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VOL- xxxiv MRS. J. E. ZIMMERMAN. Fall And Winter Announcement OF High-Class Novelty Silks, Dress (joods And Millinery. ' A positive I j pterlese collection of bjgb-claas stuftet. confined exclusively to us. The first choice of the world's foremost weavs9 hurried through the Castom House aader old tariff duties, we can offer you valued at prices untouchable by aoy competition, as our orders were all placed with importers three months ago. ILKS. DRESS GOODS. JJC —Beautiful Changeable Silks, all 25c All-Wool Novelty; value 40c. colon; real value 40c. 25c All-Wool Surges; value 40c. 50c —Extra value in Changeable Silks 25c All-Wool 36-inch Ladies' Cloth; •old everywhere at 65c. value 40c. 69c— Elegant assortment of Figured 39c All-Wool Novelty; value 50c. Taffetta Silks, all shades; real value 75c. 50c —We are showing the largest as . sortment of All-wool Plain Cloths, 75c—Black St-tm Duchess, sold every / , ■ serges, Henriettas and Novelty Dress where for Si.oo. „ , , „ 11 Goods ever shown in Butler; quality sold elsewhere at 75c. Remember these JACKETS. styles are exclusively our own; cannot be seen elsewhere at 75c, $1 to $3, in The Rothschild Wraps for 1897 are plain and fancy weaves. We are show here in all their superb quality, style ing as fine and exclusive line of pat and finish; the perfect fit of these Gar- terns as can be found in the largest city menu is well known to onr trade. Note stores. The prices on these fine import the low prices. At $2.98, good quality ed Dress gods 25 per cent less than city Ladies Beaver Cloth Jacket. prices. $5.00, an extra quality of Boucle and Mil I INF R Y Kersey Jackets, style and figure guaran- ' t*«d- All ihe new effect? in Hats, Feathers,. $j 50 to sls 00—we are showing a line Birds, Ribbons and Flowers. New that cannot be matched in the city. shapes, new combinations. This w'll he . . a great Ostrich season. Our Ostrich Cloth Capes and $2 50 to sls 00. *» . . . , Goods were all bought »rior to the an ss 00 —Boucle Cape, lined through- vance Velvets also. Con.e and visit out, trimmed '.n Thibet down, front our Millinery Department; it will p<y round collar; also, came style in Plush 30U. Values always the best, Prices Capes; real value of these capes, 50 always the lowest. We shall not enumerate the many classes of goods we keep. Come to our store, rleit e*crv department, a-tk to see oar Winter Underwear. Hosiery. Blankets, F.aonels, Yarus. Ate., It will cost yon nothing —to buy U yoor choice. All g >)ds a f . li vmt prhe-t, And Everything a Bargain. Mrs. J- E Zimmerman / T. H. BURTON, * T. H. BURTON. #ST V LE.f Style is Everything Now-a-days And we are glad that It appertains to every article in our stocx, for correctness and elegance are sure concomitants to artistic development. It Casts Yon ao More to be la tlarauiar With The Beit Expressed Styles o( The Sea sag, Tbaa to Coastltats >'A PACK NUMBER," jßjr faking anything and everything irresponsible dealers may offer you. This es ,taUtafc;ii< nt intends always to keep up with the times and you ere mire of that basis .yovp<W if you will trust us to serve you. T. H. BURTON, 130 SOUTH' MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA. J. S. YOUNG, Tailor, HaU*r and Gents Furnishing Goods. Summer heat makes the problem of looVingJflressy and keeping'cool a hard one But we've solved it; and for once economy, comfort and fpphiou go", hand in baud «Our auoimtr suits are finer in fabric, nobbier in pattern and more stylish in cu ihao ever before, they fit your curves and yet the) 're not sweat bath outfits. Th e jprices may surprise you. J. S. YOUNG, Tailor. 101 5. MAIN St., - - - BUTLER, I'A ( A Ql fffA Pleasing Prospectfff "! TO J'lMp Tim COAT so satisfactory at /(rff the first trial. This is the u.iiveraal testi ( / \ rr i,/\ mony of out patrons, who ufp all lovers of I V \J\X V I 1 neat fitting clothes. Without theiu n(j rjiap \\ v- XV \ I- 1 looks well dressed. a V \ J /L, A COAT WHM, MADF. is made to fit and 1| 3~__ A] }■ n U> *et-iust hit-or-miss; an artist well may jj ii | ill \ V Isfirf it take delight In acting a neat fitting coat 1 tl J \ll l i\ It ■ , Good material, good »vofkjnati»hip and good j { I 'M/\\ fr~y fita are the proof that have made our tailor 1 \ I I|l/ \\ ing a tucctM. We guarantee tjiio and ask ' 1 \ AJI j y you to look at our patterns. Our prices »rc & JTI I \ t ,: j cut down to the lowest notch. )'-==[ M P4 /G. F. KECK, ,RR cTF. T. PAPE & BROS, JEiVLERS. 0-Our FL'H Stock Of-# Diamonds, Watches, Rings, Plateware, t *»"* arrived and we cordially invite you to call and examine our stock *** V* P r,c< - H More bu > ,n K elsewhere We can »av'« ?<*< #>/>ney. DUR 53.50 watch is the l»est in the market, UUR $4.50 watch is the same aa you pay SS.SO end $6.00 elsewhere. We have about 15, $4 » day clocks left, will Clt*. them out at $2.35. —Our Stock Of—#l Ladies and Gents filled watches is complete We can aave you from f 1,00 Ui &■ <*> on these goods. We have the finest line of rings in the country, Diamond ritivs from #y7s to #250. We give our sjiecial attention to watch repairing. We Handle Nothing But The Celebrated 1847 Rogers Bros. Plateware. 122 South Main St.. Butler Pa. THE BUTLiiR CITIZEN. Liver Ills Ui:e biliousness, dyspepsia, lieadaene, cor. tt j-ation. smir stinvach, iudigestlon are prosipili cured by Iloods fills. They do their work Hoods easily and thoroughly. *ll Best af:e.- dinner pills. 111 S5 cents. All druggists. ■ ■■ ■ Prepared by C. I Hood & Co., I.owell, Mass. The onlv PUI to take with Hood's SarsaparLlla. This Is Your Opportunity. On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps, a generous sample will be mailed of the most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure (Ely's Cream Balm sufficient to demon strate the gre.it merits of the remedy. ELY BROTIfEP.S, 56 Warren St , 3 York City. Rev. .John Reid. Jr.. of Groat Falls, Mont., recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I can emphasize his statement, "It is a posi- for catarrh if used as directed. '— Kev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres. Church, Helena, Mont. Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged enre for catarrh coDtains 110 mercury nor any injurious drug. Price, 50 cents. RAILROAD TIME TABLES. J >ITTSUUKG & WESTERN Railw.i}'. Schedule of Pas senger Train* in effect May 16, 1897. BUTLER TIME. I IVjtirt. ' Arrive. Ao *, s, h.M :♦ IT A M Allegheny "Flv.-r" « 1} '■*'*£ - Xm * iwilf \"«iuiiiwitlati'»fi 1 I.* Ml. Akmn Mail # 1 a M f M A!J*•• I;> V • ■■ti.tn--: »•: . I "■ I I " All»*«:l«»*fiy Kxj»r« '■'> 'fc'» s m 1 "• A!!**gb«ny "Flyi-r T * '• ,l *» rhkjiKo Kxj#r«-«* "t 40 " U !■* Allcjdienv Mail '» " » '*» " Allegheny u ttjnr" 7 AciriifinNliifioii . 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I |lit»Muut|«.|i, ..'l'll • • Tlr • v. \\.' I P A|(t. Wi-Hti.rn lM«tl|rf, <V,Mi«-f Firfi Av.-II'M- Hll'l Mnjlli IkM Hl»• • Fltt-I.'iri.'. F»I J H 111 milHoN, ' II VWili, ti'-ii'-ral Maimi.!"! <i»?n'l Faaxr Affent. 1 -V't ,f > I 11 > %- The Pl?ce to Buy GAS COOK IMG AND J11*: AT 11» G STO V ICS, G/\S KUKNKKS AND FIX TURKS, MOSK, HATH TUBS, KNAMEL AND IMPROVED VKF.LSHBACH GAS BURNER. W. H. fI'BRIEN i 107 Kf st Jefferson St. Btfc KEEPERS SUPPLIES OUCH AS IIIV'4'H. HiimUt TH, l?r«M»d I'liitiifH, H<'<'l|OllH, Hi-rllori Mr«#o«l a fid Hurplti. I oufjfJu- I lon* Tin- IM'HI K<X»«I » sit lli«' Iow«HI, |Nwn|li|l' prl'«*». James B. Murphy. Mcri'fr *l., Witnl Ktid, Hull I'M. N«'iir KauH?n r»>( i rtr/ />r>- Practical Horse Shoer WILL ROBINSON. Poimerly Horse Shoer at the Wick" House ha* opened huai ness in a shop in the rear of tliti Arlington Hotel, where lie will do Ho»M\SlH>plnj( in the most approved style. TRACK AND ROAD HORSES A SPECIALTY. GOOD FARM FOE SALE. The I'ord farm in Donegal twp , near Millcrriitown in for wile. II contain aliout IJO acres, is well watered ami in uood condition, I or A terni» (inquire at this office BUTLEH, PA., THL'IiSDAV, OCTOBFCH.2I, ist)7 HORACE AnnCSLtr VACntLL* nam [Copyright, 1876, by J. B. Llpplncott Co.] CHAPTER VI. At the request of Mrs. Gerard, I drove alone to meet her husband, a passen ger on the incoming stage, which was due at the nearest town (a wretched village) alHMit five in the afternoon. Burlington, so the doctor assured mt, was, i.rustically speaking, paralyzed, and unable to move his limbs without suffering intense pain. During the day he had spoken to none, taking what nourishment was offered, and submit ting without a groan to the treatment prescribed. The nurse wafi a powerful uiau, fully awake to his responsibilities. Gerard doubtless had much to say to me, and I to him. I'nder these circum stances I consented to leave the house. "Will lie live?" was the first question of Gerard. "The doctor thinks so." Then I told my story from start to finish, eliminating the murderous sug gestion of the Greek. Gerard was iur tensely excited. •"Good Lord!" he burst out. "what an escape the lad has had!" I concluded with the flight of Deme trius, and ir. ive hii * * i~< - ■ k's letter, which lie read rapidly and placed in liis pocl.etlKy-il:. "Well," he said, sharply, in the tone of a man who is puzzled but'won't admit it— "well, sir, what is your opinion? Mind, your honest opinion." "Demetrius," said I, slowly, search ing for a suitable epithet and selecting the one upon my tongue's tip, "is a. damned coward." "And your reasons?" he snapped. His restless eyes sparkled as the ad jective sputtered from my lips. "He turned tail to save his own hide. The boy was taken to save appearances. When Mirk was in real danger—alone on the sands with Burlington—Demet rius was >indecently indifferent. But when the doctor apprehended violent symptoms and onr friend thought that he might be exposed to them, why, then—" "He wilted, eh?" "Yes; the naked coward obtruded it self." "You don't know him, young man." "Possibly not." "He is no coward. I have known De metrius for 30 years—-a long time. I repeat, he is no coward." I touched up the horses with the flick of the whip, and the action be trayed ine, for Gerard laughed. "Take it coolly," he said. "Young men, nine times out of ten, misconstrue the motives which govern human ac tions. Remember that I have made a study, a profitable study, of my fellow creatures." "All the same," I said, doggedly, "ho is a coward." "Tliat's quite right. Stick to your colors, iny boy. By llie way, Tam sur prised that you should have taken Bur lington to my house." I could not excuse myself witboutac cnslng Nancy, BO I held my peace. "However," he continued, thoughtful ly, "we have the man where we can watch him. You may yet earn that big salary." "I expect to," I retorted, bluntly. I was cursing myself for speaking out so plainly. In damning the cowardice of the Greek I had also, by inference, damned the cowardice of my employer. My tongue, as usual, had outstripped my limiting brain. I wan still in my salad days and u novice in the art of dialogue. "I suppose," said Gerard, carelessly, "that you have fallen ill love with Nancy." The question took me so completely by surprise that my stupid face flushed soar let. I began to reallzo that this man, whose bodily presence was so con temptible, was, conversationally speak ing, dandling roe in his arms. "I don't blame you," continued (ie rard, in his most matter-of-fact tones. "She Ui a pretty girl and very intelli gent. It would interest mo to know w hethe r—e r—she—" "No; she doesn't." "Thnnk you. I like to be posted. No no; don't frown. I dare swear that she will say yes, and you may live to wish It had been no." lie had dropfied his tone of I winter and spoka gloomily, in sour, raucoits ac cents. This man had achieved much that the world prizes. His keen brnlu and extraordinary acumen had borne him triumphant upon the top wave of success. Now that he had brought his heavily-freighted vessel into *afe liar boragc, he hail leisure to read the log and estimate the wear and tear. I watched him as be leaned back wearily against the well-padded cushion* of the buggy and made a small calcula tion. Divide wealth, as many millions as you please, by health, subtract time, and what is left? Answer, the man be side me, haggard, wizened, prematurely gray. Ho, after all, lie had seen the com plication ot my falling ill love with Nancy —ha/1 counted the probability an gain, an extra rivet to bind me to Ills service. What a puppet I had been I "I'm sorry the l»oy Is from home," lift muttered. "I should have enjoyed se«ing It,in. Demetrius is overcautious a fault on the right side." He asked me innumerable questions about the lad, displaying bis talent for cross-examination, and with it his re markable love for his son. Mrs. Gerard, it appeared, had been kind enough to give in*! more credit than I deserved, and her husband expressed his appreci ation of my efforts In a characteristic faalilon. "You ore not giving me value re ceived," he said, brusquely, "but you've done all T asked, and more." I wondered wln/Jier Mrs. Gerard In her letters had mentioned my excur sion into Cupid's domain, and answered tluj question 111 the negative. "I'm a generous map," Gerard con* tinued, with that curious inflection in his voice which I had remarked when he had pre ip' d upon me his rarest wines} "and my sUqxlalighter you have found out, of course, that she i» my step daughter wIH be bMdaMMijr dow ered. I dare say I shall give her aph turn or two —that 'Constable,' perhap.* -If-" "If—" I repented, "If she marries the rigflit fellow." What, I asked myself, did he mean? That tbe.rc vva . meaning behind evci'f word he »|>okc I could no longer doubt. Why did he remind me of a spider ' Why humiliating reflection did I compare myself to a fly? 'I he •• que tions were adequately answered later. Our talk for the prevent wa- over. 'I li* - fights of the liouse were in sight. The familiar roar of the surf became louder and louder, and the a broee of handsome bloodhounds, baye<l melodi ously. "liy Jupiter!" said Gerard, sharply, "that is the voice of Demetrius." I strained my ears in vnin, but a large figure loom«l suddenly in the fore ground. "That you, Demetrius?" my compan ion fihouted. "Yes," came the measured response, "it is I " The Greek, however, had no intention of stating his business in my presence. He assisted his master to descend from the i. : 'i burriry and followed him re llv Into the house I r>mained with the horses and helped the coach man, Jap Dyers, an excellent fellow, to unhitch them—and his tongue. He shattered volubly. ►* "Slimy kind o'euss, that ther Greek, Mr. Livingston. I'm a liar if he didn't scare the puddin* outer me." "You don't look aa if you were easily soared," said I. "I ain't," he replied; "that's a fact; but the Greek he done it. An' it warn't right, neither, liini an' me never was fnen's. When he ccmes o-sashayin' iJong as if he owned the hull earth I aim ter look jest a leetle mite above his head, as if I didn't see his royal high ness; an' that mads him an' tickles me." Jap laughed loudly. I had known for sou*- time that he and Demetrius were unfriendly. "So he scared you?" "Yes, sir. Ye see, lie bosses it around the house, but I'm the chief here, an' don't allow no monkey business on my premises. Well, sir, after you left, Mary, the housemaid, come out, an' she ine had a leetic liowdy-do. She's Danish, is Mary, an' not oneo yer scary ones. Why—" "Get along with your story, Jap. 1 m in a hurry." "Mary was tellin' me about thedoin's with the gentleman as was hurt, an' givin* me the hull song an dance. "Where were you, Jap?" The honest fellow blushed. Uy the flickering light of the stable lantern I could sec his freckled face blazing. "We was in the hay mow," he said, re luctantly. "Where you generally sit, eh?" "Yes," he admitted, with a sheepish grin. "Mary likes the smell o'the hay." "Go on, Jap." "D'ye think," he demanded, -eagerly, "that ther Greek was on to the racket o' me an' Mary sittin' in the hay mow? Gosh! 1 guess he was stuck on Mary hi.«self. Why, that accounts for the milk in tlieoocoanut. Of course. Well, sir, when she got through tellin" me ho\v the pore feller couldn't speak nor move, and—" "She went into all those details .' ' "Why. an' she had it straight from Mi s Nancy, too. Wimmen folks iiiuitt talk, or tl ' y'd laterally go crazy. Well, sir, she'd got at last ter the end o' the ya.rn, an' I'd told her good-by, an' ■was wavin' her adoo as she stood in the doorway, when all of ti suddent a big shock o* hay coin's it-tuiublin' down an ketches me right 'twixt wind an' water. It come nigh killin' me, an' Mary, too. Why, the girl 'most split herself a-laffln'. An', Mr. Livingston," his pleasant voice hardened, "that ther Greek, damn his soul, done it." I expressed my astonishment. "Jle done It outer meanness. I never stwplcloned the cu ~ knowln" that the hay was kinder poorly piled tin' that I'd hin keerless almtit the handlin' of it. Hut jest before yon drev up I ha|>- pened ter start out fer the house, an' then changed my mind an' walked aryund the barn. Well, sir, as I come around that ther comer I saw the Greek, standln' like a statoo on a pedcstlal. Where <li«l he come from? Why, from the mow, <>' course. He piped me off ter the house, an' then crawled out. lie must ha' known that Danish Mary an* I was frien's, an' he calkilated ter make an everlastln' si'iwenwuv outer tin before her—the son ofacmn! I ilr<i|»|s-d outer his racket right away, the second I seen him. He come there a purpose. I'd 'a' thumped him good, if it cost iu<' this place, but the dogs begun Imrkin', the Greek hu sjieaks to 'em us If mo lasses candy wouldn't melt in his mouth, nn' the next thing I knew lie was talk in' with Mr. Gerard. Hut, cuss him, I'll git. even." "Hut, Jap, how do you know J»o was really in Hie mow'.'" "Why, sir, when I conio up with the lantern I see the hayseed and stlcker grasn on his ooat." I bade Mr. livers good-night, and walked thoughtfully to the house. My i j|i Ii« 111" iAMp««truily luto th« d«*flii< tlon -in rrgfarti tn thin affair <lif fered materially from those of Uonest Jap. I could not Islieve that De met rrus had willfully wt rolling i lio shock of hay. I f he, had concealed him self in the barn for some specific pur pose, would he court detection for thu sake of playing it prank or to gratify a personal spite? Hardly. Ihe hay, badly piled and undermined, luulobeyed the III" »of gravitation. I'ossibly in t lio ardor of eave«drop|iil«g the (iii-«-k luid displaced the t.hoek unwittingly. He had studied the habit* of Jap and his "best I'irl," and, wishing to learn the csuct condition of affair* In the buuw, hiul turned his knrr\vle<lge of sociology to good account. Very slimy, as Japob- Htved. An Anglo-Saxon blessed with the. Greek's upbringing would havn seouted such methods, but the necretlv* nature of Demetrius, stitniilate<l by ter ror of Hurlingtori, accounted itlsfae tor.lv for everything. The fellow was I UII Oil! aild-out poltt <S)H. Mark (ierard dined alotic with Nuucv I and me. He was in no mood to talk. pr.d gulped down h's dinner in g omv j silence. Sines we parted in the ;?;:hle- . ' yard his manner had entirely changed. From his gestures rather than from h!s words I inferred that he was intensely : nervous (I laid this to the charge of De netrius), and unduly irritable. Nancy, too, seemed depressed and abstracted. She replied in monosyllables to my few ! questions. "Nancy, go to your mother," said Ger ard, as the cofTee was brought in. "I wish to talk with Mr. Livingston." We pushed our chairs from the tabl£ 1 ! and lighted cigars. "Demetrius." said Gerard, "is not a | coward." 1 merely bowed, having resolved, for the future, to curb my tongue. "lie proposes." Gerard spoke slowly, watching me narrowly between half closed eyes—"he proposes to take en tire charge of—of this madman. You—" lie rolled up carefully t.he loosened : wrapper of his cigar, and I, chafing at the delay, forgot ray good resolutions and blurted out: "What disposition does he make of me?" "Pshaw!" said Gerard, frowning; "what a hot-head it is! I"—he empha sized the pronoun ('twas an effective trick of his) —"I, my lad. have pleasant cr work for you. I shall send my family to Europe at once in yourcharge. Mrs. Gerard needs complete change: the boy niust see something of the world: and Nancy, of course, will be counted*in. What do you think of luy plan?" "Your plan," I said, dryly, "takes me by surprise." Surprise—the word but feebly ex presses the condition of my feelings. Had Demetrius dared to make this sug gestion. in the teeth of what had oc curred in tlie cave? And if so, in the name of the Sphinx, to what purpose, knowing, as he must know, that 1 should refuse to become a party to his Infamous scheme? Was master in col lusion with man? No. 1 couldn't be lieve that. What then? The scoundrel was a consummate judge of character, end he had had abundant opportunity to study the idiosyncrasies of Hugw Livingston. He probably counted upon my promise of secrecy, and by Jupi ter! tlietruth flashed upon me —counted further upon my opposition, and my subsequent dismissal from the service of Gerard. I would try and bulk liim. "If Demetrius," said I, lightly, "is in the house, I should like to talk this over with him." "Demetrius returned at once to Mark." "How far is it to the island?" 1 asked. "Not more than two miles." I rose to my feet. Gerard, I must see Demetrius to night. Within two hours you shall have your answer." He nodded and puffed at his cigar. "As you please," he said, indifferently. The immortal Lincoln said that you could fool a part of the people all the time, and ull the people part of the time, but that no man could fool all the people all the time. In considering the relations which existed between Mark Gerard and the Greek, this piece of wisdom bubbled up out of my memory and lent an agree able effervescenoe to my reflections. Gerard was a brilliant man in his way, but I had come to the conclusion that Di metrius was the stronger, mentally, of the two, and exercised a potent in fluence upon his master. I still clung to my theory in regard to the Greek's cowardice; otherwise. I should hardly have trusted myself alone with him. He had no intention, I was convinced, of meeting or nursing Burlington. He vns fooling Gerard. He should not, 1 decided, fool Hugo Livingston. The night was perfect, an idyllic night for lovers. The inoon lolled lazily in the sapphire heavens. The air was soft and odorous, languid with the per fume of a million flowers. And the voice of spring whispered her old, old story. "Where are you going?" It was Nancy. She flitted towards me, a slender. Naiad-like figure, il lumined by the silvery beams. "Who would not wish to be abroad fetich a night as this, Miss Nancy? I'm oil' for a walk." "I'll go with you," she replied. "Mam ma Is asleep, and my father" her voice hardened "doesn't want me." I hesitated. "If you don't want nie, too —" My scruples fled. "I'm going to the island. Miss Nancy. Perhaps you would like to see Mark." She made no reply, and we started, side by side, not u yard between us. In silence we paced down the patlitotho sea and descended the steps which led to the sands. I forgot Demetrius, for got. everything save the one intoxicat ing fact that. I was walking alone, be neath the stars, with the woman I [loved. But what I forgot Nancy bore in mind. "Mr. Livingston," she said, ill confi dential tones, "I have watched for this opportunity. 1 want to ask you what. I have not t he heart, to ask mamma, and .what I won't ask my father." "1» it something I can answer?" "I think so." "Is it something 1 ought to answer. Miss Nancy?" "If you have, my welfare at heart," ihe whispered, softly, "you will tell me the truth all the truth aliout this mysterious affair. Hitherto, Mr. Liv ingston, I've taken persons and things as I found them. MlTcets have Inter* i 'itcd inc rather than causes. There Is fitther, f<v instance, who has lived ll pitrt from u>» all these, years. I accepted that without inquiry, l>ut now it MCIIIH odd. Where was file necessity? The reason, the eause, must be a I rong one. Then, again, there is tliii. load social!' t. What, is lnt doing at large? Vnd what ! i the nature of his grudge against us? 1 don't, ask these que t,ion:# out of idle curiosity." "The i' questions. Miss Nancy, lean not. answer." "You cannot? or you will not?" She spoke impatiently. I hesitated. W hat should 1 say ? "Pmold enough to know I lie- c Kccrets, if secret they lie, and strong enough to share inv mother's tmrdens. Poor dear mamma! how old she looked to night!" ••You can lighten your mother's bur dens very materially by not at tempting to shoulder them." \\ e paced on toget her, but Nancy hml moved farther from me, as if repelled I y my dren t ion. When lie spoke, her ' voice had lost its warmth. "I shall not Isdhcr you again," wild she. The fiend tempted me to reply. "My own secrets. Mis • Nancy, I would share with you willingly. Oneoffhem you surprised this morning." ' I could not jsissibly have selected a. less opportune time for such a bald tafeiileiit. Truly, when love enters men's hearts their wits often leave 1 ' their heads, Nancy, with a vv niuan's consideration, pointed out a loophole of escape. "Mr. Livingston, Is t he tide com lug Itl 1 or going out?" ISut my blood was up, ami the fever of ! | spring in my veins. "Hang the tide!" I replied. "ThotJde | of my life hi setting towards you so 1 strongly that I em utem it no longer, j Nancy, sweet Nancy, I love you!" A tremulous sigh escaped her lips, "I love you!" I repeated, with a lover's foolish iteration. "I love you!" [TO BE CONTtXt-BD.) IMPRESSIONS OF CHILDHOOD. Once Formed They l.aat Throo*h Life. Many persons of middle age recall events, oftentimes the most trivial, which oceured during the period of childhood with greater readiness than those of a few months or years pre j vions. Impressions made upon the mind of a child are often indelible, therefore the utmost care should be exercised by those who have them in charge as to the conversation to which they are al lowed to listen and the events in which they participate. A middle-aged woman recently vis ited a Vermont town where she had in childhood been a pupil at an academy which flourished in those days, but which ceased to exist some years since, the old building where its sessions were held being removed. The outlook from the windows of one end of the school building had been upon an ancient cemetery, and during 30 years of absence the visitor had re tained as the strongest impression of her school life in the town the ap pearance of an old slate headstone with the grewsome decoration characteristic of the olden lime and an inscription setting forth the virtues of one "Mrs. Experience, relict of Abraham Slater," which always met her eyes as she stood in class beside a window of the school house. and which seemed a part of the lessons recited there. During an absence of 30 years a reminder of the school invariably brought a reeolleetion of the head stone, and during the recent visit she found it still there in all its hideous tipss, all that remained of the old school life. Thus impressions are often made up on the mind of a child by things which have no connection with his real life, but which stand out in bold relief against the background of memory with the same startling directness noted by the amateur photographer when lie finds upon the developed plate an object he had not intended to pene trate. Like a sensitized plate, recording the slightest impression, good or evil, joy ous or the reverse, is the limin of a child. Many strong through life may be traced to some in fluenve received in childhood, some word spoken, carelessly, perhaps, by a mature person in whose judgment the child had implicit confidence. Therefore the greatest care should be exercised that the child brain should be subjected only to cheerful, health ful impressions. Everything morbid or sensational should be strictly ■with held, and discussion upon subjects be yond the comprehension of the imma ture mentality should not be indulged in when the children are present. Like the unfolding of a beautiful flower is the mental development of u child, and, liKe the blossom, it attains perfection only when all the conditions are favorable. That blight or imper fection of any sort shall not mar its complete fulfillment should be the con stant care of parents and guardians "Eternal vigilance" should be the rule, that the entrance trpon the broader life of manhood or womanhood may not be handicapped by impressions and prejudices absorbed during the forma tive period, and which it is impiwslble to erase from the memory. Hoston Budget. SNEAK OATHS. Pet I'lirnttcx \\ lileli Are Apt to lie llnrmfiil. The natural tendency to exclaim at whatever surprises, annoys or pleiute* grows into an unfortunate habit, which thoughtlessness does not excuse. Some people who would be shocked at an oath, constantly use the words "Me.rcy," "Goodnews gracious," and even such expressions as "O heavens!" "The Lord knows" and many others. This shows something more than a lack of culture and refinement. They arc often uttered carelessly, but sometimes with a rebellious wish to be just a little wicked, and make its near an approach to an oath us the reckless individual dare venturer It is sometimes difficult to correst careless speech, but success In life more often depends on knowing just what not to say than what, to say. More often than we. think, some fool ish little remark costs us the respect and esteem of some one whose friend ship We VII 1 lie. Habits "o n trol u«, and If we Indulge ourselves in the impulse to exclaim over every trifling occurrence in our homes, the word* will glide from our lips unawares, and leave an Impres sion on other minds not ejisil.v erased. I'erhnpM you have never thought your pet phrase* and expressions either wrong or harmful, but you must ad mit that they mi' useless. If love, ad miration and respect are worth win ning, ruard well the door of your lip*. Ever\ where. Nft•■<*«* for f IMnn* oih* tranpoonful of butter la n h/i i!«*«*j n, and when It i* ioe!tf*<l, but not brown, rub Into it one tableapoonful of Hour. Win n smooth add one cupful of boiling water. Htlr constantly for teu minutes, thenstir in one tablespoon fill of butter, salt and pepper to taste and the Juice of half a lemon If liked. — Itontofi c ilobc. I1nl««*«l I'ti il <ll tin. I'tire, eore and slice apples thin. Hut ter a pudding dish and till it with ii 1 - ternate layers of apples and sugar, well spiced. When the dish Is full mid bits of butter and a little water, cover with crust and balie in a rather (|ulck oven until the apple* nrti done. -Lelmira Hours. Plum for To each pound of damson plums add half a cupful of sugar, half an ounce each of cinnamon, mace and cloves. Tie the spices In a bag. Remove the stones from the plum* and boil until It becomes thick like jam N. Y. Ledger, Ah A|i|ir*|irl«t« I'uMr. Drusilla Do you play "Home, Kweet Home" on the piano when It is time for < liarlie I'eterbee to way good night? Dorothy No; I have to play "111 tho Morning, by the Hright bijfht." Mrook- Ivn Eagle. A I \\ m > 111 l.e«rvi. I)ingle V There are just. 8,000 piihli cationi in tlw t lilted States. ilastlngN Keen sludging statistics, eh? Iflngley- No; sending u poem mound. N. V, World. A SI rn Ir n IMI. She liny me a dozen pairs of kid gloves. lie Never tho Idea of covering up those beautiful little hands with their taper fingers. Tammany Times, % Wroim IMniin.iiilii Wife The grip has settled In my Jaws, I believe. 110 band That's Impossible; it only | attacks one in weak places. —I'p-to- I PROHIBITIONIST'S NEAT TRICK. linn ii >llaml»lppl Schoalmailtr Df fru iril the I'nrmlri of Rrlurn. Superintendent Greenwood, of the i city school*. t«Hls a good story on a friend of his. Prof. Morrison, in Missis sippi. whom lie visited last winter. ' j Down iu that state there are many ne • groes. and the colored vote is a material j j factor in politic*. It is a constant strug gle betweeu the different political par | ties to control this vote und many pe- \ culiar means are resorted to. The | | story related by Mr. Greenwood is a fair | ; example of the way the negro is worked ; on election day by his white friends ; down in Dixie. "In the little town where Prof. Mor- • rison liies and where he is superin- ! tendent of the city schools," said Prof, i Greenwood, "the people were called j upon to vote on the question of local j option a short time ago. Mr. Morrison, occupying the ]>ositlon that he did, and i being a man of gentle habits and a j good church member, naturally was ! chosen to leadi the prohibition faction and during the campaign he waged a bitter fight against the saloons. Every thing seemed favorable for a grand pro hibition victory until a day or two be fore the election, when the negroes came in from the plantations and began •tanking up* on the free whisky sup plied them by the enemies of reform. Morrison realized that the power to turn the election lay in the colored vote and he at once set to work to head off his opponents, and the facts show that the shrewd little schoolmaster was equal to the emergency. "The night before the election, after the saloon men had exhausted their ef forts and had gone to their homes with the confidence that victory would be theirs on the morrow, the professor went to work among the darkies. He told them that he had a piece of new ground he wanted cleared up, and that he would give each of them $2 a day and board as long as the work would last, the time it. would take to do the work depending altogether on the number of men that he could get. Every negro in town promised to bring an ax and be at the appointed place at daylight. The next morning a dozen wagons were in waiting to trans port the men down in the river bottoms, where the timber was to be cut. Two trips were made before all of them were gotten out of town, but when the sa loon men came down the next morning there were not a dozen negroes to be seen. They were mystified aud did not learn of the trick that had been played on them until it was too late and pro hibition carried the day. "A big dinner was prepared for the darkies out in the woods when the noon hour came aud they were made happy at sundown by being given two bright silver dollars each and told that the ji>b was finished. This was considered a shrewd piece of work on the part of Mr. Morrison, and he has sir.ee become a considerable |>ower in Mississippi poli tics. —Kansas City Journal. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. Nome I.lttle Things Which the Hasse «lfr Should Know. If iciug runs off'a cake and will not stick Hour should be sifted oier the cake aud then wiped off with a soft cloth before applying the icing. It is well to know that if salt Ash is wanted quickly the fish is freshened much sooner If soaked in tnilk, milk that is turned lielng as good for the purpose as fresh milk. A pretty stand for bric-a-brac is oc tagonal in .shape and has an inch-high rail of mahogany about Its edge. The top is covered with old damask plainly put on, and soft tints of rose and blue. Small, quaintly-shaped gilt baskets filled with sweet peas and with the handles of the baskets decorated willi dainty bows of ribbon matching the blossoms in color were the favors at a recent dinner. To cut parsley for seasoning bunch the stalks together in the hand and double the tops over until the whole is bent in half, holding it down against o table. Then chop vigorously, and It •will be ns thoroughly shredded as re quired. I>resser set« made of thin white Swiss with a deep hem and lac© edging are just as showy when placed over a lining of crepe tlasue paper as If one went to the trouble of using silesia or silk. Even the pin cushion in made with the cover of paper with the Swiss over. The effect is excellent and when soiled or torn Is easily replaced. If the tea steeper contains any cold tea and soaked leaves, no matter how ■small an amount, do not throw the mlx ■ture nwny, but pour It every few days dnto the cut glass water bottles. Shake the bottles well and then thoroughly rllife them In clear water. Treated In this manner, the Inside of the bottles will remain bright and dear. A useful article to hang on the dress ing table Is a large bow of satin rib bon, fastened to a white bone ring. From one end of the bow a tiny pair of scissors are suspended. A loop holds II pretty thimble. Needles of all sizes lire run In another loop, wMIe strands of various colored silks and thread* nre fastened to the string. It Is very convenient In taking thef needed stitch which saves nine. In Norway, where superb coffee is made, a I>lt of butter Is added to the brans while they are roasting In the covered shovel used there for that pur pose. In France a pleee of butter the size of n walnut is put with three pounds of coffee brans, und also a des sert fepooufiil of powdered sugar. Tide brings out both flaior anil scent, and, moreover, (fives the flight caramel tnste which will be remembered ns a pleas ing part of French coffee.— Rt. Louis H ("public. Hear Friends. Maud lie told me that I was the handsomest women he had ever met. Marie Why, that Is exactly what l>e told me. "Let me see, darling. Were you not Introduced to hlin first ?"—Harlem Life, A l.sslln* les|»resales.I es|»resales. "I think there are> other way* of <W reeling children Uuui by whipping them," observed Hobby'* mother, sweet ly, to her guest. "Yes'nil You kin pi noli ther legs till they holler, ciui't you?" put la Hobby, from his sup|K*edly sllontcorner. —Chi cago ltecord, As Ideal NervSSt. "Who do you wish to see, monsieur?" "Huron de Veauininet." "What do you want of him?" "I have a bill that I—" "He Is out of town." " wish to p*y." "He will return in a lulnut*. Come In, sir." L'lllustre do Pocho. Whes *l*sa «o W"SI. "A fort un* teller told me to marry e man who liud n steady {fase." "Well?" "Ho I married John; but I've found out since that, his (raze is the only steady thing about him." Chicago Hecord. ■•robshlr. The Hutler Hand lievery night at the hour of midnight the ghost appears und groans and wrings It* hands. American Tun riat Ah! Must have I died (u tlio cucumber season.- t'iaclifi N0.41 THE PEARL OF AFRICA, Flight of Mtrugt tros Hl* KIS|» don of t gasts. The brief announcement wa» recently made that Mwangu, the king of Uganda, had fled from hi* capital and enrreti tle red himself to the authorities of German East Africa. No further de-" tails were given, but the bare fact was full of interest. For that scapegrace king is one of the beat-known charac ters in all the Diark Continent, and Uganda, the "Pearl of Aifrica," la a country upon which the attention of the world has been much centered. It is a region of geographical interest and of great political importance, and it has been the scene of some of the most romantic adventures and most earnest missionary efforts in all the Dark Continent. The full story of Mwunga's abdication and flight and the subsequent development of affairs will, therefore, be awaited with peculiar eagerness in America, as weU aa in the three countries which have for year* been contending for the possession of that equatorial kingdom. The immediate predecessor of Mwanga was Mtesa, who will be re membered as a "gentle savage,** who was most hospitable to 'the explorer Stanley and under whose benign away Uganda was first bromgbt to the at tention of the civilized world. There was once hope that Mwanga would fol low in his footsteps, but It has never "been approximated in realisation. He ha®, on the contrary, proved to be one of the worst specimens of African bar barism. In religion he has been pagan, Roman Catholic and Protestant by turns, with Interludes of unique deviltry. He was the murderer of Bishop Hannlngton and the fomenter of strife between the .French Roman Catholic and British Protestant missionaries. He has played fast and loose with Great Britain, with France and with Germany, and indeed has shown himself consistent only in weakness, cowardice, treachery and cruelty, tfganda la well rid oi him, hnd if the Germans will keep him from ever returning they will promote the cause of civilization and justice. Uganda is now recognized as a part of the British empire. It will, however, still have a king of ita own. The Brit ish will put Mwanga's son upon the throne, with a council of regency. Thus a stable government will be assured and the work of civilization will go on. For Uganda is really becoming a civ ilized country. Its people are indolent and unambitious, but they are docile and Intelligent, and take readily to civ ilized ways. Agriculture and manufac tures have made much progress among them. The gospel of good road* has been preached and bicycles are not unknown. Huts are being abandoned for houses. European furniture and clothing are used, and there is talk of b trolley line. When the steam rail road from the coast is finished, a* it soon will be, there will be n*>re rapid progress, aud the "Pearl of Africa" will doubtless become the seat of genuine aud by no means rudimentary civiliza tion, to which end Mwanga, by his timely departure, has materially con tributed.—N. Y. Tribune. QUEEN VICTORIA'S WEALTH. British Holer Not Near I* Rich sa Popularly Nappase*. Some of our trans-Atlantic visitors ore firmly convinced that the queen is the possessor of enonmcS* wealth. Even in our own mklßt there Is a general be lief that her majesty Is very rich—not ranking in fortune, perhaps, with a Jiothschlld or a duke of Westminster or an Aat or, but at all events rivaling a Jay Gould of a Belt, and magnates of the second degree. The queen was rather conspicuously poor for a princess, and people have spoken pitifully of her nar row lot in- her early days. Her majesty'* civil list is far from being exceptionally great, and, indeed. It Is so parceled out that she has but small control of iL The sovereigns of Austria-Hungary, of Italy, of Prussia, of Russia and even of Spain have larger Incomes from the pub lic treasury than she. The greater jMWt of her nominal income from the state i* appropriated to her household expense*. Moreover, she has been unfortunate in not coming of a rich family, so that her estates might be built up by Inheritance, as Is the case with continental mon archs, aud she has had many poor rela tions to provide for. It is said that the prince consort left an estate of £ 750,000, in which the queen shared largely, and the Saxe-CobuTg family is far from be ing in need. But In 1885 her majesty's private secretary, Sir Henry Ponsonby, who oi>ght to be a good authority, said of the queen's private affairs: "Sbehas Invested no money in ground rents, nor does she possess a million to Invest." Yet the queen enjoys a large Income from the duchy of Lancaster; also for the 18 years of his minority she had tho custody of the prince of Wales' Corn wall estates. Hhe owns 37,372 acres of fairly productive lands In Greatßrltaln und possesses considerable property In Germany. Hut all these 'known facts will not provide for the enormous es tate with which she Is credited. The probnlbitltlea are that her majesty's wealth lias been exaggerated, but what It Is will never l»e known, as the queen's last testament will never be probated. —London Mail. Qnwr Klad of s Fish. According to report* from Boston a very queer fish was recently captured by n Cape ("yd schooner. The monster - for its w eight Is 1,000 pounds -is pop ularly known us the elephant flsh. "It has ears like the African elephant arid an eye ns big as n cow's, ** say* the dis patch. Its general shape is like that of n fliitflsli, und it lias large fins and a small, round moifth. The skin Is light moss color and its length from nose to tall is six feet. The creature is 18 inches thick.—Chicago Tribune. Ills Reward. Visitor—Does mamma give you any thing for being a goodfeoyT fPomtny—No, she gives It to me when I ain't.—.Boston Travtler. SPBAKINU FROM HIMCMMC*. "Mv dear, a woman wot talks a* much as slie does Is bound to lell lies. I knows it myself."- l'lck-Me-Up. n roles. Though It Is hard to break a habit, Ths reverse Is rarely true. For H habit has no trouble When It comes to brrakln* you. -Chicago Journal.