# VOL. XXXXI.
THE MODERN STORE- —
Fifty Special Sales.
Every Item a Bargain.
Sale Lasts all of October.
See Posters for Particulars.
No one can Afford to Miss this Sale.
Come Early and Often.
This Store is Stocked with New
Goods from Top to Bottom
An immense assortment to select from
EISLER-MARDORF COHPANY,
} 221 Send in Your Mail Orders.
FOOT9F7ICZ 10X I
OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON.
■ our new dialogue
Is now ready for those
who find our Mail Order De
partment a great conven
ience.
Sent free.
We prepay Express, Postal
or Freight Charges on all
purchases of $5 00 or more
to any point within 500 miles
—either mail orders or per
sonal purchases.
BOCGS BUHL,
ALLEGHENY, PA.
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Bargains
■ M In Boots, Shoes
JL and Rubber Qoods
At Bickel's.
f \ iMy If you want the biggest values for the
M. \ 9 V¥ money ever offered come to this sale.
BL\ *U| A grand opportunity to get good solid
footwear at a big saying.
l3Pk Ladies' fine Dongola patent tip shoes SI.OO
Misses' fine Dongola patent tip shoes 85
Ladies' warm lined shoes 85
m Infants' fine soft sole shoes 18
1 Boys' every day shoes 90
Ken's good working »feoe« .. 1,00
1 Ken's fine Patent Leather shoes 1.75
jI Ladies' fine Patent Leather shoes ... 1.75
Children's fine Dongola shoes 35c, 50c, 75
Ladies' warm lined slippers 45
Extremely large stock of Rubber & Felt Goods of all kinds.
Ladies', Gents', Boys', Misses' and Children's felt Boots and
fit&kings with g@od heavy overs. High cut arctics in all sizes.
Large assortment of Ladies', Gents', Misses' and Children's
Legglns and Overgaiters at prices sure to Interest you.
At all times a full stock of Gokey's hand-made box-toe and
plain toe shoes. Gokey's high-cut copper-tipped shoes for
boys and heavy school shoes for girls.
See our line of Men's high-cut shoes. Just the kind for
winter wear.
JOHN BICKEL,
BUTLER. PA.
jlllrs!" J." EvZIMMERMANj
y ——We Welcome You j J
A fWHy To oar Fall 1904 showing of Millinery, Suite,, .
X W»pi, Skirt*, WaidU, Dren* (J ( xxln, Kilkii, Neck-
O \jr | wear and TrirximioKii. Rain Coat*. Mm*-*',* ►
M % VbWlrittt't jiofl .Tppjor k
JL Woioen whp wear tailored Karmenui from thl*
f\\S store have the double HMtUfaction of I
A /
gL I J ( \ value for thetf o|Oß*v, '
V I I t fJ.75 tor Ton rl*t Coat«. worth IM.fm '
C | I/I I > tor Tourtut (.'oat*, worth 12..V1 i '
X J 111 I A 'or l.iulle«'ine Tailored Mulu, worth '
O /' ,7 ff K for l.ttdlc*'Bill! Tullorpfl Hklru. worth 4.00
M / I f j S ».«* for l.adltw' Bn« T*llor<-<! HKlrt*. worth B.fjo ' '
O j|; ;| I i n 4.t* for (.adli-ii' 8o« Tailored HUlrt*. worth 7M ( )
A Z—i -■ J tV I We make a *pecia)ty of Hkirt* for larice wo-i l
X lull n»«n—band* np to 87 fnche*. New 811k Waint*.
If I 4 h color* brown, bine, aluo black, |5 (MJ. wall worth* ►
O 'vil I l R-, o®' 0 ®' If fW buy* a {ta<p Cdat. reafvalne |l2 «r. .
J% II t I f'i All the netr weave* and colotiOK, al»o black, in
W / I I 1 il \ \ Pr«M CJood* and Silk*. Tbe
/ I | ,M \ the new In every department that (fivlnK detail, l
A I f 1 i'" t* r Wond po**ib'iity. w# e*tend yon a
Jr r - J, oordtal Invitation to oome and *e«. < ►
O ' THE POPULAR STOUE. \ )
IMm J. Oimmernmf
J i2i. fcS ull er, Pti, ( I
jpO^OOOOOOPOOOOOOOOOOOCoCKX
keck
E Merchant Tailor.
F«H tnd Winter Suitings
C Nort * MalQ 0 C
KE O K
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-THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
[ For Sale. |
jjjj The real estate of Mrs. Mary jp
jgj B. Muntz, deceased, consisting ot jg
sg the following tract, all located in |g
g| the Borough of Butler, Pa. jjp
- Ist. A strip fronting 115 feet on South )flf
Main street and extending along the B. & Igf
O. R. R. about 500 feet. This tract is well
adapted for manufacturing or warehouse fH^
purposes. jjgjC
2nd. The homestead of about two acres.
jHf having a large comfortable dwelling house jUs
and outbuildings, fronting 150 feet on Main
street and lying between the plank road
+3% and the B. &O. R. R., having a frontage jUs
SSI on the latter of over 500 feet. This tract
is unexcelled for manufacturing purposes,
and has a never failing spring of water fH;
SI 3rd. A tract of about eight acres south 11-j
3@C of the plank road and west of Main street. Jj5S
This tract can be subdivided into about
forty buildings lots, commanding a splendid
SSI view and within a few minutes walk of the
business portion of the town. j||j
4th. A large lot fronting 120 feet on
S Main street and having thereon a two story J :
jl! frame slate roof dwelling house in excel- fas
lent condition and with all modern con-
S veniences.
gj For prices, terms; etc., inquire of }g
| John N, /Vluntz, |
J No. 637 S. Main Street, Butler, Pa, gj
/#JJ /£. Wallace Silver Plate I
I 1 1 ■ and especially the new "FLORAL" pattern I
II II Soup Spoon and Dessert Fork of which we ■
II If RALSI j ( e )^' e & SMITH, I
110 West Jefferson Street, Bqtier. I
| Fall and Winter Millinery. |
f i ii
Arrival of a large line of Street Hats, Tailor made l'-
1 4 and ready-to-wear Hats. All the new ideas and 'i\
designs in Millinery Novelties. Trimmed and Un- Ti:
trimmed Hats for Ladies, Misses and Children. AM **
the new things In Wings, Pom pons; Feathers, Sij
i ' Ostrich Qoods, etc, etc.
h Rockensteln's «
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w iVI ill ille ry Km \ do rium, n*
j» »!48 Sooth Main Street, Hutler, Pa.
MTRICIjUT
(J- TffE WOMAN'SS/fOE V)
PIOffT
THE FATIGUE OF SHOPPING
J» SnfMtly ieseened by comfortable footwear. The flexibility of Patrician
Htioes for women makes walking a pleasure All ti.« attract! style
and Service of a cuatom-made shoe in found in the Patrician. There »P
--27 style* to select from.
| DAUBENSPECK & TURNER.
People's Phone 633. 108 S. Main St., Butler, Pa.
BUTLER. PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1904.
Drying preparations simply devel
op dry catarrh; they dry up the secretions,
which adhere to the membrane and decom
pose, causing a far more serious trouble than
the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid all dry.
ing inhalants, fumes, smokes and snuffs
and use that which cleanses, soothes and
heals. Ely's Cream Balm is such a remedy
and will cure catarrh or cold in the head
easily and pleasantly. A trial size will be
mailed for 10 cents. All druggists sell the
50c. size. Ely Brothers 56 Warren St., N. Y.
The Balm cures without pain, does not
irritate or cause sneezing. It spreads itself
over an irritated and angry surface, reliev
ing immediately the painful inflammation.
With Ely's Cream Balm you are armed
against Nasal Catarrh and Hay Fever.
Prescriptions!
For prompt ani careful
service, pure drugs and
right price have your
prescriptions filled here.
Mail orders receive
prompt attention.
The
Crystal
Pharmacy
R. M. LOGAN, Ph. G.,
SUCCESSOR TO
Johnston's Crystal Pharmacy,
BOTH PHONES.
108 N. Wain St., Butler, Pa.
Do You Buy Medicines?
Certainly You Do.
Then you want the be->t for :fu
least money. That is o.jr moU-.
Come and see us when i:i need of
anything in the D,rLg Line and
we art sure you will call again.
We carr> a full* jinc of Dri.gs,
Chemical*, Toilet Articles, etc.
Purvis Pharmacy
H. G. PUKVJB, PH. (4
Both
>513 8 Male fct. Butler PH.
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4 Selling aS3 h&t i§ no 4
f n© great shakes—but *
4 selling such a hat as the
I Imperial j
J at $3 is Something \
$ They are guaranteed. £
4 We have dozens of dif- *
4 ferent shapes, #
4 Have just received new £
J Shirts and Neckwear. jj
4 4
} SOI4E AGENT: J
; Knox Hats, j
5 Imperial Hats.j
4 4
sJno. S. WickJ
t 4
# P«D]>leis ('hone, 015. 4
$ HUTLKK, i'A {
The Hunting Season
1$ Approaching.
We Wave on the inogt complete
lino of hunting out.ln ever tthowu in
Bo tier.
15 difTt-rent Mtyl> n of Hunting Coa'v
in price from *| (<»
A largo Jine «f » and rifle* in price
rr >ui $2 to pU>.
An iiumenae «t<*:k of loaled abellM.
A complete lino of U-KKI'IH, cleaning
ro Ik, Kun cleaner*, recoil pa<l«, lielta.etc.
Everything for the doga collar*,
lo nlf, chain*, whip*, mnzslcH, d' k
cakes, etc. At
Douglass'
241 y, Main M.
Sporting Goods.
yyM. H. MILLKR,
FIRE and LIFE
INSURANCE
and REALJESTATE.
OKKICK Room WW, Butler Connty
National Bank building.
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TWO
QUEENS
By KEITH GORDON
Copyright, 190 A, by Keith Gordon
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It was apparent that their visit to
the art museum had nothing to do with
art. It was equally plain that their
feeling for each other could not be de
scribed as platonic. Bettina, to be
sure, affected unconsciousness as she
sauntered through the lofty rooms
where the marble figures Hashed cold
ly Into view, exciting one to a new love
of mere flesh and blood, but all the
time she knew that to the man at her
side she was queen of the world; also
It was evident enough from the look of
discontent on the man's face that her
loyal subject was not altogether happy.
"Your place is right here on a pedes
tal along with the other statues," was
what he was saying to her. "The trou
ble with you is. Betty, that you won't
listen to your heart. I might as well
plead wltli this marble figure!"
The queen, with well feigned reluc
tance, brought her glance back from
the headless "Victory" that seemed
forever on the point of flight to the
youth at her side, who was glowering
at her with an odd mixture of rebel
lion and adoration in his face.
"Really, Steve," she replied at last.
"I'm ashamed of you. It's not my
heart that's at fault; it's your purse.
You know that perfectly well." And,
with her chin at an angle beautifully
eloquent of Injured Innocence, she pre
tended to study the sculptured figures
about her. In reality she watched him
—felt him straining at his chains—with
an exultant sense of the charm of be
ing queen.
Her words snd glance made him sav
age. It was hard enough to bear her
delay In putting their love affair on
that practical basis which points like
an index finger to matrimony, but so
long as it had seemed to him an honest
hesitation he had borne it with what
grace he could summon.
His lips set in an Inflexible line, and
without a word his hand closed firmly
upon her arm, and with more determi
nation than gentleness he guided her
to a bench near by.
"Well?" she questioned when she had
settled herself in a corner of the seat
and he had squared himself beside her.
In truth, though she strove valiantly
to conceal it. the queen was a trifle
start led.
Her late obedient subject studied lier
for some moments In silence and with
an expression rather too suggestive of
flint to be entirely to the queen's taste.
Then lie spoke, and his words fell a*
crisply as Icicles.
"It is t(buut nine that you understood
me,' 1 he began at last. "You have play
ed with me long enough. What I have
to say now is Just this: You may take
me or leave me, precisely as you
choose, but whichever you 0o must lie
done at oncf,"
ITe paused u moment nnd then elab
orated;
"I'm ttrod of pln.vlng the devoted
subject, tired of being made to feel
that my love is uothing and my lack
of wealth everything. I have twelve
hundred a year." He paused for a brief
moment, conscious of a mad desire to
make thp piatte* as bad as possible,
then added, **Aud there Is no certainty
that I'll ever have more."
Though he would have thrashed
cheerfully any man who had dared to
make such an assertion about him, to
say It to her about himself at this par
tlcular moment afforded him a grim
satisfaction.
"What I want—what I will have," he
continued in a mullled voice without
giving her a chance to speak, "Is a defl
nite, a final answer I" And then, before
the queen had really caught her breath,
be finished In a tone nothing short of
command, "And I want it within five
minutes!"
For one fleeting moment something
like pale dismay showed in the girl's
face. She bad never counted on a mo
ment like this. Then her eyos kindled
royally, and a flush of anger over
spread her face.
Almost unconsciously she rose, her
companion following her example, and
her eyes blazed their resentment into
the cold determination of his for a full
second before she addressv.l bliu.
"You may your answer this mo
uient!" she flung at him In a tone of
dangerous clearness. "I only wonder
that I could ever have hesitated! It Is
'No' a thousand times 'NoP "
She noticed With « cruel delight the
sudden, .till whiteness that overspread
his face as, with an Ironical bow, he
turned and wnik<-d rapidly away. Then
o new feeling suddenly clutched at her
heart.
Had she not lately been a queen, with
a loyal, faithful subject to whom she
had turned an ear quite royally Indif
ferent? Had not a revolution occurred
in her small domain and a republic
been proclaimedV Could ahe not un
derstund now the sorrows of a Marie
Antoinette or a Eugenie?
And so at last the latest of dethroned
queens reached her own door trying to
philosophize about tbe matter as,
doubtless," her predecessor* liad before
her. After w|l, It wu* for the best. She
was pour, nud Mteva was poor In pos
sessions. But by some freakish opera
tion of the law of compensation both
Were endowed with tastes of an Uu
inlatakable richness,
"Yes, U'h all for the best," she said
aloud as sho closed the door of her
room behind her. "It's all" •
The rest was lost in the pillow, for
the ex <|ii<en had thrown hertiylf face
downward on the bod and was In
dulglng In the plebeian comfort of a
K'"sl cry.
For days thereafter such Interest as
she felt In tho dull, gray world was
eenti-red In the postman and such mes
senger boys as appearml from time
to time In the street In which sho
llV'il.
Not that she repented that ringing
"No" that she bad given Woven on the
day of their quarrel by no means. Her
heart, she told herself, was dead. Mho
could not l>e poor, Sho would not!
Kin; would marry some good old soul
to whom she could render the respect
of a daughter and the bills of a wife.
That was all that a girl In her posltlou
could do. It was the fault of modern
Ideas.
It was after sho heard about his at
tentions to the Folsom girl that sho
wept no more and became markedly In
different to the coming of tho post
man. From this time, too, she con
scientiously tried to tolerate old Mr.
Fullertoti anil his flowers, the two ever
arriving with an alternate regularity
that Mils full of meaning.
Hhe pictured herself as a queen again,
and this time with all the outward
semblance of one. I'.ut, perversely
enough. he could not keep M'". 11l
('Oliver' I' out of the si cue. If <li>' sa»v
hei >elf rolling down Fifth avenue In
the Fiillcrtou v ebb le she as liiMtantl.v
evoked the In go of Kteve dolling lih
hat With cold politeness, while she
nodded with the haughty nonchalance
j of a great lady.
And so the weeks lengthened into
j months, and the ex-queen assured her
self that she was forgetting.
• •••••*
"Not going out, my dear?" protested
: her mother as she appeared in the hall
one gloomy Sunday with mackintosh
and umbrella.
"Yes, mother mine. It's a fine day
for the art museum. No crowd, you
know!"
She had never entered the place
since that fateful afternoon, but now
! she was all a-tremble with eagerness to
: get there. Some inward barrier of
pride had gone down, and she knew
that she wanted to visit the scene once
more just because there she could feel
a little nearer to him.
The turnstile admitted her, with a
click, not so much. It seemed to her.
into the museum as Into the atnios
phere of that distant afternoon. Be
fore the "Victory" she stopped for a
mournful dedicatory moment It was
here that he had accused her of being
no more than a statue herself, and
then—then he had gripped her arm and
j made her sit down nnd listen.
With a little gulp, she turned away
j and wandered blindly onward. When
the mist cleared from ber vision she
; found herself in the Egyptian room.
[ Great carved figures glared at ber with
j stolid faces, and a ripple of interest
stirred within her. With mournful eyes
she read the inscriptions beside the
I mummy cases.
So this brown and molderlng bun
! die had once been a queen! Through
; the raised lid of the case she could Just
catch a glimpse of the object now so
dried and terrible, but once so splen
didly human.
"Poor queenP' site murmurod softly,
as with her chin resting on her hand
■he gazed down ot the gorgeously or
namented mummy case. "Poor queenT'
And before she realized it a tear had
■plashed down on the glass.
Having been a queen, something of
the sadness nnd futility of it all wrung
her spirit. Somehow boing rich or poor
did not now seem to matter. Being
happy seemed the greatest thing.
She was too absorbed in her thoughts
to notice a young man who bad been
making his way nearer and nearer to
her In a somewhat furtive manner.
Suddenly, as if he could not longer re
list the temptation, a few quick steps
brought him to her side.
The ex-queen looked up in surprise
and then put out both bands impul
sively. But the proud, high look of
mastery had not yet vanished from
his face.
"Did you really mean Itt" lie de
manded.
For an answer she lifted her eyes to
his for oue brief, full moment. Even
queens must learn their lesson. She
hud had hers.
Outside the steady drip, drip, drip,
of the rain was only interrupted by
the wailing of the wind, aud the Egyp
tian room was very quiet and deserted.
As the newly enthroned queen turn
ed to leave she looked down with a
flushed, wistful face at the royal mum
my. Then she murmured something
•oftly.
"What's that?" asked her lover. But
at ber reply he looked slightly mysti
fled.
no use In telling you," she
laughnl. "Being only a man, you'll nev
er understand, but I was saying good
by to the other queen."
The >la»k of a Ph»«.~ ».
The directness of the appeal In liter
ary expression involves a complexity
of revolt against old forms. The writ
er ts more variously tempted than the
speaker into indirections. The latter
would never call the sun "the orb of
day" or by the classic name of "Phoe
bus." Yet there was a period in Eng
lish literature which lasted for a long
time nnd is not even now wholly be
yond the roach of our recollection
when It seemed a breach of dignity for
a writer to call anything by Its right
name. The concrete thl ig must be re
lieved of Its vulgarity by the mask
of u phrase. The horse was "the fleet
courser," and all fruits were Indiscrim
inately "Pomona's treasures." Quail
t<*s abstract enough In their common
names were redeemed from the vice
of particularity by personification. The
processes of abstraction andgenerallza
tlon In tb» so called classic age of
fiuKltsh literature uprooted all thlngH
and set them floating In the air; the
mind was not simply a mirror reflect
lng thing*, tint made composite photo
graphs of the Images themselves. Na
tnre was heell uh u bundle of these com
posltes.—ll, M. Allien In Harper's
Magazine.
Threw Well I'larrd It utile*.
Tin? method of Introiluclug forbidden
documents Into Ute czar's country 1"
described liy ♦"nrl Joubert, author of
"litlMli a* It Itciilly In." Tho purvey
or of undesirable literature, having nr
rived on tho frontier, at a point Nome
distance from the rnllw/iy, approaches
tbe rltt ma Inter and arranges matters
with him. The rlttinalster win hliu
•<Dil hla cart load of hooka aafely across
the border and direct* bhn to Home
amall town near the frontier. Then
tbo rtttiualater raises the alarm and
calls hla men to borne, and they atart
off In pursuit of an Imaginary smug
gler In another direction, firing Into I
the air to allow their zeal In the dls
charge of their duties. "A ruble on
either eye and ruble across the mouth,"
nays Mr. Joubcrt, "will effectually pre
vent tbe Russian olllclal from Booing
or apeak I ng."
linn Titer Bar OoodUf.
"When I Icrt Manila," aald a sailor,
"a Filipino lady saw mo off. I>o you
know how she said goodby? Why, alio
rubbed my face with her hand.
"In FIJI they say goodby by crossing
two red feathers under your nose.
"The Hurmeao crouch down and shout
•lllb nib!'
The south sesi Islanders wear fare
well necklaces when goodbys are to be
aald. These necklaces are made of
whales' teeth. To say goodby each Is
lander rattles with hl:< fingers tho teeth
of tho other's necklace.
"The Hloux Indian digs his spear In
the ground as a sign of farewell.
"In Otahelte they twist an end of
your garment and then shake their own
hands three tluiee."—Philadelphia llul
letln.
Tulweru For Funeral C'osla.
Among tho family archives on an old
Virginia plantation was found the fol
lowing bill for a funeral In the days
when tobacco was the only currency In
the tidewater country and when fn
neruls were made tbe occasion for ten
era) feasting:
Tobacco,
founds.
Funeral sermon
For n ».rt> f«! **>
Kor 2 lurk. >a w>
ITor coma 1«>
1 |t'TS« ""
I 1...K lw
t btish'l* flour <*»
Dunghill fowlu l'»
20 lb* butter I">
Hur ir ami «iilr" .. . t><)
111 ' mlng til" 'tltinrr ....1011
I K at«l«r 01
I gallons ruiu f ., , I*l,
ODD IUTTLEW SONGS
ONE NOVEL INCIDENTTHE NAVAL
WAR OF 1812.
Bow • Total Contest Between a
Batch of Yankee Prisoners and a
British Crew tndrd—Noise of Holl-
Intr Shot as a Punishment.
"I have been in a number of full
fledged naval actions myself and in
many more scrimmages," said a ven
erable man-of-war's man the other'
day, "so I am entitled to know some
thing about the subject, but I am free
j to confess that the strangest fight on
the high seas I ever heard about was
one in which my father took part when
he was a prisoner in the War of 1812.
My father when a young man enlisted
on the American privateer Prince de
Neufchatel, which, as you may know,
was one of the most famous privateers
in our second war against Great Brit
ain and which was finally run down
and captured by three of the biggest of
the British war frigates.
"The crew of the Prince de Neuf
chatel was divided into three batches,
my father being in the one that was
placed aboard the Leander, Sir George's
flagship. After being relieved of all
their baggage the prisoners were stow
ed away In the stuffy cable tier. As
the squadron was several weeks from
its destination and the prisoners were
allowed to come up on deck only for
a few hours each day, the problem of
killing time was a serious one. How
some of it was 'killed' my father's
own words, as set down in his diary as
follows, will tell:
" 'Many of the first hours each night
Were spent in story telling, singing or
••rigging" one another, all joining In to
help pass the burdensome hours. The
singing was made up of such songs as
seamen generally learn by heart, but
iu our case most of the songs were
commemorative of our recent naval
victories over the English.
" 'One night It was understood that
our naval songs were not relished by
the officers In the British frigate. This
only brought about others with a loud
er chorus and an extra hurrub for Yan
kee thunder. In order to stop the an
noyance the English picked out half a
dozen of their best singers on board
the Leander, who were backed by sev
eral dozen shipmates to Join In the
choruses. They stationed themselves
around the open hatchway over our
heuds nud began singing patriotic Eng
lish naval songs.
" 'We allowed them to finish their
songs, when we struck up with one In
opposition extolllug the glories of the
Yankee navy, each one of us striving
to outdo his shipmate, especially In the
chorus. Knowing that the character of
our country was at stake and that It
depended much upon our management
and zeal whether it should be upheld
In the face of our enemies, we strove
accordingly to do our best as Its repre
sentatives. The contest was kept up
for some time, evidently to our advan
tage not only in the quality of the sing
ing, for In this our opponents could
not hold their own for a moment, but
ns to the number and variety of the
songs, they having run out of their vic
tories over the Yankees before our par
ty was fairly warmed up to the fight.
" Thnt they might not flag in the
contest they took up the songs, "The
First of .Tune," "Battlo of the Nile,"
besides many others in which we felt
not the least national Interest, and we
did not fall giving them the hint in
plain English that they were dodging
the Issue as first agreed upon. This
they cared far less for than they did
for the home thrust victory over them
from the Yankees to each one of theirs
over tlie French and Spanish.
'"At last our fire became so warm
that they were compelled to back out
of the contest, chopfallen. And they
had the satisfaction of having their
defeat announced to all on board by
three times three cheers, accompanied
by hunilclapplng nud such other noises
as each one of us could Invent. Wort!
now cauic from the deck that such
noises could not bo tolerated and that
we must be quiet. This only aroused
the prisoners to grenter exertions, mak
ing what was singing beforo yelling
now, as discordant ns sixty loud
throats could make them, each tuned
upon n key peculiarly his own.
" in a few minutes the officer of tho
deck cnmc down and with must blus
tering and many threats declared that
If order was not maintained resort
would be had to unpleasant means. If
the most savage tribe of Indians had
at once broken loose in a terrific war
whoop it could not have been louder
than the yells of defiance that came
from the prisoners on the conclusion
of this officer's speech. He then tried
to reason on the absurdity of prisoners
persisting In the unequal contest, say
ing that "the order of the ship muet
tml shall be maintained. If by no
ether means, I will order the marines
to lire Into the hold, and when too Inte
you will learn your folly!"
•' 'Had this advice been tendered pre
viously to the threatenlngs It might
have had the desired effect. But It
was now too late. Advice and threat*
were alike thrown back with tho ut
most scorn and contempt. One big,
brawny Yankee who was standing
near the opening on the termination of
the officer's Inst threat yelled out:
"'"Crack away, my Johnny. You
cqu make killing no murder, but you
can't so easily mend the shot holes In
your cables!"
" 'lt will be remembered that wo
were In the cable tier, the great colls
of rope being stowed lu the bottom of
the compartment, leaving only a little
room for the prisoners. If the marines
Ilred ninny of the esbles would be ru
ined, and the officers would be obliged
to explain matters to the sdmlralty.
"'•'lf lie iiicndN hi* innunerH he'll
havn tnak enough without troubling
.jLniHfir about cable*," ■iiltl another
tirlvoiii'r.
•••••Walt until you full In with the
Constitution, IIIKI you will li-uru aotue*
thlng 11 Iront tiring."
"' "ilurmh for old Iron*ldoat"
w . "Xhreo cheer* for the gallant Per
ry!"
" 'Many aticb expre**lona caine from
th«> primmer*. HO the otUeer wn* coin
pellod to retire In diacomflture, hi* re*
treat being greeted hy nine hearty
cheer*.
" 1 expected unpleaannt eonaequencce
to follow luiiuedlntely nfter hi* leaving
the hatchway, 11 * Indeed <11(1 nil the
prlNoner* whoae mud excitement left
them MI'IIHC enough for 11 Holier thought.
Hut we were not disturbed for the re
mulnder of that night. The Hinging
and Hhoutlng were kept up until day
brenk. not allowing the wardroom otO
cere 11 moment'a re*t. n* they were alt
uated 011 the deck 1111 iikmllntcly nbove
u*. We were told on the next day tlmt
we would be provided for If we per
alnted in disturbing the Hhlp'a compa
ny In their n'Ht.
" 'Nothing daunted by till* threat,
the prlNoneri begun their alnglng on
th«* following night n* liefore. The
aongH nod choruaea bud gone on for
two hour* or more without any notice
being taken 91 our procwdljige when
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all at once n dozen shots of the largest
size In the frigate (forty -four pounders)
were let loose on the deck above us
and left free to roll with the motion of
the ship the livelong night Scantling
was so fixed on the deck as to confine
the area of their rolling to the space
i directly over our heads.
" 'As the shot passed from one side
to the other at each roll of the frigate
they caused a low, harsh, thunderlike
rumbling, as deafening, as dreadful
as and more horrible than the booming
of 10,000 Chinese gongs Intermingled
with as many bell clappers. They
were brought suddenly to a standstill
when coming to the scantling anjl with
a Jar and noise but little less than the
discharge of small artillery.
" 'ln this there was no variation, ex
cept ns they came in contact with each
other, when the sharp snap of the balls
meeting was enough to spilt the brains
of us who were underneath with the
advantage of the planks immediately
above our heads to convey and magni
fy the rumbling noise as a sounding
board a hundredfold.
44 'Many of us were determined to
brave it out and let those on deck
know that they still had tbe same par
ty to deal with. Some strove hard to
keep up the singing, but the power of
cold shot was greater. Some Jeered,
laughed and Joked, but the rolling
shot were impervious to all such in
ducements to quit their noise. Some
■wore, raved and cursed, but-the shot
went booming on stupidly, dead to
every alluring blandishment or Impre
cation. Some hallooed, yelled and
whooped. On came the shot, doggedly
Indifferent to it all. Some blustered,
threatened and stormed. Still rolled on
the shot as stoically unconcerned as if
it were their legitimate employment
Some sighed, groaned and roared.
Rumble-de-bump went on the shot ut
terly regardless of the throbbing ear
drums and twitching nerves of the
sufferers below.
•• 'The singers, the Jokers, the sneer
ers, the whoopers, the stormers nud
the roarers one by one dropped off till
all In the cable tier were silenced. Fi
nally not one sound was to be heard
save that caused by those dull, heavy
messengers of mortal anguish which
kept on rolling their unceasing rounds,
thereby creating torments fit only for
the damned. I have read somewhere
thnt the greatest physical punishment
yet put upon the human frame is that
of being placed In a confined position
where water was slowly but constant
ly dripping, drop upon drop, upon the
bare head ,of the victim. But I am
sure the originator of this assertion
could never have been In the situation
we were in that night with those shot
rolling on the deck so close to our
heads thnt we could scarcely sit In an
upright position.
" 'Ever after this If we continued
our songs later than 10 o'clock the shot
were set rolling and ceased not until
the songs were hushed. The shot were
nn accompaniment neither agreeablo
to the performers nor melting to the
hearers and which we were glad to dis
pense with even at the expense of los
ing the reputation we had so fearless
ly earned by the display of our vocal
talent under the very thunder of Eng
land's heaviest armament whose deaf
ening roar was only equaled by lta
never censing roll, which slackened not
till her every opponent lay low In si
lence.* "—New York Tribune.
The Secret of Whistler's Mastery.
It lias often been said that Whistler's
art was nn art of evasion. But the rea
son of the evnslon was reverence. He
kept himself reverently at a distance.
He knew how much he could not do,
nor was he ever confident even of the
things that he could do, and these
things, therefore, he did superlatively
well, having to grope for the means in
the recesses of bis soul. The particu
lar quality of cxqulsltcness and fresh
ness that gives to all his work, wheth
er on canvas or on stone or on copper,
a distinction from and above any con- ,
temporary work nnd makes It dearer
to our eyes and hearts, is a quality
thnt came to him because he was an
amateur and thnt abided with him be
cause he never ceased to be an ama
teur. He was a master through his
lack of mastery. In the art of writing
he was a master through his lack of
mastery. There Is utmost exact paral
lel between the two sides of his gen
ius. Nothing could be more absurd
than the general view of him as a mas
terly professional on the oqe side and
a trifling amateur on the other. He
was certainly a painter who wrote.
But by the slightest movement of
Fates little finger he might have been
a writer who painted.—Metropolita
Magazine.
Coaches la France.
As regards the history of coaches In
France, Henry IV, was assassinated lu
1010. Soon after his death some en
gruvlngs were published representing
him being murdered lu his carriage by
Ravalllac. It is from these that we
get a fair Idea of the coaches.
They ure simply squure boxes, meas
uring by scale six feet in length by
three and a half feet lu width, oil four
wheels of the same diameter, without
any springs or straps and seating six
persons In all—namely, two with their
backs to tho horses, two facing tlieni
and two more, one on each sidtP'.f tho
two "boots" at tho side. Each vehicle
had a root, resting on light columns,
and curtains to druw or to let down.
This agrees well With the received
accounts of the Incident, according to
one version of which Henry rode In
an open carriage, und according to an
other that ns soou as the fatal blow
wits delivered by the assassin the
king's attendant who rode with hlni
in the carriage drew the curtains, and,
hiding the king from public view, as
sured tho enraged people that he was
only wounded. —Notes and Queries.
Co baa Women.
The Cuban women-und the men as
well—are Intensely affectionate. They
aay much In words, often more than
their hearts feel. But they are very
wnrui hearted. Every letter that I get
from girl friends of six months' ac
quaintance Is u love letter, full of pas
sionate expressions of endearment. The
Cuban women mature quickly, and a
girl of fourteen in Cuba Is as maturo
as a girl of seventeen bore. Early mar
riages are the rule. The Cuban women
ire dainty, pretty and very like tho
French women, with many of the
French ways und ideals. They care
little for forming themselves Into clubs
for literary culture, and woman suf
frage doesn't ngltste them. They ore
vastly more Interested In being clever
needlewomen, good musicians, good
housekeepers, charming sweethearts,
than lu ruuulng the government.—(,k>r.
Cincinnati Tlmes-Htur.
A sir Dim.
Ethel-Whut foolish things a young
man will do when ho Is in lovel Edith
(breathlessly)—Ob, Ethel, has Jack
proposed?
An old Hasslaa Proverb.
The gates of ltussln ure wide to those
who enter, but uurrow to those who
would go out
Common suit Injected Into timber
Will prcservs It from decy.-