VOL. XXX. BINTS FOR SHREWD BUYERS FROM Campbell & Templeton, Kutler, I J n. FURNITURE and QUEENS WARE. D 0 YOU KNOW 1)0 YOU KNOW m2!| D 0 V ° r 111LXK that we bu< them cheaper Ve bare a Complete stock of Baby Carriages. TV/"\ YOTT ti V( i VV That we visit the principal furniture Ivy U tt markets of the United States each season and have a chance to select the best goods ? After reading the above haven't you about decided that it will pay you to buy from us ? Save money. Make your home attractive. Buy while the stock is complete. Visitors always Welcome. WE ARE STILL ON DECK. We have better facilities, larger stock and lower prices than ever before. Wc 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 evcrbody is our friend and customer. One purchase here means a customer for life. t X t * If you have not been here lately you should come and see us now. 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 io ; here for it. We have even reduc- Haraess Oil, per gallon 50 [ed the price of Kramer wagons. Sweat Pads, (collar) - 35 jWe also have now a lot of the Singletrees, only - 25 j very finest buggies, wagons and Team Collars, only 75 j harness made in the world, Buggy Collars, only 75 j which we sell at prices others Curry Combs, only loj charge you for common work. D. Martincourt <fc Co., 128 East Jefferson Street, Butler, Penn'a. sp SHOESFOR EVERYBODY. AD immense exhibit of Rpriog sheep. All TOUR FEET CAN BE the latest shades in tun goat and Russia PITTED WITH calf, newest tips and Btyleß of lasts We HtTSELTON'S BHOEB. show everything in the line. Footwear worth the having—bat DO trash. LADIES' FINE SHOE*. New have shown to our customer* so many new and beautiful styles M we are MbowiDg this spring, WB are drawing customers every day by the power of low price* backed with good quality. There in nothing in a low price unless the qaality is back of it. I A DIES' FINE SHOES. AH the stiles worth having hnve found there way to our house Ladles' fine shoes from 85 eta to $4 50. Don't forget to see onr shoes at $1 00. $1 25, $1.40, $1 50 and $2 .00, tip or plain toe,common sense opera or Phil'a. last MISSE"' AND CHILDREN'S FINE SHOES. We are allowing a heaotilnl line io tan goat and Rnwsia calf, heel and spring Tbe* combine beaotj, service nrid low prices Misses' shoes ht 80 CM. Op Pine dongola patent tip spring heel. 12 2 only $1 00 Mines' and children'* oxfords all colors. Infants soft sole shoes in colors. Children's shoes 85 eta to 50 c s. < MFN'S FINE SHOES. New attrac ions io high grade goods of the latent 111 ike, sound in qoality, tbey are straight square bargain* every one of them, arid at a clone price. Men'a brogans only 70 eta and SI.OO Men's fine shoes. with tip ai SI.OO and $1 .25. Men's fine shoes extra uice at, only $1.50. M.en's fine •hoes genuine calf fine only $2 00 In lace and congress tip or plain, then Oar tao bluchers and patent call are beauties, poorijear welts ai.d hand ••wed io calf and cordovan ai $2 50 and up IN BOY'S AND YOUTH'S SHOES We lead at usual in styl«. quality and low prices. Boy's fine button or lare at $1 00 and $1 25, siz -s 3to 5j YouUi 'B One shoes at 75 and SIOO Pail Hoe Men's box ton b--avy shoes in grain and 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 lor yourself. B. C. HUSELTON. The new store of Douthett & Graham will lie open for business April Ist. We will open with an entirely new stock of clothing for men, bora and children. Also a lino of hats and gents fine furnishing goods. You are respectfully invited t> ctll and extroii) oor goods sod if we cannot then interest you, as to quality, make and price, its oar fsalt. Call and see us whether you wish to buy or not. No trouble to -how goods. Remember everv article in the store brand uew You will have no old chestnuts to look at. DOUTHETT <fc GRAHAM, A. <fc II Keiber Building, Cor Main and Cunningham Sts., Batler, I'a. TH l<°%rtkß RH HAY-FEVER L/ I 'COLD-HEAD tiff* Cream Balm it not a liquid, tnuff or pmndcr. A //plied i to the wmirilt it it _ quickly ultiorljed. ii w him the html, allnyt injUimvuitdon, henl* Plr > the tare*, i(Md ' y tfruggM* <rr tent by m/iil on irrript f nrif. C>j 3 3UC ELY BROTHERS. 56 Warren Stmt NEW YORK. JuO | W: " ■•■■■ M* jf ■'' W f / r —- —'/ V ' THE BUTLER CITIZEN. ITHE KIND H m K \ 2S | m H CHARLES SIMMON" 3 . I A MARVEL Of COHOES! | ■Kidney and Liver Diseases p FOE 15 YEAB.S, H CTJEED BY 3 BOTTLES! §| BfDA-S'A >AESAPARTLLA Co.: T±r. - ! Z'.od =7= Rhi-alth Vyt. of your fiauwqurl.s Ir 1 .:H| r. V duty '■ CA. r, k nev v.. Scire K For 13 yeart I *:r; _ sMTcrr painsmt l • Hlnuarh, : Kid gney t:4 Livrr IHsentc. m> btdtj iLat Izz= ■ At a tire I had to rtay : i bfL i~= I tuTij tued ttree 6t | B.INA'S * | SJLRSAPARILLA 1 &tn<) I Oil Is If » new man. I r PBm« vi it t'> ti,v At&ct««i v.: -•£ vl t-. rr ■ t%JC S R "COH£*T,X. BIMMO.' J. |H 'S '1 tl.' lis ** !*'--*■ ; ' J JAMES P C.VJ.KISS, = -1 COH'JN, ' Y. ■ ■ Never purchase of a " SUBSTITUTEft, 'B3 = a person who tries to sell jou Belse when you call for Dana's.) Our bat-B atle* are being filled with a COUNTERFEIT j. HARTICL£ by "Substituters." Buy of the® ■j HONEST DEALER who sells you whatyougj ask for, and If you receive no benefit he|= ■ will return your money. C ss Dana Sarsapt'ilia Co., Belfast, Maine. --- feed. For prices and terms. Ao drees, J. W. MILLER, 131 Mercer St., Batler' Pe. FRANK KEMPER, DEAL£K|IN BLANKETS, HARNESS, And everything in horse and buggy fur nishing go ods—3rT ar - ness, Collars, Whips XJusters, Saddles, etc. -A_lso trunks and va lises. Repairing done on short notice. The largest assort ment of r>-_yV I torn< blankets in town will bo found at K emuer's. pj \ Diss i! ti | I'KICES i« th's rnotlo, a' ,tnr X wore. If you urc sick nrii] need nn-dicim yon want tb<- BEST. Tiiis yon <-un always upon getting Irom us, as we ufce nothing hat f irictly Pur Drugs in our Prescription Depart men:. You can get th< best of ever) thing in the drug line from uf. Unr store is also headquar e-s foi PAINTS OILS, VARNISHES, Kalsomine, Alabastine -Get our prices before yoa buy Paints, »ad -ee what we htve o offer. We can savo you dollars on y oar psint bi!'. Respect'nllv J. C. KEDICK, Main St.. next to Hotel Lowr BUTLEKt PA. Here We Are Right To Tbe Front With Spot Cash Prices. We have pome 'ivereoa's left an«i have rnad»- prices on them that will movt- th»*m s«.on. We do not wi><h to <!arry over a ({urnient ol heavy tioodn and if low prices will eb-ar them out we t-hall do it, so before buying clothing or for m»*n orltoys ias[>ect the (fooda and rock bottom spot cash prices at r Flie Racket Store, 120 H Main St., Butler, P». JL...C- WIC K IjKA .Kit IS Rough and Worhd lumbei <>V ALL icTsmi^l Doors, Sash, Blinds, ShiriKles arid Lath Always iri Stock. LIME HAIR AND PLASTER. 'Office opposite I'. A V/. Depot, MPTLBH i'» . SEE These Prices on EVERGREENS. 10.000 Norway Hiir'jr« . \? , k , • , htjr|j # 10.(<00 Biliaifl Kir. 4 mlm (i«*h ir. •». JO.<*io Kr\tt»T Vlftß, h!o \:» in'h'H hi:, r, Hf'Otrh tto M lilif Ii MO. OV I' LL'I • 7 (Xv» MH• for ! FOREST TftEEs.r,:r,, w ;r.: g? k Y- <.W <•«»««.!.w-.K.-I iz ion u. h, .o hu '»r M III!'-. I ■ I . i ■». > I .... I, . a 1 .rh. IT',. We ' M H.Mi •«!'. :-r.; W*mmt Ut> 1 tw"-ti.Hftj till" '■ Or r,u uv rnw ke i w ll i • i .■> ,i, bti or >tri •"t '»■ • • i'.i ; ~ , ~r tLeia o t. s« u'l I r i»rl ■ t . EVERGREEN NUKSl.'fr s Evergreen, Wis. Adventures of Tad; OB THE HAPS AND MISHAPS OF A LOST SACHEL. A Story for Young and Old. BY FRANK 11. CONVERSE. Atrmoß CF '-PEPPE:; -BLOWS OCT TO SEA.'' "PACI. URAFTOX,'' ETC. j [Copyrighted, Jt9», by D. Lothrop it Co., ami Publifhed by Sptciil Arrangement.] CHAPTEB X3L It was a lovely Saturday afternoon, and, of course, a half-holiday for Dis port youth. Tad had been veiy busy all the forenoon, as Mr. and Mrs. Mason, of Boston, had arrived the night befo; -, and taken the spare room. Tiiey were very wealthy peo ple, who had boarded with Miss Smith for three successive summera, find ing ia the quiet of this secluded rillage an enjoyment that no crowded watering-place could give th<em. ! Tad bad seen very little of them, and only noticed that the lady was rather stout and pleasant-faced, while the gentleman was also stout and ! rather jolly. The name was enriouily familiar, though, and he racked his brain in vain to think where he had ; heard it. Tad always had his liberty on Sat urday afternoon, and, borrowing Mr. Kenneth's big, flat-bottomed boat, he had invited Joe Whitney, Polly Flagg and the dog Bounce to go after lilies in Bixport pond—a beautiful sheet ol water, not far from Deacon Whitney's. "There's Mr. Mason and his wife al« ready," said Polly, glancing ashore; "they always put up some lunch and start for the pond just as soon as they get fairly settled at Miss Smith's." "And there are those two Boston girls that are boarding at Widow Simp son's—with Mr. Forrest," added Joe, with a slight chuckle, a3 he remem« be red the bittfen apple. "Come ashore and hare some lunch, young folks," called Mr. Mason, who was a great favorite in Bixport, be cause, as they said, "he nor his wife pnt on city airs—if they were worth half a million dollars." So the boat was headed for the shore, and, as it touched the beach, Polly, with both hands full ol long-stemmed, fragrant treasures, jumped ashore— followed, more slowly, by Tad and Joe. "John, dear, mill you look at those lovely lilies!" exclaimed Mrs. Mason; and, at the sound of her voice, it all camo back to Tad—tho Pullman car, and ti < night journey to Boston be hind t-.s. John G. Mason's chair, shel tered by Mrs. John G. Mason's cloak. How iunny it was, to be sure! The little party gathered round tho lunch-basket, under tho shado of some delightfully tall pines, and began to discuss a rather substantial lunch. At a little distance were the Misses Baker, two very nice girls of culture, from Boston—and, having said this, it is perhaps unnecessary to add that the younger wore eye-glasses, and had brought a volume of Ruskin for light reading, while her sister, with artistic tendencies, was seated under a l;.rge white umbrella before an easel, making a sketch of Bixport pond in oiis. Mr. Forrest, who represented himself as of one of the first families of X-few York, was most elaborately dressed in a cool and becoming boating suit of cream colored flannel; and when he arose tixjui a vexjr giccu i+njomy l on w-Kloli he had been sitting, tho effect of color was so .striking as to draw an audible snort from the observant Joo Whitney. "Sar, Mr. Forrest." he called, with his m'juth full of sandwich, "I wouldn't set down much in them white clo'a— they're all streaked up behind now; be sides, there's lots of bumble-beo's-nests round here." Mr. Forrest, who had turned very red, did not receive tho suggestion in a kindly spirit. "Young man," he said, loftily, "allow me to say that your coarse familiarity is very unpleasant—have the goodness to attend to your own affairs." "All right," replied Joe, with a wink of exquisite meaning directed to Polly, who shook her head at hirn warningly, and, after another attack on the eat ables, he sat in silent meditation. "Got a pin, Polly?" he u«kcd, in a low tone of voice, as he wiped a linger ing crumb or two from his lips with his coat-sleeve. "What do you want of It?" suspi niously returned Polly. "Why—l want it!" was tho unsatis (a> :tory reply. "Here's one, Joo," said Mr. Mason, with, 1 regret to say, a somewhat hu morous twinkle in his eye. "Now, John!" expostulated his wife, as Joe, taking it, r>-c to his feet and strolled off, "wlia' made you? you kn'rw that boy is always up to some kind of mischief." But Mr. Ma-on, who had stretched himself at ease on the given sward, with his straw hat over his face, seemed suddenly to have fallen into a deep leep, riot iiiipunctuated by an occa-ioii.il nore; -o Mr-. Ma-on, lean ing back against a tree-trunk, fanned herself languidly, and chatted with Polly, who was making a lily-wreath for her shade-hat, while Bounce lay lay looking on with lazy interest. Tad, hug/ing his knee- , which were drawn nearly up to his chin, sat a little dis tance off, thinking how singular it was that, in a big world, lie should again have met the owner of the fur cloak, anfl wondering what she would say if she knew the part she had played in helping him along on his way to Bix port. ll \vii-> one of those delightful sum mer afternoon- when one feels disin clined to do any thing but dream away the idle hotu>. The clear, unruffled surface (if l'ixport pond reflected the drifting w' te clouds overhead, and the tall, whisj ing pines which bent over id margin, as faithfully as some great, mirror. Far ofl", at the other end, a solitary loon -ent out his quivering cry from time to time, while now and then the shrill nol»- of the locust cut through th" warmth and stillin --of the air with monotonous persistency. The murine of Mr. Forrest', voice, as that gentle man, unmindful of Joe's warning, re clined gracefully at Miss Baker's feet, reached Tad's ears. "Y'cs, Mi- 1 Baker," lie was saying, "I mi p < -ionatcly fond of art, and, as what"' liis-naine say , the study of tho beautiful is a o-w-w-w-w! oh! oh!" The wild whoop with which Mr. For re-i unexpectedly ended his lesthetic remark- -tartled the young lady so much that lie dropped her palette, palnl idc down, full upon Mr. For resl upturned face, while he, spring in" wildly to hi.- feet, began thrashing bis person with both hands, shouting "Shoo! shoo!" as he madly danced about the gre.cn sward! " I beg your pardon, Jadles," he ha < l .im d. a both the Mi -c-- 1; .'I staled at him agha-it, "blit I !■ !' lie re r. a bee' nest in I lie vicinity; 1 li.i \ ■ jit I been severely stung by one"— But his explanation was ( brought to an abrupt ylos'.' by a si^jju- lITTTLER. PA, FRIDAY. APHIL 31, 1893. lar nuis<\ which —a seeming combina tion of -titled scream, repressed gasp and laughter proceeded from Jo,- Whitney, who. with a very "SHOO! SHOO!" red face and a long alder stick, in the end of which was a pin, had suddenly and silently rejoined Tad and Polly. " You—you young villain!" wrath fully ejaculated Mr. Forrest, as the truth suddenly flashed across his mind, and, with this exclamation, he made a tudden dive in Joe's direction; but the wary youth, evading his grasp, dodged under his outstretched arm with a hilarious war-whoop, and disappeared among the trees. Mr. Forrest was very angry, particu larly when he discovered that a smear of pea-green paint extended from his forehead downward across his nose to his cheek, though he made a pretense of laughing it ofl" as a joke. "Just dip mv handkerchief in the pond-water. Tail, and wipe this paint ofl' my face, will you," he said, throw ing it to Tad, who, taking it in silence, scrubbed down Mr. Forrest's face till it wag tolerably clear. But with the paint W;LS a chalky substance from over Mr. Forrest's right eyebrow, and, too late, that gentleman clapped his hand to his forehead, with a slight exclamation. Tad's sharp eyes detected a small bluish scar on Mr. Forrest's temple, that had been skillfully hidden by a touch of French chalk. "How are you, Jones,' I '' thought Tad, with a little twinge of excitement, which he carefully concealed, handing back the handkerchief with apparent unconsciousness of the sharp glance given him by the city-bred gentleman, who clapped on his hat with considera ble haste. Tad then rejoined Polly, who had risen to her feet, and, after talking a little with the amused Mr. Mason, the two made their way slowly homeward by the shady wood-road that followed the pond shore for quite a distance. " Why, where is Bounce?" cried Polly, wondering what made Tad so unusually silent. " Here. Bounce! Bounce!" Bounce had grown into quite a sturdy, good-natured pup, with a gruff voice, and a propensity for picking up and carrying off any stray article that he found lying about. Sometimes it was Polly's slipper, or perhaps one of Mrs. Flagg's dish-towels; but, curiously enough, he never tore or destroyed any thing of the kind. S >. u.s, in answer to Polly's call. Bounce presently came rushing toward them through the bushes, Polly was not surprised at seeing something In his mouth. "Naughty Bounce!" said Polly, with make-believe severity; "bring it here this moment, sir." ttounce obeyed at once. " Why, it's a folded, newspaper, with Mr. Forrest's name on the edge," she exclaimed, as she took it from be tween Bounce's white teeth. "He rnust have dropped it out of his pocket when he jumped up so quick," added Polly, with a merry laugh, in which Tad, roused from Ills abstraction by the little incident, at once joined. "You'll see Mr. Forrest before I do. Tad," Polly continued, as she extended the newspaper; "I wish you'd give it to him somehow, I don't like, him one bit." "All right," replied Tad, taking the paper, "I'll hand it to him when I see him; though / don't fancy him much myself. But I wonder where on earth Joe is!" he added, suddenly noticing the prolonged absence of his friend and crony. "Joseph is here, son of the pale-face!" suddenly responded a guttural voice from the roadside, "but his feet no longer tread the paths of peace, for they are set upon the war-path, and before another moon the scalp of the Forrest chieftain shall dangle in his wigwam!" With this terrible announcement, a figure attired in a blanket shawl, with disheveled hair hanging about his face, which was adorned with alternate stripes of crimson, blue and yellow, burst forth from the bushes, uttering a fiendish and blood-curdling yell. He shook wildly aloft a white liuen um brella with one hand, while in the other was an article held in the manner of an Indian spear, which Tad and Polly sim ultaneously recognized as the younger Miss Baker's patent folding easel. After allowing Mr. Forrest's anger a sulli cient time to cool, Joe had wandered back to the shore, where he was at once chartered by Miss Baker to carry her shawl and sketching utensils back to her boarding-place, while Mr. For rest took the little party for a row on the pond. The possession of such avail able material was too great a tempta tion for Joe, who had at once utilized them, with the effect I have just de scribed. "11a! Ha!" cried the Indian brave, executing a fantastic war-dance in the middle of the road, while Bounce barked, and his two friends regarded his paint-smeared face with astonish ment, "does the daughter of the Lenni Lenape shrink back? Let her have no fear—the flower of his tribe wars not upon helpless women, nor does he fear even though the dread avenger be at his heels!" Perhaps tin- red man's ut terance would have been less boastful had lie known that the avenger, in the unexpected person of Deacon Whitney, was so close at hand. The deacon, hav ing been hunting up a stray steer along the pond shore, had suddenly turned a bend in the wood-road in time to recognize his erratic son's voice. For one brief moment Deacon Whit ney gazed at. Joe's grotesque grab In silent horror. And then, with a stride which brought him within reach, he seized the red man's ear with consider able emphasis. "The (lower of the tribe will j. ' stop this tomfoolery, an' march along home with the avenger," remarked the deacon, with grim pleasantry; and tin; youthful chieftain, in all the glory of bis trappings and war-paint, was meek ly led along by the ear in the direction of the paternal wigwam, to the un siuothcrablc delight of about twenty Bixport boys who were, playing base ball on the green, near the deacon's house. Meanwhile, lul and Polly made their way home more > 1 (uvl\ By this time 1 lie two had become great friend- 1 , and wire never at a loss for eonversa | tion while together. Tad (old his com panion all abont hi* life at Miss >mith'-. How Samantha hud taught him to milk Sukey, the Jersey cow, and even instructed him in the art of jrrooniiujr White-face, the family horse, that was said to be about twenty-five years old. Then, Miss Smith had shown him all about planting the veg etable garden and weeding flower-l>eds. Slw told Samantha (who told Tad) that he was by all odds the best help that had ever worked for her, and, con sidering he was a boy —Miss Smith cherishing a rooted antipathy to the generality of boys—she wasn't so sure but that she could say that she almost liked him. "I'm sure I like her ever so much," added Tad, in a rather unusual burst of confidence, "and folks that think she is grumpy and cross don't know her— that's all.'' '•Perhaps she'll adopt you some day. Tad," suggested Polly, laughing a lit tle at the idea of prim-visaged Miss Smith with an adopted son. "1 wish <he would," returned Tad, with simple earnestness; "Pd give any thing to have some one kind er love me, like your folks do you—even though they wasn't my very own. I tell you, Polly," said Tad, sorrowfully, "this having to drift around without any home, and nobody to care what hap pens to you, isn't the nicest thing in the world." Polly was about returning a sympa thizing answer; but, catching a glimpse of Captain Flagg rolling heavily along in the distance, Tad and his confi dences were momentarily forgotten. "There's father!" she exclaimed, de lightedly, and with Bounce barking at her heels, Polly ran fleetly down the plank sidewalk to meet him. '•She's got somebody," thought Tad, wistfully, and then with a little sigh he turned into Miss Smith's neatly kept flower-yard, where the pansies and old- fashioned garden-lilies seemed to nod him a friendly welcome. There was nothing particular for him to do, and, sitting down on the edge of the piazza. Tad fell into a brown study. He was a good deal perplexed a» t« whether he had better confide his sus picions that Mr. Forrest was also Mr. Jones, and presumably Mr. Edwards also, to Miss Smith and Captain Flagg, or wait till he had more positive vroof. "My word wouldn't go very against his smooth tongue," thought Tad, as he mechanically unfolded the copy of the paper that had probably dropped from the pocket of the subject of his meditations, and which Tad had been holding in his hands all the while. " Why, what! It can't be!" Tad exclaimed, all at once, as his eye fell upon a conspicuously printed notice, headed: " Five Hundred Dollars lie ward! /" And, the better to take in the meaning, he read it over again aloud. Following the offered reward was this announcement: "The above sum will be paid, and no ques tions asked, for tbe return of a small alligator skin sacbel with nickel-plated trimming* and lock, together with contents of tho same. Said sacbel was left, by mistake, In one of the seats of tho Hroad Street Station, Philadelphia, tbe evening of March A, IS7—, and was taken there from by a boy ef about fourteen, shabbily dressed, with dark hair and eyes. '• Address, or call upon, J. H. A., 1&I7 Oldtown Street, Boston, Mass.'' "Well, / should say it could be!" said the sharp voice of Miss Smith, who, having heard Tad's exclamation, had stepped out on the piazza, un noticed by Tad. "WELL, I SHOULD SAY IT COULD HE!" " Where'd this paper come from!" she demanded, as she took it from Tad's hand. Tad explained briefly. "First good I ever knew come of keeping a dog!" curtly remarked Miss Smith. "Humph!" continued the; lady, now somewhat excited, "here's that fellow's name—if his name is Forrest— on the margin, and the notice has got a lead pencil mark drawn round it. Don't that make it all plain enough?" "All what, ma'am?' meekly returned Tail. "Why, that this Mr. Forrest must have seen tho notice, and kep' it to himself, thinking that perhaps he could wheedle you out of the bag for little or nothing, and then get. a liig reward for returnin' it," replied Mrs. Smith, with a triumphant snap of her gray eyes. "I think there's more to it than that, M iss Smith," said Tad, rising to his feet. "I think he's the same fellow who tried so hard to get hold of it in Boston. You see, ma'am," continued Tad, meekly, "I ain't so quick as some, but I've studied it out kind of like this. He somehow found out, in the first place, that the tall gentleman who owns it had jewelry, or whatever it is, worth ever so ranch money in his saeh el, and just followed on after him to get a chance to grab it. Then / got hold of it, and ever since he's been doggin' ine. He's got a mustache, and bran'-new teeth, and his voice is a little different; but this afternoon I found out something that makes me pretty sure I'm right." And then Tad told Miss Smith about the little blue scar, that he had so unexpectedly dis covered. " Well, Tad," observed Miss Smith, after a short astonished pause, "you're a smarter boy than I ever thought you was, I'm free to confess. The the deceptive critter!" And, for a moment or two, it really seemed as though Miss Smith was determined to sally forth, and, single-handed, capture Mr. For rest, and drag him into the presence of " Square" Martin, the Bixport justice of the pcaee. there to denounce him as a fraud of the first water. But, upon cooler reflection, nho saw that, in reality, there was no visible proof of any such charge, further than Tail's own word. Kven Captain Flagg or Polly would hardly have recognized, in the elegantly-dressed gentleman with a silky black mustache,the smooth faced, shabby sharper who had tried unsuccessfully to steal Captain Flagg's money and papers on Commercial wharf. "(Jive a rogue rope enough, and he's sure to hang himself; so I guess we won't say any thing for a spell longer," finally said Mins Smith, to Tad's great gi atitication. But the good lady immediately sat down and wrote a letter to "J. II A." in relation to the sachet, and after ward posted it with her own hands. Furthermore, she bad a new lock put on each of the outer doors, and even went so far as to have Tad clean aud ldad 4U old flinfctok that frad . none good -. nice at Bunker Hill, j which, to Samantha Xason's great | horror, she kept standing at the head ! i of her bed. "I feel it in my bones that the fel ] low'll make one more trial for that ! sachel," she said, oracularly, "for he ! knows that what's in it is well worth i runnin" a big risk for; but. if he's j aware when he's well off, he better ; keep away!" Three days passed, and then Miss Smith received an answer, to the effect :hat -J. H. A." would be in Bixport on j the following day, and would do him ; ?elf the honor of calling upon Miss ! Smith, at her residence, in the even- i U. "Thing* is coming to a climax. Tad," ' =aid Miss Smith, carefully tucking the letter away in a pigeon-hole of the old fashioned secretary in the front sitting room. "and I guess you'll get your five hundred dollars reward, after all, and Edwards, or whatever his name is, will have his trouble for his pains." Five hundred dollars! Tad turned from red to white, and white to red igain. He thought to himself that | when he held the money in his j hands he would believe it, but not till , then! The sachel had been placed in a sec retary drawer for safe keeping. Miss Smith unlocked the drawer, to make sure that it was safe. Then she held it thoughtfully up by the handle. "I'm free to confess I'm dretfulcuri -1 ous to know what's inside." she re marked, as she held it at her ear, and shook it vigorously. " There's papers, for one thing—l hear 'em rustle—and something like a box," she continued; "but never mind. Tad—we'll know all about it to-morrow night." Thus say ing, she replaced the saehel, locked the drawer and dropped the key into her pocket, happily unconscious that a sharp pair of eyes—whose owner was hidden from the view of any chance passer-by by a thick clump of lilacs be fore the house—had been watching her every movement from without, through the half-closed blinds. (TO BK CONTINUED.) A Hint. "Have you got a collection of any kind," asked Uncle Mark, "that I can help yon with?" "Yes, sir," replied Ned; "I've gtJt a collection of United States coin® in my bank, but nothing larger than a dime." —Harper's Young People. What She Needed. The Parvenu—Ah, professor, won't you tell me what books you think I ought to get for a winter's co\«rse of reading? The Professor—Certainly. A second reader and a spelling book.—Chicago News Record. Willing to Oblige. Jones (on his knees) —Oh, Msrla, be considerate and put me out of my mis ery at once. Maria —I will, Mr. Jones; you stay there till I get the shotgun. Exit Jones through the window.— Texas Siftings. One Exception. Nippcn—l tell you. revolutions never go backward! Tuck—That's all bosh. The revolving years have brought this old dress coat of mine into fashion seven times since 1 first got it.—Chicago Tribune. What It Sounded Like. Mr*. Wlndleigli—Gracious me! thai stone crusher sounds like Pandemo nium. Courtney—l think, mamma, that It ■ounds more like a dentiat buzzing a hole in your tooth.—Puck. EXTRACT FROM A SOCIKTV NUVEL. "And Oustavua Adolphus diligently pressed his suit." —Judge. Unintentionally Correct. "If I were you, Jones, I wouldn't be a fool," said Bobinnon, during an argu ment. "You are right; If you were I you wouldn't be a fool," replied tho latter. —Life. • Two String;* to Their Howl. "There's an editor down south who U also a plumber." "That's nothing Most all of th« northern editors since the election hare become cabinet makers." —Truth. A I'recautlouary Mraiure. "Dwiggins has an awfully fine re volver, hasn't he?" "Yen. Why doesn't he carry it?" "lie's afraid somebody'll hold him uf and take it." —Chicago News Record. No Wonder Him "And, beside* offering you his largt j fortune, he offered his whole heart, too ] and you refused hjm?" "Yes, dear, but you must know it wai a whisky heart."—Banner of Gold. A Itrlßht lllrd. "Is your parrot a bright bird?" "Oh, yes, awfully bright. Ilo's yel low and light greeu."—Harper's Younf j People. Cheap at the I'rlre. Excited Passenger—My wife's hat lias Just been blown out of the train. Conductor —Do you know how much it would cost to stop this train? Just one hundred dollars, i Passenger—Never mind. I'll pay it if I can get that hat back.—Brooklyn Life. ijumr n or llie llealm. Shadbolt (in tho crowded car) —Mc- Stab, this is the first time I ever saw you rise and give your scat to a wom an. McStab (of tho suburbs, in an awe- i struck whisper)—'Sh! That's our hired girl!— Chicago Tribune. FI.ATH TO I.RT. A rare chance. Only a couple of stares. —Judge. j ABOUT COUNTY ROADS. Bow to Make a I.Mtlnjt Road frcntn Com mon Ordinary Clay. The roadbed through a wet and swampy country, and wherr the surface of the road is below the laud on each side, will become >vet from the mois ture which soaks up from the bottom, the source of the water on each aid* being higher than the road; snob rood* in the spring, and other wet weather, will become impassable. The only way to drain sucli a road U tudinally, with three-inch drain tiles, running the whole length of the road to be drained; one line of tile beneath the middle of the road, and one be- i ncath each side; it should be of the porous cheap tile, such as that used in some sections for sub-soil irrigation, which will freely admit the water; the larger the pores the hotter. This ' will carry off all the water, und the air passing- through the tiles will keep the bottom of the ro ad dry. Then select ROAD IMPROVEMENT IN AMERICA. View of RUode I -.land macadam roatl. show ing bard, s:uoolh surface during season of melting snow la spring of 149& J. few years a~o this rosd KM so muddy as to be for weeks si a time almost Impassable. From photograph. the clay from the sub-soil for the road; this clay should be free from organic matter, as far as possible, should be dry and compact, ground fine and should be put on in thin layers and rolled as hard as possible; in this re spect our common road rollers are de fective in their operation; while they level and compress the surface, they do not allow the air und moisture to es cape; they fail to pack the dirt firmly and to make the road solid and ba>-d. This can only be done with a roller, constructed on the principle of the tempering wheel used in the old time brick yards, which roller should be made with narrow steel tires with spaces between. A heavy roller con structed on this plan would render the road hard and smooth. Notice how the bottoms of ponds are made water tight by the trampling of hogs and cat tle, and other animals having split hoofs. This could not be done by the feet of horses and mules, they having solid hoofs compress the surface and leave the clay undisturbed a few inches below, as does eur common road roller. The road must be kneaded, ground and packed from the bottom upward iD layers so thin that the roller pene trates to the bottom of each, expelling all the air and moisture. To keep the surface of the road dry and hard, it should have crown enoogh to make the transverse grade greater than the longitudinal grade which would rnn the most of the water to the side ditches. If the water be permitted to run down the road constantly increas ing in volume and velocity, it will wash away the best of roads. Where the road is very steep, trans verse ridges would assist In turning the water to tho sides. Keeping the roads in repair should be the duty of competent men, who should devote their whole time to It. Roads can only be made in warm weather and after every rain this kneading roller should be applied to harden and pack them; U>e is urn met wind and sun would evap orate all the organic matter and moisture, and the road would not heave in the spring when the frost leaves the ground; notice the soil in a hard, dry bank where air and moisture do not penetrate, no heaving there. 1 am in clined to the belief that roads should follow the natural lay of the country, rather than direct lines which neces sitate deep cuts. I write this not as a matured plan, but only as a suggestion, and to call out the opinions and the re sult of the observations of others.— John C. Bendtr, in Rural World. THE NARROW ROAD. Whn Fsoperly Worked It Is ths MMI Country Highway. An exchange calls farmers stingy Who avail themselves of every oppor tunity to narrow the roadway "until It is a mere lane." Such farmers are not "stingy"—thoy are wise, philanthropic, generous. The wide road is an abomi nation, a waste of cultlvatable land, a useless labor maker, an immense gar den of foul weeds, a back number. A roadway wide enough for teams to readily pass, and afford necessary drainage, is all that is required. The "mere lane" converted into a good wagonway will be the ideal road of the future. "A narrow road well made" should be the motto. The foregoing from Farm, Block and Home is good doctrine, and should be wall practiced. The wide road is often a seed bed of weeds and is a curse to all the farms it is intended to benefit We like wide streets in the city, but in the country, where only enough width is required for two teams to pass comfortably, a strip of land oa each side is a superfluity. Keep the roads lu good condition, and kill off the weeds Itefore they mature, and their narrowness will not hurt any body. Kvery Word la True There is no interest in the t'nlted (States that has suffered so much as that of the roads The mads of this country have not kept pace with the other improvements, and anything that will encourage and stimulate our peo ple to the 1 necessity of not only bet ter paving in the large cities, but also more substantial country roads, will cop tribute a great deal to the earning power of our people.—Hon. Jamee Kerr, Clerk House of Representatives, in Memorial to Congress ou Road Ex hibit at World's Columbian Exposition. What He'd Had. "Boys," he excitedly cried, as he rushed frantically amoug them, "I tell you I had a close shave just now!" "Where at?" they gasped. "At uiy barber's," was the response; a dozen heads bowed and wept.—Sunny South. Thru tht l'roverb Mait lie Wrong. "Doctor," said the medical student, "is a blind man apt to be an idiot?" "Why, ua What makes you ask I that?" "The says: 'Out of sight, out of tuhid.'" —Puck. from Had to WorM. Bjoncfr—l hear your frleud man led a western girL Odes—Yes. Ho went to Colorado to save his lungs and succeeded only in losing his heart. —Life. Pray erf of tba Wicked. "Where sre yon going, my pretty maid*" "I am going U> church, kind elr," she said "Will you pray for me. U sweetest maid?" "1 can't, for 1 sing In the choir," sho esld. —Brooklyn Kagle. Nserine IU Knd. McGinula —Thot's a molghty folno whisky: how owld ia it, Pat? Pat (pouring the last drop Into his friend's glass) —Faith, Ol don't know; but it's mvid ez it lver will be!— Life. U^llued. The Professor- -What Is happiness? The Philosopher—The condition of forgetting that you are unhappy.— cagu. News ReoocdL | N0.24: AN EFFECTIVE TRAP. No Orrhardlst Troubled with RahMSs Should He mtkoit One Among the enemies against which the horticulturist is obliged to CO&- stantly contend, the common rabbit oo cupies by no means the lowest rank. Dr. Asa Bowman, has invented a cheap and effective trap for catebißfr tbssa destructive rodents which ia not only the easiest and best way of protecting orchards, but is also highly appreciated by the small boy who wants to catch the cotton tails. The accompanying ill'vstrations make the construction and of the trap so plain any one can construct a dozen ia about two hours. The body of the trap is made of four pieces of six-inch fencing boards twen ty to twenty-four inches long, nailed together to make a narrow box open at one end. The top piece should be an inch shorter than the othera Nail the bottom and top boards to the aide boards thus making the perpe ndjcular length of the opening greater than tho horizontal. If the opening is square tho drop-door does not work property. A sliding door is then made to fit loosely in the open end and two pieeee of lath are nailed against the ends of the perpendicular boards projecting one-fourth inch inside. The door then slides down between the end of the shorter upper board and the projecting edges of the lath shown at E in the | A BABBIT TRAP. upper part of illustration as seen from above. To support the door a piece of lath is nailed on each side of the trap, and notched on the upper end. A simple cross M also of lath supports the door. It is tied to the door at one end by a string and to the trigger at the other. The trigger is a small notched stick shown at C which passes through an inch bole in the top of tho trap near the back end. On the front edge of the hole D a piece of hoop iron is nailed and the door is supported at any point desired by hooking the notches in the trigger on the hoop iron. The rabbit, who in cold weather Is al ways hunting a warm hole, orawlsinto the trap, acd pushing against the trig ger causes the notch to slip off the iron strip, the door falls and poor bunny is caught No bait is necessary, but a piece of apple in the extreme back end of the trap may be an additional In ducement The trap must be made of old, weather-beaten boards, for the strong odor of new pine will keep the rabbit from going in. The trap should be placed near the rabbit runs, where they como into the orchard, and is most successful on cold, clear, still nights. By using traps of this kind Dr. Bowman caught in one winter 1,010 rabbits, and being so inexpensive and easily made every orchardist troubled with rabbits should use them. —Orange Judd Farmer. AMONG THE POULTRY. NEVER feed stale ground bone to young chickens. IF the guinea was better known it would be better appreciated. WHEN kept for breeding one rooster should l>e kept for every four or five hens. A I.ITTI.K flaxseed oil meal can often be used in feed now to good advan tage. CLEAN wheat straw makes the best material to line the hens' nests even ia winter. LITTLE chicks will thrive well on ground oats and wheat bran. It can be fed dry or wet with milk. THE plumage of the fowl should be a secondary consideration to the real Value of the breed for practical pur poses. 11 AVB a scratching place covered with coarse litter and feed the grain among it; it will afford a good opportunity for exercise. Trf* object in feeding young fowl* well Is to increase size as much as pos sible and with the hens to supply nu triment and material for egga IN order to get eggs in winter the food must be such as will make blood and not too much fat; eggs are the re sult of health and activity. ONE reason why on the farm the small flock pays the most profit is that there Is a certain quantity of food and labor that costs little or nothing. FULLY one-half of the failures with Incubators and brooders Is caused by lack of proper attention. Too much faith should uot be placed in their being self-regenerating. AFTER the first week it Is safe to fee<l young poultry every four hours, giving the first food early in tho morn ing and the last Just before they go to roost HENS that sre about two years old make the best layers If given good treat ment, and it is really not a good plau to sell them off unless there are others of equal valfle to take their places. PUT all the scraps from the table Into a pot, add bran enough to mix all well together, putting in plenty of %voter to soften thoroughly, and then warm well and give for the morning meal. TIIK farmer that gives his poultry good treatment can to a very consider able extent avoid the necessity of buy ing family supplies on eredit If tho Income is not very large it can be made regular. A Kind Mistress. It was raining in torrents. "Julie," said inadame to her maid, "be quick and run across to the milliner's and tell her not to forgot my hat" "Can I take Azor out with me, madamc?" "Are yoti mad, Julie? Can't you see for yourself that tho weather is not fit to turn a dog out of doors?"—L'Evene ment ___________ A. OnulH Antique. Mrs. De Fad—That old clock is very handsome, and I'd like to hate It, but I'm afraid it is not such a genuine an tique as Mrs. De Rich's. Store Boy—Does hers go? Mrs. De Fad—Oh, yes. Store Boy (triumphantly)— This one doean't —Good News. OB the Eaee of It. "Where are you going, my pretty maldef" "I'm going a-mllktng, str," she aside. ■ What Is your fortune, my pretty maidsV "My faoe Is my fortune, sir," she sslde. "Szaetly whst mine la, my pretty maids " '1 pity your poverty, sir," she sslde- Aod the lowly herd wound slowly o'er the Is* —Life. Jokaajr's Scheme. "flay, pa." "Well, Johnnyt" "I see in tills paper they say they're goin' to have a whaler at the world's fair." "Well, what of that?" "Nothln', only I thought you might apply (or tho place for ua. She'd inuju' hUf-
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