VOL XXX is Coming* OUR your presents I Christmas Sale plete, and, if you desire, Commences . _ _ _ we will deliver the day FRIDAY AVAiyrV 1 , before Christmas..^ DEC. 1 1893. We are showing a large assortment of Beautiful and L seful Pres ents. No trouble to find something to suit you it you COME AT ONCE. NOTHING NICER THAN ONE OF OUR Banquet Lamps, Brass Lamps, Piano Lamps, Onyx Stands, Oak Stands, Mahogany Stands, Gold Chairs, Pictures, Easels, Screens, Music Cabinets, Book Cases, Writing Desks, Blacking Cases, O 7 y Couches, Rugs, Rocking Chairs in Endless Variety. -#ln Fine Decorated Pottery#- WE HAVE Doulton, Royal Worcester, Tepletz and Many Other Fine Makes. *+*lN TABLE WARE*** WE HAVE China Dinner Sets, Porcelain Dinner Sets, Plain White China Dinner Sets, Fancy Dishes of nil Kinds. -TOILET SETS CAMFBGLL SI TEMPIETDN Butler, - Penn a. BICKEL'S SPECIAL I ANNOUNCMENT. % I have placed on our bargain counter a line of boots and shoes which will be closed out at a sacrifice for the next thirty days. Among this line will be found greater bargains than have ever been offered. Call and examine these goods whether you wish to buy or not. Ltdies fine Doagola shoes regular price $3.50 now $2 2 75 at I 25. " Calf shoes $1 to 1 50. " oil grain shies $1 to 1 50. Misses fine spring heel shoe* 90 cts to $1 25 " heel shoes at 50 cerns. " school shoes 75 cts to sl. Mens Hand made box toe boo's $3. " " plain toe boots $2 50. Mens fine calf boots at $2 " " shoes at f1 50 Boys fine calf Bboes at $1.25 And many other bargains. Our line of HOLIDAY GOODS is more complete than ever before, consisting of many new and pretty styles in SLIPPERS. Now what is more appropriate for a fine present than a beautiful pair of SLIPPERS, and by visiting our store you will have the best assortment to select from and at prices lower than any other store in the coun ty. Be sure to call and examine our goods before selecting a XMAS PRESENT. o RUBBER GOODS. o Boston, Woonsocket, Goodyear, Glove, Bay State and Snag Proof Boots at Bickel's. Mens first quality rubber boots $2 25. Boys " '• 1.50. Mens knee boots % : j> 50 Meos Storm Ring boots $2 75. Fireman robber boots (extra bigh) $3. Youths rubber boots $1 25. Cbilds •' 100 Womeos robber boots 1 00 Ladies fine specialty rubbers 40 cents. " croquets 25 cents. Misses robbers 25 cents Meus specialty rubber* 50 to 65 cents. Mens buckle Arctics sl.lO. Mens Alaskas 75 cents. Women* buckle Arctics 75 cents M*ntt best fell boots $2. W« lave 100 pair meuf high boots (rubber hoots) ill No. 10 an I 11, regu lar price $3.50 which will be so'd ai $2 p-r pur during this sale. When in need of footwear give me a call. JOHN BICKfCU 128 SOUTH MAIN STREET, BUTL )R, PENN'A. Job Work oi ail kind done at the "Citizen Office." TIIE BUTLER CITIZEN. ■THE KIND i ■ THAT CURES®; | | m : k- '",/ - iifi ' I B OTTARLES SIMMONS, lU §§ Cohoet, N V m A MAHVEL IIT COHOES! f* ! SiKidney and Liver Diseased H FOR 15 ¥EA»S, ~ CURED BY 3 BOTTLES! fc IDAXA SARSAPARILLA CO.: ■£.' =§ <;ENTLI.MLN :—Having b«n rr*torrd to GR»?NL ■ health r>y thru?*» of your Sartapar 1 I f i/i 5' y <l«ly to itrt other* know Ux* rrst iKUfi:: i ~ == r curved. «| Tor 13 years I havp he. " el _* = *e»ere paiminthcK!nnsa< !i, ind Livrr s~ yL' f-; JH'-. 1 ST..' I have c J thrv I DANA'S | SARSAPAIiILLA m and 1 fe«»l lik«* rx nt*\\ mnn. I r im-nd it to any iffliddl v:th u-M-v of th-.- RrJ^Em ~nrti. ours rr»pectfi. v. H| Coho**s, X. Y. CH ARLES SIMMONS. mm SI The truth of the *!. •• ' i crrEfi •! to hr == JAMES 8. C ALKINS, ■ Drtiaru* «»f Cohoe*, N. Y. |B i II Never purchase of a " SUBSTITUTE!?, 'j£ H a person *ho tries to sell you somethirjS ■ else when you call for Dana's.) 0:irbol-?S ties arc being filled with a COUNTERFEIT^: HARTICLE by "Substituters." Buy of theg |j HONEST DEALER who sells you what you jgj |g a:« for, and if you receive no benefit hc£= ■ will return your money. Dana Sarsapa'llta Co., Belfast, Mair.e. Q C. & D. ALWAYS Tak" int) consideration tha'. iDoney is as (rood an money earne . j The best way to save money is to tiuv iioi:d goods at the rijrdt price. The on!v rraeon that our trade if increafinsr consinutiy is the fact tba we l.olidle oniv goids (if first qualit-. :>nd st-ll them at very l-.tw prices We Liive taken uriu-ual ewre i< nrovide everything Dew in Huts ai-il Furnishing Goods for this Pean'n, 4tid as we hiivo coot ml of m*n> ♦— peri illy good artic!>- iu both lines rati do y u if y« u ci me to 'IS U<• eonfifitTitlj sh« Unit ii justice o 'bunc Ivts »II pi.'n-l liher bouli; ifiH| ei t 0 ir good.. Visit us. COLBERT & DALE, 2' s . 2 8 Main street, Butler P;>. We are pleased to inform those w ho appreciate clothes that are comfortable and lit correctly, that our selection of Fall patterns are here. They are handsome and mod erate priced. See them. Aland, Tailor. +GLOVES+ arc our specialty this week. 50c Gloves for 45c 75c Gloves for 65c. $. 100 Gloves for c,oc. Ail our Entire Glove Stock at Eqiuily L <w Prices. THE RACKET STORE, i 20 South Main Street, Hutler, I'a. 2 5 PER CENT. Discount on trimmel and untritn iiifd Hut?, nnd Bonnets, Birds, and Fancy Feathers, to he a great iuduc. uk-u* l<» te* kern besides being \ than our USUH low prices. H r e have a laige stock for you to select from. At*k to see our ladieß all wool veau fti 68e. M. F & M. MARKS, 113 to 117 S. M«in 8t , Bot!»r >ft «iftoititir>g ftp* when in Cr.;cago, wi! irttatlAiY-i/o LOAD&Tiiunu^ ' N Vv \\ ivc~^s^ Hyjf I VBY dennr lKii'ni<\n Snutji ( £ HE. He was single and singular. Most women would have called him fine looking if it had not been for his nose. He told Cupid privately that his nose had always stood in his way, and no wonder. It was so long drawn out, so start lingly high as to bridge, but apparently perfect as to draught. Patiently had this nose stood guard below two kind but bashful blue eyes, and sniffed the breezes of fifty sum mers and winters of single blessedness. Cupid was his cat, and he also owned a comfortable looking little fat brown earthen teapot. Cupid ate from his master's hand the leavings of his bachelor board, while he sought comfort by dri.iking all but the leaves in the little earthen teapot. He ended each meal by tipping it up and draining the last drop from its spout. Cupid always watched this impolite performance with a meditative, won dcr-if-that's-good air. After tea he and Cupid used to sit by the window and watch for hrr across the way. SHE. She was not "fat, fair and forty," for the single woman who is forty is yet to be born. Besides being femininely dark as to age and complexion, she was plump and spry, neat as a new pin, and cheery. As she sewed or mended in the even ings, her shadow was thrown on the window shade. That was what he and Cupid watched for across the narrow way. Ms MUSINGS. There, she's lighting her lamp, Cupid—going to mend her stockings to-night. I can see her slip her hand into it and hold it up to the light. A neat little foot she must have, too, Cupid. See there! will you? Done, by Jove! with neatness and dispatch. Now what? 0,1 see—going out, and alone too. Demned shame, Cupid! Eh? Wants to go—of course she does —they all do, Cupid. There she comes to fasten her gloves by the light. A neat fit on that jacket—lucky for us old fellows that she comes bet ween the latnp and the window shade. Now what is she doiug? Putting— no "fixing'' her bangs as only a woman can, Cupid—a little, just a little old for bangs. Eh, Cupid? But they'll all do it, even if it does give 'em a "mutton dressed-as-lamb" look, God bless 'em! Now she's turning down the light. The shadow grows dimmer—going, going, gone, Cupid. Well, we will smoke our pipe and think. What do you say, pardner? For answer, Cupid jumped upon his •boulder. Then he lit his pipe and was so busy thinking and smoking that he forgot to pull down the window shade. When his pipe was smoked out, he sat on thinking and mechanically stroking Cupid. At last lie arose and glanced out of the window in the direction of his cheery little neighbor. To his surprise he saw her hastily leave her window and lower the shade. lie whistled softly and said: "Do you think, Cupid, that she has been looking at us, that is, at you, Cupid?" and he smiled again. IIKR MUSINGS. He looks as if he might be nice. But such u nose! "Such a nose!" croaked her parrot from her ring in the corner. She laughed and held out a finger and the parrot was soon perched on it. Had he across the way only known it, this parrot was the gift of a rejected lover. She had at once dubbed the parrot Company. Then she kept her in the dark and drilled her on one sig nificant sentence. When the ex-lover called to see how she took his gift the parrot called out: "Two's company, two's company, three's a crowd," while she looked in nocent and smiled. So the parrot got her queer name and the ex-lover got his answer. Hut to return to her mus ings: "Hm! His nose and his neckties ex plain his being single. The neckties could be remedied (here she smiled mischievously and blushed), the nose, well, that couldn't. Well, he looks as if he was lonesome trying to keep house alone. I suppose every room nerds a good thorough sweeping and dusting. Men don't know how to keep house, do they, Company? "Never! Never out!" croaked the parrot, somewhat irrelevantly, from her schoolboy lore. She laughed. "Yes, but it's 'Never in!' not 'Never out' with some men. Well, I feel sorry for him some way. I hope he didn't sec me peeping at him."' ILE. liut he ha<l nlurkcU aiu HT T TLEFt. PA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1893. courage at the sight. His opportun ity came. He seized it and her um brella at the same time. It was a snowy, blowy day in winter. She was coming home with her arms full of packages. The wind caught her um brella as she reached her door-tep and turned it wrong side out. He was watching her from his window. Hi> hennl n faint "O, dear;" gave a jerk to his necktie, forgot to be con scious of his nose for once, and with Cupid at his heels, ami another Cupid tickling his heart-strings, rushed bare headed across the narrow way. He seize 1 her umbrella,and turned it so quickly and skillfully in the opposite direction that it was right side out be fore she could say Jack Robinson, if that had been his name. Instead she blushed and thanked him prettily, while he stood bare headed but triumphant in the falling snow and gazed admiringly, not at the umbrella exactly. Then she (acci dentally, of course) dropped one of her packages. Said he: "Ijefc me help you into the house. You have too much to carry alone." So she opened the door and he, she, Cr ' t!u umbrella and packages dis appeared inside. IIE, SUE, CI'FID AND COMPANY. Mew Year's day, 1894, dawned bright ly in the street where he and she lived. In the window of her house there \\as a For Rent sign. But dainty muslin curtains were up at his windows and the sun looked in at a happy group. lie sat before the cheerful prate fire in the little parlor that had been touched and transformed by a wom an's deft fingers. She sat in his lap, and adjusted to her fancy a new necktie she had sud denly produced from behind her. Cupid, resplendent in a red leather collar, dozed on the cushioned win dow-seat in the sunshine, and purred contentedly at the new order of things. He and she were laughing at Com pany swinging in her ring at the other window. For he had just said to her: "What a happy New Year this will be for you and me—for Cupid and for Company." But at the sound of her name Com pany had promptly croaked: "I doubt it! I doubt it! Two's company! Tiro's company." Then he ami she laughed and their laugh had a Many-Happy-New-Year's ring to it that augured well in these panicy times for the firm of lie, She, Cupid & Co., in spite of Company's croaking. A MUTUAL SURPRISE. >.? rjOW pleased Ma- U} 'jl ria will be," chuckled Mr . 'Jj j| Piffkins, mak y t ing his toilet on ) ftP i » ; | the morning of -- ■'' I. the Ist of Jan ( j|' uary, "and how i i v jj /( !' surprised. Tliis i! ' s the first New • Year's day in 3T" ten years tliat c-M fv she hasn't quar >Y 1 4f reled with me / about giving up tobacco, and now I've done it of my own accord." It was cu itomary with the Piffkins to exchange New Year's gifts and not to make the presentation until after breakfast. Therefore, when Mr. Piff kins entered the dining-room, Mrs. Piffkins was apparently unconscious that he carried a bulky parcel, while he in turn was quite unaware that a - small, queer-shaped package lay be side his wife's plate. "My dear," remarked Mr. Piffkins, as he set down his coffee cup and rolled up his napkin "during our married life there has been only one serious cause for contention —well, perhaps two—but no matter. I intend to remove that cause." "1 have also determined to turn over i a new leaf, as you will presently see," and she nodded mysteriously toward the queer-shaped package. "I have resolved during the coming year todiscontinue the use of tobacco." And he awaited the burst of delighted surprise to follow. Mrs. Piffkins turned pale, doubtless with joy, replying tremulously: "I cannot accept this sacrifice; but I have resolved to yield to your entreaties, abandon society and devote myself in future to mv home." "Say no more, Maria, I have hither to preferred to remain at home in or der that I might smoke, but—" 1 "No, Silas, it is I who—" "In token of reformation I have pur ; chased with money I would have squandered ou the weed the silk even ing dress you so desired." "And I," cried Mrs. Piffkins, "have also prepared a surprise for you. With the money I had saved to give a recep tion I have bought you a a meer schaum pipe!" flow Not to Break E{»i*oiutlona. Ah, glorious resolution- Would you know how not to break Itf Oh. friends and fellow citizens, The way Is not to muke It. —Detroit Free Press. On Titnr. Anyliow. Fosdick—Weil, the New Year arrived on lime. I Ricketts —Yes: right on the second. Fosdick—You are wrong. It came A'j Uw ixr.it.—JmJtre, TWO ANGELS. BY SUSAN MARK SPAI-DING. Angel of the parting year. Winging bark to Heaven thy flight Sad the burden thou must bear From the darkness into light; Burden of my wasted days. Fragments of my broken hours. Budding promises that grew Never into fruit or flowers: Happiness I might have won, Worthy deeds I might have wrought. Wrongs I hate, but did not shun, Good I crave, but never sought: All my proud and lofty aims. Withered now to vain regret— Feeble, foolish, as the will To no noble purpose set Take them all, my griefs, my Joys, Lay them at the Father's feet; Ho will search if yet there be 'Mid the chaff some grain of wheat He will fan my faint resolves To a purer flame and clear. Bear to Heaven my heart's desire. Angel of the partiug yearl Angel of the coming year. Though thy face is veiled, I see. By the glory round thee shed. Thou hast some good gift for ma Is it gold, or power, or fame? Perfect peace from toil or care? Or some sw eeter, greater bliss I had never hoped to share? Nay, 1 know 'tis none of these; Still I walk my narrow ways; Still does lowly labor fill All the measure of my days: This the treasure thou has brought. Prized in every age and clime, Life no greater boon can crave— God's most precious gift of Time. Time to shape my common cares Into duties high and sweat; Time to learn that patience smooths All rough ways for tired feet; Time to scatter here and there. By the wayside, love's small seed, Knowing lowliest hands may oft Minister to highest need. So may each day be a cup With life's sweetest flavors fraught; Every hour a shining pearl Strung on golden threads of thought; Every moment a bright flower Shedding perfume far and near. Lend thy grace to make it so, Angel of the coming yearl —Congregationalism THEIR NEW YEAR'S DINNER. I * J r-.ii i I ff "I say, Jimmy Oliver, you've been dare long enough; come away and let me have er smell." —Brooklyn Life. A Much-Needed Article. The young man was sitting at the club window cogitating. "Hello," said his friend coming in, "what are you thinking about?" "A few good resolutions I have made for the New Year." "What are you going to do with them?" "Break them, I suppose." "Why do you do that?" "Blamed if I know. I've been in the resolution manufacturing business for years, turning out the very best brand I could, but all in vain; they won't stand the test. I wonder if it would be any use to offer a reward for a patent resolution warranted not to break?"— Detroit Free I'ress. • WHY HE WAS HAPPY. Oil, see the man! Why does the man dance and look so happy? The man dances and looks so happy because his wife forgot to buy him a useless New Year's present out of his hard-enrned gold. Happy man! —Judge. NV\v Yrur'g l)ny in tlie Dime Museum. "A happy New Year to you," said the Living Skeleton to the Pat Woman; "and may your shadow never grow less." "I wish you a happy New Year, too," u\is the reply; "and what you fall off in flesh may you make up in salary." Appropriate. Wool—Having New Year's come right after Christmas is a mighty good scheme. Miss Van Pelt—Why? Wool—Oh, it's so much easier to be good When you're bryke.—Jury. C|y_L° u V. CHAPINJ History has set the last word on the scroll, has rolled it ami sealed it. and Time places it among 1 the myriad other mysterious records which fill his treas ure-house. The year has pone, or rather let us say, the year has become our own forever: no mutation nor ac cident can take from us its days and hours. Looking back at this season over the centuries of the world's his tory. we see ourselves the crown and ploryof them all. at the apes of human greatness. That for which the dream ers yearned in the dim old times, when men were "girt with doubtful light,'' has become a reality, that for which the great of earth prayed, when igno ranee and brutality reigned supreme, stands glorious and permanent in the sunlight of the smile of the Creato*. The Hrotherhood of Man and the Fatherhood of God are recognized as great facts all over the earth to-day. A retrospect fills us with awe and wonder at the mighty forces, the Om nipotent Power that have led the world along, through paths dark and bloody, through fiery trials and conflicts, to the glad lYesent and the hill-top of Hope, from which we may view the Beulah land of the glorious future. In the immutable purpose running throughout the warp and woof of hu man history, we see the sign of the Divine hand upon all nations. Through out all the ages, up to this very hour when we stand upon the verge of a new year and a new epoch, man's er rors have never been able to thwart that purpose, though they have made suffering a necessity in the purification of human ideals. Our own nation has becoma the heir of the world's noblest heritage both spiritual and material. Every new year has marked a stride forward of liberty under law. of culture and pros perity. But little more than a century ago, the patriots of our land looked forward to the new year with doubt and almost despair. Foes were on every side, ready to invade and dese crate the home of freedom, which was then comprised in a narrow strip of thinly settled country on tbc shores of our eastern ocean. To-day the temple of liberty is arched by skies stretching from ocean to ocean, and it is filled with the fairest trophies of man's en deavor. Art. science, literature and religion have been revivified by the breath of the republic, which, like the Hercules of the fable, has strangled the liou of tyranny, has performed the labors deemed impossible, and reigns the ideal of government In every land, a vital force in the world, a center of impulse and aspiration. A runner must pause to take breath, a bird's flight cannot be straight upward or its wing's will weary, and now and again fate lays her hand upon nations that they may pause to view whence they have come and whither they go. The year just past has witnessed such a halt in our own career of material prosperity. Though financial distress was widespread, aud the wheels of commerce almost idle, though the palsy of inaction seized upon our legislators, even this pause in the race has made its contribution to our national great ness. The people of our country have seen with swelling hearts the patriot ism of the leaders of the masses rising above all political and personal mo tives and the noble charity of the fa vored of fortune to the poor and un fortunate lias quickened the fraternal spirit and softened class prejudice. Public and private beneficence has reached a height never before wit nessed in any country, and the narrow lines of intolerance have been erased or dimmed by the chastening touch of adversity. As individuals, the New Year opens to us boundless opportunities. If it bring sorrow, is not woe the fire that is to burn the dross from our souls? If it bring poverty, let us remember that there is an infinite side to it. and the poor have before them a world of hope and endeavor that is closed to those who must make no struggle against op posing forces. Riches may be its boon, but riches are precious only for their power of conferring happiness and en lightenment upon the world. Death may be its cup of healing, yet there is no death but the cessation of endeavor; and leaving this fair earth is no more death than merely living upon it islife. False <vas the song of the poet who said that the New Year is a "Time for memory and for tears." For memory it is indeed a time, for the gleaned sheaves of the sweetness of past days is an imperishable possession, but tears, even though their waters surge over the fragments of shattered resolve and self-murdered hope, are vain and idle. Then let us give Time a benedic tion as he turns his glass, for he has mingled the bitter in our draught of life with sweet, aud as the blithe New Year assumes the robe and crown shout with earnest hearts: "Le roi est mort, vive le JOL" Tli* Opening Wfdfe. Miss Pinkerly—Have you made any New Year's resolution, Mr. Tutter? Tutter—Yes, Miss Pinkerly. I have solemnly resolved not to be so bashful. Miss I'inkerly—llow nice! By the way, have you seen the arm-chair papa gave me for Christmas? It's big enough for two.—Truth. At 11:30 P. M. George—Well, the old year will soon be going out. Ethel—Yes; a splendid custom, isn't it? Why don't you follow the ex ample?— Truth. I'hc Koae aud the Thorn. It's nice to hear the Joyous chimes The bells oa New Year's ring; Unless, of course, you catch betimes A cold that lasts till spring. A GOOD RESOLUTION BROKEN. No, he is not saying his prayers. lie is only swearing. He swore off on New Year's Eve from profanity, but next morning he lost his collar button and then he swore a blue streak. — Texas Sifting*. He Envies the Czar. Grocer —Mr. Slowpay, do you know why the czar of Russia would make a success in the grocery business? Mr. Slowpay—l don't think I do. Grocer —Well, it's because he doesn't trust anvbodv. —Texa* Siftings. Resolution Day. Vices aro monsters of such hideous mien. That to be hated nerd but to be Uui seen too oft. we come by tnem »WIIM4 And welcome the arrival of January Ist -Jote if. V«*W Hi iV" SPEED THE PARTING GI'ESZ. Br OLIVE OHNKT FARE*KLL. tar*, well, the b"9t nf frten '- Bint part. And n a to .en at how <lr«r thou ul. How fond ssd dcar.Old Yr»r. Ben take a giint _ of cold fr- a> out —_f v A abarie of roae .A 8 {■»' from check and l'P- '.here - Sprtoile a touch "~£~ ~rrT«£3 -T of snow <*for« ■ rou ro. * Ola Year, be fore you g» Good-by, God-speed, all earthly thing* moat end, One look Into your fading eyes, my friend. So fond and dear. Old Year. Old Year. There's ml!d regret within lay iieart la place of pain, AD that was sweat in thee shall onoa again In memory live and make me glad. Old Year: then why he aad» Now that we're parting, I'm Impelled w aay, What I've In secret thought for man > a day- Yet atill I love you, dear Old Year. Youv'e always worn a tomewha* somber face, Tou've never had the winsome , prurhtiy grace That I remember In your feragouo kin. Old Year, that I have ushered la Your stay was shorter, too. It seems to Be, Than that of former years was wont to be. Oh, fond and dear Old Year, Old Year, Mayhap for me all time Is near 00 mplate. Ana toward the and you're ba«t'u'ng with glad feet. Then speed, no longer stay, Old Year, go swift thy way: HIS NEW YEAR'S MAO. BY ELISA ARMSTRONG. "Ah, now. this is pleasant!" cried young Mr. Dovecot, as he threw aside his newspaper on the morning of the Ist of January. "What more can a man want than a beefsteak such as we had for breakfast, a clear fire like thia. and a little wife of his own? By the way, my dear, you are looking very charming this morning. I do not re member ever having seen that dress before." "It—it's a surprise," faltered Mrs. Dovecot, turning very pink. "I am to glad you like lb—you know I try to please you in all things." "I couldn't help admiring it, my dear. I pity those poor fellows who are bachelors—l was telling Jollycliffe so only yesterday." "Yes, indeed, and I was saying to Marie that she would never know what real happiness is until she is mar ried." "We must ask them both to dinner some evening and try to make a match between them. Ah, there comes the postman, tramping through the snow." "I'll go and meet him, I hate to keep him waiting." "No, I'll go; you might catch cold from the draught." A moment lat*r he returned, sayiug: "See what.* pile of'letters; invitations "OH, FF.RDIK. HOW KXTRA VAO ANT!" and New Year's greetings, no doubt. Hello!" "What is the matter?" queried Mrs. Dovecot, who was anxiously looking over the letters. "A bill for another ton of coal—why, I paid for one only the other day!" "But don't you remember? 1 forgot to give you the other one when it came, and''— "I remember, you forgot It until after your sealskin was bought. What's this? O, never mind;" and he stuffed a bill into his pocket; it fell out and she pounced upon it. "O, Ferdie, another suit; how ex travagant!" "My dear, a man must look decent, if he is married. By the way, when your china painting is quite finished 1 wish you would mend the hole in my pocket." "Why, Ferdie you said the other day that I muso't prick my little fingers with sewing;" and she burst into tears. In drawing out her hand kerchief she dropped a bill which he picked up. "Clara Dovecot! another dressmaker's bill!" "Only for the dress I have on, dear. I wanted to surprise you." "Well, my love, you have succeeded, and here's a bill for a bath robe. I nev er bought a bath robe." "0, Ferdie, that was your birthday present, and—" "In future we will do without birth day presents, my dear; I can't afford them. What's this? O, only the state ment from my club." "And you promised me you'd give up the club and stay at home when we were married!" "And here's a bill for Ice cream and lunches; what extravagance!" "O, dear, If I'd known how unkind you are I never would have married you!" "And if I'd known j-our temper I never would have asked you!" "I shall tell Marie never to marry as long as she lives!'* "And I shall tell Jollycliffe that he is the luckiest dog I know!" And that was why they didn't speak for the rest of the day. A New Year'a Warning. Sing a song of sixpence, A bottle full of rye, Four and twenty blackbirds Baked tn a pie. When the pie was opened. The birds bet; in to twitter, And the man who gave the order Took tho pledge, and bought a fritter. —Puck One Way to Promote llapplneaa. "I wish you a very happy New Year," said Dr. Pellet to Cawyer. "Then don't send In your last cjuar tcr's bill till the Ist of February, doc tor," replied Cawker. .Tudß'e An Irrefutable Argument. She—So that is Travers-Ilussell's yacht. I understand he is highly con nected in England. Belongs to an old aristocratic family. lj e —oh. that's impossible! Why, he pronounces his name exactly a* Its spelled!— Life. Expecting Too Mucli. I "Do they love each other'. 1 " "They did, but it Is hardly to be ex pected that they can do so now." "Why not?" "They've been engaged two veara." —N. Y. Press. What She Needed- Mr. Grassaway—l tell you, doctor, that I am sick, and you say that all I need is rest, and you haven't even t looked at my tongue. Doctopr-I know that it ueods a re« Yfthout having lnoktl |t iWIM ! 1 Ohr's Land THE WAK W itb a blow of his fist, the enraged master knocked the unoffending negr# against the side of the stable, and re turned to the hou-<- for a consultation with hi*. frieiK.s It was Hjrreed that nothing bett.-r eonld be done than to wait for the morning boat up the bnvou. three hot:: . after daylight they were at Lk>rald-«>;-vi!le. ,liirapin{r ashore, they learned t! at the 1 . Lion Queen, an hour lute, had left t\\ -i.tv minutes be fore. 'Run to the telegraph office, Gar d«tte," criod Bostock. "Send full par ticular* to the officers at liaton Rouge, and tell them to arrest and detain the party. Siga nay name." lie went out himself to the low bank I |' 1 1 "TILL ME THE TRUTH OK VOU DIE!" and saw the steamer plowing her course far up the river. The very air mighjt have turned blue with hia nim CHAPTEK XXII. TBS GLADLATOBS OF THE MISSISSIPPI. The Cotton Queen was behind time at Donaldsonville, and the hours that we waited there were torturing ones. What would have happened had puiv suit overtaken us before the boat came Is a matter of certainty with me! I hud found an opportunity to arm my self. Le Fevre did the same. We ex changed significant looks but no words. There was no need of vrords. We had already earned a term of im prisonment, and we and our fair charge were r.ot now to be captured without bloodshed. Aboard the Queen, and she rapidly putting miles of the wide and crooked river between us and pursuit, our spirits rose. We did not then know how narrow was our escape at that point. We got our breakfast with a crowd of passengers, cheered up Coral ie and, bringing her again on deck, en joyed with her the glorious panorama. We passed Plaquimine without stop ping. Le Fevre inquired of the cap tain, and learned that there was to be no slop until the boat reached Baton Rouge. "Do you stop there?" "Of course. All the boats do." This intelligence made us uneasy, and we were consulting together about what we should do to avoid the deten tion that we had reason to fear had been prepared by telegraph for us, when the most unexpected chanoe fa vored us. I stop at this point, to say that the occurrences narrated in this chapter came mainly under my own observa tion. The minor ones that I did not personally see and hear were after wards told to me by those who did see and hear them. The day wore on; the boat was with in a mile of liaton Rouge. A call from the pilot's speaking tube brought the captain up into the pilot house. "What's up, Doblin?" "Look up the river," said the pilot, with both hands on the wheel. The captain shaded his eyes with hia hand, and looked. "Seems to be a large steamboat put ting out from liaton Rouge." "Take the glass, sir." One look through the glass and the captain threw it down, fairly jumping with excitement "The S. 8. Prentiss, by 1 Why, 6he left New Orleans twelve hours ahead of us." "She's been waiting for us," said the pilot, quietly. "Bhe has not waited for nothing, then. I've heard of their brags from St. Louis down about what they'd do with the Queen when they had a chance. By the Lord Harry, we'll show 'em! Here's almost a straight course to Port Hudson bluffs, and no chutes or side cuts. I'll beat 'em or go to the bot tom!" He rang the engineer's bell for more steam. IVesently the black smoke be gan to pour from the lofty stacks In clouds. The speaking-tube brought up the night-pilot, who was sleeping in his berth. The two men at the wheel kept their eyes fixed on the glass front of the pilot-house, ready to take any advantage offered by the cur rent or the curves of the shore. The speed of the Queen was visibly increased. The vibration of her pow erful engines could be felt in every part of her. The puff of the pipes and the fierce churning of the paddles min gled in a steady sound liaton Rouge was passed, many peo ple standing on the shore and waving their hats and cheering Some of the passengers clamored up to the captaic that they must get off here, and thai they had freight aboard that was to be delivered here. "You and your freight be d—d!' roared the captain, leaning out of thi pilot-house. "Do you think the Queer is going to stop a race that we've tried for months to get to oblige you?" liundrcds of other passenger! laughed, cheered and applauded. The sxcitement of the contest had by this time spread all through the boat. The bows were so crowded that some of the boat's officers came and ordered half of the people back, that the boat might not settle too much by the head. Thousands of dollars were wagered on the length of time before the Queen would pass her rival. A few disloyal folks, who were willing to bet that she would not pass at all, had the chance promptly offered them to take ten to one. Before the contest was deter mined the Baton Rouge men were as crazy with excitement as anyone. fTO BE CONTIKCED.J A Session afltoine. "Going to lodge, Arthur?" exclaimed the young wife, in surprise. "I didn't know you were a member of any lodge?" "Why, aw—yes,Georgiana." said the young husband. "I belong to the Or der of Elks." "And would you rather spend the evening with a lot of Elks than with your own little dear'.' And Arthur meekly hung his hat up Again. —Chicago Tribune. He Hadn't Forgotten Anything. Walter—Haven't you forgotten some thing, sir? Customer (anxiously)--Why, did I give you a quarter? Waiter—No. Customer (relieved) —That sail right, then. I U»Ten - t'forg*>tten anything Tr»Jtl». ..... MO 56
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