VOL* xxxvi BICKELS! Have just returned from the Eastern markets where I placed my ; orders for fall and winter boots and shoes, and while there I was offered some «hoes which they had on hands at a big bargain. I bought these goods and this stock together with balance of . our summer shoes and slippers go on sale at once at GREATLY REDUCED PRICES. Visit our stock during this sale for we are offering some great bargains. 1 A FEW PRICES. Men's fine Vici-kid, hand sewed shoes regular price $3.50 reduced to $ 2 -5° Men's fine Vici-kid shoes latest styles regular price $3.00 reduced to f 2 '°° < Ladies' fine Dongola har.d turned shoes reduced to $2.00 . Misses' fine Dongola lacc shoes at 9°c , Children's fine Dongola shoes at s oc Infants' fine shoes at 2 ° c Men's 3 sole box toe lace shoes at.. $' • 1 5 , .Men's every-day shoes at ( ->° c ' iJoy'S solid working shoes at s oc j lioy's fine dress shoes at (^oc ' Men's fine Satin calf dress shoes at *>5 C ; Ladies' Kangaroo-calf shoes at 75 C ■■, ;* #* * * :r;:* *y** ** * £*** ***** ****>>:>; v. All Tan Shoes and Slippers § ;J c ° m plete stock of _ Es ' , To be closed out at f f SOROSIS SHOE.b, : HALrPJRI£E. ; . ■ REPAIRING DONE. 128 South Hain Street, Butler, Pa. Mrs. J. E. Zimmerman.; WASH FABRICS We'll offer until all are sold I lot of fine Dimities, Orjjtndies, !,awns anrl Corded Effects at 5 cents per yard, former price 15c. ' % t lot finer j;ratio Dimities, Organdies, '.'"iue Conled I'lai«l Lawns, , and I-'rencli Orpandiej and Swisses at Sc and I'jc, the former * price was 30c and 25c. Balance of Summer Millinery, Shirt | Waists, Linen and White P. K. Skirts and Summer Ribbed Vests at less price than we havt offered during our clearance sale, r < ' ot Children's Wash Dresses at half price. New Fail DRESS GOODS NOW ON DISPLAY. 111-tck Crepons, tlm fall's newest importations— handsomest lint we have ever shown the prices are 75c, £1 yo, 4 1.25, st.V> and up to $3.00. New Pall Suitings, such as hotnS in lite fashionable Greys, Tans. Blues an'' lirowns. New Fall Plaid and Plain Cloths to match for Jacket Suits and Separate Skirts. New 27-iuch Pint i Black Satin Duchess at 98c, value $1.25. Black 1 Satin Duchess at 75c, value fi.oo. 1 lot Misses' ( Fine Ribbed Lisle Thread Hosiery, sizes 5 to 9>£, at 19c, the regular 25c kind. It is early to mention Pall Goods. We have them. If contemplatit.g a late vacation or going away to school, we can fit 3 - ou out in all the New Pall and Winter Materials. Mrs. J. 6. ZIMMERMAN. yoooooooooooooooooooooooot :[ I > That the dread house cleaning is over the next { \ and more important work is picking a new carpet < » { [ To pick a carpet in our well stocked carpet rooms < > is a pleasure, so say the many who have done so. a £ , We have the famous Hartford Axminister, Wilton . C . , Velvets, Hody and Tapestry Brussels and Ingrains . C I in all the up-to-tlate patterns, only, and prices |f that will astonish yon. Then our China Mattings, r Floor and Table Oil Cloths, Linoleums, Rugs and 'l* Art Squares, deserve a passing notice. Ask to * # I DUFFy'S STORE | X>OOOOOOOOOOO^^COOOOOOO y / L*. ' ,e s °ld and made up prot>erly. Call and y ' / examine mv large stock of '■ '' \ 11\ ft cSS SPRING SUITINGS. |! \ 1 !r/\V & ■ , . V X I \\ J jI J n.ijjht up to date, tin* latest styles, shades IT M \ V// A d 0" °? ,ors that could l>e bought. Call and If J I \ ermine them. ji jI %■ ,'\ ij I Fits and Workmanshio II ll HI Guaranteed. G. F. K€CK, 142 North Main Street, Butler, Pa PAPE'S. JEWELERST Diamonds, Watches. Clocks, Jewelery, Silverware, Spectacles etc. We have a large and well selected stock. We Repair all Kinds of Watches. If you have broken jewelery that you think beyond repairs bring it to us and we will make it as good as new We take old gold and silver the same as cash allowing the highest m.irket price. 122 S. Main St., Uutler, 1* "THE BUTLER CITIZEN. REGISTER S NOTICES. The Hi trister hereby gives notice tlj.u the following a. counts of executors. adniinis- Irjtuni iiid guardians have l» en tiled In this oftlce according to law. and will tie pre sented to Court for confirmation and allow ance on Saturday, the Oth \ A. I'or<|uer. executor of Margaret McClyiuonds. deceased, late of West sunbury. 4. Final account of Harry T. Turner, guar dian Of Annie Kamerer. minor child of Adam Kanifrer. deceased. late of Itutler Ihm-ourli. 5. Final aeeount of Frederick Kamerer. ex ecutor of ETlsabetfa Bartler. ItMMtd, late of MiHerstown Ixmiush. li. final and distribution account of \\ . 11. Gelbach and .». J. Irvine, executors of Wil liam Irrlne. deceased, late of thorough of BvMsbuig. 7. Account of A. 11. Snyder,guardian of Ira Brown, minor child of Harvey Brown, de ceased. late of Marion township. «. Final account of Mary Jane Emminger and W. A. Fonjuer. executors of Ephriam Emmlngcr. deceased, late of Donegal t' Wll - ship. . _ , ... i». First and partial account of Joseph \\. Kitzert. executor of Mrs. Mary Kit/ert. de ceased. late of Butler horough. 10. Final a'count of Loilftfi P. Hstiett. guardian of Olive . minor child of IvOUis (.riot), deceased, late of Itutler. Pa. 11. Account of Leslie 1' Hazlett. guardian of Mary Grieb. minor child of Louis Orieb. deceased, late of Itutler. I'a. U. Account of Leslie I'. Ilazlett. guardian of Charles Grlch. minor child of Louis Grieb. deceased, late of Itutler. I'a. 13. Final and distribution account of Wil liam Taylor, administrator of Elizabeth I'ugh. deceaswl, late of I'arker township. H. Account of John Berrlnger and 11. 11. Berrlnger. executors of John Berrlnger, de ceased. late of Adams township. I.">. First and tinai account of \\ . E. Brown, guardian of Thadeus Thompson, minor child of N. E. Thompson, deceased, late of Mercer township. _ lii. Final account of I rederlck E. Miller and.Sophia Itratsche. 1 \ ecu tor-, of Fre Final account of George 11. Turner, ad ministrator, c. t. a., of Clara t'ampbell. de ceased, late of West Sunbury. a;. First and final account of Adam V Elliott and James M. Kiddle, executors of James Elliott. Sr.. deceased, late of Buffalo township. _ T .... •J7. Final account of James N. Moore, guar dian of Ida . Thompson, administratrix of W. S. Thomp son deceased, late of Middlesex townshln. .IF Final aciount of-George 11011, adminis trator of Andrew ItarnsdortT. deceased, late of Wlllllel'l township. :ir,. Account of Sylvanu.s Aggas, guardian Of William J. Aggas, minor child of James \ggas (leceused. late of Centre township. :irough. ... in. 1 irst and filial account of Louise Man gel, executrix of Benjamin A. Lavery, r f>f Mary A. Flick, deceased, late of Middlesex township. 4'.). Account of W. I'. McCoy, nuardlan of Wellington . Mc .luiikln, executor of liovard, deceased, late of < berry township. First, final and distribution account of Levi A Itryson, execuuirof William Bryson. deceased, late of llut ler township. W.J.ADAMS. Register. ROAD AND BRIDGE REPORTS. Notion Is lien hy that the following road and bride s liavi? been ronfirmed nisi by the Court and will In- presented on trie II Saturday of Sept. Court, Im'jji, beinn fie* |j day of said month, and if no exceptions ar • llled they will beconllmied absolutely No. May Sessions. ImW. lii re nelltlon of ofHllpperyr<**k, Worth ana Itrady twp., for a road to lead from the Butler road to the Kelley Srhool House and Centrevllle road. March (}. IrtKl, viewers were appointed. May 11. istW. report of viewers tiled. May 20. !**», approved, and fixed width »»f road at feet. Notire to be iclveil aerordlm? to rules of Court. By thk COURT. No, 3. May Sessions. I*oo. In re petition of citizens of ButTalo twp.. for t lie vacation of a portion of the road leading southward from ilaiiuahstown. March *», iwtol, viewers were appointed. May l"», IHW, report of viewers filed vacating said port lon of said road. May :'j), iv.w. approved. Notice to be given accord ing to rules of Court. Bv tiik Cot'irr. No. 4. May Sessions, Isw. In re petition «»f citizens of Clay twp.. for a county bridge ov er Muddycreek. April 12, I*W. viewers were appointed. May 4. 1*!K», report <»f viewers Hi ed in favor of locating said bridge. May lMffii, approved. Notice to lie given according to law and to be laid before tin- (irand Jury j at next term. By Tiik Conor. No. 4, December Sessions, IWIh. In re peti tion of citizens of ButTalo twp., for re-vlew of a public road leading from ilauuasU)wn to the Saxon burg and Tarentum road. March IJ, IHV.I. viewers were appointed. May 15, l s W. report of viewers filed In favor of petitioners. May »». approved. Notice to be given according to rules at Court. Bv tiik < OURT. N0.5, December Sessions, In re peti tion of citizens of Clinton t wp.. for re-view of a public road known as the I'ughtowu road. November I*o*. viewers were ap- I jointed. December'*. I*o*, report filed. May 'JI. I*W, report referred to original viewers. May *J»I. I*'.»o, order to re-vlew issued. June I*o9, report of viewers tiled. June 2, l*'.»o. ap proved, and tlx width of road at .'U feet. Notice to be gly< n according to rules of Court* Bv tiiE Court. Certified from the record this Ist day of August. I*oo. ........ ISAAC MKALS. Clerk <). C. WIDOWS APPRAISEMENTS. Tlio following willow's apprnlsemcntH of personal properly natl real estate set. apart for t tie iH-nellt of tile willows of decedents have been tiled In I lie offlco of the Clerk of Butlor ''ounty, viz: Widow of John W. Kennedy, per'l prop &|m.kh " .Ino.M Studcbaker, " " .. 'JhT.iio •• «». M. Russoll, " " mtl.txi •• Joseph Klsher, - " :tw>.w> " L,. M. Cochran. " " I Is.1» Ilob't. 8. Campbell, " " •' Wm. (Jarvey. " " .. IMI .*•"> •• F. S. Haiiiliti. li, " " .. •• Kredlek Schweltfer. " IMO.OO Minor children of .lumen 1,. Henry, per sonal property Iffl.t-* All persons Interested In the at wive ap praisements will take notice that they win lie presented for contirrnat ion tot lie Orphans t 'ourt of Hut ler county, I'a.. on Sat urday, the lit h (lay of Sept.. A." I>.. IsiHt, and If no ex ceptions lie Illed they will he Confirmed ab solutely. ISAAC MEALS. Clerk O. C. i \ I'. L. McyUISTION, V, Civil, Rnginbkr and Survf.yor, Office uear Court House, BL"I'LP:W, PA., THURSDAY, AL."(iL"ST 17, lHQir) TAKES A HIGH PLACE, Stands well in the Est mation of the People. Attention is Naturally Excited When Anything is Praised by People Whom We Know. A thing that stands high in the estima tion of the public, and which is especial ly recommended by Butler people, nat urally excites our attention more than if our own did not praise the arti cle. Such a thing is on here in this city everyday, people are praising Morrow's Kid-ne-oids because they cure. There is no deception, no humbug, they do positively cure, and \ve furnish the evidence. Mr. J. T. Friend 123 West Fulton St., says:-" I have been suffering with symp toms of kidney disorders for the past ten years. It commenced wi'.'.t a dull heavy pain in the small of my back which would l>e attended by a sharp shooting pain in the region ot the kidneys extend ing up the spine and right side. Later my nerves l>ecame afT cted so I could not rest or sleep. The discharge of the secretions from the kidneys were colored and irregular. Morrow's Kid-ne-oids were recommended to relieve me, so I secured and t< ok them according to dii ct ; ons. Since taking them the pain has stopped and I can better and sleep gives me rest. Ihe secretions have assumed a natural color and are regular and free." Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are net pills, but Yellow Tablets and sell at fifty cents a box at all drug stores and at Uedick & Grohman's drug store. Mailed on receipt of price. Manuf: tnred by John Morrow & Co., Chemists, Springfield, Ohio. Butler Savings Bank L-sutler, i^o. Capital - f6o,o>*>.oo Surplus and Profits - - $170,000.00 JOS. L PUUVM President IIK.VRY TKOI'T'iIAN Vice-I rei-i'leut VV M t A M PUELL, .1 r (VFiir LOT 18 B. STF;N Mlir DIKK'TOKS —Joseph 1,. ! urvls. J. lienr.v Tro'Urnan, \V. I) Brandon, W. a. Su in. J s. Cf. in u bell. The HutN.T .Savinjcs Hunk is the Oldest Banking Institution I n Butler County, (ieneriil hanking business transacted. We solicit accounts of producers, mer chants. farmers and others. All hjsiiif.ss entrusted to us will receive prompt attention. Interest paid on time dcuoslts. 'I'M K Butler County National Bank, Buller Penn, Capital p.id in - - ft »,000.00 Surplus and Profits - 5 '3°,703.95 103. Ilartman, .President; J. V. Kilts, Vice President; C. A. IJailoy. Cashier; John G. McMarlin, Ass't Cashier. / Kouerui banking business transacted. Interest paid 011 time deposits. Money loaned on approved security. We Invite you to open an account wit h this bank. DI iCF.t'T _>ltS- lion. Joseph Ilartman, linn. \V. S. W'alilron. Dr. A. M- Hoover. 11. Mc- Sweeney. K. K. Abratus, C!. I', t'ollins I. etter wheel than is advertised by Chicago bargain bouses at that price. We have good second-hand wheels from #IO.OO to |t5,00. We also sell Cameras, Grapliophones and Sup plies. R. L. KIRKPATRICK, Jeweler and Optician Next to Court House. THE TALK STICK. fj MARY HALT'.?ELL CATHERWOOD. [Copyright. IM. by the Au- hor ] A flare of yellow lii»lit from tin torches l:_ht -d the con. sl>ed:i There were two h rijj fheds. each covering its mountain of t?e steauier. The -niokestack towered again.'-t a moon whitened s::y. machinery clanked and voic. - shouted across its roar, and the bathroom vapor turned one entire side of the building to mist. All the hnskers were un.-kiliful poor people of the town, old men and wom en, boys and girls and widows with dirty breeds playing or drowsing among the sweet cornhnsks and taking their chances among hoofs and cart wheels. One widow in particular had more than her share, for l* -ides four skinny, dark limbed children bearing her cast of features f lte had nested down by her measuring box a pink and white plninp little girl, 4 years old and golden haired, wtio held between the thnmb and two fingers of her right band a stunted red ear of corn. The torch flame flared and smoked above her head, showing how WBapped she was in her own play and bow unconscious of the human and iron noises smiting the night all around her. Her cheeks and chin were curved with dimpling smiles, and her cnrls and short nose were tipped and defined by glints of light as .she focused her atten tion upon the ear of com and talked to imaginary creatures. "(rood evening, Mrs. Seventeen; it is a very fine day. I brought my baby along because it isn't very well. The lightning rod struck my baby, and I was so scared I didn't know what to do. So I took her to the docfor, and he said. 'Give her some me'sson.' I gave her some me'sson and she never made a face, because she was trained to a sys timony." "What on earth is that youngster talking about?" inquired a cart driver, as he forked up husks beside the widow. "She's talking to her talk stick," re plied that hurried automaton, never pausing an instant from stripping green ears. "She'll take something in her hands that way and play and talk for hours and never trouble nobody. It's a good thing she does, for if she was pestering at my heels I don't know how I could keep her. " "Isn't she yonr'n, then?" "No; she's a child that was brought along here a spell back. Seems like she was with her grandmother, and her grandmother died sudden 011 the train. My son's a brakeman, and 1* fetched the little girl to'r bouse till lier folks'd have time to send. But she ain't been sent for. and it discourages a Ixsly when they have such a hard time to get along.'" "Didn't .anybody know her grand mother':' continued the cart driver, forking steadily, " 'Pears not," said the wido%v. mak ing the husks fly. They both had to pitch their voices by the key of the ma r-loner v. "Hl "L me county's expense. Some says if they's me they'd take the child to the super visor. but 1 ain't done it yet." The widow grasped her full box and tugged it to a side door of the factory, where the marker stood on his platform. The box was emptied in a flash and tossed back to her, she held up her hand to the marker, and he credited her with another bushel. The cart driver was gone with his load when she resumed husking, and her peach faced foster child was smiling on in conversation with the talk stick. "I 'joyed the noise anil I 'joyed the shine. It was the Fourth of Jnly, and the y sent up rockets in the night, and they were lovely fireworks when they bloomed. Next Fourth of July I'm go ing to April fool somebody, because it is a happy thing." As the little girl talktnl she chuckled aloud and perked her head with bird like turns, quivering as if with the joy ful quality of lier own nature. "All of 'em ought to be at homo and asleep instead of tagging around me here," grumbled lier protector. "Ain't you sleepy yet?" The little girl shook her head and re plied. "I'm comf't'lo," turning imme diately back to her talk stick. Presently the cart driver was forking beside them again, and ho resumed with interest, nodding bis head toward the talk stick's holder: "What's her name?" "Minty Cuan, '' said the widow. "Couldn't she tell anything about her folks?" "Why, yes; she could tell something, bnt it's all a jumble. Sometimes I think the woman that died wasn't her grandmother, and other times I don't know what to think. Maybe her folks'll turn up and maybe they won't. It'll be my luck for them not to." said the widow despondently. "See here, now," said the cart driver, indicating that he wanted her atten tion an instant. "Yon know my wife und me. S'posen you let me take the little girl home and keep her with us a spell. She's a pretty little thing " "Yes: she's pretty enough," said the widow. "And I hain't nothing against her in the world; only it's hand to mouth for to get something for my own. " "Yes, I know that. Ami it stands to reason that them that are better fixed ought to help yon do for her. This is my last load for tonight, and when I've dumped it I'll come around and get her.'' "I kind of hale to let her go when it comes to the yiuch. And that's another thing I've dreaded," said the widow. "Vuu can see her often as you want to. Will you go with ine. Minty "He'll give you lots of good luilk to 4rink at his house, I'll be bound,' sug gested the widow, shredding silks away from the glistening white grain. "Yes, we've got cows on our farm, and we've got pretty little calves," said the driver. "I'll go along with her," volunteered the widow's Arablike second son, ad vancing his leas little faco up the man's knee. "You're going along home to bed," decreed Iris mother. "That's where you're £<> ing. (iit the other children in a hunch together, and then you put out with them." The cart driver jogged along the prairie road with Minty Hitting beside him. Ho had folded his coat to cushion her backless seat, and l>e protected her with his left arm. The moonlight glint ed upon hedgerow leaves which hail the rich dark green of holly and showed great brick homesteads here and th«ire on billows of the rolling land. Behind them steadily receded the town and the canning facWfy's booming, and spurts of dampened diist flew from the horse's hoofs an he jerked the cart along. Minty held the shriveled ear of red corn in her hand, and feeling exhila rated by the motion she poised it betwixt her fac e and the prairie horizon. " 'Mrs. Seventeen went to ride in her carriage, with whlt-o shine to polish it.' " •'Who's Mri* Svventi -n?" inquired the driver. Minty l. oktd down, disturbed as a hnjurniii_' feird would be 11 someone in terfered with its boring a rose. "<>h. - he's Mr.s. i~ venteen that I talk to with my talk stick." "Cai.'t yon talk withont a talk stick?" "I can't Lave a nice play," explained Minty. "or talk to Mrs. Seventeen." "Well, out to my house," said the cart driver, "you can have iiosies for talk sticks. And 1 11 take yoti down to the pippin tree lirstf; thing in the morn ing and ;g was brokfn by a sudden fright. Now they were plnnping by the sido of the road and now th*f were being hurled along a rough truck leading to the tim ber. The cart driver had thrown Minty between his knees, and he leaned back dragging the lines with all his might. Out of the light prairie and under the dark branches they went, down through a creek with a mighty splash, then up over a stump which sent the cart driver ont on his head. He struck a log and lay there until next day, when his anx ious wife found him and took him home to be nursed until his broken bonea were knit. His lamed horse and the principal pieces of his cart were duly returned to hiin. Bnt he never saw Minty again, and was distressed about her before her story sifted back through time and space to him, as stories still do in this world if yon can bnt wait for them. Minty found herself sitting in the bed of the cart in the dark sweet smell ing woods. The Itouncing wheels and the horse were gone, like a buzzing out of her bead. She (lid not feel hurt, but cried a few moments with terror. On second thought she felt like cuddling down and being still, for a twig cracked here and there, and the darkness seemed to breathe directly in her ears. The next thing she knew it was broad morning, moist and sunny, and the whole woods rang with bird songs. Minty stood up in the cart, and the talk stick tumbled from her lap, shat tering gome of its grains on the floor. She nibbled at some tender kernels on the cob aud held the talk stick off, earnestly declaiming like some diminu tive orator in a bumble pulpit. "Oh, Mrs. Seventeen was so hungry she didn't know what to do! 'What makes you cry soV said the man. 'Be cause,' said Mrs. Seventeen, 'I feel so sad where my dinner ought to be.' " Now it happened that a boy was coming along the road directly toward Mintv's cart, and being a silent l>oy he ran almost a&ainst it without noise of shouting or singing and recoiled, bulg ing his big shy eyes at her. He was barelegged, having his trousers rolled " IV'/i y, Minty!" np to the very hem of his calico apron. A dun colored wool hat covered the back of his head, and he swung a tin pail in his warty fist. Minty ceased her murmur to the talk stick and inquired with candid direct ness : "Have yon got something good to eat in there?" The boy instead of opening his pail for reply opened his mouth and stared. "Where yon going?" pursued Minty. • 'To school.'' replied the boy. "Where you going?" "I'm going with you," decided Min ty. "Do you want me to go?" "I don't care," said the boy. 'A'ou may go along in place of my dog. lie cripples so I wouldn't bring him. He'll rnn along a little piece and then he'll limp just to aggravate me " "I don't limp," said Minty, scram bling ont of /he c;u-t bed and hastening to show her superiority to the dog. "Bnt yon cau't walk as fast as I can," claimed the boy, making rapid too marki in the dust. "Then yon ought to wait for me. If you'll give me something out of your pail, I'll let you have my talk stick." "Talk stick I" sneered the lioy. "That's an old red nubbin. I got plenty of them to home." "I'm so hungry," said Minty plain tively. And as they patted al.v. with whom she had 1< ng be- u at silerson »f Mary Jane. Whether she had bread and sugar sticking together in her jiocket <>r was to return home for her dinner Minty instinctively knew the boy was still Iter lw*st friend. Mary Jane did not deign to give the boy a reply, bnt ,«p<>ke ont vain gloriously to Minty: "I'm dressed up, and yon ain't.'* "I haven't had some nice clothes on for a long time," admitted Minty after surveying the favored being who con descended to jmiss within three yards of her. She raised the talk stick and held it out to conjure comfort even from th<-se circumstances. "I'm dressed up," said Mary Jane as she stepped <>nt to promanation. "I like this cap. I like to wear it at school. It prortds me. I feel like I was a king's wiferd. Yon are not dres.-.sl up. Mrs Seventeen, and yon look so ngly it tirerls me." "'But.' says Mrs. Seventeen, 'my legs are drenched with heavenly dew and the song birds take me up to look at the sky. I couldn't tell about the man the lightning rod struck, and it split him from top to bottom. "I'll escnse yon," said the man. ami there was a pumpie on his nose because he kneeled his bead so hard when he had table prayers.' " The boy and Mary Jane, walking one on each side of Minty. eyed her in si lent amazement, while unbiased by any audience she mnrmnred her rap tures and bnilt up her visions at the top of the talk ptick. " 'Von ate so much good food yon made fat to yon,' said Mrs. Seventeen, 'but don't sit tin my prayer. I said my prayer on that chair, and if yon sit 011 it yon will break it.' " "Today's Friday," put forth Mary Jane, vaguely affronted, "and we speak pieces." "And tomorrow's Sadderday." the boy jerked from hhnself in the act of skipping a stone. "They onght to call it Gladderday, though, 'cause there ain't 110 school." "I know my piece all by heart." said Mary Jane. "Bet you don't," challenged her foe. She cast a look of sujieriority upon him and silenced him by letting it all out at him withont panse or intonation as she walked rapidly ahead, her voice growing dimmer until the words rjuite faded and failed "I met a little cottage girl she wan b years old she said her hair was thick with many a curl which clustered round llf'iiil iin.l rwPth; wtnfl rt! 1 "Yonder's the railroad," said the boy to Minty. ft wing that bis injori«t had now culminated "Are yon going to tag me fnrder than That"!" "I don't know." responded Minty donbtfully. "If yon do, I won't give you a bit>»." "Then I won't," promised Minty eagerly. He WKitAi nntil they reached the rails, and there portioned out his lunch, buying bis freedom with a generous hand. Mary Jane was jnst entering the schoolhonse as lie wagged liis head be ward it. "Don't yon come down there when you've eat this upand bang round after life, neither." he stipulated. "I won't," pledged Minty earnestly. "I don't care anything more al*mt you now I've got your dinner." So she began to eat, and the tioy took to his heels. "Ooodby *" called Minty. with her mouth full. "He won't nay goodby." It her to be left alone again even by a chance playmate without one parting wonl. Sho Hat on a tie between the rails lie cause the Iwiy had told her she must not crone the railroad and spread her feast upon the lap of her flirty Hubbard gown. Bread and bntter, cakes and ap ples, each in turn pawed tljj- portal of Minty's month. Hhe smiled up at the sky. Hhe fed some crntulm to ants build ing their sand palace by her foot, and finally she held the talk stick out, say ing to it: "Yon must not follow roe. If yon come to my schoolhonse, I will drive yon back over the railroad. Yon are too little. Nobody wants yon. Hut it is a lovely day and conif't'le in the sun, and the water is a laughing jojk|o me "There was a boy fomM a bee, and he picked it tip and wan so glad 'Now I will have some spirt," said the boy lo calise he learned that in his reading book 'Oh, how 1 with it would sting.' said the boy, 'for I never had a liee stint; me, and sport is such a happy thingHo the bee stung him, and the boy let loose and said : '< >h ! " 'lf that is sport.' said the boy, and he cried, 'I do not want any more, for it is not a happy thing.' But Mrs. Sev enteen said 'Do not cry. Listen to the music go tingle, tingle, tingle.' " Tingle, tingle, in the rails b»-side her still went the thrilling music. "It was a grand pi-organ, and it went roar, roar." Koar, roar, indued It went, then it becamea loud rushing, and the shriek — shriek shriek of u steam whistle Mintv turned her head over her shoulder. The talk stick was pnsed !»■ tween her thumb and linger, aud nei ther she nor it moved as the train swept toward her. ller face was waxen with fright, and her blueeyesstood for ward in their rims. The train stopiied with snch a jar tluit some pa- • ngers were thrown to the Hoor. Men dropjied off the steps awl ran forward. There the engineer and firemen were standing beside tie- track, one of them holding the child, and the other telling how he grabl»-d her up Uteullf of fitif-r talk »t:. its than the >nrall ritl • «r of t< rn The aiaail resr lay • n the railrl after that tr,!iu hail [ a--. .! over it. a wurthl- -> tnini: to U- j» «.il by lut'ls ami shied by onehoui- r. tartiinn «-'ti o|- boy at an«>tb« , i It was no a little girl's talk stick uu which to hanv lur lon.'Mitue fancies. But had h. r father known .ii . ■ut it he would hare picked it np and carried it away in his br> .1-4 jKKket- Sacredoem of Work. All true work is sacred. In all trn» work, were it bnt tru* hand laUir, th» rs < an tiling of dlvinm. ss Labor, wiik as the earth, has its ?ninmit in heav-n Sweat "f the brow, and up from that tc sweat of th>' brain. »weat of the h'-art which includes all Kepler i aicnlation*. Newton meditatioos. all scieno-s. all cpt.ki'ii epics, all actid hcroisins. mar tyrdoiiis—up to that "agony of bli• dy sweat." which all men liave calhsl di vine. Oh, brother, if this is not "wor ship." then I say the more the pity for worship, for this is the noblest thin? yet discovered nnder Clod's sky. Who art thon that complainest k np. my wearied brother. See thy fellow workmen there, in ttod's eternity, sur viving there, they alone surviving, sacred band of immortals, celestial btslygnr.rd of the empire of mankind Even in the w-rak human memory they survive so lonjr as saints, as herm"*. as psis, they alone surviving. |t if in the kittle thou keep thy shield. Thou in the eternities and deepest death kingdoms art not an alien, thon every where art a denizen. Complain not; the very Spartans did not complain Thomas Carlyle .to t'aly Story ot I rn«ony. Here is one of Robert Crawford's sto ries about Uruguay "Two men sur prised a fanner and bin wife in their little but «tile it wan broad daylight. The man was seized and bonnd. and the two villains proceeded to torture hiui to make him disclose the hiding place of his hoard. The wife begg.nl and pleaded as the horrors increased, the man proving obdurate. "Finally she said she would tell theni where the treasure was if they would follow her. ('•tie of the two accordingly went over to the chest in the corner with her. Phe opened it, fnmbling a)« ut in-ide of it for a moment untH she found what she was looking for. In an other moment the thief at her side was dead and his fellow covered by a large revolver in the hands of a small but eager woman of the people. He got away before she cculd -leep before the explosion occurred. What became of the mother no «>ne ever knew, but what became of the baby was very widely known The next morning then# wm found npott the lead* of the Cbnrch of All Hallows a young child In a cradle, baby and cradle being entirely uninjured by the explosion that had lifted both to ench a giddy height It wan never learned wbo the child was, bnt she wirn adopted by a gentle mmi of the parish and grew to wouian hood. Hbe must sorely al> ber life bare had a pecnliar interest in that chnrch —filr Walter IWant's "London." 1 Ire l; 1 |>lt>alona la SlWrl*. A recent Siberia® traveler relates "At Hadonek in the intensely cold nights the silence was sometime* broken by a lond report an of a aannon This wan the bursting of one fit the Ice bnb blea in the river, a phenomenon I bad neither heard nor read of before Th streams coming down from the hills were frows on the surface mux eix to nine inches thick The water beneath (To wed faster than it could escape, and the pnwnre, on the principal of a hy drunlic prese, lascame irraeistibie First, the elasticity of the ice was seen by the rising of circular monnds from six to eight feet in diameter and from four to five feet high- The bursting point came at last with a report like an explosion. The water escaped, bnt s.*.n from again. I have eeen stores of tbewe Ice hillocks in a few v.r-ta of tb« liver." j* II rider of (»«••- When the liritish forcee were march ing to IVkinß in 19#0. after the capti.re of the Takti f.rts, one of the rivers i**- came so swollen with the heavy rams that it was rendered almoat iinpasaahle While in this quandary a bright Idea suddenly struck j>ne of onr officers. !'••• ing well aware that the Chinese gener ally order their cuffi&a year* In advance and keep them on the premise* and also that tb. y are perfectly airtight, he r t ,n milted with his brother ■ fficers. with the nmr.lt that orders were given to search all the houses of the village and collect every coffin. With the aid of a few empty casks tl»e soldiers cinstruct ed a pontoon bridge of coffins snffi<-ieiit ly strong to liear the artillery. and the river was thus passed in safety Where tke Tall »>■'• i>» von remember the story of Harry • and Oeorge's rabbits how Harry'* rah bit got out of its hutch and di-ap peared for a week and at last crept home without its tail to die and bre. Frowey. dere's trne public spirit for yer I>at man* a true public educator. I don't know who dat feller got de right idea nv t ings an am t afraid to say so. an if he wu* here I d take off me hat to him. —Leslie's No na tl { FARJ*s£j v • THE CABBAGE WORM. « H- Tl«»ll Orwam Will RHan Ik* TraukkMW l«n The adults of t!.st troublesome p»rt. the nn. are llttlr «hlb> but terflies. whirb ;>-w (nxji the ehryo allds during lb* latter part of April and May for the lim )>r<-»l r*» fi-itialr< lay their i-gir* upon any - .!.'i»-«i?ed nj»»u the lunrrr of the I*-*\ ,-s. where the wocais (n*l nntil about half P»*« The worm* equally Iwnia* iii."4r latter port n| tin- « »««. -luring :tn»l «»r --toiwr. when ibey may b» fouad rage. bat « 100 npua rota u-tgas. aii£DuiM ltr and several otbrr plants. This prst ts must . as there is .longer i»f poisoning ii»' kuman lomiiinef If ap ptled afte (b«* heads are more thaa one-third stow a. It. llels.re may be imil until tin- plant is nearly St for iim'. an it «wa l.«r( its »tr»n|tb upon .«>»>ur" to the air. of the contact inseetlcfcles. one of the ruiridoM will t» found moot tw*- fnl: hut. a* with the ur*.-iii?>-« only the young plants -li« be treated If proper pm a tit ions are lakra tn the few memoer* of tlw tlrnt l»coound; (ink oil or any cheap animal oil 'iii*pt tal low. 1 pint; water. 5 gallons. It takes aUmt two hour* to prepare this mixture The oil. reeln ami »a» gallon of hot water should ho plat-mi In an iron kottk- an>l ImhKwl until th«» rpsin is wfti-nwl. aft»*t whk-h tht solu tion of •-on«-vntrat«sl ly* or potaafc •honlil N> rarrfaKy mlilnl ami thf rati tnr»- tUoroughly stirnul After a*. ail until tb«* mixture will ualte witjj • ■oill water, timklna « Hear, umbrr
    lltn*. If then- arv m>t five callous of the mix ture. a.M watrr emotirh to make that • luautlty ihiltition for uaoekwheat la can paratlvely new, hnt It la grawta* ta popularity, as farmers say It hi earihrr than the varlaty •-omtaoaly powa. It has the great .llsailvaata«e.ho«»m. ot ripening very naevealy. m that It la iniposrtlbte to leave th* later Muaanmi to perfect their «e»sl withoat lnata« some of the earliest by shelling. It has a very thin hull, ami millers reyocT that tt will make more and better •ear from a bushel than the oW fwhtooei buckwheat usually grown. If aay uaa is sow Ing boHiarheat hit* ami fear* that frost will i-atch it, we wooM ad rise him to sow the si leer boll, say* The American Ctiltl vator A half bushel of »ee»l per acre la suffirteatk ami a *"« l seeillng i>f timothy may be got with horkwbeat -owa thtts thinly The craia is "tt early ami rather betpa the grass • Inrlng the beat of summer by shailing It the bot saaalitß.- ami wlmta When the ••uttlng of aaparagna la «#»■ rontlnueil. aa Ainarir— «ianlen£ag roc responiVnt rei-ommemla to onracv growth by giving plenty of -ultl ration and protect the planta fmai i—erf at tacks by dusting with lime ac pIMMi r with a little parts green mixed wtth tt If the plants are encouraged to make healthy, strong gmwtha maw. they wlB pay f.* It next year with a heavy ear ting of thick awralaat shoot*. **"» the ground Is not rich It atemld given a dresata* of b«or duet or a good watertnjr* wtth liquid manure. a* the asparagua is a gniaa fevsler *V>«id there be any blanka la the beda mar» them with atb-ha wtth a vhrw of Ailing them with plants Mit spring Pmnam r.r riakllsa H»r» n» Brief ami to the point are the k»w» Homestead** .Itreetlons for rl.fcting --at tie and past area of the horn Sty Keru aene emulsion use. l to «pf*j the cattle la effective, bnt ni'jat ha frequently re peated. Fish oil. to which two taMe p|MMinfuls of rart tulle arid to the >taart has Irnsi luhM. applied to the bach* of the cattle- wtth a broad, tot paint brush. furnNhes a pvaMMM that !a»»s afcat six daye. The droppings at fh» • attle shisilil be broken open as •«« as they heume somewhat dry awl •prlnkb I with 11 rue It la hens that the mi are >|q»>atted and the aew br«a»ls harch which he«T> up the Mrri —"loo •luring the h»rn fly -n«oB. Tk» Iras4er«kal «k>MM THe f.ui> o- Neanderthal skeleton wae die> «*re*ed ia IHT in a cave in the ley -f » .mall -tream near I>wsebl.*l on the same IrTrl with N-Be* lit the ex tin< t cave hear The workmen wh> ex cavated M. n> t kaowtag ih vain* ■■mtr saved the larger boaea aad tke .ap of th. sknll. The fr..atal pr. miaen. >-» sr eaormoas. pr>«ltu-iag a great oawrftaa# ing sopraorbital ridge, ••atirely inl>k» anything onlinaiily «eea ia the „( |.»iny and remtnng ••e *€r»Hi «ff of the -hulls .if the higher apes It waa declared hy Huxley t.» he hy f.r the n>st apelike sknli that bail hi: tieen diis overed The r>-(BS»ta. of the she let* *a lieii- ite.l a man ' aa usually powerful frame A very f.a. ihie attack was n*a "poa th*' li>>rmal •■haracter ■ t thia»a»-' akj Vmbow, who piaated «sat th. iwre ar«* in it unmistakable sigae of tl»- rhest laa li ti ii If as thritt • man ami that this not ia/r. let! when of a very marked ty, fc» a «|ef rmtty «>f the skull di credit the .ki-'l in th» -.4 1 away ailbmp'tyt" Fraak IMm to Amrru'at Anthr |-