VOL. XXXX
J HUSELTON'S ~j]
ij "EXIT" SALE OF SHOES
f "ROUS MIT "EM." r
The big money saving event of the season
N A WONDERFUL SHOE PRICE SLASHING BEGINS r
4 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14th, 9 A IVI ►
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There is no donbt abont it -it will not pay to carry oyer my v.
► j left-over Winter shoes. They won't be np-todate then, and for * i
A seven months they'll be eating off their heads. It is not a pleasant a
W dose bnt what is a man to do? 1 Next Fall you will be looking for WA
>1 brand NEW styles.
V There are considerable many nice, fresh lines of Men's and V J
> J Women's fine shoes that are jnst the least bit tco heavy in soles for r A
A Spring otherwise they could not be more desirable at any time of
V the year. There seems to be abont 2500 pairs of all sorts including Wl
Boy's and Girls' shoes of various qualities—also dress shoes for Men »c!
A and Women. Two weeks hence there will ba none left to tell the tale,
'A Prices will do it, C. 0. D. is the only condition. M
Here's the way we do it—these are just samples.
W there are more. » i
4 Children's Shoes Ladies' Kid Shoes
A Fine looking OO »
Are good the year round. The and JK I W
► J . . .. . . good wearing %|/liww fi
r A style question there is not so ®
1 serious but we want you to ° ne lot kid ,ace 9hoes at 98c " W
j shoe the whole family this One lot kid lace shoes, Pat. W
time and if you don't take a t '^ ) ' n ° W . W.
hint, you are out, that's all. L
. J sizes 3* to 6, was $2.50 now go m
at 98 cts. W.
I A lot of kid and box-calf Women's Storm Rubbers2sc.
spring heels worth $1.50 now u > r* PL j
► oscte. sizes mto2. Wen s Fine Shoes 4
i Sold at J
> One lot worth SI.OO and f1.25 $3.50 and $4.00 J)/ f%M 6
< new 79 cte. now ►
> Others sold at $2.00 and {
{ Several choice lots, sizes 8| $2.50, now $1.40.
> to 11, was SIOO and $1.25, now Men's working shoes reduced i
. go at 68c and 73c. t0 c -
WOOL BOOTS and ,
Lots of fine shoes, sizes 5 to BUBBERS reduced to 98c.
► and 53c. 25c. <
Old Ladies' warm line shoes all felt or foxed with leather soles
> or felt, now 78c. '
{ Everybody knows the kind this store sells—nary a pair t
k that has a dishonest streak in them and as a class
i they are most stylish. COME EARLY. ►
► OPP. Illion THII'D DON'T ASK FOR <
I HOTEL HIINrL I Ull O SIZE 3 >1
LOWRY. NUWLLI VII W ASK TO BE FIT. A
ANOTHER WtEK. g
X Fresh Stock and Large Crowds Arriving Daily at Jfc
jg The riodern Store
S To give everyone an opportunity to take advantage of our great Jan-
M nary stock reduction sale we will continue it another week, and have; just (K
added some new stock which has just arrived, so as to fill the gaps made
#[ by the steady flow of trade last week. Of course our entire stock is new,
U and this fact, together with the money saving prices, has made this store
R more popular than ever. We can't recount all the bargains offered, but K
U here are just a few samples of this matchless sale:—
JR GKx>d 5 and 6c unbleached muslin, 4Jc or 24 yds for sl. Splendid 8c
U| bleached muslin,6jc or 16 yds for sl—all calicos, 4{c yd—apron gingham s, U|
d —men's heayy fleeced underwear, 37c a garment —ladies' wool and
Jjt ana fleeced hose 2 pair 25c—children's wool and fleece lined hose, 2 pair Jp
X 25c—Separate Bkirts, i off the late cut price—table linens, napkins, towels
W and crashes are going at bargain prices. See special linen crash at 5c ap)
f} yard —unbleached cotton crash ot 3c a yard.
■ THE MILLINERY DEPARTMENT caps the climax, Prices no IV
object to move the stock. A lino that is not excdilecL Tj
* COME ONCE AND YOU'LL COME OFTEN. «
SOUTH mw STREET 1 Ws
S raoins: 221 Mail ord ers Solicited S
POSTOFTICE BOX ) ■■■«■ ■
OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER, PA.
v We give ballots for piano contest.
1903 January Prices 1903
-^&<AT*^-
Bictcel's.
Men's Coon Tail Excluder Knit Boots and Heavy Duck Rolled Edge Overs at $2 25
Men's Ball-Band Felt Boots and Heavy Duck Rolled Edge Overs at 2 25
Men s Gray Felts and Extra Heavy Goodger Glove Overs at 1 50
Man's Extra Heavy Goodger Glove perfections at 1 00
Men's Buckle Arctics at 95
Men's first quality rubbers at 50
Boys' first quality rubbers at 40
Mioses' and Children's fine rubbers at 25
Child's canvas boots at . 95
LEATHER GOODS-
Nettleton's $5.00 fine shoes in patent-colt, box-calf and vici kid at $3 50
Packirds' $4.00 fine shoes in patent-colt, cordovan and box-calf at 3 00
One lot Men's $2 50 fine shoes in velour-calf, vici-kid and box-calf at 1 50
One lot Boys' $2.00 fine shoes at 1 40
One lot Youths' fine shoes at 85
LADIES' FINE SHOES
Baker & Bowman's $4.00 fine shoes in Dongala and patent-kid, hand torns
and hand welts at $2 50
One lot Ladies' fine patent-kid shoes, stylish lasts, $3 00 grade, at 2 00
One lot Misses' $2.00 fine shoes, welt soles, in box-calf, enamel and patent
leather at 1 50
One lot Ladies' $1.50 fine shoes, box-calf or fine dongola at 1 00
Children's fine shoes at 25c, 35c, 50c and 60c
Leggins and overgaiters at greatly reduced prices
High Iron Stands with four lasts at 50 cents.
All warm lined shoes and slippers and balance of our Holiday slippers to be
closed out reguarrtless of cost.
A grand reduction in all lines.
It will pay you to visit this great sale and secure some of the bargains being
offered.
Repairing neatly and promptly done.
JOHN BICKEL,
128 South Main St., BUTLER, PA.
KECK
Fall# Winter Weights q
"Pi Have a nattiness about them that J] A 1
mark the wearer, it won't do to I / J ' / / f\\
wear the last year's output. You p l faJ K Vm) /J] j w
won't get the latest things at the \ f • X_K" / vM \ v\
stock clothiers either. The up-to- v ; T /W* iF? I
Cdate tailor only tan supply them, . \S IU yH
if you want not only the latest | / r\\ L___L-Jjl
things in cut and fit and work- . / j >? /iff II '■
the finest in durability, J I I I I 1
where else can you get combina- i / I i
tlons, you get them at jj } 1 //ill*
K E C K
G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor,
124 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler, Pa-
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Nasal Jf&LY^K
CATARRH /p»
In «r. its BUgcs. »Uo/
Ely's Cream Balm V Jj/
cleanses, soothes and heals I y K
the diseased membrane.
11 cures catarrh and drives M
away a cold in tlie head
j quickly.
i Cr.am'Balm is placed into the nostrils spread
l over the membrane and is absorbed. Kelief is im
j mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does
not produce sneedftg. Size, 50 cents at Drug
gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents.
J^n^on^
Beef. Iron and Wine j^j
a Best Tonic Lm
Blood Purifier. k j
>1 Price, 50c pint. F A
V Prepared and A
* A sold only at L
Johnston s K
| Crystal H
M Pharmacy, H
► J It. M. LOGAN, Ph. G„ L
*2 ICS N. Main St., Butler, kW
V Both 'Phones V J
*1 Everything in the
drug line. VA
Just Arrived
Early
Fall
Goods
lii Latest
Coronation Suitings;
Also
Black and White
Novelties.
Wedding Suits a
Specialty.
Call and examine before leaving
your order for suit.
COOPER ,
Leading Tailor,
With Newton,
Piano Man.
THE MOST IMPORTANT
question of the day is why
Newton, "The Piano Man."
can sell a better piano for less
money than anyone else in
Western Pennsylvania.
He represents the wealthiest manu
facturers of Pianos. You pay direct to
them for all the Pianos. The expense
of selling them is $75 le3S than the
ordinary retail man and you save his
profit, which means to you $175 saved.
Prices from $250 to $1,500—10 per cent
off for cash. All pianos fully warrant
ed. My customers are my reference.
Ask them. Call and see me and let me
explain our easy payment plan.
Your credit is good.
NEWTON
"THE PIANO MAN"
317 S. Main St. Butler Pa
Pearson B. Nace's
Livery Feed andlSaleStable
Rear of
Wick House. Butler Penn'a.
The best of horses and first class tirs al
ways on hand and for hire.
Best accommodations In town for perma
nent boarding and transient trade. Speci
al care guaranteed..
Stable Room For 65 Horses.
A good c ass of horses, both drivers :in(l
draft horses always on hand and for sale
under a full guarantee; an( i horses bough
pon proper notification' bv
PEARSON B. NACE.
Telephone No. 219.
BUTLER, PA.. THURSDAY, JANUARY 15, 1003
| AT THE?
11 ROPE'S END I
| By Lillian C. Paschal T
Oiliariijht, l'JOl, by L- C.ratehai 9
"Look out, girls! Don't go that way
—here's the trail." Rattlesnake Jack,
the big guide, handed each maid of his
convoy ovtr the-rocks toward l»spira
tion point as if slie were a Dresden
china shepherdess and might break
any moment.
"I do wish you wouldn't be so caTeful
of us," pouted ore little lady. "I am
quite able to take care of myself."
And she tossed her pretty head with
its tumbled mane like a colt restive
under the curb.
"Miss Spofl'ord desires the dignity of
her position to be maintained," de
claimed a normal class miss from the
platform of a bowlder juslj' uhead.
"She has been out from parental, high
school and city authority for a whole
year, during which time she has suc
cessfully filled the position of in
structor in the Black Tail school, dis
trict of Basin, state of Montana. Signed,
sealed and delivered by me this 12th
day of August, 1898. Martha E.
Nickel." And she pompously rolled up
an imaginary certificate, took from her
small, freckled nose a pair of invisible
eyeglasses and glanced benignly around
upon her giggling audience.
••I don't care." Ella Spofford's
piquant face was flushed, though she
smiled with the rest over
chaffing. "After you've done the order
ing yourself, you don't want to be
always under somebody else's order.
And, besides," she added, "I want ta
get a snapshot of the lower falls from
below Red dock, and Jack never lets
me go where I want to. I want to
have a go d time and see everything.
What are we in the Yellowstone park
for, anyway?"
"To secure valuable information on
geological strata," came in sonorous,
didactic tones from the bowlder. "To
obtain the latest views in snapshoot
ing. that we may thereby be qualified
to train the young idea how to shoot
the shoots of learning"—
A hailstorm of pebbles interrupted
the speaker, who descended and
walked on with great dignity. The
others followed, their cowboy guide
bringing up the rear.
"I beg your pardon, Miss Ella," he
was apologizing redly to the rebellious
lamb in his flock. When he was embar
rassed or excited, his cowboy vernacu
lar fell from him like the thin veneer it
was, and .he dropped, as back to a na
tive tongu . into the "Harvard lan
guage," as Lis ranch friends termed it
"It is exceedingly dangerous around
these rocks. They are shaly and slip
pery. and 1 have seen more than one
go down to death just because they did
not realize the danger. See that long
line of danger rope stretched along
down there to keep tourists on the up
per trail?"
She nodded.
"That very place," he continued,
"where you wanted to take your kodak
picture, on the other side of Red rock,
is the spot from which a minister fell
to the bottom of the gorge, over 1,000
feet, last year. We could not even get
down to bring back the remains. It
was awful! He was dashed to pieces.
Ilis wife stood here. She almost went
insane over it."
"I know, but he was probably a ten
derfoot fresh from the east"—this with
all the western scorn of eastern igno
rance of mountain climbing. "I'm a
mountain girl."
"Yes, I know," he assented eagerly,
"and plucky and sure footed as well,
but I promised your mothers that I
wonld bring you all back safely from
this causing trip through the park,
and I intend to do so even though it be
against your own sweet will."
"There; now will you be good?"
laughed Martha Nickel. "After that
touch of masculine masterfulness
•Bogy man 'll catch you if you don't
watch out!' " she hummed wickedly as
she passed them. "And remember how
one bogy man changed his title from
Gentleman Jack to Rattlesnake ditto»
down 011 liis cattle ranch in Gallatin
valley. That was when he was still
'fresh from the east,' too— Tint that's
another story, as Rudyard says."
Jack looked sheepish, as he always
did when this piece of his prowess was
mentioned.
"Oh, tell me about it," asked Ella,
her grievance forgotten. "You lassoed
the rattler, didn't you?"
He nodded. "That's all there was to
it," he said shortly.
"Except the trifling detail of the child
whose life you saved by it and who
would have been bitten otherwise," she
answered.
"The chief benefit I derived" —he
smiled reminiscently—"was my promo
tion in the estimation of the cowboys
from a mere college tenderfoot to a
genuine cowboy, a long stride in evolu
tion."
By this time they nad come up with
the rest of the party, who were at the
Castle ruins, gazing out, awestruck,
over the Grand Canyon of the Yellow
stone. Only the roar of the river 2,000
feet below, hushed by distance into a
whisper, mingled with the cries of the
young eagles in their eyries on the
crags. Three miles away to the right
the white (lake of the Upper falls could
be seen, but the greater Lower falls
were Invisible from their foothold on
the topmost turret of the castlelike
rocks which give the ruins their name.
Across the great chasm and on every
side shone the wonderful, rugged,
rocky steeps, whose many marvelous
lines have defied the skill of genera
tions of artists.
"Just as If Nature had made in her
undersrround laboratory a solution of
<-r: stalllzed sunsets and splintered rain
bows and poured it down over the
el is," breathed Ella in an ecstasy of
delight.
"Yes, it's a sight to dream about,"
assented Jack, but lie was not looking
at her.
"Oil, but I do want to get a full front
view of the Lower falls for my collec
tion." And she turned the finder of her
camera up tin- gorge. "There's always
a rock or some pines in the way here.
1 wish I could get down there."
"Time to go back to camp," was
Jack's prosaic Interruption to their
schoolgirl flights of rapture, and they
turned regretfully away.
"Where's Miss Spofford?" he Inquired
suddenly in the midst of a story about
the glacial rock upon which their ko
daks were focused.
"You all stay right here. Don't any
of you dare to stir from this rock!" His
voice was firm, but his tanned face
went ash color. The command was not
to be disobeyed, and they knew it.
Like an arrow he Bhot back down the
trail through the pines to the canyon
side. His brave heart jumped and
stood still for one suffocating instant.
There 011 the steep slope below he
saw her. She had wound up her kodak
film in triumph mid, half ,wj3
twisting up her flying hair. His keen
eye saw what she had not noticed—
that the treacherous slnile, loosened by
h: r lir.rrfed steps, had started to move
down. One during movement on her
part and a whole rock slide would
vanish over the precipice, a thousand
feet below, carrying the precious bur
den with it.
He must not startle her. He began
to whistle, starting leisurely down the
slope. His stiff lips almost refused to
pucker to the old college refrain,
"It's a way we have at old Harvard,"
and his lingers shook as he felt for
his clasp knife to cut the danger rope
for a lasso.
The girl, hearing the whistle, looked
up and smiled mischievously. "You
see, I did get it," she began an;l
stopped. Poor Jack could not control
the color of his blanched face. Grasp
ing the camera, she started to rise, but
Iht footing slid with her weight—she
folt herself slowly gliding down the
cliff. Now thoroughly frightened, sho
turned and tried to clamber up the
steep bed of shale.
"Don't move, or I'll shoot you!" Jack
shouted in a delirium of horror, while
visions of her body dashed to pieces on
the cruel rocks Hashed before his sight.
After one instant, during which she
lived centuries, she felt a circling rope
settle about her waist, and of a sudden
the rocks and trees and sky all danced
drunkenly together around the boiling
crater of the sun, then fell into it and
put it out.
1 When she saw the light again, it was
in a pair of very tender and thankful
blue eyes quite near to her face, and
she was held in a man's strong but
trembling arms.
She did not move, feeling somehow
strangely contented there. She had
never before realized what a comfort
able and comforting pillow a man's
broad shoulder is. But after a mo
ment her old pout came back.
"You threatened to take my life," she
said.
"And I will, little sweetheart, if you
will only let me keep it safe and happy
alongside of mine."
"Dear old Jack," was all she said,
but he seemed quite satisfied.
Solomon Didn f t Know.
A man with strong opinions of his
own as to the fitness of things is gar
dener and man of all work to a minis
ter in a rural parish in Scotland. One
boisterously windy day the clergyman
dispatched a message to his servant to
sow a portion of a field known to them
both as the "bank." In no very amia
ble mood the man made his way to the
study. *
"Dae ye want me to sow the bank?"
he inquired somewhat sternly.
"Yes, John; I do," replied his master.
"■P"' canna sow in sieh a day o'
wind," explained John.
"Well," replied the minister, "you
know Solomon says, 'He that consider
eth the wind will not sow.' "
"I dinna care a button what Solomon
says," John returned irately. "I fancy
he kens as little about farmers' work
as ye dae or he wadna hae said ony
such thing. Naebody but daft folk
wad think o' sowin' in sich wind. Solo
mon may say what he likes, but him
an' ye both wadna mak' a guid plow
man between ye."
And the "bank" was not sown that
day.—London Tit-Bits.
Beccher'a Repartee.
A young newspaper man who was
the Albany correspondent of a metro
politan daily, entered the station at
Forty-second street to take the train
for the state capital. He saw Henry
Ward lieechcr sitting modestly retired,
awaiting a train that would take him
to his country seat, Peekskill. The
newspaper man was well known to Mr.
Beecher and so went to him to pay his
respects.
"On your way to Albany, I pre
sume," said the preacher. "Are the
legislative sessions interesting and ex
citing?"
"As dull as dishwater," replied the
journalist. "Indeed for my letters I
am compelled to draw 011 my imagina
tion for my facts."
Mr. Beecher looked up, with a merry
twinkle in his eye and promptly com
pleted the quotation from Sheridan,
"and 0:1 your memory for your wit."
The newspaper man felt as if he had
been knocked down.—Brooklyn Eagle.
Over officious.
"What's the matter, Jimsby? You
look bothered."
"I am. I had a happy home until
my wife joined one of those philan
thropic clubs and promised to do some
little thing every day to add to my
happiness, and now she's got so many
Ideas I can't rest."—Washington Times.
A Scotch Soperntltlon.
"In a recent visit I paid to friends
abroad I came across a superstition
that was new to me," said a traveler
the other day. "One day at dinner
somebody hit a glass, which began the
ringing, Jingling noise that is familiar
when glassware is struck, and imme
diately another guest covered the piece
with his hands so as to mullie the
sound. Every one present said, 'That's
right; stop the ringing.' I found out
011 inquiring that when one causes this
ringing of a glass piece to cease it
saves a human life from drowning.
How the notion originated 1 can't ex
plain, but these people I speak of were
Intelligent and not generally given to
cherishing absurd notions. It is said
to be a Scotch superstition, but none
of my friends could throw light on its
origin."
A Story of Cliarlcn Jnmen Fox.
A gambling story Is told of Charles
James Fox that rather reflects on his
honor. lie was one of the ardent ad
mirers of Mrs. Crewe, a noted beauty
of her day, and it is related that a
gentleman lost a considerable sum to
this lady at play and, being obliged to
leave town suddenly, gave Mr. Fox the
money to pay her, begging him to apol
ogize to herJ"or his not having paid the
debt of houor in person. Fox lost ev
ery shilling of it before morning. Mrs.
Crewe often met the supposed debtor
afterward and, surprised that he never
noticed the circumstances, at length
delicately hinted the matter to him.
"Bless me!" said he. "I paid the mon
ey to Mr. Fox three months ago."
"Oh, did you, sir?" said Mrs. Crewe
good naturedly. "Then probably ho
paid me and I forgot it."
A AVltty Iteply.
At a London dinner General Horace
Porter was once referred to by the
chairman iu the following way: "We
have here tonight General Horace Por
ter, and I call upon him for a speech.
The gentleman is like a slot machine—
you put in a dinner, and out comes a
speech." The witty general rose and
replied with a quick fire of satire: "The
chairman has thought fit to liken me
to a slot machine. May I return the
compliment and say that he is like
one also? He puts in a speech, and
up comes your dinner."
In Wnll Street.
She—Are you a Dull or a bear on
'change?
He - Both. I bull the market ant'
hear the losses. See?— Chicago Newo
Little W
Neil '
| ALBERT
Fowler <> *OSS
Ci*pyriyht % 1001 % hy A. S. nichanUim
Crowds lined the streets from curb
stone back to the very buildings, and
as far almost as the eye could reach
this dense mass of humanity, men, wo
men and children, cheered and waved
1 arasols, hats, handkerchiefs and min
iature flags.
The great Labor day parade passed
slowly along, aud parties of picnickers
tilled the street cars 011 other thorough
fares.
Fathers, husbands and sons were
where every son of toil should be ou
such a day. In the ranks of the labor
men on parade. A few were working
iu miniature shops erected as floats
rcpn senting some particular ltae of in
dustry and drawn along the streets by
gayly decked h rses, but the multitude
were in the ranks, each in his respec
tive union, doing his little to swell the
showing in the army of the laboring
man. the bone and sinew of a great
nation.
Ted Gardner, as usual, was in line.
Ted's friends always looked for him on
one of the huge floats that preceded the
various unions and labor organizers
representing the different branches of
mechanical art. For six years Ted had
been with the Westchester company,
and there was not a man of the five
hundred and more employees who
earned his livelihood within the walls
but had a cheery word for Ted. Since
the last Labor day parade, however, to
his most intimate friends Ted had not
appeared to be just as cheerful as In
the old days. Moreover, he was doing
too much night work at home.
"It's enough to work your eight hours
each day, Ted," said Fitson to him the
morning of the parade, "and put in
your evenings knocking around."
"Not the kind that knocks around,
Fits," replied Ted.
"Go over and see the girl, then, my
boy," responded Fitson as a parting
shot. "That's better still."
"Good advice," muttered Gardner to
himself, "but I quit that a year ago."
The Westchester employees always
met after the Labor day ceremonies
and had an excursion of their own in a
, general, good, old fashioned picnic
style. This year Ted had decided to
take charge of the two floats that came
from the Westchester shops and see
them safely returned. He was not go
ing to the picnic.
On one float, showing a small marine
engine and three benches with the
same number of men busily at work,
was Ted atTTreil in working clothes and
doing nothing in particular, but moving
about.
Ilis mind was evidently on the other
float ahead, for he continually glanced
in that direction. On this float was a
genuine, if small, naphtha launch, and
to add to the realistic effect three la
dies of the 'office staff and as many
men from the same department, be
comingly attired in boating costumes,
were lounging about on the cushions.
The small engine in the craft was not
working, but the naphtha was occa
sionally lighted to keep steam up for
the purpose of blowing the ear split
ting whistle at stated intervals.
It was not the float itself that at
tracted the attention of young Gard
ner, but little Nell Fowler, one of the
three ladies. Nell was the oldest
daughter of big Joe Fowler, for many
years foreman of the Westchester
works, and a man who thought well of
Ted and had kept bis eye on the boy
in the early days, for "there's some
thing more than ordinary in that cuss,"
he would say. Hut Joe contracted diph
theria during the epidemic in the shops
in 18D9 and was the third of the eight
men carried off that never to be forgot
ten spring.
The company did "something hand
some," as the boys put it for each of
the bereaved families, and in addition
in Fowler's case took Into the office at
a fair salary his daughter Nell, a young
woman of some twenty summers.
The day of Joe's death Ted had met
Nell walking down to the works to
deliver the message. She was weep
ing. He had never spoken to her be
fore, but he suspected her mission
and, raising his cap politely, said feel
ingly: "Please, Miss Fowler, I'll tell
them at the works. Don't you go down
there."
Nell hesitated a moment, looked ap
pealingly at him, then "Thank you,"
she said. "You are very kind." Quick
ly she retraced her steps, and Ted,
watching the retreating figure for a
moment, sauntered off to break the
news to the office staff.
Yes, he remembered all that as
though It were yesterday, yet it was
almost three years ago. Labor day of
that year Nell was not at the picnic,
hut on the next holiday she was there,
and on that very day he had told her.
It needed no telling, for Nell had
known long ago, as every woman does,
and she was proud of it but she sat
silently picking a wild flower to pieces
as he spoke, and finally when he asked
that she give up the office and come
with him to a new home of their own
she rose to her feet and moved away.
He had followed. From then ou she
seemed to change. At least Ted thought
so. Again he had spoken and this time
got an answer. It was "No." If she
held any love for him, it was hidden
deep somewhere beyond the vision of
human eyes.
"If it's 011 account of your mother,
Nell," Ted ventured, "why, of course,
she'll live with us. I want her too.
Why, bless you, Nell," he went 011 with
a cheerful smile, "I believe I want her
as bad as I do you."
But Nell only shook her head, aud
day after day, as Ted passed the office,
he watched her bending over the desk,
and she seemed to be slipping farther
and farther away from him and his
lnve.
All this flashed through his mind as
the parade moved on, and he glanced
from the cheering crowds to the little
figure in the float ahead.
The procession was now near the
end of the line of march and had
stopped temporarily at the bridge over
the river, which rushed past the south
entrance to the park, where the final
review and sports were to take place.
111 the small launch ahead the occu
pants were taking advantage of the
stop to change seats. The engineer
was starting the flow of naphtha under
the boiler to produce more steam for
u final screeching of the little whistle
as they entered the grounds.
Nell had moved down to the stern of
the boat. Before she was seated, how
ever, there came a deafening report and
a blaze of light, followed by the
screams of women.
Ted heard and saw It all. For a
second he did not move, could not, but
it was only for a second. Tfccn he
leaped over into the crowd; in another
Instant lie was climbing up the burn
lug float „ A
The naphtha had exploded.
The horses, almost mad with fright,
dash, d o!T at a wild pace. Men, wom
en and children rushed and tumbled
over each other, screaming in tli«ir
f:v:i::.v to escape death beneath the
hi fs of the horses. Ted reached the
seat and gr.isjK'd the lines. The ani
mals made a swift turn and fled to
ward the river. Would he guide them
into the watir? The crowd saw his ef
fi.i t and cheered. All this liappeued in
a minute or less.
N<;: lie could not control them! On
they dashed 011 the edge of the stream,
but not into the saviug jßood. Losing
time was losing life.
Tikl looked back into the float. The
occupants stood screaming, not daring
to jump. The engineer was writhing
ia agony, a mass of flames. The pain
was driving him mad. Suddenly he
jumped to his feet, leaped into the air
and to his death.
, Nell stood with her face buried in her
hands. The flames reached for her
skirts. Now her hands were stretched
out toward him. "Ted!" she cried and
st. forward. Gardner caught
her in his arms. and. standing for a mo
-1 ment poised on the edge of the sway
ing vehicle, he shot forward and over
! the embankment, down into the river
below. It was one chance In a thou
sand, but he made St.
It was not until after midnight that
the physicians allowed her to come out
from under the influence of the sooth
ing opiates. When she did, Ted was
there at the bedside, one little hand
resting softly in his own big x»alm.
She opened her eyes slowly, and they
met his.
"Ted, dear, you are alive?" she mur
mured. "I was—afraid—that"—
He raised a warning finger.
"Ilusb, little girl!" Then, bending
over, he kissed a bandaged hand.
"You must not talk just now, and,
besides, dear," lie went on smilingly,
"1 know what all your fears were. You
have a bad habit of talking in your
sleep."
With an effort she raised his big,
brawny hand to her lips, then, turning,
hid her face iu the pillows.
"Different Titan."
More than one of our contemporaries,
says the Westminster Gazette, stand
rebuked by the editor of Notes and
Queries for using the expression "dif
ferent than." No one of course would
dream of using it as between noun
and noun- of saying, for instance,
"This 13 a different kind than the oth
er." The question is whether it can be
used when a verb follows. "They act
in a wholly different manner thau we
do." If one may not say this, how may
it be said? "Different manner from
what we do" is clumsy and inelegant
Every writer has at one time or an
other found himself in desperate straits
for a means of hitching "different" on
to a verbal sentence, and the use of
"than" so obviously supplies a felt
want and is in itself so logical that we
believe it to be Justified. The verb
"differ" as well as the adjective "dif
ferent" is a trap for the unwary. Even
the most careful writers and speakers
habitually talk about "differing with"
when they mean "differing from." "I
beg to differ with the honorable gentle
man opposite" is the most fiuniliar ex
ordium of. a speech in tbe"house of
commons, and, though examples can of
course be quoted from the best writers,
It is a solecism which offends against
logic and instinct
Still Believe In Witchcraft.
A belief In witchcraft still prevails
in parts of Lancashire, England, also
in the Isle of Man, and still more
fetrongly in the Hebrides. A writer in
Chambers' Journal gives some inter
esting anecdotes of the superstitions
which persist among the Hebrideans.
Belief in witchcraft is said to have a
"strong and living hold" on some of
the people of those outer isles. An In
stance Is given of a case heard before
the Stornoway sheriff's court so lately
as November, 1899, In which witnesses
deposed to there being several witches
in the township, cue of whom was
charged with so bewitching cows that
the substance of their milk passed Into
the milk of the witch's cow. The bus
band of the alleged witch stated in
court that when he heard the rumors
about his wife he got three of the
constables of the township to como
and examine his cow's milk to see If
it were any richer than usual, as would
be the case If the substance of Mrs.
A.'s cow's mITk were present in It
Other evidence of this remarkable
transubstantlatlon was given. The
sheriff ridiculed the notion of witch
craft, but the Stornowcgians stuck to
It with absolute faith.
Minute Parta of a Watch.
The minuteness of the parts of a
watch is shown by the following fig
ures: It takes 150,000 of one certain
kind of watch screws to make a pound.
The pivot of the balance wheel is only
one-two-hundredths of an inch in diam
eter. Each jewel hole into which a
pivot fits is about one-five-thousanths
of an inch larger than Jhe pivot, to
permit sufficient play. The finest
screw for a small sized watch lias a
thread of 200 to the inch and weighs
one-one-hundred-and -thirty-thousandths
of a pound. A pallet jewel weighs one
oue-hundred-and-fifty-thousandths of a
pound: a roller Jewel a little more
than one - two - hundred and-fifty-six
thousandths. The largest round hair
spring stud is four-one-liundredths of
an Inch in diameter and about nine
one-bundretlis of an inch in length.
Am Ambldcxtrou* Artlnt.
Conrad Cook, son of E. W. Cook, U.
A., told me that he used to hold the
paper while Landseer drew one animal
with his right hand and a different
animal with bis left, writes J. A. Man
son in "Sir Edwin Landseer, It. A.
This species of dexterity comes from
practice 110 doubt, and is akin to the
adroit manipulation of the accom
plished pianist, but is nevertheless ex
traordinary, and several cases are re
corded In which Sir Edwin fairly as
tounded the onlookers by such displays
of manual skill.
FißlitinK LlnariU.
The ring necked lizard of the Arizona
deserts is not a mere devourer of weak
lings. lie is always ready to fight,
whether he is challenged by another or
cornered by a man. \\ lien brought to
bay In some hole, he opens his jaws
and dashes bravely out, snapping at
everything which opposes him, and so
fierce and sudden is his rush that it is
impossible to face it without flinching.
By holding two of these lizards loosely
by the small of the back and allowing
their heads to clash as they struggle
to escapo, one may be able to induce
combats such as must occur every day
In the desperate lizard world.
Forgetting that they were captives,
they would seize ui>on each other and
vent their thwarted rage to the utmost
in a light which, but for timely inler
fercnce, would doubtless lead to the
death of one or the other. Such bull
dog pugnacity is rather unlooked forln
lizards, but a student of character
could easily read In the set Jaw and
pouched throat of this species the signs
of lighting blood.—Country Life In
A NOTION IN BUILDING.
A \uvrl \«!f«|»tutioa «»f Wire
itnri I'ltiKter on \Yull».
J. 11 Wing some t.iiK' ago described
in Country Gentleman an idea which
lie e is dors very useful in a mechan
ical way. O.ie spring he coated his
house all over with plaster afttr a
te .wars' it.-; o:i i.ui'euildiu;.s with
.i:. i t atisfac.or.t results. The house'
showu in the :ut is Jij by 30 fe-'t, with
.i twelve f ft wall. The skiing is the
comni- )> <irop siding of n.e.tehil pine.
his was left on, but the corner boards
were taken off. Common poultry fene
i>' . woven" wire, with about an inch
aud a half ui.». li. was stretched ov,r
the hou.-e and spaced out half an inch
ft >i.i tli • v.ii. The vrire war hung
Just as i... r is hung, in strip;- down
the wall.
Me. W ng's directions for doing this
work or ■. in I rief. as follows;
To fasten the wire tirst staple one
dge, driving the stages in all but
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A PLASTER COATED HOUSE.
about half an inch of their length. Of
course the wire must not lie close to
the wall. If it diil, it would do little
tood. A distance from the wall of
fi :i a half to three-quarters of an inch
is right. To fasten the other edges and
the snbsequeut strips sixpenny nails
aie used. driven at such an angle as to
siivle'.i the wire as "tight as a fidelle
s.-hnr." It must be remembered that
l»o i wir» must lie stretched side
wiso on account of the marginal wire.
If the wire lies too cl se to the house,
it must be lcept out with screws.
Now for the plaster. Have it all
made tit one.'. If you do not, it will not
he all of just tli.- same color. Use good
frc-ei liiae and sharp siliceous sand.
I<j :.ot I t your plasterer make the
m r, r "rich" with lime. Make It as
masons make their mortar, with the
right proportions of sand aud lime, so
that it will liar;'en into stone.
The plaster should be put on in two
c :Us Let the tirst one barely cover
> wire. It goes through the wire
against the wall and Is merely thick
eno h to hid.- It. It should not be
ma-';' -mo >th. Before it is very dry put
on a thinner coat. Let It get tolerably
dry. I.ut not hard: then have It "float
ed" e'.o'.vu with a wooden "float." This
is merely a square hemrd about eight
Inches square. It is given a circular
m ;li n and smooths off the wall. The
plaster must be wet as floated. This Is
dene by means of a bucket of water
and I rush, the brush not touched to
the wall, but used to sprinkle it. When
it is floated. It is done. Do not use any
"white coat" or block It e>ff to resemble
stone. Be content to let It seem what
it r ally Is. It will satisfy you longer
that way.
When It hardens, there Is the plaster
with the wire imbedded in about the
middle of Its thickness. Tills "inven
tion'' may be applied to outbuildings,
poultry houses, cow stables, etc., anil
especially for the rejuvenation of old
buiidiugs.
March Funnlnc l>> a Lonit Islander.
Nevertheless Mr. Hollister kept on
plowing. His horses did not sink to
their middle in the mire. He put them
on what were to all intents and pur
pos s "suowshoes." each hoof on a bit
of i i "/honed board some three-quar
ters ( f a f"ot square, and sliotl with
these the teams dragee*! great marsh
breaking plows of four foot mold
boar 1 and extension slowly, yet suc
cessfully, over the morasses. These
marsh breaking plows cut up the tough
liber l.i strips half a yard deep, throw
ing them over on the side. Then a
roller went over them, then the disk
harrow, then a leveler, then the roller
again, once more tlie disk harrow.
Inch by Inch the fiber was now torn up
anil disintegrated. The chemical treat
ment followed sodium and tyagnesl
um salts, potash and phosphoric acid.
Nature's c urse was anticipated. A
rapi(il.v growing crop of crimson clover
gave to this soil quickly and at practi
cally no expense at all a great quanti
ty of nitrogen that it much needed.
"j".ii; mploted the task. Crops sown
broxieast then grew with amazing
rptvd. New York Times.
II river*' Crnln* Fine For Covra.
Brewers' grains are an excellent food
for <■ us. Thpy make good milk, as is
proved I'.v the f;ut that many large
milk producers for the New York mar-
I1 1 f. Ed tli. ui. Being wet and soft, the
rain.; '>->n sour and spoil; hence they
are dried or ate kept in silos. Some
years lu fore the modern silo was
brought into use the same process was
used I' r pr serving grains for use dur
ing the suniin r. The method was then
lo pack the wet grains solidly in brick
vaults I clow the surface, and these pit
sih s are still in use. The grains are a
littl ■ sour when used in the winter, but
they make good milk. The quantity
fed varies fr an a peek to half a bushel
twice a day. with a liberal fe>ed of
ornni al. say - Henry Stewart In New
liugland II instead.
THE ALFALFA PLANT.
WenU When Yoiiiik, \ lisiiroua In Ma
tnrl(>—Will \ot S!nn<l Wet Feet.
Growing alfnl.a in Kansas is the
jpbject of a bulletin of the state sta
tion. who e int rest oxien Is, in fact,
wherever the glowing of alfalfa Is at
teinp.ed. Its jo !i.s are all practical.
He.e ere a few tpeeluirus:
The young alfalfa plant Is one of
the veal; s. plants on Kansas
farm . It grows >lowly. Is a weak
fe.\i y ;.n.i i ta ily chicked or killed
by we. ds end by unfavorable condi
tion. of ; oil, w. ather or treatment
Mature alfalfa Is a mo. t vigorous
piant. it ;.rov\ s down de.ply In the
:■ .11. ;* a v g. roue feed, r anil lives and
yield well u:id r many unfavorable
coi.d ions. For this reason it will pay
iiiii .o j: vc .ho Ia by alfalfa plant
I care and favorable surroundings
for tin- firit year i,f Its life.
Mo s t:ro s an absolute necessity to
the giowtli < f the .xo.ing plant, and It
jh. till be held i.i !lio most favorable
coed to ; for plant growth. l.aiid for
alf.il a should Le In the l»est cf tilth
and cany a full supply of moisture,
without being soaked. Loose soils
I
i should bo packed both before secdlngl
and during tlie life of tlie plant, while!
I hard soils should be made mellow.i
| Do not soed lnnd to alfalfa until tliisj
condition is secured, if It takes two ori
| throe years to get it. |
A l.ooil Seeil lied AH Important.
| A good so; d bed almost insures a
; good stand of alfalfa. As alfalfa is
a costly crop to seed, and It Is ex
peetexl to furnish good crops for ten
or more years after seeding, it is profit-i
able to spend much labor on the seed
bed and get it Just right. The land
for alfalfa should be thoroughly fined
i on the surface to a depth of three or
four Indies. Below this the soil should
I e mellow, but compact, in such a con
dition as to hold moisture and to bring
up ;he greatest amount of moisture
from below.
After alfalfa reaches maturity lti
can abundant fi>od from tough,'
hard soils. Mature alfalfa adds nitro-;
gen to the soil in large quantities, but!
the young alfalfa plant must be sup-'
plied with nitrogen in an easily avnila-,
bio form or it will not thrive and will]
often perish. In Kansas this supplyj
of nitro- en Is secured cheaply in two
ways—by a short fallow and by grow
ing some legume, such as soy beans,
Canada field peas or cowpeas on the
land before it is fitted for alfalfa.
Land Mtmt Be Well Drained.
Alfalfa will not grow with wet feet.
It grows best where permanent water
is fifteen <r more feet below the sur
face. With thoroughly drained soils it
sometimes thrives where the ground
water is only six to ten feet below the
surface, but not often. On hundreds of
farms in Kansas alfalfa is a paying
crop with the permanent water 30 to
ISO feet below the surface.
To Insure a good stand of alfalfa the
land must be free from weeds and
weed seeds at the time of seeding. The
weak, young alfalfa plant is more eas
ily killed by weeds than any other
farm plant.
ABOUT BEN DAVIS.
I'rofeamir Van Deman'a "Two Facta."
How It Won Its Way.
There are two undeniable facts In
connection with the • uit business.
One is that Bin Davis is the leading
business apple of America and the
other that it is steadily losing caste.
The truth is that it can Ik* successfully
grown over a wider area and more
cheaply produced than any other ap
pl . This, together with its attractive
appearance and ability to keep well,
gives it a wonderful hold on the mar
kets of this and foreign countries. It
has won its way to its present position
against the protests of those who know
what gjod apples are. The frequent
and truthful charges against its qual
ity have heretofore been of little avail.
Planters have listened only to the clink
of the dollars it has brought them.
While I am writing my wife is mak
ing pies of York Imperial. It will grow
and bear almost as well In most re
gions as Ben Davis. There are a few
other good business apples. Apple
sauce uiad? from Jonathan, Grimes,
Winesap and its seedlings, Esopus and
some others. Is not to be compared to
that made from "old Ben." In Wash
ington and Oregon about two years
ago there was a general complaint of
an excess of Hen Davis apples. Buyers
did not want them unless there were a
lot of Jonathan, Home Beauty or some
other good variety to go with them.
Ulg fruit dealers In the west have
taken action of the same kind this falL !
In St. Louis the price of Hen Davis is
not far from half lower than any other
variety. There is a t®neral outcry
against It by these men because the
small dealers and consumers have be
come dis.'usted with Its poor quality.
Planters have urged to change to some
better variety, and 1 agree with this
idea. H. K. Van Detnau in American
Agriculturist.
Agrlcnlfurnl Notes.
Long 1 sin iul (N. Y.) fanners are re
claiming their marsh lauds and turn
ing them into profitable fields of celery,
cabbage and corn.
The conditions demanded by alfalfa
are abundant moisture, a perfect seed
bed, fertile soil at seeding, good draln
age'and no weeds.
New England Homestead notes tre
mendous Increase In the output of man
ufactured tobacco, especially cigars.
This is why tobacco sells high and
there is an increased demand for cigar
leaf.
The familiar old dictum, "Hens too
fat to lay." is being looked at askance
by some of the modern poultrymen.
The PJO2 peppermint oil crop of the
United States is generally conceded to!
be .very deficient, and there is a corner
In peppermint oil.
Be Waa a Bntcher.
"Now, I rather pride myself on my.
ability to read character," said the
man who was given to buying detec
tive tales, "and yet why should I? It
is really a very simple thing; requires
nothing but close observation. For in
stance, It is easy to tell a man's occu
pation. His facial expression, his ac
tions, even his dress, are stamped by
his daily work. You see that man sit
ting opposite us? Well, I am Just as
sure as though he had told me that he
Is a barber."
"You are mistaken,"replied his friend.
"That man Is a butcher."
"Impossible!" exclaimed the amateur
detective. "You never saw a butcher
with slim white hands, like his."
"Perhaps not," admitted the other,
"but he is a butcher Just the same."
"How do you know he is?"
"How do I know? Why, the scoun
drel shaved me once." Household
Guest
Bnrlal Alive.
Though it is possible that cases of
burial of living persons may still occur,
fortunately they are more rare than in
former times. Even the doctor's orders
against interment were not always
obeyed, for the Gentleman's Magazine
of 1751 relates the case of liichard
Carson of Hay, Herefordshire, Eng
land, who was supposed to have died,
but a doctor declared that Carson still
lived and ordered that he was not to be
burled. His relatives paid no heed to
the injunction, and the body was com
mitted to the grave next day. A per
son passing through the churchyard
heard a noise and prevailed on the
clerk to open the grave, where tho
supposeel corpse was found in a pro
fuse sweat and bleeding at the nose.
Unfortunately the man was beyond re
covery and soon died.
Tbe Llama.
In Bollvln, one of the highest inliab-
Itated countries on the globe—La Pa*,
the capital, being 12,000 feet above the
sea level—much use Is made of that
graceful and Invaluable pack animal
the llama, which will travel farther
and with even less food than the burro,
but will not carry more than 150
pounds. The llama In Borno respects re
sembles the camel, kneeling In camel
fashion to receive its load, and it will
not rise If more than 150 pounds are
placed on Its back; moreover, the
weight must be evenly distributed over
its back aud sides.
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