VOL xxxix +%fX& 9SWXX g ASU F SURPRISE. S | The Hodern Store | S $ (P BIG BARGAINS -A hut we «:iy.ar.d th<- pr.blie unl.-r.-tanUs S U u(iw - lien we offer iipst i! v lines tliev will get them. Ladi»s' »nd Children's •* s '** • ' ' A *t snu.-b biifhw pr *9 1 i •..-s 'ltinent jj. exten-ive and yon «• p \h t nv lil-raHT if vox -xa:n«n- offerii : s t\ S B AYS* H savy Cotton HOS-J WLII >" A '* % with tb<» 1 ••• •> i" »'•}--•» sp'eJ:-;;-! val ies ion want .=t « "il'.wfH- r*,rt »et 'h> tn t,«> BlfOTitf -y \* Lari-es'and Children's Summer Underwear l-V* - '< •>* £ "• ?!-.'* -!• •»►>. •! •' 4--1- SlB Jn-t the. kiud M-a »v». ' f\ 11.•* :;d h' ■ < thit *h-»nM <•ly be m -to a?t<-i' the season *..-i over ,^ ?"' Lid s' Gloves Gulo-e K-d Silk.'Lisle. Fancy L-u»o We -how vn :v aj ji|. ! . • i ,1. ; - )K 1 'i . i.e joa ever saw. We are ;:ft« rlO :• (r'ov-T'l- and V»-have ck aid prices that will ««t it !5 ' sid v..n •.ill h;'.v -II th- vol wisb to ehoo-e from £t DON'T DEL\Y—OOME TO-DAY Kisltr-Mardorf Co., LA CCCTa KAH STREET ) riTH ~- . r. 1••* J & £ PHOMS- • //] Mail Orders Po!;citLd % POSTOFFICE BOX I M S OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON". BUTLER, VA. rll e (j rea te»t bZ v e r!) Mea'o and Ladies' Shoes that will help U3 to mvike new friends and hold our old ones. > i)oa't take our wordf>ri£, see the shoes. ) Opening- Day, May 17th. 5 f I ) Daubei\Bpeck Turner') ; ONE PRICE CASH SHOE STOBE, ( Next Door to Savings Bn qk, \ < , BUT LI: R, PA. ( U HUSELTOJS'S |!Suar hi <, M Th L'i;« .->* Sryles lA The early S^tamer p < lib sf jle 81l(K;8 J ' yd d-.« j.'u» vr >;vu k'iowu here now s-re fc - 'whether he needs r M No-'Not CJn.ly tine I-ndie»! / J We have low Shoes for Patc-nt Leather Bluchers ,\5 MEN, Patent Kid Bluchara 'J BOYS and Patent Calf Lace. GIRLS as well, The slickest lot of '* 1 B VUIE J loo.' Sho sin foily .States. A fi Take Yourf hoicet OME SIM |j Patent Leather Oxfords % Patent Kid Bluchers V 4 f A Vici Kid Colonials Take Your Choice K Velo'ir Calf Sembrich Ties p * rA ax Oxford Button LS| Welt Soles or Turn Soles ™« is y ° ot f . h '- ; n,v f 0 _ n Shoe Store in tow n f »_? r A /-C tO 5-3 uU. but it is the only plate as I « to buy the newest and smarttHt styles. J p A We jjet more style and more wear irto onr shots at a Riven L« [ S price th-ui any one else jou know of. jy J |t 1 Heavy Shoes for Fsnners and Mechanics made to stand a lot of wA, FA and scraping, hat GOOD LOOKERS and plenty of Umi J- v >s | I Huselton's. c 1 r m The most satisfactory n 1 Shoe Store in Butler. f A \m W' ML VVWWIFV 1 I I - .■ I. +XXJCXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX? g NEW WASH FABRICS. | A great collection of dainty, attractive and stylish goods for pr Waists and Snits Th'j styles and coloring are nrettier than ever and ri the fabrics more varied. W Fine Ginghams 10c and I2jc, Best « ''AC?XT [Hi fcjL I iyLK 1 1 / vL..N, . ' A CROO.I LOOK!NSR J ; } r • ar. J poor look | I: HURNTAS H THO j 'vj rst kind of a com j "Eureka | Harness Oil «j!k ] >..-nnirmakCTtheharnwamlUii IHK I > :•-'• ir.'.i: b.-tt«7. tjut na|["l the » *; 4 ~J :j it ordinarily would. /■& T T-'-, 1= 11. 5.:! FWT«TE! 1:- [J •■> r !>•,[ STANDARD 'ft 4 O,LCO ; /#■ \ O/re -v/ \ horses. \ y \ y Chance! jjjjfcjkji*' NSSd! i^y?\ CATARRH /%» In ail its stages. A^ Fn ,ri 3 s| Ely's Cream Ba!m4; \s£r CLESNRCA, SOOTHES AND HEALS I .IF THE DLAEAV*! MEMBRANE. It cures catarrh and drive j £ >a away a cold in the head QUICKLY. ( RT R.M BALM IS PLACED INTO THE NOSTRILS,SPREADS OVER T'. E MEMBRANE AND IS AL»-.ORBED. RELIEF IS IM MEDIA'':- AND a CURE FOLLOWS. IT IS NOT DRYING —DOES NOT PR XLUCE SNEEZING. SIZE, 50 CCATD AT DRUG GETS OR BY MAIL; TRIAI SIZE, 10 CCAT3. *&&. ~ *$- -."-S-■■- -- a f£ K j fl R|l L 1 x /- h v 2 \% k'3 Johnston's %} » 2 L %L 14 W Beef, Iron and Wine ki < f?J M fJ ft ... H M ™ M Bl'.fx! Purifier. & J »1 rrice . soc pint. ftfl fw Prepared and fi ***"**«■ yj n N li '4 Johnston s M | Crystal | fl Pharmacy, fj u & £ R. M. LOCIAN. I'd. G , i ManaKer - #J W A N. Main St., !: n •,I ~ jt * 'J -r w f Everything in the fc .. kj drug line. f4. ki *'* 3 1 » - We Guarantee ALL THE PAINT we sell ;ind the largest paint M'f "if Co. iu the worlil (The Sherwin- Williams Co.) stand back «( us in this guarantee. Doc-s that mean anything to <>.jr paint customers? You will f'.o well to consider this ptoposition. Estimates cliecrfully furnished. REbICK & GROHMAN, u*j N*. Main St., Cutler. Pa. Eugene Morrison GENERAL CONTRACTI NQ PAINTER and DECORATOR. Special attention fciven to FINE PAPER HANGING, GRAINING and I(\ RI)WOO D I'l NISHING. OflSiv and bliop, Rear of Ralston's Store, Residence No U9 Cliff SI. People's Phone 451. EYTH BROS' Big Wal! Paper Store, Next to Poaloffice Special bargains in Wall Paper, Window lilinds and Room Mould ings. Farmers find good accom modation and sati faction here. EYTH BROS., Formerly, C. P. McMILMAN, ;'l'hone4s3. 251 S. Main St. >.... •.•i.e.,? 1 f 05TI8AN | I v RENEGADE I "J* f, By Ewan Macrherson | :?• >5 COPYRIGHT, lMt, HT <5 £ i. U.4.V MACPHEItSOy "Of all the cowardly desertions cf principle I ever heard of in my life, Costigan"— "Oil. you don't know what you'ro t:tU;ng about, run;:." Costigan retorted, jamming his fcot hard against the t.:. f the window sill and using the vei-.ge cf it to tilt his chair back on 11.- il 1 rs. "Just you wait." r stlgaii was really taking the "call ii.g down" cf his friend very patiently r ( . r ;l dan with the reputation of a uaiper. You might account for this i ;;t!e::ce, if you chose, by the In timacy between the two that had grown up in nearly three years of com n. :i detestation of the average board ■ house, in dining together seven e. - every week at restaurants chosen by common consent, and In the oceu psnon of furnished rooms in the same house, where they contended with the landlord as one man. Lastly—here was the most important ?! :>i - they had long since talked over together the great question of woman's proper place In the order of things and had cordially agreed that it was nowhere. Naturally. Muller feit aggrieved when he caught Costi gan twice strolling in shady places with a blooming, brown haired young member of the reprobated sex. whose eyes had a dangerous way of smiling at one without losing a certain sug gestion of sadness. Muller waited a minute to ruminate on the possible hidden meanings of his friend's last saying. Then he veered around and with more asperity of tone and manner said: "If I don't know what I'm talking about, why in thun der don't you put me right? Is she a typewriter?" "I regret to notice In you of late. Muller. an unpleasant use of vulgar slang. No, you did not get it from me. I avoid all—all such marks of-of toughness." "That is, you have been trying to for the last three weeks—since you got stuck on thi. typewriter." " "Typewriter' is not a description of any class of woman. It is the name of u machine. The lady you refer to is a typester. I met her—found her in a large insurance office down town." "And after all you have said about women an-.! marrying and all that sort of tiling you went and fell in love with her, and— Oh. Costigan!" "I repeat. Muller, that you don't know what you are talking about. Fate brought us together." "Whew!" Muller whistled aloud in consternation at these last words, as if to say, "Is it as bad as that?" And then, picking up the evening paper he had brou; .t into Costigau's room, lie retreated to his own. But man is at best a plaything of fate. Muller, the morning after thfs conversation, was troubled and dis trait. Ili fellow clerk at the office remarked that he looked "dopy." The senior office boy and factotum, who had his own way of Interpreting signs, grinned and whispered that Mr. Muller must have fallen in love, and he even succeeded in spreading that view of tin- situation. And when Muller went out to "get a 1 ■ to" be picked things up from the In eh counter in an indis criminate way thpt made the attend ants stare at him. At last he turned away fro: i the counter blindly and ran into Hit! person who happened to be standing next behind him; and, 10, it was it woman! "I —I beg your pardon," he began. In expressibly humiliated by the necessity of apologizing to one of that sex. He took refuge in a stooping attitude, col lecting sandwiches from off the tiled floor. The inopportune female was down there just as fast as he was, only she was laughing. "Don't mention it" — laugh—"accidents can't always be"— more laughing—"l believe you've taken my sandwich by mistake. Mine was bee—bee"— The rest was lost In a hopeless outburst. With about fifteen people waiting to Set at that particular part of the coun ter which they were obstructing, and several dozens more watching and thoroughly enjoying the proceedings, Muller felt that he could not bear to remain on that tiled spot crawling about iu search of demoralized sand wiches. lie got up and faced the enemy. He recognized her. She was "the woman"—she who had entrapped Costigan—Costlgan's "typester." "Iteally, I'm extremely sorry for hav lig got in your way, Mr. Muller." She had bis name pat. That renegade Costigan must have told her all about him. It was a splendid opportunity for Muller to display the courage of Ids convictions. The convictions were there, but the courage was not to be found. He could only stammer; "Oh, not at all. All my fault. You must let uie get you some more beef— was it beef sandwiches you said?" riien IK? said within his heart that he was a liar and a hypocrite and that Ids moral degradation had begun as soon as lie had run Into this woman. For her part, she actually seemed to enjoy the adventure, which struck Muller as downright brazen. "You lee, I happen to be in u laughing mood today," she had the Impudence to say, and she went on to ask him a dozen questions about Ids acquaintance with Costigan—how long It had lasted, and whether they had ever met before Mr. Costigan came to New York. "No," he said: "we only met by chance about three years ago. Wo thought we had ideas in common." There was a strong emphasis on the word "thought," which Muller meant to be very Impressive. He made a poor pretense of eating, but the same cowardly regard for con ventionalities which had forced him to apologize for upsetting her sandwiches drove him on to offer to walk with her In the direction of her office. And that was how It came to pass that the head Office boy saw them and made un usual haste to get back to the office to tell that he had «een her. "Yep. She's a pencil, 1 tell you. They come all the way from Tabster's together." Nor was the head office boy tiie only person who saw Muller in that short transit. When he entered the office, his desk mate was there to receive him. "Muller, I want to beg your pardon for saying you were dopy this morn ing. 1 j»ee it was something more re speetablc, by a long shot." "I don't know what you mean," said Muller, iti u tone that seemed to bode war. But hostilities were prevented by the arrival of a caller for Mr. Muller. Muller went out from the Inner offlee In a mood to make u most uuf« SUTLER PA.. THURSDAY, MAY 22, IPO2 able iiaorcssion on any chance visitor. It was Costigan. "Oh. ! saw you," said Costigan. "Now what have you got to f-ayV" "You saw us. did you? W« 11, what I have to say is that this young per son got tip so close In hind me that I couldn't move without spilling a pint of coffee over Sr.*. r." "Yes; but it was all your fault, you know. Mtilier. You said so yourself. Never mind. old man. You're forgiven. When I you, yon two looked so nffectloitnte that it seemed a pity to interrupt." Just then the first assist ant oifice hoy came out witli his ears pricked and caught a few words, which were duly reported a minute later. "I was coming, anyhow, to ask you a l'avor." "A favor," replied Muller. fearing the worst. "Y'es. 1 told you you didn't know what you were talking about. Why didn't you wait and let me tell you last night'- Do you know what made me join you In your hostility to the sex? Come over here and listen. My wife—yes, I thought you would start— my wife and I quarreled four years ago. We were divorced, and I was afterward told she had married anoth er man. who—who isn't worth talking about.. Now, don't you understand? Why.'she has been here in New York, typing, for months and months. I found her by a mere accident—just like your running into her. She never married anybody else, and never would. She's going to marry me again, and you are going to l>e my best man." Muller went back into the inner of llce smiling so sweetly that he was saluted with a general grin, but he held his peace. When he went to "the old man" to see about getting away early, he was met with: "Certainly, Mr. Muller. I'.ut why tlil» suddeni.ess? Why couldn't you have let it out soon er?" It was very embarrassing to him to have to explain that he was going to be groomsman, not groom—this time. The Red llopting Coat. It is said that out- of the early Hen rys was so enamored of the sport of fox hunting as to ordain it to be a royal sport, and the red coat was worn in consequence. This, however, has been pointed at as absurd, as in those days scarlet was itot a roval livery at all. One thing tin re can >e no doubt a! out. and that is tue sc.irlet coat Is very popular for those who hunt reg ularly, and it must *>a confessed that it adds pieturesqueness to the scene. The question of color seems to be very much a matter of taste. It is looked upon as an indication of social position. In the abstract any one can don the pink if so desired, but it is con sidered out of taste to adopt that color if one does not liberally subscribe to the hunt fund. The black coat Is con sidered out of taste to adopt that color and the ordinary mufti garment for those whose subscription is very small indeed.—Loudon Standard. Gum Cntherlnfir. In Yucatan the gathering of the fa mous chicle cliewing gum is an occupa tion apparently full of romance, not unattended with considerable danger. Bauds of men, known as "chleleros," go into the deep forests, under ex perienced leaders, armed with heavy knives of fpeeial make, pails and ladles for the sap, and each provided with a strong rope more than eighty feet long to l>e used in climbing the lofty sapota trees from which the gum is procured. The sap flows from gashes cut in the bark. A camp of cliieleros where the sap is boiled resembles in tome respects on American maple <*ugar camp. After months of work tiie cliieleros return from the forests laden with bricklike blocks of aromatic gum. The finest gum, known as "slcte." Is collected from the fruit of the sapota, mostly by the native wom en, and is seldom exported because it Is too well liked at home. Making Fondant. An experienced candy maker advises that there should be nothing boiling on the stove (o throw off steam while sugar Is cooking for fondant and that in the summer season a damp, rainy day should not bo selected for the work. I'ncooked fondant Is much easier to make than the cooked, but needs to bo used at once to be satisfactory. Meas ure out water equal to the whites of tww unbeaten eggs. Beat the eggs to a froth, add the water and gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until there is a paste thai can bo handled. This fondant makes the base for unlimited combinations of sweets. Florence Mithlliiicnlr'a Ileal Name. The fact is but little known that the family name of Florence Nightingale was not originally Nightingale, but Shore. Her father was a rich Sheffield banker of the name of Shore and con nected with an old family which had boon in possession of land In the coun ties of Derby and York since the flf tceuth century. Mr. Shore assumed tlio name of Nightingale long after the birth of ids children and because he in herited tiie fortune and estates of his mother's uncle. There were but two children In the family, both girls. The eldest was named Parthenosse, be cause she was born In Athens, and this name was supposed to indicate her fa ther's profound admiration for the Par thenon. The younger, Florence, was also pamed after the city of her birth. The Iletort Judicial. When Judge' Barnard was on the bench and holding court in Poughkeep sie, a lawyer who did not like him Chanced to tee a one cent coin lying on »he floor. Picking it up and holding it forth in ostentatious display, he said: "I imagine, your honor, from tiie value of this coin, that it must belong to tiie court." "And I Imagine," replied Judge Bar nard, "that if It was not such a small coin the court never would have seen it."—New York Times. Hl* Sent. Mrs. Gaussip—l saw Mr. Stockson Bonds at tiie upholsterer's yesterday. 1 guess he's going to get married and furnish a home. Mrs. Malaprop—No; I'll tell you what took hi in there. I hear he bought a seat at the Stock Exchange last week. It was a secondhand one, and I guesa he wants It fixed up.—Philadelphia Press. Ilotv They firow. First Year—The biggest trout I ever Caught was a foot and a half long, and lie had a big fishhook In Ills stomach. Tenth Year- Did 1 ever tell you about the trout 1 once caught? It was over a yard long and had an anchor in his stomach.—New York Weekly. f«at c* II I p. "Did you catch your train last nightV" risked his employer of Sooburhs. "No," replied Sooburbs wearily; "It toad been gone about live minutes when I got to the station, and I didn't think It wan any use to try."—Ohio Stute Journal. ST. PETER'S IN ROME. It Tnket Many Vl.ito to Rcnltfe It. Va.tne*. unci Splendor. It is curious to watch the faces of people as they enter the great doors of St. Peter's at Rome and push back the heavy leathern curtains that keep out the noise and the air and find them selves in the presence of the most im pressive spectacle on earth, as Byron said: Majesty. Tower, Rlory, strength and beauty—all are aisled In this eternal ark of worship. It is easy to detect those who have never been there before and those who have bee ino accustomed to its mag nitude and porgeousness. It requires several visits to adjust the vision and the mliul to its colossal proportions and brilliant decorations and enable them to realize the vast:iess and the iK-auty of the scene. The more fre , quentiy you vadt St. Peter's cathedral the gs ;ter and the more beautiful it , heoouu - and after a time you are en abl ".1 to drink in with complete satis f. ii< •; the fullness of its area. Its al titude and its magnificence. The cost of tiie building up to date has, l.ei'ii more than S3G.OtKMKJO. and • t!. ■ • jtpet serf r.i'J t.lining it 1 is r.h ■ "O'l. An arc hitect and a |:n - f w..ie;i are always employ lid K- :ae Letter iu Chic., go Ileoord- I Hi-.-a id. I Spider. end Alcobcl. A student of natural history had been In tiie h 'bit of imtner ;"ng far preserva tion h'.s different specimens of spiders aid ati.s in bottles of alcohol, lie saw !. t they struggled for n few minutes, bid he thought that sensation was soon e.\ . jished and that they were soon free t '>ui suffering. (;II one occas xi he wished to pre re a la; f. male spider and twen ty our of her young ones that he had -ap' iteii He put the mother into a . utle i.r .ilcoh- 1 and saw that after a f.-w moments she folded up her legs upon la i body and was at rest, lie then put into the bottle the young ones, who. of eourse. manifested acute pain W! t v.::s his surprise In see the mother arouse In rself from her lethar gy. fhirt ariinr: 1 anfl gather her youns o. s to her bos- :n. fold her legs over them, again relapse Into Insensibility until at last de. ;li came to her relief and tiie limb", no longer controlled by this maternal v.stinct. released their grasp and bees,me dead! lie has never since repeated the experiment, tint has applied chloroform before immersion. The Pnmee.. The Purrees are sun worshipers., and it is an interesting sight to see throngs of tin m on the shore of the bey as the sun rises, apparently from the sea. performing the simple rites of their re!'rri"u, the fluttering robes showing their tine figures to the best advantage as the day begins. Their religious practices are simple In the cxtrt me. consisting mainly In strict dietary rules and personal cleanliness. The rigid observance of sanitary laws produces the natural result of perfect health among the adults large fam llit s of active, healthy children mil im mense numbers of old men, gray beard ed. white balred. but erect and prince ly in their gait and attitude despite the naturally enervating character of the tropical climate. Mfiril to Cla.slfy. A local wit was one day discussing the mental Incapacity of editors with the late 11. C. Bunner. "Now," said lie, "what do you think of this: I used to write serious and comic matter for a certain daily, which paid me S2O a column for the fiumor i ous stulT and ?I<> for the serious.' One day the editor asked me to mark my comic things 'O* nnd my serious sto j ries 'S' with a blue pencil, that he i might tell them apart. Wasn't that pretty rough on him?" "No." replied Bunner, with a smile and a twinkle in bis eye, "but it "was pretty rough on you." New York Times. rte-.'Agnized. "You had a piece in the paper this , mornin'," said the excited woman, | "about my husband kcepln' a savage i tlog. It ain't so." "Madam," replied the editor, "we ! didn't mention anybody by name in ! that item. We said 'a certain man in ! tiie west part of town.' " "That tits liiin to a T. You might just as well have mentioned his name. Everybody knows he's the cortniuest 1 man in that part of town, and he's the ; most contrary."—Chicago Tribune. The Indlse.tlhle Itanium. "Next to pork," says a physician, I "bananas are the most Indigestible thing a person can eat, and if you will j notice you will see them touched very sparingly by people with weak stom • nchs. If you can digest them, however, , nnd don't mind the offensive odor, they i arc very nourishing, and one can make ' a meal on them that Is in every way | equal to a substantial lunch of bread 1 and meat." I The Only Chance. Tliey Ilnve. "All Joshua wants," said Farmer •Corntossei's wife, "is a chance to show what he can dc." "Yes," said the farmer; "1 s'pose no. Josh Is one of those people who never i seem to get a chance to do anything except something they can't do."— j Washington Star. Afraid. "1 would marry that girl but for one thing." "What's that—afraid to pop the qucs- I tion?" "No; afraid to question pop."—New York Herald. As people grow older the worries that formerly affected them only at night begin to stay by them all day.—Atehl . sou (Lobe. TRIUMPHS OF SCIENCE. BrUfciflvenex* of the Implements of tl»«* ?.fotlern Lnlioralorf. 7he eye and the ear have long been regarded as marvels of mechanism, quite the most wonderful tilings In the I world. But eon.| : r'd with the Im j pleineiits of a | • .it day laboratory j the sen sit ivC'D' of a.I unman organs Ipe uis gro: i :.i h. A photographic j plate, coup!' d v. h a ti h • •ope, will ro- I vi a I the in'' i'c of ii.;;. of stars ! whose light «!o. i. !ah I '■ he retina ! In the least '1 he i..'.'i eo; ■ . ton. with I 1(9 revelations of thv v. : ; ■! r< <■!. i- j. i u i.ill i is a iv :-e of > alio l ..' ves of 1!. at j vi! i :i»> i.. '.. a.ilil lie\ er lia.e I.ten coiiseio tl' but '! e. 'i ear h ; . !•• vi- • i I. i olng lon around us I'y i 'fa i >ro rpboty ihe trend ct u C; s u:id* 111 e tIM { 11': •o ' i tr '■r h it -et : ,• Is ' vcrj * ue We ne< 1 a 'at i Mo" -:;.'tlt ,t :: tie' r on a tlier llioli.i';« r to m; ;'e :-y ereiice ill temp'rs.! lire Pt'ofe?.. or l.aiigley's lit tie bolometer will note the difference ot a millionth of a degree. It is two hun dred thousand times as sensitive as our skin.—Carl Snyder in Harper's Maga zine. Pnllinc From a Great Helßlit. It will be remembered that Mr. Whymper. who had a severe succession of falls once in the Alps, without losing his consciousness, declares emphatical ly that as he bounded from one rock to another he felt absolutely no pain. The same thing happens on the battlefield. The entrance of tiie bullet into the body is is t felt, and it is not till lie feels the bio. ! flowing or a limb paralyzed that the soldier knows he is wounded. Persons who have had several limbs broken by a fail do not know which limb is broken till they try to rise. At the moment of :• fall the whole intel- I. • i;.;l a tivity is increased to an ex tr.!'."diiiar; degree. There is not a : trace of anxiety One considers quick ly what wiil happen This is by no i : s th t 's:- aquence *f "presence of j mind." It is rather the product of ab j polute i;< ' Canity A s«>!: ::.ii composure !t; i.es pufsession cf the victim Heath | !s\ tab i> a tieautii'ul one. tirent I t!i - i'il the victim's soul They j fill: painlessly Into :t great blue sky Jt A ! * 11i 1:1 d. ; :,..i druggist has made the fo': ei:»>a of a musing missives t;.»i! have been sent to him from time to time: "1 have a cute pain In my baby's f: ummick. Phase give bearer some thing to cure it." "My little girl has eat up a lot of but tons Pba.se send a nemetie by the enclosed boy." "Dear doctor a deg btt ray child on the Itg please send some cork plaster and cutter eyes." "Pleas send by bearer one postal card Also kindly give bearer, my son. some licorice root." Dear d ctor wot Is good for tirefoy fever send some quick I got it." "Let my .lohny have a glas of sody waiter 1 \\:. l come myself but 1 a:u washing. P. S the ft cents is for the sody watter." "If you can till the enclosed prescrip t on for cents do so if not return by bearer." Ant. That Strllse. Certain kinds of black ants have lit tle yellow ants which do most of their work for them. Once In awbifr these little yellow fellows will go on strike, nnd the "blacks" try to force them back to work by cutting off their food supply. If that does not succeed, they will attack the strikers in force or make a raid and get another gang of "yellows" Into the colony. But the newcomers, as a rule, join the strikers. The strike ends by the "yellows" es caping and founding a colony for them selves. or they give In uud settle down to work again. Hliliftclf. "Are you a detective?" asked Mr. Meekton. "1 am." answered the man with the turndown collar and the white necktie. "Well, I want to employ you. I want yon to get out your false whiskers and your dark lantern and dog my foot steps night and day. Henrietta's gone out of town to \isit some relatives, and 1 don't want her to be obliged to take my word for anything."—Washington Star An Improved Neighborhood. Mrs. Fpp.'sh- Just think! It'sonlysix months since we moved away from next door to you. We're lu a much better neighborhood now. Mrs. Sharpe }-'o are we. Mrs. Uppish—Why, where did you move? Mrs. Sharpe Oh. we haven't moved ut all Philadelphia Press. llnd Her Itevenice. "He told his wife she ought to take cooking lessons." "Did she?" "WelJ, yes. She sent for her mit her to come and give her a three mciiihs' course."— Philadelphia Bulletin An L'nlilnd Retort. "You made a fool of me!" exclaimed the angry hitsnnnd. "Call yourself a fool if you wish, my dear." calmly rejoined his wife, "but remember you have always claimed to lie a self made man." Our days are comparatively few, and • we live through each day only once, i Therefore It behooves us to make each | day worth while.—Ladles' Home Jour : mil. EFFECTS OF VIBRATION. Wound. Ilnve Keen llenled hy Sound Wave, of n \ lolln. j A man was conveyed to a hospital In I'aris suffering from an accident | which resulted In a serious wound. : This wound refused to heal, and all the various treatments applied to it i failed to effect the desired end. The i man was attacked from time to time | by vi»»!i'iit paroxysms, and death ap peared certain. At length the surgeon enlisted the services of a good violin player and treated the sufferer to a musical remedy. The patient's parox ysms ceased, anil from that time the wound began to heal. The violin play ing was continued at Intervals till re covery was assured. In another case the wound continued to suppurate despite ;i 11 that could bo ' done. The patient was calm and ro i signed, but nothing could be done for ' the wound. The violin was called Into requisition In this Instance also, and the Instrument was played close to the Injured part, which was bared for the purpose. The surgeon soon observed a change. The wound assumed a healthier appearance, and the pro ess 1 of healing began and progressed rap ! i«ny- It Is an undoubted fact that certain | vibrations can effect cures, but the vi brations must lie strictly in accord . a nee with the malady or nature of the ! wound. Some enthusiasts go so far as ; to assert that the character of individ uals can be changed by the constant application of the proper vibration.— Pearson's Weekly. How the Cobra fllve. W'nrnlng. The most dangerous reptiles of India and Africa are the cobras. No snakes, not even rattlesnakes, are more dread ed, and with reason. As the rattle snake warns the ear by Its significant "rattle," ro the cobras warn the eye by the mode In which they expand the up per part of (lit? body when Irritated. This expansion Is produced by a sud den movement of the ribs of that re gion of the body. Usually they Incline backward, but the animal when Irrltat- i id uiakea them stand out at right an gles to the body and so, of course, forces outward the skin which covers them Thus the neck, or part Just be hind the bead, becomes greatly ex panded and llattened, us It also docs, though In n less degree. In the Austra lian blacksnake. This « X'.aie.hm Is called a hood, nnd so the an uals arc called hooded snakes In some of them there Is oil the !•; •!; of the hood a dark mark, nn 'Vg Ike a pair of spectacles, and ■ therefore been culled speeta r!i> Kli.U.c*. Dirt? fntiennlii, •:)•'(>! ■ :.s are not g::;its. as pome : e M:;-; *:••*.! and as ilie geographies - *il :s man who has traveled. ■ n- large In comparison with the ■ : American natives: that is Everything Is relative, you know. I t iliey ar«- very fat. That is why • ' i-.ii s :- :d the cold so well. I have • ?i i'a!a:o:tSan men and boys running i.,:i-i unclad while 1 was wrapped in \ r;:i i-i'.riiients, with the snow falling on :< ni in (juautities and the wind bitterly. They are kept warm I y "ir fat—and dirt. Patagonia is .f the dirtiest places imaginable. I >:i't go lliere if you hate dirt. That is :.:y advice lo all who contemplate a ou . Hey ie the Jumping off place of Sou ih America." Tlie First False Hair. In very early days, as now, the hair w:.s sometimes thin, and it had to be eked out in various ways to make be lieve thai nature had been spendthrift to ail alike. About the first description extant of woman's hair speaks of plaited locks." known as "Gretehen braids" to us. To make these braids s.-< m longer silk the color of the hair was braided In. Then they took to putting the braids in cases of silk, elongating them with all sorts of stuff till ihey looked like umbrellas lu cov ers The Chinese pigtail is a modifica tion of this style. The Valne of the Rnbr. Tin ruby is valued highest when It contains the least azure. The largest ruby that history speaks of belonged to Elizabeth of Austria, the wife of Charles IX. It was almost as big as a hen's egg. The virtues attributed to rubies are to banish sadness, to repress luxury and to drive away annoying thoughts. At the same time it sym bolizes cruelty, anger and carnage, as well as boldness aud bravery. A change in its color announces a calamity, but when the trouble Is over It regaiDs its primitive luster. What Did She Meant "That foolish Clarence has proposed every week for the last six months, but lhe way I answered him the last time will stop him, 1 think," said Flora In a confidential chat "Yes, he told me he would have to quit." said Mazle. "He thought he ob served a perceptible weakening."—ln dianapolis News. Beginning at Home. Jasper—l understood that you bad turned over a new leaf and were even going to love your enemies, but It seems to me that you love no one but yourself. Mrs Jasper-Well, I'm my own worst HPIII.V. ~1.if% Mutual Attraction. Dorothy—What became of that bash ful man and bashful girl you were tell ing me about? David- Oh. I Introduced them, and In three weeks they were engaged.—De troit Free Press. It is just ns well to make the best of everything when you can't help it, but you can try to give a little assistance at first. CURIOUS KOREAN CUSTOM. The Iluttle of Stones Which Marks of Ncrr Year. One of the most curious customs In Korea marks the advent of the new year. This is the battle with stones, participated In by Inhabitants of Seoul. At II spot about a mile and a half out side the city walls, on the main road to the Han river, the people assemble by thousands cither as witnesses of or par ticipants in this truly remarkable exhi bition of warlike good will. By previ ous arrangement piles of stones are In readiness, all carefully selected and of a convenient size. Without previous selection of com batants the participants form them selves Into opposing armies, about the only qualification for service being ap parently the ability to hurl a stone at the advancing forces of the enemy. At first the Htone throwing Is at long range and uninteresting, but as the throwing continues the forces draw nearer, and the fight waxes fast and furious, men being detailed to collect the stones into heaps again or fetch fresh ammunition for the firing line. Then the clash comes, the two bodies meet, fierce rush es are made, stones are discarded, and knives and clubs are freely used. The clash of weapons, the screams of the combatants, the surging mass of men, some being trampled to death, now falling, now struggling to their feet, the blood flowing from numerous cuts—the whole goes lo make u picture that de picts anything but the Joy we attribute to the coming of a new year. The fight Is kept up until the clang of the great city bell tells the combatants that it Is time to return home. Perhaps the most singular feature of the celebration is that during the remaining eleven months of the year the Korean is ns amiable a person as can bo found in any country, and by some writers the average Korean is characterized as tho most abject cow urd on the face of the earth. But, cowards or no cowards, the Korean people still indulge, as they have for years, in this annual warlike welcomo of the new year. Indeed It Is legal in Korea to fight not only on New Year's day, but during the first moon or month of the year. The cus tom has become a national Institution, sanctioned by tho government and patronized by the king and the nobili ty. The police attend the battles, but merely to keep order among the specta tors. Fighting Is the Korean's privi lege with the advent of each new year, and he is expected to exercise that privilege to the extent of bis ability if be would be accounted a good, country loving Korean.—New York Tribune. APHORISMS. In misfortune even to smile is to of fend.— llacoii. Generosity is the flower of Justice. —Hawthorne. Kvety one can master a grief but he that bus It.— Shakespeare. Nothing is more friendly to a man than a friend In need.—l'lautus. The plea of Ignorance will never take away our responsibilities.—Buskin. Pride is as loud a beggar as want and a great deal more saucy.—Frank lin. Young men thl.ik old men fools, and old men know young ineu to be so.— Met calf. Modesty seldom resides In a breast that is not enriched with nobler vir tues. Goldsmith. Never be afraid of what Is good. Tho good is always tho road to what Is true.—Haiueleton. If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.—Longfellow. No 21 SCIENTIFIC TORTURERS. '* Some of the Cruelties Tkt( Are Pei"« vctrAtcd In Vivisection. A ccitain Dr. Casten, wishing to study the effect of massage upon dis locations, deliberately dislocated the limbs of numerous dogs, says Henry ! C. Merwin in The Atlantic. He pub | lished an account of all these experi ments, and the following is a fair ex ample of them: "Experiment 8. Poo dle dog • • • replaced on the table without chloral. I dislocate his two shoulders. The animal utters screams of suffering. I hold him for twenty; minutes with his two shoulders dislo cated and the elbows tied together be hind his back • * • "Dr. Majendie," relates Dr. Elliston, "In one of his barbarous experiments which, I am athamed to say, I wit nessed. began by cutting out a largo round piece from the back of a beauti ful little puppy." Majendie may hare been by nature a brutal man, but even he would hardly have done that when he was young in vivisection. • • * In this country we are not quite so cruel as the French or Italians, but wo are more cruel than the English, more cruel perhaps than the Germans. A medical man in Jersey City pub lished an account of some experiments which he made upon dogs—l will not shock the reader by describing them— and of this publication the British Medical Journal of Nov. 15, 1891, said, "It is a record of the most wanton and the stupidest cruelty we have ever seen chronicled under the guise of sci entific experiments." Story of a French Cat. This cat story comeß from Pont Ste. Maxence (Oise), and for such a small place It is an extremely tall tale, says the Paris Messenger. It would appear that a resident in the place, who Is an enthusiastic angler, used to keep live bait in a small tank on his premises. The angler also had a cat who natu rally was fond of fish, raw or cooked. This being so, bis owner covered his tank with wire netting to keep pussy out of temptation. But the cat knew a trick or two and went to the nearest refuse heap for some fowl giblets which were provi dentially lying there. These she took to the tank, let them hang into the wa ter from the netting and began fishing on her own account When the fish nibbled at the bait, puss would catch it with a nimble claw! The angler, no ticing the trick, threw the bait away, but half an hour later puss was at it again. We hardly know which to admire most, the cat's ingenuity or that of the coneoeter of the story. Gift* For the Mourner*. Rome delver into the musty old rec ords of Harvard has brought to light an amusing provision with which one of the college's eighteenth century friends coupled what was for his time a very generous bequest to the Cam bridge university. Mr. Thomas Brattle waa the testa tor's name, and bis Interest In Harvard evidently extended to the Individual members of its undergraduate body, for after leaving £2OO, then the equiv alent of about $3,000, to the college for its general uses his will gives half a crown to every student belonging to it who should attend his funeral. Unfortunately no account of Mr. Brattle's obsequies is extant, but there can be little doubt that the occasion was made solemn by the presence of a large number of "chief mourners" and that good wishes for the deceased were generally and feelingly expressed. Not Reiinrlnc. "Have—have you any reason to be lieve that your father will exhibit vio lence when I ask him for your hand?" inquired the timid youth. "I have never been present on any of these occasions," replied the lovely girl evasively. "And, to tell yon the truth, I have never wanted to be pres ent. I suppose I am foolishly sensi tive about these things, but I can't help It. I remember that papa took me to a slaughter house when I was a little girl, and I dreamed abont it every night for mouths afterward."—Cleve land Plain Dealer. The Congressional Record. To appreciate the value of The Con gressional Record one must see It used. It Is the only means by which members themselves keep Informed of the prog ress of legislation when scores of measures are often considered in a day. It Is on the desk of the president of the United States and is read by every executive officer, from cabinet to chief of division. Every government In the world envies ours the possession of such a publication, forming at once an indispensable current record and a permanent history of events even more valuable through the centuries.—Argo naut. Clears and Tobaeeo. There are between 1,600,000 and 2,000,000 brands of cigars sold in this country, and your average smoker thinks that every brand means a differ- _ ent kind of tobacco. As a matter of fact 150 is an outside estimate of the different kinds of tobacco that can bo procured from all sources, and even ex perts can't tell some of these apart. Ills Propensity "I never forget a Joke that I once hear," remarked Borcm. "No," rejoined Guyer, "and you don't,, give nny of your acquaintances a chance to."—Chicago News. Two Good Whist Hands. Once upon a time two young men and two young women were playing wlilst, and quite frequently one of the young men n nil one of tho young wom en found that their fingers were iu twlned under tho table, out of sight. This Auger contact did not in the least disconcert them—ln fact, they ap peared to enjoy the play much more than did the other young woman and young man. Moral.—The enjoyment of tha game depends on the hands that aro held.— New York Herald. All Over Attain. "Here are half n dozen prescriptions 1 would like to have you fill as soon as you can," wlicezed Itlvers. "I can see they are all for the cure of a colli," remarked the druggist, look ing them over. "It's this way," explained Rivera. "When I had the other cold, I tried all these. One of 'cm cured me, but I can't remember now, confound it, which one It was!"— Chicago Tribune. Her Decision. "Whatever my daughter decides upon. sir. I will abide by." "Good: She has decided that she will marry me If you will supply the means."-Detroit Free I'ress. Many a man irne* around looking for trouble, iii:d the minute he meets It he h:ts n hurry cull In another direction.— Chicago News.