VOL. XXXIII
COME AND SEE US.
We are Located on South Main Street,
Opposite Hotel Butler,
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In the room formerly occupied by Hartzell &
Kemper. We have received our spring stock
of Tans in different shades, latent Leathers, ,
Kangaroos, etc. Our stock of Ladies Fine V
Shoes and Oxfords is very large—all the latest its \ <
style lasts to be found among our stock. We ..." &
carry these goods in all sizes and widths, and i-■ «jj?7
prices the lowest. Come and see us. We jW*
have many bargains in store for you.
The variety was never so great, MS t C
The styles were never so perfect, / J 1
The quality never so good,
And the prices were never so low.
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ST* M* M* / T*
A FEW OF OUR PRICES
Ladies fine dongola pat tip ox
fords r
Ladies fne serge congress gait
ers • 45 c
Ladies grain shoes pat tip heel
. '|V or spring
Ladies waterproof oil grain
(. jf" 2j 3 shoes 75 C
I Ladies fine calf slippers s oc
jN Mens waterproof working shoes 95c
Mens fine dress shoes lace or
-I congress SI.OO
* \ Boys fine shoes.. .S7SC, si, $125
Misses good wearing school
Childrens fine dongola pat tip
shoes
Full stock of Leather and Findings.
Shoemakers supplies of all kinds.
All kinds of dressing for Dongola.
Tan and Patent Leather shoes at reduced pi ices.
Mail orders receive prompt attention.
JOHN BICKEL
323 South Main St.
Sutler Pa.
> SPRING SUflflEß S
FOOTWEAR!
\ B. C. Huselton
y Undeniably Shows the Largest Stock of Ladies \
|; and Gents Fine Shoes of the Latest and (
'S M ost Stylish Patterns ever Displayed in Q
\ * HAVE YOU SEEN THE V
J \ I One of the most perfect shoes for C
V M wome i ever made. Dark wine v
C m shade of Russia Calf, the latest C
/ tint; black eyelets, silk stitched. 7
\ Indies low cut shoes tan
\ XXTs\rrtnrk'a 9fk Tai ' or matle . 111 lace or button, C
v TT OTllall O £\J Rufset or Dongola, Kid or Pat- \
# ent I - eat,ler Ti P s - We sell these S
V V'CIIIUI j OllOCo beautiful and comfortable shoes at \
C our trade winning figures, $1.50, $2,
? BUTTpN AND LACE. \
/ Made on the latest lasts, only 75c, sl, fln&ljl \ <T
- I
S MEN'S AND BOYS' TANS I
} Highest grades, Russia Call, in all the (
S most fashionable shades, comfortable \
t lasts, pointed or derby toe, positively r
J unequaled in Butler. Men's at £1.50, $2, $2 50, $3, $3.50, C
J $4 and $5; Boys' at $135, $1.50 and $2; Youths' at $1.25, c
\ $1.50 and $1.90. ?
C || Men's and Boys' Fine Shoes. (
1 wSMSM Iw P'«in, Square, Needle or Opera Toe; \
J all widths, Calf at $2, #2.50, $3 ami C
V $3.50; Buff and A Calf at 9 oc, fi, 7
% j'- 2 5 and I 1.50; Boys' at 85c, sl, \
C $1.25 and $1.50; Youths' at 75c, ft f
3 and y
) W s Solid Working Shoes (
J best you ever saw at 75c, #l, #1.25 S
C and #1.50. our Jt.oo shoe with (
J hell us Credeuiore, the best shoe made /
V for the money—others get <1.25 and S
c $« (
C Mhses & Childrens Spring-heel Shoes
f All the New Styles in Tan and Black, Lace or Button, Pointeil or Stjuare C
1 Toe, at 75c, |i, fi.35 and $1. 50, sizes 12-2; Childs at 4<x;, s(*, 75c fi and /
t 11.25, sues
# Come in and see us and try our shoes. f
J B. C. HUSELTON, °PP Hotel Lowry. /
in style+>
Saving Mon^yt
If you buy your Millinery at
M. F. & M MARKS,
Note these prices; Fancy Braid Hats at 25 cts, worth 50 cents
Finer Braid Hals 50 cts, the kind you have been paying 75 cts for
elsewhere. Newest shapes in Turbans, 50, 75cents and #j 00
Persian Ribbon 20 cents per yard,'Jß!ack Satin Ribbon No. 60 only
30 cents per yard.
-THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Register's Notice
The register here' j gives notice _ tl._a» tiie
I'oli«*w itiLT at counts or eifci ulor«, a , »uiirii ,, lr.»-
tors and guardiat.s hive been Clt-.i iu tl.i
office according to la»', mid will I* ■:
to Court lor conlitmaliou and allowance iu
Saturdav, the 0 h day of June, 1596. u- '
o'clock A. M ot ;ai 1 day:
I. Fir.-t ami partial account of
\V Wright. executor of Marthi K Wrighi.
dee'd, laieol Cutler borough.
2 Final account of 8 C Kainse, .execu
tor of Alex Katnsey, dee'd, ia'e ol Jack
son twp.
«. Final ac uuuL of Johu N \ 'Uag. ad
minintrator <• t a of John Young, dee'd,late
of Winfield township
4. Final account of Klizibeth M »ry
M'xizland. executrix of John Muizland,
dee d, late ..1 Clinton twp.
5. Final account of Mary K Helm bold,
administratrix of Theodore Helmbold,
dee'd. late ol Saxonbnrg borough.
0. Final account of A F Werner. sur
viving e\eoutor of Henry Colhirst, dej'd,
late of Adams twp. Tne executor gire<
notice that he will make application lor
his discharge at the time of the premuta
tion of this account.
7. Final account of H J Kitzert. guar
dian of Frank Slinkier, minor child of Jo
sepb Minster, dee'd, late of Oakland twp
8. Final account of Peter Maugel and
Nicholas Mangel, executory of Claud Man
gel, dee'd, late of Winfie'd twp.
'J. Final account of Wm Br .wnfield,
guardian of M..ry A Brownlieid. minor
child of James Brownfield, dee'd. late of
Donegal twp.
10. Final account of Mrs S C Mcliar
vey, administratrix, of John C llcGarvey,
dee'd, late of Concora twp.
11. Final account of Herman Kaahe,
administrator of Charles liaabe, dee d, lale
of Jefferson twp.
12. Final account of Isabella Dickey,
administratrix of John I) Dickey, dee'd.
late of Forward t« p.
13. Final account of Geo W Wright,
executor of Martha K Wright, dee'd, la'e
of Butler boro.
14. Final and distribution account i>t
John C Kay, adinir.is rator .it Washington
Campbell, dee'd, late of Fairview twp.
15. Final account of Robert Johnston,
executor >1 JoQn Johnston, dee'd, lale ol
Fairview twp.
16 Final accoun" of Jam»B and David
liesselgemcr, executors of Kobert
gesses, dee'd, late of \V infield tap
17. Final account of Laura A Kicbard
son, administratrix of Christopher A
Maier*; dee'd, late of Butler borough
18. Final account of A J McCoy, ad
ministrator of Elizabeth Thompson, dee'd
lata of Mercer twp
19. Final account of Peter Miller, guar
dian of Win Henry Bauder, minor child of
John Bauder dee'd, late ol Muddycreek
twp.
20. Final account ol W F Coyle,admin
istrator of Thomas Coyle, dee'd, late of
Donegal twp
21. Final account of Rev N E Brown,
administrator eta of Alexander Brown,
dee'd, late of Mercer twp.
22. Final account of Cathaiine Kirk,
administratrix of Wendel Kirk, dee'd, late
of Oakland twp.
23. Final account of J N Fulton, ad
ministrator of Anna Mary Kelly, dee'd
late of Middlesex twp.
24. Final account of W D Brandon,
guardian of M J Gillespie, minor child of
M J Gillespie, dee'd, late of Donegal twp.
25. Final and distribution account of
J D Martin, administrator of Thomas W
Martin, dee'd, late of Forward twp.
26. Partial account of W J Scott, ex
ecutor of J W Scott, dee'd, late of Lanca*
ter twp.
27. Final account of John Hinchb.Tger,
executor of Mrs Mary Vosbrink, dee'd,late
of Butler borough.
28. Final account ol'J A Kipper, execu
tor of Rudolph Kelker, dec'd,late of Evans
City.
29. Final account of Rosa A J Martin,
executrix of Alary \V Douthett, dec'd, lain
of Forward t'vp
30. Final accoun tof Elizabeth Smith,
administratrix of Knoch Smith, dec'd. laie
of Butler borough,
31. Final account of G F Wei.-onstein,
administrator of Isabella II Weisenstein,
dec'd, late of Centre twp.
Final account of Samuel I'. Hays,
guardian of fi R Hays, minor child of
Wm Hays, dec'd, late oi Adams twp.
33. Partial account of Chri»tina Fruth,
adminUtiatrix of Frank Fruth, dec'd, late
of Jefferson twp.
34. Final account of Robert H Young
administrator of Jane Young, dec'd, late ol
Concord twp.
35. Final account of J M Black, guar
dian of Etoil Koblmeyer, minor child of S
W Kohlmeyer, dec'd, late of Allegheiij
twp.
36. Final account of G K Meilingtr anil
W J Mellinger, administrators of J K
Mellinger, dec'd, laie of Oakland twp
37. Final account of A A Campbell ex
ecutor of J G Campbell, dec'd, late of But
ler borough.
38. Final account of Christy Robb,guar
dial of Wm K Davrainville, minor child of
Mrs Elizabeth Daviainville, dec'd, late of
Cincinnati, Ohio.
39. Final account of 3 R McLaughlin,
administrator of Daniel G McLaughlin,
dec'J, late of Fairview twp.
40 Final account of Emma K nuick
admiui»tmtiix of John L Hennick. dfic'd.
late of Jefferson t« p
41. Final account, of Geo W Shiever,
guardiNii of Minnie Kusjh and Charle.-
Rtn-cL, minor children of Jacob ltuscn,
dec'd, late of Butler borough
42. First and partial account of Joseph
Geibel, acting executor of Charles Geibel,
dec'd, late of Butler borough.
43 Final account of G I) Swain and
Wm Richer, executors of Jessie Rice,
dec'd, laie of Lancaster twp.
JOHNS WICK, Register
Widows' Appraisements.
The following widows' appraisemcuU (.1
personal property and real estate »ut aparl
for the benefit of the widows of decedenU
have been filed in the office of the Clerk of
Orphans' Court ol Butler aourity, viz.
Widow of John M Weigle S3OO 00
" George T lieiter 99 00
" Alex Barnes 300 00
" Samuel McCullough.... 238 G5
J M Slonp 300 00
" George Marburger 295 85
" W B Henderson 79 04
" Levi Park 300 00
HOBlaok... 300 00
" Nicholas lieott (realty).. 300 00
" Joseph J Lavery 300 00
•' John S Clark 300 00
'• Jacob F Wise 300 00
■' John F T Stehle 300 00
" AS Pattison ....... 79 75
" Laurcntis Lyon (realty3so 00
" Wm Kelle/ 300 00
" Israel Cranmer 300 00
All persons interested in the above ap
praisements will take notice that they will
oe presented for confirmation to the Or
phans' Court of Butler county, Pa., on Sal
urdav, the (!th day of June, 189(1, and
if no exceptions are filed they will be eon
firmed absolutely,
JOSEPH CK IS WELL,
Clerk O. C.
NOTICb.
Notice is hereby given that George B.
Turner, assignee of A. G. Meals, bus filed
his final account in the office of the Pro
tlionotary of the Court of Common Pleas
of Butler county, at M's D. No. 12 June
Term, 1895, and the same will lie pre
sented to Court for confirmation and al
lowance on Saturday, the 6tli day of
June, 1896.
SAMUEL M. SKATON, Proth'y,
Prothonotary's Office, April 30, 1896.
THE NEW
WALL-PAPER
HAS ARRIVED
New Patterns, New Colors and
Low Prices.
The latest effects in shaded
border,
Get your room papered at a
small expense if you buy
At DOUGLASS'
Near P. O. 241 S. Main St
BUTLER, PA.
L*TTTLTI!R. PA., THURSDAY, MAYI4, 18<JD.
Grand
JI.-sults fallow the faithful use of H>HKTS Sar-
VI[MI iii.t. it tea axfel nwj t»ee of aetui
ula, cures rheumatism, neuralgia aad catarrh,
creates an appetite and makes the weak strong.
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Is the One Trie- Blood Purifier, gl; six for gv
Mood's Pills
ROAD AND BKIIKJI: kIiPORTS.
So i< -1 t.i rct. i»iv ii that th« f" ;t " -
iin' hrioif- m I ."•> ul Vl' 'v- have hcc'l <• .li
Armed MM M-I ..HIT, .M.l uiii ...• !.-
MfttedMMiw fir-t S*T«r»!*> "I JOB*. Iv"
lieu K 'lie 6 h «t. 1.1 vii<l 111 11th mi- ••
i»xc.'plioiirt ar. lit .1 sh« > Ui In- nil Inn • t
hi. ■ .utelv:
KI)S«2
1 r ii-n <f ..'it iii-n-ot i.|'p> 1> 1 -k 'oi-. fi'M>
tor county hrii'iie ivn McD-'IIh! ri' hi
tli>- place where the iiublic r-mil 1 «■':liif
•lr> iii the Frm Kiin roail 10 New Hop*. »t
I ~n, tear No 'J «• h««»l !•«•«
Jnue 22i1. lsyj. Vie*ers *p,. '»>' 1 -
' ntirt. »td SI-ptemi'er 2. 18!»"». REPO t
viewer- lilMl. Stalin* that I i-Kt- i„ ii
ti«.L«il for i :.icessary auil the ereuiio-. ot
tt.« sum* would require PHTH i-xp-:>e
thhd i- the towntbip if
I ervrock nboult 1 bear, and did loiate the
fite thereof at tl.e place mentioned in the
petition. Septemtier 11. 1895; approve' 1 ;
i.otice to ttiveti nccrtlmtf t"
ft urt ml to ho l* 'l 10-tor- the j j i r y
i t next terii'.
BY THK Ci rsT.
>'o v, vl . rh 7, ISOo, it ippi -iriuji to tne
four; ;: at the ewe vat not .'aid ' elou
the Uai d j'iry at I), en:: '.IT tern . - di
r.-ct. il i o.di r *t.l *i Sepi«nii)-r 11, IMC..
iiuc«.. .1 •f v. in: st ot licitiK pre»< t
aud thnt 10 order w»» maiin to Mn h
Tci 111, lHtHi. it is now order, D to he E
b.l"i' the (frand j• 1 r•- i>t Jaiio lenu, IV.'
01. VV ..en. sduy, tne 3. do 'I june, 18J6
li. tie* to be given aeoor-'i'i* '<» rufen ot
001111 Hy THK i.'oURT
It IJ So 1, March Heiioiott, 18SK), I'wti in:.
ol eifzeii:; ol Oor>n< qn«ues«in|f t iwu*tiip
for the couutj tirtdijo ov. r Littt« Coon..
i|iit > ut:i > rii!)E urei-k wheie the ronii known a*
I tie \\ Kihli road er*n.f.. s«i 1 oi. ek Jan
urn} 2 1 ). 18WI, vmw»r< ~|,p..i.n> d t>> ho
Court, am' Maich 2*. IS9O, r. port id view
« r- tiled, H'.atltit: that the b idjje t .e»iti««i:• d
|'..i is ut r»is try . and the erection of the
.•B'i.e woul 1 r.-qnire more, ►xp. u-e It:mi
1- e,iM.liable'ln* towindiip o| Coi.ci.que
ne King -louid oear, and «1 ttl b'Cat* the
si • 1 hen o• ut t.l:i. place inentt u.ed iu tne
i>. t.<i. 11. c.muli 7, 1890, approved: ui.ti. e
lo !•• jfiveil Mcuordiujt to rules of Court and
to i e laid before the :iex: g.acd j.irj on
W edLt ;-(liiy, June .'I, 1890.
BY THK f'ouKT
1C 1> No 2. March .•u-si >n. 1890. Petition
ol ci'i* n* of Forward towmhip lor pub
lic road to begin at a point in the public
r'i/..l leadlug 1...in Brown's mill to IVters-
Ville. ut or near the north end ot the
bridge across the <,'oDlioquenessing creek
kni vvu as the Ueid bridge, aud exteiiding
thence to a point in tue public road leaii
i" • tr in ih - borough of Kvausburg to the
borouith "I Butlur, at or near th> house . 1
I'D .».11 A. fa. February 3, 1896, viewers
apuoi..t<o hy the Court, and Mi>rch 2,
189-1, repot i ot viewers filed, slating that
th road p-t lioued lor is necesuary, «ud
did Uj out the same IT public use, cost
i | making, one humil.-d dollars, to be
bori e!m the township No damages as-
M-SSI d. iiarch 7. 1890 approved, and Cx
width of road '>l 33 feet; notice to he given,
according !<■ luies ol Court.
I'.Y THK COURT.
I'UTLKK COUNTY. ss:
oerliliud from the record tht 4th nay •'*
Mi} a I). 1890
JOS K I'll CItISWELL, Cleik y. n.
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.All grade of rnderwer at very
low prices.
Largest stock of hats and
furnishings for gentleman ni the
country. An inspection will prove
tliis to any ones satisfacture.
Colbert <Sc Dale.
242 ?. Main St., Rutler, I'enn'a
THE HABIT OF
wearing good clothes
is a good habit and
our clothes are good
habiU. We want to
help you form litis
good habit. liegin
now! in a short time
you will be convinced
we have saved you
money and that you
are always dressed in
goo J taste. Gojd
taste in dress secure:-"
a cordial recognition
for - those who show
it. No man can tell
how much injury a
sli abby appearance
may dq him. Our
handsome new Spring
stock is now ready
for your selection.
•WODF.KN METHODS.
MODKRATK I'RICKS.
ALAND,
MAKER OF
MEN'S CLOTHES.
Subscribe for tho CITIZEN.
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PY WLTIULBM T. FLLCHOLIS.
X rlch'. «8v«. t> J B Llprin. « Comr»r.y ..
i.
IIANCF., or, to
fC -)K.ak more ac
curately, u. series
of those Jeata of
' st.ii ii c h clipper
ij§r| Mary I'eck, bound
from New York to
Valparaiso. A
> week before that
bright windy
March day when
she spread her:
brood wings and
canght. the ocean
swell of Sandy Ilook, nothing 1 hail
been farther from my thoughts
than a voyage round the Horn.
A trip by balloon, an exploration
of African wilds, or or a raid on the
north pole would have seemed a propo
sition as feasible as this venture to the
southward, to a young physician strug
gling ineffectually to prove that the
community had need of him and tha*
the years of preparation for his profes
sion had not been thrown away.
It was chance the first, that Capt. Ab
ner Peck should come back from a
voyage to the west coast to find the
wife of his bosom in failing health, and
tc resolve to take her with him on his
next run to the farther of the sis
ter continent. It was chance the sec
ond that, in his anxiety for his spouse,
the skipper should decide to ship a sur
geon; as part owner of the Mary Peck,
he was entitled to some luxuries. It
was chance the third that the captain
and I, Alfred Morris, M. D., should meet
at the house of a friend in the New Eng
land city In which I was striving to torn
my daily bread; and it may have been
chance the fourth that we fraternized
with uncommon cordiality. The sea
man told me something of his plans;
I confided to him the story of a few
skirmishes of my uphill fight. The talk
ended in his making a definite proposi
tion. I asked 48 hours to consider it—
and accepted it in 12. In going to sea
I gave up little. A few patients, chronic
as to maladies and uncertain as to pay
ments, would be forced to seek a new
medical adviser; in exchange for them,
I bargained for passage on a fine ship,
forgetfulness of the landlord bugbear,
and pay sufficient to supply spending
money at the ports we might touch at
and to bring me home with a little
loose silver in my pockets.
Once the die was cast, the thought of
the voyage tilled me with glee; for it
offered a first prospect of adventure,
though from boyhood mine had been an
existence of vicissitudes. Left an orphan
In childhood, I had grown up Into my
teens under the care of an uncle, an
elderly bachelor, who treated mo with
a mixture of the fondness he felt for
kinsfolk and the distrust he. manifested
toward those debarred from the suf
frage by circumstances of age or sex.
lie did not understand children, and he
feared women. He owned a small fac
tory in Rodneytown, a village on the
New England coast which had closed
its days of progress about the middle
of the century, but which still main
tained activity enough to keep it alive.
My uncle seldom attempted to inter
fere with my amusements, which, as it
happened, generally took me out of Ills
sight and hearing, thereby, no doubt,
gaining his tacit approval. I was a
rather solitary little fellow in those
days, with a liking for prowling about
the fields uud along the beach or pad
dling a crazy laft up and down the.
shallow tidal streams in which the
neighborhood abounded, and On the.
banks of the largest of which Kodney
town was built. Behind the village
rose a long low ridge, and beyond that
in turn was a rolling country, well
wooded and fairly fertile. Between the
ridge and the beacli stretched lowlands
fringed on the seaward side with salt
marshes, and pcnct rated in many places
by the tidal creeks of which mention
has been made. For farming purposes
the lowlands were of little value, and at
no time had they many dwellers. In
fact, to this day there is scarcely a habi
tation to be found from one eud of the
plain to the other, though a little way
up the slope of the ridge which bounds
it are se\Vral clusters of farmliouses.
I found a fascination of a kind, in this
waste region, which seemed to belong
hardly more to the land than to the sea;
and 1 spent many happy days exploring
it. Here and there, rising from the
marsh, were rocky hillocks, steep
sided, and dotted with dwarfed trees
and bushes wherever, by accident, suf
ficient soil had collected to give the
loots a covering. On one of these islands
—as they may be called for want of a
better term —I discovered a house, old,
and long untenanted, but not dilapi
dated. Why its builder had chosen its
site as he had was not to be explained,
for he had long been dead and buried;
but his work remained to prove that
he, like most of his contemporaries, had
been an honest constructor. This old
house enchanted my fancy. To the
east it commanded a view of the bay, a
broad expanse of water sheltered from
ocean gales by a long cape jutting out
from the mainland some miles to the
south and then curving so as to extend
almost parallel with the line of the
inner beach. To the west was the plain,
and beyond it the ridge. To the north
and south was the amphibious region
where marsh and dry land joined. But
the great tract ion of the place was
its isolation. Nobody dreamed of in
vading my retreat, and there, I could
imagine myself monarch of all 1 sur
veyed, ruling a realm so deserted that
the very loneliness of it, for which I
loved it, sometimes terrified me.
My uncle's death, cutting short my'
stay in Rodnejtow n, led to my removal'
to the far different scenes of a small,
city-in central Illinois, where dwelt an
other of my father's brothers, a child
less widower. He was an austere man,
intensely practical, and well calculated
to cure me of the romantic moods I had
learned to cherish, had we but come to
terms of affection. 1 'nluckily, however,
we had too little in common to reach
even amity. At 18 1 was told the time
for study was over, that the time for
toil had arrived. Tie took me Into his
shop—he was a merchant in a small
way—and for a year strove zealously
to discover some t race of business ca
pacity in his assistant. Failing utterly
in this, he called me before him, gravely
passed his verdict on my manifold de
ficiencies, am inquired whether I had
aily plans in mind.
One of my friends—a few had been
acquired, perhaps by force of circum
stances—had entered a medical school
! in a neighboring city; and, on the spur
ot tin* muuu'iit, 1 elected to follow hLs
<-\:uiiple. My guardian lie held that
|x,st iii \irtu>' ot the sniaii t-fatute l.'tt to
mi- l»y 111 v first protector ollVr.-d no
olij.'. tion.s, though lie gave formal ii!>-
tice that the funds in hi.*; posses ion
would hardly suffice to do more than
can} roe through the 1111. 01. V ude
terred l>y tin waming, I liuitrieuluted,
ami for two years studied faithfully,
rccei\ing a degree at the end of the
second, and thus becoming entitled le
gally to experiment on humanity. As,
by virtue of strict economy, there was
still some moaey to my credit, I de
termined to spend a year at a famous
eastern school; and T carried out the
plan, only to meet one of the keenestof
disappointments at the close of the
period, through failing to secure a cov
eted appointment as a hospital interne.
Just at this timp, to °. came news of
the death of my uncle. He bequeathed
to me a letter of sound advice and a
thousand dollars. By means of the lat
ter —and disregarding the former —1
spent a fourth year in study, this time
selecting another of the great institu
tions. The balance left at t )>e end of the
season served to equip a modest office in
the city, in which ('apt. Peck found me,
just entering my 25th year, with re
sources exhausted and hopes blighted
by the dreary waiting for paying pa
tients who did not come. Add to these
troubles a share of anxiety as to my
health, and one can understand the will
ingness with which I became surgeon
of the Mary Peck.
She was almost a new ship, Maine
built, Yankee-officered and manned by
a crew representing many nations. She
was of about a thousand tons' burden,
and was freighted with a cargo of con
siderable value. Iler living" quarters
aft were comTortable, if not luxurious,
and the cabin fare was excellent. The
captain and his wife, the two mates and
I, made up the population of that part
t>t the vessel.
The Mary Peck's run to the equator
was made in circumstances of the sort
to delight both the skipper and the
I»air who were making their first deep
water voyage. Rarring a sharp gale
soon after she cleared the coast, the ship
encountered fine weather down to the
'line, with plenty of wind, but not too
'much of it—a very important qualifica
tion in the eyes of the novices. As the
days grew warmer Mrs. Peek throve
amazingly, the color came back to her
cheeks, and her strength increased, un
til we almost forgot that she had begun
the voyage an invalid. She herself
credited o'd ocean with her improve
ment, and the captain was mneh of her
way of thinking, while my notion of the
matter was that the companionship of
her tall, bronzed husband counted for
more with the little woman than sea
air and sunshine combined. At all
events, however, the surgeon's post
promised to be a sinecure.
To the line, as has been said, fortune
showered her favors upon us, but no
sooner was ourprowcleavingthcwaters
of the southern hemisphere than the
gifts of the fickle goddess ceased. For
a fortnight we had calms or breezes so
faint as hardly to give the ship steer
age way. Yet. she contrived toerawlon,
daily putting some, leagues of her road
behind her; for her master was a smart
•seaman, and made the most of every
cat's-paw. Nevertheless it was slow
work, and all of us longed for cooler
days and fresh winds with an Invig
orating keenness in their rush.
I was leaning against the rail one
night, lingering beyond the usual hour
and loth to quit the coolness of the
deck, when the captain came up, and,
standing beside me, lighted u cigar.
The night was still ami moonlit, and the
uhip lay almost motionless.
"Still ocean holiday weather," said I.
"Do you look for much more of it?"
"I hope not," said he, emphatically.
"It's the sort of holiday that's worse
than labor."
"And when steam discounts canvas."
"Yes," he observed; "it's enough to
make one pray for engine and screw.
Hut perhaps I ought not to complain.
My wife certainly seems none the worse
for this drifting in the tropics."
"She stands the heat well, no doubtol
that," said 1. "In fact, she takes most
kindly to the sea. I wonder you've nevci
had her with you before."
"Wait till we're on Lhe other side of
the Horn, and then see if your opinion's
the same."
"It will be a long time to wait, at this,
rate, of sailing. So far I've only hod one
cause to find the ocean disappointing.
I've looked forward to all sorts of inci
dents, but not one has occurred."
"Wait till we're in the Pacific before
you reach conclusions. By the way,
what manner of incident might you
crave?"
"Anything not too perilous. You
know the list better tnan I."
"I'm willing to avoid them all this
voyage," he answered, with a laugh.
"Still, if any excitement occurs you
shall be notified promptly."
"On the strength of the premise I'll
turn in," said I, and, leaving him to
finish his cigar, mode my way below,
to toss and turn in my bunk for a time,
and then to fall into a restless slum
ber. Presently, as it seemed, from the
drowsiness which was heavy upon me,
though tho summons was loud enough
to wake the soundest of sleepers, the
steward rapped upon the door. The
daylight in the stateroom proved that,
after all, the night had passed only too
quickly.
"What's the matter?" I called out,
convinced that the man must have
blundered and called me at least an
hour too early.
"The cap'n requests you to step on
deck at onct," he answered.
"What for?" I demanded; but tho
steward had gone his way, and there
was no answer.
Pulling on a pair of trousers and a
jacket, I hastened to obey the skipper's
orders. As I reached the deck I caught
sight of a litvle knot of men about a
figure lying motionless on a grating
Kneeling at the side of the prostrate
man was a woman, and a little forward
two strange sailors were surrounded
by half a dozen of the ship's crew.
"Here's business for you, doctor,"
was Capt.. Peck's greeting. "That in
cident you were longing for last night
has occurred fast enough."
"What's happened?" I asked. "Who
are these people ?"
"We've just picked them up," he. an
swered. "Their boat is towing along
side now. They are from a small Por
tuguese steamer, the Nina or Nita, from
Lisbon for Kio, destroyed by fire, two
days ago. There were four of them in
the boat, w ■ fell in with, two sailors and
two passengers. That man lying there
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leaving the steamer, tumbled into the
boat, in fact—and he seems to be in
a mighty bad way. We hoisted him
aboard as easily as possible, but he
fainted from pain while we w ere doing
it. lie needs your attention bj.dly."
And truly his need was great—a frac
ture of the tibia and two days in an open
lKiat with only the rudest treatment tor
Ids injury. A glance at the swollen Jimb
was enough to tell the story of his
hours of torture.
He was a tall, line-looking man, of
middle age, with well-cut features and
a close-cropped dark beard. His dress,
disordered as it was, showed him to be
a person of wealth.
"Best get him be-low at once," said I.
"He's in for a siege, 110 doubt of that,"
"Put him in the stateroom forward
of tlie first mate's," said the captain.
"Bear a hand here, a couple of you fel
lows."
* Two of the sailors came aft and care
fully raised the injured man. With the
skipper and myself assisting in the
operation, he was carried to the quar
ters assigned him. lie moaned feebly
as the men lifted him from the grating,
and again as they felt their way down
the companion-stairs, but, oll the whole,
the job was well done. Then came the
labor, which was particularly my own,
of reduclnginflammation.of getting the
leg into splints, ami of making the pa
tient as comfortable as circumstances
permitted. At last Iw as able to report
that, all things considered, he w as doing
very well.
"That's news," said the captain,
heartily. "By the way, did you learn
anything 11 bout him or the loss of the
steamer?"
"Only that, though he is a Brazilian,
he speaks linglish like a Briton. The
lady, who seems to IK* H relation of his,
knows nothing but her own tongue.
She's with him now, watching him, al
though there's nothing for her to do."
"You learned his name?"
"Yes; Perez."
"So much I've extracted from the sail
ors," said ('apt. Peek, "but very little
else, except that, when the rush was
made to leave the steamer, our friends
were almost left l>ehind. Most of the
crew and passengers got away ii» three
other boats. The one we met was the
last to pull away from the steamer.
That's the limit of information to tie
had from tne men."
"I suppose t hat.nothing has been se«-n
of the other boats?"
"Nothing. I'll do my best to lind
them, but it's not likely we'll come
across them. The people we bave on
board lost trace of them the first night.
God pity the poor souls crowded into
those three boats 1"
The captain was as pood as his word,
and, aided by a light breeze which came
as opportunely as if designed to assist
in this errand of mercy, the Mary Peck
cruised about in search of the tlotilla.
Nothing was seen of it, however, and
when, after lying becalmed for two
days more, her sails were again
lilled by the wind, her bow turned to the
south, and once more she was headed
for her destination. Long afterward
it was learned that an English ship had]
rescued the occupants of the boats on
the day following that on which the,
steamer burned, and had carried them
to London.
As we drew into cooler latitudes
Perez mended steadily, although, oa
may be imagined, his recovery was a
tedious business. Yet, in view of his
condition when he was hoisted to the
deck of the Mary Peek, neither he nor I
could find cause for complaint. lor
six weeks he was confined to his state
room, and in that tiine I came to know
him well and to like him exceedingly.
Of hiiuself-he said little, but, bit by bit,
I learned something of his story. liis
father was a Brazilian, but his mother
was English, and the greater part, of
his youth was spent at l'nglish schools.
Since attaining* manhood he had lived
near Rio, making an occasional trip to
Europe. The lady in his charge on the
homeward voyage which had been in
terrupted so disastrously was a cousin,
who, after some years in Portugal, was
returning to her OH n country. She was
not very young, and her beauty was of
the faded sort. In spite of the draw
back that neither she nor Mrs. Peck
was mistress of the other's tongue, the
two women managed to strike tip a
great friendship and to comfort one an
other vastly in the days of great gales
and high seas we encountered off the
cape. Rut the ship fought her way
through the storms of that stormiest
oi regions into the Pacific, and at last
her anchor was dropped In Valparaiso
bay after a voyage which, south of the
line, hail I wen prolonged far beyond her
master's expectations.
There had been no opportunity to
transfer Perez to a vessel bound for
Rio, and perforce he had been carried to
the Chilian port. On the day of our ar
rival, however, he and his companion
bade us farewell and were sent aboard o
steamer which,an hour later,l>orc them
out of the bay. Our parting was that
of friends who could hardly hope to
meet again. Vet it was fated that a
meeting should come, and, that, too, at
an early dale.
11.
Again the Mary Peek was plowing
the waves of the Atlantic. Favoring
breezes on the Pacific, a fierce but short
lived storm off the Horn, then a half
gale which drove her at top speed along
that roughest of ocean highways—such
was the story of the lu glnuing of hi r
homeward voyage. But now the cape
had been rounded and the ship was
pressiug northward toward wanner
latitudes and less tcm|>estuouH seas.
Everybody aft was in the l>est of spir
its, as I well remember.
It was evening. Mrs. Peck and I were
'reading in the cabin when the captain
left the deck and joined us. The hang
ing lamp showed drops of spray glisU'ii
lng on his cap and heavy jacket, and no
wonder, for a strong, keen wind was
up out of the southwest, and,
though the ship wim running l>efore it,
one could guess that her deck was far
from dry.
"You two are looking cheery anil
homelike down here," said the skipper.
"I tell you, a warm cabin's no bad place
on a night like this. There's an edge to
this breeze that, even if we miss half
the force of it, cuts to the bone. How'd
you like to be standing watch, doctor?"
"This is iirtter. thank you," -aid 1;
"better for the present, at least. I dan
»a\ it won't be long l>efore the deck
w ill have the preference."
"Not if our luck holds. Do you l>e
lieve in luck, doctor?"
"Yes, most firmly," *uid 1. The ques
tion recalled most unplt a-autly the trib
ulations of life on shore, which, for a
little. I had shaken off, but to which a
return was inevitable.
"And so do I," said the skipper. "Still,
with Mary with us we can't meet any
great misfortune. Old Ocean wouldn't
l<e malicious enough to build up her
health only to make her fate a shtp
w reck."
ilis e\ 1 • - met his wife's for an instant;
the look on the faces «jf tiie two re
vealed that, notwithstanding their wed
ding day was far behind them, they
were till liners.
"Take off those wet things, dear," ,
she said. "Surely you can sjiare us a
half hour. You're not needed on deck
all the time."
"I'll Ik- with you in two minutes," he
answered, cheerily. His hand was on
the latch of his stateroom door, when
there came a shock which almost
knocked him from his feet. A tremor
ran through the fabric of the vessel.
Then there were shouts from above
and the noise of men running along the
deck.
Mrs. Peck started from her seat, her
hands clasped aud her lips moving,
thoueh no sound came from them. I
had sprung after the captain toward
the campanion way, but he turned upon
me fiercely.
"Look after my* wife!" he cried.
"Don't leave her, man! Back with
you!"
And back 1 went, though it was little
in my |>owcr to comfort her. Yet I
strove to reassure her. as if a frightened
woman could be cheered by an equally
frightened man. Neither of us knew
what had happened. 111 our ignorance
we could only dread horrors none the
less terrifying for the indefiuitcness of
them. So for many minutes we sat,
pale and trembling at the prospect of
dangers we knew not what. But t.he
motion of the ship and the tell-tale
compass showed that she was still
speeding on her course, and after a time
the fact l>egan to revive our courage.
At las't- how* long the interval seemed
there is no need of relating—Capt. Peck
rejoined us.
"What was it, Abner?" gasped his
wife. "What was it V"
"Here, here, that won't do," he au
swe red. "Don't worry. We're still
afloat, and likely to keep ufioat, which
Is more to the point."
"Then what has happened?" I broke
in.
"We struck something. Just what,
we don't know, but something quite
awash, for nobody saw anything of it.
Whatever it was, we must have sent it
to the bottom. None of the men caught
even a glimpse of the thing ns we went,
over it," *
"A derelict?"
"Perhaps. However, we're not badly
damaged, so far as can be discovered.
There's no danger."
With a great sigh of relief, his wife
sank back in her seat. Her husband
bent over her and kissed her.
"Don't let. her get down-hearted, doc
tor," said he. "She's a brave little wom
an if she has only a chance. Remember,
both of you, we're not sinking, but
afloat in as sound a ship as ever
was sent off the ways. And*now I've
got to go 011 deck again."
In spite of the confidence he felt, or
assumed, there was little rest for us
that night. Morning, to be sure, showed
the vessel apparently uninjured,at least
to unskilled eyes, though one could not
help noticing that, the faces of the
mates were unusually grave, and that
the men talked earnestly among them
selves. The pumps had t>een going dur
ing the night, as I knew, and now, at in
tervals, the clank of them penetrated
the cablu. Nevertheless the captain
nguln aud again declared that there was
110 danger, until by force of repetition
he succeeded in allaying the fears of his
wife.
We held the breeze for three days.
Then followed a gale of 20 hours' dura
tion, which left behind it an ugly sea.
The next morning the pumps were go
ing steadily. The cold had moderated
sensibly, and from under the lee of a
l)oat I enjoyed a pii>e and watched the
men at the brakes. After a little the
skipper, who had I>een standing near
the. wheel, crossed ovsr to me.
"Doctor," he said, "I've something to
tell you. It is better for you to learn it
now than to come at it after awhile by
guesswork. We've changed our course
uud are headed for Rio."
"Then the ship's injury Is greater
than you supposed?" I asked, with all
my old terrors aroused.
"Yes. We have been leaking forward
ever since the collision. The pitching
and rolling in yesterday's blow In
creased the trouble and made, my duty
clear. I want you to understand this
and to aid me in keeping up my wife's
spirit*. Make her believe that seeking
j>ort for repairs is more of an extra pre
caution than a necessity."
'•I'll do my best*" I promised, and,
though my success was doubtful, I
honestly strove to aid the captain's de
signs. Of the anxious days of that
run to Kio there is little to re
cord; but, reach it as we did at
length, with the pumps going, the
men almost worn out and the ship
showing a pood deid less freeboard
than she had displayed in the Pacific.
We learned, soon after our arrival, that
Perez was out of the city, and that it
was uncertain when he would return.
The work of rejiairs on the ship was
pushed, for her master was desirous to
lose ns little time, as jK>sslble. There
were some cases of fever reported
among the shipping, nnd once or twice
I was called aboard vessels to prescribe
for men lying ill of the disease. I
doubt whether my ministrations had
much effect, Yellow Jack being then
more of a st ranger to me than was the
case somewhat later. While spending
a day ashore I was seized by the fever.
I was hurried to a hospital, there to
fight my battle with the grim enemy.
The struggle was so close, as I learned
afterward, that probably it would have
gone against me, had not Perez, re
turning to Kio, got news of my attack
nnd secured for me all that money could
command in the way of treatment and
attendance; and when I was convales
cent he took me to his fine estate in the
highlands. The Mary Peck by tlrto
time was well on lwr way to New York,
her captain easy to the knowledge thai
he had left his surgeon in good hands.
Of the weeks passed as Perez' guest.
1 shall ever cherish a grateful remem
brance. Ills kindness was unvarying,
his generosity unlimited. lie had ob
tained a very fair notion of my slender
prospeets, and pladly would have aided
me to seek fortune in liru/.11, hnd not
the physicians strongly odvisrd against
my attempting to remain there. Ac
cordingly, he was forced to content
himself with arrangements for my pas
sage home, which he decided should be
made by way of Kuglaud. lie would
have done more, and pressed upon mo
money, which would have been a wel
come addition to my resources, hajj X
No. 20
not refused to Increase my obligations
to him.
"Obligation*!" he objected. "Don't
let me ftear you mention obligations.
Kate has brought 11s together twice.
Von think that on the second occasion
you have liecome my debtor, but 1
know that on the first I incurred a debt
to you which can never lie liquidated.
How would 1 have fared had 1 not re
ceived skillful treatment after the crew
of your ship hoisted me out of the boat
In which I had suffered tortures'? It
was the one chance in the hundred that
the rescuing vessel carried a surgeon.
There was fate In it; 1 lu re was fate In
the accident which drove the Mary*
Peck to l\io. It may be destiny that
even for a third time we shall be of
service the one to the other."
"I trust that if the opportunity cornea
it will be mine," said I; "but our lives
promise to l*> spent far apart."
"Even so. Hut the chain of destiny
sometimes links the most remote."
Evidently a feeling ]>ossessed him
that our connection was not to end with
the good-byes spoken on the steamer
which was to liear me from Rio. He
asked many questions about niv '"ns,
until from the answers he jx , ciived
that I was turning homeward almost
without an idea of the manner t ex
istence before me. Then the talk drift
ed to the sorry experiences of 11 y pro
fessional career and to the errant char
acter of my l>oyhood existence. He
was a sympathetic listener to a descrip
tion of the old village on the New Eng
land coast and the lonely house, sur
rounded by the marsh, which had been
my favorite retreat. Under the spur
of memory, I told him much of the
abandoned dwelling aud of its isola
tion.
"If ever 1 come to l>e a misanthrope,"
I declared, "let me retire thither, as
sured that I may remain undisturbed
so long as I choose. Yet, if my* mood
changes, it will be but a step, and again
I shall Ih> among my fellows."
"Truly an admirable heritage," he
observed.
"Indeed it Is. The villagers take no
Interest in the old place. Though near
them, it is out of their way, and there
is no reason why* they should visit it.
They ore not people of the sort to waste
energy* in tramping through salt bogs.
A man who settled there might feel
tolerably certain that they would not
attempt to intrude upon him."
We were silent for a time, but at
length I' asked whether he might not
visit the United States.
"It- is hardly on the cards," he an
swered. "It is not probable that 1 shall
quit Brazil for some time to come. 1
Jiave interests to bo guarded which
would suffer in my absence. The coun
try is on the eve of a revolution; the
empire Is doomed, and Its fall canno)
be long delayed. Under the surface
there art) plots and counterplots. ' I
have striven to keep clear of them, and
have succeeded, ao far us active partici
pation is concerned; but I havts had
knowledge of a number of them, and
many of my closest friends are deeply
involved. The nation's need is a strong,
stable government. God knows how
we are to obtain it, or what the history
of the next few years will be."
Before we separated for the night an
agreement luui bwu made which uft
erward seemed curious enough, though
at the tlmo we entered into it with the
utmost gravity. It was, in brief, that
in caee either had an urgent request to
make of the other, and the request was
made by letter, there should bo used,
cither as a signature or appended to
the writer's name, a symbol, a Greek
cross with three dots ranged vertically
to the right of it. Perhaps it was Perez*
earnestness as we talked over the mat
ter which prevented me from appre
ciating its strangeness. A little reflec
tion might have persuaded me that we
were wasting our breath, for It woe
difficult to understand how I, in my
poverty and jiowerlessnefis, could ever
aid one who i»ssessed so much of the
resources I lacked; but, under the in
fluence of my friend's grave face and
Words, u pledge to heed his call wa#
given as solemnly as if the alliance
were one of equals.
The following day, a passenger on the
steamer Bedouin, I leaned upon thfc
vessel's rail and watched the Brazilian
highlands growing less and less in the
distance.
[to UK COXTtHUUD.]
WHIPPING HIS WEIGHT.
The Champion I.uggrr Overestimated Ilia
little Ability to Hw Sorrow.
In the logging camps of Michig.tr
might makes right and the man who has
whipped all comers in fair tights is
king of his camp.
Ouo of these, said a logger, was very
boastful of his exploits, lie had been
the victor in a dozen fights and no one
cared to cuter the lists with him, but
every man In the camp hated the
champion. Going into a saloon one
day he announced: . "I'm tired of th<*e
babies in camp. I ain't had a good fight
in Michigan. I can w hip my w eight in
dogs, wildcutsor anything that breathes
far $100."
A meek-looking nnn took thebetmid
arrangements for the fight were made.
It was to take place in a closed room
one week from the time the bet was
made.
The day came and the champion
called: "Bring on your animals." The
man who had bet against the king of
the camp brought his antagonist in a
large sack, which had been deposited
behind the stove in the saloon where tkc
match had bK.II entered into,
weather just befinaing to get cold. The
gladiator cnter«rf the room, the sack
was emptied and : if* people crowded at
the window to see the contest. Out of
the sack came three large hornet nests,
the occupants of which had been revived
by the heat.
They Issued from the nests in swarms
and lit all over the man. He fought
them for a minute or two, theD, with a
yell, jumped through the window, car
rying sash and glass with him, never
stopping until he reached the river, into
which he jumped.
"Said he could whip his weight in
anything that breathed," remarked the
meek little man, as he pocketed ths
stakes, "but about five pounds of hornets
knocked him out In the first round."--
Washington Star.
It Was a Fine Stream.
There is u "professional gentleman"
in Portland who would make a success
ful horse swapper. Having a farm to
K'-ll recently, this descendant of the Pil
grims advertised it, and soon after
wards a gentleman called on him to
s]>eak about it.
"Well, judge," said he, "I have been
over that farm you advertised and find
it all right except the fine stream of
water you mentioned."
"It runs through the piece of woods
In the lowest part of the meadow,"said
the judge.
"What! that little brook? Why, It
doesn't hold much more than a spoon
fid. I am sure If you would empty a
bow 1 of water Into it, it would overflow.
You don't call that a fine stream, do
you ?"
"Well, if it were much finer you
couldn't see it at all," said the judge,
blandly.—Portland Express.