VOL- xxxvii
AfftE# I .inmrv
Grand Clearance -Sale
Of Summer Footwear
At BICKEL S.
Wc liavc commenced a grand cleat ance sale of all summer foot
wear. We hive t)) many tai sho S and Oxford? and will not carry a
pair over. Every piir must be closed out during this sa'e and will
go during this sale .it away down prices. So look out for some
great shoe b-irgai'is U Bickel's.
Men's $.5.00 i n Shoes it $2.50
$4 00 I'.. .-IK-CS n $2.25
M ; $3.50 ••'1 • I Shoes $2.25
\f ~\s s•> 50 <rd S:;oe> at $1.50
Li- lie * !•> le 'i.-et Shoes a: $2.00
L<d:e»' ri l !•! -i i . *l* -ill OCS i $1.25
Mi s' Erne kusi.ett Shoes it 90c
Mi-ses' Fie Strap Sanda! Slippers <it 50c
M it's Fin Yi i Kid Shoes. I'.stent L- .uher Trim-. I it $125
M< 's Fi; e r.i i Coin Toe Shoes at $1.20
Men's Fine Slipj'eis at .... < 5c
Fjnc - l-ipers .'it • • -35 c
Ladies' I'lix S'ippers ;.t 40c
Hoy's Fine Tan Shoes at SI.OO
Children's Fine Shoes at 50c
It will pay you to visit this great sale
and secure some of the bargains being offered.^
JOHN BICKEL,
128 SOUTH MAIN STREET, - - RUTLER, FA
Huselton's Big Shoe Store.
Butler's Big Centennial
WILL OPEN SHORTLY.
You are certainly coming; it may not be convenient for you to
attend the next one held in Kutler. Better make your arrangements
to be present at this one. We extend a cordial welcome to one and
all to visit with us when you come. Make this store your head
quarters; we will do our best to make your visit both pleasant and
profitable to >ou. We have unquestionably the most satisfactory
Shoe Store in this city with prices on good shoes always lower than
the accustomed.
-- Women's Fine Shoes. Everybody Says
Our crisp, snappy sty.'es will interest WE SELL THE BEST SHOES FOR
women that want neat fitt : ng, com'ort- BOYS AND GIRLS,
able up-to da*. J shoes. Weßhow them in , ,
New Cuban and Military h*els-2U Clever shoes for clever smallßoy*tand
shapes from narrow opera with luht «*"*!«: » »>" h-ss nj,-to-dHt« than
turned Holes to the extreme "mannish lam s and Mima h. Kid. kussia all
hand welts in Kid Sk.n and Patent anr * * atenl Leathers.
Leathers. Regent and Princeton
Women's Oxfords. (SHOES FOR MEN $3.50 AND ft. oo
I CAN ONLY BE BOUGHT HERE.
/gy. There arn more "Kegeant and Prince
/fv'*:. j ton" shoes trotting around than any
\ rilVMritf " other brand. They are most numerous
jf j i " "YUI I Lv% I because man feels most at home in
1 j | them. Best shoes in the world for £1.50
I ?»%, Queen
IfegJ Quality ; rlen Oxfords.
ft® Oxfords
\ / /
VrOBBBBaJ \
\ j Other Styles for Street, v .
V J Dress, House, Outing. V-. •.
There's a wonderful amount of com- fifty* :r -
fort in a well-made properly fitted Ox- ''£>/* i
ford comfort and stvle combined for 4p,/
the Oxford is the smart shoo of the J,
season—this year and as usual the tfr*/ ' '
smartest and swellest shapes are here at
HUSELTON'S. Look over the line of L
Tan, Calf and Kid Oxfords. Goodyear • ' ~
welts at $2 -ind $2..>0 and the Patent (
Leathers at and and see if you
ever saw the equal of them for the
money. Other lines in low cut shoes „ , „ ,
at. r i«c, 75c, #1 and*!.' 2.-» M "' who never wore Oxfords are
wearing them now Its going to be a
WE SELL distinctly good Oxford seasrm and we've
prepared accordingly on the right shapes
'HUPP M Hit A I ITY' in broad choice of leathers Tan, Patent
YUMLi I I Leather, Ideal or Patent Kid and Vici.
Prices ¥2 to *l. Men's Work Shoes at
SHOES FOR WOMEN, $3.00- *'• *> «iand
T . her . e „ iH r "' t another shoe in Butler Men DreSS Shoes,
that will match our "Queen Quality'' 1
Shoes for Women within .V)c a pair. ; Swell dressy shoes in Sat'n Calf, Vici
.tM- Tl" s - Fin ® Sh"e9| Kid. Wax Calf. Tan. Russia Calf splen
i ft, »l. . , fci and V) Yon will didly made, exact duplicate of the *:s
be surprised. Nothing m Butler ln-gins and *5.50 shoes. Price $!. $1 50, *2 and
to equal them at these prices. ! $2.50.
Huseltorj/s Sli
Have made their way into the homes of the people. Von see them
everywhere, on the farm, the shop, on the streets, in the trains.
They do service of steady business, they take the summer outing,they
travel all the states of our country anil many .are touring in foreign
lands at all times— they are 011 the feet of the masses—and the classes
and Never Disappoint —no matter where or when they arc wcrn.
B. C. HUSELTON'S,
ftutler's I.e.'idinn Shoe House. o duos lie Hotel Lorry.
Spring SIYLES r, f luff
Men don't buy clothing for the pur- L I II
or spending money. They r ' I | j/y) fk\
3;io get the best possible results for the f; A L £/X\\
"^C.notiey expended. Not cheap goods, ,-l J
goods .is cli.- Ip ;is they can Ih Q 1 \
fCsold for and made up properly. Itrj ft™ 1 ' I
"WCyou want the correct thing at the !ljk
price, call and examine ouO«t \ fade!* Ii i
CD'-rge st »ck of SPRINC. WlilOllTs - 7 P \ (3 I f
ST STVLKS,' SH-vDHri
Fi'ts and'WorkmanshiD* ' ill
Guaranteed.
G F. K^CK,
42 North Main Strast, Butler Pa
subscribe for the CITIZfcN
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Audi'fors Report 1899 00
We, I lie ur.dersipno<i auditors. ha\ unr
duly elected and qualified according to law.
In and for the Borouch of Butler, in the
■ ouuty of liutler and State of I'e.in-ylvaiu i.
report the following financial stiu- ment or
the receipts and expenditures of til' Butler
i'lH.i District f"r the year endfn_ r lie l-ili
day of March. A. I), if l.
John S. Jack. Collector of Taxes. "JS. Tr.
To amount due the District as slioivu
l.y last Auditors' Iteport.Mar. i:J. fli.li 1.
Cr.
ity am't pd to J Harvey Miller.S-'i i .
ity corn, ot 5 per ct on :_217 si 10 f
lty exonerations granted ■ ,
By penalty of 5 per ct on same. »' ■
Bal. due District, Mar. 12. 19un lls«
John S. Jack. Collector of Taxes. Dr.
To amount of Duplicate:
First Ward valuation S
Second ~ - «£ •**
Third " - "|® '
Fourth " •* . n : .-,i r
Fifth " " '-9 JT'l O
&..(!» im en
To am't (J«4 i<er cton S-TOsifHi Ofi). 1" s-M
Cr.
By am't paid J Harvey Miller^
during first ijii days siV!2s tu
By c.-rti f.f - tier ct on s»uV.:» i I' l ~ :1
iiy abate't 'if a pct on
«uor> o"
By am't pd J II Miller during
the next 4 months lt! c ' -*•»
By com of a per ct on 1572 07.. 7S lil si,, I*>
Am't due District, Jan. 31, 'CO
Penally of 5 per ct on SitaT 3s 11' "■
Am't due District Feb. 1. 'OO. 2t7a ' •
lly am't paiil J 11 Miller since
Feb. 1. I -fl «■> '»
By com. of b per ct on iKr.' Kt... :it If ffi>.
Balance due the District 17"2 12
J. Harvey Miller and S. M. McC'lure. Over-:
seer-.. Dr. to amounts received as fo lows:
John S Jack. Col. of Taxes. '9* * *"«
« " '<W BVK» 1
Jackson two. DeWitt Green ace't... 170 i::
Clarion Co. Samuel Flick acc't..
Fairview twp. Mrs. Holliday acc't-.. 18 al
Bedford < o. Ilavld Lindsey acc't . . 130 ('■ >
Summit twp, l has Herman acc't. .. 17 4!>
Washington Ip. '•»! Say A Mclntvre a • li 9fO i
'99 Mclntvre acc't ii 7 i 4
Butler twp. Turk and Gold acc't . .. 6
I'enn twp. Gill acc't 70
( entre twp. Oordon acc't "l~i
lUtrWer lit v. K C Perry acc't.. 1<
Jos Walker, Mrs. Geo Wick acc't. 4 ao
Total « l ">* 0"
Cr.
By am't due JHMiller as shown
iiy last Aud. Kpt. Mar 13, '99. ? 651 00
By orders redeemed as follows:
Medical attendance liy the fol
lowing named physicians:
Dr. Samuel Graham Ml-
Dr. ('has Ii B Hunt 35 Of.
lir. Jos Forrester •-')
Dr. KJ Grossnian K7 OO
Dr. I.ysander Black '*>
Dr. Samuel Buppus 54 1')
Dr. G M Zimmerman 15 d.l
I »r. Geo J l'eters 12 03
Dr. Mav Shryock 49 !5
Dr. W a Grossman 101 50
Dr. II I) liockenberry '
j)r. A M Xeyman 3*» ■ 1103^2
Funeral expenses:
W I* Koessing 99 on
M A Berkimer > 0o
I.on McCuiiough SCO 112 W
Maintenance, nursing, relief.etc
(e\clusi\ e of medical atten
dance, relief tickets, funeral
.expenses, etc *O9 OS
Drug account:
C' N Boyd Ki 50
J F Baiph _2 : _>
J I* Sutton 72 fti
II lliiidman H 'A l - "'
Gas account:
Home Nat. Ga> Co '42 4s
Independent Gas Co <•>
<' K Anderson I- ' '
J Breuman 750 slil 73
Milk account lis 75
Shoe account:
WF Met /gar 95 M
Ai BulT & Sons 35 to
John Bickel HI 35
BC Huselton 14 'a
Kepairing 13 3. l*.*i 93
Bent account "19 (H
Grocery account;
A & II Iteiber 13# '0
Henry Miller 310 in
Win k'irkpatrick 314 <■)
A Iken Ac Campbell 8a '
F G llolman 257 40
0 Wilson Miller 227 ifl
ti D Kamerer 13 49
OM I'lillllns 20 ('At
Chris IHiic.iberger 51-2
J W Alton :SlO3
Victor Hayonett la 50
Jas VV right 1 '
A B Galiagan 17 O'.t
A K Myers - 1 #4
Jacob I loos 1-0 o.<
Graham Bros inlet
W A Fisher <0 00 1!U,9 91
Flour account:
11 J Klingler&Co If- '■ l
Geo Walter >t Sons (i 3 l*i 255 98
Clothing account:
J N I'atterson 42 1 a
Douthett & Graham 15 C 9
Til Burton 350 80 60
Coal account.'. "5
Transportation, &c 102 47
Printing 35 C)
Court and J I' costs IN, 87
Hospital account:
Western I'eun a (Dlxmont) 35: i 84
Butler Co. General ;><'f.O 84
Manorytlle (I'a) Overseers H9 2:.'
Dry Goods ;u*count:
A Troutman's Hons 77 II
H w Koonce "I SH
DA Heck 12. 11J 94
W 11 Bitter. Jr. clerical services.. 15 00
Oevrpaid tax account...... 254 19
Interest on warrants 84 40
Water account US 0;
Borough Auditors 105(0
Geo K rug. meat account 246 CO
Kuuimer Bros, meat account 10 00
J W Hutchison, an y ct ','7
Geo W Zelgler, Overseer 31 .9
Krulien McElvaln. Overseer ... 2.9 24
.1 II Miller, Overseer, 310 days at $1 50. 185 CO
ox pimse acc't.. 42 07
S M Mc. lure,Overseer."'(s days at
Total 4971* 80
Amount of credits given the Over
seers in this as we'll as last Auditors
Beport for warrants redeemed by is
suing other warrantsln lieu thereo.'.
said duplicate warrants remaining
unpaid 1410 15
Total credits allowed. *3o* 45
B:.l In hands of Overseers, Mar 12. 'to 1850 21
SI9SH 88
FoPoul.ig is a list of Outstanding Warrants
up i M.. h 12th, 19. I. not I icluili -g cer
tain w;" anis un-nunoered, the amount of
which it is Impossible for the Auoltors to
exactly determine and t'efinitely report:
Physicians.
Dr. Samuel Graham C '7: i O.i
l»r. Lys.-.nder lilac': 151 50
Dr. J. C. Boyle s2
D -. W. J. Grossman 34 c.)
Dr. M Blppus '•'■I 1 1
Dr. I". J. Grossman :.7 15
D". May Hcliryo. k 20 00
Dr. N. M. Hoover 13 00
SM94 70
Fu ieral Expenses.
M. A. Berkimer S 41 m
W IV K'H-ss ng 110 50
I/m McCollougli 5 «.o
Howard Prior 38 CO
#l9l 30
.Maintenance. Nursing, Belief, tic.,.- .$312 07
Drug Account.
C. N. Boy«' $lO ( I
itedlck Grohman 28 00
J. I'. Button I hi
A.C. Anderson 82 o
gild 50
Gas Account.
1 ndependent Gas Co ■TJ 'Ai
Home Natural Otfl Co » 57
132 07
Milk Account.
J. A. F.lllott t 7 »
D. F. Borland 17 50
A. D. shearer 14 07
I.G. Pollard 13 72
5M W
Hhoc Account.
O E. Mill-- T f
AI ICulf A Hi)n ♦'» !)
li. O. 11 us*-1 ton 'J M
John lil<;lce r» 15
ObrU Hartoj t i"
1H 75
Kent Account.
K. Andcrnon ( .0 <n)
«lharles I »tiffj so S •
Mrs. It. Moorct ;j im
Mrs. A. COH.CIIO '.J .71
Walter Grah: rn Vii (W)
IK!
11. Hrhri<>!d< k ru:iri 27 Ki
Anna Srhultz.. 12 OM
•jri.' io
Grocery Account.
Henry Miller $1027 05
I». W. Miller UW 2!
Wm K rk pat rick HKI 77
A. \ 11. Keltic r 470 «.i»
Harper llros :J»i ,V»
Granum Hron 100
W. A. Fisher HO on
Jacob I loos 2 . 'J.»
A. E. Myers 4;JO **
John G. Moore .... 10T> 00
J. W. Allen 10 00
4174 72
Flour Account.
11. J. KUoslcr A Co $ 07 .A
George Walters & Hons r j)
[Xhl 01
<
A. Troutman Sous 10 ;ti)
11. W. Koonce. . L'o h;I
John M. I'atterson. • I 'ji
w ii. i» \ran % K
74 1(1
Coal Account 512 2C
Court & J. I\ Costs.
Isaac Meals, Clerk $ 5 00
<'. K. A inlcrson, .11* 10 TiO
J aim Kelley. J. P 3 no
BUTLER, THURSDAY, >JWXK 7, 1900
Kennedy Marshall, J. I' 11
Butter County General IlosptuU » '
Interest on \V:irr:utts 12 *1
.I. W. Hutchison. Attorney \M
Meat Account. George Ivru•' Jl<> <«»
>lrs. Jno Sutton. Mrs* Gwi \\ hlte Acc't <lO
\:iiert Henry Arneman Ace't Ti i">
Bell lien Mchivjiin. Overseer i« -J'
J H Miller. - 0»
Tota' »*l 1")
Resources.
Auiouut in hands of the Overseers.. .JI.KO 21
Amount <!ue District on Taxes of 11 • i-'i
Amount <luc District on Taxes of 'i)9 17*.' 42
Amount due from Bedford C 0... 47W 92
Amount due from Jackson twp lijj ">0 ]
Amlnnt due from clarion <"o • 157 ■">-
Amo.mt due from Mercer Co .VI 21 I
A mount due from Cent; e twp 95 !
Total Resources 5400 08
We submit the foregoing financial
statement, believing the same to lie as
i near correct as we can come from the
! records kept and the evidence obtain
i able, both of which are very inacurate
j and unsatisfactory.
We find that the grocers at different
tinier hitVM turned over to the Overseers
i warrants they have cashed as well as
j tickets in lieu of warrants which re ul |
I on their face given for tickets-: without
! noting the sauie on the warrants re
! deemed, or even endorsing the same,
| and neither the grocers or the Overseers
! keeping any record of the tran-s ti on i
: thus creating a duplication, t'ue amount
i yt which we cannot exactly determine
j or they recollect.
We finil warrants that were given in
lieu of other warrants still lying in
the banks and drawing interest, while
the original warrants thus redeemed
have been presented to the Auditors in
this as well as previous audits, and
nothing appearing on thein or on the
stubs to show that tliey were so redeem
ed. They were accepted and the Over
seers given credit as having redeemed
them by payment. Thus showing the
Borough indebted to the Overseers
when in fact the Overseers ere indebted
to the Borough, the amount of which
cannot tie determined at this time.
In onr opinion the Poor Funds are
very injudiciously handled and the sys
in use at the present time very bad on
account of being too susceptable to abu
ses and to misuses.
We further lielieve the Borough of
Butler, through its Overseers of the
Poor have been imposed upon by Physi
cians. because in the Judgement of the
Auditors the money paid ont to Doctors
for medicine and for medical attendance
is far in excess of what it should Tie.
The < tverseers having selected their
physician should have very few or no
bills to pay elsewhere.
We condemn the method of furnish
ing groceries by giving out tickets that
are worth their face in wliomsoever's
hands they may come, becanse much
fraud may be committed by parties re
ceiving tliese tickets whose names do
not ajijiear on the overseer's books, and
because the holders of these tickets are
allowed to select useless articles or trade
them off for mere* trifles. The grocer
keeps no record of who receives the
goods and we are left to mere conjec
ture as to whom was aided.
There l>eing no means by which we
can arrive at an accurate list of depend
ants and the amount received by each
we have omitted that from this report.
EDGAR H NEGLEY,
11. L. GRAHAM.
JOHN R. lIENNINGER.
Auditors.
?Be Honest!
The country is Hooded with cata
logues from firms who say they
are Manufacturers offering
Buggies, Harness, &c., at
what they say is whole
sale prices. Do you
believe it? We will
t tell you how to
test it. Bring
your cata
logue
along with
you to our
store and look
over our Buggies
and I lai ness and see if
we cannot save you some
money and if we can't do
not deal with us, your money
is yours and you have a right
to use it to the best advantage to
yourself. You should at least
look around you before send
ing your money away and
' if you can save money
by buying here you
certainly owe it to
yourself to do so.
Try it once. Bring
• your catalogue along
if you have one. You
are welcome to make the com
. parison whether you buy or not.
S. B. Martincourt & Co.,
i 128 E. Jefferson St.
S. B. MARTINCOURT.
J. M. LEIGIINER.
' Now is The Time to Have
Your Clothing
CLEANED OR DYED.
If you want goou and reliable
> cleaning or dyeing done, there is
just one place in town where you
can get it, and that is at
The Butler l)yc Works
216 Center avenue-
Bft),„We do fine work in out
] door Photographs. This is the
time of year to have a picture ot
your house. Give us a trial.
Agent for tbe Jamestown Sliding
Blind Co.—New York.
R. FISHER & SON
. Good Fit and Work Gup'anteed.
Karl Schluchter,
" Practical Tailor and Cutter
(i
125 W. Jefferson, Hutler, Pa.
Busheling, Cleaning and
Repairing a Specialty.
, | Milk Cans |
X \V<- make the strongest, 1,
>1 jfheaviest and most service-J.
fable milk cans made. \
( C 5 gal. Cans $lB per doz. 11
, C Try Our Cans. / >
K I. j. KING, X
•
Ipi STOW a I
if EFM '1 8
i FAIR! I
\.i A TALE OF LIFE IN THE v.'f
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CHAPTER XIX
A HOER WEDDIKO.
"I didn't know before you yere so
fond of riding hard," said Gregory to
his little betrothed.
They were cantering slowly on the
road to Oom Muller's on the morning
of the wedding.
"Do you call this riding hard?" asked
Em In some astonishment.
"Of course I do. It's enough to break
the horses' necUs aud knock one up for
the whole day besides," he added testi
ly. then twisted his to look at the
buggy that came on behind. "I thought
Waldo was such a mad driver. They
are taking It easily enough today,"
said Gregory. "One would think the
black stallions were Lime."
"I suppose they want to keep out of
the dust." said Em. "See; they stand
still as soon as we do."
Perceiving this to l>e the case, Greg
ory rode ou.
"It's all that horse of yours. She
kicks uv such a confounded dust I
can't stand It myself," he said.
Meanwhile the cart came on slowly
enough.
"Take the reins," said Lyndall. "and
make them walk. I want to rest and
watch their hoofs today—not to be ex
hllaiated. I am so tired."
She leaned back in her corner, and
Waldo drove on slowly in the gray
dawn light along the level road. They
pas-e.i the very milk l»ush behind
which so many years before the old
llciui.'iii I::, i found the Kaffir woman.
But their thoughts were uot with him
that morui'.:,: They wre the thoughts
of the youi:„'. ih:it run out to meet the
future and laimr i i the present At
last he touched her arm.
"What is it?"
"I feaie«i you had gone to sleep aud
might be j iltcd out." he said. "You
sat so quietly."
"No: do nut talk to me. 1 am not
as.eep." But after a time she said sud
denly. "It must lie a terrible thing to
bring a human being into the world."
Waldo looked round; she sat drawn
Into the corner, her blue cloud wound
tightly about her. and she st ill watch
<•, l the horses' feet. Having no com
ment to offer on her somewhat unex
pected remark, he merely touched up
his horses.
"1 have no conscience, none," she
added. "But I would not like to bring
a soul into tills world. When It sinned
and when It suffered, something like a
dead hand would fall on me: 'You did
it, you; for your own pleasure you cre
ated this tiling! See your work!' If it
lived to be 80, It would always hang
like a millstone round my ueck, have
the right to demand good from mo and
curse me for its sorrow. A parent Is
ouly like to God If his work turns out
bad. so much the worse for him; -he
dare not wash his bauds of it. Time
and years can never brlug the day
when you can say to your child, 'Soul,
what have 1 to do with you?' "
Waldo said dreamily:
"It Is a marvelous thiuK that one soul
should have power to cause another."
She heard the words as she heard the
beating of the horses' hoofs; her
thoughts ran ou in their own line.
"They say, 'God semis the little ba
bies.' Of all the dastardly revolting
lies men tell to suit themselves, I hato
that most. I suppose my father said
BO when he knew he was dying of con
sumption. aud my mother when she
knew she had nothing to support me
on. and they created me to feed like a
dog from stitiiiger hands. Men do not
say (»od semis the books or the news
paper articles or the machines they
make, and then sigh and shrug their
shoulders and say they can't help It.
Why do they say so about other
things? Llurs! 'God sends the little
babies!'" She struck her foot fret
fully against the splash board.
"The small children say so earnestly.
They touch the little stranger rover
entl.v who lias Just come from God's
far country, and they peep about the
room to see if not one white feather
has dropped from the wing of the an
gel that brought him. On their Hps
the phrase means much; on all others
It is a deliberate lie. Noticeable, too,"
she said, dropping in an Instant from
the passionate Into a low, mocking
tone, "when people are married, though
they should have 00 children, they
throw the whole onus on God. When
they are not, we hear nothing about
God's having sent them. When there
has been no legal contract between the
parents, who sends the little children
then? The devil, perhaps!" She laugh
ed her little silvery, mocking laugh.
"Odd that some men should come from
hell and some from heaven and yet all
look so much alike when they get
here."
Waldo wondered at her. He had not
the key to her thoughts aud did not see
the string on -vhlch they were strung
She drew her cloud tighter al. jut her.
"It must be very nice to believe In
th»? devil," she said. "1 wish I did. If
It would be of any use, i would pray
three hours night and morning on my
bare knees, 'God, let me believe In
sat an.' lie Is so useful to those peo
ple who do. They may be as selfish
and as sensual as they please and, be
tween God's will and the devil's ac
tion, always have some one to throw
their sin on. But we, wretched unbe
lievers, we bear our own burdens. We
must say: 'I myself did it, I. Not God,
not satan; 1 myself!' That Is the sting
that strikes deep. Waldo," she said
gently, with a sudden and complete
change of manner, "I like you so much
1 love you." She rested her cheek soft
ly agaiust Ids shoulder. "When 1 am
with you, 1 never know that I aiu a
woman and you are a man. I only
know that we are both things that
think. Other men, when 1 am with
them, whether 1 love them or not, they
an- mere bodies to me, but you are k
spirit. 1 like you. Look," she said
quickly, sinking back Into her corner,
"what a pretty plukness there Is on all
the hilltops! The sun will rise in a
moment."
Waldo lifted Ids eyes to look round
over the circle of golden hills, and the
horses, as the Ilrst sunbeams touched
them, shook their heads and champed
their bright lilts till the brass settings
In their harness glittered again.
It was S o'clock when they neared
the farmhouse, a red brl< - k building,
with kraals to the right and a small
orchard to tin? left. Already there were
signs of unusual life and bustle. One
carl, a wagon and a couple of saddles
against the wall betokened the arrival
of a few early guests, whose numbers
would soon he largely Increased To
a Hutch country wedding guests start
uii In numbers astonishing to one who
has merely ridden through the plains
of sparsely Inhabited "karroo."
As the morning advances riders on
many shades of steeds appear from
all directions aud add their saddles to
the long rows against the walls, shake
hands, drink coffee aud stand about
outside in groups to watch the arriv
ing carts and ox wagons as they are
unburdened of their heavy freight of
massive Tautes and comely daughters,
followed by swarms of children of all
sizes, dressed in all manner of print
aud moleskin, who are taken care of
by Hottentot, Kailir and half caste
nurses, whose many shaded complex
ions. ranging from light yellow up to
ebony biaek. add variety to the ani
mated scene. Everywhere are excite
ment and bustle, which gradually in
crease as the time for the return of
the wedding party approaches. Prep
arations for the feaiit are actively ad
vancing In the kitchen; coffee is liber
ally handed round, and amid a pro
found sensation and the firing of guns
the horse wagon draws up. and the
wedding party alight. Bride and bride
groom, with their attendants, march
solemnly to the marriage chamber,
where bed and box are decked out In
white with ends of ribbon and artifi
cial flowers and where on a row of
chairs the party solemnly seat them
selves. After a time bridesmaid and
best man rise and conduct In with
ceremony each individual guest to wish
success aud to kiss bride and bride
groom. Then the fenst is set on the
table, and it Is almost suuset before
the dishes are cleared away and the
pleasure of the day begins.
Everything Is removed from the
great front room, and the mud floor,
well rubbed with bullock's blood, glis
tens like polished mahogany. The fe
male portion of the assembly flock
Into the side rooms to attire them
selves for the evening aud reissue clad
in white muslin and gay with bright
ribbons and brass Jewelry. The danc
ing begins as the first tallow candles
are stuck up about the walls, the music
coming from a couple of flddleps in a
corner of the room. Bride and bride
groom open the ball, and the floor Is
soon covered with whirling couples,
and every one's spirits rise. The bridal
pair mingle freely In the tliroug, aud
here and there a musical man slugs vig
orously as he drags his partner through
the "Blue Water" or "John Sperl
wig," boys shout and applaud, and the
enjoyment and confusion are Intense
till 11 o'clock comes. By this time the
children who swarm in the side rooms
are not to be kept quiet longer, even
by hunches of bread and cake. There Is
a general howl aud wall that rises yet
higher than the scraping of fiddles, aud
mothers rush from their partners to
knock small heads together and cuff
little nursemaids aud force the wallers
down luto unoccupied corners of beds,
uuder tables and behind boxes. In
half an hour every variety of childish
snore is heard on all sides, and it has
become perilous to raise or set down a
foot In any of the side rooms lest a
small head or hand should be crushed.
Now, too, the busy feet have broken
the solid coating of the lloor, and a
cloud of fine dust arises that makes a
yellow halo round the candles and sets
asthmatic people coughing and grows
denser till to recognize any one on the
opposite side of the room becomes Im
possible, and a partner's face Is seen
through a yellow mist.
At 12 o'clock the bride Is led to the
marriage chamber and undressed. Tht»
lights are blown out, aud the bride
groom Is brought to the door by the
best man, who gives him the key.
Then the door is shut and locked, and
the revels rise higher than ever. There
is no thought of sleep till morning aud
•no unoccupied spot where sleep may
be found.
It was at this stage of the proceed
ings on the night of Taut' Sannle's
wedding that Lyndall sat uear the
doorway In one of the side rooms to
watch the dancers as they appeared
and disappeared in the yellow cloud of
dust. Gregory sat moodily In u corner
of the large dancing room. Ills llttlo
betrothed touched his arm.
"1 wish you would go and ask Lyn
dall to dance with you," she said. "Mho
must be so tired. She has sut still th®
whole evening."
"I have asked her three times," re
plied her lover shortly. "I'm uot go
ing to be her dog and creep to her feet.
Just to give her the pleasure of kicking
me not for you, Em, nor for anybody
else."
"Oil, 1 didn't know you had asked
her, Greg," said his little betrothed
humbly, and she went away to pour
out coffee.
Nevertheless some time after Greg
ory found he hail shifted so far round
the room as to be close to the door
where Lyndall sat. After standing
for some time he Inquired whether ho
might not bring her a cup of coffee.
She declined, but still he stood on (why
should he not staud there as well as
anywhere else?), and then he stepped
luto the bedroom.
"May I not bring you a stove, Miss
Lyndall, to put your feet on?"
"Thank you."
He sought for one and put It under
her feet.
"There Is a draft from that broken
window. Shall 1 stuff something In
the pane?"
"No; we want air."
Gregory looked round; but, nothing
else suggesting Itself, he sat down on a
box on the opposite side of the door.
Lyndall sat before lilm, her chin rest
lug In her hand. Her eyes, steel gray
by dny, but black by night, looked
through the doorway Into the next
room. After a time he thought she had
entirely forgotten his proximity, and
he dared to Inspect the little hands and
■eek as he never dared when he was In
momentary dread of the eyes being
turned upon him. She was dressed In
black, which seemed to take her yet
further from Hie white clad gewgawed
women about her, and the little hands
were white, and the diamond ring glit
tered. Where had she got that ring?
He bent forward a little and tried to
decipher the letters, but the candlelight
was too faint. When lie looked up,
her eyes were fixed on him. She was
looking at blin not, Gregory felt, as
she had ever looked at iiiui before;
not as though he were a stump or a
stone that chance had thrown In her
way. Tonight, whether It were critic
ally or kindly or unkindly, lie could
not tell, but she looked at him, at the
man, Gregory Itose, with attention A
vague elation tilled iiiui. lie clinched
his list tight to think of some good
Idea he might express to her, but of all
those profounil iliinits lie hail (ilcturctl
himself as saylnjr to her. when Le sat
nlotie In the tinuli and wattle house,
not one came. He saltl 'it last:
"These Boer dances are very low
thitißs." And then, as soon as it had
gone from him. he thought it was not a
clever remark and wished it back.
Before Lyndall replied Em looked in
at the door.
"Oh, come.'" she said. "They are go
ing to have the cushion dance. I do
not want to kiss any of these fellows.
Take me quickly."
She slipped her hand into Gregory's
arm.
"It is so dusty, Em. Do you care to
dance any more?" he asked without
rising.
"Oh, I do not mind the dust, and the
dancing rests me."
But he did not move.
"I feel tired. I do not think I shall
dance again," he said.
Eui withdrew her hand, and a young
farmer csune to the door and bore her
off.
"1 have often imagined"— remarked
Gregory, but Lyndall had risen.
"1 am tired," she said. "I wonder
where Waldo is. He must take me
home. These people will not leave off
till morning, I suppose. It is 3 al
ready."
She made her way past the fiddlers
and a bench full of tired dancers and
passed out at the front door. On the
"stoep" a group of men and boys were
smoking, peepi»g in at the windows
aud cracking coarse Jokes. Waldo was
certainly not among them, and she
made her way to the carts and wagons
drawn up at some distance from the
homestead.
"Waldo," she said, peering into a
large cart, "Is that you? I am so dazed
with the tallow candles I see uothlug."
He had made himself a place be
tween the two seats. She climbed up
and sat on the sloping floor In front.
"I thought 1 should find you here,"
she said, drawing her skirt up about
her shoulders. "You must take me
home presently, but not now."
She leaned her head on the seat uear
to his, and they listened In slleuce to
the fitful twanging of the fiddles as
the night wind bore It from the farm
house auil to the ceaseless thud of the
dancers and the peals of gross laugh
ter. She stretched out her little liuud
to feel for his.
"It is so nice to lie here aud hear that
noise," she said. "I like to feel that
strange life beating up against me. I
like to realize forms of life utterly un
like mine." She drew a long breath.
"When my own life feels small and I
am oppressed with it, I like to crush to
gether and see It in a picture, in an
instant, a multitude of disconnected
unlike phases of human life—a me
diaeval monk with his string of beads
pacing the quiet orchard and looking
up from the grass at his feet to the
heavy fruit trees; little Malay boys
playing naked on a shining seabeach;
a Hindoo philosopher alone under his
banyan tree, thinking, thinking, think
ing, so that In the thought of God he
may lose himself; a troop of Bacchana
lians dressed in white, with crowus of
vine leaves, dancing aloug the Uomau
Itrects; a martyr on the night of his
death looking through the narrow win
low to the sky and feeling that already
he has the wings that shall bear him
up" (she moved her hand dreamily
over her face); "an epicurean discours
ing at a Itoman bath to a knot of his
disciples on the nature of happiness;
it Kaffir witch doctor seeking for herbs
by moonlight, while from the huts on
the hillside come the sound of dogs
harking and the voices of women and
children; a mother giving bread and
milk to her children iu little wooden
itasins and siugiug the evening song.
I like to see it all. I feel It run
through me. That life belongs to me.
It makes my little life large. It breaks
down the narrow walls that shut me
In."
She sighed and drew a long breath.
"Have you made any plan?" she
asked him presently.
"Yes," he said, the words coming in
Jets, with pauses between; "I will take
the gray mare. I will travel first. 1
will see the world. Then I will tind
work."
"What work?"
"I do not know."
She made a little Impatient move
ment.
"That is no plan—travel, see the
world, find work! If you go luto the
world aimless, without a definite ob
ject, dreaming, dreaming, you will be
definitely defeated, bamboozled, kuock
ed this way and that. In the eud you
will stand with your beautiful life all
spent aud nothing to show. They talk
of genius. It Is nothing but this that
a man knows what he can do best and
docs It and nothing else. Waldo," she
said, knitting her little fingers closer
among his, "I wish I could help you. 1
wish I could make you see that you
must decide what you will be aud do.
It does uot matter what you choose.
Be a farmer, business man, artist,
what you will, but know your aim and
live for that one thing. We have only
one life. The secret of success is con
centration. Wherever there has been
a great life or a great work, that has
gone before. Taste everything a little,
look at little, but live for
one thing. Anything is possible to a
man who knows his eud and moves
straight for It, and for It alone. 1 will
show you what I mean," she said con
cisely. "Words are gas till you con
dense them luto pictures.
"Suppose a woman, young, friendless
as I am, the weakest thing on God's
earth. But she must make her way
through life. What she would be she
cannot be because she Is a woman, so
she looks carefully at herself and the
world about her to see where her path
must be made. There is no one to help
her. She must help herself. She looks.
These tilings she has—a sweet voice,
rich lu subtle Intonations; a fair, very
fair face, with a power of concentrat
ing In Itself and giving expression to
feelings that otherwise must have been
dissipated In words; a rare power of
entering Into other lives unlike her
own and Intuitively reading them
aright. These qualities she has. How
shall she use them?
"A poet, a writer, needs only the men
tal. What use has he for a beautiful
body that registers clearly mental emo
tions? And the painter wants an eye
for form and color, and the musician
an ear for time and tune, and the mere
drudge has no need for mental gifts.
But there is one art In which all she
has would be used, for which they are
all necessary—the delicate, expressive
Iwdy, the rich voice, the power of
mental transposition. The actor, who
absorbs and then reflects from himself
other human lives, needs them all, but
needs not much more. This Is her end,
but how to reach It? Before her are
endless difficulties. Seas must I*cross
ed, poverty must be endured, loneli
ness, want. She must be content to wait
long before she can even get her feet
upon the path. If she has made blun
ders In the past, If she has weighted
herself with a burden which she must
bear to the end, she must bear the bur
den bravely and labor on. There is no
use in walling and repentance here.
The next world Is the place for that.
This life is too short. By our errors we
-teener Into life. They help us."
She waited for awhile. "If she does
all this—lf she waits patiently. If she
Is uever cast down, never despairs,
never forgets her end. moves straight
toward it, bending men and things
most unlikely to her purpose—she must
succeed at last. Men and things are
plastic. They part to the right and
left when ouc comes among them mov
ing in a straight line to one end. 1
kuow it by my own little experience,"
slie said. "Long years ago 1 resolved
to be sent to school. 11 seemed a thing
utterly out of my power, but I waited,
I watched, 1 collected clothes, I wrote,
tool; my place at the school. When all
was ready. I bore with my full force
ou the Boer woman, and she sent me
;it last. It was a small thing, but life
Is made up of small tilings, as body is
built up of cells. What has been done
lu small things can be done in large,
shall be," she 6aid softly. Waldo lis
tened. To him the words were no con
fession, no glimpse into the strong,
proud, restless heart of the woman.
They were general words with a gen
eral application. lie looked up Into
the sparkling sky with dull eyes.
"Yes." he said; "but when we lie and
think and think we see that there is
nothing worth doing. The universe Is
so large, and man Is so small"—
She shook her head quickly.
"But we must not think so far. It
is madness; It Is a disease. We know
Ilmt no man's work Is great and stauds
forever. Moses is dead and the proph
tts, and the books that our grandmoth
ers fed on the mold is eating. Your
poet and painter and actor—before the
shouts that applaud them have died
their names grow strange; they are
milestones that the world has passed.
Men have set their mark on mankind
forever, as they thought, but time has
washed It out as It has washed out
mountains and continents." She raised
herself on her elbow. "And what if
we could help mankind and leave the
traces of our work upon It to the end?
Mankind Is only an ephemeral blossom
on the tree of time. There were others
before It opened; there will be others
after it has fallen. Where was the
man in the time of the dicynodont and
when hoary monsters wallowed in the
mud? Will he be found In the eons
that are to come? We are sparks, we
are shadows, we are pollen, which the
next wind will varry away. We are
dying already. It Is all a dream.
"1 know that thought. When the
fever of living Is on us, when the de
sire to become, to know, to do. Is driv
ing us mud, we can use It as an ano
dyne (o still the fever and cool our
beating pulses. But it Is a poison, not
a food. If we live on It, it will turn
our blood to Ice. We might as well
be dead. We must not, Waldo. 1
want your life to l>e beautiful, to end
in something. You are nobler and
stronger than I," she said, "and as
much better as one of God's great an
gels Is better than a sinning man.
Your life must go for something."
"Yes; we will work," he said.
She moved closer to him and lay
still, his black curls touching her
smooth little head.
Doss, who had laid at his master's
side, climbed over the bench and curl
ed himself up in her lap. She drew
her skirt up over him, and the three
sat motionless for a long time.
"Waldo," she said suddenly, "they
are laughing at us."
"Who?" he asked, starting up.
"They—the stars!" she said softly.
"Do you not see? There Is a little,
white, mocking linger pointing down
at us from each one of them! We are
talking of tomorrow and tomorrow,
ami our hearts are so strong; we are
not thinking of something that can
touch us softly In the dark and make
us still forever. They are laughing at
us, Waldo."
Both sat looking upward.
"Do you ever pray?" he asked her In
a low voice.
"No."
"I never do, but I might when I look
up there. I will tell you," he added, In
a still lower voice, "where I could pray.
If there were a wall of rock on the
edge of a world, und one rock stretch
ed out far, far Into space, and I stood
alone upon It, alone, with stars abovo
me uiul stars below me—l would not
say anything, but the feeling would be
prayer."
There was an end to their conversa
tion after that, and Doss fell asleep on
her knee. At last the night wind grew
very chilly.
"Ah," she said, shivering, and draw
lug the skirt ahout her shoulders, "I
am cold. InsiMin the horses, and call
me when you are ready."
She slipped down and walked toward
the house, Doss stiffly following her,
not pleased at being roused. At the
door she met Gregory.
"I have been looking for you every
where; may I not drive you home?" he
said.
"Waldo drives me," she replied, pass
Ing on, and it appeared to Gregory that
she looked at him in the old way, with
out seeing him. Hut before she had
reached the door an idea had occurred
to her, for she turned.
If you wish to drive me, you may."
Gregory went to look for Em, whom
he found pouring out cofTee in the back
room. He put his hand quickly on her
shoulder.
"You must ride with Waldo; I am
going to drive your cousin home."
"Hut I can't come Just now, Greg. I
promised Taut' Sonnle Muller to look
after the things while she went to rest
a little."
"Well, .vmi (.an come presently, can't
you? I didn't say you were to come
now. I'm nick of tlits thing," wild
Gregory, turning slinrply on his heel.
"Why must 1 sit up the whole night
because your stepmother chooses to get
married V"
"Oh, it's all right, Greg. I only
meant"—
But lie did not hear her, and a man
had come up to have his cup filled.
An hour after Waldo came In to look
for her and found her still busy at the
tubie.
"The horses are ready," he said, "but
If you would lllft' to have one dance
more I will wait."
She shook her head wearily.
"No, I am quite ready. I want to
And soon they were on the sandy
road the buggy had traveled an hour
before. Their horses, with heads close
together, nodding sleepily as they
walked In the starlight, you might have
counted the rise and fall of their feet
In the sand, and Waldo In his saddle
nodded drowsily also. Only Km was
awake, and watched the starlighted
roud with wide open eyes. At last she
■poke.
"I wonder If all people feel so old, so
very old, when they get to be 17?"
"Not older than before," said Waldo,
sleepily, pulling at his bridle.
Presently she said again:
wish I could have been a little
child always. You are good then. You
are never selfish. You like every one
to have everything, but wheu you are
grown up there are some things you like
to have all to yourself. You don't like
any one else to have any of them."
"Yes," said Waldo sleepily, and she
did not speak again.
When they reached the farmhouse,
all was dark, for Lyndall had retired
No. 23
as soon as they got home.
Waldo lifted Lui from the saddle,
and for a moment she leaned her head
i>n his shoulder and clung to him.
"You are very tired," he said as ho
walked with her to the door. "Let me
go in and light a candle for you."
"No. thank you; it Is all right," she
said. • «;ood night. Waldo, dear."
But when she went In she sat long
alone In the dark.
[TO &B cosmron.}
UNFINISHED TALES.
Stories Thut Authors UIKI" aad Fild
It Impossible to Finish.
The inability of un author to finish a
piece of work that he has engaged to
do and has already actually begun is
not so very uncommon a thing. It is
said thai Dickens began "The Mystery
ol' Kdwin Drood" without any clear
conception in his mind of how the story
was going to turn out and that had he
not died, leaving it unfinished, he
would have found almost any ending
ditlicult to reconcile with certain hints
contained iu the earlier chapters. We
remember a rather curious instance of
the same sort as having happened a
good many years ago, when the elder
Bonner was editing the New York
Ledger.
A very impecunious literary man sent
to Bonner the first chapters of a most
exciting story which gave promise of
being Just the sort of thing which
readers of The Ledger used to like.
The story was accepted and ran on un
interruptedly and very successfully for
about four weeks, when all of a sudden
the author's invention gave out. For
the life of him he could not go «n with
the tale, and lie had to go to Mr. Bon
ner and say so frankly.
The next number of The Ledger ap
peared without the expected install
ment of the story, but with a brief
note to the effect that, owing to the
sudden illness of its author, its furthei
publication was temporarily suspend
ed. This was to give that embarrass
ed person a chance to recover his in
spiration. Mr. Bonner asked him to
dinner, took him driving and In vari
ous ways tried to brace him up for
further work, but it was of no use.
He simply could not go on, and so the
rest of the story never saw the light.—
New York Commercial Advertiser.
HE GOT THE INTERVIEW.
A Story of Amos CniumlnKi aad Sec
retary of State Seward.
It was while Amos Cuiimiings was
the Washington correspondent of the
New York Sun that he had a memora
ble interview with Lincoln's secretary
of state, Seward. Cummings received
orders one day to get certain informa
tion from Secretary Seward without
fail, and accordingly he went to the
secretary's otllce to see him. Mr.
Seward did not receive the newspaper
man very cordially.
"I won't talk to a representative of
The Sun ou that subject," said the sec
retary. "I am very busy. You are
taking up my time, young man, and I
can't be bothered with you."
In an instant Cummings was boiling
with anger and hurt pride. He drew
himself up, looked the secretary
j straight lu the eyes and said:
"You forget, sir, that there are three
parties to this interview."
"Three?" queried Seward in surprise.
"How do you make that out?"
"First, sir, there is you. secretary of
state and oue of the foremost figures
iu the world of men of the day; second,
there is the correspondent of the New
York Sun, who has come to you on a
perfectly proper errand In the service
of his newspaper, and, third, sir, there
is an American citizen who considers
himself the equal of any man on earth
and who will not be insulted by you or
any man alive!"
The great Seward looked at Cum
mings and smiled.
"Sit down," lie said, "and tell me
exactly what you want, young man."
The Sun not only got the news It
wanted, but also one of the best inter
views with Seward ever published.—
Saturday Evening Post.
Simplicity of F»a.
"The funniest thing I ever saw or
heard," says Cliauneey M. Depew In
Success, "was the lecture of Artemus
Ward, then quite unknown, on Mor
mons, delivered at Albany. The audi
ence was fashionable, conservative
aud proper to a degree. Ward, discour
aged, finally stopped and said, after
one of his best things, which had met
with 110 response, 'There's a Joke.'
Suddenly, the fun of the whole enter
tainment came like an avalanche. The
audience began to titter, then to laugh,
then to roar and at the end of IB min
utes was positively in a hysterical con
dition. It was an illustration of the
psychology of association and senti
ment, precisely the same as that which
produces panics, when there are no
commercial troubles and no flnanclaJ
difficulties."
John Mbfrmftii on Hlmaelf.
A politician who was very near to
Senator John Sherman in the campaign
of 181(2 says he will never forget the
effect that the first kodak picture of
himself had ui>ou the senator. Mr,
Sherman had been speaking the night
before In the Academy of Music, Phil
adelphia, aud the newspaper artists
had taken some lifelike snap shots of
him In many attitudes. To the poli
tician the senator said, upon looking
over the newspapers the following day:
"Well, well, our time for criticising the
newspaper men is over. They have us
to rights now. Hero 1 am just as I
am, and I'm a caricature of what I
have always thought I was."—Satur
day livening Tost.
What lie Loiit.
The nervous commuter had one min
ute in which to catch his train. He
was hastening exceedingly when the
cries of a small boy smote upon his ear.
"Iley, mister!" shouted the urchin.
"Yer've lost somethln!"
The commuter stopped aud hastily
counted his bundles. "What have I
lost?" lie panted. "Why," said the
boy, "yer've lost that shine I put on
(yer shoes yistidy. "I'll give yer another
fur u nickel."- Philadelphia Press.
Corka Float.
"Phwas I very place covered in Noah's
flood. I>lnny?"
"All but th* city of Cork, Larry."—
Chicago News.
A Matter of Taat*.
The Wife—Tills paper says If you
wash your hair In tea It will darken It.
The Husband—Possibly. But I pre
fer to have my tea darkened some oth
er way.