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.
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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.
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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 ~
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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!
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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
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"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
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