lln Buying Groceries 1 I * The Careful Housewife Makes \ every cent count. But she can't make | the pennies count by tradingat every store in town, spending half her time looking for the cent cheaper article. She can save i moneyjlonly by searching out a reliable ® grocer and sticking to him. The money is saved by trading with the groceryman who sells dependable goods. Dependable ® are not to be obtained in every store. 112 Goodness and cheapness appeal to every condition of humanity. There are no g fancy prices here and everybody is treated j alike. Our goods are cheap because they are good. It's not the prices that make them cheap. Goods that are bought so cheap that they have to be thrown away • 011 account of poor quality are the most dearly bought goods. I?etter pay a fair price in the first place and get the depend able kinds. You can't buy any other kinds :I§ here. We do not keep them. Jl| Ci. 11. Gross & Co. I "Follow the Flag". r> write; the Wabash m PERSONALLY CONDUCTED TOUKB OF California and Mexico HOMESEEKERS EXCURSIONS TO THE WEST, NORTHWEST AND SOUTHWEST ON THE FIRST AND THIRD TUESDAYS OF EACH MONTH Pullman Sleepers and Free Reclining Chair Cars on Through Trains LOWEST RATES and detailed information concerning all routes, cheerfully furnished on application to F. H. TRISTEAM, Assistant General Passenger Agent, 320 Fifth Avenue. PITTSBURG, PA. Fall and Winter Clothing S,— At I ■« jrOU thus have a larger as ■SJfeJßyfc. | Y sortment to select from, I * an< * you Ret longer wear I for the same outlay, with MB;© f { the added satisfaction of being among the first to appear in up to good dressers who want to be ' stantial appearance to the wearer \ without that stuffed and padded KjMMm/UI \ , look so common in other fines of S' vcofc Think of buyinga suitlikethis v j. n ( R .'jy of ,he popular spring PINE CLOTHES MAKERS 00 fpillS is an ideal suit for businessmen who know the value of '•looking nrr,«r,..rf,i K Hefor'e' BDrinK Hn'ft a, 'OOll OPENED AND MM. THOTTER BX TEUED the shrinkage lu stocks, and Mr. Trot ter Is going to help him ever so much to enable him to hold what he has till the market rises again." "And the bonus Is your hand?" "That's very near the truth." "The contract la to be signed at 12 midnight?" "I have promised that if Mr. Trot ter will come up this evening I will give him my answer." "It will be yes?" "It must be yes." "That Is, If he arrives." "It he doesn't I shall have to nerve myself anew on another occasion." "How much money is he to loan your father?" "Papa said it was something like half a million." "I think they might have left you to spend this Christmas happily. How miserable It Is to be poor! If I were rich I might save you this sacrifice, and"— He paused reflectively. "You wouldn't charge any bonus," She was looking very steadily at the leaping flames. "Oh, the bonus! It wouldn't be any kindness to you to take you out of the frying pan and put you into the lire." "I'd rather burn on a gridiron than sizzle in a pan." The young man sat toying with his watch chain. Had the girl looked at him she would have seen that the ex pression 011 his face was not in keeping with the unemotional tones of his voice. "If he fails to arrive on time and It is possible for you to jump Into '.lie lire, will you do so?" "There is 110 tire to jump into." There was another pause. The logs were crackling; the fire was sending a genial warmth and light through the paneled lialj. From the rooms adjoin ing came shouts of laughter as some one was caught and kissed under tha mistletoe. "I am a promoter," said Arnold pres ently. "It is my business to secure (funds for carrying out enterprises. Suppose I could get this loan for your father?" They were speaking very deliberate ly—so deliberately that one might have thought they were two people of busi ness making a bargain. "At the same interest he will pay Mr. Trotter?" she asked. "How much is that?" "Now I think of it, I heard papa say 4 per cent." "That would be satisfactory." Miss Martin r.ir.y have been consid ering tlu- matter of interest. At any ■ rate, it w;:>: s'jiue time before she ! reached the next step. "The bonus?" she asked under her 1 breath. "That would depend upon whether I you would rather 'burn' than 'fry,' or, | rather, whether ,vou prefer neither to ! burn nor fry." i"lt would i! >L be fair to withhold tii= | ! bonus. Nevertheless if it were a bur- | 1 den instead of a blessing"— J • Zl<; did not belli he:* out. Instwul I>.* took out his vr.-'rrli and noted the hour. It was five Ir.il.utes to 12. "It Is understood and agreed," he eaid, "that if the party of the first part doesn't show up when the clock strikes 12 the party of the second part shall consider herself released from signing the contract and will make the same arrangement with the party of the third part that in lieu of the sum of half a million dollars at 4 per cent in terest"— "The bonus?" She was losing her business equanimity, tapping her foot on the lion skin beneath it. There re mained only a few minutes to 12, and the party of the first part might walk in at any moment. "The bonus shall be optional." "With whom?" "The party of the second part." "But the party of the third part?" "Will only accept It entire. The heart must go with the hand." "It's a bargain," she said, extending her hand, which he grasped. At the same moment the clock at the other end of the hall began to strike the hour. It was an old fashioned time keeper with enormous weights and wheezed out its arithmetic strokes with provoking slowness. The pair sat mo tionless, their clasped hands concealed under a fold of the lady's dress, their eyes turned upon the front door. Each stroke brought them nearer to a con summation of their bargain. At the fourth there was a tinkle of the elec tric doorbell. At the eighth a servant passed the couple on his way to open the front iLoor. Arnold put out bis foot, and the man went sprawling on the floor. At the eleventh stroke the .serv ant was on his feet and rubbing his shins. At the twelfth he proceeded on ills way. There was a pressure be tween the two concealed hands. In an other moment the door opened and Mr. Trotter entered. But what entered with him? Christ mas morning. Twenty such mornings had come In the lifetime of Edith Mar tin. but none that brought her such re lief and at the same time such happi ness as this one. Instend of being obliged to sacrifice herself to save her father she had accepted a man whom the first moment she saw him she knew to be the man she could love. Italph Arnold was Indeed a promoter and had made a fortune in organizing gold mines. The day after Christmas he telegraphed his acceptance of an of fer he had had for his principal mine and loaned the proceeds to Mr. Martin, who In six months regained all be had lost. Mrs. Italph Arnold on last Christ mas eve, sitting before a blazing flre beside her eldest daughter, now six teen, told her the story of her Chrlst- OMS deal. Cbrlatmaa Service In Stable. At Santa Cruz, Cal., there is an old Spanish church in which the people worship only on Christmas eve. Ex ternally It looks like a stable and has no chandelier. The floor and walls are of stone, and on the eastern side there is a manger, looking through the bars of which one sees the scenes of the Na tivity, with the towers of castles and palaces in the distance. In the fore ground the Virgin sits by the manger, holding the infant Saviour, with St. Joseph leaning over her and the wise men offering sheep, oxen and various precious gifts. Outside this exterior •table there are figures of men carry ing sheep and calves on their shoul ders, hastening to the sacred scene. In this chapel worshipers remain all night on their knees. This manger side of the church is against the east wall, high upon which Is the only window is the edifice, so that the first rays of the morning sun Irradiate the scenes of the Nativity. The rays lend a roseate glow, and as soon as this reaches the worshipers they leave the church, light cigarettes and begin their festivities. A Ckrl«tin» Game. A Yuletlde version of the donkey party Is played thus: On a sheet sketch or paste a design of a Christmas tree. Have each branch of the tree terini- j nate lu a circle containing a number, ; using the numbers from one to ten or ! one to twenty-flve, according to the j size of the tree. Each person playing i is blindfolded In turn and is given a j rosette with whicli he must "decorate | the tree." Each person aims to pin j his or her rosette on or near to the j highest number of the tree. Each com- ! petitor has three trials, the three nuin- j bers to which he pins nearest being | written down to iiis credit by the host- | ess, who keeps tally. The one whose three numbers added together gives ! the largest sum total wins the first prize. The I>u>- of Hope. The day of the Nativity is the day of j hope—the day of hope to the struggling ; conscience of man; to the human na ture which is uplifted in Christ and j made partaker of God; to the families of men who believe that sacred liumau i love is not given to perish with the ! earth, but in Christ is destined to some j eternal purpose; to all who labor and j pray for the coming of a kingdom i where God shall reign in men, and men : shall live in peace and good will, where j The war drum shall throb no longer anil the battieilags be furi'd In the parliament of man, the federation j of the world. —Right Rev. Davis Sessums, Bishop of j Louisiana. Limited. •"Dee." you feel thankful dls Chris'- mus?" "Dess mlddlin'. Providence gimme u j good appetite, but he stopped right j dar!"—Atlanta Constitution. Clirtntmna. A chandelier, A mistletoe, A lover near, A maid tielow; A scuffle dear, A klsa or so, And that Is Christmas, don't you knowf How We Ilrenthe, Men and women do not breathe alike In a woman the breathing IK from the thorax, or chest, while In a man it is mainly from the diaphragm, which is lower down. This peculiar difference is BO marked that it is possible to rec ognize by it a woman disguised as a man. although the disguise may be faultless in other respects. Most physi ologists say that this difference is not due to sex, but owing to artificial con ditions. such as the wearing of cor sets. Con ■«•!«" lit loun. Weary Walker No, ma'am; I ain't dirty from choice. I'm bound by hon •r. I wrote a testimonial for a soap maker once and promised 'to use 110 Other.' Mrs. House keep - Well, why do you not use that? Weary Walker—Be cause, ma'am, that firin failed about five years ago. Ife Wnnt to Arbitrate. "Tlie reason I can't get along with my wife is that she wants to submit all our differences to arbitration." 'To 11 rbi trillion?" "Ye*. She always wants to refer dis putes to her mother." 1 eeltiiit Better. She- So your ideal Jilted you? He Yes, but I am somewhat reconciled. I have since learned that she married Iters.—Puck. ~ ""' ""' *""" " " STERLING RUN, PA HOWARD & General Merchandise. (jl STORE ON THE RIALTO. M {DRY GOODS I We have just received a new lot of black satin !|®|| skirts, the best we have ever had for the money. They ||& are made of good quality satin, with adjustable band. |jSi Swith double rows of ruffles and with accoraian pleats, R Prices 50c to #2.70 each. s2* CORSETS | A new lot of Coronet Corsets. Our line is com- ||| 0- plete, having filled in recently. They are made up of ml |||ij the best quality of material for the price, 50c and SI.OO 'M each. Also a lot of corsets, odd sizes, SI.OO corsets for l|h !|®|l 50c, and 50c corsets 25c. |g| | DRESS GOODS 1 I We have never had a better line of Dress Goods ||| than we are showing this fall and winter. Do not fail pi to see them before the best are picked out, and we also have a lot of dress goods that we are selling very cheap M and they are going rapidly. There are plaids, casln- ® meres, mixed suitings and wool goods, some of them at rrfi' £•>11 half price. From 10c to 25c per yard. M I GINGHAMS 1 We keep constantly in stock a full line of Laneas- Mi PI ter Ginghams. This brand is the best that we can get j|| ( that will hold the color in washing. ||| Ladies and Misses Sweaters if /]|; A lot of Ladies, Misses and Childrens Sweaters, j|@j| M several colors, all wool, prices SI.OO to $2.90. |& fifi); The Tam-O'Shanters are selling rapidly in brown, p| red, blue, white and grey. All wool, and have both i?|'' square and round. Just the thing for the young people B |J|j' to wear to school. B I mscalla?s 1 | J. fATTERNSV®/ I s C. B. HOWARD & CO. ' (!!j i:: KUltor Vemun TiOWj'pr, A lawyer Inn courtroom may call a man u liar, scoundrel, villain or thief, and no one makes a complaint when court lias adjourned. If a newspaper prints such reflections on a man's char acter there Is a libel suit or a dead edi tor. And this is owing to the fact that people believe what an editor says; what a lawyer says cuts no figure.— Routt County (Colo.) Courier. The Place For n I'upll. "And there is one thing about the pupil of the eye that I can't say about lots of other pupils," remarked the teacher. "What is that?" asked the scholars In ehorus. "It is always found up around the | head.**—Yonkers Statesman. Making Sare. Mr. Totterly—Could you marry a very old man with a good deal of money if he told you frankly how old he was and how much he was worth? Miss Timely—How much Is he worth? Then He Went. Unwelcome Suitor—That's a lovely ■ong. It always carries me away. She | —lf I had known how much pleasure it •could give us both,l would have sung J it earlier in the evening. SDR. CALOWF.LUS YRUP PEPSirJ CURES COtVSTIPATIOIV. a Tf