Pa Falls Into the Cistern.
Peck's Sun.
-Say. I thought you was go'ng to j
try to lead a different hte," said the
oroccrv " - ' lllv- ,
1
..,..! r'imc 111 with his nockr!s full !
"1 . ' . i
of angle-worm, and wanted to bor- j
iv a "" v-.i.i inn .linn
into while- lie went fishing, and
nt"
i,.1.1 -1 Inn" ;iii"(!-W(irm tin he thf I
urn' - - j- j
tail and k-t it wiggle o it frightened a I
tir.tt h.iti comic in alter two cents
worth of veast, so that she dropped
her pitcher and wet-', out ot the 'io-ct-ry
as though she was chased by an
:ii,;iL'(i!)ia.
'I am going to lead a iifferent
life. iut a hoy can't change his hole
course or lite in a minute, can he?
(iniV. ii persons Imve to go on pro
button for -1 months he tore thev c.i n
itaii
(hirci'ent 1 de, ami na.t t'le
"I)C !
thev lose their cud betoie tile
SIX
mon
ths expire. and have to commence j
a'au:.
When it is so aitired innii
tor a man that is endowed with sense
to break off bein-4 bad, vou shouldn't
expect too much from a hoy. I ain't
halt as bad as I was. Gosh, whv
diui't you burn a rajj. That yeast
thxt jnrl .spi'led on the floor smells
like it was sick. I should think tlv-tt
bread that was raised with that yeast
would smell like this cooking butter
you sell to hired 'fls.-'
"Well, never you mind the cook;
ing butter. I know about business.
If people want to use poor butter
when they have company, and then
blow up the grocer before folks, J
can stand it it they can. 15ut what
is this I hear about your pa tihtim;
a duel with the minster m your back
yard and wounding him m the lei?
anJ then trying to drown himself in
the cistern? One of your new neigh
bors was in here this morning and
told me there was murder in the an
al your house last night, and thev
were qoinjj to have the police pull
your place as a disordily house. I
think you were at the bottom of the
whole business."
"O, its all a darn lie, and those
neighbors will iind they had bette1'
keep still about us, or we will lie
about them a little. Vou see, since
pa got that blacking on his face he
don't go out any, and to make U
pleasant for him ma invited in a few
tnenJs to spend the evening. .Ma
lus go-: up around, and the baby is a
Jaisy, only it .smells like a goat, on
account of drinking the goat's milk
Ma invited the minister, among the
rest, and after supper the men went
up into pa's library to talk. O, you
think I am bad, don't you, but of the
nln men at our house last night, 1
am an angel compared with what
the- were when thev were boys. I
got in the bathroom to untangle my
fish line, and it is next to pa's room
ar.d I could hear everything they said
hut I went away 'cause I thought
the conversation would hurt my mor
als. They would all steal, when
they were boys, but darned if 1 ever
stole. Pa has stole over a hundred
wagon-loads of watermelons, one
deacon used to rob orchards, anoth
er one sho t tame ducks belonged to
a farmer, and another tipped over
grindstones in front of the village
store, at night, and broke them, and
run; another used to steal eggs, and
go out in the woods and boil them,
anil the minister was the worst of the
lot, 'cause he took a seine, with some
other boys, and went to a stream
where a neighbor was raising brook
trout, and cleaned the -stream out, and
to ward off suspicion he went to the
man the next day and paid him a
dollar to let him fish m the stream
ar.d then kicked because there were
no trout, and then the owner found
the trout were .stolen and laid it to
some Dutch boys. I wondered,
when those men were telling their
experience, if thev ever thought of it
now when they w ere preaching and
praying and taken up collection. I
should think they wouldn't sav a
hoy was going to hell right off 'cause
he was a little wild now days when
:e has such an example. Well, late- I
t,. , . , , ,. t
H someoodv nas been bunrhnir our i
Ciiickea coop, and pa loaded an old I
a,:.,. " , , , . .,!,
musket with rock salt, and said he !
wouiii t?i' h. f..n.nt- f.,11 f if !
.cauirht hm. ,d,;i, th- w,,v!;!'',n-. ,!!lf InoUl ,. at me
talk-.ng up-stairs ma heard a rooster !
squawk, and she went to the stair
way
tr.vt told na there was somebody '
tne hen-house.
pampei
up : t
mu and told the visitors to follow .
! mil,, .... i.. hi .1 ujuii luu- j
! ning down the alley, full of salt, and j
lt. , u-hed out with the mu and the j
crowd followed him. la is shorter j
man i:ie ie-..aii!i ne pa-sff! under tne i
'
ftt . !..!-. c-t..-.. ; il..-. ,...-.1 ..l! ,;,.Ut !
" w "' - I
UIi u;,s going for the he!
-house on
a ju !). wnen :n neo
Caught the :
.....I ,-1. t 1:.... :.. . .. .U. !
.is. v...Jti.L.--iMie ..s mc
..,..,:. ,.1 ...... ,. 1 r. I
iiiii.iLci rt.iii iw jl Lue mr.auna
c:ui;
it their necks under t!ie other
1
ire. You "know how
wire, hit-
tin;.? a man on the throa w ill set him
back, head over appetite. Well, j
1 was looking out the back win- j
dow, I wouldn't be positive, but
I think thev ali turned double back
SMttt:
ears.
1 1 i t i "
H!s;ailts. and strucK on th.eir
Amwav, pa did, and thetjun !
have t een cocked, ur it struck
lin:)'.'.'!' mi a stone, lor it was
j the
poi
.1
:!!- the house, ami three j
of tin: visi'ors "(jt salted. The min- I
I
;,t(.
Wol's-
one 11C,-C j
1 or salt taKing mm m tne mini leg,
and, tiie other in the back, and he
veiled as though it was dynamite. I
suppose when you shwot a man with
salt it smarts like when you get coin
ed beet brine on your chapped hands.
They ail yelled, and pa seemed to
have been knocked silly some way,
for he prance. 1 around and seemed
to think he had killed them. He
swore at the wire clothes-line, and
then I missed pa and heard a splash
like when you throw a cat in the
river, and then I thought of
tiie cistern, and I went down
and we took pa by the collar anil
pulled him out. O, lie was awful
damn. No, sir, it was no duel at all,
but a nexident, and I didn't have
anything to do with it. The gun
w nn't loaded to kill, and the salt
only went through the skm, but those
men did yell. Mabe ii was my chum
that stired up the chickens, but I
dont know. He has not commenced
to iead a different lite yet, and he
might think it would make our folks
sick it nothing occured to make them
pay attention. 1 think where a fam
ily has been hav ng a good ileal of
exen :so the way ours has. it would
hurl ihem to break off too sudden.
lut the visitors went home real quick
after w e got pa out of the cistern. and
the minister told ma he always felt
when he was in our hau.se as though
he was on the verge of a yawning cra
ter, readv to be engulfed any minute,
and lie gassed he wouldn't come
any more. Pa changed his clothes
and told me to have them wire cloth
es lines changed tor rope ones. I
think it is hard to suit pa: don't
you.
'(, vour pa is all right. What he
needs is rest, llutwhyare ou not
working at the livery .stable? You
haven't been discharged, have you ?"
And the grocery man laid a lump of
concentrated lye, that looked like
maple sugar, on a cake of sugar that
had been broken, knowing the hoy
would nibble it.
"No, sir, I was not discharged, but
when a liverv man lends me u kick
ing horse to take mv girl out riding,
that settles it. I asked the boss if I
couldn't have a quiet horse that
w ouuU'.nv Ins self if I wound the lines
around the whip, and put one arm
around my girl, and patted her un
der the chin with my other hand, and
her mouth looked so good, and her
blue eves looked up nt me and twin
kled as much as to dare me to kiss
her, and I was alt of a tremble, and
then my hand wandered around by
her ear and I drew her head up to me
audgje lier a smack. Say, that
was no kind of a horse M give to a
young fellow to take a girl out riding,
lust as I smacked her i felt as though
tne huggv had been struck with a
piie-iiriver, and when I looked at the
horse he was running away anil
kicking the buggy, and the lines were
drawing on tne grotinu. 1 was j
scared. I tell you. I wanted to jump j
ir.-to-o-mir on the fround. 1
uul,, ul " I
around mv neck and screamed and ;
said we would die together, and just j
as we were jroinsr to die the outcry '
struck a fence and the horse broke
, , , 1
nnsc anri went oft. leavmsr us in the!
bu".:v tumbled down by
, , , , . , ., , . I
li.t li.lSil 1
board, but we were not hurt." The I
1...... :!-.! went r.-!i.'w.
as though lie wanted to say "philo- ;
pene. I trieu to eaten mm. our ne ;
would at catch., and then we waited
'A dark ;:tu: walked
'ie.
md I t
told the liverv ma:; what I thought 1
. .- 1 ;
iafi attended to
ie aul it 1
...
my (!nvin and nut
ki-.-d the
.,51 .!,,
irl' 1 woM have been
tie said I oi;"ht to
n e
h,m T ,. 1
'u,u nun 1 wanted
....
iiorse that
wouldn't shv at kis ,,,, ,. ur.. ,,:,
r knon. j
Was 'O in" to o-r no ,-inir.
o J-; . - A ,'. 1,.
r) take tf),. ,rr,,..i
.."'
e.iiirr O-Mr.,.-
with a girl he
is going U. ki-s her. and "he Slim
h-wc ;)CC(jr(i
1
nui'.
But I quit him at
i once. I won't work for a man that
j,.
isn t t sense. (ioh! What kind ;
()f m:lpie sUjrar th.(t;
fer
us:i!em.
whew, jjive me some wa
it is taking t!;e skm off 1
The ixrocervman -ot
water aiul sC..:r.ed virn
;. O. my.
m o ; : : j .
nim
ome
bov
t !
t'.
! nad take;; tie lump
i 1 . : - ,
t'onceiitl'atei
!
nv misuse, an-'.
en ti'.e bov
went out tile tpoccrv m.u
pin;
all;
led
1 - ,,, , . - ,
nis nanus o;i nis k
nees and
ar.d presently he went out in front of
the store and found a sign : -Fresh
Letis. been picked more'n a week.
tuffer'n trine."
St. Louis, Empori
ft Western R. H.
Clinton Advocate.
For several weeks past there
lias
been some talk in railroad circles of I
a line of road runniivr from Sr. I.ukk i
T'm.,.:., .-I.,.: .. ....
mwit.i, u utjn .tiitiouuceu mai
the Atchison, Topeka ci; Santa Fee
were the projectors. Whether this
company had, or have, any such in
tentions we do not know, but that
there is a project on foot looking to
the construction of such a line we
have to-day been apprised through a
call trm Mr. Daniel Hay, of St.
Louis, director and attorney ot the
'St. Louis, Emporia ec Western
Railroad." Mi. Hay left St. Louis
some two weeks ago to make a trip
over the proposed route lor the pur
pose ot fully understanding the re
sources anil possibilities of .such a
road. After coming thus far he
seems to be very well satisfied and
will no doubt be able to make a fa
vorable report. Mr. Hay stated
that it was not being built 111 the in
terests ot any railroad corporation,
but w as an independent company
anil if put through will be as a main
trunk line.
As Clinton is one of the points on
the road the people of Cinton ami
Henry county must necjrssarily take
a lively interest in its construction,
particularly as nothing will be asked
in the way of subscription. It would
open up a direct line with St. Louis
some 27 mile shorter than the pres
ent route by rail, which would give
to the farmers, traders and business
men generally, the choice of two
routes to St. Louis, our natural mar
ket. That such a line would pay
there can be no question.
Hemv countv and Bates with
their coal fields and. their magnifi
cient agricultural recourses could al
most furnish material enough alone,
to pay a handsome interest on the
money invested in the construction
ot the road. Then theie is the trade
bevond Emporia which would find
us way to the east more readily and
cheaper than it does now.
St. Louis ought to wake up and
make an effort to secure much of the
trade in this, section that is now being !
diverted m other directions. Such
a line as the one proposed ought to
be built by her citizens alone solely
to secure the business that the is now
losing. There is a beautiful coun
try out this way that is feeing rapidly
developed and destined to grow with
amazing rapidity in the tuture which
is we'd worth looking after by the
business centers. j
We hope tiie line will be built and
- s i an
are s-atisnen mat me peopie 01 11cm
countv will he willing to do
.-hat
thev can to boost it alonj
, ..roiC" ,s tiie latest I rench
sdn, for a very voting matron.
Lowell, Mich., has an eave-trouh j
factorvthat turns out 3.00 feet of i
compfete work a tlay. :
, .
Drilcpo. i. cwiii"..'.-' '"" j
1 . . aa ,1aK1a -io :
tet cnurcn cuous. o..e u.fu.-.s. vlu.n-
. .
tet and three chorus choirs. ;
'
The Apache way oi punishing
a !
seducer is
to tie lariats to his ankles
land wrists and pull f-im to pieces
with horse
Air. t . t. oaeivti A.tu...c.
Ha., has taken tnis year ntara ooo
pounds of honey trom omv s!K
n;ve?
I
of bees
of such treatment, ;md h
f(lT T D z r t !
Artauiu Ur iiLAGEDIK S
i
A Dr-actfui Scene Enacted in a En-
al Chamber m South America.
Frow the Mtwvt
A norri! Ie affair took place recent
ly at K'.o (.irancie del Sur, near to the
Uruguayan frontier.
A vouiuj farm
cr w.is bitten by
i '.V.
and
lemti.ies were nnnsetnateiv appneU
to the wound. Cauterization was
resorted
and there-
was every
reason to believe that the virus had
not entcreu tr.e victim's srtem.
iien the accident occurred the
young man was about to marry, but
m consequence of tiie untoward oc
currence tne ceremouv was postpon
ed for three months, when the med
ical men who were consulted on the
case ga e u as their unanimous opin
ion tnere was not tiie .slightest ground
for apprehending any danger from
the bite. The marriage took place
I on the farm and was celebrated with
: the customary testiyities. After the
j nuptial supper was over the groom
! appeared to be siczed with a lit of
j melancholy. One of love's ca
I prices, said somebody. After sup
per came the ball, and when this was
i at its height the newiy wedded cou-
pie withdrew from the festive scene
and retired to their apartment.
About an hour afterwards the
house resounded with ferocious
cries, intermingled with shritks and.
groans. As soon as the guests had
recovered from stupefaction, they
started in the direction of the cries.
They proceeded from the nuptial
chamber. The door was burst open
and a horrible spectacle presented
itself. On the floor lay the young
bride in a pool ot blood. She still
breathed, but her body w as torn and
bitten as ;f she had been seized by a
tiger. In a corner of the room w
the bridegroom, covered with blood
and foaming at the mouth, scratch
ing, biting and tearing away at the
wall and furniture. With a sudiku
bound lie sprang like a tiger upon
the invaders of his lair, and he would
have made one or more victims had
not a brother of the dying bride sent
a bullet crashing through the mad
man's brain.
A Team Stolen.
Clinton Advocte.
On last Monday evening there
was a joung man, who gave his
name as Springer, went to the livery
stable of Mr. Cooper in Rockville,
and hired a team, saying that he was
going out in St. Clair countv to visit
some relatives by the name of
Springer, but instead of going to St.
Clair he drove to Clinton, arriving
Tuesday, morning the day of the
balloon ascension. He put up his
team at Duncan's livery stable, fak
ing the buggy over to Saunder's
blacksmith shoo to have it repaired,
and while the work was being done
asked Mr. Sanders what the buggy
was worth. Mr. Sanders told him it
was worth, about sixty dollars. lie
fore lie left tiie .shop Mi. Sanders
asked him w hat his name was and
where he was from. He said his
name was Springer and that he was
trom St. Clair county. The young
man left the shop and went around
to Blatt's feed and sale stable pro
posed to seil the horses. Mr. 1.
went and looked at them ; but with
his usual precaution questioned tiie
fellow. lie told such a plausible
story that Mr. Biatt bought them :
but for once m ins lite he was mis
taken as the sequel proves. Af.er
selling the horses he went back to
Sanders snop ana 10m mu. ui.n wc
Irol coli-1 bU tjvim and would sell him
t . , t . . . 1 '. . : . . . : .
---- -
... .- .111 xr t
rUa K,-r.-r,- f.-.r t'-urn- .lo'lars. fr.
ll.V 1 ' ' ' ' ..... . - - - - I
told him that he would not pay tiv.-.t j
for it. as he did not need it, then j
Springer said he would take twenty-
five dollars for it, which Mr. San- j
ders e;ave. The harness he lett at i
Duncm's stahle. Those who had j
dealm- with him sav that he was a i
yery youn fe!Iow. U, was
- 0 -
seen aiouiai iw " - -
1 1 l . . h-t fun. - nnthin"
iuesua. out .sivs t.. .....
- ... - ts. .
has been seen r heard or mm. 1 nis ,
morning Mr. C
. ,
r arrived in C;in-
ton and on looking around soon
found hU team, .ug-
hn'"-rv and harness
and clainie
.1 -1
sroi't".
t f-'?s,"s on !
m
t 1 T -lit
turned
. ,. 'phe ios rails prettv
$,-..-.1.- r.-.y Mi- Sar.oers. as .-.e a
neavi iv cn
soor man
ness.
bus:-
hut 1. Eli i iir(; house.
OIF
J- H. HITSHEW 6l CO-
is turn- ready tor business with
pure l)ri.-s .inJ dru-is; ur.Jae.
BOY ESTATE STOVES
TVi-igjlit, .-jrloiiiisAt- V illinium
I take n'"siir 111 aiiiiAunem to
thu public that I iiavf lueittoil in
Kutler to inak- it my tuturi" lioinr,
and liavi- I lie largi-st and hest as
sorted stock of eloeks, watches ami
jewelry and spoeraeles v.vor brought,
to tins market, whieli I will sell
ehoup lor cash. llaviajr had many
years t-xperieni't in th manufac
ture o( watches and eloeks in K11
rope. I am now prepared to repair
watches and clocks. 110 matter how
complicated nor how badly they
have been ab'ised. By bringing
litem to tne, you can have them pu'
liitrood i imiiinjr order and "-tiaran
tee satistactio
FRANZ BERNHARDT, Sutler, ft!o
3VT- -A. TSE&L-y&Lir3L9
AT THUDS PflD&T FffTCJE
BOOKS AND STATION E H Y.
NUTS, CANDIES, TOYS ETC., IN LAKfiK VANITIES.
Daily Papers and Periodicals always on hand.
THE ELSE SADDLE STALLION.
Will make the season ol 185; :il cur
southeast of Butler, near the Miller sca.x
ille road, on the Tohn Atkisnn farm at
SS to insure a mart 1:1 in.i! or jq ft insure ;i liie. sound :o!t, jav:i' 'i in both 1 an
when the mare proves in toa! or when the colt comes. A lien will he retained on
the colt until the sen ice of the horse is se'f led tor. (ir;at care will be taken to
prevent accidents to mare or co.ts, hut will not be responsible should any on nr.
The season will commence April i-t, and f'o-c J:;!v 1st. He tan ! e seen in But
ler on Saturday's of each week at the 'ab!e t II. II. K;an-.
DESCRIPTION AND PEDIGREE.
Eddv Ward wa bred bv Loudon Snell, in Srott county, Ky., To'ed in sprint; "t
1 77 a'dark chesnut. nearly black, 16 hands hih. Sine action and i-.eint, with verv
iieavv mane and tail. He tfoe all the fine saddle -aits that any ?;-r.s can io, hi
has proven himelt a sure iretter and ood breeder, his ro!t h.w the saddle jjait
toliowinr their dams unifornily ot ;4')od color. Eddv Ward v.-, t't by ti e o i
ebrated getter of saddle horses. Expert out o: Ncllv Ware. f)r. Ad..::;' ccl'-'urateil
premium saddle mare bv Old John Di.iard, alo premium Million, great dam by
Boston Sire, of Lexington Fashion, and many other racers, g dam bred hi
Ned Blackburn, go' by Old Bertrar.d, g. g. g. liarr: hy Biatkburn's Whip, ;.he of a.t
the ood Whin-. "John Dill.ird wa got bv imported Inf ian Chie:. dam by Marsk,
thoroughbred g dam by Hampton's Whip, Expert bv Old Bald blocking, the be:
son of Old Canadian Tom llu'.'.. Expert dam bv Whip Comet, on r.t imported
Comet. Tohn Di'dard and Nelly Ward took more premium at various tain, ir
Kentucky, perhaps than an v other two animals in the show tor fine saddle horse.
ALSO TIIE EIXE "UK ED JACK,
BLACK JOHN.
Will stand at the same place and conditions or !hh
Uourbon county, k'v.. hy fohn CantreK. fo'i--i far?
hands rsi-h with ,'ood bone and weight, a quick
.'i can be sccn bv looking it three ot his colt- .'. yr
1'arks Premium "jack Peacock, dam by Hawke.i e g- d.
stock. Peacock got by Capt. Leers premium jack
Vista, 2. Jam an imported Jennet Napoleon, got by i
Ruena Vista, Hawkeye jfot'by Compromit;, dr., d.-Im
the pedigree at a gre.it length, but e deem it urmece
him and'his colt-"" ill fati-ty the breeders ot -.r.u'.j- i
large and fine, we think i: would be to the ir.tere- rf
to see ti-.i- sVk-'k before breeding elsewhere
ia excellent new .is,urt:-ei.t
North sidr MMtttre, but'ci Mo
'HIE MST Mu: !
THE MARKET
HARDWARE.
TINWARE,
IMPLEMENTS,
Aiul CUTLERY.
Ccheaner than cKe
w fit i e. (. ive us a call
and be convinced
stable in i'atcs county, Mo., I'jur iui!os
I hoi:
Miunp'ow n or l.;.in-
r.ix :.!".. ;:t the
end ft the
s.-as'iM, or
!v Ward. Kiack John bred i:
177, black v.ith rr.ealv nose.
p-rlormer ar.d g'od t-rteder
pla-.e. lie was fired bv It. II.
.m of .Vi are. moth tr;d Warrior
Napoleon, Jr., dam by J'ueni
:.ip.-r'ed Nap-deor., d .rn by
hv fohawk. We could trace
..'jrv. as e think a look at
thi- county. Hi colt are
.-ee;.'er of horr and n.ule
??r'3i VVli:;s-n Kuaranwvd iu-u
WARNOCK &l WILMOTH.