VOL. XXXIII
COME AND SEE US
We are Located OD South Main Street,
Opposite Hotel Butler,
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In the room formerly occupied by Hartzell
Kemper. We have received our spring stock g f I
of Tans in different shades, Patent Leathers, Ij
Kangaroos, etc. Our stock of Ladies 1 in< j _
Shoes and Oxfords is very large—all the latest | \
style lasts to be found among our stock. WeL . , J|
carry these goods in all sizes and widths, andi * JR*.
prices the lowest. Come and sec us.
have many bargains in store for you. | f.
The variety was never so great,
The styles were never so perfect, jl / )
The quality never so good,
And the prices were never so low. j j
A FEW OF OUR PRICES
Ladies fire dongcla pat tip ox
fords 7 5 l
C*i fne serge congress gait
ers 45«-
Ladies gra!n shoes pat tip heel
InV rv. or spring - 9° c
Ladies waterproof oil grain
2| shoes • 75 c
Ladies fine calf slippers soc5 oc
\\ Mens waterproof working shoes 95c
Mens fine dress shoes lace or
% congress $ 1 - 00
Boys fine shoes.. .S7SC, sl, $125
Misses good wearing school
Childrens fine ilongola j>at tip
shoes
Eull stock of Leather and Findings. .
Shoemakers supplies of all kinds.
All kinds of dressing for Don^ola.
Tan and Patent Leather shoes at reduced piices.
Mail orders receive prompt attention.
JOHN BICKEL
323 South Main St.
"TN h Ma°ns t .. Bufler Pa.
THEY ARE HERE
We have iust received a line of Rubber Goods that we wiil sell in addition to
our regular goods at the following low prices.
Men's Ruckle Arctics 6oc Woman's Storm rubbers 18c
Men's Rubbers 26c Misses' Spring Heel Rubbers 12c
Woman's Croquetts 16c Children's Spring Heel Rubbers 10c
We say to you these are not our best goods but an additional line we have
added to oftr stock. Some dealers are continually trying to quote very I<>\\ prices
in footwear to convey the idea that the)' undersell everybody else when the fact is
they are trading in very cheap stuff, There is 110 trouble to get any amount of
these cheap goods at any time.
THE WOODS IS FULL OF THEM
We merely call your attention lo these few facts that will probably be worth
your consideration in buying your footwear. The cheapest is not always cheapest.
Men's Felt Boots and Rubbers $1.50 Woman's Fine Overgaiters 15 and tßc
Bo>s' Felt Boots and Rubbers 1.25 Men's Rubber Boots 5-\oo and $2.50
Womens' Heavy Shoes 65c, 75c, 85c Men's Fine Shoes 85c, fi, #1.25
Men's Fine Slippers 50c Ladies' Fine Shoes }l, J1 .25
Men's Warm Slippers 35 and 50c Children's Shoes 45c, 50c, 75c
See our Ladies' Twentieth Century Shoes, new spring styles, just in at only
$2, and it is a l>eauty. Some of the advance new spring styles are now coining in I
Better see Butler's Leading Shoe House when you buy your footwear.
BUTLER'S LEADING SHOE HOUSE,
Opposite Hotel Lowry,
B. C. Huselton.
Easter Novelties!
Pattern Hats! Pattern Bonnets!
Also a fine line of Trimmed Hats and Bonnets from our
own work room at our usual low prices. Spring shades
Kid Gloves in the well known makes: Dresden —Berton
—Marie.
Gilt Belts with gold plate buckles,
Silver Belts with Sterling buckles,
Gilt Belting—separate buckles,
from iocto 50c.
Dresden Ribbons. Persian Ribbons.
M. F. & M MARKS,
113 to 117 S. Main St. Butler I'a
JUST A WORD OR TWO.
We want to talk with you a few minutes—You know us but
do you know there are hundreds of people in Butler, Co. ivho do
not know we are in Butler, il they did we would have to enlarge our
store to let the crowd in. Why what do you think. Nearly one half
the people who come into our store didn't know we made harness,
while we have been running that part of our business for two years
with a capacity of 10 sets per day, but we are glad to know they art
pleased to find it out as it saves them money and will save you
money if you mind it. However we did not intend talking about
harness more than to say that we make all kinds of harness and parts
of harness at less than factory price. It was surries and buggies we
wanted to tell you about. We have a larger stock than we have had
at any time for fifteen years. We liav'nt a last year surrey in the
house. Don't buy old slock, they are old style, and every year grow
more so. Buy the latest design and be in fashion especially when
you can buy them for less money than others charge lor old style
work, is for the price, whoever heard of anyone paying too much for
anything bought here.We hav'nt in our employe asalesman with whom
we would be afraid to send SIO,OOO to Europe, when you deal here
you know you are dealing with a reliable firm and you know just
what you are getting, and also know the price is lower than you
could get any where. Come and sec us and have the satisfaction of
knowing you have been in the largest store of the kind in the state.
!:KST- S.B. Martincourt&Co.
128 EAST JEFFERSON Street.
P. S. KRAMER WAGONS AND TRUNKS.
the butjler crrr
REMEMBER
That Rood health, strong nerves, physical
visor, happiness ari l usefulness de| >! j
upon pure, rich, healthy blood. Renter
lx.r that the M o<l in !-e made pure, rich
and healthy, l>y taking
Hood's
Sarsapariila
The One True lilood Purifier, ft; 6 for ?5.
Hood's Pills en; biliousness, hradache. 25c. j
Professional Cards.
ALEX RUSSELL.
Attorn ey-at-Law.
Ollicc with Newton Black, Esq
Soulh Diamond. Butler, Pa.
A. T. BLACK.
Rcom J— Armory Building.
ItTTOfiVin AT LAW.
C. F. L. McQuistion.
CIVIL BS< ISK -.R A.*l> ETTBVKVOR.
Office near C«art Hoaso Butler Pa.
NEWTON BLACK. 1
uiti'y atLaw—Offlae on Sou* h atde of t'i»iao:
puller. P».
A. T. SCOTT.
ATTO R KEY- A T- LA W.
O!51oc at No. 8. South Diamond. Bntler, I'e.
J IL PAJWTEH,
lAttorney-at-Law.
nice—Uetwecn PosUffl -' and Diamond, Butler
Pa.
S. H. PIERSOL.
ATTOENEY AT LAJV.
OQlce at So. 104 East Diamond St.
•COULTER & BAKER.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
OHce In room IS.. Armors - H'llldlnfr, J'.uller
Pa.
A. M. CHRISTLEY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
••»mcc second Roor, Anderson Block, Mali. St
..ear i ourt House. Butler, Fa.
Dr. N. M. HOOVER,
i; I :.T K. Wayne .St., office hours, in to !2 M. an
lo 3 P. M.
DR. J. E. KAULK
Dentist-
Office—ln Gilkey building opjic sitoP. 0.
J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Butler, Penn'a.
Artificial Tec I: IriF».-te<j on the latest 1m
jroved plan, tioid Filling a specialty, onir<
..vet Scb-jul'sClotDlng Store,
V. M. MeALPiNE
Dentist,
Main St.
Nae&thetics Administered.
SA M UiiL M. BIPPUS.
Pdyslcian and Surgeon.
200 West Cunningham SI.
L. BLACK,
PHYSICIAN AND SUBOKON.
-low Troutuian liulMlin.-, Butler, Fa,
(■.. M. i.UMERMAN.
PHYSICIAN AN:>. BUK6BOT,
office at No. • is, s. Mnln street, over C'lt
hiirmacj,Butler. Pa",
H. H. (JOUCHER.
A trorney-at-law. O.Uce In Mitchell bulldtn.
Butler Pa.
DR. CHAS. R. B. HUNT,
Physician and Surgeon.
Eye, ear, nose and throat a specialty
132 and 134 S. Mein Street,
Ralston building
W. H. BROWN,
Homoeopathic Physician and
Surgeon.
OB'ce ?. Main St.. opp. P. O.
lictidence 315 N. McKean St.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
JENTiST, - - BUTLER, PA.
(Sold Filling Painless Extraction of Teeth
nd Artificial I'eetU without l'lat- s a specialty
itrojs Oxide or Vitalized Air or Local
lUKStlieties
omce "vt-r Millar's "Arocery east of I.owrv
misc.
ocicrt closedWoinrtsdays and Thnrsdtys
" L. S. McJUNKEN
Insurance anrt Real Estate
Agent,
i 7 EAST JEFFERSON ST.
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LOADER- I
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GMMammmsßQ
All grad»* of underwear at very
low prices.
Largest stock of hats and
furnishings for gentleman ui the
country. An inspection will prove
this to any ones satisfacture.
Colbert & Dale.
242 S. Main St., Butler, Penn'a
M, A, BERKIMER
Funeral Director
37 S. Mdin.st. Butler Pa.
HTTTLEH. PA.,THURSDAY. APEIL IG, 1890.
JWJ ' N -\ I #V\
• S \ll a.Bas*ye
/fZj CWWHT, 1836. ST O R PUTNAM'S SOWS.
CHAPTER "XYIII.
MR. BARXF.s' NARRATIVE.
"Gentlemen," began Mr. Barnes, j
rising, "I am only an ordinary man, j
■ following a profes-icp »t which 6ome
■ are disposed to sneer, hut which to mo ;
' =eems but the plain duty of one who is j
endowed with the peculiar qualities j
that are essential to the calling. Our j
host would make a magnificent detect
ive, bnt I suppose he feels that he ha
' a higher dnty to perform. Begging yon,
then, to forgive my manner of address
■ ing yon, being by no means a speaker,
I will tell yon the little that I hav
done, prefacing my remarks by saying
; that without tho valuable assistance of
Mr. .Mitel- 11 should have been power
less.
"There was a enrions button which I
rfrnmt in the roum where the anite
I was committed, and which matched a
I set owned by Mr. Mirchel si cl -ely
that it seemed to me to point to him as
one who had a guilty knowledge. I
spent much time following tho clews
that turned up in that c nnection, all
..f which, however, was not entirety
misspent, for I discovered the true name
of the dead woman to be Rose Montal
l>on, and that aided me greatly in my
lat«.r work. At last, then, I abandoned
the idea that Mr. Mitchel was guilty
and frankly admitted this. He then told
me the name of the jeweler from which
tho buttons had been ordered, and I
went across tho Atlantic.
"The button which I had was imper
fect. This was my starting point.
Through letters of introduction which
Mr. Mitchel gave me I succeeded in ob
taining the assistance of the jewelers.
Th% gave mo tho namo of the man who
had carved the cameos for them, but
they knew nothing of the imperfect but
ton. They had also lost track of the
cameo cutter. It took mo over a month
to trace that man, even with the aid of
the Paris police. Finally I found him,
and he told me that he had sold the
He drained his wineglass.
button to a friend. This friend I found
after some delay, and he admitted that
he had once had rtie button, but that he ;
had given it to a woman. More time j
was lost in discovering this woman, but j
when I did she, too, recognized the ,
button and said that it had been stolen j
from her by another woman, whom she
described as a creole. Thus at last I got
on tho t»'ick of the Montalbon, for that
was the namo which she used in France, j
J Under this name it was easier to follow
her. I soon learned that she had a com
panion, of the name of Jean Molitaire. |
I then easily found that Molitaire had
been in the employ of the Paris jewel
ers as shipping clerk It was he who
had written the two descriptions of the
jewels, one > f which I found among the i
woman's effects and the other in Mr.
Mitchel's possession. This was a suspi- :
cious circumstance, but wo know now
how it was that the handwriting match
ed, a fact which had puzzled me great- |
ly. It seems that Mr. Mitchel at one
time had bought some valuablo papers
from the Montalbon woman, paying her
with diamonds and recommending her
to his Paris jewelers to dispose of
them."
"That," said Mr. Mitchel, "was
partly to get her out of this country
and partly to recover tho diamonds, i
which I did, through the dealer."
"So ho told me. It was when she re- i
ceived the money from them that she '
noticed Molitaire. It was not long after
that the second set of jewels wero sold .
to Mr. Mitchel. This clerk, of course, j
knew of the transaction, because he
packod them for shipment. Then ho
must have persuaded the woman to ac
company him across the Atlantic, with j
the design of stealing the gems from Mr.
Mitohtl as soon as he should tako them
from the custom house. This is seen
from the fact that throe days after tho
shipment this man resigned his posi- j
tion, and from that time all trace of
both tho man and tho woman in Paris !
is lost.''
"From which you deduco that they
followed tho jewels?" said Mr. Mitchel.
"Of course. Tho man and woman
separated hero to avoid suspicion. By a
trick the woman obtained possession of
apartments in tho very house where
your intended lived, while Molitaire
stopped at tiie Hoffman, which, of
course, is very near your own hotel. As
soon as you went to Boston they follow
ed and registered at the same hotel.
You obtained tho jewols from the cus- ■
torn house, and they entered your room
and robbed you during your absence.
Your theory of tho murderer's actions
after tho jewels were recovered by you
is probably correct. He vent back to j
hunt for them, hoping that slio had not 1
placed them in the satchel or rather
that she had taken them out of it, since i
you yourself placed them there. I think
there is no point left unexplained."
"Pardon me," said Mr. Thauret, "I
think you are wrong. You have not to
my mind quite connected this man—
What did you call him? Jean Molitaire, 1
was it not? Well, I do not see that you
"have traced his hand to tho crime."
"I think that I have," said Mr.
Barnes.
"Xou do not make it clear to me," !
Buid Mr. Thauret, as coolly as though
discussing some question in which ho
had hut a passing interest. "You say
that your Montalbon woman noticed
this Molitaire when she sold her dia
monds. Later that both missing
from Paris. Tho woman turned up in
New York, but how do ycu prove that
Molitaire did not go to —let us say Rus
sia?" .
"No," said Mr. Barnes, "he did not
go to Russia. Suppose that I should tell
you that I ferreted out the fart that this
name Molitaire v.-, but an alias, and
that the man's true ne«;..- was Moutal-
Von? Then, when wo remember that the
Roman's name had been cut from all
her aarmeuts, is that not significant?" i
This speech made a mild sensation,
but Mr. Thauret remained unmoved.
Ho replied calmly.
"All things are significant—how do
you interpret this fact, supposing that
you could prove it?"
"This Molitaire was really the dead
woman's husband. They quarreled ;
laany years ago, and sho went to New |
Qrleans, where she kept a gambling j
Jtouse, having learned the trade from '
tiui. \Vheu they met again in Palis
she recogniz'd him. Ti.ou, when the
fellow con> "ivEd tho idea of following
tho jew Is, it suited his purpose to ef
fect a reconciliation so that he might
nso the woman as a tooL After the
mnrd< r it would be to his interest- to
hide the nauie of Montalbon by cutting
out the marks on the woman's cloth
ing."
"Pardon mypursuing the argument,"
.-.iid Mr. Thanret, "but I find it enter
taining. You surprise me, Mr. Barnes,
at the ready way in which > .-a read
men's actions. Only are you sure you
are right? Suppose, for instance, that
tiio woman had cut ont the marks her
self long before, at some time, when
eho was using tu alius, then y< ,-r fact
Mould lose -oruo of its significance,
v. nld it not ? Circumstantial evidence
is so difficult to read, you see! Thin,
having lost that link, where do you
prove Molitaiio or Montalbon guilty:
Bi tho woman's husband is no crime
in itself."
"Nti," said Mr. Barnes, deciding that
tho time had eome for an end of the
controversy. "Being the woman's hus
band d<x.s not eount in itself. But when
1 proeuro in Paris tho photograph of
Molitaire, left by accident in his room
at his lodgings, and when I recognize
that as the same man whom Mr. Mitch
el suspected and trapped into stealing
the ruby, and when upon my return to
New York I find that ruby upon that
very man and recover it, then we have
some facts that do count."
"You recovered tho ruby?" said Mr.
Mitchel, amazed.
"Here it is," said Mr. Barnes, hand
ing it to Mr. Mitchel. Mr. Thauret bit
his lip, and by a strong endeavor re
tained his self control.
"Mr. Barnes," said Mr. Mitchel, "I
am sorry to disappoint you, but this is
not my ruby."
"Are you surer" asked tho detective
with a twinkle in his eye.
"Yes, though you deserve credit, for,
though not the ruby, it is the stolen
stone. I have a complete set of dupli
cates of my jewels, and in making my
little experiment I did not care to bait
my trap with so valuable a gem. I
therefore used the duplicate, which is
this. But how have yoti recovered itr"
"I have been in New York for sever
al days. I have devoted myself during
that time to a personal watch upon
Montalbon. Yesterday, to my surprise,
he went to police headquarters and beg
ged for a permit to inspect the stolen
jewels, saying that through them he
might throw some light upon the mys
tery. His request was granted. Suspect
ing treachery, I subsequently obtained
a similar permit, and investigation with
the aid of an expert showed that the
bold scoundrel had handled tho jewels,
aiul su managed to change the imita
tion stone which Le stole at the festival
for the real one in the set which figured
in the train robbery.''
"By Jove," said Mr. Mitchel, "he is
an artist. Then I am indebted to yon
after all for recovering tho stone? But
tell us how did yon accomplish it?"
"I overheard Montalbon once say that
a wise thief would keep a stolen article
upon his person, so that it could not be
discovered without his knowledge.
Therefore I felt certain that he would
himself adopt this method. When the
conversation this evening reached a
point where it was evident that all
would be disclosed, the man, who is
present, dropped the ruby into his glass
of burgundy, where it would bo out of
sight and easily recovered or swallowed.
L:;ter ho attempted to dispose of it in
this way, but I quickly drank his glass
of wine, the ruby thus passing into my
mouth. And now, Mr. Montalbon, I
arrest you in the name of the law." Say
ing which the detective pnt his hand
upon Mr. Thauret's arm. Tho other
guests jumped up, excited and expect
ing a scene. To the astonishment of all,
Thauret remained quiet for a few mo
ments, and then, speaking slowly and
distinctly, said:
"Gontlemen, we have heard several
stories here tonight. Will you listen to
mine and suspend judgment for a few
moments?"
"We will hear you," said Mr. Mitch
el, marveling at tho man's nerve. The
others resumed their seats, all except
the detective, who stood just back of
his prisoner.
"I will trouble you to fill my glass,"
said Thauret to tho waiter, and after
being served ho coolly sipped a mouth
ful.
"I shall not bore you with u lengthy
recital," he began. "I shall simply
mako a statement. Society, the civilized
society of today, frowns upon and pun
ishes what it terms 'the criminal class.'
Yet how many have ever examined
into the existing state of things and
analyzed tho causes which make tho
criminal a possibility? The life of such
a man is not an inviting that one would
adopt it from choice, one I mean who
had moral instincts. With the naturally
immoral it would be otherwise, of
course. But if ouu bo born immoral,
Who is to blame? The individual him
self or tho antecedents, including both
parentage and circumstances? We pity
tho man who is congenitally tainted
with disease, and wo condemn that oth
er man who is tainted in morals, though
his condition is analogous and traceable
to similar causes. Such a man 1 am. I
confess that I am and always have
been a criminal, at least in the sense of
Requiring money by what are termed
illegitimate methods. But you will say,
Mr. Barnes," turning for a moment to
JhQ dotective, and thus while speaking
to him attracting his attention, so that
Unnoticed he dropped a small white pel
let into his glass of wine, "that I work
ed for the jewelry house. Well, what
ever I um I have aimed to be artistic,
as Mr. Mitchol admitted of me a few
moments ago. By seeming to earn un
honest living I blinded tho keen eyes of
tho Paris police, so that, though many
suspicions have been cast in my direc
tion, conviction has always been impos
sible. So now, while pretending to ex
plain to you all, I have explained noth
ing. I simply designed to prevent con
viction of the crime 3 charged against
me. as I do, thus.''
With a swift movoment ho drained
Jiis wineglass, though Mr. Barnes at
tempted to prevent him. In ten miu
ntea he was dead.
THE EXX).
Extra*.
Clerk—No. 45 says that he had the
best dinner hero that lie has had for
four years.
Hotel Keeper—Good! Charge him a
quarter extra.
"And No. 54 says it was tho worst
ho ever saw."
"So? Make his bill half a dollar
more for kicking. "—lndianapolis Jour-
Looking For Trouble.
It is rnlv ncces.-ary to become *)»
intrusted in coincidences to
them on n;l hie!- Re ;lve to recot
tliat coruo to hand, ami they seem
multiply until you caa regard yours
as providentially favored iu this dire
tion. If your calling develops a tas.
for matters cf this kind—for example, if
you are a writer, with a keen sense for
the literary posssbiliti°p arid drauiatic
effects of such coiacid- ixc —i.s it straage
; that you should meet with more of them
! than your prosaic neighbor, to whom
! they would be trivial and dull': If you
i cultivate the habit of having presenti
ments and of regarding them us signifi
! cant, is it strange that tbey should bo
; come more and mnTe frequent, and that
■ amnig the many son o should ho vaguely
suggestive or even directly cnrrcbora
| tivo of actual occurrences?
I know of persons who detected the
, gradual growth of such hab:t.s in them
; selves and wisely decided to check the
I tendency before it became pernicious.
I They began to negWt or act in
the teeth of them, and I ain r-.able to
discover that they have fared worse than
i those who religiously honor and obey
! these premonition*.—Robert Grant in
; ScribnorV.
A rica Works the Hammer.
At. Essen, Germany, in the great
Krupp gnn works, which are situated
at tliat place, there is a hammer that
weighs oft tons. This hammer works in
connection with an anvil weighing 80
tons, which, in turn, is placed on an
anvil b! :k weighing 120 tons. Profess
or Schumann, a "trained flea man" of
Bern, Switzerland, visited Essen and
the great war machine works a few
years ago. Upon returning home he set
about, making a model of the great
hammer which should be complete in
every detail, but on snch a minute scalo
that the hammer could bo raised by a
flea instead of by a 100 horsepower eu
gino, as in the original. In its completed
state this wonderful miniature model,
—frame, hammer,'pulleys, etc.—weighs
but Igrains! The hammer and anvil
are both of solid gold, the pulleys Ger
man silver and the framework plati
num. A flea, trained by Mr. Schumann,
the maker of the model, will, at the
word of command, hoist the hammer to
the top of tho frame, where it is auto
matically set free, descending in pre
cisely tho same manner as the monster
after which it was modeled. —St. Louis
Republic.
Electric Light at Half Present Cost.
Professor William D. Murks, speak
ing of Mr. Kdison's visit to this city,
said: "He does not think of letting up
on his work. He told me that now that
he was through with the ore concen
trator process he purposed to return to
the laboratory and push electricity as
far as he could. During the last year or
so, while busy with the ore concen
trator, many thoughts and ideas as to
improvements in the various forms of
electrical machines and uses had occur
red to him, bat ho had simply made a
note of them and put the matter aside
until his return to the laboratory. Some
of them that he mentioned to me were
startling. If he lives a few years longer,
tho world can bo suro of many new in
ventions. Among other things that he
will follow up he mentioned the fact
that he had thought out a means of pro
ducing incandescent, light at half of its
present cost. This is a wry important
matter, needless to say. He says he had
experimented enough to satisfy liimself
that it was practicable."—Philadelphia
I«/laor
Canne ami KfTeet.
Miss Botely—l called uu Mrs. De Voro
today.
Miss Cutting—So did I.
Miss Borely—.She was looking very
tired.
Miss Cutting—Yes, she said you bad
just called. —New York World.
Not Immortal.
I wrotu one day sonio tender lines
I thought would live.
They bore tho saino inspiring ring
That poets give.
Alas, I wrote those soulful lines
Upon my cuff I
My 1 aundross thought that they had
lived
Quito long enough.
—Yonkers Statesman.
Suspicion In tho Museum.
"I've lust my umbrella," said tho India
rubber man.
"Well, don't scowl at me," retorted the
sword swallowor. "Turn your cathode
kodak on that bulgy looking ostrich."—
Chicago Record.
A Fellow Feeling.
Conic forth, O bird*.
Upon tho
And warble songd
Of spring to met
And yet to sadness
You incline.
Your notes aro due.
And so aro mini'.
—Washington Star.
Problem of Age.
Teachor —Now, hero is an example iu
mental arithmetic. How old would a per
son be today who was born in 1808?
Tommy—Please, mum, was it a man or
a woman? —New York World.
The Boston Version.
John Spratte, esquire, lmd a pronounced dis
like fur dishes adipose,
While Madam Spmtte his dietary cordially
dotested.
Now in happy reciprocity their culinary cur
rent flows,
Their mutual mastication leaving nothing
undigested.
—New York Press.
Where Tliey Differ.
"It is said there "is little difference l>o
tween genius and insanity."
"Well, there's one important difference
—tho authorities protect us from tho lu
nacies."—Chicago Record.
Human Mature.
lie called sweet Prue
A perfect peach,
But found she grow
Just out of reach.
And MO he learnt,
With longing sigh,
Wo always want
What comes U>~ high.
—Truth.
Political.
"If you don't like your cook, and sho re
fuses to do as she is told, why don't you
discharge her?"
"I'm afraid it vtouid make her worse."
—Truth.
Something Wrong.
Kile's seen hut twenty summers.
She says, hut some insist
If that's tho case she'd better
Consult uu oculist.
—New York Herald.
Other Way Kound.
Lobbyist—l understand you write a cer
tain congressman's speeches for him.
Socretarius—Nothing of the sort. Ho
speaks my writings for me. —New York
World.
THE TATTLER.
Mrs A. C. Raymond lias been elected
town clerk of Stowe, Yt.
ltev. Myra K. Libby of Wntertown, N.
Y*., is a minister of tho Universalis! de
nomination.
Miss Annie Scott, a student at Central
Normal college, Kansas, has been appoint
ed clerk of tiie Venezuelan commission.
She Is a niece of Justice H rower.
Mrs. Robert Mllllgan of Uridgeport, W.
Va., was the mother of 28 children before
she was 48 yenrs old. Her numerous
progeny included Ave sets of twins.
Miss Grace Uosworth of Rutland, Vt.,
Wis been admitted to practice by the state
dental board at Albans. She is said
to be the llrst woman in Vermont to re
ccive such it license.
Miss Helen (iould has completed the
full course of the law department of the
Now York university. She uttained one
of, the highest averages of her class and
will reotive the diatrecul I±L. Is.
If XtpolMn llatl II
It is also pertii 1
would have happ- 1
i- . n in !|
EnglL-h shore- In
mastery of the sea
quickly ended by tin'
und he would have been left without
base of supplies or communicati* u. In
tho second place he woo Id Lav® met a
resistance from a proud, free, eulight
r--d and desperate people which would
|u, v> ' •- 1 all his tactics and would
have worn *• r-:ny he could have
kept together. L>. fail to un
derstand this? Of cuuri* 'ad
said before that an array which c;u not
bo regularly recruited is a doomed army.
Ho had seen this theory verified in
Egypt, and he knew v ry well that a
permanent mastery of the seas was otit
of the question with the fleets and llotil
liis at his disposal It would appear in
(ho case of any other man than Napo
leon that the proof was compie:., in
view of what actually did occur—name
ly, the attack by land on Austria. The
impression which Mettornich received iu
ISIO that this had been the emptor's
intentipq from the fir-t, and the lavish
ncss with which Napoleon, throughout
his public career, made l of any aud
every form of ru-o, e\. 'i the costliest,
in order to mislead his foes, are comple
mentary pieces of evidence which fur
nish the strongest corroboration. —Pro-
fessor W. M. Slcano's "Lifa of Napo
leon" in Century.
Where the Diamond Tree Grown.
No work on horticulture makes men
tion of this interesting shrub, which
rarely attains large size, but is mainly
restricted to a number of small cuttings.
The pawnbroking trade is where the
cultivation is carried on. An unscrupu
lous pawnbroker having had certain dia
mond ornaments intrusted to his safo
keeping for awhile is the gardener, and
it is iu the arid atmosphere of his work
shop that the work of propagation will
bo observed.
A piece of jewelry in which diamonds
are set is carefully examined, aud stones
of similar quality, but just a shade
smaller in sizo, are cleverly substituted.
The removed stones are in turu ox
changed for others in another article
again, an imperceptible shade bigger,
until at last the original cutting has de
veloped quite respectable growth and di
mensions. It is not wise to force tho
growth to too great an extent, and so
the original process is being contiuuallv
repeated.
The beauty of the operation lies in tho
slight danger of detection. Tho substi
tution in each case varies but very little
in the matter of sizo, and the owners of
the property rarely or never notice what
has taken place, but "many a little
makes a muckle," and iu tho course of
a few weeks a skillful gardener may
make a very good thing out of a diamond
tree. —Pearson's Weekly.
Denmark.
Denmark, although a small country
and relatively thinly populated, can cor
tainly lay claim to be the most progress
ive nation in Europe and is determined
not to permit the grass to grow under its
feet. Tho state schools which the govern
ment has established for popular in
struction iu the most advantageous
methods of making butter and other ag
ricultural and farm produce, which cou
etitute tho staple industry of the king
dom, have already achieved a success
tho fame of which extends throughout
Europe and even to such faroff coun
tries as Japan and Siam. Tho construc
tion of the Kiel eanal by tho Germans
has had its counterpart in the organiza
tion of a magnificent free pert at Copen
hagen, and now within the last ten days
a railroad ferry line has been established
from the Danish capital to Malmoo, in
Sweden, by means of which a tourist can
travel all the way from Cadiz, in Spain,
or Constantinople, in Turkey, to the
northernmost point of Norway and
Sweden without leaving tjjie train.—
New York Tribune.
GLEANINGS.
Immersion in salt water is said to make
wood harder aud moro durable.
In tho immense empire governed by tlie
czar of Russia 00 languages are spoken.
Bombay caq now be reached by fast
steamer from London in 18 days and the
Cape in 14.
Tho entire book of Genesis was written
on gold plates by a committee of tho fa
thers of tho church in tho year 400 A. I).
A New York ilorlst has just paid (10,000
for tho sole rights to tho Michigan carna
tion known as Murella. It is a very large
flower of a deep rod color.
Tho photograph was foreshadowed by
tho experiments made on light's effect on
chloride of silver as long ago as tho begin
ning of the sixteenth century.
The house in which Andrew Jackson
had his headquarters (luring the period
including the battle of Now Orleans was
burned to the ground the other day.
Glass bricks for building purposes are
being manufactured in Silesia. They aro
translucent, without its being possible to
seo through them, strong and cheap.
An ancient tomb opened on an island
off the coast of Italy in December last re
vealed the bones of a two headed human
being, who had been over 11 feet in height.
A white object of any size may be seen
in sunlight at a distance of 17,250 times
its diameter —that is to say, if it is a white
1»11 ii foot In diameter, it can bo perceived
at a distance of 17,250 foot.
JEWELRY CONCEITS.
Watches for ladies includo dexterous
copies of Louis XV timepieces.
Now and dainty aro tho handkerchief
boxes of rich cut glass with silvor mount
ings.
The stones for hoop rings may bo selected
bo as to spell tho wearer's name, a motto
or a sentiment.
Tho demand continues for 1 inch belts,
nnd those with silver trimmings, in old
English llnish, find favor.
The continued popularity of tho flower
do luce is evinced not only by tho number
of brooches and chatelaine pins made after
this design, but In applied gold and sliver
decorations on leather work.
The banquet ring, which is a collection
of gems of all hues worked into a unique
design, oovers tho linger from knuckle to
knuckle. Originality of design is sought
for In these bauble-; still some show the
familiar three plumes, the family crest or
a miniature crown. —Jewelers' Circular.
OUR GIRLS.
There is some mistake in representin L
time as a man. Time will tell. —Atchison
Globe.
The new woman, if she is a Chicagoan,
will leave large footprints on tho sands of
time. —St. Joseph (Mo.) Herald.
Fancy old Socrates sitting around
Athens and catching sight of a girl in
bloomers scorching for all she was worth.
—Baltimore American.
The mortgages on the estates of Russian
noblemen are said to foot up $'182,D00,000.
Thus does tho demand for American wives
lnore-ase.—Boston Globe.
Oxford can stop a girl taking tho degree
of B. A., bnt it can't prevent her adding
tho honorable name of "M A" to her
titles. —Philadelphia Times.
BOOTH AND SON.
Old General Booth is r-alizing how
sharper than a serpent's tooth It is to have
a boy too big to spank.—-Kansas City
Journal.
Son Ballington wants Papa Booth to
distinctly understand that there Is to bo
no prodigal act in this Salvation Army
business so far as ho Is concerned.—Mil
waukoo Journal.
If Ballington Booth will discard the
bass drum and the accordion, wo will tin
durtake to work up such an anti Spanish
faellng that the American people'will dis
card the tjultar.—WickiU.tofc'lc.
of his con vl te In a recent number of
Truth!. Ac: ually spoke of woman as "the
inferior «i."
Patrick Donahoo, the founder of the
8 ft Pilot .»::<! DMMboc- Mvgazine,
Imo I r. IMi tlrtMiy ti
iii- home in Boston.
Ex-Gh>ver; rLi\ iK. Fuller of Vermont,
who lius 1> ill ' -r tli>» last five months,
ha-: 1 fr hi- hi-tv." :n Ilrattk Imm for an In
definite >;tay In the south.
1J i- J. >i> Hamilton of Niiiftarii. who has
been e. !n'- 11 ill- iirst bishop of tho now
Uiuct.-' i Ottawa In Canada, is about 60
vi' irs ohl and a graduate of Oxford.
Prim e Bismarck continues t" enjoy ox-
Colli :-t health. He takes long drives in
an ' , en carriage and occasionally walks
down to the station to have a chat with
the officials.
Turtle of Indiana Is the most studious
man In the s Mate. He Is congenial to his
friends. i! iightful in society and snappy
in debate, but likes his moro than
anything else.
Father Hya. inthe, after his renunciation
of K, an Catif !i 'i>in and his attachment
to Proti >tant i.-!ii. has Anally wnbmeed the
Copt religion. Th.> Copt Is an Egyptian
,t- i which in the fifth century branched
off from Catholicism.
Osnmn Dign.i, one of the bmvest and
n, -t brilliant of the dervish forces in the
Sudan, is the son of a French nobleman
and was odncat I in the military school at
Cairo. He is a Mussulman in religion and
an ardent hater of Europe and Europeans.
Tiio cyclist has already crosswl Aria and
run through China, but he has never yet
pedaled his way to central Siberia. This
is now to bo done by Mr. R. L. Jefferson,
the English cyclist, who in ISW4 roth to
Constantinople and last year to Moscow
aud back.
William Konrad Koentgen is still a
young man. He was born in 184,> and
was graduated from the University of Zu
rich in Im>9. In 1870 he was made assist
ant t-i Professor Kuudt at the University
of Wuraburg. .since ISBB ho has been full
professor at this institution.
William Salmon of Glamorgan, Scot
land, who recently celebrated his one hun
dred and sixth birthday, is said to be the
oldest physician and the oldest Freemason
in the world. He is in excellent health
and takes a keen interest in the topics of
the day. There Is no doubt about his age
Cecil Rhodes is a tall, rather stout and
lumberingly built man, sandy as to com
plexion and with a big round face seem
ingly quite devoid of expression. The
nose and mouth aro largo but not im
pressive, the eyes small and dull. The
whole effect is of a man who never had an
original thought In his bulging head.
Tho Marquis de Mores, renowned for
his good looks, who killed a man in a duel,
kept a ranch In tho United States, ran a
railway in Tonquln, led tho socialists in
Paris and was deprived of tho control of
his fortune by tho French oourts, is now
at work trying to prove that British gold
Is stirring up the Sudan against France.
THE EYE.
The eye c.f tho serpent seems to have an
expression of intense hatred and malignity.
In all nocturnal animals the eyes are
placed to look torward, as in the case of
man.
A bit of gold leaf one one-thousand-one
hundred-and-twenty-flfth part of an lnoh
square can bo perceived by the naked eye.
Nero had bulging, nearsighted eyes. Ho
used a small gem in tho shape of a lens to
obsorvo the gladiators in the amphitheater.
Many kinds of flsh see equally well in
every direct ion, their eyes being so promi
nent as ta>comniand a wide field of vision.
Frederick tho Great had eyes of a clear
blue. One of his biographers compared
the luster of his eye to that of polished
steel.
Many creatures of tho lowest orders of
animal lifo are provided with eyo spots,
which probably give only an impression of
light.
Milton became blind through writing
by a poor light. His oyes were large, of a
clear blue, and their appearance was in no
way Impaired by his blindness.
Tho pupil of tho eye is circular in man,
but in cats aud some other animals it U
oblong. Tho pupil of man, in u very
bright light, will show only a small round
spot, while tho eye of a cat under the same
conditions will exhibit a vertical slit or
lino of black.
ADVERTISING AXIOMS.
Lack of tiade is bitter, but results from
good advertising aro sweet.
"The effect ceases with the cause."
Therefore advertise with constancy.
"Art is long, but lifo is short." Don't
make your "ad " too long or too short.
"Ads." should bo written in words that
burn, but not necessarily In glowing lan
guage.
The motto of Now Mexloo, "It increases
by going." So does an "ad." Is yours
going?
"The burden which is well bcrno be
comes light," and the "ad." well printed
brings heavy results.
"Better bo wise than rich," says an old
proverb, but the majority by far would
rather advertise and get rich.—J. Walker
Thompson.
GASTRIC JUICE.
Pickled flsh is a piquant lunch relish.
Scalloped sardines find groat favor in
Italy.
Oyster salad makes an acceptable dinner
course.
Boiling macaroni must never be moved
(ill done.
The contact of steol spoils tho flavor of
macaroni.
Honey, contrary to belief, is easily as
similated.
Eggs are weighed rather than counted
by accurate cooks.
Special flavor and wholesomeness are
claimed for dato vinegar.
The road tou man'.(stomach lies through
his eye; henco the garnish.—Hotel Mail.
TO WOO SLEEP.
Don't sleep lato in the morning.
Have tho bedroom properly ventilated.
Keep no light burning in the-bedroom.
Avoid heavy food and stimulating
drinks at night.
Keep the feet warm, using a hot water
bag if necessary.
Take a sponge bath with tepid water
before going to bed.
Itev«-r«lu(t the Process.
Dick Tail—My wife comes down to the
office every day. She got so jealous of
that pretty typewriter I had that I had to
discharge her/ind get a malo stenographer.
Towne—Well, everything is all right
now, is it not J
Dick Tait—No. Now I am joalous my
self.—New York World.
Love In An(trr.
Wht n Mollie's ill a temper,
Alas, alack, the day!
O'er thorn and rose away love goon
And weeps along the way.
And then, 'twixt tears und laughter,
bhu prays tin rose to check
His footsteps and flies after,
Her arnm around Ids neck!
—Frank L. .Stanton In Atlanta Oonstitutlou.
Narrow Limitations.
Opera Mnnagor—Tell you what, I'm
glad I'm not in tho grocery business.
Friend—Why! 1
Opera Manager—l'm told that If a gro
cer puts on an understudy fjr cream of
tartar or coffee, he is subject to fine ond
imprisonment.—Detroit News.
A I'ocm on Spring.
Of spring
I sing 1
Wh 11 VI cat h the glint of the bluebird's wing;
When winds, now mild, no longer sting;
Whin bird songs through the woodland ring.
And bicycle bell* go ting-a-ling.
And winter flannels closely Wing.
■ Tin n it is spring.
The real thing,
Bv line! —Jndianapolis Journal.
McKln
■HHHVre-v:icl from
r at the San
Frnncl*)o tracks.
Italian horsemen recently tried to pur
cbasi the fast daughter of Deucalion,
Edith H, 10J*.
John Frobisher shipped recently 150
bead of Work horstM, and stn-eters to Lon
don nnd Hamburg.
The Montana state fair for 189*1, lx-ing
the twenty-seventh annual exhibition, will
be held Aug. 19 to 3d.
No pedigree stock from America ran bo
sold i:i France unless accompanied by cer
tificates of breeding and identification.
Mr. M>-P' n» uph's < It Orestes, by Or
moi.de, out of Kissing Cru.;t. will be his
only representative In the Gwat Trial
stakes.
The management of the Boston horse
si. w displayed excellent judgment in
the selection of the judges Of tho various
classes.
Gibbs has had bad luck with the horses
Lc took to Eur pe. They did not suit tho
marker, nnd he could not sell or:e at pri
vate sale.
William Easton recent 1% seut liver
loving cup of handsome d-ign i .amil
ton. H rinud" t.i I com, cd l in tho
races there.
Allamoosseo lake, near O. la Me.,
was recently tt scene of . ' crting
over the ice. Fred P. G: ohell': l-yoaf
old pacer Cel.a Wilkes captured most of
the hon >rs.
Mrs. Peppor, executrix of the estate of
the late It. P. ivpper of South Elkhorn
farm, Kentucky, has decided to retain the
stallion> »inward nnd Acolyte and 80 brood
mares and sell the produce annually.
According to a letter recently received
from Pierre Lorillard, Mr W K. Vander
bilt. Is very much pleased with the 16
brood mares shipped from Johnstown last
summer to Yanderbllt's farm in Franco.
Some new blood is coming on the trot
ting turf. W. S. Hobart, the young Cali
fornia millionaire, will have a stable out
this season, and Fred Frelinghnysen has
sent the promising Ally Saltlc, by Stranger,
to be trained and raced.
DREAMS OF DRESS.
Honiton applique in cream or white Is
largely used by all high class modistes.
Many of the gored skirts have bands of
embroidery laid over the front and side
seams from belt to hem.
Instead of wuuing in popularity the
fashion for waists entirely different from
the skirts is more than ever tho rag a
The most novel and elegant dress trim
mings of tho moment are Venetian, re
naissance and honiton applique edgings
and insertions laid over velvet bands.
Shepherd's check fabrics in silk appear
not only In black and white, cream and
brown, blue and gray, eto., but in every
variety of color on light huea grounds.
Some of tho now glace crepons have
more tho effect of a silk brocade than
crape as we know it, ond most of tho de
signs are in very gay colorings and offects.
Hats and bonnets mode of zephyr straw
coarsely plaited and in many colors aro
very much In evidence. The self colored
straws are less vivid In tone than they
were lost year.
Among other charming fancies In nowly
Imported novelties are French bodlcos
draped with Mario Antoinette fichus,
trimmed with mousselino de solo frills,
with silk embroidered edgings In wotteau
designs wrought in natural colorings.
The charming shot nnd flowored silks of
tho season mako up very effectively with
pluln taffetas. Some of the shot, silks aro
oombined with a surah which shows ono
shade of tho changeable fabric dotted with
silk of the other tint.—Now York Po6t.
PERT POLITICS.
It looks as if tho memory of Raines of
tho New York legislature was destined to
be preserved in alcohol. —Boston Herald.
Many of the favorite presidential sons
aro likely to assume tho role of the prodi
gal son after tho noxt national eloctlon.—
Atlanta Constitution.
It can bo said of thu average candidate
thut ho Is in nowise to blame if his views
on the monetary question do not suit
everybody.—Washington Star.
In case Mr. Cloveland runs for u third
time it will bo useless for him to rely on
any campaign buttons from tho Missouri
Vest.—Chicago Times-Herald.
A great many men teem to be rushing
headlong into politics, unmindful of the
fact that Mr. Sherman proposes to add a
number of ohapters to his book of recollec
tions. —Chicago Tlmes-Horald.
Why cannot every candidate for presi
dent of tho United States come out and
express his views on public questions In
language that is direct and unmistakable?
Isn't tho candidate who doosn't ao so try
ing to fool somebody?— Cincinnati En
quirer.
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.
A little suit sprinkled on a hot stove
will remove any disagreeable odor.
To extract the juloo from au onion cut
the onion In half and press it against nnd
move it. slowly over a grater. Tho Juice
will run off the point of tho grater.
A shelf over the door in a dining room
is an excellent place for largo and highly
colored pieces of china, which may thus bfl
made very ornamental to the room.
Aocording to a wholesale furniture deal
er the best furniture polish is made of one
third alcohol and two-thirds sweet oil.
Apply it with a soft cloth and rub with
another cloth.
To bronze a plaster of paris cover
It with a thlok coating of shellac varnish.
When this is dry mix some bronze powder
with tho varnish and apply to the figure,
then cover with another coot of clear var
nish.
HOWE'S HOMILIES.
Tho devil pays no dividends.
Tho best preacher on earth can spoil a
sermon by preaching too long.
The trouble with cute children is they
soon outgrow it and becomo impudent.
Thousands of people would appreciate
sympathy and help who never ask tow it
and never get It.
Don't lot a fool annoy you; work him.
In case you can accumulate a little sense
yourself a fool Is a great blessing.
It would be ploasnntcr living In the
world if there wore not so many fools in
it, but more difficult to make a living.
There is only one thing for a man to do
when ho finds himself married ton woman
who enjoys sjiending money and that is to
Isarn to enjoy earning It.—Atchison Globe.
LIGHT AND AIRY.
Her Commaiidmenta.
I. Botnenilier that I uni thy wife,
Whom thou must cherish nil thy life.
i Thou shult nut stay out lato at night.
When lodges, friends or clubs invite.
B. Thou shalt not smoke indoor or out
Or chew tobacco r. .undabout.
4. Thou shalt, with praise, receive my pies.
Nor paltry made by mi' despise.
U My mother thou shalt strive to please
And let her livo with us In cose.
ft. Bomcmber 'tis thy duty oloar
To dress me well throughout tho year.
7. Thou shalt m manner mild and meek
Give me thy wages every week.
8. Thou shalt not bo a drinking man,
but live on prohibition plan.
8. Thou sluilt not flirt, but must allow
Thy wife >uch freedom uuyhow.
10. Thou shall get up when baby cries
And try tho child to tranquilise.
These my commands from day to day
Implicitly thou shalt
•Structural.
Of what composed the thint^.
The woman calls her bonnotf
There are a wing, a ribbon 'Mid
Her own whole mind uponat.
—Detroit Tribune.
The Worm Turns.
Conductor —Did I «et your farQf
Passenger—l guoss you did. I didn't soe
jron riug it up.—Puok.
Age and Wisdom.
Thu older we yet.tin. ItisMVoJuiOW
And thu madder
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