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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-02-26
"And why not, pray?"

And why not, prayT
"Has he not niece, Doris Wilford?"
"Dear me! How should know? He
may have half a dozen for all care.
/ don't see what difference it would
make, anyway"
ut would make n good deal of diff
ference pet Doris Wilford is the girl
my father wishes Lie to marry"
why don't you marry her? One
Doris is as good as another any day"
Possibly. But love only one
Dor S, and that one is you. Doris Will
ford doesn't stand the shadow of a
chance Won't you marry me, pet?"
"I'll tell you week from to-day at
Mr.. Wilford's, and not one minute
sooner. | must have time to think
about it. l like you immensely, but of
loving you I'm not so sure But ! am
almost frozen, and am roing home, SO
| must say good-by."
Doris draws the soft crimson cape
more closely ar ound her trim shoulders,
straightens the dainty sailor hat upon
her tumbled head, then walks away
some distance. Suddenly she turns and
calls back:
10 you KNOW MI w
Vane is at her side in moment
"I've seen him once or twice at
home. Why?"
"Then suspect you had better ask
for him when you call next Thursday
may not be there; but if l am you'll
be sure to see me-"
Doris, you are too provoking"
"Proyokinp Mr.. Evarts? How
pray?"
"Why do you keep me in suspense?
Promise me faithfully to be at Mr..
Wilford's Thursday, will you?"
30, don't know" impatiently.
Promise me, or III not call"
Vane is standing before his compan-
ion, with one hand on her shoulder, and
the other under her chin, compelling
her blue eyes to meet his brown ones
You'll ask for Mr.. Wilford. any
way2"
''I'll ask for Mr.. Wnford, anyway"
Then I'll promise. Now, good by"
Good by" says Vane, and before
Doris is aware he has stopped and
kissed her lips. Forgive me, dear one. "
he whispers. III couldn't help it."
The next Tuesday morning hack
deposits Miss Wilford at her uncle's
door. Mr. Wilford sees her alight,
comes forward to meet her and almost
carries her into the house.
80 you are home at last girlie?"
Eyes, and heartily glad to be here.
I'm tired to death of the country Even
now when shut my eyes | can't see
anything but cows Aren't you glad to
have me back?"
Indeed / am, little one"
They are in the library now, and she
is perched upon his knee as he sits in
his great armchair. She toys restless
ly with his necktie, and with difficulty
breaches the subject uppermost in both
minds.
Uncle Cal, I've done Il"
Done what, child?"
You know very well what mean. "
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-02-26


of decidedly pretty, eighteen-year-old
girl: and her demeanor as she uttered
them indicated that she was not in the
pleasantest of humors-
But, Doris, it is my dearest wlsh'
expostulated the portly old gentleman
who was sitting in an armchair by the
library table.
II don't care if it is the dearest wish
of the president, his cabinet and all
congress combined; | won't do IT, and
there's an end of it. Uncle, you aston
ish ne Whatever has taken possession
of you, am.sure Idon't know. The idea
of your niece Doris Wilford, marrying
a man she has never seen. 1t is pre-
posterous."
Hes wealthy, my dear, and not
much over thirty"
Not much over thirty That means
he's thirty-ninc if he's day. Eighteen
from thirty-nine leaves twenty one.
Not a great difference. He's only old
enough to be my father. On second
consideration, / believe 1 will marry
him, if only to have people pity me-"
Doris, this triflng must cease. Tell
me, now, once for all-win you. or will
you not, marry Vane Evarts?"
A dainty nose goes up and dainty
foot comes down.
''Once for all, then, Uncle Cal, if the
court knows itself, | don't think
shall"
Very well, Doris you know the PEN
atty"
Eyes, | think | do. If hearing one
thing inccssantly for three solid weeks
is not enough to make one remember
it, don't know what is. Your penalty
isn't so terrible, Uncle Cal think the
country must be delightful"
''At this time of year, yes; but how
about the winter months? You will
miss great many good times, Doris. "
will be corn huskings, singing schools,
spelling bees and goodness knows how
many amusements / anticipate any
amount of enjoyments; perhaps I'll
even settle down into farmers wife.
Come and see me, Uncle Cal, and I'll
give you all the straw berries and cream
you can eat.
"Doris, you surely do not know how
your decision pains me, or you would
take different course. Consent to see
Vane, at least Won't you, dear?"
But the girl shakes her head.
II can't | won't consent to be
thrown at any mans head This is my
niece; you may take her or leave her.
sounds well, don't it?"
Her tone is still tantalizing, but her
lips have little pathetic droop aud her
eyes are humid. She bends lower and
rests. her cheek against her uncle's;
then, without another word, she leaves
the room.
When she comes down again, which
is not until the following morning, she
is arrayed in neat cloth travelling
dress. Her uncle is already at break
fast, but he glances up from his letters
as she takes her seat.
"You seem in hurry to leave me,
Doris, is all he says at the time; but
an hour later, when all arrangements
have been made and the carriage drives
up, he looks down at her, as she stands
in the hall clinging to his arm, and
says, almost brokenly:
$50 am to lose my little girl. Well,
Heaven keep you, dear. Write to me
often and don't be too obstinate"
Doris was crying, but by no means
conquered
II won't yield, Uncle Cal" she SAYS,
"but / know who will. You will coax
me back inside of two months, see if
you don't" and, with all woman's sat-
isfaction at having the last word, she
kisses him good-by and is driven
away.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-02-26
A. E. GABLE,
" eterinary Surgeon.

Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary
College. Toronto. Cauada.
Or. Gable treats all diseases of the
domesticated animals, aud makes
ridgling, castration and horse den.
tistry a speciality. Castration per-
formed without clans, and all other
surgical operations performed in the
most scientific manner.
Calls to any part OF the country
promptly responded 20.
Office and Inlirmary in Crawford's
Livery, l32 West Jefferson Street,
Butler Pa.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-02-26

Though known rs fact by the ex-
perience of farmers II has also been
established by experiments made for
that purpose that the per cent of food
consumed steadily declines as an ami
NAL increases in size. In other words.
the larger the animal the greater The
amount of food required to make .
pound of meat The cheapest and
quickest meat made Is from young ami
mails that are we'll fed. rapidly pushed
from birth and sold as soon ~ they
reach the proper size.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-02-26

dhC Idit' Ses YOU II ESb yCuA ANSS
muddy there"
How do you l1now?" queries the
gentleman addressed, looking first at
his dainty boots, then at the clear, ap-
parently harmless stream bubbiing be-
meath them, and finally at the sun
Drowned girl who is munching an ap-
pie upon the opposite bank.
"How do / know? Because / tried it
myself" is the answer. IF you don't
believe it, here's evidence" putting
pretty, Undiscovered boot forward for
inspection. 81 went to cross there
about half an hour since, and that's the
result Of my ignorance.
"rhere is lot of quicksand right un-
der your feet, almost"
Thanks, awfully. Perhaps you can
tell me some way to get across"
Really, / can't. The question has
been troubling me for some time. /
don't know how to get back to Uncle
Charles"
Then you don't live here?"
'0h, mol | am visiting my uncle,
Mr.. Harcourt"
''You are Miss Harcourt, then, pre-
sumo? My name is Vance Evarts"
A look of surprise passes over the
girls face, which is fortunately hidden
at the moment by her sunbonnet.
"Yes, am Miss Harcourt," she says,
rising hastily. II am glad to meet you,
Mr.. Evarts; but must get back home
some way. Auntie wants me to help
gather some grapes; but had forgotten
oil about them, SO good day, sir
please don't go yet"
II must; provided I can get across
this abominable brook"
You are angry that l presumed to
introduce myself. beg your"
20. you needn't mind, I'm not bit
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-02-26

Chicago. How funny it sounds. There,
thank goodness, I'm through that hor-
rid cornfield at last / wonder" with
another smile, ''if auntie has those i'm
aginary grapes picked yet? Wasn't
that a nice fib, thought"
BY t his time Doris has reached the
gate of her uncle's home, and, as tea
is already spread under the trees in the
front yard, her musings must cease for
the time being.
OF course it is by accident that the
next day and the next, and the next,
Doris Wilford meets Vane Evarts in
the wood; it is also by accident that he
calls upon her repeatedly, and that
she keeps her true name concealed
from him by the help of her sworn
allies, Uncle Charlie and Aunt Ethel;
but whether the result is an accident
/, for one, cannot presume to say.
Certain it is, that by some means
Mr. Evarts becomes aware of the fact
that his heart is no longer in his own
possession, but is held very closely by
certain golden-hai sun-browned
little lady who calls herself Doris Har-
court He has just told her this, sit
ting by the brook where they first met
only two months ago, and is waiting
for his reply
"You bave taken me ty surprise,
Mr.. Evarts, and l really have given no
thought to the subject. | am not at
all sure | love you, and | must have
little time to decide. III tell you next
week"
but I'll be in the city next week,
and from there l must go home. My
business requires it."
you'll be in Chicago next week?"
"Yes."
GLOW nicel When | think of it,
Uncle Charlie has just received an in
vitation from an old college chum to
visit him there as soon as possible and
am going with him on sightseeing
expedition. Could you not call upon
me there?'
81 suppose l might Who is your
uncle's friend?"
LET me see," and Doris Fuckers her
pretty forehead into a most bewitching
frown.
"Wilmont - Willis - Williams - no,
Wilford-that's the name, Mr.. Cal Will
ford"
Vane starts.
81 don't believe / can meet you
there"
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-02-26
The paper Immediately drops.
'sI do sirn hS answers

you are cxasperating, Vane. Why
can't you see things in their proper
light? 1t is high time you were
married, and why won't Doris Wilford
do as well as anyone else? l must say,
you are hard to please"
Maybe am; but, father | do claim
the right of selecting my own wife.
Miss Wilford MAY be all, more than all
you say; but sSc is scarcely more than
u child and do not love her.
How can you, when you've never
seen her?"
That's just it | haven't seen her
and have no wish to see Her; at any
rate not as her prospective suitor. l
am content as am. I'll remain so until
| meet my fate; and have no idea of
meeting her in the form of Doris Will
ford. We've always been good friends,
father; don't let us quarrel now. Let
us drop the subject I'll give in just
so far-I am contemplating run into
the country, and while am there I'll
consider your proposition, and wen de-
fer positive answer until my return. +"
The anger dies from Capt Evarts'
face, end he thanks his son warmly.
Then they both leave the house to fill
their several engagements
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1892-02-26

Pacing the floor of a sumptuously-
furnished dining room is very angry
old gentleman; seated at the table,
perusing a paper in perfect indiffer-
ence. is handsome man some years
younger; ana I'll introduce them to
you as Capt. Percy Evarts, and his
son, Vane. Suddenly the sound of
footsteps ceases. and the old man faces
his son.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-09-23

as looked mp at you | thought fot
au instant that you were the wonn-
who might hsve been his mother IL
tho fates had been kinder. Do you
know, Miss Yarucy, that you often
remind me cruelty of woman |
lovel better than the world?'
"Your wife?" She was gla'l that
it was dark enough 10 hide tho tremb
ling of her lips.
"No, not my wife. l loved Mario
one way; she was tender aud true TO
me. But tho woman that really
loved" Then, after a short pause,
he went on: "But what | meant to
say to you is this: have learned TO
love you thousand times better than
Marie, and sometimes, almost think,
us much as loved--the dearest one.
Can you, will you hatc me il | ask
You thus TO be Lcslio's mamma in
truth as well rs in word?'
Slowly came the reply; "But you
love the first wcmau best of all, even
yct?'
ayes, do. Bit, as I said, l of
ten almost think that you are she when
| stop 10 realize how | feel toward
YOU" F#
Moment after moment went by.
The shadows came Closer and tho rim
of lighter clouds near tho west hori-
zon grew narrower. At last she
said: 81, TOO, loved in tie long ago.
But lean never in any way love an
other man. But"
Before she could finish The scuton CO
Mr.. Courtwright had recognized in
his governess the "best loved one of
all" and it is needless TO say that the
umbrella episode resulted in Miss
Vaughn's really becoming the mamma
If baby Leslie.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-09-23
Catching the Octopus.

'It is no trick TO catch them. They
are pulled out with hook aud line from
the deep waters of the Sound just like
fish. and are found on the rocky bot
toms Of the fishing banks," said
fisherman in Seattle. s'Look at this
continued he. raising the Shiny mass
Of legs aud pointing to perfect
counterpart of parrots black beak.
That's his mouth. Just like a par
rots, only much larger and more
powerful, When once those jaws
fasien on the bait they never let go
until landed on the deck of the boat.
They seldom give us much trouble
Experience has taught the men how TO
handle them safely. The only care
necessary is 10 prevent Their fastening
heir suckers on the sides and bottom
of the boat. II by accident or care
lcssness they should succeed in doing
so, the octopus is safe, for the suction
Of those cup-like disks is SO great that
nothing but the knife can disIodgc
them, and as they can't be reached they
get away.
"Thc men know by the weight on
the line and its action when an octo-
pus is hooked. Then, by means OF
poles, the liue is kept away from the
boat, aud, watching favorable op-
portunity, with the assistance of boat
hooks, the follow is suddenly yanked
3n board and left to thrash its life
away on deck. OF course, the meu
nave learned to keep carefully out Of
reach of its tentacles. On clear tlay
md in clear weather one can see an
octopus at great depth. Their bodies
usually lie hidden under shelving
rocks, leaving ono or more of those
long fcelers visible, moving cautiously
back and forth.
Chatting n hook with a whitc rag
and dropping it close by, il is fun TO
watch their movements. They pre-
end not to see the bait, believing it
5 living prey. They viii advance
: heir foclers inch by inch, and grad
ially their body, and retreat again as
il to draw on the intended victim.
4 Playing the bait back and forth cx-
ci,cs their cupidiiy, and when satis-
: led with the result the beast makes a
spring for the bait that for lightning
ike speed beats anything on record.
\ Of course, it fa,tcns its raz IL like.
double back-action beak into the rag
md holds on ike grim death, allow
/ ng itself to be pulled out of the water
! rather than let 60"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-09-23
How AnimaIs Amuse ThemseIres.

In anima's ihc faculty Of amusc-
ment awakcs very early. Our four
footed friends seem to be aware of
this, and make 1t part of their par
entail duties to anuse their young. A
ferret viii play with her kittens,
cat with hers, dog with her puppies.
A marc will play with her foal,
though the writer has never seen
COW try to amuse her calf, nor any
birds their young If their mothers do
not amusc them, the young ones in-
vent games of their own.
A flock of ewes aud lambs we're
once observed in adjoining fields,
separated by fenco with several
gaps in it. s'Follow my leader" was
tho game most in favor with this
nqcls, the biggest lamb leading around
The field and then jumping the gap,
with all the others following in single
iile; any lamb that took the leap un-
usually well would give two or three
moro enthusiastic jumps out of sheer
cxuberant happiness when it reached
tho other siic. Fawns played sort
of cross touch from one side 10 the
other, tho "touch" in each case being
by the nose.
Little pigs arc also great at CON-
bined play, which generally takes the
form of races. Emulation seems 10
form part Of thcir amusement, for
their races seem always 10 have the
winning of the first place for their OBJ
jec', and are quite different from those
combined ri,slcs for food, or causcless
stampedcs in which little pigs are wont
to indulge. Racing is an amusement
natural to some animals, and, being
soon taugh: by others, becomes one of
their most exciting pastimcs.
Many horses, and all racing dogs,
learn to be as keen at winning as
schoolboys Birds delight in the free
and fanciful use of their wings. There
is all the diiIirencc possible between
the fight of birds for "bu.iness7 and
pleasure; aud many kinds Oh fine days
will soar TO vast hsights for pleasure
alene. III Yankee Blade.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-09-23
COnsnling a Mniher.

THAT Young married woman next
door rushed il this morning in a ter
ribic state of m'nd,n said Mrs. Cob
wigger to her husband when he came
home. The poor things little baby
has the whooping cough aud she was
frightened out of her life"
Il hope you did all in your power
to aid and comfort her." replied Cob
wigger.
81 tried TO, my dear" rejoined his
wife. "There was only one thing
about whooping cough could re-
member to tell her. aud that was
about Mrs. Dix's little boy who
caught it and was an idiot ever after"
New York Sun.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-09-23

Ii seems, remarks the New York
News, thai Canadians have both
variety ana multiplicity of reasons
for emigrasing southwark. A legs-
lative commission charged with the
duty of finiling ",lic cause of emigra-
ton Of fai4Aers from the Province OF
Qacbcc to be United Statcs,n has just
reported series of answers nonlinally
corresponding with the days of the
week. 1t is al interesting if not par
ticularly instructive division of cause
into seven elements. Poverty of
French Canadians, large families,
difficulty Of establishing homes, dcfec-
tive cultivllion of lands, taste for
luxury, local seizure of household
effects for debt and the ''plaguc of
peddlers. IL it were not chat the re-
frigerant temperament of the Canadian
brother precludes the possibility of a
joke, we should think, adds tho News,
that those modern seven wonders of
trouble were solely Pick wickiau, par
ticularly the wind ~ about the ped
dlcrs. But it is all serious and official.
Therefore, we can only sympalhizc
with our distressed ncighbors and
kindly intimate, in ciIcu, parlance,
that it is not necessary to crawl under
the canvas in order to crjoy the benc-
fits of Uncle Sans greatest show on
earth.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-09-23

l would not change my Joys for thcfs
OF Emperors and Kings.
What has my gentle friend, the rose
Told them, if aught, do you suppose
The rose that tells me things.
What secrets have they had with treesi
What romps with grassy spears!
What know they OF the mysteries
OF butterflies and honey bees,
Who whisper in my ears2
What says the sunbeam unto them?
What tales have brooklets told:
Is there within their diadem
a single rival to the gem
The dewy daisies hold?
What sympathy have they with birds,
Whose songs are songs of mine?
Do they e'er hear, as though III words
Twas lisped the message of the herds
OF grazing, lowing kline?
'Ahnol 0ivegme no lofty throne
q But just what nature yields.
Let me but wander on, alone
If needs be, so that all my own
Are woods aud dales and fields.
John Bangs, in Harper's Weekly.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-09-23
A Curious Industry.

The idea of flower farming for per-
fumes seems to be exciting good deal
of interest in New South Wales, as
many inquiries on the subject have
lately been submitted to the agricul-
-tHral department. There are at pres
ent in the colony no means of illus
tra,ing the practical operations of this
industry, but the Agricultural Gazette
of New South Wales hopes that this
deficiency will scon be supplied by the
institution of experimental plots Oh
one or more of tie experimental
farms. The Gazette points out that
in scent farms largo quantities of
waste material from nurseries, gar
dens, orchards aud ordinary farms
might be prolitably utilized. while oc-
cupation would be found for some
who arc unfit for hard manual labor.
A government perfume farm was
lately established at Duuolly, in Vic
toria, aud this promises TO be remark
ably succcssfdi.-tNcw York Witness.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-09-23
rios AND rriisrLEs.
The hairsplitter is always busy.

The hair-splitter Is always busy.
THE way to get good is to do good.
The man who pays right will pay
right
People on the fence never weigh
much. ai
A SPIDER never finds any honey IN
flower. sss
The Good Shepherd ncve- driyet
His sheep.
The peacemakcr need never be out
of employment is
THERE must lie gratitude before
there can be praise. 1-a
ALL you can tell others about God
is what lie is to you.
IT takes dark days to show us that
we really do trust in God. ~
We need days of trouble to teach
US that VIC also need God. .tsr
As LONG as we keep looking to
Christ we will keep living.
THE same opportunity never knocks
at anybody's door but once.
If you can't be rich you can become
well off by being contcnted.
THE South was never so prosperous
as since she gave up slavery.
THE man who goes to school to mis-
mistakes has a good teacher. @
KEEP close to God, and midnight
will he as bright as MONDAY.
WHENEVER you have need, remem-
hpr a lSO that Vpn haya a TInI
EVIL thoughts are the sprouting OF
seed which Satan has planted.
TIE man who is wrong with God
can never be well of anywhere.
NOTHING can happen to a Christian
that may not result in his good.
The only truly rich people are
those who give up all for Christ.
WHEN YOU want to thipk well Of
God don't look too close at neu.
ANY man or sect that is afraid of
Che Bible had better be watched.
THE FIRST step toward God Is to
make up your mind to start now.
The man will always be remem-
bered who forgets himself for others
THE student who drops study when
he graduates will never be a scholar.
A sTINGY man is all the time tell
ing the world that his God is like
him.
lN Gods army the man who wants
his meals regular must stay at the
front.
WHEN midnight comes to the
wicked it will be high noon for the
righteous
THE Bible gives every Christian the
right TO rejoice when he can't see any,
thing TO rejoice in.
THE man whom the devil dis
courages is the one who docs not open
his Bible verv wide.
THE people whose lives mean most
to God, are those who expect great
things from Christ. -
WHENEVER God is loved the man
who loves Him is blessed, whether he
feels that way or not. s#N
ONE of the hardest things the deyil
ever tried 10 do is to put long face
on a happy Christian. .s.t
WHEN the soul says, II will wait
for God" the roar Of the DEVILS lions
cannot make us tremble. T
DoN'T worry about the opinions of
other people, but live so that you can
always respect yourself.
The man who is able to say, sGod
is my strength" never breaks down
under any kind OF load.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1892-09-23
Cuban WaYs.

Many Cuban ways are different from
.hosc of any o her people on tile Globe.
A Cuban, when he desires 10 bring o
person 10 him, .moiious him to 60
way. They put koyholcs upside
lown, and applaud in the theatre Ly a
prolonged hiss. Postage stamps are
odd everywhere but at the post office,
md TO get revenue stamps you do not
% TO government official, but to a
broker on the street. The people live
IN the first floor aud do their cooking
upstairs, the uur es aud chamber ser.
wants are men instead Of women, and
agricultural implements arc sold at
chocolate shops. -[St. Louis Globe
Democrat