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.