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'TIS LABOR SAVED
TO WEAR TAN SHOES.
''fc The blacker your shoes the i
2&V \a\ more dust they will show ;
/id }~v\ \ ')?• mone still look;
W e^er - stock cannot be
I i CX€e^ 6^lCr * D P 1 l ua^~
.I t/ m j£ ee the handsome styAes ic
3v^—i'. Refine vesting tops.
: B*— |/i We are offering some great!
j~T? l bargains in tan and black i
A FEW OF OUR BARGAINS.
Men's line hl.xk v.ici Kid shoes.;....sr.o{ Ladies' fine patent leather samvdfc..i..soe
Men's fine russett vici Kid shoes I 05 , Ladies'. fi.ue, serge tUppers...... 25c
Ladies' fine russett shoes 1.00 Children's fine slippers... ?5r j
Ladies' fine Dongola shoes : 00 Boys' fine dre»<s shots 75c :
and man}- other bargains. Full stock of sole leather and sboeinak'.-rs supplies of all
kinds. High iron stands with four lasts each 0} 45c. Repairing promptly done.
Mail ordets receive prompt attention.
JOHN BICKEL.
BUTLER. PA.
j HE IS A WISE HAN j
f « —WHO SHCUKKS HIS CLOTHING FJCOM— #
t J. 5. YOUNG, {
| THE MERCHANT TAIJX>K, £
d The goods sl\!<•, 'it and gnenri inak«* p
U]> of his .suits J
5 TELL their own STOF^Y.
|r= rr =||g. STRIVING -OR EFFECT.
I (\fH ' iU \ &/ Men won't buy clothing for tbe purpose
. I \ Vvfl V L-* Aof spending money. fh. ; y desire to get the
1 M *V sft J \ mmm ■ y hest t>ossiwe results for the money expend-
V V, /' | n-j]-****. Not cheap goods hut goods as cheap as
' 4 -mi*-' 1 ;- —ll A they call he oM nn] made up r>ropei!y. If
.U LM §;*•, wa . t< „. ~o r . , hit ... al * thi correct
i! r j Jj\ . ( ~?j. zi <9pri-.t ca:i m us, v ,e rmvt-ic.W'i our spring
\ I , v •■■•"' ~ ft.and sunme. K-,ods down to make room for
1 . •/ iV /onr lieaey weight goeds,
> ",! \ V— l "7 $
! ii ! ;khl'\ fen!
j - ; j i [■/ I p / 7
- • i ']\ I; I i ' | Fits Guaranteed.
- Merchant Tailor,
• * •
The New (Jtiml>ridoe,
» > .~y
(Formerly New Cambridge House.;
CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS, PA.,
Which, after the disastrous fire of a year a#o, is now opened in
1 # r !s er t*? j te , r slia P<? 'or the accommodation of guest*) in search
of hcaith and pleasure, presents itself to its former Butler patrons
as the most desirable hotel in winch to locate when at Cambridge
hpringft. mw to and from ail trains and sprint's Public
room* are of large size and well lighted, including oflkc, dining
room, bath rooms, billiaid room aad bowling alley. ChamberH
.vith private baths and toilets and everything that tends to make a
nome like an<* comfortable resort, **\>r rate* apply to
HAGGERTY & WHITE, Proprietors, ** Cambridge Springs, Pa.
n=~=
Pape IJros,
JEWEbGRS.
We Will Save You Money On
(Diamonds,
> Silverware, 1847 Rodger Bros. <
j Plateware and Sterliny Silver^
Our Repair Department takes it. all Clocks
and Jewelry, etc
122 S. Main St.
Old gold atid silver taken the same as cash
House C!o€isisnnr
fc:»
Time is here »nd the War against Bugs, Moths ett- ,is on We 1. v.- or
n Ru; Killer'"r'he oterniinaflon of th.-r« |>e«u, let us that if' tI.V -
tn»xH wit" the U-fore ri„ K the result w.li .«■ yerv .ffacto v We are
also headquarters for Moth Dallst, Insect powder, Hellibore etc.
REDICK & GKGMM AN
109 NORTH MAIN ST. BUTLER.
Subscribe for the CITIZEN.
0*
\ Ills
' Uke biliousness, dj wsi headache, eourtl
i fation, sour stoma'-h, iodigeatlou are promptlj
• etire<9 by .Hoci's I*ill3. Tliey do cheli **orlc
Hood s
tdVAv ar.ci thoroughly. - «S f
• Best aft< r <iinue; pilis. jj r
cents. All diugK'»ts ™ " ***
• Frfparfil O. I. n.vCKI & Co.. 1.0t.013. Ma'i,
• ti- o li i".Il to tac'j with H.000'6 Jja'ta. i-«r:!ia.
This I» Your Opportunity.
On receipt of ten ren ". c:ith or stomps,
3 gencroti" sample « uiaiicd of the
n ■t popuj'.." OataTh and Hay Fever curr
(£.!»'» Crear:: s.a!:i. < snlficisat to di:U"a
sirato the pre "i ruerifs« the remedy.
71,\ rBOTIFEES,
56 Warre". St , Kevr York City.
! Itev. John Keid, Jr.. of Great!sli»,Mont.,
[ recommended T3y*s Cresm Baha T
enn era}.hasizo his statement, "It i«<*
tive cure for cati-r -*h if us®<l ar. d;rocte j."
Rev. Frar.eis W. Pook. Tastor Central Pres.
Church, riehna. Mont-
Ely's Cream Balm is tV acknowledged
CTirfe for catarrh nnd cootaias no rotrcury
aor any injurious dr j. Fricc, 50 ttuU.
VICTORV
Aht ays crowns our efforts to
secure the handsomest and
most correct thing i:i 'Men's
Dress at all •■.easr.n's of the
year.
There's a fresh, bsijji.t
sparkle <if style about our
spring patterns, the ki'id
that has saap and art in it.
We cater to [the economical
man because our clothes
give a dollar of service for
every dollar pa: !.
Ja-1 US sh-j'v you the kind of
a suit we make for
$25.
ALAND,
MAKER OF
MEN'S LOTHES
Pearson B. Nace's
L : ¥e-ry Feed and Gale Stab<e
Rear of
' House, Butler, Penn'a.
| ,'':r I*-, t ftf I , f ..I ' f r**.
v;aj on t>ii:i f'i . r- .
fje*t iv i-Ajr ..." 'i"i ;1: 11 v/-i t;r ;■ ! . -
Boil Iwwdttiif and trsnsheit , ,•
-«,!' tar?
Stable Rconr. ?'o-. 35 Horses.
* IO<»r! fr;,« if lu.i.i, 'fi i * •' I
r ir»trj h*t 1 -»l wsiys on band :«nU r<ir j
under Ji full :i" ! \ > boii.lif
ui> a propiT c.» r i>y
PcAHSON b'. N/CE
Tc iupbottc. No. 119.
>
\ Jeweler and Optician,
< Butler, Pa.
C. SELIGMAN & SON.
No. 416 W. Jefferson St.,
Butler, Pa.
A lftie of latemt l ori-lj, 1
ami t>om»?.sU«' HultlnK»
always^n:k.
I-it, Htyle an«l Work
in;*. rinhip «•'!
to ss»,Usfsw:tlun.
PRICES REASONABLE.
Wftjy !S THE TIME TO HAVE
HUf! Your Clothing
CLEANED or DYED
If you want jjoou and reliable
cleanit por dyeing done, there is
just one place In town where you
can {jet it, and that is at
;»illliU DK Pel!
1 tilti (Jentor avenue,
)SP>j.„ We do fine work in out
door Photographs. This is the
time of year to have a picture 01
your house. Give us a trial.
Agent for the Jamestown Sliding
Blind Co—New York.
E. FISHER & SON.
GOOD FARM FOlt SALS.
The Ford farm in Donegal twp., near
Millersto'.vu is for :»de. It contains
alxmt 150 acres, is well watered and i*;
j,-Hid condition For terow inquire at
h'ia oKcr
"TTCTwickT
J .'KAI.J'.H IN
Rough ? Worked Lumber
ok \u; kxni ' s -
D.»ors, Sn:-!i, Moulding",
Shingler ana* Lath
Always in St< ic k.
LIME. M\IR A.N!) RASTER
Oftice opjioalte F. & W. D *pft-
BUJLEE, PA,
oiUIviEAL ""
Koi cl fir Cows. Hln oj), 110/s, Kow/# I
etc. lYenlth, Mtrength mid procli tnr« iidwci J
to animals. Arc you faedttiff it? Uhcapest
fiMMI In tin »n:trK» I
LINSEED OIL {;^; xl V,. r
years on honae, li.trti ,jr fenei- '!x u |ia<nts
11 >»>tri I y . .will v»„.-
vev tiafl. Wll to for I,or r<'u!ir
l'..i ;>u: • Liuv cd oil ..1 rr, ••al. and wl.lt.i
load, asU for "1 1,., , . ~r ad.lr.-.s
iiiai ufii' t i»r. 1 'l'll. iM'.-oN ,VO., 15 W
niiiiiiiiml AllciclM.-tiy. Pu
WAR SCARS ARE HEALED.
Aero J the battlefield tc-dny I weik
T, -'h< r: F. •rj ns>d ft:.* h;rd» h.Trrarc! us
I slr.gr,
, Wfceie i>eu;t-ful k'tvfa» In i jvir.jt wk.sscn
talk. ' '"" " -■ ' '
And buUerfiltf disport on brtlljfcitt wing:
I The f- tr.tcd br*--i' is iaden deep with
bdlm,
I And e..1!f13-: .)<wd s'er me s'UI a-d
J eaJm.
j WTikt s:ra"nf??r. of warring'
, » lifiy,
Would ihir k thi« vale v a»or. :wtfhcan
j r.on ro-.t.
• ar .iv d sen fiercely tro J tbseejjrassqr
I ways
i And trtfcF beneath iho Iron tempests bent;
i That Uiunue: born of bate her& aVidOlJ.
| crashed,
I Arvd *sr> re-? ltshtr.lef;s here In fury;
fl.ishrd?
The p' y "•« « . .nled ••» fce 'orh'a^.
! T;.,- I 1 - v.-tih re«<se* » "V-r new
were wet.
| Brave ir«r. fell T»-«*h the hall oi krcrt'ing.
It ad ;!
( A 1 »rr; -s ■at't stcO In tr arts of brt'.ltrcn
met; ; „ * - ; i
J While inPii tvr fuu»nt
j ar.d i>dl - ,
« Amid thi horrora-of a cr.an-o.aJ-j hi it.
| Thank Ood that all thoss blo.aly settle®
• are o'er,
That U«» at.J cow bora u,gethar
play.
That brothers "hall slay brothers thus no
more,
Nor h-it'j reaj. harvurta h-rs of Mo% and
Kray; "
iilcod-'>rul>.frliot.d tl>ej eirlf«a..all
feato," ' ' * - * -
And lov - enthroned procialnu the rel&n of
peace.
Bloom, flowers, and off or !acc-n.% o'er these
gravcj •
Wave, %'p.zry flap, no more o'er «hon
«!avi.«;
Nor on red fields o'ur which war's tensest
ravw
Her - »-f »rth when foreign foe® appear Ui
vie#.
Our flair tlnds torth and south defewwri 1
true,
TLs men in gray Joined with the nun in I
blU *' I. EDGAR JONES.
| Alice Clay's Love Affairs!
°
rpnia is til* story of bow ar, attempt
f to rob n tiair- settled a question of
love. For a few moment it looked as if
there wouki be no room left in life for
love affair* or anything else; but the
end v.as better than the lK.gilining.
Were you ever ilred upon by outlaws?
I hrul such an experience iu the full
of IMi.'l. 1 was on u trai-c bouud for the
territory. We were in southwestern
Missouri in a comparatively well-set
tled region waen our car windows were
shattered by bullets.
The most intense moments of liieare
of short duration. 1 think it oou-id no',
have been mora than 40 secouda from
t v ;e time thr firing i*>g*n until we had
pulled out ahead and left the bandits
in the ru-«r.
When the first bullet struck tbe vi-in
dow in j'rof t of the car there wu- ajive
]y rush for the protection of f he car
scois. '! iien otn-v bullet:- r«itiied .into
the ear. which would h .ve looked de
i if there >.<xs viiunoml to |
g.-rver, bu. there watn't. Fv*.ry
xnotihe'-'s s .r> of us wnt hiding bet " - .
the r~»'s~
rherc w ..«» a at the forwurd
do >r, th.o conductor and braie?r.an
cttn* in. two "•••n af . r them. I
The-" pri*or.<-r» wro tightly botir.d ,t <1
Tr.' y l.aii eeideDtlv been
ir.a»ked. but their disgni-cs bail Ifrc
ptLsb l aw<iY f.-"m their fac«*c. Tfiey
j v.-o: I. r y !> ,• :vi belts fror.i whi'-Ii
I weapons had lxur. extracted. Ikith the
C&iiduclor and ;ho l>nike;7iian carried
I piston*, which we afterward learnc<L
! hr.ii i>ci-t) captured froaa tiio tnain rob
j lwr". Tli-'ir own wenpofis they ha«i
paused ir.-T to tihe engineer and lire
man.
Almost or fore the door ootild be
closed upon the new-coiners we had
passed bejond the range of the bullets
I from tho men outside,and our engineer
was running at 60 miles an hour.
"Dangvr'A over!" announced the con
ductor, shortly, "(,'oine and 1 f>!p fes
ten the>e men to the n»-tils."
There w'us a sin-amble aud several
hesuls peeped over the back* of tho
be.ite. Three or four of tho men sprang
into '.lie ni*> and hurried towaind the
prisot:er£. After they were securely tioi.
tho conductor explained how the ut
tempt to rob the train had failed.
Because of the vigilance of the train
crew the tobbeis, who had secreted
themtelvt s on the train, were captured
When Ihe engineer had arrived at the
place where the train was to be stopped
In order that the gang might l»onrd t>w
train and «ww-i.--t in the robbery, the en
gineer had Htenuie-'lahead. The bailled
men on the ground had fired their gun*
into the train for very recklessness
and spite.
When we arrived at the next station
we reckoued up the casualties. Tho
fireman liad been slightly wounded, the
door of the express car was full of bul-.
lets, and three wiodcrws in our car were,
broken.
Besides the supply of bullets and
broken glas."-, wo bad two of the high
waymen. They wi-re turned over to the
authorities, and the pas*engers re
turned to thv contemplation of a pretty
little romani >■ which was dot-eloping uu
der their eyes.
A fresh-faced mat In one of the
rear seats of Uie car. She was about 22,
I Imagined Ifer manner was dignlflad
nud t'vTvfd, and she seemed to know
quite well what was going oii. When
we left kiedulla those of us who had
like 1 to steul ari occasional glance at,
this pretty girl noticed that she seemed
euibarratmed and confused.
As I turned in my seat, after looking
back toward her, I noticed a squarely
built young man stand' g in tl.e .iisi-?.
He seemed oblivious to everything and
everyone but her. L. a fow moment! lie
seemed to have come to a decision, for
he walked straight toward her, and
shook hoinls with her.
I !:new Robert Barclay's father, and
the young man had often visited at my
honi'e, lif was uliout 30, ft good buslnous
iiinn ami a deterndned one. The girl
had lc<j'.;red all his attention.
I settled myseil In my seat after he
i had sat down beside the girL As I di«?•
I so, I recalled what I bad heard my
(iuughtcrs Knying about young Barclay'
u few weeks before. I' seemed that he
find ha i b. inr-:« to transact in one of
Ihe larger (owns in i,;iuthwest .Missouri'
k few months before this, and whilo
tt- r-- he had fallen in love with pretty
1 All"- 'lay. Hhe hail not been indifferent
to l.iin, but when he had asked her t'
marry hltn, told him that she was en
gaged lo Mark Conway, one of the
voting int; who lived near her home.
UoUert had accepted her dr-clsion
without comment, bu' at. the same tiim ,
he i evolved r. .i to give her up. lie knew
young Conway, and di<! not like hltn.
t i sure was he '.bat Conway wan not to
|ie trusted t ..at be hud exacted a promise
of Alice that she wouid i.ot marry with
in year. Inclined to look with favor
upon Uobert's suit, and yet bound to
(Ton v.-ay t>;. t ; -s of old family friendship,
und a chil Ihood engagement, Alice had
consented without humpies. Sin- luul
,Wpeeted f<-r yar* to marry Mark Con
v.v.v. slid piriiips if imperious
voiVig stranger had not interfered, r
wou.Vl not hir oubted that she loved
o. fcW c* 1 h'-art.
iiare Vy had confided his love affair
to raiv h\^npathetie daughters, and 1 had
BUTLER, IJA.,1 J A., THURSDAY, JULY 28, 180S
i jiearfl s:,me'hlng ahca* It.
| ly. It nil .an&ont ajfterwrirc".
1 ' T]ie year of -xahtßfr i\ cs ..Ira<x«t over
ivhen ire were fu jdJi,!n the early
twl.ight cf uiy'ut. The
i »ouad r ; of tHe shoo [if v. so str:t'. g,
! nr.u the crush > v.- itr.d oh ut
ters so terrifying *t-h«t I ducked my
head beair..l 'l'he>Po«k of th-» seut In
' front of <f!! cJi th- ith« rs. I did
f not have tjßie to observe the behavior
of I!tU"clcy* ni.d AL*ee ( ay. bu: *he told
• ' nie afterward to< k care of her
! beautifully. She thought so b<*-a'U4e
i ahe was in love, y-'
It V.ai In tha r i߻i!;.int of frig-ht,
when the
r fce'.rajed her love.
i When the Rlas* in the window attha
further er.d of :h£ oar was shivered,
•'! Alice cried out Jn niarm. In u flash
'"'llobcrt put l.is arm around the s*
; ,at.d .\-J;.^per<;d:
* r "It's nothing. I wlli not let anyone
• hurt you!"
Tliea ha fttm'Med at his hip pochet
*taud drew out his re«t>bvr. At the sipht
• of It Alice eXelaimvd in fright, threw
hurarujs around iii* ne« k and cried:
"You wilt be kiiled' You will be
killed!"
Ey this time the conductor uud brake
ciaii had entered »e car with the pris
oners. At tbe eeU -> r '• r -P from the
p-wengw, BarclnJ' 'pr.mp to his feet,
Jifte£ Alice irom t th»' '''> or to the sfit,
fiTufistarted do'wr. the n.ale toward the
masked robber*. 4
I no Hoed tr«a.t hf - e tried pale when
die left the would-ft tre.ir. robbers. lie
w-. Nt b»ck to how, ver, and told
■Jier lihat sh» aeerf x*l ye herself r.o ur.-
eusincss. that thet« .vas nothing more
to fear.
The tuaaks were i»lten from the pris
oners' fao««. One of them held his head
▼ery low,* and seemed to fc«.r that
iome one rtcognize him. When
we arrived, at the «ur ion v.. ere we left
.liifc pris-.n«xs. the passengers left
the train and
room, while ihe act horitita were betcg
sent for. AUoe -wanted to come with
111 P Fl
IT V."AS MARK CONWAY.
1h • rest of us, but ifctr'- 8y trie.i to dls
*tiacs hr, ; oh" insisted, and
they ; ime In jt.m as the sheriff arrived.
As i. : ir-eji .>"re t..ken to the door,
f >i.i Aiice turp ;>r.ie. Shegr:isped Bar
c'uy".- arm suddenly, and L hoard her
groant
"It's Mark!"
Yes, it wo* Mark Conway, the iu«u
| to whom A.a tt.^age
A na ff* tii. to b., Louio for a few
tvetks' visit and returned upon the
vary train w !i ' h aor old lover and lii<
cotifederatea had planned to rob.
(tinv.tiy had boarded the train at
Sedalia nv, a r«-jf'lliir |iass« nger, but It
waa not until he was nearly ready to
put on hi* mask and ;i#.siit his fellow
robber to sto|i the train that he found
Aii< e v%.'is on Imard. 'J in thoughL of
the rough outlaws entering the car
where she sat, the j«swirigers
and terrorizing her, unnerved h:ri. He
was caslh captured. Hence the failure
of the plot.
Jiaro;uy ied tiwi half-fainting girl
bock to her seat In the car and endeav
ored to hile the faet that khc had rec
ognised one of the robbers. I assisted
hli.-i as well as I could by remarking
to tho i- uround me that tbe pretty jfirl
had beuii » frightened that shi- near
ly fainted.
Three months afior that ride with
the robbers Robert and Alice were
married. They came to my house for
a visit shortly after the wedding, and
luy wife told me the whole fctory. —flt.
Louis Rt-publlo.
ISlu Mb!|»loa%l of V.'hckt.
The steamer Algoa, on Its last trip
from San Francisco to .Marseilles, car
ried wheat that would have filled 30
freight trains with 1,2f0 cars. Tho im
port duty was 700,000 franca.
C"«irrlnar«» for F.nrb Pity.
The German emperor owns 3<*>s ear
rlag-es for the uae f himself and court.
DIPLOMATIC AIIUASGFiWUNT.
/JTa
4
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yH ' IP'
Johnny- If that citj- cousin o'yourn
come# down to visit yer this sum
mer, I s'pose ycr'll shake me jea" the
same ez j'er did lus' summer when he
cum?
"Not If he don't coine, I won'tl"—
X. Y. Kveniii(f Journal.
Aginii <>t War,
He w«nt to tho fr.jnt with coal Muck hair.
TiiO cflptatn nf c<mip«.nj - I.
Atirl It turned to white In two nhort wiek»—
He'd f'/iKotten to brinu I.lh dye.
—Chlcsffo 'frfliUTio.
H. HntJ Not I'limxrii.
"You're no longer >i spring chicken,"
said thcnug'rj' hur.bund.
"Hut j >u're the tame old goo«e," i
came the answer, with a snap.—Tit
i lit M.
AnniTfr i «»
Mian Homely What mean* can a '
plain woman use to become hand
some ?
Kditor—(jet sotno one to leave you a
fortune.- X. Y. World.
iViiinl Slrnlt'itr.
"Why did they send those naval re
cruits out to sea on such u rough ray?"
"Oh, the commander wanted to tint)
out what they had In them."—Town
Topics.
An
"Hquips is a clever fdlow. Be writes
poetry with both hands at once."
"How does he do itj"
"On his typewrltei\—N. Y. Herald.
XIIH Ougbf (O KIIOW,
filic r.iyi» ttut . r-iruoi*
r»*n»d oVr her Whut luck!
Because, from her-pp.arance.
Fuil twenty-five liavo utruck.
—i'uek.
! I
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| OUR CHAPERONE j
, / A True Tale of d Short V«ca:too. t
j By Joi>a kendrick bcaq«. J
~ip BERU were a dozen souls upon the
i I eanulboat. l'empleton was re
j sponsible for it, und he was quite equal j
i to the burden; tor if there was one
thing Templeton was cut out for it was 1
| to be host on just such an occasion. He- <
j was not the owner of the boat— j
urally; for a bachelor, fond of good j
' living and of ease, has very little nse ;
j for craft of that nature; but he was
! the sole lessee for the period of one
j week, during which time he and his
j sever, guests, his cook, his coachman,
j hi 3 butler and his man of all work—
; late captain of the Xorah J. —cruised :
| cioqg the Erie canal and enjoyed life. I
! He had chartered the ooat from the
I captain for tho purpose of taking his
j friends o ft for a novel outing, and thej
' had unanimously accepted the invita
! tiou; and in order to edd to the novelty
i of the occasion Templeton had im
pressed his own coachman into the
. service to do the driving. The «apt«iin
! went along to help them over such dif
! lic.uHies as mlf, r ht arise, as well as to
j use language suited to their surround
ings when language became aeeessiiry.
: It was also to be the captain's duty to
look after the bout and to see that
| everything pertaining to the apart
ments therein was kept In shipshape
I order.
At first Capt. Jack was loth to char
j ter his vessel; but he was influenced to
I change his mind by two considera
tions. The first was that his craft was
| a new one and was as yet unpaid for,
, ar.d the second was a cheek with Teta
, pleton's name signed to it which would
| make that payment a matter of com
i parative ease. This, added to the fact
! that Templeton wanted him to go
along and keep an eye upon his be
loved craft, induced him To consent,
although he demurred slightly when
Templeton announced his intention of
taking his driver along.
"What's the us"! o' h!m?" asked Capt.
Jnck. "He ain't had no experience
drivin' eanalboats, have he?"
"No," said Templeton. "But he baa
J driv en my brougham about New York
for two years running, and hasn't met
with an «"< ! ent yet. t guess a man
who can manage a team on Rroadwuy
can get along o r *he Erie canul."
"But I don't see*—the captai ' be
gan.
"Well, you needn't see," said Temple
ton. "I don't aak you to sec. I'm go
ing to have him whether you aee or
not. He's a good driver, aud 1 have
confidence in him. I'm not going to
trust my life and the lives of my gueato
to th« hands of un utterly unknown
Jehu."
•"But whut are you afraid of?" per
sisted the captain.
"What am I afreld of?'* retorted
Templeton. "Do you suppose Fm go
ing to ,ake the chance of being run.
away with on a canaiboat ?**
The cajrs'.n's laughter could have
been h»ard for c miio when Templeton
-aid this.
"All right," he said; "iet him go. I'll
rlir up seat for him on the bow in I
rcgu! r tally-ho stjlc."
The captain wus as good as bin word,
and when we *<e; ped aboard of the
Nor ah .1. there waa a comfortable
piu.ee for us ail, with the promised
coachman's scat on the Ik»w.
The saloon passengers upon this voy
ago consisted of Templeton, Barlow.
Parker and myself; of -Miss Hawkins,
of Plttsourgh, Mits Brom-on aud Misa
Remington, of New York, and, to
chaperon the party, the demure little
widow of our old friend Horace Tis
sington.
Mrs. Tlsaingtou was the ideal ehap
eio:.. In th«. first place she was not,
moro than 30 years of age. fthe was
pr*t»y. and of a sweet, sunny disposi
tion-- thoiifrh somewhat severe when
her lot was cast in such places as she
now found herself. Shv was never
under any circumstances disagree
able; but she gave everyone to under
stand by her superior maimer that she
realized to the full 'he responsibilities
which hail devolved upon her; and bhe
exacted from nil that recognition o#
her authority without which her influ
ence as a "lady superior" would liavo
been absolutely nil.
In terms she never expressed disap
proval of our nets, nor did she have
much occasion so to do; but frequent
ly we could tell from her demeanor
that she would prefer that we com
ported ourselves with gnnter dig
nity, and our regard for her was such
that nothing further was nece-isary.
We reformed on the instant, though it
must l>e confessed our reformation
was usually merely temporary.
Caddy Barlow, more often than any
of the rest of us, came beneath the ban
of her displeasure, and that was be
cause he was of the irrepressible order
of mankind, lie would sing comio
songs on unlooked-for and InapprtV
priatc occasions, and he had nlso a
penchant for unhitching the little row
boat attached to the stern of the
Noruh ,1., and, in company with Miss
liuwklns, taking a run up the cunnl a
mile or two aheud of us, until reach
ing some hamlet on the line of the ser
pentine stream, he anil his fair com
panion would buy up all the rock
candy, peanuts and all tho similar in
edible* they could And.
Upon tln-se occu. ions Mrs. Tiuslng
ton wus always properly disturbed. Oi
course it was all right that Barlow and
Miss Hawkins should go rowing upon
the canal, and, personally, Mrs. Tis
slngton had no objection to their doing
so; but in her official capacity it
s. etned to her that she should set her
faoe against It, and she did so in her
own very charming way.
Then, too, Parker and Miss Iteming
ton found a great deal of time to be
with each other. Many an evening,
when relit of n.' were in the how.
playing banjos and singing the latest
popular song with more vim than at
tention to the score, or telling stories, '
or in some regrettable instunccit in
dulging iu gossip, it would suddenly
transpire that Parker and Miss Rem
ington would turn up missing. Where
upon Mrs. Tissington, full of her re
sponsibility, would develop an uncasi- ,
which soon communicated itself j
to the rest of us, and was gcncrully
not allayed until the truant {'air vvcro ]
found sitting at the other end of the
boat, and suspiciously far apart!
As for myself aud Miss 11 ron-,on 1 do
not like to say very much, for Miss
Bronson is now the wife of un Italian
uMjleman, unil lam wedded to un Alucr- (
lean noble woman. It iiiuut suffice for
inc to suy, without entering upon any
details whatsoever, that while wo r
never needed the kindly Intervention
of a chaperon we sometimes detected
In tlx. lady's remarks upon loclal oh i
sorvancca, or the luck of them,certain t
allusions which under ordinary cir
cumstances we tolght have construed I
an personalities.
Hut it mils!, be confessed that while
we all felt the iron hand beneath llic
soft glove of our chypcroii, the glove
wus so very soit und titled so well thut
there \'.aH no resentment of It any- 1
where. Furthermore, the young Indies
vvere In u ber.se irrateful to her. Tbey 1
h_id conic upon the little inland voyage
fully expecting to be called at an ehrly ;
1 h'-ur iu the iaoring to s< t thing 3 i
straight in the cabin. They were go
! irg off on h cruise, and they naturally
; expected to find certain little pleas
antly unpleasant duties to lw per
! formed. su<-h ns trimming the wicks of
the cabin lamps, or dusting 1 he chairs,
' or moving an occasional flake of cigar
| ath from the piano top; but from the
j beginning to the end of the cruite
| nothing of this kind wus exacted of
| them. Breakfast was served ut nine,
[ cud it always happened that when
I l>r- :i\fast was ov r the young ladies
j discovered that nothing of a domestic
nature needed to he dope for the very
i simple rer.'-onthrt Mrs Tissington had
| always a*.t» ndrd to it before breakfast.
'Hut we can help you," remon
j stn'-d Mi.--s Bronson. "I am perfectly
willing to get :;p at seven and dust the
parlor."
To this Mrs. Tissington, wiih ad
mirable self-possession, replied:
"It is not necessary, my dear. lam
used to housekeeping, and you are
not." And then remembering that she
wad a cucneron, she added: "And, be
sides, if you will sit up late you must j
get your sleep at the other end of the '
night. Don't bother."
And so they did Dot bother, ul
though they solemnly vowed they
would—and, what was more, Mrs. Tis- '
sington never retired until after they f
TUF. TKI7AN* PAIR
did, and consistently uppcared two
hours ai'u-r i.i the niornir,~ None
of us ii it!' ed It at the time, bu; we did
later on.
Well, it was a pleasant cruise, snd
at the end of the contemplated week
we were all of us glad when Temple
ton extended It. for another three days,
at the end of which time we w i re safe
ly landed back in New York.
Barlow j arted humorously from
MNs Hawkins, nnd ever after went bis
way in peace, and to my knowledge ni»»
noi, -seen the iucly since.
With I'nrker nnd Miss liemington jt
was different. The} i orresponded for
a year, sail oy d : took notice elsie
whei.-. to such an extent that it is dif
ticult to-day for either of them to re
member ~ic other
Mis i Droubon and I duid good-by at
parting, and I must confess I went
away with u lump in m,v throat, and
she went away with my card and ad
dress. I presume t'- at, inasmuch as I
did not hour from her again until I
saw her picture in a yellow journal as
one of t'uo American girls who had
married abroad, she did not find me
absorbing.
Mrs. Tissington said goc.d-by to us
ail with an affectionate fervor which
it the time did not oecm warranted
by any known circumstance, and Tein
pleton shook us by the hand nnd hoped
we'd "join him next year."
Now, this seems a very commonplace
(K>rt of a story, and truly it is so. But
It must be added that after It was all
over, just 4- hours after, the engage
ment was announced of "Mr. James
Templeton and Annita Anno Tissing
ton, widow of the late Iloraoe Tissing
ton, Eat]., of New York city."
Even this seems commonplace under
the circumstances, until it is narrated
that at a dinner recently given by my
wife and myself to my former host
and chaperon, Mrs. Templeton confid
ed to the real head of the household —
not myself—that lier courtship was
most romantic.
"Can you really believe it?" »aid she;
"my husband actually proposed to nje
on a canal boat, n id before break
fast!"
After all, it is not so stupid to be a
chappron.—N. Y. Independent.
Unuit Csuui for Jealousy.
"Mina, I am getting jealous of that
man over there."
Waitress Nonsense! I scarcely
spoke to him I
"Yes, I know, but you give him
larger dumplings than you give me."—•
Titßits.
A niplouiHtlo I nure-r.
May—l, always colleot double »n th«
bet* I win.
Ada—l should think the losers wpuld
object.
May—Not. at aft—l always hot lilsaesC
—N. Y. Journal.
A Clear Vsie.
Prison Chaplain—Do you bolicYO
that crime is hereditary?
Confidence Man- I can't help believ*
lug It my mother was the most actlvy
church bazar worker I ever knew.—N,
Y. Truth.
liow I orlnnule.
"My «ODLsi- j mi," she said, "is not at all
the sort of man J thought he was be
fore I married hijn."
"How lucky," said the woman who
had been married three times,—Town
Topics.
Hp 1)11.
Ferry Ilargreaves, you could give up
your drinking habit as easy as not. Why
don't you try to break yourself?
Ilargreaves- Holy gee, man! I do
break myself within three days after
pay day. Cincinnati Enquirer.
I'oor Man.
Madnin I cannot, allow you to receive
your sweetheart in the kitchen any
more.
Ifrldget It's very 1 irnl of you, mum, /
but I'm utmost nfrn d he's too liUHliflil 1
to come Into the parlor.—N. Y. World.
Out* Tbltitf «••*«!<*il.
Mr. Wabash Do you belong to tho
"Daughters of the Revolution," Miss
Olive?
Mb Olive (of St. I.ouis) Not yet;
but pa's going to buy me a wheel next
week^-Chicago Dully News.
llh Knew lh<* < hum.
The Romancer- My hair turned
whlt< in n single night of speechless j
agony.
The Dyspeptic—What had you eaten
for supper? Up to Date.
A l»omriL(lo Surprise.
I kl**od aml called her"drar. M
And in h» r no ft hazel tyn
There *to!«» a b>«.k of r*-al »uri»rU»— j
We'd married been one yvar.
-N. Y. World.
•THE CHAMOIS HUNTER'S!
! LEAP lid ward 5. Ellis. {
♦ ♦
" A ND SO, my son, \-*i Ihick you
are old arx! skilled enough to l»e
of assistance to me in huating the
chamois of the mountains?"
I "I am sure of ; t, father. 1 have hunted
I him alone, and shot him on the loftiest
peaks; but neither you nor mother Jonew
of it. Now, when she has given her
assent, why should you hesitate?"
"1 do not. Come on, Xivin.
It wan the old Havarian, chcmols hun
ter, Frobmatir, who had been known for
30 years as one of the most daring and
skillful of those engaged in this dan
gerous calling, who spoke thus to his
cor., a tall, gr.soeful yoath of 15. This
lad was courageous, with a quick eye, a
sure foot and that presence of mind in,
j danger which so frequently settles the
question of life or death with him who
is concerned. .
It was in their own humble home at
the foot of the towering mountains,
miles beyond the nearest Bavarian vil
lage. that the iron-limbec 1 , and grim old
! Frohmaur, with his grizzled locks, but
with his engle eye undimmed, sat down
to talk with his only child, while the
good wife moved about the small apart
ment in the pursuit of her household
j duties.
Chamois hunting in one of the most
'peculiarly dangerous sports, or, rather,
businesses, known. The animal is
slightly larger than the roebuck, and
weighs from 50 to 60 pounds. Its color
varies with the seasons, being a dusky,
yellowish brown iu summer, a dark
brown in autumn, and a jet black in
winter, excepting the hair of the fore
heail. the under part, and the hair that
'overhangs the hoof, which always re
mains tawny, while the black stripe
reaching from the eyea to the mouth
never changes.
The horns of the chamois are »ix or
seven inches iu length, aud are crooked
backward at the end, a peculiar shape
whi< h has led cpa;e to believe he use*:
them to hook ou to ihe rocks wheu his
foothold is uncertain. However, this is
tui error, the p. .uclpal use of the horns
being for fighting purpose*.
The chamois Is wonderfully adopted
to bis life among the mouutain peak*
an*! crags. His sight and scent are
marvelously acute, and the faintest foot
prints in tlie snow will send him flying
with the speed of the wind 'n s" oppo
site , iree: n. His hoofs are shaped
like those of the wheep. Lit are longer
and rc-re po nted, remarkably fitted
for sliding rather than stepping.
lu standing still, or w Iking oil lerel
ground,* the chamois looks i.wkward,
but he is at home among the !co and
mountains. Ills legs arc so constructed
that he can make magriflcent leaps, and
i" dropping from cjr.*:Jcrable height
they act ns spr'nqrs or cushions ard pre
ven' Injuries and shock* which iu otaer
aulmals would be fatal.
r ihEi'ir ,t; h! so- lei, their
home on a clear, sunlit merging, end
began tolling up the mountain. Ilach
had hte rltle slung across his shoul
ders, besides his "reiok-.sack," or b.ig
holding his tpy-giass, drinking cup,
bullets and Incidentals, while his Iron-
staff was gias ( -ed in liis right
baud.
Father-rtcit »uif I'gfrtf.rßtd teUiry
rteadtly upward until U ue sun was di
rectly overhead. Buch tremendous ex
ertions would have exhausted any u.ot.
tii. oeustc riied to It, but when the two
finniiy hahed, their faces were scarce
ly flu-;,rd, nor was (here nr.y increase
In their respiration.
"Now," said the father, "we must
look for gaino."
'There ought l>e some in sight, for
wc tare pa«s«u i -any buds and shoots
of the sakl Xivin, referring
to the favorite food of 'he chamois.
T:.v father, without making reply,
slowly turned around on his hob-palled
Di be scanted the pecks a; d
crags above him. Such a survey occur
pied a number of minutes, and when he
was through he lowered tho glass, with
a sigh orer his failure.
Meanwhile Xivin Imitated the same
maneuver, using his young and keen
eyes for all they were worth. Sud
denly he laughed:
"lia, ha, father, my eyen are letter
than yours. You missed the ehr.'nois,
which 1 havo seen."
The father smiled, as he said:
"He is lying on tbe ground, just to
the left of that roclt, on the top of which
are some growing."
"Ah, you saw him, than," sa'd Xixin,
pleaded to And hie father's sight so
good. "You detected him at once, aud
you were only testing me."
Much was the fact, and Frohmaur, the
father, was uo less jileaaed ibttn his so;,
over the k«eniif-s» of sight displayed
by the boy.
The cbumols, which was a dark speck
Wo the naked eye, wm plainly* outlined'
through the glas*a«. He was ly'ng
down, m if for a noonday rest, ana
seemed be chewing his cud, with no
suspicion <>t danger. lie wiia too fkir
away to !»' reached with H rifle baJI, aud
the L'uirters iiiumedrately began the at
tempt to get nearer.
This was where the rt*l difficulty and
peril of their busim-ka be<uirue man- j
."'•si It was necessary to fle*octH; iat«»
a last, rocky ravine, make their wtiy
« Jong distance to the right, and then'
climb up i» aerie* of preoipdoea on the
left, before they oortldbope to approaoh
wlthiti rifle shot of him.
When father and son had attained a
place where they deemed if bum to. limb
upward, they began tho laborious nnd
iianH> *"iii task. Tho elder, by rlrrbt of
hi* greater experience, took the lead,
lii»t his son was only tbe necessary dJa
t:. ;ire ! ebind him.
Sloiidlly and carefully *hey wentup
ward, until at last they reached a table
of rock, along jrhlcli they crept on their
hands and knets, uatll they finally at
tn!n«il the point cf cbset-mnon 1 hnt had
been their destination for tho last two
hours.
Our friend* were now within safe rlflo
shot, aud the fnthcr had gi'en Xivin to
umlervt&nd t' the g.'.me wm Lis. It
was with tho coolness und precision of
a \eternn, therefore, that tlio lad pointed
lils rifle, took deliberate aim and fired.
H•• forc, tie smoke lifted from the muz
zle of liis pun, he saw tbe chamois spring
to It- feet, make i> couple of bounds
and then disappear over the edge of t
cWL |
They were pretty certain where A* |
' dead animal would be lonnd, and tU
hunters began picking their way do.i k
ward.
The hooked staves they carried were
indlspenslble, !t may be said, 'ind they
u*cd them with tho skill of f ';>ine
guide*.
Krohmnur was aouie distance iu ad
vat:ce of Xlvl- . when it b»'cnme in<#
sar.v 'ir to ken dangerous
which tlnu ,' c>. *>' i .u.
V ( LIAI-.M FCVERAL hum' E«' ft ,-t ID D«»ptjk
j iwj ' ef e them I' ecily In fri* «
vas . maaui of ri ks, reschlng «x>-
<!red« of feet ijward, and a strong Irtfgm
e . ended along the face of this walk
fering a liriu support to whatever fo<*
was placed upt>n it. 1
Hut iho frijjhiful <Ji/ficultjr wjll pe
No.
seen. It was eight feci away, and the
ledge was no more than eight or tea£
Inches iu width. It was r<3 if a person
should leap directly against tfce side
of a brick house, at a great distance -
fron the ground, there being a projeo- * ' "
tion of several bricks on .vhlch to sup
port his feet, but not tbe slightest ob
ject for his hinds to pravp.
When it Is remembered that eae\
i ' hunter csrr'.rj his einlT and reick neck,
' and that the rebr>und must
I sc:»d hiw toppllv.g backward into th»
auyss, the leap will <ecm imposaibls.
i And yet Frohmaur had utade It mart
than once, and with scarcely any
■ ! tion he prepare-J to i.t tempt it again.
, His momentary hesitation was that
he might study whether there was any
way of utilizing his staff. An amateur
• would be apt to think it of the highest
[ use; but the Usvgi lan saw that it would
be a hind; a nee. He therefore decided
i ! to leave his reick sack and staff behind
i him, as Xlvir. could easily reach them
' across the intervening space to him.
; | Then he would take the burdens oi
FATHER AND SON CONTINUED TOUT
ING STEADILY.
Xivin, cliiub out of his way. leaving r he
, lad to m:tke the «am< leap untram
-1 j ineled. and t< fev'low him as he loi'ed
a!o..g .iic fat:., i i ipe untii eafier
* ' traveling was reached.
' I The feat wr.. fnv the hunter to in ke
1 ! the leap of eight feet, and to land on
1 the narrow ledge so lightly th«tth.;«
' • would be no r«u >uad, for thea'lght st
I woui' : throw hi M'.-Vwsrd, atd it vas
impcssib.e tor hto turn so at to
' jump more than one-half the d* tßi.co
| to tlie roe'* fruit: which he first »;.ra -g
'• A iiic-re 'ielii • e fea- .aiiiiot It I M ;
Igi . .. a.iO. it woukd fcv. .rd to hnci
t athlete that would ai."eir>j it; lut
' pausing only lonp euc t- i to iay ae'ie
I his baxgrtge carefully to p»> »o
ihlruScif. li-ohmaur gathered his ta-s
--cies und r.iade the leap just aa Xi.ia
; | "Sine up b-hlnt 1 h!w.
I The heart of the ! 'o,v thr-bbwi
| I for he felt u.o%e g 'nn a»u .js
, I parent arl unfornttict-ly It <va*> " T ..
, | founded*
( The v ten. < ; ..iaois ht.uter landed
. ' OB 'he b ."g' see - 'ii.gly i ..gktir & a
fea the He bad iue distance
and tbe effort rr.qnlret! »rfth marvelous
skill; but ther;: wc« jua» a trifle o' a
rebound.
Ifu threw out fcU unts,
clutcliing for some al':gh'. a
but, olas, there w ncs. nuu bjtai 'g
could save hi" 1 -froc. . mh? 1 . V v»ar4
but for thepreigßa* 4 rtispiag«nt . __
■ by hie son!
Jiut a*i the father was in r,
swoietliiag hitj.a-'lbo
immediately r«rcovere»i his oaiatice.
"Are you i*afe. faUierV"
As the boy asked the question, He
was leaning forward over ii«c viae,
with the i*io-jivJ end of the st if
pressed against Frohruuur's back.
Xivin wtLs quick to Ue<ect the mlsc-'-l
--culation of hi" faUj«r, and he saved h ; m
by tbe artifice which was so siaj le
that perhaps it WHS all the mors re
markable on that account.
The grateful fathm* took his strff
aa«i reick sack and bej»au careful'y
ciin bmg up tie rovkd, v»hcre he man
aged to find places for his bob-noil-xl
shoe*, though they afforded him noth
ing to grip to to keep from falling
back, wheu ho sorely needed tbem.
And then, iuc Jible as it may seem,
Xivin, the daring boy, without c&K*i;'g
aside his staff or sack, to&k the
perilous leap, tLj father uttering no
protest, t< i he felt that such dang.. *
were; a pu.i. of tho profession he hrd
adopted.
Xivin accomplished the perilous y
delicate feat successfully, aud ciimb'd
ofter his father without accident
Shortly after, the dead chamois
found, and late at ulgiil they r»b<"V,cJ
their home 'n the mouritaln valle.i .'■*
below.—Oolden I'ay*
lie Pud L I«« r :n.
It wns evident Ihut sojijcthi.j r pr>*-
zled her.
"John," she snid, at lust, "why do y u
persist In calling me .»lori>edc boot?"
"Don't you remember tuut it was
after midnight when I got home last
night?" he asked, by way of reply.
"Yes, but —"
"And dor't you also recall that yon
blew iflo tip?"—-Chicngn l ost
■he Took . tte Hlsit.
"To th*> barSer T'v*i Seer. " the knave,
"I've ju.y. jr< y clwun shave."
Tltn TISM 'S rc
B.ie turns tliu llgb« low.
In Che rkji»s». *!•.« r.aows ltove Is brave.
up-to-Dut«.
IT WAS VTUAWCrM.
Mi flip
®!M
B
"1 say, waiter, Is NH'IDOXI cutlet
I isn't naif as one tliu.ihßTC
| last week."
"(laii't see why, air. It's ott the
same fish."—l'tinch.
torn* truurra.
He •coflti at soar* who never fait a wound*
ll* scoffs at wonutu's wbns who never fea
a prsy;
Ho scoffs at oryltot children ff ho is no'
Ript up al) httjM %hen ha has wcrkod all
day.
—Chicago Dally News.
A Thnuitk.'Mt ••vmarlc.
It's remarkable," comuiented M/.
Mcel.tan's wifi. '' • w pu»ay men a.«
anxious to leave uoiue aaU engage i-i
we r."
"Ves," be answered, absently.
"Some people never see*n to knotf*!
i when thoy have enough of anything. ,
—Waabiuirton btar.