VOL.* xxx.v MRS. J. E. ZIMMERMAN. J| friday. | Easter OPENING Saturday. | I:april| |april| SPRING Millinery Tailor-Made Gowns, Capes, Jackets. Silk Waists, Separate Skirts, Fine Goods, Silks and Lace Curtains. We extend to our patron* and the general public H in nt fordiul Invit ition to inspect OQr exhibit of Ladies* and < hildren's trimmed hats. oI T li SI'ECI ALTV is tim Designs and Creations of our own experienced artists, which enable* u* to >"!1 our binds »rn" Pattern Hats at prices vou will appreciate. One of the re itures or our opening day-* will b 'the handsomely decorated Art Depart ment. LADIES' LATEST SPRING GARMENTS Ladies' Tailor Made Suits ranging In price from s•"> est. Before huylnif elsewhere »ive us a call. Patterson Bros., T» N. MAIN ST., WICK BUILDING, • BUTLER. I'A. SPRING GOODS. OUR ENTIRE SPRING STOCK OF FINE FOOTWEAR IS ALL IN. We went east earl v. and after carefully looking over the different lines and getting tne.r best prices for CASH. We placed oar orders on all go<»ds to lie made to our special o»\l.«r. These goods bave all arrived and are open and r.ndv for your Inspection. To say till-* itock of spring g">. VI. and t lie prl.-,-< of Misses' v.w are from ?1.2.'i to We have the in all si/ 'S and width:, from A A tn E E. Uur Line of Oxfords, * Strap Sundals. Southern Ties'etc.. niusl not l»e forgotten a., t:ie ,t.>. I, of them Is very large and Styles rlgtit up to (la-- We take pleasure In sh . vin.r "Ii ■ ITOIMK whether you wish to buy or not. Come in and we will be (flail to see you. Men's and Boy's Shoes. A complete line of colored shoes In all the latest shades vesting tops will lie very stylish this summer -see our line of them, they are BEAUTIES. The light summer shoes with bright shiny hue. Its glitter and gloss, its comfort and cost is the shoe good and true. A large assortment to select from at BICKELS. Men's Shoes range in price from *2.00 to stt.oo. and the price* for the Iloy's shoes are from $1.50 to £*.oo Come to us and you'll find our stock so large you can find what you want. All Styles of Shoes to select from at lowest prices. Here is where we can interest vou again. Men's and Boy's working shoes. Box Toe shoes, Heavy Sole English Itals. < ongress Gaiters and Buckle Lace Plow Shoes at rock bottom prices, JOHN BICKEL. 128 S. MAIN St BUTLER. PA. j- s - YOU . NG ' Tailor, Hatter and Gents Furnishing Goods. Summer heat make 9 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 baud Our summer suits are finer in fabric, nobbier in pattern and more stylish in cut hat) ever_before, they fit your curves and yet they're not sweat bath outfits. The prices may surprise "ou. J. S. YOUNG, Tailor. 0 i S. MAIN St., - - - BUTLER, PA Jl g They Fit Well, | WAjL will wear well. A 1 / NEW YEAR IDEAS . Uiiless your II I /II / M clothes ere up-to-date they might as well be \/ «f! I *-A\ • 11 several years behind the times. If you want 1/ jJi \\*\ tf llie 1-est ideas in clothing you should get your /4i) \\l I \ M clothing of men who have the ideas. You jkjprjS. \\l J) \ 'I want them to look well and wear well. If r they are not satisfactory you justly blame the y —s\ * J tailor. We make the clothes in correct style / /-n \j ''•y and you arc sure of them fitting for we guaran *Jr \j tee them and make the clothes to suit you. UC K Pfl/ MERCHANT TAILOR ' r * IVL-rV/rv, 142 North Main Street Butler Penn'a Pape sros, JEWEbgRS. We Will Save You Money On C Diamonds, Watches Clocks, > ; Silverware, 1847 Rodger Bros, c and Sterling Silver^ Our Repair Department takes ill all kinds of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, etc 122 S. Main St. Old gold and silver taken the same as cash. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Sfb'Libnry July 98 Constipation Cans" * fully Half the sickness in the world. It retart the digested food too long in the bowelJ Ami i-fuduees biliousness, :orpid liver, hull- Hood's peh or stamps, a generous rrmple will be mailed of the most popular Catarrh ami Hay Fever Cure (Ely's Cream Balm sufficient to demon strate the gr. t IUI rits of the remedy. ELY BBOTHERS, Warren St, New York City. Itev. John Rei l . T r.. of Great Falls. Mont., recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I can emphasize hi 3 statement, "It is a posi tive cure for catarrh if used at-: directed." — liev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres. Church, Helena. Mont. Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged cure for catarrh and contains no mercury nor any injurious drug Price, 00 cents. We All Know that the slovenly dressed man never receives the respect and consideration the v.-cll dressed man gets. One secret in dres sing well lies in the selection cf the right tailor. our garments are cut and made in cur own workshop in this city. We are particular about the fit, fashion and all the minute details in their construction. Would h': plepsed to show yon a product of our shop and also give you -i pointer in econ omy. fail patterns now displayed MAKER M EN'S LOT H ES Pearson 5. Nace's Livery Feed and Sale Stable Rear of Wick House, EuLler, Perm's. Tha besi of hones sad ltd dm riK-» *!■ ways on hand MIS ' f» r Hn 1 . licr,t in town for p«;rni:i n**iit lH»anlifiir awl transient tnule. Speci al «\*ire guaranteed. Stable Room For 65 Houses. A p. .d .-1,.-- <.f h'irsi-s tHrth driven :uir >ale | under a full guarantee; and horses l*mglit upon proper notification l»y PEARSON B. NACE. Telephone, No. 2t» L. C. WICK, DKAUCK IN' Rough £ Worked Lumber OF ALL, KINUS. Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Shingles and Lath Always in Stock. LIME, HUR AND PLASTER Office opposite P. & W.'Depot. BUTLER. PA, D. L. CLEELAND, j> £ jeweler and Optician, \ ( 125 S. Main St., ✓ ( Butler, Pa. y n<"A HENRY BICKEL HAS OPENED UP THE LARGE BRICK LIVERY STABLE ON WEST JEFFERSON STREET, DUFFY BLOCK, and is prepared to Furnish first-class rigs at prices to suit the times. When want ing anything in the livery Hue, it will pay you to call on him first, as he is there to do business—to accommodate the public. —HENRY BICKEL Bell Phone 36. People's 115. unuj IS THE TIME TO HAVE HUH Your Clothirt.A CLEANED or DYED If you want good and reliable cleaning or dyeing done, there is just one place in town where you can get it, and that is at TIE BOIIfB Df[ WORKS 2115 (Jentei* a venue, |@.Wc do fine work in out door Photographs. This is the time of year to have a picture ot your house. Give us a trial. Agent for the Jamestown Slidisc Blind Co.—New York. R. FISHER & SON, OIL MEAL Feo, or address manufacturer. TIIOVI •SON & CO., l."> \V Diamond street Allegheny, I'a. BUTLKH, IJA.,1 J A., THURSDAY", MARCH 31, ISOS LOUIS SYNOPSIS. CHAPTER I.—Billy Bones, an old sea {log. much &ddii tod to rum. lodges at Ad miral Benbow li.n. CHAPTER '.r.—Stranger. called "niack DOB," MEETS Hones; an interview ends in Tight and dlaapptarance of stranger. Bor is suffers apoplectic str-.ke. CHAPTER lll.—Blind beg-gar comts to inn. presses something in Bones' hand end l»'tv( "Tin o'clock!" Bones cries "Six hours. We'll do them yetat which moment he is struck dead by apo plexy. CHAPTER IV.—Near Bones body is found a little round par r. i.iackened on one side, on t:se other the words: "lou have till ten tonight." Gold is found in Ftor-es" sea chest, and an oilskin packet. Flight taken from inn. CHAPTER V.—Blind man (Tew) with companions attack the inn. Chagrined at not finding ' Tint's flit," the scoundri a scatter. Blind I'ew is run down and killed by a horse. CHAPTER Vl.—roung Hawkins tases packet to Dr. Livesey. who with Squire Trelawney opens it and finds minute di rections for finding of vast treasure. CHAPTER Vll.—Trelawney fits up ex pedition to seek treasure. CHAPTER VIII.—Itm Hawkins meets Black Dog at John Silver's inn. Black Dog runs away, and Silver avows ignorance of h'.s identity. CHAPTER IX.—Ship's captain thinks »omo 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 hie friends berths beside the cabin. CHAPTER X.—"Hlspanlola" begins her voyage. Hawkins climb 3 into apple bar rel and overhears plans of treachery on foot among the crew. CHAPTER Xl.-Plc/t (laid by Stiver, ship's cook) provides for the s.rike for possession of the treasure immediately It Is gotten aboard. Cry of "Land no CHAPTER Xll.—Hawkins tells of Sti ver's treachery to Livesey, Trclawney and Capt Smollett, who hol<' a council of war. CHAPTER Xlll.—Mutiny begins to show in restlessness of men, and captain de cides to give the men nil afternoon ashore. Jim Hawkins slips off with them, but on the island gives them the slip. i_nAiTr,K Xiv.-r.om cover Jim sees Sliver kill one of the honest hands, and also learns of the murder of another in another part of the Island ar.d runs from the sc*ne. CHAPTER XV.—Jim meets Ben Ounn, a marooned sailor who had lived on island three years. Reoort of a cannon is heard. Both run for boat when they see in the wood the union Jack. CHAPTER XVl.—Hunter and the doc tor go D shore In a jolly-boat, discover a block-house within a stockade and de cide to provision it. Faithful party is Joined by Gray, a mutineer, and the ship left With the five remaining mutineers on board. CHAPTER XVII Jolly-boat starts on lart trip to shore overloaded with pro visions. Mutineers on ship man the gun. Trelawney picks off one of the gunners. Cannon ball passes over boat, which sinks and leaves party to wade ashore. Bucca neers heard near by in the wood. CHAPTER XVlll.—Fight with buc caneers result* In one killed on each side. Faithful party gain the stockade and run up the British colors. CHAPTER XIX —Jim seeing th« colrrg knows lie Is near friends and. leaving Ben Gunn, climbs into the stockade. CHAPTER XX.—Silver, under flag of truce, makes overtures for chart to get th« treasure by, but falls. CHAPTER XXI —Buccaneers attack stockade, are worsted, leaving five dead behind. The faithful party loses two, and Capt. Smollett wout ded. CHAPTER XXII —Hoctor sets out to find Ben Gunn. Jim slips off to seek boat Hen Gunn hird built, and decides to cut "Hlspaniola." now tlying the jolly roger, adrift. CHAPTER XXIII. Schooner now manned by only two of the pirates, a~d they In a drunken brawl, is cut from an chor. Jim then, from sheer exhaustion, falls asleep In bottom of coracle. CHAI'TEK XXfv.—Awaking Jim sees the "Hlspaniola" helplessly drifting, and by a great effort reaches her and leaps, catching the Jibboorn. CHAPTER XXV.—Jim finds one of tha mutineers (O'Brien) d.?ad, killed by Hands, and Hands, the only survivor on loire! severely v/ounded; decides to reach the ahlD In North iulfct. CHAPTER XXVI— Hands ihnnag- .. secure a dirk. Jim discovers the treachery and escapes up a mast, to which he is pinned by Hands throwing his dirk. Jim fires his pistol. ■""V.rTErt XXVll.—Hands pierced oy a bullet falls Into the water and sinks. Jim makes fast the vessel and returns by moonlight to stockade, to discover he lias fallen into the hostile camp. CHAPTER XXVIII.—A quarrel among the buccaneers causes a revolt and the> take council, during wWch Silver tells Jim ho will stand by him. CHAPTER XXlX.—Buccaneers return and give Silver the "black spot " on one side of which is Written "deposea."' Sil ver, in answer, throws to them the chart of the island, showing location of treasure, which they had BO long coveted, and he is again made the buccaneer chieftain. CHAPTER XXX. Doctor attends wounded buccaneers; has a short talk with Jim, when latter tells of his ex ploits. Doctor advises Silver to keep tho boy close beside him as he goes on his treasure hunt that day. CHAPTER XXXl.—Pirates set off, ac cording to chart, for buried treasure: come upon a human skeleton which brings to tnem gloomy recollections of the dead Capt. Flint. CHAPTER XXXII —Going a little fur ther the superstitious buccaneers are stopped by the sound of Capt. Flint's old Bea song, but, reassured on recognizing voice of their old companion, Ben Gunn, march on—to find the hidden treasure KODe. cnAPTER xxxrri. THE FALL OF A CHIEFTAIN. There never was such an overturn in this world. Each of these sflx men was as though he had been struck. But with Silver the blow passed almost in stantly. Every thought of his soul had been set full-stretch, like a racer, on that money; well, he was brought up in a single second, dead; and he kept his head, found his temper, and changed his plan before the others had had time to realize the disappointment. "Jim," he whispered, "take that, and stand by for trouble." And be passed me a double-barreled pistol. At the same time he began quietly moving northward, and in a few steps had put the hollow between us two and the other five. Then he looked at me itnd nodded, as much as to say: "Ilere is a narrow corner," as, indeed, I thought it was. Ills looks were now quite friendly; and I was so revolted •t these constant changes that I could not forbear whispering: "So yr>u'w Changed sides a pain." There was no time left for him t» answer in. The buccaneers, with oaths and cries, began to leap, one after an other, into the pit, and to dig with their fingers, throwing the boards aside as they did so. Morgan found a piece of gold. He held it up with a perfect B[>out of oaths. It was a two-guinea piece, and it went from hand to hand among them for a quarter of a min ute. "Two guineas!" roared Merry, shak ing it at Silver. "That's your £ 700,000, is it? You're the man for bargains, ain't you? You're him that never bun gled nothing, you wooden-headed lub ber!" "Dig away, boys," said Silver, with the coolest insolence; "you'll find some pig-nuts, and I shouldn't wonder." "Pig-nuts?" repeated Merry, iu a scream. "Mates, do you hear that? I tell you, now, that man there knew it all along. Look in the face of him, nnd you'll see it wrote there." "Ah, Merry," remarked Silver, "nt it rid ing for cap'n again? You're a pushing lad, to be sure." But this time everyone was entirely in Merry's favor. They began to scram ble out of the excavation, darting fu rious looks behind them. One thing I observed, which looked well for us; they all got out upon the opposite side from Silver. Well, there we stood, two on one side, five on the other, the pit between us, and nobody screwed up high enough to offer the lirst blow. Sliver never moved; be watched them, very uprig.it on his crutch, and looked as cool r... ever I saw him. lie was brave, and r.o mis take. At last. Merry seemed to think a speech might help matters. "Mates." says he, "there's two of them alone there; otve's the old cripple that brouf,iit :s all here and b'.ui dered UH down to this; the others that cub that I mean to h:;ve the heart of. Now, mates—" He was raising bis urn. and his voice, and j iainly meant to lead a charge. But just then —crack! crack! crack! three musket shots fins'netl out of the tliie'l ft. Merry tumbled head foremost into the excavation; the man with the bandage spun round like a teetotum, and fell all his length upon his side, where he lay dead, but still twitching: and the other three turned and ran for it with all their might. Before you could wink Long John had fired three barrels of a pistol into the struggling Merry; and as the man rolled up his eyes at him in the last agony. "George," said he, "I reckon I settled you." At the same moment the doctor, G ray, and Ben Gunn joined us, with smoking muskets, from among the nutmeg trees. "Forward!" cried the doctor. "Double quick, my lads. We must head 'ein off the boats." And we set off at u great pace, some times plunging through the bushes to the chest. I tell you, but Silver was anxious to keep up with us. The work that man Mk Alt > "Thit mau there knevr it uli alongj. ** aoreamod Merry. went through, leaping on his crutch till the muscles of his chest were tit to burst, was work no sound man ever equaled; and so thinks the doctor. As it v.he was already ;i0 yards behind us liiid on the verge of strangling when we reached the brow of liiie slope. "Doctor," he hailed, "see there! no hurry!" Sure « nou,gh. there was no hurry. In a nioie open part of the plateau wo could see the three survivors still run ning in the fame direction as they had started, right for Mk'-zen-mast Hill. \Te were already between them and their boats, and so we four sat down to breatihe, while Long John, mopping hrs face, came slowly up with us. "Thank ye kindly, doctor," says he. "You came in about the nick, I guess, for me and Hawkins. And so it's j'ou, Ben Gunn!" he add>ed. "Well, you're a nice one, to 1)e sure." "I'm Ben Gunn, I am." replied the maroon, wriggling like nn eel in his embarrassment. "And," he added, after a long pause, "how do, Mr. Silver! l'ret ty well. 1 thank ye, says you." "Ben, Ben," murmured Silver, "to think as you've done me." The doctor sent back Gray for one of the picktxes. deserted, in their flight, by the mutineers; and then, as we pro ceeded leisurely downhill to where the boats were lying, related in a few words what had taken place. It was a story that profoundly interested Silver, and Ben Gunn, the half-idiot maroon, was the hero from beginningto end. Ben, in his long, lonely wanderings about the island, hail found the skele ton —it was he that had rifled it; he had found the treasure; he (had dug it up (It was the half of his pickax that lay broken in the excavation); he had carried it on his back in many weary journeys from thefootof the tall pine to a cave hehad an two-pointed hill at the northeast angle of'the island, and there it had laid stored in safety since two months before the arrival of the "Hispaniola." When the doctor had wormed his se cret from hhn on the afternoon of the attack, and when, next morning, he saw the anchorage deserted, tie had gone to Silver, given him the chart, which was now useless —given him the stores, for Ben Guivn'X cave w-as well supplied with goats' meat salted by hrmself—given anything and every thing to get a chance of moving in safety from the stockade to the two pointed hill, there to be clear of ma laria and' keep a guard upon tlhemonej'. "As for you, Jim," lie said, "it "went against my heart, but I did what 1 thought best for those who had stood by their iluty; ami if you were not one of these, whose fault was it?" Thart. morning, finding that I was to be involved in the horrid disappoint ment he had prepared for the mu tineers, (he had run all the way to the cave, and, leaving Squire to guard the captain, had taken Gray and the ma roon nnd started, making the diagonal across the island, to be nt hand be side the pine. Soon, however, he saw that our party had the start of him; and Ben Gnnn. being l fleet of foot, had been dispatched in front to do his best alone. Then it had occurred tolbim to work upon ithe superstitions of his for mer shipmates, and he wns so far suc cessful that Gray and the doctor had coine up and were already ambushed before the arrival of the treasure hunt- "Ah," said Silver, "it was fortunate for me tlwvt I had Hawkins here. You would have let old John be cut to bits and never given it a thought, doctor." "Not a thought," replied Dr. Livesey, cheerily. And by this time we hud reached'the gigs. The doctor, with tffc pick ax, de molished one of them, and then we all got aboard the other, and set out to gc round bv the sea for North Inlet. This was ft run of eight or nine miles. Silver, though he was almo«t killed already with fatigue, was set to un oar, like the rest of us„and we were coon slumming swiftly over a smooth sea. Soon we passed out of the straits and doiiblcd the nouthea»t corner of tlie island, round which, four days ago, we had towed the "IlispanJola." As we passed the two-pointed hill, we could see the black mouth of l>eu Gunti's cave, and a figure standing by it, lean ing on a musket. It was the squire; and we waved a handkerchief and trave him three cheers, in whii-h the voice of Sil er joined as heartily as any. Three miles further, just inside the mouth of Xorth inlet, what should we meet but the "Hic-.pnniola," cruising l>\ hers-elf. The la.-.t Hood lu:d lifted her; and htwl there been much wind, or a strong tide current, r.s in the southern anchorage, we s-Lould never have found her more, or found horstrandeU beyond help. As it v\as, there was little amiss, beyond the wreck of the mainsail. An other anchor was pot ready, and dropped in a fathom andia half of water. We all pulled round again to Hum cove, the nearest point for lien Ciunu's treas ure house; and then Gray, single-hand ed, returned with the gig to the "Ilis pauiola," where he was to j>ass the night on guard. A gentle slope ran tip from the beach to the entrance of the cave. At the top the squire met us. To me he was cor dial, saying nothing of my escapade, either in the «ay of blame or praise. At Silver's polite salute he somewhat flushed. "John Silver," he said, "you're a prodigious villain and importer—a mon strous impostor, sir, I ain told I ami not to prosecute you. Well, then, I will not. Eut the dead men. sir, hang about your beck like millstones." "Thank you kindly, sir," replied Long John, again saluting. "How dare you to thank me!" cried the squije. "It is a gross dereliction of my duty. Stand back!" And thereupon we all entered the cave. It was a large, airy place, with a little spring and a pool of clear water, overhung with ferns. The floor was sand. Before a big fire lay Capt. Srnol let; and in a far corner, only duskily flickered over by the blaze, 1 beheld great heaps of coin and quadrilaterals built of bars of gold. That was Flint's treasure that we had come so far to seek, and that had cost already the lives of 17 men from the "Hispaniola." How many it had cost iu the amassing, what blood and sorrow, w hat good shijis scut tled on the deep, whatforave men walk ing the plank blindfold, what shot of cannon, what shame and lies and cruel ty, perhaps no man alive could tell. Yet there v\ere still three upon that island—Silver, and old Morgan, and Isen Gunn— who had each taken his share in these crimes, as each had hoped in vain to share iu the reward. "Come in, Jim," said tihe captain. "You're a good boy in your line, Jim; but I don't think jou and me'll go to sea agaiu. You're too much of the born favorite for me. Is that you, John Silver? What brings you here, man?" "Come back to do my dooty, sir," re turned Silver. "Ah!" said the captaiu; and that was all he said. What a supper 1 had of it that night, with all my friends around me; and what a ineal it was, with Ben Gunn's salted goat, and some delicacies and a bottle of old wine from the "Ilispa niola." Never, I am sure, were people gayer or happier. And there was Silver, sitting back almost out of the firelight, but eating heartily, prompt to spring forward when anything was wanted, even joining quietly in our laughter— the same bland, polite, obsequious sea man of the voyage out. [TO BE CONTINUED.] In fttilntlrlpliln. Mother—What Is the matter, my dear? Married Daughter (in tears) —Charles has become so irregular in his habits! lie went out after dinner and didn't come home Inst night until nine o'clock". —X. Y. World. Time for All Thlnaft. Miss Upton—OUa, Miss Flighty and Mr. Saphead are to be married to-day. Shall I take some rice along to throw after them? Practical Mother —>'o, my dear. Wait until they have run through what little money they have, and then give it to them. —X. Y. Weekly. Once When She Failed. "Mrs Gobang was a woman who al waj's insisted on having the last word." "Her husband beat her just once." "llow was that?" "He lived longer than she did." —N. Y. Journal. Something H" Will Ilemember. Fond Mother—l want to get some thing for my little boy of eight—some thing he will remember mc by. Floor Walker —Ah, yes! Here, cash! Show this lady to the slipper.counter!— Browning, King & Co.'s Monthly. I'nplekaltle. "Ah, yee!" sighed Freddy, "My Nell's a peach. But she's Just a little Beyond my reach!" —Chicago Tribune. NOT VERY PIJEASANT. Hostess —I'm afraid we are going to be a very small party to-night. The fog speins to have kept away ull our beet people.—London Punch* Her Son t i men (a. HU art has all that's grand and fr«e And fine pertaining to It; But oh! It has my sympathy, Since he is wedded to It! —N. Y. Evening Journal. .SriiMlltlr I'rrioDii. "Docs your husband worry about the grocery bills?" asked the thin-faced lady. "Why, no!" said the lady with the silk skirt and patent shoes. "We let the grocer do all that." —Tit-Bits. Add* Insult to Injury. Mrs. I'ambo (next morning)— A bsalom, do yon know you tried to go to bed last night with your boots on? Mr. Bambo (applying more ice to his head) —I was trying to protect myself from your cold feet. —Chicago Tribune. Conn Illgh. First Heiress —I don't see why they refer to a prince as his highness. Second Heiress (who married one) —I guess j our father never had to put up the price for him.—Brooklyn Life. Not Alrruyn. Yeast—Trim figures arc always small, 1 believe? frimsonbeak —Not on your life! You ought to see some of my wife's mil linery bills!—Yonkers Statesman. Matter Out Place. C-roecr—What are you grumbling about? D'ye want the earth? Customer —No. not in the sugar.- BEAUTIFUL. LIPS A Good Circulation of the lllood Them. A woman "beauty doctor" w ho make* the molding and coloring of the lips a specialty said, when asked to talk of her methods: "The first thing to be considered is the rigidity or laxity in appearance and action of the lips. If they tend to stiff ness or sternness of expression, or.e should to make them supple by gentle but constant masmge treatment, supplemented by the cultivation of an iuteiligent smile. Understand me, Ido cot mean a perpttual grin, for that deepens the lints round the mouth, ai:d g!\ i.s the face a haggard, pained expres sion anything but becoming. The smile to be cultivated is more a bright ening of fhe whole face v.ith a sensitive parting and curving of the lips. It is not t cwestri to stretch tl.em. "Then, instead of firmly closing the lips, as so many women have a habit of dcing. which gives heaviness to the jaw and hard;.ess to the mouth, tbey shonld learn to bring the lips together very lightly, allowing tLat always agreeable dimpled effect in the corners. It is that position which makes the mouth of a healthy child so klss:ible. end gives to him such nn eager, interested expres sion. "I!ut where the mouth is Inclined to stand open, with loese, undefined lint s, hhe vigor of the massage should be re double 1. using the treatment ns a tonic to tone up ilaccid nerves and muscles. With such a mouth the cbject must be to learn to hold the lips with firmness, tempered l>v grace, goir.g through the practice as facial gymnastics for stated periods, and until the trail ing becomes a natural habit. "Closely compressed lips. I think, are most common cmong women, and, as a rule, not overhealthy women. To me this habit is indicative of nervousness, r.r.,1 I always supplement my treatment .vith n f-cod nerve tonic. This is espe cially necessary where the lips are in clined to be pale and rigid. "Besides a tV irough massage once n day. you sh- ! >per.d ten minutes, morning and e\fring. standing before the mirror, and with thumb and fore finger pinch the curves of the mouth, accentuating their delicacy and clear ness. I'ntil yon have given this method n fair trial, say ont month, it is impos sible for you to judge the happy result. I am sure at the end of the first month you will leok upon it ns a necessary fea ture of your toilet, as much so ns comb iner your hair and brushing your teeth. I have seen the shape of the flattest, ftrnightcst mouths changed by a few months' treatment of this sort. "For the rich red color so much ad mired in the lips, which can never be imparted by paints, one must have a good circulation. The manipulations of a good masseuse are very beneficial, and should send the erlmaon stain to the surface by stimulating quick circula tion. The massage movements for the lips nre always upward nnd circular. They are so simple that after a few treatments by n professional anyone can learn to do her own work. Of course, however, after all's said and done, health, exercise and amiability are the most potent factors after all in rounding, tinting and shaping a sweet mcuth."—London Mail. THE SPRING COLOR Bine Will Prevail with Yellow nnd Orunife Sirit. A very important question in the mind of the average woman just at present is the new spring shade. Will it be becoming or otherwise? To the woman who is fashion's slave the answer to this question is a vital one; to the woman sensible enough to get as near as possible to the fashionable color and yet have it becoming it is not of so much importance, while to the woman who wears the color which suits her best, irrespective of the reigning mode, it is a matter of indifference. The old saying that "there is noth ing new under the sun" is certainly verified as one looks over and examines the different shades of the new spring colors sent to us from Paris. The shade of water blue, that ranks as second fa vorite, was immensely popular about 12 years npo under the name of peclieur, and of the 5G shades offered to us from which to take our choice only eight are new, and sii of fliese are blue; so it can easily be inferred from this that blue is going to be the prime favorite. Though decidedly a rehash of 1808 and 1897 the colors shown for the spring certainly are, either taken separately or in combination, very artistic in their conception. The shades of yellow promise to be very popular this year, varying fill the way from the shade known as paille, through the different tones which were presented to us last fall, only under different names, the deepest being a burnt orange tint, styled coq do roche. It is probable that deep orange tints will be used in plaid and stripe effects for the new spring silks and ribbons. Theothers havesomething of a green ish cast, though by no means on the turquoise order, bearing rather more toward sea blue. These are proposed to form a combination with the fashion able yellows, and as they are very be coming to women they promise to be very popular. Geranium reds are the shades In this color, starting with coral and geranium, and next comes un exquisite dark shade known as pourpre. Watermelon pink and rose pink are also quite prominent, as well as a couple of rich purplish reds and three or four cherry tints, Heine and Jacqueminot being probably the two first shades for combining with gray and black. Piirpleeffects are prominently shown in shades of pansy nnd dahlia, the form er known as clematite and iris and the latter as orchidee (an out and out mauve) and ophella and dahlia. The prays, known as argent, alum inum and plntine, are shown still, but as gray Is an unusually trying color, their popularity is not likely to l>o very considerable.- V TTernld. THE MAGNET THAT DREW THEM. By thousands the women rush into the show when they read the dime museum sign: "The fat lady's weight liaa been greatly reduced, from a thousand to j nine ninety-nine."—N. V. Journal. HOW A NEGRO COOKS A 'POSSUM Told hi One of the Most Skillful OlKin ■ IIIU t'liefa in the World. A negro's juicy appreciation of 'pos sum meat was writ illustrated upon a reoent occasion whfn a lady with whom the narrator is acquainted paid a visit t. New Orleans. She told him the story. She nun walking down Charire« strce-t early one rnomiug, intending to visit the celebrated French market of tho Cres cent city, ar.d ou her way who met an old colored man coming from the opj>o site direction, evidently from the mar ket, as he was carrying in one hand u 'jicssum and in tho other a small, split woode:i basket of sweet potatoes. The old man's face was beaming with good nature ami wrenthed in smiles of an ticipatory pleasure. He looked so joy ously into the face of the lady that she, too, could not help but smile at him. whereupon he held the'possum upalofi and said: "Good eatin', missey, good catin'." She stopped for a moment, looked at the childlike, happy face of the old negro, and "4ild: "So you like 'possum, do you?" "Like "possum, missey! I loves 'pos sum. Dare ain't no eatin' like 'possum, lie 'possum am good, but de gravey with sweet potatoes is better. Did you rever cat 'possum, missey? Den you didn't know what good eatin* was. But mchlte you all wouldn't know how to cook Mr. 'Possum, fur dars ebbytlng !n de know how." "Well, then, tell me how you cook It." she said. The old man set the 'possum ond po tatoes down on the pavement, or, ns they call it In New Orleans, the "ban quet," and with a look of earnest con centration began with: "Now, don't you never forget jest what- I'se gwine to tell you aliout how to cook de "pos sum. Well, de fust t'ing you does is to fcet you 'possum. Dat may be easy fur you'lns, but t.ain't for me; dat is, al ways. Well, den, when yoil's dun got you's "possum you skins him fust. Den you puts him into de pot with cold v titer, and put de pot over a hot fire mi' den you parbiles him —not too much —fur you don't want to lose any of his nice sweet fat. Den you takes him out of de pot an' you dries him in a clean towel. Den you puts him into a big frying pan; den you scrapes de skin off you sweet potatoes an' you puts dem into 'e same pan wid Mister 'Pos sum. Den you has you stove red, and den you puts de pan an' 'poesum and potatoes into de oven and den go away for a little while, but not too long. Den ■nhen you comes back yo\i puts In a little hot water, an* den you begins nnd bastc« do "possum ail* de sweet potatoes an' you keeps on and n-bast.lng till de 'possum is a good brown—jest like my color—an' do sweet potatoes is soft and juicy an' de grn\v is almost black an' plenty of It, Den you takes it out ob de oven an* den you sots de table, and den —well, den you bars de doors, fo' the smell of cooked 'possum goes a long ways, an' when, you have only one 'possum you doesn't want much company besides yourself.*" Now, there is your recipe for cook ing 'possum, and given by probably one of the best chefs for that, dish in the world.—Philadelphia Times. SHOOTING FROM TRAINS. One of the Diversions of Railroading Thronich (be Arkuui \Voed». They do some quoer things railroad ing In Arkansas. On some of the new roads tliere the tracks run through a wild country where the wide swath cut in the timber for the right of way was the first blow to the primeval forest. The Hoxle, Pocahontas & Northern road, which was opened only last No vember, is a line of this sort. It is not a great trunk line, and it boasts of only 15 mites of main track between Hoxie on the main line of the Kansas City, Springfield