VOL- xxxiv MRS. J. E ZIMMERMAN. 1897 FAIL SNBODSCEiSfiSI. 1897. We take ple.isure in announcing that ive have already received our first shipment of new I'all Dress Goods, new Kail Styles in Fancy Silks, and also the tact that our orders were all placed before the new tariff became a law. We have our Winter Wraps, Blankets and Yarns and Woolen Dress Goods. Styles and quality guaranteed at lower prices than ever. Attention, Teachers, and also Visitors to the Butler County Fair. We invite you to tnake our store your visiting pla.ce whilst attending the Teachers' Institute and the Fair. You will receive a cordial welcome and have the opportunity to inspect one of the finest, most carefully selected up-to-date stock of Goods, Wraps, Millinery and Ladies' Tailor-made Suits ever brought to Butler, A FEW SPECIALS. 25c All-Wool Novelty Dress Goods 36-inch, value 39c 39c " " " " " 50-inch, " 50c 50c " " " " " 40-inch, " 75c All-Wool Country Blankets in plain white, scarlet and plaid, at (2 49 to $8 00 per pair. 69c New Fall styles in Fancy Silks value 85c 75c " ft 00 Space forbids our mention of all the money-saving bargains that await you her Come in and see for yourself. Mrs. J E Zimmerman- ARE YOU IN NEED OF CLOTHING? IF SO, CALL ON T. H. BURTON, 120 SOUTH MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA. - 4-V'V' I^l+tft.j.t:•. • / • fffi! ai\| G. F. KECK. rW f MERCHANT TAILOR. If 14 2 North Main St.. Butler, Pa. «. fjK" 0 £ When we make you a garment—or a suit L —you may be sure that every st ; tch in it 10* i °' i ' • * perfectly made. Our especial pride is 1) in the quality of our tailoring, we pay high \ \ J\ V* wages and employ first-class tailors, so we W 9 C ?L know our prices are lower than others, Js* l """ and we keep the largest stock of goods to f 1 ,'J />> o-(- select from. Call and examine for your- Vrn\l\ self, FITS GUARANTEED, remember the V|\} * U place. G F KECK Merchant Tailor, W " 1 1 ill-VIV ,42 N. MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA. J. S. YOUNG. Tailor, Hatter and Gents Furnishing Goods. Summer heat makes the problem of looking dressy and keeping'cool a hard one. Bat we've solved it; and for once economy, comfort and fashion go hand in baud Our summer suits are finer in fabric, nobbier in pattern and more stylish in cut han ever before, they fit your curves and yet they're not sweat bath outfits . The prices may surprise you. J. S. YOUNG, Tailor. 101 S. MAIN St., - - - BUTLER, PA The Wise Grocer. Will try to indue* his customers to boy the very best gro ceries in the market, because by so doing he makes a sale that will give satisfaction, and it is the pleased and satis ficd customer who builds up the grocer's business. We liave some of the very ljest goods obtainable which we sell as close as any house in the county. Leave us your order and we guarantee satisfaction. The Butler Produce Co., C L MOORE, Prop'r 130 W. Jefferson St., Butler, Pa. IF YOU GET IT AT THE BUTLER PRODUCE T'S FRESH. a - WHILE YOU ARE WAITING For your prescription don't fall to look „ over our line of perfumes, we have re- / ■ 1 ceived some very fine ones lately, and | : S\ will lie pleased to have you examine ) Us/tow tbem - wsajfr We al9o have a very assortmtnl A- *- - ' of tooth brushes made expressly for us Jyy wl'" b bear our stamp, these brushes X> we gt.ir- ntee and request the return of {{/ any thit prove unsatisfactory. __ ■ r- You may need something for your ij\l7 chapped bands and face, and if so we ~ recommend Cydonium Cream as a fine toilet preparation. REDICK & G ROHM ANN DRUGGISTS. PEOPLES PHONE. 114. BUTLER PA THE BUTLER CITIZEN. RAILROAD TIME TABLES P. It L. K. ii. SC. Schedule <-.-ngcr Trtiiis !■: • ' f ii. i- as Tolfewrs n nrn.it Lak . >r ... , • a. lr ... Mall 9:56 a. Nt id G ■ <>i il«.' w Taouati«-u m. r *"' - ,rii\i i f v. a. <V»ni<- ••>:«. Lake Kxprea* jp. m.. Ere.' r >' p. in. at . Green i viiie Aecuuiui • on u . 1 ) «. 111. Sl v Trains. CwiiUfKUt 1 . . if'" s.. . . a. iu. and airi't •••i p. 111. Train lenviTii.' t 7.25 makes connec tion with Erie fty. at Shen.u)<o. w«>.. I train leaving at >"> nin.vcs connection , with N Y cV; P at Mercer and with ! Erii at Shenango. east; train leaving at ] 5:0.") makes connection with N. Y. & 1". lat Mercer, north and south. A. B Crouch, Ticket Agent. 1)11 TSIiUKG & WfcSTE .N * Railw.ij Sclicclult- of Pas sei ger Trains in cflcct May 16, 1897. Butler Time. PejiaiT. Arrive. .«ll*gh4»i)y AooomniodatiuD ♦» 2-> A.M 9 17 A.m Allegheiiy u Flyer" 815 " i* .'l2 " New i Accommodation.... 1 "»o p.m 9 17 " Akfoa Mail 815 am 7(B pji Allegheny Accommodation !•» «•:"» " il 1» 44 AUv>fb* iiy Kiprw ;i u"> p M 4 v» " Allegheny "Flyer" 3 06 " rhicago £xpre?« 3 Af) u 12 18 " Allegheny Mail s♦» ** 8 0<» ** Allegheny "Flyer" 7 (« 44 Ellwood Accommodation r » 4<» " 7Ui " Chicago Limitcl 540 " 917 A.M Kane and llrailf<>r>l Mail 9 32 A.M 5 30 p.m Clarion Accommodation 3 15 P.M 9 55 A.M FoxUirg Accommodation 7 10 44 ' 8 06 4 * SINDAY TRAINS Allegheny Exprem 8 15 A.M 9 32 " Allegheny Accommo<ia!ion 5 4«» P.M 4 55 P.M New Castle Accommodation ..... 8 15 A.M 7 (Kl " Chicago Expnw... 340 r.M 4 55 44 Allegheny Accommodation . 1 7 tKJ 44 Trains going north at 9:i*2 a. m. and 3:15 pa m. make close connection at Foiburg for }>oiiitN on Allegheny Valley Ry. For through tickets to all i>ointM in the wesi, north west or southwest aj-j.lv to A. B. CROUCH, Agent. R. B. REYNOLDS, Sup t, Butler, Pa. Foxburg, Pa. C. W. BASSETT. A. G. P. A.. Allegheny, Pa PENNSYLVANIA Ri^ D . WESTEN PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION. ScHr.nt L;: in EFFECT MAY 17,1897. SOUTH. WEEK DAYS > A. M. A M. A. M P M. 1' M. B1 TLEB... :. 6 SB B 00.11 W 2 3 \ »n>»nrg... V •: 54 8 11 38 ««• 28 l*»i: I• -i .1 itM >i •• 7 84812 02 3 2 Bntlei Junction. Lsave 7 30 « 4s. 12 it: 3 Xaiiona \ri i\«• 738 8 s«'» 12 25 .35. «• "2 Fa on. 742 9 02]12 I 42} i 7 Claremont... . 9 25 1 0•, 401 r« j7 Slim M » 3l| 1 09j 1 12 «> -'»2 Allegheny 827 9 43, 1 211 4 25} 4:; A. M A M P. M.|P. M -I N*J)AY TlAiN>.—Leave Bntlei for Alleg? uy Citv and prin. ii 1 intt.-/mediate etati »i»n at 7A"> m. hi., and&OOp. m. NORTH. WEEK DAYS A. M.I A. 111. \. MP M P. M. \ilfgln I,v ■ ,tx , , 7 '» (Mil 25 26. .5 10 r ' 7 11 9 1211 -7 ;06 ....| 9 1911 16 313 Kyriufdale ... 9 3011* 69 10 7 Tarvaitum ...... 7 34 9 3912 08 $ I.'. 1 1*» Natrona 7 9 13 12 13j 3 51 •» *1 flutle. !•••. ; .11 ~ 1 :» .'rft 12 4 < " '»• Botler Junction.. 7 IT '.<• 12 25 » 1' 7 a 1 10 15 12 19 4 r24 111 i Li.ii h lo •»* 1 17' 5 7 ' A. M. A M. I M.jP. >i i M 81 mi TS i \ . •«!..(' i ftVMdfrixi i' M UatesUd n : r •"•a.m. and j>. m. WKEK DAYS FOR THE EAST WEEK I>AYS P. M.j A. M.i I'M P.JI 236 «> 25jlv Bui' ar .... 1 17 325 7 27 ar Both Junction !v .... 12 25 3 30 7 4'» lv Butle Junction ar 8 J» 12 08 536 7 49jar Fi orl h 82t 339 753 " Allegl>» Junction " 82412 01 351 8 041 44 Le« . M„. L " 8 09'll 49 198 21 (I M IpoUo) M 763 11 12 4 35! 851j 44 SalttiJ ijr, 44 73011 "9 508 922 44 Blairs\ille 4 * 7 <*» lo 4«» 5 1" «i :v» " Hlai' -A i!I.» I liters*■» lion... 44 5 2" 1" 16 8 50 11 35 44 Altoona 4 * K ULX 100310 44 Ilan-Mmrg * % ....* •"* 1° 4 o'J 6 231 44 Philadelphia 14 ... H2O P. M. P. 31.1 A. M P. M On Sunday, train leaving Butler 7:35 a. in., connects lor Harriaburg, Alt«>oiia and Pliila<lelphia. Through traiiiH for the eai«t leant* Pitbihurg (Union Station), i us follows: Atlantic Exprem, <laily 3:30 A.M Pennsylvania Limited * 4 7:15 44 Day Express, ~ " 7::<o " Main Line Express, 44 8:00 41 Philadelphia ExpreM, 44 4:.'W F.n Eastern Express 44 7:0.» " Fast Line, 44 8:10 41 Philad'a Mail, SumlayH only 8:!0 A.M For detailed informa.ion. address Tho*. E. Watt, Pass. Agt. WeHtern District, Corner Fifth Avenue and Smith field Street, Pittsburg, Pa. J. B. HUTCHISON, J. R. WOOD, General Manager Gen'l Fassr. Agent. The Place to Bny"^*^ GAS COOK ING;AND HEATING STOVES, GAS BURNERS AND FIX TURKS, HOSE, BATH TUBS, F.NAMEL AND IMPROVFO WELSHBACH GAS HUrINER, W.H. O'BRIEN I ION. 107 E st JeiTerson St. GAS LAMP. I | L-pollM J*' \ APOLLO .X Price complete with By- Pass and Glass Chimney $2 00 With Mica Chimney $2.25. Geo. W. Whitehill, AGEN r FOR BUTLER, CO PEE KEEPER S SUPPLIES SUCH AS Hives. Smokers. Bnxxl Frames, Sections, Section Boxes, Brood and Surplus Founda tions. The best goods at the lowest possible prices. lames B. Murphy, Mercer St., Wot End. Butl r. Pa. L >«ar k*is«rvre*Qr*<e>r BUTLER, THUHSDAV, AUGUSTS. \Hi)7 Much in Little Is especially true of Hood's Fills, for no medi cine ever contained so great curative power ia so small space. They are a whole medicine Hood's chest, always ready, ai- ■ ■ ■ ways efficient, always sat- all xsfactory; prevent a cold | | | or fever, cure all liver ills, lick headache. Jaundice, constipation, etc. 25c. The only Fills to taku with Hood's Sarsai>anlla. Tliia In Yonr Opportunity. On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps, a generous sample w ill be mailed of the most popular Catarrh :in*l Hay Fever ( ure (Ely's ("ream Balm sufficient to demon strate the gn~.i merits of the 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 poai ; 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 cents. Road and Bridge Reports Notice is hereby uiven that the following road and bridges have been confirmed nisi by the Court and will be presented on the first Saturday of Sept. Court. I*'J7, tieing the 11 day of said month, and if no exceptions are filed they will be confirmed absolutely. li. I>. No. I, .Tune session. 1*97. In re peti tion of citizens of Washington township and vicinity for a county bridge over the south branch of Slippcrvrock rrc-ek at a (M)int on the road leading from the North Washington and Sunbury road to Moniteau and Coal town. in said township, between lands of Meals heirs and Wm. Martin and Frank Milliard. March 3d. 1897, viewers appointed by the court, and June 7, lsU7. report of viewers filed stating that the proposed bridge is necessary and that the same will require more expense than it is reasanable the township of Washington should bear and locate the site thereof where township bridge now stands, and that no change is necessary in the bed of the public road. June 12, [BO7, approved, notice i«> be given according to rules of court and be laid I*'- fore the grand jury at next term. BY THE COURT. R. I>. No. 2. Jane session. 18i#7. In re peti tion of citizens of Concord township and vicinity, to vacate, change and supply a part of the Concord and McGrath Mill road, which lies bet ween a point, at or near the old coal bank, opening south of the house of John T. Wick, to a point at or near the in tersection of the Boyd stow a road with the Concord and McGrath Mill road north of ••aid house, a distance of about twenty rods. March 4th. 1«I7, viewers appointed "by the court, and June 7. l-i»r. report nf viewers til ed. staling that the proposed change is necessary, and have surveyed a road be tween the points named. So damages as sessed. .June IJ. IstC. approved, and fix width of road at feet; notice to be given according to rules of Court. BY THE COURT. li. D. No. 3. June session. ISU7. In re peti tion of citizen* of Centre township for a public road beginning at a point on the pub lic road leading from the Butler and New Castle road to the old Mercer road at the in tersection of the lands of Sarah J. Johnston and N. C. Stephenson and extending thence to a point on the public road leading from! the village of Cnionville to Kalsion's Mill, at or near tlie house of Samuel McKay, in said township. March, 8. 1 s*.i;, viewers ap- I pointed by the court, and May 2H. IW7, re- i ;>ort of viewers filed, stating that the prob .»>.•<! road is necessary. and have surveyed a road between the points named, the pro vable cost of making said road, three hun -1 red dollars, to be borne by the township, and damages assessed to Samuel McKay, fifteen dollars; to Alexander Brewster, ten dollars, each to be paid by the count v. June 12. 1 si .» 7, approved, ana tix width of road at -EJ feet; notice to l>e given according to rules of Court. BY THE COURT. R. I). No. 4. June session, 1597. In re peti tion of citizens of Forward and Penn town ships for a public road l>egiiining at noint on the Three-degree road in Forward town ship. on the line between the lands of Charles Conaby and Mrs. Caroline Heber ling. running thence to a point on the Bi'ownsdale and Glade Mill road in Penn township, on line of lands of J. A. Hartze 11 and W. S. Weible. April 12. 1 >4*7. viewers ap posed road is necessary, and have surveyed a road between the points named, probable cost of making said road, about one nundred dollars, to be borne by the township. Haul ages assessed to W. S. Weible, ten dollars, to Ije paid by the county. June 12, 1897, ap proved, and tix width of road at feet; notice to be given according to rules of court. BY THE COURT, R. D. No. 5, Juno session, 1897. Ia re peti tion of citizens of Parker township for a county bridge over Bear creek, at the place where the public road leading from Martins burg vo Parker City crosses the said creek. April 12. IMJ7, viewers appointed by the court, and June 7, 1597, report of viewers til ed, stating that the proposed bridge is nec essary and will require more expense than it is reasonable that the township of Parker should l>ear. and locate the site thereof where the township bridge now stands; no change is necessary in the bed of the public road. June 12. 1897, approved aotlce to be given according to rules of court and be laid before the grand Jury at next term. BY THE COURT. li. I). No. G, June session, 1897. In re peti tion of citizens of Washington township for a county bridge over the middle branch of Slippery rock creek, where the public road leading from West Sunbury to Farmington crosses said creek, in Washington township, near the Keystone mines. April 21. lJift/7, viewers appointed by the court, and June 7, report of viewers filed stating that the proposed bridge is necessary, and will require more expense than it is reason able that the township of Washington should bear, and locate the site thereof where the township bridge now stands, and no change is necessary in the bed of the public road. June 12. 1897. approved. No- ' tice to be given according to rules of court j and to be laid before the grand jury at next i term BrTHiCooif. K. I). No. 7. June session. 1897. In re peti- ' tion of citizens of Butler township for a pub- i lie road to lead from East Jefferson street ' extension to the Butler and Mlllerstowii road near the Butler Chemical works. May 24. 1897, viewers appoknted by the court; and I June 7. 1897, report of viewers filed, stating that the proposed road is necessary and I have surveyed a road between the points named; the probable cost of making said road, $250, to be borne by the said township. Damages in the sum of fifty dollars assessed to Rev. Wm. White estate. June 12,1897, ap proved* ;in<i fix width "f road at 38 feet. No tice to be given according to rules of court. BY THE COURT. R. I). No. 8, March session. 1897. In re peti tion of citizens of Forward township for re view of road in Forward and Penn town ships from a point on the Petersville and Brownsdale road, at or near the county bridge in Forward township to a point on the Meridian road at Renfrew, In Penn township. April 12, 1897, viewers appointed by the court, and June s, 1897. report of viewers filed, stating that the proposed road • is necessary and have surveyed a road be tween the (joints named, the probable cost. IBM, to be borne by 11s♦ • townships. Dama ges assessed to Casper .Nolsheim. thirty-iiv. dollars, to be paid by the county. .June 12. 1897, approved, and tix width of road at f« < t j notice i" be given according to rules of court. BY THE COURT. Certified from the records this 4th day of Aug, IBS 7. ISAA4 Ml Kh9 Cicrk S. Court. Widows' Appraisements. The following widow's appralsmcnts of personal property and real estate set iippr. fortlie benefit of the widows of decedents have been filed in I lie otHce of the Clerk of Orphans Court of Butler Co.. viz: Widow of Charles L. Hrackney fIKXI <m James Orrlll :iik> mi 8. S. Forrester ;k«) is L. K. Galitor isiMi HO Samuel Graham .me oo C. N. Brown 3C3 00 Ceorge Holm . 200 s.j Nicholas KnaufT . :wn 4.s " William I.ardin (real) :jOO iK> All persons Interested In the aliove ap oraslements will taki 1 notice that they will lie presented for confirmation to the Orphans Court of liutler county, l'a., on Saturday, the 11th day of Sept.,A. I>.. IMJ7, and if no ex ceptions be tiled they will lie confirmed ab | soluteiy. ISAAC MEALS. Clerk O. C. Hotel Willard, Reopened and rea ly for the accommoda tion of the traveling public. Everything; First-class. 9 MRS. MVTTIE REIHING, Owner i; tiubticrib® tcr the Ciiium ! JUST EN' TIME. i Carroll Trainor was to go to Mexico to f make his fortune anil Lila Havens had j promised to remain true to biro till hia re turn. When they parted, he decided to re turn to Baltimore at once and make ar rangements to goto Mexico. Lila Havens I went on alone to friends she was to visit at Sharpsburg. '•We expected you this morning," said i her hostess. | "Yes, dear, but, you si e, I was ur.avoid *bly delayed. What a lovely day it has been!" "And there is a telegram foryou, Lila." '•Really? Something aunt forgot to mention, I dare say. Excuse mc." She broke it open carelessly. ''Dear mo!" Sho puckered her brow. "Only fancy! s The admiral is coming down here tonior s row." The admiral appeared on the scene at noon the day following. "My dear Lila," i o said, "I mutt have a littlo-talk with you." "Yes, uncle." i "Lila, my dear"—they wsre quite nlom I —"I have had a pit j-esi.l for your hand in niarriaf-C. If I hud cbi ,-en lie roan, 1 could not tie better pleased than to see you the wife of Judge Mason." "Uncle! He is more than twico iry [ uge. I never dreamed of it." p "He Is a young l: an, ny diar—a vigor ous yourp man. He will idolize you. You knew he adn*irtd uu.'' "He is a v. lricwer." " But his only daughters ji arrltd." ! "Oh. uncle, it—it. is ot:r of t!.o ques tion." "My dear, you give me grrat cause for i apprehension. It will disappoint me ter ' ribly if you do not accept him." "But, uncle, I ain tut 18. Why should I marry for five or six years yet? I'll never he young butor.ee—never!" she salt! pa 1 tbetically, "and I am not a penniless | creature that requires a home. I might i be allowed to pick and choose." "My dear"—tbeold man looked sudden ly grave am! j ale—"there is bad news. You must makeup jour mind to meet it brave ly." Lila's face reflected some of the paleness of bis own. "Uncle—my—my money—have I lost ' it?" "There has been a tirrible financial fail tiro. I hardly know how to tell you. We only beard yesterday, and we don't know for sure as yet. I am afraid—Lila, you must bear up—l am afraid you have lost nearly all you had." The girl leaned back in the chair. There was a stunned look in l»er face. She did not speak. The admiral went on, speaking more rapidly: "I can hardly blame myself. It was an undreamed of thing. Of course there is a little real estate loft yon. Hca\eu knows I wish it had been all in houses. Judge Mason"— "Oh," the girl broke in suddenly, "he won't want me uow—when ho knows I am penniless!" "My child, he enme as soon as he knew it." She went to her room and locked herself in. Then she wrote to Carroll Trainer: "I am no longer rich. There is no use of an engagement. I have lost everything. Perhaps you will be rich some day, Car roll. If so, you must come and find me." But she said nothing of Hon. Thomas Mason. Trainor felt grievid at the tone of the letter. He wrote back reproachfully. She had made a promise. Perhaps she sought to be released from it. If so, lie would re lease her. In her place he would hardly have so written. But, then, he was only a man. The girl's soul siukened within ber. A brief note from Trainor told her that he I was just leaving for the gulf const, where he would llnd a steamship for Vera Cruz. Ho thought be would never return to the United States. A great despair oame over her. In her sensitive state she felt that he no longer cared for her. She capitulated and consented to receive Three months iiaSPpassed. xm was to take place the last week of June. Miss Havens was to become Mrs. Thomas Mason. The wedding invitations were about to be sent out. The wedding day was fixed a fortnight hence. Miss Havens, out on a ■hopping errand, turned a street corner sharply and ran against soroo one. She looked up and grew pale. It was Carroll Trainor. "You!" she said faintly. "You didn't expect to see roe? Lila, for heaven's sake, Is it true that you are going to marry Judge Mason?" She nodded with an effort. The idea of the marriage to which she had become reconolled, but never enthusiastically dis posed, suddenly seemed sickening. Her whole soul revolted. "Carroll!" she gasped. "Oh, Carroll! If there were any escape!" "Kseape? What do you mean? Isn't it your own choosing? Are you being forced into marrying the old widower?" "I—l—oh, you seemed not to want me, and uncle and aunt seemed not to want lue! Nobody seemed to wunt me—except Judge Mason. He was very kind, but I never have loved him. Carroll, if you had not deserted me!" "I—deserted you! I've just returned frotn Mexico," said Trainor, "and I'm going back there at once. I've got a splen did chance. It's lonesome for a man to be by himself. The climate is like paradise." The admiral and his good lady were at the breakfast table. His morning mall lay before him. He took up the top letter of all and gazed se verely at it. The handwriting was Lila's. The letter bed been posted the night be fore. He opened It, read it in silence and passed It to his wife. "Do not send the invitations," it said, "for I shall not marry Judge Mason. He is a good man and will understand It was a mistake. I lovo some one else and have gone away to marry him. We shall spend our honeymoon In a palm thatched hut In Mexico." Mrs. Blair could not speak. After a moment's silence the admiral observed: "On the whole, I'm glad the marriago is off. The judge's daughter was greatly op posed. She might have made things un pleasant after a bit." And still again, "She's a plucky little creature, Lila Is! God bless her!"— E xchange. ratroQiKlnf. First Stenographer—Oh, I don't know. I can write 200 letters a day easy. Second Stenographer—Yes? And how many letters to the word?— Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. Colors of Garnets. Most young collectors, and, in fact, old er persons of experience, are often surpris ed to bear that garnets come in other ool ors than red. A WOMAN'S RIGHTS. "So you don't believe in woman's rights," I said approvingly. "Oh, but I do," she answered promptly. "Then why do you condemn the ladles who advocate them? That's a bit incon slstont, even for you, Cis." "Oh, those women," said she, tossing the paper scornfully aside. "They're ut terly absurd. What's the use of votes and clubs and short hair and bloomers—ugh! —and all that sort of thing? They're the wrong rights, but a woman has plenty of right rights, as you'll find out, sir." "Don't try to look majestic, you little goose. I could put you in my overcoat pocket, remember —nearly." "You'd be taking me out every minute to look at me." "I dare say I should, and putting you in again whenever you were tiresome." Siio lay back in the corner of the big armchair and laughed with great amuse ment. "You poor, misguided young man! You'll find out some day! If your pocket ' were as big as St. Paul's, you couldn't and you wouldn't. You know you wouldn't." "Because of the innate goodness of man?" "No, because of the Innate niceness of ine." that right, No. 1, is not to be shut up?" "Can't be shut up," she corrected. "Never could be shut up; never can be 5 shut up. 'For women never, never, ncv j er' ' — "'llie tune fails ilai without an accom paniment." "A male one?" s "Certainly, a subsidiard nxile accoin t paniment." "Suppose a woman can't get one?" j "She always can, if she's nice." "Suppose she isn't?" "Then she doesn't count. Hut all women 3 are nice in soiise way to someone. That's right. No. 3." ' "Won't a 'nice' woman 'obey?' Vide j marriage service, which, I understand from ? your brother, you've lieen studying." • "No need, my dear boy. I've known it ; since I was 10." "Don't you accept the 'obey?' " "Certainly. You needn't look so nnx t lous." "Woman's right, No. -1, is evidently to i> be inconsistent." "That's merely ptart of the great right I to do as she pleases." t "How do you square that with obedi i ence?" 1 "Doesn't 'obey' mean 'obey some or , j der?' " "Ye—es, I suppose so." I'm always t- : suspicious when a woman gets to logic. "Well, if n 'nice' woman doesn't like an j ordet, she manages that It isn't given." "But if it should be?" I began to get triumphant here. "She gets it rescinded." Cls is really beyond all argument sometimes. "That doesn't give her authority over man,anyhow." r "Tho queen's wish is a command." "So is the king's." "If —if she lets him wish it." i "Look here, Cis, you didn't give mo fair r warning of jour tyranny. I'm half in clined to back out." "Oh, you ungrateful man! lam torn t pletely spoiling you. Didn't I let you play football yesterday?" "Because you liko to see tho game." , "I don't much like to see you play." "That's rather uncoropllmentarj*. lam generally reputed to play pretty well." j "You know that I don't mean to attack your play. The report says that you"— t "Probably written by scmo one who didn't see the game." "Nonsense! I meant that you might get hurt." " I can take care of myself." Sometimes i the papers say I'm tno rough, but those ; confounded reporters don't understand the game. i "But you have to take care of roe." "Is that another of your rights?" ''To bo taken care of?" "Great care of," I oorreoted. "If yon please." "I do please, very much, but rights cannot be matters of favor." "Yes they are—women's rights." "Mere favors?" "Compulsory favors." "You aro inarvelouslv illogical, Cls." "An undoubted right." "But tho other rights, Cls? If they de pend on a man's granting them, how can a woman be sure of them?" "Will you?" "Tho question is. Will men in general?" "No, no. I don't ere about men in general. The question is, Will you refuse them to me?" I fancied there was a bit of a firm set about Cls' mouth for all her smiling, and I didn't smile at all. "Do us she pleases," Is rathor a largo order, but, then, Cis would never pleaso anything very dread ful. "I expect not," said I, with half a sigh. I'm suro I shouldn't refuso her anything that I could possibly help anyhow. Then we sat quiet for a few minutes. "Jack?" "Well, Cis?" "If you wore clever, you would usk me a question." "About my rights, if any?" "No. I'll tell you something," she sp'-.l in a very confidential way. So I went and sat on the arm of her chair accord ingly. "I mean—l shan't ask you for all my denly big eyed and serious, and there was a little—ever such a little—quiver about ber mouth. "Then it isn't a question of rights," I whispered, taking hold of her little hands. "No," sho said very softly, "not between you and me." But I believe she will do just as she pleases notwithstanding.—St. Paul's. The Bud Boy. He was about the worst boy in the school and tho teaehor had punished him again and again until she had begun to consider him in the light of a natural ene my and she felt that the boy's feeling for her roust be almost one of hatred. So it was in tho nature of a surprise, when In view of tho approachlug holiday separa tion other boys of tho school biought to her desk little gifts of remembrance, to havo the bad boy approach with some hes itation and place a box of candy on her desk. "But I don't think I can take It, Tom," sho said. "You have been too bad a boy. You havo seemed to do everything you could to displeaso roe." "Oh, plmsa take it, Miss Blank," said the bad boy in entreating tones. "I worked after school hours to get the money to get it." And some one felt tears coming very neai the surfaco then, for the bad boy was a poor boy and had not so many pleasures In life that he could be expected to sacrifice any of them for any one.—New York Timed. CONFIDENCES. Sylvia rose from her seat by the fire as I entered and gavo me ber hand, and from a oertaln look of consciousness in her eyes I saw that sho knew that I knew— "Se you're back in town at last?" said Sylvia. "Yes," I said. "I've had an excellent time paddling up and down the Riviera in the sunshine. Glnd to get back, though." Sylvia lay back in her chair, her face half hidden by tho fan with which she shielded her complexion from the fire. "Don't you think," she said, "that tht occasion requires you to say somothing nice—and—cousinly? I'm sure you've heard"— " Yes," I said. "When did it happen? When did you"— "Oh, don't be sillj - , Jim," said Sylvia, and her foot waggled in the old way. 1 have always noticed that Sylvia's expres sion lies in her foot. "I suppose," I said reflectively, "that it did happen. He did propose—ordid you?" "Jim, you're horrid!" said Sylvia. "Please may I have some bread and but ter?" I said. "You can't get bread and butter on the R Iviera—at least you don't Sylvia handed it to roe. Her eyes Hash ed a pathetic entreaty. "I ought to have said I was pleased, oughtn't I? And that lam sure you will be very happy, as you deserve to be." "Well, aren't you pleased?" asked Syl via, looking at roe curiously with arched eyebrows, "I thought Edgar was such a friend of yours, and I—well, wo have al ways been"— "You call him Edgar. How curious!" I murmured. "Now, I have known him for years and never called him anything but Jones, while j'ou have only known him —how long—a jear—less, I should think, and yet you"— "It's not a question of time at all," said Sylvia, turning her face away from roe again. "Edgar and I know one another thoroughly. We have no secrets from each other. You may get to know a person quite aB well in two months as in two years if only"— "Quito so. Yerj' proper," I replied, wondering vaguely what was Jones' no tion of a secret. "Well, but why aren't you pleased," said Sylvia. "I'm suro you're not, and I think It's a little—a little unkind of you. Still," and Sylvia settled herself a little more comfortably In her chair, "of course it doesn't matter—much." "Not much," I repliod, putting down my teacup. "Nevertheless you can scarcely 1 expect a man to lie overjoyed when he loses his best friend—and—his best cousin. ■ Can you?" "Loses them!" said Sylvia. "What do ' you moan?" "I havo always notice".!," I said, "that I lose more friends by innrri»ge tban by death." "But you don't «upjicse"— began Sylvia. "If my friend Is a man," I continued, "his wife dljillken me (ircauso I know more of her busband tban abe does." "How absurd!" suld Sylvia. "And if my friend Is a woman," I con tinued, "her husband Is jnst a shade jeal ous because ho suspects that I iiave lieen making love to her." "How silly'" said Sylvia, shifting im patiently in her chair. "The worst of It is," I proceeded, "that they are both right, as a rule. In this particular cjvko"— "Jill)!" exclaimed Sylvia, bringing an expressive foot down upon tho hearth r*.:g, "if you've only come back to txs horrid"— "I have come tuick," I said, "for the ex press purpose of giving Jones away, or whatever it is you do for your best friend when he is married." "That's nice of you. Jim," said Sylvia, leaning back contentedly. "Then you are pleased?" "I think Jones is an uncommonly lucky man," I said. Sylvia wrinkled her brows and looked curiously at me. "If you think Edgar is marrying me for my money, that is not the ease," said Sylvia. "I shouldn't dream of such a thing," 1 said. "Though, of course, it is lucky that I have money," said Sylvia, "or else we wouldn't. We should have to wait." "Of course." I said, "a regular income is a convenient thing to have, and I don't suppose Jones has over made £BOO in any single year at the l>nr yet." "But he's clever," said Syliva, "and he must wait his opportunity." "Yes," I said. "You were surprised, weren't you?" said Sylvia. "Now confess you were surprised —for onco." "Well, I don't know that I was—par ticularly. You see, I was staying up ths river with him in August, and I knew there was something up." "Oh, but you couldn't have knowc then," said Sylvia, with a slight laugh. "Of course I didn't absolutely know," ] said, "and, now I come to think of it, i think it was a little mean of Jones—and of you, too, Sylvia—to keep me in the dark so long. I could havo done a good deal for you in my quiet way, you know— brought you togetherand retired discreetly round the corner. A little seasonable frankness would havo done wonders. As it was"— "As it was," said Sylvia rather stiffly, "Edgar and I were able to manage our own affairs ourselves." "Still." I said, "if it's oDy consolation to you, I don't mind assuring you that he's frantically in lovu with you." "Thank yott!" said Sylvia. "It'spleas ant to hear it on such excellent authority." "Of course I should havo known there was a woman in the case even if he hadn't told me so." "What do you mean?" said Sylvia, who seemed to bo getting a little boied. "Well, when a man leaves the river to spend his week ends in town, it's fairly Bafe to conclude that there's a woman in it, and when be tells you so it seems to re move the last vestige of doubt. But I must confess he quite put me off the scent. I never dreamed it was you ho was after. I fear. Sylvia, you are a sly puss. Why, what on earth's the matter?" Sylvia had turned white and had risen from her seat. "What aro you talking about?" she asked. We arc talking about Edgar Jones, but"— "But who was the woman? Jim, I in. sist"— "My dear Sylvia" — "Mr. Jones," said the parior maid, holding open tho door. "Hello, old fellow! Back again?" "Yes," I said. ".Just in time to con gratulate you bothand tor-glveyou away. Well, I must be going—two's company, you know? Eh? Ooodby, Sylvia!" "I shall bo dining at the club," said Jones. "Shall I see you there?" "I think not," I said. Really, I could havo done no good by —' —• *i'«ok and White. KEELEY NOT FIRST. A CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS RE PORTED FROM THE LONG AGO. The Itemarkable Effect of the "Indian Doctor's" Simple Romedle* —How the "Medicine" Cured Joe Robiiiton With out Asking the "Doctor." It was abont the medicated whisky cure which we proposed to - speak. To Dr. Keeley, who, living down at Dwight, is almost a neighbor, credit is generally given for being the first per son who employed the pharmacopoeia for the purpose of killing a drunkard's appetite. But Dr. Keeley is by no means entitled to this credit. The first physician whose medicine ever cured a drinking mail of his thirst was a long haired, spectacled old tourist who called himself "the Indian doctor," and who operated down iu tho neighborhood of Belpre, O. The doctor did not tell the secret of his medicament, but three or four boys who lived near the farmhouse where he boarded had an inkling, be oause tho boys had the contract for catching the toads for which the doctor paid them 10 cents a dozen. While the doctor's abode has been spoken of as a farmhouse it was more than that, for, being near a stockyard, where trains "lay over," it was also a boarding house, or tavern, whither the drovers came for entertainment. Among the stockmen whose duties brought them frequently to tho yards, and therefore to the farmhouse board ing place, was a man named Joe Robin son, who had drunk whisky all the way from St. Louis to Baltimore, with spe cial reference to Piedmont aud the country along tho 17 mile grade of the Baltimore and Ohio. Robinson was a firm, vigorous and vigilant drinker, one who allowed no guilty dramshop to es cape. He was such a shining light that at least 13 temptranoe societies were working npon him at once, for it was known that the credit for his reforma tion would mean mnch. But he resisted all thpir entreating efforts. This brings things np to one May evening. Robinson had arrived at Belpre with seven cars of hogs and a largo, commodious and farreaching jag. He took the hogs into the stockyards and tho jag to the city of Parkersburg, W Va., just across tho river, for be wanted to trim and ornament it a little before retiring Now it so occurred that it was a damp night, and Harry Stone and Hughey Drain, the boys who had tho contract for supplying hoptoads to tho salve making Indian doctor, set out on their own hook and without consul tation with their employer to get a flour bag full of toads. They were eminently successful, and at 8 o'clock they ap peared at the boarding house with a pock of kicking, piping, shrieking spoil. For good measuro they bad on this oc casion added three belated garter snakes, two lizards and a hoot owl. The family was not happy. Mrs. Bruco direoted tho boys to carry their burden, of tho character of which sho had no idea, np to the dootor'a room, ho being out. Tho boys did so— or at least they thought they did—but they turned the wrong corner at the head of tho stairs and deposited tho sack in tho room to bo occupied by Joe Robinson. Mr. Robinson camo homo from Par kersbnrg about midnight. The evening had been u most successful ono. He had found J2 new saloons. He enteied the room in the boarding house with tho P£<j|unaption that he was cither ihg czar of Russia or Napoleon Bonaparte, bat was not quite rare which. In bis doubt he collided with the paper flour tog full of hoptoad* and things. There were a few words of wicked derivation, and then, turning up the light, Mr. Robin sou looked to see what he had found. "Who're you, feller?" he inquired, addressiog the bag. "Won't answer, hey? Too p'lite to talk to a drover, huh? 'Lri! Take that!" And he aimed au unsteady kick at the doctor's ingre dients. Then things happened. An active garter snake left the bag in midair, and, alighting on a picture frame, twisted and squirmed before Mr. Robinson's view. Then the toads began raining around him, and when he felt most surprised and interested the owl came forth and flew at the lamp. The sack fell to the floor and a lizard shot iuto lengthened view and thereat of the hoptoads leaped out into comparative liberty. Mr. Robinson clambered in fright upon the bed and found himself in the presence of half a doreu at the batrachian invaders which had been flung upon the counterpane by tie force of that very vigorous and marterful kick. He crept behind the bureau and, lo! a garter snake dropped therefrom and made for the shelter ef the closet In the middle of the floor there were, he believed, about 8,933 varied kinds of hopping visitors, and with a wailing iry Mr. Robinson crashed through the vortex and made for the door and bolted for the night outsida The next morning a very pale and un strung man appeared at the farm board ing house and answered to the name of Joe Robinson. He went up to his apart ment and looked about for some signs of the visitation of the night before, but the toads and things, more frightened than he, had escaped by the same door tlirough which he had gone, while the careful hired girl had gathered up the flour bag and burned it Mr. Robinson eat down and thongbt for a moment, and then he said, addressing himself to the picture frame from which the snako had dangled, that this was the last time. He had had enough. More would be too much. And for the remaining 14 yean of his travels that way he was the soberest drover known to history. This, we believe, Is really the first rime that a doctor's medioines were in their perfected or incipient form suo cessfully need to rare drunkenneaa.— Chicago Record A FAST COLT. Cyclone Wm the Yoonpter*! NaoM aid He Richly T>e«erved It. Several men gathered about a horse near the western market commenting upon tho prominence of the beast's ribs and general lankiness. The ani mal belonged to a farmer living near Ypsilanti, and, it was said, never per mitted grass to grow under its feet on the road. The farmer was not pleased with the remarks and the strong in ferences that the poor tbing had never realized the sensation of corn and oats. " What do you call your horse?" was asked. "Cyclone, and don't he look it?" re plied the man from the rural districts. "Cyclone! What a name! He certain ly looks us if one had struck him." "That's what happened to him, my friend. It was jnst like this. You re member tho awful breeze we had out to Ypsilanti about three years ago? This feller was a sncking colt at the time and was in tho barn with two horses. The cyclone, regular old hummer, oame along and thrashed the barn off its legs and dropped it nigh on to 100 yards away. After the twister had raised all the hob, fences and sheds it could we went out to look things up. The two would you believe it?—was nowhere to be found. "Next day I turned over the hen coop, which lay in the field half a mile away. Right in that ooop and laying on the door whioh faced down was the colt. He commenotd kicking when he heard us, and we took him out in a hurry. He wasn't soared a bit, I tell you, and was cool as a cucumber. The neighbors say thoy saw the coop goiu throngh the air and the colt after it. The little feller caught the coop and got inside of it to save himself, that's what he did. That's the plain truth, and if you don't believe it ask the colt Good day, strangers. "—Detroit Free Press. PATENT APPLICATIONS. The Vast Majority of Thoee Sent to Wash tngton Are Rejected. The applications for patents filed av erage about 136 a day. There are 85 principal examiners, with perhaps 200 assistants. Every examiner aad every assistant exnminer has bis own special ty. Let us take the case, say, of a poor inventor living in Oregon. He makes a valuable invention and desires to ob tain a patent. He Bonds his application with sl6 to the commissioner of pat ents. It is referred to the examiner hav ing charge of that peculiar olaaa of in ventions. It is his duty to rejeot It if anything can be found on whioh to base a rejection. Nearly 600,000 patents have been granted in the United States, and probably more than 1,000,000 In the rest of tho world. If any of these anticipate the invention, the examiner must reject tho application. It ia not necessary that exactly the same thing should have existed before, for if any thing substantially similar can be found tho applicant must go to the wall. But, more than this, if anything similar bas been described in any printed publica tion, in any languago, anywhere in the world, or if without being patented or described in print it has been used any where in the United States, the exam- : iner should rejeot The rub comes all the time upon the degree of similarity whioh will consti tute an anticipation of the Invention, j A tremondous responsibility, It will be seen, is thus thrown upon the examiner. He wants to bo safe. It is both his pride and his duty not to allow a patent to go out that ought to have been re jected. The consequence is that a great many examiners reject almost every thing on the first examination. No mat ter how broadly new the invention may be, something oan always be found that is akin to it. The nearest thing that can be found is used as a basis for rejection. —Washington Star. Myateriou* Glua Balli. The small island of Billiton, between Sumatra and Borneo, has long been fa mous for its rich tin mines, which are controlled by the Dutch government In describing the geology of Billiton be fore tho itoyal Academy of Sciences in Amsterdam recently Mr. Verbeek gave an account of the mysterious "glass balls of Billiton," which are found among some of the tin ore deposits. They are round, with grooved surfaces. Similar balls are oocasionally found in Borneo and Java, as well aa in Aus tralia. Mr. Verbeek thinks they cannot be artificial, and there are no voloanoes near enough to support the theory that they are volcanic bomba Besides, he says, the glassy rocks produced by the nearest volcanoes aro quite different in their nature from the material of the balls. He suspected that the mysterious objects were ejected ages ago from the volcanoea of the moou wd afterward fell ucon the earth. A FAMOUS BAKERY. H»« th» Holland* "-rami Cal For the Royml Family. In one of the old buildings which bear the architectural imprint of Qneea Anne's time in Cheater, England, ia a bakeshqp— not an ordinary bakeabop, for the royal arms jut out from the seo ond story, and immediately above ia a sign bearing the name "fiolianda." And proximity of the sign to the royal arms is no idle commercial myth to insnare new customers. In the annals of the tradesfolk of Chester there never was a greater man than Richard Bolland, the original owner o i. the bakeahop. In 1886 the Duohess of Kent and her young daugh ter, the Princess Victoria, visited the city for the purpose of officially opening a new bridge that was to bring all kinds of importance and prosperity to the town. Of course it was an immense event for Chester, and every one did something to make the visit of the great folks memorable. Richard Bolland was ambitions, bat poor, and he churned his brains might ily to devise some attractive method of showing his loyal appreciation of the visit In a happy moment he decided to make some small cakes of transcendent excellence, pat them in a fancy box and present them to the young princeaa. Happy thought! Potent cakes I Great 801 l and I The next year the little princeaa, whose palate had been enohanted by the flavor of the Chester cakes, became queen of England, and one of the first acts after her accession in 188? was tha appointment of Bolland as one of the queen'B warrant holders. So mnch for the power of a box of small cakes. How long the flavor of those cakes lingered in the royal memory is shown by the fact that 35 years later, when the Prince of Wales was to be married, Victoria gave a commission to Bolland to prepare the wedding oake for that great event It was no ordinary wed ding cake that Mr. Bolland produced either, and its exhibition earned him such tremendoos fame that every Eng lish bride of wealth and prominence who has married sinoe then has had the Chester baker prepare her wedding cake. Descendants of the original Bolland now conduct the shop, but they use the same recipe that proved so successful in the dajs of Victoria's childhood, and still bake cakes for the royal family.— Philadelphia Press. The Leper and the Flagstone. One of the principal legends connect ed with St. Patrick's altar stone, ac cording to a writer in Donah oe'a Maga zine, is called the "Legend of the Leper and the Flagstone." This story runs a* follows: When St Patrick was embark ing for Ireland to enter upon his mis sion, a poor leper oame to the seashore just as the ship waa about to weigh anchor and earnestly begged to be taken on board. It is probable that he had heard something of the holiness of the saint and the pnsofs of divine favor con ferred upon him, and that deep within his inner consciousness then was bom a hope, vague at first, but gradually growing stronger, that in the company of St Patrick he might expeot some amelioration of bis pitiable condition. Something in the man appealed to the saint, who was so deeply touched by bis pleadings that he expressed a wish to have the despised leper taken on board, but fear and prejudice had such an influenoe over the sailors that they would not allow the leper on board, and the ship began to move oat while the afflicted man continued to plead from LL saint took his altar reach of the to rtr'on it and remain perfeotly qniet Again was the faith of the man shown, and as soon as he had seated himself the stone began to move over the water. It followed immediately in the wake of the ship until it reached the harbor of Wicklow, and the leper thus reached the shores of Erin in safety. St Patrick again took possession of the stone They Played Pokes. In the summer of 1840 Henry Clay went to Kentucky on his vacation. Three nights after his arrival at a cer tain springs a sociable game began. In the game wore Mr. Clay. Joaiah Black burn, John Hardin and Sam Clay, a cousin of the statesman. It began on Friday night and ran along with vary ing luok. They were all old hands and bad the nerve to back their cards. At 13 o'clock Saturday night Blackburn qnit a little ahead. He had been mar ried only two months and was afraid his young wife would be was dead. Sunday morning af 0 o'clock some one rapped on the door. It was opened, and a negro girl stood in the balL She had a clean shirt in her hand, and on the bosom was a note from Har flin's wife, "For Mr. John Hardin, wherever he can be found." The door was olosed and play resumed Hardin changed his linen at the table—San Francisco Argonaut Perverted JTudjmeaU The cause of a wrong taste is a de feot of judgment And this may arise from a natural weakness of understand ing (in whatever the strength of that faculty may consist), or, which is much more commonly the case, it may arise from a want of a proper and well di rected exercise, which alone oan make it strong and ready. Besides, that ig norance, inattennon, prejudice, rash ness, levity, obstinaoy—in Bhort, all those passions and all those vioes which pervert the judgment in other matters, prejudice it no less In this its more re fined and elegant province. —Burke. The Salt Side. "Slowly tells me he can draw his check for $100,000." "So he can. He can draw it for $1,000,000,000. But if he owes you as much as 60 cents insist on having the coin." —Detroit Free Preaa. The Movable Carriage Wheel Guard. Movable carriage wheel guards are made chiefly for use with light carriages that are not equipped with fixed guards. The movable guard is of willow basket work. In its general outlines it is some thing like a coat or oloak hanger. It ia made to fit over a section of the rim of the wheel. The carriage guard is car ried in the carriage, and when required for use to protect the gown of a woman getting in or out it is simply held on the wheel.— Exchange Butler »nd How. Ben Butler, in a oase in the Massa chusetts supreme court involving dam ages for fatal injury. Senator Hoar be ing on the other side, quoted Job, "All that a man hath will he give for his life." "That," said Mr. Hoar, "was a plea of the devil in a motion for a new trial, and I don't think the court will bo more impressed by it on aoooant of its modern indorsement" Fresh, ripe fruits are exoelleat to purifying the blood and toning up the system. As speciflo remedies oranges arc aperient Sour oranges are highly recommended for rheumatism. \ No 33
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers