VOL. XXXXI. § GREEN & YOUNG'S § § THIRD GREAT SEMI-ANNUAL o § SALE i 0 Starts Jan. 23. at 9 o'clock in the Morning. 0 0 Every heavy garment in our store must be sold, © regardless of cost. This is the store that is a little o over one year old and has made a wonderful record for _ © Itself. We have but two sales a year—one at this © time, and the other in August —and when we say sale © we mean an honest sacrifice of wearing apparel for _ © men and boys. We do not have much room in this , © small space to tell you about this wonderful sale, but g © will quote you a few prices:— a © Mmj's heavy fleeced lined underwear, worth 50c. sale pn«. 29c. O One lot rf boys'heavy winter nnderwear. worth 2o=, sale price, 10c %J One lot of men's heavy working coats, worth $1 25 and $1 50, sale 0 A One totof boys' kne- pants suits, sizes from 9to 16 at \ regular price. One lot of wen's and boys' suit*. worth to f7. sale price, |3 < . CI 0 One lot men's and boys' overcoats, wortb to sale pnee, 75. _ OAII 50c overalls. 39c. All 500 working shirts, 30c. C 9 We have bargains all throngh the store. ffc 4% Remember the date «nd oome early before the good numbers are W all picke«l ont § Green » young, § 8 onc-pricc Clothiers and Hatters, 118 South /Wain Street. 0 r.«3K* x&x&xa* x acapflcj fSO Per Cent Off| S LADIES'AND MEN'S WEAR. u See Articles Enumerated Below V B^-—THE MODERN STORE^— — g S All Ladies' Flannel and Heavy Vesting Shirt Waists, all this season s (K goods, to go at i price. Uk Ladieo' Golf Vests, sold at $2.fX) will be closed ont at 9><c. K S Lot Ladies' Flannelette Dressing Sacqnes, always |I.OO, take theui yk ■ for 50c Another lot 50c ones, 33c. a I»t Men's 4-in-hand Ties, all good styles, yonr choice for 25e. V C Lot Men's Wnite P. K. Bosom Shirts, good valne at $1 00, every one Qk ■ goes at 4«c. v S SPRING GOODS ARRIVING DAILY. $ S An Immense Assortment. # 5 EISLER-MARDOkF COHPANY.g S SOUTH iun rrurr T 001 S Send in Your Mail orders - s S OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. PA. £ %WX> February Prices AT Bickel's. Men u Gray Felt Bootn and heavy Goodyear-Glove overs $1 25 Men'* extra heavy Goodyear—Glove Perfections Man's first quality robbers Boys' first quality robbers Ladies' floe grade robbers *•> LEATHER GOODS. Men's fine lace shoes, tipped, latest style Boys' fine lace shoes, tipped, latest style J™ Little gent's fine lacethoes. tipped, latest style. ?•> 1 lot Men's $4 fine patent leather, vici and box calf shoes 2 .>0 Men's heavy sole and Up working shoes 1 «« if en's fine slippers, regnUr price, |J • LADIES' fXWE SHOES. Ladiea' sl 2i5 warm lined CongTest ahoes W Ladies' $1 SO warm-lineil lace shoes One lot Misses' «t 2.5 fine shoes ••••••• ™ One lot ladies' $1 60 fine lace shoes, patent tips I <>U Baker & Bowman's |4 flno shoes, hand tarns and hand welts J'.i One lot Misses' fine Kani?«roo-calf *1 75 shoes 1 00 One lot Ladies' good every day shoes reduced to ->■> Ladiea' $1 25 fine felt slippers reduced to <•» Children's fine shoes, wedge heel, sizes 4 to 8 4.» Infant's fine shoes' sizes 0 to 4 Ladies' II fine Jersey leugins reduced to w Ladies' fine buckle Arctics reduced to • W All winter goods to be closed out regardless of cost. Sols leather by the side or cut to any amount you wish to purchase. High iron stands with four lasts for repairing. John s ic k e '» 128 South Main St.. But|er, ?a --■ Jg Merchant Tailor. Q I I Fall and Winter Suitings I ■ ( \ JUST ARRIVED ( ) ■ ■ yy 142 North Main St. v y ■ cpqpe:r & co„ FINK TAIUOR^t Are rjow occupying their old at corner of tl~ie Diamo d. fl Suits from fy] s^^Q« Subscribe for the CITIZEN L • ' ' ■ ■ " THE BUTLER CITIZEN. NEW = I have purchased the C. J. Harvey Pharmacy, in the Stein building, at 345 S. Main St., am remodeling and restocking the store. I have twenty-two years experience as a pharmacist, and compounding of prescriptions will be under my personal at tention. Pure drugs and honest treat ment guaranteed. When in town shopping, stop and leave your packages. J. L. McKee, Pharmacist, Stein Block. S. Main St.. Butler. Pa. jC. F. T. Pape,? \ IJEWELERI! / 121 E. Jetferson Street. / p T ami ly Reunions! We olten cause ourseives end less worry and remorse by neg lecting to do some little thing. Get a god picture of your family ar.c 4 h me made at your first op portunity We make the best at $6.00 per dozen BxiO inches and jaranree them permanent. Let us know <n time to go out. The Butler Dye Works Dyeing, Cleaning, Pressing. R. FISHER . .Sale Is On.. Our Annual Clearance Sale. We always lifct Roods that jon need, and not things that have proved un saleable. Heed this. China sale at i! 0 per ceut. off. Pic tures, framed and nnframed, one-thiril off. Sterling silver one half price. I'M) piece dinner nets, one-fonrth off. Toyp. Games and Dolls at 2ff per cent, off All Bric-a-brac. Bronzes, etc.. one-third off. Brush Sets, Shaving Sets and all fancy goods at one half price. Jewelry one-third off. All books in fancy bind ings at 20 per cent. off. Musical in struments of all kinds at 20 per cent, off. Callatouceat DOUGLASS' BOOK STORE, 241 S. Main St. Bntler, Pa. Peoples Phone 307. Reed's Wine of Cod feiver Oil will build you up and make you strong, will give you an appetite and new life. If you feel tired and worn out try our Wine of Cod Liver Oil and find relief. It is stronger and better 'than pure Cod Liver Oil. Pleasant to take and is Inoffensive to delicate stomachs. Indorsed and recom mended by physicians every where. The best Spring tonic to give you Health and strength. For sale only at Reed's Pharmacy Transfer Corner Main and Jefferson Sts. Butler, Pa REMOVAL 7 We haye rpipQvpd our garble and Granitu shop* from corner of Main and Clay streets to No. 200 N. Main street, (opposite W. D. Brandon's residence), where we will be pleased to meet onr customers with figures that are right on IH|onuments & Headstones qf all kirjds and arc qlsp prepared Xu giye best hgurcs qq Iron Fence : Flower Vases etc., as we have seenred the sole agency from the Stewart Iron Works of Cin cinnati.Ohio, for this town and vicinity. P, H. Sechler j Wm. Foster, | Architect, j J Plan of all kind of buildings I N furnished on short notice. / r Office in Berg Building, S BUTLER. PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2."», 1904. REGISTER'S NOTiCFS. Tbe Register hereby notice tfi.it the folio-wins unts of executors, ad minis trators and guardians liave been fiiea iu this office according to law, and will be pre sented to Court for coutirniai ion and Allow ance ou Saturday, the 1-ih day of Mar. 19m. at 9 A. a., of said dar: 1 Third partiai account of 'Joseph Ge'bcl. acting executor of Charles Gcibtv. >r . de deased, late of Butler borough 2 Final account of Charles Szeb tUkie, i - ministr trr»r of Wilhelmfna r*zeb.V»skle, de ceased, late of CI hi ton townshi;>. Final aci'ount of Chnrle* >/.'•! ilskie. ex ecutor of Charles S/ balskie, d*v« :ised, hut of Clinton township. 4 Final and <ii»f ribuiiou account i »mer p. Sutton. administrator of J-.itj»e*» button, deceased, late of Evans b Final a'-cour.t of Catherine O'Donnell. executrix of Joseph Q'Oootiet!, late of Donegal township. •> First partial acc*»nnt of Mary A. F.icb enlnutt aud W. J. Kichenlaub. • xecotors of William ichenlaub. dece i-ed. late of Sum mit township. 7 Final account of Charles ({.Con way. ex ecutor of Francis I* Conway, deceased, late of Oakland towr ship. H Final hoi* -tint of Joseph D Fiemir g. ad ministrat4 rof Niclufel J. r U nhi|, M late of Clearfield townsN.n. it Final a'count o'Wilson <iarviu a- :n!n isirator of Kiizabeti- C Garvin. d«*ce Us« d, late of » r tuberry township. 10 Final account of Conrad Wiegand. administrator of Ile'.r'etta Wiogand, «'•— ceased, late of Winfield township 11 Second partial acc tunt of Peter Nigh, one of the executors of Peter Lynebangb, de ceas* d. late of Summit township 12 Final account of John F I. >WTV. admln- Istrator of Charier S Lowry, deceased, late of llutler borough. lit Final account of N '«! V !ntyr-\ admin istrator of Mary Jane McFntyre, deceased, lateo' Buffalo t >wnshlp. u Final account of 11 11 Goucber. guar dian of Frank F Mcßride. min»>r child of I)r. C F Mcßrid . of Yjiungstown. O. 15 Final a-count «»f 1! 1! Goucber. guar dian of Helen I Mcßride. minor child of !»r. C F Mcßri«J«* ' f Voungstown. O. ig Final account oi g i Clark. adrollnU t rat or • f George \V Kuhn. dec«-a.s»- lat«* of Buffalo ton?r >hlp. 17 Final a -co nt of Harriet \ Tiles, ad ministratrix of lienry I Wiles, deceased, late of Fairv|ew town-hi^. Is Final account of Frank Kohler. trustee of Kditb 0 Wertx, now of Cumber laud, Md -1 y Final account of John W Powell, guar dian of Bert "-I Witherup, minor child of .V»hn W Witherup, deceased, late of For ward Township !sf» Final account of X* U ISams* y. ad mini - tracor of Ja'.e Mc leorge, deceased, late of Cranberry township. -1 Final account of H A McCandless, ad ministrator of Elizabeth McCandless. de ceased, lat«* of Butler borough. '£2 Final account of John \ Gel bach, guar dian «»f K Bruce Clark, minor chi'd of James A Clark, deceased, lat * of Franklin town ship. _ ... •2'i Final account of II E lv.*pple. adm.uls trator of Peter Kepple. deceased, late, of Buffalo townshiD. 'i\ Final account of John Ket-d. adminis trator c ta of Wni Crocker a* stated ~>y W I and II B Keed, administrators of John Rtred, deceased. 2T> Klnal iii"-ount < <l il R Uf< ii <1 tin. eta of William (.'rocker, deceas'-d. late ofContor rtlle 'Kirough. 'X Final account of Onaranty Saf-' De posit Trust Co.. *uardlan "I Victor ' Stehle. inlnor child of John K 1 Siclile. de ceased. lat<- of Bntler borouzti. 'Si Final account of Ailjert H McCandless. administrator of Elizalx-tU J Mc' andless.de ceu»e(l. !»»«• of lintlt r t wp. Final acreunt •>f Kdward 1' llarlry. ad ministrator c t a of w>piiia Uarley, deceased, laic of Butler borough. 2!) Final account of Stephen Cummlngg. guardian of t'harles L N'lgli. minor child or Henry Nlßh and Caroline .<ii|?h, of Summit township. ■H) Final account of Isaac Meals, guardian of Sarah K Klnrer. minor child of Catherine Klnzer, deceased, late of Concord township. 31 Final and distribution account of <;eo. W Wilson, administrator c t a of Thomas Donaldson, deceased, late of Evans City. J. MAVIS. Register. ROAD AND BRIDGE REPORTS Notice Is hereby given Unit tbt following roa«J:. and bridges have lHn:n conflrmed nl»l by the Court and will IKS presented on tiii fir»t Saturday of March Court, l'.dM, being the 12th 'lay of said month, and if no tlons arc filed they will be confirmed a1)-.'i luurly: B. I). No. 4, December Term. 19KI' In the matter of t lie petit lon of cltlxens of liutler township for a county bridge a< ross Conno queiieKklne creek In town->liip. where the creek crosses the public road leading from the Three degree road to Petersvllie, Known as the Klnzer bridge. September H. !!*'(, viewers appointed, who on November !). I'>Cl. filed their reiort In fayor of proposed bridge. Now. Ihwember 12. lapproved. Notice to lie given according to rale* of Court, and to be laid before the Orand Jnry at next term. 6r i Hfc uoi'UTi 11. U. No. 6, December Term, IMB. In the matter of the petition of citizens of Clear flel I township for a county bridge over Little Buffalo crec.k In said township, where sild creek crosses the public road leading from Coylenvlll" to l ent lion station, Sep tember 17, IMB. viewers appointed, who on NovemU-r !f7.1M8, filed tljelr report in favor of proposed bridge. Now, December 1-. 11)03. approved. Notice to be given according to rules of Court, and to be laid before the Urand Ju. y at nei; term. Br TIIB COt'BT. R. D. No. 7. Itecemlxtr Term, I'.KB, In the matter of the petition of <-|tU>-n« of Wash ington township for a county bridge oyer south branch of Slipperyro> k creek, where said creek crosses the public road leading from Billiards to West Hunbury. September 7. IMB. viewers appointed, who on Dccernlier. IMB Hled their reports in favor of proposed bridge. Now, December 12, IMB. approved. Notice to IK; given according to rules of Court, and to ins laid before the tirand Jury at next term. By xitK Coder. R. D. No. K December Term. IMB. In the matter of the petition of citizens of Jelfer son township for a county bridge over Thorn Creek In said township, where cajd ci't-c-k crosses the public road fading the old Butler and !•' rue port turnpike to the liutler and Baxonbnrg road, at or near the pump .station. November 7. I'JO3. viewer*appointed who on December!. IMB, Ijled their report in favor of proposed bridge Now Dei-ember 12, IMB, approved- N'otjce to be gl j ejt &cp4rd- Ing to rules of Com!. and to bu' lit ill before the Grand Jury at next term. Br THE COURT. It. I). No. 9, December Term, IMB. In the matter of the petition of citizens of liutler township for a public road from a point on the Harmony road at or near tin; residence of Wllilam \Vachmuth, to a point on the public road known as the Butler and Cll feland Mills road, near a point where the Jirivale road leading U< the reslcence of ohn Marlhy. Intersects last, named road. Novepaber 10. li*J:i, Viewers appointed. Who ou December 3. lMti. 11 led there repofl In favor of said road; no damages Deceuiber 12, HUB. apptovud, arid ii.x width of road at Iff feet. Notice to be given according to rules of Court. By THE CODHT. littTl.Kß COUNTT, KH: Certified from the record this Kith day of Feb., A. D. IMd. UEOBOK M. OR A HAM, Clerk Q. S. Court. WIDOWS The following widow*' apprulftem<>'itM of oervmal property and r«-al eHtate K«-t apart for the: bene fit of tbft widows of de<w<l«'nt.H have fllud in the offlco of the Olcrk of the Orphans' Court of liutler County, viz: Widow of John ICeud, p«-r. prop'ty |s2 Widow of Ih.'uu* flonaidMm p'»r b?f/ij ty .'SOP Widow of Johh D. Isr»ycr Witlor df Thomas F. nuAtcr, rtff prop'y. uiO Widow of J. I Kelly, pur ptoh'ty "41# Widow <)f .lohn T Wi« k, uvr> prop'ty ■*>> Wlilt»w of Levi Lefever. pvr. prop'ty.. v¥» Widow of liarv«?v l>. liyrrly, p« r prop'y urn Widow of liuirh 11. Il'-rvey, per prop'ty. Z>l Widow of I'hilo K. Monte, p«-r prop ty... 'i)o Widow of John i'mt. pt*r prop ty Widow of Hamuel Balfour. p«r "rti* »/.. .Jf>o Widow of Leonard IJ, I'ielfer, |Wr prop 270 :<u Widow of Herbert 0. Cricks, |« r prop'ty li:t I Widow of I. N. llarvey, per prop T ty . . am Widow of V. IV). Cooper, per prop'ty ;xxj Widow of John L. McKue. per prop'ty JUO Widow of John fumney. pi-r prop't" „i mi Widow of Benjamin K.''.'Liiv :>m Widow <•' iv. |l'-\ditii. .J*i WinoW of willlim 3. Mark!', [irr prop :n«i Widow A. Win ell, jii-V and real prop. .. 300 All persons Interested In the above ap praisements will take notice that t|i»y will be presented foy cpplff mutiuu to the Urphans' Court of IS.uler uountv. l'a., on Saturday t h> 12111 day of Mar.. IMH, and If no exceptions are filed, they will be confirmed absolutely. OKORfiF M. U RAH AM, Clerk. Clerks Cilice, February 10. !'«>!. Do You Buy Medicines ? Certainly You Do, Then you want the best for the least money. That is our motto Come and see us wher. i:i need ol anything in the Drug Line an< we are sure you will call again We carry a full line of Drugs Chemicals, Toilet Articles, etc. Purvis' Pharmacy 8. G. PURVIS, PH. U Both Phones. 213 R Main Ct. Bntler P*. '"'Nasal Catarrh quickly yields to treat ment by Ely's Cream Baku, which is agr. e ably aromatic. It is received through tUo 1 nostrils, cleanses heals tho vrliole sur face over which it x-tself. Druggists j Bell the 50c. size; Ir.al R76 by mail, 10 ! cents. Test it and you are sure to continue ' the treatment. Announcement. To accommodate those "who are partial j to the use of atomizers iu applying liquid I into the nasal passages for catarrhnl tro bhi, the proprietors prepare Cream Balm in • liquid form, which will l e known as El\ s | Liquid Cream Balm. Trice including the | spraying tube is 75 cents. Druggists or by i mail! The liquid form embodies the med icinal properties of ihe Bolid preparation. * *TBWF* #//Q A Si&o That's v/hat ycu need; some - thing to euro yc : r biljous nccs. You r.c~d Rfls. IVvant your nocctac!:; c: tcirJ n j beautiful tro~n cr r::a tli-.it? Use j BsgrJfjjir* ff b o rv j-o Flt | j-nrv, f*cr- ; - FOUR-FOLD] LINIMENT. 1 \ FOR MAN OR BEAST. Cures Rheumatism, I Neuralgia, ■ Sprains and Bruises. | 1 AT ALL DRUGGISTS. 21c, 80c, $1.00." 9 Eyes Examine*} Fr*e o f Oharft /'> • ■ KIRKPATRICK. e vil*>t »-> I > r J3: ; 11 r r-: n t:. r P* ama—awg | Indigestion, j Dyspepsia j I can be cured bj j V ;10l Try i' and if it j doesn't help you we I j will pay back your 1 I money. I Johnston's PHARMACY, 100 N, Main St. ea—HKad— aanrwar wuiLji—j CONCERTS ~ ] PIANOS '■ Jgli Everything i • £& Musics) i A* ; J *rttw Uvfc > 1 • ma K LEBER'S j -Jj&g, MUSIC HOUSE. I I'l" , He. ■) ■ 5 j Don't Knovy That? i ! That titefn's Creamery and Milk i depot at the tear of 417 South ' Main street in in operationV WELL, IT IS! i Ami if yon want good Milk, Cream, Creamery I4ntt«-r or But'er milk, call h nd nee ns or watch ' n T our wagou. People'* Phone 435 Hell Phone U<SH. ASK YOUK (HtOCER for Stem's I Moiled (:ider in quart jars We gnarantee >ur pure and free nyy adulteration J. II STFIEN'S CREAMERY. Binding of Books Is our occupation. We put our •ntire time to studying lite b-st tnd latest methods of doiny our ■vork. 11 you art- thinking of l iving some work done in this line I am sure j'ou will be well I >leased if you have it done at The Butler Hook Bindery, W. W. aMoN, I'rop. | Opp Conrt Honse. i BETWIXT DAD! : AND JOE * By JOHN SEATON BLAIR + ♦ ? •J. Copyright, lZjS.bu T. C. McLlure <» •!•<• + «> +'. + •j'T + ■<• t V + v No one around the frontier towu of Levrisburg knew much of Dr. Davy. He ha«l tome into the locality without ostentation, taken up a claim four miles away ami built a sod house, hart ; liove and half below ground. For a year he had dwelt there alone and had only come into town once . fortnight for provisions. He was call -d doctor because he was a doctor, though not : coking to ply his art, and no oue was able to say just how his title came to be known. Ilis next neighbor was a laile away, and travelers who stopped at liis house for a drink of water or to inquire the way were treated with scant courtesy. There was considera ble gossip about the stranger, and many I eople shook their beads and whisper ed that the officers of the law would turn up in search of him some fine day, but after awhile, as nothing was heard i, linst him. he was put down as a re el i'se and left undisturbed. It was a year or more after I>r. Da vy's appearance that he came to town oue evening to meet a youni; woman v. ;,<» stepped off the train from the east. The family resemblance was so marked that it was agreed by all that tL-.- newcomer was his daughter. She was hurried away ns if the father fear ed to let the townspeople get sight of her, but It had needed only a glance to show that she was good looking and about twenty years of age. Her com ing revived the gossip, but as she was n>>! seen in town during the next three months she was in time forgotten by ail with one exception. That exception was young Joe Taylor, who had l>ecn made sheriff of the county a year be fore and who was being talked of as a candidate for the legislature. He had only to accept a nomination to be elect ed, as he was a general favorite with nil. He made it his business while scouting the country for horse thieves to call at the Davy cabin, and he was the tirst and about the only one to see the daughter Mollie in her own home and to be hospitably received by the father. If he had any curiosity to gratify as an officer of the law he was disap- A UIFt<E TRACKED, AND TIE -JTCIIKt) FOB WAIiD Tli« Olt ASM. ppinted. The doctor was free to talk, (nit not about himself nor his past. Ilc was made welcome by the daughter, but he could not question her us a HUSpt Ct. He (Vl lied thtvu or four times "by nc<ideut." but after that he was a weekly visitor from choice and Invita tion. In time he was quite ready to acknowledge to himself that he \yai» tu love and to hope that fwlrngs were reciprocated, tie was feeding up his (ourngc to speak his mind when some thing happened to make him turu pale and set his heart to ttniiMpl'ig. A# sheriff, he received un official document by (nail one day iu which lie was com manded to arrest one Dr. James Bird as nn embezzler. It was Bird instead of Davy in the warrant, but per sonal description fit'.vu tne man who was living utit on tin? prairie with his daughter. His offense had been com mitted many years before, but com plainant had kept th" warraut alive Wild fullomd the embezzler's trail like bloodhound. The demand was that lie be arretted and securely held until extradition papers could be secured, and as even the locality In Which he was In ld(\it\# was pointed out the realized that he must do his jluty if it broke u woman's heart. An hour after receiving the lct'.r-r he was on Ids way to the doctor's place, All the wav out there lie \vu# hoping that the doctor have been given " '"'.Vit fled or, If lie had not, then Biat he might have indisputable evl- Jences of his Innocence at band, ills fn'e betrayed Ids pertuiUulMn of mind to the girl tUu Instant he dismounted at thf. tioof, ttlio wns alone, and as she stood forth in'the June sunshine and looked up at him she quietly tutidi "Mr. Taylor, 1 know your errand here. You have come to arrest my father on the old charge." "They—they have sent on this war rant"' stammered Joe, as lie banded li to her to read. "But Pin baplng thnt pur father (up tivvay by this time." ike m down at the lake fishing. We /iail hoped that this matter was dead at lust, but it seems that the man desires a malicious revenge, it suyn cmliezzlemcßt," juu nodded tits head us he looked uvvay over the prairie. "But It Is false. It was a partner ship busliiei. , and the other man WHS seeking to chest father and fell Into his own trap," ' it was likely that way." nodded Joe. "But father even restored the money lifter awhile, all but a paltry sum. He would also have restored that, unjust lis It was, but lie has be«»n Itouudeij and driven Hl\ be has become des jir.iU' and determined. Is that wretch to follow him to his graveV" Joe s.it down ou the ground snd dropped Ids chin ou his hands and appeared to be thinking. The girl had put the warrant back Into his hands, and there was a sob Iu her throat as she turned and entered the house. It was a quarter of un hour befy,. #tiv reappeared. Joe lovtktxt up Into lier face -.villi *»>'•- telling of sympathy and »»*>•■, and a blush came to her cheek as she asked: "Well, what are you going to «1« about it?" "It's going it' going to be the hard est thins of my life," he replied, "but I've got to do my sworn duty. I must do It or stand impeached. tJirl, you don't know"— "Joe." she interrupted, culling Ulm by that name for the tlrst time, "a girl knows when she is loved." "Yes, sUe ought to, and you ought to know that 1 love you." "I do, Joe. and 1 love you in return, and you will break my heart if you drag my old father to jail. Say that you won't do It—that you will leave the warrant unserved." "Duty, girl." he whispered as he rose up and put his arms around her and kissed her for the first time. "Then you will arrest him?" He ki-sed her again and turned away toward the lake, looking at the paper in his hand through tears in his ey>'s. He had not taken a hundred steps, however, before a rifle cracked, and he pitched forward on the grass. His horse would have dashed off at the sudden report, but It was secured by the girl. "How did It come about?" asked the doctor, who had hurried home at the report of the rifle and found his daugh ter standing over a wounded and un conscious man. "He—he started to the lake to find you, and a gun went off"' replied the girl between her sobs. "And—and did he have any legal paper with him?" queried the father in a whisper. "If he had. It has been burned. Tell me, father, is he fatally wounded?" "No. The bullet plowed along his scalp, and be will be all right In a week. I will load up the wagon, and we must move on and find another asylum." "Ilut the man—Mr. Taylor—Joe?" she asked. "We shall take him with us. He will need my skill and your nursing for some days to come." It was two weeks later when the sheriff opened his eyes and saw Mollie Davy seated near his bedside. The old claim had been left a hundred miles behind and the abandoned cabin of a settler had been taken possession of. Joe Taylor had been nursed and tend ed through fever as the wagon rolled along. "Mollie, I take it that It was betwixt dad and me?" he said as she saw that he had come back to earth again. "It was, Joe," she replied. "But, now"— "But now It's betwixt you and me, and as soon as I can shake myself to gether I'll lit things so that you won't have to do any more moving. Thanks, dear, that you shot a little too high!" Moshroonia. Mushrooms, even cellar grown ones, which are everywhere to be had lu large quantities, however good and genuine they may be, may develop a violent poison n few hours after they are picked. They nre generally safer, however, than the wild mushrooms. The latter, though the genuine article, will sometimes absorb poison from the spawn of dangerous fungi which He in the ground they grow in nnd be as deadly as any toadstool; in fact, a great many of the deaths reported ev ery year as caused by toadstools mis taken for mushrooms are caused by the true mushroom which has absorb ed poison. Out of a single field one butch of mushrooms may be excellent and others not fifty yards away per fectly poisonous. Yet there will be no difference in appearance, nnd both will peel and show all the marks of the genuine article. There is one test which Is generally safe—put a silver spoon among the mushrooms when they are frying, and if it turns black reject them; also if they show a yel low tint round the edges throw them Iway.—London Standard. No Inventors Anionic Animal*. It hut been said by a writer of nature bonks that a coon will amputate Its wov.nded foot and treat the stump in a rational way to allay the Inflammation. If one coon will do this, then all coons will do Jt under like conditions. The same writer avers that he has seen a •roodcoek with a broken leg mend the leg with a cast made of clay ami dry grass. Then will all woodcocks with broken legs do the attuie thing. Excep tional Intelligence of so extraordinary %. character does not occur among the animals. If one fox has been known to itch crabs with his tall, then will all other foxes, under the stress of hunger, wliwe crabs ntiound, fish with their tall*. An animal will not do anytblug wV.lch necessity has not taught Its nrosenltors to do.—JoJia Burroughs ID Independent. For Their Stomachs' Sake. Sunday school treats must come round oftener in England than In the United States, for the dean of Bristol has In eluded In his book, "Odds and Ends," many stories of the hold of such fes tivities on the Juvenile heart and Stom ach. The hand of ft small boy wavered for an instant over a plate of cakes before be took one. "Thanks," he said, after his momentary hesitation, "I'm sure I can manage It if I stand up." Another boy, still smaller, who had stuffed systematically, at last turned to hU mother and sighed: "Carry me home, mother; but, oh, don't bend me I" The average boy In Yorkshire knows why he attends these feasts and docs not relish l>elug furnished forth scan tily. A solicitous curate approached one who was glowering mysteriously. "Have you had a good tea?" the curate asked. "No," Raid the boy, in an aggrieved tone, laying UW bund on his diaphragm. "U dout hurt me yet." THE MODERN NOTE, II In Not Drntlw**!, «>"' Bravery Willi n of Humor. According to the modern notion, a man »u<Mild be something of an artist In life. He should at least appear to play his part easily, with dash and gnsto, like the acrobat who performs each dangerous feat smiling. This is la punuche, the feather lu the cap of courugc bravery with humor uddi-d It Is the eplrlt In which I.unglutigpcii was taken. In which Cyrano composed his ballade wlille he fought a duel, for Cyratio and Aluti It reck, no less than Mulvaney and Sherlock llolmes, are very modern heroes. Steven- MU'S whole life WIS one lons devotion to this ideal. lie curried his 111 health and penury bravely and wit til}' into fur corners of the earth through many strange ail ventures. As he wrote t« William Archer; "The medicine bottle* on my chimney and tlie bland on my handkerchief are acci dents. They do not exist in my pros pect." The melodramatic gloom of Itynm. tin' lachrymose pathos of lie. Keus and the shallow scntlineuUltt)' «*f Thack eray touch M»urc<> of our tears less eii'.ly than the sheer gay heartcdness ami courage in the face of disease, dlf lii iilty or danger. This Is the not". A ci'-ver woman told mat {•\ i y i; man «' acquaintance when lie i' ... w i a certain degree of ln lUtuicy. quoted these lines of Henley's: t'nder the tilinlconlrss of ehnnro My hr.-id hi bloody, hut utabowed- A WAGON BED. tarrol For ( nrrj lng Stork and la Other Farm Work. Some of his neighbors built a wagon for carrying shoep and hogs which proved so convenient that a correspond ent gives its dimensions and plan In New EnglntfU Homestead: The framo for the bed is 14 feet long and 3 feet 8 inches wide. The sidepieces are of 7 by 2 inch stuff and the end pieces of 0 by 2 Inch, allowing an inch differ ence for tongue and groove flooring. There should be four crosspleces to se cure the bottom of the bed. Take an old buggy tire and have straps made with a hole In each end. Five of these should be bolted on each side and two on each end, as shown in cut Stand ards which are to slip into these are made of 1% by 2 inch stuff 40 inches long. For slats get poplar four Inches wide by three-quarters inch thick. Bolt these to the standards four inches apart. The top railing Is made extra strong by putting on an extra strip which has a quarter inch groove. A tenon should be cut in the top of each upright to fit into this. The corners at the top should be fixed with ordinary strap door fasten ings bent around the corner, fastened at one end and with a staple over which to slip the other. These can be held In place by small wooden wedges to lit the staple. By means of this strap fastener at the corner the sides and ends can be quickly unfastened and taken off, and the bottom can then be removed with ease. The wagon will carry twenty sheep or hogs at a load. I have also found It most useful in farm work. Taking off the sides, I have a good bed for holding fodder, to bacco and other things. Aside from your own labor it Is very inexpensive. FARMERS' INSTITUTES. Some Thlnars Ther Are Accomplish ing—The Independent Institute. The demand for farmers' institutes is genuine when local communities are willing to pay all expenses in case the state is unable to grant their requests, says Alva Agee in National Btockman. In the first week of January I attended two such meetings in Indiana while on my way to Minnesota. The first one was at Carthage, and it has not been my privilege to be present at a more enthusiastic meeting anywhere this season. There Is a sufficient number of the Friends at Carthage to remind one constantly of towns In Chester county, Pa. Evidences of prosperity are on ev ery hand. The last few years have been exceptionally profitable ones in the corn belt, and the farmers are very glad that they are on earth. At this institute we had Mr. S. F. McMatian and Mrs. Virginia Meredith, two veteran Institute instructors of the state. Mr. McMahan probably knows as much about corn as Is known, and that means a great deal. It has been a revelation to me to learn how thor oughly these breeders of corn have studied and developed this grain. They nre after an ear of corn that is so form ed that it contains a high percentage of grain that is rich In protein, high in vitality and very prolific. That means deep, wedge shaped, thick grains, with big germs, all placed on a cob that holds Its thickness to the tip and that is covered with grain to the very tip. There are states farther east whose corn growers would be pleased and profited by the Information Mr. McMa han lias about our great American ce real. Mrs. Meredith Is a farmer and a breeder of Shorthorn cattle whoso rep utation extends over many states. She has been successful because she has ability and a love for her work. From her example we do not tnfer that wom en should or should not turn to farm management for a livelihood. All de pends upon the Individual. We do leurn, however, that If an Individual has ability and natural Inclination that person may win in practical farming, whether man or woman. The other Independent institute was at Plttsboro, Ind., In the corn belt, where bogs have been adding to the wealth of the people. Many ladles at tended the mooting, and the Institute committer arranged early in the sea son to secure Mrs. J. W. Bates, one of the well known Indiana workers, to discuss topics of special Interest to housekeepers. The luterest of the peo ple in all subjects on the programme was of the sort that should cause all speakers to do their best work. American Orleatal Trade. A consignment of 400 tons of mess beef, the first shipment of an order for 8,000 tons to go to the Uusslan army In Manchuria, has left San Francisco. In addition to this an order has been placed for 4,000,000 pounds of Ameri can Hour. The latter Is to be shipped to supply depots of the Japanese army. In a talk before the Minnesota state agricultural convention at Minneapolis President J. J. Hill of the Great North ern railroad dwelt upon the Importance of American farmers holding the ori ental trade already built up. The rail roads are doing their part, he declared, by making equitable rates westward. Flour can be shipped 30 cents cheaper from the northwest to the Pacific than to York - Exchange. The Fanrr Umpi That Paai(il» C'ondartura lard to Carry. Modern railroading has driven the passenger conductor's lantern almost out of use. Years ago the pride of a passenger conductor was his lantern. Then tin- cars were not so brilliantly illuminated as they are now, and the ticket taker was obliged to carry his light on his left arm in order to see the pasteboards as he passed through the tliuily lighted car. At one time the conductors indulged iu considerable extravagance In the matter of lanterns. Some of them were gold and silver plated. The upper part of the glass globe was colored blue, and the name of the owner was cut In old Kugliab letters. At the meetings of the Conductor*' association manufacturers would arrange a great display of costly iiutits at one of the hotels In the city in which the meeting would be held. Some of the conceits iu the lights were unique, and the prU*** ranged from $25 lo ten timcH timi figure. The glass und were kepi In a highly polished •tiite. and none dared to lu'sitllc wi"' ll.i* part <>f tin' ticket puncher's equlj mint. Conductor* Mt(11 carry their own lan tertvs that is. they are on the train ready for use hut there Is nothing like the need of th<'iu that formerly existed. No. 8. THE SALE OF WIVES AN ANCIENT CUSTOM THAT STILL SURVIVES IN ENGLAND. This Bar barons Practice Uaa Almost the Force of Local Law la York shire and Sheffield—>lt Is, la Factt the Poor Man's Method of Divorce. The custom of selling wives still pre vails In some parts of England. For precedents of this commercial form of divorce some Journalists hare searched the records of a century ago and produced numerous instances of wives being led to the cattle market and there knocked down to the highest bidder. But It is not necessary to go back anything like a hundred years for such sales of wives. There are sufficient modern instances to maintain the assertion that wife selling is still a British custom. There are hundreds of people who still believe that to transfer a wife to another man for a cash pay ment is a legal transaction and a valid dissolution of the matrimonial ties. As a popular error It ranks with the Idea that if husband and wife be absent and unheard of for seven years the other is free to marry again. In York shire generally, and in Sheffield In par ticular, this doctrine of wife selling la ■till so firmly established and frequent ly practiced that it has little less than the force of a local law. Legends of Sheffield grinders who in drunken bouts sell their wives for a quart of ale are well known. But now adays such transactions are no longer conducted offhand. They are invested with formality, as witness this docu ment which figured in a case at the Sheffield county court in 1887: "At the Royal Oak, Sheffield, I, Abraham Boothroyd, agree to sell my wife, Clara, to William Hail for the sum of 5 shillings." In another case the bar gaining was accidentally overheard in a public bouse by a Sheffield Journalist. A collier's wife had transferred her af fections to another man, and the hus band was willing to renounce his claim for suitable compensation. So the par ties assembled In a public house to ar range matters. There were the hus band, with a friend; his wife, with her father and mother, and the prospective purchaser, with a friend. The husband demanded £3 for his wife. She herself said it was too much, and her new man said he wouldn't give more than a sov ereign. Finally 30 shillings was the sum agreed upon. It was paid over and this document drawn up, signed and witnessed: "Mr. Taylor to have iny wife, Elizabeth Smith, free from me forever, to do as she has a mind, this day, Dec. 11, 1893." These are merely two recent cases which have come to light The major ity of such sales of wives never attain publicity. At Leeds assizes in 1805 Benjamin Gibbons was tried for big amy. He admitted that he had mar ried a woman while his first wife was alive, but he pleaded that as be had •old her he was entitled to marry again. She was a young woman and unruly. Even though he constantly gave ber good hidings she troubled him, and, tiring of her, be sold her to a soldier for 3s. fld. She went quite willingly and had married ber purchaser. Again, at Leeds assizes in 1000, an other bigamist offered the same de fense. On his arrest he stated, "When I married her I knew I had a wife liv ing, but I sold her for 50 shillings." More recently at Stockport an elder ly man told the magistrates that he thought be was entitled to marry again, as be had sold his first wife to a chim ney sweep for 18 pence. In each case It will be noted the pur chase money is small. This Is not due to a low valuation of the woman, but a nominal sum is agreed upon to make the bargain an actual one. The legal doctrine of "value received" is so far understood by the vulgar mind. The sale. Indeed, is the poor man's divorce. His honesty in this matter is shown by his retention of the children of the marriage and his maintenance of tbem. In a case at Doncaster in 1800 the pur chaser, Instead of paying cash, agreed to toko over the vender's four children with the wife. This was the document which figured later in the police court: "New C-onisboro, March 28, 1800.—I, Enoch Cbllds, Is quite willing to tuko your wife and children as mine—that la your wife, Ellen Tart and Sarah, John. Henry nnd Eliza. Signed, Ellen Tart, Enoch Chllds." Though Lancashire Is so kin to York shire, no sales of wives are known iu the Conuty I'alatlne. But at Alferton, in I>erbyshire, a collier sold his wife for fourpence In 1882. In 1873 there was a remarkable case at Belper. The wife of an absconding debtor had a halter placed about her neck and was led into the market place on Saturday afternoon and offered for sale by auc tion as one of lier husband's asset*. But there were no bidders and no sale About four years ago Irthllngborough, near Northampton, supplied a southern instance. A shoemaker paraded the streets with a bell, calling upon all persons to know that he had that aft ernoon "sold and bequeathed" his wife to John . He proclaimed the names of two companions as witnesses to the transaction. The purchase money was 2 shillings. Mr. Baring Gould cites similar sales in the west country, and to go back more than thirty years would mean the extension of this sub ject to Intolerable lengtli, for a cen tury ego wife selling was almost com mon. That it Is practiced as frequent ly as It Is will come as a surprise to most readers. In addition to these northern Instances, many a wife Is sold today In the east end of London, but of all such cases over the country only a few are revealed to public knowledge.— London Glnlw». Dark* and DrtktS. A schoolboy In Jewell City, fcfOi assigned to prepare an essay on the eubject of "I)ucks," and this Is what he wrote: "The duck Is a low, heary set bird, composed mostly of meat and feathers. He Is a mighty poor singer, having a hoarse voice caused by f«t» ting so many frogs in his neck. Hi likes the water and carries a toy bal loon In his stomach to keep him from sinking. The duck has only two legs, and they aro set so far back on hi* running gears by nature that she cams purty near missing his body, Somt ducks when they get big have carl* on their tails nnd are called drakM. Drakes don't have to set or hatch, but just loaf, go swimming nnd eat. If I was to be a (luck, I'd rather be a drake every time." It Was Jaat Possible. "I don't understand," said MrtL Youngmother, "why It Is that baby won't go to sleep. Here I have been sitting and singing to him for the last hour, and yet he keeps crying and seems Just as wide awake as ever." "Well," said her husband thoughtful ly, "I don't know, of course, and per» haps I am wrong, but it may be that feaks feat a musical ear."
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