VOL.. xx.xv
TIS LABOR SAVED
t TO WEAR TAN SHOES.
* blacker your shoes the
Yu /£■ more dust thov will show.
S*llß "*' an B^oes save time, labor
ikfo II money, and still look
better. Our stock cannot be
j | excelled either in price, quali
., Iv 7 *jjc See the handsome styles in
..i\ » fine vesting tops.
~~ i r*Toi" fT7'<■ are o ® ei "i n B some great
M in tan and black
A FEW OF OUR BARGAINS.
Men's fine black vici Ki.l shoes $1.05 Ladies' fine patent leather s:,n<!»ls 50c
Men's fine russett vici Kid shoes r.05 Ladies' fine serge iiippers 25c
Ladies' fine russett shoes 1.00 j Children's fine slippers 25c
Ladies' fine Dongola shoes i.eo Boys' fine dress shoes 75c
and many other bargains. bull stock of sole bather and shoemaker" supplied of all
kinds. High iron stands with four lasts each (■ 45c. Repairing promptly done.
Mail orders receive prompt attention.
JOHN BICKEL.
BUTLER, PA.
i
i HE IS A WISE HAN \
f —WHO SECUKES H1.% tLOTHIXO FROM— #
$ J. 3. YOUNG, \
1 THE MEItCHAXT TAI LOU, J
S The ftuxh, nty]e, ttt aad ganeral lmrtm d
i Hp of liis suits , \
I TELL their own J
Spring STYLES
Three of a *lort for Spring, two of a kind for
t ~£k yzjT Summer—what liett-er hand would a man want
jfy\ N- 7< In clothing. Tiicy arc all cf a kind IN STYLE
p ( j /T ' v ''" latest. iti c.ut.:iid workmanship the tlnest —
if~ll A /< F f \ /'
iL/V. V /J r PC'A // I W moderate. When-else can you su<-li com-
J ffg 15J k iMp) /jf ! t\ hinatlons You do Kot themofO. F. KECK, tin
r 1 J \*l !\ ICy IC/j 1 eA tailor. V.lia\e ,t liirße luieut of spiltf
r- tfj >S f / Vj( ! PI style-. tl;> I.itcsi. natu-riib ;ind |»rl<'es to suit
. C® '' I (H Kur a tirst-rlu.ss suit c:i 11 and examine our large
~7| /l\*\ lLy I V"i tcck < t j 1 ii'K t' K« ui«'mLer the place.
m m m «■ p. keck,
<jjl j W[{ J MERCHANT TAILOR, 142 North
jjj & o. Majn gj Butier. Pa.
II » ' "J ■.■■'» it i i ■ m w—l
The New Ceimbrid.de,
(Formerly New Cambridge House.)
CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS, HA.,
VPliich, after the disastrous fire of a 3 ear ago, is now opened in
larger aud better shape for the accommodation of guests 111 search
of health and pleasure, presents itself to its former Butler patrons
as the most desirable hotel in which to locate when at Cambridge
Spriugs. Free bus to and from all trains and springs. Public
rooms are of large size and well lighted, including office, dining
room, bath rooms, billiard room a.id bowling alley. Chambera
with private baths and toilets and everything that tends to make a
home-like and comfortable resort, '"or rates apply to
HAGGERTY & WHITE, Proprietors, Cambridge Springs, Pa-
Pape sros,
JEWEIsGRS.
We Will Save You Money On
Watches
Silverware, 1847 Rodger Bros. 1
Plateware and Sterling
c Goods. )
Our Repair Department takes in all kinds of Watches, Clocks
and Jewelry, etc
122 S. Main St,
Old gold and silver taken 'the same as cash.
House Gleaning
I • Time is here aud the War against Bugs, Moths etc., is on. We have prepared
a Bu' Killer f° r the extermination of the:;e pests, let us that if this be
mixed with the paste before papering the result will be very satisfactory. We are
1 also headquarters for Moth Halls, Insect powder, Heliibore etc.
REDICK & GROHMAN
o4f. o :f 3 -f j if:
109 NORTH MAIN ST. BUTLER.
Subscribe for the CITIZEN.
rpi It? i> | r l" s f " ' •" "V
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No Gripe
When you *akc Hjod's Fills. The big, olilfash
ioued, sugar-coated piUs. which tear you all to
pieces, arf net in it with !ioo«rs Kwy totaike
Hood's
ami easy to operate, Is true
of Hood's rills, which are jg~jß . | |
rt "II
9c.?", c rtain ar.:'. sure. S'.\ ™ I=l
druggists. '.!■ e C. I. Hood > r . Co., I»wel1, Mass
t!i« i, n <i fill* to uks •* .tli Hood's Sj.rsaoar:lU
Thonmnda ari> Trying It.
In order to prove the great merit of
Ely's Cream Baini, the most effective c'ir-3
for Catarrh and t old in Head, wo Lave pre
pared a generous trial sizo for 10 cents.
(Jut it of yor.r dmggist or send 10 rents to
ELY 15K05., 50 Warren 6t , N. Y. City.
I suffered from catarrh of tho worst ii'.nd
ever since a bov. and 1 never hoped for
cure, V.nt Ely's Cream lialm seems to do
oven that. Many acquaintances have us. 1
it with excellent results. —Oscar Ostnun,
45 Warren A%e . Chicago, 111.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cur'- for catarrh and cont..ina no cocain',
mercury nor H ny injurious drug, l'ri fc.
60 cents. At druggists or by tuaiL
vi ciony
Always crowns our efforts to
secure the handsomest end
most correct thing in Men's
Dress at all season's of the
year.
There's a fresh, bright
sparkle of style about our
spring patterns, the kind
that has snap and art in it.
We cater to .the economical
man because our; clothes
give a dollar of service for
every dollar paid
I.et us show you the kind of
a suit we make for
$25.
MAKER OF
MEN'S LOTHE-
Pearson B. Nace's
Livery Feed and Sale Stable
Rear of
Wick House, Butler, Penn'a.
The brst o? horses ;m'l tirsi class i al
ways <m hand ami for hire.
r Best accommodations in town for perma
nent hoarding ;iri<i transient trade. Speci
al care guaranteed.
Stable Room For 65 Horses.
A «:ood class of horses, ln*th drivers and
drait hor .i ■> always on l and ai.d for sale
under a full guarantee;.and horses bough?
upoh proj.i r notiflcathu* by
PEAKoON a. MACE,
Tclephou • No. '.'la.
D. L CLEELAND. >
eler and Optician, I
125 S. Main St., S
Butler, Pa. )
C. SELIGMAN & SON
~TSlors~
No. 416 W. Jefferson St.,
Butler, Pa.
A line of latest Foreign
and Jiomeiitie Suitings
always In block.
Fit, Style and Work
manship guaranteed
to give satisfaction.
PRICES REASONABLE.
ilflUf IS THE TIME TO HAVE
lilJff Your
CLEANED or D^ED
If you want good and reliable
cleaning or dyeing done, there is
iust one place in town where you
can get it, and that is at
m IUTLFR on WORKS
216 Center avenue,
do fine work in out
door Photographs. This is the
time of year to have a picture ol
your house. Give us a trial.
Agsnt for the Jaiuestown Siidictr
Blind L'o.—New York,
R. FISHER & SON,
GOOD FARM FOR SALE.
The Ford fan., in Donegal twp., near
Millerstown is for sale It contains
about 150 acres, is well watered and in
good condition For terms inquire at
his office
L.C.WICK,
Deader IN
Rough t Worked Lumber
OF A T.I, KINDS.
Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings,
Shingles and Lath
Always in Stock.
LIME, iiUR AND PLASTER
Office opposite p. & W. Depot.
BUTLER, PA,
Oil MFAi <Ot It OLD PROCESS)
111 CML Now very cheap.
Few! for Horses, Cows, Sheep, lln*-. Fowls
ete. Health, strength and pi Kiu<'tiv< power
to auliuals. Are ymi feedlnf.' ItV Cheapest
feed iii the market.
||M>FFn fill AND WHITE LEAD
-i , L. r. - ty Iflakes i:,. jt f or
years on house, ham or fen e. Mixed painl>
are doubtful quality: some good and some
very had. Write for our circular.
1 or pure i.iuseeii oil or meal, and white
lead, a: i. for "Tliomps'iirs." or aculrr-s
manufacturer THOMPSON .VO., 1"; \V
Diamond street Allegheny. Pa.
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I Cftc Coss cf the
'I "Cerl of |
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Titty 1 3 *|l) ■» » »1C41« tii Mill
ON THII 24th of August I onilarked
on board the ship "Pari of Lldon,"
oi London, G(«i tons, Ob.pt. Theaker, at
Hombay, with a view T>f returning t<>
ruy jiative larfd ou furlough. She was
one of the flrcst ant! stronger* ships in
the traiie, n.ntl any insurance have
been had on the elm noes of her success
fully resisting the winds and waves.
She wuh lade'i with cotton. The num
ber of individuals on board were 45, in
cluding *hree ladies and nt» infant nnd
the esptnin and his crbw. It unfortu
nately happened that the eotton hcwl
been brought on board in a damp state,
rot being dried at the warehouse pre
viously to being put on board, ami it
seem-*not unlikely that tho flre damp
ir.aj have been generated within, in the
same manner as in a haystack when it
has been stacked damp.
Ou the 26th of September, after a
buries of liuflllr.g winds and ce.lma, and
heavy ruin with squalls of wind, we gdt
into seven decrees 27 minutes south
■latitude; and tlie trade wind appeared
to have fairh; caught hold of our sails.
We begtft now to anticipate eur arrival
at the Cape. On the morning of the
27th I rose early (about half past ftvo)
and went on eleck. I found one of my
fellow pawsengers there, und we per
ceived a steam apparently arising from
the fore hatchways. I mentioned nt the
time to n that I thought It might
be caused by fire damp, and, if not im
mediately checked, might become tire.
The captain came on deck, and I asked
him what it was; lie answered steam,
und that it was common enough in cot
ton-loaded ships when the hatches were
opened. I said nothing, bur. the smoke
becoming, more dense and begiuniv.tr to
assume a different color, I began to
think that all was not right, and ulso
that he had some idea of the kind, as 1
saw the carpenter cutting holos in the
deck just above the place whence the
smoke appeared to come.
I went down to dress, and übout half
past six *f.e captain knocked at my door
r»d told me that part, of the cotton was
pc fire, ar.d he wished to see all thopen
t.lsmen T>asscage»6 on deek. We accord
1-ngly aftemhled, and he tfien stated the
<»?('' to be this,- That.*eome part 4f tho
fargo appeared to have qpor.tilneously
Ignited, nnd that he purposed removing
the bales until they should discover the
ignited ones and have them thrown
(Jvcrboard. as well as those which ap
peared to be In the same damaged con
dition; and that it being necessary, in
Ms opinion, to do this, he deemed it his
duty to lay the ea«e before.us. We of
course submitteel everything to his
judgment, nnd he ordered the hands to
breakfast us quickly as possible, and to
work t» discover tho source of the lire.
After breakfast he said there d*id not
appear to be any Immediate danger.
However, about eight o'clock the
smoke beoauio much thicker aud began
to roll through' the after hatchway,
the. draught having been admitted for
ward in to enable the men to
work. Several bales were removed, but
the heat began to be intolerable below,
and'the smoke rolled-out in suffocating
volumes; nnd before nine o'clock wedls
coveredtbat partof the deck had caught
fire, which obliged' the n.en 'o discon
tinue their labors. The captain then
ordered th'e hatches to be kittened
dOwn, with a view to keep the fire from
bursting out, and to hplr out all the
boats and stock tfc.'m In case of ne
cessity. Th's was done, and about half
past one the three ladies, two sick pas
senger's, an infant and a female servant
were put in the longbe»at, with 210 gal
lcttis of water, 20 gallons of brandy and
biscuit for a month's consumption, to
gether with »uch pots of jam and'pre
served meuts as we could get at. and the
day's provision of and salted meat.
It was now about two o'clock; the
hatches were then opened and an hands
set to work to endeavor t« extinguish
the Are. The rnaji hatchway being
lifted and a removed, there
was a sail unde/neath which was so
hot that the men could hardly remove
it. When they did the heat and smoke
cams up worse than ever, and it being
iiqw known from infection that the
fire -was underneath thut part, orders
were given- to hoist out'the uppermost
balejj In order to £ct at those that were
burning underneath. But when the
men laid hold of fhe lashings to intro
duce a crane-Ji«ok they were found to
have been burned through benij|ith and
came away in their hands. The case
now appeared bad indeed'. However, WjC
•out a bale open and tried to remove It
by handfuls, but the smoke and heat
became so overpowering that no man
could stand over it, and water in the
quantities we dared to use i£ only
seemed to increase it, for*had the cap
tain ventured to pump water Into the
ship sufficient to extinguish the fire
the bales would hare.sweltod so much
as to burst'open the (Jeck.
Under these circumstances, perceiv
ing- the case to be utterly hopeless, the
captain called' us together on the- poop
pad askc-d if anyone could propose any
expedient likely to avail in extinguish
ing the fire and saving- the ship. As in
that case, said' he, <ve will stick by her
while a lfopc remains. It was unani
mously r'ebcf tE'at all hatl. been, done
thift cGtild ift done': tlje men bad'been
tflost ardtrtriis In their exertion's, btit
rfttp amV all seemed positively decided
that tlie taw was The heist
was in'crcHSing- so much that it became
d&ng-erous to leave the poop; the cap
tain therefore recfitested the gentlemen
to get into the bonts; ncxthc enrbarked
men, and at three o'clock he himself
left the ship, the laet. man w ho did' ao,
just as the flames were bursting
through the quarter deck. We then put
off the two boats, towing the longboat.
The progress of the ship had beeu pre
viously stopped bv backing her vnrds,
find when we were about a mile from
ber she was In one blaze and her
began to fall In. Between eight and
nine o'clock all her masts had fallen
in and she bad burned to the water's
edge; suddenly there was a bright flash,
followed by a dull and heavy explosion,
the tire having reached the powder. For
a few seconds the splinters and flaming
fragments glittered in the air and tfien
all was darkness, for the waters had
closed over the "Earlof Eldon."
Sad was the prospect now before us I
There were in the long boat the captain
and 25 persons, including an infant four
months old; the size of the boat 23 feet
Jong by "Vi broad; in each of the others
ten individuals, including the officer In
charge. One of the boats had some bags
of biscuit, but the chief provision was in
the longboat. We were, by rough calcu
lation about 1,000 miles from'ltodrigue
and 450 from Dieg*> Oareias, the largest
of tlie Chagos islands; but to get there
we must pass through the squally lati
tudes we had just left, and be subject
to variable winds and heavy v* dither or
calms, neither of which we wero pre
pared to resist. Seeing, then, that our
stock of food was sufficient, we deter
mined on trying for Kodrigue, and, hav
ing humbly committed ourselves to the
guidance of that. Providence in whoai
BUTLER, PA., THKRrfDAV, »Ji:i.Vl4. ISHS
alone we had Rope, tre (toc«mpll=hed rig
ging th** bo.i• *, nnd g«3t 'in«U*r sail. On
the third day of our boa! negation the
to threate,. a thange,
btit ns we,were iu the tm«le we,did not
apprehend foul or contrary winds. In
tlie course of the night it blew fr«v;h
with rain; we were totally without
shelter, nnd the sea dashing Its spray
over us drenched us an<l spoiled sonv*
pf our biscuit. The weather jrrew worse,
nnd one of our small boats, in which
were Mr. the *e»«ond mate,
with nine others, was split by the sea.
Khe came alongside, and we put the car
penter Into h«r, AB'ho made w hat repairs
he could, hut with little hoj<e that-they
Would answer. We then pi oee*>ded to
fiu«ten a spraycloth of canvas elongour
weather gunwale, having lashed aham
boo four feet up the mnst and fixed It on
the. Intersection of two staneheonß, at
the same f.eight above the stem; th«
spraycloth was firmly lashed along so
as to form a );imi of penthouse roof.
Toward evening it blew hard, and, not
thinking the oth«».r damaged boat safe,
we took In the crew and abandoned her.
We were now M jiersor.s, stowed as
thick as we eould be, nnd obliged to
throw over nil superfluities, nnd we
had not more than eight inche* of clear
gucwale out of the water. Wet. gloomy
and miserable th. r'ght pajssed away;
at last the- day broke, and though the
■weather was still very bad, I again
felf hope, which had never entirely for
saken me, that we would still weather
the storm. Purine the last r.lght the
sea had broken right over us more than
onee; one sea came roaring down, and
while I held my breath with horror it
broke rtgbt- over our stern, wet the poor
ladies to their tlirooto aivd carried
nwayfthe steersman's hat. The captain
then cried out in a tone calculated to
inspire ua with confidence: "That's
nothing; it's all right; bale awav, my
boys!" lie never expected us to live
out the night, but ha.russed as he was
both in niicd and body he gallantly
stood tip. and never, by word or deed,
betrayed a feeling that might tend to
sink our hopes. Ho stood on the bench
that livelong night, nor did he ever
tempt to sleep for nearly 48 hours.
Later the weather began to moderate,
and we enjoyeel acompartttlve degree of
comfort. We hud three small meals of
biscuit and some little Jam, etc., and
three half pints of water per day, with
brandy if we liked it. The men had one
gill of spirits allowed them daily. Thus
we had enough for necessity, and I In
cline to attribute* to our having no more
the good state of bodily hc-alth we en
joyed. The ladies were most deserving
compassion and praise, and never ut
tered one single word like repining or
complaint.
On the eleventh evening we began to
look out for liodrigue; the captain told
us notto be too sanguine, as his compass
was not to be depended on after the
rough treatment it ha<l met with. The
night fell, and I went forward to sleep.
About dawn I was awakened by the cry
that land was ahead. I looked and saw
nothing through the mist. An instant
after I informed the captain that I eould
see no land every pet-son in that boat
*wa« awake. Kvcry eye was utralned in
the direction the captain indicated.
Some thought they couid s;v land;
others bad their visions blurred by
phantom ships, and finally the tears
from their overexerted eyes shut out
their vision to such an extent that their
imagination ceased to act.
"Where Is it?" "What is it?" "I can't
see anything," and dozens of similar
questions were asked in as many sec
onds.
Daylight was now asserting itself a
little more, and the .-aptuin h;ul the bout
brought to, and she drifted about for
an hour. Rodrigue appeared right
ahead, distant about six miles, and by
eight o'clock we were all safely landed.
A fisherman who came off to show us
the way through the reefs received us
In his house and proceeded to feed us,
and, in the meantime, sent to tell the
people of the island cf our arrival. Two
of them came down Immediately, und,
having heard our story, said that we had
been most miraculously preserved.
Kvery arrangement was made for our
comfort, and during the period of our
stay at were treated with
such invariable kindneps and attention
B3 demands from us tfife fullest expres
sion of our gratitude toward those to
whom we are uniler so many obliga
tions, without forgetting our para
mount obligations to that Power by
whom we were preserved through all
the dangers that had surrounded us.—
X. Y. Ledger.
Whot He W«« After.
Congressman—So you want to serve
your country, do you?
Applicant—Well, I ain't particular
whether I serve my country much or
not, but I should like to get- an office
at a good ifclary.—£omerville Journal.
The Testt.
A little Pennsylvanlan was sitting on
the floor playing with his blocks. Pres
;ntly he looked up at his mother and
asked: "Ma, can God see everything?"
"Everything, Hurry." He turned to his
blocks again, but evidently did not drop
the subject from his thoughts, for he
soon asked: "Can he see the back of
His own reck?"— Current Literature.
It Worked Ho th Wuym.
She —Does the fact that I have money
jnake any difference to you, dearest?
He—Of course it does, my own. It is
such a comfort to know that If I should
die you would be provided for.
She—But suppose I should die?
He —-Then I would be provided for. —
N. Y. Truth.
A Thorn for Kvery Roac.
Weary William —Come ter think of It,
lavin' down ain't such easy work after
all.
Leigh X. Wrest—l'd like ter know
why it ain't?
Weary William —Why, a feller's got
ter keep changin' position every few
hours, or else he gets kinder stiff an'
sore.—Brooklyn Life.
A Setome That
Tapa—l did the count an
I thought he was a chuinp.
Mamma—And you have changed your
opinion ?
Papa—Yes, indeed! You should have
seen him kick when I tried to work off
somfe worthless railroad stocks as part
of the marriage settlement.—Puck.
One A<tv»iit««e.
"Is there any bicycling at Dawson
City?" asked Wheeler.
"You bet," satd the returned Klon
diker, "and it Is the finest In the world.
The air freezes so it can't escape when
the tires are punctured." Brooklyn
Life.
Where the F"liie*»e Corneal In.
Pruyn—lf a man is hard up, he sim
ply must spend money, but he's got to
use finesse.
Bond —You bet he has. Picking out
the man whose money he's going tio
spend is no fool's business. —N. Y.
World.
#lxlnn Htm Up,
Mrs. Grim—People know you a great
deal better than you think they do.
.Mr. Grim—lldw?
Mrs. Grim- They are getting up some
tableaux, and they asked me to take
the part of 'Patience on a Monument."
—llarlem I
jyoy > "»-X» r >>
? TRIAL BY FIRE, g
* v
6 9
8Y 6WENQOIEN OVERTON.
THEIJK are colonels and majors and
generalsand some old captains who
hold that Isabel Huu.jwien wm. the ui.^s
attraotlva woman who ever graced th-;
frontier; and in their time mofi women
seemed attractive because of their
scarcity. She wao handsome, and ac
complished, and cl#ver, anei something
more»thon all these which was inex
plicable but very potent, ijhe had been
brought up In garrisons und large Cities,
aud by the time she was two-end-twenty
she knew the world rather w ell. More
over, she knew men—not girls and wom
en, but rneu.
Because she had been allow eel to live
In post*, during most of what should
have been her bcurdiug-school days,
aud because she was pleasant to li*jk
upon and to converse w-jth at au age
when most girls are impossible, men
had fallen in love with her pretty much
ever since »he could remember. It was
said that she had refused all the bache
lors In all the frontier regiments. This
was not far from the truth. A woman
who had married one of the rejected
ones said that refusing was a habit
Miss Hampden had formed, and 'that
it began to look as if she might uever
break herself of It. Ir. the nature of
things, this was repeated to the girl.
Her good temper was one of her charms.
"It is so much better a habit thun ac
cepting them all." she argued, sweetly.
Nevertheless, she woudered if there was
not some truth mingleel with the malice.
Hut Lieut. Loring Was the last vie
tlm of her practice. He proposed to
her, unfortunately for himself, just
after she hud met young Ardsley.
"I thought this morning that maybe
I would marry you," said Miss Hamp
den. "Dut I've changed my mind, some
way."
Lorlug was accustomed to a great
deal of frankness from her, but It
clashed with his notions of femkone
modesty for a woman to have enter
tained thoughts of marriage before the
offer thereof.
"Weren't you just a trifle r-'Jinpt ii
determining my intentions'/' he asked
"Has the event proved me wrong?"
rhe returned.
ne lost Ms temper, "i'ou are spoiled,"
he said.
"If you knew how often heard
that! Yet Ido not think I am. lam
simply sincere, and you are a little too
vain, all of you, to grasp the differ
ence. I like you awfully well —no, now,
don't misunderstand me. I dpn't love
you. And you ore too nice a fellow
to be married to a girl who only likes
you. Xo," she repeated, "I do not think
I'm spoiled. I am not aglta*d and
tearful, as I ought to be, perhaps, un
der the circumstances. I used to be,
but I've passed that. I have been so
placed that men were makiug love y
me at an age when other girts were
playing dolls. It's partly because I'm
pretty, aud partly, largely, because
there are *o few women out here. When
I have been In the east, I haven't made
much of n sensation. I've grown a bit
hardeueo -rhaps. Custom }i" s dulled
the edge—whlcu was fearfully keen and
cutting, at first—of being told that I
am breaking a heurt. But, though lam
only 22, I've lived to see dozens of you
marry aud be haj.py. You'll do the
same."
Oh! no, I shall not," moaned Lor
ii.g
"Oh 1 yea, you will, Jae-k. And I
sha'n't mind. Now I've promised to
dance this with the new Mr. Ardsley,
and if we stay out here any longer
everyone will guess what has hap
pened."
"They'll know, when they see me."
"Don't be a goose. Jack. It's only the
heart that, is trying to take Itself seri
ously that exhibits the pain."
"Don't discuss a subject you know
nothing about. You have no heart."
He left her, with au exaggerated bow,
us young Ardsley came up.
As Miss Hampden waltzed off with
Ardsley, she knew that Loring was
wrong; that this tftll iwy, frenh from
West Point, as new in. experience of
the world as the brass buttons on his
blouse, was the man she was going to
love. He would love her, of course.
It is to be feared thut it did not enter
her head that he might not. She liked
his strong, rough-cut face, and his
jolly, stone-gray eyes, and his drawl
ing, heavy voice, nnd his waltzing, and
the way he held her. After the tlance
she determined that she liked his hands,
and when she looked at them, she saw
a ring.
"Is that your class ring?" she said.
"Yes," he told her.
"May I see it?"
He gave it to her, and while «he ex
amined it he sat and admired her. On
Ilia part, he liked the women
ried themselves haughtily, he liked tall
women, he. liked straight, black hail
and olive skin and dark eyes and large
features and a neck of statuesque pro
portions. In short, he liked exactly the
things he had never fancied up to then
Miss Hampden raised her eyes and me>(
his. She smiled, but it was like no smi'.«
she had ever bestowed on a man before.
He looked at her very gravely, and hei
hand closed tightly over the rinp. In v
m<«nent she was studying It agaiu.
"I like this. It's unusual," she said
"I am glud-you think so, as I con
ceived the design." He expected to bf
told that he .was clever.*"
"Indeed!" was all she said, and thai
indifferently.
"How cool! I rather thought you'd
«-xpress surprise and g-ive me some cred
it. You are not addictcdtoflattery.it
would seem."
"I am not. But I don't think it would
have been flattering to be surprised that
you have done it. It struck me as beini
quite the thing you would naturally
do."
"That is very pretty."
"It i« perfectly true."
It happened, oddly cuough that Ards
ley chanced not to have heard of Miss
Hampden's reputation by the next
night. Tie was rudely awakened to a
knowledge of it. There were private
theatricals in the hoproom, and Miss
Hampden was the leading lady. Now
the suitor was quite recovered, and be
meant to play a joke ou those iu the
audience who were not—and these were
come eight or ten, three of them mar
ried. He proposed to the heroine in
nicely read lines, and was rejected by
'her with a perfection that spoke her
'practice. So the audience thought; and
it laughed. When the laugh had sub
sided, the hero arose from his knees.
He walked to the footlights and sighed.
"Ah! well," he said," I have one crumb
of comfort. lam not the only man in
this plaee who is in the same fix."
The astounded Ardsley looked about
him, and he picked out the entire num
ber by their facet. Miss Hampden
dropped her head in her hands and
laughed with the rest.
Between the acts, Ardsley made in
quiries, and learned the truth. He was
bitteji with a desire to obtain the un
attainable, aud he was not one to dally,
lie went behind the scenes.
"I irar no one \. ,11 take :i,e f'«\r tliS
t light Mr. Graves l as put n.c
( "Mhj I d,> tor
She nodded, and Yrds?-\ w, i t back to
i his seat.
"So you have r, the i nure
j armylie asktv!, *i A t » home.
"Not c|taSte."
' The eiTste d' purtn:< n.
"Well, ii fair i-'E of .l."s,hfc ad
| mittcd.
"Are you going to refuse
"I <-an*t sav until > >u;:r< •.) "
' I ofTt ;■ iu\ -."-If now."
"And I accept you , •.. ."
"tiood enough. \»..i von annoui.e;
our engagement to-night at supper?"
"At the iifk of b' iiigudiudged ii.sane
"Put oa this ritiii* ur.i;. I vaa get yon
another. Your hai.ii.- are not li
will fit your miih finger. Now lam in
eaineet."
"So mn I." she tain.
They were very uiueh in earnt-i, the
event prove.l, nnd the j_.ii rl.-ou < r,\cd
unuiixtd pleasure froni the total, in
conditional, obw surrender of Mis«
Hampden. She was .:s n;:en lu r iu
fatuatioi as she h . i always been in ev
erj thing else. .\ id'Ardfley v.as equal
ly infatuated. He took baek the
ring and gave her a diau.i r.d which
cost him three m -ult:-' [uy, Thty we;
altogether happy. A., jtst a fortnight
before, the day arra: j. c,l fo: ir wtd
di;;g, the gods deni.'r,..:. d the first pay
ment on their loan.
Ardsley was ordered tif on a f« .t
Miss HnuijKleii was tie sort of a girl
who have been expected to ;ak,-
this reasonably. Hut -hi li.' n., - She
clung to Ardsley and cried like any
litilc girl, and did not lr.'huve ii; the
least like a woman uh > lu.d sue! toutit
letis scouts. And sh. let him go to t!
wars, rememb*ring her -tand : ' .? wit;,
her era against the wall ai d her In :.d
upon her arm. fobbir.g as if her h*art
were utterly II. hiiueelf was
moved una stern. Luring would Lave
liketf to remind Ler that he;.:4s which
were really wrung d. ! not si, 4 their
paiu. lie had not yet recovered.
Ardsley did not come back from the
scout. He was in a tiirh* on w hat should
have Ineu his wedding day. Otliei
were hilled und their bodies were re
covered and buried, but Ardsky's bo.h
was never fotind. There vac a.'.ai • that
a fir»' had been seen o:i th i s'tlefii '
the alter the cncou:..c J i;
th:- midst of the lire r. : it.- w\y ;'o. n
which might have'Vt .o. m.,; n> i
again, t i:. Therewei dia W>|
around It. Miss Ham. ; irif ' ,:rd
the story. She nt\o- evi :i gi. ■ at
what had h ippered n• 'iid y - aft
r rwnrd.
She was the superb «'id sj i :less wife
of a mighty general, ..mi . he wa- ac
companying her husbar <r . . . our of
In.- peetio:i in the west. Tbev vi i«t.- at ar
agency one day and were visitin™ the
tepees. It was the agency of the In
dians that young Ardsley had fought
two decades before, and t!. • general's
wife was nerving herself not to show
that she remembered 'hi-.
The general was examining the trin
kets that hung on a string around the
neck of a half-blind squaw.
"Here is a West Point ndass ring!" he
exclaimed.
His wife repeated her words of DO
years a-past.
"May 1 see it?" «rhe asked, coolly.
She took it in her bnnds and turned
it about. She could make out the de
tho.tp'h •* fectXK'd ".•» i»rt»e passed
through some heat that had melted it.
There was no doubt in her mind Nev
ertheless she looked inside. The heat
had not affected it there, and th» in
itials were tjuito plain even yet.
"D. A.," she said; "it was Davir \fds
ley's ring. The fire did not touch tho
letters. I understand now- why they
never could tell rue which was his
grave."
The general broke, the string and
picked up the class ring from among the
scattered baubles. The squaw was chat
tering and whining and claw ing around
on the eurth. The general held the
ring out to his wife. She raised the
dark eyes that had been so bright and
happy the last time it hud been held
out to her.
"Can X have it?" she asked.
The general put it in her hand, and
I he hand closed over it.
"Thank you," she said.—San Francis
co Argonaut.
Jnpcnen«> Coartmy.
Japanese courtesy stands the latest
test. An American riding a bicycle in
TVikio accidentally knocked down a
venerable man. The aged victim gath
ered himself together, deferentially ap
proached the rider, and humbly begged
pardon fof being in his "honorable
wav."
GETTING RID OF FLIES.
Loimloii \Voni'U Adopt an OrtcnfH!
Plan and Meet with
S access*.
Most people who have traveled in the
far east have seen • dentals burning
sandalwood In their houses for the pur
pose of driving Hies away. It is odd
that the plan is not more generally
known in this country, where it meets
with success wherever the experiment
is tried- A recent arrival from London
says that the women there ha» e discov
ered this agreeable method of ridding
their homes of the j>ci>t. In London it
is possible to get the wood prepared for
this purpose, but- here it is not so easy,
as American women have not yet taken
to tli«* practice. Now that the festive
fly and the merry mosquito ore about
to make their appearance, housewives
mlghtdoas well togive the sandalwood a
trial. Sandalwood can oc bought at. al
most any Turkish or Japanese import
ing house. It is prepared for burning
by first being out Into small pieces half
an inch thick and three inches long.
Then it Is baked or dried out in a slow
oven for 24 hours. A piece of the wood
is put Into a metal urn, lighted and al
lowed to burn until well aflame, when
the fliiine is extinguished and the red
hot ember left to smolder until the
wood is consumed and nothing is left
but a heap of fine gray ashes. During
the smoldering process the wood s-end3
out a sweet und aromutic smoke.
llonnil to Plra«. iiiui.
Grandpa is visiting them, and the gov
erness, while riding on the cross line the ;
other day, had this to say to an old
school friend: "He is worth nearly a
million und his word is law without a
question. The other day he gather J
the war situation from tlie Free Pre.-s
and then asked for a ni'ip. There was '
not one in the house and he „rumhVt.
He fore night HTCJi delivery w ■■■ - '
stopped at the house. AH of tl
brought a map and one bruuj-lit tbig
atlas in addition. F.vther, m '.her and
the chixiren had given an order to j
plea.-* grandpa."
Orivln of Hurrah.
Mr. W. J. Spratley thinks there can '
be no doubt that the Egyptian soldiers
in ancient times went into the b tile to
the inspiring cheer of ti.. "11 illallloc
I'.al Hor. 1 {a! ** And if the . .go
questioning man r.sks wl;\. he i pics '
with this: "Uncauae Hco K i (in the
tongue of the Thotnn and the
Rameses) means 'the King! the King:
the King!'"
SHOOIING AT SEA.
It l)tfli«*ntt to Shoot I*ff«»«*tl* el j
(run a Deck—Rule I'ollow**!
}* y American
the u\x:c of a vesfo! ii?
, sea * iters a much less ouiihincu»rv piat
! form from whic:. to rhsjot tUuii tlit*
• nee even whin the «H. an calmest j
th<? v. Ast la must cv>: >:antly roll from 5
* -de to sidt . Theoretically i-he best jS
nn to fire > on' I\• at the moment be
• •••.tvr. the roll.-, when the deck of tin
! hip 1- perfectly level, uud in a general j
■ 1 "A..V it ii ly i.e aid that an attempt i?
' | made to do the shooting at that in
• ' stunt. It is practically impossible,
iI. wifer, to fir ■ invariably when the
i | decks use horizontal. No —Hit h«. w
. i ireful the ."..ui.er, th< pi«.ce Is aliß«-«t .
. ii'.vi'vs exploded just before or just j
I after the proper in. tant, fays the New !
j ?< rk Pre
. ! * The American practice, ho'li in th«
rr v and . hay always to
>iinot lov ar.d always save ammunition
M til it was !'<> -ible to use it efFeotive-
In the navy the trn' ! tior. to shoot
! low 1 ••« crystnlized into" standing rule,
. ' unwritten, indeed, but i.oi.<• the less re- i
. ; oliscrved, a its wisdom has
beer proved on more than one occasion
of vrcat inii>ortnr.ec.
The precise f<rm of this unwritten
i: 'i\ 1 rule is to "wait for the downward,
roll." This is »he converse of the maxim '
obtnin; gln th British navy that It is
!>• * to tak? advantage of the "upwarr
, Toll." which has bee a observed almost
j ' m the be;;inritifr of r.avnl lighting by
; the [runners on English ships,
j The- « i.; vndered the more crrtair
j f ■ Hi the 'act that the spherical projee
i tiles then iji use would ricochet r.lonj:
| " surface of the waves if they strueV
• :!i<- water exactly as a stone will skip
| aloni* the top of a pond when properly
| thr i-rn from the hand of a srnaFi boy.
COMPLEXITY OP BATTLESHIPS.
Aliuost Every 3love Mcilr b> the Mod
cm F!trbt»*r Is Control W»«l
t»y Mncbinery,
In the lowa !t may almost Ik said
that n< thlrg.is done by hand except tht
cpentr.g ar.d closing of throttles and
treeing of electric buttons. Her guns
ore loaded, trained and flrtd. her am
munition hoL-ted, her turrets turned —
her torpedoes— mechanisms of them
selves -ere tubed and ejected, the ship
si ered. her hois'ed out aa'l in
the Interior lighted and ventilated, the
rr-;: t searchlight operated /Ojd even or
dei's transmitted from bridge or con
i ing tower to all par', bj- mechanical
appliances. Surely rv more striking
view,than this of the development of
35 years could be afforded, says Cns
sler's Mr-razine.
T1 :is growth of complexity ar,d e!ab- I
oration and this almost infinite multl
plieaticn of parts nrd devices have en
tailed upon the naval architect ur.d
constructor d< mand* and difficulties
never rireamed of in the. earlier days.
The staff required to design uiid con
s'r'.iet i lowa is multiplied in number
and the complexity cf its organization
b ; ugirrnted as compared with thatre
quir -d for the design and construction
ot the New Ironsides almost Indefinitely.
Similar conditions apply to command
i.:.d (^pianageirf nt. so that while the
building of a modern battleship entails
enormous work and responsibility on
22-.T.1 v.r--Vite. • . -and
-••iff tfce ' iTective i:.- of her as- a foci
in th« trade of war presents an equal
variety r.rd !n.trleney of problems to
students of the art, of navel warfare.
MARRIAGE CUSTOMS.
The Throwing of tlloe nud Old Nl: ot-f
In a tlelio ot I'rtxol
ttvf! Tlmia.
C'ctll the middle of the sixteenth
century Christian marriage consisted
of two distinct ceremonies—the be
trothal or espousals, which were fol
lowed at a considerable interval, son:e
tim. extending to two years, by tht
benedietion or complete marriage.
JLii) modern marriage customs arc
rf iii's of primitive times. For instance,
the throwing of old shoes after the
newly mtyried pair is u remnant of
marriage by capture, when the brtde's
relations threw stones and other mis
siles after the bridegroom as he rode
off w Ith his captured bride. The honey
moon is a relic of the enforced seclusion
in which a captured bride und her cap
tures lived after the bridegroom had
f.'cured his wife; and the traditional
hatred of mothers-in-law Is merely a
survival cf the old feud between the
' i ii'jroeui and the bride's family.
are another remnant of
nun i iuge by capture. They were origi
: ally the bride's bodyguard when
she was pursued by her bridegroom
ami his friends. Then later they used
to b'- attached to the bride's procession,
and had nothing t-o do with the bride
groom. Because their olHce was re
duced to a sinecure, they were armed
with lances, und carried lighted torches
for these captures were generally at
te nip ted at eight.
• lie \Va»te of Wat.
A shell thrown from a £4-ton (jui<:k
tirliig guu ruuhes through the air at the
velocity of 4,000 feet per second, strik
ing il« object with, a iol\:u eijUfti to thai
of 11,3.';"! tons falling one foot. And
yet, comparatively speaking, they are
very Thus during the one
day bombardment of Viexandria by the
iiiitish fleet of 12 ships, lasting from
7 . m. to 4;30 p. in., no lest t.han 34«
sh-.lls were thrown inU> the town, "J;et
not tno -e than 600 Egyptians were
! .led—that is, it took, roughly speak
:i■;?, :-ix shells to hiil one man.
-Wain, during the Fianeo-Oermnn
war, the Germans threw SOO.'XK) shells
ii.t • Belfort, only killing CO French
men, or ufiC shells to kill one
rr.au. At Hiratburg, In the same war,it>
took ! ■ shells to kill every man. And
at the siege of Paris 110,000 shells only
kill r d !07 ar.d wounded 200.
A Green ((tin.
ilrs. Mcßride— My new cook is a
genuine jewel.
Mrs. Darley—l can guess the sort of
jewel.
Mrs. Mcllride—Guess!
Mrs. Darley—An emerald. Up-t
o! Date.
lie Proinlied.
"Oh, George," she cried, after he had
l.'r-sed her, "you'll never tell anyone,
will you?"
, "Never have the slightestfear on that
scire," he replied, and it must have been '
1 th way he said it that made her aaigry.
' —Chicago Daily News.
Out of Danger.
"lias he ghen up smoking since he .
t became engaged?"
"No; but he has taken to carrying his
cigars in the side pocket of his coat In- j
stead of the upper vest pocket next to
his heart,"—Chicago Post.
Old Ocean's Swell.
"1 am accounted quite a high roller,"
said the wave, boastfully.
"That may be," replied the beach,
"but 1 notice you always have to fall
• be k on mc when you go broke, just the i
same."—-V. V, AVorljl.
No. '27
ICE CRFAM CENTURIES AGO. j
Ibe Orllrinuii Humnifr CoafMtliMl
I'lnt >l* nii fa<-«n red la Italy—
lion It OrlHlaate*.
Ilarly Jure days gerernlly see the le*
H.ani ;.r.d tenia parlors doing a stead
ily increasin » business. lee creaui i»
j i much older sweetmeat than many
i ■ rsoris supp se. In the beginning ob\
1 the -event« enth century goblets mad«
1 if ice and ah o iced fruit —that is, fruit .
fr«>7er. over were first brought to
table. The limoradiers, or lemonade
sellers, of Paris, endeavored to increase
the popularity of their wares by lciny'
•."•em. a;:d ore, mere enterprising than
the rest, an Itaiian named Procope
: Couteaux. in the year 1(360, conceived
he idea of converting such beverages
utirely into ice, and about 20 yearn
j later iced liquors—that is, liquors
, changed into ice—were the principirl
' things sold by the limonadiers. By the
ei.d of ti...l cei.t'.ry iced liquors were
quite common in Paris.
Ice cream, • r iced "butter," 6« itwa*
lirst callc.. 1 , from supposed resem
hl.u.ce to that substance.soon followed.
It wiis tirst knov.i. in Paris in 1774.
Due ue Chartres often went at that time
to the Taris e»tTcc-houscs to drink a.
glass of iced liquor, and the landlord
htfting one day presented him with hi#
••arms" formed In edible ice, this kind
o.' sweetmeat became the fashion. Ger-
I man cooks at oi*ce took up the new art.
It w as not-long in reaching England, for
in IT7O a French cook resident in Lon
doi., named Clermont, wrote "The
Moderr Cook." in which sweetices were
lirst described for the instruction of
Ki'f;iish cooks. The Ice cream of
these days is an enormously elaborated
sw.eimeat compared with that of the
olden time.
MAKING MONEY.
I annual Chaurei In War Time, Bat
Plenty of Opportaaltlea All
the lim«.
"In war time," said a man of mature
years, "there are alwaya unusual
chances that are taken a<lvantageof by
men of foresight to make money. Thiß
reminds me of what Josh Billings said,,
that 'if our foresight wasae good as our
hindsight we'd all be rich,' or words to
that effect.
"At the outbreak of the civil war In
this country .there were long-headed
men who stored away manufactured
cotton goods, bleached and unbleached
cottons, sheetings, and so on. Aa the
war went on, what with the curtailment
of production and the blockade of
southern ports, the price of cotto'o
poared skywefrd nnM manufactured oot
ton goods increased In value corre
spondingly. Most men peddled out
their holdings as the price rose, but
some held on and got for their good»
six or eight times what they paid for
them.
"There has been no such moner
that made in this war yet, and I don't
suppose there's likely to be, butit would
be easy tft pick out things that havo
risen greatly in value and that a man
might easily have made a fortune on it
he'd known w hat was going to happen.
Suppose he'd have brought
ing there was, for instance, or taken a
fall out of sulphur, or put away a few
hundred cases of Spanish olive*. He'd
have found money in ail these things
atlin various ''umi T '"' then .a man
can find money in time of peaca, too, if
he knows how to look."
AMERICANS IN PARIS.
The Men Have Neither the Inclfaatlo*
Nor Opportunity tor Long.
Visits. ;<
'** Hi'
A recent article in Le Figaro, of Parte)
is devoted to the American colony la
that city. It says that the colony haa
always played the important and bril
liant role in society chiefly because
most of the Americans were "Amnri
eaines." "It is certain," continue® L©
Figaro, "that out of ten 'Amerioainee'
residing in Paris there butoiit
ican. Affairs —'business,' as they say,
over there—absorbs the sterner sex in
the United States. In that country the
men have neither the inclination nor
the opportunity for much leisure, and
only pay us very short visits.
"While their wives Install themselves
here the 'good' husband only makeefly-.
ing visits, ar.d is very seldom referred
to in the elegant salons of the
The wriier continues: "I was atnu oflV
clal ball not long ago, where one of
them was the hero of a curious "*hia- >
toire. He wrote on the lapel of hlsooot
a brilliant star, which struck me aa
original and somewhat curious inform.
Although very artistic, the order t»M
unknown to me. Some Indiscreet per
son interrogated the Yankee as to what
order It was. The Yankee replied, in a
phlegmatic tone: 'lt is my own compo
sition.' "
Trouble* front u Look)' Grave ItW*
When the former nilr.i*ter of law, Cbo
Pyeng-sfk, was governor of
province he was told by a £eomanoalj
that the site of one O Hen-keun'a honaa
was the luckiest spot for a grove. Gov.
Cho aiked O to give him that site, bi|t
the latter refused. Then the gov*rnor
ch-intred his itactics from diplomacy 1V
force, lie issuedn proclamation cbarg
lug 0 with most undutifulson
in the province, and his whole family
•as immoral. The law requires the g*>r
err.or to exterminate such criminals
from the face of the earth, and he (Chxj
Pyeng-sik) dispatched a company of
the governor's bodyguard to the (own
where the 0 family lived, deatroying
every hovse Id thn village, and killing
eigh - ivr?flE3 and Injuring six. After
thti« exterminating the O's the governor
appropriated the site of their house and
bull: a vault on It fjr his future grave..
The court has now restored the proper
ty to the lawful heirs and made Mr.
Cho pay an indemnity of SIO,OOO for the
murder of the tight persons.-
A Deflnltion.
A pessimist Is or,o who views
Tho world through glasses that are biue<
Who, If ho finds u. dellur, stews
And kicks because It wasn't two.
—Chicago Dolly News.
Worth of GoM.
"Papa," said Sjunmy Snaggs, who was
seeking for information, "how much is
gold worth an ounce?"
"I can't tell you what gold is worth
here, but in the Klondike I understand
that gold is worth its weight In dough
nuts." Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele
graph.
Contrary to I'reeedeat.
Jones —Smith suffers greatly from in
digestion.
ilones—AL J That young wife of his
is to blumo, I suppose?
Jones—Yes. She cooks so well that
he overfeeds himself at almost every
meal. —U p-to-Date.
A Truthful .Native.
"Why are you leaving here," asked
the prospective settler, "if the land is
so productive?"
"I'll be hones' with you, stranger;
I'm gittin' 'Jong in years an' the plain
truth is that the crops here is so dog
fc-one big that I can't han'le 'em any
more." —Detroit Free Tress, ,
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