VOL. XXX. »HR. HOXSJES ♦ U CERTAIN ••IS • • I CROUP CURE Guaranteed to ♦ NO OPIUM. rimr «"<??* AT ALL DRUGGISTS. U U II (. Refunded. Z -i+We ♦ Are I Now#- DOING +BUSINE;SS+ IN (MR -NEW STORE SOUTH MAIN ST. Grand Opening About April Ist. ,. — - Campbell & Templeton. FURNITURES SP SHSKSFOR EVERYBODY. AD immeDsc exhibit of spring shoe?. All YOUR FEET CAN BE the latest Fhades in tan goat and Ilusai-v FITTED WITH calf, newefet tips and styles of lasts. We HUsELiTON'B SHOES. show everything in the line. Footwear worth the having—but no trash. LADIES' FINE SHOES. Never hare shown to our customers so many new and be*utifal styles •a we are showing tbts spring, we are drawing customers every day by the power of low prices backed with good quality. There is nothing in a low price unless the quality is back of it. LADIES' FINE SHOES. All the styles worth having have found there way to our house Ladies' fine shoes from 85 eta to $4 50. Don't forget to see our shoes at $1 00, $1 25, $1.40, $1 50 and $2.00, tip or plain toe,common sen?e opera or Phil's, last MISSES' AND CHILDREN'S FINE SHOES. We are showing a beautiful line io tan goat and Russia calf, heel an 1 •prtag They combine beauty, service and low pricts Misses' shoes at 80 eta. op Fine dongoln patent tip spring heel, 12-2 only $I 00 Mi-se«' ami children'* oxfords all colore. Infanta soft sole shoes in colors. Children'* shoes 25 eta. to 50 c:a. MEN'S FINE SHOES. New attractions in high grade goods of the latest make, sound n quality, tbay are straight square bargains every one of them. and at a clore price. Men's brogana only 70 cts aod SI.OO Men's fine shoes with tip at SI.OO and $1.25 Meo'a fine shoes extra nice at only $1 50. Men's fine ahoea genuine calf fine only $2 00. In lace and congress tip or plain, then oar tan bluchers aod patentcait are beauties, goorfyear welts and hand sewed is calf and cordovan at $2 50 and up IN BOY'S AND YOUTH'S SHOES We lead at usual in style, qualitj and low prices Boy's fine button or lace at $1 00 and $1.25, siiis 3to SJ. Youth : s fine shoes at 75 aod SIOO Fall line Men's box toe heavy shoes in irrain aud kip at $2 00 Kip box toe boots, three soles, long leg, at $3.00 and 350 Repairing all kinds done at reasonable prices. Came and see for yourself. B. C. HUSELTON. W. G. DOUTHETT. H. \V. F. GRAHAM DODIHETT+fI+GRAHAM'S CLOTHING AND Gerjt's Furnishino STORE WILL OPEX APRIL Ist, JLT Corner ofMain and Cunningham Bts., 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 borcjjof high prices in Butler county several years ago, arid 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 foi» 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. J + If you have not been here lately you should come and see us now. t t t t t t + Top Buggies, only - $45.00! And everything belonging to a Spring Wagons, only - 35.00 driving or team outfit at corres- Buck Wagons, only - 30.00 pondingly low prices. No ® u SSy 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 retluc- Harness Oil, per gallon cd 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 ! which we sell at prices others Curry Combs, only IOJ charge you for common work. 13. Mlartiiieom-t «fc Co,, !28jEast Jefferson Street, p^ n . a THE BUTLER CITIZEN. ■ LEWIS if. KDMtrxns, 3 South B-ir-.r.ici, H. Y. PBOILS, CARBUNCLES* " TORTURING "ECZEMA. p Completely Cured! H RDittt SAC- IFASfLI \ CO., _ OcTS:-T*'»y.t,-ia^olh#4"La6; , i»p« M ™ i 3«hichnn:it har- uoi»oned my a* 1^ ■TU C 'SJ > .or.iv ti EJ s== 1 II C ♦ u r*i ion . ii < a lsr?e~ • Dr. .jr."tl«ciuea but they Itfl roe *rrv=| I ■land net 6t>! to vjrk. terrlL ly ciSct Jr. jjjgH l\ 1 i\ Lx boiin, ai\ a;. 1 t'.vo c:\r--*fm j Hhcnclrf :t one time. Itr t»l t ryt'jr ■ I F=*l could h'-ar of but to have b«JU. -=5 fWTLf AT Add «! to Kncr...;« PP 1 nr\ I torm-.r.t«nl »iw and 6/, th* * I Sltrfata(VuMti)Je. I l«--l *•• • pain? in rifh ><tid l.a"k. <*onti:au:il hcaclarh**. I9R **/">7 |nr?C vi* i! I'Onurd A: ' w nCO f DANA'S SAK*.»i'A-== ■ RILLA. commenced it, and th» thlrdg jsi bottle eoMjrieleljr <TRED m 3 S Yoort rrsp< <f i''v, =S I.EWIK M EDlirXDa ■ 55 South Bartrick, K. V b The truth of the shore is errt'.ficd to bv *sl U R. 11ULERCOK. P. M H gotltii I Urt'jr ick, M. V. H3 H Dana Ssr&aparilta Co., Bei'ast, Maine. S% FRANK KEMPER, DEALERJ'N BLANKETS, HARNESS, everything in horse and buggy fur nishing go ods—ll ar ness. Collars, AV r hips. Dusters, Saddles, etc. Also trunks and va lises. Repairing done on short notice. The largest assort ment* ot 5- A Horse blankets in town will be lound at Kemr>er's. DUE DfelGS IT LOW I PRICES is ibe 'motlo at our A store. If jou are sick and need medicine you want the BEST. Tbis yon cat always dep r.d up. n petting from n* as we ore cotbiojr hut strictly Pun- Drags in our Prescription Depart ment. Vc.u can pet the best of every thing i<: the druc line from ns Uor ft- re i« hprtdqUHrters for PAINTS OILS, VARNISHES, Umm, Alabasting &c, Get <.ur prinß before yi-G buy Pu:nts, ao'J whai we bave to offer. We can Mkve yea dollars on } our paint bill Respectfully J. C. REDICK, Main bt.. next to Hotel Lowry, BUTLER, PA. ' Here We Are Right To The Front With Spot Cash Prices. We have eome overcoats left and have made prices on tbeta that will move them cooa. Wc do not wifch to carry orer a garment of heavy goods and if , low prices will clear them out we fehail do it, so before buying clothing or furnishings for men or boy 8 inspect the poods and reck bottom spot cash prices at The Racket Store, 120 S Main St., Butler. P». L. C- WJCK DEJLEE IK Rough and Worked Lumber OP ALL KINDS Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Shingles and Lath Always in Stock.) LIME, HAIR AND PLASTER. Office opposite P. & W. D. pot, BUTLER - - PA. SEE These Pr.cts CB fcYERGREENS. 10.009 Norway Spra<*. 4 toe inches high. fcu. 1 1000 Balsam Kir. 4 io » Inches high. Sii. lo.ivo Arbor Vila;, s'o is tribes S.-oti-li I'me, 4 u»» tucUes high. Jio. (her jnu iraro-ncs. 7,000.000 tor saic FOREST 2TS Yellow <'ot ton wood, Uto 2» Inrli. si«m. jitoonn Sugar Ma,?»le. Ito n lnrb. £i>. 1000.000 Elm. ; tt> c Inch. We sold oin iw. We must sell twice a.s many tliln year. Our nursery is overstocked with all vari -ties aiid sizes ot fruit and orit tl tn-es We cU ar some of them out. J-er»d fur price lls r A. EVERGREEN NURSERIES, Evergreen, Wis. WANTED.; Ajrents to sell oar choice and Hardv Xur.-ery Stock. AV>; hart- munr spei i.il Varietie . both in fruit" ami . ryniTH-n* i!- offer, which are controlled only hj ps. \IV psy coin!ni?sion <r salary. Write us a' once for terru.-. and ec ire choice ot terri tory. MAV BKOTiILKS, Kochester, K. Y. Adventures oi Tad; OB the HATS AID MISHAPS OF A LOST SACHEL A Story for Young and Old. BY FRANK 11. CONVERSE. Atrrnoa OF ••FKP: :.B ' "BUJII OUT TO SEA,"' "PACL GBAPTOS," ETC. [Copyrighted, hy D. l/>!hrop <t Co., and Publu/ud by Sp':l t! Arrat jttMrtf.] CHAPTER VZ Joe was the first to spring on board; and it was evident that Joo Whitney was a youth of considerable vivacity, to fay the least. He slapped Captain Flagg familfarlv cn the shoulder, sa luted the George Washington in a most hilarious manner, and, ru-h --ing frantically aft, seized upon Bounce with a shout of jubilation. " I say, Polly," he exclaimed, "what a jolly little dog—only you orter have him muzzled —he looks savage!" "There's some boys I know that wouldn't be worse if they were muz zled,"' gravely observed Captain Flagg —rescuing Bounce from tl'.o hands of his nephew, who was preparing to stand the small dog on his hind legs— though he tempered the severity oi this hint by a slight internal chuckle, and a wink of intense meaning. "No! is thit so. Uncle Jeth?" re turned Joe, regarding Tad with a look of seeming apprehension. "He don't seem like one of that kind," added the youthful speaker, with affected inno cence, as Captain Flagg turned away to hide a smile. "Oh, Joo Whitney, you're just as bad as ever," Polly exclaimed, despair ingly; and then, remembering that the polite usages of society called for a formal introduction, she added: "Joe, this is Tud Thorne—l hope you'll be ever so good friends." "How arc you, Tad?" said Joe, with a shy twinkle in his eye. " How are you Joe?" awkwardly re turned Tad, who didn't very well know what else to say, and, on the whole, rather fancying the easy, off-hand man ner of Polly's cousin. But, then, every body liked Joe, as a general thing— even those Bixport people who insisted that if he t cas Deacon Whitney's son, he was the worst boy in the place. Yet Joe's badness was nothing so very bad, aftor all. He was only one of those restless, fun-loving boys, who are never so well content as when they are in mischief; and neither the pro testations of his mother, nor the occa sional thrashings administered by the good deacon, had any thing more than a merely temporary effect. "Did you come from Boston?" asked Joe, as Tad, with a home-sick feeling under his jacket, watched Polly and her father getting ready to leave the vessel, for, of course, he exp""t<?d to have to stay on board until sc -.e different ar rangement was made for him. " No, from Philadelphia," returned Tad, and Joe began to regard him with a sort of respect; for Philadelphia, in the eyes of Bixport people, was one of the most wonderful cities in the whole world. "Come on. Tad; we're all ready," called Polly, and I can assure you that Tad was not more than r. minute in running below after tho little hand sachel, which he determined not to let out of his possession, and returning to thn fleet. "Isn't it nice that you're going home with us?" said Polly, as the little party of three walked up the wharf, leaving Joe swarming up the "Mary J.'s" rigging, three ratlines at a step. Tad thought it was decidedly nice, and his smiling face expressed more than bis brief words as, dropping be hind Polly and her father, he followed them at a respectful distance. " This is Main street," explained Polly, turning a beaming face upon him, as, leaving the wharf, they en tered the village itself. "Oh!" said Tad, filled with amaze ment, and thinking how funny it all was—the narrow plank walk, the grass growing green by the wayside, with cows—real live cows!—feeding on it! Tad caught himself wondering what a country cow would do in a Philadel phia street—say Broad street, for ex ample! And then, too, every thing was so quiet. Occasionally a farm wagon rolled leisurely by, or an ox cart, with a brown-faced man. in shirt sleeves, sitting sideways on the cart tongue, jolied slowly along. Tad, who had never seen any oxen before, re garded them as a probable new and su perior breed of cows. At little intervals along the street, great elm and maple trees were grow ing—trees whose shade in summer nearly hid the quaint old houses behind them from view. Just now their branches were bare, but the warm April sun which shone down through them suggested that soon they would begin to thrc* out shoot and bud. Ai i, - rly- ,i; 3 L?«ieb!rd* at dit vo'mi or two were comparing ran ioal notes in the tree-tops, as •acy diacusEcd the shortest passages fr< :a tho to':th, or began laying their plans for spring housekeeping. A little further on 6tood tho one store and post-ofiioe combined, then came the town pump, the echool-liouse, a small church with a square fuwer like a sentry-box, and then— "Our house," rapturously cried Pol ly, and, dropping Bounce, who wad dled along after lier as fist as his fchort legs would carry him, she darted through an ojien gateway and up a trim gravel v.alk, and was directly afterward infolded in the motherly arms of Mrs. Flagg, who was short and stout 'ike her husband, aud beamed so genially upon Tad, through a pair of brass-bowed spectacles, a moment or two later, that his heart warmed toward her at once. ••Our house'' was a funny little ono story building with what the Bixport people call a "ganibril roof," making it seem to an imaginative person as though it were shrugging its shoulders with its hands in its pockets. The windows were small, with tiny panes of glass, and tho front door, painted a lively pea-green, had a wonderfully bright brass knocker in the center of the upper panel. There was a weather beaten barn at the rear, from whose open doors issued flocks of noisy liens, while a number of doves "courooed" on the roofs in tho sunshine; the little door-yard was overgrown with syringa and lilac bushes, and the two or three dilapidated flower-beds were liordered with large clam-shells. Tad had a good chance to notice all this, because the Flaggs were some lit tle time in getting into the house, as at every few steps Mrs. Flagg had to stop and speak of some bit of news, paren thesizing the samo by giving Polly a hug. Polly had certain Bostonian experi ences to narrate—particularly the one where Tad and Bounce were prominent, anil even Captain Flagg himself tarried on the doorstep a moment, to illus trate, by lUTTLER, FA., FRIDAY. MARCH 31, 1893. threshold, the hereabout* of the ••Mary J." when it came on to blow heavy from the we«t'ard the first night Bnt finally th#y all got into the dia inj-room, where Ted seated himself in a very uncompromising chair made to fit into a corner, anrt •'•♦K&g co the ex treme verge thereof, with his cap held in b»>th hands resting on his knees, glanced interestedly about him, while the tongues of the others wagged nn flaggingly—if I ma J be allowed the ex pression. He soon made up his mind that the inside of the little house was as delight fully quaint as its exterior. In the first place, an oak wainscoting ran around the .. ..Us ucaily Os high as T.id s shoul der. All the furniture was blnok with age, and of the severest hair-cloth and mahogany order, for, like the house, it had been in being considerably over a century. In the corner stood a tall, f tale-faced clock, that had monotonous y ticked away a hundred and ten years, second by second. On the mantle were some sea-shells, a pair of china vases, and a small wooden ship, whittled out by Ephraim K. Small. And beneath the mantle was a large open fire-plaee, where the fire itself leaped up inces santly and rubbed its glowing hands together, with warm smiles that were reflected in the polished faces of the brass-headed andirons. Just such a fire as one likes to sit in front of when it is snowing and sleeting and blowing out-of-doors, and listen to tales of ship wrecks and storms at sea. The talk went on interruptedly till dinner-time, and then came a meal, to which Tad did more than ample justice. He said afterward that he was ashamed to liavo eaten so mueh. But when a hungry growing boy is set down to cold beef, and hot biscuit, and fresh butter, and new gingerbread, with pie and doughnuts besides, what else can be expected? After dinner Polly took Tad out to make the acquaintance of the pig and hens, while Mrs. Flagg cleared up the dishes, during which operation Captain Flagg, between the whiffs of his pipe, told her Tad's simp'e story, and men tioned the boy's oxpi essed desire to get work of some kind in the country. "Why," exclaimed Mrs. Flagg, witn enthusiasm in her voice and a dish-towel in her hand, "now if that don't seem providential like; Miss Smith ran up to bring some yeast tliis morning, and she was in a peck of trouble. Dan Crosby—you remember Dan—he want ed to go off to sea with you las' sum mer?" The Captain intimated by a grunt that he recollected the youth very well. "Well, Dan had been working there for a year," the good lady went on, "and Miss Smith said she'd noticed he was getting dretful sort of uppish lately, and because she gave him a talking to for smoking sweet-fern cigars in bed, he told her he wasn't going to be ordered round by no woman, if he knowed hisself, so he up and left, and she paying of him two dollars a week and board!" 'Td given him something mor'n a talking to," remarked Captain Flagg, emphatically, as he knocked the ashes from his pipe and rose to his feet. "I guess, Mary Jane," he continued, reach ing for his hat, "I'll jest drift down to Miss Smith's and sec how the land lays —if she ain't shipped any one, that's the very place for Tad." With wliieh remark the Captain rolled out of the door and down the street on his benev olent errand, while Mrs. Flagg, having finished clearing away the dinner things, took up her knitting for the rest of the afternoon. Meanwhile, Tad and Polly were wan dering about the premises, followed by Bounce, who, being a eity-reared puppy, seemed to find every thing as delightfully- novel and strange as did Tad himself. "I never thought the country was so nice," said Tad, with an expressive sigh, as the two leaned over the garden fence anil looked down the wide quiet street. An old-fashioned stage-coach, drawn by three horses, was rumbling along in the direction of the one hotel locally called a "tahvern," which boa-ted of a room where General La fayette had dept. Thrice a week this antiquated vehicle made the journey between Bixport and Middleboro—a flourishing inland town, twenty miles di-tant—with the mails and an occa sional venturesome paw-nger. Farther down, at the end of the thoroughfare, the ma.-ts of the "Mary J." outlined themselves against the sky, and a glimpse of Bixjiort river, on its way to the ocean, could be seen. " I'spose you've lived here ever since you were born," continued Tad, a lit tle wistfully. To have been reared in a peaceful home like this, with the lov ing care of parents continually about one, seemed to homeless, orphaned Tad the very highest happiness earth could afford. Polly opened her eyes very wide in deed. " Why—don't you know? How fun ny!" she exclaimed, turning a wonder ing face toward her companion. As Tap hadn't the slightest concep tion of her meaning, he shook his head in silence. "Of course, you don't, though," said Polly, recollecting herself. "Come with me." she said, soberly, touching Tad on the arm; and, curious to know her meaning, he followed Polly through the gate, and across the street to what was locally known as the " ineetiii'- house lot." Behind the little old weatlier-lieaten wooden church, on either side of which stood a row of sol emn-looking poplars, was the village burying-grouml, into which, to Tad's great wonderment, "Polly silently led the way. A short distance from the entrance, a flat, moss-grown tombstone was raised upon two slight brick elevations at either end, on which, in almost il legible letters, were the words: •' Sacred to the memory of DEBORAH SAYLES. AGED 22. Killed by ye Indians. June ye 27, A. D. 1731." Sitting down on the old stone as on n bench, Polly motioned Tad to a seat beside her. Just in front of them stood a plain white marble slab. " Read it," briefly said Polly, in a very low tone, as she pointid to the in scription. Awed by Polly's manner, as well as by the solemn stillness only broken by the breathing of the soft south wind through the leafless branches overhead. Tad read, in a subdued voice: " " Here lies— the bo.ly of a very beautiful unknown lady—one of the on board the ill-fated stcame-r "Pomerania" which went ashore near the mouth of Bixport river, in the great gale of February at. 1562. Seventy-one souls were lost. " * Floating hair all tumrled and torn Beautiful lieud laid low ou the sand Prid ■ all out of the arching lips Lite all t-ul of the marbie hand#— Oh terrible, restles*. trembling sea, Huw IN y.,u leave her alon'- with death? Clasping IKT close lu a vol'l embrace And stealing sway the last falrit Ureafh? " CHAPTER VII. ••Mr. Allen. <>t>r minister, took that v«-r».- from a paper, and had it cut on tin- -tone isn't it beautiful!" softly said Polly. "Yes, indeed," returned Tad. consid erably bewildered, "only I don't see what it has to do with you." "Wait! I am going to tell you all about it," his companion responded. But she sat for a moment or two with out speaking, resting her chin in the hollow of her small hand, and her dark eves looking far off seaward. Through the hushed stillness, the distant voice of the ocean came to their ears, sound ing soft and low, like the imprisoned echoes that one hear* in a sea--hell. "It was in the great gale of '62. when fifteen vessels and a hundred and twenty men were lost on 'George** Banks,'" said Polly, abruptly. The 'Pomerania' drove ashore cn some reefs at the month of the river, near where the light-house stands now A fisherman came up to Bixport, r,n 1 told people about it. Every body th< men. I mean—got down to the point as soon as they could. There wasn't an'- life-boat, and they say the sea was something awful. But there was a wlialeboat that belonged to George Htid.oon, and so Captain Flagg got five fishermen to go off with him in it, though nobody thought they eouldever get through the surf line. But they diil. and just managed to reach the steamer as she was breaking up. The poor people were in the water crying, and" Here Polly stopped a moment and caught her breath, while Tad felt a curious lump rising in his throat. He touched Polly's small hand with his own rough one in mute sympathy, but, frightened at his boldness, drew it hastily away, and after a little she went on: "The men pullet! four into the boat, then," said Polly, in a hushed awe struck voice, "a lady—a beautiful lady with a little baby in her arms, was drifting by. Captain Flagg reached out for her, but she said 'my baby first," and held it right up in both hands, so he couldn't help catching hold of it. Then a great sea swept the lady away. A piece of the wreck broke a hole in the lioat's side." con tinued Polly, steadying her voice with an effort, "and the crew had haid w jrk to get ashore. They man aged to somehow, though, and the saved people were sent up to Bixport. Captain Flagg took " MY BABY FIRST." the baby—that was me—home to his wife. Ever and ever so many bodies drifted ashore," said Polly, with a lit tle shudder, "and the lieaiitiful lady among them. Some of the passengers had seen her with her husband and baby on board the steamer, bus no one of the saved people knew their names. Lots of folks who had friends and rela tions on the "Pomerania" came on to Bixport and took the bodies away; but nobody recognized the lieatitiful lady, so Captain Flagg had her buried here, and this stone put np. There was a ring on her wedding tinger. that I always wear on a little ehain round my neck," —and Polly touched the front of her simple linen collar, "with 'Pauline' engraved inside, so Captain Flagg named me the same—that's why they call me 'Polly.'" " Then the beautiful lady was your mother, and you the little baby!" breathlessly cried Tad. Polly nodded gravely, and again the far-away look came into her eyes, as they rested on the grassy mound at her feet. But soon the practical side of her nature asserted itself. "Come, Tad," she -*aid, rising to her feet, "it's getting pretty near supper time, and I must help Mother Flagg— she's got doughnuts to fry." So the two made their way out of the old church-yard, and entered the home gate at the same time as Captain Flag;;, who. with a radiant face, was just re turning from his interview with Miss Smith. "You're to go over there in the morning. Tad," said the Captain, aft er disclosing to him the nature of his own errand to the house of the maiden lady in question, "and if she likes the cnt of your jib she'll hire you on trial for a spell, at two dollars a week and board what do vou sav to that?" For a moment or two Tad could say nothing whatever; the prospect of earn ing such a sum at the very on-et. fairly took away his breath. More than a hundred dollars a year, and board lie side! Why, it would not be so very long, at that rate, before he should be able to buy himself the little h«!me of his dreams. "Well, didn't you hear what I said? 'pears to me you're dretful deef!" ol»- served the Captain, a little sharply , thinking perhaps that Tad's silence arose from a disinclination to accept the offer which be. Captain Flajrjr. knew was a most favorable oue. " Who's that's so dretful deef—Tad?" interposed a familiar voice, before Tad could frame a reply. The speaker was no other than Joe Whitney, who, scent ing the odor of frying doughnuts in pas-iug, had come in for a possible share of the spoils, just in time to hear his uncle's remark. "Deef as a haddock," grumbled the Captain, irritably, "and dumb into the bargain, anybod»'d think; for here I've as good as got him a berth to Miss Smith's, and he's to go ovr there fust thing in the morning for a kind of over haulin', but when I tell him, he never so much as says whether he's glad or sorry—don't say nothin'.in fact." And here, as the Captain paused for breath, astonished Tad had at last a chance to explain himself. "Indeed, sir," exclaimed the boy, with sparkling eyes and eager speech, "it's only because that I'm so glad and so—so —every thing." said Tad, unable to fr:' nc his gratitude, "that I can't say what I want to." The Captain, who saw his mistake, was instantly appeased. He patted Tad on the shoulder in the most friend ly manner imaginable, and after clear ing his throat told him in a low tone that Solomon hit the nail square on the head when he said that there's a Provi dence that shapesour ends,refuse them as much as we've a mind to, and then, remembering that the small sachel was still in Tad's possession, he got together his writing materials, and, with the help of the ••Business Man's Assistant" and "Every Man His On n Lawyer," drew up the following notice for publi cation: ** To All Whom ;t May Concern "Br it known that on the rTeei&f of March SH, I<—, a rrrum party l*-ft «*a a •eat ta the Kruatl str*-rt SUtwnx, dtv of a «uppoaed V> contain raloibiri Now. iWififni i if I*l4 party nhall at the tiat of readinir thi« notilteatkHi. or an «noo thereafter- witr IA» BIT be PCMSLBU-. rem a. .nn-ata bj let ter *:th the «atm-rltwr. dMcntva* uld bwr. te- r>-th'r s.th «och > mer atoncilkia an tteU • iti.fjr t:. - -uh«-nt»r afnrr»»n that laid w •pnoduat to the trw mad lawful >wo*r Itownf. the h«nJ barf beforr wtn b* daty re turned ..n the pmymeat ot 'h .am of ttf tiol lar*. U> e*iver e*p.-n»« of a-jTcrtutair etc (STIRNIXL " CAPTAIN Jrnnn Ft. IG.;, •• Rntiiiran. Btiport. State of Maine * Having finished thi- mth.-r remarka ble j>r<HliK-tioii. Captain Flayg read it aloud for the edification of Tad and Jo- Wliitner. who h;»d ju-t returned from the kitch»-n. "Tain't the way I'd put it. Uncle Jt-th," remarked the irrepressible Joe. with his mouth full of doughnut and a *u»pi«-ioit- bam-hine** about his jMH-ket-i. as Captain Flags Hid down the paper with a look of o»n«eiout pnde. "I'd just say: *F >und in Broad Street station, Philadelphia, on such *nd--uch a night, a hand-Hag. Prove Property and pay charg. ». Addre-« Captain Jethro Flagg. Bixport, Maine." " Captain Flagg regarded hi« auda cious nephew with a look in which mild indignation wa- Mended with pity. "Mebbe you would. J..«eph." he said, with some -everity. "meblie you would; but. considerin" that I'm je»t a few years older'n you. I"\>- took the lilx-rtv of doin" this mv own wav." "All right. Uncle Jeth." returned the unabashed youth, "if you don't mind. 1 don't, I'm sure. Say. Tad," he remarked, briskly, turning to the secretly amused youth, "liow'd you like me to go over to Mi-- Smith'- in the morning and sjieak a good word for you, eh?" "I'd like you to go with me ever so much." warmly replied Tad. He did not rely much upon Joe's verbal rec ommendation, but he had a sort of feeling that the moral support of his presence would be a great deal. •' I'll call for you right after break last," briefly returned Joe, with a twin kle in the eye, that, had Polly been present, she would have understood at once to mean mischief. But she was helping Mr-. Flagg with snpper prep arations. and the Captain was busy sending off the copies of his notice to a couple of city papers, so Tad had no warning as to JIK* Whitney's love of practical jokes. And all the way home Joe choked down certain little twinges of conscience, by representing to him self that it was "only a little fun, any way," an excuse which I fancy has been common to mischievous youth from the fabled stoning of the frogs down to the present day. Miss Smith was "shooing" some hens out of her yard as Joe came by the house, and he at once volunteered his services with marked success. Send ing the last hen shrieking across the street with a stick following closely at her tail-feathers, Joe closet! the gate carefully. "Oh, I say. Miss Smith." he re market], as he was turning away, "I told Tad—the boy that Uncle Jelh brought home this trip— that I'd come over with him in the morning— he's sort of bashful with strangers." "Nobody'd accuse yon of any thing of the kind, Joe Whitney." was Mi<s Smith's uncompromising answer. She was tall, thin, angular and forty, with a good heart, but rather uncertain tem per. And Joe was not a prime favor ite with Miss Smith, by reason of his rather peculiar tendencies to mis chief. "Tad's a real good boy. I gtiesa," said Joe, ignoring the personality, "but if he's as hard of hearin' as Unci** Jeth says—for I heard him say Tad wasdwf as a haddock—youH have to holler like old boots to make him hear." And. without waiting to be questioned far ther, Joe scudded homeward. True to his promise. Joe was on hand bright and early on the following morning. Captain Flagg had gone down to superintend the discharge «>f the "Mary J.'s" cargo, and Mr*. Flagg was in the kitchen. Only Polly and Bounce followed the two boys to the gate. " Remember, now! no tricks—Joe." called out Polly, warningh; "gtw-l luck to you Tad," ami she wared her hand encouragingly, as the latter turned with a very fnli h«*art. to look back at the old home whose occupants had given him so friendly a reception. " Oh. isn't this nice!" ■•aid Tail, en thusiastically, as he drew in a great breath of the sweet, pnre air. and looked at the quiet beauty of the land scape about him. Behind the rill»»e rose a range of spruce and pine eov ered hills. All round were fertile farm-, and, in the eyes of the city-bred boy, Bixport and its surrounding* seemed a sort of miniature Paradise. "Not so bod." patronizinzly aw-nt ed his companion. And as they cr'--«d a small stone bridge which <|Rina«il a deep narrow -treani. Joe stopped anil peeped scrutinizingiy over the- rail, at the dark current below. "I guess the water's warm enough to try the trout-to-morrow's Satur day, and if Mi-s Smith'll let you "ff in the afternoon—if she hires yon—what do you say if we go trouting®" Say! What would any boy say to -wh a proposition—particularly a l*»y who had never outside city wails? "But may be Miss .smith won't hire me," suggested Tad. a little anxiously, after having expressed a raptttrons readiness to accompany his newly made friend on a trouting tramp, or anywhere else that J.* might «u£gest "No trouble about that!" J-** replied, confidently: "she'd take anybody Un cle Jeth recommended. You know she's hard of hearing?" he a<tded. care lessly. No, Tad did not know it. "Fact!" said Joe, writh a nod; "and if I was you. I'd speak up go»*J and loud, so's to let her see that you've got a voice of your own. The louder yon holler, the better she'll like you." he added, with a slight twinge of hi- not over-sensitive conscience. For though it was true that Miss Smith was un deniably hard of hearing in her right ear. persons -peaking a little above their ordinary tone had no particular difficulty in making themselves heard. Tad resolved that if this was the case, he would place himself without delay on the topmost round of Mi-s Smith's affections: and little more wa> 'aid. as they had now arrived at their new place of destination. Miss Smith's house was a high, square-roofed building, sadly in need of painting, standing a little back from the road. It had one immense chim ney at the very apex of the roof, aud a low. old-fa-hioned piazza on the west ern front. Two gnat elin-trec» bent protectiugly over it, an orchard of gnarled apple-trees was in the rear, the vegetable garden at one -nl.\ and a small yard in front, where, a-s the two boys entered the gate. Miss Smith herself was raking away the dead leaves from a bed of up-|>< iairing cro cuses. (TO BE COTrm tP ) WOMEN BORROWERS. Tae TreeMe I* Tk»i Mw* Aep> lUI>K lw t rrnm Tkna. "What: Yon r**m>-iabrr t«. rrtarn mj paacu ' Manrkxa Surely, you o«fht t» far art uu a p«l>-*tai ae a re.ntri f.«e the rest <>f y.»or k-i " Thus ap»kr a man i»f wh. m a Tittle hloadr craatarv ha.l n -rr .<w4 a fafaac K«x t «an th«- Phiis<Wplua Timn •■We'' *h.- laap*VM> "I ikja't l»«> whether I » ni.l hare brra aay aaure thoaph:fnl than the r.it of wooaakiad if I had aay place t. - put it" •*Ah: that »wraa!» t-T it. them, I thotiphr th«-rr- most he «xrte pood rea son for that animal hooeatT." went «a that horri.! man. "What a woman hume*. whether M ia Bkonrv or morilagt*. 1 never npn*t h» see the loaned •->>mru.»titk-* When *h«- xa\s "May I berr 'W «>aa<! so?* it is only a pi>lite way ,f ai«krnpfor it, and the man who he willeeer pet it hack know# nothinp of feaiasne hnman niter-. t'obn-Um ire maaoa property tor ail mankind bat maacaiiae rapacity stops rij»nt then- Not ao with the mrilen of the fair sex. "Thty l.»»k «>o ererythiap a* hoerow able, which is sytkt.nyamai for p< at ma able. 1 hev don't think it wr» op to ap pn»pri:>-.' other*' w k>ap aa they har«- prrfs.nl It* trannfrerae by the pi>Hte: 'May I bomiwT Ikioksfn for a <Say an.! re main for a lifetime. Money U neTer once mentioned after the primary tranva.-ti.rti. aarf the ama!l thinps »f life, inch *+ pens and pencils, are g-obbb-ti np with an uncon scious pair etc that stappers the iee»ter. If a return ia eren hlnteil at one won 1,1 suppose- mortal offense has bna pi Ten. and the only way to keep In roapne session anythia/ y«-n reully ralne is to swear \ihi ha.-en't such a thins when the ilu'.ir: 'M*y I N rrow. j»ist f.>r a ahorr tinK- plrax- <>u r ear. THE CHISHOLM TR IU M t.-ii ihr >l«l raaan aa »( <M-t Cattle lUid< The 111.- t famous of the old cattle roads wa>. t StriWr'i Mag azine the "Chiakuliu frail." It was named after John « aa eccen tric frontier stock man. who wan the firat to drire orer it. I'hisholm Irred at Paris, Tex., was a hocheU*. and ha>l many th. iua.; of cattle on the mnpes iu th<- Muthera part of the state. From two hundred to f»nr hundred yards wide, beatea into bare earth, it reached over hill ami tlmropii valley for over six hundred miles • incladinp its southern extension 1. a <-hocolat« band atui.l tin- smss-;i prniric anitinp the north and the s.mth. A*-, tie- march inp hoofs w.>r<- it ilown ami the win«l blew and the v.aler* uiahel the earth away it )*-> uuie lower than the sar» roundinp country and waa flanked by little banks of sand drifted there by the wind. Bleaching aknl's and skeletons of weary brutes who had perished on the journey gleamed aloap its bonier*, and here and there was a low arand showinp where some cowboy haul lit erally "died with his boots on." Occa sionally a dilapidated wapwn frame told of the breakdown, and spnttiap Uw emerald reaches oa either aide were the barren cirele-llke "beddinp proomU." each a record that a great herd had there spent a night. The weight of an empire passed over the trail, leaving its mark fur decade* to come. The traveler of to-day see* the wide, trowph-like coarse, with ridges being washed down by the rains ami with fences and fkrr:w of the settlers and the more civilian! red men intercepting its track, and forgets the wild and arduous life of whk-h it waa the exponent. It was a life now oat grown and which wil, never again be possible. THE MIOOLE CAR IS SAPEST. How a ronmrrrlal Tr»w»r —■ • MHtmaai »l RM. A commercial traveler tells the Wash ington Star that he is very pnrticniar as to the car he select*. "I travel thou sands of miles a year." he amy*, "and hare made it a rale to obaerve in the accounts at railroad an-iikab which car* of the trains are must often de mo lis hetL The result of my experience —for I hare been in a rfrse# ta-aah-upa ' —s>a<] obvmtwn is that the nuUi* cars are the safest. I never under say circumstances ride in the rear ear. I avoid the ear aext to the :ia«r.'ag® --nr. thouarh this is selected by IMDT as the safest. The greatest <iaa«er al presort in railroad traveling ts When a man has been in a wreeh and afterward vec th«: engine »f the col liding train »jUf way inside of ttoe rear car. or rather what's lef* of it. it ;■»- presses him nvv-t forcibly Tb.- «.<v-kCe .-ar is heavily fci—>ll t. aad in the mllMnil its. weight. to«*theT with the paoderows r nerally smashes the next car to -piiarcers. while the central ears mt w«>«antif»- ly nninjur-d When the train is •th ralled the Uiifjfatfw car aflri next enarh. as a rule. go over The roadbeds at oar great transcontinental ane> are so solid, each «t«n ia so carefully ex amined, the rolliag stock in •> mach improved that a brnheu rail -wohaa wheel or axle and like mishap* ar* re duced to a niniaioa." BRIDAL BLUSHCS. SO At«><• € « to **• « ■ '!■■» "* When yoa see in the paper a air* at tic story about hloahing brides, dos t think the bloahes are always mmm* by the emotions of the oeeaa»a I tfcmttfht to> oacc. bat I diaeoeered a »i«t the other evening at a wedding that ia real ly too guod to keep The wedding V*r i» «*• *■*»- bale of the church awaiting the strains of the wedding anreh. whea they should adraac* to the altar Thea It was that the bride, una* about tor hair, her veil «r her trmia. waa eery pale. says the Baton Sews. Her nMid of honor noticed this, and piayfaily. as I thought, pinched the fair ones cheek. Bnt what «—m*d a farelean actioa was evidently premeditated, for no so-iaer did the bride s cheeks ehow a tia«a at pink than the maid of hMor |ii imdad to manipulate her u*l fair featm na, and her action waa imitated by all tfet brideamajda. Thea the organist played and the party prui; naiad to the attar. Ttoe Oesas Lattery » Marl—i to a lewsry ■«'> - The law." O* aid. -di «■- " -Quite as." he al< "ant «ae ca wMc* - Tie woases ft Use jr.m a ~ —Dnumtf i Itaqr&zta* A «'*■< "■ "Why did he call his aew hotel tha Columbus?" "So he could oae tme of the aew Co lombian stampa for a ign."—PttMt Free Press. A »n*'«| neaeere. He—Aren't you pleased with the way my mustache is growing? She—Yea, indeed! I'm mor* Urklad with it evenr time you calL—Broohly* Life- tlpksWl mt UM «leorge—Have I com* too early, dear* I.aura —No, We have junt had tea. and « always ought to eosne right after f - Chicago Tribune »■■■■■< "Why was the match spoiled "The old man threw cold water ae H. That would spoil any match.' Har per's Bazar. Mot Eattrety ■">'!"* -By Jove. Mabel! I sometimes think you only married ow for my money •'Those lac id inteivals are encourag ing."— Life. IIL. MM. Heiress— If I slnmld starry an Lag liah lord would you ha anything, paee? Papa—Ye* buakrupv—Boetoa G» .N0.21 MEAT AMO uec. We mttm a <fru >f <mr bnMm as n» ehiaes or eajfines in rV iiig; tpw prtlt ripie* <mi'ar to -W inyiny »< la Me chanic*. TV »!«■» that tha Hw* we *wt NMVrt to st» the ftael kiappwd *» a fsrnaee =» familiar re» ■mm can rrpm» ftadkapthr lawaodbaat inaptawn ». ber-'v applied v* -"tphmm tie gmath a# plaat i»1 «nim li life Th& ban rwstrtly V»a Ana*. saps the Toaths rnpw».-a. b* ICr. J. I'M has be*>r<- the I*V!< -wsphienl «t» iati la Joa. II.• p>«u .n, tar munaan ika: the tacwaae imlaki* energy nat: tar frm Um baildiag ap it _ 7 m: «< iaocjaaW- material* -aa mfr b» n plained in anmrdaaee with urn mil jut*, by Uinmw of vemper atnr« Unrti**- tte r l *'' of the planr aad !>» calculations sbow 'hat the ettf feretkce Vtuwa .la Mai a .pa: a qpite wdrint In atemat far !ka «1 am o* temperature repaired. similar pna ip.<» apfi? •* ihr ggrtw.-. at aainu v Satan- gvmm i.-fhMp !hr nothing am! ilraa»i» aa ' a—a Int *>r rrrrr ftyixHw e n| ha* wmmrr gie*. whether she i» aw: aaa in 4rr« u Mijmf i-aasiap aa ak la pw, .«r hulTUnp op tk»aavtaa«( an slh.etv or the brain »f a pkiUaiylfr lai m tar a* fcpr arork oar piaaet In ena "rant. the «*sn*« >f bar *appl'*a -a ait thfw ran is tbr saa. A GREAT HORSE RACE. A preat horse race— pr-laMy '.am greatest mated rare «*er ram ha thin wntrjr-wM, aee. oiia* to a »E L**ars kiIWBSUi. 'Nat kr. tra »» tk> Ml «wti< ofse-teaial -iperfctrin-. Ar ma*h agnin«t the ia !*•&. The Ww> w.tv IVftnna. nwiwU by M« w v Ktrh of A!.»haaa. iai I'aiaa .ear. I by M«n liikhnM. ul Sew Jevaatr TTw r»v wan ran at a truck mo J. twt llflthK now a ta»hi.naM* mbnrh <«f J«v.v «"ity„ r~rl.-.ksag litebma river. and near tla.. prt w» taan a» aumicer home 'rf Mr*, faran ">f ■1 a». a gnat .wrietv <;««» of thr» pr*srat (ar in I'hns. an>l Y.itk. TW aaU'h *w (it imotr Unnaaal J»lbar* a ji«Jr aad .-rratol iatn>M> atrrr»t ia all northern iukt «»at:»rra .f nmiiaartrr-.. Thrr«- veaa an iuaaa-aw r,»«rU prntrM. 4i»tin)ftuKbrd racn jml rr-' —a *1 iaa alt orrr th# crmatrr Hrisi* aaa»ac "*» Sf>retat'-«rn. The »»«r»t -f '»rai ami wrtinnal praia wa» a jr>a' -l*al >tr'njf»T io thame .tav* than u m »«• aa>l it wan ttroair :p tr> the -km. IVrt<>aa won tb» raaf -h. aari tk> entita mmth appesrwi tnVaa naat ■■ A-:i'M«wtratu->'iM »f >•-• an>t MtthaKtaam. Ihc siirth wg» oomtpnatflagkj i» »t fallen. A MUSICAL CRA& EnK «nna \motnr tiie aaimaia Dr.. .Uenek. m wrtia* to Natun- haa specially •<- serr.fl is thr red rypeaie Liali ett swarm n .>n aU the -«amJT aboeee <■# Ir. ilia. The tH«g*r »* ita Ma Hkete. e - aippert. bears ana tto "yiia" a loai ftaely-tnuthed *Mf«. ia4 am mm at tl baaal joiata at tke ' 'arm" acaimt wter 1 the palm" c-ae be tufhtljr <rlu« *. iVr ■ la a tecoial wailar raigr VThea tl. • "naiia * ia an ft>Me»i uraiaaf tike baae - * the -arm" the Stat rtd«a <-aa be wnrtr arr««e thr like a tear at wee » Miile. oaiy hi thia <mm the hnm mae era! tiara !ar|W than the Mile Ami gne m tn the way theee err play their A rahbee e tern the barrryw .>f aanther Waea rirhtfal ■>■ aei .liaiie re tike :afru he utter* a firrr hmkra t»e». a. „t r.-ak straai-e. m hrariav wbiah the tatru. if permitted, will a -an leave She row If the uatrorfer V prewate»i f Hakintr hi» the tow aaU ba> tontA A the .waer irah. r»w ia UMataeaa aari thrtllaaea mmd peg. 7 taatil they beciaae a .-.atian law-phrhetl whir oe tiiglk-praHkert gr the bainw m l iag aa a raanaaßue The Loadna 11'irri »ialm •«# - e Maaeherter' lanhaai teMa tae th£ bHtmnrr. "Aa iateraacia« aal«ar «aae. ..OKtratxa* the .n upeia fnwer nt wlan . baa jaat beea taatw by a «erpe»«a A »"i baaaa whib ten.hn.- » mar Mae aw« fhr It htueln 4 tia barf the tifa it rmn ntf Jn#-n >f hia lef» Hakl -'<aa <al with the knife. %wa ban aSbarw IkeaneeadtotkrMipiai fae te tempr In r-pilrwre tha am em par* of the fluiiei*. althaaeb She pr per*» .rf rrttiaf them la ma ant tu be nanat w>i>ta. The m rarefally iaann.it mm* the - aa>{ flted by 11. wan !a a hataar flria aaaraa waa friaarf la baee •arpena wae able u» aote that hr.- the eada <# tke ft^ra* A faeneHe 1 ill 1 a mt wUhthe Cate* hk the Heaieaa <ael» Epht. »wry W teas eftlaae baa :ta -i. bpil. erf <4brr ea a lew v«m >a»« fnaa daihw Effhter* ia the emaM taaa tfa^iPßaß the at m llraah The —in if' Ha •port ka wae'harf whaa the appai all eMßpfeteiy tierlaJ ia Hb» ran aa if ka Ms pa". aa«l wtth ea* Ihe fra hia «par alaya Ma •teal ia the aet at laawi'ap eear iti Mf r TW a ■ ■* laaaaa Ptaa la Re> faem thaaa ia a aaaai *pa> Oa*rLa*kaak tha***|hww of tn*- ■» bep« eaaaPMMp J* <riee a«a. he tahaa ImI<( the perjpia at tha lahia aaae ara. ap Dealer* Mapmnae. aarf «he-r fcaaiaiac -rami rr _____ At laal >ae tf the Ire ■ . aa— P'*» feit aarrrwl to <ay a ww* -Of mere a<aea are «afc" aha «a> ■arkMi ~aa«t ayaally. «# ««W ■»» ar- ml rata. Why." «he aMed. with a glaa. rmr mmH the table. a» thia earr gmaent the aeektae *4 the aiaa ia the ranak fe aa the baHb -* bia eoQar." »he waiunt frte reery aaa peee rat had pat haad birfcia I bar awfc Xew Taahae ha* »hiah «f Oly * eftaiaai rvrei Brvw fliaM paapie Ifßti » wnffcr • fjur at * raaaiair the rieh a* beiaE H-bha! M>< wxri't"!' ChL-ap*> Mas «■* liatialTy -flh (hen* mat be aay at mB thaa mm » partu-lr. J net aa qairk aa the Mr "ipaak all the wMwa will -f..p n maleaiMp aa-i pa to heepia* h«eela— TPEepWI «»«■• wtth"ll.*T>f*>»hr« y»»« taarb* Mnetrrl Man w>«» — Wm arrrr nar peiat«.l johra. er r*numpb*r Weil, hat <*m"l yam iokra Cbat were tf liaftMPtfeP m*
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