VOLXXXII
+ Mid-Summer *
CLEARANCE
+ S A L E. +
Having placed our orders for Kail and \\ 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, milliner) and notions, shirt waists, wrappers and skirts
at prices less than cost. We arc also having a
SPECIAL REMNANT SALE
of woolens, silks, calico, ginghan , satines and lawns, muslins and
linings. These remnants all mar' ed down ju.-d one-half the original
price— a rare chance to secure bargains. This mid-summer clearance
sale at the popular and reliable store of
|'s, Jennie E. ZimmermaN
— . 7
O 1 1 . a I L >wry Soccsßor to Rittpr k Rid-"'
Wii t Do You Think of This
KOR JULY.
Top Buggies Low as S4OOO
Top Slat Wagon Low as SSO 00
Two Horse Karm Wagon $55 00
Phaeton |^ XJ 00
Two Seat Spring Wagon 00
Harness Oil Per Gal
Axle Greese 4 Poxes 2 5
Ruggy 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 arc 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.
S, B. MARTINCOURT & CO.,
128 E Jefferson St., Butler Pa.
Sweeping Reduction in Hillinery
Wire Krames at ..
Straw Braid, Half Price.—Kvery Flower—Kven the
finest in the house* at |
Leghorn Hats at half price—Special prices in Sailors.
Ail other Hats from 50c to $2.50, go at one
Price 1
All our fancy ribbons go at Half price—The Dresden* and Stripes
are just what you need to complete you wash ure ses. Re
member the first here get the choice things.
M. F. & M. MARKS.
113 to 117 S. Main St.
F fifes
W, F. Hartzell. Frank Kemper.
The Adriance Kinder
A V •%/%/%/%/%.<%, V 1 ™
Is the draft, the simplest constructed, the e»M. t ojx-rated, and
the most durable of any binder on the market. It will not upset on
the steepc*t liilU, It will cut where *ll others fail. It will handle as
long or an short grain a» any other binder. It vsill do better work in
tangled ){raiu than any binder in use. This binder is wild on its merits.
If it fails U> do as above mentioned, we do not ask you to buy it. All
machines and vehicles Hold by um are guaranteed to be as represented.
Machinery for all farm use, from the plow to tl><- separator, can be not
from u». Vehicles in various styles and prices. Harness for all kinds
of u»c. Ply nets and Covers, 1 >untcr*, Robes, Ulankets, Whins, &c.
In *hort, anything lielonginK to a team outfft is kept by us. Tne best
wa|(on on the market is sold by us, We guarantee it sujKirior to any
thing *«jld in tliis C'Minty. Call and see us
HARTZELL « KEMPER,
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THE QUESTION is often asked, What Paint shall we use?
THE ANSWER : If you arc looking for
capacity, wearing qualities, general appearance, and
your money's worth, you must buy
THE SHERWIN-WILUAMS PAINT.
OtMra Afo at, looht Beit, Wiarg Lonqtnt, Moat economical. Full Meaaura,
Our prices are for "best goods" first, last and all
the time. We arc in the business to stay and
* w - F sta y sw,th "»•
COLORS IN
HOUSC * COACH
VANNISHCST
J. C. REDICK, 109 N. Main St.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
!t is Not
What We Say
Hut what Hood's Sarsaparilla Doe,
that tells the story. Thousands oi
voluntary testimonials prove that
Hood's Sarsapariiia
is the Only
True Blood Purifier
Prominently in the public eye today.
HEINEMAN & SON,
* #
\ SUMMEK J
£ is approaching- nd t q-» #
F only way to k • p cool i*» J
* to go to
yS Ileinonian s *x
n, # P R
A a.'.n n- r ••not-! a t co p , .
J J Hammock.
3# Up have the !»' •-«
QQ J
hlid fiicM line ■ f # £>
z J Hammocks 5 z
QS t-st-t b.-oujfi! Sutler 5 ; *
<*s V\ all Paper Jc
2 ® S
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sj I'APLRS. ?=
W * IN
0 We also handle the p-j
i—i celebrated "
SI RAM lioKK }.?
j BICYCLE. j
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HEINEMAN &.50N.
GREAT SAMPLE SALE.
Suninicr Hl^oew,
at
Half-Prices.
Just received I ,oou pain. • >
Summer Sample Shoes and Siij
pers. 'I hese goods are to be sol'
at once. 1 bought them at trr
own price and you < an have then
at yours. These samples \vcr<
not bought to make money on,
but to keep things lively duriii
the dull season.
Prices Good for 10 Days Oniy
Ladies' Fine Tan Oxfords, fi and
#1.25 kind # 65
Ladies' l ine I)ongola Oxfords, 75c
kind f 40
Ladies' Fine Cloth Slipjs-rs »o at... 21
Ladies' Fine Tan Shoes, heel, f 2
kind fi 10
Ladies' Fine Tan Shoe-, spring, fi
kind f 1 10
Ladies' Fine Kid Button Shoes re
duced to f H.|
Ladies' Fine Tan Shoes, £2 kind,... 1 25
Boys' and Youths' Fine Tan Shoes
#2 kind fi if)
Misses and Children's Tan Shoes
Space forbids me quoting fur
ther,but if you will call during th i•.
Sample Sale you will see Summer
Shoes going cheaper than ever be
fore. Don't delay but come at
once and try
The New Shoe Store
During This
SAMI'LK S.M.I. OK SUMMIT:
SI IO ICS.
C. E. MILLER,
215 S. Mai.' St., Hutlcr, Pa
Seanor & Nace's
Livery, Feed and Sale Stable,
Rear of Wlek House, Butler, Pa
The beat of horscH and first chnn
rigH always on hand and for hire.
Heat accommodations in town fer
permanent boarding and transient
trade. Special care guaranteed.
Stable room for nixty-flve horn *.
A good cIaHH of horse*, both driv
«rH and draft horsea always on hand
and for Hale under a full guarantee;
and horses bought upon proper noti
fication hv SEANOR A NA'IK.
All kinds ot live stool. bought and
flOld.
Telephone at Wick Honae.
BUTLER LUMBER COMPANY
Shippers nnd dealers iu
V! rvtormls
I'.ough und uremcd Lumber of a
kinds, Dcors 1 nil Window*, and
Mouldings of all kinds.
H. E. WICK, Manager.
Office nnd Yards,
unnliiKham sn<l Munror streets.
lUTTLEE. PA., THURSDAY. AUGUST 1, 1895.
•A SWEET INCENTIVE.
BV DEBT HA GERNEAtX DAVIS.
There couldn't have been a nicer
place for thinking. The porch was so
pleasantly shaded, and just at this
hour in the morning the vines were
filled with blue and red and purple
trumpets that seemed to need only a
hint from the south wind to throw
them into musical ecstasies. The green
peas were keeping up a remonstrating
tinkle of their own, dropping into the
bright tin basin as Esther pushed
them out of shelter —like tenants
ejected by a cruel landlord from their
little green cottages.
Esther's dreaming was interrupted
br a voice issuing from the window
above the porch: "Esther, Estherl
what did you do with my cuffs?
Esther, I'll be late; Joe's waiting for
me!"
Somehow eighteen-year-old Esther
seemed always in demand by some one
of the three motherless little brothers
and sisters of the household.
"Dear me, that boy! What shall I
do with him?" and Esther's forehead
assumed a complicated pattern of
lines and crosslincs. She brushed the
pods from her lap, and hurried up the
stairs. "Rob. what do I kj»ow about
your cuffs? Do you suppose I'm wear
ing them? Why don't you leave your
things where they belong?" Here she
picked up one of the missing articles
from the floor, where it had slipped be
hind tho little round table. "I wish
you wouldn't lie in bed so late.
There!" producing the other cuff from
behind the curtain on the window
ledge. "Now hurry down, Robby. I'll
have Jane scramble you an egg. You
•an't go off without your breakfast."
□ "Oh, thanks!" said Rob, as he ad
justed his recovered linen. "I know I
overslept this morning. Couldn't help
it, really. Papa gone?"
"Of course. What do you suppose
would become of "us all if he went on
your principles? I'm afraid, Rob,
that unless you mend your ways you'll
have to give upy'our hope of being a doc
tor when you are grown up. Your pa
tients would all die before you got to
them." And Esther hurried to the
kitchen to ask Jane to help her pre
pare a nice little breakfast for the rec
reant brother.
"Some folks," said Jane, "hadn't
ought to have any breakfast," with
which very general observation she
•curried to the pantry, bringing forth
two specially large eggs. While these
were "scrambling" she toasted a slice
of bread a delicate brown, and stopped,
even in her irritation, to select the
red-banded plate that was Rob's espe
cial favorite. Really Jane did more
for him than many queens of the
kitchen would have done under simi
lar circumstances. But then she had
helped cuddle him when he was a
fuzzy-headed baby; and now that he
was a curly-haired, heedless, lovable
boy of twelve, was she the one to go
back on him? A clattering down the
back stairs announced his coming. He
approached tho table with more haste
than elegance.
"He'll be a dyspeptic by the time he's
grown up," thought Esther, as she
watched the fust-dibappearlng viands.
"You're both awful good," said Rob
between mouthfuls; "and so's this
toast. WisA I had time for another
piece."
"Now, Roy, try to be home in time
for luncheon," pleaded Esther. "You
know how it annoys papa to have you
always late; and then think of the ex
ample you set the other children."
"That's so," said Rob, whoso birth
day had been celebrated on the week
before. "I'll try—honest, I will."
And he did try, and succeeded In be
ing only three minutes late that noon.
But Esther shook her head at the. three
minutes, and her busy brain concocted
a little scheme.
She waylaid him on his way to the
croquet ground.
"Rob, I want to speak to you a mo
ment."
"All right, say on," said Rob, looking
pleasantly attentive.
"I'm going to make a bargain with
you. If you will be on time at every
meal the next four days -breakfast#
as well as all the others—l'll let you
have a candy pull ut the end of that
time. You can have three or four of
the boys ,y*u like best, and—"
"Good for you!" interrupted Rob.
The prospect of a candy pull Is gen
erally an alluring one to the juvenile
mind, and Rob's was no exception.
"Shako hands on it. If I don't fulfill
iny part of the contract, I'll know the
reason why."
"So shall I," answered Esther, de
murely. "It will be because you 'for
got' or 'didn't mean to stay so long at
tho fishing pond,' or—"
"Say, now, that isn't fair," laughed
Bob, good-naturedly. "I'll show you.
I'd be perfectly safe to invite the
boys In advance, but perhaps I'd l>etter
not."
"No; better wait and see h° w you
Come out," and Rob fancied Esther
looked u trifle skeptical. It put him
on his mettle.
Esther's "scheme" worked like a
charm. The next day Bob was ono of
the first to answer his father's "good
morning" at the breakfast table.
"Well, now," said Mr. Jordan, as ho
viewed the youthful faces around him,
and dispensed the griddle cakes, "It's
pleasant to sit down all together. Let's
keep it up. Bob. I tell you, punctuality
Is a great thing;" and Bob nodded re
spectfully, though his father's remark
did not bear for him the charm of nov
elty.
Three days passed. Bob was beam
ing with prlde-ln his own improvement,
aud in anticipation of Ihe promised re
ward. Tho fourth morning ho was
the first to slip into his chair at tho
breakfast table, and it was at least a»
hour before luncheon that ho left tho
fishing pond and repaired to the side
porch, so as to bo sure of hearing
Jane's summons to the dining-room.
"Bob, I'm proud of you," said Esther;
"I'll have Jane order the molasses this
evening."
"You're a brick, Esther," said Rob
"It isn't so awfully hard to be on time,
after all; and I'm going to keep it up,
t*K>."
The sninuier afternoon passed awfty;
it was fivo minutes of six, and the
children clamored for dinner. Rob
not put in an appearance, though Es
ther's fingers were giving the finishing
touches to the table. The minute-hand
Seemed to speed over tho face of the
cuckoo clock; she felt as if It were
trying to cheat Rob, and looked
anxiously down tho path, hoping to
see tho boyish fiK-ure dash in sight.
"Cookoo! cookoo!" began tho old
clock, triumphantly. Still no Rob.
Esther was tempted to have Jane tie
lay the ringing of the flintier bell, but
restrained tho impulse. It would bo
violating the compact, and, l>esidcs,
Rob must learn self-reliance, and ex
|H*ct the consequences of his own heed
lessness. So the dinner bi-lt added its
voice to that of the cookoo clock, and
it was a funeral knell, us well as a
business-like summons to dinner, for
It tolled the untimely death of Esther's
little project. When the family assem
bled, there was an empty chair at tho
table.
"Oh, dear!" walled Sue; and "How
mean!" added Freddy, giving the table
leg a vicious kick; for you see, Rob had
indiscreetly confided to them his secret
tho day before, and they were looking
forward to tho candy-pull as much as
he. As for Esther, she was thoroughly
li'iki. laUtaL Mi
gfun to hare such hope of him; it nu
too bad.
Dinner was half over when Rob;
flushed and breathing heavily, entered
the room Such a chorus of reproaches
greeted him from the children that
papa and Esther forbore to add their
voices.
"You keep still till your opinion's
asked," said Rob, goaded into this re
proof by the children's gratuitous crit
icisms of his tardiness.
"Yes, children, be quiet," said Mr.
Jordan. "You speak rather roughly,
my boy; but I know that you are dis
appointed, and your sister and I are
almost equally so."
Rob attacked the beefsteak in si
lence, and the rest of the meal was a
quiet one. Esther lingered after it
was over, half expecting some explana
tion; but, beyond the remark that he
stayed at Joe's longer than he had in
tended, Rob vouchsafed none.
It was the next morning that Jo®
Simmons came over to the side porch
where Esther was sitting in her favor
ite place behind the vinea.
"Good morning, Joe."
"Good morning. Miss Esther. l—
er- "
"I suppose you are after Rob. I'll
speak to him."
"No, no," Joe hastily interposed. "I
was looking for you." lie broke off a
morning glory which had gone to
sleep under the sun's too ardent atten
tions, and ground its purple juice into
his fingers. Esther, from long experi
ence with boy ways, knew a disclosure
of some kind was coming.
"Sit down," she said, pleasantly, j
"You have something to tell me, and I
want to hear it."
"Well—er—Bob ivas over to my house
yesterday afternoon, you know. We
had a big time out in the barn, and I— i
I kinder forgot about the baby. Ma
and pa had gone out, you know, and
left him to me."
(Lest you might think it a piece of
gross neglect on the part of Mr. and
Mrs. Simmons to intrust so precious a
charge to so youthful an older broth
er, it is well to state that the infant in
question was a sturdy young creature
of two years.)
"He—er"—another lunge at the morn
ing-glory vine—"got a-hold of some
green apples, and after awhile he
came out to us in the barn, yelling
awfully. First we didn't know what
was the matter; but we went into the
house and saw the pieces that he hadn't
eaten, and I knew something must be
done right off quick. Cholera morbus,
you know, is so awful dangerous. I
couldn't think of a thing to give him
but whisky; I knew they gave that in
lots of sudden cases; so while 1 held
Alfle Hob went pfter it."
"My goodness! whisky!" said Esther,
lier startled imagination picturing her
innocent brother making his way be
hind objectionable screens. "I hope he
thought to go to a drug store."
"Oh, yes'm,'' answered Joe, "he did.
It was bad enough to go there after it.
I'm temperance, you know—belong to
the loyal legion; but I knew the baby'd
got to have something. The clerk
told Rol» he could get something better
than whisky and gave him a bottle of
medicine. We gave the baby a dose of
it, and' after awhile he went to sleep.
Ma said (1 told her all about it this
morning) that it couldn't have been
the apple that hurt him; he couldn't
have felt it so quick, and besides, it
was riper than it looked. Rut I tell
you I was scared at the time.
"What I came round for, Miss Esther,
was to tell you that this is what made
Rob so late home yesterday. I made
him promise not to say anything übout
what kept him; but I forgot then about
the candy-pulling (you know Rob told
me before, tiiat he expected to have
one). I didn't find out till this morning
that ha was lato >or dinner. I asked
Freddy. Ma said I oughtn't to make
anyone -keep anything from his folks,
and that it generally wasn't wise to
make such promises. But it was all
my fault. I hadn't wanted ma to hear
of it, for fear she wouldn't trust me
again. And then afterward that
seemed kind of sneaking, so I told her
myself. I hope you'll—er—fix it up
about the candy-pulling, Miss Esther;
not so that I can come, I'd feel too
mean for that, but on his account—to
make it up for him, you know."
"Joe," saiil Esther, "I'm glad you and
Roll are such friends. Thatcaudy-pull
is coining off this evening, aud you and
Rob are going to have the thing iu
charge."
An hour later Hob, entering the
kitchen, found Jane cracking English
walnuts, and Esther removing them
their shells.
"What arc you doing?" he asked,
curiously.
"Getting English walnuts ready for
the candy-pull this evening, you
blessed boy!" said Esther. —N. Y. In
dependent.
AMERICAN WRITENS LACKING.
lon.plaint That Uootl Work In In Demand
While th« Quality I« I'oor.
There Is an increasing demand for
go<id American fiction. With all due
respect to the galaxy of bright writers
in Great Britain who have achieved
such prominence hero during the last
few years, It is, nevertheless, a fact
that publishers are looking eagerly for
novels and novelettes dealing with
American people and scenes. Said one
of them to the Literary World the oth
er day: "We have been publishing
English und Scotch stories simply be
cause wo could not procure American
fiction of corresponding worth. It is
needless to say that there Is a far
greater demand for American novels
than for those written about charac
ters and Incidents European and Itrit
ish. But it looks as if we could not
succeed In our endeavor. We do not
want a novel, for Instance, that is
dashed off, three or four chapters at a
time, by a woman after she has
an afternoon tea before dressing for the
evening. Itut we want American
novels written by men and women
whose brains surge aud swell while
they are at work. And I see no hope
ful out look excepting iu the newspa
per olllees."
The publisher docs not understand
the conditions of newspaper work now
adays, or he might not be hopeful.
There are young men and young women
scattered through news|>upcr olllees
here and there who are capable of de
veloping Into novelists; but they have
no eliunee, while on morning papers, at
least. The average reporter goes to
work at noon, ami then until midnight,
or an hour Inter, be or she Is hastening
from one point to another, oftentimes
unable to eat regularly or to secure
sufllclent sleep. By the time the after
noon assignment is covered and tbc
"story" written the" reporter has a
chance to breathe sometimes; aud then
when he reaches the ortlce with his
evening assignment covered, provided
he has !>ut one, he sits down mul writes
when U*o often he is greatly fatigued.
At midnight, or one or two o'clock In
the morning, he goes home. Is It rea
sonable to expect a man or a woman
after such a siege to write fiction'.' Mow
can it be done? Leaving entirely asldo
the fact that newspaper work, with Its
plain statement of events, preclude*
the development of thought and lit
erary style, tin' reporter's very exist
ence, with its hurry and rush and ex
hausting physical labor, makes It very
doubtful If we can look to him as a
cluss from whom to expect fiction.
With men and women on evening pa
pcrs the ease is different. They have
more leisure, In the evenings, at least;
but the fact remains that as a usual
thing the brightest men and women
prefer morning papers, because they
niv so much more.
A DEAL IN STOCKS.
fr RESENTS clothes
,ff=g I F honeymoon. How on
Hi -m earth can one leave
ki& out cither?" asked
n George Lit tic cash of
* *5;/ / \ fT. jj" himself, earnestly
sSSajßy) ' drilling his penholder
l IF-. • into a much furrowed
forehead. "There
never was a wedding without presents.
As for no honeymoon—why, Hetty
would be justified in crying off before
the very altar."
What had placed our friend in this
unpleasant quandary was, to begin
with. Uncle' Piper's check for- £SOO.
It was a check to marry Ilctty and set
up house with, and qua cash was satis
factory enough, but accompanied with
the wise avuncular injunction:
"George, marry on a cash basis —cash,
mind —or never look me in the face
again." Such excellent advice, plus a
£3OO check, it is impossible for a
nephew to spurn—especially a nephew
in love.
And then, when he had this gold
mine of untold wealth in his pocket,
and a full ocean of happiness to look
forward to, George fell into the toils
of the plausible fellow, Tom Scherer,
of the well-known city firm of Mouton,
Scherer »fc Walker. Scherer had such
a taking way of remembering, and
cherishing affectionately, one's Chris
tian name.
"Ah! Congratulate you, my dear
George. Coming off next month, eh?
Happy man! Some of you fellows have
the devil's own luck. And just in
time, too, for me to put you on to
making a comfortable nest egg for the
happy home one of the prettiest
chances you ever had. But come into
Pipps' and have a coffee."
Pipps', that long, low, smoky "dive"
in Throgmorton street, was crowded
with easy-mannered gentlemen in silk
hats, or in no hats at all, who con
versed in pairs and in groups with
electrical energy. They could not hear
themselves for their own talking.
"Sell-at-five-three-eight." "Book-you
thousand." "Buy-six-quarter." "Sell."
"Buy." "Panjandrums." "Rhodes."
"Barney's stock." "Struck - Bibble
bobble-reef." "Last - 'crushing - ten
ounces'' —such were some of the scraps
of jargon that emerged above the din
in flashes of comparative silence; while
ever and anon a gentleman would draw
from his vest pocket a little notebook
and pencil some entry or other. Almost
deafened at first by the hubbub, George
Littlecash was soon in the whirpool
himself, an eager listener to Mr.
Scherer's glowing tales indicative of the
pecuniary advantage certain to result
from a small punt in the South African
"boom."
"Eighty thou' in one deal, my dear
George—what d'ye think of that, eh?
Springett went nap on Gold Bug Ex
tensions—put on every penny he could
scrape together, till he hadn't a cent
to swear by—and came out 80,000
golden sovereigns to the good. And
yet you say it isn't worth trying. My
dear George—faint heart never main
tained a fair lady, if it won her."
The upshot was that George figured
up his liabilities against his check,
and handed over to the trusty Soherer
£250, to l>e converted in two days, or
some such reasonable time, into £2,600.
"Done!" cried Scherer, as no penciled
the little transaction in his notebook.
And "done" George was. For next
day, when ho looked at "Mines" In the
money column, h* found Gold Bugs
had crawled downstairs three-eighths.
"Whatdoyou advise, Scherer?" asked
George, when they met in the city.
"Never advise, my dear George. Don't
do It—on principle. 'Cut your losses,
let your profits run,' is our old wheeze;
"AM! COSiOHATULATI£ VOU."
but it's no good being too hasty. Thla
fall is simply due to somebody being
in too big u hurry to pocket a profit.
But you judge for yourself, dear boy;
that's what I advise."
Next day Gold Bugs had crawled
downstairs two or three steps more.
"It's nothing, George," aaid the op
timistic Scherer. "Weak holders *-
couldn't last out —that's iny explana
tion, Still, don't be guided by me."
Next day after that Gold Bugs had
fallen so ln-uvily that you couldn't find
anybody to pick them up again at any
price. And just then, of course, to
make amends, George Littlecash was
reminded by his tailor of "that littlo
account" which had been overlooked
for so many quarters. It was in this
doleful hour, as he sat savagely biting
his lips, knitting his brows and inward
ly cursing Scherer and all his works,
that he glanced vaguely at a copy of
the Evening Intelligence.
"Renewed Activity In Rand Shares"
was the line in large type that caught
the disconsolate investor's eye as the
paper lay on his desk.
"Confound Rand shares!" he ejacu
lated fervently, wheeling round as
though from a too affectionate snake.
Just then, as luck would have It, In
popped the beaming and expansive
Scherer.
"Why, Gei irgo, my dear boy, you're
looking as ghastly as James Canham
Read when he was 'taken from life,' as
the waxworks bill says. Nothing seri
ous, 1 hope? Gal chucked you?"
"Look here, Ncherer; I don't want
you blarneying ino again. Tve had
quite enough of Rand shares, thanks —
in fact, a long sight too much."
"Rand shares! Why, my dear fel
low," Scherer returned, with a look of
pained virtue, "you really don't mean
to tell me that's what put you down In
the dumps—that little matter of two
fifty, when you stood to win as many
thousands! Bless my soul!"—Scherer's
eye had just caught the line in the
Evening Intelligencer "have you seen
the paper to-night?"
"No," replied George, whose back
was turned, "nor want to. I'm sick of
the whole thing. You knew, for I told
you, I couldn't risk anything under the
circumstances unless It was absolutely
certain."
"And that's what you call risk?"
"Oh! hang I know It's my own fault
—only don't bother me. with any more
of these fine tales."
"Now, I call this very unkind of you,
George," said Scherer, Injured; "I do,
indeed." And so saying, while he kept
one eye on George's back, Mr. Scherer
east the other down the money column.
When he reached "Gold Bugs" that
particular eye flared up like a fusee.
"Now, what should you say If Gold
Bugs went up again to f>>{, eh?"
"Rot!"
"Right you are, dear boy. 'Rot' Is
It? Well, well. You think I misled
you about that little deal, eh?"
"Well, if you want plain speaking,
Mr. Scherer. I think you did."
"And you an' I friends, George! Thla
ij of trying to do a wan a
gQOd turij! J'ow, what do you say if I
offer to t»ke those shares off your hands
again, sicce you're so cut up over 'em?"
"At a shilling apiece, I suppose, Ha,
ha"'
"A shilling apiece? No, sir! Not at
'a shilling apiece.' I'll give you what
jlljl
"X>OS'T DOUBT TOUR FRIKND's HONESTY
AGAIN."
you gave for 'em, and a shilling- apiece
over to sooth your injured feelings.
What d'ye think of that!"
Mr. Scherer found his magnanimity
so exhilarating that he drew himself
up, threw open his coat, and slipped
George's Evening Intelligencer into his
own pocket
"You doubt my honesty and my good
faith, eh, my dear sir," he said, pulling
out his check book and a roll of notes.
Last week you paid me £-50; if you will
be to good as to hand me back the
serip I shall have much pleasure in
handing- you my check for £302 10s. Or,
p'raps," he added, with cutting sar
casm, "since you doubt my honesty, you
would prefer Rank of England notes?"
George, who had rises, half dazed,
had just enough presence of mind to
gasp in his astonishment:
"If it's all the same to you, I should."
"Certainly, my dear sir."
"I'm only too delighted to hand It
back to you," said George fervently, as
he passetl over the scrip, and received
the crisp notes and gleaming gold in
exchange.
"And yet, strange to say," laughed
Schcrer, "I can assure you I'm no less
delighted to take it back, lia! ha! Hal
Ila! ha! ha!" For some moments the
cachinnation prevented speech. When
Scherer found breath he remarked to
his bewildered friend: "My dear
George, let me give you u word of hon
est advice —in fact, two words. Don't
doubt your friend's honesty again, and
when you hold active shares keep a
sharp eye on the papers- :ia, ha, ha!"
"The papers?" echoed Link-cash;
'why, no, I haven't seen to-night's pa
per yet." And ho struck a bell.
"Yes, sir?" said the office boy.
"Where's to-night's evening paper,
Tippetts?"
"Ain't come In yet, sir."
"Oh, yes, it has," corrected Mr.
Scherer, choking with laughter as he
produced the Evening Intelligence.
"I just—just -mechanically picked It
up for a moment myself."
Hut the office boy triumphed.
"That's a hold won, sir; to-night's
ain't come in not yet, sir "
"Not come in!" shrieked Scherer,
turning to the date. "Why, good Lord
—the paper's a month old!"
Mr. Scherer's exclamations as he
sank into George's chair were so shock
ingly profane tiiat even the office boy
turned pale and expected a flush of
lightning.
George got his friend out of the office
ot last, but made a point of handing
him back the odd twelve pounds ten—
"to soothe his feelings." The wedding
took place, and Uncle Piper will never
know the particulars of George's first
—and last little venture on the stock
exchange.—St. James' liudget.
—Trees have übout them something
beautiful aud attractive, even to the
fancy, since they cannot change their
places, are witnesses of all the changes
that take place around them; and as
Borne reach a great age they become,
as It were, historical monuments, and.
like ourselves, they have life, growing
and passing away—not being inani
mate and unvarying, like the flelda
and rivers. One sees them passing
through various stages, and at last,
step by step, approaching death, which
makes them look still more like our
selves. —Humboldt.
—The sum of the whole is this:
Walk and be happy; walk and be
healthy.—Dickens.
A Peculiar Fact.
"Keep out of debt, youug man," said
the philosopher, "l'eople will think
better of you for It."
"Perhaps," was the thoughtful re
ply; "and yet I've noticed that the
more I owe j>eople the gladder they al
ways seem to see :ne." —Washington
Star.
Artistic Appreciation.
Painter (with dignity)—l am an art
ist, madam.
Madam (effusively) Oh, you poor
man. Here's a quarter to buy you
something to cat. —Detroit Free Press.
A Doubt.
Shall •manclpnle<l woman,
Hutne-comliiK at the dawn,
For frar of man who wait* for her,
Take her Hhoea off on the lawn?
—Cleveland I'laUi Dealer
AND HOW HWHHH
Miss Antique He sent mo a bouquet,
with u rose for each year, on iny birth
day.
Miss t'austique —What a largo one it
must have been. - N. Y. Recorder.
Ilit'l Klprrlrmml It.
Tramp -Do you know what it is,
sir, to be shunned by all; to not have
the grasp of » single friendly hand?
Stranger Indeed I do. Pm a life in
auraiico agent.- Judge.
I>|a«**r<l«Ml Thrm.
"Ml** o]<lflirt carrle* her yearn well,
doeHii't ulie?"
"You iiniNt boar in miml that who ha*
thrown nearly half of them away."—
!udiana|x»liji Journal.
N«*ft to III* Heart.
Nlic—l)o yon still trean ure my photo
graph?
The Colonel Do I! Pve had It set in
my pocket Husk. - Life,
Mrs. Olduti Why, my dear, you look
ton years older sln< <• you were uiurricd.
Mrs. Youngun And I am. You know
I have been only twenty-two for the
past ten years. Detroit Free Press.
Vftln l(#srrt«.
Ilugley— Hut yon didn't marry for
money, did you?
Brace —Heavens, u<>; that's Just It.—
K. Y. World.
DIVERSIFIED FARMrNG.
It I*. After All, the Only Sara Way to Bae
r(« for Firntn.
Steady farming, with a food rotation
of crops persistently ia the
surest way to success for farmers. Ab
rupt changes in order to meet high
prices for some farm product are dan
gerous practices. It is within the re
membrance of every farmer when hay
was so low that it hardly paid to raise
it for market, but since then farmers
hare been making more profit off hay
than almost any other crop To suit
the change, a great many dropped hay
from their list of farm crops and tried
to get along without it- The steady
farmers continued to give grass a place
in their crop rotation, turning it un
der when it would not pay to cut and
sell it as hay, and when prices went
up again for hay they were the only
ones who had good crops to selL Be
sides enriching their soil with the
grass, they found themselves prepared
to reap a (rood harvest when prices
came around again to their normal con
dition.
Just now sheep have been at a dis
count, and thousands have been selling
them off to raise something else more
profitable. But sheep, both for wool
and mutton, will be profitable in the
future. Several times in the past the
bheep industry has been at its lowest
ebb, but it revived in time. Steam and
electricity are said to be driving horses
out of the market, and that it will no
longer pay to raise fine colts. There
never was a time, and probably never
will be, when it did not pay to raise
good horses. Underbred stock is too
plentiful, and will be at a greater dis
count in the future than now; but fine
driving road horses or heavy draught
horses will never lose their value per
manently. It is within the remem
brance of the writer when many farm
ers paid S3 and 9A per head for ordinary
sheep because a boom in that line was
sending everything upward.
There are too many farmers engaged
in this industry who wait for high
prices, and then they rush into that
particular line of work. If sheep are
high they pay exorbitant prices for
stock in order to raise others to 6ell.
If corn is the leading farm product
that pays well, they turn their farms
Into enormous corn fields, unmindful
of the fact often that they do not un
derstand its culture nor the expenses
attached to it Frequently they have
to make an initial outlay to adapt
themselves to Che abrupt change,
which alone will take away all profits.
Just now more farmers are prepar
ing for abrupt changes than ever be
fore. It has been a disastrous year
with most of us Many have lost
money and are generally dissatisfied
with their conditions Each one is
looking around at those who seem to
be raising something more profitable.
Very often these profitable products
are only temporarily so. and by the
time the change is made they will no
longer pay good prices. Good, steady
farming, with a fair rotation of crops,
is the only sure way for any farmer to
make farming a sure thing. Orass, hay,
oats, wheat, potatoes, corn, sheep, cows)
and horses cannot always be unprofita
ble. A proper system of diversified farm
ing will make profits a certainty on
some of the crops. It is at any rate good
farming. The land is kept up, not
run down. Expenses are normal and
outlays are not increased by suoh vio
lent changes The pigs, chickens, cows
and sheep will all yield some incidental
Srofita. while the main farm crops may
uctuate from year to year, but not
more so than manufactured articles
Fluctuation is characteristic of every
business, and farmers hsve no more
than their share. The shoe manu
facturer does not take up pin making
because shoes happen to be unprofita
ble for a season or two. —Germantown
(l'a.) Telegraph.
FRAME HAY STACKER.
If Made Properly, It Ia Haiti to He a Very
Handy Device.
The frame for stacking hay, shown
l>elow, consists of two sills, '.'xti Inches,
2'J feet long and placed 10 feet apart.
Upon these sills rest three frames made
of -'x4 timbers 20 feet long for the up
rights and joined at the top by means
of 2xtt-inch hoards 8 feet losg and
braced at each of the up(>er corners
with 3x4*inch scantling. From the
■TACKING If AT FOR WINTER USK.
croHSpiecv is suspended a track for a
hay fork. Hay Is brought up at the end
of this frame and by the proper ar
rangement of pulleys the hay is easily
lifted from the wagons and transferred
to the stack, which can be mado, of
course, as high as the frames When
it l b desirable to move this from one
portion of the field to another, simply
hitch a horse to the end of each sill
anil pull it wherever desired. Make
the sills rounding at one end so It will
slip over the ground like a sled. The
upright timbers are mortised firmly
Into the sills, thus making the whole
strong and durable. If larger and
higher stacks are to be built, ths slxe
of the frame cau b« varied accqrdlnir
ly. It is a very handy device if mode
properly, and for those who have a
great deal of field stacking to do is
worthy of trial.—Farm and Home.
Knrlohlng Forest Lands.
Shading the soil Is of great advan
tage In converting ammonia into ni*
trst.es, a process which has served to
enrich forest lands while they are oov
ered with dense growth. The mulch
of leaves added annually Is a carpet
which prevents influence by the direct
rays of the sun. That a soil which
grows forest trees increases in fertility,
is demonstrated by the larger crop*
grown upon such "virgin" soli after
It has l>ee» cleared of its forest growth.
On the same principle the mulching
of tho soil with a dense crop or with
leaves is beneficial in certain respects.
At the Hare*.
Hill—How do you manage to win
every day?
Berg A friend who knows all about
it tells me which horses to buy.
Jllll —And you do Just as he tells you?
Berg- No; Just the opposite.—N. Y.
World.
Little Room.
Hmi there — How many Jokes on tho
bathing suit have you written to-day,
Pen Dennis?
Pen Dennis-My dear boy, there's
not room enough on the average bath
ing suit to write more than one.—Town
Topics.
One Tfctsg Settled.
Mammy—Here's my new cart. A let
she n beauty?
Tommy—You inusn't say she, A
cart's it.
Nammy- -Taln't. It's she.
Tommy—l'll leave it to Dick.
Dick (Inspecting It) —'Taln't either
one. Jt's he. It's a mall cart. —Chica-
go Trlbuno.
Presumptive Fvldenee.
Miss Nharpglrl - 1 have read that a
fish diet hu» a very beneficial effect on
the brnln. Do you think there Is any
thing in it?
Canesucker —No, Miss Nharpgirl, I'm
no fish eater.
Mis* Nharpgirl—Well, then, It seems
las if there might be something In it
after all.—Texas Hlftlnirs
N029
HIS GREAT SCHEME.
It Failed Because His Friend Refused to
See ths Polat.
"The elevated railroad has Just had
to pay twenty thousand be
cause one of its guards attaak*d a pas
senger and smashed him in the face,"
said Mr. Skeemer to Mr. Ploti, accord
ing to the New York World." "Now, I
have a scheme. You and me aren't do
ing anything just now, and we might
put It into practice."
"What Is it?" demanded Plots.
"11l get a Job as brakeman on the el
evated, you get on my train and then
111 attack you. As soon as I see ydu I
become uncontrollable, make a wild
dash for you, kick you In the stomach,
knock out your teeth, black your eye,
and then throw you out of the win
dow. You sue the company, all tho
passengers testifying that the assault
was entirely unprovoked, as it \jas,
and the jury will award yon anywhere
from twenty thousand to fifty thousand
dollars. We divide evenly, of course.
The bigger licking I give you the more
money we get."
"Ye 6," interrupted Plotz, "I get tho
licking, and 'we' get the money. Sup
pose I be the brakeman! I used to
sweep out a railroad station, and I'll
take to the business easier than you.
Besides I'm a harder puncher ti •• von.
After I get through wi<\ \ ;
would be worth seven; -H-. • I
dollars at least. llowaL
"No," replied Skeemer, 'Vi. • is
mine, and if I can't assign ;!• .ik
ing parts I won't play. OS veil;
if you dont want to, simply .... 11l
Just hire a man for doi!;.. . to let
me pound him, and thea 111 get all the
Srofits for myself. VttX going right
own town now to sea 001. Haln and
get the Job and youll feel pretty sink
when you read in the papers about an
other elevated guard running amuck
and half-killing a passenger. Wont
you wish you'd been him? 11l be a
rioh man in a week." And he headed
for down town to get tho iob.
WHITTIER'S COURAGE.
He Hasarded Life and Popularity In Uie
Cause of Abolition.
Before he was thirty he had made op
his mind that it was his duty to do what
ho oould for the relief of the unfortun-.
ate negroos who were held in bondage
in the south. In 1838 he wrote a pam
phlet called "Justice and Expediency,",
in which he considered the whole que*
tion of slavery, and declared that it
should cease forever. Three years
later, writes Prof. Brander Matthews'
in St. Nicholas, he beoame secretary of
the Anti-Slavery society. Ia 1888 he
went to Philadelphia to edit the Penn
sylvania Freeman; and so boldly did he
advocate the right of the negro to own
himself that the printing qJBoe was
sacked by a mob and burned. Then,
as more than once afterward for the,
same cause, Whit tier was in danger of'
his life.
Whlttler showed physical oourage in
facing the ruffians who wished to pre
vent free speech; but he had revealed
the higher moral oourage in easting hia
lot with the little band of abolitionists.
Up to this time he had looked forward
to holdiug public ofilce, as well he
might, when many another journalist
was stepping from the newspaper desk
nto public life. When ho became one
of the Kmall band who denounced
slavery, he gave up all chance of office.
He also had literary ambition, but so
strong was the power of the slave
owners then, and so intoierent were
they, that most editors and publishers
were sorely Intimidated, and declined
to print not only any attaok on slavery,
but even tho other writings of an au
thor who was known as an abolitionist.
Thus Whlttler, In Identifying himself
with the anti-slavery movement,
thought that he was giving up his lit-|
erary future also. He made his deci
sion promptly, and he never regretted
It. Indeed, in later life ho said to a '
boy of fifteen to whom ho was giving
counsel: "My lad, if thou wouldst win
success, join yourself to some unpopu
lar but noble cause."
THE BICYCLE CANNON.
How the Uuna May lie Mounted In Future
Wars.
With the many new devices of offense
and defense which have reoently made
their appearance comes the bioyole
cannon. The gun mounted on a bicycle
was In a parade in New Yo V city re
oently, and was seen by thousands of
people, says the National Tribune.
The vehicle was a twin cycle, in ap
pearance much like a tricycle, and
known as a duplex. It is especially
light and strong. The cannon, a steel,
rifled affair thirty-four Inches in;
length, eight Inehes at the butt and i
four at the murr.le, and weighing about
fifty pounds, is swung between the two
rear whecles, resting upon the con
necting axle and is farther supported
from above. An Ingenious mechanism
permits of the piece of ordnance being
raised or deflected to any angle. ;
The caisson containing the ammuni
tion is carried on another duplex. Four
artillerymen equip tho battery. They
are at once gun crew and motive power.
Two men on the seats can propel the
machines with their heavy loads at a
(aster gate than horses have ever
ihuwn in similar service. The work of
wheeling the gun Into position is the
work of an instant.
Just (lone.
To most German visitors to Rome
Uoethe is a sort of diety, and after his
ileath every trace of his stay there,
however unimportant, was unearthed
ind visited as If It had been a sacred
ihrlne. One of these shrines la a
humble Inn, where the greet poet used
to take a glass of wine In the evening.
Mr. Rudolf relates that an
enthualastlc young Teuton, engaged In
'.his pilgrimage, asked the waiter in his
broken Italian whether this was really
ihe spot that Goethe used to visit.
"Goti, Got I, no loconosco, I never beard
)f him," said the waiter. Then, seeing
mddenly that he was disappointing a
.stonier, ho added; "Oh yes, of
•ourse, Goti—ho has just this moment
fono."
Willing to Unlde the Oey.
"And you?" usked tho angel.
"Write mo," said Abou Hen Bunco,
"aa one who loves his countrymen."—
Indianapolis Journal.
Vindictive.
Jess —Hero comes that dlaagreeable
Miss Jones.
Jack—Don't you like her?
Jess—l hate her; sometimes when we
j*eot I dou't oven kiss herl —Puck.
Name Thing.
"Did you go to church yesterday?"
"No, but I did the same thing. I
took a nap."—Life.
The Stumbling Block.
"Tho manner in which my father-in
law treats me," said tho count, ''li
shameful. Ho baa allowed my debta
to accumulate; my monthly remlV
tances have fallen Into arrears; he lifti
loft me peunllcas."
"But," said tho lawyer, "that la not
suflit-lout ground for divorce."
"I don't want a divorce," aald the
count. "Hut can't I sue iny
law for damages? Has he not violated
an Implied contract?"
"Oh! yes," replied the lawyer. "You
cau prove cruelty and abandonment and
non -support."
"You see no obstacle, then, to com
mencing such au action at once?"
"None—exoept that my retainer U
payable In advance."
Hut the count strode haughtily from
the room.—Life.
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