VOL- xxxviii
sHalf F*rfce Sale*
Jackets 'Capes |
Wi now offer onr entire stock of stylish Jackets and Capes at just
! one-half the fiofmer low prices. This is a great oiportunily to save,
The atacrln:t nt is still good.
ALL GARMENTS NOW HALF PRICE. f
FIRST COME, FIRST Served. £
A GENUINE CLEARANCE SALE is bcine yj
JSgSj carried on with \igcr and will lis continued unf l
stocks arc properly reiluced aivl all odd lots and tJh
1 roken assortments are closed oat.
We quote a few clearance sale prices: J#
>3" J J>J ti and *t oo Fancy Silks reduced t< 6»c
\aSr „ 851- ai'd 7«; c Tancv Silks re !uced to Soc
ft IJ V & ?f co and 75c Dress Gor.d* reduced to s<>"
t H iff Lot Vc Dit ■ Good# reduce 'to - 2 5 c PJ
A I W Or.*'ot #3 all Wool Blankest reduced to fa.so
vf?/> / 1 ||| Ore lot 54.50 all Wool Blankets reduced to f} 25
p v Jfl 11 ii to and >1.25 'Vrapjers reduced to ..f I"O U
■P mill I'A Ktducc! prices oti L ues, crashes,
& € /B \\ Flannelettes, Underwear, etc. *1
(P / V..1 goods are rc.t reduced in the same proportion
a S,S those quoted. Sorr.e g'x ds are not reduced at ah j*
but we give you enough bargains all through the stock
J# to make it wcrth your while to come.
iL. Stein & son,|
S 108 N. MAIN STREET, EUTLER, PA G
Bickel's January Prices.
One lot Ladies' Fine Dong'ila Shoes jjjj
One lot Ladies' Kangaroo-Calf Shoes
One lot Ladies' Best Oil Grain Shoes
One lot Ladies Warm-Lined Shoes 0 _
One lot Ladies' Lather-Sole Felt Slippers ;J
One lot Missfs' Kangaroo-Calf Shoes I - '
One lot Children's Kaugaroo-Calf Shoes '
One lot Men's Holiday Slippers '
One lot Men's Fine Satin Calf Shoes
Gokey's Hand-Made Kip Box-Toe Boots, long leg, 4 soles •
Gokey's Copjier-Toe hhoes for Boys, sizes 10 to J_
Gokey's Copper-Toe Shoes for Boys, sizes 3 to 6 J
Men's Double-Sole and Top Lace Working Shoes.. 1 ''
Boys' Double Sole and Top Lace Working Shoes
Our Stock of Felt Boots and Rubber Goods
to be Closed Out Cheap
Men's Best Felt Boots and Dnck Overs
Men's Best Felt Boots and First Quality Overs j "
Boys' Best Felt Boots and First Quality Overs '
Youths' Best Felt Boots and First Quality Overs *
Men's Storm King Rubber Boots - '
Men's Short Rubber Boots 7 --
Boys' Rubber .
Youth's Robber Boots
Child's Rubber Boots . /-
Men's Buckle Arctic*
Men's Fine Self-Acting Rubbers '
High Iron Stands with Four Lasts
Sole leather cut to any amount yon wish to purchase. Cat half soles and
shoemakers' supplies of all kinds.
Complete stock of Ladies' and Gents , Misses' and Children s Leggings and
Over-Gaiters.
It will pay you to visit this great sale and secure soma of the bargains being
fTered.
JOHN BICKEL,
12N SOUTH MAIN STREET. - - BUTLER. I'A
C. E. MILLER 9 SHOPMAN
To Make Things Lively
For Thirty Days.
GREATEST SALE EVER HELD IN BUTLER.
Our holiday trade was large—unusually large—but We find we
hive to 1 mmy Shoe* and Utibben In order to reduce nut stock wc
aie going to cut the prices on all winter goods, such as Shoes,
Slippers and Rubbers IT you've not bought your winter shoes or
rubbers yt, cotn" to us—we are in better shape to serve you than
nver before, We mean just what we say.
Butler's Progressive Ahoe House
Will se|| shot's cheaper dutlng the month of January than ever befole.
We Itnv n'l spate not limelo tjutile ptiees,btM tnine In and see us
Hbe how wt have i>rowu lit seven )tilts and gel a share til the
bargains we ate oflMlng this month.
We Intpe to mal<e many new IVlmhls litis veat.
TRY AN tip TO BATE ftttOX HOtfUfl
C. E. MILLER.
.1015 WORK
NedtljJ Dons' At
The CITIZEN
Neuralgia's Pangs
Are tho warning cries from overworked,
worried, weak, hungry and exhausted
nerves— nerves that have been abused and
neglected until outraged naturo could
Btand tho strain no longer without a pro
test. Evory piercing, cutting, tearing,
burning, pressing pain of this dreadful
disease is a call for help. Why not heed
this call while relief is within your reach?
Now is the time to begin; and the best of
all remedies to use is
Dr. Miles' Nervine.
It is tho essence of nervo foods and a reconstructant of unfailing power, which nourishes,
fortifies and refreshes the whole nervous system. Begin its use at once.
Sold fey all druggists on a guarantee. Dr. Miles Medical Co.. Elkhart. Ind.
THE BUTLEK CITIZEN.
Is often a warning that the liver is »
torpid or inactive. More serious BS
troubles may follow. For a prompt, bj- ;
efficient cure of Headache ana all gv
liver troubles, take j®
Hood's Piiis I
While they rouse the liver, restore |SS
full, regular action of the bowels, ra
thev do not gripe or pain, tio not Sg
irrit3*»" or "nflame the internal organs. Bj
but have a positive tonic eflect. ■*£
at all dru?sists or by mail of Bp
LOCAL 1 DISEASE
and is the result of cc■ Jr nr.o
sudden climatic chan .i*J h C :"H
For your Protect: >n k
we positively etate t -
remedy doee n ' < ri y , u
mercury or any oilieriiij-r- kg?
Ely's Cream EalaiF'P^^
in a''icnow!ed_'c-d to bo the rr.'-'St thoronch care fr>r
Na«nl Catarrh,Cc:d in liri 1 and liay I'cvtr c.r ail
remedlca. It opens and c'ear.fo* the nasal paraapes,
a!U7« piln and inflammat:on, hea!» the e< r, pr>>-
tccta tlie membra: <• from cuMs rentoros the »er sea
oftaateandimell. J*r:< es.ir.ar |)rnsr:-:»»>r»>ym-L .
KLV BKO'I U£IIS, M Warren street, >-ew Vori.
Cure that Oures {
W Coughs, fe
V Golds,
k Grippe, (j
V. Whooping Cough. Asthma, /
,S\ Bronchitis and Incipient A
Consumotion, Is
1 OiJE
A Tus GERMAN remedy* b.
P Cur« XVroA 'a.T'A Vur.i
a\\
Btiiler Savings Bank
i->utler. Pa.
Capital - $60,000.00
Surplus and Profits - -
JOS. L PURVIS President
J. HKNKV TROUTMAN Vjce-Presid. 'it
WM. CAMPBELL. Jr Ca» l.i< r
LOUIS B.STE:S ..... el!, r
DIRECTORS -Joseph L. Purvis, .». Hei.rj
TroutraaD, W. D. Brandon. W. A. Stein. J
fV.iiiubell.
Thp Butler Savings Bank is the Oldest
Bunking Institution', n Butler County,
(ii-ncral lianklnff business transiietu-a.
We Mi)lli-|t accounts of ull pn.ducers, roer
cbants, farmers and others.
All bj»ln»s<» entrusted to us will receive
prompt, attention.
Interest paUl on time deposits.
I'M K
Butler County National Bank,
Hutler Pen n,
Capital pai.i in fjuo.rxw.rx)
Surplus and Profits - f85.0tK3.cx3
los. Ilarttnan, President; J. V. Ritts,
Vice President; John G. McMarlitl,
Cashier, A. C. Km#, Ass't Cashier.
A general banking liuslnem transacted.
IIIUT»'H* paid on time deposits.
Money I;mri(*d cm approved «ecurlty.
We invlU) you to open an account with thlh
b.tnk.
IH iM'.CT'JK?* Hon. Joneph Hartinan. Hon.
W. S. Wahlron. Dr. M. M lloovi r. If. Mr-
HwiM'riey, V. V. (.'olliris I. <». Smith, Leslie I*.
Ilnxlc 'I.M. I Ineff 10, V II Larl In, T. I.
M 1 (11111. Dr. W Mi-c'iiniHeHK. li«'P
Hoth. W. J. Murks. J. V. Ul«y*. A. L. lielbi r
TH K
Farmers' National Bank,
BUTLER, PENN'A.
CAPITAL PAID IN, $100,000.00.
l orelufi exchunge liouglit Unil MIIIII.
H|>••<*l it ijOi-ntlon ul \eii to I.'i nlei'tlons.
til- l t« KI«M:
lollN \ Oi:,M< INX I'iesldent
101 l N 111 ill'lllll'iV \ li!" I'lesllll'Hl
r A HAII.M Casliler
E \V. IIIMIIIAM Asslsttltil t asllli'l
.l I 111 T/.1.l It Teller
itiitM tone.
.trill ti VOtltlklH*. 11. I, t'leeliind, t I
AliiUttiH. tN Itov'l \V I Mi tn'i 1, It" iii v
Millet .lo'ijrt Hiiin|il»«!v I'lios liny '. I.evl
M. Wise null I 'Millets Milliiliy.
llllitl'Hl pllltl MM I line deposit «
\Vi |i>s|H i*t flllly sollell V'lllt- llllsllll'ss.
Eyes nxamlttftd Fißßof Uliorqe
PI. KIMKPAI MICH
utid o»iUfei«ti
H>-«| 'toiif In t mill ttntli-i I'rt.
Now li llu> 11iim> 111 HrtVP
Ymu UlMthiitu
i QIIANSD
II ihH WIMiI |;oho tthtl rt>li*UU
ili 'iiiiui; m iUi-iii|' ilmin, 110-m in
|Mhl outs ill |(4WM Wht ; tt» yon
Mti ii, rtttil Vlittl i*» <tl
I lie Itullci live Win ks
2lb Qontur dvenwe
tit-»A. Wt- do tints work in out
.|ooi ri|u|(n;io|il(.. I Ins ia tlit.
tiim; of yciit lo Iwivt; ,t picture •)
your lo 1 uiit: (jivu U4 U trial,
An i.i |,u-\ i.e .1 uiio hto vi) Hliuiiiu
lUiinl UQ.—iJt »V Yt>i'U.
R. FISHER <SI SON
"Tho pain from neuralgia in my head
and eye* was so intense that I was blind in
both eyes for three months and tho doctors
kept mo under tho influence of morphine,
The best oculists in the South treated mo
but I got so bad that ut last ono of my
eyes burs ted and had to be removed. It
was Dr. Miles' Nervino that cured me, and
I have not needed any medicine in over
four years." LAURA E. JACKSON,
Alvord, Texas.
BL'TLEK. THURSDAY, (JANUARY 31, lyol
a * -V V V V VY V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V
ll JOHN TOPP, PIRATE ll
I By Weatherby Chesney and Alick Munro. i * v
A. * —. —.. -».— f * v
«V • COPTniGHT, 1900. BV WEAXIIERBr CHESXET AND ALICK MtTSItA t
" ? ILLUSTRATIONS uv*n. c. COCLTAS. I
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CHAPTER XXIX.
"Twelve meii ou their legs," said the
boatswain, waving bis book toward
tbe buts, "an that counts in the old
man an Tinker Torn, which is both
crippled."
"Twelve men." said I. "are more
than every one would have got off the
Iceshore ou which ten of them were
lying."
"Credit where credit is due. Master
Topp," replied tbe boatswain. "All
praise to your surgeoning. But for
you an the old man an nevvy Job.
which, though little better than natural
in general, lias unstowed a few grains
o' sense for this time o' need. 1 don't
say but we should have lost a Laud or
two more But as it is we got 12, an
what I say is 12 men bain'! able to
take the S -,iurge to England."
"It could be done." Interposed Alec
in a half musing tone, "if we could
keep off the will".
"But you can't." replied the boat
swain gru: y • . ' as well try to
escape flea* in ;i .<> : l:in tavern as
scurvy <:t a ng <• • u•. ■'•• an new
|y beah- I i.;eu i* p: t,cu: liable to it
ilark cm C.v;>:.. ii Ir; . ... ! if the
Scourge »:iis • i in Ie w,..i nolle but
us I" ii' * tier »i.c'!l never woi Ii up
Bristol ri-.. r"
"But W . tlie tin n .-'am I'ckory tells
of." said I *we ell '
•foul.l \ : I. :»■' il: lulled Alec,
turning i»> ; man
"Why i-apt • u an easy Los
Koi)::i r islands
they're <>:■ ::u .s u I . I ll al down in
your i lia •- . !:• ;» ii* " Jme was
a half Itis .1 iJ .;t'got bl..wn oft there in
a fishing il; > •
"How did tl:e\ ft there?'
"Well, you see. they're a scratch lot-
English I'renehers an Oanes—that
banded together at the mines to escape.
Tliey gets out. reaches the coast, seizes
a boat an puts to sea They meant to
reach one o the islands an live there
till they could stent a ship that would
carry theni home, but the boat was
knocked to splinters in the surf on
landing, an having no tools to build an
other they found themselves safely
jailed."
"See. Alee." said I. unrolling a chart
tnd spreading it on the ground. "Give
fne a crew of six. and I'll take the
Scourge round, leaving you others here.
By keeping plenty of northing we shall
be out of the usual track and can be
back here In ten days without sighting
a sail."
But no Alec would not hear It. If
we went al all. it should be with all
hands aix.' t'd. and himself In com
mand. And finally, after much discus
sion. tills was what we decided to do.
Further. It was resolved to leave the
treasure • u Cave island for the present.
The repairs to the Scourge were soon
finished, and the earliest posslWe day
was fixi d for the embarking
But at the last an unexpect
ed dlllletiltj arose. The old man re-,
fused ai * tely to quit the Island. lie
had been ailing of late, anil It seemed
that lie had never ipilte recovered from
the wound I • i ■< the battle with the
galleon. Ills witi veie queerer than
usual, and lie cmitlmiaU) complained
of the cold, though the hot summer sun
drew ntreaniH of sweat from the rest of
us.
We all felt great collect it for the old
lltiltl, lllitl, tli'.i ; b we knew he would
never phi J us fa I e, but would defend
our treal ire even with magic arts If
hied be, still we did Hot like to leave
hint behind, ailltu as he was. But
Unite of tr dated to gainsay Ids wish
f.iipt our captain l ull* an hour did
Alee Spend 111 tireless lllutllliellt trying
to turn It I tit from Ids purpose and seem
ed all the lliue to be strangely moved,
Htouirh fttihl What cause we could not
tell Hut lie failed Slid when at lilt
Hie fteiitit'i'c «el nail and Hie old tinttl
was left nil the tieaeli my hwoiii ship
mate eiiveied It lin with Ills eye* lilt
tie liit'l HtlHldeil lite MpH It tut hit) out
ttf sIkIiI then with aln av y slitli lie
tinted and went down to the eitliltl.
It wits it * I I'M lift* ii 11 ft It-, lllitl |ieiliit|m
we "Ittitlld litive (alien II Hft till itliieii uf
111 luelt I Imtlttll lam myself slliitit
lat-H fft'e from ttlt|ti'i«llllitll* of all
Itllel" I lllllsl liellme Hull lite old Ittltlt
lei I "Mine fHH ItifiWleilHM uf Hil'dMl'lHlli'
In luim llll'l !>l I i*iillltiil I Mult Hull
lie lilietn llitll iIII' llli' ttolllil In mm It mil
111 I III' fsi nlilHii* »t|ij|'H Ilium 111 silielf
lie WHlllil IlilH' WIII HiiI lis Hill |H'I
llil|i«ii lis Willie I ii liiillitli sins. Hie neel l
I'M H "en, Itlli I'M H Hill I'liltlitte, IKm i|h teen
tif fHlt* H IMH# I'f «n
'I lilt 11 IllHVWVl'l i Is Iti'llllMF lull' Hill 1
llten llMl lite fllt l ii'MHHli'i Dial a ll|n
ilnl I'M'lit mil, ainl Ilia I, liiii, on Ilia
ftfi'iiiul ilu.i mil fl'idti l 'ii vm Islitml tliif
llig Hie lil*l will I'M t<f Him |f Ihhm while
Alee In Id Hit' di 1k
I in m.t IMIIIU. but «nint: up wld'H
iii a i,i 1111 .1 iivpfi ii •ein .i i liiti
panning bin I,el with DIM rest Hiil HIM
tiniiii v Hritii|.''i ivii4 dimmed, iillll inn'
tin us iilin l H wire \v 111111111 avail Tlim
wait i Hi'i'iuml only In I iii lit 11- Hie bliun
to further fur.v, (Hid where at llrst wan
(title, liiiobeiit ilaiiie, blue and Iraim
|ut iful, nunn there ling#" In lull forth
mi avalanche of |ul>y smoke, riven by
greedy, shunting tongues of yellow Hie
I,lke furies wu worked In Hie tttlug
iug reek, and like a mucking fiend our
uueiny grew In power and height. Inch
hy Inch we were driven toward the
stern, lighting desperately every step
of the way Hpaniard was never so
relentless a foe as Ibis one, which
HWftlluwfd our watery missiles as fir t
as we hurled tlietn iiud turned them
to I dud tig steam that bit back at the
sender.
Panting mid worrhcd, we gathered,
a HIOOKH grimed group, on the counter
nml realized that we won* beaten A
Hlioul arose that the powder room was
on Arc, aud a luilf charred boat was
dropped Into tint water. Springing In,
we pushed off.
Scarcely hail we pulled a cable's
length away when the Heourge blew
up. Masts, spurs anil deck nhwt up to
ward heaven and then fell In a blazing
fdiower around the coluum of smoke
which marked the place where the
shattered hull had sunk.
The rent of tho night dragged Itself
wearily through, and the mm rose upon
an unlleeked sky. Tho boat was with
out stores or provisions of any kind.
Hhe hail neither compass nor sail, and
with one pair of oars we could make
little headway through tho calm, even
had we known where to steer for.
Which of us did not envy the old
amii iti hU beautiful Island hermitage
then?
We I oked around nt the unbroken
circle nt the lv•■lain. with the water
It eni lnctiKed untarnished by a single
zephyr and uleauiiut; like a glancing
mirror of light, then at the cruel Bun
that was nrchiug a course of scorching
splendor through the cloudless vault
above, and as we looked we took but
little comfort from the cheering words
which Alec spoke to us. What help
could reach us from such a barren
fiery wilderness? What oasis could we
hope to lind in such a broiling, track
less desert?
But in spite of the enervating heat
we tugged doggedly at the oars. The
work, purposeless as It seemed, was
some relief. To active men there is no
torture like indolence in a case like
this, for indolence is the advance picket
of despair. #
But each couple, though eager for
I heir turn of toil, were glad enough to
quit it at the appointed time. Water
driven from the body in perspiration
makes its want more keenly felt with
in The burning thirst was aggravated
by exercise. Alec, being sparely built,
perhaps suffered least. I, a thirsty
scul. ever given to quaffing what was
offered, endured ten men's agony. In
deed. as evening drew near. 1 began to
fear that before another watch had run
out madness or death must be the end
of me.
My time, however, was not yet come.
As tiie sun went down in the west its
dying glory lit upon a sail that peeped
above the southern water line. With
freuzied effort we made for it and
feated that the darkuess would come
down before we <-ou!d reach it.
As wi drew nearer we made out that
she was a i-arrai ' The breeze which
brought lie! i: • lagged behind, anil
she I■! I run into belt of calm. Ite
la.vlng "t efforts not one whit, we
push' ii liei-eei;. on. urging the boat
with , t --trokes: I" : we were no
gaunt i. i ■ worn : rters. no starve
lings of i :t;i who had been eking
out a liny':- pittance to make it last
over ten In bodily health we were all
hale «;i ! hearty and as good men as
we were the day before, save for the
mad thirst which consumed us. But
that is n Hindi: - beside which all oth
er emotions sink to nothing; passion
and p: ' nee alike die when the thirst
rage touches them. Urged by It we
would have charged an army or have
fled from one man. and so double bank
ing our oars we tore toward the car
rack.
That she was Spanish from truck tc
tiller mattered nothing. Her people
clustered on the decks in n *rt ed sus
pici< n could not stop us. "Water!
Agua!" <-rted at them hoarsely. We
cured for nothing else.
We cllr. bed on board, aud the Span
lards staid their hands, some because
they feared to provoke desperate men,
some through pity and others perhaps
because they knew that when our
burning throats were cooled we must
yield at discretion. Regardleps of the
hostile crowd we rushc' to the scut
tle butt. Pm'ched, faint, panting, we
deemed the tepid water a nectar lit for
the gods and the green slime, whose
tendrils clung t<> the dipper, the sweet
est es ''ticei man's palate could be
tickled with We drank and we drank
and forgot in the satisfaction of the
moment that the world held other evil
thinus 1 i - :■ Vs thirst.
Hut there was one at hand who
would remind tis. A tall, handsome
tun mM t »ttturn hud eutttp
N|tMltlMlil til Htt< fuMHthl riniii HIM
I'l'iiWll Hlltl wlttlill betele i(u tie Ml W
Wlilll uu lilllt 'illli'iidt llltd lie mih
hli'imt'tl Villi wlll'tt lllici' lllllld«u|||i«
tip" bill b it 111 it Millie II double imi id'
illlel, JillilW IM Mt BIIHIUI mil bidHfell
I Hit 1 tdll Hlnlllt'M Mil II llllil I'lilllM
HMHIII >N «• WIIM lite (i| Imiinu a n|' I lull
MlflMMl del I 'H»'.|||||Hl H
•IIMI I II RX,
Tim lituiiiliu i Ui Im l'f inn Imbed mm
fNW Wlilfll W* h>nl mnp»rt WM
itranw L) iii.ii A VMI fraiii i" 1 "
llllWi till\ IIIH bid Hill lif 111111, WM WIU'M
(lei llli||»b lielll' llMdlllH Mtll Ml'l> »<•* 111
Urn lire I tun MIHIICI wii« ewriyllltf 111
In HlHllll In llll< lull 111 i« and PVt'lt Ills
veiitfeful iiiielly tumid Invent fur lit
Mil Mtulti Itllllltflllllll I'll In-
Unit lie lillinvil Hull Hie plunder id'
Hie tnilb'Hii, iii«uilie|- willi tdher buiily,
In> hiiliwl.v hidden nil it lonely Island
under Die uiiiird uf 11 crippled dotard,
ilmilii I, - . Ida enutwurd voynw would
lIUVC been broken. lie would have
been charmed, 100, Httiv Unit llie bibles
were so effectually turned, to renew
Ids acquaintance with the old man,
his former Jailer, fur thus the auto da
fo hu pictured would have auother
actor, lint he believed that all our
guilts lay fathoms deep on the sen bot
tom with the 111 fated Hcoui'gc, and
we would not agitate Ids well bul
uticed mind by undeceiving him.
Don Miguel did not put us In irons In
(lie hold, Ihough some of Ids underlings
sujjKfhtcd It. No; he remembered the
time when he wus our unwilling he.vcr
of wood and drawer of wutcr, anil he
prepared to pay back some of Ids debts
In klud. We were mnilc to ply our
craft as mariners whenever our serv
ices were wanted, and for the rest of
the time we were the slaves of any one
who chose to command us.
Kvery dirty Job In the ship fell to the
Englishmen's share, and u curse or a
blow was Hie payment. And though
the gorge of one of us would now and
ana In rise and a mutinous refusal
tremble on his tongue, his mates would
bid him knuckle under, grin if he
could and bide ills time.
"A coward's blows never for£et their
father," Willie Trehaliou would mut
ter prophetically.
"Aye, uncle, an curses come homo to
roost." his nephew Job would chuckle
In reply.
Outwardly no band of uufortuuutei
was ever Uiyre numlu d by despair,
more hopelessly reconciled to an Irrev
ocable fate. To the dons' eves we
were mock and submissive as Indians,
going about our labors mechanic-ally,
and, if we did not show great interest
in each tr.sl;, at least we performed it
effectively. We were careful not to
court suspicion by excess of zeal, while
we avoided additional tyranny by
steady obedience.
But we meant to escape. The car
rack should never set us on Spanish
ground. We would fire her powder
room sooner, and perish with the rest
of her crew in one overwhelming holo
caust. In the meanwhile we lived in
hope that the chapter of accident*
would unravel the coil in which we
had entancled ourselves.
The pilot left the carrack nt the most
easterly point of Trinidad, and then,
bidding goodby to domestic navigation,
we set out oi. the ocean voyage. For
two days we beat, tack and tack,
against easterly winds, sagging to lee
ward like a haystack, and making
hardly any headway. Then for three
days the wind chopped round fair,
anil we sped easily along our course.
But after the third morning had passed
the barren plain of ocean began to
haze over, and «s tlie thickness in
creased the? breeze died away, till at
last the carrack lay motionless in the
calm of a dense fog.
Night came, and the gray twilight of
the afternoon changed to inky black
ness. All of us were asleep, tired out
with the exertions of the day and glad
to snatch a little rest.
Suddenly Alec and I were aroused
by a warning touch of Willie Treha
lion's hook.
"Listen!" he whispered.
A strange sound came to us out of
the blackness.- a sound that was half
wail, half howl, but wholly weird and
awful.
"A water pixy." said I. trembling.
"Sea wolves," said one of the men,
sviio had raised himself on his elbow to
listen. "They're scenting prey. We're
in for a fearful storm, or they wouldn't
be there. Sea wolves never hunts
without a kill."
The sound made itself heard again—a
"Wa-a-o-o-w" rising doleful in the still
night air and dying away into nothing
with unutterable mournfulness.
"A water pixy beyond doubt," said
I agtiin.
"A water fiddlestick!" replied the
boatswain contemptuously. "That cry
ionics from no creature what breathes
through gills. It's my old cat, an
that's his night song. U'you think 1
shouldn't know his voice among a
thousand? Old Nep--you'll mind him,
Master Topp?"
I shook my head.
"The night mist has got into your
brain, Willie. You must be mistaken
here," 1 said.
"Mebbe it's Nep's ghost that's hail
ing, uncle."
"Nep's ghost be hanged!" replied the
boatswain Irritably, turning on this
last speaker. "Hold your tongue, Job,
an let others speak that has sense."
"But if it is Nep, Willie?"
"This— if that's Nep, why, then, it's
the Bristol Merchant too. Think a min
ute. Why shouldn't it be her? Those
on board couldn't be expected to wait
for us up the great river till the crack
o' doom. The three years that Captain
Ireland told tiieui to bide there is up
long ago, an, so believing that we're all
swallowed up in the wilderness, they're
making the best o' their way home with
the news. Besides, listen again. There!
I'd stake my hand on It that's Nep's
voice! An, as Nep would never desert
the Bristol Merchant, we must just try
an frighten the dons Into setting us
adrift. We'll maybe fall between two
stools; but, anyway, It's our best
chance."
"If we can do it," said Alec, "but"—
"Trust me to manage It, Captain Ire
land," Interrupted Willie. "I've a weap
on In mouth that would frighten tlie
very soul out of n Spaniard, If the devil
bred Spaniards with souls. Ask Master
Topp. lie knows what I can do. Look
at them now! Fearsome o' the darkness,
they've lit a score o' lanterns an are
clustered together like a flock o' sheep,
a wringing their ynllcr hands with
fright. Now's our time; now or never.
An, miirkcc, tny tails, out Spaniard the
most Spiiulsh o' them In trembling. If
It'v laughter that makes your limbs
shake, never iiiltid. The dirty hounds
are too Beared to know the difference."
And. w hifpering further directions lo
Alee, he It'll lilui nwity, iilid the rent of
us dropped down I lie htildern and uiln-
Itled with Hie tl'l'lldillllg group 111 till'
Wit Int.
Again (lie iiii'liiiieliuly "Mh-A-o-u-W"
Muni* In tin mil of I III' dm Itni MK, nml
Mir, ntcpplim fni u ii id I 111 ii Hie Innlein
Hut It I. "hipped ii clipped hand lo It Im Pill'
Hllll i | led: "I.Nielli 'I liere'n Home ullt'
litillhiii fniitt lln> umnllii'fttl."
"Mht» I'lli- In iu)r lord u' Him m»nI"
Wleil It 1111* 11 I I Hill I'll volet' 11 mil lllilfl,
nml ii mil In i 11 Mm I In' tiimnymtl mm
win li'lii'il| "lie eiiimm iitniiuililMt"
'I In Hi im I Imititli limn I lie wiili'ift eluni>
In, i mm' n lliliil mili e, ili'i p nml it' Mii
Until, n hlili II ali I'll tin I 11111 Ihnl WNIi
"W ini ImiK nml by wltiii iitfiit iliim*
Im i|in>miiiiiii led linn Miun»l
"I Illtl Nepllllll'i liiltl It' lilt' Welti" fie
iiifut'ii Hie uiii't "Winn hitip i ' liwir
A I""I' id |i"lp|i||ljk I'lllliti llllit Illtl!
Miami" lii' ", lilui lhi> nil id' Hu> Mpmi
Im tin iltiiuli W lilt !> 111
Nipiuim smid 1111ji*iii«'iii
"Willi! ship In I till IV f\llHWt>!' IIIO|
inioi l««Mil ittmlitll Ivittiw ymi im! HUH
I l"l . ( |',.H l| 1.1 II I I | ..111 |<ll II > Illtl I.
timber 11mil Umbel lilt In tuny )mir
I'll 11 n .ntiij IIWIU In blllli'll llt.V b. II
wohes In Htelr invents mimittf llio
|l|l|| .I'llllgl" iinlliw V"
"I lent (ii'lllier mull ami tint' sen t|uv
II," licymi lli" i'iuii inn lulu lit boldly, but
Illl> p| lout 1111 lI I tlplcd 111111, SlljlUH lit 4
Whisper Hull II Will l"i| In lniupiuUo
wlih Hid powers of ditrknt'ss soiuo*
limes.
And llimi, will* ii uiullel'oil uuulhti
ittn lifter every simlinee, lie miswereil
Neplline's ijut'sHous himself.
"W'llllt curuoV" ipieiieil tho lord of
Hie sen.
Tho priest liiltl him.
"What piissdiiuersV"
"Thirty, of whom seven am women
and three lufniiU"
"And what crow?"
"A liuntlred and stxty, nioHt potent."
"No more? MotlUnkn Ihero'H #OlllO
few yet unlold. Old ocean hath n
queer flavor hereabout."
"Thero are II lu tmiiicri, HiiKllsh sall
orH, who are working 11 passage to
Spain."
"What!" bellowed Neptune. "Her
etics on one of his majesty's ships!
Heretics at large an unshackled!
Thunder an tempests.' I'll destroy
Hie whole lot o' you!"
And so the farce went on, until at
length the trembling Spaniards, find
ing that their Crosslin;* and pater nos
tern were useless, biigan to look upon
us as so many .lonulm. Their saints
were forgotten, and they were for
heaving us overboard at once.
lint Neptune would not allow It.
"I'ollute not my sw.'ct brine with
|he foul bodies o Kuiillshmetl," he
I'lirnetl them. "Set lln in adrift In 11
itont. .in then uiy ulster's clilekens.
which feed on cntTlon. will have the
wherewithal to flesh their hungry
beaks "
Dun Miguel would have Jireventcd
this, for lie alottc out of his hJiiji's com-
pany doubted Neptune's genuineness,
hut the others would not listen to him.
Tackles were rigged with lightning
speed, a boat was heaved out from
the booms and lowered, and we were
shoved down to it willy nilly, protest
ing vigorously in obedience to Willie's
whispered command. They would give
us neither food nor water, neither com
pass nor sail, nothing in fact but
curses, and. bidding us shove off.
threatened to quicken us with a saker
shot if we did not hurry out of teach.
v. e pulled on till the babel of voices
3:. . lie carrack had died away, aud
, ,n. judging we were out of earshot
the dons. Willie Trehallon gave a
I cui.ar whistle, low and tremulous.
A -Ught breeze had sprung up, and
a i ter a moment's pause a faint se
pulchial "Wa-a-o-w" was wafted to
us over the stern.
Around spun the boat, and willing
backs, straining at the oars, sent her
darting in the direction of the sound.
Presently the rigging and hull of a
brig loomed through the fog and a
voice hailed to bid us keep our dis
tance.
"Bristol .Merchant, ahoy! We're your
own mates."
"Sheer off or I'll sink you. Ye're
pirates, that's what y'are. Our mates
is all swalley'd up by the wilderness
or took by Spaniards. Sheer off, I tell
ye!"
"You've a black cat aboard there,"
bawled Willie Trelialion impatiently;
"a black eat sailing under the name o'
N'ep. haven't you?"
"Mebbe we have, moblie we haven't.
1 bain't a-goin to argy wP ye. Sheer
off an ha' done. There's a Spaniard
away there through the fog. Go an
plunder him. We ain't got the value
o' a jack o' ale among us."
"Wait a minute," said Willie Trelia
lion. "See If Nep won't remember his
old master's call." And the boatswain
repeated his low whistle.
"Ma-a-e-ow! Me-ear-wa-ow!" came
shrill and distinct across the water.
"Well I'm blamed!" exclaimed a
fresh voice. "Ef that ain't Willie Tre
lialion. et's his ghost. Nep'll answer
to uoati o' us, ill conditioned ole var
mint es 'e is."
"Nep don't forget his old master if
his old master's shipmates do. Now
I'm telling you true. There's Captain
Ireland here an Master Topp an just a
han'ful o' others, all that is escaped out
o' this murdering land. An now blest if
our own mates will own us. though
we've got gould enough stored up to
buy Bristol city with."
"Pull a stroke or two nearer," bawl
ed the first speaker, and then added to
those beside him: "And ye lads blow
yer matches up ready to fire. There's
witchcraft enough in that blamed old
cat to get the whole lot o' us into trou
ble yet. Boat ahoy, there! Best on
yer oars again, an advance nearer at
yer peril. Strike a light an let's look
at yer faces."
"We have nothing to strike a light
with," broke out Alec angrily. "Man
alive, the boat's not provisioned for a
voyage. She's as bare as Willie Tre
halion's bead. We've just escaped
from the Spaniard yonder and are ab
solutely unarmed. Come, I know you
well enough; you are Martin Snale,
whom I left in command."
"Mebbe I be, an mebbe I bain't," re
plied the man cautiously. "No disre
spect to ye. Captain Ireland, if ye be
Captain Ireland, but I'll just make sure
before ye come any nearer that a lan
tern's light won't shine clear through
ye. The voices Is all right, but they
say that Bperrlts keeps the voices after
the body's shelled off oti 'etn, an I
ain't a-goin to 'avo no ghosts aboard
me."
Alec stood up to be Inspected. A
great horn windowed lantern was
thrust out on the end of a boat hook,
and Martin Snale. climbing Into the
main rigging, made n penthouse of Ills
two hands and peered at us from under
them. The fog wns thick, the tallow
dip flickered badly and Martin's wits
were sluggish; consequently lie was
very long In coming to n decision. At
tlie end of nearly ten minutes' scrutiny
he stepped down from Ills perch anil,
bidding us remain where we were, dis
appeared for awhile. Presently he re
turned and, scrambling Into tin; shrouds
again, bawled out afresh:
"Ye looks all right; solid enough,
too, 1 don't deny. But when a man's
been a mariner nil the years I have ho
learns that looks Is sometimes ilecelv
lu. Ho I'll Just make so bold as to
hcave this orange at OHM o' ye to see
whether ll lilts anything solid enotmli
to burst. If It does, ye can eumo
rtliohnl."
He lifted lit* linmt nml threw Tlio
fellow fitilti n>ltiK t!ifu»i|»li Hip nlr,
w tm Mopped by Wlllit' Treltitlloii'ii liflM
)•(!(•>. The ImnlNwnlit never wliiueil,
mid ttppnri'hlly (Hp slsht wf Hit' sent
11 it ■ t |xil|. 'in.l Int. • tin' Minimi' win
nn imeerlpe hum ulrwiiiilim down Ids
hiiiliil fiii i' wm* suitleient Mrtfllii Hindu
ili'tumiileil im mure li'Ms, Mint we elliuli
•'i| ti|i I lin 111 ii in I linnet wide nf mil «WU
••hi I'iiii, Hit l Mi'lwlnl Mfft'lmiil
urn ii mil' 11• <lluiii iii iiii'i'iin* in fccMiiimi
Mill Mill "111 I I lilt
lint Imvi' Hi" mnIImI"mmII«iII nf It'lHiiM
Unit Miuui'l liimw Imw w» lunl fnuM
mil
Mui'li'li %nl»t
I' ."7. I'M ''' 111 I' I'M li In
uliroitil Imvu tnkini tliu Hinllli cuttagc,"
—('hicltKo News.
A II II I*l*l llt II•
Kuddy lin ytui rciilly Iwllevo llmt
drummers ure iih smart nm tliey nr#
Nlllll 111 III'?
I I||||||,\ I Ill'VCt' llclicVe 111 llH|IOMll«
bllltlcs. They never Miceeeil In selling
mo miyllilim
Kuilil.v It lines look like u reflection
upon llielr ii I I«*k«*« I smartness to at
tempt It.—Hostoll i'l'llllHel'lpt
No Ilia«• I%l»ltrr.
Mr. Johnson I>lil you reninwk at <le
eluli hint night ilnl I looked like a lob-
Kter, hiili V
Mr. Johnson No, niili. I am no
Inn kliller, hull. If I wished to font any
aspersions upon de lobule I' family, i
should go right to a llsh market anil
do it straight to deyr faces, sub. lint's
uiy style, null! I'uck.
Soiiirf Ii I iitf Mlii* It.
"I stM* tlint General ClmfftM' wrote* a
tiliarp li'ilrr about tin* stealing of t'ie
nsironouiieiil instruments from the Pe
king observatory. I>o you know what
was In the letter?" '
"I dnuno exactly, but It was some
thin like 'tilt a move on you an bring
back them spyglasses!' Cleveland
i'laln Deuler.
I
WMSQWEN
A SMOKEHOUSE.
A Plan Fur n ( omrnlcnl. <"be«p nnj
Till}- Arrauiirmrnl.
Here is a plan for a smokehouse
which the correspondent who present- i
?d it in Ohio FarfftN says is handy and i
cheap and also provides a place for I
storing asiics n a<ly for use as a fcrtill- 1
zer iu the spring instead of piling
'
B " c D A
—;
FLOOR PLAN OF SMOKEHOUSK.
them in a heap on the ground to be :
wasted, killing the grass for yards !
around and making a slovenly looking
place.
The lirst cut represents the floor plan.
A. ash bin: It, brick arch; C, sewer
pipe. You will see by the plan you do
not have to go into the smokehouse,
tilling your eyes with smoke, when you
lix the lire. Get two pieces of six inch
sewer pipe. Dig out a little trench in
the ground, taking a few bricks and
laying up a wall on the sides. Take a
piece of sheet Iron and lay on the top.
covering with a little dirt. This Is a
complete outtlt for smoking hams and
shoulders and no danger of settiug any
thing on tire or getting the hams too
hot.
The second cut is the elevation. The
building Is 7 feet high, 2 by 4 studding
are used, sills 2 by (5 inches, doubled;
plates 2by 4, doubled. The sides are
covered with seven-eighths inch drop
ELEVATION' OF SMOKEHOUSE,
siding. The following materials will
build it: Fourteen pieces 2 by 4, 14
feet; two pieces 2 by 6, 10 feet; two
pieces 2 by G, 12 feet; five pieces 2 by 4.
12 feet; 235 feet drop siding, three
bunches shingles, 00 feet six inch
crown molding, 100 feet roof lxiards,
four boards 1 by 12, 14 feet; two pieces
six inch sewer pipe.
Grent Amerlcnn Tobscro Exhibit »l
l*arla.
The tobacco exhibit at Paris was one
of the largest and moat complete ex
hibits which have ever l>een made. It
contained about 2,000 samples, repre
senting every type and grade of tobac
co produced In the United* States. It
took the grand prize, nine gold medals,
five silver medals nnd honorable men
tion for many of the exhibitors. Two
significant facts were brought out in
the Jury of awards. The Florida grown
Sumatra leaf was found to require 25
more leaves to the pound of a given
grade than the samples exhibited from
the island of Sumatra. It received 20
points of excellence ngaliiHt 18 for the
Sumatra nnd was pronounced by the
Jury to be perfect. The bright yellow
I tobacco of Virginia and North Caroli
na was awarded 18 points of merit out
of a possible 20, or the same as given
to the Turkish tobacco, which It resem
bles in tunny points and with which It
most closely competes. While It was
admitted trial the Turkish tobacco had
a more desirable aroma, the North
Carolina product, besides closely ap
proximating this, has a larger leaf.
Which can lie used for wrappers ns well
ns for tillers for all tobacco cigarettes
nnd plug. It costs much less to produce
ntiil Is altogether more of n general
purpose tobacco nnd Is therefore more
desirable. Foreign countries are appre
ciating this fact.
Ilnnil) Ileitis In Hatcheries.
To clean and carry a hog with ease
use a short bidder (about six feet long
will iloi mill place leys about a foot
loiik utiilei each etui. I 'lace a little tar
lli the sciildlliM water, mid the lion will
elcntt easier. Fur a good hog semper
til he a piece of ail old grass scythe
about four Inches lu length. with edge
miller dull In place of a scalding
(lough n large cask laid In a aliiuliuit
position will answer (lie purpose nl
Miosl lis W ell Two good ( Mils placed 111
a slanting position aualust a luilhllug
Is (lie simplest niolhoil of haiiuluii a
ling easily
To clean a polk blind thai Is tainted
mnl has a bad smell ahont II wash II
nil! It* rlemi KM jftitl ran, Iheti while
wimh II Willi fiesll slacked lime, l.et
Ihc barrel dry, and II Im ready for use.
The Mine Mill not hurl the meal at all.
» Kansas Farmer;
I iillim t ro it 'l'll* Million Mains.
Tile Bliilistlt'liili of Ihe department of
agriculture reports l0,loo,tN*« bwlea us
tbe pinhabit! colion production or thu
flulled Hliiii w for II""' !■ The eallnint
nil yield In bounds of lint cotton per
acre Is na follow a:
Virginia I»0 UrnUUw *W
N.'illi I malts* I*w 1V»«« Kt
hi.iilli (iiruitat .... I<" Aihsosaa MS
OiuiuiH ............. T»aa»n» I"
I'll.ii,l» IHI Miaw.url t75
Alul'Uiiitt I*l OkUltuiii* #ll
VJu,i~ i|.|.t I.iU Indian Territory ....
The acreage after eliminating all
luuit from which no crop will be gath
ered Ih eatluiatcd at !46,01H1,75M.
THE UEE QUESTION.
What Ihe lice Mini nl lin«l»i»eat SaTS
About it llee's I'nni r of Ml*eblef.
"Ho bees Injure fruitV' That quea
tlou came up In lluugary two or three
years ago, when grai>o growers lu a
certain district accused the Insects of
puncturing the ripe berries. The mat
ter was referred to Professor Jabio
uowsky. the state entomologist at Bu
dapest. All the evidence kuown.to liliu
was against the charge, and none of
the observations at or near Budapest
gave the least support to It. Hut no
amount of negative evidence can dis
credit evejt a single positive observa
tion. lie Visited the district where the
crime was committed. I saw I'rofess
or .lablonowsky at Budapest lu 1800,
and lie told me there was no doubt the
bees were guilty as charged. Hut in
extenuation it was said that there was
i absolutely nothing else for them to eat
■at that season. The region Is sciul
! arid, and while there are plenty of
I spring flowers there Is nothing for the
I bees after midsummer. What was at
I first an occasional feeding on a broken
I grape developed into an occasional at
tack oil a sound one, and this became
■ a universal habit in a surprisingly
' short time. The mouth parts of a l>ee.
\0.3
while beanttfnQy adapted for 42! ::T
--lnc nectar. have also well
Jaws or mandibles. ami There :» »b"< -
lutcly no reason why they should :w>r
puncture ripe fruits to x*-t at the «
if there Is nothing clw sqrtallv
tractive. 1 do not !»l!fw that
fruit piercins habit is it all a »r ■'
one. and. m far as my own oti»»v >
lions go. I have never seen a ')** n
any fruit not previously injured y
(Mime other i-anw I would he always
liii'llnnl to seek a prior hreafc nutar
than eowhkr the bee iitiilfy. lam a
believer in t.ees ami frcpienrly *mc
gest bee keeping in large orchard arena.
I think their work in secnring a set .if
fruit far outweighs the little mischief
they may cause on ripe example*, .inrt
after all if lack of suitable food ;• real
ly at the l»«ftorn of their rani! "w tiy not
feed the bees? Deliberately aaertflee a
few juicy fruits to them or a few
pans of sugar water or diluted mo
lasses. or plant a clover parch whem
they can get it or buckwheat or whar
ever else may be in honey yielding
condition when the fruits ripen, hnt
keep the bees by all means. The Tees
need them, says Profewwr J. B- Smirh
of New Jersey in Rural New Yorker.
Points Ahoai Tile and Larlas It.
Tile when properly placed in a dltrh
do not require a covering t small
stones or gravel, and they will do bet
ter work If the regular -wnl i» road for
covering. Horseshoe tile are ant a*
good for the purpose of draining a*
round tile. While they would be rea
sonably sure to stay in place if proper
ly laid, they are not as -tßcient a»
round tile. The reason they are not s»
efficient is shown in the cat. If tmc a
small stream of water is flowing, t
spreads out over the entire Sat surface
of the horseshoe tile, and there i» not
depth enough of water to cause the re
moval of silt or sediment which may
accumulate. It is far more dltflcnlt *o
lay horseshoe tile and do good worh
than to lay round tile. If the rtmmi
tile does not make a tight Joint with its
neighbor, it may be turned until a
place Is found where the Joint ia rea
sonably satisfactory. If the horseshoe
tile does not tit with its neighbor, then
the shovel must be used ami .*arth re-
Oo
BOUND TILE—HORSISHOB TIL*.
moved or tilled In as the occasion may
require. If horseshoe tile are used,
they will do better work if they are
laid with the flat tile up, for then co»-
ditlons as to the flow of water are pro
duced which are more nearly like those
present with the round tile. When
round tile are laid. It la well to lay a
piece of common tarred building paper
over the joint before Ailing in with
earth. No matter how tight the Joint
is made there is always a slight open
ing, and there Is a possibility that foil
may pass Into the tile and obstruct the
passage. After the tile are placed *
small piece of building paper laid over
the joint Just before replacing the
earth will insure against obstruction,
says L. A. Clinton among some items
of advice given in Country Gentleman.
Uitflliral BrvTltln.
The Eastern New York Horticultural
■oclety meets Feb. 13-14, t'JWI, in
York city.
An authority on such matters advtmm
the starting of forest seedlings in cfc*
■cod bed und growing in the nursery
till they are strong euough to mammal
themselves In the forest plantation.
Active Interest appears In the subject
of devising measures to save the New
Knglaud forests. "Systeuiatlaed for
estry goes band in hand with progress
Ive agriculture, and they together form
the backbone of any nation's lite u*U
prossterlty,** as Frank YVtUlaw Pane
says lu New Kuglaud Homestead.
The annual crop of mushrooms u»
France Is valued at SU.OUtMW*)» and it 'a
said that there are tH> wholesale hrtna
In Paris dealing exclusively in them.
The Cornell experiment station ha*
found beet pulp a good food (or milk
cows and worth about half as much as
■llnge
One hundred bushels or more v*f time
per a or*' I* now seldom applied, tt l»
now recognised that on poor sails eod
sandy soils »he quantity applied at o»e
time should be small.
The Ohio station urges pNiatmtto*
nf the soil Intended for sugar beet* by
fall or winter plowing "tt* l subsiding
and thai l-eet Hauling be .lone tut ear»
ly as practicable, say In March and-
April
V lit hi *»• *#»«■
Mlnlivoa ItrlOlNt. »'»' bw«iuuiu* W
liuu< pat lew* with )«u. I'Ucrv would* t
tie H Messed thing Uvuc aMi
|it>tl«i> If » tIUIM t keep tvUiu* you tv
Oil It, You eouKlut po*»iWy
Hi Ulget Oil, t iMi'l kUow. uia'iuu. I
tuoltflil H»yfw*» teh do viluU w*kl
,m> rhHMilelpht* Vrw*.
Wluulu* *'»«•
««|»v» y«M devote uiuvh thought ti> y»u£
poeiuaV" asked the vuiluout csphtfer
"MU-hm your heart. uor »«ud U»« <•»*•
m ill vwmlttor, "1 Ua\v> reached a h«#iti(ift
where I i'hu afford to let thai pact
tliu work t'alt oU the reader, "-lud^"
m».n» I'ifM*.
"VIM; ho'* awfully WUN bWdtd. .
Why, I'm told that *»■» Jwut)ly %
count"
••Si>7 Mebby he's ouv of tbes»s r*-
cuuuU that the papers arc all taikia
about just uow." Cleveland
Dealer.
~~ 111 »•«** T*«.
A oekbrated but very vain and «ec
bearlut; Freuch painter iu 'ia.l a
pi t \li>k ttiut was taken ill, and Iks had
the audacity to send for ou«t of uw
li-«(llUK physicians Ui the capital, on
tin* as»uwptlou that a veterinary *»ir
gi'ou was uot ({oo*l eui'unh for tfkt «ai
uable dog of so great a f«r*oan#i aa
himself.
The phyalcUn who had been twuorKd
with the summons was at ttrnt petri
fied at Hit" Impertlaeacw of the notion.
t>ut soon Rruvi'icd bis equanimity ami
returned the following nj«rs»att«» r*» rb*
knight of the hrnsi:
••Would M M be it<»«l ■mmjjh ro
atep over to my bou**?, a* I fc»v« »
couple of new window sburtur* aba*
•rant palattaf?"
Cfdlif ■■
Tbe roada In Normandy art- splendid
for cyclini; th. disadvantage b»-
Ins that the of many ouun
routes hWea the beauty of tb* country,
for which reason It la oft*n a good
plan, when time la not an object, r©
pick out the bywaya on the map. Thi*
U the easier because not only ar» tbo
bywaya excellently kept, but tn* name
of a French village la plainly written
up. nnd one doea not have rldlculoua
dltflculty. as sometimes In Entfiand. a
finding out where one la. S»Wenp<»»ai
and milestones are abundant, and Uie
decimal svstem rerulers them perfectly
Him pie and exact. - "Hitfbwaya aud
liywaya lu Normandy," by i/warmer.