VOL- xxxvii
HUSELTON'S
Spring Footwear
The Very Finest Shoes Ever Shown in Butler for Men.
Women and Children.
Every New Idea
That has merit in it as to style,
comfort and service in footwear
develops in this store.
Women's Shoes
made especially to our order;
dainty in appearance, of sub
stantia' ; ervice and full of style
as to shape of heel and toe, $2,
$2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 in Tan,
kid and Russia calf, black kid
skin and patent leather.
Our Girls Shoes
in tan and black, lace or but
ton kid shoes sizes 11 A to 2, at
75c, sl, $1.2; and $1.50; B.i
to 1 r, at 50*:, 75. $1 and $1.25;
6 to 8 at 40c, 50c. 75c and sr.
Shoes for Boys,
Including patent leather, vici
kid, tan and Russia calf, sizes
2 .j to 5.J, at 90c, SI.OO, $1.25,
$1.50 and $2.00.
We are sole agents for the fi.mous "Queen Quality" Shoes
for Women, of this city,
B. C. HUSELTON'S,
Uut'er's Leading Hhoe House. OußOsitc Hotel l.wry.
BICKEL'S
♦SPRING AND SUMMER STYLES.^
The lime of the year is here when you want a nice pair of dress
shoes for summer wear. Our stock is extremly large, showing all
the latest styles in fine shoes and oxfords in all leathers.
We are oficring some big values in foolwear and it will pay you
to see us before buying your summer shoes.
A FEW OF OUR PRICES
Men's Fine Tan Shoes— & 1
Light shade, Lace or Congress at.. * vr •
Boy'B Fine Dress Shoes — & 1 ()()
Hox, Culf or Fine Vici Kid, lightor heavy soles.. ,r
Youth's Fine Calf or Vici Kid Shoes— Q( i ( .
Either Russett or Black at..
Ladies' Fine Dongola and Russett Shoes — & j _1 ||
Lace or Congress, latest styles lasts at.. ™
Misses' Fine Dongola and Russett Shoes-- f| *\p
Spring heels at..
Children's Fine Shoes—
Patent Tipped, si/.es five to eight at. .
Men's and Boy's Lawn Tennis Shoes 4-Or*
And Slippers at..
Your Choice of Men's Working Shoes— j
Lace, Buckle or Congress, heavy soles and good uppers at
Men's Fine Calf Dress Shoes— & | ()()
Round toe, tipped at.. '
Ladies' F : nc Dongola Three Point Slippers— '3 fx r .
At.. ' Jf,y
We invite you to call and see our stock of SOROSIS SHOES
and Oxfords,the latest styles for summer wear. They are very hand
some You will like them.
All size.;—2b to 8.
All widths—AAA to E.
JOHN BICKEL,
128 SOUTH MAIN STREET, - - BUTLER, PA
SprinrSTYLES f
Men don't buy clothing for the pur-, r(&,( I J
ijtpose or spending money. They I Z' jft) ji
fTJto gei the best possible results for the' ; A • 10' Js I
cvpe ided. Not cheap goods, 10 .* /< p 1 J$T £? 1 j
goods as cheap as they can l>c" X/ 111 JKr 14.! '
f sold for ; .id made up properly. If; \ k
you want tie correct thing at the cor-'W' \it A • jiffX I
L-ct p ce, call ati'l examine our;#?. \ \ higßp i 1 I
*t>cic of SPRING WEIGHTS—\IK k\mf \l J
LA . EST STYLES, SHADES ASD&T \ [t gig ,\/f j
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IJIX,
Fits and Workmanship , 5 ■ M M
Guaranteed.
g F. Keen,
42 Noiih Main Street, Butler, Pa
Out of Style, Out of the World!
bf ) P.*. Our garments have a style that ; s
\ f 'I ' easily distinguished from the ordin•
ary. They are the result of careful
. stu ly and practical applicationjofthe
ideas gathered by frequent visits to
the fashion centres, and by personal
contact with the leading tailors and
w*] J X '-y 'V / fa hion authorities of the county.
iS***' *W ' Tliey arc made in our own work
™ j[j j, ; *Jlb» shop by the highest paid journey
w men tailors in Butler, yet it is pos
sible to (and we do) give our patrons these first-class clothes at the
price you would pay for the other sort. We believe we have given
good reasons why our tailoring is the best and < heapest and would
be grateful for the opportunity to show you our handsome spring
slock and give you prices to prove them.
r\ io m f ~A maker ° f
IYI dX 1 I Cl, MEN'S Clothes
When You Paint.
If you very
the least expense you
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SNICK WIN' WILLIAMS'
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Moat, Look- IJi st. W c.ir-i Longwt
by
REDICK & GROHMAN,
109 N. Main St., Butler, I'a.
■ Women's Fine Shoes,
Lace or button at 85c, $1 ,$1.25
and $1.50 —up to the minute
in style.
Business Shoes.
Stylish footwear for business
men; tan box and Russia calf,
fine vici kids, velour calf, pat
-1 ent calf that have ease and
comfort as well as wear in them
at $2, $2.50. $3 and $3.50.
Men's Patent Leather.
Full dress affairs at $2.50,
$3.50. $4 and ss, that you must
have to be well dressed; shoes
that go into the very best soci
ety and feel at home there.
Men's Working Shoes
in oil grain and heavy veal,
two sole and tap bellus tongue,
atsi, $1.25 and $1.50; Box
toe at $t 50, $2 and $2.50; in
fine satins for dress at SI.OO,
$1.25 and $1.50.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
f H pILLSI
House r the tor W pici liver, and cure
biliousness, sick M heartache, jaundice,
i nausea, 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, 2.V. at all medicine dealers or by mail
of C. I. HOOD <fc Co., Lowell, Mass.
TliW Is Tonr Opportunity.
On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
a generous sample wiil be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(Ely's Cream Balm, sufficient to demon
strate the great merits of the remedy.
ELI BROTHERS,
56 Warren St, New York City.
Rev. John Eeid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mont.,
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. 1
can emphasize his statement, "It is a Posi
tive cure for catarrh if ns«d as directed."
Rev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres.
Chorch, Helena, Mont.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, CO cents.
railroad TIME TABLES.
I*., He .senior & L E.
Trains depart: No 14. at 9:15 A. M;
No. 2, at 4 50 P. M. Butler time.
Trains arrive :No. 1, 9:50 A. M; No.
11, 2:55 P M. Butler time.
No. 14 runs through to Erie and con
nects with W. N. Y. & P. at Huston
Junction for Franklin and Oil City,
and with Erie Railroad at Shenan
go for all points east. No. 2 runs
through to Greenville and connects with
W N. Y. & P. for Franklin and Oil
City, and at Shenango with Erie R. R.
for points east and west.
W. R. TURNER, Ticket Agent.
pITTSBURG & . WESTERN
* Railway. Schedule of Pas
senger Trains in effect Nov. 19,
1899. BUTLER TIME.
Depart. Arrive.
Allegheny Accommodation f, 2. r » A m 907 A m
Allegheny ExprciM #OS "
New rattle Accommodation HOS *• 907 14
Akron Mail 803 a m 7 (fl P.m
Allegheny Fa«t Expreaa !> ">K " US
Allegheny Exyrm* '» <*> p.m 4 4"< pm
Chicago Expreia. . '•» 10 j<m 12 1 < am
Allegheny Mail 5 " 7 4'> p.n
Allegheny and New Cwttle Accom r > o0 " 7 tfl u
Chicago Limited r / 50 44 907 A.M
Kan* atri Bradford Mail 9:T»T> A m 2 50 P.M
Clarion Accommodation 1 r > r > P.M 'I 40 A M
Cleveland and C!hieat'o Kxpreaa... G 25 am
HI Sit AY TRAINS.
Allegheny Exjireaa 8 0"» A.M 9 rv» \..\i
Allegheny Accommodation 5 50 P.M •*» <»:; P.M
New Caatta Accommodation 8 05 A m 7 M
Chicago Expreaa 3 40 P.M 5 o:j am
Allegheny Accommodation T 03 pm
Trail, arriving at 5.03 p.m. leave* B. A 0. depot
I'ittaburg at 3.25 p.m and I*. A W., Allegheny at 3..'55
On Saturdaya a train, known a* the theatre train,
wili leave Butler at s.v> p. m., arriving at Allegheny
at 7.2"; re taming leave Allegheny at 11 .-10 p. rn.
Pullman nleeping earn on Chicago Expreaa between
Pittahurg and < 'hicago.
For through ticketa to all polnta in the west, north
went or southareHt and information regarding route*,
time of train*, etc. apply to
W. It. TPKNEIt, Ticket Agent,
H. B. UKYNuLDP, Sop't, N D., Butler, Ha.
Butler, I'a. C. W. BAftSKTT,
(i. P. A.. Allegheny, Pa
H.O MNKLK,
Sup t. W. AL. I>iv.. Allegheny Pa.
PENNSYLVANIA HL>.
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION.
Sciicpulb in Brrr/T Nov. 20, 1899.
SOUTH. , WEEK DATS
A. M A. M. A. M P. M P M
BUTLER L'-HV»- f» 25 8 05 10 50 235 505
Max on burg Arriv* 0 f,l 8 30 11 1"» 00 528
Butler Junction.. " 727 a '»3 11 i<» 3 2-*. 553
Batler Junction.. .Leave' 7 31 M 53 II 52 •' 25 55M
Natrona Arrive 7 40 9 01 12 01 :i M 6
Tar en turn 7 4 * 907 12 OK 3 4 J *1 07
Hpringdale 7 52 D 16 12 ID 3 52
( larernont HI 30 12 38 100 ...
Sharpaburg 8 11 9 30 12 18 1 12 0 l
Allegheny 8 24 1# 48 1 02 4 25 ♦; 43
A. M A. M. P. M P. M. P. M.
SUNDAY TRAINS.—Leave Batter for Alh-ghen>
City and prinei|Mil intermediate atationa at 7:30 a m., !
and 5:00 p. m.
NORTH. WEEK DAYS
A M A. M A. 3T P. M. P. M
Allegheny City. ..leave 7 00 M 55 10 4". 3 10 ♦» 10
Sharpaburg 7 \l 9 07 10 57 ...
Claremont i II *J4| ....
Springdale ... 11 1 M 0 37
larentnxa 7 ■',! 'i M 11 28 ; 3 4«; f» 4»i
Natrona 7 41 'J 38 11 34 350 fi 51
Butler Junction.. .arrive 7 I- 947 II 4.1 ; 58, 7 00
Butler Junction... .leave 74« 9471- 1 K 4OC 7 '*»
Saxonlmrg 8 I VlO wj U4l t35 724
BtTLKR arrive 8 40JO 32 I 10 5 05 7 50
A. M A.M. P. >1 P. fil P. M
SUNDAY TRAINS.—Leave Allegheny City f.r But
ler und print iptil Intermediate atationa at 7:16 a m. and
9-30 p. m.
J'f»R THE EAST.
Week a l»a>H. Suodaya
A M \ M P M A M. V M
BfTl.r.i lv f» 25 10 .»/ 235 7 500
Butler J'ct ar 7 27'tl 40 325 820 550
Butler J'ct Iv 7 4 11 4.t 3 5-t 821 805
Free Ik > tar 7 5111 40 402 8 25 807
Kiakitn netm J t " 75511 50 407 8 2'» 811
Paulton (Apol'«.) " 8 2'. 222 440 h&8 842
Saltal nrg " 8 f,l 12 "> 5 !i 23 900
BlairavilJe 922 I 2*l 541 '» 52 940
Blairnville Int " 930 \ ... 550 10 00
Altoona I' 3' 545 8 6*» 545 .
Ilariiaburg ." :i 10! 10 00 1 10 00
Ph I lade I jili i a ' 0 2:; 4 2-» 4 25 4T*
P. M A M.| A. M A. M. IV M.
Through traiua for the eaat leave Pittsburg (Union
Station), aa followa.—
Atlantic Expreaa, daily 2:50 A.M
Pen nay 1 van ia Limited " 7:15"
Day Exprena, 44 7:30 M
Main Line Expreea, 44 H:(Ht M
Karriabtirg Mail, 44 12:46 P.M
I'hilalelphia Expreaa, ' 4:50 14
Mall an<l Expreaa daily. For New York only.
Through buffet aleeper; no coachea 7:00"
Eaatern Expreaa, " 7.10 "
Kaat Line, 4 8 .'JO 44
Pittaburg Llmiteil, daily, with through coa< hea
to New York, and sleeping carat/» N' w York,
Itiiltimore and Wa«hingt«(U only. No extra
la re on thia train
I'hilivl'a Mail, Suaila}% orny 8:40 a.M
Fflr Atlantic Citv (via Delaware River Bridge, all
rail route), K;IK> A M, and 8 :u> P.M, daily.
Foi detailed Information, add Tlioa. E. Watt, Paaa.
Ak* Wedtern Diatri< t, Corner Fifth A venae and Smith
fte| 1 Street, Pittaburg, Pa.
J IS. HUTCHISON, J. R. WOOD.
'Jeneral Manager. dun'' r. Ancttc
Buff Plymouth Rock Eggs
From Prize Winning Stock.
Stock as Good as the Best.
J. W. BARCROFT,
YORK CO DELROY PA.
Now is The Time to Have
lot hing
CLEANED OR DYED.
if you want and reliable
cleaning or dyeing done, there is
just one place In town where you
c.iii pet it, and that is at
The Butler Dye Works
216 Center avenue-
Wc do fine work in out
door Photographs. This is the
time of year to have a picture ot
your house. Give us a trial.
for the Jatueßtown Sliding
Blind Uo Sew York.
R. FISHER &. SON
Good Pit fid Work (in "/ntwl.
Karl Schluchter,
j
Practical Tailor and Cutter
125 W. Jefferson, Butler, f'n.
Busheling, Cleaning and
1 Repairing a Specialty.
BUTLER, THURSDAY, XIA.V 31, l£)CO
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I ?£ ★ BOER REPUBLIC.
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;)irr w* - w w: «> rjwjwtwi-t wtfvii' t
She lifted her beautiful eyes to his
face.
"Power: Did you ever hear of men
being asked whether other souls should
have power or not? It Is born lu them.
You may dam up the fountain of water
and make It a stagnant marsh, or you
may let It run free and do Its work,
but you cannot say whether It shall be
there. It Is there. And it will act. If
not openly for good, then covertly for
evil, but it will act. If Goethe had
been stolen away a child and reared in
a robber horde in the depths of a Ger
man forest, do you think the world
would have had 'Faust' and 'lphe
gcnieV' But he would have been Goethe
still, stronger, wiser than his fellows.
At night round their watch fire he
would have chanted wild songs of
rapine arid murder till the dark faces
about him were moved and trembled.
His songs would have echoed on from
father to son and nerved the heart and
arm—for evil.
"Do you think If Napoleon had been
born a woman that he would have been
contented to give small tea parties and
talk small scandal? He would have
risen. But the world would uot have
heard of him as it hears of him now—
a man great and kingly, with all his
sins, lie would have left one of those
names that stain the leaf of every
history, the names of women who, hav
ing power, but being denied the right
to exercise 't openly, rule in the dark,
covertly c. by stealth, through the
men whose passions they feed on and
by whom they climb.
"rower!" *he said suddenly, smiting
her lilt ' hand upon the rail. "Yes, v.e
have power, and. since we are uot to
expend it in tunneling mountains nor
healing diseases nor making laws nor
money nor on any extraneous objeet.
we expend It on you. You are our
goods, our merehandi.se. our material
for operating on. We buy you, we sell
you. we miiLt* fools of you, we act the
wily old Jew with you, we keep six
of you crawling to our little feet aud
praying only for a touch of our little
huii 1. ui.d they say truly there was
never an ache or a pain or a broken
heart but a woman was at the bottom
of It. We are not to study law nor
science nor art. so we study you. There
Is never a nerve or fiber in your man's
nature but we know it. We keep six
of you dancing In the palm of one lit
tle hand," she said, balancing her out
stretched arm gracefully, as though
tiny beings disported themselves in i;s
palm. "There- we throw you away,
and you sink to the devil," she said,
folding her arms composedly. "There
was never a man who said one word
for woman but he said two f'-* man
aud three for the whole human race."
She watched the bird peeking up
the last yellow grains, but Waldo look
ed only at her.
When she spoke again, it was very
measuredly.
"They bring weighty arguments
against us when we ask for the per
feet freedom of women," she said,
"but when yon come to the objection-!
they are like pumpkin devils with can
dles Inside, hollow, and can't bite.
They say that women do not wish for
the sphere and freedom we ask for
them and would not use It.
"If the bird does like its cage and
does like its sugar and will not leave
It, why keep the door so very carefully
shut? Why not open it, only a little?
Do they know there is many a bird
will not break Its wings against the
bars, but would Uy If the doors were
open?" She knit her forehead nnd lean
ed farther over the bars.
"Tlu n they say, 'lf the women have
the liberty you ask for, they will be
found In positions for which they are
not fitted!' If two men climb one lad
der, did you ever see the weakest any
where but at. the foot? The surest
sign of fitness is success. The weakest
never wins but wl»*rc there Is handi
capping. Nature left to herself will as
beautifully apportion a man's work to
his capacities as long ages ago she
graduated the colors on the bird's
breast. It' we are not lit, you give us
to no purpose the right to labor. The
work will full out of our hands Into
those that are wiser."
She talked more rapidly as she went
on, as one talks of that over which one
has brooded long and which lies near
one's heart.
Waldo watched her Intently.
"They say women have one great
nnd noble work left them, and they do
it ill That Is true. They do it execra
bly. It is the work that demands the
broadest culture, and they have not
even the narrowest. The lawyiT may
see no deeper than his lawbooks and
the chemist see no farther than the
windows of Ids laboratory, and they
may do their work well. But the wo
man who does woman's work needs
s many sided, multiform culture. The
heights and depths of humun life must
not be beyond the reach of her vision.
She must have knowledge of men and
things In many states, a wide catholic
lty of sympathy, the strength that
springs from knowledge and the mag
nanimity that springs from strength.
We bear the world, and we make it.
The souls of little children are mar
velously delicate Rial tender things and
keep forever the shadow that first falls
on them, and that Is the mother's, or,
at lx-st, a woman's. There was never
a great man who had not a great moth
er. It Is hardly an exaggeration. The
first six years of our lift; make us. All
that Is added later Is veneer. And yet
some say If a woman can cook a din
net or dress herself well she lias cul
ture enough.
"The mightiest find noblest of human
work Is given to us, and we do It 111.
Send a navvy to work Into an artist's
studio and see what you will find
there! And yet, thank God, we have
this work," she added quickly. "It Is
the one window through which we see
Info the great world of earnest labor.
The meanest girl who dances and
dresses becomes something higher
when her children look up into her
face and ask her questions. It Is the
only education we have and which
• he* cannot take from us."
8h«; HII. il lightly. "Tlioy nay that
we foinpiu.u uf woman's helm? com
pel led to look upon marriage an a pro
fi'HNlnu, but that Klin Ik frc«- to enter
upon It or I<!|VR It, an HIIO pleaxca.
"Yea, anil a cat f»'t afloat In a |>on<l
Ih free to alt in tin' tllli till It <IW'H there.
It IK under no obligation to wet ltn
feet. Aml a drowning man may catch
at a straw or nfit, Juwt AH lie liken. It
IK a jjlorlotn liberty! I<et any man think
for live uilutlteH of what old maiden
hood means to a woman, and then h't
him be silent. In " ejutv to bear
throughout life a name that In Itself
signifies defeat-to dwell, as nine out
of ten unmarried women must, under
the finger of another woman? Is It
easy to look forward to an old age with
out honor, without the reward of use
ful labor, without love? I wonder how
many men there are who would give
up everything that Is dear In life for
the sake of maintaining a high ideal
purity."
She laughed a little laugh that was
clear without being pleasant. "And
then, when they have no other argu
ment against us, tliey su.,: 'Go on. but
when you have made woman what
you wish and her children inherit her
culture you will defeat yourpelf. Man
will gradually become extinct from ex
cess of intellect. The passions which
replenish the race will die.' Fools!"
she said, curling her pretty lip. "A
Hottentot sits at the roadside and
feeds on a rotten bone he has found
there and fakes out his bottle of Cape
smoke and swills at It and grunts with
satisfaction, aud the cultured child of
the nineteenth century sits In his arm
chair and sips choice wines with the
lip of a connoisseur and tastes deli
cate dishes with a delicate palate and
with a satisfaction of which the Hot
tentot knows nothing. Heavy Jaw and
sloping forehead, all have gone with
Increasing Intellect, but the animal ap
petites are there still, refined, discrimi
native, but Immeasurably Intensified.
Fools: Before men forgave or wor
shiped, while they were still weak on
their hind legs, did they not eat and
drink and fight for wives? When all
the latter additions to humanity have
vanished, will not the foundation on
which they are built remain?"
She was silent then for awhile and
said somewhat dreamily, more as
though speaking to herself than to blm:
"They ask: What will you gain, even
If man does not lieconie extinct? You
will have brought Justice and equality
on the earth and sent love from it.
When men nnd women are equals, they
will love no more. Your highly cul
tured women will not be lovable, will
not love.
"Do they see nothing, understand
nothing? It Is Taut' Sannie who buries
husbands one after another and folds
her hands resignedly—'The Lord gave,
and the Lord hath taken away, and
blessed be the name of the Lord'—and
she looks for another. It Is the hard
headed, deep thinker who, when the
wife who has thought aud worked wtth
him goes, can find no rest and lingers
near her till he finds sleep beside her.
"A great soul draws and is drawn
with a more fierce Intensity than any
small one. By every Inch we grow In
Intellectual height our love strikes
down its roots deeper aud spreads out
Its arms wider. It Is for love's sake
yet more than for any other that wo
look for that new time." She had
leaned her head against the stones
and watched with her sad, soft eyes
the retreating bird. "Then when that
time comes," she said slowly, "when
love is no more bought or sold, when
It is not a means of making bread,
when each woman's life is filled with
earnest. Independent labor, then love
will come to her, a strange sudden
sweetness breaking in m«in her earnest
work, not sought for. but found. Then,
but not now"—
Waldo waited for her to finish the
sentence, but she seemed to have for
gotten him.
"Lyndall," he said, putting his hnnd
upon her (she started!. "If you think
that that new time will be so great, so
good, you who s|teak wi easily"—
She interrupted him.
"Speak, speak!" she said. "The dif
ficulty Is not to speak. The difficulty Is
to keep silence."
"But why do you not try to bring
that time?" he said, with pitiful sim
plicity "When you speak, I believe all
you say. Other people would listen to
you also."
"I am uot so sure of that," she sold,
with a smile.
Then over the small face came the
weary look It had worn last night as it
watched the shadow In the corner—ah,
so weary I
"I, Waldo, I?" she said. "I will do
nothing good for myself, nothing for
the world, till some one wakes inc. I
aui asleep, swathed, shut up lu self.
Till I have been delivered I will deliver
no one."
He looked nt her, wondering, but she
was not looking at lilin.
"To see the good nml the beautiful,"
she nald, "and to have no strength to
live It Is only to be Moses on the moun
tain of Nebo, with the land nt your
feet nnd no power to enter. It would
be better not to see It. Come," she
said, looking up Into his face and see
ing Its uncomprehending expression,
"let us go. It Is getting late. Doss Is
anxious for his breakfast also," she
added, wheeling round and calling to
the dog, who was endeavoring to un
earth a mole, an occupation to which
he had been zealously addicted from
the third month, but In which he had
never on any single occasion proved
successful.
Waldo shouldered his bag, nnd J,yn
dall walked on before In silence, with
the dog close at her side. Perhaps she
thought of the narrowness of the lim
its within which a human soul may
speak and be understood by Its nearest
of mentill kin, of how soon It reaches
that solitary land of tlic Individual ex
perience In which no fellow footfall Is
ever heard. Whatever her thoughts
may have been, she was soon inter
rupted. Waldo came close to her arid,
standing still, produced with awk
wardness from his breast pocket a
small curved box.
"I made It for you," he said, holding
It out.
"I like It," she said, examining it
carefully.
The workmanship was better than
that of the grave post. The flower#
that covered It were delicate, and hero
and there small conical protuberances
were let In among them. She turned
It round critically. Waldo bent over
It lovingly.
"There Is one strange thing about
It," he said earnestly, putting a finger
on one little pyramid. "I made It
without these, and I felt something
was wrong. I tried many changes,
and nt last I let these In, and then it
was right. But why was it? They are
not beautiful in themselves."
"They relieve the monotony of the
smooth leaves, I suppose.'
He shook his head as over a weighty
matter.
"The sky is monotonous," he said,
"when it Is blue, and yet it Is beauti
ful. I have thought of that often.
Bui it !s not monotony ami it Is not
variety niakt-s Ucau'ty. W'liat Is It?
Tlu- «ky ami your fa<e ami this box—
the f-nmo thing Is In tliem all. only
more In the sky ami in your face. But
what Is It?
She smiled.
'•So you are at your old work s?H'
Why. why. why? What Is the reason.'
It Is enough for me," she said, "if I
tind out what Is beautiful and what Is
ugly, what Is real and what is not.
Why it Is there and over the final cause
of things in general I don't trouble my
self. There must be oue, but what is
it to me? If 1 howl to all eternity, I
shall never get hold of It, and if I did
I might be no better off. But you
Germans are born with an appetite for
burrowing. You can't help yourselves.
You must sniff after reasons. Just as
that dog must after a mole. He knows
perfectly well he will never catch it,
but he's under the imperative necessity
of digging for It."
"But he might lind it."
"Might! But he never has and never
will. I.ife Is too short to run after
mights. We must have certainties."
She tucked the box under her arm
and was about to walk on when Greg
ory Uose, with shining spurs, an os
trich feather In his hat aud a silver
headed whip, careered past, lie bow
ed gallantly as he went by. They
waited till the dust of the horse's hoofs
had laid.
"There," said Lyndall, "goes a true
woman, one born for the sphere that
some women have to fill without be
ing born for It. How happy he would
be sewing frills into his little girl's
frocks, am' how pretty he would look
sitting In a parlor, with a rough man
making love to him! Don't you think
so?"
"I shall not stay here when he U
master," Waldo answered, not able to
connect any kind of beauty with Greg
ory Uose.
"I should Imagine uot. The rule of
u woman Is tyranny, but the rule of a
man woman grinds line. Where are
you going?"
"Anywhere."
"What to do?"
"See -see everything."
"You will be disappointed."
"And were you?"
"Yes. nnd you will be more so. I
want some things that men and the
world give. You do not. If you have
a few yards of earth to stand on and
a bit of blue over you and something
that you canuot see to dream about,
you have all that you need, all that
you know how to use. But I like to
see real men. Let them be as disagree
able as they please, they are more in
teresting to me than flowers or trees
or stars or any other thing under the
sun. Sometimes," she added, walking
on and shakgig the dust daintily from
her skirts, "when I am not too busy
trying to find a new way of doing my
hair that will show my little neck to
better advantage or over other of
that kind—sometimes It amuses me
Intensely to trace out the resemblance
between one man and another, to see
how Tant' Sannie and I, you aud
Bonaparte, St. Simon on his pillar and
the emperor dining off larks' tongues
are one and the same compound, mere
ly mixed In different proportions. What
Is microscopic In oue is largely (level
oped In another, what Is a rudimentary
In ou<> man Is an active organ In an
other. but all things are In all men,
and one soul Is the model of all. We
shall find nothing new In human na
ture after we have ouce carefully dis
sected and analyzed the oue being we
ever shall truly know—ourself.
"The Kaffir girl threw some coffee on
my arm In bed this morning. 1 felt dis
pleased, but sr.ld nothing. Tant' San
nie would have thrown the saucer at
her aud sworn for an hour, but the
feeling would be the same irritated
displeasure. IT a huge animated stom
ach like Bonaparte were put under a
glass by a skillful mental mlcroscoplst,
even he would be found to have an em
bryonic doubling somewhere Indica
tive of a heart and rudimentary bud
dings that might have become con
science and sincerity. Let me take
your arm, Waldo. How full yon are
of mealle dust! No; never mind. It
will brush off. And sometimes what is
more amusing still than tracing the
likeness between man and man Is to
trace the analogy there always Is be
tween the progress aud development of
one Individual and of a whole nation
or, again, between a single nation nnd
the entire human race. It is pleasant
when It dawns on you that the one is
Just the other written out In large let
ters and very odd to find all the little
follies and virtues and developments
and retrogressions written out In the
big world's book that you find in your
little Internal self. It Is the most
amusing thing I know of, but of course,
being a woman, I have not often time
for such amusements. Professional
duties always first, you know. It takes
a great deal of time and thought al
ways to look perfectly exquisite, even
for a pretty woman. Is the old buggy
Btlll In existence, Waldo?"
"Yes, but the harness Is broken."
"Well, I wish you would mend It,
You must teach me to drive. I must
learn something while I am here. 1
got the Hottentot girl to show me how
to make 'sarsarties' this morning and
Tant' Bannle Is going to teach me to
make 'kapjes.' 1 will come and sit
with you Uils afternoon while you
mend the harness."
"Thank you."
"No; don't thank me. I come Tor my
own pleasure. I never find any one I
can talk to. Women bore me, and men
I talk so to —'Going to the ball this
evening? Nice little dog that of yours,
l'retty little ears. So fond of pointer
upsf And they think me fascinating.
Charming! Men are like the earth, and
we are the moon. We turn always
one side to them, anil they think there
Is no other because they don't see It,
but there Is."
They had reached the house now.
"Tell me when you set to work," she
said and walked toward the door.
Waldo stood to look after her, and
l>oss stood at his side, a look of pain
ful uncertainty depicted on ids small
countenance ami one little foot poised
in the air. Slrtuld he stay with his
master or go? He looked at the iigure
with the wide straw hat moving to
ward the house, and he looked up at
his master. Then he put down the lit
tle paw and went. Waldo watched
them both in at the door and then
walked away alone. He was satisfied
that at least his dog was with her.
CHAPTER XVIII.
TANT" HANKIE HOLDS AN UI*SXTTII*O, ANI>
OHEOORY WHITES A J.KTTKII.
It was Just, after sunset and Lyndall
hail not yet returned from her first
driving lessou when the lean colored
woman, standing at the corner of the
house to enjoy the evening breeze, HIIW
coming along the run*! a strange horse
man. Very narrowly she surveyed
him as he slowly njiproncbed. He wns
attired In the deopest mourning, the
black crape round Ids tall lint totally
concealing the black f!Ht and nothing
but a dazzling shirt fr*>ut relieving tho
funereal tone of his attire. He rode
much forward In hi* saddle, with his
chin resting on the uppermost of Ids
shirt studs, and tl*-re was an air of
meek subjection to)the will of heaven
and to what might be in store for him
that l>espoke Itself even in the way In
which he gently urged his steed. lie
was evidently in no hurry to reach his
destination, for the nearer he ap
proached to it the slacker did his bri
dle hang. The colored woman, having
duly Inspected him, dashed Into the
dwelling.
"Here Is another one,'- she cried, "a
widower. I see It by his hat."
"Good Lord:" said Tant' Saimie. "It's
the seventh I've had this month. But
the men know where sheep and good
looks and money In the bank are to be
found," she added, winking knowing
ly. "How does he look?"
"Nineteen, weak eyes, white hair, lit
tle round nose," said the maid.
"Then It's he, then It's he," said
Tant' Sannie. triumphantly, "Little
riot Vander Walt, whose wife died
last month—two farms, 12,000 sheep.
I've not seen him. but my sister-in-law
told me about him, aud I dreamed
about him last night."
Here I'iet's black hat appeared In the
doorway, aud the Boer woman drew
herself up In dignified silence, extend
ed the tips of her lingers ami motioned
solemnly to a chair. The young man
seated himself, sticking his feet as far
under It as they would go, and said
mildly:
"I am Little Plet Vander Walt, and
ray father is Big Plet Vander Walt."
Tant' Sannie said solemnly, "Yes."
"Aunt," said the young man, start
ing up spasmodically, "can I off sad
dle?"
"Yes."
lie seized his hat and disappeared
with a rush through the door.
"I told you so! I knew It!" said
Tant' Sannie. "The dear Lord doesn't
send dreams for nothing. Didn't 1 tell
you this morning that I dreamed of a
great beast like a sheep, with red eyes,
and 1 killed It? Wasu't the white wool
his hair, and the red eyes his weak
ryes, and my killing him meant mar
riage? Get supper ready quickly. The
sheep's Inside and roaster cakes. We
shall sit up tonight."
To young Plet Vander Walt that sup
per was n period of Intense torture.
There was something overawing In
that assembly of English people, with
their incomprehensible speech and,
moreover. It was his first courtship.
Ills first wife had courted him, and
ten months of severe domestic rule had
not raised his spirit or courage. He
ate little and when he raised a morsel
to his lips glanced guiltily round to see
If he were not observed. He had put
three rings on his little finger, with the
Intention of sticking It out stiffly when
he raised a coffee cup. Now the little
finger was curled miserably among Its
fellows. It was small relief when the
nienl was over and Tant' Sannie and
he repaired to the front room. Once
seated there, he set Ills knees close to
gether, stood his black hat upon them
and wretchedly turned the brim up and
down. But supper had cheered Taut'
Sannie, who found It Impossible longer
to maintain that decorous silence aud
whose heart yearned over the youth.
"I was related to your Aunt Selena
who died," said Tant' Sannie. "My
mother's stepbrother's child was mar
ried to her father's brother's step
nephew's niece."
"Yes, aunt," said the young man. "1
knew we were related."
"It was her cousin," said Taut' San
nie. now fairly on the flow, "who bad
the cancer cut out of her breast by the
other doctor, who was not the right
doctor tliey sent for, but who did It
quite as well."
"Yes, uunt," said the young man.
"I've heard about It often," said
Tant" Sannie. "And he was the sou of
the old doctor that they say died on
Christinns day, but I don't know if
that's true. People do tell such awful
lies. Why should lie die on Christmas
day more than any other day?"
"Yes, aunt, why?" said the young
man meekly.
"Did you ever have the toothache?"
asked Tant' Saunie.
"No, aunt"
"Well, they say that doctor—not the
son of the old doctor that (lied on
Christmas day, the other that didn't
come when ho was sent for —he gave
such good stuff for the toothache that
If you opened the bottle In the room
where any one was bad they got bet
ter directly. You could see It was good
stuff," said Tant' Xanule. "It tasted
horrid. That was a real doctorl lie
used to give a bottle so high," salil tho
Boer woman, raising her hand a fisit
from the table. "You could drink at
It for a month and It wouldn't get
done, and the same medicine was good
for all sorts of sicknesses—croup, mea
sles, Jaundice, dropsy. Now you have
to buy a new kind for each sickness.
The doctors aren't so good as they
used to be."
"No, aunt," said tho young man, who
was trying to gain couruge to stick out
his legs and clink his spurs together.
He did so at last.
Tant' Sannle had noticed the spurs
before, but she thought It showed a
nice, manly spirit, and her heart warm
ed yet more to the youth.
"T>ld you ever have convulsions when
you were a baby?" asked Tant' San
nle.
"Yes," suld the young man.
"Strange!" said Tant' Sannle. "I
had convulsions too. Wonderful that
we should be so much alike!"
"Aunt," said the young man explo
sively, "can we sit up tonight?"
Tant' Sannle hung her head and half
closed her eyes; but, finding that her
little wiles were thrown awny, the
young man staring fixedly at his hat,
she simpered, "Yes," and went away
to fetch candles.
In the dining room Km worked at
her machine, and Oregory sat close be
side her, his great blue eyes turned to
the window where Lyndall leaned out
talking to Waldo.
Tant' Sannle took two candles out of
the cupboard and held them up tri
umphantly, winking all round tho
room.
"He's asked for them," she said.
"I>oos lie want them for his horse's
rubbed back?" asked Gregory, new to
tip country life.
"No," said Tant' Sannle Indignantly;
"we're going to nit up!" nnd she walked
off In triumph with the candles.
Nevertheless, when all the rest of the
house had retired, when the long can
dle was lighted, when the coffee kettle
was tilled, when she sat In the elbow
chair, with her lover on a chair close
beside her, and when the vigil of the
night was fairly begun, she began to
find It wearisome. The young man
looked chilly and said nothing.
"Won't you put your feet on my
Hove?" said Tant' Sannle.
"No, thank you, aunt," said the
young man, and both lapsed into si
lence.
At last Tant' Sannle, afraid of going
to sleep, tapped a strong cup of cofTee
for herself and handed another to her
lover. Tills visibly revived both.
"How long were you married, cons
In V"
"Ten months, aunt."
"How old was your baby?"
"Three days when It died."
"It's very hard when wo must give
cur husbands and wives to the 1.0 rd,"
said Tant' Hannlc.
"Very," said the young man, "but It's
tlic Lord's wIlL"
sal«l Tant' Saunie and sighed.
"She was snob a good wife, auut.
I've known »or break a churn stick
Over a maid's head for only lotting dust
come ou a milk cloth."
Taut" Sannle felt a twinge of Jeal
ousy. She had never broken a churn
stick on a maid's head.
"I hope your wife made a good end,"
she said.
"Oh. beautiful, aunt! She said up a
psalm and two hymns aud a half be
fore she died."
"Did she leave any messages'/" asked
Tunt' Saunie.
"No," said the 3-oung man; "but the
night liefore she died I was lying at
the foot of her bed. 1 felt her foot kick
me.
" 'Piet,' she said.
" 'Annie, my heart,' said I.
" 'Sly little baby that died yesterday
has been here, and It stood over the
wagon box,' she said.
" 'What did It say 7* 1 asked.
" 'lt said that If I died you must mar
ry a fat woman.'
" 'I will,' I said, and I went to sleep
again. Presently she woke me.
" The baby |kus been here again, and
It says you must marry a woman over
30 aud who's liad two husbands.'
"I dUln'i go to sleep after that for a
long time, aunt; Isut when I did she
woke me.
" 'The baby has been here again,' she
said, 'and it says you mustn't marry a
woman with a mole." I told her I
wouldn't, and the next day she died."
"That was a vlsiou from the Re
deemer," said Taut' Saunie.
The young man nodded his head
mournfully, lie thought of a younger
sister of his wife's who was not fat
and who had a mole and of whom his
wife had always been Jealous, and he
wished the little baby had liked better
staying In heaven than coming aud
standing over the wagon chest.
"I supiHise that's why you came to
me?" said Tant' Sannle.
"Yes, aunt Aud pa said I ought to
get married In-fore shearing time. It
is bad if there's uo one to see after
things then, and the maids waste such
a lot of fat."
"When do you want to get married?"
"Next mouth, auut," said the young
mau In a tone of hopeless resignation.
"May 1 kiss you, aunt?"
"Fy, fyl" said Tant* Sannle and then
gave liini a resounding kiss. "Come,
draw your chair a little closer," she
said, and, their elbows now touching,
they sat on through the night.
The next morning at dawn, as Em
passed through Tant' Saunle's bed
room, she found the Boer woman pull
lug off her boots preparatory to climb
ing into bod.
"Where Is Plet Vander Walt?"
"Just gone," said Tant' Sannle, "and
I am going to marry him this day four
weeks. I am dead sleepy," she added.
"The stupid thing doesn't kuow how
to talk love talk at all." And she
climbed Into the four poster, clothes
and all, aud drew the quilt up to her
chin.
On the day preceding Tant'. Sannle s
wedding Gregory Hose sat In the blaz
ing suu on the stone wall behind his
dau!) and wattle house. It was warm,
but he was Intently watching a small
buggy that was being recklessly driven
over the bushes In the direction of the
farmhouse. Gregory never stirred till
It had vanished. Then, finding the
stones hot, he slipped down and walk
ed Into the house. He kicked the little
pall flint lay In the doorway aud sent
It Into one corner. That did him good.
Then ho sat down on the box and be
gan cutting letters out of a piece of
newspaper. Finding that the ship
pings littered the floor, he picked them
up and began scribbling on his blotting
pnper. He tried the effect of different
Initials before the name Rose —G. Hose,
E. Hose, L. Hose, L. Hose, L. IJ. IJ. L.
Rose. When ho had covered the sheet,
he looked at It discontentedly a little
while, then suddenly began to write a
letter:
Ileloved Sister—lt is a long while since I lust
wrote to you, hut I hav* hod no time. This is
the Ilrst morning I biw been at home sine* I
don't know when. Km glwayf expect* mo to go
down to the fsrnihouse In the morning, but I
didn't feel is though I could stand the ride to
day.
I have much news for you.
Tant' Sannle, Kin's Boer stepmother, It to b«
married tomorrow. She Is cone to town today,
and the wedding feast Is to l>« at her brother's
farm. Em and I are going to ride over on horse
back, but her cousin Is going to ride In the
buguy with that German I don't think I've
written to you since she came l»ack from school.
1 don't think you would like her at all, Je
mima; there's something so proud about her.
She thinks Just because rfie's handsome there's
nobody good enough to talk to her and just as If
there had nobofly else but her been to boarding
■chool before.
They are going to have a grand affuir tomor*
row. All the Doers about are coming, and they
are going to dance all night, hut I don't think
I ahull danoe at all, for, a* Em's cousin say»,
theae Boer dance* are low things. I am sure I
only danced at the last to please Km. I don't
know why she Is fund of dancing. Km talked of
our being married on the aame day as Tant' San*
nle, but I said It would be nicer for her If she
waited till the shearing was over and I took her
down to see you. I suppose she will have to live
with us—Em'i cousin, I mean—as she haa not any
thing in the world but a poor £SO. I don't like her
at all, Jemima, and I don't think you would. She's
got such queer wayi. She's always driving about
In a gig with that low German, and I don't think
It's at sll the thing for a woman to be going
about with a man she's not engaged to, do you?
If it wss me, now, of course, who am a kind of
connection, it would lie different. The way she
trests me, considering that I am so soon to be
her cousin, Is not at all nice. I took down my
album the other day with your likenesses in it,
and 1 told her she could look at it and put it
tfown close to her, but she Just aald, "Thank you,"
and never even touched it, as much as to say.
What are your relatives to me?
She gets the wildest horses in that buggy and
a horrid snappish little cur belonging to the
German sitting In front, and then she drives out
alone. I don't think it's at sll proper for u
woman to drive out alone. I wouldn't allow It If
site was my ulster. The other morning—l don't
know how It happened—l was going In the way
from which she wss coming, and that little
beast—they call him Dos*--began to bark when
he anw me he always does, tha little wretch
and the horses began to spring and kicked the
splash board all to pieces. It was a sight to
ser, Jemima 1 She has got the littlest hands I
ever saw. I could hold them both in one of
mine and not know that I'd got anything, except
that they were so soft, but she held those horses
In us though they were mode of Iron. When I
wanted to help her, she said: "No, thank you; I
tan manatee them myself. I've got a pair of bits
that would break their jaws If 1 used them well,"
•nd she laughed and drove away. It's so un
womanly.
Tell father my hire ol tin- ground will not lie
•nt for al* months, arul before that Kin end I
will 1,.- married. My pair at birda la breeding
now, but 1 hitrn'l been down to rr<- them for
three (live 1 don't aeem to care about anything
any more. I don't know what It la; I'm not
well If Igo Into town on .Saturday, I will let
the doctor examine nw llut prrhape she'll g" In
hcraclf. lt'i ft very etrsnge tlilnn. Jemima, but
•lie never will send her letter* to poet by me.
If 1 ask her, (be li»i now, end Ihe very ne«t day
■lie goea In and |ioeU them hcraclf. V'ou mustn't
HV anything about It, Jemima, but twice I've
brought bet letter* from the post In a grntle
nian'a hand, and I'm aure they were both from
the same |« rwm, becauae I noticed every little
murk, even Ihe dotting of the l'a. Of course H'a
nothing to me, but for Km'a sake I can't help
feeling an Interest In her, however much I uiay
dislike her myaelf, and 1 hope ahe'a up to noth
ing. I pity the man who marrlea her. 1 wouldn't
Ik l him for anything. *lf 1 had a wife with pride,
I'd .nako her give It up. aliarp. I don't believe
til a man who can't make a woman obey him.
Now Km I'm very fond of her, ai you know
but If I tell her to put .in a certain dreaa, that
dress ahe puta on; and If I tell her to ait on a
certain neat, on tliat i ah* alia; and If I tell
h* r not to apeak to a iritaln Individual alio doea
not apeak lo him. If a man leta a woman do
what he doean't like, he'a a muff.
(ilve my lore lo mother and the children. The
"veld" here la looking pretty good, and the aheep
are lietter alnce we waahrd them. Tell father the
dip he recommended la very good.
Km aenda her love to you She l« making mo
a»me woolen aliirla. but they don't lit me ao
nicely ni those mother made me. Write Boon to
your loving brother, OMooav.
p. H fi|,e drove pant Juat now. I wa« aitting
on the kraal wall right before her eyes, anil ahe
never even bowed. ti. N. H.
| [TO ■■ OOXTIXCKD.)
N0.22
jistllKl
SEED FOTATOE3':
Run Out and True S'lork—Selection
Ilcfore Taliera llijien.
Thousands of planters use the small
ful>ers in the pit or bins after having
used the choice tutters for sale or oa
the table. These small tubers will t*
used year after year until the entire
crop will all be good seed (?), and yet
these very same people will argue that
these small ttiln-rs are "Just as good as
Kl'N OUT STOCK AND TIiCE STOCK.
any." However. I would not always
choose the very largest tubers, as these
may be rough, coarse or unshapely,
but always those true to a type.
A great deal of advantage may be
gained by selection In the Held before
the crop Is rli>c and while It is yet
growing. Selection should be made at
this time with respect to growth of
vine, health, size and height of vine,
appearance, number, color aud manner
of growth in the liill, whether compact
or scattering, as the tubers being not
mature will show their characteristics
most forcibly at tills time. This should
be done Just before the vine l»eglns to
ripen.
The writer very much prefers mature
jKitatoes for seed as compared with
Immature seed, notwithstanding the
geat cry for second crop seed to the
contrary, provided this mature Beed
can be stored in a cool enough place to
keep them from starting the least par
ticle of gro . th and at the same time
not freeze. However, as so very few
are prepared to keep mature tubers
thus, we must either rely on second
I crop or Immature ilrst crop seed, and
here comes in our selection and digging;
before the crop Is ripe. We must take
Into consideration that the extra early
varieties will be more difficult to keep
than the late ones If we are to use Im
mature ilrst crop seed, aud as we can
not grow second crop In the north tills
Is the best we can do.
Potatoes will run out under certain
conditions, the same as other vegeta
bles or fruits, consequently we must be
ou the lookout for the tuber that has
the "run out" marks. A potato that
has begun to decline will show It In a
difference !n the shape and depth of
eye, eyes will be more numerous, and
the skin will have changed Its appear
ance, as shown In the out where the
upper ilgure Is a. tuber from run out
stock and the lower is from true stock
of the same variety. The foregoing Is
the advice of a writer In American
Gardening.
Apple Canker.
Good culture, proper fertilization and
prevention of other diseases aud insect
injuries are important aids in keeping
down apple canker. The smooth, shin
lng bark of a vigorous, well sprayed
tree Is a discouraging seed bed for the
fungus spore, but the cracks of the
hidebound tree, the decayed spots
about the home of a borer, the scrag
gly, upturned bark upon a sun scald,
the abrasions caused by a careless
picker's or primer's hobnailed boots or
by a sharp edged prop hastily Jammed
Into place under an overloaded brauch
and the frayed edges of the stub of au
Improperly pruned Umb arc only too
good places for lodging and germina
tion of the spores. Great care should
be used to prevent such injuries, and
when produced they should be care
fully smoothed with a knife and paint
ed thickly or covered with wax.—Wen
dell Paddock.
Am Aid to F.arllne-»».
One way In which u gardener may
gain a little advance in earllness of
Vegetables, especially of heat lovers
like beans, cucumbers and that class,
K MIT 11 KIIXLTKH KOH TKN'DKK TnilWM.
is to build a soil shelter, as shown In
the accompanying cut from Vlck. Thii
consists merely of drawing up a rldgt
of earth to the north or windward side
of the row as protection ou the oni
hand from raw winds and on the othei
to catch the sun heat. The row can be
thrown up with a small plow, care be
lng taken not to have tin? soli fall ovei
and cover the seed too deeply.
The I'aefnl Toad.
"A single toad may destroy over 2,(XX
worms during the months of May, .Tune
and July, and one of these liarmlcsi
'creatures may well do a gardener serv
ice to the amount of If lU.HB each season
Farmers In England buy them, paying
as high ns a thousand, for use Ic
their flower beds aud gardens." Thii
Is the Interesting estimate which Pro
fessor Hodge of Massachusetts put*
upon the services of the humble toad.
How School !• Hciinrdrd.
"I'm not going to school today!" she
cried Jubilantly. "Oh, I'm sorry for
you girls who'll have to sit at your
desks and study."
"Why aren't you going?" they asked.
"liecause," she replied, "I have to go
to the dentist's."
Thus we learn the place that educa
tion takes In the list of childhood's
evil*—Chicago Post.
A Hetter Way.
"Remember that the darkest hour Is
Just before the dawn."
"Yes; 1 wish it were two or three
hours after dawn. Then a fellow would
have a chance to get that much more
sleep."—Chicago Times Herald.
I'iirtly to Illume.
"Are you the best man at Hilly
Brown's wedding?"
"No; I attend as guilty bystander."
"What tlo you mean?"
"I Introduced Itrown to the girl last
Hummer."— Chicago Koeord.
( linrtl) Lrfl Home.
"Uncharitable!" cried Hewson. "M>
uncle was the most uncharitable man
who ever lived. Why, he passed me
over ami left every cent of his for
tune to charity!"- Philadelphia North