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.
<R MISSES' FINE RIBBED WOOL HOSE 25c a pair, an excellent quality. Sn-
U perior fleece lined hose, nice and soft. 25c a pair Uh
5 BOYS' HEAVY FLEECED HOSE 15c a pair, 2 pair for 25c Heavy wool stock
fIP ings. special value, 25c a pair. Extra fine wool hose 39c a pair.
X CHILDREN'S WOOL MIXED HOSE, special 10c a pair. No-mend cotton hose,
. linen knee, heel and toe, best wearing stocking of its kind made, 25c W
U Impair Infants fine cashmere hose 15c and 2.V* a pair Qk
MEN'S WOOL SOCKS, special value, black and grey 16c a pair. 3 pairs for
jp 25c. Wool socks heavy and light weight, all colors and fancies 25c
s pair. Extra fine qualities 35c and 50c a pair. Jv
Watch Our Millinery Department Jn
Uk Npte the Patronage and Note the Headwejr. »
2 Co., &
SOUTH KADI STREET 1 001
5 j Send in Your Mail Orders.|S
R OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLKR, I A.
Masap dKacacapapacae
COOPER CO., I
FINE; TAILORb.
.Are i\ow occupying their
old 9t corner of
Diamond.
Suits form sls -to SSO.
■ Merchant Tailor. M
I Fall and Winter Suitings m
fl n JUST ARRIVED. p ■
■ w 142 North Main St. B
Cohn's Bargain Store,
150 Main and Cunningham St.
We are ready for fall business with a wonderful
showing of ladies' tailor-made suits, coats, skirts,
waists and furs. Ladies' men's and children's under
wear and hosiery, hats, caps and children's clothing.
Girl's dresses and coats. We are not only ready with
snjart gtyleg, fc>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
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Reed's Wine of
Cod biver Oil
will build you up and make
you strong, will give you
an appetite and new life.
If you feel tired and
worn out try our Wiße of
Cod Liver Oil and find
relief.
It is stronger and belter
than pure Cod Liver Oil.
Pleasant to "ake and is
inoffensive co delicate
stomachs.
Indorsed and recom
mended by physicians
every where The best
Spring tonic to give you
Health ?nd s rength.
For sale cnly at
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Transfer Corner
Main and Jejf c; <i : c-tler. 1
Do You Buy f£ed:cines7
I
Certainly You Do.
•
Then you want t l • be«*t for the
least money. Tha? is our mott".
Come and see us vv n .:i need >. 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
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Both Plion**.
213 S. Main St. Rntler Pm.
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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
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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;
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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.
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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
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■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