VOL* xxxvi A STREA/W OF N6WN6SS. New goods are coming in daily. The thought and care which were bestowed upon theii selection are manifest. We've been telling vou about Silks and Dress Goods. Other lines deserve mention Embroideries and Laces. * The newest and daintiest productions await you here Beautiful assortments at temptingly nttle prices. Cambric, Nainsook and Swiss Embroideries with Inserting and allover to match. ]|rY » Vals, Torchon, Orientals and a vast assortment of other Cl^fi T aces. Embroideries are priced like this: lok % to 1 ' n, 'h wide 3 to 5c I / Ito 2 ' nc ' l w ' ( * e to IOC J ' rut iTYflft B Finer and wider up to 70c per yard 1 \ AT Laces 15c per do/, yds up to fi.oo per yd . Hosiery and Underwear- The wanted sorts are here in ample variety. Careful selection A —"" has brought here the thoroughly good and dependable kinds. J An opportunity to buy—and save in the buying—is presented here. / \V> GLOVE TALKr~Thr.se of you who know our Dollar Kid Glove \ f Sv. */ know that nothing is retailed at the price that equals it for IP I \ / unifonnity of skin and perfection of finish and fit. Vr 3 \ "ROYALE"—Best Dollar Glove in America. ,|pA Black and all shades—Button, Hook or Clasp fastening. L. STEIN Sc SON, 108 N- MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA Rockenstein's Opeimig - oTSpring and Summer Millinery.. We call your attention to our large and well selected stock of Choice Millinery. We have end'eav. red to make our stock surpass all previous years in style, desir ability quality and prices. We feel sure we have more than maintained our reputation in the selection of CHOICE MILLINERY GOODS. We can show you an immense variety of Hats, Flowers, Riblions, Braid* and Chiffons and all that gos/s to make up an UP-TG-DATE MILLINERY STOCK, and at prices that will suiprise you. We would call especial attention to our Ladies', Misses' and Ull - TRIMMED HATS, in which we have always excelled. You can always get the right goals at the right prices at ROCKKN S r r KlN'fc, 328 South Main St., - - - - - - - Butler, I'a A Few Plain Questions ? ? ? Are you going to buy a Spring Suit? SEE OUR LINE AT $6. SB, $lO and Sl2. Want an Overcoat this Spring? SEE WHAT WE ARE SHOWING AT $5. $7 and S9 If you are going to wear the latest style Spring Hat? SEE OUR STIFF AND FEDORA SHAPES. Going to get a new Spring Shirt ? Want the Very Latest See Our Line. Do vou want the swellest thing in Neckwear? SEE OUK LINE. Schaul & Nast, LEADING CLOTHIERS, 137 South Main St., Butler. iFnfe xj'A. Won't buy clothing for the purpose of speml m°m'y- They desire to get the best / 'l\ possible results for the money expended. I V \ f I j|/ \ Not cheap goods but goods JUS cheap as can I V" \/Ol \ « \ l>e sold and made uo properly. Call and \\ tik. * 'I J p*) examine my large stock of tJW k \UR SPRING SUITINGS. \ IS IvV B? "T Right up to date, the latest styles, shades \ 1 I\\ *jT~~, aim colors that could be l>oiiglit. Call and > /V i\—examine them. - 1/3;, < // Guaranteed. G. F. KGCK, 142 North Main Street, Butler, Pa. iWe are now Ready H < 1° si you our new spring line of Men's, Boys' and Children s clothing at entirely new prices. Also our new spring line of Hats ,'in all Wl the new shapes), caps and furnishing goods, We will make you a tailor made suit for ► $15.00 up to $30.00, and if they do not fit M i or please you, we do not ask you to take >1 > it. Come in and see the samples. 4 \ We Have Two Stores and \ We buy real eheap now, >1 I DOUTHETT & GRAHAM, 3 J BUTLER, PA, TriK CLOTHIERS. - A A ■*!, A dfc A i PAPES. JEWELERS. Diamonds, watches. Clocks, Jewelery, Silverware, Spectacles etc. We havq a large and well selected stuck. We Repair all Kinds of Watches. If you have broken jewelery that you think teyond repaiis bring it to us and we will make it as good as new. We take old gold and silver the saipe as cast\ allowing the jiighest market price \Z2 S. Main St., Butler, Pa. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Library N-w House. New Furniture | Centra! Hotel, j I MRS. JENNIE NIXON, Proo'r Opposite Court House. Next Door to l ark Theatre | L C. WICK, DEALER IN Rough t Worked Lumber OF AT.L KINDS. I Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mould'ngs, Shingles and Lath Always in Stock. LIME. H \IR AND PLASTER Office opposite P. & \VV Depot BUTLER. PA, l | House Keepers | Give Ear jj) iV Now is the time you will foe buying WALL PA 1 ftP— Have vou considered where you are going to buy it? (0t If you'have n< t jet seen our LARGE STOCK of all the LaUst W Colorings, Tapestries, Hertaps, Pressed and Metal effects, etc. •5 It wiil pay vou to do so at once. Our stock was never so complete \ as it is today. I)ou't take our word for it hut call and see for your.se 1: m. a 'nd foe convinced. We have the goods and it is no trouble to show them. We also carry a large line of ROOM MOULDINGS to match all colors of g, Stationery. Window Shades, Paints. Oils and Varnishes, etc yj T. Picture and Mirror Framing a Specialty. 2 K A large line of unfranied pictures. Call and se»- tiieui. U Contract painting and paper hanging & K We lead and others follow. | Patterson Bros., | S 236 North Main Street. Butler. Fa. '£ Wick Building. Peoples' Phone 400. | Spring Goods. *' Our Entire Spring Stock Complete stock of the SOROS IS K> '■ m CtyfS the nt-w sfooe for women. Made of the .finest He' Dongola, Tan and Patent Leather; also com- Qy pltte stock > f Baker & Bowman's fine hand U f£\ turn's and hand welts in and fin. m Russett Kid, made 011 the laUst up-to-date lasts. 0 MEN'S SHOES. assorting!iT oT'lv Spring Silks in plain and fancy. The handsomest line of Silks we have ever shown at attractive prices—soc to #1.50. New Spring Dress Ooods u» coverts, Venetian cloth, poplin, serges, brillianteens and lienriettas. Vou will have to see these goods to fully appreciate their beauty and value. Our prices are attractive, too. BLACK DRESS GOODS AND CREPONS! The dyes are deep and unchangeable and the prices are unmatchable. Annual Opening Sale of Imported and Domestic Wash Goods. After many weeks of careful preparation, having been in touch with many of the representative lines cf Wash Kabrices made in Kurope and America, wc are now ready to submit to your inspection THE INITIAL DISPLAY OF THE SEASON OF 1599. WASH FABRICS. Fine Ginghams, Zephyrs, Madras Cloth, Chintz and Percales. An elegant line of Welts and Piques. Organdies both in plain, white and fancy colors. Swisses, Lawns anel Dimities. Laces and Embroideries. Fine Embroidery from 1 cent to 75 cents per yard. This is the handsomest and most complete line ever in Butler, consisting of Swiss, Nainsook and Ham burgs lace" edge embroidery—all overs--and all the newest effects in Embroideries and Laces for Spring of 1899, See window display. MRS. J. E. ZIMMERMAN. #That Dizzy Feeling Ithat thejv is •jouiwliiiit) ff|*oiig with the system, ft Is u \vuruins stBH and should lie heeded, a £im«l to||le \s reiju'.reil anil iM'gle'e't may niea|i souu'tldjie sertmis. Id our SAKSAI'AHILLA od :>tirifl<-r in the ?'(Jffi whole iUi of n-iiiedlt*s. it is ear.-rully prepared " r pure drills and will Rive tone and vigor to OfnjS the whole system. It Is the Ideal spring P°4 medletue. Rcdick & Grohman Prescription Druggists. Oil N. Main St., - Mutlpr, Pa A FAIR FACE MAY PROVE \ OOL daH s MARRVAPLAIN GIRL IF SHE U 3ES S A POLIO Constipation, Headache, Biliousness, Heartburn, Indigestion, Dizziness, Indicate that your liver is out of order. The best medicine to rouse the live/ and cure all these ills, is found in Hood's Pills 25 cents. Sold by all medicine dealers. Butler Steam LaundryT^C y 220 West Cunningham Street, \ C J. E ZICKRICK, Manager. \ f People's 'Phone, 296. S BUTLER PA., THURSDAY, APRIL G, MADAM OF THE IVIES. BY ELIZABETH PHIPPS TRAIN. [Copyrighted by-the Author.] SYNOPSIS: CHATI KU I. The sc. ne of the story Is laid in Uic village of 1. i!o i. at an •>!«! home stead, "The Ivies," ale til wliicli there :f considerable DufoUij LoCfcrßf^ the heroine, applies fur the position of coiu pauion to .Mrs. the mistress of the house. At the station she makes the acquaintance of Dr. Spencer, one ot the prominent characters of the story. CIIAi'TKK 11. -Dorothy is engaged by .Mrs. Eldridge, who &he discovers is blind, and enters at once upon her duties as companion. CHAI'TKR 111. —She makes the ac quaiiilanct of the housekeeper, Mrs. May bcrry, a curious chars, ter who lnis lived at The Ivies agn at uumj years. On one of Dorothy's visius tc the village a sudden illness drives her 10 the house of Dr. Spenuer. CHAPTER IV. My mirror had told me that I had grown younger niiicc <-0111 i 11s; to Elilon. , The hollows in my cheeks had roupdci} 1 out. I could 110 longer Kay that 1 was 1 too white for beauty. j«ml the anxious ! and harrnssed expression which the unsatisfactory anil unsettled conditions ■jf my life ptfor to my departure from New York had graven on my features had wholly given place to the natural serenity and animation of my up*. I was somewhat mollified by his explan |tipn, feeling it flattering to my present appearance. I smiled. "Yes." I replied, "it was I, arid I waj stranded, that is a fact. Hut for yoiir chivalrous assistance I shudder to think what might have become of 111 c." lie laughed, and at that moment his ;«ot)icr re-entered the room, bearing on i small tf'ay a eup of steaming tea, the lucre sight of which (teemed tij infuse new strength into my veins. I was not disappointed in its effect up -511 me, for after drinking it I felt like pew creature. "1 am veey worry to hiive given you 50 much trouble," I said to Mrs Sjieu •er, as she took the empty cup from my ■land. "I must introduce myself 1.1 you in proper form. 1 am Miss Lothrop, companion to Mrs. Kldredge ,of The Ivies." "Yes, I thought so," returned the joint woman, with evident pleasure in her own perspicacity. "Vou, tire not wholly unknown to us. my dear young lady. My son has heard you grate fully spoken of by many of his poor patients, besides wliicli, Mt. Booth lias mentioned you to us. 1 hope your Interest in charitable work is not prov ing too great a tax upon your Strength. "Not at all." ! replied with decision. "This attack Is merely the result of confinement. It is a'great pleasure to do some good in the world, even if it be only to administer another's boun ty." She looked at me approvingly, and the doctor even turned a kindly glance upon me, "But you have an excellent home mission," Mrs. Spencer remarked, not without emotion. "Even without ven turing beyond the doors of The Ivies you have ample opportunity for good work in ministering to the broken and arulsed spirit of that noble woman who 8 its mistress. I do not know whether you are acquainted with the sad cir cumstances of " "Mother!" I welcomed the warning exclamation that served as an interruption. I divin ed tliat Illy hostess was one of those sim ple, garruluous. kindly souls that dear ly love a bit of gossip, and the expres sion of the son's face assured me tha* this weakness of his mother's was In tolerable to him. I bad no wish to hear from strange lips details which tlear Madam had chosen to withhold from me. To listen to the sad story that had wrecked her life, without lier permission, seemed to me treason able intrusion upon sacred ground. Mrs. Spencer's round, rosy face flush ed a deep crimson. "Oh, David, my dear, pardon me; 1 quite forgot," sin- said hurriedly, and with more embarrassment, it seemed to me, than the occasion warranted. Both mother and sor. were so evi dently discomposed by her untoward (illusion that It appeared wisdom on my part to create a diversion by rising to depart. This action restored the at mosphere to its normal serenity, and drew forth strong expressions of re monstrance from my hosts. Neither considered me fit for the long walk back, and Dr. Spencer urged that I should allow him to drive me home In his dog-cart. I thanked him cordially, but declined Ills offer, saying that 1 feared the ad vent of a stranger might disturb Mrs. Eldredge, who often took her exercise on the wide veranda at this hour. But Mrs. Spencer Insisted. "You are not lit to walk; is she., David? Physician's orders, you know, my dear! Do let my sou drive you. He Is no, stranger to madam. Why " Again the warnti g "Mother!" check ed the voluble ut t rance. She broko abruptly off again and turned aside to hide her confusloi . Then the doctor took up the argui ent, "You are quite r. ng j avenue reflecting p. asurably upon this new and gen al lenient wliicit had come so unexpeci. ly into my lifr'. I had covered ah 1; half the distance : bet wi I'll house _ gateway- when, to my unbounded am :ement, I came up on Madam, who mi ventured out qutto alone, ami who wa standing absorbed in thought, lcanin; against tin' rustle fence which guard 1 the steep descent of the cliff. I cou J not see her face, ! for it was turned the direction of the [ stone house, at whi „'!i she was intently j gazing. 1 purposely made my approach audi- , bio, that my sudilc appearance should j not startle tier. In t she took 110 heed I of me until I laid a light touch upon ! her shoulder, at t...' same time greet- | ii:g her by name. Then, drawing a long, long breath, is jf she were im pelling her spirit .ck from a distant , journey into the 1': .t. she looked round 1 ami welcomed me with a smile. JL! If iSPI/ i\ bj W \ { prKVOjSKLY MA)>K MY APPROACH ArDIHLb. "Dorothy?" "Yes, Madaui." "I have missed you, child. The sun dial marks 110 hours while lilofothy is absent," 1 raised her hand to rnj' lips. "Is not this too long a stTon flor yon without companionship, dear Madam V' "1 have brought a trftsty staff with me. you see." She held up a stout, gold-lieaded ebony cane, of Which sh* fri queiitly made use. "Besides, though he does not dream I suspect It. I have a shrewd idea that my good Eraufclin exercises a vigilant waHeli upon my from the veranda." And. sure enough looking round. I espied th'e old 111:111 dodging among the poplars as he made a surreptitious way back to the house, safe in the thought that I was with his mistress. "May I wait for you, Xfcudam?" "Certainly, though I mil about re turning.'' .she paused an instant, and a wist ful shadow crosjed her face. After a moment she reswued her speech. "Dorothy," she said, "fibJs is an an niversary. Forty years agrt to-ihiy I came, a happy. Joyous iprfte, to that houae yonder." Again she turned her poor blind ey« s upon the tnolftucholy pile of masonry. "My cjiild, It is tin unlucky house, a house <>f sail disaster and misfortune to all whom it has sheltered; but, ail! I would like to s.v It again. I would give niu/cli to look once more upon the walls within which I spent so many happy hours." I was well awe re tlAit she lived, when alone, almost wholly within tin memories of oast «vents, and I felt i> tly (ClU< ify ii „ tliat kill' wboiihl give evidence i f being so much at one with me as <0 address me in tones of retrospection. I said ao word to disturb the cur rent of her thoughts, bitf softly with drew the ebony stick f r liavu been of but secondary importance to the architect of the dwelling, for a larger and more imposing doorway ov ists in the next story, access lo wltiuh Is gained by means of a fligln of brok en and moss-stained stone steps. The house is square and of uncwmprouiisWig regularity of outline, and seen»s to be built against a cliff or ledge, of rocks. ' I felt a sudden movement of eag erucss from my companion, and Mad am interrupted me abruiyiy. "Yes, yes', it is so. 1 know it well, that ledge. It forms the lurek of the lower half of the house, and its sur face is covered with a rude platform, which communicates with the house by lucatis of a door oJp<*nitt , K upon a landing of the inner st4lr-ua.se. Ah, the dear old platform,' Itoty many happy hours have 1 speixt thiVe! All, dear old house that has tyiiloft'i'd nr**! Ah, dear, hallowed gniajH tfiat s«HI echoes with the trend of ttfij' foiH wiiich you betrayed! «Jod kintal? *>ti Inu'e done me bitter harm aiffl lmt oh! —I love you still'.—l .Win still!" I had never seen her moved fiyun lier stern wlf-eontrol before, and I knew uot how to meet her demand upon my sympathy. Hut I took refuge iii sil ence. That, at least, does not Jar, m-en if it fails to comfort. Finally she made a movement irs if to leave the spot, but turned butort' ile partinu'. with another request. "Dorothy, I should like om-e more to stand upon that platform, t'ouhl w<- make a pilgrimage there together some day, do you think? Just you and IV" "Indeed, yes, dear Matbvfn." I re plied, without an Inslawf's i::itioti. I think, if she had prop "d lakiuu a trip to Jericho i?i a tlyinu 10 « hine. H should have acquiesced lu the lile.i. ) was so eager to encourage ls-r con fidence in me. So. unmarked by special ev- HI. time passed on until I had been 'a* yi-.ir i:t Madam's service. A • loser low and sympathy had grown 1 1 > Iwiw. 11s 11-; tiian exists ofteutlilies («> weell 111 vJie;- and daughter, ' knew that Madam trusted me and that she had couiidcin e in my discretion, yet I was as ignorant of the history of her life, of the tragedy that had devastated The Ivies, as I was upon the day I first b< came a member of its limited household. One fact, and one only, connected with Mudnm's relations to life outsid" her own home, I had gained; that was the fact of the presence somewhere In the world of a son who had expatri ated himself for some cause unknown to inc. She had herself mentioned him to me, else I should have known lioth Ing of him, for her Servants were too faithfe.l to their nlh giame to • go-«ip ever so slightly cf thi - .iai com rtii d their Riisiivss >b .1! hub dt® let!. IS n ••• i V ell fri l! •■•I so 1 knew that a •• >rr. -pen t maintained betwe.n ik 111. ln-t ! j not calh d upon .itln rto rtad or ' •• swi r tit -e eoninniiiieatii i..s. _ I .i~ • ed. as I afterwards learnt wasT!n>« : that Mrs. Maylvvrx st>rvejt ~iirr a; j such times. One day. however, as we were sii J ting at twilight in her bomloir. i'> j month being February, ar.d .the 1:1 liar.t t!.lines on the b a t!i ai! :ii | luniination we required, she said to uic: ••Dorothy. I am afraid I must lay 1 a new duty upon you." "Kveil then my burdi>p cf employ ment will be a light one. Madam." I : answered. "Poor Mayberry's handwritii is getting so tremulous that it is beeoin lug almost undecipherable. It is a ser i inns misfortune to me. for. clever am 1 anuensis as you are, my dear, you can ' not be of sui'li special service to me as I my poor old housekeeper has been.' "Indeed. Madam, are you sure? 1 asked, somewhat chagrined at the idea ! that that poor wreck 01 a woman could | do better cl.ity than I. ! "Yes. sure," she replied. "1 will tell | you why. She has acquired a very ' faithful imitation of my owu band [ writing, in olden times it washer wont to ivy to fashion herself by such a pool I model as I. She was a clever girl, and j you would be surprised to kuow how | accurately she copied ine in many re ! spects. 1 have spoken to you of iny ; son Darracott. He lives abroad, travel j Ing from place to place, for he is a rest- I less man and ill content with monotony. 1 She paused, and sat awhile with her I unseeing ga/.e bent upon tlje flowing I fire, while i occupied myself with re i flections upon the selfishness of a son j who could allow a blind mother to drag I out so desolate and lonely an existence ! as this of Madam's because, forsooth, monotony wearied him. Youth is apt to leap at hasty conclusions. "Msyherry ha» been my means of communicating with him," she went on. presently. "She has read his letters to me. and answered them in the first person fcr me. because, my dear, my son is not aware of the fttljictioii which lias befallen me. tnd It has been the aim of my wlsbrs t > keep it from him." 1 cried aloud at ft.is. I could uot help it. "Oh. Madam!" I said, "ft is not right; It Is not fair to hini!" She smiled very sadly, "Little girl," she replied, "you speak >rith the impulsiveness of your age and ignorance. Not fair! Is there question of fairness in adding fresh fuel to the heap which consumes a martyr? Dar racott should never have been inform ed of this ill fortune which lias afflicted me if I could have prevented it; but, alas! he complains that he can no long er decipher my handwriting, which is in fact Mayberry's and argues some condition of ill health from this evi dence of infirmity. He has questioned nie so closely that I find it. impossible longer to evade him. and I am there fore obliged, most unwillingly, to dis pose the truth to him. So, little Doro thy. you must hereafter be the link that Joins my absent boy to ills mother." And so It was that . began to write long letters to Darracott Chester, for I found that it was by a previous mar riage that 1 his sou had burn to Madam. I Khali reTer forget the first letter I wrote him. It informed him of his mother's affliction, but so lightly was the subject treat ' that it might have had to do with ~ liere passing Indisposition, rather than with a dire bereavement which seems, of all physi cal calamities, the worst, ihe casual maimer in which »lie nii.ta. - 4.. flio matter, ami the effect to appear care less and indifferent concerning it. gave to the letter a tone of sklf-effacement and self abnegation that brought tears to my eyes as I penned it. "If he has the heart of a man and not a stone iu his breast," I said to myself as 1 sealed it. "he whl come home to her, whether he dreads mono tony or not." And. indeed, t' e return mail brought to Madam a letter filled with reproach. It was rather a strange letter, I thought, for while it was all that was dutiful, and was marked with sincere distress and sorrow for her affliction, it lacked totally in tenderness and filial love. But it fulfilled my expectations in one respect. Its writer was about to return to Eldon. This prospect, when Madam disclos ed it to her household, created the wildest excitement. The effect it pro duced upon the most prominent trio was widely different. Franklin was Jubilant at the thought of Mr.Chester's return; Mayberry, absurd and unreas onable as I thought the idea, was, without doubt, paralyzed and shocked by the intelligence; whi.e Madam her self, dearly as I believed she loved him, dhl not seem wholly happy In the idea of her son's home-coming. Unlnstructed as 1 was iu knowledge of the events which influenced these various sentiments, I made 110 attempt to fathom their cause, anil contented myself with girlish and romantic spec ulations concert ng the new inmate which The Ivies would soou receive. It would be nearly a month before Mr. Chester would arrive, he wrote, and during that month I found occas ion to heartily welcome the fact that a man of strength and intelligence would soon be Installed beneath our roof. For duriug that mouth strange tliiugs occurred, which titled me with fear and foreboding, and which yet seemed so wild and improbable that I could not bring myself io mention them even to my good friends the Spencers. For my good friends the Spencers had certainly become. Madam always spoke of them iu the warmest terms, and cordially encouraged my intimacy with them. I never had cared for ;i large circle of acquaintances, but it was exceedingly pleasant to me to be to vary what was assuredly a monotonous existence with visits to such a congenial house as theirs. 't here was but oue drawback to my friendship. David Spencer loved me, and had told me so. I had been oblig ed to refuse his love, and although he had begged me to allow his offer to make no difference in our mutual re lit t-ions, and I had promised that it should be so yet it was but natural that I should feel somewhat constrained in the presence of a man whom I had re jected. 1 had thought it only houorable to wards Madaui that I should acquaint lier with the matter. 1 was surprised by the manner in which she received fuy confidence. "Is it actually impossible for you to love this good fellow, my dear?" she asked, with great earnestness. "Impossible indeed," 1 replied. She sighed deeply. _ "l wish it might have been different," she said, as If cominuiilug with herself. "It would have seemed like atone ment." Then the subject dropped be tween us. I have uiade allusion to the fact tli.it about this time strange ami suspicious circumstances began to arouse my curiosity and alarm. The first of these occurred one evening, or rather one late afternoon, as I was returning from a charitable expedition to the village. My nature Is quite a fearless one. 1 am without the natural feminine iv luctance to going about after dark un protected, nor aiu 1 unduly disturbed by strange happeniugs. Hut, on the ) other hand, I have more than the aver- I age curiosity ut my sex although, be | ing aware ut this weakness, I have 1 made myself mistress of it, and where I 1 feel it to be unwise and indiscreet I 1 am able to place a stroug curb upon J It. But on ordinary occasions it rises | to the surface, and quite transcends 1 any impediment of fear or timidity ( which migiit hamper its gru t itlcution. 1 was strolling ii|> the avenue, th«n. ' -..line tiii! after dink had fallen. Wile*, at tin !»iM>t where I hay one oi iis windows,**! approach ,-d th •.•dir. fth ■ .-Uil and scanned the house cli.scly. Tlu-re was certainly a r open, tor i dark space inter vent d bet wi en the outlines of a case luer.t where, as iu the other windows, should have be< u whiteness. This in its. !f was strauge.for never In all the time 1 hail been at The Ivies had I seen any sign of occupancy jr j carctaking about the place. Indeed, 1 had sometimes wondered that Madam .lid not have it airid occasionally. Still. unusual as this evidence of lit in the grim mansion was. it did no seem to n« then suspicious. I though , that perhaps during my absence Mad aui had availed herself of the aid <>t ! either Mayberry ox Franklin to i out the inteution tt revisit the scene of j her former happiness, and my chief I Sensation as 1 continued my homeward j way w,as one of regret and" disappoint- j meot that I had not been with her on i that occasion. But as 1 reached the door of The | Ivies Franklin opened it with an ex- I session of annoyance on his face. "Have you happened to see Mr.*, j Mayberry, Miss Lothrop?" he asked fretfully. "Here Is Madam warning her, and she is not to be found aboat the house." "No. I have not met her," I answered. Then I remembered what I had just seen. "Do you think she could be down at the Stone House. FranKUnV' I suggested. The 0(d man looked at me in amaze ment as profound as if t bad said; "I>o you think she could be at the bot tom of the sea?" He did nc* even reply to my question. Contenting him self with ejaculating: "The Ktope House!" he continued; heu yon have seen nothing of her. miss?" and as 1 yeplied in the negative, he stood aside to let me pass, suggesting at the same time that I should go to Madam and see if 1 could reudt r the tissisiauc* she needed. [CONTINUED IN OUR NEXT.] The Many Different Myles l'*e- chines are capable of dealing with kind of cutlery or tools. l.arKnt Flnwfr In the Worl4. The largest flower in the world, it is said, is the bolo, which grows on the Island of Mindanao, one of the Phillipplne group. It has five petals, measuring nearly a yard iu width, and a single flower has been known to weigh 22 pounds. It grows on the high est pinnacle of the island, about two thousand feet above the level of the sea. An Odd Rnllrond. A horse railroad about a mile in length, accommodates the residents of a suburb of San Francisco. The grade is about percent. A horse draws the car and passengers uphill, the car de scends by its own gravity, and then carries the horse on the rear platform of the car. The ascent is made at the rate of 2V& miles an hour, the descent averages at the rate of 15 miles an hour. French Annexation. Within the last twenty years the French have annexed no fewer thrtn 2,000,000 square miles of Africa. They own Alebira, Tunis, "the light soil" of the Sahara, Senegal, the ivory coast, the western Soudan, Dahomey, the French Kongo, and a large tract on th« Somali coast, while in Abyssinia ti»ey are making steady way. The Vienna Lottery. Despite the fact that hundreds of persons have killed themselves because they have been ruined by the Vienna municipal lottery, the Viennese con 'Jnue to regard the institution with fa vor. It keeps down the taxes. miterene* In llnlr. An authority on microscopy states that the hair of a woman can be dl»- tinguished by its construction from , that of a man when examined through the microscope. Ancient The British museum contains the jldest specimens of pure glass which bears any date. This is a little lion's head, having on It the name of an Egyptian king of the eleventh dynasty A nine of Hallways. Hallways represent an enormous ad lition to public w«alth. The value of :he railways of all countries is some hing like 5,556 millions sterling. The Slam. The faintest stars visible to the naked ?ye are of the sixth magnitude; the 'aintest telescopic stars are reckoned if the sixteenth or seventeenth magni tude. KsplonlTH Galore. J Thirty years ago there were only two j lozen explosive compounds known to j chemists; now the'e are over a thou ' land. No. 14 POPULAR NAMES OF WARS. The Cou.|uprt-.l Nation Alinnst Invariably Com** Klr«t Many Case*. The conflict between the United States and Spain lias pasted lhttj history as the "Spanish-American" war. At first glance there ia nothing strange is this fact. Nobody has ever fonmi out the real source of the names of the millions of objects and events Ordinarily it might almost seem the names were given by accident or chance. The matter of naming wars, however, seems to follow a set rule. KMI iu ina lion reveals the fact that in almost every case the designation of a war by a certain popularly accepted name shows at once the victor and the vanquished, and that iu such cases the first name, if two be giveu, or the one name, if there be only one, is the , name of the conquered nation. The two that will at once occur to anyone's ! memory are the "Franco-Prussian" I war. in which the French were de- I feat..l. and our own "Spanlsh-Amer* icau" war. ltut there are others. Iu the Tro j Jan war. so-called, the Trojans were ! defeated by the Greeks and Troy was | besieged and captured. The Macedon | Kiu wars were gained by the Itomana ! In the twb l'uuic wars iPunicas: j Phoenician; Carthaginian, because Carthage was a Phoenician colony) the Carthaginians were defeated and Car thage was seized by the ltomaus. In m*>dcMi times the "Napoleonic" wars, so called, ended In the destruction of the armies of Napoleon and the cap ture and iiuurUonineiK of the emperor. The "Indian" war of 1841 resulted in the establishment by Great Britain of its po\y(*r over the Indian empire. The "Crimean" war was significant of the defeat of Russia by the allied armies (lSpiji. The "Austro-Italian" war 4) thu defeated and forced to cede and Schleswig to the victorious Austro-Prussian coalition. It WOT of this war about a very com lillcateil situation that Disraeli said, \vjien asked to explain it, that only two nfiyi. of iMkom he was oue, in the whole .United Kingdom had ever un derstood what it was all about; the other man was (lead, and he had for gotten. Nest comes the "Austro-Prus sfjui" war, iu which Prussia, by win ding thu decisive battle of Sadowa, defeated the Austrlans. Then we have the "Franco Prussian" war, ending at Sedan i-t£79) witn the annihilation of the French. The "China-Japan" war, In wdjicli the Japanese were conquer ors; the "Cmeco-Turklsh" war, result kig In Victory to the Turks, and our owu "Spanish-American" war com pletes the series, and seems io sustain tfae contention that wars are named lTom the conquered and not from the conquerors. HuAior Lurk* In Ignorance. Simic pt tjie answers handed In on examination are extremely funny, especially tor library and clerical po sh to n'i. One young woman who as plritl to lufcid out books at the public librhry opined that Chicago's literary lion, lioburt Chat field Cliatfield-Tay lor, wrote The Vicar of Wakefield, while Mr v Canterbury wrote Canter bury Tales. Tills refreshing young person glso stated that Mark Twain was the pseudonym of Marc Antony. Her knowledge was not confined to Uterati*e altfne, for she gave the iti (ercSttug information that Richard Wagner was a "street car magnate." The three greatest epics she pronounc ed to be The Psalm of Life. Old Oak en. Bucket, and Owen Meredith's Lu clle. Being asked to write a short ac count of herself, the young woman OevuiTvn ran 1 -- -l" 1 ' "J ttn? gfrnt out*itii of l*tiinanity. One of tbc eiauiiners unfeelingly remarked that vif she stays iu that hot library long slid"ll find herself merely a grease Spot." A man who wanted the position of examiner himself, gave it as his «n- Itfised judgments that "prohibit" may lie spcMcd either "prohlbed" or "pro hippet," according to "whether you prefer WeWur or utlier awthortes." Tffe World'* Table. When we sit down to the great feast with maukind we are enjoying many tilings tbnt have delighted fair women and liuave men in the past, things that have been on the tables of the cities great In history and in story. There are some things which have been add ed through the incentive of the re wards oflesied by those Eastern mon arcbs who were frequently desirous of new dishes, as that Roman one was for a new pleasure. Many of these tilings are owed to travelers who broufjnt them from far places. Many have been lifted from the huts and wigwams of savages to the table of lAie world. Men have curiously watch ed animals eat that they might learn tlfrprobabU' effects of foods on them selves. Much, so far as Europe Is con cerned. 's tfwed to the Arabs; some thing to the Crusaders, armies have brought back new foods, as that of AJexandei; the Great and those of the Kouians. To the wealth of ancient agriculture modern research has add od rnuqh. Nearly every country has eil'dad something, and nearly every sea, £very part of nature has made Its contribution. Too Inqul.ltiTC. Tommy—Did you do much fighting during the war, pa? Papa—l OKI my share of it, Tommy. Temmjfc-Dld you make the enemy win? ft Papa -You're right, I did. Tommy. Tommy—Dlfl they catch you, pa? S«teriulned by Hair. An antliorlty on microscopy states that tHe liiti'r of a woman can be dis tinguished f>y its construction from that of a man when examined through tlie microscope. Mifis Frances E. Mason is president <*f the National bank in Limerick, Me., one of the sound Institutions of tht 5 st»t«. 'Mtfc 1 bank was founded by her ffcthe'r,, X. M. Mason, and Its In terests have Dt-en ably promoted under her leadership. Polireuien. London has 13,564 policemen, or nineteen to every one of Its 688 sqhafe miles. A Convenient Sewing Table. Get two Wooden boxes exactly sim ilar in sbte anil shape, alxiut 12x18, audfive OT six inches in depth. Cover tliMe with cretonne and line with fjhijn cjjhibrlc to match. Cover four legs About two filches square with aretonnfe, and fasten the l»oxes to them with screws. The legs can be of fny length reslred, and need not be planed, *s they are to be covered. One box Is fastened .'ft the top of the legs and the other alKiut a foot from Hie floor. Cre tonne curtains ecu be shirred full and fastened around the upper box, twTT on each side, then draped and tied to each leg with ribbon Im>WS Just at the top of the lower box. Brass-headed furniture tacks to tack the covering give a iftiistnil appearance. Iledly llulted. Mr. lirosser—lt's no wonder that the ra4» have refused to touch the poison I bought at the druggist's. Mrs. K. -1 dou't see why. I'm sure I followed the directions. Mr. K.—Directions! Do they say to spread the stuff on that jelly cake you mailt 1 V" Wlltl Beast, of India. OtHciar .statistics for British India alone show that about 21.000 people and 90,000 animals are kill ed there every year by wild beaata.