* V (_>!-.• xxxvi Mrs. J. E. Zimmerman. «£ WASH FABRICS. We'll offer until all are sold 1 lot of fine Dimities, Orgmdies, A Lawns and Corded Effects at 5 cents per yard, former price 15c. -:s 1 lot finer grade Dimities, Organdies, Fine Corded Plaid Lawns, and French Organdies and Swisses at Sc and 10c, llie former , i price was 20c ami 25c. Balance of Summer Millinery, Shirt * _ Waists, Liuen and White P. K. Skirts and Summer Ribbed Vests at less price than we have offered during our clearance sale. 1 . Children's Wash Dresses at half price. New Fall DRESS GOODS NOW ON DISPLAY. Rlick Crepons, this fall's newest importations handsomest line we have ever shown the prices are 75c, ?i 00, i 1.25, $1 5o and up to $3.00. New Fall Suitings, such as home spuns in the fashionable Greys, Tans. Blues am! Browns. N'eu Fall I'laid and Plain Cloths to match for Jacket Suits and Separate Skirts. New 27-incli Fine lllack Satin Duchess at g-Sc, value $1.25. Black Satin Duchess at 75c, value SI.OO. 1 lot Misses' Fine Ribbed Lisle Thread Hosiery, sizes 5 to 9 1 •. at 19c, the regular 25c kind. It is early to mention Fall Goods. We have them. If contemplatii.g a late vacation or going away to school, wc can fit you out in all the New Fall and Winter Materials Mrs. J. E. ZIMMERMAN. Sales Must Grow! v (f|| Trade Must Flow! We propose to show to the people of this vicinity that despite the cry of scarcity of money ami hard times, we still crowd our store with eager purchasers. r;"A New Shirt Waist A great collection of all that is new rl Vfi ntl( ' stylish in wash wa'sts. Correctly made and perfect fitting f 7< v aists or your money hack. Percale, Madras, Lawn and P. K. Waists. Latest cut, new sleeves, new yokes, new fronts. • Corded, tucked and insertion trimmed. Prices whittled down •' to the tip-end-of-noihing. Summer Wash Fabrics- They're the daintiest of the dainty, the lightest and cooh<-t of fabrics. Regular beauties [ in lawns, dimities, organdies, mailras and ginghams. Fine lawns, in figures, stripes and p lka dots, regular I2'jc goods 1 at 10c. Dimities, very sheer, with minute cords, needle size, \Bl vSjik' giving strength ami style. Exquisitely printed- -1 i'/i and 15c. Of plain color lawns with fancy braid and lace effect stripe—:oc. U Fine orgcudies and crejKins —12 15c and iSc For Skirts and Waists. White P. K., Welts and ducks \2'/ 2 c to 25c Printed P. K., Welts and ducks 10c to 25c Linen, bomesptin roc, 12% and 15c . . India Linon and Victoria Lawn 5c to 40c {•• ■ Striped, plaid and fancy white goods toe to 25c " • /£> Denim for skirts —blues, browns and tans 12 '2 |! ' Linings and Fixings. . ' Everything necessary for the inside as well as the outside l ft of a dress. /■ ,%) and more important work is picking a new carpet < \ To pick a carpet,-in our well stocked carpet rooms ( k is .1 pleasure, so say the many who have done so . JL Ji We have the famous Hartford Axminister, Wilton . , Velvets, Body and Tapestry Brussels and Ingrains J. ' in al! the up-to-date patterns, only, and prices that will astonish you. Then our China Mattings, j' Floor and Table Oil Cloths, Linoleums, Rugs and j' Art Squares, deserve ;i passing notice. Ask to O see our €f { * SI.OO Axminister Rugs, 0 ' ' Neatest thing for the money ever shown in Butler at V | DUFFy'S STORE! S>OOOOOOOtt>OOeOOQOOOOQOOO> he sold and made up properly. Call and "R JI / I t examine mv large stock of (1 m H3 SPRING SUITINGS. V 1 YTTIj Right up to date, the latest styles, shades f r d " c,, ' ors that could be liougbt. Call and I' l\ C examine them. 11 ! i Fits and Workmanship < // •' 1 I I 1] | (11 Guaranteed. G. F. KGCK, 142 North Main Street, Butler, Pa PAPES, JEWELERS. Diamonds, Watches. Clocks, Jewelery, Silverware, Spectacles etc. We have a large and well selected stock. We Repair all Kinds of Watches. Ifyou'have broken jewelery that you think beyond repairs bring it and we will make it as good as new. We take old gold and silver the same as cash allowing the hiehestfmarket price. 122 S. Main St., Butler, Pa - ■ II 1 - Aslo Oecorativ'e BUILDIN3S WITH- Work , etc. REDICK & GROHMAN. 109 N. MatnSt., ------ Butler, Pa. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. /Jootfs\ / H PILLSV Houser tli'* tor liver, antl cure biliousness, sick M headache, jaundice, nausea, indi'."esj tion, etc. They are in valuable to prevent a cold or break up a fever. Mild, gentle, certain, they are worthy your confidence. Purely vegetable, they can be taken by children or delicate women. Price, 2oc. at all medicine dealers or by mall of C. I. Hood A Co., Ixiwell, Mass. Butler Sayings Bank Liutler, JPen. Capital - - - $60,000.00 Surplus and Profits - - f 170,000.00 IMS I. Pl' KVls President .1. HKNitY 1 KOUTMAN Viee-PrnidMit \VM CAMPBELL, Jr i'ifbur LOCIB B. RTKtS 'lelb r DBKIUKS -J>wpk U 4. neon Tr«".tmaii. '-V. I>. Hnrtrtou W. A. Si'-lr. .' K. c'imuWl. The Butler Savings Bank Is tlio Oliiost Hanking Institutioii; ti Butler County. bunking business transacted. \V<* solicit .-uvounts of «»11 prcducors. mer chant*. farmers and others. All basinfss entrust**! to us will receive prompt attention. Interest raid on time rifoosits. TH K Butier County National Bank, ti taller Penn, Capital p.ii l ill - - |ix>,oou.oo Surplus and Protits #'30,703.95 los. Hartman, J. V. Kills Vice President; C. A. Bailey. Cashier; John G. McMarlin, Ass't Casllier. t general banking business transacted. Interest paid on time deposits. Money loaned on approved security. We invite you to open an account with t ills bank. IM i:K< 'T JBS- lion. Joseph Ilartman, Hon. W. S. Waldron, I>r. A. M. Hoover. 11. Mc- Sweoney. K. E. Abrams. t\ P. Collins I. a Smith. Leslie IV Ifazlett. M. PI nog ad. W. 11. Lark in. Harry Heasley. Dr. W. C. McCandless. Ben MastteMi. 1 V. liltt* Braun's Pharmacy Cor. 6th St. and Duquesne Way. Pittshury, Pa,, L, I). Telephone 2542. Wholesale and Retail. Importer and Jobbcrof Drugs, Chemicals, Perfumes, Soaps, Brushes, Etc The onl} house west of New York carrying a full line ot Mayers' Grease, I'aints 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, Hen zinc, Paraffine Wax and Petrolatum. Address all mail orders to W. F. Braun. Rare Bargains! We want to dispose of our present stock of 'O9 models, and in order to do it quickly have cut the prices from S3O, $35 and S4O to $.22.50 and $25. These are strictly high grade and up-to-date bicycles, and can't be matched for price and quality. Don't miss this opportuni ty vo procure a good wheel for little money. We sell sundries cheaper than and other house iu town. WHITE, WALTER & CO., 303 S. Main Street. M \ .. i|^[ 'j) > It's better to be in the lead than take one's dust. If you ride a Cleveland with the Ball and Roller Bearings you will have 110 trouble staying in the lead, We know what constitutes a good bicycle, and won't sell anything else. We have new bicycles as low as in Gents' sizes; Children's size for $20.00. Our *25.00 wheel is a better wheel than is advertised by Chicago bargain houses at that price. We have good second-hand wheels from #IO.OO to $15,00. We also sell Cameras, Grapliophones and Sup plies. R. L. KIRKPATRICK, Jeweler and Optician? Next to Court House. Pp Practical Horse Shoer WILL?ROBINSON, Formerly Horse Shoer at the Wick House lias opened busi ness in a shop in the rear of the Arlington Hotel, where he will do Horse-Shoeing in the most approved style. TRACK AND ROAD HORSES A SPECIALTY. BUTLER, PA., THKRSDAV, AUGUST 3, iP] i/ir'* i I)DAI) A l )h: '.liliUll By FT * NOItJ LIBDS. XC.i ■ - r . k • A -r J My J ■>?< r;:e.- was «tUI nwait iig Ji.i; tranq-iilly :» fre.-h ••>*> got* be seid nonchalantly. "1 ;--r< t i say that my counsels we I ,rc*. I.' 1 replied with more S' •. iit> in l. y manie r than was in my heart. ' • I thought tbey would be. And now I hope you will reconsider yonr —ah. excuse me"— The train was slowing into a desolate little prairie station, and he dashed out unceremoniously. I followed presently to get a breath of frtsh air and to stretch my legs on the windswept plat form. I saw young Roderick in excited ceinverse with the conductor and the station ag-. Nt and was direct, d by their g.-stures to look back ewer the long straight reach of track to these uthwest. Far away < :. the horizon 1 made out a small Mack clou 1. Khich I toe>kt*>bc the smoke from t>:» pursuing » ngine. In a mom. lit of abstraction I walked to the e'tid of tho platform to get a be tter view. It was a most foolish tiling to do. and I had speedy cause to regret it. When 1 turned again, what was my horn r to behold the train once more in motion. I presume I should have known bet ter than to make a most undignified at tempt to overtake it. but I did not, and when I returned from the breathless and altogether unhopeful chase the -ta tion agent was smiling broadly. Then he took a second loob at me and doffed his cap. "I beg your reveience's pardon," he said with the unmistabable Milesian ac cent, "but wan man always does lie laughin libe a fool whin another's clias in a tlirain." "Never mind that, "I said shortly. "How am I going to get to Lavarock? I must get there) in time for the west bound train. "That's easier said than done, your reverence. There'll be no tlirain till to morrow. '' "Nevertheless 1 must go," I repeat ed. unreasonably enough. I confess, but I was thinking only of getting bacb to my parish. My man looked np at the plume of smoke blacbeuing the southern horizon. "I have it," he said suddenly, slapping his thigh, "if your reverenee'll not mind bein shook up a thrifle on an engine." He darted into the station, and pres ently tho red arm of the semaphore swung out eiver tho tracb with a faint clatter as from subterranean mae-hin ery. Five minutes later the pursuing locomotive thundered up with a shrieb and a roar and stopped palpitant under the outstretched signal. A short, thick set man, coatless, hatless and begrimed with coal dust and oil until he was scarcely recognizable, sprang to the plat form and rushed violently at my frienc" the station agent. "What in blank are you stopping me for. yon blankety blank?" I omit here anel elsewhere the shocking expletives with which his every sentence was gar nished. My man stood his ground bravely. "General orders, Mr. Bostwick, ft'ye see? The time card say tin minutes be- U'l itf /y " I labored with her us her own pantor mtyht. tween thrains, and yon're less than that behind No. 7 this blesseel second." The man of wrath consigned the time card and all things appertaining thereto to the nether depths of an indescribable perdition with a horrifying accomiwni ment of profanity. But my gooel friend, tho young Irishman, was still un daunted. "Beg pardon, sorr, but now you're stopped here's his reverence the holy father goin to Lavarock and was wan miliuto toe) late for Ne>. 7. If you wouldn't mind—it's purgatory that'll be yawnin for the best of us, anel some day maybe you'll be wantin him to"— The angry man turned upon me with an oath between liis tejeth, but he swal lowed it in what I took to be some small measure of deference for tho cloth —the Roman Catholic cloth. "Oh, you're one of the Paulist Fa thers, I suppose! Well, climb aboard, ami I'll get you to Lavarock. A priest more or less won't make any differ ence. '' It was ungracious enough and most humiliating to be oblige4l to sail nnder false colon. Bi\t there was no alterna tive. I obeyed, not without trepielation, since the adventure promised to be fnost temerarious, anel took my seat on tho side where there seamed to be the least amount of machinery. Che fire man was shove-ling coal into the boiler In frenzied haste, but he desistenl at a shout from his superior. "Johnnie, hand meelown that oil can —lively now!" The article in demand was ejuickly forthcoming, and I leaned ont of tho window to see what was to be elone. There was no one on my side of the huge machine, but even as I looked the station agent ran around from the rear, lifted the lid of an iron ijjx projecting beyond one of the wheels, poured a handful of sand into the leceptacle, and disappeared as quickly -u he had come. It struck me at the time as being a singular proceeding, but while I was still speculating upon its probable util ity tne great locomotive lunged for ward, and the chase recommenced. For the first mile the onrush of the huge iron monster was pleasantly ex hilarating, but before many minutes had passed I began to wish myself, first in my cozy study, and a little later any where in the universe so I might be safely out of the mass of shrieking ma chinery hurled onward fnster and faster anel ever faster by the sciot begrimed maniac, who seemed bent on accom plishing not only his own destruc tion, but that of the unfortunate fire man and myself as well. It was a hid eous experience. When the uproar was most deafening, and the promise of speed}* deliverance by death seemed each instant about to be fulfilled, I chanced to look outward anel backward and my horror was in creased tenfold by the appalling sight eif flames bursting apparently from one of the fast flying wheels. At the immi nent risk of my life I got upon my feet and crept across to the siele of the mad man. - _ "Sir." said I. shouting at the top of my \ "v.--- aiv alsjut to b.' eon-um -4i TV . . i.e live is afire!" TLiOi-ting mt> :isid . he craned his neck out of tilt- window which had late ly!. :i mine, -prang back with an oath, which rescinded above the din of the machinery, and ! rtmght the shudder ing monster to a stand. Then he leaped to the ground, yelling frantic orders to the fireman. "Bucket of water! Quick, you imp of hader ' That's it. More—more yet. Now get your tools and pack this bo*. Lively! Git a move! Here, give me that hook! Now then! More waste! More oil—more yet!" The conflagration was staid at length, and once more the teniblo race was resumed. Five miles farther on tht flaming wheel stopped us again, and when this had occurred a third and a fourth time I began to suspect that the handful of sand was in some manuei accountable for it. Yet I dared not foi my life so much as suggest this to tin infuriated blackamoor, whose wratl: mounted higher and grew more ungov ernable with each fresh hindrance. More than once we came in sight of the train ahead, but as often a.s we did st the smoking machinery brought ns to t stand, evoking new and more dreadfn maledictions from the madman, curs ings measured only by the comparative meageruess of his vocabulary. Fortunately for my sanity, which was fast lapsing in the struggle for out ward calm, the end came at length, anc" I stepped down from the hissing mon ster at the Lavarock platform, thank fnl to my finger tips that I was yet ii the land of the living. We arrived but a few moments behind the train, and 1 caught a glimpse of my young scajie grace in earnest consultation with th« agent. Ilardwicke. as I passed the cat stand. I walked into the hotel waiting room, meaning to go to supper with the othei passengers, but 1 was not to e-scape s< easily. It seems that Hardwicbe, whether from malice or misunderstand ing 1 havo never been able to learn, made haste to tell the angry fathe'i that I was the clergyman who was t< marry the runaways. If I had bnowr this at tin; time, I might have beer more charitable. Truly, it must have been little less tiian maddening to re fleet that ho had unwittingly fnrtherec the plans of tiio young fugitives bj bringing me to Lavarock. But of this 1 knew nothing at the time, and wher he shouldered through the throng in the waiting room and grasped my am roughly I was pardonably annoyed. "So you're the helper on this job, are you ?" ho shouted, and all and sundry gaped to look and listen. "Nice busi ness for a man of your age and a minis ter of the gospel, marrying runaway children' Worked me by setting up foi a Catholic priest, too, didn't you? Bj heaven, sir. if I'el bnown it, I'd have pitched yon out of the cab window neck and heels, minister or no minister." "You are the most unreasonable per son I have ever had the misfortune tc meet, sir," said I,.looking him fairly in the eyeiS. "I had no intention of ele ceiving yon"— "Intentions be hangeel!" I.e blustered. "What the eleuce do you suppose I care about your intentions? I say they shan't be married without my consent, and, by heaven, sir, I'd like to see 'em do it!" It was more than was meet, and I gave him his answer hotly and in bind. "One moment, sir, if yon please"— he was turning away. "I was on the train with these young people, and I not only refused to aiel them, but said what I might to turn them from their purpose. But since I have hael the very questionable pleasure of meeting you I will say frankly that I shall be glad to assist them if they still desire it." For an instant I thought he was go in;.' to strike me, but if he had any SIK!I intention he abahdoned it when tho crowd parted to admit the two young rebels to the little circle in which we were standing. They were in the last ditch and, knowing this, had the courage of despair, but of the twain I fancied tho young woman was the more self possessed. "I'll take yon at your word, Mr. Pen burtou," said the young man promptly, haneling me a folded paper and ignoring the angry blackamoor a.s best he might. "You wish me to marry yon and this young woman?" said I, glancing at the license. "Yes." "Here and now?" He looked over his shoulder at the throng of curious onloobers as one who would have purchased privacy at a price, but he did not hesitate. "Yes, here and now, if you please. We shan't lack witnesses anyway." "It shall be as you de;sire," I said gravely, and when I hael found my hook 1 began: "Dearly beloved" — The men in the crowd uncovered reverently, and even the man of wrath stepped back and bowe'd his head. Aa "Oh, poppa—l ocan't do it.'" the exhortation profe-edeel, however, he looked up again with a malicious twin kle in his eyes. " 'lnto this holy estate these two jter sons come now to be joined. If any man can show just cause why they may not lawfully be joineel together, let him now speak, or else hereafter forever hold his peace.' " "My daughter is not of age. 1 forbid it!" saiel tho father, with unnecessary vehemence. A murmur of protest ran through the crowd, and I rebuked him promptly. "Yemr objection, sir, is as ill timed as it is ineffectual. You know the law of this particular commonwealth, and you will oblige me by not again inter rupting this ceveineroy." Then came a diversion wholly unex pected and most embarrassing. The young woman bit her lip, burst into tears, and flung herself suddenly into her father's arms. "Oh, poppa—l c-can't do it!" she sob bed, hiding her face on hisshonlder. "I —I thought I could, but I can't. Please take me away—epiicb!" It was most embarrassing, as I have said, and my young R<>ineo blushed like a girl anel made a hollow pretense of trying to loob as if it was a part of the programme. The father grinned tri umphantly and addre*ssed himself to me. "Yon set-. if w i-n t so blessed ineffec tual after all. 1 said thin y< ung jacka nujM • lure shouldn't marry uiy daugh ter without my and I say it yet l've conn* 120 mil.." on a wild en gine to lie in time to say it. Now. th.-n. if you're entirely satisfied in yonr own mind that 1 am ma.-t r in my house hold. yen may go ahead with your job and finish it—and 1 11 give the bride If the cacophonous blast from one of tiie locomotive* ontsiele which pnnctn ated the sentence had been an expl.isiein of dynauiite the effect of this declara tion could scarcely have b<.en more startling. Two or three cowboys on tli outskirts of tlie throng were moved to cheer lustily, but of those most nearly concerned tne young man was tne nrst to recover his presence of mind. Taking Miss Bostwick's hand, he looked up at me and said very modestly: "I think maybe we're safe to go on now—that is. if yon can make out to find the place again. 1 take no shame in saying that I had to fight a sharp battle for equanimity, lint, having won it. I went on with the c. I luony with what shreds and frag m ins of dignity I could collect upon tli.' spur of tin- moment. At the proper question the bride's father played his part, apparently with out a single thought of his superficial unfitness, though those who were near est i-miled in spite of themselves, and I . mid see that my young scapegrace grinding his teeth to keep down the un- 'emly desire to laugh outright »: his father-in-law's personal appear ance. When the ceremony was concluded, tin man of machinery took matters In hand with hearty hrusquerie. "Now, Hardwicbe. yon tell Tony to get up a nice little hot supper for four —no. make it six, and go get your wife and join us. Yon two" —to the young rebels —"can take Dr. Penburton up stairs with you while I wash up. Be tween you you've managed to give me a (qualified) hard afternoon of it. but you didn't get much the best of the old man. after all. Now, then, clear out, anil I'll go rinse a little of this gudgeon grease off." The waiting room was clearing for tin- depatture of the west bound train, and 1 began to make my excuses. "No. yon don't," said the blacka nii ior good naturedly. "If you're obliged to get to Oarbonoro tonight, I'll sent! you over on a special engine, but you've got to stay and grace this marriage feast whether or no. You owe mo that much for getting yon here alive." I yielded, not altogether reluctantly, it must he confessed, but I declined the special engine. I had had quite enough of that species of journeying to last me a lifetime. On the stairs I overtook the run aways, and Roderick was saying: "Well, all's well that ends that way, I suppose, but I'll have to admit I feel a hit aged, don't you. Ellie? When yon threw up your hands and went over to the enemy, I wanted to drop through the lloor. Whatever made you go back on me at the last moment that way If" She smiled archly and slipped her arm two inches farther in his. "Yon're not particularly acute this evening, are you, Alan, dear?" she said lightly. "You mustn't forget that I know your father-in-law a great deal better than you do.'' Roderick stopped short and put his hauds on her shoulders. "Look me in the eye and say that again,'' he com manded. "Do you mean to tell me— but 1 don't believe it. If I did, I'd go into politics tomorrow and make you a Mrs. Embassador— that's what I'd do. " But to this day I believe he is not quite sure. Ilntlier I.otid. Attorney Swift—Apparel oft pro rlainis the man. Attorney lladley—Yes, Indeed; you can hear John Lumpk.'n coming three blocks away.—Kansas City Independ ent. Very Flare. Adallne —When I marry I shall select a man who resembles an arc light. Mae—Gracious! In wliat way ? Adaline—Not go out at night and never smoke.—Chicago News. A Wonder. "Everything Pusher puts his hand to seems to turn to money." "Yes. Why he could write poetry and make it pay."—Philadelphia North American. Hud Served llin Stnte. Benevolent Lady—Poor man! Oaa didly speaking, you are ilie worst spec imen of the tramp that my eyes ever rested upon. Tramp—Yes, lady, I guess yer are right But 'twant ever thus. I remem ber der time when I didn't drink a drop; when a quid of 'baccer never crossed me lips; when I wurk hard frum sun to sun; when— Benevolent Lady Good heavens! When was that? Tramp—When I was in Joliet.—Chi cago News. An InboArnDlp Inmilf. "You don't seem to be on very friendly terms with your brother." "No, sir, I'm not." "What did he ever do to you?" "Do to me! Sir, that brother of mine is two years younger than I am, and yet by the time he was 5 years of age he had fho audacity to so far outgrow me that from that time on until we both left the parental roof his dot lies were cut down for me in stead of mine being cut dowu for him."—Chicago Post. Complained of Ilia Liver. Magistrate—You are charged with Bteallng a dog. What have you to say? Prisoner (sullenly)— The dog follow ed me 'ome. Magistrate—But the constable saj-s it did so because you had somo liver about you. Prisoner (impudently)— Well, a man can't walk about without 'ls liver, can 'e?—Tit Bits. A lledeemlnK Feature* "I notice that a feminine highway man aided in a recent Arizona hold up." "llow was she dressed?" "Boots and corduroy trousers and a led shirt." "That's all right. I was afraid she might have added to the horror of the affair by putting on a rainy day cos tume." —Cleveland Plain Dealer. I'lnclnK the lllnnie. "I read in the paper that you were hissed oCTfthe stage In Bremen." "That's the fault of the theatrical agent!" "How iso?" "The fellow ought to have kjown better tttan send an artist of my stand ing to a town made up of tradesmen!" —Unsere Gesellschaft. A I'..lut to Be Considered. "I hope they won't buy that house for Dewey until he gets here and is ready to occupy It." "Why?" "Think of the repairs the relic hunt ers would' t make it necessary to put on the place if they got there first."—Chi cago Times-Herald. l WiOHW TILLtY'S lit I OUIlt By OCTAVE TEA NET. fCopyr'frht. \m »•>• tb* Author] The v.-idi-w Tillev luid r t been ont : of (fee lilt; • I «• the Wi.rld'- 1 ir *he ..ften told htr fritud Eliza Meiry that >he felt as if -ii» had trav el, d thousands of miles. Jie sp -ke she «l;iueed aronud her tidy little r. •nn. which was decked , with woodcuts from illustrated papers all repeating tlio tale of that lovely city of a dream. She was a tall woman, comely, al must handsome, .--nd she bad in her trim sat. ea gown and her neat cap, in hr j smiling, fresh colorud face and white ' teeth and bright ey< - 1 . in her very bear I which was alert and vigorous as 1 the potions of a woman of 4«. althongh Hannah Tilley would never 5.,» her six tii th birthday again, a kind of dignity i and that calm courtesy which tomes froia ::n assured aoeial p -ition. whether , high i r low. Indeed it was w, it known ! that if Mr- Tilley rented a flat at the 1 Atherti.n it was because she wisheil in ' dependence and company combined, j since she had two houses of her own, 1 '4l e occupied by her only ihild. a mar rii d daughter, and the other rented at , a good rate. By all odds Mrs. Tilley i was the most prosperous tenant in the i building, the one whom the t-nants al | ways chose to proffer requests for fresh paint or plumbing, the one whom the men or the women always consulted about the spending of the bit of money that they li .d saved. She had "friends among the rich people;" carriages were sometinjes -••en to halt at her do. r. her apartments lieitig on the lirst floor. She had lived f»>r ten years as cook in one family, and the fame of her dishes WHS yet great ii the land. She still earned many a dollar at feasts and with her fruit take and other delicacies, which many people of her town believe there is 110 one but she can make. "All, you do have cause to be thank ful. Mrs. Tilley." sahd Eliza Merry from the depths of her heart. ElizY was a little wisp of a gray haired, neutral tinted, melancholy woman, who, ac cording to the tenants, "was born to no good luck." She had been a submissive wife to a drunken and cruel husband and a devoted mother to three wild sons, all safe under the ground now, where she could praise and love them without fear, alone in the world, she earned her livelihood as a charwo man, keeping offices neat. She made enough to live barely, and that was all. If she had any pleasures, they came from the woman before her. "Yes. I am thankful," said Mrs. Til ley. "I don't mind telling I've saved for a year past, and lotting 011 going, and I don't think it's wrong, for Jim and Mercy are going to take the two biggest children, and they'll see all the glories of the world too. If it was so they couldn't. I'd find I had no but ever since they put the money in the bank for it they have been at me to go with them, and fact is, 'Liza, I have been dreaming of it for a year, for says I, I ain't going no hard ways, carrying my lunch with me on the cars and living on nothing while I am trot ting round. No, I got a whole room to myself that Jim's engaged for me, and the house is on tho railri ad, and I can get in and out as easy and have enough to treat the children. They are only go ing to stay a week, but I shall stay ten days.'' "Well, I do hope you'll have a good time. There ain't anybody deserves it more,'' declared Eliza. The widow Tilley looked up quickly, to meet the simple admiration in the other's dim eyes. Somehow it gave her a queer pang and took all the pith out of her complacency. "I declare, I bate to go off and leave you scrubbing behind," she said, with a frown. " Tain t yoar fault," interrupted Eliza quickly. "Yon offered to pay my fare for a day, and I wouldn't t;iko it. I ruther you saved it to keep for bury ing me when the time comes" — " 'Liza, you hush! 'Tain't so bad as that! 'Liza, won't yon hark to the doc tor? He says if you'll only go to the hospital he knows they can cure you. 'Tain't no mortal disease, if you'll only take it in time. And, dearie child"—- unconsciously falling in her earnestness into the language she had used to her children long ago—"dearie child, it won't burt y(m one bit. They'll give you ether to smell and put you to sleep, and when you wake up it'll all be gone, and you'll never need to drag around in torment, but be light and spry, like yon was a young woman. Why, Lord, yon do be young, 'Liza Merry—not 50 till March! Jjon't you throw away your life! Don't. Vor my sake, that wouldn't know how to git along without you!" The tears fairly glittered in her black eyes with her eagerness, but Eliza lis tened heavily and shook her head. "I'm feared of them hospital*," she mutter ed. "William Mix, he told me himself there wa'n't no need having his leg cut off, a good doctor told him, but they took him to a hospital, and he couldn't help liisself, and they took it off, and him on a wooden leg ever since." "William Mix 'n'd of been a dead man in a coffin if he hadn't lost his leg!" cried Mrs. Tilley stoutly. "And they treated him good us gold, and well be knows it, but lie loves to talk and criticise. Ain't I heard him criticising the president of the United States only yisterday? Him that don't know enough to run a chicken yard, for all bis chickens died when he tried to liave a incubator, and his poor wife work ing all winter, she did, to pay for the thing, because it burned up! Yon know it your: .df, 'Liza Merry. And he criti insod my cake, that's never before had a , hard word from any one evijr thought it and paid money for it, but him that got it for nothing thought it wanted Jhj' least bit more spice' Mrs Tilley paused to take breath, and Eliza roue. "I ain't defending him, but sich things frighten a body, yon know," she ventured to say as she edged to thf door. "I got ttf go now, Mrs. Tilley." She would not stay, although Mrs. Tilley proffered coffee and coffee cake. She pleaded engagements and presently the widow saw her plodding wearily across the yard with a basket. "She's killing herself!" cried Mrs. Tilley angrily. "Well, it ain't my busi ness. She ain't no kin." Still frowning, the widow went to a chest yf drawers (she called it a chif foner) and took out a book of photo graphs and a red Imok labeled "(fuide of the Fair." "Now, I'll enjoy my self," she said. "I'll look at all the places I'm going to see. The Midway— ain't tbqt a name! I'll see the pano rama. It will be most like going to Switzerland Won't Mary Frances open her little eyes when I take her in? I mean to take lier Into all the shows, bless her little heart! I wish Jane would dress that child more sensible. Like's nt»t she have any long sleeved flannels 'long, and fc'je lake breeze so cold as 'tis. Oh, well, Jane's a good girl and she has got a good man, that keeps his job even in t]je hard time.-. l» pra:-vd' W. n't Lu «T>« n 1.. ere* * i-- I tell h« r al- ■!! th' thing* I'll.s she frowned ••Why w-ru't • tmd to tiuitT I Li. w very w. It It's prills, that'it wlul it is. 'can-- *4te i.in t s/>'t bhumt to fiat. It would <■ -r n. ivv that - it and that « why she w . n-km_; William Mis what it «. -I and lie told hi r wh.it ht* paid which 1 11 1 t ~nyti.ii.ir hi didn t. fur it -:i sad 1.-..rt ni* d. tor hx-t «titil:< for his bill I kii- w that. Ami 1 miud now hi>w -h-- w.*nt r. and with h» r fa- •• all kind i : ilr:: v. ii np the day after Th day wa* little Mary Franc** birthday, ton. and sh" ;»vf her a whole quarter Ye*. I miii 1 it well It wa- citiw he -aid so timch, the lying -callawag. that -hi- fairly civ- up all hupeof saving the ni"ii"y and. kind of di sp. rate. arave th:»t quarter t- the child »>h. dear" And the di. lit. quiet. willing 1* dv she i*' Si«- 11 > • *.u ■ rkitnf till -hi drops. I know th*-r*- - many arul many a day she can hardly draix one f . » after another L! it works on jn-t tbt> «me lint she hadn't ur.icht to Is- mi proud"- Suddenly she stopped short Shi- re mend ri-d a time of - re distress in her I own i> i-t. > i -he had lived hungry fur | uiany a day th time ratbi-r than t..k>- th. conntv aid ( r ewn t* II Imt friends • f her i "Hnl forgive ns all." she i added "1 know how she fo-k" Shi* t o'.it her pari- Thne waa money* in it and a little slip of pnjvr i writt*a i.v.i with figures. It repreeent ed the money waiting in the hank. There wn- *Uongh to pay f r Eliza s stay in the • -jiital. she looked at it. "I've lv . n linking of going to the fair for a year.' she said. "I'd nnsrt rather die than not go Shi- bandied purse ai: 1» "k in the drawer together and l»- gun to prepare her eVi niug meal. She was a lover of good living even when ali tie. and there w*-re hash and straw berries .:nl fried mush. She had a mind to ask Eli.: i to share the tea. hut in stead she p-tulantly told herself that F.lizi looki-d *o wretched it gave her the horr-r- and a-k. d Mrs. Mix, the erring and critical William lieing a printer at niirht work and not needing t-> be ask ed : l*o. Mi-. Mis wa- very grateful and very talkative. "Have vo l -r.-n how sick Mrs. Merry looks?"" sin* i u''in. "I iaw her setting do«-n ont -d- i f the conrthon.*v step, h. r fa< •• that xvl.ite yon stopped to look at it. k;n<.. r rocking herself to and fro. That big policeman, down there, h> knov.-.< her. ati.l he come np while I was sp: aki-ikC And he was real kind lie helpt-il ln-r l:> ii»etotbe honse. and he got a gla-s of li-cr for her. Bnt he says to me. 'That woman hob stmck with death.' saya he, 'and a better woman there nev* r was!" " "Xor there wasn't, neither." said Mrs. Tilley grnfHy. "Where is she now y "Oh. I pTit her to bed and told hi r she wasn't to get np. neither. '' "Thank you. Mrs. Mix." said Mrs. Tilley. "Eliza's got good friends, and yon're one of 'eui." "I'd ought to lie." said Mrs. Mis. "after the way she nursed tny little Freddy with the diphtheria. 'l'm tint mi 1 s P " 'LUa, it you dicattd leave me, I'Tl never furylre U"U " of a job,' says she, 'it ain't costing nn nothing, as if that was all, and it kept her ont of a job for two weeks longer pursing him. And I conldn't do nothing for her to pay!" "She wouldn't come anigh mo all that time," said Mrs. Tilley, "feared of giving me the infection." Mr- Mis prattled on, and Mrs. Tilley listened, bet she was thinking with a strange moving of the heart how glad Eliza had seemed that day when at last she could enter her friend's room. "I've scrubbed and scrubbed,'' she had said and had choked as she laughed, poor sir*ple Eliza, who admired her so! "I ain't going to get another friend like Rer, - *>n." -he thought, and sudden:v came to her the sense of Mrs. Mix < words. "Yes, Ido s'pose Eliza Merry would jump into the fire for yon. and I wish you'd s|>enk to Jier to have her go to a hospital while there is a show." Mr?. Tilley looked at her A change came over her face. It was no longer a commonplace, pretty, elderly face; it was alight and aglow with u solemn radiance; it was the face that had been lifteil years ago to John Tilley when she promised to marry him "I aic't got anything but love to offer yon,' be had said, "but love's worth something. She seemed to hear his voice. "I will.' said she. Eliza was fitting npwben Mrs. Tilley appeared with broth and whisky. She nucif <>f her illness. Mr?. Tilley did not contradict her. but when she went away, she came up to the liedside and said, " Liza. I got » little present for yon, and I can't t»U yon how I am to have it to give yoa." With that she slipped the envelope under the pillow and had gene to the door before she stopped, came back and with a choke in her voice added. " "Liza, if yon die arid leave me, I'll never forgive yon," and linrried away. "I'm glad I did it!" she cried defi antly in the hallway. "What would be the nae of going to the fair if she wasn't here to tell it toT" Every time she woke yp in the night— to bo sure, not often, for she slept well —she said, "I'm glad. " She went up to Eliza a room in the morning, only U> find her gone Then she went back to her own rooms and put away every book or picture that she had so prized which told of the fair. She put them away with a little quiver of the month, but she was jclad all the time The last picture was gonv when there came a tap on the door. She opened to Eliza. "Well, yon bad woman to lie out of l«ed, I'm glad to see you''' she cried heartily. There were tears on Eliza's thin cheeks. She thrust something into Mrs. Tilley's hand. "There's the money. " she soblied. "(111. Clod bless yon. Mr* Tilley. for caring enough for me to give up your jfreat time for me' I'll never cease to be proud you were willing to give that up for me. No. don't stop me; take the money' I can give up something tix>' 1 went down to Mr Larrabee to scrub the office, and I told him all abont how mean and prond I was, not thinking it was anybody's con cern but mine if I lived or died, and how yon was so noble, and I said, 'lf she can give np her visit to the World's fair for me. I can give up my pride f.io. rto ; r- ! . th»y an - all it * rh.irit# pu» i.t 1 go riadly' " > > • Mr. L.ifrrtiw*,- l.mnag-d it. I'- t v Tri% y wi- b>4 qntto to ha • b* « th- ! ixury of «elf «a « %. d#» it it u>r* i-v. r sirce. rir»l \ «:rlr«. In ( >.Uiu i>- tin k»lf th>* rs-i were ! 1 .! while tuat9 ;'tarter* w»t» caUed either J-.i*a V-. :n Thonws. Ruhanl or K * : h in . uniui psrlaare ui.:»t bar.* K u J:i. k. WilL Tom. Dirk «rI: ;> .r. aux.tig the jnfr »>vt jr. Jackma. Wileoa. Th* i<»| Ihson and H >»-..n »»tl»er t■ t at 1. -i r. naL Heary and A.lam I" ' •>« h•»f- r cent Roger and Hugh •*t i nly |• r cent, whth* Walter. Si nil t tialph and Ntcboias are 1 per cent. ill fewer are (ieoffrey. Alan ar.l > : *,.«n. LK and Jacob ocmr • r.ly n«. in too Martin and Pi-t« r ..nee in soo. In ti.-- thirt • nth century William m the c . : name In thefnarteenth and f- iiowiag centnries John t» ftfst. with William scr»n ert and Thomas ho per cent ol all th* men'* nar.: ■* are ... counted ft#. F: i th- will. it appear* that in ICM John h'-nda list with l« per cent Wii at.; follows close behiwl with IS p>r nut. Tli-.'-ias is 12 percent, fol j low. d by Richard ami Roburt with »* ;s r i ct each. Heary ami Qeorge are i only half as numerous. Still fewer ar» | K r. Ralph. Nicholas. Edward. Jame* (Tiarle*. Fran<-is. Hnmphrer Anth> ny. -rt. Law if ate and Jo seph Not. - antf vineries. I nMr lis liHorly I ni4aa. I>«ins here yon can live a more lonely life tban in a remote conntry town People don't know their nest door neighbor- and -lout want to know them. Not only that, people dwelling in the same house are frequently stran 1 gers to each other ' »ften yon knock at the dran < f hon<«~. and find that the oc upi-T 11 the first floor d<*-»a t know the name of the i.n-iily on the thirl, ti. *tigh h*-th may hnve lived there for vi .ir- When the spirit of neiahhnrli n- .-e i ai-* ut the spirit id citizenship snffi-r*. In th>* slams it is di9er*n& The slum- * f Lontlon represent about th* only plac.- «hcre aeirhhorttnea* pre vail . !u thu hack -Ir.ro courtaju>n will find a :i•• r. et nmne n» spirit thai, any wi> r* • lae in L mlna Thelit tl- cumiunnity knows itself thoronghly. Tin y .(ii.iriel one day ind help • ai-h other the next. Tb»-y poll each other through hard flm». they none each other. f*-i d each other. . lot be each oth er. • h. Iter each other —London New*. rtrnvanl l'»r Haana*. "We exj i "I want-* to be jna HI * my malum > i- < hicago Sew* The Mm! Old Bachelor Do you expect to mar ry, or «lo you prefer to keep yonr liber ty. Miss Vnn Sand? Miss Van Sand-What a fanny quen tiou! I intend to th.—narlem Llh. A SHATTERED IDOL. tkp *tu»li Teacher llsi Meea t stw a The friend found the pretty girt, who earns a living teaching rnuaJr. staring blankly at the wall. "What on earth I* the matterT* de manded the friend. "Ton look a* If yon were In a trance!" "I>ld you see blniT' aaked the pretty music teacher faintly. "St* wboaiT* "That horrid inan who Just wept outr And the pretty music teacher shuddered. "If that man Insulted yon, why didn't you call the police 7" demanded the friend. "I am afraid (hat the police wouldn't have anything to do with it. I hare j been giviiiK his daughter lessons on th«* piano lately, and I Instructed her to practice very sofrty. as I know how annoy In < It Is to the neighhorsfbben one Is learning to play. And Just now that grent. big brute of a man came rliargiuK In here and roared that the only reason that he allowed his daugh ter to take music lesson* was to get even with a man living next door who played the (lute, and If I conldn't In struct his daughter to pat enough mu sic Into her playing so It --oukl be lioard-throngli a six Inch wall he would get some one who could! "And to think that 1 bar* always considered music a divine art to Which I bad consecrated my life" And the pretty mimic teacher bait* down and cried. lH»trolt Free rim K»ll Ktrrli. "Practical Jokes ain't right. l>er% me old fanl, lijntty, flat died fri>ni de elTei -t« of otav" "How'd It liappenf^ • Wsfll. you see. fttttty g(Af«u MpAa of dese wayside cottages ah 111) d* lady /et a pie. I>e lady Myt, 1 atn't got a pie In de house, ma aodfl nan; but here's a cake." " "Wbat species of a cake wua It. Btl ly r " 'Twaa—'twas a cake of low, Eas ily." Chicago Newn "I think." said the thoughtful moth er. "that yon ought to obyaei to y Brown i«jlng so much attention to our daughter." "Why V demanded th* thought!*** father. **ll© Imprrasrs roe r*ry ihVßr ably." "That's Just ft," rrtnrnad th* thoughtful mother. "We do something to inak* JjH ambHtou* mother thdnk we regard onraetve* a little above them socially If w* are to make sure of him."—Chicago Pout. The Honor's Mark. "I can't make oat th* last part of this prescription.'' said th* new drug clerk With a I'lixxleil .-xpreMlon "Never mind that," replied th* pro prietor. "That'* a prtvat* mark of the doctor's to Indicate th* floaactal standi nc of the patient. M thai I can know bow much to htm for tb* medicine."— New York JourndL Orallholo^UMUL "Why. »o very tat*. OeorgaT' "Eaa'lr splalned. m" dear. TB* lor* of na nature retained m-toe. I «»* look in for th' Mrs' robin of kp-*prtnar" "Are you sure ft was a robin. George ?" "Course I'm sur*." "Wasn't It seveod swTOJeppraf— Cleveland PMdJIHM