VOi XXXIX H WAI STINGS! m The Hodern Store Fancy Fall Fabrics. S i PRICES AND GOODS UNSURPASSED. S Cotton fleece-lined Vicunas, 10, 12J, 15c. All-wool Flannels, all colors, 2-tc. Beautiful line Fancies, 25c. Wool Challiee. satin striped. 85c. Qk Grand variety fine all-wool French Flannels. 50c yd. Jn Finer qualities all-wool, and silk and wool, 65c. 75c, 90c, SI.OO yd Uk We have some beautiful exclusive Patterns not found elsewhere. V Heavy Mercerized G>tton. all colors, 40c yd. Corduroy, Metallic Velvets, fancy corded Paon Velvets, 75c, 85c, SI.OO yd. Fancy Silks for Waists, all the newest patterns and weaves, including Shepherd Checks. Plaids and Fancy Moires; etc. OUR MILLINERY TO THE FRONT. jn When you see some exclusive Millinery, some ont of the ordinary, (m it's from this store That's the kind yon want. See onr superb exhibit. Co., $ M SOUTH MAUI STREET ) 001 ..... «.. . C 5 ISmi' Mail Orders Solicited U C POSTOmCZBOX ) • OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER, PA. $ I —^ L The Patrician Shoe at $3.50, the best for the Ladies. / The Hanan, the best shoe for men at $5.00. \ V Ladies' fine shoes f1.50, $2.00, $2.50, $3.00, in all leathers, high and r j medium tops. / ( Men's fine shoes, SB.OO, $2.50. $3 00, $3 50, $4.00, $5.00 and $6.00. i J Heavy shoes in oil grain and kangaroo calf for Li dies' and Gents'. / % A fnll line of school shoes \ J Large line of leggins and overgaiters. f I NEW RUBBER GOODS. C i DAUBENSPECK & TURNER, f \ NEXT TO SAVINGS BANK. J i 106 8. Main St Bntler, Pa \ BICKEL S FALL and WINTER OPENING FOOTWEAR. nirnv NEW STYLE IS HERE, hyrnl NEW SHAPE AND L,LIM NEW LEATHER. In Ladies' fine shoes we are showing many handsome styles in Enamels, patent-kid, velour and box calf, dull or patent tips, Opera or Military heels. Girls shoes in fine box calf and Dongola kid, low or spring-heels, welt soles, all sizes and widths. Men's fine shoes in patent colt-skin, enamel, vici-kid and box calf, hand soles, all the newest lasts. Large assortment of Boys', Youths' and Little Gents' fine shoes in latest styles. EVERY DAY SHOES. Ladies'whole stock waterproof at $1.75. The same kind in Misses'sizes at $ I f'railt:s in oil-grain and kaniraroo- Large stock of Gokey's high-cut, hand-pegged, box toe shoes. See our drillers high-cut, box-toe, bellis tongue shoes, hand fitted, just the kind (or this time of the year. Our stock of school shoes is complete. Gokey's high-cut, cop per-toed shoes for boys and waterproof shoes for girls. Large stock of best grade Felts and first quality Rubbers of all kinds at prices sure to interest you. Large stock oi Ladies', Gents', Misses' and Children's Leggins and Overgaiters. Repairing promptly done. Sole leather and shoemakers supplies. JOHIN BICKEL, 128 South Main St., BUTLER, PA. K E C . K Fall ft Winter Weights jgb E Hsvt a nattineas about them that J] .r"A \ A [ (\ mark the wearer, it won't do to kV AJ r fOv /, (1\ wear the last year's output. You ■ FJ |\ 12*7 (J It\ won't set the latest things at the \ U T> V" / V Ift stock clothiers either. The up-to- J [Ah Rm la C date tailor only can supply them, . /» if y\ V|l if you want not only the latest ( ! 5 / /\W T n JrH things in cut and fit and work- I II till 3 I nunsbip, the finest in durability, jl If i//j/l where else can you get combine- 1 I | 111 ttona, you get them at I II 111 II I KECK G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, 42 North Main Straat All Work Guaranteed Butler,Pa 7i EARLY FALL STYLES .1 W In Footwear Now Open j 6 nusELiwrs. j < Going to town tomorrow? m Tea, I need a pair of boots. A That's just what 1 want too. k Where are you going for 'em? i W. Oh I don't know, guess I'll look round. . k Well, I won't I go straight to Huselton's! i y Huselton's?—That so, he's all right, ® L| I never got poor shoes there yet; wl Yes, and I think he's right smart cheaper, yl Let's go together. y All right—let's! ! < H Huselton's, ; Opp Hotel Lewry. -THE BUTLEF CITIZEN. Nasal CATARRH OMk In all iu itage*. %, A JUI)/ Ely's Cream Balmv cleanses, soothea and heals £ V § the diseased membrane. It cures catarrh and dr.ves away a cold in the head quickly. Cri'cm Balm is placed into the nostrils,spreads over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im mediate and a care follows. It is not drying—does j not produce sneezing. Size, 50 cents at Drug gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents. Well Worth Knowing Facts not Fiction —Weak Neiv s —All Run Down —Constant Headaches —S'tcp rot Kcstlu ! —A V Ltim Gives the Kojil to j I knllh Mrs. L. Cuups of No. 4 Hammond row I Lincoln Ave., Butler, Pa., says: "As a nerve tonic Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve Pills are splendid. 1 found them capable of rapidly building me up—giviu£ me strength—steadying my nerves and mak ing good sleep a certainty. When I got the h-jx at D. H. Wuller's Drug Store I felt miserable but not long as the med icine gave me the above results easily and quickly. I gained also in weight owing to the fine appetite and digestion they gave me " Dr. A. W. Chase's Nerve I'ills are sold at 50 cents a box at dealers or Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co., Buffalo, N. Y. See that portrait and signature of A. W. Cliase. M. D. are on everv package \ l 4 Johnston's M M Beef, Iron and Wine Jl Is the A M Best Tonic' 1 M ►i and 4 A Blood Purifier. > J j Price, 50c pint. 4 4 Prepared and 92 sold only at Johnston's jj r 4 Pharmacy. N It. M. I.OGAN, Ph. O . L< v M aniiKer, V J KM N. Main St., Hutli r. J'h Both 'Phonei* y J | Everything in the kl , drug line. w A \ » LJLJ Have You a Neighbor? If so why don't you get (a» ..jit together and have a tele- > phone system. We manufacture them. I Ask us and we will tell jflnfKLJ\ you all al>out it. Electrical woik of all iesei iptionsdoneon slioi 1 /aVOMH * : 1 notice The U. S. Electric Mfg. Co BUTLER. PA. Of Interest To you to know that REED carries in stock the following horse and cattle remedies. Dr. Daniel's Gall Cure, " Reno vat er, " Wonder Worker Lineuient. " Outer Co'mim or nerve and mtus-le liuement, " Cough, Cold, Fever Drops. " Colic Cure. Sloan's (Jail Care. " Horse and Cattle Powders, " Linement Barker's How and Cattle Powders. " Linement. Newton s Heave, Couich, Distemper and Indigestion Cnre. Bowner's Barn I (nut. Four Horse (jail Cure. Foutz's Horse and Cattle PQwders. Sheridan's Condition Powder*. Reed's Pharmacy Cor. Main and Jefferson Sts , Butler. Pa Both Phones. L. S. McJUNKIN Insurance and Real Estate Agent. .17 P. IKFFHRSON. BUTLER. - PA % BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1902 Ho*o»»o»|o«to^olW{o»lo»lolto»lo«o.t f NO. 17 :! 1 PUDDING I 2 E B y J- Hami,ton * Graham £ 0 ° fc Copiiright. iml, l>u A. J?. Richardson * 2* ovi o 'ct cao 3a o«: oit<4cao *4 ca ga oA o m 1 am called an eccentric man, and I am rather proud of the fact. Among my eccentricities is that of carrying au ur trumpet and preß-uding to be deaf whenever 1 go on a journey. As a mat ter of fact; my sense of hearing is most acute, equal to that of a fox, I think, but in carrying the trumpet I have two objects in view first, nobody thinks of asking me Questions on tri lling matters or set'ks to draw me into political arguments, and, second, I have the fun of overhearing much not meant for my ears. There are times when my fellow travelers comment on my personal appearance, much to my detriment. Init I have to take the bit ter with the sweet. The day I went up to London from Liverpool to be present at the funeral of Piy old friend Stebbins the compart ment was fuil at starting, t had my trumpet along and copied the actions and attitude of a deaf man. By the time the journey was half completed there were only three of us left. The other two men were acquaintances. Neither was over thirty-eight,and from their general ioi»ks I sized tlnni up as belonging to the gambling and horse racing frateruity. It was esjsy to see that one dominated the other, and'the dominant man ljad a hunted, desperate look in his eyes. I judged he was in desperate straits for money and that he would be willing to risk a great deal to make a haul. As soon as tlje three of us were alone he said to the other: "Now we can talk matters over and settle particulars." "But the old dozer there," protested the otiier. "Ho couldn't hear the explosion cif a ton of dynamite. If I thought he had £SO hi his pocket, I'd twist his neck and heave him out of the door, but I don't believe he's got 10 shillings about him." "You'd be a fool to meddle with any one until we pull this affair off. Now talk low and go ahead. It is on Pud ding lane, is it?" "No. 17 Pudding lane. Don't write it down, but don't forget it. It is a fJill mile from the depot. We take a cab to the corner of Hoke street, and then we have only two blocks to walk. The place is open till 10 o'clock in the even ing." "And the name of the party?" "Is Webb. He's a man of sixty and not in good health. One crack 011 the head will settle his business. When you have done for liim, you raise one of the front windows as a signal to me. 1 shall be exactly opposite. We can loot tlie place in fifteen minutes If the feafe is still open." "I have told you I would not strike to kill," said the weaker one after a pause. "I don't ask you to," replied the oth er; "but Just remember this—if you don't finish him we may liotli end our days in prison. He's a foxy old rascal, and he may get a peep at me. If he does, then goodby, and you'll be In the same boat. What's the use of being squeamish over it? Why not make a safe job? He is the biggest kind of a robber and a man without a heart." "Hut I couldn't strike to kill." "Have your own way, but if he comes to I shall finish him off in a hurry, and you'll have to stand in with me." "Suppose he is suspicious of me ami keeps me outgide the railing?" "He won't be. You show him the diamond ring I have to give you, and he'll Invite you Inside fast enough. Tell him it's a part of a big haul, and you can steer the rest his way, and he'll pat you 011 the shoulder and bring out a bottle of wine. The only thing Is that you must not make a bungle of it." They had agreed that I was deaf, but at the same time they had lowered their voices until an ordinary man would not huve caught a word. I heard everything, however, and I rea soned it out that they were after either a pawnbroker or a "fence." It was to be a case of assault and robbery—per haps worse. In the same cautious tones they planned where to dispose of the plun der and In what direction to take flight, and I came to understand the affair as plainly as If I had been a third man. I arn an Imperturbable man. I sat there for two hours and made no sign, but I was doing a great deal of thinking just the same. It lias always been my habit to mind my own business. I have never cared who was being robbed or murdered as long as Jobbers and murderers let me alone. My first Idea was to keep hands off, but It looked like such a pretty case that 1 changed my mind. It was an opportunity for a Scotland Yard to capture a couple of desperadoes red handed, si ml 110 doubt I would tie patted on the back for the pointer I was to give them. We reached London at 8:10 in the morning, and while the two men took a cab and drove away for lloke street I called one and drove direct to Scot land Yard. I was snubbed as soon as I arrived. An official to whom I was directed asked me If a horse had fallen down or a chimney caught fire that I came Into his presence in such a hurry. I allow no man to rub my fur the wrong way and therefore gave this of ficial better than lie sent. We used up ten minutes in passing compliments, and then a detective was called to hear my story. He heard It under protest An soon as I mentioned ths fact that I was not deaf be iudiguuuuy demanded: "Then why tarry that ear trumpet? Your carrying the trumpet is a gross deception on ih" public, sir." "The public is not affected one way or I In* oth'.'r," I replied, "as It Is no one's business whether 1 am deaf or all right. In this case my pretense of be lug deaf has served the public a good turn, unless you staud here and let murder and robbery be done," '•'SU'," he continued, "I believe you can be arrested for carrying an ear trumpet when your hearing is per fectly good, I believe such 11 tiling couies under the head of misdemeanors. Tom, will you look in the book?" The book was consulted, and much lo the detective's disappointment my ear trumpet was not mentioned along with pistols, knives and slungsbots. "But you <•1111 be detained us a sus picious person," lie said as a look of re lief came to Ills face. "Yes, that is the charge, and I shall detain you until Hie Inspector a [rives." "If you let thosv two men carry out their plan, I will make London too hot to hold you!" I shouted in my anger. In reply I was locked up. An hour later the Inspector on duty slrollcd in from Ills dinner, and my case was laid before him. It began with th.- trumpet. •'I understand. sir," lie said as lie fixed me with :i glare, "that you carry nn ear trumpet to deceive the publlcr" "Well, what if I do?" I yelled at him. "Speak rt spi i*ifully, or it will be the worse for you. 1 take it tUat a man who will deceive the general public will also deceive the police. You can tell your story, howevt r." 1 told It "in a straightforward way, but when I ha:l finished the Inspector smiled in derision and shook his head and replied: "Too thin, iny man. -You want to le.nl us off on a jolly, but you've fallen over your own feet. 1 think it will be safe lo detain you until morning." At that hour of the night I could nut hope to find one of my few friends in London to identify me and therefore submitted with as good grace as itossl ble. 1 almost ltegg'd of the inspector to send men to I'udding lane. He gave me a look of ptty and disdain and turnid away. But I was not held all night. At midnight a report reached the yard that the pawnbroker at 17 Pudding lane had been murdered and his rootus plundered, and when I was taken out of my cell into the presence of the in spector I found him both abject awd agitated. He begged my pardon in the most servile way and entreated me not to make iny story public and ruin him. I refused to make any promises. 1 had not described the men to him in telling my story, and now I absolutely re fused to give him a clew. I had t>een humiliated and treated with contempt while trying to serve the police, and you stay be sure I bore them no good will. Before I got satisfaction I had the inspector, the detective and anoth er man bounced, and it was through my description of the murderers that a private detective agency ran them down in Germany and secured a big reward. The Town Had Offsets. "I had been knocking about a Kan sas town in the evening." said a Bos ton drummer with a limp, "and in heading for my hotel I walked plump into an open sewer which had no red light of warning. I had a bad faM and broke my hip, and 1 wasn't yet out of the sewer when I made up my mind to sue for $20,000 damages. I was taken to the hospital, and next day the city attorney called on me to know what 1 was going to do. " 'l'm going to sue the t#wn, of course,' I replied. " 'But what for?" he asked. " 'For personal damages. There should have been a railing or a light, but there was neither, and my injury will lay me up for weeks.' " 'But don't you know what you es caped by falling into the sewer?* he asked. " 'No.' " 'Then let me tell you that the roof of the hotel fell in last night and killed three men, and If you had been In your bed you would have been crushed to pulp. You really owe this town something Instead of talking about damages.' "When able to get out," continued the drummer, "I found that public opinion was against me and the peo ple ready to stand a suit, and by ad vice of a lawyer I settled the ease for $125. I didn't even get all that, fti tumbling into the sewer I broke two planks and brought a. caveln, and th* damages were assessed at $5.6fl and taken ont of my money." Still In the Itnalneas. Lord Unities, a once famous Scottish Judge, on his way southward to Perth from the northern circuit, had to spend the night at Dunkeld. Next morning he made for the ferry across the Tay, but, missing the road, ashed rt passer by to show him the way. "With all my heart," said the stran ger. "I see your lordship does not know me. My name's John Oow. Don't you remember me? I had the honor to be tried before your lordship for sheep stealing." "Now I recollect you, John," replied the Judge. "And how Is your wife? She, too, had the honor to appear Im>- fore me for receiving the sheep, know ing them to have been stolen." "Ah, we were very lucky to get off for want of evidence, but I am still In the hutchetlng business." "Then," quoth Lord Karnes ns he came In sight of the ferry, "we may have the honor of meeting again."— Scottish American. Hardly That. <'holly Miss Mabel, do yoH know you've stolen my hmirt? Mabel Ob. well, that's only petit lareeny.—New York Journal. The .1011, null. The bay of Naples abounds, iu me dus&> or Jellyfish, often growing as large as, two feet In diameter and weighing fifty and sixty iwunds. Some of them shine at night wlih a greenish light and are known as "nocllluca" (night lanterns) by the natives. The Jellyfish sometimes make migrations In great groups, sometimes so large and so thick as to Impede the navigation of vessels, like the floating plants'ln the Sargasso sea of the tropics. These shdals of medusa*, as they are called, may be so dense that a piece of timber plunged In among them will be held upright as If stuck In the mud, and ordinary rowboats cannot foree their way through them. Their migrations have never been explained. They are Irregular and* occur at no particular season of the year and under no par ticular Influences. W hut Homn Name* Mrnn. The following gives the meaning of the names of the? principal highland clans In Scotland: Mcintosh, the son of the First. McDonald, the son of Bro\\yt Byes. MeDougall, the sou of Black Eyes. McOnnecliy or Duncan, the son of Brown Head. McGucgor, the sou of a < J reck man. McCulthbert, the son of the Arch Druid. McKay, son of the Prophet. Campbell, Crooked Mouth. Cameron, Crooked Nose. Stewart, ills Stay or Support. A Correction. • When President Blanco's administra tion In Venezuela was overturned, that Official, who, report said, had accumu lated great wealth while In office, went to Paris, lb- was strolling In a boule vard In the French capital when a passing pedestrian arrested the pace of his companion and said: "See that man? lie stole $:j,0(M),000 when his government was overthrown." Quick as a flush Seuor Blanco turnud. "Beg pardon, sir," lie saljl Icily, "but It was $.">,000,000." Her View. A little tliree-year old miss while her mother was trying to get her to sleep became Interested In a peculiar noise and asked what it was. "A cricket, dear," replied her moth er. "Well," remarked the lINle lady, "he ought to get himself oiled."—Chicago Nuwk. XA A A AAAAA A£AAAAAAAAA • ,/EGAL \ TENDER £ p r;y ADCUON CLAiUC ► £ ' opvrtgM, 1901, by A'l iuon Clnrk .'lie Henderson farm had once blos >;ned like a well kept Hewer garden, l.i those days the white house, set back from the road in a clump of live oaks, •..ms astir with life and youth. The ster had been a justice of the peace ai.d laid run for the legislature. Men hi d called him Judge Henderson, and lie had walked w.th his bead erect. He had had a neighbor then heart was very near to his own, but the war had come and changed- every thing. Robert Stephens, the neighbor, Uad gone away to join the Yankees, and friendship was changed to bitter hatred. The master's sons, nephews and friends had also gone to the war, some from the nocth and others froia the sou Hi. Hi* slaves had left him at the first rumor of freedom, and the old place soon fell into decay. A thick carpet of crab grass and wild morning glory vines had spsead over the fields where had once beaa rows of cotton and cern. All was silent now in the house among the live oaks. I'pon a bed in the large sunny front room upstairs lay the master, sick mid d'-serted no, not quite deserted, for there was left old Jerry, the last of a htsidred slaves. The old man turned over restlessly ki his bed and. putting tip a thin, bony band, pushed the gray hair out of his eyes. "Jerry!" he called in a feeble voice. A wrinkled black face appeared at the door. "Yes, Ma'se Tol, heah I is." answered the old servant. "What do you mean leaving me here alone? Where have you been all this time?" "I ain't be'n nowhar, Ma'se Tol, 'cept in' In de kitchen. I ain't lef yo' but a li'le minute." "You have! 1 say you have, Jerry. You've been gone an hour. Why don't yon bring me something to eat? Do you think tluit because a man's a little sick he doesn't get hungry?" "Yes, sah, Ma'se Tol; yes, salt. De dinnali be ready t'reetly; would 'a* be'n done, sah, only de bins somehow don't lay no mo' today no, sah, uot a single aig! An' de co'ukieal am done till gone an' de bac'u an' de coffee." "Nothing to cook, eh! Not a thing to eat iu the house, and I'm to lie here ut) my back and starve, am 1. just be cause you're too lazy to go to the store and get something?" "Yes. sah. Ma'se Tol; yes. sah," said Jerry uneasily. "I'ze Jes' a-gwine to de sto' now—Jes' a-gwlne when yo' cull me. Yes, sah, Ma'se Toi, but—but de money done all gone too." "Money! That's what Is the matter, is It? Well, why didn't you say so? What do you stand gibbering there for and not tell what you wait? Do yo* think I'm a beggar?" He turned over In feverish haste, his old hands trem bling nervously, and, reaching under the pillow, took out a large wallet, which be opened, displaying a number of crisp new bills. "Money! There, ti'ke what you want!" A look of uivu Ui— rtvcf the tilil »»«*- g'-o's face; then he smiled as with trembling hands he took one of the bills ami folded it tenderly. "Yes, Ma'se Tol; yes, sail. De di<nnuli be ready t'reetly," said he, and, bowing and smiling, he shambled out of the room. Two stores, In one of which was the jajstoffice; a glnhouse and a blacksmith shop constituted the town. One of the stores was owned by Judge Hender son's former neighbor, who had gone out Joyfully to tight for the Unlen and had come back broken, one legged, al most a pauper. But It was not there Jerry went. He well knew that his master would cat lio food from that store. So he passed It by and went on to the other, where a busy, practical newcomer did a gen erfl'l merchandise business for cash. "Evctiln', Mlstali Boss," said Jerry to the man who came forward to take Ills order. "(Joou evening, Jerry. How is Mr. Henderson today?" asked the proprie tor. "Jedge Illndl'son, sah, am bettah, t'auk yo'. He am heahty, sah," re turned the old negro, straightening up bis bent form and looking with con tempt on the questioner. "Can 1 do anything for you?" asked Mr. Boss. "Yo' kin, sah," responded Jerry, and he gave his order as If he were speak ing to a servant. "Yes, to be sure," said Jhe proprietor when Jerry had finished, "but excuse me. Ah, but Jerry, did Judge Hender son send the money? You know we do only n cash business." Jerry looked at him for a moment In silence, "hi co'se 1 bruitg de money," he said. "Does yo' t'luk I done come tieggin' fo' Ma'se Tol sump'n to eat?" The proprietor unfolded the bill which the old negro handed him, and as he saw what It was smiled 111 aW»u« perlor manner. "Why, Jerry, this is no good. Tills Is not legal tender," said he. "Tills is Confederate money. The Confederacy fell six months ago, and Confederate notes are no longer legal tender. They tiro not worth tho paper they are printed on." "Ain't no good? Yo' say de money ain't no good?" responded the old tie cro, trembling with anger and disap pointment. "Ain't Ma'se Tol's money good as any mofiey? Ain't my Ma'se Tol Hlndl'son a ge'm'u? Ain't he pay bis debts?" Ills voice broke to a sob and tears filled his eyes. "Ain't do money to buy my po' marster sump'n lo eat when he hongry?" "Jerry, you don't understand," ex - - plained Mr. Koss. "Confederate money Is no lougcr legal tender. Judge Hen dersou must have sent the wrong bill. Tell him If he will send coin or United States notes we will be glad tu s«*ve him." The sick man awoke from a lltl'ul slumber as lie heard a step upon the stairs. For a moment he lay staring up at the celling and trying to straight en out the tangle In his thoughts. "Jerry," he called at length Impatient ly. "You lazy nigger, why don't you come on with my dinner? Didn't 1 tell you I was hungry?" "Yes, sah, Ma'se Tol, heah I Is, sah," answered Jerry, coining half fearfully Into the room. "But but, Ma'se ToJ" Ills lips were trembling, and the tears were streaming down his fata*. "Well, what Is It? What do you stand there whimpering like a baby for? What's the matter?" "(»h, Ma'se Tol," cried Jerry, falling Upon Ills knees beside the bed, "lie say de Cornfede'cy done busted, an' de money ain't no good!" "The money no good! Sam Rosa said that?" cried the old man in a shrill, cracked voice, "lie's a liar, Jerry! 11l go tight down there and .tell hi ill so." lie lifted himself upon his elbow and struggled lo sit upright In bed, 1 tit the exertion was too much for his feeble strength, and he fell back weakly upon h | pillow. The* he lay for au hour raving In d<'- I rium, alternately, cursiug the man who had Fi'ftixed tb take hi> ia<>u»y and UeggiiSg Jerry to l>rinf his dinner. The old nesio rem:iin- <J for a long tlim\ kneeling by the l>e<l. moauing a;:i4 praying a'n<i-J-tiding "Ma'se To I" just to lie <}uiet, and Jerr.v would swm have tiis dinner readj*. Then a light broke upon his darkness. ?1»> arose and, taking the discarded hill, went again dnwn the road toward the vil la; r He would try the ofher store. X# doubt Captain Boh would take the money, and his master liewd never kn.c where the rtijngs c.-wne from. ■•Kvenin", sai_J Jerry to the one legged who came foujvnrd to meet him. vtTcod ej"eninj{. .feirr." answered the old soldier. "How Is Jmtge M .krfer !.uu today':" '.•flighty po'Jj", sab; mighty po'ly, C'.ap'n Bob. t 'ahi't aomehuw eat nuffin', :iu" he liongry Inik. too, aU de tiiu'.*. l>on' reck'n yo' j;«t tiulfia' fo' a sick man— cm bac'n vr eo'Htnnil er coffeeY' Jerry hatnieil the storekeeper the bill and stood watcMng him closely while he examined it. When lie had looked at It carefully and turned it over and examined it on the other he tnwiod 10 the old no«ro with au uiKlersialid ing l«K>k. "Why, of course I have, .Fir ry; anything you want," said hv. "An"—nn', C«[p.n Rob, am <le money k'kxl?" nsk<-(| ntixH>iv*ly. "t-'a'se Mistah U»sx. he say de <sornfede'ey «lone busted aif" de money ain't n« legal ti.idah." Hoss is fi liar, Jerry, and a scoundrel too. I'll tell him su the tirst time 1 see liim. The money is t;ood for anything in this store." lie stumped about noisily on his W'O.len swearing softly to himself, until he had made up a dozen paclanges and iJaeed them on the counter— nxjtft and eggs, conmieal and coffee and whatever else the meager resources of the small srore afforded. "Jerry, tell Jml;;e Henderson that I j:hi pleased to serve him," said he as he handed the parcels to the old negro, "and say to hnu that 1 will call tonight li> ask about his health and to break with him a bottle of the aid '42. I'll vrait<T he hasn't smacked his lijis over a'ii.rthliig as good as that thes<" twenty years." "tiawd bless yo', Cap'n Bob." an swered Jerry, with tears »f gratitude in his eyes. "To" am a sho' 'uuff white man." "No thanks at all. Jerry—just a little matter of business. And, Jerry, wart— here's your change." When the old negro hart gone. «'ap tain Itobert Stephens, Rome time soldier and gentleman, hobbled back to the rear of his small store, kicked open the stove with his wooden leg and, unfold ing a fresh, new Confederate bill, tore it into bits and dropped it inside. "Legal tender! Legal tender!" he muttered. "Why, Hie brute—and the old man starving to death!" It o:im rknl»l«* Cntofii. Santa Cruz is famous for Its aaves, »ne being, without doubt, the munt re markable cavern of the kind hi this country. It-is aeavhed after passing a rough pnlnt, Woint Diablo, and from the ocean is seen to be a large black domelike object nt the base of the mountain. .ipproaeUing, the boat is forced through a tliiekly matted kelp l>ca and eaters the envc, which ia now seuii (• be made up •( sevaral large and lofty rooms. In the first two the walls are curiously decorated in all the colors of the rntnbo.u, caused by cheai ical acMon. "Wie boat is pwaived Into the second and third chaiifbeva, drlft 'iiu' In water of a delle#te green tint Iml remarkably clear, the bottom cov ered with algfe of many colors and slmpcs. Ahead is a black opening not much larger than the boot, through which the gPOHnd swell passes every few seconds, produelng a pmideinonl -11 in (»f sounds- groans, roars, sucklug, seething nolsvs like tiß' hissing of steam from some gigantic caldron, ac companied by explosions, ootnw rushing forth to warn and uupall the inaHner, but the boat Is pushed on directly after the Ingress of a i-oiler Into the largest chamber of tWs wonderful ocean caw ern. It Is absolutely ditrk except at the entrance, which now appears hke a great star shut out a* the waves come rolling In.—World's W<*Mt. A|i;roi>rl>lr. .Mr*. Sharpe They call the bell boy lu the hotel Buttons, I believe. I won der why. Mr. Sharpe Probably because he'e always off when you need tiiin most.— Philadelphia Press. The* Oldest llrlttiali (iniue. .11l one form or nnotlier football, the oldest British name, h.m existed for centuries. Some see It- In the game "Unrpastou," played by the tlreeks, the name of which, ijiey iay,. 1»■ derlvo tllni, suKgesM that'the ball might be seized-and carried Into g<vdl. No trace of the gome, A libw understood, is found outside but In ling hind.lt has flourished, for centuries. Shjove Tuesda'y, in olflen, flmea, was the" (treat- annual friofball (lay, wheh tho fun was fast anil furious, shops and houses closed for fear of damage uwd bot-h sexes ages taking p.^rt. Vltzwtephen In his "History l4on don, 117 ft," innkes the mention of tho game'in lOngland. He tells us of yowtig pien of the mnma|ly no lute Into the tlehhi after dinner to play at the well t known game of. laill <yi Shrove Traditions of Chester and lterby bear this out.'Wlfere It. w,us loiik the custom to do tht? same, Ches ter's first" ball beliiK the head of a I lane.—Pearson's Weekly. \\ I Jilt He WoiHeU l» Jinny. It may not bo generally known, but a eertyln p|-omlnent resident bchmga to a-family lu wlrtch.he Is on'e of nveii [y four brothers and slstyrs, sixteen of whom nro now ilvlhg. T'lhm-c were two nuithers in t'he family, the first having eleven children and second thir teen. 'Uie ( m.iu In tyieslion belongs t<> tho second group. <»n< v of his sisters grew to maturity, married, had seVen children antl died before be was born. He was an iju<-le befoh* birth* and a greijVuucle at llvi> years of age. It IS said the latter event nainw to-pass and the ytiuugsti-r was l uf> rm td that he was now really and tVuly a great undo ho who lis.d been an inv-le for live I >njt yenrs cocked bin fffturci Into nn exprt-sslo'n of sadness and re pjled, •tTlnit may be all rtuht, but when am l goln« to be a gran'pa?" Ann Ar bor Times. Ilcitirnf y. If honesty is the be t policy 111 bu I liess. It Is also the best policy when one I.as (Tone ivroue and i < onl'i•'iitud with the nun-llon wl;etliei he shall confess every I hint: frankly or make excuses. A transparent < \ei:-e Is worse than none at all. After a isan Is maarleil he dlseorera that his wife's ; olden 11 • -- are noth Ing in tlu .oild liilt li-d hi.'. Plilla delphai Itecord. m?mv! CORN AND SOY BEANS. A Rciirnlilp Horige Crop F«r I.ate tiininirr—suilahlt \ arlr/lra. of corn«and soy beans i* recununended l>y the Hatch station of MaVsaohicsetts as a most £od drr crop for the last ten dafrls of Au gust and the first two or three,weeks in Septt u*er. A medium early corn,ft preferred. Some of the fweet varieties are excellent. Tbe % €qnadh «r Ix>np fi-1 Wr. fs nl*o desirable. The medium ureeii sny lienn is the most sn'tnble va riety. Thw Japanese beaa is mw so well l«".wn that a description fc hard ly necessary. 'l*lie seed can be pur chased of all large dealers. It grows three Jo three'and oi)c?ha|f feet ffigb; ikhil« 110 support and" is thickly stud ded with loaves. For severmJ years we hare sewn .the euiui with a corn*planter'in rows three CORN AND SOY HEASH. and ouolialf feet apart and tlieuplont < d the beans with a liqnd oorft planter iu the same rows with the corn, one lot_of benns being placed every few Inches. It Is considered preferable, however, to mix'the com and beans .to gether In the proportion of about Hen quarts of corn to seven quarts of "beans. This mixture own be planted with planter so related that the kernels will be -filwit two Inches apart in the row. K will. ef course, be -impossible to lfiajnt.-ifn this regularity, but It will he sHlllnienffor the purpose. ihe crop is to he cultivated arid harvested In the same manner as corn. The first seeding should % be made May 15 mill a second June 5. One-half acre is ample for ten cows two Wrecks. The first sowing will b'a ready to cut about Aug. 21) and the Second the,first week in September. When cutting be gin*., the corn will have many well formed en'rs, and the beans will have begun to seed. The yield to the acre wMI be In the vicinity of twelsr* ton», equal to two and three-quarter ton# of dry*matter containing 3.0Q0 pounds of aoMiaJ digestible material. If corn fs gro.wn extensively upon the fartu, one planting of eorn tTrid be.4ns may be sutfiolent, the farmer prefer ring fo feed from his field cerri'after the first week In September. Fodder worn without the heans (flso makes an ex cellent green food. Varieties of (.'unprni For tbe K»rMi. As te the varieties of eowpea* lv>Jt for the Hortli The Rural Now Yorker says: It depends on wh'at you want them for. If for seed, the early va rieties, like ( Ea*ly Biagk, New Kra and Mount Olive, should be u*eif. These will usually produce seed as far north as central fs'ew York, hut we Doubt whether seed growing will pay. 'Hie chief value of the crop to the northern farmer will be In the vine, to be usi-d as pasture or for plowing under. For these purposes'we advise the later va rieties, such as Whippoorwlll, Wonder ful, Clay and Unknown. These will make large vines, but axe not likely to mature seeds, although we lfave grown seeds of all except Unknown in north ern New Jersey. We think it Will pay the northern farmer to buy seed *of these later varieties from the south rather than t« try to grow seed ef the earlier varieties on hfs own The cow pea looks much like a beau, though it Is njiJiLe any true Ucan in cultivation except that it Is very tender and must net bo planted until the ground Is warm enough for corn. I>ry Matter und I'roteln I"» Alfnlfn. It is tin I tned that the yield of dry matter per acre in alfalfa far exceeds that of any of the other crops, while the yield of protein, with the exception of red clover. Is more than five times that <if any otlfer crop Included, besMes possessing the further advantage that It requires less labor to produce it, Ihe x-nse after the first year being lim ited-tp cost of manures and harvest ing; duo tli.'it a ton of alfalfa hay, when carefully handled, contains more dry matter and protein than red clover, timothy and.pea hay, although that iu tlre red clover hay Is nearly equal. Daitrm \ emu Writrrn Mnikmrluna. The western inuskmclons arc well graded and umifilly uniform lit quality. These points of excellence have greatly assisted their popularity; If melons approaching hi flavor those of the Ar kansas valley can be provided in the east without Irrigation, surely proxim ity to market shutfld so Influence freight rates as to place the home grower on even footing with the west ern producer. Especially Is uearncss to market an important factor in the case of a tender "fleshed, delicate Havered fruM like the muskmclon. E£HLY MUSKMELONS. Wfulrrii t'ompetltlon In Sbaklnir l'|i .ill' i:n«ti-ru liulu»fry. Eastern markets have been success fully invaded If not Captured by re t miii < ful tveutern melon growers, abut ted-by the fuyoralde soli and climatic toudltious of tire Irrigated rwgk>ns of the Arkansas river. Itealiidbg sppar- that it liehoores the eastern growt'r tn gpt a' very decided "more on" himself It! order meet this cotn petition styrji>*fully, the Cornell (N. Y.) station oilers the I'wllowhig hnfer nation anil advice: The early muskuielon crop is obtain ed hy growing the plants, in betbod er greenhouse. In one region west UoHiesler glass houses have been spe < In 11 \ erer(ed for the pit r pose of grow ing the plairtH di'sluned for early crop. TliV'd houses are of the simples!" type. Tltej are 'usually even span, twelve feet wide, and provided with a center U'nch and two side benches. Conical hollers are ordinarily cipplbyed to fur ulsh hent. a Tire houses also aid mate rially In growing early tomatoes. The usual method of raising the plants l-i as fviU»ws; Specially constructed bottomless vo No 41 neer hemes approximately 3 incite) square and 4 inches deep are made by the growers. The jioxefr ore placed oil Hie'beitch. and into the bottori of eacU is passed a wad of rotted barnyard manure.- after which they are filled with light garden loam. "Tfie s<»il IS then packed down with a "tamper," when they are ready for the seed*- About five seeds are planted In each hox and covered by sifting Sell over them. The usnal care la given in wa« tering. The plants<should hare a teiu 3 porature of about 8o degrees In the daytime and 00 to 70 degrees at nlfclit. One of the most scrioas difficulties i« caused by the "damping off" fun gus. When afflicted with this trouble, the plants wilt down during periods of eloHdy weather soon after the s«4d leaves develop. Occasionally the trout I<K> appears f>ef>re thJt time. The fungus is promoted by lack Of ventila tion and sunshine and by overwater ing. By watering carefully, ventilat ing freely and keeping up the heat during cloudy periods it Is checked. The disease may also be appreciably prevented by spraying the plants and soil with potassium sulphide, uainj? •ne ottnee dissolved iu three gallons of wnter. Soil rifh In vegetable' matter may expected to encourage the dis ease. Melons^rrowu,uuder .glass ire started late in April or early in May. Care must be exercised if the seed is sown earHfr te keep the plants from becom ing drawn aud "leggy The house urenvn plants are sot on tiie warmest site possible for tlio The site should be chosen with due regard to immunity from late frosts. Ordinarily in Niagara county the plants iwe set ont during the third or fourth week of May. The house grown plants are set very expeditiously. The boxes-containing the plants are distrib uted by a man or boy and the set nnet her. In mellow soil a hole is made with the hand, the box qwickly torn ajsirt and the cube of earth with plants pressed into the prepared hill. It is important that- the soil should have been thoroughly tlll.ed so that the nat ural shall have been coy ser.ved. gjxid eWface tillage lias been given, watering wiH be ttuneces sftry. THE CODLING MOTH. The Gr«*nt Prat of the Apple Grower*. Controlled br Spra^rlaf. '*lh*codhqg moth is our most seri ops apple pest. M Is likely to be a serious pest wlier c\4.t the apple can be successfully grown. Apple growing regions how it are mot likely tTlAig re main se. The <n;erage of fruit iu- _ Jured by tile codling- moth Is not great er in Hregon thfin in other apple.grow ing regions. There are bnt two annual broads, not thsee»or fcnif, as Gas been stated. Owing to irregularity-of development these broods overlap ao that larvae may be found in fruit from' Abo tlmo the first wormy apples occur in spring until after the fruit fs gathered. In the Willamette valley there ap pears to be ifo relation between the besoming of the apple trees and the time at which the moths appear. 'Bh'c eggs are "deposited principally en the /surface of the fruit and not In th* calyx. At Corvallis egg laying does net begiu until toward the end of June. It probablv dees not occur whon the evening temperature falls much below GO degrees and Is probably most active when such to£parature Is ab&re 75 degrees to 80 degrees. I'rebably a considerable number <4 larvae pjipate under eleds and robWsb un the ground. Birds are the most effectivt natural nlds In controlling the codling math. No benefit' Is to l>e oxpected from the Introduction of fosflgn UrtU or frt>m artificial use of fnngous and bacterid dfseaflcs. Farm and Garden lotci. Squasiies require rich, well manured soil. melons and other cucurbits to ward tfie last of M*y. Uis useless to do so before nettled weather. Mulching conserves moisture, Jitaders iweedis and keeps strawberries . The main crop of tomatoes not be st>t until nfter the'iOtli of May or when danger of frost Is past. Bow lettuce and peas for a anccos slon. Every home gai>den should have n Iwrder of sweet herbs. The ground Into which young seed- Ungj, mieh' a's t«mut,o and ciilfcigse plants, ari' tpansplanted shjmld'hs fine and well firmed about the roots of the plants. tri'iiuiiioilatlns th« CapVatn. One of the sea captains In the em ploy of Htepheu Oirard had a rural Yankee's fondness for whittling with his Jackknife and on one trip suc eeedt-d in getting away with a large purl of the rail, although, feeling that he was not without the artistic sense, he really regarded the rail as greatly Improved In appearance. When the vessel camo to Philadelphia, Glrurd went aboard, made a general Inspec tion lu the captain's absence and as he was a hoot to return to shore asked one of the seamen who had been cut ting the rail. The seaman told blm the captain and then, sfrahl his telling mlcht have unpleasant consvqueuoes were the captain to learn of It 111 a roundabout way, Informed that official of the Interview with (Jlrard. The captain was hi terror of a reprimand, but, hearing nothing from his employ er, supposed the incident closed. As lie was about weighing anchor ready to leave port a dray loaded with shingles drove down to the wharf, and the driv er hailed the vessel. "There must be some mbtake!" shout ed the captain. "Our hill of lading doesn't mention shingles!" "This Is where they belougl" sung back the driver. "Mr. Oirard himself told me to deliver them! He said tlicy are for llie captnin to whittle!"'—Phila delphia Times. Tim Cat Nature. The cat's spirit of Independence is the most distinct characteristic of her nature. As Mine, de Custlne rightly said, the cat's great difference from and. according to her sentiments, su periority tn, the dog Ho In her csli» insistence on selection which lnvwl ulil* aceomimnles her apparent docil ity. To the dog proprietorship is mas tership; he knons Ills home, and he recognises without question the man tvho tins paid for, feeds, on occa sion kfHis Irim with all the easy famil iarity of ownership. He follows that man undoiibtlng and uuuotleed, grate ful for a word, even thankful tor an oath. Rut the eat Is a creature of a very different stamp. She will not even stoop to conquer, nor l>e tempted out of her nature by offers of reward. She absolutely declines Instruction; nay, even persuasion Is lost upon her for any permanent effect It may bo de signed to have. You may be the legal possessor of a cat, but you cannot govern her affections.
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