VOL XXXI WILL YOU BE ONE TO READ THIS AD. AND ACT PROMPTLY. EVERY ITEM IS A LEADER. Man'* felt boot* and over* $1.85 | Boy's food folid boot? 1 to 5 95c. Men'* guud bnckel aretie* 95 | Men'* over* lor tell luxits $1.15 and $1.25, Men'* ffo<«l solid t-o $1 50. I Men'* g>><«l solid working stines 95. Men'* fine dress shoes lace or Congress $1 25. THE NEW SHOE STORE LEADING THEM ALL. Ladies' ki>t button oboes tip or pUiti 95 I Ladies' g<><>d oil grain button $1 00. L*u want to save money. Wishing you all a Happy New Year. We are Yours Respectfully, DOUTHETT & GRAHAM. Cor. Main & Cunningham Sts. BUTLER, PA. The 0. W. HARDHAN Art Company Limited. GROUND FLOOR STUDIO. Finest and most artistic photographs. Hand made portraits a specialty. Picture and portrait frames. If conscientions work is of any value to you have the same done here. Beware of tramp artists and irresponsable parties and strangers who are tramping through the county soliciting your orders. Studio, 118 North Main St, Butler, Pa. BICKEL'S SPECIAL * 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 aid eximi.ie these goods whether you wis;i t buy r in t. Ladies •'lie D >ngolt» -h regolar irie»- #3.50 .i«v* $2 •• '• ... 2 -J;, Ht I 25 " Calf shoe* $1 to 1 50. " ml jrrain t»b f-f $1 "> 1 5" fin** spring h<-»*l nt, 9<» (*L- t•sl 25 " beel at 50 c-ti'H. " whool 75 ct» to $1 Ha id roadv box 'o« |3. •' " plain »»• t- of-. $2 sft. fi vitlf tb »»f- a - $2 •• Bbot-c a; 5o Bojk 6ne cait eboew at $1 25 A>id many oib«tr hargaiuH. 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. ° Boston, Woonsncket, Goodyear, Glove, Bay State and Snag Proof Boots at Bickel's. Meo« firm quality robber boot- $2 2*> Boys " " 1-50. Mm* knee hoot* $2 50 Mm* Storai Ktor« 40 «nnt« " croquftH 25 cents. Miwva rubtx-ra 25 eentn MeuH ppecialty rubber« 50 u> 65 cents Menu buckle Arctic" sl.lO. Meat Alaokat* 75 cents. W uoiens bockle Arctics 75 cents Mens best felt boot* $2 We have 100 pair mens h>tfb hoot* (rahber b >->t-») til V > 10 vid 11, regu lar price $3 50 wbicb will b» h-j'd a', $2 p-r pur during tbiu n»le. When in need of footwear give me a call. JOHN BICKICL. 128 SOUTH MAIN STREET. BUTLER. PENN'A. "A FAIR FACE MAY PROVE A FOUL BAR GAIN." MARRY A PLAIN GIRL IF SHE USES SAPOLIO A&TKKiALEHi totila.. <';>iuiu orothor a:id is as ifood as money earned The best wa\ to save money it> huv (rood sroods at the righ' price. The only reason thai our 'rude t increafine eonpiautly is 'be fact tb* we handle i>nlv yoodn of firnt qiinlit' and Mfll ihetn at very low prices We have taken nnn-'ual c*re to provide evervtbinir new in Ha'S and Furnishing Goods for this seasoD, and as we have control of man* especially good articles in bot.b lines we can do yon good if v>u come to ns We confidently sav that, it' ju-t'e tO'benjs Ives all purchasers -h-nlrt inspect onr goods. Visit us COLBERT & DALE, 'IA2 S Main street, Sutler. Pa. V\ e are pleased to inform those w bo appreciate clothes that are comfortable and fit correctly, that our selection of Fall patterns are here. They are handsome and mod erate priced. See them. 41and, Tailor. +GLOYES* arc our specialty this week. 50c Gloves for 45c 75e Gloves for 6;«. $ 100 Gloves for 90c. And oar Entire Glove Stock at Equally Low Prices. TUB BUCKET STORE, 120 South Main Street, Butler, P? Dil< OhUSS IT U) J PRICES if the ni"tto* at .<• X sto re. If von are sick and need medicin vou want the BEST. Thi- •>> »• ulwavii <'ep"nd upon uniting f ro»> n as we u«e nothing hnt strictlv Pur- Drags in our Prescription Depart ment. You can get the best of evert thing- in the drag line from as Our store is also headquarters f« • MMS OILS, VARNISHES Kil 01P6, Alabasting L Q«t oar prices before you hu* tints, *nd nee what we bav® *,<■ \ 1} butlkh. pa. U CJ. W ICK nou fe ti ana lun# if all «mii< LK>on>, sasfj, HliiiiiSi VLiulun. SbiuKle* dud La>n Aiways in slock L 1 fc. HAIK AND FLPSI f ■ Office opposite I" ck, faint with the living misery o. ilie scene. The Prentiss was overcrowded and it was difficult to move about. But quickly my attention was arrested by the fact that we were moving with the current. "How is this?" 1 asked of a man whose bair and eyebrows were singed. "We're not going down stream?" "That's what we are doing." My heart sank within me. "What's this for?"' "It's all right. We're much nearer to Baton Rouge than to Vicksburg, there's only one doctor aboard, and no opiates, and the captain of this boat decided that he must get those poor ■wretches below to a place where they can be cared for, as quickly as possible. I need the doctor myself, and I got off pretty well, too. You was on the Queen, wasn't you?" I rushed along the decks, half-dis tracted, demanding to see the captain. He was overwhelmed with care and responsibility; but when I found him he did listen to me for an instant. "Captain, put us ashore—Coralie and myself," I cried. "We can't go back to Baton Rouge." He stared at me. "One hundred dollars to put us ashore!" I shouted. "Take care of him," said the captain, turning away. "He's been crazed by the accident." I wandered through the crowd, pleading with every man whose at tention I could get that we might be landed quickly. Some looked com passionately; others avoided me. One of the officers told me to keep quiet, or he would lock me up in his cabin. It was too cruel to believe. On the v, :.y to freedom and safety, just es caped from the jaws of death, at the last moment we were turned back to certain bondage. For me, the bonds of prison; for her, the bonds of a living death! I leaned over the rail, restrained only by the thought of her from fling ing myself into the dark, turbulent waters. Was there no escape? No hiding on the boat? No. The quest would be as thorough as eager. We were doomed! A telegraph station near the river had sped the news of the disaster and the return of the Prentiss with the vic tims and survivors. A thousand peo ple were gathered at the Baton Rouge landing as we approached. Several of ficers took possession of the gangway of the boat and permitted nobody to land. The captain was called for; a long telegram was handed him, and a brief colloquy took place. "I know nothing of the Cotton Queen's passengers," he said, "nor whether these people were saved. You'll have to search for yourself." A faint hope sprung up in my breast that we might escape in the crowd and the confusion. It quickly died. While the officers were keeping the clamoring passengers on board, and preventing any access to the shore, a small steam er came up the river and landed. I saw Conrad Bostock and his gang jump ashore and hail the officers on tho Queen. They were allowed to come aboard, and Coralie and I were at once arrested. In her presence I was handcuffed. She clung to me, and begged them not to separate us. "You are to go before the magis trate," said one of the officers. "Come all these poor wretches in the saloor can't be removed till you are gone." "Hold on!" said Bostock. "I must find that cunning devil. Wash h* Fcvre. lie's at the bottom of all thii mischief." From the depth of my misery I ralsec my hand and cried: "He is beyond your persecution. H« bravely perished in the wreck." "It's just as well for him. It would ba<*e been better for you, my tine fel low, if you'd done the same." We were taken up to the magistrate's office. Coralie, unveiled and clinging to me, was stared at by the crowd. The news of the arrest for attempted abduction of a slave-girl was hinted about, and public attention and curi osity were divided between us and the victims of the accident, who were now being brought ashore on stretchers from the hospital. Hundreds of men and boys followed us up the street, and the magistrate's office, the passage and the stairway were thronged. I saw threatening looks directed toward me, and heard the words muttered: "Yan kee," and "slave-stealer." CHAPTER XXIV iy SUSPENSE. I entered that room with Coralio and took a seat within the railing. The crowd, eager for my condemna tion, and cruel as any mob, pointed at us and whispered. I sat down, hopeless and sullen. In fifteen min utes events had so shaped themselves that hope was somewhat revived —at least, I knew that the expected blow was averted for the presen*. The judge came in and heard the accusation. He was a portly, fine-look ing man. and I thought looked with some compassion at me. "This is a very serious charge, young man. Where are you from?" "New Hampshire, sir." "Is it possible that so young a per son as you has come down hero in this nefarious business of decoying away our property?" "No, sir; I have not." "The complainant charges that you were trying to abduct his slave- What do you say?" My recollection of what Coralie's father and Le Fevre had said, told me that 1 was guilty of just that offense, no matter what my motives were. Still, 1 did not wish to confess it. My heart swelled with indignation against the assertion; I could only keep silence. '•Where is tlie blave?" the judge asked. Coralie was pointed out to him. Rio looked at her with snrpri.se. "That pjrson?" he said. "Can it be possible".'" "She was the born slave of the late Pierce Bostock, of La Fourche inte rior," put in the lawyer whom Conrad had brought with him. "My client in herited her, with the other slaves and property. This young- fellow has been caught in an attempt to run her off to the north. That is. in brief, the whole ease." "Well, sir, have you nothing to say?" the judg-e asked, with some sternness. There was much that 1 could say without any admission of the charg-e. I said it in brief sentences. "Pierce Bostock was my friend —tho schoolmate of my father before me. I was visiting in his family for months before his death. This lady is his daughter. It is necessary for me to state that we were eup-aged to be mar ried, with the approval of her father. We were on our way to the river for that purpose. That is my side of the story." Coralie nodded, and took one of my hands in both of hers. "Stuff and nonsense!" growled Con rad. "A very pretty story." sneered the lawyer. "But your honor knows that under our law the consent of the slave cannot at all affect the guilt of her abductor." "That is true," observed the judge; "and this is a time when a clearly proved attempt of the nature here charged must be punished with all the rigor known to the law. Our southern institutions must be upheld, and dangerous fanatics from the north must be taught to respect them. While this is true, there seems to be some ex traordinary features about this case. The accused is young and has not the appearance of a common slave stealer. His statement is a curious one. lie ought to have counsel. Is there any gentleman of the bar here who will advise with him?" A rosy, spectacled man near the bench said: "Your honor, I should de cline to appear for the defense in any common case of this kind, but I have become much interested in these per sons from what 1 have seen and heard here, and I agree with the court that there must be something extraordinary about the matter. If I may retire with 'WHEftE IS THE SLAVE?" THE JUDGE ASKED. the accused for a few minutes I will be able to say whether he ought to be defended." The judge nodded and the lawyer took me out into a side room. "Tell me all about it," he said, kindly. A great deal may be said in ten min utes. In that time I had given him the main facts that had led to my present situation. He took off his spectacles and rubbed the glasses nervously with his hand kerchief. "This is quite out of common," he said. "I never heard anything just like it." He asked me half & dozen questions, each of which I was able to answer promptly Hestroked his face thought fully "I had some acquaintance with Pierce Bostock years ago," he said, "and I remember now that there was a good deal of talk about his family af fairs. There is very much more than this girl's freedom depending upon the facts of this case." "Do you think you can save her?" I eagerly asked. "You've got a case here," he an swered evasively, "that the best law yers of Louisiana might take hold of. I am not one of the best; but my sym pathies are greatly excited for you. There is a long and stubborn legal bat tle to be fought. When I came in here with you, I had no idea of the nature of the case. You ought to bo defended with zeal and ability; but it will be a tedious fight, and a hard one To be perfectly frank with you, lawyers are no more mercenary than other men; but it is extremely unfortunate for you that you are a poor fellow, without means." I took a roll of bills from my pocket. Part of it was the remnant of what I had received from Deacon llallock; with this was five hundred dollars more that generous Le Fevre had handed me at Donaldsonville, merely saying: "We may be separated. Take it, till you can repay me." I handed one hundred dollars to the lawyer. "Do your best," I said. "I have more." He put it in his pocket with great complacency. "At least," said he,"l can get you time, and embarrass the other side. Now, put everything" in my hands. Don't open your mouth without my permission. You've admitted nothing', so far, and I don't mean you shall." liack in the courtroom, my counsel was on his feet, and addressed the judge like a pugnacious terrier. "Your honor, my young client here pleads not guilty to this charge. lie admits nothing whatever, and requires that everything shall be proved. The statement that he made to your honor is true in every particular. We deny that this lady is or ever was a slave. She is the daughter of the late Pierce Bostock, reared in his family from in fancy, both here and in Mississippi, and always treated and acknowledged as a daughter. If there is the slight est evidence to the contrary we shall produce a cloud of witnesses from the parish of La Fourche interior, and from the vicinity of Vicksburg. While I am led to believe that there is some evidence that the complainant is the son of the deceased, we give no tice that the most positive proof of that fact will be required in the case of a man who was disowned by his reputed father from the time he ar rived at his majority, and who is known as one of the worst blacklegs along the river." "I'll call you to account for that!" the person referred to furiously ex claimed. "Whenever you please, sir!" my bel ligerent champion retorted, with out stretched finder. "Order!" said the judge. "No person alities here." "I don't want to be personal," con tinued my counsel. "Yet it is a fact that the complainant was put ashore from a steamboat below Vicksburg last June for cheating at cards." "That's so," somebody in the crowd exclaimed. "I was there." "If the court please," said the oppo site lawyer, jumping l up, "what has all this to do with the accusation here?" "Very little," said the judge. "Make your statetnent pertinent, Mr. Garnett." "I was merely warning the com plainant that he will have no cay tuuu in pftfyjag tiittt -jiv owjjp ituy ..lave. And your honor will sec the i immense importance of this investiga- i tion Not only does it affect the right 1 of this lady to her freedom—and I use I the word lady in the highest sense that can be given it—but the evidence taken here will be used in another , tribunal, in establishing the disputed (question of heirship to the large lk>s- : tock estates. It will be a long and complicated investigation, and I shall I see that the rights of both these inter esting young people are most fully ! protected. We ask an adjournment j of one week; that the defendant be admitted to bail, and that the court will commit this lady to the care of my family ponding the examination. I pledge my word that she shall be here on the adjourned day." "1 object," said the other lawyer. "We can prove our case in five min utes." "Indeed!" sneered my champion. "I don't think the unsupported word of a professional gambler, and the party in interest, as to Pierce Bostock's statements to him, will have control ing weight against the proof I shall bring." "We will by the prisoner that Pierce Bostock admitted and confessed to him everything we claim." "No you won't. Because he is under accusation, he will not be permitted or required to testify at all." "We will prove it by the girl." A smile flitted over the judge's face. Lawyer Garnett laughed aloud. "Worse and worse! According to your own theory and complaint, the lady is a slave, and by the law of Louisiana can't be a witness. Who else would you like to call?" "We will prove it by Washington Le Fevre, the late Mr. Bostock's over seer." " You couldn't prove anything to your advantage by him. if you could bring him here, as you can't. Re is at the bottom of the Mississippi." Conrad's lawyer began to fidget about and his client looked troubled. After whispering together, the former said: "We shall be able to prove all we allege, your honor; but the evidence is not at hand to-day We consent to a postponement, and we shall be entirely i ready In the meantime, we insist that both the prisoner and the girl shall be committed to the parish prison." My counsel was promptly on his feet to protest; but the judge told him that it was unnecessary for him to be heard again. "This postponement will be or dered," he said. "As for the custody of the prisoner, and the female whose legal status is so strangely in contro versy here—" A note was at this instant handed him by an attendant. I learned after ward that it was addressed to the judge, with the words in the corner, "please read immediately." He checked his remarks, and read it. "This is most extraordinary," he said. "This case is filled with sur prises. Let the people make room there, and admit this gentleman." I had not the slightest premonition of what was about to happen. My eyes were fixed upon the crowd, and as the people slowly parted and made way I saw a man come forward. My heart gave a bound. It was Alfred Dorion. fTO BE COSTTSriD.] FROGS AND WASPS. The Former Eat the Latter and Seem to Enjoy Them Very Much. Some time ago I discovered, acci dentally, that frogs are voracious eat ers of wasps. I have in my garden a tank for watering, with an island of rockwork, which is a favorite haunt of the frogs, writes R. E. Bartlett in the London Spectator. The wasps just now are carrying on a raid against my fruit, and when I wish to gratify at once my revenge and my frogs I catch a ma rauder between a post card and an in verted wine glass, carry him off to the tank, wet his wings to prevent his fly ing, and set him on the rockwork be fore the frogs. After a moment's pause a frog ad vances, and in an instant the wasp has disappeared, drawn into the frog's mouth by' a single dart of his long tongue. Occasionally the wasp reap pears, wholly or partially, having made It unpleasant for the frog, but he is al most always swallowed in the end. Usually convulsive movements may be noticed in the frog's throat and body, as though the process of deglutition were not quite easy; but that they like the diet is evident from the fact that a single smallish frog has been known to take three wasps one after another. Indeed, it is remarkable what very small frogs, quite infants, will swallow a wasp with avidity. One afternoon a tiny frog swallowed a full-grown wasp, when a big relative went for him quite savagely, like a big schoolboy thrashing a small one for presuming to be helped before him. HER BEST. Pathetic Instances of the Child's Instinct for Fun. Mrs. Molesworth, who writes 'a mov ing article in Woman's Work, concern ing the necessity of obtaining "fun, food and fresh air" for all classes of children, says that there are among London's poor thousands of little ones who never had a toy. Yet still the child's instinct to "make believe" surmounts every practical ob stacle. and there is a true story of one little sufferer from a chronic disease whose only plaything were the spots of damp on the wall beside her bed. She played they were real and alive; she gave them names and imaginary qualities. Another true story showed how far the little candle of a wise and loving word may throw its beams. A teacher at a Sunday school for London's poor was trying to impress upon her little pupils some idea of the real meaning of giving. "Whateverit may be," she said, "our offering to God should be of our best, of what we prize most." In one baby heart her words found ready response. Next day a little creature confided her offering to the teacher; it was a carefully tied pack age, containing a few grains of rice. This was her most precious and per haps her only treasure. Worked llair a l>ay. The people of Manitou were enter tained the other day, says a corre spondent of the Denver Republican, by the spectacle of a man carrying a stone around a triangular track, letting it drop and shouldering it again at every turn. The performer was a man who has a reputation for a disinclina tion to labor, and the incident was the outcome of a wail he was making about the hard times and his inability to get work. A citizen told him he would not work if he got a chance, and offered him fifty cents an hour as long as he would carry the stone. To the surprise of all ho accepted the offer and held out for five Hours. A large crowd gathered to watch the perform ance. Chinese Oosslps. Some of the women in China hare a curious profession. They visit various houses and retail gossip at so much aJ) hour. If the hostess be especially pleased with the information thus im parted she makes the lady a present in addition to the regulation charge. Many of these gentle gossips are bright and witty talkers, and by keep ing themselves well posted in the local ucvb earn iacwaes* IMPROVEMENT. STONE FOR MACADAMIZING. Ideal and Real Shapes and Sixes Break lug the Stone for Road Purpose* Pic ture of a Simple Crusher. An important Item in the making of a macadam road is the obtaining of broken stone of suitable quality and size. It should have careful considera tion, since it relates to the wearing surface of the roadway, and upon the quality of the stone used will largely depend the life of the macadam crust and its smoothness. A hard stone should be used; not hard in the sense that it is brittle, for many brittle stones are quite unfit for use as road metal, but rather stone of a tough texture, such as will resist the abrasion of wheel tires and the crushing force of heavy loads. Trap rock is generally regarded as excellent. As commonly found It breaks in the crusher with a loud, snapping noise which suggests great resistance, and if properly handled it is easily broken by machinery to a fairly uniform size. Limestones are both good and bad. The softer limestones wear rapidly, form a road on which mud quickly col lects, and roads of softer limestone yield readily to the action of the U>EAJL BHAJES SIZES. Bough, cubical pieces of stone broken by band. These are the shapes and sizes which road makers seek to obtain, but they are rarely found in the everyday stone heap weather. The upland or mountain limestones, on the other hand, are fre quently well adapted for use as road metaL They bind quickly anil make a smooth and durable roadway. The rubbing and wearing of limestones form a dust which, when wet, becomes a sort of mortar, filling the little spaces between the pieces of stone and con solidating the entire roadway into a solid and sometimes into a durable crust. Some of the best limestones are found in the Devonian and the older Silurian rocks. Granite is generally inferior because of excessive brittleness due to the feldspar contained in it: but syenitic granite often makes an excellent road metal. Sandstones are generally inferior; but some sandstones contain iron, which hardens and toughens them, and in these eceptional cases sandstones may be used to advantage. Field Stone and Jliver Stone. The construction of a macadam road in any given locality generally involves the use of material found near at hand, and where a local quarry docs not exist, field stone and stone gathered from the beds of rivers and small streams may be made to serve every purpose. Many of the stones and bowlders thus obtained are of trap REAL SHAPE* AND SIZES. Irregular pieces of machine-broken stone drawn from actual specimens taken *t ran dom from a stone heap. These pieces, by their rough surfaces, show the impossibility of obtaining straight lines of fracture or regu lar shaped pieces by the ordinary process of crushing stone for road making rock, and in general it may be said that all hard field stones and river stones if broken'to a proper size, will make fairly good and sometimes very excellent road metal. No elaborate test is required to determine the hard ness of any given specimen. A steel hammer in the hand 9 of an intelligent workman will reveal in a general way the relative degree of toughness of two or more pieces of reck. Field stone and river stone offer an additional advan tage in that they are quickly handled, are generally of convenient size, and are more readily broken either by hand or by machine than most varieties of rock which are quarried in the usual way. Breaking the Sto'ae. It if a simple task to break stone for macadam road ways, and by the aid of modern inven tions it can be don© cheaply and quick ly Hand broken stone is fairly out of date and Is rarely used in America where any considerable amount of work Is to be undertaken. Stone may be broken by hand at different points aloujf the roadside where repairs are needed from time to time, and by criminals confined in penal institutions who could not be otherwise profitably employed; but the extra cost of production by this method forbids its being carried on where ex tended work is undertaken. Hand broken stone is generally more uniform in size, more nearly cubical in shape and has sharper angles than that broken by machine and is undoubtedly mr in • t*e flssi mat & Breaking ordinary field »toao with a ")art" crusher. •uperior to the machine made road metal; but the latter, when properly assorted or screened, has been found to jpaet crciy requirement In breaking by hand two sieel-fac«d hammers ol different weights are used. On#, weighing from five to but pounds, la used for sledging the bowlders and large pieces into smaller sizes, and the other, a small steel-faced hammer weighing about one pound and having a strong flexible handle, is used for breaking the stones into proper size for use oo the road. In breaking by hand a skilled laborer will break from one half a cubic yard to three or fonr cubic yard* per day, according to the skill of the workman and the toughness of the stone. Of the toughest stone one-half a cubic yard will sometimes supply a full day's work; but ordinarily stones will be broken at the rate of one to one and one-half cubic yards per day. Limestones break somewhat - more readily, and may be turned out at the rate of two cubic yards per day, while field stone and river stone, when found in convenient sizes, can be broken by hand at the rate of two and one-half to four cubic yards per day.—Good Road* A WONDERFUL ROAD. W l» Sandstone Around the Side* of Babel Mountain. Scientific men have got so that they are not surprised at anything from anyone. If a man were to say he had discovered a road that led into the cen ter of the earth from somewhere in the Superstitious mountains most archaeolo gists would immediately go and inves tigate, and it is possible they would find the report true. They would never think of the incredibility of the story because so many strange things are turning np every day that * anything seems possible in that strango land. The most recent researches have caused many to believe that the pre historic tribes of Arizona and Mexico were closely connected with the ancient Phoenicians. Indeed it seems to be a positive fact that the strange people who so long ago occupied a large por tion of our country were direct de scendants of those great travelers of the past. Evidence to prove this does not seem to be lacking, but there are also many things to make the matter most confusing. One of these is a moun tain that has had roads cut on its sides like the tower of Babel. Whether or not it was done by people who had heard of or seen the original must al ways remain a mystery. But it is a most Interesting curiosity and will no doubt throw light upon many things when It has been more carefully ex amined. j Cattlemen and miners hare known I of ita axistence for years, but of course ! did not examine it for the benefit of i science. The first photographs of the mountain were taken a few weeks ago by E. T. Colton, of Los Angeles, and it is likely that a careful exploration will Boon be made. The mountain is situated about fif teen miles from Tumacacori, but so near the international line that it is not known positively whether it is in Arizona or Mexico; but Mr. Colton was of the opinion that it was United States property. , Miners have always called it Babel mountain and it is a most appropriate name. It is of a soft sandstone and pumice formation, and the work of making the road was not a difficult task. The road commences in a canyon of I the foothills and rises at an easy grade, 1 corkscrew fashion, going around the mountain fourteen times before the summit is reached. The road is about fifty feet wide when it starts at th« base and gradually get smaller u&til it is only ten feet at the top. I In many places the road has been washed out by the storms of years, but it is still possible to take a horse to the 1 top In many places where the sides overhang a- little, the mark of the builder's pick can be plainly seen on the wall of rock, j To ascend the mountain a person must follow the road, and this is a two days' task, as it is about thirty miles, as near as can be calculated without actual measurement. The lowest road is a little over three miles long when it goes around the mountain once. How ever, this is very irregular and goes around several spurs of the mountain. The roughness of the road is indes cribable, and a horse is of no use for a > week after the trip The top of the mountain is about f>even thousand feet above the plain. There is nothing at the top, and the adventurer wonders when he gets there what the road was built for. National Road System. The high point to bo aimed at in high way improvement is the recognition of the importance of the whole situation by the national government, and the establishment by congress of a nation al system.—Col- Albert A. Pope A VIVISECTOR IN AFRICA. How a Scientific Gent Wu» Ocupotled of Fiv« Thousand Dollars. One of tho most curious expeditions ever planned by man was that once undertaken by Dr. J. G. Hunting, of Portland, says the Lewiston (Me.) Journal. During all his life he had been a close student of the philosophy of digestion, and for the purpose of his investigations he had that remarkable Canadian, Alexis St. Martin, in his care for twenty years. In order to clinch matters and provide facts for some of the doubting Thomases Dr. Bunting cast about for some one else upon whom he might continue to ex periment. He could think of but one plan, and that was to go Into Africa, buy two slaves, and operate upon their stom achs. By opening the body near the fifth rib and perforating the stomach a condition could be produced similar to that existing in the person of St. Martin. Therefore the doctor pur chased his supplies nnd sailed across to Tunis In the north of Africa. There he hired a native chief with forty of his followers, paying them a liberal retaining fee and promising them al luring largess when the trip should be ended. They set forth. The doctor carried one thousand pounds in his in side pocket, and the chief probably lay awake four nights thinking about the matter. . , At any rate, on the fifth night he sneaked into the doctor's tent and de livered a little address over the muz zles of two pistols. When he had con cluded the doctor passed over his ducats and the chief passed over the border along with his renegade band. They helped themselves to such sup plies as suited their artless and unen lightened tastes. The doctor came back without a retinue and with a deal of experience that will never appear in a medical work. A 1 Mr. Parvenu (to his wife who has just .returned from the seaside) —Well, did you make an impression on s'ciety, my love? Mrs. Parvenu—lMdn't I. though? Wore my diamonds down to breakfast every raornin' an' not another woman in the hotel had any on.—Chicago Rec ord. Not Her Fanlt. Jennie—Hasn't Gus Clamwhooper proposed yet? Fannie—Not yet. He hasn't even kissed me, and 1 have accidentally met him six different times in the dark hallway. I can't do any more than that, can I?—Texaß Siftlngs. An Incomplete Sale. Mrs. Rifter—l ordered u piece of dress-goods here yesterday, and I wish to know if it has been cut yet. Floor-Walker (after investigation)— i No, ma'am, it has uot; the salesman . j said you hadn't beea io 7®* Yuyj; - MO 1