V oiv yxw 'TIS LABOR SAVEU TO WFAR TAN SHOES, j 'J> The biackcr your shoes tho! m< ft) 'Cmore dust they will show. |/£* iJcTan shoes savt time, labor I Btoaey, and still lock J | iyX ]|J| better. Our stock cannot be , j fjk. eit>er in once, cvali-J I v / See the handsome styles in 1 v''L. /£^ n ' vesting tops. fr—M t * We are offering some great 'M ar^a^nS * n an bl ac k A FEW OF OUR BARGAINS. Men's fine black \ic; Kid shoes *1.05 Lp.die:,' nne patent leather sandals 500 Men's fine iUfsett \ici Kid shoe? 1.05 Ladies' fine serge «lippers 250 Ladies fine russcit -hoes 1.00 j Children's fine slippers 25" Ladies' fit:r Longolt cbot;:. 1.00 | iiovs' fine diefs si.,,cs 75 : j and many other bargains, F.sil stock of sole leather and shoe-makers supplies of all j kinds. High iron stands with tour lasts each (a 45c-. Repaning promptly done I Mail oiders receive pron.pt attention. JOHN BICKEL. BUTLER, PA. '«• X, V '.****% T:.-V"-SVC -Z. | i HE IS A WISE HAN I| 5 * r —WHO SI CXKKS llii} CLOTiIs:,G FitO U— r I I S J. S. YOUNG, J £ THE MERCHANT TAIEOIt, ? J * ! i. The goods, style, fit and general tnake p j S up -oi' his suits ! £ TELL their own STOF(Y. i \ U j _ | STRIVING FOR EFFECT. j (Men won't buy clothing for the purpose I I k \!\)f \ 1 . of spending mousy. They dt-sire to get tht I \\ VX yj j ■• hest pofsi'-'e results for the money expend I 'A \ v < [ ;1 # <9»-•' ..">•. c'.ea i j-K.' s >u: g od;> as cheap as | } JJI —II j " 'jt fa Ihey van be sold and made iip piopetly. If - ' \ I;[J y. ]j fszzii ■/you want t!;c corrert thing at the correct I I j 1 1J A JiJ- J W price call on us, we nave tedaced our spring |j ' I'IG /\r | j I Tj j |l/ heavy weif/tt goods, ilj y m | '"' ; i U I''l 111 I Fits Guaranteed. GO \ I j £r4 i JLJ? \ ' IL - •> * 7 t > Take feiUs a!iy to Operate j Are 1 •»tuf" J« • ».lt • 'nn.j'a PlliS. Sit' !a 1 l\-:. tnstcl'-:-nf .ut. r A»nce tuaa ! said: •' Ycnn< verkf w you _ 3 _ - ; havetaK. m ! i!i t is Ii w {J K (f* j OT'-r." 25e. C.f Hood & Co.. U 188 j Propriett'i'S, i i,- Ma-s. ® m ' Xbßonly piUs o TT "'* v i j'Jfo'i's Sai'sapar.aa. Thon»»ail« »>■• Trjln< It. In order to prrta the niarit of I Llv'sCrfam Balm the most effective t -t-' for Cutarrh nn.l Cold ni H il. w© hav« pro ptred a vTi trial size for 10 cc r i. Gut it of your drv, gi-t or send 10 ce-ts to ELY BROS., 56 N. Y. - »ty. I snEoiou from rat.-.nh cr" the worst k.r.J ever siTico a hoy and I not or f< *r , euro, but Eiv : " 'teat- Taim e.-ms t • do j crcn that. Mor.y "-inninLmce •' »• 'X--11 it with fiieelient result".— '■ 'scar Osirui.i, ' 40 Wart n Ave., Chicago, 111. Elv's tJreaTi I<".* i w t >' l enre for catarrh and contains no .e, metmtf not a"'/ ir.jnriotifi drug, fti: J, 00 cantb. At druggist* or by mail. gt V I Remember the name when von f>uy €1 ; # ' Si m again \ ' r: {;>■ wttjgteJ I jl^pLyiP^l ViCTORV ! Always crowns our etforts to Becn r e the ha a'snniest <. t .«rfcle i ( . styV aocut our «vring patterns, the kind tl:- t ha.s snap and ".rt iu .t We cater to Uhe econom 1 'a', ma ; bi'rause our clothes R've a dol'.r.r of rervice ' J every dollar f»a;d. Let ns show yon the kind of j a suit we tuake for $26.. ALAND, MAKLK. Oa' MEN'S v LOTHF.S < 0. L. CLEELAND, > < > 1 Jeweler and Optician, \ C. SELIGMAN & SON, ™TMOHS.7"' No. 416 W. Jefferson St., Butler, Pa. A liu« of lalfbt Foreign ami l>om«'sti«r Sunups itlw tys iu stock. Fit, Style and Wor!* tnan.sh'ip iruaiantotv! to satisfaction. PR CE3 REASONABLE. UnHf iS THE TIME TO HAVt. HLif Vour C!c>tHirj_i CLEANED or D7FJD If you want good and reliable cleaning or dyeing done, there ; :- jjst ont place In town where you cat? get it, anil that ij. at ik mm m vests Ll> (Jencer avenue. < )Q»\V'e do fire work in oui- j door Photographs. This is th time of ye;ir to have a picture < . your ho us.;. Give us a trial. A.'-ent for tLa JctKtetown Sliding B'.iad Oo.— Mow York. E. FISHER & SOH, GOOD FAUM FOR SALS. The Ford farm in Donegal t-.vp., near Millerstown is for saie. It contains about 150 acres, is well watered and in good condition For terms inquire at his oSlce L.C.WICK, DKAJ U:.h IN Rough f Worked Lumber OF au KINDS. Doors, Sa.iii, Blinds, Moulding?. Sliingles and Lath Always in Stock. LIME, fUIR AND PLASTER Office opposite r. & W. Depot. BUTLER, PA. nil |UpA J (OIJUULK I'lfK K.-, Ull. mCHL Now very cheai». IVi'd for Horses, Ct>ws, Sbee;>, ii.>ss. Fowls Ote. Health, strongtli and Tir.; in'M vvt; ti> auimuls. Are you foedfiiij ll? « > feed iu tLe murivct. LINSEED fill AND WHITE LEAD tIaOUUU M.iki pa!-,' lust- for f R year- 011 house. Kirn or ft- e. V.IM d L.alnr- I s.i-H, KO ln^ J ve-v bat!. Write for «•'r< r. j l it. ,'Uro I.in -• i O: o; rv> !. and wliltx letx', a»k for *T.: f.-.r.V." . r ad.'r. ,-. , [ m.. - i t...... v. v ;i w Oiamonu street- Aiteioieuy. t'u. j iUBA CALL THE RCI L. ' a;i " r u:&v_- a«ep 1 < atui str-.r.g, . ci. 4 . fi til*. nirUppio indj j Wbt HI • 6ms# th« srtsis i< w wfth flwat- I less sdui. accept without ui am*) us deatr. or ; dole? { IWI W •♦ ' •. ' i ! POI "V • w !li i Hiav tiie bu£.e, sound the cymbals. beat | Call tht Roll! I Freedom ion* haa csllvd armd the Cuban j ' ""her" he*- Suiitß( nwehct* Mb her if* B I i ar.d kills: • Where por conce-ntra ioa suflftr. sink and J ! "' e - . .1 I tfph 'heir »te h'Karf. our tafcoow. u: trie • I *ky. I Who will rally fcr relief with might and main, rathsb! -.airedmyrmidon* i of Spain ■* I Who will snatch from »hem their red. ill— ' j g-otten spoil, I Ar..l *. e\er them■m Cuban feoll? Call the Poll! j Who via mait* CJr siarrj banner proudly *av», I Kar v Memorial Jay ot. every »r".c.-"b ftrave W. o was murdered by some coward slave ol Sp&iZk In the tragedy *hich overwhelmed tnt Maine? Wlio will sef> that Cuba Libre fl >at3 her Sag j Everywhere now shadowed by the Spanish I That » >■- people shall el*-It fett~rs never mote, I Nor tnelr :>-rar.t» find safe reftige near our shore? Call the Roll! I vYh - will jjjnge their !f need be, for *' rlrlit' -> ! Ti2-d.lf luty culls tbrougli sorrow's dark I est night? j fight tna: i"reelo»:i may be shrined fot years On tc soli :.o v damp with Cabin blond r -A The declalTt 'lay '.a dawning, kUOMall* Freedom Sounds the. final s'.goal. hear her call' Froudiv .>:ir starry tanner, war drvns Hay, S ...» of £ re«..icrr., up snd n them, march awayi Call ths Roll' I. KDGAR JONES. : a ifyarfcHack sPairi^sffl j by LDIIH ALLANDALto. TpniK>LGll tie withered flcHe of I gnia rode ttu hnnehbede, Sandy ITL~*c j, c 1:8 bH;.d old buckskin, N«lh liaiv. .'life frczul ismountain La in ; keenly al ra to hie deformity, lie dread-..! th! lvng 1 gold nßtuie of V ..ij>..< ro atcr. i.c'„ dc.vn lately," a.", the "j'idK*"—postmaster, notary, storc-keri-all In one—"'riot up to ctate on -.74.- matters?" i: Wa.r .Tied the im noil back. "Who [ with; Vvl'.ai. fcr?" j "Jleckon-tu is liiuch," returned tae ciht-i-, with a complacent chuckle. "Set 1 right down Is the *to?e, Sandy, an'read ]j er j;3pcrr. Toa'll 'tnd 'ea» reat eyc jpeiitve. Hold i>;i till tie sUe darkened ator?. To his elicf. v a*» by ti>e iifiiifli *TC ■ qnenters; r«ilher lai.v ~.ai ti,e Man l:i IViiUc.-. i.er Smouw, th. Soc'i'.- ist t,i the Ihlls, A'.is .l«ere. llestrod« to where the western, light fllttred through 'he .lliiirj' pate, ar.d there rtad on, absorbed, beeethlea*. fd( him otf waif.r.y day by day for develop ments; '.Tom the of the Maine to thoe.ll ior -is, 1 evciit. co the ln£vita\»je en h Thi eve; injf loafers, dropped !n by vivos and threes, lounged on the nail near the door, ai:d awiited their sole tou<-h of contact ?v-ith the outalcie world, the f»uiii I'elitas. Sprawling o:i the cou.iter use the ilan lu Politics, a person of linpor taiico in the village. His -voice, raised in a la?y broke In upon the fcunoh -I)melt's reveries "PifjM! yot '.f I know ltt I'vo been waiting ten years to get my hand Into the county treasury. It's in now, thank Ihe Lord, and I don't take it out for no blamed war." Bursts of obsequious laughter fol lowed. HU hand In this same treasury was worth a dollar a day to many a targov-on. "_4ight as well go," s.ild another voice; "nc:hin' else to Jo —dry year, an' no thrashin'." "No,' Smousc shouted, turning hi 9 j(.iunt, en face upon the spruker, "for thoi-e ain't nothln' in it! Look at aid. I'll be »m tched if I'm ahot for 513 a month. I've nev«r worked forlcss'n 12.50 a day; I'd ruther starve on aeorns fact." "Begun already, ain't you? Times pretty bad In the Brush Hills, eh 'r ' "I'd kinder like to go," drawled Jim Green, the village Hercules, diverting attention from t-ho angry f mouse, "but ttio foih_ won't let me. My moramer gays I ain't big enough." "I"or shame!" cried the hooxae voice. t>f the hur_chback: "for shame, to ioaf nt j t' mother's >vh«n those"—he points lo the papers, strewn upon the floor—"when these call on you to tight." '"Ilghtl" echoed Jira, "what *{■-. 1 ain't g-jin' to bo shot for a lot of dir*,y Cubans. We ?e V gieaeere, anv-way." "For your flag, for your country — j our country, right or wrong. If I had your strength, if 1—" He broke cfi with a nuittured curse. "Why don't you enlist. Humpy ." said the Man in Polities, with ua airy wtnk it his eonstitacnts. chonpicg wood; yc" oan't * iakii nothla' now It's a dollar co .1 an* board yourself. Tum cut ti i.t of juiurn an' git. Never mind your shape, your nm.'s u>» stroi.g as an' you can holler 'lio membt: the Maine!' with the best of 'fcji.. Hert'= the stiij'e, bovt SkecTsd die." lu tht' utampedf foliowrd, San dy homeward through the gathering dusk. On, past Selda of dried-out grain; u£st the Bmeh hills, laden with ohemisal; through them, and beyond, to where T-a Punza mountain eoar'.-d upward to the eastern sky. Halfway up tho pre'lp itous slope perched the cabin cn a knoll —a solitary spot, lit abode for a lonelv, morbid man. ; Ivot morbid now. The pent-up misery of childish y«?ars, the r.."venturous long ings ol bis youth, th- bitterness .»:, *o trtiiii I«is Pc'ltivs ' !to th- »*cin , tinp '-*ftt'- r Ifr? miles 1 j away. I \'!r. -stitr *?!•» 1' r Otfhfnd h:ns, ITartog j i Bte» •> t* -to tl''»"fr«i»raiitr.leht. Hfc i ! m< Vcnuero Water, 'nto i the unfreqtKnted hj--palh«of the brush. ; and, with the north v.ir f. r Ms gutoe, : struck into th untry-rcad, some six ! miles nearer T.r.». Pelitas. All r.-ipht he I tiau fatat -he feTt nd wesrr. when. ! f.-vif rd he oci br - "ze =tliT>d i ■ 3i„ .■ t 'k leaves. He still pushed i on. ; >lr THE lIUNCH -3A.CZL airt; i dray lurched in the road way. Rs crossed the street abruptly, staggereo fel'i Dimly h Taw the crowd £ rc: his country's tinthem faintly sounded la his oar. " lu.- c: •-: n ber th e i'i ai ne," hewhis pe re d, fee , r:i?f.ag of oar country--Nel?." ,\nd f he b re the tews to Vaquero Water. "Whoever thoug!it me binned foo; would have done it?" irritably cried the Man in Politics "He might have known wo was only toshln' him." "i T was a fooi," Rj'.d Smouse; "Sl3 ame-.ih vs'n't worth it Shot his hcrti*, too, an aevi r -;Wn.i«d't might ha' got- | tc ai.c-arty for the 1 i." ty v fx-' T i ai'ppcd ait Into the i darint "The h'Ki.'hbock was s man," j lie muttered, "and I—l m ihc fool." — Sp:. I'rnncisco \rgonaut. )>}h rieiaiivee and »!-~ra. 'lhe Bride's vunt (to a cou&inof the bridegroom)— She really ought to be here ':■ now. Tjie last words i said to her ir. 'ther yesterday e\en.i ■.•gait:*r dia per—(:hey gavo a Inrcwell dinner, you know. oh. only to the Immediate mem bers of the family)—the last words I r.alil were: "Be so'-e Ma'.ol oejrins to get ready ii. time." If the »ride's laie it di>e« in .ic Hi- bridegroom lock ao foolish, doesn't it? The Bridegroom's C lusiu —I don't tb!i !. Arfh lr looks foolish. (> all. lie Isn't tha* sort o»" person must say It :f too bad. Our family «re till so punctual. "Of c ■•use, he got here 9 great toe-early. I said gn. He's beginning to fidget. Xow Mabel's so composed. V»V p.ll are. dne'ii soon break him of nerv ousness. We haven't a nerve us. I tbinK the bridesmaids' drcuses are lovely, don't- you? Mabel ha.s such good taste." "Yes. We all sa'd that when we heard of the engagement."—Hoston Journal. Knur .'H i Ctlh. The toiiiag of church bells on the oc-- casion of a buri-1 is based on the old pagan custom of banging gongs when a body waa to be interred lu order to scare away the bad spirits—San Fian cis<'kj Call. to Pblnl Goeiljt'ii C\»C1:». A cabinetmaker at Frankenberg, in Sa •: .ay. now 4 years of age. bousts th: ' he helped build Ooethe's coffin in 1832. ir.d r-n the poet's ln>dy laid mvir in it. Another Itnytaro. She —Bo you »aow that married men, as n rale, live ionger thau bach elors? Hs—Oh, I don't believe that. It only seems longer to them. —Cleve- land Leader. t'sed to lr. Clara —I seeCynthiahasdecorated her rocni with guns, pistols, swords and tho C'viru —Yes; eho ulwajs has been a great -rirl for having arms around lier. —Yoni-Ts Statesman. On ti,c llt-aeb. She fpoeti-.u-il) —Bo you notice, ling, what beautiful azure tints the sun lev is to the bosom of the ocean? II- (piaci l. i'.i) —That, my dear, is the dye out of some of those cheap bathing stilts.—N. Y. Journal. Sot <{u«to XM Shll. Yeast —I>id you ever seo 0119 of those folding beds like a piano? Crimson beak —TVeil. 110, i never saw one that made quite as much noise as that. —Yonkera Statesman. linitier Incompetent. Illxon —Spain'* navy doesn't seem to be scaring many lilts. Dixon —No: I don't believe the Span ish gunners could shell peas.—Chi cago Daily Newi. Not S«erMlre nt Alt. The Officer—Sign your name in i This Is a secret society. The Applicant —Then how foolUh to I sign In biood. Nothing circulates I more quickly.—N. Y. livening Journal, j A Common Oplnl:>n. Musington (rumlnatingly) Man was made to mouru. Grl.ashaw —Yes; but the blamed fool always thinks he can get out of it by marrying eiraln.—Puck. Fooled. lie's ia his tomb, hut that is rot The reason why his VWow frcta. Sh« trcddid him fcr w_ : !!th, she thought. Apd he Iff; l the <»yj of chlllhood, £>bya too fair and br.eht to last, ffht 1. the T-orld was song ar.d aut.shlae, ! Not a e.oud to rr.f r !} « way ' Not a thought e.f «r' sorrow, Ulie t lor* a d peaceful day i Thrcufh the m> of years arise? i re:-'* or the l,"*d and d- d. ! Ani tho ksart thrll's with tfce fancies : Cf the ds>-s forever sped. Youthfu' dreams ar.d youthful visions Throng around inc. as r.f jure. 1 ii-:nior.#9 thst fondijr Ur.*er I Over diyti to 00mo no more. I So. when "prlii* ectn»»o>r tfce meadews, i V V..1 her beauty, sntlles ar.d tnsr, rr.y thoughts are rarrl'-d i (j'or th« lcnKand wearj* years; And at evening when the shadowa Gather o\er vale and hill. Thtr. I llscer. to the slr.Rir.g— Slaving of the whlppoirwlll. —W O Park. !r. Good Hou^keeplr.s. ; What a Drummer I! j Saw and Thought |; t j . (**OMINO on the train from Boae i vilie yesterday I sat behind two boys who were trying to Inrpre»« me and everyone else In the smoking car svitli the fact that they . ere men of the world and fairly desperate char acters. They w ere between l"i and 2C, I should | judge, nixi this age. under proper c«n --1 d'.tlons represents the full bloom of ! amateur deviltrj and foolishness These j b vs were not from the country. They vere from Bonevllle, and they afTr-cietl that superior manner an»l easy knowl edge ~f the world which come from a long residence in town. Krora the moment they came into the ear uii.l fell Into their scat* with smi!- hvg abandon they w-re ac *i. Thej j wanted everyone to know tha, they ! were experienced ana reckless young 1 men to whom a journey by railroad was en everyday incident. Perhaps they deceived each ot-her. bat thej didn't de cs: s anyone else. Their acting was too labored. 'bay, Ed, have you another cigar there in your pockat?" "vVhst's the diii if I have?" "Ain't you goin' to sec 'em up to a smoke ?" "Why the dicker didn't you buy some cigers before we started? YOll might know we can't get no gor.d ci{. ar= .over at Eansoui. They don't, keep any kind over there but them reg-ular stogies." "Oh. rats! Bo a sport and set 'en: iup." These introductory remarks were made in tones which aroused evaryone In th? car. An old-time travelinar man ' across the aisle from me had hir bead I down on his grip and vies trying to eatch a little sleep when tfce two he g«ii. Ue opened bis eyes slowly and ghook his head. "Two more of those train-robbers," he murmured. Before the train started the two des peradujo made teveral allusions to some experience of tbo night before. Thej ■made lrequeu!. use of the word "beer" in order to let it be kuown tuai taej were coiifirmed drinkers, ami, they gaj'nished their loud talk with clumsy s wearing. There are several kinds of profanity, and some of It lo not only endurable, but actually enjoyable, if you can dis regard the question of morality. A cr.mmsT der urging his soldiers in the madness of battle is not generally blamed if he swears a little. A cowboy handling a broncho, a boos canvasmnr. directing a circus "gang," an impatient man milking a cow in flytiine, a freight brai er:..n who misivs a coupling or a bika rider who smashes his wheel ten miles from a repair shop may let out a string of expletives that are simply pic turesque in variety und intensity. I don't say that, these men are Justified In giving vent to their feelings, but I do say that sometimes it is worth going miles to hear them. But 1 abhor the swearing of the young ma., who doe» not know how to swear. Ee does not swear by impulse or from habit. He has to struggle to accom plish anything, and he is half ashamed cf himself at the time. Under such cir cumstances profanity becomes an ap palling wickedness, even to the most hardened "rounder." As I sat- behind those two boys and hster-ed to their noisy discussion of the late orgies and th»:r painful efforts to impress us with their worldllness It oc curred to me that it would be a good. Idea to take those two boys out and have them photographed in their sum mer suits, with the flashy white felt hats and rainbow cravats, and after that let them talk for about 30 minutes Into a phonograph. Twenty years from now, after they have became seedy and hard-headed married m;i., with growing children of their own, It would give them causo for reliction if they couh' take out these photographs and stud;, them and then li.itcn to their own conversation in the phonograph. No doubt they would ex-, claim: "What spectacular bladders we must- have been!" The two boys on the tralu were fair ly good types. I have seen tht same kin ' of your.g man in every small town. Sometimes iny sense of humanity moves me to appeal to the young man. 1 fee! as if I ought to go up to him and say: "M\ dear boy, don't be so desper ate. Don't think because you worry jour mother that you are really bad. There are thousands of yonng men la this country who weat their hats pulled forward and tber cigars pointed up the sarre as yen have them, and they have •in soir.e kind of toothpick «hots and speckled neckties, and they use the cur rent siang juat as awkwardly as you do, and are just as far behind on tho popu lar songs. Because you drank two : glasses of beer night ;eiore last and j thee sang 'A Hot Time la the Old Town' I through tho principal streets, that, s no I sign that you are a person of any im i portance. Don't hold your shoulders i In that position when you walk, and please dou't swagger. It's a great ef fort for you to bo tough, and it annoys other people." I hop- that uo one will take It that 1 am "rapping" the small town. 1 was born and reared in a small town, and nearly all of my friends live In tho small towns. All that I wish tg do Is to call attention to one of the features of town life. It may bo remembered that two weeks ago I wrote something about tho girls in the small towns. These girls, as a rule, are lovely and well behaved. Of course, there are a few of the feath er-headed varietv who want to flirt with every stranger who comes into town, but most of them ure essential ly all right, and the only fault thut I have to find with them is that some times they endure tho society of the weird young men with the loud voices ' and hats over their eves. It is nja- f ou&ble to that the girls are . hard up for company and have to take | •he bent they can get. Tortuna'.'y f r the public good, the , bad y -tt.it man In the small: rwn usual- . 1 1. Mima down after a certain pcr.od ! Occasionally it is matrimony thHi *akes j the kin! « out of I.lm. or it may be th*t he simply outgrows his fooiishnens. I : *liould say that the troubi- usuellv be- ■ g'.us when the boy liist gets out at ( uijfht. F,.r this reason many parents | t that childr-n should never be per- | u itted to run at large after nightfall. Vi'hen a boy becomes larger than his father and is earning r» salary on hir own account, however, the parental author!'} weakens. Tho boy beiruis 10 [ c-arrv pale cigars In hts upp« r vest j pocket and then he learns to wiu./ and very soon he ceasets to esp'.ain what is j keeping him cut at night. The sense j of liberty intoxicates him. By constant j .i-socletlor. with other caliow you: g j people who are attempting to acquire j a'l the manly vices he picks up, lu a j superficial and secondhand wov, the j i m i vy g|r r CtTT MEN' OF THE WOULD vocabulary and the mannerism of the flashy element In the city. lie has s sudden ambit.on to wear rakish and "sporty" garments and talk slang. Lis close friends encourage him, and he cc:n<"s to believa that h rt is a* t.ut' ; lj wicked. For i-ou.e rcison he Is intense ly giatlflcd to know that he is v icktd. so he nuts h „:self on exhibition at all ho"- of the i.<. and night, lest some one should si.spect him of being tame and .oophh ' ated. Until he recovers ironi ..-del ,10ns of this "Smart Alee" perioo there is no living with him He ,s not .-scr-rtible to argument. He know- mor t t 1 an all the colleges und faculties put. together. The two boys on the tral". were stif fi-r.ag from 'Smart Aleckisni" lu its worst form. My heart hied for them. They were too old to l>e spanked r>nd not eld tnovgh to bo guided by toe 1 ht of reason. Their chief joy in life seemed to be t'ast they were on Ir.g term:' with the brakeman. I won dered if I hrd ever been as tough as they were and as happy in the knowl edge of my toughness. I hope not. —"The Drummer," in Chicago Record. Old Hull. In one year before the death of Oov. Jonathan Belcher, that dijnitary presented his lib.-rry to Princeton col lege. In gratitude for the gift the. trustees requested that they might be allowed to give his name to the low, veneraole buiiding, then erected, vvhicu for .so many years has ..ouaed faculty ai d students of this ancient fc eat of learning. His excellency de clined the iuoffered distinction. The governor requested that it should bo named to "express the honor we re tain," to quote his words, "in. this re-, mote part* of the globe, to the immorts'. memory of the glorious King William 111., who was a branch of the illustrious house of Nassau, and who, under God, was the great deliverer of the British nation from those t wo monstrous furies —popery and slavery." And so it wub" that the trustees decided that new collegiate building, "in all tine to come," should be called "Nassau Hall." —Story of An Old Farm. A Collective Sentence. A rather diiferent coui i. scene was enacted in Paris before a venerable and benevolent, looking judge. Before.pass ing sentence, he consulted the two as sociate judges. "What ought we to give this rascal?" he asked, leaning over to the judge on his right. "1 should say threa years," was tae reply. "What is your opinion, brother?" to Iftie other on hia left. "Four years." The judge then said ; beamingly: "Prisoner, not desir ing to give a long and severe term of imprisonment, as I should have done if left to myself, I have consulted my learned brothers and shall take their advice. One says three years, the other says four; my own idea was five years, so I sentence yo> to 12 years penal servitude."—C-olden D:iy«. iraß UAGE. J f '-O.' v H { \ly * The Girl with the Jug—You think yourself very grand, don't cher? But I'll bet my mother could fight your mother any day o' the week! —Ally Sloper. A Wurrtor. "Poohi" aatd the grim vlsaged native; "What to me i» the harab voice of iltrsl I'ci a veteran friend of full twenty Old-time, crack-a-'ack family Jars." —Philadelphia North American. llaiidli-«pi>cd. But Hawy. Triwet—tjueen Victoria is living to j a good old age. Dicer—That is true, considering j thut she employs four dootcrs. — 1 Harlem Life. Clilonuro Fashion Note. Mrs. Lakeside—Have you noticed any change in the fashions this year? ' Mrs. Divorsay—Oh, yes; marriage ties are to be worn shorter than evtr. —Town Topics. A Good Cause. Bill —Trouble's wife had a shock last night. Findout—What caused it? Bill—Trouble came home sober.— Up to Date. Why He Did 80. "Why did you tell Wearisome that you didn't have time to listen to his fish story?" "I thought I had just as much right to tell a lie as he had.*'—Barlem Life. 1 Reason. He —What does your father see in me ' to object to? she —He doesn't tee anything; that i» ' why he objects.— ♦ Plight of a Traveler. ♦ •"Hi!,'. * *lng amusing nurrntive I*. . 1 "up! '1 '"fill u s'-.-.-j which -i>- ji*rtd fv.trt year; i.go In me Loudon ji.c A conuutrclr.l traveler, on Lin' i business r>und, cai> e to o:ie of the" | 11 ge Yorkshire towns, u'aeru he found ' upon h.> itinva' that the time which, « under «\ Uij.-o of memory , he had ehostn for his isrt, was most inopportune.; ; "Tie races were on," oi:d eery h ase' I of accommodation was crowded to cx- ! ct js. Up a application to the landlady j of the hc-tel >vLv rc he had been in Uie habit cf staying he .vu*- mformod that j every l>e.l In tLe premises ha.! becu bt— j sp-oken for a week uefoie h:a coming; ' r.r.d, more than thlr.. that even the very ! floors ar.J tables of the dining-room would be burdened at n'ght with rac ing aun and weary ple.a.,ure-*eekem "We tie extremely sorry, air," said' Mrs. Boniface, "that we cannot rcod land'ady of former days and cast him self upon her benevolent contrivance and sympathy. "Upon my word, sir," she said, "you greatly distress and puzzle me I really do not know where in th« world I can put yon." But, after thinking for a moment, she said: "Will you consent to occupy the hostler's room, sir? It stands in the back i>art of the premises and perhaps we can manage io make, (t—r.t least. In soinft degree—com'ort t able." The traveler thanked her warmly ' erd declared that the accommodation she spoke of was the. very thing tin der the clr< '\m»tance3. In about half an hour the hostler was called, and told to lake a lantern and conduct the gentleman to his bed room The way proved to bt across h large y:'. "d in the rear of the inn, up a s-teplai 1 ;r, along a narrow, boarded passage, then up three s.r'rs,and final ly through a doorway into the sleeping apartment. Our traveler found upon looking around that, good ase liad Veen made of th>* h..lf-hour he had been kept vx.'tirg. A r „rpet. had been put on the lu>or; the bin-.kef* and sheets were un exceptionable. If v -g late in the autumn of the year the nights were long-- and ourfritnd. rather ti.td, soon fell asleep, ar.d ilk not wake until the f ray dawr. of the mornii.g, and not even tier, had he rot reused by seme one ecming along the outer passage with ahcevy step,and eiiUricg liis bedroom. Turning round in his blankets to -earn who v.as the in truder, ht perceived a man, tall, gaunt »uc! grim. his throat bare the sleeve* oi hi-' shirt turned up, and his hair al. uekempt r.n-i standing vpri,rht 5r fh.-. raest disordered manner. The daik l figure drew near the traveler's bed, "tooted over him, and peered dowi closely In the dim light, evidently anxious to find out if the person lying there was iwake. Perceiving that this was- the esse, our traveler Faw him, in the dusky light, draw himself uprigb* In the room, then solemnly raise one irm, extend It. and point with his hand through the window to a place outside; after which, more impressively still he slowly recovered the extended limb, 4cd motioned with his forefinger three times across his throat. This done, thj strange apparition abruptly departed, his feet sounding as distinctly upon the floor and stepladder on his fjolng out as they had been heard to do when he came in. The commercial traveler was not a nervous man, and he had more or less, of the strange occurrences a*:d rough usages of the world. Yet this dark, grotesque, and absolutely bl - intruder, and his most singular gestures, did not strike him as alto gether pleasant or agreeable; and he .vould much lather not have been dis turbed in tuch an unseasonable and un warrantable manner. He would, how ever. take no action in the matter —at least, for the present. Indeed, he felt himself powerless to do this ID this lonely part of the prem ises. But he certainly, when he got up, would make complaint to Mrs. Boniface of the way in which te had been annoyed. Fixing this purpose in his mind, our isolate 1 lodger betook himself ngpln to slumber, and had al most reentered the land of dreams -vbeu, both to his vexation and alarm, the footsteps he had previously heard again sounded upon his ears—the sapae dm and measured tread —3nd soon his former visitor repeated his mysterious ! intrusion. This time the gaunt figurelooked agi tat-.ni and angry, and, to cur traveler's amazement and fear, carried in his right hai d r. large, long arid gleaming knife. Pointing his hand In a similar direction as before, he shook his grizzly head, and violently winked his eyes, and stamped his foot, yet uttered never a word, but kept perfectly slle»t, and concluded his wild actions by drawing, not his finger, but the huge knife, de terminedly and slowly across his ex posed throat. After this ghastly nanto mime, a second time he took hie leave, proceeding along the narrow floored passage and down the stejdaddcr to the Inn yard. The man before whom this awful dumb show had been performed crouched and -rvmbled in his bed. lie had often heard of spectral and super natural appearances, and had affected to laugh at those who declared they believed in them. But not thl#, after all, an unearthly vlgitatiop? It looked extremely like it. Be would not, however, fully conclude that lie had really seen an apparition; yet he would guard against a third inrasion of this uncanny gueat. He would do what he now re-membered ije ban unfortnate ly neglected—he would fa»ren the door of his room and thus put a stop to any further ingress. To his disappointment, however, when he come to secure his room d<-or. he found tiiat it was destitute of all fastenings. Feeling with his fingers In the dim tvrtlight, no lock, nor bolt, nor bar could he discover. Hero was a des perate fix; and what plan foj bis »afety Could he now resort to? Thinking rap idly over the matter, nothing better, it seemed to him, remained to bedonethon to roll his bedsteaii, head foremowt, eg&ilist the door, and thus effectually block up ail means of entrance. Luck ily the bedstead was upon cas ters; it was therefore easily moved; so that our l'riend had no difficulty in carrying out his scheme, uad returned vastf ikOfo V 2. bjtf, eomcwhanpurt ea- No. 30 ♦ sln <*f Immunity from ictrutfotj. If« could not, however, Settle himself for further i'ecj , b h"d been too much . .eturbed nnd unnerved for additional repose, so he rc uived to lie awake in his bed until broad daylight. A quarter ut an Hour had but barelji passed w beu our traveler for the third tlu.e heard i HIS DR;iAI> VISITOR APPROACHED. repeated demonstration of his bodily senses. When he judged the specter quite gone a..d the coast ciear he rose and hastily dressed bimseif, rushing down the sieplathiti and into the ian, where he roused the whole ir ;ates of the house with his criea the*; some dreadful tragedy had been committed on the premise*, ard tha* cv-ry efort be to disco»?r nn" arrest the murdereT. «o n-s'.ch for the ghost-; ar.fl now for the laying of It. It. urned out' upon in quiry that tLe gaunt and grotesque flfT'Jre which had haunted cur poor traveler was only a poor, dumb led, who wts accustomed to h*!p the hoßt' r kill pi?«. On this morning three ol these animals hnd to meet the common doom of their kind. The first visit of the Ltd to our traveler's, Term was to inform his comrade, who ho knew us'".*!.y t'ept there, that the hour was coming for ther- deadly work, intimating *he manner of it ';y three passe 1 * of his i fine-err. "Tvs? his throat. Upon leaving the room, aid finding, aftea- d"e inter val, that the hostler —as he took our traveler to he —had not risen for his task, he returned the second time, argrv that liis-all had not been obeyed, ani uU obly app-iciate. Ie took an early train put of the tow-r rot ever* troubling >h» landlady to ttl breakfast for him.— San Francisco iOA«n*iner. Ssi' il ller Can*. "Countess, 1 ;iope you will see my new comtdy, which is to bo to-c orrcw eveniug." • "But yon kno" lam in mourning." "O, that need make Le> diStrence — the play isnt bo iunny!''—Fiiegende B'aeiter. Bis tfreavo »Vu« Troe. I Tramp Do you believe in dreams? Second Tramp—Yes, I do. I dreamt, last nlfcht, I was ,n clover. "Well?" "I .at Yonker# .State;;:na'i. Too Prerfovt* Mr. Foster Tightflst—Sayl let juo have that fiver I lotif.ed you last night, ■will you? .Mr. Sp°nder—Fur heaven's sake, man alive, I haven't, had time to spend It yet.—Harlem Life. The Mrmte IJ»wbelor. The Den rest C;rl—lt esems si ran that men will go tc wur for mere ment. The Savage Bacpelor—Worse that. They e\ en get married "or same reason.—Cincinnati Enqulre'.^^B rruub.li "Who could have divulged the crct ?" asked the bank president one must have told it, but who .vasit^^H 'Terhapa," suggested the cashier, was the teller."—2f. Y. World. A Thrtut. Miss Pa<>fiay —1 dread to think of fortieth birthday. Mlsf Pert—\Vhy? l>ld something pleasant happen then? Life Too Mich to .'!««. "I didn't ret- the widow at "No; l er gown fitted so badly she couldn't i. strain her grlef.'^^H Chicago ilrtcord. other* Do the Worrrla#r- Kean—lxn't your wife afraid to that hor^e? 6teanv—Not. at all. It's the the meets who are scared. —Tit-Blt^^^H Iler Dltporwr. "Whee-e-e!" said Margie, who found u china n-st-egg, "here's one was laid haiu-L>oiled " —-Judge. In ter Examiner—On t\ h.l grounds do claim a pension? Applicant/—I lost iae voice sellin' k extrys.—N. Y. Vrutu.