VOL. XXXXI. J BEAUTIFUL SPRING 2 5 Choice Stock of Dress Goods Some Lines Com- $ 5 plete. Others Arriving Daily. g 3Z_XHE modern STORE.— —jjj Handsome new Scotch Mixed Suiting, grand assortment of colors, with (A fIP a range of ten shades gj? c • T ~. S 48-inch Scotch Mixture, elegant heavy cloth ya m 53-inch Scotch Mixture, some captivating patterns and fine quality W SI to Si.Z5 a yard a tR Elegant quality Rain Proof Cloth 3, 52 to 57-iuch wide, $1 50 • yard Splendid assortment Plain and Fancy Mohairs, so popular this sprtn., for ■ t<hirt waist suits. 38 inches wide. u 8 'gk New weaves in Plain and Fancy Voiles, attractive and stylish m R 85c to Sl* yard U Just received new line of Shirt Waists in M idras. Poplides. ew . suitably for early spring weir, som» interesting showing you will appreciate Uk sl, $1.50. & 00. to $3 00. SEISLEtt-MARDORF COTPANY,S S SOUTH MAM STREET ) t\t\'f Send in Your Mail orders 8 u| OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. PA. BICKEL'S Spring Footwear. A (WAND DISPLAY OF FINE FOOTWEAR IN ALL THE NEW STYLES FOR SPRING LADIES' FINE SHOES—Just received a large shipment of Sorosis and Kum-Bak shoes and the styles are very handsome, made In lace or button, light or heavy soles—with low, medium or extra high heels —made of the finest Dongola, Patent Vici kid. Many styles to show you. All styles, AAA to EE. Misses' and Children's Shoes—The most complete stock of fine shoes we ever had. All the latest styles in plain or patent leathers. _ „ _ Men's Fine Shoes—A full line of Men's Patent-Kid Shoes— the newest styles —$2.00, $2.50. $3.00, $3.50, $5.00, $6.00. Men's fine Calf and Vici Shoes in Black or Tan, $1.50 to $5. Also complete stock of Men's fine Oxfords. Boys' and Youths' Fine Shoes—Our stock of Boys' and Youths' Shoes made on the latest style lasts, are very attrac tive. We have a full stock of Boys' and Little Gents' fine Shoes and Oxfords in Patent-vici, Velour-calf and Vici-kid. CKaoo wm be a Popular Style for I all Spring and Summer Wear. We received a large stock of all the new shades and styles in Tan Shoes and Oxfords. Come in and see them. The styles are handsome and are sure to please you and prices are the lowest. A Larce Stock of School Shoes to be Closed Out at a BIG REDUCTION REPAIRING PROMPTLY DONE- John Bickel, 138 South Main St.. Butler, Pa. i "Vi'lßtH ©a®b©©e©«©©©©©©©©o®©©©®©©® § GREEN & YOUNG'S § § THIRD GREAT SEMI-ANNUAL § § SALE § 0 Starts Jan. 23. at 9 o'clock in the Morning. O © Every heavy garment in our store must be sold, © 0 regardless of cost. This is the store that is a little JJ §over one year old and has made a wonderful record for W Itself, We have but two sales a year —one at this JJ time, and the other in August—and when we say sale JJ 0 we mean an honest sacrifice of wearing apparel for © men and boys. We do not have much room in this © small space to tell you about this wonderful sale, but ** © will quote you a few prices:— 5? © MOD'S heavy fleeced lined underwear, worth 50c. sale price. 28c. 4% One lot cf boys' heavy winter underwear, worth 253, sale price, 10c. One lot of men's heavy working coata, worth $1 25 and $1 50. sale price. #oc. Ji A One lot of boys' knee panta sutys, siiea from 9to 16, at 4 regular price. X One lot of ipfen'a and boys' suite, worth $6 to $?, sale price, $3 75. A II One lot wen's and boys' overcoats, worth ft} to f?. sale pricp, $3 ?5. V A All 500 overalls, aflo. k| X All 50c working shirts, 80c. A jr We have bargains all through the store. O Remember the date and come early before the good numbers are %J A all picked out. 0 | Green g young, | x Oneiric® Clothiers and flatters, v x 118 South /yiatn Street, 8 ■ |7 Merchant Tailor. I I Fall and Winter Suitings I ■ (\ JUST, ARRIVED. ( ) | ■ 142 North Wain st, vv ■ . ■ ■ COOPER CO,, FINE TAILORS. Are r\ow occupying their old. locati or\ at corner of Diamoi\d. Suits from slf> to SSQ. * _ - -1 .il 4i> i ■- > St* 4 ~>• ** Subscribe for the CITIZEN THE BUTLER CITIZEN. NEW ™ l * fc - ww STOCK I 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. |C. F. T. Pape, \ iJEWELERI { 121 E. Jefferson Street. / F 7 amily t^euni oris ' VV r e often cause ourselves end less worry nnd remorse by neg lecting M do some I'ttle thing. Get a good picture ot your family and home made at your first op portunity We nuke the best at $6.00 per dozen Bxlo inches and gjiranree thein permanent. Let us know <n time to go out. The Butler Dye Works Pyeing, Cleaning, l'iessing. R. FISHER feed's Wine of Cod feiver 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 Corner Main and Jefferson Stg. Butler. Pa REMOVAL. We have removed onr Marble and Qranite shops from corner of Main and Ctyy streets to No. 200 N, Main street, (opposite ~9f. D. Brandon's residence), where we will be pleased to meet our customers with figures that are right on Monuments & Headstones of all kinds and are also prepared to give best figures on Iron Fence. Flower Vases etc., as we have secured the sole agency from Stewart Iron Wprks of Cin cinnati, Ohio, for this town and vicinity. P. H. killer | Wm. Foster, j > Architect. ) ea -=■?- BE - ) J Plan of all kind of v } Varnished y> Office iri Berg Building, 1 / Butler, Pa. C 244 Fifth Ave., Pittsburg, Pa. A SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTING CONDUCTED BY E^PERJS WE TfcA'CH S^Keeplij^.'Vesk^f'r.n tice *7 " Higher Amounting, Audit ing 9horthand and Typewriting Commercial Arithmetic. Rapid Business Writing, Orna mental I'enmanshlp, pto. RFfIINNFRS preferred, we had ppUlllllCKS many students come U> L after taking IIP the pf u~KK U epin s vesf-Uoftk. and ihe study of short nand with inexperienced teachers, and wo And that beginners are more successful. Start Right and You Will Not Have to Unlearn. REGISTER'S NOTICES The Register hereby elves notice that the following accounts of executors, ad minis trators and guardians have been filed in according law. Old will be pre sented to < ourt for confirmation and allow ance on Saturday, the 12th day of Mar. 1904. at 9 A. M.. of said day: 1 Third part ial account of Joseph Gelbal acting executor of Charles ficlbe'. Sr. de deased. late of Butler borough 2 Final account of Charles Szeb - n-»lcie, ad ministrator of Wilhelmlna Szebalskle, de ceased, late of Clinton township. 3 Final account of Cliaries Szebalskle. ex ecutor of Charles Sz.-balskie. deceased. laie of Clinton township. 4 Final and distribution account of Elmer P. Sutton, administrator of J.itnes Sutton, deceased, late of Evans City. i Final account of Catherine O'Donnell. executrix of Joseph O'nonnell. deceased. iate of Donegal townshi fi First partial a •count of Mary A. Eich enlauh and W. J. Klchenlaub. executors of William Fichenlaub. deceased, late of Sum mit township. 7 Final account of Charles 11. Conway, ex ecutor of Francis I* Conway, deceased, late of Oakland township. * Final account ofJosenh I>. Fleming, ad ministrator of Michael .1. Fl» mine. deceased iate »>f Cleartieid township. it Final account of Wilson ( Jarvin. admin istrator of Elizabeth C Garvin, deceased, late of Cranlterry township. 10 Final account of Conrad W Wlcgand. administrator of Henrietta WUgand, de ceased. lat.«* of Wintield township It Second partial acc Mint i»f ivter Ntgh one of the executorsof Peter I.vnebaugh. de ceased. late of Summit township. 12 Final account of John F l owry. admin istrator of Charles S Lowry. deceased, late of Hutler iMirtiugh. i:t Final account of X M Mcljityre. admin istrator of Mary Jane Mclu'jrt. deceased late of Buffalo township. 14 Final account of II I! Goucher, g.tar dlan of Frank F Mcßride. minor child of I>r C F Mcltrid". of Youngstown. O. 13 Final account of II II Goucher, guar oian of Helen I Mcßriile. minor child of iJr. C F Mcßride, of Voui <). 16 Fin;il account *>t S 1" Ci trk. adnuiuls trator «»f Georpe W K nhn, * ased, late of HufT.tlo ton?u? nip. 17 Final acvo nt t»f 'Urrlor A WiU*s. a«1- mlnistratrlx t)f Henry K Wiles, deceased, late of Fairv f ic>w town^liip. is Final atvount, of Frank KoMer, trustee of Kdith C Wrrtz, n<»w of Cumberland. \!<l. 1!> Final account of Jobn W t'owull. guar dian «»f Bert M Witherup. tnli.nr child of Tollii W Witherup. Je- easefl. late of For ward township. 20 Final account of I? It Ramsey, adminis trator of Ja'.e .Mc .eorjje, dec late of Crautierry township. 21 Final ac ourt of 11 \ Mct'ainlless. ad ministrator of Elizabeth Mi'l'aiidless. de ceased. lat" of lJutler borough 23 j inai account of John A Oelbach, cuar dlan if K Bruce Clark, minor child of James A < lark, deceased, lati of Franklin town ship. 23 Final account of H E Kepple. adminis trator of Peter Ivepple. deceased, late of Buffalo township. 24 Final account of John Reed, adminis tratorc ta of Wm Trocker as stilted by W F and 11 R Reed, administrators of John Keed. deceased. 2."> Final account of 11 R Reed db n. c t a of William Crocker, deceased, late of Center vllle borough. 28 Final account of Gnaranty Safe De posit i Trust Co.. guardian of Victor I stehle. minor child of John 1" 1' Stehle, de c« aseil. late of Butler borough. 27 Final account of Albert. It McCandies administrator of Elizabetb J ceased, late of Butler twp. 2s Final acceunt of Edward F Harley. ad ministrator c t a of Sophia Harley. deceased, late of Butler borough. 2D Final account of Stephen Cumnilngs. guardian of Charles L Nigh, minor child of Henry Nigh and Caroline Nigh, of Summit township. HO Final account of Isaac Meals, guardian of Sarah E Klnzer. minor child of Cather'ne Kinzer, deceased, late of Concnrd township. :il Final and distribution account of Cieo. W Wilson, administrator eta of Thomas Donaldson, deceased, late of Evans City. J. P. DAVIS. Register. ROAD AND BRIDGE REPORTS. Notice Is hereby given that the following roads and bridges have !>eeu confirmed ni."-i by the Court uuil will be presented on the (ir»t Saturday of March I'ourt, 1904, being the 12th day of said month, aud if no excep tions are Hied tliev will be confirmed abso lutely: It. I). No. 4, December Term. 1003' In the matter of the petition of citizens of Butler township for a county bridge across Conno quenessing creek In said township, where the creek crosses the uubltc road leading from the Three degree road to I'etepsvlHe. BDO»II as the Klnier bridge. September s. UXtt, viewers appointed, who on November 14. 1903. filed their report in fayor of proposed bridge. Now. December 12,1903, approved. Notice to be given according to rules of Court, and to be laid before the Grand Jury at next term. Br Tilt Count. R. 1). No. 6, r>eceml>er Term, lflit'l. In the matter of the petition of citizens of Clear fiell township for a county bridge over Little Buffalo creek in said township, where said creek crosses the public road leading from Coylesvill- to Fenelton station, Sep tember 17. 1903. viewers appointed, who on November 87, 1903, filed their report in favor of proposed bridge. Now, December 1-. 1903. approved. Notice to be given according to rules of Court, and to be laid before the Qrand Ju.-y at next term. BY THE COURT. R. D. No. 7, December Term. 1903, In the matter of the petition of citizens of Wash ington township for a county bridge over south branch or Sllpperyrock creek, where said creek crosses the public road leading from Billiards to West Bunbury. September 7. 1903. viewers appointed, who on December, 3. 1903 tiled their reports in favor of proposed bridge. Now. December 12. 1903. approved. Notice to be given according to rules of Court, and to be laid before the Grand Jury at next terra. By THE COURT. B. D. No. S, December Term. 1903. In the piatter of the petition of citizens of Jeffer son township for a coynty bridge over Thorn Dreek in said township, where said crt ek crosses the public road leading the old Butler and Freeport turnpike to the Butler and baxonburg road, at- or near the pump station. November T. 1908. viewers appointed who on December 4. 1903. tiled their report in favor of proposed bridge Now. December 12. 1903, approved. Notice to be given accord ing to rules of Court, and to be laid before the Grand Jury at next term. BY THE COURT. B. D. No. 9, December Term, 1903. In the matter of the petition of citizens of Butler township for a public road from a point on the Harmony road at or near the residence tit William Wachmuth, to a point on the ppbtfe road kiiown as the Butler apd Gll- Jeland Mills roacj. sj. pot tit where ih'c private ruiid leading to the residence of John Manny. Intersects last named road. November 10. 1903, viewers appointed, who on December 3. 1903. filed there report in favor of said road; no damages assessed. Now, December 12, 1903. approved, and fix width of road at 33 feet. Notice to be given according to rules of Court. BY THE COUHT. BUTLER Couhty, SS ; Certified fronf thev record this 10'h day of Keb.i A.I). 1901. GEOBGE M. GRAHAM, Clerk Q. S. Court. WIDOWS' APPRAISEMENTS. The following widows' appraiser!)', its pf personal property and real estate set apart for the benefit of the widows Of decedents have been filed In the office of the Clerk of thp Cflurf qf Cfi4lity. fWQW Ueed. per. ppqp t y [(low pf imte nppftlaiiop. per jjiKip'ty.. #K) idowof John D. Boyer, per prop'ty 300 Widow of Thomas K. Hunter, per prop'y.. 300 Widow of J. K. Kelly, per prop'ty 2'.<6 Widow of John T Wick. per. prop'ty 300 Widow of I.evi Lefever. per. prop'ty 300 Widow of Harvey I). Byerly, per prop'y 300 Widow of Hugh B. Hervey, per prop'ty .. 251 Widow of Phlio E. Morse, per pro-i ty. w Widow of John Post tier yrop'ty 310 Widow of Samuel B.»lfouri-per prop'ty.... :**> Widow of Leonard H. I'felfer, per prop .270 S© Widow of Herbert O. Cricks, per prop'ty. 113 Widow of I. N. Harvey, per prop ty :-wv» Widow of F. Si. toOper. per -;V U jdojr of v , ijeKo'e, per prop'ty 300 P , ' r Prop'ty 23 00 iiflPW ft* fienUmiii ( White perbrop.. 300 SH« » «SVi." e Mt'Adoo, per prop. . 300 Wjdow of WlllitUa J. Marks, per prop 300 Widow vt Wm. A. lilnes, per and real prop. All persons Interested in the above ap praisements will take notice that they will be presented for confirmation to the Orphans' Court of Butler county. I'a., on Saturday tut 12th day of Mar., 1904, and If exceptions are filed, they -.yii,V cinutmea absolutely. 'uftARGK M GRAHAM, Clerk, ylerks Office. February 10, 1904. QQ 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 of Cheir.Lals, Toilet Articles, etc. Purvis' Pharmacy 5. G. PURVIS, PH. G Both Phones. 213 S Main St. Butler Pa. BUTLER. PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 10, 1904. Good Pills Aycr's PiilS zro good pills. You know that. The best family laxative you c°n buy. l' V.'ant your moustache «• I-...- i beautiful brown cr rich black i >. {Buckingham's Op CaUtrrh quickly yields to treat ment by Ely's Cream Ualm. which is agree ably aromatic. It is received through the nostrils, cleanses anil heals the whole sur face over which it diffuses itself. Druggists sell the 50c. size; Trial size by mail, 10 cents. Test it and you are 6ure to continue the treatment. Announcement. To accommodate those who are partial to the use of atomizers in applying liquids into the nasal passages for cuUivrhal troit blet, the proprietors prepare Cream Balm in liquid form, which will be known as Ely s Liquid Cream Balm. Price including the spraying tube is 75cents. Druggists or by mail. The liquid form embodies the med icinal properties of the solid preparation. (FOUR-FOLD I LINIMENT. I FOR MAN OR BEAST. | Cures Rheumatism, « Neuralgia, I Sprains and Bruises. I B AT ALL DRUGGISTS. 25c, 60c, SI.OO. J Lyes Txaminsd Free of Charge y- •> R. L. KIRKPATRICK, Jeweler and Gradua'e Optician Next Door t > Con:t House. Butler, Pa. Indigestion, jj Dyspepsia can be cored by I Ytnbl Try it and if it J doesn't help you we I will pay back your j money. I Johnston's | PHARMACY, i 106 N. Main St. CONCERTS ii PIANOS ' ' H Everything Musical. Address i .'Jr Arthur Love, L i-jjaß Fifth Ave., Pittsbnrij, Pa. Don't KiiowThat? That Stem's Creamery and Milk depot at the rear of 417 South Main street is in operation? WELL, IT IS! And if yon want Rood Milk, Creatn. Creamery Bntter or Batter milk, call anil see ns or watch for OUT wagon. People's Phone 435 Bell Phone 203. ASK YOUR UUOCER for Steen's Boiled Cider in quart jars We guarantee _>ur products pure aud free from any adnlteration. J. H STEEN'S CREAMERY. Binding of Books Is our occupation. We put our entire ti;r,e to studying the best and latest methods of doing our work, II you are thinking of having some work done in this line I am sure you will be wl.I pleased if you have it done at Tfee Butler Book Bindery, W. W. A MOM, I'rop. Opp Court House. I What Peter | I Old HARRIET I G. CANFIELD f f I C opyright, ISOO. bjr T. C. McClure "Peter!" Mrs. Grayson called. "Come In and get your face washed. The min ister is cominjr to tea!" Peter was little. He bated soap and t.'ater and ministers, so he said "I'lasue take it!" under his breath and came in at a snail's pace. "What's he comin' for?" lie asked re sentfully while liis mother poked a wash cloth uncomfortably around in his ear. "To visit your father and me," Mrs. Grayson said complacently. "No. be ain't neither! He's cotnln' to see Aunt licptlia and eat all the chick en he can hold, jest like he did last time!" "Peter Grayson." his mother said se verely. "go right straight tip to your room and undress and go to bed. I ■! pi. l i i -mm 'WUY, JIR. PniLT.ET," SHE SAID, "WHAT 13 THE MATTEK?" won't allow such disrespectful language to go unpunished! And there isn't a word of truth in it!" Peter started for the stair door, sniff ing hungrily as lie passed the loaded table. "You can come down and eat your supper when you're ready to say you're sorry for telling such a story," his mother called relentlngly. Peter's room was directly over the parlor. When there was talking down below he could hear it distinctly. It was warm weather now, and the stove had been takeu down, so that he could ■ee as well as hear. When the door bell rang ha lay flat on his stomach and watched his mother usher the Rev. Mr. Phillet into the parlor. "I shall have to ask you to excuse me," she said, "while I whip some cream for the peaches." Peter's mouth watered. Peaches and whipped cream!- He didn't know they were to have that. Xo wonder the min ister looked pleased! He watched him •eat himself iu the easiest chair in the room; it was directly under the stove pipe hole. An idea came Into Peter's little, closely cropped head—he would flsh the tidy from the back of the min ister's chair! Tiptoeing over to the dresser, be took a pin from the cushion and bent it into a hook; then he rum- maged in his pockets and brought out a glass stopper, a horse chestnut, half a dozen "brownies," the stump of a lead pencil, four corks, a "lucky" stone and a piece of twine. The twine was what he wanted. He fastened one end of it to the bent pin and lay down tQ flsh at bis leisure. The book swung ta and fro over the head of the unsuspect ing Mr. phillet. Ho was a young man, with a "tine head of hair," and the hook lifted a lock of it iu passing. He put up his band and "shooed" at an imaginary fly. Peter giggled so that he missed the tidy, but that wasn't all. The minister huard lilni and looked up,. He smiled, and Teter thought be must always rejuember to brush bis teeth, they \vere sq white, "i'oiiie down and see me," he said just like an everyday man. "Can't," Peter said. "Why not?" the minister asked, get ting up from his chair. "Have tA caicb flsh for supper?' "ue *at<V laughingly, \vUU « glance at the hook and line. Peter blushed through his freckles. "Xo, sir," he said. "Ma says I can't come down till I say I'm gprraf.'* "Sorry for what, Peter?" "Sorry I told such a story 'bout you." "About me?" the minister said. "Yes, sir. I—l—said you was foq4 4'aicken." 3(ly. phillet huighed heartily. "That isn't a fetory," lie said. "I am." "That ain't all," Peter confessed. "I said you ate all the chicken you could hold." Mr. Phillet blushed cu'ltllj.. v t'ru afraid I am sometbiutf of a p-l-g when ckiicken before me. Was that ail you said, Peter?'' "No, sir. I said"— "Yes?" the yovmpted blm q«ntu . '.-\uu sais"-= '.'4 ijakl you cam* * nßre to see Aunt tiCl'tlia blurted out. The liev. Mr. Phillet sat down again in his chair and gasped. "Did your Aunt Bertha hear you say that?" he asked feebly. "No, sir. Don't you worry, sir. Mhe wa'n't anywhere around." Mr. Phillet was silent so long that Peter grew uneasy. He cleared hla throat in hopes that the minister would look up, but he didn't. He sat still, so very still that Peter imagined all man ner of dreadful things—probably he was dead or ha Ting a tit! That was it —he was having a lit! They threw water on folks when they had tits. Billy Barnes had said so. Peter was thinking seriously of getting his pitch er and treating Mr. Phillet to a shower bath when the doorknob turned, and his Aunt Bertha came into the room. To his delight the minister rose from his chair. "Why, Mr. Phillet," she said, "what is the matter? Your face is so flushed. Have you a fever?" "No," peter called down. "I guess it was a tit." Aunt Bertha looked up. "What does the child mean?" she said, turning to the minister. "Don't talk to them," Peter shouted. "They have to be kept quiet. I'll tell you. I said he ate all the chicken he could hold, and he says it's so. and I said lie came here to see you. and he says it's a story. He didn't jest say so, but he thinks so, and it give him a tit, I guess." Bertha's face wns as red as the min ister's. "Or course Mr. Phillet doesn't eohie here to see me, Peter," elie said severely. Aunt Eertfc* liad never §i>o ken to liiui like that before. He shut liis ryes to keep the tears back. When lie opened theai the minister was look ing up at hitn. "Come down here, Peter." he said, "nnd change places with your Aunt Berthn. It Is she who tells a story. You ure truth Itself. I do come here to see her. but I've been afraid to say so. You see. she doesn't care for me at all, Peter." Then his Aunt Itertha said something very disrespectful, l'eter thought, to the minister. She said very low: "Who Is telling a story now? It is you who should jto upstairs." But neither of them went up. They moved over into a corner of the room. wli.-re Peter couldn't see them at all. And by and by his mother came in and said supper was ready. Peter began to undress very slowly, for his stomach was empty, and he had almost decided to go down and say that he was sorry, but it was all true. He was putting on his coat again when his mother cause into the room. She kiss< d his frecliied little face and said soothingly: "Go down. dear, and eat your supper now. Aunt Bertha has a big dish of peaches and cream ready for you. The minister has explained everything. ll* says you did him n great kindness." Peter wondered what it was. The Stnsre In Rooka. There have been many young girls ready to believe as gospel truth any thing they saw in a book, and the more innocent the lass suited they were to analyze the statements made In these inconsequent tales. They only saw that by way of the theater any pretty girl in poverty, in trouble, could in the briefest time become great, powerful and wealthy. No word was said of the long toil in obscurity, the yearniug for recognition, the perpetual disappoint ment, the thousand hopes always with ering like leaves before frost, the wretched life in poverty, of struggles against numbers and perhaps Jealousy and malice, of slow increase of salary, of equal increase of expense. The old time novelist was silent as to all these and ouly dwelt in large and vague splendors— never adequately accounted for. Poor, romantic little maids! One does not like to think what the effect of the gilded nonsense of such books about the stage may have been, but in my own mind I compare them with such a book as "The Mummer's Wife," that fright ful and realistic story of Mr. George Moore's—that horror in stupendous realism, but "Oh, Son of David, have mercy upon us," it is the truth!— Clara Morris in Reader. About Sceeclnar "God bless you!" said to a person when sneezing is doubtless a relic of the past, as sneezing was looked upon OS a symptom of the plague. Sneezing is nowhere noticed so much at the present time as in India. There, to sneeze on starting on a journey, on entering a place of business or on un dertaking any sort of enterprise is sup posed to betoken ill luck for the sneezer or some one with whom he comes In contact. On hearing any one, either a native or a foreigner, sneeze in a public place, a Brahman will immediately cry out: "Live! Live!" and he will continue to do so aa often as the sneezing is re peated. Among Indian soldiers sneezing Is re garded with real terror, the movements of an army being influenced by a chance sneeze. A certain rajah once withdrew his army from a besieged city because one of his forerusuers happened to sneeze just when he made up his mind to give the command to attack. Then a Brahman priest was consulted, and the time to renew the siege was fixed by him, for only thus could good luck be expected to the en terprise.—American Queen. Discovery of the Maurnetlc Needle. The discovery of the magnetic hoodie was one of the most useful and remark able of human discoveries. The needle When placed parallel to a conductor carrying an electric current would be deflected from Its position to the right or left, as the case might be. This discovery created great excitement among sci-eitists, who disbelieved in its power. It was too simple to be of value, so they thought, but scientific minds begafl to study the relation ship between magnetism and electrici ty, and some went so far as to declare there existed a missing link and be jan to investigate, experimenting silently, so that if they failed wo one should say, "I told so," as they jften say nwhjrtunate Investigators U btwder'u times APHORISMS. Rest is aw«et sauce of labor.— f^ui&reh To read without reflecting is like eat ing without digesting.—Burko, Better a little chiding than a great deal of heartbreak.—Shakespeare. Repentance Is the golden key that opens the palace of eternity.—Milton. A straight line is the shortest In als as in mathematics.—Maria fcdgv worth. Tiling before you speak or act uaee, and you will speak or act the more wisely for it —Franklin. There Is no ImpossiUMHy to him who stands prepared to conquer every haz fearful are the falling.—S. J, ilalo. There never was a person who did anything worth doing that did not re ceive more than he gave.—H. W. Beecher. Refinement creates beauty every where. It Is the grossness of the spec tator that discovers anything like grossuess in the object.—Hailltt Bvala. The brain Is an important organ, serving as It does to keep the head from collapsing. Almost all styles of doing the hair call for a head of some sort. Again, there is nothing like a head to set off a fine neck. Finally, we should feel rather foolish without our heads. For a long time scientists were una ble to discover why it Is that the brain is divided into white and gray matter. It remained for a clever French savant to solve the difficulty. "Quite likely," said he, "the loud col ors had not yet come in when man was created." Psychology deals with the organic aspect of thought To psychology we owe the knowledge that calf's brain makes good soup.—Puck. Sir Colin C«mpbfir> Cownlaaloa. When the Duke of Wellington was la India lie "discovered"' the soldier who afterward became Sir Colin Campbell. That dashing warrior was in the com missariat service and had volunteered for an assault on n hill fort. The duke saw a little round man run up a ladder and. receiving a pike thrust at the top. roll down like a ball to the bottom, lie was. however, up again in an instant and. running up like a squirrel, was the first or among the first in the place. The duke laughed, inquired about him i and procured him a. _ tStSSi A HANDY PLANT FRAME. Eaatly Made and With a Convenient Device la the War of a Cover. There are a great many people who take an interest in gardening whose In comes and positions do not admit of their having a greenhouse. A number of gardening enthusiasts thus placed do, however, possess a garden sash or HALF OF TBS OCTXB FRAME OPXXXD. two, and there are others still who would and could possess them were it not for the tedious work during cold weather of covering and uncovering the sash lights, shoveling snow and other disagreeable things. The illustration herewith presented depicts a handy, simple and Inexpensive device. We take an ordinary garden frame of four lights.the average proportion being 6by 12 feet, each sash being six feet long by three feet wide. At the back the frame ordinarily stands three feet high and eighteen Inches high in front. Around this ordinary frame we have to make an outer frame of rough planking, leav ing a space between the two of eight een inches, which has to be filled in aft erward with fresh leaves, stable ma nure or litter, preferably stable manure and leaves mixed. Hinged to the back of the outer frame, as shown in the illustration, we have a permanent cover for the top. This is also made of rough planking. Is nine feet long, three or six feet wide, as de sired, and six or nine Inches thick. As will be seen from the Illustration, this is merely a frame packed full of salt hay. At the back of the outer frame and nine or ten Inches away from It is firmly placed an upright post 6 by 6 inches and rising nine feet above the top of the outer frame. On the top of this post a pulley is fixed; a wire is run from the front of the outer cov ering over the top of the pulley and attached to a weight at the back. This weight can be of any rough material so long as It counteracts or balances the weight of the covering. It is mere ly to aid In raising and lowering the covers in the same way as window sashes are raised. This is very much superior to mats or litter, which many people still use, and the danger of breaking glass is done away with. Moreover, on a bright day when the covers are raised—being at the back or north side of the frame—they act as a shelter, and air can be much more safely admitted. With such a frame and covering the season for growing lettuce in frames *< . ! IXNEB FRAME. can be greatly extended. Parsley and violets can be kept nicely all winter, and work can be resumed much earlier in spring. In the illustration one guide post and wire are shown for the raising and lowering of two covers. Tliis sim plifies the illustrations, but If It de sired one can be used for each sash, and in such cases tho covers could be made stronger.—James T. Scott in American Gardening. Young People Torn to Manual Artn. It has been decided to open an agri cultural department in the Mount Her mon school, founded at Northfleld by the evangelist, Dwight L. Moody. The various courses of Instruction planned will be under very competent direction, and the new department la expected to become most Important to the school work. Tbl* Is the first Industrial course eatnblislicd in the school, which is not an institution of technical instruction, and serves to show the growing inter est In technical and Industrial educa tion that is manifesting itself through out the count 17. Young men and wo men ore turning more and more to the manual arts as a means of livelihood, End they are bringing to them the en husiasni hervTOfore directed In circum scribed channels. They demand an equipment which shall make their work a science as sure as mathematics and Insure positive results, and to meet these deiuaiKla the schools and eol- Icfir-s ure opening departments where such studies may be carried on.—New Idea Magazine, Ciibbaffe Plant*. Sow seed of Jersey Wakefield In flats Jlled with light, loamy soil the last of February. <3ow thinly, cover lightly and place the boxes in a gentle hotbed or any warm, sunny situation. When the plants are strong transplant them into Hats one and a half inches apart each way. As growth begins gradual ly expose them to the open air on all favorable days. Late In March remove to a cold frame and harden off before Betting them In the open ground.—Rai ley. Grnrala of Uttioarraplir- About a hundred years ago a strag gling Bavarian printer, Alois Senefelder by name, having no paper at hand with which to indite hla washing bill, used for the purpoae a flat slab of pe culiarly soft stone which he had in his workshop. The ink he used was a rude and greasy mixture. The appearance of the writing on the stone suggested to him the possibility of reproducing the writing. His experiments were crown ed with success, nnd lithography natu rally took Its place among the great Industrial arts of the world.—London Strand. Qarrn Tae«. There Is a pretty story In connection with tho late Italian ambaaaador, Baron de Kenzis de Montanaro, who, on ar riving at Windsor to present his cre dentials. ask I'd one of the gentlemen in waiting if be should kiss Queen Vic toria's hand on presentation. Unable to give a reply, he referred him to an other official, who, in turn. n<k>tl the late Martinis of Salisbury to decide th< point. But ho. nonplused, applied ill rect to her majesty, who graciously an swervd that it was uot the custom, but she would !*> vory pleased If his excel lency would do so.—LouUuu Onlooker. No. 9. A SAFE DIET RULE. I:at the Smallest Amount of F«#4 That Will Prmene Health. How shall one determine how much food to eat? Too much mystery has been thrown about this subject Let your sensations decide. It must be kept In mind that the entire function of di gestion and assimilation is carried on without conscious supervision or con currence. It should be entirely unfelt nnd unknown, excepting by the feeling of bien etre which accompanies and follows its normal accomplishment. Satiety is bad. It implies a sensation of fullness in the region of the stom ach. and that means that too much food has been taken. The exact cor respondence in a healthy animal be tween the appetite and the amount of food required is extraordinary. As a' rule, "the meal, unless eaten very slow ly, should cease before the appetite Is entirely satisfied, because a little tim« Is required for the outlying organs and tissues to feel the effects of the food that has been ingested. If too little has been taken, it is easy enough to make it up at the next meal, and the appe tite will be only the better and the food more grateful. No one was ever sorry for having voluntarily eaten too little, while mil lions every day repent having eaten too much. It has been said that the great lesson homeopathy taught the world was this—that whereas physicians had been in the habit of giving the patient the largest dose he could stand, they, have been led to see that their purpose was better subserved by giving him the smallest dose that would produce the desired effect. And so it is with food. Instead of eating, as most peo ple unfortunately do, as much as they can, they should eat the smallest amount that will keep them In good health.—Roger S. Tracy in Century. THE MINISTER'S WIFE. She llaa Her Trlala mad Sorrows, bat Alao Her Reward. The minister's wife exercises the statesmanship necessary to maintain a well ordered and cultured home on a small income—a home constantly un der inspection by the whole parish. She sets a fashion in becoming dress which tones up the taste of many of her parishioners whose husbands' in comes are two or three times as large as the minister's salary. She is the pastor and the actual head of the too numerous women's and children's or ganizations in the church, and she man ages to keep most of the jealousies of their leaders from coming to the sur face. She listens sympathetically to the confidences of the young women of the congregation, and the small wed ding fees which occasionally fall Into her lap are meager wages for all the time and thought she has given and the teas she has served to bring about these weddings—services which her neighbors may laugh at, but which are the most delicate and valuable of all ministries when they Issue In happy, homes. She knows the pains, the joys and the sorrows of motherhood, and she has strengthened the courage of many & shrinking wife faltering on the thresh old of an unknown realm. When she has closed the eyes of the darling of her heart In the last Bleep she goes out to cheer weary watchers by sick beds and to give her silent sympathy, to mourners who will not be comfort ed. She holds her queenly way in pov erty, trial and not seldom under on kind and nnjust criticism, and as she grows older a light radiates from her patient face which moves discerning friends who otherwise would pity her to say, "Verily, she has her reward!"-* Congregationalism ' She Wu Too EatkuUlUt. "Teaching to me," said an enthusias tic young schoolmistress, "Is a holy, calling. To sow in the young mind the seeds of future knowledge and watch them as they grow and develop Is a; pleasure greater than I can tell. X never weary of my work. My thoughts are only of"— "I am very sorry," Interrupted the young man to whom she was talking, "that you are so devoted to your profes sion, Miss Clara. I had hoped that some day I might have asked you—ln fact, I called tonight—but I hardly dare go on, In the light of what you"— "You may go on, Mr. Smith," said the young lady softly. "I am a little toot enthusiastic at times perhaps." She Had to Porfire. Mrs. Winks—Mrs. Ayres and her hus band have had a dreadful quarrel just because she gave him a letter to mall and he carried It around in his pockets for a week. Isn't it too silly of her? Mr. Winks—Maybe that would make you mad too. Mrs. Winks—Oh, John, I wouldn't lose my temper over a little thing like that. Mr. Winks—l'm glad to hear you say it, my dear. I Just re call that I've still got that letter you gave me last Wednesday.—Phlladel* phia Press. Escaped Her Notice. "How did you like the way the min ister animadverted upon our colloquial isms last Sunday?" asked Mrs. Old castle. "I didn't notice it," replied her host ess. "Me and Joslah were crowded out of our own pew and had to set where we couldn't see him when he wasn't fctandin' up."—Chicago Record-Herald. The Spinster Aunt's Opinion. Carrie—Do you think a woman is Justified in marrying a man she doesn't know? Aunt Jane —She oertainly wouldn't be Justified in marrying a man she did know.—Boston Transcript Kothlav In It. "I understand, professor, that Mlas Bquawker is coming to you to cultivate her voice. Is there anything in It?" "Not for her."—Houston Post Laying Down the Law. Lady (entertaining friend's little girl) —Do you take sugar, darling? The Dar-' ling—Yes, please. Lady—How many,) lumps? The Darling—Oh, about seven,i and when I'm out to tea I start Wltfii cake.—Punch. Premature Fatlrae. Wealthy American Father-in-law— Look here, count! I'm getting tired of paying your debts. Count Boylon de Bakkovlsnek— So soon? Sare, you haf not paid ze half of ze debts yet!— Ch icago Tribune. Mnst Go Abroad. "What makes you think they are rich Americans?" "Because they know so much more ibout other countries than their own." —Town Topics. Kot In His Line. Employer—You don't seem to be able to do anything. New Clerk—Well, I al ways had a political Job until I struck this one.—Judge. There have undoubtedly been bad great men, but inasmuch as they were I bad they were not great.—Hunt.
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