VOL. XXVIII
1). E. JACKSON.
203 S. Muin St. - - Batler, Pe.
Every bod v Delighted.
Wbo ate in t- J of Seasonable
Good?.
Having bong! ' iarge Stock of
Faii end Winter LvtuJ, and owing to
bad u< other acd worse roads, they
have not l:een fffing out as fast as
they uugl t to
We have
CUT PKICES AWAY DOWN,
ns we mast on account of scarcity of
room close thero out to make room
for Spring Goods.
if you want a Cloak, Jacket or
Shawl
NOW IS YOUR CHANCE.
Or if you want Blankets, Comforts
Underwear. Ladies'or Gents', Flan
nels, Con ton Flannel or anything in
that line.
COME NOW
before the Stock is broken, but
DON'T FORGET
to examine our large stock of Dress
Good?, which are included in this
CUT,
Aco Fancy and Dress Plushes,
Black Suiah acd Gros Grain Silks,
all Marked Down.
Full Again.
We mean our wall paper de*
pavtmc-nt, lull and overflowing
with our immeneeand choice
flock of paper hangings. You
must help us out, we haven't
room lor half our goods, until
■v > u relieve us of some of them.
We have the choicest selec
tion of patterns in every grade
from Brown Blanks at 10 cts
to Gilts at from 20 cts to $1
per double boltJ
Examine our Stock.
J. H. Douglass,
TVear PostolFice, Butler, Pa.
Rare Bargains,
Exuaoulinary Bargains are offer
ed here in
UNDERWEAR.
HOSIERY,
GLOVES,
HANDKERCHIEFS.
MUFFLERS,
EvcryU iofr in furnishings for ladies,
children and men.
Compare cur prices with what yoo
buve l»<u paying and see if you
can't money by dealing witb
ua.
*
John M. Arthurs.
333 SOUTH JJ AIN STKEET. 333
GRAND
CLOSING
OUT
SALE
FOR
REMOVAL
AT
THE
RACKET
STORE,
148 K. Main St.
Butler, JPa.
GO TO
REDICK'S
FO A
Pure Drugs,
Paints, Oils, Glass,
Fine Toilet Articles,
Patent Medicines, •
And all other
Articles
Kept in a
First Class
Druo' Store.
O
' Birn EK (XUJOTY"
Jfliju!. ' .sre insurance Co.
0/:.- - Cor. Main & Cunningham Bts.
:. (\ ROESSING, PRKSIDIHT.
ii >J. iiEINEMAN, SECRETARY.
DIRECTORS:
O. I{..' sslue, Ilenderson Oliver,
J. 1. t'mvis. JameaStephenson,
A. Trouti*i .ii. H.«'. Heinemuu,
Allr.'d V.1.-i;. N. Weitzel.
I IT. W. I rvin I >T. ttli kenbacU,
J. W. Hurkhart, D. T. >orrl».
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B-OTTXaIBm , ~F=A.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
V. McALPINE,
Dentist,
la now permanently located at 180 South Main
Street' Butler, Pa., in rooms formerly decoupled
by Dr. Waldron.
Dr. N. M. HOOVER,
IS7 E. Wayne St., office hours, 10 to 12 M. and
1 to 3 P. M.
L. M. REINSEL, M. D ,
PBVSICIAN AND SCBOEON.
Office and residence at 224 Graham Street,
Butler, Pa.
L. BLACK,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
New Troutman Building, Butler, Pa.
Dr. A. A. Kelty,
Office at Kose Point, Lawrence county, Pa.
K. N. LEAKK. M. D. J. E. MANN. M. D.
Specialties: Specialties:
Gynaecology and Sur- Eye, Ear. Nose and
gery. Throat.
DRS. LEAKE & MANN,
Butler, Pa.
G. M. ZIMMERMAN.
I'LLYTFLCIAN AND SCRGKON,
Office at No. 45, S. Main street, over Frank £
t'o's Diug Store. Butler. Pa,
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Physician and Surgeon.
/Co. 22 East Jtftrboo St., Butler, Pa.
W. R. TITZEL.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
8. W. Corner Wain and North BU., Butler, Pa.
J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
ißutler, Penn'a.
Artificial Teeth Inserted cn the latest Im
proved plan. Gold Killing a specialty. Office—
ovet Sebaul's Clothing Store.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
DENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
All work pertaining to the profession execut
ed in tbe neatest manner.
Specialties Gold Fillings, and Painless Ex
traction of Teeth, Vitalized Air administered.
OHM oa JefTenon Street, nc door East of Lowry
House, I'p Stain.
Office open daily, except Wednesdays and
Thursdays. Communications by mail receive
prompt attention,
I. B.—The only Dentist In Butler
liest makes of teeth.
J. W. MILLER,
Architect, C. E. and Surveyor.
Contractor, Carpenter and Builder.
Maps, plans, specifications and esti
mates; all kinds of architectural and en
gineering work. No charge for drawing if
I contract the work. Consult your best in
terests; plan before you build. Informa
tion cheerfully given. A share of public
patronage is solicited.
P. 0. Box 1007. Office S. W. of Court
House, Bntler, Pa.
C. F. L. McQUISTION,
ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR,
OPTICK WEAK DIAMOND, BCTIJIR, PA.
J. M- PAINTER,
Attorney-at-Law.
Office—Between Postofiice and Diamond, But
ler, Pa.
A. T. SCOTT,
ATTOKNKY-AT-LAW.
Office at No. 8, South Diamond, Butler. Pa.
A. M. CHRISTLEY,
ATIORNEY AT LA .
Office second floor, Anderson Bl k, Malu St.
near Court House, Butler, Pa.
J. W. HUTCHISON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office 011 Fecond floor of the Hoselton block.
Diamond, Butler, Pa., Koom No. l.
~ JAMES N. MOORE,
Attobniy-at-Law and Notary Public.
Office in Room No. 1. second tloor of Huselton
Block, entrance on Diamond.
IRA McJUNKIN.
Attorney at Law, Office at No. IT, East Jeffer
son St., Butler, Pa.;
W. C. FINDLEY,
Attorney at Law and Feal Estate Agent. Of
Dee rear of L. Z. Mitchell's office on north side
of Diamond. Buller, Pa.
H. H. GOUCHER.
Attorney-at-law. Office on second floor of
Anderson building, near Court Uouse, Butler.
Pa.
J. K. BRITTAIN.
Atfy at Law-OfTlcw at S. K. Cor. Main St, and
Diamond, Butler. Pa.
NEWTON BLACK.
Att'y at Law—Offlc® on South side of Diamond
Butler, Pa.
A. E. GABLE,
Veterinary Surgeon.
Graduate of the Ontario Veterinary
College. Toronto, Canada.
Dr. Gable treats all diseases of the
domesticated animals, and m?.hes
riddling, castration and horse den
tistry a specialty. Castration per
formed without clams, and all otber
surgical operations performed in the
most scientific manner.
Calls to any part of the country
promptly responded to.
Office and Infirmary in Crawford's
Livery, 132 West Jefferson Street,
Butler, Pa.
is A W MILLS
Patnat Variable Friction and Bolt Peed.
Steam Engines, Hay Presses,
Shingle Mills, Ac-
Portable Grist Mills,
Send tor 111 Us. Thrr»hlii|r Mirlilum, Ac.
catalogue. A. H. KAKCJIIUK CO., York, Pa.
L. S. McJUNKIN,
Insurance and Real Estate Ag't
17 EAST JKFFERBON ST.
BUTLER, - PA.
sC.'HBTiSERS ZZZZSSSEI
M advortisirg s> when in Chjcajo. V.-U f«na it on j t
CEBIT GIVE EWH SALE.
We have in stock a large line of Long Wraps and Jackets.
We have assorted them into lots.
Lot 1 running up to $ 6
" 2 .< U «C 10
" 3 " " " 12
" 4 " " '« 15
" 5 " " " 18
" 6 " " " 25
Now to get them out of the way, w ofTer to each buyer of
our goods (at the lowest prices evtr known) the following extra
ordinary inducements:
PARTIES BXJYING
$lO worth cf goods will have their choice cf one wrap, Lotl
lg t( ii " ii " 2
18 .« " " " " 3
20 " " " " " 4
22 " 41 " " " 5
25 " " '• " " 6
FREE OF CHAHOE,
As we say we have a big line of these wraps, and want to run
them off quick. And we guarantee ail our goods marked in
plain figures at less than you can buy them elsewhere. Come
in and get first choice.
RITTER & RALSTON.
Regarding Fine Clothes.
As a new comer requesting a share of the pat
ronage of this town and vicinity in my line, it
befits me to make a few statements. I make a
specialty of the higher grades of work; 1 keep
in stock the finest quality of goods; I recognize
the fact that a good fitting suit from my house
is it's best advertisement, while a misfit con
demns the cutter and tailor. I shall endeavor
to send out the best fitting clothes to be found.
I do all my own cutting.
o—o
The prices will be as low as can be made com
patible with the quality of goods I shall adhere
to. A full line of the latest and most stylish
goods in stock. Call and see me before placing
any orders.
GEO, HABERNIGG, SR.
MERCHANT TAILOR,
202 S. Main St., New Troutman Building, Butler, Pa.
Don't Read This Unless You
Want To!
We feel confident it will pay you.
Now that the Holidays are over we are
busy getting ready for Spring trade.
We want all persons to know where to
buy goods at right prices. This is the
place. We sell goods as cheap as any
person in the United States, if not cheap
er. We
RETAIL FURNITURE AT WHOLE
SALE PRICES.
We give you first-class goods; what more
can we do. We also do just as we ad
vertise. We will sell you a Good Oak
Bed Room Suit for #1 9 and a fine Pol
ished Oak Bed Room Suit tor #25. You
can't buy it elsewhere under f 35. Any
thing you want in the Furniture line you
will find at our store at low prices. Come
and see us whether you want to buy or
not. We want to show you our goods.
Campbell & Templeton,
OLD TROUT.MAN STAND. BUTLER, PA.
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SAPOLIO is one of tho best known city luxuries and each time a cake
is used an hour is saved. On floors, tables and painted work it acts liko
a charm. For scouring pots, pans and metals it has no equal. If your
store-keeper does not keep it you should insist upon his doing so, as it
always gives satisfaction and its immense sale all over the United States
makes it an almost necessary article to any well supplied store. Every
thing shines after its use, and even tho children delight in using it in
their attempts to help around the house.
BUTLER, PA., FH ID AY, FKUHFARY '2l. 1S<)1.
OUR DAY.
Our wedding day, dear heart.
Well I remember
How crisp the lay
That chill December.
I wm a foolish thins, ■».
How my heart failed me;
Little you knew or guessed
What't was that ailed me.
I ha 1 my doubts of you.
Only just fancy!
Would you have thought It, Jack,
Of your fond Nancy T
People kept telling me
Men were deceivers;
Women most foolish folk.
Heedless believers.
Would you bo kind! I asked,
And my heart fluttered;
True to the marriage vows
Your Hps had uttered?
Ton years ago, dear love—
How the time passes.
Jack! drink my health again;
Fill up our glasses.
Don't wipe my tears away;
They're not for sadness.
My heart Is full to-day
Only of gladness.
How true you've been to me
None can guess ever;
Husband, stand by mc still.
Never to sever.
As o'er the frosty sky
Wintry clouds hasten
Our joys In future, Jack
Trials may chasten.
Still hand In hand wo'll step,
Fearing no morrow;
Wind blows the clouds away.
Love chases sorrow.
Our wedding day ls o'er-
Twelve the clock's striking.
Look at me, Jack—am I
Still to your liklngJ
Don't say a word, you goose;
Only remember
I love you better now
Than that December.
—L. E. Tiddcman, In Chambers' Journal.
THE PROFESSOR'S BUG.
What tin Important Part It Played
in a Love Affair.
Miss Florence Taylor, daughter of
Prof. Archibald Taylor of Uni
versity, was perched on the top of the
stile at the lower end of the garden,
with a very tearful expression on her
pretty face. With her chin resting on
one little hand she looked away into
space instead of at the youug man who
was leaning against the fence but a few
feet away. At length he came and
leaned against the stile.
"Well?" he inquired, mournfully.
"It isn't well at all, Tom," said Miss
Taylor, looking severely at her com
panion; "and I think it is very incon
siderate of you to hint that it might be."
"I'm sure I meant nothing of the
kind," said Tom, humbly. "What did
the old —that is what did your father
say?"
"lie says I am not to see you any
more, and that I must tell you it is all
over between us."
She spoke without lifting her head,
and closed her speech with a heavy sigh.
There was a silence for some minutes,
and then Waters spoke again, a little
more cheerfully.
"And what do you intend to do,
Flos?"
"I suppose I have got to do as my
father says, and we will have to bear
it," she said, playing mournfully with a
leaf that came fluttering down from the
tree overhead. There was something so
resigned in her words that Tom took
offen.se at once, and thrust his hands
into his pocket 3.
"You seem to bear up well so far,"
he said, very bitterly. "I don't think
there is much more to say," and he
turned and walked two or three paces
up the road.
"Tom!" called Miss Taylor from the
stile.
He caine back immediately.
"Tom," with great severity, "don't
you think it is positively wicked to be
so unkind when everybody is against
me. I didn't tliink you would be so,
and now there isn't anybody to —to —"
Waters interrupted her hastily, for
she was growing- more tearful with
every word Bhe spoke.
"There, Flossie, dear, I know I'm a
big brute, and I hate myself for making
you so unhappy—"
"It's just as bad to call yourself a
brute —as if I would care for a brute,"
said Florence, sobbing violently on his
coat.
"Well, I didn't mean that either,
then," said Tom, and peace was restored
once more. The sobbing grew more
faint, and at last stopped altogether.
"I didn't tell you the worst, Tom,"
she said presently from his coat.
Water's face was the picture of de
spair.
"Well," he said, "what is it?"
"lie is going to take me away," said
Florence solemnU - and tragically.
"Where, Europe?" asked Tom.
"No, down in the country where he
is going to spend a whole month. He
is going to hunt for a new bug or some
thing, and I just know he will stay for
ages."
"He may find the bug and com©
away," suggested Tom, vaguely.
"I know he won't. They never do."
There was a silence, during which
there were symptoms of returning sobs.
"Flossie," said Tom, suddenly, "I
have an idea."
"Really," with unconscious sarcasm.
"Perhaps you don't care to hear It,"
said Tom, with dignity.
"Tom!"
"When are you going?" asked Waters.
"I think he said to-morrow."
"Well, then," said Tom, stepping back
to watch the effect of his words, "1 am
going too."
"Is that all," said Miss Taylor, scorn
fully. "You know he won't ever let
me see you. It will be no better thcro
than here."
"You wait and see," said Tom, sagely.
Florence felt her curiosity rising.
"Perhaps you had better tell me what
you are going to do," she said as indif
ferently as possible.
Tom shook his head gravely.
"You wouldn't understand. No wom
an would," patronizingly. "And now,"
he continued, "I see somebody coming
this way and I presume 'twere better
wo should part." Then tenderly: "You
will be glad if it does come all right,
little sweetheart."
"You krow I will," she answered,
kflcl in a moment he had swung himself
over the fence and gone striding down
the road.
That evening he made a call on I'rof.
Taylor. He found that gentleman in
his study and received a stiffly frigid
bow as he entered.
"I have come to nsk a favor of you,
Bir," he said, taking a chair and seating
himself comfortably, with his hat in his
hand.
The professor wheeled around in his
chair.
"I don't want to hear you say any
thing about my daughter," lie said,
with rising wrath. "I presume she has
told you what 1 have said. Let that be
enough."
"Excuse me, sir," said Tom, calmly;
"I hatl»not intended to speak of your
daughter. It was a very different mat
ter."
"Well," said the professor, a little
mollified.
"You see," said the young diplomat,
"I havo been a good deal interested in
the work in your elective. I heard that
you were going to spend a month or
so in search after some new specimens,
and, as I have nothing particular to do
this vacation, I thought perhaps you
might allow me to accompany you."
Prof. Taylor knitted his brows for a
moment and thought He really liked
Waters, and it was true he had worked
well in the pre.fessor's particular branch.
It would IK- an advantage to have him
around, but—
"This is some trick." he said, lyok-
Ing sharply at Waters, "lou think it
will be easier to follow Florence in this
way. I won't allow it. I tell you, I'm
not too old to see—"
Tom rose with dignity and moved to
| ward the door.
"I am sorry you are able to so mis
judge me. I wish you good evening,"
he said gravely.
"Wait," said the professor.
Tom stopped, with his hand on the
door.
"Sit down again. Waters, and we will
talk this over. Perhaps I was a trifle
hasty in what I said."
Tom resumed his seat, and the pro
fessor continued:
"Now what assurance can you give
me that it Ls not as I suggested?"
"I suppose if I help you in your search,
sir. and show no disposition to trouble
you with regard to your daughter, that
will be assurance enough," said Tom, a
little coolly.
"Certainly," said the professor.
"And if you are not satisfied I suppose
you can send me off whenever you
choose," added Tom.
The professor thought for a minute or
two and then said:
"Very well. You can go, and I may
add that personally I shall be very glad
to have you with me in the work."
"Thank you, 6ir," said Tom, rising.
"When do we go?"
"To-morrow at eleven. lam going
to Summersville, where a few very cu
rious and valuable specimens have been
found. 1 hope to make some inter
esting investigations."
"Very well," said Tom, as he bowed
himself out, "I shall be there."
A servant came to open the door for
him, and Waters managed to scratch a
few words on the back of an envelope.
"It is all right, I am going," ho wrote.,
and succeeded in bribing the girl to
give it to Florence.
But he did not appear at the train in
the morning. Another plan had come
to him as he walked home, and all the
way from to Summersville the pro
fessor and his daughter were left to
wonder secretly at his non-appearance.
When they arrived at their destina
tion, however, they were both sur
prised to find him waiting at the station
with a dilapidated chariot-like vehiclo
which he had procured in the village.
"I thought I had better run down by
the early train and see to things," ho
explained to the professor. "I found
some fairly desirable rooms which you
can get if you like them. We will drive
there now if you wish."
"That was thoughtful of you. Let
us go at once," said the professor.
They found the rooms even better
than they had expected and engaged
them at once.
"I suppose you found yourself a room
here, too," said the professor to Tom as
that individual prepared to leave them.
"Well, no," said Waters, "I thought
I would stay at the hotel. It's a miser
able place, but well enough. I'm not
particular."
"Oh," said the professor, and nothing
more.
After making a few arrangements for
beginning their search Waters with
drew, bowing gravely to Florence as
he opened the door.
The search began almost the next
day, and continued for many days there
after. Tom was really interested to
some degree, and was of much assist
ance to the professor. He studiously
kept away from the latter's rooms, and
saw scarcely any thing of Florence; tho
only deviation from the direct line of
duty in that direction being sundry
hastily scribbled notes that he bribed
and cajoled the landlady into carrying.
Now and then he got a word or two in
reply, but that was all.
One evening, after they had been in
Summersville a couple of weeks, the
two men were returning after an un
usually successful day's work. Tho
professor was in high spirits. After
they had exhausted the subject of tho
day's success, the professor took a fatal
step.
"I fear you must find it lonesome at
the hotel," he said.
Tom felt his heart take & flying leap
for his mouth, but contrived to answer
indifferently:
"Well, yes, it is a little, especially of
evenings, but I make out well enough
with a few books and things."
"We find it somewhat lonely, too,"
admitted the professor. "I fear it is a
little tiresome for Florence. She has
no one but the landlady to talk with
except me, and, strangely enough, I
seem unable to Interest her in our
work."
"Indeed," said the young man, sym
pathetically.
"We would like to have you drop in
now and then of an evening. Waters,"
continued the professor.
"Thank you," said Tom, aiul there
ana men ne icit an aii-mspirmg ue«u«
to stand upon his head.
After that he dropped in for awhile
each evening at the professor's rooms,
and with the help of the landlady they
played a good deal of very poor whist,
and indulged in a few other more or
less pleasing amusements.
One evening they were sitting around
the table, the professor reading a mag
azine and Tom and Florence carrying
on an indifferent conversation. At
length the professor laid down his book
and turned to Tom.
"I have just been reading the de
scription of the only thing that I need
now to complete my collection," ho
said. "It is exactly like some of tho
specimens which we found to-day, ex
cept that it has striped coloring on
the back. I would give any thing to
possess one."
"We may find one," suggested Waters.
"I hope so, of course, but they arc
very rare."
That night Tom lay awake with a
great idea in his head. The next day
he obtained two of the largest of the
specimens that had been found the day
before, and then he told the professor
that he was not feeling well and would
stay at home for a day. The professor
said nothing, and went his way unac
companied, except by a little boy who
had been employed to carry baskets,
etc., on the daily excursions.
Tom went directly to the professor's
rooms and there found Florence. He
gave her a lover's greeting and then
began to look about the room hastily.
"What is it, Tom?" asked Florence.
"The magazine! Where is it?"
The magazine was found, and Tom
seized it eagerly and turned quickly to
the article the professor had been read
ing the day before.
Ho read it through, and then almost
leaped into the air. In fact, lie went
dancing around the room in so much
exultation that Florence began to won
der if he had not gone a little crazy.
"Do you feel ill, Tom?" she asked,
anxiously.
Tom paid no attention to her question,
but continued his powwow about the
room. Florence waxed indignant.
"I don't know what it is you find so
very funny," she said scornfully and
severely.
"I know you don't; but you will,"an
swered Tom, and not a word more
would he say.
All the rest of that day, except an oc
casional visit to tho village drug store,
Waters stayed locked in his own room
at the hotel. In the evening he went
to see the professor and he carried with
him something in a little tin box. He
vent in and laid it down before the pro
fessor without a word.
Prof. Taylor opened the box, and
there lay before liiiu the wonderful
specimen for which he had looked so
lon# and so vainly.
It was a wonderful specimen, large
and fully developed, and all up and
down its back ran beautiful lines of red
and gold.
After the professor and his daughter
bad admired it aqd questioned about it,
Torn rose to explain.
"Vou see, sir," he said, 'I wasn't ill
to-day at all, but I thought I knew
where I could find one of these if there
were any around here, and I thought I
would like to go alone."
"Quite natural, quite natural." said
the professor, beaming benignly on
Waters. "I am greatly indebted to you
for this rare specimen. It will quite
complete my [collection. And I don't
mind telling you," continued the pro
fessor, "that I have had reason to change
any slight feeling of distrust which I
may have felt toward you. Your as
sistance in this work has been
and I am sure if you continue as you
have begun, you may look for large re
sults from your labor, both for your
self and for the scientific world."
While the professor had been making
this long speech Florence had s'lppcd
out of the room.
Tom looked, or tried to look, becom
ingly modest. The professor extended
his hand as he finished.
"You have pleased me very much,"
he said.
'•Thank you," said Tom, "and now if
I might—"
The professor interrupted him, hasti
ly-
"Wait till you've graduated and then
we'll talk about it," he said, not un
kindly.
"But in the meantime I can come to
see her?" asked Tom, anxiously.
"Why, yes; you've been doing that
all the time, haven't you?" And the
old man relapsed into a contemplation
of the new acquisition to his collec
tion.
"Tom," said Florence, after he had
told her the news and they had rejoiced
over it together in true lover's fashion,
• 'Tom, where did you find that horrid
bug?"
"Well, the fact is," said Tom, "it
isn't exactly the bug I found. I took
one of those common ones and made it
over with a sharp needle and some in
delible ink. I knew your father want
ed one very badly, and it seemed too
bad that he should be disappointed-
And besides he would never have let
mc have you if 1 hadn't done something
extraordinary."—J. T. Newcomb, in
Boston Globe.
Stage Heroes and Fair Ladles.
It is incomprehensible why women
will make such fools of themselves over
stage heroes. They rave about them
in public, moon about them in secret,
dream of them by night and dog their
afternoon strolls. All their spare cash
is spent on matinee tickets and flowers
for the beloved object. Once let a
stage hero make known that in a cer
tain scene he- is expected to wear a cer
tain flower, and there will be no dearth
of these sent daily by fair ladies.—Bos
ton Herald.
All Elso Forgotten.
"Didn't he once say he would never
speak to you again?"
"Yes; but he saw I had a cold, and he
couldn't resist the tempti.tion to tell
me of a sure cure." —Puck.
A Great Record.
The Minister—Have you ever cost
your bread upon the waters?
Mrs. Riverbank (proudly)— Never,
since ray first batch.—Fuck.
ODDITIES THE WORLD OVER.
WOMEN now drive cabs in New York.
THE Chinese do not permit women to
be photographed.
LAKE MAITLAITD, Orange County,
Fla., has a cornet band composed of
thirteen young ladies and two gentle
men.
A DRUGGIST in St. Petersburg has In
vented a method of tipping cigars with
a preparation so that they are lighted
like a match by rubbing against any
hard surface.
ANIMALS are kept on the roofs of
the houses in Lima, Peru, and it
frequently happens a cow passes her
whole life on a roof, being taken there
as a calf and brought down finally as
fresh beef.
A BEGGARS' journal has been started
In Paris and meets with success. The
cost of a number is two cents and it
contains articles on the best methods of
pursuing the business and advertise
ments of use to those soliciting charity.
A Xr.w YORK club has a novel scarf
pin. It is a large dog's head made of
oxidized silver. Its eyes are tiny diar
mends and its mouth red enamel. By
manipulating a concealed rubber tube
the mouth can be made to open and
emit a bark.
TUE Manhattan Club, of New York,
has turned the roof garden on its new
club house into a skating rink. The
water is let in and allowed to freeze. A
red ball in the lower corridor of the club
house is hoisted whenever there is
skating on the roof.
A MOTHER appeared in a German
market-place bringing with her in a
wicker carriage a child six months old.
A crowd collected and were astonished
to hear her offer to sell her child for ten
marks. The onlookers grew so indig
nant that the heartless mother had to
beat a retreat.
MEN OF LETTERS.
MR. IIENRY JAMES has dramatized his
own novel, "The American," his first
effort In that direction. The play is in
four acts.
JCLES VERNE is now a handsome man
of sixty, with head and beard quite
gray and with eyes which sparkle with
all the fire of twenty.
MB. GLADSTONE has sent to Andrew
Carnegie the original manuscript of his
article on the Carnegie pamphlet enti
tled "The Gospel of Wealth." The en
tire manuscript is in Mr. Gladsft>ne's
handwriting.
THE poet Swinburne has a liking for
outdoor exercise in a'l weathers. Even
when the roads arc livers of mud he
goes out for a walk and a visit to his
favorite candy shop. On such occasions
he wears a short gray coat, very short
trousers and thin elastic gaiters.
PROF. WILLIAM JAMES, of Harvard,
who is becoming almost as famous out
of college as in because of his interest
in psychology and in societies of psychi
cal research, is a brother of Henry
James, Jr., the novelist. The father of
these two famous sons is a preacher.
GRANT ALLEN, Canadian by birth,
has won the prize of one thousand
pounds for the best novel in the compe
tition recently announced by a member
of Parliament, George Newnes. Sev
eral hundred novels were in competi
tion. Mr. Allen's "What's Bred in the
Bone" won. It is doubtless only a co-
Incidence that its title suggests Mr.
James I'ayn's famous novel of twenty
years ago.
Sewing Song.
I have a little servant
With a single eye.
She always does my bidding
Very faithfully.
But she eats me no meat.
And she drinks mo no drink,
A very clever servant, as you well may think.
Another little servant
On my Bnger sua.
She the one eyed little servant
Very neatly Qts;
Hut she eats me no meat.
And she drinks me no drink,
A very clever servant, as you well may think.
Now, one more little servant.
Through the single eyo.
Does both the others' bidding
Very faithfully;
Hut she eats me no meat.
And she drinks me no drink.
A very clever servant, as you well may think.
A needle and a thimble.
And a spool of thread.
Without the Angers nimble.
And tho knowing head.
They would never make out.
If they tried tbe whole day.
To sew a square of patchwork, as you well inaj
say.
—Mary J. Jacques, In St, Nicholas.
AN INTERESTING PLANT.
the Habit* an<l Growth of the Com
paratively I'nfamiliar Lhfrwort.
During' one of my tramp* last stun
ner I ran across a spot which was
:arpctcd with an unfamiliar plant.
For a space of several feet the grotind
jras covered with a sheet looking some
what like a huge lichen, except that it
iras bright green. Gathering a lot of
tt I brought it home for study, and for
t year It grew In a box on my study
iable. Let us join for a minute in see
ing what we can learn from It.
The appearance of the sheet may be
seen in Fig. 1, where it will be noticed
that it is composed of numerous
irregular branching strips. The under
side is often purplish, and it is attached
to the soil by a multitude of delicate
root hairs. With a hand lens or even
with the naked eye, one can see that
the surface of the frond is divided off
into diamond-shaped spaces, and in
the center of each of these is a darker
spot with a hole in it. Catting through
the frond we find that each space rep
resents an air cavity among the green
cells of which the membrane is com-
FIG. I.—A LIVERWORT.
posed. This space communicates with
;he outer air by means of the small
Sole in the surface. This opening de
serves careful notice. The same thing
is seen on every leaf, but in none is it
so complex as here, and this is the
more remarkable since this is about
ihe simplest plant in which we find
such breathing pores at ail-
Now let us look at the tiny umbrellas
which bend above the gTeen sheet. A
moment's observation shows among
Dur specimens two kinds. In one the
stalk supports a shield-shaped plate; in
the other the dainty parasols already
mentioned. What docs this mean?
Why, simply that one is male and the
Dther female. The shield will be found
to have a number of flask-shaped cavi
ties opening- on its upper surface, and
large enough to be detected with the
naked eye. In these are cases contain
ing minute particles which act the same
part as the pollen of the higher plants,
fertilizing the germ celL Unlike the
pollen each little grain is endowed with
the power of motion, and like a minute
animal, after escaping from its case it
swims through the water to the germ
cell.
For this last we must look to the um
brella. On the underside of each rib
near the center are flask-shaped parts,
each having an open neck and bearing
t germ in its interior. This is fertilized
\ o 0 40
& X, «®.*
rie. O.—SPORES AND PORTION OF AH
EI.ATJ»R, ENLARGED.
by the particles mentioned above and
then developed into a mass of spores
mixed with long spirally twisted threads
known as "elaters" (Fig. 3). From these
spores the new plants are formed. If
one breaks oft a spore case and presses
it, a curious sight will be seen. The
spiral threads untwist and thus the
spores are thrown about with a peculiar
jerking motion. This seems to be an
ingenious contrivauce for spreading the
spores. The latter are very numerous,
but only those which happen to fall in
damp places are likely to grow.
If one keeps the plant where it can
be watched, he will probably see an
other method of multiplying. On the
upper surface of the frond appear little
swellings which in a few days burst
open at the »->p. Thus each forms a
cup-shaped ity with a beautifully
fringed edge. In the bottom are a
number of very small green discs. The
cup continues to spread open wider till
it takes the form shown in Ggure 8
FIG. 3.—CUPS CONTAINING THE OF.MMirI.EB,
F.NI.ARGF.I)
where he drawing at the right shows a
section through it After a time the
discs become loosened arid float out
some morning in the dew or rain on the
frond, and rapidly grow each into a new
plant—Country Gentleman. .
Muuufacturn of Celluloid.
The substance known as celluloid con
sists usually of dissolved paper, although
cotton or other vegetable fibers may be
used In the manufacture tissue paper
is treated with nitric and sulphuric
acids; the product is then wnshed and
camphor added. The mass is then
ground. Coloring matter is now added
and the mass is made into a paste with
alcohol; it is then pressed and broken
between rolls. The finished mass is very
plastic and may be molded and pressed
into any desired shapes, drawn into
tubes, etc. All the celluloid articles sold
in the United States, and in fact the bulk
of all that arc sold the world over, are
the product of an American company's
factory The output of the company
last year was valued at one million tfri*
hundred thousand dollars
OCTDOING THE WASP.
"O, papa, you are too good; this dia
mond licit is a poem!"
"Belt? Why, my dear girl, 1 bought
that for a necklace!"
"You dear old soul! Dow did you
ever expect me to get that little thing
around my neck?" —Life.
Not the Aniwrr Expected.
-Clara," said Xellic, dropping the
fashion paper she was reading, "what
•would you do if you had a mustache on
your lip?"
"After he took it away I should tell
v.;m that I preferred to be married in
'June."—Boston Herald.
>^0.17
A COMFORTABLE HOUSE.
A Framo Dwelling Whose Ciwt la E*t»-
mated at SS.OOO.
This house is 22 feet across front and
86 feet deep. It has a parlor UJ*xls><
I fe<;t; reception hall 7XxtOK feet; din
ing-room 13.x 14-, feet; kitchen
feet; pantry 4} t 'xlS feet; family room
' 13x13 feet with alcove 7HxlB feet; twe
chambers, one lO.HxIS feet with alcovs
//
feet, and the other 9Xxli feet,
and a bath-room s}<xlo feet.
The parlor contains afire-place across
one corner and is divided from the re
ception hall by portieres.
The dining-room contains a china
closet and a bay with three large win
dows.
The kitchen contains sink, boiler an)
gas outlet for gas stove.
The floors of the reception hall,
kitchen, pantry and bath-room will be
of maple. The mantel will be of red
oak, tile facing and will cost SSO. The
stained glass will cost 83 per square
foot.
The reception hall, stairs, parlor and
dining-room will be finished in red oak.
All other rooms will be stained of
painted as the owner may desire.
This house will look well painted an
olive green with all trimmings a shade or
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K/Tchrn E »*«bsl
J U Dmmqjfaom |
'it/ft I
; I "Zi
///°G>r Tlrjvn'fi/an
two darker. The shingles will bo
clipped in creosote stain to match. The
carving shown will be of the latest
style (composition carving) and Is a
fac simile of wood carving.
The balusters and grille on front
porch will be of a neat turned pattern.
The chimneys will be of red pressed
brick capped with a smooth sand stone.
The shinples will be of the * A. • brand,
and the siding will be 3 in. O. G. The
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A trod ij. femityfihtyn
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s)?Pond ffcY)/ 0 PJflrt
house will be sheathed with 5 in.
matched fence flooring with building
paper between that and the siding to
Insure a good, warm house. The studs
will be 2x4 in., 10 in. to centers. First
floor joists, 2xlo in., second floor
Joists, 2xlo in., 10 In. to centers,
attic joist, 2xß in. 16 in. to centers,
roof rafters 2xo in, sills Bxlo in., rubble
stone foundation 18 in. thick. Base
ment to be 7 ft. high, concreted 8 in.
thick. First and second stories, 0 ft. 6
in. high.
The house will be piped for gas and
furnace.
The basement contains laundry, coal
bins, cellar and furnace room.
As a whole, this is a square, solid and
plain building, just such as would
please a person who does not desire
much show. Geobge A. W. Knrrz.
Stopping Cracks In Metal.
A crack in a piece of metal Is pre
vented from extending further by the
well-known means of drilling, a hole
where the rent ends; but when the hole
is not bored on just that spot, the crack
is apt to continue beyond the hole. To
facilitate the search of the exact point,
Revue Industriello recommends moist
ening the cracked surface with petro
leum, then wipe it and then Immediately
rub it with chalk. The oil that has
penetrated into the crack exudes and
thus indicates with precision where the
crack stops.
South Africa's Diamond Mine*.
Geologists have proved that the dia
mond mines of South Africa are situated
in vents or chimneys varying from 78
to l,r>oo feet in diameter.
HANI»-PAI>TXI>-
Mr. Admirer—Does your sister paint
from nature?
Horrid ltrother—No, sir; she paints
from a looking-glass.—Once a Week.
Seven-year-old afflicted wiin
earache, and screaming frantically
with the pain.
"ilnsh, Jackie, dear," said nurse,
soothingly. "Dontyoucry so; it only
makes it worse. Don't you mind how
little Ned behaved when he was having
earache? He never cried this way."
'•Huh:" yelled Jack, indignantly.
••What does that baby know about ear
ache? His ears ain't more'n half M hig
as mine."— Harper's Young People