VOL- xxxv
Mrs. J. E. ZIMMERMAN.
FOR AUGUST
We have decided to allow July Clearance Sale prices
to remain on LADIES READY-TO-WEAR SUITS, SHIRT
WAISTS, WRAPPERS AND MUSLIN UNDERWEAR during
this month; also on all SUMMER MILLINERY. We are de
termined to clear all these Departments of Summei Goods
I before the arrival of Fall and Winter Wear, if Price will
move them. V/e have not spared the knife—still further cuts
all through these Departments.
New Fall Dress Goods and Silks.
We have received our first shipment of new styles in
Dress Goods for the season of 1898-99. consisting of Elegant
Black Crepons, Covert Cloth, Poplins and Granite Cloths; also
a beautiful selection of Fancy Silks in the new Fall Designs
for the indispensable stylish silk waist every lady now has
in her wardrobe. For those who contemplate a late summer
trip, or are getting ready to go away to school, we have what
you need—a full line of NEW FUR COLLARETTES. All
New Fall and Winter Designs.
_ MRS J E ZIMMERMAN.
< HE IS A WISE HAN \
T -WHO SECURES HIS CLOTHING- FROM- #
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J J. S. YOUNQ. i
♦ THE MERCHANT TAILOR, 4
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J Tho £foo<ls, style, lit and general make 4
lip of his suits \
I TELL their own STOF(V.
-f j STRIVING FOR EFFECT.
/ •' Sj Men won't buy clothing for the purpose
j . \ / \ k. of spending money. They desire to get the
• ■ \ ■"i \ I j best possible results for the tnonpy expend
/j ri , (S) ed. Not cheap goods but goods as cheap as
, .( y~ l~— 'j"| they can be sold and made up propeily- If
J -l you want the correct thing at the correct
1 S) price call on us, we have reduced our spring
C,..- ~—— jn and summer goods down to make room for
' j \\ '!. our heavy weight goods,
' ''/ i
r | iIN/f Fits Guaranteed.
•' 11* i B
( 1 r Merchant Tailor.
1 • 142 N. Main St., Butler
The New Cambridge,
(Formerly New Cambridge House.)
CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS,
\> hich, after the disastrous fire? of a } ear ago, is now opened in
ta?ger and brtter sliaj>e for the accommodation of guests in search
ot health and pleasure, presents itself to its former Butler patrons
as the most desirable hotel in which to locate when at Cambridge
Springs. Free bus to and from all trains t-nd springs. Public
rooms are of large size and well lighted, including office, dining
rootn, bath rooms, billiard room a.id bowling alley. Chambers
wuli private baths and toilets and everything that tends to make a
home-like and comfortable resort. T *or rate* apply to
HAGGERTY & WHITE, Proprietors, Cambridge Springs. Pa.
- Pcipe sros,
JEWEb€RS.
We Will Save You Money On
f. ( Diamonds, Watches Clocks,T
Silverware, 1847 Rodger Bros. I
i Plateware and Sterling Silver^
(Goods.
Our Repair Department takes in all kinds of Watches, Clocks
and Jewelry, etc
122 S. Main St.
Old gold and silver taken Ihe same as 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 that if this be
mixed with the paste before papering the result will be very satisfactory. We are
also headquarters for Moth Rails, Insect powder, Ilellibore etc
REDICK & GROHMAN
100 NORTH MAIN ST. BUTLER.
Subscribe for the CITIZEN.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Much in Little
Is especially true of Hood's Tills, for no medi
cine ever contained so great curative power in
50 small space. They are a whole medicine
iHood's
chest, always ready, al- ■ | |
I ways efficient, always sat- ■SI
isfactory; prevent a cold ■ II B
or fever, cure all liver ills,
• Jick headache, jaundice, constipation, ete. ?TJC.
Ihe onl"' fills to take with Hood's SarsapariUa-
Thousands an> Tryiiie It.
In order to prove the great n;er?t of
Ely's Cream Balm. tho most elective cure
for Catarrh and Cold in Head, we have pre
pared a generous trial size for 10 cents.
Uet it of your druggist or send 10 rents to
ELY BROS., 56 Warren St, N. Y. City.
I suffered from catarrh of the kind
ever since a boy, and I never b<>}>< ■' for
cure, but Ely's Cream lialin seems " i do
even that. Many acquaintances us. .1
it with excellent results.—Oscar Ostruin.
43 Warren Ave., Chicago, 111.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no coc..ir.e,
mercury nor any injurious drug. Fri-e,
50 cents. At druggists or by mail.
SHERIFFS SALES.
By virtue of sundry writs of Wii. Ex., Fl.
Fa.. Lev., l a. &c. Issued out of th«- Court «»f
Common i'leos of Butl«*r county. Fa., and to
me directed, there will Ik* exposed to public
sale at the Court House, in the borough of
Butler, on
Friday, September 9, 1898,
at 1 o'clock P.M.. the following described
property, to-wit:
E. I). No. l£i, >» ptember Term. l>v»s. RaUton
Ureer. Att'ys.
All the right, title, interest and claim of
Hannah C Aberriathy. formerly Hannah C
Wimer. of, in and to all that curtain piece or
parcel of land, situatea in Worth township.
Butler Co. Pa. txmnded as follows, to-wit:
On the north by lands of t» \V McConnell.
east by lands «>f Joseph Barron, south by
lands of tfeorg ( * Taylor, west by lands of
Dewitt Maxwell: containing twenty-five
acres, more or l«->s. known as the llinesfarm.
Sei/.e<l and taken in execution as the prop
erly of Hannah C Abernathv, formerly Han
nah c Wimer, it the suit of J 11 lMsor guar
dian for use -
E. D. No. 17«>. September Term, J I>
Marshall, Att'y.
All the right, title, interest and claim of
Catherine Miller and John A Miller of. in
and to all that certain piece or parcel of
land, situated in Centre twp, Butler Co. Pa,
bounded as follows, to-wii: On the north by
lands of John Neff. east by a public road,
south by lands of Mangold and Kamsey. and
on the west by lands of John Neff: contain
ing seventy-txiree acres, more or less, tieing
the same conveyed to John A Miller In
Adam Heydrick by deed dated April 2mi.
lstfl. and recorded in Deed l»o<>k 7. page
having thereon a frame house, barn and out
buildings, mostly cleared and under fence.
Seized and taken in execution as the prop
erty of < at herine .Miller and John A Miller
at the suit of Thomas M Marshall.
E. I>. No. G2. September Term. I*'.**. J I>
Marshall, Att'y.
All the right, title, interest and claim of!
John Kicliardson of.in and to all that certain
piece or narcel of land, situated in Adams
twp, Butiler Co, Pa. bounded as follows, to
wit: On the north by lands now or fomerly
of William Kicliardson. east bv lauds now or
formerly of Staples and Cashcfollar, south by
lands now or formerly of Seth Staples, and
on the west by lands now or formerly of
Joseph West; containing seventy-six acres,
more or less, being the same land conveyed
by Joseph Richardson to John Richardson bv
two deeds recorded in Deed book ">O. Page "»7*:{
and 51 P. 42« i. having thereon erected a frame
house, frame barn and outbuilding.
Seized and taken in execution as the prop
erty of John Richardson at the suit of T R
Pittock for use.
E. I). No. 177. September Term. l*'.»s. Ralston
& Greer. Att'ys.
All tlie title, interest and claim of
William \V Hazlett of. in and to all that
certain piece or parcel of land, situated in
Win Meld twp. Butler Co. I'a. bounded as fol
lows. to-wit: On the north by lands I
Voeleyet al. east by lands of the b.-irs of
William S Boyd, south by lands of MinUin et
al. and i>n the west by lands of John lielgcr
et al; containing fifty acres, more or less, see
Mortfiaee Book 56, Page 4.
Seized and taken In execution as the prop
erty in William W iiaziett at the suit of K ic
>1 a nan.
op sai.e— The following must be
staictly complied with when property is
stricken down.
1. \\ hen the plaintiff or other lien creditor
becomes the purchaser, the costs on the writ
must be paid, anil a list of the liens, includ
ing mortgage searches on the property sold,
together with such lien creditor's receipt*
for the amount of the proceeds of the sale or
such portion thereof as he may claim, must
be furnished the Sheriff.
2. All bids must be paid In full.
3. All sales not settled immediately will
he continued until 1 o'clock p. m. of t he next
day at which time all property not settled
for will again be put up and sold at the ex
pense and risk of the person to whom lirst
sold.
♦See i'urdon's Digest. 9tn edition, page 44<l
and Smith s 1-orms pagt ;ts4.
WILLIAM B. DODDS, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office, Butler, I'a.. August 23, ls'.is.
Great Shoe Sale
At C. E. Miller's.
Arc you in the market for
good footwear cheap. This
is to be a great month at our
store. Summer shoes and
slippers must go and if you
are needing any call while
the selection is large.
Red Hot Prices.
Men's Tan Shoos .. ..$1.1'.!. JI.4S, fI.HK
Men's Huff Siloes i«s, °i.:M
Men's Working Shoes !W. I.IJJ, 1.24
Men's Bicycle shoes I.IU, 1.24, I ..Mi
Ladles' Fine Shoes its. I.lst. 1.4 a
Ladies' Oxfoni Ties 4s. 74, 1M
Ladies' Serge Slippers & Gaiters . 35, 4M
Itoys' Fine Huff Shoes '.is. 1.34
Youth's Fine Buff Shoes... XX. six
We Hold Nothing Back.
Sell shoes is our watch word.
All summer shoes must go.
This will be a month long to
be remembered by those wno
attend this sale.
Repairing Done Promptly.
C.E. MILLER
nil MFAI <OI'U OLD PROCESS)
UIL. ITIt.nL. Now very cheap.
Feed for Horses, Cows, Sheep. Hogs, Fowls
etc. Health, strength and productive power
to animals. Are you feeding it? Cheapest
feed in the market.
LINSFFD OH AND WHITE LEAD
LIIIOCLU UIL Makes paint last for
years on house, barn or fence. Mixed paints
are doubtful quality: some g<«»d and some
ve-v bad. Write f<»r ourclrcular.
Foi pure Linseed oil or meal, and white
lead, ask for "Thompson's." or address
manufacturer. THOMPSON .to., 1.". W
Diamond street Allegheny. Pa.
Laughing Babies
Are those who take Hoxsie's C. C. C.
for coughs, colds and croup. No opium
to stupefy, no ipecac to nauseate. 50
cents.
i; THE DOOLEY BOY j
\ Dy F/tANCES WILSON. |
k ' r\ 1-; A lime."said the minister, look-
II ingout of the<it ud\ window with
a trown. "There is that Uooley boy
in the garden again. Co away, boy!
What are you tloing in that straw
berry bed?"
"Please, scrr. my ball come over the
fence," explained the Dooley boy, with
his mouth full of strawberries.
It was really remarkable bow often
the Dooley boy's ball "came over the
fence" into the minister's garden,
since the strawberries had begun to
ripen. At the present moment it was
lying in the path beside the straw
berry bed, in plain sight; and the
Dooley boy, with an air of having just
discovered it, picked it up and was
about to make his exit from the
garden in the same way that he and
the ball had entered—over the fence.
But the minister called, in a tone of
vexation:
"Go out through the gate. You are
breaking that fence down, climbing
over it as you do, nearly every day.
If jou do not stop it, I shall have a
bill of expense for repairs."
"Yes, sorr." said the Dooley boy,
calmly; and he walked around to the
front of the house, and went out by
the gate.
lie left the gate open behind him.
Hut the minister did not notice that,
and was working on his sermon with
great fervor, when his ears were as
sailed by a startling din in the gar
den.
He rushed again to the window, and
beheld the Dooleys' cow—which com
monly grazed on the highway, con
trary to law and order—crashing and
stamping around among the vege
tables and flower beds, pursued by
Mrs. Hathaway with a broom. Aunt
'Maria with a feather duster, and Brid
get with a mop, each loudly lifting
her voice against the invading cow.
Just then Ernest Hathaway, the
minister's son, coming home from
school, arrived upon the scene.
"Hi! hii I'll head her off!" he
shouted. And he vaulted over the
fence, in imitation of the Dooley boy.
Unluckily, the palings of the fence
were already loosened. They gave
way, and precipitated Master Ernest
into the strawberry bed, with a long
rent in his new jacket and a painful
bump on his knee.
Nearly a week elapsed before the
Dooley boy ventured again. Then he
sauntered past the parsonage, and cast
a longing glance at the strawberry
bed.
It chanced that little Bose came tod
dling at that moment down the gar
den path, and called out to him, in
her pretty, cooing lisp:
"'Ullo, Timmy! Where ith 'oo do
in'?"
"Hullo, Bosie! Come and 6ee me!"
said the Dooley boy, stooping down
and holding out his hands to her be
tween the palings of the fence, while
a broad grin of genuine delight spread
over his freckled face.
Picking two or three big red straw
berries, Bose squeezed them tightly
in her chubby little fist,put the stream
ing, crimson mass into the Dooley
boy's hand, lisping, with a seraphic
smile:
"Chawberwies —dood! Timmy eat
'um chawberwies!"
This temptation was more than the
Dooley boy's flesh and blood could
stand. He swallowed the crushed but
enticing fruit, and held out his hand
for more.
Bosie, with a gurgle of pleasure,
stooped down to clutch another berry,
and t'he Dooley boy's mouth watered
with eagerness. Just then a wrathful
voice from the direction of the kitchen
door exclaimed:
"What are ye doin' there, ye young
raskil! Get away with your mis
chief!"
And Bridget came down the garden
path like a whirlwind, picked mp the
struggling Bosie, and poured out the
vials of her scorn.
"You're the worst good-for-nothln'
boy in this neighborhood! Ain't you
ashamed to be makin' the little inno
cent help you steal strawberries?"
"I didn't!" said th# Dooley boy, red
dening under hi 9 freckles. "She give
'em to me herself. I never asked her
for 'em."
But Bridget bore away the baby
kicking and protesting loudly.
"Xo, no! Timmy not bad! Timmy
dood boy! Bosie gived him chaw
berwies—her did."
Bridget's view of the case, however,
was accepted; and Ilosie was told that
she must have no more to do with the
Doolev boy.
"Although." said gentle Mrs. Hath
away, "I should not wish my little
girl to suppose there was anything
wrong in giving him n few straw
berries. You should have asked
mamma's permission, Bosie dear."
Ernest, however, continued to
watch for the Dooley boy, and walk
with him fo school, aud forgathered
with him. in common with his inatea.
His parents did not feel like setting
an interdiction on his friendly in
tercourse with a schoolmate, except
for flagrant cause.
Such cause appeared to have arisen,
when Ernest came home, one Sat
urday afternoon, in a state that made
his mother and aunt look volumes of
dismay. He was soaking wet from
head to foot, and smeared to the waist
with black mud and green slitne. One
shoe was missing. His white straw
hat was stained with mud and water,
and his face was dirty.
"Why, Krnest Hathaway!" cried;
Aunt Maria. "What have you been
into now?"
"T've been into the pond hole down
in Cedar swamp. Aunt Maria." said
Ernest. looking half ashamed and
half triumphant. "Tim Dooley was
telling what a lot of white pond lilies,
he found there, and he brought some
to Clark yesterday morning. She
was ever so pleased. So I thought
I'd try to get some for mother and
you, auntie, and Tim said he'd help
me. We went out on some old logs,
and got a whole armful. I put them
in a pail of water out in the woodshed.
Come and look, mother."
"Yes, dear, presently; but you must
get on some dry clothes at once," said
Mrs. Hathaway, with a smile and a
sigh. "It was nice to think of get
ting us lilies; but how did you get
so wet?"
"Oh, a los' turned over and pitched
me in," said Ernest. "The water's
pretty deep ihere, and it's all black
mud and stuff at the bottom; and 1
lost my shoe.
"But you should see Tim Dooley'a
clothes. His school suit, too. And he
hasn't any other." said Ernest, with
a sober face. "My clothes are fjood
stulT and they can be cleaned, but his
are spoiled for sure."
"Then you both fell into the water'
What careless boys!" said Mrs. Hath
away.
"Xo, mother. Tim didn't fall in. He
came in after me. You see, I floiin-
BUTLER. PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1. lSfc)Js
dered into the deep water, and my
feet sunk in the mud, and—and —1
don't believe I con'd have got out if
it hadn't been for Tim. lie floated
out a big brnnck of a4ree to hang on
to and helped me out of the mud; and,
between u*. we managed to get ashore
Tim was all over mud; he lonked
enough worse than I do."
There w as a new trolley line througli
the village, and it was Rose's delight to
stand at the front gate and watch the
cars go -pinning past. The butcher's.boy
had car- Vssly left thegateopen. Kosie
was consumed with curiosity to dis
cover where the bright sparks were
hidden which flew off the rails when
the cars went by. and presently she
! was crouchir.g on the forbidden track,
picking at the rails with a stick.
; Soon there was a humming sound,
■which gave warning that a car was
coming. Aunt Maria looked out of the
J window to see it pass, and saw a sight
i that curdkd the blood in her veins.
She saw Hosie sitting on the track,
! too much absorbed to heed the ap
! proaching c-ar. The motorman was
y'. Jli
TOMMY DOOLEY TO THE RESCUE.
looking at a freckled and dirty-faced
boy, lounging down the street, with
both hands in his pockets, and he had
not discovered the child.
Aunt Maria ran out, uttering a
scream that brought the minister
from his study. At the same moment
the freckled boy gave a yell that made
the motorman turn pale, and put on
the brakes with all his might.
It was too late to stop the car. An
other moment, and it would have been
too late to save the child. But the boy
made one spring—a flying leap—and
snatched her out of danger.
He did not quite clear himself, how
ever. Something struck him. and the
car whizzed past, and sent him stag
gering half across the street. He was
half stunned; but he kept his feet, and
stumbled forward, bearing little Hose
in his arms. It was the Dooley boy.
liosie was crying loudly, but quite
unharmed. She was crying not so
much from fright as from tender pity
for the Dooley boy; for she looked up
into his face, down which h stream of
blood was trickling, and piteouslv
sobbed:
"Timmy hurt! Timxny face all bud
gy! Poor Timmy!"
"You dear boy!" cried Aunt Maria.
And she, too. began to cry.
Mrs. Hathaway, clasping Rosie. took
the Dooley boy into the same embrace,
much to his surprise.
He was taken into the house, and the
blood washed from his face, the cut,
which was nothing serious, dressed
with courtplaster, the dirt also
washed away, and the shock of curly
brown hair pushed back from the well
shaped forehead; and. behold! the
Dooley boy was a really good looking
boy!
"A brave boy!" said the minister,
with emotion. "We shall never forget
what you have done for us, Timothy."
"It's you that's good to me, sorr.
I've done a lot of things to plague you,
but I —l didn't mean to. I'm sorry I
left the gate open, so the cow got into
your garden. And I'm sorry 1 broke
the fence climbing over, and I'm sorry
I picked the strawberries. And I'm
sorry—"
"Yes, yes. my boy, I am sure you are
sorry, and so am I." said Mr. Hatha
way. seriously. "I am sorry that I have
not known you well enough to discov
er the brave, good spirit in you. B«t
I am glad I know it now-. We will do
better after this."
"Yes. sorr!" said the Dooley boy.
drawingthe sleeve of his ragged jacket
across his eyes.
Recognition and encouragement
brought out the good that was in him.
and it was not long before people be
gan say there wfs not a better be
haved boy in town than 'lie Dooley
boy.—Christian T!e<ri«; , r-
Mjtny IJm-a llfit.
Daughter—Paw, tMs piano is horri
bly out of tune.
Nervous Parent —Y-e-s, mjr dear, it
is. I guess you'd better not play on it
any more until it has been tuned.
"Well, I won't. When will you have
it fixed."
"Oh, in a year or so."—N. Y. Weekly.
Explained at I.nut.
He—Why is it, I should like to know,
that a woman never hits what she
throws at? Is it due to some fault in
the construction of her arm?
She —Xo. A woman never throws
anything until she is so mad she can
not see straight.—Cincinnati En
quirer.
The "Why nnd Wherefore.
Yeast—Whom do the presents at a
wedding go to, the bride or the groom?
Crimsonbeak—They are intended
for the bride, of course.
"Why the bride?"
"So she will have something she can
realize on after they are divorced." —
Yonkers Statesman.
Too Ka»tr.
Coal Dealer (anxiously)— Hold on!
That load hasn't been weighed. It
looks to roe rather-large for a ton.
Driver —Tain't intended for a ton.
It's two tons.
Dealer —Beg pardon. Go ahead. —
X. Y. Weekly.
Ilofiefnl (ileum.
Mrs. Becky—Dear, oh, dear, my
cold's getting worse and worse. I'm
getting so 1 can't talk. I wonder what
I'd better do?
Mr. Becky (absently)— For good
ness' sake, don't do anything!— Clev
eland Leader.
111 n Fate u Mjntrry.
Lieutenant —Where's that new re
cruit?
Private —Don't know, sir. I heard
him asking for some gun cotton to sew
u button on his coat with and I haven't
seen him since.—X. V. Evening Jour
nal.
How lie Sold It.
"I've been trying to sell that gown for
S2O for a month.*
"And how did you finally succeed?"
"I marked it up to $21.48, and the
first woman who came along thought
she had a bargain."—Chicago Evening
Post.
No Mnrlile for Illni.
Mftld of Athens, ere we part,
Give, oh. give me back my heart. ; '
Right here now I say to you, , ,
That this old marble thing won't do. J
—Xiatrott Tribune.
| Why I Left
Santiago de Cuba |
Si
I WAS the only American operator in
• eastern Cuba in FAruarv and
March, IVJS. whiek were very busy
mouths in the cable office at Santiago,
where I had been for four years. In
the eurly part of ISUS we seldom han
dled more than CO messages a day, but
after the insurrection began the num
ber ro.»e to 90 and 100 daily, increasing
a little every mouth.
The cable from Santiago to Spain
goes under sea first to Kingston, Ja
maica, thence *.o Puerto Rico, thence
to St. Croix, and from there to Para
maribo and Pernambuco, in Brazil.
Cables from Pernambuco cross the
Soutli Atlantic to St. Vincent, Cape
Verde islands; and from St. Vincent
other cnbles extend to Madeira, thence
to Lisbon, and overland to Madrid.
There is also a less direct cable from
Pernambuco to St. Louis in Senegal,
Africa, and thence to the Canary
islnnds and Cadiz.
Beside myself, there was but one
other operator in the Santiago office,
Laurin Merode, n young Spaniard, who
had learned cable work at Lisbon. We
thought that a hundred messages
daily made work enough, but over
SOO passed the day after the Maine was
blown up in Havana harbor. Four
more operators were needed, and we
j called to Havana for help; but no no
j tice was taken of oi r appeal, and
. rather than desert our posts and leave
the company's business undone, we
slaved night and day, always hoping
the pressure would moderate.
One day we sent 13,742 words in over
1,100 dispatches, yet we were two hours
I "back" at midnight, with Havana
fuming at us over the land wire, and
; still hurrying messages through the
Cienfugos cable. There were Spanish
government cipher messages from Sa
gasta to Blanco, and Blanco cipher to
Sacasta; reams of bombast from the
Cuban correspondents of the Tmparcial
and Correo for Madrid, followed by
more cipher to Weyler at Barcelona
from his brother officers at Havana;
and then the bankers and merphants
quoting, selling and ordering!
To add to our vexations, the "mouse
mill" of the siphon recorder gave
trouble constantly, and the clockwork
that carries the record tape broke
down every day or two. Now a Span
iard is utterly without native inge
nuity. Merode was a tolerably good
operator, but when it came to rectify
ing faults of the instrument, he was an
infant, and all stich tasks fell on me.
Anything like clockwork 1 can "tink
er;" but the mouse mill that works the
siphon pen is a very delicate bit of
mechanism, which assists the faint
electric impulses that come great dis
tances through the cable to move the
ink point of the recorder to and fro
on the tape.
I suppose I had taken the record tape
clockwork and mouse mill apart 20
different times; and on the evening of
the 2d of April, after Merode relieved
me, I set to work to wind a new motor
coil for the mouse mill, which had
worked so very badly all day that,
rather than struggle with it longer, I
had determined to sit up all night and
build a new "mill."
The cable house at Santiago is a
most lonesome place, particularly at
night; but a Spanish sentinel was sup
posed to pass the door every three min
utes. These poor fellows were rarely
paid, and often looked in at the door
to beg a cigarette. So when the out
side door opened behind us that even
ing, I supposed the Incomer was the
sentinel, nnd did not even look around
till nn amused voice exclaimed: "Aha.
senors! Buenos noehes!"
A Spanish sentinel begging a ciga
rette does not speak in that tone, so
Merode nr.d I faced round with a jump.
There stood a rather tall, good-looking
young fellow, in a white duck suit and
white cap, regarding us keenly; and a
step behind him was a typical Cuban
rebel—sombrero, long mustaehios,
broad beP, long boots, revolver and
machete.
In nn instant Merode was on his feet
and shouted "Sentinela!" at which our
unexpected visitors laughed goot'-na
turedly, and the Cuban said: "I must
beg the Scnor Telegrafero not to dis
tress himself concerning the worthy
sentinel, for (hat watchful soldier is
now lying comfortably on his back
outside, with a gag in his mouth, and
his hands are tied to his feet."
"Well, who are you. and what do you
want here?" I exclaimed, in Spanish.
The young man in white duck
laughed. "\ou are an American; any
body could tell that by your Spanish.
Oh. I know about you. Speak English."
"Certainly." I replied. "What do you
want here?"
"The news."
"What news?"
"Are the Spanish warships. Vizcaya
nnd Oquendo, still at Puerto Bieo? Has
the torpedo flotilla arrived there, or
has it gone to St. Vincent, at Cape de
J'erde?"
"It is contrary to the rules of the ca
ble company for me to give such in
formation," I replied. "Besides, all
these Spanish government mcssagesare
in cipher, which I ain not supposed to
know anything about."
"Don't let the cipher trouble you,"
he replied, laughing. "I have the key
to their ciphei all right.
"As to who I a in," he continued, "my
name's Macomber. 1 am the corresj>ond
ent of the ." Jle named an Amei
lean journal. "News as to the where
abouts of the Spanish torpedo boats
and those cruisers would be valuable
just now, not only to my paper, but to
the American navy it Key West. Vow
you are an American, and a good pa
triot. I dare say. Wifl you not help
us out ?"
"I'm a good pntri->\" said I "And I
am also an honest employed here
to do a certain duty, which I will not
betray."
"You will not. You will not help
me, then? Very well, I shall examine
your tapes by force."
"It is not my business to fight for
Spain," said I. "I have no force to resist
you, but I will not help you."
"Thanks. That's al! I ask. Just you
sit quiet."
"Do you think you can read our
tapes?" I asked, increduously.
"Sure. I was a cable operator three
years."
"But where did you get your cipher
key?"
"That's a matter that was arranged
in Havana three months ago. Your tape
bobbins for the current week are in
the table drawer, I presume?"
"Look for yourself," I said. "But
my fellow operator here is a Spaniard.
I do not speak for him."
"Senor Merode," I said, in Spanish,
"these gentlemen wish to see the rec
ord tapes."
Merode had stood listening, making
out what was said with difficulty.
"Xunca!" (Xever!) he exclaimed, ex
citedly. and made a jump for the table
drawer, with some notion, I think, of
destroying- the tapes. He was a plucky
fellow. Hut the Cuban seirrd him by
the collar before : -c coi'd open the
drawer, f ;rg him violently backward
on the floor, and drew his machete.
"P.,n't hurt him, l.uiz!" shouted Ma
con-ber, and then, a'ler a steady glance
at me, 1 •> stepped to the drawer him
self ar.d tr.ok out the rolls of tape.
"This will lie a somewhat long and
tedious business." he remarked, be
' ginning to unroll one of them. "You
might help me, if yon would; but at
least oblige me by turning up the
lamp a little and p'aring it on the table
here."
"Thanks." he went on. when I had
complied, and began rapidly unrolling
tit tape throuph liic fingers. He read
well and fast, and his running com
ment amused me.
i "Oh. this is a dandy siphen of yours,
isn't it!" "What ails your mouse
mill?" "Say. friend, your record here
looks like the teeth of an old dull buck
i saw." "Your ink's coagulated."
I sat back and quietly looked on.
Merode still lay on the floor. The Cu
ban stood watching us both: if Merode
stirred, he shook his machete at him.
1 Thus, fully an hour passed; it seemed
1 I much more than an hour, indeed, be
fore our American visitor found what
he sought.
"Ah!" he exclaimed at last. "Here
\\e are! So the Yizcaya and Oquendo
' left Puerto Rico for St. Yincent th«*
other Sunday, flood! Blanco is in
-1 formed that the torpedo flotilla is go
j ir.g to St. Yincent. too, instead of com
ing to Havana.
"That's all I wanted to know," lie
continued, turning to me. "Sorry to
r—i
if
. Si" - 111 r=j
|r
MERODE AND I FACED AROUND,
leave your tapes in such a mess, but
I really cannot stop *o roll then: up
again; for I must be veil out to sea
before daylight. Oblige us now, both
of you. by remaining quiet here after
we bid you good night."
But just then there was a new noise
outside. The door opening to the
street was flung back, and there stood
a Spanish lieutenant, from the fort,
with half a dozen soldiers at his back!
For the Spanish sentry—a boy of IS—
whom they had gagged and tied up
outside the house, had proved more
nimble than they had thought him. He
had worked himself loose, and had run
to the fort for aid.
The Cuban turned instantly, killed
the lieutenant with a swing of his
machete, and was at once shot down
by a Eoldier who fired over the shoul
der of his falling officer.
Macomber showed better judgment,
if less courage; lie dashed the lamp out
and grasped me by the arm. "Help me
out," he said. *
It would be difficult for anyone to re
sist the appeal of a fellow countryman
at such a time. While the soldiers
rushed in, tramping and falling over
the slain men and Merode, I pulled the
American after me through a door,
back of the tables, which opened into
our battery-room. In this back room
was a window looking out on the har
bor side, from which Macomber swung
in an instant and decamped without a
word. I had tinre to get forward into
the cable-room before Merode, who
had regained his feet, struck a mat-cli
and relighted the lamp. Of the grue
some spectacle which the light re
vealed I will not speak.
After the manner of Spanish justice,
both Merode nnd myself were, put un
der arrest, pending an investigation,
which showed that neither of us knew
anything about the affair. Yet the
commandant at Santiago suspected
that I had planned it, and sent me un
der arrest to Havana, by steamer, the
following evening.
I expected to remain in Las Cabanas
for the rest of my days, but was dis
missed without trial the second day
after arriving there, and left Havana
along with 180 other Americans on the
following Sunday.—T. V. L., in Youth's
Companion.
Xot n Hurry Call.
Aunt Mary—lsn't that your mother
calling you, Tommy?
Tommy—Yes'm.
Aunt Mary—Well, why don't you an
swer?
Tommy—Oh, what's the use? Papa
isn't at home to-day.—Chicago Daily
News.
Fnililon .Vote.
Miss Elderly asked Birdie McGinnis:
"How do you like my new dress and
hat?"
"Yery much, indeed. They make you
look 35 years younger," replied Birdie,
who says she can't understand why
Miss Elderly don't call to see her any
more. —Tammany Times.
An ArßEraem.
"Why should I encourage free li
braries?" said the congressman with
a lay-down collar and thick-soled
shoes.
"Don't you want to encourage the
reading of standard books?"
"I dunrlo' as I do. I never seen one
yet that had any puffs of me in it."—
Washington Star.
Too I,n te.
"It's to 3 bad," he said, scornfully,
"that you haven't any sense."
"Oh, it is immaterial now," she an
swered, "but it Is too bad I didn't have
any." m
And he was so well satisfied that he
knew what she meant that he careful
ly refrained from saying: "When?"—
Chicago Post.
Referred.
Lucindy—Daddy, dis nm Mistah Jon- |
sring, dat ah wants to marry.
Uncle Mose —Ah duuno, lioney; yo' (
hab toe ax youah mammy. Her rheu- .
matiz am gittin' pow'ful bad, an* ah
duuno ef she'd be willin' toe suppo't r
an extry membah iu de fambly.—
Judge.
Her Forte.
"O, dear," sighed Miss Tommy, "I
don't see .why women arc not allowed
to enlist. I should just like to storm )
a fort."
"Pshaw!" replied Mr. Gilfoyle, "the ;
only fort women can storm is a piano- !
forte."—N. Y. World.
It Would \ever Do.
Mrs. Crimsonbeak—l wish to good- I
ness the newspapers and the people
would stop talking about war.
Mr. Crimsonbeak—Good gracious,
dear! what do you mean? Why, if the ,
people stopped talking about war there
would hardly be uuy war! —Yoa^fs
FUELING WARSHIPS.
I1«K l omaiailurr Urailford lirrpi Ibt
liunLrra of Oar tireat Ocean
lit; liters l ull of l oal.
One of the greatest triumphs of the
, war which has beeu hidden from pub
lic observation has been the work of
the several bureaus of the navy de
partment in furnishing: supplies ami
equipments for the troop*, says a
Washington dispatch in the Chicago
Record. As Secretary I-ong remarked
j ir. a recent interview, their duties have
been quite as valuable as those of the
, fleet in Cuban waters or the harbor
of Manila. Hut fur their foresight and
executive ability the ships tnight have
been helpless for the lack of fuel, ain-
j munition and food. The superiority
ity of our bureau chiefs has been detn
' onstrated in a striking manner. One
of the most remarkable has been fur
i nished by the bureau of equipmeut in
, , the distribution of coal. No matter
, hew frequently or suddenly the scene
, cf naval activity is charged, the ves
| sels must have fuel, and it has been
, Commodore Bradford's business to see
I that loaded colliers were on hand
, | when they were wanted. Without the
1 employment of an extra clerk and
without the slightest parade he has
_ I rucceeded in keeping the bunkers of
| every vessel In th« navy full of coal
from the beginning of hostilities, no
matter whether they were on the
e f North Atlantic coast or in tile Carib
-3 bean sea, or in the ports of the Pacific
or the I'hilippine islands. At the same
time he has been able to furnish fuel
for the army transports in both oceans
without allowing his coal piles at the
source of supply to be diminished.
Some idea of the magnitude of this
task is suggested by the fact that
within the last four months 150,000
tons of coal have been delivered to the
ships of the United States navy in va
rious parts of the world, at a cost of
nearly $1,000,000. Over 80,000 tons lime
; been distributed from Key West tilone
and 20,000 tons from Honolulu.
AN ANCIENT BOOK.
It Im n Mammoth Volume 350 Years
OI«l and In Owned Uy a Maiin
ehaaetta Man.
One of the recent additions made by
George Walter Vincent Smith to his
collection at the art museum is of un
usual interest. It is an immense book
or missal dating back to 1539, in which
( are inscribed the words and music of
the Gregorian chants of the old Cath
t olic churches. s«ys the Springfield
(Mass.) Republican.
The work in this book is beautifully
done, and its great antiquity isevident
from the first sight. The words are
I inscribed by hand in Latin, and the
music is written out in some obsolete
kind of notation. The pages are of
parchment, and in an almost perfect
state of preservation. The Initial let
ters are beautifully illuminated.
A single page is nearly four feet long
by about two feet wide, ani one man
can hardly handle the wood. It is
bound with boards of wood, covere.l
with leather, somewhat worn, nnd the
brass which is used for trimmings is
corroded. The book was evidently in
tended for use on some kind of a stand
in some fine old cathedral.
It is said to have come from Seville,
Spain, some time ago, and to have been
sold because of the poverty of the
parish in order to make repairs on the
building.' There is said to be but one
other such book in this country, and
that is at Detroit.
HOW CHINESE RISE.
The Feat of Cutting OR u Man's Head
Urouftlit One Mongolian a
Fortune.
A correspondent supplies us with the
biography of a high Chinese official,
who is now one of the leading authori
ties on foreign affairs. This man, it
seems, was born in Fatshan, and re
ceived a good education. lie inherited
some money, which he squandered,
and, being regarded by his family as
a bad character, he was turned out.
He then came to Ilong-lvoug and set up
>isa fortune teller in Taipinshan, where
nuyoue could have his destiny told
liim for a few cents. Finding he could
not make much in this line, he again
returned to Fatshan, where he started
an opium divan. When his friends dis
covered this they ngain tried to get
rid of him, and he agreed to go away
for good if he was paid 100 tael». The |
money was found and the ex-ff rtone j
teller started for Shanghai. W hen a ;
clansinnn with whom he had in- !
grat iated himself was. promoted to the i
grade of futal, he received an order l
from the throne to behead a certain !
eunuch, who was in disgrace, but as 1
the eunuch was a favorite of the em- I
press dowager, no one dare under: ake J
the execution of the order until the ;
subject of this biography undertook [
the task. lie afterward met Li Hung j
Chang, and his promotion was then j
rapid.
Tlx* Color Win liunmterlli
Here is a story about Commodore '
Schley that is told in Washington: I
About the time that he was looking for I
a fleet the question of painting the !
ships of the navy a war color was un- j
der solemn consideration by some of |
the precise officers of the big building. |
Assistant Secretary Roosevelt was
bothered daily by the question of tints
submitted to him by a board on war
ship color, when Schley remarked that
he did not care what color his ship*
were painted so long as he had ships.
"Paint them red if you like," said he,
'or paint them black, but let me have
them. Coicr is immaterial."
Hon- fo Diaronriec Divorce.
In ancient (Ireece a law provided
that if a man divorced his wife he
could not subsequently marry a wom
an younger t hnn his discarded pa rt ner
U
Daya of llorrer.
First Traveler —I was in Paris dur
ing the ciege.
Second Traveler —I was in New York j
during the draft riots.
Third Traveler —I was in Scotland j
when the railway strikers paraded the j
streets with bagpipes.—N. Y. Weekly.
\o« to fie Tliouklit Of.
Friend —You haven't volunteered,
have you?
The Pugilist—What? Me fight for
r t'irteen dollars a raont'? I'd lose me
reputation.—N. Y. Truth.
She WnafM Moth.
"I would not mind my wife a ways j
wanting the last word in a fuss," said j
Mr. N. Peck to his confidant, "if she j
wasn't so everlastingly keen for the j
first one." —Indianapolis Journal.
The Difference.
Pip—-The great difference between j
white lies and black ones is—
Quip—That the first ones lielong to i
ourselves, anil the latter to othe" peo- j
pie.—Up to Date.
Sue u
Alihu-K.i i" her weeda t.he may be s in,
About a widow there's nothing creen. I
'
No. 34
ORIGIN OF KALAMAZOO.
■
Till* la the i'retty Leg-end That Is Re
sponsible fur the SllekifU
Tonu'i \anr.
The name of Kalamazoo, like Osh
koah and one or two others, has come
to be to foreigners a synonym of
American absurdity. It is often chos
! en, for f ome occult reason, to illustrate
i that form of vernac.ular English
I known as "I'nired States."
Rut all thought of ridicule vanishes
w hen its romantic origin is considered,
for it is the echo still lingering about
the memory of two dusky lovers, who,
in that long-gone time when Michigan
was the home mainly of Indian tribes,
lived and loved on the banks of the
river which now bears their names.
Kahla, the young warrior, was
straight of limb and eagle-eyed, while
Mabzoo had beeu given by the Great
Spirit the many graefcs and virtues for
which Indian maidens have become
noted in song and legend. Life to these
two possessed all the charms which
, true affection has ever granted to
, j lovers, and the days, ns they came and
went, brought only abounding joy.
Each summer evening, as the twi
light deepened and the time drew near
j | for her lover's return from the chase,
- the maiden watched from her bower
l in the swaying branches of a giant elm
overhanging the river's edge for the
; first sign of his coming. As the bow of
I his canoe shot round the curve away in
| the distance her clear musical voice
I called to him: Kahla! Kahla!" and
from the young warrior came in loving
tones the response: "Malizoo!"
MASONS IN THE WAR.
i
! Xotcd for Their Intense Patriotism—
Many of Them Enlis'and Ludget
Are Formed.
A large proportion of the soldiers
who have gone or are making ready to
go to the war are masons, an order
universally noted for its intense pa
triotism, 6<tys the Chicago Chronicle.
The "lodge" has been made to cover a
multitude cf small sins by those who
needed a convenient excuse to be ab
| rent from home, but all true masons
| are none the less strongly attached to
J it. The question has been asked what
I masonic soldiers do in lieu of lodge
I meetings.
"They don't do without them," said
, Secretary Laften, of the Wisconsin
I grand lodge of masons, recently, when
j approached on the subject. "Why, dur
!ing our last war they had masonic
lodges in the army. Some of the grand
lodges granted dispensations for the
organization of lodges.
"If the army was near a city they
rented halts for meetings. If they
were not near any city they held t'heir
sessions in an officer's tent. Officers
of the army in many cases were mem
bers of the masonic fraternity, and it
was an easy thing to have the tent in
which the meeting was held sufficient
ly protected from intrusion. Guards
were posted and no one was allowed
within hearing distance unless they
could pass the guard, who of course
was a mason selected for the occa
sion."
MARINE ARCHITECTS.
The Most Skilled Are Inable to Find
Their W»j to Protect Occaa Ll>-
era from Dlaaater.
The cleverest marine architects have
been unable to devise a scheme to pro
tect the stoutest single screw liners, hit
hard amidships or thereabouts, from
disaster. Every steamship that has
been struck far from land by eveft so
modest a craft as a coal laden schooner
has gone down, sometimes without the
loss of a soul, as was the case of the
Oregon, off Fire Island, on March 14,
IS9G, and sometimes with more than
three-quarters of all on board, says the
New York Sun.
The Vllle du Havre, of the French. /
line, was run down almost in the same
way as La Rourgogne met disaster.
The iron British ship Loch Earn hit the
Villc du Havre in a fog in midocean on
November 23, 1573, almost cutting her
in two. She foundered, nnd only 230 out
of 317 persons aboard were saved. The
steamship Geiser, of the Thingvalla
Itr.e, was hit, off Sable island in a fog
on August 13,1888, by the Thingvalla, a
sister ship, and 73 passengers and 33 of
her crew were lost. The North German
Lloyd steamship Elbe foundered in the
| North sea after being rammed by the
• little British steamship Crath'ie on
| January 30 1895.
( Or.lv the steamships that collide
j head on have hope of salvation. They
j are protected by the collision bulk
j heads. A blow astern or at any point
i just forward or abaft midships is usu
| ally mortal.
Science Effects Wonders.
! According .to Natural Science, Dr.
' Olsen. of Norway, has learned by
' studying habits of microbes, to make
cheese backward. He keeps a stock
! of the microbes of various cheeses, and
j out of n bowl of milk Gorgon
i zola. Stilton or Camembert, as re
| quired. This threatens a serious blow
I to the Rritish farmer, for it is obvious
I that Dr. Olsen has only to follow the
| tracks of his microbes a little further
j back to produce the milk that make*
I the cheese and the cow that makes the
milk. Then the Rritish farmer will sit
idly on a gate watching Dr. Olsen with
a cage full of microbes turning a field
cf grass into choice Shorthorns and
Alderneys.
A Princess In Jail.
Princess Eleonora of Sayn-Wittgen
stein, one of the mediatized semlrayol
Germnn families, has been sentenced
to a month's imprisonment in jail and
COO marks fine for spreading slander
ous rumors about her brother-in-lavr,
Count Konigsmark, which brought
about his divorce. The sentence has
been affirmed on appeal.
When Trade W*« Doll.
Two commercial traveler®, compar
ing notes. "I have been out three
weeks," said the first, "and have only
got four orders."
"That beats me," said the other; "I
have been out four weeks and have
only got one order, and that's from the
firm to come home." —Tit-Bits.
Hon She Went Off.
"Well, I've fired the cook," said Mrs.
Jones to lier husband.
"Did she go off with a bang?" 6aid
lxe, jocosely.
"No. she went off with a pompa
dour," aiided she, smartly.—Harper's
Bazar.
Oalns Her tlest.
"Ma, can't I go to the show and see
the wild man?"
"No, child. I'll do the best I can for
you. I'll ircn all the buttonholes out
of your 'ather's shirts."—lndianapolis
Journal.
Calculation.
Mother—She had one daughter, who
d>- ! 1 r . That was2syears
Dajgliter— H'm. The girl would
have been about 19 if she had lived. —
Pn.-V