VOL.* xxxvi rab mein^- Won't buy clothing for the purpose of spend /TL iwSr' v\ ingmoney. They desire to get the best [ f \ JLJ j|/ \ possible results for the money expended. I & \/J! \ V \ Not heap goo<ls but goods as cheap as can Yl Yj \ \ »| l>e sold and made uo properly. Call and la J I /V» ("SfT) examine my large stock of rl t IjS} SPRING SUITINGS. \ I )|/ t" '7 "*» Right up to date, the latest styles, shades S /vj i\_/' —" and colors that could l>e l<oujjht. Call and i 11 vfc 'examine them. T I i\ I Fits and Workmanship iPW //P| [|J Guaranteed. G. F. K€CK, 142 North Main Street, Butler, Pa. A STREAM OF N6WN6SS New goo<ls are coining in daily. The thought anil care which were It? lev. upon theii selection are manifest. We've been telling you aliout Silk s ar.d Goods. Other lines deserve mention Embroideries and Laces. The newest and daintiest productions await you here /jjft Beau'iful assortments at temptingly little prices. Cambric, Nainsook and Swiss Embroideries with Insetting and allover to match. » Vals, Torchon, Orientals and a vast assortment of other Ttb . Embroideries are priced like tills: Yi to I inch wide 3 to 5c I / I to 2 inch wide 6 to 10c J ' Pul fl Finer anil wider up to 7~>c. |*r yard I \ V@'9' Laces 15c per doz yds up to > 1.1.11 per yd Hosiery and Underwear The wanted sorts are here in ample variety. Careful selection has brought hert the thoroughly good ami dependable kinds. J |/sro An opportunity to buy—and save in the buying—is presented here. / \\'■ GLOVE TALK —Those of you who know our Dollar Kid Clove \f Vv j know that nothing i«i retailed at the price that equals it for \P I uniformity of skin and perfection of finish and fit. \P \ "ROYAI.E"- -Rest Dollar Glove in America. Black and all shades—button, Hook or Clasp fastening. L. STEIIN 8c SO IN, 08 N. MAIN ST.. BUTLER, PA Rockenstein's Summer Millinery. Wc cal. your attention to our large and well selected stock of Choice Millinery. We have eudeavjred to make our stock surpass all previous years in style, desir ability quality and prices. We feel sure we have more than maintained our reputatiou in the selection of CHOICE MIL!.INEK Y GOODS. We can show ye t an immense varietv of Hats, Flowers, Ribbons, Braids and Chiffons and all t' goes to make up an UP-TO-DATE MILLINERY STOCK, and at prices that w ill surprise you. We would call especial attention to our Ladies', Misses' and Chil dren's TRIMMED HATS, in which we have always excelled. You can always get the right goods at the right prices at 328 South Main St., _____ _ _ Butler, Pa. ISPECIAL FROM| 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. Thj spring trade has opened with a rush. I*'rom now on we expect to be busy all'ihe time. We may not lie able to give the newspapers the attention wc 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 to do more business than ever this year. We have the goods. We are in shape to make prices, and we start the season with these weapons: GOOD SHOES AND LOW PRICES, and they are winuers every time. Our Only Weapons: Men's New Tan Shoes $1 25 Ladies' Cloth Gaiters 4^ Men's Fine Kid Shoes 1 25 Ladies' Strap Sandals 48 Men's Fine Ruff Men's Pine Patent Leather Shoes... 3 00 Ladies' Kid Button Shoes 88 Boys'F*:ne Vici Kid Shoes t 48 Ladies' Kid Polish 98 Boys' Pine Tail Shoes 1 25 Ladies' Cloth Top Polish ft 25 Youths' Pine Kid Shoes 1 25 Ladies' Tan Oxfords 75 Youths' Pine Tan Shoes 98 Low Shoes and Slippers. Our stock of I<ow Shoes and Slippers is complete. We never showed as many pretty styles as we do uow. Slippers rangej iu price from 48c 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 and it is meeting with great success. It is the most popular advertised shoe on the market toilav. Any style, but only one price, $3.50. Our Ladies' Shoes at $2.00, $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 Pltie Shoes if ycu have •een them; if not, don't fail to see them before you buy. Butler's Progressive Shoe House. C. E. Miller 215 Sout Mam Street, Butler, Pa. SEWP OWE DOLLAR K 4Mb 2 1111 'tii" 1 —-■■■Hl* »» ..iIiTIMT c.O. D. \ \ 'TM P° griilCT TO IIAIIIATIOI, tn mb It »l I««r frtlfhl drpal ui If f*«»4 \ N A - _ Ff BFBCTLY lAfIIVAPTMT. EXACTLY A* KKFKKHK.ITKO, K(Jf AI.TO BI MJIIU* \ \XI Hi CO f>AT WTia IT (M.M w tU.M TH( OIANSCST (AMAIN YOU EVEt SAW, \X I JflBJ O m ik« M(M m—* OUR SPECIAL PRICE 538.90, M YMtl »nd (nicfet SterfM, lihUio 11.00 lent with order. X T>w WE MAKE THIS TOP BUCGY/jy,'^o°"' BaUd. U Mh>, m llliutrHfd, or Br«»iMr Blue li*r. v v-7 /\ I Blfb Orutl knwM Kin bmn'a I'ttcnt. T.», U ounc*. D*lty X<l/Y>r\ - "V/ W //\ \ / Hobtwr HMtrUy LUrd. foil aide ud bark curtain*. rabllM.Uutran. V\/ JTA \ /+ Wed equl to aaj lUOOt burifT work. Hod/ black. Gear dark greon <"■ r. 1 SM •r lUd. r|llllim<M. rrt„ trr>rk bud; eleU er liu'i lealker. 1 imam lll.w It Ml tnetAL >RKt <" kanr t»pMe. wMe ammo tf»ck. fall u.rtk .Id. ud buk eart.la., .Urn Mfva. vmik. HU-nlllm ud ihilu. IUARAHTIEB TWOJfIARi will la.t a m, warn to« ran «r«ii cataumii. YOU CAN MAkO SOO °0 Th '" Ye " r Belling OUR 538.00 suaorw. OIDIR o*l TO-DAY, TOD CAN SELL IT FOB JBO.OO. DON'T DELAY. Address, SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. (Inc.), CHICAGO, ILL. Subscribe for the CITIZEN. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Hood's Pills Are prepared from Na ture's mild laxatives, and while gentle are reliable and efficient. They Rouse ih& LHv&s* Cure Sick Headache, Bil iousness, Sour Stomach, and Constipation. Sold everywhere, 25c. per box. Prepared by C.I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. Every Day ! CROWNS^ afl ftl Are solil by us, only Kiiifis wear the gold article and ttiey very rarely. Our hats tire fit for a King or anybody else. We can suit all classes of trade. We study your style and sell accordingly. Trices are low considering quality. Everything new in Men's I'tir liisbings. Beautiful Negligee Shirts, two Collars and Cuffs 50 I cents, finer ones too. Come and see the new things for Stvring. fr "fe* Ed. Colbert. Fomerly Colbert & Dale. 242 S. -Main bt., Butler, J'a. fiuiser cjaviugs Bank l:>Liiier, iPei. Capital - f 60,000.00 Surplus and Profits - - $170,000.00 .(OS 1, PI'KVIS Presideut MKNRV T KOUTMA "» Vice-President WM. CAMPBELL, .lr Cm hit r LOUIS B.BTKW Teller I)IHK(.TOItS—Joseph 1.. Purvis, J. Hei>ry Tro»'.traan, W. I». Itrandon, W. A. Stein, J. s. Cainubell. Tlio llutler Savings li.ink is the Oldest Banking Institution! n Itutler County. Oencral banking business transacted. We solicit accounts of ull producers, mer chants, farmers and others. All business entrusted to us will receive prompt, attent ion. Interest eatd on time deooslts. TH K Butler County National Bank, Butlei' Penti, Capital paid in - - $1;-), 000.00 Surplus and Profits - f 130,703.95 Jos. Ilartinau, President; J. V. Ritts. Vice President; C. A. Bailey. Cashier; John C. McMarlin, Ass't Cashier. / geiieral banking business t utnsacied. InUirv t paid on tlnie deposits. M*>n«*y loaned on approved security. We invite you to open an account witii this hank. liliCEf'T'JHS— Hon. Joseph Hartman, Hon. SV. S. Waldron, Dr. .n. M. Hoover. H. Mc- Sweeney, K. K. Ahrarns, < \ P. Collins I. G Smith, Leslie I*, llazlett, M. FlnoKdn, W. H. Lark In, Harry lieasley. Dr. W. C. McCandiess, Uen Masseth. J V. Kitu Braun's Pharmacy, Cor. 6th St. and Duquesne Way, Pittsburg, Pa,, I-, D. Telephone 2542. Wholesale and Retail. Importer and Jobbcrol Drugs, Chemicals, Perfumes, Soaps, | Btushes, Etc. The only house west of New York carrying a fuli line 01 Meyers' Grease, Paints and theatrical goods. 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, Paraffine Wax and Petrolatum. Address all mail orders to W. F. Braun. > Nuw House. New Furniture Central Hotel, . MRS. JENNIE NIXON, Pron'r Opposite Court House. Door ti ' • •i'VfaUt ! j LC. WICK, Dkaukr IN I Rough Worked Lumber OF AM. KINDS. » j Duurs, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, 0 ! bhingles and i^ath Always in Stock. LIME. HUR AND PLASTER Office opposite I'. & W.'Depot.J , BUTLER. PA, MADAM OF THE IVIES. BY ELIZABETH PHIPPS TRAIN. [Copyrighted by the Author.] SYNOPSIS: ! CHAPTEK I. T - -lie of the str.ry is i laid in the Tillage f i. lo.i. at an o!iI h.»me- j . it. a i. "Tlic Im," about which then ii j ' considerable mystery. Doroiiy l.othrop, ; . thf: hMoine, applies foi lUe position of e in- i | paniou to .Mrs. Eldr. . the uiis'.ress of . the house At the si.:<t : ■ >:i she ma es the | acquaintance of Dr. Spencer, one cf tli# | ! prominent characters oi the story. CHAPTER II Dorothy is engaged by ! .Mrs. Eldridge, who she discovers ii blind, j ami enters at ouca upon her duties aa companion. CHAPTER 111. —She makes tne ae- | qiiaiiitmiee "f the hou» keeper, Mrs. May- | lierry, a curious chain :ei who has lived at The Ivies a v any years. On one of Dorothy'« visits to the village a sudden illness drives her vo the house of Dr. Spencer. CHATTER IV.—The ilortor and his mother earn for her, and the latter is about I todivn: M ine of the sten ts relating to The l\ ■ * and its people when she is , checked by her soi:. Dorothy discovers ; that Mrs. Eldredge lias a son, who has been absent froui km for yiran, and is now i about to return. -lie also notes some ■tangs happening* at an abandoned build ing on the grounds known as the "Stone House." CHAPTER V Mrs. Mayberry'* sus picions 'ii* aroused, and she warns Dor- I otliy, who continues her investigations. She commm cntes with Franklin, an old ; servant, w' ■»; - • .i<-ly i fu»" sto go near the Stone II- use Mi- Eldiedge's son, Darracott Chester, arrives at home. CHAPTEK VI. On return rig from a visit, accompanied by Darracott, Dorothy and he are startled by strange sounds com ing from the Stone House, and proceed to investigate. CHAPTER VII On forcing an en nance to the house they find that Mis. Mayberry' dm- .ter Alice, who is insane and has been miming for years, is confined there. She turns out to be the wife of Darracott Chester. CHAI'I'EH VIII —Alice is removed from the Stone HOUSJ and taken to The Iv 11 ■s. when apartamnta are prepared for her. Owing to lier condition she is kept under strict surveiilanc ■ CHAPTER IX.—Dr Spencer, who has not visited 'I he lv.es for v- rs. owing to a misunderstanding with 1' eott, is called to attend Alice. Mrs Eidn-dge begins the relation of her life's itory to Dorothy. " Dorothy, my child," she said, breaking an interval of silence, which she had perhaps spent in trying to embolden a reluctant spirit to face the ghosts of bygone events, "if the love and gratitude I feel for you were to be subjected to a great proof none could be selected more distressing to me than this which I have voluntarily imposed upon myself. I am going to rehearse to you pag- s from one of the saddest records ever written in tin* heart of a mother, and I cannot per form the task without • xiKisliig th fact that I myself am i gely respon- | siltle for the causes that render tin- j history so tragic a one. My child. I have failed wholly and ttnpardomibly In the noblest mission that Cod vouch safes to us women th. mission of motherhood. Two opportunities have been afforded me of manifesting un fitness for the divine vocation, and both have I wasted, one through lack, and the other through excess, of ar- j dor. Oh, it is a sad confession for j a woman to make, this that she has been unappreeiatlve of God-given oe- j caslolis! It is no less sail for lier !o ! be forced to acknowledge that siie I has taken idolatrous advantage of them" She sighed heavily and paused an instant, then, in a tinner tone, con tinued : "I must begin far back in the past, 1 at the period of my lirst marriage. ! My dear, have you ever, watching in the early dawn, seen the sun rise slow ly above the horizon in great splendor, j which promised marvellous things for the new day. and. scarcely before its full glory was developed, have you watched it pass into a dark and gloomy cloud tlict eclips"d its false prophecy, and made of the span <>f time that followed its dark course a dark and dr. ary interval, hopeful of recovered brightness only in extinc tion? Such a transition as that. Doro thy, is typical of my ilfe. "I was an only child, with every talent enltivated by parents who idol- j ized me to its utmost extent. I was considered to have more than average personal endowments, and was *«otted and indulged as the only children of | the wealthy are wont to be. No sus j piclon of trouble or disappointment i overshadowed my girlhood, and I was i even so fortunate as to love passion ately the man whom my father se leeted for my husband. I was mar ried to Frederic Chester on my nine teenth birthday, and as his parents were then living ljere lie had the Stone House redecorated and refitted for our temporary use. The place had al ways been the abode of misfortune; no tenant had ever occupied it with out experiencing some terrible sorrow or calamity while living beneath its roof. This I did not learn until later, though much about the house affected me unpleasantly at first sight. I!ut in the flush and assurance of perfect happiness I was contemptuous of be lief that trouble could touch me. And, for a time, it seemed tudei d as if I wore an amulet against misfortune. Perhaps the great joy of that year was enough for one lifetime. My bus band and 1 knew no discord; no jarr ing of tastes and sympathies marred our happiness. We bad ample wealth, health and love- what more could we desire? "On the first anniversary of our wedding-day the blow fell. I was thou not strong enough to accompany my husband in his daily rides; but, know ing how much he enjoyed them. I ill sisted that he should continue them without me. On that day he had set off as usual, and, as the time for his return drew near, 1 went out upon the balcony to watch for and welcome him. I was standing there on the outlook when I discovered him com ing, not up our own drive, but up the poplar avenue. As he perceived me, he stopped to call out that he had a message for his mother, but would come back Immediately. I nodded, and crying 'Au revoir!' he rose in his saddle to throw ine u kiss. when, sud denly, Franklin's two little children, who had been playing behind the poplars, rushed across the road just in front of the horse. Their light, flutter ing dresses frightened the nervous an imal, who plunged wildly, and before my husband, taken thus at a disad vantage, could regain his mastery of the terrified creature, it bad backed to 'the edtfe 'of tv 1 ""•entie, where, rear ing madly on its hind legs, it lost hold j of the crumbling earth, and I, help less to aid, saw IK th horse and rider full heavily over tae cliff." • ih re r " -.'ii' too sh ; If- v. ; jr Mill 0 s .«i'" cokered her fa. i ■ J. 3 if to shut out the paluiui o.uu which memory vi vidly r< produced before her mental vision. I dared not speak. It seemed as if words of mere Human sympathy, heartfelt as they might be, would seem like a casual interruption of sacred reading, Tncreforc I held my peace, and after a little she regained her com posure and proceeded. CHAPTER X. "At that time no fence guarded the cliff, and this neglect of a simple pre BUTLER PA., THURSDAY, MAY i, lf-siH) ; eaiiti.'ti against (larger was a cause ! of -selt' reproach with my piror fatber -1 in-law iluriiiK the rcnuiitMler of bis life. The :!'-ci(l>-ut hail b- n iiunu-iliately fatal to both the amm.-tPana Its master. INo spark "f Itfe lingered iu cither I when tlicv were ruNi-il from the spot. "i neeil uot d'.vi li upon the extent of !my despair ami trr;<!'. It is only ti ces sary to say thai th> snock precipitated jan event which v _•. .tr at hand, i ami within tw. my ~.r hours I passed J from one of the l:::pniiest, one of »he ; most joyous and li ; .'fill younp cre.T 1 ures upon whom tli ■ sun of love and ! prosperity ever shown into a state of I wretched and desperate widow and motherhood wlilch i. so gloomy, even ' in ret respect .that I cannot hear to <v- I call it. i "Oh my child. I have fallen short ; of the standard which < ;•» 1 required lof me! I have failed to fullil the de i mauds Ilis iiilini' wistlon has laid upon me. I hav erred '. n lit ably, ind have been v. irh. il in th" li.ilan.e | rttid found mist raldy (le'ii-ietit. Hut a little, a littli pha 1 nr.:<t offer in ex- I tenuatlon. founded upon tlit* awf.il i j agony of that period. I>orothy. it was a sudden and t. rri!»l< < all t" arms in ] a lit" that bad never dreai it <>f war fare. It fouml ni • nnfurt i ;1 ■vitli j weapons of def nee; : 11-«><ji.ijs ■!. Un ! (uci'ared. I Ul. W t:of how t'> : . t iho ; j •■mergency. Bred in th-' lap of p. ice. | j shelt.ud from even a iride breatii. 14- j j noraut even of the meaning of stress i ; ind conflict, how could 1 be exp< < ted I !tu valiantlj fa(<' and «l«-f••ml mys It' from th» enemy! And. alas! I did not. i proved myself a coward; y, s. even | more than that—a cruel coward, j "My baby, who -liould have been ' welcomed as a solace in the bitter h> ur Ijf my bereavement hecaiae t object j jf aversion to me. So associated was he with my grief that his presence j grew to be i;;.- ."i ita!<li*. I delivered him over almost n liitly to the care ..t his grandmother and rutrso. anil avoid ed bin whenever it • i> • i'..r me to do so. It wasallbut:. ■ ::.'t!iat I committed against my ti.»s-»i in • nty wicked selfishness, anil 1 -ionic- 1 titties think that (;• >1 l:::s ■ . :>t to j punish my sin by lay:;;: I: <•' : en ing Hand, heavy itit n■: up >ll the heart which coldly >ne child to make .tn jd -1 of another. ! "I was removed to The Ivies. Here I passed ten quiet, u? veutful years beneath the roof of r-r nnsband's father and mother Ten(l»rly they lov ?d me, and 110 dai'-i .. r was ever ;.iore carefully watched over and adniiu istered unto thai we- their da: filter- . In-law. During those years ny at i'-h --ment for the child grew uo stronger. I could not bring myself (alas! I fear I made slight effort to do so) to over I -ome my coldness towards him. And yet he was a good little lad and gave me almost uo trouble. Through the long perspective of my advanced years I now look back upon the childhood of my son Harracott. and the vision ->f its loneliness and dreariness fills me with yearning pity and ceasel ss remorse. I was oblivious of its pathos then. Thank God, the boy had his grandmother to l(*v. and maki much jf him. Her devotion it some nn-.isfcro repaired my unpardotiuble fault. "Finally, the old people died. I found life at The Ivies unbearable without them, und del ■ niu.-d : ;>ou placing Darracott it school and creat ing a new existence for mysel: bv a long sojourn abroad. i*Y»r thiv. years I I devoted myself to foreign travel, | greatly enjoying the variety and ex citement of constant change and movement after the . xtrcme quiet ind monotony of my lion>. -life. I was furnished with excellei.t letters of in troduction, and found ample oppor tunities afforded me for the indulgence Df my natural inclination for gaiety, I which had long been kept under re j straiut. "One evening, at a ball at the British Embassy In Madrid. I met Mr. Eld redge. a man who was many years my senior, but who was a man of finest .endowments and most finished cult ure. and who interested me, extremely by his brilliant conversational abilities. I experienced a keen delight in his society. We met again frequently ' and saw much of each other: and ! when, 11 few month" later, he asked me to become his wife, I accepted him. i I had never thought to feel again as ! happy as 1 did in my marriage with Mr. Eldridge. He was a man of slend •r means, and had t'rankly explained lo me before asking mo to marry him, that he had an income only' sufficient for a bachelor's moderate rcquire | incuts. But I had ample wealth at my command. My widow's Jointure was a handsome one, added to which, ts guardian of my son's minority, I ' had control of a very large amount jjf income from his estate. After a few months m< r of travel Mr. Eld I ijis if a /0 fX * l -i, I > -y. r JV ' / V. ! ' B»0T!t HORSE AND RIDER FKT.L HEAV ILY OVER THE CLIFF, redge and I returned to Eldon, where, shortly after, my child was born." Her voice fell to a whisper, and the tender stress she laid upon the words "my child" was far more in dicative of the depth of her matern al affection than aty amount of oft-re peated asseverations would have boon. The mere change t}f formula and in tonation suggested, unintentionally, the immeasurable distance between her regard for the elder and the young er sou. To the tiMt she had alluded merely as "my son, my first-born, th • infant"; to the second she gave a pe culiarly tender aud distinctive title, implying an especially near relation ship "my child." "i cannot describ' him to you, Doro thy," she went on presently. "I dare not trust myself to speak of his beau ty, of his gentle, lovable nature, and of his sweet, winning ways. Every thing that Darracottt was not Herald was. Demonstrative, ardent, and im pulsive, overflowing with animal •spirits, he was a wonderful contrast to his quiet, reserved elder brother. Still, even men I was not blind to the fact that of the two boys Darracott possessed the nobler qualities. \ more generous stepson never lived. Mr. Eldrcdge bestowed upon hiui iu large measure the affection which his own mother withheld, and the two were closely united. I'ntil he died my second husband was ftlways honor d With the position of master of The Ivies, and had he been uctual owner of the house and estate greater respect and deference could not have been accorded him than that Darracott in i sisted upon his receiving. "My oldest son's bosom friend and constant companion was David Spenc er. and the two lads, much akin In tastes and interests, were almost in separable comrades. Just as Gerald was ready to enter college, his father died. Darracott at once look upon his shoulders the burden of management of the estate, and, as my own health was rather delicate, lie insisted upon procuring a house-keeper for me. "What enormous gates turn upon small hinges! The trilling circum stance of my need of assistance open ed the door to all my future trouble. Mrs. Mayberry, a widow with one child, a girl of thirteen years, applied for the position and was engaged. She was a very beautiful woman <>* a weak, blond type, somewhat fad. d and w rn In consequence of a hard struggle with the world. Her child, having been placed at school, did not accompany her hither. Four years passid ar.d Mayberry fulfilled her ditt ies admirably. My eld« st m had g. ;.e abr> ad for a loii_- p< riod of for eign travel, and David Spencer had just begun to praeti- >• hi- profession in Eldoii. lieing almost as constant a visitor at The Ivi s as when rnj boys were at home. Gerald's last year at college was almost completed, and. :is he was to join Dart: t abroad immediately after graduation, le- de cided to bid me good-bye at the college •ommencement and not return to Fldon. "Just before I left to aft nd Ids grad uation exercises Mayl .y ask-.1 my permission to bring bel diuglitcr Alice to the Ivies foi a vi- i. Wimrally I gave my consent, little dreaming what misery it would mail upon me. t>ll my r. n;rn. therefore. 1 found the «irl ensconced here. iiiml liesto red up >ll her aei :al welcome. u*i; for her moth. : sake, but I ■ ca. - 1 was j r< nfly pleased to have a creature so ' young and beautiful sh«* about the house. "Alice Mayberry w: - th. lov. li. st I betas I have ere i•••!. You ban ' seen her wreck, imagine, then, what j she must have been in the lirst fl*:■ a )f 1; r dangerous beauty. Sh-- ch.trtu- I -d everyotM with her wonderful fair [iiess and joyoos gaiety, and seemed ;il a I tterfly. as graceful, as radiant, frivolous. 1 had b< • n home but i few days when I noticed that, al though lioth i>>y sons were abs, ar. David spene. ;• b visits «i v.- were quite is frctjr.l nt J.S they had formerly In N, itid 8008 i obc ryad that If AMct, of whom l made i (rest pet, was not with me he appeared iistl. -s and dis •onteuted. From Mrs. Sp neer 1 learnt that the girl was a constant guest at the cottage, and finally I thought it wise to gently caution Mayberry coa i periling the intimacy existing l>et ■ n ! the two young people. She aflirmed I hat there was nothing in it. but I l»- ive that, naturally ni'ibi:ious for It -r laughter and anxious concerning the .'iris future, she "ecrctlv encourage I natters, hoping to necure a go.«l home ind husband for A dee. Afiair- s: il thus when I was one day greatly astonished by receiving a cable tram Darracott informing tne that lie was to sail at once for home, having re ceived advices relating to certain iti i vestments that disturbed him. In due time he arrived, and. as the positive laie of his coming wn uncertain, lie jave me a pleasant surprise. "Alice and » were singing ducts to jether one evening In my boudoir when the door opened softly and my sou stood befon us. I saw at once what in Impression her beauty made upo:i Him; and. as the days passed, his ail miratlou for her became positive in fatuation. 1 use the wor I advisedly Darracott's passion for the girl wis simply infatuation. I am eonvitic d :hat never did he experience any d-ep ?r emotion towards Alice May berry ban that. She merely captivated his senses and bereft him of his judg ment; although the blow which her jruelty dealt him was as severe in its immediate effect as though she had Licen the object of n more worthy love. "David Spencer chanced to 1"- away from home just then in atimlance jpon a wealthy patient who had taken liim South in his professional capac ity. When 1 discovered how things were going with Darracott. I warne I nitii against yielding to Alice's charms, telling him that 1 believed he would inly create unhappincss for himself oy "so doing, as I thought her already secretly plighted to David. It could scarcely be expected that my Influence with him should be very strong; nor was it of much avail. lie listened to aie with his usual deference .and then told ine frankly that he should ques tion Alice, and if she denied any such mgugement and would accept him, he should marry her at once. "I had always determined never to interfere in my son's love affairs, be lieving it folly to do so; si ill | tli«l ,irge him to well consider his decision before carrying it out. feeling eon vinced. though 1 was fond of Alice, that she was not the woman to satisfy 4 grave, intellectual uian like Darra cott. However, fw» was completely under her spell, and my expostulations went for naught. Finally, lie came to me one day and Informed me that he was to be married without delay. He had offered himself to the girl, at the same time questioning her closely as to her relations with David. These she assured him were merely of a friendly character, and she accepted my son without hesitation. 1 was much distressed, for I felt how un wise Darracott's choice was, and I was also firmly persuaded that David looked upon Alice as in some way bound to liim. I fait nervous anil un happy about the affair .and In con sequence went to Mrs. Spencer be fore the wedding, and asked her if she knew whether there was any understanding between Alice and lier son. She was much disturbed by the suggestion, and 1 saw that such an idea was most unwelcome to her. The daughter of my housekeeper was not the woman she would wish to see her David marry, and sh frankly told me so, affirming at'tbe same time lier belief that his interest in the girl had been merely of a volatile nature. "I returned home and summoned Mayberry. To her I put a similar query. She stoutly maintained that there was nothing between the two I was not yet convinced, however, and begged Darracott to write at once to David and inform him of his intended marriage. He was not all'-'ether pleased at my insistence, but finally agreed to do as I desired. 1 know that the letter was written, but I also know that It was never received.' Here Madam pansed. and looked at me significantly. "You think Mayberry withheld It?" I asked . "1 believe so." she replied. "She al ways took charge of the mail bag. and I think she was not above duplicity. Her whole heart was s« t OH the mar riage. In due time the wedding, very private and quiet, according to Darra cott's desire, took place, here at home, and I was left alone while the honey moon was fulfiled. "No letter had come from David, and my anxiety In bis behalf was still keen and alert. At that time It did not occur to me that a letter might be Intercepted by a member of my own household, and I inferred from David's silence either that, as le was traveling from place to plact the letter had not bet n forwarded, or els - that the news it contained was so painful and dis trcssing to liim that lie found It ini posible to send his eoiigratulat "lis on au event which entailed so much buf fering upon himself. "One day. however, about a week after the marriage I wn "Ing alone in this room, when I himself suddenly nppe ■>■! I had no Idea that Ids hum di ■< r. turn w : i expected, and wa* so ik n by sur prise at seeing him thi t I a that the events which had i tciv. u d li:ee his departure might still l> in ..■> a to him. "Why David, my dear boy!" I cri d cordially, for he was a very gr at lav orite of mine, "when did you return? lam deiighti dto ■ you back. " 'Thank you, Mrs l.'ldt Ige." he r** piled brightly. 'Where's Dare?" " 'Still absent,' I rel 11 II d. •• 'Absent!* be echoed. 'Whj. my mother wrote me that no nad arrived some time ago!' •"Then I remembered all my fears and apprehensions, and i an to trein ble at the certainty that they wen about lo be fulfilled. 'David.' 1 said Very gravely, 'havn't you been home yet?' "He shook his head, and his face was full of perplexity and questioning. , " 'No; 1 was impatient to see Dare ai;ii lie i . lay -dnkfiig heart filled .. lug i lie. "!' .n. I»or. by th,-r ■ !: one of the sad.! si duti s I had to perform .!.;.t . i hopeful. I'-val. uas-irp, cti • h • "had b. • n bra . .! and his d«arest ant: . to: IV i fnl shock to hiai. P - I th-.' worst of it all to lie •• former affection f« r : ar. by the revelati. i: turned t i i ' could inu'. iui e him that 1. ■ with the woman be 1. i. ;. n i! nan woo bad robin 1 him. . < i- a he held r> -i - i f. :• the theft, but for a «!• •!!, : .t-ly ; planned and skillfully-ex. • at. d p..i | p.—-.- of alienating Alice's air. cu .j j :r< m hit If When he lert the lions, a little later be left a me- - ;ge for car | r:e !t to the effect that it ns bis j d that they should never ag.i.o. meet; that he neither wished norw.i dd rt . eive explanations or excuses from ; ! him: that in future they should si rangers to each other. And my sou. nrotnl and eoufldent of his wife's In tegrity. ac<-eptcd the Ulesstgc with r»oi ■ <kt. And so It was that two | ii »\ who had from th. ir birth had ( h united by the clos-st ti. « >f j friendship, fell apart and l»eenmc en «'iiii. Never, from that day to this, has David Spencer entered my *ou'-> home. "My son and his wife took up their abode here. 1 offered to move away and live elsewhere: but be, ever kinU ar.d considerate, would not listi n to this. Mrs Mayberry continued to ad minister tne household, though n.> | lone r receiving a salary for so doing sh " is now mother of the mistress 1 of The Ivies, and the position of affairs miglti have l«een a little emh. rrassing j had it not been for the deltc.it. tact wbi' h !;< pt her almost entirely lit her own n>.ailments. "It was not long lieforc It liecame ap ' I parent that matters were not going j quite smoothly with the newly married couple. She was restless and pined f>»r gaiety lie was grave and studious on.l absorbed iu bis duties, lu fact, they hadn't a taste or sympathy in eon;: . n. and the . ond of their love was too w.ak to unite them, lie was marvel'.: dy patient with her caprice*, humoring her wlilnis with wonderful kindness. I have since thought that a swift awakening to the quality of the affection he bore her caused him i to exercise this divine forbearance anil tolerance towards her childish, silly whims. "Six mouths after I trrracott's mar ! riage my child came home to celebrate I his twenty first birthday Ife had i changed and developed into a glorious : specimen of manhood. Shall I show liim to you. Dorothy?" She raised her hand to her neck, and drew from Its resting-place upon her heart the large oval locket which I had been shown on before. Touching a spring, she op> ; ! ! . disclosing a most (lharming facs. The eye* were rich, dark and lustrous, like those of Mad am, only that they were brimming with fun and mischief; the features were exquisitely chiselled, and the mouth as delicately curved as that of a child; the complexion was a clear olive, glowing with health and with the swift coursing of youthful blood; and on the smooth brow lay a thick, close-cut crop of dark rings. No wonder that such a splendid young Apollo had been the darling of Ids mother's heart! She held the portrait a moment silently lieforc me that I might fully realize its beauty, then re placed it and continued: "lie was like a ray of sunlight in the bouse, and from tlic moment of his entrance within tlieni the walks rang with mirth and laughter, lie and Alice were like two children; insepar able, constant comrades, ever planning some frolic or amusement to liegullo tlic hours. Darracott was absent much of the time, and warmly thank ed < J era id for Alice's life. His trust iu IMIIII was perfect and entire as mine can I say more? I would have staked my life in my child's honor. There were many hos pitalities exchanged between us and our n iglibi ts, and everywhere Gerald and Alice were favorites. But. little by little 1 saw a change steal over the former; he became irritable and unlike himself, annoyed at trifles, and especi ally impatient at Darracott, from whom he would bear nothing. Ah. I blame myself, Dorothy, that I didn't forsee what was coming and avert the crime before it was too late! At last, a day arrived, a terrible day, when. Heaven bdpael l woke from my on less, happy life to learn that my child, my Gerald had committed the basest breach of honor an-J fidelity. He and liis brother's wife had tied together! "Now you know it, Dorothy! now the secret of my life Is revealed to you! Do you wonder that I seek to hide my shamed and stricken head, and that Darracott Chester became a wanderer on the face of the earth? Do you wonder that the tidings of my child's death, coming to me only a few months after he had committed the fearful act of treachery towards one who had been a constant benefactor to him, were almost welcome news to me, or that in the illness which fell upon me my agony was so intense and dreadful that blindness came to the eyes that shrank from the gaze of all men, and especially from the look of my first-born? Do you think that, after such humilatlou. 1 could bear ever again to look upon the world? For. «>li! my boy -my boy! Was I not, through my wretched weakness mid partiality, to blame for the fostering of that root of deadly self Indulgence which, springing into vigorous life, cast into the shade all the better Im pulses of your nature, and allowed vicious tendencies to nest and breed In its branches! Oh. Gerald! my child my child!" She wns greatly moved The strong structure which bad withstood such awful storms of adversity, now uu dermiiie.l by the constant fretting of harrowing reflections, was shaken to its foundations by the breath of mem ory. 1 took both her hands In mine, and laid my cheek caressingly upon JJso !)//[ j I j Jo I I [ffil - -1 • . I TOOK BOTH HKK HANDS IN MINK j them. How much more dreadful was the truth than my wildest surmises had conceived it. How terrible was the work of this irirl who was now : sheltered beneath the roof she had HO ; disgraced! The ruin of six lives wrought by mere foolish, unchecked ] vanity! "Madam." I cried Involuntarily. ! "dear Madam, how could you have 1 her back? It is too noble too forglv I Ing! Surely she had no claim on you!" "No, no claim. Dorothy; but oh. my I j dear, you cannot dream how I yearn i I for my child! There is no depth Into j 5 which I would uot sink, no height 1 < i would not scale, to see Gerald once again. Yet lie was base. Yes. I can ! bear to say It. great thoiiidi my love 11s Il«' who bad received nothing but kindness and benefits from his brother; j he, whose father had. by Darracott's I generosity, been Invented with the ill*- <1 1j -:•: •>f Iki' (Irat g»r• |.-c a:: I.'ing ben aft; |.t» ■ 1.. .t at <1 »l In* e*per*-\ bad jit .-.ycd i. a brother's tr'i<*t:. t 'nulil ;.<> iking In- tn>>rr tile? Ami yet ntul y. f. I. bl« m her. Inter*.- a« w> a I rr. t ■ ..i his «leed. won) I i >M hr it Mj la ..ml n.t -f in it* p v, . 1 i t ■ Mm r-trlbwio- .v ■ . :tv I v.. I.? i t ta.it rt(B t* «| f i* -• r should tutk li h «, 1 • a;. » r. i- Ise tl.e w< man wl U.- •K 1 >• .11 i.ot speak i.. ; .-r. '.... ru:«,iii the lives of both < ' m, . I>ut yet. in a itiana- r sh« I* ■ 5.»4 r« <1 to lUc." f»i !-i - Tbe tear* were . .. ~g iiow. i.»y . ~s. ami though . ~nH :.«>t -.i tU» »'ie felt tliem m.>i- n as the Inaiu fisl hands anlum wh b | had tfU'lerly pressed Hij far*. "iHar little girir* *kr murmur..! ili«. ! caging : and and atroi.ii.; my hair can »* i jly. "Vobw !s tbe tir*' • •v.rt mauii.-oaticn of sympathy I liJiv,- ever received. Itorothy. an-! it »• ffclfome to KM* lieyon.l expr. -- >n " For a few nwiwct* w»> remaned thus. »«!•■ nt. I«ut linked Ho»>lj t-. get ber tlmngb tbe bond of ei n ; notion l*r - atlj »hr started ,| drew h. -rselt <ihlil>bl; aloof fr- i • . as if ridding biwlf of a tempt-tii- n "Oh. bow selfish I a mshe rr ; . 1 "ll iw wrap|*-d In my own r..»ti*:> still. le.twltl:sta?idltjg the lesson I I a-,. : .t iv,,!! ft js rf myself an.l i. <>-.r -i - rr>-v * and grit f* I iiave been , -at this balf-h<-i!r. If t* for ray own nit* r »b!e nod Jn*fly ifilticted *t;lTeilr « tb. I haro linii seeking to amnse yonr compassion and pity. It I* my own self-nt.negatlon | bar* |»rmlft- I rati tv laud as the means of bringiug hack that wretched girl to tbe k.'nif of which she was ao inronald«-raro aarf oari'k'sj a ralitnit' And jr«i wba< am I. what are mjr ansutub an.l wor what are my wroaita and wrri< brd ncas. what my clemency and tn» rcy, compared wnb roy aon T>arra<«t> hi# heroic endurance and nobl* furbear an<e! Oh! little Dorothy, you it aught mi- fulsome In my prai»* <>f Um chat t ilay when 1 told you be wan iu. Ulle l ! on heroic lines! I knew you dl<l. anil I also divined the dU4pi>ointnieoi you experienced upon Boeing him the iirst time It is trite. In appearance he may fail short of a girlish Ideal, hot lire with him. watcb his dally life, penetrate lieneath the outer rrust of reserve and apparent lndiffcren<~e un der whlcb extreme sensitiveness seeks to shelter llself. and you will discover a character that cannot fall to arouse the ( iiihusiasm of your earnest nature; auil. once comprehending the wonder ful depths, the spleudid magnanimity, the glorious unselfishness of that < haraeter. you'll Do longer wonder that, of all the tnen I have ever known. I hold in highest esteem and profound est veneration him wbose love I would sacrifice my own life to gain, now that to Kain it is too late-my noble and dearly-Iwloveil son. I»arraeott." She was very greatly uiovod. and I feared th effect upon ber of such ser ious emotion Tli«rur<>rv I determined to withdraw, and so allow her to re cover her self control. In most earnest phrases I ihanked ber for a confidence which had cost her so much, and raised her hand to kiss it, but she forestalled my iuteiition by drawing me down and pressing me closely, affectionately, tn her heart, kissing me several times upon lips and cheek and brow. Then, releasing me. she motioned me to leave her. and averting ber face, covered It piteously with her slender white hands. [OONTINI KD IS OUK NEXT.] A Qu*«tloa. S[x»«»€h was girru unto into That his thoughts might be imparted: Why. then, do so many men Straightway leave off thinking when Once their tongues are fairly started? Tb« Fo»#r of Iraafflaatlos. The fact that the throes of the Im agination under great nervous excite ment often produce a corresponding physical frenzy was Illustrated r>-cent ly in the caw of a man who had gone to sleep with his artificial teeth in his mouth. Waking suddenly with a choking sensation he found bis teeth hail disappeared, lie looked in the glass of water where they were usual ly deposited, did not see them there, and realized that they must I*- far down his throat. Cbokitig and strug gling. he hammered on the door of a friend sleeping in the bouse, who, see ing his critical condition, valuly en deavored to draw the teeth out of the sufferer's throat. He could feel the teeth, but bad not the strength to ex tricate them. He ran for a black smith, who lived a few doors away, but the blacksmith's hand was too gig to put Into the man's mouth. A doctor had Ix-en sent for. but he was so long in coming that the victim of the accident seemed likely to die of suffocation before the physician ar rived. A little girl of ten yeai- was brought, under the impression that ber small band might reach the obstacle and withdraw it. but she got frighten ed and began to cry. The sufferer be came black in the face, his throat swelled out and his friends expected every moment to be his last, when finally the doctor arrived. He heard the history of the case, saw tbat the teeth were not on the man's Jaws nor in their nightly receptacle, felt the throat and chest of the sufferer, and east his eyes seriously u|H»n the fioor. There be saw tbe whole set of tevtb. lie adjusted them In tbe Jaws of the patient, told him to breathe freely, and every symptom of suffocation dis appeared. Tiny flu Tree. One of the most remarkable features of Japanese gardening Is the way In which every plant and tree in a fam ous garden will Is- reproduced lu min iature. by a system of dwarfing which has been handed down from many gen erations back. Kvery characteristic of a large tr<e will !»• preserved, tbe foil age. the color and the texture of tbe branches, and yet the mlnatnre copy will often l>e not more than from one to three feet high. Professor E. ltcssey tells of a ease lu this couillry lu which nature has eclipsed the art of the Japanese. While climbing «ireen Mountain, near Itowdler. Col., i'ro f. ssor ISesßoy found growing from a crevice in one of the rocks at the sum mit a small pine tree, about in lies high, aud barely a quarter of an ineb in diameter. It was unbrani bed and liore a single terminal tuft of leaves The tiny tree bail made a good fight for existence amid the Inclemencies of Its expoaed situation, for when It w;t* carefully examined twenty five distinct annual rings were discovered. Such a case of natural dwarfing Is almost vnprecedcntcd. frotu an fa Whale. The profit of a single Whale that Is captured is very arge. one about fifty feet long wcig< s HH.WB pound*, j and will give I4>.l«mi pounds of Mnblier. | from which Ivmhi of train >ll can be made and pounds of whalebone. < hlu««a Hakhn. Chinese babies ar. fed on rice and nothing else after they are a few months obi. Cow's _nllk I* never giv- j en to tln-m. Chines* house - are never i heated. If the baby I* cold he Is giv ' en a sun bath. I.on«ton 1 ritiMlt. There are 2."•»'• railvsy station* with ! in a six-mile radios « f St Paul's f 'afh 1 • •dral. London, while, wlrhin a twelv.- ; mile radius there ar*. nearly four hun i | dred. Jerusalem is no* nothing but a shadow of the uiagt.itieent city of an j eleut times. It I- alv>ut three miles in i circumference and Is situated on a ' rocky mountain. . NoJB the cheese chopstich. * i ••' !-..»« tmrrrnm Ma *"*" '-rwmt - I faajt tV :rb th - iritlrsre nf t J'Sfn- pria t irt s-;|>|. w strong la r._*. Vl '■ "o« ut.jht a«ve *■*' ' «-• '• .1 a devw» an - V 1 -t > Us would have aei-'trfC a f two atj.-kA held I* ei.e i. aa,. wa , s t'kina an hasteti- .r nui.t)!. la«t*."ar.' e**rtal»- ly fh. m-.st n -'tsl. th.- nu>M .-nw :• al ar-.! m.at etfl. <leviro far their |oirp>.ae ever Invrated by man. , bnrlng a p»ptiiatinn «f "-*• ; the eliaf.itirk la .:».| ** a satMtitnw for f- rk. t.>ngs an<t .-er'atn form «t ts.iim Kvea !l»b. omelef ami <-afcn are «ef»:iratw| with the .-hej.st ■ k* and the .nnt 'he street s.-at ajrf awt «.«!• b repairer u*« this tlrrir* la tha j f. >rm of iron, has f-aiiami «teH cate ivmrr. TU»- bamb>M> • te-|.sti. it wm known In t ii'na l«sa» || t*. aixl •iturtljr after this >late tit*, ivory form wai* li-Ttimd. Their 11*. i* one of arvat tutK|«nry la i 'man a* »tt»-st.-«t by rrfi-rrsnm to M lii the an. >nt rerortl* nf that -onntry. • H»». may « areh in rain for the traen ; of any abject in fbe nature of a • : aftek io t - ntral of S>mrn Amrrxa. Knitting n. ttUea of wood are '.wtml la tbe work baaaeta aswiriated sltk ancieof P. rnvian ainmmle* bat -tie rbopatlck ha* not V*n f-.naH f'nr iona pottery far tbe •bopathna are eriWed in Japan, kst even tMn endDring teattnt<>t>« af it* early <mr Is yet to 1* reveaie«l in skis ointry. •Hrr FUrhla An allicatot Is not an attmetiva creature. He ban not a single virtnit that <ao N- natue.i ||. t* mwardty. treaeiirrofi*. kldeons II- la neither graeefnl nor even r. -]»•• tahle la ap p»*aranee He k> not - ten amusing or grotesque in kis ungaintine-M. far an a brute a l>m*e un-inaliiied be l* al ways so intensely real that <»n* shrink* from him with loathing: and j a laugh ai hi* eip.-a*e while in Us presetn-e r.iuH *• em r-in.maly «nk mt fdace. His personality, ton. m nmum. f»ne» I catch the Msadfaal gaae of a free. | adult alligator'* e-lck«l eyes, with . their odd rertb-nl pupils fixesl fall sip on your own. ami the aigntfiranee of j the expression "evil eye" and tbe my steries of *mik< i-harming, hypnotise j and hoodnoism will be ri-adlly tia>ter j stood for his brntiah. iiw-rcllraa. an- Ifiinehinr stare is «imply rd»<d -hil ling /oologieally the alligator fn kings In the genna • ris-twillns. ami be has ad the hldeousness of that family, lark ing somewhat It* bb*M|rhir*tinesn. al though the Amen, an alligator la rar nivor<>u« by natnre. ami >a«maaoy cannlbalastic. strictly speaking, how ever. tbe true alligator Is marh lesa • dangerous than his relatives nf the old world, and be Is >-<»rr -spondingfy I less conrageons. Thl, Aa*iM r«T»Haa»a. A feat in American railrond htiibllng I which always amaze* for-tgner* la the Cripple t 'reek treatle whieb rt irvea an that from the unp>-r (.art* nf tke airy NjH \ Vv cf\ CTtirWJt rum TRKSTUt structure one b*>ks down upon thn lower parts and thinks fhetn another road. IV«*a«t mt » Wmtmilf mt ICI Ftmafi To be tbe head of a family of l<C |>er*ons Is a re. ord s«-blom falling to the lot of man. Rat sm-u is the case with John C-andlar. who rriMrs tn Allen Ky.. Jnst over the Sma ller connty line. This gentlman I* tbe father of twen ty nine children, twenty one of wham are now living am! have families. These twenty one children have an average of five children to .-a. b fam ily. thus making Mr '"handler the grandfather of MT> persons But thia is not the full extent of his offspring, for he has thirty five great grand children. So it will be seen that Mr. «'handler stands paterfamilie* of IHB an achievement rarely ■•tualletl. It .•ertainly Is not paralleled when tfen fact Is eonaldewd that th«- members of this large family ore all liviagg Tk* Csa* aT lIM Ilavtl. Kouen-get.—the game of the devtl — i is traced in China tn remote antiquity. J The "devil" is made of two tin ronoa, ' connected at their apices aad bored for | the production of a trimming sonad. j This sort of shuttlecock tbe piayar throws and catches on a atrlag kept taut on two sticks held in either band, i A good player can throw tt forty Past in the air. The skill demanded is j greater than that required by battlo- Jore and abuttlecork. It has beea played both in France and Betgiam. In ihe latter country it *as so favored some years ago that regular matches were got up at the schools. Hit J at Ike T»'« r». The bite Of the tsetse fiy. *o -leadly to the horse, ox and dog. has l>*ea found by a committee of the Brttish Uoval Soeiety to afTect other ereatures as well. No remedy ha* been foaml This little insei-t Is playing a surpris ing part In the world's development, t*. although man Is strangely immnna to the poison, large districts in ,%frtra. notably the Limpopo and Zambesi valleys, must remain nainbaNtable until the peat -hall have beea de stroyed. I'ri.Jtared tna raal. From coal is abtained the means of prodm mg over 4<si shades of colors, a great variety af perfumes expteatvc agents, various aeid* and medicines, nseciicides. salts, saccharin, fmtt flavors, lubricating oils ami varnhih. Arras txiksra I'nder flarey V an act «.f jarUament ordered all the c*'tfe in Fllgiand to lw . oiiated. and fhe sheriffs af the counties Wefe to furjtfsb S»* arrow f.-a'kers from ea« h goose A IJawr Ptmrf- The Wett.-rnsee, In Sw.-«len. like aa many other lakes, has long enjoyed thn liH-al repntntioo of being a bottomhmn pit. The Sw.-dish scientists have now destroyed the v. iieral.b- legend for In the measurements taken a few .lays ago they have successfully demon strated that the greatest .teptb of the take is only I It* meter*. There stll re mains. however, a series of mysterttn which science must he lonleat to leave ttnsolvet) ai least, for a time. It Is not only a legendary belief, hot there is a .|!ia»l scientific ground for the <]Ueer suppoMition that living • reatureo, animal and vegetable, . an ami ilo make Journeys to and fro lietween the high northern lake of Wetten and the : South to-rman lake of • instance This latbl • on< lusmn baa been partly Justified by the appearance of exactly (he same fauna and even tbe anme annual life tn tbe Swedlah ami the Swabian Inland seaa It is even as serted that whenever there in n atortn on the I-ake of tinstance the Lahe sf Wetteru I -eg! us to r»U and swell, an . that the southern take is similarly moved by any agitation in the distant northern lake The Kietm- Xeitttng *«>tierly ileclnre* this «ympa tbeti ph. n- tienon to lie a known fm-t. but eonsi'lerately a*bla that we hnve to wait soui- riuie for tbe rational ex planation vf it.
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