VOLXXXII The CLEVELAND NEW NOVEL. NOBBY The GREAT, SWELL SPECIAL CLEVELAND. An eye opener—A heart tickler. The longer you look at it the sweeter it grows. Popular light weights. See the Cleveland before you purchase your mount for 1895. Never mind what others say, we are ready to supply the trade. V cmember every Cleveland is fully guaranteed to be first class in every © j particular. We have a full line for Ladies, and Gentlemen; Boys and Girls, and All Strictly made. J o o H. A. Lozier Co. CLEVELAND, Ohio. J. E. Forsythe, Ag't. 116 W. Jefferson St. BUTLER, PA. SPECIAL Owinjr to a contemplated change iD our business April Ist.. it becomes necewary that we close oat our entire stock on or before that date—We will therefore place on cale this week ovt-r 2,000 pairs of pants. 1,000 suits nnderwj»iir, 1,200 Men's, 800 Boy's and <>UO Children's suits; 500 Over coats; 1000 Hats; 3')o solid troid Rinjrs; 50 Watebec; 200 Chains, 1,000 Collar and Caff button-; 2,000 Scarf pios; 200 Shirt waists.etc. We here jrive you timely notice of special days ales, and special dis count, so that, you can prepare to take advantage of these sales and secure some ol the bargains. Bargain Days Wednesday Jan. 30—Pants day—2s per cent off, Friday, Feb. Ist Ov. rcoat day—2s per cent, off, • Tuesday Feb sth—Underwear day—2s per cent, off, Thursday, Feb. 7th—Jewelry day—2s per cent off, Monday, Feb. 11th—Hat day—2s percent, off. Special eales on certain lines of goods every day as Ions: as those goods lapt Tbeeo g.Kids not suf j»-et. to Ppeoial dijcoiint . P>nt« forijiur to 6 dollars, special price $1 50 'o *3 30—Men's suits former price f4 50 to sl2 00, special price 250 to 7 50,—Childrens suits, former price 1 to b dollars special price 75c to $3 50, fine gondola Hats former price $2 00 to $4 50. special price from 75c to $2 00—Hoy's aud Childrens Caps, former price 15to 25c. special price Ito 10c—Ufderwear former price 25c, Speciol price 15c—Muffl-rs former price from 50c »o $2 50 special price 25c to $1 25 Don't miss tM« great ss'e- by borrowing money at. tj per cent you can save 27 per cent net, now this may seem strange yet it is true, and if you doobt it Just call around and we will convince you. D. A. Heck, Champion Clothier, Hatter and Furnisher, 21 N. Ma in St., Duffy's Etuk, lutHr.Fe KHANK KEMPER, DEALER IN BLANKETS, HARNESS, A rifl everything in horse and btiggy fur nishing goods—Harness, Collars, Whips. Dusters, Saddles, etc. trunks and valises. Repairing done on short notice. The largest assortment of Horse blankets in town will be tound at FRANK KEMPER'S, 124 S MAIN ST, BUTLER, PA. BUTLER COUNTY Mutual Fire Insurance Company, Office Cor.Main & Cunningham ALP. WICK Pre* «KO. KKTTKKKR. Vice Pres. * L. 6. Br J OKl Ser'j and Vrew>. DiMECrOKH: AltretWick, Henderson Oliver, Dr. W. Irvln, James Stephenson, W. VV. Blackmore. N. Weitzel F. Bowman, H. J. Kllngler Geo Ketterer. i has. ReDnun, Oeo. Renno, John Koer.in.- LOYAL S. McJUNKIN Agent-j Ladies' Muslin Underwear? Wo have opened the fiuest assortment i we have ever offered to our customers. | We have never before shown such bat gains. Newest rtyies in Corset covers ; ranging in price, 10, 2a, 35, 50, 75c and SI.OO. Ladle* and Children* drawer* in nil the newest designs and makes. both ia : tucked and embroidered, price -3. 35. 50, 75c and $1 00 Large variety Lado«s kins, plain, tuoked and embroidered; 50 fi">. 75 • e's.Tufl'siz™- «rd price 60, 65, 75c SI.OO, $1 25 $1 35 $1 75. Come and examine quality and prices before doing yoor spring sewing and *ne If you cannot buy cheaper than you can make. M. F. & M. MARKS, 113 to 117 8. Main St.. - Butler. HI § ||Tr n MEH. local or travel llu AN I P II tag. to sellmy guaran. VV H IV I t, U teed NUBSEKV STOCK ■ Salary or Commission paid weeKly. Outfit fi«>. speoial attention Iflven to heijliiuers NVor'xers never t*tl to innke rood weekly wages. Write me at once lor par Uculars. E. 0. GRAHAM, Nurseryman Koch inter N. Y, ? Are Your ? \ ? Fresh? / C Everything we have isC / fresh. We guarantee every/ p pound we sell to be the} \ best of its kind there is. \ / We want regular,all-the \ r year-round, trade. Let us C V sell you all you can eat. € i Henry riillei%( ? Opposite P. O. S IST JEW Southside Tlestaurarit No. 211 Centre Avenue, (Whit mire buildiDg,) convenient to P. & W. depot. Open all hoars. All kind of lunches and regular meals. Tobacco and Cigars, fine confectionß and everything to he found in a firnt class R« staurunt Give us a call and w»- will do our best to ac commodate yoQ. W. J. MATES, Manager. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. C.X, D. A business that keeps grow ing through a season oi 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 large profits are past. Without question we are giving more for the money than last year. Our stock is larger to select from than last year. CALL AND SEE US. Colbert & Dale. It is unnecessary to bore vou with the advertisement of our largest stock, best facilities, biowst 7 CO business, etc. You know we have that. The important an nouncement is, We will Positively save yon Money on your Fall Clothes. Our stock tables are resplendent with the new est patterns. See them. ALAND, TAILOR. Look at This. mm T C y//fi Think of it, a Ladies fine Vici Kid Shoe, in lace or button, six different styles to select from, price $1.25 actual value $2.00. We are going to spring a sur prise on our customers and place on sale a Ladies Kid Button Shoe, Pat tips at 88cts., also a Ladies fine grain button shoe at 88cts.,if you want a pair of these don't delay, they are going fast. We claim to sell the best shoe for SI.OO ever made. It is a gents fine Bufl Shoe in lace or congress and just as much style to it as any $3.00 shoe in the market. Our mens A Calf Congress and Lace shoe at 95cts, needs no mention. We are selling them about as fast as we can get them. All winter goods and Rubber to be sold regardless of cost, TRY. Tie New Sboe Store. C. E. MILLER, 215 S. Main St., Butler, Pa. JOHN W. BROWN C. A. ABRAM*. ABRAMS & BROWN, Real Estate, Fire and Life Insurance, HCKHITON BUILDt.NO. NKAR COURT HOUSK. BUTLEK, Pa. Insurance Company of North Aui«-rira, 102 d year. Asset* $9,278,000; Homo of N»-w York. Assets $9,000,000; llartford of Ha't ford, Assets $7,378,000; Phoenix ot 8r0..k tyn. Assets $.">.000,000. L. S. McJUNKtN Insurance and *e*l Estate Agent, 17 EABT JEFFERSON BITTI.KR. PA. Hotel Butler J. H. FAUBEL, Prop'r. This house has been thorough ly renovated, remodeled, and re fitted with new furniture and carpets; has electric bells and all other modern conveniences for guests, and is as convenient, and desirable a home for strangers as can toun<J in Buller. Pa. Elegant sample room for use 01 commercial men Hotel WiUiard. Reopened and now ready for the rcommodation of tho traveling pub lic. Ever} thing in style. MRS. MATTIE REIHING, Owner M H BR001&, Clerk, BUTLER. PA., THURSDAY. FEBRUARY 14=, 1805. i ThatTiredFeeling Is due to an impoverished condition of the ; blood. It should be overcome without de lay. and the best way to accomplish this result is to take Uood's which Hood's Sar'a -1 JL %%%%%% parilla will purify and vital- £ "V « « ize the blood, give A U1 vd ! strength and appe ti t e and produce fwwwww sweet and refreshing sleep. Be sure to get Hood's Sarsaparilla. and only Hood's. Hood's Pills cure nausea, and biliousness. Regis-ter'a Notices. The Register hereby gives notice that the following accounts of exeeutors, xdmiu utrators and tuardian-. hive been ti el in nig office according to U«. nu d will be- present ed to Court lor confirmation and allowance on "-aiurdiiy. ihe !>tli day of March, 1 895, »t 9 o'clock a ui.. of s*id day: I Firs; ami final account of oor.« E. liofi man, administratrix of Freder.ck A llo£- j man, deoased, late of Franklin two. •I Final ae' ount ot C. B. Irvine, exeruior of E zaheth McCamlless, deceased, l«!e of Aiems twp. 3. Final sccouut of George Fox, gtti:rdian ot George Knecbt »ud Kmina k>ecui. minor eliilnren ot C. L. Kuecht, deceased, late of Butler iwp. -1. First and final account of John H. Mc- I.urc, guardiau of .lenuie May Btair, minor child <>t Rebecca Blair, deceased, late o; Fairv ew bo ! o 5. Final account of John K. Gilchr si, guardian of John White, minor child • James M. and Kebecca J. White dtceax d, laie ot Venango twp. ti. First and fiual account of Levi Boyer, administrator oi Elizabeth Uoyer, deeea-co, ia:e of Jacksou twp. 7. First and final accouut of Thomas R. HOOD Executor ot George Dawson, decease- 1 , laie ot Ceuler twp. S. Final account ot Walter K. Wick, ao uiiuistiator oi Nan die J. Wick, dtcea.e-1, iaie ot Butler boro. y. Float acc-'Uiit ot Wuj. B Currie, ex<.- ui«-r »d" Georue C. McCaudJeas, deceased, l«i. oi Frank 'in twp 10 Final account of J. i". Douiey, &dioi>> isiraun and trustee ot the estate ot J >tiu N l'urviance, deceased, late of Butler boro. II Fiual account, of J. D. McJuukin, guardian of A. Markle Neymao, minor cniid ot Euieiine Neymao, deceased, laie oi timid boro. 12. Final account of William .11. Wick guardian of William H. McGarvey, irnuor child ol Hubert D. Mctjarvoy, deceased, iau ol Fairvie*' twp, 13. Final accouut cf William Xi. VV id guardian oi Sadie li McGarve>, minor child ol Robert D. McGarvey, deceased, tale o. Fairview township. 14. Final account ot F. P. Critchlow, ad ministrator ot the estate oi W. F. HeusUaw, deceased, late ot Pro-peel b >ro. 15. Fiual acc >uut ol Jouu Reed a imlu istralor of George W. Forsythe, deceased. late of Slippery rock towusUip 16. Final accouut ot James H. Moin.-o Jr.. gdmluisirator ol Daniel Elleby,deceaee'l late of Harrisville boro. 17. Final account ol 11. J. O'Douuell, ad ministrator of Chai le* <->'• ouuell. decease , late ot Clearfield township. 18. Fiual accouut ol Cnarlea W. G -ehring admiuirtraior ol Jono Goetiriug. deceased, tate oi Harmony boro. 19. Final account ot Isaac G Pollard una Ell Keep, executors ot tleury Keep,decease-.: iase ol Fairvi. w twp. 20. i-inai acc .'Uut of Margaret Bei„!ilt.. administratrix of John II Beiuhley, •;< ctased, late ot Eaucaster iwp. 21 Panwl accouut ol L S l.utdiu » iviKur i WesiurujdU, u iiniuistrnuirn ~| vV i iiaui llnriutr, «lt-cc-iscil. late ol Citutou twj> 21. I'artiHi account ol Ji.liu hi,,-u ixtcuior ot K<l*aru W inter, dtc.jutd, i te oi Oekinbu twj.. *3. first partial account ot J. Wu.i.i Hartley anil L, .Vic-'ua&iu,executors ol W 1. Buriley, deceased, late ot hutler boro 24. J-'lrst and tiual account .»! Veusel, administrator of ihe estate ol Join \enseJ, deceased, late ot Llouegal t*n. 25. tiual accouut ol Mar i'.urKl.url, execu rix oi JoUu iiarktiari, ue ceased, late ot Butler twp. 26. Fiual accouut ot Charles Oesterluit administrator ol Christian Oesterling. ot censed, late ot Donegal twp. 2". Final fcccouut oI Alexander Black, ml uiii.istraior ol Alaigaret Cowan .deceased, i« It oi Slippery rock iwp. 2». Final accouut ol A. D. Weir, guardta . i J1 y ————* ' — tw|>., as staled by Eiuabeiu J. vVeir, adtum isuatrix oi A. 1). VVeir, deceased. Ti). Final account ot A, L>. Weir, guardian ol l.atliariue B. Petsi nger, a minor cund nl Mary Jane Petsiager, deceased lute oi butialo twp.. as slated tty Elizabeih J. VVeir, administratrix ot'A. I). Weir, dece sed. 30 Final accuu.t ol A 1). Weir, guardi n ot tiudsou W. l'ouabay, miuor cuiid o> Samanttia Don a bay, deceased, laie ol tJutiai l»p., as slated oy Elizabeth J Weir, aumn lotralrix ot A. D. VVeir, deceased. 31. Fiual accouut ol A. D. VVeir, guardian of F<iuard J. Donahay, tumor cbild oi Hamaulha Douabay, deceased, late ot Bulla.■> iwp., as staled by Elizabeth J. Weir, aatutu isiratrix ol A D. Weir, deceased. 32. Filial account ol A. D. VVeir, guardiai ol Doily liouabay, tuiuor cbild o; Sauinuiii- Donabay.decea.-ed, late ot Butl.ilo ncp , as Stated by Elizabeth J. VVeir, administratrix ot A . D VV eir, dtceased. 33. Filial account ot Sarah Rodger*, ad ministratrix ol fuotilaa KoOger s, ueceu.-e , ■aie ot Fairview iwp. 34. Final account of J. H. Curottiers, a - ujiniotrator cl Jmnts Armstrong, decent- , late ol Cherry iwp. 35. Final aecouut of Win. S. Casbduiiai. guardian ol Waller 11. Glileiauu, tniuv child of John C. UitleUnd, aecfeaaed, lale «. Adams twp. 36. Final account of Jobu W. (iillt-y atlmistralor of HiWillon Utlleapie, aerea.-iO late ol CouuoqueDesslug twp, 7. Final account ol Ueorge It. Greeu, ad n. mutilator ol Ou?e Isabel U>~eeu, decea-eii, ikle ol Allegheny iwp. IW Fiuai account ol Jacob Keck, auini.. ■strator C I'. A.; U B N ;ol Joseph Aliusit Sr., deceaaed late ot Oaaiand twp 39. Partial account ot Lewis Nortueiui executor ol Cti!lstiua tiaoler, deceased, iai. ot Donegal twp. J.S WICK Rrfc' Widows' Appra semenin. The following widows' appraisements ol personal property set apart lor the btUetii o be widows ot decedents tiave been tileo in the office ot the Clerlt ol Orphans' CVuu ot Butler county, viz: Widow ot Th»mas Donaldson $ S K t> • " Win Lutz 300 IA» 11 John G. Kauss 3UO Ou W. 11. Hit 300 (XI " William J. black 90 " Jas. Sellers 30tj o>' " Jesse Kice, Br 300 0J '' J.C. shanor 42 5<J All persons inteiested in the aboye ap prai->enienU> will take notice mat they will (>e prnenitd tor continuation to the Orphans' . Court ot Butier county, Pa., ou the 9th day of March. 1895, and it no eicepuons be tiled they will be confirmed absolutely. JOSEPH CIIISWEU,, Clerk O. C WEAR HAHMERSLOUGH BRO S Famous New York, tailor-made CLOTHING For sale by prominent dealers all over the State. None genuine without Hammerslough Bro's label. The swellest and best wearing clothes in this Country. Ask your clothier for them. Save 20 Per Cent, By bringing your dyeing an cl aui-'U di- I rect to our place. We have done awav with j our agents and propose giving our patrons ! the benefit. Come and bring your work and i we can tell you just what can he done to it, thus avoiding the mi«under<<tauding and in competency of ageota. If you canno' couie seed us a postal and we will call on you. I R. Fisher. THE SURGEON'S VISIT. BY JAN MACLAHEX. Dr. Mac Lure did not lead a solemn procession from the sick bed to th« dining-room, and give his opinion from the hearthrug with an air of wisdom bordering on the supernatural, because neither the Urumtochty houses nor his manner were on that large scale. He was accustomed to deliver himself in the yard, and to conclude his directions with one foot in the stirrup; but when he left the room where the life of Annie Mitchell was ebbing slowly away, out doctor said not one word, and at the sight of his face her husband's heart was troubled. He was a dull man, Tammas, who could not read the meaning of a sign, and labored under a perpetual disabil ity of speech; but love was eyes to him that day, and a mouth. "Is't as bad as yir lookin', doctor? Tell the truth; wull Annie no come through?" and Tammas looked Mac- Lure straight in the face, who never flinched his duty or said smooth things. "A' wud gie onything tae say Annie hes a chance, but a' daurna; a' doot yir gaein' to lose her, Tammas'." Mac Lure was in the saddle, and as he gave his judgment he laid his hand on Tammas' shoulder with one of the rare caresses that pass between men. "It's a sair business, but ye 'ill play the man and no vex Annie; she 111 dae her best, a'll warrant." "An* a'll dae mine;" and Tammas gave Mac Lure's hand a grip that would have crushed the bones of a weakling. Drumtochty felt in such moments the brotherlinessof this rough-looking man, and loved him. Lammas hid his face in Jess' mane, who looked round with sorrow in her beautiful eyes, for she had seen many tragedies, and in this silent sympathy the stricken man drank his cup, drop by drop. The winter night was falling fast, the snow lay deep upon the ground, and the merciless north wind moaned through the close as Tammas wrestled with his sorrow dry-eyed, for the tears were denied Drumtochty men. Neither the doctor nor Jess moved hand or foot, but their hearts were with their fellow creature, and at length the doctor made a sign to Marget Howe, who had come out in search of Tammas, and now stood at his side. "Dinna mourn tae the brakin' o' yir heart, Tammas," she said, "as if Annie an' you had never loved. Neither death nor time can pairt them that love; there's neathin' in a' the warld sae strong as love. If Anni« gaes frae the sieht o' yir e'en she'll come the nearer tae yir hert. She wants tae see ye, and tae hear ye say that ye 'ill never forget her nicht nor day till ye meet In the land where there's nae pairtin'. Oh, a' ken what a'\a sayin', for it's five years noo sin George gied awa, an' he's mair with me noo than when he wes in Edinboro' and I wes in Drumtochty." "Thank ye kindly, Marget; thae are gude words and true, an' ye hev the richt tae say them; but a' canna dae without seein' Annie comin' tae me in the gloamin', an' gaein' in an' oot the hoose, an' hearln* her ca' me by ina name, an' a'll no can tell her that a' luve her when there's nae Annie in the hoose. "Can naethin' be dune, doctor? Ye savit Flora Cammil and young Burn brae, an' yon shepherd's wife, Dun leithwy, an' we were a' sae prood o' ye, an' pleased tae think that ye hed kepit deith frae . nither hame. Can ye no think o' somethin' tae help Annie, and gie her back tae her man and bair nies?" and Tammas searched the doc tor's face in the cold, weird light. "Ye wi' TT*«v TammaSi a' kent her lang afore ye ever luved her; a' brocht her intae the warld, and a' saw her through the fever when she was a bit lassikie; a' closed her mith er's een, and it wes me hed to tell her she wes an orphan, un uae man wes better pleased when she pot a gude husband, and a' helpitherwi' her fower bairns. A've naither wife nor bsurus o' ma own, an' a' coont a' the fauk o' the glen ma family. Div ye think a' wudna save Annie if I cud? If there wes a man in Muirtown 'at cud dae mnir for her, a'd have him this verra nicht, but a' the doctors in Perthshire are helpless for this tribble. "Tammas, ma puir fallow, if it could avail, a' tell ye a' wud lay down this auld worn-oot ruckle o' a body o' mine juist tae see ye baith sittin' at the fire side, an' the bairns round ye, couthy an' canty again; but it's nae tae be, Tammas, it's nae tae be." "It's God's wull an' maun be borne, but it's a sair wull for me, an' a'm no ungTatefu' tae you, doctor, for a' ye've duen and what ye said the nicht, and Tammas went back to sit with Annie for the last time. Jess picked her way through the deep snow to the main road, with a skill that came with long experience, and the doctor held converse with her. "Eh, Jess wumman, yon wes the hardest wark a' hae tae face, and a* wud raitlier hae ta'en ma chance o' anither row in a Glen llrtach drift than tell Tammas Mitchell his wife wes deein*. "A* said she cudn* be cured, and it wes true, for there's juist ae man in the land fit for't, and they micht aa weel try tae get the mune oot o' heaven. Sae a' said naethin' tae vex Tammas, for it's eneuch withoot regrets. "But it's hard, Jess, that money wull buy life after a', an' if Annie wes a duchess her man wudna lose her; bul bein' only a puir cottar's wife, sha maun dee aforo the week's oot. "Gin we hed him the morn there's little doot she wud be saved, for he hasna lo6t mair than five per cent, d his cases, and they 'ill be puir toon's craturs, no strappin' women like An nie. "It's oot o' the question, Jess, sae hurry up, lass, for we've hed a heavy day. But it wud be the grandest thing that wes ever dune In the glen in 00l time if it could managed by hook 01 crook. "We 'ill gang and see Drumsheugh, Jess; he's anither man sin' Oeordl* HOO'B deith, and he wes aye kinder than fouk kent;" and the doctor passed 1 at a gallop through the village, whose j lights shone across the white frost bound roa4. "Come in by, doctor, a' heard ye on the road; ye 'ill hae been at Tammas Mitchell's; hoo's the gudewife? a' doot she's sober." "Annie's deein', Drumsheugh, an' Tammas is like tae brak his heart." "That's no lichtsome, doctor, no lichtsome ava, for a' dinna ken ony , man in Drumtochty sae bund up in his , wife as Tammas, and there's no a bon- I nier wumman o' her age crosses oor kirk door than Annie, nor a cleverer at her warlt. Man, ye 'ill need tae pit ylr brains in steep. Is she clean beyond j ye?" "Beyond me and every ither in the land but ane, and it wud cost a hun dred guineas tae bring him tae Drum- j tochty." "Cartes, he's no blate; it's a fell charge for a short day's work; but hun dred or no hundred we 'ill hae him, an' no let Annie gang, and her no half her { years." "Are ye meanin' it, Drumsheugh?" ' and Mac Lure turned white below the tan. "William Mac Lure," said Drums heugh, in one of the few confidences that ever broke the lJurmtheugh re serve. "a'm a lonely man, wi' naebody o' »a »in toe cuxo Jjjr living | or tae lift me intae ma coffin. "A' fecht awa at Muirtown market for an extra pund on a beast, or a fihll lln' on the quarter o' barley, an' what's the o't? Burn brae g tea aff tae g-et a poon for his wife or a buke for his college laddie, an' Lachlan Camp bell 'ill no leave the place noo withoot a ribbon for Flora. Ilka man in the Kildruuimie train has some bit in bis pooch for the fauk at home that he's bocht wi' the siller he won. "But there's naebody tae be lookin' oot for me. an' comin' doon the road tae meet me, an' daffin' (joking) wi' me aboot their fairing, or feeling ma pock ets. Ou a' a've seen it a' at ither booses, though they tried to hide it frae me for fear a' wud lauch at them. "Yir the only man kens. Weelum, that I amce hived the noblest wutnman in the plen or onywhere, an" a' luve her still, but wi' anither luve noo. "She hed given her heart tae acither, or a've trocht a' micht hae won her, though nae man be worthy o' sic a gift. Ma hert turned tae bitterness, but that passed awa beside the brier bush whpre George Hoo lay yon sad simmer time. Some day a'll tell yer ma story, Weel um, for you atf' me are auld freonds, and will be till we dee." Mac Lure felt beneath the table for Drumsheugh's hand, but neither man looked at the other. "Well, a' we can dae noo, Weelum, gin we haena mickle brichtness in oor ain hames. Is tae keep the licht frae gaein' oot in anither hoose. Write the telegram, man, and Sandy 'ill send it aff frae Eildrummie this verra nicht, and ye 'ill hae yir man this morn." "Yir the man a' coonted ye, D rums heugh, but ye 'ill grant me ae favor. Ye'll lat me pay the half, bit by bit— a' ken yir wull in' tae dae't a' —but a' haena monv pleasures, an' a' wud like tae hae ma ain share in savin' Annie's life." Next morning a figure received Sir George on the Kildrummie platform, whom that' famous surgeon took for a gillee, but who introduced himself as "Mac Lure, of Drumtochty." It seemed as if the east had come to meet the west when these stood together, the one in traveling furs, handsome and distinguished, with his strong cultured face and carriage of authority, a char acteristic type of his profession; and the other more marvelously dressed than ever, for Drumsheugh's topcoat had been forced upon him for the occa sion, his face and neck cne redness with the hitter cold; rough and ungainly, yet not without some signs of power in his eye and voice, the most heroic type of his noble profession. Mac Lure com passed the precious arrival with observ ances till he was securely seated in Drumsheugh's dogcart—a vehicle that lent itself to history—with two full sized plaids added to his equipment— Drumsheugh and Hillocks had both been requisitioned and Mac Lure wrapped another plaid round a leather case, which was placed below the seat with such reverence as might be given to the queen's regalia. Peter attended their departure full of interest, and as soon as they were in the fir woods Mac- Lure explained that it would be an eventful journey. "It's richt in here, for the wind disna get at the snaw, but the drifts are deep In the glen, and th'ill be some engineer- In' afore we get tae oor destination." "A' seleekt the road this morning, an' a' ken the depth tae an inch; we 'ill get through this steadin' here, but oor worst job 'ill be crossin the Tochty. "Ye see the bridge hes been shakin' wi' this winter's flood, and we daurna venture on it, sae we hev tae ford, and the snaw's been melting up Urtach way. There's nae doot the water's gey big, an' its threatenin' tae rise, but we 'ill win through wi' a warstle. ye mind haddin' then on yir knee till we're ower, an' keep firm in yir seat in case we come on a stane in the bed o' the river." By this time they had come to the edge, and it was not a cheering sight. The Tochty had spread out over the meadows, and while they waited they could see it cover another two inches on the trunk of a tree. Thjre are sum mer floods, when the water is blown and flecked with foam, but this was a winter flood, which is black and sul len, and runs in the center with a strong, fierce, silent current. Cpon the opposite side Hillocks stood to give directions by word and hand, as the ford was on his land, and none knew the Tochty better. They passed through the shallow water without mishap, save when the wheel struck a hidden stone or fell suddenly into a rut; but when they neared the body of the river Mac Lure halted to give Jess a breathing. "It 'ill take ye a' yir time, lass, an' a' wud raither be on yir back; but y« never failed me yet, an' a wumman's life is hangin' on the crossin'." With the first plunge into the bed ol the stream the water rose to the axles, and then it crept up to the shafts, sc that the surgeon could feel it lapping in about his feet, while the dogcart be gan to quiver, and it seemed as if it were to be carried away. Sir George was as brave as most men, but he had never forded a Highland river in flood, and the mass of black water racing past beneath, before, behin him, af fected his imagination and shook his nerves. He rose from his seat and or dered Mac Lure to turn back, declaring that he would be condemned utterly and eternally if be allowed himself to be drowned for any person. "Sit doon," thundered Mac Lure; "condemned ye will be suner or latet gin ye shirk yir duty, but through the water ye gang the day." Both men spoke much more strongly and shortly, but this is what they in tended to say. and it was Mac Lure that prevailed. Jess trailed her feet along the ground with canning art, and held her shoul der against the stream; Mac Lure leaned forward in his seat, a rein in each hand, and his eyes fixed on Hil locks, who was now standing up to the waist in water, shouting directions and cheering on horse and driver. "Hand tae the richt, doctor; there's a hole yonder. Keep oot o't for ony sake. That's it; yir daein' fine. Steady, man, 6teady. Yir at the deepest; sit heavy in yir seats. Up the channel noo, an' ye'ill be oot o' the swirl. Weel dune, Jess, weel dune, auld mare! Mak straicht for me, doctor, an' a'll gie ye the road oot. Ma word, ye've dune yir best, baith o'ye this mornin'," cried Hillocks, splashing up to the dogcart. "Sail, it wes titch an* go for a meenut in the middle; a Hielan' ford is a kittle (hazardous) road in the snaw time, but ye're safe noo. "Gude luck tae ye up at Wcsterton, sir; nanc but a richt-hearted man wud hae riskit the Tochty in flood. Ye're boond tae succeed aifter sic a graund be ginnin'," for it had spread already that a famous 6urgeon had come to do his best for Annie, Tammas Mitchell's wife. Two hours later Mac Lure came out from Annie's room and laid hold of Tammas, a heap of speechless misery by the kitchen tire, and carried him off to the barn, and spread some corn on the threshing floor and thrust a flail into his hands. "Noo we've tae begin, an' we 'ill no be dune for an' oor. and ye've tae lay on withoot stoppin' till a' come for ye, an' a'll shut the door tae haud in the noise, an' keep yir dog beside ye, for there maunna be a cheep aboot the hoose for Annie's sake." "A'U d»e <ujythicjf ye wunt aie, byt "A'll come for ye, Tammas, gin there be danger; but what are ye feared for wi' queen's ain surgeon here?" Fifty minutes did the llail rise aud fall, save twice, when Tammas crept to the door and listened, the dog lifting his head and whining. It seemed twelve hours instead of one when the door swung back, and Mac Lure filled the doorway, preceded by a great burst of light, for the sun had arisen. His face was as tidings of great joy, and told me that there was nothing like it to be seen that after noon for glory, sa\ . ;'ao sun itself in the heavens. "A" never saw the marrow, o't Tim mas, an' a'll never see the like again; it's a' over, man, withoot a hitch frae beginnin' tae end, and she's fa n asleep as fine as ye like." "Dis he think Annie ... 'll live?" "Of coorse he dis, and be aboot the hoose inside a month; that's the gude o' b«in' a clean-bludded, weel-Livin' — "Preserve ye, man, what's wrang wi' ye? It's a mercy a' keppit ye, or we wud hev anither job for isir George. "Ye're a' richt noo; sit doon on the strae. A'll come back in a while, an' ye'll see Annie juist for a meenut; but ye maunna say a word." Margaret took him in and let him kneel by Annie's bed. He said nothing then or afterward, for speech came only once in a lifetime to Tammas, but Annie whispered, "Ma ain dear man." When the doctor placed the precious bag beside Sir George in our solitary first next morning, he laid a check be side it and was about to leave. "No, no," said the great man. "Mrs. Macfadyen and I were on the gossip last night, and 1 know the whole story about you and your friend. You have some right to call me a coward, but I'll never let you connt me a mean, miserly rascal," and the check with Drumsheugh s painful writing fell in fifty pieces on the floor. As the train began to move a voice from the first called so that all in the station heard: "Give's another shake of your hand, Mac Lure; I'm proud to have met you. sfou are an honor to our profession. Mind the antiseptic dressings." It was market-day, but only Jamie Soutar and Hillocks had ventured down. "Did ye hear yon. Hillocks? Hoo dae ye feel? A'll no deny a'm lifted." Half way to the junction Hillocks had recovered and began to grasp the situation. "Tell's what he said. A' wud like to hae it exact for Drumsheugh." "Thae's the eedentical words, an' they're true; there's no a man in Drum tochty disna ken that except ane." "An' wha's that, Jamie?" "It's Weelum Mac Lure himself. Man, a've often girned that he sud feeht awa for us a', and mavbe dee before he keitt that he had githered 111:1 ir luve than on 3* man in the glen. " 'A'm prood tae hae met ye,* says Sir George, an' him the greatest doctor in the land. 'Yir an liouor tae oor profes sion.' ,v "Hillocks, a' wud:* hae missed it for twenty notes," r i.;ii -i.-ir.. s Soutur, cynic-in-ordinary to the parish of Drumtochty. —From "li- -i )e the Hon nie Briar Bash." FACTS ABOUT FATIGUE. WUothor Arising from Atlilatlc ExerelM or Exccu. It IK Kqually Bad. Dr. Tissie, a well-known French physician, has been studying- the sub ject of excessive physical culture. He points out, in Science Siftings, that there is a similarity between the nerv notic States. v ' Xi i' rnrtgtt e "W rd tnd nerves; the muscles simply lose their power. In violent and prolonged physical exercise the waste of the body is rapid and extreme, and at the end the victim is in a state of poisoning from the accumulation of waste prod ucts in his system not yet thrown off. He is like a patient recovering from some disease. The muscular overstrain In the case is like that which results from such nervous shocks as are some times produced by violent emotions or by dreadful dreams. Dr. Tissie made a special study of the case of a runner in a "go-as-you-please" race which continued twenty-four hours. The first effect of the nervous exhaustion was a feeling of great fa tigue, followed by loss of interest and disgust. Next came phenomena of il lusion or hallucination, of double per sonality, loss of memory and great need of sleep. The doctor claims that the real aim of every trainer for the ring is to produce an automatic state in the one who is to take part in the con test of physical strength. His whole Bcience is to transform the man he trains into a being that will keep on automatically. Something of this oc curs in all overstrain from prolonged physical exercise. The plodding ac tion which results is akin to the con stant repetition of the same word over and over until it becomes a fixed idea in tije mind. The doctor's conclusions are that the abuse of athletic sports is an evil; that the players lose character and tend to retrograde from intel lectual volition to an habitual autom atism. Just as moderate exercise is irood, so these intensive exercises are bad. that Tonne Man Again. "Did you ever pay any attention to theosop'ny, Mr. Slogo?" she asked, with deadly sweetness in her tones. The young man admitted that ho had not "Oh, it is just lovely!" she continued. "I have often thought how perfectly charming it would be to send one's astral self down into the parlor to en tertain, while one's real tired self was sou yd asleep." The ticking of the little clock b-<*ame so painfully loud that the youug man was forced to look at it and suddenly discover that it was really growing so awfully late. —Indianapolis Journal- Th* Glorious Kait "Out in Oregon," said a man from that state, "the air is so clear that you can see the peak of Mount Shasta in California, from the peak of Mount Hood in Oregon, a distance of two hun dred and seventy-six miles." "Here in the east we can see much farther than that." "0, come now." "It's a fact. The moon is two hun dred and forty thousand miles away, but we can see it on a clear night."— Life. Symptom*. He pondered in silence for a moment. When the ormolu clock had measured a moment he spoke: "Darling," he said, "do you think your father divines my purpose?" The lovely girl did not ponder at all. She answered at once. "Egberthold,"she whispered, "I think he suspects. For upward of a week : now he has devoted an hour each after noon practicing the drop kick with a bag of sand."—Detroit Tribune. Moftt Cordial Frtulcnwi. Mr. Dobbins had been urging a friend whom he met to come and dine with him at his home. The gentleman still hesitated in accepting the invitation, so Master Thomas concluded he had best put in a word. "You better come," Tommic advised him. "We don't have any great shakes i of dinners right along, but ma always i slings herself when we have visitors."— j JwJffe. ABOUT SUBIRRIGATION. How Farmers on the Plains Can Practice It to Advantage. Wherever the irrigation is necessary to the production of a crop, it will be j found of great advantage, at the time | of seeding, to make ditches and fcr j rows at short intervals, and then to ! so check the water in these ditches that it may stand in small bodies at a ; level above the general surface of the ! ground to be irrigated. If the water is held constantly in these small res ervoirs during the growing season, it will not be necessary to flood the ground so often, and if the soil is suf ficiently porous, it may be possible to give the crop all the moisture it needs without surface application. Wherever this plan Is practicable it has been found to be of the greatest advantage, as the ground is kept mellow and fri able while flooded land becomes so hardened that plants make but little growth in it. If a field has a steep sidehill slope, it e j/f d c \ - 'h - j C <t C 1 j cal ~u r "1 t r ' DIAGRAM OF BUBIBRIG A TED FIELD. is best to bring the water into it by a supply ditch on the highest part, as 6hown at a in the sketch, and conduct it by a series of dams or drops b, b b b b, to the lowest part of the field. Then run ditches c c from above each drop nearly along a contour or equal level line of the field, dyking these ditches up to keep tho water above ac cidental high places. These ditches should be permanent They should be near together at the top of the field, the intervals widening as they near the lower edge, as the seepage from the upper ditches will necessarily make the ground more and more moist to ward the lower edge of the field. The field should be made as* long as possible along the course of these ditches, and the ditches shoald be made as near parallel as the ground will permit, so as to obtain as large and regular an area between ditches as possible. Whenever it is necessary to flood growing crops an opening can be made in these permanent ditches at points where the grade line of the ditch in tersects a slight knoll. This will pre rent washing of dykes and the con sequent digging up of crops to repair these breaks. From these openings the water should be conducted in zig zag oourses, in furrows prepared at the time of seeding, thus preventing wash ing. and keeping the water as much as possible away from the crowns of plants until it soaks into the soil. A. headgate d should be placed at the source of each of these field laterals, and then it is possible for the fanner to so regulate the supply in each part of tho tleld that a sufficient supply may bo at the roots of every plant, and very little or no water going to waste at the ends of the field laterals. By this method a comparatively small quantity of water can be made to sup ply a large area. The system is simple, and can be applied in many sections not equipped with regular Iw rtiivwrww UffduUM.. M gation.—J. R. Patterson, in Orange Judd Farmer. PROFITABLE FISH FARMS* A N't* Industry Now Being Developed by ProgrAfulTe Farmer#. The practice of raising food fish for market has become of late a very prof itable Industry, and in some parts of the country is being carried out on an extensive scale. The equipment of a fish farm, as It is called. Is a very simple and Inexpen sive operation. Land which would be valueless for ordinary farming may be used for the purpose, the only require ment being a plentiful supply of good running water. The best site for a farm is a hilly or mountainous district where the water runs swiftly and is in terrupted by waterfalls, since this serves to aerate and refresh the water. The flsh farms are usually provided with three ponds, each of which Is re served for flsh of about the same size. As the fish grow, they are changed from one pond to another. The fry la usually bought at the state or other hatchery and placed in the first pond. The food for the fish is the principal expense. There are a variety of pre pared flsh foods on the market, bat It has been found that the flsh fed with prepared food have a decidedly beefy flavor. A plan very generally adopted is that of planting the ponds with an abundance of fresh* water shrimp. These grow very quickly and soon pro vide a plentiful supply of wholeaome food. It will be seen that the flsh require little attention, and the consequent In come from Buch a crop is almost clear profit. In the season the product of flsh farms sells in the market at one dol lar a pound, and out of season, If the sale be permitted by law, a much higher price may be realized. —Scien- tific American. The Weight of Hay. The Country Gentleman says In reply to a correspondent who a&ks how to measure a haymow to find the number of tons of hay: Compact timothy hav requires about 500 cubic feet to weigh a ton (considerably more, perhaps 700, as It is brought from the field), but the quantity will vary with the pressure caused by the height of the mow, and with the age of the grass when cut, ripe and stiff grass yielding less under pressure, and requiring more in bulk to weigh a ton. Stiff, coarse hay will be found to weigh less than fine and flexible hay, which will pack solid. The quantity we have stated is a fair average for well-settled hay. THE Russian thistle is said to be very exhaustive of the very best elements of the soil. NOT SO ffON'DERFI'L AH HK THINK*. Husband (with desira to say some thing pleasant)—Do you know, kitten, I could recognize you from your style anywhere? Kitten —1 should think you oonld, beeing that vcru have let me wear ttia g«nxxe tjd rfTylo'fcjr'^'w'^ AMAZING SKILL. A Clever French Juggler's t«t with Cola*. A writer on the streets of old Parlf gives in Blackwood's Magazine the de« seription of a wonderful juggler, who, must, however, have performed th® following trick by skill rather than by deception. He asked the crowd for pennies, thai is, pieces worth two sous; he put Are o| them into his right hand, played witix them, tossed them a few times in th# air, and then suddenly flung th<»nn straight up to a height which seemed above the housetops. He watched them intently, as they rose, and as they turned and began to fall, he opened, with his left hand, the left pocket of his waistcoat, and held it open, perhaps two inches. Down came the pennies, not loosely or separated from each other, but what looked like a compact mass. gazed at them fixedly, shifting his body •lightly, so as to keep under them—ha scarcely had to move his feet at all-« s«d crash: came the pile into his waist* coat pocket. lie repeated the operation with ten jxsnnies, and finally he did It witjj twenty. Yes, positively with twenty J It almost took one s breath away to hear the thud. Never did he i nnu never did the penni< s break u".rtor scatter. They stuck to each OL by Some strange attraction, as if tf. had become soldered in air There v„ 3 evil fiently something In the maimer of figging that made them hold together. After wondering each time at tho (Astonishing skill of the operation, I al ways went on to wonder what that waistcoat pocket could be made of, to support such blows. The force, tho dexterity and the precision of ths throwing—some sixty feet high, as wels M I could guess—and the unfailing ex* actness of the catch were quite amu> ing. The pennies went up and down in an absolutely vertical line. THEY NEVER DRINK. Animals of the Desert That Have No C|« for Water. Persons who have given natural his tory and the allied sciences but littl* Study have expressed much surprise upon reading of the number of animals,' serpents and insects found by the Dr. Merriam expedition, In the Death ley, the rainless and waterless district in southern California. I cannot says a writer in the St. Louis as to whether any of the creatures cajfi tured or killed by the expedition men* tloned above can exist wholly without water, but can cite several mentioned by authorities of high res pute of animals which seldom or neve# Blanohard, in his book on Abyssinia* ■ays that neither the Doreas nor thi Bennett gazelles were ever known ta resort to the springs, creeks or riven for the purpose ol drinking. Through* out Africa the expression: "As dry at Sahara or an old gazelle" la very aom mon. Darwin, in his "Voyage of 4 Naturalist," says that unless the wild llamas of Patagonia drink salt water "they must not drink at all" All writers on natural history subjects are agreed on the point that the largest and most interesting ksaaofc of the sloth family never drink. Hayals says: "They are one branch of the peculiar animals which never drink water." C. B. Tartu, as pip 88, volume IX., "American Notes and Queries," men tions a parrot which lived in the Lon don zoological gardens fifty-two years without drinking so much as a drop of water. Somers, Williams, Christian *"4 others doubt whether wild rabbits ever drink, but Rev. J. G. Wood questions the correctness of their suppositions. Creatures which never drink are atmosphere. LITERARY FINDS. Sometime* E»«o Now an Apparently Worthle** Book Prove* to Be Rare. Probably the davs are gone by when a man could even nope to discover la a enny box an early quarto of a Shakspeare's play or a rare tract on America, but for all that literary "finds" of more or less interest continue to be made by keen book hunters. Dr. Qarnett of the British museum tells how a tradesman at Oswestry had in bis possession books to which hie at tached no importance, but which a lady Informed him mu6t be very rare. They were submitted to the authorities at the British museum, who gave a high Drice for them. One was Sir Anthony Sherley's "Wits New Dyall," published in 1004, of which only one other copy is known to be in existence. As a rule, offers ol rare books come from booksellers, who do not always say how they become possessed of them. Among the private people who offer books to the muqe'um for sale are a, large proportion who think that a. book must necessarily be rare • because it is one hundred years old or more. Before the great catalogue was made finds were occasionally made in the museum itself, and even now a volume will occasionally be found which has special interest and value on account of its binding. In other oases a book will be found to be in a binding made-up of leaves of some rare work far more valu able than the book Itself. The Sentient Typewriter. Typewriter girls are said to grow attached to their machines, and to re gard them almost as much In the light of living creatures to be petted aad managed and judiciously disciplined as the traditional railroad engineers of fiction do their locomotives to which £hey invariably refer with the person al reminlne pronoun. The typewriting young women declare that their mar ohlnes are as sensitive and subject to caprice, and that they know who is operating them as well as a dog knows its master, that they will sulk, or per haps flare up and refuse to work at all, under unskilled manipulation, and that they can be soothed into a complacent and obliging frame of mind agula simply by the return of their usual manipulator. And Shucked, Too. He—l love you madly, passionately, fondly—fly with me from your hus band, or 1 die in this cornfield! She—Hush. The corn has ears and will be shocked.—Truth. The Very B«*t- Customer (In the book store)— What la the best book for Christmas? Clerk (blandly) Pocketbook. De troit Free Press. Drawing the Lib*. Teacher—What Is an agnostic? Observing Boy—lt's a man wat to' lleves in 'most everything except re ll^ion. —Good News. IJked Them Well Grown. The Mamma—At what ago do you oonsider children most interesting? The Bachelor Friend—Any time after thirty.—Judge. ' ; The Bachelor** Joke. "This," said the bachelor, as he paid for sewing on a button, "Is what is meant by single tax." —Cleveland Plain Dealer. A* They Taw. "He says we are so alike he took us for sisters." "Just like him! He owes me a grudge." —Lift* Nerer Wu Weit. Veteran—l presume you never heard an Indian war-*vhoop < Civilian—2?-a, bat iVe heard bqj i .No 7
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