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Grand Opening About April Ist.
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FURNITURES
-^OEENSWABE.
CLOSING OUT SALE!
I
The Goods Must Go.
Bargains! Bargains!! Bargains!!!
Bargains in Dress Goods,
Bargains in White Goods,
Bargains in Hosiery;
Bargains in Wraps,
Bargains in Millinery.
& J
Bargains in Carpets and Rugs.
Having purchased the large stock of goods of Ritter & Ralston,
of Butler, Pa., at Sheriff's sale 1 will offer the people of Butler
county bargains in all kinds of goods, such as they have never before
received.
Wedr\eaday, March H, 1593.
I will offer the entire stock of goods for sale, and continue from day
to day until the entire stock is disposed of. Parties can buy goods
as cheap as at public sale, with the advantage of examining goods
before purchasing. Come one, come all, and buy what yon want, at
the old stand, corner of Main and Jefierson streets, Butler, Fa.
Jennie E- Zimmerman.
W. G. DOUTHETT. H. W. F. GRAHAM
DODTHETT+fI+GRAHAM'S
NEW
CLOTHING
AND
Furnishino
STORE
WILL OPEN .APRIL Ist,
ATE
Corner of Main and Cunningham Sts.,
REIBER BUILDING.
Latest Styles, and all New Goods.
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 arc 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. + + +
If you have not been here lately you should come and see us
now. t t t t t t t
Top Buggies, only - $45,001 And everything belonging to a
Spring Wagons, only - 35.00 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 - 10 here for it. We have even reduc-
Harness Oil, per gallon 50 'ed the price of Kramer wagons.
Sweat Pads, (collar) - 35 IWe 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 Combs, only - 10j charge you for common work.
B. Martincoiu-t & 00.,
128 East Jefferson Street. Butler, Penn'a.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
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; M —F"r 13 yean I have b**n fcftd?Tß|
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j H§» y b«rk. Att:nv« it vuhini lor me tojrtH
Jgl around. Luc Wtb. I had smother attack of '• I.a ==
■Orippr," wh. h Irfl rr.f to I rould^
"hardlr ff I arrnoa |hr rooic. Our aarr- H
se chant BaviM-d mm to try a bottle of
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jgj Dana Saruparilla Co., Belfast. Maine, g§
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j BLANKETS,
HARNESS,
everything in
J horse and buggy fvir-
I nishing goods—H ar -
ness, Collars, Whips.
Dusters, Saddles, etc.
A-lso trunks and va
lises.
Repairing done on
short notice.
The largest assort
ment ot 5-A. Horse
blankets in town will
be found at Kemner's.
DURf DRUGS II LOW
1 PRICES is the motto at our
X sto re.
If you Bre sick end need medicine
you want tbe BEST. This you can
always depend upon petting from us.
as we ute notbir.s but strictly Pur'
Drugs in our Prescription Depart
ment. You can get the best of every
thing in the drujr line from us.
Uur store id also headquarters for
PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES.
Kalsomine, Alabastine ,
Get cur prices before you buy
Paints, sad -ee what we have ;<■
offer. We can pave you dollars oi)
your paint bit!
Respectfnilv
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Main St., next to Hotel Low ry
BUTLEK, H/Y.
Here We Are Right To The
Front With Spot Cash Prices.
We have some overcoats left and
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
shall do it, so before
buying clothing or furnishings
for men or boys inspect the goods
and reck bottom spot cash prices at
The Racket Store,
120 S Main St., Butler, Pa.
L. <J- WICK
DKJLKB 15
Rough and Worked Lumoei
OF ALL KINDS
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings,
Shingles ?nd Lath
Always In Stock.;
LIME. HAIR AND PEASTEh.
Office opposite P. 4W. Depot,
BUTLER - - PA.
SEE These Prices on EVERGREENS.
10.000 Norway Spruce. I to u inches hlj;h, s_•!>.
10.000 Balsam Fir, 4 to 8 inches high, #43. 10,100
Arbor \ Ita 1 , s to 1.1 inches high. (jr.. lo.o'Mi
| Scou-h Fine. 4to 8 inches high. Wo. Over
varieties. T.ooo 000 lor saie.
TRRFS ,vilite Cottonwood.
runLoi i iujLO,, u , J2 i :i ,. u ftJ)
Yellow Cottonwood, 12 to ih inch, sloo. liwooo
Sugar .Maple. 4to « inch. t35. 1000.000 Kim. Ito
u Inch. t'T>. We sold s,ouo.i*o In i -u.'. We must
■sell twice as many Mils year. Our nursery is
overstocked with all \arl-tles and sizes ({rrutt
and ornaiaanial trees. We must clear some of
them out. Send for price lists.
EVERGREEN NURSERIES,
Evergreen, Wis.
WANTED.
Agenta to sell uur choice and Hardy
Nursery Stock. We have many special
varieties, liotb in fruits and ornamentals to
offer, which are controlled only by us. We
pay commission or salary. Write us at
once for term.-, and secure choice of terri
tory.
MAY BROTHERS, Nurserymen,
Rochester, If. Y. I
Adventures of Tad;
OR THE
HArS AND MISHAPS OF A LOST SACHEL.
A Story for Young and Old.
BY FKAXK 1L OONYiufeSS,
Atrrnon op -ttrrzn Adams." ••bi.ows Ott
to Sea," "Paci. Grafton," Etc.
[Copy! :■]!■'•■]. I-SS, b<j D. Lothrvp «f- Co., end
PuMUhtd by Spf 'l'tl Arrang?mint.]
"Tliere—them's all the ropes," said
Mr. Small, with an air of relief.
"Now, all you've got to do is learn
low to steer, .in' fie * reef p'iut, r.n'
! ,-ou'll 1 ■ n a sailor as anybody."
So saying, Mr. Small polled a jack
inift- and a piece of shingle from his
pocket, and, setting down cu the fore
latch, began whittling, while Tad,
greatly surprised and considerably re
.icved to find that the whole art of »ea
jianship wa3 so easily learned, drifted
to the rail, where he stood gazing
lelightedly at the panorama spread
jnt before him. Great ships, pulled by
little panting tug-boats— with sides rusty
from a long sea-voyage—came slowly
up the harbor; while others, with loos
aned sails, began their outward-bound
j
TAD' 3 FntST LESSON".
voyage, with the chanting song of the
sailors as an accompaniment to the
clanking capstan. Enormous iron
steamers, handsome brigs and three- :
masted schooners as large as the ships j
themselves, passed and repassed, in be
wildering succession.
••I think it's real nice to be a sailor,"
said Tad, enthusiastically, to Polly,
who was walking the deck, followed
by the small dog. Polly had named
him "Bounce," and as he trotted sober
ly at her heels, on a pair of very short,
! unsteady legs, he resembled nothing so
much as an animated bunch of black j
zephyr worsted.
"Oh, I knew you'd like it," was Pol- ;
confident answer, "and you'll like
it all the better before the voyage is j
over."
lad was quite delighted at this pros
pect. But it occurred to him all at j
once—and for the first time—that il j
the Toyage sh ;ld be a very long one
he was rather poorly off for clothes.
Though perhaps (he thought) Captain
Flagg could stop somewhere ou the
way and buy him a few, out of the
wages which he was beginning to earn.
" Where is the vessel bound to,
miss?" asked Tad, respectfully, being
much impressed by the rratter-of-fact
manner in which Polly spoke of the
voyage that lay before them.
" Why, away down East, to Bixport,
J wlmto father and I li VP.' 1 returned
Polly, with a comprehensive wave of
her hand, which took in about half oi
the northern and eastern horizon.
" Bixport's a real nice place, though it
isn't quite as big as Boston," she con
tinued, explanatorily, and Tad caught
himself wondering if it was anywhere
near the Arctic regions of which we
had read, and if so what he should do
for an overcoat—for even then he was
beginning to feel chilly in his thread
bare suit. So the afternoon wore slow
ly away. Captain Flagg smoked and
steered, Polly played with the dog,
George Washington got supper. Eph
Whittled up another shinglo (which
he pull oil out from under the hatch
covering), and Tad meditated.
"Strike eight bells, Mr. Small, and
call the watch!" shouted Captain Flagg,
in a stentorian voice, as a glance at his
old-fashioned time-piece showed that it
was four o'clock p. m.
The chief mate shut up his jack-knife
reluctantly, rose to his feet, and, dust
ing off his tarry trousers with great de
liberation, struck eight resounding
strokes on the small beU for'ard. Then,
lounging aft, he relieved the wheel,
and, seated on the rudder-head, steered
with one hand, while the other absently
fingered liia jack-knife in his pocket
Captain Flagg now t x>k a seat on the
edge of the little trunk cabin, yawned,
squinted his eye toward the western
horizon, where the sun was going down
In a great sea of purple and gold, and
patronizingly beckoned to Tad, who,
with some diffidence, sat down beside
tbe ancient mariner.
"Like your shipmates in the port
watch pretty well, my lad?" inquired
the Captain, kindly.
With a shy glance at unconscious
Polly, who was tantalizing Bounce by
swinging the big sun-bonnet by the
strings, before his nose, Tad said he
liked "em ever so much.
"That's proper," approvingly re
sponded Captain Flagg, "and mind that
yon learn all you can from 'em. Eph
is a tremen'us smart sailor," continued
the Captain, lowering his voi-je as he
regarded the youth in question, "and
what he don't know about ship's du
ties and reggerlations ain't worth
knowin'."
As Tad's eyes involuntarily followed
the direction of tho Captain's gaze, he
secretly wondered whether it was ec
centricity that prompted Mr. Small to
wear a faded calico shirt, a battered
slouch liat, tattered vest and dingy
canvas trousers. For Tad's idea of a
sailor's rig was derived from the one
or two highly-wrought nautical tales
which he had read in his life. He
fancied that in all climates and weath
ers, Jack Tar wore a little glazed black
hat with long ribbons, and a blue jack
et resplendent with brass buttons, blue
trousers, silk stockings and low-quar
tered shoes.
"But he's the—the greatest chap to
whittle I ever see in my life," pursued
Captain Flagg, meditatively—" the very
greatest."
Polly, who overheard tho remark,
laughed gayly in the depths of her sun
bounet.
"He's got half a bunch of loose shin,
fles in tho bottom of his bunk, that ho
taved from our last deck-load, and
sakes out a fresh one every time he goes
below—that's where George Washing
ton gets his kindlings for the galley
ttove from," she remarked demurely.
"The most I'm afeaml of," observed
aer father, in a confidential whisper,
s that his tisin' of a jack-knife so much
aiight get tho vessel into some sech a
•crape as the ol* British East Indy ship
•Win'sor Castle' got into once whilst I
ires a sailor."
•'What wss that, 6ir?" eagerly in-
Isi£cd Poll* kftpwjug fuU wejl what a \
TUTTLER, PA.,FRIDAY. 3-4,
repository for the material out of which
sea-varns were spun wus her father's
manly chest.
"Well," slowly returned the Captain,
"near's I can remember, the etory's
Ehis: The ship was on her home-bound
aassage from Chiny, an' pot becalmed
for two or three days somewhere on the
'qualor. So, it beia' hot, nnd the sailor
to the wheel bciu' r. abse'i^mindedsort
of jv chap, what does ho 1 * do but out
fer.ife and cut his name—'James W.
Dunn'—along on the rim of the m'hog
any wheel!" Here Captaia Flr.gg em
phasized the enormity of the offense by
a portentous shaka of the bead, cuid
went on:
••So, when the Cap'n came on deck,
there wai a pretty row. lie claps Jim
in irons, and d'ra'tly they got into
pun, iiau mm "rested, r.ad the only
way poor Jim could get out of it was
by pajing for a bran'-new wheel."
••That was too had!" interjected Tad,
who was eagerly listening.
•*"s\ ell yes," assented Captaia
Flagcr, who had a curious way of some
times combining th» practical and
scriptural when occasion offered, '"but
it goes to ?how. Tfc:.d that —the —
TOE STORY OF THE WHEEL,
the—way of transgressions is hai and
—anyhow—" said the Captain, break
ing off his quotatioa rather hastily, as
ho saw a gleeful twinkle in Polly's
eyes, "anyhow, it took nigh all the
wages Jim had comin' to him, and so
he felt so bad that he went to c'asult a
great London lawyer about it."
"I don't sec what good that would j
! do," observed practical Polly; but, pay- !
ing no attention to bis daughter's un
conscious sarcasm, the Captaia went
on:
"The lawyer, ho studied over it a
spell, and told Jim to go off to sea
ag'in, and, when he came back to Lon
don, to give him a calL So Jim went
off, and shipped on a long v'y'ge, and
it was nigh two years 'fore be was
back; the 'Win'sor Castle,' 6lie'd
come in meanwhile, and the lawyer
had her libeled, as they call it—a kind
of a warrant served on her, like a
'tachment on property. And what do
you s'pose," asked the Captain, slowly,
at this culminating point of interest,
"what do you s'pose was the charge
he brought ag'in tho owners of the
ship?"
Polly timidly thought it might be the
sailor's false imprisonment; she remem
bered to have beard that such things
wc--> done sometimes, while Tad shook
his iieaa in silent bewilderment.
•' Well, sir," exclaimed Captain
F!ag<r, pointing his topic, so to speak,
by touching the end of one stumpy fore
finger with the tip of the other, and
speaking with intense though quiet en
joyment, •• he put it like this: 'James
W. Dunn, my client,' he says, 'claims
pay at the rate of live pound a day tor
the use of his wheel, durin' c-ighteen
month* voyage. It's Ats wheel, isn't
it? be had to pay for it, and there's the
name on the rim. The ship's had the
use of it all this while, and a ship can't
gc-t along without a wheel no better'n
without a compass,' says the lawyer,
'and you can settle it right now, or
else we'll take it up to the adm'raity
court.' "
" Wasn't he smart! and did the own
ers have to pay it?" exclaimed aad
questioned Polly in the same breath.
Captain Flagg nodded aa affirmative.
" And so the sailor got a big lot of
money?" put in Tad, cs an interroga
tive.
"He got what the lawyer left, most
bkely," returned Captain Flagg, rather
dryly—which slight reflection against
the legal professions was, fortunately,
not understood by his hearers
The sun disappeared behind the ocean
rim, and after supper the side-lights
were put out, and Tad instructed as to
the duties of a lookout; for now the
" Mary J." was headed right out to
ward the open sea, which looked terri
bly dark and cold to Tad's astonished
eyes, particularly as there was no such
thing as a sign of land anywhere to b«
seen, excepting the low sandy cape
shores astern, which were fast disap
pearing in the distance and increasing
darkness.
Before sending the youthful mariner
for'ard. Captain Fl3gg called him be
low, and gravely commanded him tc
put on some well-worn under-flannels,
several sizes too large, which, however,
Tad found very comfortable, a pea*
jacket, within whose capacious folds
three or four boys of Tad's dimensions
could have been buttoned, and a large
fur cap, which, only tor resting on the
rims of his ears, would have complete
ly extinguished him.
"You don't look so stylish as yon
might," Captain Flagg acknowledged,
after Tad had effected the required
change, "but sailors go in for comfort,
mor'n style;" with which assurance
Tad—conscious that he looked rather
funny, to say the least—was fain to be
comforted. Indeed, the most that
troubled him was the fear that Miss
Polly might possibly laugh when he
ventured on deck. But, though Polly
had been brought up in tho country,
she had too much natural politeness to
laugh; yet it must be confessed that the
depths of the deep sun-bonnet hid a
dimple or two, as Tad waddled for
ward, wcndcring what tho matter
could be with tlic water to inako tho
vessel tumble about so.
CHAPTER V.
Darker and darker grew the night,
tho wind sounded more and more
dreary, the vessel tossed about in what
seemed to Tad a terribly dangerous
manner, while he began to feel an tm
pieasant nausea, which recalled his
first r.nd last experience in tniug to
smoke a five-cent cigar.
"I wonder if I ain't going to be sea
sick." thought Tad, with a terrible
sinking sensation in the neighborhood
of his stomach. It was fortunate that <
none of the far-away dots of red and
green, which represented the lights of
distant ships, caffie very near the track j
of the "Mary J.," for the unfortunate (
lookout very soon became insensible to ,
every thin<j but his own sufferings. (
When Eph came forward to strike ,
the bell, poor Tail was whooping over
the rail, in all the agonies of sea-sick
ness, which was not made a particle
less p.- inful by Eph'g assertion that it
wasn't nothin' killin'—he'd soon get
over it. Meanwhile —
"The storm crew loud apace.
Tl:e water wraith was shrieking."
And as Captain Flagg glanced at the 1
compass tho skv, he ]
| wish th.?t he'd " come to anchor in the
i lower bay, and hung on till mornin'."
But wishing availed nothing, cow
i that tho *"Mnry J." was w<U out to
j c ca. with the March wind blowing half
a f,n':e offshore. And a3 tho next best
| thing to being anchored was laying the
schooner to, the Captain shouted as a
preliminary warning:
"All ban's short'n sail!"
"All hands" came tumbling aft—that
i\ Eph and G. Washington Jones did.
Tad himself was already there, hating
crawled into the very centre of a big
coil of rope, where be huddled down as
in a big biri's-ncst, groaning and sigh
ing, end occasionally faintly calling
upon some oao to cast him into the
depths of tho sea. Captaia Flagg was
on tho quarter-deck, too, his heaTy
gum-boots seeming to appear in half a
i dozen places simultaneously, as he
! pulled, and hauled, and shouted, in the
ensuing operation of reefing, while
Polly, enwrapped as to her slim form
in a sort of feminine storm-coat of
I water-proof cloth, which buttoned
tightly about her, and an oil-skin hat
; f?.-tcned under hor plump *hin, stood
I holding the w heel, in obedience to her
father's cheery commands.
All that took place was to Tad's be
wildered mind a terrible complicated
experience. He knew that while the
" Mary J.'' was pitching and tossing
and rolling in all sorts of ways, the
sails were lowered part way down the
ma-t, where they hung banging and
. slatting in a most exasperating man
ner. And he was dimly conscious of
seeing Eph's long legs astride the
AN ATTACK OF SEASICKNESS,
boom-end, waving hither and thither,
as he tugged at p. rope, while Captain
Flagg and George Washington per
formed the most rnhcard-of prodigies
of seamanship, as . despite the strug
gling and bellying of the stiff canvas,
they contrived to tie it down to the
boom, so that when tho sails were
hoisted up again, they were not nearly
as large as before.
And then waxing bold, the gallant
old sea-dog. Captain Jcthro Fiagg. de
cided that, instead of lying to till
morning, he would—to use his own
nautical expression—" keep her a-jog
ging to the nor'ard and easi'ard."
So all through that eventful night
the "Mary J." pursued her billowy
course, while poor Tad, in a sadly de
moralized state of mind and body, lay
nested in the coil of rope I have men
tioned, feeling, even in his deathly
sickness, oh, so ashamed! that Polly, a
girl, not quite as old as himself, should
show such courage, while he, a lubber
ly boy, couldn't even offer to do the
least thing to keep the vessel from go
ing straight to the bottom of the sea!
But I, myself, don't think there was
any thing very strange in the matter.
It was Tad's first experience, and sea
sickness, like conscience, makes cow
ards of us all. The Atlantic Ocean is
a terrible fellow to take the courage
out of a landsman, when ft gets on a
sort of rampage; and I don't wonder
tfeot msthetio Mr. Oscar WHde, with
his fastidious tastes, should shudder
ingly declare that he was disappointed
with it. But I believe that, in spite of
this severe criticism, the Atlantic goes
right on roaring and dashing, and
swallowing up ships, and making peo
ple sea-sick, just as it has been doing
for ever so long.
Tad couldn't be persuaded to go he
low. He thought that when the vessel
did come to go down, he would |>erhaps
stand a better chance on deck—though,
it is true, he couldn't swim a stroke.
And as he lay there all night long till
sunrise, his sickness began to abate a
little, as did also the stiff westerly
breeze which, coming further from the
south, gavo the "Mary J." a perfectly
fair wind for her home-bound passage.
They were all so kind, when, quite
dizzy and weak. Tad managed to stag
ger to his feet, like a fly thawed out by
the warm rays of the morning sun,
which dried up the wet deck, and made
tho waves of the great bluo sea all
about them sparkle with gladness.
George Washington got him some hot
coffee, and said he wa3 glad to see
him "coadolescent." Captain Flagg,
who looked quite fresh and hearty in
spite of having been up all night,
smiled broadly, telling Tad that he'd
got over the worst of it, and would bc
fin to get his sea-legs on in a jiffy,
ph grinned at him over the top of the
wheel, and proffered tho use of his
jack-knife, if he (Tad) wanted to whit
tle. Polly glanced at him demurely,
and Bounce lapped tho ends of Tad's
extended fingers. On the whole. Tad
didn't feel nearly as badly regarding
his humiliation as be had expected
to; but all his bright visions
of the pleasures of seafaring life
had been swallowed up in the darkness
and terror of the right before. He was
not intended by nature for a sailor, and
now Tad's greatest desire was to set his
foot on dry land again. I know that, in
contrast with tho average boy of juvc
nilo fiction, this sounds tremendously
unlieroic, but I can't help it; thero are
"born sailors" and born landsmen, and
Tad was one of the latter. One must
take people and things as he finds them
in real life. Yet, as Tad began to feel
better, there was much to wonder at
and admire all about him. Far away
on the port hand was the distant coast- ,
line, dotted here and there by the white '
shaft of a light-house. To starlioard,
the ocean rolled on r.nd on, till its
waters washed the very rim of the
great arching dome of blue which came
down to meet it. On every side were
the sails of passing vessels, and beauti
ful beyond compare was the sight of a
handsome ship, with all drawing sail
set, standing in for Boston Light, head
ing almost directly for tho schooner.
On sho came, with her yards braced
sharp against tho back-stays, throwing
the sparkling foam from the cutwater
in great swaths, that swept along her
glassy sides and formed a creamy track
astern. As the stranger was p:issing
so near. Captain Flagg hailed her ;
through an immense speaking trumpet. I
"What ship's that, and where from?" |
"Ship 'Sooloo,' a hundred and thirty
days from Calcutta —what vessel's
thai?" bellowed back the Captain, who
was standing by the weather mizzcn
rigging, with bis hand on a backstay.
"Schooner 'Mary J.,' of Bixport;
twenty-four hours out cr Boston," ,
fraglgfl Fbrgg, a gTHcioO-" i
~ ! wave of the hand; and Tad. who had
listened to these nautical queries aad
j replies with great marveling, wondered
j what made the Captain of the ship
{ double himself Hp. like a man with a
sudden attack of colic, or like a person
in an agony of laughter. a* tho great
Vessel went plr.ngi&g onward tow mi
her destination.
t "Them that goes down to the sea in
ships has cur*us cxper eaces. Tha.l
--* dens," said Captain Flagg. laying down
* his big trumpet with an impressive nod
® of the head.
With a vivid recollection of his own
T experience of tb" previous night. Tad
' replied emphatically that he had no
. doubt of it.
f "When yon come to he a sailor,
i Thaddeus. and. may be. a ship-master.
r : like myself." pursued the Captain.
, feeling mechanically in his pockets for
, his pipe—which he discovered, a DO-
J ment later, to be on the deck, in po#-
f session of Bounce, who was gravely
I dragging it away to the immeasurable
t delight of Polly—"an* you've gone
t through the r'spo mobilities, an'
dangers, an typhoons an'— things
gen'lly," he rather hazily concluded,
as he recovered bis pipe from Bounce.
[ | "you'll realize that what Solomon says
about truth being stranger'a fiction is
. Jest about as he's put it."
"But I—l—don't think I want to be
a sailor." faltered Tad. with downcast
I | eyes.
"What—not want to be a salver
! bold, and plow the ragin* main, ex
. claimed the Captain with a look of un
utterable amazement.
"So, sir," faintly replied Tad. And
, as he thus spoke, he hung his head so
i far one side that the big fur cap fell
i off. and was immediately seized by
' Bounce, who began to worry it, evi
; dently regarding it as some new spe
cies of the feline race, until, in the
| fervor of his attack, he fell into it bod
ily. an<J gave vent to small yelps. ex
' pressive of extreme fear.
It was some time before the Captain
j recovered from the shock occasioned
by Tad's reply. That a likely boy
I should prefer a prosaic existence
' ashore, who had once tasted the pleas
urable excitement of " a life on the
■ oceari wave," passed hi- simple com
prehension. But gradually yielding to
Polly's artful arguments. Captain
Flagg" s brow began to clear.
"All right, my iad. ' he said, quite
•heerfully. " I own Pm a bit strnek
aback, but, seeing yom don't take
nat'rally to sailoririn", there's no prews
gangs nowadays to force you Into
goin' against your will. Only." re
marked Captain Flag«r. tilting back his
oil-skin hat, and scratching his head
reflectively, •• I don't just know what
to do with you, now you've changed
your mind."
"7 know!" suddenly exclaimed
Polly, clapping her hands.
"Well?" asked her father, interroga
tively.
"We'll find him a chance on a farm
when we get to Bixport," returned
Polly, confidently. "You'd like fann
ing—wouldn't you. Tad?"
Tad nodded with growing enthusi
asm. He knew that farming had some
thing to do with new milk and frenh
butter and driving horses. Whatevsr
it was, it would be far preferable to go
ing to sea And so it was pretty defi
nitely settled that Tad should be a
farmer, provided he be able, through
the Captain's influence, to find a situa
tion
When Tad came on deck at sunrise
the following morning, sleepily rubbing
his eyes, he rubbed them still harder,
and, moreover, gave his elbow a sly
pinch to make sore that ho was fully
awake as he saw strange transform
ation that had taken place in his sur
roundings of the previous night
Forlo! in place of the far-reaching
sea, green fields, alternating with for
est* of oak or pine, sloped down on
cither hand to the edge of a broad riv
er as smooth and clear as glass on
whose upmoving tide the • Mary J."
was slowly drifting.
" Wh-y-y," exclaimed Tad. staring
about him in glad surprise, "where is
this, anyway?"
"This is "down East,' Tad," laughed
Polly, enjoying his look of perplexity.
a view or " dow* east."
"Bixport's right ahead thei*.
where you sec the meetin'-hous«
steeple over the tree-tops, yonder," j
said Captain Flagg. pointing ahead,
"and I can tell you. Tad. when a mart's
b'en facin' the dangers of the boister
ous ocean as we sailors has to, the
words of the poet Shakspeare:
"Home ag la—borne atf'ln.
Prom a furr.n *bore.
And ob! It fills mj aoal with Joy
To sec my fren't once more."
goes to the right spot."
Tad respectfully replied that ho was
| sure they must, and, at the same time,
gave a little involuntary sigh as he re
membered his own homeless condition.
"But. may be, I can get a chance with
a real clever man, and. if I'm smart,
save up my money, and some day buy
a little house of my own," thought Tad.
who had rather a hopeful disposition.
And so, with the same interest that h«
had given to the sights on the great
deep. Tad watched the to him almost
i equally novel scenes on the shores I
. which they wero passing—scenes that,
though perfectly familiar, were hailed
with the enthusiasm of voyagers re
turning from at least a three years'
cruise, by the entire ship's company.
"John Doty's got the same old
whiteface cow" (ho pronounced it
kaow) "he had when he went away;
he talked of swappin' with Ozias Nas'n. t
one spell." said Eph, as the schooner,
drifting slowly with the tide, was borne j
within a cable's length of the shore, j
where a number of cows were brows
ing on the short pasture-grass, which
grew down within a few feet of high
water mark.
" Square Hall's had tho line fence
'twixt him and old Burton white
washed. I see," Captain Flagg '
served, as he stood with his eagle eje
glancing shoreward through the can
vas-covered telescope.
And as the " Mary J." very deliber
ately rounded a densely wooded point,
aided by a light breeze which had be
gun to fill the schooner's sails, and the
town of Bixpor 4 * appeared in full view. 1
even Polly recoguiaed with rapture that (
l&v ni'J of &e had bfsp j |
| Bewly thing' <-«L
j "For this and all other merries tht
Lord ai lr us truly grateful."* "*•!
? Captain I -zz. ntfmOr. as ho took
off hi* oil-sl i a hat. in whi h it
j popularly believed be .>pt while
j royhgiag ■ r«r the ni un.
TTuj vx* hi* in t» rUble fc»rm of
thanhjflving, w MOB an Bivpnrt wharf
1 *u agb'erf. and with it* isttrrsa.e
Capttfa VTjtjry ln» the* anhm.
! there to throw aside. with ku tnrftfW £
attire. tfee weighty re«p«onb*ittie« at
the TOTage.
J Ten minutes Liter, a* the - Slsrr J "
near»d the wharf, where Half >f the
1 resident* of Bi sport wmnl to bar*
twmW.il. Captain F.agg reap; wared
on deck in hit rut. - nmn
ing of a tall hat. a «mt of
mtt-Mih". «r.il lrw-qn.-t— "vj shoes
highly pi'i.'lwl la a t< uinun4>(
voice the Captain gas • the am unary
orders for the *h--»oersi>*ag-
side the whirl Iv.wa eam>- the dingy
' toil*. ami a half-done a pair* ,f handa
* I were »i«nM to cat«-h the Im*
, , ihtatrn «o* K , .->aat»r
were . ... .. « .1 to Um
' ship'» f.".~ .-. ( tof the
, ( liu!. ii,!..n i tIJ --r been
, diatnr I r-» >«•« •w , ana
or th - .-ij i -,t . , . .'s r>:i.i.llea.
and th *m :■ .♦ t >. .1/ —r'liag
| park.r l»-i —a P • :it »d ftwtoa
was an ■ • .it <i.• ■ : -1 »» impor
tance ..a!- -,# at least
ihree far eMn• ■( d*y i *i aMr .if
v and
other gr • -et e. i i prop- rtj-wa. U>r Mr.
/'•ac«. the -tore-Sj*r; Mr Atlrn. th»-
mirii-ter. h.. t a »>a • ..f hoofer,
Zias Kama. a aevr kar a and
Dtaeoa V. hit»*r. a at- -hinr
tlie first -»f :*■» kind.-• . & apart.
Among th s.i ai rif>' d en Um*
rhari. Tll ntirt>il i I »;t kiarn
•I*. dn"nil in a e.!;-««« nit «d
tweed. He had rarly is:r. a pair «f
*ery laug'iing li.:- -yea. a till aap
«o»« and a freckl dft • M-4 pma*-
nent is x k-» and actio i r* tuia jonth.
who. npor. >-atch:n'r *»gha «f Bph. per
formed a hnlE • of delight.
I and in a rery swliv- ruin p tiled oat:
•"' Boomy-t in* t.■ -* f •. Bpferum Jtaaafc
First Mtn teeon cr -w uk! tfl - "*
*" Tha: my ccmt»i?i Jam Whitney."
laughed P?lly. u Mutw Jo« pawirt
ed in Tip-rDns pantomime to express
I unbounded joy at oeein; P >Ily f who
; wared her hand in r-cogaitaoa.
(to mm comii en )
Lady <•< the H .o~- tto the aew girt)
—I caoi»>t altne row t» keep a follower
of roar own. There iaa -orpnral who
comes to oar btxiw rrery Huadaj. he i»
a«-cu*trOK-i to -tar ways, tad all say
former aerraatn hare mmtt him ft«r a
sweetheart; row .-an have him tea.—
Nebel spelter
« en s om
Applicant—l aak Irtr the haad >f yoar
daofrhter
Tareot—Hare yoa any tar
the future?
"Soae whateeer
"She hasn't aay. either. Take her.
my boy. aad be happy. Bleaa yoa hnth."
' —Texas <iiKiafi
A mi hiWT
Head of Firm—Penwtper. wt thill
hare to re»ioee ' >ar salary after the
Srst.
Pen wipe'— What" a the matter, air*
Business, i am sore. » fnorl
Head of Firm Tea. bat we we taJrfav
a new man into the Ira—T. Jow
nai.
A UStle IM
Teacher—Who waa Atlaa?
Boy—Odo.' fie waa the biffoM high
wayman there erer srao. Be rubbed
everybody
Teacher X.oaeaae:
Boy—Well, the buoh says he held ap
the earth, anrhow. —liood Sewa
At tk* i«t»»e
Conoaar—ls thU man, whaa yoa
foand deait >n the railroad track, a total
stranger"
Mike who has Seen told to he core*
fnl in his >tatetiMrats<—So. sor Hia lag
waa froik- intoirefy. He wae a partial
•thranflvr. sor.—'Trnth.
Lwfey Mwm.
Trirret—The jury in Xirw Kneiefi
breach-of-pr>mise >->■ - HBosr
irare her ten thooaoad didlars .laoafOL
I>k-er That's moaey ia Hiiow'a
prx-ket. If he had aarritd her she
would haTe not him ate* than that ia
' three years. -Jadffe
At Ik* t««
Mortiaaer— Isa't that elephant toa
small for hia skia?
Mamma— I doa't lrao** Why do yoa
' think so?
Mortimer Why, hrcamr hia shia
at the kneea Harper's Tooog
j People
Wife—Henry, thew'i i twrffaf ti thm
coal cellar.
Husband All right, dear Let W«
carry off as mnch aa he eon. The pelee
ia so high that he can't Sod anybody to
take It off his hands.—Detroit Free
j Presa.
Hot*l T«««U.
Hotel Keeper—Yea. air. yoa'd ee sar
prined at the number of towela wa iaee
—hundreds erery year, sir huudra^
Trareler—Ah. yes. I see. <>aeMa a»
take "em for handkerchiedfe. —9.
Weekly.
t«t>etl«ia «a UM CrmM.
' Let yoar motto be Eaeelewrf*" cried
the orator.
And they caobbed hia. He waa ad
dressing a .nreatioa of aMttieaa
makers. —C hicago THhaaa,
Mamma-Whom do la*a beat la the
world. Haroid. yoar father or mmf
Harold —My new kitten —Hat |MB**
Young People.
Mr. n —Well, tarry yoa ace going.
But there are tiroes when «>ae has to
lean ex err thine behind.
Mrs. H Loekily. I should hate to
think of yoa taking 'hat ■ ueaat to
Heaven —Life.
lumh.
Friend -Say. I saw a man to-day
reading yoar funny paper. He weat j
clean through it withoat yawa«>g.
Editor—lndeed' Who waa ha"
Friend—l don't know. I aeked him
for hia same but be coaida't tell a*. He
had lockjaw.—Truth.
mtsii
X—What's the difference bet wee a a I
bore and a boor?
Y —One doean't know how to b« a gen
tleman and the other kooars hee bat |
doeen t want to ba one —Chicatfx* Sm*r* ,
Record. k
- ii i ■ ~ -m " *
vast exthaw««amcc.
KiwMom »i » Wteea
Aheat na-WB aeieaad Ued kawa haea
taken fn-m the fkrars of HXiaate Air
roaals. This strie-tly for i man * (amis
aot laelaaiiag .-sty jumt r !'!age steee**
This .aad. at per arre. H swth ft" ■
, «B.rtNO
Is <Ma per aere a fair estiatote " ■
, the land ia worth <'.«* per acre,, ai
mneh aw • - wor; i JM» per ana, alaa
aear where the load ia Waetk
fr»»ro to per am Vaefe am
load :s worth *lee pmr aera Other
lao<2 j» wrwth from «!• to tm par amw
A fair aeerace fbr the —hail aaca
therefore, ia a..t tar Amas Ma per aasw.
Ail the mada a l.liaate are bp Law
four roda wida Rat aat ne-gftieth sf
the r»i» are aetooUp itiitaad tmr a
apaee than two mda wida In
one end » -.!e *w twenty .Wt ad i qgli
! The erst—iha -art ant aetaMlp aaed—
h *»ted Worar 'han ear id it la
the great pnhiie Howtog ft «d ail
the amsii'aa iti d> a»i teitrortisw »-
1 seata aaa .surma %hm* a jaw -.he agn
eaitare .rf lWia»»
The" r» tt s wasae land ■» a panMftea
a-roage. raaeiog aa aaaaai imadaii-
Iwk of ilntlara to tha «aate.
rated. .t» pr.flt whsi.l pi i la hi j e^aa.
the eattf* annaai ml d rand ana
tea.ar»ve.
•Ed that there w aid ba talr a'tew
great mm..* n a|>y lag Soar -ida .a
wMi tin a»«st ,«f the apnrtaM -iiimta <a
eapyiar •»!» '»> -•«*• tn irhth and
tweaty int d walk, aad tha ast d
the mod iood wam mid <m nMM Bli
al>in» tiiirtera -n-. ..limns «f ImWaiM Oe
aaftrs the pe'idate foawoer >t tha Into!
featured to eaitirattoo.
This "«aght to to law. and rtgMiy an
fore- j; thai every .aeh d 'mad rakis
bp the paiMte ftw mada shanld aa ar
taailr asad Car road.*, aad he aepe sa
thoeoajhlT woriae»i that aa waatht our
no* Wan maeeta eoold paaaiblj grase
therwoo.
naaeevi '.and to resident* along thai fund
"ioe\ either bj abaindiato sale, er hr
perpetaai reatat. at apfeaiaed <dua
tama the peieetobe paad into the big*
way food, to help ttqhe goad not*.
This wool j iffer to Aarmrra at enne a
great ,a.tw« raint to mi laufsimt gnad
mada. pmraied tha law aa rw
tfrst ciaa raada are enaannarted and
The ouagnitlcettt mndaef Pranee are
the delight of ail twsbn fiaai
aetaaily wed. The gvaaflaat ad the
Sapolenate roada are enip bet; hr
wide, hrnadeaad in pnaarag thmag'
citiea and large eUtagaa to statp tee'
Caere (ml '■# tha widtn ia pane*
anuotk and durakli. with ga
tors and earba !bar and m vdlag
there are sometuaea narrow tdraw
j aest to the enrh tinaa Tha Innd
r t
siatj :oaof r*»*i w anrwtaaw
ealtivoted -iear ep to tha earh dnes,
Tha randa. ant being f> aw A agpr w
like great graeei or paad pntha r
aiag throagh an »adlesa tmiien.
the laae taapwtant side mnda immaa
theme great highsraya are aaau'wa iaa
an.y dftrea to twenty feet aula. a.
gaaa rally paeid Tha unHaitiii ■ -*
Preach agneaiture post that -
iaad thos saved awr than par*. *P
proCtnhie aaa. the eatiea eaat od ant
la England, aiaa. tha •leseier do.
heal Md ~>ea<lid aigbaapa betas ■
lor ail eoimportoat roada
era? Yea Thep are tha §i iniimt pah
lie heoedt the farmer ban In
the ordtaarr Uaa* toe a T reach fere
amrket vara ia fow to dee tana lav a
single pair of horses. Odn saeaa tn
ten tone are tshaa to narhet. tiai
by three or ftmr bnesaa M whale
•taek at hay—a land eiatoaa let hmg.
•<gtit fret wale or *ea er isthi %e"
btgh. n taken to atarhat ia tan Saod
Now see h«»w thai papa Mm Mtonto
farmer. Mvt'ag eight, or tenjMtoa fraaa
day Say thie tan ia wattk Tkn
Preach farmer laala jto nne ad onn
lond. worth put So tha Pfanih. tam
er marketa dva times aa mnch ia tat
dap's woeh as tha Iltiaeia If »r The
poatmaa gnee ant daalp M att thana
Preach roada ietton* tha tamw
know every sf maefcaa tetaaa
Do prrews riae. the Preneh fiaaaae hania
to market at ana .and dee m tan tea*
aad gets tha benedt ai An rdaa Tha
tllinoia farmer (If ha hatta wt tha
riae > haaia ana tan -miy. and ijfc w^an
foil* agoia.
Thrsa are fheta that aan amth tha
«arefnl stwdr -vary m Mllajam. F.i
legislator, every farmer, sal eapaoinitp
every farmers' dab ar nhte gaialm
taen. —L. J. Bazoa, haChieaan Raaaringa
She <refc t ti» -iv - There aet
be sarh a differen»-e between «agMtl
aad Inlaw Can yon .-vpiotn 9?
Ra • reaiiainif ha. np.n laaity>—C«^
tnialv. To att here iho an
n>e iirk and wateh yoa a iahae. bag
! (kiaatag her' this n spttal —Ligfito
cwtt's Magazine
A rnu> <r«U.
Wallaee—lf that awda ywn sold Bias*-
htt lucha hua. ho sriil gat aftar yoa
Till a v - ' H"' Z*m* mmim w**
pilann ssy'dußg ae kickt >t -Jm*
V- - -
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