VOL* xxxv MRS. J. E. ZIMMERMAN. r=Tl Easter OPENING |SATURDAY.| |APRIL| J APRIL ji Lr..J SPRING Millinery. „ 2na Tailor-Made Gowns, Capes, Jackets, Silk Waists, Separate Skirts, Fine Dress Goods, Silks and Lace Curtains. We extend to our pat run and th«? ff:*ner&l publi* ;i m>*>? rf»rdl:il Invit a t ion to inspect our exhibit of Ladl«**»'and <'hlldr«*n's trimmtvl hat-t Ol'K H'R* f A I.T\ in tin? Designs and fixations of our own artists. wlilfh enable* u* to -».-ll our liarirl some I at tern Hats at price* you will appreciate. One of th- features of our opening day-* will ba the handsomely decora* d Art Depart ment. LADIES' LATEST SPRING GARMENTS Ladi.V Tailor Made .Suits ranging in price from 00 to ST. <W LartlPs'Cape* an<l Jaektfi ** ,"sj™ LMOea' MlVWalitte '2 S Latllen' Wash Waists , . Ladle-*' pa rate Skirts... * 4 Tiie aliove lines fpirn a masnlfir.-nt combination to - keep quality. | We sell at low pri'-.-s. It !•. impossible to make a mistake In your Spnn* liuying, ir you »elect from tli»: fair priced st<* k of Mrs. J. E. ZIMMERMAN. You may know what you want. BUT Do you know where to get it? If you call at I'ATTEBBON liKOS n. w wall oaix^'J. w!"' ,i "' l J u . st _ y "" want - Our stork fDfUilsts of th(r rnotft shown In Ilutler from the cheapest U» the l»«-->t. B»-fore buying elsewhere u'lve us a call. Patterson Bros., Z»i X. MAIN HT.. WICK BCILDINO, BI'TI.EB. I'A. SPRING QOODS^ OUR ENTIRE SPRING STOCK —op— FINE FOOTWEAR IS ALL IN. We went ea»t «arly. and after carefully looking over the <ll rr>- r<-ut Unci an.l i?ettliiK llkf .t bn it prices for «fASII. We placed our orders on alt Roods to In- rnad.- to our s|»'c|al -r. These n.Mids have all arrived and are open anil reaily for your 111-.|. • i lon. To tnli »t4ick of spring (foods Is the flnest we have ever had and tie- selection nju -li the i,t tUng it mildly. In Ladies' and Misses' Fine Shoes *e ar* xhowin:c some handsome style** in severjl shades of fine tan with . Ither l«*ather nr .I . *n U>ps style* In black HIIOCI in the finest of doturola. rnid«- on He latent style . and with the n»*w !>»♦•. The ladles' sh«»e<i in prlc«* frmi *iJ>> to A line of jviln'line pitent l«:ather shoes ransflnjf in price frun V) tj * » .7», and the pr;-*e* of Misses' C«?s are from u> $2..10. We have tne goods In all sizes and widths from A A to K K. Our Line of Oxfords, Ptrap Kandals, Southern Ties, etc., must not l>e as the st'»ck of tln-m Is very large and styles right tip to date. We tiike pleasure in showing these goods whether you wish to buy or not. Come In and we will tie glad to see you. Men's and Boy's Shoes. A complete line of colored shoes In all the latest thadew vesting tops will very stylUh this summer see our line of thern. they are liKA I TIES The light summer shoes with bright sldny hue, its glitter and gloss, its comfort and »-oht is the r*hoe good and true. A large assortment to select from at BM'KELH. Men's Shoes rang** In price from SUM to 01.00. and the price** for the lloy's shot* are from *I.V) to £i.oo <'om«* Uj us and yr>u'll find our stoek so large you can find what you want. All Styles of Shoes to select from at lowest prices. Here Is where we can Interest VOII axaln. Men's and Hoy's Wnrklnic shoes. Box Toe shoes. Heavy Hole KriKllsh llals. CoiiKress lialti rs anil Buckle l.ii' e I'Hiw Hh<* » at rx k bottom prl'«s, JOHN BICKEL. 128 o. MAIN St. BUTLER. PA. TaW Tailor, | atter an< l Gents Furnishing Goods. Summer heat makes the pmbletn of looking ilrewy and keeping cof>l a Itaril one But we've »f>lveil it; and for once economy, comfort arid fashion go hand in baud Our »utnmer suits are finer in fabric, nobbier in pattern and more stylish jn cut Jian>ver\before, they fit your cuives and yet they're not sweat bath outfits. "I lie prio«s may surprise "ou. J. S. YOUNG, Tailor. CI S. MAIN St., • - - BUTLER, PA IT They Fit Well, i wear we "' 111 I AL L) NEW YEAR IDEAS U.iless your \ / /V\ I I T lO clothes pre up-to date they niinlit HS well b* il 4r Ji I *-A\ * I I several years behind the times. If you want 1 1V il \\ul 1 CTty* tlie '' llafc in clothing you should get your \\ ■ I (1 clotbing of men who have the ideas. You \\l II \ .'I want them to l'«>k well and wuar well 'f t* they are not Mtisfactory you ji;stly hlame tho i)L-5; i tailor. Wr make the clothes in correct stylt and you are sure of (Item fitting for we guatan ! tee them and make the clothes to suit you. "1 " it&i'lC • MERCHANT TAILOR — (j, | "* 142 North Main Street Butler Penn'a- Tape pros, JEWEbGRS. We Will Save i'ou Money ()n Watches Clocks,) S Silverware, 1847 Rodger S Plateware and Sterling Silvt r / ( Goods. \ Our Repair Department fitkes in all kinds of Watches, Clock* a.Til Jewelry, etc 122 S. Main St. Oid gold and silver taken the same as cash. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Biliousness Is caused by torpid iver, which prevents diges tion and permits fo 1 to f.-rment and putrify in tne stomach, r? 1■ l. follow dizziness, headache. Hood's insom;na, nervousn. ss. a-.c —B H fi 3 not r :.< V .1. ! :s fev- r BLjg rip § g all I'ilis «tlmulate tIK ftomaeh rouse l ir 'r, ear ' eaMw. dizziness, coie jtipation. < tc. - I I 1v :.ll druggists. Tho "ill I'jlt -»> -a. ' «it!i i*«oU s sarsaparilu Tlii« I# lour Opportunity. On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps, a generous sample will be mailed of the most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure (Ely's Cream Baliu sufficient to demon 6trato the grc:.i merits of the remedy. ELY BROTHERS, 06 Warren St, hew York City, i Rev John Reid, Jr.. of Gnat Falls, Mont, recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I can emphasize bis statement, '"lt is a posi- j tire cure for catarrh if used as directed.' ( Rev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres. Church, Helena, Mont. Ely's Cream Balm '.s the acknowledged cur#* for catarrh and contains no mercury nor any injurious drug. Prico, 50 cents. We Ail Know that the slovenly dressed man never receives the respect and consideration the well dressed man gets. One secret in dres sing well lies in the selection of the right tailor. our garments art cut and made in cur own workshop in this city. We are particular about the fit, fashion and all the minute details ill their construction. Would be pleased to show you a product of our shop and also give you a pointer in econ omy. . fali patterns now displayed ALAND, MAKER OF MEN'S EOTHES Pearson B. Nace's Livery Feed and Sale Stable Rear of Wick House, Butler, Penn'a. Tim Is- .t of horse* arid first .-last HKS f»l- Mr.'iy« on liuml and for hi re. 15. st ;i coinr* j* Hint lons in town for perma nent hourfllripr an'l transient tnwle. r* - al rare tcuarant«?e/J. Stable Room For 65 Horse 3. \ KOtxl idaa-. of horses, l".tli drivers and draft hursi's always on hand and for sale und«-r a full guarantee; and liors«-s lioutfht upon prop»T notlttratlon l»y PEARSON B. NACE. Telephone. No. '.'lit L. C. WICK, DKALER IN Rough ? Worked Lumber OK AW, KINDS. Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Shingles and Lath Always in Stock. LIME. H\lk AND PLASTER Office opposite P. & W.J Depot. BUTLER, PA. < D. L. CLEELAND, S J> Jeweler and Optician, s ([ 125 S. Main St., / Butler, Pa. " - HENRY BICKEL JI AS OPENED UP TUP. Larch BHICK LIVERY STABLE ON WEST JEFFERSON STREET. DUFFY BLOCK, and is prepared to Furnish first-class rigs at prices to suit I lie times. When want ing anything in the livery line, it will pay you to call on him first, as he is thereto do business —to accommodate the public. -HENRY BICKEL,- Brll Phone 36. People's 115. until IS THE TIME TO HAVE nUn Your Clotliir\s OLE A. NED or DYED If you 'vant good arid reliable cleaning or dyeing done, there is just oirt place In town where you can get it, and that is at Ml MM DYI WDHKS %i1 (j Ucntcr avonue, to„.We do fine work in out- Joor This is the time of voir to have a picture ot your house, (jive us a trial. Agent for the JameHtown Sli'li'K Mind Co.—New Y"rk. E. FIBHER & SON. OIL MEAL '"' ""'"C',", I for llorsi .. c<>ws. Sli> p. Ibjio. I 'owls , Ili nllli. strenKtli aii'l pro.lii. llv. power to a Ijual, Ar< you fcoiiiiK It.' (In ai» ,t feed in tin un*il* i LINSEED OiL I ~ ..(i liiins'-. I»:<rt» «•! f<'i»' 1 •-1 jalut I ; iri » ful ';|i»n f ' . |"! ' ' ' I V '£VV.tVi d oil or ,i»cttl. anil while T »i^N ' IMauiond « t fy. * BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 7, ISOS ROBERT STEV^nSOn. BTNOPSI3. CITAPTER I.—Billy Boneg, an old sea dos. much addicted to rum, lodges at Ad miral Ilenbow Inn. CHAPTER 11.—Stranger, called "Black Dog." meets I tones; an interview ends in fight and disappearance of stranger. Cones suffers apoplectic stroke. CHAPTER lll.—Blind beggar comes to Inn, something in I3or.es' nana and leaves. "Ten o'clock!" Bones cries. "Six hours. We'll do them yet, at which moment he Is struck dead by apo- P 'ciIAPTER IV".— Near Bones' body 1s found a little round i-ar.er, blackenedl cn one side, on tile other the words: ' 10a have till ten tonight." Gold Is found In Bones' sea chest, and an oilskin packfcv. Flight taken from Inn. CHAPTER V.—Blind man (Pew) with companions attack the inn. Chagrined at not finding "F int's fUt," tho scoundrc.3 scatter. Blind Pew is run down and killed by a horse. CHAPTER. Vl. Jtoung Hawkins taK€3 packet to Dr. Llvesey, who with Squire Trelawney opens It and finds minute di rections for finding of vast treasure. CHAITER Vll.—Trelawney fits up ex pedition to seek treasure. CHAPTER VIII.—Jim Hawkins meeis Black Dog at John Silver's inn. Black X>og runs away, and Silver avows Ignorance of ; his Identity. I CHAPTER IX.—Ship's captain thinks nome things on board somewhat singular and asks to have certain precautions , taken, among: which are the storing or the powder and arms astern and trivlnp the doctor and his friends berths beside | the cabin. CHAPTER X.—"Hispaniola" begins her voyage. Hawkins climbs Into apple bar- . rel and overhears plans o? treachery on foot among the crew. CHAPTER XI.-Mot (laid by £tl\er. ! ship's cook; provides for the strike for possession of the treasure Immediately It Is gotten aboard. Cry of Land ho CHAPTER Xll.—Hawkins tells of Sll ver's treachery to Llvesey, Trelawney and Capt. Smollett, who hold a council of war. CHAPTER Xlll.—Mutiny begins to show In restlessness of men, and captain de cides to give the men an afternoon ashore. | Jim Hawkins slips off with them, but on : the Island gives them the blip. , tiAi'Tf.K XiV.—F.om cover Jim sees Silver kill one of the honest hands, and ! also learns of the murder of another In 1 another part of the island and runs from I the so^ne. CHAPTER XV.—Jim meets Ben Qunn, a 1 marooned sailor who had lived on ] s I*.n<! three years. Report 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 ashore in a Jolly-boat, discover a block-house within a stockade and de cide to provision it. Faithful parly Is Joined by Gray, a mutineer, and the ship left with the five remaining mutineers on board. CHAPTER XVll.—Jolly-boat starts on last trip to shore overloaded with pro visions. Mutineers on ship man tho 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 results in one killed on each side. Faithful party gain the stockade and run up the British colors. CHAPTER XlX.—Jim seeing the colors knows he Is near friends and, leaving Ben Gunn, climbs Into the stockade. CHAPTER XX.—Silver, under Ilag of truce, makes overtures for chart to get th« treasure by, but falls. CHAPTER XXl—Buccaneers attack stockade, are worsted, leaving live d'-ad behind. The faithful 1 arty loses two. and Capt. Smollett wounded. CHAPTER XXll.—Doctor sets out to find Ben Gunn. Jim slips off to seek boat Ben Gunn h>rd built, an.l decides to cut "Hispaniola," now flying the Jolly roger, adrift. CHAPTER XXIII. Schooner now . manned by only two of the pirates, and they In a drunken brawl, is cut from an chor. Jim then, from sheer exhaustion, falls asleep In bottom of coracle. UMAITKK XXlvT— Awaking J!m sees the "Hispaniola" helplessly drifting, and by a great effort reaches her and leaps, catching the Jlbbooin. CHAPTER XXV.—Jim finds one of th« mutineers (O'Brien) dead, killed l.y Hands, and Hands, tho only survivor on t.oar.l, severely wounded: decides to reach the ship In North Inlet. CHAPTER XXVI. Hands manag secure a dirk. Jim discovers the treachery and escapes up a mast, to which ho 1« pinned by Hands throwing his dirk. Jim fires his pistol. ....r.it XXVll.—Hands pierced ny a bullet falls Into the water and sinks. Jim make H fast the vessel and returns by moonlight to stockade, to discover he has fallen into the hostile camp. CHAPTER XXVIII—A fjuafrel among the buccane.-rs cause;, a revolt and they take council, during which Sliver telU Jim he will stand by him. CHAPTER XXlX.—Buccaneers return and give Silver the "black spot," on one aide of which Is written "deposed. Sil ver In answer, throws to them the chart of the Island, showing location of treasure, Wh!<-h they hail so long coveted, and he is again made the buccaneer chieftain. CHAPTER XXX. Doctor attends wounded buccaneers: has a snort talk with Jim, when latter tells of his ex ploits. Doctor advises Sliver to keep th« boy close beside him as ho goes on his treasure hunt that Oav. _ _ CHAPTER XXXl.—Pirates set off. ac cording to chart, for burled treasure; come upon a human skeleton which to them gloomy recollections of the dea/1 CHAPTER XXXll.—Going a little fur ther the superstitious buccaneers are stopped by the sound of ( apt. Hint s old sea sons but, reassured on recognlz ng voice of their old companion, Ben Guna, march on—to find the hidden treasure Chapter XXXIII.-In their 'hagrlr the pirates again turn against their chlet who shoots one of them and another fuliij Bliot l.y the doctor, who with (.ray and Ben Gunn at this moment appears, and tne three surviving buccaneers take "'th'; Silver returning to his allegiance. Th party proceed for supper to Ben Gunn I cave, where the vast treasure Is Been. CHAPTER XXXIV. AND LAST. The iocxt morning wo fell early to work, for the transportation of this (Treat mass of gold near a inile by land to the beach, and thence three miles by boattothe"lU*pauiola," was a consider able task for so small a number of workmen. The three fellows still abroad upon the Island did not greatly trouble us; a single senary 011 the shoul der of the hill was suflicient to insure us against any sudden onslaught, and we thought, besides, they had had more than enough of fighting. Therefore the work was pushed on briskly. Grny and Hen Gunn came aud went with the boat, while the rest dur ing their absence piled treasure on the beach. Two of the Ixirs, slung Jn 0 rope's end, made a good load for a grown man—one that he was glad to walk slowly with. For my part, as I wnu not much use at carrying, I was kept busy all day in the cave, packing the minted money into bread bags. It was a strange collection, like Billy Hones' hoard for the diversity of coin age, but so much larger and so much more varied that X think 1 never had more pleasure than In sorting them. English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Georges and Louises, doubloons and double guineas and moldorcs and sequins, the picture® of all the kings of Europe for the last hundred years, strange oriental pieces stumped with what looked like wisp* of string or bit# of splder'B web, round.pieces and square pieces, und pieces bored through the middle, as if to wear them round your nack—nearly every variety of money In the world must, I think, have found a place In that collection; and for num ber, I am sure they were like autumn leaves, so that my back ached with stooping and my lingers with sorting them out. Day after day this work went on; by every evening a fortune had been , abused aboard, but there was another fortune waiting for the morrow; and all this time we heard nothing of the three surviving mutineers. At last—l think It was on the third night—the doctor and I were strolling ~1, the • boulder of the hill where It overlooks the lowlands of the isle, when, front out the thick be low, the wind brought us a neise l>e tween shrieking and singing. It was only a snatch that reached our ears, followed by the former silence. "Heaven forgive them," said the doc tor; "'tis the mutineers!" "All drunk, sir." struck in the voice of Silver from behind us. Silver, 1 should say. was allowed his entire liberty, and, in spite of daily re buffs, seemed to regard himself once more as quite a privileged and friendly dependent. Indeed, it was remarkable how well he bore these slights, and with what unwearying politeness he kept at trying to ingratiate himself with all. Yet, I think, none treated him better than a dog; unless it was Ben Gunn, who was still terribly afraid of his old quartermaster, or myself, who had real ly something to thank him for; al though for that matter, 1 suppose, I had reason to think even worse of him than anybody else, for I hod seen him meditating a fresh treachery upon the plateau. Accordingly, it was pretty gruffly that the doctor answered him. "Drunk or raving!" said he. "Right you were, Sir," replied Silver; "and precious little odds which, to you and me." "I suppose you would hardly ask me to call you a humane man." returned the doctor, with a sneer, "and so ray feelings may surprise you, Master Sil ver. But if I were sure jtliey were rav ing—as I am morally certain one, at least, of them is down with fever—l should leave this camp, and, at what ever risk to my own catvass, take them the assistance of my skill." "Ask your pardon, sir, you would be very wrong," quoth Silver. "\ou would lose your precious life, and you may lay to that. I'm on your side now, hand and glove; and I shouldn't wish for to see the party weakened, let alone your self, seeing as I know what I owes you. But these men down there, they couldn't keep their word—no, not sup posing they wished to; and what's more, they couldn't believe ns you could." "No," said the doctor. "You're the man to keep your word, we know that." Well, that was about, the last news we had of the three pirates. Only once we heard a gunshot a great way off, »nd supposed them to !><• hunting. A coun cil was held, and It was decided that we must desert them on the island—to the huge glee, I must say, of Ben Gunn, aud with the strong approval of Gray. We left a good stock of powder and shot, the bulk of the salt goat, a few medicines und tome other necessaries, tools, clothiug, a spare sail, a fathom or two of rope, and, by the particular de sire of the doctor, a handsome present of tobacco. That was about our last doing on the land. Before that we had got the treasure stowed, and had shipped enough water and the remainder of the goat meat, in case of uny distress; and at last, one fine morning, we weighed anchor, which was -il>out all thut wc could manage, und stood out of North inlet, the same colors flying that the captain had flown and fought under at the palisade. The three fellows must have been watching us closer than we thought for, as we soon had proved. For, coming through the narrows, we had to lie very near the southern |giint, and there we saw all three of thein kneeling together on a fpit of sand, with their arms raised in supplication. It went to all our hearts, I think, to leave them in that wretched state: but we could not risk another mutiny; and to take them home for the gibbet would have been a cruel sort of kindness. The doctor hailed them and told them of the stores we had left, and where they were to find them, but they continued to call us by name and appeal to us, for God's sake, to be merciful, and not leave them to die in such a place. At last, seeing the ship still bore on her course, and was now swiftly draw ing out of earshot, one of them —I know not which it was—leaped to his feet with a hoarse cry, whipped his musket to his shoulder und sent a shot whis tling over Silver's head and through the mainsail. After that we kept under cover of the bulwarks, and when next I looked out they disappeared from the spit, and the spit itself h.vl almost melted out of sight in the glowing distance. That WIM, at least, the end of that; and before noon, to my inexpressible joy, the highest rock of Treasure Island had sunk Into the blue round of sea. We were so short of men that every one on board had to bear u hand—only the captain lying on a mattress in the stern and giving his orders; for, though greatly recovered, he was still in want of quiet. We laid her head for the nearest port In Spanish America, for we could not risk the voyage home without fresh hands; and, as It was. what with baffling winds and a couple of fresh gales, we were all worn out before we reached It. It was just at sundown when we cast anchor In a most beautiful lund-lockcd WM-. <^r MC*" V' 3 -W' \.) T I WM bua? all tlujr packing tho woriay Into broad t.av« gulf, and were Immediately surround ed by shore bouts full of negroes, und Mexican Indians, und half-bloods, sell ing fruit and vegetables, and offering to dive for bits of money. The. sight of so many good humored faces (especial ly the blacks), the taste of the tropical fruits, and above all, th*' lights that be gan to shine in the town, made a in<*it (harming contrast to our dark and bloody sojourn on the island; and the doctor and the squire, taking me along with them, went ashore, to pass the curls part of the night. Here they met the captain of an Knglish man-of-war, fell ill talk with him, went oil board his ship, and, In >-liort, had so agreeable a time that day was breuking when we came alongside the "Hispaniola." Ben Gunn was on <le. |< alone, and, us soon as we came on board, he began, with wonderful contortions, to make u* In confession. Silver was gone. The maroon and connived at Ins escape in u shore IxmtHOmc hours ago, and he now assured us he had only done so to pre serve our lives, which would certainly have been forfeited if "that man with the one leg had stayed aboard." But this was not all. The sea cook had not gone empty-handed. lie had cut through a bulkhead unobserved, aud had removed one of the sacks of coin, worth, per haps, three or four hundred guineas, to help him on his further wanderings. I think we were all pleased to be so cheaply quit of him. Well, to make a long story short, we got a few hands on board, made a good cruise home, and the "Hispaniola" reached Bristol just as Mr. Blandly was beginning to think of fitting out her consort. Five men onlj' of those who had sailed returned with her. "Drink and the devil had done for the rest" with a vengeance; although, tol>esure, we were not quite in so bad a case aa that other ship they sung about: "With one man of the crew alive, What put to sea with seventy-five All of us had an ample share of the treasure, and used it wisely or foolish ly, according to our natures. Capt. Smollet is now retired from the sea. Gray not only saved his money, but, being suddenly smit with the desire to rise, also s-tudied his profession; and he is now mate and part owner of a fine full-rigged ship; married besides, and the father of a family. As for Ben Gunn, he got £I,OOO, which he spent or lost in three weeks, or, to be more exact. In 19 days, for he was back begging on the twentieth. Then lie was given a lodge to keep, exactly as he had fared upon the island; and he still lives, a great favorite, though something of a butt, with the-country fcoys, and a nota ble singer in church 011 Sundays and saints' days. Of Silver we have heard no more. That formidable seafaring man with one leg has at last gone clean out of my life; but I dare say he met his old negress, and perhaps still lives in com fort with her and Capt. Flint. It is to be hoped so, I suppose, for his chances of comfort in another world are very small. The bar silver and the arms still lie, for all that I know, where Flint buried them; and certainly they shall lie there for me. Oxen and wain-ropes would not bring me back again to that ac cursed island; and the worst dreams that ever I have are when I hear the surf booming about its coasts, or start upright in bed, with the sharp voice of Capt. Flint still ringing in my ears: "Pieces of eight! pieces of eight!" THE END. The great artist Michael Angelo was as famous an architect or designer as he was a painter. He designed the church of St. I'eter at Rome, which is built In the form of a cross. lie also designed another church in Rome, and, besides these, planned a number of famous structures. flow n llnvnrlnn Count Announced llie Weddlnif of Ills Dnushtcr. The following engagement notice ap peared the other day in the Frankfurter Zeitung: "Herbert Wildbart, count of the empire Von I>rommelsheim, knight commander (eapitulur-comthur) of the royal Bavarian Order of the House Knights of St. George, royal Bavarlun chamberlain, gives suitable notice here with in his own and in tlie name of his wife, the high-born Countess Ursula von Dromtnelshelm, of the approaching marriage of his and of his late wife, now resting in God, the high-born Coun tess Friederike, Countess von Drom melsheim, nee countess of Lelsenbeurg- Alahelm's daughter, the high-born Countess Elsbeth von Droramelshelm, with the high-well-born Baron von und zn Neuenburg, royal Bavarian lieuten ant of the reserve in the Tenth regi ment, royal Bavarian gentleman of the chamber and knight of the royal Ba varian Order of the House Knights of St. George, son of the high-well-born baron of the empire, Friodricli von und zu Neuenburg, royal Wurtemburg chamberlain, commander 'comthur) of tlue royal Bavarian Order of House Knights of St. George, and of his late wife, resting in God, the high-nnd-well born Baron HUdegard von und zu Neuenberg, nee baroness of Ilohen- Kapenbcrg." TROUSERS ORIGINATED IN ITALY Flrnl I'nlr of lllforcnted Uarmrala W» Worn »>>' n lloman PrUoner. Te trie us, tlie barbarian, was the first gentleman to wear trousers; says the iloston Journal. He had no heart in the inauguration of the new fashion; he simply had to do it; AureJtan the itomiui hod captured Tcrtricus on one of his raids and determined to carry him in triumph to Home as one of this Fpoils of conquest. To make the cap tive appear as ridiculous aft possible, he was arrayed In a two-part, garment, which in Boston might have been called "pants." Tnstesul of appearing ridicu lous, Tetricus seems to have made n "hit," for the garment he wore slowly butsurely grew in favor with the people of Home. We might find the origin of many customs in the same way. It Is known that Charles VII. of France wore 11 long coat to conceal his crooked legs. Not all the French were crooked, but coatfl became fashionable, nevertheless. Tlws process by which I'e.te.r the Great put civilized clothes ori lilh uncivilized subjects had more method In It. The gates of the towns were hung with gar ments of the new fashion luid the jx-o ple were obliged to adopt them or !>e publicly punished. An Intelligent Domntlc, A Philadelphia housekeeper tells this story in the Record of thut city: "We hod ut one time lu our employ a very green young woman. This young wom an also came to us through an Intelli gence (?) olllce. She showed her in telligence on the first day of her serv ice in our family. She was told to go <mt In the yard and take down the. clothesline, which was stretched among a half-dozen posts set up for that ]iur pose. She was at the job for so long 11 time that we began to wonder what on earth was the mutter with her. We went out to see what she was doing, ami there we found her working away vigorously with a spade. She hud ul rcady dug up three of the posts, and had almost completed the work on a fourth when we found her. She didn't stay with us Jon#." When In Home. Aii American who luwl left his native country to travel In Europe, with tho maxim "When lu Home do as the Ito inanis do" well In mind, found himself In Marseilles. He wanted some ice cream and went to a restaurant and ordered It. "What flavor will you have?" usk.sl the waiter. The Ameri can hesitated a moment, and then re mcnibered his maxim. "Oh, garlic, I suppose," lie answered. Poor T..111-I*l Season In Fnrope. fn spite of Queiji! Victoria's jubilee, tho American tourist, season In Kurojie has be«m the worst in many ywirs. Shipping returns show a deelinc of no lefts than SO per cent. In the first and second-class passenger traffic below the figures for tho season of lh'Jti. I'.nrl v I'olnto Cnlllvntlon. In n thicket iii the upper Ilarz moun tains a granite monument hn« been found with the inscription: "Mere In I the year 1717 the first trials were made ' with the cultivation of the potato." THE USE OF CORAL. It Is by So Monn* a> General am It Wan Formerly. "The beautiful coral necklaces and brooches that were once so fushionable are seldom worn r.ow by women In this country," said a New York dealer in rare and curious ornaments to a Wash ington Star reporter recently. "Thir tv years ago the material was in great demand for all sorts of articles of per sonal adornment. At the present day coral is used largely only in such coun tries as Abyssinia, the Congo, the Cape, lEdia and Ceylon, Siberia, China and Jnpan. The choicest pieces are used for the buttons of Chinese mandarins or for ornamenting the turbans of rich Mussulmans, while the inferior quali ties are sent to less civilized countries, where they are employed for various purposes. "Coral has been often used as money in oriental countries, but that use of it is now declining. Barbarous and semi civilized peoples employ it largely for ornamenting arrows, lances and pikes, and also for decorating corpses before interment. Prices have varied much of late years, a rapid decline in value having taken place, owing principally to the scarcity of good and the compara tive abundance of inferior qualities. "Besides the loss accruing to the fish erman the present scarcity of coral is very seriously affecting the large num ber of people employed in preparing the material for market. There has been a great decline in the number of women thus engaged at Leghorn, and the same state of affairs is evident at. Naples and Genoa, the other principal seats of the industry. Nowadays the proportion of inferior quality is so much larger that fewer persons are required to manipu late the quantity- No machinery or me chanical process is employed. The workman simply takes pieces of coral into his or her hands, one after an other, and. according to their thickness, quality and defects, works them into certain forms. Their wages run from 15 cents to 35 cents per day." OYSTER GROWING IN A BOTTLE. lulerentlnir Cariosity Found lu the Hapimhnnnock Ilivcr. D. M. Nelson, agent of the Weems Steamboat company at Urbann, on the Rappahannock river, lately brought up to Baltimore si curiosity discovered by him which has created considerable in terest umomg steamboat people about Light street wharf, reports the Ralti more American. It is a live oyster of large size growing out of the mouth of a yeast powder bot tle, which was found on the shore of the Kappahannock river. The oyster is considerably larger than the bottle, and only a small portion is in side. Upon the sides of the bottle are several small oysters of tiny size, firm ly fastened there. Mr. Nelson has brought up a story more wonderful than his oysters, and for which there has as yet been no evidence prodiueed. It is of au old gentleman who lives near Urbana, and who, 60 the story goes, while bathing during the summer lost a set of false teeth, which floated away or went to the bottom. Lately, while dredging, an oysterman brought up to the surface a pair of false teeth around which a number of oy«ters were clinging, some, of them of good size, and fastened 011 firmly. The old gentleman promptly identified his teeth, and keeps them ns a curiosity. THE EASTERN CHEROKEES. Ileelilon of n Federal <'onr« Tliaf They Are Not Cltl*ena. In a decision by t.he United States court of appeals in the western district of North Carolina, says the New York Sun, it has been virtually declared that tho eastern band of Cherokee Indiana r.re not citizens of the United States. Some of these Inulan« have been vot ing for 50 years. They have more than once held the balance of power ljetween •the two political parties In western North Carolina. The chief question in volved is the right of the eastern band of Cherokee Indians to sell tho timber from land for which it holds n deed. 'Hie decision of the court is that the band has n/> right to make any con tract whatever without the sanction of tho United States government. The court says the eastern band did not become citizens by virtue, of the treaty of Now Echotaln 1835. It is remarkable that the oourt in its decision ignored the case upon which tins defendants mainly relied, that of the cam- of the eastern band of Cherokee Indians against tho western band, decided by the supreme court of the United States, 117 U. S. Rep., wherein Justice Field held tluit tho members of tho eastern band were clt izens. VcmcU ll<*ncnth the H«*n. A hollew vessel, formed of metal or any other substance, and hermetically Mated, can be nuule to float under the water at a given distance without sink ing to the bottom. Copper, for exam ple, is nearly nino times ns heavy ua water. A cubic foot of copper made In a hollow, titfht vessel of nine cubic feet capacity, would Just float. By making it slightly smaller it would float at some depth below the surface. Careful measurements and exact calculations would be necessary to float such a ves sel ut a required depth. A torpedo boat capable of carrying six persona and remaining a number of hours un der water was constructed during the late war, and one. of the plans to re lease Napoleon from St. Helena eon teniplatcd the nise of a vessel that could be used close to the island under the water. A Juror's Question. An English juror once asked the Judtfe, after the verdict was returned, whether tho fiw-t that he differed from his 11 brethren justified their knocking him down with a chair. OI«l Hrlrkii. l!ricks apparently as gfw.d as when first made were excavaN«d in Babylon recently, the- marks on them proving them to be 4,000 years old. Cautions. I Serf ha !>o you believe In love at first sijflit? Edith I believe there lire persons one is more likely to love before she lias had time to get acqinilnte.l with them than afterwards. !!o. • Transcript. IMUu'l Finish ller Work. Mrs. Itilkins The new girl broke four plates to-day. Mr. Itilkins Did she ir Ign nny rea son for not breaking the entire set?— Ohio State Journal. The Itlulit Man. "I know the man has started the Im or." .i HI that I'm an Idiot, and I'm go ing to kill him." roared f'hnpplc. ■Don't. Suicide is so villifur," said Cyjiicu* Harlem I.lfe. Cause nti.l F.flTeet. I':,, Mr- |!.»>/. for.l MI(H her h.-srt is full to-night. I!. I suppose her husband Is, too, then. Vonkers Statesman. » I I'ptty Sin. (!. a!.I l»o you think that suicide Is (J. raldinc Well, I think it would be forgiven lu your case. N. V. Truth. RECASTING AN OLD GUN. It Was Formerly Known as a De structive tlntftne off War. The old Antietam gun recently sent to the Mi-Shane foundries to be recast, says the Haltimore American, has been reduced to a condition of absolute harmlessness. Its thundering roar has been silenced forever. Its military util ity has become a thing of the past. No longer does it maintain its original identity. No longer is it recognizable as an engine of war. In the language of dlie "it has been badly broken up." Th© old bronze destroyer has lost its primitive power of deot'i and now lies ruined ar.d inutilaled in th.> shop awaiting the next process in its course of transformation. It has been cut into u number of comparatively small pieces. This has been done in order to reduce it to a convenient state, such as is re quired, in order that it may easily enter the crucible. This breaking process is forced by special tools particularly adapted to just such work. Already the old gun has been split up into six or eight pieces. The break ing process may be still further contin used until it is sujlickntly Rduced to make it perfectly workable. It will then be melted ar.d recast, issuing from its final process in a condition proper to be used as index pkites. This, however, will not be effected for several weeks yet. There still remains some detail planning to be completed before the gun will be carried through its final stages of gradual transformation. ROSETTES ON BRIDLES. What They Are Made of and What They Cost. Ths bridle of pretty much every har ness has upon it rosettes, more or less ornamental, one on each side, placed at the o'hls of the front or brow band. These rosettes are made in very great variety. Some are made of tin, some of German silver, and some of German silver covered with a thin sheet of sil ver. Some rosettes are plain, some are embossed. They sell at prices ranging from practically nothing to two dollars n pair. Uosettes of this kind are often engraved with tho monogram or with initials. Engraved rosettes are not in frequently seen on business harness. There are costlier rosettes that nre used on carriage harness only, and are made some of leather and some of silk ribbon. These are made by hand in various sizes, and of various colors and combinations of colors. Handsome ro settes of leather sell at $2.50 to $5 a pair, depending upon the size; the rib bon rosettes at from five to ten dol lars a pair. Uosettes of this kind are not sold with the harness. They are liought separately, as ornaments. Rib bon rosettes costing ten dollars a pair might, for instance, l>e bought to at tach to the bridles of a fine double har ness costing, say. S4OO a set. PLOVERS RESTING AT SEA. Pacific Occnn Captain Sees Several Snlnuulnii Far from Land. Up to within a few days of the ar rival here from Honolulu of the Oceanic Steamship company's steiuntr Austra lia, reports the Srfa Francisco Call, CapL Iloudlette was the owner of a plover that came aboard while on its way Iroin Alaska to Hawaii. These birds are not web-footcd, and the captain seems to have solved the problem as to whether they ever rest on the water during their long flight. Cn.pt. Iloudlette says they do. "It was dur ing the run from San Francisco to Hon olulu that I saw several plovers in the watc.r resting," said he. "When the steamer came too near they would rise out of tho water with a few flaps of their wings, but, being very tired, they would soon settle bock into the water again. In its efforts to get away one of them came on board and It lived until a few days ago. I always thought the birds mode a continuous flight of over 2,000 miles, but I am now satis fied that the birds rest on the waves when tired." Watched as Well as Prayed. l'arson Adams, minister in Lunen burg, Mass., for over 35 years,at one time stopped to pass the night at a friend's house. The clergyman was both tired and hungry. It was proposed to have prayers at once, und then supper, after which the minister could go directly to his bed. To this lie agreed and the fam ily were called together. The supper was to consist mainly of ludian cakes, which were set to bake on platters in frout of the fire. The parson's seat was opposite the kitchen door. The service began, but In a moment Parson Adams saw that one of the cakes hud fallen down and wus burning. He paused uud looked toward his hostess, who seemed unconscious of any cul inary crisis. "Mrs. Hlank," he said, gruvely, "we are told to watch as well as to pray, 1 cannot help seeing that one of those excellent, cakes is burn ing. I w ill thank you to attend to iL" The cake was rescued, and Parson Adams resumed his Scripture reading with an easy mlod. <'lift rn«*t«*ra Tlire«*. The Oldest Inhabitant accosted Any Schoolboy, saying: "Relng fond of ritnding controversial literature I have always been greatly I in pressed with tho variety and scope of your knowledge. Will you kindly tell me how you learned the many things which such a multi tude of persons rush Into print without having osoertulned?" "It would do no good to tell you," replied Any School boy; "n person of your astonishing In experience would not profit by any thing told him." The colloquy WM overheurdby the Fiend In Human Shape, who sighed to think how easily these js-rsons had won their distinction, whereas bis own renown was tho nig gard reward of a diligent lurtlvlty. Fplenrean Convict*. Massachusetts convicts tire getting epicurean. Not content with noston baked bean* for breakfast every dsy, they have just sent In n petition for cut- I:>rd pie every Sundnv Aroused Suspicion. "I dunno," remarked I'iute Pete. "Fin beginnin' to feci kind o* doubtful üboilt t hat case." "Ye mean about that hoss thief we Jcs' 'tended to?" "Yes." ••Hut In ifesstd." *'l know It. An' il wasn't tell he con fi-fscd that I had doubts. There ain't no circumstances whatsoever under which I'll take liis word fur anything." - Washington Star. %ii %li««tr«l < oiii|iiirlaoßi. Yenst I heard your neighbor call his wife a giraffe. Crimson beak—Yes; did you ever hear such ignorance? "Ignorance, tlid you say?" "Why, certainly; Ignorance. Don't ! now that the giraffe is the only animal that 1m really dumb. It Is un able to i-xpress Itself by any sound whatoer." Yonkcrs Statesman. llj tlie llnart. The milk of liiimnn kindness Is an sppe- IIZIIIE drink: Il l* sivi'd iiml more nutritious thnn a soul U prone to think. 11,.w Kisnd this life would seem to us, I oftentimes icwe thought. Could w< have It left ■ -i»ch mornlnff on our doorsteps by the <|uart. >io. 14 AN OLD CROWS TREASURES. ! l.lUe a Miser Me llonrdrd and (>loalr< Over Them. One day while watching I saw a crow, crossing the Don valley with something white in his beak, writes Ernest Seton Thompson in Scribner's. lie Hew to the mouth of the Kose<lale brook, then took a short flight to the Heaver elm. There he dropped the white object, and, look ing about, gave me a chance to recog nize my old friend Silverspot. After a minute lie picked up the white thing, a shell—anil walked over past the spring,' r.nd here, among the docks and the skunk cabbages, he unearthed a pile of shells and other white, shiny things. He spread them out in the sun, turned them over, lifted them one by one, nes tled on them as though they were eggs, toyed with them and gloated over them like a miser. This was his hobby, his weakness, lie could not have explained why he enjoyed them, any more than a boy can explain why he collects post age stamps, or a girl why she prefers pearls to rubies; but his pleasure in them was very real, and after half an hour he covered them all, including the new one, with earth and leaves, and flew off. I went at once to the spot and examined the hoard; there was about r hatful in all, chiefly white pebbles, clr.ni shells and some bits of tin, but there was also the handle of a china cup, which must have been the gem of the collection. That was the last time I saw them. Silverspot knew that I had found his treasures, and he re moved them at once; where, I never knew. BLOODHOUNDS OF THE SOUTH. Formerly I'aed to Catch Slaves, Lat terly to Pursue Criminals. The bloodhound is now used only in the pursuit of criminals. Every south ern penitentiary has a bruce or more of them. They ure not infrequently a part of the sheriff's outfit. The breed is not always pure, but the doga servo their purpose better thnn fairly well. Their keenness of scent Is one of the most remarkable things in nature, though it is of value chiefly in the more thinly-settled region. It seems incred ible that the mere temporary pressure of a man's boot or shoe upon the ground should leave a traceable scent for 24 hours, provided that there has been no rain, but there is no doubt that it does. Sometimes In the south n murderer breaks Jail. Until the universal intro iluetion of chilled steel cages this was not a dlflicult matter. Dogs are tele graphed for at a distance probably of 130 miles. They arrive a day after the escape. They are led In leash to the point where the criminal is supposed to have made his exit and uncoupled. They take up the scent instantly and follow it rapidly. The man must hare crossed much water or confused his trail with the hurrying footsteps of dozens of others to throw him off. Always supposing that 24 hours Is the extreme limit of "law" allowed the fugitive, the bloodhounds are tho best means of effecting his capture. Having far to travel, they do not bay. They have no breath to waste. AMERICAN SCHOOL AT ATHENS. Crisis of Political AtTnlm Had a Bad rffppt on It. In a year of war and rumors of war an archaeological explorer finds his oc cupation well-nigh gone, says Litera ture. Throughout the long drawn crisis of the past spring and summer both tho (ireek government and the Greek peo ple behaved toward the foreign repre sentatives of science in their midst with extraordinary courtesy, detaching them nlmost entirely from the feelings of Ir ritation or resentment which were man ifested toward the European powers. Hut with one-half of the available peasantry drawn off for tho fighting line and reserves, and the other half able to think and talk of little but war, it was naturally difficult to effect cx cavations during the spring. Thus the American school in Athens, which had planned for last spring the opening of the campaign which Is to uncover CorlntH, only did about a week's work. The government was too busy to proceed with the promised ex propriation of the site, and finally tho director, Mr. Richardson, bought for himself a small tract east of the tem ple. and there came quickly on the re mains of a stoa, which seemed to indi cate the proximity of the agora of the eltv. Hut the work was not proceeded with. It Is to be resumed In March, If the expropriation has by that time been duly carried through, but the great depth of the soil will entail great ex pense. Mlelwht of llnntl for flic Pastor. Many years ago, when lion. Joseph Marsden lived In Hawaii, he attended church on Sunday morning In Hilo. Mr. Marsden was then noted for his skill in legerdemain. When Dr. passed around the contribution bag at a Sun day service Mr. Marsden held up a ten-dollar gold piece between his thumb and forefinger so that Dr. could plainly see It. He then placed his hand over tho bag. palmed the gold piece, ami dropped In a silver quarter. Dr. returned to the table with his col lection. After the service he emptied the lmg on n table, but could not find the ten-dollar gold piece, lie shook the bag repeatedly, turned over the small pile of contributions, got down on the floor and looked under the table, walked down the aisle, looking closely at the cracks in the floor, felt In his own pockets, fearing that he had made some mistake, and then went homo wonder ing at the strange loss of the gold piece. Some time afterward the deceiver quiet ly sent the gold piece to the church One Iloycott Heelhreil l.ennl. Lawyers In England have no legal right to "get their names in the paper," according to a recent decision of Jus tice Hawkins. The suit of a Rlrming ham lawyer who hail sued two newspa pers of that city for conspiracy In pur posely leaving out his name whenevei he tried cases was dismissed before it went to the Jury. The >1 It-robe War. "We are going to give up having Johnny get an education." "For what reason?" "Well we can't get him sterilized every morning in time to go to school." —l'uck. A Dmuieroim Topic. "Stebbins, I never hear you say a word about the weather. ".No; 1 promised my dying mother that I never would swear." —Chicago Record. Hnrrl i oiinolh 1 1011. He- Hut why do you keep on crying, dear? She Ik-cause } oil said you would kiss my tears nway.—Yonkera States man. t.reutly to lie Desired. Doctor I think you had better feed the baby on condensed milk. Ilrooklyn Father (hopefully)— Will that make him emit condensed yells?— N. Y. Journal. lletter Still. On it Have you seen those noiseless 1 aby carriages yet? 11111 No| What I want is a noiseless baby.— I'p-to-Dute.
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