VOL xxxv' A Great Chance For You to Buy Good Footwear AT About Half Price. We jn»t closed a deal with a jobber for over pair? of Shot* :tt about half price. This* U another instance where nen-e and cash do irreat work The firm nml'-fl money and was will ing to make a great saerifi re on goods in order to get it. We had tbe each Their offer was so tempting v.e could not resist it al though our store was already crowded with good" We have rented some additional rooms for nnrpla- -toek. ;.D'i now com inences one of the greatest Shoe Sale- in the history of Bntler We want You to Come to Butler. The sooner the better This- sale can t last al way - although we are figuring on a deal now larger than the one just Honed, and if we make it, will be forced to open some branch stores. Now. this sale comes jn«t at a time when yon need Shoes, and we have them cheaper than yon ever heard of. We will Pay Your Railroad Fare One way when yonr purchase amounts to or your rail road fare both ways if"yonr purchase be *.") That includes all points between h<-r<- andSaxonbnrg. between here and Zelienople. between here and Parker. Persons living north, south, east or went of these points will be given a cash discount of •» per cent, on any amonnt purchased. We Furnish Free Dinners With a purchase of fxoo or over when railroad fare is not paid. Persons driving from any of the places mentioned are entitled to the same benefits. I think with this very liberal offer we ought to attract yon to this sale, even if you should live l~> miles away. Our Inducements Are Strong. Good footwear at abont half price, yonr railroad fare paid one way or both yonr dinner v/ith a small purchase, and guarantee on every pair of .Shoes we sell, and onr guarantee means some thing too. Here is a Great Feast of Bargains at Butler s Progressive Shoe House, and You Can't Come too Quick. C.E.TWiller, 115 South Main Street. • Fall Footwear The time of the year is coming when good substantial footwear is very much needed. ■ —fc > _ < t » LARGE FALL STOCK IS ALL IN I # m_ ■ I II -.ivy piai'l -• -i*l Toe Is< ots anil Shoes '■ ~ l.adiis' solid water-proof Kangaroo Calf Lace and Button Shoes for every da" w-ar, and a vry large stock of School Shoes which we are offering special inducements in this line. Rubber Boots and Shoes of all kinds Also large stock of Felt Boots and Shoes of all kinds at rock bottom prices. Owing »o the Urge ordet which we placed with the manufacturers we are pre pared to sell good water-proof fi«jtwear at away down prices. CALL AND SEE US. Our premium field Seed Corn to which we will k'vc *in km) ten dollars worth of footwear tree to tin- party tiring the liest selection. The corn to be brought in any time from now to October sth. No rorn will l>e received after Octolw-r sth. A selection of twelve ears will '-e sufficient to judg • from. The corn will Ih- ji.dged by three uninterested farmers October 19th, and announcements will then be made in the county papers stating wlo brought the best selection of corn. Bring in your corn and remember us when you want winter footwear and we will save you money. JOHN BICKEL. BUTLER, PA. \ HE 15A WiSB HAN ? 4 # WIIO SIX 1 ICIX IIIH < I.OTIII Mi l ItOM $ I 5 J J. S. YOUNG, * Tin: MKIM IIAXT TAII.OIt, # \ 5 I J * 4 Tin* gooils, Htyl« f lit iuml goncnil make t \ TELL their own J fr=-=n_ STRIVING FOR EFFECT. CJ\ fa, ' I ir\ \vf\ A 9 Men won't buy clothing for the purpose j L \J \ W'f spcndiii)- money. 'I hey desire to get the Sk Vy V /Ix-si results for the money cxjH-nd \\ \ / / U-Z- fc} Not 1 heap goods but goods a«, cheap as .( r j,—-J whey can lie *oid and made up pro|>eily If ' j ' \ ■ ' /• y "" w * Ml lh« correct thing at the correct "l >V f f-»/_ . #P r 'ce caH on us, we nave reduced our spring f 1 111 V. Li'---- &and summer g«o<!» down to make room for \ \j'|y Y " j)'"* ,Vy W1 ' x '' l Hoods, 1/ N ? •#><£> lr{ j)i j f : its Guaranteed. 11 + f v € ~L I—| , Merchant Tailor. 1 ' _ - THE BUTLER CITIZEN. No Cripe yo-, take IT xxi's Till®. The big;. oM-7asb loneil. sugar-coated which tear you all t* pieces, arc not in it with Hood's. Easy t.> lake Hood's _ ij eli ■■ ■ ■ dr-C. I Ho <1 & Co.. T.owell. Mass. T he onU' P.lis to take -«. th Hood's S; * l saoar Tlioiibamlfl arc Trylfip It» In order to prove the grf-at r.«rit of r.ly'g Cream Balm, the most effeetiv« cure for Catarrh and Cold in Head, we have pre pared a generous trial size for 10 cents. Get it of your druggist or send 10 • er.ts to ELY P.UOS., 56 Warren St., N" V. City. I suffered from catarrh of the kind erc-r since a boy. and I never hoj»> '1 for cure, but Ely's Cream Halm s«e:ns to do ; even that. Manj MqMUHW ■ L»» -MM it with excellent results. —Oscar Oatruiu, 4.4 Warren Ave.. Chicago, 111. Ely's Cream Bairn is the acknowledged cure for c ttarrh and contains no cocaine, mercury nor any injurious drig. Pri e, 60 cent's. At druggists or by mail. "Move Up" Is a law universal. Evolution is another name for it. The street car conductor says "move up." Com petition says "move up." To move anytning requires "push." A good pusher requires strength Our strength 13 in low prices, reliable goods, and attractive service. Wc have quite a lot of broken lots of sum mer wear going at 1-2 price. Test our mu tual bene fit plan on its merits. .J. 4. 4. Ed. Colbert, Successor to Colbert & Dale. TM K Butler County National Bank, liull er I n 11, Capital piii in - - $i x>,ooo.co Surplus and Profits z4.647.57 Jos. Hartman, President; J. V. Ritts, Vice President; C. A. Bailey. Cashier; John G. McMarlin, Ass't Cashier. / wiicral banking hunlne t rannacted. liit»*r"st paid on tlrm* U«*posltv Mom y loaned on approved security We Invite you to open an acount with this b.in k. I»flc::< T )RS lion. Joneph lfart.rnari, lion. VV. H. Waldron, l>r. .s. M llfK»v«*r. 11. M'*- Sweeney, K. K. A hrarns, (I' < f>ll!ns I. <>. Smith, Leslli* I* lla/lett, M. I'inegiri. W. 1 W. 11. Larkln, John 11 urn J»I»m y, l»r. W. I Jen MasMrth. l/evl M. Wine J V. Hltt* Bitter Savings Bank l 'ivtler, l ) n. Capital - - £6o,orx>.oo Surplus and Profits - fir#o,(M>o ./MS. I J I'l'llVh I'fHulfiit J. IIKMtY I KMI.'TM AN Viee-Pr»-md«nt VVM CAMPHKLL, Jr Caihif-r liOum K HTK:N ieii. r DlHKi'rollS \,. Purvis. J. Ilenr\ Troe.tfnan, W. I> ItraDtlon. W. A. Kt»*ln J. H. Ci»*nuhell. The Itutler Haviriffff Msink l-» the Oldest li mkintf I n»tlt ut lor.' n Itutler ' 'oiinty. liem-nil ImnklnK hunlnr-nH tranna' led. W«3 Hollelt ju euiiiiin of wil pn.durerv, mer chants, farmers and ot hern. All t» inlm 'uitrusM-d to uh will reeelv© prompt at tent lon. Inlere»t L>atd on tlmn deuonlts. Butler 01. usiness wOIIGQR» 319-27 S MAIN ST. Best Commercial School I Complete and thorough cournex in I Bookkeeping, Penmanship, Commercial Arithmetic, Ktc , ■ Shorthand, Typewriting and Knglish Branches. Send for Circulars, Address WM. E. WILSON, Principal, Butler Pa. fill MFAI (orit < >i,i» i*i£<»< 1 j U«L 111 LH L Now vory eheap | ( *«ted f«»r Hornet, fUtWH. She«)p. llotfN, KOWIh etr Health, strength and nrodm tlv»- power to anlmalM. Are you feeding It? < heapest feed In the market. I INQPPH Oil ANbWIIITI 1.1.Ah LI IIOLLU UIL Make, paint last f.»r y<*ars<"i hotiH**. barn or ferine Mixed paints are doubtful f|uallty: some good and s«iuie ve-v bad. Write for our circular. I o» pure Llriieed oil or mt al, and while |ead, ask for "Thompson's." or address manufacturer. THOMPSON AO., I."» W IMamorid street Allegheny. Pa. Pearson 13. Nace's Livery Feed and Sale Stable Rear of Wick House, Butler, Penn'a. The IH'st of horses and llrst class rlj(s al ways on hand and for hh» lle»l lu-eomriKSlat lons In town for p« rma iient Iniardlntf and transient trade. Hpecl al care guaranteed. Stable Room For 65 Horses. A good eIa.HH of liorsen. l»ot h drlv«ir»» and draft horses altfays on hand and for sale under a full guarantee; and horses tHMight. upon proper notification t»y PEARSON B. NACE, Tcli'phow, N'(». 2|ti. UJaNIFII HI. V K.fl AI. 'I 111 il Willi FII V I* 111 HON -1" ''i'- ilalf hi iiiuiuiKi* our tilll Imwii unit 11. 1.r1.y r.Mintl, , |i |, nuiiniy iilttfi' wnl'K 4*oii<llll*|4ml ill liiiini'. Slilnry "triilKlii fi»«> u yi'iir and . <l«.||,,iu. iMiiiaflll)'. in> mon .no 1,.h« ..ila.y. Munllily |7.». 111-fl ll'lir.-. Imii-|1,.1- -..-If IKlllri KHl'll slliriipi'il flivi-|lip4l, l|f;rlH;rt I:. It<;»-,. I'm-hI llept. M. ChlcaK". THE OLD SNARE DRUM. ' It'» yourn. my hoys, ihc yaller horn, ter ! toot It If you will. i But give ter we the old snare drum t&r ' lead the column still; ' Aye. bring the war-worn drumsticks back ter roll the reveille: Go fetch the fife, the same ole fife, the f.fe that used to be. | An' while the breezes fan aloft the ole red. white and blue. Jes' make the footsteps young again with "Yankee Doodle Poo!" The same ole drum that led th» blue, the I same that led the gray- That sorter cheered us while it soothed the mother's tears away. _ 1 y«r bugle may do Jes' as well—Ole Glory nod as neat— . ! Tet footsteps seem ter miss somethln' a ' marchln" down the street. The ol" feet sorter seem ter lag, the head don't soar so high. An' som'CTs In my bosom heaves a hum sick kind o' sigh. Yer might's well call a petticoat the oid . red. white and blue. . As toot a yaller whistle fer ole "Yankee r Doodle Doo." "> Then give us back the ole-time drum our 1 fathers used to beat. An' hear that voice o' freedom caJl our might an' manhood neat -1 An' when Ole Glory says "Come on," ter write yer country's scroll. ' Jes' give us bark the martial drum ter ' call the battle roll! Thar'.H somethln' 'bout the ole long-roll : that sorter seems ter say: "Columbia's got her eye on you—her honor's yourn to-day!" An' when the final call of "taps," "lights out." fer me an' you, i No bugle blare can softly roll the soldier'* last tattoo. ' The soldier's last tattoo—the van. the sol dier's bier. The rlfie song your only hymn, the muffled drum, the rear! Oh. gratitude! Vague butterfly! Yer hosts endure a day; Ter "fold their tents like Arabs an" as ligntly steal away!" Ye hefird the drummer's long tattoo, the column's tramp an' tread, Along the path that ends beside the trenches o' the dead! Then take yer yaller horn, my beys, an' toot It If yer will. Hut give ter me the ole snare drum ter lead the column still! —George K. Powell. In Chicago Inter Ocean. I A MUSICAL EPISODE ! { \ | | By MAXINE WRAYBURN "r")MK ALONG, George," said a tall, dignified looking young fel low as he lightly pulled his friend by the sleeve. "Haven't you had enough, of that music by thla time? See, those girls are ringing tit us already. The whole crowd will be looking at us in a moment." "I don't care tf they do," remon strated George, laughing, to the great consternation of his friend That girl's voice Is beautiful, and, hang it, Mac, what difference does it make if it is on a street corner? I've never, heard better music than that little bronze girl over there is getting out of j llint violin." I Evans scanned his surroundings su perciliously. "I thought you had better taste than | that—to say nothing of tin- fnct that I you pretend to be a connoisseur in mu sic," said Evans, who was in the habit inf judging musical affairs by Hie price of admission tickets. "So 1 do," protested 'Jcorge, "and for that very reason I know it wherever I hear It." The cause of the disturbance was a *trio of street musicians, consisting of a swarthy, handsome featured Italian harpist, and two of Italy's picturesque daughters in native regalia. One car ried a fine old violin, and the other one whose principal contribution was a magnificent voice, carired a tambourine, which, when not on orchestral duty,, was used to collect money from the crowd. They had stationed themselves on one corner of the park. The whole square was dotted with admiring knots of listeners, andf together with those immediately surrounding them the people numbered several hundred. Evans and his friend were passing close by just as the musicians had be gun that exquisite bit of melody and sentiment, "Good-by, Sweet Day," and George, who loved music next to his lately affianced bride, Geraldine Krooks, stopped directly in front of them and refused to move on. As Evans had prophesied, the crowd gradually began to see that the co quettish signorltas were directing their attention to on«,particular spot 1 whereon stood these two particular young men. "This Is awful," said Evans, in tones that sounded like the sotto voce of a pular bear. "Don't let's make a spec tacle of ourselves. Let's get away be fore everybody sees us." But (leorge only smiled, a quiet, re ceipted bill sort of smile. "Thero isn't anything so very ter rible about It," he protested, as he pro ceedied leisurely to ignite the end of the familiar rice paper cylinder, and leaned up comfortably against a post as though he meant to stay. "I want to hear some more of this music. T tell you it's fine! It puzzles me to see why such musicians are walking the streets. They ought to he strung out in coupes on their way to a concert hall. 1 only wish Geraldine and Miss Kaymoud were here so they could hear them, too." Maude Ita\ iimnd* was a guest of Miss Geraldine lirooks, with whom the dig nified Mr. Evans so thoroughly be lieved himself In love that he was al ready framing the stately word* for a solemn proposal. "Are you coming?" repeated Evans, with a look of offended hauteur, as he began to push his way through the crowd. Hut Just then the opening strains from "The Angels' Serenade" lulled all other sounds to silence, und i needless to say Oeorge stayed. As the last tones melted away he stood In blank bewilderment. It seemed a* though he had heard that exaet ren dering before. Hut his meditation was Interrupted t>y the singer herself, who at that moment vtood In front of , him with the tambourine in sollcitourf position. She smiled with audacious . bewltchery, and George, not yet out of his revery, dropped In. a dollar. A few hours later Mr. Evans and George were on their way to the brooks residence for an evening call. "I hope Miss Ilrooks hasn't heard of your devotion to the street musician," said Kvans, with slightly starched dig nity, as the door opened to admit tin m. However rcmisa George might ap pear concerning his devotion to his fiance, there was no Impeaching his I Intentions, and he, experienced a chill of amazement as he realized the fact that the temperature of his reception that evening registered somewhere around the freezing point. However, the four people, properly divided, noon drifted Into diagonal corners of the J room. / "I heard about your flirtation this I* afternoon." began Miss Rrooks, sar- 1 Y castlcitl|y "It must have been very ' divrrtlri" and dlgni -" flirtation! Why,Geraldine,you know better than to think I would do BUTLEW, THURSDAY, OCTOBER O, IS9S any —" "I thought I id—but everyone in the crowd saw you to-day, and you might have known that some one you know would be sure to be there to tell me of it. and I'm both mortified and angry. George, is it possible that I can't trust you —" "'"■eraldine. I did nothing Let rr.e expl—" "Do you mean to tell me. George Harris, that you did not deliberately smile at that street musician?" "Geraldine," confessed the blushing, honest George. "Yes, I did smile at her. but the only reason that I ever looked at her at all was because—be cause. well, the music somehow set me to dreaming, the way it does when you sing, you know, and that made me I think of you, and that—" "And that made you smile at sorae- I body else.' George," said Geraldine, straightening up haughtily, in a way li,at froze him into the lifeless pose of a snow man. "the idea that there should be anything in a walnut-col cretl Italian peasant girl to remind you of me! lam more disappointed than ever at such a gauzy excuse!" There was a terrible pause, in which George felt as though icicles must be forming all over the furniture. "Where'* the locket with my picture in it that I gave yi-u last week?" said Geraldine, abruptly—referring to a silver dollar piece which, by the prop er twisting of the two sides, opened and showed a colored photograph. George reached for it and then sud den+\ stopped. "You can't find it!" said Geraldine, stabbing at the truth. "I suppose you threw it away on that ebony eyed street musician. I» that the way you value my gifts, Mr. Harris?" "I knew I'd make that mistake, and that I shouldn't be able to keep that locket for a month! But, Geraldine, r-, I i' jjy 1 1 I - , HIS MEDITATION WAS INTER RUPTED. I inwist that if that girl's singing hadn't made me 1 hink of you. and hadn't made me absent-minded —" "Absent-minded thinking of me!" re pi ated (ieraldine, confounding his con fusion. "Now you know what I mean, Ger pldine. I mean that in thinking of yen I was oblivious to everything else, ni.d didn't think what I was giving her. or the locket would never have gone into her pesky tambourine!" But Geraldine only tapped her foot and began to pout. At* the other end of the room Mr. Evans was looking more severe than i ver. "He thinks he's offended me eter nally," said Miss Baymond, as she passed Geraldlne's chair in crossing the room. "I insisted that he saw me this afternoon and refused to speak to me." "Geraldine, how did you get that locket?" suddenly broke in George— looking in puzzled steadiness at the supposedly lost locket that she was twirling between her fingers. Geraldine burst out laughing. "Forgive me, George, dear, but don't you think we made up well ? The harp ist was Cousin Ed, you know. We took him along for a chaperon. No won der I reminded you of myself. Well, it was great sport, and we made SSO in an efternoon. We're going to give that to charity to relieve our consciences. But," she added, in n whisper, "Maude savs not to let Mr. Kvans know the truth, or he'll never propose!"- De troit Free I'rcss. Cosily linnlsli llrliltce. A $4,000,000 bridge is to li> built by the Danish government to connect Jut land with the island of l'unen. Mntclirn Mailc ?»y Our I'lrm. One firm in Austria usrs tr»n tons of phosphorus a year anrt turns out 2.V --500,000 matches. A Orllit litfnl r.ipr rlrnoi*. Although Mlmh Antique lost her "rook*." I hear Iho lonlng pk-aMw] her, For when «he venture! Into Mtocks, The naughty market "squeered" her. —L. A. VV. Hulletln. so corn ami mo < hi kli s jfl/g &■, Clilmmy- Ah, wot a heart uvlrondat foil's got! Dls makes seven fellers I've leked right in front uv her, but still ihe spurns me love!—N. Y. Evening fournal. Music In I lie Air. On< «> mora we hear th« music of Tim lleet inomiulto's wins": Anrl only u solnr pl.iKini I,low Mukes lilm sndili Ht when he mliirh. —Chicago Imlly News. Would l.llii* n Clin>l|(o. Dorothy (who is accustomed to have ler e|fgs prepared before they come ta the table) Mamma, can't I have my 'KK* cooked with the covers on some Imr, same'r you do? Judge. Very 'l'll IIIIK l» tfu I. Khe—And did you think of me while n camp, dear? He Oh, ye,; f thought of you every ime 1 fell out of my hammock.—Yoii trrs Statesman. Meaner Tlmn She Mrnut. ll®— Can you read faces? She—Soinet lines. He What caii you read in mv ffiCeJ She —Not much. Iloston Courier. ICiplalned. Jack —You didn't seem offended vhen she laughed In your foe®. Mack—No. I had Just told hern, joke, —Up to Date. All I ii popiiln i* Noli•»me. "Mapleton wants war poetry taxed w "Just like him: always trying to kill iff ell the furalu everything."—Detroit f re« Prcik BABY'S WISDOM. When mother wakes Her babe, and break* The silence with her speech. ' No word of It. Despite my wit. Doth try fcwed reason reach. Choctaw and Greek , And verbal freak Of languages long dead Did ne'er before, ' The wide world o'er. Such barren nonsense shed. Tet baby's ey< s Make glad replies. And baby's tiny hands Applausive move To aptly prove How baby understands. And though my store l 1 Of lingual lore . Is my chief boasts among. The facts disclose That baby knows More of the mother tongue. I —Richmond Dispatch. | The Saraband's Skipper j THE last half hour of the steamship ' Saraband had come. All day she I had !aiu In the pitiless bay, crouching j ! under the fierce blast of the northeast j ' j rale, the seas sweeping hi r decks, and : j now all on board knew that she had ■ but a short time to live. She had had her day. Jiuilt to carry 120 passengers, she. had once been one ! of the popular boats going through the newly-opened canal to the east, and | her long flush deck had been the scene i of many a gay gathering w lieu her •engers had assembled under the awn ings to laugh, flirt and talk after din ner. But larger and faster boats had ccme and her glory hod departed, so that after many vicissitudes here she I lay, her passenger accommodation taken out and the space filled with grain from the Black »oa ports, sink ing. ller decks were slanting at an angle of 4i degrees, for the wheat had shift ed, and she lay nearly on her beam ends; every movable thing had long been washed away, and one structure which should have been immovable — the engine hatch—had also been Emashed in. That was the immediate reuson why she was going to founder; the engine room plates were awash and the fires in the stokehole were out, and for the last two hours she had only been kept head to sea by means of an anchor made of the derricks and spars. A por tion of ever}' sea that came on board found its way through the makeshift contrivance of spars and tarpaulins nailed over the gaping chasm in her deck that marked the former position of the engine hatch, and each found her a little lower in> the water. In the shelter of the bridge deck — the only structure which had been strong enough to resist the remorse less violence of the seas clustered her crew, some 30 hands, hard-faced sail ors and grimy firemen; the former quiet, apathetic, almost careless; the other" . save for a few, dead-white with fear, spending their last moments In cursing with foolish, meaningless rep etitions of the same words, the ship, their luck in coming in her and the tkipper, for not making use of the two remaining boats which hung from their davits at the lee side of the bridge deck, and which from their ele vated position hail not gone when the other boats had been swept away. On the bridge deck stood the skipper and the mate, bearded, elderly men both, their despairing eyes into tbe wall of mist and spray which re lentlessly rushed down upon them. In the faint hope that some passing ves sej might appear through the gloom of the gale. At length the skipper turned and scrambled down the sloping bridge to where the mate crouched on the lee rail. "We shall have to try the boats, Mr. Kmlth; she'll not last much longer!" In- shouted, thu wind picking up cncli word as he uttered it and F.weeoing them away to leeward, as If j -alons of the mate hearing them. "It's a very poor chance," said the mate, "but I suppose it's our only one. Ifow long do you give her?** "Half an hour at the outside. Are the boats all ready?" "They've been ready since morning," si: id the mate; "but ran we get them in the water unsmushed, and won't the firemen ru*h them?" "I don't, think so," replied tbe skip per; "there's time enough and room enough for all to getaway." I tut his face took a grimmer look an lie led the way down from the brfidgc | to the ehnrthouse, the mute following lilm. Inside they could hear each oth er with greater ease, and the skipper, while taking his revolver from a drawer, gave the mate his final In st ructions. "We'll lower the forward boat first, ns she's the biggest; you will take charge of her, get your crew aboard | anil have everyone In liis place before we wlart to lower, so that yoil rani ' ■hove off i,h soon as she touches the water. If those patent* act you ought •o be all right." (The boat* were fit ted with a patent contrivance by which | the tac kit's holding the m are automat- i ically released the moment' tin- boat is i | water borne, so that there Is no un hooking of blocks to be done while the boat is get ting das lied to pieces against the thip's side.) I 1 "I shall be nil right," said the mate; j "but what üboutiyou? Who's going to < li wrr the fulls of the after boat? You | I can't manage it from the bout lt*,*-lf, vitli all the crowd you will have on ( board." "I'll lower her from the deck," said i the skipper. "If they have a long painter made fast to the ship they can i aslly pull up again under the counter, itnd I'll make a jump for It." "Mind you don't jump short; you'd have a poor chance with those boots aid oil* liiu* on." 'aid the mate. "Cili I'll manage," replied the skip per "i 'I the men up." The men came up in a body and the (kipper i attic out oti deck, revolver In band. "The ship's sinking," he said, "and I (iave decided to lake to the boats, J'here's plenty of time and room for all lo get. away in safety, If you obey my urdcrs. You will remain standing where, you are until I call your names; j then the man whose name i»called will take his place In the boat. Any mail j that (darts for the boat before 1 tell tilm, I shoot; understand, all?" There was a low murmur from the men, iinil the skipper continued: "Mr. Smith will take charge of the boat." The mate, with a look at the skip per, climbed Into the boat as she hung in the davits. The skipper t hen called the names of tbe crew lie proposed to •end lii her, sending first the sailors, ro that the mate might place each In Ids proper station In the boat, before the firemen, etc., who would be of no use In the critical maneuvers of get- , ting her away from the ship's side, crowded her up. But these same fire- ] men did not understand his reason ! itnd thought lie was showing undue preference to his own men and. a heavier sea than usual striking the i Isteoniej, theje wan a cry of: "She's l.oir.ff down, and he's sending the sail ors first!" and a rush for the boat. "Stand back!" cried the skipper. Craek! and the leading fireman spread out his hands and pitched on to his face, rolling in a limp bundle down on to the Ice rail. The rest of the men stopped. They might as well be drowned as shot, they thought, and they huddled together, looking with horrified glances at their d> id com rade. The skipper paused, lowered his revolver, and then called the next name; they had learned their iesson, and went quietly to the boat, which was got safely away, and drifted out of sight in tht mist of the gale. The other boat was filled without any mishap, anil the skipper, tli:■ only man left on the deck, lowered her; »he also got clear away, and drifted out to I the full length of her painter. The skipper walked aft to wait forthemto haul up again. He had to pass the body of the dead man, and he did not look at it. The boat was hauUng up on the painter, and was getting close; the skipper got on the rail ready to jump. At that moment a fireman, the brother : of the man he had shot, reached over j '.lie boat's bow, and. with a cry of j "Blast you. stop and drown with Bill!" cut- the painter. The distance between the ship ani the boat began to widen instantly, and in spite of the frantic efforts of the sailors at the oars the deeply laden boat was swept away and blotted out in the mist. The skipper got down from the rails, and made his way back to the bridge deck. He had just ten > minutes to live. Ten minutes to pre pare for the next world, after 40years at sea! He climbed up on the bridge again, and on the canvas windscreen to J L'ST TEN MINUTES TO LIVE. think. Bis wife and children, who would look after them now? His w ages were £ IC> per month; on that he had had but small chance to save. Well, he supposed the Shipmasters' society would do something for her, but she would have to give up little house at Forest (iate, and drop from the posi tion of a captain's wife to letting lodg ings; perhaps one of the children could be got into an orphanage; if not, well, ib meant starvation or the work house. lie thought of his own life, of his hard, ill-used boyhood, cabin boy in a Quebec timber ship; of his manhood, spent in nnremitting toll in all part* of tbe world; of the varlouß ships he had commanded, in each of which ho had been expected to use less coal, Itss paint, fewer provisions, and to go with smaller crews than in t\ic last, j He thought of the blackguards he had had to command an crews, and the trouble he had had with them. Well, he'd not had much fun out of life, and now he was going to find out what It all meant. Anyway, he had always done his best for his ship. Ills eyes fell on the dead body of the | fireman. That too! If the man should indict him at the bar of the last judg ment lie would answer there, as he would have answered to an earthly court: "In my judgment It was nec essary for the safety of thu men In my charge." A sudden quiver warned him she was nearly gone, and he rose to his feet for one last look to windward. As he looked into the. blinding spray. Tie saw a large ivave come out of the mist, and knew It would swamp lier. lie gripped th« rail with both hands, and his lips moved in a half-forgotten prayer. "Our Father, which art —"and the wave swept on. But the Saraband had gone. The skipper had gone to meet his fireman where "there shall be no more sea."—Temple Bar. i Medlelnnl Properties of liter. Powdered rice Is said to be of great efficacy in checking bleeding from cuta and bruises. Ilrltflil I'ru* jieetn. Air. Bullion I notice, sir, that you ;all to sec my daughter quite frequentr, y; and us she—cr appeal;* to be fa-, vorably impressed by you, I think 1\ have a right to inquire concerning four prospects. Young Man—l shall be rich souia Say. ' "I am glad to hear that." "Yes. Your daughter and I have been secretly married, and she liaa. promised mo half you leave."—-N. Y. j Weekly. j' All tlic* Sy in |> I oma. They had watched the couple for scv- i trul minutes. "lie has just about reached the point ! of proposing," said one of them, at lust. "How do you know that?" usked the other. "Because he Is so nervous and she Is so self possessed."—Chicago l'ost. A Man nf Note. Tho tenor inude u bet. And ho did not full to win It, One of his long-drawn notes Jin eoutd hold for half u minute. I have done better still, j And without u bet to cheer; One of his loiik drawn notes I huvo held now for a year. —Judge. > <lll 111 UUT ANOTHKII lIt'NIIAND. fr rm Ujf |ft IJ^I v 'v f&I Slater —1 um going to get a divorce. Brothei—( an't you get along with your husband? •Sister I can, but the cook can't/ I'llllndelpi> lii l'ress. » » IB •1011. ,i .-thief "I'm u li.an ot ll:< IliKhesl pedigree!" "Wall, thai * all right," tho luiulcr replied, '•IVYd'JU Juuik i UM ou your family trua." IXCLE. SAM'S ARMY. Wonder.'ul Organization Accom plished in T.iree Months. Orrr Two Hundred mid l-'lftr Thou sand Men >ia*lcrpil Inlo Service— Army Expert* of Europe .%ma*ed at AeiileTouent. A consolidated statement prepared by Maj. John A. Johnston, assistant ad • jutant general, shows that of the 277,- 500 men authorized by congress to be enlisted in the regular and volunteer armies 254.470 up to this time have been mustered into the service. Of the 23,031 yet required to complete the au thorized quota of the army, 13.308 are regulars; S.OOO arc volunteers under the second call, 862 are immunes and 651 are engineers. The authorized strength of the reg ular army is CI,OOO. On April 30 it con ■ tained 26,500 men. Since that time 23,192 resruits have been obtained from a probable 75,000 applicants, by r. limited n umber of recruiting oflieers for the most part strangers in the country canvassed and during a period of competition by state authorities for the same men. In the opinion of the officials of the war department the returns of regular army enlist ments will show a great increase as this competition ceases. The strength I of the regular army to-day. less recent casualties estimated at 2,000, is 47,692. The authorized strength of the vol unteer army is 210,500. Of this number 125,000 were included in the president's first call for troops, all of which have been recruited, mustered and put in • the field; 75.000 were included in the second cal., 57,000 of which have been mustered into the service, 3,000 were to constitute three special regiments of cavalry, 10,000 were immunes and 3,500 were engineers. Of the volunteers under the second call, 35,000 thus far enlisted have been distributed among complete organiza tions already in the field and 33.000 constitute new organizations. The three special cavalry regiments com manded by Cols. Roosevelt, Torrey and (irigsby have been recruited to their full strength, and there are hundreds of applicants for any vacancies that may occur in them. The recruiting, mustering, equip ping and placing in the field of the present great army of nearly 300,000 In less than 90 days—nearly ever) - man having to undergo a strict examina tion —is regarded by army experts as a wonderful achievement. Officers representing the great armies of Eu topean nations have been amazed at the work accomplished and admit frankly that Europe contains little of such fighting material as is to be found in abundance in the United States. WHAT ENGLAND WOULD LIKE. 11 «> pi n u 'l'll at I nlted .Slolen Will Re tain Control of the I'lillip pltie Inlands. There is no reason to doubt that nearly all the influential leaders in I'.nglisli public life are hoping that the Americans will retain control of the Philippines after the close of the war with Spain. They don't profess to be disinterested in their advice, nor to look at the question from an American point of view. They frankly admit that the occupation of the Philippines by either France, Germany or Great Britain will subject the relations of European powers to a dangerous strain and they favor permanent American control of the group in the interest of peace. They arenlso sensi ble of the great advantage which Eng land would derive from the moral and diplomatic support, of the United States in all questions relating to China imd the far east if the Ameri can flag were raised at Manila for all time. As Englishmen with practical instincts and influenced by considera tions of enlightened self-interest, they are outspoken and emphatic in ex pressing their hope that America will enlarge her sphere of activities in the world's diplomacy and work. ROOSEVELT SCORES A HIT. Hrnili n Five-Dollar 111 11 to UiFh of Wounded Soldlera on Got rrnor'a Inland. "Say, do you know we were all ■taked last night?" a wounded soldier of Roosevelt's rough riders on Gov ernor's island inquired the other morning. "Yen," he continued, "we got five dollars apiece. Maj. lirodie brought it to us. He said Teddy Roosevelt had cent It to him to give to the wounded men, ami if we wanted anything mora to let Col. Roosevelt know and he would fix it with Maj. Brodle so we could get it. Roosevelt Is all right, lie's olio of the whitest men to soldiers I ever met." The man, who comes from Shawnee, O. T., struck the keynote of what •■very one of the rough riders had to say about Col. Roosevelt. The five wounded rough riders on Governor's i island would follow him, as one rough rider put it, "Into hellflrc." (ilvrn n Ship lo Command. Lieut. Claude E. Fitch, who entered the navy as an ensign and was soon after made second lieutenant, has been promoted to the position of navi gator on Hie Sterling, a supply ship that has been in waiting to go with Commodore Watson's European exour- I si on. Cost of Win. it is said thaf England has expend ed no lens a sum than V. 200,000.000 in the eight largest wars In which she has engaged, and (hat Russia's expendi tures for the same purpose during the last 70 years have been H 67,000,000. ■telle* on Ratal*. Iladger—You sny you have so much trouble to get paid for services, but I notice you have bought a new house lately. Home of your patients must pay. Dr. Pellet—They or their heirs.— Boston Transcript. He >ll mmeil n Chance. She Have you ever formed any nf what an angel really looks Uke? Hr (afler some deliberation)—No, I don't believe I have. . lie found loitering on her rich papa's ■ porch unpleasant after that/—Cleve land Leader. Another Immune. Hi Itcggy Fit/James has become fccklessly engagml to any number of (flrls, but ho always gets out of it- She—With decency? 11. Oil, yes; he merely has to go and ask their father's consent, and It's all over. -Tlt-Blts. \ SrllUli Inftßlloa. Crawford I*m*lh In tl»«* hoin« of tli«» in t oro obi It* Wluit I want to lu tvhj ' j I act* i i.t *»u. < V Crahthaw —So thrjr can cut him,— j N. Y. AYurl<J. Xo. 39 SPAIN'S GLOOMY FUTURE. Pcanlmlatle Opinions of a Well-In* formed Xatlvc of That CoDiitrj. | Opposed to '.host? who believe or hope that Spain will emerge from hef troubles with a more stable govern- 1 meat a writer in the Fortnightly, who signs himself "A Spaniard," and who evidently knows his country well, draws a gloomy picture of what will happen after peace. The burden of luxation w ill be frightful. The public debt, swollen by the expenses of war, w ill foot up to more than 82,000,000,000, the annual interest charge on which will amtJynt to $140,000,000. Yet tie eitire natural revenue in prosperous years has not been more than $150,000,- 000. Repudiation or bankruptcy lies clearly in these figures. Then there will follow the destruction of those industries which the colonies have been made to support, turning thou sands of operatives out of employment. More than 100,000 soldiers will be like wise set adrift, and 30.000 officers put on the retired list, where the. pay of a captain (if he is lucky enough to get It at all) isabout 60 cents a day. When all these helpless multitudes begin to feel the pinch of hunger, then, saysthis Spanish writer, the "tocsin of revolu tion" will sound and it will depend on the army whether Spain shall be Carl ist or republican. In any case, he thinks it out of the power of anyparty "to extricate my unfortunate, much beloved Spain from the abyss on the edge of which she is now tottering." "Spain makes her melancholy bow to the vast continent which her enter prise once opened up to the world and . exclaims:: 'Moritura te saluto.' " AMERICA'S OLDEST NUN. She la Colored and Said to Be One Hundred and Severn Yenra Old. / The oldest nun in the United States, both in point of age and in length of service, is Sister Ellen Joseph (colored), an inmate of the Convent of St. Fran cis, Baltimore, Md.. says the New York Times. Sister Ellen Joseph is said to be 107 years old. When she first put on the habit of her order, the Oblate Sisters of Providence, 00 years ago, she was then in the prime of life. During her CO years of service she lias been active in performing deeds of charity and goodnss. Connected with the convent is an orphan asylum, in which there ere about 75 little girls. Nobody baa been more painstaking in the training of the children than Sister Ellen. She hps been equally zealous in her deeds of charity outs4de theconvent. last two years she has not left the building, and for some time before that she has not been able to take an active share in the duties of the community. Most of her time now is spent in ft w heeled chair in her room. She has re tained her faculties to the present. She was born in Marlborough, Prince George's county, Md., of slave parent*, and was taken to Washington with her jKirents by the family of her maater, a, short time previous to the burning of the city by the British in 1814. She wu baptized into the Catholic faith about 1827 by Father Schiever at Old St. Mat-I thew's, Baltimore. About this time freedom was given to her. Sister Ellen is the last survivor of the band re ceived into the order by Father Jou-t bert, who died in 1843. HABITS OF THE CAT. lta Action* Show It la at Solitary Ani mal b>- Nature and Fret from Ureedlneas. All the cat's habits show it to be by nature a solitary animal. Even in early life, when family ties bring out the instinct of nnssoeiation, this is ap* parent. If you compare the play of puppies with that of kittens you will find that in one case companionship of some kind is an essential, for if 6, puppy has no playmate of his own species he w ill try to make use of the nearest biped; whereas ft cork or ft bit of string is all that is necessary to satisfy the requirements of the kitten. The way In which the cat takes itsfooi) is a sure sign that in its natural state it is not In the habit of associating with greedy companions, says Wild Traits in Tame Animals. When given something to eat it first carefully smells the morsel, then takes It In a deliberate and gingerly way and sits down to finish it at leisure. There Is none of that Inclination to snatch hftstily at ony food held before It which we observe even in well-trained dogs, nor does a cat seem in any hurry to stow its goods in the one placewlierft thieving rivals cannot interfere with them. Indeed, no greater contrast io natural table manners can bo observed anywhere than when we turn from tho kennel or the pigsty and watch the dainty way in which a cat takes lta meals. That a cat allows people to approach it while it is feeding without showing jealousy tiroves that It do<* not attribute to human beings like tastes with its own. Oldest Liquor In the World. The "gold water" of Dautxig, Prus sia. probably is »he oldest liquor in the world, and the csrtute upon which it Is made, known as I>er I/achs, isnow celebrating its three hundredth anni« versary. The books of the maker! .•how a full and complete record ol sulea since ISUS. Under Jut© of 1813 mny be found the entry! "The Rua* clans and Prussians ore besieging the town in order to free it from the French. Have sold off all my etock oi spirit*. (.ladatone'a Fnnersl. The public funeral of Mr. Gladstone was not expensive. Some of the news papers gave the cost as $23,000, hut q competent authority informed thl writer that the actual cost was abom SIO,OOO. k Kvrryhodf Ctn Help. Crimson/beak —No one can feel 81s courngcd about this war business. Everyone can help a little. Yeast —How »o? "Well, if a man can't go to the front and lick a few Kpanlunla, he can stay at homo anil lick the war revenue at ami*."—Yonkers Statesman. Still n Student. that old Judgs Whitestone should marry. He murt be 05. t A Brown- I have heard him say that u uiau is never too old to learn a little more law.—Harlem Life. Kuiiiunor I'<ll «!«■«!. Papa (to daughter, who has just r r turned from the parlor)— Why, Ethel, has that new flame of yours left? Ethel (with u perceptible hardness in her voice) —Yes, papa, lie's —he's gone out I —Chicago Tribune. S»»eetlx Sad. Groom —A ring round the moon Is a sign of rain. Groom (sadly) Reign. Boston ' Traveler.
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