V 0 LV XXX I V
MRS. j. E ZIMMERMAN.
1897 FALL ANNOUNCEMENT. 1897.
We take pleasure in announcing that we have already received our first shipment
of new Pall Dress Goods, new I'cll Stales in Faiuy 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 iijvite you to make our store your visiting place 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 Drjss Goods, Wraps, Millinery and Ladies' Tailor-made Suits ever brotight
to flutler,
A FEW SPECIALS.
25c All-Wool Novelty Dress GooJs 36-inch, value 39c
39c " " " " " 50-inch, " 50c
50c " " " " " 40-incb, " 75c
All-Wool Country Blankets in pla!n white, scarlet
and plaid, at $2 49 to $3 00 per pair.
69c New Fall styles in Fancy Silks value 85c
75 c " " "*1 co
Space forbids our mention of all the money-saving bargains that await you here
Come in and see for yourself.
Mrs. J E Zimmerman
T. H. BURTON. OT. H BURTON
#STYLE.f
Style is Everything Now-a-ctays
And we are giad vhat it appertains to every article in our stocfc, for correctness" j
and elegance are Mire concomitants to artistic development. '
It Costs You no More lo be in Harmony With The Best Exprecsed Styles of
The SeEsoo, Thsn to Constitute-A BACK NUMBER,"
By taking anything and everything irresponsible dealers nnv offer you. This es
tablishment intends always to keep up with the times .;i:d YOU . re sure of that basis
jourse.': if you v. ill trust us to serve vou.
T. H. BURTON,
120 SOUTH MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA.
| 0. F. T. Pape & Bro., I
jjj 122 S. MAIN ST.. BUTLER. PA. g
| 30 DAYS SALE FOR CASH. |
tR Thi3 meansthe Lowest Prices for WATCHES, CLOCKS,
g JEWELRY .and SILVERWARE Ever «
4R Offered to the Public.
: * tu T
■ l $3.00 a Good* $4.00 l>uy= Hamden
]: Watch, mo\ement ma le® Elgin movement, wit hgfyear, 14 k, dia raond case.'s:
ifby Elgin Watch Co.,with3jbest Silverine Swith movement made bv?
• case. Jtasc. ¥ Elgin Watch Co.
It $14.50 buys a gentsi| $2.35 buys aj 8 dayKThe best Alarm
4M4k, 20 jear case, withSclock, with alarm—walnutjEClock made %
]-Hamden or Elgin move-Tor oak finish. Former# for %
:[tnent Iprice $4.00. | 65 CtS.I
•3 r
OSFTIK# & 31; %% >K *% *
Uk All Goods are Warranted to be just as we say they are, U)
or MONEY REFUNDED. S
Offi ' G. F. KECK,
rM tftUl *eiw n, " t tailob
i 142 North Main Butler > Pa
;± Wbc we make „
wr| vi
\ . * 10 perfectly made. Our especial p. (j.
ir f f ; ,n tue qual'ty of our tailoring, we pay h. K
\ V^rl,4. _+ ' wa ß e s tmploy first-class tailors, so we
sfill r j le Rrade of garments and you
- know our prices are lower than others,
rr o aud we keep the largest stock of goods to
Wr-rTTTV iO £/'•' se ,f Ct r .,i ) " l - , ( - a " a ">' examine for your
-11 I 11U PIT. OUARANTELO, remember the
Place.
G. F. KECK, Werchant Tailor.
" 142 N. MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA.
iJ: YOUNG
Tailor, Hatter and Gents Furnishing Goods.
Summer heat makes the problem of looking dressy and keeping cool a Hard one
But we've solved it; and for cnce economy, comfort and fashion go hand .01 baud
; ° jr suits are fiuet in fabric, nobbier in pattern and more stylish in cut
hao ever before, they fit your cunes and yet they're not sweat-bath outfiis. The
prices may surprise you.
J. S. YOUNG. Tailor.
101 S. MAIN St., - . . BUTLER, PA
WHILE YOU ARE WAITING
For your prescription don't fall to look , f
over our line of perfumes, we have re- j | ■■
ceived some very fine ones and (£
will he pleased to have vou examine j Ly () t J
them - ' \
We also have a very la,ge assortment r-*- - •
of tooth brushes made expressly for us fAj
vvh'' h bear our stamp, these brushes \" V " ! 1 -, '■ —* » 1
we gutrantee and request the return of II f •
any th it prove unsatisfactory, JfW
You may need something for your .i- ? \
chappe<l hands and face, and if so we _>>• A
recommend Cvdonium Cr;am as a fine %
toilet preparation.
REDICK & GROHM ANN
t
DRUGGISTS.
PEOPLES PHONE. 114. BUTLER PA
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Biliousness
Is «6iise<l by torpid liver, which prevent*
tton unit permits food to ferment and putrilv in
j the stomach. Hiea follow dizziness, headache.
Hood's
lir.sirninu, nervous'ics-. and, —_ Bn B
il nd r- li' -. g X ■
I or Mood j ioi :-• hood's II fl
[ Tills stimulate I • stomach, ■
I ro'ise • liver. < r • '•••a-tache. <li/7.liiess. ooi.-
stii>ati->n. i t-. - Sold t>y all liruwtists.
I Tb • •»»> l J 'l- v. i'.li Hoods Sarsaparilla.
This I» Your Opportunity.
On receipt of ten cents, cosh or stamps,
! a generous FHiriple will bo mailed of the
; most popular Catarrh and Hay iever Cure
) (Ely'# Creara Balm) Buffieient to demon
strate the grii?.i merits of the ramedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
56 Warren St, New York City.
Rev. John Keid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mont.,
' recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I
j can emphasize his statement, "It is a posi
i tive cure for catarrh if used aadirected." —
Rev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres.
I' Church, Helena ; Mont
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, CO cento.
RAILROAD TIME TABLES
IV 15. & L. K. It. K-
Schedule of Passenger Trains in effect
May 30, IS!'T.1 S !'T. Butler time
Trains leave Butler as follows: C'on
nwint Lake Express 7:25 a m., Erie
Mail i»:55 a. m and Greenville Accom
modation 5:05 p. m. Trains arrive as
I follows: Conneaut Lake Express 9:55
p. m., Erie Mail 2:50 p. m. and Green
ville Accommodation 9:20 a. m.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Conneaut Lake Express leaves at 7:25
a. nt. and arrive: at 9:55 p. m.
Train leaving at 7:25 makes connec
tion' with Erie Ky. at Shenango. west:
train leaving at 9.55 makes connection
with V Y. & P. at Mercer and with
Erie Shenango, east: train leaving at
5:05 makes connection with N. Y. & P.
! at Merger, north and south.
lA. B. CROUCH,
Ticket Agent
\>ITTSBUKG & WESTERN
' Railwaj Schedule of Pas ■
H i, r Trains in cflect May 10,
JiLTLER TIME.
Itapitrt. | Arrlvf.
..1I« klu u> Aceos,.m.*u'i"» « *
AUe-heny ••Fiver" * •* ..
N-» Out I.- Ai-r.auuiwtation. » A , H
Akron Mitil * ••' *•* ' *® ' "
Allenlwnv AcofvniiMHlrttitHi ,* X*'
Allegheny t 305 r " i f, .
Allegheny Klyftr , ;J '» „
C'hiraK . Kxi.r.w» 3J{ .. '..
Allegheny Mail » J " ? ~
Allegheny -flyer' ..... I , -
Ellwooil Accoibui, KlAti"ii *' /.
Chi,-.,.-.. v " I » C »•»
Kni.e .ii,.l Kndfurd M.iil '•» 32 a m •> r •«
Clarion A<v«»caui'*!atii>n 3 15 p.m if a-m
Foxliiirts AcouuiUM*dAtiuii 7 10 4 * : H uf>
srNDAY TRAINS. ,
Allcghi ov Ksprwi.... ** 15 A * '-j
Allegheny A conn t it* "tat jou * •*' * ;u * r *
New <'asti'j * !•» Asl *
Allegheny A«« «nnn;'H ; .iiTio!» *
Tilling ?;•'»»«>£ ""rth at itM'l a. in. ami 3:1" \\ i".
( t < rim-<-tiou ut Kf'tiurg jxiiittH t»n .Vll'
v«iw> a...
For rhruiigh tit- to «ll in w«vt, uorlli
i-l «.r apj.lv tcf
A. IT. rBOCCII. Ageut, '
K. 11. KEVNoLI>s. Siii.f. lin tier, Pa. {
K-.xl.ur>;, IV W. BASSKTT,
A. » P. A. Alh tfhrny, l'a. |
PENNSYLVANIA R Sad.
WFSTEN PENNSYLVANIA i)IVIS!0N. '
I
SciiKDt'Lfc IN KnxtT MAV J7, IT*97.
•SOUTH. WEEK* I>AYfc « I
A M. A. M. A.31. I*. *. P. M.
KL'TLKIt Lcav. r, 25 8 ««» II 15 2ZV 505 <
Saxoiihiirg \nive 54 * '25 11 3* J uw, 5 2*
Butler Junction.. " 7 27 H 48 12 3 JT,. /W
llutlc. Junction.. .Lea v 7 30 s 48 17. it 25 5 V#
Natrona \rriv.' 7 :tK * 56 IS 345 3 36, '
Taretitcm j742 902 JO; 34- ti 07
Spring-lale j 7 50i 9 ll;l£ 41 i 52 1
Clareiu -n: 9 251 lA> 4 «*. fti 27 J
SharjHhurjr .. 8 00 j 'J 31 1. 4 12 tl 32
Allegheny 8 271 9 43. 1. 23| 4 25! ♦'» 43
A M.jA. 31.jP.. M-jr. M jl». M.
S|JM»AY TKAISS—Lav.- Butler for AJl»>jboi»y
1 ity and |iiju< ii«tl iutemifliate Matio/iH at 7:2«ji. ui.,
and 5:«M> p. UI.
XOIITH. WEEK DAY* -
A 31 P 31.
Vlleghcnv City l« av«» 7 •*» 9 ►ll 23' 2 i-*'
< iaremont . I 919 11 451 3 13 ... f
Spiiiii i 9 30!ll v ••
Tareiitutii 7 34J 93912 «* 143 r, 40
Natnuin 7 39i 43 12 13 3 51] «i 51
Lint!• i Junction.. .ai iiv«« 7 4»ij 9 ."»<» lz 23', I <*"•! 7 «>•»
Ilutle. Junction !«-u\< 740 950 12 25. 4 l«>i 7 Oil
■v ICNIO 1'» 1 - 4B\ 4 7 24
HI'TLKIi. .. at ti\ • * 30; 10 38' 1 17* 506 7
IA. M.'A. 31. i I'. M.jl'. M.|P. 31.
SI Nl'A\ 'i HAf X>.— Leave Allegheny City f«T Hut- i
l»*r ami i»i in.-ijril iiu<TiiH"iiate Mtati«>m< AT 7:21* H. m. and
9-.: X) j». in.
WEKK HITS KOK THE EAST. WEEK DAY*. |
I' If A 31.1 P.. M P. 31. »
2 3". t. -25! lv RfTLF.it ar, 1 17
3 2 r » 7 27 ar HuiK*r Junction lv 12 2 P » '
3 :v> 7 4" lv lSutlei .function ar A 30 12 08 (
3 35i 7 19 ar Krt<port lv* » 28 12 o»i i
3 391 7 5 J •• Alh'jrhenv Junction 44 } * 24 12 01
351 H m • 1. 4 I,l,in* 44 **«J 11 4«. i '
4 W * 21; " Pnulton i \i*.llo) » I 5 11 32 :
435 hsl •• SalNhuijr 44 7 JJC 11 o9
5 Of,- J# •• pliifrmrilli.* 41 7 10 4<>
ft Jm !* • tilaJr«.»llU Interaction... 44 5 x»i 1«» *f»
t jty 11 :!5 " Altooua " .... * <">
t 1«> 44 Hamburg 44 • .... 3 1«»
1 1 423 " lM»ila«Wphia 44 .... U tS'
4 3ii % M P. 31.
p. M. IV
living Butler 7uvi a. m., conn« , cts'
Onßuu«la>, jtv oiui ami Philadelphia.
l'»r HarHhburg, *he eaht K-aue (Union
Thri»UKl» trniim . %
Station J, m 3:31. A M
Atlanti« Exjffe#, -i 7:15 "
IVuiiHylvania
Day Exprcm, H:iM>'•
31ain Line Express 44 ..... . ...4:3111'.m
Philadelphia ExpntH. " ••• 7:(K r » "
Eastern ExpreHK, " •••• fc 8:10 44
Line, " 8:40 A.m
I'bited a Mailt Sunday, only ... _ £ W ».t, I".-,.
Ko- <!ftailed information, addrr^ 4 Ttioa. n<|
Agt. W«*«tern l»ifitrict f Fifth Avenu
IWld Street, Pittuburg, J*a. . _
.1 B. 11l Ti'lllSdM, J L!|Cr
(ifiieral 3lanaci'r. •'
£§L '
j /j?
The Place to Bny
GAS COOK
ING AND. HEATING STOVES
GAS BURNERS AND FIX
TURES, HOSE, BATH TUBS.
ENAMEL AND
IMPROVE WELSHBACH GAS
BURNER, vvwi.*
W. H. O'BRIEN i ON
JO7 Er.>t fefftrson St.
BEL' KEEPER'S SUPPLIES
SUCH AS
Lllvcs. taioln.Tb, liroixl Frames, Sections,
Section IttiWi, jqJ Kouudu
tions
The tie it B<««IN :it the lowest possible
prices.
James B. Murphy,
Mercer £u. West End, Hull , )*a.
Near K:inierere»Ct CLT y «re.
BLTLKR, P-A., THURSDAY, SKPTKMBER 1<». lJSi>7
;cOPTBJaBTKIXI
CHAPTER VL
The first g'ame I won right off, though
I must confess that the card* were
1 with me, and that my adversary could
have done no more. In the second I
never played better and saved a triclj
by a finesse, but the Itart voled me
' once, marked the king, and ran out in
the second hand. My faith, we were
so excited that lie laid his helmet
down beside him, and I my busby. ,
"I'll lay my roan mare against your ■
j black horse," said he.
I "Done." said I.
bridle and stirrups!" he
cried.
"Done!" I shouted.
I had caught this spiri of sport from
■ him. I would have laid my hussars
| against his dragoons, had they been
1 ours to pledge.
And then began the game of games. 1
Oh. he played, this Englishman; he
plaved in a way that was worthy of
such a stake. But I—my friends, 1 was
superb! Of the five which I had to
make to win I gained three on the first !
hand. The Hart bit his mustache and
drummed his hands, while I already felt j
myself at the head of my dear little ras
cals. On the second I turned the king, j
but lost two tricks, and my score was
four to his two. When I saw my next
hand I could not but give a cry of de- ,
light. If I cannot gain my freedom on i
this, thought I, I deserve to remain for- j
ever in chains.
Give me the the cards, landlord, and j
I will lay them on the table for you.
Here was my hand —knave and ace of 1
clubs, queen and knave of diamonds ,
and king of hearts. Clubs are trumps, '
mark you, and I had but one point be
tween me and freedom. As you may '
think, I declined his proposal. He
knew that it was the crisis, and he un- i '
did his tunic. I threw my dolman on 1 '
ground. lie led the ten of spades. I
took it with my ace of trumps. One
point in my favor. The correct play
was to clear the trumps, and I led the '
knave. Down came the queen upon it,
and the game was equal. He led the
eight of spades, and I could only dis- 1
card my ace of diamonds. Then came ]
the seven of spades, and the hair fairly ]
£tood straight up on my head. We each
threw down a king at the finale. lie
had won two points, and my beautiful
hand had been mastered by his inferior
one. I could have rolled on the ground
as I thought of it. They used to play i
very 'good ecarte at Watier's in the <
year 'lO. I say it—l, Brigadier Gerard- 1
The last game was now for all. This
next hand must settle it one way or the
THI CARDS WF.SE WITH ME.
otfh*r He undid his sash and I put
away jny sword belt. He was cool,
this Englishman, and I tried to be also,
but the perspiration would trickle Into
my eyes. Tli# deal lay with him and I ]
may confess to you. my friends, that my
hand shook so that I eoul<J hardly pick
my cards from the rock. jßyt when I ]
'raised them what was the first thing
that my eyes rested upon? It was the 1
king, the king, the glorious king of 1
trumps. My mouth was open to de- 1
dUre it when the words were frozen to 1
my llpa by the appearance of my com- 1
rade. !
He held his card* In his hand, but
hla jaw had fallen and hU eyes
'were staring over my shoulder with 1
the most dreadful expression of con
sternation and surprise. I whisked
round, and I myself was amazed at
what I saw.
Three men were standing quite close
to U6 —fifteen meters at the farthest.
The middle one was of a good height, 1
KT BKAUTI*UL HAND HAD BEES Ml*
TKRED.
and yei not too tall—about the same
height iu fact that I am myself. Ha
was cla<i in a dark uniform with a
Small cocked hat and some sort of whit«
plunxe upon the Aide. Hut I had little
thought for his dress. It was his face,
Nfc jjannt cheeks, his beak of a nose,
*• tnasterful blue eyes, his thin firm
h' s < » mouth which made one feel
a^t °* S was a wonderful man, a man
that thi. His brows were tied into a
of a millio. . such a glance at my
knot, and he ?i.em that one by
poor Bart from fluttering down
one the cards cu 0t th* two
from his nerveless
as brown
other men, one, who had h. v Jjeep
and as hard as though li. v
carved out of old oak, wore a «a»<jy
red coat, while the other, a fine j,
man wVth bushy side whiskers, was
a blue Jacket with gold facings. Some
little distance behind three orderlies
were holding as many horses, while an
escort of lancers were waiting in the
rear.
"Ueh, Crawford, what the devil's
this?" asked the thin man.
"D' you hear, sir," cried the man with
the red coat. "Lord Wellington wants
to know what this means."
My f>oor Bart broke into an account
of all that had occurred, but that rock
face never softened for an instant.
"Pretty fine, 'pon my word, Gen.
Crawford," he broke in. "The dis
cipline of this force must be main
tained, sir! Report yourself at head
quarters as a prisoner."
It was dreadful to me to see the Bart
mount his horse and ride off with hang
ing head. I could not endure it. I
threw myself before this English gen
eral. I pleaded with him for my
friend. I told hun how I, Col. Gerard,
would witness what a dashing young
officer he was. Ah, my eloquence
might have melted the hardest heart;
I brought tears to my own eyes, but
none to his. My voice broke and li
could say no more. \
"What wetebt dj you put on .VQYU
mules, sir, in the French service?" he
asked. Yes, that was all this phlegmatic
Englishman bad to answer to thest
burning words of mine. That was his
reply to what would have made a
Frenchman weep upon my shoulder.
"What weight on a mule?'' asked the
man with the red coat.
"Two hundred and ten pounds,"
said I.
"Then you load them deucodly bad
ly," said Lord Wellington. "liemove
the prisoner to the rear."
Ilis lancers closed in upon me, and I
—I was driven mad. as I thought that
the fame had been in my hands and
I ought at that moment to be a free
man. I held the cards up in front of
the general.
"See, my lord!" I cried, "I played
"REMOVE THE PRISONER TO THE REAR."
for my freedom and I won, for, as you
pecceive. I hold the kin ft."
For the first time a slight smile soft
ened his gaunt face.
"On the contrary," said he, as he
mounted his horse, "it was I who won,
for, as you perceive, my king holds you."
[TUE ENI».J
OVER THE TELEPHONE.
The Doctor the lUmirlmlilt Story
of it Tragedy.
'1 heard a strange story to-day," said
the doctor to me, as we sat in his offlcu
late at night, "which, on your solemn
promise not to divulge, I'll tell you, for
I just can't keep it to myself."
Readily enough, I promised, and 1
violate no confidence In this telling,
for no names are mentioned, correctly,
at least, and, in any event, the doctor
\Vas not pledged to secrecy after the
expiration of a year, and it has been
two years since he told me.
"You remember," he said, "when
Fraijk Jiroter was found in the hall of
my office with a bullet through his
brain and a pistol by his side?"
I nodded in affirmation of my remem
brance.
"You know," he continued, "that
everybody thought it was suicide, for
Frank was then under treatment with
me for a nervous affection that made
him wild at times. I thought be had
taken his own life, as everyone else did,
and he was buried under that impres
sion. The coroner's verdict was to the
same effect also. Well, to-day his sis
ter died, and before she crossed the
dark river she asked to see me alone,
and now I know we were all mistaken
about poor Frank.
"There was another brother, if you
remember, named George, and he was
the black sheep of the flock. A bad
boy from the beginning, he grew worse
when his widowed mother died, and for
five years before Frank's death ho and
his sister, who worked, you know, in
the central office of the telephone com
pany, supported him. They boarded
him in the .ame house with themselves,
and as far as appearances went he had
quite as much of the world's goods as
either of them. He drank and gambled
and was in trouble all the time, and
often threatened thcfn if they did not
give him more money. This they did,
but the more he received of them the
jnore he asked, and finally he made such
a demand upon Frank that he refused
to do anything for him except to board
and clothe him. The sister joined
with Frank in this resolve, and George
threatened to kill them both. No one
knew of this except the brothers and
sister, for the girl was sensitive and
shrank from telling her troubles to her
friends- On the day of his death Frank
came to my office to see me. and there
was no one about. 1 had been called
away suddenly, and had taken my as
sistant and my door-boy with me, as I
expected to return shortly. 1 did come
back, and when I did I found Frank
lying in the hall with the pistol by
his side. It was his own pistol,
and J'ou know the rest—up 3o to
day. To-day the sister told me that
George had killed Frank. As far as
she could determine, George had fol
lowed him there and had quarreled
with him in the hall. To satisfy him-
Bclf that George was telling him the
!tri)th> ho had gone to my telephone
and galled up his sister at the central
office. Evidently, the two brothers
were near the instrument, for as Frank
called she heard the voice of George
ordering him away from the 'phone,
lie refused, and then she heard George
curse him and drag him away. She
could hear the struggle, as it contin
ued in the hall, and then suddenly
came the crack of a pistol, and Frank
screamed: 'Oh, George, George, brother,
yon have killed me!' That was all she
could remember, except the slamming
of a door as George hurried out of tho
hall, for she fainted. When she was
restored to consciousness, the sister as
serted itself first, and she felt that be
fore she told her dreadful story she
must first kno*v what had happened.
She was not a strong girl, and the
i j fainting spell excited little or no alarm,
« hat no one thought of connecting
>with the tragedy. In fact,
thv " **,v.ef heard of it until she told
I hau \Vh«u 6U« learned that
me hers* suicide aud she
Frank had >. -♦ testimony to the con
alone could be~ jips for the sake
trary, she closed . \ has never
of her brother, an - <#«}y now
spoken of it until to-daj, «»4 t<,l4 !
because George is dead, a. piena. j
ma that she owed it to Frani. qq4
ory to let some one know he ha
taken his own life." I
"That's what killed her." I said, hor
rifled at the story.
"I'm sure of it," replied the doctor.
"She has gradually declined since
Frank's death, and nothing I could do
for her appeared to have any effect. j
"And yet," he concluded, "if George
had been living she would have taken
her secret to the grave with her."—Do
troit Free Press.
THK opinions of men who think are
always growing and changing, like liv
ing children. —Hamcrton
in tne spring me man wno cnajiges
Heavy clothes for garments Ught
Starts out robust In the morning
And Is froien still ere night.
, '—Cleveland Leader.
HOW SHE FIXED HIM.
One Way of l)t»i»o«lu>i of ail Olmoi*
ion* Suitor.
He was a theatric lover, aud she didn't
like his style a little hit, sa\ s the New
York Sun.
He was constant in his devotion,
however, and that Uiadt- matters worse.
She had tried gentle means to get
rid of him, but he had disregarded
them with puiuful persistency.
In this moment of her desperation
he felt it incumbent upon him to pro
pose to her as men under similar cir
cumstances so often do.
Which they wouldn't if they had any
sense at all.
"Dear one," he exclaimed, hurling
himself tragically at her feet. "I lo»e
! you. Mv life is yours. Will you take
' it?"
She did not look like a murderess.
> "Mr. Singleton." she responded, with
1 calm determination, "1 will."
He gazed at her rapturously.
■ "Don't do that." she Legged, draw- |
ing back from him as if in horror. "I
ha»e taken your life, as you requested ■
me to do, and you are henceforth to all 1
intents and purposes deadi"
He seemed dazed.
"I do not. Mr. Singleton." she con
tinued. turning aside, "desire to have j
a dead person in the house, and if you
do not go away at once 1 shall ring for
an ambulance and have you removed
to the morgue."
Then the dreadful situation iu which
his own precipitate folly had placed
j him was revealed, and he removed him
self with promptness and dispatch.
ACRES OF PINK POND LILIES.
Floml Display That Drllifbts Con
nect lent ltullway Traveler*.
One of the most beautiful tloral ex
hibits In New England is upon "Tad
pole," a famous po:.d lily pond on the
line of the Norwich Worcester rail
road, one mile abo-.e Jewett City, Conn.
The surface of the pond is now a mass
of pink and white pond lilies, and their
! fragrance is carried for talk's by the
summer winds, says the New York
Sun.
No one knows how long this remark
able gardi aof pond lilies has been in
existence, but for mauiy years Tad
pole's lilies have been >ought by picnic
parties from near-by couuties iu this
state, Massachusetts ar.d Rhode Island.
Cartloads of the Uov.ers are carried
away, but there seems to be no diminu
tion in the supply.
The railroad cczncs suddenly upon
ihejjond, which it divides in halves, and
j in an instant the passengers detect the
fragrance of the lilies and throw up
the windows, the better to view the
beautiful and unusual sight. In one
section of Tadpole there is a large tract
of lilies the blossoms of wliich are of
i fo rich a pink as to be almost rose
| colored, it is said. They are of exeeed
! inglv rare beauty and are much sought
, after by collectors.
i , Tadpole's unromantic name comes
; from its beiag a favorite place for
young frogs. It lias been known by
i this title for years, but an effort is now
. making to change its name to the still
; more unromantic one of Ctayville
pond.
PLANS TO SURPRISE THE WORLD
Ctcrmauy I'rrimrlng n Dazzling K\-
hlblt for the Paris Eiponllion.
The German government has in
pourse of preparation an exhibit for
tb® Paris exposition of moo wblok ic
expected to surpass anything of the
kind ever attempted by any nation
This statement is made by Consul-Gen
eral Mason, of Frankfort, Germany, in
a report which reached the state depart
ment the other day.
"It is intended," Mr. Mason says,
"that the exhibit shall be a complete,
harmonius picture of the resources and
Industries of Germany, down to the
latest date. Everything is to be pol
lected at home, assorted, adjudged,
classified and its position assigned, by
an imperial commission, so that dupli
cates and everything trivial and inferior
to the best shall be excluded and tlio
whole display presented in its most
striking and effective form.
"The exhibit promises to be even a
greater surprise than was Germany's
at Chicago in 1893, and it will be made
and managed for the express purpose
of showing the merchants of all civil
ized nations what Germany has to sell."
Mr. Mason reports that Germany is
doing everything possible toextend her
commerce, having recently sent com
missions to China and Japan and South
America for this purpose. Her trade
with the United States is being fos
tered as much as possible and he pre
dicts that Germany will continue to
follow this policy in the hope of eventu
ally being the greatest commercial pow
er of the world.
A Dnrnyartl Phenomenon.
The changed condition* of modern so
ciety seem to have struck some of the
lower orders cf animal life. The report
comes from the national military Jiouif.
at Marion, Ind., that "a common
Shanghai rooster has taken it upoD
I himself to hatch out a brood of chick;
and act as mother and protector to
them. lie 'set' on a nest of eggs the
requisite three weeks and hatched out
tne fluffy chicks in regular fashion, and
now he seems to be very proud of his
accomplishment. He fondles and pro
tects them after the fashion of a loving
and jealous mother. The story of this
queer rooster's peculiar act has brought
many people to the barns to observe the
barnyard phenomenon."
Mnnnera In Srrrdcn.
In Sweden, if you address the poorest
' person on the street, you must lift youi
! hat. The same courtesy is insisted
1 upon if you pass a lady on the stair
! way. To enter a reading-room or a
bank with one's hat on is regarded as
impolite.
Aure nnd Crime.
Twice as many crimes are commit
ted in Paris by those between the age«
of 15 and 20 as by those between 2f
and 40.
Proof That Kali-lea Exist.
Little Ethel, having alluded to fairies,
flip caller askexl:
"Do you think there are such things
as fairies dear?"
t "O yes, Mrs. Gray," replied the little
girl, earnestly. "Only yesterday 1
heard papa and Cncle George talking
about some fairies they saw at the
theater, and they dudn't, know I heard
them, either. —Louisville Courier-Jour
nal.
jionirthliiK for Xothtnif.
! "You can't get something for noth
ing," remarked the man who gives ad-
I vice.
"My wife thinks she can," said Mr.
'<ton. with unusual cynicism, "and,
Mee. j don't say she isn't right
of com -+yn she achieved it."
when she the experi
"When did
ment •' , iu"fir /"e a neek
"Yesterday. She b. e
tie." —Washington Star.
Diplomacy.
It isn't always well to laok
A bulldog in the eyes.
If there Is any way In which
One can do otherwise;
! Nor Is it always best to tetl
I A liar that he lies.
I Unless you're big and strong and he j
Not more than half your size.
1 —Detroit Journal
SPARROW AND ELEPHANT.
A Cunteat Tlaut \\ hi Decidedly
I ui'iiual.
A pugnacious sparrow the other da
flew into the elephant house iu thi
Central park menagerie and began pick
ing up the crumbs from the table of the
only elephant then inside. The-cr-am
inoth and midget apparently did net
see each other for some time, says the
New York Herald, until the former, in
shifting his position, nearly placed hi?
ponderous foot on the latter. The
fighting little speck of fuss and feath
ers evidently accepted this thoughtless
act as a challenge to battle, and at once
flew in the elephant's face. The great
beast looked astonished, and, sending
a small cyclone through his trunl;
raised such a cloud of hay and dust that
the bird was lost sight of.
When the air cleared the bii>ed was
seen on the quadruped's back. A shake
of the elephant's loosely fitting, tough
though sensitive hide frightened.the lit
tle fellow, who hopped to the floor and
looked into the face of his antagonist
Thus they stood, as though trying tc
recover breath, for a few seconds, when
the elephant reached out his trunk to
ward the sparrow. The bird, with out
stretched wings and ruffled feathers
i threw himself with full force at the
end of the threatening proboscis. Then
came a gentle blast of air from the ele
phant's lungs, and the sparrow was
blown against the wall of the house
The little fellow, without ever so much
as a parting look at his hug* antag
onist, mounted to the open window and
disappeared.
GRANT'S PIANO PLAYING.
A Deoltleilly Inmailral Rut Interest
ing Performance.
Grant stories are now in order, nnd
one told by a white house attache re
cently lias probably nevej- been printed
before. It was a matter of current his
tory that Gen. Grant did not know how
to whistle, nor could he turn a tune if
his life depended upon it. On one oc
casion, says the Chicago Tribune,
when an attendant came to delivet
cards from a party of callers, he found
President Grant sitting at a piano in
one of the upper rooms of the white
house drumming away with a two
finger exercise. Mrs. Grant was an
amused spectator of the general's
piano exercises, and neither of them
hearil the messenger at the t'oor with
the visiting cards.
Finally, however, the attendant
opened the door, but this did not in the
least disconcert the president, wrto
kept on practicing as though he was
really enjoying it. "Here are the
cards, Ulys," said Mrs. Grant, "of a
party of friends whom we invited here
this evening. They are anxious to see
you, and if you are not too much inter- ,
ested in the piano we will go down- .
stairs in the blue parlor."
"Don't you think you can get along
without me this evening?" replied
President Grant. "It seems to me this
calling business is your affair, and I
would a great deal rather play the
piano than plunge into the vortex of
society."
HE WAS PERPLEXED.
James Pelt I neiju.il to Ilia I'nlque
Task.
The directors of u bank had engaged :
the services of a watchman, who came I
well recommended, but did not fceern
over-experienced. The chairman, says (
nn t ftrrr, ret*4 {an him 1
post up a bit, and began:
"James, this is your first job of this
kind, isn't it?"
"Yes, sir."
"Your duty must be to exercise vig
ilance."
"Ye's, sir."
"Be careful how strangers approach
you."
"I will, sir."
"No stranger must be allowed to en
ter the bank at night under any pre
text whatever."
"No, sir."
"And our manager—he is a good
man, honest, reliable and trustworthy;
but it will be jour duty to keep your
eye on him."
"But It. will be hard to watch two
men and the bank at the same time." i
"Two men —how?"
"Why, sir, it was only yesterday I
that the manager called me in for a j
talk, and he said you were one of the |
best men in London, but it would be j
just as well to keep both eTes on you |
and let the directors know if you hung >
around after hours."
Decreasing lllrth Itntes In America j
French economists arc consoling
themselves for the gradual depopula
tion of their country, pr.'nting out that 1
many of the American states, includ
ing the whole of New England, are still
vorse off, says the St. kouis Globe- i
Democrart. The birth rate in Frcyice
has fallen from 33 per 1,000 at- the l>e
ginning of the century to 22 per 1,000
and is less than the death rate, so that
If the present conditions continue, in
about 200 years the French race will
have become extinct. In ninny of the
United States, however, matters are
even more serious. The birth rate in
Nevada is 16.30 per 1,000. so Hint, ever
if no more people should emigrate fron~.
*hnt state, its population would d|e out
completely in less than 100 \%ars.
Maine comes next with a birth rate
of 17.99 per 1,000, which gives its race
about a century longer to exist. New ,
Ham,pshlre is third, with 18.4 per 1,000
Vermont is fourth, with 18.5, ant
strange to say, California, which come; !
next, has a birth rate of 19.4 per
1,000, or nearly 12 per cent, less thar
that of France.
Stnyi for Men.
Jn 1614 stays werp introduced into
the costumes of gentlemen, to keep
the doublet straight and confine the
waist.
Turkish Tnrlians.
A Turkish turban of the largest size
contains 20 yards of the finest and
softest muslin. _
Friend* Xo More.
Dottie —Can you keep a secret?
George Lufton proposed to me last
night.
Jessie —Oh, I'm so surprised! Have
you found out what girl had just jilted
him?— Cleveland Leader.
Xo IMnce for Savtuffi.
Guest—What is the price for dinner'
Hotel Proprietor—Two dollars.
Guest —Holy smoke! I)o you think
my stomach is a savings bank? —N. Y.
Truth.
Her Father —My daughter is playing
one of your compositions for her own
amusement.
Composer She's killing time all
right.—N. Y. Journal.
One Feature of It.
"There's one satisfaction about build
ing castles In the air."
"What is it?"
"The bricklayers never strike."—Chi
cago Post.
Drenm of Innocence.
The Wife—What a sweet smile there
is on the baby's face, John.
The Husband —Yes; lie's probably
jjNjjming that he's keeping me awake.
To>« Topics. 1
OUT OF THE JAWS OF DEATH.
% (irurcla nu>'» Etrapr from an \lll
sa lor.
The alligator, as ia well ki own. swal
lows its prey whole ar.d digests it at
, leisure, like main others of the reptile
familv. It is to this which is given as
t a fact by the Home Hustler, (ieorgia,
that Edward Roland. of that citv, owes
, his life.
In Ronald's boyhood his parents
had a winter home in the neighbor
hood of Sanford, Kla., «l,.ih is near
. Dennis creek, a locality which was
then famous for its numerous alliga-
I tors. When a little fellow, too young
, distinctly to remember the circum
stances. the boy was out with his fa
, ther on the creek shore, and was leTt
alone for a little while, playing with
. some pebbles.
, Suddenly the father heard Edv.srd
, scream and ran in his direction. lie
reached the spot just in time to see the !
I little fellow disappearing- down the :
gaping throat of a huge alligator. Mr. I
Ronald had his gun in hand, and, quick
, ly taking' aim at the saurian, fired, j
Fortunately, the bullet struck the I
brute in the eye. penetrating the brain. |
and killed it instantly.
The feet of the boy were still pro
, trading from the reptile's mouth, j
The father, not daring to hope that his !
son was alive, cut open the alligator,
thinking to obtain the boy's remains j
for burial.
To Mr. Itoland's delight, the body
i showed signs of life, and after several j
hours of hard work the boy was re- '
| 6useitated. The only serious injury
| was to the ankles, which had been
j crushed by the reptile's teeth, doubt-
I less when in the throes of death,
j Since that time Roland has been
i crippled, but only to the extent of
I wearing steel braces on his ankles. He
enjoys the unique distinction of hav
ing been almost, sv. allowed by an alli
: ! gator.
ABOUT SURNAMES.
Their Or Ik l» of Peculiar Interest to i
Antiquarians.
The origin of surnames is full of
curious interest to the antiquarian, and
| some funny examples have been
brought to light by students in this
branch of knowledge. Pome of the
names are very queer, and the director
ies of every great city furnish many ex
amples. In Kansas City recently a firm
: of veterinary surgeons, was composed of
Drs. Iliad; & White, and a few years
ago in western Kansas Messrs. Gum &
Sultz conducted a drug store. Two
doctors named Hope & Comfort were
partners in physic, and their sign must
have cheered more than one patient.
f Messrs. Tighe and Twist were in the
rope busine.ss in an eastern town not
long ago. At one time it was the cus
; torn to christen children with singu
' lar Biblical names like the famous
Praise God Bareboncs and ITate Evil
Smith, but the most curious one record
e 1 is that of Eli Lama Sabacthani Press
nail. Mr. New, residing in England,
very facetiously named his first-born
"Something," and when in the course
of time his wife presented him with an
; other heir he christened that one "Noth
ing." It always gave Miss Anguish
C'rackbone's friends great pain to pro
nounce her name, and the cognomen of
Toothaker is not uncommon. Among
the names associated with diseases are
Fitts, Cramp, Feversham, Colicker,
Gouty, Dye and Dyer, to say nothing of
I xShvunttlv , Altn, VTui HOvIF,
Paine, Shivver. Trimble and Shake
well.
WHAT THE MONKEY FOUND.
It Proved to lie a DUaalroua Dis
covery.
The Philadelphia limes gives an ac
count of a singular accident which oc
curred the other day in that city. Two
Italian boys, with a hand organ and a
monkey, were amusing a crowd and
incidentally collecting pennies at u
si reet corner, when the monkey's atten
tion was caught by a roll of pasteboard
which he found near the curbstone.
Angelo, the older boy, who was
turning the crank, stopped for a mo
ment to chide the monkey for his inat
tention to business. The chiding had
| no effect, and the other fellow, Michael,
after some difficulty, got the paste
-1 Board and carried it to his brother,
| who. with a euriosityf equal to the
monkey's, began striking it against the
| organ.
The crowd by this time was edging
back, nnd several voices called to the
j Italians to be careful what they were
I about; for the crowd saw plainly
! enough that the mysterious object was
nothing but a cartridge.
The Italians understood no Euglish,
and presently there was a flash and a
report, and tie two boys were dancing
about the pavement, Angelo wringing
his hands, while Michael had both hands
to his head. The organ, badly dain
agtd, lay on the sidewalk, and the
monkey sat at the top of a lamppost.
An examination of the boys after
they were tnken to the hospital showed
that one of them had lost the thumb
and forefinger of his right hand, while
the other had received a scalp wound.
.leault I.and In the Klondike.
"The Jesuit missions in Alaska," sayi
the Baltimore News, "are in luck, as
they are in the very heart of the gold
region. The land consists of about
three acres, which was purchased by
I the head of the mission, Rev. William
11. Judge, a few years ago for a church,
school anil graveyard. It is in the rich-
I est part of the Klondike region, and,
! provided some one does not jump the
\ Jesuit claim, the returns should be
| large. The Jesuit, however, are men
of peace, and are hardly strong enough
in that wild territory to maintain their
rights in case an effort should be made
to push them out."
Illis- lii<llnii Weddlnif.
At a recent wedding in India the en
tire week was given up to feasting and
merry-making, and nearly 150,000 oi
the groom's tribe assembled for the oc
casion.
A U«>«roaa Girl.
Maude—Charley stole a kiss from
last evening.
Aunt Kate—The villain! What did
you do?
Maude—l was awfully angry with
him at first; but when he said he stole
it only that he might give it ton poor
girl never had any kisses, then I
couldn't help seeing what a noble man
lie was. So I told him if he thought I (
that poor girl was really destitute I •
might as well take another one for hri.
—Boston Transcript.
i
Right la Ilia Liar.
"Queer idea for that brewer to start j
a frog pond, wasn't it?"
"What did he start it for?"
"For the hops." Cleveland Plain ]
Dealer.
Rraaaarlng.
Patient—l am so afraid of being
buried alive, doctor.
Doctor—You sha«'t bo, if I can pre
sent it.—Up-to-Date. 1
Always Aal* a i.0«4 Price.
Hildad—These English fortune hun *
t*rs are very clever.
Ichabod- Yes, they never give them
selves away.—Town Topics.
No 3t>
BACTERIA IN INK.
A Hccrot Scientific Iliacovcrr la
l.cl|>alg.
llacteri-i. dangerous to health and
life, have been found in the air we
breathe, the water we drink, in various
kinds of food, and even in the muci
lage of tlie übiquitous postage stamp,
but it remained for the eminent Ger
man scientist. Dr. Uarpmann, of Leip
zig, to disco\er the poisonous bacteria
living and thriving in ink.
He has recently made a microscopical
examination of 67 samples of ink used
in the schools in Germany and in other
countries. Most of these were gall
inks, and contain various sorts of bac
teria, as well as those of other minute
organisms known in the scientific world
as saprophytes and micrococci. Ni
grosin ink taken from a freshly opened
bottle, which had up to that time been
tightly corked and sealed, was found
to contain bacteria in large quantities.
Red and blue inks of the sort so fre
quently used in offices also yielded nu
merous bacteria.
To determine whether or not these
bacteria were really as poisonous as
chemical analysis would seem to sug
gest, Dr. Warpmann decided to "culti
vate" some specimens for actual ex
periments. The result of these experi
ments showed that a bacillus from
ordinary black ink would, if introduced
info the blood of a mouse, prove fatal
within four days. Similar experi
ments the doctor in the interest of sci
ence performed upon other small ani
imals—rabbits, guinea-pigs and the like
—always with the same fatal result.
WANTS THE EARTH.
Rnaala Conatantly Reaching: Oat for
Xcw Territory.
In his paper, the Sviet, the Russian
general Komaroff publishes an article
which contains the following remark
i able passage, says the London News.
"The east, with all its countries, as
| China, Persia, Beluchistan and even In
i dia, is by the will of Providence des
-1 tined for the Russian people. Sooner
; or later the east will be ours. In or
der, however, to attain this object we
must guard our positions in the west,
and must be strong there, too. All our
efforts must be directed there, all our
thoughts and talents. There we must
ehow themselves genuine Russians. We
must thwart the German intrigues and
German tricks emanating from Ber
lin, and have a sharp eye to our real
foes. If we retreat in the west, we
lose everything in the east. Now in
the west a matter comes to decision
which is for us of vital importance,
namely, the question of the Bosphorus
and the Dardanelles. The straits must
by all means come into our possession
for the sake of securing peace in the
south, and for the sake of our own de
velopment—nay, even existence. In
the straits we must be as strong as on
the Yistula and intheßaltic. In preserv
ing for ourselves the west we must
above all be Slavs, and we must keep
olive the consciousness of relationship
in all the people of Slavonic nationality
tip to the Adriatic, those people being
our real prop and support in the
struggle against the greatest foe of our
nation, namely, Germanism."
CHAIKS IN MANY STYLES.
Bl( Warerooiua Containing Chain IB
Ilnndreda and No Two Alike.
With the great development of the
'-■•olturo iiuluetry in rtrta wnnrtry
there about in recent years a
subdivision OI 1«- hitu Ummlitn <«r
greater facility and economy of pro
duction. Thus there are manufactur
ers who confine themselves to special
lines of goods, as desks, tables, chairs,
aud so on, and these may sometimes
tie further subdivided, manufacturers
devoting themselves to particular kinds
or grades. Of chairs, for example, there
are hundreds of manufactories in the
United States, many of them large es
ta.blishmo.nts. The present total pro
duction of chaire in this country is
about 30,000,000 annually, soys the New
York Sun.
While the mauufa<sure of chaire is
much subdivided, there may be in
chairs of one kind, that is, of the same
materials and made by the same
processes of manufacture, many styles,
and there ore some establishments that
produce chairs in great variety. There
are single concerns that make as many
as 500 different styles, and so in the
wholesale furniture district of the city
there may be found large warerooms
filled with chairs nlone, the floor cov
ered with them in long lines and the
vails hung with them —hundreds of
cliairs, no two alike.
A IJrllllant Scheme.
"I read with interest," writes amat
from Topeka to the Atchison Globe
"your account of the usefulness of the
hen in Klondike gold-mining, and will
accept the sugtrestion. I leave for Klon
dike next week and will take with me
a coop containing six hens and a roos
ter, instead of a pick and pan. I have
figured it out that by turning my
chickens loose they will scratch over
more ground in one day that I could
with a pick in a month. If each hen
scratches up gold dust valued at $G,74i
per season, and the young chickens go
to scratching as soon as they are
hatched, some idea of the wealth I will
bring home may be obtained by youi
statistician. I am counting on having
30 young chickens in the field within
three months after I get there."
No one disputed the dictum of o
Chinese physician who had been called
to attend a celestial who had fainted in
a store at Portland. Ore., when the doc
tor said, after filling the prostrate
man's mouth nnd nose with red paint:
"Him blow out paint, him all same
not yet dead; him no catch him wind,
no blow out paint, him heap dead."
The man did not blow out the paint, and
the coroner was called.
Job Worth Holding.
The best-paid official in the British
service is the lord lieutenant of Ira
land, who receives f 20,000 a year.
What Canard It.
"Did you hear about Crawler?" said
the man with the long mustache. "Ho
bet Sinithers SIOO that he could live on
bread and water for 15 days."
'"What did he do with the money?"
asked the man in the corner.
"They bought his coffin with it. Ilis
wife insisted on making the bread."—
Cincinnati Commercial-Tribune.
The End of a Romaacc.
Miss Plutus —But Capt, Hnwleigh,
would you love uic \% hen I grow old and
uply?
The Captain (gallantly)— You may
grow older, my dear Miss Plutus, but
you can never grow uglier.
And he wondered why she rejected
him.—Tit-Bits.
Her iSxpreaalona.
"How perfectly awful!" was what she said
When her hair would not stay curled.
And when her new drese proved a shade too
red.
'Twaa the horrlblest thing In the world."
When the biscuits for breakfast were
burned she said
"How frightfully, dreadfully shocking!"
She remarked when they told her her hus
band was dead:
"Dear mc. now, that's quite too provok
ing."
—N, V. Journal.