VOL- xxxiv
COMING. COMING.
' ' to
jSI thu^day -
MAV "27.
THE OREATEST, GRANDEST AND
THE BEST OF
America's Big Tented |
Enterprises!
HONORABLY CONDUCTED. HONESTLY ADVERTISED.
Circus. Museum. Menagerie and Royal Roman Hippodrome.
Three Rings, H.Jf Mile Race Track, /,000 Features, 100 I'heeornenal Acts, 25
Clow ns, 20 Hunicane Races, 4 Trains, 10 Acres Canvas, 10/xio Heats, 1,500 Em
ploy?*, 6 Bands, 50 Cages, A Drove of Camels. 15 Open Dens, A Herd of elephants,
94.CXXVJO Daily Expenses.
Itffcy . .'-• we -. ■ •-•-J r--<: ' uvu, 1 w*.ui
* i»ilit."'!)!-■J.- 1 CC«acr^>.
Tl?e Greatest Performers in the known world are with the
Great Wallace Shows thi* season, including
THE 9 NELSONS, SIO,OOO CHALLENGE ACT.
The Werntz Family Aeriealists. Tlie 4 Maitells, Bicycle and Skating Experts. .
The 10 Dellatnea/ls. Statuary Artists. The Sansfini Sisters, Female Samsons. 10
Principal Male and Female Erjuestrians, The 3 Petits Aerial Bars-Extra, rdinary 1
Mme. Duprcs' Trained Elephants. Rowcna, the Head Balancer, and Grand Spec- (
tacular Ballet, 19 Coryphees, (led by 3 Sisters Maccari, Premier Danseuses.) ,
OUR STREET PARADE.
At 10 A. M. daily is the finest ever put on the streets. A Sunburst of Splendor, !
M Triumph of Art, Money and Good Taste, with Lavish Luxury of Spectacular lif- 1
<ect, with Greatest Professional Features Conceivable. Excursions run on every
Jiue of travel. No Gambling Devices tolerated. Never divides. Never
jfiaappoints. * «
mx— .—= ———————————— t
Better Late Than Never, j
ONLY A FEW DAYS MORE AND BICKEL S GREAT ODD AND !
END SALE WILL CLOSE. i
The Attention of Shrewd Cash Buyers is Called to This Adv.
The Following Goods Must Be Sold At Once
jfk> pairs ladies' heavy f'
-.100 pairs child'* grain shoes. "5
-450 pairs ladies' fine serge slippers 2 5
280 pairs grxK 1 grain slippers 5°
126 pairs men's double sole heavy stioes. ' 00
C(\ Cases Rubber Boots and Shoes to be closed out K(|
Regardless of Cost. \J\J
The Mentioned Goods Are at Half Price
READ ON* """ iPEAJt READERS READ ON,
too pairs inen'» fine buff '
4r»o pairs men's working shoes v
qS pairs Rtwria calf shoe*...' ■■■ *
I yi pairs fine calf shoes ( latest style)
pairs boy's fine shoes tipped,.
ifk> pairs youth'* buff shoes
Large Stock of Men's and Boys'
Plow Shoes, Cheap.
irooils arc all warranted to be jierfect ill every reaped and they are only
•oUI at pnves named on them to make room for the new K'xxls. If you want to
get some footwear cheap—take in this sale,
New Spring Goods
Arriving almost every day *nd to" much cannot lie said in praise of them. ASK
to see our line of ladies' and genu ph ocalate, wine color and fine Dongola shoes,
they are lieautiee, and also our line of <J*fords in different colors.
Repairing Done, REMEMBER THE PLACE.
JOHN BICKEL.
128, S. MAIN St. BUTLER, PA.
_ .. . . . • .-JS- ■ I
ffm ' aisS g. f. keck.
, Cffii -|hU| merchant tailor.
142 North Main St., Butler, Pa.
V: When we make you a garment or a suit
J-T \ —you niav be sure that every st'tch in it
1 v --■ ' - ~jj. if perfectly made. (Jur esjieciul pride is
i" the quality of our tailoring, we pay high
\ • , lv wage'i and employ first-class tailors, so we
/'■ \ i ' % get the highest grade of garments and you
TV K " UT prices are lower than others,
r V/C keep the largest stock of goods to
•/. c fc/f-r.t from. Call and examine lor your
/J, sell, FJTS (itAKAN ri;l I) reinemtier the
Tiiiri - ?iace "
fi F KEHK Merchant Tailor.
Ul I ■ 111— Vll? ,42 N. MAIN ST., JSt TI.KR, I'A.
:: "THE COMMERCIAL," S
( W. K. THORNBURG Prop'r., Evans City,
\ ) This popular bouse has just been entirely remodeled
, and refurnished. Everything-convenient, .ui<i guests A
v/ill alway.-» receive close attention. y
Located near PostolTicc and !'.&• \\ . I)«-pof VVlien
inKvansCity t>p at the Comir.en ial. Hell Tele- .L
-THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
WE ARE MAKING
Good clothes at surli low
pnces that po-jr ones are no
longer wanted.
[if • • 3
IT T i i
p There is a little something ai.out
; \ i
I 5 the collar and lapel of our coats \
€ €
• and a certa:n graceful hang of the f
1 0 m
J trousers that makes them original.
| # It is in part of the details, a
j 4 knack which cheap tailors cannot >
acquire no imtUr !k>« l" •! is the W
0 5
j • material they use. 0
WE INVITE
.
Your inspection of our new
Spring Patterns and a c. -»u
par.son of prices.
ALAND,
MAKER C'F
MEN'S CLOTHES
A Perfect Cut.
When you get a suit you want
it made A perfect cut is
necessary. High grade goods, a
perfect cut and careful workman
ship are a combination which
give the best results and these
are appreciated by the customer.
In thai way he gets his money's |
worth.
A Standard Established. You
see it yourself. .«o one need ex
plain to you why the clothes
made by us are th<- fnost popular.
Ours is a standard that makes
them perfect. We keep our
goods up to the limit of perfec
tion and our workmen all assist
in making the clothes first-class.
It is Easy Enough to cut into ,
cloth unJ tu«»i »»* I* i i
takes ability to obtain perfect re- |
suits. Our tailors are the best, j
our cutter an artist and the per- ;
feet results as natural as the mis- i
takes of others. Because our |
clothes are the bt:st, people want
them.
WEDDING SUITS A SPECIALTY.
tlFll tO
Cor. Diamond. Butler. V*
MPS
UL m jn^sgik """'J'
Tbe Place to Bnj -"
GAS COOK
l\'G AND HEATING STOVES,
G/\S BURNERS AND FIX
TURES, HOSE, BATH TUBS,
ENAMEL AND
IMP VIftLSHBACH GAS
BURNER,
W I tI'RRIEN i ON
j O7 East Jefferson St.
APOLLO GAS LAMP.
f 1
|APOU«FL
s X.
jT ATOLLO
O
a
Price complete with By-
Pass and Glass Chimney $2 00
With Mica Chimney $2.25.
Geo. W. Whiieliill,
AOKNT I'OK BUTLKR, CO
IW EXAMififcil) mv. OF CHAKttE
IR. L. KirKpatricK, Opiiiido and Jewelei
j Ntxt to Court Iloui.e Hutler, Pate
ICr (•.diiatc I.a l'ortllarolci;icl Institute.
No Cripe
When you take Hood's Pills. The big. oH-fash
! loned, sugar-coated piUs. which tear you all to
file res. are not in it with Hood's. Easy to dike
Hood's
. and easy V> operate, is true
*| B
■ diT" in every r.-«] • -t. I I 5'
Safe, certain and sure. All : fc i?
► I drv*s.->ti. 25c. C. I. Hood & Co.. I ..ell. Mass.
I The Mil* to take '-'.itii ilund i tars;i;..u :iU
»
I Thi* I* Soar Opportunity.
H On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
I a generous rample will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh ami flay Fever Curd
(Ely's Cream Ba'an.. sufficient to demon
strate the grt merits of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
56 Warren St , New York City.
Rev. John Reid, Jr.. of Grr at 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
ctire for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, 50 cents.
PEHLYAHA HoJ
WFSTEN PENNSYLVANIA DIVISIN.
Ka It aD TI .1 r r.. ? -
Western Ptrnsylvan.c. Division.
Scho'l'iln in tfl'ect Nov. 1C IW<6.
South. —*—Week ii'.ye —«-
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I'-'itlerJiid principal iuterniedlate
and ;::r, r. M.
W.-ek Day I'or the Sti't Week IJj; h.
a 111 a. in. p ;u p. in.
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Pbilndelphia.
'l'iirough tr.iiui for the ci.;t leave f'i'.i
L»:y (Utsioa ! -"at»o»ij an fo'lon.':
Allati! c Uipre i.-, daily £VJ A.
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ii UUTCIIISOK, J. U. WOOD,
irr.t'-rrt! .V >T:iper. t'er.'l I'i r A|{eiii.
pITTSJiUKfi & WESTERN
*■ Rail w.t) . Allegheny Short
Line. Schedule in effect, July 19,
1896.
Ilutler l Ime, Uepart. Arrive
Alieglieny Acconiioo<lat.lon. 025 aril ;a25 am
Alli-Kbeiiy Flyer H 15 am to 00 am
Akron >f:»ll. H 10 am 7 311 pm
N*'Wi'Hstle A'•corn • H 15 am a 2.5 am
'A':'*omO :'i '5 .• 1.1 12 - 1 > [mi
Allexln'iiv Kxpresa 2 pin! 4 |>i.i
CllleaKO Kxpri-HB '! 35 pm 12 20 |illl
Alle«ln'nj Mall i; 05 pm 7 ::<> pm
' KIIWXMI Aceomo 0 Or, pm jMt |*M
I lei «■> KXDI'PMH 1; 115 pm 9 25 am
Km'- ami liraiilonl Mail 10 05 itm r. 20 pm
I'iarlon Aoooino f> 1 • pin 9 B'Jam
KoxburK A' lMimo 7 35 I'll! It 05 am
BUNHAY TKAINS.
In-Forest Jut. Accono * 15 am 7 mpm
AUfkcn A' - ':oino ; In no am
eiueaKu Ex press 3 35 pin; 4 51 pin
AlP'Kheny Aceomo 0 OS prn' 4 51s pm
I'ullman Buffet rtleeplnt; 1 ars ami .Tr:it -cla»
'lay 4'oaeties nin tbrougb betwi en Hutler HI 1
ry.ticuio dallv.
Kur i hrr...i<li tickets to polntx tb' W>-st
Northwest or Snutliwent apply to
A. It. CHOUGH. AK'-m
Butler. I» a
TralriiiU-avnUieß.lv O. depot In ' l'l»tlni:({
.or 'be Kant a«Tottowf.
Km WeililncUii. !>■ c., BnlUmore, I'lilladcl
phi t. n.l New York. 1 :.V> and 9®) p. rn
'JumlM'fl <Pil, 7 :.io.a.m. I :tO. 9r2Ti p. m.i'oi.-
li. iHvllli'. r:in. 7-i'>. a. m 1.10. 4.3n. 4 45. 5.30. 9.J0
,1 m. tlnloritown. ''.2o a. rn , 1.10, 4.30. B.mi p. m.
(jnlontown. r triWH and Fairmont. 7,30. 1.
rn, and 5,3np. m, Mt.Fleasaiit 8.40. 7.3" a. m.
.10 aiid I.SH pm. Wahlilrigti n. I'a., 7.40 .mil
30 11. rn„ 4.0".1 4R apd 9.0 c. it 55 p. m. Wi ii l
i'K, 7.40, and 'i.i»o a. m.. and t.oo. 9.00. 11.55 p.
citiUnnatl, st, l/xilH. ( oluinbtui'irid New
srW 7.40 a. rn., 9.10, 11.M p, m.
For Chlcaco. 2.40 ai. l ».30 p. rn
S'orlor and ulc eplntr earn to Baltimore ft juh
liiSTt-in. ciiielniiatl arid ( lilcairo.
H. 0 DUNKLK, Hhii Sup'.. iny, I'a
C. W. IIAKHKTT, A.O.P A Alletthoriy. Pa
H. I'. KBYNobDM, S'ipt.. Pox'itirg, I'n
'P HE I'ITTSBURG, SiIICNAN-
GO & LAKE ERIK RAILROAD
I IMK TAIILK— In effect Sunday, Dee
30, 1806. Trainn are run by Standard Cen
tral Time (90th Meridian).
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M. A. BERKIMER,
Funeral Director.
337 S. Main St., Bntler-
BUTLER. THURSDAY, MAV, IK^>7
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[Copyright. I3«M. by J B Lipi ncott Company.]
IX.
Sunday morning came, gloomy,
cloudy, with the wind still moaning
ainonjf the almost leafless branchesar.d
whirling dust-clouds from th • crocked
roiid. After a night of so raucii excite
ment camp slept late. Lambert was
i aroused somewhere about seven by a
! scratching at tbe tent tla;,. and Sergt.
i Burns, answering the summons to
j "corn ; in," poked his freshly shavi :1 face
j through a framing of white canvas to
j ask if he mipht send the l ieutenant some
breakfast from the cook-fire. It was
barely-24 hours since hisarriva! in camp,
and so crowded had th se hours been
with event, experience ai:rl novelty that
the young - oflicer seemed to fen! he h:nl
been a month on duty. Tin re lay his
bine flannel blouse «,t ■! • f..ot of hiseot.
Unseen hands had tossed it from the
window at which on his first appear
ance the previous n':'lit a slender, white
robed form had been piteously crying
for help. He drew it to him and
searched tlie left shoulder strap. Y
Even now three or four curling ha.. 3
were twining like the tendril: if a vine
oliout its dead-gold border and across
the field of sky-blue velvet —another
vogue to the flay. "Sin- had time to dis
entangle the mass, but could not nee
these fine filaments in so dim alight,"
he laughed to himself. "Only fancy
what my Merrimac madre would say if
she were to hear that a pretty head—a
southern pirl's head— had been resting
on my shoulder the very first night I
pot here! Only fancy what the damsel
herself would say, if she had a chance to
say anything! And as her mamma—
well, what wouldn't she say?"
Lambert had lots to think of as he
made his soldier toilet and came forth
into the gloomy, moisture-laiden air,
for the southeasterly wind was sweep
ing the rain clouds up from the distant
gulf, and nature looked bleak and dis
mal. Two items occurred to five him
comfort. No nor.i-r had he stepped out
into the opi 11 sj ::ee than the OIK - r.trv
at the other end of the camp shouted*
"Turn out the guard—eon manding of
ficer!' which was unnece ary at the
distance and under Hi" circumstances,
yet clearly proved that tht disposition
among the men was to "brace up" in
recognition of the arrival of 1111 officer
who knew what discipline meant.
And then, looking suspiciously a?
though he ha<l been waiting for a clianec
iS^^ous^a^i/Vi: 1 ft} ■
Burns'tcntstood Corporal l iiniiingham,
company clerk; arid tlie salute with
which he honored the camp commander
was as pregnant with good Intent as it
was clumsy In execution. Somebody
had placed an empty clothing box by |
the side of the tent, covered itvv itli can- j
vas fly, and set this improvised table for ,
on«: with the best tins the eompjuiy j
afforded. Somebody else had carefully I
blacked the lieutenant': boots and shoes. I
and presently up came a young' lennati
soldier bearing the lieutenant's break
fast ou the company cook's bread board,
which was covered with a clean white
towel.
"Burns is one of the oaks, at any rate," !
thought Lambert, as the sergeant fol
lowed to see thivt all was in proper order.
Bam and eggs, "soldier coffee," u can of
jjjilk, corn-bread and hardtack, were set
before him with pardonable pride and
Burns explained that they l>oiiglit eggs,
milk, and corn-bread of an old darky
who came over from tin: village almost,
every day. Then Lambert bethought
him of his captured pall of '.utter, and
brought it from the tent. "This does
not belong to ine," he said. "It rolled
out from the Walton hedge last evening.
Do you know who their regular cus
tomer is?" I
"1 don't, sir. Yet I know Mcßrlde
and others sometimes had butter— good
butter too, like this. The captain
doesn't buy any, and wouldn't allow the
company to buy any there. Not that he
cared, sir; only the old lady was so up
pish ami made such a row w hen any of
our fellows were seen even talking to
her people that he gave regular orders
forbidding It. No one from the Walton
place dare set foot inside camp, and he'll
make it hot for Uiggs when he gets
back. Murphy is ICHS to blame, but will
have to go to Ship island all the stunc, I
reckon."
"How arc those two this morning?"
"Kiggs is stupid drunk yet, but Mur
phy swears he'd only gone to try to get
Itlggs out rif trouble; lie d hardly been
drinking at all. He begs to see the lieu
tenant, sir. He says he can explain the
whole thing."
And so, later that morning, after
Lambert had given his men a further
lesson liy Inspecting both company and
climp and pointing out no end of thin|/*
which could not, lie said, lie tolerated
In future. Murphy was brought to his
tent. His fact- and hands were badly
cut In places, but his bruises were of
little account. With the best inten
tions in the world, the good lady had
not tho strength for the trounclnK 1 'lO
fellow had deserved at her hands. The
story he told wan hardly credible, iiam
bert could have ordered him back with
sharp rebuke for his falsifications, but
a glance at Burns' war-worn face,
clouded and perplexed, made the young
commander pause. "Do you really ex
pect me to believe this?" he asked, and
Murphy answered: "I'm ready to make
oath to It before IKb jiruwte,uorr."
Aud this. In effect, w*Mlhelrlsliman*s
tale : 110 had known his "bunky lti^fM^
—only since that worthy'* enlistment
In the comjMiny the previous winter,
but T JIIH much of Itlggs almost every
body knew; tlwit ho bad been a ser
geant during the war days and win
serving an enlistment 111 the regular
cavalry when <lep r ived, for persintcnt
drinking, of his chevrons. I In* troop
to which he was attached had been sta
tlonrd at tju 1 UnaU and In this SeCtkiU of
the south for « year or more, but was
ordered to the Indian country just
about the time of Itlgirs' discharge by
expiration of term of service. Then,
I after a protracted spree In New Or
! leans, he turned up at the barrack* and
ft took OH" a gall) in the Infantry, and in
tho vrry o<»i!i f i.* Iny vvhleli,enuu ;h,
vw»« w oon onU-ri »i|» to t !»•• rrp-ion he
I knew so well. Indi id, Rlffg 1 claimed
when drinking to have acquaintance
I not only with the Walton ladies, but
with some of the most prominent men
' In Oukniun county, and frciju ruly
boasted of the good times be would have
could h" only get ovpr there. Another
thing a' out Biggs: Fie bad twice pot
Murphy to go as his substitute on cer
tain detachment or po- - :» duty, offering
as excuse that marching wore him out,
yet admitting to Murphy that theTC
were other re-.isons. "There are men in
this section who'd shoot me on eight—
get the drop on me —pick me off from
the woods or fences," he had explained.
Murphy believed him. and believed, too,
his statement that he had powerful
friends -ven among officers and gentle
men w' o had fournt through the war
on the Eouthcrn side. "lie got money
when he needed it, and 6pent it like a
gentleman," said Murphy; whioh, be
ing interpreted, meant that he liberaJly
squandered it on his comrades.
But Riggs had of late been out of
money; he "couldn't hear from his
friends," said Murphy, and was getting
in trouble. He owed poker debts In
the company and liquor debts in town,
ne couldn't get a drink on trust and
the men were shy of playing with him;
but he had always been liberal to Mur
phy when in funds, and Murphy stood
by him now. About nine o'clock, there
fore, the previous evening, he noticed
that Riggs was greatly excited when an
old darky came shambling in and gave
him a little note. The negro had oc
casionally come before, and did not
seem to belong either in town or at the
Walton place. Riggs stole out to the
road, despite Murphy's warning, and
came back in ten minutes, bidding Mu
rphy in eager whisper to be quick and
come with him. It was evident even
then that Riggs had had a drink or two.
Murphy reminded him of the lieuten
ant's orders and begged him to run no
risk; and then Riggs broke out and
told him that, come what might, he'd
■imply got to go to town, and Murphy
with "him. He would explain when they
got out of camp, but there wasn't a
minute to lose; and Murphy went along,
"just to keep him out of trouble." Out
In the darkness a stranger joined them,
gave Riggs some low-toned orders, but
refused "to let him have another drink.
They were stealing along tlie road to
gether, trying to dodge the flickering
firelight, when it suddenly flared up
and must have betrayed them, for a mo
ment later they heard Burns shouting
after them. Then the strangeT "lept
the fence" into the Walton place; Riggs
darted away and ran like a streak, so
he followed Riggs.
Klg:' i-lowVd up anrTTofil wiiiiT lie "UAH
agreed to do. At Cohen's store wns a
box containing some, expensive wine
and cordials which had been prescribed
for Mrs. Walton two weeks lx'fore. by
their old family physician and ordered
Kent from New Orleans. Tt WHS one of
the snd cases common in th» south in
those hard times. Miss Walton, who
wrot/) the order without her mother's
knowledge, hod 110 money to ht-nd, and
the firm had none to lose. She explained
that tine, wine was needed at once, and
the money would be at hand in. tho
course of ten days. The wine wan sent,
care of fVihen & Co., with instructions
to collect first; and not until this night
hurl there been money enough to pay for
It. Now "a gentleman," w-liom Riggs
knew well, had brought tlicm help;
but lie biiivsi lf could not go to TtlgaJoo
because of certain past event* with
which he was Intimately connected, and
Done of the Walton servants dared go,
because of t he tremendous stories in cir
culation concerning the ewnts «if the
day. Tlie gentleman luul come a long
distance at big ri.sk to sec the Ituly,
Riggs declared, an/1 must getaway that
night.
In this dilemma Riggs was called on
for help. His chivalrlc nature was
aroused —presumably; or possibly "the
tiger luid tasted blood" and needed more.
Riggs had got the gentleman's last
drink, 111 ul the money for more w as now
in his hands. But the gentleman, bad
stipulated that a reliable man must go
with him to fetch the precious packet
In case Riggs "got full;" and Murphy
was the man. "We got tl» - IK,X, W>rr,
an' Riggs Ida l*/ttlo of liquor, an' come
back all right, an' we stolo In tlie re us
we were bid, an' raised the cellar door,"
an' I carried down tine box to the futof
thlm slippery sb-|«i meself, for Riggs
was gettln' noisy-like. An' thin we
stole away, niver disturbm' anybody,
sorr, only doln' the, |**ir teddy a kind
nefw, as we were towld. We didn't see
or hear annybody. It was aft.her it all
tho th rouble oune."
There was pathos in Murpliy'« de
scription of the "throublc." '1 heir task
accomplished, Murphy sought to get
Riggs to his tx-.nt, but the man hod
drunk just • no ugh to be rabid for more,
and in the struggle the. 1 Kit tie fidl with
tlu; gill or two remaining and was
smashed, 'illls was Indeed a catas
trophe. Riggs had that fearful craze
for alcohol which Is satiated only when
the victim lapses into drunken Ktujx.r.
Murphy got him to the tent and to I**l
and thought he had him safe, but awoke
loiter to find him gone— gone for more
liquor; but where? None was to l>o
bad in camp, unless he broke into the
captain's mcdlenl stores, which. Mur
phy argued. In* wouldn't 1 lan; attempt
with the lieutenant lying there along
side. All of :i sudden It flashed over him
that his wretched "bunky," after hav
ing faithfully acquitted himself of his
trust Is-fore the fatal wlilsl.y-logginpof
his moral MMISC, hod now irtolcti off In
the darkness to rob the very houwliold
for whose, raku, or that of the bribing
liquor, he had braved punishment.
Riggs luul gone l>ocl< for that wine.
The Irish soldier had hi* faults, CJotf
know , but de » rt.lon of his fellow,even
in fin I *', of torture, Is not one of tlieni.
Murphy stole away, luiplng It. was not
too late to 1 eeaptures Riggs, and inime
upon him, jui t IICH he feared, tugging at
something uit the foot of those dark
and slippery «tcps. Then came a sirug
gh that, after at hist. b«> h.ul Isiriw his
fiercely battling comrade up into the
night, left Murphy lireatbless and ex
luuisted. And then came tlu; rain of
blows that toppled lilin, crashing, into
the ruin of the hot-lied.
"She eame upon me that sudden and
f urlous - 11 ke, sorr, 1 coiildn t explain;
i, 11' It was tryln 1 to pacifleate her 1 was,
baektn' off, 1111' niver se<- the hot-ix d l»e
--hind me for the hot batin' I wus get
tin' afloat. All' thin whin she had me
down 011 the flat of me back, an* grasp-
In' nt thim glass works, poor Riggs,
niver know in' what he was doin', sorr
only to help nu\ prappled with the ottld
1-tdv for the purj-o--? of e.\|ustulatin',
1 an" thin that ctygarwencfi run >.creech
j in* into the bOMT, an" the young lady
; err i' shriekin* to the windy, nn* the
1 ''T.n" r—the pent!* ::;nn—li-nt to the
: vide t 1 .ir. an' I :i-ca!!in* to him to come
| nn* ■ 11 re • ■ tin* : whom he pot
into the scrape, an* there was more
! scr.-amin", an, he niver so much as axed
to fihpake, but run fur his life when the
lieutenant jumped in an' batthcred
Ivige-h, who was only ask in' a chance to
explain." -
"Do you expect me to believe that any
gentleman stood there and saw Kipgs
j grapple that poor old lady and never
raised hand to stop it?" asked I.am
; bert, almost angrily.
"It's God's thruth, sorr. lie was
1 iru.kin' motions, crazy-like, but he niver
, came outbid., that doorway until he
I saw the lieutenaiit, an' then the lamp
| wint out. wid him a-runnin'."
The lieutenant pondered a moment,
j Ilad Pergt. Turns ventured on an ex
: press ion of doubt, the interview would
have come to an end at once, with Mur
; phy in disprrace; but Burns looked full
1 of honest perplexity, and yet belief.
"You ought to have had sense enough
to know I should lie fflad tosenrl to town
for anything Mrs. Walton needed," said
Lambert. "Why didn't Riggs ask per
mission?—or why didn't you?"
Murphy was certainly frank. "Sure
we both knew it would be anybody but
llipgs the lieutenant would send. We
were guilty enough of going to town
without permission, an' drink in'; but
It was charity, not thavin', sorr, that
we entered the parden for."
"You may send Murphy back, ser
geant, We'll have, to hold him until
Kiggs can tell his story. Of course,"
said Lambert, as the Irishman was
led away, "if there's anything in this
story about the stranger, it helps their
case materially. There was certainly
something queer about the agitated
words Mrs. \Yalton used just before we
came away —words about their testi
mony and preventing court-martial.
You heard, did you not?"
"Yes, sir—a little, anyway."
"Can you imagine who tbe man is,
or account for his strange behavior?"
"I can't sir. It might have been one
of those three or four that Mr. Parmelee
hauled in—one of the Potts crowd; but
the idea of his standing back and letting
the old lady have that tussle all to her
self! That couldn't happen, sir, north
or south, unle.se—" And Burns stopped
short.
"I'nless what?"
"Well, sir, tinlera there were reasona
he daren't let her know he was there."
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
A coon imui.vMxa,
I
M 1
Doctor—What your husband really
wants, maritime, is a complete rest. Now,
if you could only—
Lady—But he won't listen to me, doc
tor.
Doctor —Ah! that's a very good tie
ginning.—St. Paul's.
A T«»n»t.
Here's to tho x>r«»ttW-st;
JUTC'H to the wittiest;
I fore's to th© truest of all who aro true;
Here'n to the neatest one;
Here's to tho sweetewt one;
Here's to them all In one—wife, here's to
you.
—Chicago Timea-Iferald.
\ot * lilt rrlghtrsed.
A little girl wit. tfu/.ing fixedly at the
new I ion net of one of he»r mother H vis
itors, until tlu: caller smilingly lusked:
"Do you like it, my dear?"
The child innocently replied:
"Ye*, 1 do. Mamma and Aunt MJlly
said it was a perfect fright, but it
doesn't frighten me a bit."—Titcßlts.
A llopefw
"I think," tiaid young Mrs. Torkina,
"that we will like the new serrant bet
ter than we did the other."
"for what reason V" inquired her hus
band.
"She carries a smaller luisket to and
from her home." —V\ a«lilDgtou St*r.
Ifatl Joln.-.l (hr I'liorch,
Clerk—Sir, I've joined the ohureh.
(irocer Klght glad to hear it; I've
been a member for win* years; It's a
splendid thinß, and —
"Yes, sir; ami will you get some other
clerk to sell those pure spices now ?"
Adams Freeman.
She- Wan Well Uuulllled.
"That Chicago woman rlrelurcs that
she knows all about mauagiug bun
bunds."
"Well, why shouldn't she'.' She lui.i
taken a post-griraduaUj course."— Brook
lyn Life.
, ll> Cuiii|iurlHon.
Tom (rapturously) Thatdairynian's
daughter is a beautiful creature. Slie
has hair as golden an the butter her
fatlie.r sells.
Dick- Yes, and eye» nii blue us the
milk ho sells. l.'p-tj^Date.
I'* Ikllrf n u It Out.
Day—Why <hr you claim that that
headlight of yours Is u Jewel? Kvery
orio knows it is [uiste.
Week). I i a.ii prove it- pastie has con
sistency, and i<insisU-noy la a jewel.—
Chelsea l'ree Lnnce.
T«<» Views.
"I'lunks is aJI torn up u-lsiut that
burplary."
"Vu; anil Mrs. l'lmiks is t.ieklrd t<»
deatli brcausi-. now cvuryliody knows
that, she liad seven do/en silver i jioons
to Ik? stolen." Detroit Fl'ei> I'IVKS.
Srufil lilr.
Me bm evidently don't believe In
long cngiigeinentM.
Sin No. Not if you really lnt«*nd to
marry your liaiiee. It I x too much at u
drain tin hi resources. Brof»klyn Life.
\\ ll,lt,*«l JllNt Tliut It 11111.
Darce My wife !•< troubled with
shortness of breath.
I»«• I'ly ppi* If you hai»]>en to gctadi
voree, let me know. Tow 11 Topics.
. VMfeMH,
She You look tl«» words right out of
mv nioutli.
lie You uiunui't talk when I'm kis»
ing voit. N. Y. Journal.
If. I n.ll> llimr.
"I heard her Im> ting t.'iut ►he could
write with both hands at once,"
"Well, 1 gue thut'u right, bhc unes
- ivimwrlter."— Chle.u*ro l'ost.
4
STATES THAT PRODUCE STONE.
Vermont I.ftnl* I a Murulc find Maint
V in Granite.
9 Some facts of an instructive nature re
flating to the stone industry tire fur
e nished by Mr. Day in the annual report
t of tiie United States geographit aj sur
» %ey. It appears from this that certain
I , of the southern states are gradually
; ; coming into prominence sw extensive
i producers of atone, and also that tit
j sorts of stone quarried have been mod
ified of late years. An instance in point
• 1 is to be found in Alabama, which in
3 1595 furnished more than $250,000,00 C
r v. ortli of stone, ir.:«tly limestone, al
though somo ,-uui 1 lone is worked there.
A similar illustration is presented bj
? Connecticut, which once divided the
sandstone ykid with New Jersey, but
produced last year little more sandstone j
> , than Massachusetts, while Xew Jersey
1 showed only one-third as much as Con- (
. | necticut, and little more t.han Kansas ]
- I or Michigan; and Pennsylvania, un
' ' known a few years ago as supplying
sandstone, recorded a product in IS9C
I ; equal to Connecticut and Sew
I Jersey combined, and more that;
1 i any other state than Ohio. Ir
1 I granite production Massachusettskeept
1 the first place, with Maiue not far oil
while Vermont is rapidly overtaking
Maine, and Rhode Island keeps up the
output from its splendid quarries in and
t about Westerly to nearly sl,ooo,oooworth
a year. Mew Hampshire comes fifth oc
1 the list, with about half as much. It
t marble, Vermont, as usual, leads all the
- other states, its output being about
double t hat of Georgia, which is second
• 1 in amount; Tennessee, is third.
1
RAILROAD ACCIDENTS.
A Dt-creiiHC In the Number of Fntall
tie* Laiit Year.
The record of railway oceidents print
ed every year in the ltailroad Gazette
shown a decrease of fatalities in IS9C
and also demonstrates again how safo
a traveler really is on a mode r u rail
way train. For instance, 12G passengers
were killed last year, but. thetrain mile
age was 834,200,000. This means that
on the average a passenger can travel
over 0,000,000 miles before, being killed
in a railway accident; or, to put it ic
another way, he can travel buck and
forth between Xew York and San
Francisco as frequently as the train
will carry him about 30 years before his
fatal accident is due.
It appears from the same authority
that about one-quarter as many per
sons were killed by street car accidents
last year as by disaster on the steam
roads. There are no data at hand foi
comparing the two modes of travel,
but it teems probable that the steam
roads are considerably safer than t.lie
trolley curs if the distance traveled be
token Into account. The figures do not
show how many of thone set down as
killed by trolley car accidents were
passengers and how many innocent pe
destrians who failed to get out of the
way in time. It hardly seems as if the
latter could be. included, for the total
given for three- years for the whole
country Is only about equal to the list
of those known to have beeu killed
by the trolley care in the city of Brook
lyn in that- time.
FURNISH COLLAR BUTTONS.
Modern I.nnlailrira Uniiiuge tbeStreei
Vendor's Ilunltii-MM.
Modern method* in at least oixi iiu^
bwI |>e at the wile-walk merchant who pa
tiently stands for hours on a downtown
corner trying to .sell collar oud shirt
buttons. Nobody ever tlhinks of buying
any buttons from the luckless man, be
cause everyone who patronizes a laun
dry gets buttons for nothing, and in
the course of a few months lays them
up by the says the Chie-ago Chron
lcle.
Some t Line agt> when a shirt came from
the laundry it luid beside the grease
from the Ironing machine and the ink
from the marker'»table*, two pi ils thrust
desperately through the stretched linen
holding the Imsom and Nick of the gar
ment in place. There are no more plnn
sent home with shirts. Some bright
luundryman started a new era by fur
nishiug small metal buttons, which are
■lipped into all the button holes of tin
shirt, causing it to hold its shape |ier
fect ly. The other laundrymen were not
slow to follow, and now half the men
on the street wear these little charity
buttons for shirt studs. They are made
of lead or some similar soft metal and
evidently do not cost much, for nhirts
are done up cheaper and done up more,
by the way, than they were when the
humble but serviceable pins were used.
So therefore the jjutient street sales
man finds a slow market with u elown
ward tendency for his collar buttons.
Quren'a Hud Itelntlvea.
In time* gone by IUI Knglish duchess,
her grace of Kingston, underwent im
prisonment for bigamy and forgeiry,
and to-day there are actually relatives
of <>ueen Victoria "doing time," says
the Chicago News. Count and Count
ess of Leiuingen In-long to the princely
house of that, name, and the first hus
band of Queen Victoria's mother was (
a prince of Lclningen. The count is In
tin English penitentiary and the eotm
tess is confined at Vienna for a long se
ries of crimes, which include forgery,
blackinuillng and swindling.
Wrliiht of the lOnrlh.
A scientific man who has given much
study to the question has come to the
conclusion that, the weight of the earth, 1
taking the ton us the unit, is expressed
by a tlguro *i\ followed by 21 ciphers.
There ts no reason to believe that thin
estimate is fairly accurate, and also to
be thankful that In the nature of things
it Is impossible to drop the earth on
one's tex-s.
A It I vf-r rrti-lllt-H.
The water of the KiverTlnto, in Spain,
hardens and jw-t rifles the sand of its lied,
and if a stone fa I let in the stream and
alights uj Km another in a few meynents
they unite and iH eome om- Htone. Fluh
cannot live In Its waters.
Just Hie Tliiitv.
Brown I want some excitement.
.To 1 Cet engaged to u girl who has
a sin,ill broth nr. Town Topic*.
TOO MI-FLOMIV\TK.
/#, V «r' ,
1 bJI ' 3
, ".*>'•• Mi.-.- ( oiisluiiee, I <l/ imt'lilkc."!
The ur actio® bus become so effeminate
Xo 20
Tiin i;xn OF TUE inna
%.
Old Lady (anxiously )— Say, conduct
or, doe's this train stop at Chicago?
Conductor—Well, if it. dou'i, madanie,
| you will seu one o£ the smaoh
, ups that- ever happened!—Up-to-Date,
Facts in. (lie Caae.
Thc» man who says he loves to work.
Makes statements false and rash;
lie really means ho do.isn't shirk.
Because his toll brings cash,
—Detroit Free Press.
An KmtiHrraHiliiK Mistake.
The Dear Child—Oh, Mrs. Brown,
when did you get back'.'
Mrs. Brown—Bless you, elear, I was
not away anywhere. What made you
think so?
The Dear Child —I thought you were.
I heard my momma say that you were
at Loggerheads with your husband for
over a week. —X. Y. Journal.
Holds Her Aire.
Mrs. Wuinwood —I was speaking with
Miss Elder to-day. She says that every
boily tells her tljut she holds her age re
markably.
Mrs. Grimm —Yes; she has been 30 l'or
the last six years, to my knowleelge.—
Boston Transcript.
The FftßUlonablc Kind.
Brassey—W hat drove the poor fellow
crazy ?
Keeper—He was an architect, and
he went crazy trying to construct plans
for a three-cornered summer house wijh
17 gables.—Philadelphia Press.
A Domestic Difficulty.
"It's too mean," pouted the young
housekeeper. "She is very disobliging."
"Who?" inquired her husband.
"The servant. I have disesharged hei
and she won't go, and I think it's real
impertinent of her." —Washington Star.
The Wine Child.
Mother —You don't know how you
worry me, dear; why, my hair is tum»
ing gray I
Florrie- My, how you must have wor
ried grandma; her hair is all white!—
House-hold Words.
Item! uisccncca.
"After all, we have much to lie thank
ful for in winter."
"What, for instance?"
"Well, I'm glad I'm. not lighting flies
out at that, farmhouse where we staid
last summer." —Detroit l'ree Press.
1
Grimes to-day, and that she wis looking
heaveuly.
Wicks -Yes; sometimes the heavens
are cloudy, you know.—Boston 1 ran
script. _____
Nut That Knd.
Bock ton —Bees axe very quick-tem
pered.
Neudick—ln other words, they are
hot-headed.
Buckton—Oh, no; just the opposite.—
Philadelphia Press.
Un till- Score of Taste.
"They say that cholera never uttacks
an old smoker."
"Then something good can be said oi
the cholera microbe." —Chicago Trib
une.
Friendship Defined.
"Penelope, what is your idea of
friendship?"
"It is letting a woman tell you her
troubles when you are elying to tell her
yours."-—(Btafi l liecorel.
She liHd Divided.
"What a small mind Mrs. Venlynne
has!"
"Naturally. (The. has given her hus
bund ~0 many pieces of it."—Tit-Hits.
Couldn't lie Worm-.
"Isn't that Featherbrain tlu>.freshcst
young fellow you ever saw?"
"So absolutely fit h that there's nc
salt In h's tears."- Detroit Free Press
Wliy Thuy Arc Expensive.
"Tha reason bicycles cost bo much,"
explained the ugent, "is that the cost
of manufacture —"
"The jrason Wcyclcß cost so much,"
interrupted the rider, "is that jieople
arc crazy enough to puy so much for
titeni."
And the ngcmt did not feci that lie
was justified In entering a denial. —GhJ-
augo Post.
How He Clot It.
"I wonder how he got such a good
job," he suid.
"Why, don't you know?" she re
turned. "When he applied for it he
tolil them tliut his marriage the follow
ing week depended upon his getting
something to do at once."
"And thfcy gave it to him?"
"They did."
"How ready people art! to help a man
to get into trouble, aren't they?"
She didn't answer. She. didn't, feel
that she could answer without exhibit
ing a temper that she usually tried to
keep in concealment. —Chicago Post.
A I'rmoticml Trit.
•'Here, stop that!'*
Tliis exclamation came from young
Mr. Hiuiclwood and was addressed to lit
tle Bobble lUvcrside, who was keeping
the young man company until Bobble's
big sister should descend to the parlor.
"What are you sticking pins in me
for?" Mr. lluzclwood demanded of the
little fellow.
"Pa said that you w ere thick skinned,
and I wanted to see if it was so," re
plied Master Bobbie. Pittsburgh
Chronicle-Telegraph.
Did Illiu Q*od.
"Mister," said the small boy to the
druggist, "glmnic anot her bottleo' them
patent pills you : old father day before
yesterday."
"Are they doing him good?" asked
the clerk, looking pleased.
"I d'no whether tlicy'rw doln' father
geswl or not, but they're doin' mogeiod.
Tlu-y jis' fit my new slung hot."—De
troit Free Press.
Amply Demonstrated.
"llow singularly it happened tliat
.Mis. D lawari' wa , able to lind jiroof
tiiat she hud known her liusliand in a
jH-ev ions reiiiearnat ion."
"How does she- discover it?"
"She found a letter she had given him
to post in 11 former state of existence."
j —Buffalo Times.