VOL. XXX. ; pR. HoxsiE s CERTAIN ! * • * *. CROUP The smallest child can v " take this remedy without 011 DfT any bad effects. It doe* MBk I IIKp not contain opinm in aay UUIIbi farm. [ GUARANTEED ALWAYS BEADY POB USE j ! TO CURE Hoxsie C. C. C. Co. OR MOHEV REFUNDED. BUFFALO, N. Y. | | II ,11 n——tt———————MUHlt W G. DOUTHETT. H. W. F. GRAHAM DODTHETT+S+GRAHAM'S NEW CLOTHING AND Gent's Furnishing ©TORE WILL OPEN APRIL Ist, A.T 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 ♦ X If you have not been here lately you should come and see us now. t t t t t + + Top Buggies, only - $45,001 And everything belonging to a Spring Wagons, only 35-®® I 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 lO ' here for it. We have even rcduc- Harness Oil, per gallon 50 «ed the price of Kramer wagons. Sweat Pads, (collar) 35 i a ls° 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 which we sell at prices others Curry Combs, only - IOJ charge you for common work. i £l. B. Martincourt & Co., 128 East Jefferson Street, Butler, I'enn'a. JPEISJS 9 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 Corao,>olis, Pa., near P. & L. E. R. R. This oil can be secured at McCrea's Feed Store on E. Jefferson St. I■I■„-M J 1 . ' . f List of Applications for License. The following application* for dimmer*. wholesale. tavern, anil restaurant licenses to sell vinous sp'rltou* m-»U or br*we I llj'mr-i. or any admixture thereof »t lt»»s miveral nine** d>-Mir oa'etl Wo» are now nied In tlie office of the filer* of Quarter fvwiloox Court of Hutli-r <-ounty Pa., and will be board by tbe »ld Court on the 4tli Wednesday of Maicli. Ima beinir the ad time until all application* Khali have been heard. DISTILLS BfL Nsmes. Kcsldencc. Five for which application In made George Htahl. Z 'ltenople. Butler 00.. Pa. New Castle St., Zetlenople. |-a A. Ooekeahlmtr ft Broa.. Sth Wart Alleghnny City. Pa. M mlro*. HuITU» twp.. Butler Co., l' H BKKWFKS. C. Baeuerllne Brewing Co.. Heiineu. All«*h«ny <».. Pa. S W. corner of Main and North st Butler lloroUKh. WHOLESALE. C. Bssosrtlne Brewing Co., Bennett. Allegheny Co.. Pa. N. W. Corner of Main andXorth Ht.. John Met). Smith, No. (00 South Main St.. Butler, Pa. M Ward. Uoselton Block {»«SBST- No * K - w. K: £ 1 M w - B®tler, Pa. No. 122 and vtt Kant Wayne St., 2d W. Butler Pa I V* W» MCCret, " TAVERN. S* 01 ** T^SSS PO "!i 3d W - BuUct Pa (Wlllard Hotel) No 107 South Main St ..2d W. Ittuler Pa Hermma Lei bold" No. 218 and at* Main St.. Butler. (Vogeley lloien No. *i 1.2 l« and tin sJuin irJnfV XSS*- -S W " Bal Pa - No «uil Mr. South Malt! ht.. Butler.' Pa mn».''Jar*. M •• 2d ward oroii/ H'»>. Groom of the ffll-tnotrn -GROOSTS I'IIA it* CY." IJS> Congress Ar.. Troy, _V. 1 GEVTLEHKN —I have been troubled with LIVES conrt.Aivr. «O**TIPA TION and OTHfEPSLI for a ioa;? time. I emplove-l the best Doctor! in tbe citv; they tol always depend upon getting from us. as we ose nothing but strictly Pur Drujjs in our Prescription Depart meni. You can get the bent of every thing in the drug line from ns. Uur store is also headquarters fo* PAINTS OILS, VARNISHES Kalsomine, Alabastine k Get onr prices before you bo* Paints, and fee what we have «> offer. We can save you dollars ou your paint bill. Respectfollv J. C. REDICK, Main St., next to Hotel Lowr> BUTLEK, t*A. Here We Are Right To Tht Front Witb Spot Cash Prices. We have some overcoats left am have made prices on them that will move them soon. We do not wish to carry over a garment of heavy goods and if low prices will clear them out we hhali do il, so before buying clothing or fiirninhings for men or boys inspect the goodx >»nd rock bottom spot cash prices at The Racket Store, 120 S. Main St., Butler, P». L. c. WICK OK4LKK Ijr, Hough and Worked lumta OF ALL K ll* DM Doors, Sash, Blinds, Moulding Shingles and Lath £ Always In Stock. LIME, HAIR AND PLASTEh Office oppoHite P. sold N.lwo.i«o 111 IM/J. We tiiHKi vll t«k:r AH ninny thin t»ur nurnery i overstock I'll with all varl tl<-K anil Blzi'n • f fruit ami ornauiuntal trt-iM. W« rnunt 01. ir noine o them out. Send for price Hats. EVERGREEN NURSERIES, Evergiofcn, wis. WANTED. Agenlit tn «-ll our choice anil llarly Nursery Stock. We Imve many itpecial lioth in fruit* and (•rnninuntal* to offer, which are ooutrollvil only by uj. W'e pay com in if R ion or Halary. Write ue me back my sachel!" Mr. Jones started, stared very hard at Tad. as though he were trying to remember where he had seen him be fore. and then looked at the sachel in his hand. "Well. I declare!" he ex claimed. in seeming: surprise, "I must hare taken this up in a fit of attrac tion and walked out, without thinking cf you at all. my lad." Tad shrugged his shoulder-. "I want mv sachel," he -aid. stoutly, as a little knot of people began to gather. '• Your sachel," repeated Mr. Jones, with a shadowy sneer; "come, now, that's too" "At yonr old games again, are yon, Edwards?" interrupted a quietly au thoritative voice. Its owner was a ■mall,thin-faeedman, in citizen'-dress, who. stepping forward as he spoke, gently touched Mr. Jones 1 shoulder, to that gentleman's visible discomfiture. "Is this yours, boy?" continued the speaker, addressing Tad and touching the sachel with the tip of a small whale bone cane. Tad nodded eagerly. Strictly speak ing, it was not his, but, for obvious reasons. Tad forbore further explanat ions. "Hand it over," said the small man, briefly, to Mr. Jones, who complied so promptly as greatly to astonish Tad, and then, obedient to a gesture from him of the cane, the fraudulent Jones vani-hed with considerable celerity round the nearest corner, while the 6mall man walked quietly away. "That's City-Detective Blossom—he's been in our place lots of times." Tad heard n telegraph messenger-boy in form another, in awe-struck tones, and. after admiringly watching the email man out of sight, the two scam pered off together. "Strikes me that my friend Jones won't get hold of this same little bag as easy as he thought for," chuckled Tad, unconscious that the gentleman in question, with his hat pulled down over his forehead like the villain in a play, was watching his movements from a neighboring door-way. But whither should Tad turn his foot steps? Cp-town or down-town, or stop a minute! The sachel must eotw tain something of more than ordinary value—a fact which the fraudulent Jones had in some way discovered, else why was he BO anxious to get posses sion of it? "Chaps like him don't take tbe chances on an empty bag," soliloquized Tad, with a wise shake of the head, "and, accordin' to my way of thinking, somebody'll be offering a reward for thi» bit of property before long." Which reasoning resulted in Tad's investing half his stock of ready cash in the purchase of three daily papers, in whose columns he hoped to find pos sible mention made of the lost saeheL The purchase itself decided the direc tion of his steps. He knew that along most city wharves were sheltered ami sunny spots, where he could sit down and glance over his papers undis turbed by officious policemen. Having been duly directed by a ■harp-voiced newsboy. Tad began mak ing his way wharf ward, through a nar row and not particularly inviting street, known as Lewis Lane. The theory of cause and effect was visible on every hand, in the shape of flourish ing liquor-shops and miserable tene ments. Shabbily-dressed men lounged on every corner, filling the air with oaths and tobacco-smoke, while shrill voiced women gossiped in the door ways and swarms of dirty children pad dled in I In; gutters. "Come, now—you give us that purp!" said a threatening voice, and Tad looked suddenly round. Avery ragged boy, whose hair was cut close to his bullet head, stood confronting a neatly dressed girl, rather younger than him self, who, from her appearance, was evidently a stranger in the neighbor hood. "Av yc don't hand 'im over, we'll take 'im away from yez in less'n two shakes," chimed in a Hibernian voice, whose owner was a red-haired youth of fourteen summers or thereabouts. In his dirty fingers was a string from which dangled an empty oyster-can, destined, as Tad at once saw, as an attachment to the tail of a small and decidedly dirty dog which the girl was hugging tightly against her whito npron, very much to its detriment. The young and unprotected female compressed her lips, and, looking quite defiantly at her opponents, deigned no reply to their amiable intimations. But Tad thought that she also glanced at him rather anxiously, as though fearing he might array himself on the side of the foe. "Sure, I w'udn't be afeared of a gurrl. Bob," scornfully insinuated the red-headed, in an undertone, and, thus stimulated. Bob took a step forward, but Tad was too quick for him. "Look here!'' exclaimed Tad, feel ing his IIWKI tingling clear to his fin ger-tips *he placed himself directly in front of Bob, the short-haired—"you just leave that girl alone, will you?" And, tucking his sachel under one arm. Tad threw himself into an attitude l>oth offensive and defensive, which was cal culated to strike terror to the heart of the enemy. "Wasn't a-touehin' of her—was I, Mickey Dolan?" returned Bob, stej>- ping back in evident alarm. "1 w ill. though, if she don't give me my purp!" fco added, with a threatening shake of the bead, encouraged at the wight of bis friend, who, after carefully turning back bis tattered shirt-cuffs, was rapid ly revolving a pair of red lists with a view of paralyzing the bold intruder by his own display of science. "I don't care," undauntedly replied the small female, speaking for the first time; "it's not your dog, and I won't give him up there, now!" And 1 re gret to say that Miss l'olly Flagg fur ther emphasized her declaration by stamping a small foot on the pavement with considerable force. "Don't worry, miss!" said Tad, reas suringly. "They won't dare lay a fin ger on you- or the dog, either—while I'm here; and there's a policeman just coming round the corner, too," the lat ter information intended for the ears of the two warlike youths, having uu im- UiViiate effect. MivJfcty thrust iu* BTTTLER. PA., FRIDAY. MARCH 17, "LOOK HERE!" SAID TAD. h..la Lis pocket*, and walked away, whistling "Mulligan Guards." while with a parting scowl, quite equally divided between the girl, the dog and Tad himself, ran hastily across the street, and disappeared up the near est allov. "Which wny might you be going, miss?" asked Tad, with great polite ness, as Miss Tolly Flagg, looking ex tremely relieved, made preparations for departure by cudilling the -mali dog securely in her arms. "Down to Commercial wharf, where our vessel lies, was the unhesitating answer. "My father is Captain Jethrc Flagg, and I'm Folly Flagg," contin ued &li?s Polly, vaguely conscious thai some eort of iutrouiicti"n xvas the proper thing, under all the circum stances. "My name is Tad—l mean Thaddeni —Thorne, and I'm from Philadelphia," said Tad, wishing that his jacket was less threadbare and his shoes wen whole, as he glanced at the simple but neat dress of his companion. who« faco was completely overshadowed bj a deep calico sun-bonnet shaped lik« the tilt of a market wagon. "Oh!" returned Polly, and then, in stead of speaking of the weather, oi asking Tad how he liked Boston. Pollj plunged headlong into a personal ex planation: "Tho cook wasn't well this morning," she began, "so I had to gc to market, for father was up-town. Anc while I was hurrying back throngl Lewis Lane, because it was nearer those horrid boys chased the poor littl« dog that hat! got lost, and he ran tc me fo pitiful," said Polly, bending ovei the small animal in her arms until il was completely eclipsed by the sun bonnet, "that I caught him up, and said they shouldn't have him. Thee you came along, and—l'm ever sc much obliged." The abrupt wind-up, though a little incoherent, was perfectly satisfactory to Tad. "He'll be a nice little dog after he'f washed," Tad remarked, patting th< pup to cover his embarrassment, foi Tad wasn't used to thanks, particularly from girls. "I guess he's a Newfound land," he continued, with a knowing glance at the animal's ears and paws, "and they're first-class water-dogs, you know." Polly nodded, and, after a short pause, looked curiously at the hand sc ? trr.reling eachel in Tad's hand. "I'ou don't belong to any of those vessels?" she asked, inquiringly. For they had crossed busy Commercial street, and were walking along the platform on the water front, where the pedestrian looks down upon the bewil dering maze of masts, spars and cord age belonging to tho coasting and fish ing craXt huddled lu. thsi fuurin between the two wharves. "No," replied Tad, in a low voice. He could not tell her that bo belonged to nothing — to no one, as he mentally expressed it It would make him seem llko a sort of vagrant, youthful tramp. Nor did he — to Polly'a secret disap pointment—account for his possession of the handsome little traveling sachel, with its silver mountings, at which Polly had cast admiring glances. "I hope he came by it honestly," thought Polly, and then was ashamed of tho ungenerous self-suggestion. Yet, I am afraid it lingered uncon sciously in her mind, for she had in the flush of her gratitude decided she would ask Tad to tako dinner with herself nnd Captain Flagg, on board tho "Mary J." But as they reached the end of Com mercial wharf, whero tho "Mary J." was moored, Polly hesitated a little. "You can come aboard, if you like," she said; but Tad, who noticed her al most imperceptible change of manner without being able to account for it, shook his head. "Oh, no, miss; I don't look fit," he replied, with a glance at his shabby clothes and patched shoes, that was pa thetic. "I come down here," he con tinued, simply, "because there wasn't any other place where I could set down and look over tho papers—good-morn ing, miss," nnd before Polly could re ply Tad was gone. CHAPTER rv. Just astern of the "Mary J." a largo iron steamer was discharging her cargo of cotton bales, a dozen or more of which were tiered up one upon an other, at I he verge of the wharf. Looking about him to make sure that he was unobserved, Tad scram bled up the back side of the tier, and, crawling nimbly over the top, dropped into a narrow niche between two of tho bales, where, well sheltered from tho wind, and warmed by the sun, he found that without being seen he could look directly down upon the "Mary J.'s" deck. Polly Flagg bail thrown aside her ugly bead-gear, and, using tho end of the half-bouse for a wash-bench, was vigorously scrubbing the Hinall dog, who feebly protested, in a bucket of warm water furnished by the cook —a diminutive colored man with very round shoulders, and wooly locks plen tifully powdered with gray. "There, little dog," said Polly, as she rubbed tho whimpering pup with a bit of an old sail-cloth, "you were nev er so clean in your lifo before. Now, George Washington" addre- ing the colored individual "take him and lay him in tho gitlley, by tho fire, till he's dry." " 'Pears though be orter be c'nslder ably refrigerated by his absolution, Miss Polly," returned Washington, with a convulsive giggle, as, receiving the small bundle, he hurried buck to the galley, which was a sort of large "cubby-house," midway between the two masts, whero the cooking was done. Meanw bile, Polly unpinned ber dress, whieh she had carefully turned up in front during the washing, pulled down her sleeves antl, without resuming the big sun-bonnet, walked to the rail, where slit; stood looking up the wharf In an expectant attitude. "She isn't exae'ly stylish-lookln'," said Tad, viewing Miss Polly critically, from his point of observation, "but she's got a gootllsh kind of a face." No—Polly was not stylish-looking. Her cheeks were as rosy and round as a Baldwin apple, nnd her small nose not innocent of frt ckles. Then, tin), her mouth was rather large, though one forgot its size iu tho kindliuess of hei tmjlc, moreover, a vcrj perfect =et of small, even, wkite t«eth. Polly h.id a pair of pleasant dark eyei that, wh-i she was A bit excited, looked almost black, and »ho was al-o the pos sessor of what the novelists call "a wealth'* of bronze-tinted chestnut hair, with a natural crinkle in It, which nc amonnt of art could have imitate*!. Bnt Polly briefly summed up ber own per- sonal appearance in one terse sentence j "red hair, freckles and a snub-nose:" nnd no amount of reasoning could con vince her she trns not undeniably plain, or—as she unhesitatingly affirmed — "awful homdy." "I don't believe it's polite to stare al ladies, even if they can't see yon." sud denly thought Tad. And vaguely won dering at his own newly-awakened sense of propriety. Tad settled back in his cozy nook and, pulling out his thrv« papers, began runningover the "Lost" columns, but his search was in vain. Watches had been lost, diamond* stolen, gold-hea'Wed canes taken by mis. take and pet poodles lured from theii homes—for the recovery of each and all of which rewards were offered, with the suggestive "no questions asked." as ac extra inducement for their return. But there was no reference in any ol the papers to "a small alligator-skio sachel. with nickel mountings, left bj mistake ia the waiting-room of the Broad Street depot," or words to that effect; and Tad began to wonder what he had best do next. He couM not ad vertise under the head of "Found." for five cents was all the money Tad had in the world; so, finally, he was forced to the conclusion that all he could do was—to use his own unspoken thought —"to hang on a spell longer." It was much harder to decide what he should do with himself. The bag had some one to look out for it. but there was no one to look out for Tad. And, for the first time in his short life. Tad felt a feeling of something like homesickness creep over him. A familiar voice on the wharf, close to the pile of cotton bales, aroused Tad very suddenly from his reverie. ••It's that Jones!" he excitedly ex claimed, though under his breath, as be peered down at the speaker. It was Indeed that ingenious gentleman, as, lifting his hat with winning politeness, be had accosted Miss Polly, who was evidently impressed at such a display of courtesy. "May I ask. miss," said Jones, call ing up his most agreeable smile, "whether you have seen a shabby-look ing boy, carrying a small alligator-skin sachel, anywhere in this vicinity trith in half an hour?" "Why, yes—he was down here awhile igo, but I guess he's gone up-ttwn igain," replied Polly, wondering what the stranger wanted of the boy who railed himself Tad Thorne. Mr. Jones looked sadly disappointed it Polly's unswer. while Tad, winking Ht himself, chuckled 6ilently. What Vlr. Jones might have said is uncer tain, for just then a third party hove in light—to use a nautical phrase—who. Tad felt by a .sort of instinct, must be Captain Jethro Flagg. Ho was a tre mendously stout man, with iron-gray hair and a rim of white whiskers which made a sort of halo about his fat, weather-beaten face. The blue shirt, pea-jacket, canvas trowsers, oil-skin hat and heavy sea-boots which he woro left no doubt as to the nature of his sailing. "Now, then, Lphr'm,' said Captain Flngg, in a voice like a trumpet with a bad cold, itr*. turuinj£ about, he zul dressed a long-legged youth who brought up the rear with a heavy basket, "heave ahead lively with them stores, my hearty, or you won't fetch the schooner till dinner-time." Thus admonished, Ephraim muttered some thing Inaudible, ami, reaching the edge of the wharf in a breathless condition, set the basket down with a bang, while the Captain greeted Miss Polly with a jovial wink. •'Haven't got to put back for nothing this time, Polly," lis triumphantly an nounced, unmindful of the presence of Mr. Jones, whose abstracted gaze was seemingly directed at the little pennant which floated from the schooner's to|>- mast head. "Tin? stores is all in the basket, the new jib is coming down this afternoon, and I've got my freight money along of my clearance papers all right iu here," holding up a flat, japanned tin case as bespoke. For, be ing very absent-minded, though con stantly ruminating iu bis great respon sibility its master of tho coasting schooner "Mary J.," Captain Jethro Flagg usually forgot some part of his up-town errands, and was invariably sent back therefor by practical Polly, as u sort of atonement for his sius of omission. Polly nodded approvingly at her father's assertion, while Tad, as an un observed but interested on-looker, ind uced that, at tho mention of freiglit monev, Mr. Jones' eye fell from the topmnst head to tbe japanned tin case In Captain Flagg's Lund, anil briefly rested thereon. Suddenly producing n note-book from his pocket he began writing on a blank leaf, occasionally glancing thoughtfully tit the "Mary J.," as though noting down a brief descrip tion of her build and rig, to the evident uneasiness of Captain FTagp, who r> - garded Mr. .Jones and his littlo lx>ok with ill-concealed suspicion. "Beg pardon. Captain," said thu lat ter, looking up with easy familiarity, as Ephraim and George Washington succeeded by their united efforts in get ting the stores saMy on boant. "but I'm a Globe reporter. Any thing ex tr'ord'nary or unusual last voyage that would make us an item, «■!»?"' He held his head a little one side as he spoke, and tapped his teeth with tin end of his pencil in such a business-lik< manner that the Captain's face cleared at once. " Ext raord'nary!" thoughtfully re peated Captain Klagg, leaning uj against a cotton bale, and inviting hi companion by a nod to do the same, "well, lemme overhaul the log a bit, an' see. rollv," elevating his voice for the benefit of hi. daughter, who wat regarding tho representative of tin press with admiring awe, "what night was ft we lost Sam overboard, whilst w> was hove to oft Thatcher's Islan'F" "A week ago last Thursday," promptly returned Polly, with a shad« of sadness in her tone. "Ah, Indeed!" returned Mr. Jones' interestedly, ns ho Jotted something down in tho uote-book, and continued to write as he talked. "Ileavy gale, I , jiresumc. and man fell frum aloft, reef ing the a main t'gallant snils?" Regarding tho speaker for a brief mo ment in pitying sileuce. Captain 1 lag}; j proceeded to enlighten his ignorance. "Only s'gal l'us'ls," he explained, "and the 'Mar} J.,' beiii' a fore-an-after, has no need o' seeh. Sam," solemnly continued i tho Captain, laying his stumpy fore finger ou Mr. Jones arm. to command his undivided attention, "Saiu was n black pig—the cuimin'est. kiiowin'« -.t why, what's that?" ho exclaimed, suddenly breaking off in his culogium I <*»» k)i m Ujo ci a •upDressed giggle was heard to j>rr> ceed from directly overhead. his eyes upward as he thus spoke, and catcklng a glimpse of Tad'* mirthful face peering oTer the top of the eott«>a bales. Captain Flagg's lingers in» nsi bly relaxed their bold upon th* japanne«l tin case coatauang bis pap* r and money. This was the moment for which Mr. Jones had been watching! Whipping the tin case fr .n» the Captain's unre sisting grasp, he dodged round the pilt of cotton bales before Captain Jethro could say "Jack Robinson" or Folly ra> cover her breath to scream. Now, despite his sudden, ill-timed tmnh. Tad had been sharply watching the movements of the erratic Mr. Jones, whose purpose he had dimly suspected from the first moment of his pretended interview. And, as he snatched the case. Tad. scrambling from his hiding place with inconceivable rapidity, slid lown on the back side of the cotton bales, just in time to confront the escap ing Jones. Unil fee the average boy-hero of fic tion, Tad did not throw himself bodily |^j|| TAD THREW HIMSELF O* ALL r«">r*S. upon the would-be robber, regardless of personal safety, etc. But. instead, resorting to a device not unknown to playful youth in moments of extreme lilaritv, he threw himself on all f* ur« directly in frout of the flying feet of the fraudulent felon! Uttering > wild who<»p of dismay, Mr. Jones j ihinged with outstretched arms aver Tad's prostrate liody and struck the wharf with such startling sudden ness that the tin case fiew from his lingers and wm immediately seized by Pad, who had scrambled to his feet in a twinkling, though only a second or two sooner than the active Jones him self. who, taking to his heels with the ■peed poetically attributed to the startled fawn, was quickly lost to sight among the surrounding drays and ex press-wagons. Without his hat, »nd in a very bewil dered frame of mind. Captain Jethro Flagg rolled heavily around the corner of the pile of cotton bale*. Following him at suitable intervals came breath less Polly, astonished (1. Washington Johnson and the remainder ot the "Mary J's" crew, including the chief mate —all comprehended in tbe lengthy person of Ephraim K. Small, otherwise known as "Eph." Tad's honest face shone with pleas urable excitement as be handed the tin box to Captain Flagg, and began brush ing his dusty knee*, while Polly Flagg smiled her approbation. "My lad," said Captain Flagg. plac ing Ills bljf liaml on Tad' - shoulder, "It'a nigh eight bells—come along and hare some dinner. We'll talk over matters aboard the vessel." An invitation of this sort—particu larly under all the circumstance*, was not to Ih> refused, and Tad, recovering the sachel from its hiding-place among tho cotton bales, accompanied Cap tain on board of the "Mary J.," where mutual explanations fol lowed, while George Washington was bringing tho dinner into the small cabin. In contributing his own share. Tad insensibly told the most of his simple story, after whieh Polly Flagg, with sparkling eyes, related her morning ad venture and Tad's connection there with; hearing whieh. Captain Jethro gravely shook hands with Tad acruw the table, without speaking. Indeed, he finished his dinner in like .silt-nee, and. after pushing his chair bai k. sat staring so hard at the youth that Tad began to feel very hot anil uncomforta ble. •• My lad," suddenly said the Captain, "which way might you b« caJ'latin' to steer? Is it 'bout »hip, and put back to Philadelphy, or," continued the speaker, rising to fanciful height-, "is it dead before the wind to whatever port promises the l>cst freights and big gest profits?" With a dim comprehen sion of Captain Flagg's meaning. Tad, conscious of a slight choking in hii throat, replied sadly that ho didn't know—he had no uioth«r. no friend*, no home, nnd It didn't matter much where he went or w hat became of him. Polly's eyes shone sympathetically, and thw Captain's voice was quite husky when, a little later, he replied to Tad's despondent answer. "It mayn't matter much to yon. Tad," he said, very tenderly and rev erently. "but it matter* o'nsider'lde t< Him tha»'s watchin' you from up iloft, for if Ho badu't some sort of s.iilin' orders for yon. He ncver'd 'a* sot you adrift on thi* hem sea of life. Now, iny lad," Captain Flagg continued, impressively, "only for your overhaul in* and ninnin' down that privateerin* chap under false colors. I'd have lost the ship's paper*, and nigh forty dol lars in clean cash, to say nothin' of the good turn you did Polly here, this fnornin', which I ain't like to forget. Arid, summiu* it all up." said the rap tain. patting blushing Tad ou the ihoulder, "I've made up my mind to give you"- "No, sir," interrupted Tad. with a decisive shake of the head. "I didn't want any thing for what I've done.' "To give you-—a chance aboard the "Mary J., —'to be-c-e-o a galliant sall-ver bo-o-o-o-y.' " Trolling out the xtncluding words, which were a re miniscence of some old sea-song, in a deep voice, that might have come from his cavernous boots, thsCaptain leaned back in his chair, i»-:-m«-d benevolently uj>on did not M-em quite as much overcome by the magnitude of the offer as one might at lirst suppose. "I'm ever so much obliged, fapt'n Flagg," faltered Tad, conscious that folly was waiting for his answer, with » look of pleased expectancy in her bright face, "but I'm afraid'' "That you'll be sea-sick? Oh, that's nothing—you'll get right over it," broke n Polly, with impetuous assurance. And so well assured did bothfathcr and laughter seem to feel that Tad Mould jump at the pr ff 'red honor, that Tad « naif-uttered refusal died aw:t\ on Li> lips. "All right, sir, I'll do my IM t," said rati, sturdily; and, slapping him jovial ly ou th" back. Captain Flagg de :lared that aubody could do iuo(c tu.n» (tat -I togai; to tto very ahr*.i-pair mv fli," f-XfLaiaad tha CtpUin. ui tun *ula«M oik.» heart. aad. when 1 war four »ix*. *u raftia* L«» to am-i Itn I bow-oar 1> • fuuT'iow, and *f>r I'd g< ,ae two or iL-m lt. r « to lie Bank?. I shipped u fo'maet hand JX * :«>U' TtMni I «U a food many years workia' myself fro tto fo'c'sle fa> the said Capt ain *ith a ahak- of hia head. "but I done it. aad mow I'm c'tn uand< r and owxer of a quarter >f th# Mary J.'*' If good Captain F~.\gj[ had brta nx-ter « f a two-thooaand-toa A-1 fuii rigged copper. to couid mot have ijk ken with rn.>r» ioo.«'inb»»k.TjJ airioa-ly around thr cabin. It wi< a quaint little inter; r. with a WirlaiWfd berth «>n .'t*her «nV. and a (tat#-r>H>ni. raTbrr liryr than .» pad «/•••! ilrj-pmU box. at the Nu-k of the leading down fn.tn Tto .lark, which was iH'Ofwd f.-r th> pr.-sent Iw Mis* Pxll» Flagg. wh<> was making tor vacation with her tattler. » a rr«ani ->f merit fur improvement lator studies at the Bit port town rlmol The main-ma.K>r aad ro«»f about wlwir. had nail- driven in it -«a which were hung the I'aptain"* oil-Hat bes and Poi lj'« Nit Ma-ksaart. A «wt <-f fohling taKle, attached *■> the after-part of the rt i-t by a hinge, rookl ha timed ap out of the way when not is nor. A dingr-Lvt-'-d cl<>*-k. Kite a big letter O. 1.-kr.l -d lithograph reprinting the once (am- •«# clipper "Dreadnought" plowm? through very green seas under a Tery Hue sfcy. There was no carpet on the floor, which, however. waa arrwpaluosty elean. while three chain, ia nri«w i stages «ed the entire at.**k r>f furniture; b»i* :•» Tad tt wu cs«m( the m -t Migti!fd place* imauina'-le. ami he ).>nged for ?ie!-th»e to come, w that he could Sow himself away in the little l»-rth which had torn assigned to him by Capfaia Flagg "AH h»n'» on deek!" gravely at»- aotneed the Captain, aa thr city clucks •truck one. F.phraini. who ha afternoon." aai>l Eph. "aad there a a tremendous lot of things to do; - la* a see- what'll w» take holt of ftrst'" Eph l.M.ked listlessly aU.ut hiai. and then, thrusting his han«la ia porketa. leaned against the rail in a meditative .attitude. Captain Flagg came lorwani and squinted aloft at thalittla maat-head pennant, after which he followed tto example of Eph. Polly, recovering the small dog from tto galley, where George Washington waa sinsia* • Methodist hymn as he washed tto d!a uer-distoa. aat down with it In het arms, on a eoil ot rope. And Tad.look ing silently oa. began to think that the hardships of a sailor's life had bssn greatly overrated. By and by Captain Flagg remarked that he guessed the tide waa ahoot right. any the united force of the ship's com pany, exclusive of Miss Polly, and with a favoring wind the venerable forty-ton schooner began her voyage. "Bring up the spy-glasc*. Polly." said Captain Klagg. who sat« -mforta blj on the head of the ruthler. his hard hands grasping the spokes at thr wheel. •■What is it. sir?" a-iked Folly, as. having brought the instrument in -juea tion from below. h<-r father, placing it at his eje, gaxe«l back at the end of the wharf from whivh tho " Mary J." had clearetl. •• I thought I saw someone I kno wed that's all. Polly." was the reply. H» kept the fact to himself, however, thai the person in question wm none ot tot than the übiquitous Jones, who. ob servant of the Captaiu's telescopic pT.. placed the tip "f his thumb at th# end of his nose, and twitUllrd his in gers derisively. •• He's bound to keep track of that Vr»" little han' bag." sabiraptain Flags to himself, with a dubious ah ike of tto head. For Captain Flagg ha>l tocoßHt convinceil, after hearing Tad s story, that Mr. Jones, who was ertdmtly a «harj«er of the first wstrr. had a™r taine«l in «<.nie way best known to hlm remart. with one hand la bis troosera' pocket, while with the other to pointed to tto rope in queotion. "an' you coli em ap on that air pic. same as tha others is. Tad having arcompliatod the taak satisfactorily. Mr Small proceeded to point out in their several poaitioaa tto Jib down-haal. tto fora aad main hal yards, and peak halyards, aad thr fore and main shorts, with su«« iastr<* tl.>ns as to their several usa«. showing Tad how to coil thmi up properly, so that they woatd to clear for lettiag go if ace'lfuL oowrixt n* > "1 have often thouirbV aaid Marjo rte, abstrncteallr, ttot each . . .iamimi tv aliould have an official »t*a« aa tto f.iol-killer." "I think I'U apply for tto poailtoa for this city." said v»«nf I'reato "But, Mr. »Veato." and Harjoefo tooke.l serioualy a-arm«al. there la a law aifaiaxt suk-ide.' > f.tpwa Stranjfer— I notice 70a callrtl yw* frirn»l profesaor. Ia to fealty a pro few-. r" Ibiwery Ite I aboatd aay ao. Dat feller awollera a aw«rd eif^i«eeß inches, standa oa kia car aad eau / -asa out of a c&onfc. Profeeeor7 ' N0.19 f •« * rUANTIMG OUCMAfVOa TW piaatm* .if *-hteh iwn ia taM at-pia orchard*. th* mm ten a* mww rod* distant fr- «a each -ttor. waa to am bed hoed* a tto i»i li «a watt am the .ater eoit»>na» of the % tner rw F*wM Caitonat, aoit has ww iftM ta*» which aar to »« Ml} tm~ pia ne*: The traaa tmmj to f»■'i «• % feet apart .a th> roaa aad ttoaa aara n sit to a« may meat Jhe tan.-- ft-1 ■■ each 'ther—ft uaa « «a I wih The litr in" an < * are that aMh aaav copy a{■ Ten traa. 4" a>ii hiiadmia ia aiiowei ft m- iufht aad atr aad (to tha caitivati' aof tto »»acn bet ewa. .and there a» aaore .-ertataty at tha 111 liaid re. 4i-ait it* pmprr -.Wfm ai to Ceapa that are rr)aare«. By -m 1 iijwiaa »paaaa waa roda wuie whaea thava » ar> ikah. n a air a } ) hatter (rr>wth thaa where tha Ba»» aea planted ia «)aai M|niaraa «to thanr hmad extaad a.ito aearv Tha ahah apaaa aa ftoahr opaa to the w wk ai tha pta«e aad trmk tieator. the piaatar aad »■ iaa—l. ar it aat be a»d>d to >n>e ieaa aad shallower ai Aa wuah the raota of :raaa. If the rows are ate radh apart tha roota will «uaaafiaea a*at ta thaipwae when tha tin. are taity (towa. aa ; cordtac to tha earvftu e«a«n.nati»,.n» which haee beea aaada ta *ch caaaa aad thus tha treaa will to beaagted to • any enrirhiac which aaa? to j'ieaa ar b; any miti*atK»a tor tha*r to—ft. Ia wae «arv whaa tha nan'iain cmpa ar* aaore ;aaporlaet thaa tootf of fratt. the heada mmr ha praaad aa a to allow More fin tut by rectta* bath or rtaufiaf all pi iiti aifiag '.toto thaa iapartiaf to the heada a anfabat flat appearance Oa 'ae nwi Blended aa be:ag vrry heoeflcial to trees and aara eara lur thr aphis (im trees plenty at waa If to would itmrv them etforoaa aad thrifty and bear lari*. wrll-matwred ft ml W inv phanta are -»a»ted the raaaera thouM to ea.-'>k v-a to pay ia a»tvaara far the hire of the horse. A rtuatear Rider— What" a tha* far" i An- J«-a afraid that I «t.c r- '"aa aw aa Verr St»«at OH Lady «waaehtag the tlnae fee.»t— to aar. aatrr. tha; aiat a very bar P*araaT ani tor «arh M inimai Attendaat -vith tto junta— «h»a at pi tetiesi* I a'puae it dnaa aaem -da aaaai: pwee ..f meat to yam. aaa am hat K'a M« eaough ft* tha Itoa Mt> T a II«» Mea a