THE BUTLER CITIZEN. "VOL XXX SHERIFF'S SALKS. By virtue 01 sundry writs of \en. Ex.. PL Fk.. lie*. Fa., tc . issued out or the Court of Common Pteas it Butler 00.. Pa., and to me directed there will be exposed to public sale at tbe Court House, to tbe borough of Butler, on Monday, the 4th day of Dec., A. D. 1903. at I o'clock t>. m, th« following de scribed property, to-wit: E. n. No. » i/ec T.. l«w, C. Walker. Att'y. All ibe rtjftit. title, interest and claim of J. L. McXaiuee. of. In and to » acres of land, more or leas, situated tn Veniogo twp.. Butler Co., Pa., bounded as follows, to- wit: On the north by land of Harper, east by land of Cochran heirs, south by land of John People «nd Bruch ltn heirs and west by land of Harper. About to acres cleared, fair state of cultivation and having a I<* and board dwelling hon.-e each and a log barn erected thereon seized arid taken tu execution a* me property of .1 L. Mc- N.unee at the suit of MifHm £ Miflltu Jr H. D. No. IXI, Dec. T.. IKS 3. K, Marshall. Att'y. All the right, title. Interest aud claim oi Aughtrv Eogar of in anu to 4u acres of land, more or leas, situated In Peun, twp., Butler Co.. Pa., bounded as follows, to-wit: On the uortu by lands oi BeuJ. Powell et al. east by land of Harrison Pulf, south by land of James Martin's heirs et al. west by Thus. 11. Marshall dr. et al- Mostly cleare.i. all under good teuce and in a good 'late oi rultlvatlou, one good orchard, and Laving a two story frame dwelling hou*«,frame burn aud outbuildings thereon Seized and taken in ei'eulien us the property of Aughtry Kogar at 'hesuit o' O. W. seumlu and H. f Frlduy l»:e partner - ..a Schmidt & trlday for : use ol li. <V SchUiiH. E. I). No. IJ3 Dtc. ... I<W3- A. T. Black Att'y. All tue right, tt u. (merest and claim oi James 1,. Henry Aam'r. of Margaret J Henry, cf cd. and Jaim k L lieu i), of, in and u>, certain l>t ol >nd, more or leas, situated In Buller bor ough. Bauer Co. Pa., bounded as follow.-,, to wn: Beginning at the nortHwest corner oo McKean ft.. tlience east by an alley ISS leet to an alley tfce<tee south oy sat i a.ley 4> leet, tbeuce west 'JJ lot now ol Dr. Johnston las leet, more or leas, I hence to An Kean north *6 feet to Ilie place 01 Ueginnliig. And being the aauie couveyea Oy said A. iruutuiall to the aa Id Margaret.l Heniy. anu having a two story frame dwelling tioa-e and outbuildings thereon, beiieu and taken tu execution us tbe properly of Jaims L. Heurj .Auin'r. Of Margaret J Henry, dee d aud James L Henry at the sail uf A. Troutman. E. D. No. 124. Dec T, lsU3. Kalstdu & Greer. Altoi neys All the right, title, ln.erest and Cialm of Jacob Kelly, owner or reputed owuer and Jo sepii Brim in. con tractor, of. in aud to a certain loot land, more or less situaieu in Butter bor ough. .Uller « 0., I'a.. bounded as follows, to wn: Coiu.uvcl'g at. a pjst 50 leet north on tbe ■oath corner of lot So. ». thence eastward along lo- ol Misses Kockehalelu »l leet 0 lncues lo a post at an alley. thehre northward ..long Said ai.ey »j feet to a po.-t, thence norinward 85 leer, to post ou St. Mary's tit. tbeuce southward along St. Mary St. 3u feet to place ol boglunlng Being part ot lot No. 8 lu a plau ot lots survey ed by Oeo. c. Plhow lor J, Berg Si 00. vVltu a two-story trame dwelling house JU by 30 leet I rooms and hall on urst floor, lower story 9 feet 8 luclies, second Mtory s feel high, erected the.eou aeizeu and taken in execution us me property ol Jacob Kell> owner or reputed own er. Josepu Bi ittian. Contractor at Llie suit ol Greer & Company F. I>, .No. 107. M.-C. T, 18U3. S. F. Bowser, Att'y, Ail the rignt, lll.e, Interest and claim 01 S. T. Ukeson, of. in aud to 1 acre ol land, more or less, situated lu Porters.Ule borough Muddj - creek twp., Butle- Co.. Pa., boundeo as lot lot ~ to-wit: Un the norm oy an alley, easl.o> Main street, south Oy town Uail property aud Wm. Humphrey, weal by land ol Caleb Cooverl buildings used as store rooms, frame stable ere ;ted tnereon Seized aud taa eu lu execution as the property ol S. I. Ukesou at the suit oi J. M. Marsuail lor use. K. i». SJ. 115. l>ec. r„ 18U3. »V. A. Foniuer, Ally. All the right, rltie. interest and claim of Ueury «iay and susau tlay 01, lu aud lo so acres 01 laud, more or less, situated in Muuaycnek twp., liuiicr Co .I'a., Ooundeu as follows, to- Wll' beginning at the noruieast corner luence touth 3 c ist peruues to a post oy lau is ot forme!ly ol Jouu wx.il: tneuce souui 87X' west HUM 4-lu perch. a to a pj-il ojr lauds loriu jr ly ol Jouu Scoli; tneuce uortu 3' west 7 i>i percites lo a sioue ou puojic road by lauds ol Ua'ld , FraZler; tueuce east 210 perches oy lauds 01 l>avid t 1 ruzier lo place ot begiuulug. W lib a two story orick uwelilug house, name bain, good orchard and otuer ouioutidings and z proouclng oil wens thereon. Seized and taken In execution as the properly oi Henry its) and Susan Hay at tue sun. oi Al Kuil and tl Scuueiue muo. JC. D. Ho. 113. dm. T„ UW. vv, U. Usk. Aity. Ail the right, title. Interest aud Qialiu oi David U. tliack of, lu aud lo i acres ol laud, mote or less, allUatvd Ul village ol Valencia, Adams iwp., liuuer Co , Pa. Ooduded as 10l- Jows, to-wit: On uie norm oy land ot Ster leii; east by laud of Sterrett; i>ouiu by an alley and Heal Oy laud ol hicrrett. Will* a two tloiy irame dwehiug uouac aud uluer uui.- buildlugs inereon. aeizeu anu Uuten tn exe cution oo tue ploperty oi David D. lilacs ul . he »U|l ol WaVW W. McKelvey tx'r. ol James .Uc- Kelvey, £. D. No. lt«, Dec. T., 18W, W. A. POKiuer' AUJ. All tbe right, utle, interest and claim of Daviu andicss and Maigaret A. .vlecaii'l- I M-'M. U|B wile, 01, in ana 10 30 acies ol htud. I more Of leas, situated li| V trt p.. liatler Uo., fa., Oounoea as lolloiVs. to-rvlt: Uu tue uortli by lauds ol carol lue Chaiiioers; east by lands ol Caioime cuaiuoei ajsouln oy lan is ol Joliu Dlalr and west oy lauo* olCiarollue Cham bers. Uemg mostly cleared, unuer lence auu In a ialr state ul cuiuvatlou with a suiail .raiue (tweluug auu small ira.4o ctauie ejecleu (Aereou AL-Sj of. lu and to IX acres 01 land, more or Uswt, allntwed IU village o( rarmiugtou. Ve- Laugo twp,, duller ct„ t'a., Ojuuuea as 101 lows, to-w.l: Ou 'he iiartu oy a u alley | east by lot ol John McAllister; soutu by lue ana rark •> road aua west by ml 01 Jouu tie. g lor ■Uerly l'holuss olair aua lue Mailer ruaU. w liu K two story trains uwelliug house auu lraiue |l »b|e ereciej thereon, oeizeaaud takeu m ettcuiiou aa ipe prupetty o| DaV'a c.Mccanu leits auu Maigaret A, McC'auuless. his Wile, at ifte suit oi l no#. 0. AJcUiuahan, lor use, fete, F, D No. Ij7, Dec. T„ ll«3. A. O. Williams AU/ ; All the right, title, interest and claim uf D. W. ulbsonoi, la andtoceruiu lotol laud, more or less, situated in Tillage of North Washing tun. MasUlugtott twp., duller Co.. fa. bouud ed an lu|iuw«. tu-wlt; UU the north bv an alley;east oy lauds Ut Cnrmy; SOI4IU qy Jjcn Cjtsili' street and west by land ol lleudeisun. Ami having a two slury frame dwellli g house. Irame stable auu other outbuildings thereon. Helzed aud takeu lu execution as the propeily 01 D. W. Gibson ot the suit of Jeav Ulenn auu A. VlVlin for use ul Alex Mitchell, trus- E. p. No. D 3. Sept. T„ MM. and H. I*. No. HI )>ec. T-> 18W, VV. u. Uraudon apt J as. U. • Mates, Atlya, All the rlgbl. title. UiU-rrkl aud claim of M. 0. McMnuey ol 111 and lu an acres of laud, gore or less slluaieu In Connotjui uessltig twp. utlei Co.. l'a . bouudoo as lullows, to-wit: Ou the uortli liy l'owder .dill road; east Oy lauusol Wm iil.tKoly, suuii, Uj lands ui i'lans WcKipney, Cla|. aud west oy janus ol ,leu |Uew,etal. Atlu j one aud oue-liall story frame uaclllng uouse, frame baru, orchard. Diobily clearea laud aud 1 producing oil Heii Uusreou. ALS> I of. in and to to acres of land, more or teas, situated m t'euu i w l- HilUer Co., l'a., DplinUet) -u lui-onrs. Ui-wll ; Uu Hie north by lands ol (ireeii ueirs; east»» lauds of KiUis'ler ; south by lauds 01 Claude Gerrard au 1 pn'dl.j road aud west by lands of formerly D ili lap now i'Ull'l|M aul llar laiau Who a IX slory train*' house, irune biro oreUird; niistly cleared, under feuce aipl lu a gqod slat;; of put- UVaIIOU. HeU'iU and taken lu eieculln p as (he properly ut M- 11. MotCluncy at ill" siilt. of Jennie r. Males for use of t'llildp Dauheu •peck, et al. S. D. No. 4: Dec.T.. l»s>3. W H I.usk, Att'y All the right lllli'. Interest and claim ol Mrs. Agnes 11. Murrln of. In and to 80 acres of land, more or less, sllualed lu Venango twp., Iluller Co., l'a, nounded as follows to wit ; On the 6orlh by lap 1 ol .loiiii .ni l tlan!"l Sli ron. .-as l y laud ot Mlchaul Murrlti sou'li uy Cat iollc Church propt rty, aud west by lau i ol —Harp er. .Said laud being Aoslly cleared ami in it lair "tale of cultivation Sct/.rd and taken In execution aa the property ot M s A,'ues 11. Mur rln at taesuitO s. ti.va-t jt c 1.11,1 my. K. D Nl. 11l l>oc T. lAci. W. H. Lu-.it. Att'y All tne right title, interest and claim ol I. M lie' 111. Den and William .shutle Icrre ten ant 01. 11l and 10 a certain 101 of laml more or less, sllua'ed lu liutler iloro , Butler Co.. l'a .. bounded aa follows, to-wu: On the north by an alley, ''ast by an alley. south by lot No 8U In the same plau 01 tuts owned oy Mrs. Martha Anderson, and west by Snoond St. Said lo; having a front ol so feel, more or less, ou Sec ond St. uud extending thence eastwardly pre aerviug the same wlulh is.) feet, more or less, to said alley, being lot No. bh. block it In plan of tola owned by the Uuller savings liaitk and W. s. I'urvlauce, et-j. With u Urge iwo itory frame dwelling h-iuse aud Other ouiD'i'lJ - lugs thereon, seized aud taken m execm ion as the property of L. M Hewitt Uett. and Wil llani Shutte terra teaanl at suit of Jacob Qel bach. K. 1). No. 119 Dec. T-. l*»-i VV. . For<[uer and F. J. Former. Altys. All the right, title, Interest ami claim of George Hnyd of, lu and t > 3 n>:re» or laud, or leas. situated In WluUeld twp , Butler 0 >.. I'd . bounded as follows, town: On the north by lands u( v« in Cypher; east •»> lands of smii urli 1 irk; south h> lands of tlroninacli null we.-! bj public roid.aiid beginning at a point lit centre ol ptinllc roid, Hleuue Oy ih« ceii re ui Sam ■ Mitilli 17 hi >i 7 perches ami to a pusl In centre ol if) d. thence by lands ol Uromi a li I.ortu HI cast 612-10 perches lo » no** ..in! stuiir uc*r ».limn tree uu Hue ol tMiuuH I'lnrk, iiieuce by land ui aauie norm I' *t-st ; t;-IO !*!"' bes lo a post, thrift' t>) lands ol Win Cypher houili »u we.-1 til «5 I 0» percnes to a [ki-i 111 centre ol road tne place ol iiegin- Mug. all cleared and In good stale ol cuitivu tlou. Seized aru laten I i execution at tile projierty ol ilotirfii Boyd at tbe suit of Itumurol Bros lor use. etc. B, 11. No .15. Dec. T. Idai. VV. A- Foinuer, Ally. All the right, title. Interest and claim of 11. A. McUughl n of. to and tu 130 acres of ami. more or lei's, situated In Kalrvlew twp., llmier 00., Ha„ bounded as follows, to-wl". On tbe north by lands of JlclHrmoit and Kaylor; east by lands of Mays. «t al; south by lands ol Lawrenie M''Ua'igh|ln aud west bv lands ol Cephas Mfl.uughl.u. With a large two story frame daelltui; house, small board staole, one orchard, mostly cleared lapo, having i produc ing oil wells thereon, f wood rigs complete, 3 boilers 7 engines. 17 strings of rods or about IMO it h each string. I string umi ft. 4f>4 Inch casing 7 ■li other tanks line pipe, fixture* .connections, belongings thereto und used in connection therewith thereou. seized and tak-n In exe cution as the property of A. Mclaughlin ai tbe stilt of John W- lieep (or use, etc. B. D. No. 1M Dec. T.. 1883. 8. F. Bowser, Att'y All tbe right, title interest and eialin ot- Oeonfe L.lack.ol.ln sn<l ro tbe undivided i-r in tcrest In all tb»t certain leasehold estate.siiuai ed on lands of Oswald Hader in For ward twp, Bii ler Co, Pa.. l>outioeti as follows.tu-wlt: On tne north by public road and laitds of Ftter Nioklat, mat Uy public rum! t(iut |pa««ei the school tous- s iutb by the MiTam aney leas;*, west b> la d o a ues Br<nd»o Coiiuouinit4o aens, uoe or le- v. th o'_e wood rtK therein. ALSt>—Of, ;n and to th - uudltlded i s inter est In all that '.nam leCMhold estflie situated on land of Oswald Kad r In Forward twp., Butler C >.. Pit.. tNiunded as follows, to wit: on the north hy road to I»n leullnfc,'to liadus house, ea-t by lands id Ut wald leader, south by o m r lands of Oswald Kader. wt st hy school house mad. Containing 5 aeres strict measure and of cbO'd bouse, togefbet wp . all micliiuer\ fixtures and tnprovements thereon and Unrefc. belonalng and u.m I ■ <n mer with. ALSO— Ol" in aud to the u dlvl ted 1-s inter e-t of all that certain leasehold e tate ;or ot and fas purtoaea, on lands or lie in spii haU r In For war i tw, llutler to. . a. bounded a* follows, to-wit: On the north by la ds of Samuel Sarver. east by laud-. Henry splthiter, south by lands of • sa ild Itader. aud «est by lauds ot W. J. ll akel , contalnlne acres. ALSO —Of. In and to tUc undivided l-s inter est lu all that ceilum leasehold e»i..i< situated on lands uf I'eter Nicklas lu Forward twp.. itutler. Co.. la. bounded as follows, to-wit: Ou tne uorth by lan lsof -\ . J. hlakely,ea>t t» lana-, ot 0»«aio Kader aid fmblle road »>Jtllh oy other lands or I'eter Mclc as. and west t-y lands or Frank MeKin .e.i. Tbe north and souiu lines ol said lease to lie parallel with each oilier <on iiulug -u a i s wirn two producing oil wells thereon, - (le.- rlcltsand rlus. 2 bolter* jeii({lU' s 2 t-i'iKs.'u'j luk easing :oJs, pipe. etc.. al l ail o lier flx tur>'» thereon and Hit-ret > belonging and u-ed in connection tuerewi.li. t Lso of, 1.1 ill . til' ul ;d-l :« In'- re-. IB all that ceflatn leas hold in Coniioi(ueu.- slng and Forw rt laps., uuiler O. t*a <• lauds ol W. J. wit: Ou tue north oj olh r lauds ot Win. ■■ Hi ikelej; east oy poOlle roaii; south by lain s ol Feler Icltlas in lw.st oy lands ol McKln ney heirs. • outatutnx 3i> acres more or leas, and having 2 produen g oil wells thereon, z d-mcks, i boders, 2 enutnes. 3 tanks, pipe ou ground pipe and lu ,ln:. e.isin/ ro.ls.et-.. at. In or near wells and *ll otuer fixtures thereto belonging ami use 1 in op ration therewith. (An un.iivided -« lutereal 111 which said leax'- hold was assigned l»y stepte u ( ummings Hist July. leao. .o I). 0. Johnston.) ALSO of. in a..d to the undivided ■«' lnleres* In all that ceitajn leasehold estate, situated in Forward twp . Butler t 'o.. i'a,on lands or i'eter XICKUs, hounded a- foltours, 10-wll: Being the balance ul sal 1 Feter Jin klas' larui not already leased to Howard riiompsou aud < onrad >'lok- i las ( Ley each hiving '!> acres) aud containing 13 acres, more or less. ALSO 01. in and to the undivided . Interest In all lhal certain leasehold estate, situated In Foi ward twp . Butler Co., fa. on lands of Feter >'lcklas. bounded as lollo.vs. 10-wll: Oh tbe north oy lauds oi Frank M-Kliiuev ; east oy lauds ol said I'eter Mcxias; south by lands of Jjlnea Brandou and west by lauds ol 11, Bran don. Containing ta acres, more or le.ss, saving and reserviug, however, a sab-leak* of S acres of the lease on the Spilhater farm as lea ed to Ueo. Kelieier. logeluer wiih all other ini provenn uts and lixiures thereon aud thereto belonging. A 1..50 of, lu and to the undivided interest In ail LUal certain leasehold estate, Ml uated In t'orw trd iwp., Btltler Co.. I'a.. ou lands of Os wald K der bounded as follows, to wlt: Uu the uortu oy lands ol William BlakeKv; east by ot llenry Bpllhaler. soulii bk other lauds of Oswald Kader aud west hy school house road and Brillaln lease Uoutalulug At acres, more or leas, with 3 producing oil wells ihereou. 3 derricks and rigs, i 00d..-r».3engines, li tanks, tuning, casing, rods, and all con nections. uiaculuery and improvement, iheie ou aud used lu connection therewith. .Seized and taken In execution as the property ot oeorge L, Jack at the suit ot James tVarsou. K. D. No. I'M Dec. T , 1803. WUl.auis & Mitchell Attorneys. Ail Ibe right. tltl«-. interest and claim of Uugh tiroeu. 01, Ui and to 4.> aeres ot laud, more or les-s. situated lu L'learlteld twp., Butler Co . fa.. Oouuded as lolio-.v-. 10-wll: Beglu hlug ul a post on the southwest corner ou line ol A .Mi iiouild thence uoilh 1 , . ea.it > perch es to a wtiileoak along purpart No. looue.' north su easl ii pertuea aiong line ol said pui par -So T, tueuce north 14" -ahl 4u pefchts along line ol said purpart So. Jto a point ou line ol l'uos t Green, luc-uce uortn 811' east 51 4-lu percnes along line ot I'll 15 Ureea aud Hugu Green lo a point ou line ol Laux; tbeuce souih.V weal lAi 4-lu perches along Hue ol said >i l.aux to a post; tueuce north «1* west SI 1-10 perelies.to a po»l the p.aoe ol tx ginning. Said land belug'purpart »So. l of the real estate ot Jouu Oieeu. uee'd. aud being inoslty cleared <ud lu a lair mate ol cultlva ion. ALaO -01. lu and to iv ai res ol laud, more or leas, situated lu idearlicld lap.. Hitler Uu., i'a., bounded as lollows, 10-Wit. llcKluulug al a post ou one ot airs. J. '. reen and corner ol Ihos. E. i,reeu. inunlug tueuce lu a soutnerly direction along laud ol .said fhos. (C. Green I'i 2-1U percues to a point un ilugu Oreeu and uoiuer ol lauds ol luos. t. Green; tueuce north u easl l; pei cues aion ,' lauds ol said augu Green lo a poiui ou line or John l,uux: llicuce th a uoribeil) direction along lauds ol salii Jouu Laux 7a 'i-lu |.-erehea lo a post; luence uortu «u west to a point ou line ol saia Airs. .1 Green and corner ot lauds oi sai l lhos. li. Green the place ot beginning. v l'lte boandries •ncluue 3a. ics od me noruieasl cornet. sold lo .louii Lau;.) said land Oetug at) e|eart ; apd Hav'tug a sipail u-jani UWeillhouse and log barn ereclcd Ibereou. seized ana t men iu ex ecution ao tue properly ol Hugh Ureeu at Ine sun ol Mrs. .Sai ah A. L ile lor use. K. D No. aw Deo. i\, MM. S. K. bowser, Alt'y. All tue i tgul, title, inieresl an J c:oiiu ol tui gai r . £>■. 01, .p anu |o Jo acres ut lap J, up-.ro or lea«- alim»l»»d 11) 1 artier twp., Uuller Cu„ l*a. pounded as lolloWs, to-wtl: Co.nuieuclii a ' at a post or Btoi.p pile at uoi ihwesi coruer, the ace soulu along hue oi Geo. M Say property east 43 3-lu uercues to a sloae, thence suUlli J>4 west along llue ul <j M. Say aS S- 10 to a sione pile; llieuce soulh along Hue of (j. ,\l. nay .'l7', east pciclns lo a sloht-; thence south MX west X! li-loi pr/cnes to a stone; thence south 81Vi> west aJ C-iO perches to -t post; thence uuith ;t» east laj .i-lo peii,uc» to Place ol oygluutng ut,in 0 r iiliutiy cleared aui lu lair stale ol cultivation. A^O—Ol. lu ana lo 43 acres ol land, more or less, situated in faracr twp.. uuller Co., ra„ oounoed as lullows, to-wll: Commencing u( northwest corner at a lost, ll'cpce soulh along hue ol 11- UlOsotl II t)-IU pclclua to a pohi; theiicp along ime oi 1 nomas taleteller 88" east iJt. perches to a post; tticnce lurih along lint o| C'apt J. C. Martin 4i .vest an 8-JU IRJrcl)e» lo a post;thei|ce nortp u(ong Hue uf UeJ. Al. Say ana W-Martlh*} we»t;#>s-.u percues to a post; thence souili 40 west 40 parcnes to a post; lueiice south ujy t west la-ioo perches to a post; Uience south 8t .» we-touii-l . percues lo the place ol uegtuuiug. Wiiu i name {vyo-s'.ury dwelling nouses, a board stable.; aa l utuer oUt- elected tU.'lcou s.:upj and laseu lu t'x'ecuuou us the proiieity oi Kigar V. Say at thvsultol Matthew >V. sitauuoa. K. D. No. To auo 128. Dec. I'.. ions, Thompson 6i sou and J.<J. Vaiidernu, Allja. Al the right, title, luiuest and c|aM ul 4tober| b. tieighlry o|. m aud to iuorc ut' less, situ-tied ill t\vp„ Iluller Co.. fa., hoitudod as loitows. vj-w|i; an the hul th by lanas o| cum au Miller; east by latiOs ul fieirsol John 11. Ucighicy, uec o, aua cut til lage as aiiowei uy lue Couiaiissiouers ap - po.uted by the court »s hied at A D No 41 rept, l'eriu, 18tti; south by ta;ids ot rred Miller und ueat in (auo. o( Jouu Mllier and I'etor Mlllef. ."taut lauu being lUUtot (y cleared U| agoo-1 statu ul odilvaliou a>. 1 lia\ lug an 01a log house eicclea lueieuh, AiAO 01, lu and lo j7 acres ol land, more or less, situated in Lancaster twp., Uuller Co.. l'a., buuudeu as 101 l .via, 10-Wit: Ou lue noith by iauus 01. Junu Klinikr and .UiUe' i east oy lands ol Mecl.i, et $U* t*y la'uus 01 f reo Mmef a;;d ny"lai.Qs ol said lioueri 1.. UeigUley ' auu. Ml.lei's cuiidlagc as uiiow ed by the Commis.-ioucis, appoluteu oy ine court as IlleU at A 1). .so 4> sip. T, 18U3. Willi a two slot . ira.no . hut|se, log batn, one orcnar.t, uiosuy ' . -i(e'l and lu a lair slate ol cultivation ua-reou. isei*- ed and lake# 111 as t»e properly ol Kooert t. Ueiguiey at iUe suit ol Alargarel Uelghley . aum rx 01 douu It Ueiguiey, uee'd. ana t>. D. Swalu, K. D. Nub. m and 25. Dej. T., Isw, W. U. blnudou. Ally. All the right. Ulie. luierest und claim o| J, A. rainier oi, in and to iuo acres ol lapd. mole or lees, situutiu ib W tn|p |u tap.. Uutiei Co.. fa., boiiuaeu as luhuas 10-tviC On tile noilh by laiiua ol .loliu I'. liuckei mills; cast Uj lauus ol it. lless. lgeasci; sodtu by lauus ul Courad .tell and west oy landa ul i aspei i?tecliu&. Witaoi.e two story brick UoUs . ll'auie nam, oicuai'd and uutuulluiugs; said laud mostly cleared aud uuder a lair slate 01 ca.ti vatlou tueiecn. ..ew.eu ahd taken ui oAoculion as tue propell> ol J. fainter at tue sail 01 •Joslan fulutei» el al. 1.. i>. .No. loj Dec. T..IBSIS. Newtou Ulack. Ally, All the ii n ui, Lille, iiitercsl and clu 01 ,<ia - luew s atoiey.ol.iu aud to i.x acres ui lauu mole or less Situated 111 ram lev twp., tiutiel to, i a.. ot/iiuucd as loliorts, 10-w 11. Ou lue nurtu uy lauus o| licnjaiiiin Uahhlu. casl by lands ol Uei.jainiu itaiiKoi and Mrs. dcott laiiu. soulu by lauusol ttiu. start, aud West uj laiius ul luos. lis>s aud tieuj. ttauklu. i- in 0 tue same land owned uy Win . storey ."<r. lu uis me t.iue und VVMS oy mm devised to .dalinca s bloiey aud Wm, stcrej uy will uateu is leu, 18.10, He - corued lu uc»lslci.-> oihce lu i,uiicr Co, l'a, 111 • V 111 ihnjk i>.. pat;e 210 , Wilt. ..loicys Interest iu aula la, ni mh i at Saei.if 'a 04tU tu Airs i\.J. M»>» uy Btt«iui'»uwu UAit:u .oarcu jcii, 1 o7y u> net uui) convcj t:u to .Uailncsv o. Moiey UJ UcUU (IdLCU 111 O, |SxJ , ILXUImU 111 ilutu UI'UIV OS. Z.IU lllc liccolllcrs ohlt-C U1 liiolCl cu., I>l in'm H .11 ctciucu ana a twu-stuiy iramc icjuao Irdmu Oain, upvu coal uaUk, actcrut lOaucliig uii itciia auu oilier out ciecteu liwimtu. tielzttl aim taken ill execution us UiJ pio,n rl> ol alutliivW 0. Olu rrj ai lue ami ul Juuu I*. auiu'i cu t. Nos. M ai.d 14.. l«i. i„ m;i. VV. A. alia F.J. luttiutr aim U>l >l. V\ i?e. Alijs. Alltlir right, i ult, Inuu'bt und clului ol itouert E. Belghley owner or leputed owner 01. in and io jim »• »<■! lano. nil let lutaum-. Mtu aleU IU Lapeasler '* p. 1.u1.1t I Co.. ra.. oouno eu a-> luiluws, lo wii : lit glimlng ul a post at lilt-noitliwest corner. Iliti.n- miulli DU t'unl alolli otbel lamls ol liolyeit k.. li' to a post and corner, theuce soutn I »i»i along lands ul heirs ol Joli'i II nr> ti <o 11. to » (.not und ( oilier, Ihtlice norm t*v along landb ol l-|cd iMlller Jtv li lo a posi, lllepce lioi ill 1 cat/ along lands ol KoOcii K. Ueignley boo It. t> a corner and place ol be ginning. Land all cleared and it story and a nail House tlu rruu rrected and the rur- Ullage as allowed by tlic Commissioner* ap pointed liy lilt: Couit an Uleil at A. I'. Mu. «A, ->ept. Ter u, i»:u. Seized apd laker- lu eXeCU tlou aa Hie properly ol llobert h. neignlej uwner or reputea owner at tbe suit ol ii. M Hemic & Co., et al. E. D. No. lto..Dee. T. Ificj. WUIUu&k * Slllcli eil. Atluiuejs. AH (be r'kbt. title, 'interest and claim ol Wll lluiu lleplcr. ul, lu and to W teres ol land, Uiore or less, situated In liulTalo twp.. ouilerOo., l a, bounded an lollows, to-wit: l;t-glnnlng at a po»t atljolnlng lands ol Hartley, thence north eakl II p« rill eh ; i hence soiitn 88>j east tjj* perches; tbeuce soUlli east Al percliesj t hence sour n;« i a castliai) perches, I hence ■oath 75 felti* psst 'Jti pert-lies - tbence nouth r cast iv perches : thence J;i A perches; thence north 71 west 18 perches; thenee south 1-2" west 17 perches; r Hence south ss west UJ perches: Uieiice n ntli Lu east t.j perches; thence iiorm ) 1 e.tst -- perches v i {Uu place ol heuiuulng. And baylmf u iwu-atury irame dwelling house, frame oarn. orchard and other ontholi .ings and mostly Cleared laud, tteited und taken iu execution as the properly jut William lleplcr at >tbe suit ol Dr. Joaeph 1 W. Miller. ■THE KIND m | THAT CURES" B WEBLKT STTERRT, = Msnfatovn, X. Y. Hj 1 Kidney Trouble for 12 Years.■ ■ Completely Cured. || Sj Dana Sasrapabii-LA Co., M MEBKBB —For yf-am I hire txvn hddlyß »ith kitliify Trouble. Two ■Bftfro I had •* I-ii Gnppp," which seftl<-d bark. At times it >raa hani work for tr<r to around. La* Feb. I had another attack of •• I.n = ■ ttrlppo," which Jrfi m* *» bail I c»iil«ljgjg hardlv get arrow the nnnn. Ouxrncr-H Scixant adriaed mc to try a bottle of DANA'S i ■ SABSAPARILLA | ■ i did «o. and hare taken three bottle#of S.\R-ai| SSAPARILLA «nd one bottle of PAX AS Saniiltß. COMPLETELY CTBED-l Hf.Vo trouble with Kidneys; nohark*H gftfhet simhl appetite, ana I never f< !t M-H ■ter in rnylife. T'"i may publish thts if you as every word in true. |S Yours trnlr. ■j MorriMown. N. Y. WESLEY 6TERRY. = K GENTS:—Wp are penonally acquainted with Mi gj fiß Sttrrrr. and know his statements are true ■ BeapectfaQy, A. F. *C. F. McNEILL. S| ( Dana Sartaparllla Co., Balfaat. Maine. fTT>. N s. lit and l:i>, Dec. T.. IF. Buw«r and A. T. 1:1 e'< A tjs. All I lie r Ci. 11; i■, 1111 -r ta d«'!alntof M.M. Nevman o', I i unit to air. sof Im.l. more : 1-ss slumteJ In Oaklatid twp D'Hi. i ( < . r.i tWMllMlon. On|nc i orlli b) lands <>( olumon WUltmlre's li'irs; <-a-t lands nfjocn Moafi.oim-rv; souih by lands of Wlllla:n llobb anl by lands of t !,ri-.n Knbl) ~a d lund mostly tlmUer lanl tnereon. ALSO of. In and l-i ts.'; .teres of !»ad. mere (>r less, situated In OaKl ind t '. p,, U itler Co.. I'.i.. hounded as follows, to-wit: ou the north by lands <>f U iSiert Wliitmire and Win. Kobb; east by lan t> "t Abrahaa M irt in; si nth b> lands ot Lewis Milliliter mil Joliu I'afton ;md west In 1 aids of William Hob:>. Slid land lietns mostly cleared and nnd>'r a fair state ot cultivation with one koo t orchard, two small frum.' <1» l liliff houses, oi" la rue Irame turn and other oulbultdtniwrerec:t ii tlieraon. Seized and taken in execution as the property of M. J. Neym tn at the suit of William I- Oarvc, et at. K. I). No. 121 and i.,:i Dec. T.. l-:i::. S. F. I!_ws er.t A. T. Black. A't'is. All the right, title, interait airl eliini of M J. Neymun. of in anil to the jirlst mi I, formerly known as tho Phillies mill situate In Oakland twp.. Uutl-r. Co., I'a. with the land Hereto helongiinr: Com mencing at a post on the ro id leading from Etnlenton road t » Bobh's t-rldge about s reals eastward from the mill; thence along said roa> tn a w-e>t>-r!> direction lo rods lo a post.; thence northward lOnrts to a p >s'.; thence eastward lorods to a post about.»! f■•••! nort i of the Milt road, aud thence soulhw iril tn to place ol Containing 1C» Miu ire roils, togeth er with the right of the mill ra •• and water privilege and having a frame building erected ihereou used as a grist and chopping mill an all machinery and tlxtures therein and tnen to at tached and used lu the operation ot saict mill seat. ALSO—Of, iu uihl to t acre or lan 1, more or less. situate la Oakland twp., lintier Co . I a bounded as follows, to-wit: On the n.rili b> Ureeee City and Kioleuloii road east by iann> or Kohen iVhltinlre, south by lands of Job n a Oorden and west by I tuds of .fohn A. (iirden. «>4liJ laud being Ul'cleared rnd in a good .^iall ot cultivation. Seized apd taken in execution as Hit* property ut M J. Neyiuan at tln- sum of Work'ngmeii's Kquitaole H. and J.. Association of Holier, i'd. t series 11. et at. K. 1). No. if,. Deo. T.. IMS. \v. if. I.usk, Atty, All the Dalit, tin ;. Interest and claim of J; M Bowen oi, in and to 97 acres oi land more or less. situ..tod In Punn twp., Uuller Co.. l'a . bounded as follows 10-wlt: On the north In lands of Conrad Xieliol: east bv public road; south by Unas of .lotin li- • and west bv Ureeu tract. Said laud being mostly cleared, tinder a fair stale Ol cultivation and having a good ivn story frame (I.veiling boii»e, frame bank barn und other out ..utlolngs < re-I'M thereon, Seiz ed und taken In "Xecutton as ih■: p .pert- ol .1. M. !kiwen at ttie silt of J. M. M .tteru, K. D.No. 7.' DC. T., IBU3. N''A'ton •>lU<-k Vtt'y Aij lie r'ohl. I * 11'', interest an.i claim ol - Uw'l »l. L-twrnu rs, .it. in ami t y> a. resol land man- or le->s. sllu.it(xl lu Allegheny iwp. Boiler Co. |»a. hounded <l-1 (allows, to wit: Oi. 11.. north b> Uiiddof Will. I- Marilii and It 1' An dervi:;, east Dy laud* ol Win. UcKec, south b> lauds ol Martlla Moan ami west by pui.llc road ana laud oi A. L. Chambers.part ol Mime iraci Said land being mostly cleared, under a fair state Ol culllv .lly((. and having a twoslnry tramu fyoijMi. iiitom barn and other outbuili- Qtik treetod ih-reon Seized nn i taken in ex.- ution as tbo properly ol Samuel Chambers at lie suit of Othtrine < arsin. E. 1), No. 51. 11l T. His. W. r, Hi an on Atry. AU the right. titl«. Interest and claim of.t M Christie 01. In atid to 4; aire* of lantj more or less, elliiatfl la <'lay twp., llutier Co.. J'a, b>uuded as loliowi, to-wlt: (in the north l>\ lands ul I'rt-sley It. rl ley. east by lands ol .la< o Itider heirs;south by lands of Jotilah Brown and west b> lands ol s.-imuel Monk, Said land being mostly cleared, mid, <r a joo-l stato of cul tivation and ltavUds a tw> story frame house, frame torn *nd jtiier ou l erected thereon. Bel*ed and takea in . xecutlon as ihe properly of J. M. Christie at the suit of Nancy • iold. E. D. Nos. ti2.110 and ui Dec. T.. im, W. a. Lu.sk and 8. P. Bowser. Att'yg, All the riKht title, Interest and claim of .1 S Elliott, 01, in and 10. certain lot ol land, more or less situated In village of Lawrenceburg. I'arker twp. Butler Co. I'a, bounded us follows, to.wit: «»n the north by Murrlusvllle road, east by other laud of .1. S. Klllot. know u as hn No. 4. south by an alley, and weft by laud oi Samuel lielly. Sal J lot being known as l a N 5 as laid out ny plan qf lots of the Cooper l-'artu Company. ALsu of In and to cei tain lot of land. more or .lew, situated In village of Lawrenceburg. I'ar ker twp. Butler Co.. a., bounded as follows, to-wlt: On ihe north b:> Alurrlnsvllle r".t<l ; east by lands of 1 homus Bowser; south by an alley and west by othei laud ol J. S. Kllloti known .s lot No 1". Said lot being known as lot N'>. as laid OUI h, piau <>t lots of the tliiop er {arm company. and hating thereon a-recteu a if.od two suir.i frame dwelling house. Iruiiie stable and other outbuilding- tHereon Set/ed and taken In execution as the p. pert) »J J. ». Eillotl at the suil of 1,. S. iv.ituu, tt al. E. 0 N*Q at. Ded. I'., W»3 W. 1> . Brando. , Ally. All the right. title. Inter.-st and claim of Joseph VarKer or, in and to im acres of land more or less, situ iteil lu ItuJalu twp., liutlei Co.. I'a.. bounded as lollows, 10-wit: (hi tin north by lauds "t <1 K. Ka- «y; east by landBo; Jacob Milliard, el al:a<iut It by la..ds ol A. I) Weir and west hj lands of '1 liODins talker Mostly chared good state ot i ulilu.it ton. -umi orchard, two story frame dwelling house, urge Iraiue barn and oilier outbuildings creeled thereon. ALSO- Of.lt. and to ltd a.'tes of land, more or less, situated lu Hurt H i twp. Bui.l-r Co. I'a. bummed as fol lows, to nil: (>u the norih by lands ot .lohn Weir ft al. e ist oy Itoliert .1 Lav, l*ud, soulh by land of Jolt Murphy, and v.cs. by land of Itobert Fleming. lielng most ) cleared and In ag" "1 stale ul caltlvaiii n an'. liavlt |t log bolts* iraiue stable and other 0111 buildings elected the'-on. >» Ued and laKe In execution as the property ol iose| h p.. ker at (be suit of Butler s .voi.'s Bank. E L>, No, 11:', Deo. T. lsi.;. W, li, Brandon, Atty. All Hie rljrbt. Illle. Interest and claim of ( F Matthews of. lu and to H5 acres ( ,f i.tnd, more or less sltualed in and I . a.-- ter twps.. llutletCo., 1 a., bounded as i iiiuw to-wlt: i'n the north by'.auds of Martb i Mat thews; east by lands of James S. Ilajs; • inn tr lands of James S. Hays and west by lands id Peter 1 {Tt. Hi id land being n ost i± ch an .1 un der a Kood state ct cultivation and baying a Irani dwelling house, Irame and log bem 01 e orchard und other outbuildings erected there on. Selz.d and lakeii 111 execution tslhe |.n p erly ol ( !•' M ttllews at the suit Irene Jesse I utvls now Olive .Matthews' gua.'dian. riiKWIS OK SAl.K:—The following must be strlctly k coniplled wlili when pioiiert.) In stricken down. 1. W.ien the plaintilT or olhtrr lien crediloi IHcomes the purchaser the cost o:. the urn must lie paid an i a list of the Ileus Including tnorijgtftite sf»r«u«B on the Bold h»- getlirr wiiU sucli lieu creditur"» receipt* ft>i tin- Minouiit of tlic proceeds «»i tin* Mil ,ucii p»u tluu Uien'of a* he ma.v cluiui t. be furuUtheO rhe iShcrllT. 2. All Olds must f»a»<l iti iu'l. a. All -> ties !l«»t s*S lW'«l IIUIIU* MAI lj Will i* continue uiull 1 o'clock j*. m. or ucxt o.ii which time all piopctty not titled for * tvih Oe put uy ao<i v*l»l dMUe «xpeuse ami risk of ttni pardon lc w 110111 llrst sohl. •*ca Pumluh's Digest, wtu edition, pa-je 44(> and B(tilth's Kur'ns, :isi. WILLIAM M. BKOVVN, Sheiill. Slieriff'K Office. Butkr. !»a , Noveiub ri >. IH-.-3. SHERIFF'S SALE. By virtue of it writ of Kl K"s Issued out of the fourt of Common I'iens or Huiler ( ounty. la. 'linl to nie directed, tin re will tie exposed to publicsaie at the f'ourt H"UW. in Hie llorough id Hutler i'a.. on Friday the Bth da) ol oe< A 1) IS!'! at l rcloek. ft. the de scrlbee propeity 10-wlt: K I) Xo l.*i3, 154. 15*. Irtil and I*,V. t)ec T. lsii.l. Uhlsl iii & r.reer, Att'js. All the right, rule inter- ■■ t.aiel clalia of .1 I. (Juilu E) Jh t'srnes Who survives Man Kings buiy and Chas c McCuriies, dee il () f m au.l lo certain lot of laud mole or l< ss, situated in borough ol ttentivvllle. Hutler Co. I'a, botii ded as follows, to wit: tlu Hie norm In I lids o! Cher, cast liy an alley, soutn In lot id ll'ihaugh. and west hy .M.tlu >t said lot from Ing 30 ft-et Oil Main ht, and extendm li-iek u;,i to i-M Id alic .iinii hn\ Ihg i | ( u,., I I■ I i.,-- houseanils' re-ioou eoinoun. eieciediher> ou. Seized and taken n e.;ecutlon a the or. periy of .I E (.lull i F MtCarnes at the -mt .f 1. A Stephenson, ct al. * WIU.IAW SI. BItUWN. 3LariC, THt [Copyright. iSqj. by A. N Kellogg' New^pap^rCo CHAPTER XII LIGHTS AND SHAJDOWS Down the walk she came from tho house, light of step and graceful a> a fawn, clothed in pure white, with roses in her raven hair. She was coming directly to her father, when she saw me. She looked from me to him; his smile at once seemed to arrest her at tention. "Why, papa, what has happened?" she exclaimed. "You are almost laugh ing! When did that happen before?" "This is Dorr Jewett," he said, "the son of iny old friend and schoolmate in the north. Dorr, this is my daugh "THlS IS I>ORR JF.WFTT," HE SAID. ter, Coralie. He will be with us some time, child. Everything musj be made agreeable to him." "Indeed, since lie has made you smile, papa, I hope he will stay long. \ You are very welcome, Mr. Jewett." With bewitching grace she extended her hand. I took it, and new hopes name to me. The world seemed bright ening. We walked up to the house together, i We sat in the cool rooms with their antique furniture. Mr. Bostoek had become passive and silent, from the fatigue, I thought, of unusual emo tions. But I was rejoiced to see that he looked often at me, and that my presence seemed to have a good effect on him. I found Coralie charming, frank, un affected. She wished to be told about i the far northern states, their people and their ways. All that I had to tell interested her. Then she sang and played for me exquisitely. It was the | music of nature. The mocking bird's song that I heard that night in the magnolias was not sweeter. At dinner Mr. Le Fevre, the overseer, came in, and we were made acquainted. He seemed a blunt man, but not rude, and his reserve soon gave way to con versation. I saw from the looks of the house-servants that he was no more a favorite indoors than out. The quadroon girl who Ltood behind Mr. Bostock's chair and pulled the} cord that moved above the table a fanj keeping a current of air circulating iia the room—this girl I once observed "making a face" at the overseer, when he was looking elsewhere. "I hope you did not whip Jerry," said Mr. Bostock. "No, sir, since you desired me not to. Hut a thrashing would do the boy lots of good." "You are such a eruel man," the lady remarked. "Ah, Miss Coral, you'll never under stand how lazy these niggers are, when they're not followed close. If it wasn't for me, your father wouldn't have half a crop, any year. That Jeremiah, for instance: he'd fish in the bayou and play the banjo all day, if I didn't look after him." "We do have better crops under Mr.' Le Fevre's management," said Mr. Bostock. "Still, I don't see why he has to drive up the field hands so. They get along better on other planta tions." "I'll show you the difference when ( the cane is cut,-" said the overseer, with his mouth full. "I think Mr. Le Fevre would get on easier with our people if he had .al ways been at the south," said the lady. "May be so. Miss Coral. I'm a Penn sylvanian, and I camcdown here fresh,] to learn about the niggers. I know' 'em! They want bossing, and a good deal of it." em! They want bossing, and a good, deal of it." Weeks passed swiftly by, and I re-i mained at this delightful home. Re membering my promise, I wrote to Mr. Dorion, giving him a full account of affairs here, and of the condition of his) old friend. I *vill say here, that the subject need not be again referred to, that, while my presence and the recol-, lections it recalled had a temporary effect in withdrawing Mr. Hostock; from the clouds that enveloped him, that unfortunate condition soon re turned. He was sunk in melancholy, morose and peevish. There was never a time when the sight of his child or the sound of her voice would not cause him to brighten for a moment, and I ] could see that he sometimes tried to shake off his shadows and converse, ! freely with me. But the effort was vain. The decline of his physical health was bad enough; but it was not : to be compared to the changed condi tion of his mind. I watched him nar rowly, and I began to think that Mr. Dorion was right. The man's mental faculties were impaired; but there was some mysterious terror, some haunting dread back of* that condition. Ho would sit for an hour sunk in moody abstraction, and when suddenly ad dressed would start, look wildly at his daughter, anil recover his sense of his surroundings slowly and with effort. Could all this be the result of remorse, the punishment of conscience for tho slaying of Castex? No; for 1 recalled Mr. Dorion's shuddering description of the ferocity with which his friend had avowed that he meant to kill his adver sary. My watchings, and my reflec tions by day and night, gave me no clew to the mystery of the man's de meanor, to the appalling change that had come over him. So the weeks passed. One week had not gone when I was placed upon a footing of charming, cordial friend ship with the beautiful daughter of this house. We read together, she often aloud from old French romances, in the original. She played and sang to me; she told me all about this strange region, with its natural won ders. I told her of the White moun tains and the grauitc hills, the snow storms and the cold of winter. All these things she had read of, but she listened to my stories us though they were leaves from some fairy chronicle. And, most charming of all, we would wander by the moonlight through tho oak and magnolia grove; through the wide fields gruen with the cane leaves, to the edge of the impenetrable cy press swamps, where the cry of the pelican ai l the splash of the alligator could Le heard. Did I reflect as to whither all this was tending? Did it gcyur to me that MFTLKH. PA., FRIDAY. DECEMBER 1, 1893. tiie seed I was sowing cotiW only come to a bitter harvest of impossibili ties? In fact. It: • no about it. 1 let the dream fro on—the en trancing', enrapturinp dream: IJut my time was not all passed in this way. I became well acquainted with Le Fevre, and found that he was much more blunt than brutal; though the negroes all stood in fear of him. He took me over the plantation and explained the processes of cane-grow ing", cutting and grinding. We went over to New Orleans, put up for three days at the St. Charles, and examined the wonders of the crescent river front with its forest of smoke-pipes aud the busy scenes of the levee. We strolled in the French quarter of this unique city, which, within less than a century, has been under Spanish, French and American government; we visited the market: we in the sub urbs on the hard and shining- shell roads. Back again at the La Fourehe plantation, we went over to the ancient French town of Thibodeaux. and dined at an inn, where, except the bread. I knew not the name of a single dish that I ate. 11 was to me a season of glamour, a happy time, that I knew must end, somehow; yet I was treated precisely as though I were to remain forever. I wished not to break the spell; aud it was only to test Mr. Bostock's feelings toward me that I said to him one day, when we were alone: "I have been with >ju six weeks; is that not a pretty long visit?" lie roused himself and looked troubled. "You don't think of leaving mc. Dorr?" "Why, sir—you know I've got my i own way to make, somewhere. This is all pleasure and vacation." "You like it here, then?" "Indeed I do, sir. Everything is charming." "Stay, then. It does me good to have you here. Stay till November, anyway. I can't have you go so soon. Do you want money?" "No, sir/' "Tell me whenever you do. Enjoy yourself all you can- -and don't think of going. I loved your father; I love you." His hand was laid affectionately on my shoulder; a mist shone in his weary eyes. So that was settled—for a time. I was not to leave him—nor Coralie. But that night in my dreams the warn ing face of Mr. Dorion came to me, and I seemed to hear his words again: "There is a fearful mystery hanging over his past life. Ido not know, you do rot know, how you may become complicated with it, if you persist in going on." CHAPTER XIII. THE SEW PttODICAL. It was an evening of early Septem ber that the first shadow fell upon my pleasant existence at this home. Mr. Bostock's habit was to retire early. This night he had chosen to remain up, and was sitting in his easy chair upon the veranda. Coralie was at the piano; I sat on the upper step, listen ing to the laughter and banjo-strum ming from the negro quarters. Le Fevre sat lower down, smoking, en gaged in his own thoughts. There was no moon that night, and the tall fig •a. "YES I THINK HE'LL 81.1 ure that came up from the road was upon us before we saw it. "Does Pierce Bostock live here?" The voice seemed familiar to me, though I did not at first remember where I had heard it. "Yes," said the overseer, gruffly. "What do you want?" "I want to see him." "Well, perhaps you can't. I attend to his business mostly. He don't see strangers." "I am not a stranger. I reckon he'll see me when he knows I am here." Mr. Bostock suddenly roused him self. "Who is that?" he asked. "Yes, I think he'll see me," the stranger loudly repeated. I heard a sigh from the invalid, a deep-drawn, troubled sigh. "Tell him to go away," he faintly said. "What makes him come here to annoy me? I don't want to see him:" "You hear, do you?" Le Fevre said, Standing in front of thu stranger. ; "What d'ye mean, coming here to trouble a sick man? You go, or I'll find a way to help you." "O, very well. If Mr. Bostock won't see me, he'll hear of me. May be he'd like to have mc take a turn around La Fourclic and talk with the planters about old times. Good evening." lie turned on his heel. "Stop!" said Mr. Bostock. "Tell him to come in." lie rose and walked into the parlor. The stranger followed. Perhaps a due regard for social propriety should have restrained me from following; but the impulse to do so, growing out of my recognition of the voice and my power ful interest in Mr. Bostock, was irre sistible. As for the pugnacious over seer, the sharp words that he had had with the stranger and the constraint under which the planter was acting were sufficient reasons to cause him to go in also. Coralie had heard the sound of voices and our entrance into the parlor. She came in with a lamp. The stranger was revealed. I had last seen him when lie was put ashore by the captain of the Cotton Queen. He sat down on a sofa and stretched himself out. Nobody else was seated. His impudent eye ranged round over the luxurious furniture of the apart ment and coolly examined each one of us. Then, to my astonishment and dis gust, he took a cigar from his case and scratching a match on the finely grained panel of the wall he lit it and began to smoke. Le Fevre started forward. "Say the word, Mr. Bostock, and I'll pitch the insolent blackguard out of here, neck and heels." The planter sat down and groaned. "No," was all he said. The Intruder laughed, threw his head , back, and blew rings of suioko upward to the ceiling. "You won't be so fast, my friend, when you hear how good a right I've got to be here. That's Coralie, I sup pose?" Mr. Bostoek gave a gesture of assent. "Fine girl. Who might you be, young fellow? I don't remember to have met you before." This was addressed to tne. "I have seen you before, certainly." "You have! Where?" "Up the river, when you were put ashore from the steamer for cheating with cards." I spoke from impulse, just as I often acted. It would have been wiser for me to keep the wort's back. A little reflection would have told me that this was a dangerous man. and that I ought not needlessly to incur his enmity. But I had spoken, and the shaft had gone home. The man's evil face flushed and paled, and he gave roe a vindictive look. He addressed himself to Mr. Bostoek. "My business Ls with you. sir. I want nothing with these people." With a slight pause, he continued: "I was at Bontellier's, in New Or leans, yesterday. For the first time, he refused to advance me anything. I only asked him for a hundred dollars. He said you had stopped the account." "It has been so long since I heard anything of you—" "That you thought I was dead—eh? You hoped so, no doubt. If you'd taken the trouble tosond to Boutellier, he'd have told you that your money never staj-cd very long in his hands." Le Fevre whispered excitedly in my ear: "What the devil does this mean? Since I have been there, the old man has deposited thousands of dollars in that bank, and not a cent has he drawn from there. Who is this fel low?" "Tell me what you want," said the planter. "You promised me years ago that you would not come near ma again. Go, now, and trouble me no more." "Give me two thousand dollars first." Mr. Bostoek turned to Le Fevre. "Make a check on Jacob Barker, New Orleans, for the amount payable to bearer." Nothing that had thus far happened had greatly surprised me. I knew about this man what was not known to Coralie or Le Fevre; and. while she stood in consternation by her father's chair, the overseer did not cease to regard the interloper with threaten ing looks, as if he only wanted a little more provocation to attack him with his fists. Amazed as lie was by the direction about the check, he went into the other room, prepared it, and brought it back on a book with a pen. Mr. Bostoek signed it with trembling fingers. "Give it to him." The overseer took it and threw it upon the lounge. The man who lay there glanced at it and thrust it into his pocket. "Go," said the planter. "Pretty soon; don't hurry me. You must remember that we haven't met in many years. All your own fault; you would have it so. Now you have com pelled me to come here to get money, you've got to acknowledge me." "No—no!" "You will! You're likely to die be fore I do; and where shall I come for money then? You know I was only a boy when we moved from here; I might find it hard to get myself recognized around here. It would be easier near Vicksburg; but I want the witnesses right here, in your own family. Tell these people who I am." "You are one of the devils who has helped to make my life miserable," was the despairing cry of the planter. "Will yon tell them?" "No." "Very well. All La Fourche shall know the whole truth to-morrow. Mark me—the tcholc truth. I say!" lie turned todepart. Again he was recalled. "Do you promise to keep that secret? Do you promise never to return here?" "I will keep the secret. I will not return here in your lifetime—provided you keep my account good at Le Bou tellier's. Now tell them!" "Hold me up. Dorr—Le Fevre, stand back; this scoundrel must be satisfied and silenced. He wants me to tell you that he is my son, Conrad Bostock. That is true, I acknowledge it." His head fell on his breast; his breath came hard and labored. His daughter placed her arm about his '•THIS SCOUNDREL MVS'. BE PAT 13FIED AND SILENCED." neck, and put her vinaigrette to his nostrils. The gambler got upend looked with malignant triumph at the group. "That's all, I believe," he drawled. "Coralie, I'm quite happy to have so fine a girl for a sister. You won't see your dear brother ugain for some time; that is, if your dutiful father behaves himself. Come and kiss me, my chick enl" The girl gave a cry of disgust, and put out both hands to keep him off. I started toward him; but Le Fevre was too quick for me. The abundant wrath that he had been storing up for the last half hour could no longer bo restrained. His powerful arm shot out straight from the shoulder, and Conrad Hostock sprawled his length on the carpet. He rose, confused and bleeding, caught one glance at tho angry countenance of the overseer, snatched his hat and disappeared. The planter seemed unconscious of what hud last happened. Ho raised his eyes and looked around him. "Is he gone?" he eagerly asked. "Yes. father. What was it—" "Sh, child, don't aslt me anything. He is gone; he won't come back. Did he say anything about you, Corry?" "lie wanted to kiss me—the odious beast!—and good Mr. Le Fevre struck him." "I'm sorry for that; Conrad is re vengeful. But he Kdid nothing about you?" "No, father." The planter seemed greatly relieved at the answer. "I'll go to bed, now, child. 1 am very weary with all this." When Coralie had withdrawn with him, Le Fevre sat and stared blankly at me. "What's all this?" he blurted out. I felt the shadows descending over this house: I knew now that they would involve me, for too plainly did I see by the anxious inquiries of Mr. Bostock that Coralie was concerned in the mystery—and'Coralie was becom ing all the world to uie. The hard, rugged nature of the overseer was crossed with hearty human streaks; tho events of the night had shown that he was u true friend to this old man i and his child. So l told him all I knew of Pierce Bostock and his way ward son, and all that Sir. Dorion had told me of thctn. lie listened atten tively. and shook his shaggy head. "This is all new to me." lie said. "What in Satan's name it means, I don't know. But I do know that if I catch that scoundrel about here Fll duck him in the bayou." [TO BE COSTISCCO.J ZULUS ARE FATALISTS. Royal Servant* Allowed ThrmulrM to Ik strangled on Their Master's t.rave. "Kings of the Zulus must not go to the place of thedej»«i alone." Tb's has beeu a national *'4ying of the Zulus in southeastern Africa for centuries, says a writer in the African News. And they have seen it carried into effect, until prohibited by the British, who now dominate their country. On the death of a king, certain sons were killed, generally strangled, and those were the immediate servants of his majesty. One would suppose that individuals suspecting their prob able fate would endeavor to escape, but I have been told that rarely if ever was this the case. A sort of fatalism at taches to them, and they say. as Zulus often do when anticipating calamities: "We can't help ourselves; we are the victims of fate." Possibly some of them comforted themselves with the belief that if they accompanied their sovereign to the unknown world, they would Ik* supremely happy. Their dead bodies were so arranged in the grave that the royal corpse* ly ing upon them might not touch the earth. A large llat stone was placed above the king's head, and into his grave were thrown all his belongings —mats, ornaments and robes of state, consisting chiefly of the skins of wild animals, of the most costly kind. Then the national dirge, used only at royal funerals, an exceedingly pathetic one, was chanted by the thousands of Zulus assembled. A large mound of earth with stones and thorns upon the top marks the place of the burial, which is watched closely for weeks and some times months, to keep witch doctors from stealing any part of the body, which is supposed to have power to work charms and even miracles. Zulus have a sacred regard for the graves of their kings, and they rispect also the graves of their enemies. During the "Zulu war" those "sav ages," as they are improperly called, had frequent opportunities to desecrate the re&ing place of English soldiers, hut not once did thejr touch one. Con trast that with the disgraceful pro cedure of some British "red coats." who are said to have gone to the tomb of Umfaude, the Zulu king who died in 1873, and rifled it of its bones! Men asked: "What are you going to do with them?" the reply was: "Take them to England for exhibition:"' HOW GRAVITATION VARIES. Probably Caused by Subterranean Tom motions. That changes, involving the displace ment of immense masses, are going on within the earth is one of the sug gested explanations of some observa tions recently announced in France. It has been found at the Pare St. Maur observatory that the' force of gravita tion, or the weight of bodies, under goes daily variations. These are ren dered sensible by placing in the earth a tube containing a column of mercury balanced by the pressure of hydrogen contained in a closed vessel connected with the tube, and registering by means of photography the alterations in the level of the mercury. After all corrections have been made for the effect of changes of tempera ture, it appears that certain sudden variations in the level of the mercury are only to be explained on the theory that they are due to changes in gravi tation. These variations last from fif teen minutes to an hour. They are, of course, very small, amounting at a maximum to only one-twentieth of a millimeter, but they may imply very great displacements of matter in the interior of the globe. It has been suggested that similar experiments should be conducted in the neighborhood of active volcanoes, where liquefied rock is moving beneath the surface, and other disturbances of the strata of the earth are taking plaoe. Such facts as these present to the imagination a very formidable picture of tlie gigantic commotions that ac company the slow cooling and contrac tion of the globe, on whose hardened crust we rear our edifices, wondering, when some of them are occasionally shaken down by earthquakes, at the instability of apianet that is apparent ly so solid. A Queer Little Animal. The ineekrat of South Africa bears a resemblance to the American prairie dog, but is more easily domesticated. It is a tiny little creature about as big as a rat, very intelligent and affection ate as a dog when tamed. It barks and chatters and purrs, is an inveter ate thief and spends in uch of its time standing upright. Its fur is gray, marked somewhat like a tabby cat, and it is,wholly without fear. The dog is its favorite animal, and when tamed the meekrat invariably attaches itself to the most good-natured dog in the house. When wild these little an imals live in colonies as the prairie dogs, burrowing their homes under ground, living on roots. They express supremo satisfaction by lying Hat down and stretching themselves out %;o that they seem like a flat skin with out any bones inside it. The little creatures have black circles around their eyes, a stripe running underneath their bodies for its entire length and long, curving black claws on their lit tle forepaws. Savagerj of tho CoMUcki. The wild Cossacks, living away down in the southernmost part of the Rus sian empire, spend most of their time harassing the Turks. They are pe culiarly savage in appearance. Their uniform is the Cossack coat, full trous ers, scarlet undercoat hooked up to the neck, big boots, and as an overcoat they wear a bourka, a circular cloak made of coarse felt with long, shaggy hair on one side of it. This cloak is big enough to cover the rider and much of tho horse. The most distinctive point in their dress, however, is the cylindrical hat of black astrachan which they wear at all seasons. The top is of cloth or velvet. They form part of the Russian cavalry and live principally on plunder, stealing, during their raids into Turkey, anything they can find, from a chicken to a child. That'll Different. Dick —Look here, sister, I can't come to my lessons just yet; I ain't washed. Elder Sister—All right, Dick. I'm not quite ready for you, anyway. Dick —Well, you're a nice teacher, you arc! Here it is after ten o'clock. Come, now, you better hump yourself. —Judge. There Was m Difference. Little City Oirl—How funny! You get your milk from a cow and we get ours out of a can. Little Country Girl —But it's just the same kind of milk. Little City Girl—Oh, no; I noticed a great difference right away.—Brook lyn Life. __________ A lllot to I.»udladles. Mr. Kicker —This chop tastes of soap. Landlady—You are mistaken, sir. Mr. Kicker—l'm sure of it. I believe the cook runs the chops through the clothes wringer so they will spread out and look bigger.—Taxas Sittings. FOR MARKETING EQGS. How tu I'rrtnt IM< and lb* AnnofUN ; Incident Thereto. Carrying fifteen dozen eggs to market j in one basket, piled one upon another, | has before this resulted >D such disaster j as to call forth a proverbial warning j about putting all one's eggs in a basket. Yet hundreds of farmers carry all their eggs to market piled one upon another, and either carry back some of them in a cracked or decidedly "scrambled" state, or are obliged to drive with extreme caution. A better way is to (ret the pasteboard fillers that are used in the double egg crates, and then construct a neat, square box, as shown in the illustra tion, that will just accommodate a sin gle tier of tho egg fillers, with paste board between each. This box should be made of light stuff—take an empty shoe box that one can procure at the shoe stores The box can be made en tire, and the cover part then sawed off evenly all the way round, when tho hinges and catch can be put on. A stout barrel hoop well smoothed and bent into shape will make a good han dle for a small box. Let the box be of just the right size to hold the eggs gathered during a few days. If these are then promptly marketed, everyone being clean and of good size, something above ordinary market rates will be gladly paid for them. If, however, an "egg is an egg" to your local buyer, whether old, fresh, dirty, clean, big or little, then keep a sufficient number of hens to make it profitable to ship to some city dealer who will appreciate a good thing. In that case, a number of these small egg boxes may be fonnd just the thing. If used for shipping, the handles should be omitted and end cleats added. — Country Gentleman. AMONG THE POULTRY. IF a hen can be made to lay one egg a week she will pay the cost of keeping. EVEN in winter it is an item to have dust for the fowls where they can flut ter at will. IT is a good plan to cull out and sell early all the chickens that are not to be wintered. IT is when the hens are idle and close ly confined that they are most liable to fall into the habit of feather pulling. THE objection to throwing out the egg shells to the hens is the liability of tlieir getting into the habit of eating effgs. IN caponizing, the earlier a bird reaches maturity in his natural stata the earlier the operation should be per formed. IN obtaining the highest prices from special customers, it will pay to put all the eggs of one color together before sending to market. CHICKS that give promise of proving standard fowls will thrive much better if the culls are removed and more room in the quarters and a freer range given to those that are to be kept ON the farm, at least, the fowls should have a good range, as they will pick up much that would otherwise go to waste, and in this way the cost of feeding be greatly lessened. DIARRHEA may often be mistaken for cholera, as the symptoms at the start are nearly the same. As so<jn as tho birds are affected they have a downcast look, become sleepy, lose strength and have more or less fever. PROPERLY managed, an incubator will hatch fully as many eggs in pro portion as the average hen, especially during the winter. But it is necessary to fully understand the machine and to give proper care in order to obtain the best results. Now is a good time to buy and try an incubator, as it will give plenty of time to get accustomed to managing it before it is necessary to fill for hatching.—St. Ixmis Republic. Little Drop* or Water, Etc. There Is a fashion of depreciating such small industries as the care of poultry on farms as being below the ambition of a farmer and rather to be considered as contemptible than de serving. But, as a rule, small things seem small to small minds, while the more intelligent look upon small things more in the light of parts of a whole, to be considered in the aggregate. There are farmers who make less money clear from twenty acres of wheat than the wife gains from her fowls or from her well-cared-for hives. Indeed, this may remind us of what the great poet, the lover of rural things, said of this small business of keeping bees: "Labor in tenui, at gloria non tennis," which means that labor be stowed on a trifling matter may bring rewards that are not trilling. Every little thing on a farm should count. It is the aggregate of many little ears of grain that makes the farmer's income; and to pick a snowy ball of cotton by the nimble fingers is a trifling thing, but many balls and many fingers go to make up the great aggregate of 4,000,- 000,000 pounds of this staple, which, were it not gathered, would desolate the whole civilized world. Truly, r>ma)l things are not to be despised, if it is but a single bee or a helpless one day-old chick.—Rural World. FNHATISFACTORY. Til ma Kj jMNi I don't duns coming tj? my house. Dun—Then why don't you call and pay me? Hoggs—Do you suppose lam going to call on a grocer:—Harper's Woekly. Better I'oaald. Paterfamilias (to unexpected guest) -eWhy didn't you send as word you were coming? Pot luck, you know, my boy! Ilopo you h ave ma naged to make out a dinner. Unexpected Guest (politely)— Bless you, old man! I hope I may never have a worse o at-■—' Lite MO 52 GOOD SHEEP BARN. Direction* for I'omtrnctlaf • TTlll If ran red Building. Our illustration, which we reengnn from Canadian Live Stock journal, shows the basement plan of a itirq) barn erected by Mr J. Campbell la IMB. It is a most oomnlet* building, army* th i.» l» ing t eninet and wall ar» r*v e»*. ' h- 'o ian be lad frnu 'h i ,V Mi: pass- ges, but loM the ,rr. i ice ro i the »tteadai<t MM) F<> int > th" \ - amongst tho ibwp. TIUh is ('one to i .-.ure his looking mw the cheep, whi-n any that ere dek would be detected The stona wall i| plastered on the inside. The land fail* nicely away from the building on all sides, and the doors are laiye and the windows numerous. so that the entire building can be kept thoroughly dry and airy By means of doors suspended from the sleepers above which, by th< use of rope, pulley and a sand bag, eaa be gently let down, one of tha paw . * k I f | GROUND PLAN OP A GOOD SHXBP lißft can be turned into a cloae com partment for ewes when breeding, and by the use of hurdles, whieh are hinged together, and which, when not in aae, are stored neatly away above, thU closed compartment can be subdivided into numerous pens for several sheep. The doors at the ends of the feeding passages next the walls open into th* passages, and are hung in snchawaf that when sheep are being changed from one pen to another the door* pea vent them from getting into the paa sagewav. The floor of the /etdroom it made of cement, and t root pulper and a stripper occupy one side of thia com partment, while in another corner is a neat little cupboard for holding shears, sheep dip, etc. A dipping trough and other appliances are stored away in convenient corners. A large inclosed water cistern has been built at one end of the root cellar, and by means of a t*g the hose water can be carried to MJ part of the building. STRAW FOR STOCK. Vet a Complete rood, Bat a Tttr osbl* Auxiliary. When oats and wheat have not been allowed to get too ripe before harreafc Ing and the straw haa been properly stacked at threshing so that it wlij keep in good condition it make* a wood rough feed to use during the winter. It is not a complete food, however, and therefore needs to be used io connec tion with other materials in order tq give the best results. As it does net supply all the elements of nutrition ia the right proportion to maintain a thrifty growth an animal must eat more than it can properly digest la order to grow on straw alone. Bat by combining it with other materials a wholesome, economical ration can be made up that will not only, use the straw to good advantage, bnt also lessen the cost of wintering the stock. For cattle and sheep one of the beet ways of feeding is to take the same quantity of clover hay as of straw and add one-eighth the weight of wheat bran. Better results can be obtained if the straw and hay are first run through a cutting box and the bran is added afterwards; there will be leas waste and a more perfect ration will be made. A little oil meal may be added, which, while increasing the ooet but little, will greatly improve It* nutritive value. If run through a cutting box aad bran and oil meal added a very good ration can be made up that will keep growing cattle or sheep thrifty. If hay or corn fodder with a little grain is given at night, give all of the straw the stock will eat In the morn* ing. As long us the weather will per mit a good plan of management is to provide good racks in the feed lots and fill with straw and turn the stock to them in the morning, giving then all that they will eat. This will be found much more economical than to allow them to run up to the stack. Later on, or, rather, when the weather will not permit of turning the stock out, the mamgers can be filled and what is not eaten can be used for bedding, and in this way material that in many cases is largely wasted can be nsed to a good advantage, while at the same time the stock can be kept in a much better condition than if they must de pend upon straw alone. —St. Louis Re public. Mow tn Discover Had Logs. In examining the legs of a horse, the purchaser should first stand with his face to the broadside of the horse, as he stands on the level ground, and ob serve whether he rests perpendicularly on all his legs, having the natural pro portion of his weight on each straight ly, squarely and directly, or whether he stauds with all his legs straddled out, or with all drawn together under the center of his belly, as if he were trying to stick them ail into a hat; or lastly, whether he favors one or more of his legs either by pointing it for ward. or by placing it in any position in which no weight at all, or a very small stress of weight, is thrown upon it.—Farm and Fireside. Wheat an a llo* Food. Wheat will in future occupy a more prominent place than heretofore in hog feeding because it has been found to be a better all round food for growing pigs thai. lorn. The price of wheat will measurably regulate this, how ever, even though a more profitable feed, because of the facility for haa dling and the fact that it generally commands a cash market It contain! three or four times as much bone and tissue forming constituents as con and ia, like milk, a better all round food. A Good Man to Know. Daahaway—l just heard a disgrace ful thing about Corkerly. He recently became engaged, and hang me if he hasn't borrowed the money to buy the ring. Travers (eagerly)—W ho did he get it from? —Judge. L'r*H«D to «Jl»e ID. Maud —You don't mean to say that you surrendered to Jack, and let him kiss you, just because he complimented you on your waist? Marie —1 should not have barren dered, dear, but I was surrounded.— Brooklyn Life. Afreet lon Supprraaad. Ethel—l could have loved iUrold , Vincept but for one thing. Yvonne— What tvas that? Ethel—l was engaged to hitt-—Ohl cago Record. (!• TlrklM Pfopli to "How dc you like your new family physician?" n._»V "Oh, he's perfectly killing. —Truta.
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