VOI XXXIX ******** $ Grand Millinery Opening! $ jj Thursday, Friday and Saturday. October 2-3-4 #x Extraordinary Antutnn Array of Artictic Hats The flodern Store * is laying special stress npon its Millinery facilities. We invite inspection ?? and comparison and if this department is not. in every respect, up-to-date J# and competent to fnrnish the highest stvle ofLthe art, we don t ask vonr m S patronage Come to our opening on the above dates and see for yourgi-lf 0 what we have to offer. No matter how handsome yonr gown, if your h:it • (V is illy chosen your whole outfit is marred in its effects. We make a m specialty of PARTICULAR HATS FOR PARTICULAR PEOPLE. X B^aatifn^Triaimed Pattern Hats The choicest creations of master Ufc milliners. . Every department is now complete, and our stock is the largest we jJk have had the pleasure to offer to our friends. The new store is crowded U to its carrying capacity with every article of flt 2 Dry Goods, Ladies'and Hen's Furnishings, JO and we show all the novelties of the season, which are sure to call forth 40 yonr approval, both as to quality and price. |dk 8 Co., % mt SOUTH MAIN STREET ) noi ...... C S ! riopLis D r Mail Orders Solicited Uh FOSTOFFICE BOX I . • OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER, PA. $ t H&X& ***** shmmv&X* / LATEST FALL FOOTWEAR. ) 1 Patrician Shoes 13.50 in patent kid, vici kid and box calf. / / American Girl Shoes $2 50, in all leathers in medium and high tops. v N Large stock of Misses' and Children's dress shoes; also the kind for school. J r Full liqe of Men'sfioeehoes.iucludingtheHanan.the best in the city for *•">. \ v Fall line of Men's and Ladies' heavy shoes at lowest prices C ? NEW RUBBER GOODS. / 5 DAUBENSPECK & TURNER. \ I NEXT TO SAVINGS BANK. • / / 108 S. Main St. Butler, Pa \ -BICKEL'S FALL and WINTER OPENING OI FOOTWEAR. rurnv NEW STYLE IS HERE, rVrn T NEW SHAPE AND LF LII 1 NEW LEATHER. In Ladies' fine shoes we are showing many handsome styles in Enamels, patent-kid, velour and box calf, dull or patent tips, Opera or Military heels. Girls shoes in fine box-calfand Dongola kid, low or spring-heels, welt soles, all sizes and widths. M en's fine shoes in patent colt-skin, enamel, vici-kid and box calf, hand soles, all the newest lasts. Large assortment of Boys', Youths' and Little Gents' fine shoes in latest styles. EVERY DAY SHOES. Ladies'whole stock waterproof at $1.75. The same kind in 1 M isses' sizes at $1.40. Cheaper grades in oil-grain and kangaroo calf at 85c, SI.OO, $1.25 per pair. Large stock of Gokey's high-cut, hand-pegged, box toe shces. See our drillers high-cut, box-toe, bellis tongue shoes, hand fitted, just the kind for this time of the year. Our stock of school shoes is complete. Gokey's high-cut, cop per-toed shoes for boys, and waterproof shoes for girls. Large stock of best grade Felts and first quality Rubbers of all kjnds at prices sure to interest you. Large stock ol Ladies', Gents', Misses' and Children's Leggins and Overgaiters. Repairing promptly done. Sole leather and shoemakers supplies, JOHN BICKEL, 128 South Main St., EUTLER, PA. K E C K Fall Winter Weights j|b E Have a natliness about them that J] 1 /| [\ mark the wearer, it won't do to ' Kw\ // iv wear the last year's output. You yj \ \gf) (di U won't get the latest things at the j \J ?j stock clothiers either. The up-to j5 r/ \ lFf R Cdate tailor only can supply them, If \sA I 11? if you want not only the latest I J { | A/ V* »nII u things in cut and fit and work- n 1 / / ]///|f I nianship, the finest in durability,. j 1 f {III where e'se can you get combina- 11 I i ll I tions," yon get them at 1 j ill II f KECK G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, 42 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler.Pa N EARLY FALL STYLES k* N In Footwear Now Open k j HI'SDLTON'S. j rj Going to town tomorrow? j y] Yea, I need a pair of boots. fA TA That's just what I want too. ki Where are yoa going for 'em? WA YA Oh I don't jenow, gijess I'll loojj round, ki Well, 1 won't 1 go straight to Huselton'e! fl jA rluselton's?—That so, he's all right, I never got poor shoes there yet; PJ Wl Yes, and I think he's right smart cheaper, If Let's go together. All right—let's! ! T* pi Huselton's, H ] Opp Hotel Lgwry. rfii / subscribe for the CITIZEN " THE BUTLER CITIZEN. 1 Nasal CATARRH | clcanec«, soothes and he*ls m ' the diseased memhraae. 1 f It cures catarrh and drves M. . away a cold in the head f quickly. !Crt:-.an Balm is placed luto tha nostrils,spreads over the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im- I mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does I not produce sneezing. I-arge Size, 50 cents at Drug ' gists or by mail; Trial Cize, in cents. I yp 14V" **J II B § ! n n ! Johnston's ! —| ■ V is the F A WM Best Touic ul ml and Ffi Bl'od Purifier. Price, 50c pint [ ■ [ V Prepare*l ami c i solody drew Harry nearer to the front of the box. The nurse, fresh from Irish j soil, was too much interested to watch her charge. The others trusted to the nurse. At last came the cowboys, better mounted even than their associates. Six abreast they swept into the arena and came tearing down the stretch. {Suddenly a groan went lip, a great vol ume of tone like the voice of one mighty man. There, directly In the path of the riders, stood a fair haired child. The sun glanced from its dainty while dress and lit up the long tlaxen calls till they seemed to form a halo ! about its head. Alicia sprang up with a fearful j scream. "Harry!" she cried. "Oh, my dar- j Hug, come to sister!" Then she covered her eyes, not daring to face the awful horror she knew must come. The instant he did so some impulse j compelled her to look again, and a ray of hope lit up her strained face. The riders 011 the inside bad turned aside. The oue nearest the child stooped and caught him up, and as a mighty shout went up from the crowd he swung the little fellow to the pon» mel (>f the saddle. The six uiored on. Tliey drew Into their places, and the child shouted with delight at the nov elty of his position, never giving thought to the dauger he had faced. As the horseman stood there vthtfltfng for the end of the entree Alicia sought his face, her eyes dimmed with grate ful tears. I.ike his fellows, he wore the regulation blur shirt with its scar let kerchief. The browu leather chap* were much like those worn by the oth ers, and a huge sombrero threw the face in shadow. He was in nowise different from his fellows, yet it seemed to Alicia as if there was something familiar iu the figure—something that suggested some one she had known. It was absurd to imagine that she numbered a plainsman among her ac quaintances/yet try as she would she could uot take her eyes from him. "Even when Colonel Cody passed on his splendid horse the graceful, well built 1 figure and the tiny white form of her i brother were all she saw. The colonel had made his little | speech. He had introduced his con ' gress of rough riders of th • world with 1 a sweep of his hat, all inclusive. The riders had advanced to the barrier, ! had retreated and were beginning the ' musical ride which finishes the en trance. At first the cowboys were within the circle. Gradually, however, the Anks thinned out, and on the last circuit they would have to pass the box. Har ry's rescuer reined up as the box was reached and, drawing out of line, leaned forward to restore the boy. Alicia started forward to receive him, fully occupied with her little brother. Not until the rider was iu mo tion again did she look into his face. Then she sank down, crying and laugh ing all at once. Mild hysterics, wom an's universal panacea, had come to her relief. After the siege of Peking had been raised and the emblem of Christianity had replaced the banners of pagan ism, according to the programme, the Peyton family were interviewing a young man who now wore the khaki uniform of n private soldier. His face was flushed with embarrassment. Peyton pere regarded him with be nevolent good will and suggested that he had better come up to dinner. Pey ton mere tried to say something suit able and wept quietly instead. The younger Peytons regarded him with owa, much as one looks upon a neigh bor who suddenly achieves national greatness. All this was of interest, but there was a look in Alicia Peyton's eyes that made him wish the rest of the family would go away and leave him alone with her. But when this wish was granted a few hours later Thurston was sudden ly tongue tied and distressingly self conscious. Alicia raised her eyes, brimming with tenderness, to his. "Since you won't take advantage of your bravery, sir," she said, "I suppose I will have to propose to you myself." "It's not gratitude I want; it's love," he said gently. "You feel now that 1 must be repaid for picking up Harry." "It is love I offer," she said proudly. "I didn't know it then. You seemed as Inert as the rest of our men. How was I to know that you had 'ridden the range' for three years after your health broke down in college if you didn't tell me?" I lie answered with a kiss. "At any rate," he said, "you have won a cow boy. That's why X wouldn't argue the point with you the other evening. I have ridden with Cody's show every time it has come to town since I came back from the west. It's like visiting old friends." Secret*. There are those who hold that a sin gular and prime friendship, such as marriage, for instance, dissolves all other obligations whatsoever and that secrets betrayed are the greatest sac rifices possible upon the altar of love. Montaigne says, "The secret I have sworn not to reveal to any other I may without perjury communicate to him who is not another, but myself." There are few friendships nowadays so close as his with Etienne de la Boetie, who himself "would not so much as lie In jest." Theirs was one of the great friendships of history. But there Is much casuistry used by those who would manifest their Importance In knowing mysterious things. They obey the letter of the law of honor and tell without really telling, letting the truth leak out in wise hints and suggestions, or they tell part of a tale and hood j wink themselves into thinking that they Lave violated no confidence. Yet nothing is so dangerous as half a truth. Sooner or later it is inevitable that the hearer will come across the other side, and the cat is out of the bag.—Philadelphia Ledger. SIGN YOUR LETTERS. Many People Write Letter* and For get the SigSntare. ''Many people write letters that they forget to sign," said a postofflce clerk. "People come to us every day with such letters In the hope that they may be able to trace the writers. Some times we can do so, but not often. Of course only a small percentage of such letters are brought to our attention, so the total number must be very large, <'lf the name of the writer is on the envelope or letter head, the lack of a signature is of less consequence, but It happens frequently that important let ters cannot be traced to the writers. "A certain business house in this city brought in a letter one day minus the signature and containing a ten dollar bill to pay for certain goods ordered. It came from a village lu the interior of the state, *and it was sent to the postmaster of the place, with the re quest that he ascertain the name of the writer, if possible. He failed to do so, and the matter rested for some time. One day we received a letter , from the same town asking us as to | the reliability of the firm to which the letter had been written, saying that the writer had sent the firm money for an order of goods and had received no I reply. It turued out to be the person we were in search of. and the mistake was explained. But this was an ex ceptional case."—Chicago Inter Ocean. Premature Anxiety. "A lontf time ago, when trains tray eled more slowly than they do now and 'way' trains were more common, two [ high railway officials got on a train at Philadelphia, Inten :ng" to ride out about thirty miles," said an old rail road conductor. "They had a lot to say to each other, and the train, which | stopped at every woodpile, worried I them a good deal. "A man recently landed got aboard ! a few miles out and added to their i annoyance by his persistence in asking ; the name of every station that the train stopped at. After they had po j litely answered his questions for a | dozen stations or so one of them be j came angry and said to him: f " 'See here, my friend, if you'll kind ly tell me where you're going I'll see that you don't get carried by the place.' "The immigrant reached down to a capacious pocket and pulled up a tick et with about twenty coupons at tached, the last of which read Omaha." 1 MANGE IN CATTLE. Small Dlpulni; Plant For Ordinary Farm I'kc. Of the various dipping plants in use there are the small dipping plant, which is inexpensive and suitable for j use by a community of farmers, and | the larger dipping plant, with swim- 1 ming tank, such as would be needed if | large numbers of range cattle are to be treated. A suitable plant for a com -1 munity of farmers has been built for $l3O. while a swimming tank will cost $350. A plant which seems to be an admi rable example of the smaller kind was built, with the exception of the tank, by farmers. A thrashing engine was used for heating purposes by connect ing a lV t inch pipe to the whistle in , take, the whistle being removed and | the pipe joined to the union. The plant I —i — 1 ft I S| —id &S f§ j OTasrni | 1 B@H|n I oic=§ YJ"'' CAGE FOR BMAI.Ii DIPPIXG FT.A.-VT. has a capacity of 200 head per day. Its cost, without engine or labor, ex cepting the labor to-build the tank or vat, was $l5O. One person can easily lower the cage when loaded by taking a hitch around a post, and it may be raised, as shown In the illustration, ei ther with engine or horses. A plant of this capacity will answer very well In a cornuiunity where vari ous owners have bunches of cattle ranging from 80 to 100 head or less. Its chief advantage over the swimming tank is cheapness in construction be cause of its size. In communities where mange exists or even where numbers of small herds are Infected with lice n plant of this character might be constructed and used with profit to the cattlemen. Specifications of material for this plant, as well as further Information in re gard to dipping plants and scabies in cattle, occur in farmer's bulletin No. 152, by I)r. R. W. Hickman. Handy on the Conn Wafton. The Illustration and description of a scoop board for unloading corn and other things has been presented by a correspondent In Ohio Parmer as fol lows: When In position, the hind end of the device is elevated several inches so that the ears of corn will not roll down, under foot. It can be taken along to the field for the purpose of throwing in sorted corn or can be left at the crib. It can be taken off by merely lifting up the hind end so as to SCOOP BOARD FOB WAGON, let the block on the end of the side bar pass under the cleat of Its front end and then pull it back and it will slide out as easily as an end gate. There are no chains to loosen or hooks to unhook. It needs no blacksmith work. Any farmer can make one to flt his own wagon. It Is very conven ient In cornliusking times; far superior to a board set tn the wagon bed to start to scoop on. Cowpem at tlie Xortli. If cowpeas are planted this far north about the Ist of June, the early varl- j etles will be right to turn hogs on the last half of August and will furnish the right food at this time to finish on ! new corn, and the ground may be seeded with winter wheat afterward without any preparation, if a disk drill ; be used, or rye may be seeded for a ; green winter cover crop and turned under for spring crop, especially po- i tatoes. For beginners I would ad- j vise: Get seed that will mature in your latitude, or farther north; drill fifteen pounds per acre In rows thirty to thirty-six inches apart, and cultivate clean until vines Interfere. A few years' trial with cowpeas will suggest , tnany ways to utilize them to good ad vantage on every farm. —E. F. D., Leesburg, Ind. tutting;* and Graft*. It is a good Idea to cut timber and fencing stuff iu August. It dries out quickly and becomes hard. August is a first rate month to de stroy bushes and briers of all kluds. It is a good time to lay drains and dig ditches. Spraying Is still In order. Cut all the seed bearing plants in the asparagus beds before the seeds begin to fall. Bordeaux mixture is the best remedy for late potato blight. Pinch back the new shoots of black berries. Scrape the rough bark from the young fruit trees. j A dry time in August Is the time to kill weeds. August sown rye makes good fall pasture. < Sow late peas and lettuce. i SQUASH BUG IN SUMMER. Hand I'iek.luir Breoine* Dlllleult, und Spraying I* u Re*ort. In some regions, and among them New Hampshire, the squash bug ha* become one of the most notable insect pests of the past season or two. Messrs. Weed and Conradi of that state have been considering its many dark and devious ways aud would treat it as follows during the summer: As the season advances the combating of the pest becomes a more difficult problem. The full grown bugs have laid ejfg w early in the season. These hatch and the 3 oung nymphs are less conspicuous than the adult. At this time bugs of I all sizes are present In greater or less numbers. When the m«thod of hand picking is 1 employed, many of these nymphs con cealed below clods, old leaves or other places or even when exposed upon the surface are likely to be overlooked. • To avoid tills It Is desirable at this « time to use the Kerowater spray that Will kill the bugs without injuring the vines. r An S per cent mixture of kerowater j. that will kill the bugs is fatal to the j tender squash plants. The odor of kerowater, however, is very offensive ■ ' to the bugs. A mixture having a typ ical kerosene odor- say, 2 per cent— when sprayed nti the plant and ground will cause those bugs which are con- I cealed to come forth and try to escape from the odor. Some of those on the plant will come to the upper surface i of the leaves, while the others will run i over the ground. These can be easily picked, and to make sure of the de si ruction of the small nymphs spray the ground with an S i>er cent kero | water mixture. The ground need not be saturated ' so as to affect the plant, but a light spray of that strength will do the work effectively. When a kerowater spray pump is at hand, all that is nec essary is to shift the gauge and no new mixture need be prepared. The best time to apply this spray Is j late in the afternoon when the sun Is low; It will be less serious to the plant than it would be during the hotter por- I tion of the day. The kerowater will not evaporate so readily, and the ef fects will therefore be better. As the stragglers come during the hottest por tion of the day, such a spray will in clude these. When a spray pump is used that throws a stream of kerosene and water In the form of a spray, it should never be forgotten that when the action of the pump Is discontinued the mixture that is In the tube may separate Into the water and the kerosene, the latter rising to the top of the tube. The first stream, therefore, after such rest would contain kerosene lu a more or less concentrated form, which would tend to kill the plant tissues. In every case where the pump Is started the first stream should be directed upon the ground, or at least away from the plant. Tlte World'* Bread Baaket. Approximately 2.500.000,000 bushels annually, the world's wheat crop occa sionally approaches 3,000.000,000. The quota supplied by the United States, something like a quarter of the total, is a much smaller proportion than is the case with corn. We grow 80 per cent of the world's maize crop, con sume nine-tenths of this at home and when the price Is not prohibitive ex port the remainder. The world's cereal harvests, beginning iu the southern hemisphere, which yields only 5 to 7 per cent of the total crop, gradually moves northward. In June, July and j August they reach a climax, making available for the world's markets throe-quarters of the world's total pro duction within the last ninety days of the calendar year.—Orange Judd Farm er. Buddlns Cberrle*. Nurserymen bud cherries toward the close of summer, before the sap ceases to flow, yet not too early In the sea son. In this state It is sometimes the middle of August, but all depends on the season. If budded while the shoots are growing strongly, it is not as likely to be successful as if done later. At the same time, if too late, the bark cannot be lifted for the Insertion of the bud.—Joseph Meehan In Philadel phia Practical Farmer. How to Cure Halter Pulling;. Almost every one who has had much to do w":h horses has had one or more animals who would pull at the halter. Sometimes they are so bad that no or dinary halter will hold them. If you can find a halter strong enough, it Is a pretty good remedy to hitch a young horse who has this fault to a strong post and let him hang himself up till he gets tired of it. One horseman recommends for a hal ter pulling horse that a long halter CURB FOIt HALTEB rULLINO. strap be buckled or tied around the horse's fore leg Just above the knee, pass the strap through one ring of the bridle and tie the other end to a hitch lug post. Another method, and the one we have had illustrated, Is to make a crupper out of a strong piece of rope and pass the other end through the ring of the bridle or through the halter and then tie. A few good strong pulls on the part of the horse usually discourages it In halter pulling. We recommend this method, says Furm, Field and Fireside. The Old Sarf Vlnfli. It is riot so many years ago when ' surf bathing of a very primitive kind ; prevailed at the eastern end of Long Island and, for nught I know, at other 1 points. Every Saturday morning or ' ufternoon, as the tide willed, through out the summer big farm wagons trun dled down to the beach and were swung around abreast of the line of 1 breakers. Old flslihcuses served the J purpose of modern bathing pavilions, and the sea costumes were those of 1 last year's village street. A long rope ' was drawn from under the seats and hitched to the wheel, and then some sturdy ex-whaler or life crew man. In red flannel shirt and old trousers tied at the ankles, slipped his wrist through 1 the loop at the end of this primitive lifeline and, wading out, kept it as taut as circumstances permitted, while the women and children hung to it aud reveled and wallowed and shrieked, re joicing in their "Saturday tub."—Out ing- | Leg* That Hear. One of the strangest and most un expected of the uses to which we could ' Imagine a leg as being put is that of 1 an organ of hearing. Yet such seems to be one at least of the functions of the fore legs in the cricket. On the i outer side of the tibia a small oval 1 space may be seen, in which the strong armature which covers the rest of the body is reduced to a thin and mem branous condition, making thus a sort 1 of window or drumhead. Communl- <3 eating with tills, inside the leg, are the ends of a nerve, and -it can hardly be i doubted therefore that the whole ap- s paratus constitutes mi ai ♦v.ory organ. a All He \\ noted In Know. "My dear." he said s-oftly. "Well?" she returned, with some as perity. ' "There Is just o'.ie thing 1 desire to ' know in order to be ronton.ed with my * lot." 11 "What is it?" she a: ked. n "Will \ou hold i:: • i-p a.» a model to * your third husband ,im you row hold your tirst husband up to me?"—Ch!- Cairo Post. Got 11. "Fact said the one man. "I mar- o rled because 1 was lonely as much as p for any other reason To put it tersely, 1 man it <1 f >i sympathy " u "Well." said the other man, "you g have lnlue." S CLOCKS OF THE PAST. They Were lery l)lfl«reut From Modern Ttnie Tel ling Machines. The word clock, derived from tho French gloche, German glocke, signi fies a bell, and up to the fourteenth century it was only used to designate a bell which was struck at certain pe riods of time indicated by the hour glass. Sundials, or "gnomons," were the first Instruments used in measur ing time, and there Is but little doubt that the long granite pillars which we call obelisks were used by the Egyp- j thins, if not as actual sunillal hands, j at least for some astronomical obser vations of the movement of the suu. Clepsydras, or water clocks, and sand clocks come next in order. The flow of sand through a small orifice is an accurate method of measuring time, for the exit of the sand is always reg ular, but water is Influenced by the laws of hydrostatics—when the vase is full the water runs out faster than when it Is nearly empty. Candle clocks or tapers on which were colored bands indicating how much was consumed in a certain time were also used, and their invention is attributed to Alfred the Great; but this method Is even more susceptible to error than the pre vious ones.—Jewelers' Review. Ltga Can't Stand It. The leg has its own woes, to which it falls heir from the legacies of exer cise. Grooms and cavalry officers are inclined to have bowlegs and to "too in," parrot fashion, as is admired in Japan and in Indian land. Priests, magistrates and all who wear skirts drag their legs In talking instead of raising them, as do soldiers and cor rect pedestrians. Dancers of ballet who have worked hard at pointing have an Internal deviation of their bones from rectitude known as "on ion." Scrubwomen who pass much of their their knees have a swell ing of the knee Joints. "Dentists' leg" is a result of overstrain, fatigue and prolonged muscular contraction. An other instance of muscular trademarks is found among file cutters. They over exert the right hand In their work with the hammer. The hand and wrist Anal ly weaken and shrivel. The pressure of the chisel against their thumb stunts the growth of that member and bends it backward. A Cool Chinese Thief. The cool impudence of Chinese thieves is proverbial. A writer gives a case in point. The courthouse at Singapore boasted a very valuable clock suspend ed from the wall directly opposite the bench: One day during the session of the supreme court a particularly meek looking Chinaman carrying a ladder. Removing his hat and bowing to the bench with utmost gravity, he proceeded to remove the clock with businesslike expedition. Tucking the clock under one arm and the ladder under the other, he passed out unchal lenged. every one present regarding him as a coolie sent to remove the clock for the purpose of cleaning it Several days passed, and, the clock not being returned, the magistrate report ed the delay to the public works de partment. The P. W. D. knew nothing whatever about It, and neither clock nor coolie was ever heard of again. W»U Footed. That the next best thing to knowing the law is knowing where to find It was illustrated once when Judge Sim eon E. Baldwin of the Yale Law school in an examination on corpora tions «sked his class a question which was extremely difficult. A certain complex state of facts was given, and the question ended with: "A client comes to you and states the above case. What would you advise him to do?" The best answer handed In was: "I would advise him to come around at 10 o'clock the next morning. In the meantime I would look It up." A Blow at Science. "And the voltaic current," continued the lecturer, "was the discovery of Volta, and its development Is a com paratively recent achievement of sci ence." A still, small individual hoisted him self to a chair in the rear of the hall. '"Hold on there, professor! What about the earlier discoveries of Noah?" "I don't understand you, sir." "Then brush up! Didn't Noah make the arc light on Mount Ararat Bal timore News. One of Cnrran'i Witticisms. Curran, says a writer In the Green Bag, once had as colleague In a case a remarkably tall and slender man, who had originully Intended to take orders. When the judge observed that the case Involved a question In ecclesi astical law, Curran said, "I can refer your lordship to the high authority be hind me, who was once Intended for the church, though in my opinion he Is fitter for the steeple." Missed Opportunity'* Knoclc. "Opportunity knocks at every man's door," said the sage. "I know," re- j sponded the impecunious Individual, ( "but when it knocked at my door 1 ( thought it w&s the Installment man and ( was afraid to open."—Philadelphia t Record. Times Changed. "But before we were married," she complained, "you used to give me beau- j tiful presents." "Yes, but a dollar looked like a dime ® then, and now—er—a dime looks like a < miracle."—Baltimore News. c A Financier. Ethel—l know he is a financier, but lie Is not a speculator. Maude—How do you know, dear? j Ethel—lie didn't buy our engagement ring until he was quite sure that I t would accept him. _ . t The Real Thins. "Is this your writing?" asked the , merchant as he glanced over a written list of goods wanted. t "No," replied Mr. Meeker; "my wife T wrote the list." £ "Well, she certainly knows how to handle a pen," said the merchant. "Her f diction Is absolutely perfect." B "Yes, I suppose her diction's all right," replied Meeker, with a deep sigli, "but It's nothing when compared with her contradiction!" Chicago News. c Ilonich Diamonds. There Is a popular notion to the ef fect that rough diamonds are not ~ bright, but this is a mistake. Even in that condition they are very bright, with a peculiar "adamantine luster," as it is called, which no other sub stance possesses. However, the crude diamond crystal is not transparent One cannot see through it. Tlml Whs What Annoyed lllni. Mrs. lionielelgh—There Is one thing about our girls—they are always self 1' possessed. Papa Homelelgh (grimly)— Yes, they are too self possessed. I wish they'd get some one else to possess them.— * Stray S'.orlea. * No G9 Railroad Time Tables. 1 The genius to arrange a railroad tlmai card, or time table, so that it may b0 readily, easily and accurately under stood by the occasional traveler is not' ~— yet lx>rn. Perhaps he will have to b« made. But .no matter how much thQ pa irons of a road may be mystlfledl the management takes particular pains to supply a special card "for the gov ernment and -Information of employees only." This table is so simple that it child can understand it The second page usually contains a table showing . the rate of speed required per mile for t train to travel a given number of ' miles in an hour, it starts at fifteen ; miles an hour, which is four minutes to the mile, and goes as high as lOflf miles an hour, or a mile in thirty-sis seconds, aud shows 200 subdivisions. This card gives locations of regnlar water stations, yard limits, situations of standard clocks, maximum speed of freight trains between different towns, what days are holidays, speeds at which trains may cross bridges at various hours and a list of all and trains. It Is likely, of conrse, that were similar cards furnished to th£ traveling public there would be no abatement of fool questions. Besides; It Is not to the Interest of a railroad company to take the public too entire ly Into its confidence.—New York Press. Who Executed Charles E.» In the burial register of Whltechapel under the year 1049 is the following entry; "June 21st. Richard Brandon, a man sut of Rosemary lane. This Brandon Is held to be the man who beheaded Charles the First." A less distinguished candidate for the infamy was one William Howlett, actually condemned to death after the restoration for n part he never played and only saved from the gallows by the urgent efforts of a few citizens who swore that Brandon did the deed. Brandon was not available for retribu tion. He had died In his bed six v months after Charles was beheaded and had been hurried Ignomlnlonsly Into his grave In Whltechapel church yard. As public executioner of London he could hardly escape his destiny, bnt It Is said that remorse and horror shortened his dnys. In his supposed "Confession," a tract widely circulated at the time, he claims that he was "fetched out of bed by a troSp of horse" and carried against his will to the scaffold; also that be was paid £3O, all In half crowns, for the work and had "an orange stuck full of cloves and a handkerchief out of the king's pocket." The orange he sold for 10. shillings in Rosemary Magazine. - Washington's Birthday. Washington's birthday was mado a legal holiday by vote of the Massacbn setts legislature April 15, 1866; there fore Feb. 22, 1857, was first a legal holiday. For many years previous Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis held a recep tion at her home on Feb. 22, to which all the people of the city of Boston were invited. Her house was open to the public on that day, and before and after the day became a legal holiday all the military companies of Boston would parade past her house on the 22d. Probably the first occasion of Washington's birthday being recos- v nized was Feb. 12, 1781. That was by the French troops at Newport, R. I. As the 11th fell on Sunday, the celebra tion was held on the 12th. This was according to the old style of reckoning. Checking a Hemorrhage^ Even a very slight hemorrhage Is al ways startling, but it does not neces sarily mean anything danger' „ It may be caused by a slight disarrange ment of the stomach as well as by a disease of the lungs or heart No one but an experienced physician should decide this question, however. Let the patient lie quietly and give him cold drinks until a physician comes. A lit tle salted water is a simple, familiar Jiouseliold remedy for such cases. Quiet and rest are positively essential if the cause Is a serious one. Turkish Cemeteries. Upon the graves of the dead in the Turkish cemeteries little vessels of water are placed for the benefit of the birds, and sotns of the marble tombs have basins chiseled out for the same purpose, the superstition being that birds carry messages about the living to the dead and, like everybody else In Turkey, are suspected of being spiteful unless something Is done to curry their favor. Period of Deepest Sleep. The period of deepest sleep varies from 3 o'clock to 5. An hour or two after going to bed you sleep very soundly; then your slumber grows gradually lighter, and It is easy enough to waken you at 1 or 2 o'clock, bnt when 4 o'clock comes you are In such a state of somnolence that It would take n great deal to waken you. Troth. Truth Is always consistent with It self and needs nothing to help it out It Is always near at hand, sits upon our lips and Is ready to drop out be fore we are aware. A lie Is trouble some and sets a man's Invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good. A star at Home Traveler. Stranger—What wonderful tales old Blinks relates! He must have been a great traveler In his day. Native—He was never outside the county In his life; but you see, his mind has wandered for years.—Ex change. One of Her Brothers, "Don't you know me? I'm your long lost brother." "How do you suppose I can remem ber all the men I've promised to be a sister to?" New York Herald. Artificial Fljmaklag. The trade of artificial flymaklng Is the lightest fingered business In the world, and it is not one man or woman out of 5,000 who can learn to tie flies. These tyers are remarkable for the beauty and delicacy of their hands, and only the cleverest of fingers can deal with the "niggling" work of knot ting hairs that can hardly be seen. Thoaffhtfnl. "Well, he's a very thoughtful and good hearted fellow anyway." "I can't see It I was at his home yesterday, and It never occurred ts him to ask me to stay to dinner." "That's Just the point; his wife Is taking cooking lessons."— Exchange. , Willie's Qnerr. Little Willie— Say, pa, this book says nature never wastes auythlng. Pa—l guess that's right my son. Willie—Then what's the use of a cow having two horns when she can't even play on one?— Chicago News. The first shipment of wheat from Chicago via the lakes was made In 1838. The shipment consisted of sev enty-eight bushels.