VOL- xxxiv
Sacrifice Sale Continued
Our stock still too larue
Must be reduced.
We will therefore continue to sell all
goods advertised in last week's circulars
©
at tlie 4 day sale prices with the excep
tion of Clark's 0. N. T. thread; it will
sell at 4c per spool or 45c per dozen, j
We have reduced some fine Zephyr j
Ginghams and Dimities, Organdies to a
low r er price than prevailed last week.
These goods must be sold
We are determined not to put away a
single yard of
Summer wash goods
A cool lawn dress at 4c per yard,
others finer. 10 per cent, oft' on all
Standard paper patterns sold during Julv
MRS. J. E ZIMMERMAN.
This store will close at 6 o'clock every evening, except Saturday, from July ist
o September ist, and on Monday, July sth, at 12 o'clock, noon.
ARE YOU IN NEED OF
CLOTHING?
IF SO, CALL ON
T. H. BURTON,
12D SOUTH t MAIN ST, BUTLER, PA.
-Sjpjl nag G. F. KECK.
.=S ®ZAIg MERCHANT TAILOR.
1 $ 142 North Wain St.. Butler. Pa.
• O-L. When He make >ou a garment— or a suit
* ~—' —you may be si.re that every st'tcli in it
W* iwJ " 1 ' 7-;. i. c perfectly made. Our especial pride is
V - jf// IWI rt' in the quality of our tailoring, we pay high
\ \ 4/f wages ami employ first-class tailors, so we
<■» _ 1 kg) get the highest grade uf garments and you
_*> *"| ■ and we keep the largest stock of goods to
Y, * I n T-i- select from. Call and examine for yotir-
Vl 1\ P| rK° self, FIT? (iI'ARANTEI-D. remembor the
IM place.
G. F. KECK, "erehant Tailor.
i. S. YOUNG,
Tailor, Hatter and Gents Furnishing Goods.
Summer heat makes the problem of lookingjdressy and keeping cool a hard one.
But we've solved it; and for once economy, comfort and fashion go hand in hand.
Our summer suits are finer in fabric, nobbier in pattern and more stylish in cut
ban ever before, they fit your curves and yet they're not sweat bath outfits. The
prices may surprise you.
1. S. YOUNG, Tailor.
101 S. MAIN St:, - - - BUTLER, PA
Theflwise Grocer.
Will try to induce his customers to buy the very best gro
ceries in the market, because by so doing he makes a sale
that will give satisfaction, and it is the pleased and satis *
f' e d customer who builds up the grocer's business. We
have some of the very best goods obtainable which we
sell as close as any house in the county. I<eave us your
order and we guarantee satisfaction.
The Butler Produce Co..
C L MOORE, Prop'r
130 W. Jefferson St., Butler, Pa. ,
IF YOU GET IT AT THE BUTLER PRODUCE
T S FRESH.
YOU ARE WAITING
For your prescription don't fail to look
over our line of perfumes, we have re- / ! |; 11 >
ceived some very fine ones lately, am! £ j- /
will be pleased to have vou examine ) iiVww
We also have a very la,ge assortment ~
of tooth brushes made expressly for us Jr/ . / VT
wbv h bear our stamp, these brushes M ' ~Y?
we guarantee and request the return of It/', \Jrpff
any thit prove unsatisfactory,
You may need something for your
chapped hands and face, and if so we
recommend Cvdoniuni Cream as a fine ' ' '
toilet preparation.
REDICK & GROHMANN
DRUGGISTS.
PEOPLES PHONE. Ix 4. BUTLER PA
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Eatty to Take
ai»y to Operate
Are features ( ••••.;..«• to Hood's 1'... SIR IU
sir**. Efficient, tliorous't. As nro man
said: "Youn»v«rV- wf 11 '! •»#», m 1 a
h-ive taken a I ill: II it U -» 1 .■"»
over." 25c. C. t. II . i to., r* H| M J
Proprietors, i <w--11, Ma«. ® * "
Tlifc o:.!< Jills on j with IhHsi's b..i <»l Ila-
Tb'.s T- V< ur Opportunity.
On receipt of I 1 cents. c".-h or stamps,
a cenorous Fainple will be mnil-u of tiiQ
most popular < t irrh r.nd Hay Fever t ore
(Ely's Cream l-.V.n) safheient to demon
strate tho gre.ii. merits of the remedy.
ELY BKOTHEKS,
56 Warren St . New York City.
Rev. John Re id. Jr., of Or-it Falls, Mont.,
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to ma. I
can emphasize his statement, ' It is aPP s
tive cure for catarrh if used ds directed.
Rev. Francis Y. 7 Pixie, I'astor Ccutra. Pr-9.
Chnrch, Helen;'.. ?..ont.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no m r t;ry
nor any injurious aruc. Price, 50 cents.
RAILROAD TIME TABLES
P. It. A L. E. K. K.
Schednlo of Passenger Trains in effect
May 30, 1897. Bntler time
Train? leave Butler an follows: t >a
neant Lake F: press 7:'4.> a. in l.rie
Mail »:*»5 a m. and Greenville A< nm
uiodation r>:o." ) in. Train- arrive us
follows: Conne;:it Lake Espr.--- 9 ••>
j). 111.. Erie Mail p. 111 ;;t:d < «rten
ville Accommodation »:2<» a. 111
SFND.VY TRAINS.
Conne.'.yt !,Express lea\>s at 7 -•»
a. 111. and arrive- at 9:55 p in.
Train leaving at 7:25 makes connec
tion with Erie K l '. at Shenango. west;
train leavir.: ">-*> iaak>*~ eonnei'tion
with N Y «te I*. at Mercer and with
Erie at Shen.-nvo. east; trnin l.avinc; .it
.'>: os makes conncftion with N. Y. <x P.
at Mercer, noriii and si^nth
A. B CROCCH,
Ticket Agent.
pITTSBURG & WESTERN
*• Rail wa) . Schedule of Pas
senger Train = in effect May ;6,
1897. BUTLER TIME
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B]>riiit;<lal' 750 !» 11 12 'I; .. .
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rilv uinl l»iin< i|Ml ill !r:iwliat» >l.: I<t\* at I'\~> in..
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Sha' i'ibarg 7 11 : .
« iari'iuout 1 *.» 11* 11 f I'.
Siningdal*'.. .. .i '» 11 'i ;iT
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Butler Jauclion.. 7 !• '• "•» ! . > ' ■ 7 « »
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SC'N i»A V TRAINS. - l.ruve All. ■ :i; « - • iU: -
lor ami jMincijnt! m.-iimtc Ktfiti it 7 ». nr 1
9::w111.
WBBRDAYH. FOR THK EAST V kkkDA,*.
P. M.*A. M.J r M. V. I.
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p. M.|p. M.| S A m. P. M
Ou Sumlay, t>.n 1 lt';<vii 5 Butler 7:3» a. m • 11 »:«•« ti»
for Harrutburp. Alt - i.« uml Plila<!« lj-liia
Tl.nnigl. traiuH for vt leaue Pittsburg i»i«m
Station), a.i follows—
Atlar.tic Kx ]»re*», • ailv ■ a m
Pennsylvania Limited 44 7 1"»
Pay Kfpr« . ** .7 "•'» 44
Main Line felxpr «* X:»BI 44
Phil idolpbia K\; .• •• 1 " 1 M
Kaf>tfru Kxprew*. 44 ..7««5"
¥nt Line, " s.!<» "
l*hila*ra Mail. Sun-:. -•. i|y ... K. 40 v.ll
Pi - ill—flint Mil • . attxi ■TI I H •
Ant. Western I»istri .«' ; ner Fifth Av. i.ue a:. ! >iiiiit.-
1 l.iM Stn*et, Pittrtburj, !':•
J. B. HUTCHISON, J. P. \VO<>l.\
General Manager ilen'l I'h—l A pent.
cm
/oh w
Tiie Place to Buy"^^
GAS. COOK
ING AND h?:ATIKGSTOVI-:;>,
GA.S BURNERS AND FIX
TURKS. HOSE, BATH TUI'.S,
ENAMEL AND
IMP WELSHBACH GAS
GURHER.
W. H. O'BRIEN I OH
107 East feffcrson St.
BEE KEEPER S SUPPLIES
SUCH AS
Hives, SmoUi r . Hr«iocl •», - tltms.
Si-ctlot: IJo.ws. IJhm I mid Surplus FnuiM:.
t ions
Tin best 1' tli lowest |w» j 1
prices.
James B. Murphy.
Mcrci 1 M.. Wi •: F.nd, iluth r. I'.i.
N' C • K imervr's (Jruovry tfi-jre.
BL'TI.ER PA., THI'RSDAY. ►JUI,V2i», 7
~ A LAST FAVOR."
I mot hlui on Ihc Hlnckfrtara hrldge. It
wr.s |Hi*t 1111 Iniglit md I bus hurrytDS
alntig and did not notice him until i**
spoki'.
"Will Y..N '.-HV.- r) is «t Th.> Planft of
fUw t' T me?"
This was a tint « riv. wliich hi- :. !
out t<> Hit*, with The IMntii't, PUnot squaw.
*-ritton on it, ftiul in oni' oorn< r tho fmu
llii.r "XfV.'s— trnnnx!i»t<.' ! h -! .it'-d a
uoiiiont «•.!'!. "'Why, cortaicly,
to«'k It frt.iii Mm
• Thank yon." h« »»!d. "It's the J;«.st
U\or I
The >• r.U-i.iv fiul.d in a half sob. I
turned iin.i looked M l!>o ir.sn suori closi
ly. A vfry f tily fellow in n very Medy
.nult, iff* n <-. i* r «.f ftnlo t'-l-a o b;injy
ing aln.ut him. Is fit > riiinr.riiy iin inter
Wtiu(C i . ;.!•!?». but my J.r. s.-ior,ulic
sti:. : v as arcusvd.
ller<- )irh!is>fl wns ni ato rial fur u story.
It mijfht i u \vorkc<l up int<j a thrilling
talc, t l -arly It was ii.y duty to inquire
muu. - tly into his si:nation and him
with my uUvi'.v.
"Did you ,~«y The Asteroid ofiir. f"
auid I.
1 jiride myself on this opening. When
the convt rsation has stoj; tdand you v. ish
to continue i*. ljitt can thii k of nothing
that docs not s m silly or impertinent, it
is always in < rt'.cr to pretend ycu !uvo
mistaken your corui :. .ion's liuuninpt. In
this case it succeeded even luti.r than
usual.
"No. 'ilio I'iuMot, Ihe PLanct. They
niust have it Tii-st. 1 would r.ot have The
Astor"!'l pet it. t> (.'o'kl it. m like that, and
exclusive too "
Tliis was encouraging. Ho was ain ws
pnpCT n tin, that ft;..- plain cnot;gh, hut
why didn't 1 e take l.is ct py to the office
himself tn r f -nd of loafing here on the
bridge?
Th« plot was tbi< kei.ing. It would
probably work t:p best for Tho Weekly.
They likfd something s. r. ational.
"tro you r.re in the fomth estate? I used
to do a little in that way n yself."
I said LI.;:: 1«C«;.S«J I rci. . ;nber reading
in Emerson or tho Iliblo or somewhere
that It creates a subtle sort of Freema
sonry between persons when they find that
they have worked at the same craft. In
my youth I used to fold papers iu a coun
try town.
"Yes, I was a reporter, but that is my
last item. Stop!" he exclaimed suddenly.
"¥ou are not a reporter now, arc you?"
"No; I have not boena reporter for some
time," I replied, with a perfect candor.
"Then I can trust you with this, and
since you have consented to do me a favor
I will tell you what you aro about to ask,
tho substance of tho item.
"It is an account of a man who commit
ted suicide by jumping from the Black
friars hrldge. It Is a perfect piece of new
giving the man's name, correctly spelled,
his residence, names of relatives, motives
for the rash act and all."
"When did.it take place?"
"It hasn't taken place at all yet. It
will take place at 12:15 tonight."
"But, but"— I stammered.
"How do 1 know about it?" ho broke in.
"Because I'm the man. Bo you under
stand now? I'm to kill myself to
night. I've no friend in the world but m>
paper, arM I'm geinij( to du it the only . <kl
turn in my power hy giving it a correct
and exclusive piece of new.
The man wa-i suroly cr-i/y, but the story
was con>ing e:i finely. 1 mr.gt humor
him.
"Good!" sold I. "It's a capital idea!"
I thought of applying my maxim and teil
Ing him that 1 had commit o-d sttie.th my
self in my youth, hut I reflected that in
his exulted state he might not believo me.
His may 1 must have of nay cost.
"C0m. 1 ," I wont en. "Come with mo te
my rooms just :;CV:J..« the bridge and have
something to cat. It'»—lt's —it's awfully
unhealthy t" go lr.to water "ii un empty
Stan ..ch."
The man looked at me as If he thought I
was crazy, too. hut I exor.s' d It on account
of his perturbed mind. He followed me,
however, iiiitl ns we walked on in silence I
hugged myst If as I thought of t.'ie mate
rial I w<: • cohering.
Besides the article for The Weekly, which
I had now decided to expand Into a serial,
the incident would also make an excellent
article for The Psychological Journal.
I might also change the facts a little,
have him crazed by strong drink and work
It up for a temperance paper with the title
"The IJuttle and the Bridge; a True Story
Founded on Facts." The possibilities
were simply endless.
A good fire, some cold meat pie, bread
and -cheese and a glass of hot whisky
punch soon loosened his tongue, and I had
lilm talking rationally enough. He had
heon a Journalist for 13 years, he said, had
worked on all the leading papers of Man
chester and London and had barely mado
enough to support himself and an invalid
mother.
When wc parted, It was past 2 o'clock,
and he had promised me to give up his
fatal purpose. Reflecting that I had so
cured material from him for no end of
good work, I gave way to my generous
impulses and pressed a half sovereign into
his hand.
"Heaven bletjs you," he sa'd. "You
have saved my life!"
Circumstances prevented me from work
ing up my material for several days, but
my head was full of it all the time, and
when I sat down at my desk deciding to
write the first serial tho plot was clearly
outlined in my mind.
I wrote till late at night and then, accord
ing to my custom, went out for a walk
My feet turned Involuntarily toward the
tcene of my late adventure.
I walked out upon tho bridge, antl as I
iieared tho middle I saw two persons en
gaged in conversation almost on the very
spot where I had been tho humble means
of saving a human life a few nights be
fore.
As I drew nearer one of tbe figures
seemed strangely familiar. A moment
inter I caught the words, "It is the last
favor I shall ever ask of any ono."
1 turned and fled.
I still have on hand material for a serial
for Tbe Weekly and an urticlc for Tbe
Psychological Journal aud a dissertation
upon the hardships of journalism.—Ex
change.
Onrnelve* and Other*.
Pleasant thoughts and feelings of every
Kind that come to us aro far too often
buried In the objlvion of silence. The
seed which if plaiWttl In tho hearts and
lives of those around us would bring forth
rich harvests of happiness is carelessly
thrown awuy. Such impressions should
he regarded as a kind of trust for all those
who can participate in them. If wo have
any bright thought, any hopeful outlook,
any joyful experience, uny loving emotion,
let us hasten te slmre and diffuse It. If
any ray of sunshine has penetrated our
hearts or lives, lot us gladly shed it on tho
pathway of others. —New York Ledger.
IN AFTER YEARS.
Mrs. Callcnder was "at home." Randal
Stacey was at the door of the music room,
feeling unutterably bored at the whole
thing. He sat down listlessly, wondering
why ujion enrth he bml let his folntile
cousin drag him with her to such a beast
ly crush. Then suddenly he became con
scious that he was not MO alone and unob
served as he Imagined.
A girl was sitting In a low chair nearly
iacing htm, a twinkle of amusement In
her eyes as they met his own.
"Stephaniel Is it indeed you?"
"It Is fct4eed," she returned. "I havo
been watching you for the last ten mln-
feeling so sorry for you."
was bored to extinction," he allowed,
smiling back at her.
"Indeed," she pondored reflectively. "It
all depends how ono looks at it, don't you
know. For Instance, Mrs. Callender usu
ally has a lot of celebrities, and then, too,
one may always be certain of hearing real
ly good music."
"IJo you still sing, Stephanie?"
"Yes, Indeed. I am going to sing for
Mrs. Callender presently."
"It Is so long since I heard you," Ran
dal Stacey went on dreamily. "I)o you
remember those summer evenings when
you used to play antl sing to us between
the lights? You aro very little changed,
Stephanie, slnoe those olti days. How
long ago It seems! Is It four or five years?
Where have you been all this time, and
what have you !>ecn doing?"
"Didn't you know where I was?" she
asked quietly.
"Ye es, I heard at th.- time, but"—
"But you thought it bust not to go ar.d
sco for yourself," she put in, with a lingo ,
of mockery in her clear, -wuet voice. ,
Sin lifti-d her eyes to his and met Ilia
pu. in «ilenrc—a silence that made him
vaguely uncomfortable.
I yee.it g and fnoli:-h," she -<«iil
presently, sp.-akinu ill a calm, matter of
f.. ; tone, "and .if the time 1 did not un
derstand what was [x rf tly plain M me
afterward. It was extremely dense of me,
1 admit."
"You are s;x*t:kiDg in enigmas," he re
joined a trifle brusquely ar.d awkwardly.
■•1 wish you'd bo a little more explicit."
There was a ionise, during which the i
thoughts of each had flown Iwck to that ,
past he had conjured up.
•'Five years ago—bow long it seeing! 1
Much can happeu in that time, and much
has happened. You are changed, for in
stance*. You have grown visibly older by •
those five years."
This was not the Stephanie he had j
known in "thosoold days," and yet how
sweet and altogether desirable she seemed! |
"Yes." she went on, "you were different ;
then, or else a glamour lay over you that I I
was too Infatuated to see through. Ke
mouiber how I worshiped your beauty,
how I believed you to bo all that was grand
and noble"—tho laughing mockery In her
tones made him wir.ee—"so jwilnfully
youthful and foolish of me, was it not?
You told mo a fortune lay In my voice
do you recollect?—and you were Inclined
to rave over my little sketches,of charac
ter. but still, whtm I win left alone in the
world, to sink or swim as test I might,
you refrained from holding out a helping
hand to me, when a word from you, who
had already won your way in the literary
world, might have saved me many a for
lorn, heartbroken hour, and"—*
"I didn't know!" broke in Stacey eager
ly. "Believe me, I knew nothing, or I
would have helped you. I would havo
done anything for you, Stephanie."
"You didn't know!" sheecboed. "But
you yourself painted out n.y capabilities,
of which I was ignorant."
"Yes, yes, I know," he protested. "One
says what ono can to encourage, of course,
but I saw nothing to make me suppose you
would do more than others are trying to
do. There is no royal road to success
either in writing or singing, Stephanie."
"You spoke differently then, but I sup
pose your words h.vl no meaning, any
more "than the other things you said."
"Stephanie, you are hard on me, but
hear me before you condemn. Justice at
least should compel that much. I did caro
for you in those old days. I don't think
you'have ever been long absent from my
thoughts, hut I was a struggling author,
and I had no right to ask yon to share so
vague a future, so I took th;; wiaest course
in going away and leaving you fre*<."
"Still," she persisted in the same cold,
sweet voice, "you might have shown me
how to use the literary or musical powers
you told me I possessed, might yon not?"
"My dear Stephanie," he expostulated,
"what would you havo done? You had a
certain aptitude f- saying clever things,
and you had a pretty, fresh voice of the
average quality, but countless other people
ha\e both to<i. V\ ].'■■"» would havo been
the u»«? of putting out your poor little, ef
forts against somo cf our literary and
musical giants? Did you aspire to in: a
brilliant author ss .lifco tho celebrated
Mrs. Vavasour, f«ir instance?"
"Perhaps I did," she allowed, with en
o»id sniilo. "I was wry ambitious in those
days. I am still. I should like to be
greater even than Mrs. Vavasour."
Tlie group at the end of the room had
bee; hrokon up and Mrs. Calleiider cauio
toward th'm. St«.pha:«!erose and follow.:d
Mrs. Callcnder bit# tho music room.
Stacey watched her disappear through
the door. What •• fool lie lied been to let
Stephanie Craven pass out of his life In
those past di.ys! He had not rt»lized it
before. Ho lue! been a mis rubl- fool, but
he would do better now. And then across
his musings oam th • sound of a voice so
rich and full and sv.eos that he started to
his feet.
" A pretty. fn*«ii voice of average qual
ity:" So much for the keen penetration
on which he had prided himself.
An eagi r crowd surrounded hor when
she ended her song, and Randall Stacey
could not reach her just then.
A tall, fair man was bending over her
with open admiration, and Stacey felt
vaguely annoyed with him.
Mrs. Callender was standing near. He
turned to her.
"Who is tiiat follow talking to Miss
Craven?"
" Miss Craven?" she inquired. "Where?"
"There," ho returned, "by the piano.
Don't you see?"
"She! That isn't Miss Craven. She
was a year ago, but now she is Mrs. Vava
sour, the authoress, and that is her hus
band, Archie Vavasour. Ho brought her
out and gave her genius to tho world. "
Home Notes.
A Reminder.
Aii appropriate and useful decoration for
the front halls of suburban residences is a
neatly designed and framed tablet bearing
the words "Have you forgot your commu
tation tioket?" In somo villages it is hung
above and in some under the over popular
request for a blessing upon home, but it is
not considered good form to let the newer
legend oonoeal the olji one entirely from
sight. Still, it's sometimes done.—New
York Times.
THE SUMMER MAN.
Who spends tho dollars he has laade
On ico cream soda, lemonade,
At ninety-something in the shade!
The summer man.
Who is It baits the fishing hooks,
The hammock swings in cozy nooks.
And buys the girls the latent books!
Tlie summer loan.
Who parts the briers overhead,
And on the turf his coat will spread
For some divinity to tread?
Tlie summer man.
Who fetches, carries, night and day,
A slave to every woman's way?
Who Is indeed her lawful prey ?
The summer man.
Who tunes guitar and banjo strings.
And smashes rattlesnakes and things
And revels in engagement rings?
Tlie summer man.
Who is It div«w In from tho brink
When some fair swimmer fain would sink,
And is rewarded—l don't think?
Tlie summer man.
IPho narrowly escapes snnstroke,
liets tangled up with poison oak.
And reaches home, sweet home, dead
broke?
The summor man.
—Jjltßan Ferguson in San Fn.ii.-tHr.. Nww
Letter.
Reflections of R Haclielor.
The worst cynic in thrv world is de
fenseless against the lovo of a little
child.
No man cau put his hand on his heart
and say ho loves his wife when he is
breaking in a pair of new shoes.
When a lot of \vouiea argue, tho one
is always considered the winner that
can talk the fastest.
As soon as a girl gets a fussy white
dress ou and a fau she thinks a man
ought rather to look at her than smoke
a corncob pipe.
An optimist is a man who goes
around all the time with an idiotio
smile insisting that other men havo
sometlrng wrong with their livers.
Every man has a .sort of an idcu that
the Lord wouldn't bo mean enough to
pay no attention to ull the praying his
wife has done for him.—Now York
Press.
At the Hospital.
Lady Visitor —And are you fond of
flowers, my gced woman?
Tlio Good Woman—Flowers, is it?
Well, I am that, mem.
Lady Visitor —Now, what kind of
flowers shall I bring you next time I
come?
The (iood Woman—lf it be no incon
venience, I wouldn't mind some cab
bage and greens.—Boston Transcript.
UNFORTUNATE LOVE.
The last gleam of day was silvering th
waters of the Gundn' ; Iv!-. at tho mouth
of wliich stan 1 th ' yof Valen
olat. Above < !i r I .;!! .'u.gsrose rhHtwcr
of illqullet, with Its bell
tor.*s far :.D:! -;r the inhabitant*
to prayer I.r a- t i;. •.■>.. l ould reach ex
tended the frrtlh \-"• • Iluerta dc Va
let..-I.i.(tod*dwlththrlringvißegee, vine- j
y: r i and i tu.„••••, ■ ruled by the sr. in
the distance ;ud :r inded t r the lofty
mountains of Car. ! niia i:>. rtars were
slowly gemming the fields «-f erure and
tho en-scent in-on ascendirg the vault oi
heaven. It was indeed a of beauty,
a scene to attune the n.ind to happiness ,
and peace.
The servloe had ova-- d, and the conju
gation was slowly departing from the
Cathedral of St. Cecili.is. Among the last
of the worshipers was a young female ;
closely shrouded in a mantilbi, yet of so !
thin a texturu was It thai her face and fig
ur.- were almost perceptible. In her hand
she carried a fan of the most exquisite
workmanship, but seemingly more for !
ornament than use. Bi hind her hobbled
an old duenna who with difficulty kept !
pace with the trip; ing feet of Donna Isa
bella, for such war the name of the maid
en. Close by her side walked a young and
nohlo looking cavalier, whose deep, dark
eye was riveted upon her, while ever and
anon glances of recognition were ex
changed between thorn, till at length the
suspicion of the old lady was aroused,
who, shouldering aside tlie youth and seiz
ing the arm of her young charge, quitted
her not till they reached a noblo mansion
in the neighborhood of the ever verdant
Glorietta.
But the young avalior was not to be
thwarted In his design, which was to oon
vey to his ladylove a billet of appoint
ment, nor was Donr:a Isabella deficient of
Invention in favoring the wishes of her
lovor, for just as she was In the act of as
cending the stairs 1< adlug to her mansion
she dropped hor fan as if by accident. The
opportunity was immediately seized by
the cavalier, who, lifting it, unseen by the
duenna, slipped within its folds a billet,
and, kneeling, presented it to the blush
ing girl.
"You arc too forward," muttered the
ancient lady. "It is well In r brother 1s not
at hand, else be would chastise thy inso
lence."
"Ho durst not," reviled ti»« cavalier.
"My blond is as n> . lea- that v.-hieh flows
within the veins of ar:y of the race of V.-l
asquez."
"Hoity-toity, we shall see that!" said
the old erotic, and. raising her voice, she
called for assistance.
"Leave me, leave me, for the Mike .if
the Virgin Mother!" impl. iitwiy -pake
Itonua Isabella.
"You will meet me, then, as *pecifled
within tie billet?" >aiil tho youth.
'T will, 1 will, G..(l willing and oppor
tunity occurs. Now leave me"'
The youth hastily snatched her hand
and pressed it to his lips. The next mo
ment ho was lost uiuonu the of the
Glorietta.
The noise of tin duenna had alarmed
tlw inmates of the mansion, who hu.-t« nod
to her assistance, bt tho calm demeanor
of Isaliella converted their alarm into
laughter, especially when informed
tbetn that the 01.l dame's cries arose from
the polite attention of a i<assing cavalier
in tendering her her fan, which she had
accidentally drop[>e<l
That ulght, when tho hell of Miquilet
tolled th.' midnight hour, Isabella stood
in her balcony, which overhung tho gar
den. A slight movement was soon heard
among the orange foliage and a tall Ug
tire, shrouded la .» flowing mantle, ad
vancsl and stood beneath the balcony.
"Are vou readyf ' asked the mask
"I am"* answered tlio maiden In a
breath scarcely audible from terror.
"Secure, then, this ladder to the rails
and descend.'' And, throwing a ladder of
silken oords, it was caught by Isabella,
who, having fastened it as desired, the
next moment she was In the arms of her
lover.
"Now, then, for the Chapel of the Lady
Mother. Ere morning you will be forever
mine."
"That morning you will never see,"
criod Don Henriquez, brother of Isabella,
advancing from an umbregeous shrubbery
close by. "Traitor, vlllian! Would you
seek to dishonor the noble: blood of Velas
quez!' Draw, coward, and defend thyself!"
With tho speed of lightning wore tho
rapiers of the eppononts crossed, and with
tho speed of lightning was that of Henri
quez burled In tho heart of the mask, who,
falling, exclaimed, "Henriquez, you nave
killed your prince!"
Tho alarm speedilv brought the domes
tics to tho scene of slaughter. The mask
was removed from the face of the depart
ed, and too surely woro the gallant features
of the noble Pedro prince of Castile and
Aragon, revealed to the horror stricken
gaze of Henriquez.
With difficulty did the domestics un
twine tho arms of Isabella from the body
of her lover. Sense had forsaken her, and
when she awoke to consciousness it was
only to murmur the name of Pedro with
her dying breath.
Mournful, yet grand, was the funeral of
tho 111 fated prlnoe, and In pity to his love
was tho sweot corpse of Isabella consigned
to tho royal tomb to rest in death with
her lover, while, weary of his life,
Henriquez fled to Venice, und, embarking.
Flung it away in battle with the Turk.
In the Cathedral of St. Ceclllus may yet
bo seen the tomb of the unfortunate lov
ers. It stands In the east nave, contain
ing the brief and simple Inscription, "Tho
Tomb of Affection." —New York News.
Charles Keaa Capped It.
When Charles Kean was playing the
part of Richard 111, his foarful gilniaees
In character paralyzed all tho other actors
with fright, much to his amusement
On ono occasion a new man had to take
the part of the sentinel who awoke Rich
ard. When asked, "Who is there?" ha
had te say: " 'Tls I, my lord. Tho village
oock hath twlco proclaimed the hour of
morn."
But as Kean was making such fearful
grimaces and soowliug at him, the poor
fellow forgot lils part and could only
stammer: " 'Tls I, my lord, 'tis I, my
lord, tho—the village cook! 'Tis I, my
lord, the—the village cock!"
By this time thoro was a decided titter
all over the house, and Kean then said,
"Then why tho mlsohlef don't you crow?"
which, needless te say, brought down the
house.—Strand Magazlnu.
Not Likely.
During u visit to tho home of Thomas
Jofferson Representative Tongue of Ohio
asked the veneralilo guide whether there
Were any battle* fought around there.
"No, sah: no, sah," replied tbe old
negro; "not since the wah, sah."—Ex
ohangu
The Trouble.
"Alas!" she exclaimed and sighed
deeply.
Ho pressed her to disclose the rea
son, but in vain.
He did not press her lightly, or it
would have been disclosed that her
I dress was too tight to permit her te
siph otherwise than doeply.
Certainly she could not sigh lateral
ly.—Detroit Journal.
Oh, What • Time!
"It is authentically stated that tho
Pri. e of Wales has changed the style
of his hat since the jubilee."
"My, mv, what a time of it he must
have had!"— Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune.
UiwleH Money.
Jimmy Dragjeaus Aw, dat guy
made me tired, fer ho said he wuz sav
in his money for a rainy day.
Casey do Kidder —Yes, an den it will
be too wet ter burn It.—Pittsburg News.
The Wall.
Bondley—How did Wall street get
Its name? There is no wall there.
Stocksand —Yes, there is. I wout to
it about a month after I began to speo
nlate. —Ub to Date
Fifp^g^pai
SHADE FOR BEEHIVES. j
Irctm Ait? Ileal* but Tbtm Ar« lur\|fru»h« j
SulwtttaU «w
Sbuue i-? ti good thing for the bees and
also for tbe Ft r this pur- !
pose liouiiug is better than the shade of ,
a tree. This keeps the suu off and at ;
the same time allows the nir to eireu j
late freely in all directions. A free elr
\ culation of air is important, lor there i
is such a thing as too great beat even in I
a dense shade. One year an lowa bee- |
keeper had on one side of an apiary a
thicket of bushes and cn the other siti-j
i a dense growth of corn. The hives stoo i
under trees whose shade was so dens-)
that the sun never shone on them, and
yet the combs melted down with tho
i heat in some of the hives. They prob
ably would have suffered less with the
j heat if the sun had shone upon them
with full force, providing there had
been a free circulation of air. This bee
keeper, writing in the lowa Homestead,
says:
Scarcely anything could be more
grateful than the wide spreading old
apple tree, and on most places some
thing of this kind is available. For a
few hives it is just as well to have
them scattered about with no regular
order. Indeed, tbe bees will find their
own hives better than if in very straight
rows. Trees are not always to be had
at a moment's notice, and something
must be had at once. Some kind of
vines may be had within a few weeks,
and some have made use of grapevines,
which can be grown large enough iu a
few years. On tbe whole, however,
they seem not to have been entirely sat
isfactory in the hands of those who
have tried them.
A roof of boards some five or six feet
high is good, but rather expensive.
Merely for the benefit of the bees, a
shade board may be made for each hive.
Take two boards six inches or a foot
longer than the hives, und a foot wide.
Bevel an edge of each so they will lit
together roof shaped, with a pitch of
about two inches to the foot. Nail the
two together, then at the gable ends
nail on a piece of lath to stay them,
and your roof is complete.
Here is a plun easily managed on any
farm: Take a small armful of freaii cut
grass (long and coarse is the best); put
on top of the hive cover, projecting well
to the south side; lay upon this to an
chor It down two or three small sticks
of firewood, and you have a shade that
will last through the seasou and be
good.
For the binuflt oi tbe beekeeper whin
working in the hot sun a very large
umbrella may be used "having fastened
to the handle a stake or stick sharpen
ed at the lower end, so it may be easily
driven into the ground. Another way
is to hayc four slender ircn rods son.*
sis feet long, sharpened at the lower
end, eo a shiet or other largo cloth can
be extended over hive and operator. A
projection may be made a foot from the
lower uid and two or three inches long
—a kind of spur. By moans of this the
rod can easily be pushed into tlie ground
with the foot.
t'orciun rl..uU With Kthcr.
Attention is being attracted to the
use of other and chloroform vapors as
forcing agents. It has been shown by a
number of investigators that the vapcr
of chloroform or ether has a narked ef
fect upon the respiration of a plant, in
creasing it in some cases to a marked
degree, as explained by Professor Gal
loway. Increasing the respiration sim
ply means that tho plant is being made
to do more work than normal. He says:
"T f must be remembered, however, that
in doing this the plant is living beyond
its means, and sooner or later there
must be a reckoning which may prove
disastrous. The plant responds to the
ether treatment just as it would to any
other irritating influence, and the effect
in the end must be the same as when an
extra stimulus is present —namely, in
creased energy for the time, followed by
collapse and death if tbe matter is car
ried far enough. Iu cases of bulbs and
woody plants, where there is more oi
less stored energy in the form of food
material, etherizing might work to ad
vantage in starting growth. This seems
to have been the line of work carried
on by the Danish investigator. From
tho report of Consul Kirk, however, the
conclusions have not been very definite. "
Kuat In Wheat.
At a meeting held in Melbourne to
consider rust iu wheat the conference i
gave these general conclusions:
It is of opinion that there is no possi- j
ble treatment of the seed that will pro j
tect the plants growing from it from j
the attacks of rust. Furthermore, that |
the notion that rust shriveled seed can ,
be sown with as good results as pump j
seed is erroneous. Of the many practi
cal details which have been demonstrat
ed experimentally as calculated to di
minish the prevalence of rust, the confer- ,
ence emphatically recommends "that j
seed wheat be allowed to ripen fully 1
and be carefully stripped or thrashed; j
that seed wheat be graded, and the i
larger and heavier grains selected for
seed."
Starting Anpanfui* IWHIH. * j
The old method, and It is a good j
method, is to dig deep trenches and ma- !
nure them heavily, but Rural New j
Yorker does not regard it as tbe most
economical way, but suggests plowing j
the land a foot deep and then harrow
ing it. Next broadcast manure, more or I
less iu quantity as desired, and plow a
tre.nch by running the plow both ways.
Now set tho asparagus roots not less
than two feet by four feet apart. After
this, annual dressings of manure or fer
tilizer will serve every purpose, and tbe
yield will be as large as If deep trenches
Were, according to the old way. filled
With manure.
Nags by—Do you believe the entente
•ordiale will last?
Jagsby—Don't know. I never drank
ruiy.—Yellow Kid Magazine.
Two Ilope*.
"William, I hope I didn't s«e yr.n
wink at that girl. "
"No, my dear, 1 hope you uldn't "
Ally Sloper's.
CUTTING HAV WiTH
to I uui -N'uU rnctlf*.
i' iii.ro at- faime.s who cut ihelf nu.
: utby buy .. itL hinders and lopcit
I m suits. An i rdtu# to coiiespoudeuco in
i the columns of Th: Rmal Nov.- Yorker,
; then- Is little to commend tile prn: .ice.
| A farmer wruii.g noni Schuyler e< ut.
1 tv, N. Y-, says
I have nev r i.so. my biuuer (til < u!
ting timothy hay. I .unset ooadvau
tago except in the way of sl- tagc It
seem* to me that tho out-side id the bun
i die? must te weather beaten before tl.
■ iaside would Iv cured enough to k ep
when packed in the mow. vUie of my
neighbor* usi'd his binder ter cutting
ripe tirn' f hy hay fer sud, :.L.J C: t'n.s
that it wus a vtry successful v. v if
handling this crop.
J. S. Woodward of western >.'yw Y i k
writes:
I have never seen a binder that would
cut close enough to the JTO .tid tf get
all tbe grass. 1 like to cut timothy not
more than two inches from the gu ar. .
Tbe stalksof timothy shrink very much
in curing, and unless bound verj i«ii<
ly tbe bundles would "spill oat : ' when
being handled. If bound siurit-.it
tight, tlie green grass would take a kvig
time to dry out, und the outs.de wot.: '
suffer from weathering before the in
side was fit to put in tbe mow. I like
to cut timothy for hay, if for htuae
feeding, when just out of tne first
bloom. Even a little before dots no
harm. When cut at this period, it con
tains so much moisture that 1 think it
woald be u slow, expensive process to
get it well cured. It is possible, if
allowed to stand, as many practice
when expecting to sell the hay, unt;l
nearly ripe before cutting, a?id it had
but "little bottom," that It might be
cut and bound and made into fair hay.
but even tbeu the expense of twine for
tying the bundles would be too mut h
to make the practice commend:»hio.
I like to put timothy, when thcr
oughly wilted, into good sized cooks
and let It do most of its curing while In
those cocks, as hay cut green and so
cured will be greener, brighter, sweeter
and more palatable and digestible than
that allowed to get more mature before
cutting lam aware that tbe weight of
hay cut from the same ground, when
cut so early, will be leas tban when
standing to a mature stage, s*'d as thi
market calls for this riper bay it is pol
icy to let it stand when to be «>ld, but
when to be put into tbe "homemarket"
—fed on the farm—the net result in
growing stock is in favor of early cut
ting.
Couo ralst Alfaira.
Alfalfa should be cut every time it
Mos«mi« unless a st*d crop Is deeirod,
antl if used for soiling m a field pn>p
crlv pre.portioned to tho nuutter of ursi
mals to be; fed a regular guoc<«(i(wi of
cuttings of green fodder may be ob
tained. If ful lu large qunrtitler s it
should tic allowed to wilt, as without
this precaution it is liable to caose
bloat. It is not safe for pasturage of
cattle and sheep for the same reason,
but horses and pigs are not likely to be
injured. Alfalfa silage is said to have
a disagreeable odor aud tasUk It is
readily eaten by cattlo ;ind compares
well in composition with clover silage
It has not been tested at the station, as
the green forage has been In too great
demand.
The hay is very nutritious, but re
quiies care and favorable weather for
making, us tho loaves are easily lost
when the liny Is too dry, and with tbe
foliage disappears a large part >4 tin
valuable ingredients of the crop. Oreat
deterioration takes place if tbe curing
hay is exposed to rain. Tbe stored prod
uct does not shed water well and if put
up damp is subject to mildew and mold
—Bulletin New York Station
Trial ot Hay Cap*.
The frequent and extended use of tbe
three styles of hay caps—viz. tin
Syramus' paper board, oiled cotton ant;
cotton impregnated with tannin, has
led to the following conclusions at the
Massachusetts hatch experiment station:
1. Cape of some sort arc extremely
useful, especially with such crops as
clover, millet, oats and peas and iHbe,
slow curing crops, especially these
much injured by excessive handling.
3. Tbe Symmes' cap is most quickly
applied—an important point—antl is
best liked. It appears to bo wearing
very well. 8. Of the two styles of cloth
caps in use, those impregnated with
tannin aro most durable. The oiled caps
are more mildewed than the others and
have become much mare torn. 4. It
has been found that in some cases,
where clover has been cooked quite
green and covered with the three kinds
, of caps and allowed to stand for some
' time with frequent rains, it has kept
better under tbe cloth than under the
, Symmes' caps. The porosity of tbe for
mer in such cases appears to be an ad
vantage.
Experiment With Nltrofrn.
The editor ot Tbe Rural New Yorker
is experimenting with tbe new bottled
bacteria of leguminous plants. He se
cured a bottle of the special but teria of
red clover, and the plan is to. work a
poor, sandy field well and add a good
dressing of basic slag and kainit. The
clover seed will then be soaked in a so
lution of tbe nitrogln and sowed iu the
usual manner. The theory is that these
' bacteria will at onoe begin their work
: on the olover plants and enable them to
absorb nitrogen from the air. If this Is
wbttt'rually happens, such seed ought to
' produce a good crop without any ui
trogenous fertiliser. It is an interesting
' experiment, and will be watched with
| interest. *
Clover M a Kertlllaar.
Land which grows a strong crop of
clover will, If rightly managed, grow
good corn, wheat or potatoes atfter It.
Maine Farmer says; Without qwe«*k*i
this 1B the cheapest wny to' imWtlji
fertility and to save labor and money.
We should make the best possible ufic
cf olover n« a fertilizer.
An Exaggeration.
"Miss Oldun is strictly fin de Steele,
Isn't she?"
"Oh, I hardly think she's as old a*
that."—Detroit News.
The 2C*n an the Maro'ry.
I met h man, an he aayg to me
('Bout seven a. in., I Kuese),
"Goin ter lie warm terday," says ha
An 1 up an answered, "YOB."
All he pniuied by,
An so did I,
An the mero'ry kop" on rlaln.
'Bout ten that mornln he paaeetl uff'ln
i He'd took off his roat an vee';.
"Pooty hot inornin," be BAY*, with a itrlß,
An X says, sorter short like, "Yoa."
(Somehow the CUBS >
Mado me feel wuw )
An the inere'ry kep' on rlsln.
'Bout three, es I was a-pitohln hny,
He come an Bet down by a tree.
An what did the dumb fool up an nay
But, "(iorry, it's hot!" aays h»\
I give him a look.
An he jumped the brook.
An tho mere'rj kep' on rlaln.
Thet night, a goln down t' ther well,
I heerd a voice remark,
"Geo, wan't It hot!" I give a yell
An lit on his frame In the dark.
He's now on Ice,
Which I hope it's nice,
Aa the merv'ry's quit a rlsln.
—O. F. Ix-ster in New York Journal. ,
No 2i-)
THE LHiKKIEX CLUB.
uAKDI'*bA Oit —-✓-*
»V3 OF HEALTH.
.*kit«w»o- '••;«• to nail Cwmos Poine
ilih. tt'* lu liu C'jlorwl ISMhst't
(ruiiaw »f Vitf- r.itravajttlic*.- of Judfo
i'a.tjir* U ii4< .Wrft.i>n«t4K > k'a"At Horn**.**
".'u'v tix-iA*," • i Brother Ghmhwr ns
:••• ».i iu i . .<■« at the last mwt
i;;g - i th»> Liu.v iiii. "hib, "I hud sGimV
ihiu t y to you a few w< > ks ugo on
j I fcnd dai most oi de
fcciaE era ciilu't ir.ov what I was t'llk
iu jU.ut, ui I darforo try to cx
: ray°> • " irly. Do word 'Ean
•* •• '••?» h It refer* to do
ft* ' j.-u iat (' ater yon driuL, de
huuw you lib ii tn de sort at bed yoa
:b. • got to sit p >!i Wayuown Bebee
| t do idc.» it was some wjrt o'
suicL- d 51--b, iii bo .-•qaared for it at six
tii' r rout x "i Giveadam Jouu
thought it i to religun, an Shin
dig Wufkins h:-.< g..t Jouali an de whale
• uu .-auitar> i.:. mixed up. What I want
ed (u toll you ;ia n-liat I tried to make
plain was dat do time had come v. hen
d oull'd i.»t»n pay some attenshun
t<> du laws of ht-iuth.
J?iii-
widhi CJC- l.'.nt two y'ars dat de breath of
thi«.v dawgt ski-pin under do fasi'ly
bed in u cln> room am pizen to de hu
inau system. Kb»rycull'd man haj a
' soft .-pet iu his L< art for a dawg, bat
de tiise has arrove when either de fatn'iy
o; i.v dawg should sleep ou an 010 piece
! of carpet In do woodshed.
' Up to ay'ur ago nuthlu was thought
of gwinc to I- u in a room wid a fcar'l
o' soap grouse, hot it bas bin shown be*
yand a doubt dat mo' dan a mili/nn
call'd people hev died off ou dat ac
count Seems like -wine to a good ileal
o' trnbble to remove dem things out
' dcahs a: uitfht an bring 'em back in do
ntaui'in, bui v.'e can't afford to take uo
chances.
"It's f. savin o' bedclothes far
1 dr hu'l f.im'ly to into one bed, an
' yon :;rn ail dar in a touch iu case a
burglar breaks in or de stovepipe seta
1 «e bousf on the. bnt medical scit nce
has disklbered da it's powerful bad on
de heulth an FiiOuld be stopped. It may
' come hard t SaLael Shin, who has on
-1 ly pot one N--'. in - 'leben cbill'en, hut
he'll hev to hustle around an git some
straw :::i ■'pri ad on de floor.
"It h-w bin do habit of de oull'd man
fnr do last SOO y "ars to sleep wid his
1 ft" t cntt r bod. He probably got de bab
-1 it I'ioiu dreamin about ccoiih an 'pw
nraf, an be wuiiu-d to be all ready to
jump outer au run 'em down, an
nobody found fiulfc wid it. 'till a few
mouths ago. D. >t scienee step
pod !m and diskificred dat sleepin wid
do f«H>t b:mgin out interfered wid de
F oirculction of de blood au brung ou
catarrh an lot* o* other iiiluieuts aa
t sijortoned ft prison's life l«y r'r.rs an
| y'ars. DM rest o' you kin do as yo' like
about it, 1 ;t,- I hov bin sleepin lately
| wid my f-ct tiod under do bedolothea,
m I beliovo iJt < honge has dun n»e good.
"We no' ! look out for do wu. itary
s tizn.. «in do fo- Ave cat au de way we
eat it. De bat y n::iy like raw turnips
an baunaas, but he shouldn't be filled
up to do chiu on 'em jest befo' goin to
b<d. It -ah« ap (..i.-ier to gulp down a
t !'ile<i " c 'u v. i'kMiS fotillu around, but if
dut "i" yv*'? ''- to shatter our sys
tem I'll to -ln.'i'h we had Imtter stop to
cot if in two im Latter de halven
t • Dai- i.:u likr .vise another natter
which I v i.sii to r fer to di« evenin, an
dat am dt Wcakr : s of de eull'd people
t in gincr&l. for puttln on style, as It is
called We bev examples of it almost
eIH ry aigE!, in de week. Way back in
r D r euib -r de wife of Elder Penstock
giv' an 'at home.' De elder owns his
jbouse an am purty well fixed, an bo
kin afford s. h things. I was dar as one
of do guests, au while I thought de cld
dey served np fr>cd eggs at fo'ty cents a
dozon I had no criticism to make. What
pains me am what follered dat party.
( " A week later Judge OablfTs wife
b.MI de same kind of a circus. De jedge,
as wo all know, de hardest kind o'
, work to tatcrs aa meat fur his nine
cbill'en ui half rl 'em bev to go b'ar
fnt ui: winter. Ilir wife didn't want to
be ontduu, however, an so she had a
. 'crnph.' >Sbo had three kinds o' cake,
( two sorts o' cheese an fo' kinds o' cold
] meat, an do droas she had on nebber
! cost lwtj'n 80 cents a yard. Dar was a
ht>ap o' people dar, an eberybody had a
good time, but de last guest was bardly
, outer de house when de jedge was
around tryin to borry £5 to make up his
month's rent. Since dat time de fam'ly
has libed mostly on bread an water, an
( do parlor clock has gone to de pawn
shop to buy fuel.
"I dean' speak of dese things in a
complaiuin way, bnt it pains me to see
what leetlo sense sum folks hev. Puttin
•n stylo au swfllin around am all right
fur do folks dat hev got de cash down
in deir pockets, but all wrong fur de
folks who beveu't. " M. Quad.
ti;- Color of North ( nroltra and the rw«
of ttjre.
While standing on top of Lookout
! mountain a few dnys ago I was carried
baok to memories of dear old Bill Nya,
for we had «tood upon the same spot
■ together some yi am before, and a guide
then told us that we oould see seven
from that point of view—vis,
TennessKA, Virginia, Kentuoky, North
Carolina South Georgia and
i Alabama.
i "Where's North Carolina?" Nye in
quired.
The man pointed to a particular place
In the purple horizon.
"What makes yon think that is North
Carolina?" Nye asked.
"Oh, we know by the direction and
tbo r-onfortuatlon of the mountains
thoro," th.- man replied.
"Well, I know that that is not North
Carolina," Nye dwlared with some ve
hemence. "And .you would know it,
too, if yon would stop to think. Here
is a map of the United States, and you
oan see that North Carolina is pinh.
Besides, I know it is pink. I live in
that state considerably, and I've helped
to paint it red, but of couwo I go away
sometimes, and then it fades i\ little,
leaving it pink. No, sir, you can't stuff
hie that way. Tbe place you are point
ing at, a color blind man could sees is
purplo."
Nye said those things so seriously
that tbe man was almost dated. He
gave Nye a puzElcd look and then went
on pointing oot other sisters in the late
(Yinfedernoy.
Shortly after that and only a few
befi re his death Nye wrote me
from his homo at Abbeville, N. C., Buy
ing: "I have on my farm here a very
promising field of rye that looks as if it
would run 1 o or 2C gallons to the acre.
Come down. " —Will Lightfoot Vissoher
in Chicago Times-Herald.
Foiled Again.
A savage light shone in her oyea as
she stealthily approached him whom
sbo hated. Tbe lethal weapon was in
ber grasp. He. all unconscious, re
mained passive.
Nearer and nearer she came. Then—
A waveof disappointment swept over
her mobile countenance.
Th« fly she had teen making a suoak
on waa ou tho other side of the screaa,
i, *_Cincinnati Enquirer.