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Az n remedy for all forms Of head.
ache Electric Bttcrs has proved to bo
tho very best, II effects II permanent
cure, mud tho most dreaded habitual
Gick headaches yield IN its influence
We urge all who are afflicted to procure
a bottle, and give this remedy a fair
trial. In cases Of habitual ConStipa.
ton Electric DiltorS cures by giving
Tho ncOd tonO to tho bowels, and few
cAsos long resist tho uso OF this mcdi.
cine. Try 1t once. Large bottles only
city cents at Logan Drug Co.'S Drug
Store, 2
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WORKING CLASS LIFE.
The Intelligent Observations oil
the Rev. H enry Tuokloy
AMONG ENGLISH WOREINGMEN.

Domestic, Industrial, Financial, So
oIal aud Religious Aspects of tho
ToIlors of England-woIl Managed
Trades Ualons-A British Work.
mans Family Can Got On Well With
a LhtlS-Wul HRvo Good Time In
spite of Acknowledgements OF In'
temperance,
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Ono characteristic OF tho English
workman ia very marked, aud that is
his determination, spite Of all ars anil
downs, to have n good time, and TO Mt
least keep up Tho appearance Of being
happy. Tho American workman lives
anblned sven y aOlamn lilo In con-
lrn,t with TINT 0i his British cousin.
Soma will attribute tho batLnF spirits oil
tho latter 10 hiS larger indulgNnrt In
the sort Of spirits which hrit cheer anl
then intoNicala. But | think hn is Il
iOllet man naturally, made 80 hv
UltihflEht inheritance and by tho dli
iOfSnl conditions IN which he lives. lla
IL naturally a rathoF torah customer,
fond VI rough play, not afraid Of getIlnR
hurt, OTnltlnn In hia nOtaonAl liberty,
mt depressed At Al by tho itut that
that liberty means In lt' lail Analysis
only thu liberty to work hard Tor
small pays N fact, rathOr inclined to
resent llia 0obOt VlOw, by showing Tint
ho can frequently thkO day oil If i'm
wants 10, aud In his holidays can lavO
lust a. bnlalOrnna u imO ~ hO plonsoi,
aud luay even, ny his loud talk
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SEATTLE, WASH, August 2l.-ThO
steamer Excelsior arrived to-day from
st. Michaels, mouth Of the Yukon river,
bringing news Of tho wreck OF tho zeal.
inv schooner Walter Earl oil Kodiak
island and the loss o! eleven lnd!an
sailors. Tho wreck was found bottom
ur. aud tho bodies OF the Indian sailors
werc found In the iprcCastln.
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A Postal Card Request
VIII bring you samples Of any Of
the, above, or any other information
YOU may ask for.
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JOS. HORNE & co.,
Penn I've, and Fifth ST, Pittsburgh.
The New
Fall Dress Goods

Are daily erOwdlng to the counters.
Although the season hasn't yet be-
gun, we've more Fall Dress Goods
in stock than most stores carry at
any time,
Such Handsome StylesI
Such Rich Qualities
And values at theprlces be-
fore unknown.
Here's short list Of some Of the
newest;
At $50 a yard
Navy Blue and Black All.Wool serges,
90 ipches widei 40 good as you'd sx'
poet for 60c,
Atwood Bright Plaids for School
Dresses, IS inches wide
At s5 and 400 a yard
Very sneciRl qualities in All'Wool
Hsnristtas, IS inches wide.
At 900 a yard
Black and Navy Ground HenrlsttRs,
With Oolored Figures 40incheS wide
6i,inch French ssrgss, Navy, Brown,
Green, RsIsda, Tau, Garnet.
69.inch Navy and Black Storm Serge,
At TOO a yard
54.inch Chsviot Serge, the regular 81
quality.
5O.lnsh Sacquard suiting, very choice
nnlnFinUa and tina FaVulaFSl OualitV
At SLIPS ayard-
Heavy PIQue Cords, with a slightly
mixed cTect-SilVer, Gray, Dark
Tan, Mode, Old Rose, Blue, Brown,
Navy, 60inches wide.
A great showing Of new Silk'and'
Wool PlaIds, 40 inches wide. soc,
ooc, 6sc a yard, Formerly 81
would be cheap for any Of them.
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10 auro and uao that old and wCll.tricd
remedy. Mus. WiSsLnw's SoorirSd SYRur
for children toothing. II soothoi tho
child, soitun' tho gums, allayS all min,
cures wind collie nnd Ia tho bcst rono.
dy for diarrhmL Twenty-Five 'conts q
bottle. MwRiw
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1.-THE usc OF 'CastoriA' IS 80 univcrsaI ard
its merits so well known that II sccms work
of EupCrerogation to cndorEcit, Few nrc Tho
intelligent families who do not keep CcstoriA
within easy reach"
CAELos MARTIN, D. D.,
New York City.
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II tho working classes OF England
still hold aloot in vastly proponderatins
NUMBER from church aud chapel ser.
vices, rs they do. II is certainly not be-
cause either the ch urch or chapel folks
ara indifferent to them. Every con-
ceivabla bait 10 thrown out. A clergy.
man in WhitechRp announces smOk-
ing service. Smoking services OF GER
tain kind used TO be quite common in
places OF worship, but 1t is not the
smoke Of ondIoa, torment which Is now
promised. for the card Of invitation dis.
tinclly otFcrs free tea and free tobacco"
Many clergymsn arc also using theatre
cal elects. Ia London paper OF re.
cont date it was recorded, among other
commonplace things, that the London
county council, on the pre-.
vious evening, had granted Ii.
conses for music, dancing and
stage plays TO no le's than six
Of these reverend gentlemen. Re.
peatedly, too, both in London aud other
large towns, saw on church bulletin
boards the initials /. S. A. 10 the ini.
tiated these letters mean Pleasant Sum
day AfIernoon-another effort to reach
tho masses. Elsewhere | found they
were hoilidg p. NJ. A.'s-Peasant Mon.
dav Aftornoons-wh were intended
for moor and unchurched women. When
| saw A. Il. &. pInCardoi in Leeds, |
felt sure IL was the advertisement Of
sori,e primary school, but instead OF that
II was a loud call to all sorts and condi.
tons of mon 20 attend an Adult Bible
Class. at which tho topic was to be,
political Jobbory." Thus the English
churches aru very hard at work upon
the nrohleul, how to reach the masses,
and it IL to DO hopad that both they and
We may finally succeed in aolvinRu.
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Castoria.

"CastorIn lsso wcil adapted to chrirrn that
recommend 1t as superior to any prescription
known to me-" H.A. ARCHER, NJ. D.,
III So. Oxford st., Brooklyn, NY.
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III to those are added tho Hccnnuln.
tons in the savings banks Of the United
Kingdom, amounting to El22, $4,000,
the total acCunulA.ions are brought up
to C2l2, SOL 900 there arc besides tho
unrecoriod figures Of tho uniucorpo.
rated building societies and unrcgis.
tered friendly societies. AZ the iund'
OF Il single unincOrp1raIed building So.
Coty are said to amount to i've and one.
half millions. n material addition would
have to DO made for societios such a,
these"
The practical question now to be con.
sidcred IL, to what extent these in.
creased savings arc indicative ot>1m.
proved industrial aud social conditions,
what light they throw upon the eco.
nomiCa Of tho hon'GhoId, aud what dc.
grcG OF improvement they suggest in
working class habits.
FAnM LABOR POORLY PAiD
Speaking generally, tho only change
for tho better in tho WACO scale Is that
in moro departments than formerly,
and to very notable oxtOnt in govern.
mental and municipal departments. tho
pay Of worknOn in towns aud cities hat
boon brought up to tho trade union
standard. John Burns declared recent.
Is that no knew Of 80 instances In
which, through wise agitation and \
growth OF public sentiment, tho fair
wages clause has bcon imposed upon
local authorities. Hero IA specific
gain which, think, indicates u wdc.
spfoad and most gratifying tendency.
hut In agricultural districts thoro has
been, unfortunately, steady decline In
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-04-18
CHAPTER Y

THE END OF THE ISLANDER.
Our meal was a merry one. Holmes
could talk exceedingly well when he
chose, and that night he did choose.
He appeared'to be in a state of nerv-
Gus exaltation | have never known
him so brilliant. He spoke on quick
succession of subjects,-on miracle
plays, on medieval pottery, on Stradi-
varius violins, on the Buddhism of Cey-
lon, and on the warships of the fu-
ture-handling each as though he had
made special study Of it. His bright
humor marked the reaction from his
black depression of the preceding days.
Athelney Jones proved to be sociable
soul in his hours of relaxation, and
faced his dinner with theaair of a bon
vivant. For myself, ! felt elated at
the thought that we were nearing the
end Of our task, and | caught some
thing of Holmes gayety. None of us
alluded during dinner to the cause
which had brought us together.
When the cloth was cleared Holmes
glanced at his watch and filled up
three glasses with port. "One
bumper" said he, 'to the success of
our little expedition. And now it is
high time we were off. Have you a
pistol, Watson?"
81 have my old service revolver in
my desk"
"You had best take it, then. II is
well to be prepared. / see the cab is
at the door. I ordered IL for half-past
six"
1t was little past seven before we
reached the Westminster wharf and
found our launch awaiting us. Holmes
eyed it critically.
''Is there anything to mark it as
police boat?"
"Yes-that green lamp at the side"
Then take it off. "
The small change was made, we
stepped on board, and the ropes were
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-04-18
fsoling the Keeper.

A humorous old suburban farmer
tells the following story Of how he once
fooled { toll-gatc keeper; "It was
when was drummer" he said, land
selling goods around through country
towns In these parts. I was goin'
through one OF these old gates, and ]
allowed up bit and asked of the old
fellow at the door: 'Ah, my friend, do
preachers pay to go through your
gate9 No, SIR said he; and with q
profound obcisance he waved me on
and backed into his little room.
"Well, after that / passed through
some eight or ten times, when one day
he accosted me as drove up:
"'Good day, sir he said; what
church do you preach at, sir. may ]
aslr?'
"'None, my good fellow, none,' re.
piled.
"'Whatl Didn't you tell me you wuz
a preacher said he.
"'No,' said, I only asked you IL
preachers had TO pay. ] was Just q
little curious to know Well, you
should have seen that old fellows face,
as IL dawned upon him where the joke
came in."-National Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-04-18

dred yards She was still, however,
well In view, and the murky uncertain
twilight was settling into a clear star
lit night. Our boilers were strained
to their utmost, and the frail shell vi
brated and creaked with the fierce en-
ergy which was driving us along. We
had shot through the pool past the
West India docks, down the long Dept
ford Reach, and up again after round
ing the Isle of Dogs The dull blur in
front of us resolved itself now clearly
enough into the dainty Aurora. Jones
turned our searchlight upon her, so
that we could plainly see the figures
upon her deck. One man sat by the
stern. with something black between
his knees over which he stopped. Beside
him lay dark mass which looked like
Newfoundland dog The boy held the
tiller, while against the red glare Of
the furnace I could see old Smith,
stripped to the waist, and shoveling
Goals for dear life. They may have had
some doubt at first as to whether we
were really pursuing them, but now as
we followed every winding and turn
ing which they took there could no
longer be any question about it. AT
Greenwich we were about three hundred
PAGES behind them. At Blackwell we
could not have been more than two
hundred and fifty ! have coursed
many creatures in many countries dur
ing my checkered career, but never did
sport give me such wild thrill as this
mad, flying man hunt down the
Thames. Steadily we drew in upon
them, yard by yard. In the silence
of the night we could hear the
painting and clanking of their ma
chinery. The man in the stern still
crouched upon the deck, and his arms
were moving as though he were busy,
while every now and then he would
look up and measure with glance the
distance which still separated us.
Nearer we came and nearer. Jones
yelled to them to stop. We were not
more than four boats lengths behind
them, both boats flying at tremen-
dous pace. 1t was n clear reach OF
the river, with Barking level upon
one side and the melancholy Plum
stead marshes upon the other At
our hail the man in the stern sprang
up from tho deck and shook his two
clinched fists at us, cursing the while
in high, cracked voice. He
was n goodsized, powerful man,
and as he stood poising himself
with legs astride ! could see that from
the thigh downwards there was but a
wooden stump upon the right side. At
the sound of his strident, angry cries
there was movement in the huddled
bundle upon the deck. Itstraightened
itself into n little black man-the
smallest have ever seen-with great,
misshapen head and a shock of tangled,
disheveled hair. Holmes had already
drawn Dis revolver, and whipped out
mine at the sight Of this savage, dis
torted creature. He was wrapped In
some sort of dark ulster or blanket,
which left only his face exposed; but
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-04-18

that face was enough to give q man a
sleepless night. Never have / seen
features so deeply marked with all bes-
TALLY and cruelty. His small eyes
glowed and burned with Bomber light,
and his thick lips were writhed back
from his teeth, which grinncd and chat
tered at us with n half animal fury.
Fire II he raises his hand" said
Holmes, quietly. We were within n
boats length by this time, and almost
within touch Of our quarry. | can see
the two Of them now as they stood, the
white man with his legs far apart,
shrieking out curses, and the uphal-
lowed dwarf, with his hideous face, and
his strong yellow teeth gnashing at us
In the light OF our lantern.
II was well that we had 80 clear n
view of him. Even as we looked he
plucked out from under his covering n
short, round piece OF wood, like n
school ruler, and clapped 1t To his
lips. Our pistols rang out together
He whirlcd round, threw up his
arms, and with II kind OF chok-
ing cough fell sideways into the
stream. caught one glimpse of his
venomous, menacinR eyes amid the
white swirl OF the waters. At the
same moment the woodcn-lcgged' man
threw himself upon the rudder and put
Il hard down, so that his boat made
straight In for the southern bank,
while we shot past her stern, only
clearing her by few feet We were
round after her In an instant, but she
al Il Il Mt lt.. haf
was q wild and dcsolate place, where
the moon glimmcrcd upon n wide ex-
panse Of marsh land, with pools OF
staguant water md beds Of decaying
vegetation. The launch, with dull
thud, ran up on the mud bank, with
her bow In the air and her stern flush
with the water. The fugitive sprang
out, but his stump instantly sank It's
whole length into the soddcn soil In
vain he struggled and writhcd. Not
one step could he possibly take
either forwards or backwards Ho
yelled in impotent rage, and kicked
frantically into the mud with his othor
foot, but his struggles only bored his
wooden pin TIE deeper into the sticky
bank. When we brought our launch
hlOnRblue ne WIN SO HThiy HhtnOTtu
that IL was only by throwing the end
OF a rope over his shoulders that we
were able 10 haul him out, and To drag
him, like some evil fish, over our side.
The two Smiths, father and son, sat
sullenly in their launch, but came
aboard mcckly enough when com
mnnded The Aurora herself we
hauled off and made fast 10 our stern.
A solid iron chest Of Indian workman
ship stood upon the deck. This, there
could be no question, was the same
that had contained the ill-omcned
treasure Of the Sholtos There was no
key, but It wns II considerable weight,
so we transferred IT. carefully to our
own little cabin. As We steamed
t1orvly upstream utrrin, We f'adrd our
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lily party" he remarked 81 think
shall have pull at that flask, Holmes.
Well, think we may all congratulate
each other. Pity we didn't take the
other alive; but there was no choice. /
say, Holmes, you must confess that you
cut IL rather fine. II was MI that we
could do to overhaul her"
"All Is well that ends WE'LL" said
Holmes. But certainly did not
know that the Aurora was such
clipper"
"Smith says that she IL one OF tho
fastest launches on the river, and that
II he had had another man 90 help him
with the engines we should never have
caught her. He swcars he knows moth
ing Of this Norwood business"
Neither he did" cried our prisoner
mot word. chose his launch bc-
cause heard that she was flyer. We
told him nothing, but we paid him
well, and ho was TO get something
handsome II we reached our vessel, the
Esmeralda, at Gravcsend, outward
bound for the Brazils."
We'll, II he has done no wrong wo
shall see that no wrong comes TO him.
II we are pretty quick In catching our
men, we are not SO quick In condemn3
ing them" II was amusing to notice
how the consequential Jones was al
ready beginning 10 give himself airs on
the strength Of the capture. From the
slight smile which played over Sher
lock Holmes face, could see that the
speech had not been lost upon him.
1--WE will be Mt Vauxhall bridge
presently" said Jones, "and shall land
you, DR.. Watson, with the treasure
box. ! need hardly tell you that ] am
taking very grave responsibility upon
myself In doing this. IL In most irreg-
ular; but Of course nm agreement is an
agreement. | must, however, ms q mat
ter Of duty, send an inspector with
you, since you have no valuable
Charge. You will dIiyr, no fvubtY
fYtyy I GRaltrITVe,v
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-04-18
ONLY A MISTAKE. AFTER ALL.
And Nothing for Respectable Coiored
Gontleman TO Worry About.

And Nothing for n Respectable Coiored
Gentleman TO Worry About.
A serious blunder occurred In n West
Virginia county not long ago. A num-
ber of the farmers had sustained losses
of sheep from their respective 1oclSs.
and, being skeptical as to the efficiency
of the law officers, one night took tho
matter In their own hands. A dozen or
more Of them proceeded some milea
away, to the house Of Rehoboth Jem-
son, and, notwithstanding his protestae
tions Of innocence, gave him severe
drubbing.
The affair created no little STIR, aa
Rehoboth was very respectable coll
ored man, who owned a snug little farm
and was deacon in the Baptist church.
He had the confidence and esteem Of
his white neighbors, who were SO
worked up over the matter that they
considered the expediency Of IN investt-
cation that should lead to the punish
ment of the raiding party.
Within few days the farmers discov-
cred they had made an awkward mis-
take, the guilty party having been
caught red-handed and had made full
cOuIcbhlOuf 30, OciuB ih tuc hioin fAsht
good set Of fellows they decided to offer
balm to Rehoboth for his many wounds.
Three of their number were designated
. committee with full power TO act, and
they hastened to the discharge Of their
duty. Old Rehoboth was sitting In his
neat little cabin with bandaged head,
while his wife was applying o cooling
wash TO his lacerated back. The COM
mittee looked foolish and scarcely knew
how to beg I; but finally one Of the
number stammered out an apology, and
added that they were willing TO pays q
reasonable amount as recompense for
his sufferings.
"La. child, how you does talk, sho1yl
Ameclxin' sich furse dat rs ershamed
on vel You jes' git back ter yer homes
m stay dar. / ain AKIN muffin m dom
want muffin. Wy honey, Of done tuck
on erbout de mistecks er white follxses
I'd jes' be plum misable harf de time"
Chicago Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-04-18

search-hght in every direction, but
there was no sign of the islander.
Somewhere in the dark ooZe at the
bottom of the Thames lie the bones of
that strange visitor TO our shores
See here" said Holmes, pointing to
the wooden hatchway. I'VE were
hardly quick enough with our pistols I"
There, sure enough, just behind
where we had been standing, stuck
one OF those murderous darts which we
knew so well. 1t must have whizzed
between us at the instant that we
fred. Holmes smiled at it, and
shrugged his shoulders in his easy
fashion, but | confess that IL turned
me sick to think CT tie horrible death
which had passed SO close TO Us that
night
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-04-18
THE EFFECT OF FEAR.
Imagination q Potent Factor I'm Acquirina
a Fatal Disease.


"Ot the whole number Of persons
supposed to die Of disease" said 4
prominent physician the other day, Il
should say that at least fifty per cent
are really carried away by fear. Were
1t not for this element mortality would
be far less than it is"
In support of this statement he cited
various cases where the element of fear
had entered largely in as potent fac.
tor to persuade people that their tims
had come. Presentiments, prophecies,
premonitions and general nervousness
all played their part. On the other
hand, q short time ago q patient of q
New York hospital was frightened into
getting well. This man was brought
In an ambulance, supposedly dying
from heart failure.
He was laid on table and dag
nosis showed him to be suffering with
hysteria- The surgeon turned TO ons
OF his assistants and, asking for knife,
remarked that he would cut down to
the heart and find what the troubls
was The patient gave q yell and.
lesping from the table, started for the
door. Remonstrance was In vain. THAI
man was cured and never came back.
Some time ago four criminals, cons
demned in Russia to die, were taken to
n house and shown several =, in
which they were told nuinu>. OF
cholera patients had died. AS a mat
ter of fact, the beds were new, never
having been slept in. The criminals
were informed that they would be SET
at liberty II they would undergo tho
ordeal Of sleeping several nights In the
beds. From the prisoners point OF
view 1t was possible, though a des.
perate, chance of escape. They one
and all decided to take the chances Al
the end of the time prescribed two
were uninjured and went free, but the
others developed all the symptoms and
died of Asiatic cholera.
Two physicians determined to take
advantage of the impressionable mind
Of female patient and prove o theory
for the benefit of science. The lady
had complained of an itching on her
back. She was told that a blistey
would be applied. Instead, common
postage stamp was applied, and, so
runs the chronicle, performed all the
offices Of the plaster which was not
there.
A college professor was once the sub
ject Of q practical joke at the hands Of
the students. They met him one after
another, and each successfully inquired
after his health, saying that he looked
Ill. He took to his bed, a physician was
called and for days the professor imag.
ined he was ill.-N Y. World.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-04-18
Carasr Ifafara Har.

~ suppose you loved your last hus-
band dearly" said Mrs Hunter, Of Jer-
sey City, TO Mrs. Lakeshorc, OF Chicago.
81 haven't married my last husband
yet" was the reply. If we mean TO
express aupposition that ] loved my
most recent husband. ! can say that
did Town Topics.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-04-18
Auxious TO pnrticipAte.

Small Son--some of the boys is start
Ing q little bank, just for fun. The
shares is TO be ten cents each.
Fathcr-would you like TO be one OF
the sharcholders7
Small Son--Oh, no; but I'd like 20 DO
one of the borrowers. News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-04-18
Enough 10 Break All Tiss.

Emmclinc-So Marie's engagement is
broken. thought she and Harry loved
each other dcvotedly.
Maude-So they did; but they went
out sailing together last week and both
got sea sick.--Judge.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1895-04-18

New Policeman-And where is your
permit 10 peddlc?
Peddlcr--J have n verbal permit.
''Show IL 70 mc."-Alex Sweet, In
Texns SiftinRs