VOL.- xxxvi A STREA/W OF NGWNGSS New goods are coming in daily. The thought aud care which were bestow upon theii selection are manifest. We've been telling you about Silts and I>re Goods Other liues deserve mention Embroideries and Laces. JL The newest and daintiest productions await you here BeauMful assortments at temptingly little prices. Cambric, Nainsook and Swiss Embroideries with Insetting and al lover to match. J » Vals, Torchon. Orientals and a vast assortment of other Embroideries are priced like this: % to i inch v ioe 3 to 5c f 1 to 2 iuch wide 6 to 10c J ! pM Finer anil wider up to per yard I \ A Laces 15c per <loz yds up to #I.OO per yd u Hosiery and Underwear The wanted sorts are here in ample variety. Careful selection f)/ r-"""" has brought here the thoroughly good and dependable kinds. /rYyTv An opportunity to buy -and save in the buying—is presented here. / \**^v GLOVE TALK- -These of you who know our Dollar Kid Glove \ f j know that nothing i* retailed at the price that equals it for VP I uniformity of skin and perfection of finish and fit. \jP \ "ROY'ALE"- Best Dollar Glove in America. tVfS V . Black and all shades—Button, Hook or Clasp fastening. L. ST EI IN SON, 08 N- MAIN ST.. BUTLER, PA Rockenstein's OpenTn'g~of"Spring and Summer Millinery. We cab your attention to our large and well selected stock of Choice Millinery. We have endeav fed to make our stock surpass all previous years in style, desir ability, quality and prices. We feel sure we have more lhan maintained our reputation in the selection of CHOICE MIbUNE *Y GOODS. We can show y» . an immense variet\ of Ilats, Flowers, Ribbons, Braids and Chiffons ana all at goes to make up an UP-TO-DATE MILLINERY STOC.C. and at prices that will sutprise you. We would call especial attention to our Ladies , Misses and Clu dren's TRIMMED HATS, in which we have always excelled. You can always get the right goods at the right prices at ROCKECNSTEIN'S, 328 South Main St. - - - Butler. Pa ■ ——■—— ; " ISPECIAL FR()M| MILLER'S Sl\oe House, Spring Season Opens With a Rush-People are Buying Early- Prices and Styles are Right, which was the Cause of Our Great Easter Trade. Th J soring trade has opened with a rush. From now on we expect to be busy all the time. We may not l>e able to give the newspapers the attention we would like to, but always remember this: We are headquarters for Footwear in Butler. Our spring stock is much larger than ever before, and our prices are always the lowest More Business Than Ever. We want u< do more business than ever this year. We have the g»>ods. We are in shape to make prices, and we start the season with these weapons: GOOD SHOES AND LOW PRICES, and they are wiuners every time. Our Only Weapons: Men's New Tan Shoes *1 25 Ladies' Cloth Gaiters ~1 48 Men's Fine Kid Shoes 1 25 Ladies' Strap Sandals 48 Men's Fine Buff Sho»s 9 s Ladies' Tan Polish 98 Men's Fine Patent Leather Shoes... 300 Ladies' Kid Button Shoes 88 Boys' Fne Vici Kid Shoes t 48 Ladies' Kid Polish 9 s Boys' Fine Tan 5h0e5...... 1 25 Ladies' Clotli Top Poli'h $1 25 Vouths' Fine Kid Shoes 1 25 Ladies' Tan Oxfords 75 Youths' Fine Tan Shoes 98 Low Shoes and Slippers. Our stock of Low Shoes and Slippers is complete. We never showed as many pretty styles as we do now. Slippers rangej in price from 4SC to -$1.50, both in Tan and Black. Children's Department Is meeting the approval of the mothers. The children must have nice shoes, and they are not disappointed when they come to our store. Ladies' Fine Shoes. Our leader is the Dels'.rte, and it is meeting with «;reat success. It is the most popular advertised shoe 011 the market todav. Any style, but only one price, *3.50. Our Ladies' Shoes at <12.00, #2 50 and $3.00 are nicer than ever this year. See them. Men's Fine shoes We don't need to say a word to you about our Men's Fine Shoes if you have seen them; if not, don't fail to See them before you buy. Butler's Progressive Shoe House , C. E. miller 215 Sout Main Street, Butler, Pa. irnfe Won't buy clothing for the purpose of spend ng money. They desire to get the best f \l\ ossible results for the money expended. I I « 11/ \ Not cheap goods but goods as cheap as can I V J V V e sold and made up projjerly. Call and M A exan, ' ne ,n >' tarts'* stock of r~Tn I rvJ spring suitings. f I Yv tj£sL up to date, the latest styles, shades \ \ I\\ ,I J an, l colors that could be Ixiuglit. Call and p > |VJ \ t ' xa, "' ne them. - Guaranteed. G. F. KGCK, 142 North Main Street, Butler, Pa. SEND ONE DOLLAR 5 £ with!a 700 ull»« of Chicago, w» will «eod y a tLis TOP ill t<(* Y IIV rRKIUKT C. O. D. \ \ KjW OO ftt'WBCT TO KIAIIftATIOS, yoo U« #1 amine ll al jocr freifhl depot aad If found \ \ / NJU9I - PIRFBCTLT SATIRFACTOKY, KXACTLY AH KKPKKsKN r>.f>, BQIAL TO Dl MiIKH \ v/l U CO THAT *«TAItATMO.OO to $76.00 a.d THE GRANDEST BARGAIN YOU IV£« SAW, \ X /SK CD M 7 tfcafr.ifki a«a.t OUR SPECIAL PRICE $38.90, m J and freight okMrgen, leu the 11.00 sent with order, ——mmmm—m \ < M7^3bl|{>o\ wc mire TMIC TOP Rlinf.Y 01 R OHV FACTORY IH CHICAGO, f A WtWIAUt in»s IUK BUUUI ffnm v„,t+T mtt«rlal than most / \ maker* put in tT&.oo uuggien. Latest Style For 1809. Bodj, LL/ \ MxM (rum the lle«t Seasoned \Vrx»d. ttcar, lit*at That Money Can -- i Build. Ead Bpri.n, an llluntratpd, or Brew«tcr Side liar. WbrrU, v/t/Pf/Wv >ll \ V/ffCN. I High Orade Screwed Kim Oftrren'* Patent. Tap, 24 ounce. Dally V» \ Z\SJ Y\ "V / Zv\\ / Kubber Heartly Lined, full side and back curtain*. PslatlaK,Uuaran- \ \ ySC* N / teed equal to any 9150.00 buggy work. Body black, Gear dark green or Red. Cpkal«t»rla«r. lM>a«T fr* atk My elelli ar Kvaa's Uathrr. * NbMr " B -y )l * OmtHCUi MICI far lop b. It J t.n , M „ bMi aUAIANTKO TWO TURS wit' Uat •lifetime for Bmlnallli »i a.d YOU CAN MAKE SSOO 00 Thi. Year OTS MS OO I BOOOIES. ORDKR OWE TO DAY, YOU CAN SELL tt FOR SBO.OO. DON T oftLAV Address, SEARS, ROEBUCK ft CO. (Inc.), CHICACO, ILL. Subscribe for the CITIZEN. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Tonight If your liver is out of order, causing Riliuuiness, Sick Headache, Heart burn, or Constipation, take a dose of Hood's Pills On retiring, and tomorrow your di gestive organs will be regulated and you will be Wright, active and ready for anv kind of work. This has been the experience of others; it will be yours. HOOD'S PILLS are sold by ixU medicine dealers. cte. Every Day CROWNS-^ §h Mm -ILL/ cA,-'' ; 4 ' • t I Are sofa by us, only Kinxs wear the gold arttcle and ttiey very rarely. Ov.r hats are fit for a King or anybody else. We can suit all classes of trade. We study jour style and sel' acciardingly. Prices are low considering quality. Everything new in Men's Fur nishings. Beautiful Nigligee Shirts, two Collars and Cuffs 50 cents, finer otrc« too. Come and see the new things for Suriug. * + +.+ l Ed. Colbert, Fomeriy Colbert & Dale. 242 S. Main St Butler, Fa. Biiiier savings Bank ili_itler, Pm. Capi - - - - J60,000.!XJ Surplus and Profits - - $170,000.00 JOS LPUttVIS Presidi t J. HENRY 1 KOUTMAN Vice-President WM. {' \\l PIiELL, Jr ( a; hirr LOUIS H. STK'.N I*ll.r l)llil>T01ts -J'kn'pli 1,, furvl.s, j. Heurj Tro':niiiin, \V. r». !'.r:irnloit \V. A Sn iii J. S. CuimdH-11. Tlie llutli r t*:tvinxs llauk Is the Oiliest Huiiklri;.' 1 iistltulloi.'. 11 Itutler County. General banking Imstiiess triinsncUid. We solicit accounts of ult producers, nier cbants, (armiT* and ot her s. All b.istnfss entrusted to us will receive prompt sit tent lon. Interest I'HUI on tltilt' deuoslts. TM b: Butler County National Bank, Liixtler Penn, CBpital p»id in - - $1 J0, 000.00 Surplus and Profits - {114,647.87 Tos. Hartman, President; J. V. Ritts, President; C. A. Bailey. Cashier; John G. McMarlin, Ass't Cashier. / general bunking buslue transacted. Interest paid on time dc|x>slts. Money loaned on approved security. We Invite you to open an account with this bank. IWitECT JRS- flon. .Toseph llurtrnun. Hon. W. S. Wuldron, Dr. rS. M. Hoover. H. Mc- Sweeney, E. E. Abrainn, C. I*. Collins. I. O Smith. P. HUT. lent, M. Flnotin. W VV. 11. Larkln, John llumpbrt-y. Dr. W. C. McCandless, Hen Masseth. Levi M. Wise ■T. V. KitU Braun's Pharmacy, Cor. 6th St. and Duquesne Way, Pittsburg, Pa,, L, I). Telephone 2542. Wholesale and Retail. Importer andJobberof Drugs, Chemicals, Perfumes, Soaps, Rtushes, Ktc. The only house west of New- York carrying a full line ot Meyers' Grease, Paints and theatrical gootls. Physicians" Prescriptions Compounded Day or Night by "Registered Pharmacists" only. Wholesale and retail dealer in Lubricating and Illumniating Oils, Capital Cylinder, Dynamo, Water White and Standard Gas Engine Oils, Gasolein, Ben zine, Paraflfine Wax and Petrolatum. Address all mail orders to W. F. Braun. NJW Housa. New Furniture Central Hotel, MRS. JENNIE NIXON, Proo'r Opposite Court House. Next Door to I'ark Theatre L C. WICK, DKAI.KK IN Rough i Worked Lumber OF AU KINDS. Doors, Sash, Hlinds, Mouldings, Shingles and Lath Always in Stock. LIME. H VIR AND PLASTER Office opposite P. & W.*J)epot.| BUTLER. PA, SnbHcribo tor theC*TiZKN i Mi HAM OF TIIE IVIES. BY ELIZABETH PHiPPS TRAIN. [Copyrighted by the Author.] SYNOPSIS: OHAPTKH I Tin- scene of the story if laid ill tin- village of I,!«Soti, at an old houie »t» .id, "The Iv:e»." about which there it considerable mystiry. D ioiliy I.othrop, the heroine, app!i< -> f->r the pjsition of com panion to Mrs. Kldri- :e. the uiUtress of the house. At the s'.alion slie ma "es llie ac<|iir.intaiice of I>r. Spencer, one of th« prominent characters of the story. CIIAPTKI! II -Dorothy is rng\,ed by .Mr- Kldridge, who *he discovers i» blind, and enteis al once upon her duties jM companion. CIIAPTKR 111.--She makes tlie ae quainlance of the housekeeper, Mrs May lieny, a curious cliar.i it ; who has lived al 'l he Ivies a great uianv years. On one of Dorothy's visits to the village a suddea illness drives her 10 the house of Dr. Spencer. CHAPTER IV.--The do-tor and hlj mother care for her, and the latter is about to divn .1 M.meof the secrets relating to The Ivies and its people when sho is checked by her son. I) rotliy discovers that Mrs. Eldredge lins a son. who has been absent from home for years, and is now about to return. She also notes some strange happenings a*, an abandoned build ing on the grounds, known as the "Stoue House." CIIAI'TER v -Mrs. May berry's sus. picious are aroused, and she warns Dor othy, who continues her investigations. She communicates with Franklin, an old servant, who a s..' .telr refuses lo go near the Stone lb.use. Mrs. Eidiedge's son, Darracott Chester, arrives at home. CHAPTEH VI Oil iel timing from a visit, aceotnjcniied liv D.u ii' tt, Dorothy and he are startled bv strange snunds com ing from the Stout House, and proceed to investigate. Finally my companion again broke the silence. "You Kay nothing. Miss I.othrop! Apparently I am not a very good special pleader in my own behalf. You cannot yet fiud it possible to con done my fault " The moon had come out again and was shining brightly. Olancing tip I met Ills b>ok. and n peculiarity in his gaze made tny own eyes fall beneutu It. "Your fault was not committed against me.' I murmured weakly. "But in your presence." "For that I grant you full pardon. That fact had no part In tny resent ment." "It was a large factor in my re morse." "The actual offence was far more flagrant." "It had some justification. A mother may not fail utterly in maternal love without reaping some natural conse quences." I shook my head "She lias longed for your return Her joy at your home-coming is Irreconcilable with your insinuation.' ML '■ *: j y&o 0 HOW YOUR IIAIR SHINES IN THE MOON LIGHT. "How your hair shines in the moon light!" he exclaimed, irrelevantly. Your lace scarf has fallen back; may 1 replace It?" He dropped the reins into my hands and set about the slight task, taking an unwarrantable time to fulfil it. "ll is almost the exact shade that my mother's was, lie remarked very gent ly. "I always thought tny mother's hair the most beautiful in the world. Yours is very like it. Miss Ixithrop. When I was a boy I was for ever long ing to touch my mother's, but I never dared to. You see I am less in awe of you." For an Instant—for so brief an in stant that i could not resent it his hand rested on my head, geutly. tend erly, with a touch that was almost a caress. Before he had time to with draw it a strange and eerie cry came cleaving the niglit air, smiting iipou our senses with a weird, almost super natural significance. So ghostly and sudden was the wild appeal that It forced exclamation from us lioth. "What was it?" I asked, and it was no coquettish impulse that drew me closer to my companion. "I have no idea," lie replied, and clucked to the horse, plunging an in quiring gaze hither and yon into the shadows which lingered ou either side the avenue. "Oh!" My exclamation was half a cry. Darracott turned quickly. "What is it?" lie asked. "The Stone House!" "What of it?" "I am sure it came from there. There had been such strange—— Oh! look look!" In thinking it over afterwards I was moved to deepest shame and mortifi cation by the recollection of my con duct. Abject terror aroused by the vision before me quite overcame all maidenly modesty, and I am afraid I almost threw myself Into my compan ion's arms in tny uncontrollable fright. Ills first impulse apparently was to take advantage of my appeal to his protection, for lie started to put his arm about me; but evidently he thought better of this and drew him self somewhat away, with a move ment of recoil that brought me to my senses. Yet I was more concerned with terror than with his very appar ent reluctance to comfort me by a more unmistakable proof of his near presence. "What is it?" I gasped in a hoarse whisper. "I don't know," he said, iu a tone of equal uncertainty. Then lie added, re assuringly: "You need not be so uhwm ed. You cannot come to any harm, you know, while I am with you Good God!" For again at that moment came thril ling through the night the cry that had first startled us. This time, however, the sound took shape and meaning. "Help help help—!" As It broke up on the horse's ears, the creature shiver ed and trembled, as they say animals will when conscious of a supernatural presence. We were now just abreast of tlie Stone House. Mr. Chester turned to me. shall I do?" he asked. "It Is for yu to y. 1 must go down and investigate. Are you afraid to sit here and wait for me. or shall I drive y&u home first and then istnc back?" "Neither," I replied, ashamed already of my momentary weakness. "I shall go down there with you. That Is tlie voice of a woman in distress; she i jay need the assistance of one of her own sex." CHAPTEK VII. He made no attempt to dissuade me, but helped me down from the dog-cart and tied the horse to oue of the pop lars. Then, hand iu hand, that so be might best support and assist me, we made our way down thv cuibuukiutfkt. BUTLER FVA.., THLJRSDAV, APRIL 2(), isno slippery wet with moisture that al -- v- :#:■ | F Ite, cy« f ' -<V ® /ft A STKANGE AND GHOSTLY SPEtTACI.E OKKETKH t'S. ways seemed to ooze from its sides, and soon stood below upon that unknown and mysterious territory which I had so often contemplated, but had never before invaded. As we approacthed tin house, a strange and ghostly spectacle greeted us. The gaunt, gleaming pile of stone, shining with special lustre in the sil very light, seemed staring blankly into tlie night through the pale medium of its myriad white shutters. One wind ow alone gleamed with tlie darkness of an evil eye. and framed the vision that had attracted our startled gaze. A woman, from whose lips doubtli ss the faint, despairing cry had proceed ed stood close pressed against the case ment. We could see her form quite i.istinetly in the bright moonlight, but not until the house was very, very neat could we distinguish her features; then I discovered that the figure was that of a girl, apparently not much older than I. and that the face, surrounded by a tangle of fair hair, thongu dis torted by fright and distress, was y- t of a startling, wonderful lieauty. When she saw us approach she ceased her heart-rending cries, threw her hands above her head. and. clasping thoin over her disordered hair in an easy, graceful attitude, stood leaning carelessly against the window, while the woful expression of the lovely countenance gave way to one of curi osity. "What is she?" I panted breathlessly, turning to tny escort. But the terrible pallor of his face brought me to an involuntary pause, such a storm of conflicting emotions as it betrayed! recognition, amazement, pain, and in finite aversion, lie seemed Irresolute, as if about to turn back from a loathe some object: but even in the midst of this overwhelming discovery I was able to command an answer from him. 1 saw a shudder convulse liini as I re peated my question. "What is sho!" he reiterated, with his eyes still fixed upon what appeared to me a really exquisite picture, one quite devoid of cause for this horror which it seemed to arouse in him. Then suddenly his voice changed from exceeding harshness to a most exquis ite gentleness as he transferred his gaze to my awe-struck, wondering face. "I cannot tell you what she is. It i.? enough for you to know that she is one who is unworthy to touch the hem of your garment. I must go to her, but, God willing, you shall never come in contact with such as she. Turu back, turn back. Miss. I.othrop, I beg of you, and wait for me in tlie dog cart." "I eauuot," I replied firmly. "I do not know, uor do I care to know what she is. She is suffering and in dis tress, and needs at least a woman's sympathy. Mr. Chester, my mind is made up. I shall go with you—come.' He looked at me a moment in a man ner that made my eyes fall in couftis ion, aud then, seeing my determina tion, lie took my hand and placing it on his arm. walked swiftly toward the back of the house with a directness and purpose that showed his entire famil iarity with the place. As we moved out of sight of the solitary figure at the window her cries recommenced, and there was such a ghostly vibration iu the sweet, beseeching tones as they echoed through the dense woods that, as we mounted the cliff leading to the rickety old platform, which Madam had described so lovingly, 1 trembled and shuddered despite my efforts -it self-command. We reached the rough landing-place, aud Mr. Chester tried the iloor. It was securely fastened. Without further de lay he picked up a stone and broke one of the side-lights, thrust In his arm and slid back the bolt which alone locked the entrance. Then, throwing the door quickly open, he drew me within the house. It was dark as mid night. No moonbeams penetrated tlie obscurity, aud it seemed that the shadows were almost palpable. How ever, Mr. Chester was prepared for tlie emergency; he had brought with him one of the dog-cart lanterns .and this he proceeded at once to light, for tin? brightness of the night hail rendered this hitherto unnecessary. As the flame gleamed through the darkness, 1 discovered that we were standing upon the staircase-landing with which I had become acquainted through Madam's description, while about us gloomed the dismal atmo sphere of a deserted, long-disused, damp and dreary dwelling. The scene was chill and depressing beyond des cription. However, urged onward by our con cern for the girl whose cries had sum moned us to her relief, we wasted no time in idle inspection, but pressed hurriedly on up tho stairs and along a narrow corridor until we reached tlie room at whose window had appeared that wild and distraught vision. A brief but convincing search showed us that the girl was no longer within the apartment. It was quite vacant, barren even of furniture, and so dis piriting was its effect upon me that I was glad when my companion led me hastily from it. We made a rapid in vestigation of the other apartments upon that floor, but with no better success. Then Mr. Chester hesitated for a moment in the hall, undecided whether to go up or down in further ance of his purpose. As we halted there, Iu the same stern silence which had accompanied our en trance and research up to this instant, a signal came to us through the night, a sad and distressing signal which wrung my heart; although it wrought uo softening of the rigid lines in my companion's face. It was the sound of sobbing, hushed and pitiful, like that of a little child who had been forbidden to weep. However bitter a man's feel ings towards a woman may be, such sounds impel him to her aid. Darra cott turned to me. "She Is below there," he said shortly. "Once more—will you not remain here aud avoid meeting her? Y'ou shall have the lantern." His intonation, hurried as it was, in dicated what his own wish in the mat ter was, but I negatived it promptly. AJI my sympathies were with that des olate creature whose walling still smote upon tlie air. "Go on—hurry!" I cried; and so we passed down the stairs and, still led by the mournful sounds, wound our way iu aud out of narrow passages, through kitchen and servants' offices, until we came to a sort of a cellar iu tlie back of the house. As the light f«'ll into the place the weeping < eased, an-l a more terrible picture of misery and despair thau that which met our eyes I cannot well imagine. Two walls of the room were of the rough, unfinished stop. ««f the cliff, oi which green, slimy d.iini»ne<s had formed, and down tlie-r darl-r ind slip pery sid< > tiny sir. ;•!•..» of black ooze trickled upon tlie e.i thy floor beneath. The roof and the oihrr walls were also covered with the deadly moisture, and thick grey festoons : dusty cobwebs draped the scarcely visible woodwork. in the most renote corner of this vile and dreadful < en was huddled to gether a shapeless mass, almost cover ed by a veil of fair hair, thrown for ward over the bc:.t figure, evidently for the purpose of concealment. The beautiful mantle, discovered liv the lantern, gleamed and shone like a vein of gold in a dark setting of rough ore r l *1 - Iff fill- IN Till". MUSI U'K.VOTK I-OKM:IC WAS HI'DDJ.KD A SIIAI'KI l » MASS, "I.et nie speak to her," I said, all fear overcome by pity. There was no reply from my com panlon. I glanced at him, and 1 boi>c tiiat never again shall I see in a inanY. face such awful evidence of contending emotions as 1 lead in his. There was more than assent lo my proposition in his eyes: there was absolute appeal. He nodded. "Yes. do. for God's sake!" lie mutter- ed. "It is beyond uic." I left lii 111 standing in the doorway, and approached the crouching tignre. "Are you ill?" I asked, speaking as gently as possible. I laid my hand softly upon the shrinking form. The girl, feeling tny toiu h. raised her bowed head and toss ed back the weight of lustrous hair, looking at me with two dull, mourn ful blue eyes, in whose vacancy I read the clue to her strange actions. "Xo. I aui not ill." she answered, in a soft minor key. "No, not ill. but oh! so dusty—so. so dusty!" with dainty disgust. "If I could only have a clotii to wipe away the cobwebs! They are choking 1110, you know! I'd like 10 wipe my hands, too; they're nil wet with dampness see.'" She held up two tiny palms, aud. as 1 stopped to warm ;h in with my own, I shrank back in horror they were stained with a deep crimson. "Mr. Chester!" I cried. Ed to tie appeal. "come here!" He approached reluctantly. I suspected thai f.-aivd recognition, and cotitinn in an aside: "You need not be afraid; she is quite insane." I could see that my words were a great shock by the start with which he heard them. Then personal feeling gave way to humane solicitude. "Alice," he said gravely as he stood beside her. "do you know me?" "Y'es," she replied, nodding and suiil ing. "of course! How do you do? Once upon a time a spider spun a cob web and a king watched it you are the king. Couldn't you give me a dust er '!" We saw that any attempt upon her intelligence was useless, but she was amenable to persuasion. She shrank somewhat from Darracott, but had ayi parently conceived a strong confidence in me. She was very docile with me, aud allowed me to coax her into com pliance with tyy suggestion. Fhe first of these regarded her hands, which I at ouce proceeded to bind comfortably with strips torn f'oni my own hand kerchief and that of my companion. The wounds were neither deep nor very painful, rather abrasions than wounds, indeed; caused, I afterwards assured myself, by her own assaults upon the window against which we had seen her leaning. 1 was in the midst of this occupation when Darracott. who had neeu stand ing by. gloomily regarding the opera tion. suddenly and roughly interrupted it. With au impulsive movement he deposited the lantern upon the llooi and, stooping, laid iiis hands impetu ously upon my own. "Let me do that!" he ejaculated rudely. "Drop her hands. I cannot bear to see you touch them!" I looked at him in surprise, and tlie girl gave a wild cry and crowded up to me as if for protection. My wo man's heart was stirred with pity for her, autl I threw an arm tenderly about her shoulder. W'Mtever her offence had been, her malady had wiped it out. She was guiltless :-j her affliction as a child in its ignoran e. "No!" I returned, warming to my roll us I felt the wretched creature nestle confidingly within my embrace. "She is my charge; 1 wiii not abandon her.'' "You shall!" he exclaimed; and to my surprise I discovered that his eyes were filled with hatred aud passionate determination. "Y.u shall not take her iu your arms. I will not have it. Y'ou do not know what sin- Is!" He placeo a hand on the shoulder of each of us, as if by main force he would draw us apart. But I held the trembling gi I safe clasped In my arms, and so cir cumstanced, united by the hands that would have severed us. I looked up aud put to him the first question I had ever uttered concerning the mysteries of those lives with which destiny had so closely associated me. "Then you shall tell me," 1 cried, "who is she." A moment he hesitated, glaring fiercely down upon us both; tjieu he gave a short, dreary laugh, as of oue sick at heart. "She is tny wife," he said. At that Instant, I am sure the un balanced mind of the stricken girl tem porarily readjusted itself, and she rce ogulserl him. Astonishment, and per haps a more intimate and personal sen satfon. had caused my clasp somewhat to relax its hold. Before I could re cover from the shock of this unexpect ed intelligence my arms were empty. The girl had bounded to her feet aud was speeding to the door. I gave a cry. It was echoed from the thres hold. There, barring the deserter's further progress was a figure I knew well -the stunted, dwarfed, drooping, repulsive figure of Mrs. Mayberry! A ray from the lantern falling upon the heads of toe two women disclosed a feature which they possessed in com mon that seemed lo denote the exist enee of a tie of blood between tliem. That sunny, rippling cloud of hnlr that fell like a mantle of clotli-of-gold about the shoulders of the girl was but tho counterfeit of the decorousl\ arrant d tresses which crowned the head of the woman. That Inherited trait betrayed a near and unmistakable relationship. I looked quickly. Interrogatively, at Darracott. He nodded gloomily. "Her daughter," he muttered. "Yes. my wife and her daughter.' I transferred my gaze to the door. Mayberry had pushed the girl from her path and hail entered the room. Her face was white with horrible fear and miserable uncertainty. She shook like a culprit before a dreaded judge: her lips twitched convulsively, and It was obvious that she was wholly pos sessed by a sense of unpardonable guiltiness. Altogether, she was a wretched, pitiable object, arousing rather the aversion than the sympathy of her beholder. An she advanced into the room she essayed to speak, but several attempts were necessary before her words came fr ly ; 1 u they gushed forth 't. 1 t"i "f»ir. sir, 1 eoiihlr i In-lp M. I ha > ::•> win ri else to bid it liavi been turned adrift a_l.ll ■ : r In . ielion Fotglv. • i . . I sir 1 had no 1 KM. 11. * I but V. hat colli I Id I 11-: | it * nly to Is* fi-i a ill., vvhil I oil. Mr rill Met. ll* II I let 111, •* ! know wuat I have done' 1 « . not l« ai it. sir ! < '> in t l:;t< 1 'a against in : »! »X.M:I«1 LMU!> II; -T -I' Oh. it \ Id. it would A ou and so fotlh: a •eas. less, .-gotis; . ; il r 'iteration of 11. personal p: I I 1 " No word of plead:: for the hapless sirl. who stood surveying the situation with smiling iudlfTcr -1 once from her vantage post b\ tlie door. No >••!!' us entreaty for her pardon, no atten.pt to implore leniency j for her in her a miction, no prayer ! for forgiveness of that offence I which had turned the husband's :i: art ! | against his wife. Nothing but :i I j thoroughly selfish effort in her own j behalf; a voluble outpouring of words 1 i with but one object ill view, that of 1 self exculpation. Her eloquence was lie coming wearisome. Darracott raised i a liund in protest. That stern, uucoin ! promising look had again settled up ' on his face. "That will do," he interrupted. "I have nothing to reproach you with, j 1 Your |>osillon litis been a diliicult oie_*. I should have preferred complete opeu tiess on your part, and so. I believe. ' would your mistress. Duplicity never avails much. Now let us see what ar rangements can t>e made for you r daughter's proper bestowal." Sho looked al him with shrinking, terrified eyes. Oh! how despicable a trait is moral cowardice! r P - -i %v? I i if( v\ r<tT7) %'\ ' WWn 11 "YES. SHE IS MY WIFIi" "May she not stay here, sir?" "No." "She cannot go to the village. No one would take in an insane girl." "I do not mean to ask anyone to do so." There was an Instant's pause. Then, with quavering voice and with all th-» strength of protestation at her com mand. the woman burst forth implor Ingly: "You would not insult my mistress by bringing the gitl beneath her roof! Oh. sir. you would not!" "It is my roof. Your daughter has a legal claim to its shelter." For once the woman's resolution proved itself worthy the name. She rose to a momentary pitch of actual heroism in her devotion to her mistress. She regarded the man before her with flaming eyes, and if must be borne iu mind that she feareo him only in less degree than Madam. "She shall never seek shelter beneath Madam's roof wdiile 1 have arms to hold her back," she said doggedly. Darracott considsred her in silence a few moments. Theu he appeared to form a sudden resolve. "We will see." he remarked; and turning to me announced his readiness to depart. "1 shall return." he said to the housekeeper, "after I have taken Miss I.othrop home. Remain here with your daughter." But I would not desert the twain, and fearlessly told liiin so. He looked tired and spent, and evidently had no heart to seek to combat my decision. "As you will." he said, and was about to pass from the room when Mayberry threw herself before liini. "Y'ou are uot going to ask Madam—" she began: but liis patience was at an end. He brushed her aside as one does a troublesome fly and strode from the room, taking care to avoid contact with the girl, who still stood at the door, with a childish smile on her face, stretching oui a playful hand to him as he passed her. The ufteeu or twenty minutes of Dar racott's absence (I do not think it could have been more than that) drag ged heavily away. The interval was wearisome enough to me. occupied as it was by a coa si ess monologue from Mrs. Mayberry. This was largely com posed of self-commiserat ion aud de spair. itiid was accompanied by a con tinuous flood of tears, caused s >ni"- tlmes by violent outbursts of grief and sometimes by mere whimporilig and moaning. She constantly reiterated her conviction that Mr. Chester had gone to secure his mother's consent to his purpose of bringing the stricken girl to The Ivies, aud worked herself into paroxysms of alarm and appre hension concerning Madam's resent ment of her own conduct when she should hear of her duplicity. Her behavior, her miserable egotism, whicu totally excluded her suffering child from her consideration, tilled my with disgust. I tried to interrupt the wretched exhibition by seeking to call her attention to her dahghtor, who was regarding her from a distance with curious and pleased glances; apparent ly the girl was diverted and amused by the spectacle of her mother's abjec: loss of self-control, and looked upon h as simply a successful effort ou thi hitter's part to entertain her. At nn unusually loud outburst she would clap her hands applaudingly, and give vent to an encouraging and gratified crow. At last I grew so heartily sick of the business that I dropped all disguise from my feelings, aud accosted the qualifying NioDe with actual harsh ness. "For Heaven's sake, Mrs. Mayberry," I said, giviug free rein to my eontempt, "do stop thinking about yourself for a time. What of it If Mr. Chester lias gone to ask his mother's permission to take your daughter home; why should n't lie do so? And how could Madam do less than receive her? Whatever she lias done in tlie past, only a woman bereft of the commonest humanity could visit the result of former in iquities upon her now or hold her re sponsible in her present condition. And Madam has the soul of an angel. She would not dream of excluding that poor child from her natural asylum." Mayberry turned net- streaming eyes upon nn* with a look of weak scorn for the opinion of one so ignorant as I. "You don't know what you are talk ing about," she cried. "Madam has the soul of an angel, it Is true; but an angel would not forgive my wretched girl the misery she hns caused. She shall never, never go back to that home she has ruined. She has made her bcl; let her lie on It. She lins sown a crop of thorns in many lives; let her live as she may upon the fruit they have borne In her own." The look she turned upon poor Alice was so fierce and resentful that the girl shrank back, and crouched coweringly down against the wall. I was about to iuterpose between them and cotifiue myself wholly to the daughter when I was restrained by the sound of ad vancing footsteps, anil turning towards the door 1 discovered, to my Infinite relief, that Darracott had returned; uor had he returned aloue. Beside him, distinguished from the enshrouding gloom by the rays from a second lan teru which he carried aloft iu his hand, ' appeared the stately, i : ■ • : my <l<ur lady, enveloped in I ' > ,ps her unseeing progress be »i . - i by the careful assistance of her v t . -.iioii whose arm she I. ant. It ii.iiiit -il expression of calm resig raMeii I gentle endurance had van -1 'in her face; a look of stern i ind anguish rigidly suppress '! i» the -.-mWauee <>f a mask of A 'll -'s. I <.ulil not woudi r .-it tin depri t.m ii'g .r\ thiii hurst from Ma.t hi rrv>" Ij j > her eyes rested upon that tra;:: countenance. But Madaui wind she heard the sound, an I, avittg the support of her son's arm. advaiiei <1 into the room, with cue tiri.i white hand outstretched to guard lier person t'roui harm. "Hush, woman!" she commanded, in ! tones such as I had never heard issue from her lip~ "What words are those you litter'.' Is it uot of your own child you are speakingV" Maylierry sprang forward and threw herself. In her favorite attitude, before Madam, clutching her skirts with itn ploring working fingers as she cried | out: "Oh. Madam. Madam! she is no long er my child. Have I not cast !.• r off? Hid 1 not break the tie l>etween us tint accursed day w hen " Madam Interrupted the wretelied creature with magnificent scorn. Sh. drew herself away from the elingit fingers, an-l her sightless eyes wen ablaze with indignation and tl.c tir> s of passionate, uuqrenchahle retrospec j tlon. "No louger your child!" she repeated. "And how can that be. since you tmth still exist? Have you not borne li.-r? Have you not stiff end tor her nursed, tended, pet ted and caressed her? Have you not felt her arms about your neck? Have you not rocked her on your bos om. aud heard her voice calling you by the dearest name on earth? Hare | you not longed, as only we mother's can. to hear the sound of that name I once more? Have you uot hungered and thirsted for it? And now that it I has come to you. now that your heart's yearning desire is granted, do you stop to consider her faults and turn away from her in her hour of need? Hood (Jod! It is not possible! Why. woman, know that if I could once more hope to hear mv lost boy's voice uttering that name, I would go to hiui though my road lay through the vilesf. most terrible paths that this world can show, assured that my mission would sanct ify the way." (continued in ouk next.J ROMANCE OF A DIAMOND. Slaying of Men Directly Hue to tlia I'opt'l Precious Gem. Pope Leo is the owner of what is believed to be the largest diamond in the world. It has a most romantic history, having bet n the cause of the assassination of a king, numerous other crimes, and ef a small war, in which several thousand men were killed. Mcmcla. an aged South African ne gro. has told the secret which links liim in history with Pope Leo and President Oom I'nul Kruger of the Transvaal. It was Meinela who owned the dia mond for many years. As an act of gratitude to Kruger for freeing liim, many years ago, from the Boers, who had captured liim, he gave him this precious stone, which he had carried concealed on his lx«ly through strange and tcrribl • hardships and adventures. For a century be fere that it had been a sacred talisman of savage chief tains. It belonged first to Meshesh, the powerful chief of the Basuto nation, who gave it as a friendly of fering to the great king of the Zulus, Chaka. The envy that it excited in his brother led to Chaka's assassination. Then followed a long line of plotting and hideous crimes for its possession among rival chiefs. White men, seeing It, Anally attempt ed to secure it, but failed. The native chief's suspicions being aroused, a war against the whites was begun, which resulted in the killing of 1.000 Boers, and many times that number of blacks. When many chiefs were dead Me inela came into power and got pos session of the wonderful gem. His capture, slavery aud escape, aud his gift of the talisman to Kruger in gratitude complete the history of what is believed to be the largest aud most precious diamond in the world. When to llow. A young lady would be right in bow ing to a gentleman by whom she had been taken to dinner. She should l>ow to him on meeting him again after an introduction by a mutual friend. She should not bow if she has merely talked when casually meeting at a friend's house, when no introduction took place, in England a lady hows first. Abroad this is reversed, and care should be taken to follow the custom which prevails. Women generally bow to eacli other simultaneously, but, as a matter fact, a married lady should bow tirsft! to an unmarried one; and a lady of higher rank should take the Initiative. If a lady bowed to a gentleman of her acquaintance who was accom panied by a friend no acknowledge ment need be made to the stranger; though both men would raise their hats. Above the Cloud*. Airships have not yet been Invented, yet it is possible to sail for a day aud a night in a fairly comfortable steam boat at a height of over two miles above the sea. The water on which you accomplish this remarkable feat is Lake Titicaca, which lies between Peru and Bolivia. It is a huge lake, 120 miles long an . nearly 60 wide, and is over 1,000 feet deep. It is away up Nine rivers flow into it, liesldes a vast amount of snow water, yet it lias no visible outlet. The (MM) ton steamers which sail on Lake Titicaca were built in Scotland, carried over the passes in sections, aud put together ou the spot. The fuel is Australian coal, brought from 7,000 miles away. In the lake are many beautiful islands, and the cliffs which line the shores are magnificently rug ged. In no place can a ship anchor. The water, even sixty feet from shore, is hundreds of feet deep. The native boats on Lake Titicaca have straw sails. l'ruulan tilrl. Not to lie Whipped. The teachers whip wll no longer be a source of dread to Prussians girls, for the pedagogues throughout the country have received the following Government edict: In deference to the sentiment of our time, neither male nor female teachers will Ik- permitted hereafter to Inflict bodily chastisement on female pupils. Since girls are possessed of a delicate sense of honor, tlie extreme punishment for disobedience or lack of diligence in their case should be to be placed on a sort of "bench of penit ence" near the teacher's desk. A Fellow Feeling. Little Edgar, on seeing his mother approaching with a stick in her hand to punish him, Immediately crawls under the bed; whereupon ills mother informs the father, who gets down on his knees and pokes Ills head under the bed, saying: "Are you there, Edgar?" Edgar Yes, papa, is she after you, IIU Cruel lietort. "Her face," she said, when speaking of her dearest neighbor, "Is like an open book." "Yes," he replied, heartlessly, "1 in fer from the few remarks her husband let drop that she keeps it open most of the time." No. 10 ODDITIES OF POISONING; : some l'c.pU May Safely Eat Certain Food The constitutional differences and peculiarities which exist among indi vi<lii:ils should always be rarefnlly, wat>-hcd ami considered. Oue person can handle poisoti ivy with impunity I while another is poisoned if only ill the vicinity of the vine and without loiitm i. members of a family r< -Mini; m u malarial district will sulT- r !*• :r ilarly with chills and fever, while other members will not be at all affected. 1 ood that is actually poisonous to some persons, will not so act on oth er*. One person may eat all kinds of green fruit and vegetables with Im punity, while another person could do so only :it the risk of life. Cer tain kinds of tisli are actually j>ois onotts to some people and perfectly wholesome to others. it is this peculiar condition of the system which constitutes the danger point in the individual case and should In- prudently observed by each one for himself. Intestinal derange ments frequently arise from and arc aggravated by certain kinds of food. | Thus a person affected wi|h kidney or liver trouble should not eat very white bread since the extreme white ness is often produced by the use of alum with an inferior article of flour, and as alum is known to be pois onous iii its effects on a sound con stitution. this is why alum baking powder is never used by people of judgment and discretion. More of earthly happiness depends upon what we eat than many people realize and it is for this reason that the different states are one by one passing pure-food laws. Journalism by Wright. There are more funny things going on in this big world than ever its people dreamed of. Hut somehow they never get into books. Now, for instance, in Australia, a country that i follows American customs very close ly, the people have a great desire for American newspapers. Every steamer that arrives from this country brings its full quota of American journals, which are immediately put on sale. One day I was in Adelaide, South Anstralia, and 1 went into a store to buy the Sunday edition of a New York paper. The dealer took one, placed It on the scales, which lie scanned very carefully and then said 18 pence (30 cents). "That costs about one-eighth asmuch in New York," I said. "Cawn't 'elp that," answered the dealer. "These "ere papers is mas sive. They contain lots of good paper, and we got to sell 'em by weight." "Have you any cheaper?" I asked. "Yes," he said again. "I've got some cheaper: this one is only lOd; It weighs much less: it has no pictures, you see," and he picked up a Chicago Journal of a mid-week date. "But I want a New York Sunday newspaper," I persisted. "Well, those will cost you from lSd to 20d t:?H to 40 cents) each, according to weight, but I can sell you a Kansas City Sunday paper for 6d (12 cents) if you must have n cheap Sunday edition." Then I found that the dealer would sell separate sections of a Sunday edition if the customer didn't want the whole, and while I was in the store > three men came in and liought differ ent parts of a journal, paying as much as four cents a section. Of course, when Hie "want ad." part was put on • the scales and sold to the fourth cus tomer lie didn't know how interesting New York news was until he got home. SOME BRITISH SHARKS The lllne aud Porlieagle Specie! are ■ l'cit to Flahwrmen. British sharks are very substantial facts, the largest of them is an inocuous giant that basks in the sunshine and perhaps feeds on nothing larger than i shrimp. But the blue shark and por beagle, both of which grow to a length yf several yards and a weight of hun dreds of pounds, are vicious pests and most unwelcome on the fishing grounds. The former takes his favorite pleasure in eating mackerel out of the nets, doing as much damage in its dis sntanglement as will absorb a fisher man's weekly wage to make good. Wherefore it comes about that, as soon is one is hauled aboard the fishermen ' forget their accustomed mildness, and I seizing it close *o the tail belabor with , its Bliovel-shaped head the nearest i :hwart until peace reigns once more, j The porbeagle is a somewhat less ac | tive and less vicious animal of duller hue, and of a smell that passes any ather on sea or land. To prevent its blood imparting this odor of the abat toir to the boat, the porbeagle 1b usual ly slain oyer the side, and is then ig- Qomiiiousiy slung in a noose at the oow. The quantities of herrings and sther migratory fishes consumed by these sharks would, could we but ap praise the damage, appal even the en comiast who has recently, in a sport ing contemporary, declared the shark lo be a misjudged child of nature. For tunately they are not ground feeders like the dogfish, and their voracious ippWrites do not, therefore, appreciably contribute to the extermination, yearly more apparent aud more deplorable, of >nr soles and othw valuable flat fish. win.i h» it r One of the greatest discoveries of physiology is that we once had six senses. What Jhe lost sense was no 3ne knows, and probably no one will aver know. But that our forefathers possessed it there is no doubt, for the remains of that part of the brain In which it resided are still to be seen in my one of us. These remains are simply a small and now perfectly useless little mass of brain substance, called the "pituitary body." It consists of two tiny little aval lobes joined together, and lyfng in a little cavity of the skull, strangely named the sella turcica, and situated jver aud behind the nose. It is quite possible that it may have enabled our forefathers to see in the dark before lamps and candles were Invented, or it may have placed them In communion with ghosts and fairies, or it may have been an organ that enabled them to go home In a bee line when they lost their way in the primeval forests. On the other hand, it is possible that it was a bad substitute for vision or smell or hearing, and was let die out when the improved sense organ devel oped. Where l» J'opulmr. In Burmese schools making the lads shout is the approved method of ele mentary instruction The Burmese educationists argue that so long as a hoy is shouting his mind is occupied. When he is silent he is certain to be scheming mischief. Therefore the best 3houters are the best pupils. Sleep* Slow. A servant girl in a Birmingham fam ily was taken to task for oversleeping herself. "Well, me'atPi" she said, "I sleep very slow, and so it takes me a long while to get one night's rest." t'a*hmere Shawls. Cashmere shawla are made of the hair ol u diminutive goat found In Little Xhibd. . t\
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