VOL.* xxxv
Grand Clearance Sale _
IB' ..
OF SHOES and Rubber^Goo^s^
A money saving sale tor economical buyers— a sale which will be talked of in
every family—a grand cut of prices on all goods, none will be spared. It will pay
vou to come miles >o attend this side —we need room and mus* reduce our st>> k
and here are the low prices they will go at.
I lot ladies' fine dongola pat. tip shoes, regular price f l 50, reduced to * -9°
I lot ladies' waterproof kangaroo ca'f but. shoes regular price *l 40 reduced to .90
1 lot chi'd's solar tip grain shoes, regular price 75c reduced to 5° ,
1 lot men's fine satin calf shoes Eng. Bals., regular price $1.50 reduced to x.<*>
I lot ladies' heel and spring heel rubbers, regular price 35c reduced to -15
1 lot children's rubbers, regular price 25c, reduced to 10
1 lot men's all solid working shoes donble sole :md tap, regn'ar price $1.40,
reduced to ; r - 00
I lot ladies' fine dougo'a hand turn and hand welt shoes, ar price $3-°°,
$3 50 and #4.00, your choice at 2 -°°
1 lo* ladies' warm lined shoes, regular price *1.25, reduced to 75
1 lot ladies' warm lined slippers, regular price 90c, reduced to 50 {
A line of holiday slippers which sold at 90c, $1.25 and ri.35 will bs closed
out at 65
Our stock of felt boots and rubber goods to be closed out cheap. Sheffield sole
leather by the side 20c per pound and best cut, cut in strips at 25c per pound.
Cut soles at 10c per pair. All kinds of findings and shoe-makers supplies at rock
bottom prices
Men's best felt boots with first grade woonsocket overs at £: .75
Boy's felts and best overs at 1.25 •
Youth's felts and best overs at 90 j
Men's woonsocket first quality rubber boots at 2.00 ,
Boy's woonsocket boots at... J - 2 5
Children's rubber boots at 75 '
Boy's storm king rubber boots at 1.5°
Youth's storm king rubber boots at r-25
JOHN BICKEL.
128 S. MAIN St BUTLER. PA.
HBSELTOHS nTW
IN BOOTS and SHOES. r —v
There will be lively shoe selling in this house for
some time to come. We have taken the balance
of several of our fine lines- sizes are somewhat
broken—and marked them down to
About 50c on the Dollar! ——A
Misses' Shoes. ' mostly narrow widths A, B anil C.
One lot of fine Dongols, plain toe, narro "' feet will have a rare
spring and heel, former price $1.25,fi.50 r "' A '
and 97.00, now 75c and $l.O0 —sizes One lot of Ladies' Lace Shoes, former
nyi. price fr 25 and *2.00; now 75c and SI.OO.
Children's, same style, BJ4 to 11, re- One lot of Ladies'soft Dongola shoes,
duced to 50c and 75c.' Sizes 6 to 8, 35c button and turns, plain and tip, former
and 50c. price $4.00 and *4.50; now 51.50 and
One Lot Women's ,??' , .
Heavy Leather Shoes-former price Women s Ruob?rs at 18c, 20c «nd 25c.
1.25; now 75c. Wool Boots and Stockings.
Men S and Boys Shoes. Men's Wool Boots and Rubbers at
One lot of Calf hand-made Congress $1.35 and #2.00.
Shoes, former price *3.00; now $1.50. Men>s Rnbber shoes> goo<l at soc
sizes oto . j, ave buckle atl( ] storm arctics at 75c
Boys' Shoes at 75c and SI.OO. Sizes 1 and SI.OO. Rubbcr P.oots, all kinds you
5/4* may ask for. Tell us what >ou want.
Ladies' Shoes. We have il
One lot fine Dongola, lace and but- All Winter goods-warn; lined Shoes
ton, former price #2,00, *3.00 and *4.00; aml Slippers at a g reat reduction,
nowsl.oo, fi.so and *2.00. These are, YOU WILL FIND US
Butler's Leading °pp° site Hote| L °wy,
Shoe hOUSe, 102 N. Main St., Butler, Pa.
J. s. YOUNG,
Tailor, Hatter and Gents Furnishing Goods.
Summer heat makes the problem of looking dressy and keeping cool a hard one
But we've solved it; and for once economy, comfort and fashion go hand in "iaud
Our summer suits are finer in fabric, nobbier in pattern and more stylish in cut
haajever before, they fit your cuives and yet they're not sweat bath outfits. The
prices may surprise yoi\
J. S. YOUNG. Tailor.
101 S. MAIN St., - - - BUTLER. PA
II ThCy Fk Wel1 '
\ \ wear well.
\\ 1 A'l / NEW YEAR, IDEAS . U.dess your
li 1 / /\l / j clothes pre up-to-date they might as well be
'>v \ I + I J 1 several years behind the times. If vou wan
1V t>est ideas in clothing you should get youi
. fl(\ \\ J ci clotbir.g of men who have the ideas. Yov
Ik '.. \\l I \ 'I want them to look well and wear well. If
r they are not satisfactory you justly blame the
Y j tailor. We make the clothes in correct style
/_ \\ and you are sure of them fitting for we guaran
I * tee them and make the clotlies to suit you.
UP LTPrr'k* MERCHANT TAILOR
•*» IxCfWlx, 142 North Main Street, Butler, Penn'a
BIG SALE
Our Stock Must Be Reduced
before we take invoice, ?nd in order to do so we
will offer rare bargains from diamonds down to
the smallest article in our line. Space v.ill only
permit a few of the many bargains.
Ladies' diamond rings $8 and $lO ones now s<>;
Good watch (guaranteed) $2.50; Fine watch, you
pay $7 for now $5; 8 day clock, regular $4 ones
now $2.25; Rlack iron clock gilt trimming, was
$lO now $6; Alarm clock warranted 65c.
Come and examine our stock and get what you
need in our line cheaper than you ever dreamed of
C. F. T. PAPE & BRO,
JEWELERS, 122 South Main St., Butler. Pa.
Old silver and gold taken the same as cash. Sale until Feb. Ist.
Advertise in the CTHZEN.
- THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Liver Ills
Like biliousness. dyspepsia, headache, cor. "tt
Ration, soiir stonia.ti, a.,i '« ar '' prompt lj
cured l»y Hood's Pills. They do their ". irk
Hood's
easily am'. thoroughly. 'II _
Best after -I nner pili-s. 111
K cents. All <iriig£ists. " II ■ W
Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell. Mass.
The onli i*ill to take with l'ocd's Sarsapartlla.
Tliia I* Your Opportunity.
On receipt of ten cei.*s. cash or Btamps.
a generous sample will b* mailed of tho
nK'St popular Cut rrh »n i Hay !■ ever Cure
(Ely's Cream Halm sufficient to demon
strate tli" f inn!ls of ti;e r< laedj.
ELY BROTHEBS,
Eu Wur a St , New York City.
■Rev. John Beid, Jr., of Or it Fall", Mont.,
recommended Ely's Cream H.*!m to me. I
can emphasize his statement. "It i c n posi
tive cure for catarrh if used i directed." —
Kev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres.
Church, Helena. Mont.
Ely's Cream Halm is the acknowledged
core for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug Price, 00 cents.
We All Know
that the slovenly dressed man
never receives tile respect and
consideration the well dressed
man gets. One secret in dres
sing well lies in the selection of
the right tailor.
our garments
are cut and made in cur own
workshop in this city. We are
particular al>out the fit, fashion
and all the minute details in
their construction.
Would he pleased to show
you a product of our shop and
also give you a pointtr in econ
omy.
fall patterns
now displayed
ALAND,
jVIAKKR OF
MEN'S LOT I IKS
£ Soiling Out
i —OUR — j
£ Entire Stock I
I OF /
£ Wall Pttpoi'. \
C Choicest patterns arc left. 7
S vVc want to quit cite busi-
x ness. \
C Bargains at asto i rate ?
< -AT- $
< DOUGLASS' >
241 S. Main St. But'er.
C. D.
A LGYER OF GOOD HATS
Can sureiy nnl lnsevery desire satisfied
in our Spring 1597 stock, which con
tains all the shapes, colors and (jualities
most admired by connoisseurs. We have
110 fancy prices, but merely value for
valoe
WE TREAT
Furnishing Goods in the same manner,
buying the best and selling as low as
many charge for inferior goods. We are
always glad to show visiters our goods
Call And See Us.
COLBERT & DALE,
242 S. MAIN ST. BL'TI.KR, PA
L. C. WICK,
Deals* IN
Rough Worked Lumber
OF AM, KINDS.
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings
Shingles and Lath
Always in Stock.
LIME, H VIR AND PLASTER
Office opposite P. &. W. Ojpot.
BUTLER, PA,
EYES EXASiRtU FKEK uP CiiAHGf
R L. KirKpatricX, Optician and Jew elf;
Next to Court House Butler, I,at
Graduate La Port IJarologicl institute
BL'TLKR PA., THURSDAY, KEBRI TAWV •'*.
i ROBERT LOUIS STEVEftSOfI.
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I
SYNOPSIS
CHAPTER I.—Billy Bones, an old sea '
dOK. much addicted to rum. lodges at Ad
miral inn.
CHAPTER 11. Stranper, called "Black
Doc." meets Hones; an interview end- 1a
fight and disappearance of stranger.
Bones suffers apoj lectt • stroke.
CHAPTER Til.—Piind t'efrear come? to
Inn. presses something in Bones' hand
and leaves. "Ten o'clock!" Bones
cries. -Six hour- We'll do them yet; ' at
which moment he is struck dead by apo
i CHAPTER IV.—Near Bores' body is
found a little r .ur.d i-a;>er. blackened on
one Side, on the o ier the words: "ion
have till ten to-night." Gold Is found in
Rones' sea chest, ar.d an oilskin packet.
Flight taken from Inn.
CHAPTER V.—Blind man (Pew) with
; companions attack the inn. Chagrined at
not finding ' Flint's list," the scoundrels
; scatter. Blind Pew is run down and killed
| by a horse.
CHAPTER Vl.—Young Hawkins tases
packet to Dr Lives, y. who with Squire
Trelawney opens It and finds minute di
; rections for nndlng of vast treasure.
CHAPTER Vll.—Trelawney lits up ex-
I peditlon to seek treasure.
CHAPTER VIII. —Jim Hawkins meets
, Black Dog at John Silver's inn. Black Dog
I runs away, and Silver avows ignorance of
i his Identity- . ,
1 CHAPTER IX.—Ship's captain thinks .
pome things on board somewhat singular
and asks to have certain precautions
taken, among which are the storing of
the powder and arms astern and giving
the doctor and his friends berths beside
the cabin.
CHAPTER X.—"Hispaniola" begins her
voyage. Hawkln3 climbs Into apple bar
rel and overhears plans of treachery on
foot among the crew. . |
CHAPTER Xl.—Plot (laid by Silver, ;
Fhip's cook) provides for the strike for j
possession of the treasure immediately It
is gotten aboard. Cry of "Land ho j
heard. „ ,
CHAPTER XII— Hawkins tells of Sll- |
ver's treachery to Livesey. Trelawney and
Capt Smollett, who hold a council of war.
CHAPTER Xlll.—Mutiny begins to show i
in restlessness of men, and captain de
cide" to give the men an afternoon ashore.
Jim Hawkins slips ofT with them, but on
the island gives them the slip.
tmtTt.K .viv.-i.om cover Jim sees
Silver kill one of the honest hands, and i
also learns of the murder of another in 1
another part of the island and runs from
the scene.
CHAPTER XV.—Jim meets Ben Gunn, a |
! marooned sailor who had lived on island i
i three years, lteport of a cannon is hear,..
! Both run for boat when they see in the
! wood the union jack.
I CHAPTER XVl.—Hunter and the doc
tor go ashore in a Jolly-boat, discover a |
block-heuse within a stockade and de- |
cide to provision it. Faithful party Is
I joined by Gray, a mutineer, and the ship
I left with the live rematnlng mutineers on
board.
CHArTEB xvn.
NARRATIVE CONTINUED BY THE
DOCTOR THE JOLLY-BOAT'S LAST
TRIP.
This fifth trip was quite different from
any of the others. In the first place, the
little gallipot of a boat that we were in
was gravely overloaded. Five grown
men, and three of them—Trelawney,
Kedruth and the captain—over six feet
high, was already more than, she was
meant to carry. Add to that the po.w
der, pork and the bread-bag's. The
gunwale was lipping astern. Several
times we shipped a little water, and my
breeches and the tails, of my coat were
all soaking wet before we had gone 100
yards.
The captain made us trim the boat,
and we got her to lie a little more even
■ ■ - -« ■ _
breathe.
In the second place, the ebb was now
making—a strong ripplingcurrent run
ning westward through the basin, and
then south'ard and seaward down the
straits by which we had entered in the
morning. Even the ripples were a dan
ger to our overloaded craft; but the
worst of it was that we were swept out
of our true course, and away from our
proper landing-place behind the point.
If we let the current have its way we
should come ashore beside the gigs,
where the pirates might appear at any
moment.
"I cannot keep her head for the
stockade, sir," said I to the captain. 1
was steering, while he and Kedruth,
i two fresh men, were at the oars. "The
I tide keeps washing her down. Could
j you pull a little stronger?"
"Xot without swamping the boat,"
said he. "You must bear up, sir, if you
please—bear up until you see you're
gaining."
I tried, and found by experiment that
the tide kept sweeping us westward un
til I had laid her head due east, or just
about right angles 'to the way we ought
to go.
"We'll never get ashore at this rate,"
said I.
"If it's the only course that we can
lie, sir, we must even lie it," returned
the captain. "We must keep upstream.
You see, sir," he went on, "if once we
dropped to leeward of the landing
place, it's hard to say where we should
get ashore, besides the chtyice of be
ing boarded by the gigs; whereas, the
way we go the current must slacken,
anfl then we can dodge back along the
shore."
"The current's less a'ready, sir," said
the -man Gray, who was sitting in the
fore-sheets; "you can ease her off a bit."
"Thank you, said I, quite as
if nothing had happened; for we had
all quietly made up our minds to treat
hinn like one of ourselves*
Suddenly the captain spoke up again,
and I thought his voice was a little
changed.
"The gun!" said he.
"I have thought of that," said I, for I
made sure he was thinking of a bom
bardment, of the fort. "They could
never get the gun ashore, and if they
did, they could never haul it through
the woods."
"Look astern, doctor," replied the
captain.
We had entirely forgotten the long
nine; and there, to our horror, were the
five rogues busy about her, getting off
lier jacket, as they called the stout
tarpaulin cover under wlhlcli she
sailed. Not only that, but it flashed into
my mind at the same moment that the
round shot and the powder for the gun
had been left behind, and a stroke with
an ax would put it all into the posses
sion of the evil ones aboard.
"Israel was Flint's gunner," said
Gray, hoarsely.
At any risk, we put the boat's head
direct for the landing-place. By this
' time we had got so far out of the run
of the current that we kept steerage
way even at our necessarily gentle rate
of rowing, and I could keep her steady
' for the goal. But the worst of it was
that, with the course I now held, we
turned our broadside instead of out
stem to the "Hispaniola," and offered a
target like a barn door.
: I could hear, as well as see, that
brandy-faced rascal, Israel Hands,
i plumping down a round-shot on the
deck.
"Who's the best shot?" asked the
captain.
"Mr. Trelawney, out and away," said
I.
"Mr. Trelawney, will you please pick
me off one of those men, sir? Hands,
if possible," said the captain.
Trelawney was as cold as steel. lie
looked to the priming of his gun.
' "Now," cried the captain, "easy with
I
i that gun, fir. or you'll swamp the beat.
' All hands stand by to trim tier when he
aims."
The squire raised his gun, the rowing ,
ceased, and we leaned over to the other
side to keen the balance, and all was so I
nicely contrived that we did not ship
a drop
They had the gun, by this time,
slewed rour.d upon the swivel and
Hands, who was at the muzzle with the :
rammer, was, in cor.sequence, the most 1
exposed. However, we had no luck; j
for just as Trelawney fired, down he
stooped, the ball whistling over him, !
and it was one of the other four who |
fell.
f The cry he gave was echoed, not only j
by his companions on board, but by a :
great number of voices from the share, I
and looking in that direction I saw the
other pirates trooping out from
among the trees and tumbling into
their places in the boats.
' "Here come the gigs, sir," said I.
j "Give way, then," said the captain.
"We mustn't mind if we swamp her
now. If we can't get nshore, all's up."
"Only one of the gigs is being
manned, sir," I added, "the crew of the
other most likely going round by
shore to cut us off."
"They'll have a hot run, sir," re-
:k ashore, you
As Trelawney fired th* ball whistlod over our
hoads.
know. It's not them I mind; It's the
round-shot. Carpet bowls! My lady's
maid couldn't miss. Tell us, squire,
when you see th r i match, and we'll hold
water."
In the meanwhile we had been mak
ing headway at a good pace for a boat
so overloaded, and we had shipped but
little water in the process. We were
now close in; 30 or 40 strokes and we
should beach her; for the ebb had al
ready disclosed a narrow belt of sand
was no longer to be feared; tTie'iii'Jrt
point had already concealed it from our
eyes. The ebb-tide, which had so
cruelly delayed us, was now making
reparation, and delaying our assail
ants. The one source of danger was
the gun.
"If I durst," said the captain, "I'd
stop and pick off another man."
But it was plain that they meant
nothing should delay their shot. They
had never so much as looked at their
fallen comrade, though he was not
dead, and I could see liiin trying to
crawl away.
"Heady!" cried the squire.
"Hold!" cried the captain, quick as
an echo.
And he and Redruth backed with a
great heave that sent her stera bodily
under water. The report fell in at the
same instant of time. This was the
first that Jim heard, the sound of the
squire's shot not having reached him.
When the ball passed, not one of us
precisely knew; but I fancy it must
have been over our heads, and that the
wind of it may have contributed to our
disaster.
At any rate, the boat sunk by the
stern, quite gently, in three feet of wa
ter, leaving the captain and myself,
facing each other, on our feet. The
other three took complete headers, and
came up again, drenched and bubbling.
So far there was no great harm. No
lives were lost, and we could wade
ushorc in safety. But there were all
our stores in the bottom, and, to make
things worse, only two guns out of
five remained in a state for service.
Mine 1 had snatched from my knees and
held over my head, by a sort of instinct.
As for the captain, he had carried his
over his shoulder by a bandoleer, and,
like a wise man, lock uppermost. The
three had gone down with the boat
To add to our concern we heard voices
already drawing near us in the woods
along shore; and we had not only the
danger of being cut off from the stock
ade in our lialf-crippled state, but the
fear before us, whether If Iluater and
Joyce were attacked by half a dozen
they would have the sense ami conduct
to stand firm. Hunter was steady,
that we knew; Joyce was a doubtful
case —a pleasant, polite man for a valet,
and to brush one's clothes, but not en
tirely fitted for a man-of-war.
With all this in our minds, we waded
ashore as fast as we could, leaving be
hind the poor jolly-boat, and a good
half of our powder and provisions.
CIIArTER XVIII.
NARRATIVE CONTINUED BY THE
DOCTOR-END OF THE FIRST DAY'S
FIGHTING.
We made our best speed across the
strip of wood that now divided us from
the stockade, and at every step we
took the voices of the buccaneers
rang nearer. Soon we could hear their
footsteps as they ran, and the crack
ing of the branches as they breasted
across a bit of thicket.
I began to sec we should have a brush
1 for it in earnest, and looked to my prim
-1 iug.
1 "Captain," said I, "Trelawney is the
dead shot. Give him your gun; his
1 own is useless."
Tliev exchanged guns, and Trelaw
ney, silent 111<I '.*> las be had been since
1 the beginning of the bustle, liung a mo
ment on his heel to sec that all was
' fit for service. At the same time, ols
• serving Gray to be unarmed, I handed
•' him my cutlass. It did all our hearts
good to see him spit on his hand, knit
lii:s brow s. and make the blade sing
through the air. It was plain from
' every line of his body that our new
hand was worth his salt.
1 Forty paces further wc caine to the
> edge of the wood anil saw the stockade
in front of us. We struck the inelos-
I urc about the middle of the south side,
and, almost at the same time seven urn-
I I tincers Job Anderson, the boatswain,
at their head, appeared in full rtt
the. southwestern corner.
They paused, as if taken aback, id
before they could recover not only the
squire and I, but Hunter and <!o. -e.
from the block-house had time to lire.
The four shots came in rather a scat
tering volley; but they did the busi
ness; one of the enemy actually fell,
aud the rest, without hesitation, turned
and plunged into the trees.
After reloading, v e wallu d d .\\ n the
outside oa the palisade ' > see tii fallen
enemy. He was stone dead —shot
through the heart.
We began to rejoice over our good
success, when just at that moment a
pistol cracked in the bush, a ball whis
tled close pastmyear,andpoorTomKed
ruth stumbled and fell his full lengthor.
the ground. Both the squire and I re
turned the shot; but us we had nothing
to aim at, it is probable wc only
( wasted powder. Then we reloaded, and
, turned our attention to poor Tom.
The captain and Gray were already
examining him, and I saw with halt an
eye that all was over.
I believe the readiness of our return
! volley had scattered the mutineers onoo
more, for we were suffered without
further molestation to get the poor old
' gamekeeper hoisted over the stockade
: and carried, groaning and bleeding.
I into the log house.
Poor old fellow, he had not uttered
' one word of surprise, complaint, fear,
j or even acquiescence, from the very
' beginning of our troubles till now,
when we had laid him down in the log
house to die. He had laid like a Trojan
behind his mattress in the gallery; he
had followed every order silently, dog
gedly and well; he was the oldest of
our party by a score of years; and now,
sullen, old, serviceable servant, it was
he that was to die.
The squire dropped down beside him
on his knees and kissed his hand, cry
ing like a child.
"Be I going, doctor?" he asked.
"Tom, my man," said I, "you're go- I
ing home."
"I wish I had a lick at them with the ,
gun first," he replied.
"Tom," said the squire, "say you for- j
give me, won't you?"
"Would that be respectful like, from
me to you, squire?" was the answer, i
"Howsoever, so be it, amen!"
After a little while of silence, he said
he thought somebody might read a
prayer. "It's the custom, sir," he add
ed, apologetically. And not long after, |
without another word, he passed away.
In the meantime the captain, whom
I had observed to be wonder iully
swollen about the chest and pockets,
had turned out a great many various
stores —the British colors, a Bible, a
coil of stoutish rope, pen, ink, the log- j
book, and pounds of tobacco. He had j
found a longish fir tree ly ing felled and j
cleared in the inclosure., and, with the
help of Hunter, he had set it up at the
corner of the log house where • the
trunks crossed and made an angle.
Then, climbing on the roof, he had
with his own hand bent and run up
the colors.
This seemed mightily to relieve him.
lie reentered the log house and set
about counting the stores, as if noth
ing else existed. But he had an eye
on Tom's passage for all that; and as
soon as all was gver came forward with
another fiag and reverently spread it
on the body.
"Don't you take on, sir," he said,
shaking the squire's hand. "All's well
with him; no fear for a hand that's
been shot down in his duty to captain
but it's a fact."
Then he pulled me aside.
"Dr. Livesey," he said, "in how many
weeks do you and squire expect the
consort?"
I told him it was n question, not of
weeks, but of months; that if 1 -were
not back by the end of August, Ulnndly
was to send to find us; but neither
sooner nor later. "You can calculate
for yourself," I said.
"Why, yes," returned the captain,
scratching his head, "and making a
large allowance, sir, for all the gifts of
Providence, I should say wo were pret
ty close hauled."
"How do you mean?" 1 asked.
"It's a pity, sir, we lost the second
load. That's what 1 mean," replied
the captain. "As for powder and shot,
we'll do. But the rations are short,
very short—so short, Dr. Livesey, that
we're perhaps as well without that ex
tra mouth."
And he pointed to the dead body un
der the flag.
Just then, with a roar and a whistle,
a round shot passed high above, the
roof of the log house and plumped far
beyond us in the wood.
"Olio!" said the captain. "Blaze
away! You've little enough powder
already, my lads."
At the second trial the aim was bet
ter and the ball descended inside the
stockade, scattering a cloud of sand,
but doing no further damage.
"Captain," said the squire, "tike
house is quite invisible from the ship.
It must be the flagthey are aiming at.
Would it not be wiser to take it in?"
"Strike my colors!" cried the cap
tain. "No, sir, not I;" and, as soon as
he had said the words, I think we all
agreed with him. For it was not only
a piece of stout, seamanly good feeling;
it was good policy besides, and showed
our enemies that we despised their
cannonade.
All through the evening they kept
thundering away. Ball after ball liew
over or fell short, or kicked up the sand
in "the inclosure; but they had to fire
so high that the shot fell dead and
buried itself in the soft sand. Wc had
no richochet to fear; and though one
popped in through the roof of thu log
house and out again through the floor,
we soon got used'to that sort of horse
play and minded it uo more than
cricket.
"There Is one thing about all this,"
observed the good captain; "the wood
in front of us-is likely clear. The ebb
has made a good while; our stores
should be uncovered. Volunteers to go
and bring in pork."
Gray and Hunter were the first to
come forward. Well armed, they stole
out of the stockade, but it proved a
useless mission. The mutineers were
bolder than we fancied, or they put
more trust in Israel's gunnery. For
four or five of them were busy carry
ing off ov.r stores, and wading out with
them to one of the gigs that lay close
by, pulling an oar or so to hold her
steady against the current. Silver was
in the stern-slieets in command; and
every man of them was now provided
with a musket from some secret maga
zine of their own.
The captain sat. down to his Ing, and
Ihere is the beginning of the entry:
"Alexander Smollett, master; David Live
sey, ship's doctor: Abraham Gray, carpen
ter's mate; John Trelawney, owner; John
Hunter and Richard Joyce, owner's serv
ants, landsmen —belns all that Is left faith
ful of tho ship's company—with stores for
ten days at short rations, came ashore tills
day, and flew British colors on the loif
hou.se In Treasure Island. Thomas R< !-
ruth, owner's servant, landsman, shot by
the mutineers: James Hawkins, cabin
boy—"
Aud at the same time I w as wonder
ing over poor Jim Hawkins* fate.
A hail on the land side.
"Somebody hailing us," said Hunter,
"I> tor! "q, e! caj ' in! Hallo.
Huii r, i , that . aT'v ' the cries.
Ar.;l 1 ran to the dooi' in time to see
Jim Hawkins, safe and sound, come j
climbing over the stockade.
CHAPTEn XIX.
NARRATIVE RESI'MED BY JIM HAW
KINS - THE GAR&IBON AT THK
As soon as Ben Gunn saw the colors
he - ,ni to a halt, stopped me by th?
\v," said he, "there'syour friends,
"Far more likely it's the mutineers," ,
I answered.
"That!" he cried. "Why, in a place j
like this, where nobody puts in but j
gen'lemen of fortune. Silver would '
fly the Jolly Soger, you don't make no j
doubt of that. X.>; tl::.t's y.mr friends. :
There's beer, blows, teo, and I reckon 1
your fric: .Is has had th ■ best of it.; !
and her? they are ashore in the old j
stockade, a • wv s road years and years |
ago bv Flint. Ah, he ; the lr.an to '
have a 1 adpiece. was Flint! Pairing !
rum, his match was never seen. He |
were afraidof none; not he; on'y Silver
—Silver was that genteel."
"Well,** Bald I, "that may be so, and
i ro 1 v it; all the more i uson that 1
j should hurry on and join ray friends."
"Nay. mate," returned Ben, "not you.
You're a good boy, or I'm mistook;
I but you're on'y a boy, all told. Now. j
Ren Gur.: is fly. Hum wouldn't bring
me there, where you're- going—not
ruin wouldn't, till I see your born
gen'leman, and gets it on his word of
honor. And you won't forget my
! words: 'A preelot - ight' (that's what
you'll say), *a precio :.- ight more con
: fide nee'— and then nips him."
And he pinched me the third time
with the same air of cleverness.
"And when Be i. Gun-. is wanted,
you knew where t find him, Jim. Just
j where } u found him to-«lay. And him
! -.hat e >mes is to have a white thing in
' his hand; and he's to come alone. Oh!
| and you'll - iv this: 'Ben Gunn,' says
you, 'hireasons of his own.'"
"Well." said I, "I believe I under
' ;tc.-id. You have something to pro
; pose, and you wish to see the squire or
, the dot: r; and you're to be found
where I fond you. Is that all?"
"And when? says yon," he added.
| "Why, from al out noon observation to
I about six bells."
"Gocd," says I, "anil not may 1 go?"
"You won't forget?" he inquired
iroxi Lisly. "Precious cr.dxtasons
of his own, says you. Ileasons of his
own; that's the mainstay; as between
man and man. Well, th-. u" —still liold
i ing me—"l reckon you can go, Jim.
And Jim, if you was to see Silver, you
wouid "t go Tor to sell lien Gunn? Wild
j horsi - wouldn't draw it from you?
Xo, says you. And if them pirates
came ashore, Jim, what would you saj
but there'd be widders in the morn
j ing?"
Heri he was interrupted by a loud re
port, aud a eannonball came tearing
through the tree*; and pitched in the
sand, not 100 j ards from where we two
were talking. The next moment each
of us had taken to his heels in a differ
ent direction.
For a good hour to come frequent
reports shock the island, and balls kept
crashing through the woods. I moved
from hiding-place to hiding-place, al
waj s pursued, or so it seemed to me, by
these terrifying missiles. But toward
the end of the bombardment, though
r-till I durst not venture in the f'irc/
oftenot, T lia.f begun. n manner, to
pluck up my heart again; and after a
loiifj detour to the east, crept down
among the shore-side trees.
The sun had just set, the sea breeze
was rustling and tumbling in the
woods, and milling the gray surface of
the anchorage; the tide, too, was far
out, and great tracks of sand lay un
covered; the air, after the heat of the
day, chilled me through my jacket.
The "Hispaniola" still lay where she
had anchored; but, sure enough, thera
w;'S the Jolly Roger—the black Hag of
piracy—flying from lier peak. Eveu a»
I looked there came another red flash
nnd another report, that sent the
echoes clattering, and one more rounn
shot whistled through the air. It was
the last of the cannonade.
I lay for some time, watching the
bustle which succeeded the attack.
Men were demolishing something with
axes on the beach near the stockade;
the poor jolly-boat, I afterward dis
covered. Away, near the mouth of the
river, a great lire was glowing among
the trees, and between that point and
the ship one of the gigs kept coming
and going, the men, whom 1 had seen
so gloomy, shouting at the oars like
children. But there was a sound in
their voices which suggested rum.
At length I thougiiit I might return
toward the stockade. I was pretty far
down on the low, sandy spit that in
closes the anchorage to the east, and is
joined at half-water to Skelctoaisland;
and now, as I rose to my feet, I saw,
some distance further down the spit,
and rising from among low bushes, an
isolated rock pretty high, and peculiar
ly white in color. It occurred to rue
that this might be the white rock of
which Ben Gunn had spoken, and that
some day or other a boat might be
wanted, and I should know where to
look for one.
Then I skirted among the woodsuntil
I had regained the rear, or shoreward
side, of the stockade, and was soon
warmly welcomed by the faithful
party-.
I had soon told my story, and began
to look about me. The log-house was
made of unsquared trunks of pine—
roof, walls nnd floor. The latter stood
in several places as much as a foot or a
foot and a half above the surface of the
sand. There was a porch at the door,
and under this porch the little spring
welled np into an artificial basin of a
rather odd kind—no other than a great
ship's kettle of iron, with the bottom
knocked out, and sunk "to her bear
ings," as the captain said, among the
sand.
Little had been left beside the frame
work of the house; but in one corner
there was u stone slab laid down by
way of hearth, and an old rusty iron
basket to contain the fire.
The slopes of the knoll and all the
inside of the stockade had been cleared
of timber 1o build the house, and we
could sec by the stumps what a line
and lofty grove had been destroyed.
Most of the soil had been washed
away or buried in drift after the re
moval of the trees; only where the
streamlet ran d nn from the kettle a
thick b< I of m< ■ and some ferns and
little creeping l>ti*!ie* were still green
among the sand. Very close around the
stockade—too <\om' for defense, they
said the wood still flourished high and
dense, all of fir on the land side, but
toward the sea with a large admixture
of live oaks.
The «<>ld evening breeze, of which 1
have poken, v.! tied through every
eh nk of the rede building, nnd
sprinkled the floor with a continual
rain of fine sand. There was sand in
our eyes, sand in our teeth, sand in our
suppers, sand dancing in the spring at
the bottom " the kettle, for all the
world like porridge beginning to boil.
Our cliimnev was a square hole in the
roof; it « . but a little part of the
-moke 'hat f >tind its WIT out, an<l the
-est eddied abut the house, and kept
is <• ughing and piplr:g the eye.
Add t'» this that Gray, the new man,
had his f ice tied up in a bandage for a
■•ut he hail jot in breaking away from
the mutineers; and that poor old Tom
IJedm'h, 11 unburled, lay along the
nr.", iiff and stark, under the Union
Jack.
If we had been allowed to sit idle,
w should nil have fallen in the blues,
but ("apt. Smollett was never the man
for that. All hands were called up be
fore him, and he divided us into !
watches. The doctor, and Gray, and I,
fcr one; the squire. Hunter, ami Joyce
Yv \'( :• m
mmMf
k\* r •
" When 800 Gu-m is wanted you know where
to find bur.. Jim."
upon the other. Tired as we all were,
two were sent out for lirewood; two
more were sent to dig a grave for Bed
ruth; the doctor vas named cook; 1
was put sentry at the door; and the
captain himself went from one to an
other, keeping up our spirits and lend
ing a hand wherever it was wanted.
From time to time tlie doctor came
to the door for a little air and to rest
his eyes, which were almost smoked out
of his head; and whenever he did so, be
had a word for me.
"That man Smollett." he said once,
"is a better man than I am. And when
I say that it means a deal, Jim."
Another time he came and was silent
for awhile. Then lie put his head on
one side, and looked at me.
"Is this Ben Gunn a man?" he asked.
"I do not know, sir," said I. "I am
not very sure whether he's sane."
"If there's any doubt about the mat
ter, he is," returned the doctor. "A man
who has been three years biting his
nails on a desert island, Jim, can't ex
pect to appear os sane as you or me. It
doesn't lie in human nature. Was it
cheese you said he had a fancy for?"
"Yes, sir, cheese," I answered.
"Well, Jim," says he, "just see the
good that comes of being dainty in
your food. You've seen my snuff-box.
haven't you? And you never •»«*• me
take snufT; the reason being that in
my snuff-box I carry a piece of Parme
snn cheese —a cheese made In Italy, very
nutritious. Well, that's for Ben Gunn!"
Before supper was eaten we buried
old Tom in the sand, and stood round
him for awhile bareheaded in the
breeze. A good deal of firewood bad
been got in, but not enough for the cap
tain's fancy, and lie shook his head over
it, and told us we "must get back to this
to-morrow rather livelier." Then, when
we had eaten our pork, and each had a
good stiff glass of brandy grog, the
■ ; 1 enrnw
It appears they were at their wits'
end what to do, the stores being so low
that we must have been starved into
surrender long before help came. But
our best hope, it was decided, was to
kill oft the buccaneers until they either
hauled down their flag or ran away
with the "llispaniola." From nineteen
they were already reduced to fifteen,
two others were wounded, and one, at
] eas t—the man shot beside the gun—
(severely wounded, if he were not dead.
Every time we had n crack at them wo
were to take it, saving our own lives
with the extreinest care. And besides
that we had two able allies, rum and
the climate.
As for the first, though we were about
half u mile away, we could hear them
roaring and singing late into the night;
and as for the second, the doctor staked
his wig that, camped where they were
In the marrh, and unprovided with rem
edies, tho half of them would be on
their backs before a week.
"So," lie added, "if we are not all shot
down first they'll be glad to be pack
ing in the schooner. It's always a ship,
and they can get to buccaneering
again, I suppose."
"First ship that I ever lost," saldCapt.
Smollett.
I was dead tired, as you may fanoy;
and when I got to sleep, which was not
til after a great deal of tossing, I slept
like a log of wood.
The rest had long been, up, and had
already breakfasted and increased the
pile of firewood by about half as much
again, when I was u wakened by ft
bustle and the Bound of voices.
"Flag of truce I" I heard some one
say; and then Immediately after, with
a cry of surprise: "Silver himself!"
And at that I jumped up, and, rub
bing ~oy eyes, ran to a loophole in the
wall.
pro BE CONTWUBD.'I
III* Natural Vocation.
Mr. Covington—Col. Blckey nevw
Biniles.
Mr. Cincinnati—What an excellent
barkeeper lie would make. —Cincinnati
Courier-Journal.
Merely a Surmise.
"Yes, he's smart enough all right*
but he doesn't seem to be much of I
money maker."
"Maybe he's honeat." —Chicago JouT
col.
The First Time.
While on a visit to a mining town
whieli boasts of no professional barber
a gentleman had perforce to submithis
noble countenance to tlie tender and
amateur mercies of an Irishman from
Cork by the name of Murphy.
As the tears rolled down his cheeks,
And the skin and hair literally flew,
he ventured to ask, in n ineant-to-be
sarcastic way:
"Murphy, did you ever scrape a pig?"
Back came the reply, like a stone from
a catapult:
"Xcvcr until to-day. sorr."—Golden
Days.
\»t n Cant- In Point.
"To be good," remarked theolT-hand
philosopher, "is to be beautiful."
"Wal," replied the man who was try
ing to sell him a mountain farm, "I
dunno. Mebbe it's the exception as
proves the rule."
"Whit do you mean?"
"I v.as thinkin' 'bout a 'possum.
There's no denyin* that 'possum's
iiiiplitj good; but ye enn't make me
think it's purty."—Chicago lVnt
Tt|>« on Tlppcrnr}-.
Th« wall" r at our boarding house was si
ways quito contrary,
t'ntll tin' place wan visited by a man from
Tlpperary;
Jut from the first she treated him In a man
lier moat sublime,
And ho didn't tlnil It needful to Tlpperary
time.
—I,. A..W. Bulletin.
No 5
HOUSEHOLD ITEMS.
Some Odci* mid > •!■ of t'sefal Infor
mation.
Beaut (bI portii res are made of rich,
ih.rk ir.n il coiduroy, with a lin
ing of -the Id-fashioned green-«nd
bhick calico, reo ntlv revived as cotton
print. It is qua. . i:i d. sign and color
it.g. u ..I ha.- a h:.'.. satiny finish that
gives it : n "h handsomer look than
is really i's Tin possessor of one
pair of "tcli curtains declares herself
;s una!-- -o - ! 'lie which side is pret
tier, the corduroy or tlie lining.
A h x bath ;» usually rather decried,
as provocative of colds and other evils.
Everyone kn .vs r-f cases of severe ill
ins. o* urri"!» from exposure to the
| outer a'r - ...n after such ablutions.
: And yet nothing is more refreshing, as
nothing is more harmless, if properly
taken. Tliis means that one should
use the hot bath, i. one does that of
\ i ry cold water, merely as a plunge,
folh v.. ,1 by quick ar.d thorough rub
bines ..t I r.uis- tge.
Ooeu- .it ally th- art of "piping," as
it is i':il!el by <• " fectioners, is useful
tc the (.--■ \. At:, deft-handed person
eati make very pivM.y ornaments with
Icing by the aid < f no other tools than
a si. ill bag of si mt paper, such ns gro
ceisiisc. If, in dcitioti to this, a few
tubes are (■•'-.p'e-yed, attd if the worker
lins any taste whatever in that par
ticular direction, something quite elab
orate and intricate may Ik> evolved.
It Is possible to have fringed doilies
i- presentable condition, but napkins
and tablecloths that are hemmed are
most satisfactory for frequent usage
and many washings. A new comb,
with coarse teeth, is best to keep the
fringe in order, but no care will long
p-es< rve anything so delicate. There
fore those who admire the pretty
fringed table linen in its first estate
should consider its perishable qualities.
It is not at all difficult to grow ferns
enough for a perpetual fresh table dec
oration. There is really noexcuse what
ever for the artificial plants with which
jardinieres are filled and offered for
sale at good prices. In the fierce light
that beats upon a dinner table the sham
Is all too readily detected, ingenious
though the construction is. The great
point in the favor of these rock ferna
Js that they require no care whatever.
The oil of peppermint is widely used
In the cast, and is becoming well known
In this country, for external application
in cases of neuralgia or of rheumatism.
Internally, greatly diluted. It-is of value
In gastric disorders, or for a cold or
cough. The orientals likewise employ
the pungent oil as an nntiseptic for
wounds or burns. For the latter acci
dent it would seem the harshest of rem
edies, and yet it is no more so than am
jnonia, which has a most- tnag4cal effect
if touched lightlv to the seared skin.—
X. Y. Tost.
FATS IN COOKERY.
It In Important to Know Their Prop
er Inc.
The frying pan is blamed, and justly
so, for much of our national disease,
but even the fats of tht frying pan
can be rendered comparatively harm
less by proper usage. Miss Parloa in
her last season's lecture course devoted
one of her talks to the cooking of
fats. She told her classes that the lower
the temperature at which fats can be
.cooked and the flavor retained, the
more digestible they will be. If the
temperature is raised too high a disa
greeable acid taste is developed.
rs wtren fnt is cletfr. The digestibility,
therefore, of a roast basted with a little
water i:i the pan is greater than when
basted with fat alone.
As in all kitchens more or lees frying
is done, it is imperative that it should
be done correctly. Tlie common way of
putting two or three inches of fat in
a pan and frying In that is the worst
possible. To fry economically and
properly it is necessary to have fat
enough in which to immerse the article.
The purer the fat the higher the degree
to which it can be raised without burn
ing. Butter burns at the lowest temper
nturc and olive oil at-the highest.
The following shows the degrees at
which the vnxjous fats begin to burn:
Butter, 2GO degrees F.; beef, veal and
mutton suet, .102 degrees F.; clarified
drippings, 336 degrees; goose grease,
500 degrees; lard, 302 decrees; olive
oil, 006 degrees. Medium heat is suit
able for most frying. Butter should
usually be at 239 degrees; beef, veal
and mutton suet, 220; clarified drip
pings, 302; goose grease, 440; lard,
330; olive oil, 572.
All fats should be heated gradually.
Anything moist, like fish, oyisters or
croquettes, should have but a few put
Into the smoking fat at a time, as they
reduce the temperature. The poorer
fats, like lard or drippings, are better
for croquettes than olive oil, as the
perfect croquettes should be just heated
through and creamy inside, while
brown outside. The temperature for
fish and croquettes should be much
higher than for doughr.ut6.—Woman
kind.
Drown Ilroad.
Take four cupfuls of strong caramel
cereal, and add to this one-half cup of
nut meal or two tablespoonfuls of ntit
butter, one-half cup of sugar, and a
pinch of salt. Ileat to boiling, then add
one-third cup of rye flour, one-third cup
of white flour, one-third cup of best
corn meal, ar.d three cups of cooked
crystal wheat, in order named. Turn
In to an oiled mold or basin, and steam
for three hours. —Good Health.
Apple Shortcake.
Take two cups of sour cream, two tea
spoonfuls of salerntus and one of salt;
beat well together, then stir In flour to
make a. smooth, rather stiff batter, that
you can spread with a spoon. When
done, split with a thin, hot knife and
spread liberally with (hot apple sauce
well sweetened; put on the top crust,
powder thickly with sugar and serve
with cream. This is a favorite desseiH
with us.—Detroit Free Tre*.
WEEDED A FORTIFIER.
"Miranda!"
"What?"
"Will you please get the Bible and
read to me about that patient man Job?
—N. Y. Journal.
Infallible.
6tenm drills are not used in New Jersey.
Hut why should that (five you a shock?
They capture a Kood-Klsed mosquito
And let it drill Into tho rock.
I, -N. Y. World.