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.