VOL- xxxvi
HOLIDAY GOODS.
I now have most of my new holiday goods in stock.
Anyone wishing to purchase a nice and useful present for their
friends will do well to call and examine my goods, see the latest
styles, examine quality, and find price of same, which I think will
convince you that both quality and price of goods will give you
entire satisfaction. Respectlully yours,
D. Is. CIsGGLAND,
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN,
126 S. MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA.
Bictcel's!
Our stock of winter Boots an «T Shoes is larger than ever before. Large
stock GOKEY'S JAMESTOWN SHOES. High cut hand-made Box toe Hoots and
Shoes for drillers. Our line of school sloes is complete. Copper toed shoes for
the boys and high cut waterproof shoes for the girls. We wish to call your special
attention to our stock of felt and rubber goods which we I>ought
early and are prepared to Wfer you some great bargains.
PRICE LlST.\^>
LEATHER GOODS
Ladies' good kip shoes 85c
Ladies' fine Dongola pat. tip shoes 1.00
Ladies' genuine kangaroo calf shoes 1.25
V~ / N/"S/ s A/ s - , f Men's high cut 3 soles box toe shoes 1.25
J I Men's good kip box toe boots 2 25
Misses' waterproof oil grain shoes 80c
Children's heavy shoes 50c
Ladies' fur trimmed Juliet slippers 75c
Old Ladies' warm lined shoes 75c
Boys' good every day shoes 1.00
FELT and RUBBER GOODS
Men's felt boots and overs 1.75
Men's German socks and overs 2.25
Bo} 's German socks and overs 1.50
Youths' felt boots and overs 1.25
Men's knit boots and overs 2,25
J f Men's self acting rubbers 65c
Men's buckle arctics 1 25
Ladies' croquet rubbers 35c
Misses' croquet rubbers 25c
Men's Storm King rubber boots 2.75
Men's rubber boots (regular height) 2.25
TO THE TEACHERS.
J We extend a cordial invitation to the teachers to visit our store. Make f
\ this your headquarters during your visit in Butler. We take pleasure in /
) showing you our stock of Cushionet Turns and Ease Welt Shoes, made in j
V many different styles in fine Dongola, Box Calf ami Patent Leather. Large f
/ stock of felt and leather slippers in latest up-to-date styles. A special dis- \
\ count will be given to the teachers during Institute week
JOHN BICKEL,
128 SOUTH MAIN STRfcET, - - HUTLER, PA.
Still Guessing What to Giv<??
We'll help you with that Christmas list. Useful presents are
m »re accept able than anything else. We know what to suggest. ✓
TTmhriallau An assortment of entirely new hand-
Q 1111,1 les on Women's and Men's Umbrel-
l| as. Horn and Dresden handles in new shapes and
vjy natural wood with sterling mountings. Carola, Gloria,
Taftcta and Amisilk coverings. Special Holiday values
at I ' o0 ' ''s o ' 2 °°' 3°° ant * U l>-
' PEL Christmas Handerchiefs in such profusion and
variety as never before. You can quickly select a supply
for the entire family with the assurance of pleasing every
'JOO one ic up to 1.00 each.
Blankets and Spreads are useful gilts This Store was never
b.-ttor prepared to supply your needs in this line thru "at this Holiday
time. Cotton Blankets, 50c, 75c, and t.oo a pair. All Wool
Blankets,2. 50, 3.00, 4.00 and up. White Bed Spreads,soc to 3.00 each.
Sterling and Ebony goods Manicure r _
pieces 25c up. Desk pieces 25c up. Curlers 25c
up. Vinagrettes 25c up. Brushes, Combs, Scis
sors, Bells, Complete Manicure and Toilet Sets
in Hoxes.
Suitable Gifts Fur Collarettes, Neck
Scarfs, Golf Capes, Jackets, Silks, Dress Goods, ..-V. - ~_Jv/
Gloves, Mittens, Fancy Collars, Mufflers, Purses, Brooches, Ribbons,
Underwear and Hosiery are all appreciated as gifts.
L. STEIN Sc SON,
108 N. MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA
STRIVING COR EFFECT! A
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"3 Meij don't buy clothing for the W {&/ I 'I
3 £liosc or spending money. They /IT I- MJ fJ V[
getjhe best possible results lor A Ij'. C/jL\\
"7 Cinoney expended. Not cheap goods'?®- / -11"\ /
g.K>ds as cheap as they can be4c l]!\ j.-f/ Jfiel' i
. sold for ;.nd made up properly. If??! hA
"WTyou want the correct thing at the enr-if:
jfttrect price, call and examine our.W, * \ mJj I
large stock of Heavy Weights, Fall 3; \ & i Bfj \/J )
7 Tanil Winter Suitings and Overcoats of"®" \! V'Pjj v 1
£the latest Styles. Shades and \] Vfw Wi [ <
px.
Fits and WorkmanshiD ill/
Guaranteed. £? /
G F. KGCK,
142 NorthlMain Street, Butler, Pa
I Found »lußt Wl lo t I Waited at
PAPES, JEWELERS.
The above is what you will say if you come to us to buy a
present for Xmas.
We have a very large and beautiful stock of all kinds of GOLD,
SILY ER and EBONY novelties. All the newest designs and best
quality at the very lowest prices.
If you have any old gold or silver remember we take it just the
same as cash.
All goods selected PAPE'S r ALL kTnIXS^
will be laid aside S lon.rJnno
yntu Jeweiers. < repairing.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
PILING UP TESTIMONY
Nothing but Praise From all Sources
Stands High in the Estimation of
Those Who Have Tested its
Merits.
There is no doubt whatever as to the
merits of Morrow's Kiel-ne-oids judging
from the good results obtai.ied right here
in this state. Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are
used daily by many Pennsylvania citizen?
! and they all testify without any hesitancy
| about the great good they have received
by the use of this great kidney prepara
j tion Kid-ne-oids will positively cure
! knidney backache, dizziness, sleepless
| ness, nervousness and all urinary dis
| orders arising from a disordered . eondi
! tion of the kidneys. Another citizen
I adds his testimony as follows:
Mr. Win. Reese, 81 nth Street, South
! Side, Pittsburg, l*a., says:—"l have been
I troubled for some time with pain in my
j back wtiich was caused by constant
| walking or being on my feet. It would
' make me restless at night so I could not
! sleep. When I saw Morr >w's Kid-ne-oids
! so highly recommended I concluded to
j give them a trial. In a few days the}'
relieved me an I I have not been troubled
with pains iu my back since. I can
sleep and rest better."
Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are not pills but
Yellow Tablets and sell at fifty cents a
liox at all druj; stores and at Reelick &
Groliman's drug store.
Mailed on receipt of price. Manufac
tured by John Morrow & Co., Chemists,
Springfield, Ohio.
fhonmnil) a™ Trylnir It.
In order to prove the great merit of
Ely's Cream Balm, the most effective cure
for Catarrh and Cold in K ;ad, wo have pre
pared a generous trial size for 10 cents.
Get it of your druggist or send 10 cents to
ELY BftOS., 50 Warren St., N. Y. City.
I suffered from catarrh of the worst kind
ever since a boy, and I never hope d for
cure, but Ely's bream Balm seem* t > do
even that. Many acquaintances bioc used
it with excellent results. —Oucar Ostruni,
45 Warren Ave., Chicago, 111.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no cocaine,
mercury nor any injurious drug. Pri'-e,
60 cents. At druggists or by mail.
Butler Sayings Bank
1 Ll tier, Pa.
Capital - f60,000.00
Surplus and Profits - - $170,000 00
JOS. L PURVIS President
J. HENRY TROUT.MAN Vice-President
WM. CAMPBELL, .Tr flwbier
LOUIS P. STEIN 'Jelltr
L)IKK<TOKS-Joseph L. S'urvls, J. Henry
Tiw.tman. W. I>. Brandon. W. A. Stein. .1 S.
Oaraubell.
The Butler Savings Hank is the Oldest
Banking Institution', n Butler County,
(icneral hanking business transacted.
We solicit accounts of »li producers, rner
cli.'tnts, farmers and others.
AU business entrusted to us will receive
prompt attention.
Interest paid on time deposits.
TH K
Butler County National Bank,
Otatler Penn,
Capital paid in - ~ $1 x>,000.00
Surplus and Profits - £130,703.95
Jos. Hartnian, ;President- J. V. Ritts,
Vice President; C. A. Bailey. Cashier;
John G. McMartfu, Ass't Cashier.
/ general banking business transacted,
interest paid on time deposits.
Money loaned on approved security.
We Invite you to open an account with this
bank.
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W. S. Waldron, Dr. rt. M Hoover. 11. Mc-
Swceney, E. K. Abrarns, <J. I'. Collins I. G
Smith, Leslie P. Ila/lett, M. I'inegin,
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Cor. 6th St. and Duquesne Way.
Pittsbui>>, Pa,, L, D. Telephone 2542.
Wholesale and Retail.
Importer .and Jobberof Drills,
Chemicals, Perfumes, Soaps,
]{lushes, Etc
The only house ive.st of New-
York carrying- a full line 01
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theatrical goods.
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Compounded Day or Night by
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Wholesale and retail
dealer in Lubricating and
Illumniating Oils, Capital
Cylinder, Dynamo, Water
White and Standard Gas
hngine Oils, Gasolein, Ben
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Best Accommodations in Town.
West Jelerson street, Butler, Pa
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Insurance and Real Eslate
Agent.
117 E. JEFFERSON.
BUTLER, - PA.
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Livery Feed and Sale Stable
Rear of
Wick House, Butler, Penn'a.
The IM SI of horses ami lirst class rigs al
ways on hand and for hire.
Best accommodations in town for perma
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Stable Room For 65 Horses.
S|A good class of horses, both drivers and
r;tfi horses always on hand .mil for sui»-
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pon proper notification by
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IN HIS STEPS.:
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CHAPTER m.
If any man Cometh unlo me and hateth not hi#
own father and mother and wife and children and
brethren and sisters—yea, and his own life also—
he cannot be my disciple. • • • And whosoever
forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my
di9ciple.
When Rachel Winslow and Virginia
Page separated after the meeting at the
First church on Sunday, they agreed to
continue their conversation tho nest
day. Virginia asked Rachel to come
and lunch with her at noon, and Rachel
accordingly rang the bell at the Page
mansion about half pastil. \ irginia
herself met her, and tho two were soon
talking earnestly.
"The fact is," Rachel was saying
after they had been t;i4king a few min
utes, "I t.«uuot reconcile it with my
judgment of what he would do. I can
not tell another persem what to do, but
I feel that I ought not to accept this
offer.''
"What will you do, then?" asked
Virginia, with great interest.
"I don't know yet. bnt I have decid
ed to refuse this offer. "
Rachel picked up a letter that had
been lyinv in her lap and ran over its
contents again It was a letter from
the manager of a<• "c opera offering
her a place with aAlarge traveling com
pany for the se: vn. The salary was a
very large figure, r-ud tli_* prospect held
cut b\ the manap r was flattering. He
had ii-ard K..'lel sing that Sunday
morninv wlvn l! • stranger had inter
rupt; d t'.-e si -v'.r-'. lie had been much
iia; r- • d. T-- re v.: * n: : yin that
voice, an; 1 , i •».: lit to !>•..• 1 in comic
opera, ;•> said tli • I t; r. and the man
li': -r want.' dar. jly ; on ■ po ibl •.
"Tli ''a Ko viitr.i* in < 'No' to
this oi .• wh< n I h.iVe S • one,"
Rachel v.- lit <i; tli. "1 I:. "That's
harder to d e:." . bi:t l'v i.:::d.up my
mind. To tell the truth. Virginia. I'm
completely couvinc .1 in the first case
tint J< sns would never nse ;i. v talent
like a good voice ju: t to ii;;'l:e money.
Bnt, now. take this cone ft of.Vr. Here
is a reputable company 1> t.' .velwith
an impersonator and a violinist and a
male qnartt t. all people ot' good repu
tation. I'm asked to go as one of the
company and sir ..' leading • . : ai:o. The
salary (I mentioned it. didn't I?) is to
be gnaranteed ;i month for the
season. But I don't feel satisfied that
Jesns would go. What do yon think?"
"Yon mustn't ask mo to decide for
you," replied Virginia, with a sad
smile. "I believe Mr. Maxwell was
right when lie said we must each one
of us decide according to the judgment
we felt for ourselve:. to be Christlike.
I am having a harder time than you
are, dear, to decide what he would do."
"Are yon V" Rachel asked. She rose
and walked over to the window and
looked out. Virginia came and stood
by her. The street was crowded with
life, and the two young women lookt d
at it silently for a moment. Suddenly
Virginia broke out as Rachel had never
heard her before.
"Rachel, what does all this contrast
in conditions mean to yon as yon ask
this question of what Jesus would do?
It maddens me to think that the societj
in which I have been brought up, the
same to which we are both said to be
long, is satisfied, year after year, to gc
on dressing and eating and having i:
good time, giving and receiving enter
tainments, spending its money on
houses and luxuries and occasionally,
to ease its conscience, donating, with
out any personal sacrifice, a litt-lc
money to charity. I have been edu
cated, as you have, in one of the most
expensive schools of America, launched
into society as an heiress, supposed to
be in a very enviable position. I'm per
fectly well, I can travel or stay at
home, I can do as I please, I can gratify
almost any want or desire, and yet
when 1 honestly try to imagine Jesus
living the life I have lived and am ex
pected to live and doing for the rest of
my life what thousands of other rich
people do I am under condemnation for
being one of the most wicked, selfish,
useless creatures in the world. I have
not looked out of this window for weeks
without a feeling of horror toward my
self as I seethe humanity that pours by
this house.''
Virginia turned away and walked up
and down the room. Rachel watched
her and coulel not repress the rising tide
of her own growing drtnition eif elisci
pleship. Of what Christian use- was lieT
own talent of song? Was the best she
coulel do to eell her talent for so much
a month, go on a concert company's
tour, dress beautifully, enjoy the ex
sitement eif public applause and gain a
reputation as a gmit singer? Was that
what Jesns would do?
She was ueit morbid. She was in
sonnel health, was conscious of great
powers as a singer and knew that if she
went out into public life she could
make a great deal of money anel become
well known. It is doubtful if she over
estimated her ability to accomplish all
she,* thought herself capable of. Anil
Virginia what she had just saiel smote
Rachel with great force because of the
similar position in which the two
friends found themselves.
Lunch was announced, and they
went out and were joined by Virginia's
grandmother, Mme. Page, a handsome,
stately woman of 05, anel Virginia's
brother, Rejllin, a yemiig man who
si lent most eif his time at one of the
clubs and had uo particular ambition
for anything bnt a growing admiration
for Rachel Winslow, anel whenever she
dined eir lunche-el at the Pago mansion,
if he knew of it, he always planned to
bo at home.
These three maele up the Page fam
ily. Virginia's father had been a bank
er and grain speculator. Her mother
had elie-el ten years before', her father
within the- past year. The granelmother,
a southern woman in birth and train
ing, had all the traditions and feelings
that accompany the possession of we alth
anel social standing that have never
be'e.-n disturbed. She was aslirewel, care
ful business woman of more than aver
age ability. Tho family property anel
wealth were invested, in large measure,
under her personal care. Virginia's por
tion was, without any restriction, hei
own. She had been trained by her fa
tlie'r to uinlevstanel the ways of the
business world, anel even the granel
tnother hael been compelled to acknowl
edge the girl's capacity fur taking care
if her own money.
Perhaps two persons could not IMI
found anywhere less capable of Tinder
utanding a like Virginia than Mine.
Pap" tin<l Roll in. Rachel, who had
known the family since she was a girl
playmate of Virginia's, conld not help
thinking of what confronted Virginia
in her own home when «I>M im™
on the course which she honestly be
lieved Jesus would take. Today at
lunch, as she recalled Virginia's out
break in the front room, she tried to
picture the scene that would at some
time occur between Mine. Page and her
granddaughter.
"I rind; island that yon are going on
the sta;a>. Miss Winslow. We shall all
be delighted. I'm sure." said Rollin
during one of the pauses in the conver
sation. v. hi -h had not been animated.
Ra» be I colored at.d felt annoyed.
"Who told your" .-he asked, while
Virginia, who had been very silent and
reserved, suddenly r •>' d herself and
appeared-ri ady to „ in in the talk.
"Oh. wi hear a ? or two on the
street! Beside.;, every one saw Cran
dall, the manner, at church two weeka
ago. He doesn't go to church to lie;ir
the preaching. In fact. I know other
people who don't either, not when
there's something better to hear."
Rachel did not color this time, but
=he answered quietly:
"You're mistaken. I'm not going on
the stage."
"It's a great pity. You'd make a hit.
Everybody is talking about your sing
ing. "
This time Rachel flushed with genu
ine anger.
Before she could say auything Vir
ginia broke in.
"Whom do you mean by 'every
body?'
"Whom? I mean all the people \\*ho
hear Miss Winslow on Sunday. What
other time do they hear her? It's a
great pity, I say. that the general pub
lic outside of Raymond cannot hear her
voice.''
"Let us taik about something else,"
said Rachel a little sharply. Mine. Page
glanced at her and spoko with a gentle
courtesy.
"My dear, Rollin never could pay an
indirect compliment. He is like his fa
ther in that. But we are all curious to
know something of your plans. We
claim the right from old acquaintance,
yon know. And Virginia had already
told us of your concert company offer.''
"I supposed, of course, that was pub
ke property," said Virginia, smiling
across the table. "It was in Tho News
yesterday.''
"Yes, yes," replied Rachel hastily.
"I understand that, Mme. Page. Well,
Virginia and I have been talking about
it. I have decided not to accept, and
that is as far as I have gone yet."
Rachel was conscious of the fact that
the conversation had up to this ixiint
been narrowing her hesitation concern
ing the company's offer down to a de
cision that would absolutely satisfy her
own judgment of Jesus' probable ac
tion. It had been the last thing in the
world, however, that she had desired to
have her decision made in any way so
public as this. Somehow what Rollin
Page had said and his manner in say
ing it had hastened her judgment in
the matter.
"Would yon mind telling us, Rachel,
your reasons for refusing the offer? It
looks like a good opportunity for a
young girl like you. Don't you think
the general public ought to he-ar you? I
feel like Rollin about that. A voice
like yours belongs to a larger audience
than Raymond and the First church."
Rachel Winslow was naturally a girl
of great reserve. She shrank from mak
ing her plans or her thoughts public.
But with all heT repression there was
possible in her an occasional sudden
breaking out that was simply an im
pulsive, tile Rightful, frank, tmtlifnl ex
pression of her most inner personal feel
ing. She spoke now in reply to Mine.
Page in one of those rare moments of
unreserve that added to the attractive
ness tif her whole character.
"I have no other reason than a con
viction that Jesus would do the samo
thing," she said, looking in Mme.
Page's eyes with a clear, earne-st ga2e.
Mme. Page turned red, and Rollin
stared. Be-fore' her grandmother could
say anything Virginia spoke.
He-r rising color showed how she was
stirred. Virginia's pale, clear com
plexion was that of health, but it was
generally in marked contrast to Rachel's
tropical type e>f beauty.
"Grandmother, yon kneiw wo prom
ised to make that the stanelarel of our
conduct for a year. Mr. Maxwell's
proposition was plain to all who hoard
it. We have not been able to arrive at
our decisions very rapidly. The difb
culty in knowing what Jesus would do
has perplexed Rachel and me a gooel
deal."
Mine. Pago lejoked sharply at Vir
ginia before she said anything.
"Of course I understand Mr. Max
well's statement. It is perfectly im
practicable to put it into practice. I
felt confident at the time that those
who promised would find it out after a
trial and abandon it as visionary and
absurd. I have nothing to say about
Miss Winslow's affairs, but" —she
paused and continued with a sharpness
that was new to Rachel —"I hope you
have no foolish notions in this matter,
Virginia."
"I have a great many notions," re
plied Virginia quietly. "Whether they
are foolish or not depends upon my
right understanding of what he would
do. As soon as I find out I shall do it."
"Excuse me, ladies," said Rollin,
rising from the table. "The conversa
tion is getting beyond my depth. I
shall retire to the library for a cigar."
lie went out of the dining room, and
there was silence for a moment. Mine.
Page waited until the servant hail
brought in something and then asked
her to go out. She was angry, and her
anger was formidable, although checked
in some measure by the presence of
Rachel.
"I am older by several years than
you, young ladies," she said, and her
traditional type of bearing seemed to
Rachel to rise up like a great frozen
wall l>etween her and every conception
of Jesus as a sacrifice. "What yon have
promised in a spirit of false emotion, I
presume, is impossible of performance."
"Do you mean, grandmother, that
we cannot possibly act as Jesus would,
■ir do you mean that if we try to we
shall offend the customs and prejudices
of society?" asked Virginia.
"It is not required. It is not neces
sary. Besides, how can you act with
any"—
Mme. Page paused, broke off her sen
tence and then turned to Rachel.
"What will your mother say to your
decision? My dear, is it not foolish?
What do you expect to do with your
voice anyway ?''
"I don't know what mother will say
yet," Rachel answered, with a great
shrinking from trying to give her tuoih-
er'y proliable fliit:w« r If th- re wa« a
womi 11 in :.'! : nd Writfa -at *m
biti*for h-r dr. ter's sueeess ms a
•iii r. ?Irs. wit that woman.
"Oh, von will s it iu a different
light after wise thought of it' My
de ;r," i htiuned Mine. Page, rising
from th" table, "yon will live to re-rot
it if yon d<> not accept the e< ccert com
pany's ofTi l or some-thing 1 i k-- it."
Rauael'said sunii thing that containr-d
n hint of tfie struggle she was -till bav
in and after a litiir she went away,
feeling that her departure was to 1*
followed by.a painful conversation N
tween Virginia and her grandnk>thßr.
A. she afterward learned, Virginia
pas«»-d through a crisis of feeling du4faf
that scene with hi r grandmother tIW
hikstened her final decision :l» to the tvs*
of her money and her social position.
Rachel wus glad to escai>e and be by
herself. A plan was slowly forming in
her mind, ;ukl siw wanted to lie alone
to think it out carefully. But lief ore
she had walked two blocks she was an
noyed to find Rollin Page walking lie
side her.
"Sorry to disturb your thought. Miss
Winslow, but I happened to be going
your way and had an idea you might
not object. In fact. I've liecii walking
hero for a whole block, and you haven't
objected.''
"I did not «?ee yon," replied RachaL
"I wouldn't mind that if you ojly
thought of me once in awhile," *id
Rollin suddenly. lie took one last nerv
ous puff of bis cigar, tossed it into the
street and walked along with u pale
face.
Rachel was surprised, but not star
tled. She had known Rollin as a boy,
and there had been a time when they
had used each other's first name famil
iarly. Lately, however, something in
Rachel's manner had put an end to
that. She was used to his direct at
tempts at compliment and was some
times amused by them. Today she hon
estly wished him anywhere else.
"Do you ever think of me, MLss
Winslow?" asked Rollin after a pause
"Oh, yes, quite often I" said Rachel,
with a smile.
"Are yoa thinking of me now?"
"Yes, that is—yes, I am."
"What?"
"Do you want me to be absolutely
truthful?'
"Of cour-.e."
"Then I was thinking that I wished
you were not here.''
Rollin bit his lip and looked gloomy.
Rachel had not spoken anything as he
wished.
"Now, l(x>k here, Rachel—oh, I know
that's forbidden, but I've got to speak
sometime —you know how I feel. What
makes you treat me so hard? You used
to like me a little, you know."
"Did I ? Of course w« used to get on
very well as boy and girl, but we are
older now.''
Rachel still spoke in the light, easy
way she had used since her first annoy
ance at seeing him. She was still some
what preoccupied with her plan, which
olid been disturbed by Rollin's appear
ance.
They walked along iu silence a little#
way. The avenue was full of people.
Aiming the persons passing was Jaspe'i
Chase. He saw Rachel and Rollin and
bowed as lio went by. Rollin was
watching Rachel closely.
"I wish I were Jasper Chase. Maybe
I'd stanel some show then," he said
moodily.
Rachel colored in spite of herself.
She- did not say am thing and quickened
her pace a little. Rollin seemed deter
mined to say something, and Rachel
seemed helpless to prevent him. After
all, she. thought, he might as well know
tho truth one time as another.
"You know well enough, Rachel,
how I feel toward you. Isu't there any
hope? I could make you hnppy. I've
loved you a ge>e>el many years"—
"Why, how edd do you think I am?"
broke in Rachel, with a nervous laugh.
She was shaken out of her usual poise
of manner.
"You know what I mean," went on
Rollin doggedly, "and yon have no
right to laugh at me just because I
want you to marry me.''
"I'm not, but it is useless for you to
speak—Rollin," saiel Rachel after a lit
tle hesitation and then using his name
in such a frank, simple way that he
coulel attach no meaning to it beyond
the familiarity e>f tho family acquaint
ance. "It is impossible." She was still
a little agitated by the facte)f receiving
a proposal of marriage on the avenue,
but the noise on the street autl side
walk made the conversation as privato
as if they were in the house.
"Would you—that is—do you think
—if yon gave me time I would"—
"No!" said Rachel. She spoke firm
ly. Perhaps, she thought afterward, al
though she did not mean to, she spoke
harshly.
They walked on for some time with
out a word. They were nearing Rachel's
home, and she wus anxious to end the
scene.
As they turned off tho avenue into
ono of the quiet streets Rollin spoke
suddenly and with more manliness than
he had yet shown. There was a distinct
note of dignity in his voice that was
new to Rachel.
"Miss Winslow, I ask you tg bo iny
wife. Is there any hope for me that yon
will ever consent ?"
"None in the least." Rachel spoko
decidedly.
"Will yon tell me why?" He asked
the question as if he had a right "fo a
truthful answer.
"I do not feel toward you as a wom
an ought to feel toward tho man she
ought to marry."
"In other words, you do not love
me?"
"I do not, and I cannot."
"Why ?" That was another question,
and Rachel was a litMe surprised that
he should ask it.
"Because"— She hesitated/ftrfear
she might say too muck in an attempt
to speak the exact truth.
"Tell me just why. You can't hurt
me more than you have done already. "
"Well. ! • i - n't love yon
because you li;;v.' no | irpose in lif&,
What do y..u ever do to make the wotuj'
better? Von pend your time in club,
life, in J* -i'ii . nts, in travel, in lux
ury. V. :,s there in such a life to at*
tract . j at"
" ch, I guess," said "Rollin.
with . ,ilc laugh. "Still, I don't
know , :'t I am any worse than the
rest of the men around me. I'm not so
bad as some. (Had to know your rea
son. "
He suddenly stopped, took off .his liat,
bowed gravely and turned back. Rachel
went on home and hurried into her
room, disturbed in many ways by the
event which liad so unexpectedly (thrust
itself into her experience.
When she had time to think it all
over, she found herself condfiniwd by
the very judgment she had pas?»-d on
Rollin Page. What purpose had she in
life? She had been abroad and studied
music with one of the famous teachers
of Europe. She had come home to Ray
mond and liad beci singing in the First
church choir now for a year. She was
well paid. Up to that Sunday two weeks
ago she had been quite satisfied with
herself and her position She had shared
her mother's ambition and antici]»ated
growing triumphs inth ■ nra ieal world.
What possible career >vas before her ex-
cept the regular carver of every singer?
She asked the qne>tion again and. in
the ligli* of her re<-erit reply t<« Rollin,
asked again if she had any very great
purpose iu life herself? What would
Je*ns do? There was a fortune in her
voice She knew it. not neo-vsarih>«s
a matter of pride or profes
sional egotism, bnt simply as a fact,
and she was obliged to acknowledge
that until two weeks ago she had pnr
p<>-ed to use her voice to make money
and win i;dmiration and applause. Was
that a much higher purpose, after all,
than Rollin Page lived for?
She sat in her room a long time and
finally went down stairs resolved to
have a frank talk with her mother
about the concert company's offer and
her new plan, which was gradually
shaping in h»-r mind. She had already
had one talk with her mother and knew
that she expected Rachel to accept the
offer and enter on a successful career as
a public singer.
"Mother," Rachel said, coming at
once to the point, as much as she dread
ed the interview, "I have decided not
to go out with the company. 1 have a
go< <d reason for it."
Mrs. Winslow was a large, handsome
woman, fond of much company, ambi
tions for a distinct place in society and
devoted, according to her definitions of
success, to the success of her children.
Her youngest boy, Lewis, ten years
younger than Rachel, was ready to
graduate from a military academy in
the summer. Meanwhile she and Rachel
were at home together. Rachel's father,
Jike Virginia's, had died while the fam-
Iv were abroad. Like Virginia, she
fonnd herself, under her present rule of
conduct, in complete antagonism with
her own immediate home circle.
Mrs. Winslow waited for Rachel to
go on.
"Yon know the promise I made two
weeks ago, mother?"
"Mr. Maxwell's promise?"
"No. mine. Yon know what it was,
mother?"
"I suppose I do. Of eonrse all the
church members mean to imitate Christ
and follow him as far as is consistent
with onr present day surroundings. Bnt
what has that to do with your
in the concert company's matter?"
"It has everything to do with it
After asking, "What would Jesus do?'
and going to the source of authority for
wisdom I have been obliged to say that
I do not believe he would in my case
msfce that use of my voice."
"Why? Is there anything wrong
about such a career?"
"No; I don't know that I can say
there is.''
"Do you presume to sit in judgment
on other people who go out to sftig in
this way ? Do you presume to say that
they are doing what Christ would not
do?"
"Mother, I wish you to understand
me. I judge no one else. I condemn no
other professional singers. I simply de
cide my own course. As I look at it, I
have a conviction that Jesus would do
something else."
"What else?" Mrs. Winslow had not
yet lost her temper. She did not under
stand the situation or Rachel in the
midst of it,* but she was anxious that
her daughter's career should lie as dis
tinguished as her natural gifts prom
ised, and she felt confident that when
the present unusual religions excite
ment in the First church had passed
away Rachel would go on with her
public life according to the wishes of
the family. She was totally unprepared
for Rachel's next remark.
"What? Something that will serve
mankind where it most needs the serv
ice of song. Mother, I have made up
my mind to use my voice in some way
so as to satisfy my soul that I am doing
something better than pleasing fashion
able audiences or making money or even
gratifying my own love of singing. lam
going to do something that will satisfy
me when I ask, 'What would Jesna
do?' and 1 am not satisfied and cannot
be when 1 think of myself as singing
myself into the career of a concert com
pany performer."
Rachel spike with a vigor and ear
nestness that surprised her mother. Mrs.
Winslow was angry now, and she never
tried to conceal her feelings.
"It is simply alisnrel! Rachel, yon
are a fanatic I What can you dej?"
"The world has been served by men
ami women who have given it other
tilings that were gifts. Why shonld I
because I am blessed with a uatnra.
gift, at once proceed to put a market
price on It iriel make all the money 1
can out of it? You know, nnithe-r, that
yon have taught me to think erf a mu
sical career always in the light e»f a
financial and social success. I linvebeen
unable since I made my promise twej
weeks agei to imagine Jesns joining a
concert company to do what I weiulel
do and live the life I would have to live
if I joined it."
Mrs. Winslow rose and then sat down
again. With a great effeirt she com
posed herself.
"What do yon intend to do. then?
You have not answered my question. "
"I shall continue to sing for the time
being in the church. I am pledged tee
sing tlie-re through spring. During the
week I am going to sing at the White
Creess meetings down In tho Rectangle. "
"Whatl Rachel Winslow! Dei yon
know what you aro saying? Do you
know what sort of people those are
down there?"
Rachel almost quailed before her
mother. For a mome-nt she shrank back
anel was silent.
"I know ve-ry well. That is the rea
son I am going. Mr. and Mrs. Gray
have been working there several weeks.
I learned only this morning that they
wanted singers from the churches to
help them in their meetings. They use
a tent. It is iu a part of the city where
Christian work is most needed. I shall
offe-r them my help. Mother," Rachel
cried out with the first passionate ut
terance slio had yet usea, "I want to do
something that will cost me something
iu the way of sacrifice. I know you will
not understand me. But lam hungry
to suffer something. What have we
done all our lives for the suffering, sin
ning side of How much
have we denied ourselves or given of
onr personal ease and pleasure to ble-ss
the place in which we live or imitate
the life of the Saviour of the world?
Aro we always to go on doing as so
ciety selfishly dictates, moving on its
narrow little round of pleasures ami
entertainments and never knowing the
pain of things that cost?"
"Are yon preaching at me?" nski-d
Mrs. Winslow slowly. Rachel nnder
stood her meithe-r's words.
"No; I am preaching at myself, " she
replied gently. She paused a moment
as if she thought lie-r mother would say
something zneiro and then we-nt out •»f
the room When sho reached lie-r own
room, she fe It that, so far as he-r moth
er was concerned, she could expect no
sympathy or even a fair understanding
from her.
Sho kneeled down. It is safe to say
that within the two weeks since Henry
Maxwell's church hael faced that shab
by figure with the faded hat more me'in
bers eif his parish hael In-en driven to
the ir kne-e-s iu prayer than during all
the previews te-rm of his pastorate.
When she rose, her beantifnl fare
was wet with tvara She sat thought
fully a little while and then wrote a
note to Virginia Page. She sent it to
her by h messenger and th- u went down
stairs xx'hiii and told her mother that
she and Virginia w* re going down to
the Rectangle that Wminjf to see Mr
and Mrs Gray. the evangelism
'•Virginia's nncle. I>r West. will go
with ns if ahe goes I have asked her to
call him np by tvlephoiix and go with
ns The doctor is a friend of the tirsys
and attended s<>me of the meeting last
winter."
Mrs. Winslow did not nay anything
Her manner showed her complete dis
approval nf Rachel's course, and Rachel
felt ht-r unspoken bitterness.
Abont 7 o'clock the dtx-tor and Vir
ginia appean>d. and 11Sfether the three
started for the socne of the
meetings.
The Rectangle was the ruoet notori
ous district in all Raymond. It was in
the territory close by the railroad
shops and the packing houses. The slum
and tenement district of Raymond con
gestrd its most wretched elements atiom
the Rectangle. This was a barren field
used in the summer by circus com
panies and wandering showmen. It
was shut in by rows of saloons, gam
bling hells and cheap, dirty boarding
and houses.
The First church of Raymond hail
never touched the Rectangle problem
It was too dirty, too coarse, too sinful,
too awful, for close contact. Let us be
honest. There had been an i*teinpt to
cleanse this soro spot by sendiiv down
an occasional committee of singers, of
Sunday schpol teachers or gospel vis
itors from various churches, but the
church of Raymond as an institution
ha,' never really done anything to make
th<* Rectangle any less a stronghold of
the devil as the years went by.
Into this heart of the coarse part of
the sin of Raymond the traveling evan
gelist and his brave little wife had
pitched a good sized tent and begun
meetings. It was the spring of the year
and the evenings were beginning to I*
pleasant. The evangelists had asked for
the help of Christian people and had
received more than the usual amount
of euconragement, but they felt a great
need of more and better music. During
the meetings on the Sunday just gone
the assistant at the organ had been
taken ill The volunteers from the city
were few and the voices of ordinary
quality.
"There will be a email meeting to
night, John." said his wife as they en
tered the tent a little after 7 o'clock
and l>egan to arrange the chairs and
light up.
"Yes; I fhink so. " Mr Gray was a
small, energetic man, with a peasant
voice ami the courage of a highborn
fighter He had already made friends
in the neighborhood, and one of his
converts, a heavy faced man. who had
just come in. began to help in the ar
rangement of the seats.
It was after 8 o'clock when Alexan
der Powers opened the door of his office
and started to go home. He was gi >ing
to take a car at the corner of the Rec
tangle. bat as he neared it he was
aroused by a voice coming from the
tent.
It was the voice of Rachel Winslow.
It struck through his consciousness of
struggle over his own question that had
sent him into the Divine presence for
an answer He had not yet reached a
conclusion He was troubled with un
certainty. His whole previous course of
activn as a railroad man was the poor
est possible preparation for anything
sacrificial, and he could not yet say
what he would do in the matter.
Hark I What was the ringing? How
did Rachel Winalow hajyen to be down
here? Several windows near by went
tip. Some men quarreling in a saloon
stopped ami listened. Other figure*
were walking rapidly in the direction
of the Rectangle and the tent.
Sorely Rachel Winalow never was
happier in her life. She never had sung
like that In the First church It was a
marvelous voice. What warn it she was
Ringing 1 Again Alexander Powers, su
perintendent of the machine shops,
paused and lifttened
"Where he lead* me I will folio*.
Where he lcadu »e I will follow.
Where he leada me I wtll follow.
I'll go with him. with him all the way."
The brutal. stolid, coarse, impure life
of the Rectangle stirred Itself int* new
life as the song, as pnre as the stir
ronndings were vile, floated ont into
saloon and <len and foul lodging. Some
one stumbling hastily by Alexander
Powers said in answer to a question:
"The tent's beginning to run over to
night That's what the talent calls
music, eh?"
The superintendent turned toward
the tent. Then he stopped, and alter a
moment of indecision he went on to the
corner and took the car fur his home,
but before he was out of the sound of
Rachel's voice he knew that he had set
tled for himself the question of what
Jesus would do.
[TO &z -;oNTmuro.J
ON THE WRQNQ SCENT.
A OiMblaturie IlMld »l »
Hrwrt.
First Little Olrl (at fashionable sum
mer resort)—l'm awTul glad to get
•quuinted with you, 'cause you're nice.
Second Little Girl—So'w I wtth you.
That's what we come for. Mamma
says so herself.
"To get "qualnted!"
"Yes, with nice people—people in so
ciety, you know."
"Why, that's just what mamma
wants. We're to g« 'quafuted with
people In society."
"Ain't you Iti society In the city T"
"No. You are, aren't you 7"
"N'o. We've been rakin and sc«p!u
the whole winter to rouie here and get
'qualnted with people In society, you
know."
"So've we."
"Then your folk ain't anybody at
houie?"
"No."
"Neither are we."
"Guess there ain't much uttt In na
gettin 'qualnted."
"Guess not."
"Goodby."
"Hoodby."—New York Weekly.
Adalatltß.
The Itero Worshiper—Do you sup
pose he would have any chance with I
vou In a fair, stand Ctnlfeht. Wtizir?^-
Mo SI
THE CHERRY FRUIT FLY.
Wide l.rowrr* *h*»al4 LMk
Out Vmr mi» Vn P«tt K
"Ihe Cornell *tatu>n auu<tuncaa an
other pest to tlie cherry growars. This
Dew cherry worm, unlike the familiar
(mil' of the cunullo. ts a true maggot.
In bat let in No. 17'J, ntider the title of
the "t 'lierry Krult Fly." Professor
says:
The maggots hareh four egg* laid hj
a pretty little fly i>»embliug in
tlr
E3 Afw
CH*RRY WORM. FIT AST) WDW.
(but somewhat smaller) the house fly.
We think that the adult form of It la
the fly shown, natural size and en
larged. in the cut. The body Is black.
Its hea<l and lvx« are light yellowish
brown. The wings (one 1s shown en
larged! are crossed by four blackish
bands an>! hare a blackish spot at
their tip. The maggot Is of a light yel
lowish white color.
I'nfortiinaruly ihia cherry maggot
works In vary lncou*i>icuoua taan
ner. All of those who suffered from
Its ravages the past summer did not
know of Its prmMtuc-M until their attao
tlon was railed to It by the roasum
ers of the cherriea The two cherriea
In the upper part of the sevond cut
containeil majguts. although they wars
apparently i>erf«rvt fruits eitvrually If
the cherries are allow*] to rauialn on
the tree or are not used within a few
days after picking. 'b» work of the
maggot will result in a rotting and
sinking in of a portion of the fruit, aa
Is shown by three cherries In the lower
part of the cut. When this stage la
r»-a> lied or oftua oven fe-fora the fruit
shows of rotting, the maggots
are usually fnll grown ant! soon erawl
out of th- fruit*.
One grower at Ueueva. N ¥.. reports
that lie ft-nrs the same IgM t worked
In his 11 :m 4 last year. Yen years ago
ma ryot were found working in both
cherries aa I I lucjs In a irthern \ficbi
tran T!iese *ei thought lo bar* Iwn
the apple maggot, hat we lielleve th»»y
were i'VaTi'-al with those which hava
wort- i in tliw cherries of >ew V'«rk
and Mas- •.rlnisetts this year Tims
rherr) growers in tha eastern. mhMle
an 1 iioi : Lcrn states slaiuld be 00 tha
lookout for the pest.
There seams to be no practicable
metlKMt of getting at the pest while It
Is in the fruit, except the heroic meth
0.1 of picking an<l destroying by butt
ing. burying or otherwise tha wh«»le
crop on the infested treaa Just ihont
the time the Brst fruits are ready M
pi< k or even before. Tbis method, at
course. Involves the loss of the cherry
crop of a season, bnt It is the .(oly
sure method we can conceive of to
completely check the pest. Tbe peat
couhl l«e <|iii< klv stamped oat In thia
way. as It spreads very slowly.
If what few •windfallsT there might
be were destroyed, all tbe marketable
fruit picked and disposed of and all
*4
rvrwr*D manna
fruits removal from the tree at t&e
last picking, most of the Infested cher
ries would be got out of tbe ore hard
lie fore most of the maggots had ua
tur>-d and got Into the solL
I'ossibly fleep plowing, which la not
ofteu practicable in a cherry orchard.
In late fall or early spring, might bury
tbe puparla so deeply that tbe emerg
ing flies could not get to tbe surface
A Test of Par* Hoaer.
Every consumer of honey ought ta
know that all pure extracted honey
granulates and becomes a wary niaai
resembling lard In cold Weather. It
granulates early In autumn after tak
en from the hives on tbe approach of
rut»l weather and remains so ever aft
erward unless It Is heated up nearly to
the boiling point, when It returns again
to liquid, (ilucoae and other sirups
used to adulterate honey do not thus
granulate, but remain U<|uld, ami all
such found on the market and offered
for honey may lie looked upon with
suspicion. The masses of tbe p»siple
have the mistake Idea Just tin* re
verse of this and form their conclu
sions that the purely liquid article la
the pure honey and that tbe granulated
article Is «ome kind of sugar. Tbe
grauulation of honey should not be
objected to by consumers, and when
once they thoroughly accustom them
selves to the use of It In thla condition
they will tliul It much more preferable,
says A U Muff In an exchange,
u T 1
Ought to See a Plait '««» *l«ht.
Teacher -Tommy. I hear that Mi
and Willy were fighting
Don't yon know your littl« haixLs w»
never made to tear each other's eyea f
Tommy— How coall we tcof
other's eyes with gloves on. I'd liko tp
know? Why. Mi* Meek, yon dotta
(weiu to know the ftr«t thing abont us>
rules of the ring. —Boston Transcript
Why Haalaeaa Wu <*»r*a4«C
t "1 announced yesterday." said
Arkansas rural Justice, "that codS
would be open this moruity for tbe
hearing of all cases, but an honr a fb
I had an argument with the superftr
court Judge ami bad to kill him to
I «ve my point. Court Is therefore ad
J< turned out of respect to his memofT '*
Atlanta »''institution.
Heal ( uaatev Plaee.
"!>) you pasture your cows on
front lawnT* ask»-d the '■irr.fDer
boarder.
"Certainly." repll«l the farmer who
had a<!vertls»il an Ideal «ummer re
sort. "IMda't you write me that yon
were lot iking for a real country
place?"— Chicago Toa*