VOL. XXXX. 1 BICKEL'S. I I }fl>t • til • I Our stock of Winter Boots and Shoes 4? His the largest we have ever had. Ex- tj? t i tremly large stock of Gokey's high-cut, $ • hand-pegged box-toe and plain toe ?|? jj • shoes. Our line of School-Shoes is • i complete. Gokey's copper tipped?!? !• shoes *or the Boys and good water- «? % • proof shoes for the Girls. We wish to s? $• • call your special attention to our large • • stock of Felt and Rubber goods which i|i we are selling at prices sure to in- jf? 4? terest you. *!? •£# NOVEMBER PRICE LIST. Hp * * Ladies, Kangaroo-calf shoes #I.OO jP * • Men's good every' day shoes 1.25 •¥• 2 H Old Ladies' wann lined shows 85 Men's fine embroideried slippers 45 t • Men's fine satin calf shoes 95 •+• J » Children's heavy shoes 50 V Lndies' fine Dongola. Pat tip shoes.. 1-00 Hf * • Men's flue calf boots 2.25 •+• 2 • Misses' good school shoes, sizes 13 to«K 90 jf* ? * Men's fine Pat. leather shoes 2.00 •♦J :! FELT AND RUBBER GOODS, * I? Mdn's «ood felts and overs. |1 50. $2. $2.25 » « Roys' good felts & ovprs.fl.2s, *1 50, $1.75 * '• Youths' Rood felts and 0ver5....... $ 1.00 T * Men's robber boots (regular heights)f2 25 y*v ...... ... Men's buckle arctics SI.OO • • Complete srock of Men's heavy stockings and overs. Large stock of iji I 1 Ladies, Gents', Misses' and Children's legains and oversraiter*. * * High Iroi-s with four lasts for repairing Sole leather and shoe- j*; » • makers supplies. Repairing promptly done. •}? It JOHN BICKKL, g 1 I BUTLER. PA. FJ? Cold Weather Hosiery for Ladies, Children and Men. jo In Large and Varied Assortment and Low Prices. jF j> A Few of Our Special Offerings. J 2 The Moderr\ Store \\ 5 LADIES' WOOL MIXED HOSE 15c a pair, 9 pairs for Soc. Fast black fleeced a) lined hose, ribbed top, extra good, 15c a pair, '} pairs for 35c. Fine fIP S cashmere hose worth 35c for 25c. Heavy wool ribbed hose, grey and -j? ■ black, 25c a pair, fcxtra quality fleece lined, regular and extra sizes, |9 q| 25c. 35c and 60c a pair. Fine cashmere hose 50c and 75c a pair. yt wltjl intf rggtipg prices, which no store can meet, Ladies'flannelette AQ_ Children's under- i[. _ _ wrappers worth |1.50 at jJqJj wear QTj Ladies' flannelette dressing MQ <, Ladies' heavy ribbed vests OI*P sacqnes worth 75c at and pants worth 35c at /Qu Men's heavy ribbed IGa Ladies' ftll wool vests and AQn I sweaters, in different tlAl) pants worth #1.50 at VI Av colors, worth 76c at s Cohn's fyargain Store, Not the handsomest looking store in town but by far the cheapest '' b. f anything in the D Line anH we are sure you v c " We carry a full i .. of Dp p?. Chemicals, Toilet A. etr. Purvis' Ph armacv S. G. PURVIS. PU. Q Both Plion**. 213 S. Main St. Rntler Pm. ' 1 &HIWT-S || 11, ofc. ir T^ ' : 'i } ' ■ V J -pern ■- Lj - i LOve S OUR STOCK QF f S HATS AND } Men's Furnishings S J IS NOW COMPLETE J J Come jn aad 40t o•• 3how you J J the new fall' shirts. * *' * J We have shirts at ■.l prices*. \ f Qnr leader of coma©. >» tit" * # Manhatten Shirt, t 5 The best in ths World. 5 lln Underwear I 4 we have all the different weights A i apd grades. i i \ye cap surely suit you if you * \ need nnderwettr, % J Haven't the space to cll \ 9 tion to all the good ihin»9 wp * # have. * m Just come in and ■.e for vonr- p | self. J Strict attention mail £ ' a orders. I Jno.S. Wick | f HATTK.R and I MKN S I&JiEE. i J J People's "Phone. 615 P J BUTLER, PA. J BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1903. fpAaroj WW CORN SYRUP mm IfGm pleases the palate and satisfies the stomach. Delicious and natri tions. At all grocers, if New York and Chicago. . FOUR-FOLD LINIMENT. FOR MAN OR BEAST. Cures Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sprains and Bruises. AT ALL DRUGGISTB. 2Bc, 60c, SI.OO. Good Ayer's Piils arj goo J pills. y ou know that, best i;mily laxative you cm bi,*". Want your moustache or bcoii i beautiful brown or rich black ? Vi; ? I Buckingham's Dye; Nasal jfZeLY^\. CATARRH In all Its btageg, M c!UI)M fly's Cream BalmC ~rv[" |s/ t inses, soothes and heals f ... V/ tl:o diseased membrane. 1 II cares catarrh and drives Jxmx »".ay a cold in the head q.ckly. Cream Balm Is placed into the nostrils, spreads Qvi.r the membrane and is absorbed. Relief is im mediate and a cure follow*. It is not drying—does n"t produce sneeaslng. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug gists or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cents. I2LY BROTHERS. 66 Warren Street, New York NEW = lII.WB STOCK I have purchased the C. J. .irvey Pharmacy, in the Stein b ilding, at 345 S. Main St., am nodeling and restocking the s >re. I have twenty-two years e/perience as a pharmacist, and compounding of prescriptions will be under my personal at ition. Pure drugs and honest treat *,nt guaranteed. W'hen in town shopping, stop i leave your packages. L McKee, Pharmacist, tein Blook. 8. Mnin St., Butler, Po. FOR 3rugs %dicl< & nirohmdn, 109 N. Street, SUTkGR, PA, i Service, ompt and Careiful h :tention. Four Registered Pharmacists. Prescription W? r k 4 Specialty. IITHASL Leaked Out ji ik 3 ■V. ' % | that the new jewelery firm of p' Ralston & Smith, r. (.successors of W. E. F * Ralston) are showing a r : new and up-to-date stock Pi of everything pertaining V to the trade and their motto shall always be "No Fancy Prices." {' 110 W. Jefferson Street. HHHBHHHHHHHBh L. S. McJUNKIN »• ;urance and Real Estate Agent. 117 E. JEFFERSON. LJTLER f-fi [ TIM DONNAN'S ; j LUCK £ By D. H. TALMADGE ] 3 CnpuriQht, 190!, by the m S. S. McClure Company 1 HIHH There are people who scoff at the theory of luck, but Tim Donnan is not one of them. Tim was a brakeman on the P. arn? T. railway six mouths ago. and s freight brakeman at that, with a pret ty slim prospect ahead of hini. He de : spaired whenever he thought of a eer ; tain girl who was so practical that she ' refused to marry him until his salary ! was adequate for an establishment. The fact that she called it an "estab lishment" showed plainly that her j emotions were under control of her In tellect. A sentimental, impulsive crea ture who loved a man as this girl loved Tim would have called it a little home. Tim isn't a brakeman on the P. and T. now. He is a conductor on the F. j iind L., and he and the girl have their | "establishment" and are deliriously happy. Luck did It Tim says, and he proves ; It by telling the story. "Mebby you know and mebby you don't," he begins in a subtle brogue, j "that the windows of heaven were ' opened over a small spot in the north | em part of Missouri one night last | June. Mebby, again, you know and j mebby you don't that the P. and T. i road rnns parallel with the F. and L. j for about six miles after leavin' St. James. They cross the Blue river each on its own nice little bridge within two miles of each other, the P. and T. ! bridge bein' up stream from the bridge | of the F. and L. j " 'Twas lucky for me they fixed It so. I was slttin' on the back platform of : the caboose the night when the cloud busted. My work was finished for the , minute, and I was restin' and nursin' a bad fit of melancholy. My hopes wepa blacker than the night just then, and the night was blacker than the i inside of a brunette cat. I saw notliin' to look forward to, *nd that's a worse state to be in than Arkansaw. I was sayin' to myself that I believed I'd commit suicide and end the agony when all of a quick sudden the train stopped. "Mebby you never experienced the sensation of bein' on a freight train BRUSHED UK OFF WITH ITS BRANCHES. when It stops suddenly. 'Tis like a toh of coal droppin' into p. man's throat. "For a minute I forgot my troubles. I grabbed my lantern and went up ahead to see what was wrong. 'Twas easy to see. By the gleamin' of the headlight ou the engine I saw a roarin', howlin' flood of water. Blue river was full and runnln' over—way over. The track on the bridge was all but cpy ered. 'Shall we try it pr not?' says the engineer to the conductor. 'Wait till we look at the bridge,' says the con ductor. 'Come, Donnan, we'll go and see if 'tis safe.' And we went. " 'Twas a fool thing to do what I did then, but 1 was in a desperate mood, and the rushin' of the flood af fected my brain, I'm thinkin'. I told the couductor I'd go across and take a peep at the anchorage on the other side. And I started, the conductor of fering no objections visible to the naked ear, and got half way across mebby when—biff!—a tree that made ordinary sawlogs look ilku matchetj the bridge and brushed me off with its branches as easy as a whisk broom d'sposes of a crumb. "Ar-r-rah, the swim that followed! ''l don't know the words that de icribe it. Bnt iuck was with me. I got my hands on to a regular Pullman of a railroad tie, and I clung to it as the ivy clings to the molderin' wall. 'Twas nothin' rescmblin' suicide the way I stuck to that tie. And every once or twice in awhile a chicken coop or Q woodshed or a cord bumped mp, kpackin 1 out prayers like sparks from an anvil. " 'Tis my humble opinion that the current was runnln' at a rate of 410 miles to the hour. Mebby 'twas more, and mebby 'twas less. I didn't stop to measure it. Anyway, 'twas but a short time till I brought up against the F. and L. bridge with such force that six of my teeth took refuge in my stom ach and a constellation of danced before my eyes, turnishiii' sufficient UgUt to enable me to crawl on to the bridge. "The bridge was about ready to break loose. I crawled off of it rapid ly. I'd had all the trip by water that I wanted. I crawled off at the first tod I come to, and that was luck tgain. "There was a station a ways up tW track, and after I'd found uiy land legs nggik X bustled along till I got to it. '' f "Tlie night operator was surprised to see me. Belli' a young chap, he reach ed nervously for his gun. " 'Put it away,' says 1 to Dim, 'put It Willy, and get a wringer.' " 'Heavens!' says he. 'ls it rainin' again? You're soppin' wet.' "'Am I?' says I. 'Sure 'tis the true! nose for news you've got. You should be in newspaper work. But tell me,' i says I, 'how soon the train's due.' I j knew a train was about due, else he's ' been snoozin'. Xlic Uiei goin' south,' says he, look-1 In' at his watch, 'will be along in three ' minutes.' I " 'Does she stop at this station?' ( says I. " 'No,' says he. it 'Then,' says I, 'you'd better get out your red lamp, for the bridge is all but gone.' And he did it. "With the flier came more luck for me. The general manager's car was on and the general manager himself, artistically arrayed in a suit of pink pajamas, was up and rubberin' around upmost before I'd told tbfe conductor about the bridge. 'Tis the way of gen eral managers. They're mostly built so. "He looked me over with his sharp eyes, all the time spittin' out questions as a rapid fire gun spits lead, and I an swered him as Intelligently as was pos sible without my teeth. He seemed impressed. 'You'd better go and get dry I'll look you up and remember you,' says he. 'Thank you. sir,' says I. " 'Twas about a week after that I got an invitation to the general offices of the F. and L. at St. Jim. The doc tor said 1 might go if I'd be carefuL Another touch of pneumonia, he said, might prove disastrous. So I went, and they didn't do a thing after I got th<*re but put me through an ex amination and give me one of the best runs on their system, though why they did it I'll be blessed if I can under stand. -Luck? Well, say!" A Mutter of Glotm, "Did you never notice how much bet ter men's gloves look than women's?" said the man. "Go into any public conveyance and look at the gloves of the passengers and you will be im pressed by the superior condition of those worn by men. Two-thirds of the women you meet cover their hands with suedes and dogskins that are shockingly soiled and worn. It is not only women of geuerally shabby ap pearance who are guilty of wornout finger tips and ragged seams; many who are otherwise well groomed and who could afford to put on a fresh pair of gloves every day are equally culpa ble. Men would be ashamed to go on the street wenring such disreputable things, but women flaunt them un blushingly." "That sweeping condemnation is un fair," protested the woman. "The con dition is easily explained. Women wear their gloves much more than men, and besides it Is awfully destructive to fin ger tips to dig around in purses for change and samples and to handle candy, to turn over books and to exam ine dry goods." "Now you have jumped the subject," said the man. "1 am not talking about cause. I am talking about effect. The majority of men certainly do wear bet ter gloves than the majority of wom en. You cannot deny that." "That is true," the woman admitted. | "I cannot deny it; they can better af ford it also." —Philadelphia Times. 1 __—— Pride Had h Fall. "Yes, it is a pretty good cigar," said j Brown, as he held it up and looked at ! it critically. "Jones bought it, but if he thinks he bought my silence with it he | is mistaken, as the story is too good to keep. Jones, as you know, considers himself a great ladies' man, although he is old enough to know better. I was walking with him this afternoon, and he could talk of nothing but his 'latest.' Suddenly he exclaimed: " 'By Jove! There she is now, across the street. Isn't she a peach?' "Off came his hat with a flourish, ex posing his bald pate, and an idiotic grin spread over his features. "Much to my surprise, for she did not look like a girl who would indulge in a street flirtation, she waved her hand, hesitated a moment and then started to cross the street where we were. " 'They can't resist me,' said the beaming Jones. 'Excuse me, old man; see you later; ta, ta!' in linnd find grin*"'"™ like a monkey, Jones approached the young lady, who suddenly stepped, looked startled for a moment and then gasped: " 'Goodness! I mistook you for my grandfather!' "—Detroit Free l'ress. The One Could Wait. An American traveler in China, mak ing his way out of the province of Sheusi over the mountains, after five days of rough riding overtook his serv ant, who had been sent on ahead with the baggage. He reports the conversa tion which followed: As a soldier half lifted me from the saddle Wang, the servant, handed me my razors. "For five days," he said, "the beard of my master is growing. I think maybe he like-to cut it off." I thanked him for his thoughtfulness, but I added, "You are in a great deal worse shape than I am. You neeUu't trouble about me. Have your cue braided, and then lie down on your pooka and take a nap." He smiled with the faraway, rather sad smile of his race. "It would not be right for me to sleep, sir," he said, "be fore I see that you are resting. The cue is Chinese. It can wait patiently. But the beard is European. It cannot wait. It must go quickly." The Purat|ou of n Bream. Qne evening Victor Hugo was dictat ing letters to his secretary. Overcome by fatigue, the great man dropped into a slumber. A few moments after ward lie awoke, haunted by a dream which, as he thought, had extended over several hours, and he blamed his secretary for sitting there waiting for him instead of wakening him or else going away. What was his surprise when the bewildered secretary told him that he had only just finished writ ing the Iqat sentence dictated to him. A Striking Simile. Old Employee—You know as well as I do that I have been as faithful as clockwork in your employ. Old Employer (bitterly)— Yes, Just exactly as faithful as clockwork. You struck every time you couid and never gave more than five minutes' warning. J.tKl.l and Heal and Rren, Looking into the fire is very injurious to the eye, particularly a coal tire. The stimulus of light and heat united soon destroys the eyes. Looking at molten iron will soon destroy the sight. Read ing in the twilight is injurious to the eyes, as they are obliged to make great exertion. Residing or sewing with a side light injures the eyes, s*s bath eyes should be expos' 1 ?, ta an equal force of light. Those who wish to preserve their sight should preserve their gen eral health by correct habits of living and give their eyes Just work plough, with a due degree of ligiu. lnconnidernte Fellow. "He said he'd die if I didn't marry him." "And still you refused?" "Yes. I wished to find out before ' promising whether he really loved me , as much as that or not. Oh, Harriet, i I'm p-p-perfectly miserable!' He seems to be wretefoe-dly healthy, and 1 d-do |o>e him so much!"— Chicago Record- j Herald. Debtn In China. In China one can always borrow jioney on the strength of having a son. but nobody would advance him a cent , If he had a dozen daughters. The former is responsible for th • debts of ills father for three generations. The latter is only responsible for the debts ; of her own husband. Liverpool, generally called a wvt place, hns an •.;vcr. , !,\- rainfall per an num oi jj-1 1-3 inches. 1 LITTLE GREEN " I i nrVII By HARLE ? t uCHIv ' O. CUMMINS^ t _ * | i Copyright, 1901, by A i Harle O. Cummins 4 4: ♦; ♦ i-o-i-e-s-jl The invitation I found waiting me on my return from a trip south was a great surprise. I had boon private sec retary to Colonel Wade for a little over six mouths, but that was certainly no reason why his wife should have in cluded me in her list of guests. It was to be a masque ball, and I had nothing to wear. The affair was to take place that very night, and the , fact that I was half In love with Miss ; Dorothy, the colonel's oldest daughter, | made me hurry down to a costumer's ; shop. M. Clausen shook his head as ; he surveyed my five feet six. "I have nothing that will fit you, sir," he said, "unless you will take this greeu devil costume. There were three j of the devils ordered, but two of the gentlemen came in yesterday and told me that their friend was sick and wouldn't be able to use this suit, so I it's on my hands. You may have it "SOIiRY TO DISTURB YOU." for $5. It's dirt cheap at that price, but it's so small I wouldn't stand a chance of getting back the cost of the cloth renting It. What do you say?" I said "Yes" Immediately on seeing the costume. It was a giddy affair with its livid greeu color,, its long, stuffed tail with a fork at the end and two little horns projecting from the cap. I paid M. Clausen his price, con gratulating myself on getting a fine suit so cheaply, and hastened back to my rooms to try on my purchase. When I presented myself at the Newbury street house at I) o'clock that night. Colonel Wade greeted me in the hall facetiously: "Ah! So we are to be honored with other members of the family? Two of your brothers are already here. You're Dr. Swain, I'll wager." If the niau with whom I came in daily uie, Illy disguise was perfect. I laughed to myself as I passed up stairs. Ten minutes later I was mingling with as great a crowd of notables as were assembled on that famous Styx houseboat. Several William Shake speares were strolling about the room, Napoleon Bonaparte was having a desperate flirtation with Joan of Arc, and over in one corner William Penn was busily fanning a somewhat portly edition of Queen Elizabeth As I stepped Into the ballroom I Jostled against a tall man dressed ex actly like myself, except that his cos tume was of a glowing crimson. The meeting was evidently more of a sur prise to him than to me. "Where in hades did you come from, Shorty?" he whispered, puliing me out of the crowd. "Why, naturally, that's Just where I did come from," I answered, disguis ing my voice and wondering mean while at such language even from a brother fiend. "I told the professor you were cooked for six months when I saw the pinch yesterday. How did you get out?" "Ask no questions," I answered in a solemn tone, laying my finger on my lips. "I have leave qf absence from his satauic majesty himself for to night only. Tomorrow I shall be cook ed again, as you say." "Well, we mustn't be seen together: might cause suspicion. See you later." 1 knew not a thing of what he was talking about, but as my answers were probably equally puzzling to him I Judged that we were even. Following his advice, I left him and began look lug for a certain young lady. In a few minutes I had found a graceful Cleopatra, whom I thought I recognized to such an extent that I was perfectly willing to play Antony to her for the rest of the evening. Dropping the high falsetto In which I had been talking to the red devil, I assumed my natural voice. "Oh, Mr. Churchill! Is that you?" exclaimed the Egyptian queen. "Why, I'd never have known you in this world!" "In this world, of course not, but you certainly would In the lower one, Where you see I belong, Miss Dorothy Cleopatra," I answered, and we shook hands. "I'm so glad to find some one I snow," she continued. "I've been talk ing to so many kings, queens and em perors for the last half hour that you -mustn't mind if my conversation is a trifle stilted at first." "And as I've just been comparing temperatures with a neighbor of mine from hades you mustn't mind if there is a certain warmth to my remarks," I answered. We were in the midst of an interest ing tete-a-tete when some one tapped me on the shoulder. Turning, I saw another devil —this one clad in somber black—behind me. "Sorry to disturb you, but I must see you for a few minutes," he said grntlly, I excused myself reluctantly to the fair queen and walked toward the li brary with my black companion. "Andy said you was here, but I didn't believe him," he muttered when we; were alone. "I got you out here to tell j you the uew plan. We had to change j it when we thought you was pinched, j Wilson, the fat butler, will meet us : three here with the keys as soon as they start down to supper. Audy'll have his togs off au' be down at the back door with the team, an' you an* | me—we've got to git the kid. Madge la j goin' to have him tied up In * shawl au' gagged in the Uisi room at the top j of thu back stairs. You've got to keep ' watch in the halls, for there's a dozen j fly cops hangin' round, an' I'll see that we git the kid down without any holler.' Savy?" I signified that I understood, shud dering at the horrible plot I had ac cidentally discovered. Colonel Wade had three daughters and one son. a baby Ixjy scarcely two years old. "Now, don't go rnakln' any dates tc take that fairy I saw you talkin' to down to supper, but be sharp when you hear the signal to march down." Queen Victoria and Sir Walter Ra leigh came strolling Into the library just then, and the black devil left me abruptly, whispering, "If you git a chance, that Cleopatra you was talkin' to has got a tine bunch of stones in her back hair. We could use them too." Leaving the library, I hastened out in search of my host and found him in the drawing room chatting with Mary, queen of Scots. "Colonel Wade," 1 began excitedly, getting him to one side, "there's a plot to kidnap Robert tonight while the guests are down at supper. The other two devils, the butler, a servant named Madge and 1 don't know how many others are In the scheme." "And who are you?" he began, glanc ing suspiciously at my livid costume. I took off my mask, and never shall I forget the warmth of the handclasp he gave me as he muttered, "Ted. my boy, I can never repay you for this." Calling a servant, he gave the order for the orchestra to play another waltz and to wait for word from him before striking up the march for supper. Then he sought out the private detectives he had stationed in the bouse and told them the plot on foot. And while the crowd of poets, sol diers, heroes and heroines of bygone ages in the ballroom were waltzing to the strains of "The Serenade," a red and a black devil, a white faced nurse maid and two trembling lackeys marched ingloriously out the front door and boarded a large covered wagon resembling an ambulance, but which is known down lu the west end as the Black Maria. Inventor Dairy and Lore. Sir Humphry Davy, the inventor of the Davy lamp, found love something of a delusion, if not a snare. Writing to his mother, he said, "I am the hap piest of men in the hope of a union with a woman equally distinguished for virtues, talents and accomplish ments." And In a letter to his brother he expresses his rapture thus, "Mrs. Apprece has consented to marry me. and when the event takes place I shall not envy kings, princes or potentates." The widow must have been a person possessed of great powers of fascina tion, for Sir Henry Holland makes mention of her as a lady who made such a sensation in Edinburgh society that even a regius professor did not think it beneath his scholarship to go down on his knees in the street to fas ten her shoe. The sequel need not be dwelt upon further than to add that the marriage turned out to be altogether a mistake. Quick and Snre Way. An Irishman out of employment went up to a "boss" and asked for a job. Boss —Do you know anything about horses? Tat—Sure and wasn't 01 born In a stable? Boss—And carpentry. Do you know anything about that? Tat—Begorra and I'd loike to see the man as would beat me at it. Boss—Do you know how to make a Venetian blind? l'ai—Sure auil I'm iii my element at that job. Boss—Just tell me, then, how yon would make a Venetian blind. Pat—Sure and wouldn't Oi Just poke me finger in his eye?— London An swers. A Snake That Swallowed a Mas. Large specimens of boa constrictors have been known to swallow men whole. The case is related by the trav eler Glroniere of a criminal in the Phil ippine Islands who hid from justice in a cavern. His father, who alone knew of his hiding place, went sometimes to see him and to take him rice for food. One day he found instead of his son an enormous boa asleep. He killed it and found his son's body in the snake's 6tomach. Reported Favorably. Mr. Richard Redgrave, the artist, re cords in his diary this amusing recom mendation from an Irishman appoint ed to examine students competing for medals: "I should also recommend Margaret for a reward. Being very young, she naturally missed the boint of all the questions In the papers, !>at her answers were so ladylike that I think the medal should be given to her." Annual Flowers. Annual plants are thote that you must sow every year. From seed to seed Is only a year or less. Annual plants probably comprise half the flowering plants of the world. They quickly take advantage of the moving seasons, grow, blossom and die before they are caught by the blight of winter or by the parching dry season. They are shifty plants, now growing here, then absconding to other places. This very uncertainty and caprlclousness make them worth the while. The staid perennials I want for the main and permanent effects In my garden, but I could no more do without an nuals than I could do without the spices and the condiments of the ta ble. They are flowers of a season; I like the flowers of a season.—Country Life In America. Deaf and Dumb Teachers. "I suppose a deaf and dumb asylum Is the last place to which most persons who wish to learn a language would think of going," said the principal of one of those institutions. "Yet there are several educated foreigners who came here to take lessons In English. "The reason Is that a teacher in a school for the deaf and dumb, having to talk so her pupils can read her lips, learns to enunciate clearly and distinct ly and give each word its true value. The foreigners say our teachers speak so distinctly that they can acquire the language In half the time they can from ordinary instructors." The Bird of PnradUe. Probably no famous bird has a small er habitat than the bird of paradise, whose beautiful feathers are so highly prized in the millinery trade. No one knows why the varieties of this beauti ful bird are confined to the Island of New Guinea and the neighboring coasts of Australia. There are many other islands not far away where the conditions would seem to be equally favorable to their existence, but they are not found among them. The Difference In Seuoii. "ISr'er Williams," said Brother Dick ey, "you all time talkln' 'bout wantln' ter go ter glory in a chariot er fire. How'd you like ter try It In de middle er August?" "Br'er Dickey," replied Brother Wil liams, "w'en I made dein remarks we wuz deep in December en de white snow wuz all over de groundJ"—At l>int» Cm^UtUtioU. No. 44. THE FIERY DRAGON. ' Ancient u< Mrdlirral Descriptions of lh« Monster. Dragons were Important animals In ancient and mediaeval natural history. Until comparatively recent time no scientist ever thought of questioning the existence of this most formidable lof beasts. The annals of Winchester ' fcr 1177 gravely state that "In this year dragons were seen of many In Eng land." Gesner, professor of natural history at Zurich, gives a detailed de : scriptlon of the dragon, while Aldro ; vandus. In his "History of Serpent# and Dragons," published In 1640, de votes fifty pages to the monster. A' good specimen of a dragon would seem' to have been a beast about the size of a sheep, incased in a coat of scales which shone like silver. Its back was serrated like a saw. It possessed a ■ long tail, a pair of batlike wings, four heavily clawed feet and a wolrlne head» the jaws of which were armed with i very formidable teeth. The tongue: j was barbed with fire, aqjl fury issued . from the monster's mouth, and the head bore a crest. Dragons were the most ; wicked and vindictive of creatures. They seem always to have been In a towering rage and spent the greater portion of their time in rushing up and down the earth destroying everything that came in their path. The origin of dragons was a disputed point among j medUeval naturalists. Some maintain ed that these animals were generated by the heat, of India; others were of opinion that the volcanoes of Ethiopia used to belch forth the monsters. One I scientist, John Leo by name, declared the dragon to be a hybrid, a cross be tween an eagle and a wolf. Temperature and Atmosphere. That a body can acquire during theSS i night a different temperature from that of the surrounding atmosphere has been demonstrated by an English physicist. If a thermometer is taken from the window, wrapped in cotton and placed on the ground its mercury | will descend seven or eight degrees. Vegetables similarly situated, and be ing bad conductors, may freeze at a time when the thermometer does not mark the freezing point—proof that the cold experienced by the plant may be entirely different from the tempera i ture of the surrounding air. This low 1 temperature of plants, however, only occurs when the night is clear, since at this time the plant sheds Its heat throughout space and becomes chilled, whereas if the night Is cloudy the phenomenon does not occur. This gives rise to the popular superstition that plants and buds are frosen by moonlight Curious Case of Mind Rending. A very curious case is related In thft An miles Psychlques. A child of seven years. In good health, lively and robust, belonging to equally healthy parents, showed a strange facility in learning all that his mother taught him. He re cited the whole multiplication table at the first trial, solved instantly compli cated problems and made not a single mistake in his first spelling lesson. It was soon realized that the child did not calculate by himself and did not spell of his own accord. He was reading his mother's mind, and he did this even when his eyes were shut and his back turned, provided only that she were near hiin. One day she had the Idee -M Interposing a screen between her and the child, and there was no more calculation, no more spelling. The screen was sufficient to prevent the child from reading the mother's thoughts. A MOTIBK Sermon. "I once had a parishioner who was a miser," said an English clergyman. "For this man's benefit I preached one Sunday a strong sermon on the neces sity of charity, of philanthropy—a ser mon on the duty and the Joy of giving. The miser, at whom I gazed often, seemed impressed. "Next day I met b'm on the street " 'Well, John,' I said, 'what do you think of yesterday's sermon?* " 'lt moved me deeply, sir,' he an swered. 'lt brought home to me so strongly the necessity of giving alms that honestly, sir, I've a great mind to turn beggar.'" It is a great evil as well as a mis fortune to be unable to utter a prompt and decided no.—Simmons. HE CAUGHT THE HOUSE. A Yell •( Applause st m Critical Point In • Piny. Edward Harrlgan once said that ths most trying moment in his theatrical career occurred in New Orleans soon after the civil war. He had gone •outh with his company and, yielding somewhat to popular request, put on "The Blue and the Gray." The play had been a success up north, but down south, with the air still full of the bit terness of the war, It was a dangerous experiment. Tony Hart was to repre sent the Confederate gray, BO he hunt ed up a uniform of the Louisiana Ti gers, and when he came marching on, young, stalwart, handsome, the typical soldier boy in the beloved uniform, the house, men and women, cheered and shouted and cried for ail their heroes embodied in this boy. Harrlgan, stand ing in the wings in bis northern blue, waiting to go on, had just one thought —"They'll kill me!" Then he stepped out, the embodiment of the enemy, and a cold, dead silence fell upon the house. Not a hand moved for him. The audi ence was tense with emotion, and there wns only an Instant to act if the play was to be saved. Harrlgan, big, kind ly, good looking, came swiftly down to the front and stepped over the foot light gutter, leaning down to them. "For the love of heaven, won't you give the Yankee a hand?" he exclaim ed. At once the house was caught and all the pent up feeling turned the right way. There was a yell of applause. How the Sculptor Cellini Wns Cured. Benveuuto Cellini, when about to cast his famous statue of Perseus, now in the Loggia del Lanzi at Florence, was taken with a sudden fever. In the midst of his suffering one of his workmen rushed into his sick chamber and exclaimed: "Oh, Benvenuto! Your statue is spoiled, and there Is no hope whatever of saving itl" Cellini said that when he heard this he gave a howl and leaped from his bed. Dress ing hastily, he rushed to his furnace and found his metal "caked." He or dered dry oak wood and fired the fur nace fiercely, working In a rain that was falling, stirred the channels and saved his metal. He continues the story thus: "After all was over I turn ed to a plate of salad on a bench there and ate with a hearty appetite and drank together with the whole crew. Afterward I retired to my bed, healthy and happy, for It was two hours be fore morning, and slept as sweetly as if I had never felt a touch of illness." His overpowering idea of saving his statue not only drove the idea of Ill ness from his mind, but also drove away the physical condition and lefi him well. It was a triumph of mlns finrrcna