VOl XXXIX |Autumn Wantsf Claiming; attention. £ # The flodern Store was never a* brim full as of new goods in every line, g « ready to supply your wants for the Fall season. A visit to W U this store will convince you that we have a stock for which & too much cannot be said. Qk 5 New York Banner Patterns. # In We have provided the best patterns we could get for our « Udy friend-, and would say thry are fully guaranteed. Such 5 patterns usudly sell at 25c, but our price will be 10 and 1 sc, C and you can find everything that's up to-date in every possibie style. Get "BANNER PATTERNS" and you will have any other. 6 Underwear and Hosiery. f. The cool nights will suggest the necessity of looking up jJk JB your supply in this line and we can fit you out for less money, flt quality considered, than you may think Come and examine (9 U our large stock and get posted on the best the market aftords. U| $ Dress Goods; Silks, etc 8 ® Our lady friends ate especially invited to visit this depirt- ment. We are showing aline that will surprise you, and are U some special vaHes. We will be modest in our ad- X vertisen e.as and let our p'ices and qualities be our greatest Ok arguments. Millinery for Early Autumn. -5 ■ Everything that's chic and neat and beautiful can be • U found here and our display of early Fall styles will delight you. Uk We will cater to those who appreciate handsome headwear IR and our facilities in this department are unquestioned. Wc- jp have made a reputation for our millinery department which we U propose to maintain at every cost. Qk , $ Co., $ SOUTH MAUI STKZET } £ nMo AV 7/1 Wail Orders Solicited 'A jn mrornci box I «■■■■ OPPOSITK HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER, PA. $ RICKGk'S Fall Footwear. Largest stock and most handsome styles of fine footwear wc have ever shown. Sorosls Shoes. Twenty new fall styles—Dongola, Enamel, Patent-kid,and Box calf—made in the latest up-to-date styles in medium or high tops. Misses' and Children's Shoes Extremely large stock of Misses' and Children's Fine Shoes com prised of many new and pretty styles for fall. I Men's Shoes All the latest styles in Men's Fine Shoes. A full line of Men's Patent-kid Shoes—the latest style lasts, $2.50, $3.00, $3.50, $5.00 and $6.00. Men's fine calf, vici-kid, and box-call shoes, SI.OO to $5. Large assortment of Boys, Youths and Little Grants' fine shoes. FOR OIL-MEN AND FARM WEAR. We have a full stock of Gokey's hand-made, whole stock, box toe boots and shoes. High cut capped tipped shoes for Boys and high cut waterproof shoes for girls. Large stock of Ladies' kangaroo-calf, oil-grain and kip shoes at away down prices. SPECIAL BARGAINS IN SCHOOL SHOES. Repairing promptly done. Sole leather and shoemakers supplits. JOHN BICKEL, 128 South Main St., BUTLER, PA. ~KE 0 K # a Spring 4 Summer Weights »fj\ 4 Vj Have a nsttiness aljout them that |'j A ' PyL\ f, j\ mark the wearer, it won't do to IFJ P \ l et] lA jR wear the last year's output. You Si 1 v FA won't get the latest things at the y 13 stock clothiers either. The up-to 1 [\ V \,\ n) f date tailor only can supply them, i/l I T\4 '1 nj[i 1/ if you want not only the latest I! I ' I II 1111 f I things in cut and fit and work t 1 If '//// I nunshtp, the finest in durability, J 1 J j I I where else.can you get combina jjr J I jI II | tiona, you get them at KECK G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butter.Pa .fT EARLY FALL STYLES N In Footwear Now Open M N * ,1 H HUSELTON'S. < Going to town tomorrow? m Yes, I need a pair of boots. That's just what 1 want too. k k Where are yoa going for 'em? F Qh t "don't know, gyess 1 11 loojf round. k k Well, I won't I go straight to Huselton's! WA W. W Huselton's?—That so, he's all right, y I never got poor shoes there yet; Pi W Yes, and I think he's right smart cheaper, v Let's go together. • 2 " W All right—let's! ! I Huselton's, N v Opp Hotel Lowry. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Nasal jgcLYsS^ CATARRH In *r. it« eta-ea. y Ev JjUo# Ely's Cream BainSF^m/ cleanses, sootues and heal* f y , < *f'm the dLieased membrane. It cures catarrh and drives M - V awaj a ©old in the head quickly. Cream Bairn is placed into the nostrils,spreads over tl.e membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im mediate and a care follows. It is not drying—does not produce sneezing. Large Size, 60 cents at Drug gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents. I atj fi U Johnston's *4 k 1 M fA i/ji Beef. IrGn and Wine Ll ti h M 92 ,s lhe " . K% f m Best Torre" j «. J II &n:i N B1 (.<1 Purifier. \ j n1 Price, 50c pint f M j* Tj Prepared and jr i sold only et Jl Johnston's » P Crystal [J W Pharmacy. & J K. It. LOGAN, Pb. O , 92 tCi! N. Main St., Hutl«-r. Pa I « Both 'Phones gf J FA Everything in the kl drug line. VA REMOVAL We have removed our Marble and Granite chops from corner of Main and C lay streets to No. 208 N. Main street, (opposite W. D. Brandon's residence), where we will be pleased to meet our customers with figures that are right on Mouuments & Headstones of all kinds and arc also prepared to give best figurrs on Iron Fence. Flower Vases etc , as we have secured the sole agency from the Stewart Iron Works of Cincinnati, 0., for this town and vicinity. P. H. Sechler Eugene Morrison GENERAL CONTRACTING PAINTER and DECORATOR. Special attention given to FINK PAPF.R HANGING GRAINING and HARDWOOD FINISHING. Office anm : mis*; >n 1 dispose of the papers on the ! open, market or deal with the loser di rect. Now and tlien I handle Jewelry, but the gems must be valuable and the losers wealthy to interest me in -i case. It may be of interest to know that I i was a fairly good civil engineer before : I became a financial agent. Why I ex j changed professions is a matter con j ceralug myself alone. Ten years since a friend of mine named Dee got Into trouble in a west ern state. In trying to break from the officers one of them was shot dead. That meant the gallows for Dee. I at once secured the best legal counsel j for him, but was plainly told that only a miracle could save his neck. When his case came up, he was convicted without the jury leaving the box. and he was sentenced to be hung. We made an appeal, and he went back to prison knowing that he would be safe for eight or ten months to come. Dee was a man of twenty-eight, a gentleman by birth, one of the hand somest men you ever saw. Had it been a Jury of women they would have ac quitted him as promptly as he was convicted. A dozen females broke down and wept when he was sen tenced. Though watching things close ly 1 had not put myself forward at the trial. Among the interested ones I had noticed a handsome girl about twenty, and the trial was not half concluded when I knew that she regarded Dee as an Innocent man and a hero. When the verdict of guilty was pronounced, she fainted away, and the incident created some local gossip. As nothing more could be done for Dee for some time I was about to leave the city, when I received a note asking me to call at a certain house. 1 called and met Miss Fay, Dee's courtroom ad mirer and an heiress. She told me she had fallen in love with Dee and that every dollar she had was at his disposal to save his neck. When I re plied that It wasn't a question of mon ey and that he was almost certain to hang after we had exhausted all legal dodges, she asked me to remain in town until I heard from her again. Dee was a far better man In all things than three-fourths of those shouting their morality, but I felt It my duty to tell Miss Fay Just where he stood. I admitted to her that he was a criminal instead of a hero and that even if bis life was saved through her efforts she could hardly hope he would marry her and settle down. Nothing I could say would dispel her Illusions, andjghc actually became angry at me for giving her brotherly advice. She did not tell me what steps she meant to take, but I knew by the light in her eyes that she would hesitate at noth ing. It was seven days before I met her again, and 1 was astonished at the work she had done. Dee was confined In the county Jail, which was as strong and safe as a state prison. He bad a cell at the end of a wing, ami was so hedged In by bolts, bars, guards and st<'cl and stone walls that there was not the remotest chance for an escape. Id n week the girl had located the cell, rented a cottage outside the walls and stocked It with tools and provi sions and laid the plan to defeat Jus tice. The plan was boldness Itself. I was to find two trusty men and en sconce myself In the cottage and dig a tunnel to the cell of the condemned. The distance was 100 feet, and we must go under the street, under the yard wall and then under the wall of the Jail. The cottage was one of three and had a space of only twenty feet on each side of It. The other cottages were owned by the families occupying them, and the people were bound to watch any strangers moving In. To dig that tunnel was the work of months, and to run Its other mouth Into a cell was a feat the oldest engi neer and the nerviest sort of a crook might well hesitate over. I ridiculed the whole plan at once, but Miss Fay took It up point by point, and so well did she argue that after three or four hours I agreed that there was one chance lu a thousand that success might be achieved. The first move was to find a family to occupy the cottage. It was not very difficult for me to get hold of an oldish woman who would assist us to carry the scheme through. She opened a boarding house, but took lu only three men of us. We were supposed to bo railroad men and to come and go be fore daylight and after dark. Now and then we did come and go, but It was only to deceive the neighbors. As soon as we settled Iti the house ws began work on the tunnel, and we never put In less than fourteen hours out of the twenty-four. The two men with me knew what they were being paid for and could be depended upon. The cel lar of the cottage gave us room for the dirt excavated, and It seemed as if luck was with us from the start. It Was winter, with but few people pass ing on the side street, and the ground , being hard frozen there was less dan- { ger of the roof of the tunnel falling In. I One cnn run a ditch on the surfaco «« straight ith a rule, hut when you come to run a tunnel It IH a different thing We had Hewers and gna unci water pipes and beds of rock to look for, nod the far and uiiiHt retch u cer tain cell Inside the Jail. To any that I sweat blood over that Job would bo drawing It mild. We went over or un der the pipes In the street, made n couple of elbows to avoid big recks, and llnally reached the prison wall. From the wall we were to go under a coal Hhed until reaching the prison wall, and there would be no chance to take sights above ground, for tunately for UH we struck nn old aban doned rn-wer, and thin saved us at leant it month'* digging We followed It up to the prison wall nnd then we were twenty-five feet from the spot we wanted to reach. The Jail had a cellar, but under only two-thirds of the space. The new wing rented ou a bed of rock and cement. In the dlfltcult work we had to get around the pipe* we progrcssi-d only by InclieH. Toward the last of our work Miss Fay called at the cottage of a night and even crept Into the tun nel. Hhe made the arrangerneuta t'uv the futuw, and I alune was taken Into her confidence. At liiMt there came a night when we began work on the flagstones forming the floor of Dee's cell, I hud got a note to him, and he knew what we were doing. It wai two nights later before we broke through and he dropped down among us. As we emerged into the cellar of the cottage I halted to tell him the story of the girl, and when I had finished it I said: "You must make a choice. You must either marry the girl and settle down to an honest life, or I will give you up to the prison authorities be fore you can leave the house.' He did not hesitate. He was touched by her devotion and glad enough of an opportunity to drop his profession. In an hour he was at the appointed place. She was there to greet him and a clergyman was there to marry them. Then they went away into hiding, and it was months later before the} - crossed the sea to make a home in a foreign land. The escape and the tunnel were discovered, of course, but the cottage was empty and the late occupants could not be traced. While I rejoiced over Dee's good luck, I really felt more solid satisfaction over the success of my tunnel. Tlie newspapers, on the au thority of tbe city engineer, pronounced it a splendid piece of work, and added that the designer must have ability of no mean order. I had come out to an Inch of the spot aimed at, and 1 had taken a prisoner out of one of the strongest jails In the world. Ttemitrknlile Reason. For Duels. Colonel Montgomery was shot In a duel about a dog; Colonel Itamsey in one about a servant; Mr. Keatherstone lu one about a recruit; Sterne's father in one about a goose, and another gen tleman in one about a bottle of an chovies. One officer was challenged for merely asking his opponent to pass him a goblet; another was compelled to tight about a pinch of snuff. Gen eral Barry was challenged by a Cap tain Smith for declining wine at a din ner on a steamboat, although the gen eral pleaded as an excuse that wine in variably made him sick, and Lieuten ant Cowther lost Ills life In a duel be cause be was refused admittance to a club of pigeon shooters. In 1777 a duel occurred In New York between Lieutenant Feathcrstonehaugh of the Seventy-fifth and Captain Mc- Pheraou of the Forty-second British regiment in regard to the manner of eating an ear of corn, one contending that the eating was from the cob and the other contending that the grain should be cut off from the cob before eating. Lieutenant Feathcrstonehaugh lost his right arm. the ball from his an tagonist's pistol shattering the limb fearfully, so much so that it had to be amputated. Major Noah lost his life lu 1827 at the dueling ground at llo ljoken in a simple dispute about what was trumps in a game of cards.—Lon don Tit-Bits. A Dog In a Glove. There Is no question that the beagle is a very old breed. Early Roman accounts of England contain refer ences to the beagle even by name. Books published from about 1580 to 1610 describe several varieties of hounds. Including "the little beagle, which tnay be carried in a man's glove." That the miniature hound was extremely popular at that time was evident from Queen Elizabeth keeping a pack which were also said to be small enough to put in a glove. This statement Is frequently ridiculed when It Is not understood that gloves of that period were not the present day kind, but gauntlets reaching nearly to the elbow. What became of those glove beagles we may surmise from what we know of the results of later attempts to maintain {racks of beagles of 8 to 10 Inches high, the result after some years being weak puppies that Jail short of the One qualities of the little hunting dog when they are grown up.—Country Life In America. Pious Sony. Some years ago a thrifty old cot tager named Bethla Itummy attended service every Sunday morning at the little church of St. Klzelvlr, distant some two miles from her cottage on a hillside In Derbyshire. As reg ular In her provision for temporal wants as she was in attendance to spiritual necessities, her custom was to place a piece of bacon in a pot near the fire to be ready cooked against her ruturn. Then, with her big prayer hook wrapped In a snowy handker chief. Bethia trudged ou to St. Elze vir's. One Sunday, however, she camo late and flustered to her usual place, Just in front of the reading desk and to her vicar's astonishment remarked as she unfolded the snowy handker chief: "Lawk a dalsey me! If I haven't b'lled the prayer book and brought the bacon to church!"— London Chronicle. Wtifit'n In a Namrf Her name is Margaret, but all her friends call her Daisy. It Is a pet name she has been known by since she was a child. There is a pretty, bright, charming freshness about her which the llower suggests. But not withstanding the appropriateness of the nickname the girl, who has recent ly attained the dignity of an engage ment ring, has discarded it once and for all, acd no one Is a friend of hers who does not call her Margaret. It is all on account of the new name she Is to take. She will eventually be Mrs. Field. "And it is a very nice name, too," says the girl, "but I do not intend to bo a 'daisy field." "—New York Times. llomemsAa Rnronirtrr. A convenient barometer for the kitclrrn may be made with an ordi nary glass Jam Jar and an old oil llask. Kill the Jar three parts full of water, and after cleaning the flask place It In the Jar neck downward. The rising of the water in the flask will Indicate flue weather. Unsettled weather will be foretold by the sink ing of the water. A fSiiinr of Ijciipfroir. Napoleon Bonaparte,as Is well known, wss In the habit of walking with his arms crossed upon his chest and his head slightly bent forward, lsabey, the palntur, was at Maluialson, and he and some of the first consul's aids do camp were having a game of leapfrog on the lawn. Isabey had already Jumped over the heads of most of them, when at. the turning of a path he espied the last player, who, iu the req uisite position, seemed to bo waiting for the ordeal. Isabey pursued his course Without looking, but took ids flight so badly as only to reach the other's shoul der, and both rolled over aud over In the sand. To Isabey's consternation, his sup posed fellow player turned out to bo Bonaparte, who got up, foaming at the mouth with anger, and, drawing Ills sword, pounced upon the unfortunate i artist. Isabey, luckily for himself, bet | ter at running than at leaping, took to Ids heels and. Jumping the ditches di viding the property from the highroad, got over the wall and never stopped until, breathless, ho reached the gates of the Tullerlcs. Isabey, It was added, went Immedi ately to Mine. Bonaparte's apartments, and siie, after having laughed at the mishap, advised him to Ho low for a little while. A DRYHOUSE FOR FRUIT. One That Won Rnllt nt Small Cost and Worked Well. Fruit drying being the order of the season, a Home and Farm writer de scribes a satisfactory dryhouse built by himself at small cost: The chimney can be built of sticks and clay. If lime and sand are con venient and care is taken to cut all the sticks the same length and plaster it well Inside and out, over the ends of the sticks as well as elsewhere, and then a thin coat of cement put on the outside, it will last many years, with a cover 011 when not in use. It should be two feet square at least, and, as to height, the higher the better; but ten feet give a good draft, if the chimney t is smooth 011 the inside. The dimensions of the house can be arranged to suit the amount of work to be done. This cut shows only three trays (marked A), but there can be | any odd number—odd, so the current :of hot air will pass all right. The di | . | _ _ '4 f|— 0 * : c <•>> E I A — > V* s*' * IW llu£r a*, —~-. PI.AN OF Fliurr DKYINO IIOtJSE. rection of the current is shown by the arrows. The large dots under the fire box show the ends of the grate bars, made of any old scrap iron that will reach across into the earth on each side. They are not absolutely essential. A single one Just below and inside of the fire door will do, or even a stick of green wood, renewed occasionally, will answer to hold up the ends of the wood. The fire door may be a large sheet of tin or slab of an old stove, which may be lifted away to put in fuel. The fire box is made by digging a trench into the earth eighteen or twenty inches wide, about the same in depth, and In length proportionate to the length of the building, say half way; then it la made shallower, but broader, back to the stovepipe, which should be at least four feet long—six would be better. Over this trench are placed thin, flat stones, old stove slabs, boiler plate or anything of the kind, all cracks being well luted with clay. This is represented In the cut by the line under the words "air inlet," Just over which Is another line represent ing the top of a flue made of sheets of tin, old stove slabs or thin, broad stones, held up 011 each side by bricks set edgewise or stones, all well luted with clay. This flue should be about four Inches deep and no wider than the lire box, widening with the flue leading to the stovepipe. If 1 ever build another, I shall make the whole front end a door. The trays can then be put In and taken out moro easily and readily. No door Is shown In this cut. It Is over the lire door. The flue between the house and chim ney should be at least three times as roomy as the inlet flue. The top tray or set of trays fs pushed against the back wall, the next against the front wall, so alternating till all arc In, the bottom one back, and all trays reaching from one side to the other to completely fill the space. Around the ends and between are spaces of eight Inches. The stovepipe, heating the air around It and also act- | lug something like a Jet pump, causes | a strong draft, bringing the air In over the lire, where It Is heated and passes rapidly buck and forth over the trays, where It quickly carries off the water that the heat brings out of the fruit. It will dry It out lu six hours easily. Oltrn, or tiumho. Okra or gumbo Is universally grown in the southern states and until very I recently was generally propagated from home raised seed. Being em phatically a southern plant, of course the home grown seed are the best, j However, new varieties are occasion- 1 ally Introduced, and these must be | purchased of our seedsmen. The Tall Growing variety Is the old standby, but the newer vurietles, Density, Dwarf Green, Dwarf White, French Market, Perkins' Mammoth l'od and (White Velvet, have been Introduced and thoroughly tested. While in yield none is equal to the Tall Growing, yet the Velvet Dwarf White and Densi ty are earlier and perhaps more deli cate in quality. A succession would Include some of the earlier varieties with the Tall Growing, planted later, to furnish a full supply throughout the summer and up to frost. The Hotfiir Sinaou. Tho season for sugar beets IUIH been lather too wet for best results In the middle states, but prospects are line In the central west, while in the mountain and coast states the harvesting of a superb crop Is now under way and Pttcllic coast factories are running full blast. Several new factories will be completed In time to work up tho llMjil crop of beets In the United States, while in Ontario four sugar mills will ho in operation.—Orange Judd Farmer. NEW POTATO HARVESTER. llniKiiril tu Kltlirr I In* I'otn to«*M or Pllr Tliem Stt tho Kleld. About fifteen years ago a new ma* cliluc was reported from Michigan said to dig potatoes and load them on a wagon. The report proved unrelia bly and since that time we have been hunting for such a machine. Now wo hear of a new harvester. A picture of the machine Is here shown, and tho In ventor gives tills account of It: "The prinelpai features of the ma chine are a shovel, which can be set POTATO UAIIVKHTKIt. to run at any desired depth; an end* lean chain carrier In the rear of tho shovel, a revolving cylinder In the rear of the chain, a potato elevator pro* ■Jectii>g -Into the Ceur end of the cylln* der. and a potato sacker In the rear of the elevator. The heads, or chines, of the cylinder are supported and revolve upon trucks or rollers. The periphery of the cylinder Is composed of small rods placed a proper distance apart to retain the potatoes, and within the cylinder, attached to and revolving therewith, is n spiral which operates like an auger and forces the potatoes back until finally by an Ingenious de vice the potatoes are carried up on to the elevator, which delivers them Into sacks. In operating this machine two men and four horses are required when the potatoes are sacked, but when dumped in piles in the field one man only is needed. "The machine is capable of harvest ing 1.000 bushels in ten hours, or ordi narily will dig from four to five acres per day. I might add that the cylin der revolves slowly. The potatoes and lumps continually roll to the bottom thereof, which action breaks the lumps and sifts out the dirt. The vines are carried through the machine and drop ped on the ground."—Rural New York er. TWO USEFUL DEVICES. A Picker For Apple* und a Untidy Little Kerry Pro iter. Farm Journal says that the apple gatherer shown here can be depended upon not to bruise the fruit, for as each apple is picked off it gently runs down the cloth "spout" that Is at tached to the pole, extending down to Its lower end. The apple falls Into the hand of the op erator and is placed In the * JL V ' V \ 1 basket, while / £§) X J 1 with the other f. /s band another j If apple is being V ' ijk hooked off. * I'M Thesecondtool , j Ij S is the invention C? of a Country " ' g Gentleman cor fJ'|p respondent for pruning raspber- rles and black aitle l'icKER and berries. A black bush rnuxßß. smith made it of good material and fastened it to an old fork handle. It was found that a person could stand up straight, could reach through to the opposite side of the row and, by turning It up edge wise, sort out the desired stalk among the thickest clumps and, best of all, cut very rapidly. The blade is small and sharp, fiat on the under side and curved 011 top like a scythe. Condition of Cane and Hlce. In every important sugar cane pro ducing state except Texas the average condition of sugar cane on Aug. 1 was considerably below that of a year ago, and also below the mean of the August averages for the past ten years. Texas reports a condition eighteen points above the ten year areragc, while all other states contributing to the cane sugar crop report conditions ranging from two to eight points below such average. The condition of rice Is below that of Aug. 1, 1901, and also below the mean of the August averages for the past eight years in every Important rice producing state except Texas, in which state the condition on Aug. 1 was thirteen points higher than at the corresponding date last year, and agreed exactly with the mean of the August averages for the past eight years.—August Crop Reporter. Celery For the Market. For market purposes it Is l>est to grow but two or three varieties of celery and build up a trade for a uni form product. The northern growers, for the most part, plant White Plume and Golden Self Blanching for summer and fall marketing, and those who make a practice of storing also plant some such variety as Giant Solid. nntl Note*. The commissioner of internal revenue has decided against the use of palm oil In the manufacture of oleomargarine. Make "corn hay" is now the cry of the agricultural press. The general Introduction of tho "cental" system In weighing grain, wherein 100 pounds replace the bush el, is being agitated. The "summer" silo Is coming to the fore. Many dairymen find ensilage as valuable In summer as In winter. Bone-meal fed to hogs is said to save 25 per cent of corn and to make health ier and stronger animals. There has been more than the usual complaint of bird depredations this season. How True! "Say, Jinks, where Is that fine gold watch you used to sportV I see now that you're wearing a plain affair lu a nickel plated case." "Well, you know, 'circumstances al ter cases.'"—Baltimore American. Petitions and addresses to the sov ereign or to members of the houses of parliament, if not over two pounds In weight, are exempt from postage. THE COOKBOOK If the pastry be slow In browning, throw a little sugar 011 the oven shelf. This will expedite matters greatly. If the skin of a beet root has got bro ken, sear the part with a redhot Iron before cooking It. This will prevent the beet from bleeding. The next time tomato soup Is plan ned for the family dinner try adding a few slices of orange Just before serv ing and enjoy the pleasant tlavor which they Impart. Eggplant is most palatable when broiled, ''ut Into thick slices, with the sklu on; dip In olive oil seasoned with salt and pepper and eook on wire broil er over a clear tire five or ten minutes. When a cake contains too much Hour or lias baked too fast. It will sink from the edges or rise up sharply, with a crack in the middle. If cake lias a coarse gra In, It was not beaten enough or the oven was too slow. If you like cocoanut pyramids, beat the whites of two eggs till light and stiff; mix with two cupful* of grated cocoa nut, one cupful < f powdered sug ar IUHI two tablcspo'uifuls <>f Hour; make Into pyramids and bake brown. Tho niinrli'it l.lvrtl Cllr. Which ■ f the |„: .• eiiies of tho world hail the slier' t life? In the Mitel' ..t world the answer Is* Palmyra. The |> . iod of lis prosperity extended old? fr ;.i 117 !•> tiT.'J A. I».. tr.l! year 111 the I. fill eentucy It I'ersopolis w.is the ceplial f the Per sian ei . f. r Hi ii.v years only, but tills \\ '■ merely an ceeMent of war mid p-iliC i ".i: 'l l •. ev. (lie K.hortest lived HI at < f empire, f«.R it only eu illired ui it t .".i»:* year«. Inl odcru fillies the aii:»\\i 1 : old be Aitarajuira, the former eapilal of Mnrmu. Founded in 17s.'!, It had In I "i a population of ( I7.VM>O. Sixty J e: is later the seat of gover: M V •* tre i .sferrwl to Mllll dalay. and A. t ur.i Is now repre sented only l.» . '■ u ruined temples aud luiniiioo huts, l.uudoii Answers. ' A POUND'S A POUND. ilct a Found of Feather* la Heavier Than n Found of l.eod. That old question atx>ut .1 pound of feathers and a pound of lead takes on new interest when we look at It lu a simple scientific way. It seems ab surd. of course, that a pound of one thing could he heavier than a pound of mother thing, and yet that Is exactly what may be shown in this case; not that the i>ound of lead is heavier than the pound of feathers, as most persons would say on the spur of the moment, but just the other way—a pound of feathers is heavier than a pound of | lead. This apparently inconsistent state ment may l»e quite easily proved. With accurate scales weigh a pound of lead, using ordinary shot for convenience; then with the same scales weigh a pound of feathers, putting them Into a muslin bag for the purpose. The feath ers . nd the bag together must weigh exactly a pound. The next step In the operation will show apparently that there is no dif ference whatever in the weight of the two articles, for you put the shot In one pan of a balance and the bag of feathers in the other, and after a little seesawing they will come to an exact level. Now, however, the scientific phase of the question are reminded that in weighing the ar ticles thus In the open air you have taken no account of the buoyant pow er of the air, which bears everything up In proportion to the object's bulk. As the bag of feathers Is of greater bulk than the shot, it is borne up more than the shot Is, and for that reason It is necessary to use a little more than a pound of feathers to balance a pound of lead. This, however, is theoretical. The practical proof is obtained when you place the balance bearing the lead and the feathers on the receiver of an air pump and cover them with the glass bell. Then exhaust the air, and you will tlnd that the pan bearing the feath ers will sink and the pan bearing the lead will rise, thus showing that when weighed In the ordinary way the quan tity of feathers used to make a pound Is actually more than a pound.—New York Press. FINS OF THE FLYING FISH. Than *• Wiagl. Out from the warmer seas fly the flying fish, the fish of which every one has heard, which yet none can see for the first time without a gasp of amaze ment. without a feeling as though be holding the miraculous, the fish which has given rise to more untruthful sto ries than any other fish In all the seas. Undoubtedly the (lying fish has wings like a bird; undoubtedly it files, yet not as a bird. It does not flap the wing like, pectoral tins on which it Is up borne, nor, once launched In the air, can It change Its course by any move ment of Its wings until It dips again to the water. Yet It will pass a ship making ten knots In the hour and trav el In the air as far as 500 feet at a time. Astounding, Indeed, Is the sight of a shoal of flying fish taking to the air, skimming far over the surface when the sea Is calm, leaping high over great waves when gales blow. Fish seem ludicrously out of their element lu the air, but that flsh should fly Is not really more wonderful than that some animals and birds, like the otter or the penguin, dive and swim to per fection. The flying fish's fins are really para chutes to support and steady Its body rather than wings to propel It. The lobe of the tall gives propulsion to the body as It leaves the water. A flying fish measures about a foot in length, ntid its long, transparent pectoral flns reach almost to the tail; but, though very large when expanded, they can be folded up very neatly. Its flight la short and Intermittent, and It must needs continually dip into the sea to give Itself a fresh start.—Pearson's. Accurate Delay. Many stories are told of the lack of punctuality upon southern railroads. It Is said that when a New England man found ifls train, advertised to leave at 11 o'clock, starting at exactly that hour he complimented the con ductor. "Just on time, I see." he said genial ly. "All this talk I'vo heard of tho lateness of your trains Is without foun dation, I've no doubt." The conductor smiled at him gently. "This train, sir," he said without a trace of embarrassment, "Is not today's 11 o'clock train, sir. It Is yesterday's 11 o'clock. Today's will probably not get here from way down until tomor friw, sir."—Youth'B Compaulon. After the Dance. "I IIOIH; you have enjoyed the even ing, Miss Oliver." "Not excessively, Mr. Roland. The men are such wretched dancers. I have had only ouo really good part ner." "My own experience precisely." "Yes, Mr. Van Twister is the best' dancer I ever saw. There he goes now with Grace Turner. It is a pleasure to watch them, Isn't it?" "Yes; he does very nicely—with a partner like your friend Grace. She is the one to whom I .was referring Just now." "So I supposed."—New York Herald. Boiling Them Soft. Mrs. Newly wed—These eggs are still hard. How long did you boll them? New Cook—Five minutes, ma'am. Mrs. Newlywed Well, next time give them ten minutes.—New York Press. The flrst factory for the manufac , ture of cotton tewing thread was lo cated at I'awtucket, It. 1., lu 1704. YOUNG GRANT'S COLT. Tin* Story of u I'tirclißar That ICitriiril tlx- 111*y Much Irn>lim. When I'lysses S. Grant WHS n small boy llvlug in Georgetown, «>., he waut ed. like most boys, to own a horse, and olio particular c»lt belonging to a man named Italston he wished espe clally to have. To Indulge the hoy's taste and buy the colt his father of fered Mr. Ralston S2O, but the owner valued the colt at $25 an IIRM In. If. his father added, lie could not buy It for S2O, he might offer $22.50, ami If the owner would not let It go for $22.50 he might, In order to obtain It, give $25. Ulysses therefore mounted a horse and set out for Mr. Kalston's. He was at that time probably about eight years old. When he found the owner, he told him, "l'apu says I may offer you S2O for the colt, but If yon won't take tliaft to offer yon $22.50, and If you won't take that to give you s2s.'* The eagerness of the boy to gain tha , horse cotftld not brook any barrier. It is needless to say that he paid |25 and ' led the animal home. 1 Grant said, in writing his memoirs, that the story of this purchase of his got out lu the village and It was long before he heard the last of It. The schoolboys delighted in teasing him about it; schoolboys are very often 1 little barbarians for tormenting one 1 another, and they did not let Ulysses forget this one instance when he was behind the rest in cleverness. He kept the horse for several years ! and finally sold it for S2O, the poor nnimal having become blind. Later ' j he found it taken from the road and , | working the tread wheel of a ferryboat which piied between the Ohio and Kentucky banks of the Ohio river. ; THE PERPETUAL LIGHT. Remarkable Lamp In Lomlilaoa ' Tliat Never Goes Ont. "The mo&t remarkable lamp in this section of the country," said a man who cruises a great deal along the coast to the New Orleans Times-Dem ocrat, "is to be found lu the water area between I.ake Borgue and Mississippi sound in a lonely, desolate, isolated spot, where the fall of human feet and the dip of oars are beard only four times a year. "The light Is some distance this side of Bay St. Louis and is a little south of Chinchuba. It stands away out In the marsh, but can be seen from tho Louisville and Nashville railroad. It burns all the time, day and night, year In and year out. It flickers away for the benefit of the mariners who frequent these waters. It Is the Per petual light. The sun, the moon and stars may come and go, but the light which shines out In the dismal marsh is always the same. It Is the one bright thing In a rather dismal stretch of country. Seaweeds grow wild and rank In that region. The land, such as one may see from a railroad train. Is a flat and treeless waste. It is with out any cheerful aspect, low, gloomy, overhung by miasmatic mist and a per fect prairie of wild and matted weeds of the kind which flourish In marshy regions, it is threaded by sluggish arms of water. "Once every three months this lamp Is visited by a human being. It is filled with oil, trimmed up and put in condition to burn for three months ' longer. Thus It Is visited four times a year. It Is situated so that the winds cannot put It out It renders good service, never explodes, never goes out, never gets dimmer or brighter, but burns with the same steady power all the time. It has earned the name of the Perpetual light." Washing In the Orient. The Japanese rip their garments apart for every washing, and they Iron their clothes by spreading them on a flat board and leafllng this up against the house to dry. The sun takes the wrinkles out of tho clothes, and some of them have quite a luster. The Jap anese woman does her washing out of doors. Her washtub is not more than six inches high. The hardest worked washerwomen in the world are the Koreans. They have to wash about a dozen dresses for their husbands, and they have plen ty to do. The washing Is usually done In cold water and often in running streams. The clothes are pounded with paddles until they shine like a shirt front fresh from a laundry.—.Chicago Fews. A Heartless Interruption. A young Parisian, noted for his grace and readiness as a second in many duels, was asked by a friend to ac company him to the mayor's office to affix his signature as a witness to the matrimonial registry. He consented, but when the scene was reached for got himself. Just as the mayor was ready for the last formalities he broke out: "Gentlemen, cannot this affair be arranged? Is there no way of pre venting this sad occurrence?" Marjory's Proviso. Baby Marjory has been having her flrst experience of rural sights and sounds, of green things growing, of flowers hiding in tho grass, of cows In the pasture, of horses in the stable. She was delighted with all but one of them, says a writer in the Philadelphia Telegraph. The one exception was tho big, surly dog that keeps watch and ward over tho farm. She respected Hector in bis own place, but that place is at a distance. She did not want him or his kind to approach near enough for in timate acquaintance. Having been invited by a lady of the house to take a walk down to the village, Marjory hesitated a little. "Why, Marjory," exclaimed the lady, In an injured toue of voice, "don't you want to go with mo?" "Yes," replied tho little maid, "I want to go, but p'easo don't let any dogs happen to me!" Oldest Inn In Enfflaad. In the village of Norto St Philip 1s tho George lun. It claims to be the oldest licensed village alehouse in Eng land, tho license dating from 1397! Its appearance is eminently picturesque, each story overhanging that beneath, while the front Is broken by bay win dows, a porch and a flight of stone steps leading to a doorway In the wall. At the back are more quaint dodrs and windows, a turret built against the wall and Inclosing an outside stair, while in the yard still remains a por tion of the old gallery which in the middle ages was found in so many hostelrles. Most of the front is tim bered. Each gable Is surmounted by a curious chimney. A curious feature of tho interior is the upper floor, which is of plaster. The Girl and Her Plar* Once upon a time there wero n young lady and a young gentleman playing a two handed game of euchre. "I offer you a solitaire diamond," said the young man as ho played the aco of that suit "The best I can do is to give you my heart," tho young woman answered as alio played. "Then your whole hand goes with it," he said. "Yes, Charles, dear," sho replied. Moral.—There Is such a thing as playing into the other player's hand.— New York Herald. Roman Gormandi. The ancient Greeks aud Romans drank wine freely at their feasts. Wine wus their beverage. Indeed Bacchus held high carnival among them, and the lloman would gorge himself with food and then empty his stomach by artificial means and resume his seat at table and eat and drluk to his fill Good Manager. "You seem to manage remarkably well on your housekeeping money." "Yes. The tradespeople haven't sent their bills In yet "—New York Herald. No 38