VOLXXXII
Mid=Summer *
CLEARANCE
+ S A L E. +
Having placed our orders for Fall and V\ inter goods, we must
make room for them. We therefore offer you the usual Mid-Sum
mer prices always found in this store July and August. Capes, dress
goods, silks, millinery and notions, shirt waists, wrappers and skirts
at prices less than cost. We are also having a
SPECIAL REMNANT SALE
of woolens, silks, calico, ginghams, satines and lawns, muslins and
linings. These remnants all marked down just one-half the original
price—a rare chance to secure bargains. This mid-summer clearance
sale at the popular and reliable store of
Mrs. Jennie E. ZimmermaN.
(> j, i » i, e l Lowry Successor to Ilitter & Ralstoe
WIK DO YOU Think of This
FOR JULY.
Top Buggies Low as S4O 00
Top Slat Wagon Low as ss° 00
Two Horse Farm Wagor. $55 00
Phaeton S6O 00
Two Seat Spring Wagon S3B 00
Harness Oil Per Gal
Axle Greese 4 Boxes • 25
Buggy Wheels, with steel tire SB.OO per set
Harness Leather has advanced 50 per cent, but we had
enough to last us a whole year, bought at the Old
Price, and are making Harness accordingly. Therefore,
anybody wanting harness, now is the time to buy to
save $5 to $lO per set. No difference what you want
about you team or wagon, come here. Also if you
need a Trunk or Valise, we keep a full line.
8, B. MARTINCOORT & CO.,
128 E. Jefferson St., Butler Pa.
Sweeping Reduction in Hillinery
Wire Frames at
Straw Braid, Half Price. —Every Flower—Even the
finest in the house at 13c
Leghorn Hats at half price—Special prices in Siilors.
All other Hats from 50c to $2 50, go at one
Price 19c
All our fancy ribbons go at Half price—The Dresdens and Stripes
are just what you need to complete you wash dresses. Re
member the first here get the choice things.
M. F. & M. MARKS.
113 to 11? 8. Main St.
W. F, Hartzell, Frank Kemper.
The Adriance Rinder
"%/VV i
Is the lightest draft, the simplest constructed, the easiest operated, and
the most durable of any binder on the market. It will not upset on
the steepest hills, It will cut where all others fail. It will handle as
long or as short grain as any other binder. It will do better work in
tangled grain than any binder in use. This binder is sold on its merits.
If it fails to do as above mentioned, we do not ask you to buy it. All
machines and vehicles sold by us are guaranteed to be as represented.
Machinery for all farm use, from the plow to the separator, can be got
from us. Vehicles in various styles and prices. Harness for all kinds
of use. Fly nets and Covers, Dusters, Robes, Blankets, Whips, &c.
In short, anything belonging to a team outfit is kept by us. The best
wagon on the market is sold by us. We guarantee it superior to any
thing sold in tliis county. Call and see us
HARTZELL & KEMPER, ««S. Main St., Bntltr, Pa.
THE QUESTION is often asked, What Paint shall we use?
THE ANSWER: If you are looking for covering
capacity, wearing qualities, general appearance, and
your money's worth, you must buy
THE SHERWIN-WIUJAUS
OtHn Hoit, Look! But, Wiart Longest, Most Economical, Full Measure.
Our prices are for "best goods" first, last and al)
the time. We are in the business to stay and
w - p - stays with us..
COLORS IN OIL^I^
MOUSE & COACH '
VARNISH K»,
J. C. REDICK, iog N. Main St.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
It Is Not
What We Say
I But what Hood's Sarsaparilla docs, that
tells the story. The great volume o;~ evi
dence in the form of unpurchased, volun
tary testimonials prove beyond doubt that
Mood's Sar'a
£ JL parilla
Be Sure to Get
Hood's
Hood's Pills c*re habitual constipation.
HEINEfiIAN & SON,
1 \ .SUMMEH J
I - HOd ' J
Fon 1 v way t ■ p cool i- J
1 u> j;o to f
' rt? Ileineinaiis fx
D t K
0 Let \our-H' nice 0
££ Hammock. Jj?
3 We i.avf tie iargt'.-t jjg 1
ffl \ i»[,d finest line < f i
zj Hammocks jzj
'SJ ever brought to Kutier. J
Wall Paper So
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t from 3-
5 ti :.Pf tof PrerSt-d J >-j
is? PAPERS.
Wo*
0 We also handle the J,
_ d celebrated w
g* RAMBLER |?
j BICYCLE. *
HEINEMAN & SON.
GREAT SAMPLE SALE.
J; ' |
Sum i i i er Siloes,
AT
Half=Prices.
Just received i ,000 pairs o'
Summer Sample Slices and Slip
pers. These goods are to be so',
at once. I bought them at n
own price and you can have the::
at yours. These samples wen
not bought to make money on.
but to keep things lively dunng
the dull season.
. Prices Good for 10 Days Only
Ladies' Fine Tan Oxfords, fi and
#1.25 kind $ 65
Ladies' Fine Dongola Oxfords, 75c
kind $ 40
Ladies' Fine Cloth Slippers go at... 21
Ladies' Fine Tan Shoes, heel, #2
kind ...Ji 10
Ladies' Fine Tan Shoes, spring, >2
kind {■ l 10
Ladies' Fine Kid Button Shoes re
duced to $ S-i
Ladies' Fine Tan Shoes, $2 kind,... 1 25
Boys' and Youths' Fine Tan Shoes
$2 kind #1 10
Misses and Children's Tan Shoes
Space forbids me quoting fur
ther,but if you will call during this
Sample Sale you will see Summe)
Shoes going cheaper than ever be
fore. Don't delay but come at
once and try *
The New Shoe Store
Durhig This
SAMPLE SALE OF SUMMER
SHOES.
C. E. MILLER,
215 S. Main St., Butler, Pa
Seanor & Nace's
Livery, Feed and Sale Stable,
Rear of Wick House Butler, Pa
The best of horses and first eluss
rigs always on band and for hire.
Best accommodations in town for
permanent boarding and transient
trade. Special care guaranteed.
Stable room for sixty-five hordes-.
A good (doss of horses, both driv
' ers and draft horses always on band
and for sale under a full guarantee;
••rid horses bought upon proper noti
! ficatiou bv SEANOR & NACE-
All kinds ot live stock bought uud
gold.
Telephone at Wick House
L. C- VV r iCK
DFALKR 111
Hough and faked LumH
OP ALj. KINDS
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings
Shingles and Lath
Always In Stock.
I IME. HAIR AND PLASTER.
Office opposite P. <fc W. Depot,
BUTLKK
TLEH. TH 17 US I > A V. .li'l.V
A FEMININE DEVICE.
BY HATTTE lI'MMIS.
j —>HAT Miss Delamore's
yachting' party would
4j?'' fcv. prove a success was a
foregone conclusion.
gjV'mgm Miss Delamore was her
self a success, and all
her undertakings bore
the imprint of her con
vVJ quering personality.
Those honored by her invitations were
in the habit of accepting promptly,
while those not so fortunate were prop
erly envious and cast down. Accord
ingly, when for this particular occa
sion she received regrets, and those,
too, from Kitty Crawford, on whom
she had principally relied for the en
tertainment of her guests. Miss De'ia
more simply set her lips together with
Napoleonic firmness and drove at once
to Kitty's home to inquire into the
matter.
She found the young lady in the gar
den, languidly occupying a hammock,
and attired In a negiigee frown which
the male observer would have thought
enchanting, but which Miss Delamore
was too absorbed to notice.
"As for your not going, my dear,"
Bhe said, plunging into the conversa
tion with her usual impetuosity, ' that'e
all nonsense, you know. It's got to be
arranged somehow. I've depended on
having you sing, and, besides, the
yacht is a perfect dream now that it
has been refitted. What's the mattor,
anyway, Kitty?" As she hurled this
question at her friend she l>ent upon
her a controlling gaze such as the hyp
notist fixes on his prospective victim.
But the other girl was as shrewd as
She and as self-possessed. "Oh, I don't
know, Lou," she answered, with a care
lessness that was almost too elaborate.
''l'm rather used up, and, besides, the
sea breeze burns one to a crisp, espe
cially the nose. And, considering the
tilt of mine, you know, I can't be too
careful about giving it undue promi
nence."
''What absurdity—from Kitty Craw
ford!" thought Miss Delamore; but she
only said: "Nonsense! Wear a veil.
ym going to have the joliiest sort of a
prowd, Kitty. I want you to meet
Miss Huntington, of Baltimore; she's
rsally distractingly pretty. And Mr.
Jack Walford —let's see. Do you know
him?"
Miss Crawford, lowering her inscru
table lids, admitted having met the
gentleman in question at her uncle's
Seaside residence. She neglected to
add, however, that they had immedi
ately and mutually fallen in love, a
State of affairs culminating in an en
gagement after six weeks' acquaint
ance, and that just a month before
this very morning they had quarreled
irretrievably and parted forever. Nor
did she mention that in breaking this
brief engagement she had come as
near to breaking her heart as a well
conducted nineteenth century girl ever
comes to so ill-advised a proceeding.
Not being given to indiscriminate con
fidences Kitty referred to none of
these things, but their recollection
may account for her saying, in a very
languid voice, just as her friend rose to
go: "Don't expect me to-morrow, Lou;
but if the day is lovely, and I happen
to feel just like it, I may come."
Whereupon Miss Delamore, interpret
ing the remark as an unconditional
surrender, kissed her enthusiastically,
and went away in triumph.
But when Kitty came on board the
yacht next morning there was not in
her manner the faintest trace of list
lessness or lauguor. In her blue yacht
ing suit, with a jaunty sailor hat
perched carefully on one side, she was
the very embodiment of girlish anima
tion. Iler advent was hailed with an
enthusiasm universal, except in the
case of one young man, who exclaimed,
under his breath: "The devil! She
"IT'S GOT TO BE AIiBANGED SOMEHOW."
here?" and walked to the other side of
the yacht to recover his composure.
For Jack Walford was still young
enough to believe that love is eternal,
and, though he had no intention of
making any unmanly fuss over the
matter, he knew very well that his
heart had l>een irremediably broken
t>y the cruelty of this coquette in blue,
now lavishing her dangerous smiles on
all comers.
Jack looked out over the calm water
and thought of the evening just u
month before, when he and she had
walked together under the sighing
branches of the pines and the sea
breeze had ruffled the bewitching little
Curls around her forehead. The poor
boy choked to remember the trifle
"light as air" which had been the
causo of their quarrel, and vainly tried
to console himself with the reflection
that if Kitty had evei really loved him
she'could not have made those savage
speeches which had cut him to the
heart! One recollection, however,
gave Jack a melancholy comfort.
When Miss Crawford had drawn from
her finger the ring which he had placed
there with so much love and pride a
few short weeks before, Jack had re
ceived the little token without a word,
and, turning on his heel, had hurled it
into the dancing waves. Then, with
out a single backward glance, he had
walked away, and by this course of
Conduct Jack thoflght, perhaps not un
reasonably, that he had properly sus
tained the dignity of a much-injured
man.
And now, though he had been taken
by surprise and compelled to beat a
temporary retreat. Jack, who was grit
to his linger ends, had no intention of
surrendering without a blow. After
fifteen minutes of reflection he found
himself able to approach Kitty and
greet her with a careless cordiality; j
and then immediately devoted himself
to making tlio acquaintance of Miss
Huntington, who was almost as pretty j
as her enthusiastic hostess had de- ,
clared. And so the moruing passed un
eventfully, and fhe afternoon was well j
advanced, when Miss Delamore called j
upon Kitty to sing.
Kitty responded with the readiness
which was one of her charms. She
brought her guitar from the cabin,
took her seat conveniently near the 1
spot where Jack was carrying on a
very fair imitation of a flirtation with
Miss Huntinirton, and without preface
or apology Iwgan one of the favorite
ballads of the day.
Kitty's voice was like herself, piquant
and sweet and full of charming sur
prises. She sang snatches of operas,
rollicking college songs, and now and
then on • of those tender, plaintive lit
tle airs that compel neither smiles nor
tears, but in some unaccountable way
reach the heart. And her audience
applauded hungrily and would not be
satisfied till at last she said, with a
l#: : f||r
•/ J\
TIIHRE WAS A TREMCTOCSXESB IS HF.Ii
VOICE.
pretty air of determination: "This is
positively the last." As she spoke she
looked full at Jack, and for the first
time that day their eyes met.
She turned away her head and a
beautiful color burned in lier cheeks
as she struck a vibrating chord on the
guitar. There was in her voice, too, a
tremulousness which caught the atten
tion of the listeners almost from the
first word.
We wandered ni tlie shadow of tUa piues, my
love and L
In spite of himself Jack writhed on
his chair. The memories of one event
ful night grew vivid at those words.
Again he seemed to hear the weird
music of the rustling piues, and the
face of the linger grew misty before
his blurring eyes. It would have been
more delicate iu Kitty, the poor fellow
reflected savagely, to select a song
without such allusions. But like all
else in this day of torture it must bo
endured; and Jack brace 1 himself to
listen.
We wandered In the shadow of tho pines, my
love and I,
As the wind was blowing freshly from the
sea;
But a sudden, fitful darhnes« stole across the
i summer sky,
And a shadow came between my love and me.
Some hasty words were spoken and then al
most unawares
Hasty answers to unthinking auser led,
And our heart-sick, bitter longing, and our
weeping, and our prayers
Ne'er can make those false and cruel words
| unsaid.
The young man wipeil the drops of
• perspiration from his forehead. lie
! was pale to the lips, and the girl from
| Baltimore noticed it and asked hi,a
confidentially if he were seasick.
Jack did not answer. In fact he did
not even hear. For now into Kitty's
voice there had come a poignant note
of longing and entreaty, and her guitar,
as if responsive to her mood, sobbed
out its rippling accompaniment:
He took the ring I gave him, nor cast a glance
at me.
As he held tho jeweled trinket in his hand.
And then he turned and tossed it in the waters
of the sea,
Where the wares were splashing idly on th«
sand.
He went his way unheeding tho hot tears I
could not hido.
He went his nay and not a word was said.
But my stubborn heart was breaking under
neath its mask of pride,
And the pine trees sobbed in pity overhead.
The words were crude, the melody
simple; yet as the girl sang from her
heart she somehow touched those di
vinest of life's harmonies, which are
the inspiration of all the arts. And
more than one of the listeners found
their eyes suspiciously moist, though
perhaps they themselves would have
been puzzled to tell why.
I wake from i»! tor 'hramlns but to call aloud
your name;
I sleep again to dream of you once more.
And my stubborn pride has left mc—l admit
I was to blame;
Forgive me. dear, and love me as before
For the future Is o'crshadowed with the
darkness of despair.
In the sky of life love's sun no longer shines
And I'd give the whole world gladly, once
again to meet you there,
Reunited In the shadow of tho pines.
The song closed abruptly, and Kitty,
leaving her seat somewhat hurriedly,
turned her back upon her .-.till clamor
ous audience. Jack followed, and as
they stood in a sheltered nook together,
his shoulder close pressed to hers, he
saw that her delicate lips were quiver
ing.
"Kitty," said the young man, his
voice thick with love's sublime intox
ication, "can you ever forgive me?"
She turned her brimming eyes upon
him. "If 1 hadn't wanted forgiveness
myself," she said, "I should never have
written that song."
Then with that indifference for ap
pearances characteristic of great souls
in moments of exaltation. Jack V issed
her in the shadow of the sails, \n 1 as
the relenting angel sheathed his flam
ing sword, the lovers, ha»id in hand,
reentered Paradise. Godey's Maga
zine.
Better Than itocks.
Helen (pensively) —I'm afraid you'll
find your idol is made of common clay.
Etliel (cheerfully)—l hope so; for then
I can mold him into a conjugal brick.
—Judge.
Knew the Nicest Method.
Paterfamilias —What on earth makes
that young man stay so long? Doe n't
he know how to say good night?
Edyth —Of course he does! That's
what makes him stay so long.—Puek.
An Honest Attempt.
She (frigidly)—My father saw you go
into a pawnbroker's shop.
|[e—Well, you told me I would have
to redeem my past, didn't you?— Truth.
Too Delightful.
"Isn't this perfectly delightful! she
fsked, as they sat on the sofa with
their arms intertwined and the brillian
tine on his mustache not very far from
the crimson balm on her lips.
"Dorothy," he replied, "when I know
that your mother is listenm - < n the
stairs, that your father is waiting i:i
the passage with a cane, that the bull
dog is loose in the front yard and that
your little brother is under the sofa,
how can I say that it is delightful?"—
London Tit-Bits.
Not Too Ambitious.
Mrs. Westside—Tommy, your pants
are all worn out.
Tommy—Yes, that comes from my
j having to move down all the lime in
my class, but it's all right now. lam
! at the font of the class. and I am goin
| to stay there, so there wilt be no tr:• re
| fear and tear on my pant -.s raping
up and down on the bench. Texas
Siftings.
A Itadlrat Chance.
First Employer—l hear you have
! yielded to the demand for eight In urs'
work at ten hours' pay. How can you
afford it?
Second Employer—You see, my men
I promised to work, while they are at
• it, instead of standing around and
I chattering about capital and labor. —N.
Y. Weekly.
Understood the lluse.
Mr. Ennicott —There's a lot of steamer
; trunks piled out conspicuously in front
of Mrs. Slimpoeket's lion: e waiting for
\ the expressman. What docs that
mean?
Mrs. Ennicott (with scorn>—lt means
that site's going down to her uncle's
farm to spend the summer. —Chicago
Record.
I nalilon'* IVtmlticfi.
Mr. Billus —Maria, how does it happen
that Fanny isn't going to church with
you this morning?
Mrs.Billus —You know wwelltw I
do, John, that when Bessie and Kato
and I go to church somebody ha • got
to stay at home. There isn't room for
four pairs of sleeves in our pew.—
Chicago Trihune.
THE SUMMER PROSLEM.
Where shall we go this summer* where sha'.l
wr while away
The brief and all too Lour —the sweet
vacV.lon .>?
In mountaiu 1... .1 or sc . ' . f-..a or
hotel cay?
Where shall we go this ftar.!:nor' • the prcV'ca
of to-day
Shallwegi .cn an c.. ;n ste-\.er and h.c to
old Pare ■ ■
Or seek out Aunt Am . .da 'way up In frto
hvree?
Shall we go t ■ the ■ . . v Hey - the grand
Yo-emltr- '•
Or take a cot on a sandy lot hard by the sound
in£ sGi' J
Shall we go to the piny for >st an 1 fish for tho
spec:.: l tro'.t.
And hi., in '•» :i , th.t ail ' -w:t
•
ocean ten wiles o t.
Or spend two months In a Teuton town and
dine on sauerkraot?
Shall we go to the Lake of Como? shall we
.- hall we b-,-1; in i . . • ■of Nature, or whirl In
Shall we put on oar linen dusters and go with
■
Through tii si.'Uy n.iaip-hire mount",lns and
tho oid abandons 1 farms?
Wo won't do a single o;ui of these—nay, nay!
The very be * place lathe summer for my wife
and children three
Is hero In rav de ir suburban home on the J.
j a & c..
Where m-co* we'll i.ve in comfort 3sd the
bathtub's always free.
—Harper's Uajar.
ACCORDIX* TO lIOYLE.
BY A. n. LEWIS.
■w JEJT ES," said the old cat
«*. df tlel ,iaa ' a> lle mu
' a meditative clove,
J "there ain't much
paw and bellow, head
g down-an'-tail-up busi- !
***4f> ress to a cowboy.
Speakin' general an'
not allow in' fer them
intlooences which disturbs none, he s :
us passive as a fried lish.
"About sixteen years ago, before I i
• abides in Wolfville, 1 was ]»esterin :
'round Vegas with Bill Lockri Ige, who
: was workin" a small bunch of ,-bar-k |
cattle 'way over on the \ ermejo. We d i
been slashin' 'round the Plaza all day.
findin' fault with tho whisky ati
i amoosin' ourselves at our own ex
pense, an' along about five o clock in
! the evenin' Bill allows he -s some sick
of secli revels, an' concloods he'll p: nt
up among the dobys explorin of Ohl
town a lot. So we all goes in concert.
I wasn't frothin' at the mouth none to
go myse'f, not seein' uo relaxation
pokin' about permiscus among a passcl
of Mexicans, an' me loathin' of 'em
nacheral; but I goes, aimin" to sorter
ride herd on Bill, which his dispisition
is some free an' various an liable to
mix him into trouble. Not that Bill is
bad; none whatever, but bein' seven or
eight drinks ahead of that Plaza
whisky makes him feel gregar'ous and
friendly; an' he's cap'ble of goin' about
a-claimin' of acquaintance with peo
ple he don't know at all, an' feelin'
way hostile when the stra:»ger has
symptoms of doubt.
"So I goes along; Bill a-warblin*
'The Dyin' Ranger' in several keys.
"The senoras and senoritas a-hearin'
of the row would look out an' smile,
an' Bill would wave his big hat an
whoop from rapture. If he starts
towards 'em, aimin' for a powwow—
which he docs frequent, bein' a mighty
amiable man that away—they gives
a squawk immediate an* sliets the
door. Well, Bill goes on then. Maybe
he gives the door a kick or two, in
formin' 'em of his di content, but
that's all. All at once, while we're
prowlin* up one of them spacious al
leys a Mexican thinks is a street, we
comes upon a I-talian with an organ
which he is grindin'. This yere organ
ain't so bad an" I've heerd a heap worse
strains. As soon as Bill sees him he
tries to figger on a dance, but no one 11
dance with him.
" 'ln which event,' says Lockridge, 'I
plays a lone hand.'
"So Bill puts up a small dance, like
a 2vava]o, accompanin' of himse'f with
/X s
w- • . ' L'J
- £"~K-V ,
BILL SHOOTS.
whoops. But the da,7o can't play Bill's
music, so the ball comes to a halt.
"'Whatever is the matter with this
yere tune box, anyhow? ■ Bill,
'(limine the musij for :t {.recn corn
dance, an* don't ma • no <! 'r y.
" 'This yere man can't play no green
corn dance,' I says.
"'He can't, can't he?" says Bill,
mighty scornful. 'Wait till he tries. I
know this man of yore. I meets him
two years ago in Druce's, an' mc an'
him has quite a time.'
" 'Whatever is his name then?' I asks.
"'Antonio Marino,' says the dago.
"'Marino,' Bill, 'thats right. I
recalls it because it. makes mc think
fust he's a sheep man, an' I gets
quite hostile.'
" 'I never see you,' says the dago.
" 'Yes, you did,' says Bill. ' \ ou jest
think you didn't see me. We has
drinks together an' goes an' shoots up
the town arm an' una Bke 111-others.'
"But the I-talian in i ta he never sees
Bill. This makes Ilill ugly a lot, an'
before I can get to stop it he out*
with his six-shooter an'puts a hole into
the organ.
" 'Thcsf yere tunes I hears so far,'
says Bill, 'l, a heap t>«• frivolous,' an' I
figjrers this ou liter improve 'em.'
"When Bill shoots tho I-talian nran
heaves the strap as holds him to tho
organ over his head an' flies. Bill
ketches the music box, kecpin' it from
fallin' an' after awhile begins turniu'
the crank to try it. It plays all right,
only ever' now and then there's a
hole into the melody like it had lost a
tooth!
" 'This yere's good enough for a
dog,' say • Bill, a-twistin" away on tiie
organ. 'Where's Merino? Whatever is
the matter with him'.' Why ui ln't he
stand his hand?'
"Hut Merino ain't here no more, so i
Bill allow it's a ha •to lot it KO that
way, an' Mexicans suff vin' far music, i
So he strap <>ll th - tun-'-box and goes
round from one "doby to another
a-turnin' of it loo: e
"'How long did this yere Merino
turnout his 'une .' . . Hill, 'before
he collects? Ilo.v vr, I makes new '
rools for the 'rime n ht yere. 1 plays i
these eadenei s for live minutes anil !
then I gits ikction on 'em for live. I
splits even with these Mexicans, which
is shorely fair.'
"So l.ill twists away for five minutes i
an'me a-timiu'of him, an' then leans
the hewgag up agin' a Moby an' starts
to collcctin'. He'il go up to some
household a-whirlin' his jfun like a ;
pinwlieel, and at the mere sight of
him the members gets that generous
they even attempts to negotiate loana (
~Nd give 'eui to Bill, they're »!•«» «•"»-
towerist.i, wh > was -r tra i.su"
'round an* lookln' at tl." ;. a*id they
comes up an' listens awhile- rhey waa
tur~ ! t" to go away je b. . re e- ee -
in' t;me.
" 'Hold on,' -ay. Bill, p: kin' up his
Colt often the top of the organ. Tre*
seed j eop! • turn that Jaek in church,
but you bet you c...i'l j ; .11 r. > ramc o!
mine tli .t way. > j t you all lii.j up
agin* the waU until 1 tucks the blank
ets in on this yere at --ak in I'-flat
I workin on, an' I'll • with you.'
"So v, 1. I>:11 winds up he goea
along the Una oi t r ■ mfatin' tower-
Ists an'c Uects el , e
" 'They was r. ruin' t.>.v. . :th
all theui nocturnes an' ; ;_ios. an*
arias, an' not t.;y n-.'.iiln',' s-_3 1.11,
- ' KsX
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"HOI.D ON." CAYS FILL.
| 'but tliey can came no twit like that
Rn' me a ridiu' herd. Xoao what
ever;*
"Bill carries ou this away fur three
hours; and what on alit - an" what on
bets ha win, lie's over a hundred dol
lars ah ml. But a. la h tired, an'
| allows he'll quit anil call it a day. So
| he lugs the old tom-tom down to
I Franklin's office. Franklin i= marshal,
! tn' Ilill turns over tl; <:.. ,n an' the
j money, an' tells Franklin lo hunt up
I Merino an' give hir the 1. ootin*
match.
" 'Where is this yere dago?'' says
Franklin.
"'However do I ki v ■ ays BilJ.
'Last I •> him he- a- r-'n' up the
calle li'ce a jack" r.i'.'iit.'
"Just then Meriu > c«... > in view
feelin' in; - per. ive an 1 fe.-"i'ul ui>ont
that bullet in hi.- ; ' r.t w'uen he
gets Bill's doir .;>>n hi- feelln's e.>m
m»nces to r'.-e a lot 111 fe. t, ho be
gins to regard i' 1 ' me.
" 'But yo i'll l: •v e > r •: :.l up t . t':<i
alcalde. Bill,* says Fra . . . i ain't
shore none you '• n breakiu'
some law.'
"Bill grumbli an' all >ws V • -as is
gettin* a heap t •r- r- ■ i :.a.
" 'lt's gettin' . : a free
American citLs 1 ' > en
courageimnt. 1! 1 it 1! If a
day ama sin' w !:li ! 1 a is
sittin' in l-:td b: :'i' v, I'.Mexi
cans who sli'.-; , • ; ;r)' yere I
am laj'ed for by ; I iike a
felon.'
"W ell, we all r to iteele's.
Franklin an' I I '.e, tha
alcalde, goes ]: k' • what
ever crini' s Bin", * . ,v. They
gits by the t .. -.* ' r,.;an, an
shootin'into it ' ' • i.mdin'
np the t -ri . ;v • 'i 1:• ne,
but the >/.: ;
sticks 'cm.
"'l'm shorely sorry to say It, Bill,*
savs St•• !„•. 'but • <-i ■ , a-bu tin'
of a ord" ;mee . ; .' music on
the street® with mt no li
" 'Can't you beat the -line 110 way?'
says Bill.
"'I shorely don't s?e how,* says
Steele.
" 'Mi tai iblen,' . Fr ii'. iu,
" 4 Whatever i i: • m ;.. t with trek
in' them tunes >n t-'r :• :i >'s license?'
says Bill.
•' "Can't do it iio'i ,v,' Steele.
44 'Well, is this ; ere 01- i'nance ac
cord; 11' to Hoyle an* the !claration ot
independence?' says Bill. 'I don't
stand It none onless.'
14 'Shore,' says Steele.
44 4 Turn your enrds, then,' says Bill;
'l'm a law-abldin' citizen an' all I
wants is a square deal f. .1 t ie warm
deck.'
"So they fin > Bill iU'ty oollars for
playin* an or on the streets with
out licence, and lie pay it an' goes
r.way pea< ful " —Chic > Times-Her
ald. _
—Da Vinci read Pindar and thought
him the noblest poet who ever wrote
in any language.
i' i>;c to oblige.
"E.scuso me, sir," said the man in
the row behind, "but would you mind
asking your wif • to remove her hat? I
assure you that I • annot see a tiling on
the stage."
"I'd like to o' ' ..' - yon, sir, but it is
impossible," said the man addressed.
"We live out of town and we must get
home to-night."
"What has that got to do with it?"
"What has that got to do with it?
Why, our train >es twenty minutes
after tl. • end « " p rfor; ' ee, and
it takes her an hour to put that hat on."
—Harper's Ba.-ai - .
I or llu • mlty'fS S ike.
Young Man : tfully -I a;u g'iag
to cross t';n Atlci.tio in thist-venty-foot
boat, wit 1 1 .i »n ! :4 this <log.
Oood-by, friends -
Ilumaue Oi'ieer —I must stop you, sir!
"Stop mo? Anil what for, pray?"
"Humanity—"
"Humanity! Haven't I a right to risk
my life if I—"
"O, that -, all right; but I must inter
fere. Tho dog can't go!" Cleveland
l'iuin Dealer.
I>€*l>Cll<l>Ml OJI Circumstance*.
Bass And of which variety is your
wife, tho elin ring-vine or the self-as
sertive?
('as V little of both. When she
wants a new dre ,nr;i new bonnet she )
generally begin, in th • cliu ring-vino
role; if that doesn't bring the money
then she changes to the self;, sertivc;
nnd well—she invariably gets the
dress or the bonnet. —Boston Tran
script.
V.'hy Hi' Loved Ills rather.
"Which do you love most, your papa
or your mamma?"
Little Charlie—l love papa most.
Charlie's Mother —Why, Charlie, I am
surprised at you; I th -ught }'•».» loved
me most.
Charlie—Can't help it, mamma; we '
men have to li Id together.—Jewish 1
Times and Observer.
WltJi Trnra 111 Iler Eje».
Sho wa • thrown on tho world.
"Mer> iful heaven!" she gasped.
Considerable turf w as knocked off the
world where she struck it.
Before anybody could reach her slio '
had risen and was swiftly leading her
bicycle away.—Town Topics.
No I.onjtcr a ('rime.
Tourist (in €)kkihoma! -Horses arc
pretty cheap here nowadays, aren't ■
they?
Alkali Ike—Cheap? They are so j
blamed cheap that when «e capture a:
horse-thief we send him to the lunatic
asylum insti aii of 1> 11; ; in him. —Puck.
-V Horn Dolfrtive.
Little Johnny I knotv what the j
baby is goiu'to be v.'en he grows up. j
He's goin' to be a d, te -tiv •.
Mother—Of all think r sl ltes.uso he's'
so smart'.'
Little Johnny No'm. Because he j
never sleeps.—2V. V. W'eeklv.
SULLIVAN'S SEC SET.
Hon- Ilf Coal.! r.ll WhrUer It ITn* a
Uoy or a Ctrl.
When J. - .. L. iiuliivaa v.";: l iu Wash
ington sib >UT -a ym' *-y> J:c aroused a
crowd of I t. .. rs who happened to be
of a variety intellectually superior to
the arc rape crowd of teogftrt-en who
worship tl:v great man's memory for
what he was. with an exhibition o£ at
tainments in which.act oriling to John's
idea. I raiu ia.,u .id of brawn and i'stlc
prowess play., tho I *tU r part. He told
the a r 'e <>i anj man in the crowd who
was learned enough to add, suV. , tract
and di\ ide a cries of ' .'-mound fi ;;:rcj,
wh:j . Joan fur !, and rine tiroes
in which ho I Vved with the fervor of
an idolater. say.s the Washington Post,
goes in'. >t Qjarveloti*. It involved
the tellir.;;' wh -Iher the flrstbort» of a
given csonplo wa a boy or p. girt. The
way tl.at this feat .... ; miplished
wa ?a j 1 .;v . pugilist,
the mot ■ to t.. writ- .*.
To so.ve the problem the only neces
sary i : • i len name of
the x-; other an i the full name of the
father. Ac - -rdinr to Mr. Sullivan's
formula, if. ;: r coon! ia|f thaletters
in 1 1 t. 1 ;c q even one
odd iii<j issue
<ll -i. i . :;irr le, all
the le' l ;ary J;>ne Brown and
UJram Smith form a total of twenty
three. an t"d rui her. Result, a girl.
If th:, for: . ,i!a is reliable it will serve
for. nj pur; as well as the
estal ';.. at of p;-st-faoto results; but
hoc. - i'i.d guaranty goes with the pre
scription.
FOUGHT FOR THE HAIR.
A It. r ; is Cmiiirorr Stjnil l"p
for I Ilrldnal K'.jthts.
"X .w you have cut my hair," said
the horn • oi:ntryman to the barber,
"kindly eol'e-.: the hair from the floor,
wrap it lip in amper and hand it to
n
"I -!i lido no such thief," the bar
b • replii-o 'rnily. "That hair belongs
to me. I cut it off. didn't I? That
makes it mine."
IV- ei -tomor got excited, says the
New Vork World.
'"l)on't you know," lie exclaimed hot
ly, '"that under the common law of the
land anything that growg upon my
head is as much mine as arc the con
ten iof the i: ad? In every copyright
ease it has V . ?n settled that the prod
uct of a man's brain is his. Ton't you
know that?"
Now was the barber's turn to get
mad.
"If hair is the product of your brain,"
he shout I. "I guess it's about all it
doe.s pre!;-. What do yon want the
b. uied hi. .• for? I don't need it my
self, but I'm fighting for a principle,
and I'd spend my last cent to do you
out of that hair."
"None of your business what I want
it for," howl 1 the countryman. "Per
haps I need i: to stuff pillows with, and
perhaps I am a wholesale manufac
turer of wigs. That's none of your
business. I'll admit that I don't need
the hair. What then? I'm fighting for
principle, too. Gimme my hair."
They shook their fists in each other's
faces. It took a policeman to separate
them.
Such are the ills of life. For these
trifles do men wildly battle.
Somolhlng Kcw In Win J mill*.
The old-time windmill—that tower
ing- i. '"ton of rib . and fans with
whi. h we are familiar— has recently
been i: iroved in a fashion _ that
promi > much 1 t results— an in
cre: 1 rate of p wer and much greater
ease of man:: geraent. Instead of fans
cr artas turning over and over, whcel
fashi.n, ■ eotiditii us are reversed,
the . xl >r y.tndicular. and the
fans turniiar .. i side to : ide. This
arrangement h :•» a Ivan"ages, in that
the i: linerj mi be made stronger,
and by an i: ;...ly eontriv .1 but of
levers the funs open and close auto
mat!. y. TV :of gieat importance,
MB sir ie:i !.• is liable to wreck an
ordinary ' in I oa short notice.
With ti s now <: -e, it is claimed that
no mat r!; ' l yidly the fans may re
volve, they v. ill . h the wind only at
the pro rt • . t .■ ct r side opening
to give re< ; to the air; thus the
hi" 'r ti. ■ ; • I . ter the rate of
hp- a 1 (' l ir. effective the
m . ! t i . i aid that in windy
cor.. ,eh p *r can he gener
al i to ran a small dynamo. The
{•; ' . ' f 1 iudi:.ill is hi coun
tries v.! 1a 1 pumping of
w cr is iu i'y for purposes of irri
gation. A windmill e»i: 'i acted on
this new prin iple costs no more than
ie old style, is Litlnitely more effect
ive, li i I'ab'e to f tout of order, and
hi; : re r var! ' «.t uses than any
heretofore made.
Vrrj Clc»M tiirl.
A J ig i an with a pretty little
voice, I ,t with iw great possibilities in
her:' ,gi: h h 1 out a course for
lier -elf which i.- so decidedly shrewd
that it may well be w -th noting. She
devotes her -If entirVy to Scotch
in. . UMit of ' hem the old ones of
Burns or Scoit. No. , every listener,
i .Tcept the vt t musical critic whom
she could i: he ye to satisfy in any
case, is : im ntal and likes to have
that s- iu.ent eat.Ti lto by means of
the ear. The :.i 'e has taste and wit
enough t'i e: -hew "Annie Laurie" and
"Comin' Thro' the Bye." save "by re
quest,''when her compliance gives an
added charm of kindline ■. She hunts
up sweet old tunes and pathetic words
and after the most brilliant perform
ance of lier rivals she seats herself at
the piano, and, like the heroine in the
| lackadaisical novel, she charms her
audience by "running lier fingers over
the keys" and singing softly "some
dear old song" or other. Ah, that is a
very clever girl!
Crest* aud Crusmlcg.
It was during thecru: des that crest#
were introduced iu England. Richard
j L adopted thrta- lions passant—that is,
passing or going by, which are still
emblazoned on the royal shield of
England.
Bright Ilijr.
I) I > you understand girls?
! V.'cll, 1 k::ow enough to kiss
;; . , i r vl mustn't. —Puck.
Laro'n llcfraln.
Dear, I love yoa la the i.. rnluß
I j V.'hra 1 i-ec fou tr !i and bright:
Lovo you laore at sunr.;,- uoonlKlr.
Love you in ;t. ia>'lore, at aitftit,
TThen youre; .rev lln slumber,
Dreaming of ilio happy past.
And your lips arc • .1. I with atlcnco
And your is lie 1 at last.
~S. Y Worl'L
.TOKr.R II Vl> HIS I.ITTI.IC JOKE.
ifi
/>( aN '4 ''| 1
•< -r . '
\ ! '
Tip '
,
Mr. S<iuintcr— Whj don't you look
where you're going?
.Mr. Joker— Why don't you go where 1
you're lookisg?-^-ldia.
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V . .f : v irrr®
. '- - - y - : ■ ' . -1* _ ■
LIVES ON STORED GRAIN.
i Etow tC
• i - i'ur.r 'to.
- ' 1 imported
from Europe by the early settlers oi
Virginia iu their supplies of whea| :
1 c ant-v. Once
■ i 1 m : il, it has
sprea I iar and wide throughout tin ■
•: . -1 scrioul
s >uth of the
!' ■ . •uffering
m rc t th :r state from it*
ravages. It attacks all stored cereal
products, but corn and wheat are the
principal grains affected. It is 4
' in c ■ itrr.l Illinois and
>s is incurred each
a I -.el: t! informa
's . " " /
S'- 'i x if'i^
J; j -X;-,
-i- h
THE OHAI.V J. <:•
t c r-.'erning iis ha: . : , ne .
s for its instruction.
; f als lnie«.w .11 corn
d by a little olv
« vatiou. 1 ' <ll IM light and is
I . . ' .1 •; little round holes
a fa plnhead, the inte
r ■ is i.a . ' lteen eaten
j out bjathe young of the moth. Wheat
n attacked is hollowed out in
■v. that no' ling is left but
• • lell. Ti; • 1 -.rent insect is a
s all gray m th, rc ,-milling a clothes
moth, and measures only about half aai
inch with its wings spread.
It is represented iu the figure at Q
and can easily bo recognized by ita
lv.-te and i-y its much-fringed
hind wings. The moth lays its egg*
" !:■• .; an 1 tlicy are dfr
1 the field and iu the
v. Tae e"'■■. hatch in about a
week and the young worms work theia
way into the grain (see I* ia the figure),
" ' ' : ' 1:• >u! three weeks be
f"~e the u • ;il . ,-e A). It thett
i ...» a 1 ;pa (see B), from
v. *: ■■■ full insect emerges
al r. The creature passes the
wV o y in your barns and store
-1:-. It iil . • 1 uninterruptedly,
ge:: raiii.n after ; -aeration, in stored
wheat. After harvest the moth flies
out from the granaries to the wheat
fie'. 1 :.n i 1::;. s its e upon grains of
wheat iu the shoe'.:. The larva) are
II . dr '.:- yed by thrashing and are
carried back iat l y ir granaries again.
It is jila'n r.ni til facts that if the
gr..- Aries .. e kept free from this pest
the .. ks will >t become infested in
the flel ! . If the individual farmer,
how t '.e trouble to disinfect
- . w'leat sh ks will be
in: - el f - im 111 t:r. flying from the
1 s f h ■ 11 hbo . provided he
d noi tu -ish very soon aft.r harvest
■r l>ef ire the eggs hatch and the larvse
1 '.<■ th* gr::in. I know there is
:n .- or le.. dill ! "iilty in getting a
th:- 1: . ■ proper time and where
the 'e.eat 1 the left in the tields the
f 1.• -i disinfect iiis granary
soon after the wheat is put in.
i ais in t sis several natural ene
-1 1 ave recently bred several
* i of very small winged parasites
from it. No doubt these natural
a .. . k"-.-;i it in cheek to a certain ex
teai. but the most efli.-ient remedy
known for its arrest and dcstruc
ti- . ihe use of a very disagreeable
-ai 'i: ag li']ui 1 known as bisulphide
of earl' in. Its application is very sim
ple. i'r if. W. (•. Johnson, in Western
Rural.
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.
1 : culture is now extending to
Africa.
T arking the seed will protect the
corn from crows.
••••. varieties of potatoes are hollow
hearted on rich soil.
TIIK practice of washing sheep be
fore shearing is fast dying out.
A clean hor--e ia always happy, and
it ' i s less fee 1 to keep him in condi
tion.
A canning factory is about to be es
t n-d at Honolulu, the first in Ha
waii.
The English claim that TO percent.
. the American sheep imported are
diseased.
1 . .li:: s.vess and its twin brother,
lie* . . re the worst enemies of the poul
try; .
Ne v Zit aland exported in IS9-J 635,-
800 pounds of butteraud -43,4>'X) pounds
of cheese.
The East India rice crop is reported
at li.' *i,loo acres this year, against
15,:;tn».400 last .year.
'1 sealer grow Hj of the potato
■ 1 iter .-ha le they make, and
tli.s he, Ue soil cool and moist, and
beuetieial to the crop.
'i ::e is 11 horsemcat war in I'aris.
The t irk butchers are demanding the
lain lling of sausages in which this
meat has been used, and it is probable
that a law on this subject will soon be
p:i ed. The importance of the indus
try c: 1 be realized from the fact that
inl . t. ),OL'O 1: irses were slaughtered
in 1 s, three-fourths of which went
into : a usages.—N. V. World.
Why I'armor* should Keep Hooks*
P. . a :-, do not have that knowledge
of their affairs that they should, as
:• "f them kce > 110 bo ks. When
the e. ; us is being taken they can give
but very little information in regard
to th-- number of bushels of grain
•i :: each y ear, or the value of their
live -it; Ik :ice much must be derived
ft e mates rather than from facts
Every farmer should keep
LOOV and set down all the items of
receipts and expenses.
Our I'urlor Soldiery.
Shi -Is Mr. Dudley much of a mili
tary man?
He -Well, 1 sh« mid say he
i! e c 1 a | ut on a fresh uniform
every morning, with two changes dur
ing the day.—Detroit Free Press.
Conclusive Proof.
\ t ~ 1 !.t you my photograph.
Don't yon think it is a good likeness?
Married Daughter—Well, I should
i; i It i 1 lifelike that when my
].;• .1 aw it he turned as pale as a
ghost.—Texas Sittings.
Qrorfo Was All
Her Mother—l abhor kissing. The
idea of placing your lips to the lips of a
I maul
He: elf liut I don't, mamma.
Oeorga's mustache always prevents it.
| —Brooklyn Life.
-
Another Widow Joke.
t r Well, doctor, I had a
peculiar ease to day.
. 1 ..•! r-What was it, please?
i;. 1t.,, tor—l attended a grass
v. i l - . irkolasffltM with hay fever.
—Oakland Times.
An Inducement.
• .a • already had four
wives!"
• ■' ■ not alive, dearest."—
| Life.
Iu Tbear I>n_>••
k "Wiiat is a fad?"
"One's i»et sin."—Puck.