the next station. So,
of two evils, he chose the one which
seemed the least, comforting himself
with the assurance that the train would
probably arrive at its destination very
soon, when he could slip off unob-"
served. The voice of Tad's lady—as
he mentally termed her—disturbed his
perplexed reverie.
" What time do we get in. John,
dear?" she asked, as she settled her
feet on the comfortable hassock.
From behind his paper "John, dear,"
was understood to mutter that, pro
vi«'"d tiif t-ain didn't run off the track
or over an embankment, they were due
about eight a. m. on the following
i :orning in the city of Boston !
" Boston, oh gimminy crickets! I
hare been and gone and done it now!"
gasped poor Tad, who in moments of
excitement was apt to use language
which at other times he rather prided
himself on avoiding, liie
mother used to dislike it so.' Tad had
a vague impression that Boston was a
sort of large country town in a far-off
region known as "down East." Fur
ther than this he knew not, except that
it was sometimes called the "Hub,"
and seemed to be a sort of headquar
ters for culture—whatever that was—
and baked beans. At least so he read
in the city papers.
But, in his small way. Tad was some
thing of a philosopher. He had not yet
learned that through seeming misfort
unes the great Fatherhood leads His
children iu just the way that proves
best in the end—this knowledge was to
come. All he could do was to keep
from useless fretting, and accept the
situation as coolly as possible. There
fore, settling down as comfortably as
he could. Tad gave himself up to hard
thinking, and, quite naturally, his mind
went backward as well as forward.
Tad's father had been a soldier in the
regular army; and when, a few months
before, the news had arrived that li&
was killed in a skirmish with the lu
dians on the frontier, his mother, never
very strong, had seemed to receive her
own death-blow. Shu grew paler and
thinner, till at length she had to give
up work, from lack of strength to run
her sewing-machine, which helped to
earn their daily bread. And finally,
when the end came, the sale of the
sewing-machine itself, together with
their scanty stock of furniture, barely
sulliced to pay the poor woman's burial
expenses. It is a common story enouglu
Hundreds of broken - hearted, over
worked, half-starved women all over the
land have lived and died after the same
fashion, and will till the millennium
comes. Yet this fact does not comfort
the orphans they leave behind them.
Certainly, it was no comfort to Tad,
who was nearly wild with grief at the
loss of the one being whom he had to
love in the wide world. Only for things
that his mother said to him before sh")
fell asleep, I fear Tad would have drift
ed into the ways of too many of our
city boys who, like him, are left home
less and friendless amid temptation and
sin. But the boy had good stuff in
him, and, best of all, he held his moth
er's memory and parting words as
something too sacred to be forgotten.
I do not claim that he was one of those
immaculate street lxn's common enough
in fiction, but, alas! so rare in fact By
no means. Truth compels me to slate
that Tad Thorne at the age of fourteen
was rather rude in speech, quick-tem
pered and the owner of a decidedly
obstinate disposition, which, however,
was readily affected by kindly words.
Yet, do you wonder at his faults? The
only wonder to myself is that Tad did
not become a really bad boy; for since
his mother's death he had, as one inay
sav, almost lived in the streets. For
Tad had no home. A friendly news
vender gave him lodgings under his
periodical counter in the city post--
office, in return for which Tad sold pa
pers or ran errands. And in odd mo
ments he had managed to keep soul
and body together by blacking boots,
peddling matches, carrying valises
holding horses, and a score of other de
vices known to the average street !x>v.
I have mentioned Tad's faults; now
let me tell you some of his better quali
ties. He washonest, clean-mouthed.and,
generally speaking. truthful, as well as
kind-hearted and generous to an ex
travagant degree. He had attended the
uight schools— attracted at first by
their warmth and comfort—win-re h«
learned to read creditably, spell fairly,
write legible and cipher understand
iuglv. But,with hi.i •uperiority in nirtnv
respects over the associates among
whom his lot of late had been thrown.
Tad, in thinking matters over, had to
foufvis that, iu u business point of 4
he had Wen any thing but a «n --
ce;>. Th<* truth is. Tad was not -harp
or utix-nipulous enoug-h to compete
n ith his frllows; but thii fact he did
not recognize.
*• I giiess I'm not one of the luokr
ones." he murmured, rather ruefully,
as he mentally reviewed his many
busines- failures, while the swift train,
which w:is bearing him away from the
scene of them all, to fivsh fields and
pastures new, went thundering on
through the darkness toward Boston.
Boston! As Tad's thoughts reverted
from the past, the name repeated itself
over in his mind. " Seems as though I
heard mother say once that I had an
Aunt Rhwia who lived in Boston, or
Bangor, or—anyway, it was a place
that began with B, somewhere 'down
East," " mused Tad. Not that he
hojx'd. expected or even desired to meet
this, the only relative he knew of in
the world. It was enough to remember
that she had never held communication
with Mrs. Thorne since her marriage to
some one whom her older sister Rhoda
did not like. And a slight offi-rcd to
his mother was in Tad's eyes an un
pardonable offense.
But so much thinking, together with
the warmth of the steam-beating pipes
at his back and the even, on-rushing
movement of the train, began to make
Tad drowsy. Peeping out of his hiding
place, he could see that many of the
passengers were disposing themselves
for uneasy slumber, and. judging by
certain sounds from the chair in front of
him. Tail's lady was already in dream
land. So, leaning his head liack against
the fur-lined cloak which had already
served him such a good turn, and.
being nsed to sleeping iu all sorts of
postures and places. Tad fell fast asleep
in no time. Rousing himself at inter
vals long enough to silently change his
cramped position. Tad passed the long
night in comparative comfort, until
with the dawn of morning ail began to
shake off their drowsiness, and to
struggle into more comfortable posi
tions, as they grumbled about not hav
ing slept a wink during the night.
Tad's lady was not exactly crn~-=. but
Tad noticed that she called her hus
band Mr. Mason, instead of "John,
dear." as on the evening before, when
she asked him how he had rested. And
he also noticed that Mr. Mason's voice
was rather sluirp as he replied that the
confounded chair had given him three
distinct kinks in his backbone, and
while economy was well enough in its
place, by George! another time he'd
have his own way, and take a section
in a "sleeper," as sure as his name
was John Mason!
"So, my lady is 'Mrs. John Mason,'"
Tad thought to himself, trying in his
imagination to picture her faee from
the sound of her voice, and failing en
tirely. But without well knowing why,
he resolved not to forget the name of
the lady who—as he mentally ex
pressed it—"belonged to the fur-lined
cloak." Other and less pleasant thoughts
began to obtrude themselves, as the
morning wore on. Now that he was
so near his destination. Tad's growing
anxiety as to his future movements
contrasted rather strongly with his
philosophy of the previous evening.
"I'll get something to eat, first of
all," finally decided Tad, resolving not
to lay any plans till this important duty
hat! been performed. He had a cash
capital of ten cents, together with two
boxes of matches as a balance of stock
in trade, so that he felt sure of a
breakfast —not a luxurious one, it is
true —but, like a stale bun, very filling
for the price.
Besides, there was the sachel—he
could readily raise something on it at
the pawnbroker's. " But that don't
seem to be doing the square thing by
the high-toned old party, after all,"
mused Tad, thoughtfully; "for even if
I don't ever run across him again—
which the needle-in-the-haystack busi
ness isn't a circumstance to the chances
of doing—the bag isn't mine, after all.
I wonder what's inside," he continued,
curiously, as he lifted it to his lap—"a
box of paper collars, and a tooth-brush,
oralotof thousan'-dollar bonds?" But
his newly-awakened curiosity remained
ungratified. The sachel was securely
locked, and its peculiarly-shaped key
was probably at that moment in the
lull gentleman's pocket, wherever the
individual himself might be.
" Must be something valu'ble in
there, else it would't lie fas'ned up so
close; and, if that's so, the owner 'll
advertise it. Anyway, I'll hang on to
it till I find out," was Tad's final de
cision. He would no more have
thought of forcing the lock to satisfy
curiosity than of breaking open a
money-drawer.
A general stir among the passengers,
together with certain fragments of con
versation which reached Tad's ear,
warned him that the end of his jour
ney was at hand. Mrs. John Mason
was among those who began getting
in readiness for departure. As, de
taching the cloak from the hook, she
withdrew its rich folds from behind
her chair, Tad lightly touched the soft
fur of the lining by way of a mute
farewell; after doing which he began
making his own preparations for leav
ing. That is, he buttoned his thread
bare jacket tightly about him, ran his
fingers through his mop of curly hair
and pulled a shabby cloth cap well
over his forehead. Then, with a fast
beating heart, Tad awaited the finale.
CHAPTER 11.
The end was not long in coming. As
the city clocks announced the hour of
eight a. m. the train slowly rumbled
into the depot, at the foot of Summer
street, and came to a full stop with the
customary jolt which bumps together
the passengers who stand expectant in
the aisle.
Then followed the usual rush for the
doors, during which Tad crept from his
hiding-place unnoticed in the general
confusion. Carrying the sachei in his
hand, he boldly elbowed his way
through the crowd, and, with a great
sigh of relief, found himself standing
TAD CREPT FROM HIS IIIDIKU PLACE.
on the platform unquestioned. As he
was on the point of turning away Tad
suddenly observed a young man whooi
he remembered having seen at the
Broad Street station on the previous
evening. A small bluinh scar above bis
right eyebrow had first attracted Tad's
attention, while the person in question
was standing by the stove, quite* near
his own seat. At the time. Tad had
vagtjely wyndered wh'tb'-r tfce man
|uii_rtit 1., t have (wen a «<>W»«*r, like hi«
own father. and. perhaj>-. been
■ wounded by a bullet in the »an.»- !>»ulc.
••Ye%«r" thought T.vl. cl"i«dy eye
ing the Mranjrer. who. in turn. wa»
7 sharply <crutinizing th< -e who wen*
• leaving the car-, as though watching
" for some fellow pain tiger, ••that's th«
* same identical chap, aad. what'*
more," he added, with growing mter
e>t, "1 believe he'» the very f.-llow who
1 hollered "There he is!" when I popped
out from under the cars. I rememb«r
J him by his gold-mounted teeth, too!"
; For this young man. who w.-re a sort
lof chronic «mile. as thongh pleased
1 with his own thoughts, made a fre
r j quent display of some artistic dentist's
' j handiwork. But the ctirri nt uf Tad's
1 thoughts took a suddenly unenpected
e turn.
1 •* .Sure enough." he ra Tittered, audi
bly. in answer to an inward suggestion:
" it's the iikelie-t thin£ in the world.
why didn't I think of it before?"
Acting upon a hasty impulse. Tad
approached the object of his conje. ture.
and touched his elbow. "Say. mister."
he eagerly asked, as the young man
started violently, "you hain't i-m
nothing of a tall party in an ulster coat
down to his heels, carrying a blanket
done up iu a shawl-strap, anvwhere's
aboard this train, have you?" A cu
rious look of interest—l had almost
said exultation—flatbed across the
stranger's face as hi* -harp gray e\- s.
which were set curiously near together,
seemed to take in Tad. iii- -hubby
clothes and the small sachei. at one
comprehensive glancw.
"What do you want te know that
for?" wa- the re.-pou»«' givt-n in a
I pleasant voice.
j " No's to see \\ bet her you kn iW"d or
5 I not." guardedly answered Tad. who.
f for some reason not plain to himself.
1 had already repented hi- impulsive
) question of the moment before. Th
» stranger was well die--nl and well ap
pearing. but Tad's contact with the
- "seamy side" of life had made him
rather distrustful of men and their
t motives, and with his answer he began
■ to edge away from his new aequaint
, a nee. Tet so far from seeming offend*
i ed at Tad's not overpolite reply, the
I young man smiled more agreeably
5 than ever.
s "See here, my good lad." he said,
s genially, "that little bag in your hand
I looks considerably like one that the
s party you were asking me about—who,
"SEE HEBE. MY GOOD LAD," SAID MR.
JONES.
by the way, is a particular friend of
mine left on the setti-e at the
Broad Street station, Philadelphia,
in his hurry to catch this very
train that we have both returned
to Boston in, anil you." patting
Tad pleasantly on the shoulder, "are
the honest I>oy that I law pick it up
and run after the owner to return it
to him. But how happens it that you
have not found Mr. Richards —my
friend's name—you must have come
on with us, and so"—
Here Mr. Jones stopped abruptly,
and began staring very hard at the
few remaining passengers who were
running the gauntlet of a throng of
penncd-tip hackmen, vociferating'iu
different keys.
"Why. confound It!" he exclaimed,
"here I've been standing talking, and
let Richards march off lip-town with
his head so full of business that he's
forgotten I'm anywhere in existence!
But it's all right"—he went on. thrust
ing his hand into an inside pocket as
he spoke—"for when Richards tele
graphed back from Jersey City to the
Broad Street station, he offered ten
dollars for the return of the papers.
So, if I give you the money and take
the bag, it'll Ih> just the same, besides
saving you a long walk up-town. eh?"
But Tad cheerfully replied that he
didn't mind the walk, particularly as
ho wanted to see what the town was
like. "Boston's quite a little place,
after all," he patronizingly remarked,
with a glance at the busy street*.
Mr. Jones warmly commended Tad's
resolution, as well as the slight touch
of caution which it implied.
"1 see that you've cut your eye
teeth, my boy," lie said, with an aj»-
proving smile, "and it's always well to
be on one's guard, while there is so
much dishonesty in the world. On the
whole," continued Mr. Jones, after an
instant's reflection, "your plan is l>est,
so suppose we have breakfast together
at a restaurant first of all, and then I'll
take you up to the office where Rich
ards is."
"All right," returned Tad. briefly,
with more particular reference to the
certainties of something to eat, what
ever other uncertainties might be in
store for him. And. secretly. Tad felt
quite able to take care of himself,
even though every thing wan not all
right—which he had no particularly
well-defined reasons for doubting.
As they walked aioug together j
through the busy thoroughfares Mr. i
Jones chatted agreeably of the men and ■
things encountered on the way. He '
hoped Tail would not get cold through !
the sudden change of climate, a- the raw i
easterly wind swept sharply round the
corners of the irregular streets, and he
even offirred to carry the sachei fur him.
so that Tad might keep his hands warm
by putting them in his pockets. But
Tail replied: Oh, no—he didn't mind
the wind; he guessed he could stand it j
as well as other fellows could that went
round the "Hub."
Mr. Jones, with his j>erpetual smile, j
said something about a "capital ptiu,'
and led the way into a large eating
house, where, at the lunch-counter.
Tad ipeedily liegau discussing a break- (
fast which was proportioned to hi- ap- j
petite- thanks to Mr. who hiiu-
I self seemed to do ample ju.-tice to the j
coffee, cakes, beef-teak and fried p«if i- |
toes which he had ordered fur both j
| But, hungry though he was. Tad did
! not forget to occasionally glance f
j the corner of hi* eye at the little sache!
j on th« counter, nearhis plate. He had
| fully decided not to let it go out of hi-.
; keeping for one moment, until it wa-. ;
! returned to the proper owner.
Curiously enoujph. Mr. Jones, who j
sat next him, occasionally glanced in
the same direction from the corner < f
his eye. Though, after all. this was
not so surprising on the part of tin
partner of Richards, the ab-ent-mind
ed. He was probably thinking of the
law-papers contained iu the sachet.
Ail at once. Tad, with his uioutb fuil .
,of J>ytter.-U roll, lotdfcal "p. utjfral j
ncianati»n. ami. dtpfMng (pm
stool, burrinl toward the ikeu.
through which Mr »h hod
thrown down hi* rhwk«, toff 'her with
j a siher it-liar, *» fc« want b> line cash
i«-r'» desk was f H - h»-ad seat
Wol as it in de«q. thnnjlii, ami in tus
, kaud aa* tbr ill'jrator-sktn «acWu
(TO mm 00XT1.%1 is.)
POET CARPET-CLEANER.
The AißhMt fnsasts •«« Rnalt of fNM mt
TnayMa'a fbiu.
The pott Tuojvm hail fa is little i»l»
hap*. ju>t as teas £ift«i mortal* do.
One afternoon. says th< Youth* Com
panion. he r»llnl on some fn. r.<i»,
learned that they were n«>t at fa an#,
and derided to leave a note Tbe h< .nw
maid took him to the draw ing-r«v>m.
and (rare him pen. ink am? paper
When siting hi* name to his polite
little miwiTf. Tennys»m. by a j» rk of
the elbow. overturned the ink bottle;
and (rreat wa.» his dismay at seeing a
large pool of ink spreading rapidly over
hi* friend's new white Persian carpet of
matchless beauty. Horror-struck, he
rang the belL l"p ran the arrant
"Do please help me."' cried the pet
It happened that the mtikmaa had
jnst left a can of frothing milk at the
door, ami the intelligent houaeamid re
membered in the nick of time that new
milk. if thrown over wet .nk. would
remove all traces of the C. -spoiling fluid
Accordingly she overturn.*d the Jug
upon the large black pool, and with
house flannel and cloths set about rub
bing and scrubbing at the stain.
Itown went Tennyson <>n hi» hantl*
and knees. rubbing an«i «■-rubbing with
his little helpnu-et. His agony of mind
leat his old friend should knock at the
door and suddenly appear on the <««cne
of disaster he often described in later
day*, declaring that it "reached the in
finite.*" But with such a good will did
this strange couple Work together that
every trace of ink was removed
"Here U a five-shilling piece, my good
girl." cri.il fhc poet. "an<l • .<*l blew
youT"
With that he seized his hat and made
for the door S m«* week* lat-r :»n in
vitation to dine with his old friends
reacheti Tennyson. He went: and the
carpet was in no way allu.ied to on
either side.
ICE TEA.
A Triu Wwua'i First Attempt at Waft
ing the Dfilrlnu Beverage.
There is a certain good woman, the
wife of a prominent lawyer of Texas,
who has nevtr live*! out of the county
in which she nu bom. Her hu-band
attended court at the different town* of
the state, and his wife listened to his
experiences with wonder and surprise.
The Saturday <la»tte gives this story:
He never grew tired of extolling the
virtue* of "a big glass of iced tea when
a man is warm and tired:* and when a
new railroad line was laid out to his na
tive town his first commission was for
a quantity of ice.
The wife was neither surprised n-wr
displeased to have a well-filled ice-chcst.
and on the morning after the arrival of
the ice the lawyer requested her to have
Iced tea for supper.
ft was an extremely warm day. and
when he took his seat at the table he
was hot, tired and thirsty.
What was his surprise to see, instead
of the refreshing, amber beverage of
his soul's desire, the same old steaming
Brown Betty teapot, and the cups and
saucers of former day*.
• Where is the iced tea. Mary"- he
asked.
"There 'tis," she answered, laying her
forefinger on the hissing lid of Brown
Bettjr: "and if vou can tell any differ
ence betwixt it and plain well water
tea. you're smarter than I be."
She had boiled tbe ice.
•HI.I striatic* About Tkamiar.
Thunderstorms are more frequent in
Java than in any other part of the
world, there being an average of 97
days in each year upon which they oc
cur. Next to Java comes >imatra.
which never has less than 8* "thunder
days" per year. Then come* Hindoo
atan with 'A, Borneo with 94, the Afri
can Gold Coast with 52. and the region
around Rio «lc Janeir-". Brazil, with 51.
The European list is headed by Italy,
with 38 thunder day* out of the 36,5. on
an average. Austria ha.* IV, Baa ten.
Wurtemburg and Hnaffer? each aver
age 22; Silesia. Bavaria and Belgium
have at; Holland and Saxony.
Franco. Austria and South Uusnia. !*;
Great Britain ami Switzerland only 7.
At Cairo, Kgypt an-' in North Russia
and in Sweden and Norway t ie average,
is only 4 per year. In Finland and East
Turkestai thunderstorm* are wholly
unknown. __________
\ rlioaa Jatpar.
The jasperized wood of Arizona has
become well known by reason of the
many cabinet specimens, paper weights
and decorative slab* of it that are -«ent
to the eastern cities, but this is by no
means the only petrified forest in this
country. In the Hindoo district of the
Yellowstone many stumps of trees are
found converted to stone, sou.e of them
showing knots, grain of the wood, and
bark as plainly as the living tree, and
the pebbly beaches of the Yellowstone
river are strew n with tons of fragments
of fossil wood. In the dreary desert of
the l>akoU Bad Lands leaf irnpre*sions
are frequently found in the hardened
clay, and at Little Missouri, at the point
toaown as the Burn lag Mountain, where
a coal seam has been on fire since no
body knows when, there are half a
dozen tree trunks a tout thirty feet long.
This is remarkable on account of the
almost total lack of tree life in this
region at present.
Tha Watting Flaw* at l aatrta
There is a mourners' corner tn uw of
the cloakrooms of tbe national house of
representatives and another in the sen
ate cloakroom, where the disappointed
and disgruntled congregate to express
their dissatisfaction with the existing
Order of thing* There, it is averred,
statesmen gather to sit with the corpses
of their dead hopes and MobitloM. and
each place is known locally as a ohaaa
ber of sighs. A joke or a good story ia
never heard there.
Tlm tl.»wa •* AaOrtt Egypt-
There is every evidence to prove that
the ancient Egyptian women were
highly regarded and that a kind of
higher education prevailed among
them They transacted businesa, be
queathed property and acted a* regenta.
Some one has remarked that they mm*
have been gcwxl home-makers, for the
portraits and -.tatuea of Egyptian men
represent them with a happy, good
natured expression.
*i..t miffankalf.
She took mi aaada la sheltered aooAa
Sbe took st flowers, camlr tweha.
Gluves. scything I "-arsd to ma*—
Site took mj rival ia U» <a>L
«TAKS3NH A *Mt*K TO Kl*"
]! s
i. . . ' - Lif». «
MAKING HOTMM
II In a* ttmm a nmm "w*m Masa WTtmM WBm
f I* Talthf ItaaS
It ia »>t ail easy task to be always
«t:e, e*af,s m aaakiaff h<>t beds, especial
ly If they are to be tnaale earTy is the
season, f prefer for this *>n—-a»
nnre from h gh.r-fe-t tmeses, aad II
shou! ! be kept lader shelter a«rt not
allowml to fmeaa It «li»*s<4 atao m
fresh and a>«»rats|T mmaet.
ia cook-.air hotbeds early m tha sea
son, plcn'r of aaoar* shooM bo aatd
say a larer at ieaat M inebee tleop
it t i,»r -agbly with abo— me
fourth tf lz* balk of Utter, tarh tm tor
est "eaves or straw, ft should ha saod
erately aod ewnly packed aact
t.-amt-d all oov the bed. s» that it wilt
• he level an i hyat evenly ail Uringli
Leave the bed well covered aod peo
teeted for a fete da**. *n mm if It hea**
pr >perly.
In tbe n»eaa«;n»e. select ia tha woods
a riek lotar spot of groaod. ami bom
on it. to kit! the wea»l ■manio. a gtsnd
siaed bmshheap. Mis thia sod aao
ashes aad spread it \n ia even layer
six inches dawn over the hod Thae sod
shunld be loose and ioaasy. aad foil of
decking vegetable matter, so that it
will uoC bake or beeotae soUd It wiH
also heat more qolrkiy. aod oo« be so
apt to got too hot. It is much iesa io
boe to b«rn the soil aad kill the weed
■eeda than t..>poll the weeds afterward,
and treated ta that way tbe bed win
atwavs be -ieao. Tbts is especially
■ a>iviaukl>ie if the bed ia to be sowo with
, oaksn seeds, and the sa-edliac* to bo
; tnu.-plantcl
1 sowed quite a larg* bed with eoioo
see»i* 'a*t season. A boat half wan
drilled in. aad the rest was sown heoad
cast, a* evenly, ail over t>e bed tad
lighttv eovercil with c.ean sod. ! Sod
that by sowing the seed broodrwt 1
can grow many more plants oo the
same spoce. aad that they wtU ne aa
g>»»l, or better, thaa if sown to row*.
They are usaaliy straightar. more
stocky and better most Ow can
sow almoet jast the right aaaoaot of
see.l and not have it too thtek. aa. ly
ing on the surface, it ia plaiaty vasabte
1 can see no advaatase whatever m
sowing any kind of seed to drills tf the
soti has been freed front wed eje ka
the manner described tf tha seed
however, ia to bo sowo no sail Aral
a rnivuOßT an I ll.
with weed-«ee»ls, by all aaaaao tow m
io drills. s.» that the and eon bo ath-m'
Glaaa to the beat cover for a bathe-,
bot if it is tboogbt too eipeasivo. tfc
next beat and cbeopeat cover It ear
thin mnslia. heavy maalia shodea t%-
bed toe much. Of oarse. the bad s>.
neerl further protectkio from froat mi •
heavy ratios.
Hotbcde dry oat q aiekly. » «p«ita'
If the covering ia raiaed or taken a:.
The soil should be keot qnite asors
and when it t«eeome* dry *hoald ■-
ceire a thorough water sag. Sot k
than half a gallon of water, applied
a fine «pray, shook! be naad to ev>-
square foot of surface, it ia a g
plaa to bank the fraiae oa tha eati>
with earth, and beep the aafl par
solid ag-uast it oo the 'asxia. *
will sake the bed. snog aod tight,
prever.t it from drytng oat too rapt
The cover shoe Id ho taken off sooe
days before the seeilioga are trc
plant.* i in open groaod. io inlag
harden them.—& S Mead, ia Aw
ieao Garde aiag.
DWARF FRUIT TREES.
Wkra ri ay rty GfOM TTfcev Sn> r--»M
•a raree Team.
As a rale thoae looking towoc* a
permanent orchard do oot rare ••
plant dwarf trees whether poor or ao>
pie. because sock trees awt lata perm *
acnt thaa standards. Some are le»i •
plant them by the taking name dwa
wtuch tcads, them to thiah thr re
ia lew room required for them Tb> -
ia m oae way. bot net io aoa*lN-r
Dwarfs are low braorhed and occo
all the ground that their limha over
spread, while the standard, bewir
trimmed ap several feet, prrmila «•••
use of the soil under it. The ch»> •
gain ia dwarf* us tn the jetting at the
fruit early. Ia the case of the afflm. ■
for instance <o a atandard tree thr»
is disappointment if fruit he 'ookod tor
under eight or tea years. Uo the othe-.-
haod a dwarf, when grailed am the
Paradise stock, will boor m two •»
three years. Thia given one a
to get some fruit, while *atHnf tar
tbe standards to come in. Thia stock
dwarfs apples so much that they rat
be planted foor feet apart, which
would be found to be far enough aytr
f,«r them for many years. Borers, are
exceedingly trotiMesome to dwarf
trees, aad agood ioohing after most be
given them twice a year. PrortJcO!
Farmer.
Sat Twta kr Llw faMs
for planting along permanent liawa of
Btnce. as perpetual support Dor it ram Is
of wire, hardly fits tn with the ilssura
Uve ulea After tun;, year* they amy
yield sirup and even sugar, to tadno
trtous and sktUfui handa. kmt sweets
reach us ftrom so maoy sonrces me aa
to promise to he en am one of oor chsap
est suppiie* Moreover, maple mote
ran shallow and far aod rah the aoH:
aod the wood ta rarely of moch value
If Uve poata are aeatted. ant arena,
which atl make deep roota, or kiifiiinQh
which ia valaahle wood and wferieh at
its growth favors rather thnn njarw*
grass, are recomaßendabka Ail ie»k
well, both in summer >af dii'aaa and at
winter outline. —3l %. Trihnna
fhnrU'.a Why will yon ant slope with
me. darting**
Ellen t would, deorvst. bot that
ons Mrs. Nuwed I gave a t«o »toiler
cake diah t>> when she *aemarried owea
me a wedding present and Tm aait j/t»
iog to let her jet off ao easy • 'TMemfa
Nesrs Keeoed
Jwt tha *'■ ■ "
"Weil. barter, heen 'jiaouiii 11 at
school lately**" ashed his. mat
-Oh. no. aua am,"" replied «*arSeir ""the
tencher sends a noto to papa, and he at
tends to it at hnn» " - Harper's T-.-aag
Pn-ple
Brwle - Ihmnlf' hrr arms a beat, the
htldtgl I ■ ■*-'■ - are mtf pets
oner for life"
Gii'.ii.nm—lt'sno* unprtaanaaont far Jttr
set's Magi inna
A Wrase Wise; Ona
"I hoodie more "etters in o day the.
yon do." sab! a man to .me of far 4
| Slam's poetal employe*
1 "Indeed, who' post -«ee do rm eot
i.s
--" Don't w.rk ut a p»ot #o at o»>.
rat type-'otter."*—Trath.
»*•* <4# #'ll 1.
"1 sow fam toiuag wtth vooaff ritmm
mm Just now."'
NO.M