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 !
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a a Gii BiiOS,
• TO j If I (or *dTotiwiuf »; .3
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loned, sugar-coated pills, which tear yon *U to
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and easy to operate, Is true
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up to date in every respect. 111
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druggists. 25 c. C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell. Mmi
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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,
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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
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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.