VOL XXXIX
F-XSEXXXX XXX XNEX * X&SEXWV
I Sweeping Sale |
£ OF SEASONABLE i
I Dry Goods *
Regardless of Cost. S
£ The Modern Store
Off -tl_• o iblic pportunity to receive a h"<-t of I
Qk b 'r; .-, it Yub . ) out •! the ordinary as to maVe prompt j
S act- .11 iuc ■-- try n.ur p i-r if you wish to participate freely, j
Sale will last one Week. Starting Tuesday. July 8
,V WASH FABKICS Choice a— .rtment. Colored Dimities and Lawns .V
m v t-1 '!• • n»-.v patterns fold at 10 and 12 j«r. now at •> per yard {F ;
5 Bat'ste* Swiß—s and Dimities, elegant quality, 15c and I*. good- ;
Mf now at 8c per vard. j
EGYPTIAN PONGEES- Fancy ?wis-.-.X»tfv I)<■ S-.ie.formerly ilc and
mf J.V. r, ..v 16 cents per yard Many others in the lin* eqaally reduced. Yt
nj WHI i'E GOOD3—Th« swell, up-to-date fane thins.'-. "-Id at j
W aid .jOc. now 3V per yard. JO !
U HAVBT'RO EMPROIDERIE3-3; to 5 inche- wide big value sit I.V-, £
now at 7»- per vard.
U LOT FAX V DRESS GINGHAMS • and 10- one- now at «c per
w \ ard Another lot, choice, new design- 1- ind 1. ones now *
at )'»c per vard. 9
K- SMIRT WAISTS -All -izt. ■. fnil n-r j ortrnents: none -ola less ,
S# th in *I.OO snd *1 2.x All go at 4!lc. Higher priced ones at
tion.ife re<ln'-fiona
dp LADIES' HOSlEßY—Special lot in lace and fancy (food* All tro at I!' 1'
f \ p"-r pair.
0 COLORED CALICOES- Staple standard print-, during this sale at
fa! cent-per yard.
MORE MEN'S MATCHLESS MATERIALS: -Negligee Shirts, small H
nent stripes B[«cial lot. including White ?,ladras. All at 4 H c each.
MEN'S SOCKS -Colored and black lace and fancy stripe-, regular snaps
6 Many other Special Goods at Spec'al Prices.
f. The milinery Department
is alrio offering some trrand bargains this week.
One lot hats, none sold 1-r-s than <fl 00 to sl.-jO, on sale no* at ~'ic each.
One lot hat", former prices *.'.oi and $1.50. go at •">•( ceuts each.
tf One lot that will surprise yon. yonr choice for each.
All oar fancy trimmed hat?, ranging from $7 to *l2, go at *1 1!) each.
f Co.,
* SOUTH MAIH STREET I
U ra°9ES:; ftjohka 0 ' ' E_l\ Mail Orders Solicited &
POSTOmCE BOX ) &-«=.»
• OPrOSITR HOTEL ARLINGTON". M T TLKR, PA.
i# 9S«T9T .*3IK*
1 THE NEW SHOE STORE,
\ Indies' low shoes, 50c up. /
:"i 1 : sri :s. bi f > 1 U:, ' I*. or ;t> ';!* tip, $ i to Vs'
fi 1; s'l »,-i, b'Jtt >\ > 1•' 1 ».• .) :k tip J'-, '. t>2 2$ (
y Chil li •i h ;'i ).-i, '» jtc > 1 > 1 •. 'i »- 4- >;'< tip, 501 up.
Babies'
b Men's fine shoes, button or lac:, $3 50 to $5.00. C
S Men's Oxfords, $1.50 to 3.50. '
C Men's fin; dongoU shoe 3, tip o' p!ai 'i t >-•, lace or congress, )
/ $1 25 to 2.50. 1
) M en's heavy shoes, SI.OO to 3 00 C
1 Boy's shoes, rpc up. r
/Da u l">ei\«pecl< I'urner(
\ Next to Savings Bank. 108 S. MAIN ST. /
J > BUTLER'S FASTEST GROWING STORE! X
| ;Mrs. J. E. Zimmerman.!
:j; | our 18TH |- |«
: ] Days I Semi-ADpnal Sacrifice Sale fa,-|
Y Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, O
7 JULY 9 JULY 10 JULY 11 JULY 12 V
We are pleased to announce this, onr l*th Sacrifice Sale The fact that, Jf
' 'we have had IT of these money saviriK rfxles previous to this one provesO
( >«jnclnsive|y that our patrons have confidence in onr word.
I sales with ns mean rill the word implies this year more than ever onr f
' 'ht<>ck nrin-ually lar«'- for mirlsurniii'-r must l>e cut down for two' 9
( Kirst, to Kive ns ready cash; second, Ui make ro<)fii for new V
I goods, which commence to arrive August Ist hence this price sacrifice f
' 'on the largest, handsomest »t<>ck of Dr»-ss Goods, I.ndies' Jacket Huits.O
{ >Silk Waistn, Skirts, Millinery, Wrapp'rs, Wasti Waist.", Wraps, V
Cnrtains, Portiers, (,'arises. Hugs. Linoleums, Oil Cloths, Window Shades f
' 'and Draperies, and Wash Goods. ' #
| Ladies' Jacket Suits, $7 90 Former rice, sls 00 u
Ladies' Separate Skirts, 398 Former j rice, f> 00 W
Ladles' Silk Waists, ; 398 Former rice,#s nnd f'. Q
I Ladies' Separate Jackets, 3 98 Former price,
{ > Ladies' Colored Wash Waists, half price
I I Ladies' Millinery, : half price ,C
Space prohibits our mentioning but few of the pic.-llent values we ofTer, C
i through the house. We a*snr* you a ;«iving of U.'» per cent to -V» per (tent, r
' Please rememher the dab-s JULY U, 10, 11 and 12 and the place.
Mrs. i. e Zimmerman!
0 Bell Phone 208. DIITI TD PA E
X Peoples Phone 126. OU I LLil, I M. X
Attena the Sacrifice Sale at this Store July 9to 12. 1
K B C K
s P r ' n S Summer Weights
| /J /'. *5 Jk Ibive a n,'itlin< '.'. aU.ut them that
' /-I ' rO\ If \\ mark the wtrarci, it won't do to
' / \ [A/ W wear the last year's output, V'ou
, j-j n won't get the lati-.t things at the
MvH if~i R st'ick clothiers either. The up-to
| A f\ I" /I l/l (y " you want nr>t only the latest ( !
I I J///if I things in cut and fit and work-
I I 111 nintiship, the finest in durability,
i II 1 //11 I where e'se can you get comhina
' II 1 111 LI * tlon*, you get them at
f) KECK
G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor,
M? North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler,Pa
Try The CITIZ6N
k FOR
JOS WORK
-THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
| Ra'n and sweat ma 6 \ \ \
■ have r.3 effect en M, Win W?MfA efl
■ harness treated M MI wf F W\ >-2» -tt
■ »itfa Eureka Har- 6. , J
B sess Oil. it re-
HARNESS!
B do not break, v d
8
IH and cut. Ihe \\^
H karnr*s ret *■, V \ \ \ >1
I SKS e
M r/to^by.h
■ of Eurrka /V \^ v |
Made by jj
Standard Oil \ *W \
Company & *
Nasal
CATARRH
la all its euzc-s. *\l*M
Ely's Cream BalraV" m# M/
ck-ansts, soothes and heals £ a
the <: mt-Eil-rar <?. 1
Itcnri ScatarrhaL i dr.vtM JL
awn? a cold in the h'-ad
qnickly.
( n am Ilalm i.i placed into tho noetr Is,spreads
over the membrane and is absorbed. Belief is im
madiate and a car* follow* It le not drying—d<>c«
X, ,*_ produce
g st« or by mail; Trial i.-izc, C' -'.M-
ay mif 'my
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jfJ Johnston's pj
ti H
j 1 Beef, Iron and Wine
' j&d Best Tonic' & >
[ A Blood Purifier. &Jj
Price, 50c pint f J
r 4Johnston's M
ii Crystal M
N Pharmacy, l|
It. M. LOOAN, I'h. O . L<
V Manager, V
tj 106 N. Main St., Itutler, I's kl
yft Both H
ri Everything in the L
drug line. 7^
I E H
XS&QOOCOOOOOA
Ix
When you arc sick ;tn<ly
want your prescriptions ftllci! A
tlicm or send them
No. 2i 3,wc will deliver thcniX
at your door, r.o extra charge. X
We have a new full line ol jT
drugs the best that money Jf
can buy. We handle nothing V
but the best, (jood doctorsjr
-tin] pure drugs go hand inO
.0 hand. You can not get re O
tlbults from cheap
A'f you had the best doctor in A
So if you wish pure-A
arid good
X buy your medicine at No.jK
if 21 3 Sfiuth Main Street. K
CAMPBELL'S
Pharmacy, jjr
J. P. SUTTON
XX>oooo<i*>CKXX*
Eugene Morrison
GENERAL CONTRACTING
PAINTER and DECORATOR.
Spccisl attention given to
FINK PAPKK IIANC.INt;
C.KA IN'ING and
HARDWOOD I'INISIIINtV.
Office and Shop,
Rear of Ralston's Store,
Residence No. 119 Cliff St.
I'copie s l'hotie 451.
KYTH BROS'
Big Wall Paper Store,
Next to Postoffice.
Special bargains in Wall I'apcr,
Window Hlindsand Room Mould
ings. I'arnters find good accom
modation and satisfaction here.
IZYTH BROS.,
Formerly,
C. H, M< MILLIAN,
'i'hone4s3. 251 S. Main St.
BUTLER, PA.. THURSDAY, JULY 10. 1902
PjoOcOeOoOoOoQOoOoOoOoQoOoo
| THE DUKE'S |
§ VICTORY |
o • By §
Louise Robinson Rhodes o
o 9
O Copyrigbt. IMS. by tbe 2
0 S. !?. McC'luro Company q
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■Who Is she?" asked Harry Mathews
as a woman came down the steps of
The Echo building and passed them,
with a bright uotl at Tom.
Tom watched the diminutive figure
(ut of sight and bestowed an envious
fiance upon the young man who was
.!o:;i~ escort duty before he replied:
The Duke, with her arms full of
{lowers, as usual."
The Duke?" repeated Harry. "Is
she—ah— nice?"
• Si • In re. iuv young friend, If you
don't want all Xewspaper row on your
c; r, ix d. n't put any question mark aft
-1 r 'nice' when you speak of the Duke!"
replied Tom, his eyes tlasliing angrily,
us ;f he were inclined to begin hostili
ty s without waiting for the rest of the
row.
Harry put The Times bulletin be
t veeu them before he stammered: "I
didn't mean anything disagreeable.
Torn. 1 don't know her, but I wi*h I
did."
Groups of men came straggling out
of the olllees of The Times, Herald and
Echo ju.st then and, joining forces,
made their way to a restaurant around
the corner.
When hunger had been satisfied and
cigars lighted, Tom motioned toward
Harry, saying, "Boys, there's a fellow
who doesn't know the Duke and never
worked on The Echo!"
Just then Hilly HollJday came in, and
some one shouted, "Say, Billy, here s
a fellow who doesn't know the Duke!"
"Tell him, Billy," called another, and
every man settled into his customary
attitude f'.r listening to a favorite sto
ry. Billy sank into a chair with every
appearance of extreme exhaustion. Ap
propriating whatever delicacies the oth
ers had not appreciated, he consumed
them while waiting for his own order
to be served.
When the clamor for the story be
came uproarious, Billy began: "Once a
society editor surprised the row by get
ting married. Then Itessle Wellington
appeared on The I'cho. She was such
a little slip of a tiling and had such a
pathetically frightened look In the eyes
that the Ixiys began to call her the Iron
Duke, and the Duke she's been ever
since.
"It was her tlrst Job, anil she was
eager for work. Land knows, she got
enough of it: The typewriter bothered
her, and punctuation was a pitfall. She
did her work over and over again, try
lug to please Knap, who wouldn't
have been satisfied with an angel from
heaven. It used to seem to me he rung
her bell every ten minutes. She would
come flying down the hall to the local
room, her dimples turned inside out
and her in aiili shut hard so it wouldn't
quiver. Then she'd p.o back pink to
the ears, and the boys would pound
their tvjiewrlters fit to break. We used
to sneak bits of copy to her all ready
to go up. I fell Into the habit of col
lecting personnls and club notes and
even it wedding now and then, and
Larry, there, was taken for a society
reporter for quite awhile."
I.nrr.v shied a crust of bread lit Billy,
who deftly caught It and returned the
compliment before he continued.
"One Friday night, when she was get
ting up her Sunday page, I paused the
door just as Knap bounded into her
room. Ills beard looked as If he had
been clawing out hnndfuls. 'See here!'
he yelled. 'Didn't 1 tell you to get In
the Tubville social before midnight?'
'lt's almost ready,' said the Duke and
bent over her typewriter In a little
heap.
"After the Tubville was In and work
slacked up a bit I carried In a sand
wich and made her eat It while 1
ground out some rewrite for her. While
I was working the fire gong sounded an
alarm, but the presses were going, and
1 never tried to count It. Anyhow,
Bobby always did fires alone unless
they were very big ones.
"After awhile Knap bolted Into the
room. Ills face was white as chalk.
His month opened once or twice, but
he couldn't speak. At last he gaspcil:
'We're cut off! The lire's up to the
third story.' I Jumped to the window,
and then. l the street was filled with en
glnes and trucks, and we had never
heard a thing,
j ".Miss Wellington turned pretty
white, but her voice was steady ns sin*
risked, 'Are iln re many of us up litfeV'
"Three in the telegraph room and
four or five In the local,' said Knnp,
moistening his lips. 'We didn't think
It was serious, and I forgot your being
j here.'
"Wo all went down the hall to the
local room. The fire was belching from
the fourth story windows now, and the
smoke was getting thick. One of the
telegraph men kept his desk and was
actually sending an account of the fire
over the Associated Press wire. We
wandered from window to window for
hours, It seemed to me, but It Could not
really have been for many minutes.
The smoke was coming In clouds, and
we could hear the Are now.
"At. last the crowd in the street snw
us. I hope I'll never hear that sound
I again. My Cod! I wake up sometimes
now with thai moan In my ears, and It
nearly drives me mad. It seemed the
essence of human misery and made us
realize what was before us. We had
been stunned before, but then bedlam
broke loose. Rome moaned and cried.
Some shrieked and swore. And still
the man at the key clicked out his mes
sage, giving our names, we found aft
erwnrd. He had a pistol lying beside
his band.
"Knnp raced from one end of the
building to the other, shrieking for
help, but even we could not hear him
In 'lie Increasing roar of the lire. The
sixth story was a mass of llames, and
we were on the eighth.
"All at once the little fMil;c bagaa
dragging at our sleeves. At last we
understood that she wanted us to fol
low her. She thought she hud a chance
We followed her, all but the telegraph
man, who shook his head hopelessly
lllid held Up the revolver.
"The Duke ran to her room snd
threw open the window. Beyond and
extending to the end of the building
was the art room, which had no win
dows, but was above a corner of the
building not jet reached by the lire.
I'ohitlng to an ornamental stone cor
nice which ran some six feet b«*Tow th»
window, the I Mike motioned along It
toward the corner farthest from tin
fire, We caught the Idea, but It seemed
a slim chance, and no one moved.
"Finally the little Duke screamed,
'You cowards, follow me!' She swung
herself carefully over the sill mid,
hanging by her hands, Just, touched
the cornice with her toes, (letting as
firm a foothold as possible on the nar
row ledge, she steadied herself and
moved to one side, waiting. We lef
Knnp out next. When he was finally
on the cornice, he clung to the wall
ana refused to move. At Inst the Duke
seized his hand and begun feeling her
way along the wall, gently pulliiip: liiiu
after her. Knap followed somehow,
and the rest of us swung out after hira
In a hurry. f«>r the floors were quiver
ing and the smoke was rollin}; in vol
umes from the windows below us.
Just as I swung out I heard a pistol
shot and knew the telegraph man had
taken the way he thought best.
"We clnng to the wall and crept alon .
like flies. We were fairly steady ex
cept Knap, and my heart was in my
mouth for fear he would lurch off and
carry the Duke with him. But his
knees stiffened at last, and he did bet
ter, though he never for a moment let
go the girl's hand. The brinks were
getting hotter and hotter to the toueh,
and the flames seemed to be sweeping
toward our end of the building.
"At last the crowd saw us through a
rift in the smoke, and a shout went up
that seemed almost to tear us from our
perilous hold. The firemen worked
fast, I suppose, but it seemed ages to
us. waiting at the corner of the build
ing. The fireman first up the ladder
was sobbing like a child, but he hadn't
lost his nerve for all that. He saw
Knap's condition anil knew he would
fall if forced to loose his hold on the
Duke, so he seized them both. The rest
of us were soon on the ladder, though
some were pretty helpless, for the
bricks were fearfully hot toward the
end."
"Billy's hands were cooked through,"
interpolated I.arry.
"It was a good many weeks before
some of us were hack 011 The Echo, nl
though the paper was printed next day
with borrowed reporters and presses.
Knnp was the first one back, but you
wouldn't have known him for the fel
low who had bullyragged us so. llif
hair was white and his face too. ll<
was so mild he couldn't manage tin
new men and had to be taken off tin
desk and put on editorials.
"Well, it all happened live years ago
but the Duke is still commander in
chief on The Echo," concluded Billy.*
"But I have a notion she'll some day
confine her orders to Billy." whispered
Tom as he rose, stein in hand, to pro
pose the usual toast:
"Boys, the Duke!"
Every man was on his feet In an In
stant. "The Duke, Ood bless her!"
Old Time Education of t'lilldrcn.
Now that there is so much talk about
education it is Interesting to look back
and see what a seventeenth century
moralist had to say about the teaching
of children. "We are in Bain to make
them Scholars, but not Men," ho wrote;
"to talk rather than to know, which
is true Canting. The first Thing obvi
ous to Children is what is sensible, and
that we make no I'art of their Rudi
ments."
But what is of most significance to us
Is the same writer's appeal for tech
nical education. "We press their Mem
ory to > soon and puzzle, strain and
load them with Words and Rules; to
know Grammar and Rhetoric and n
strange Tongue or two that it is ten to
one may never be useful to them; Leav
ing their natural Genius to Mechanical
and Physical or Natural knowledge un
cultivated and neglected which would
be of exceeding Pge and Pleasure to
them through the whole Course of their
Life."
After all, it Is the reformer rather
than the historian who is forced to use
vain repetition. London Chronicle.
Th«* llrnvf n«l»ln».
The most singular Instance that I
have known of a robin's fearlessness
was the kind of military Instinct which
some years iiko led a pair to make
their nest at the back of a target at
Aldershot! It was In the shooting range
of the Fourth battalion of the Sixtieth
rllles, and tin? colonel of the rcglii*'nt
told me of It at the time. The little
pair paid not the least attention to the
idiots thundering on the target Just at
the back of their nest. The soldiers
were careful not to meddle With them,
and the young brood hutched and were
brought up In safety. Cornhlll.
A Slrniine Vounic Wnn.
One of the young men received Ills
degree "I'um Lnude," while the other
was content with tin- plain B. L. The
newspaper reports giving a list of tho
graduates read: "Jehu Jones, John
Smith, Cum Lnude of Worcester." John
Jones' uncle picked up the paper ar,d,
reading the names,recalled John Smith,
but was badly mixed on Cum Lnude.
Finally, in desperation, he called on
John Jones and, pulling out the paper,
said: "John, I always knew this Smith
boy went to school with you, but I
don't seem to know this Cum Lnude."—
Worcester Spy.
A DOMESTIC EXPERIENCE.
The 11.-uaon line Wiinmn'a tmiU hi
Dlniintl«ned Willi Her Place.
"This is a queer ago wo live In,"
sighed a young housekeeper. "We"\e
Just lost 11 very good cook for n very
absurd reason, I think. Sho came to
us about four months ago and was
satisfactory In every way—neat. In
dustrious, respectful and Inst, but
foremost, an excellent cook.
"As sho was ao very quiet I could
not tell whether or not she waa as
well pleased with us as wo were with
her, but about six weeks ago the trou
ble began. Sho asked mo suddenly
one day why w« entertained so sel
dom.
" 'Ella/ I aald, 'we don't care to en
tertain except a few choice friends
now and •lieu. It costs more than wo
can afford, and we really don't care
for It.'
" 'Your house la Just as handsome as
anybody's,' she went on. 'Other peo
ple that I've lived with entertained all
the time, and their houses weren't
near as pretty or as nice as yours.
You never have anything but a club
meeting once In awhile. Why don't
you have teaa and receptions, Mrs.
Blank?'
"I reiterated my two reasons that
we couldn't spend money lu that way
and that we simple amuse
merits. Ella didn't seem satisfied, but
the matter was dropped. Last Mon
day she naked to Spend a week at
home with her alck aunt, and, ns 1
couldn't well refuse, she departed. To
day I received a postal card from her
couched In these words:
"J»«»r Mr*, fllank -My aunt I* t»'-tt»-r.
but I'm not coming t<U'-k I'vo sot 11 mum
Rtyllsli iitnce."
—Detroit Flee Press.
"T|,n Urent t'alinimil."
For thirteen years the author of
"Waverley" was unknown. Indeed tho
country spoke of him as "the great urn
known," a pseudonym Sir Walter
Scott often employed lu writing. But
on Feb. 2.'t, 1827, Sir Walter gave a din
ner party to which, among others. Lord
Moadowbank, the Judicial magna to,
who chanced to know his host's secret,
was Invited. Then when the toasts
were being drunk Meadowbank, with
Scott's permission, got up and proposed
the health of "the great unknown. Sir
Walter Scott." The effect was magics',
and the news spread through the coun
try like wildfire. Indeed that dinner
and the secret it disclosed was tln
most talked ut event of the year.
PRETTY |
TIM E Bx
O' DAY c |
Copyright, lIKC, by tho J
S. S. Met lure Company A
"If Judge Chester A. Ballard of Hel
ena. Mou., was formerly of Cor
ners, 0., and would lik« to meet an old
friend, he will be cordially greeted in
the red parlor. If the conjecture as to
identity be incorrect, please send reply
by bearer, as the writer declines to
meet a stranger."
Thalia Lambert, with a thrill half of
fear, half of daring, thrust n coin into
the uniformed messenger's hand and,
bidding him make haste, slipped be
hind a palm.
"It's almost like answering a per
sonal." she said, half laughing. "W hat
if it should not be he? But it must be!
1 know that after he married Helen
they moved to Denver. After she
broke off our correspondence I heard
they had gone to Helena. Thank good
ness, If it isn't Chester Ballard, he
can't find out who I am!"
Her knees shook under her ns a tall,
well formed man of middle age entered
the room and looked around Inquiring
ly. Then she came Nroui behind the
palm, and these two, who had been
plighted lovers twenty years tiefore.
met once more face to fsce.
Thalia never was able to recall Just
what was said by either nt first. The
unexpectedness of the meeting made
both perfunctory. Then Thalia ru
in xed.
"I will determined if It were you that
you should not jco out of town until we
had talked over old times. How Is
Helen? Did you bring her with you?"
"1 am here alone 011 business." he
said, with n grave dignity which seem
ed to reprove her flippant manner. "I
shall be here ten days only at the fur
thest. My mission Is to handle the in
terests of a mining syndicate, and then
I return to Helena But tell me all
about yourself. Are you still Thalia
Lambert, free?"
Thalia was smarting a little. Here
was the old. masterful manner of thr
one man In the world of whom she had
ever been afraid. *lie gave n coquet-
tish shrug.
"I ntn none other than Thalia Lam
bert, and a woman Is always free until
she puts her neck Into the marriage
yoke."
lie smiled.
That evening they dined together.
The constraint of their first meeting
had worn off. though the judge tind
been told by a mutual friend that Tha
lla was engaged to Stewart Curtiss.
and Curtiss himself, lunching with
Thalia, had told her that her old friend
was now a wealthy and Influential
lawyer, likely to be nominated for the
senate.
The orchestra played "Love's Voting
Dream" as they dullled with tlialr Oof
fee after dinner. Judge Ballard smiled
across the table nt lils companion.
"Do you remember all the foolish lit.
tie things we used to do In the old
academy days—the notes we used to
write in class?"
"Of course I do. But do you remem
ber the time we got caught? I wrote
you a note —'What time Is It? Do you
lore me?*--and you wrote on the mar
gin: 'Half past 10. Of course I do.' And
Professor Foster got hold of It and
wrote tin the bottom, 'A pretty time of
day,' and sent it to me."
"Well, the old man was right. Wasn't
It a nice time?"
"Oh, yes," vaguely—"that Is, nice for
the first time."
"Have there been other times, Tha
lltl V"
"Why not?" defiantly.
"Surely; many other times times
and half times and times between
times. That's a woman's record."
The music throbbed In Thalia's veins.
Her throat swelled, but she met his
gaze steadily.
After that they wcro more or less
formal.
The last night of Judge Ballard's vis
It came, and It was 10 o'clock when he
rang the bell of Thalia's tlat. Curtiss
In the act of departing almost ran Inlo
hi in. Thalia stood near her desk, pale
and agitated.
"I'm sorry Mr. OurtlsH went on my
account," said the judge. "It's not
worth while to spoil your evening by
my brief leavetaklug."
Timlin recovered herself with dlfflcul
ty, and her breath was still irregular.
He took both of her hands In his mas
terful way and tixeil on her the dark,
powerful look that had always com
pelled both men and women. At the
magnetic clasp 11 strange calm fell upon
Thalia. She knew that she would rath
er tell this man the truth and walk
alone the rest of her days than to part
from him with a half lie, acted If not
Uttered. She met his searching look
squarely.
"Mr. Curtiss has not gone 011 your ac
count," she said. "Ho went on mine."
Judge Ballard regarded her gravely.
It seemed to her almost sternly.
"Let It be only 11 lovers' quarrel, Tha
lla. Life Is too short to waste In trivi
alities."
"It Is not a lovers' quarrel," sbo said
hotly. "It Is final."
"Don't say that, Thalia. Very few
things are final In this world."
The warning solemnity of his tone
carried a chill. Insensibly she leaned
toward lilm as If for protection.
"But It is final," she whispered. "I
have sent him nwny, and ho will not
dare to come back."
Judge Ballard's tall, dignified figuro
seemed to grow rigid.
"And why have you sent your prom
ised husband away?" he asked us If
cross examining n witness.
"My promised husband!" gasped Tha
lla. "Why, I've Just refused him."
"My darling! My darling!"
lie snatched In r In strong amis and
showered on face and imlr fervent and
specifically Injudicial i.lsses not pro
vldsd for In 111 statutes oT Black
stone. Thai In. tiuf drowned In this
lawless on-lat I.lit. 1 ally niann >d to
part tally free 1;• 1 ■ .. j nil to pant I udlg
mi nt ly, "How dare you!"
He only f.lld. "I couldn't help It." like
any schoolboy, but he looked totally tin
repentant anil I'-innJned in dangerous
proximity,
Thalia, her checks burning and her
heart thuniplne 1., 1■ d. '1 1 have no
right to sa.t Hull! \e . 1 ,1 Id have re
membet ed your v i'
"My wife! 'i 1 alia, til) n lf# 1 • b«n
dctxl for fl \ «• >*• .11
He cain.: Id hi t a.vn form and
► lip;.m led her ten tel ly
"You Inquired Ills ut her In such a
way that for the uioiiii t.i 1 nn t- l.\ s.ild
that I was ah, tie, I teuillliK to ti II you
about II later. W ..•■ii I naked you If
you were frw, you rtr •• me an evasive
answer, so when I wa* to! ■ f iti the afl
eruo 1 of the nine «Im\ tli.it you were
eiigi: ' I I- i'U ui I'lin I thought
you had ill Slier I' ll i-quh Ited I
met him I ere \n:t . I 1 li. ilv: What
was I to think ' Naturally I withheld
my own confidence and >»oi what pleas
ure I could out of the last times I ever
expected to see you. Then, yon told
me just now—and—l couldn't help it."
His voice deepened to a sonorous
whisper as he paused, but Thalia's
head was bowed low on his breast, and
he felt her quiver.
"Dear, are you angry?"
No answer.
"Are you angry?"
Silence.
He deliberately lifted up her face and
devoured it with a look. And then he
put Blackstone to much more confu
sion in the same illegal manner as in
the previous case. The silver chime of
the clock on the mantelshelf struck the
half hour.
Thalia pushed the hair out of her
eyes and laughed.
"What time is it? Do you love me?"
"Half past 10. Of course I do."
A Scotch nins.
The traditional history of the Scotch
regalia ring is of the most tragic, not
to say melancholy, character. It is be
lieved that it was the favorite ring of
Mary Stuart and that after her judicial
murder In Fotheringay castle it was
transmitted to her son. From James It
descended to Charles 1., nt whose coro
nation at Scone in I«UJ3 it played a dis
tinct part. Once more did this ill fated
ring figure at an untimely and ill merit
ed death, for, with almost his last
breath upon the scaffold at Whitehall,
Charles bequeathed it to Bishop Juxon
in trust for his soil.
In due course of time the ring came
into the possession of James 11. and
was carried away with him 011 his
flight to the continent. When, however,
lie was detained by the fishermen at
Shcerness, the ring, which hail been
secreted In the king's underclothing,
only escaped robbery by the luckiest of
mistakes 011 the part of the sailor who
searched him. Thus the ring was pass
ed on uninjured to James' descendants
till by the bequest of Cardinal York it
became the property of the reigning
dynasty ouce more and was by them re.
placed among the royal Jewels of Scot
land, from which It had been separated
for many a long year.—Good Words.
He Didn't Sny 11.
lie was a good little boy, and he
lived not many miles from Boston. He
never disobeyed his mother, lie never
called her names when her orders were
not his wishes, and he had the face of
an angel. Next door lived little Rosy,
a girl who proved ibe proverb about
small pitchers. One day Harry was
allowed to go over to play with Rosy,
but with strict orders not to take off
his hat and coat to go in the house If
Rosy could not come out Into the yard.
Rosy could not come out. but would
not Harry tnke off his things and play
inside? Harry quoted sadly his moth
er's Injunction.
"Your mamma Is a silly," said Rosy
crossly.
Harry went home and told his mother
what Rosy had said. "She Is a very
naughty little girl," his mother de
clared. "You must never say such a
word."
"No, mamma, I won't," said tho duti
ful Harry.
A few days later he was again for
bidden to do something which lie grent
ljr desired to do. "Mamma," said he,
lifting to hers his angelic face, "do you
rememher what Rosy said about you?"
- New York Tribune.
Tfirklnh Kdnrntlonnl Hjilfni.
The educational system of the Turks
Is not entirely bad, but Is mostly for
religious Instruction. The mekteb, or
primary schools, are general and af
ford every boy and girl In the city 1111
opportunity to learn to read and write
and obtain a knowledge of the Koran.
Such schools are attached to every
mosque In the empire. The lbtidalyeh,
or recondary schools, afford opportuni
ties for learning geography, arithmetic,
history and tho modern languages, but
there are only twenty of these schools
In all Constantinople for 11 million and
mora of people. The medresseh, ir col
leges, teach philosophy, logic, rhetoric,
theology and Turkish law and general
ly take the place of the universities
found In other countries. They are the
highest educational Institutions main
tained by tho Turkish government.
Kyn Only For Her.
Martha You don't mean to say you
hnre accepted that Mr. Spooner? Why,
he Is so awkward, you know! 1 saw
hlin holding 1111 umbrella orer you the
other day, and rill the water It caught
be allowed to drain right on to you.
Nancy—What better proof could I
have that he Is In love with me? He
hadn't the least Idea that It was rnln-
Itig, the dear man! Boston Transcript.
PEWETUAL MOTION.
One liitenliir I (•% n Aeeniiipllnlied II
l>y llni-neiialnii: n ( > clone.
It was during the portion of his ca
reer when he lived In the valley of tho
south fork of the Big Sunflower river
that Henry Plynisliaw, the Inventor,
made his must notable Invention. This
Invention had to do with cyclones.
One afternoon Inventor Plynisliaw
saw a splendid specimen of a funnel
cyclone coming over the prairie, and he
called to me and said he would go out
mid study it, since It was evident that
it was going to one side. The Instant
the cyclone sighted us It came straight
in our direction. Wo weren't prepared
for this exactly, so all we could do was
to run. We were Just on the point of
giving up when a most extraordinary
thing happened. Curious thing. Sort of
natural too. And there It was. Only
one leg, and that down a fifty foot well
In the middle of a sheep pasture. If It
had had two legs, no doubt It could
have scrambled out, but It couldn't
make II with one. Couldn't do any
thing except revolve And It did do
that. I never snw a cyclone revolve like
that one. Mad apparently because It
had missed Plytushaw and me and got
caught. So II Jll h 1 buzzed around like a
top. Nothing In Iho world to stop It.
Most men-mere men of action
would have been satisfied at getting
away and not having to revolve with
the houses and lots, but not Plynisliaw.
No. lie got to thinking, and what was
the result? Put 11 belt around the stein
of Hint cyclone Just at the top of the
well, set up a dynamo, strung wire and
ran all the machinery and electric
lights lu that part or the country. Reg
ular Niagara for power. Going yet.
Nothing to stop It, you see. Wonderful
What a thing inliiil Is! 11. V. Marr In
Harper's Magazine.
I.oft IIM*
"Leave the house," cried little HI iks,
making a brave bluff of strength to His
burglar.
"I Intend to. my small friend." re
piled the burglar courteously. "I am
merely after the contents. When I
take lion-os. I do It through the regu
lar real estate channels."
II «M»l4 »•«! .
Mr*, .WtvljwiMi The night you pro
pow d you acted like a |l*h out of wii
ter.
Mr. New ly wed I was and very
cleverly landed too! Puck.
CONCERNING POTATOES. >
Cronn or Stt-m Eld For See 4.<
Popular \urlMi».
"Although in the United States It Ist
generally understood that the crown.
or seed end eyes are the best, yet there
lias been a controversy in England
upon the subject of seed, some claim
ing for a number of years that the
stem end only should be planted and
that these furnished a larger and con
sequently a better potato." So says a
National Stockman correspondent, and
lie explains this difference as follows:
It is well known that the eyes on
the seed end are much more numerous
than on the stem end. It has beeu the
.•t'.s.oin generally until recently and
it still the custom except by a few to
cut off the seed eud autl to put two
or even three of these pieces to each |
bill. This, of course, gives a large [
number of stalks to each hill, while
the st. m end, having not half as many
eyes, has only had two or three pieces |
to the hill, the stalk, of course, being
equally less in number.
And now, of late years, a few per- j
sons have found out that the hill of po- ,
tatoes with only two or three stalks j
givis a larger and consequently a bet- |
ter potato than the hills having many
stalks. Therefore, the stem end men
have got the iargest and best potatoes
because they have less stalks in the
hills, us they have loss eyes. It is
claimed •of late years by those who
have tested it that large potatoes only
should be selected for seed and that
only one eye should be kept on each
piece and only two pieces used for a
hill if you want large marketable po
tatoes.
You always And your largest pota
toes when there is only one large vine.
One great secret In potato cultivation
Is not to have too many eyes in one
piece and to cut large ones for seed.
Alva A gee In the Journal mentioned
says as to seed |H>tatoes: Carmau No.
3 gains tu popularity among growers
year by year. There nre other varie
ties the same typo equally Kood.
I asked one experimenter's opinion of
(hem, and he replies: "Carmau No. 3,
Kir Walter Ualelgh and Banner stand
very close together in yield, and I do
not consider the difference is sufficient
to warrant much odds in choice. Whl
ton's Mammoth yields a little better
♦lian any of the others, but perhaps no
more first class tubers."
An Improved Eircplut.
Dr. 11. I>. Halsted, the New Jersey
state botanist, considers the crossing
which he has effected between two
snrts of eggplant—namely, the Long
Purple and the New York Improved—
a study of substantial value. The fruit
of the first named parout, while of
high quality, was small, and the plant
lacked productiveness. The other par
ent, while prolific, was of low quality,
and the shape of the fruit was unde
sirable. In the cross the fruit Is large,
long, bell shaped, especially well adapt
ed for slicing and cooking and of flne
quality. To this is added a remarka
ble vigor of plant, combined with ear
llness and productiveness. It still re
mains to fix the breed, and should it
prove to be as flne as it has been it
will be a decided acquisition. The egg
plant Is worthy of more attention than
It receives.
Price of Bl>4fr Twin*.
Binder twine is higher this year than
for the past twelve years, with the ex
ception of 1898. Wholesale prices are
about one-third higher at the present
time than a year ago, and there has not
been a time for years past when twine
was as scarce in the Chicago market.
If the harvest should be light or if the
growth of straw Is not heavy, there
will probably be no material advance
over present prices and the supply of
twine will be ample. If, however, we
should have seasonable rains through
out the country, resulting in a rank
growth of straw, there Is likely to be a
twine famine, for the simple reason that
there Is not twine enough In the coun
try to bind a heavy harvest.—Farm,
Field and Fireside.
Serviceable For Leveling Soil.
For many uses I have found a polo
drag a very serviceable Implement
belter than a roller, because it will
level and pulverize without packing
the soli. The one I use is shown In
the accompanying Illustration. It Is
made of three hardwood polos 0 Inch
es In diameter and 7V6 feet long.
The poles are fastened together about
A I'OLK DBAU.
a foot apart by means of short pieces
of chain. Tor a seat bolt a piece
of board to the middle of the first
poll* and allow It fo extend slightly
beyond the last one. On this fusion
•iu old mowing uiuchlnc seat. This ar
rangement will hold tho seat 111 place
nnd allow the poles to work Independ
ently. The seat can bo#easily re
moved, making It much easier to store
the drag when not in use. The drag
may be drawn by a short chain attach
ed to the center of the first pole or the
doubletree may be connected with
chains from each end of the first pole,
MI.VS an American Agriculturist writer.
BEST VEGETABLES.
A I.In! Ileeoinmetiileil l»y t'snsdlss
i;i !>«■ rl metiml I'nrin.
11l the lust report of the Canadian ex
perimental farm a concise list of varie
ties of vegetables which have proved
satisfactory through several yeurs Is
given. A part of It Is as follows:
Asparagus. Couovcr's Colossal Is the
best all round variety, but this variety
Is more subject to rust than Palmetto
or A rgeiitoiill.
I tea lis. (iolden Wax or Ward well's
Kidney Wa x for early crop, Early llof.
itgee for medium and Refugee or One
Thousand to One fur late crop are the
mo-1 satisfactory dwarf varieties. As
paragus (early) and old Homestead are
two of the best pole varieties.
Iteots. ICgyptlau Turnip, Eollpse and
Haitian's 11 loot! Turnip aro three of the
best varieties.
Borecole or Kale. liwarf Green I'url
ed Hootch Is the best.
Broccoli. White <'ape.
line • • Sprouts Improved Dwarf
Is tho most satisfactory.
<'ubbii'..e. Early Jersey Wakefield
(early), Hitcoeenlow (medium). Late I'lat
1 Mitch, lu'iiinheud Savoy (late), lied
Dutch (ioil* Is a select list of the best
No 27
varieties of cabbage.
Cauliflowers.—Extra Early Dwarf Er
furt and Early Snowball (early) and
Large Late Algiers are among the l»est.
Carrots.—Chantenay and Guerande
or Oxheart are two of the best carrots,
but if a good extra early sort is re
quired the Early Scarlet Horn can be
planted with advantage. It Is a small
variety.
Celery.—Golden Self Blanching. Pari*
Golden Yellow, lufproved White Plume,
White Walnut (early), London Upd,
Perfection Ileartwell, White Triumph
(late) are among the best.
Corn.—Early Cory, Crosby's Early,
ilendorsou's Metropolitan (early). Per
ry's Hybrid. Stabler's Early, Early Ev
green and Black Mexican (medium),
Stowell's Evergreen, Country Gentle
man (late). In planting the Country
Gentleman should not be omitted, as it
lengthens the season very considerably,
and is of line quality. Other promising
sorts are Burbank's Early Maine, Ear
ly Fordhook (early) and Bouanza Sweet
ilate).
Cucumbers. Peerless White Spine
or White Spine, Cool and Crisp and
Giant Pera are three of the most satis
factory slicing varieties. Boston Pic
kling is a good pickling sort.
The Beef Qneitlta.
South Dakota cattle feeders are
promising a relief from the high prices
that are now being asked for beef.
They say that they are carrying more
cattle than ever before, as there was
an unusual growth of grass there in
1901, and when someof the southwestern
states were suffering from the drought
they purchased more cattle than ever
before, and, as the winters have been
mild and the ranges well covered with
grass, they are feeding their cattle at
small expense with the use of but little
hay or corn and that they expect to
have grass fed stock in good condition
as soon as spring opens. They will
probably want a good price for it, but,
as grass fed beef does not sell for as
much as winter fed stock fattened on
corn, If they have much to offer it may
be the mcaus of forcing beef prices
dawn a ltttlo While wo rejoice with
tho farmers who nre getting better
prices for their live stock than they
have received In years past, we cannot
refuse our sympathy to those who have
to buy their meats and pay t »e prices
now nsked for them. Wo can tnly re
peat the advice we have given b fore,
concludes American Cultivator, thai"—
farmers in the eastern states should
try to produce more meat, and to da
that they must grow more corn and
raise more of their young animals to
maturity.
A WrlokU With Tomato Plants.
An lowa Homestead correspondent
sketches his plan of setting out tomato
plants: I let the plant get a good slse,
and then I set It deeply iu the ground
i and cover the
atem on an In
usually leaning
reservoir Is left
for watering the
evening, and the
TOMATO PLAirr BIT nclt mornlng
SI.ANTINO. fl „ tho ho)e fuU
of dirt. Every Joint on the stalk will
put out roots, and heat and moisture
will start nearest the surface tlrst.
The plant will withstand whatever
season may come. If the season is
wot, tho upper roots will push the
plant along; if dry, the lower stratum
Will not let growth check.
Dehoralnv Milk Cows.
It hns been claimed that dehorning
cows while In fuU flow of milk did not
check tho milk flow. During Febru
ary, 1900, tho South Carolina station
dehorned a number of cows and, In or
der to note the effect of dehorning,
kept a careful record of the milk flow
for flva days preceding and five days
succeeding the dehorning.
All the cows were over three years
old. Luclle was nine years old and
bad very large horns. The dehorning
was done with a pair of dehorning
clippers, which fractured tho bone to
some extent.
t.uffle dropped 46 per cent in milk
flow the first day and 20 per cent for
tlio five days, Alice dropped 18.2 per
rent and Bloss 12.7 per cent during tho
(lvo days, while Duchess, Spot and Sib
yl did not seem to be much affected.
Tbo total loss of tbc seven head amount
ed to 10.1 per cent during the five days.
A CURE AND A FEE.
Peenllar Rspr rlenr* of a Do»tof
Willi •» Bul»n M»o.
In conversation one day about tho
peculiar views that commsrclal men
sometimes entertain about professional
services Dr. H. »Y'elr Mitchell told tus
following story:
"A very wealthy man from tbo wost
camo to consult IUO about an attack of
vertigo. lie said that ho bad Just re
turned from a trip to Europe, where
ho hud consulted eminent specialists,
but that they had failed to afford him
any permanent relief. 'A physician in
Lotidou.' ho said, 'asked mo why I did
not make an attempt to be cured near
er home. I thought on my way out
wi>st I would stop over to seo you.'
" 'Has any physielon you have visit
ed looked Into your ears?' I asked.
" 'No,' was his reply.
"I made an examination of bis ears,
removed souio wax and a substance
that appeared to be hardened remnants
of cotton wool. X sent him awsy theu
and told him to come again In a day
or two. Ho did so.
" 'Well,' ho exclaimed, 4 I am cured.
How much do I owe you?'
" 'About sr>o,' I replied.
"As ho drew a check he asked, 'Did
you know when you first examined my
■ ears that you could cure mo?'
"When I told him that 1 had a very
fair conviction that I could, he said:
'Well, you aro a blanked fool. You
should have said to me: "I think 1 can
cure you, and 1 will do so for SIO,OOO.
No cure, no pay." You would have
got your money without a murmur.'
•••Oh,' I said. 'lf you feel that way
about It lliere aro several little chari
ties In which I aiu Interested, and'—
" 'No, no,' ho interrupted, 'that is not
business. I have my cure, and yon
have fbe price you asked. The frans
action Is closed.'"
Brmi In Rowland In Ckaaeer'a Time.
A tiicfnl resembling brass, but said
to have IM-011 superior In quality, was
known In England as "maslln" as early
ns tho time of Chaucer, aud in tho
reign of Henry VIII. an act of psrlla
mont was passed prohibiting tho ex
port of brass out of England. Whether
the earlier monuinuutal brasses still to
be found In our churches were made
originally In England is not absolutely
fortnln, the probability, according to
some antiquaries, being that they worf
of French or Molglan workmanship.-'
Chambers' Journal.