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•"> <W to 00
Ladies' < 'apes and Jaekcts .. 2 to 1» 00
Ladies' Silk Waists 2 .V) to in 00
Ladies' Wash Waists " 44 " •» t«» Z«I 0
Ladle*' Separate Skirts... 1 00 to 1» 00
The above lines from a magnificent combination to select from. We keep quality.
Wo sell at low prices. It Is impossible to make a mistake in your Spring buying, if you
•elect from the fair priced stock of
Mrs. J. E. ZIMMERMAN.
You may know what you want.
but
Do you know where to get it?
If you call at PATTERSON BR<X-* now wall p:ip<'r store vou will flml Just what you want.
Our stock <*onslst« of the most ARTISTIC DESIGNS and colors ever
shown In Butler from the cheapest to the l>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<xxis is the finest we have ever had ana the selection much the largest
si t Mng It mildly.
X.i Ladies' and Misses' Fihe Shoes
ttc Mr showins sornp handsome styles In several sliail.-of flue tan Willi c- iHi .- leather "r
vi .ii tons "ame styles in black shoes in the 11 nest of (iimgolu. made on the latest style
. iinJ with the new toe. The ladies' shoes ranee in pri.-e from to *» mi. A line of
• v 4 *s - fine patent leather shoe* ranjflii* in prie" from it..TO to >">. 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
pe<t:on, iiad tt-iiv. coated B s ■
tongue, sick In-rid.:-he. In- <1 I
gjj f*; I
' i a rodaDtts
' re-..-.!ts essily and thoroughly. 20e. All druggist*.
! IY' -tared bv C. I Pood & Co.. Lowell. Mas%
[ jal« vais to take with SarsapariU*
This Is Tour Opportunity.
On receipt of t» n cent*, c;>h 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 :ui<i J
draft horses always on hand and f«>r >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<l for Ilorsi-H. Cows, Sheep. Ilotrs, Fowls
etc. IVeaitli. strength and prcxluctlvr power
to animals. Are you feeding It? Cheapest
feed In the market.
LINSEED OIL ESTSE? Stt*
years on house, barn or fenee. Mixwl paints
are doubtful quality: some good and some
very bad. Write for our circular.
For pun* Linseed oil or meal, and white
ll* MI. for "Tin mitviii >, 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 <fc Mempuis railway, and
Pocahontas on the Current river. A
mixed train of one combination bag
gage car and passenger coach and
•usually a box car makes two t rips daily
over the Hue between its two terminals.
The <K'cp bottom land forestsatretch
away on each side of the •track, broken
only by one or two new lumber camps.
The wild turkeys have not learned that
civilization has laid claim to this land,
and this fall they often perch calmly
on the branches of trees along the rail
way track. The train crews noticed
this and engineer and 1 firemen have ft
daily hunt for the game. They sit on
their engine boxes with shot
guns in their hands while the train
ambles along atthc cosy rote of 12 miles
on hour. When they run Into the tur
key regions they fire at them, and if
they kill any they stop (he train, back
up to the spot, and retrieve the game.
The passengers ejijoy the sport, andoc
cnsionally some who are going to or
from a hunt join in It.
Some of the older sportsmen who were
in this country when the Kansas
raciflc railway was built remember
when passengers and train crows shot
gnme front the carwindows ontheKan
sas plains, and this Arkansas diversion
recalls it to tiheir mind 1 . The sport will
not last long, however, a* there is no
wild game more wary than the wild
turkeys. They will soon become ac
quainted with the dangers along the
rnilroadi and then railroading in Arkan
sas will once more dtrop back to th«
steady pace it holds elsewhere.—Kan
sas City Star.
Spce4 of Travel.
A letter written in 1830 1» published,
in which a Buffalo man daplore* the
prospect that the completion of the first
railroad would set "the whole world
a~ gadding at 20 miles an hour." lie
contended that the canal afforded the
ideal travel and that three miles an
hour was fast enough for the good of
the human ruce.—Chicago Inter Occua.
Impossible In His Case.
Hungry Higgins—l see the paper says
we oughtn't never to begin a journey
before breakfast.
Weary Watkins—Does it hove any mV
vice for us blokes th»t has to make a
Journey to find the breakfMtt —In*
dianapolia Journal.
Hound to Keep On.
Flip—There'll always be a good denl
of traveling.
Quip—How <lo you make that out?
flip —Because no sooner does one
man get back than all those that
haven't traveled have to start off at
once to escape hearing liirn talk about
it. —X. Y. Journal.
Mean.
Young Wife—The Bible tells us to
cast our bread upon the waters and
it will return to us a hundred fold.
Young Husband—Well, for heaven's
sake, M iry, don't cast any of the bread
vou make upon the waters, then. —X.
V. World.
Hard on (he Doctor.
"Poor old l)r. Slim. He is so thin I
don't believe he'll 1111 his coffin when
lie comes to die."
"Well, lie oughtn't to object. He's
filled a good many others without trou
ble." —Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
Hoarding Houmc Talk.
"The influence of some women is very
far-reaching," said the new woman at
the boarding house table.
"Will you please try yours on that
butter?" asked the quiet man sitting
next to her. — Statesman.
No. 13
THERE WERE OTHERS,
All J-he Mr. -1 (o Do Wu Blow A Hora
for Them.
WV Apr: r.inc to get off the train at
Taylcrsvine t'j take the narrow-gauge
up to Davisburg, and as we sat down
in the shade of the depot building to
wait a woman drove up in a buggy.
She was H brisk Utile woman, and full
of business, and after hitching the
horses she came along down the plat
form and carefully scanned each face
and asked:
"Ar' you Mr. John nope?"
Each nnd every man answered "no,"
and when she had passed the last one
she came back to the colonel aiid sat
down on n bag of land-plaster and took
a photograph from her pocket, and
said:
"That's the man I'm after, but it
seems he hasn't showed up."
"Your husband, ma'am?" queried the
colonel.
"Not jest yit, sah. He was to be if he
had got here to-day, and we liked the
looks of each other, but I guess he's
backed out. What sort of a galoot
would you take him to be?"
"I shouldn't like to pass an opinion
on a friend of yours."
"Oh, you needn't mind that," replied
the woman, as she used her switch on
the bags beside her. "Would you say
he WP.S a squar' man? lie lives over
at GorJor.svillc, and we've been corre-
by mall, ne was to be hereto
day to marry me, but he's flunked right
out. Does he look like a flunker to
you?"
"Well, ma'am," said the colonel, after
a good look at the photograph, "he
may be a good man or a bad one. I
wouldn't want to do him an injustice,
you know."
"Is his nose set on right?"
"It's a pretty fair nose."
"Is he too wide between the eyes?"
"Perhnps not."
"How's his mouth?"
"Ileally, my dear woman, you must
excuse me," said the colonel, as he re
turned the photograph. "You see—"
"Yes, I see," Interrupted the woman,
as she received it. "I see I'm a widder
—bin a widder fur five years. This
feller sees me once aud falls in love with
me aud writes me over 50 love letters.
1 finally give him my heart. He Is to
be here on the train to marry me. He
don't show up. I am left. What is to
be done about It?"
"I—l don't know, ma'am," stammered
the colonel.
"Are you married?"
"Yes'm."
"All the others married?"
"All married," we replied in chorus.
"Then I tell you what is to be done
about it!" she exclaimed, as she rose
up ami flourished the switch around.
"I git Into my buggy and drive baric
home. I stand on a stump In the front
yard and blow the dinner horn. About
15 different fellers who want to marry
the Widder Jones will come gallopin'
down the road and across lots, and the
fust otic who Jumps the fence gits the
prize, and Mr. John Tlope, of Gordons
ville, kin go to gruss and be hanged to
him! That's me, and that's my way,
and if any of you want to kiss the bride,
now's your golden opportunity!"—Chi
cugo Kvening News.
LONGEVITY AND THE BRAIN.
The Necessity of Working on I'atll
the Close of Life.
Speaking of Selkirk on the Bth inst.,
Sir Jnmes Crichton-Browne dwelt on
the dangers to health involved in indo
lence and disuse of the brain. The med
ical profession, he said, adapting it
self to the needs of the times, had felt
it Incumbent upon it during the last
decude to insist mainly on the evils of
misuse of the brain, on the excessive
strain not seldom imposed on it in these
days in the fierce struggle of the race
to be rich, ond more especially in the
overpressure imposed on it in the name
of education when in an immature
state, but they were not less keenly
alive to the correlative evils of the dis
use of the brain.
Elderly persons who gave up business
and professional men who laid aside
their avocations without having other
interests or pursuits,to which to turn
were In many cases plunged in despond
ency or hurried into premature dotage,
lie did not know any surer way of pro
ducing Immature mental decay than for
a man of active habits to retire and do
nothing when Just past the zenith of
life; and, on the other hand, he did
not know any surer way of enjoying a
green old age than to keep on working
at something till the close. It had been
said that one of the rewards of philos
ophy wus length of days, and a striking
list might be presented of men dis
tinguished for their intellectual labors
which they had never laid aside, who
had far exceeded the allotted span of
human life. Galileo lived to 78, New
ton to 85, Franklin to 85, Bufton to 80,
Faraday to 70, and Brewster to 84
years. Sir James Crichton-Browne drew
special attention to the great age gen
erally attained by our judges.— London
Lancet.
Court Opened on Time.
Judge Gasiin opened the spring term
of court at Minden a number of yeaw
ago with the announcement that the
motters had to be pushed. He kept
the lawyers jumping all day, but his re
marks when adjourning court for the
nlglit awoke a protest, "Court is ad
journed until seven o'clock to-morrow
morning." said the judge. John Me-
Pheely, who was then county attorney,
and had a number of cases to try, arose
nn*l protested ognlnst such an un
seemly hour for convening court.
"Your honor, seven o'clock Is an incon
venient hour to opein court. I would
suggest nine o'clock as more conve
nient." "This court will convene to
morrow morning at seven o'clock,"
shouted Gnsiln. "You lawyers are not
a bit better than the fnrmers, nnd they
have to get up nt four Q'clock in the
morning to pay the tixpcnses of running
this court. Court's adjourned till seven
o'clock." And It opened on time the fol
lowing morning. Omaha World-Her
ald.
Dtoghtcr of Mother Oooif.
"Where are you going, my pretty maid?"
"I'm going to Kurope. sir," she said.
"And why are you going, my pretty maid?"
"To purchase a duke, sir," she said.
—Chics r»n!!v Newi
From One Point of View.
"Woman," she said, oracularly,
"should have all the privileges that
man has. She Is showing her ability
to do all that he can do in the business
world."
"Yes," he admitted, "she Is rapidly
bringing herself down to his level."
The more she thought of this re
mark the stronger became licr deter
mination to keep out of ell suffrage
movements.—Cliicngo Post.
There Never Was One.
Great Picture Buyer (to hostess) —
What do you think of an artist who
painted cobwebs on the ceiling BO
truthfully that the servant wore her
self into au attnek of nervous prostra
tion trying to sweep them down?
Hostess (a woman of experience)—
There may have been such un artist,
but there never was such a servant.—
Tit-Bits.
Not With Her Volee.
"He doe* not lovo me any more,"
The tnal'len sang to shame him;
And us the notes reached papa's ears
]{o murmured, "1 dont blanio him."
—Town Totylam. \
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