VOla' xxxvi HUSELTOIN'S A Grand Clearance Sale. We ask you to read the important announcements below. They tell of a money saving; tliey tell of high class footgear with extremely low figures. THIS IS A CLEARANCE SALE OF ALL WINTER FOOTWEAR J ladies' Flannel Lined Shoes and Slippers. Shoes for Boys and Girls. Warm Shoes were 75c now 45c Misses* kid patent tip rlress shoes were Warui Shoes were JSi.oo now 65c 1 .00 and #1.50, now y* and 75c. Missis' Warm Slippers were 75c- cow 25c grain shoes, heel and spring, were Velvet Slippers were 75 c now 45 c 00 an< l '.'s» now Soc- Cliildren s Heavy Shoes were JI.OO now 60c fine sLoes, spring h<-el, were 50c arid 75c, Several broken lines in ladies' fine Shoes now fI.OO shoes were f 1 50, now ft.oo. Boys' dtess shoes were fi.oo, now 65c. Ladies' Rubbers and Arctics. Men's Shoes at 15c and 2">c, Alaskas 50c. Children's Man's Heavy Sole Winter Tans were $2, buckle artics reduced to -,5 c. anil #2.50. now $1.65 and $2.00. Men's Men's Rubbers. Heavy Scle Leather Lined Shoes were $2.50,' now $r.75. Oil men's heavy shoes j Men'.s low jut ruhbdrs 25c were ti.so and $2.00, now $1.25 and $ 1.50 | Men's high " " 35 1 -" Men's fine embroidered slippers, were ; Men's storm rubbers s ot^ sf.oo, 75c, and 500, now 35c and 50c. 1 Men's warm Alaskas s°*" Ask to se? the for ladies, which are the embodiment of case, comfort and grace not to be had else where, as e are so'« agents for Butler county. Try a pair and enjoy 'he luxury ot comfortable, perfect fitting shoes. B. C. HUSELTON S, JIUIUT'S Leaiting Shoe House. Opposite Hotel Lowry. January Clearance Sale. Great Reductions in all Lines Large Stock of Boots, Shoes and Rubber Goods to be Closed Out Quickly at away below the Cost to the Manufacturers. SHREWD CASH BUYERS ( ake INotl ce.l% Men's double sole and tap laci shoe? (large sizes) reduced to Soc Boy's oil grain, tap sole Uce sho^s—all sizer—reduced to 50c Men's high cut Iwx toe lace shoes reduced to si.ls Men's fine shoes—all styles—all sizes—reduced to !>oc Ladies' water proof Kangarro calf shoes reduced to 75 c Ladies' fine Dongola tnrnsile shoes regular price $2.00 reduced to f 1. 10 Children's fine Dongola pat. tip slices reduced to so e Infants' fine shoes—reg.ilar or soft sole -all colors ?oc Ladies' wrm-lined shoes $2.00. $1.50, $1.25 shoes at 75 c Everything included in this GREAT SALE. Just read the LOW PRICES. Men's best felt b'»r»ts ami buckle overs reduced to *i-5° Boy's •' " " " " " " 1.25 Youth's" " " " " " " 1.00 Men's first quality rubber boots reduced to 1 90 Men's hand-made box toe :i sole lioots regular price ff.oo reduced to 2.50 Boy's kip and oil grain boots reduced to r.oo Too mauy Winter Shoes. Men's Best Box _alf, Enameles andWintsr Tans, all Leather Lined an I Ladies' best make Hand Welt Shoes to be closed out very cheap. All goodo on Sample Counters at 40c on the Dollar. Attend this gre.it jile. This will b» a bmy nnnth at our store. JOHN BICKEL. 128 SOUTH MAIN STRKET, BUTLER, PA. 1899 1899 1899 GOOD BUSINESS FOR JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. All our left o«vr Holiday goods must be; sold and in order to do s> we have j cut prices almost in half. All silver novelties that were *(.oo now 6oc " " " " " 50c now 30c All silver novelties and staples that were 125 now .Soc Solid silver thimbles that were 25 and 35c now 15c First class 8 day clocks with alarm that were 3.25 now 2.25 First elass 8 day clocks without alarm that were 3.00 now 2. G0 A good watch, Gent size 2.50 A. gool silverme ease with American movement 5.0n All other gojds in our stock reduced in prices so that it will pay you to buy your watches, clocks, jewvlerv, si'verware, &c., at PAPA'S, 133 South Main Street, - - - Butler, Fa. Repairing of All Kinds. 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Call and see anyway. MARTINCOURT & CO., - No. 128 E. Jefferson St., I S. B. MARTINCOURT, ) , r - BUTLER. J. M. LIEGHNER. I I'. S.—We also sell Trunks and" Valises. ; COCOA ? PURE! HEALTHFUL!! t ■ I - r C. SELIGMAN & SON. JTAILORSr r No. 416 W. Jefferson St., Butler^Pa. _ A linii of I'ort iffn :ui posit be he could not have overheard anyth.'.g. so be gan to ply him with quest ; ...-concern ing social conditions in .>e inlands, lie seemed to have aece d ;uy rea sons for making the voyage, but inj sharing the eaptain's quartern r.lso the fact of our being the . > . v .ner icanos on board, evidently lid liim tc favor us with a closer observation than if we had been his own country men. Your Spanish priest is the most companionable and interesting man in the world when he wishes to be, and l'adre Sebastiano was no exception to the rule. Having overcome my repug nance to him for obvious reasons, I found myself rather liking the man. lie spoke so frankly upon even church matters that T began to consider him harmless, and fancied my first impres sion a mistake Halstead was too reasonable a man to claim more than a fair share of the senorita's society, much as he liked her; so, as Don Silvestre retired to the smoking-room after dinner for tobac co and cards, I took he'r aft, where we could' watch the phosphorescent foam from the screw and talk without being overheard; for I saw she had some thing to say. She had been listening attentively to my conversation with the padre, and had been trying to recall sundry scraps of talk which she had overheard between him and his Jesuit compan ion; but before mentioning them she questioned me in regard to my pro posed movements after leaving the steamer. "I heard you the padre tell, Senor Enrique," she s>aid, "that you were this voyage merely tuking as a siesta from your affairs, and I too many of los Americanos have seen to believe they do rest very long. They do work, work, work like slaves, all of the time. And when they get rich —oh, so very rich still they do work, and no siesta take. Yet the Senor Enrique does one take which will last a month, surely, with his very good friend el capitan; and when he on land goes at el Guajan, it will three months be —such long, long months —before he will again see el vapor in which he may return. Now, un Americano, the senor will not rest for all these long months; not so! What, then, will he do in el Guajan, where one never works? Make love perhaps to la senorita whom he never has seen? Rut even that work is not. How —" "One moment, senorita; why should you think T have any intention of staying in Guajan?" "Oh, but it so simple is! Amigo mio" (here she laid her pretty lingers on my arm), "los Americanos generosos are; it so kind was of you to think of la pobrecitaV. dresses. I doubt not that it your goodness of heart was, yet even such un hombre could not resist at- the least seeingla s<*norita when she does wear them. And she w ill not them wear before the steamer shall go away, do you not see? El Capitan 'Dik* did for her feel, also, but it was not he who to think tried how he la senorita might help at once —ai, but he to see her was not, long enough!" "Well, that's a pretty clever line of reasoning, mia senorita. But don't you think yiou are giving that photo graph the credit of being a pretty strong attraction, to make ine think of leaving you to Capt. Dick, and bury ing myself among those out-of-the way islands for a whole three months, just to get acquainted with the orig inal ?" "That not isso, Enriqae mio" (blush ing warmly at this audacious familiar ity). "X—l am alive, and —you shall to be with me have for two of the weeks yet. I think not you would me leave for but a phwtograpli if I said you should not; have I la gran conceit?" (She looked so bewitching in the moonlight that to save my neck I couldn't avoid g'vLng her waist a gen tle squeeze). "Xo! you some affair in el Guajan have —though never could I guess what it may be. It something which of more worth is to you than jour affairs in Manila, or yon neglect them wouk' not for so lone. It some thing is which you do undertake for el Ricardito as well as yourself, and in which he does you trust as few men do trust each other, or your friendship I could make like a broken thread with jealousy of mo. I'll gran presun cion. is it not, amigo mio? Hut true, not the less. Else you embrace me would not, and e' capitan would look at me not with tine eyes that talk, oh, so much —so much that the little shiv ers he does make come to me some times, and 1 am afraid. Well, then, if this something stronger is than love of woman, what'it can be but the love of gold—such heaps of glittering, shin ing gold! Yet gold there is not !t el Guajan, else el gobernador would in Madrid be with much oCit. What then it can be?" "Quien sabe? Perhaps the elixir of life. But if Igo ashore there as you imagine, and if"! find anything beyond health and rest. I'll come and see you wmF day—or, rr.tlier. I'll come and t-e you and Dick. Then I'll tell you >th all about it." "You will come to see ine and el Ricardito? Rut I shall in Seville be." "Exactly; so will Dick as soon as he can get there." "Dios! qui temerario! Hut suppose suppose' I do permit him not "He'll come all the same; I think 1 BUTLER PA., THLJRSDAV, JANUARY lii, lJsiH) know Dick." (it- e she placed tnc palm of lir hand over m\ mouth, as if to keep me from saying more, but her bright eyes were ewianißg with j ilelijrht.j i 44 *sh! !*! ra'lre may vou hear. It was to speak of him I did wish when we j on deck did come !!e has been of you j speaking to el cum. Enrique, asking the questions ail aloiit y< u whether . ' vou reallv sr euwercitnte were in j Manila and why this vovage you were making. In some way ; he seems you to doubt. and lie remarks ' upon the long talks in MI camara you 1 do have with el capitan. He nothing knows of la senorita s ve st id a, or your destination he would have suspected much sooner than did I and, surely, your object. You must so very careful be what you do say. no matter where. Everything the padres do know, and in Madrid much influence has el Se bastino. You will remember, will you not, Enrique? And you must let him see not that of him you are suspicious, as last night you did; do not you see how quickly did he notice and did you make to him like in spite of yourself? Now take below me. and to el Capitan 'Dik' explain." The more I thought over what she had told me. the more I felt that my oleaginous clerical friend was likely to make t r ntble for us sooner or later; and when we were alone I repeated the conversation for Halstead's ben efit. He and Mcl'herson, counting upon the padre's good offices, had been inclined to doubt his mischief-making ability, though their experience in the east had taught them better: but after digesting the senorita's warning and recalling several remarks of Sebasti ano's, he began to look thoughtful. "There's going to lie enough diffi culty as matters are," he said, "with out having a suspicious priest to con tend with. It begins to look as if there might be some connection be tween Parde Julian's absence and Se bastiano's trip out here. If what the senorita told you is true, about his being influential at Madrid, it seems mighty queer that so big a gun should waste his time in the Lad rones. You see, there aren't enough of t he lica then to convert, nor are there any oppor tuuities to wield influence in the Phil ippines from such a base of operations. The cura, now, might easily be com ing out to practice on the natives; but neither the pickings nor the political pull are big enough to interest a man of any standing." "It would be an odd coincidence, wouldn't it, if old Julian and this chap had figured the thing out anil were actually upon the same errand is our selves?" "Hmpf! It would seem a heap queer t r to them if. after the time they must have spent in studying the matter, two casual travelers like ourselves should happen to hit on the same iilea, yes, and by sheer fool luck to reach the islands better equipped for such a job than they can possibly be. Rut, by the great green turtle! I'm with you on getting that cash. I didn't take much stock in the idea at first, and when I agreed to go in 1 was thinking more of you than of myself; but I've been seeing a good deal of Don Sll vestre's daughter during the last 48 hours, and that makes a heap of dii "Vou will reitu-mber, will you not, linrique ? " ference. The old man owns too many vineyards and plantations to relish sailor men in his family; so I wouldn't mind having money enough to cruise through Spain like a gentleman when I go ashore." "Well, I guess we're both interested enough now. We're getting right along, too. Mac told me he was mak ing 11 knots today. When are you go ing to change the course?" "That's what I've been figuring on all day. hut the padre complicates matters. Draw up your chair and let's have another go at the chart. I'll shut the windows too; we'd bet ter suffocate for an hour or two than have Diaz and his mates guessing ton much. New let's see. To-night's the 31st; here's where we were at noon. Twelve degrees and thirty minutes no'tli latitude; hundred and twenty seven, thirty-two, oas'. Now, say Mac keeps shoving her ten or eleven knots through tin night and lets up a lit tle in the morning to cool down his bearings—one of 'em heated consid erably to-day -we'll be somewhere eas" of hundred and thirty-one by noon, and about a degree further south. Had to lay her ou the regular course for Yap. you know eas' bv sou', quarter sou'—- or Diaz a i d Morenc would have caught on. Well, suppose we stick to that for another day noon of the 2d; that'll bring us with in sixteen hours' steaming of 'tap and a good-fortv-five from fln.iiau. won't i: ? yen-. I'il la v off tin n, n nenci marks. Now evcu a fool landsman tvould think it mighty queer to tackle a forty-five hour run with disabled machinery, no matter how much refit ting he might do at the e net of it, w hen ' there happens to be a safe harbor within a hundred and sixty miles." This was a fairer for me. The pen i ciled course on the chart showed the I absurdity of the proposition; but i while I was puzzling over it the cap tain drew another line which gave the I problem a more favorable aspect. "Suppose we should change about • to-morrow," he said. "Call it a hun dred and thirty-one, twenty, eas', by ; 'leven, fifty, no'th. On straight runs I from there, we'd have forty-two hours I to Yap and seventy-five or eighty to ijuajan; mat vu n .>'> ■>-» ■ sis. But the mates are euleu ating upon the regular i ru. • Diaz thinks .Mac raeetl her t,i-t:ay in cr ~-r to fret the gtilTi:es> otit of that fresh llabbitt u-.etal—ami they figure on at least sixty hours from the noon posi tion, to-morrow, into I'oniil hay. couhl cut the eighty hours to (iuajan down to -.xty-eifrht if he shoved her-" "And that ctira, Jt. in. i- not only a iliap who ?e> ni- to lake things about as he finds them, but a pretty good sailor into the bargain. So that if any luu eomcn of 11; *■ -V 'i' *»t likely to be from people ar \ap ». h(Jnre exp» ct ing mail and supplies, or who are wait ing to leave for Manila. How long be fore you will get back there? ' "Wei!, let's see." (We figured out the approximate runs, penciling' theiu on the chart, until the whole voyage lay diagrammed before us.) "We would anchor otT the landing wharf at Apra about noon on Saturday; that's the 4th of April. We < uglit to get away from there Sunday anil crop the padre at Saipan Monday morning. Then, running straight for Kusaie, with the no'thea-' trades helping us oil our port beam, she'd make Cliab rol Harbor some time Saturday fore i • r. It's a short run from Kusaie t< I'ouynipete; we'd -triUc Kittie har bor about noon 011 Monday and leave there next day; that's the 14th. I lie navigation among these atolls in tlie Carolines is too dangerous to ris!<— the group has never been surveyed, vou see —so we go to the no'th ard of them: but we ought to fetch into\ap by the following Sunday, easy enough. That would he the 19ih, vvouldn t ; t ? Suppose us to be due there next Fri day night, something under 16 days late. As a matter of actual fact, the regular steamer used often to leave Manila several dn.vs over time; and, as the colonies are run 011 the 'a ttiannna' principle, the mere being a couple of weeks behind wouldn't make much difference. Hut if any of the gobernador's party should happen to be waiting for a comfortable trip on the steamer, with good meals and baths, between Yap and I'ouynipete 01- Gttajan, they'd kiek a good deal on having to wait until after the wet monsoon had set in." "Well, but wait a bit. How many hours is it from Yap to *;uaiaii T' "I.et's see. Four hundred and fifty two miles; call it 36 hours' easj stcam- "That isn't so very much, and Mac has coal enough to make up a heap of lost time over the regular nine-knot rate. Suppose you find that ant of these Caroline people do want to run up to the I.adrones; what's the mat ter with taking them from Yap? It would make but little more than two days" difference 011 the round voyage, and Mac could reduce that materially. Then they'd be under obligations to you. as well as the padre." "That's a pretty good suggestion, Harry; I hadn't thought of it. You would have nearly three weeks to work in, and could return with me if jou were unsuccessful. I!ut you'd have to take your chances on there be ing no one who wanted to reach Guajan; ill that ease I wouldn't have an excuse for coming baek, you know.' "Oh, I understand that, of course. I'm prepared to stay 011 that island for six months, if necessary; it might take all of that time to really accomplish anything. When are you going to of fer the padre his passage to Saipan? after Mac's little arrangement?" "No. I don't propose making any advances at all to him; he's 100 slip pery. I'm captain of this steamer, and if anything occurs which seems to ne cessitate a change in the navigation, I am supposed to use my, own judg ment. Any owner or any chartering company would be obliged to accept my decision in such a case, unless they could prove that the necessity did not exist. That is really where ! lay my self open, if there should be a hitch in Mac's bluff. Hut he generally knows what he's about, and has set :he thing up pretty well; though until the en gine actually stops it is impossible to say whether his scratch will look seri ous enough <0 warrant the change of course. The only way to handle the padre is to keep still, listen closely to what he says, and work the bluff for all it's worth. Unless lam very much mistaken, he'll make some kind of sug gestion to me himself, especially if we mind our own business and are not seen much together. ou'd better hang around the lower deck anil smok ing-room all day to-morrow. Cultivate Don Silvestre as if you were trying to get solid with him his daughter's account, and spend the rest of the time with the -enorita. If she notices anything suspicious about the padre, -he'll certainly tell you." After going over the prospective runs on the chart again, we both turned it; but I found it difficult to sleep. The next day seemed likely to be an eventful one, and 1 was worried by the conviction that my friend was taking big chances of losing his com mand through the crazy speculation into which I had drawn liim. Once I even got out of my bunk with the Intention of waking him to advise the relinquishment of the whole affair, but lie was muttering about red lips, and B pain. and millions, in his sleep; so I thought better of it, and turned in again. CHAPTER VI. Ilalsteiul spent the morning pur posely in giving Diaz orders about breaking out the Yap cargo, going over the bills of lading with him as if he confidently expected to reach Tomil bay on Friday. As for myself, I fol lowed his suggestions to the extent of winning over 40 of Don Silvestre's dol lars at Sauclio Pedro, in the smoking room, and then losing nearly all back to him. This put the old gentleman in high good humor. We were getting quite chummy, when the senorita came along forward and asked me to tell her how observations were taken; she had noticed Moreno on the bridge with his sextant, and made that an ex cuse to get me out for a chat. It still lacked ten minutes of noon, *0 1 fetched a spare instrument from Halstead's locker and held it so that she could see the sun, like a red ball, through the smoked glass. She couldn't seem to keep it from wobbling out of sight, but persistently squinted through the lens while she scolded me for leaving her alone the whole morn ing. "AI," she said, "I did my new shoes put on before el desayuno because I tl» promenade did expect with cl cap ital! or el Senor Enrique. See, are they not pretty?" She placed the little toe of one in a mesh of flic netting, drawing up her skirt a trifle so that I could see the whole of the dainty tie, and, above it, a few inches of beau tifully rounded ankle in open-work silk stocking, which disappeared in a cloud of lace edging. "And then, when I did with that stupid ciira have to walk, what saw I but el capitan the tiresome oceupacion talking with el primero. El Senor Enrique was in sight no where; but presently I am told he does mi padre's doubloons win at the Pedro, en la camara de fumar. Sol did think that it was bail for my father that his doubloons he should lose to a yot.fg man lik»- el Si l.or Knriqt'.e. and that 1 should know if offended him I have, or el capitan, that neglect me they should." "I apt. Dick is responsible for the safety of the ship and all our lives, senoiita ntia. and I '.* ell, do you not think it is well thf.t 1 si..mid be good friends with y« "r fatl r?" "Oh, yes. g". od frient , Er.riquito mio; but not so notices! !e \ 'u .-hould it make. The Spubh etiquette Ji u do not underMai 1. Wl- n particular attei tion th • pet tletnan 1 ; s p. id to the young girl, as but \e-;crday and tl'.C Ilavs beforo you havi done, he a boldly should not go to her father. On the laud, the liberty to see you io much alone of the time as 0:1 .1 vap; r v.e have done 1 never should l ave; it is not the custom. That is why las se noritas the gentlemen like to be so friendly wh»n the -the opportunity they do have; it soseklo B b. Bat when to the scnorita's father the iitlemau so boldly does -o, j.eople do think that for his wife he doc.- wi>li her. "Wei!, suppose they do. I guess 1 can stand it if you tan." "Ah. but Knrii]tie mio. voti do net me wish. Not now. I : <1 te sure. I!ut if tl.» people you do n ake to think so, \ e»n would me have To I: ; .ke or eise the (iuelio to fi-;lit with n:i padre. They would saj : 'Behold, el senor the gran adl! Nat ion has for la senorita. Hut tin honorable he is: the resp-cts he does not pay to su padre: much alone it is permitido that he r 1 - her see. Then he docs find that she is not as he did think; re aa in h will not with her; and su padre must the senor then kill por la houra de ia familia.' Do you not see, Knriiji ito mio?" "I'm beginning to. dimly. You know I'm not as familiar v\ith your Andalusian customs as I should be. Hut see, the sun must beat the zenith. Here, let me adjust the sextant for you. Now look. Isn't the lower edge just touching the water?" As sbe peepi <1 through the lan, Hal stead. 011 the brii 'Te, tf *. k the sextant from his v\ > and said: "Strike eight bells, tjuarti-i uiasicr." Then he and the mates went into the wheel-house to figure u| the i- t : uiug. For perhaps half ai hour longer we stood talking in the shadow of the for ward life-boat. Then, just as UK stew ard • line along with the lunch-gong, there was the muffled soui.d of a crash from the engine-room gratings, and the machinery stopped. In an in stant heads appealed' at various win dows and doors: ihc passengers, with pale faci s and qui stioninglooks.ciowd cd out upon Ihe decks. Kchoes of voices shouting excited orders came Ironi son where below, and the good old ship, having lost her headway, rolled uiuasih upon the long, glassy swell. Ifalstead' stepped quickly down the starboard ladder and aft to the en<:ine-econi :-ai wa>. The senorita clung tightly tom\ arm with one hand, while with the other she fished her beads from their warm concealment and held them ready for instant use. Her bosom was pressed so closely I against my side that I could feel her heart beating about a hundred and forty to the minute. She looked aft with dilated eyes toward where the captain had disappeared, then beseech ingly into my face, as she whispered: "Madre de Die- Enrique! what is it? Shall el vapor in the water sink? Is it la mnerte? Ilicardito why goes he below into the danger? teil me! Por Dies, tell me!" I w as beginning to think,myself, that for a blu IT it was pretty realistic. Per haps I may hare caught some of the scnorita's nervousness. The crash be low was what puzzled me: that hadn't been on the programme. I comforted the girl as well as I could by saying I didn't think the steamer was likely to sink right away, though there was certainly something wrong with the machinery, and then suggested our go ing along to the engine-room, where we might look down and see what the trouble was. T vv.s considerably more shaken up than I eared to adnit, es pecially as the quartermasters and stewards, in obedience to the disci pline which Halstead always enforced at sea, had taken their stations for the signal: "All hands stand by to aban don ship." fro BE CONTIHCID.] Clannce to Get Even. "A Kentucky man recently married the granddaughter of a woman who once refused him." "Gracious; what a vengeance he will tc able to wreak." "I don't see where the vengeance is to come in." "Why, he will be able to address the woman who had once refused him as 'grandmother.' " —Cleveland Plain Dealer. Kn»>- Enou|[h, Harry—Say, old man, I'm in a horri ble fix. Fred—What s up? Harry—l've gone and got engaged to two girls. How the dickens am I going to get out of it? Fred—Oh, that's easy enough. Just contrive to get them together so that they can compare notes. —Chicago Kec ord. DUlllusioned. She was a maiden fair, and lie An ordinary count. Ho didn't have a bloomln' cent. But she—a large amount. They married—all our maidens long To wear a royal yoke- Now maiden hasn't got a cent And "count" is also "broke." —Denver Times. HF. SCORF.I) A I'OIVr. "Why, George, you said you weren't going to smoke unless there was some one here —and we've only been mar ried a fortnight!" "That's just it, darling; you sie, I haven't begun to look upon you as no body."—Ally Sloper. Juat it IVII > She Han. Although a woman may possess The daintiest feet In town. You'll tlnd it quite Immovable When once she puts It down. —Chicago Daily News. A (nut lon* Reply. "Has yotir wife kept up her music nince she was married?" "Well, silie has kept 011 playing the piano."— Chicago liecord. WORKINGS OF VESUVIUS. Whnt Prof. Scuimuta, I) I rector of llif Ok>rr« ntor) of thr Moutituln, ThluLa About It. In an interview I'rof. Semmola, di rector of the observatory of Vesuvius, has some suggestive remarks concern ing the workings of the jjreat volcano. With other observers the professor has discarded the idea of the molten in terior of the earth. "The belief pre \uiled for some time," he says, '"that the periods of greatest activity of Vesuvius were coincident with these of the moon's greatest attraction. I investi gated this question very thoroughly both by observations for two years and an extended comparison of past records of the moon and the volcano. It became fully evident that no variations what ever in activity were to be attributed to the moon's phases. Were there a molten interior, this, of course, could not be so.** "What mechanical power," the pro fessor was asked, "seems to be respon sible for the tremendous force of the eruptions'?" lie answered: "Steam, superheated, under great pressure. Given matter at a high degree of heat, and water which by some means reaches it, and you have a sufficient physical force to acce>uut for all the work done. That water plays a very important part in the eruptions is clear ly evident. In some eruptions of Vesu vius an enormous amount of water has been thrown out. The eccentric action of the sea, and of the wells and springs in the surrounding country established an obvious relation. Many unofficial iccords of past eruptions descril>e the sinking of the sea, fish strandeel on the shores thus laid bare, etc. l'almieri, however, came to the conclusion, based on his investigation of the eruption cf ISOI, that it was not the sea that sank, but the coast that lifted. He found that in the eruption the coast was lifted for several miles, the highest ele vation being at Torre del Greco, where the elevation was 4Vi feet. It slowly sank to its former level, but two years afterward had not quite attained it. "This explosive and eruptive action of water is shown whenever a lava llood passes over a spring. A miniature vol cano forms and spouts. The water turns to steam, and this, superheated and confined, bears the superincum bent weight only as long as it is unable to lift it. When the amount and power of the steam is equal to the demand, it erupts with violence through the lava llood and gives us a small volcano. After an eruption of Vesuvius the lava which has coolcel fills ell the canalsnnd vents leading front below. The steam and other gases which form below are thus unable to escape, and may go on augmenting in force for a long period. When the force of expansion attains the bursting point, it either blows out the eld vents or forces new ones, some times in the volcano and sometimes elsewhere, as when the new volcano of Monte N'uovu appeared above i'ozzuoli iu 1."..;-. The so-called smoke from Ve suvius is almost entirely steam. Steam is absorbed by the lava before eruption, under great pressure, and is given, off for long periods, as has been the case with the lava stream on the mountain for many months past." "llow deep, then, do you think the center of activity of Vesuvius lies?" "I can only give you my opinion, and an opinion does not call for a demonstra tion. 1 think it is a matter of miles, perhaps ten. but probably less." The mystery of the volcano remains still, therefore, the mystery of the earth itself; and we shall understand the one only when we understand the other. Hut the enormous heat and force of Vesuvius, only utilized thus far in sup plying' building stone and destroying buildings, recall practically the proph ecy of Prof. I.ertlielot, that in the golden age that is coming we shall draw all our heat and the mechanical forces which result from its conversion di rectly from the earth itself—that, in stead of digging 2,000 feet for coal, we shall dig a little further when the coal gives out. and bring up the heat itself by thermo-electric methods.—McClure's Magazine. A \**\v I IF for Sltol. A new use has been found for steel in the manufacture of harness. An Kuglisli firm makes a steel trace, con listing of a narrow ribbon of the metal, from three-fourths of an inch to one inch wide, rolled very thin and cased in leather. A trace of this kind has at tained a tensile breaking strain of 4,575 pounds, while an ordinary leiither 11 ace of the best quality, tested at the same time, broke at a strain of 2,700 pounds. Resides being lighter and stronger than the ordinary trace, the stee' ribbon is about 20 per cent, cheap tr. The steel is of the finest quality, and can be twisted in any direction. The same kind of steel has been intro duced in England in the manufacture of a practically punctureless tire. The steel ribbon, cased in rubber, is placed Inside of the ordinary tire. It is said that it does not in the least impair the resilience of the wheel, and has ac tually the effect of increasing the speed of the machine. —St. I.ouis Globe-Dem ocrat. Climate nn* Me IIFKIIIIIIC North. The Japanese always bury their de«vd with the head to the north, and forthi* reason no Japanese will sleep with Tils head in that position. Many private houses and hotels have a diagram of the. points of the compass pasted on the bedroom ceiling for the convenience oi quests.—Chicago Chronicle. Levity. Here the lecturer grew very earnest. "I am convinced," he exclaimed, "that the woman who does her own cooking is more likely to find a place among the angels than the woman who doesn't!" Now a voice obtruded itself harshly. "If she cooks with gasoline," said the voice.—Detroit Journal. lind Noticed It. "Have you ever noticed that men and their w ires generally grow to look alike after they have been married a few years?" "Oh, yes. Both of them nearly al ways have the same sad expression."— Chicago Daily News. Tented Him. liutler—Oh, Mr. Toot, while you were out a gentleman called — "Ah! Was he a big. strong man V" "No, he wasn't very strong. If° no trouble in throwing him out. N. Y. World. _____ . A (inmc of "We never have the same coffee t\\ ice." "How's that?" "Well—my wife buys it around wher ever she takes a notion to the bric-«- ' bruc."—Detroit Tree l'rcss. No. 2 NEARLY BURIED AfIVE. \\ ii* ilie Rxperlenee of Mnn? Wuuudtd Soldiers in Cuba. They talk about these things in -b us yet —t he v are not mustered out, i you Know. Still, members of the hos-j pital cor[)s of the Seventy-first regj-; meat tell some strtinge, grcwsoirie.l stories of hospital life between El Coney and Siboncy. Although afraid of a possible court martial, members cf tlie command, in close touch with the hospital, tell of one instance where an unconscious yellow fever patient was being buried alive by careless attendants, wlien the unfor tunate man was opportunely rescued. It was on July 14 of the present year, iu the yellow fever hospital, und«r the care of Dr. Hamilton Joucs. One pa tient died in a tent in which there were sis soldiers laid low by the saffron sjourge. The two worst cases rested upon litters, covered with the regula- - tion blankets. One of the assistant stewards, while walking through this particular tent, noticed that one of the stricken sol diers was in the throes of death. lie saw- that in a few moments the brave boy, who had escaped the deadly Mauser missiles, would breathe his last with the yellow death. These facts were reported to the doctor, who promptly had Hit' matter referred to the steward, Sergt. Meyer, with instruc tions to get the Cuban "burial detail" and bury the man in the trench as soon as he breathed his last. It was only a few-minutes later that the assistant steward saw the Cubans march off with a litter, bearing n silent form, covered bv a blanket. "Well, his folks will go in mourning at home," muttered the hospital official as he walked careles-sly into the tent in which the soldier had tamely given up his life for his country. As he threw back the flap of canvas he started back in amazement There in front of him lay the dead man on his litter bier. "Whom the d— arc they burying?** he yelled, and, rushing from the tent, he ran like a deer to the trench -where the Cubans were just throwing the first spadefuls of Cuban soil upon the quiet form beneath the blanket. Brushing the swarthy military sextcrn aside, lie jumped into the trench, pulled the blanket from the quiet figure, and there lay another scourge-stricken soldier, unconscious, but still breathing. Casting the blanket over the uncon scious man, the assistant ended the obsequies before they terminated in a horror, one of the terrible errors of the war. The plague-stricken soldier was lifted from his premature grave and borne back to the hospital tent, and his dead comrade placed upon the litter and carried to the shallow which had so nearly encompassed a live man in a living tomb.—St. Louis Re public. FEMININE HANDWRITING. The Large Style Ix Becoming Cowmen and I* Snld to Indicate a Breadth of Mind. Many deductions have l?cen drawn from the increasing size of feminine handwriting. It is quite true thai the modern young woman will take-up with a few words in her slapdash caligraphy' as much room as her maiden aunt would have needed for a judicious epistle up on a serious subject. But it is nqi fair to argue that, as the size of hands has grown, the letters formed by them must necessarily follow suit. Because sevens are now liabitually stocked in gloves and five-and-a-lialf's quite difficult to> obtain, largeness of handwriting is : none the less of moral rather than phy sical significance. The biggest man I know writes a microscopic hand; the woman whose pen describes tiie largest curves has tiny and dainty fingers. Other observers will find similar re sults. It is the brain that influences, the writing. Viewed from this stand point, one is able to congratulate the; present day woman upon at least one of her characteristics —breedtk of mind. She would seem to be emanci pating herself from the habit, so dis tressing in her sex, of paying undue regard to the little things of life. It should be added, however, that there is a large type of writing, ag gressive, obstinate and complicated, with certain well-defined signs of ego tism, which, in lieu of breadth, means nothing more elevated than morbid and passionate absorption in one subject; only, that subject being frequently the [jratification of self. But we arc speaking of the normal type. Of this I say, without fear of contradiction, that it indicates a healthy absence of small fault findings and worryings.—Philadelphia Times. Blaiuarck'a Muu»oleu/n. A letter from Frederlchsruh infprms us that the building of the mausoleum for Prince Bismarck is being pushed forward with considerable speed, and that great numbers of workmen are now busy upon it. Its huge dimensions are already perceptible; the height of the dome will bo not less than 26 to 27 meters, and tlio stone walls are l'/ 2 meters thick. A chapel, with an altar and decorations, will occupy the center of the mausoleum. Beneath this will be a huge crypt, with nave and aisles. The bodies of Prince and Prin cess Bismarck arc to be laid side by side ot the western end of the nave of the crypt. It is hoped that the build ing will be so far advanced before the end of autumn as to permit the cere monial "translation" of the coffins of the great statesman and his wife to their final resting-place.—Westminster Gazette. For Sonp. Mrs. Wise—Whet are you going to give Marguerite for a wedding pres ent? Mr. Wise—Judging by the character sf her Intended i should regard a tur ren the thing.—Jewelers* Weekly. I What 111mmI n if Slirniilm. Hissing means different things, ac cording to where you happen to beat the time. In West Africa the natives his-s when they .ire astonished, in the New Hebrides \jlien they see any thing beautiful. The Basutos applaud a pop ular orator in their assemblies by hiss ing him. The again, show tin ir reverence by a hiss, which has probably somewhat the force of the "hush" I>\ which we command silence. —Philadelphia Press. Our CnrloiiM Country. W:itts It has been well said that every man is a king in this country. Potts —And yet, any of us is much taken with .1 ten. —Tndiannpolls Jour rnl. . In Good Standing. Walking Delegate—ls Wickerton a consistent union man? Master Workman —I should say he was. Why, he won't even permit his clock to run over eight hours a day. Chicago Daily News. The Other Man. llarold—That rascal going up to the street there stole $2,000,000 from inei Wilber—How? Harold —lie married Mise Moneybags | while 1 was engaged to her.—'N. Y.