VOL- xxxtv 1 Christmas SALE i — jg » JUDGING ■ - - "V busune—' in:- C'lir: 'i..- - will pS 1* the Ii r» " » v <* hav.- ever h.id. gg gf / jt It should be a.- the st-jckt- larger J*,"' than ever, andyonr dollar never had -neh pnrhasing power aa >GVF .T''' BOW So ";<ett«-r time to IMY than VAAG next w«k a* the rt/xk it yet J§s BBf c'v V Jjr complete. Again we call yonr at )Zrf& S tl *' • ter.*->»n to <nr Decorated Din- ' S'' — ner Sets and Banquet p* S - Lamps - ; * ' ' @5 >§? In Rocking Chairs -h r " t ' SQt C«■ £ a complete assortment. ; ? 0C There are M> many useful thintrs for yon to -e]wt fr'.rn here ftl that yon will find it an eaey matter to mak<- yonr -election CK A upeful I Yon i<rt '.ne present t ft. h rr niaf- sra S 'rW Kpy// ; jyfej oy fini.ih. and one Fo.' ~ , | More than a hundred different kinds to select from. Have laigher priced one S6, S7, SB, $9, $lO. J Bed Room Suits,) Lace Curtains, jgj * V •, i—ljg< dt ?v < 5 || w | jjj j 8j Parlor Cabinets, Parlor Suits, Jg S ' SIOXX). ( 525.00. g Jgi Blacking Cases, > Banquet Lamps, jg« $2,50. ; $2,50, Srampbell ft TerapletonJ jg BUTLER, PA jj r-~ - ... . f;f> A Pleasing Prospect /■O TO P,NI> THJ ' tOAT *" satisfactory at / VV '* ,e '* r * t tr ' a ' 'fhi* i» the ii.iiver»«| tefiti [ -f \ JLj \/\ mony of our patron*, who ire all lover* of \ » '/ 1 \ '. x nt#t fittirjf rloll:« • Witlnntlh« ni n. man V| %\ </j .} ] —Z look* ■»«•» dr»-w .l V V J J A/- A COAT WHI.L MADi*. •• m»de U» fit ntid J ,' f f I" i H"t to'*t-iu«t hu-f r rnt*H;;., artn.t well may !J i- I,' j » t»ki-delight in wmhk « net t (ittinij c'j»t. ji I Jji / "j ''Ood material, od wf,rl nmnshif, mid jf^^l 'j \ Si \ $ ' I- are the pr»«.if tlmt tria'le <.ur tj«ilf,r W' IfJ V * i ' n K a si< r ' ,,w . 'Vi- tht» a»i<l a«k'< iVJf, I\—-J y/>« to l«iok at our pattern*. Our price* are iII [\ !' ■> ' : ctit down fot'te lowr*t notch. I . , pr i/rf»«/ TAILOR, P. f| jf4' G F ' KECK ' »» Boots VKB Shoe's" Vp% "To~Suit All (Jo'tic to us anM you il find our sioclrso larfje that you c«n find what ynt want All varieties of shoes for tale at lowest prices r )ur entire fal! amJ winter sti r k i* »jicn ai,<l rca<ly I r your inspection Our • toek w,m n vrr than the prcs« lit Complete ntoct: of l.i-., s' and M i'.■.• .' fine Donfjola, Box Calf, wiut'.T tans, Knarnels in welt solp, in id'- for wint' r wear. In Mrn ■> shoes our sto* i: ofler many selectioiis *>f winter tans, (ne enamcU, conlovan •, ho -. • ..IN and ttiarty otiicr. Ilav you seen our K' n n'ne wat< r proof ' hot ' It it a dandy th' upp'-r extends around th' welt to the eflj[e of the sole—thi* i,i touneetion with sheet rul<- b i and cork bottom filling makes a < strip!' t >iu' that tsinnot he secured in ;:ny other way - A shoe thus made is more j. early water ti;; it than «.in m.ifie fjy any other process. Our s?o< k of Men's and Hoy's heavy b ri'a an I shoe* is and pric . away down slot k of Hoy's hi/.!i < it copper toed fhoes, 1.-irjje arnl t .tnr>!(,t stock of ruhbsn '//totl-i of all kind- k'elt bool s, F- ! f sho's an 1 warm lined shoes and slipp r . of all kinds at rock bottom' prices. f* ill stock of sole leather and shoe findings -Sole leather cut to any amount you whit to purtha t Hi<;h iron stands for repairing, I> • you wear box ilf shoen? We have a polish put up for liox calf !ts»ci which keeps (he leather sr>ft and pliable. When in need of boots and shoes CALL AND SEE US. JOHN BICKEL. 128 S. MAIN St. BUTLER, PA. Advertise in the CITIZEN! THE BUTLER CITIZEN. n.-.tVi : OOlli iiiiiaiu.! ! 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I suffered from catarrh of the wor«t kind ever since a bov. and I neier hoped for care, hut Ely's Cream Balm i>ee::is to do even that. Slany acquaint-iuces li»»e used it with excellent results.— '>scar Ostrum, 45 Warren Ave., Chicago, 111. Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged cur- for catarrh and contains no cocaine, mercury nor any injurious drug. I'rice, fcC cents. At druggists or by mail. A LOST WORLb. I used to live In a world. A lon*, lon* ways from here. Where the skies were blue and our hearts wtre true. And th» days were filled with cheer. There song and shlae gave me and mine A marvelous round of joys. For the moments brought their gifts un bought In that world that wiia made for boys. The long, long days were golden days. And our hearts beat warm and high. For eye and ear could see and hear The charm of earth and sky. We loltertd long by the brook's sweet song. Ar.d we drank at the springs of Truth In that land of Joys that was made for hoys— The wonderful realms of youth. I long to dwell In that world once more. Where the happiest blessings fall; But I lost It when, for the world of men. J traded it. once for all. I long to stray through a grass-grown way To the boundless fields of Joy, And give my gold and a world grown cold I For the heart of a careless boy. —Nixon Waterman. In L.. A. W. Bulletin. j THE STORY OF v A STAMPEDE, j! BY J. B. CRANPILL COWBOY life 20 years ago In Texas was very different from what it is to-day. Then the big ranches were unknown and the cattle were raised in the open prairies, and the "maverick" had not become extinct. It was in the years just preceding the Incident here related that I saw service as a cow • boy and was thoroughly familiar with ; life on the trails. Of the incident itself • I was not an eye-witness, but it was told to me by my friend, Mr. M. B. . Davis, an old Texas ranger and cow ' boy, who is to the early life of Texas ( what Joaquin Miller is to California. I give the story as nearly as I can re member it just as it came from his lips. It chronicles one of the most desperate stampedes ever witnessed by a Texas cowboy. In 1870 the Wilson brothers, of Kan- Isas City, having purchased over 15,000 head of cattle In Hamilton, Comanche, Coryell and Hell counties, and having arranged to centralize the herd near Comanche Springs, In McLennan coun ty, drove to the Bennett hills and went ! into camp to await the carrying out of i their orders. Theae cattle were driven ; across the Leon at various suitable , forda and converged on that beautiful ' prairie, in the center of which now I stands the town of McGregor. On the Fourth of July of that year the en tire herd was under way, headed for | Tuwash on the Brazos river. It was a magnificent army of steers, in *i t perb condition, kept together by a j corpa of 25 cowboy*, mounted on bron | chos —men experienced in the business. I The herd was not pressed, the object \ being to let the.m graze on the rich i herbage, with a view to keeping them lin good condition and reaching the i market In time to catch the best price* ! In the fall of the year. At four o'clock ! In the afternoon there were signs of |an electric storm. A black cloud | showed above the. foothills, and fhe j aun shining against It painted a raln | bow which appeared to touch the earth !at both ends. The entire herd became ' nervous and showed their fear by those i low bellowings, ominous to the experi ] enced cattleman as the muttering thun j der. The cowboys were experienced men, and they kept the moving mas* well In hand, so that when the sun set. all was well, ami the cattle were bedded on the plains near the South Bosque, and night settled in with the promise [ of a safe crossing at the Hrazos the | next day. A detail of four cowboys was made for the first watch, and these mounted sentinels took their places and rode silently around the sleeping squadron of long-horns. The first watch ended at nine o'clock, and the second watch went on duty. It was during the second watch that the memorable Wilson stampede occurred. At ten o'clock the cattle appeared to be sleeping profouudly. The cowboys say that cattle dre.im arid see ghosts; it Is certain that this drove of 15,000 wss nervous, made so, perhaps, by the thunderstorm of the previous afternoon ■ and the rslrilsow which they had eyed i with suspicion. It is likely that a great many cattle In thot vast accumulation had never seen such a rainbow, ft was | distinct throughout the sr< J» and very I broad, the llgbtnlny, too, was very vivid, and the -thunderclaps that fol lowed were like sharp artillery. The cowboys Insisted long afterward thst | it w»s the thunderstorm and the raln -1 bow of the afternoon that caused the I stampede that night. Be that as It I may, M was a stampede that the cattle i men who witnessed It have never for- I gotten, and are atlll telling' of to pos terity. The stars were all shining, und there was no cause at all for the arousing of the herd. They appeared to get Up all st once, with a single purpose, and the roar that won heard seemed to come from a single throat. The Wilson brothers, and their cowboys who were sleeping In tl»elr camp rushed to their ponies who w<-re grazing with the sad dles and bridles on, and ax fast its the bits co till I be replaced In their mouths they m<nirited and galloped to the Ranks of the now disappearing mass, headed In the direction of the Brazos river. The cowboys on guard took the usual course In such cases; they kept outof the way of the charging mass, and gal loped on the flanks, moving toward the head of the column, hoping to "point them off," as they call It, and start them moving In a circle. The boys who formed the guard, In gal loping along the front of the stam pede, saw the eyes of the terrified beeves emitting tire and their tongues protruding They uttered those low notes of terror so familiar on the pJalns, snd galloped madly along, suf fering from a panic for which no real cause existed on earth. "What's the matter with the cattle'/' asked a tenderfoot, a* he. galloped be side an old cowboy. "They've seen the devil, I expe»;t % " the cowboy replied; "and we will ca.W£ It l»efore we get through with )lkb thing." Aa the herd rushed on their fj»rri» rattled together, and all the horns of 16,000 head of cattle rattling together sounded like an Immense concert of castanets. Cattle are not able to sustain a long run, and this the cowboys know. Kor Instance, a mad speed of live miles is enough to break down almost any steer; and the «sttlsnien knew how the country lay beyond them, and In this respect they had an sdtantage The reenforceniSnt of the eowlwrys who were off duty, and who had hastily mounted and Joined those on watch at the time, gave them a strong advan tage in the efforts l>elng marie to stop the stampede The plan was to get the cattle to "milling," or running in a circle. The elder of the Wilson broth ers hud been a cow boy from childhood. He was riding a cream < o|nt«wl skai ' ' I lion, and as he passed me he hud his ; Colt's revolver in his hand. One of the cowboys on a gray horse was able to keep up with him. Tbete tv.o distanced all the others. They rode across the front of the stampede, which is a feat • attended with terrific danger; for when ■ a rider Is In front of the rushing drove of mad cattle, if his horse .should stum ble and fall, he may be put down a.s a thinjf of the past. The herd will "wipe him out." This Mr. Wilson knew-, ami •the cowboy riding close to his crupper also knew; but they were going to take all the dangers and get that herd running in a circle if it were possible to do so. Some cattle can outrun others, and in this case there was a bunch of about 30 fully 20 yards In advance, and toward this leading group the two rescuers rode. Of the leading group, also, some were faster than others, and this group ran in a dintnond shape, with two im mense steers leading all. When Mr. Wilson and his companion reached the two leading steers they began shoot ing their revolvers close to them, and in that way the bunch was made to oblique, and as the leading bunch of cattle obliqued the main stampede ob liqued, and the first step in "milling'" had been taken. By this time the cat tle were getting tired. Nearly five miles had been covered, and the breath of the leader* was coming short and painfully; but they were rushing on, because the front cattle at this time knew as a matter of fact their only safety was in keeping up the run. Those behind were coming, and they were in the majority, and the loaders were compelled to run. There was reui danger for the forward members of the stampede. In the tnv<«i<;e of articles contained In the regulation "outfit," there ii< al ways some kind of stimulants; and but for the stimulants oontained in Mr Wilson'* outfit, it is possible that tlit stampede would have been halted with out disaster. He had a Mexican along, one of the best cowboys in the south west. This Mexican and his horse al ways reminded those who saw him ride of the fabled centaur. He rode far for ward and bent over, so that he and his 'horse appeared to be one animal. Nc horse, however, rujjged, "wild and wool ly," had ever Ijeen able to unseat him This Aztec had been to the little brandy runlet too often, and had filled and emptied his tin cup with surreptitious intoxicants, so that his usual excelh lit judgment went awry. When he suc ceeded in getting mounted, after having fumbled with his bridle a good deal he wan far in Che rear the stnmpedt had gone past him, so that when he overtook the rear end, he passed to the front on the other side, and rode on the wrong flunk. When he reached the head of tihe herd he was just In time t< defeat the maneuver then under ewecti-, tion of bending- the moving mass fron: a straight line to a Kcmieircle. Ke volver in hand, disregarding the othei men, he began shooting in the faces ol the wild steers; and the effect of thi> was to straighten the run and bring th« advance straight toward a precipice. This precipice wan a wash in the prairie, forming a deep raviue fully .10 yard* wide; and In a shorter time than it tak"* to tell of this contretemps thf head of the column was pouring over, n horrible cascade of beef, plunging madly Into destruction while fleeing from on Imaginary danger. When Mr Wilson anil his lieutenants saw that il wax Impossible to save their cattle they aaved thnmselves by dexterously turn ing at light aritfle* at full speed and ridJng out of the way. They next re turne<l to the flank and held a council of war. A few seconds decided them, and ail bands commenced shooting intc the herd, the object now being to build a breast-work of can-asses and save the rear end from the destruction that had overtaken the front. The gulley wai nearly full of cattle by this time. They were snorting and bellowing, crashing and tearing, and still heaping up; and when the firing began the wounded onis tumbled over on the others, and In a short time tb« gulley. like the sunken roa«l ut Waterloo, -was Bridged by car cusses. The herd surged up in billows like an ocean, and bent now, because it could not do otherwise. The semi circle was formed, and Wilson and hi> men crossed the giilley below and rode around the o^xjidte»Jde. and re<-ro».sed; and In a short time they had the cattlf baited, forming an Incomplete letter O, and there they stood, blowing, bellow ing, shivering. All hands remained on watch all and in the morning when a count was ma/te it was ascer tained that 2,7W head were inlsaing There were afterward pairs of ln*rn« taken from -that gulley. It was called Htampe<ta (Julley fur many year* afterward, and perhop* will always, with «w>ine people. ,l»«. remembered by that name. V V fndeiiertilert A. (ißMtlss of < slslne. When at barnstorming a/:tors The ribald audience pegs Ht»ls eggs, ssy, am they serving A lot of hams with eggs? —Judgs. Her Oflslos. "One of the greatest evil* In life," •aid the elderly woman, "is procrasti nation." "I .think so, -too," replied tho young married woman. "I dbu'tsee the sense of putting off your golden wedding an niversary till you are 00 or 70 years old." -—Washington Htsr. A Rslssil. The-Editor—ii regret t.lmtyour manu script, though good, is r»ot available at the pr*sent time. Hcribbler—sAh, then may I presume to hope tihat your esteemed periodical will aomn day Improve to audi a degree as to be worthy of my eowtrlbutloms?— Yslloss Hank Uksi the B*r Too Moafc. A boy who haul been up for an exariiUnatlou Lu Horiptnre Jiod ut terly failed, and the relutlon* be tween him and the exam!nAr lirwl liteonw sornewllat strainer!. The lather naked him If thero were any terl. la the whole lllble ho could t|*M»tc. He )>'*nlered and repeated: "And Jqitus went out n*>d lnuignl himself.' "Is there any otlserverseyou kmivr lu rise Wide?" theexngnbicr iiafced. "Yes. 'do thou *nd do llkeswlae.' " There was n solemn pause uiad t he pro- Ves-dlngs terminated*- ' atholW: Stand ard niul Times Ample rroeoistliis. "I uiwlcrstaml you pounded the mart Irt the next flat?" "Pound hiirrf I should think I did. I nearly killed l»w scoundrel." "What waa the tronWr?" "Me Insulted me urtHially Inwultcd me with deliberation and malice wfore thought; and It was tios trifling Insult, either." "What did he aay*7" "He imked me If I wsis-the man wlmi played the cornet every night." "Why rlkdn't you kill Jllin?' 1 - Chicago I'oat. Her Krai an. I klaassd her on the j.e a'hy cheskl , Ht»e frownsd. «■ I <-o. il'l see; I "Oh. maiden." ssi<l I. ' V" >'««>. sp«-sk And ssy you pardon roeI'* 1 '* Hhs turned her protly fsce assy Arid bit her flii*»r ll| m. I Arid then 2 h*-«rd tiT r*«~tly nsy; "Whst's the matter ■ l'*s my llpsT" News. | KICKING IN SINNEMAHONE. f S : s |; • KOTHIHG UH TEAT FEVER EITHEB • • BEFORE OR SWCE. • i • « ' ' ' T WONDER if any of you on thisiside , I the mountain remember the | strange ailment' that visited us folks on j the other side when I was a young ! man?" said the man from over Sinne- | luahoning way. "A strange ailment it j was indeed. Sort of nil uncontrollable j i>erangement of the muscular tissues | of the leg, the doctors called it, but it was known as the kicking fever of the j Sinnemahone. I wonder if any of you remember it?" "Xaturly, it ain't likely that any body does," said' the man in the red, blue, green, pink, yellow and purple Mackinaw jacket, "but any fever that ever got mixed up with folks on the Slnwmahone an' didn't kick must n been of setch a mild on' forgivin.' a dis position as to make it a sham* to feed quinine to it." "Thanks, Mackinaw," said the man from over Sinnemahoning way. our gentle humor goes far toward dissipat ing a certain sadness ar.d tendency to abstraction and a fit of the blues that ! always assail me when I think of that kicking fever of the Sinnemahone. and | I thank you! When I sec the fertile acres of the Jepheniah IlifTkins estate spreading along the Sinnemahoning's classic bottom and think how they would now all be mine but for that kicking fever I am prow to sadness. Hut you've knocked 'em silly this time, Mackinaw. "Yes, ye s. Those rich Jepheniah Blffklns acres would now be mine but for that kicking fever that came to the Sinnemahone country. These acres then belonged to Deacon .Tudd Peeler, and the deacon's daughter Nancy had promised to be my wife, and Nancy w as heir to all the wide Peeler estate. So when I think—but let that pas*. It Is all over now. "Wherevef that most singular ail ment could have come from no one ever knew, but it certainly cut a wide swath along the Sinnemahone. I was off down the river when it began its attack, and consequently I dicKn't know anything about it until I got bock home a couple of weeks later. The first person it struck ' was Uncle Billy Tope. i'ncle Hilly was a mild and easy-going citizen that tto one would have thought had any l.fe In him at aIV, and he was a strict tee totaler. Consequently you may Imagine tho astonishment of Squire Bunker, who owned the sawmill where I'ncle Billy worked, to M*e the old man com ing up the road one day, giving a tre mendous kl'-k every two or three steps he took.sometices to flie right and some times to the left, us if he might have started out to kick nil creation into the middle of next week. Squire 1' .nker was scared, and he edged off to one side of the road- as I'ncle Billy came along, kicking and scufllng und looking as •wild as an Indian. The squire ventured to say as the old man- was cavorting by: " 'What's up, William?' "Uncle Billy only shook his head, and giving a kick that didn't inlss the squire'* Jaw by more than half an inch, went on Ills way toward home, kicking as he went. " 'Astounding!' exclaimed the squire. 'I never thought I'd live long enough to we Uncle Billy Tope turn out to be a drinker!' "Then the squire started l Tor home, lie hadn't gone a hundred yards before he. began to feel a Little mulish himself, and tlte first thing lie knew he was kicking away as unreasonably as Uncle Billy. He couldn't stop It any more than he could have stopped his mill race with a three-Inch plug. The squire didn't have for to go, and before he could reach out and open his door he had kicked it open with a bang, and hln wife came running outof the kitchen to see what was the matter. " 'Clear the way, mother!' the squire hollered, 'fllvc me room! Don't get In my way or I'll make a widower of my self at one swoop!' "The squire's wife, acared almost to death, locked herself up In a closet, and the squire kicked his way outof the back door and brought up in the ga t«*n, where he jelled for some one to come and tie him down, or else turn him into a ten-acre lot where he could have room. "And that's the way that most unac countable kicking fever started along the Sinnemahone. In less than a week It had taken a whack at almost every man, woman and child In. that baili wick. The kicking was only the pre monitory symptom of the fever. After tie victim had kicked high and kicked low, and to the windward and to the leeward, for half an hour or so, the fit would pass away, but It would come hack again after awhile. The kicking st;ige of the epidemic lasted two days, ami then the second stage came on This was a scorching fever. Sum Mctta. when he got over his attack, declared that his fever was so hot that his wife had to keep the sheets wet to prevent their catching fire, but Sam wasn't a native of tin- Blnuemiihonlng country lie was from this side of the. mountain somewhere, and folks didn't Iwlleve him. The fever lasted a day, and leit behind it. a consuming longing for something to d'- nk not water noi coffee nor tea nor milk, but runt, rye, apple Juice, anything that had tooth and edge to It. This strange symptonr of the malady was discovered In nstart lllttf Will Dominie Dibble wan the first victim that It developed In. Orcein lng while hnlf a dozen of his ft... I, werf mingling thrlr sorrow «ltli tin- doniln le's o\er his affliction he suddenly shouted: "'(live me rum! Ketch me sonn scorching rye or biting gin!' "The brethren r ■> sisters wen shocked, but Dominie Dibble kept or i hollering for rum. No one made n ntovi to i"'t him any, and a t last 1»« ■ prang on I of his chair, rushed out of the hoti»« ami made straight for the tavern like n man running to a fire. By and by lie came back singing: " 'Horns attain, home nun In, Kr"in a foreign shorn." "lie had ft bottle of rum under his arm, and the. brethren ami l sisters hur 'rlcd home, feeling that, the end of all things couldn't be far away. When it got. out, though, that, the dominie was simply suffering from the third »t a»c«- of the kicking fever, they excused him and rejoiced. Hut the dominie always de clared that he never hadsneh a pleasing I antidote for pain. Then It begun l» that rlils lust p« < ulliii stage of I lie ailment Mimed to have no regular ' period of existence, and It Is noted as ii fuel, that the iilllietrd district wasn't entirely able to be out and around as ' usual until the tavern ke|M-r gave notice that there wasn't a drop of any ' thing left that the I"*' «Inge of the kicking fever culled for, "During the time the fever lasted three leading Htlwna of the Hlnnema honc were mrrled "ff In their bloom by It. not one of whom even had the con solution of enjoying the treatment for the last stage I'lrst, there was Ahiram Hirikle. When the kicking fever llrst ntrnek tlie iHstrlct, the doctor said that the hapl'T the. victim* had to ki< k the better it wotlld be for them, for If they couldn't kick hurd it would »trik« in or.d that would be the end of 'em. The kicking- always came in the right leg. Now Abiram H inkle didn t have any right leg, :t having- been taken oft clean in the saw mill. When the attack seized him he couldn't kick. It struck in and away nc went. "Next was Simon Shelly. Simon swore by Klijah Pink, the horse doctor, who could cure anything', according to Simon's belief. Elijah hadtcured a kick- 1 ing horse for Simon one time by rigging him to some sort of a contrivance ; that threw him every time the horse kicked. Simon made up his mind that he was just as apt to have the kicking fever as his neighbors were, so he sent 1 for Elijah to rovide against it. He had i Elijah fit hiin with a rigging some- . thln-g like the one that cured the kick- : ing horse. The very next day the ail ment seized him. Simon was standing by a window in his house. He gave one tremendous kick. The rigging worked. It threw Simon. It threw him out of the window and head first Into a barrel of rain-water that stood beneath It. They didn't discover Simon In time, and that mnde two fellow citizens the eplderolo carried away. "Its third victim was Erastus Sleeper. Erastus went out to milk his cow one evening, and just as he began the kick ing fever took hold of him. He shot out n kick. It hit the cow in the shin. The disease was so very contagiousthat just that one kick gave it to the cow. The cow kicked, ner kick landed in Erastus' stomach, and knocked the wind out of him so far they couldn't get it back. Erastus* widow married Jeff lloner, the sheep-pelt buyer. "Well, this brings mo round to my own deep disappointment. Jephenlah Ttiffkln* had been paying more atten tion to Deacou Peeler's daughter Nan cy than seemed to me safe, and when I came back home that time I made bp my mind I'd settle the matter right then and there and kn» w whether Nan cy was destined to be a Rlffkins or a Pettibone. I went straight to the dea con's that very evening, before I had been home half an hour. This was just at t.he time the kicking fever was get ting In its licks, but I didn't know a thinjj about it. Nancy was home, and I nadn't been tlwre long before she'had promised that her name should be Pettibone. I was happy, I tell you, and just before I got ready to go Deacon IVcler himself came in. We had a very eh«*nring talk for a minute or two, and I started to go. Just as I opened the door I felt a tremendous shock, and at the same time I rose in the air more than three feet. When I landed I was stand ing out In the yard. Before I had come entirely to I felt the shock sgalQ. Again I was lifted and swept several feet further out in the yard. Then I looked back. Naiwy's father was just behind me with a queer look on his face. Hli right foot rose up and shot out, nr.d the shock came u third time. Deacon Peeler , was as strong as au ox. and his foot was shod with a No. 12 cowhide boot, i This time the shock lifted me over the j gate and Sft me down in the road. Nan cy bad come running from the hou»e, and she cried out: "'Father ain't kicking you, Praxyl It's only the fever that's workin' on him! He ain't kicking you!' "Well! If lie wasn't kiekLng me I didn't know what they called kicking along the Slnnemahone, and I think I made a rwnark to that effect us I hur ried home in sorrow and went to bed. Next day 1 heard about the kicking fever for the llrst, and then I knew what Nancv hmj meant when she de clared I'll at her father wasn't kicking me. I went right back with a heart lighter than a fwither, but Nancy made it heavy as lend in loss than half a min ute. " 'Praxiteles Pettibone!" she said, 'you went and ran away from father lust night, when he was sick and suffer ing! You're too hearties* for me!' "Tltfit ended it all between Nancy Peeler and me. The kicking fever had done it although, as I remember it now, I saw Deacon Peeler out in his garden hoeing potutoe* that morning, us <|iiiet and steady a* evnr lie was. Itut Nnncy married Jeplienlu.li, and the broad acres of old Deacon Peeler to this day spread themselves out over yonder along the Slnnemahone as the ltifTUlns estate, actually calm and peaceful and smiling, as if they hadn't missed the opportunity of 1/elng this day on the tax list In the name of Praxiteles Petti bone."—N. Y. Sun. Com rnlrnrra of The Count I haf been told, madam, your daughlaire haf re bad tempalre. The Jlamma Ah. ye*, count, but you k now she loses her temper so easily. "Ah. how loafly!" Detroit Pre# Press. "Ton to It# Tr«t." Htm's beautiful—that's «ood to know, Mho's good—thart's beautiful to »e«; Bho I* »" koo'l. while I'm not so, Hl.e s "100 Icood to be true" to me. — Judge. A KATt ItAL HKTAKK. v ' Hntcher—-I hare soma nice canvas back ducks this morning Mrs. New bird How lovely! How much are they a yard? Chicago Inter Ocean. Ilrsans Ksouak. 'TwIkI niedhouss walls hs sits alone: Ills foolish thoughts In chaos rovs. The '-siise for hlasn'l fsls Is known— lie ln lpe.J his wife pur Up Hie stove. - N. V. Journal. *<■ t l.awK* In View. "Kitty thinks llarry doesn't Intend to propose." "IIMS he i|tilt visiting her?" "No; but he gave her a silver tisins plate for lier wheel " < hlcago Ileoord. A llsmss* Wusiss. The Caliiimii Olmnie your hag. lady, aud I'll put It on lop of the cab. Mrs. Oatcako (as she gets In) No; that poor horse of yours has got enough to pull. I'll carry lion my lap. Judge "That man with the red hair acta ai though he was oue of the proprietors.* "Do you think so? I thought his all was altogether too haughty and over bearing. "■ Chicago Journal. IMftlnmiiri', lllank What! You voluntarily of fpred to lend him a dollar? ■ Isij.li Vca; you see, I was afraid ha 1 hud < onto to borrow flvc. —Uo to-Date. No 49 AN INTtntM ING FAMILY. The Jlmssa Weed anil Its Vnmeriia and linp. •r' --. i u. istlves. "There i« ui.i iuii;j: luat is on a boom this year in St. LouL anu that is the jimson weed," said u dii-gusted real es tate ageut, who had just cut down the needs on his vacant lots in the West End. "I have cut them down a dozen times aud still they grow." "It is an interesting- family to which they belong," remarked his neighbor, who doesn't own any vacant lots. "Prolific family certainly, but 1 can't say that I find it Interesting," was the reply. And yet these weeds belong- to a family not only interesting, butof great importance from an economic point of view. The Jamestown weed is only an other species of the plant from which the prii sts of Apollo made a decoction to induce that Mute of ecstasy in keep ing with the prophetic character of their revelations. Tonga is a drink made from the seeds which the Indians of Darien give to their children ttiat they may discover the location of gold. Klondikers might take a baby along and a few jimson weed seeds to make tea, and when the baity has its "dope" and falls down, there daddy could dig, sure of a find. Of course you eat potatoes, which are (cousins of the jimson weed, but you 'very likely eat them with or without 'their jackets, in salad, prepared a< Sara toga chips or in other ways too numer ous to mention, but it is safe to say that • you never eat them preserved, and yet Ithat is the way Parkinson, writing In ' 1610, recommended that they be oooked. |IIe suggested that tlie tubers be roasted, srteeped in sugar or baked with marrow •and spices. Here is an opportunity for some enterprising chef or housekeeper striving for originality !o -\v'n distinc tion in the way of serving pommes de terre. You probably eat tomatoes, too, which you probably eat with sugar and call tomahtoes, while your plebeian friend cat.s his with ' u'.t ard calls them plain tomaytoes. If you are partial to vege tables the egg-plant, also a night shade, is found upon your table, possibly sea soned with cayenne pepper, another of the same family. The great sweet' smelling mawse« of white and magenta petunias which arc ho familiar, grow ing seeimlnp-'v from the crevice# of the rocks at the suburban gardens and at the Cott. ■in Forem j .irk, nr» alsoot this enterprising family. Ritt< r iveet, the Jerusalem cherry, apple of Peru, henbane and the ugl.v horse nettle are a few otliei p famil.. The loiiir-oroHed i cot.ina nicoti llora, which opens, a: its :tnmesuggc»ta, in the cvn.il . , ii ii favorite garden flower, as Is l.he rambcrgla, named for the gvnt e scholar-priest of Buenos Ay res, who fir'-t collected It. Another ohM-'-hio: cd i f tb'« family is , |he matrinu-i. v vim, u h ■ h i* not a vine, b 1 t a shr b w : th <li. IT- ■< nt branches, j Helladonna, aUo hi.->wii as atiopa, la | a night shade. The ladies need It to make ii wash for fi < k I: • ~> e it* name "lielladontin," beuutifui lady, poi eonous properties got for I' the name of the cruel fate, Atropos, who cut the thread of human life as fast as it was drawn out by Lachesis. I<ust, but not least, conies king to bacco, product of our own soil, the royal weed against which popes have issued bulb; ami kings mandates, and nt ill vive le roi! And Irony of fatel Our own blessed pope orders his own par ticular brand of snuff made enpecdally for him at Baltimore. Rut even a mod cut Missouri man its he rests after din ner In «lipperc<> feet, sans waistcoat, sans necktie, watching tlie blue smoke curling above his head and dreaming such dreams ha only nlcotlna tobacum can produce, takes as much comfort afi his holiniwM and can echo the remark: "It is a very Interesting family."—St. Louis filobc-lVmocrat. A Italabow the (iroand. Will you allow me through your paper to ask If other jx-ople have db •erved a rainbow "on the ground," in stead of, as usual. In the air; and, if so, would they bo so kind as to give, the scleiitifli: reason for such an appear aince? I have never before to-day watvhed such a curious sight as that of which I Kpeak. While taking a long country ■walk I was overtaken by a heavy sh-ower, and while taking refuge from the rain I watched the light* and shadows moving along the valley below me, being myself on thecrestof a down like hill. I was strorkiby the unusual glow and brightness of the colorsin tb® valley, and an I watched they formed a most brilliant rainbow, perfect in »hnpe anil color, but lying "lljit on its s.idc," ■o to npeak, on the pasture land lwloiw; the top of the are nearii 1 1.■ opposite hills, mid the two ends towards the down I was on. T! ! s •■t-ange and beau tiful effe«-t was also witnessed by a friend who was with tne. 1 should be iniK'h Interested to k' "\v if ollu'rs have at, any time see: ihe i h•*. und could ex plain the cause, better in I.ondon Post. Man and llie nestles* Oceans. A <fue>; ion now being discussed among et h nologir ts is: TV> w' at tent did the great oe< , i-ui ents i>.fluer.ee the migrntlon of mankiud from eon tlnentto* ■ rent In prehlntoriO times? The fnx't thiii a 4-mrrent, startinr near the Mai v peninsula, nvd the sens of t liii.n and lap t . crosn tha Pacific to the western coast of the I'lilted Stat- ' vr •■ 1 !by K • r>* Her I • 'r> possll'illty of \h.nti. ■ 1i,.-- r<-!i' ■ ' \mcaie.i by M«y <>( the I Other vant movements ~f f the sea, to which alter" 1 recently been railed in connection with this subject, are the " " • t. which flows fton • Uiwnrd the p<,|\, . • !—ln i- »; ih. I ' le A luliliu curi nt. ,v( - -i, • 1 ' ' 1 ' •' a and the northern con t ' A.rtca. reaches Po-iih America a-' 1 " I I'dies; and the N- .. All .ircnt.wMch awei-jis along our eastern seaboard sod then crosses over to the coasts of rope - YmithV Companion. COHroIITINU. "How's yer mother grttln' on, Mary?" "Oh, she's batter; doctor dou't think ' she'll dio afora IViday iiowl" St. Paul's.
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