VOL- xxx.vi
HUSELTOIN'S!
Showing of FALL and WINTER Footwear
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'Che biggest, most carefully selected stcck of BOOTS and SHOES we ever of
fered is now assembled ready for the showing. Crowds are here all the time bec*i-»a
the best shoes for the money are here all the time.
We please everybxly, no one disappointed, ask the thousands of people whom
we shoe and see. The newest styles from the
WORLD'S BEST MANUFACTORIES.
Women's Shoes.
We show all the newest shapes and
fashionable manish shoes, heavy soles in
kid skin and box calf AA to Hat $2, 2.50,
3.00 and 3.50. These shoes are the most
comfortable shoe a women ever wore.
In McKay sewed 75 cts. to $1.50.
Women's Heavy Shoes.
Our celebrated calf kip and veal uii
lined at 85c, 51.25 and 1 50, then the oil
grain, kangaroo kip and grain at ?i, 1 25
and J. 50, you can't duplicate in Butler
Children's School Shoes.
We sell only the best unlined kip
heavy Sole tip only one pair to buy dur
ing the winter, no rubbers needed; then
see the heavy veal oil grain, kangaroo
kip; prices 75c, *I.OO and up to 1.40,
sizes 13-2; sizes 9-12, 50c, 75, f at, d '-'S-
We sell "Queen Quality" Shoes for Women and
The Famous Mrs ienness Miller's Shoes.
B. C. HUSELTON'S,
•Sutler'* Leading Shoe House. Opposite Hotel Lowry.
flAfefe pOOTWeAR
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Our entire fall stock of BOOTS, SHOES and RUBBER
-ooda are all in. We bought early and gave large orders there
by enabling us to offer you the best of solid footwear at away
down prices. No advance in price of leather goods, and felt
goods cheaper than last season. We have an cxtremly large
stock to select from.
LEATHER r,nnr>s x
Men's kip double sole ami tap box toe boots f 2 -5°
Boy's " " " " " »»ooU '-So
Men's high cut bo* toe shoes '*7s
Boy's high cut double sole and tap shoes '*7s
Youth's " " " " " " "
Women's be«t kangaroo calf shoes 1-25
Women's best oil grain shoes '- 2 5
Misses' best kangaroo calf shoes
Children's best Kangaroo calf shoes
Children-'* fine dongo'a shoes
RUBBER
M«o ■ Storm Kins; robber tools fcS.K Women's regular height rubber $1.35
Moii'h regular hefirht rubber liootn. ... Men's bucklo arctlrs 'i.'
Boy'ti height rubber Inx>U 1..V1 Ladles' Imckle arcti«*s.. .. i
Youth's regular height rubber boot* 1 M'» ladles' Mlssex' and Children's rubbers. ..•»
FELT GOODS."
W n's lie*! while felt hoofs A; snaK overs 12.00 Men's (irey f.-lI boots anfl soeond overs ?l.. R io
II :y'n " " " "■ Ist grade overs ISM lloy'-. " " " " ' ,M > i
flWtk'« " " J.W Voutli's " " '•*»
Fu " "ft* SOROSIS SHOES ™H° E
In all the latest styles for fall wear. Full stock of the A. E. Nettle
ton fine shoes for men. Indies and frents felt sli jci and warm
lined shoes and slippers.
Visitors to the Butler County Fair, wc welcome you to our store Make this
your headquarters during your stay in Butler.
JOHN BICKEL,
128 SOUTH MAIN STREET, - - BUTLER, PA.
STRIVING COR EFFECT! A J
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C Men don't buy clothing for the I |J1 '•jy
~@r\ >olfe or spending money. They desire."J,/. / JLj J
Sto get the possible results for
expended. Not cheap good l '!jc /> I' j j&y
joT.but goods as cheap as they can be„W. JBr ,!
fjQsold for and made up properly. IfoU j '
T&you want the correct thing at the cor/?.' -- A jvi-'.'l
price, call pnd examine ouri,'. - \ \ ll ]
large stock of Heavy Weights, \ f'jJ J
iO&Htia Winter Suitings and Overcoats \| VVB ,V' ( l -/
.W.the latest Styles, Shades and Colors \ 1 / !■« U j
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Fits and Workmanship j/jl m
Guaranteed. k&sW JSti 'v'
g. P. Keen,
142 North Main Street, Butler, Pa
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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 4' >
is a pleasure, so say the many who have done so. J l
We have the famous Hartford Administer, Wilton , I.
Velvets, Body and Tapestry Brussels and Ingrains I.
in all the up-to-date patterns, only, and prices I
that will astonish you. Then our China Mattings, |
Floor and Table Oil Cloths, Linoleums, Rugs and
Art Squares, deserve a passing notice. Ask to 1
see our O
SI.OO Axminister Rugs, < (
Neatest thing for the money ever shown in Butler at '\'
DUFFVS STORE f
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PAPE'S, JEWELERS.
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 repaiis
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 market price.
1 22 S. Main St., Butler, I'a.
Men's Fine Shoes
Come here if you wau the b2st for
your money, they are here in winter tans
—box calf, cordovan, wax calf, English,
grain, vici kid, htavy soles, all new
shapts at $1.50, 2 00, 2.50, 3.00 and 3 50.
Satin calf fi.oo and 1.25.
Heavy Working Shoes
In kip oil grain 2 soles anil tap, high cut
box toe at $1.50, i.oo, 2.50 and 3.00.
Heavy yeal and oil grain Creed more's at
$1.00,' z.25 and 1.50.
Heavy Boots a - 2.00 and 2.50.
Boy's School Shoes "Strong,
Dressy, Well Shaped
Our Jamestown kip, high cut copper
toe shoe; then Bengal calf, oil grain and
crackproof calf, 2 soles and tap at fi.oo
1.25, 1.50 and 2.00, can't be duplicated
in any store in Butler.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
STANDS VERY HIGH
Estimation of the Public Argues
Well for It.
Good Reports are Coming in From all
Sections of the Country.
There is not a medicine soM in Penn
sylvania toriav that stands as high in the
estimation r>f our home people as Mor
row's Kid-ne-oids- Not only in this
state are Morrow's Kid-ne-oids achieving
success, but good reports come
from all sections of the county, and
these reports come because the people
have been cured of kidney and urinary
disorders just the same as hundreds in
Pennsylvania have been cured.
Arthur Harlan, Salesman in Laird s
Shoe Store. Pittsburg, Pa., says:
"I have been troubled with a dull and
constant pain in my back and at times
Would have a sharp shooting pair so I
could not hardly lift anything. Ihe
secretions of the kidnevs were :rregular
and attended by* a burning sensation.
When I heard about Morrow 's Kid-ne
oids I decided to try them. Since I t'.ok
them I have been entirely relieved ot all
my troubles. I recommended them to
others and they said that Kid-ne oids le
lieved them of the same symptoms."
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are not pills but
Yellow Tablets and sell at fifty cents a
IK>X at all drug stores and at Redick &
Grohman's drug store.
Mailed on receipt of price. Manufac
tured by John Morrow & Co., Chemists.
Springfield, Ohio.
Butler Savings Bank
Mil tier, IJo.l J o.
Capital - |60,000.00
Surplus and Profits - - $170,000.00
JOS. L PURVIS President
J. HENRY TP.OUTMAN Vice-President
U'M. CAMPBELL, .Ir Cmhur
LOUIS R. STEIN Teller
l)HIE<TOIt!-. -Joseph 1.. urvls. .1. Heir
Tro'-.trnan. W. I). Branlon. W. A. Htelu. J S.
C&mDbetl.
The Butler Savings Hank Is the Oiliest
Flanking Institution: n Butler County.
General banking business transacted.
We solicit accounts of «il producers, mer
chants. farmers and others.
All business entrusved to us #lll receive
prompt attention.
Interest raid on time deposits.
THE
Butler County National Bank,
13 li tier 1 nn,
Capital paid in - - f 1 J0, 000.00
Surplus and Profits - f 130,703.95
Jos. ilartman, .President; J. V. Kilts,
Vice President; C. A. Bailey. Cashier;
John G. McMarlin, Ass't Cashier.
/ general banking business transacted.
Interest paid on time deposits.
Money loaned on approved security.
We invite you to open an account with tills
bank.
lllitECT >KS lion. Joseph Ilartman. Hon.
W. S. Waldron, l>r. . M. Hoover. 11. Mc
sweeney. E. K. Abrams, C. I'. Collins I. O
Smith, Leslie I'. Ilazlett, M. Ilnegm.
W. 11. Larkln, Harry Heasley, I»r. W. (.'.
McCandiess. Ben .Vlasseth. I V. Illtt>
Braun's Pharmacy.
Cor. 6th St. and Duquesne Way,
Pittsbuiy, Pa,, L, I). Telephone 2542.
Wholesale and Retail.
Importer andJobberof Drugs,
Chemical?, Perfumes, Soaps,
Htushes, lite
The only house west of New
York carrying- a full line ot
Meyers' Grease, Paints and
theatrical goods
Physicians' Prescriptions
Compounded Day or Night By
"Registered Pharmacists" only.
Wholesale and retail
dealer in Lubricating and
Illuminating Oils, Capital
Cylinder, Dynamo, Water
White and Standard Gas
Engine Oils. Gasolein, Ben
zine, Paraffine Wax and
Petrolatum.
Address all mail orders to
W. F. Braun.
Rare Bargains!
We want to ilisposc of our present
>!t'H.k of 'og models, and in order to do it
quickly lmve cnt the prices from <l3O,
$35 and *4O to $22.50 and $25. These
are s'.rictly high grade an 'l up-to-date
l»icycles, and can't be matched lor price
and quality. Don't miss this opportuni
ty 10 procure a good wheel for little
money. We sell sundries cheaper than
and other house in town.
WHITE, WALTER & CO.,
303 S, Main Street.
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West Jelerson Street, Butler, Pa
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BUTLER THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 189JJ
THEY THAT JIT IN DARKNESS
x) A3TORYOF
THE AUSTRALIAN NEVER- NEVER.
Wm&T! v By
\ m Pry</OHK aackie
AUTHOROF"THE DCVILS PLAYGROUND* AfJO'SINNER3 TWAIN."
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COP/fi/u/r/sxf. ttv rxfi/fM* />. J ronij company.
On reaching Skeleton creek, which
was a series of water holes in a deep,
thickly wooded hollow, we pulled <>ff
the track and pitched our camp. Just
before sunset, when I was brushing the
ashes off a damper, Mackenzie's party
rattled up. Within a hundred yards of
us they pitched their camp. I took a
big dose of quinine and turned if soon
after supper. Jack had insisted on this.
On coming into camp he had produced
a small put of extract of meat and made
some of it ready for me. I did not know
till long afterward that at Turn-off
lagoon store he had come away without
getting so"je much needed articles of
clothing in order that he might pur
chase several little luxuries for my ail
ing condition. "You've got to fortify
yourself, old chap, "he remarked. '"To
morrow's Sunday, and as it's one of
your bad days I think we'd better camp
here. Apart from the Fourth Command
ment, Dick, I'm Scot enough to know
the value of one day's rest in seven. 1
venture to say we don't lose by it. < >ur
cattle are always in better condition
and get through more work in the long
run than those who keep traveling right
on."
I a little later placed my bedding
under a shady ironbark tree. The mor
poke's chant and the croon of the pos
sum blended with other strange sounds,
and I fell asleep.
Next morning, iifter breakfast, 1
heard th" jangling of bells and the
drumming of hoofs as Mackenzie's black
boy brought up the horse.-;. I allowed
a few minnt' s to elapse before going
over to fiij-l whether or not they had
fetched up ours with them. On reach
ing t : ; sjMit where tli lioys had round
ed th-111 up I foTind Jac'c and Norah
Mackenzie already there. Thr> latter
had ju-t id something to my mate
that had evidently startled him; for
when he saw me lie left her and came
toward me.
"Our gray's not in the mob," he
said: "I made sure he w.;s—most go
and do a little horse hunting. I wonder
where he could have strayed to any
how '!"
"Me see 'lll yaraman track go up
along a creek," sang out Yarry. "That
fellow bin lose 'lll one fellow shoe. "
There is no sign or mark on the face
of nature that the Australian black fel
low will not read as if it were an open
book. He must do it to live. But the
practice throngh successive generations
lias become an instinct- he takes to it
as readily as a ki• t 11 takes to playing
with a ball of worsted.
"No, Dick, yen won't!" I was mov
ing toward my horse. "You stop where
yon are. I'm going."
V..r-ih >1 ■■'■lf w lit r t.l Jifit
oil" of tin horses, and Jack, taking the
bridle out of my hand, walked off to
catch the roan. Before doing so he said
to me in an aside wh'ch I considered
just a little too audible: "Look out for
that girl, old chap. She lias either got
the power of second sight or she is a
gypsy in disguise. " I watched him ride
off. Jack, as usual, was doing the lion's
share of the work!
Tin; sober expression on my fact? as I
thonght of those things probably at
tracted Norah Mackenzie's attention as
she moved away; anyhow she stopped
and spoke.
"Are yon traveling today If" she
queried.
"No. I think not. Yon see, my mate
and I are Scotch. "
"That's to say, yon make a virtue of
sound policy."
"A woman is always at liberty to
measure other people's corn by her own
bushel," I rejoined politely.
"Even if they come from Inverness!"
she added thoughtfully and with a
smile.
"I* >w did you know I came from
there?" I asked in some astonishment.
"I su])|m >se it may be accounted f«>r
by the gypsy in my composition, " she
answered, laughing, as she saw the cha
grin on my face that Jack's injudicious
speech had called up. "But soberly
speaking," she continued, "your ques
tion shows that yon still have a certain
amount of modesty left. Yon see, all
sorts of people come out here, and so to
study dialects there is no place like the
colonies. In Inverness they speak the
English language in its best and purest
form. I've no intention of paying you
a compliment; indeed it was more dilli
cult forme to tell where you came from
than for you to suppress that lecture
on cruelty to animals simmering in
yonr mind v/hen I killed the snake yes
terday. ''
"You can have it now. if you like,"
I hastened to say.
"Some other time," she cried in
alarm "Just now you'd better come
over and talk to my father; he will lx>
glad to soe some one. "
1 walked toward the camp with her,
wondering not a little at the keenness
of t> rceptiv faculties. What a
pretty picture this daughter of the bush
made, dressed, as she was now, in her
simple but daintily made walking dress
of some light material. There was the
delicate bloom of health in her clear
skin and its luster in her eyes. There
was no question aliont her face being a
striking one; it was calculated to rivet
the attention of the beholder at first
sight, for there was more in it than
mere physical beauty there was that
higher attractiveness which men call
individuality or character—and yet,
despite her many strange and uncon
ventional ways, no one could say she
lacked that great*-st charm of all wo
manliness. Hut still, as yet, I £y»nkly
confess, I could but imperfectly nndcr
stand her. She was already interesting
me in a way that I hardly cared to ad
mit to myself.
Just before we reached the squatter's
camp she pointed out Savilo, the cook,
wno was bnsylng himself erecting a
bough shed. He was (I feet 4 inches in
height, broad in proportion and had a
round, good natured, sensible face.
"I must tell you about Savile," she
said. "He has been with us since I
was a child, and 1 should like you to be
on good terms with him. His heart is
nearly as big as his liody you needn't
laugh. He is one cook in a thousand
and doesn't want for shrewdness, but
he has a hobby or two —toys, for in
stance"
"Toys!" I stared at the son of Anak.
"Yes, toys; he spends heaps of mon
ey in sending to Melbourne and Sydney
for all sorts of 'Yankee notions,' paper
snakes that fly, talking dolls ami
things. You mustn't laugh at him, you
know."
"Not if I can help it. Tell me of an
other weakness." I had an nneasy im
pression that she was making fun of
me.
"You mustn't call them weaknesses
—mo manr of ns are bnilf that wav.
Let's call them partialities. I've got
ever so many. Well, Savile's second
biggest one's his dog, Samson, and, of
course, he thinks there's not another
like it in Australia. I know myself
there isn T t. You'll enjoy the poodle,
however, when he tells yon how it kill
ed the rat at Charters Towers. The
place doesn't signify—it's always shift
ing about, like the story. Hut you're
bound to love Savile. I<l ever so
much."
I came to the conclusion that I also
would take to Savile. Apart from rec
ommendations of a like natnre, I al
ways. upon principle, cultivate a
friendly relationship with cooks.
We found the squatter seated close to
the wagon; one of the sides of the tar
paulin had been lifted up and pitched
like the roof of a veranda, so he sat in
the shade.
"I've brought yon some one to talk
to, dad, " exclaimed the girl. "I must
go and see Elsie. She went off toward
her tent, which, with sides gathered
up, was covered with long leafy boughs,
so as to keep the occupants cool.
"Good morning, Parker," said the
squatter cheerily. "I'm glad you're not
traveling today." He motioned me to
sit down beside him.
I talked with him about an hour and
found him well informed. He was pre
cise in his ways, but the innate kindli
ness of the man robbed his speech of
any suggestion of pedantry. He was in
the middle of an argument when his
daughter came out of her tent looking
amused.
"Ho, dad!" she cried.
The squatter started and looked ap
prehensive as if he had been caught
in the act of exploiting some unortho
dox doctrine. "Well, my dear?" ho
stammered.
"Whv didn't you put up a notice in
the morning that you were going to
lecture? Then we'd all have had a
chance of attending. You are unkind,
daddy, dear."
"Really, my dear"—
Bnt tho girl interrnpted him; she
had heard a dog whining behind her.
and, turning, cried sharply:
"Now, then. Snowball, what for you
coolah alonga that fellow puppy dog?
Baal that fellow savey uo patter tum
tnm, s'posin y< n leave nm alonga
ground 1"
The change from the talk of an edu
cated English girl to the gibberish of a
black tcin v. ::- complete and startling
that I could hardly believe it was she
who h:< i spoken. The black fellow, who
had been punishing his dog for appro
priating some food left on >lr- ground,
desisted to do a black fellow justice
lie seldom ill treats his dog—hiw went
off to join his comrade, who wiw at
some little distance beneath n shady
ironbark tree. 11.. tried to look uncon
cerned ; so does « dog when it has stol
en something.
The gray must have broken his hob
bles and strayed a considerable distance
from camp; it was a great pity that
Jack had to go horse limiting while I
\va.' enjoying congenial company. Sa-
Vile had Ix'gun to clatter the jsits and
|>ans about. I knew that soon the fever
I walked toward the rump with her.
would nKain be upon mo; 80 declining
the repeated invitation of the squatter
to stop and have some dinner I walked
quickly away. It was my wish to be
alone. In those attacks of delirium I
did not care that any one should hear
me talking nonsense. Oh, this curse of
my life, this fever that hail got me in
its grip!
I hurried to my camp and seized a
blanket. The ague was on me already,
ami I was becoming cold as death even
nnder that warm snn. It must have
affected my head, for on taking the
canvas water bag I walked down and
along the creek bottom, then struck out
from it into the bush again, taking no
note of where I wandered and caring
less. I threw myself down somewhere.
Then lor some time I fancied myself
alone in the arctic: regions, lying on a
field of ice, witli nothing to cover me,
and freezing to deal it
CHAPTER IV.
ODDKR KXPHKIENOEB.
In the period of delirium which fol
lowed I experienced some curious delu
sions. Mo powerfully did they impress
me at the time that even now I can re
call them distinctly.
When I became alive to the present,
it was only to be conscious of suffering
—of a sore, wearied body stretched on
the rack of a fierce fever and consumed
by a burning thirst. My canvas water
bag was empty, but there was not
strength enough left in me to go and fill
it again. As for the blacks who prowled
ahont in that dangerous country, they
hardly gave me a thought. Hut tho
snake that was forever poising Itself
above me as if to strike filled me with
a terror which in vain I struggled
against.
There was a mocking assumption of
superior wisdom or cunning in its look.
Would the end never come? In my hor
ror to break the spell I cried aloud.
Hut it was a human voice that an
swered.
"All right, Mr. I'arker. Why, don't
you know met Yon look as if you'd
seen a snake or a black fellow! What
do you take mo for?"
"I believe yon are —something un
canny," I gasped.
The glittering eyes of the serpent had
changed into the calm, dark eyes of the
squatter's daughter, and her soft, clear
voice it was one of her gnat charms
—came from the place where the snake
had hissed.
She looked fixedly at me through an
opening in th«< trees with that wonder
fully beautiful far. of her* There was
a certain witchery in In r gaze that fas
cinated I almost began to think that
she was only the embodiment of some
spirit of the wood, or some illusion of
my poor fever stricken senses, <>r that,
by some species of magic, the serpent
hnd l>een transformed into the woman ,
for my gaze had never shifted, and the
eyes had always been there. But she
had divined the situation at a glance.
She came quickly forward till she stood
by my side. In a second her voice had
undergone a change; her eyes had lost
that quizzing, laughing light, and in
stead there was a look of genuine anx
iety and kindliness in them ; her voice
was womanly, and full of a quiet, un
obtrusive sympathy when she spoke.
She had changed from the icirl into the
woman.
"Yon have had another attack of the
fever." she said. "Now, I shan't trou
ble yon ; because I know when one has
the fever one is best left alone. And
yo<t have no water —oh. too bad, too
bad' I'll fetch some in half a minute."
And. picking up the water bag. she disap
peared in what I suppose was the direc
tion of the creek. I noticed that under
her right arm >he carried a light sport
ing ri tie. !n a few minutes she was back
again ; she held the liag up to my lips,
and placed my hat upon my head I
had not missed it.
"Now you have had enough," she
protested, when I had taken a fsw
gr> edy mouthfnls. "Lie down for a lit
tle longer, and you'll be able to go to
the camp after a bit. I'll go away and
come back again." And off she went.
I dozed, and then my scattered senses
began to gather themselves together
iigain into some semblance of rational
ity. I mast have been asleep some con
siderable time, for when I awoke the
sun was low in the heavens, and the
atmosphere was pleasanter. I was think
ing that it was a curious thing to dream
about some one coming and filling my
water bag, and to wake up and find that
there was indeed water in the bag,
when, looking round, I saw Norah
Mackenzie sitting on a fallen tree, with
her back to me, a few paces distant. I
had not moved nor uttered a word, but
she turned the instant I looked at her.
and, coming toward me, said:
"You are all rijiht now. I can see
yon are. Do you think yon can come to
the camp? You really shouldn't wan
der from it when you feel the fever
coming on. It's not safe. Just think of
what occurred the other day. Come"—
the frank impulsive nature of the girl
was reasserting itself—"give me your
hands." She stretched out both of hers
and pulled me to my feet.
The attack of fever had passed. 1
was beginning to feel myself again.
"Don't tell me that you've been sit
ting here all this time waiting for me!"
I exclaimed, conscience stricken.
She laughed lightly. "Remember the
tlil saying, 'Ask no questions and
you'll suffer from 110 perversion of
the truth.' Do you know, Mr. Parker,
that there's a little of the quack about
me. I believe I can produce a cure for
this fever. It's one the blacks used up
on the Burdekin."
"I'm skeptical about fever cures,
but I'll try yonrs," I said. "But, by
th" way, you must have thought me
awfully stupid a few minutes ago. *The
fact is, I had a curious dream about a
«naVe, nnd the law of imsociatlori's a
queer thing."
"You are complimentary"—this with
1 show of dignity—"so much so that
,t suggests a good deal of highland su
perstition. Of course you're hinting at
..lie highland myth about the princess
who was turned into a snake. I hope
you don't thin> that I'm a snake turn
ed into a prince®??"
"Why press a man so hard?" I pro
tested, with a miserable attempt to say
something cheerful. "In the present
case circumstantial evidence seems to
prove that the woman grow out of the
snake. Anyhow, if I were certain of
it. I'd never kill another one as long as
I lived."
She laughed as if she rather enjoyed
the dubious compliment.
"And they say a Scotsman seldom
makes pretty speeches," she axclaimod.
"But wait a minute. Here ts Mother
Nature's cure for the fever. Strange,
isn't it, that there is never
without a docken growing alongside?"
We were passing a small, shmblike
tree on which grew a round, yellow
berry, a little larger than a cjjerry.
She stopped and pulled some, putting
them into a small bag she carried by
her side. I bit the rind of one. She
watched me taste it, bnt of all the bit
ter tastes I ever experienced that was
the quintessence.
mustn't judge of my medicine
by that berry," she insisted, sn.iling at
my wry /ace. "I'll prepare them to
night and give you a drink tomorrow
morning. That will be something to
l<x>k forward to."
And all this time I was thinking of
something to say to her, to thank her
for the trouble she had token with me,
but felt that if I did anything of the
kind it would simply be the means of
silencing her cheerful talk and driving
her away. This, of course, I did not
want to do. We walked slowly throngh
the bush, and from time to time she
would stop and look at something or
other in a way that for all the world
although the association was incongru
ous put me in mind of tho movements
of a black fellow. Once she stooped,
and, pointing to the ground, showed
me some tracks. "Somebody must have
been here with bullocks within tho last
three days," she remarked. "Look, they
have gone in pairs—their neck yokes
have never been off." Then she showed
me the marks on a tree where on the
previous evening a possum had stuck
his sharp claws. She named the red
passion flower and the yellow ij>om<Ka
that climbed tho trunks of trees, the
pink and scarlet epacris, and, |K>iuting
to a casuarina, remarked it was diffi
cult to believe that that tree was tho
survival of a still more remarkable typo
of Australian flora. She showed me a
tiny nest glued to tho underside of an
insignificant leaf and some other things
which I thought only a black fellow
coold have noticed.
I must have expressed some surprise
at her powers of observation, for she re
marked carelessly: "Oh, 1 don't see
that any credit attaches to noticing
such things. When one is brought up
in the bush, one learns to read from
nature's liook. It scums to me they
miss all the interesting things out of
the other ones. I've learned more from
an old black fellow about this wonder
ful world in half af< hour than ever I
did from all the books my father has in
sisted on my reading. Of course I'm
not such a silly as to ignore liooks,
though 1 am very ignorant."
It did not dawn upon my dulled fac
ulties until I lay on my blanket think
ing that night that she simply stopped
and showed me these things so that I
might take my time and rest myself go
ing to the camp without her considera
tion being apparent. Let a woman alone
for managing such things with a subtle
delicacy, and let a man alone for ac
cepting them with a sublime complai
sance.
At length we reached the camp, whu b
lay in q ite a different direction from
that which I hod imagined Tim faculty
called 'locality' is one of my strong
points, but I suppose it must have some
what dulled by the fever. There we
found Savile. the cook, and Jack, who
was just in the act of mounting the
gray as if to go out again.
"Hello, old chap!" he exclaimed the
minute he saw me. "I thought yon
were lost; was just going to hunt you
up."
Then ho caught sight of the girl. He
took the pipe out of his month, and I
could see his face light up with «
pleased and awakened interest It was
evident I had lieen ill. aud he could
guess the rest; there were few sliarjier
than Jack at interpreting rightly a -it
nation. He went toward the squatter's
daughter, and. taking tli-• empty water
bag from her hand, said something to
her in a voice so low that I knew it
was not intended for my ears. What
ever it may have been, she showed by
her manner that she was interested.
And I had allowed her to carry a ritle
and my water ban to the camp! I dare
say my face just then must have borne
a look of horror and self reproach, for
the girl laughed and said:
"You needn't blame yourself: my rifle
only weighs a few pounds, and you
didn't see it. As for the bag. I emptied
and hid it, so after all you're not so
very much to blame. But I must go
back to my own camp. I'm so glad
you're all right again. Goodby in the
meantime." And lief ore I could stam
mer out a word <>f thanks she hail hon
ored us with one of her comprehensive
little bows and hurried away.
Jack and I sat nnder the trees, and
the night came quickly down; again we
heard the quaint notes of the unseen
morixike in the dim forest glades. Nei
ther of us spoke, but as we rested and
felt the peucefulness of the scene steal
ing over 11s we suddenly heard some
thing that made us hold our breaths and
stare at each other.
It was a sweet burst of melody; it
held us as I could imagine those who
for the first time heard the divine pow
ers of music were held Some one was
playing <>n the violin with consummate
skill—only a musician could produce
such sounds; it was one of Mendels
sohn's songs without words that glo
rious "Spring Song." I ceased to specu
late as to the creator of the music, lost
in the beauty of the music itself.
"It 's that witch, the squatter's girl, "
exclaimed Jack, who had let his pipe go
out listening.
Without exchanging further words
we went over to the squatter's camp.
"Glad to see you," was the squatter's
greeting. "Mit down, Parker. Glad
that you've recovered so quickly. Do
you sing, Mr. Farquharson? Tut. tut,
I mean Tyndall. I've jnst been think
ing about that i>oor, unfortunate fel
low. ''
Jack had started so violently and
turned such a ghastly face uihui the
squatter when In- was addre- sed as
Farquharson that I saw Norah Mac
kenzie give him a strange glance with
her qnick. observant eyes. Jack recov
ered himself in another instant.
"Once upon a time I used to do a
little singing," he answered, "but
there's more of the raven than the ca
nary in mv composition now."
"That's your modesty. I'iu sure."
insisted the squatter. "Sometimes of a
■Sunday night in the v.y go in for
a little music. Savile here sings a capi
tal 1 >ass. He was a chorister In an old
country cathedral once. Let's have a
song that we all know and can join in.
Hero is one. Pass round these* copies,
Gordon, and i»>ke up tin- tire into a big
blaze so that we can see."
I remember the tune was "St. Hel
ens." Norah Mackenzie played the ac
companiment, and Jack surprised me
with a-remarkably good tenor voice.
In fact, there was no one there who
could not sing well, saving myself, and
I was a good listener. It was a strange
thing to Is* listening to those well
known hymns under the dusky aisles of
the Australian forest. It is safe to say
I never enjoyed an open air concert so
much as this one. I closed my eyes
and lo!
I sat in a sleepy old fashioned church,
watching the waning sunlight Hn am
through a stained glass window which
dyed the sunbeams with the friuison
and golden lines from garments of saints
and martyrs and deei>oning the shadows
that, like the dust on the moldy mar
bles overhead, lay close anil thick.
Through other windows, ivy drajx-d and
partially open, came the sweet breath
of spring, for the snow white hawthorn
was gleaming in the green lanes, and
the song of tho birds never ceased. How
instinct was that sacred spot with the
associations of the past how eloquent
every dingy stone and well worn pew I
But, oh, the dear familiar faces, where
wore they? Was there nothing in this
world save farewells ? Then, breathing
of an infinite tenderness and trust, the
notes of an anthem rose, tho fresh,
sweet voices of youth and lieauty, and
the deeper and fuller ones of inaturer
age blending with the rich chords of the
organ until harmony was more of
heaven than of earth. The world, the
Hesh and the devil were no more, and a
sense of rescind jieaco possessed me such
as I have never before known. Surely,
the spirits of those whoso memory had
"Hello, old ehupf" he ejrcUilmeil.
become as a sacred dream were with me
then, and there was no such thing in
this world as care, But the music
ceased, and the sweet notes rolled away
- waves of sound on the sands of eter
nity.
Then I heard the quaint refrains and
dirges of tin- sad voiced Australian for
est, and, looking up toward the fretted
roof of the old church, I saw the South
t'rn Ci'f H gleaming in the illimitable
vault of the eternal heavens
, ✓
ITO BK CONTINUED. I
ScrklMM ItrptlßC.
"I'm goln to dig out an go to de city,"
Hald Meandering Mike.
"Hut don't you want to hear de birds
*lllK ail feel de cool breezes 111 de slllllly
groves?" Inquired I'lodillng I'ete.
"Yep. Mut I'm goln to <|illt au goln to
town, where dere ain't nobody goln up
and down de t'oroughfares tryln to hire
harvest baud*." Wislilngtou War
I.:%<«•«( >"nrla l-'nulilort.
Judge What evidence have you to
show of the prisoner's guilt?
Witness What evidence? Sacr r-r-re!
lJldn'l you hear me aay Just now that I
dreamed last night lie was guilty?
Clilrtivfi Trlhnnw
A FARM CONVENIENCE.
Sialionnr> nnd Portable Holders For
(•rain
A writer in Farm and Fireside ex
tend* ftie ol<l proverb, "Make your
liea«l s;ive your heel- to include tin
kers whyre train bag* are still held by
band, as they very generally are. and
he presents some simple designs for
has; holders, all variations of one prin
ciple, that will save many tired linger*
and hands.
The stationary one illustrated in
Figs. 1 anil "2 is made as follows: Take
a piece of Hat iron rod altout six feet
long, one inch . t f,
wide and one- g
fonrth of an inch C-
thick, with some
spring to it. lb-nd
it till it takes the If
form shown in |f Tit I 11
Fig. 1, with the \\. JJ
short end A be- U sy
low the long one
and spr nu g |
downward from
it. ho as to leave \Lift
a hand's breadth
. . .. . IRON BAU HOLDER.
between the two
parts that would otherwise touch. Cut
several notches half an inch deep and
slightly more than a quarter of an
inch wide on the lower side of the
short end so that they will tit down
over the long end. Then at a point
B. sis or eight inches front where
the two ends crocs, give the long end
a twist aud a bend downward, as
shown in l-'ig. 2. In the long end
bore some holes for screws, and
fasten the now complete bag holder to
a post, the side of the granary or to
any other convenient object where the
grain is to be handled.
When a bag is to be tilled, klip the
mouth around the iron circle previous
ly held by the last notch from the end
A. Kngage the cloth with the four
short, blunt spikes C, C. C, C, that
should be added to prevent slipping.
Loosen the end A, and let another
notch engage with the end B. It takes
but a moment to put on or take off the
bag, which is held firmly.
The same holder may he made porta
ble in two ways; first, by the use of
brackets such as shown in Fig. X
These may be screwed to any conven
ient object In any place desired, the
end B being slipped In and taken out
at will. The second may l>e made of a
piece of gas or other irou pipe securely
screwed to a plank, as shown in Fig. 4.
the end piece B being slipfted in the
a
«■!& A
u»
! I fig i O
HKAcKKT* ASI> STAKD.
top. The advantage of this latter ar
rangeiiieut is that the bag holder may
be taken anywhere upon the farm,
even to the field when necessary.
One tiling that must l>e borne In
mind In making these bag holders Is
that they must not be so high above
the ground that the bag will be sus
pended. The bottom of the sack must
rest upon the ground, else the weight
and the jar will tear the screws loose
in a short time. The holder Is for keep
ing the mouth of the sack open, not for
lifting It alsi>.
Tip Barn or Scald.
This disease of potato leaves occur*
In many jiarts of the country and Is of
ten confused with early blight. Tho
and edges of the leaves turu
brown, and these discolored areas soon
become hard and brittle.
The burning or scalding may occur
at any time, and as a rule Is the result
of unfavorable conditions surrounding
the plaut. I-ong continued cloudy and
damp weather followed by several hot
and bright days is very apt to result in
the burning of the foliage. Tilts Is es
pecially the case on soils carrying n
comparatively small percentage of
moisture. When the weather Is cloudy
and damp, the tissues of the potato
become gorged with water, and this
lias a tendency to weaken them. If
the stin appears bright and hot when
the leaves are In this couditlou, there
is a rapid evaporation of the moisture
stored up lu their cells. The evapora
tion may tie faster than the supply
furnished by the roots, and If this con
tinues for any length of time the weak
er and more tender parts first collaps*-,
then die and finally turn brown and
dry up. Tip burn may also occur as
the result of protracted dry weather
Every effort should lie made to k<-ep
the plants In good growing condition,
for if they become checked through
lack of proper food or cultivation or
both they are more apt to burn. It is
a fact that where the mix
ture is used for other diseases burn is
less apt to occur.
CULTIVATING TURNIPS.
A Defltrr Mil)- Than (ironlig Them
hr n I ntcli Crop In rum, Kti*.
So many farmers sow tnrulps as a
catch crop lu corn and potatoes that
they forget there Is any other method
of growing them. The American Culti
vator points out what It considers the
better way:
As a rule catch crops do not pay.
They always Interfere with the late
cultivation of hoed crops, which Is al
ways im|Mirtant and sometimes neces
sary if there Is a dry time late Iti sum
liicr. Now that tuost farmers cultivate
hoed crops very shallow late lu the
summer, merely scratching the surface
to kill weeds while they are small,
there Is l>'*s objection to late cuitlva
tioll than used to be the case Iti the
old days, w lien a plow was used at the
last cultivation to pile the soil up
against the hills of corn or potatoes,
the result was always Injury and often
ruin to the crop, iu such case, too.
there was little chance for turnips to
grow, as the soil piled up against the
hills turned the water Into the middle
of the rows, or, rather, the corn leaves
themselves did so, us they Iw-nd over
to the middle of the rows by July aud
often In June, turning the slightest
shower luto the middle of the row,
where most of the corn roots are. I'n
der the hill the soil Is almost always
dry until the corn Is cut. The (Mitato
top does not lop over so much, but It,
too, throws a good deal of the mols
tur<- that falls on It Into the space l>e
tWeen the hills.
111 either n «Iry or wet waion turnips
are In-tter If iirown wh«re tU«»y can !»•
cultivate*! ami boed. If tlie »«-e<l Is
■own 111 «lrllln two feet n|»art. n horse
cnn <lrn»{ i» narrow cultivator tlirotiirh
this spare, m-rntchlng the tlry noil ami
not only killing small ncoln, but
tliroivluK a little <lu*t over the tin nip
Mo. :*<>
plauts. This villi kill the fly that tTS
- the tender leaves. A better
way is to s< utter dry lime or gypsum
In the line of the rows, thus enabling
the cultivator to keep hi* horse be
tween without stepping on the young
plants. If this is done two or three
times, the tuml|M will only need hoe
inn in the line of the rows. Turnips
grown thus will yield possibly ten
times a-, n.ueh as they would If sown
as a catch "crop.
A t'sxl deal of the work which the
cultivation r< ;aires is offset In the
catch crop by the extra labor required
to hunt over a large field to gather the
turnips that If cultivated could be
grown on a quarter of an acre. He
side* this the plan of cultivating tur
nips d< ans the land of weeds. Grow
ing them as a catch crop leaves all the
weeds to grow as long as the turnips
are growing. Many weeds will seed
in that time, and all those that are
biennial will rout themselves under
shelter of the catch crop ready to grow
an 1 s*-«d uext season.
A farmer may sow turnips among
growing corn or potatoes if he has no
other place for them. Hut It Is not an
economical practice, and usually the
coin or potatoes are injured by lack of
cultivation more than the turnips are
worth, even if they could be harvested
for nothing
Salt or Alkali Qrut.
A grass abundant throughout the
eastern Itocky mountain region in
■tiopirly aikailne soils, but of little vat
lie o i pt in times «f scarcity of fop
age. is the common salt or alkali graaik
Although often producing a great deal
of 'eafa/e. it is harsh and unpalatable
and is refused by stock as lone as oth
er grasses are to be obtained. Sheep
e..t it more readily than other stock.
It is abundant In the Had Lamia regions,
and as better grasses are usually
scarce there it ia sometimes cat for
hay. In localities when* the land la be
coming "alkalied" through improper
Irrigation this grass is spreading rapid
ly and often becomes quite a peat, ac
cording to Agroatologist T. A. Wil
liam*.
How to lirm Mm* Will a • fcata
A correspondent sends the Obi*
Farmer a sketch showing how he
drags stone with a chain: I»raw the
PKAOOISO HOCK*,
chain liack over the stone well up to
the doubletree, then paaa the chain
once around the stone, over the chain
at the doubletree and hook It behind.
It will never come off.
\ H rkallaral IrvtlllM
It has l>een noted by the IVnnsylva
nia atation that some of the Herman
varieties of potatoes, especially the
Professor l>r. Maercker, showed great
resistance to the action of the blight,
very much more than any of the Amer
ican varieties.
Hay Is fre«|uently l>aled tn the Ml
along the Hudson river, says Country
tientleiuan. and sent to market for im
mediate use. The buyer geta It for less
than old hay. and the farmer sella
more weight. Itegular hay buyers in
sist on at h ast six weeks* curing In
mow or stack.
orange Judd Farmer's reports from
correspondents make It appear that
the corn acreage is unprecedented, the
total breadth l»elug the greatest In ow
history. The area now reported as
growing reaches the enormous aggre
gate of N3.«77.00U acres, a royal empire
In Itself. It cxrceils the acreage of 180T
by a little less than l.'S)o.«*a) acre*
The Increase la general, every state
promlucnt in the production of corn
sharing in It.
HIS BEST RECOLLECTION.
A l.lltle Srrae Tkat Mlatt MaeiM-a la
Aar fssri
Attorney For the Itefcnae 1 wish
you now, sir. lo tell me the exact lan
gunge used by my client when the
plaintiff asked him where he thought
tlie line fence ought to br located.
Attorney For the Plaintiff - Hold on:
1 object I
Attorney For the Ivfense (rising*
We wish to show, your honor, that this
<]uarrel was entirely of the plaintiff's
seeking. The witness lias stated what
the plaintirTs question was. but he
seems unwilling to give the reply. We
want this whole thing to tw ma«le
a matter of record. your honor,
to the end that equal and exact Jos
tlcc as lietwi-eii man and man may !«•
attained in this trial ,
The Court State yoilt objection to
the question.
Attorney For the Prosecution (risingi
- It is ucedlcssly consuming time, your
honor. The mcuil>cra of the Jury are
tired of the tactics by which the other
side Is dragging this cnae along. IH
what i>ossibU' use can It lie to give the
exact languoge of the defeutlant In re
ply to a trivial question If he statu!*
ready lo give the sul stance of what
the defendant said? Who cares to
know, your honor? Certainly the Jury
doesn't. I repeat It, your hondT. 1 ob
ject to the question.
Attorney For the Hefeuse (rising
agnltii A How me to say, yotir honor,
that we regard It as of the highest Im
portauce. We want to know all that
is to IN 1 known In this case, your bojor
We have nothing to conceal. If Ihere
la any delay lu this case, your honor,
we ar«> not res|ion#lble for It. but I
Insist upon a categorical answer to the
question.
The Court Tin- witness may answer.
Witness Well, air, be used the Kng
llsli language, but I disrememlier what
he said. Chicago Tribune.
Tbr Moonahlnrr'a Vk »e.
"This here government wants the
earili," said the old moonshiner 'The
revenue men caught lue in the a< t an
hauled me up before the Jedge. Tlie
Jedge looked like a reasonable man. an
I told hltu that I only run a "still" to
buy slus-s for my family. That's whar
1 made a break, for he says rig' • off
says he, 'Well. I'm g.>'ng to give i
chance to make states for the g.
mciit, an I'll see to It that yer fa.. Iv
gits a pair o' 'em every six tin lbs
Then be sent me up for two yea:
Atlanta Constitution.
).<>« X« latllallM.
Tramp Please, mum. me feet's . i
th' ground. :iu if ye could -[sire t ..
Ole pair o' shoes. I'd—
Mrs. Spinks There's a wedd - g..
Ing ou in Hint big lioiise acr*> tlw
Street. Just JoU go over the' ittd
wait. When Site couple WW ei t the
family will throw a lot of the i.rble's
old shoes after her
"Hut. muni, they'd l>e too small "
"Hub! Walt till you ms her feet."
New York Weekly.