VOL* xxxv
Now Is Your Time
To Buy
Winter Footwear
We find we s»re Overstocked to-> in iny tjoo.li. Yes, entirely too many goods
and we must reduce our stock anil reduce it <|uick'.y. we n*e 1 tn >ii2V and we are
going to clos.-o ut a great many goods in the next few weeks and they are going
very cheap. It will pay you to cotne utiles to attend this great Shoe Sale for here
are the very low prices they will GO AT:
Boy's Oil Grain Shoes 50c Ladies' Rubber Boots tl.oo
Men's Heavy Kip Shoes 50c Hoy's Rubber Boots jl.oo
Youth's Oil Grain Shoes 50c Men's Rubber Boots $1.50
Men's High Cut Pox Toe Shoes £1 15 Men's Felt B ots and Overs *'. so
Women's Kangaroo Calf Shoes 75c Ladies' Fine Uong'.la Flexible Sole
Misses' Kangaroo Calf Shoes 50c Shoes <l.lO
Bov's Kip Boots s!.(»> Misses' I'ine Dress Slinks 75c
Children's Fine Dress Slims 40c
Complete stock of Rubber and Felt
Goods of all kinds Boots and
Shoes made to order. At all times
a full stock of sole leather and shoe
makers supplies of all kinds.
# Repairing Promptiy Done.
JOHN BICKEL.
BUTLER. PA.
HUSELTOIN'S
Short Talk About Advertising.
Talking through the newspap.-r is t g'xsl way <if talking to t!i»* people if it is
not abused if you tell the truth. A long list of prices does not amount to any
thing unless you have confidence in the hous- that backs the prices in their hones
ty and reputation they sustain.
What Would Your Paper Dollar
lie worth to you if it was not hacked Uncle Sam. You have cot to take the
dealers word in buying Footwear. You arc not a judge as to values in this case.
It is wise to buy from the house you have confidence in.
YOU CAN TRUST THIS STORE.
We do.i't depend upon prices alone toj "catch" customers, it's the absolute
safety of 'he goods, allied to low prices, that gives us the advantage.
WE FIT THE FEET OF ALL MANKIND.
MEN'S AND BOYS' j WOMEN'S and CHILDREN'S
in veal, oil grain and kip,? soles and tap, fashioned 011 the swellest lasts, lace or
high cut at— #l, Ji. 25 and ft.so. button, at SSC, *l, $1.25, 11.50, #2, $2.20
Men's box calf, russets, enamels, cordo- and $3. in kid, box calf, kangaroo and
vans, heavy soles 011 bull dog, city and crack-proof calf, oil grain, veal untitled,
Cornell lasts the Swogger styles $2 kip, hcavv soles, tip or plain toe, heel or
ami $2.50, $3 and fVSo. spring.
OUR WOOL BOOTS and RUBBER GOODS
are all fresh made to our order No old goods in stock. N'l old job", lo sell
Good Roots und Rubbers at #1.50, s 2l f, 2 .25 and *2.50.
Warm Lined Shoes for Elderly Ladies
at s oc . 75 c . and #1.25. Tr/ this store —think you will like it,
B. C. HUSELTONS,
Butler's leading Slim- llouse. Opposite Hotel Ixiwry.
We Are Sole Agents for the Jenness Miller Shoes for Butler.
PAPEST
Our Xmas stock of Diamonds. Watches, Clocks,
Jewelry and Silverware is large and complete.
We hiv.: n few special btrgairs vliich
vvc wish t'> call \<>ur attention t«>:
I
Genuine Cut Diamonds for $3.75. 1
A Little Larger one for 56.00. i
Ask to sue ! IK 111.
Watches.
WE HAVE FROM $2-50 UP
lie sure to give us a call for we can and will save you money.
122 S. /Wain St., Pa.
Old Gold and Silver taken the same as cash.
Highest market prices allowed.
i HE IS A WISE HAN j
f —WHO SKCHtKS Ills CLOTHING FROM— *
t J. S. YOUNG, \
i THK MICICC IIANT TAILOR,
Tin- gtNHls, style, H( aii«| general make
J up itl' his suits f
J TELL their own STOF^V.J
: FOR EFFECT.
i fa
t ®
'! ( tr\ T\ 9 r Me " T on,t for the purpose
I C \lht VI V? spending money. They desire to get the
I \\ SV h I -/best Dossilde results for the money expend-
V \ J /} l3i-< Not cheap goods but Roods as cheap as
\ ■■ -A (y" i can '•« sold and made up propeilv- If
\ i I \l Xy°n want the correct thing at the correct
j r" I I l W V jpprice call on us, we nave rednced our spring
111 V h~J ===s ftand summer goods down to make room for
, * 1 7 \ ft - "n t our ' ,cav y weight goods,
i , AjjlK VO- ' I
j hy h l 2
jif i: v jl l | Fits Guaranteed.
f 2 I—< " Merchant Tailor.
a . IN., 142 N . Ma i n st., Butler
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
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Is often a warning that the liver is
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While they rouse the liver, restore
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they do not gripe or pain, do not
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but have a positive tonic effect. 25c.
at all druggists or by mail of
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a generous samp'e will be mailed of the
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(Ely's Cream B:i i sufficient to demon
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recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I
can emphasize his statement, '"lt is a P^ B '-
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ltev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres.
Church, Helena. Mont.
Ely's Cream Ralm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, 50 cents.
Butler Business College.
Butler, Pa.
Several New Courses.
New Management
Musical Department under the di
recfoiship of I'rof. E. Otto Davis, a
graduate of the leading European
and American Conservatories of
Music, and a finished musician. One
of the finest in the state. I'iano,
Voice, Violin, Orchestration, In
strumentation, Composition, Piano
Tuning, I.tc. Everything und-r the
head of music.
Reporter's Shorthand Course, giving
the graduate an average speed of 175
words per minute. Kxpert Accountant's
Book-keeping C'»urse, which prepares
the graduate for any kind of book-keep
ing and expert work, and deals especial
ly with Joint St"ck Company and Cor
poration Accounting.
Students can enter at any time Call
ot write for prospectus. Call on or
address
A. F. REGAL, Prin.,
•527 S. Main St., Butler, Pa,
Peoples' Phone 271.
Bell 17a.
Braun's Pharmacy,
Cor. 6th St. and Duquesne Way,
Pittsburg, I'a,, L. D. Telephone 2542.
Wholesale and Retail.
Importer audjobberof Drugs,
Chemicals, Perfumes, Soaps,
Htushes, Etc.
The only house west of New
York carrying a full line of
Meyers' urease, l'aints and
theatrical goods.
Physicians" Prescriptions
Compounded Day or Night by
"Registered Pharmacists" only.
Address all mail orders to
W. F. Braun.
Pianos.
The Chickering-Chase Bros. Co.
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
Manufacturers ol
Grand and Upright Pianos
Have placed 011 exhibition at
No. 317 S. Main St., Butler, Pa..
a sample lot of their fine Upright I'iancs.
These Pianos, coming direct from the
factory and sold to you by the manu
facturer, means a large saving in the
purchase of a piano.
The celebrated Chase Brothers and
Ilackley Pianos are endorsed by all lead
ing artists.
These pianos can be bought on easy
terms to suit the purchaser. Pianos anil
Organs taken as part payment in ex
change.
Come and see them and make a
selection for Christmas.
We Can Save You Money.
W R NEWTON,
Representative.
Don't Shiver!
Winter is here and you need
Horse Blankets, Robes, Sleighs,
Sleds, Bells or something about
your Horse or Team—what is the
use of your going around and
paying twenty-five per cent, more
for them than you can buy them
here for.
Remember we are the largest
wholesale and retail dealers in
our line in the state. We pay no
rent, no interest on borrowed
capital, look after our business
ourselves and pay no salaries,
pay spot cash for everything, we
buy all for your benefit which you
get when you deal here. Call
and see anyway.
MARTINCOURT & CO.,
No. 128 E. Jefierson St.,
S. B. MARTINCOURT, J ~
J. M. LIEGHNKR. f HUTLKR -
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Cylinder, Dynamo, Water
White and Standard Gas
Engine Oils, Gasolein, Pen
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CHAPTER XXV.
HEW ISTHE.NCIIMtSTS.
But this way of breaking into the
house every uight did not afford tiie
the facility I wished. For I wanted
to see I.ady Alice during the day. or
at least in the evening before she went
to sleep, as otherwise I could not thor
oughly judge of her condition. So t
got Wood to pack up a small stock of
provisions for me in his haversack,
which I took with me, and when i
entered the house that night. I l«>lte,i
the door of the court behind me. and
made all fast.
I waited till the usual time for hot
appearance had passed: and. always
apprehensive now. aa was very uat
ural. I had begun to grow uneasy,
when I heard a voice, as I had heard
it once before, singing. Fearful of
disturbing her, I listened for a ino
, ment. Whether the song was her own
j or not. I cannot be certain. When I
questioned her afterward, she knew
j nothing about it. It was this:
"Days of old.
Ye are not dead, though gone from me;
Ye are not cold,
i But like the summer birds gone o'er
the sea
' The sun brings back the swallows
; fist.
O'er the sea:
When thou comest at last.
The days of old cotne back to me."
She ceased singing. Still she did
i not enter. I went into the closet, and
! found that the door was bolted. When
I c.|.etird it. she entered, as usual: and.
when she came to herself, seemed still
letter I'uii! before.
"Imuran." she said, "I don't know
how it is. but I l>elieve I must have
forgotten everything I ever knew. 1
feci as if I bad. I don't think I can
even read. Will you teach me my
letters?"
She had a book in her hand. I
hailed this as another sign that her
waking and sleeping thoughts bor
dered on each other; for she must
have taken the book during her som
nambulic condition. I did as she de
sired. She seemed to know uothiug
till I told her. But the moment I told
Iter anything, she know it perfectly.
Before she left me that night she was
reading tolerably, with many pauses
of laughter that sue should ever have
forgotten how. The moment she
shared the light of my mind, all was
plain; where that had not shone, all
was dark. The faet was, she was liv
ing still in the shadow of that shock
which her nervous constitution had
received from our discovery and my
rejection.
As she was leaving me, I said:
"Shall you be in the haunted room
at sunset to-morrow, Alice?"
"Of course 1 shall," she answered.
"You will find me there then," I re
joined: "that is, if you think there is
no danger of being seen."
"Not the least," she answered. "No
one follows me there; not even Mrs.
Blakesley, good soul! They are all
afraid, as usual."
When she had gone, I followed into
the old hall, taking my sack with me.
But I found It vep- difficult to wait
for the evening. By the windows of
one of the rooms looking westward, I
sat watching the going-down of the
sun.
One moment longer, and a light
hand was laid on the door. It opened
gently, and Alice, entering, flitted
across the room straight to my arms.
How beautiful she was; her old-fash
ioned dress bringing her into harmony
with the room and Its old consecrated
twilight! For this room looked east
ward. and there was only twilight
here. She brought me some water, at
my request; and then we read, and
laughed over our reading. Every mo
ment she not only knew something
fresh, but knew that she had known it
before. The dust of the years had to
be swept away; but It was only dust,
and flew at a breatih. The light soon
failed us in that dusky chamber; aud
we sat and whispered, till only when
we kissed could we see ouch other's
eyes. At length Lady Alice said:
"They are looking for me; I had bet
ter go. Shall I come at night?"
"No," I answered. "Sloop and do
pot move."
"Very well, I will."
She went, and I returned to my den.
There 1 lay and thought. Had she
ever been insane at all? I doubted it.
A klud of mental sleep or stupor had
come upon her—nothing more.
Next evening we met again, und the
next, and many evenings. Every time
I was more convinced than before that
she was thoroughly uune in every prac
tical sense, and that she would recall
everything as soon as I reminded her.
, But this I forebore to do, fearing a
reaction.
- CHAPTER XXVI.
tscAre.
It was time, however, to lay som:
plan, and make some preparations for
our departure. The tirst tiling to 1m?
secured was a convenient exit from
the house. I searched iu all directions,
but could discover none better than
that by which I had entered. Leaving
the house one evening, as soon as
Lady Alice had retired, I communica
ted my situation to Wood, who entered
with all ills heart into my projects.
Most fortunately, through all her so
called madness, l4idy Alice had retain
ed and cherished the feeling that there
was something sacred about the dia
mond ring and the little money which
hud been intended for our flight be
fore, anil she had kept them carefully
concealed, where she could tlnd them
in a moment. I had sent the ring to a
friend in London, to sell it for me; aud
it produced more than I had expected.
1 had then commissioned Wood to go
ixi the county town and buy a light gig
for me; and iu this lie had been very
fortunate. My dear old Constancy
had the accomplishment, not at ail
common to chargers, of going admira
bly iu harness; and I had from the
tirst enjoined upon Wood to get iiini
| Into us good condition as possible, I
now lixed a certain hour at which
Wood was to be at a certain spot on
one of tin- roiuls skirting the park—
where I had found a crazy door in the
plunk fence- Willi Constancy in the
dogcart, aud plenty of wraps for
Alice.
The next evening I said. "Alice, I
must leave tlio bouse; will you go
with meV"
'"Of course, I will, Duncan. When?''
"The night after to-morrow, as sooi,
as every out' is in bed and the house
quiet. If you have anything you valut
very much, take it; but the lighter w«
go the better."
"I have nothing, Duncan. I will tak<
a little bag that will do for me."
"But dress as warmly as you can,
It will be cold."
yes; I wonjt forget that. Good
uiglit."
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER K", iSi»H
Slio took it as qnietly as going to
church.
I had not >ccn Mrs. Blakesley sintv
alio had told ui.* that the young carl
and count' were exacted in about a
mouth; else I might have learned one
fact which it was very important I
should have known namely. that
their arrival had lieen hastened by
eight or ten days. The very morning
of our intended departure, I was look
ing into the court through a little
round hole I had cleared for observa
tion in the dust of one of the windows,
believing 1 had seen some signs of un
usual preparation on the part of the
household, when a carriage drove up.
followed l>v two others, ami Lord and
Lady Hilton descended aud entered,
with an attendance of some eight or
ten.
There was a great bustle in the liou.se
all day. Of course I felt uneasy, for
if anything should interfere with our
flight the presence of so many would
increase whatever difficulty might oc
<-ur. I was also uneasy about the
treatment my Alice might receive from
the new-comers. Indeed, it might IK'
put out of her power to meet uie at all.
It had been arranged between us that
she should not come to the haunted
rhumher at the usual hotir. but to
ward midnight.
I was there waiting for her. The
hour arrived: the house seemed quiet;
but she did not come. I began to grow
iiueasy. I waited balf an hour more,
and then, unable to endure it longer,
crept to her door. 1 tried to open it.
but foiiud it fast. At the same mo
ment 1 heard a light sob inside. I put
my lips to the keyhole, and called
"Alice." She answered in a inoiucn::
"They have locked uie in."
The key was gone. There was no
lime to be lost. Who could tell what
they might do to-morrow, if alreud>
ihey were taking precautions against
her madness"? I would try the key of
a neighboring door, and if that would
uat lit. 1 would burst the door open
ami take the chance. As it was. the
key lilted the lock, and the door open
ed. We locked it again on the outside,
restored the key, and in another mo
ment were in the haunted ehamlier.
Alice was dressed ready for flight.
One or two lights dancing altout be
low detained us ft>r n little while. We
were standing near the window, feel
ing now very anxious to IH> clear of the
house; Alice was holding me and lean
ing on me with the essence of trust*
when, all at once, she dropped my
arm. covered her face with her hands,
and called out: "The horse with the
clanking shoe!" At the same moment,
the lieav door which communicated
with this part of the house, flew open
with a crash, and footsteps came hur
rying along the passage. A light
gleamed into the room, and by it I saw
that Lady Alice, who was standing
close to me still, was gazing, with
flashing eyes, at the door. She whis
pered hurriedly:—
"I remember It all now. Duncan.
My brain 1* all right. It is come
again. Btw they shall not part ns this
time. You follow me for once."
As she spoke. I .taw something glit
ter in her hand. She had caught up
an old Malay creese that lay in a cor
ner, and was now making for the door,
at which hnlf-a-dozon domestics were
by this time gathered. They, too, saw
the glitter, and made way. I fol
lowed close, ready to fell the first who
offered to lay hands on her. But she
walked througti rhem unmennced,
and. once clear, sped like a bird into
the recesses of the old house. One fel
low started to follow. I tripped him
up. 1 was collared by another. The
same instant hi- lay by his companion,
and I followed Alice. She knew the
route well enough, and I overlook her
iu the great hall. We heard pursuing
feet rattling down the echoing stair.
To enter my room and bolt the door
lM>himl us. was a moment's work; and
a few moments more took us into the
alley of the kitchen-garden. With
speedy, noiseless steps, we made our
way to the park, and across it to the
door in the fence. Where Wood was
wuiiiug for 11s, old Constancy pawing
the ground with impatience for a
good run.
lie had had enough of It before
twelve hours were over.
We res<ed no more than was abso
lutely necessary; and. in us short a
space as ever horse could perform the
journey, we reached the Scotch bor
der. and Iwfore many more hours had
gone over us Alice was my wife.
CHAPTER XXVII
raEEbOM.
Honest Wood joined us in the course
of a week or two, and has continued
in my service ever since. Nor was it
long Ix-fore Mrs. Blakesley was like
wise added to our household, for she
had txM-n instantly dismissed from
the countess' service on the charge of
complicity in I.ady Alice's abduction.
We lived for some months In a cot
tage on a hill-side overlooking one of
the loveliest of the Scotch lakes. Here
I was once more tutor to my Alice.
And a <iuick scholar sW was, as ever.
Nor. 1 trust, was I slow In my part.
Iler character became yet clearer to
me every day. I understood her l>ct
ter and IK-tter.
She could endure uiarvelously; but
without love and its joys she could
not live, in any real sense. In uncon
genial society, her whole mental fac
ulty had frozen; when love came, her
mental world, like a garden in the
spring sunshine, blossomed and bud
ded. When she lost me, the Present
vanished, or went by her like an ocean
that has no milestones; she caring
only for the I'ast, living only in the
Past, and that reflection of It In the
dim glass of her hope, which prefig
ured the future.
We have never again heard the
clanking shoe. Indtctl, after we hart
passed a few months In the absorp
tion of eaeh other's society, we began
to find tliat we doubted a great deal
of what seemed to have hapjiemHl to
ns. It was as if the gates of the un
seen world were closing against us,
because we had shut ourselves uj> In
tiie world of the present. But we let
It go gladly. We felt that love was
flic gate to an unseen world Infinitely
I>ryolid that region of the psychologi
cal In which we had hitherto moved;
for tills love was teaching up to love
ill men. and live for all men. In
fact, we are now, I am glad to say,
very much like other people; and won
der. sometimes, how much of the story
of our lives might be accounted for on
tiie supposition that unusual coinci
dences had fallen In with psychologi
cal peculiarities. Dr. Uuthwell. who
is sometimes our most welcome guest,
lias occasionally hinted at the salwr
cut as the key to all the mysteries of
tiie story, seeing nothing of It was at
least recorded before I came under
ids charse. Hut I have only to re
mind him of one or two circumstan
ces, to elicit from his honesty an Im
mediate confession of bewilderment,
followed by silence; although lie evi
dently still clings to the notion that in
the saber-cut lies the solution of much
of tin- marvel. At all events, he con
siders me Mine enough now, else he
would hardly honor me wft.l> ho much
of his confident e as he does.
Having examined into I-ady Alice's
affairs, I clalin<"d the fortune which
had inherited. I>>nl Hilton my
former pupil, at once acknowledged
the justice of the claim, aud was con
siderably astonished to find how much
more might have l>e«'n demanded of
him. which had IKHMI sjient over rhe
allowance made from her income for
her luainteiiauce. But we had enougu
without claiming that.
My wife purchased for me the |x»>
Mission of my forefathers, and there
we live iu jieace and hope. To her I
owe the delight which 1 feel every day
of my life in looking upon the haunts
of my childhood as still mine. They
help me to keep young. And so does
my Alice's hair: for although much
gray now mingles with mine, hers is
is dark as ever. For her heart. I
know that cannot grow old: and while
the heart Is young, niaai may laugh
old Time iu the face, and dare him to
do his worst.
i The End. I
A Toralmtunr.
The following story is amusing,
though London "Sketch," which prints
it, declines to be answerable for its
veracity: A lady garbed in rational
costume met a gejjtlemib while out
cycling one day. They fell In love and
in due course were married. After a
brief but blissful period .the husband
died, and the disconsolate widow or
dered a tombstone to be erected to his
memory, on which was depicted their
first meeting, and the pathetic inscrip
tion runs: "My dear 60ul had the
tire of his life prematurely punctured."
The Cngland Pie.
The stereotyped and much maligned
New England pie is beginning to cast
aside its under crust, and now fre
quently appears in a deep dish with
only the top crust, after the manner
of its English cousin. Apples quarter
ed, sweetened and flavored with nut
meg or cinnamon, plums with their
pits still in and peaches halved and
sugared and tucked under the protect
ing uppet crust are all seasonable and
delicious.
. SOME THINGS TO KNOW.
Even the hardened locomotive has its
tender part.
People who sit upon forms are apt
to stand upon ceremonies.
A talkative person seldom fails to
make one pneumatically tired.
Snufflng a candle Increases the ef
fect and diminishes the cause.
Men are like chickens —they always
want to get on the highest roost.
How little man knows of his fellow
man—unless he lives in a village.
When some men bury the hatchet
after quarreling they go right out and
dig up an ax.
Scorching is injurious physically —
also financially if the policeman catch
es you.
The ball player who hits the most
"balls" at night always hits the fewest
In the next day's game.
The liquid voic» of a woman would
probably be more appreciated if she
would occasionally turn off the flow.
It is always a severe strain on the
ingolic qualities of a woman when she
has to use her wings to dust the fur
ttiture.
CULLED FROM ALL SIDES.
Savages, on the whole, live longer
than civilized people.
Forty years ago the first missionary
was eaten on the Fiji Islands.
Swallows have been met at sea more
than 1,000 miles from any land.
In Costa Rica canary birds, bull-
Inches, and paroquets are special table
lainties.
According to a German authority the
numan brain is composed of 300,000,000
nerve cells.
In the orange fields of New Zealand
:he crop has been known to net as high
is |I,OOO an acre.
Eight million pounds are computed
:o change hands in England yearly
through betting on races.
Over 400 diamonds are known to
bave been recovered from the ruins of
Babylon. Many are uncut, but most
ire polished on one or two sides.
Probably few people who visit Lon
don are aware that one of the most
novel sights of the great city is that
>f the pigeons around the public build
ings.
The British soldier has not always
worn a red uniform. White was the
prevailing color under Henry VIII.,
Wd dark green or russet la the time
of Elizabeth.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
The queen of Greece is the only wom
in admiral in the world.
When tea was first brought to Eng
land the leaves were eaten.
The Polar currents are said to con
tain less salt than those from the
Njuator.
Britain reoulres a yeerly supply of
breadstuffs or about 30,000,000 quarters
»f wheat. She produces about 6,000,-
300 quarters.
The custom of keeping birthdays Is
many thousand years old. Pharaoh's
birthday festivities are mentioned In
the Pentateuch.
Berlin is one of the most cosmopolt
taln of Europeans cities. Though it is
the capital of Germany, only 37 per
:ent. of its Inhabitants ure Germans
by birth.
The broad-headed horses are the
Severest. In the British household
mvalry horses with broad foreheads
learn their drill more rapidly than the
Dthers.
In Russia the proportionate number
Df births is nearly double that of
France, while the German., population
Increases faster than that of any other
:ountry.
TOLD BY FIGURES
A caterpillar in the course of a
month will devour GOO times its own
weight In food.
There are found in both books of the
bible 3,586,483 letters and 773,693
words.
Since the birth of Christ 4.000,000,000
men have been slain In battle.
If kept continuously running a watch
will tick 180,144.000 times in a year.
Some scientists now hold that above
.he altitude of 12,000 feet from the sea
level the temperature decreases about
)ne degree for every rise of 360 feet.
The British government is the owner
3t over 25,000 camels. Several thou
sands are used in India to carry stores
and equipment when companies are
changing quarters byline of march.
The largest proportion of single per
sons is found In Ireland and Scotland
ami the smallest in the United States.
In Ireland 67 per cent., in Scotland 63
per cent., but in the United States only
59 oer cent, are in that condition.
AN AUTUMN MORNING.
The frost's aglcam In th< mellow dawn.
And the spider's nets are on the lawn.
And deep In filmy robes of mist
The hllle and the silent woodlands He,
And anon, as the sun comes up the sky
The gray clouds turn to amethyst
The tender song of the waking thrush
Is heard no more In the brooding hush.
Nor linnet's song In thi- dying trees
And down where the dodder's skein's ar»
spread,
The wltch-haxel gleams In velvet red.
And the sweetbrtar waves In the breeie.
And wheeling up through the distant sky.
On their flashing wings the plovers fly.
And over the breast of the pool
Through haxe of the daybreak's atmos
phere.
The cry of a bittern, sharp and clear.
Comes from the marshes dim and cool.
And deep In the grasses at our feet
The tuneful crickets still sing as sweet
As In the depths of torrH June:
And o'er the dells and the sleepy woods
A reverent hush of stillness broods
As morning dreams Into the noon.
—Edward Wilbur Mason. In Leslie's Pop
ular Monthly.
SHE PROVED TO BE '
A REAL HERO. \
'*T\o YOU thinJt that Charlie will
I J win the football game of-the
'Gentilhommcs' crew next Monday?"
"I've not the slightest feur that he
will fail," was the reassuring answer,
which charmed a warm light into the
face of the girl who had just spoken.
Charlie Vandegriff was her sweetheart,
and she had set her heart on his. win
ning the game.
Mildred West had been in love with
him since she could remember. They
were playmates in childhood. Mil
dred's brother Frank, who was so cci
tain that Charlie could not lose the
game for the crew, had been his class
mate at school and in college. They
always spent their vacations together,
and it was during the Christmas holi
days under the mistletoe's red ber
ries that Mildred and young YsiwV
griff had plighted their troth
The young college man was not ng
lie was a quiet, easy-going
fellow, of whom It was said that In
had never displayed any courace. lie
refused to fight a duel once, the chal
lenge for which had been tendered bv
a boorish chap from the west whose
father was a millionaire. Rome : rifling
dissension between the two nun led
to words, to which the California mil
lionaire's son took exception.
To his friend, Frank West, and the
letter's sister, Yandegriff confessed
that he could not run the risk of be
ing killed or wounded because of his
mother. The Yandegriffs had been
rich in their generation, but specula
tion had ruined Charlie's father, lie
blewout his brains when the inevitable
came and left his widow and child to
battle with the world alone. Mrs.
Yandegriff sacrificed tier Jewels and
her pride by offering her services as a
seamstress iu the homes where tiie
had once been a welcome visitor. Thia
enabled her to keep induct the little
life insurance as a capital to be devoted
to liar son's education. The Wests
were well-to-do gentlefolk and treat
ed with the same cordial friendship
their impoverished neighbors.
At first youug Yandegriff's action
in declining to fight the duel gu\e rite
to an undercurrent of indignation, but
better counsel prevailed, and Frank
West had much to do with turning the
tide ugaiust the boyish and overbear
ing Californiau who had offended more
than one college mate by his disagree
able manners.
For his sikiil in football, young Yand»>-
grift had been chosen the captain cf
the "Ueutilhomme" crew, which was
to vanquish the "Benares," whose
captain was one of Yandegriff's warm
est friends.
The football game was to be a gala
affair at the college. Society had
taken hold of it, and for miles about
the beaux and belles had talked of
nothing but the game. In dozens of
wardrobes hung exquisite, filmy sum
mer gowns to be worn on the occa
sion. The prize, a superb golden cup,
Yandegriff hoped to lay at the feet
of his betrothed.
On the evening before the gume Mat
Dunstrow, a brother of the Dunstrow
who was the captain of the Benares,
called upon young Yandegriff at his
lodgings and asked for a private in
terview. Nothing was thought of it
by the students, who sat about in the
little park in front of the hall, dis
cussing the eventful to-morrow.
The young men were closeted to
gether for some time, aud when final
ly Yandegriff dismissed his friend at
the door, one or two overheard his re
mark:
"I'll do it, Mat; depend upon it!"
it was taken as a renewed assurance
that the speaker had no doubt Of win
ning the game.
A more u-lorious day had not dawned
upon the town of Briarwood in many
a moon. The sky was blue as an
amethyst, the air crisp, and the sun
shone with the glitter of melting gold.
At two o'clock in the afternoon not a
seat was vacant in the temporary
grand stand, which had been divided
in boxes and stalls for parties of four
and six. Many elegant turnouts had
taken up positions in the field, their
fair occupants preferring to watch
the game from underneath bright sun
shades.
A shout went up from *he multitude
when the two crews in their natty uni
forms and led by their captains,
marched Into the field end '.he game
w as begun.
Move after move and vantage aft«r
vantage wn« greeted with deafening
applause by the friends of the crews.
80 far honors were easy, both partiei
playing with equal skill and perse
verance. Just ns It seemed that the
victory would be Vandegriff's, an tin
foreseei thing happened. The captain
of the "Gentilhommes" stumbled aud
fell, and his friends of the "Benares"
rushed in to win the game. There
were those who said that Charlie
Vandegriff's fall had been premedi
tated, but in the excitement few gnve
credence to it. It was regarded as
one of those unlucky happenings
which often rob the expected of its
fulfillment. When young West re
turned to look after Ills sister, Mildred,
he found her with flushed face and
tears iu her eyes. Mat Dunstrow, the
brother o,f the victor, was im the box
with her. The captuin of the "Benares"
was not far away receiving the con
gratulations of a beautiful, l.auglity.
girl in pink, between whom and Mil
dred West there had been much Jeal
ousy and feeling since a certaiu night
in the winter, when the beauty iu pink
tried her best to anchor to her side
Charlie Yandegriff.
"How did it happen ?" ruefully asked
Mildred, as hsr brother approached.
"Sold out!" whispered the latter in
return. "We've been mistaken in him,
after all!"
The words stung the girl to the
quick. She could not believe that her
beau ideal, the man she loved, had
been guilty of such a thing. But the
evidence teemed against him. Frank
West was anu tig those who bad beard
him make th.it promise to Mat on the
night before the game: "I'll do it. you
may depend upon it." Mat was the
victor's brother, and the hero of the
gridiron had alnau been an ardent
admirer of Claudine l'ratt, the girl in
pink. She nan as anxious fur him to
win the game. as Mildred was for
Charlie. Why should the latter throw
away the victory, uuless it was for
money? To Frank this seemed clear,
for he was very near Vandegriff, when
the latter by that unfortunate stum
ble release*! his grasp on a game that
was already bis. Had there been an
obstacle that caused this misfortune
Frank could cot have failed to see it.
I.ate ii: the night, when the dance
which had been arranged for the en
tertainment of the stmlent9 and tbeir
friends came to nn end. Frank and
his sister hastened homeward through
the little grove that led past Charlie's
lodgings. They had not seen much of
the latter during- the evening, in fact,
he had rpther avoided tbem. Mildred
suffered keenly, and Frank's disap
pointment was also exceedingly plain
to all who came in contact with him.
Silently the two pursued their way,
when they were arrested by voices
• REMEMBER WHEHE.TOI' ARE, MIL
v DRED."
that seemed close by. As they drew
nearer they distinguished the speak
ers as Charlie Vandegriff and the vic
tor of the game.
"Ucmain where joii are, Mildred, we
might as well see the thing out. Xo
doubt, he is paying him the money
now!"
Spellbound the girl stood behind a
tree. For a moment the quiet was
painful, then she heard Charlie say dis
tinctly:
"But you »cnt him to me last night!"
"I've sent no one!" was Jottng Dun
strow's answer. "What did he tell
you ?"
"He said that Clnudine had made
your winning the game the condition
of her engagement to you. He de
clared that she would throw you over,
if you failed to come out victorious.
He told me how desperately you felt
in the matter, and that you could not
bear the thought of losing her."
"He told you a falsehood. 1 have not
rent him to you, neither have I asked
Claudine to marry me. It was a damn
able plot to ruin you. You threw the
game away to me to save me losing
the girl I loved, you say?"
"I did. I thought that I could ex
plain it to Mildred, whom I love dearly,
anil who has promised to be my wife.
You are my ix'st friend. I felt sure
that she would approve my action to
save a friend."
"She does approve," said a sweet
girlish voice, "she is only sorry that It
wns for naught! You are a real hero,
my darling!"
In a moment Mildred was folded In
her lover's arms.
The plot to humiliate Mildred by
stealing the victory from her be
trothed was hatched in the fertile
brain of the young CaU/ornla million
aire and Claudine. Mat Dunstrow,
who was himself enamored of the
beauty in pink, became her willing
slave and carried out the scheme, as
the others had arranged. It lost
Vandegriff the golden prize, but It
could not deprive him of the love of
the woman who had promised to be
come his wife. —Bt. Louis llepublic.
'l'llr tviar Man's Wajr.
"There are." said Mr. Xobolington,
"as we discover in the coui'se of our
experience, many little that wt
can't get done as we want them for
love or money un!t«s we are willing j
to bother about '.hem continually;
and the wise man lets the other have
his way In theie snailer detail s, con
tenting hi:nself with supremacy In the
fsMir." V Y. Sun.
T
\ When Ezra Sang First Bass. < (
, BY LEON MEAD. 1 ,
THE shutters of Jenkins' grocery
store hnd been up an hour or
more, aud the little, red-whiskered pro
prietor had been hinting as openly as
he dared to half a dosen of his cus
tomers, who were sitting around the
stove, that he would like to go home.
Hut his ostentatious preparation —
the slamming of covers on open bar
rels and the extinguishing of the lights
down to a solitary lamp—made no visi
ble impression on them. For the
squat, little stove still radiated a hos
pitable glow, and the air of the room
wos comfortingly blue and fragrant
with the smoke of many pipes.
The conversation, which had lan
guished while there had been an occa
sional customer to soothe the nerv
ous proprietor, suddenly became
hri.«k. From chicl ens it naturally
drifted to poultry diseases, and thence
to the uncertainty of life. That sug
gested religion to Tom Hicks; and
religion, revivals; and revivals, sin
ners. So, by an easy transition, the
church choir cameup for discussion.
Then it was that old Uncle Ezra,
who bad been silent through it all,
unllmbered ponderously, as properly
befitted a great gun of ihe village.
"Reckon I never told ye 'bout the
time I wns a bass singer?" he threw
out.
A respectful chorus of "Noes," and
"Tell us about It, Uncle Ez." answered
him. Each member of the pVty set
tled back into his chair with a sigh
of relief, and the unhappy Jenkins sat
down on a cracker-bo*, for Uncle
Ezra, ns n man of wealth and position,
was not to be interrupted nor hurried.
"Jimt years ago, when I was In
my prime," he begnn, after a prepara
tory cough, "the Methodist chu 'h
was built, and John Tote undertook to
organize the choir. They called him
the 'percenter," or something of that
kind. Tuny rnte, they were stuck for
a bast singer. Everyone they invited
to try for the position failed. At last
some one mentioned my name, and
John come to me and arked me to jlne
'em. At first I stood out right and
said 'no,' not flatterin' myself that I
could fill the bill 'tall. I kno wed one
tune from another, and I told him so;
hut niv voice was weak and •nvifcti. I
No. 49
\ ( but deep; 1 . -ides, at that time f had
a 'itt'.c ti ch of asthma once in awhile!
, "None <>f jou voting fellers never
knowed John Tate. He was killed bjj
the Injuns after he went west, btnl
be was the most conviiicin'man I'boufi
ever see. and he got me to come
church that night and try over some
of the tum s. I remember I had a te<<-
rible coM that day; it was deep soty
and my \oicc was below zero, so to
speak.
"Well, seein' as I hnd promised, I
went down to the meet in' house, as
we called it in them days. Matilda
Savory, now the Widow l'lunkett, was
there, and George Dclameter, who
was to be the tenor, and ltachel Sliter,
now deceased, and Susan Black, who
j I had gallivanted round with consid
erable. and bad a slinkin' sweetness
> | for. There was a few others I don't
; Just recollect this minute. We first
. : attacked that hyinn runnin'—
"There Is a fountain filled with blood."
"I put my whole soul into it, and all
the wind 1 could muster. They was all
surprised to liiul out 1 had such a good
buss voice, and I laughed in my sleeve,
because no one seemed to notice that
I had a cold. We tried several pieces,
i and. nfter finishin', some one was sure
to say to me: 'Why, Ez, I had no idee
that you had such a splendid bast
voice,' and another would say to the
one settin' next: 'We couldn't get
along without Ez; don't his roice
chord In nice?'
"You can believe 1 was honored, and
what made tne feel the beat was the
kinder suppressed look of pride on
Susan's face. For the time beln' I
really thought I could sing like a—a—
blackbird. Yes, that was the compari
son I made to inyself. You s«e, I was
thinkin' of Susan; her rear name was
Ttlack. as I mentioned before.
J "This was on a Monday night. John
Tate told us to meet again on Satur
day evenin' to practice, so we'd be able
to make the new church ring with de
vout song on the followin' uay. On
Tuesday my cold wns dlsappearin', and
my normal up-grade voice wns comin'
back.
"I now had n chance to consider that
I hnd made a mistake in joinin' the
choir, for when the time should come
for tnr to mnke a public exhibition of
myself my voice would be pitched en
tirely too hicb Still 1 felt that this
opportunity to become popular with
the church folks was too goo* to be
lost. I was a young man, anxious to
be a success in business and get some
of the custom which went to Andrew
Yates, who also kept a grocery. And
so I made this resolve: That, if neces
sary, I would catch another cold on
Saturday rather than resign or run the
risk of singin' in no t't voice on the
comin' Sunday.
"Saturday mornln' arrived, and I
hadn't even blowed my nose since
Wednesday, just afore 1 went te bed.
8o I throwed off my coat and vest and
scrambled down cellar, which was just
the place to get what I wanted. I
tired a little boy to tend store and X
jot for nearly an hour on a hogshead
of molasses, sneezin' away, but de
termined not to give up until I*4
caught a first-rate cold. When I came
upstairs I called out to the boy just
to see how my vocal organs was fixed,
and they put me in mind of a big bass
drum that I'd heard once in a travelin*
circus.
"That night I was on baud punctual,
and received many more compliments,
and went home with Susan, chipper as
a butterfly. For fear I wouldn't be
hoarse the next morning, I sot in the
open window of my chamber with my
coat and vest off, gazin' at the stars
and thinkin' of Susan while I grew
hoarser every moment.
"On Sunday mornin' my voice was in
good trim, and it was one of the most
triumphant moments of my life as
I stood up and let it swell out, while
all the people down below looked up
and watched us with admiration and
envy. My throat was rather sore and
my chest felt tl&ht, but I paid no at
tention to them.
"The choir agin met on Monday
night, and my voice held its own. Dur
in' the rc6t of that week I laid in ft
stock of soot'hin' sirup and campher
and other medicines, which I used
pretty lavishly, and with good results.
But Saturday come, and I found myself
hesltatin' whether to go down cellar
agin or sever my connection with the
cnoir forever. I had observed that
trade had picked up wonderfully with
in a few days, and the minister him
self had dropped in and asked for cred
it on a pound of cheese, some clothes
pins and one or two other articles—
-1 don't recollect just this minute. The
superintendent of the Sabbath-school
also came in for the first time and
bought a ham and a gallon of sperm
oil. If this thing continues, thinks I
to myself, I can afford to catch cold
for a few weeks, until they can get a
natural bass singer, and down cellar
I went, leavin' the same little boy to
tend the store.
"Well, a year went by, and I wu still
liol<Mn 'forth In the Methodist choir.
My business now was fiourishin', and
although Mr. Yates was a Christian,
the church people patronised me ai
much as they did him, for durin' this
time they had a tremendous reTiral
down at Jericho Center, and I had ex
perienced religion. By being in the
choir I had ninny chances to see Susan
home, which would not have happened
otherwise, and I valued this circum
stance; for my regard for her had
gradually deepened into sincere and
unmitigated affection.
"But then Susan up and married a
young justice of the peace, who never
attended church, and was a bigger
sinner than I ever dreamed of bein'.
This took Susan out of the choir, and
let me desolate. I vowed eternal celi
bacy, and I didn't care who set the
Methodist church afire. That was the
lust of me as n bass singer. Why, reck
on It up, and see how many times I've
exposed myself to diphtheria, bron
chitis and death, and not n llvin' soul
wns in the secret. I got so scientific
about It that I could tell how many
sneezes would make me hoarse enough
to strike the lowest note in Old Hun
dred without strninln' for it.
"But one thing's sorter botherin'
ine all these years. Suppose Itachel
fillter should meet me in Heaven. The
very first thing she'd say would be:
'Well, If here nln't Ez Hlx! Come
here, Ezra. I want you to sing some
of those good old hymns that we used
to sing in Slackville Methodist church.
That would be just like Rachel."
"Well, Uncle Ez," said Tom Hicks
who hnd been the old man's most re
spectful auditor, "you could have
'em ope ii the windows and put ice on
you when you was dying, so that you
could catch cold and take It along
with you and sing for her."—Saturday
Evening Tost.
CurloaHf of Bird MlyrAtlOß.
Among the many mysteries of bird
migration is the fact that over-sen
(nurneys are generally conducted ic
the darkness and Inrarlably against a
head wind.
Mut Take Complete Hi«t.
E. S. Wlllard, the actor, has been or
dered to take a complete rest until
I the spring by the l»ndon doctors, and
he is croltUr to Italy.