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Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-31
CHAPTER XXXIII.

THE FALL OF A CHlEF'TAlN.
There never was such an overturn In
this world. Each of these six men was
as though he had been struck. But
with Silver the blow passed almost in
stantly. Every thought of his soul
had been set full-stretch, like a racer,
on that money; well, he was brought up
In single second, dead; and he kept his
head, found his temper, and changed
his plan before the others had had time
to realize the disappointment.
"Jim," he whispered, take that, and
stand by for trouble"
And he passed me a double-barreled
pistol.
At the same time he began quietly
moving northward, and in few steps
and the other five Then he looked at me
and nodded, as much as to say: Here
is n narrow corner" as, indeed, I
thought it was. His looks were now
quite friendly; and was so revolted
at these constant changes that could
not forbear whispering: so you've
changed sides again"
There was no time left for him 30
answer in. The buccaneers, with oaths
and cries, began to leap, one after an
other, into the pit, and to dig with
their fingers, throwing the boards aside
as they did so. Morgan found piece of
gold. He held it up with "a perfect
spout Of oaths. 1t was a two-guinea
piece, and it went from hand to hand
among them for a quarter OF a min
ute.
1.-TWO guineas!" roared Merry, shak-
ing it at Silver. That's your c 100000,
is it? You're the man for bargains,
amt you? You're him that never bum
gled nothing, you wooden-headed lub-
berl"
dig away, boys" said Silver, with
the coolest insolence; you'll find some
pig-nuts, and shouldn't wonder"
"Pig-nuts?" repeated Merry, in u
scream. Mates, do you hear that2 /
tell you, now, that man there knew II
all along. Look In the face of him, and
you'll see it wrote there"
"Ah, Merry" remarked Silver, stand
ing for cap'n again? You're a pushing
lad, to be sure"
But this time everyone was entirely
in Merry's favor. They began to scram-
BILE out of the excavation, darting fu-
rious looks behind them. One thing !
observed, which looked well for u.s.;
they all got out upon the opposite side
from Silver.
Well, there we stood, two on one
side, five on the other, the pit between
us, and nobody screwed up high enough
to offer the first blow. Silver never
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-31

moved: he watched them. very upright
on his crutch, and looked as cool Is ever
l saw him. He was brave, and 10 mis-
take.
At last, Merry seemed to think a
speech might help matters.
Mates" says he, there's two OF
them alone there; ones the old cripple
that brought us all here and blUUdercd
us down to this; the others that cub
that mean TO have the heart of. Now.
mates
He was raising his arm and his voice,
ard plainly meant 10 lead Il charge.
But Just then-crack! crack. crack
three muS!tet shots flashed out of the
thicket. Merry tumbled head foremost
into the excavations; the man with the
bandace spun round like teetotum,
and fell all his length upon his side,
where he lay dead, but still twitching:
and the other three turned and ran
for it with all their might.
Before you could wink Long John had
fired three barrels of a pistol into the
struggling Merry; and as the man rolled
up his eyes at him in the last agony,
George" said he, II reckon I settled
you"
At the same moment the doctor, Gray,
and Ben Gunn joined us, with smoking
muskets, from among the nutmeg trees.
Forward" cried the doctor.
Double quick, my lads. We must head
'em off the boats"
And we set off at a great pace, some
times plunging through the bushes to
the chest.
tell you. but Silver was anxious to
keep up with us. The work that man
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-31
LONG =VITY AND THE BRAIN.

The Necessity of Working ON Until
the Close of Life.
Speaking Of Selkirk on the sth inst.
Sir James Crichton-Browne dwelt on
the dangers to health involved in indo-
lence and disuse of the brain. The med
ical profession, he said, adapting IL
self to the needs of the times, had felt
1t incumbent upon it during the last
decade to insist mainly on the evils OF
misuse of the brain, on the excessive
strain not seldom imposed on it in these
days In the fierce struggle of the race
to be rich, and more especially in the
overpressure imposed on 1t in the name
of education when in en- immature
state, but they were not less keenly
alive to the correlative evils of the dis
use of the brain.
Elderly persons who gave up business
and professional men who laid aside
their avocations without having other
interests or pursuits to which to turn
were In many cases plunged In despond-
ency or hurried into premature dotage.
lie did not know any surer way OF pro
ducing immature mental decay than for
q man of active habits to retire and do
nothing when Just past the zenith OF
life; and, ON the other hand, he did
not know any surer way of enjoying
green old age than to keep on working
at something till the close. 1t had been
said that one Of the rewards OF philos-
ophy was length of days, and q striking
list might be presented of men dis
ting.ished for their intellectual labor
which they had never laid aside, who
had far exceeded the allotted span OF
human life. Calico lived to 7S, New
ton to SIS, Franklin to IS, Button to 80,
Faraday to 76, and Brewster to "a
years. Sir James Crichton-Browned drew
special attention to the great age gen.
orally attained by our judges.-London
Lancet.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-31
HOW A NEGRO COOKS kSA'POSSUM
Told by One of the Most skiilfui opos-
sum Chefs in the World

\ negro's juicy appreciation of pos
sum meat was will illustrated upon
recent occasion WHEN lady with whom
the narrator is acquainted paid visit
70 New Orleans. She told him the story.
She was walking down Char;res street
early one morning, intending to visit the
celebrated French market of the Cres-
cent city, and on her way she met an
old colored man coming from the oppo-
site direction, evidently from the mar
ket, as he was carrying in one hand u
'possum and in the other a small, split
wooden basket of sweet potatoes. The
old mans face was beaming with good
nature and wreathed i'm smiles OF an
ticipatory pleasure. He looked so joy
ously into the face of the lady that she,
too, could not help but smile at him.
whereupon he held the 'possum up alof'
and said: Good eatin', missey, good
eatin'" She stopped for moment,
looked at the childlike, happy face OF
the old negro, and said: 80 you like
'possum, do you?"
like 'possum, missey! loves pos
sum. Dare amt no eatin' like 'possum
De 'possum am good, but de gravey
with sweet potatoes is better. Did you
never eat 'possum, missey? Den you
didn't know whst good eatin' was. But
mcbbe YOU all wouldn't know how TO
cook Mr. 'Possum, fur dars ebbyting In
dc know how"
well, then, tell ME how you cook IT,"
she said.
The old man set the 'possum and po-
tatoes down on the pavement, or, as
they call it In New Orleans, the ban
quet," and with look of earnest con-
centration began with: "Now, don't
you never forget Jest what Use gwine
to tell you about how to cook de pos
sum. Well, de fust ting you does is to
get you 'possum. Dat may be easy fur
| you'ins, but tain't for me; dat is, al
ways Well, den, when you's dun got
you's 'possum you skins him fust. Den
you puts him into de pot with cold
| water, and put de pot over n hot fire
an den you parbiles him-not too much
fur you don't want to lose any Of his
nice sweet fat. Den you takes him out
of de pot an you dries him in a clean
towel Den you puts him into a big
frying pan; den you scrapes de skin
off you sweet potatoes an you puts
dem into e same pan wild Mister Pos
sum. Den you has you stove red, and
den you puts de pan an 'possum and
potatoes into de oven and den go away
for little while, but not too long. Den
when you comes back you puts In
little hot water, an den you begins
and bastes de 'possum an de sweet
potatoes an you keeps on a-basting and
a-basting till de 'possum Is q good
brown-jest like my color-an' dc
sweet potatoes Is soft and juicy an de
gravy Is almost black an plenty OF 1t.
Den you takes it out OBJ de oven an den
you sots de table, and den-well, den
you bars de doors, fo' the smell of
cooked 'possum goes long ways, an
when you have only one 'possum you
doesn't want much company besides
yourself
Now, there Is your recipe for cook
ing 'possum, and given by probably one
of the best chefs for that dish in the
world.-Philadelph Times.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-31

could see the black mouth of Ben Gums
cave, and figure standing by it, lean
ing on a musket. 1t was the squire; and
we waved handkerchief and gave him
three cheers, in which the voice of Sill
er joined as heartily as any.
Three miles further, just inside the
mouth of North inlet. what should we
meet but the "Hispaniola," cruising by
herself. The last food had lifted her;
and had there been much wind, or a
strong tide current. IS in the southern
anchorage, we should never have found
her more, or found her stranded beyond
help. AS it was, there was little amiss,
beyond the wreck of the mainsail. An
other anchor was got ready, and
dropped in fathom anda half OF water.
We all pulled round again to Rum cove,
the nearest point for Ben Gunn's treas
ure house; and then Gray, single-hand-
ed, returned with the gig TO the His
paniola,' where he was TO pass the night
on guard.
\ gentle slope ran up from the beach
to the entrance of the cave. At the top
the squire met US. To me he was cor
dial, saying nothing of my escapade,
either in the way of blame or praise. Al
Silver's polite salute he somewhat
flushed.
John Silver" he said, you're a
prodigious villain and imposter-a mon
strous impostor, sir, am told aminot
TO prosecute you. Well, then, will not.
But the dead men, sir, hang about your
Ieck like millstones."
Thank you kindly, sir" replied
Long John, again saluting.
How dare you TO thank mel" cried
the squire. 1T is q gross dereliction of
my duty. Stand back."
And thereupon we all entered the
cave. 1t was large, airy place, with a
little spring and pool of clear water,
overhung with ferns. The floor was
sand. Before big fire lay Capt. Smol-
let; and in far corner, only duskily
fiickered over by the blaze, | beheld
great heaps of coin and quadrilaterals
built of bars of gold. That was Flint's
treasure that we had come so far to
seek, and that had cost already the lives
of II men from the "Hispaniola." How
many it had cost in the amassing, what
blood and sorrow, what good ships scut
tied on the deep, what brave men walk
ing the plank blindfold, what shot of
cannon, what shame and lies and cruel
ty, perhaps no man alive could tell.
Yet there were still three upon that
island-Silver, and old Morgan, and
Ben Gunn-who had each taken his
share in these crimes, as each had hoped
in vain to share in the reward.
Come in, Jim," said the captain.
You're good boy in your line, Jim;
but l don't think you and nell go to
sea again. You're too much of the
born favorite for me. Is that you, John
Silver? What brings you here, man?"
Come back to do my dooty, sir" re-
turned Silver.
"Ah!" said the captain; and that was
all he said.
What a supper had of it that night.
with all my friends around me; and
what a meal it was, with Ben Gums
salted goat, and some delicacies and
bottle of old wine from the "Hispa-
niola." Never, 1 am sure, were people
gayer or happier. And there was Silver,
sitting back almost out of the freight,
but eating heartily, prompt to spring
forward when anything was wanted,
even joining quietly in our laughter
the same bland, polite, obsequious sea-
man of the voyage out.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-31
SHOOTING FROM TRAINS.
One of the Diversfons of Railroadfnc
ThrouEh the Arkansas WOeds.

One of the Diversions of RaflroadfnE
Through the Arkansas Woods.
They do some queer things railroad
ing In Arkansas. On some of the new
roads there the tracks run through
wild country where the wide swath cut
In the timber for the right of way was
the first blow to the primeval forest.
The Hoxie, Pocahontas & Northern
road, which was opened only last No
vember, is line Of this sort. Il is not
great trunk line, and II boasts of only
10 miles Of main track between Hoxie
on the main line of the Kansas City,
Springfield & Memphis railway, and
Pocahontas on the Current river. A
mixed train Of one combination bag
gage car and passenger coach and
usually box car makes two trips daily
over the line between Its two terminals.
The deep bottom land forests stretch
away on each side of the track, broken
only by one or two new lumber camps.
The wild turkeys have not learned that
civilization has Laid claim to this land,
and this fall they often perch calmly
on the branches of trees along the rail-
way track The train crews noticed
this and engineer and fremen have a
daily hunt for The game. They sit on
their engine boxes with their shot
guns in their hands while the train
ambles along at the easy rate of IL miles
an hour. When they run into the tur-
key regions they fire at them, and IL
they kill any they stop the train, back
up to the spot, and retrieve the game.
The passengers enjoy the sport, and oc-
casionally some who are going TO or
from a hunt join In It
Some of the older sports who were
in this country when the Kansas
Pacific railway was built remember
when passengers and train crews shot
game from the car windows on the Knn-
sas plains, and this Arkansas diversion
recalls it to their mind The sport will
not last long. however, as there is no
wild game more wary than the wild
turkeys. They will soon become ac-
quainted with the dangers along the
railroadI and then railroading in Arkan-
sas will once more drop back 10 the
steady pace II holds elsewhere.-Kan-
sas City Star.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-31
THE. SPRING COLOR.
Blue VIII Prevail with Yellow and
Orange Next.

a very important question in the
mind of the average woman just at
present is the new spring shade. Will
it be becoming or otherwise? To the
woman who Is fashions slave the
answer to this question Is vital one; (;
to the woman sensible enough to get
as near as possible to the fashionable
color and yet have 1t becoming it is not
of so much Importance, while to the
woman who wears the color which suits
her best, irrespective of the reigning
mode, it Is matter of indifference.
The old saying that there is moth
ing new under the sun" is certainly
verified as one looks over and examines
the different shades of the new spring
colors sent to us from Paris. The shade
of water blue, that ranks as second fa-
vorite, was immensely popular about
12 years ago under the name of pecheur.
and of the sc shades offered to us from
which to take our choice only eight are
easily be inferred from this that blue Is
going to be the prime favorite.
Though decidedly a rehash of 1890
and 1897 the colors shown for the spring
certainly are, either taken separately
or in combination, very artistic in their
conception. The shades of yellow
promise to be very popular this year,
varying all the way from the, shade
known as paille, through the different
tones which were presented to us last
fall, only under different names, the
deepest being n burnt orange tint,
styled coz de roche. It is probable that
deep orange tints will be used in plaid
and stripe effects for the new spring
silks and ribbons.
The others have something of n green
ish cast, though by no means on the
turquoise order, bearing rather more
toward sea blue. These are proposed to
form combination with the fashion
able yellows, and as they are very be-
coming to women they promise to be
very popular.
Geranium reds are the shades In this
color, starting with coral and geranium,
and next comes an exquisite dark shade
known as pourpre. Watermelon pink
and rose pink are also quite prominent,
as well as n couple of rich purplish reds
and three or four cherry tints, Refine
and Jacqueminot being probably the
two BEST shades for combining with
gray and black.
Purple eeffects are prominently shown
in shades of pansy and dahlia, the form
er known as clematite and iris and the
latter as orchidce (an out and out
mauve) and ophelia and dahlia.
The grays, known as argent, alum
mum and platine, are shown still, but
as gray Is an unusually trying color,
their popularity is not likely to be very
considerable-N. V. Herald.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-31
THERE WERE OTHERS.
All She Had 20 Do wns Blow a Horn
for Them.

foG Them.
We we're nine TO get of the train at
Taylcrsville to take the narrow-gauqe
| up to Davisburg. and as we sat down
in the shade OF the depot building TO
wait woman drove up in a buggy.
She was brisk little woman, and full
OF business, and after hitching the
horses she came along down the plat
form and carefully scanned each face
and asked:
"Ar' you Mr.. John Hope?"
Each and every man answered mo-"
and when she had passed the last one
she came back 10 the colonel and sat
down on bag OF land-plaster and took
q photograph from her pocket, and
said:
That's the man I'm after, but it
| seems he hasn't showed up"
Your husband, ma'am?" queried the
colonel.
"Not jest yit, sab. He was to be II he
had got here to-day, and we liked the
looks of each other, but guess he's
backed out. What sort of n galoot
would you take him to be?"
II shouldn't like to pass an opinion
on a friend of yours"
''Oh, you needn't mind that" replied
the woman, as she used her switch on
| the bags beside her. would you say
he was a squar' man? He lives over
at Gordonsville, and we've been corrc-
| spondin' by mail. He was to be here to-
day to marry me, but he's funked right
out. Does he look like fiunker to
your"
well, ma'am," said the colonel, after
good look at the photograph, ''he
may be q good man or bad one. 7
wouldn't want to do him an injustice,
you know"
''Is his nose set on right?"
IT'S a pretty fair nose"
rs he too wide between the eyes?"
perhaps not"
"How's his mouth?"
Really, my dear woman, you must
excuse me-" said the colonel, as he re-
turned the photograph. you see"
'Yes, see," interrupted the woman.
ns she received il. az see I'm wilder
| bin a widder fur five years. This
| fcller sees me once and falls in love with
| me and writes me over so love letters
! finally give him my heart. He is to
| be here on the train TO marry me. He
don't show up. 1 am left. What is to
be done about it?"
IL don't know, ma am" stammered
| the colonel.
"Are you married?"
"Yes'm."
"All the others married?
"All married." we replied in chorus.
Then 1 tell you what is to be done
about III" she exclaimed, as she rose
up and flourished the switch around.
Il gilt into my buggy and drive back
home. stand on stump In the front
yard and blow the dinner horn. About
| Is different fellers who want to marry
| the Widder Jones will come gallopin'
down the road and across lots, and the
fust one who jumps the fence gifts the
prize, and Mr.. John Hope, Of Gordons-
vile, kin go to grass and be hanged to
him! That's me, and that's my way.
and il any of you want 10 kiss the bride,
now's your golden opportunity,"-Chi-
cago Evening News.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-31
Court OneDrd IN Tfme.

Judge Gaslin opened the spring term
Of court at Minden number Of years
ago with the announcement that the
matters had to be pushed. He kept
the lawyers jumping all day, but his re-
marks when adjourning court for the
night awoke a protest. Court Is ad-
journed until seven o'clock tomorrow
morning" said the Judge. John Nc
Pheely, who was then county attorney,
and had number Of cases to try, arose
and protested against such an un-
seemly hour for convening court.
"Your honor, seven o'clock Is an incon-
venient hour to open court. would
suggest nine o'clock as more conve-
nient." This court will convene to-
morrow morning at seven o'clock"
shouted GasIin. "You lawyers are not
q bit better than the farmers, and they
have to get up at four o'clock In the
morning to pay the expenses OF frunning
this court. Courts adjourned till seven
o'clock" And It opened on time the fol-
lowing morning. - Omaha World-Her-
af
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-31
There Never Was one.

Great Picture Buyer Ito hostess)-
What do you think of an artist who
painted cobwebs on the ceiling so
truthfully that the servant wore her
self into an attack of nervous prostra-
ton trying to sweep them down?
Hostess (a woman of experience)-
There may have been such an artist.
but there never was such n servant
TIT Bits
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-31
Bound to Keep On

Flip-There1l always be good deal
of travelling.
Quip-How do you make that out?
Flip-Because no sooner does one
man get back than all those that
haven't Travelled have to start off at
once to escape hearing him talk about
it-N Y, Journal
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-31

Mrs. Rambo next morning)-Ab-
SALON, do you know you tried to 60 to
bed Last night with your boots on?
Mr. Rambo (applying more ice to his
head)-I was trying to protect myself
from your cold feet.-Chicago Tribune.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-31
'rime for All Things.

Miss Upton-Ma, Miss Flighty and
Mr.. Saphead are to be married to-day.
Shall / take some rice along to throw
after them?
Practical Mother-No, my dear. Wait
until they have run through what little
money they have, and then give 1t to
them.-N. y. Weekly.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-31
Speed of Travel.

A letter written in 1890 is published.
in which a Buffalo man deplores the
prospect that the completion Of the first
railroad would set "the whole world
a-gadding ut 20 miles an hour" He
contended that the canal afforded the
ideal travel and that three miles an
hour was fast enough for the good OF
the human race--Chicago Inter Ocean.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-31
boarding House Talk.

"The influence of some women Is very
far-reaching," said the new woman ut
the boarding house table.
"Will you please try yours on that
butter?" asked the quiet man sitting
next to her.-Yonkers Statesman.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-31
This Is Your Opportunity.

This Is Your Opportunity.
On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
a generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(EIv's Cream BeIm) sufficient to demon
strate the great merits of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
56 Warren st , New York City.
Rev. John Reid Jr., of Great Falls, Mont,
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me- L
can emphasize his statement, 1T is posi-
tive cure for catarrh if used as directed.
Rev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres.
Church, Helena. Mont.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, so cents.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-31
Hard nm tho noctor

Poor old DIR. Slim. He is so thin I
don't believe he'll fill his coffin when
ne comes to die"
We'll, he oughtn't to object. He's
filled good many others without trou-
blc."-Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-31
Mean.

Young Wife-rhe Bible tells us to
cast our bread upon the waters and
it win return to us n hundred fold.
Young Husband-Well, for heavens
sake, Mary, don't cast any of the bread
you make upon the waters, then.-N.
Y. World.
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-31
ITO BE CONTINUED |
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In PnfIndeIphyn-

Mother-What Is the matter, my
dear?
Married Daughter Gn tears)-Charles
has become so irregular in his habits!
He went out after dinner and didn't
come home last night until nine o'clock.
N. y. World.
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Impossible I'm HIS Case.

Hungry Higgins see the paper says
we oughtn't never to begin journey
before breakfast
Weary Watkins-Does It have any sd-
vice for us blokes that has to make o
journey to find the breakfastf-In-
dianapolis Journal
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1898-03-31
Sensible Pcrsons q

Does your husband worry about the
grocery bills?" asked the thin-faced
lady.
"Why, mol" said the lady with the
silk skirt and patent shoes. I'VE let
the grocer do all lthat."-Tit-Bits.