VOL.* xxxvii
Receipts and Expenditures of Butier
County for the Year 1899.
LEVY AND TAX ASSESSMENT FOR 18W.
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DISTRICTS. S. '< 3 ~ ~-
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Adams >wp < 406 V)H * 1 *2B 29 $ 502 06$ 13tt •""><> * 1 4f.T x".
Allechenv ' .. . 2-VJ 6T.6 1 ItiS 4-"» 52 OH ."is 1 278 7*
Bntler ... *>s 015 1 5«7 57 240 52 128 25 1 972 31
Buffalo " 883 057 1 723 7»> 170 04 126 00 2 029 30
Brady " l!t7 060 H>#s 77 *<> 72 29 25 990 .4
Clinton 373 031 1 078 04 190 13 105 75 1 974 52
Clay 323 771 1 45»> 97 89 13 78 7> 1 ♦»24 8.»
Center -- 289 4»* 1 :}47 74 17 78 50 1 490 21
Clearfield 234 974 1 057 38 138 54 87 75 I 288 07
Cherry 289 3x7 1 302 24 118 00 101 2 ) 1 .<2l •>•>
ConiKHjuenessiDj.' 300 470 1 352 14 343 99 10-> 1 801 13
Cranberry 395 447 1 779 51 255 U 92 25 2 120 91
Concord 295 287 1 328 79 112 11 86 2 » 1 <27 1»
Donetrsl 268 140 1 200 66 158 39 130 50 1 495 5..
Forward . . :W<l 240 1 55m OS 5H3 56 120 25 2 261 s 9
Franklin':: : 294 735 1 320 31 117 51 83 25 1 527 07
Fairview 290 100 1 805 45 14 )4 > 102 ... 1 »>3 ».<
JeKn 346 767 1 560 45 3*5 04 127 5o 2 072 99
Jackson . 403 777 1 817 00 383 23 90 00 2 290 23
Lancaster 288 817 1 299 68 124 OH 90 IK) 1 519 70
Marion 257 378 1 158 20 92 2 . 81 00 1 381 4-.
Mercer ' 156 631 704 84 90 13 46 50 841 4.
Middlesex 430 459 1 937 07 1 264 89 60 75 3 262 71
Mnddycreek 261 537 1 1.6 91 47 . 8 132 1 A-M OJ
Oakland 291 68H 1 312 59 2.3 .4 9. 2
pii " 337 268 1 517 70 654 15 180 00 2 301 85
Parker " 290 94'! 1 809 26 109 82 74 25 1 493 33
Sam mi t311777 1403 m 339 MSO 1867
S TV Rock 383 184 1 724 33 126 50 81 00 1 931 83
Venan/o .: 262 757 1 182 41 44 04 91(H) 1317 45
Wa-hin-'ton 318 811 1 431 05 271 OK 96 75 1 802 48
W nfield 295 704 1 330 67 456 41 98 25 1 885 33
w' r th "" 316 278 1 423 25 ><6 11 *1 00 1 590 36
Bntler boro.' Ist ward 495 860 2 231 36 491 22 83 25 2 805 83
' " 2d ward ...! 697 594 3 139 18 659 9. 2. .o. 3 822 90
• " 3d ward 621 034 2 794 65 741 73 39 00 3 575 38
" " 4th w»rd ... 425 697 1 915 64 815 68 31 Oo 2 762 32
•' " sth ward .. w 469 351 2 112 OH 1 242 97 43 50 3 365 05
Centerville boro - 136 742 615 84 454 75 21 00 1 091 09
Connoqaenessing 41 421 lno 89 81 8.) .) 00
Evans Citv 204 776 921 49 434 on 19 50 1 4,-. 0.
Fairview ... 36 715 165 22 49 90 11 25 226 37
Harmony ' 120 658 569 96 98 62 42 00 710 55
Hartsville.: 63 157 284 20 454 45 750 746 15
Karns Citv .... 23 185 104 33 1 20 18 ~) 12.) 28
Millerstown.:. 117 936 - 580 71 «» 48 00 1 J»6 75
M-irs 93 110 419 00 24. .1 3. .U .04 46
Prospect 70 615 317 77 217 32 10 50 545 59
Pfctrolia t37 151 167 in 103 32 15 00 285 50
Portcrsvilie 150 353 226 59 58 29 750 292 3*
sibar»:: > W»» 424 78 327 50 29 00 781 28
Sanbnrv *55 116 248 02 38 ->0 6 ... 293 2.
Valencia* 25 360 114 12 46 OK 9 75 169 95
Zelicnople 205 OH9 922 90 3KH «)H 31 50 1 342 4*
Total $14857 483 $64 oo* 67 *ls 599 ):<* 3 HI? TOfM 015 M:,
STATEMENT OF TAX RECEIVED AND DI E I'HOM I'- AND PREVIOUS.
DISTRICTS. COLLECTORS. 31" I ? r ~ ~
Bntler Towi.bi.lp .M. Duffort. HSS* S9 I !mS l""
Mnddycrt-ck '»<•«' M'-Gee 1~" jl K r [l
Cherry I. W. Newman I*!» '•*
Hriiily T. A. Mines IMB 24 71 U,\
Hllpperyrock Uiwiph L. Cooper.. j«»l 4 t K ... 4a. ........
Wlnll.-1.l August I reelini? >■ 0 ' J* ■•••••••
All.-irli.-nv • 'as. Jolly I s "' « r - ' lr -
Butl.-r Townsl.il) . ... T. D. 1M.7r.-e IW7 »» .» :«Mil. |:i .17 as «
OUntnu . ... .la, U ; Kiddle I"!;} »>f 4 » 01*
Clearfield F.J. Kennedy 00 4. > Ml.. J.c
Cherry 11. L. Russell 10 X il 70 51
Deneeal I'. W. Walt man 1-J0 54 U5 :*> 502 20 22
Marion loseph Vandyke IW ,w 1 ,J<
Venango If. B. Stalker »» ** M 10 "I '•*>**
Worth W. 11. I'lsor ti - •»- 1i
Itutlcr Borough John S. Jack. llli*k> (m •»« iU TM KJ. 'SM .V» ...
Cenu-rville Frank For renter. I
Harmony Fred Weigle -+ *i •
Karns <lty Frank Blbb&t. { .»«
Petrok V. .M. Frit* *» ~ «« 2«»
Saxoubure 1. E. Mu.ler .1 .t .m
Cunn<M|ueneiuilair— Ca»i»r Fell W7l 27 «| lij «2?
Wiislilniflon Twu \u*tlu .Meal* "< '• >1 ' ■ l " .n ... ..
Adaii." lami-nOrr I*> 757 !r: m 38 40 2- M
Allegheny lame-, .lolly ... H 2.1 2, <»l 4.. w
Buffalo lohn llarbUon I't 1122
Butl«-r Township .... F. I> i'l.-r.-e lIW2 37 *.l) XI 1.l 1 24
Brady Frank St.rCnrdy "'I "7 !*> I M 3 s .4
Clinton lames I!. Riddle 747 41.1 2; »4- 27>- HI
Center I. I). Smith 212 21 l«l «S I" 21 11
('lav' ROIKTI Conn ill.lit. >T> 17 2« til II l«
Clearfield E. .1. Kennedy 571 n* :t> <«i I s 7". 4:1 lIH 79
■ Cherry lluKliSproulf 2U> ill 40 «i 811 ....... VA Sf .
ConnoqueneMHlnff .. It. S. Henry 4. i4l 4:» .11 •£!.,. 'al »)
CranlM-rry Andrew Klrehler.. '»» HI •»" 1" •"
Coi.iror.l ltob.-rlA.iams Wi 77 21U 2'. 1. II 4s OH
Donegal Thomas Waltmun ..70HI Ihi on mil- II si *7 ...
Forward Geo. M. Marberj?er .... *n 'hi -» H *6 -.1 '<n
Falrvlevv I. J. Campbell »SI & Wl :» *■>■<>• > C. !C ....
Franklin MonzoM.-l-auilless •• 'S2> >» Hi- 2.) ii. 2>s in
Jefferson S. M. Itarr t"J :.2 442 »• »:: • l« M
Jackson A. 11. Ml.-kle* ... Ml 7 21 I". !U 37 02
Lancaster Samuel Hartley l.Ei 4ii m.. ..2 21 II •>'
Marlon lo •ph Vandyke ... >2 •> :<«) «W lo .i «7 101 l'>
Merer I J. M.-'iorvey '■!>' '"i 7» - Z'i jl7
MIddICMOX I*]. O. Thompson 10" *i' 1" 'l7 '■<"
Muddy.-reek 'jrant .tones. 71 .101 .it 'M •> 7W.
Oakland I'eter Wl.ltmlre ■» N» H92 I <*> I»WI ...
I'arkor Joseph Wally. »» » l-W W>| 21 n- 17 :m 119 27
t.eo. E. Hay 13U .V. 98 62 4 :st «t
Slippery Hock 11. Bovard... t»4* 7 s .»'.'l s.i .11 14 21 si
Summit lohn W. Italdauf 71 »«7 SU :»• KB 49 83
Venango W. 11. Stalker V.C» 14 01 »| y- i:.
Washlnifton \ust in Meals XA XI tm k". 212' »» 43 tl". V.
Wlnlleld I. M. Crookshank* 1211" -»*1 2"2 017.. 3143 14
Worth W. 11. IMsor 4111. 412 97 217 1 il 71
Butler Borough lohn S. .lark.. •>.«;- 21 M'U 17 v. 277 II 119 2T.
(Jentervllle Frank Forrester 2CI :»m no I" . : ii 11l 87
Con... Hp lenesslnu.... Caliper Fell 1> '■>- 112 ill • '.'l 'Ji In
Evans City Iflpper. .. ... •!»■. il'.i .."I. stl 17 2- m . r >-
Fairview Wrn. Cilbson 120 02 lot 'l9 :. TA «OK 210
Harmony l-'red Welglc 2.111" 200 110 10 Vl lo :i- 13 19
BarrUvflle J. S. Pew " ■ ■»< 79«- 119 I l.i
Karns City Itodgein 1" "1 :1 sn | r,» .1 ...
.Millerstown I. Dnnanue 294 41 2.".0 00 1:1 1.. 21 'on :j.i
Mars lieo.lt. Stuart I>-1 29 I.V, 42 h|H 19.19
I'etrolla I' M Frit* «« I. -i 73
I'ortersvllle A. H.-nshaw "I 79 77 k. I Oil 2" . 77 72 ...
I'rospert (1 . Newman 147 MM i h) r>4 .: s7 lo 47
SaxouburK I I'-- Muder h.2 0s 14.| 4s 771 7 sji
Sunbury I*. I'. Brown.. 1'.2 *■< ll.'t s2 .109 II) 91
Valencia I D. Stoup 1117 73 l.'m 00 1112 8 til
/.ellenople Wm. Allen .... Mi M MM MR 2.1 31
.Total 1 1.... gjQBM SB apfiOl 43' lOMB 29 17«7 30 J1727 77 3 14 :i 44
DOC TAX OF l-9» AND I'KEVIOI S.
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: I I S : a 3 I! %
DISTRICT. COLLECTOR. o ~ |
Bllpperr {Bock Ijoneph L. Cooper UN 75| i I 73' ~ 7^
Lancaster F.phrlarn Erb I hi: | -|
OlearHild 11. 11. IhjfTy ....
Marlon lami'rt Gll<'liriht " Y-i ~4 I'J .v! w,
Win tic I<l August Fre«*llng " !•'»«.» l*» Zii
Haxouhurg lloro. < liarl«*s Kaalx* " l'i 'W V.i I »<
Allegheny larn«*H Jolly IsWT .» <h» . ;t 41 II
Butler Township . F.I). IMer«*'* 75 '.»•"» Zi 1 '.'A 51 l'.«
Clinton . fame* Kiddle 50 57 ti Ki 204 »71
Clearlield K.J. Kennedy i 'J 57 . ... 957 ...
Cherry 11. l». liusscll 25 Ki 24 5.1 I 21» | ...
Donegal F. Wall man ~»i «.»4 *jo 4'.» loh 20 47 i» *.n»
Marion loxoph Vandyke II 55 11 07. 5m
Oakland I'eter Wbltmlre 1 | u2
Ven ungo. II- It- Stalker.. .. ... 5H in 47 o.'j '.t 17 H
Butler I>orough lohn S. Jaek lit Zi |M» IM» :.'| \% 771
Centerville lx»rougb I . Forrester.
Oonn'Mjuenesulng bor I'asper Fell 2NI 1 o:; 05 157 15
Fairview lioro A. GHMOII 1" |o
Kariin t.'lty lioro Frank Hahlilt VI 65 ... .1
Millerstown tmro—J.J. Donahue 12.7.1 12 Vj
I'etrolla l*>ro I'. M. Frit/. IM- 112:1 2 ■*',
Haxonburg lx>ro I K. Muder '• W- '1 72 20
Adams lames Orr I*M» <ls 2*.» 40 ;i7 I 16 :.i
Alh'gheiiy larueH Jolly •;* 75 :ct 11 1 71 A 'XI
Butler township . I l>. I'lerei- i:> 5- ;:j . 17 25 l-
Buffalo lohn Harbison 11 0$ ;jii 57 101 11 45
Brady .. Frank .Met urdy •" 02 Z: >.•, I Hi 0 .V»
C'llnton . James H. Kiddle. •'» 57 '.u, |«» | i^i
4'«meor<l Kolx-rL Adams . Z.i 7< l.i :tl 7«» s iw;
tenter . .. J. 11. Hmlth *>'' '■'>} \ H
Clay Itnbert Conn 57 07 45 00 :: ii 710 Zl ;»;j
Cranberry Andrew Klrehler I M y l , h v ;
Clearflelo. I. -I Kennedy I 7*. :w, 1. I ■ '.I 15 \, j.,
< h«*rry. Sproul. l'.» 71 l*.» 7 1
ConiHH|uenet»slng ... K v Ih-nry i'.» '»'» XI s«i I 10 Zi
Donegal F. Waltrnan 4" .v 4"
Forward (ieorge Marburger 100 ii 77 5: < l«' 18 in I
Fairview. . J.J. Campbell. t *0 57 07 70 .1.50 ono «» Zt
Franklin. Alonaeo MeCandlesH .. 4 * Zl .'l7 5'.» 1 •> x j>;
JelTimon. M Barr 40 4.' 245 472
Jtt4*kson A. 11. Mlekley . 2:207 I 10 ll in
Laneaffter .-nmuel Beaity .1 r* \: i*» 2 r.' 7iw
Marlon Joseph Vandyke o> 00 1, mi ;«• 19 74 10
Me reel- .1 I M<rGarvey ... :,\\ 21 10 I II
Middlesex K. O. Thompson I- 52 *,l o5 r,;j
Muddyere«'k (irant Jones I . lie :jm ;$7 : e:i 551
Oakland I'eter Wbltmlre .. ... 150 j 1 01
I'enn cieorge K. Hay 'X 07 0s« a 25 50
Barker los«*ph NValle.v. •> l.» >» «M» 1 \i) z\ lo ill
Summit John Baldaur. . 2«'#"0" 10 211 -o t.>
Hllpix ry UfK'k II Bovard 54 10 f I 714 : '•'*> 7o*
Veuaugo. 11. S. Htalk* r. 20 70 lo 00 10:5 i
Washington \llstlrl Meals ... Vio 05 X, | «»:. ti 121 m
Worth W. 11. IMsor :/.» si« M fi2 I K.* ;j 1;,
Wlnlleld J. M. Crulkdhank ; .;i . . II 02
Washington Austin Meals , IM«'. M\v II .'{•,» 7'< .'i 15
Bullerln.ro John "• Jaek. I-'.'- 1 ... m. lld m» *2 .'47 I ..
Centerville Iniro I Forrester.. ... Ii l»» ... It 11
Cotinot|ueiiesslug lior < asper Fell. I • :-I 15 I
Kvan City l.M»ro <ieurg«- Kipper -•« 17 M :«• -n || <r»
Fairview.
Harmony boro. l-'red Uelgle 12 5.J «j 4.. 33
Hariisvllle boro. .. J. S. I*ew ' 11 HI |o 47 ... 7U
Karns city lioro I 11. i" 02 .» •'.<» 1 7
Mars Iniro lieorg** B. Stewart .. *0 sij |; ;j| 7 >»7
Mlllers'own ln»ro . I.J. Donahue 27 5: m .. |«.i 27
I'orternvllle l>oro. A. Ilenshaw on. .-.i .1
|'r >speet. Iniro . . c. F. Newman I 'l7 72 15 15«
I'etrolla lH»ro. I M I'rlt/
Saxonburg lioro ... .1 E. Muder 17 744 .> ;i 1.. r; «>«;
Sunbury iK»ro.. I' I'. Brown. .. 02:1 I t'.» :i I
Valeuefa Imro J. D. Stoup . ip.' .» im 52 7-
/.elle;iopl«5 boro William Allen. I. . I»» -» ... . .
Total ! i34H7 S3'ls3N QT> ho Ki ftijij 981351 91 il i:s 17 :i<
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
. roI.LKi'TORS' Ai'CorST KOI: l-00.
DI&TKICT. COLLECTORS. ~ -= E -
7T~ lM . f , ~r r «2331 33S 1888 M!| 120 .«3» W
' fir,«■- i.\" Inlill HttrlllsOll 180-1 -J" hW"> Hri .1 12 .20 -I
IP : 11 8£
:: : : " ir^a'smuh^' 0 :::::: :: S3 S3 SS: ::: JSS
n^ei,. e. u i. h K«~-y.- J®'J! S *?&.:::::
Cranberry'"""'"""""'"'' A nd'n w A K i r"'hltir!" £$ S 823
Forward Ueoree MMJWM -J« » 1 •►. 'r.', .{ R
K'lirvit-w J. J. Campbell.... ... 14.»" .<0 N_» 0. 5301.... -
ivlnklin Alonro McC'andlcss Mt3 -2 HM4 SI »53 :s» • «
'« ir rson W 11. Oral..- «JJ» «• WSJ W J» ?*' ••«
jS?kSi A. Micwey u» » > > * : ;• i
Lam ;.,tor Mamuel Hartley ]*--■ J" 1 •; • ;
V irion Joseph Vandyke I~>o ''*!'* i, *}" ,
\i i. r <-< r H.J. Brown 791 V> <B. (*> •*' <]' ® *
Sliddli sjic .......... .K.O.Thompson 3201 Ml -■»!. jjrt lfc» W
Miuhi*- -i l; Grant Jones "" ;'] ; -
OaU' ■ * I'eti-r Whitmire !""*• 1' S! . . -- «
IV O. S. Huselton 2171- lIKW > 129 60,38.. U2O
Parker Joseph H. Walley 14W 1«W» 00 71?.' "" 'Hi I
Summit JW. Baldauf 1750 l ; > }'«;> «J •' « !jj: J J
-llDDcrvrock \V. H. Itovaril lhoO K1 1500 (K 10 8. .... -4- .J
Venan/o 11. H. Stalker IS* »5 «W *» «. .. .. »« 4.
s : . §» SS :::: gS
Centrevllle I rank Forrester » J.' '■« <" •'* ' l •••• .'i
ConnoqnenesslnK '• M. !!om •
Evans City Ueorife Kipper ]• «»> *■» 70 " s £» «•*
liarmony. ..... .... ........ i'red. Weijtle: »
Harrisvule Joseph H. i'ew 138 y> ffl) "9 ■« -• iS SJ
KarnsCity E. I>. Rodgers W» .►! '<-.0 ->4. JB M
>lars . Geo. It. Stuart OM> <1 4.10 00 Jb •>_ .7-- ~
H H H :: :; 11
tr. Kmwngf; J f:::::
Valt ui-ia '.V. 11. smith 1«| "J • 1 •" 4Jr " "
Zellenopto win lam Allen uio if* »si ..a. ma
Total 1 jßol l."> M jSWfIB :is j lino oo $« Hi tltt.Vxi '-'A
I NSIZATKiI LAND AOI OPMT FOB MM.
scnooi.. Ko.\t>. I'OOK.
DISTRICTS. i t I
Muffanr." "77777.7 77.7 77.'7. i 7777 7..j » ... | 21 0r,... > or
ciay y 5»5 --J, r> ; Uw ; "i'-e 7
Connoqnen'slng BMi 2D'i 5 0-1 ... r 111. U.» 100 -B4 J'l B9| 281 1 fili
Cranberry ■■■ -:■■■i'i', yi
Forward 4 i".. 11 7<> 000 .... 1.70 |.. . .... I «•"
Jefferson -7k 278 10» .. 109 41 4.1
FalrVlew Ijoro.. 17& 27 75 102 3 ..2 •' f'• ■ 4 "
Millerstown i i I • •;'
Middlesex :■ V!Z
Muddycreek f Kt 7 Bl , til 15* I "
Penn lit .V. IB 38 ir 04 .... ir JM .... 020 .... »20
Prospect lioro .. 4 0t; 408 Ih! In| 13 4..
Petrolia Boro I ■■ ,•••• t *•"
Summit I) 47 —I 04. ...... IM Utl 18 IB ... •> »» ti* ...
Sunbury Boro 2 04 2 01 ...
Worth I-VI ..... 4 .10 -10. 4W
Harrisvllle Boro 4 -"IV 4 :t7 1 •••
Mercer 3HO I 3W» ■- •! *1 « «*»
Kllpperypock . . 210 1 1 •'» vi
Venango 7B tti 7O 03 311 72 ... . C. ;#0 .. •• ■ ■
Parker 13 Ti »»i 42 80 4i>'.'o 11 00 IB II 10 -I .i Oi l.i 8 U) H 4.,
Butler Itoro. .. 107 34 02 32» 24 «2 3» 37 .VI 30327 M 318 522 78 522 .0
Marion IT 42 35 34 11 3n 72 5 tl* 58 14 14 Ni . .3 00 <ll .... «II
Corioord 11142 17«2 12 3>- 3:1 50 880 1» Vi! I :IB 20 88 ... 8 3!) 705 117* 308
Winlii'ld 48 82 105 32 !i7 31 >C !m 5 20' <SB 73 4 o;, 21 40 21 0. 4j -0 80
Allegheny hoi 20 48 772 35 70 2 4i« 100 715 815 475 340 . . .l.>
Washington 1 71 23 ri 3:j 48 35 48 3.) 62 ft. . B_ ft. ....
Fairvlew 323 32 315 ... 3 K 3<J2 20 3. 2 .. 8. 1-4 ..ft. IM
ilutler 33 53 10 52 IM 82 29 14 n3O II r3 13 88 837 22 "I 19 84 320
Cherr" 041 42 37 870 42 3r Hro :;2 H27 30 32 83 331 i3l
Jackson 10 lft «ti 12 82 13'> .... 0* 135 143 II 2 -V. . ,2 89
Oakland 17 50 12 52 12 52 |2B 20 2* 2B <7B <7B ....
Konetfal 14 48 -II 24 M 27 38 5 ft! 29 ...J 29 MIK 9.0 108.
Center 144 141 4h! 4m 100 100 ....
< 'learHcl 1 43 71 42 18 13 16 70 79 OH 79 HI 38 10 ~< 0 40: I ;.■»
Adams 752 351 12 07 351 12 07 14 350 .... 381 Ihm 11 hh
Franklin jlO 77j 5 07| ,507.... I 6 34 634 380 380
Total 33 384~58i278 79 537 HM 135 00 271 hW M 121 SB V 20168
DOG TAX OF IHOU.
DISTRICTS. COLLECTORS. 5 '£ H rl J '
Adams iJunieiiOrr jsl39 50$ 04 918 72H §.. . % 'U 21 i 55 oo
Aih-Sfheuy M. Jollr >2S 20 141 .... :|B4._, ..
Butler Frank Pierce i2H 2.» '.. 1 !•> -> It
Buffalo lohn Harbison 128 On 01 ftl 396 ... 00 41 BCO
Itrady Frank MeCurdy 59 25 II no 3». l-> 40
Clinton . . .las. R. Riddle H's 7 . 70 07 I*l 30 24 800
Clay K B Conn 78 75; 35 on 250 ... 11 25 IB
Cc-ntre J D Smith 78 SO 40 13 310 34 87 .St
('lcarH<flfl K.l Kennedy 75 :;l :vi 4 » 00
Ch« rrv Ilujrh Sproull 1"' - r »- ii ' U
CoviruKiucriifsiiinK it "' liunrjr I°' ,M .' f| 7'"
Oatilierry Andrew Kirrhler. '> r ~ <s 7 50 .. Mj)
(.'oncord fiohfrt Adams •" Nl
f>oiM-tral Frank Walt man I f'•>" 0" ■> VJ 4a.il 700
Forward Oeo G Marliurj?«r K T 7"» «J 25 'M 25 —— I. 0<»
Franklin Alonzt) MrC'andle.ss -•*' WVI 21 > 'it 05
F&lrrlew tJ Campbell ; MB 75 1500 ;i- ...
Jefferson W M Grftbe 157 50 , » 11 86 5i i '»• 12
Jackson A II Mlckley 90 00. 00 00; 511 J4 W) 19 00
Lancaater Samuel Hartley 08 00 16 31 3 H tf 83 OJ 50
Marlon |fis«'pli Vandyke ! v l <•» 76 ,M » 218 ■>* J 50
Mercer H J Brown I 1600 1050 Iti 225 S '
Muddycreek Grant Jones 00 75 23 «h» % i«» 35 28 J
Middlesex E O Tlion.nson
Oakland Peter Whit ruin* f7 s<» mo (MI i :;| 17 M .i-U
Penn <i S llu»elt.o!i i:so •'»" 1«1 !M it A » 7M\
Parker J Walley 74 25 52 08 288 18 n 550
Bomrnll JW Baldauf . BMW 50 00 4-j; J0» WOO
BUpperyrock W 11 Borard 00] 30 Ml 204 9B 03 0(
Vrrianjjfo II IJ Stalk* r !•> 00| 1:> ... 75 S.'.
Washington Austin M«*als i' l ' 7*>\ 'l* 7.» <0 55 '|l ••• ••
Win fie Id I M Crnlkshank i ■ 75 00 583 1788 9200
Worth w H Pisor i s l ,M » 7:: 313 ... II 15
Butler boro J B Jack •••' "" « M 312 m 7"
Centrevllle Frank Porreeter I ;*i ,-1 .... ;-'i
Connoquenesting . •' M Ron 800 i 7 :\ &3E
Evans I'lty tieo Kipper ID 0 2:-' ;"»:i ro ...
rairriew u® " /•'
Harmonv Fred Weltfle
Harrlsvlllo Josephs I'ew 4 •»° l ... •'
Karns nty KI) llodjrers I 1H 7.*» son 4:1 13«... ...
Millerstown r J Donanue 48 08 18 '«« 100 83
Mars t• It Stu-irt. «t7 7.» .... .*J7
Prospect O P Newman 10 501 1 50 33 •'»
Petrol la I'M Pritz i 15 00 800
Porti r -\ • 11«* A Henshew 4 ,M 1 1 •}.]
Saxonhorif J K Minli r i 20 00 13 10 111 II
Sunhnry I' I' lirown , 875 ... .. 8 <.•
Vi.len.-fii w II Smith » 75 2 87 25 . .. 8 0.1
bUMOfh IWm Alien I 31 50 570 41. .... I 25 3»i
Total 1 15t730 .VI Jljio3 13-1.17 "7 jil no ?Htl~» "0 jI.VII 5o
WAUIiKN ANI) DIXMONT HOSPITAL ACCOUNT.
iv ~o*~l Q i j aT
7 p f ' - E
2* 5 » . ST- rr
3- "f a o*'w • 3* i
DISTRICTS. =„,« $ i <5 §*
' §-3* -2 3 hs
: : I • |r
township ♦ 14 MW Ml 5 R
Clearfield 39 (W :!<J IK)
Clay i :»» 00 725 | 22 75
Conn o<nicnt-HHi 58 501 22 75 IW 50 ' 7 7">
(.'ranljerry ■ 28 IK) 215 IMI
Franklin 129 IHI !ll 25 111 25 129 00
Brady 22 75 91 25 68 25 45 75
Jackson 1 12 00 12 (Mi
Summit 114 00 91 25 205 25
Worth 09 50 17« 00 88 00 20(1 50
Slipperyrock 80 25 40 50 45 75
IJntler 45 75 91 2'. 08 25 IIH 75
Clinton 90*1 15 91 25 9!17 40
Muddycreek 114 00 91 25 180 50 08 75
Marion OH 50 182 50 186 75 114 25
Oakland . ... :t9 2* 52 14 89 29 52 14
Mercer 228 25 287 50 851 50 114 25
Winfield 172 00 172 00
Lancaster 05 14 52 13*. 91 131 26 14
Jefferson 91 48 52 13{ 113 501
Cherry 349 12 182 50 531 62
Penn 411 (HI 182 50 50 00 543 50
Forward 114 00 109 25 91 25 132 00
Mars boro 258 50 08 50 322 00
Butler 45 75 10(1 00 23 00 182 75
Kiirtw City 070 54 91 25 701 79
Prospect | 10 25 ■ 10 "5
Centerville | 5 75 5 75
Total $4017 01 *2289 9011*1528 25*1*4778 <Sj
UNSEATED LAND TAX RECEIVED BY TREASURER FOR 1899.
o sp i 9 y i tJ T* et f
o 2. o x. OCS^2L
3 ? » 3 ? s* l t?
S 8 r s- S.a : s 2 -
districts. '< r : : : n* S *
.•■ o e r
: i: : 7
• • j . 7? %
Clay 1* 5 85* 7 58 * 2 92 * 1 46* 17 81 * 1 00* 19 4<
('ontm<Hineiii-«HinK 0 Bii 504 109 109 15 31 107 10
Forward 485 600 1 M II M i"i 11 40
Muddycreek 8 it:! 761 158 813 21 25 120 22 45
Slipperyrock 210 158 52 420 25 440
Parker 13 72 42 90 10 44 830 81 30 377 85 13
Marion 17 42 11 80 14 80 711 50 75 148 Hi 23
Concord 10 42 12 28 I 86 705 81 11 91 32 02
Winfield 46 62 32 97 87 58 21 97 18! il4 1 17 190 31
Allegheny 801 772 715 240 25 31 103 26 84
Fail-view 223 815 892 184 II 14 00 11 20
Butler 33 s:i 18 02 11 73 22 04 85 92 258 88 50
Cherry 641 880 827 334 20 82 90 27 78
Jackson 10 16 19 •> 185 8 501 20 08 165 28 23
Oakland. 17 50 12 52 28 26 778 66 06 142 07 48
Donegal 14 40 24 81 !> 70 49 03 69 49 72
Clearfield 48 71 42 10 79 OH 10 57j 175 52 290 178 48
Adams 752 12 07 250 1 88 23 97 203 26 00
Franklin 10 7<i 507 034 380 25 98 33 20 31
Butler borough I 07' 328 803 70' 811 42 856
F;iirvi<-w 175 75 ' J 2 50j 19j 269
Total '*273 85 1 5278 89*27* 58*118 48*1040 25 *25 88 *975 18
(Continued on 4UI page.)
BUTLER, PA., THL'USDAV, MARCH 29, 1900
ThlK 14 Your Opportunity,
On receipt of U a cents, cash or stamps,
a generous sample will be mailed of the
most p. pular Caturrh and Hay Fever Cure
(Ely's Cream Bftlra) /sufficient to demon
strate the gri.'.t merits of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
56 Warren St, New York City.
Rev. John Reid, Jr , of Great Falls, Mont.,
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I
can emphasize his statement, 'Tt is a posi
tive cure for catarrh if us«d as directed.
Rev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres.
Church, Helena, Mont.
Ely's Cream Ba'.m is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any iiij arious drufi. Price, 50 cents.
RAILROAD TIME T. GL'r:-.
|» UFFALO, ROCHESTER 6
° PITTSBURG RY. The
new trunk line between
Butler. Bradford, Rochester and
Buffr.lo.
On nnl after .1 m. I^l9oo, passenger
twins will leave Butler, P. & W. Sta
tion as follows, Eastern Standard Time:
10:12 a.m. Vestibuled Limited, daily,
for Dayton, Pnnxsutawney. Dii-
Bo's. Ridgway. Bradford. Buffalo
and Rochester.
'>:! i p in. Accommodation, week days
only, Craigsville, Dayton. Pnnxsu
tawney, Daßios. Falls Creek,
Cnrwenaville. Clearfield and inter
mediate stations
6 15 a.in Week days only; mixed train
for «'raigsville, Dayton, Panxsu
tawney and intermediate points.
This train leaves Pnnxsutawney at
1:00 p.m. arriving at Butler at .":-l">
p.m . stopping at all intermediate
stations
Thousand mile tickets good for pas
sage between all stations on (he I>. K.
& PR yandN. Y. C. R. R. Ptnn a
division) at 2 cents per mile.
For tickets, time tables and furthei
information call on or address,
W. R. TURNER, Agt.
Bntler. Pa., or
EDWARD C. LA FEY.
Gen'l Pass. Agent.
Rochester, N. Y
I'., Bessemer «.V L H.
Trains depart: No 14, at 9:15 A. M;
No. 2, at 4 50 P. M. Butler time.
Trains arrive :No. 1. 9:50 A. M; No.
11. 2:55 P. M. Butler time.
No. 14 runs through to Erie and con
uects with W N. Y. & P. at Ilnston
.1 unction for Franklin and Oil City,
and with Erie Railroad at Shenau
go for all points east. No. 2 runs
'hrongh to Greenville and connects with
W N. Y. & P. for Franklin and Oil
City, and at Shenango with Erie R li.
for points east and west.
W. R. TURNER, Ticket Agent.
JJITTSBURG & WESTEk
Railway Schedule of Pas
nnger Trains in eflect Nov. 19,
1899. BUTLER TIME.
DejKirt. Arrivr
.Allegheny Accommodation 1 6 25 a.m 907 a h
Allegheny Kx|»rr:BM HOS 44 9 -V)
N«w Gwtlo Accommodation HOS 44 'J o7 44
Akron Mail « <>& a m 7 03 Pa
Allegheny Kaat Expren* 968 41 12 18 4 *
Allegheny Exprec*. 3 p.* * l"»
Chicago fcxprisri 3 40 |>m 12 1* am,
Allegheny Mail 550 " 7 4"» i»tn
Allegheny and New Cattle Accom 550 " 703 14
Hiicag< Limited. 550 u On 7 a.w
Kane and Bradford Mail 9:55 a m 2 50 p.M
'Marion A< commo<lali<>ii 4 V> km ■) 40 a.m
Cleveland and Chi«~4tgo KxPW. . . 26 aui
M N I»A V Tit A IN.S.
Allegheny Exprea H 05 a.m 9 30 A.M
Allegheny Accommodation. . .. 550 r.M r » <»:s p.M
N'i-vi > Accommodation 8 a m 7 03 "
Chicago Kxpremt ... 340 p.M 503 am
Accommodation 7 03 pm
Train arriving at 5.03 p.m. leafeu 11. A 0. dejn»t
I'ittfdmrg at 3.25 p.m and I'. A \V., Allegheny at - i •
m.
On Satuida.VM a train, known an the theatre train,
wfllleave ISuiler at 5.50 p. m.. arriving at Allegheny
ti 7.20; returning leave Allegheny at 11.30 p. m.
I'ullmaii bleeping earn on Chicago Express between
l k itt*l>urK and Chicago.
For through ticket* to all points in the west, noi th
*ent or Houthwent and iuformatiou regarding route*,
ritae of traiiiH, etc. apply to
W. It. TURKISH, Ticket Agent,
11. REYNOLDS, iSup't, N I>., Butl.-r, i'a.
Butler, Pa. C. W. BASHETT,
G. I*. A.. Allegheny, !':«
• 1 O M'NKLK,
Sup't. W AL. LMv.. Allegheny I'a.
PENNSYLVANIA K f s ,
STERN PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION.
.Sen Knurr, in Krri;<T Nov. 20, 1899
SOUTH , WEEK. DAYS
A. M A. M. A. M I*. M. IV W
i ii;i I,KU Leave (i 25 8 05 10 50 2 '.JS 5 05
-axouburg Arrive ♦> 54 H 30 II 15 3 oo . r > 28
Sutler Junction.. 44 . 727 ri 11 40 325 5 M
'utier Junction...Leave 7 31 8 53 II 52 3 25 5
s.trona. Arriv.- 7 40 9 0112 01 3 34 CO2
latentum i 7 44 9 07 12 06 -i 42 ('» o7
"pringdale 7 52 9 10 12 19 .t 52 ....
iuremoUt f9 .JO 12 38 4 00
diar]Hifourg .. 8 11 930 12 18 4 12 0 M
wilHgheny. « 24 9 48 1 02 4 25 0 -l.'i
j A. M. A.M. P. M. P. M PM.
SUNDAY TRAINB. —Leave Butler for Allegheny
'it) and principal intermediate station* at 7:30a.ui.,
uid 6:00 p. m.
NORTH. WEEK DAYS
A. M.jA. M. A. M P. M P. M
Vlleghcuy City. ..leave 7 00 8 55 10 4ft. 3 10 0 10
>hai|Nthurg l2j 9 07 10 57J ..... ...
iareniont .... j .... 11 04 .... ....
Springdale .... .....II 18 0 37
I'arentuni 7 37 '.t .11 11 2M • 4<» 0 4»»
Satrona 741 j 938 11 34 Jso 051
(Sutter Junction.. .arriv 748 'j 47 II I-'. .J 5* 700
liutlel Junction... .leave 74* 94712 I 4 0«. 7 '*•
'•itxolil'urg..,.. 81!> 10 Oil 1 2 II 4 .'» > 724
iJI Tl.Kit .arrivr 8 4<»<lo 32 1 lo 5 0> 7 50
A. M.j A. M P. M. P. M P. M
SUNDAY TRAIN*. Leave Allegheny < ity for But
i- i and prim i|ial intermediate stations at 7 15 a in. and
;;o p. m.
FOR THE EAST.
Weeks Day*. Sundayn
A.M A.M. P.M. A M P M
Buma . ... i y ® •' ■ •'*' 7 •*' ■
Uutlea J-i M 787 11 10 SB6 890 • SO
Butler J-1 lv 7 Mill 4.J 08 821 8 Oft
Preeporl ir 7 M 11 W 102 825 8 (J7
Kiskiminetas Jt. M 1 6ft II 60 4"7 8 » •11
Leediburg . . " 8 Cfll I-' 12 418 811
Paaltoo i Apollo). .. " 88 18 28 140 168 - I
">all«lurg. 44 85112 49 hOB 2'. '» o'j
WalrsvllTe •82 I 2tl 6 ll 862 810
ifiairsvllle Int. . . " 8 10 I 18 •" 10 0 ■
\ Ifawna " 11 38 • i I '' 146
.1 iriistmri " Ii" i" Oil iOO 10 00
I' ilia :• It lila 623 125 126 ISI ■
P. M.j A. M K. M. A. M. P. M.
Tlirough traiiiN for the eaut leave Pittsburg (Union
station), nit IOIIOWN;
Atlantic Kxm««w, daily 2 <0 a.m
i'ciiUNylvania Liir»lte<i 44 . ... 715 "
I »ay KxnresM. " 7 ;o "
lain Line Express, " ,WJO 41
llarrtilmi Kail * 12:46 f i
Phi *i. luhla Expras, * . . •
Mail and Expn wi daily. For New York only.
11 . i mtAk MM BleefMi , BO ■om tes 7 <»o ••
I iMteru ExpreiM, 4 .. 710
. Usm . 4 8 80 "
I iu 1 Limited, dally, with through - m bes
luVm fork, and slee|>iug car* to Hew York,
Baltimore and \n sshin • nlj. Mo extra
tare on thin train 10:00 M
i iflnl .i M.ui, I 10A ■
Fflr Atlantic City (via Delaware River Bridge, ull
rail route), b;00 A.M, ami h M) P.M, dally.
Pm (totalled Infonnatfc n, nldrm Tlios i . 8 Pwm
Agt WuhU-i u Dintrict, Col lier Fifth Avenue and Smith
li- Id Street, PitUhurg, Pa.
I IJ. 11l T« HIMON, ' I. It WOOD.
'ielieral Maii;iaer. <ien M "«MN»r. Anettc
Practical Horse Shocrs
W _L ROBINSON,
Formerly Horse Slioer at the
Wick l>ouse has opened busi
ness In a shop in ,the rear of
the Arlington Hotel, where
he will -loj Horse-Shoeing iu
the most approved style.
.RACK AND KOAD HOSRES
A SPECIALTY.
OB®
West WinficM Hotel,
(6 W.G. LUSK, Prop'r.
( y !• irst Class Table an<l Lodgings.
/ (jas and Spring Water all tlirougn
d house.
' t'Ood Stabling.
Sf •*• JS •'.* •"i• %• Sfi*4?;Mf •
I THE STUB a „ I
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it liriiiOMH FMII S
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A TALE OF LIFE IN THE {*.
★ BOER REPUBLIC.
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Hie girl knit her brows. Perhaps
her thoughts made a longer journey
than the German dreamed of, for, mark
you, the old dream little how their
words and lives are texts and studies
to the generation that shall succeed
them. Not what we are taught, but
what we see, makes us, aud the child
gathers the food on which the adult
feeds to the end.
When the German looked up next,
there was a look of supreme satisfac
tion In the little mouth and the beanti
ful eyes.
"What dost see, chicken?" he asked.
The child said nothing, and an ag
onizing shriek was borne on the after
noon breeze.
'O God, my God, I am killed!" cried
the voice of Bonaparte as he, with
wide open mouth and shaking llesh.
fell into the room, followed by a half
grown ostrich, which put Its head in
at the door, opened Its beak at him
and went away.
"Shut the door! Shut the door! As
you value my life, shut the door!" cried
Bonaparte, sinking into a chair, his
face blue and white, with a greenish
ness about the mouth. "Ah, my friend,"
he said, tremulously, "eternity has
looked me in the face! My life's thread
hung upon a cord! The valley of the
shadow of death!" said Bonaparte,
seizing the German's arm.
"Dear, dear, dear!" said the German,
who had closed the lower half of the
door and stood much concerned beside
tlie stranger. "You have had a fright.
I never l-:uew so young a bird to chase
before, but they will take dislikes to
certain people. I sent a boy away
once liecan. e a bird would chase him.
All, dear, dear!"
"When I I >o\ed round." said Boua
partii "the red and yawning cavity
was libove me and the reprehensible
paw raised to strike me. My nerves,"
sitiil Bona pi i te. suddenly growing
faint, "always delicate, highly strung,
are broken, broken! You could not
give f little wine, a little brandy, my
friend?"
The old German hurried away to the
bookshelf and took from behind the
books a small bottle, half of whose
contents he poured into a cup. Bona
parte drained It eagerly.
"llow do you feel now?" asked the
German, looking at him with much
sympathy
"A little, slightly, better."
The German went out to pick tip the
battered chimney pot which had fallen
before the door.
"I am sorry you got the fright The
birds are bad things till you know
them," he said sympathetically as he
put the hat down.
"My friend," said Bonaparte, holding
out ids hand. "I forgive you. Do uot
be disturbed. Whatever the conse
quences, 1 forgive you. I know, I be
lieve, it was with no ill intent that you
allowed me to go out. Give me your
hand. I have no ill feeling, none!"
"Yon are very kind," said the Ger
man. taking the extended hand and
feeling suddenly convinced that he was
receiving magnanimous forgiveness for
eonie great injur;-: "you are very
kind."
"Don't mention it." said Bonaparte.
lie knocked out the crown of his
caved in old hat, placed it oil the table
before him, leaned ld.s elbows 011 the
table and his face in his hands and
contemplated it.
"Ah," my old friend"—he thus apos
trophized the hat—"you have served
me long, you have served mo faithful
ly, but the last day has come! Never
more shall you be borne upon the head
of your master; never more shall you
protect his brow from J. he burning rays
of summer or the cutting winds of
winter. Henceforth bareheaded must
your master go. Good by, good by, old
hat!"
At the end of tills affecting appeal
tiw German rose. He went to the box
at the foot of his bed. Out of It ho
took a black hat which had evidently
been seldom worn and carefully pre
served.
"It's not exactly what you may have
been accustomed to," he said nervous
ly, putting It down beside the battered
chimney pot, "but It might be of some
use, a protection to the heatl, you
know."
"My friend," said Bonaparte, "you
are not following my advice. Yon are
allowing yourself to be reproai f \ on
my account. I»o not make yourself un
happy. No; I shall go bareheaded."
"No, no, 110!" cried the German ener
getically. "I have no use for the hat,
none at all. It is shut up In the box."
"Then I will take It, my friend. It
Is a comfort to one's own mind when
you have unintentionally Injured any
one to make reparation. I know the
feeling. The hat may not bo of that rc
tlned cut of which the old one was, hut
It will serve; yes, It will serve. Thank
you," said Bonaparte, adjusting It on
his head and then replacing It on the
table. "I shall lie down now and take
a little repose," lie added. "I much
fear my appetite for supper will be
lost."
"I hope not; 1 hope not," said the
German, reseating himself at his work
and looking much concerned as Bona
parte stretched himself on the bed and
turned the end of the patchwork quilt
over his feet.
"You must not think to make your
departure, not for many days," said
the Gorman presently. "Taut' Sannle
gives her consent, and"—
"My friend," said Bonaparte, closing
his eyes sadly, "you are kind, but were
It not that tomorrow Is the Sabbath,
weak and trembling as I lie here, I
would proceed on my way. I must
seek work. Idleness but for a day Is
painful. Work, labor— that Is the se
cret of all true happiness."
He doubled the pillow under his head
and watched how the German drew
the leather thongs In and out.
After awhile Lyndall silently put her
book on the shelf and went home, and
the German stood up and liegan to mix
some water and meal for roaster cakes.
As he stirred them with his hands ho
said:
"I make always a double supply on
Saturday night. The hands are then
free it h the thoughts for Sunday."
"The blessed Sabbath!" said Bona
parte.
There was a pause. Bonaparte twist
ed his eyes without moving Ids head
to see If snpper were already on the
lire.
"You must sorely miss the adminis
tration of the Lord's word in this deso
late spot," added Itonaparte. "Oh, how
love 1 thine house and the place where
thine honor dwelleth!"
"Well, we do; yes," said the G.vr/n""
"But we do our best. We meet to
gether, ami I—well. I say a few words,
aud perhaps they are net wholly lost,
not quite."
"Strange coincidence," said Bona
parte. "My plan always was the fMinifc.
Was iu the Free State ouce—solitary
farm oue neighbor. Every Sunday I
called together friend aud neighbor,
child and servant, and said. 'ltejoice
with me, that we may serve the Lord,'
and then 1 addressed them. Ah, those
were blessed times!" said Bonaparte.
"Would they might return!"
The German stirred at the cakes, and
stirred and stirred and stirred, lie
could give the stranger his bed. and
he could give the stranger his hat, and
he could give the stranger liis brandy,
but his Sunday service!
After a good while he said:
"I might speak to Tant* Sannle. 1
might arrange. You might take the
service In my place if it"—
"My friend," said Bonaparte, "it
would give me the profoundest felicity,
the most unbounded satisfaction, but
In these wornout habiliments, in these
deteriorated garments, it would not be
possible, it would not be fitting, thefc I
should officiate in service of One who
for respect we shall not name. No,
my friend. I will remain here, and.
while you are assembling yourselves
together In the presence of the Lord, I,
in my solitude, will think of and pray
for you. No; I will remain here."
It was a touching picture—the soli
tary man there praying for tliem. The
German cleared his hands from the
meal and went to the chest from
which he had taken the black liat.
After a little careful feeling about he
produced a black cloth coat, trousers
and waistcoat, which he laid on the
table, smiling knowingly. They were
of new, shining cloth, worn twice a
year, when he went to the town to
"nachtmaal." He looked with great
pride at the coat as he unfolded It and
held It up.
"It's not the latest fashion, perhaps,
not a west end cut, not exactly, but it
might do, it might serve at a push.
Try it on, try it on!" he said, his old
gray eyes twinkling with pride.
Bonaparte stood up and tried on the
coat. It fitted admirably. The waist
coat could be made to button by rip
ping up the back, and the trousers
were perfect, but below were the rag
ged boots. The German was not dis
concerted. Going to the beam where
a pair of top boots hung, lie took tlieta
off, dusted them carefully and jmt
them down before Bonaparte. The old
eyes now fairly brimmed over with
sparkling enjoyment,
"1 have only worn tlietn once. They
might serve; they might be endured."
Bonaparte drew them on and stood
upright, his head almost touching the
beams. The German looked at him
with profound admiration. It was
wonderful what a difference feathers
made iu the bird.
CHAPTER V.
SUNDAY SF.KVICES —SERVICE NO. I.
The boy Waldo kissed the pages of
his book and looked up. Far over the
fiat lay the "kopje," a mere speck; the
sheep wandered quietly from bush to
bush; the stillness of the early Sunday
rested everywhere, aud the air nai
fresh.
lie looked down at his book. On its
page a black insect crept. He lifted it
off with his linger. Then he leaned on
his elbow, w:>4ching its quivering an
tennae and strange movements, smil
ing.
"Even you," he whispered, "shall not
die. Even you he loves. Even you he
will fold In his arms when he takes
everything and makes It perfect aud
happy."
When th* thing had gone, he smooth
ed the leaves of Ids Bible somewhat
caressingly. The leaves of that book
had dropped blood for lilm once. They
had taken the brightness out of his
childhood. From between them had
sprung the visions that had clung
about him and made night horrible.
Adderlike thoughts had lifted their
heads, had shot out forked tongues at
him, asking mockingly strange, trivial
questions that lie could not answer,
miserable child:
Why did the women In Mark see only
one angel and the women In Luke two?
Could a story be told In opposite ways
and botli ways be true? Could It?
Could It? Then, again: Is there noth
ing always right and nothing always
wrong? Could Jael, the wife of lleber
the Keiilte, "put her hand to the nail
and her right hand to the workman's
hammer?" and could the Spirit of the
Lord chant paeans over her, loud
paeans, high paeans, set iu the book of
the Lord, and no voice cry out It was a
mean and dastardly sin to He aud kill
the trusting In their sleep? Could the
friend of God marry his own sister
and be beloved, and the man who does
It today goes to hell, to bell? Was
there nothing always right or always
wrong?
Those leaves had dropped blood for
once. They bad made his heart
heavy and cold; they had robbed bis
childhood of Its gladness. Now his
lingers moved over thcui caressingly.
••My Father God knows, my Father
knows," he said. "We cannot under
stand. lie knows." After awhile lie
whispered, smiling: "I heard your voice
this morning when my eyes were not
yet open. I felt you near me, my Fa
ther. Why do you love me so?" His
face was Illuminated. "In the last
four months the old question has gone
from me. 1 know you are good; 1 know
you love everything; I know, I know, 1
know! I could not have borne it any
more, not any more." lie laughed
softly. "And all the while I was so
miserable you were looklug at me and
loving me, aud I never knew It. But
I know it now. I feel It!" said the
boy, and lie laughed low. "I feel It!"
he laughed.
After awhile he began partly to slug,
partly to chant, the disconnected verses
of hymns, those which spoke his glad
ness, many times over. The sheep
with their senseless eyes turned to look
at him as he saug.
At last he lapsed Into quiet. Then
as the boy lay there staring at bush
and sand he saw a vision.
lie had crossed the river of Death
and walked on the other bank In the
Lord's land of Bculali. Ills feet sank
Into the dark grass, and he walked
alone. Then, far over the fields, he
saw a figure coming across the dark
green grass. At first ho thought It
must be oue of the angels, but as it
came nearer he began to feel what It
was. And It came closer, closer to
hlui, aud then the voice said, "Come,"
and ho knew surely who it was. He
rati to the dear feet aud touched them
with liis hands; yes. he held them fast.
He lay down beside them. When he
looked up, the face was over him. ami
the glorious eyes were loving him, and
they two were there alone together.
lie laughed a deep laugh, then start
ed up like one suddenly awakened
from sleep.
"O God," he cried, "1 cannot wait, I
cannot wait! I want to die! 1 want
to see him! 1 want to touch liini! Let
me die!" He folded his hands, trem
bling. "Ilow eau I wait so long—for
long, long years perhaps? 1 want to
die—to see him! 1 will die any death!
Oh, let me come!"
Weeping, he bowed himself and quiv
ered from head to foot. After a long
while he lifted his head.
"Yes; I will wait. I will wait, but not
long. Do not let it be very long. Jesus,
King. I want you; oh. 1 want you—
soon, soon!" He sat still staring across
the plain with his tearful eyes.
SERVICE SO. 11.
In the front room of the farmhouse
»at Taut' Sannie in her elbow chair.
In her hand was her great brass clasp
ed bymnbook; round her neck was a
clean white handkerchief; uuder her
feet was a wooden stove. There, too,
sat Km aud Lyndall in clean pinafores
aud new shoes; there, too, were the
spruce Hottentot In a starched white
"cappje" and her husband on the other
side of the door, with his wool oiled
nnd very much combed out and staring
at his new leather boots. The Kaffir
servants were not there because Tant'
Sannie held they were descended from
apes and needed no salvation. But the
rest were gathered for the Sunday
service and waited the otfleiator.
Meanwhile Bonaparte and the Ger
man approached arm in arm, Bona
parte resplendent In the black cloth
clothes, a spotless shirt and a spotless
collar, the German In the old salt aud
pepper, casting shy gkiuces of admira
tion at his companion.
At the front door Bonaparte removed
his lint with much dignity, raised his
shirt collar and entered. To the cen
ter table he walked, put his hat sol
emnly down by the big Bible and bow
ed his head over It iu silent prayer.
The Boer woman looked at the Hot
tentot, and the Hottentot looked at the
Boer wouiau.
There was one thltrr on earth for
which Tant' Sannie Ltd a profound
reverence, which oxen od n subduing
influence over her, wlii a made her for
the time a better worn in. That thing
was new, shining black cloth. It made
her think of the "pred.kant;" it made
her think of the eiders, who sat In
the top pew of the church oil Sundays,
with the hair so nicely oiled, so holy
ami respectable, with their little swal
lowtailed coats; it made her think of
heaven, where everything was so hojy
and respectable aud nobody wore tau
cord aud the littlest augel had a black
tail coat. She wished she hadn't call
ed him a thior and a Human Catholic.
She hoped the German hadn't t«Jd him.
She wondered where those clothes were
when he came in rags to her door.
There was no doubt he was a very re
spectable man, a gentleman.
The German began to read a hymn.
At the end of each liue Bonaparte
groaned and twice at the end of every
verse.
The Boer woman bad often heard of
persons groaning during prayers to add
a certain poignancy auo tiulsh to them.
Old Jan Vanderlinde, her mother's
brother, always did it after he was
converted, and she would have looked
upon it as no especial sign of grace In
any one. But to groau at hymn timel
She was startled. She wondered If he
remembered that she shook her fist In
his face. This was a man of God.
They knelt down to pray. The I*oer
woman weighed i!SO pounds and could
not kneel. She sat in her chair aud
peeped between her crossed fingers at
the stranger's back. She could not
understand what he saJd, but he was
in earnest. He shook the chair by the
back rail till It made quite a little dust
on the mud floor.
When they rose froiu their knees,
Bonaparte solemnly sealed himself In
the chair and opened the Bible, lie
blew his nose, pulled up his shirt col
lar, smoothed the leaves, stroked down
his capacious waistcoat, blew his nose
again, looked solemnly round the room,
theu began:
"All liars shall have tlielr part in the
lake which burnetii with lire and brim
stone, which Is the second death."
Having read this portion of Scrip
ture, Itonaparte paused Impressively
and looked all round the room.
"I shall uot, my dear friends," ho
sakl, "long detain you. Much of our
precious time has already fled bliss
fully from us in the voice of thanks
giving and the tongue of praise. A
few, a very few, words are all I shall
address to you, and may they be as a
rod of iron dividing the bones from
the marrow and the marrow from the
bones.
"In the first place, what is a liar?"
The question was put so pointedly
and followed by a pause so profound
that even the Hottentot man left off
looking at his boots ami opened his
eyes, though he understood not a word.
"I repeat," said Bonaparte, "what is
a liar?"
The sensation was Intense. The at
tention of the audience was riveted.
"Have you any of you ever seen a
liar, my dear friends?" There was a
still longer pause. "I hop<- not; 1 truly
hope not. Hut I will tell you what a
liar is. I knew a liar one—a little boy
who lived in Cape Town, In Short Mar
ket street His mother md I sat to
gether one day discours ig about our
souls.
" 'Here, Sampson,' sal'i his mother,
'go and buy sixpence of "meiboss"
from the Malay round the corner.'
"When he came hack, she said, 'How
much have you got?'
" 'Five,' he said.
"He was afraid if he said six and a
hulf she'd ask for some. And, my
friends, that was a lie. The half of a
'luellios.s' stuck in ljls throat, and ho
(lied and was burled. And where did
the soul of that little liar go to, my
friends? It went to the lake of tire and
brimstone. This brings me to the sec
ond point of my discourse.
"What Is a lake of lire ami brim
stone? I will tell you, my friends,"
mii<l llonaparte condescendingly. "The
Imagination unaided cannot conceive It,
but by the help of the Lord 1 will put
It before your mind's eye.
*1 was traveling In Italy once on a
time. I came to a city called Home, a
vast city, and near It Is a mountain
which spits forth lire. Its name Is
Etna. Now, there was a man In that
city of Home who bad n< ' the fear of
God before his eyes, anil he loved a
woman. The woman died, and he
walked up that mountain -pitting fire,
uml when lie got to the i >p he threw
himself In at the hole t !.it Is there.
The next day I went up I was not
ufrald. The Lord prescr <-s his serv
ants. And In their han< • shall they
bear thee up, lest at an time thou
fall Into a volcano. It as a dark
night when I not there, b< in the fear
if tho Lord I walked to .lie edge of
the yawning al>yss and looked In. That
••Ight that sight, my friends. Is 1m-
Nol3
pressed up u lay most ludelible mem
ory. 1 looked down into the lurid
depths an incandescent lake, a
melted lire, a seething sea. The bil
lows rolled from side to side, aud on
their tiery crests tossed the white skel
eton of the suicide. The heat had
burned the flesh from off the boues.
They lay as a light cork upon tne melt
ed fiery waves. One skeleton hand
was raised upward, the linger pointing
to heaven; the other, with outstretch
ed finger, pointing downward, aN
though it would say, 'I go below, but
you, Bonaparte, may soar abdve.' I
tazed; I stood entranced. At that In
stant there was a crack in the lurid
lake. It swelled, expanded, and the
skeleton of the suicide disappeared, to
be seen no more by mortal eye."
Here again Bonaparte rested and
then continued:
"The lake of melted stone rose In the
crater. It swelled higher and higher at
tUe side; it streamed forth at the top.
I had presence of mind. Near me waft
f. rock. I stood upon it. The fiery tor
rent was vomited out aud streamed oil
either side of me. Aud through that
long and terrible niglit I stood there
al'>ne upon that rock, the glowing fiery
lava on every hand, a monument of the
long suffering and tender providence of
the Lord, who spared tne that I might
this day testify in your ears of him.
"Now, my dear friends, let us deduce
the lessons that are to be learned from
this narrative.
"Firstly, let us never commit suicide.
That man Is a fool, my friends, that
man is ltisaue, my friends, who would
leave this earth, my friends. Here are
joys innumerable, such as It hath not
entered Into the heart of man to un
derstand, my friends. Here are tlotheb,
my friends; here are beds, my friends;
here is delicious food, my friends. Out
precious bodies were given us to love,
to cherish. Oh, let us do sol Oh, let
us never hurt them, but care for and
love them, my friends."
Every one was impressed, and Bona
parte proceeded:
"Thirdly, let us not love too much.
If that young mnn had not loved that
young woman, he would not have
Jumped into Mount Etna. The good
men of old never did so. Was Jere
miah ever In love, or Ezeklel, or Hosea,
or even any of the minor prophets? No.
Then why should we be? Thousands
are rolling in that lake at this mo
ment who would say, 'lt was love that
brought us here.' Oh, let us think al
ways of our own souls first.
"A charge to keep I have,
A God to glorify,
A never dying BOU! to save
And fit it for the sky.
"Oli, beloved friends, remember the
little boy and the 'meiboss;' remember
the young girl and the young man; re
member the lake, the fire and the
brimstone; remember the suicide's
skeleton on the pitchy billows of Mount
Etna; remember the voice of warning
that has this day souuded in your ears.
And what I say to you 1 say to all—
watch. May the Lord add his blesß
ing."
ITO BB CONTINUED.]
COOKING VERSUS MORALS.
Perfect Men IN Are a Savins Grace to
Many Men.
When a man does not get the stimu
lating nourishment which his nature
craves, he resorts to liquor to supply
the want. With this fact staring one
in the face, Is it not wise to teach that
unfailingly good food, with all the ele
ments that stimulate and nourish the
body aud the brain, has Its moral as
well as Its physical benefits?
There are cases on record proving
the benefits of public school cooking,
where the domestic sky has been per
fectly cleared of clouds because good
food was offered where before It had
been badly cooked, and consequently
did not properly nourish. In ono home
the substitution of a well cooHbd cup
of cocoa for the sloppy, herby tea that
had become a component part of every
morning meal, and a nice Indian cake
or plate of mullius for the dry baker's
loaf, began a work of reform. The
father was proud of the daughter's
skill as a cook; the mother, who had
growu careless and shiftless and In
different, was shamed by it. Tho con
sequence was better provision on the
part of one or more care In preparation
on the part of the other.
The mother was by no means above
turning to account some of tho prac
tical knowledge the daughter had ac
quired under such competent training,
and she began also to brush up her
own knowledge that she had carelessly
allowed to fall into disuse. The re
sult is a happy home, a united family,
a cheerful, contented, busy wife, and a
man who puts into the family larder
what formerly went to the saloon.—
Baltimore News.
Ilia Wedding Fee.
A clergyman, speaking of wedding
fees, said; "About a month ago a cou
ple came to my church to get married
In accordance with arrangements made
wlili me. The church was opened and
lighted up brilliantly, and tho organist
played the regulation marches. Tho
nuptial knot being tied, the smiling
groom approached me and placed a
spotless white envelope in my hands.
It was heavy, and a touch showed that
It contained a coin. I concluded that
It was a $lO gold piece. After the bridal
party had departed I opened tho en
velope. What do you suppose it con
tained? A silver quarter. I dropped
It In the poor bcx."—Brooklyn Times.
Taking No Chnucea.
"Now," said the enterprising Inter
viewer, "please read this over and
bold up your right hand."
"But," said the public man, "this is
merely an interview."
"That's all it is now. But I thought
It would be a good tiling to be ap
pointed a notary public. We've had too
many denials, and this article's going
to be an affidavit before It gets into the
paper."—Washington Star.
Friendly Adtlcf.
lie—To IM> sure, there are some pleas
ant things about a bachelor's life, but
then there are times when one longs to
possess a being whom he win care for
uuil whom he can call lii.s own!
She Say. if you feel that way, why
don't you buy a dog?— Xleltere Vfalt