VOL* xxxiv MRS. J. E. ZIMMERMAN. Fall And Winter Announcement OF , High-Class Novelty Silks, Dress Goods And Millinery. A poaitirelj peerless collection of high-class fitafts. coufined exclusively to us. The first choice of the world's foremost weavg* hurried through the Castoai House under old tariff dutirs. v e can off.-r you valued at prices untouchable by any competition, as our orders were all placed with importers three months ago. SILKS. DRESS GOODS. 25c —Beautiful Changeable Silks, all 25c All-Wool Novelty; value 40c. colors; real value 40c. 25c All-Wool Surges; value 40c. 50c —Extra value in Changeable Silks 25c All-Wool 36-incli Ladies' Cloth; sold 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 75 c-Black Sain Duchess, sold every- *>rt™nt ° f All-wool Plain Cloths, where for SI.OO. serges, Henriettas and Novelty Dress Goods ever shown in Butler; quality sold t r *f>A elsewhere at 75c. Remember these JAIKbIO. styles are exclusively our own; cannot be seen elsewhere at 75c, $1 to sa, in The Rothschild Wraps for 1897 are plain and fancy weaves. We are show here in all their -uperb quality, style as fine and exclusive line of pat •nd finish; the perfect fit of these Gar- terns as can be found in the largest city ments is well known to our trade. Note stores. The prices on these fine import the low prices. At $2.98, good quality jed Dress goods 25 per cent less than city Ladies Beaver Cloth Jacket. prices. $5.00, an extra quality of Boucle and M|| NN FRV Kersey Jackets, style and figure guaran- lIIILLllltn . All the new effects in Hats, Feathers, $7 50 to fls 00 —we are showing a line Birds, Ribbons and Flowers. New , that canuot be matched in the city. shapes, new combinations. This w'll be Cloth Capes and $2 50 to sls 00. a Brcat8 rcat ° st^ h se , ason -. ° ur ? stric , b Goods were all bought prior to the ad ss 00—Boucle Cape, lined through- vance Velvets a)6o. Come and visit | out, trimmed 'in Thibet down, front our Millinery Department; it will pay round collar; also, ume style in Plush jou. Values always the best. Prices Capes; real value of these capes, $8 50 always the lowest. We shall not enumerate the many classes of goods we keep. Come to our store, viaic every department, ask to see oar Winter Uoderwear. Hosiery, Blankets, F.annels, Yarns, he., It will cost you nothing—to buy i 9 joar choice. All goods at their lowest price*, And Everything a Bargain. Mrs. J- E Zimmerman • T. H. BURTON, * T. H. BURTON. SSTYLE,f Style is Everything Now-a-days And we are glad that it appertains to every article in our stocn, for correctness ard elegance are sure concomitants to artistic development. II Coals YOB no More to be la Harmony With The Best Expressed Styles of Tbe Season, Than to Coastltute "A BACK NUMBER, ' anything and everything irresponsible dealers may offer you. This es 4abb4»nent intends always to keep up with the times ami you pre sure of that basis yours*?/ if yon will trust us to serve you. T. H. BURTON, 120 SOUTH MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA. J. S. YOUNG, Tailor,. Matter 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 once economy, comfoit and fashion go hard in hsid Our summer suits are finer in fabric, nobbier in pattern and more sly lit h ir cu ban ever before, they fit your curves and yet they're not sweat bath outfit s. Th e may surprise you. J. S. YOUNG, Tailor. tdi S. MAIN St., - - - BUTLER, PA I JffA Pleasing Prospectfff TO FIND THE COAT so satisfactory at the first trial. This is the universal testi / p \ )L' 'll/\ mony of our patrons, who are all lovers of 1 Ik \r\ » I i. "eat fitting clothes. Without them no man \\ XV }[ \ ~ L looks well dref.s'd ft J A COAT WEi.L MADE is made to fit and jL PSKf -II J j. not U> get-just-hit-or-miss; an artist well may 1 ~8 | Ik y p take delight in seeing a neat fitting coat. / J|l 1\ P*/ * Goo .*_ fits are tbe proof that have made our tailor -1 4 \ JI/ \\ VITI a 6UCC€SS - guarantee this and ask r /v y° u ' oO ' c at our patterns. Our prices are I A Yfr Cl cut own to t ' le notch. 'H Hft,\ /ft F KFPk MERCSART TAILOB, ft b - F - KtLK - a F. T. PAPE & BROS, JEWLERS. Our Full Stock Of—l|| 'Diamonds, 'Watdura, kings, Plateware, etc., have arrived and we cordially invite you to call and examine our stock and get prices l>efore buying elsewhere. We can save you money. (OUR $3.50 watch is tbe best In the market, "fca JOUR $4.50 watch is the same as you pay $5.50 and $6.00 elsewhere. have about 15, $4 8 day clorks left, will CI JSC them out at $2.35, —Our Stock Of— -1 a Vi~£ „„,i (•<»,.{, fi11,,.' watches is complete. We can sa\e you from I'ifo ana oeius nuel hav<; the finest H|je ()f r j nj{s jn the counlryt liiatnond rings from fo-75 to $250. We give our special *ttei^ io " to watch repairing. We Handle Nothing But The Celebrated 1847 Rogers' Bros. Plateware. 122 South Main St., Butler Pa. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Eauy to Take any to Operate Are features p -euliar to Hood's rilis. Small in size, tasteless, fficieut, thocoufi'u As one m^n Hood's . said: "Younf ,-erknow you _ _ _ I have taken a | ill till it Is all _ B I £•> over." 25c. C.:. Ilood & Co., IS i Proprietors, i owell. Mass. ® The only pills o take v'lth Hood's Sarsaparilla. Thi* Is Your Opportunity. On receipt of ton cents, cash or stamps, a generous sample will be mailed of tho most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure (Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon strate the gre-it merits of the remedy. ELY BROTHERS, 50 Warren St, New York City. Rev. John Beid, .Tr., of Great Falls, Mont., recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I can emphasize his statement, ''lt is a posi tive cure for catarrh if used as directed." — Bev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres. Church, Helena, Mont. Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged cure for catarrh ami contains no mercury nor any injurious dru£ Price, 50 cents, RAILROAD TIME TABLES P., Bessemer Ac 1... E. Trains leave Butler. (Butler time) at 9:40 A. M. and •") P. M.. trains arrive at 9:55 A. M. and 2:55 P. M. pITTSBUKG & WESTEkN Railway. Schedule of Pas senger Trains in effect May ; 6, 1897. BUTLER TIME. | D*'|wrt. Arrive. .\ll«*yh«*ny Acoiiunndation •» A~> A.N '• 17 \..v AII«--il»«*nv "Flyer" Hls - '* 'IA NVv ( , antl) > Ac<*o»inio«iitti«»n 1 km ;» 1« Akron Mail * l" f A.m 7 it! P.m AIIckIICIIV A« roiiiiiiM«iatioii 1" " 1- 1* Allegheny Ex pre* 3 P.M \ Allegheny "Flyer*' Chicago Express •"» " 12 1* Allegheny Mail 540 •* « <"» 44 Allegheny "Flyer 7 «1 " EUWOCMI Acrommodatiot) 4" " 7 P.M riariou At>im'»l:iti»n 5 1". P M *.» .V> A..M FoxVmrg Accomnimlittioii 71" " 8 '»"» SI"NDAY TRAINS. Allegheny Kxpress K 1"» A.M 'J 3'A 11 All«tfli«*iiy New r'.wtle Accufniii4«latiou H 1"» AJI 7 tf> • Expww 4<» I' M 4 "»•"> " Alli'glifiiy Accojuni(xLifi«»n j I 7 OJ Trains going north at *J:'iA a. m. ami 3:1."» p. ui. make «l«*w «-Milmiction at F<»xl>nnt for points on Allegheny Valley Ky. For through tickets to ail points in the vest, north wt**t or Miuthvirtt apply to A. D. CROITII, Agent. 11. 15. UKYNOI.PS. Siip't. Butler, Pa. Fox burg, I'h. <\ W. BASSETT, A. a. I\ A., Allegheny, Pa. PENNSYLVANIA R i. WPSTEN PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION. S« IIKWLK ix K*FBCT MAY 17, IKIJT. SOUTH. , WEEK PAYS A. M A. M. A. M P. M P. M B1 f LKK Leave »; j". H mll 1*» A . r » 0 . Soxonhurg \rrive <» 54 * 2T» 11 .'irt :i oo 2* Butler Junction-.. 44 \ 727 x4B 1 A *r± 3 AT* . r > 53 Butl ?r Junction. ..Leave 7 * 4* \A 17 3 'S r > Natr >tia \rrive 7 iirt « .'»♦» 12 A~> '4 "A Tareirturn. ,7 4A if "A IA .5" 11 A <'» «»7 SpiiiigtkiN' 7M' fKll l'J 41 ''A ('larcmont 0 2!i ! '*» 4 'h. r»i A~ Shaip.-4l.urg Hon •> 31 100 1 1 A •; :\A Alk*gheny S 27 'J 4.'» 1 '£. V 4 2o »• 4 ' A. 31. A. 31. P. 31. P. M P 31 SI'NDAY THAINS.- Leave Btitl r for Allegheny City ami princi)ul internuHliate station** at 7:155 a. in., ami "»:m p. in. NORTH. WEEK DAYS |A.31.fA.31. A 31 P. 31. P. 31 Allegheny Uity.... leave 7 i*» oo II A.~> A •>» «'» I'» ('..ireiuont j !• 10 11 4*» .'J 13; .... spring"lale '.t ■'*) 11 v.» :',T Tareiitiun 7 !♦ 112 Oh :i 4-'t •; 4»; Natrona 7 i'!»r !♦ 4-5 12 13; 3 oli "»l Butter J unction...arrive 7 P.' :> .V» 12 A'> 4 (»."» 7 On Butler Junctioii leave 7 4<;| 0 .'ut 12 2 * 4 in 7 «>•' Haxonhurg 8 10,10 l."» 12 I '■'>>> 7 21 BI'TI.EK .arrive 8 30 10 1 17 *><»:, 7 :*) A 31 A M P. 31. P. 31. P. M. SI NDAY TRAINS. -Leave itv for But ler ami p: iii' i|«tl internn «liate KtatioiiH at 7:20 a. ui. ami ;* :>» p. ui. WKKK DAY*. FOR TlliJ EAST. WP.EK DAYS. P. 31. A.M.| P. 31. P 31 2 3/i «J 2/» Iv B( TF.Kit ar .... I 17 |3 2o 7 27 ar Butler Juuetion Iv .... 12 2"> j.3 -V* 7 4<; lv Itutler Junction ar K "in 12 Ox 3 :V» 7 40 ar FriTport Iv 8 28 12 ' K /ill " SjiltsTnirg ... 4 * 730 11 T, or,l «» 221 •• Blaii>ville ' 7 INI in 40 « I*. !) :m 44 Blairaville Intemrti«#n.. 20 lo 1". 8 II 3*. " Altoona '• 8 no 1 mi 3 10 " llanisl.urg " i : 1" 4 :w»i Ii 23 " Philadelphia 44 | .... II P. 31.iP. 31.! lA. 31. P. 31 On Sumlay, train lmving Butler 7:3"> a. in., coni»e«is for Harri*hurg, Alt«»»na and Philailelpliia. Through tiaiiiH for the tunt leave Pittfthurg Station), h» follows: Atlanti"- Expre-i,-, . l»rsi >7 TICRACt" AnneSLCY VAfnCLL '"lilt iIHIW [Copyright, 1596, by J. B. Llppincott Co.] CHAPTER VII. This premature declaration of feel jug's Which I had sworn to my self to suppress was brought about partly by the spring' fever aforesaid, jiartly by a youthful and excitable temperan:' and partly by the encouraging-word;. Mark Gerard that same afternoon. Upon his own confession he had antici pated some such explosion; an:l I was not the man to balk his fancy. "I thought," my companion faltered, "that you were in love with another woman —the goddess?" "You are the goddess," I said, fervent ly. "And I began to worship at your shrine the very moment we met." "Oh!" "You seem surprised. If you had fallen in love with me, Nancy, that would indeed have been surprising; but that I should fall in love with you is the most natural thing in the world." "You must fall out of it again," she answered, gravely. "Xever!" "Mr. Livingston, I say you must. Please don't be ridiculous." "I can't help it," I replied. "You would make a graven image love sick." "And we were such good friends," she murmured. "I don't want to press you—" I con tinued. "I should hope not," she returned, her absurd sense of the ludicrous up permost, as usual. "Mr. Livingston, I'll try and forget this —this indiscretion. I've no love to give you. It's better to be frank, isn't it? Don't frown, and don't sulk. You are such a nice boy." "Boy!" I ejaculated. "I am 2G. Do you know that Valerus Corvus was con sul at 23? Boy, indeed!" "You provoke me, Mr. Livingston. Let's suppose for an instant that I could return this love of yours; are you in a position to support a wife?" "I swear I could support a dozen — upon thetermsyou mention. Your love would spur me to Titanic efforts." She laughed outright. And I lost my temper. "If j'ou look at this from a dollars and cents point of view, Miss Gerard, T have nothing more to say." "That is spoken like a man," she said, mockingly. Truly, the fiend of mischief possessed her. "Xanc3'," I cried, cut to the quick by her scornful words, "why are you so cruel? Is a man's love so small a thing that you can afford to fling it aside?" ller mood suddenly changed, and, halting, she confronted me with flash ing eyes. "For your sake," she said, with dig nity, "I made light of your love. We are here together, living in the same house, meeting a dozen times a day. I did my best to patch up the woof of our friendship, but you have chosen to burst the stitches. I tried to spare you, and a man of tact would have appreci ated my effort. I have no love to give you, Mr. Livingston, because —because my life is already pledged to another. I pity you from the bottom of my heart. Good night." She walked away, leaving me abashed and speechless. "Hugo," I murmured, softly, "you are a fool." Having registered myself among the vast majority of my fellows, I trudged moodily towards the island. My thoughts followed Xancy, but my foot steps pointed in the opposite direction —a fact which furnished me with meat for reflection. Was I destined to love this fair woman and leave her? Mor ally and Intellectually Xancy had be come the magnet which swayed my fac ulties; what if my wretched body were constrained to bear mc henceforward from —not to —her? Chewing this bitter cud, I rapidly ap proached the island. Already I had come to the margin of the lake. En circled with tules and bulrushes, it gleamed cold and placid in the moon shine. In the winter its surface was covered with wild fowl—geese, ducks and occasional swans. To-night not a living creature met my eje. Solitude reigned supreme. Skirting the fules, I came to a point of land so near to the island that a stone might be thrown from one to the other; and across the channel I noted a boat moored to a post and a light twinkling in the window of the hut. To attract the notice of the Greek I shouted— louder than Stentor —thrice. At the third shout the door of the hut opened and I could see plainly the huge body of Demetrius filling the entrance and outlined sharply agakiet the back ground of light. "Who is it?" His bass voice rolled sonorously rcross the water. "I—Hugo Livingston." 11c turned and entered the hut, shut ting' the door. For a moment I sus pected that he meant to ignore my presence, but I was mistaken. He ap peared again almost immediately and walked slowly towards the boat. A minute later he w as by my side. "Good evening," he said, tranquilly. "I came here," I began, bluntly, "to tell you that I am not the fool you take me for. You can impose upon Mr. Ge rard, but not upon me. I saved you only yesterday from committing a das tardly murder." "I'm not ungrateful," he returned, softly. "What lies between you and Burling ton is unknown to me. A furious per-, sonal hate upon both sides, I suspect— a hate which the facts hardly warrant. Mr. Gerard has suffered torment at the hands of the enemy, hut you are merely a paid servant." I spoke harshly, aflame with repugnance. Demetrius listened to my words in respectful silence. "I say you are a servant, but you are usurp ing the functions of a master. How dare you lay a trap for mc?" "A trap?" he repeated. "I have laid no trap, sir." "You lie!" He displayed no resentment. I thought • —it may have been fancy—that a smile hovered upon his lips. "You lie," I repeated, "Demetrius, as glibly as honest men speak the truth. You pandered to your master's fears pqd urged him to send his family to Eu rope with me, knowing that 1 should refuse to leave Burlington at your mer cy, the mercy of a coward." He spread out his hands with a de preciating gesture. "Mr. Livingston, I swear that you do me an injustice. I agreed to stay here and watch this madman, but I had no intention of arousing his fury by going' j near him. The doctor and a competent ! nurse have him in charge. I .suggested ' to Mr. Gerard that you bliould take M.ark to Europe because you know : Europe and because you can teach the boy what I cannot." "Yes—honesty," I said, with em phasis. J "What happened yesterday, Mr. Liv- ; i infrsten. justifies these taunts. I've ' terved Mr. Gerard faithfully—he saved ! me from starvation, or a v. orse fate — ! and, seeingr his relentless enemy at last lin my I —l lost my head. Vou ; save'l me, as you say, from the crime of | murder, and from the bottom of my ! heart I thank you."' j Ilis extraordinary fluency of speech took me aback. AL; xons, as a rule, express themselvi > unreadily that a freely flowing diction almost be- : wilders. "Keep your thanks till I ask for them. | X promised to hold mv tonirue about what occurred in the cave, but your | action to-night absolves me from that promise. Eefore Ipo to bed Mr. Gerard i shall be placed iu possession of the j facts. We will see, then, what he will ; say." In the moonlight I could see his lips j j whiten and quiver. I noted these signs of distress with much satisfaction. 1 They proclaimed the absence of col- j Jutuon between the Greek and Gerard. "For God's sake, sir, don't tell him i that." "You've left me no choice in the mat ter." lie to urge me to keep silenc,-. employing 1 such arguments as his pro lific brain afforded. When he had ex hausted these I shook my head. "Will >ou think this over, sir?" he pleaded. "Sleep upon it, axid remember that flve-and-tvventj- years of faithful service are at stake." "Very well," I replied. "I'll think it over. As for sleep, I watch to-night in Burlington's room. There will be no sleep for me." He thanked me for the 12 hours* grace, but I cut him short. "Mr. Livingston, pardon me, but are you not afraid of being alone with that madman ? II is injuries are not so severe as—" "As you could wish, Demetrius. It est assured, my friend, that the prospect of spending the nig-bt with Mr. Burling ton does not scare me at all. I don't think he could move if ho tried. And, in my ease, I'm stronger than he." "Yes," he answered, quietly, scanning me from head to heel, "you arc a power ful young man; but in a fight the vic tory iloes not always re«t with the strongest. I wish, sir, you could trust me. My friendship is worth having. Give me your word, Mr. Livingston, that you will not smirch my character, and make me your friend for life." The oily smoothness of his tones dis gusted me, and I answered, roughly: "Your friendship, Demetrius, has no value in my eyes. And I tell you frauk ]y t.h:it o?io flight will make no breach in my determination. As sure as I'm standing here I shall tell Mr. Gerard the truth the very iirst thing to-morrow morning." "So be it," he answered, sullenly. I watched him as he strode to the boat, a state.lv figure, but a personality that aroused in me nothing but distrust and aversion, lie untied the painter, pushed off from the .shore, pulled across the narrow c-'iarnl, mm*" f.st the l;ont to (he | < .-•• .1 nuipr. •; t; !( > H en "My life Is already pledged to anotiaer.** I swung upon my heel and walked rapidly away. Mark Gerard, I found, had sot left the dining-room, lie had sat there sni"k ing cigar after cigar, and the air was heavy with the fumes of his strong pei - fectos. The contrast between the salt breeze from the ocean and the overpow ering atmosphere of that close dining room was no more salient, perhaps, than thedifEerence between the llugo Living ston of a week ago and the tired, distrac ed individual of to-day. I accepted a cigar, in self-defense, and a chair. "Well, my friend, you've seen Deme trius?" "Yes." "He's not quite the coward you thought, eh? I told you—didn't I? that 1 was a coward tnyseilf, and I can recognize the symptoms in others. Demetrius docs not know the meaning of the word fear." "That remains to be proved." "Just so. Will you give hiin the chance, and take my people to Europe? Place as many miles between this devil nnd Murk as you can. 1 should think you'd jump at such an opportunity." "You are very generous, sir." "Of course I am. I like you, Hugo. 1 recognize in you the qualities which I lack myself—strength, courage, inflexi bility. So it's settled, eh ?" "I'm at your service, Mr. Gerard." "And 1 can use you to the best of ad vantage. I like to use men. And 1 pay them handsomely. There is Demetrius." "He must have grown rich in your service;, and yet—" "Speak out. And yet—what?" "He has brains," I said, "and he might have aspired to be something more than your mere servant." "lie aspired, once, to be my partner. Lucky for him that 1 chose another man." I waited, and the explanation came, between puffs of smoke: "I educated Demetrius to assistmeln my business. I was not 30 when 1 found him running barefoot in New York; but I recognized at once in him J those qualities and faculties which, j properly trained, bring a man to the | front. Isut Demetrius proved too smart, much to my disappointment, and I had to show him his place. We were at Black Gulch then; and I was engaged in the most extensive mining operations. Demetrius was my right bower, but he continually overstepped instructions. . lie thought he knew it all—eh? Well I had to have a partner; a man v. bom I could talk to ar.d control; a consena tivc man, v. ho would furbish the motive pov. IT, the running here and there, and let me do the | laa::i: gin peace. Such a fellow was right to my hand —poor Ferdinand Per!:ins. It-must have been p heavy <1 isapj.oir.t:;.ei:t to Demetrius, but he stood it like a Trojan. Then i nr..e tii_* murder of IV:!.ins. and what fol lowed. Demetrius himself applied for Kir. present j ost, v. hie!) he ha-s kept. As you say, he's a rich man. lie has no kick conri:g." I glanced at my watch and rose. "I sit with Burlington to-night. Mr. Gerard." "Yes, yes." He winced at the man's name. "1 don't envy you. Well, l'il go to bed. To-morrow I shall spend "with Mark." 17is softened tone> as he finished the venter.ee provoked the exclamation: "You're a devoted father, Mr. Gerard." lie sighed. "I I've again, Hugo, in the person of my child. I've had a hard life—p'enty of shadow, lad. and little sunshine. I've peeped into most things and found them hollow. Even nuj" love for Mark, as yon know, ha been my greatest joy and my greatest misery. Goodnight." I pitied him profoundly as 1 walked ! upstairs. Community of suffering, ac j cording to George Kliot, is the root of ; pity; and. smarting beneath the knowl edge that Xancy !«.l never be mine, | realizing that life without her would prove sa Itless and sterile, I could put i myself in the p.lace of Mark Gerard and I say with him, ail is vanity. What a paradox the man was! What j a bundle of contrast! lie possessed in , many material respects a mind of the ! largest scope —and also of the smallest i—a mind at once of the finest and I coarsest texture. His financial eombln i ations had gained him au international | reputation, lie was known as one of i the pluckiest bulls in the stock ring. He had the teudercst affection for his son. But I knew him to be a seusualist and a poltroon. Perhaps he had (he moral equipment which in these latter days proves the shield of success, the aegis against which the slirgs and ar r >v. s of a debauched and unscrupulous press rattle in vain. The prolWsicna! nurse assured me that the patient had rested easily and had taken a surprising amount of nour ishment. The slight symptoms of fe\er had passed away, and the application of the liniments caused less pain. He lay upon his bad:, eyes and mouth closed. s:cme!ess, apparently, to the outer world. I received careful instructions as to diet and massage, and then the nurse left me. The room was the one usually occu pied by Demetrius. It had two doors and a window. One door communicated with the passage, and the other with Mark's bedroom, now vacant. Here, the nurse toid ;ne, I should find coffee and light refreshments. A drawn portiere hung between the rooms, but the door was open, and a lamp burned brightly upon Mark's table, furnishing sufficient light for the room beyond, where Bur lington lay. The nurse warned me to leave this lamp where it was: too much light, he said, was bad for his patient. I took my seat by the head of the bed, with my back to the portiere and facing the window. The lower sash was up, and I could see and hear the ocean. I mention these details as briefly as pos sible, but they are important, as the sequel will prove. For an hour at least 1 watched Isur lington's impassive features. 1 am no physiognomist, but. unless my experi ence was entirely at fault, this man had the head of neither a cr::n:r. *i iv" a maniac. The brows vrp ■ • rr-» 1 iofty; the mouth was beautifully mod eled, but disfigured by deep lines run ning from nostril to jawbone. nis hands were the next to attract my at tention, and again I marveled at the curious concatenation of circumstances which had warped a nature unquestion ably designed for good rather than evil purposes. Perhaps the fact that Nancy's father was the object of my examina tion perverted my judgment; but sit ting there in the dimly-lit room, with the lullaby of the> Pacific in my ears, I came to the amazing conclusion that Burlington was guiltless of the murder of Perkins, that his wife had been the victim of circumstantial evidence, that Gerard had fallen a prey to his natural pusillanimity. Then I suddenly be thought me of the telegrams, and my imagination wilted. As my eyes still rested upon the sinewy hands with their strong spat ulato fingers, Burlington addressed me by name. His voice was much stronger, and the intonation clear, indicating au unclouded brain. "Are we alone?" he asked, not mov ing his head. "Yes," said I; "but don't talk." "I must," he replied, impatiently. "I've focussed all my strength for that very purjiose. I want to see Mrs. Ger ard to-morrow." He was certainly mad, I decided, and must be humored. "Yes, yes," I murmured, soothingly, "of course you shall see Mrs. Gerard.' "I don't know what the devil you mean by 'of course,' " he s*iid, irritably. "There are serious difficulties in the way. She was once my wife, the very light of my eyes. And she left me — me," I noted the accent of pride—"for that slave of l'lutus, Mark Gerard. I let her go, d —n her, without a word. But she is not anxious to see me. again, I'll warrant." I was too astonished to reply. "I may have to employ you," he con tinued, calmly, "as a go-between. Mark Gerard is welcome to my wife, but the girl is mine, and I w ant her." "Xancy?" I gasped. "Is that her name?" paid he. "Yes, she's mine. I claim the girl." He spoke so calmly, so sanely, that I forgot my duty as nurse, and spoke out impulsively: "You claim that girl, knowing the reason which drove her mother from j our house?" "Do you know the reason, Livings ton?" "I do." "Then, in the name of God, share that kitiowledge with me Heavens! how my head reels!" I tried; in vain to calm him, but he demanded imperatively an answer to his appeal. "Why did she leave me?" he repeated. "1 made her a ; d husband. I dture say I was jealous of other men —Gerard in particular —but that was a proof of love. I worked like a slave for that woman--worked till my health broke down, and then, just when 1 needed her most, site deserted . The girl was bom months after th: and I supposed she was the child of t.nard. To-day— this morning—l opei I'd n:y eyes and saw my face stamped u. heirs. She is a Burliugton all over. I swear it. How dared that woman rob me of my child? I've lain here, Livingston, all this day, eating what they gave im*, submitting to that, aw ful rubbing, pray ing, ay, praying for strength to recover and claim my child." "And Perkins?" I whispered. His eyes met mine with the inquiring glance of a puzzled child. "Perkins?' he muttered. "Ferdinand Parkins? The Greek murdered him. I know it. I>on't let that man. coon® near me. He's my enemy, t tell yon, my bitter enemy! But what has Per kins to do with me? Are you crazy? Curse that dog! My head is splitting." The bloodhound was baying furious ly. but uddenly ceased. A sktink, prob ably, skirting the lrarn, had provoked his resentmervt. Xot daring to pursue the subject fur ther. I bathed Burlington's head, but to no purpose. The ]>ain waxed fiercer and fiercer, till the man positively quiv ered beneath my touch. The doctor, foreseeing such a contingency, had sent a composing draught, with instructions. I hastily administered a full dose, and watche t every Republican support the regu larly nominated candidates. Unlea® W( nr>' much mistaken, those who are not entirely satisfied with some of the leaders of th. party will have an opportunity Bonn- oth- r time to tile their objections without resorting to the questionable nracticc of cutUn« the ticket. THE ELOQUENCE OF COMPARISON Result of Free Trade atul Pro tective Laws. ONE BRINGS RUIN; THE OTHER PROSPERITY. Sixty Days Under the Wilson Bill and Sixty Under the Dingley Law. The close of the first 60 days of the operations nf the new tariff law and the business improvements which are vis ible in every direction during that time have suggested a comparison of the conditions during the two months in question with those of the correspond ing date in the tirst year of the Cleve land administration, during which time the free trade congress elected with President Cleveland was just be ginning its attack upon the protective system which the Dingley law 60 days ago re-established. The two periods from July 24 to Sept. 24. in the years of 1593 and 1897, re spectively. present a marked contract as to business conditions, and it is pos sible to obtain from government rec ords some data bearing upon this sub ject and now especially interesting. SIXTY DAYS UNDER WILSON LAW. The following data, gathered largely from official reports, presents a picture of the 60 day period of the year 1893. with which the two months ended correspond, both as to the portion of the year and the period of the presi den ial administration and also proxim ity to tariff legislation. Week ending June 24. 1893.—Failure of Bezeman, Mont., National bank. Four Denver banks closed their doors. Bank suspensions in other western cit ies. Two bank failures In Milwaukee and runs on numerous other banks. Commercial bank, of Denver, fails; capita!. $250,000. Bank failures at Ver non. Tex., and Knoxville, Tenn.; capi tal, $200,000. Failure of Tacoma, Wash., National bank: capital. $200,000; also failures of banks at Great Falls. Mont., and Orlando, Fla.; capital, $200,000. Sus pension of work in manufactories re ported from all sections. Week ending Aug. 1, 1893.—National banks at Manchester. N. H., and In dianapolis, Ind., fail; capital. $500,000. Failure of First National bank at Spo kane, Wash.; capital. $250,000. Ten banks suspend in one day (July 27); capital, $2,000,000. Bank failures in South Da kota, Montana, Illinois, Kansas, Texas, Washington. New Hampshire, and cor respondingly large number of business suspensions. Week ending Aug. 8. 1893. —Collapse of Chicago provision deal and many failures of commission houses. Failure of National hank of El Paso, Tex. Fail ure of National bank of San Antonio, Tex. Failure of National bank of Mun cie, Ind. Fifty-third congress meets in special session to begin Its destruc tion of the McKinley law. Week ending Aug. 28, 1893.—Encoun ter between the anarchists and social ists averted by the New York police. Meeting of anarchists broken up by New York police. Failure of National bank at Hindman, Pa. Failure of Na tional bank at Tacoma, Wash. Sus pension of manufacturing establish ments In numerous states. Announce ment by comptroller of the currency that 155 national banks failed during the year ending Aug. 28. Railroad re ceivers appointed during August for Northern Pacific. Philadelphia and Reading, New England and Pittsburg, Akron and Western. Septeml>er.—Railroad receivers ap pointed for Wisconsin Central, Chicago, Peoria and St. Louis, Cleveland, Canton and Southern and Evansville and Terre Haute railroads. The mileage of roads placed in the hands of receivers dur ing the year 1893 was 25.375. nearly one seventh of all the lines of the United States, and their Indebtedness $1,212,- 217.033. During the year there were 16,115 mercantile suspensions. Involved liabilities amounting to $346,779,889. During the bank suspensions of July loans were made on call at the New York Stock Exchange as high as 72 per cent. SIXTY DAYS UNDER DINGLEY The following statements of revival of manufacturing Industries during the CO days following the enactment of the Dingley law. the period corresponding with the similar dates in the first year of Cleveland's second term, show the contrast between present conditions and those of the corresponding months of the preceding administration. The statements which follow are from Bradstreets' Financial Journal: Week ending July 24. 1897.—Twenty thousand workmen resume work In the Iron and stet-1 Industries. Blgeiow Car pet company, at Clinton. Mass., re- sume work; 900 hands. Packer colliery, at Rappahannock. Pa., resume work; 1.000 hands. Columbus. 0.. Buggy com pany resumes; 400 men. C. B. and Q. company reports full complement of hands at work in its railroad shops for first time in several years. Chatta nooga Tradesmen announces large num ber of iron furnaces in the south re suming work. WcKenna steel works, Jollet, Ills., resume; 400 hands. Spin ners at silk mill, Paterson, N. J., re ceive Increase in wages from 5 to 20 per cent. Pittsburg Plate Glass com pany, Kokomo, Ind., resumes; 800 hands. Jones & L,aughlin Iron works. Pittsburg, resume, 3,500 hands. Maine Central railroad increases wages of em ployes. Week ending July 31, 1897.—T0d fur naces, Youngstown. 0., resume work. Numbers of manufacturing concerns in Connecticut and Pennsylvania resume work. Furnaces at Birmingham and Bessemer. Ala., resume work. Algon quin woolen mills. Passaic, N. J., In crease wages 10 to 15 per cent. Atchi son Railway company announce In ability to supply new cars to meet de mands of shippers. Week ending Aug. 7, 1897.—Ensign Car Manufacturing company, Hunting ton. W. Va.. resumes work. Cleveland, 0.. rolling mills resume; 2,000 hands. Sugar producers of Louisiana advance wages 16 per eent. Cotton mills at Lancaster. Pa., resume; 1,000 hands. American Watch company, Walthain, Mass., resumes In all departments. Iron works at Mahoning and Q, and Birmingham, Ala., resume. Week ending Aug. 8, 1897.—Fa1l Illver iron works resume on full time; 2,700 hands. Fall ltlver Printing company resumes on full time. Columbus, Hock ing Valley railroad shops Increase from half time to ten hour schedule. Illinois Steel company announces resumption of work. National Tube works, at Mc- Keesport, Pa., announce Increase of wages. I'nion Iron and Steel company, You rigs tow n, 0., resumes work after a long shutdown. Pennsylvania railroad shops at Altoona Increase schedule to ten hours Washington, Pa., Steel and Ttnplate company doubles working ca pacity. Birmingham, Ala., railroad shops extend schedule to ten hours. Lawrence. Mass., hosiery mill resumes; 2,000 hands. Car works at Michigan City, Ind., Increases schedule to 12 hours, with two years' work engaged; 1,600 hands. Week ending Sept. 18, 1897.—Cordage mills at Isiiia, 0., purchased for $500,- 000, to be reopened at once after sev eral years of Idleness. Bast I.ake woolen mills, Hrldgeton. Pa., resume after three years' Idleness. Wead Pa per mill. Malone, N. Y., resumes after two years' Idleness. Large advance in wages of coal miners and conclusion of coal slrlkM No 42 NOT BHELLEBS FOB 80AJTDAI,. Tile Republican < undldatee Represent a Grout Principle. Th«- following editorial appeared In a retvnt i.-vue of Editor Schoch's Mlfilln burg Telegraph: What Is Republican duty this year? 'Tis plain—undivided, harmonious sup port of the stute and county ticket. Hers anil there we hear that some good Re publican proposes to vote for Swallow, a retired M. K. minister, for state treas urer, the Prohibition candidate—this, he says, to correct legislative evils, to stop this buying of soap, toilet articles, etc., and employment of a few extra clerks and scrub women. Oh my, what folly! Swallow, 'tis true, is cute and clever— some say a demagogue clean cut through and through—certain It is he Is obtain ing a circulation for his paper, which, to a man up a tree, seems to be his main object in this contest. Well, let him work that chromo, get his circulation and be happy. The Republican candidate for state treasurer. Hon. James S. Beaeom, o< Westmoreland county, is a modest, un as.-uniing. stainless man—the noble son of a beloved Methodist minister. He docs not pose as one of the "better than thou" people—a saint without blemish— nor even a smeller after evil in others; but he is what we must all admire, a man of the strictest integrity, of unblem ished character, a grand Republican—a persistent and efficient worker for the party—pre-eminently able and deserving and in all aspects of the case entitled to the vote of every Republican. Kqually meritorious is Major Levi O. McCauley. of Chester county, the Repub lican candidate for auditor general. He was a splendid soldier during the late war, served in that famous corps, the Pennsylvania reserves, whose battalions fought from Dralnesvllle to Appomattox; and in the battle before the enemy's cap ital he had an arm shot away. Add to this his splendid civic record, his fealty to the cause of Republicanism and his high standing as a most reputable>eitl xen. and you have all the elements that go to make up a man qualified for the position of auditor general. If abuses exist in the party or In the legislature the Republican people will see to it that the remedial process is worked out by the party and a Repub lican legislature. Trust not your enemy to work reform in your own household. If necessary you can do that business very neatly yourself. Hit not the or ganization right on the heels of a vic torious presidential election, the result of which election being so beneficial to the farmer, manufacturer, mechanic and laboring man. Hit the calamity howler. Resolve to do the right thing once again —vote the straight Republican ticket. POLITICAL PROHIBITION. It Has Keen Abandoned Wherever Tried. At a public meeting of a religious as sociation recently held at Steelton, Pa., remarks were made by a number of cler gymen and laymen. Mr. Joseph Kearns, of Harrlsburg, Pa., delivered a stirring address, concluding with the following, which will be found to be seasonable, forceful and truthful reading: "No. my friends, the state treasurer can not in his official capacity either help or hurt the cause which Is so dear to our hearts, the sacred cause of total absti nence. Did I say he could not hurt It? ] am wrong. He could and does hurt It by dragging It In where it does not be long, where the Prohibition heresy has already dragged it and made it a subject of ridicule an« contempt. You are pur suing the right course. Continue on in that course. Wield with a mighty arm the sword of the spirit, of moral suasion, of precent, of example, and of prayer, but let the sword of the ballot and the demagogues who advocate It alone. Every effort to stop the use of strong drink by legislation in the past has failed. We can only judge the future by the past. Make men personal prohibitionists, and then every saloon, brewery and distillery In the land will close their doors. Tea, and the speakeasy, also. Yes, and the opium joint as well, two Institutions that have ever flourished where legislative prohibition prevailed, either of which fc Infinitely worse than the licensed saloon regulated by law and under police sur velllance. Continue to create & healthy public sentiment on the question of In temperance. Make men feel it Is a dis grace to be Intoxicated or as habitual tipplers; that it is wrong, sin ful, and Infamously cowardly to drink In secret and then openly profess to be temperance men, as I personally know some loud mouthed political temperance fellows to do. ■ If Prohibition prohibits, If it is a cure for the evils of drink, why has It been abandoned where it has been tried? New York tried It in 1K54 and after two years' trial gave it up. Illinois tried it In 1885, but the people repudiated It at the polls. Massachusetts had it for II years and abandoned it. Atlanta, Qa., had It one year and repudiated it overwhelmingly. Connecticut tried it in 1854. kept it 18 years and kicked it out in 1872. Ohio and Maryland both tried it In 1855 and both gave It up after live months' sad experi ence. Delaware had it In 1855 and repealed It In 1557. Wisconsin enacted it twice and the executive vetoed it both times. Rhode Island enacted It in 1853 and abandoned it in 1863. Michigan enacted It In 1853 and repealed It in 1875. Indiana and Nebraska enacted It in 1555 and repealed It in 1856. Texas, Tennessee. Oregon, Michigan, West Virginia, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire all voted on It within the past 15 years and buried It out of sight." Kornakeu Their Principles. From the Huntingdon Globe. In less than three weeks there will be an other election day in Pennsylvania. It will result In the election of the Republi can candidates in state and county be yond a doubt. The Democracy is divided beyond hope of reconciliation on the economic questions of the day. The Pro hibitionists have forsaken the principles and traditions of their party for the purpose of getting Into power and are not talking prohibition at all, but are engaged in the abuse of the Republican party, something that has always been mere congenial to them than the advo cating of the principles of their party. The Republican party has nothing to fear from the threats of its enemies. It appeals to the poor man. the business man and the soldier, as it has done in years gone by, and gives them proof of its sincerity. It makes no attempt to disguise the real Issues or to go masked In order to carry public favor. The re turn of prosperity to the country is a fulfillment of its pledge to enact a tariff law such as It has done with hotlceable and flattering results. No party whose achievements have been so marked and whose power has been continuous could txpect to escape the enemy's dagger. As * party. It Is not responsible for some ailHtakes of Its members or those In au thority under it. Its principles never vary: It never suppresses real Issues In jrder to ride Into power; It never practices leceptlon. Therefore, it commends itself to the voters as the only honest qnd pro gressive political party seeking their suff rages. Its past It always presents as a guarantee of Its future. Made a Favorable Impression. From the Wllkesbarre Record. Candidates McCauley and Beaeom re ceived a henrty welcome from the Re publicans of Wllkesbarre and other points ■ ' << * in the county last evening. They made a $. A, favorable impression on those who had not m>-c them before. Major McCauley ." ; Is no stranger here, and has a host of the warmest friends, among them many Democrats, who will aid in swelling his majority. Mr. Beaeom Is not personally known to so many, but he will be cor dially supported Just the Bame. On Sea and on Land. "A drowning mail catches at straws." "So docs a thirsty one."—New York Sun Jay World. Blood and Thunder. I Somehow the boys of nowadays Ain't what they uned to be. When Billy Jones an ail his crowd Csvorted round with roe. Then redskins lurked in each back yar4. An bloody pirates, too, An corpses ntrewed the town at night When him an me wus through. But now the kids got on a wheel An wabble up the street An never play st cowboys Nor at bcin Black Browned Pete. We used to hoist the skUU an bono Above our reckless orew, An folk* could tell a fight wus on 'Foro liim an me wax through. But now boys reads the papers. An tliey never spends a dime To see how old Jack Harkaway Oould win out every time. We useter have our pennies np Until the books cum due. An they wqz always well thumbed np Wheu him an mu wv* through. —Pittsburg News.