VOL XXXIX
Great After-Holidays J
Clearance Sale 11
AT
Miller's
J We have just finished up to the Holidays by far the !arg- R
est business \sc have ever had. Now for the after part ol the B
season —we w*nt it to equal or, if possible,. surpass the fere- I
part. W are aware most shoes for winter are sold before the H 1
Holidays, but we are ijoing to offer inducements which anyone
who is thinking of buying footwear the next two or three
months cannot aflord to miss. We are determined to turn
every pn'r <>t boots and shoes in this store into money between
now and spring.
Greatest Bargains Ever Offered in Butler.
January 10 we commence to take stock. We want to re
duce our -took before that time, and from now till then we i
aie •> sell gods regardless of cost. Our immense trade I •
nect ssifated us carrying a very large stock, which must now ■
Le -u ne«l i to noney. These are all clean, new goods, bought F
this winter for spot cash and made by the very best manufac- I
turers in the ruuntry; they came in all the different- materials B
and nia e after the very latest and prettiest new designs.
; EVERYTHING MUST GO.
S ; s ii- a genuine after Holid «ys cle .ranee sale, and will w
hi i: every pair of boots and shoes in this store is turned E
into n» tie.-. It includes everything in the line of footwear — I
women's fine and every day footwear, men's fine and every
!"> t>* or, boy's, girls' and infants' fine rnd ever; day
.... j All in.' -1 go; do not wait till you are nejding them. .
|j come a' »-nte. as the best are always picked out first.
2. Two Large Bargain Counters. 2.
We h tve put up two larj;e bargain counters; have gone I
through t.u t- stock, picked out all lines which were short some
and have put them on these counters at a fraction of what
it cost to make them
NOTE FOLLOWING PRICES
Which are only a few of many great bargains we
One lot of the well known Herrick (3.00 shoes for ladies—s3 00
stamped on sole—go at 24
Ont lot (sizes slightly broken) of the $3 50 Delsa:te thoes for ladies -
?3 50 stamped on sole—go at 169
The above two well known makes come in enamel, box calf, patent
leather and vici kid; light or heavy soles and button or lace.
A lot of Men's box toe shoes, made for drillers and tool dressers, go at $1 24
A lot of Men's gr>o«l solid every day shots, tap sole, pegged, buckle
or lace, »0 »t 98c
A Irt of Men s fire show in vici kid or c«lf, were $> 50 and Si 75,
n«w bo at ... ?. 1 15
Afft of Mf'V fine shoe-- in caH skin, lace or Congress, were |i 25
an ! 50, now go a* 95c -
A lot of VV'.men's eveiy calf skin shoes, were fi 00 and fi 25,
no- go at ...*. 65c
A lot of Mioses' calf skin shoes, were $ oo now go at 50c
FELTS AND RUBBERS AT A SACRIFICE.
The weather man telh us the hardest of the winter is yet to come, and
far <vJ4
li*ve h«a a very 1 *rge on tiles- g.joas, w>i «»r= imncme
nniount of felts an-' rutJbcra. we bought lout fall w - -ire still r,ver-lo«<W., so
we have decided to lose monty on every pair of rubbers and felt boots sold
from now until every pair is gone. Following are a few of the prices they
wi'l go at:
Men's fell boots fit with good ove'rs—whole outfit go at $1 35
lien's felt boots fit with good snagproof overs—whole outfit go at I 75
Biy'.s felt boots fr with good overs go 5t..... $r 15 and 1 35
Men's first quality gum boiti, kind with rough tip on toe, go at, 2 to
Men's storm king high top gum boots, first quality, go at 2 40
Hoys' good first quality gum boots, rough tip on toe, go at 1 50
Women's gum boots, first quaJity, go at I 00
GREAT BARGAINS IN EVERYTHING IN LINE
OF FOOTWEAR AT
* C. E. MILLER'S *
jMrsJ. E. ZIMMERMAN.I
j 1 18 th Semi-Annual j
:; Sacrifice Sale, I
I ;lur Ssnii-AtiDiial Sacrifice Sale Takes Place as Usualx
;; Begirjiag Wednesday, Jan. Bt!i, and continuing 4
; 1 Tbrongliotit the entire month of January, O
{ > The many inquires we are receiving daily asking if we in-X
( to have our sale testifies to the popularity of these Sacri-X
< Sales among our many patrons who have been benefited by jC
. .attending them in the We are anxious to make this saleV
the biggest success of all previous sales, and shall do so byjt
offering our goods at prices you connot resist. We cannotjr
quote all prices—only a few — consequently it will pay you toV
' 'make us a personal visit. O
4 •«■ I Wraps, Suits and Furs.
< O TIOO | Waists, Wrappers and Dressing Sacques.#
j All Dress Goods, Silks and Satins. j
. I . ■ ( All Muslins, Calicoes and Ginghams. j
( • j Underwear, Hosiery and Gloves. J
' Oil/ aces ' SmbioideriescSr Dress Trimming?,^
< ► 1 I IvvO will AH Blankets—woolen and cotton. A
1 All Lace Curtains and Portiers. Cf
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' 'Sale begins WEDNESDAY, JANUARY Bth, 1902 V
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' 125 W. Jefferson, Bntler, Pa.
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• A Story of the Bull Ring #
& In llexioo. &
| By AMY MINCHER PARISH £
La Fiesta de San Juan was at Its
height. Guanajuato was turning out
from its serpentine streets, close built
and ill smelling, its hordes of human
ity, from the family of the Goberna
dur, handsome, well dressed and mod
ern. down to the swarms of beggars,
with sightless eyes and deformed
limbs, bearing in their bodies the mark
cf Mexico, with her dark past.
The whole movement wa< toward the
l'resa. the upper town, where the aris
tocratic element had by a natural law
t.; .i ■ ipriated to itself the better air,
j, :i! : n suiwiiine and flowers, clean
v. :■! v and fresh breez s. seem * against
the < • present dread of typhus.
I: -<■ voirs supplying the city with
wa' :• gave the location its name, ana
now. t:i the rec rrence of his birthday,
St. John, the ystle of healing wa
ters. was to cleanse the city. The
£ i were to be opened and the presas
v, . • to empty their tio d into the now
r. dry rive. bi d. enrryi v' with it
In a !>:el rush to the I.ag '! years
ace •:au!at!t:n of ase a: d del is.
Tlie wealtti a'i i ultra fashion were
out wii : I--1 hi s of
(1 • <! s- ::us dividing the atten
-1 ii tii.- ;i._i.uresque venders of
Lj j uulees or sweets, impossible
gyrating monsters, ear splitting whis
tles and rattling devil's boxes, wildeap
little urchins wliw played cart wheel
and leapfrog or did tricks for centavos.
Hut the crowning event was to be the
annual bullfight, in which, instead of
professional matadores, young cabal
leros. men of high social rank, were to
contend for the honors bestowed by
the fair hand of the qucm of beauty.
Great preparations had been made
for this special function, and long be
fore the appointed hour the rose gar
landed old unphitheater, where since
the days of Cortes man and boast had
met In an uninterrupted series of un
equal combats, was filled to overflow
ing.
011 one side rose tier upon tier of
dark eyed senoritas, closely guarded by
ever watchful senoras: on the other
side young bloods (haciendados), with
the tightest of trousers and broadest
of sombreros, heavily loaded with gold
and silver trappings, here and there
one in tailoring from the latest Pari
sian models, for everything French is
undeniably dear aad desirable to the
Mexican heart.
While awaiting the arrival of the
queen of the fiesta the audience cen
tered its attention upon two men in
their midst—Philip Carter, the energet
ic, elegant American, whose homage to
the royal Isabella during his few
weeks' sojourn In Guanajuato had al
ready given him notoriety, and Senor
Enrique Costillo, a recognized suitor,
even now "playing the bear" for her
fa vor.
The pros nee of the latter, one of the
best of thi ir senores matadores, in the
audience, signifying that he was to
have no part in the fray, was causing
evident comment among his friends.
They could not know how the weary
-•waiting for a signal trom tils love, the
zealous Ot- otion newly stimulated by
a demon of jealousy born of Carter's
evident favor with the girl, the very
ardor of !.:s passion had consumed his
strength ' > such an extent that he
knew betn r than to trust his future to
a hand that trembled if but in the pres
ence of her he loved.
But the Seuorita Isabella's royal
beauty as she now sat enthroned in the
midst of her maids of attendance, the
lovely face with its brilliant eyes peep
ing from the meshes of exquisite lace,
the hand wrought mantilla without
which no queen of the bullfight is
regally arrayed, lips ripe and red as
the heart t.f a pomegranate, were fast
arousing In him the desire to bring
upon himself not the mere smile and
victor's wreath, the applause of tha
audience, but a tribute to daring that
should carry with it herself and her
love. '
What did she want of the love of a
gringo?
Because she had lived in their coun
try a few months did she know them
with their heart of ice? Did think
her lover tropical enough to warm a
home in the north into any semblance
of her country?
He had felt so unnerved, so wearied
with the pacing to and fro in heat and
cold, day and night, in front of her
dwelling, walking where she walked,
waiting where she rested and seeing
the smile that belonged to him by ev
ery precedent of their race given to a
l>ig Americano, a gringo from over the
line!
But jealousy, strong as death in
Mexico, can also give strength.
Two bulls had already been slain,
and the third had dangling from his
shoulders sis gnyly decorated bande
rilias, or sharpened goads. Furious and
snorting, lie was waiting to attack the
red cloth, this time to his death, when
a shout, lost in a roar of fear, sounded
far up and down the city.
A man, placing his hands on the bar
rier dividing the attdieuce from the
arena, had as deliberately leaped over
it to death as a schoolboy to play.
Snatching the red rag, he approached
the maddened beast, who was pawing
the ground, bellowing with pain and
anger, gathering his fury for a final
Charge upon those who dared to so tor
ture him.
The noise of the audience died into
appalling silence as it recognized Don
Enrique.
There was no time for conjecture as
to the cause for his action. Ili.s fate
Would -be decided in one moment of
time.
When within two feet of his victim,
Sir Toro closed his eyes in a murderous
lunge, while the man from whom En
rique had taken the red cloth made a
dash for safety behind the grating.
But there was hot blood in that sou
of the south, too, and the red tlag of
jealousy iiad flaunted itself in his face,
and the audience with wonder saw
him skip to one side safe, and before
the bull could recover from his disap
pointment leap from the side into the
Very embrace of death.
Two arms clasped the animal's
throats like bands of steel. The as
tonished beast lunged and tossed In a
vain endeavor to free himself. The
goads bout and snapped, dropping one
by one.
Then the dazed people woke to a re
alization of this bit of daring, and
groans and hurrahs rose again aud
again from 15,©00 throats as those two
struggled in an encounter uifheard of
before in the history of bullfighting.
But never since the days of Ursus
has jealousy or desire for revenge, nor.
love even, matched human arms with
the strength of a bull, and Enrique's
grasp must surely weaken.
To drop now w#a certuto death b«-
neath the angry hoofs which had paw
ed the ground so that man and beast
were of the earth's color.
Then the young seiior who, in the
role of niatadore, was to have dispatch
ed this bull, came to his work with a
coolness hardly less notable than En
rique's daring, and braving the usual
disgrace of attacking the bull when
not charging approached the pawing
animal, watched his chance and point
ed the sword.
The bull, seeing a.more feasible en
emy. charged to his own death. For,
opening the fingers so that the hilt
rested in the palm of his band, Don
Enrique so steadied it that the onward
impetus of the animal forced the kee®
blade into the very arch of the aorta.
One moment, as if daring even this
r-' 1
(• i;e g:>ve a bound over the
neck a'ighting 011 his feet, walked
f, :>r<! t<i tli • qiv-en t > receive the re
w: ' ft r his daring f r her sake.
'! !:.• crowd roared and how'-d and
y; 1:' in its excitenieiit. Beautiful
pi;•:> s *1 ed or*" tli ir silken shawls,
th- '• ' rs: < rs. hats canes and
b i's tiv the thousands came
it v r into the arena.
• v < all 'h 'eding. He
u- - 1 • eh: • • more. Sure
-1 -• • w h jl done it for her
...k her American lov
. e done as much?
. even as she placed the crown on
his brow with hands that trembled and
with eyes shy and beautiful he saw
that she, too. had seen Carter rapidly
threading his way to them between
the benches.
"Querida mia." Enrique whispered
as her eyes dropped to his. Hut he
knew the sudden flush that dyed her
face from throat to brow was not born
of that endearment.
That evening old Don Jose, the land
lord of the Hotel del Jardin, met Don
Enrique coming from Philip Carter's
apart mejits.
"No esta aqui." said the old man.
"lie is nit lure. His American seno
rita and her father came for him this
morning, and they have just taken
themselves away on the train."
The disappointed anger on Enrique's
face did not lessen any.
"I have left 11 remembrance for him.
When lie returns, he will find it, and
do you tell him Enrique Costillo left
it."'
"Diablo!" said old Don Jose when he
found Enrique's dagger driven to the
hilt through the covers of Philip Car
ter's bed.
Two weeks later he received word
from Carter to forward his traps to the
office of the Mexican Central.
Possibly Carter considered that in
Guanajuato there was nothing of suffi
cient interest' for the American girl
who was to be his wife. —Vogue.
The End of the Benn.
Heau Nash, like Beau Fielding and
■Beau Brummel, was to expiate his con
temptible vanity in an old age of ob
scurity. want and misery. As lie grew
old lie grew insolent and seemed insen
sible to the pain he gave to others by
his coarse repartees. He was 110 lon
ger the gay, thoughtless. Idly industri
ous creature he once was. The even
ing of his life grew cloudy, and uoth
ing but poverty lay in the prospect be
fore him. Abandoned by the great,
whom he had so long served, he was
obliged to fly to those of humbler sta
tions for protection and began to need
that charity which he had never re
fused to any and to learn that a life
of gayety finds an inevitable end in
m'sory and r^cret.
A new generation sprang up to which
Nash was a stranger, llis splendor
gradually waned. Neglect filled him
with bitterness, and he lost thereby
the remainder of his popularity. His
Income now became very precarious, so
that the corporation voted him an al
lowance of 10 guineas, to bo paid him
on the first Monday In each month. He
long occupied a house known as Gar
rick's Head, subsequently occupied by
Mrs. Delaney, but he died In a smaller*
one near by.—Nineteenth Century.
AlliKiitorN find Crooodile«.
Alligators, according to the lato Pro
fessor Cope, belong to a much more
modern genus than that of their cous
ins tiio crocodiles. No undoubtedly ex
tinct species of alligator has ever been
discovered by geologists, but those ani
mals are fast being exterminated at
the present day on account of the val
ue of their hides. Alligators are found
in China as well as in North America.
The crocodile exists in Africa, south
ern Asia and northern Australia. The
crocodile differs from the alligator in
preferring salt water to fresh and in
being more vicious in its disposition.
Smokliiß I'nder Water,
Says an expert swimmer:
It looks very strange to see a man go
under water with a lighted cigar in his
iuouth, smoke calmly at the bottom
and como to che surface with the cigar
burning as nicely as if ho were smok
ing in his easy chair. Apparently he
defies all natural laws, but of course
he doesn't.
It is a simple trick, but it requires
practice. Just as I throw myself back
ward to go down I flip the cigar end
for end with my tongue and upper lip
and get the lighted end in my mouth,
closing my lips water tight arouud it.
A little slippery elm juice gargled be
fore goiug in prevents any accidental
burning of the mouth. Going slowly
down backward, I lie at full length on
the bottom of the tank and blow smoke
through the cut end of the cigar. Just
as I reach the surface again another
flip reverses the cigar, and there I am
smoking calmly. The reversing is done
so quickly that nobody notices it.
Japanese Feru llalln.
The lack of success of which some
people complain in the care of fern
balls is duo probably to one of the fol
lowing causes: Either a cheap and
worthless ball was purchased or it has
not boon kept properly damp, says
Home Notes.
It is no good to give the fern an oc
casional soaking and then let It get
bone dry. It must be kept steadily
damp. A good plan is to put up a hook
over the sink in the butler's pantry and
to hang it there to drain after its daily
tub. The daily tub of lukewarm water
is necessary for the well being of a
fern ball kept in the dry air of a living
room, and care should be taken to se
cure it a place where it will have plen
ty of light, but little or no sunshine.
Even in the hottest weather it should
not be kept out of doors, aud drafts,
be It remembered, will ruin It.
Hl* Idefi of it Sermon.
Robert Morris, a man celebrated for
the part he took in the American Rev
olution, was once asked by Dr. Rush:
"Well, Mr. Morris, how did you like
the sermon? I have heard it highly ex
tolled." "Why, doctor," said he, "I
did not like it at all. It is too srnootk
and tame for me." "Mr. Morris," re '
plied the doctor, "what sort of a ser
mon do you like?" "I like, sir," replied
Mr. Morris, "that preaching which
drives a man up into a corner of his
pew and makes him think the devil is
after hiiD."
| THE VOICE OF
j AN ECHO A =vir j
Out of the window of the old wooden
bridge, whose hooded tunnel threw a
dark bar across the moonlit mountain
stream, a man and a woman stood
looking into the pine clad amphithea
ter of the cliffs, which lay In stillness
beneath the spell of a September night.
The black hollow of the bridge, wit'*
its one moonbeam sharp across the
fionr, contrasted u irli the awful splen
dor of the granite gorge, buttressed
" • nacled in every rising tier, un
. . • tlood of ghostly light, and if
i: ily object of the couple in coming
e was to see the view they were
1.-.ply repaid. From their conversa
on since they left the hotel, which
now lay behind them hidden by a
fringe of the forest, it would have been
difficult to say that this was not their
only object. The small talk of ac
quaintanceship, friendship and even
love is within certain limits and among
-people habituated to eafh other's con
ventions practically indistinguishable.
Frequently it is difficult to deci'le why
the degrees should be of so much con
sequence to the parties.
It was knowledge of the world and
the good temper of experience that
kept Mrs. Ilugonin and Arthur Kiu
naird 011 perfectly unruffled terms with
each other. The conviction that he had
long ago forgiven her, gratifying as it
otiee had been, was now of such long
standing that it had become confused
with her earlier and less justifiable
conviction that he ultimately would
forgive her. Thus secure in vindica
tion. the lust for which the dying Eve
bequeathed to all her sex, Mrs. Ilu
gonin could without the slightest re
flection upon her widowhood accept
once more the companionship of a man
who tolerated life as comfortably as
Arthur Kinnaird. The imminence of
the climacteric which she knew to be
threatening him was not to be read
from his figure. His step, was alert,
his cheeks were bronzed, his tastes
were rational, and what more could
he desire?
She pushed back her dark hair under
its somewhat youthful cap, and, lean
ing her elbows on the ledge, gazed
without speaking at the haunted delile.
Kinnaird gave a little laugh behind her.
"Margaret," he said, "upon my word, it
seems as if we were boy and girl
again."
"Why, particularly?" she asked,
without turning l:er head.
"Oh, all this summer," he replied.
She did not ask liini to be more ex
. plicit. "It is certainly an ideal place,"
she said with a half sigh. "Yet it is
foolish to say that the beauties of na
ture restore one's youth. One may feel
young again, but one is not really any
the less dispassionate."
"I am not so sure of that," said Kin
naird. "I should i'Ue to argue the point
with you—if it could be argued."
"You men are all alike," said Mrs.
Ilugonin with an inconsistent shrug of
'her shoulder. "You give up. to logic
what was meant for conversation."
Kinnaird stroked his mustache
thoughtfully for a momunt. "And so
you think me dispassionate?" he ob
served.
"You?" said Mrs. Ilugonin, turning
with a dtrllgUtful laugh. "Why. Ar
thur, there isn't a sentiment or a con
viction to whose support society could
order you to contribute!"
"If you mean that," he said slowly,
"it is quite as I feared."
"As you feared?"
"You still believe me capable of as
much mistaken self control as I once
was. And," he added calmly, "1 don't
wonder."
Though there was no bitterness ap
parent in his tone Mrs. Ilugonin was
startled. "Really, this is unlike you,
Arthur," she said gravely, but yet with
a sense of amusement. "You petulant
with your past? You provoked with
your recollections? Indeed, I have
mistaken you."
He laughed, but gently. "Come," he
said, "you have no right to be ironical.
Though 1 once let you go, it was be
cause I thought you wished to be re
leased."
"Upon my word, Arthur,'fc said Mrs.
Hugonin, "I did not know you were
serious or I should not have taken this
as a joke."
"I am entirely serious."
"Really?" said Mrs. Hugonin, and
she spoke with some irritation. "I
thought all had been forgotten and for
given years ago." Then she drew her
self up proudly. "Can it be that after
all this time you have conceived the
childish whim of forcing me to a—to
an apology?"
"No—hardly that."
"I am ready to make it," she went
»n. "But if 1 do" —
Kinnaird moved to the window he
fide her and laid a hand on her arm.
"You are much mistaken," lie said, in
the undisturbed voice \yhich so pro
voked her. "You must indeed think
that 1 am taking leave of my years. I
never had much vanity, I think, but
what 1 had when I was younger I nev
er made a pet of. Look over there at
the rocks, and what do you see?"
"Rocks —and moonlight. But, Ar
thur"—
"The rocks make me recollect," he
went on, unheeding," ."that one day
when you were about seventeen you
and 1 climbed Lone mountain together.
And when we reached the ravine you
insisted oil going first, and I let you.
Now, I did that because I reflected that
If you fail I could catch you."
"Well?"
"You see, that was my first mistake.
1 should have gone first and made you
sling to my—pardon me—coattails."
"Very likely," said Mrs. Hugonin,
half laughing. "But I can't think it
does us any good to talk it over now."
"After that," said Kinnaird. pursu
ing liis- subject, "1 acted consistently
on the tunc mistaken theory. And
when it ratne to the question of giving
you up ( thought always of you first.
That was why I gave you tip—which
you naturally considered a weakness."
It did not escape Mrs. Ilugonin that
a dormant weakness of her own was
Reviving under the continued stress of
this absurd conversation, :i weakness
for sentiment. But it was checked by
her vexation with her fried for break
ing their tacit understanding, and I«y
the feeling of hal.<" contemptuous pity
that stole over hot as he sp< ke.
Were she a man, slit thought, she
would never confess at forty to the in
competence of t wenty-iive. That Kin
naird did so. but absolved her again.
Also, site reflected, she had had a head
ache yesterday, and there lobe it was
very lucky this conversation had not
hoen started yesterday or she would
have been much more provoked than
|lio was now.
"I shall not stop you." she said In a
half mischievous 1 one "Coon I won't
bo angry. You will perhaps uhiii' 'hat
if there is anything rankling it is as
Well for you to abuse me aud have it
over, even after all these years, whose
obituaries you have written."
"My dear, my darling," he said. hi»
hand clasping hers so quickly
that involuntarily her arm struggled
like a bird's wing to wrest itself away,
•'lt is well for me to tell the only wom
an I ever loved that I love her still and
do not mean to let her go again."
"Arthur!"
"Margaret. I love you more than
ever."
"It is impossible!"
"I love you!"
"You cannot, cannot be in earnest,"
Fhe stammered. "Why, you have nev
er told me."
"Never—until now." he laughed. "I
learned something when I lost yon the
first time —my darling!"
"This," said Mrs. ilugonin, partially
recovering herself, "is folly, Arthur,
nii'l it is most unfair."
"Unfair." he said, "to want you for
my wife? \'o; you mean unfair to take
you tiff your guard. I will not quibble
with your words," he said, smiling.
"May the hour and the scene suggest
to you all that they will: may they
bring you back to it was twenty that
y. ii were—when it all happened! Mar
gi.r.t. when you were twenty-six I
went away from the eitv of all my
hopes, but before I turned my back on
it I did as many a refugee had done
ln-fore nit- I scaled up my treasures
and hitl them, and my store is where I
left it. That is why 1 want you to
marry me. All that I had looked for
ward to telling you—when you were
twenty—all that 1 had to say to you,
the secret hoard that I had been piling
up for our married life, is intact, and
now I want you to share it with me."
lie pa us d a moment and then went
011: "My dear. I have simply had to
wait: that is all. Hut, please heaven,
we will begin again."
Poor Mrs. Hugonin's breath came
and went, an unwilling messenger of
passion—or. tt might be. of sentiment
"Perhaps 1 was in the wrong," she
s.>i(t. "Hut why did not you think more
of yourself?"
"I am thinking of myself now," said
Kiunaird.
Suddenly, as Mrs. Ilugonin hung dis-
Uftcted and In doubt, the cliff before
them rang faint and sibylline with an
echo. It was the town clock of the vil
lage striking over beyond the trees.
They could not hear it, but, sent from
ledge to ledge in the still night air, it
struck silvery and remote ou the gran
ite facade. As it sounded they both
started, lie at its elfin suggestions, she
at its material reminder.
"Good gracious!" she exclaimed. "It
"is 11 o'clock;"
"It is," said Kinuaird.
"And we must positively go back to
the hotel at ouce. We are a scandal,
Arthur—and you know it, for I saw
you start too." She began to smile.
"I>o you see nothing in the augury?"
she asked.
"The augury?"
"We are two old fools," she said.
"Think of iny boy in his bed, Arthur.
"Think of my thirty years—be quiet, if
you please. I choose to be thirty for
formality's sake. It is only the night
and the moonlight. When 11 o'clock
strikes, we recollect that we ought to
be respectably at home. It is only an
echo. Ah. my dear old friend, we have
had our past, and it is over. Yours
has been unhappy, and I am, oh; so
very sorry! But you are contented
now and. what is more, you are kind
and strong—it is better as it is. Take
mo back to the hotel—and we shall be
w»m» vf uciinPS I**- figure-"
"I thought you said you had grown
old," said Kinnaird. "It is only youth
that refuses the echo."
And lie took her in his arms and kiss-
Id her.
Lord Kelvin's Inventive Eyeglass.
Soon after' Lord Kelvin had assisted
in laying the Atlantic cable, when he
was yet known as Sir William Thomp
son, his mind was greatly troubled in
devising some method for perfecting
the ordinary teli'graj)hic apparatus
used on overhead wires, as the old
method, or the one then in vogue, was
not suited for the varying currents
passing along the cables.
The laying of the electric current had
the effect of making them run together
In one bottom current, with surface
The difficulty which Lord
Kelvin had to overcome was to invent
a. means of clearly distinguishing all
ihe delicate fluctuations.
One day the great inventor's eyeglass
dropped off and swHing in front of the
magnet. The glass deflected its move
ments, and from this simple and unex
pected incident the "mirror instru
ment" was invented.
Incrednlons. Literary.
. . The Janitor—
'<£» [fejETi " ~ The parties in
'[ this room are
CX literati. I won-
Tl J d° r what that
J/jppuK'&bl means?
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i4f\. .V~—man—Maybe It
• V\' • k° v some
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\\ \V-yy make, I dunno.
f\. i »® ~ Detroit Free
* rV j Press.
After the Lec
-1 tare.
"Now, Molly, that
, that the devil
little girl is a good , s worge tLaQ
girl. She does not cry those who ulk
when she goes to bed, about him?"
I know." "Well, sub,
"But, mother, won't bit 'peuds 'pon
you turn the picture who doin' de
round? Then we could talkin'!" At
see her face and make lanta Constitu
sure." tion.
Betraying HI" licnorance.
"I am always putting my foot in it,"
said Mr. Cumrox sadly.
"What's the trouble?"
"I am always displaying the fact
that I have no taste or refinement.
Mrs. C. asked me which of two gowns
I preferred, and I immediately betray
ed my ignorance. 1 admired the one
which cost at least $75 less than the
other."—Washington Star.
Snfe Occupation.
Bridget, the pretty young maid of all
work employed in a Boston family,
confided to iter mistress when taking
service that she had lately become en
gaged to be married. She stated, how
ever, that she and Tim would have to
wait two years, and iu the meantime
she wished to be earning money.
When Tim made his first call one
evening, the family remarked that they
had never known so quiet a man. The
sound of Bridget's voice rose now and
then from the kitchen, but Tim's words
were apparently few and far between.
"Tim is not much of a talker, is he,
Bridget?" said the mistress of the
house the next morning. "I should
scarcely have known there was any
one with you last evening."
"Jle'll tail; more when we've been en
gaged :i while longer, I'm thinking,
in.. <1 little Bridget, "lie's too
basii. t i do anything but eat,
ma'am. \vt,' n he's wid me!"— Youth's
Com nan ion.
TOMATO FORCING.
Training to a Single Stem and Three
Stem Training.
Difficulties are to !*• met with In to
mato forcing which do not confront
the winter grower of lettuce, radishes
anil other plants which come to perfec
tion in spring and early summer. The
tomato loves light and heat, and to
compel It to ripen fruit during the
short, dark days of midwinter, when
its beautiful red globes are most at
tractive and command the highest
prices, requires the gardener's most
%gf lr
2i 1
TOMATOES TItAI>.'ED TO SINGLE STEMS.
careful attoution. Some of the requi
sites to success and methods used huve
been stated by the Geneva (N. Y.) sta
tion. as follows:
Tlie grower must have vigorous,
healthy plants to withstand the artifi
cial cotuliti.iiis of forcing iiouse life,
but he must injt feed his charges too
richly or too heavily lest his harvest
prove '.'nothing but leaves" until the
oncoming < f Florida grown tomatoes
makes his ripening crop a profitless
one. The problem he must solve is to
check growth sufficiently to cause ear
ly setting and ripening of fruit without
lessening the vigor necessary for a full
crop.
, Various plans are used by growers to
accomplish these purposes. Some set
the plants in limited amounts of soil to
retard their growth until fruit Is set,
then stimulate with commercial ferti
lizers or liquid manure, others limit
root development by growir 5 the
plants in pots or small boxes, aud oth
ers check the growth of the main stem
by leading out the first shoot Upon
each side.
From tests at the station mentioned
it has been concluded that single stem
training is clearly superior to three
stem training for winter forcing of to
matoes. The fruits on the single stem
plants are heavier and greater In num
ber for equal areas, so that the total
yield per square foot of bench surface
is decidedly larger. It was found also
that the amount of fruit ripened dur
ing the first sis weeks of fruiting Is
much greater for the single stem
plants, although in many instances the
first fruits ripened were upon the three
stem plants.
In comparing plants grown in pots
and on benches very slight differences
were found when the plants were
trained to single stem, but with the
three stem system retaining the pots
FIRST STAGE OF THREE STEM TRAIXINO.
seems to be a decided disadvantage, as
shown by the less number of fruits and
smaller total yield of plants thus check
ed in growth.
The Lorillard was the variety used in
all tests, as this is conceded to be one
of the best sorts for early winter forc
ing. The cuts show plants trained to
single stems and the first stage of three
stem training, together with the man
ner of pruning off part of foliage to
prevent too vigorous growth.
Corrent News and Notes.
The cabbage crop on the whole Is dis
appointing.
Prices for new broom corn are con
siderably higher than usual at this
season of the year, says Orange Judd
Farmer.
A clean, dry bed pleases the sheep.
An attempt is to be made to grow
East India mangoes on the Indian riv
er, Florida. •
Foreign buyers want good fruit.
Fumigation of trees under twelve
feet iu height is generally recommend
ed as the most effective remedy for
keeping San Jose scale in check.
Cut green bone has given better re
sults in egg production at the West
Virginia station than meat scraps and
meal.
It has been estimated that the Bab
cock milk test effects a saving of 5 per
cent of the butter fat of all the milk
and crearo handled by all the cream
eries.
RESISTANCE TO FROST.
A Study In Strawberries—Nine Strong
Varieties.
Throughout a large proportion of the
strawberry growing localities light
frosts often occur In the late spring,
killing a variable percentage of the
flowers and recently set fruit of the
strawberry. The injury from such
frosts appears first in the blackening
of the pistils, which occurs within a
few hours after the frost. Fruit upon
which the pistils have been injured by
frost either fails to develop or produces
a small berry of irregular form.
On tin 1 grounds of the Montana sta
tion it was observed that a consider
able variation prevailed in the resist
ant power of different strawberries to
frost.
In general it was found that Injury
to such fruits was confined to the
aeheues or seeds of the strawberry.
The pulpy mass or receptacle was in
uo case Injured, and the surface of the
pulp (lid not become blackened or show
any other changes which would indi
cate injury from the frost. The s eds
In varieties which suffered injury were
killed by the frost and rapidly showed
discoloration aud a decomposition of
No. 3
thilr tissues.
Upon studying thin sections of In
jured atul uninjured strawberries of
different varieties at the same Imma
ture stages of development it was
found that in those varieties which did
not suffer from the seeds were
more deeply imbedded iu the substance
of the pulp than was the case in those
varieties which were Injured. In thosa
varieties in which the seeds were so
deeply imbedded In the pulp that they
were protected from the frost by a lay
er of tissue the protruding styles or
tips of the pistils were killed by the
frost, as in the case of varieties where
the seeds were also killed. It was
noted h iwever. that, although the sur
face of the berry at first exhibited the
bla'-kened tips of styles, the fruit pro
ceeded with its development, and ulti
mately all trace of the Injury disap
peared.
In the varieties which were most
damaged by the frost the seeds were
most exposed upon the surface, and
they were least exposed in those varie
ties which suffered least. In general it
was found (hat a somewhat regular se
ries of gradations prevailed extending
from varieties which were uninjured
to those which were most damaged.
It was found during this study that
nine varieties of strawberries had es
caped all injury from the frost. These
v rieties were Bisel, Crescent. General
Putnam, Priuceton Chief, Parker
Earle. Robinson, Stevens, Shuster
Oem and Warfleld, all of which have
t?seeds deeply Imbedded in the pulp.
Varieties with short fruit stalks and
long leaf stalks are less liable to injury
from late spring frosts from the fact
that their flowers are to some extent
protected by the foliage.
It may be found upon further investi
gation that the conditions reported fop
Montana do not prevail in all localities.
CURING BACON,
Ctrrtnl Trimming, Scalding an*
Packing In Straw or Hay.
The hog having been properly fatten
ed and killed and the offal removed, let
the carcass hang until the flesh Is flrm
enough to cut well. Cut up as usual.
The first point of importance is to care
fully trim each piece, using a sharp
knife. Make the flesh side as smooth
as possible. There Is no waste In this,
as all the trimmings go to the lard or
sausage tubs. As far as possible try
to have the surface of lean meat. Rub
well and pack down. Use an ounce of
saltpeter and three to four pounds of
sugar to fifty pouuds of salt. Arrange
for drainage and cover well with salt
When well salted, which will be
within three or four weeks, according
to size of hog, hare a kettle of boiling
water and immerse each piece in this
for about one and a half minutes. This
will make a hard crust on the flesh side
and will also harden the skin, making
It almost impervious to insects, and
the scalding will destroy all insects
and fermentation germs that may be
on the surface. This I consider the
second point in Importance.
Then hang and smoke thoroughly
with hardwood sawdust, If can
be had. Oak of any sort is excellent,
because it is rich In pyroligneous acid,
which gives to smoke Its value as a.
preservative and also contributes Its
characteristic flavor to the meat. When
sufficiently smoked, scald again, rub
with black pepper and pack in boxes
with straw or clean, sweet hay, and
the meat will keep indefinitely. Hams
and shoulders should be salted sep
arately or, as is usually done, placed
on the top of the pile.
In the southern part of the state I
would stick a knife straight into the
joints of the hams and shoulders, let
ting out the sinuous fluid and filling
the hole and joint with salt I have
cured as nice breakfast bacon as any
person could wish* in the city of Gal
veston and In midsummer by packing
in salt for three days and scalding and
smoking In a sugar hogshead. These
sides were, when cured, about two
Inches thick. This meat was cured
more by smoke than by salt.
Every farmer Is supposed to know
how to both salt and smoke bacon.
The only points 1 insist upon as im
portant are the careful trimming, the
scalding and the storing in straw or
hay. The trimming destroys the favor
ite hiding and breeding places of dele
terious germs, whether animal or vege
table. The scalding destroys all such
germs on or near the • surface, and
packing in straw or hay prevents the
entrance of such germs after the cur
ing process is complete and protects
the bacon from atmospheric influences,
dust and mildew, as well as putrefy
ing germs and destructive insects.—A.
A. Pittrick, Texas, in Orange Judd
Farmer.
As to Respectability.
"What 1 said to her was the truth,"
she protested.
"Admitted," he replied.
"And the truth is always respect
able."
"Admitted again."
"And therefore should be welcomed."
"Oh, I don't know. Aunt Jane, who
has such peculiar ways, is the very es
sence of respectability, but I don't no
tice that she gets an effusive welcome
when she comes to visit us, although
w always speak well of her vlen she
Is absent."—Chicago Post
Preparing For m. Siege.
Father—Well, James, what do you
want for Christmas?
James—Let's see. In the first place,
I want a big house, and then-
Father (Interrupting him)— Dear me,
James, you just got a new house.
James I know, but that's nearly
full, aud I want lots of room for the
new things.—Brooklyn Life.
Blocking the Goulpi.
"Now, my dear," stdd Mr. Longhead,
"I want you to make the acquaintance
of all the neighbor women at once."
"Why, we're barely settled here," re
plied his wife. "What's your hurry?"
"So that you may tell them our true
family history. If you don't they'll be
spreading all sorts of stories about us."
—Philadelphia Press.
A Matter of Principle.
"Is you all gwine to hang up any
mistletoe dis Christmas?" asked Mr.
Erastus Plukley.
"Deed I lsn'," answered Miss Miami
Brown. "I'ze got a little too much
pride to advertise foh de ordinary cour
tesies dat a lady has a right to ex
pect."—Washington Star.
Lubrication.
Little Mary was discovered one day
by her mother vigorously applying the
oil can to the kitten's mouth. On be
ing reproved she replied, "Why, mam
ma. kitty squeaks so awfully when I
pull her tall!"
Postponed.
"What, boys! Fighting on Sunday?"
"This fight was to be pulled off yls
tlddy, but Jlmmle here couldn't git
town to weight!"— New York Journal.
Crusty Old Bachelor.
"Well, the child's getting Its teeth."
"Is it? What a pity a child doesn't
get its teeth first aud Its voloa after
ward!"— Puck.