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MILLER'S
JULY SIIOF, SALE
A RECORD BREAKER!
Now is your time SSOOO worth of Summer Shoes'at your own price.
We have too many shoes and not enough money, hence no
reasonable ofter will be refused. Good, seasonable footwear regaru
less of cost. Clolc cash buyers will be sure to take advantage of this
great sale.
Read Every item a Leader and a Money Saver For You.
Men's Tan Shoes «Bc I Ladies' Sew Slipper? 2*c
Mens Buff Shoes 98c Ladies Gaiters * c
Men s Working Shoes «c Ladies Ki«l Slippers. «c
Men's Low Sb<«s !'»< Ladit - Strap Sandals 4*c
Men s Patent Tip Shoes 11-24 Ladfc* talking Shoes 4*c
Men's Tennis Oxfords 4-c Ladies Tan Oxfords «>J<-
Men's Canvas Shoes 9«c Ladies' Kid Polish wc
Many ether bargains in shoes for you. Come in and see for yourse.f.
July Sale A Hummer—Take It In.
C. E- MILLER,
Hurler's Progressive ->e House. 21? South Main Street
Bickd's Bargains!
(Great Reducion in Slimmer Footwear.| _|
We have on hand a large stock of summer footwear which will
be sold at a grtat reduction. Too many Tan Shoe s and Oxfords.
It will pay you to visit this sale and secure some of the bargains
being offered
FEW PRICES.#-!
Hoy's $1.50 tan shoes reduced to $1 00
.. Men's $2.00 tan shoes reduced to $125
.... Men's $3.50 tan shoes reduced to $2.25
Men's Oxfords reduced to $1.40
Ladies' $1.75 tan shoes reduced to $1 .25
Hoy's fine box calf shoes reduced to SI.OO
Men's heavy sole lace working shoes.... SI.OO
Men's three sole box toe shoes 1 40....
Ladies'fit.e Dongola slippers 35 c --
Men's fi.ie satin calf shoes SI .OO
Sweeping Offers in Misses' and Children's Shoes.
We are offering some big bargains in Misses' and Children's fine
DONGOLA and KUSSKTT shoes and slippers.
We have made reductions in all lines and ask you to call and
examine our goods and we can save you money.
JOHN BICKEL,
128 SOUTH MAIN STRKET. - - BUTLER, PA
Out of Style. Out of the World!
|« Our garments have a style that is
easily distinguished from the ordin-
- ary. They are the result of careful
study and practical application ofthe
ideas gathered by frequent visits to
the fashion centres, and by personal
* jq contact with the leading tailors and
W \ Jm 4 fashion authorities of the county,
jj tK? ' ■ They are made in our own work
' jjj shop by the highest paid journey-
II men tailors in Rutler, yet it is pos
sible to (and we do) give our patrons these first-class clothes at the
price you would pay foi the other sort. We believe we have given
good reasons why our tailoring is the best and cheapest and would
be grateful for the opportunity to show you our handsome spring
stock and give you prices to prove them.
Ala *—l r MAKER 0F
mai MEN'S Clothes
Spring STYLES 1 m f
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Jioldfor and made un properly. If-Q: I '' !
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BUTLER, THLIRSDAY, AUGUST 2, IQCX3
LONGING.
In city wills xhcre duty Md» roe stay
! '-r./f T mm I pal « mil breath c<
To K-e (gain the :jtant, dazzling lie*
Of sitE'lc-r, sandy shore. I know today
Hr.-w fair must lie the eta far, far aw»y
Cm wl. br brvajt the sun wrought sap&hirtj
shine
And sparkle in the wind that breathes cf wino,
llo* shafts of gold and shifting shadows play
Beneath cool grovc-s that sing a slumber scng
And clear bird notes are tingling through and
The peaceful heart of rf]<nce. Ah, I I'ng
For friendly firs that brush ajainst the blue
And each still night to watch the warrior Mars
lio it * the 11.1 procession of stars:
—Herbert Bashford in East and West.
| A MOMENT
| OF WEAKNESS. |
£ How a Couple Obtained Consent J
A to Their Marriage.
"What on earth are we to do?" cried
pretty Lydia I>arrell almost tearfully.
"I won't marry old Fiebel-Jones not if
all the aunts in the world told me to."
"Marry me and defy the old cit!"
"Yes; that'-; Just what I should liko
to do. but one must consider things."
"You im-aii money?"
"Yes: 1 mt-an money. You see. If
Aunt Judith had any rational ground
for objecting to our marriage, if she
said you dmnk or were already mar
ried—of cow so I know yoti are not—
but I mil siij ;iosing a case"—
"Don't you think you might suppose
something « little less uncomplimen
tary?"
"No; certainly not. What <irx-s It
matter In Well, then !t
would be <1 " -rent, and I should feel
that. lin\ ■ i-r wrung ?h«' r ;:ht b<\ she
real';, mem.! well. But wh; m sin' ean
only say li.-it you are one of the urof;t
arrogant exponents '.f all the noblest
and puieM nspirai'oiis ».f o'ir sex
which means that she suspi f ts yoti of
laughing at her bloomers why. then 1
know that It is not me that she is
thinking ut but herself all the time
And she wants me to marry Kleliel
Jones because he flatters her to the top
of her bent and calls l.'-r a pioneer and
all that sort of nonsense."
"Do you think that punching his
head would d<i any good?"
"No; I'm ifiite sure it wouldn't, or 1
should M:\w told you to do it long ago
But. for all that. Aunt Judy can do
what she likes with all my money un
til 1 come of i:ge. and If 1 marry with
out her consent before I am 21 all my
property goes into trust, with her as
trustee, and she can allow me as much
or as little as she likes. If Aunt Judith
\vere an ordinary aunt, one might ex
pect that she would come round when
she found out what a dear you really
arc. But I know she would be only
too delighted to get the money for her
movements and societies, nnd I should
never get a penny. So we must wait
till I am 21."
"If I could only get round her In
some way. If this was in a novel,
there would be dozens of ways. I
should drop on her in a railway acci
dent and soothe her last moments with
my brandy flask."
"You forget that she Is a teetotaler."
"If-you had met as many teetotalers
as I have, you wouldn't bet. 1 know
one who simply wolfs down a trifle
that Is stiff with brandy and vermuth,
thougn he wouldn't touch either hon
estly out of n glaus, or 1 might be In
the way win n her horses bolted."
"Oh. she doesn't keep any!"
"She would In a novel. And I should
stop them at the risk of my life, and
she would Tall on my neck nnd call me
her preserver."
"I should like to see that!" cried
Lydla. with a delicious trill of laugh
ter.
"I.yddy, you have no Imagination,"
said Bob Fnlk, with dignity. "1 am
sure the scene would be most dramat
ic, especially If Lady Judy happened
to be In bloomers. And her remorse
would be so great that she would give
me her consent written on a visiting
card, or perhaps my shirt cult, to pre
vent mistakes."
"How can you talk such nonsense!
But you have given me an Idea.
Couldn't you save her when she Is out
bicycling?"
"What from? And how am 1 to find
her at the right moment?"
"Well, really I should have thought
that a man could have arranged all
that In a minute."
"Seems as If the surest plan would
be to arrange the accident. One might
bribe a tramp to attack her and allow
himself to be driven off by one, and
then he would probably blackmail me
for the rest of my life. Or one might
get a generous friend to do the tramp
part In disguise, only I can't at the
present moment think of uny man who
\vould be such a Jay. Besides, your
Aunt Judy Is Just the kind of energetic
female who would Insist on seeing the
villain safe In Jail after the rescue.
Then I should have to give myself up
to save him. The plan Is not so bril
liant as It seemed at first."
"No; It Isn't; very far from It. But
listen to me. On Monday Aunt Judy
starts on a bicycle ride to Scotland
alone She wishes to show that one
woman In bloomers can go through the
length of Krigland without coming to
grief. Now, my Idea Is that you should
accompany her."
" 'Myesl Do you think she will catch
on to the elopement?"
"Oh, she Is not to know. I will llnd
out the route she goes by, and you will
follow at a distance and keep her In
sight. Then If she gets Into any diffi
culties and 1 feel sure she will—you
can rush to the rescue and earn her
eternal gratitude."
"Supposing she sees rne early In the
Jaunt and smokes the trick?"
"You must take care she doesn't. If
you keep behind her all the time, she
won't be able to see you."
Bob Falk was very much In love
with pretty Lydla Darrell.and he wouhf
have attempted anything that bore the
smallest promise of advancing the date
of their marriage. Besides, at that
moment the young w«;man of the libra
ry, who, knowing them by sight and
divining a love affair, had humanely
left I hem alone in the bueU room for a
few minutes, returned with an apolo
getic and at the same time decided ex
t . '.on.
. ' t the results of Lady Ju
i :.cy In ordering that
w»w to be said to Mr.
Jtuiu. uua iu exercising a strict censor
ship over the lettei received by her
niece was that Lydia had lilt upon the
Idea of the library as a meeting place,
and Bob put messages in the agony
column when he wished to communi
cate with her. Lydla of course could
write to him.
"In ■ :t: ;uence of Information re
ceived. a the police say, Bob Falk
started In pursuit of Lady Judith par
tially disguised In u suit of very old
clothes and a peculiarly villainous
cheap hat.
By the time the quarry had passed
the one hundredth milestone from Lon
don Bob was unable to resist at invol
untary feeling of admiration for her
pluck. She rode hills which most of
her sex would have walked. She took.
no heed of the chaff which from time
to time floated rjuud the unaccustom
ed spect:;cle of her bloomers. She kept
up a steady pace- and stuck to her ar
ranged route with an accuracy that
materially helped the pursuer.
At the close of the third day, during
which she had beaten her previous rec
ord. Lady Judith stopped at a wayside
hostelry. Hitherto Bob had avoided
the hotels which she favored with her
patronage, but now there was no help
for It. ne must either put up In the
same building or ride on five miles to
the next town.
»He thought that if he avoided the
front of the house and effaced himself
among the people in tlx bar parlor she
would never notice him. After all, If
she did she was scarcely likely to sup
pose that he was there on her account.
He loitered about for some little ,
while In order to give her time to settle
down in her place and then walked In
to the bar. The next minute he emerg
ed again with singular alacrity.
"What the devil am I to do? 1 sup
pose they won't have her in the best
rooms In that get up, and she's too tired
to go on. If I Interfere, it is 10 to 1 !
that 1 do no good and 40 to 1 that she
only bates me ail the more for seeing
her. It seems brutal to do nothing or
at least not to try, but no woman could
forgive a man who had seen her In
such a plight By Jove, If there were
only some evidence! All's fair in love,
especially In a case like this."
He prowled disconsolately to the
back of the building, cursing his luck
and wondering what he should do.
There he hit upon an Individual who
evidently combined cycling with pho
tography.
A brilliant idea sprang up In his
brain. He engaged the amateur pho
tographer In conversation arid explain
ed his desire. The kodak changed
hands, and so did a gleaming yellow
coin. There was some shuffling of new
films. Then Bob Falk took hasty snap
shots of the back and front of the
building In order to divert suspicion
from his real purpose. After that he
conveyed the kodak to the bar.
Some little time after her return
from Scotland Lady Judith received a
very singular letter. It ran:
Dejr Lady Judllh— l have a doicn of the in
cloicd. What ihould you recommend nic- to do
with themf Yours truly, ROBERT FiUL
The Inclosure was a photograph. She
removed the silver paper hastily and
saw. Well, you see, when the landlady
of that hotel positively refused to ad
mit her to any of the rooms used by la
dles on the ground that her costume
would do harm to the establishment
she had consented to take her meal In
the barroom and put up with an attic
rather than proceed fnrther in her ex
hausted state. She had regretted tills
weakness ever since. She only hoped
that no knowledge of the Insult which
she had allowed to be heaped upor. the
cause would come to the ears of her
strong minded sisters.
Now she saw before her eyes a visible
presentment of the scene —herself in
her semimanly garments seated at a
small table to the right discussing pro
visions. to the left a knot of common
men and the apparatus of the bar. It
was bad enough to be exiled from her
proper place. There was the worse
thought that by her presence in the bar
she had giwn tacit encouragement to
the curse of drink.
Bob Falk married I.ydia Darreli with
her aunt's consent, and no one could
ever make out why Lady Judith chang
ed her mind so suddenly, least of all
Professor FU-bel-Jones, who thought
himself aggrieved.
Aunt and niece did not see much of
each other after matrimony.—Madame.
Card I'lnylnir In urch.
Frequent cases of card playing oc
curred in churches In olden days in the
high or curtained family pews that
were to be found in several parts of
this country. A case of card playing
was mentioned by the poet Crabhe as
having occurred in one of those pews
in Trowbridge parish church. Mr. Ber
esford Hope stated that card playing
was not uncommon in churches having
curtained pews, where those occupying
them were screened from the observa
tion of the rest of the congregation,
and that one of the Georges is credited
with taking part at n game of whist In
the church he attended. The church at
Little Stanmore, In Middlesex, has a
luxurious room pew which Is approach
ed by a special door and staircase. The
old St. I'a ill's cathedral before the
great lire of London was used by busi
ness men as a sort of exchange. The
portico was let out to hucksters, and In
those days gambling and cards are
both said to have been indulged in
without let or hindrance within tho
cathedral. —London Standard.
Mualo Ilnth t'horma.
"Why did Mrs. Green dismiss her
children's musjc teacher? Wasn't she
competent V"
"I always thought so, but it seems
that she made a discord In that family
by flirting with Mr. Green."—Philadel
phia Bulletin.
THE MODERN PHOTOGRAPH
Can Eaally Be Taken Without tii«
I'reKenee of the Mulijeft.
The lady and the photographer.
The Lady—l desire a sitting.
The Photographer Yi's, madam. Anj
particular style?
The Lady The style that will bring
the best results, of course.
The Photographer—Full face, quar
ter face, profile?
The Lady All of them. Then I can
pick the best.
The Photographer Very well, mad
am. Will you sit now?
'i'lie Lady Mercy, no! I'm not pre
pared for It. I'm having a special dresn
made, arid of course I must materially
alter my complexion. Then I want my
hair powdered on this side and darken
ed on that
The Photographer—Yes, madam.
The Lady- And you can smooth out
all these wrinkles and clear away thl*
mole and lift the corners of my mouth,
can't you?
The Photographer—We can do all
that In the retouching, madam.
The Lady So I supposed. &nd you
notice that one of my ears Is i little
lopsided and will have to be straight
ened. And the curve of my nose must
be softened and the crease in my dou
ble chin obliterated.
The Photographer Yes, madam.
The Lady Of course I want my eye
brows darkened and my eyelashes
lengthened and a sort of peach bloom
finish given to the entire face.
The Photographer And may I ask,
madam, how with all this you expect
to get an accurate likeness?
The Lady (haughtily/ That's your
business, sir.
The Photographer (asserting himself;
they rarely do) Well, madam, I really
don't see that there will be uny neces
sity for your sitting at nil.
The Lady- What do you mean by
that?
The Photographer (with emphuslzed
sarcasm;- I mean that I have a young
and pretty woman In attendance here
who can sit in your place with Just as
satisfactory results.
Whereupon the lady sniffs and
flounces out. -Cleveland Plain Healer.
••THEY SAY."
Have of 1 fcerribl Iney,"
Ar.it: . . i • . .. try sayf
Why, half the g under the sua.
II jou trace it lack, you will find
1b that Witched house of "'I he v."
A nunieroua family, so I ain told.
Ari l its g. ntk' tree is old;
For ever since Adam and Eve began
To build up the rare of man
Has existed the licuic of "They."
Gossip mongers and spreaders of lies.
Horrid people whom ail despise!
And yet the best of us now and then
Repeat queer tales about women and men
And quote the house of "They."
They live like lords and never labor.
A "Thfy's" one task is to watch his neighbor
And tell his business and private affairs.
To the world at large they are sowers of tare#—
Those folks in the bouse of "They."
It is wholly useless to follow a "They"
With a whip or a gun, for he slips away
And into his house, where you cannot go.
It is locked bolted and guarded so—
This horrible house of "They."
Though you cannot get In, yet they get out
And spread their villainous tales about.
Of all the rascals under the sun
Who have come to punishment never one
Belongs to the house of "They."
—Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
9 Hty Qny. f
• *
g A Romance of Concord A
nnd Lexington.
| *
<% By L. G. Woodberry. +
ft.?.,.©.© a ©•©»• «■«••• «• »•«
Well, ns I was saying, this is the
way it came about: 1 was a young
thing then, just turned 18. Your grand
father bad been my playmate, hero
and protector from the time that 1 was
old enough to go to school. I had nev
er thought of marrying any one but
him, and so when he asked me to be
his wife, why, of course, I said "Yes."
Well, it was In the spring of 1775
that we were to be married. Mother
and I spent the winter getting my
things made up. and I had as fine an
outfit as a girl could possibly have in
those days. The day set for the wed
ding was the 19th of April—yes, the
very day on which the battle of Lex
ington occurred, as I have good reason
to remember.
Those were anxious days for us. 1
remember how serious my father and
brothers us. d to look as they discussed
the events which were then taking
place. Their only conversation was
about rights, sti : ;>s and taxes.
When the towns began to raise "rnin
utemen," why, of course, we raised a
company In our town, and your grand
father and my brothers were members
of It We girls could not stand guard,
of course, so In order to show our pa
triotism we ail signed a paper in which
we agreed not to have anything to do
with the men of the town who refused
to Join the company.
The 10th of April was a beautiful
day, though a warm one for the sea
son. We were all up early that morn
lug, for there was a great deal to be
done. It was about 9 o'clock In the
forenoon when my mother, who had
been looking over some linen, suddenly
raised her head, exclaiming as she did
ho, "Why, Mary, was that the meeting
house bell?"
"What can It mean?" I cried, and,
running to the window, I caught sight
of our neighbor's sons, Joe and John
Eaton, running down the road with
their guns. Across the way Harry
Wright was plowing the field. The
boys called out to him as they passed,
and, without stopping to unhitch the
horse, be seized his gun and was oil
across the fields.
"It Is an alarm, mother!" I cried.
"The boys are down by the brook,"
she said. "The sound will not reach
them. Itun and tell them!"
Without delay 1 hurried to the kitch
en, and, seizing the horn, I ran out of
the house arid started for the brook,
which was some distance from the
house. 1 blew a blast on the horn as 1
ran, and as the boys caught sight of
me I pointed toward the road, where
several men could be seen running
with their guns. The boys understood,
and, waving their hands to me, they
were off across the field to the road.
"What do you suppose the matter
Is?" asked mother when I returned to
the house.
"I do not know," was my reply, "but
I am going to find out." And 1 ran out
of the house and took a short cut across
the fields to the meeting house, which
was to be the gathering place If tlie
alurtn should ever be sounded. I, for
one, had never expected to hear any
alarm, for at home we hoped for a
peaceful settlement of the dllDculties.
Hut when 1 reached the church and
saw the whole town gathered on the
green the men's stern air and the wo
men's pale faces frightened me, and 1
began to fear that something serious
was the matter.
"Y.'hat Is it? Where are they go
ing V" I asked. And as 1 spoke the men
came hurrying out of the meeting
house, where they had heard a few
words from i'urson Smith, and, mount
ing their horses, rode off as fast as
they could go. I looked for your grand
father, but he was not there. Catch
ing sight of my father, I ran to him.
"Have you seen HenryV (that's your
grandfather) I asked.
"Henry was at the tavern when the
messenger rode through here," replied
my father, "and. as he had his horse
with him, he rode away without wait
ing for the company to assemble."
You may Imagine my feelings as I
turned to go home. This was my wed
ding day, and the man who was to
marry me had ridden off without a
Word, knowing, too, that he might nev
er return, If all they were saying about
fights and resistance was true.
My father had reached home before
me, and as I opened the door 1 heard
mother ask, "Do you think it Is any
thing serious, father?"
"I am afraid it may be, wife," ho
said. "The messenger said that Gov
ernor (Inge lias seiit some of tin- king's
troup* to destroy tin- supplies which
have be«*n ston-il ut Concord. If tin
report is true, there will be resistance,
and if It comes to that it will be very
serious business for im.*'
My mother kept her fears to herself
and did her best to make me feel that
It would come out all right, but those
hours were the most anxious I ever
spent. So through Hi* day we watch
ed and waited for news.
The first news that came to us from
the fight at Lexington and the other
doings of that day arrived about *1
o'clock In the afternoon, when some
mlnutemen from another town stopped
at the tavern on their way home. They
told the story of the day to the little
crowd of anxious women who eagerly
questioned them for news of some dear
one.
My father would not let me go down
to the tavern, but went down himself
and brought us the news, i can see
him now hurrying along the road.
"Something unusual has happened,
Mary!" exclaimed my mother. "1 nev
er saw your father look so excited."
1 hastened down the path to meet
him.
"Had news, my child; bad i:e-'s!" ho
exclaimed. "There has been an en
counter wllh the king's troops." And
i then, reading the ouestlon In m.v eyes,
he continued, "But they brought no
news of our men."
The hour set for the wedding was 8
o'clock, but it began to look as if there
would Le no wedding, for It was now
after 7 o'clock, and none of our men
had returned home.
Mother and 1 sat In silence In the
kitchen while father walked back and
forth in the room above.
At last we heard steps outside, and
then my brother Arthur, who was
among tho first to reach home, staßger
ed into the room. I sprang up and ran
to him. lie sank Into the nearest
chair, and his gun fell to the floor with
a thud. Arthur was only a boy of 15,
you must remember, and the day had
been a terrible one.
When he had recovered a litUe. my
father spoke. ' "What news do you
bring, my son?" he asked.
Now, I had felt from the first that
he had brought bad news, and by the
way be hesitated and glanced from fa
ther to me and still did not speak 1
felt sure of it. So I put my worst fears
Into words.
"Arthur," I said, "is it Henry?"
"Listen," he said, speaking rapidly.
"The king's troops were In full retreat
when we reached the road. We did
not keep with our companies, but each
one found shelter as he was able be
hind trees, walls or fences. I met Hen
ry as I was crossing a field, and we
took shelter together and awaited the
coming of the troops. We had just got
settled when Henry caught sight of a
flanking party coming right down on
us. lie called to the men near us to
run for their lives, and at the same
time we both Jumped the wall and ran
for a house which stood In In the Held
Just opposite. I reached the opposite
wall In safety and tnrned round to look
for Henry, but he was not with me.
At that moment the troops came round
a sudden turn In the road and sent
some shots in our direction. At the
risk of being shot at I 6tood up and
looked ucross the road. He must have
been hit by the flanking party, for he
lay Just by the wall."
"Are you Bure It was he?" asked fa
ther.
"Yes; 1 knew him by the green on
his powderhorn," replied my brother.
"You staid by and looked after him?"
asked father.
"I tried to, sir, but the troops came
down on us, and we were obliged to
move on. I went back to the place as
soon as 1 could, but I must have mis
taken the spot, for I could not find
him."
Meanwhile 1 sat In my chair, feeling
as If I had Just awakened from u bud
dream. I did not fully realize what
had happened, for It seemed Impossi
ble.
"Here are some people, Mary," said
mother. "You would better go up to
your room and He down."
I did as 1 was told. There on the
bed lay my wedding gown. I could not
bear to look at It. and. picking It up, I
placed It In the large chest In which
my linen was packed and pulled down
the lid; then I threw myself on the bed.
and tears came to my relief. So 1 lay
there thinking over the events of the
day, my wedding day that wus to have
been. llow different from whut I had
anticipated!
Suddenly I heard the sound of a
horse's feet coming up the road at a fu
rious puce. I sat up and listened.
"Somebody Is riding on an Important
errand," I said to myself. Nearer and
nearer came the sound, and the rider,
whoever he was, drew rein at our door.
Then there were a murmur of voices
and an opening and shutting of doors
und then my mother's voice calling to
me: "Mary, Mary; child, come down!
Henry Is here. He's come."
Scarcely believing that I heard aright,
I got up and ran down stairs and into
the kitchen, and there before me, his
fuce pale as death, with a blood stain
ed bandage bound about his forehead,
»tood your grandfather.
"Mary," he cried, holding out his
hands to me, "I am In time! The clock
has not struck yet!"
Then I'arson Elder, who had come
over to hear the news from Arthur,
came forward and said, "Shall I per
form the ceremony now?"
So right then and there your grand
father, In his working clothes, all stain
ed with dust and blood, and I In my
morning calico, Were married. For
ward.
What Ilnrta.
"The other side," observed the candi
date in much apprehension, "are put
ting some damaging reports in circula
tion."
"But no money to speak of," rejoined
the chairman of the campaign commit
tee complacently.—Detroit Journal.
Karuplnv a Calamity.
"Why hav# you uover married?"
"1 have always been afraid that I
would get for a wife one of those wo
men who like to travel with newspaper
bundles tied on their sutchels."—Chi
cago Record.
m> I.lmit.
Enthusiastic Young Person—Oh, pro
fcssor, are you interested In trees?
Professor Dryasdust (Jenealoglcul
trees interest me, madam.— Somerville
(Mass.) Journal.
I'ut on In Layer*.
"What a thin face that giddy Miss
Shiner has!"
"Yes, but her complexion Is thick."—
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
A Little Twilled.
% H
The Crane Gracious! What are you
ilolng with that knot In your neck?
The- Sxvan I'm glad that you re
minded me of it. My wife put it there
so I would not lorget to bring lier
home the lisli I promised.
A Dlaavpwlntment.
Mrs. Strucklle— Did you meet thi
queen while you weru Abroad,-Mrs
McShoddle?
Mrs. McShoddle No, I didn't, and
was real sorry too. 1 wanted to g«
her receipt for Knglish pluai puddlu!
New York Weekly.
Tru«* I'hlloioitliy.
"They say prices In Paris have dou
feted."
"Mnl <>f course the man who didn't
know what they were originally yll
be none the wiser." —Cleveland Plalr
MEASURING LAND.
Iliiu to Calculate the Area of Field*
of VurlouH Shnpe*.
The following methods of approxi
mating by means of simple measure
ments and calculators the number of
acres In fields and farms have been
prepared by General J. H. I-aue of Ala
bama, a professor of civil engineering:
An acre contains 4,840 square yards.
In every case therefore the number of
square yards in a field when determin
ed is divided by 4,840 to obtain the
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FIELD MEASUREMENTS.
number of acres therein. If the tleld is
triangular in shape (Fig. 1), measure Its
longest side and the perpendicular to
this from the opposite angle. Multiply
the number of yards In the long side by
half the number of yards in the per
pendicular and divide by 4,840. Thus
assuming AC, the longext side, to be
242 yards and BD, the i>erpendlcular,
100 yards, the calculation should be,
242 yards multiplied by 80 yards divid
ed by 4,840 square yards equals 4 acres.
If the field is rectangular (Fig. 2),
multiply the number of yards in Its
length (AD) by the number In Its
breadth (DCi and divide by 4,840. If
the tleld Is a parallelogram (Fig. 3),
multiply the number of yards In one of
Its long sides (Al>) by the number In
the perpendicular between the long
sides <EF) and divide by 4,800.
If the field Is a trapezoid (Fig. 4), add
the number of yards In the two parallel
Hides (Alt and BC), multiply by half
the number of yards In the perpendicu
lar between these parallel sides and di
vide by 4,840.
Should the field be of an Irregular
shape (Fig. 5) of four or more sides It
can be divided up Into two or
tho above geometrical figures, auilThc
sum of the calculated areas will be the
whole urea.
The four Bided Held (Fig. 0) can be
divided by the line AC Into two trlan
gles. Measure AC, BF and DE. For
the triangle ABC multiply the number
of yards In AC by half the number in
BP. For the triangle ACD multiply
the number of yards In AC by half the
number In DE. Add these two results
and divide by 4,840. Like the above,
the four sided field (Fig. 0) can be di
vided Into two triangles by drawing a
line from A to C or from B to D, or
by drawing two perpendiculars from
1{ anil C to the Hide AD It can bo divid
ed Into two right triangles and a trape
zoid.
The six sided field (Fig. 7) can be
divided Into four triangular ones—viz,
ABC, AEC, AFE and DCE. For ABC
multiply the numixT of yards In AC by
half the number In BH. For AEC
multiply the number of yards in AC by
half the number In EI. For AFE mul
tiply the number of yards In AE by
half the number In FG. For DCE
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yiKLU MKABUItKMENTS.
multiply the number of yards In EC by
half the number In DK. Add these
four results aud divide by 4,840.
The eight sided field (Fig. 8) can be
vided Into six triangular ones, and tho
measuring aud calculations are tho
tamo as above.
For a rough calculation It will suffice
to "step off" the various lines to be
measured, In which case each step Is
supposed to l>e thive feet, or one yard,
long. Should a tapellno bo used the
measurements and calculations may
be In feet, and the divisor will bo 43,-
Mi, as that Is tho number of square
feet In an acre.
How to Make Permanent Pasture.
Concerning permanent pastures a
Pennsylvania corrcMpondeut of Ilural
I New Yorker says: "I am very strongly
In favor of the Clark method, thorough
• ly preparing the ground and seeding In
the latter part of August or early In
, September without grain as ho does
for hay, using such grasses as best suit
' the locality. For pasture I consider
that we should sow some seed on tho
old sod each year."
One or the Other.
"A married woman ought to feel
younger and happier after 50 than
before."
"Yea. She has either got tho upper
hand of her husband by that time or
has quit trying to get it."—lndianapo
lis Journal.
Ju<l Why Hp skulked.
Officer (to straggler)— What are you
standing behind that tree for? The en
emy Is flying.
Ktragglcr-tfcJurrnh! That's Just tho
opportunity I've been waiting for. I'm
u first class wing shot.—Richmond Dis
patch.
Iloston Unllantry.
He —People persist in saying I mar
ried you for your money.
Who —But I had no money.
He—That's what 1 tell them, but
they Insist there must have been some
Inducement. -Boston Transcript.
A New Discovery.
Tommy—Say, paw. r
Mr. Flgg—Well?
"What is an optimist?" •
"An optimist, my sou. Is a crank who
is sure his turn will come."—lndianap
olis Press. j I
Mo. 30
THREE O'CLOCK IN THE MORN
There is a time of \
When the Jubilant, newborn flaj
And the opal tints of approacllaf davrn
As yet teem far away.
In the eastern sky is movement.
So glow, but impending chaxfec.
The house U filled with erboeif
Familiar rooms look strange.
Slip back the bolts and leave themj
Steal out beneath the iky;
Stan ! alone In no unknown world
Of awful purity.
Stand alone with folded hands,
Wait for the gift of wings.
Wait to be lifted higher.
Nearer the heart of things!
The heaven* are clear and moonlit
Though the moon is on the wane;
The wind that wailed throughout the night
Drops with a sigh of pain.
A vague alarm is creeping
Over the fields and lawn;
Time pauses, night is over.
And yet it is not dawn.
Away down in the pasture*
The cattle turn and moan;
All living things are troubled
With a sense of the unknown.
For they with eyes may see now.
And they who question know.
Make the most of the magic hour;
The iast begins to glow!
• • • • • O •
The cast la all In tumult.
The charmed hour is past.
For, breaking up the quiet (klea,
The day appears at last.
—Olive Xlolcsworth in Journal.
PAYING FOR A MEAL.
It Was Worth a Shilling to Pick
Those Bones.
Colonel Ebenezer Sproat, of Revolu
tionary fame, was born and bred in
Mlddleboro, Mass. He was always
fond of a Joke and was quick to seize
an opportunity to Indulge his propen
sity, as the following Incident, related
by Dr. nildreth, well Illustrates. His
father, also a Colonel Sproat, kept a
tavern. One day while Ebenezer was
at home on a furlough three private
soldiers, on their return from the seat
of war, called for a cold luncheon.
Mrs. Sproat set on the table some
bread and cheese with the remnanta of
the family dinner, which her son
thought rather scanty fare for hungry
men. He felt a little vexed that the
defenders of the country were not
more bountifully supplied. The sol
diers, after satisfying their appetites,
asked him how much they should pay.
Ebenezer said be would ask his moth
er. He found her In the kitchen.
"Mother," he said, "how much Is It
worth to pick those bones?"
"About a shilling, I guess," she an
swered.
The young officer returned to the sol
diers, and, taking from the barroom till
8 shillings and smiling genially upon
them, gave each man i 1
good wishes sent them u thci wa>
Mrs. Sprout soon after came In an.
asked Ebenezer what ho had done Witl.
the money for the soldiers' dinner.
in apparent amazement be exclaim
ed: "Money! Did I not ask you what
It was worth to pick those bones, and
you said a shilling? 1 thought It little
enough, for the bones were pretty bare,
and I handed the men the money
from the till, and they are gone."
Mrs. Sproat could not find heart to
reprove her favorite son for this mis
interpretation of her words, and then
she, too, loved a joke, and 80, after an
Instant's glum look, she laughed and
said It was all right—Youth's Com
panion.
An«» Invent a Wagon.
"There are a good many anta of dif
ferent varieties on the lot at my coun
try place, near Covington, and last
year I began to make a systematic
study of their habits," says a contribu
tor to the New Orleans Times-Demo
crat "Near one of my flower beds Is
a colony of small red ants that are ex
tremely Industrious In collecting food,
and they frequently perform the most
astontshlng engineering feats In trans
porting heavy burduns to their home.
"Not long ago I watched a party of
about a dozen who had found the body
of a small spider and were dragging it
toward the uest The spider had hairy
legs, which stuck out In every direction
and caught on obstacles, greatly re
tarding progress. For several min
utes the ants tolled away with their
awkwurd booty and then stopped and
seemed to hold a council. A minute
fragment of dry leaf was lying on the
ground, and presently they all lay bold
and pulled the spider on top of It.
Then they seized the edges and slid It
along without difficulty."
The Advance of Time.
Tho age of man, wo are told, is three
score years and ten. Prom 25 to 40,
If tho health be good, no material al
teration Is observed. Prom thence to
(50 tho change Is greater. Pifty-flve
to 00, the alteration Btartles; still we
are not bowed down. In the earliest
periods of our life the body strength
en and keeps up tho mind; in the later
stages of It the reverse takes place,
and the mind keeps up the body; a
formidable duty this and keenly felt
by both. Such is time's progress.—
Scottish American.
The Carp la Very Bony.
People marvel at the mechanism Of
the human body, with its 402 bones
and 00 arteries, but man Is simple in
this respect compared with the carp.
That remarkable flab moves no fewer
than 4,880 bones and muscles overy
time It breathes. It has 4,820 veins, to
say nothing of Its 00 muscles.
The Worst of It.
Jack—Tom, I'm In a terrible fix. I'm
engaged to threo girls.
Tom—Well, that*s not exactly a crime.
Jack—No; that's tho worst of It. If
It were, I could go to prison and have
some peace.
To Improve tho golden moment ot
opportunity and catch the good that is
within our reach Is tho great art of
life.—John son.
If a woman tries to practice what
her husband preaches, she has no time
for gossip.—Chicago News.
lineotiraglng,
"Keep right on shooting, little boy.
I don't mind the noise one bit."—New
York Journal.
unlet Hostility.
"Pa, what Is quiet hostility?"
"Quiet hostility, little Jim, Is tho way
In whleh, when I decline to give you a
nickel, you sneak around behind my
chair and make faces." —Chicago Rec
ord.
Hot For Ittna.
McGulre—French fried potatoes, Is
It? Nlverl I have nayther th' money
nor Inclination ter Indoolgo in lm
por rted dcllcooalea! Kansas City In
dependent.