VOL- xxxiv Better Late Than Never. ONLY A FEW DAYS MORE AND BICKEL S GREAT ODD AND END SALE WILL CLOSE. The Attention of Shrewd Cash Buyers is Called to This Adv. The Following Goods Must Be Sold At Once 180 pairs ladies' heavy 5 1 9^ 200 pairs child'.-grain shoes. ? 150 pairs ladies' fine serge slippers 280 pairs good gram slippers 126 pairs men's double sole heavy stiocs 00 M Cases Rubber Boots and Shoes to be closed out K|| Regardless of Cost. \J\J The Above Mentioned Goods Are at Half Price BEAD ON, DEAR READERS READ ON, 300 pairs men's fine buff shoes I 1 2 5 400 pairs men's working shoes 95 98 pairs Russia calf shoes 1 5° 130 pairs fine calf shoes (latest style) 2 00 200 pairs boy's fine shoes tipped 1 00 180 pairs youth's buff shoes 75 Large. Stock of Men's and Boys' Plow Shoes. Cheap. These goods are all warranted to be perfect in every respect and they arc only sold at prices named on them to make room for the new goods. If you want to get some footwear cheap—take in this sale. New Spring Goods Arriving almost every dav and too much cannot be said in praise of them. ASK to see our line of ladies' and gents chocalate, wine color and fine Dongola shoes, they are beauties, and also our line of Oxfords in different colors. Repairing Done. REMEMBER THE PLACE. JOHN BICKEL. 128, S. MAIN St. BUTLER, PA. T. H. BURTON, T. H. BURTON, I"THE BEST I've seen for the money," said an enthusiastic buyer who had visited every store, reserving ours for the last, "and when I leave my $ 12.00 I feel as if I had an SIB.OO suit for it." Noth ng 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 $ 10.00 or even $12.00 with our $7.50. T. H. BURTON, T. H. BURTON, 120 S. MAIN ST. BUTLER, FA. VIW NOBODY, _*—BUT JUST fi F KFP.K Merchant Tailor. U. I. ntl/n, 112 NORTH MAIN ST.. IMTLFI!, PA. Vet I know a few things, among others, that I am an up-to-date tailor —The Latest in CUT And WORKMANSHIP—in price—most moderate. Where ese can you (?et such combinations? You do get them of us, the finest made-to-order clothing. Call and examine our large stock of goods, Renumber The Placa. GF KECK Merchant Tailor, ■ ■ ■ lIL-wIV 142 N. MAIN ST., 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, ;\nd to show my appreciation of the same; and in order to make room for the extensive line of spring goods y that are daily arriving, I will sjll anything in my stock at greatly reduced prices. J. S. YOUNG, Tailor. 101 S. MAIN St., - - - BUTLER, PA gOOCCJCCCOO^C^rSOC'OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCX>30!.K'• ' | Punc* is I !|| tualityim Power. | jj; Hitch your J® B Btst be sure! jji business Mjg it's in a | li works to a !pf f Fahys Gold=| ijigood watch, j j| p ; ililed Case, | I; * * 8 <ji And that you buy it from 8 E. GRIEB, JEWELER, 139 N. MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA. f BUTLER COUNTY Mutual Fire Insurance Company Office cor. Main and Cunninglian Sts. #l*f\ WICK. Pr»». AVC4K KKTTKKKB, Yin* Prf*." h f. »cJI >k'lV Srr'jr and Tri>M. DIRECTORS. Alfri-d Wick, Henderson Oliver i 'if ,»'■ Irvin, James Stepheus*n. W. \\. Black more, X. Weil/el . i K. Bowman. U, J. Klingler. Ceo. Retterer. ('has. ltahTiun Geo. Renno. John Roenl*. 1 OYAL McJUNKIN Agent. Practical Horse Sheer WILL ROBINSON, formerly Horse # Shoer Pt the Wick House has # opened business in a shop in the € rear of the Arlington Hotel, J where he will do Horse-Shoeing \ in the most approved style. # TRACK AND ROAD HORSES A £ SPECIALTY. ynil? IS THE TIME TO HAVE | nUn Your Clothir\3 CLEANJED or DYED Ifyouwaiit fjooii and reliable I cleaning or dyeing done, tliere is ! just one place In town where you ! can get it, and that is at m ffitFß on PFS £l6 CJenter a venue. l®»We do fine work in out door Photographs. This is the time of year to have a picture ot your house. Give us a trial. Agent for the Jamestown Sliding Blind (_'o.—New York. R. FISHER & SON, ] B. BREDIN', 'I • Attornky at Law. Office on Main St. near Court House. -THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Biliousness Is caused bv torpid liv.-r. which prevents diges j tionaad I- niiitt fool to fern;'-'. ai. i putrify in the stomach. rben follow tlizzii;. •> .!. mU'lic, msomina, nervousness. and. R r or blood i ci-i m i Hood's 0E | I'ills stimulate the stimaeh, ■ H■ B rouse i livr. cure t-eadarlie. diz/imss. cot - stipation, > f.-nts. s W! ;, H «lr.i Xb ■ nil 1' lb to Utiwc wtUi lit-.. 1 s c«urs:iparii.; Tliis Is l'nar Opportunity. On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps. A generous sample will bo mailed of tho most popular Catarrh and Hay K«ver Cure (Ely's Cream Balm sufficient to demon strate the great merits of the remedy. ELY BROTHERS, CO 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, '"lt 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 tho acknowledged cure for catarrh and contains no mercury nor any injurious drug. Price, 50 cents. PENNSYLVANIA Ik W'FSTEN PENNSYLVANIA DJVISIN. Railroad time riw i is. Western Pernsylvan.a Division. Schedule in effect Nov. 16 1-S9O. South, —•—Week l)ays—— A. M. A. M. a. ». i*. v . p ■ P.UTI.KR LeaveC2s fcuO 1120 24". Satoubure. . Arrive C 54" 825 lit.! .'! !0 "2* flutter Je't... '• 72? 84V 12 07 IX C 5.1 Butler Jet Leave 7AO 84s 12 12 :« Natrona . ..Arrive'/38 Bss 12 21 :: «."> Tarentum 712 903 1221; 352 cor Sprlugdali: 750 912 12 3* 102 Clareiaonr 925 12 63 ll« 627 Sharps tvurg 907 931 101 422 t> 32 Allegheny City *2O 943 1 if> <t-13 a. y. a. h. p. m. r. m. r. SU NDAY TRAINS Leave Butli r lor AU.- t,U« ny < "IT j aml principal lutcniffdlale stations 7:40 A. M.. "Mo and 5 00 I*. M. North. Wee* l»oy» A M. A. M. A. M. M T. M. Allegheny City.. Lv. 7 0") 900 1125 2:S 530 Sliarjtfburg 711 012 11 hi 2fo I'laremont. 911' 1145 2 t-x spnngdale 9.10 lisa 3to 557 Tarentum 732 939 '2os Natrona 737 9 4:1 12 13 3 tl2 Btitler Ic't . .Ar 745 950 12 23 31> «io llutler .Ic't Lv 745 950 12 34 34S 6to Saxottburg 810 lots 12 59 413 f. 44 Ar. 835 10 3-s 125 438 710 A. m. A. M. r. M. r. y. r. > l . HVKUAV TBAISB- Leave Allegheny City tvr Butler and prhxlpal inter mediate si'tlon> 7i'.'> A . M., !230 a:id7:is I'. M. Week Days For tho Kit'C Week 1 h la. a. n!. p iti p. in. 11 20 625 Lv Bctlkr...Ar 125 12 07 727 Ar Butlpr Je't Lv 12 34 3 13[.iii7 45 Lv Butler Je't Ar 830 12 31 318 749 Ar Fr«ejiort.. Lv 828 12 30 322 733 " Allcp'y Je't " 824 12 2i 333 804 " LeechbntK. " 812 12 12 350 821 'Taultt.c(Ap«>l!o" 71-0 11 "5 418 851 " Kultsbnrg "7 32 11 32 450 1)22 '• B!airsvil>..7 00 11 00 4 .".8 930 '"Llairsville I:ik'u"s IS 10 13 *iso 11 35 ' Altoona "3 25 -00 100 310 » H?rrisburg—"ll 4o 310 130 023 " ?nl*delj.t:i.;. '9 30 11 20 a 111 p in. ii. :u v ni On Suudav, tr«ip beting Butler 7:40 A. if . connects lor llarri-har>r,, Altoona, a id I'hilßdelphia. Thronch trains for the ej.st h- tv • Pit! bnrg (Union Station) u.; fu'loa-s: — Atlantic Express', daily 3 10 A. if. Pennsylvania Limited " 7 15 Bay Exprca.*, " .....7 30 Maiu Liae Express •' 8 00 Philadelphia Kxprens " .1301'. V. Eastern Kxprottf " .'7 05 Fast Line " -- -.8 10 Philad'a Mail. Sunday only S4O a. >i. For detailed ic'.ormatiou, a.lvir.t ; Th. >. Fi. AVatt, Pass. Agt. Western BU-'net, ivr ITiltli Ave tr.d fcinithlield St , Pilti-inirj. " J k. HUTCHISON', J. 11. WOOD, Gej'-ra! \i >Tair>-r. Ool'l Pa-sr piTTSHUKG & WESTERN ■■ Railway. Allegheny Short Line. Schedule in eflect, July 19, 1896. Butler Time, Depart. Arrive Allegheny Accommodation.. 6 25am 9 25am Allegheny Flyer 8 15 am 10 00 Km Akron Mall 815 am T > pu; New <'a.*tle Accorii'i 8 15 am, 9 25 am Allegheny Aceonio 10 05 am 12 20 i.m Allegheny Express I 2 55 pni 4 55 pm Chicago Express 3 35 pm 12 20 pm Allegheny Mall 6 us pm 7 : ojm Kllweod Accomo I c 05 impt ; :(■> pin ■:iMc;igo Expiess « 05 pin :• 25ain Allegheny Express 8 00 pm Kane and Uradford Mail jio 05 am 5 20 pm Clarion Accomo r> r> pm !« 51) am Foxburg Accomo 7 3o pm 8 05 am SUKBAY TKAINS. DeForest Jet. Accomo 8 15 am 7 ;fl pm Allegheny Aeoomo 10 (tan Chicago Express 3 35 pm 4 55 pm Allegheny Accomo G 05 pm 4 s"> pm Pullman Buffet Sleeptug Cars aud ilrs'-cla » lay Coaches lun through between Butler ard Chicago dallv. For thrc uf ;li tickets to points . tlie West Northwest or Southwest apply to A. B. CUOUCII. agent Batler, P a Trains leave the B. & O. depot In Putting .or the East asfolloivs. For Washington D - C.. Baltimore, I'Mladel plila, -nl Now York, T :30 and 9:20 p. ra Cumberland, 6:40, 7 :30, a.m. l ::o. 030 p. m.Con ne'.SVllle. PMO, 7:30. a. IE. 1.10, 4.30, 4.45, 5.30,9.20 i). m. Union town, ~.eo a. m , l. io, 4.30, 5.30 p. m. Onion town. Morj/arto'vi-: ami Fairmont, T,30, a, in. and 5,30 p. m, Mt,Pleasant 6.40, 7. 30 a. to. .10 and 4.30 p rn. Washington, ra., 7.4u and 30 a. m., 4.00,4.45 and 9.00, 11. 55 p. in. Wheel- PI?, T.-io. and 9.30 a. m.. and t.oo, 9.00. 11.55 p, Cincinnati, St, I.ouis, I'olumhus and New ark 740 a. ni., 9.10. 11.65 p, El. For Chicago, 2.40 an-1 9.30 p. m Parlor ana sleeping ears to Baltimore Waxh tnston. Cincinnati and Chicago. H. O DUSKI.R, Gun. Supt. Allogiieuy, Pa U. W. BAPSKTT, A.G.P.A . Allegheny, Pa K. P. REYNOLDS, Supt., Poxbarg, Pa MHE PITTSBURG, S HEN AN A GO & LAKE ERIK RAILROAD TIMR TABLE—In olTecc Sunday. Dee. 30, 1806. Train? aro run by Standard Cen tral Time (90th Meridian). GOING NOBTH. GOING SOUTH 14 12 STATIONS 11 13 p.m pm .(p.m. Arr Buffalo Lv'ea.m. a.m. • in. .... 5 401 2 1.. S.&M.S 835 11 ... | 4 551 N. 1.1 .iLSt.I. 1535 HOi p. lll a. til, .... a or. 9 io F.rle ll oil 4 r.o 1 20 8 27. Wallace .luuct 11 42 I io .... I IK S 25 (ilrard 11 4*. 4 4;; .... i 07 h 13.... Leek port ll rxj l 53 1 1 00 J* 0"> .Cranesvtlle. .. ,12 05' r> 02 ll oi a s.,lv.Ccnnc.v" 1v... ill mi 403 ■ ■■■| l 47! » icar ar j i 47' o ... li Bbi 7 roar....Albion,.. U !I2~(K iT«.« .... U 4«; 745 .. Shadeland 12 20 i ,> io ... 12 4: 42... fsprnifibcro 12 24; 5 17 Ol7j 12 1«>I 7 15... Mea'v'le Jet... |l2 5(.j r p S tot lit iO 7 l.'ur. I.ineville lv il2 301 .... 112 40 7 251 v ar 11 40 500 2 10H2 <o « 4oir .Ccnut Lake 12 t« ... . . ; 1 01 ' 52ar ar i 10; 6on 1 32 it 35 « o.Mv..Mcadviiie .!■» 11 ,3? . j 1 ::2' s isar a! 1 32 i; 1 • 02 12 02 : . llartstowu 7! Ko 1 1 (9i t (>\ .... 11 6T, (!... Adamsvilie 114 e iju . . 11 48 ll ... .OSgOO'l 1 23 fi il 2t< 11 40 1; ... Hreo IVIU • ...630 1::,,. ■ 19,11 29 0 ... Stien l'U'> .... 642 149 ft 3 • oo ll 04 FredoDta... 7 to l 2 07 43,10 ir Mercer... . 7 19 2 K 28110 33j Pardee ; 30; 2 38 18 10 231 Grove Clly. .. 7 4r. 2 4» . 05 10 10' Harrlsvllle.... 7 58; 3 co 57110 02 Branch (Oti. ... 80. 3 osi 531 9 57: ... iv.. .Kflsars S 10! :: 1: 39' 9 41 Euclid 8 22 3 lu| 9 151 B-Jiler 8 501.1 220 720 Allegheny, PftWll w r o>; .... p.ui a.m a. ni |». m .. T. Bl.All:, General Manager. t»reen\i'le. ra W. a. bARGEANT. G. P. A.. McadvlUn ra M. A. BERKIMER, Funeral Director. 1 337 S. Main St., Bntler. BUTLER, THUHSDAY, M.A.V (», 15SOT, I y if AC v v \sh v. —• - Vv sn y,.-- 1 .4 / -" If • ; - y / ~~ ~ -s t, f CKnHßcneuit M 0@ r [Coryrleht- l9 w- tv J- B- Llpplncott company.] "Oh, yi.-u'll ['By for this, you fcl'ows! V tremblingly shouted Parmelee to th Long before they reached th publi • square the firing had ceased. Overtak ing- his little command, wh'ch the ser geant had wisely halted "for orders" ns soon as the shots were heard. Lam bert led them at double tim«. "Put a stop to anything- they're at. I'll be after you with the whole com pany," Close had shouted after him. The deputy marshal had disappeared "Mr. Parmelee somewhere ahead?" panted the lieutenant to the sergeant trotting by his side. "Somewhere behind, sir. ne'll eome gallopin' in after we get there —pei- haps." 'l'ha road led into town rrom me northeast. Lambert could see the rail way embankment and the old wooden bridge before they rounded the turu from which they came in sight of the belfry and the roofs. Somebody had begun to ring the bell, and there came the sound of shouting with an occasion al shrill yell. Then more shots, a short sputtering fusillade, and more shouts, suggestively derisivcar.d farther away. "What's going on, do you suppose?" asked Lambert of his bulky second in command; and Mcßride, with one hand steadying the absurd long sword the.i worn by our sergeants, and the other clamping his rifle at the right shoulder, puffin gly answered: "Havin' seme fun with the sheriff. He had a nigger posse guardin' the jail. Folks wouldn't stand it." Another minute of running brought them to the outskirts of the straggling town. Women and children could be seen peering excitedly towards the square. Two very small boys, hearing the heavy tramp, tramp of the infantry, turned and scuttled away for the shel ter of an open door. Three hundred yards ahead a man in his shirt sleeves popped around a corner, looked keenly at the coming squad and popped back again. When Lambert, leading his men by a dozen paces, came dancing around that same corner and found himself at the northeast angle of the plaza, this same citizen was seated on the nearest porch, placidly smoking a coin-cob pipe and reading a newspaper, his boots braced against 11 wooden pillar and his chair tilted back against the wall. In similar attitudes of exaggerated calm, farther along in the direction of the post oliice, were one or two other gentlemen of Tugaloo. Only around Cohen's mercantile emporium was there faintest sign of excitement. There 01:3 or two trembling, pallid clerks were bustling about and putting up the shutters. The gang of negroes ordina rily loafing- around the plaza had totally vanished. Lambert, expecting- to fin-l himself in the presence of a surging mob, came to a sudden halt in sheer surprise. The squad "slowed down" at a sign from t.heir sergeant, and then, closing up their rank, marched silently ahead in quick time. "Where's the jail?" asked Lambert of his subordinate. "Pound there behind the next corner, s:r, where the bell is." Three or four prominent citizens came strolling out of the saloon near the post, office, their Bands in their pockets and quids of exaggerated size in their cheeks. The b'il!, tinder the impulse of unseen hands, was still vio lently ringing; other-wire in almost Sabbath stillness pervaded the town of Tugaloo. At the corner lay a gaunt quadruped, blood trickling from its nos trils and from a shot-ho'e in the side — sole indication of recent battle. The door stood obliquely open to the de clining sun. The barred windows were tightly closed. " 'Put a stop to anything they're at' " repeated Lambert to himself. "But what are they at? How on earth can I find out?" Like (hose of the jail behind it the windows of the little meeting house were closed, and apparently boarded up from within. The double doors in lront were tightly shut and decorated !n one or two places with bullet holes. The bell kept up its furious din. "Ham mer the door with the butt of your rifle," said the lieutenant, annoyed to see that such of the populace as began to appear were looking on in unmistak able amusement. "Guess they're all down in the cellar, lieutenaut," said a tall civilian. "Want any of 'em? Reckon they'll come up 'f you'll tell- Squire Parmelee to shout. Don't seem to see him, though." And the grinning countryman was present ly joined by one or two of his friends. Lambert simply did not know what to make of the situation. Sergt. Mc- Bride was going around hammering at ont shutter after another and mutter ing about "darned fools inside." A cor poral with two men had explored the two rooms of the primitive building \ised as a jail, and now came out to say there was nobody there, »vhich 'eenicd to tickle the fancy of the rallying pop ulace. Still the bell kept up its deafen ing clamor and Lambert was waxing both nervous and indignant. The ab reuce of the civil officers of the law— the deputy marshal or sheriff —ren- dered him practically powerless to act. lie could not pitch into the people for btanding around with their hands in. their pockets and looking amused. There was nothing hostile or threaten ing in their manner. They were even disposed to be friendly—as when they taw Lambert take a rifle with evident intention of battering in the door, they shouted to him in genuine concern: "Don't do that, lieutenant. Th<*se fel lows will be shootin' up through the floor nexr. The squire'll be alo.ig pres ently. Let him do it." Presently the squire did come, stiil "white about the pills," as a sergeant muttered; and him Lambert angrily ac costed : "What do you want us to do, Mr. Parmelee? We've been here several minutes with nobody to report to." "I s'pose my poor feliows are mur dered to e man," cried Pn; melee, sliding off his mule and handing the reins to a soldier, wh coolly transferred them to the nearest post. "Can't you maka *em hear, Mcßride?" "Xot if they're all dead," answered the sergeant, disgustedly. "Which corpse :»• piilliu' the bell rope?" At this unfeeling remark the populace again begun to lough. grinninj' ;rroup across the street. "If there's law in Washington and power lr liivek * you'll ketch lied." "Whawt's been the rna'ter, squire?" asked a citizen, soothing.y. "Ain't any body hurt, is there? I ain't heard •lothin' cf any row." Parmeice pointed to t he carcass of the mule and to some significant shot holes at the corner. "I s'pose you'll deny shootin' cr hearin' any sLootin' —next." "Shootin"? Shootin' round hyuh? \Vhy, dOfTgone 'f that ain't the queerest thing! i thought I heard somebody pullin' off a pistol awhile ago. Don't you remember, major? I reckon 'twas vou I was talkin' with at the time —I f.aid there was a shot tired. P'r'aps that's what killed Potts' old mule out yuh." "For heaven's sake, man," muttered Lambert, "stop that infernal bell and your own jaw. Can't you see they're just laughing at you?" And Parmelee evidently did. "My God, beutenant! they've mobbed the jail, let loose three of the worst scoundrels ever went unhung, and killed the officers of the law. They ought to be arrested right here —every one of them —'stead of standin' there insultin' the United States government. If Caj)t. Close was here he'd have 'em in in less than a minute." "He'll be here presently, if you want any arresting done. Meantime, theonly row is that which your people seem to be making. Can't you stop that?" Parmelee looked helpless and de spondent. "Somethin's got to be done," he said, "01- these rebels'll ride right over you. Why, every man you see's had a hand in this jail delivery. We had great trouble 'res tin' those three scoundrels: the marshal's been after 'em a month, and he ought to have met us here, 's I telegraphed him. Wc fetched 'em here at four o'clock thic inorain', an' not a soul in Tu.s:aloo knew anything about it, an' the soldiers ou°rht to have stood by us until the marshal came. 'Stea.l of that, they went on to eamp and left us all alone, and just as Eoon as these people found out who were jailed an' saw we had 110 soldiers to guard 'em, why, I couldn't do nothin'. They just took my horse and—they'd have hung me, I s'pose, if I'd been fool enough to stay. T just 'scaped with my life. You've just g-ot here, lieutsnant You don't begin to know what a hell hole this is. These peop'e are the worst kind o' rebs. Capt'n Close —even he wouldn't li'lieve it. bu I reckop he does now, after the tongue-lashin' them fel lers gave him—" But Mr. Parmelee's description of the situation was interrupted by the com ing of Capt. Close himself. Dressed precisely as when Lambert hud last seen him at camp, wisti 110 more sem blance of or authority than was to be found in a weather-beaten pair of shoulder-straps on his cheap flannel blouse, without sash or sword, but with a huge army "Colt" strapped about his waist, the commander of the company came strolling around the corner of the jail, looking curiously about its door and windows as though in search of signs of the recent affray. "Thought you told me they'd shot the door into tooth-picks," said he. "I don't see no signs of bullets." "Come round here an' you'll see 'em. I wasn't goin' to let my men be sliot like cattle in a pen. I got 'em out o' there soon *s we saw the crowd a-comin' " "Then you didn't even show fight-- didn't even attempt to hold your prison »r*?" exclaimed Close, in li:gh dudgeon. "Why, great Peter! man, your birds just walked out without anyone's helpin' 'em. You and your cowardly gang walked off and let 'em go; an' they've taken our mule. That's the worst of it —taken our ruule to reploce that dam carcass there, that b'longed to the father of one of the boys you brought in this mornin'. Tie told the truth bout it then, when he rode into camp an'gahl your posse had shot his mule an' threat " Hummer tho lioor with tho butt of your rlrt»." ened tc shoot him. What sort of a sand heap were yon raised on, anyhow? Why, 'f a baby in the tow n I com from had shown as little grit iisyou and your folks have, its own mother would have drowned it in the mill-race." The effect of this unexpected tirad? was remarkable. The knot of civilian listeners, who had come to get such fun out of the situation as the eircuni stances would permit, and who had been indulging in no little half-stifled laughter, were evidently amazed at this new side to the Yankee officer's char acter, and stood silei»t and decidedly ap preciative listeners to his denunciation of the luckless Parmelee. The soldiers, who had for some month.? been tasting tho comforts of military service under civil control, and trudgirg all over Cliittomingo county,day in and day out. on the mysterious mission of "serving process," were evidently tickled that, their commander should at last have seen for himself what, they had more than half suspected all along—that Parmelee was an arrant coward, who had held his position and made his record for efficiency in enforcing the laws only when a big squad of regulars was at his back. As for !>ambcrt. whose sole Icnowl ?dge of aff r>- n • » iTii v;iis derived from tlie . Is pnUidwd In tlic northern foUTtl illld ip .fi Ht without e\c?pti . • .irpe'-bag" poll ■ -,i- Iv. ho fully expected to And 1; ,'!f 11• il ; -ai:.st a determined ar mv of cx-c nf Iwttt*eagagti in the s" ur!:t r of : : 'i-al officials, white and blael;. t:..» you: z New Enplander be pan to loo:< uj 11 the «liole pTair as anotl.er j ractioal joke devisetl by his v.ew as. oeiate.s sini[ ly "to test his grit or gullibility." This, at least, was his lir.-<t iin|:ir>i!on, until the sight of the main body of the company swinging into the square under command of the first serreant, and another look at Close's 1 r::'.rg l>rown eyes and Partrte lee's hai;-dog face convinced him that so far :is they v.ere concerned there was no joke. But how a!>out the chucklinif natives now augmenting their number every moment? Certainly there could be no doubt as to the contempt they felt for "the ?rMilre," as they facetiously termed Parmelee, or the ridicule which Close's appearance had excited until he had well-nigh finished his denunciation of the civil officer. Then for an instant there was almost a ripple of applause. They watched him as. in his uncouth, ill-fitting, unsoldierly garb, the com mander strode »n?r ly back and be pan searching the wall and window shutters of the jail for signs of bullet marks. Meantime, gradually recovering con fidence or hope, the besieged in the cel lar of the meeting-house began to pax ley. The bell ceased rinpring. and hum ble voices were heard asking who were outside. A brusque order in Close's gruffest tones to "Come up out of that hole and account for your prisoner*," seemed to cause unlimited joy. There was sound of unbarring doors and scrambling on wooden stairs, and pres ently the portals opened an inch or two and cautious j>eeps were taken. The sight of the blue uniforms was enough. The defenders, white and col ored, to the number of six, dusty but uninjured, came gladly forth into the afternoon sunshine. "By gad, fellows, we had hard work stand in' off that crowd till you come," began the fore most, another of the Parmelee type. "There l.iust lia' been half Chittomihgo county in here, and the bullets flew like— Hut here a g-uffaw of derisive laughter from across the street, the crestfallen face of Parmelee, anil the qulzxk-al grin on the sun-tanned features of the sol diers, put sudden check to his flow of words. There stood Close, glowering at him. "Flew like -what, you gibberin' idiot? The only bullet-hole in the hull square that hasn't been here for six w eks is the one in that wuthJess mule there. You dam cowards ran for shelter an' let your pris'ners loose: that's plain as the nose or. your face. 1 don't care for the pris'ners—that's 3*oll r bus'ness; but what I want's our mule. IJeut. Lambert." he continued, addressing his silent ' uiior, "I'm :::s ready ;..s any man to fig: for the flag, but for six months now I've been eittin' here furuishin" posses to back u:> these fellers ruakin' arrests all over the country, because them was my orders. I haven't seen a nigger abu? d. I haven't seen the uniform insulted. I haven't seen a sign of kuklux; notliin' but some contra band stills. I've obeyed orders an' helped 'em to make arrests of people I don't personally know nothin' about, an' you see for yourself they dasn't lift r> bnnd to hold 'em. I'm tired o'baekin' up such a gang of cowards, an' I don't care who knows it. March the men back to camp, sir. I'm goin' after tlL&t mule." With the going down of that even ing's sun Lieut. Newton Lambert had finished his first day of company duty in the sunny south, and found himself commanding the temporary post of Tugaloo. The responsibility now de volving upon him was the only thing that enabled him to resist an almost overwhelm!; , sensation of depression ;and disgust. Marching at route step back to camp, he had held brief and 'low-toned conference with Sergt. Hums and learned something of the circum stances that led up to the events of the day. "Old man Potts." said the ser geant, was a character. Tie owned a place lialf-way over towards Quitman and so near the county line that.nobody knew whether he rightfully belonged to Quitman or to Chittomingo. When he was "wanted" in one he dodged to the other. Two of his sons had been killed during the war, and the two younger were prominent both as citi zens and "skylarkers." for "there was no mischief or frolic going on they weren't mixed up in." Sergt. Burns didn't believe in kukluk thereabouts, but the colored folks and the deputy marshals did, and so the soldiers were kept "on the jump." Old man Potts had "cussed" Parmelee off his place two weeks previous, but ha/1 ridden in to Quitman and repotU-d himself to Brevet Lieut. Col. Sweet, commanding the two-company garrison there, and said any time he or his boys were "wanted" just to say so and he would come in and account for himself stnd them to an officer and a gentleman, but he'd bo damned if he'd allow that sneak Parmelee on his premises. Then he had had high words with tho marshal of the district himself. TTis boys had harmed no one. he said. They were full of fun, and perhaps of fight—he wouldn't own 'em if they weren't; but they did not. belong to the kuklux —if there were anything of the sort around there at all—and tlr.\> only fought when interefered with. They might have expressed contempt for Parmelee, but that wasn't law-breaking. The marshal told him that very serous al legations had been laid both :nst him and his boys, as well as :. ;alnst friends with whom they forgathered, and warned Mm that arrest would fol fow if more "outrages" occurred; and the result was that only the i; in fer ence of Col. Sweet prevented . -hoot ing scrape on the sprit. Kver since rti"ii Parmelee had had some one watching the movements <>f Potts and his bovs. There ws a young lady ovei at Clayton's plantation to whom one of the boys was devoted, and Parmelee's spies reported there was to be a dance there. That's how he came to go over to Buccatubbee with the squad, but tliey only got Harry Potts ar.d two of the Scroggs boys; liarton Potts wasn't there. They were riding home to Quitman county after the dance and "making some racket, as young fellers w ill, and Parmelee laid for "cm on the road." They were brought into the jail by Sergt. Quinn and the squad and there left to Parmelee and his people. As for the rest, the lieutenant knew as much as the sergeant, except that "old mau Potts" with his boy Hal smVlenly rode into camp just after Mr. Lambert had walked away, and the old man had given Capt. Close a piece of his mind, after which he and Hal with a couple of friends rode back townwards. All the shooting that took place was prob ably a feu de joie to the accompani ment of triumphant yells. It was a fact that when old Potts with his friends, not more than half a dozen all told, came riding in to offer bail for tho boys, armed only with tiie customary revolver, they were followed towards the jail by a party of inquisitive and interested townspeople, at sight of which array Parmelee's posse on duty ut the jail had tired one volley from that building and then rushed for the shel ter of the cellar unde» the meeting house. They had killed Potts' mule and wounded another, in exchange for v.hich the Pottsites had ridden of! with the first two animals and all the prisoners they saw. There was no one to claim the latter, and old I'otts had coolly offered the. former to the inspec tion of Capt. Close; one proved to be government property, the other Panne lee's. "I'll just bawrow these two to take us back home, an' then you gentle men can have 'em as soon as you'll send for 'em; but you'll hardly expect us to call again, after the reception accawded us law-abiding: and peaceable citizens to-day." This was the majestic con clusion of Potts' remarks to the sur prised but stolid captain. Then they ro;!e away, and, crossing probably at the ford, made a circuit back through tow;:, where they doubtless lad a Tug oloa jubilee with their friends and fel low-citizens, to the continued alarm and dismay of the bell-ringers in the meet ing house, until warned that the troops were coming, when they deliberately withdrew across the railway track, firing cfT n parting salute and a volley of the characteristic southern vocal isms known to fame as the "rebel yell." This was injudicious. It was well enough to ride away in company with prisoners whom nobody claimed or ap |>eared to care to hold, but they should not have rejoiced then :;t with riot and ungodly glee. It was human and by tic means divine. It gave the opposition too much to tell about in the startling reports that went broadcast over the north that very night and appeared with lurid headlines in the morning papers on the tnorrow. f'artiielee had not been seen from the moment of the initial appearance of Potts end party until he came scr*v.iii>- lii.g into cunip on a liorrowed mule. Later that afternoon, when matters had measurably quieted dawn, he mado his way wesrtward in time to toll at the state eapito! his story of the riot to his proj>er!y indignant chief, while, all alone, Capt. Close was jogg - g over to I'otts' on the "day accommodation," lit tle dreaming of the ill-repute in which he and his youthful subaltern would stand iiefore the unthinking of their northern fellow-citizens on the mor row; for, as was only natural, the dep uty marshal had squared accounts with ("lose by laying the blame for the escape of the prisoners, the peril of the be leaguered posse, and the riot and insur rection in C'hittomingocounty uj>on the captain and his lieutenant, who. he said, though wea.ring the uniform and hold ing the commission of the United States, had refused to come to tlie aid of the officers of the law. "I ought to be back by nine o'clock," was the message the captain told Cor pora' Cunningham to takeout to camp; but Cunningham was the ingenious youth who first accosted Mr. Lambert on his arrival that morning. nr.d Burns hod l'early shaken the life- out of him when he heard the story the men were passing from lip to lip. Cunningham was a young fellow with a better opin ion of himself than liis employers seemed to entertain, and, though fair ly educated in the public schools and in n business college of-his native city, a fondness for Bowery life and associa tion with Bowery boys had undermined his usefulness, lie enlisted after los ing his situation, and, coming toCIo« - company when clerks were hardh be had at any juriee, wos put into the company oflice instead of the awkward squad. Then came a vacancy among the corporals; the young fellow, beiug a new broom, had svfept clean, a.n.d was so helpful about the books, papers and the like for six weeks that. Close gave him the empty chevrons, and gave Burns abundr.nt cause for another out break of blasphemy. There mfght have been some way of licking Private Cun ningham into shape, but there was none whatever of reforming Corporal Cun ningham. lie was not nil bad, however, for by evening he began to realize the extraordinary solecism of which he had been guilty in the morning; so he was actually ashamed to go near the lieu tenant, and never even repeated his mes sage to Burns until nine o'clock had come and the captain hadn't. Then Burns went over to the lieutenant's tent, where Ihe youth sat wrapped in his oven-oat, trying gloomily and with stiffened fingers to write some letters by the light of a single candle. "I suppose, sir. the captain meant to ride the mule back himself. ITe could have got to Potts' place before- six and back here by eight, easy. 'Tisn't likely they'd ask him to stay to supper. I'm only afraid of his get tin* into a row. and him all alone." "I wish he could ha v e beer, eon ten' to send for the mule instead of going." said Lambert. "Any of the men could have gone, 1 suppose." "Well, sir, the trouble is that he'd have had to send the men on muleback, or else pay their fares over ou the cars. The captain has a pass, and it doesn't cost him anything; arid he's afraid to let the mule be pone over night. It's mighty easy losin' 'em among all these niggers, and they might charge it up against the captain's pay. The captain has stuck close to camp so far as these night posses have been concerned, but he'd hunt the whole state for a lost blanket or bayonet. And he always goes alone—and gets wharf, he's after, and he's had no trouble worth mention in'; but that fellow I'otts was impudent to him to-day, and he was slow 'bout seeui' it at first; now, though, he's got his mad up and gone over there to get the mule and satisfaction both; that's what I'm afraid of, sir. He lashed I'Ormeleee to-day for bein' 3 coward, and —beggin' your pardon, lieutenant —though the captain aint much on mil itary, he fires up like a flash nt anything like insnlttotlieflag." "Do you think it advisable to send after the captain?" asked Lambert, after a moment's reflection. "There's no way we can send, sir, 'cept afoot or behind a four-mule team in an army wagon. We only had that one saddle mule." Lambert stepped to the tent door and looked out. The sky was overcast and the darkness thick. A wind was rising and whirling the sparks from the cook fire over by the road, and from the pipes of the men sitting smoking and chatting in little groups about camp. Some had come to him at nightfall and sought permission to go in to the village, and he had felt obliged to refuse. After the events of the day it seemed wisest to hold them at camp, and he had so in formed Sergt. Burns. As he stood there now looking uneasily about, first at the dark threatening sky, then at the darker shadows about camp, Lambert thought he caught sight of three or four forms, vague and indistinct, hurry ing along the bank beyond the fire. "Who are those men ?" he asked. "I don't know, sir. I warned the com pany to remain in camp. I'll see." And Burns turned quickly and made a tun for the opjiosite end of the company grounds. Some of the men started up and stood gazing expectantly after him, and the chat and laughter suddenly V - Try it s wltu •tiffened to writ# 0 one let ters. ceased. The shadowy forms had dis appeared; so, by this time, had Burns. Then there came the sound of his power ful voice, out by the road: "Halt there, you men! Come back here!" Then followed a rush and scramble in the bushes, and the sound of 1\ ot falls, rapid and light, dying away in the darkness. Then some low lauiruterai-d comment among the men. ll.' n Burns came back, and. without waiting to re port, sternly ordered: "Fall in!" Knocking the ashes out of their pipes and buttoning their overcoats—a thing they might have overlooks! before tin lesson of the day—the soldiers slowly obeyed the unusual summons. Burnj got his lantern and quickly called the roll. Four men failed to respond. Leav ing the company still in line, the ser geant hastened to the tents for tlic absentees. Two of the number were found placidly sleeping. Two were away entirely—Privates and Murphy. "If I'm not mistaken I saw three shadows," said Lambert, as the sergeant made his report. "What would the cap tain do if he were here?—send a patrol?" "The captain never had a night roll call, sir; but he wouldn't send a patroL That's only a good way of not ketchin" men, unless they're too drunk to run. It wouldn't be of much consequence, only for that man Biggs bcin' one of 'em. He's a troublesome case. If the lieutenant approves of it, I*ll sent Sergt. Watts and a couple of good men without arms. They can find whoever's out. What 1 don't like about it is that some body jumped the fence into the Walton place." "The old homestead across the road ?" "Yes, sir. There's been some trouble between the captain and the Walton family. He ordered the men never to enter the inclosure on any pretext, the old lady made such a row 'bout it." "Who lives there? Surely they ought to welcome our sending responsible men over to drive off our renegades." "Well, I don't know 'bout that, sir," said the sergeant, with a nervous laugh. "If there's anybody on earth the cap tain's afraid of, it's old Mrs. Walton. She's a terror. Xothin' of the unpro tected female about her, sir, though she and her daughters live alone there. Both her sons were shot during the war; one was killed, and the other's in Havana —or Mexico: said he'd never surrender, and won't conic home. I reckon they're pretty hard up there, sometimes, but you should see how the old lady rides it over the captain, sir. 1 wonder she hasn't been over to pay you a visit. Shall 1 send after Riggs aud Murphy, sir? It's like sendin' goo,l money after Hart. They haven't a cent, either of'em. and if town was their object there's no use in their goin'; nobody would trust'em." Then came interruption—the sound of u horu, on ordinary tin horn, too, noav ing through the dark and muttering night. "That's her, lieutenant. That's the old lady herself. €he reads prayers reg'larly at half-past nine every night, and some of the niggers are out yet. They used to have a conch shell that pounded pretty, but Farmelee said they had to sell it. They've had to sell pret ty much everything, tryin' to keep alive." Again the sound of the cheap and despised tin. Lambert recalled it as a jiecessary concomitant of the street boy and straw rides about the Christ mas holidays, and its summons, be thought, was never to prayer; it called for many a lively malediction. "Sen-l Sergt. Watts, if you think it advisable," said he, briefly. "I'm going up on the road a moment." Again the blast of the horn, short, staccato, imperative, and then an im patient, querulous voice at the north end of the porch —a voice calling: "You, Elinor! you wuthless black gadabout! wh' ah you?" And as Lambert scrambled up the steep path and reached the road an other voice, low, tremulous, eager, close at hand, whispered: "Oh, I thought you'd never come! Hyuh! quick! Leave the money, shuah, and the pail, t'maw'ow night." And then, with a rustle of feminine garments, bending low, a slender, girl ish form shot across the beam of lamp light falling from an east window. Another form, also feminine, scurried away from the hedgerow and some thing came rolling out into the road way, clinking against the stones. There was sound of voluble reprimand and flustered explanation at the north end of the building, a quick, kitten-like pat ter of little feet up the rickety old steps in front and in an instant the girlish form seemed perched on the window sill. There a second or two it hovered, motionless, until a door slammed around at the north side of the house. Then in popped the slender figure, out went the light, and but for the sigh and complaint of the night wind in the rustling branches of the old trees about the veranda all was silence at Walton hall. [TO BE CONTIXrED.] In a Bad Waj. The man from the city, whose buggy had mired in a particularly bad piece of iroad, was lashing his horso and swearing in a loud and reckless way. He stopped a (moment to address a Quaker farmer who was driving care fully around the mudhole. "Why don't you keep the crust of the earth in better condition in this neigh borhood, old man.?" he asked. "Friend," answered the unruffled ag riculturist in drab, climbing leisurely out of his wagon and coming to the assistance of his fellow-traveler, "thee ought to be grateful that the crust has not giveu way and let thee down into tha brimstone lake in the center!"— Chicago Tribune. A Startling Qnotation. "I don't seem to get any sympathy whatever," remarked Willie Washing ton. "It depends a good deal on where you tell your troubles whether you get sym pathy or not," replied his friend. "I suppose so. I was talking to n friend of mine—a sour old fellow — übout my disapopintments. I told him how Miss Pepperton liad refused, mo for the third time this week, and how six girls had jilted me since October." "And didn't he feel sorry for you. "Xo. He simply looked at me liorct anil exclaimed: 'A fool for luck.!' - 1H PERSONAL AND LITERARY. Kit it Humbert of Italy is the most h<\w i!;. -insured man in the world. The amount of r.suranre lie carries is over ?7.so<The 1: te czar, Alexander IIL, was insured for $5,000,000. —The maharajah of Baroda (Gack nor), the nivim of Hyderabad and tea mah'i rajah • ■ f Mysore are the only three i:ative potentates of British Tndia who are entitled to a salute of "I guns. J ■!:. ii. St' «rj\ the well-known Aiiier :.-.m art".-;, is putllnir the finishing touflio to a >p' it<- 1 life-size portrait of the prince oi \\ ales, which he has painted upon an order from Mr. William Waldorf Astor. —The late Alfred Xobel, the inventor of dj namite, was an author as well as a distinguished engineer. Some of his English poems are said to rise, to u very high plane. Shortly before his death he wrote in Swedish a drama, "Beatrice Cenei." —Mmc. Dieulafoy, wife of thefamous explorer and orientalist, is one of the very few women permitted by the French government to wear masculine dress. Mme. Dieulafoy accompanied her husband to the. orient clad in boy's at tire for convenience and retained the garb when she returned to civilization. —Baroness Burdett-Coutta heads the list in a vote for the most popular wom itn in England outside of the royal fam ily. just taken by a London newspaper. Ellen Terry and Adelina Patti come next, by the countess of War uiek and Lady llenry Somerset. —!Sf. Osires, of Paris, who recently bought the Castle of Malmaison, is hav ing every room in it carefully restored. Among the l>est known rooms are Xa [x>i eon's study, billiard room and draw ing-room and the room in which Em press Josephine died. La Petite Mal maison, where Josephine had her green houses, has already been restored by Count de Barri, brother of the King of Xaples. UP IN A CYCLONE. The Extraordinary Experience of a Physician. How it feels to be caught up in a cy ■ ione is graphically described by Dr. W. F. Michael. The doctor's adventure occurred at Sherman, Tex. He was hiving through a cemetery when a cloud loomwl up before him, coming directly his way. He sprang from the carriage, unfastened the traces, turned the horse loose, and started to run for a place of safety. He had gone but 50 feet before the storm was upon him. The doctor's own words are: "I heard a roaring sound when the storm was two miles or so distant, but it was beyond the hills, and I didn't dis cover that I was right in its path until it reached the nearest hill, from a half to three-quarters of a mile south of me. "It looked lfke a great ball of vapor rolling over and over, and seemed to be about 250 yards wide and 100 feet. high. Whatever it struck was lifted right up from the ground. I saw the effects as it came to house after house between the hill and me. When the ball reached Mr. Chisholm's the house went right up in the air off its foundations. It was whole until it was up ten or fifteen feet. Then it went all to pieces, just as if it had exploded. The same thing hap pened to the other houses. "Above and around this rolling ball of cloud the air was full of bite of boards, tree limbs aud other things which had been gathered up. "When the. ball reached me I had got to tlie east tcuve of the » r, had thrown myself down beside it. All at once the bright da\ .ight disappeared, and I was in total darkness. The picket fence, posts and all, was lifted up and camo tlown flat upon. me. Then two trees fell on the fence. In a few sec onds the trees went up in the air, the fence followed. "I felt myself drawn up off the ground by some invisible force. I didn't lose consciousness. It was so dark 1 couldn't tell how high I went, but 1 was high enough to escape the monu ments in the cemetery, and also the tree-tops, perhaps 10 feet from the ground. "As I went, along in the air I tried to keep an upright position, but couldn't. Something kept turning me over und over in one somersault after another. I passed almost over the cemetery be fore I struck the ground. I came down easily at an incline, just ;is if I were be ing lowered in the. tail of the storm. "But I was still moving along, and when I hit the. ground I went over and over for at least 30 feet. The lessening force would raise me a little and then let me back, until, at last, I dropped into a hole just inside the north fence of the cemetery. "I was conscious all the time, until I stopped rolling and settled into that hole. After that I knew nothing more until people from the town were about me. My best friends didn't recognize me. From head to foot I was covered with mud. My hair was plastered down with it. "At first it didn't seem to me that I was much hurt, but niter awhile I dis covered that I was bruised from head to foot. While I was in the air it seemed as if things were pecking at me all the time. They must, have l>een boards and other flying wreckage." —Philadelphia IJecoTd. Poverty's Wan. "It is an absolute disgrace to b« ragged," said the critical lady, "but 1 would like to know if you enn give any excuse for the —ah—absolutely awful condition of your clothes. Don't you think a scrubbing won Id do them good?" "I know it would," admitted Weary Watkins, "but the fact is times is sc hard that I can't afford a valets" —In- dianapolis Journal. Pro nml Con. Mrs. Todgers—l am always in favoi of giving the under dog a show. Mrs. Kodgers—lt's a wonder, then, that you don't remove the pressure from your husband once in. awhile. The ensuing affair was not governed by Queensburv rules. — Cleveian'3 Leadet After the Fire. Mrs. Query—Did you save any of your clot lies? Mrs. Deery- No. I only had time to take the pajn-rs out of my hair and put on my l>est nightdress. —U]>-to-Date. A tiood Sebetne. Mrs. Bigsby lets her husband practice on his cornet at home." "What's that for?" "It gives her an excuse to be away all the time." —Chicago Record. Noah Wa* Propliet. Sunday School Teacher —Who was Noah? Pupil—He was a weather prophet. When he said it was goiug to rain, no body believed him.—X. Y. Tribune. An Important Qnesllon. "Jle told me, papa, that liis sole aim in life would be to make me happy." "Who in thunder's goin' to make the livin' then?" snorted the old gentleman. —Detroit Free Press. I)l«l IIlit; a. Favor. Pedestrian ito footpad)— Money or idv life, is if' 1 was wondering how 1 vI.- i t.. live throtigh ihis *cek. Now 1 won't have to. \ cry kind ofyou* Shoot away.—Boston Transcript.
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