\ OL- xxxv Mrs. J. E. ZIMMERMAN. FOR AUGUST We have decided to all vs. July Clearance Sale pricea to remain on LADIES KEADY-TO WEAR SUITS. SHIR'.' WAIST 1. WBAF ?£BS AND MUSI IN dur n - this tnco th; also on r.li SUHMEK We are de termined to clear all theso Departments of Summei Goods before the arrival of Fall and Winter Wear, if Price will move them. We have not spare! the knife—stiil further cu'tr all through these D-partmen- s. New FaH Bress Goods and Silks. We have received our first shipment of new styles in Dress Goods for the soason of 1898-99. consisting of Elegant Black Crepoiio, Covert Cl3th, Po-linr ar.d Granite Cloths; also a beautiful selection of Fancy Silits in the new Fall Designs for the indispensable stylish silk »vai3t every lady now has in her wardrobe. For those who contemplate a late summer trip, or are getting ready to go awav to school, we hav-. what you need—a iull line oi NEW FUR COLLARETTES. A:i New Fall und Winter Designs. _ WHS. J. E. ZIMMERMAN. j HE 15 A V/ISE HAN \ f —WHO SECI KES HIS CLOTHING FROM— # # # 9 * J • * * J. S. YOUNG, I i THE MEI« HA.\T TAII.OK. # 5 * t * \ t * The tf'HKls, sty!", f!t and ireiierol ?nnkt.> £ up of liis suits J TELL their own STOF^Y. STRIViNG FOR EFFECT. j [ ( \ ILJ} 'ij/ \ W Men won't buy clothing for the purp< « \ V \JOf V V—» spending money. They desire to get t.e M v\> Xft jl La« •{ best oossible results for the money expen 1- « I l\r *">) (')cd. Not heap goods bi-t goods as cheap as jLv..—j I- 1 "li h ■'i (K tbey can be POM and made up propei ly. If !M r II 1!:U M\ yi -- j call on u« \> i- nave reduced our sprit'n j \ I i?I/\\ ... ft an d summer goocls down to make room for i \ } . / \\ V tTH % our heavy weight t»oods S (VI ( <9 ;A-;I |in| ,7|'tj jj| n | pj ts Guaranteed. Gpr 3C I > Mershcnt T a i|or. • 142 K. Main St., Butler r r 11e I s *ew (Ja rri hi-i <] <">e, iT> (Formerly New Cambridge House.) CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS, Which, after the d'sastrous fire of a year i'; now c' 3ii«' 1 in larger and better shape for the accommodation of guests m se.irch of health and pleasure, presents itself to its founer flutlcr pat »>n. c as the most de>irable hote 1 in which to locrte when at Cainbtldeo Springs. Free bus to and from ail trains and springs. Public rooms are of large size an<l well lighted, including office, dining room, bath rooms, billiard room and bowling alley. CLambe - « with private baths and toilets and everything that tends to make a home-like and comfoi table resort. '-'.>r rates apply to HAGGERIY & WHITE, Proprietors, ** Cambridge Springs, Pa. i —: — ■ ■.. i Pape Rros, JEVVEL6RS. We WiH Save You Money On Diamonds, Watches Clocks, > Silverware, 1847 Rodger Bros. I j Plateware and Sterling Silver^ (Goods. ( Our Repair Department takes in all kinds fof Watches, Clocks «ind Jewelry, etc i22*S. Main St. Km Old gold and silver taken* |the same as x cash. House Cleaning Time is here and the War against Bugs, Moths etc., is on. We have prepared a Eu Killer for the extermination of these pests, let us suggest 'hat if this be mixed with tiie paste before papering the result will be yerv satisfactory. We are also headquarters for Moth Balls, Insect powder, fiellibore etc. REDICK & G ROHM AN 109 NORTH MAIX ST. BUTLER. Subscribe for tbe CITIZEN. TOK PJ THPT K R ( fTiyPM A. 1 \ V- , M £-i*S At. V-'JL S K £.. JI -.■ LN! © Offnstfpatlon Causv< ful y half the sic!" . ia tile I* r»tah",i the dir—<te,l to,Hl t.- lo «; u tMjWt!.* ftnd ur- titers ML 1 ..ae,s liver. Hood's Se-t. ... taste c.V •! «CX - „ t ■ jT.ie, headache, n- •| | sujunii, ft !fo .:« "" g 111%.!' fu."' •« ,~lipat •>!. Mil' ali its r ... • is.!> ir.,l it.iioughlj. S6e. A3 htRHt frt-/arert :>y « I H id iCc . Lnwelt >'a=* *ll ViL .iy . Ji .: *' "ili a .i llii T!»t»aean<l* Trylnß It. T > oraer to prov . tuf 1 gr> at ner-t of E y's 'ream iJalui. t.j- .u-1 effeHixe cnr» for C'lLnrrh and Cold in Head. -,e ha o pr v pir.d a tri»i siie for iO cants Get it or juur ciniggi-ii or oeud I*-' eert< to ELY *■ . reii Sf City I suffered from catarrh of th v-nrst kind ever ei r .a boy. and * never h '»'■ - for cure, but iiiy Cream I'.ilm fcems to no erentiiat. Many a/ . 'intascas hare used it with excellent resn'ts. -Ofccar Oetrurn SV vrrer Ave , Clnea'.""-. 11l ~ T'S L'I"T, . Balm it- *-h" r.ckii >v iedg* d cur fur it- ■' litul .* »■ . Jt-S "-.(J mercury nor anv mjunocs drui'. S(' cents. At dregsjisu or i y ' ail. vicfdW Alw ays crowns our efforts *.o sec '.c the 'iarid zvA most correct thing in jMen's Dress it all season's of the year. Tlitre's a fresh, brigl.'t sp?-k!e of s:yle our i»priug patterns, the kind that has snap and art in it. v/e catei lo ;tht economical ria - b- -iuse our a ciothi s give a dollar of service for every dollar paid. I.et its sho'v you the kind of a suit \se make tor $25. ALAND, MAK'.R CF ivr-> .; f.oxnES Great Shoe Saie ,S-} <. > u At C LMiller's. Are you in the market for troo'.l footwear c!.;--.r). Tins is io be a gii-'at r.io vh at our store. Summer slioes and slippers must go and if you are needing any ca!l wliile the selection is i .ge. Red r'ci Prices. Mt*n*s T?tii Shoes. .. ..ti.ll>. -• t.*. $1 !»h Men's lluu Shot*: us . L', 1.34 Men's Working Shoe*. ft? , l.iii. l. 'J Mali's Shoes 1 l'». 1.5J4. 1 "»o Ladies' l ine >lio« s i !s>. L.i s L:ifiles' Oxford Ties . .. is, 7i. W Lilies' Herc** N lim.« rs & Gu l ' :*rs U.». '.» Boys' ••'iiio Uu«t Mi; .s. . Youth's Fine Butf shoe»... b>*. We Hold Noth : ng Back. Sell shoes is our watch word. Ali summer shoes must go. This will t>e a month long to be remembered by those wno attend this sale. Repairing Done Promptly. < 9. L. CLE2LAND. S \ Jeweler anu Optician, ( 125 S. Main St., S C dutier, Pa. C. SELIGMAN & SON = TA!LORS~ No. 416 W. Jefferson St., □utler, Pa. A line of latest Foreign and Domestic Suitings always in stock. Fit, Si yle iinrt Work raanship Ruarant*cl to sa«\.."actio?. PRICES REASONAci-£. GOOD TARM FOU SALE. The I'ord fnrm iu Donegal twp., near Millerstown is fui sale. It contains about 150 acres, is well watered and iu pood condition For terms inquiie at his office fI!L iVIF/U <oi:uOLD PUCK, KSS) No v v< ly chnap. l'ei'ii for Horses, Cows, Fowls i ""'lUli, s;ri arnl j.i ;»(liii:tjvc ixover to atiliDitls. \ , y,,u frndfug ll"< CUjeapest feod iu the market. LINSEED OIL V \ r v bad. fi f r>*ij- rir.-u'-ir I'oi pure LI, ~ ~,1 „» ~,. n „. : ,,/ , ind whil( . le.o, fof • riinrn;»s.»r»' L'N.'res r:. 4. T. . *• T. . <»> »Vu., i;> W i Diamond btreet Aiie«i»eny. I'a. t~4l t i'L.Klv, THURSDAN , A. i•< x 1 h~>'l li I \ T,U4 V.'V rif r, u » ;i u*!nr 1 ( A f dy fiVK»iiTr T. TO.MLINSON. 1 01. Aogusl •. ITSO, and amosg th* taken by the BrlUshln tbat«Hh| -r.t <i .. -i-ti CJ^.' - Connie ..out. Simoa by r s n-e. TLe tbioe v\crc marching U v band ct three days after the wen being forwarded by Cot? HawdcL tj Charlt • it: •' • wb c tbey thnugbt of tbe l. mgecu a - * thert ;hei. hearts were heavy. The band of prbaotn Ittrt eu tEr# j upoi: the lonely r<»i>d ""h ; ea l«d u fores', g- VfJl for tlj.> f/irtMnj shade .r. that hot day, guard# acd prisoners halua for a re it. You- Johr. 9. .rke, wh-J fcac wou-deu .n the ttigh. a ,d l.atl placidly cor. tic ted on tlv march for ft;-r of woree eviiß if he fell u: of the ranks-, frstd ar.i looked upoT. the met! ia Hm m mpany, a:. J -Le tifc-hc waa net on* to cheer htm. Truly his situation a deaperate 01 e, ..t-' -» th a eavy !.-»n he said to "Not -cry naueh hope h<r» Is there, ,r NV tepllcd Pet-:T lUcot, briefly. "Thty MIV there is lots of smc ?&*, 'he Charles to; pr:.'or.er-.." 'aid' John. "A'.id tbey say tr .ly," replied Peter "They d< r. - half feed tbe men, and, wltb the siraUpox ocd fever and foul eir f tbt j dou't he'-e to look after any of 'bo. niea very long " "It savjt, tirau uad money and guards,, rgne'B," drawledSliaon again. dou't iai n, l aet'Ti* 'em eccncirleal. Il * whatl •ras brought up to be myself." Join looked quickly at ibe old soidiw, b-tt vis f»oe was exyressionleas. lie couid not tell whether h:s indifference wa-i 'eal or assttai-d. but wheteve- the cauae. Joh'"'. had little sympathy xVlth tt, "My alater Namcy llvet- np the road here," he sa'd at bist. "She's the only sister I've got, aud she a disgraced the family by marrying a tory. He keeps the public hou3e up at the Corners. I -.vondcr *hat she'll think of it when she &eei> her own brother carried by her huaband'a friends.'' The word to march on afrein w«-- glven, and be had no opportunity to further iriqu ; rit*; but he noticed that Ptfr Ua<"')t \vas ihoutTbttul, and several tiioen turxed to blinon and ppoke to 1:1 m in low tone?. Simon was Interested, too, itt the captai;. s words, 'or, although expression upon hl4 face did not- change, John knew froin hit that soi ie project waf in his tolcd. What it was, hc certr, he couid rot conjecture Oi rucrchol the u.en, the silence brc k«'n on;y oc-'t sioiisJ.ly by i qr; wl fr<-m S'/m* 4 or the sharp wotxi of Cr pt. Fau' * tl. k U-tid«r "t tho Rtn«-rd, to ante loitering prisoner. The heat of tb-a s,un vii? 'ate- c e, a.d the lri«eft« that s*eadilr followed tbert Iroreaned the discomfort of a!!. Tt o pHsoners it •Tomplaintr, but the muriuiU'- i.igb among th* gm.rd grew louder and Intro frequent r*ipt Fault wa* 1)€- £ t<» fe«r "hat L * would lcr>e con ♦ r 4 Kjt h>'& when ft public hou«o cfcir.a Into view ocd a bait «ut or''red. "Is this where your sister Nancy !i.inq't'rr-'. Peter ?i John Starke. •Yea," J«p'led JoLr, "h"t I don't know that fchr-'il d" us cny *o<xi " "I '"dnl; she will," ttr.id Peter, 01 d ia a few 10 -1 " v>rd3 L" tvplaiaed h!s i;hvu. John liatencd attentivciy and for » mo ment felt hopeful, htii. a git-ace at *he lioisy red scats b, .tight hock all 'a is feurs, and Le said: "It may b« well enough to try it, but I haven't ru 'ch hope. Here's my sistwr new, aud I'll see what CJuti be done." Nancy wa.-. approaching and looking with curicua interest at the baud cf prisoners. Suddenly her glance fell upon Joi-a, ..ad she was about to ut'.er a alartled exclamation when a warning her br.»her caused hr-r to oe f ilent. Still she approached, and John knew by tbe expression UJK-U her lave that h* could d°|>eiid ujH>n ; er todoher titmoit for him, for even in those desperate tisies "blood was thicker than water." "Why, John! How came you here?" "Irtish, Nance"* whispered John "Come 4ict«s a minute, and I'll explain In a few words JiShn hurriedly told h'3 sister of their desperate piight, ar.d explained the pl'an which Peter Bacot bad devised. Nancy listened attentive ly, and then iiesitated before she an swered. tt was Only for a momert, how ever, t<:r cbe quickly s«id: "I'll do It, John. You stay rii»ht here, and I'll try my best for yo*t." His sister was gone in a moment, ar.d John stretched himnelf upoi. the ground with hi« companlonatoawalt the result. Not a word was spoken by tbe prison ers, but each was watching Intensely the movements of the. guard. Shouts and songs soon could be heard, and aruoag the ntcu they could sen a woman moving here atid there, and al waji a Ji:g lu her bands. An hour had passed, and the three prisoners were just beginning to hope tbattber might be able ip make some attempt, when Capt. Faust appeared In the door way, and in a thick voice ordered th« mej! to form and advance. "It was ..o gtjod," said John, despond ingiy. "You can't tell yet," replied Peter. "Here comes /our sister." "'John," said Nancy, a« she ap~ pronehed, "I've done aH I couid and will hope for the best. Here, take these, quirk," she added, as she drew three black bottles from the folds of her dress ar -1 handed them to her brother. "Be careful. Maybe yon can work your plan yet. Oood-by," sli« wLNpsred, as ■ibe turned and left them. John thrust ouo of bottles into his pocket and j»ave his companions the others, and then they arose tr> take their plaoee in the ranks, >.usrvfi vta at once resumed, but tbe hues of (jourd were very uneven now, ard the murmurs had given place to shouUt an<i songn. Steady, there! bteadyl" called out Lapt l'aust, aa ho looked k at tlie men. "He thinks the troubles are with Vlirn:," *aid riimoji. "Ile'll hnvc to l&<>k out or the ground will hit him iu the face. It's (i!l right, and we'll make & i*y pretty quick." "Hark! What's that?" Inquired John, sharply. The sound of a bugle eouhl be hoard In advance of them. The thrive prteonr eri« l<iok««l at one another In dismay, for doubtie.-w the approaching men were redcoats and their coming meant the downfall of aii their hopos. Faust, too, had heard the sound, and realized that he we# In no fit condition to be wen by any of his superior nfHeerg. "Here, ('-apt. Faust," subl I'eter Ba cot, quickly, "you take my hat and coat in: ' give iue yours and yiur sword,and I'll help you out. lie quick; you haven't, n minute to lose." "G—»rliid to--to —have ,\e," said the leader, thickly, at once carrying out the ftiggestion. The rrnnt-fer hail hardly been made and the men formed in Hue by thy roau- Fid« before Co!. Cruger'a bum! of red coats, ewort'ag teipp!i» s er.d recnforce tn*nt for the-ippcr-»tati< .<*, appeared !a th." 1 r ::ad 'Present 2rr. «f calt. a;id the -sen, V> vers too stupid to pert* I •» the ch: nge In officers. obeyed, and u!s' carried out fc'« or.', fto sal'tto the newcomer*. "Who'* in command .->( t.he.st, mea. and what ere they ?" it tjuired Col. Cm per a* he drew rein on hi»h <rs». ••Capt. Fanst'* in command,' replied Peter «-a!uttng, "unl these fellows are prisoners for Charleston." "O'-jd place for them," replied the colonel. 'You'd better ham though, fcr -1 r.\. ht a -.-takes you In th» ■wood* the men n tt |ft awaj "We"" hurrv," replied PrUr. waici.- iu* *he eolcr.e' nt be us'l b = Ma pawecd j!,. TLen IV ;er restored the bwordaud belonging* tc C< p t Faust, (lull the inarch wan lesaTeJ, though 'ho line* of the guard were itlll un-tcariy, nudt.be men plainly almost overcome. "Their gur.s ain't drink," whispered P!:noc, sbakirp his head in reply to Peter's »ugg*«tlor. *•••>•" the} sb-u"' ► tart end run into the woods, and •!•» thre« pi-;> neT» Kept on wit! the others. Night overtook them in the wood*, and the baud took up their tjuart. re ia a deserted loghouse by tfhe roadside. t- -v :; & If THK SENTINEL ttV.S SECCRED. Then the prisoners were p'to-d In oi e room, with a door opening Into the hall and a u-iudo«w Into t'je yard, while the drunken tories and sober American offi cers were ili left' in the ball together. The three prlsouer» soon begin: to work. rhe« - ■■'■* that mar about them showed thnt r: of th- men were sleep ing. ITiey whispered together, and ; ben Si in o a began bot.'eathat Nar.cy hod triveru. "• e so'xr i-. of the keeping guards be came louder, and sorro It wa.« manifest ed ti.atuU out the s< c'..ie.- of the three prisoners bad fo .-go:ten the hard march of the lay. and were aouud ualcep. "Will ycu piea~->e get tne a drink of water?" Simon said to the sentinel in the hail. The ,-enliuel grumbled, bat went for the water, and held out the gourd us he returned. With on" quick blow Simoi knocked the gourd irorn hUhand,and the water splashed over the gun and into the face of the as'onishcd tcry. Instantly Peter and John were by his *!de, and the sentinel was secured and gagged. Then the three men hastily secured the gum but. though their efforts were not heard by the <!rw ken toriee, the prisoner? In the other ro.u.i tad beard, aad were leaping out of the window It:to the yard. Th outside sentinel was n.oi.sed. a -J fire '-. it t::«- .ioise of the rep rt on!} sent-d to awaken the drunk en men In the hall and quicken-the pai»> of the escaping prisoners. "I'll tend to that sec inel," 6»ld Pinion, quickly, leavivg the hall and pre s'-!,'.. iif his gun before tfie soldier could_ reload. The dazed tories meanwhile had t>een roused, only to find themselves without guns an:J fu( tl 1 baire!3 o * their own ißtinkets. lu a few ojcu-euta ihs three resolute men corupleted their work, had paroled the tone.- and disappeared. John Siarive coccealeu himself In the wood~, and "as fc-.l and cared for by Nancy till he \vc.> strong enough to make hlrt way to Sumter's army. Capt. I'eti r ISaco* became an officer in the reguiaro of Honth Carolina, but of Simon no word wu.- ever received. After the war, when John Starke u*ed to reiate the story for his grandchildren, he would close by saying: "It's the only time in al! my recollection 1 c»u remem ber tbjt drunken men ever did good."—Boston Globe. The Wrong Hole. Gobang— Did you find that opening you were looking for? l T kerdek—l thought that I found it, but r t proved to lie the bob- I bad come out • f before —Y..loumnl. Safe* Chooee pianos for your mortele. Follow on their i'r es with c 6'«; For their attltmle !. always Either upright, grand or square. —Chicago Itocord HIS OW3V FAIX.T. A /y- \fi mm, 'Any (whose "Old Dutch" has been shopping, Tuitl hu« kept him waiting a considerable time) —Wot d'yer mean, keepin' me sUindln" abaat '«re like a bloomin' fool? 'Arriet—can't 'elp the way yerstand, 'Arry 1 lyondon Punch. The Ob»<Hrlc to Ilt« Ilino. "Cholly speculating tn st-tK-k 1 "? Well. I don't think he'll ever be a Napoleon of Wall street 1" "No; the trouble in hie case Is that t-heie's too much room at the top."— Puck. Fluln Mlaa Dunstar. —For my part I never could understand why Desdeinona fell In love with the Moor. Mr. Wise—Why, it's ail plain enough. Her father objected to it.—Chkiago IJecord. How She Took It. "You have looked upon my face for the 1 -t time," he resolutely declared,bh he put on h>s bat. "What are you going to do," she cried; raise whiskers?"—N. Y. Herald. H«- tt'«« Hsrd l'i» Tommy—Why did the artist- yxsiut the world blue, mamma? Mrimmn—lsuppoeeit looked that way to him, Tommy.— Statesman. 1 THE ISLANDS Or TH= SUA. 00-1 !s shsptng th-» future o* th« islar.«ii3 of ' ne S-m». ;j, .. ,«or, ;- the b'.o<v" cf rin tyre r.r.c 'Jvo | fruit t, liberty: In *ht « "'rada ar.i tn .*ark.-.e«-. Jit hae J | scr.t abroa>l ITta wc>rd: I He hr ; #lve:i a haurht- r.attcn to the ciijo- , > t nor. and the 3™ r»rJ. t'e hn" sc--a a j r oanlng In the thou- Bht.d ' a hs the; dte; Ht ras h< ird from cht'd a id woman a ter rible daric cry. ' Me b..3 iiven th-' w._siei taleat of the stew- | ard faithless found 1 To the yoL,r.£.. t of tht ;:a Uona t lth His , abundance crowned. ; Ht cahM n-.r to do Ji-af.-re -vaere nor.a but *fcj hud , ! *r« talUi her to do rncrcr to her r.etgUbcr . fit th-.- door: H» ccileo ner ■•> ver*e«Ji-o for h»r own »or:j tcuiiy difd. - » T'hrJca dtu Ho ca.il u*;tu iier sby | j harktii?i 1 Hhj has gathered t!i« vs-wt oitdl".r i sba . j has eearcf. -d her l--: d«rs round! > There r«. - beer. « r.-tfibty h<-a'tr.g of h*9 .-hildrea oc *he B" r.*; ' H-r . hitfhtr Je the w«. bt-rguea I ar? louu 03 .and, j < To do her u»«»c the earth f»«rnnaiee | ="aad ; . 1 The S.-?t b r - -lar.d ~t. \- . , oceur. tur-.£- Belted round the world Uer i'r.e cf tatUa bi'.i .i* , Bhe h»s Vooss-1 the ho: volcanoes of the i 6ni£*-s oi r bed. ■With Pre and rmoke ar.d eartl auaJrs shocX 0«r heavy vengeance feb ' Bojuht'ian*. freo Cuba, '.-ur fleet »rennro«'r ) soil: j Up mountain road, tt t i-oeh j'jr.K'o orowtk. oar bravest fcr There Is no blood so pracioua as 'h«si* | wounds pour forth fir 'bee; Bwoc-t he thy Joys. Tree Cuba—aorrows have made thee fiee. Nor thou, O noble nation, who wast so slow to r.rath. With trief too hea«y-«iden follow In duty's path, Not for ourselves om Uvea ure; not for thyself art thou; The star of Christian a«e.- isehintr goo thy nrow. | Hojolce, O n»lgh«j- mi>ll»er. that aod-jliatJi choeoo vti'xs jTo th* wardee of th*> ielaiida ol the aea; I Ho irf:eth up. T-lfc f<ux <h down. He Is th-* King of king-.. Whose art ad commands o'er^awe-struc-* !tir.ua are borne on curiae wlr.ga. —George E Wood berry. In K. Y Times ! j The Idiosyiscrasj cf Joaes | J , fONES wag ill —tick unto death, he • J thought, but his wife suit] it wa« j either Incipient Rout, or the war. You . uiw jys kTit' <- with Jones how his busi ness is going on, because '.n the morn . ing as he travels t<. town hla •!*<- meanor aud convert. >:ion retiect the , sort of time bo had on 'ohange the day j hefore. If he !» buoyant and humor ous, and smokes e cigar, and will t;ilk ( and ktep you from reading your ne>r»- -i peptr, then b< sure things are well with him, aud "Kartlr3," or what not, r are doing ail they should do; but if he s si;.i ailent and gloomy, utters cynioal thoughts on meu ai.d the weather, and j forgets to light hi 3 pipe, then the pro -1 vlous day was d-oubtie«s a blank, or wort*e than n blank. Dut Jouca d*?- clared himself to be ill, and he wont to 1 TTorley ftrcet and took advice, and re turned from the payment of two i g-iineas with a prescription and a 4 regime. . Three daya afterward I heard all about it. He entered the train t gard and miserable; he lacked i, strength to open his morning paper, or even to bite the tip off a cigar. "What's the matter?" I asked. "You ■ ■ HE E-VTERiJD THE TRAIN HAOOARD. look as if you'd done a heavy day's work." "I have," he bald. "You've hit It In n word. I'm under me-iicai treatment, and I wish I could exchange with soinq convict at hard labor. They get their toil spread over the day; I've got to do mine b ;fore breakfast. I go to a big gan and explain that I'm as weak as a rat and have palpitations and liead« aches and a thousand things, aud in stead of sending me to the sea and making me take stimulating food, and plenty of old wine and so forth, he's given me a regiiuo that would ei hnuwt a steam engine." "T-eif mo," f siild. «-mpafh*tic npA gerrt. Yn-uTi tend;" Jopea re plied. "Well, to begin tviMt, I don't like cold water. It may be a heredi tary iutitlnct, but the fact comains. I hate it anywhere, arwl if there is one place I hate tt in worse than another it is my bath of * mornlntf. I like my bath at blood heat —always hnvo it so. Xow I've got to take it cold. I bar gained for all I was worth about it. It's my business to bargain, of coureo, and I did it well; but he wouldn't hear a word. 'Absolutely baths are what you want,' he said; and that's what I'm haiing. This weather, too! I go in a normal oolor, and I come out purple. The rot that's talked to me about a beautiful warm glow would tnahe Job swear if he'd had a circula tion like mine. "Warm glow,'indeed! When I'm dry I present the appear ance of an indifferent statue with blue nut's and ft TH«»' dpuce: and T don't get warm again ti!l well on in the arv ernoon. It can't be right. And before T go iu I have to strip and do a variety of absurd things with dumbbells. This takes about £0 minutes and leaves mo •o prostrated thnt when I do get into my buth I scarcely have strength left to crawl out again. Then, whea I'm partially dressed, I'vo got to do a lot of other degrading things —Jumps and hops and skips, and silly sort of performances you might leach a dog. These are designed to harden mc. When it's all over I generally hnteto send my wife for a nip of old cognao i before I can shave. T.r>ok at- my chin to-day. My hand trembles BO that I can hardly hold the ra*or. It's cruel, if you ask me. I'm not so young as I w as, and by the time I've finished and dressed and put on my boot 9 and said my prayers, you could knock me down i with a feather. 1 totter to breakfast, I feeling as If I hadn't, slept for a we.Jr. I lose my temper with the f; lily, «ay things I regret all day afterwards, and only just begin to steady after . n ample meal. Then comes the medicine, j I needn't weary you with a description I of that. Tn fact, no wo-'ds would con j ,rcy the faintest bin* of the flavor. I What combination of drugs achit cs this frightful I kfiow pot. Byt 4 ! thf bouquet, xrl.ee T dra .v the ccrk, | ; renders my w ■->> ir.'.- y circle tin- j I easy I hove »o take U three times a i day, aiul life is or e long agonized su«- 1 1 pensc. T am and readr f. r I , bed b -fore I oen be said to have really ; yof ':p. By tV **. cy, Md you see «hat '"Ca^ l "-*' die! yesterday? It's 'ho work -1 honft for re* nrd mire it ♦bla on " | I did net see hini for a fort night. and fen red the worst. Then } » i opoenre', "be r>lture cf health I "TI w Tiicp it'" T | He had evidently fo. cotter h'.s for j mer lo'.eful tal >. "Never better," ht ir lared, "thanks to a cba;> Harley s« t —u perfect ger.iua, Ii • -v.re you Ibe simplicity ' of tba remedies tool Thesa special- I h-ts are w"n<'»>r« Rlrsrej if I kiiOT I hn e♦» ey 1o It' ! w-r.t r.ract'ea'l I dying man, and look at me!" "What wns the elixir"" I "'"old tub and dambbe. «."6t>td Jonas, "and lust senic trifir.g physic—quite agreeable to the taste lVe pot et-so lutely tc Ilk? '♦ Po yon have e«,l(i tub rnd dumbbells Tf not, let me Implora i you tc begin them They'd make a man of you. eh n rlow ' ?•!-h an ap potirei like It. £ the way. die yon see that terr!:ic Jump .n 'Kaf firs'" Ootigr- tulate me. I person ally—" TI; . e be htc..me co;itid«ntlsil. — E. P.. in illnek and CARRIED illS u'Wii TURKEY. An Arlitoerntlc UtirnkfHrr V» ho \V«a Sot T«m» Prnait to Me Sw« with m Rt«!.et. Chief Marjlfall waa not fasb ionable, though i <s res'. ie«i iu the ui ls tocratlc quartet of itichn'ond. Thor oughly loyal to the constitution of the United Slates, to which his interpre tation gave tho3e liberal powers nec essary to i»s durability, he was a law unto himself in dress and person-il hab its.. In thooe doja the getitlemen of motid, who were heads of families, did their own by a negro footman beariug a large basket. But Marshall carried his own market basket —except when ht hap pened to forget It, which w&fc often. Then, instead of shouldering i.Le filled basket, he loaded his hands, arias and pockets with ih.i provisions he had bought, Marion Hariand, in her book on "Some Colonial Homesteads," tells two amusing anoedctea illustrative of the social independence of th-s chief Jus tice. "My chll. .Oi recollection," she writer Ms vivid of a scene described iu my hearing bv a distinguished Rich mond lawyer, now dead, of a meeting with the great Jurist on the most puV>- lic part of Main street or.e morning i:i Christmas week. A huge turkey, with the lers tied together, kung, head downward, from one of tba Judge's arms, a pair ot ducks dangled from the other. A brown paper bundle, ruddied by thebeefsterk it enveloped, had been forced into a coat iail pocket, and fes toons of 'chitterlings'— a homely dish of which be was as iond as George 111. of boiled mutton —overflowed another and daneied against his lcen calves." Another story which she tells is of a young man who bad lately removed to Richmond. Tie accosted a rusty per son standing at entrance of the market house as "o.d man," and nuked if he "would r.ot like to make a nine pence by carrying a turkey home for him?" The man i<-ok the turkey with out a word, and walked behind him until they reached the young house holder's gatt. "Cutch."" said the "'fiesh'* youth, chucking ninepence at the hireling. The man caught th<» c >!n and pock eted it. As he turned away a well known citizen raisfd liis hat so defer entially thnt the surprised into a«>k!ng: "Who is that shabby eld fellow?" "The chief Justice of the United States." ''lmpossible!" ft a miner >d the fied blunderer; "why did he bring my turkey borne, and take my ninepmce'. ' "Pi-Obahly to te<ioh you a lesson In good breeding and independence. He will ffive the money away before ho gets home. You can't get rid of the lesson. And he would oarry ten tur keys and v. alk twice as far for ihe Joke you have given him."—Youth's Com panion. A Threatened Urmuntlratloa. Delinquent-—l'm sorry, but you know you can't get blood out of a turnip. Collector —Well, unless you ate pre pared to pay this bill when I call around to-morrow I'M show you that I can draw some out of a beat!"— Ch icago Dally Hecord. Stch a Difference. "Dearest, you Mujfh liko the rosea rsd," Said he, and he thought that rather neat. Il} after years he simply said: "Groat Caesar. Jane, rou'ro red >uf * beet; —Olnclnnatl Enquirer. COMGRKSSIOXAI, ITEM. A large bill fc» river appropriation*. —Harlem Idle. The Greatest Event, Tb-J tUae la big great With do<-(i3 and tlta-W9mex?a plana Un nienrSa, But r, aught »re to the boy vyhoau eyea Adjoin a bole la a baawball fwnoo. —lr.dl*napolia Journal A Slight HUaßdtrat^ndtny,: Sir. Ouver—l suppose you ride • wheel, Mjbs AnJ4q<X»t». Miss Amiquate—Y's, indeed; I con> plvtoU my fir»t daut-nry vistcidaV. Mr. Ouyer—Heifly? You don t look it, I'm sute. ( if. 11. strangers Daily Xewa. "• 1 ■ '■» «* '■» |Tjrum HOUTM oi tjconomy. Wa.l Paper Duller —Something' paper the w alls of a sic-,'n(,-rcow9 Vo», sir. shade wou .1 you pre fer ? Ctjstonier—i think I'd like something that won't show a spot when you a nxwiiiito on It.—Chicotro Tribune. Hunt tV© Slio of It. Little Elmer Pa, why I.; it that "truth is stranger than fiction"? Prof. Uroadhead—Because wo do nt»t «ee it so often, my son.- .N Y. Journal. In Red aa<l IWte. —I atippcse y -u -ould ae<- decep tion written on her fa._o? He—No; but I could see it painted there.— t^aVeaO^n. i AS THE V7INDS BLOW. i .iwret Memories *»l a Ouce liApp.» Tim*' tiy w Y»aßdiv of Old lArtier*. Sea, D-iidame. 'tis & bundle of letter*. I I ivu. .d !■ «• f t« evenings ;.go xuscuserip's. They new Uet with If vcrribbon a -3. still retain*! < iho odor of the violets sho used to j love. ' j As rnr ryes -csted OH the dingy a«st " brown envelopes and the faded -f ribbon, a t'nouaH. d memories of the old day? surged through u..- mind-- j ! the old lays when =he and I would vat - ! dcr along the hanks of the river iff the ! g]ni suntHne telHng each other 'he J rtory of hearts that 1- to!d so often jet never grows old. Yon kno" the t*!e. i"ot'.an.<e. i'es, | y m have hr;.rd It, ami with burning j che«-ki and throbbing heart you lis j tened to it, just as others h" 1 before j you, and as others will alter >an and . I are gone. It is a sweet, cid •a' . ?»« i: >e <s 4 t j not? I th-rti/h' o wl-n 1 lvra.-J it j from h#r l!pts. for she was the first f,} tell it to me \h. that dear May dey by the r»er, Uic floweru *ll about us, the birds ting ing their songs of life a: d of love! She plucked a ai d t _re away the petfc.s, repeating, iv* each fell to the ground: "He loves me, he loves ire cot, he loves me —" That was the last, madame. It was thee that 1 told her the story. | I I told her how ttiv love Lad lived and burned unspoken for so long, so lon#. How I hud loved her ever since the day our eyes first met acros* the path. She listened, and when I had finished the look she jrave tnv told the secret of her heart. Air Ttidarae. the ioy of that moment. Sh* piav' her soft arm& around my | neck and I was vouug then, anu .of the 1 with ail iu whims ai.d vugariea, I knew but little. Then by and by I went «way. Yon know madame, how sometimes faces are iorn< «ten. bow easy it Is for us to ee«se thinking of those who fire away. It must have been like that with her. This bundle, t<ed with the lavender ribbon and still erhalinr the sweet ness of the Holet i. contains the letters wrote tne. They were warm with her love at first. She thought and dreamed of me alone. I was happy for \ awhile. Tien enme the lost. It told me .-he and I mast part, that we were unsuited, that henceforth our paths must lie in opposite direc tions. I crushed ihe cruel pn; «r lu my hands and returned it to her, but it was too late. She had married and seemed happy. Sec, here are the letters, maflsme. Do yon not smell the violets? A last tie, yon saj ? True but I would destroy even that. There, 'hey nre among the coals. Pee hrxw the flames twine about them and lick the knot of ribbon. Is it not beati tlful? There is one that burns slowly. See, I light my cigarette in its blaze. There, 'tis goo?. Notbiug "but ashes. I have n~ memories now, randame. The last hen left my miud, my heart, as that puff of smoke left my lips. What? I shake? Ispll! theabsinthe? Pardon, madame, you mistake; see, how firm Is my hand! — Detroit Free Press. (ilailatnoo'i Place In lll«t<>r>. Gladstone's place in English history will be high, and it will be quite apart from any other. He will have no near companionship in his fame. It will be, we think, an eminence designed to mor al qualities more than to Intellectual powers. The very sincerity that his en emies have denied to him will be couut ed, perhaps, the loftiest of his claims. It will be «eeu that few men of brilliant gifts and great ambitions have bought with his earnestness for the right- in what they did or st< od with his courage by what they found it to be. When he braved the scorn and cnger of the church, which has always been mors to him thin to meet of 1U priests, and challenged by the same act his own past In order to do justice to the peo ple of another creed, and when ho made & righteous pei.ee with the Doers in the face of a storm v-f English wrath, h® rose to a greatness in character that will be measured in future time with clearer eyes than now.—Atlantic. The Kaiser'* Brother. Prince Henry of Prussia is in every way the exact opposite of his brother, the kaieer. A quiet, modest, unassum ing young man, he makes friends every w here he got-s. He la Idolized by his brother officers in the navy, and by the men also, who do not forget that on two occasions lie dived the quarter deck to resoue drowning sailors. His devotion to his mjther in 1886 was most marhod. and in embracing onJ blessing his iaiic* son on the occafclos of b'/M with Irene of Hesse* Fred<rlos( the Nobje lnty his Kami a slip m (tgt fye fco'jld not spstJ;). on vrbiah >yBS writ{en: * "You at. '.east havenjveJ- gir«a me a moment** sorrow, and will c-rtuinly make ns tru# a husband as jva hare been a loving son."—6i. Louis GloVe-Democrat. The Tkm frpanlati C«. The history of the thrseCs—clertcel isaj, conservatism and corruptioa, which, fostered by the blind false pride that holds honest labor in contempt as a budge of inferiority, and in cur rent phrase cansee Afrioe to begin at the Pyrenees, have brought about tie present weakness and Impending down fell of Ppuin.—Henxy C- Lea, In Atlan tic. Poorlr raid o*rgr. Among the clergy of Italy there are 8,473 nhoie Income is under SIOO % yyr tivt Gentle Dtttt He—Y'ou say you like a tnauly m&n What ia your Idea of a msp? She—Well, for instance, one yno doesn't star and stay anJ Just because ho knows the girl Isn't enough to throw him out. —Chicago Daily New#. Tli> Ksctt iu Omw. Colored l'arson—l am afearu, friend Johnalng, «} at *°° m a n y cake wuks 1 hab dulleci Jc aidge obyd' sensibilities, sah. ' Johnsing—!\*o. Indeed, pahsqn. Jes' dulled do aldge ob my razzer, det's all. —?f Y. .Tournul lllmurlMnrf Ita.<l Com"#, Smith —IMd a neat bit of diplomacy , to-day. Mrs. Smith—What was It? Smith—Hought a cornet, Mrs. Smith—From whom? Smith—The fellow next door.—N. Y. World. i)rllelila of Growlnit I'p. Aunt Gertrude —And what will you I i do when you are a man, Tommy? Tommy—l'm going to grow a beard, j Aunt Gertrude —Why? Tommy—Because then I won't have j : nearly so much face to vv.i*h.—Pic*- ' i lis lain ] No THE lIOKSE FAVORED. Popularity of Equestrianism In* J'j s,j Cinu£• . ■ «i . 11 ■ KltOk >u Mlii'i In Opeu A:r end , luti tln* Htiintf AculoalCk ■*.r< Pr»i{icrlut i The bii» is nvt dead yet When the «ht -i« in*«j Savor « fev j ettrs inople prophesied thiit riding , . . .. t"..id sow Late uvthing \ ■ de but in the stalls and kick thair . heels i' Pet a or two • i.at • i f l ■ -tt/ n.i'.oh all that most of i!.-ui did co. J!ut at f reoent there ia a <*?ciied !• ctlon. and th--oiJTstlepram>» |ir mi re gf.y'.y L..a in. re ntj'.nerou jly | than he evt .<id. Hcnnp-ers T the riding r.cedemies ! e,-.;, that they have never hadeoproeper ! out a whiter as the ac just past *he ! r.roprl. v or of b well-known .iding ! school nf.'.r Central Patk Says that Ms ! 1 oka til.- '< b'-'i." ss >f <30,000 Ir ex -lec of the previous year. Ha dates ! with p'er-sure the.t collections n•• so I .xisy that he feels ss if he were irt 4 ;• fi. «• ' . d dream und might wake up to find that h» money had turned to fairy gold. As for the wheel, ldes> '<t it devoutly and says it is nt the root < ! all his good fortune j "Tho bicycle was a blesw'ng li: dls ! g-uise, as for we ore conferred, i said "I*ll iid,mlt that It was disguised i at Air". But I never joined the chorus of calamity howler*. I predicted from the start that the horse would stand ihe test, and so he has." "How has th-3 wheel helped you ?" "This way: Teople went crazy over i*. Thousands end hundreds of thou sands of people who had taken : out-of-door fseroise lenraed to --ide A I vihee'i and spent hours every i3sy in The j open sir. a man or a won'an find* out what U great, thing it la to Lave exe.rcinfe in the open air. it••.ettles ♦ho th'ug. The habit once formed, yon aren't going to coop that mah or thet woman up the rest of his devf "The wheel, as T say, taught this hub it >o nx.ny thousands of people, eve 1 * so m. Ny wealthy people. ever;, cody took to the bicycle. The world wheeled. Seme men and women didn't want to be In the crowd, so they dec: "ed to givv up wheeling except or.ee iO awhile. But wh«r they couldn't Ac wta j to m'tke up their minds to gira up cut of-door exercise, and, coft sequ-ntly, people wh«> w --V never other'vvlse hate ieamed to rideo horse have taken it up now. "Of course, so late in the season,thi gs a.-e quiet here at the academy, ree jrfe hove gon» t > ihe country and tal;en their horsos with them. But dnr'ng ♦he winter a* d the early spring we were simply ri-'nhed. As for next fall, 1 have so many engagements that tl everybody back at the same time I wouldn't have enough stable for the hort-r.s. It J* astonishing how many ol:l!Lrt.n are learning to The greatest increase is In that directing. Children's ponies were never in such demand. "Jn past- seasons I have often had to take horseE In pay for board blliq. This year only one horse was turned in on me In that wayrl lu.d to engage r.ine riding masters, more than I have ever hud !■«;' of t.\i ages have Wen learning; even old ladles have be<-n taking lessens. Another reieon fot the return to the horde it I'aalitont people, who ride to reduce flesh, fo..nd V;." t xi.e wheel is not so effectual aa a horse. Then, too, a flrood many physi cians prcsc ril.v a wheel and prescribe a horse." "The trotting horse is still the most popular?" 'Oh, yes. The Kentucky-galted horse Isn't in demand here iu New York ex cept for semi-invalids who need some thing easy. Down in Kentucky it's dif ferent. They ride for houfs there, so they need fir easy gait. ITcre in >*ew York people r.v.i.t *Lehorse whlaQ giv% them the best exercise in a short time." "Do any New York women ride astride?" "1 don't think so. Ip wont bo fashionable Jn New York. I won"? allow ar.y woman to ride astride in my school. That is, not al present. If It ever be comes customary that will be differ ent; but I am not pioneering. I bft« lleve they ride so n little In Chicago and other pleoes. k ' "How nbout cross-country riding among women?" "Of course there is nothing of tfiat sort In the aa&demy now, buf we hc,v«> had more pnpils in that line the winter thftn ever before. You «e,e, 1 am justified in saying- that the has proved a hieing to us. couldn't very weil ride to hounds On & wheel, anyway. But the love of being outdoors, which the wheellnstllledinto many people, lias reacted amazing'r for the greater popularity-of the horte. —x N Y. Sun. •"W rch" !!«■»•!—Sot HJutei. The correct ncfti? for flanipmi-iis Vlrg'intoa Is QOt, wtiah hazel, but wyotf hseel. no oonnsoUonJ with the amglo' of ute water hnnter. The Blackthorn of England, Prunus Spinosa, woa the wood used in divl oatlor or -whatever i.upct> stitious practice* mey be termfil. Hazel hod a virr wide meaning In thi» olden times, and the elm, as well as "the rut not known as such, was haeel. One of. these elms, now known n« Fhnus Mop tana, was the favorite wood for mak ing wyches, or provision chests, and was therefore known uathe wychhazel. In the present day it Is the wyoh elm." Our hamamelis the early settlerv the nam* of wyeli hazel fri.«». the r't>LTnbl/-.nee of the leaves to those ot the wj-ph hazel or elm of the old world. Lnngtrage reformers Imagining that wych should be spelled witch are responsible^for the confusion. Wych hazel is the correct term for our plant : —Meehan's Monthly. A Correction. "Mistuh Plnkley!" exclaimed Miss Miami Browr., "did I ondustan' you t?r git up in dishere company an 'decloh aat you Is in favor of wah to da knife?" "Excuse me," replied the embar rassed young man, "1 should have said Vuh to de razzer.' —Washinirton Star. Talking it Over. Miss Macfall—l wouldn't xnerry a man who woe less than iO years old. Miss Kittish—Ah, selfish to the last, I see. Ml*s Macfall —What is there selfish about that? Miss Klttish —Why, you want, when you died of old ago, tv leave your husband In hla prime have a chance to get some young girl and be f appy,—Chicago Dally Kc<ws. SecMOd R«at "Yon ere completely broken down/'' sul' the doctor, "and must take a resrt. You must get nwny from business car< and worries and quit work ab solutely lor several weeks. Unlebsvou follow my advice I can't be responsi ble for consequences," "Well," answered the man, "I will ask my wife whether the busim .»# in her millinery store wili justify'tia* C*N i>«nso. r Vf4 , uak. '
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