VOL- xxxv i MHS.J. E. ZIMMERMAN Clearance Sale FOUR GREAT DAYS Wednes.. Thurs., Fri-. Saturday. FEBRUARY 15. 16, 17i and 18. W'c should have - | nual Stock Invoice and find we have some broken lotsof Silk Waists, Ladies' Tail ored Suits, Separate Skiris, Lace Curtains, Portiers, and Dress Goods. Remnants of all kinds. All these things we offer at exceptionally low prices. i Lot of Handsome Blouse Front, tight fitting back; Serge and Cloth Suits colors—B!a k, blue and green, from fS.oo to-?i2 oo .At Halt-Price I Lot of Silk Waists. Plain anil Fancy, ranging m price from to >.G At Halt-I nee i Lot of Woolen Waists,l'lain& Fancy, ranging inprice from f I to? 2 5«Ac Half-1 nee i Lot of I lannelettc Dressing Sacques, former price, 75c and f 1.00 ...At 35c 1 Lot of Ladies' Fleeced Wrappers . , i." 06 1 Lot of Cream Colored Lace Curtains ' 3 Marked I rice 1 Lot of 150 pairs of White Lace Curtains U 1 Marked 1 rice 1 Lot of Handsome Bed Comforts i-3 Oft ..larked rice R6IHNANT Di\y. Friday morning at nine o'clock we w:ll place on sale Remnants of all kinds Remnants of Drsres Goods, Calicoes, Ginghams, vluslins. Sheetings, lam.. »s, Crash, Cantons, Linings, Laces, Embroideries and White <.'>ods All Remnants offered at the price formerly sold at. A SPECIAL SHOWING OF New Spring FmbroiderieS; White Goods, Wash Dress Fabrics, the newest «nd m< s exquisite desi^ ns and colorings for the spring of ifk/j, most of which are confined to us for this market. Also on display, advance styles 111 New Spring Woolen Suit ings. 1 lack C epons, a choice line to select from. ART DEPARTMENT. All the newest designs in Art Needle Work Lunch Cloths, Center Pieces, j Doylies, Picture Frames and Cushions. All shades in Dre.-den and I'ilo Silks for spring of 1899. Lessons in Art Needle Work, 25c. MRS. J. E. ZIMMERMAN. HUSELTONS A Grand Clearance Sdle. We ask you to read the important announcements below. They tell of a larg money saving; they tell of high class footwear with extremely low figures. THIS IS A CLEARANCE SALE OF ALL WINTER FOOTWEAR L«c, Alaska*. .50c. Children's Man's Heavy Sole Winter Tans were *2, j buckle artics reduced to 35c. and *2.50. now $1.65 and -f2.00. Men's ' Men's Rubbers Heavy S<-le Leather Lined Shoes were $2.50, now #1.75. Oil men's heavy shoes Men'.i low .:ut rubbdrs 25c were i 1.50 anil $2.00, now #1.25 and $1 s« • Men's high " " 35c Men's fine embroidered slippers, were Men's storm rubbers aoc 11. 00, 75c, and 50c, now 35c and 50c. Men's warm Alaskas s" c Ask to sele Shoes at $-.1.00 Ladies' Bright Dongola pat. tip shoes at c Children's fine shoes, sizes sto 11 at yx Cliililren's fine shoes, 4 to 8 at 35c Ladies' fine Jersey overgaiters at 5c per pair AND MANY OTHER BARGAINS. We have the Exclusive Sale of SOROSIS SHOES for Butler..—*^- JOHN BICKEL. 128 SOUTH MAIN STKKET HUTIJCK, I'A. j HE IS A WISE HAN t # WHO sKcuitl» HIS croTiiiMi riioM # J 4 * J. S. 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Tin* <•« l« t>ral<-»y It-rins to ailt. I In* pun husrr. I'luiKH aii'i ('uran i taU« n a* pari payment In (-xehaiiK* < all and a«• tinm and t«*hl and examine I -In'in thoroughly. WV ran save yon inont-y in tin piji*eha-.i* «»f ;i )-imt-elasn I'lano ALWAYS USE tl j COCOA PURE ! HEALTHFUL !! HIJTLER. I>A.. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10, IStiO P r -of CLARence HERSERT NEW. (Copyright, 1897, by J B Llppincott Co.] CHAPTER XII. Sebnstiano looked like a wreck when he appeared that morning'. lie ac counted for this upon the ground of Illness to which he was occasionally subject, and said that he would be obliged to rest for several days —that he had been working too hard upon his book. Rut in some mysterious way the story of his night experience leaked out. The disappearance of Miguel's proa started the inquiries; then another islander, who had him self received a bad scare, testified to having been wakened by a blood-curd ling scream in time to see Padre Se bastiano running before Miguel's ghost, which subsequently embarked in t his own boat and put to sea. This I yarn was ridir; tiled by Rartolomeo until lie investigated his figure-cham ber and found the gruesome company one apparition short; then he told Se bastiano about it and partook of his uncomfortable feelings. Their com mon seiife told them that a wax fig ure couldn't transport itself without help; malicious human help; but their conviction that every door had been locked, and Sebastiano's positive as sertion that the thing had certainly chased him of its own accord nnd ab solutely without assistance or visible mechanism, simply couldn't be ex- 1 plained away. At lir-st the churchmen ! were at a loss whether to feel com- I plimented or alarmed by the various and peculiar manifestations with j which they had been favored; but the j more they failed to account for (hem i.n natural or scientific grounds the more they became impressed with a sense of unworthiness. As for Miguel, the native who had been at such ex pense to import a suitable efllgy of himself, he thought hi.s time had"come. '!ut after reflecting upon his ghost's departure from the island, which could be interpreted in no other light than as a solemn warning, he moved his entire family to Saipan, where, hav ing no barangay to live upon, they were occasionally forced to work. Judging that it would now be safe to leave Guajan for a few days, I told Dor otea of my intention. At first the at tempt to reach Yap in an open boat seemed little short of madness toiler, lmt after explaining that I was able to find my position from the sun, as she had seen officers do aboard ship,she re luctantly admitted that it might be done. We were beginning to tinder stand each other pretty well by this time. Making me look straight into her beautiful eyes, she let me sec why the thought of my possible danger tor itJtiJi it'll flVr. ° Miguel's ghost had sailed away on Tuesday morning, the 14th, and, ac cording to our previous calculations, llalstead would arrive in Tomil bay about daybreak of the following Sun day. Figuring that, before the. wind, my proa would cover the 4.12 miles between Guajan and Yap in 2.1 hours at the outside, and not wishing to hang about Tomil among strangers who might ask dangerous questions con cerning my strange appearance, I post poned the start until Saturday morn ing. There was, of course, an element of risk iu thin—a possibility that I might fail to reach the island on time; but I had a good deal of confidence both in my ability as a navigator and in the proa itself. His nerves being completely upset, the padre was resting iu good earnest; so, with Dorotea, 1 made two more trips to the wreck, bringing back heavy loads of silver ingots, which we stowed In tlie fissure. Then, early Saturday morning, after telling the gwbernador of my Intention to sail among the Is lands for a day or two and being most hospitably provisioned for the cruise, I headed the proa out to sea. All day loiik 'lie boat sailed like a witch, holding beautifully to her course, and it not until after dark that a realization of my position Im pressed me. I had then made, accord ing to iny log, over 250 miles, and 1 was consequently over 200 miles from the nearest land a mere pin-point upon the open sea, with nothing but a fol low tree-trunk and a few sticks be tween me and eternity. It was a pe culiar feeling, yet there was nothing of fear In it; the sense of exhilaration was too great for that. My chief dan ger lay In the possibility of falling asleep. This I provided against by drinking half a bottle of wine and n pint of cold, strong cofTec; besides wlUeh, I smoked Incessantly; cigars were good company about that time, and stimulated the imagination. My eyelids were pretty heavy toward day break, in spite of there precautions; but, lowering the sail for a few mo ments, I undressed and jumped over board, rolling and floating In the cool water until thoroughly refreshed. I'rctty soon It began to get k l "}' In tho east, and when the sun poked its rim above the horizon f drew a great breath of relief; for there, 20 miles to the southward, was the peak of Yap, rising over a thousand feet from the I sea-level, it was Impossible to mistake it. With the exception of one or two reefs which enrcely showed above their surf, there were no other Islands within a hundred miles. Hut still another stroke of good for tune wfls in tore fr.r me that morn ing. t had noticed u peculiar haze across the sun when it first came up; and, looking again after heading for Tomil, i could plainly distinguish the btnokc from a steamer's funnel; there being 110 other In that vicinity, I knew It must be the good old Countess. My proa was going through the water nearly two knots to her one; so, hold ing on until I wn directly in her course, I took in mil and let her over haul me. (In she came, ncnici and nearer; I could make out her yards, the boats at the duvlts, one of the mates on tlii- bridge; then I could see llalstead come out of his room, climb to tin bridge and lix hi.-, glus. on tin island. As the Meamer etiine nearer, I Waved my helmet and shouted. They recognized this uitli a sulfite from the whistie, but paid no further attention, which put iin- quite out of patience; I \\,»uld show tin iu theirohl tub wasn't iu it with an island proa. I'p went my sail, and in a few moments I was along side, near enough to shout 1 "What's that ninttei with you fel lows? Can't you l»' civil enough to stop ami pass the i *llll of day with a friend? You needn't I, »o stuck up, lMck. I'll bet (\ dotlb: > '.II that I van give tlie Countes» >ts and beat her Into Tomil from here. I could see the color fade out of Hal stead's face as he leaned far over the rail nnd looked at me. As for Diaz, hi.s eves almost started from his head. "Harry, old man, it isn't really yon, is it? For God's sake grab a line and come aboard. No, I'm not fool enough to race your proa. Here. Diaz, swing vour starboard tackle over that cata maran and make fast to her, then lay l.er up 011 the to'gall'nt fo'c'sle. Stevens'll tell us all about it after he's had something to cat." The compass. log, sextant nnd bag of doubloons I hastily stowed in a can vas sack which llalstead lowered to me at the end of a stout line; then, mounting to our old quarters, we hugged each other like two grizzlies 1 before saying a word. With the bag of doubloons upon the i table between us, I told him what I had i accomplished. It was all too good to be true. Tie couldn't sit still, but kept getting up and walking about, ex citedly throwing away his cigars half smoked and lighting fresh ones. When I had brought the yarn down to my coming aboard half nu hour before, he spread a handful of the doubloons upon the table and scraped one with a file to make sure of its genuineness. Taking his pencil out, ho asked: "How many have you in this bag?" "A little under 1,300. I figured the I weight at something like 80 pounds j troy." "And they're worth more than $15.50 | each. Why, man, there must be nearly $20,000 right here on this table!" "About that. It was rather bulky luggnge, but I thought we'd have to use money in getting the stuff away from Guajan, so brought it along. Now, how in blazes are we going to manage It? I've thought of a dozen schemes, but there's a hitch In every one of them. Tf I wait three months for you, we stand a chance of losing every dollar before the steamer shows up—always providing she is sent out here again. Sebastiano can't get the money where it is now, in the wreck; ■ immrn . v f WW Making me look straight Into Iter beautiful eyes. that's practically certaiu. But he's more than likely to keep 011 with his fool soundings iu the big proa until lie finally strikes the reef. If he does, I nmy not have another opportunity to get anything up; he'll watch the place night und day. Just at present lic;'s badly scared, and isn't likely to do much for a week or two, especially if he sees no necessity for immediate uc tion; so I might easily store all the stufT In 'l'arofofo before he tackles the shoal again. The chances lire that It would be safe 111 that fissure, unless I were si>ottcd going there too often. But suppose I managed to keep It all right until your return, He would have strong suspicions about the packages when they were being shipped. Of course. If we got the treasure 11s far an Manila, he couldn't do much " "That** where you're very much mis taken. I'm more afraid of what he could do in Manila than here in the Islands." "Why so?" "Been 11M- our fat frleiul Padre Sebas tiano hnppein to be the bishop of Mindanao. The cura let that out' the other night when he hud taken too much rum and water. It would be an easy mutter for him to have me ar rested upon some trumped-up charge as soon as the steamer reached port, and have all her cargo stored ashore pending my examination. So, even If they failed to hold me, tlu-re would be time and opportunity for lilm to spirit away anything he wanted." "The devil! Well, any way you look ut It, Dick, we've got to remove that stufT Inside of 30 days. If it can't be done one way It must another. There's money on that reef to buy a fleet of steamer*, or to settle any indebtedness we may incur. Can't you charter a ressel in Manila?" "1 was just thinking of that. Yes, 1 jould, of course. Yet it wouldn't be lufe to take anything but an Kngllsh or Dutch bottom. I'd want to pick my own crew and know pretty well who were on board; couldn't do that with one of the compnnla's boats, and there might happen to be nothing else 111 port. There's one thing that might tie done, nnd I gue*.« it would work." "What's that?" "Charter the Counters herself from the government, for a mouth. You know she connects with the Suigoti Message lies boat, taking in Yloilo on the return trip, between the Island voyages; at least, that Is tlie tempo rary arrangement. Now, bet ween each trip we usually lay upat i nvite for two weeks; anil llnuiiri/ hn twice tried to charter her for a quick run to llnng- Kong in that tiu.c. 11.e Countess would easily make tiuajan and Hong- Kong, out of Manila, in in days at the outiide, allowing a day and a half to load ut the Island, if we needed It. Then we could reach Saignn in five days more, und turn her over to the government In time to make the Mr*. agerles connection all right. ' "What would it cost to charter her?" "Well, probably a little more tluin what the eoiiipunla pay? She'll regis ter over .1,000 tons, gross, and can do II knots when she wants to; that's pretty stilT traveling for compound engines of thi» sl/.e. But the govern meat don't cure for inore'n ten knots; so they pay Itainirez. A • o. s'>,soo u month. I guess we could have her nt j $6,000, easy enough." "Auv exoenses besides that "Of course there are. Coal bills, at least $9,000 u month, if you keep .-hov ing 14 knots out of her. She'll burn over 30 tons a day at that speed, and you can't get decent, free-burning coal In Manila for less than eight dollars. Then there are port charges, consul's fees, demurrage and numerous inci dentals, all of which fall upon the charterer. The owner pays the sal arles of officers and cre«, repairs and the special expenses of the ship." "So that we'd blow in the whe twenty thousand on the mere use ■ the steamer for a month?" "H'm.well. at least eighteen, I should say. A 3,000-ton yacht is a pretty . pensive luxury; and she'd be pi eally nothing more than a yael.. r our purpose. There's no cargo at Guajan worth handling." "Seems to me a steamer ought to be a pretty good investment." "That depends a great deal upon the cargo and the time of year she's in commission. Freights are so low at present that half of them don't pay expenses; still, the tramps that make over 12 knots are doing most of the business, and at something of a profit." "Dick, we've got to buy the Countess; that's what we've got to do. How much would Kamirez take for her?" "H'm! she cost r 45,000 to build on the Clyde, and she's as good a 'com pound' tramp as there is on salt wa ter. Hut the triple expansion boats that they're turning out carry more cargo with less coal, and he couldn't begin to get that for her now. If we were to offer SIOO,OO0 —$10,000 down and the balance within six months —• and he were satisfied as to our respon sibility, I think he'd let us have her." "Then we'll tnke her. If you don't care about the investment I'll buy her myself. Now, how soon can you get back to Agana?" "I'd want at lens.t six duya in Manila to discharge, coal up nnd settle mat ters with Uamirez. The government may kick a little if they want the steamer for another trip, but I g-uess the old man can fix that; we'll pay them a few thousand rather than have any hitch about it. Say 18 days from now; how would that do? Will you be able to manage it. and beat the juidre for that length of time?" "Y-e-s, that's fairly safe. No matter what he may discover, it will be im possible for him to lieadi you off in Manila this trip; and when we own the ship the passenger list will lie ns lim ited us the mail contract. Then, again, you'll have an entirely new crew, regu larly shipped for our own voyage. By the way, why did you speak of making Hong-Kong first?" "Because the Hong-Kong <£• Shang hai Banking corporation will undoubt edly be able to handle the silver for us. They have a capital of ten millions, a reserve fund of four nnd a half, and Mexican dollars, coined even as fnr back as 1700, are the current medium of exchange in China to-day. Any where else the discount on silver —es- pecially old slUer —wouldi lie so heavy that we'd have to sell the stuff by weight; so we would get more for them on the Chinese coast than in any other locality." "Guess you're right. I d'idii't think of that. Now, how about getting it on board without showing what the car go really is?" "Well, let's see. Have you noticed whether any of the fisher stn.v "Don't believe I here's one. Even the Kanakas that Sebastiano brought down on the big proa walk over to town as soon us they've made fust for the night, anil those who belong in Agat sail away up (o the neck of the peninsula, so they'll only have a mile to trump." "That's what I thought. You've no ticed the stone building and shed* be longing to the harbormaster, haven't you? about 500 yards from Ihe land ing pier at Punta Piti?" "(>ll the road to Agana? Yes, fre quently." "Well, have you also seen the big lot ■ f copra, in bags, under another slied about half way between them and'the pier?" "I remember the bags, but I didn't know what was in them; copra's dried eoconniit meat, isn't it, ready to have the oil tried out when it gets to civili zation?" "That's right. There wasn't u full shipment of the stulT when we arrived, on the 4th, so I told Dc Garma that I'd take all lie could get together next trip. It'll come dribbling along, two or three bags at a time, according to how the islanders happen to feel about working; and there isn't 11 111:111 in the western Pacific who would steal the stuff, or handle any more of It t.hnn he was actually obliged to—that is, among the native population. Where those bags are dumped, under that shed, theri; they stay until the steam er comes to ship them. I don't believe Sebnstiano himself could induce a na tive to disturb them; and the whites, out here don't believe in mnriunl labor nt all." "Oh! I begin to catch the Idea, i'nek the treasure Inside of them at. night and let it lie in those innocent-looking copra bags until you come back, eh? By Jove, oldi chap, that beats my fissure all hollow. We'll cull that s< tiled. I guess we've covered everything likely to come up before you get back. Now, what day shall I look for you?" "This Ik Sunday, the 10th. I'll get away from here by Tuesday morning nt tine latest- the L'lst. Two weeks from that would be May 5 and four daysinoro? You can look for Ihe steam er off Oroto Saturday morning, May f>, about sunrise. And be mighty care ful you don't let anyone suspect slic'b coming before the middle of July; not Oven Senorlta Dorotea. By the way, what are you going to do about that young lady?" "For instance?" "Oh, shucks, Harry! don't beat about the bush, if that girl continues to help you us she has, and keeps her mouth shut, she's a trump. Arc you going to sail away and leave lier at the end of the world with merely a conventional promise to call If you ever happen to be in Spain when she's living there?" "No, I'm not, old one. When the Count!'s of Devon change owners, It i» possible that Senorlta Dorotea may li an interest in her. My mil. 1 has b pretty well occupied with this I itlon of ours for the past, two u . .but well How's Graela?" "You'll see for yourself when we go below for break fast. She think:', a good deal of Senor Eurlqulto- tells mo all the time that I don't half appreciate his friendship for me; so you're welcome to be as brotherly or cousinly as you please w it h her,especially 11s she's likely to sail with us on tliei Hong Kong voy nge." "lteally? Good! The girls ought to be very chummy together. But, 1 say, suppi'M- unything should liuppi 11 to me, Or, through some unforeseen misfor tune, I should lose the stuff? If you'd contracted to buy tin ship, and support a wife in Ihe bargain, you'd be iu a good deal of a hole. After all, Dick, it's a frightful big ramble. And I don't know thai v mi'l justified in taking chances." *' ' I'd like to know what chances I've taken, or am likely to take, compared with yours. I've got $20,000 in gold, right here on this table, to do with as I see tit; I could get mar ried and skip with even that much, couldn't I? And I'm likely to sit up nights worrying about a partner who went under water for me in mid-ocean, bottled up in a diving suit, who tumbled off a submarine precipice and man aged to get 011 top ugain. who's been prowling about with ghosts and skele tons, and who hit an island, 450 miles away, with a proa, as plumb as if he'd hnd it fast to a cable; ain't I? Why, man, you've got more lives tlian a Kil kenny cat! I reckon I can stand the chances if you can." "Well, we'll do our level best and hope that everything'U come out all right. I'm not particularly interested in Yap. so I'll start back in an hour or two and get down to business." "Not much you won't. It was pretty good navigating to make the island as you did, running before the wind; but goinij back is another matter. You'd have to make a reach of 100milesnor'- nor'-wes' before you could put about for (Juajnn, and you couldn't go 43 hours without sleep. Of course, you could gt t the sun and figure about where you were; but it might take a week, standing off and 011; and we can't afford either the risk or the time. As it happens, there are two Pouynipete Spaniards aboard *\ho want to reach Agana this voyage; but under the cir cumstances I'd run you up there re gardless of consequences. I reckon that letters from Sebastiano nnd De Garma will smooth over the irregularities of this trip, and when we own the Court ess I can do as I please with her." Here the conversation was drowned by the whistle, as we signaled for a pilot off Tomil bay; nnd by six l>ells we were anchored opposite llul. inside the reefs. The cura Juan was almost paralyzed when I shook hands with him. How my presence on the steamer was possible, when he had last seen me rowing ashore at Apra, he simply could not understand; and when Diaz told him of my being picked up at sea, he crossed himself >everal times. That the natives sailed from one island to another, in the Carolines, he knew, but the trips were seldom long ones, and very rarely beyond sight of land. pro bk eoNTiNfm.l Au Inlelleetnal Effort. "Don't interrupt me, please," said Senator Sorghum to the young man who had slammed the door. "1 beg your pardon." "Don't keep talking about it, either," was the irritable rejoinder. "I'm en gaged on making a joke. The conun drum is. 'Which is worse iti congress, a polygamist or a pull-leg-amist ?' and if I can only make up some kind of an an swer to it 1 think it will be pretty good." Washington Star. Hittlly United. Mr. Krosser —It's 110 wonder that the rats have refused to touch the poison I bought at the druggist's. Mrs. K.—l don't sec why. I'm sure I followed the directions. Mr. K. —Directions! Do they say to spread the stuff 011 that jelly cake you made? —N. Y. World. !!<• Foil ml Out. The lawyer had been badgering the witnessforsome time and finally asked: "Was nny member of your family ever hung i' l "Yes, sir." ."Ah, ha! I thought as much. Now,sir, who was it?" "Myself."—llar lem Life. Protracted Wnlt*. Mrs. ]la con (getting ready to go out) —I ean't see where Mr. I'enman gets time to do any literary work; lie and his wife are always on the go. Mr. Ilacon- Well, I understand he finds time to do liis writing while his wife is putting on her hat. —Yonkers Statesman. Wliv He llinl Hetlred. "You say you don't intend to murry Miss Whopper?" "No; two men have come between us." "Two?" "Yes; 11 minister and the man she married." —Tit-Bits. Ill* I'olnt of View. Hamfatter —They looked at me open mouthed when I did that specialty of mine. Shakcspoke —That's right. It's the first time in my life that I ever saw a whole audience yawn at once.—Detroit Free Press. Tlint t'luM-rfnl Idiot. "I played poker with an Indian once," snid the Cheerful Idiot. "Heat him?" asked the unsuspecting sihoe clerk boarder. "He took my last Chippewa," said the Cheerful Idiot.— lndianapolis Jour nal. Sin- Knew. Husband (at the opera)— See how pale Mrs. Upwell is! I never saw her bo affected by tragedy before. Wife (sagaciously) It Isn't that; her back hair Is coming down.— Illustrated American. He l;»|iliilii». Itusiness Mun (angrily)— You were here last week. Did not I tell you never to show your face in my office ngiiin? I.lfe Insurance Agent (cheerfully)— Yes, sir. I called to see if you haven't changed your mind.—Brooklyn Life. A t'urlou* Kant. Procrastination Is <1 thief Of time, the hiikch all declare. And yet tin- man wlio'd Just uh ltef Hit round lias Minn Ral»re to .'lpure. —Chicago Evening News. HXTRACTFIIOM A SOVBI.. mIl "She bent him to her w ill and he re alized the force of her great sole.''—L. A. W. Bulletin. A tie 11 llr lllnt. He Can you lie a true lover's knot, Miss Wililtig. She- No; but I can give you the ad dress of a clergyman who, I am sure, would be only too glad to oti.~— Chicago Daily News. lii oi'u lii to Time. "I dearly love birds," he gently sighed. And then she didn't do a thing but hasten to tin-open piano and Miftly 'began v ingiug: "1 wUh I were a bird." They are looking for .1 nest now.—» Yonk 1 1 v Slat. 111 In. IHE ONE WHO WON'T BE THERE. I don't think I'll go tc town to se- the boy a come hack; My beln' there would i!o no good tn all that Jam and pack; There'll be enough to welcome them— to cheer thorn when they come A-march!n' bravely to the time that's beat upon the drum— They'll never miss me tn the crowd—not one of 'ein will care If. when the cheers are rlngln' loud, I'm not among them there. I went to s. . them march away—l hollered with the rest. And didn't they look fine, that day, a marchln" four abreast. With my boy James up near the front, as handsome as could he. And wavtn' hack a fond farewell to mother and to me! I vow my old knees trlmbied so. when they had all got by, I had to Jlat stt down upon the curbstone there and cry. And now they're comln' home .vn! The record that they won Was slch as shows we still have men when men's work's to he done! There wasn't one of "cm that flinched: each filler stood the test- Wherever they were sent they sailed right in and done their best! They didn't go away to play—they knowed what was tn store- But there's a grave somewhere, to-day, down on the Cuban shore! I guess that I'll not go to town to seo the boys come in: I don't Jist feel like auxin' up In all that crush and din! There'll be enough to welcome them—to cheer them when they come. A-marchin" bravely to the time that's beat upon the drum. And the boy.s'U never notice— not one of'em will care. For the soldier that would miss mc ain't a-goln" to be there! —S. E. Kiser. In Cleveland Leader. ImTDmNmv: J BY OEORQE ADE. • Hudson browx harper knew in a moment that he hud made the mistake of his life in his unmistakable attentions to Edna Roberts. lie realized that what lie had con ceived to be an enduring love had been, in truth, but an evanescent boyish fancy. Boyish admittedly, for though be was IS and knew the world, yet, as manhood is attained by experiences and emotions, Hudson was obliged to own that lie had been lacking in its fullness. Experiences he had passed through until his jaded soul sickened within him and he thought that he had run the gamut of human passion. Deluded fool! It was all as the pale gleam of a cloud-obscured moon to the blaze of the summer sun in its noon day splendor—as the mild and vanilla flavored soda to that glass of stuff that had scorched his throat and brought the tears to his eyes, when in quest of experiences he had gone with "Ted Batier into Mick Donahue's place. lie had met his fate. The Milwaukee excursion steamer was crowded crowded with an un thinking throng bent solely on trivial pleasure. Children chased one another along the decks, screaming in an ecstasy of delight, unheeding of the occasional admonitions of mothers, who, com fortably seated among the capacious lunch-baskets, were distracted be tween the joys of conversation nnd en re of their offspring. Ui "-s 'ty iniifrnble in shirt waist*, ratlCV skirts .iTm ->»TrTTrfr rtnli" *>«■«••• about or flirted, their arms around each other's waists, or, hand in hand, throwing furtive glances—not alto gi tlier of displeasure at lounging youtlis, who, attired in Sunday brav ery and smoking cigars with a tenden cy to burn on one side only, audibly and flatteringly criticised their charms. Lovers lurked in corners by the boats and in the big saloons, nnd made love with sublime disregard of the puter world. . Rude, coarse men opened bottles of beer, and with raucous merriment pressed the beverage upon the maids and matrons of their parties, who on their part giggled modestly nnd par took delicately. There was music—a piano and a string band in the snloon, n negro and a banjo on the upper deck and a Scan dinavian glee club vacillating between the upper deck and the bar. It was all noise and laughter—emp ty, foolish mirth and Hudson's soul was not attuned to mirth. He had no sympathy with the heedless crowd; they jarred upon him. Two or three women with pale faces, who had stretched out on the lounges ever Jnec the motion of the vessel became icreeptible, might have entered into bis feelings to somu extent, but.llls malady was not of the body. Yet a few hours before be had been as one of those revelers and Edna had never looked fairer In his eyes. She wore a white gown with pink figures on It and pink bows down the front. It was true the skirt only reached to the tops of her little shoes, but then her yellow hair was done up instead of hanging in its accustomed braids, and there was comfort in that. Alto gether he thought he would not have ashamed to have Ted Baiter see her In bis company. What a pretty red and white complexion she bad, and how trustingly and admiringlj slie always looked ut him with her big blue eyes! Certainly she was the pret tiest girl of her age in the ward—a little young, perhaps, but then the man ought to be a little older than the woman. As thej walked a tittle in advance of Mrs. I'erklns and the children nnd Mi . Harper from the street car to the dock, he had ventured to speak of i he skirt, but Edna set me.d offended. "Oh. I don't know," slie said, and, h I tig ns pink as her ribbons, tossed ill and bit b< r Hp. and slie would • nk again until they got on d the boat. \fter that they I ~|| I the deck amicably to gether, identified the Ferris wheel and other land marks In the blue haze aport, and at last sat dowiA in the shade of one of the big-throated ven tilators. Hudson remembered thut he had taken her hand and that he wus happy. How long ago that- seemed! 'I hen that her mother bad sent for her by u small sister, after which he walked for'ard and met his fate. She was sitting on a deck chair, and her dark eyes encountered his as he approached. Then slie turned away almost Indifferently and dipped her hand into a bag of pennuts that her girl companion had in her lap. She might have been INI years old—but what mattered her age? She WHS a divinity that was enough. Hudson walked on a few steps and then returned and seated himself where he could feast liis v\ en upon her. lie noted- Hie long sweep of the black eyelashes, the curve of the full cheek with It* peachy bloom, the little tip til t id nose and the in a »»ea of hair piled high under tin broad lint and curling at the nape of the white neck, nnd Edna was ns though she had ncter been. Presently the divinity turned and looked at iilm again nnd Miiik-d—-act- iNo. 7 tially smiled. Hudson wou!MM. ('-holly—Yaas, sevewal ycaws ago I fell deeply in love with n girl, bat she wejcctcd me—made a wcgular idiot of me. Dolly—And you never got over it?— Tit-11l t» Kin Compiiny. lie —There I sat. alone with my thoughts. She- Poor boy! How lonely you must have been.- Indianapolis Jour nal. Hi-turt Courteous. "I punish you, my child, to show my love for you." "It isn't necessary for your love to work overtime on my account, ma." — Tow n Topics. ,\r»i-r Went »•» Cooklim School. She —Do you think she'll make him a good wife? He She ought to. I understand she never learned to cook.—YonkcrstJtatcs m a I'. ____ Ha Work Dune. Jimmy—l've broke my knife! Johnny—dec, but don't ycr feei bad? Jimmy—Not very. I'd cut my initial* on all thcr furn'turc there was.—N.Y. Journal. Sure Miss Taki—Do you really think he's In love with you? 1 Miss 1 Do 1 ? Judge for yourself— I be cuts anything I eoo^^.-Y^Vwld.