VOL.- xxxiv MRS. J. E. ZIMMERMAN. Attractive Offerings The wealth of spring is verily centered here —a completeness without a parallel. Desirable merchandise at our well-known low prices. The newest things marke.l by fashion's favor await you. We respectfully ask you for a visit of inspection before purchasing else where. We permit no over-statement in our advertisements. Ladies' New Spring Tailored Gowns Ladies' tailor-made Eton suits; also tl)" front Reefer suits i:i a splendid quality of rough finished serge. Jackets lined with chang able silk. Skirts lined with ptrcaline. Also ladies' plain and mixed Covert cloth suits in new cpring shades —a wonderful bargain at $lO. real value $12.50 Ladies' Separate Skirts Black and new desirable color?, well made, lined, full width and velvet faced, sl, $1.98, $2.25 and up. We have also added a full iine of Misses' and Children's Jacket Suits. Misses' separate skirts and shirt waists. A nice 3-ioned check shirt at sl. Full jacket suits at $3.25- New Spring Dress Goods Double-width fancy novelties and shepherd checks in a large variety of seasonable and choice color combinations, exceptional values from 12c per yard up to high class novelty cress patterns at *2 per yard. Spring Capes Ladies' Velvet Capes lined, prettily Embroidered in Jet. Ladies' Silk Capes lined, prettity Embroidered in Jet, ribbon-trimmed, at $3.00, $4.00 and $5.00. Spring Millinery All fashion lovers are rapidly becoming acquainted with this store's great trimmed Millinery Stock. They realize our facilities for producing the finest specimens of the art. We allow nothing to be placed on sale that'is not stylish and up to the very latest decrees of fashion, while hats trimmed to order is our special pride, Only ex perienced milliners in our employ. Your orders taken by an ex perienced millinery sales-woman. All trimmed hats and orders got ten up at our well known low prices. JKIRS. L. M. RITTER Still in Charge of Our Millinery Department. Space forbids us—wc would like to describe our elegant assort of Wash Goods, Embroideries, Laces. Dress Trimmings, Silk and Laundered Shirts Waists, Lace Curtains, Portiere, Table Covers, Draperies, Curtain Goods, &c. We are better prepared we have ever been to fill your wants with stylish up-to-date at our well known low prices. Quality the best. Mrs. J. E- Zimmerman. T. H. BURTON, T. H. BURTON, "THE BEST %'v« ((fen for the money," said an enthusiastic buyer who faa4 visited every store, reserving ours for the last, "and when I leave my $12.00 1 feel as if I had ati slßxlo suit for it." Nothing new to us, we always did claim to give the best—always felt as if the pub lic knew it too. We would like you to compare any thing you see elsewhere for SIO.OO or even $12.00 with our $7.50. T. H. BURTON, T. H. BURTON, 120 S. MA TO ST. BUTLER, PA. » ' 1 Oi.OCvKX.OCOOOOOOOOOCJOOOC'OO f# is I o, v v I itii&kily , i>cr*wer. j Hitch your p; |.l Bui be sure| business 1| it's hi a | works to a fj y Fahys Cso!d= il good watch.j | silled Case, |j • * i And that you buy It from g E. GRIEB, JEWELER, 1 39 N. MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA. J. S. Young, j. S. Young, I desire to thank the public for their very liberal pat ronage since I went into the merchant tailoring buiness, and to show my appreciation of the same; and in order to make room for the extensive line of spring goods that are daily arriving, I will s.ll anything in my stock at greatly reduced prices. J. S. YOUNG. Tailor. 101 S. MAIN St., - - . BUTLER, PA : "THE COMMERCIAL," jj K. THORNBURG Prop'r., Evans City, P a .| 1 } Tt.is popular house has just been entirely remodeled < > -i > and refurnished. Everything convenient, and guests ( k will always receive close attention. < I . JC Located near Postoffice and P.& W. Depot. When - J * in Evans City t>p at the Commercial Bell Tele- { \ *" THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Butler Savings Bank 1 *'i • Capital - *60,000.e0 Surplus and Profits - *119,263.67 JOS. L PCEVH I'wi'leat J. HENRY TROUT?' AN .. Viet -Pr.s: -cut WM CAM PHEIJ., Jr < -l' « LOU 18 If XTMM T»- >r I JIEKCTOUt. -Joseph L. I urvt.- .1. I ;•«>».trtirtii \V. U. Hruudon, V*. A St* in •' 5- Cumubell. The Butler tfavinjrs Hank is the Oldest Banking Institution in Butler Cornty. General banking business transact••d. We solicit accounts of oil producers, mer chants, farmers and others. All business entrusted to us will receive prompt attention. Interest paid on time deposits. THE Butler Coniitj National Bank, Butler Perm, Capital p»iil in - - jfico.ooo.oo Surplus and Profits - f11j.647.57 Jos. Hartmau, President; J. V. Ritts, Vice President; C. A. Bailey. Cashier; John G. McMarlin, Ass't Cashier. A general hanking business transacted. Interest paid on time deposits. Money loaned 011 approved security. We invite you toopen an account with this bank. .... „ DIKECTOKS—Hon. Joseph Hart man. Hon. W. Si. Waldron. I>r. X. M. Hoover. H. Mc- Sweenev. E. E. Abrams. C. I'. Collins. 1. G. Smith. Leslie P. ilazlett. M. Kim-pan. W. W. H. Larkln. John Humphrey. Br. W. SlcCnndiess, Ben Masseth, Levi .tl. Wise. J. V. Bitts. PENNSYLVANIA Ri 8 ' 0 \ D . WFSTEN PENNSYLVANIA DIVISIN. RAILKCAD TIME 7/M I ? r. West fin Pcrn&ylvau.a Division. Schedule in effect Nov. 16 189 G. Soutli, —Week Bays A. M. A. M. A. M. I'. M l' * BITLKR Leave G25 BUO 11 JO 245 SOS Suxoctiurs;. . Arrivcc 54 -* 825 1143 310 528 duller Jc't... " 727 8 4l. P. M. t*. M. Allegheny City ..Lr. 700 900 11 25 '2 35 530 Sharp*burg- 711 912 11 37 200 ciaremont 919 11-15 2 M •• •_ Srnnfcdalc 930 11 59 315 55. Ti.rentum 732 939 !2 oS 3 2-i 60. Natrona..,..., 737 943 12 13 336 012 Butler Jc't Ar 745 950 12 23 348 S2o Butler Jc't Lv 745 950 W34 34S OSo SuXODblirg 810 10 t5 12 59 413 *3 44 rfcrr.Blt Ar. 835 lo 38 125 438 710 A. M. A. «, P. M, P. M. r. M. SUNDAY TKAINB- Leave Allegheny City for Batler and principal intermediate stations 7:25 a. .»! .. 1230 and 7:15 I*. M. Week Days I'*ur Ibo Eire Week Days, a m a. ru. P- ni P- m. 11 20 625 Lv BCTLKR. ..Ar 125 12 07 727 Ar Butler Jc't Lv 12 34 3 lSpnu 45 Lv Butler Jc't Ar 830 12 31 3IS 749 Ar Fieeport.. Lv 828 J2 30 322 733 " Alleg'y Jc't " 824 12 21 333 804 " Leecb bur*.. " 812 12 12 350 821 'T'aul!i.ti( Apollo" 756 11 55 418 851 " Saitsbnrg "7 32 11 32 450 83? '• BlairsviUe..." 700 1100 4.-8 ft 30 "blaif«vUlel:iß'n"s 18 10 15 850 11 35' Altoona "3 go 800 100 310 " H»rri"burg..."ll 45 310 430 623 " P-.iladelpbia. '8 30 11 20 a. 111 p. in. a. ai p ni On Sandav, trair> leaving Butler 7:40 A. il., connects for llurrishurg.. Aitooaa, and Philadelphia. , . Through trains tor tho eist leave rittn- Lnrg (Union Station) hs follows: — Atlantic Express, daily.... .3 10 A. M Penuiylvania Limited " .7 15 " Day ifxpreai. " 7 30 Main Line Express *' 800 " Philadelphia Express " 430 P. V . Eastern Hxprooe " 7 05 Fast Line " 810 " Philad'a Mail. Sunday 0n1y....8 40 n. m F"r detailed iuiormation. aidre s Tbof. p. JValt, Pa."s. Jg:. Wextern Dii"ric.t, cur jiltll Ayfl. pi'.f] Sjniihfield St , Pittsburg, L \. HUTCHISON, J. U. WOOD, G«jeral to riaßor. Uet'l Tassr £ Butler Time, Depart. Arrive Allegheny Accommodation .. 6SB am 9 z~> am Allegheny Flyer » is am 10 no am Akron Mall 8 15 am T 3» pm Newcastle Accomo 8 15 am 925 am Allegheny Acconio 10 05am,12 20 pm Allegheny Express ! 2 55 pm 4 55 pm Chicago Express ; 3 35 pm 12 20 pin Allegheny Mall 6 05 pm 7 M pin Ell wood Accomo t! 05 pm 7 30 pin Chicago Express ti 05 pm 9 25 am AllegbGuy Express ! S 00 pm Kane and Bradford Mall |IO 05 am s 20 pm Clarion Accomo » J5 pm 950 am Foxburg Accomo 7 35 pm 8 05 am SUNDAY TRAINS. DeForest Jet. Accomo it 15 am 7 :# pm Allegheny Accomo 10 00 am Chicago Express 3 35 pm 4 55 pm Allegheny Accomo 6 05 pin 4 55 pm Pullman Buffet Sleeping Cars and nrst-cla » *)ay Coaches IUU through batween Butler aDd Chicago dallv. For through tickets to points . tb« West Northwest or Southwest apply to A. B. CBOUCti. Agenl Butler, Pa TratßS leave the B. s O. depot In Pittburg ;or the East asfojlpsvs. For Washington li 1;., bal»l;npre, I'hlladel phia, and New York, T :30 and 9A) p. m Cumberland, 6:40, 7 :30,a.m. 1 :10, 9:20 p. m.Con ae'.svllle. f :40, 7:30, a. m. 1.10. 4.30, 4.45, 5.30 , 9.20 P. m. Cniontown, 7.20 a. m , 1.10.4.30,5.30 p. m. OoUptuwn, MorgartowH and Fairmont, 7,30, a, in. and S.ayp. pi. Mt,Pleasant G. 40, 7.30 a. m. .10 and 4.30 pm. W»shlngten. Pa., 7.40 and 30 a. m., 4.00,4.46 aud r.AS p. m. Wheel pg, 7.40. and q.30 ». m.. and 4.<*>, S.flO. 11.55 p, Cincinnati, St, l.ouls, Columbus and New ark, 7.40 a. m., 9.10. 11.55 p. m. For Chicago. 2.40 and 9.30 p. m Parlor anu sleeping cars to Baltimore Wash ingtou, Cincinnati and Chlcaco. H. 0. Do.VKLS, (ion. Sußt, Pa 0. W. BAS'SBTT, A.G.P A , Pt» R. P. REYNOLDS, Bupt.. Foxburg. p8 rpHE PITTSBUKG, SHENAN- A GO & LAKE ERIE RAILROAD TIME TABLE—In effect Sunday, Deo. 30, 1890. Train? are ran by Standard Cen tral Time (90!h Meridian). GOING NORTH- GOING SOUTH j 14 I 12 STATIONS I 11 113 p,m pm ,|;).m. ArrFuffale I.v 'ea.m. a.m. n m .... | 5 40 2 30 L. S.&M.S 1 8 Mill 0 r » ... I 4 55) N. 1. t .&St.L 5 .«il2 05 p.mla. m, J 207 9 10 Erie il 00 i 00 1 20' 8 2 T . Wallace Junct 11 42; 1 10 1 18 s 2ft ....I 1 07! 8 13.... Lockport ii i,6 153 ...J 100 805 .Cranesvllle. 12 05 r> 02 .... 11 Of)| 6 ssiv-Couneai't 1v......Tf0" 409 .... 147| 9 ooar _ ar .... 147 c o 777 12 56] 7 59ar.. r.Xibion,.... W .... 12 08 *5 08 12 34 7 34..Conneautvllle 12 31 555 017 !2 16; 7 15... Mea'v'le Jet 12 56| 5 4>; 80012 b0 7 b'ar. Line.ille lv Jl2 301. .... 12 40| 7 251 V a* ....jli io< n 00 210 12 001 6 4olv .ce.nu't Lake 12 «i ... . . . 1 07; 7 52ar ar ... 107 «on 1 32 11 35 r. o.Mv..Meadvllle .17 11 3.* ... 1 :>2 8 ix&r ai 1 32 0 10 oi 12 02 "7 . . Hartstown Ti No 1, 1 fly 601 .... 11 57 (5... Adamsvllie 1 1 14 e% .... 11 is « ... .Osgiol | 1 s-j 6 u 26 11 40 0 ...Qreoaviu.s ... 6 30 1 3-s, 1; 26 1« 11 29 « ... 9119U I l'J.) ....6.42 149 63^ OOilOl Fredonia... 700 2 07! li;iol7i Mercer... . 7 19 225 «8,10 33j Pardoe 7 361 238 .... 4 1810 23 iitOl/B City. .. 7 46 2 48 4 0.5,10 19 HarrlsvlilO.... ?S* 3Co 4 57110 02 Brancluou.... g Oel 309 453 9 57: ...v...Keis.frs 8 101 3 13- . . 39, 9 44 EllCUd 8 22 3 271 lo 9 151 ... .... B'Jtler 850 l 3 55|. 220 720 Allegheny, piwn a 7"05| p.m a.m.... a. ni p. m .. J. T. BI.AIIC, (leneral Manager. Greenville, pa W. (i. SAHGKANT. (1. P A.. MeaflvPle Pa ii \ V y ? i r. piTTSBUKG & WESTERN *- Railway. Allegheny Short Line. Schedule jn effect, July 19, 1896. BUTLER PA, THURSDAY, APRIL 8, IHOT, Much in Little Is especially true of Hood's Pills, for no medi cine ever contained so great curative power in »o small space. They are a whole medicine Hood's chest, always ready, at- * I I ways efficient, alwiys sat- | I I A Isfactory; prevent a cold 111 or fever, cure all liver ills. Sick headache, jaundice, constipation, etc. 250. The only Pills to take with Hood's Sarsaparilla. This Is Your Opportunity. On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps, a generous sample will be mailed of the most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure (Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon strate the gre.'.t merits of tho remedy. ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren St, New York City. Rev. John Reid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mont., recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I can emphasize his statement, "It is a posi tive cure for catarrh if used as directed."— Rev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres. Church, Helena, Mont. Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged cure for catarrh and contains no mercury nor any injurious drug. Price, 50 cento. CUT THIS OUT BRING IT WITH YOU TO BUTLER'S PROGRESSIVE SHOE HOUSE. A GREAT pgc SALE NOW GOING ON. Surprise after surprise awaits you. Ntver before in the his tory of Butler Co. has an opportunity been offered to you. Think of it SI.OO, #1.25 and $1.50 Winter Boots and Shoes all reduced to 98 cents. Prices That Tell The Story. v. Ladies Rubber Boots 98c ) Misses Rubber Boots 98c S Youths Rubber oots 98c r Mens Overs for Felcs 98c y Mens Buckle Arctics 98c \ Mens Buffßals Needle 98c j Mens" Bufil bals, Yale 98c N Mens Buff Cong Globe 98c J Mens Working Shoes 98c Boys fine Bals, needle 98c We Will Not be Undersold. butt 98c I Ladies Calf Shoes 98c C Ladies fine butt Shoes 98c / L.adies spring heel shoes 98c j Boys and Gills shoes 98c \ Youths stoga boots 98c 1,000 Pair Schoo 1 Shoes 98 ANI) The Half Has Not Been Told DON'T MISS THIS SALE. TJty WJIAT 98c WILL DO AT Butler's progressive Shoe House. 2i5 South pin St., BUTLER PA C. E. MILLER, B cy B. THE HEW Catalogue and Fashion Journal —NO. 21—ready about April 10—wil be OUIJ m tliij largest ard most complete mail order guides we've ever published —over 150 pages in the book —prices of everything we sell—pictures of the goods on almost every p!ige —every sug gestion and bit of iqfQriqatiqn that will help make buying here satisfactory una profitable to you, no matter where you live. Send your address and we'll mail you a copy fie*, postpaid. SILKS The choicest wash silks we ever of- I & Bulii, ALLEGHENY. PA L. S. McJUNKIN, Insurance and Real Estate 117 E. JKFPERSON ST., BUTLER, - PA. IHE SWEETEST liONGS. The sweetest songs are left unsung-. The sweetest themes unreaJ; The sweeu«t chorUs are left unstrung. The sweetest words unsaid. How strunge it Is. and yet how true, Surpassing mortal ken. We still can catch a ble3seu view Of thought and times tu.U men. Though I Tightest paths remain unknown And few the heigrhts we tread. Though we must en alone V. ith deepest tears unshed; Although our hearts are anguish wrung And ev'ry effort pain. If we can keep another young; We have not lived in vain. 'Tis said the fairest buds decay; Perhaps they do. ar.d yet, Vpcn the darkest, dullest way. How many flowers are met. The happy hours so quickly flee We sigh to see lliem ;?o. When out upon life's troubled SOA The moments move so slow. Shall swootest sonss be left unsung? The sweetest themes unread? The sweetest chords be left unstrung? The sweetest words unsaid? When we have but lo do our best. The very best we can. To have the future richly blest Of God and tru;.-i e.nd mar.. —Cura C. If Ml In X. Y. - bseivcr. Go\ EK N 31E N T~T i£E A STli E y i! T the opening of \ •>. 'id V CO! 'r. 1 • ii I there appeared in I Washington a young and beauti *ful ww"sn. The Ajil letters of introduc tion which she brought to the lead- V *M' ing people opened to her the doors of the highest circles. Her beauty and charming manners scon made her one of the leaders of Washington society. One of the men who were attracted to her, and who was seen at every gather ing at which Miss Elliot (for thus was she named) made her appearance, was a voung Englishman who had been drawn, to Washington by our civil war. He had the entree of the best clubs, and report said that he was the second son of Lord Neville, in the peerage of Eng land, He professed to be a friend of the northern e&use and in favor of t.h« national government. He, as well as Miss Elliot, was quite intimate with the family of the secretary- of the treasury and with the chiefs of the other depart ments. At this time the credit of the government was being sustained by gold shipped fro pi San Francisco. The dates of the sailing of the ships which should convey this money was know n only to the secretary of the treasury. The line of Pacific mail steamships at that time running between San Francisco, l'an iiua and New York were the old-style side-paddles. These ships had been fitted up to carry the gold for the United States government by putting OQ the port side of the sbip, on the guard nfter the wheel, a steel safe with tho bottom set on a center pivot. The entire safe was cased with woodwork, like the other parts of the steamer, so that it did not differ in appearance from the rest of the wood finishings. When the goverumeut contemplated a shipment of gold, the subtreasurer at San Francisco was written to and ithe Steamer in which it was to be shipped ivas named. The gold was prepared for shipment at the United States branch mint at San Francisco by packing soum* of $20,000 in separate boxes, screwing o** i'iic head, aud scaling' iv Itti W in transit. As I have remarked, the weight of the safe was hung on center pivots to keep the bottom of the safe in place; there were also side bolts fixed so that they could be pulled out at any desired time, the method of which was known only to the captains of the steamers. This arrangement, had been provided in case that if any (rf {he confederate vruisers attacked the Pacific Mail steamers, the southern confederacy should not have the benefit of the United States gold, for the captain of the steamer had instructions that if at tacked he was to pull the bolt, and let the millions go to the bottom of the £ea. Bv reason of the intimate relations which Miss Elliot and Neville held with the family of the secretary of the treas ury, they had become cognizant of these facts; and Neville soon after left Wash ington for San Francisco in order to preparation to capture the next large shipment of go|d from the Pacific mall steamer which ehonld be designated by the secretary of the treasury to carry it. Miss Elliot remaine<\ in Washington in order to get p.pd send to Neville the date of the shipment, which she in her artfully art less manner intended to leam from the secretary of the treasury, who liad In come completely fascinated by her beauty and childlike winning ways. As soon as Neville had perfected his plans for seizing the steamer, a schooner was purchased in Callao, and arms and guns sufficient for two vessels, which had been shipped from England, were taken on beard. The schooner then sailed for tho pant a Cruz islands, off Santa Bar bara, and theiM wafted for another schooner, the Chapman, which had been purohascd nt Ran Francisco. She was oster-ih'v fitted cut for a coasting- vov- age, and she took on board men enough to maji the two vessels. Both seiiooncrs were to fly the confederate flag un der letters of marque. The schovinw. from Callao wits named the Vesta, and was fitted up with a pivot gun, and made a formidable privateersman. Neville had worked out his plans so successfully t hat he wrote to Miss Elliot that he could be ready for action with iik two weeks after her arrival in San Francisco. I'poti receipt of this intel ligence, Miss Elliot left Washington and sailed on the mail steamer from New- York. and arrived in San Francisco in due course. Heie they awaited thesail mg of the vessel which had been desig nated to carry a shipment of gold to the government- Upon this ship, the John L. Stepheus, Miss Elliot, Neville and eight of their confederates took pas eagre. Tiius far thexe had been no hitch im Neville's plans. 1 Now trouble com menced. The schooner Chapman had been for two weeks ready for her coast ing voyag-e, and, as she did not go to sea, the United States officers became suspicious of her nrnl pluct*i u watch vvhere they could observe everything occurring on board. They also searched the vessel, but found everything cor- reet, and would ha\e dismissed the watch had not a well-known south erner, while intoxicate i, bragged of what they were foing to do. This was rvport-hd to the revenue ofi-cers. and extra precautions were taken. At the time Miss Elliot arrived in fc'an Fran cisco. No- :".!e gave orders for the cap tain to t;.ke tire men who had been cu pap-ed in San Francisco weeks before, and who were then ut.difiY;« nt sailois' boarding houses, to put to sea and join her consort off the i.-iand of Santa Crr.z. These mea weni on lmard in the night, end next morning the ship got under w ay, show ing only the usual nunilierof men on deck. But the United States revenue cutter stopped her, and eon \eyed her to an anchorage under the guns cf Aleatzar island. The officers and crew of 47 men were arrested. In order not to have his plans blocked, Neville started two men overland on horseback for Sairta B:irbara, to take l>oat from there to the island and noti fy the captain of the Vesta of the seiz ure of the Chapman. The captain of the Vesta was ordered to intercept the steamer, and was told that Neville and his confederates would be on board to «.ssist him, and that they would disable the machinery of the vessel in case the guns of the sehoor.ei did not compel the steamer to stop while they took the gold from her. But "thebest-laid schemes o' mice and men gang aft a-gle." When the two messengers crossed to the island from Santa Barbara they found the captain and all hands of the Vesta THE STEVENS. "blind drunk," and before they could be sobered up and got ready the John L. Stephens went steaming by with the government gold. It seems that United States Marshal Hand had got wind of the contemplated raid to capture the gold on the steamer, and he warned the officers of the steam? ei* of what, might be attempted and placed on board 12 of his deputies, dressed as old Californians. These men took passage in the steerage and pro fessed to be returning to their eastern homes. They had holsters with pistols belted around their waists, in the usual California style. They made the ac quaintance of Neville's pien and two of theni agreed to guard Neville as the steamer was to pass through Santu Barbara channel. Each deputy mar shal had his man picked, and if the at tack had been made by the schooner Vesta they would have shot Neville and srery one of his gang. The plot miscarried and the steamer passed on her way to Panama without anv trouble. The syndicate of Enplish friends of the southern confederacy lost all that Neville had expended in fitting out the expedition with the. exception of the proceeds of the sale of the schooner Vesta and her supplies at Hone TCnnjr whither she went after the failure of Neville's plans. The confederates of Neville who sailed with him on the steamer were paid off by h : m at Pana ma. and lie and Miss Elliott took the French steamer at Aspipwnll for the West Indies and Europe. The news papers of Snn Francisco gave an ac count of the "tempest in a teapot" when the schooner Chapman was seized for attempted piracy. The vigilance of Marshal Band on this occasion saved the government $4,- 000,000.-—San Franciseo Argonaut- The* lj««e::lviii}T, ig nored and neglected. It. is noexagsem tion to tliat for ery mill turned by water a hundred mig-ht in- in op ration. The million and a quarter horse power which is derived from water is ovt-r --shadoweO l>y twice or thrice that amount, of steam power. Tin- former may be compared to its own mill poud, standing still in the march of industry, while the. latter is pushing forward with the speedaud j>owerof the locomo tive. For example, the incriase of steam power in this country in tlie dec ade closed in 18S0 was SO per cent., while water power increased in the same pe riod but 8.4 per cent. That the latter could be almost immeasurably in creased, if warranted by economic con ditions. Is proven by t-he rej>ort of Prof. Swain, the census evpert, who says: "A calculation based upon the best data- obtainable furnishes the astonish ing result t.hit the power of our stream*, taken at an av erage throughout the year, reaches the e-nonmous figure of over 200,000,00 c ■horse power. Such is the ewrgv de veloped by our rivers, streams and brooks, of which we are using a little over one-half of one per cent. Could it I* utilized, the power afforded would probably be more tlian sufficient tc turn all the machinery of the globe." Steam has triumphed over all it* rivals. Tho water mill has become a relic of a past age and the windmill is prehistoric. At the close of the last dec ade the triple-expansion engine was set up almost in the spray of the waterfall, and the locomotive found n level road bed upon the abandoned tow path of the canal. But another power came upon the scene; or, to speak more accu rately, another method of utilizing power, with the ability to take power from any original source—from steam, from water, or from winds—and tc transmit it to a distant j>oint for tion. At once the science of mechanism was revolutionized. As soon as the electrical transmission of power be came instead of a theory a practical re ality, every waterfall, every coal de posit, no matter how remote from man ufacturing centers, took an added value la the eyes of the commercial users of power. The mind of man cannot meas ure the possibilities embraced in the dynamo and the copper cable. Falls, with its 125,000 horse power di rectly available (500,000 horse power in the future) has been harnessed, but rot until the principle of the electrical transmission of power from turbine tc motor hnd been demonstrated, with various degrees of success at Rohaff hausen, on the Rhine; o.t Fribourg, on the Sarlne; at Geneva on the Rhone; at Gaadalaxara, Mexico, and at n. hundred other places in the mountain reg-ions of Europe and America; all on a much larger scale, but illustrating the feasi bility of the practical utilization of wa ter power through electricity. Who can doubt that in the space of a very few years, in place of the present Liliputian water mills there will be Ilrobdlrgrnagian turbines, utilizing the vast reservoirs of energy placed by the wisdom of fhe Creator in every part of this broad continent? The mountain Krnp- lootved upon as thewaste places of the earth, hold treasures for posterity that will "far outshine the wealth of Ormus or of lad." The bases of the Alleghanies, the Rockies, and the Sierras, with the Tast plains at theii teet will throb with the energy gener ated by fhe streams fed by their living springs. The glaciersof the giant peaks of Oregon and 'Washing-ton hold suffi cient power in, their icy grasp to turn every factory wheel and light and warm every building in those states for a cen tury to earn*, while the thousand moun tain streams along the rocky barriers from Montana to New Mexico will per form the double duty of supplying pow er to the millions who will people those states (mills, mines, railroads, etc.), and irrigating the soil to provide for their sustenance.—John T. Brunhall, in Leslie's Weekly. Indian Haln Maker*. AJi the Indian tribesf liad raim-mak ers, and some are yet left. This is one of their methods of operation. A large body of Creek Indians had gathered, nil decked out in their best finery. Two elderly men retired a short distance find seemed to be inujublijiff to each other sopiething like prayers or invo lutions; after some time a firfe was made 011 the bank of the stream, when the two rabi makers gave un order, and a young maa plunged into the river, which was there very deep. Wheal he came up he liad a blue catfish in his hand, which one of the old men took and threw into the fire, the tribe look ing- on in perfect silence. Then there was more mumbling, aooompanied by various contortions and gesticulations, when the gathering dispersed. It rained that night. Perhaps, on the whole, the Indian rain maker is more pen rally successful than the civilized 011 c occasionally appearing on the fron tier in times of drought, the former having a shre\v(]er and mare experi enced forecast of weather probabili ties and putting in his incantations at the right time.—N. Y. Tribune. The Art of Mllklns. Suburban Resident —Yes, I want a useful man about my country place, Can you milk? Applicant—Yis, sot. "Which side of a cow do you sit on when milking?" "Wull, sor, Oi niver milked but wan cow, an' she waz a kicker, sor; an', bedad, a good dale av the toime Oi was on both soides av her, sor." —N. Yt Weekly. t'olorn of Iron. Iron is the only metal which appears in more than one color. It is found of every shade, from almost as white ns silver to as black as charcoal. —Chi- cago Inter Ocean. Oh. how can the sweefness of poesy now When this is the topic it seeks;; It Is "Beaut'fiil Snow'- tor "a minute or so And it's' slush for a couple of weeks. —Washington Star. The Proper Word. "My love for you," cried the lover, "is worth more to me than all the gold and precious stones—and'—and—" "Coal, George," she suggested.—Phil adelphia North American. Why She Wan Happy. Ella —Is Belle happily married? Stella—l gTiess so; her husband is a sailor and is aw ay three years at a time. Town Topics. t}Ue —Hon't you think people ought to leave "footsteps on the sands of time?" He- —Yes, if there's room.—N. Y. Truth. ■rills In Different. Twynn —Gilgal is n very methodical man. Triplet—Yes, but there is madness in his method.—N. Y. World. Know \\ lioso Word \Vi*w Lair. "Shall I ask. v your father, dear?" he iixpiired, after the worst was over. "Just see mamma, George," she re plied.- Philadelphia North American. WIT AND WISDOM. —ln Boston.—"We enjoyed our visit to the conl mine very much, mamma. We went down 800 feet in the ele vator—" "In the depreiisor, you mean, Janet."—Chicago Tribune, —The New Necessity.—The Governess —"I know French and German—" Mrs. Uptodate—"That is not sufficient. I want some one who can teach my chil dren Scotch."—Brooklyn Life. —".What on earth induced you, John ? You gave that waiter five dollars for a tip, aud he was the worst I ever—" "That's just it, my dear. I wanted to enable him to retire."—Harper's Bazar. —The Same Thing.—Cnstleton—"Fid dleback is making love to an heiress." "Ah, I heard him say that he wa»; try ing to get a large amount of capital in terested in a reorganization scheme."— Life —Bacon—"Your wife plays a good j game of croquet, does she not?" Eg ! bert—"Yes." "But 6he plays rather u I conservative game, doesn't she?" ! "Well, yes; I never heard her swear." — j Yonkers Statesman. —"There is no j~ ~ j envy me," saiu me prosperous person. ; "I have as many troubles as you." "1 allow you do, mister," admitted Dismal Dawson, "but the difficulty with me is ! that I ain't got nothing else."—lndian apolis Journal. —Thoughtless.—"Of course," said the '• jeweler, "you meant well, but don't do ; that again." "What do you mean?" in quired the man in charge of the re pair department. "You charged that last man so much that instead of hav ing his old watch fixed he bought a new one that I had marked down to cost as an advertisement."—Washing ton Star. —ller Plan.—He—"Do you believe in long engagements?" She—"Well, it nil depends." lie—"l don't understand." She—"lf he has plenty of money and is inclined to be liberal, a long engage ment is the thing; but if he cannot af ford boxes at the opera and s'uoli things I always make his regime very short."—Philadelphia Leader. THE FRENCH IN AMERICA. Moat Noteworthy- I ■ the Canadian Contribution. Tbe French element in the United States at the present time embraces va rious groups. The French of Louisiana include the dwellers in and around the picturesque old capital of New Or leans—exotic among American cities with its French survivals, its dream of past commercial dominion, and its vision of future power; and the simple and ignorant Acadian farmers, contin uing tbe primitive customs of the bo sln of Grand Pre, along the tranquil waters of the Aeeche, remote from the corroding touch of busy modern life. The metis, or half breeds, also survivals of the old French days, are scattered in considerable numbers through the northwest, ua packmen, boatman and lumbermen. But the most noteworthy French ele ment in the United States at the pres ent time consists in the French Cana dians who began about 20 years ago to cross the border into this country. This movement was due part to the expansive power of this fecund people and in part to the effort of New Eng land mill owners to bring them on op eratives. The result hus been to intro duce a now Mti-uin of t rmcti influence into this country. The United States census of 1890 reports 537,000 white persons having either one or both par ents born in Canada and Newfound land of French extraction. Leading French Canadians deny the correctness of this report, and on the hasis of church records hold that it should be more than doubled. The French are found in greatest numbers in the North At lantic states and the North Central states. A 6 a ride they are grouped in settlements of their own, aiming to preserve their race, language, customs and religion.—Frederick J. Turner, Ph. D., in Chautauquan. Corcan Paper. A remarkable kind of paper is pro duced in Core» entirely by manual labor and without the use of any machinery. Its quality excels that of the very best made In China or Japan. The raw ma terial used for this paper is obtained from the bark of Broussoneta papyri fera, which is collected in the spring and beaten in water containing a large adonixture of wood ashes, until reduced to thick pulp; this is taken in large ladles and spread upon frames of bam boo and in this way formed into thin sheets. Another kind of paper is produced from old scraps trodden into pulp much in the same way that grape juice is expressed in some countries— a process of pulping which, though slow, has the advantage of not breaking the fiber so much as when machinery is used; then after the pulp has been made into paper, the sheets are piled up to n height of six fei»t and cut into pieces, to be again subjected to the feet stamp ing—at the same time the roots and seeds of a plant called "taokpoui" are added, the soluble parts of which are supposed to give tenacity and tough ness to the paper.—Apotheker Zeltung. A Good Opportunity. Teacher—Have you finished your com position on what little boys should not do in school "Yes'm." "Bead it," 'VLittle boys when at school should not make faces at the teacher, and should not study too hard, 'cause it makes them near-sighted, and should not Bit too long in one position, 'cause it makes their backs crooked, and should not do long examples in arithmetic, 'cause it uses up their pencils too fast."—Lon don Tit-Bits. A Bad Case. "You wouldn't believe it, butGrampy has a bad case of swelled head." "There must be some mistake." "Not a bit of it. Genuine old-fash ioned mumps on both sides." —Detroit Free Press. Art Ifpanti. "What was the matter with the brio a-brao department?" "Two clerks disagreed about the pro nunciation r f Diana, and one of them hit the other over the head with a Ve nus. " —Chicago lteoord. An Appropriate Gift. "Henry, I bought a beautiful book far Bridget." "What is it?" "It is called The Autocrat of the Kitchen Table.' "—Chicago Record. Willing to Oblige. Mrs. Ben bam—l don't want you logo out between the acts to-night, Henry. Benham—Well, ff you insist upon it, I will take a bottle with one.— Town Topics. Io Drive or Not to Drive. Roberta—Hallo! What's wrong, old fellow ? Benson—Pin almost crazy. I sent a letter to my broker asking him whether he thought I was a fool, and another one to Xllun Willets asking her to come for a drive with me, and I don't know wifadch of them this telegram is from. Roberta —What does it say? Benson— Simply "Ye*." —London An- No. 13 A DISSIPATED DOQ. The Animal Has a U caknraa (or Get* tins: on a Spree. Fort Logan, Col., has a favorite who Is the cause of more temperance leo tures than all the frequenters of that post put together, toys the St. Louis li lobe-Democrat. He lias contracted the bad habit of indulging in the flow ing bowl and when in the vicinity of the canteen—about the time of pay day especially—he is 6ure to get more or less intoxicated on the offerings of the doughboys, who like to share with their fa\orite the good things of the day which comes but once a month. : Jerry Simpson is n private in the ranks and is a total abstainer, never going near the canteen except when ordered there on duty to escort to the guard i house those who are unable to pick j theix way to the barracks. On 6uch . nn occasion it is not an uncommon ; thing for Jerry to find Colonel, his fa ! mous retrierer, prone on the floor in the highest stage of inebriation, chew ing the last remnant of a cood-aljuwl (»«» Cv.iu..n is Kept oy his roaster for hia usefulness on the hunting field, though he would not suffer for a home as long ns any of his boon companions re mained in the ranks. They love him dearly and keep him well fed and plied with tobacco—for the Colonel alse likes a taste of the herb nicotina when he is in the dumps after soaking hia head in the stable bucket on the morn ing following a debauch. He is a troubled specter when in his moods after recovering from the good things of the night before and acts very much like one of the two-footed revelers who enticed him from the sedate quarters of his owner. Private Simpson keeps a warm place in his heart for the for lorn canine when he Is seduced by the canteen crowd into a bibulous condi tion. FAIR FIELD FOR WOMEN. A Writer Tell* What Her Femiili* Co-Worlfera Should Hatre. All women who are active in business or professions want is a fair field and nofavor.saysMargaretSangsterin Detn orest's Magazine, We ask for noth ing on the ground of sex. We are will ing to compete with and' work with men on their own ground and desire to be measured by the same standards. We demand no courtesy further than that which prevails between gentlemen; we expect no deference. In business life men and women are simply workers, and the more the element of sex is in truded the greater the interference with the success of women. I know a young woman who went into a newspaper office on a purely busi ness errand—to sell an article, in fact —and was indignant because the re porters, all of whom were busy writ ing, did not jump to their feet and offer her a seat. They were absorbed in their work, and most of them were probably unconscious of her presence. Perhaps 25 women enter the office of a great New York daily every day. You can easily see how it would interfere with business if the reporters should immediately stop writing and pay them the little attentions they are accus tomed to in the drawing-room. The woman who expects these shows her ignorance of business; if they arenec a»y Ue» pcasa AI ssipj ohc tMOut» uf place in the business world. WOMEN AMONG FLOWERS. School of Gardenlnar (or Girls la a Suburb of Berlla. A London paper tells of a school of gardening for girls in a suburb of Ber lin. It is a comparatively new venture, having been founded two years ago by a private lady. At present it seems to be succeeding. The pupils—ls in num ber—do the work entirely without ex traneous aid, growing all sorts of tables, as well as apples, melons, grapes, pears and cucumbers, for which a ready, sale is found. They wear a dark gray uniform, consisting of a bodice and a skirt of reasonable length, which, by an ingenious arrangement, can t*9 made quite short for working inond let down at will. The girls beat all the men at a recent board of agriculture ex amination, and one of them has just obtained a post as gardener to a gen tleman at a salary of $l2O a year, with board and lodging. They are all fine .specimens of healthy, vigorous young womanhood. Commenting on this, the lady says: "Perhaps we see the thin edge of the wedge 1 In the near future women may be eligible for head gar deners' posts at good salaries. And why not? We have finer taste than men and should be quite in our element design ing exquisite pleasure grounds. As for the suitability of the employment, it may be urged that digging is not harder work than many otf the athletic wom an's recreations, nor is it a dirtier proo ess than tramping through wet turnip fields after 'guns.' " The Polaon Flower. It will not always do to press a real istic novelist too hard. In the current number of Nature Notes, the organ of the Selborne society, an inquirer writes to ask: "What is the poison-flower men tioned in the 'Sorrows of Satan,' chap ter 26, 'the poison flower, which, bril liant in color and perfect In shape, ex hales death to those who pluck it from its stem?*" To this the editor dryly | replies: "We do not know the 'poison flower,' and former attempts to obtain enlightenment as to the plants de scribed in Miss Corelli's books have proven unsuccessful. Seared Hia Steech Baelc. A remarkable case of the recovery of speech and hearing is reported in the London Lancet from the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. An Italian, aged 41 years, who five years ago be came a deaf mute in consequence of a serious disease, was startled: by ithesud den appearance of a runaway horse. As he jumped aside to avoid the animal he uttered a loud scream, and after it had gone found that he was able to talk and hear. THE DIVItJED FAMILY. Jimmie —Where are your folks going this summer? Tommie —Don't know yet. Ma wants society and pa wants boating and fish ing, but I am baoking up pa. —N. Y Truth. • if 1: .T%