VOL. XXXIII
Hoselton's FALL#KD T RsaOES
WE SHOW YOU
More Stylish, Servicable. Lower Priced 1 ootwca;
Than Any Other Shoe House in Town Besides
The Greatest Variety to Chose From.
Yon can examine every particle that goes to make this !.nc ... Sh.-> < fn -n i.:e
bottom up. We show them in every style of toe Bui !)<>>;. K./•»: !.••!.-
don, Double Sole an.l Extension Edge. They are up-to-date. I'atei.t Leather,
Enamel, Cordovan, Willow Tan Calf
Besides this line our Men's Working and u
Dress Shoes at fl.oo, fi'2s, $ I 50, £2.00 and
$3.50 are great values anil find ready sale.
Boys and Girls JSctool Shoes—Made v .
strong, servicable, stylish, heel or spring.
They are water and cold resisters; they will \
carry a boy or girl a long road to school. -X \».
We have them in oil grain, kangaroo, box
and crack-proof calf, kip, unlined, veal calf, 1 \
in buttoj and
and 1.50. L
Ladies Fine Shoes in all the newest lasts,
all widths,at 85c, |i.oo, $1.25, f 1.50, {2.00, \
$2-5 ', *j.oo. See our welts, heavy soles, at .
|2.0-. • -.50 and *3.00. "'Y %
Ladies' Warm Shoes and Slippers, flannel i ' ■ .
lined, at 45c, 50c, 75c, Ji.oo and f 1.25. \** —}—- ~'r MI-'""-' ■ j
They . re Crumbs of Comfort. / '
Men's and Boys' Booti and Heavy Shoes, " '4s/'
high or low instep, box toe or plain. Men's
at 75;, |1.00|1.25, *1.50, $2.00 and $2.50. 1
Boys' at 75c, Ji.oo, #1.25 and $1.50.
If you want good, servicable Footwear i t one price and
where your dollar will buy as much as your
neighbor's dollar will, go to
Leading Shoe House#-
Opp. Hotel Lowry.
B. C. HUSELTON.
— —/
BICKEL'S 128 South Main street.
I 1 Have Move<P
into our new store-room with a large stock of all the latest styles
in Fall and Winter Footwear, our large stock was never so large as at present. Ow
ing to the large orders which we placed with the manufacturers, we bought our
stock lower than ever before and can sell you good valuable footwear much lower
than ever before offered. Ot»r large store offers many accomodations, seven experi
enced salesmen in attendance. A stock twice as large as before to select iron; .1
■tock of all new goods fresh from factory including all the latest and up to date
styles.
Full Stock of
Rubber goods of all kinds. Full stock of Felt and Knit
boots with either leather or rubber overs, warm lined shoes of all kinds, leggins in
all sizes. Large stock of Ladies, Misses and Chi'dren's oil grain, Kan.ear .0 Calf
and Kip waterproof shoes. Mens' working shoes of all kinds and at low paces.
Mens'hand made box toe boots and shoes. Boys' high cut kip shoes, wr.rrant '
waterproof. Our winter tans. Pebble grains and Dongola, Cordovans, Pcrp an.l
Patent calf shoes in all the new toes, no matter what style you may want v.e can
suit you and at lower prices.
We Have Included
in our new building a special depart
ment for making shoes to order and repairing shoes fitted up with all the latest
machinery so as to do work quick, neat and substantial. Four experienced shot -
makers ready to do your work while you wait.
In This Big: and Handsome Shoe Store,
every day bringing
us new customers who take advantage of our Urge assortment and the low prices
we are offering, shows that the people appreciate a large stock to select from and
low prices to buy reliable footwear.
TEACHERS
We welcome you to visit our new store, whether yon wish to buy'.r not if you
are needing shoes we can show you a large stock to select from and special prices
will be offered to teachers during Institute week.
FOR THE LATEST STYLES IN FINE FOOT
WEAR, CALL AND SEE US.
JOHN BICKEL,
BUTLER, PA.
Mrs. J E. -Zimmerman
Special Announcement.
We have a most complete assortment of these, all depart
ments filled to overflow with the most desirable and choicest
styles we have ever shown at very attractive prices. We
never affix our signature to any statement that we are not
positively sure is true, our old friends and patrons know this
and to those who do not know us, we say give us a trial.
We will not disapopint you.
/Virs. J. E. Zim merman
Successor to Ritter & Ralston.
/W . Friday, Saturday, • Monday,!
15, 16, 18, j
SPECIAL SALE OF
FINE MILLINERY!
\ Bonnets at $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00 Worth #s.oo, $6.00, and *7.00. \
\ Hat# at $5.00 $7.00 and $9.00 Worth $7.,,,, .f 9 . w and * 1 f
7 Childrens Hat» *1.50, *2.25 and $3.00 Worth $2.00, $2.75 and $3.75. /
Ladies Natural Wool Underwear at 75c
the kind'you have been paying SI.OO for.
M. F. & M. MARKS,
113 to 11 Main Street, Butler, Pi.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
"W -W W -
)
J Our entire stock of
►Fall arid Winter im
'portatfbns in Milli
|nery dress goods
>l>adies and Misses
• Jackets, Caps, Col
larettes and Fur ef
fects are now in.
GENERAL ELECTION
1 PROCLAMATION 1 .
WHKBFAS AH by Section 10 of T Art
r tr. n A- -. , i yto regal tl no u -
nation ami el. tioa «f public oifi.-- r«, reju -
ibk certain exi'l-n-a-; inci lent tberci • t > *
piiii by the sev-.ra! cauutie. itu 1 Hi .i-l 1:
■ n 1 oße.i «» 1 a to sa-it clevis.us:
It i* the <ii.ty of "the sht rifl
.of tvrty ciui.ty, Ht ens' t**u «1 »y- ■e
iore ai.v general election to he held llieo 11,
to jfive m.1,1 <• of same by advert .-mi 11; in
ai Uaxtthrrf uews(>a|.«-r», il turre be >.iuiwi;v
I übiiaUeii in the i-riualy, two of -unl Dins
papers rtpreseulioi: o tar a- prapticjhie, t
i poiitniil party which at the r-rtt crtll:. iT
I Nov eleeti" 11 eat tue uunib roi vote*
nn<l tit blt.er or.< of uewspnpers repre-
IMISF BO . r i- [inn-tumble the p.»line •
psrty wlin b «: the precee.litn? November
| e;eti''ii oa>t tt. • put uuuiher «•:
1 vow, autl in a Mill 11 thereto the *ti-:rtl! •
i avev e -inty "lei 1, :it lea-' tea VH b;l •'-
any uenernl elo ato i>e held in eit.es <>!
I ihe ilrst, seceinl ami tlnril Classes,give notic
| by proeiama ion p< -ml up in tne most eou
! spitUono t-lae. - 111 every election district la
1 and til every Mich proclamation or aiver
| t.S: 111. -lit ht;all.
j I. Knamerate the officers to be elect*- i
; r>nii give a list ol nil the nomiuaiions made
I .is provided in this act, r«nd to be vote i i->r
I in »uch county, and the iuli te«t of aii Cou
j stitutioual auiendineuts subiuitied to
a vote ol the people but the pio
clamations posted iu each
election district need not contain tue nauies
ol auj candidates bat those to be voted lor
iu nuch district
11. Uesiyuat the places at which the elec
tion is to Ire held.
111. lie Bball give notice that every per
son, excepting justices of the peace, who
sua 1 ho-d any >tUce or appointment of protit
< r trust under the ifovei ument ol the l uite 1
I stales or of this state or ol any city or incor
porated district, whether a commissioned offi
cer or otherwise,» subordinate officer or agent
wbois or shall be employed under the £.«-£-
islatiye, Executive or Judiciary department
of the State or of tii.- United Slates or ol any
city or incorporated district, and also thai
every member of Congress and of the .-tate
Legislature ami ol the select or common
council "i itJU'•• ty, or commissioners ol any
s, by law, incapable .-t
jd|H V Jfcfising p.t the same time tiie
'Vi § Mlfe' I ''" " 1 ot ju'Ue, inspector or
]H( 1 ol thi. < ommouwealtb,
V inspector, judge or other idiieer
such election shall be eligible to any
i.ifiee to be then voted lor, except that of an
ejection officer.
Now, therefore, I, Andrew G. Campbell,
High Sheriff of the C ounty 01 Builer, Slate
of Pennsylvania, do hereby make known
and give this public notice to the electors
of Butler eoonty, that 011 the /irst Tuesday
after the lirst Monday of November, 1«; M 1 e.
Tuesday, November 3, 1896,
fiom 7 A.M. lo 7 P.M.
A general ejection will be held in the
several election districts of said countv,
established l>v law, at which time they will
elect by ballot the - vera 1 officers bereinal
ter named as follow .si
Officers To Be Elected.
Thirty-two j.crsons to represent the
State of Pennsylvania in the Electoral
College to elect a President and Vice
President of the United States.
Two persons for Representative at
large for the State of Penna. in Congress.
One person to represent the 25th dis
trict of Pennsylvania in Congress.
One person to represent the 41st dis
trict of Penna. in the State Senate.
Two persons to represent the county
of Butler in the General Assemb y of the
State ol Pennsylvania.
One person for the office of Sheriff of
Butler Co.
One person for the office of Register
and Recorder of Butler Co.
One person for the office of Prothono
tary of Butler Co.
One person for the olfice of Clerk of
Courts of Butler Co.
One person for the office of Treasurer
of U-Jtlar CO.
Two persons for the office of Count)
Commissioners of Butler Co.
Two persons for the office of County
Auditor of Butler Co.
One person for tile office of Coroner of
But ler Co.
The nain.-s of the nominees of the dif
ferent parties are as follows.
REPUBLICAN.
For Presitlcn I and f'ier President.
McrCinlej and lfobart.
I'resi'lv.itjiil I'.lreturn.
Joseph Wliarton.
Alexander H. l'atton.
William Witherow.
Peter L. Kimherly.
John S Pearson.
Allen B. Rorke.
Frank P. Hendley.
William M. Taggart.
Leonard Myers.
Joseph II Huddell.
William K. Solly.
Jtd.ii Fritz.
Henry L. Johnson.
John 11. Landis.
Everett Warren.
Bider W. Wilde.
Harrison Ball.
David W. Miller.
Henry C. I'revost.
James V. Brown.
Frederick H. Eaton.
George B. Miller.
Reuben 11. Shindel.
George T. Sv ink.
Samuel E. Wilson.
Wi'liain M. Randolf.
Emanuel Wertheimer.
Josiali Spei-r.
Edward F. Abrams.
Isador Sobel.
William Sclinur.
Joseph C. Campbell.
Reprrsciittitiri at-Large in Cong res*.
Galuslia A. Grow.
Samuel A. Davenport.
Itcprcxrntatice in Congress.
James J, Davidson.
Sen",tor in tli< (ii. 11crill Assembly.
(No nomination.)
ItcjirtlenUitiecx m the General txse mbly
James N. Moore.
]ohn Diiidinger.
Conn ty 'Hiieeri.
Sheriff.
W. B. Dodds.
Ilejistor ami Recorder.
W. J. Adams.
Pro tlw notary.
R. J. Thompson.
Clerk of Courts
Isaac Meals.
Treasurer.
Cyrus Harper.
t 'on a/// (.'ommissioners.
Harmon Seaton.
John Mitchell.
County Auditor*.
W, S. Moore.
O. R. Thome.
Coroner.
John L. Jones.
DEMOCRATIC.
For President and l ice President.
Bryan and Seuall.
PrcsiiUnlUil Fh ( tors.
Thomas Sterrett.
Lewis N. Ireland.
Alexander H. Coffroth.
Thomas G. Deiahunty.
John 11. Keenan.
Albert M. Hicks.
Jchn J. Taylor.
Thos. McCollough.
John Il'igan.
Robert A. Thompson.
Charles B. Kaier.
John B. Storm.
Thomas E. liaak.
Charles I'. Rengier.
Charles H. Schadt.
Thomas R. Phillips.
Joseph S. Sartain.
John K. Royai.
John-M. Carroll.
1 Charles J. Reilly.
J. P. Holla.
iUTTLEH. PA,.THUHBDAY, OC I OBEB 29, 1890.
ißiyousness
I e.r • I !>y t :; .1 liver. which prevents diges
: , .| | . .(1 to ferment and piitrify in
'he stoß icli. Then lollow dizziness, headache,
v." -
ii _ _ _
ill
kts 111 J®
r • . . r ■ ' .. : :rho, dizziness, cor.-
:! i y :! drugttists.
Th' .ij lai-. . u»;. . .th licoa's Sarsaparilip
Michael Delanev.
A. J. Brady.
George W. Rbiiu.
John C. Patton. -
William Weihe.
Samuel W. Black.
Jdhn J. McFarland.
C. H. Akens.
John L. McKinney.
S. S. Hackett.
James J. King.
Beprett ifrntite atLarg< in Ctngn
DeWitt C. DeWitt.
Jerome T. Ailman.
Jitjiri •( H lutir. 11l Congress.
John G McConahy.
Senator in th- General Assembly.
P. R. Burke.
7.'tat 1 ' ■ in the General Assembly.
Greer S'cCan liess.
Amos S tee'smith.
Comity Oliiccrs.
Sheriff.
A. J. White.
Urgisfcr and Recorder.
Thomas Frazier.
ProtUonotary.
Walter Evans.
(7 /■!■; of Courts.
W. J. Gillekind.
Treasure/.
Isaac"Lefevre.
County ( onunissioners
D. 11. Sutton.
John J. Reiber.
County Auditor,
J, A. JVicGowan.
F. I'. Mcßride.
('oroner.
Joseph Shultis.
PROHIBITION.
I'm- l'rt*ident a I Vivr President.
Levering and Johnson.
/'residential Electors.
James Mansel.
Samuel Daggy.
Hiram DeWalt.
Oliver H. Holcomb.
Andrew Hertzell.
John Ziegler.
Edward Campbell.
William M. Stauffer.
Lewis L. Bliss.
Frank B. Lynch.
George Irwin.
Silas C. Swallow.
A. Foster Mullin.
J. W Rugh.
I<ol>ert S. Glass.
Geo. W. Kessler.
Joel R. Merrimin.
benjamin B. Cannon.
Geo. G. Ritchie.
Grant I'. Hopkins.
Hor .ce M. Walton.
Miitou J. Fiery.
Noah Pettubone.
Jonathan Brown.
John .Martyn, Sr.
John A. Singmaster.
William R. Wharton.
Jesse F. Bodine.
Joseph B. Holtz.
Ilu.vard
CJeorge Drayton.
Richard T. Ogden.
ICi jirestnlutins-al Large in Congress
Abraham A. Marker.
George Alcorn.
H'/in-i a latin: t.'oni/ress.
Ralph 1' Allen
Senator in tin General Assembly.
(None)
Hi jires. ntatire* m the General Assembly.
Rolw-rt Mcßride
Leander Adams
County OJfivers.
Sheriff.
Charles Lewis.
I'rotlionotary
Orrin M. Russel.
Clerk of Courts
M. F. Mayer.
Register ami Her,order.
Frank G itchlow.
Treasurer.
James W. Thompson.
( "ituty Commissioners
James Wilson.
Ilarv ey Campbell.
County Auditor.
Jacob Ilutchman.
Edward Fleming.
Coroner.
James B. Murphy.
PEOPLES
i'or President and Vice President.
Bryaii and Watson.
Presidential ICleetors.
Alexander 11. Cofl'ioth.
Titos. Sterritt.
Lewis X. Ireland.
Thomas G. Delahunty.
John il Keunan.
John J. Taylor.
Thus. !icC<>ltough.
Robert A. Thompson.
Cb'as. D. Kaier.
Jotupii S. Sartain.
Albert M llicks.
John tlagan.
jas J King.
John B. storm.
Thomas E tlaak.
Charles P. Rtmgier, Jr.
Charles II Scbadt.
Thos. R. Phillips.
John K. Koyal.
John M. Carrol.
Charles J. Riley.
J. I' Holla.
A. J. Brady.
George W. Rhine.
John C. Button.
William Weihe.
John J. McFarlaml.
C 11. Akeas.
John L MeKinnny.
S. S. Ilacki-tt.
Mijbaei Delaney.
Samuel W Black.
Jl pre ~< nto tin-ut-Largr in Congress.
Jerome T. Allium
John P. Correll.
Representative in Congress.
John G McConahy.
SOCIALIST LABOR.
For I'n ident and Vive President.
Mu'chett and Maguire.
Presidential Kiev tors.
William 11. Mask.
Clem, nt J. Cassidey.
Charles \V. Rieker.
George G Anton.
Edward Ku|>pingt,r.
Theodore Gey.
Abraham Lnvin.
Max Jj^eller.
Gustavo Zeglin.
Theodore Rickert.
Err., st Du'irinjr.
William t'eiubals.
Herman Kreimer.
Henry Broeiiuer.
Martin V. lield.
Brooklyn B. Lnvengood.
Ebenczer 0. llowarth.
John U.Lewis.
Thomas Grundy.
Jlimes Cooke.
Adam Kuttenberger.
i Antony Beckers.
| Simmon Segil.
John 11. Dreber.
Continued ou Second I'uge.
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CHAPTER XXX.
Old Lawyer Bliss in W. st Virginia
: got the dispatch of bis s a T"Ui fr ni ,
j Deadwood. It v."a- a full and tl:ereforc j
I an oxp» nsiveti ■ gram. It t M l»i' \ that j
h" 1 TO wat:i'<i in the f.;r v t trirh all !
iafonMdhim that Val«ntine KrlV was
living, and that he ahonld eomo prepared
f ewsftiUycombated r ieffortso< ti. o
lai nil IK >S TOI - 'IK-RR -Ivesnf
vast t • rate < old .T t W«-!d !t. 't:i"
■ .M':' I
I tlie ( : '
I no prccf that Valontiuo Weldon <r his I
I chili!: - 'l v. :■: > . ...
to L • calE I "• i "
Situ r.' .l lieu T' •• '• ' 11. x •
was r.- king h'.A vay ; > nn ita
Lav,;. - Bli • 1 ti -vt!.. : .. -ut.si
Thongh 11 "t t • f it. h Air c. :.: >nt
dons. The 1; r r ..i.: ;. 1 - 1 vith
him, and tliis a . f !• 11«: a i tl:c- e.rn
yon. at the t !n«. fo which they I«'ft
eontinn 1 down thrciivrh the pa on
hors ha c.
Lawyer Bih l 10 me.i with liim,
and his, ; ♦-PJ ma T yv rc
all armed, but the shrewd old ui;su
placed more velianoe in the kgi 1 proc
thanintl • :ve in;:; wcr
of his par /. Ti: / enten-d the valley
after the iigl;. v. as ov. r and Captain
Braudon and t Prnplu r had to
the cave.
The flickering light f. in t • altar
; fell on Henry Kyle's face and tt veab d
; death's unmistakable pallor. From the
br.i 1. ': : \ ...
Hoclmig t ; : iif tl. uyi -a girl
be-ido him, ;i her glazing eyes were
tamed to him . :!i th • r >ld fond ex
pressi ti. Dr. Blaiiclutrd h;t'l csamincd
the wounds of M "ary atid Ka.-h.it, and
when he rose and slr>ok his head s r
rowfully Mk. Kyle llirewhev;elf on the
floor beside t i - .i• : o had ■•> bravely
redeenu'd liis en. - au<! slio cried with
that heartbroken agi«ny that only a
mother ean feel:
"Oh, my Bun, my :i! W ttld i ) Goel
that I could die v.ith yon <rf r you!"
"Brave, dear mother," ho gtispetL
''Ki?s mo ami iv you forgi'.' me."
"Forgive yen, jnysoii! Oh, you never
sinnetl against my love! To me you were
never fal- ! I knew you vs. aid <• ;ae
back to me and l a 1c
your head that ei vd end not your h art
that harbort d evil! We w> re to blame,
for we took you away from the svive
life for v.-1 Jell y< i were But
you will live—my brave by i.ms' live!
My kin s will v mi your cold brow!
Oh, H'-nry, e > not leave Jin■ a '.' that
when your li i cry—the first cry of my
first child—told me I was a mother! '
Petor mother! The bullets that p . -ed
through your I :: .ve boy found a lo : .;ing
place iu youi heart.
"Where 1; father?" Henry managed
tei ask, and with unexp(eted !length
he turn, d his h . I c.nd lo ked up at the
anxious faces elust<-mig around.
"I aia here, my buy i ' criwl \ aleiii .ne
Kyle, and he \ra; beside, him, kin ling
with the! same expression lit* wor< when
he knelt beside Louis ;uid told loini t'i;)
erimo that weighed so heavily on his
soul. -
At that moment l l '.' p"or yt. .
called tlio story "f the Prodig.;! u,
which his father had often read to him,
and he sighed:
"My father, I have sinned against
heaven aud in thy night, r>nd I r.:u uo
more worthy to be called thy son
"Bravely have y.-.a compensai HI for
thesis uing," Mid Valentine Kyi'.' kis ed
his sou and wept
"Can Kushat bo saved?" -ked Henry
feebly.
"I am beside you," sh- : .eid in a 1 x,
sweet voico th: t in no way fold of the j
agony she must be suffering. "I am be
side you, Henry, as I said I w aid bo
when the hour for parting with all oth
ers came. To me you w. ■ never a bad v
man. You were to t r r. :i as the
eonimcr suit to the stirr.-."
"He givetli his 1> loved sleep," broke
in the Prophet solemnly "But from
that sleep there shall be a glorious
awakening."
He went to the altar, put fr< -h fuel
on the perpetual fire and add'd oil to
the l:imps burning < ;i t'l • c>r-.
"Nora —Louis'-" said Henry, with a
questioning ex]:r ion.
"Wo are here, dear brother—he-re be
side you.''
"Kiss me, Nora. Take my hand,
Louis." They oi l ", and a s\v« t :uile
passeel over his face, and he looked to
be enjoying pleasant drt auiH in a calm
sleep.
"Henry," whispered Mrs. Kyle,
"your undo Blaiicliard is here rod your
cousin. Would you speak to tin m?"
"Alice Blancliard?" he a -k< d, with
suddeu energy. "Is she hire? Would
she speak to me and forgive m
Mrs. Kyi* looked pleadingly at Alice,
and Alice, her c! ks U amitaiued, came
and knelt over him.
"I am here, Cousin Henry, praying
heaven t spare you. And by thi - 1 :
press ou your forehead"— lie lei. d
him, and her tears fell on his face —'"I
1 assure you of my affection and forgive
ness. ''
"Can si 10 help but forgive, when
frenu the lirst his heart has gone out to
her?" fcaid Kushat.
"And Brandon—braveCapti.m Bran
don—is he safe? I) es lie- kuov. that I
received in my own heart the volley
that lie i.ught live';
"Know it, lleury Kylel" cr. <1 the
captain. "1 kn w that yti are dying
gforme! Would to dtl t nr j
*tions could bo < ' mgedt"
lie knelt be de Alice. 11" tii. Ito be
calm. The broad breast heaved, tin
muscle's of his 1. 8 moved c vul. '. Ely,
aud he burst into a wail that tedil of
tho agony ill h i heart.
"I hear the herders singing i u l!i'
hills," sighed Henry.
"And the b-lis of the fold, d »;hr ep.
Cling to my ha d, Heitrv. 1. is grow
ing dark," whit. • reel Kt hat.
Ho did cling to lieft hand, and
they passed ove'r tho rivt r—children <
an alien race—to tli arms< f a common
Father.
"Here," said Ihe Prophet, "Ipre.jv.se
to tell you mane things which > ■ a will
marvel to hear.''
The people HI.: down by tho f tnitain
or on stmie lx r;;n:T"d in .r tin j
walls, and the l'r./pii wa: ab"iii lo |
continue when the e I.lll■ j ij» of • r>.
and (lit st:u iping of heavy f '. :u- |
|
; (I Ly 1 w \ s, • r>- 1 ar
"I did i' ' "id that the s.ddiers
sh aklc her-,' rid 11 ■• ■ Pr '
"but as the world must know what I
have to Fay perhaps it is as •welL"
Winl- l
rami 1 v
cairt"- Lawyer Bli fcL • :dby ltin two
sons and th.' bh ti . and ' • rt.
"Yon wStfudi n mef«Piutrnding,"
said tlio e. ptain, r>:. vi ug bis hftt,
"but this guutlcauui (pointing to Law
yer Bliss) L.- coil:. < lito tvith a
raqtiisition fr.»m th> a • ri; ■ f-f Mon
tana to arr- ,-t .*■ me parti'a. I. of course,
• know nothing about it, but it f- cbm I
, am instruct, d to aid in forcing tbo !
i \VTit. "
Tl. you -.g captain looked as if be j
wore nor at al" pleas- -l with the bus;
, it« ••; -u haii t, but was . imply doing
j bis duty as a soldi- r.
" are readytohf.tr and obey,''j
| said the Prophet. "W< :ire a law abid- 1
i t p- pi., attii we try t > follow G> -d'>
| law a well as man'.;."
The little, dried np old lawyer
. coughed behind his shriveled hand, and'
1' :■ i v
'tl X -.5 •• ••;« -S
r ■ %
A- r /l . A \f, f .
A 7 1 ji 1 ;'r * fV
A --y-ffr, i H V
/ • frinL\ ft
"Th' charge I'gntnst l r aln inc Kyle if
lhtit Of murder!''
remov d I.is hat in imitation of the cap
tain, thus :!v rwing he was vciy bald.
Putting hfs hat ut:-l* r li; - arm Iso drev.-
a paekaf. , 1 earing i- d .-eals and tied
with r d ' ;pt-, iro .i his packet and
! k d (iv r th" u - mblj till hi- eye
f 11 ' n Y..1 . i»o Kyle.
Vakti'.tine Kyle did i: ; avoidhis.-jaze.
The w: rst had c me, and whatever
awaited him could be no wot" - than be
Itad air. udy enduretL
"This" said Lawyer Bliss, "is the
most u: daiy of my lif.■. Is
Vali iitiito Weldou b- re?" Mr. Kyi rose
slowly to his feet an t said:
"That was once my name."
"Ah! Sorry to meet you under such
circumstances. (Jonld I talk with you
aside, Mr. Weldou:"
"I do noi wish to go aside, I shall
not resist y ur writ."
"But you had better come t.- one
side," said the lawyer in wheedling
tones.
"Do, do, Mr. Wol—Mr. Kyle. It will
1 •> t . ■' " 1 1" -•.
who, lx'ing with his father of late,
knew exactly what he was driving at,
which was that Valentine Kyle should
give up t'i the old lawyer his claim upon
the West Virginia estate in considera
tion (if his fr. dom.
"What is the offense with which Mr.
Kyle i. chaff, d?" a. k 1 the Prophet,
walking to the fruiit with an expression
on ttis face such as it wore the morning
when he charged the outlaws.
"Ah! I do not know, sir, that you
have any right to ask that question,"
I'• 1: iv. —v. '., iib
t< • vi ry i ;it .
"If I had not the rigbttoask, I would
not do m>. Now, sir, I shall resisi you
pri c :-s, ft r I, too, have bet i a lawyer—
to my shaii io be it said—and I know our
rights," .-aid the Prophet sternly.
"Oh, if you will insist on placing a
gentfc man in an uiijb .usant].osition be
fore his friend;, of course I can't object.
The charge against Valentine Kyle is
that of murder!" said Lawyer Bli->.
"Muni r!" gasped tie- pe-pie, with a
sliudc'i r.
"Yes, for the murder, nearly 19 years
ago, of his brother, Frederick Weldon.
Therefore I arrest yon, Valentine Wel
don. ''
The lawyer advanced to lay his hand
ou the h> artbroken man's shoulder,
when a thundering "Hold!" stopped
him.
"Who asked mo to hold?" asked tho
lawyer, I. > .i.ing anxiously about him.
"It is I who ask you to hold!"
Captain Brandon had washed the
blood from his face; the scar down his
cheek was p;iler than it hiul been since
the day it was first made, and tho re
maining eye burned with a light that
struck awe to all who saw it.
"Do you not know me?"
"No!"
"I am Frederick Weldou!"
"Frederick Weldon!" came like an
audible throb from the hearts of the
people.
' 'Frederick, who was dead, but who
still lives," said the Prophet.
The inti use silence that followed was
at length broken by tho sobs of tbo
women and unchecked tears flowed fn m
the eyes of strong men unused to weep
ing.
Valentine Weldon rallied by an effort
of will and looked into the face of tho
rutin who had clasped him in his arms,
mid he saw the scar, from brow to chin,
saw it its he did that night in tho long
ago, when by the lightning's flash he
stood over his prostrate brother. He
could not realize that Frederick lived,
even though his voice, the eyes and the
perfect profile assured him.
"Has the grave given up its dead?"
ho managed to a.-L.
"No, Valentine, but the time has
come when the clouds should roll away
from our lives. That this has not been
done before is not my fault, as you
shall see."
"Oh! If yiu are Frederick Weldon,
I should i- delighted," said Lawyer
Bliss, putting the bundle of papers un
der his arm an-1 dry washing; his lean
hands.
' 'Do not interrupt me. I am now speak
ing for the information of my kinsmen
and friends here .. . i- bled." Captain
Brandon, or Frederick Weldon, conduct
ed his brother to a seat facing the people
and continued:
"My position can only be understood
by telling you in as brief a way as pos
sible my story since the sad night when
last I saw my bnflher. "
The captain hesitated, while a cough
ing tuid a shuttling of feet told of the
profound inti 'rest of the people. He went
on:
"Wlit a 1 returned to couscionsuc.-.'
after the bb -v I found myself in a hos
pital where Union troops v. ere being
cared for, and my nurse told mo the
place was Cincinnati. From this man I
learned -that a .>■ nting party i f the
Twenty-third Ohio had c at upon a
man robbing the hotly of another whom
he was supposed to have murdered. By
the glare of the lightning th-yr -c
--nizeil this man tts a noted J.ti !i« had - r
aud llred at him. He plun i into the
riser, and hi was the b ly found after
ward, but of wh: h I kucw nothing un
til recently.
"The officer ;;i ( imniainl, believing
rightly that.l was a Fnion man, after
ascertaining that I >."II lived, had me
phu lin ; ti nmbula : e and sent to a
hospital. ,'-.emu of bis men kindly gave
me 'lge (-1 e 1 ' aud, a- 11
v."- i soldier's clothes, the physicians,
if: ugh ltav :.'g ii" r«. id f iny ras»,
Wlß* the w<aoM titc^a.
; we ks. My brain was affected,
1: , tli :<k-; to skill and care, I recover
. tvh w:>> a'Aoo'i d, and wh t
i;iy name* it e 'nis thcynudetstrxxl meto
> 'Br.uid- n,' when I in ant W. hi n.'
K\' iv n alsout the hospital called nw
- nnd for mv brother's sake I de
! nam - the name.
"At first 1 ... -i return lieime,
but the war spirit r.. . 1 T rea
- ned 1 !: at my presence we ulei bring
tr ibi ti my broth'-r, aaH that if 1 be
e . nil dead he could inherit the
I . , v-j for his children. Si I gave up
h .te a'.d fortune. I enter. . the Union
army when I became strong enough aud
came out a captain at the close of the
war.
• 'Then I wanted to go home, for I
! yearn i t > tell mv 1 r •thrr, who belong
ed to the beaten side, that I hael for- j
i given him and that all my old love went j
I mu to him. But I thought lam look- |
I«iias on la dead. Why should I
i Ig > bae'k? The pet pl« think that I fled j
iat t. time of my disappearance, for I :
ii: i ver dr.-auied that my t-rotlu r was sus- ]
1. My every thought was to shield |
him."
j "t •! !•!• -v. : ' !"••• -! rick. (Kxl bless |
yon, my la 'h i!' ..bbtd Valentine.
"So," ee-.i; inued the captuin, "I do-J
cit.; ■ ' io a l aid , iiex. i would
in -'t in a v ' •••:;. l 1 new, and there live
as a hunt'r and pv s; • c r. Fourteen
y. ar ago I came !o tl:>' \vi and in
1 ti: ni untains 1t . • the Pn»phet. I
told him my story . id marl' him swear
perpetual silence before t! altar. It'
it l.ael !. t i ;i f..r this, lie c uld have
.red us all thi> 11' i ie. New .- in s
and a oeiations graduidlv banished old
menv vt*-. and as 'Captain I're.i.don'l
:W quite willing to sp> nd the re
mat! ul. r i f mydays in the wilderness."
"In God's land, captain! In God's
land 1 " interrupted the Prophet.
"It has truly b eti (' wi's land to me.
L: spring I went to Omtdia for sup
l>ii. s. aud there fell in with a party of I
immigrants bund for tin far west and
anxi • to cure a guide. They were
t id to "me to me, aud they did so. At
first I hesitated to lead them, but when
I learned that Dr. Blancliard and his
family might !■ «.f the party I hesitated
no It : gi r. Of course I knew Dr. Blanch
ard, but tho seal I had placed on the
Prophet's lips was ou my own, and I
was resnlvt d to keep my identity to my
self. Yet my heart went out to the peo
ple of my kin, and I yearned to take
then: to my heart and say, 'I am Fred
erick Weldon.'
"I met Henry Kyle as we neared the
mountains, and having hoard evil re
ports of him I was glad when he and
his companion,'Robb, went. I had long
known of Mr. Kyle, but I never imag
ined that he was my brother.
"This is my ste>ry. This I can prove.
But my heart is too full to think of
other proof now. Come, stand beside
m . Valentine. Hold my hand as you
did in boyhood when wo climbed the
mountains. The grasp is stronger and
truer now that we are entering the val
ley. "
CHAPTER XXXI.
A much more might be written iu
de- rit-ing the incidents and changes
that i llowod, but as the reader, with
all tl: recorded past behind him, can
imagine the consequences, it remains
f.. as i.:ily t.> Fnimnai-ize v
ginia, where he hastily arranged his af
fairs, which was simply a gathering of
all the cash he could reach, and then
he return. d to the west This largo sunt '
of money he 6pent in a vain ef!'' a t to
free his sous from the power of ti: law
and the charge of highway robbery
brought against them as members e>f
■ I -ii nV
'ill V:
« llJip
"Your soil died for me, mu brother."
Bouton's nefarious gang. Sim and Tom
arc in tho penitentiary, and when they
get out, iJO years hence, they will be as
shriveled and gray as their father and
much 1< S3 prepared to light the battle-of
life. Font Robb is dead, and many
think he committed suicide in order to
avoid a trial.
Tho remnant of Bouton's gang was
sent, by cues and twos, to many states
and territories, where they atoned with
life to the outraged law.
Black Eagle was killed in a fight with
Captain Duncan's company. He refused
to surrender when his companions dilL
His bravtswore disarmed and sent back
to tho reservations from which they
had escaped at Boutou'.s urging.
Leaving the immigrants in charge of
tho Prophet, Frederick ;uid Valentino
Weldon, with Mrs. Weldon, Louis aud
Nora, anil Dr. Blanchard's family, re
turned to West Virginia. But they only
remained long enough to settle up the
estate and to convert into cash all tho
available that Lawyer Bliss had
left. Their claims were not opposed,
though no legal steps were taken to in
validate the will of John Weldon, "the
Patriarch."
The brothers had been too long ill the
grand west ever to be content in tho east
again, and then the associations of the
former were far more pleasant, far the
fratricidal war had never boat its red
spray against the mighty mountains
bordering the Yellowstone. They went
ba' ' . taking with them stock, seed, ag
ricultural and mining implements, and
a large number of farmers anil mecliau
ies with their families, who wi re anx
iou.-i to xualte a fresh start in that laud
of wonderful possibilities.
B - b fe ro leaving the east for their
rt turn "In une," as they called the moun
tains. two events of importance tran
sput d—viz, tin marriage of Louis Kyle
iot'.l Aii ■ ■ Blauchard and that of How
ard Blanehard end Nora. Their friends
at Lire thought that consanguinity
might I" a bar, but love broko it down,
for in one case tho tender passion exist
e l b"foiT other relationship was known,
and in the other ease the young people
were so much lik" strangers to each eith
er that love preceded affection.
For reasons best known to himself
\ ting Captain Duncan resigned from
th' -..-rviee. Seiine think Clara Blauchard
v - tie en a ■> ef this, aud there is good
| r< as, it f"i- the belief, for Clara Blanch
j ard is I: >\ Mrs. Dtiucan, and the first
child IMITI in the new town of Weldon
i hers. It is si boy, lUld he berai'S the
nam" Henry Kyi- Duncan, in honor of
the ln i but misguided youth. Cap
tain Brandon's (Frederick Weldon) tleaf
l li disapp. are-d Hi» &0 years sit
lightly oil him, and those- who have
known liim for a shetrt timo'forgct his
i wou'. '! i d think l.ini very hamlsome.
.<ww« tVeldcn, the captain's wife ann
rhe dnughti r ~f bonent John Clyde, is
t-i rt . nly ft that opinion. Hi r love f r
t ; r iptnin bad never been a «rcivt to !
in r-, and when I*' dlnwred it he
ii. , .d it with his lutiul, heart ;uul f«>r-
Tlu in w settlement is on the Blut
W .i' u<'t f;ir fn m the campwhtre the
K'l'.ints were attack) d by B>>utun't>
i:'law.-. Ai d Dr. Blun<-hard thinks it
tli- i:i.'-t beautiful place in the worli..
Tlh- g> .1 old 111:111 has < very reason for
tlii- pinhpu. His house is directly oppo
that of thobrothers. From thep.rch
before his door he can see a hundred
mountain peaks cutting into thin air,
like pinnacles, from which, when the
sun is set tin g, cloud banners of crimson
and gold sti 111 out against the blue
depths of that glorious sky. The dark
girdles of pines about the lower ran pes,
the emcraU} expanse of mountain mead
ows, the glistening crests of granite
ridges, the courses of silvery streams,
the glaciers spiritually white, the valley
yellow with the harvest- and odorous
with young vineyards all gladden the
Fight ;uid lift the heart higher than
the mountains and beyond the sunset
clouds.
There are herds on the hills attended
by Valentine Kyle's old herders. There
an- children shouting about the school
house or playing by the river. From a
grove in the center of the settlement a
white spire points upward like an
angel's finger. And on Sabbath days the
rocks iunl ravines take up the sound of
the lx-11 and tass it back and forth till it
dies away in the hills, the music of a
p. ace that must evqj remain.
The Prophet still lives in the solitude
of his eavo and finds his soul rest in the
peace of the beautiful valley. But he is
no longer a hermit. One© a week he
comes to Weldon to preach, and, though
at first his teachings startled the people,
they have learned to look beneath his
| eccentricities and see there the strong,
1 simple truths of his religion of nature
| and humanity.
At the foot of the loftiest cliff iii the
Prophet's valley there are two graves
marked by one stone and knitted to
gether by a matting of vines and wild
; flowers. The stone bears the simple in
| script ion, with the date of death added,
j "Here lie Henry Kyle and Knshat, a
; Sioux maiden."
The settlers often visit the valley.
Frederick and Valentine go there every
month, and as they stand by the graves
Frederick says:
"Your son died for me, my brother.
110 died for me!"
THE END.
A Four Legged Bird.
The crested hoazin of British Gui
ana, tlio only survivor of a race of birds
which are known as fossils, is described
in The Popular Science Nows. The
hoazin inhabits the most secluded for
ests of South America, and its survival
beyond its congeners is doubtless owing
to its retiring habits and the fact that
it feeds on wild arum leaves, which
gives its flesh a most offensive flavor,
rendering it unfit for food.
The chief peculiarity of the hoazin
I consists in the fact that when it is
hatched it possesses four well developed
legs. The young birds leave the nest
and climb about- like monkeys over the
adjoining limbs and look more like tree
toads than birds.
The modification of the fore limbs be
gins at once after hatching; the claws
of the digits fall off ; the whole olawlike
hand begins to flatten and become*
1 before full growth is reached not a ves
tigo remains of its original character.
Professor F. A. Lucas says of the
; hoazin, "The adult birds not only
| have 110 claws upon their wings, but
j their thumbs even are so poorly devel
-1 oped that one would hardly suspect- that
i in the nestlings we have the nearest ap
| proach to a quadruped found among ex
isting birds."
One curious feature noticed with a
nestling which had been upset in tho
river was its power of rapid swimming
and diving when pursued. Owing to
this power the little creature managed
to evade all efforts to secure it The
j prolonged immersion which a nestling
j will undergo, instinctively and voltui
j tarily, or which an adult bird will on-
I dure in an attempt to drown it seems
quite remarkable.
t French Bookbinders.
French craftsmen of today, as far as
j binding is concerned, fall naturally in-
I to two classes, those who still repeat
and adopt old models, and those who
are Itent upon seeking soino new thing.
Tho first consider that the right tradi
tions of ornament have been given once
and for all and need only be followed
with ever increasing skill and technical
perfection. The second feel that new
departures are necessary if the art is to
respond to modern needs. The conserva
tives restrict their ornaments to the
strictly traditional. Admitting no fur
ther novelty than that which consists in
fresh adaptations of the same "tools,"
the reformers will sooner get out of the
lines hitherto recognized ns legitimate
than continue to work in the well
worn grooves. It is the old opposition
between "les classiques" and "les
jeunes, " often recurrent in the literary
history of France, and permeating, as it
would seem, the whole artistic life of
the country in away that has no parallel
here. Such a cleavage, well defined
among jKiets and painters of the mo
ment, is thus repeated in miniature in
the humbler arts, greatly to their benefit
and to that of the public as well.—
Scribner's.
She I* Kverywhere.
Women in America, says an English
paper, are known to hold places credit
ably its engineers, auctioneers, firemen,
quarrymcn, slaters, masons, hunters,
trappers and barbers. They are also em
ployed in insurance offices and as de
tectives. Their reputation is European
iis well as American. Patience, tact,
finesse and intuitive inspirations are pe
culiarly feminine qualities, while in
moral courage and endurance they aro
second to none, and the waste or neglect
of such valuable products is nothing
less than a crime in jwlitical economy.
The epigrammatic French expression,
"Cherehez la femme," has a double sig
nification, for, go where you will, where
will you not find her?
Progress of the World.
What do you eat? What do yon wear?
What do you smoke? What did your
grandfather eat, wear and smoke? A
fair comparison of the figures will prob
ably show that you do less work and
spend twice as much money as your
ancestor did.—Galveston News.
Tap*.
"No doubt the most beautiful of all
(he army bugle calls is taps, the call
for lights out,"said the old soldier.
"There are other calls that are stirring
and some that are very musical, but
none so beautiful as this.
"I remember a time when we had
settled down in camp for awhile, with
all the routine of camp life, day after
day, from reveille to taps, so that we
came to look forward to our regular
duties and to listen each day for the
talis, fatigue, guard mount, hospital
call, drill, dress parade, and so on
through the day, to tattoo and taps at
night.
"Kight next to n»> V'«vS a regular bat
r>uy. Wo oold hear <As calls about as,
oln'-'T UVI gr*»b» r«r:r W« b%d ;
1 "V? PMt
No. 43
focVl buglers, but there WM a man try
the battery who was an artist, aft
er'we camo t > know him we osea to lis
ten nights to In ar him blow tapa. The
j camp was still. Suddenly would come
! the notes .if a bugle—our man blowing;
the cull, an& blowing it well: a musical,
and graceful good night Then the man)
in the battery —he always blew last.
always seemed as if he waited a minute,
or so for the applause from our tents
for our jwn man to cease. Then we,
could fancy him raising his bugle, and (
then the lovely call as he blew it, a'
most melodious good night. Then we
psed to turn over and go to sleep."—
New York Sun.
Bottled Bells.
If you are musical, you will enjoy
nothing better than "a chime of bottle
bells," which, while it may sound very
difficult, is really veiy easily arranged.
Your apparatus will consist of two
chairs, two long poles or sticks and 18
bottles. Tho chairs must be placed the
length of the stick apart, back to back;
upon each stick place nine bottles sus
pended by a string tied about the neck,
with a loop big enough to slip ever the
stick. Place one stick with er \ end
resting on the seat of the chair the
other resting on the top of th fc ck.
For a hammer almost any stiok .1 do
to beat with For quick tunes tv> sticks
should bo used.
If the bottles are all of the same shape
and size, they can be tuned to produce
all tho notes of the scale by pouring wa
-1 ter into them. The more water the low
er the note, or differently shaped bottles
can be used to fill the places when the
correct note cannot bo produced. It is
not passible to tell just how much water
to use, for it varies with the thickness
of the glass. You may have as many
bottles as you like and there may be two
players, one on each side.—Philadelphia.
Press.
John Wilkes Booth.
At this timo John Wilkes Booth was
27 years old, amanof striking presence,
handsome face and very winning man
ners, and yet withal given to (he most
violent excesses of every description. As
an actor he gavo promise of being the
equal if not the superior of his elder
brother, and if his own statements are
to be credited his income from his pro
fession alone amounted to $20,000 a
year. Up to the date of the failure of
the plot to poison ho had played quite
regularly, invariably before large audi
ences, with whom he enjoyed much
favor. Ho appears now to have devoted
all his energies to the furtherance of the
matter nearest his heart—the plots
cguin.st the president John Wilkes w«s
tne only member of the Booth family
who espoused the southern cause.—
"Four Lincoln Conspiracies," by Vic
tor Louis Mason, in Century.
Gaining Ground.
Only the ill informed believe the
cause of woman suffrage is making no
headway in the world as a result of the
agitation of the subject during the last
generation. It is one of those reforms
which, if meeting multitudinous re
verses, is nevertheless steadily gaining ;
ground, and there is hardly a year that j
some substantial progress is not made.
—Troy (N. Y.) Press.
-—- —j
A WOMAN'S CONTRIBUTE©*.
on Sound Money.
Mrs. Mary F. Henderson, of
ton, wife of former Senator John B. H%l
- has written a pamphlet on "S&utJl
Money" which is worthy of wide circula
tion for the clearness and cogency with
which it discusses tho main issue of the
campaign. Mrs. Henderson has disproved
the common saying that "a woman can
not understand flnanolal questions," as
those extracts will show:
A gold dollar has never had an equivocal
or doubtful meming. It never will tUhre
so long as it Is the standard money <Jf the
civilized world and is ihe lnetal the most
permanent in value. Now the silverltes
Insist that our government cap place any
value it chooses on any metal by merely
placing its stamp upon it. If so, it wouftl
bo cheaper for our taxpayers to buy tin
than silvor; and if so, our government
could pay Its whole debt of fl,800,000,ot)0
in s."> worth of tin. When for fifteen years
Uncle Sam was forcod into buying all of
the silver produced In our country for the
mere sake of forcing a value upon it, and
the value steadily declined on account of
its always increasing abundance, have we
not tried the experience long enough?
The people understand the meaning of a
bushel, a pint and a yard
They merely measure the quantity or
length of anything, without regard to
value. The standard gold dollar does
only the same thing. All we want is a
money measure of permanent and fixed
value, made of a metal whose market
value is as near as possible the same If
coined or melted, and that is all. In the
treasury at Washington Is a bar made of
Incorrosive metal which shows exactly
to a hair tho longth of the yard which is
adopted officially by the government of
the United States. If at the start It had
boen shorter or longer it would have been
just as well. All we want is to know
exactly what it is and what it will con
tinue to be. If that yardstlok had been a
long thermometer, tho mercury dancing
up and down with the weather, Or Hke
the stocks in Wall street, one can easily
understand what would be its inconven
ience in commerce. We do not want to
bo bothered with two yardstioks, more
than with two standard dollars, and es
pecially with one of them ever ohaoglqg
in value. We want but one stafilard dol
lar, and wo want that to be made of the
metal which, of everything on earth, is
the most permunent in value. Gold is al
most as permanent and Indestructible as
eternity. It is used as a standard of value
by all the civilized world Why should
we select a poorer metal for the money
standard of America?
"Now, what tho dollar is worth in corn,
hay, cloth, wages, depends Upon many
things—bad crops, good crops, supply, de
mand, quality, etc., etc. The dollar alone
must be permanent and its meaning un
derstood by all tho world All the gov
ernment has to do with it is to weigh,
with the most infinite care, the gold bul
lion, and by placing its official stamp
upon It declare that the coin honestly con
tains so many grains. Here the responsi
bility of the government ends. The fur
ther use of that dollar, today in bread, to
morrow in sugar, the next day in wages,
is alono between you and me."—N. Y.
World.
• m
"There can hardly bo a better rnle
In any country fur tho legal than the
market proportion. The presumption
111 such case Is that each metal fltdl
Its true level according to Its Intrinsic
utility iu the general system of tateaey'
operation.
"An long ax gold, either from Its
Intrinsic superiority as a metal, from
Its rarity, or from the prejudices of
mankind, retains so considerable a
pre-eiuinence in value over silver as
it ha* lilthcrto had, a natural conse
quence or this seems to be that Its
condition will he more statleaary.
The revolutions, therefore, wklSh may
take place In the comparative value,
of k°l<l ami silver will be changes Id!
the state of the latter father than la
that or the former." AlesaMeb
Hamilton.
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