VOL. XXXIII
COME AND SEE US
We are Located on South Main Street,
Opposite Hotel Butler,
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In the room formerly occupied by Hartzell & rJp ■
Kemper. We have received our spring stock I
of Tans in different shades. Patent Leathers, j
Kangaroos, etc. Our stock of Ladies Fine \ ,
Shoes and Oxfords is very large—all the latest ; \
style lasts to be found among our stock. We ill &
carry these goods in all sizes and widths, and jf* ;
prices the lowest. Come and see us. We
have many bargains in store for you. }£:
The variety was never so great, •
The styles were never so perfect, f 1 Jy?
The quality never so good, f
And the prices were never so low.
BtKE' BOitHA* SC3 J
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A FEW OF OUR PRICES
Ladies fine dongola pat tip ox
fords 7 5 C
Ladies fne serge congress gait
yo,. ers 45 c
Ladies grain shoes pat tip heel
? - or s P r ' n g 9° c
Ladies waterproof oil grain
\ a] 3 shoes 75 C
I *? / Ladies fine calf slippers s oc
y. j/J "jk Mens waterproof working shoes 95c
Si. Mens fine dress shoes lace or
XX* ( \ con gress $ 1.00
* V Boys fine shoes.. .S7SC, sl, $1.25
Misses good wearing school
Childrens fine dongola pat tip
shoes
Full stock of Leather and Findings.
Shoemakers supplies of all kinds.
All kinds of dressing for Dongola.
Tan and Patent Leather shoes at reduced pi ices.
Mail orders receive prompt attention.
JOHN BICKEL
323 South Main St.
"ranch Store, RlltW V'A
125 N. Main St., UUIItJI J. cl.
IST A WORD OR TWO.
We want to talk with you a few minutes—You know us but
do you know there are hundreds of people in Butler, Co. who do
not know we are in Butler, it they did we would have to enlarge our
store to let the crowd ir. Why what do you think. Nearly one half
the people who come into our store didn't know we made harness,
while we have been running that part of our business for two years
with a capacity of 10 sets per day, but we are glad to know they are
pleased to find it out as it saves them money and will save you
money if yoa mind it. However we did not intend talking about
hames* more than to say that we make all kinds of harness and parts
of harness at less than factory price. It was surries and buggies we
wanted to tell you about. We have a larger stock than we have had
at any time for fifteen years. We hav'nt a last year surrey in the
house. Don't buy old stock, they are old style, and every year grow
more so. Buy the latest design and be in fashion especially when
you can buy them for less money than others charge for old style
work, as for the price, whoever heard of anyone paying too much for
anything bought here.We hav'nt in our employe asalesman with whom
we would be afraid to send SIO,OOO to Europe, when you deal here
you know you are dealing with a reliable firm an you know just
what you are getting, and also know the price is lower than you
could get any where. Come and see us and have the satisfaction of
knowing you have been in the largest store of the kind in the state.
I S: ; sr S.B. Martincourt&Co.
128 EAST JEFFERSON Street.
P. S. KRAMER WAGONS AND TKUNKS.
j HERE'S YOUR \
SHOES
? We have too many<
j Shoes—we want money?
5 . more than Shoes.
RDFF'S SHOE STORE
Ul4 South Hain St. Butler, Pa.c
As Usual We Have ?
The Best Stock of Millinery
At the lowest prices in the city.
50c quality Leghorn hats for 39c.
Large bunch silk roses worth 40c only 25c.
Moss rose sprays 25c worth 50c.
New Bud3—New Foliage—New Berries—this week.
Childrens hats a specialty.
Special sale of Corsets this week.
M. F. & M MARKS,
113 to 1175. Main St. Butler Pa
TKE BUTTER CITIZEN.
Weak
Nerves ar»- due to impoverished aud impure
blood. Hood's Sarsaparilla cures nervousiu-.s
l*-cau*e it feeds the nerves ui«m pure, rich,
healthy Wood. Remember
Hood's
Sarsaparilla
Is the One True Blood Purifier. $1; six for
Hood's Pills are always reliable, scents.
Professional Cards.
A. M. CHRISTLEY,
ATI OKN'EY AT LAW.
on North Diamond Stree', opposite the
Court House -Lower Floor.
ALEX KUSSELL.
Atlorney-al-Law.
Office with Newton Black. Est)
South Diamond, Butler. Pa.
A. T. BLACK.
Room J—Armory Building.
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
C. F. L. McQuistlon.
CIVIL BKOINKKR A«D tCBvEYou.
Office near Court lloase Butler I'a.
NEWTON BLACK.
*tt'y »t Ijiw-office on Souih Bide of IMamoi
naUer. Pa.
A. T. SCOTT.
ATTOR SEY-AT-LA W.
OOco 81 No. 8. South lil.iKiofcl. Butler. Pt
J M. PAJNTLK,
[Attorney- at-Law.
nice—Between PoatofUce *n<i .Matnorid, Butler
S. H. PIER SOL.
ATTOKNKY AT LAW.
Office at No. 104 Kast Diamond S'.
COULTER & BAKER.
ATTORNEYS AT UW.
Offi'.e In room I'-., Armory HulldluK, liullei
fa.
Dr. N. M. HOOVER,
!3? E. Wayo6,St.. ofll-e boors. 10 to Yi M. ao
t> J P. M.
'
DR J. E FAULK
Demist
Office—ln Gilkey building opposite?. 0.
J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist.
Butler, Penn'a.
Artificial Teeth Insert**) on the latest la.
jroved plan. Oold Killing a Bp<se»<y. OW> e
aver tlcnaul'Hf.'lotPlui! Store.
V. M McALPINE
Dentist,
Main St.
Nae*thetic» Admiuislcred.
SAMUEL M. BIPPUS.
Pnyslcian and Surgeon.
son woat ('linDtiigham St.
L. BLACK.
PHYSICIAN AN'D SL'KUKON,
New Troutman Building, K'ltler. Pa.
C. M. ZIMMERMAN.
PH YHII 'IAN AKl>;.9rBOl01 ,
Office at No.* 45, S. lenln street, evr Clt
harmacy.Batler. Fa.
H. H. CiOUCHER.
*trorucy-at-law. Office 'n MltcUrl! butldln.
Butler Pa.
DR. CHAS. R B HUNT, :
Physician and Surgeon.
Eye, car, none and throat tuepecialtv.
132 and 134 S. Main Street,
Kalßton building.
\V. H. BROWN,
Homceopalhic Physician ard
Surgeon.
Oll'ce 236 S. Main St., ej>p. P.O.
Residence 315 N. MeKean St.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON.
JENTIST, - - BUTLER, PA.
I ;(lolil Killing Painless Kutrac'lon of 'reeih
nd \rttfleial teeth without Plates a specialty
vtro is Oxide or Vitalized Air or Lorn".
n,esiliatlrtS) uso'l.
Otnce «ver Miller's ttroeery east of Lowry
ouso.
office closed fi" Ineidays and Thursdays
~ L. S. McJUNKIN
Insurance and Rea! Estate
Agent,
17 EAST JEFFERSON ST.
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All grade* of rndcrwer at very
low prices.
Largest stock of hats and
furnishings for gentleman ni the
country. An inspection will prove
this to any ones satisfacture.
Colbert & Dale.
242 S. Main St., Butler, Penn'a
M. A, HERKIMER
Funeral Director
37JS. Main, St. Batler Pa.
JiUTLKR. PA..THURBDAY. APRIL 23, 189(>.
BIEAuTiKUL HAND*.
Af I remember the li r- 1 fatr t<.u- :i
Of th',*e beautiful hands that I l..\e much
I seem to thrill as 1 th* n wa.-i thrill. I.
Ki. inK the glove that I found unfilled
When I met yonr jfar an 1 th • 'jur* nl> bow
As you Ud to me laughingly, "Koep it now!"
And .1(17..<1 and alone in a dream I rtuiui
Kiting the (fh'*rt of your beautiful hand.
When flr->t I loved in th'' lonp ago
And held your hand an I t' :d yon so,
rr< --. d and caresw d it and gave it a
And -:» id, "I could die for a hand like this!"
Little I dream'-d lov. "s fullness yet
Had to ripen when ryes were wet.
And prayers were vain in their wild demands
For one warm touch of your beautiful ban.la.
Beautiful hands I O beautiful hands!
Could you r. a«'h out of the alien lands
Wh re you an? lingering and give me tonight
Only a touch—were It ever fio light—
My h<>art were soothed and my weary brain
Would lull itself into rest again,
For there is no solace the world commands
Like the caresa of your beautiful hands.
—James Whitoomb Riley.
DIANA'S SI'IIiER.
The Baud, Gusset and Seam is a so
ciety recruited from an exclusive circle
of Nob Hill's youtliful matrons. It
meets through the winter, with aggra
vated activity during Lent, at houses of
the member s; its motto, "First flannels
to the indigent;" its symbol, a thimble
crossed by a pair of scissors argent
on a background of flannel gules sur
mounted by a spool of thre.ul couchaut.
The demure maid who serves bouil
lon, tea and chocolate to the society's
fair Dorcases hears tales from every
quarter of the globe—of life in the sum
mer colonies along the New England
coa.-r, of yachting cruises through Nor
wegian fiords in the yellow wake of the
midnight sun, of walking tours in the
L;aides ami camping trii>» ID the north
woods. She knows her planet better
than many whose orbits are less cir
cumscribed and can safely l>e relied up
on f< r information regarding elk in Ore
gon or salmon in the Columbia, the
proper time to hunt the grizzly in As
siniboia and the relative merits of the
Andalusian donkey aud his twin broth
er, the Rocky mountain l.urro.
After serving the Bradamante of the
■society with a cup of tea and a caviare
sandwich, she retires to a dusky corner
of the room, refills the la tup under the
brazeu kettle and rearranges the Dres
den cups aud saucers and the jewel
mounted spoons upon the ttmkwood ta
ble.
When the fluffy haired Mrs. Jack,
tho society's president and the hostess
of the occasion, begins her story, there
is a lull in the talk, which the wind
fills in with a neatly executed arpeggio.
Mrs. Jack's mouth droops in wistful
curves, and beside her eyes an infant's
would seem sophisticated.
"Jack says must go with him to
Africa, but I shall never dure to look a
tiger in the f;iee after my experience on
the Big Muddj."
Mrs. Jack's adventures have familiar
ized the society with Tin Cup, Big Bug,
Bumblebee and Medicine Hat. But the
Big Muddy offers delightful fields for
speculation, for it has not yet found a
place on any map, and its only high
roads are the half obliterated trails left
by the Utes when they unwillingly de
parted for new hunting grounds.
"You remember the bighorn I shot
after Jack and the guides had track'd
him for ten days over the Rattlesnake
range in Wyoming?" Mrs. Jack contin
ues plaintively.
Th' society remembers the big-horn
as well as the giant shark in the Mexi
can Kulf, the mountain lion and the cin
namon boar with amber eyes picked off
bv Mrs. Jack's rifle in the San Franeis
quito mountains. The idea of hor
daring to look a tiger in the f:ico under
any circumstances taxes tho credulity of
the society. Has she ever known fear,
ever quailed before bea,st, bird or fish—
this nnxlern Art* mis?
When she accompanies her husband
on liis hunting expedition, she wears the
woods' autumn livery—leaf brown and
scarlet—an abbreviated skirt and leg
gings of brown corduroy, a scarlet leath
er shirt with elk's teeth for buttons, a
hat festooned with trout and salmon
flies and shining leaders. A cartridge
belt girdles her slender waist, with its
depending revolver and hunting knife.
It iH remarkable that Mrs. Jack has
escaped the cinnamon's embrace, and
bruin might well bo pardoned such an
indiscretion.
"Jiiek has always said that my phys
ical courage first attracted him. But I
had never confessed to him that there
was one test to which I should be un
equal. It cunio on the Big Muddy. Lis
ten:
"Wo were camped in the quaking as
pen. Snow had fallen, ami the elk wero
coming down. You could hear them
bungling on every side just before dawn.
It is easy to stop a battel of elk ILS they
pass near your camp by imitating their
call upon an empty cartridge shell. I
have learned the trick, and Jack had
no hesitation in permitting me to choose
my own trail one morning and follow
ing it alone afoot he and the guides
scattering in other directions. Tim taste
of the camp coffee was still upon my
lips, my cheeks tingled with the frosty
breath of the morning air as I kept cau
tiously to tho windward of the elk,
whose trumpeting stirred me like mar
tial music.
"A stray bear track showed litre and
there in the fresh snow. But I was aft
er elk. A hundred miles lay between
our camp and the nearest settlement
Ah, the solitude of those woods!"
Mrs. Jack leans back in her chair and
sighs reminiscently as she gazes into
the blazing hearth fire, a charming pic
ture in her house gown of old blue,
brightened with gleams of Persian em
broidery, interwoven with uncut jewels.
"I had gone three miles, perhaps
four, over fallen spruce up the steep
side of a nigged mountain, when crash
across my trail came a band of elk,
headed by a magnificent bull.
"Crouching behind a bowlder, I wait
ed I have waited so often for big game,
from Alaska to tho gulf. Jack says I
have seen nioro than ho can ever hope
to see if he lives to be 100. My hand
wis steady. Jack often gets buck fever.
I never do. I took deliberate aim. The
elk came toward the bullet and dropped
deael without a struggle. Blazing tho
trail as I retraced it toward camp for
the pack animals, I saw that there were
new liear tracks. I was not out that
day for bear, and I did not caro to come
upon one alone, although I had no
thought of shirking the encounter were
it forced upon me.
"A bear in a bear pit is a clumsy
creature. In tho woods he challenges
your admiration by his clever fashion
of covering the ground without apparent
effort. The one I soon descried ahead of
me was lumbering along like a bunch
of tumbleweed, lengthening tho dis
tance between us at a rapid rate.
"Foolishly I indulged myself in a
shot at him, striking his shoulder. He
turned upon me with a ruar of pain. At
that instant 1 needed ull my nerve. This
time I chose a tree for cover and await
ed. He came on without a halt, straight
toward me. I fired again, missing him.
I was just about to try a third shot
when the test came, of which I have
sjx iken.''
"The test?" murmurs the society
breathlessly.
"The test of my courage to which I
had always felt I should be unequal—
the thing I had dreaded in my forest
wanderings with Jack."
"What I" the society demands, with
one voice.
"I had raised my rifle, when I felt
something fluttering in my hair. I fan
cied a leader had hlipjs-d from my hat
rim. Oh, horri r! It was a spider! And
as I shook my head violently to dislodge
it, it struggled into my • ar.
"I luive never been conscious of liav
ing Ui.-d tint third .-hot. Somehow the
rifle was u'.scliargwl, and by the same
rtianre the bullet laid the bear I>>W.
"I fainted, and when 1 came to my
self I was lying across the bear's body,
with six strange men staisling around
me.
"Ten thousand boiler factored were
at work in my brain. "Hear the noises!'
I cried. 'Will no >ne stop them?'
"And now comes the Strang st part
of my story.
"The engineer of Jack's yaclit once
got a mosquito in hH ear. It drove him
quite mad before we could find a doe
tor. He hung over the yacht's side, held
by six of the crew, begging for death
When the doctor arrived upon the seeno,
he applied a handkerchief wet with
ether to the man's < ar, quieting the
mosquito's struggles and restoring the
man to sanity.
"I believed myself in the man's
plight—stark, staring mad—when, upon
this peak <t Darien, 500 miles from an
ambulance and a surgeon, I heard one
of the men to whom I had so wildly ap
pealed reply quietly, 'Have no fear,
madam. You are in safe hands, for we
are all doctors.'
"They delug»vl my ear with water
from a nearby stream, which they
brought in a tin cup. Finding the spi
der still unsuinlued, one of the doctors
asked f< T a hypodermic syringe. Five
were instiuitly proffered. An icy arrow
penetrated seemingly to the seat of the
gray matter —still, without effect upon
the spider, whose pernicious activity
caused me indescribable agony.
" 'Ether;' cheerfully returned the doc
tor who was attending to me. 'Why, of
course. Brown, fetch out your ether
bottle.' And if Brown did not produce
from the depths of his waistcoat pocket
a small bottle of ether may I be in
stantly retired from the presidency of
our society. It transpired later that
Brown was a physician with an alien
hobby—entomology—a: id carried ether
with him everywhere to ana-sthetize
his specimens.
"In iui instant relief came—such
blessed relief as only one who has pass
ed through an experience like mine can
appreciate.
"The rest of the story i 3 soon told.
When I had gathered myself together,
the six doctors presented themselves to
me with duo formality. They dint d that
night at our camp on my elk.
"Jack was thoroughly ashamed of
me. What did tho flk and the bear
matter with tho memory of tho spidt r
fresh in our minds?
"No, decidedly," Mrs. Jack repeats
as the maid fetches her a second cup of
tea, "I shall never dare to look a tiger
in the fuce after my Waterloo on the
Big Muddy. It would have l>eeu a pleas
ing legend for my tombstone, this:
"Ono
To whom th«« forest* w« n- nn open book.
Who jollied to Diunu'w daring the nkiil of her
Bjjear.
s here,
Blain by a bug in her »»ar."
—Mary Wakeman Botsford in San
Francisco Argonaut
l)ore HM A Ilfggur.
Gnstave Dore could show invention
not only in his wonderful illustrations,
but also in matters of everyday life.
One day a friend at Verona was tak
ing a photographic view of a pictur
esque old street, and Dore tried to as
sist by keeping off the crowd of idle
lookers on. It was a difficult task, and
the more he gesticulated and threatened
the tai'atr.) -1.. ii t ;. CJlHint'il
ly Dore had a splendid idea.
"Wait n minute," he called out ti> his
friend, "and I'll disperse them."
Ho then took off his coat, threw it on
th< ground, and, assuming a pitiful ex
pression, he went round, eap in hand,
to beg fer a few soldi. As he advanced
the crowd drew back and melted away,
and his friend quickly obtained the neg
ative. —Philadelphia Press.
OttMtleH In the Air,
Dr. John Wilkins wrote a work in
the reign of Charles II to show the pos
sibility of making a voyage to the moon.
The Duchess of Newcastle, who was
likewise notorious fur her vagrant spec
ulations, said to him, "Doctor, where
am I to bait at in the upward Journey?"
"My lady," replied the doctor, "of all
the people in the world I have never
expeeti d that question from you, who
have built so many cities in the air
that you might lie every night at one of
your own. " —Pittsburg Dispatch.
A Negro'* Long Drink.
A western member of congress was
recently with a party discussing tlio ca
pacity of men to drink strong liquor.
After listening to several stories along
this line, he said:
"Well, I don't believe any class of
men can beat these Washington negroes
when it comes to drinking strong liquor.
One Friday night as I came homo after
a night's session I thought I would stop
in a little saloon near my house and get
a stovepipe of lager to make me sloop
sound. It is not a vory swell place, but
it was the only one convenient. While I
was emptying the big glass of the frothy
liquid u tough looking negro, with a big
stick under his arm, walked in and de
manded a pint of gin.
" 'What price?' asked the young man
behind the bar.
" 'Twenty cents,' said the fellow, be
ginning to count out a lot of pennies.
" 'All right,' said the bartender,
'where is your bottle?'
"'I don't want no bottle. Jest hand
out a glass, hub.'
"The liquid was measured off in a
big beer glass, and without taking it
from his lips ho swallowed the contents,
not. even deigning to tako a drink of
water when he had finished. The bar
tender did not seem to bo at all sur
prised, merely remarking that the fol
low would probably take several euoh
drinks before he finished the evening. "
—Washington Times.
Why Sho I'nlleil I'p the Carpet.
That there are people in the world who
haven't yet learned that thero are safer
places for depositing large sums of money
than old stockings and holes in the wall
was demonstrated recently while the
roof of a Fall River house was burning.
The department was called out, and a
squad of officers in command of Lieu
tenant Hinckley was on the scene. Hud
den ly a woman who resided in a neigh
boring tenement rushed up the stairs
and began to tear up the carpet in one
of the rooms. She was informed that
thero was no great danger, and in reply
to a question said that her furniture
was insured for if7oo, but she kept at
work just the same and finally pulled
out a roll of bills containing $1,700.
Then she went out to the street to watch
tho progvei-s of a blaze that occasioned a
loss of £lO. Boston Herald.
The Live Sponge.
When tho sponge is in the sea alive,
the inside of the pores is covered with a
soft substance liko the white of an egg.
This appiais to be the flesh of tho ani
mal, and currents of water may be seen
running into the sponge through the
small pores and out of it through the
large ones, audit is supposed that while
the water is passing through tho sponge
tho nourishment for the support of-the
animal is extracted from it.
No Telling,
Ringway—Your sister expt>cts mo to
dinner, doesn't she, Willie?
Willie—<>h, yes. Sho said sho didn't
know but what you might stay to bieak
tmt. —lafo-
Vtr LOVE CAN LAST.
Vet love fan last, yet love can hist.
The futuru be a- was th. past.
And faith and fondr. never know
The chill of dwindling afterglow.
If to familiar hearth tber. clinp
The virgin fr« i-hne«s of the spring
And April's music "till b« beard
In wor.inu voir." and winning word.
If when autumnal »ha lows streak
The furrowed br w ( the wrinkled cheek.
Devotion, deepening to the close.
Like fruit that ripen-, tenderer gruws:
If. though the loaves of youth and hope.
The fond heart, faithful to the last.
Lingers in love drifts to the past;
If, with the gravely shortening day.-,
Faith trims th. lamp, faith feeds the blaze.
And reverence, rolnj in wintry whit.,
fcheds fragrance like a summer night—
Then love run last 1
—Alfred Austin.
CAUSE AND EFFECT.
"Gossip— it's a confounded nuisance!
That's what I call it! Why can't they
let us alone? I am accustomed to any
amount of gossip. People must have
something to talk about, and I'm sure
I'm delighted to bo able to afford them
iuiy amusement, but when it comes to
being smackeel on the I k and congrat
ulated six times in one afternoon it's
coming it a bit too strong. I don't
mind for my own sake—a man can look
after himself—but I'm thinking of you.
I was in h' .pes that you had not heard."
"Not heard indeeei! I had two letters
this morning and three this afternoon,
four wanting to know when the wed
ding was to be and the fifth fn >m a girl
;isking to Ive bridesmaid. I am afraid to
go out. People fly at me at every cor
ner, shake my h.ifids off and say how
delighreel they are, and how charming
it is, and how they always knew it
would come to this, and that we are
made for one another—they never did
know two jus pie so exactly suited "
"Extraordinary! That's what they
say to me. I never was so taken aback
in my life. Of course we've always
been good friends but"—
"Certainly not."
"And I don't think"—
"Neither do L It's absurd! Utter
nonsense!"
"No, but really—let us have it out
while we are alsmt it. What can have
given rise to such a ridiculous report?
We have been a good deal together, of
course, because we are in the same set
and always seem to hit it off, and you
are such a jolly gooel dancer and all
that kind of thing—but I can't see what
we hnve done to set people talking at
this rate. lii mostly, now—l am anxious
to know—did you ever imagine—that
is to say, did yovrthink—l mean, have
I ever"—
"You never have. No, Captain May,
and I have never imagined! On the con
trary, I don't mind admitting, now that
we are upon the subject, that I have
cherished a secret grudge against you
because you have never given lue an op
portunity of refusing you. That sort of
neglect rankles in a woman's mind, and
now you see for yourself the awkwiird
position in which it hits placed me.
When people ask if I am engaged to
you, I am obliged to confess that I liavo
never been asked You ought to have
thought of this and provided against
it. It would have been so easy some
night at a ball or in an interval at the
theater—the whole thing might have
been over in five minutes, and then I
should have been able to say that I had
refused you, and everything would have
been happy and comfortable. I don't
feel as if I could ever forgive you!"
"Sorry, indeeei! You see I should
have been most happy, only I could nev
er lecd quite sure thhV yr>Q*r< ally wouin
re"—
"How odious you are! You need not
have been afraid. Then) never was any
thing more certain since the beginning
of the world. I wouldn't marry you to
save my lifa I would as soon think of
falling in love with the man in the
moon. We have always been friends, of
course-, but that counts for nothing.
One may like a person very much and
yet find it quite impossible to go any
further. I could better love a worse
man.''
"Same with me. I think no end of
you, but when Lewis came up and con
gratulated me the other day I was
struck all of a heap If he had said the
same thing about a dozen other girls, I
should have been less surprised, but it
never occurred to me to look ujion you
in that light. "
"Oh, indeed! I'm awfully obliged,
I'm sure, but I don't think much of
your taste. There an- a dozen other men
who wouldn't agree with you, that's
one comfort. As lam so utterly repul
sive in your eyes, I think I had better
say 'Good afternoon' at once anil re
lieve you of my presence. "
"What nonsense you talk! 1 never
said a word about your appearance that
I know of. That's theworst of arguing
with a woman—she flies off at a tan
gent, and there's no doing any goenl
with her. I don't Pee why you should
be offended. You seemed to think it
just as impossible to fall In love with
me."
"That's different —I mean I don't
care what you think, but other people
think—that's to say, I have always
been told— Some p<*>plc think I am
Very nice, if you don't I think it's per
fectly hateful of you to say such things.
I should ilke to know, just as a matter
of curiosity, what it is in me you object
to so much?"
"You won't like if, you know, when
you do hear. You'll be in a bigger rage
than ever. Much lietfer leave it alone.
Well, if you will have it, I dislike tho
way you do your hair. Wait a moment;
it means more than you think. It is not
only ugly in itself* but it shows a fatal
want of perception. Your lieauty—if
you will allow me to say so—is of a
classic order, and if you adopted a more
natural stylo of coiffure your apjx'ar
anee would really lx-—or—uncommonly
fetching! 'Stead of that, you persist in
following a hideous exaggeration of
fashion, which destroys your individu
ality and is utterly unsuit< d to your
style. It seems a small thing in itself,
but it has farreaching cetnscqucnces.
The moment we meet I notice it, don't
you know, and feel annoyed. The whole
time I am with you I am worrying
about it It sets up a chronic state of
exasperation. Perhaps you don't under
stand the feeling"—
"Oh, yes, 1 do! Perfectly! I feel the
same toward y u because you will in
sist on wearing enormous stand up col
lars. I call that a want of perception,
if you like. I wouldn't be personal for
the world, but I have seen men with
longer necks. When you want to speak
your neighbor, you have to twist
your whole body. It makes me diewith
laughing to st>e you. "
"Delighted to afford you so much
amusement. Sorry I make myself so
ridiculous! You an- excessively polite,
I'm sure."
"You were a great deal worse your
self. You said that I"
"Nothing of the kind You misun
derstood me. I simply remarked"—
"Don't contradict! You said I was
an ugly thing, and that if exasperated
you only to see me. Yon did! If makes
it worse to deny it. I can't think how
you can look mo in the face!"
"Why get excited? It's really not
worth while, and you will make your
self so hot It's not becoming to lie hot
I was about to say when you so rndi ly
interrupted me that you had misunder
stood the meaning of my remarks. I
simply obscrverl"—
"I don't care a little bit what yon c.b
scrved. I am not going to talk to you
any longer. am going across tin 1 room
to mamma. Ge-enl afternoon, Captain
May. You needn't diince with nui at
Lady Bolton's this evening, a- my ha r
annoys you so much."
"1 shall a-~k Mi-.s t'utilifiV instead.
She is a capital waltzer. Y< ur m< th< r
is waiting f' r you at the di«>r. Fourth
anil sixth, wasn't it, and the first extra?
I mu.-t ask her at once, as she is so
much engaged. Gi» d afternoon, t hen,-
Miss Blauehard. if you will go, and. as
th- g s<d little boys say. 'Thank y us
u; f y n rdeasaut afternoon.' "
' -oxw .. MR—HERSOLILOYLV.
"He never tiiv i --h a thing.
It never eccurreel to h.~j i . f r ,r>
in that light. Hat* ful creature. At ;
why not. I should like to know? Doesn't
. he think I'm nice? * • • I never
for him, but he has no business not to
like me. What horrid taste! » • * And
to talk of a dozen other girls! That
means Lucie Charvie, 1 suppose, and
! Adeline Rowe. I have noticed that he
dances with them. * * * I don't see
why he should like them better than
me. I'm the prettiest, and I can t>e aw
fully nice if I like. I have never been
really nice to him—not my very nicest—
or he wouldn't- have talked as he did
today. * * • I might try the eff x-t this
evening. I meant to be offended, but
p rhaps the other would have more .f
--feet. I believe I'll try it. No .>ue can
ever say that I am a flirt, but there are
occasions when it is a girl's duty to
teach a man a lesson, and he had no
business to say that nbout my hair.
* * « I wonder if he was right? He has
awfully good taste, as a rule. I beliove,
after all, it would be rather becoming.
* * * I'll get Elise to try tonight, and
wear my new white dress, end the
pearls, and I'll >ay t him the very first
thing that I'm sorry and ask him to
dance with me, all the same. Then, when
he sees how nice I am, he will I*' vexed
with himself for being so hasty. It will
do him no end of god. I'd give worlds
if he would only prop. >se to me bt f .re
the season is over. I'd refuse hi;n, • f
course, but that wouldn't matter. It
would be kind of me to take the trouble,
because it is iln uuful to see- a man so
conceited, and if it were not for that he
would beqnitecharming. * * * 1 11 be
gin this evening. How exciting! Poor
Captain Mayl"
HIS BOLII.OQUY.
"She looked disgracefully pretty.
Nothing like putting a girl iv. a g" ■!,
stand up rage to sv what she's made
of. I never knew she bad so much in
her In-fore. And she would just as soon
think of falling in love with the man
in the moon, would she? That's pretty
talL Hang it all! Why do they put
things in a fellow's hi ad? I was happy
enough before, anil now this has un
settled me altogether. * * * A man
may not want to many a girl, but that's
no reason why she sli .uld bo so precious
indifferent I always fancied that she
had a decided weakness. * * * So she
wants to laugh at me, does she? Little
wretch! She is always up to some mis
chief. I wouldn't object if it was at
some other fellow, for those dimples are
uncommonly fetching. I believe she is
right about tho collars, all the nunc—
thought so myself more than once. If
another shape would suit me better, it
see ins rather absurd to stick to these.
'Miui in the moon,' eh? Humph! Well,
it doesn't do to be too awfully sure—it's
a bad thing to get into the way of boast
ing. How would it be if I took her in
hand and tried to work a cure? Do her
all the good in the world to tie lir ought
down a peg or two and find her own
level, and the process would not l> nn
| JUI m ....i.i... i ... .i ,
decent hosier's j'ou crime t->. I want to
get out "
Extract from The Times of four
months later:
"On the 20th inst, at St George's,
Hanover square, by tile Right Rev. the
Bishop of Oxbridge, ussist'-dby the Rev.
Noel Blanchard, tin brother of the
bride, Cyril Aubrey May. captain Royal
Horse guards second son of James Eaton
May, Esq., of Brompton manor, Hants,
to Phyllis Mary Olivia, only daughter
of Major Blanchard of Barcombe, Co.
Wicklow, and Floraire, Aljxs-Mari
times."—Sketch
Chrysanthemum Salad.
In Japan the flowers of the chrysan
themum constitute' a popular dish.
During the months of November and
December bunches of them, washed and
carefully displayed, may I"- seen in the
stores of all the dealers in vegetables.
Almost all the varieties are edible,
strictly speaking, but those to which
preference is usually given have' deep
yellow flower heads
LOVE CHALLENGED.
Look thou on lac ii -t ligVUy, L-.-vel
Fort-warn but on*f., -,\iih herald eyea.
Then take nil vantages of war—
Trick, stratagem, surprl-iel
for so do 1 contemn mid hato
The loveless ranks that I am In—
As lief would I desert as fight,
And liefer lose' than winl
I court an ambush, crave a hurt
And beg no other, rneeter doom
Than donning fitters. Love, of thine)
yulek. find me prison loom!
—Charles Newton-Robinson.
A MOLE RANCHER.
Californian Who Makes Money by His
Studies as a Naturalist.
"No, boys, it ain't inouey that makes
my pockets' bulge out that way, but it
is the equivalent," rein:"ked a «ray
haired, uniy boarded lanclier from Men
docino as he took in the slack of a hay
rope that did service for a belt.
"To toll the truth, my breeches pock
ets and my coat pockets, too, are pretty
well lineel with moleskins. Within the
last year I have developed into a mole
hunter, and it pays. I have several acres
in strawberries at Ukiuli, and they need
considerable water. I used to put in a
lot of time digging little trenches and
turning water this way and that, but it
was disappointing to go out the next
day aud find that I had been irriKatiiig
a molo hole. I set a watch on tho little
pests, and I soon learned their habits.
Since then it is no trouble at all to get
them.
"In the first place, I found that a
mole never comes straight up to the top
of the ground, but always on a slant,
and you will see tho ground agitated for
some time befoie lie throws up his hill.
If you step within 20 feet of him when
becomes to the top, he will instantly
stop work and run. It's no use to try
to catch him then.
"Butamoie is the victim of habit
If he is disturbed at his work at 2
o'clock today, ho will not como back till
exactly 2 o'clock tomorrow. You can
set a wat<»ii by him and depend oil its
being right. Well, I watch around in
my berry patch and take the time when
ever I disturb Mr. Mole. The next eiay,
when it is time for him to come back, I
take my station near the hole. As soon
as he throws tip his little mound 1 plant
my foot behind him and close up the
hole. Then all I have to do is to scoop
him out of the dirt and drop him into
my pocket, kicking and scratching like a
good fellow. I kill him, stretch his skin
on a shingle, and a man here in the eiiy
pays mo $1 apiece for them to make
pulses of. " —San Francisco Post.
The honey of the snapdrngon cannot
bo extracted by the common bee, which
has not weight enongh to pull down tho
lower jaw of this curious flower; only
the bumblebee has access to the interior.
Nothing is more silly than tho pleas
tire some people take in "speaking their
minds." A uian of this make will say a |
rude thing for the mere pleasure of say i
hig.
SWEET MYSTERIES.
Slowly ttw =»oe*l» in th- ar r jjr *wtnir—
(tbl homili* *!
IHdi'ii, tt t tn motion by u tm!» Iriskly llowlnn,
«fi* tin) nse-
Th« tu itllng ah ail ii» and aspire to heaven'*
ff'itO,
And th«* botWiHj, though in a shroud, h«* annt
wait
In dim »nnnl*e.
For all thing* shall r:»-
o«*ntly kind RprintfhM awak»*m*d theH«'W*'m—
Svuvt ni)Mt«n«ii!
Bwiftl> the grot> • n the wing, with n.-w powers.
To happing
Cv r with refltH-JOt wav*» uid olrouc motion.
Landward now i»»n*h the force* -1 oocaa.
Grand Hi:}?nrie>*!
For all thing* do rua*
In th«» world visible lurk* the invi«iibl«'.
Making ra«*n wl«*\
Tilling of blessed truths plainly perceptible
To lovi'Ht eyes;
Telling of heaven and the happy tomorrow;
Telling of jo j vt-tiUgr of sorrow
And of bright -kit *.
Wh«.To lo?« never dies.
—C. P. Wilson in New York Bun.
HALF A MILLION'.
I bad been iu the dry goods bu.siaoF3
tc u y< ;u-s ur more aud had drudged u!l
that while, winter and summer, with
out a holiday, except Christmas aud
New Year's day and the Fourth of Ju
ly, when one summer, calculating my
jir ifits, I made up my mind that I
could afford to enjoy myself for once as
other people did—cut the shop outright
for a while and spend a week <>r bo in
the country. Trade w;i< dull, and I was
dull too. So a; Dobbins' aunt —Dobbin*
is my head clerk—had a house at Shady
slope and to< k a boarder or two and
was anxious to fill her unoccupied rooms
that summer, 1 gave my name to l)i b
bins t" till nj> the list and ran down
there with my trunk and bag about the
Ist (f July.
I felt that it was an lion< r to Dub
bins' aunt us well as to Dobbins, but I
made up my mind to In- affable and
not to make them more uncomfortable
than I could. No matter what your
siti. n in life, it is very wrong to put on
airs, and I never do it.
"Tell them not to put thrniselvi s out
on my acoount,'' I said to Dobbins,
"but to treat me just us they do the oth
er boarder*," ami Dobbins said he
would
"Pull of Pull' & C 0.," 1 said when 1
mot the aunt "Don't disturb yourself
on my account lam quite simple in
my habits."
She said she wouldn't, though 1 could
see it was not every day that the bead
of a firm came to Shadyslope. They iia 1
three or four other jieople then-, a few
who taught niusie and coni]M«ed somf,
you know, and an artist and a doctor
and a few who wrote novels, but uo
body of any importance.
When 1 sat down to tho table that
night, I put them all at ease at once.
"1 distinctly desire it to be under
stood that I don't w ant to disturb nny
one," I said. "Go on just us you have
boon doing. I want relaxation, and it
will amuse me. Simple pleasures are
very charming when one is weary with
application to more important matters. "
Then I tx>wed But yon can't expect
everything of people not up to the mark.
Two or three laughed—why I don't
know.
It was very pleasant there—particu
larly pleasant My landlady had a
daughter, quit< a charming creature',
with eyes likobluebells and a voice like
u canary. She used to sing a good deal
with the music man. The moment that
girl looked at me she
perati ly in love with me, and when a
creature like that gives you her heart,
how can you look coldly on her?
Far be it from mo to win the affec
tions of an innocent girl, knowing as I
do that I liuvo h position in the world
and must many with due consideration
of tho fiat, but knowing what emotions
I had awakened in her bosom I felt
obliged to be kind to her. We walked
together. Wo rode, we sung. I felt that
it was wrong, but my feelings carried
me away. I often thought to myself, "If
that girl's father had been in the whole
sale line and hud li ft her well off, what
a bliss would havo been mine!" But ho
was nothing but a lawyer and had
scarcely left a penny. Excelsior is my
motto. Large retail should always as
pire to a connection with wholesale.
And Miss Briggs of Briggs & Bounce
smiles very sweetly when she bows to
your humble servant.
Alas, who shall control the heart's
affections? Evelina's Iwautyand her de
votion touched my soul too deeply. On
tho Ist of September, when trade was
growing brisk, I began to feel that it
was better for the peace of both otir
hearts that I should fly. I "should forget
the dream in a little while. But she,
jmK>r child, I feared that she would nev
er forget, me.
"Adieu," I said as I shook hands
with her. " Perhaps we shall never meet
again."
She turned her face away from me.
Her emotions overcame her. And 1 took
tho next train for tho city.
I entered again into the turmoil of
trade. It was brisk. But nothing could
make me happy. I accused myself of
trifling with the affections of an angel.
She loved me, I thought, and 1 have
broken her heart—l who secretly adore
her.
I lost my appetite. I grew thin. When
I saw fair creatures of her age bending
over the counter, my mind flew buck to
her, lovelier thau all. When lira. Briggs'
daughter smiled upon me, I thought
how plain she was and how adorably
beautiful was Evelina.
At last—it was in jtV'tolx'r—my head
clerk claimed a holiday. "I shull sjx'iid
it with my aunt and Evelina," he said.
I sighed.
"A beautiful girl," said I.
"Yes," said he, blushing at tho com
pliment to the family, I presume. "Tho
loveliest girl I ever knew, and a lucky
one too."
"Lucky?" said I.
"Yes," said he. "In a year from this
time she will l«e a very rich woman.
Old grandfather left her everything,
come of uge or marry, and he was worth
$500,000."
"Half a million!" I cried
My head clerk nodded
"Visit your aunt and cousin when
you will," I said, "and don't return
until you feel quite rented. You never
mentioned tome before, Dobbins, that
your ;Tandfather left $500,000."
"Yovv see it wasn't left to me," he
said and went off.
"Half a million! Miss Briggs was
not worth that A wholesale business
was the thing to lie connected with, of
course, but when the heart is touched
we are \rilluig to sacrifice all else. I
will fly to your side, Evelina," I solilo
quized "I will recompense you foi
your hours of grief by telling you how 1
adore you!"
I pictured the scene to myself. I saw
her as she confessed her love and fainted
in my urms, and that evening I ran
down to Shadyslope to offer my heart
and hand to Evelina
1 arrived after dark. The house wa>
very quiet, and as I advanced I reflected
that my sudden apiiearanco might agt
tate Evelina too terribly. 1 must an
nounce myself cautiously. I stole for
ward on tiptoe to reoonnoiter.
Two forms were seated on the porch—
u faint gleam of moonlight revealed
them to me—a lady with lier cheek re
posing upon a gentleman's shoulder,
his arm a!>out her waist They were
my head clerk, Tom, and his Cousin
Evelina. I stood as one petrified. They
were talking of me.
TSTo. lT
"Hp really thought 1 was smitten,
Tom," iid Evil iiuk "He flirted with
mi terribly."
"Di .hodaiv"—beganTiim. "Didn't
he km.w"—
"<>f (milt- I di'tii >t tell him 1 wa*
< n_'.ige<l t ■ ■■ ■ u,'' said Evelina. ' 'Why,
I', in. ynn couldn't be jealous of sue} a
fellow—a man with no idea beyond hi>
counter."
Then Tom kissed her.
I waited fiir no more. Fortunately 1
caught tlie down train. At 12 o'clock 1
was m the city. At the dejiot I met
Simpkuis about t ( . .-iart for Albany.
"Simpkins, " I said, "I've heard you
-1- ;k f a rroubli some nephew you de
sire.! to ]ir> vide for."
"Confound him, yes," said Simpkins.
"My head clerk's place is vacant," 1
said. "Tell him to come to me. "
"Thank you," said Simpkins.
1 waited for uo thanks. I strode away
and wrote Dobbin.* that" his
were uo longor ri quired.
I have been married a year \o Miss
Briggs. and hoi' father failed five months
ig Simpkins has just been arrested
for embezzling Sundry sums of money,
and yesterday I passed Tom Dobbins
d his wife iu the street. She is ex
cessiv< ly pretty—lovelier than ever—
and I feel quire sure, despite all that I
overheard, that her heart is st 'l mint
in - crtf Of oourso she could i: : .-tit
it, n»)t knowing I returner t ■ ati
oient. But w!i u I n un!u ,uch
we were together I feel sure it • i-t be
so. and that two heart- w« re I ken.
Quite a romantic story mine Don't
yon think so?— Exchange.
A l'rinun Draifiiril by h Convict,
Perhaps the most interesting fact
about th> building of Wormwood Scrubs
prison is that the plans for its construc
tion were drawn out by a convict in his
cell while undergoing the probationary
nine months to a long term of imprison
ment.
The nt.ui was originally an architect,
uid aia ug the foremost of his profes
sion. He, was a gentleman by birth .->ud
edi'. 'ation, lint ill early life began tc
abuse histiatural gifts, a;id at the time
was undergoing his second term of im
ps:- •muent for forgery. The completion
of the Work occupied him f< r nearly six
months und wu > llecti d under great
disadvantages. Iu place of a table, for
instance, he had to pin his paper to the
wall of bis cell, moving it round with
th" s-r>n in order to obtain the best light
The priwji authorities consider this
murvelius specimen of architectural
drawing the finest piece of work ever
don. by au English convict It measures
in si/ • 5 feet 6 inches, lx ing drawn to
the scale of a hundredth pai t of on inch
Tlie convict displayed the greatest in
terest and pride In the erection and com
pletion of the prison, which was built
entirely bv convict labor. It contains
1,381 separate cells for prisoners, which
eont on an average £7O 7s. each, besides
hqspital wards and a chapeL
The total number of bricks required
was 33,000,000, each one being made
by the convicts on tho premises, or on
some adjoin'ug land leased for the pur
pose. The iron castings were obtained
from Portland or Chatham prisou, the
granite from Dartmoor and the Portland
stone from Portland The total cost of
the prison was more than £'J7,OOO. —
London Letter.
Boyd* Lies.
It has remained for an English judge
to officially and legally establish the
ruling that lying is not wrung, at least
it i- not sufficiently immoral to Justify
'Alii' c'aJ-'r 'eiill .•,l".p£ec|>cr discharged his
errand boy, who sued him for a week's
wag' s in lieu of notice. The man justi
fied himself by saying that he found
that the boy told lies.
"Nonsense!" remarked Judge Bacon, »
"All boys tell lies, more or leas. It is a
habit that is not eonttned to them."
"But it is wicked," pleaded the sliop
keeper.
"Judgment for the plaintiff, with
costs, " replied the judge.—New York
Sun's London Letter.
Invulnerable.
The girl confronted him without fal
tering. In her defiance she was magnifi
cent.
"Do your worst, " she cried "I am
not a new woman. lam neither mar
ried nor engaged. Ido nothing to con
ceal my age. I never bathe in the surf.
Ido not shop. I haven't the remotest
idea if I can cook or not."
With a snort of baffled rage tho hu
morist fled—Detroit Tribuna
A Ouentlon of Ilonor.
She is young, happily married and
prosperous. A short time ugo sho lost
her purse in the street, and immediately
upon discovering her loss went to a
newspaper office and put in an adver
tisement, offering a reward for the re
turn of the mit-sing article. The follow
ing day a poor man brought tho purso to
her house and claimed tlie reward. Leav
ing him standing at the door, she disap
peared. presumably to get tlie promised
sum, but iu reality to send ono of her
servants for a i>oliconiuu, although sho
hud uo good reason for doubting the
mail's statement that he had picked up
the purse iu tho street. He was not ar
rested, but ho got no reward. Tills sort
of tiling is rather discouraging to persons
with honest intentions—New York
Journal.
Tlie Duchess of Murlborough lias a
young Nubian us a personnl attendant, a
Bouvunir nl tho recent visit of the duke
and duchess t>> Egypt. The Nubian sleeps
outside the !«edrooin of the duchess at
night.
Mrs. It. King, widow of Captain Rich
ard King of south Texas, owns and man
her estate o( 1,260,000 acres, although
she Is over 00 years old. The expuusw of
managing the mtat*' each year 1* about
SIOO,OOO.
The foot of Oulda is perfect. Summer
and winter alike It Is incased in open,
buckled shoes, which prevent It from bu
oouiing contorted by unnatural pressure
on the Ihjlius. Her hand, too, Is faultless
In shupe and proportions.
Miss Morton, fthle*t daughter of Gov
ernor Morton of New York, Is said to bo
an expert flshorwoniun. From early in
the spring until the last run of uutumn
flsh and even through the 100 In winter
Miss Morton loves to go angling.
Miss Frauous E. Wlllurdand Lady Henry
Somerset are preparing for a prolonged
temperance citfnpalgn In Ireland, 'f bey
will spend three months In that country
holding meetings und organizing societies
In oil the principal cities and towns.
The accomplished wlfo of the Spanish
premier,-t'anovas del Castillo, was born
In Washington, where her father was the
Peruvian minister. She and hor sister
Anita, now tho Countess Casa Valencia,
were known In those days as the little
Isma girls. They carried great fortunes
to their husbands.
The wife i t President Kruger Is not a
society lady. In common with her hua
band she is the reverse of handsome, hut
alio enjoys a reputation for hor excellent
manner of housekeeping, breadmaklng
und hospital,ln entertainment. Liko most
Dutchwomen she Is tremendously obstl
nate and hard u|mn those with wliouf she
doo» not agree.•
People waste a gri at, deal of tllilo telling
what they really fught to have.
Experience proves that,it Is easier to got
a wife by advertising than it is to get a
situation.
When friends find it Istlinoto bo candid
with each other, they really mean It Is
time to bo brutal.
A girl thinks a young Uhtn'a Jokos oro
uproariously funny, but lww soon she
stops laughing at them afteF sho hus mar
ried him!
A woman's ambition is not only to
make both ends meet, but to havo enough
to lap over and cut off for hor kin.—Atoll
ixou liiobo.