VOL. XXXXI.
| Beautiful Spring Goods. |
2 New Stock Arriving Daily. a
m Banner Fashion Sheets and Patterns.
S THE MODERN STORE-- 8
5 An Elegant Line Spring Wash Goods. Drews Ginghams and Percale?. Uk
•I New Novelty Suitings, Voiles, etc.
Ub Embroideries; Laces, etc. K
Banner Fahison Sheets here for March. Free to Customers. Banner Uk
|R Patterns are tfce b«t on the market
Uk lOc and 15c e«u*h.
S OUR CUSTOMERS WILL USE NO OTHERS.
| EISLER-MARDOkF COMPANY,Sj
S SOUTH MACT STREET | f\C%4 &
£ I"■ Send in Your Mail Orders. S
S OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. PA. Uk
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.GREEN & YOUNG'S §
8 THIRD GREAT SEMI-ANNUAL §
§ SALE §
O Starts Jan. 23. at 9 o'clock in the Morning. O
O Every heavy garment in our store must be sold, J*
© regardless of cost. This is the store that is a little
80 over one year old and has made a wonderful record for **
Itself. We have but two sales a year—one at this W
time, and the other in August—and when we say sale JJ
© we mean an honest sacrifice of wearing apparel for v
© men and boys. We do not have much room in this v
© small space to tell you about this wonderful sale, but JJ
© will quote you a few prices:— 5?
V Men's heavy fleeced lined underwear, worth 50c. sale price. 29c.
Q One lot cf boys'heavy winter nnderwear, worth 2.53, sale price, 10c.
OOne lot of men's heavy working coats, worth $1 25 and $1 50, sale
O price 90c. J?
One lot of boys' knee pants suits, sizes from 9to 16, at 4 regnlar price. %J
OOne lot of men's and boys' suit*. worth $C to $7. sale price, $3 75.
One lot men's and boys' overcoats, worth $6 to $7. sale price, $3 75. J'
A All 50c overalls, 39c. %J
A All 50c working shirts, 39c. 0
We have bargains all through the store. fk
Remember the date and come early before the good numbers are v
0 all picked ont. 0
§ Green § young, §
§ One-price Clothiers and Hatters, Q
0 118 South /Vlain Street. g
o ©O©©© Q® O®OO©©©©©©©©©©©©©©
February Prices
AT
Bickel's.
Men's Gray Felt Boots and heavy Goodyear—Glove overs $1 25
Men's extra heavy Goodyear—Glove Perfections 75
Men's fi rat quality robbers 5®
Boys' first quality rubbers 35
Jjadjes' fine grade rubbers ~ ; . • ; ........... 35
LEATHER GOODS.
Men's line lace shoes, tipped, latest style 95
Boys' fine lace shoes, tipped, latest style 95
Little gent's fine lace shoes, tipped, latest style 75
1 lot Men's $4 fine patent leather, vici and box calf shoes . 0 50
Men's heavy sole and tap working shoes 1 00
Men's fine slippers, regular price, $1 50
LADIES' FINE SHOES.
Ladies' $1 25 warm-lined Congress shoes 50
Ladies' |1 50 warm-lined lace shoes 75
One lot Misses' $1 25 fine shoes 75
One lot ladies' $1 50 fine lace shoes, patent tips 1 00
Baker & Bowman's $4 fine shoes, hand turns and hand welts 2 25
One lot Misses' fine Kang*roo-calf fl 75 shoes I 00
One lot Ladies' good eVery day shoes reduced tp j«j
Emdiej ft 2$ fine telt elippenr reduced vo. 75
Children's fine shoes, weage heel, sises 4 to 8 45
Infant's fine shoes' sires 0 to 4 19
Ladies' $1 fine Jersey leggina reduced to 50
Ladies' fine buckle Arctics reduced to 50
All winter goods to be closed out regardless of cost. Sole
leather by the side or cut to any amount you wish to purchase.
High iron stands with four lasts for repairing.
John sicl<el,
128 Sonth Main St.. Butler, Fa.
1 g Merchant Tailor. J? I
I ' Fall and Winter Suitings K
■ ( \ JUST ARRIVED. C] ■
■ w 142 North Main St. ■
COOPER m,
FlNf£ TAILORS,
A-res r\ow occupying tlieir
old iQcatior;, £it corner of
tJt\e Diamond.
Suits from sls to SSO.
. . i \ ; nj_ frfr *•*' irT*-- t' *
Subscribe for the CITIZEN
mm*-" ■ :
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
NEW ™
llfc - lw STOCK
-1 have purchased the C. J.
Harvey Pharmacy, in the Stein
building, at 345 S. Main St., am
remodeling and restocking the
store. I have twenty-two years
experience as a pharmacist, and
compounding of prescriptions
will be under my personal at
tention.
Pure drugs and honest treat
ment guaranteed.
When in town shopping, stop
and leave your packages.
J. L. McKee, Pharmacist,
Stein Block. S. Main St.. Butler. Pa.
jC. F. T. Pape,;
| f. JEWELER! |
/ 121 E. Jefferson Street. /
F amiiy
Reuii ioriw!
We often cause ourst-lve* • i <i
less worry «n<l ri-tnowe In ia
lecting to do some little thing
Get a good picture of your f.imily
and home made at your first op
portunity We make the best at
$6.00 per dozen Bxlo inches and
guirantee them permanent. I.ct
us know in time to go out.
The Butler bye Works
Dyeing, Cleaning, Picsting.
R. FISHER
. .Sale Is On..
Our Annual Clearance S*le.
We nlways list goods that jou nt-e.l.
and not things that have proved un
saleable. Heed this.
China cale at 20 per cent. off. Pic
tures, framed and nnfr»raed, one-third
off. Sterling silver one half price. 100
piece dinner sets, one-fourth off. Toys.
Games and Dolls at 25 per cent. off.
All Bric-a-brac, Bronzes, etc.. one third
off. Brush Sets, Shaving Sets and all
fancy good* at one-half price. Jewelry
one-third off. AH book* in fancy bind
ings at 20 per cent. off. Musical in
struments of all kiuds at 20 per cent,
off. Call at once at
DOUGLASS' BOOK STORE,
241 S. Main St. Butler, Pa.
Peoples Phone 307.
Reed's Wine of
Cpd 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 Wine of
Cod Liver Oil and find
relief.
It is stronger and better
than pure Cod Liver Oil.
Pleasant to take and is
inoffensive to delicate
stomachs,."
Indorsed and recom
mended by physicians
every where. The best
Spring tonic to give you
Health and strength.
For sale only at
Reed's Pharmacy
Transfer porngr
Main and Jetferson St*., Butler, Pa
REMOVAL.
We have removed our Marble and
Granite shops from corner of Main and
Clay streets to No. 200 N, Main street,
(opposite W D Brandon a
we vyiil be pleased to meet our
customers vyitb figures that ape right
011
Monuments & Headstones
of all kinds and arc also prepared
to give best figures qv
Irqn Fence: Flower Vases
etc., as we have secured the sole agency
from the Stewart Iron Works of Cin
cinnati, Ohio, for this town and vic^njly.
P. H. Sechler
( Wm. Foster, j
| Architect.
f ' t * ,IX - * 1 11 —X
j Plan of all kind of buildings \
S furnished on short notice. f
C Office in Berg Building, S
J Butler, Pa. (
REGISTER'S NOTICE
The Kegister hereby gives notice that the
following accounts of executors, adminis
trators ana guardians have lieeu lilfd in
this office according to law. ami will !«• pre
sented to Court for confirmation and allow
ance on Saturday, the 1-tli day of Mar.
law. at U.« . of said dav:
1 Third partial wviiunt <>f -.loseph Geibsl.
nct'Eg executor of Charles (Iribe'. Sr. de
deased. late of Butler borough
2 Kin ill account of Charh*> Sze*> au
mlnistrator <>f Wilbelmina Szebalskie, do
ceascd, late of Clinton townshiu.
:j Final ;K''*r»uiit of Chariest Szebalskie. c<-
ecntorof Charles Szebalskie, deceased, late
ofClintO"' township.
I Final and distribution account of Elmer
I*. Sutton, administrator of Juni-s Sutton,
deceased, l ite of Evans t'ity.
5 Final a«*c«<unt of Catherine O'Donnell.
exei-uirix of Jt»seph CDonneli, deceased.
Ute of Donegal township.
li First partial accoont of M iry A. Eieh
enlauband W. .1. Eichenlaub. executors of
William Eichenlaub. deceased, late of Sum
mit township.
7 Final account of Charles H.Conway, ex
ecutorof Fiaocik P Conway, de«s-a>''d, late
ol DaWland township.
H Final account of Joseph I> Fleming. a:l
--ministrator of Michael .1. Flemiug, de**eas
!ate of Cleariield township.
» Final account of Wilson Uarvin. adinln
istra'or of Ellzabetlt Uarvin, deceased, late
of Cranberry township.
Hi Final account of Conrad \\ \\ iegand.
admlnlsi rator of lie rietta W iegand, de
ceased. late of lniield town-.l.ip
II second partial acc >ur.t of I'eter Nigh,
one of the executorsof Peter i.ytiehaugh. de
ceased. late of Summit township
12 Filial account of 'ohn F l-owry, admin
■st rator of t'harles S Lowry. deceased, late
of Butler tiorougli.
la Final account of X M Mclnty re. admin
istrator of Mary Jane Mcln'yre, deceased,
late i..' BufTaio township
14 Fin '1 account of 11 II Goucher. guar
dian of Frank F Mcßride. minor child of I)r
C F Mcßrlil . of Voungstown. O.
la Fiual account of II II Oouclier. guar
dian of Helen I McHridc. minor child of Dr.
C F Mcßrh.e. of Youngstnwn. O.
Jii Final account of s F Clark, adniilnls
trao.r of (.eorge W Kuiin. der eased, late of
Buffalo toietifcnip.
17 Final acco'lit of Harriet A Wiles, ad-
ministratrix of Henry F Wiles, deceased,
late of Fairvjew township.
Is Final account of Frank Kohler. trustee
Of Edith C Wertz, now of Cumlierhmd. Mil.
la Final account of Joha W Powell, guar
dian of Bert >1 Wltlierup, minor ch 1 Wl_ t>f
'ohn W Wliherup. dpceased. late of For
ward township.
21) Final account of B R Rfttnsey, aduilnl -
tracorof Ja e Mc .eorge, deceased, late of
Cranberry township.
21 Final ac- ouni of II A Mcl'anilless, ad
ministrator of Elizabeth McCandless, de
ceaseii. late „f Bu'ler (Mirough
Final account of John A Gelbach, guar
dian of K Bruce Clark, minor child of James
A Clark, deceased. lat > of Franklin town
ship.
CI Final account of H E Kepple, adminis
trator of Peter Kepple, deceased, la'e of
BuiTaJo tptynshin.
24 Final account "f John Reed, adminis
trator c t aof w m ''rocker as stated uy W F
and 11 U heed, administrators of John Reed,
deceased.
2.» Fiual account of 11 R Heed db n. c t a
of William Crocker, deceased, late of Centcr
ville liorough.
2ii Final account of Gnarant.v Safe De
posit £ Trust Co.. guardian of Victor
Stehlc, nr lnor child of John F T Stehie. de
ceased. late of Butler liorough.
27 Final account of Albert B MeCandles-.
administrator of Ellzalieth J Mc'"nndless,de
ceased. late of Butler twp.
2s Fiual acceunt of Edward F Harley. ad
uiinist rator c t a of Sophia ilarlcy. deceased,
late of BuMpr borough.
2U Final account of Stephen Cummlngs.
guardian of Charles I. Nij<h. minor child of
Henry Mgh and ( arollne Nigh, of Summit
township.
30 Fii-al account of Isaac Meals, guardian
of Sarah E Klnzer, minor child of Catherine
Kiazer. deceased, late of Concord township.
31 Final and distribution acco int of Geo.
W Wilson, administrator eta of Thomas
Donaldson, deceased, late of Evans City.
J. P. DAVIS, Register.
ROAD AND BKSDGE REPORTS.
Notice Is hereby given that the. following
roads anil bridges have lieen confirmed nisi
by the Court and will be presented on the
first Saturday of March Court. 11104, being
the J2th day of said month, and if no excep
tions are Hied they will be continued abso
lutely :
R. D. No. 4, December Term. 191X1' In the
matter of the petition of citizens of liutier
township for a county bridge across Conno
(juenessing creek In said township, where the
creek crosses the nubile road leading from
the Three degree road to Petersyille, known
as the Klnzer bridge. September 8. 18H3,
viewers appointed, who on November 14, UW3.
filed their re, ort in fayor of proposed bridge.
Now. December 12. IWW, approved. Notice to
be given according to rules of Court, and to
be laid before the Grand Jury at next term.
I}V Tflfc COUKT.
1< I). 2*o. it, Dccon-tH;* Term, IMOX In the
mm tor of th»* petition of cltlxritf of Clear
fii'll township for a county bridge over
Lit tie Buffalo creek in said township, where
s lid creek crosses the pualic road leading
from Coylesvill to Fenelton station, Sep
tember IT, 1903. viewers appointed, who on
November.27, lUO3, til*»d their report In favor
of proposed bridge. Now, December 12. 1903.
approved. Notice t<> be given according to
rules of Court, and to be laid before the
Grand Jury at next term.
BY TIIE CocitT.
R. D. No. 7, December Term, IDOT,, In »he
matter of vhp pelitlop'of citizens of Wash
ington township for a county bridge over
south branch of Slippery rock creek, where
said creek crosses the public road leading
from Milliards to West Sunbury. September
7. 1903, viewers appointed, who on Pecemlier.
3, IHO3 (lied thpir reports in favor of proposed
bridge. Now. December I:.'. 1803, approved.
Not let to be given according to rules of
Court, and to be laid before the Gram! Jqry
at nest tefnj.
B»- HUB CkIOHT.
K. li. No. (<. Ueceii.ber Term. lUO3. In the
matter of the petition of citizens of Jetfer
son township for a county bridge ovr Thorn
Ol>eeb In said township, where said CTI ek
crosses the public road leading the old
Butler and Free-port turnpike to the Butler
and Saxonburg road, at or near the pump
station. November 7, 1903, viewers appointed
who on December 4. 1003. tiled their report in
favor of proposed bridge Now. December
12, 1903, approved. Notice to be friven accord
ing to rules of Court. and to be lu}<l before
theGrAhd Jnrv .'»t next ieiiVtf. "
" 1 o" ■■ By^u^ootiKX.
R. D. No. b, Decern tier Term, In the
matter of the petition of cltlieog of Butler
township for a public road from a point on
the Harmony road at or near the residence
of William Wachmuth. to a point on the
fiublic road known as the Butler and Gil
eland Mills road, near a point where the
private road leading to the residence of
John Manny. Intersects last named road.
November 10. 1903. viewers appointed v' oou
December 3. 1903. Hied there .. aort in 'fiiVor
of said roiid; no damages assessed. Now.
December 12, 1903. approved, and Bx width of
road at 31 feet. Notice to be given according
to rules of Court.
BY THE COUIIT.
BITTI.KR COUNTY, SS:
Certified from 1(jo record tutu i»ay ot
Keb., A. ISjftj" VKOKGE .\l. tiRAIfAM
" ' ' Plerkij, 8. Court.
WIDOWS' APPRAISEMENTS.
The following widows' appralsem* its of
personal property and real estate set apart
for the benefit of the widows of decetU
have been filed in the of a ui HoeCierk
of tiie Orphans' Cauik of Huflbr County, viz:
Widow of John Reed. per. prop'ty s*lo
Widow of Isaac Donaldson, per prop'ty. :ioo
Widow of John I). Boyer, per prop'ty iioo
Widow of Thomas K. Hur.ter, per prop'y.. .*X»
Widow of J. F. Kelly, per prop'ty
Widow of John T Wick. per. DtOp'ty
Widow of Levi L"fpve.\ per. firop'ty :#ih
Widow of Harvey 1). liyeriy, per prop'y :iv
Widow of fTirgh R. Hervfejr, per prop'ty Zi\
Widow or l'hilo E. Morse, per ty . .-ft
Widow of John I'ost. per pron t« grtj
Widow of Samuel IV.Ur.., s lift idop'iy .... 300
Wirios q( Pfeifer, per pr0p.270 50
Widow of Herbert C. Cricks, per prop'ty 113
Widow of I. N. Harvey, per prop ty 300
Widow of F M. < ooper. per prop'ty 300
Widow of John L. McKee. per pron'*—
Widow of John Kumnov pt . r prop ty".. .'. '23 00
»». of F. White, per Drop..
• • mow of George K. Me»doo, per pn.i Jvm
Widow of William J. Murks. [».»' tirop.'.'.. W
Widow o' Vi';... A. mnos. per-Artd real prop.
• '••••' •••'•• ' ;.'W
Ail persons Interested |n the above ap
praUc:nu*uV>» Will ta!(P uuiiuo that they will
In* *«r eon Urination to the Orphans'
Court of Butler county. Pa., on Saturday the
12th day of Mar.. IWO4, and if no exceptions
* are filed, they will be confirmed absolutely.
GEORGE M. GRAHAM,
Clerks Cffice. February lWu . 1 M '
Do You Buy Medicines ?
Certainly You Do.
Then you want the best for the
least money. That is our motto.
Come and see us when in need of
anything in the Drug Line and
we are sure you will call again.
We carry a full line of Drugs.
Chemicals, Toilet Articles, etc.
Purvis' Pharmacy
S. G. PURVIS, PH. 0}
both Phone*.
213 S Main Bt. Butler Pa.
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1904.
Drying preparations simply d •.<.
op dry catarrh; they dry up the secretio .
which adhere to the membrane and decom
pose, causing a far more serious trouble thin
the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid all dry
ing inhalants, fumes, smokes and snu.is
and use that which cleanses, soothes a:. l
heals. Ely's Cream Balm is such a remedy
and will cure catarrh or cold in the head
easily and pleasantly. A trial size will be
mailed for 10 cents. All druggists sell the
50c. size. Ely Brothers, 5(5 Warren St., N.Y.
The Balm cures without pain, does not
irritate or cause sneezing. It spreads itself
over an irritated and angry surface, reliev
ing immediately the painful inflammation.
With Ely's Cream balm you are armed
against Nasal Catarrh and Hay Fever.
Dizzy?
Appetite poor? Bowels con
stipated? It's your liver!
Ayer's Pills are liver pills.
I Want your moustache or **eard a
beautiful brown cr rich black? Use
Bufilingliaoi'sßye
!«cfs c'l- . —:t!f " P. H>: I Co . Ni:hui N.H
/ \
THE GREAT "RUB-DOWN." .
FOUR-FOLD
LINIMENT.
For Sore Muscles,
Pain in Back,
Sore Throat
and Sprains, i
C5e. $1 C
Indigestion,
Dyspepsia
can be by
jVtnbl
Try it and if it
doesn't help you we
will pay back your
money,
Johnston's
PHARMACY,
I 106 N. MaiD St,
__
CONCERTS,
PIANOS
;,.j Everything
•- V; Musical.
' Andreas
Arthur Love.
I '■ s£J KMSBRft'*
; JB£ MUHtu mouse.
331-223 Fifth Ave..
Pittsburg. Pa.
Don't Know That?
t'ha» Sterna and Milk
denut at the of 417 South
Main s!ryot is in operation?
WELL, IT IS!
And if yon TjaSt ***** -Milk.
Cream. Cv«&uiery Mutter or Bntter
uiitk, call and see us or watch for
our wagon.
People's Phone 435. Bell Pho\\w %S,
ASK Yori; Uuot'KK for Stesn's
Oiifer in quart jars.
\Ve guarantee >ur products pure
and free from any adnlteration.
J. 11 STHEN'S CREAMERY.
Binding of Books
Is our occupation. We put our
entire time to studying the best
and latest of doing our
vyofk. it you are thinking of
having some work done in this
line I am sure you will be well
pleased if you have it gone at
Tfce Butler Book Bindery,
W. W. AM ON, fro p.
Opp Conrt House.
6 O O G O O 3>S e O O © s'•
I A MEETING 1
: of ROYALTY J
9 By SIDNEY 11. COLE •
v
Iff .... Copyright, U*C. by T. C. McClure.... #
• •t a # c e® a so e o
Barbara stood at the gate drinking
In the mountain air. which was like a
draft of wine to litr. The sua, hanging
Just above the crest of I!:iid Hill, had
lifted the early morning fog and sot
the dew covered spider webs on the
grass shimmering like so nu.ny clusters
of crystals. Adown the road linnets
and thrushes were chirping merrily in
the woods, and occasionally tiie breeze
wafted the scent of pines to her. The
woods were calling her. She would
not disregard such an invitation.
! She ran lightly into the house and
presently reappeared with a parasol
and a small red volume. Accoutered
thus, she started down the road, follow
ed by her aunt's admonition to b,' back
J % yfta
' IMIIDON MK, DOf'rOK, lIOT THEY'VE JI'ST
' GOT IIEK."
to dinner at noon and to remember not
to cross the Johnsons' pasture, where
rattlesnakes had been seen recently.
Barbara went briskly toward tho
woods with a feeling that on such a
day it was indeed good to be alive.
Well down the road she passed the
great arched gateway pf the sanitari
um, and, looking up the steep drive
way, she could see the buildings perch
ed on the hill. She had not been down
this road for ten years, but she sud
denly remembered, with fl little thrill
of pity for its Inmates, that the red
brick building on the extreme left was
the Insane pavilion.
She took the little footpath which
led across the lower end of the snub
tarluu 1 . grounds and into tho plno
woods. She found a place where giant
pines towered many feet skyward and
the ground was covered thickly with
pine needles. Here she sat down and
listened for n time to "n 1 tinkle of a
tiny brook hard by and the sighing of
the breeze through the pine tops. She
had just opened the little rod volume
when the cracking of u twig warned
her pf bomu one's approach. She look
ed up. Before her, hat In hand, stood
a handsome, well groomed young man,
who reganled her with a steadiness of
gaze decidedly disconcerting. As she
looked up he bowed gravely.
"Good morning, Princess Louise," ho
tin id In a cheerful voice. '"Really de
lightful morning, isn't it?"
Barbara's mouth curved scornfully.
Then, all at once, the truth flashed up
on her. This man before her was a
strayed Inmate of the Insane pavllion t
ller eyes opened wide in alarm and
made her doubly ohut iiilng— at least so
thought tho young man with a feeen
sense of pity.
•'Charming spot here," he went on
easily. "Let me congratulate you on
your choice."
Barbara's heart was beating wildly.
The man might be dangerous, and she
was at his mercy. Sho remembered
she had heard somewhere it was best
anil safest to humor lunatics. So,
yuiothering a desire to scream, she
faced the intruder with as much com
posure as she could summon.
"I should ver3* much like to sit down
here with you," he was saying. "It
tsn't every one, you know, who Is
favored with a morning interview with
Henry IV."
"Ob, yes," Barbara said breathlessly.
"Do sit down. I shall be very glad to
have you sit down with me. Indeed,
I'm awfully—awfully pleaded to have
you sit down, u
Unseated himself with a smile which
In a sane person would have betokened
unlimited patience.
"And what Is Princess Louise doing
this morning?" he asked.
"I'm—J was reading a book on birds,
Mr. Henry 1V.," she said,
He glanced at her quizzically. "Do
you iPilid If I feel your pulse, your
highness?" he asked quite humbly.
"Oh, no. Indeed not," she assured
him, at the same time extending her
wrist to him. He pulled out his watch
and took her wrist lightly in his hand.
Presently he dropped tl and returned
the watch to his pocket,
. "Ah, thank you," he said as he drew
• tablet from his pocket and began
writing rapidly on one of the pages
with a pencil. He laid the tablet aside,
and as it lay on the ground near her
Barbara read ;u tlm round, full hand
on the page;
"Jnnet Tolman.
"June 14. Tucker's Grove. Eyes un
usually dilated. Conversation rational.
Pulse 83."
"And now, Princess Louise," the
young man was saying, "I think we'd
better seek the banquet hall."
He rose and slipped the tablet and
pencil into his pocket.
' I'm—it's very comfortable here." she
said, and tUcn as a forlorn hope she
added, "but don't let me detain you."
"But really I insist," lie said, with
well bred firmness.
Barbara dared no longer hesitate.
"Henry IV." assisted her to her feet,
and as she gained them he slipped her
arm through his own. She felt his
arm pinning hers tirinly against his
side and realized that opposition was
useless. Together they started through
the grove, and Barbara was surprised
to find they took the path leading to the
sanitarium. They sained the grounds
and started up the hill toward the
buildings, "Henry IV." meantime con
versing pleasantly and Barbara an
swering liim as best she could. She
breathed more freely now, for she was
sure they would soon encounter an at
tendant. who would relieve her of her
dangerous escort.
They had nearly gained the summit
of the hill wheu an attendant In white
coat came running toward them.
"Pardon me. d< < tor." lie said, ad
dressing Barbara's companion, "but
they've just got her."
"Who?" said the other quickly.
"The Toluian woman. Found her In
the laundry." said tU? attendant. "Here
they come now," he added, pointing to
two men who led a struggling woman
between tlicm.
"Good Lord!" gasped the erstwhile
"Henry IV." "Who have I got. then?"
"Then—then you're not Insane?" said
Barbara, giggling hysterically with this
sudden removal of the tension.
"1 wasn't an hour ago," he said, rub
bing his forehead iu a bewildered
fashion.
"A woman named Tolman confined
here escaped, as we supposed, this
morning," he explained. "You are the
image of her, which accounts for my
actions in the grove. She thinks she's
Princess I.ouise and everybody else is
some other celebrity. Henry IV. fell
to my lot. I'm particularly interested
in the case, and because I was won
dering what effect the <juiet of the
woods would have I took your pulse
and made those notes iu the grove.
It's a terribly absurd situation. I
don't know how to apologize to you.
I presume you thought me insane and
tried to humor me."
"Precisely," said Barbara, and they
both laughed heartily.
"At least, let me get my automobile
and take you home," he said. "I pre
sume you've had quite enough of the
grove for one day."
"Thank you," said Barbara, "but it's
only a step to where I am staying with
my aunt, Mrs. Durgin."
".Mrs. Durgin's!" said the doctor.
"Why. I spend half my evenings
there."
"Oh, then you must be Dr. Dennett,
my aunt's idol," said Barbara.
"A fallen idol, I fear," he returned,
"when she hears of my latest esca
pade."
Three months later they sat one
evening before the fireplace at Mrs.
Durgin's.
"Really, Barbara," the doctor said,
"I demand an answer."
Barbara lifted her downcast eyea
and flushed becomingly.
"I suppose I should humor you, as I
did once before, 'Henry IV,'" she said.
"I'm utterly uncontrollable when
crossed," he laughed.
"Then," sighed Barbara, "for the sake
of peace"— But at this point the sen
tence was interrupted.
Several Hinds of SaailC",
The Germans, in most instances, al
together discard bread crumbs for their
sausages, and when they do use them
moisten them with milk or water, hut
the Italians refuse to put any bread
into their sausages, and they claim
that their famous "Bolognese morta
della" is at once a more nourishing
and a more economical sausage than
the very best German wurst, inas
much as tho "mortadella" must be
boiled three times before it Is properly
cooked, and the water In which it has
been boiled constitutes a strong clear
soup. The Romans make likewise a
highly ambitious sausage. In which no
kind of bread Is allowed to enter. They
call It "zamplno," which is the foot
and leg of young pork, the best of
which is obtained from Modena.
A leg freshly salted .is chosen and
carefully skinned, the trotter being
preserved; then the meat is finely
minced an J v seasoned Is re
placed In tho "zamplno," which Is tied
with string and simmered In an oval
pan for two hours. Wholly Innocent of
bread crumbs are also the renowned
"cervelas" of Strassburg.
A View of Robeaplerre.
At tho time of the destruction of the
fiasullo the most remarkable of the un
fortunate wretches who had been con
fined within its walls was the Comte
de Jorge, and he was brought tc\ Jlrne.
Tussaud that she might take a cast of
his face. He had been incarcerated
for thirty years, and when liberated he
begged to be taken back to his prison.
The people flocked In thousands to see
the (lungwns. and Mine. Tussaud was
prevailed upon to accompany her uncle
and a few friends for the same pur
pose. While descending tlio narrow
stairs her foot slipped, and she was on
the point of falling when she was
saved by itohespicrro, who held out his
protecting band and just prevented
ber from coming to the ground. "It
would indeed have been a great pity If
so young and pretty a patriot should
have broken her neck In such a horrid
place." said Robespierre, In his own
peculiar complimentary style.—"Mem
oirs of Anna Maria Pickering."
The Time to Tlilnk,
Clara—l suppose I o-'iht to stop and
think before I . n.
Mai\d—Oh. no. You'll have plenty of
time to do that afterward. Detroit
Free Press
SHORT STORIES.
Buenos Ayres proposes to erect a
monument in honor of the memory of
Garibaldi.
The amount of gold in the United
States treasury exceeds that in the
banks of Russia, Germany, Belgium
and the Netherlands combined.
A Wareham (Mass.) bauk official has
just resigned after twenty-one years'
service, during which time he has nev
sr bad a vacation uor has he been ab
sent from the bank on account of sick- .
ness.
Truman Newton of Yergennes, Vt.,
has recently shingled his house, the
first time It has needed it lu sixty-two
years. The shingles that were on it
were made by his father and were put
on with old fashioned nails.
A I'aris paper says that "M. McClel
lan, the newly elected mayor of New
York, is the son of the famous Confed
erate general of that name." By the
same token it will be remembered that
Victor Hugo never forgave General
Grant for hanging John Brown.
When Margaret Dinwiddle died at
Itushville, Ind., sixty years ago, she
left an estate valued at SSO.OOO. There
was litigation between the heirs, and
the other day tho last fragment of the
property, worth $15,000, was turned
over by order of the court to the law
yers engaged In tlie several suits grow
ing out of conflicting claims.
Why They Spoke.
"We had known each other slightly."
said Miss Evvy Waite. "hut never to
•peak to until day while out skat
ing I fell down quite near him. and"—
"Ah. yes!" replied Miss Peppery. ,
"That broke the ice, of course."—Pliila- j
delphia Press.
Cbonnlat a Milliliter.
Dean EvPrett used to say that parish '
Committees had no more ability ctaoos- '
Ing a minister than a minister showed
in buying a hoi- '.—Boston Christian
Register.
The man who l>ecom ■> hi* own doc
tor has a f 'ol for a patient is truly as
the man who a<*t ■ as his own lawyer
has a fool for a client.
> PLANT PROTECTORS.
Dovlcn For Sblrlillni Fnrly I'lanta
From I'roit, Wimli and Rnia.
Uet your plant protectors ready, for
[ there will be little time to do so later
i on. T. Greiner gives designs and de
scriptions in Farm and Fireside for
some useful homemade devices for pro
tecting early plants from fro-t and cold
winds and from bugs.
First is the simple box frame, a box
without top or bottom. >- y a foot
. square and four to six Inch high. A
llox WITH MUSLIN TOP —MUSLIN COVER
WITH END UOALTDS.
square piece of cloth or netting may be
tacked over the top. A similar device
is made of stiff paper, with a piece of
cheesecloth sewed or pasted right over
a square opening cut into the top, the
sides being held down by pieces of wire
bent in double pin shape. For another
device a piece of netting may be tacked
in two end boards, each end board be
ing provided with a small sharpened
stake (nailed on the outside), which
when pushed into the ground will held
the end boards in place, with the cloth
stretched tightly between them over
the plants. Even a large piece of cloth
or netting and a few sticks will do the
business. We can take some pieces of
willow twigs or other pliable wood and
stick a couple of them crosswise into
the ground in the form of a bow over
the top of plants
or a s ' u K' e plant
/[ |l\ VV and place the
ff fI \ j|\ \\ Piece of cloth
fj if J l'A-\ over this frame,
1 11l \ jjr holding the ed«-
es down by bank
ing a little soil
WTI.LOW TWIGS AND up over them, or
MUSLIN. we may simply
push one or more little sticks slantingly
Into the ground and over the plant or
plants and cover with netting, or the
nettiug may be simply placed directly
over the plants in loose folds. Cheese
cloth may be considered preferable to
ordinary mosquito netting. The latter
is rather coarse and would not prove an
effective barrier to thrips and other
small Insects that might do damage.
All these devices are simple and per
haps as effective as any more elaborate
or more costly ones.
EGGPLANT.
It* Sucee»sfnl Cultivation Packinc
For Market—Good Varieties.
For the successful cultivation of egg
plant continual perseverance and eter
nal vigilance are necessary from the
time the weed is sown until the fruit is
ready for market, nearly six months.
Seed is sown on March t in hotbeds
or hothouse in rows three inches apart,
not too deep, as a quick start is neces
sary on account of the tenderness of
the plant. Before sowing the bed is
watered, well worked up and warmed.
After the seed is sown the rows are
covered with sand to insure quick
germination and prevent dampening.
After the plants are up large enough
to handle they arc transplanted under
glass into five inch pots or six inch
sods. About June 1 the plants are
ready to be set out after having been
well aired and toughened to withstand
any cool weather that may follow.
Land that lias been well manured is
then marked off in rows four feet each
way, a hole is dug at each cross line
for sod with plant to set in and ground
well pressed mound the plant and wa
tered. The field is then well cultivated
both ways between the rows witli horse
cultivators, after which the plants are
well hoed to keep the ground loose and
kill the weeds.
The fruit should be ready for market
by Aug. 10, provided the bugs and
weather have not discouraged them
too much. The eggs are then cut and
packed in small crates holding from
thirty to thirty-six, according to size.
The best strain I have as yet grown
is Purple Perfection, thornless, an im
proved strain of New York and New
Jersey Purple. The last two seasons
eggplant culture has not been a howl
ing success on account of the wet and
cold weather interfering with the
plants to K great extent, concludes nn
Illinois writer in American Agricul
turist.
The Intereat In Fertlll»*r».
We have never before had so many
questions about fertilizers. They come
from all over the country, a large pro
portion from the west. We can easily
remember the time when he who talked
of usiug fertilizers west of the Missis
sippi was regarded as a wild man. Last
year in the state of Missouri alone near
ly $-,"00,000 worth of fertilizers were
used by farmers in addition to their
I supplies of stable manure. In states
farther east the use of chemicals is be
coming general. This is one tiling in
which the west can learn of the east.
There are eastern farms which were
producing good crops when the west
wa* a howling wilderness. With the
lid of chemicals, properly used, these
farms are now producing more than
they ever did, says Kural New Yorker.
GRASS AND ALFALFA.
|ronlns Together In laity and
Making Fine (alllf.
At the Pittsbore (Ind.) institute we
had Mr. J. X. Shirley of Roone county
to talk about alfalfa. lie owns a hun
dred acre farm, fifty of which are in al
falfa and fifty in blue grass, nnd his
business is the growing of cattle. Ex
cepting a little grain to calves in their
first year the feed is blue grass and al
falfa In the summer and alfalfa hay in
the winter. Mr. Shirley says he does
not like to plow, and he sees no use of
doing so. lie has a herd of Herefords
and produces fancy cattle without any
particular lalior except that of making
hay and feeding it. The scheme was so
I novel to me for an eastern state and
the memory of criticism of myself for
i reporting examples of success difficult!
of acceptance by the uncircumclsed
nnd nonelect was so recent that 1 made
inquiry of Mr. Shirley's neighbors nnd
others who know his farm, and they
say that this farm is run just as it is
j represented.
According to my notes of Mr. Shir
ley's talk the story runs as follows:
Eight years ago he sowed one and u
half acres la tliu eurlng where his
No. T.
wheat had failed. It was rich bllit
soil, and twenty pounds of seed per
aero were nsed. The next year he
sowed more hind, part of it clay ■!!,
on wlii.-h tli r.lfalfa did « quaily well.
One VI . r H D-D el::':! :I !:■ ' s at
the last working of the c :n. - nvlng
the seed ahead of the cultivator and
covering it two incites deep. It was a
showery fall, and a in • 1 stand was got
on all except two and a half acres. He
has sown any time from April to Au
gust with good results. There ore now
fifty acres on the farm, and some of the
blue grass on the other fifty acres will
be piow.-d up and : ,1 to . lfalfa. No
effort will be mad" to kill the blue
grass out by cultivation of a crop, but
he expects it to come in with the alfal
fa. occupying the surface with its roots
while the alfalfa uses the soil down lie
low the surface. Some grass and al
falfa are now growing together, dwell
ing together in unity and making choice
pasture.
While Mr. Shirley is keeping his cat
tle on blue gra-s nnd alfalfa and some
mixture of alfalfa and timothy and is
growing tine Herefords for breeding
and for the block without grain after
the first year, it docs not follow that al
falfa without grain will give satisfac
tory results to others. It will to.some,
probably: not to all. Ills blue grass is
heavy, and that is a great feed. Lots
of the credit is due to the grass. Rut
we should see that alfalfa is less diffi
cult to grow than some have supposed
anJ that if we can produce the five to
seven tons per acre that Mr. Shirley
gets—or the half ivf it— we have a cheap
and wonderfully rich feed. Alfalfa is
to be grown far more extensively in the
states east of the Mississippi than it
now is. The experiments in New Yo l(
Pennsylvania, Ohio nnd other states
prove its adaptability to a wide area of
soils.— Alva Agee in National Stock
man.
Drilroblc Fowl* on Small Place*.
The Polk"h are a class of jioultry very
much liked by fanciers and breeders
who have small places and can give
them the proper attention, says Ameri
can Agriculturist in presenting the ac
companying cut. They are probably
WHITE CRESTED BLACK I'OLISH COCK.
the handsomest class of poultry, their
large topknots and brilliant coloring
making them very attractive. The
White Crested Black are solid black in
color except the topknot, which is pure
white. The fowls are medium in size
and lay beautiful white eggs.
Hastening tbe Rhubarb.
Clve tho r!iubar* pT*aft !ri tYie
den a heavy dressing of fine old com
post. If yon wish a few early stalks
place kegs or boxes over some of the
plants and heap over them some horse
manure.
Asrrlenlt arnl Xew* nnd Xotei.
Speaking of materials used in ndul
terating feed, Professor Carlyle of Wis
consin says weed seeds are often ground
and introduced into the bran. They
may possess feeding value, but the
bran should not be called pure bran.
According to American Agriculturist,
potato holdings are not heavy, fully
three-fourths of the crop having found
its way to market.
The New York Agricultural Experi
menters' league at its first annual meet
ing at Cornill university elected I)r* I.
I*. Roberts honorary president, 11. R.
Winters president and J. L. Gilmour,
Ithaca, secretary-treasurer.
As n cultivated plant the dandelion Is
assuming a place of some importance
in farm gardens, and in the New Eng
land market gardens it is grown exten
sively, yielding large returns per acre,
says American Cultivator.
The gypsy moth pest Is exciting re
newed anxiety in Massachusetts.
WAYS OF THE MAGPIE.
The Hint la Soeiable, Secretive nnd
Full of Mlaehlef.
The magpie has the same sort of so
ciability, the same secretiveness, the
same thirst for education—of a certain
kind—the same inherent nnd Ineradica
ble love of mischief as has that very
versatile bird the raven. Not that in in
tellect and strength of character she is
In any way equal to the raven. Fun
she has In abundance, but hardly hu
mor. Conscious huiuor, that high and
rare gift of man widen interpenetrates
and colors everything in life, is, I
think, possessed in germ by the raven
and the raven alone. You see it in his
eye. In the pose of his head, in his
walk, in every movement of his body.
The eye of the magpie is, like the wit
of Dickens, always on the move, nerv
ous, excitable, glittering, scintillating.
The eye of the raven is like the humor
of Goldsmith. It has a faraway look,
it dreams. It thinks, "it bodes and it
bodes," it all but smiles. The magpie
will pick tip many words, or even sen
tences. and the old superstition that
she will only talk or talk well if her
tongue Is slit with a thin and sharp
silver sixp: nee died a natural death
about the time that the coins of the
realm had to be "milled" and so wero
rendered unsuitable for so stupidly
cruel an operation.— R. Rosworth Smith
in Nineteenth Century.
ServnutN In CJermnny.
It is difficult in Germany for a pro
fessional regtic to enter a family as a
domestic servant. There every servant
has a character book, in which the mis
tress must enter the dates of the com
ing and leaving of the servant, with
her character while, in service. This
the girl is obliged to* take to the near
est police station and have it dated
with the official stamp, thus preventing
the manufacture of bogus recommen
dations.
Wliut She Meant.
"Didn't I hear your wife refer to you
as the human mince pie?" said the curl
ens person.
"Yes." answered Mr. Sirlus Barker.
"Is that a compliment"
"Not exactly. She means that I never ■
agree with anybody." Washington
Star.
Am I'Miinl.
"When I looked ::t this picture last
iv i-k I frilled to observe those goats
'own In the corner."
"Tin! .-My they butted in since then."
Kansas City Journal.