VOLXXXII THE BUTLER pAIR! SEPTEMBER 3,4, 5 & 6,1895. rates on all the railroads during three days. Lists on application tc the Secretary. W. P. ROESSING, Butler, Pa. BL J&aJl .JOL Both Trumps I » yTt/# / LOOK! At Our Prices. Men's Tan Shoes that sold at #5.50 go at $3.50. Men's Tan Shoes that sold at *4.00 go at *2.25. Men's Tan Shoes that sold at $3.25 go at #1.75. Bov's Tan Shoes that sold at $2.00 go at # 1 .00. ' Men's Calf Shoes that sold at Jr.so go at $ 1.00. Men's Every Day Shoes that sold at Jr. 25 go at 90c. Boy 's Every Day Shoes that sold at f 1 .GO go at 75c. Ladies Shoes, Grandest Bargains Ever Offered. Indies' fine dongola patent tip shoes at 90c. Ladies' flexible sole shoes lace and button at 1r.50. Ladies' russctt shoes hand turns at f2.00. Ladies' nissett shoes heel or spring at fi.oo. Women's heavy tip shoes ft. 00. Women's heavy shoes button fr.oo. Misses heavy shoes in lace or button at 75c. Children's school shoes 50c to 75c. Owing to the material advance the manufacturers have advanced on all their roods—but as our large fall and winter stock which is arriving daily was bought before the advance, I am now prepared to show the largest stock of reliable Boots and Shoes ever brought to Butler, and at such > emarkably low prices that you arc sure to buy. Our stock is large and complete. Full stock of Men's and Boy's heavy Boots; Full stock of rubber goods; Complete stock of Felt Boots and Shoes— Also line of warm lined Shoes and Slippers— Men's, Women's and Misses' heavy shoes in all material's and all at the old LOW PRICE. When in Butler call and see me. Mail orders receive prompt attention. JOHN BICKEL, 128 H Main Street, BUTLER, PA. Branch Store ,2 5 N. riain st, JVxln) SIZES in Muslin audi JjZr iGauge Underwear at greatly^ * Reduced Prices. f ** MOTHER Cut in Millinery! Any flower /\in the house for 7cts. Another table of 9c ribbon—you will find this just as good as we sold last week. i\ LL ofour LINEN and SILK *»GLOVES AT ,L^ oro. 12. Final account of James R. McCand less, administrator of Mary McCandles-s deceased, late of Cherry tow, nship. 13. Final account of Robert Krause, executor of Robert Cooper, deceased late of Winfield township. 14. Distribution account of Elizabeth Gilkey, executrix of Rol>ert Gilkey de ceased, late of Slipperyrock township 15. Final account of Ferd Reiber. guardian of Nora L, Reed minor child of Wilson E. Reed deceased, late of Butler boro. 16. Final account of Mary Campbell, adminiftratrix of Silas Campl>ell deceas ed late of Washington township. 17. Final account of Andrew G. Camp bell, trustee to make sale of the real es tate of Reuben Musselman deceased late of Harmony boro. iS. Final account of John 11. Gonnley, guardian of Mary Mortland, minor child of Stephen Mortland deceased, late of Marion township. 19, Final account of William Shepard and George M. Shepard, executors of John Shepard deceased, late of Middle sex township. 20. Partial account of Maggie S. Cov ert, now Morrison, executrix of Miles Covert, deceased, late of Adams town ship. WIDOWS' APPRAISEMENTS. Tlie following widows' ar>prai#ement» of pergonal property aod real eatate f>et apart for the benefit ol the widows of decedent* have been filed in the office of the Clerk of Orphan* 1 < ourt ot Butler county, T>- Y\ ieiow of Ja'uer- MeKiuney 34 '• Campbell Bartley 30*> •' F. P. Baldaof (realty Sou 00 " Oeorce Weckbecker 300 00 " Amezitth Kelly 0< " Alexander Morriaon ZWB -i " Kev. S.tni'l W'illiaiiin 300 60 " Jerem'h Keinter (realty).... 300 00 " IraHtauffer 300 00 " Daniel G. McLaughlin 300 00 All peraons interested in the above ai' praisements will take notice that tliey wil i>e presented for confirmation to the Or phaiis' Court of Butler county, Pa., on Sal urdav, the 7th eor*e Knautl ami filty dollars to August Rinehurt released by the same. June sth, 1895, approved, and fix width ol load at 33 feet. Notice to be given accord ing to rules of court. Ey the Court. Hitler Coi kty. ss: Certified from the record this 6th day ol August A. I). 1895. JOSEPH CRISWFLL, Clerk Q. 8. Court. It makes the sun hot To see that his rays haven't the slight est effect upon a man clad in our Rtiit such as we make. They are the coole:-. ami most comfortable summer garment: to he had. The Sun Doesn't look happy, but tli< man who is wearing one of our stiintnei suits on these sweltering summer flays does. Dressing for the weather is hall the battle. Unless you have tried th< thing you can have no idea how ttiucl more comfortable you will feel in a neg ligee shirt and one of our suits. N. B.—You don't really need the licg ligee shirt—if you have the clothes. Nature Teaches that the living crca ttire of the highest intelligence is mar. because he of all most perfectly adapt' himself to his environment. Where shall we class the man who has the mon ey to buy cool, comfortable summer clothes and doesn't do it? Nature smiles upon the man clad in one of <>ur minmcr suits. He keeps cool. CIPEIi I CO Cor. Diamond, Butler, Pa lUITLER. PA..THUKSDAY. AUGUST 22, 1805. What You Need When yon are weary and worn, without an appetite, have no ambition, sleepless, nervous and irritable, is purified, enriched and vitalized blood; and remember Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the only true blood purifier promi nently in the public eye. fl;slxforfs. HririH'e Pillc cure all llTerllls, bilious llOOU S rills oess. hea-laches. 25c. HEINEMAN SON, fi * \ SUMMER I r is approaching atid tq.i ▼ r only way to keep cool is J to go to T «? Heiiieman's 0, £ r R . a! d ({ft yourself a ore $ | J Hammock, j 2 2 We have the st 33 ami 00. Pt line of J zj Hammocks jz j ( t-r brought to Kutier. $ -\'all Paper *c ig ff-nr. il'f to tip |! Summer Sample Shoes and Slip pers. These goods arc to be sold .it once. 1 bought them at try own price and you can have them at yours. These samples were not bought to make money on, but to keep tilings lively duri:-j» the dull season. Prices Good for 10 Days Only Ladies' I-'inc Tan Oxfords, $ i and $1.25 kind # 65 Ladies' Fine Dongola Oxfords, 75c kind $ 40 Ladies' Fine Cloth Slippers j/<> at... 21 Ladies' Fine Tan Shoes, heel, (,2 kind fi 10 Ladies' Fine Tan Shoes, spring, $2 kind $1 10 Ladies' Fine Kid Button Shoes re duced to f 84 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 ine quoting fur tier,but if you will call during this Sample Sale you will see Summer S hoes going cheaper than ever be fore. Don't delay but come at once and try The New Shoe Store During This SAMPLE SALE OF SUMMER SHOES. C. E. MILLER, 255 S. Main St., Butler, Pa, Seanor & Nace's Livery, Feed and Hale Stable, Wear ol Wick House. Bull* r I'a The hi ol hor.-cs and Brut clihh rij.'" h!w a \ m •* ft hand and f.jr hire. Best accommodations in town f<.r permanent hoarding and trar.focii trade. Special care guaranteed. Stable room for aixty five horeeK A good clhhh of I own, lioth driv era and draft horses alwaja on hand (irul lor hale under a full guaruii'ee; pr»«l hornen bought upon proper fi ntion bv sCANOR A N ACK. All kiiiflw ol live (stock bought at.d Hold Teh plone at Wick House. HOUSEHOLD ENAMEL, MCI'KKKKMCM I'AIIT AMI VAKIISII. Ciui lin applii-d to any smooth «nrface,o" :urniture, wood, any kiml of mei il inr.luiliiiK kitchen utensils. Maken old articles look now and i* much loeil on bicycles, carriii(fon, stoves, etc. Heiinires only one emit, ix applied eold with linifh and dries absolutely bard anil (f!nH«y in 2 bourn— will not crack, chip, blister or rub off. Sample bottle sent on receipt of price. ; ounceH 15c, 4 ounce* 25c, 8 ounces 40c. West Deer Park Prin tin/5 ink Co., 4 >Tk.v llkvok. Sr Vk.v Vo a AGENTS WANTED. A WESTERN WOOING. BT «ATE M. CLEAR*. People had become rather tired of tne romance. Perhaps in part because it had ceased to be romantic. When first Andulasia Stebbins had come out from Illinois-*« live with her mother and stepfather on the Nebraska prairie it was considered by the neighboring farmer folk quite proper, probable and desirable that Ira Harris, whose half section joined that of her relatives, should fail in love with her—which he promptly did. Ira was thirty, stout, stolid, loutish, methodical, lie was a successful man. This is hardly to be explained of a per son with the characteristics mentioned unless one includes selfishness. To be supremely selfish is so frequently to be successful. At the time of their meet ing Andulasia was twenty-seven. There are women of twenty-seven and women of twenty-wren. She was one of the latter. With her square figure, her unequivocal complexion, her dull brown hair, and her calculating eyes she looked her years. One would never excuse her mistakes on the ground of Immaturity. One could never condone them on that of impulse. Indeed, to attribute to her certain errors would be subtle flattery. She was not the kind of a woman who is ordinarily sub jected to temptation. Harris, however, accepted her pro pinquity and her affection much as he accepted the drotrftht or the price of hogs. He was willing she should de cline the company of other men on his account He reasoned that if her step father, old man Solveriny, were to clear off the mortgage on his place and die, and if the two sickly young Sol verinys died also, she would be wealthy in her own right, as wealth is estimated in the Philistine west Consequently it might prove a prudent proceeding to wait for Andulasia. So he waited. A year after their acquaintance l>e gan he gave her an inkling of his senti ments. Her concurrence with bis views was almost pathetic. It was alert, reciprocal, conclusive. Matri mony at some indefinite date they might look forward to. Such an in discretion at the present time would be a tremendous mistake. "Of course, Ira," she said, "land's land. And if my stepfather and your mother—who is mighty feeble, I notice — and the twins don't die there won't bo any land for us worth mentioning, much less a-marryin' on." Nevertheless she felt a» the years, two, three, four passed, that her ac ceptance of his suggestion had been a trifle overemphatic and unconsidered. Fate, she could not in justice rail against One of the twins succumbed to ivy poisoning. The other, a few months later, was run down by the train. Andulasia's stepfather went the way of the apoplectic, and Ira's mother, with utter disregard for the sensation she might have caused, slipped from life in the most meek, genteel and unimpressive manner imaginable. Then there was only Ira on one farm, and Andulasia and her mother on the other. No apparent ob stacle intervened. Still Ira did not ft peak, and it was seven years since Andulasia had come from Illinois. Ha frequently visited her, helped her, and deferred to her. He carried her but ter and eggs into town and "traded" them; when the circus was in the coun ty seat, he drove her there; he took her into the side show where the fat woman was on exhibition: he bought her pink lemonade, and peanuts, and hot candy made on the grounds. He escorted her to the merry-go-round at Mahaska and rodo side by side with her on the spotted ponies. He drove her into town twice a week. They at tended prayer meeting together. They both professed religion at the revival. He bought eleven tickets for her crazy quilt rattle. He was in all things her constant and dependable cavalier, but he never once mentioned marriage— never once. In this manner eight more years passed. She was forty-two. He was forty-five. He was stouter, more stolid. She had some wrinkles, gold fillings In her teeth, a reputation for irascibil ity—also a comfortab'e bank account One day Ira brought Andulasia a let ter. It was from her mother's brother who lived in lowa. He was dying. He wished to see her. She handed Ira the letter. "Shall I go?" she asked. Harris deliberated. "Has he money?" he questioned. "Yes." "Then go." He saw her off the next day. She wore a new dress that didn't fit in the back. The skirt was too short at the sides. Her shoes were dusty. The heat had taken the curl out of her bangs. She had forgotten to bring the piece of chamois skin with the powder on it, which she was in the habit of using surreptitiously. Her nose shone as if polished. She wore kid gloves which were too large. The train was late. As they walked np and down the platform she talked to Ira steadily and monotonously. Hho warned him about the brindle cow, and advised him concerning a piece of his fence which needed repairing. He heard her, but all the time he was watching a girl who played with the agent's children in a green patch near the station. She was a little blonde sprite who hail come from Omaha to visit the agent's wife. "Of course," he said. "And you won't forget about the chopped feed?" He gave her an intense glance. "How could I?" "You'll see that Star gets well watered?" "I'll attend to it." "You'll have Alvy Murk hum pull parsley for the young pigs?" "I will." "And—O, yes! If mother seems to feel another lit coming on you'll get her a bottle of Indian relief cure at the drug store." The train steamed In. Anduhuila went awav Ira did not kiss her She was relieved —ami disappointed. The conductor and the train boy might have laughed. Hut then ho should have cared enough to risk that When the train had pulled out and was well around the bend, Harris, who had lingered on tlie platform, asked the agent to introduce him to his visitor. The agent did so. Harris joined In the games of tho children, lie made himself clumsily delightful. Soda water was unknown in that particular small town, but Ira did the next best thing. He bought bananas and chocolate drops with a reckless liberality which would havo made the absent Andalusia doubt his sanity could she but have been aware of his behavior. He came to the depot the next day, the next ami the next The little visitor with the flax-flower eyes and yellow hair smiled divinely. "The children," she 'confided to the agent's wife, "are having such u good time. It is all great fun." Hhe even thought It was great fun when she went buggy riding with Mr. Harris. "Take me past your farm," she com manded. He grew red with ecstasy at the ro quest. He explained apologetically ■rnny conditions of his property as they drove by. Three weeks passed—four. Harris had several letters from lowa. The contents of the letters were ohicfljr relative to hogs, and pasturage, and baled hay, and discounts. Ira did not actually dread Andulasia's return, but he would have preferred to postpone It Indefinitely. To be sure, they had con sidered the possibility of an engage ment once, but he had never been really engaged to her. He never could be now. It was only right she should understand that. She was a sensible woman. She would understand that In such a matter a man had a right to please himself. As for Aly«, was there ever such an eye, such a hand, such a voice, such a foot, such a smile. To be sure he had once met Alys walking home from church with the lumberman But then the lumberman was only young and good looking. It was well known he was conducting the yard for an English firm on a salary. To compare Vail to him —Harris—who was so "well fixed!" There could be no comparison. One evening in late summer, when Ira was jogging into town, he settled mentally all minor matters to his sat isfaction. He decided to whom he would rent his farm, the kind of house he would build in town, the direction his wedding journey would take, the brotherly letter he would leave for Andulasia, and the invitation he would send the lumberman to be present at his wedding. He dismounted at the post office, which was also the general store and tin shop. There was a letter for him —a letter from Andulasia. "Deah Lra: Things Is all upset Cncle John died a week ago. They can't find no will, and I'm tired walling tor dead men's stocking*. Meet me night after to-morrow. Your "AMVVLABIA STSBBINS " Harris smiled curiously as he stuffed the letter in his pocket. He was think ing of the Omahagir'. The next night Andulasia arrived. She was fatter than ever. Her Eton suit was crum pled. She wore a shirt waist It was voluminous and not immaculate. "Well, it's you, Ira. I'm clean beat Tut them things in the buggy while I get some aody and yeaat up-town." "Up-town" Miss Stebbins learned several things, chief of which was that Ira Harris had transferred his affec tions to Miss Alys Lane. Half way home Andulasia said quiet ly: "I hear you reckon to marry Miss Lane." Her composure, the loss of her ex pected fortune, the witchery of Alys, all gave Harris courage. "I—l was figgerin' some on it," he avowed. He drove Andulasia to her home, but Bhe did not again broach the subject He went baek to town that evening. He met Alys at an ice-cream sociable. He gained grace of heart and pro posed. She laughed gently. "I am honored, Mr. Harris, of course," she said. "But I always sup posed you were engaged to Miss Steb bins. I am to marry Mr. Vail at Christ mas." The following evening, Ira, feeling exceedingly depressed, went to call on Andulasia. He found her talking with a brother farmer, a widower with three children. He asked to apeak to her a moment alone. "Fact is, Andulasia," he said, "it's you I want. I fancied for awhile I'd like that slli v little thing. I musthave been kind of hypternized. I'm sure now it's you I want" Andulasia smiled —a peculiar smile. "I've just promised to marry Mr. Muggs. He asked me last night be fore he found out what you know." "What I know? Andulasial" "Yes. The news that come in on the noon train, about the will being found, and me getting seven thousand dollars, and—" "Andulasia!" What a fine woman she was. Why had he never noticed that fact before? "It's true!" she declared trium phantly. "But," he fairly howled, "I've been meaning for fifteen years to marry you, Andulasia!" "Then, why didn't you?" inquired Andulasia. He remembered some lines he had once read. It would be quite safe to repeat them as original, for Andulasia never read anything. "I feared my fate too much," he pro tested, striking his breast dramatic ally, "and my deserts was too small!" He did not impress Andulasia. She turned scornfully away to where Mr. Muggs waited. "Go baek," sho counseled, "to that yeller-haired girl at the depot." He did go back, but not to the depot. "Eh?" said the saloonkeeper. "We don't often see you, Mr. Harris." "No. But I feel to-night as if I'd got a chill. I'll take some straight" —Chicago Tribune Too Had I Mrs. Beresford Vanderbillion sat alono In her parlor on upper Fifth avenue. "Theodore," she remarked to ono of her flunkeys who had been summoned into her majesty's presence. "Theo dore, have you sent out the cards for the tea?" "Yes, madam." "No disappointments?" "No. Mrs, Stevedore, Mrs. Vanaster, Mr. and Mrs. Vlncerbilt, and all with one exception have promised to attend." "Who is the exception, Theodore?" "Mrs. Van Ilouser. Wo have just re ceived word of her death.' "Then she will probably not be present," muttered Mrs. Vanderbillion, languidly. "How irritating!"— Truth. A I'lacf. Little Louise (at Long Branch) —Ma- bel, why don't your mamma wear diamond earrings like my mamma's? Mabel—She left 'em home, and papa's hid 'em whero the robbers can't get 'em. "Whero has he hid 'em?" "Why, I heard him tell mammi that he had put them up In the spout, and he guessed they would stay there." — Texas Slftings. llopflMl. "Papa." She knelt beside tho dejected flguro and fondly kissed the drooping head. "Papa, can I not keep the wolf from the door with my singing?" He was without hope, although he smiled. ' "My child," he sighed, "your singing would keep almost unybody from the door, but the wolf is pretty nervy, you know."—Detroit News-Tribune. lloiH'Hty tho float Policy. "Yes," sighed the virtuous grocer, "It is really too bad." The honest blood coursed through his veins and lit up his kindly face. He bent down and looked Into a basket Intently, while a sudden spasm passed oyer him. "Yes," ho re peated, "it Is too bad," and he picked the egg out of the basket marked thirty cents, and gently dropped it among those for twenty-five.—Truth. An Important Rtibjeet. Miss Brickrow Is thut lady a new boarder? Mrs. Brickrow —No, she has only rented a quiet room here to work In. She Is writing a book on "How to Bring Up Children." "Why doesn't sho write at home?" "Too noisy. She has children."—N. Y. Weekly. rinyliiic for Mrs. nicks —It's raining hard; let me get you an umbrella. Hicks—Get me Dick's baseball mask. Mrs. Hicks—Why, that won't shed water. Ilh'ks All I want Is to keep other people's umbrellas out of iny eyes.—N. Y. World. ABOUT GOOSE RAISING. Th« Most Proflt*bl« Varieties and How to Rear and Fatten. Geese as an article of food are more highly esteemed in Europe than in this country, where the turkey occupies first place iu our affections. Neverthe less, the juicy meat ia most toothsome, and a larger demand for it mir»ht readily be developed. Under suitable conditions these water fowl are very profitable. If given the range of a good pasture, with plenty of water, they need less care and attention than turkeys or chickens. They are hardy, easily raised and less subject to lice, while their food is less expensive. Their feathers should pay the expense of their keep, the returns from the birds themselves being clear profit The Toulouse and the Embden are the best known breeds of geese, and there is more money in raising them than in the small mongrel stock often seen, as they produce twice as much meat and feathers and fatten more readily for market. The Toulouse are the largest (feese known. They have gray plumage and are quiet and gentle in disposition. Tne Embdens are pure white, a cir cumstance which causes them to be preferred by many. They are some what smaller than the Toulouse and their plumage is more compact. A pood cross for the market is a Tou louse gander and Embden goose. Geese begin to lay when about a year old. The gander is best for breeding purposes after his second year, and he will remain in vigor for several sea sons. Old geese make better mothers than young ones and should be kept for breeding and laying. When first commencing to lay, geese are apt to be irregular, but as they mature they will lay regularly and (rive a litter of fif teen or twenty eggs before attempting ram tocuch ooosc. to sit. Geese average about forty-five eggs in a year, but Occasionally run up to sixty, or even seventy. Breeding geese should be kept rather thin in flesh and have a free grass range. Newly hatched goslings do not require food for the first twenty-four hours. They should be fed on hard boiled eggs, chopped fine, stale bread soaked In milk, scalded meal, boiled potatoes, etc., and kept away from the water for the first fortnight and housed in a dry place until strong enough to run about wel- Geese require grass as much as cat tle and should have it in abundance. They also feather out more quickly when permitted to run on green pasture and have plenty of water. Under these conditions they should produce a good erop of feathers every ten weeks. They should not be plucked while laying, as it is impossible for them to moult artificially and produce strong eggs at the same time. If the feathers are ripe they will come easily and are dry at the quill end. If soft and bloody, they must be left for some time longer. Geese usually sell best at the Christ mas holidays, and not at Thanksgiv ing, as many suppose. The demand for them is greater in the colder weather. The Irish and Germans are the largest consumers of geese in this country. IJefore marketing geese must be fattened. This process will occupy from two to three weeks. They should be put in a darkened room, with sufficient light for them to see to eat, awl be given ull the oats and coru xneal they can consume. They must not be separated like fowls, as they aro very sociable and pine away if kept In solitude. As soon as the desire for food slackens, they should bo killed, as they are as fat as they will get and will lose flesh instead of gainlng it.— N. Y. World. IlreeU for KKB» or Meat. liens afford a profit from eggs and flesh, and yet they excel, according to the breed used, in either direction. He who wishes to make eggs a specialty should pay but very little attention to the market qualities o"f the breed, while those who wish to raise the best birds for the market should make eggs a secondary matter. It should be the aim to secure both, if possible, but no breed combines in itself all the re quirements for eggs and flesh. If wo secure a breed that comes up to such a standard it may be lacking in aome other direction, perhaps tender when young and not hardy. Always, how- have a definite object in view. Proper Food for C'lilckrnt. Chickens fed on an exclusive corn diet will not make a satisfactory de velopment, particularly of feathers. The bones of chickens fed on ft nltro geneous ration are fifty per oent. stronger than thaso fed on a carbona clous ration. Hens fed on corn, while not suffering in general health, be come sluggish and deposit large masses of fat in the internal organs. The flesh of nitrogeneous-fed fowls con tains more albuminoids and lesa fat than those fed on a carbonaceous ra tion, Is darker colored. Juicier and ten derer. Practical Fanner Jones— What hev yer larned at yer college, son? Hon—Why, dad! I can throw the hammer further than anyone there. Farmer Jones —Thet's good. I guess you'll hev no trouble in gittin' er job in er blacksmith's shop then. Judge. In t!»© Nature of H Wurnlof. Elderly Relative (with means)— A lfred, tins young Miss Peduncle yow want to marry—what kind of girl la ■ho? Young Man (with expectations con tingent on elderly relative's last will and testament) —Aujit Rachel, she Is the best girl alive! She plays the piano beautifully, she can paint on china, speak French like a native, and "Plays tennis, I suppose?" "Oh, yes, sho's a capital tennis play er." "Rides a bloycle?" "To perfection." "Il'm—wear bloomers?" " Kr—someti mcs." (Grimly) "You'd better find out if she can cook."—Chicago Tribune. II«T Dvcollcln Onwni. She talked of the hull anl those whcAJ Ix there. Anil niked If he'd go He pleaded he really had nothing to weal*— She knew that wan so. "Hut neither have I." ahe then hastened to any.— He answered: "Society *ay« that you may With perfect propriety fo there that way, 1 caa't, doa't you know." —< bloa»ii Kreultui l'otfe QUEBEC'S DEFENSES. It I* Haiti Th»j Would No* Stand Aftlut Modern Om The time when Quebec could be called the Gibraltar of America and the key to the St. Lawrence, and Its much vaunted citadel an impregnable fort ress, is long since past. A series of re markable admissions upon this score has Just been made In an interriev with a New York Sun correspondent by a high official of the Canadian army. The whole system of fortifications is so obsolete that they are now positively valueless, and under the modern methods of attack and defense it la certain that they would never be re formed. At a distance of ten miles from the citadel, whose fortifications, designed by the duke of Wellington, cost England some twentv-five million dollars, modern ships of war could silence and destroy the entire fortress within an hour. The outer walls of Qnebec, which cost the French govern ment so much in treasure that one of the kings Inquired if they were built of gold, are even more worthless than the works upon the citadel. Not half a dozen modern guns have been mounted upon any of Quebec's fortifica tions within the last century. As a fortress the whole place is being gradually abandoned, and three hun dred and fifty Canadian troops stationed in the citadel would be withdrawn, but for the fact that the ample barrack ac commodation affords better facilities for housing them than those to be had elsewhere. There are no possible means for pro tecting Quebec from the operations of a hostile fleet, the advance of which must be checked by a naval defense at the mouth of the St. Lawrence or in the gulf. One of the results of the neglect of Quebec's fortifications of late is that tourists and visitors find it much easier to obtain admission to the citadel and its works, and the ones famous but now crum bling towers, than heretofore, in strik ing contrast to Halifax, where no foreigner is permitted to view its splendid new system of fortifications, and nobody but officers in uniform is admitted inside its citadel. WHAT A KITTEN OAN DO. How a Little Fellow Stopped a Street Car In Baltimore. One little kitten, about five inches in length, held in check one morning re sently the down-town traflio over the City and Suburban railroad, says the Baltimore Bnn. A summer car stopped to take passengers, when the kitten, standing on the sidewalk leisurely in specting the car, suddenly determined on a personal investigation of the inside workings of rapid transit. She ran out into the street immediately underneath the heavy battery of the oar and began elambering about the machinery. The oonductor and several of the passengers ■aw her, and an effort was made to chase the kitten away. Canes and um brellas were thrust underneath the oar at her, and many emphatlo commands to "shoo!" were given, but It was evident she was too new In the world to under stand English. The passengers enjoyed the joke at first, but irhen it seemed that the kit ten did not Intend to come out, those in a hurry to begin the day's toll became impatient, and the number of the res cuers augmented rapidly. More canes and more umbrellas were thrust at her, likewise more speeohes of a wicked turn. Rut she remained undisturbed aud curled up as if she liked things in general, and meant to spend the day there. When at last it appeared to the hurried passengers and irate conductor that the only thing to do was to start the car and crush out the poor little kitten's life, she came to the conclusion that there are othor pleasures in the world besides rapid transit, and walked out with the satisfied air of one who had completely set at rest the cravings of curiosity. Then the car proceeded. TABLE TRICKS. The Old Lady Wu Not Dp on Modern Customs. Such a dear old rustic lady sat next me at a dinuer the other night. It was quite a "swell" affair, in a fine restaurant, and when the coffee stnjre was reached she declined it and asked for a cup of tea, which had to be brewed expressly for her. I saw her fidgeting around, says a writer in the Louisville Post, so I asked her: "Can I reach you anything?" "I can't find my napkin ring," she whispered. "There are none," was my next re mark. "Ain't none? Mercy met Why not?" "It's not the custom," 1 answered. "Well, it seems kind of alouchy," she said. "We always have 'em at home." "A napkin ring implies that the napkin is to be used again," I explained, "and that would not be considered good form." Her tea had not come, and the poor old soul felt grumpy, I suppose, so this is what I got in sections: "Good forml Mercy met I never saw such a lot of fads as people are getting. Must not cut fish with your knife and can't have butter unless you ask for it, and having Ice cream in the middle of your dinner." She had received a punch be tween the sweetbreads and the duck. "And no tea unless you disturb the whole table, and four or five kinds of liquor"—she meant wine—"and women drinking it and men smoking right here before us, and you mustn't take your fowl In your fingers. Well, Ido wonder how I ever lived all these years not knowing any of theae tricks!" Iler tea reached her then and I heard no more from her. Aretlo Industry. Modern Industry has a foothold In the arctic regions. Mines are worked on a large scale, and a railroad regu larly operated in such high latitudes. This is the case In Sweden, where the Lulea-Gelllvare railroad, built for the purpose of carrying Iron ore from the (lellivare mines to the seaport of Lulea, extends fifty miles above the arctic circle, and enjoya the distinction of be ing the first railroad to open up the frigid zone. A Chan#* for tk« Better. Dick—Well, the heiress has accepted Brown. He says he feels as if he was walking on air. Harry—That's better than living on tt.—Puck. Important Information. A professor in the medical depart ment of Columbia college asked one of the more advanced students: "What is tins name of the teeth that a human being gets last?" "False teeth, of course."—Tammany Times. Perfectly Safe. Caller— Your coat of arms is very pretty; but couldn't anyone else use it? American Hostess —No, Indeed. Wo paid the designer ten dollars extra to have it copyrighted.— N. Y. Weekly. How About the Cabbage Crop? Smith—There Is one very strange thing about you. Urown —What Is It? "You ure a wholesale cigar manu facturer and yet you never take the slightest interest In the tobacco erop." "As it cigar manufacturer what have I got to do with the tobacco crop?"— Tammany Times. A N«naUlv« Soul. Miss Passo -80 you are really an art ist I I adore art I l)e Auber—Then I suppose you paint, yourself, a little? Miss P. (drawing herself up)—l think you axe awfully rude, Mr. D« Auber. JfUth. TSTo 32 LOST CENTURIES AGO. BPMBUIIOU ma to the Fat* of Sir WAITS* Raleigh'# CdMj. One of the most romantlo legends of American history is that connected, with the name of Virginia Dare, the first white child of English descent born on American soil, and the colony of which her parents were members.. The colony was sent from England by* Sir Walter Raleigh In 1587, and landed on Roanoke island under Gov. John White, who soon went back to England* for supplies, and though he had left his own family on the island, did not oome back for three years. When ha came back the colony had disappeared, tho-igh there was no evidence that It had been the victim of violence or famine. It had simply moved, and had indicated where it had gone. Gov. White seems to have been singularly indifferent to the fate of his family, whose place of refuge he seems to have known, and he did not prosecute any search for them in parson, though Sir Walter Raleigh sent five unsuccessful expeditions to find the colony. In the Mid-Continent Magazine, Frances Jones Melton gives the reasons for maintaining that the descendants of the lost colony have been found In the Croatans, on Lumber river, a mixed people of English and Indian descent, who bear English names, and ir.v.n v of whom have the gray eyes, fair complex ion and blonde hair of the Anglo-Saxon. In the reconstruction period the name of Henry Bell Lowrie was very famil iar. He was classed as aa auth< >r, and was prosecuted and persecuted by the authorities of the reconstructed state, to whom everybody not of mixed white blood was a negro. This classification, was vigorously resented by Lowrie and his people, who are proud of their de scent and have kept themselves distinct from whites, negroes and Indians alike. Miss Melton gives a very interesting acoount of these peculiar people, and the evidence she summarizes makes a strong support for her claims that they are the descendants of 81r Walter's lost oolony. THAT TERRIBLE SPARROW. Be If No* Quite So Black aa He la Painted. Perhaps the strongest argument! against the sparrow 1s that he drivea away the song birds. In certain cases that is possibly true. When the ooming of song birds is encouraged by the building of boxes for them to nest in! the sparrow is quite prone to oust the! song birds and to take possession of th® boxes. If he finds a tree to be particu larly convenient he takes possession of that, and so it is unfortunately true that some of our native songsters are rarer than they used to be. Unfortunately, however, says Our; Animal Friends, the sparrow Is the least of the enemies of our song birds. The bobolink has become rare In New England, but It is the mowing machine! and the early cutting of hay, not the' sparrow, that has driven him away, and elsewhere it is to the small boy and to the purveyor of the restaurant, who go out to kill anything aud everything! that has got wings, that we owe the disappearance of our song birds much) more than to the sparrow. In Europe song birds and thrive together, and for one song bird: that is native to the United States there are at least ten or twenty that are abundant in Europe. In the Unitedi States we have few song birds, and: they ought to be protected against all enemies, even the sparrow, but in! Europe the larks, the finches, and the, nightingales find no difficulty in living in the neighborhood of the sparrow,, and in this country, if w® would take away the gun from the small boy and! put the purveyor of the restaurant In' Jail, it is probable that our song birds would flourish quite well in spite of the sparrow. CATCHING DOQS IN OKLAHOMA. Bow the Paopl* DMI with Con That Have Forfeited All Rights. Down in Oklahoma they have many queer ways and queer things. The way they dispose of outlaw dogs, says the Kansas City Star, would osuse a citizen of Kansas City, who is used to the com paratively peaoeful ways of the dog catcher ana his wire noose and pro fanity, a shock. They have neither wagon nor noose in Oklahoma cities, but they have few stray curs whioh have forfeited their right to live be cause they have no master. Not long ago a Kansas City man stood on one of the principal streets of a bustling town, looking up and down and figuring oh the tablet of his mind a future great city, when up the street he heard the report of a gun and saw a crowd of people ran in every direction. "Ah!" he thought, "a tragedy. What luck." For your ordinary peaceful citizen likes nothing better than the stimulus of a shock of that kind when in a country with a reputation for desperate deeds and men. Stand in the street was a smsll man holding a smoking shotgun, and writhing upon the ground was a big yellow dog. Another shot and the dog was dead. Then the crowd swarmed in aud the man with the gun wormed his way out, followed by a crowd of adoring small boys. It was the city dog catcher. No noose and long torture for dogs In that town. The city executioner Just loads up his gun and goes out and cancels a dog or two, and then collects a salary from the town. A Crimson Watsr-Wajr. One curiosity of coastwise naviga tion in the Gulf of Mexico used to b» Grant's passage on tho Inside route from Mobile to Pensaoola. The inside voyage Is made by orooked way of waterways separated from the open gulf by narrow banks of sand. A man named' Grant straightened a part of the passage by digging a canal to give deep water at a point where a wide detour used to lie necessary. He set up a little lighthouse to aid navigators, and then charged toll upon all vessels pass ing through. The passage was of some Importance during the period when north and south were fighting over the defenses »!*>"• A Qoeatlon of Comfort. • "I should think," remarked Mr. Lushforth, "that a woman would be clear miserable carrying around those swelled sleeves." "They are not half so uncomfortable as a swelled head," said Mrs. L in so sweet a tone that he deemed It wise to close the discussion.—Cincinnati Trib une. Would Htop tho Crowing. ltev. Dr. Heavyweight (who has Jus! read "Peter's Denial of Christ") —What arc you so thoughtful 'bout, Undo 'Rastus? Uncle 'Rastus—l was thinkin', massa parson, dat if de Apostle Peter had only been a cullud gemman, dat rooster wouldn't have crowed more'n once.— Puck. Musical Itom. Mrs. Neighborly—What are you go ing to mako out of your son? Mrs. Fondmother—We are going to make a piano player out of him. "How far has lie got?" "Ho hasn't commenced to take les sons yet, but we are letting his hair grow."—Texas Siftings. Wring Him nope. The pretty girl was lavishing a wealth of affection on her mastiff and the very soft young man was watching her. "I wish I wore a dog," he said, lan gulshingly. "Don't worry," she replied, "youH .grow."—Detroit Free Press.