St*t» Library j <l, J " I VOL- xxxv 1 e [ HE IS A WISE HAN # -WHO SECTRES HIS CLOTH!\<J I'KOM- # i * IJ. S. YOUNG, } THE MERCHANT TAILOIt, £ The jjoods, stylr, fit and gOMBJ make up of his suits TELL their own STORY. I You may know what you want. Do you know where to get it? If you call at PATTERSON BROS new wall paper store von will find ju>t what you want. Our stock consists of the most ARTISTIC DESIGNS and colors ever shown in Butler from the cheapest to the l»e*t. Before buying elsewhere give us a call. Patterson Bros,, 230 N. MAIN ST„ WICK BUILDING. lII'TLEIJ. PA. SPRING GOODS. OUR ENTIRE SPRING STOCK OK FINE FOOTWEAR IS ALL IN. We went east early, and after carefully looking ov<r the different lines an I setting tna.r best prices for CASH. W«- placed our orders mi all goocK to IM- made to our >|» cial O.'J ir. These goods have all arrived and are open and ri a'ly for your Inspection. To sav t.il t ito.-k of spring goods is the finest w have ever had and the Selection much the largest i ing It mildly . 1.1 Ladies' and Misses' Fine Shoes rf.- .1 iv showing some handsome styles in several shales of line tan v.-ith either leather or .!i tops styles in black shoes in the (inesi of dongoia. rnad<- >n the latest style ana with the new toe. The ladies'shot's range in price from :> «« 00. A line'of 1 . .! -s' fie- patent leather shoes ranging in price from - to and the prices of Misse-,' jj* are from *1.25 to Si 50. We have Iho goods in all size, and widths from A A to KK. Our Line of Oxfords, Strap sandals. Southern Ties. etc.. not be forgotten as the stock of them is very large and styles riixlit up to date. We take pleasure in showing llnr.se j'oods whether yon wish t<» buy or not. Come in and we will be glad to see you. Men's and Boy's Shoes. A complete line of colored shoes ill all the late,t shades resting tops will be very stylish this summer see our line of them, they are UEAI TIKS The light summer slioes with bright shiny hue, its glitter and gloss, its comfort and cost Is the shoe good and true. A large assortment to select from at BICKELS. Men's Shoes range in price from ff.on tosl.oo, and the prices for the Boy's shoes are from Sl.'iO to i-'i.no Come to us and you'll find our stock so large you can find what yon want. All Styles of Shoes select from at lowest prices. Here Is where vv.-can interest vou again. Men's and Boy's working shoes. Box T<esli.«es, Heavy Solo English Bals. < . :igre-s tiaiters and Buckle L#ace Plow Shoes at rock bottom prices, JOHN BICKEL. J2B S. MAIN St. B UTLER. PA. J : s - YO E G - Tailor, Hatter and Gents Furnishing Goods. Summer heat makes tite problem of looking dressy and keeping cool a hard one But we've solved it; ai:d for once economy, comfort and fashion go har.d m !iaud Our summer suits are finer in fabric, nobbier in pattern and more stylish in cut han|ever£before, tlicy fit your cut ves and yet the}'re not sweat bath outfits. The prices may surprise «ou. S. YOUNG. Tailor. c i S. MAIN St., - - - BUTLER, PA Spring STYLES yX/ (t'V (*Sk Three of a kind for Spring, two of a kind for TfiSv L,i Summer—what lH'Uer hand would a man want li,'\ \3 In clothing. They are all of a kind IN STVI.K f~ t I A y*- in cut and workmanship t lie flni'st »f|Y -\ /1 f ■ . In durability the staunches!, in price mos jj) / J c (v \ / J fl* moderate. \Vlu>re else can you get such com [ fTI (S* \ i?') /Jl ( U binations. Vou do get them of G. K. KE<'K, the Yf—J J \j ,\ / (•fflU I M tailor. We have a large assortment of spting fl far /) £? \ / \J I J* styles, the latest patterns and prices to Milt Y&SSI I / \ iJ—l I lO '"or a first-class suit call and examine our large y /I IX \\ liV I in tock of Spring goods. Remember the place. Jl glj Q. F. KECK, ** I II MERCHANT TAILOR. 142 North Jr Main St, Butler. Pa. 3285. MAIN ST- 328 S. MAIN ST MILLINERY Most complete stock, finest goods, newest styles and lowest prices in Millinery, Notions and perfumes- THE H. H. CORSET A SPECIALTY. SEE OUR NEW SPRING HATS. Mary Rockenstein. Pape sros, JEWEk6RS. We Will Save You Money On (Diamonds, Watches Silverware, 1847 Rodger Bros, c j Plateware and Sterling c Goods. ( Our Repair Department takes in ,ill kinds of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, etc 122 S. Main St. i Old and silver taken ihe same as cash. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. No Gripe fflien you take Hood's rills. The bip, old-fash ioned, sugar-conted pills, which t-'ar you all to pieces, arc not In it with ilomi's. 1-asy to take Hood's anil easy to operate, is true ' of Hood's I'ills. wliii-h are | jl I I 9 J Safe, certain an>l sure. All ® druggists, '.TC. C. I. Ilood & Co.. I.owell. M .ss. '•"he only Pill* to tiike with Hood's Sar.salKinUA Thousands are Trylnp It. In order to prove the great merit of Ely's Cream Balm, the most effective c ire for Catarrh and Cold in Head, we have pre ! pir.-d a generous trial size for 10 cents. Get it of your druggist or send 10 r ents to ELY BUOS., 5G Warren St., N. V. City. j I stttfered from catarrh of the wor-t k nil I ever since a boy, and 1 never L 'j<. d for : cure, but Ely's Cream Balm reem* do even that. Many acquaint.inc« s ii» us ,i it with excellent results.- —Oscar Ostruui, 45 Warren Ave., C! -ago, 111. Elv's Creara Balm is the acknowledged cure for catarrh an 1 contains no cocaine, mercury cor any injurious drug, l'ri ?e, 6u cents. At druggists or by mail. We Ail Know that the slovenly dressed man never receives the respect and consideration the well dressed ruan gets. One secret in dres sing -.veil lies in the selection cf the right tailor. our garments are cut and made in cur own workshop in this city. We are particular about the fit, fashion and al! the minute details in their construction. Would be pleased to show you a product of our shop and also give you a pointer in econ omy. fall patterns now displayed ALAND. Pearson B. Nace's Livery Feed and Sale Stable Rear of Wick House, Butler, Penn'a. i The best of horses and first class riffs al [ wavs on hand and for hire. ifest accommodations in town f«»r perma nent boarding? and transient trade. Speci al care guaranteed. Stable Room For 65 Horses. A good class r»f horses, both drivers and draft horses always on hand and for sale under a full guarantee; and horses bought upon proper notification by PEARSON B. NACE. Telephone, No. 219. L. C. WICK, DEAI.KR IN Rough $ Worked Lumber Of a i.t. kinds. Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, Shingles and Lath Always in Stock. LIME. HAND PLASTER Office opposite P. &.W."Depot. BUTLER, PA, <" D. L. CLEELAND, 1> £ Jeweler and Optician, > < 125 S. Main St., > \ Butler, Pa. )> C. SELIGMAN & SON ~ No. 416 W. Jefferson St., Butler, Pa. A line of latest Foreign and Domestic Suitings always in stock. Fit. Stylo and Work manship guaran Iced to give satisfaction. PRICES REASONABLE. unui IS THE TiWIF TO HAVE nun Your Clotlnirjjg CLEANED or DYED If you want gooa and reliable cleaning or dyeing done, there is just one place in town where you can get it, and that is at miNIURDTtVIIU iS CJerruer avenue, B@»We do fine work in out door Photographs. This is the time of year to have a picture ol your house. Give us a trial. Agent for the .Jamestown Siiili'.c Blind Co.—New York. K. FXSHEB SON, 01! MFAI (OUR OLD PROCESS) Now very cheap. Feed fur Horses, Cows, Sheep. Hogs, Fowls etc. Health, strength and productive power to animals. Are yon feeding It? cheapest feed In the market. LINSEEO Oil and white i.ead LNIOC.HU UII. %1 . 1k ,, I);iiMt ~i st for years on house, barn or fenee. Mived paints are doubtful quality: some good and -unli very bad. Write for our circular. For pure Unseed oil or meal, and white lead, ask for '•Thompson's." or address manufacturer. THOMPSON A.0.. r, \\ Diamond street Allegheny, Pa. M. A. BERKIMER Funeral Director. 337 S. Main St., Butler. MAKER OF MEN'S LOTHES BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 14, is< I Abducted by f Joan the Bapnsi « 1 I By Ward Rles | COPYRIGHTED BY THE C. P. A. ALL RIGHT# RESERVED. 1 MISS STELLA RESOLVES. The famNy of Captain Zenith con sisted, beside himself and wife, of five daughters. Miss Stella, the fourth of t£e sisters, is the heroine of my story. | She was charming. All who knew her j avowed that fact, which needed no avowal. None averred that she was beautiful. The charm that she exert ed over all her friends was not easily explained. It was an effect; felt, ad mitted —enjoyed, too —but difficult to define. It was her nose that prevented her from being beautiful. Upon the brink of decision it hesitated to assume all I the characteristics of a pug. Had it been less a pug sh(> would have more nearly attained beauty. Had it been more a pug she would more nearly have attained beauty. But it hesitat ed. Fatal indecision! Harmless inde cision! Then her lips! Let us quota Anacreon: "Then her lips, so rich in blisses; Sweet petitioners for kisses; Pouting nest of bland persuasion. Ripely suing love's invasion!" Her eyes midnight mirrors, under a brow that art could not imitate nor nature surpass. A raven's plumage was paler than her hair which, uncoil ed swept about her feet when she stood erect. By her Yankee friends she was call ed cute. Some people described her as a young lady of strong mind, great or iginality, strong individuality and rug ged independence. All the Zenith girls were unmarried and severally appeared to have reason able chances of graduating in the high school of society as old maids and carrying the honorable title "Miss" to their respective tombstones. They were all popular in their set and there were none in their set who was more In demand socially; yet no eligible party had manifested a determined de sire to relieve the captain of any item of his family millinery and dressmak ing bills. Miss Stella regarded it as a daughter ly duty to wed. That is. sh« thought that every daughter owed a son-in-law to her parents when she be came marriageable. She therefore de termined to set a good example for her sisters and as they delayed she resolv ed that she herself would be the first bride plucked from the family matri monial tree. Notwithstanding her childish years—for she was not yet six teen —she was very womanly in the strength of that resolution. Miss Stella was strong, determined, tenacious and persistent in carrying any purpose into execution and she never abandoned a purpose; she de vised effective means to accomplish it. Having resolved to marry she next considered the coming man. Many times she went over the roll of mar riageable males of her acquaintance. Carefully she conned and canvassed "them, one after another, time and many times. Each was cast into the scales and weighed against her ideal. Unfortunately for them they severally Invariably went up. Unfortunately for them, because, had one of them fully satisfied her, there can be no doubt whatever that he would have become her husband. In such a case he would have been for tunate, because she was kind of heart and having captured him she would have rendered his captivity blissful. MISS STELLA'S CHOICE RIDES IN TO VIEW. The chances of war, the unruly ele ments in the mining districts, the or der of the war department combined to send a detachment of Federal caval ry to Minersvale. The acting adjutant of this detach ment was a beardless stripling who was commissioned a Second Lieuten ant because he had made good use of an opportunity to do something daring at the front where he served as a pri vate, and because Governor Curtin learned of the little fellow's pluck. Minersvale was not actually in arm ed and hostile array against the gov ernment; but troops were needed there to enforce the draft, to protect the pro vost marshal and his officers and to arrest deserters who fled to the con venient concealement of the mines to which they wore welcomed by the ma jority of the imported citizens who constitute the bulk of the population of those districts. Among them dis loyalty was honorable;deserters were popular, provost marshals unpopular and the draft a curse. They were op posed to a lottery from which the only prize they had a chance to draw was a Buit of blue clothes In which they would be stood up as targets for their friends the rebel sharpshooters. They generally had the provost marshal on their list and he reciprocated and had them on his list. In Archbald, Carbondale, Miners vale, Honesdale, Scranton, Pittston, Pottsville and all the anthracite re gions, the majority of the mining pop ulation is of trans-Atlantic nativity. At Minersvale the Welsh preponderate. To them the draft was exceptionally obnoxious. Miss Stella's aunt Sue was of this disloyal class. In speaking to the adjutant she said: "Ho, these nasty Republicans! Hi could tramp them Into the hearth!' And she snapped her gold rimmed teeth viciously, shook her clenched fista heavenward revengefully and damped her booted foot violently. Notwithstanding the popul't • aver sion to the draft and the popular an tipathy to those engaged in enforcing the draft, the adjutant easily captured the good will of society at Minersvale and he was from the start lionized by the ladies. Here and there undeclared efforts were made to prevent it, but they failed. An antagonistic duenna said to a deposed local lion: "I imagine that-you gentlemen would be quite as pleased if the little wander ing warrior of tender years had been detained at home under maternal pro tection?" "It's a deuced unpleasant thing to be jilted, you know; but a fellah cawn't resent it, you know and an nounce that he takes umbwage, you know. He can only pwetend that he doesn't know it, you know." It was some days after his arrival that the Misses Zenith first saw the ad jutant, and it was the elder sisters who then saw him. He was on active duty, the detachment being on dress parade. They reported their impressions at dinner and Miss Stella silently decided to see him upon an early occasion and cast him into the scales against her ideal. Pressing her friend Bell Morton into her service she wont one evening and watched the soldiers on parade. As ti'i-v walked homeward Klaa Stella said in her peculiar positive way: "ill do it. That is settled." "What is settled? What will you "Marry him.' "Who?" "That adjutant." "Nolens volens?" "That's owing; but I mean to be Mrs. Adjutant." ' When wi>l v_u pr. po.-e?" "That is his duty." "He may not f ;1U;1 his duty." "It shall be r.:y duty to see that he I does. Bell, dear, you ne?d not indulge in any hopes or a !1 "tation with h.ni, for they would be frustrated. I in end to nionoj ol.ze him myse.f aad there are many young gentlemen in town who will be glad when I do and as many girls who will be mad enough to pinch themselves on the same account; but you must not be one of them; and you must not tell any one, that's a j dear?" "Cf course I shan't! Cut you do not i even know him yet; how do you pro pose to manage that? Do you know i any one to introduce him?" | "1 will." "Siell. lam sure you will. You are sure to get him if you decide to do so. What a girl you are! You never de termine to do anything that is not just sure to be accomplished!" Admiration and reverence were both in Hell's voice and glance. After a ! short silence she added: "But he may be a bad man?" j "Not a bit of it." "But you don't know." "I tell you not to be alarmed; he is I all right." "He may be mr.rried already." "He is too e'eer to be in the com ' pany of ladies. You should know that ! men with wives give the most of their I leisure time to men while those who | are unmarried never chat with men when they can gossip or flirt with ladies." "If that is so why is it so? Do they despise women because they know them better than single men do?" "Bell, dear, do not expect me to solve riddles; but if Mr. Adjutant Who-is-he were playing that he is single when in fact he is married he would fear expo sure and would therefore be cautious and play the part with some reserve." "There is no telling what one may do. Some are doubtless capable of taking great risks for the sake of a little pleasure." "He is not married; he is too young." "His youth proves nothing; you are going to marry him, young as he is," "That young man is single, I tell you. aud that settles it. Besides, he is my future husband, and I won't have you talking ugiy about him and saying ill natured things, intimating that he is capable of being wicked, casting doubts upon his honor! Ido wish that he had whiskers, though; or even a moustache! It's a shame that his face should be as smooth as mine!" "Stell, dear, be careful; don't go too far!" "Now, Bell, don't be foolish! There's a dear. Call to-morrow afternoon and we will go to see the parade." 11l CAUGHT BY A VEIL. The next day Mia;? Morton called and together the young ladies set out for the camp of the soldiers. They had not proceeded two blocks when they heard the clatter of a horse at full speed behind them. They had not once mentioned the adjutant, but Miss Stella, without looking back, speaking as though in continuance of a conver sation about "he," said; "He is coming now. There never be fore was in Minersvale any one who j rode as he does. He rides as if he had all the necks in the world to break and would be whipped if he didn't break every one of them before the week is out. He is just awfully reck less in the saddle." As the adjutant approclied the young ladies he saw a veil blow from Miss Stella's hat and settle upon the ground. Without dismounting he caught the filmy fabric from the earth. When he reached the ladies he check ed his horse and dismounted to return the veil to the owner who expressed surprise that she had not observed its loss and then very prettily thanked the soldier for returning it to her. As she readjusted the veil she said: "We are on our way to your camp. Do you—do the soldiers parade this evening?'' "Yes, we have dress parade every evening and battalion drill twice every day. It will be an hour yet till pa rade. If you will permit me the honor of walking with you to camp I shall be delighted and will take great pleas ure in showing you through our camp that you may see how soldiers live. At the front is the place to see how they die. Happily that horror is sel dom imposed upon ladies." "It is terrible to think that to de fend your country you must risk your life." "I never think of calling myself a de fender of my country up here. It humiliates me to 1<; here in my native state while war -> on in the enemy's country. It seems to me such a dis grace to the country that its armies at the front must be decimated to supply an armed power to enforce law, pre serve order and protect the loyal in the north. Thank God, the enemy at home is not a native element! But, excuse me, ladies, I have just been engaged in a controversy with a score of foreign-born loafers and naturalized enemies. They irritated me so much that my irritation causes me to forget myself. May 1 have the honor of walking with you to camp?" "We would be grateful and happy to be permitted to take a good peep into the soldiers' homes." The adjutant called a passing sol dier to whom he delivered his horse to he returned to camp, and then Miss Stella said: "This is Bell Morton, my best friend. I am Stella Zenith, her best friend. Now, sir, who are you?" Homer Burton Jaquese, second lieu tenant of Company E, Ninety-first Pennsylvania CavaJry, and ready to become at once your mutual best friend." In camp the adjutant exhibited to the ladies all the details of the soldiers' camp life. He escorted them to the quartermaster's department, the com missary department, showing the stores of each; what the soldiers had to live upon; how it was issued, cooked and served: how the men slept; the character and arrangement of their beds(?); the nature of their pass times and amusements; explained the minutiae of guard mount, guard duty, reliefs, drills, inspection, police of camp—which is the cleaning of camp and sanitary measures. Explained the care of equipments and supplies; showed them the carbines and pistols; how to charge, discharge and handle them; gave an illustration of the sabre exercise; took them to the stables(?) and showed how the horses were kept and provendered, saddled and unsad died; bridled and unbridled; how to mount and dismount; how to turn a horse to the right and to the left; how to start him, to check him, to top him and to back him. Everywhere he carefully gave them a clear insight into the smallest details of camp life, duties and doings of cav alrymen. Having made the tour of the camp he sent for the chief bugler and order ed him to sound the call for parade in the presence of his guests. When the order was given the camp was a scene of tranquil idleness. Iu an instant, as the sharp notes of the bugle sounded, the scene changed to one of bustle, confusion, chaos and dis order. Disorder speedily crystalized into order; what was a confused mob of disorganized individuals transform ed Itself into shapely segments from which evolved a long array of aligned I warriors, armed equipped, glittering in the evening sun, mounted, moving I at a word, with the ready obedience , and precision of a great machine an ! swering to steam at the movement of j a lever. As the adjutant resumed his spurs. e ] sash and sword Mi«s Stella said: ! "Have you the privilege of taking | tea out, or do you have to take all your rations in camp?" "I do not mc.is in camp; I take my e | rations at the Harrison House, in e | town." 1 j "Would you accept an Invitation to e "That would probably depend some -0 what upon the source of the invita y ] tion." 0 | "If I were the source and the invita ; I tion were to take tea with us? Miss 1 ■ Morton will be there?" * "Will you excuse me if I neither ac cept nor decline an invitation that has t not been given?" "Gracious! How precise you are! v Will you take tea with us this even ing?" "I shall appreciate the privilege and s will be most happy to avail myself of '. : your kindness. I will join you at any hour you designate if you will t ' honor me with the address." "If we may we will await you here l i and you may accompany us home after i | parade" "I shall, sub rosa, command the mu sicians to beat off at double-quick." he laughingly answered as he mounted his horse which his servant had ready at i the door of his tent. As he rode away Miss Stella said to Miss Morton: "Did I not tell you that I would in - | troduce him myself?" l i "Oh. but that was an accident; - I through the loss of your veil!" j | "Now Bell, don't he a goose, there's i a dear! Did you ever know me to lose i anything? A veil, a handkerchief, a glove, a ribbon, a hair pin. anything?" At each subdivision of the progress r ive inquiry. Bell shook her head and Miss Stella continued. , "I loosed that veil and let it blow , away purposely. I knew that he would be watching us and would be delighted to restore it to me. That was a great , deal better than to have him climb a crumbling bank to pull a posey for me so that he might fall and break an arm f to give me a chance to nurso him aft- L erwards!" Miss Morton answered only with her eyes; she was speechless with admira , tion and revered her friend more than • ever, if that were possible. Parade being over the adjutant re joined the ladies and accompanied them to Captain Zenith's residence where he passed a most delightful evening. IV. THE ZENITHS ENFAMILLE. In company Miss Stella and Miss Morton witnessed the parade the next i evening After parade, the adjutant, instead of following his custom and galloping headlong into town, walked with the young ladies as far as Cap tain Zenith's gate. The pathway followed was chosen by Miss Stella. It lay across a common traversing for a few rods a patch of low briars As the party approached this point Miss Stella quickened her pace and of course her companions kept time with her. Having thus be guiled them into a rapid walk she fell into third place when they formed sin i gle file to enter the path through the briars. She quickly managed to entangle her gown with the spiny shrubs. When hftr cry advised them of her predica ment the adjutant returned to effect her rescue and Bell never suspected that Stella's detention and her own ndvanced position at that moment were Joint results of a ruse cunningly de vised and cleverly executed. The ruse accomplished its purpose. Before they rejoined Bell the adjutant had obtained permission to call upon Miss Stella that evening. They parted at Captain Zenith's gate, the ladles going within and the adju tant walking to his hotel. Had their breasts been crystal and their hearts in view and easily read it would still have been difficult to de termine whether Miss Stella or the ad jutant experienced the greatest gratifi cation in the progress they were re spectively making in developing the acquaintance. At the tea table of the Zenith's the adjutant was a subject of conversation. During his call on the previous even ing the eldest of the sisters, whose name was Mollie, had been very sen sibly piqued by the fact that Miss Stel la monopolized a very large share of his attention. In fact, Mollie was old enough to be sometimes jealous of her younger sisters. In this case she vas jealous of Miss Stella. ContinuißS the conversation the latter young lady said: "I rather expect him to call this evening" "Well, if he does come, as he may, for last evening I invited him to do so," said Miss Zenith, "You will stay out of the parlor. Miss." "Indeed? As 'imj goes on we will see about that! Ay present conviction is that 1 will be a member of the party assembled in that stately front apart ment this evening. If you find the sight of me there at all unpleasing to you you may avoid the pain of it by retiring to the kitchen with our undo mesticated enemy from Ballycrag. If you yearn for solitude you might with . draw to the quiet precincts of the bake room and there as tranquilly as pos sible meditate upon the swift and sure approach of old maidhood!" "Miss Impertinence! I will request Ma to send you to your own room if you do not instantly apologfze to her for your insolence to me!" "And dear, sensible Ma will not re gard your officious request." "Of late you have grown altogether too forward. Every time we have company you stick yourself up to en tertain them." "And succeed much better than my ancient sister; eclipse her and win the attention she covets! 'Tis ever so; youth always w r ins when it has to compete only with age. Was it not so, Mollie dear, during the past generation —when you were a girl?" "Ma, don't you hear that chit? Why don't you send her to the nursery? I I'm sure that people must think that j we are very common indeed! It is shockingly unrefined to habitually per mit the children of the household to rush into the drawing room every time any one calls, and precociously per sist in such efforts to entertain them as disgust the guests and disgrace the family." "Jealous? Really Jealous of oo's 'ittle sister?" ' "If Lieutenant Jaquese calls on us this evening I shall see that you do not go into the parlor while he is there. I < have tolerated your disgraceful and humiliating precocity quite too long, i Now I will check it." | 1 "Let me tell you something sooth- j i ing. Lieutenant Jaquese will not 'call j i on us' this evening. He will call on ] me and I desire that we be undisturbed by the presence of obtrusive antiqua ted parlies. Therefore at a proper < season, when you perceive that your I 1 continued presence will become an un- 1 welcome intrusion, please accord us j 1 the pleasure of your departure. You 1 need not hesitate to retire at your j 1 earliest inclination." "Call on you! Pooh! Gentlemen do 1 not go about calling on children! Don't 1 make yourself so ridiculous by your j s vanity. Ma, shan't Stell stay out of < the parlor when we have company?" ! ' "But, Ma. dear, I have no objection * to doing by them as I wish them to do \ 1 by me. When they have company ex- ' clusively their own I am willing to 1 give them the benefit of their compa- 1 ay's exclusive attention. 1 do not and shall not try to absorb even one little ' ray of their social sunshine; I realize that I am not the only cucumber in 1 I the garden! But so I want them to i ' t 0 by me. Th- adjutant asked me if he might call upon me this evening Of course I to!d him that he might." Compelled now to interpose as arbi ter Mrs Zenith kept as near a middle course as she could. "You are entirely too young to enter tain company. Mollie is right; I should have restrained you from pre senting y If so frequently when there are callers. However, 1 have no wish to place the adjutant in an awk ward position or to humiliate you in the sight of any gentleman; you may receive him this evening. You should hav referred him to m- and \oushiuld yourself have consulted me before con senting to receive his call. Should he desire to repeat it, you will excuse yourself." I don't think I see myself excusing myself! If he expresses a wish to re peat his call 1 shall tell him that he will be welcomed." "If he tries to call on you again I shall tell him that -.la does not ap prove." This time Miss Zenith had the last j word. V. THE ADJUTANT CAPITULATES. At a seasonable hour the adjutant reached the Zenith drawing room. He saw no signs of family discord. That Miss Stella made his call aj agreeable to him as it was gratifying to her, will be understood without the assur ance of an extended paragraph. When he departed he carried away as a sweet treasure, her sweetly uttered permis- I sion to call again. He did call again, without any un reasonable delay. He called repeated j ly; called so often that invitations to ; call elsewhere when not wholly dis- I regarded were declined upon the plea ! of prior engagements. ; He devoted his hours to Miss Stella i and she always responded to his ap | -proach. They walked, rode, drove, j dallied together, until their intimacy ; became the chief subject of the prat j lers. Envious old maids, jealous young maids, wise gossips and black-voiced croakers joined in a chorus of depre cation and with serious faces, in pro phetic tones deplored those national j complications and calamities that had I seat to Minersvale one so powerful, and so ready, to work evil in society, as I was that subaltern who delighted to : be addressed as Mr. Adjutant! It was declared to be such a pity that he was not down south getting his whisker less head shot off. "Look at him! It's awful to see the way he is trying to dazzle that dear Stella Zenith! It Is terrible to think that one of our very brightest and most lovable young ladies snould per mit herself to be cajoled by him! One would never have thought it of her. What can make her mother so blind as to allow such going* on? It is a pity that her father don't horsewhip him, or that some young gentleman of hon or does not make a hero of himself by calling the shoulder-strapped scamp out and sticking his own sword among his ribs in search of his wicked heart! He d'JU't intend to marry her and ho will »-tly break he. - heart!" Those who knew tjie family best did not wonder at the apparent non-inter ference of Mrs. Zenith, for they knew that no opposition could deter Miss Stella unless she could see for herself that she was wrong. What she desired to accomplish she was sure to compass in defiance of hindrances if she was satisfied that it was right; and she did her own reasoning as to what was right and what was wrong. As for the adjutant, he was at first attracted to Miss Stella by a desire to fathom her eccentricities. He had no suspicion of the fact that in his pres ence she carefully conformed herself to that course that would be sure to captivate him. I do not wish to be misapprehended to Miss Stella's detriment. She was without hypocrisy. Nothing could have induced her to that. She was simply a wise observer of people; an accurate reader of character; and she saw that by indulging herself in her oddities unres'rained; by doing whatever she felt prompted to; by being her most natural self always, regardless of conventionalities, she would be most successful in attracting his admiration, and as she admired him she sought to secure his highest approval. She was shrewd enough to be herself, natural and uncurbed. Serious love making was as foreign to the adjutant's intent as was suicide. He contemplated the one quite as lit tle as the other. If, when he left his quarters to make that first call on Miss Stella, one had suggested matrimony to him, he would have responded that a matrimonial engagement was an in tangible possibility of the indefinite future and a question that could not arise for him until the war was over and he settled prosperously in busi ness. How very little we know of our own future! How very little we know of our own minds! It was not a fort night till the adjutant asked Miss Stel la to become his wife and embraced her as his plighted bride. This result was but one more evidence of Miss Stella's power to mould others to her own wish. The adjutant proposed to remain in the army till the war was over; possi bly afterward. He told his affianced that as they were both so very young he thought they should defer their marriage till peace was established and he settled to the business of his life, whether that should be in the army or in some civil pursuit. To this Miss Stella verbally assent ed, but with a mental reservation, that if the war ended before their mar riage, the country was at that moment much nearer peace than the authori ties on either side suspected. VI. HIS FUTURE MOTHER-IN-LAW. All was not constantly serene among the Zeniths after that tea table ex change of compliments. Miss Stella had on her hands a war demanding as great skill in state craft and as able generalship as that in which the north and the south were ! engaged. She was without a single | ally in the family and had to contend j with terrible odds in numbers. Both Captain Zenith and Miss Car- | rie were lovers of peace; but that was | against Miss Stella since their peace , depended on their espousal of the cause of Mollie and Mrs. | Zenith. If left to themselves ! they would not have opposed | her; but they stood in too great awe of Mollie to withhold their censure. i Miss Stella was finally instructed to i deny the adjutant her company; the J injunction was disregarded. Intimida- ! tion was tried; failure was so emphat- j ic that the effort became ridiculous, j Restraint was attempted; the attempt was wofully futile. Of this warfare the adjutant was, of course, wholly ignorant. Miss Stella had told him that the engagement was distasteful to her family because of ■ her own lack of years. He regarded the engagement as a long one and looked upon that objection as a very trifling matter, not at all disquieting. He had no expectation that objections would be submitted to him until he should ask Captain Zenith for the hand of Miss Stella. He did not anticipate interference until it should be propos ed to consummate the engagement by an early marriage. He had no inten tion to submit that petition till he found himself ready to marry. For these reasons the opposition to the en gagement was uot a serious affair in his mind. He was enlightened somewhat through Miss Zenith. One afternoon he called and was met at the door by that .vouck lady. who. to his inauirv ; for Miss Stella, answered: "Stella is not in this afternoon; in deed. we do not expect her to return before to-morrow." "Is she out of town? 1 certainly un derstood from her that she would be ■ at home all this afternoon?" ! "Probably she forgot the engage ment; possibly she changed her mind. She went out with Gussie Grove*, say ; ing that she would remain with her till to-morrow." The adjutant stood on the steps med itating. He was disappointed, puz zled, annoyed. Mils Zenith stood two steps above him. pleased by his very I evident discomfiture, and hoping that ; he would not linger too long, fearing I possible accidents. The accident hap j pened. It was announced by tha voice of Miss St»lla, who, leaning over the balcony above them, said: "Why, Mollie' Step in, adjutant, I j am coming down at once." Miss Zenith was in a quandary, j Should she risk an open encounter then and there with her sister and at '< the same time insult the adjutant? i She would rather escape the latter. She fully realized the probability of defeat if she brought on an engagement j when her sister had the presence of I her lover to stimulate her resolution Ito conquer. Under such conditions ! she would be more than ever formida j ble. j Miss Zenith having hastily deter - : mined upon her course, showed the ! adjutant in and then appealed to Mrs. . Zenith to act at once. Mrs. Zenith ! consented to act, but put olt action un | til the next day. i The next day, still urged on by Miss , Zenith. Mrs. Zenith entered the par ' lor while Miss Stlla and the adjutant were there planning for an evening ride, and without circumlocution ad dressed herself to the task she had as j sumed. "Lieutenant Jaquese, your friendship l i 3 very agreeable to us; all of us ap ! preciate the honor you confer upon I the family by your friendship. You j have our highest esteem; our greatest I respect. Therefore I hope that you will I not misinterpret my motives; but as a ! mother of girls I feel myself compelled to suggest a caution which* with only your youth to guide you, you may not rightly appreciate A high regard for yourself, a motherly regard for Stella, a v proper regard for usages of society, all impel me to say that it will be bet ter if you are somewhat less marked and particular in your attentions to Stella. She is but a child and alto gether too young to know her own mind." "I am flattered by your personal commendations; yet I am at a loss to determine precisely what it is you wish? Whether I am forbidden the premises or required to hereafter ig nore the existence of Miss Stella?" "Neither. I said truly that the friendship you manifest for us is grat ifying. But it is desirable that it be general and not so marked for Stella. She is but a child and I simply desire that you recognize and remember that fact." "My dear Mrs. Zenith, I entertain no thought that threatens her happi ness." "Because of her extreme youth we do not wish an especial intimacy to grow up between you. If it were one of her elder sisters it would be a dif ferent matter." "Very different. I respect and ad mire them. Miss Stella I admire and love; and intend to some day marry. I had not designed to you upon this subject until the war is-over and we are ready to consummate our alli ance; but what you have said renders the avowal necessary. We hope for i your approval." "If you have been so hasty as to contract any such engagement you will now consider it dissolved. We cannot assent to it now; we cannot permit it to continue. If, in four or five years, both of you are inclined to renew the engagement, we will inter pose no objection, so far as I know at present. In the meantime, no engage ment or obligation exists between you." "Unless some reason more potent than her youth Is given for the deter mination of our engagement, I must still and evw regard myself as her af fianced husband. If she desires the contract to terminate that wholly changes the case and however much I may suffer, I can only submit." "When I promised to become your wife, dear Homer, I did so as a wo man, not as a child. I did so rational ly, fully realizing the importance and seriousness of the step to both you and me. I believed that you could make me happy all my life; that I cannvt be happy without you. I be lieved that I could make you happy all your life; that you cannot be happy without me. I shall not allow any one upon the earth, save you, to annul that promise. Ma, I left the nursery long ago. There is not in Minersvale an other girl, though she be three times my age, who is more competent to decide for herself in important matters than I am. I always know my own mind upon all things. I thoroughly understand myself now. I hope that you understand me too." "I will permit neither my child nor a stranger to disregard or defy my desire in such a matter as this. Mr. Jaquese this childish engagement must be broken off unreservedly and at once —on the Instant —or your visits here must cease." "Then my visits cease, of course. I am engaged to your daughter and if we both live I shall be ready to con summate that engagement. It was our intention to defer our marriage until the war ended; but if, to protect her, it be necessary, I am ready to marry at any time —at once. We intend to marry. I presume that you know your daughter sufficiently well to real ize that as long as we are mutually and equally determined, any efforts to pre vent our union will inevitably be fu tile." "You need have no apprehensions that she will require protection against us by you or any one else; she will be subjected to no indignations and to no restraints to which she can object; but for the present your foolish engage ment is terminated." The adjutant made no reply to Mrs. Zenith, but to Miss Stella he said: "I will see you at any time and at any place you may designate and we will then talk this matter over, aftef deliberating in the meantime. We owe profound respect to the wishes of your parents; but we should not lose sight of the duty we also owe to each other. Parents may err as often and as seriously as their mature children." "Very well. Meet me at Morton's to-morrow at four o'clock." Mother and daughter accompanied the visitor to the door and he depart ed without further adieux. [TO BK CONTINUED.] Uwly-Mwlc shirt Wulatu Shirt waists are cut and mada 80 perfectly nowadays that it seems a waste of time for any one to attempt m:iking them at home. Although sim ple they are difficult to fit ani require ' careful laundering, both of wbJth they receive from the manufacturers. Il«»rlln'n Many Millionaires. It Is an easy thing to be a million aire in Berlin. A yearly income ol over $5,000, reprosentipg the lnteresl on 1 ,000,000 marks, is the qualification for that title, which is enjoyed by 2,092 Berliners. The richest of the millionaires has a capital of about $31,000,000. With n rionrlah of Trnmiieti. In feudal times the boar's head was the distinguishing Christmas dish. It was served on a gold or silver dish and brought in to a flourish of trum pets. No. lo A SENSIBLE HEIR. Ho Anxious to Keep Faith la Sptle of Manor, A pretty story is told of a young clerk in a dry goods store who has re cently come into possession of a large fortune through tlic favor of an old gentleman distantly related to him, says the Youth's Companion. The young fellow listened with amazement to the news imparted to him by his employer and the old gen tleman's executor one afternoon. "1 suppose I must not expect your services as clerk any longer," said the dry goods merchant, with a smile. "I shall be sorry to lose you." "Oh, 1 shall stay my month out, of course, sir," said the boy promptly. "I shouldn't want to break my word just because I've had some money left me." The two older men exchanged glances. The money referred to was nearly $300,000. "Well," said the lawyer, stroking his mouth to conceal his expression, "I should like an hour of your time be tween ten and four to-morrow, my young friend, as it will be necessary for you to read and sign some papers." "Yes, sir," said the elerk. "I always take my lunch -at a quarter before 12 I'll take that hour for you instead to morrow. Ii 1 eat a good breakfast, I can get along all right till six o'clock." The two men again exchanged glances, but neither said a word to spoil the boy's unconsciousness that he was tuking his good fortune in an un usual way. "Well," said the lawyer, when the door lind closed on the modest heir to thousands, "all I can say is, if that boy ever uses his money to anybody's disad vantage, I miss my guess!" And the year that has elapsed since then has gone to prove the truth of his words. HIS BIG MARRIAGE FEE. Ilrldcq; room Lanes III* Chewlngr To bacco mul tlic Preacher Profits. The ministerial story teller was spin ning another yarn about his experi ences at other people's weddings, says the Marquette (Mich.) Mining Journal. "I think the largest lee I ever received," he said, "resulted from my receiving the strangest one. My services were secured to perform the ceremony for a young couple out of the wealthiest families of my parish. It was a church wedding and a very swell affair indeed. At the conclusion of the ceremony the groom handed me a small envelope which I supposed contained my fee. Of course. I did not open it until I got, home. Imagine my surprise when I. found, not money, but a liberal chew of, flne-cut tobacco. My good sense told me that it was not intended as an in sult, so I awaited developments. "A fortnight later, when the newly married couple had returned from their wedding tour, the groom called on me, offered most profuse apologies and; made explanations. It seems that he was addicted to the use of tobacco and had placed a little in an envelope for. his needs right after the ceremony. He had placed my fee in a similar envelope and in the confusion of the ceremony and the hasty start on his journey had mixed the two. By way of reparation he then placed in my hand another en velope containing $100." THE MOUSE IN THE PIANO. It Ran Oat at the Snanil of Classical Music, IJnt Xot for Tir6-Step«. "Speaking of mice," said Mr. Biffle by, according to the New York Sun, "a friend of mine that owns an old-fash ioned piano tells me that when it was being played upon the other day a mouse ran out of it and scampered around on the top and then ran down a curtain whose folds touch the piano at. one end. The mouse has done this twice in a single day. "Search was made in the interior of the instrument for a mouse's nest, hut none was found. Perhaps the mouse had only just selected this place and had not yet be pun building when it was first attracted by the sound of the string's. However that may be. It styi comes back, and it comes out and runs' away only when classical music is played, and not for two-steps and that sort of thing. "As to the accuracy of these facts there can, of course, be no doubt. The; only f|uestion 4 in my own mind fa as to; whether the mouse's failure to come out when the two-steps and so onaarte t played really indicates a preference for, the lighter forms of music, or that— er-r—the mouse isn't there." Rabbit. Not "Rarebit." Those who have accepted the incon sistant name of Welsh rabbit for toasted cheese on the assumption that it was a corruption of Welsh "rarebit," will have to revise their view. According to a writer in MacMdllan's Magazine, "Welsh rabbit is a genuine slang term, belong ing to a large group which describe in the same humorous way the special dish or product of a peculiar district. For example: An Essex lion is a calfa & Fieldane duck is a baked sheep's head; Glasgow magistrates, or Norfolk capons, are red herring; Irish apricots or Minister plums are potatoes; Grave send sweetmeats are shrimps." Old Slang Revived. Slang is sledom new. "Not so worse" flourished briskly for a few months and has already fallen into well-deserved oblivion. Doubtless it seemed new for a time. Vet a letter written by a bril liant English magazinist, Samuel Phil lips, in 1545, prfrlished for the first time In Mrs. Oliphant's history of the house of Blackwood, contains this sentence: "One hundred pounds for a week's work! Xot so worse!" Cure for Clover SlokneM. Clover sickness, a common disease which often ruins clover crops, has caused German scientists to make ex periments. They have succeeded in getting cultures of the bacteria that produce the disease. They expect that toon farmers will,be able tOjinoculate their land just as a human being may be treated. (nation*. Bertha —Do you believe in love at first sight? Edith—l believe there are persons one is more likely to love before she has had time to get acquainted with them than afterwards. —Bosten Transcript. Didn't Finish lltr Work. Mrs. Bilkins—'The new girl broke four plates to-day. Mr. Bilkins —Did she assign any rea son for not breaking the entire set? — Ohio State Journal. The Right Man. "I know the man has started the im pression that I'm an idiot, and I'm go ing to kill him," roared Chappie. "Don't. Suicide is so vulgar," said Cynieus.—lTarlem I.lfc. Canne and Effect. She—Mrs. Boozeford says her heart Is full to-night. Tle-I suppose her husband is, too, then. —Yonk-.-rs Statesman. A I'otly Sin. Gerald —I»o you think that suicide is a «sin? Geraldine—Well, 1 think it would b« forgiven in your case.—N. Y. Truth.
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