VOL.- xxxv BIITI FR'S BIG F '^ lß I ■ I—l—■ ■ W s r j n g S crowds of people to Butler. ' AND — I RIOKFI 'S stock and great bargains brings crowds to this big Shoe House.! ! All fa'l goods received early this year an l opt u and ready for your iuspection. Among our stock will be found a complete line of the celebrated "Gokey's" goods of James town, N". Y. Hand-made plain and box tee boots and shoes. Boy's and Youth's high-cut copper tip shoes Ladies' hind-pegged and hand-fitted shoes and slippers, just the Icinil for ev-ryday wear—warrented solid and waterproof. Big assortment of Women's and Misses' Oil Grains, Kmgaroo Calf and B_x Calf shoes for everyday wear SCHOOL SHOES Parents it will pay vou to examine our large stock of school shoes —our stock is m"ch larger ilian ever before ami prices much lower—call and examine them. We have them from the finest to the heaviest. Rubber goods and felt boots and shoes of all kinds Boston, Woonsocket, Goodyear, Glove an«l Rbode Island = rubber lxx>ts and shoes in all styles to fit and suit every person. Men's and Women's, Boy's and Youth's felt boots and first quality overs at reduced prices. ( CALL AND SEE US. JOHN BICKEL. : BUTLER. PA. i J HE 15 A WISE riAN \ j # -WHO SECUKES HIS CLOTHING FROM- # , < J. S. YOUNG, \ \ # THE MERCHANT TAILOR, f j \ ' J The goods, style, fit and general make a , jj up of liis suits > I TELL their own STORY. I STRIVING FOR EFFECT. VfS f ' S Mi i] won't buy for l! <* purpose V (L. ' i/ \ /• of spending money. They desire to get the • t \ \ w best possible results for the money espend ti 1 (S) ed. Not cheap goods but goods as cheap as x ' (Y" I A they can be sold and made up propeily If t \l /- V '/ y° u want the correct thing at the correct J f " ; S) price call on us, we nave ledoced our spring i i I f *(n and summer goods down to make room for y 1 J $ ° Ur ' wc '^' it goods, i j llW'l Fits Guaranteed. • ii i » 11 * i 0 • 142 N. Main St., Butler The New Cambridge, (Formerly New Cambridge House.) CAMBRIDGE SPRINGS, PA., Which, after the disastrous fire of a ) ear ago, is now opened in larger and brtter shape for the accommodation of guests in search of 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 and springs. Public rooms are of large size and well lighted, including office, dining room, bath rooms, billiard room a.id bowling alley. Chambers with private baths and toilets and everything that tends to make a home-like and comfortable resort, rate* apply to HAGGERTY & WHITE, Proprietors. Cambridge Springs, Pa. Pope sros, JEWEIsGRS. We Will Save You Money On (diamonds, Watches Clocks, ; Silverware, 1847 Rodger Bros. I S Plateware and Sterling Silver^ Our Repair Department takes ill all kinds of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, etc 122 S. Main St. Old gold and silver taken the same as cash. House Gleaning Time is h«:re and the War against Bugs, Moths etc., is on. We have prepared a Bu"filler for the extermination of these pests, let us suggest that if this be mixed with the paste before papering the result will be yery satisfactory. We are also headquarters for Moth Balls, Insect powder, Hellibore etc. REDICK & GROHMAN 109 NORTH MAIN ST. BUTLER. I ' ■' - .. . .. II J Subscribe for the CITIZEN. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Liver Ills Like biliousness, dyspepsia, headacne, cor. tl ration, sour stomach, indigestion are promptly eurec' Oy U<KKi's I'ills. They do .heir norlc | Hood's taifiy and tlnrouglily. "11 —^ Best after dinner pills. 111 K B cents. AU druggist*- ■ ■■ ■ Prepared by C. I. Hood & Co., I.owell, Mass. •!),(■ u. pill to take wtU»Eood'» Sa»sit'jarilla. Thousands are Trying It. In order to prove the great merit of Ely's Cream Balm, the most effective ore for Catarrh and Cold in Head, we have pre pared a generous trial size for 10 cents. Get it of your druggist or seed 10 cents to ELY BUOS., SO Warren St., X. V. City. f I suffered from catarrh of the wor--t kind ever since a boy, and I ne\er hop, d for cure, but Ely's Cream Balm seems to do even' that. Many acquaiutanc. s hat used it with excellent results. —Oscar Ostrum, 45 Warren Ave., Chicago, 111. Elv's Cream Balm is the acknowledged cure "for catarrh and contains no cocaine, mercury nor any injurious drug. . Priee, 60 cents. At druggists or by mail. SHERIFF S SALES. ' By virtue of .sundry writs of Ven. Ex.. Fi. Fa., Lev.. Fa. &<•. issued out of th»* Court « »f Common I'leos of Butler rouuty. I'a.. ami to im* directed, there will »m- exposed to put»li«- sale at the Court House, in the borough *>t . Butler, on Friday, September 9, 1898, at 1 o'clock P.M.. the following described property, to-wit: E. 1). No. 133. rieptemljer Term. I>«>. Ralston Greer. Att ys. All the title, interest and claim «>f Hannah c Abernathv. f<»rmerlr Hannah f Win nr. of. in and to all that certain piece or parcel of land, situated In Worth township, Butler Co. I'a. t*»unded as follows, to-wit: On the north by lands of <» NV Mc< onnell. ♦ a.st by lands of Joseph Barron, south by lands of G<*org«- Taylor, west by lands nf Dcwitt Maxwell; containing twenty-five acres, more or less, known as the Illnes farm. Seized and taken in execution as the prop erly of Hannah c Abernathv, formerly Han nah c Wimer, it the suit of J 11 IMsor guar dian for use E. O. No. 17«», Septemln-r Term. J I' Marshall. AtCy. All the right, title, interest and claim of Catlu rlne Miller and John A Miller <>f. in and to all that certain piece or pan el of land, situated in Centre twp, Butler Co, Pa. t»oun(l« das follows, to-wit On the north by lands of John NefT. east by a public road, south by lands of Mangold and Kamsey. and on the west by lands or John NefT: cfintain- Ing seventy-three acres, more <»r less. Ijeing the same conveyed to John A Miller by Adam lleydrlck by deefl dated April 2nd. and recorded in Deed l*ook 7. page '-Mi 7. iiaving then'on a frame house, barn and out bulldinirs. mostly cleared aud under fen«*e. seized and taken in execution as the prop erty of Catherine Miller and John A Miller at the suit of Thomas M Marshall. E. I>. No. 62, September Term. I*lK J I> Marshall, Att'y. All the right, title. Interest and claim of John Uichardson of.in and to all that certain piece or parcel of land, situated in Adams t wp, Butler Co, Pa. bounded as follows, to wit: on the north by lauds now or fomerly of William Uichardson, eas* by lands now or formerly of Staples and Cashcfollar, south by lands now or formerly of Setli Staples, and on the west by latnfs now or formerly of Joseph West: containing seventy-six a -res. mure or less, being the same land conveyed by Joseph liic hard son to John Ki<*hardsoti by two(!< » d ' r«M*orded in l>eed IHM>K ."»(), Page .~»7 i and "»1 P. (36, having thereoti ere. ted a frame house f rame barn and outbuilding. seized and taken in execution as the prop erty of John Uichardson at the suit of T K Pitt«K*k f >r use. E. I). No. 177. .'eph-mlrtT Term, Ralston & Greer, Att'ys. All the right, title, interest and claim i» f William W llazlett of, in and tr> all tha! certain j>lece or parcel of land, situated i WinHelci twp, Butler Co. Pa, liounded as fo, lows, to-wit: Cn the north by lands Voir ley et al. east by lands of tfie heirs of William S I toy (I. south by lands of Minken et al, and on the west by lands of John Itelger et. al; containing fifty acres, more-or less, see Mortgage Book "><>. Page 4. Seized and taken in execution as the prop erty of William W llazlett at the suit or R K Mahan. Tehmh of sam: The following must be becomes the purchaser, the costs on the writ must Im* paid, and a list of the liens, includ ing mortgage searches on the property sold, together with speii 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 be continued until 1 o'clock p. ra. of the next day at which time ail property not settled for will again be put up and sold at the ex pense aud risk of the person to whom first sold. ♦See Purdon's Digest, 'M h edition, page Hti and Smith's Forms page -Ist. WILLIAM B. DODDS, Sheriff. Sheriff's Office. Ilatier. Pa., August 23. I*M*. Great Shoe Sale At C- E. Miller s. Are 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 HoOPrices. Men's Tan Shoes 11.19, $1.48, sl.ux Men's BuW Shoes OH 1.19, 1.24 Men's Working Shoes 98, 1.1!#, 1.24 Men's Bicycle Shoes. 1.19, 1.24, 1.50 Ladles' Fine Shoes t**, 1.19, 1.4* Ladles' Oxford Ties. 4*, 74. !»* Ladles' He rati Hllppers & Gaiters . &">, \* Boys' Fine Buff Shoes 9*, I.IM Vouth's Fine Buff Shoes... 98 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. OIL MEAL Feed for Horses, Cows, Sheep, Hogs, Fowls etc. Health, strength and productive power to animals. Are you feeding It? Cheapest feed In the market. I INQFPn Oil AND WHITE LEAD LIPIOLLU UI L Makes paint last, for years on house, barn or fence. JVlixed paints are doubtful quality: some gi>od and some ve-v bad. Write for our circular. Foi ;»ure Linseed oil or meaH afid white lead, ask' for * 1 address manufactures•. THOMSON &(J., 15 W Diamond strei t Alleghcqy. P4. Laughing Babies Are those who take Iloxsie's C. C. C. for coughs, colds and croup. No opium to stupefy, no ipecac to nauseate. 50 Cents. BL'TLER PA., THURSDAY, SKPTEMBER H, 1808 THE EOYS AT THE FRONT. L We'll r.ot forget our soldler-boy» In camp or battle-field. For in this hour of peril's night They form their country's shield; They form their country's shield, and more. They wield their arms with might: Like warriors known to sacred lore, "Wax valiant in the tight." 11- Whether In camp or on the march. Or crossing distant seas. Their lives are lives of sacrifice. Not of Inglorious ease; Till victory cn their banners perch Their sacred troth they plight— Ease, comfort, luxury forsworn To country, duty, right. 111. Our sailors, too—God bless»:hem all! Our zealous, gallar.t tars; Our Deweys, Sampsons. Hobsons, Schleja. Floating the stripes and stars To light up dark l'h:!'.|jplne ls'.es. Antilles' coasts to cheer. T' assure the Cuban patriot Redemption draweth near. IV. These are our boys, gone from our homes, And this thtir worthy task: For us who watch their every move. Is It too much to ask That we remember, as we pray. The soldier's pressing needs. And find the answer to our prayer® In kindly, generous deeds? Light up the camp! Cheer up the heart! The homtslck soldier bles* By sending letters, papers, and Dess#rt to spice the mess: Between the soldier-boy and home No power should be able To Intercept love'» messages Or cut the magi. cable. -Harvey Wendell, ir, Leslie's Weekly. i'o ;• | QUEER CLOTHES | ••I The Frog and His Various Suits *5 Vi By Dallas love Sharp. - S( St THE commonest things, should we stop to study them, would often prove very strange and interesting'. It ig only because they are familiar that we seldom think of extending our ac quaintance with the hope of discover ing new and interesting character istics. I need not ask our readers If there is one of them who has never seen a frog. You all have, of course. But did you ever notice how he was dressed? "Dressed! Why," you exclaim, "if there is one creature above another that is not dressed, it is the frog." At first sight this looks true enough, for frogs do seem to wear very little clothing; and, indeed, what need have they for clothes? They live continual ly along the water; much of their time is actually spent in it; and so, if they must have clothing, a bathing suit ought almost to be sufficient. But frogs are really dressed in two suits all the time, and they wear out as many as 15 or 20 in a single summer. Astonishing! Yes, and every suit is made to order, anil is a perfect fit. Catch five or six frogs. Ilub your thumb over their backs till they are almost dry. Among the number you will find one or two from whose backs you can peel off little films of clear, colorless skin. If you continue, you can pull it off their legs like stockings. This is the frog's second best or every day suit. He goes swimming in these clothes. They were made on purpose for bathing and gymnastics, and he uses them altogether In his standing broad jump and high diving contests. You do not pain him in the lea*t by taking them off in this manner, al though they seem to be a tlpht fit. Von rather urn i»im, Uct. for It would be impossible t.» ■ ■ ir' them mff at all If they were not worn out and ready to be cast aside. Without your assistance ho would have to take them off alone, and it is no easy matter for a frog to undress. Beneath hiß first suit ij another, which he always keeps for best and in which he feels very much "dressed up." Tlow proud and really "swell" a big bullfrog feels when he first comes out in these brave clothes! Did you ever see a gayer dress? Look at his green cap, his striped stockings, his spotted vest and his big, expansive bosom. Mr. Frog in full dross! He is up-to-date, in the very latest style, except, alas! in the length of his coat tnils—they are woefully short. But why does he need two stilts? Not to keep him warm, surely? No; the frogs have no winter clothing, and the question of warmth never enters a frog's head when he Is getting new clothes; for, though he feo4s the cold as every other creature does, he re sorts to other means of protection. As soon as the first chilly nights of au tumn come on, he dives to the bottom of the pond and digs in the mud a soft, warm bed, where he sleeps all winter without a fear of your waking him as you skate or slide over the fro/.en sur face. It is not to keep the wearer warm, but for quite another purpose that the gay suit was intended. It is especially made to protect him against his many enemies. Frogs, yon know, have no sting, no poison fang, no disagreeable odor with which to defend themselves; the only way they can escape the hawks, snakes, small boys and the host of other foes Is by hiding from them, and In doing this their gny dress aids them more than anything else could. It is almost impossible to sec a frog among the grass and rushes of a pond, even while he is croaking. I once looked at three small pond Illy leaves for nearly an hour to find a little cricket frog, who was all the time peeping away from one of them, but I did not see liitn until he dove off Into the water. He had been sitting upon the stem of the nearest leaf all the time, but his green and spotted back was so like the color of the leaf that T could not make him out until he moved. It is so hard to see these little frogs that mn?t people believe that they are pnt fr<i»i nt nil who make this music Jn the marshes, but some kind of a tadpole. Frogs and their relatives—the toads —are never troubled about getting a new suit, as to when or where, but they do, however, have to take care of theft bid clothes, and it is very curious how §ome of their cast-off garments arp disposed of. A few days ago I picked up a tree toad (Hyla Versicolor) stiff and nearly dead with cold. I brought him to my room and put him in a wide-mouthed bottle to thaw out. Toward evening he was quite alive, and sat on the bot tom of the bottle, his toes turned in, his head cocked up, looking very much surprised at the strange surroundings. He made himself at home, however, so I fixed a cork to let in fresh air, and lelt him in his new abode. He seem* to enjoy living with me as much as he did lit the hole of tjlc old apple tree in t Jie'gardc]). He climbs up Ihe sides yf the not tic, hangs on there, and goes to sleep for a whole day at a time. Instead of a web between the toes, as has the frog, there Is on each toe of tlie tree toad u little ball or disc, nnd it seems as easy for him to hold on the sides of the bottle with these as it is to sit on the bottom. If I turn him down he knows noth- ing about it till he wakes. Then he de liberately turns round, so that his head is up, shuts his eyes and goes to sleep again. At night he is wide awake, and is now looking at me. apparently listening to the scratching of my pen, but little does he dream that I am writing about him. The second night after his arrival mv little toad sat very still, lie was doubled into a ball, his eyes drawn in, hi* feet rolled up, and 1 could hardly tell which end was bis head. After a time he began to kick and gasp as if in great pain. I feared he was dying. He would huddle all vip in a bunch, then suddenly kick out and stand up with his mouth wide open, trying It seemed, to swallow something. I picked up the bottle and saw tha-. ; he was really choking, for there was something in his mouth that could not j be swallowed. It was a kind of cord j running out of each corner of his j mouth, over his front legs, and thin- , ning out along the sides of his body. With the next swallow I saw the string ' slip down his throat a little, and as it did so the skin along his sides began to roll Up. It was his old suit! He was ; taking It off for a new one, and instead j of giving it to the poor, he was trying to economize by swallowing it. What a m<al! What a way to undress! What curious economy! Naturalists for a long time have said that toads ate up their skins after they had shed them, but I have never seen It recorded that a toad eats its skin while shedding it. and actually uses this means of pulling it off. Three ,/l/A ,// \\(/ / \ J ' / / ( ( ) h ' / / V \\ /// 3. * * MR. FROG IN FULL DRESS. great gulps more, and the whole suit, shoes, stockings and all. disappeared. That was some days ago. Fourdays after this curious performance he ate up another suit, and 1 saw the whole operation. He pulled it over his head nnd neck with his fore feet, as if it were a shirt, then crammed It Into his mouth, kicked it off his back, worked out his feet and legs, then swallowed it off as before. But it comes off pretty hard, and how can he possibly swal low it and keep it swallowed while he kicks? The toad's tongue, unlike ours, is fastened nt the front end, with the free end forked and pointing back ward. It "is so long that it can be pushed far down his throat, and get ling the end of this strange fork fas tened into the skin, he readily forces it down as far as it is necessary and holds it there. My little toad has had nothing to eat | but his cast-off clothes since I have had him. How long these will last I cannot tell, but he now wears a new suit of gray and black, which, doubtless, will soon serve him for another meal, like the rest of his queer clothes.—Frank Leslie's Monthly. Kncln 1 tteiiurtee. A Swede ui.d an 11 ish man, lioth of them tolerably well known about town, got into an argument in front of the court house, and they began telling each other how it was too bail that their ancestors had ever happened to shed the wolf robes and take to living under cover, says the St. l'aul (ilobe. When things got a bit wc.rm the Swede re marked that there was no doubt in his mind that thn Irishman would be en titled, by reason of his ancestry, to join some of the pedigree associations, but for the unfortunate fact that most of those ancestors -.ere hanged for stealing sheep. "1 suppose they did their fheep stealing with the under standing among themselves that they were all kings, nnd that it was all right to go over into the next county and steal whatever they could lay their hands on," said the Swede, In conclusion. "Yes, an' be all accounts," said the Irishman, "your ancestors lived In kingdoms so very small that every time they smelt a st#r-kfi<h in the yard of a neighbor they jumped over the fence an' got it. an' if tliey £T"t back they made a national affair of it if there was nni pursuit."- Detroit Fro, Press. BIT SIIK EXCUSED HBBMBUP. lliiiyi Miss Effie —Do jump in, Jane; yoti can have Harry's bathing dress, —Aly Sloper. The Slnr-CniclnK (ilrl. Fair Ethel dotes upon the stars. Ne'er does her ardor lag; She loves them on her soldier's coat And on her country's flag. —Detroit Free Press. Anil Till* 1* I . uiliihlp. May- I said something to .lack last night which he declared made him the happiest man in the world. Pamela—So you refused him after ali.—N. Y. World. lie Couldn't l,niler»tnii«J. "What's Hie chargeV' inquired the |udge. "The accused," responded the pros ecuting attorney, "had two wives, and on the 3d of September last he took his revolver and shot both of them." "Humph!" observed the court, "there's something I don't understand about that." "What is it, your honor?" "How could any man with two wives have a revolver without shooting hini self?"—N. Y- yTftrlfl. Trapped. Attorney—You say this defendant pissed you in a dark room? Fair Plaintiff—Yes, sir. Attorney —Will you please explain io the court how you came to enter a dark room with the defendant? ! Fair Plaintiff -O, it wasn't dark , when we went in. We turned the light out afterward. —N. Y. Herald. AT EVENING TIME. At ever.ln? time it shall be light; Dark, darker grows the day. Thtr *l,a<Ks foreUll ihe comins night. The cheery sunbeams, golden bright. Have slowly died sway. At evening time thy soul J*iall see The Lord thy God is love: When llns'rir.g "mid shadows Cee, He shall eiernal sucstilae be— Around, beneath, above. At everlng time, from f« ar set free Thy song of praise shall ring; The pity of the Lord shall i>» A lamp of gold that burn* for thee, Thy footsu-ps home to bring. At evening time the bells of peace Adown thy road shall peal: The Lord will bid tby sorrow cease. And grant thee from thy load rekase. Thy heartache He will htal. At evening time it shall be light. In God's assurance rest! Thou sha'.t r.ot grope in lonely night; His mercy is thy beacon bright; S'.tal sunward to His breast —M. S. Haycraft, in Chicago Advance. ft* " . | | The Mesmerist's Subject 3 I HAVE a friend, Welsh, who seldom, dares to visit any town a second time. He is an experienced man, and he knows as much about his particular line of goods as anyone in the business, nnd he doesn't drink or carry on in a rowdy manner, and yet he does some* thing in almost every town which makes it Inadvisable for him to return. For this reason he has to hunt for a new job every time he is ordered to go over a et rtain territory a second time. I remember that in one town he fell in with a traveling mesmerist and pre tended that lie was a subject and went up to a town hall and performed a se ries of the most remarkable didoes. The mesmerist was a fraud *>f the worst description. It was his practice to pick up a few young in every town and promise them money if they would come on the stage and do as he told them. Welsh met this mesmerist at the hotel and became convinced that the fellow had no more "animal magnetism," or will power, or what ever vou choose to call it, than is pos spssed l>y a piece of parlor furniture. So he decided to have some fun. ''l'm coming up to your show to night," he said. "Ho you know, I'm one of the greatest subjects you ever saw. Dr. Mahoompney, of Chicago, the celebrated hypnotist and special ist on electro-nervous magnetism, told me once that T ought to travel." "You will understand, of course, that if you are to assist in any of the experiments you must make your will entirely subservient to mine," said the mesmerist. "Oh, I know all about that." The mesmerist was frightened. You see, he was afraid to offer Welsh any money to act as a confederate, and if Welsh really knew anything about mesmerism or hypnotism he might ex pose "the whole show. This fellow had picked up a few of the terms and knew just enough about the business to en able him to carry on an elaborate 'iluff before an assemblage of gullible peo ple. Well, that evening in the town hall Welsh had a front sent. "Prof. De Cardo, the eminent mesmerist," was a little worried to see him there, but he went ahead and gave his talk and then he called for volunteers. Sev eral of the young fellows around town slouched up to the stage and Welsh fell right in behind. As this was his first visit to the town, the spectators were suspicions as soon us tliey saw him <>i )!.<• sface, suppos ing, of course, that he was a confed erate. "Who is he? Who is he?" came from different parts of the house. The mesmerist stepped to the front of the platform and said: "Ladies and Gentlemen: There seems to be some objection to this gentleman (pointing at Welsh). I want to assure you that I do not know the gentleman, ami I am perfectly willing that lie shall re tire and take no part whatever In the experiments. I am just as anxious as you are that there shall be nothing In the exhibition calculated to excite sus picion. If you desire It, I will excuse the gentleman." Welsh stood up and protested. "I never saw Prof. De Cardo until I came to town to-day," he said. "It happens that I am Interested in the subject of mesmerism, and I have been told that I am an excellent subject for experi ments. For that reason I came here to-day to test the professor's powers." Tt happened that a merchant on A'hom Welsh had called that day was in the house. He stood up and said: "I can testify that the gentleman is a drummer and has nothing to do with this show." The professor was more than will ing to dismiss Welsh, but the latter insisted on remaining on the stage, and, of course, after the prominent citizen had vouched for him, the house offered no further objection. The exhibition started In, and three or four of the young men who had pgreed to mak<" I heir wills ent i rely sub servient to that of the professor were stretched out on chairs and put through various performance s. to the great delight of the spectators. Then It came time to try Welsh. The "emi nent mesmerist" was seared stiff. lie didn't have any more genuine hypnot ic power than you would find In a rab bit, but he had to a bluff for the benefit of the people who had paid their money. lie stood Welsh out in the middle of the stage and glared at him, snapped his fingers, made mystic passes with his hand and did a lot more of that Svengali business. Welsh closed his eyes and couldn't open t hem, tried to speak and couldn't, and then awoke to find himself with a dazed look and a frightened smile. In fact, he did his part so well that the most experienced "liors •" could not have rrlren a better performance. It ntny be explained that a }* u geutle jnan who gains a livelihood by allow ing u mesmerist to stick needles in him while lie Is supposedly under the. Influence. You can imagine that "Prof. De Cardo" was u surprised man. He hudn'l made any arrangements with Welsh, and therefore he had no rea son to believe that Welsh would bo subject to the mysterious influence. He began to think that he was a mes merist and hadn't known it, or else he concluded that Welsh had decided to help him out with the show just to be a good fellow. Whatever lie may have thought, he kept his nerve with him and put Welsh through the whole list of specialties, had him cutting watermelons a l "' uiaiyhiug with a cane for a gun, and a lot of ridiculous stuff. Welsh was so earnest and conscientious in his act ing that he simply laid the other fel lows in the shade. Thai was the trp|ible. He was too good. The spec tators began to murmur. They de cided that he was a confederate, after all. One of the "tests" was that of fish ing with n cane. The subject stood on the edge of the rostrum and hold the walking-stick as a pole, and wben ever lit* had a "bite" he w..ti!d pull it tip with i.n overhand sweep. I his al ways tickled the house. Welsh decided to vary the usual per formance a liitle. When he pulled In with his pole he pretended that he had landed a fish, so lie made a gtab for it. and then there began a most ter rific struggle. He knocked over the table with the piK-her of water on top of it, and upset three or four of the vokels who were sitting around in the semi-eirele, and then all at onee he shouted: "There it is! There it is!" and grabbed "l*rof. l)e t'ardo" from behind and swung him around the stage. Women began to scream and children cried. Men stood up all over the house nnd yelled: "*top him!" Welsh decided that it was about time for hiui to get out of the place, he suddenly let go of the eminent mesmerist and shouted: "I'm a dog! I'll bite anyone that touches me! Pow wow!" With that lie made a dash for the door, and they say that every man. woman and child in the house shrieked and tried to crawl under a chair when he was seen to jump over the foot lights. He got out nnd ran all the way to the hotel. Of course, that elided the show. "I'rof. De Cardo" was too agitated to offer any explanation, and most of the women were in hysterics. The town constable was the only man who knew what to do. lie arrest ed the "eminent inesme«rist." who cla :»'d that nothing of the kind had ever happened to him during his pre vious career, and that lie had every rea- son to believe that Welsh had delib erately attempted to break up the show. Thereupon the constable de cided that he would arrest Welsh also. Welsh was making arrangements to get out on the night train when Ihe constable came up to his room. He was greatly surprised when the con stable mentioned "arrest." nnd want ed to know what he had ilone. The m \\ < / \ x 'C "I'll A DOG." constable mentioned the disturbance at the town hall. Welsh looked at him with the most childlike and innocent expression on his fac» and couldn't understand what he was driving at. So the constable told him everything thai had happened, and of course Welsh was greatly disturbed. He said he couldn't remember a thing that had happened from the time he went on the platform until he found hlm telf at the hotel packing up. He had with him in his grip some ad vertising cards with half-tone pictures of children on them. He showed these pictures to the constable and said they were his children, and it would break their hearts to hear that papa had been arrested. Then he gave up a couple of cigars and the constable car ried his grip down to the train for Ijlm. The constable wanted him to stay over and nppear against the professor, but Welsh said he had been made a junior member of the firm that day and he had to hurry back to Chicago. Well, after Welsh got out of town the mesmerist found that the only way he could square himself was to blame Welsh. He said that while they were on the stage 'Welsh whispered to him that he would "bust" up the show un less lie received ten dollars. The pro fessor Indignantly refused to lend himself to any such game, and imme diately Welsh began his maniacal per formance. The merchant who had vouched for Welsh wrote to the house that if Welsh ever appeared in that town again he would be tarred and feath ered. So the house transferred him to Wisconsin.—"The Drummer," In Chicago Record. Marked rrogrtii. Ignoramus- How is the work of civ ilizing China progressing? Cultivated Friend—Very nicely. Th© European powers have finally hit upon o plan for dividing t-lie land among them without a war.—X. Y. Weekly. ILIGIITLY MAI.H IOIS. Butler—Where is the maid? Cook I saw her just a minute agu, but I don't remember at w hat Keyhole. —Fliegende Itlaetter, I'lid (ilrl In the Country. Of the troubles that happen her Joy to wreck And to fill her heart with wue. There Is always the bug dropping down her neck, And the crab catching hold of her toe. —Judge. 111 e»nr»r, Agent—l think I can sell this place for you, but I can't get the $5,000 you »sk. You'll have to take S4,O'JB. Owner —That's queer. Why should the extra two dollars stand in tlio way? Agent—My customer is a woman.— Chicago Daily News. Jiu Xrcil of It. Win gate (at the l>oa riling house table, to Mrs. Sighnomore)- This Is an unexpected pleasure, to see you at dinner again. I thought you had changed boarding p'tces. Mrs. Sighntitnore—No; I've decided to remain 1 hud my stomach r< moved yesterday. Judge. Hot Work. Kate— I haven't see.ii Matlge of late. Ilusv, perhaps. Nunnette —Busy, whew! She is buried in work. Kate What kind? Xannet te—Hectographlng syndicate letters. She has 21 fiances i»i >3 dif ferent reiriiueulk.—Town U'ouies. FAIR FLAY IN THE THEATIM. Uow a l.llllr Woiuin Mleaeed u »»l -üble Nclnhbor \\ ho Tried lu Aituu) 11 *' r. It was oi l}' a by-pi ay at the theater the other evening, but it was euter taining to a limited portion of the au dience, say the Detroit Free Press. behind the little lady with a dimin utive hat that had its chief beaut} In Its daintaiuess. sat a member of Ac sex with Amazonian proportion* in 4 voluble tongue, lu a brief interiais tio: of chattering to those about her she happened to look down an«i espy the pretty headgear which was a «f»ir foot below her range of visioi wirti the stage. Hut It was a tempting ap portunity. "Will you kindly remove your hat?" the one In the rear, as »he leaned forward and spoke in a noisy whisper. "Certainly." answered the one h) front, as .he made rather a vicious plunge for the anchoring pin. "I wRI •kindly' tal;e off my hat. Will } u>i kindly stop your talking and permit us to hear this play?" For full five minutes there was Ma broken silence. But it was a greater self-restraint than the large woman could endure and her annoying- whis perings again Wgan. Suddenly the one in front stuck the little hat upon the very summit of her head and pinned it there. It seemed to have grown taller and of greater circumference and looked just like a detlant chal lenge worked into artistic millinery. The large woman was too mad to talk and there was suppressed titter ing while those around beamed on the little woman and were sore tempted to give her a hand by way of appiattse. KEEPING PRISONERS. The Novel Way In Which the Gerriinns Prevented Their Captive* fr*»m 11 ulilting Auay. "It been suggested that wheTi Santiago falls we shall have from i&.- 000 to 20.000 Spanish prisoners to ietvk after," said a well-known German citi zen to the New York Tribune, before the surrender. "Of course, the question of what" to do with them is sure to arise, ami with further campaigning necessarj it win probably develop into a serious propo sition. "it recalls to my mitulanincii' it of the German revolution of 184 We were short of men and had a t:;rge number of prisoners to look after. That did tot worry us as long as we were not moving, but one day «c Vail to make a forced march. Thee untiy through which we were to paM was hostile, and extreme watchfulness was necessary. We had few enough men as it was, and we knew that those prisoners were ready to make a dead run at tin first opening. "Finally a young officer made a bril liant suggestion and it was promptly carried out. We ripped the su»per.d«r buttons from the prisoners' trousers, took away their belts and knew we h?»*i them. Their hands were bus} aftrr that, and fast running was out of the question. We made the mVtch safsly, and I do nut believe that even Yankee ingenuity could have invented a sim pler solution." TOUGHEST HORSES IS u ft'a 1 o 1111 l Says That the Una Color In n Cood Shade to Stunt! I.OIIK MN rehe»« "Dun colored horses arc not the pret tiest by any means, but n:y experience has been," said Col. William F. (VitU - , when in Washington recently, says the Washiuton Star, "that they are the toughest of the horse kingdom. An ordinary dun horse will wear out three other horses. But as much work on him as you may, he never looks as well or as tidy in nppcarance ns a bay, a chestnut, black, gray or white, but as far as service is coucerned he will run the others to a standstill. This is my experience on the plains, in the caval ry service, and is my experience in the show business, where I have renrly 500 horses. "Dun horses arc somewhat rare, but when they can be picked up I would advise that they be bought, when the question of wear and t<-*»r Is i considered. They are, ns I said b. fore. not strong as far as looks are in vol veil, but for cavalrymen looks have t< take a back seat alongside of wear. The cavelrvmen who are soon, I hope, to ride over Cuba, will find) that n v in dorsement of dun horses Is of some value." HOTEL CLOCKS ALWAYS TRUE llat the Mont of the Family Jlnnlel Timepieces Are C«iinelenccle«s Prevaricators. % When 1 am traveling I never put the Miglitest confidence in a household clock, write Robert J. Burdette, of "Tonguelcss Liars," in Ladies' Heine Journal. A hotel clock I can <ii pen ! upon. There arc too many wat< !-es in a hotel—good watches, watches whose absolute correstness means mei «'j to the commercial men who reguh the traveling life of this country. A lying clock would be .-potted in a qua »tr of h second, and the unhappy t.'ark scourged with pitiless sarcasms ;*iere for. in the course of my wanderings up and down this part of the I missed a few trains and lecture rt>- gagements by depending upon clocks in the homes of my friends. l's'vlng thus paid for my lesson—sls.' ' 0 or $20,000, I think by my own coinj tifh tion of the value of my lectures (srt ahead a little bit. you know, it may be n trifle fast; I haven't time to look up the exact figures), 1 withdrew all my trust from mantel clocks, especially the highly ornamented marble-and gilt variety with Bllver bells orcnthe dr«l chimes. A Suspicion. "Humph!" exclaimed the yotrog woman with a sailor hat. "They talk about actresses losing dinmonds awl resorting to other old expedients ih order to become prominent!" "What's the matter now?" inquired the young woman with her. "Here's another item about nnother clergyman who refuses to believe that the whale swallowed Jonah." —Wash- ington'Stnr. Her Choice. She was n pretty young thing fresh from a fashionable "finishing school.*' She wai bidding 1 the "happiest man on earth" a fond adieu on the stoop of the old country house, "Now, dearest, just before I go," hs said, commencing all over again, "what kind of a ring shall it lie?" "Oh, .I nk!" she answered raptur ously, "do get me a solitaire with oJie diamond in it."—Judge He Spends Ilia Silver. We mortals complain when we haven't U»» cash. But the man In the moon's worst hfrvft, Mccuuss onct a month this rush .: er.H thrifl Is found To liave only his Jast quarter lefu —N. Y Journal No. 35 5- r* A QUEER HABIT. II la (Mlrartrd by a Cleveland Mam While- Try luff to Uara Ihr Typewriter. A Cleveland man has set about learn ing the use of the typewriter, reports the Plain Dealer. Up to the present time be has had somebody to do his typewriting for him. but now he wants to know how to run it all by himself, lie aiknits that he isn't an apt scholar, it comes slowly. The letters are hard to find, nr.tl the spacing is so easily forgotten. Hut there is one thing that amuses him. lie is learning to spell, and learning in the same way he did when a tow-headed boy in the early *OCs. Of course he could spell when he taekled the typewriter, but not in the rame way. Now he distinctly enu merates each letter, and does it, too, with the greatest care. It is a funny thing, bnt he finds himself spelling out the words in the newspaper, and his wife says he spells them In his aleep. The other day the minister met him rn«l asked hini how he was. "Y-e-r-y w-e-1-1," he gravely spelled cut', ami when the pastor looked amazed he realize! what he had done and hastily explained the cause of the peculiarity. And the minister pro fessed to t»e greatly interested and i wasted to knew all about it, and the sj*e!i«r is now greatly worried for fear the parson-will write n special paper i cm it for some magazine. When flie minister finally left him he shook hands and said: "Good-by." "G-o-o-d," began the speller, and 1 then recollected himself and hastily ] eddefl "by." j He hopes in time to wear out this I peculiarity, and when he increases his Speed «n the typewriter he no donbt will. NOT AFRAID OF FIRE. 1 A Phllmleliiiila Retriever That Went After ClrrrrarUrm Without n Slsn of Fear. I Among the enthusiastic patriots up i town the other day was a man who > owns a handsome spaniel and one es- I pecraliy good at retrieving. This man, i reports the Philadelphia Record, be ' gan his celebration by throwing a pack J «f small firecrackers into the street I »nd before the first one had a chance ! to explode the dog rushed out and i grabbed the bunch and was making 1 toward his master as fast as he could, j Before the innocent dog reached his | destination, however, an explosion I took plac*. and one after another the j little rolls of powder went popping ! at a great rate. Of course the spaniel i dropped them, but he remained in the j middle of the pack, jumping at the j dies that blew up into the air until j the entire pack had gone off. Then, ( rfter picking up one or two of the ex ploded crackers, he returned to his piaster and landed them at his feet. The man petted the dog awhile and then looked to sec if he had been in- I jnred, ami found that his beautiful coat of curly brown hair had been so much singed that it would be neces sary to have it clipped. The dog was always heM h|gh as a retriever in the estimation of his owner and those who knew him, bnt his stock has risenlOO per cent, now and no amount of money could buy him. CELESTIALS EAT BURDOCK. Mnny of the Chinese and Japanese Cultivate the Plant for Home Consumption. What is ersij regarded as a vlie weed can, with a little stretch of imaglna tton be turned Into an ornamental plant or delicious vegetable, s«y»Mee han's Monthly. This is especially the case with the common burdock, lappa major. Schoolboys all know it from gathering the burrs and compressing Ihern Into a ball, they being held to gether by the curved points of the floral involucre. This is all they know about it. It is difficult to see anything more to-be* despised in the burdock leaf than in Hie leaf of the rhubarb. It appears that it is largely used in China for food. But it is stated that, if the stalks be eut down before the flowers expand and then Vie boiied, the taste is relished equally with asparagus. The lenvr», when young, are boiled and eaten a* we eat spinach. In Japan it i? in unhsrs-al use. Thousands, of acres are devoted to its culture. But in this case the root is the object. It requires, deep soil to get the roots to the beet advantage. The common name in China is g'tbbo—n name, however, which need not replace our common one of burdock. CAN'T BE EXPLAINED. 4 Sinvnl < tunmander Says There Is Ao Telling Why Sailors Will De •rrt In Time of l'cace, "I never knew n sailor worth keep ing." declared an old naval com mander, "that would desert in time of war. But in times of peace, when everything appears to be going along as though it were greased, desertions will begin from no apparentcnuse unci vrill suddenly become epidemic. Away they'll go, r.rd it's two to one that in a little while they will be hunting around t,i sre if they can't get back into the service without having to suf fer punishment. I used-to put in a pood ileal of time trying to find an ex planation of the thing, and finally pre sented it to one of my superior offi cers. " "Prop it, young man,' was his la cot.ic advice. 'You can't tell why they do it und you can't stop them. If you must worn, let it lie about something where von may have a chance to ac complish good. I'll tell you right now, if you were to sail a ship for Heaven and were obliged to touch at hell for coal half the crew would desert." Xo Mailer About Her Bon. Mrs. Tracy—Oh! John, how can we bear the blow? Our son has eloped with tli« cook. Tracy—The rascal! We'll never be able to find another like her. —N. Y. Wrrrld. So* a Hero. "Maria, is this red, white and blue ice cream wholesome?" "I don't know; but what if it isn't? Aren't you willing to take any risks for your country?"— Chicago Record. That Baled It. Maud—What makes you treat Jack fO coldly'.' You used to find him so in teresting. Marie Didn't you know I was en gaged to him now?— Harlem Life. Itlbs. "The rib that was made up into a womna," remarked the observer of men aud things, "takes more back bone tw Keep it in place than any of ihe others.'*—Detroit Journal. In tire Hew KntlUh. School-Teacher—No\v, Willie Hig- I -ins. von may tell me what Commodore ,t! i n the first of May, ISSB. • Willie- lie did the Spaniards,ma'am. - Harpcf's Ituzar.
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