V"OH. XXXIII Husclton's TV'Sfe, Not "single line" redactions, bnt "WHOLE LOTS" sacrificed. 0f aiLS.umic^r ■ Shoes reduced 10 per cent. I Shoes reduced 20 I Shoes reduced 30 per cent. I Shoes reduced 40 per cent. SHOES FOR CHILDREN. I Shoes reduced 50 per cent. SHOES FOR INFANTS. | Shoes reduced 60 per cent. All Kinds of Shoes at All Kinds of Prices. Shoes sold in this sale warranted to be lower than manufacturers' prices and much lower than other retailers ask for inferior goods. LADIES' Tan, Lace and Button Shoes ■ BOYS' Russet bhoes, Razor and square fo. 13-50. no * $ 2 -s°\ an<l f 2 -75 now I toes, tkc *1.50 and J1i.35 grades, go at $3. $ 1.50 and #2 now sl.lO and £1.50. ■ 95c and f1.15 Buff Bals were #I.OO, $1.25 and H. 35 now |i. H now 75c. MEN'S Russet Shoes, Razor and New- H LADIES'Fine Oxfords were 75c and Srt toes were (5, $4 and $3.50, clearance Q Ji, now 50c. Opera Slippers were 75c, .50. *2.50 and #2.15; others were $1.50 B now 40c. Grain Shoes were fl, now go and $2. now sl.lO and $1.50. I at 75c. FINE Buff Bals and Congress were I MISSES'Tan Shoes with spring heels I |i. 25, now 85c. ■sl and £1.25. One lot of Black, all go YOUTHS' Russet Shoes were f1.25 I at 75c. and $l5O, all go at 90c and $1 10. I WOMEN'S' Home Slippers at 19c, 25c, WORKING Shoes 75c. I 40c and 50c. Shoes at almost any price. A bargain in every pair. These Shoes are not shoddy, cheap trash, but honest goods made of honest leather. B. C. HDSELTON. BUTLER, PA. Grand Reduction Sale! I will soon move into my new store and before doing so I wish to close out my present stock and in order to accomplish my purpose I have marked the prices away dewn—so low you are sure to buy after seeing these goods and learning the extremely low prices I am asking for them. I wish to open my new store with an entire new stock. £o visit my store and you will get a bargain of a lifetime. Space will not permit me to quote many prices but here are a few of the many bargains I am offering: Boots, Shoes and Rubbers at Less than Factory Prices. • i lot Ladies Fine Dongola Oxfords; • I lot Mens Fine Calf, razor toe tip; •pat. tips, regular price SI.OO, reduc-j -the latest style, regular price $2.25,j |ed to 50 ceats. : : reduced to $1.50. : • 1 lot Ladies fine Dongola, opera; • I lot Mens fine Russett shoes, razor; •toe slippers, sizes 4to 8, regular! |or Yale toe, regular price $2.25, re-: i price 75c,, reduced to 50c. • -duced to $1.35. i • 1 lot Ladies fine Russet Shoes,- j Mens working Shoes, several styles,: • VERY STYLISH, all sizes, regular; ; all solid, good wearing—worth $2.40; • price $2. 00, reduced to $1.25. • -to {1.75, your choice ji. 25. : The above and many other bargains will be offered at thi Grand Reduction Sale. Yours ior Good Shoes Cheap, JOHN BICKEL 125 N. Main St. RI TTI PP PA 330 S. Main St. UU I LCK.) ' /V. **Underwear Specials** For two weeks only. The greatest bargains ever offer ed in this city. 25 and 35 cent corset covers at 13c. 35 cent drawers at 19c. 35 aDd 40 cent drawers at 25c. 35 and 35 cent chemise at 13c. 50 cent skirts at 41. 75 cent skirts at 60c. $1 and |i 25 night gowns at 73c. 75c gowns at 55c. 50c gowns at 25c. Infants ioc vests at 2c. Childrens 25c vests at 15c, or 2 for 25c. I M. F. & M. MARKS, 113 to 117 South Main Street, Butler, Pa. Prescriptions and Family Recipes are matters of 'lmportance and should be filled carefully and with pure drugs only, wi give them our special attention. 1 The Bab; + * requires a little special care during the warm weather, espec ially if fed trom a bottle, we have a supply of frest infant food, at all times, also bottles, nipples, tubes, bottle and tube cleaners etc. It you desire a sterilizer we can supply you with one, or will be pleased to furnish any desired information concerning them, Disinfectants should be used extensively at this season of the year, the best being copperas, chloride-lime, and crude carbolic acid, the latter being better than the pure, as in purifying an important disin fecting agent is removed, we have a large supply of these at all times. We also carry a full ine of toilet articles and sick-room requisites. REDICK & GROHMANN PEOPLES PHONE. 114. BUTLER PA. *UTIST STlir * HST GOODS* ♦GOOD mi » HIR POICIS* ' These are the things that have enabled me to build up a first-class tailoring trade during the last year. We have the most skillful, painstaking cutter; employ none but the very best workmen; handle nothing but the very best goods, both foreign and domestic, and guarantee you perfect satisfaction in each and every particular, and for all this cLaj-ge you simply a fair living profit. j • J. S. YOUNG, Tailor, Halter and Men's Furnisher " p TRY US ON JOB WORK MILLINERY DEPARTMENT. 2 5> 35> 40 and 50 cent ribbon at 9c, 50 cent hats at 3c each, these hats all 25. 50, and 75c. One tabie of flowers at two prices, 5 and ioc, former price 25c to sl. Best quality silk mitts 25 cents. 35C " " 18c. 25c " " 13c. 2 5. 35 an d 50c handkerchiefs 15c, or 2 for 25 cents. Infants mull CBDS at x. a and is cents. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. ' RAILROAD TIMBI TABLES. PENNSYLVANIA R i. Western "ermylvarua Di\isioc. Sehodule in . •• - * "* —"—Week Days A. M. A. M A. M. P. M. R M. A LTLF.B ...Leave *uo 11J3 2*> 505 \i\onbur.'... A rrtvo CM 825 11 43 a 1 o 5.6 duller Jc't... " I'i~ 848 12 ut sai 55a BinlfrJc't Leave *3O #4h IS 12 335 5»3 Natroua Arrive" 38 85S 12 21 3*5 6n2 Taremiun.. "43 903 12 2K 3OS Co; Sprlns<lalf 762 912 12 38 402 Ciaremont 307 925 12 53 4HI 62" Sharpaturg Btl 931 lot 422 632 Allegheny city 825 9ti 114 433 C 42 A. M. A. a. r. >l. P. M. r. M. Si;\iiAY TRAINS —Leavo Butler lor Alle j,ti( uy City ainl Drluclpal Intermediate stations 7:40 A. M.. 'i:3o and 5 00 P. M. NortC. Week Days ~*— A. a. A. M, A. M. P. M. P. M. .llegheliy Clty..Lv. 700 900 1125 300 530 SUarpntiurg 711 912 1137 Ciaremont 9 It* 1145 Springdale 930 I'. 5a 557 Tarentum 732 939 !2 4>s 330 CO7 Natrona 737 943 12 13 3 M 611 Butler Jc't Ar 745 950 1223 340 620 Butler Jc't Lv 745 950 12 34 345 6So S<axonburg 810 10 15 12 59 409 644 Ar. $35 1038 125 435 710 A. M. A. M. P. M, P. M. P. M. SUNDAY TRAINS—Leave Allegheny City for Butler and principal Intermediate station.- 75(5 A. M.. )230 and7:ls r. M. Week Days For the East ;Week Days, f. tu. a. in. a. m. p. m. 245 623 Lv BUTLER.-.Ar 10 02 12 56 335 727 Ar Butler Jc't Lv 953 12 42 340 745 Lv Butler Jo't Ar 940 12 34 340 749 Ar Free port.. Lv 93d 12 30 350 753 " Allege Jc't " 9:53 12 21 400 804 " Leech burg.. " 920 12 1;! 419 821 '•Paulton(Apollo" 905 11 55 445 851 " Saltsbnrg "8 37 11 32 518 922 '• Blairsville..." 805 11 00 527 930 "Blairsvillelas'n"7 45 10 15 850 11 35' Altoona '• 340 800 100 310 " E«rrisbu.-g..."1l 55 310 430 623 " Puladelpbia. '8 50 11 20 a. n\ p. tn. p. a>. p. m. Through trains for the ea«t leave I'itu- Larg (Uuion Station) as follows: — Atlantic Express, daily.... .3 10 A. M. Pennsylvania Limited " 715 " Day Express, " .....7 30 " Main Line Express •' .....8 00 " Philadelphia Express " 430 P. V. Eastern Express " .....7 05 " Past Line " .....8 10 " For detailed information, address Tbos. E. Watt, Pass. Agt. Westurn District, cor Filth Ave. and Smilhfield St., Pittsburg, Pa. S. M. TREVOST, J. R. WOOD, General Manager. Gen'l Fassr, Agent. pITI'SBURG & WESTERN Railway. Allegheny Short Line. Schedule in effect, July 19, 1896. Butler Time, Depart. Arrive Allegheny Accommodation 6% am 9 25 am Allegheny Flyer ! 8 15 am to 00 am Akron Mall 1 8 15 am' 7 30 pm New Castle Accomo 8 15 am 9 25 am Allegheny Accomo 10 05 am'l2 20 pm Allegheny Express 2 56 pm 4 55 pm Chicago Express 3 35 pm 12 20 pm Allegheny Mall 1 6 os pm 7 20 pm El! wood Accomo j <; <ls pm 7 30 pm Chicago Express 6 us pm 9 25 am Allegheny Express I 1 8 00 pm Kane and Bradford Mail 'to 05 am' 5 20 pm Clarion Accomo 5 15 pm 9 50 am Foxburg Accomo 7 35 pm 8 05 am SUNDAY TRAINS. DeForest Jet. Accomo ! 8 15 am; 7 30 pm Allegheny Accomo ! 'lO 00 am Chicago Express ; 3 35 pm 4 55 pm Allegheny Accomo : C 05 pm 4 55 pm Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars and :irst-cla»* *)ay Coaches lun through betwet>n Butler and Chicago dailv. For through tickets to points. In the West Northwest or Southweot apply to A. B. CROUCH. Agent Butler, Pa. Trains leave tho B. & O. depot In Plttbuig tor the Kant as follows.| For Washington D' C., Baltimore, Fhlladel phla, and New York, 7:30 and 9:20 p. m Cumberland. 6:40. 7 :30,a.m. 1 :10, 920 p. m.Con ue'.svllle, 6:40, 730, a. m. 1.10, 4.30, 4.45, 5.30,9.20 t>. m. Unlontown.7.2o a. in-. , 1.10,4.30. 5.30 p. m. Onlontown. Morgartowa and Fairmont. 7,30. 3, 00. ands,3op.m. Mt.l'leasact 6.40, 7.30 a. m. .10and4.30 pm. Washington, Fa., 7.40 and 30 a. ra., 4.00,4.45 and 9.00,11.55 p. m. Wheel- Dg, 7.40. and 9.30 a. in., and 4.00, 9.00. 11.55 p. *. Clnrlunatl, St, :.ouls. Columbus and New ark, 7.40 a. m., 9.10, 11.55 p, m. For Chicago, 2.40 and 9.30 p. m. I'arlor and sleeping cars to Baltimore Wash ington. Cincinnati and Chicago. H. 0. DUNKLK, Gon. Snpt. Allegheny, Pa C. W. BAESKTT, A.G.P.A , Allegheny, Pa R. P. REYNOLDS, Bupt.. Foxburg, Pa. MHE PITTSBURG, SHENAN GO & LAKE ERIE RA .ROAD; TIME TABLE—In effect Monday, Jnne 28, 1896. Trains are run by Standard Cen tral Time (90th Meridian"). GOINONOHTH. GOINU SOUTH 10 |l4 12 STATIONS alll jl3 p.snjpm . p.m. Arr Lv'ea.m. a.m.l" m. I4 55 230 Buffale ] 53; l 2 ... | 3 >4 1 00 Dunkirk ! 6 56| 14 a. m, 7 00| 1 42 9 48 Erie 6 10 8 35 3 3 6 25! 1 09 9 15 . Wallace Junct. 6 47 9 15 1 1 6 201 1 04 9 11 Glrard 6 50 J 18i 4 1 6 0!»il2 54 859 ....Lockport. ... 700 9 •»! 4 2 C 02|12 48 851 .Cranesvllle. - 708 9 i>B| 4 3 s 431 to 22 ar.Conneaut lv. —| 7 40; 3 l„ 3 10| 7 40 lv ar ....|lO 22 ) 6 i, 557 I*4*l 8 45 ar....Albion 1/ 7 11 9 41] 4 31 5 4312 3:ii 831 .. shadeland... 723 9 53! 456 5 40j12 30, S2B ... Sprlßgboro... 727 9 56] 450 5 33112 24] 8 20 ..Conneautvliie.. 7 34 10 031 5 06 5 o~il2 06 ] 8 00 ... Mea'v'le Jet... 8 00 10 25| 5 2 4 57 '2 13, 8 07 ar. Expo.Park, lv 8 07 10 151 4 57 457 10 15] 7 34,1 v ar 807 1 4 56 10 02 | 7 20 lv .Conn'tJLake 10 02 4 4 . . 12 22 8 10 ar ar 8 17,10 50 5 3 420 935 645 V.. MeadVllle.. IV 9 35 4 2 .... 12 47| 8 42 ar ar 8 42 11 28 6 1 NO2 11 511 7 42, . .Hartstown..* Nol 10 39 #36 .... 11 38 7 27 Osgood 10 54 8 CO 6 25 11 30 7 15 ....Greenville ... 6 30 11 Or! 8 C 6 18 11 20 7 05 Shenango.... 6 40 11 20 6 08 60010 59 646 .... Fredonla... 7031144 623 5 44 10 43 6 25 Mercer 722 1» 04 7 00 5 30 10 2» 6 10 Pardoe 7 3« 12 22 7 1* 5 1» 10 20 6 00 ... Grove City. .. 7 47 12 33 7 25 50610 08 548 .. Harrlsvllie.... 75812 45 73® 4 5S 10 00 5 40 . .Branchcon 8 06 ' 2 54 7 4o 5 001. .. .1 8 it IV .Branchton.ar 7 10 12 101 .... 5 40l ....! 8 85 ar...HUllard...ly 6 2» 11 15) .... i~531 9 5.M 535 lv.. .Kelsi«rs .... 810 12 581 749 4 ay 9 42 5 21 Rue lid 8 22 1 12 8 03 4 loi 9 lff| 450 .... B'Jtler 850 1 42| 832 2 20 1 7 20j ] Allegheny, P&Wll ot | 3 50(7." 2 15 |a,m 1,.... I Pittsburg,BAO. p. m|p. ml.. NOTB. —Train No. 1 starts from Exposi tion Park at 5:45 a.m. Mondays only. No. 2 runs to Exposition Park Saturdays only. Trains 15 and 16 will ran Sunday only between Butler and Exposition Park,mak ing all stops. Lv Dutler at 7:30 a.m. Re turning leave Exposition Park C p.in. J. T. BLAIK, General Manager, Greenville, Pa W. G. SARGKANT, G. P. A. Meadvllle. Pa Butler Savings Bank Butler, Pa. Capital - - $60,00000 Surplus and Profits, $119,263.67 OS. L. PURVIS President . HENRY TROUTMAN Vice-P'^sident WM. CAMPBELL, Jr .Cashier LOUIS B. STEIN Teller DIKKCTORS-Joseph L. Purvis, J. Henry Tro'Uraan, W. D. Brandon, W. A. Stein, J. s. Campbell. The Butler Savings flank Is the Oldest Bank ing Institution in Butler County. General banking business transacted. Wij solicit accounts of oil prodncers, mer chants, farmers and others. All Business entrusted to uv; will receive prompt at'fcntion. Interest raid on time deposits The Butler My national Bank BUTLKR, FA. Capital paid In $100,000.00 Surplus and Profits $87,962.35 Jos. Hartman, President; J. V. Ritts,Vice President: C. A. Bailey, Cashier; John G McMarlin, Ass't Cashier. A general banking business transacted. Interest paid on time deposits. Money loaned on approved security. We invite you to open an account with this bank, DIKECTORS-non. Joseph Uartinan. Hon. W. S. Waldron, Dr. N. M. Hoover, U. MeSweeney, IC. E. Abrams, C. P. Collins, I. G. Smith. Leslie P. Hazlett, M. Flnegan. W. Henry Wilson, John Humphrey, Dr. W. C. McCaadlees, Ben Ma»f>eth llarry Heasley. J. V. Rllts. ■ '■ 'f, \ 'A'"' J ! ... ; V' ■. ;Y.. . 1 a a Gii BiiOS, • TO j If I (or *dTotiwiuf »; .3 liTTTLER. A., THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 189(>. No Cripe When you talus IIoo<?j Pills. The big, old-fMb loned, sugar-coated pills, which tear yon *U to piece*, are not in it with Hood's. Fasy Ut tok* H odd's and easy to operate, Is true of Hood's Pills, which are 511 —^ up to date in every respect. 111 Safe, certain and sure. All ® druggists. 25 c. C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell. Mmi Tho only Pill* to take with Hood's S&rsaparill* MILLER'S GREAT 88-CENT SALE. WOULD YOU MAKE MONEY? IF SO, Attend This Sale $1.50 Men's Shoes reduced to 88c $1.25 Men's Shoes reduced to SBc SI.OO Men's Shoes reduced to 88c $1.25 Boy's Shoes reduced to 88c OUR LEADERS GO At 88c. Men's Oil Grain 2-buckel shoes 88c Men's Oil Grain Creole Shoes 88c Men's S Kip Brogans 88c Ladies calf and oil grain shoes 88c IT IS WONDERFUL WHAT 88c WILL DO Men's Ball Shoes reduced to 88c Youths' Bicycle Shoes 88c Misses' Strap Sandals go at 88c Ladies' Fine Dongola Oxfordsßßc Haye Yon Got 88c? If you have, bring it to us and we will give you more for it than you ever got before. If you have not got it, borrow it and at tend this Great 88 Cent Sale, AT Butler's Progresses Shoe House. 2i5 Sooth Main St., BUTLER PA 0. E. MILLER, REP> KING PROMPTLY DONE. C.D. gUWer- 1 | Wear | 1 Points 1 CO -r C>3 oo & protection OO CSJ CVJFFL© IRRITATION SJ <>3 OO OJ §3 fitting CV? !F\o4<sr2ib% price* CSJ OO AH in Jaros Hygienic Si f cS? owuimmzmmS All gradf* of enderwer at very low prices. Largest stock of hats and furnishings for gentleman ni the country. An inspection will prove this to any ones satisfacture. Colbert & Dale. 242 S. Main St., Butler, enn'a The Place to Bny GAS COOK ING AND II EATING STOVES, GAS BURNERS AND FIX TURES, HOSE, BATH TUBS, ENAMEL AND IMPROVFD WELSHBACH GAS BURNER, W.H. O'BRIEN UN 107 East Jefferson St. L. O- WICK DBALKR IV Rouf h and Worked Lumber OF AT. KIKILS Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Shingles and Lath Always In Stock, LIVE. HAIR AND PLASTIiR Office opposite P. A.W. Depot, P T 'T7, ICR Subscribe lor the CITIZHN CHAPTER V. The footing and firing along the mountato side continued for some min utes, during which time Captain Bran don and his friends listened in breath less silwion. When the sounds died out, Alice Bhuichard, who was standing be side the captain, said to him: "Do you think harm can have oome to our friend?" "Ho told me that If he were attacked and passed through the line of the out laws successfully, lie would signal me from the high mountain ten miles to the south." "Signal you ten miles away through the blackueas that hangs over valley and hill?" "Yes. Wait and y»u can see it if he has succeeded," said the captain, real izing that a more than common interest agitated the girl by hi» side. The long minutes dragged by, pain fully measured by the audible beating of Alice's heart. Nearly an hour had passed since the firing—to her it seem ed an age. Her hands were becoming cold, and the compressed her lips to keep them from trembling. "Was that a light?" It was Alice who cried out. Sha thought she saw a flash—it might have been a meteor—far away to the south. But it passed so quickly that she could scarce say such a thing been. "See! There it is, captain. There it is!" exclaimed Howard Blanchard, and, unmindful of the danger, all rose to their feet. The light on the distant mountain side rose and fell, at times threatening to go out, but rising to a greatef height and burning with greater clearness after each threaten*il relapse, until at lengtli it sent a steady, inspir ing glare across the darknoss. "He has gone through safely," said the captain. "Thank God!" cried Alice. And the others, accordii tr to tempera ment, expressed their del.-lit at Louis Kyle's success. Alice Blanchard forgot the surround ing danger in the joyous relief from tho anxiety that had been weighting her heart, and a reaction set in that made her fearless for the time. "Haiti Who giies there?" demanded Captain Brandon in a ringing voice as he saw a dusky fomi moving swiftly be tween the corral and the neighboring cliff. The figure disappeared, and no re ply came back. "Watchl" said the captain. "Stand every man carefully at his post. I think I hear them coming this way." The neighing of a horse and the im patient stMiijiing of hoof 6 100 yards off attracted the captain's attention. "Why not challenge them?" asked Howard, who, though as brave as steel, was naturally very nervous in this novel situation. "We kn«w they are there. They have no doubt as to oar \vhi-r®«boutii. Let u» leave the initiative to them," replied Captain Brandon. The wisdom of this suggestion was soon manifest. Prom the cliff above the spring a voice—it was Bouton'B—called out: "Hello, down therel" "Well, what do you want?" asked the captain. "I want to know whose camp that is." "I am known as Captain Brandon, ind you are known as the murde»er and desperado Bouton," replied the captain. "If I ocnie as a foe, you will soon know it. There are men enough with me to sweep over your work as a buffa lo herd would over a bank of reeds. But we want no fight.'' "Ah, now you are getting nearer to the truth than is your habit! You like best to rob iwid plunder where the gain is great and the danger smalL " "There is not enough plunder in your outfit to tempt us.'' "Then why do you oome?" "We come this time as ilie friends of law and Justice " "Indeed!" "We do, sir. "Vou h»ve with your party a man named Dr. Blanchard. " "What of that?" "He and his family are fugitives from lustioe, and we come to demand them. We are working for the reward Now, give these people up and we will go away and lutve you in peace. " "The man that says I or any of my family are criminals or fugitives from justice," bioke in Dr. Blanchard, who up to this time had been a model of coolness, "lies in his throat F" Now, it HO happened that Tom Bliss was standing IK'.side Bouton during the parley and it was he who tho desperado to Tint the following questions: "Are you Dr. Blanchard?" "I am," replied the indignant doctor. ' 'Do you know of any murder in youi family?" "I do not." "You are sure?" "I am oertaiiL " "You married John Weldon's grand daughter, Mary?" "I did" "Who killed Frederick Weldon?" "I do not know that he was killed " ' 'What has become of Valentine Wel don and his wife and two sons?" "I do not know." "Now, let me tell you, Dr. Blanch ard, that since you left West Virginia your wife's body has been exhumed, and it has been discovered that she died from the effects of poison supposed to have been administered by you"— "Who brings such news?" asked the doctor, shocked at : the horrible charge and astounded at the man's knowledge of his relations. "Two young lawyers," replied Bou ton. ''Thair naaaes?" "I do not oare to give tk#m, but they arc with full authority to tako you back." "You say ttey arc inter posed Captain Brandon. "I do." "Tell them to bring thesr authority to mo, and if It is authentic I will aid them in their efforts.'' A fire had been started and about it the outlaws and renegade Indians were reclining and smoking as oulmly as if tho night's work \vere an ordinary oc currence. Close by, the horses and pack mulos were staked in the long bunch grass, many of them lying down, fa tigued by their long drive. Henry Kyle, with a cloud on his handsome face, sat back in the shadows talking to Font Robb. "I did not think I could do it, Font, but he ran his horse at me and I had to flre. I fired, though I knew the man on that horse was my own brother. But, go help me Gc ' I did not want to hurt him," said Henry Kyle, evidently much excited by his own words. "But didn't Louis fire at you?" aidced Font Robb. "He could not distinguish me in the darkness. He llred at the orowd that leaped out to tear him from his There is not another man in the moun tains could have stuck to his saddle and plunged through as Louis did I al most felt proud that he was my brother when he hurled mo to the ground and shot down a Sioux by my side." "Don't let tho boys hear you talk that way,'' urged Font Robb. ''l am not afraid of the boys, curse it! Can't e man admire address and courage—particularly in his own broth er—without fellows getting mad at him?" "But your brother has oome out against us strong." "He was always against us, but as we had never harmed him he did not bother. Now he'll give us trouble." "And you and him is at outs forever?" "At outs forever, Font. From my earliest years he was my playmate, my bedfellow, my other self. Together we said our prayers by the same mother's knee—little good the prayers did ue, but it doesn't hurt to remember them. Now Louis and I are foes." CHAPTER VL Before Louis Kyle lit the signal fire that was to convey the news of his safe arrival to his friends he made sure that pone of Bouton's gang was within reach. At his elevation tho air was raw and cold, and the young man drew near to the flames with his hands extended po catch the grateful heat Though ho had just passed through a danger that for many an hour after ward would have occupied the thoughts of an ordinary man and been repeated for many a night in his dreams, Louis Kyle's mind was filled with another and to him a greater subject. "I wish my mother and father could see her," he mased. "Nora, I am sure, would love her. Who oould help loving her? How can I tell her my feelings? What reply would she make if she knew them?" Louis Kyle was thinking aloud, and h« was so absorbed that he did not hear a soft step beiiirrd him nor know that Another was near till he heard th« words: "Better warm the blood riding than by a flre at such a tima " Louis Kyle leaped back with his hand to his pistol—the rifle was fastened to his saddle—but he smiled at his own alarm as he recognized the familiar fig ure before him. It was tall and gaunt, clad in skins and with a wild tangle of red hair and beard masking the face. The eyes were black and piercing, and a heavy yellow chain, from which a cross was suspended, hung about his neck. An old fashioned powder horn and bullet pouch were fastened te his rawhide belt, and he carried, like a staff, a long muzzle loading riflo, such as was once so popular with the hunters cf the west. There was no guessing the man's age, but the erect form, the broad breast and the expression of the hairy, muscular hands told that he had not yet passed the prime of life. He was known to many by the name which he gave himself, Daniel the Prophet, but very few knew him personally, and no one but himself knew how he lived or where wai his dwelling place. There was a tradition that Daniel the Prophet had suffered great wrongs at the hands of the Mormons to the south and that he had started an opposition religion, the chief tenet of which was that life should be devoted to celibacy and soli tude. If such were his belief, he cer tainly acted on it, for ho was but sel dom seen, and his manner of coming and going was so mysterious that, the hunt ers, trappers and prospectors of that land held him in awe if not in venera tion. "Why, Prophet, I am glad to see you, as I am surprised at your coming, " said Louis Kyle, advancing and taking the extended hand Daniel—or the Prophet, as we shall call him—always used the Biblical manner in speaking, and there was a dignity in his expression that precluded the thought of burlesque. Even when his statements were absurd, they carried force from the earnestness with which they were uttered "There is as yet no blood upon thy hand that the physical eye can see. Woe be to him that wareth 011 his brother!" said the Prophet gloomily. "Then woe will not come to me. But what if I should resist the brother who raises his hand against me?" asked Louis Kyle. "Resistance to wrong is a right, not a sin. But when brothers war, heaven averts its face and hoeds not the cause. A curse has fallen upon our mountains. The outlaw has made it his home and the gold seeker stains the purity of our waters. Tarry not, Louis Kyle, but car ry to thy father the story that will bring him grief. Go, and I will hold the path between thee and thy pursuers," eaid tho Prophet, motioning back with his extended hand In childhood Louis Kyle had looked on this man with a dread that manhood did not entirely obliterate. Under any circumstances he would not have thought of invoking his aid But now the neces sities of his situation drove him to seize upon every means that held out the slightest prospect of help to his be leaguered friends. It flashed upon his mind that this man might be made available. ' 'Prophet," he said, ' 'you have often told me that your heart bled for the dis tressed and that you loved these soli tudes because they shut you out from the misery you could ally." "And I told thee the truth." With earnest, clear cut, Saxon phrase Louis Kyle told his story, and then ask ed tho Prophet if he w«uld go to the mining camp to tho south or to the forts to the east to get assistance. "Soldiers are and ever have been the hired murderers of di«pot& I cannot go near them. Why invoke the aid of man when the hand of Jehovah rests on the mountains, where the weakest may seise it?" "I have told my Btory," said the young man, biting his lip and turning to examine the bridle and saddle girth. "And I have heard it Go to thy fa ther and leave me here to pray for light before this mountain altar fire. " The Prophet waved his hand, then dropped on his knees and lowered his head. Without a word Louis Kyle swung himself into tho saddle, shook the bridle rein, and his rested horse wheeled and shot into the darkness. The Prophet ruruiiued tn his attitude of devotion until the ei flying ' hot if • hud died out, tuid he might buw qmc* ear caught the sound of ap proaching steps. Hu sprang to his feat. grasping his rifle in the act, and ■within afi v- oinds vraa out of the glare of the fire UJ.I. the shadow of an over hanging rock. "Who comoe thtre?" he -> --: rded in a Toioe determined and military. "I, Black Eaglet, the Shoshone," was the reply, and the next instant the young Indian was before the flre. "Comest thou alone?" "I do." "Then go thou to the other side at the flre, for thy acts have brought a flre between thee and me.'' The young Indian obeyed promptly, and the Prophet advanced to the fire. "I am and want to continue your friend," said Black Eagle, with an ex pression of awe and wonder on his keen face. "Can the man be my friend who as sociates with my foes? Talk not to me of friendship I You came here in pur suit of Loum Kyle," said the Prophet, dropping his usual form of the pronoun. "The Prophet mistakes." replied Black Eagle. "We saw the flre from far down the valley. Never do I remem ber seeing one before in this place, so I came to learn what it might mean." "And nor that thou hast learned?'' "Now I will return to the camp of the white men." "Aye, return and say to Bouton and his murderers that you found Daniel the Prophet kneeling beside his altar flre. And further say that he was praying that the Great Spirit might destroy the Ishmarlltes, who thirst for the blood and the ipoils of those journeying to the promised land '' "I shall go." "Go and oome not again near me! Go, Black Eagle, to thy fellows! Once thou wert a child I feel and clothed and taught thee. Now thou hast rejected my teachings and fled So go, and come not near me again forever V" The Indian lowered his head and withdrew, but he had not been gone many minutes when the Prophet follow ed on his trail with strides swift and silent Black Eaglo returned to the outlaw camp and was telling, with awe writ ten on his countenance, what he had seen, when a step was heard In the darkness, and before an exclamation of surprise could be uttered the Prophet stood in their midst. His erect, gigantic form was particularly distinguished by contrast with a number of men, and the light in his eyes looked as If caused by fires behind The outlaws, from the leader down, had a dread of this man, who more than once had ap peared among them to utter incompre hensible prophecies or to deter them from their contemplated dee*ls of death and plunder. The Prophet looked slowly about him, as if reading the thoughts in every face. The silence was becoming painful, wh< n Bouton broke it by saying : "We are glad to IK-c tlie iv^^i.ri again." "Glad!" repeated the Prophet. "That is what I said" "And you would have me believe the lie?" "You are taking advantage of an old privilege now," said Bouton, a greener tinge coming to his face. "If you can not bo a gentleman, you must remain away." " A gentleman!" exclaimed the Proph et, and he hastily brushed the red beard from his lips and showed his even, white teeth. "A gentleman that remained voluntary for an hour in such company would lose his character on earth and be damned through all the aeons of eternity.'' 1 'Then why do you come?" "I come, as before, to warn you. " " Wo have not heeded your warnings, yet we survive and prosper. " ' 'Aye, as the wolf prospers away from the hunter. But if the hunter pursue, the wolf cannot long escape. What harm have tho peaceful people under Captain Brandon done that ye, claiming to be men, should war on their women and children? Ye who have sisters and re member your mothers—be they living or sainted—depart hence at once, for if ye not ruin will come, as my soul liveth. " The Prophet drew himself up, and as he looked about him his eyee fell on Henry Kyle, who had withdrawn to the edge of the crowd Seeing him, the Prophet called out: "And thou art here?" "As you see, Prophet," replied Hen ry, laughing to hide the blush that crim soned his cheek. "Away, man, before it is too late! Away ere your hands are reddened by tho blood of a brother or his hands be imbued in yours. Tarry not, for thy father's head is bowed, and grief and shame sit on thy mother's heart. The beautiful eyee of thy sister are red with much weeping, and she clasps her white hands in sorrow and despair. " Tho Prophet pointed to the mountain, behind which lay Henry Kyle's home, and in this tragic attitude stood with his long arm extended for some time. Bouton saw that Henry Kyle was affect ed, and knowing his ardent, impulsive nature ho hastened to his side and whis pered: ' 'I must get this man out of camp." "Why not do it, then?" "He will not leave while you are here. Strp away before he opens again. "And I am to begin my work at once?" asked Henry as he tightened his belt. "At once, and the sooner the better," replied Bouton. Henry Kyle, without another word, turned and disappeared in the dense undergrowth on one side of the camp "You have sent him off," said the Prophet when Bouton returned. "You have ordered him to murder. On your head be that blood that is about to be shed " The Prophet shoulderod his rifle and strode in the direction of Captain Bran don's camp. "Hold!" shouted Bouton. "Where are you going?" ''l am going to the aid of the oppreas ed," replied the Prophet, and as he "Go to thy father!" spoke he wheeled and faced the gang with his eyes flaming and his rifle in the hollow of his left arm. "You cannot go there. " "Who can prevent?" "I!" "Prevent me, then. But let me say this: No man ever livsd to flre at me a second time. Long before you oaiuc to them- mountains I ws* here, and kero I will I* lung after the wolves hmy cotc?: thy cari-asn wwi Uft thy white box* glistt iung oil the mountain aide. " f yt/ij- "- A- ~'T ® fv ~ effool of this defiance. The mail looked like an inspired Ituti, and the de»]*-iu d<*s drew bark like jackal*. The voiou rMig out likti a huge blunt, and the atti- I Iniie wan the rery ideal of htruic o.n --j tempt The Pr ophet waited as though to | hi* if a hand wonld be r&isvd. and an expreajion <if unutterable loathing swept over hia fooc a.s he whet led and resumed his onward march. Howard Blanchard was the first to discover the approach of the wild figure, and it wiw *o stnujge and startling—so different fnun anything he hud ever be held—that, in his momentary alarm, he would have rained his arm and fired had not Captain Brandon seised the weapon and called out: "Holdl That is the Prophet and my friend!" With the activity of a youth, and all the more surprising in one of his size, the Prophet laii! his hand on the stone wall that surrounded the corral and vaulted over. The Prophet inquired about the strength of the force and made some shrewd suggestions as to further action. During the day neither Captain Bran don nor his men showed themselves above the wall, but the children, who could not be restrained Inside the orn tral stockade, moved about without be ing molested. At times the riflemen up on the cliffs fired down a random shot, as if to show that he was still on the lookout "Let him stay there until it is dark, and I will make it hot for him," said the captain, when about sunset another bullet whizzed over the campi True to his word, the captain crept out with the dusk. He assured his friends he would be back in an hour or two and told Howard Blanchard to take command till he returned. "If the young man makes a mistake, I will correct him," said the Prophet. TVo hours passed, but the oeptain did not return. Midnight came and morning wared, but still he WM ab sent And the Prophet raised his hands and said: "I fear me a great misfor tune has befallen us. We may never see the brave captain again." [CO.NTUnjXD.] < FREE SILVER'S EVILS, i Startling Evidences In Colom bia of the White Metal's Undesii ability. COST OF LIVING DOUBLE. United States Minister MoKin ney's Great Objeot Lesson. THE FAOTS ABE UIDIBPUTEIX It I* Shown That WUli Wa<M H.r. fn oranaed Fifty Par Cant., ProTlrlaaa mi tha Necessities of Ufa Bin Gone Up About Two Hundred Par Cant. —How Doas This Halp tha Mu Who Works for a Llvlon The following lotter, which eloquently ■how* the evils of free silver, has been re ceived from Luther F. McKinney, United States Minister to Bogota: BOGOTA, June 17.—As tha money ques tion seems to be the Important question in the present political contest in the United States, I thought it might be of Interest to know what effect silver legislation has had upon the people of Colombia. Twenty years ago, in 1878, gold and silver were coined in the mints of Colombia, both being a legal tender for all debts, and at that time, owing to the scarcity ef the white metal, silver was at a premium over gold of about 8 per cent About 1880 gold was at a premium, be cause the Imports exceeded the experts, and as the balance had to be paid in gold it required a small premium to get the gold for the .purpose Up to 1886 the gov ernment oontlnued to ooln gold and silvor, and at that time gold was at a premium over >-Ilver of al>out 20 per cent. In 1886 conjrress passed a law that made pajier money a legal tender for all debts, the paper to be payable in "gold or silver at the optl >n of this government," this being an attempt to make silver at a par with gold. Gold 100 IVr Cant. Premium. This was an Impossibility, for at once tho gold all went out of the oountry and the government was on a silver basis, in spite of Its efforts by legislation to keep gold and silver at a parity. From that time to this there has been no gold in cir culation in Colombia. The effect of this was to raise the pre mium on gold from £0 per cent, in 1885 to 190 per cent, in 1896. At the present time, June 17, exchaage on Now York is 140, t+i« price of exchango depending wholly upon the number of drafts upon the market and the demand for them. As the coffee crop is being shipped at this time and tho merchants for certain reasons are not importing largely, the price of exchange is low. In tho department of Panama paper money is not used, silver being the only medium of circulation, the result being that silver in the other departments has entirely gone out of circulation, and paper is the only money used. If one goes to market in Bogota and of fers silver for his dinner it is refueed. As exchange is lower In Panama than In other parts of the country speculators buy all the silver they can find \t a premium of from 5 to 10 per cent and send it to Pana ma and make a profit. Now, to show the effoct of this upon the people of Colombia I will givo facts that are well authenti cated. Prloes Soar Hp ward. In 1886, whon gold was at a premium of 80 per cent., wages of worklngmen on the plains of Bogota were forty cents a day, and In the hot country sixty cents a day. At the present time wages are sixty and ninety cent* respectively, an advance of 60 per cent. All provisions have Increased in cost about 200 per ceut Meats at that time were selling for from twelve to flf- | teen cents per pound. At the present time they sell for forty and fifty centa. House rents have Increased from 100 to 800 per cent. Mmall tenements, sueh as poor people occupy, could be had in 18S5 for $8 a month: now the same tenements bring 18 In 1884 and 1886 the Protestant minister of Bogota occupied a house for which he paid 160 a month; at the present time the same house brings 1900 a month. Mean Quality of Goods. In 1886 table board conld be had at th* best hotels for $1 a day; now It la IS a day, and the proprietors all say there 1* much less money In the business than when they received fl Wearing apparel has not in creased in price In proportion to pro visions, but this is because the people are too poor to buy the goods they ware in th* habit of wearing before, and th* mer chants have placed upon th* market the poorest quality of goods made in Burope for the umrket The reason that mar No. 33 chnnu give t.u nm buying more goods la the United State* U th«» fh» a. »t» -« of th*Trnr*™ „ ___ lesson they will readily see that m..»' want is an honest dollar that will buy as much in the markets abroad as the dollar of any other nation. Two Dollars for One. If silver Is ooined in the United Stat** at the rate of i« to 1, while the gold la a gold dollar Is worth 100 eant* in any ooun try In the world, and the silver in a silver dollar is only worth 90 cents, is it not plain that the experience of Colombia, and In fact all South American countries where it hay been tried, will be the experi ence of the United States? The gold will all leave the eountry, and it will require two dollars of silver to bwg one dollar's w. >rth of goedi in the market* of the world, where gold is tits standard. The next question is, will the wages of labor be increased In proportion to the ln cre\i=e of the cost of living? Tho prim of labor will a' ways be govern*! :,y the law of supply and demand, while u'.e cost of living will be governed the of the dollar that the laborer receive* fur hta toil Free Silver Means Poverty. Silver legislation in every country wheat an effort has been made to make a alive* dollar equal to a gold dollar has resulted In poverty to the man who labors, and attempt In the United States can but give the same results. Three years In this country ha* given me some practical knowledge of th* effect of a silver and paper currency, and I send you tho above facts, as they are well known to the people here. LUTHBK F. MCKIKHST, United State* Minister. HOW PARITY IS MAINTAINED. Explanation aa to Ilia KIMa of 141 Hod and Unlimited Coinage. In reply to a question from a life insur ance policy holder a* to the effects of free and unlimited silver coinage, Secretary Carlisle wrote: "In oase free coinage at silver should be established in this country, I presume in surance companies and aU ether Institu tions would continue te make their pay- Vents by checks and drafts on banks a* heretofore In my opinion the whole volume of our currency would sink at once to the silver basis and these checks and drafts would be paid in silver dollar* or their equivalent Instead of gold or It* equivalent as is now the ease. "I presume no one suppose* for n mo ment that It would be the duty of th* government to attempt to keep tha stand ard silvor dollar, coined free for privata individuals and corporation!, equal tn value to a gold dollar, or. In other words, that it would be the duty of the govern ment to attempt under n system of free ooinage to maintain the parity of the two metals. The dollars would be ooined on private account and delivered to private individuals and corporation* a* their ewa terast whatovor in them, and being, there fore, under no obligation to lustain them by guaranteeing their value "Under our existing system all sllesr dollars are coined on account of tha gov ernment and are issued by the govern ment in payment of its expenditures and other obligations, and It would be an aot of bad faith, therefore, to permit* them to depreciate.'' The Shorter Silver Ceteohlsns Q. All the silver oountries slipped down to a silvor basis between 1874 and 18M at the average rate of 6 per cent a year? A. Yes. Q. And some of the bimetallic countries slipped with them, other* are slipping and some are now on the verqs of the descent? A. Yes. Even the strengeat—Frano* and ths United State*— maintain th* parity with difficulty, and tM* difficulty la In creasing. Q. What stands be net on tis and tha breaking of this parity? A. The treasury reserve and its redemption of greenbacks and treasury notes in geid whan gold la called for. Q- Suppose the parity should be broken by the stoppage of tht* redemption what would happen? A. We would begin slid ing down rapidly to a silver basis. Q. How would this downward motion be shown practically? A. By a premium on gold. Spain is two year* down, It* silver money being at a small discount In gold, but its paper and stiver are at paritg. Greece is near the bottom, with stiver and paper at parity. Our paper and silver would remain at parity until gold reached 100 or thereabouts, flepeSßilng upon the market value of silver. Then, If our paper fell lower silver would be at a premium, aa it is in some bimetallic and gold oountriea. Q. Would it affect anybody? A. It would affect sverybedy seriously, but *o insidiously that few would know what was tho matter. Q How? A. Tho price ef all imported commodities bought at gold valuation would rlso a little "beyond tha geld pre mium. So would all domestic commodi ties whose price here is regulated by th* price abroad. The man who could get 10 cents in gold for cotton in Liverpool would not sell it to the New England manufacturer for 10 cent* In silver or paper. With every domeetle product tor which there 1* a foreign gold market th* gold premium would be added to tIM paper-silver price In the domestic market These would Include breadstuff* and pro visions Q. What products would not rlsa in value? A. Those the prices of whloh are fixed by local oondltions, those that can not be exported to get the gold value eggs, poultry, fish, butter, milk, vege table*, hay, fruits, and all factory or mill products where the raw material was not affected by the foreign price, aa it would be with our cotton mills. Q. What would be the effect on wages and salaries? A. They wonld not rise. A man oould not send his labor to London or Paris. If he conld hu would not get any more for It There would bo no rea son for the Inflation of wages. Nothing would rise In value unless the man own ing it could dispose of it to some on* at n higher price. This law would apply agnally to wages, rents and to labor products. Q. Then silver Inflation would not mlsa wages or salaries? A. There 1* no r*a*on to expect It or analogy to support th* be lief, either while we were sliding down to a "silver basis," or after we got there. If w* went further, to a paper haala, and silver went to a prom'um, than wage* would In time keep somewhere near th* "specie" basis, a. they did between 1893 and 1870, but while the specie baai* we* silver and wages wore paid In silver they would not be affected by small changes in it* purchasing power, any more than they are now by any Increase or decree** In the purchasing power of gold. A paper ba«ia raises the price of everything to conform to the spoclo behind it; the silvar-apacie basis would only raise the price ef certain things for which we had a foreign gold markrt. Q. Hut the cost of living would be greatly increa-cd on a silver basts? A. As w* live now, yes. Coffee, tea, sugar, rice and many > ther common things of this kind would 1 'come luxuries beyond the powqe of the worklngman to buy. He wonld have to llv* on what would not Increaas Is value, having only his fr*"\>i>~wages ot salary to buy wltfc.
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