VOL XXXI THE CLEVELAND BICYCLE. Constructed of the best known ma terially the best skilled labor, fitted with the best bearings in the world, that are positively dust proof. The most resilient tire yet invented—that can be repaired quicker and easier than any other tire in the market. Every wheel guaranteed. ROADSTER. CLEVELAND NO. 8. Another great point That Punctures Competition Is the all around excellence of the CLEVELAND WHEELS. That explains their popularity. H. A. LDZIER &GO Cleveland, Ohio, OB J. E. FORSYTHE, Agent. BUTLER, PA. AGENTS WANTED. GREAT SLATING AT MARTINCOURT & CO S. We find in our Wholesale Harness Department about one hun dred and fifty sets of Harness, of which there are but a few of each kind, and of which we can get no more on account of the manufactur ers going out of business, etc., and we can only carry in the Whole sale Rooms Harness which we can duplicate orders o . Therefore we decided to retail these one hundred and fifty set at WHOLESALE PRICES to make them go quick. riß nil ss TO S& Some Machine made and some Hand made. We also make HARNESS TO ORDER. We have good work men and good leather and make good harness and all parts of Har ness. Buggies of all kinds, Kramer Wagons, and everything used in connection with a driving or team outfit. S. B. Martincourt & Co., 128 East Jefferson Street, BUTLER, - PA. S. B. MARTINCOURT, J. M. LIEGHNER. THE HARDfIAN ART COfIPANY. We are located now at lio South Main Street, adjoining the Butler Savings Bank. Our rooms are large, fine and commodious. Photographic enlargements and Life Size, Hand Made Finished Portraits by the finest French artists obtainable. In photographs we give you results and effects that cannot be produced outside of our Studio. We use only Standard Brand Collodion Paper and not Gelatine, a cheep and inferior paper used by many. Picture and Por trait frames; special prices to jobbers. Compare our work with any Standard Work made or sold in the state. Our victorious motto, "We harmonize the finest work with the promptest service and the lowest i rices for the quality of work." Beware of tramp artists and irresponsible parties and strangers. Have your work done by reliable and re sponsible parties that guarantee all work satisfactory. Call and examine our work and samples and read our many tes timonials. THE HARDMAN ART COMPANY. J. S. "YOUNG. WM. COOPER YOUNG & COOPER, t MERCHANT TAILORS T Have opened at S. E. corner of Main and Diamond Streets, Butler, with all the latest styles in Spring Suitings. Fit and Workmanship Guaranted. Prices as low as the lowest. TRY US. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Road Reports. 1 Notice Is hereby given that the following i roads have been confirmed nisi by j the Court and will be presented on the tlrsl Wed : ne»lay of June KH, belnj; thf GMs diy of ; said month, and tl no exceptions ar# died they i will be eunflruied absolutely B. I>. S'i, 4 Die .-'u !>:•!. i'eiiuou 111 .lorepb .Sproul and K-Iwarl Dufy, au i in b»belf of uiauy other ciliseu. I Mariou township, Bu count/, I'd., I <r .1 review of a public in Marion tovuMU, . Original view at March seSaiou, 189 : ». Review at Xo. j 4 June ?e».sion, 1893. i)eeemb-r 4, i"93. viewer* appointed by the '' lUrt. *.n I Nl*rci 3, 1691, report of reviewers fi'cl, i- t.-Hosrs: Thai the ro»J *«•> vci tl ri-v • anil Atiiituidale r.i.ul l-e vaeale i Ir .in the point where it ,taru I'rom ibr li tr -viiie and Moniteau road at the raiir -ad crossing ku- wu as Smith's cro-sinjf. aud (bat a lie • roe! lor public ricvi i>* grant..-1 I'r ".i Atweil's e "--- ing to Smith's croiaiuj. aud tiut portion <1 the Xew Hope road east ot the Harrisyilie and Moniteau road be vacated. Probable cost of making. SIOO, to be borne by the township of Marion. Xo damages March 7, 1894, approved, and fit iri lih ol road at 33 feet, notice to be given c to rules of Court :IY THE COURT. RDXo 2 March tses'i >il, 18 't Petiti u of inhabitant*of C'learlici l town.sitip, iJm r county, I'a., to vacate that portion of t,;e road known as the Coylcsville a::d Uannah.~- town roaa, beginning i t (Vyleaviife aod run ning to a point at the larui of ilioji !- K • Green where said iuter«ecls i; puolie road known as the Milie retowa a:, i Deuuj s Mill road, a distance of abeu one 50...-n of a mile. Dec. 13, viewers aj iioiut i 1 the Court, and March iat, 19 rvp ri f viewers hied as yiz: l'but the \w-- ■ i e; . o prayed is necessary an I V je.*'i-d ih same a ilisiance of 18s"> leet. March 7ib 18K4. approved, notice to be gi»ci: nc to rule ol Court. BY THE COURT RX>Xo 3 March gession, l.>9i. iVwroa ; of iuhabitants of Marion township,for pn'tlic ) mad to lead fro.-u a pnJ'.IC ro*.l at 1 I. :isie M Fxiden's to u public roatl Jt Jan.— iui- I reua's. D.-e. 11, 1893, viewers .ii no e i by i ihe Court, a-I Fro. Jlst, Is.:, re.- .1 of j Viewers tiled as viz: i'hal lite r.ta.l prayed , lor is necesSiry aud have la d i. Ijie -line for public use. Probable t-n»l ol uialviiig about one hundred dollars to be borne by the township ol Mariou Uaiuage.s assessed twenty-live dollars to Mary Ann Beach, to be paid by the county. Match 7, 1891. ap proved and tix width ol road at o leet. Notice to be given according to ru;e> of Court. BY THE COURT RI)Xo 5 Maicii Session, 1891. Pet.tlou of inhabitants of Centre township tor pub.ic road to begin at a punt in the puulio road leading from the old Mercer road to toe Xew Ca-t;e road at or near the north we »t corner ol tbe larm ol Sarah J •iotinsloa aud extending to a point in ine public road lead ing from the village of llnionvil-e to Bo ston's Mill at or near the house of M Ilutl' ia said township. Jan. 124, 1*94, viewer* ait pointed by the Court, au l Marco 1 1894, re port ol viewers fi I—U as viz: lua: the rnl prayed lor is necessary and nave laid out trie same for public use a distance ol* 236 rods. Probable c ist ot malting uiii ouudrel aud tiny dollars t.) be i>>rne by tne i>wnshij£ Xo damages «*se.--sed »larcu 7, 1894, a t > proved end tix width at :;3 icet. N HIC •w be given according t 1 » rules of Court. BY THE C'OCKT, it 1) Xo ti March tsesaion 189 . Petition of citizens ot iluddycreek township lor a public road beginning at a point in the Mer cer road hear the residence ol" Thomas Fish er aud running to the coun ty jicc between Butler aud Lawrence counties to connect with a new road receutiy grauted by the Court of haw rence county. Jan. 27, 1891, viewers ap pointed by the Court, and March tHb, 1894 report of viewers filed as vis: That the road prayed for is necessary and have laid out the same for public Use. The ciatnsg b assessed lei. dollars to ihouias B Fisher, to be paid b) this <-T:U.,ty. March 7th. Ui'l ai-piuve-l iiid lis Ki.lli o! r :ad at .! • feet. Notice U> be given n< cording to lulis ol < BY Tin ' :• un. Bt'TLKit CoCX IY M. Cerlifi-d troai tb record thi- Jtlt day ol M .> A. I) . 1891. JOSEPH CKIVWKLI., Cler . 5. REGISTER'S NOTICES. The kegisit r hereby gives notice that the fol.'o i iti" account of exceiit ■■ -. h;i jllistra tois ant! guar 'ia: s have (tef- il fi ' 1 hi • >f ficc according to law. aud will be pte-enled to i 'ourt lor o infirm tt.o.i a. 1 allow. rci -.; i Weiluesdi y. ih 6'h day of , Jui - I*9l, at 2 o'c.'oi lt p. M. i f.said day. 1 Final account of M. T. McCantliess an I Mary J. Stamm. administrators of John 11 Stanirn, dee'd, late of Franklin twp. 2 Final account o! J. N. Thornp« ri, ad niiu strutar ol Mary Tnomp-* -u, dee'd, :ate of Butler Boro. 3 P:u >1 ac<; .uui or' -Vin B'-owalield, guar dian ol 111 Br-iwufielil rain tr child of James Brownfielit, dee'd, Ute of 11 mcgal twp. 4 First and flnal aooou.ti of J CGa is lord, guardian of Charles G Loigan minor chil l ol Mary E Logan, dee'd, late of MilierstoWu boro. 5 Final account of John Rive'i. executor of Mary Riyers, dee'd, lata of Wiufkl'J twp. 6 Final account ol Alexander Pollock and Isaiah Pollock, executors of John R Pollock, dee'd, late of Centre twp. 7 Final accouut of Thos Galloway, ad miuistrator of J David Sunrams, dee'd, late of Franklin twp. S Final account of Alics Dunigau, admin istratrix of Patrick c 'l, Ute ol Venango twp. 9 Fiual account of S J aduiinistra tor of \V E Black, dee'd. late of Mariou twp -10 Final account of S J Black, administra tor of William Black, dee'd, late ot Marion twp. 11 Partial account of Barbara ChrUtley, administratrix of VV E Christley, dee'd, late of Centreville boro. 12 Fiual account of Joha C Ray, adminis trator and trustee to sell ths real estate of Washington Campbell, deo'd, late of Fair view twp iu partition. 13 Final account of William Thielman, guardian of Frederick W Miller minor child of Frederick W Miller, of Adams twp, 14 First aud partial account of Jacob Gude kuust, executor of Jacob Gadekunst. dee'd, late of Zelienople boro. 15 Fiual accouut ot Annie Ward, execu trix ofHenry DJWUC/, djj'd, I atj of Done gal twp. 16 .Second and final account of Chess Stocer executor of Andrew Stoner, dee'd, late of Clay twp. 17 Final account of Wiutield 8 Shepard, executor of Z B Shepard, dee'd, late of Slip pery rock twp. 18 Final account of Henrietta administratrix of the estate of Valeutine W leg a d, dee'd, late of Wintield twp. 19 Fiual acjjuat ot C F L McQuistion aud W llenry Wilt-on, administrator* of J P Me (juimion, dee'd, late of Cenlreville Boro. 20 Final account of Robert Gib<on, guir dian of Isaac Newtou W area i n mi -ior child of John Wareham, dee'd, la eot Penu twp. 21 Final and distributing account ot IV Anderson and Leslie P Haziett, executors of Irwin Anderson, dee'd, late of Com «i i;uej sing twp. 22 Final accouut ol Louis llarteiisteiu, ex ecutor, of Heury Harteustein, deo'd, lat. < ot Jetlcrson twp. 23 Final accouut of Thomas C Allen, guardian of Clyde E Derahimsr an I Lizzie B Dershimer minor children of Rich-d Ders himer, dee'd, late of Conuo.ju i,' twp. 24 Final and distr'buting aec tant of \V J Morrison, executor and trustee under the last will of Aun Moore, dee'd, late of rsn,,- perjrock twp, 25 Final account of Joseph H Morrow, ex ecutor of Maitbew Morrow, dee'd, late of Concord twp. £6 Fiual account of W C McCaudless, guardian of John Chalmers Ogden minor child of Eobriara Ogden, deo'd, late of Mid dlesex twp. 27 Final account of EO McElwain,admin istrator C T A of Francis McElwain, dee'd, late of Middlesex twp, 28 Final account of E C Parks, adminis trator C T Aof Joseph Sloan, dee'd, late of Venango twp. 29 Partial account of Eli Reep and Isaac G Pollnrd. administrators of Mary Beep, dee'd, late of Fairview twp. 30 Final account of W E Vincent, aduiin istratorof H II Vincent, dee'd late of Slip peiyrock twp. 31 Final account of Laviua Campbell, ad ministratrix of Robert II Campbell, dee'd, late ol Parker twp. 32 Final and distributing account of George D Bean, executor of Mary A Bean, dee'd, late of Butler twp. 33 Final account of W II Campbell, ex ecutor of John A Campbell, dee'd, late of Conccrd twp. 34 Fiual account of M E Beighley, ad ministratrix of Henry Beighley, aee'd, late of Connoquenessing twp. 35 Final account of R 11 McCaudless, ad ministrator C T A D II X of Xeal Gallagher, dee'd,late of Clay twp. J. 8. WICK, Register. lAllie May Bo 111 ey Born a Genius Disease Threatens to Cut Short a Noble Career But Hood's Sarsaparilla Restores Cood Health. Llllie May Bcntley Is an accomplished elocu tionist and natural born speaker of only 12 years of age. She Is the only child temperance lect urer before the public. Her genius, however, did not exempt her from an attack of a disease of the blood, ller own words best tell the story " C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.: " I heartily Join with the many thousands that are recommending Hood's Sarsaparilla. I had been troubled from Infancy with gatherings In the head. I was compelled to leave school upon the doctor's advice. He thought It was the only thing to save my life, but I Continued to Crow Worse. I was persuaded Anally by a friend to try Hood's Sarsaparilla. The use of one bottle acted ef- Cures fecUvely upon the blood and I began to improve. After the use of three bottles the gathering eeased and lam cured of my former trouble. I owe my life an.l will always remain a true friend to Hood's Sarsaparilla." LILLIK MAY BENT LKV, Shelbyville, Indiana. Get HOOD'S. Hood's Pills act easily, yet promptly and efficiently, on the liver and bowels. 25c. A Scientist claims the Rest of Diseases to be in the Clothes we Wear. The host Spring remedy for tlie%blues, etc , is to discard your uncomfortable old duds which irri tate the l)odv:-leave your measure at ALAND'S for a new suit which will fit well, improve the appearance by re lieving you instant ly ot that tired feel ing, and making you cheerful aud ..ctive. The cost of this sure cure is verv moderate, THY IT. C.XD7 A busings ilia' keeps ing through a season ot de pression, such as the country has experienced, is an evi dence that people realize they save money by trading with us. We know, and always have known, the days of profits are past. Without question we are giving mjre for the money than last year. Our stock is larger to select from than last year. CALL AND SEE US. Colbert St Dale. OUR * SOLE * OBJECT * Is to "please our customers and judging from our im mense sales we have been do ing it. Our Spring Goods are arriving daily and many new lines have been added, making our stock of footwear the most com plete in Butler. Special attention is called to our line of Ladies' Walking Shoes, prices from 75 cts. up. We are still having quite a trade on our Ladies' Button Shoes at 95 cts. The Men's, a Calf Cong, and Bals at 95 cts, are great favorites with the trade. Farmers and workingmen all say our hand-pegged Crcdemors are the best they ever saw for Si.OO. hull line Boys' and Girls School Shoes at 95 cts. 0. E. MILLER, Butler* Pa- BTTTLER, PA., FRIDAY. J UKE 1, 1894. —•— toop-nuoHrr. lag*.) "SHE IS BCFFKIUNO FROM SHOCK." CHAPTER XIL It was nearly nine o'clock at night when they got back to the Bayou house. The return had been a slow and difficult one, but the rescue was accomplished. The girl was tenderly cared for, and the next morning Hen dricks said: "Our knowledge now, I hope, of what is going on iu the world Is not entirely cut off." Fenning confessed that he did not understand. "I will show you," replied Hendricks, "but first we must hear from above." It was the same hour at which Mrs. Hendricks and Calicot had ridden away the day before when word came from the doctor. "Miss Endicott has disappeared." he said. "There has been a search mado for her and the men report that an armed force must have been in the woods last night, as they have discov ered the fresh marks of horses' hoofs. Two of the marshal's men have been sent south on the search, but I believe that is a blind." "What does Mrs. Hendricks say about it?" "She has not expressed an opinion to me. If the girl has been abducted, she will disclose everything." "Arc you sure of that?" "Positively. She is a clairvoyant. I believe Calicot has got her safely in charge of experts. She is the only per son who can describe your hidden oper ation without being with you." "Then we should not have permitted her *o e: 'ape." ' certainly not. I wouldn't give a farthing for any of your schemes if she is in their hands. She says her father was murdered by the captain and sho can describe the captain in tho act. Don't it occur to you from what is go ing on that there must be treachery somewhere?" "It looks like it. To circumvent it, you must come down immediately." "But Mrs. Hendricks will know where I am and may take advantage of my absence." "Nevertheless, come down at once." "Very good." The moment tho doctor arrived at the bottom of the shaft, Hendricks said: "I have got Miss Endicott here. You might have guessed it. If she can be of service to the government, she can be of service to us. Can you put her en rapport with Mrs. Hendricks?" "Have you got any of Mrs. Hendricks' hair?" "Yes, there is a packet of it. The hair was cut off when she wore the light wig." After explanations from Hendricks of the abduction which elicited un bounded admiration from the doctor, they proceeded to the rooms that had been set apart for Miss Endicott. Hendricks, it should be stated, had provided his retreat with several ne gro servants. They had their own quarters and several of them were women, one of wftom had been as signed to take care of Miss Endicotf They found the young woman sitting in a chair in a normal condition and indignant. "You have made me a prisoner again in this place," she said, "and it will kill me." "My dear young lady," said the doc tor, "you are not a prisoner. In a few days you will be restored to your friends, if you have any." "I must look for my father," she said. "He is the only friend I have." "I have come down to take care of you. You shall make a confidant of me. I'm your friend, ifo one here has the desire to harm you. We must find out about your father. 1 dare say you have neglected your meal, as usual." "I cannot eat," she said. "But you know I told you that you mxist eat. If you do not obey me, what can I do for you?" and the doctor shrugged his shoulders. A moment later ho said: "Here, take my arm and let us walk about a bit. You must keep your blood in circulation." She let him assist her and passively rested her arm in his. Then they walked out into the arena, tho doctor talking to her in a fatherly way. It was not more than seventy-five feet to the house where tho dynamo and en gine were running. The big door stood open. There was a common wheel chair immediately in front of the door. "Sit down hero for a moment," said the doctor, "and look at the wheel." She obeyed him. The almost har monic buzz of the great iron circle was not unpleasant. She looked at the swiftly-revolving mass with slight in terest. The doctor stepped baok and waited. Hendricks had remained be hind. There was something in the motion that kept her gaze steadily fixed. Five minutes passed. Her eyes lost their stare. The doctor stepped softly up, looked into her face, picked up her hand and let it fall limp upon her lap. Then he beckoned to Hendricks. "Help me wheel her back," he said. "Sho is hypnotized. I never saw so fine a sensitive." When she was once more in the room from which tho doctor had taken her, Hendricks watched the proceedings with interest, but without the awe which this phenomenon inspires in some minds. "Have you got the hair?" asked the doctor. Hendricks handed him the packet and sat down expectantly. The doc tor took somo of the dark locks and put them in the hand of the girl. Her fingers closed over them. Sho stared into vacancy. Her mouth twitched at the corners. Hor face was rigid. "Do you see Mrs. Hendricks?" the doctor asked. An audible murmur came from the eirl. She leaned Slightly forward, "Oli, there are so many men." she said in a plaintive monotone. "What are they doing?" "They are soldiers. They are run ning in all directions." "Yes, yes," said the doctor. "Do you see any women?" "Xow —they are gone out of the air— it is dark and light. Yes, they come together. Ah, it is the fatal place. There is the rail around it. The ground shakes. What is that awful throb? It Is not pleasant here. I choke. The light hurts my eyes, but it is dark." "Do you not see a woman?" asked tho doctor. "Look well. There it a woman —you mutt see her." "So many men," said the girl. "Per haps they will look for my father. There is the sound of the train—there are more men coming—" Her face as sumed a painful immobility. She gasped, threw up her arms, uttered a shriek and fell forward. The doctor, who sprang to catch her, found both her hands over her ears and h°r arms were rigid. One of her hands still clasped the hair and he could not ex tricate it from her fingers. For quite an hour he worked with restoratives over her. Hendricks walked up and down in the arena and waited. At last the doctor appeared. "I've got her around," he said; "but it's the most extraordinary thing I ever heard of. She is suffering from shock." "What, do you make of her talk?" asked Hendricks, somewhat impatient ly "My dear sir," said the doctor. "I don't know what to make of it. But I am bound to tell you that these ex traordinary creatures not only have clear tight but at times prescience. It may be that she saw and described something that has not yet taken place. The great Zchokke often did it in very much tho same way." "That may be very interesting to science," replied Hendricks; "but what we want described is the thing that is happening at present; that ought to be a much easier matter. The hair trick did not work." "There is no infallibility about it," said the doctor. "It may work four times and fail on tho fifth." "Then by all means make the other four experiments immediately." "Impossible. I wouldn't guarantee her life if sho doesn't recover from the shock. She acts like a creature who has been in a terrible explosion." Finding that there was no moving the doctor from this decision Hen dricks, with his usual tact, immediate ly turned his mind to other matters. Close confinement underground was telling upon all the inmates and even upon Hendricks himself. He noticed that the long deprivation of sunlight made everybody gloomy and doubtful. Up to within a week his men had all taken regular turns in the air. In this respect they had nothing to complain of. They had gone out at the western exit in groups—had hunted and fished and enjoyed themselves and he had lost none of them. The privilege had been shut off as soon as the regiment got away and the one hundred men left behind, although made up of the workmen and help of the establish ment, were becoming restive under the restraint. In spite of the fact that the ventilation had been improved very much and the variations of temperature were scarcely appreciable in the ro tunda, which was not only the most spacious, but the most enjoyable pari of the Laran, the doctor found that he was encountering a new group of com plaints and he had the good sense to attribute them to the condition of con finement. The day after the failure of the doc tor's experiment with Miss Endicott, the general, who had been away on a mission of importance, suddenly re turned. lie came in at the bayou en trance late at night, but he reported to Hendricks, who got out of bed anil the two sat in consultation until morning. Whatever the nature of their confer ence was, its importance and the ur gency of events were inado apparent by the general's words at its close. "We have just three days to get the rest of our men out —that leaves them five days to assemble. They must be in St. Mary's on the sth. You have no suspicion, have you, that the new move is known in any way to these officers above ground?" "I know absolutely nothing as to what these men suspect. For some reason Mrs. Hendricks is reticent. The only thing to do is to go ahead and dis regard them. They have got no posse in the neighborhood, for I have been over the ground." At this point the doctor came in and announced that Miss Endicott, who had not been out of her bed since the shock, was in one of her trances and they might, he thought, renew the experi ment in a guarded way. Hendricks excused himself to the general anil went to Miss Endicott's bedside, where, after turning ont the negress, the two men sat down. The doctor then proceeded as before, and when the girl's eyes were fixed upon vacancy, he said: "Tell roe what you see." "Yes, I will tell you," she replied, as if in somo terror of the doctor. "Let me be sure. I see a woman. I know her. She is standing in the cur tains at the window—she—yes, she has the curtain pulled about her —sho is listening." "Look well. What is she listen ing to?" "I cannot telL Yes —some one is walking on the balcony—tho window is open—it is Miss Laport and a young man. They sit down on a bench near the window." "Can you hear what they say?" "No, I cannot hear. Some one is CQpi- Ingjn to tho rgom." "Who is it?" "I fe«l it is a man but I cannot »ce him." "Can you not hear what he hays?" "I cannot hear what he says—l can only hear what the woman say*." "What does she say?" The girl's eyes started from her. "Oh, there are the soldiers eominjj. The air is cold. They hare not takeu I down the iron railing. My God —that is the train. I hear it—they will all be killed." Then with a wild shriek, she threw up her arms and with u shudder put her hands upon her cars and be came to all appearances lifeless. But a little foam oozed from the corner of her mouth. Hendricks was puiiled and nnoyed. There was an uncanny air to the girl's utterances that affected him in a manner peculiar to himself. lie may be said to have resented the intima tion of prescience. He, as a rule, j avoided and disliked mysferies He did not like to acknowledge to himself that something was going on above ground that was suspicious and that Mrs. Hendricks had him at a disad vantage. He turned the matter over 1 in his mind and viewed it from every conceivable point. There seemed only one way out of the growing uncer tainty and it was to take a body of men, surround the house and make the officers prisoners. Just as he had about settled to this conclusion Mrs. nendricks summoned him to the telephone. "I want to warn you," she said, "if any voice but mine comes through this instrument not to answer it. They are all away on the grounds at this moment and I can talk to you. I can not tell if they suspect that these | wires that apparently go out on the poles, lead in another dire«tion, but they are liable to use them at bome moment. They have already made re marks about the chimney and the mails and have ominously kept silence about Miss Endicott's disappearance. But I cruessed the truth when they found the horses' hoof marks und brought in the flask which smelled of the captain's Medford rum. If you precipitate matters now, you may wreck your St. Mary's scheme. If Cal icot knows something about your past —how much I cannot learn. He may know something of yonr future plans. I believe he is the only man who has put together the threads of your career. In a personal encounter he may gee away. If you entrap him, there will be an armed force quartered 011 us. The best plan is to keep him here in lux urious ease by every blandishment I can offer until the St. Mary's affair is over, lie will prefer this place to the Bayou house, if indeed he suspects that place. He is a shrewd man but a susceptible one. Leave him in my hands." Hendricks was not led by this com munication into a moment's inadver tence. He could not tell if it were an honest conviction or part of some scheme of the woman's. He did not dare tell her his own conclusions and thus put her on her guard. He gave her no intimation of his fast maturing plan. He merely asked questions. The result was that he obtained from her further acknowledgments to the fol lowing effect: "Calicot is no ordinary inau. I fear him because I cannot read him. I have a growing l belief that he has industri ously put together your whole career— made his own theory—kept it to him self and ia staying here to corroborate it before putting the machinery of law in operation, or making his plan pub lic. He has shown an unmistakable admiration for me. He professes to have never met a woman whose intel lectual gifts so impressed him. But I cannot tell how far this is his suscepti bility or his game. Yesterday he said my gifts would be of inestimable value to the social system if arrayed on the side of the normal forces of society. I tried all my art to get him to say how far he thought they were arrayed against the conventional order, but I could not get him to divulge anything. At another time he said: 'You are in constant communication with Mr. Hen dricks.' But he changed the subject adroitly when I tried to find out how he knew it. This will show you that if he Btays here it is only a question of time when he discovers our means of intercourse and how necessary it is that I should sparingly use it. Yoa know me too well to think for a mo ment that I am superstitious or vision ary, but this cool, plausible, mysterious man somehow stands in my instinctive feelings for the slow, inevitable, dis passionate, solidarity of man that we have raised our hands against. I have exhausted all my woman's ingenuity in trying to discover the weak spot in his nature. He has, so far, baffled me. I cannot tell if he has a weak spot or is only the cleverest man I ever met in hiding it. It would be a supreme tri umph to outwit such a representative ag'ent intellectually. It cannot bo done in your way. You must handle events. Leave me to deal with motives. In any case, trust me." The result of this was just what we might expect in a man of Hendricks' unplastic will and aggressive nature. Ho was not convinced. He did not like the woman's weak admission of something august and invincible in the social order. lie saw nothing in tho statements and arguments that might not be put forward as part of a subtile scheme to gain time and to keep him helplessly out of the way till her own security was attained. He did not however confer with his asso ciates, but went to the oflice and plunged into a deep consultation with the general and Kenning upon the topography of the country around St. Mary's. They had county and town ship maps with every road and house marked upon them and they were en grossed in the details of a miltary campaign. But that morning the doctor had said that there were six of the men who had demanded to be let out for a few hours. They had pledged themselves to keep away from the roads and merely go into the bush to hunt squirrels aud would be back at night. The doctor advised their re lease for a time and as they were men in whom tho general had every con fidence, the permission was given with a warning. These six men went immediately north, hung about the grounds of the Laran house, encountered the two deputies who were iu the woods and killed them. They then returned at night feeling assured that they had re moved the obstacles to their liberty. Hendricks heard of it first from Mrs. Hendricks. "The two deputies," sho said, "have been killed at the edge of the blue grass opening on tho Smoky Hill stretch. They were killed by your men yesterday afternoon C'alicot senttheir bodies on to Clinton in a wagon, and Lieut. Stocking has gone with them. They had not been gone an hour when four mounted men arrived to take their place. I saw them from my chamber window. It had a [>eculiar effect upon me. They seemed to be the advance j guard of the race Calicot is as suave and unconcerned as ever. We ate breakfast together. I expressed the greatest amount of concern and womanly horror at the deed. He merely remarked that it was an inci dent calculable and of small weight in estimating ultimate results. 'A mere skirmish.' Then he changed the con versation to a trifling subject- We shall now havo six men instead of four. Something tells mo that if you succeed in getting rid of these men, twelve more will take their pluce. It's like lighting an incalculable machine.** Hendricks* plans were decided upon in five minutes after this communica tion lie called in the general and ex plained the situation to him. "We must take this bull by the horns. Pick twenty-five of the best men: stock them with the best horses we have g*it. They are to be timed to arrive at the l.aran house at nine-thirty to-morrow morn ing Have twenty-five more men at this shaft There is no telling what Stocking will bring back with him. I will go up ar.d meet Calicot at that hour I don't want him killed. We must make him our prisoner. As for the rest, let them take the chances. I shall probably hear from Mrs. Hen dricks to-night, but I shall not tell her of my plan. We cannot use Fenning, for he mnst go to St Mary's. Have you got the stuff off?" "Yes," said the general, "the last boxes went last night" (TO IJE CONTIXUKU.) THE TAILER TROUf. A Lusty Denizen of Southern Eng lish Waters. flow the FUh Got ft* Peculiar Name—lt It Very VoractooA and Not aft All Particular ai to Its Food. In several of the shallow and slow flowing streams of the south of Eng land—notably the upper waters of the Lea, the Ver, and the Mlmram. all Hertfordshire streams—the "tailer" Is well known to the exasperated dryfiy fisherman. "And what on earth is the 'tailer'?" the angler not acquainted with these and other similar waters may inquire without shame. The "tailer," says the Pall Mall Bud get. may be best described as a rather gross feeder, destitute of the artistic instinct and the culture which the dry fly fisherman associates with the trout that can only be taken by an exact imitation of natural fly. It la called a "taller" because, when lta head Is plunged Into the weeds In pur suit of freshwater shrimp, its tail breaks the surface of the stream and waves in the air. At the commence ment of the fishing season the "tail ing" trout is usually very busy, and very observable in several famous riv ers. At this season of the year the larger fish are. as a rule, in indifferent or in absolutely bad condition; they are exceedingly hungry after the ex haustion of spawning operations, and are consequently not in the humor to waste time on an occasional small olive dun. or some other insignificant fly. Water-shrimp is fat and appe tizing. and in many streams exceed ingly plentiful. It is not surprising, therefore, that it forms the staple dish of trout, which the pangs of hunger in the early spring assail almost unceas ingly. In early June the big trout will eschew water-shrimp for May-fly, and later on in the season, when they are in fine condition, will feed with be fitting daintiness. It is not much use, as a rule, fishing up stream with a "dry" over a "tailer." The fish is so engrossed in its pig-like operations among the weeds that it treats with contempt a solitary little dun endeavoring to tickle its nose. The best lure for a "tailer" is a big and gaudy alder, fished down stream with in a few inches of the fish, and worked like a salmon fly. At such a lure a "tailer" will come sometimes with a fierce dash, that brings the heart of the angler right into his throat The writer had the pleasure of landing a five-pound trout, hooked by a friend in this manner in a Hertfordshire stream on an early spring evening. A much heavier trout, "tailing" under the bank in an awkward place, was afterwards assailed, and pricked sev eral times, but in vain. A "tailer" is often difficult to scare, and even when actually risen and pricked will recommence feeding In a few minutes, oblivious of danger. The position of the fish, its head buried in the weeds and its tail waving like a flag in the air, naturally renders It easy to approach and difficult to alarm on such occasions. Moreover, a seems to riot in Its rather nasty meal. The water-shrimp glut takes posses sion of the big fish as completely as the May-fly glut. What creature the "tailer" takes the big alder, fished in the manner de scribed, to be is very uncertoln. Some few people assert that fish take a fly under such conditions not from mo tives of hunger so much as of anger mingled with curiosity. But practical anglers and naturalists laugh at such fantastic theories. No doubt the trout takes the alder as the salmon takes the silver doctor—because it looks good to eat. But what particular food it la mistaken for remains a mystery. HE QOT THE QUARTER. A Ride That J* re red Quite Expensive f» the Driver of the Stage. Dr. Samuel G. Dixon, a well-known scientist of the Quaker city, told • Philadelphia Record man ftn amusing story of a scene witnessed In NaW York the other day while riding in ft Fifth avenue stage. "A lftdy gave thd driver a coin," said Mr. Dixon, "and received change for twenty -five oaotc She informed the driver tnat #ho lutd given him fifty centa, bnt the jenu wouldn't have it that way, and the woman had simply to lose twenty-five oents. A moment or two later, how ever, a well-dressed, highly respeotable looking male passenger, with 4 rather pallid face and a physique by nO meana athletic looking, tendered the lady • quarter and said ha had Been the whol« transaction and knew she waa betatf swindled. 'l'll get it back,' aald hat 'vou take It' After some persuasion the woman waa induced to take the money, and ahortly afterward she and all the other passengers except nyself and the man who had produced the cash left the "bus. When we arrived at the end of the line the strange* walked up to the driver, and, in court eous, but firm tonos. said: 'I saw that lady gave yon a half aoll ar. I give hef the quarter and I want you to give it to me.' "A volley of oatha waa the only an swer, which, however, waa cut short by a well-directed blow from the fist of the passenger and the driver down. He got up with another showel of profanity and made for his assail ant, but promptly went down again, the blow this time landing full on the jaw. When the driver got up the geo ond time he gave up the quarter. But the passenger wasn't through yft 'l've split my gloves on your face,' h$ he said, 'ana I want two dollar* ami fifty cents to buy a new pair.' Refusal brought another punch, and .again the driver measured his length. Ho didn't want any more, but gracefully banded his puncher the demanded two dollan and fifty cents. I ascertained after wards that the gallant passenger waa Billy Edwards, the ex-prizc fighter, and the other drivers are, I under stand. still chaffing their ggsoelate on his encounter and Its results." An Aegel In Disguise. Querlcus —So the doctor saved hia life? Cynlcus ITl* poverty, rather. I should say. He was too poor to have the prescriptions filled.— Judge. A Dutch Advertisement. "Anyone proving to my satisfaction that my cocoa essence is Injurious tc health will receive ten canisters free ( Oi dlMf." No. 2 3 IMPROVEMENT. A WORD ABOUT TRAMPS. The Trader SUlo of an OtbonrlM Not At tractive Pl-tnre. The picture nccocnpanying this article represents about the popular idea of the outside appearance of an unfortu nate and little understood class. Man's inhumanity to man may "make count less thousands inourn," but does it n.-ke us think? Are you married? nave you children? Do you remember the birth of the first one, the anxiety, the suspense, the hope, the fear, the unutterable joy, the tender care and ■leepless nights, the childish ills, the paternal love and all the anxious moments? This is human experience, not yours alone, but the experience of all. There are varying degrees of human intellect, there may be varying degrees of human love, but I had rather call it that the difference is not i in the heart, but in the outward ex ! pression which after all means but : little. I The mother and her offspring bear i about the same relation to each other in all the shades of human kind. The most Intelligent and highly educated mother could not do more in defense of i her babe than would she of the lowest social strata. In either case with touching tenderness the little troubles are soothed, the tiny wounds are bound up, the bumped head is made well by "mamma's kiss." i The boy grows older but he Ig still to I his mother ths same "baby." Bis first i pair of pants are put on and dedicated With much interesting ceremony, while his first trip to school is, in the eyes of his parents, unequaled by anything relating to contemporaneous state or national affairs. "If there be aught surpassing human deed, or word, or thought. It Is a mother's love." To his mother the boy is a hero; she sees in him a great future and in her tender blindness she is apt to overlook the most important thing to teach a boy (or girl), viz.. self reliance. The mother dies, the father perhaps: was already worse than dead—a slave to his appetite. The boy is left to his own resources, and poverty whioh so often "snatches the reins out of the hand of piety" is his principal com panion. The teachings of youth are not forgotten but hunger and tempta tion are more potent. The mother's oonstant presence and help could do what her memory cannot "Necessity knows no law." The boy is at that junction of good and evil where but little ia needed to turn _hl*_ wavering steps into the wrong road. The appearance of a real friend, a kind word, a little "lift" on life's highway and the better elements of his man hood are brought out, the teachings of the dead mother predominate and he becomes a maa and soon acquires that strength of character which makes the world glad that he llvea But sup pose, as is often the case, while he stood irresolute at that critical point when need and conscience were on a par, he had met the tempter in any of thousand forms. What then? The same boy. In his heart the same germ of manhood, but he makes a wrong start, it is hard to retrace his steps and he becomes a "tramp," and you and I and the newspaper para grapher put him on an equality with the dude and make jokes about him; we may pity him but we don't let htm know it I move you sir, Mr. Presi dent, that all the tramps be appointed road Inspectors, and be paid out of the fines which should be collected from every township where poor roads are found. This would remedy two evils at once.—Good Roads. The I'M of Wide Tire*. The great benefit to be derived in the. saving of a large proportion of the money now expended for road improve ments should be an Incentive for cities and towns to advocate legislation com pelling the use of wide tires. Beside* ft would be of great advantage to the owners of heavy vehicles in enabling them to carry much larger loads wlta less power and less cost. Herein is in*- deed food for suggestion to carriage builders to institute a much needed change in the manner of constructing heavy wagon wheels. Haverhill (Mass.) Bulletin. Importance of Wagon Roads. The one great need of the agricul tural regions of the United States is good wagon roads, this being in many sections connected intimately with the necessity for better drainage of the land. Within the last quarter of a century the country has been gridlroned with steam lines, while the improvement o< wagon roads has been systematically neglected, as if the latter were ren dered inutile by the former. Never was there a greater mistake. —Chicago Tribune. The Burden Needs Dividing. That farmers should be relieved of a portion of the burden of maintaining the public roads is a reasonable de» mand and is heartily concurred in by the best citizens.—Hon. Edward Buf= rough. Those Sentimental Newspapers. Mr. Reader—The papers mention a number of instances in which labor unions have loaned money to em ployers in order to keep the works run ning during the dull times. Mrs. Reader—Yes, I noticed that; but I don't believe it. "Why not?" "I told Bridget about it, and asked her to lend mc some money to pay her wages, aud she got as mad as a hor net"— N. Y. Weekly. Times Change. Trainer—Wot's makin' yeh so glum? Prize-Fighter—(layingdown a histor ical novel) —Dis world is all goin' to jer dogs. A few centuries ago I would 'a' been in a coat o' mail, headin' a charge o' knights in some battle o' the Roses, an' me chlldrens would 'a' been dukes and princes. Now I can't even fight wid gloves widout sneakin' away from the perlice, an' w'en I git to the top I must go on ther stage or start & gin mill.—Puck. Bm to Speak. Miss Limited —Oh, conductor) I an nearly seasick! Do your cars always sway and jounce and swing around like this? Conductor —Well, this is a pretty crooked road, but you won't mind it when you get used to it. Miss Limited (faintly)— You mean when I "get onto it* eurveV—Brook 14XP- • . • -rV
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