VOL XXXI
J. S. YOUNG. WM. COOPER
YOUNG & CO(JPER,
$ MERCHANT TAILORS;
Hare opened at S. E. corn..-of I .. <J Jji.tmond Streets, Butler,
with all the latest styles in Spring Suitings. Fit and
Workmanship Guaranted. Prices as low as
the lowest. TRY US.
—— = - - - ! —=
Great Reduction Sale
Commencing. j
MARCH Ist, 1894. |
ffp wilt offer oor eD , i r t> -took o' l)' r Go;/dj». \4illicery,Wraps,tilaaki-t*,
Underwear, Hosiery, Embroider*- 1 , Whir.'j (J ads, Notions, and in fact
everything n*ually kept : n a first-eta--* drv po la house, at the lowest prices
ever known in tbe history of Boiler county.
Xote Our New Price List:
Befct AmericaD Biue Prints, worth 8e f >r 5' per ya<"d.
Good Red and black Ctlici, worth 7c tor 5c yard.
Good Bleached Muslin, worth 7 • for oc per y*r<i.
Heavy Ucbleacbed vlu*!in, Worth 7<* lor be per y <*rd
(iood Unbleached vlumu 1 >r 4<; |»r )<. 1
Double Width riheeung at 16c and 15c pyard.
Ladies' FiA Color Black lio-e, worth 10:' <r :>+ ■> r p«ir.
aliij<*ea'and Chiulreu't) Ka-t li .ri 't ! » . v >* ! .o 15 * tj- 10j wr p*T
Lace Caruso*, worth $1.50 pr pair for 75 : r piir.
" $2 00 •' SI.OO "
•' $2.75 " $1 40 ••
" •• $4 00 " $2 00 "
" " $5.50 " $3 00 "
The*e are »f"* of to; n toy b id 1 1 o-i tju t i » the p jui ir d. y
goods store of Butler.
JENNIE E. ZIMMERMAN,
(Successor to Ritter & Ralston.)
N. B —Pole Agent for Standard Patterns.
Read T l T his Orjce.
LOOK CAREFULLY AT THE PRICES AND YOU WILL, I
THINK, BE CONVINCED THAT
Hißi:i /ror>'\s
Is the place you will buy your foot/, car.
Ladies fine button shoes, patent tiw, oj. ra toe- $ .85
" " " square toe 90
" grain " 75
" fine slippers 45
" warm, flannel-lined, she. 75
" " " slippers
" slippers 20
" good, heavy, peged shoes 75
" " standard shoes 85
" rubbers 25
Misses' fine shoes, button 70
Men's good heavy boots 1 40
" B& A, calf, congs. and bals tip 90
" extra fine shoes $1 25 and 1 50
Boys' good heavy boots, sizes 1-5 I OU
Youths' " " 11-13 75
Men's " brogans 70
" " calf boots 1 90
Rubber boots and shoes, wool-line ! arctics, felt boots for; boys and
men, wool stockings at the lowest prices.
Men's slippers, nicely embroidered, at 50c, 75c, and $1; Women's,
Misses' and Children's slippers at 2oc, 50c, 75c and sl.
Arc you one «f the few that floes not buy of us, /f so we are looking
for you, cowe in soon awl see us.
B. C. HUSKI.TON.
OPPOSITE HOTEL LOWRV.
Wo. 102 North fain Stre st - Butler Pa.
i }
!
+PATTK RSO N
4 WITH THIS $
# 4
jj I |
JtWill entitle you to a discount oi j
<» 15 per cent on all
i;Overcoats, Heavy Suits and Underwear,?
$ For sixty days from this date, {
5 Jan. 22. \
PATTERSONS 1415 mu \
J BU'I LKR. i
tfE ONLY STRICTLY ONE PRICE CLOTHING?
HOUSE IN BUTLER COUNTY. {
BUTLER COUJMI \ |
Mutual Fire Insurance 0»,
Office Cor, Main & Cunn'ngrara >•'
fl C? UKJNEMA\ EUKKTAHV
DIKKtJTous
Alfrr I WICK. llcnfl-r •. Oliv»i.
in. W. Irvlu, .lamrH ... ,
W. W. Blttckmore, N. Wciuel.
K. Howtn*n, 11. T. .Nni'r
(jeo K»tt*r«r. < bat. i t-ftun,
Oeo. Beano. (John Koeoiu-
LOfAL S. !SIV'? V K' ' f.gv
For Sale nr Rent.
Tt « Kiiker Urui of utw.tat 100 M-T**, i-itu
i I.J* 111 <'(l| (!•' l>***>a«inK '*!».. llmllT Co..
i'» r»«-«ir W hlt«*Kti.wn, under ntaie <•!
t-ultiv«tii _rin. | frur**. orchard, »u<l w<-Ii
v .. k. ..<t r ..K,a riHitrn*,l houao wnl>
ii. K" il burn, wagon »h««l *ri(l out
'ii uk. i." ifi- nutl Imru iiikW iihw P>"t.
Oil"* • ' tin* lift Urirn, hi Mm ciinnlj; r<»ti-
M i>i. ' i<> n.i.rk* t, •< Ijihil Hint church; i -«>
pn.l'»lilt> oil territory.
Vut Itrui*, nc„ i(K|Uirn of
jjn*. .Vascv a. Kiax'-n,
iiciii'vu)) r 0.,
Allegheny Co., I'a., or
I II McJuiW*.
liullKr, I'a,
J -1' - -
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
OUR ELEVENTH ANNUAL
FEBRUARY CLEARANCE
SALE OF MILLINERY.
Don't mi.-.* I.:!- jrrcv uarg*;.j file SI.OO
w!II <i' ? • v irk <>l fJ.W ia Imtn iltjiart
nictitj".
Oar stores are omaiS, « e must make
r< hi for Spring Good*. We have the best
. line of ma-!.a aatlerwc-ar in th-' city.
O.id -ize : ot be?: maKes of c»>rset?4 at
f hail price.
M. F. & M. MARKS,
113 117 S Haiti St.. Kntl«r
FOR 45 CENTS.
Y our choice of
j any oil cloth window
| shade in the house
>
Former prices 50
|to 90c each. This
offer o'ood only until
Feb. 10.
Call at
DOUGLASS',
Near P. O. - - J241 S. Mwu rit*
JL,. <J. WICK'
DBALKR *IX
Rough and Worked Lumber
Of ALL KISDS
Doors, Sasn, Blinds. Mouldings,
Sbiugles and La'.ti
Always in tilock.
UME, HAIR AND PLASTEtT.
Otflci; opposite P. <fc
BU riiKu - PA
WE WANT TO KEEP
OUR FACTORY RUNNING
DURING THE WINTER.
Io * order to do this we offer to
make ouiaide window blinds at ONE
DOLLAR and upwards per window and
inside window blinds at TWO DOLLARS
and upward* per window.
Theae are the lowest prices ever
■ ilTered on window blinds and now i
li« time to lake advantage of tbern
Keepectfally,
S.*G Purvis & Co.
'.V. II O'BRIEN f- SON.
[Succe- ois ol Schnlte <t O'lirien.]
Sanitary* Pumbers
And (ia« F? f .
DKAL*' T r '
Hewor Pipe,
(ran Fixturet #
Globes ai
Natural <i;m Applia
Fe Frr-*on St.,opp. T owry Hou
BUTLER, FA.
FRANK KEMPEK,
I'EAIiJSR IN
BLANKETS,
HARNESS,
Arid everything in
horse and bnggry hir
nishinpr oods-1 fa r
>K'HM, Collars, Whips
! Histers, Saddles, etc.
Also trunks and va
lises.
done on
short notice.
The largest assort
ment ol 5-A I Iors«»
blankets in town will
be tbund at JCerimer's
H. H. JACKSON
Who has had a yearn experienre
with one of the leading furniture
hrniM of Pittsburg is now pr< pared to
»tt»*iid to nil furniture repairing let)
MI hit" charge, and will guarantee
good work and satisfaction at
249 S MeKean St - Butler, Pa.
EUROPEAN + HOTEL.
315 S. Main St., - - Butler, Pa.
ALEX WILLIAMS, Prop'r.
Everything new Electric light,
gas and water.
J* Lodging 85, 50 and SI.OO.
*** Regular men In at 25 eta.
Bearding at $1 00 a (lav. ***
.: Lunch Counter open all ni«ht.
'pilß BUTLFR COUNTY
NATiON A L BAN K ,
litrtLii. PA.:
I 4 PIT* I. Paid I>, ... »1W» >">.
MliiPt.T H AM> PUOHIH, - (»H,U3AI4.
OKFICKUB:
JOB. liarMnati. Pr«N*T,
J. V. Kltu. Vl'-E Prwi't, <. A. hstllry, L unbler.
I>IHK<T'II(M i
Jut. C. P. t'olllna, V X. Hoover
li Mcuwnncy, c I) <ir"*nw. J. V. RUta,
K. K. AlirauiH. I/*lle iluzlcll, I. <i. Miiiitti,
w. H. WHlrtrou. M. rtneiTHii.
X (FENERAL BLINKING T<o»iri*<Ml frari*act<''S. IN
icr« »t pntd nn Mriii JrjNrfr Iti. Mont > loaned On
itpurovMi
Vvnigu vtctimnea turnout ao4
?r»n. Johnson
Kormanville, Pa.
Injured While Coasting
Impure Blood Asserts Itself
But Hood's Sarsparilla Cures the
Disease and Restores Health.
" C. I. Hoo.l & Co., Lowell, Mass.:
•• During the winter of 1887,1 was injured on
one lm. while coasting. It did not trouble me
much at first, tut soon became more painful, my
strength began to decline and I could not rest at
night. Iw as attended by several different doc
tors but all failed to check the trouble and I
grew rapidly worse. Early in 1-30 I had to use
crutches and my health was very poor, having
lost my appetite and being reduced in flesh. In
the fall of l£9l I had to take to my bed and
It was thought
I Would Not Live
until spring. During all this time I had tried
many different medicines but did get relief. In
the meantime to give rr.c relief, the several
bunches around my Unco were lanced and later
every effort made to heal the running sores but
all in vain. Then it v :u, while confined to my
bed last spring, that my father, having read
much about the merits of Hood's Sarsaparilla,
HOOD'S
Sarsaparilla
CURES
decided to have me give It a trial. I have taken
It regularly, using nearly ten bottles. All the
•ores but two are healed and these are nearly
well. I have thrown away my crutches as I can
walk, g-> t i school and do some work. I have
a good a; petite , d r •.! good health anil
have iii< r .1 in w ~-r> much. Hood's
Bar, jj-irilia has i • i-n a blessing to me." WIL
LIAM JOHNS' N, Normanvillv, Pennsylvania.
Hood's Pills are the best family cathartic,
gentle and effective. Try a box 25 cents.
SPECIAL
SALE
OF
PANTS.
$»;.00 Pants for $5 00.
$5 50 Pants for $4 50,
$5 00 PftDlß for SI.OO.
$4 50 Paots for s."] 50.
S4.UO Punts for $3 00.
$3.00 Punrs for $2.50.
$2.50 Pants for $1.75.
4452.00 Pants for $1.25.
Warranted .JCHE Pants sold hy
non« for less t >an $1 00,
*** : . for 89c. :: ***
THE RACKET STORE,
120 South Main Street, Butler, Pa.,
Inspection
+ Invited,
HOLDING UP
Shoes for the inspection of all,
holding down prices for the con
veyance of everybody, holding
out bargains within the reach ot
all and consequently holding on
to the people's patronage to the
consternation of all competitors.
All people go where they can get
the best for their money. See
our Infant's Shoes in ked and
Tan at I 5 cents. See our Hoys'
Kxtra High Cut Shoes at $1.25.
See our Ladies' Fine Rubbers at
25 cents. See our Ladies' Storm
Rubbers at 35 cents. See us for
all kinds of footwear. Will save
you money. The New Shoe-
Store.
1
(J. 15. MILLER,
215 SOUTH MAIN STKKET.
So Dry
Vft no forceful ar« "spirit''
facts. They "whet" up the
system, stimulate you—not
too rnuch, hut just enough
to make you better Finch's
Golden Wedding Gihsou's
and Old Dougherty Whis
keygjar® a few of the''spiril"
facts kept hy.
Robt. I.twin,
13G Water Ht.
OppoHite Is u 0. Dap'it, I'itUbtirg, I »
I •
* GOSSER'S «
1 aCRFIAM GLYCERINE c
lia". no filial for Cii.ipj.ed hand t. Hps. i r
<3 f.•'•!•, or f,!iv ro it'hni ,„f me nkl rxf «
lr«liid as a -i,. ,1 J, r>.r H. • f ieo
it Sohi fc> ..t #
rttutv-uyc CcaU. a
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!U T TLER. PA., FHIDAY. MARCH !). 1 594.
BY A. OOWAI? DOYLE.
PAST 11.
The Country of tile Saint I.
CTTAPTEH L
OS THE UKTAT AI-KAI.I PLArS.
In the central portion of the great
North American continent there lies
an arid and repulsive desert which for
many a long year served as a barrier
against the advance of civilization.
From the Sierra Nevada to Nebraska
and from the Yellowstone river in the
north to the Colorado upon the south
is a reg-ion of desolation and silence.
Nor is nature always in one mood
throughout this grim district. It com
prises snow-capped and lofty moun
tains and dark and gloomy valleys.
There are swift-flowing rivers which
dash through jagrged canyons, and
there are enormous plains which in
winter are white with snow and in
summer are gray with the .saline alkali
dust. They all preserve, however, the
common characteristics of barrenness,
inhospitality and misery.
There are no inhabitants of this land
of despair. A band of Pawnees or of
IJlackfeet may occasionally traverse it
in order to reach other hunting
grounds, but the hnrdicst of the braves
are plad to lose sight of those awesome
plains, and to find themselves once
more upon their prairies. The coyote
skulks among the scrub, the buzzard
flaps heavily through the air. and the
clumsy gTizzly bear lumbers through
the dark ravines, and picks up .icli
sustenance as it can among the rocks.
These are the sole dwellers in the wil
derness.
In -he whole world there can be nc
more dreary view than that from the
northern slope of the Sierra Hlanco.
As far as the eye can reach stretches
the preat flat plainland, all dusted over
with patches of alkali, and intersected
by clumps of the dwarfish chaparral
bushes. On the extreme verge of the
horizon lies a lonp chain of mountain
peaks, with their rugged summits
flecked with snow. In this preat
stretch of country there is no sipn of
life, nor of anything appertaining to
life. There is no bird in the steel-blue
heaven, no movement upon the dull,
pray earth—above all, there is abso
lute sib-nee. Listen as one may, there
is no shadow of a sound in all that
mighty wilderness; nothing but silence
—complete and heart-subduing silence.
It has been said there is nothing ap
pertaining to life upon the broad
plain. That is hardly true. Looking
down from the Sierra Blanco, one sees
a pathway traced out across the desert,
which winds away and is lost in the
extreme distance. It is rutted with
wheels and trodden down by the feet
of many adventurers. Here and there
ar scattered white objects which
glisten in the sun, and stand out
against the dull deposit of alkali. Ap
proach a.id examine them! Thoy are
bones; some larpe and coarse, others
smaller and more delicate. The for
mer have belonged to oxen, and the
latter to men. For fifteen hundred
miles one may tract? this ghastly cara
van route by these; scattered remains
of those who had fallen by the way
side.
Looking down on this very scene,
there stood upon the 4th of May, 1H47,
a solitary traveler. His appearance
was such that he might have been the
very genius or demon of the region.
An observer would have found it diffi
cult to say whether he was nearer to
forty or to • ixty. His face was lean
and haggard, and the brown, parch
ment-like skin was drawn tightly over
the projoctinp bones; hi lonp. brown
hair and beard were all flecked and
dashed with white- hi* eyes were
sunken in his head, and burned with
an unnatural luster, while the hand
which prasped his rifle was hardly
more fleshy than that of a skeleton.
As he stood, lie loaned upon his weapon
for support, and yet his tall (ijMire and
the massive framework of his bones
suggested a wiry and vigorous consti
tution. His gaunt face, however, and
his clothes, which hung so bagpily over
his shriveled limbs, proclaimed wliat
it was that gave him that senile and
decrepit appearance. The man was
dying—dying from hunper and from
thirst.
He had toiled painfully down the
ravine and on to this little elevation,
in the vain hope of seeing some signs
of water. Now the great salt plain
stretched before his eyes, and the dis
tant belt of savage mountains, without
a sign anywhere of piantor tree, which
mipht indicate the presence of moist
ure. In all that broad landscape
there was no gleam of hope. North
and east and west he looked with wild
questioning eyes, and then lie realized
that his wanderings had come to an
end, and that there, on that barren
crap, he was about to die. "Why not
here, as well as in a feather bed. twenty
years hence," he muttered, as he seated
himself in the shelter of a bowlder.
Before sitting down, he had de
posited upon the ground his useless
rille, anil also a large bundle tied up
In a gray shawl, which he had carried
slung over his right shoulder. It a|>-
peared to be somewhat too heavy for
his strength, for, in lowering It, it
eame down on tho ground with some
little violence. Instautly there broke
from the gray parcel a little moaning
cry, and from it there protruded a
small, scared face, with very bright
brown eyes, and two little speckled
dimpled lists.
"You've hurt me!" said a childish
voice, reproachfully.
"Have I though?" the man answered,
penitently; "I didn't (fo f" r to do it."
Ah he mpoke lit! unwrapped the (fray
shawl and extricated a pretty little tfirl
of about five years of utr«. whose
dainty shoes and smart pink frock,
with its little linen apron, all bespoke
a mother's care. The child wwt pale
and wan, but her healthy arms and
lcjrH showed that she had suffered lens
than her companion.
"How is it now?" he answered, ani
ionsly, for she wan still rubbing the
towsy golden curls which covered the
back of her head.
"Kiss It and make it well," she said,
with perfect gravity, shoving the In
jured part up to him. "That's what
mother used to do. \\ here's mother?"
"Mother's gone. I tfucss you'll see
her before lontf."
"(ione, eh!" said the little girl.
t'Fnnny, she didn't say ffood-by; she
'most always did if nhe was Just (foln*
over to auntie's for tea, and now she's
been awn;, for three days. Say, It's
awful dr- , ain't it? Ain't there no
wati-r nor nothing to eat?"
"No, there ain't nothing, dearie.
You'll just need to be patient awhile,
and then you'll be all ritfht. Pnt your
head up aifiu me. like that, and then
you'll feel better. It ain't easy to talk
when your lips is llk< leather, but I
yif. , I'd best let yon know how the
cards lie. V. liat'f. that you ve got?"
"I'r. tJv things! fine things!" cried
th<- little |-irl i nt.hu lastically, holding
up ( glittering fragments of inica.
'■y.lr.y wc J£VC»
tnem to Brother Hob."
"You'll see prettier thinps than them
soon," said the man. confidentls*. "You
just wait a bit. I was going to tell
you, though—you remember when -.ve
left the river?"
"Oh, yes."
"Well, we reckoned we'd strike an
other river soon, d'ye see? But there
was somethin' wrong; compasses, or
map, or somethin', and it didn't turn
up. Water ran out. .lust except a lit
tle drop for the likes of you and—
and—"
, "And you couldn't wash yourself," in
terrupted his compa pravely, star
ing up at his grimy visage.
"No, nor drink. And Mr. Bender, h«
was the first to po, and then Indian
Pete, and then Mrs. McGregor, and
then Johnny Hones, and then, dearie,
your mother."
"Then mother's a deader, too," cried
the little girl, dropping her face in her
pinafore and sobbing bitterly.
"Yes. they all went except you and
me. Then I thought there was some
chance of water in this direction. :o I
heaved you over my shouldir and we
tramped it together. It don't seem
as thouph we've improved matters.
There's an almighty small chance for
us now!"
"Do you mean that we are poinp to
die, too?" asked the child, checking
her sobs, and raising her tear-stained
face.
"I puess that's about the size of it."
"Why didn't you say so before?" she
said, laughing gleefully. "You gavo
me such a fright. Why, of course, nov»
as lonp as we die we'll be with mother
again."
"Yes, you will, dearie."
"And you, too. I'll tell her how aw
ful good you've been. I'll bet she
meets us at the door of Heaven with a
bip pitcher of water, and a lot of buck
wheat cakes, hot, and toasted on both
sides, like Hob and me was fond of.
How lonp will it be first."
"I don't know —not very lonp." The
man's eyes were fixed upon the north
ern horizon. In the blue vault of the
heaven there appeared three little
specks which increased in size every
moment, so rapidly did they approach.
They speedily resolved themselves into
three larpe brown birds, which circled
over the heads of the two wanderers,
and then settled upon some rocks
which overlooked them. They were
buzzards, the vultures of the west,
whose cominp is the forerunner ol
death.
"Cocks and liens!" cried the little
pirl, pleefully, pointing at their ill
omened forms, and clapping her hands
to make them rise. "Say, did God
make this country'/ - '
"In course He did," said her com
panion, rather startled by this unex
pected question.
"He made the country down in Illi
nois, and He made the Missouri," the
little pirl continued. "I pu -s , some
body else made the country in these
parts. It's not nearly so well done.
They forpot the water and the tree ."
"What would ye think of offering up
prayer?" the man asked, diffidently.
"It ain't night yet," she answered.
"It don't matter. It ain't quite reg
ular, but He won't mind that, you bet.
You say over them ones that you used
to say every night in the wagon when
we was on the plains."
"Why don't you say some yourself?"
the child asked, with wondering eyes.
"1 disremember them," he answered.
"I hain't said none since I was half
the height <>' thnt. pun. I guess it'n
never too late. You say them out, and
I'll stand by and come in on the
choruses."
"Then you'll need to kneel down,
and rne, too," she said, laying the
shawl out for that purpose. "You've
pot to put your hands up like this. It
makes you feel kind of pood."
It was a strange sight, had there
been anything but the buzzards to see
it. Side by side on the narrow shawl
knelt the two wanderers, the little,
prattling child and the reckless, hard
ened adventurer. Her chubby face
and his haggard, angular visage were
both turned up to the cloudless
heaven in heartfelt entreaty to that
dread being with whom they were face
to face, while tho two voices the one
thin and clear, the other deep and
harsh—-united in the entreaty for mercy
and forgiveness. The prayer finished,
they resumed their seat In the shadow
of the bowlder until the child fell
asleep, nestling upon the broad breast
of her protector. He watched over
her slumber for some time, but nature
proved to be too strong for Mm. For
three days and three nights he had
allowed himself neither rest nor re
pose. Slowly the eyelids drooped over
the tired eyes, and the bead sunk
lower upon the breast, until the man's
grizzled beard was mixed with the
golden tresses of his companion, and
both slept tho stune deep and dream
less slumber.
Had the wanderer remained awake
for another half-hour a strange sight
would have met his eyes. Far away
|
THE CHILD FELL AHI.EEP NEfITM.fO OS
THE lIHOALI BREAST OF HER PROTI.< TOR.
on the extreme verge of the alkali
plain there r OHO up a little spiny of
<lust, very slight at llrst, and hardly to
be distinguished from the mists of the
distance. but (gradually growing
higher and broader until it formed a
solid, well-defined cloud. Thin cloud
continued to increase in size until It
became evident that it could only bo
raised by a great multitude of moving
creatures. lu more fertile spots tho
observer would have come to the con
clusion that one of those great herds
of bisons which graz-e upon the prairie
land was approachlug him. This was
obviously impossible in these arid
wilds. As the whirl of dust drew
nearer to the solitary bluff upon which
the two castaway# wen- rcposiug, tho
eanviivcovcr. d tilts of wagon - and tho
figure., of armed bur:.emeu began to
show up through the ha <•, and tho
apparition revealed It f u> being a
great ruravttll U|H>II Iti. journey for th«-
west, ltut what aearavant When the
head of It had reached the l>u of
the mountains, the rear was not yet
visible 011 the hori/.on. Right
across t.h<» enormous plain str t< h d
the straggling array, wagons and
Claris, men on horseback and in -n on
foot. liinuineral ! • women wbo stag
gered along under burdens, and ohil
•d/Mb v/U> rvsiviiou
or pcepotl out lrom i::.(U r t it.>
coTerinirs. This was evi.i i:!v .■< <r
dinary party of immi-rmnts. b\\t ratli.-r
sx -me nonxatl jx-ople wliuh . I been com
pelled from stress of cironin' tanco-> to
seek thcmsclres a now cov.utrj-. T l . ;■
n--e throaprh the clear i<ir a confu* i
elattoriup anil rumbln. ' from t'lis
{Treat mass of humanity, with t !, »?
croaking'of wheels and t ie nei.'-'Uin:*
hordes. Load as it was, it was not suf
ticiont to rouse the two tired wayfarers
above them.
At the head of the column t': re rode
a score or more of prove. iron-faced
men. clad in somber, horn* pan ■rac
ments and armed with rille «>:i re:ii.'h
the base of the bluff they halted and
held a short council among 1 themselves.
"The wells are to the right, ray
brothers," said a one, a liarJ-lipp d,
clean-shaven man with grizzly hair.
"To the right of the Sierra I'.lanco—
so wo shall reach the Ilio tfrande." said
another.
"Fear not for w-at jr." cried a thir
"He who could draw it from the roeks
will not now abandon His own clio.-en
people."
"Amen! Amen!" responded the whole
party.
They were about to resume their
journey when one of the yoanfjest and
keenest-eyed uttered an exclamation
and pointed up at tbe rngyed crag
above them. From its summit there
fluttered a little wisp of pink, showing
up hard and bright against the gray
rocks l>ehind. At the sight there was
a general reining up of horse - and un
slinging"of puns, while fre-h lior.-.-men
came galloping up to reinforce the
vanpuard. The word "redskins" was
on every lip.
"There can't be any number of In
juns here," said the elderly man who
appeared to be in command. "We
have passed the Pawnees, and there
are no other tribes until we cross the
great mountains."
"Shall I po forward and see. I'rother
Stanperson?" asked one of the band.
"And T," "And I," cried a dozen
voices.
"Leave your horses below and wo
will wait you here," the elder answered.
In a moment the younp fellow., ha l
dismounted, fastened their h >r es. and
were ascending the precipitous slops
which led up to the object which had
excited their curiosity. They advanced
rapidly and noiselessly, with the con
fidence and dexterity irt practi •!
scouts. The watchers from the plain
below could see them llit fr. >m rock to
rock until their figure- '. < 1 »ut
against the sky-line. The yc.mm
who had first given the alarm w : . 1 -i 1-
inp them. Suddenly his followers :\v
him throw nn his hands, a tVn; h
overcome with astonishment e.nd o:i
joininp him they were afr • -t. 1 in th •
same way by the sight which met their
eyes.
On the little plateau which crowned
the barren hill thcrf stood a sinplc
piant bowlder,and apainst this bowlder
there lay a tall ma-', lonp-bearded and
hard-featured, !>ut of an excessive thin
ness. His plnjid face and regular
breathing showed that ho was fast
asleep. Beside him lay a little child,
with her round white arms encircling
his brown, sinewy neck, and her
golden-haired head resting upon the
breast of his velveteen tunic. Her rosy
lips were parted, showing the regular
line of snow-white teeth within, and a
playful smile played over her infantile
features. Her plump little white
legs, terminating in white socks, and
neat shoes with shining buckles,
offered a strange contra t to the long,
shriveled members of her companion.
On the ledge of roe'e above this strange
couple there stood three solemn buz
zards, who, at the sight of the new
comers, uttered raucous screams of dis
appointment and (lapped sullenly
away.
The cries of the foul birds awoke the
two sleepers, who stared about them in
bewilderment. The man staggered to
his feet and looked down upon the
plaiu which had been so desolate when
sleep had overtaken him, and which
was now traversed by this enormous
body of men and of beasts. His face
assumed an expression of incredulity
as he gazed, and he passed his bony
hand over his eyes. "This is what they
call delirium, I puess," he muttered.
The child stood beside him, holding on
to the skirt of his coat, and said noth
ing. but looked all round her with the
wondering, questioning gaze of child
hood.
The rescuing party were speedily
able to convince tho two castaways
that their appearance was no delusion.
One of them seized the little pirl and
hoisted her upon his shoulder, while
two others supported lier gaunt com
panion and assisted him toward the
wagons.
"My name is John Ferrier," the wan
derer exclaimed; "nie and the little un
nre all that's left o* twenty-one people.
The rest is all dead o' thirst and hun
ger away down in th ■ south."
"Is she your child?" asked soma
one.
"1 guess she is now,** the other cried,
defiantly; "she's mine 'cause I : aved
her. No one will take her away from
ine. She's Lucy Ferrier from this day
on. Who are you. though?" he con
tinued, glancing with curiosity at his
stalwart, sunburned rescuers. "There
seerni to be a powerful lot of ye."
"Nigh upon ten thousand," said one
of tie- young men. "We nre the per
• '-cuted children of God- the chosen of
th.' angel Merona."
"I never heard 'ell on him," i.ald tho
wanderer, "lie app :ir to have chosen
a fair crowd of ye."
"Do not jest at that which is sacred,"
said the other, sternly. "We are of
tho who believe In tho > a red writ
ing .. drawn in Iy/yptian letters on
plat'M <>f beaten gold, which were
iianded unto the holy Joseph Smith at
Palmyra. We have come from Nau
voo, in the state of Illinois, where we
had founded our temple. We have
con> • to seek a refuge from tie- violent
man and from the godless, even though
it bt tli ■ heart of the «ie rt."
The name of Nauvoo evidently re
c.tllcii recollections to John Fenrier.
"I e.e," ho laid; "you are the Mor
mons."
"We are the Mormons," answered his
companions with one voice.
"And where are you going?"
"We do not know. The hand of
God is leudlng us nntler the person of
our prophet. You rnit t come before
him. 11' hall say what is to be done
with you."
They had reached the base of tho
bill by this time, and were surrounded
by crowds of the pil"vim pale-faced,
meek-looking women, trong, laughing
children, and anxious, earnest-eyed
men. Many were the eriei of aston
ishment and of commiseration which
arose from them when they perceived
the youth of one of the strangers and
the destitution of the other. Their
escort did not halt, however, but
pushed on, followed by u great crowd
of Mormons, until they reached a wag
on which was couspicuou » for itsgreat
i.i/.e, and for tho guudlne v» and smart
ness of Its appearance. Si x horses were
yoked to it. whereas the others were
funnelled with two, or. ut most, four
n piece He side the driver thrro at a
mnn who could not have been more
than thirty year-t of age. but whose
massive head and re oluto expression
marked him as a leader. He was lead*
in;.' a lirown-baekod volume, but as tho
crowd appr lacked he laid it aside and
listened attentively to an account of
the episode. Then he turned to the
two castaway#.
"If »»o take you with us," he said, in
i.olemn words, "it ean only be as be
liever iin our own creed. We shall
if'/vrn- lufcu. JATOurtill
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HE TI'RXED TO THE TWO CASTAWAYS.
i hat your bones should bleach in this
wilderness than that you should prove
to be that little speck of decay which
in time corrupts the wliol - fruit Will
you <• 'ine with us on these terms?"
tern-.*." .aid Forrier. with such em
phasis that the grove ciders could not
restrain a smile. The leader alone re
tained his stern, Impressive expression.
"Take him, Brother Stangerson," he
said, "give him food and drink, and the
ehild likewise. Let it be your task al
so to teach him our holy creed. We
have delayed long enough. Forward!
On, on to Zion!"
"On, on to Zion!" cried the crowd of
Mormons, an l the words rippled down
the long caravan, passing from mouth
to mouth until they died away in a
dull murmur in the far distance. With
a cracking of whips and a ereaking of
wheels the great wagon got into tno
t'on. ar. 1 soon the whole caravan was
winding along once more. The elder
to whose care the two waifs had been
committed led them to his wagon,
where a meal was already awaiting
them.
"Yon shall remain here," he said.
"In a few days you will have recov
ered from your fatigues. In the mean
time. remember that now and forever
you are of our religion. IJrigham Young
lias said it. and bo has spoken with the
voice of Joseph Smith, which is the
voice of God."
fro si cosnirrin.)
LIKE A GIANT CORKSCREW.
Fourteen Times Around it Monntaln B»-
twfPii Itafte and Summit.
There is a mountain fifteen miles
from Tumacacor, but so near the inter
national line that it is not known posi
tively whether it is in Arizona or Mex
ico, but it is believed that it is United
States property. Miners, says New
York Recorder, have always called it
Babel mountain, and it is a most ap
propriate name. It is of a soft sand
stone and pumice formation, and the
work of making the road was not «r~
difficult task. The road commeuces in j
a canyon of the foothills und.rise.- at an
easy grade, corkscrew fashion, going
around the mountain fourteen times
before the summit is reached. The
road is about fifty yards 6quaro when
it; tarts at the base and gradually gets
•mailer until it is only ten feet wide at
the top. 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 top. In many places,
where the sides overhang - a little, the
marlc of the builder's pick can be plain
ly seen on the wall of rock. 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 measure
ment. The lowebt road is a little over
three miles long when it goes around
the mountain once. However, this is
'very irregular and goes around several
spurs of the mountain. The roughness
of the road is undescribable. and a
horse is of no use for a week after the
trip The topof the mountain is about
seven thousand feet abovo the plain.
There is nothing at the top. and the
adventurer wonders, when he gets
there, what the road was built for
THE CRADLE OF GREAT NEN.
A Publii'iit Sayn tlin Woat
In Their lllrthplar*.
The typical Americans have all been
western men, with the exception, let
us say, of Washington. Washington
had not had much of European culture.
The qualities that made him a great
commander and u great president were
qualities which would have made him
an equally great frontiersman. You
cannot imagine Hamilton, or Madison,
or Livingston, or John Adam*, or the
Pinckneys living tolerably on the fron
tier. They are not Americans in tlio
sense in which Clay and Jackson and
Lincoln are Americans. We rony wish
that the typical Americans of the past
had had more knowledge, a more culti
vated appreciation of the value of
what was old and established, a
juster view of foreign nations
and foreign polities; that they
had been more like Webster and less
line Jackson; and we may hope that
the typical American of the future
will l>e wiser und better poised, liut
in the meantime the past is to be un
derstood and estimated as the
facts stand, and only a thoroughly
sympathetic comprehension of these
men who have actually been the typ
ical Americana will enable us to effect
that purpose. The fact that Clay
rather than Webster, Jackson aud not
John (juincy Adams, represented the
forces which were really predominant
aud distinctively American in our de
velopment is commentary enough on
any theory that makes either of the
peculiar sections of the Atlantic sea
board tin: principal or only theater of
American history.
The I.lot* In the Moon.
We always speak of the lines and
spots on tlio moon's surface as "The
man In the moon," but it seem* that
others have entertained a different
opinion. Ilishop Willcins says: "In
some countries the figures oil the moon
ure supposed to bo two lions in deadly
combat; in most Oriental countries the
picture is thought to be that of a single
lion Others will only have it to be
the picture of a man's face, as the moon
is represented. Albertus thinks that
it shows the picture of a lion with his
face toward the west and his tall to
ward the east. It is as much like a
lion as that in the Zodiac, or as Ursa
Major is like a bear."
How He Knew.
Lawyer—Are you sure that occur
rence was on the seventeenth of the
month?
Witness Yes, it was the seven
teenth.
Lawyer—Now remrrnber, you are un
der oath. Ho / do you kaow it was the
seventeenth?
Witness —'Causa the day before that
Lawyer—Be careful what you say,
now. Go on.
Witness— was the sixteenth, and
the<iay after it was the eighteenth.—
N. Y. Weekly.
An Improbahln Yarn.
"Ono of my ancestor** won a battle
during the crusades by his skill in
handling his artillery," said the baron.
"But, >ny dear baron." said his
friend, "at the time of the crusades
gunpowder lia<l not yet. tieeu discov
ered."
"I know ihnt as well as you do, and
so did my ancestors."
"How did lie win the battle, then?"
"He brought his artillery to bear on
t'" Snraeens, and the -tupkl finds,
seeing the guns, nupp *•• d that powder
liad at Uuit>t*w -I ULKifttU-l W
NOIO
KEYS IN THE EAST.
Tbtir Creat Hulk Correspond# f Ifcft
trlracy of the l.ockj.
11l the "History of NiutsveJb, And
I'a!act*-;, hy J" -c ph lionr.ml, w© find •
description of. perhaps, the oldest look
i evtr «::• f.ivcre-1. says Hardware. H
was u ;ed in scouring the (fate of thtf
apartment in one of the palaces at
Khorsabhud. In describing
unrient pir.v of hardware— if such
terms way l>e applied to wooden
—he says: "At the end of the chamber,
just behind the fir.-i balls, was former*
iy a strong wooden gate, of one leaf,
which was fa-lenc>i by a large wooden
lock. like those >till used in the east,
of which the key is as much as a man
c-n conveniently carry, and by a ba*
; which moved into a quare hole in tht
wall. It is to a key of this description
that the prophet probably alludes.
'And t'le key of the house of David
will I lay upon his shoulder;' and it ia
remarkable that the word for key is
this passage of Scripture, 'muftah.' it
the same in use all < \. r the east at the
present t'nic. T'i !::;y of an onMharr
street door is e nr, !•: :ily thirteen or
fourteen inches lo: g; aril the key of
the gate of a public building or of a
street, or a quarter of a tow*, is two
feet or m >rc in length. The iron pegs
at one end of the piece of wood corre
spond to so many holes in the wooden
bar or bolt of the lock, which, when
the door or gate is shut, cannot be
opened until the key has been in
serted, and the impediment to the
drawing back of the bolt removed by
raising up so many iron pins that fall
down into holes in the bar or bolt cor
responding to the peg in the key."
This description, and others of a cor*
robatory character, prove that this
form of lock and key was in use in
Egypt four or five thousand years,
during which extended period of time
It does not appear to have undergone
any successful changes.
KING COTTON AT* HOME.
Brilliant Ap,>eurau .of r» Field mt Cettoa
In »lunc.
A field of cotton in June is like a
great, brilliant flowerbed. According
to the Uluc and Gray, its bloom resem
bles the hollyhock, and has the re«
mar icable peculiarity of changing its
color from hour to hour. When it first
opens it is a pale straw color; in a few
hours it is a pure white; later it U
faintly pink, and next morning rose
color. The flower is succeeded by a
triangular pod, containing in three
cells the seeds in three locks of white
down which burst forth when the pod
opens. The length and the fineness of
this fiber, or "staple," as it is called,
determines the grade of the cotton.
The "sea island" or long stapled cot
ton is grown on the upland. The best
cotton in the world is grown on Edisto
island, south of Charleston; the staple
of this is nearly two inches long.
Seen under a microscope, the oottoa
fibers are ribbon shaped, and not
straight like flax, but twisted some
thing like a corkscrew. The best sea
island cotton is in beautiful spiral
springs that lend themselves readily to
spinning. Tlus cotton is used only in
the manufacture of the most delicate
fabrics; in England, a single pound of
it has been wroupht into one thousand
and twenty-six mifos of thread.
It was at first thought that compres
sion would injure the staple of the
cotton; that the fiber would be broken
off short, or the spiral screw, so neces
sary to good spinning, be crushed flat.
But it was demonstrated by experi
ment that, so far from injuring the
staple, it seemed to preserve it, and
since then the great desire of the cot
ton shippers has been to get a machine
to compress the cotton as much as pos
sible.
TREES THAT GIVE MILK.
South American Natives I>o Tbeftr Milking
Without Ualns Their H&n<to.
Dr. Spruce, the renowned South
American traveler, mentions a tree, ft
member of the tlof' banc family, fit*
juice of which is used as milk, says
Chambers' Journal. On the bark be-
In# wounded the milk flows abundant
ly, and in of the consistency of covr'a
milk, of the purest white, and sweet
to the taste. The Indian mode of tak
ing- it is to apply the mouth directly to
the wound, and thus receive the milk
as it flows. I)r. Spruce says he has
often partaken of it without experienc
ing nuy ill effects.
In Guiana, the natives employ the
milk from a tree belonging- to the same
family as the last named: in the ver
naeular it in known as hyahya, and to
botanists as Tabernaemontana ntilis
(■<> named after Jacobus Theodoras
Tabernaemontunuf. a German physi
cian and botanist). The milk ham the
aamc flavor as sweet cow's milk, but is
rather sticky on aocountdf its oentfttn
lng some caoutchouc.
In I'arn, a lofty tree, belonging to
the star apple family, attaining ft
height of one hundred feet, is uaed is
a similar manner to the other* men*
tioned. 1 ncisions arc made in the bark,
and the milky Juice flows out copious
ly. about the consistency of thick
cream, and if it were not for ita taate,
which in somewhat peculiar, could b«
hardly distinguished from it.
Queer I'al*.
An animal which makes a moat agree
able pet, but is rarely tamed on ac
count of its fur value, is the North
American heaver. A well known In
dian trader, some years ago, tamed
nouie of these hard-working fellows,
eo that they answered to their names
and followed like a dog. In cold
Weather they were kept in the sitting
room, and were constant companions
of the women ami children. When the
lad! mis were absent for any great
length of time the beavers showed
great uneasiness, and on their return
discovered equal signs of pleasure by
fondling them, crawling into their
laps, lying on their backs like a squlr
reJ, and behaving like children in the
presence of parents whom they seldom
see. In their wild state beavers feed
on bark and herbage chiefly, but In
their case they feed for the most part
on riee. plum pudding, partridge ftnd
venison, ftnd they like all of them ex
tremely.
Tilt: WAY UK SPENT IT.
Mr*. Wellromt—Why, you are the
Battle man 1 gavp ten cents to la»t week.
What did you do with it?
Hungry Harry-Well. 1" te» y* r
honest, mum. I upent It fer a Turkish
bath, it huir out, a (ihntnpoo, a »ha*e,
a ahlnn; u white flannel yachting ault
an' o diamond pin; an' I'm sorry ter
#ay, mum, dat I'm bunted agin —Judge.
C una* for l)Wo?f«.
Mrs. Friendly—What's the trouble?
Can't you got along with your hus
ban-iV
Mm. Nowlywed—Jle'aall right, but I
can't get alontf with 1»1» walnry.
Mrs. Friendly—Oh, I understand.
It ia itui^EwiviUViUte'*—>!*■»
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