VOL. XXXXL XXXXXX X J • THE MODERN STORE'S S ffThird Annual Uudermuslin Sale g g Phenominai Bargains for Everybody. $ 2 Sale Tuesday to Saturday, Inclusive, g g May 17th to 21st. § CIRCULARS GIVE FULL DETAILS. $ g CELEBRATED QUEEN UNDERMUSLIN $ jn Sold for less than yon would pay for the material and jn • trimmings. - m Many other bargains all over tho store during- this w sale, especially in the Millinery Departme.it, trimmed $ hats at $3.69, worth $5. JEISLHR-MARDORF COMPANY, § (n SOUTH KAIK STSZ£T ) fo rSOMTS. ' * ILL L. V. [ U J'J\ '■£ 5 »BTOFTi<^Sox t8 i Send in Your Mail Orders, g K OPI'OSITIt HOTKL"ARLINGTON. BOTLKR. 'A. Wi &X*s v „ «> k y CcpyrSght. XSG3. l y fhn CCV. e.K-fICPRILL COM? MY «: .. i j . - •; ;• CHAPTER VII. TJIi: MA volt's I'AKTT. •p7 «y ELM was a good otiicer in many respects, and his pa is 1 triotjsm was of the best; but he liked jolly company, a glass of something Ktrojtg and a large share of ease. Detroit lay many miles northeastward across the wilderness, and the English, lie thought, would scarcely come so far to attack his little post, especially now that most of the Indians in the intervening country had declared in favor of thu Americans. Recently, too, the weather had been favoring him by changing from wet to dry, so that the upper Wabash and its tributaries were falling low and would soon be very diiiicult to navigate with large batteaux. Very little was done to repair the stockado and dilapidated remnant of a blockhouse. Theru were no sufficient barracks, a mere shed in one angle serving for quarters, and the old can non could not have been used to any effect in case of attack. As for the garrison, it was a nominal quantity, made up mostly of men who preferred hunting and fishing to the merest pre tenso of military duty. Gaspard Roussillon assumed to know everything about Indian affairs and the condition of the English at Detroit. His optimistic eloquence lulled Helm to a very pleasant sense of security. Beverley was not so easy to satisfy, but his suggestions regarding military discipline and a vigorous prosecution of repairs to the blockhouse and stock ade were treated with dilatory geniali ty by his superior officer. The soft wonder of a perfect Indian sutumcf glorified land, river and sky. Why not dream and bask? Why not drink ex hilarating toddies? Meantime the entertainment to be given by Gaspard Roussillon occupied everybody's imagination to an unusual extent. Rene de Ronville, remember ing but not heeding tho doubtful suc cess of his former attempt, went long beforehand to claim Alice as his partenaire, but she flatly refused him, once more reminding him of his obliga tions to little Adrienne Bourcier. He would not be convinced. "You are bound to me," he said. "You promised before, you know, and the party was hut put off. I hold you to it. You are my partenaire and I am yours; you can't deny that." "No, you ure not my partenaire," she firmly said, then added lightly, "Feu mon partenaire, you are dead and buried as my partner ut that dance." He glowered in silence for a few mo ments, then s:.id: "It is Lieutenant Beverley, I sup pose?" She gave him a quick, contem of her tantalizing smiles. "Do you imagine that?" she demand ed. "Imagine It! I know it," he said with a hot flush. "Have I no sense?" "Precious little," she replied with a merry laugh. "You think sq." "Co to Father Beret, tell him every thing, and then ask him what he thinks," she said in a calm, even tone, four face growing serious. There was/un awkward silence. She had touched Hone's vulnerable spot. He was nothing if not a devout Catholic, and his conscience rooted it self in what good Father Beret had taught him. • Father Beret was the bumble, self effacing, never tiring agent of good in tils community. He preached in a ten der singsong voice the sweet monot onies of his creed and the sublime truths of Christ's vodo. was ia deeyl i|(i: spii-ilual rather of his people. No wonder Rene's scowling expression changed to one of abject self concern when the priest's name was suddenly connected with his mood. Tie .'uiiv*- Klonul looruetl betorc the byes of his and his knees smote togeth er, spiritually If not physically. "Now," said Alice brusquely, but with sweet and gentle firmii«»t,, ;go to youV fyu.eec, go to pretty and feocul Adrienn%\ afnd ask her to be yoiir iHIPtPJiaIH!. Refresh JPUr conscience with a noble draft of duty and make tliat dear little girl overflow with Joy. Go, Rene de Ronville." Rene felt ' ; i!q m»ui eosvermi, yveft «ouktug. t>ut' he talrly tuaiut»'iuu>* - food lave, and WVfat o»»-~ Ing auotli"- - "■> without say . n'ord. "Ciel, del, how beautiful she Is!" he ttlQßght, as he walked along the nar row street In the dreamy sunshine. ''But she Is not for nie, not for me." Ho shook himself and tried to be cheerful. In fact he hummed a creoJe Sltty, something about "La belle Jean ette, qu' a brine nion coeur." Pays passed, and at last the time of •ke gtw*t event arrived. It was a ft'osty night, clear, sparkling with •tars, a keen breath cutting down from the northwest. M. Itoussillon, Mine. Uousslllon, Alice and Lieutenant Bever ley went together to the river house, whither they had been preceded by al most the entire population of Vin teiiues. Some fires had been built out side, the crowd proving too great for the building's capacity, as there had to be ample space for the dancers. Merry groups hovered around tin? flaming logs, while within the house a ttddle sang its simple and ravishing tunes. Everybody talked and laughed; it was it lively racket of clashing voices and rhythmical feet. When the Itoussillon party arrived it attracted condensed attention. Its im portance, naturally xtt the greatest in the assembled popular mind, was en hanced—as mathematicians would say, to the nth power by the gown of Alice. It was resplendent indeed In the sim ple, unaccustomed eyes upon which It flashed with a buff silken glory. Ma trons stared at It, maidens gazed with fascinated and Jealous vision, men young and old let their eyes take full liberty. It was as If a queen, arrayed In a robe of state, had entered that dingy log edifice, an apparition of daz zling and awe Inspiring beauty. The dancers swung together and stopped In confusion. Hut she, fortitled by a woman's strongest bulwark, the sense of resplendency, appeared quite uncon scious of herself. Little Adrlenne, hanging In blissful delight upon Itene's strong arm, felt the of excitement and wondered what was the matter, being too short to see over the heads of those around her. "What Is It? What Is It?" she cried, tiptoeing and tugging at her compan ion's sleeve. "Tell me. Bene; tell me. 1 say." Uciic WUH gazing hi duuib uduitrallou BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 19, 1904. into which there swept a powerful anger, like a breath of flame. He rec-ol- H ip i PA iWSS \H4-illo£Z lira IPIp It tarn eg if n queen hud entered. lected how Alice had refused to wear that dress when he had asked hor, and now she had it on. Moreover, there she stood beside Lieutenant Beverley, hold ing his arm, looking up into his face, smiling, speaking to him. "I think you might tell me what has happened." said Adrienne, pouting and still plucking at his arm. "I can't see a thing, and you tell me." "Oh, It's nothing," he presently an swered rather fretfully. Then he stooped, lowered his voice and added: "It's Mile. Roussillon all dressed up like a bride or something. She's got 011 a buff silk dress that M. Roussillon's mother had in France." "How beautiful she must look!" cried the girl. "I wish I could see her." Rene put a hand on each side cf her slender waist and lifted her high, so that her pretty head rose above the crowding people. Alice chanced to turn her face that way just then and saw the unconventional performance. Her eyes mot those of Adrienne and she gave a nod of smiling recognition. It was a rose beaming upon a gillyflower. M. Honssillon naturally understood that all this stir and crowding to see was but another demonstration of his personal popularity. He bowed and Waved a vast hand. But the master of ceremonies called loudly for the dancers to take their places. Oncle Jazon attacked his fiddle with startling energy. Thoso who were not to dance formed a compact double line around the wall, the shorter ones in front, the taller In the rear. Alita U-ii-Liih, ,■ W( , V p soon in the whirl of the dance, forgetful or every-" thing but an exhilaration stirred to its utmost by Oncle Jazon's music. When their dance was ended they followed the others of their set out into the open air while a freab stream of eager danc ers poured in. Beverley insisted upon wrapping Alice in her mantle of un- Uned beaver skin against the searching winter hreuth. They did not go to the lire, but walked back and forth, chat ting until their turn to dance should lome again, pausing frequently to ex change pleasantries with some of the people. Curiously enough ty'th of them had forgotten tho £nct that other young men would be sure to ask Alice for a dance and that more than one pretty Creole lass was rightfully expecting a giddy turn with the stalvya t und hand some Lieutenant Revei-le#. Ifiena $e fU'iivljle he fort low* broke fudely ji|tu thwif selfish dream and led Alice Into the house. This reminded Beverley of his social duty; wherefore, seeing little Adrienne Bourcier, made a rush and mn I 'at a swoop finja mft n't of a scrambling circle of mutually hindered young men 'Allons, ma petite!" he cried, quite In the gay lone of tho occasion, and her lightly a|on%' *yltb • » «U3 Ukc fcagiu dviUCttiK With a linnet, «,y a gkun with it fairy, when Ul'.' big lieutenant led out la petite Adileune, as everybody called her. The honor of Beverley's attention .pprcciated on \'. ,: , l vy,V:V> J 5 WMI, hit lev u>y"\V'M w»* *" (furi.V»"<• *' -~ l ' < '- VLS .'.mce. Nor was Bever that lie ever for a moment willingly lost sight of the floating buff gown, the oiiiuing brown hair anil the beautiful face, which formed. Indeed, the center of attraction for all eyes. It was some time before Beverley' could again secure Alice for a dance, and he found It annoying him atro ciously to see her smile sweetly on some buckskin clad lout who looked like an Indian and danced like a Pari sian. lie did not greatly enjoy most of his partners; they could not appeal to any side of his nature just then. Not tliat he at all times stood too much on his aristocratic traditions, or lacked the virile traits common to vigorous and worldly minded men, but the con trast between Alice and the other girls present was somehow an absolute bar to it democratic freedom of the soft de manded by the occasion, lie met Father Beret and passed a few pleas ant words with him. "They have honored your flag, my son, I am glad to see," the priest said, pointing with a smile to where, in one corner, the banner that bore Alice's name was effectively draped. Beverley had not noticed it before, and when he presently got possession of Alice he asked her to tell him the story of how she planted it on the .fort, although he had heard It to the last detail from Father Beret just a mo ment ago. They stood together tinder Its folds while she naively sketched the scene for him, even down to her pic turesquely disagreeable interview with Long Hair, mention of whom led up to tiie story of the Indian's race with the stolen daine Jeanne of brandy under his arm on that memorable night and the subsequent services performed for him by Father Beret and her after she and Jean had found him in the mud beyond the river. The dancing went on at a furious pa'-e while fliey stood there. Now and again a youth came to claim her, but she said she was tired and begged to rest awhile, smiling so graciously upon each one that his rebuff thrilled him as If It had been the most flattering gift of ten der partiality, while at the same time he suspected that it was all for Bever ley. Help in his most Jovial mood was circulating freely. It was late when fathers and mothers in iLc to surest ;id journiaout. lu tho open lamp.! sus pended here and there the oil was run ning low, and the ni£ wicks sputtered and wiakixl with their yellow flames. "Weil," said M. Uoussiiion. coming to where Alice and Beverley stood in sulated and isolated by their great de light in each other's company, "it's time to go home." Beverley looked at his watch. It was a quarter to three! Alice also looked at the watch, and saw engraved and enameled on its mas sive case the Beverley crest, but she did not know what it meant. There was something of the sort in the back of her locket, she remembered with sat isfaction. Just then there was a peculiar stir in the flagging crowd. Some one had ar rived, a coureur de bois from the north. Where was the commandant? The coureur had something important for him. Beverley heard a remark in a startled voice about the English getting ready for a descent upon the Wabash valley. This broke the charm which thralled hini and sent through his nerves the bracing shock that only a soldier can feel when a hint of coming buttle reaches hiai, Alice saw the flash In his face. "Where is Captain Helm? I must see him immediately. Excuse me," he said, abruptly turning away and look ing over the heads of the people. "Yon der he is; I must go to him." The coureur de bois, Adolphe Dutrein ble by name, was. just from the head waters of the Wabash. He was speak ing to Helm when Beverley came up. M. Roussiilon followed close upon the lieutenant's heels, as eager as he to know what the message amounted to; but Helm took the coureur aside, mo tioning Beverley to join them. M. Uoussiiion included himself in the con ference. After all it was but the gossip of savages that Dutremble communicat ed, still the puriHirt was startling in the extreme. Govornor Hamilton, so the story ran, luul been organizing a Jarge force. lie was probably now on his way to the portage of the Wabash with a flotilla of butteaux, some com panies of disciplined soldiers, artillery and a strong iiotly of Indians, Helm listened attentively to I)utrem ble's lively sketch, then cross ques tioned him with laconic directness. "Send Mr. Jazon to me," he said lo M. Roussillon, as if speaking to a serv ant. The master Frenchman wont prompt ly, recognizing Captain Helm's right to Command, and sympathizing with his Unpleasant military predicament if the news should prove true. Oncle Jazon came in a minute, his fiddle and bow clamped under his arm, to receive a verbal commission, which sent him with some scouts of his own choosing forthwith to the Wabash port age, or far enough to ascertain what flie English pominander was doing. After the conference Beverley made baste to join Alice, but he found that she had gone home. "A fix we'll be in if Hamilton conies down here with a good force," said Helm. Beverley was yoqtig, eu-. ergetlc, bellicose, and to him every thing seemed possible; he believed in vigilance, discipline, activity, dash; he had a great faith In the efficacy of en thusiasm. "We must organize these French men," he said. "They will make good as( a body. There's no time to be lost, but we have time enough yjhlcji to do a great deal b lore Hamilton can arrive, if we go at it in earnest," "Vour theory is ex.ullent, Itoutcu ant, but the practice of it won't be worth much," llelm replied with per fect good nature. "I'd like to see you organize these parly voos. There ain't a dozen of 'em that wouldn't accept the English with open arms. \ WW 'em. They're good leti, p >Hte and all Ybey'H hurrah for the nag—that's easy enough—bu» put 'cm to the test and they'll join in with the strongest side; see if they don'\. course there are u |e.iy. (inception*. There';} he's u>| right, and l |iav.ii (atU.I ill Haaawn. and I.egrace, Honville." "Itoussillon" — Beverley began. "Is much of a blowliard," Helm luteu rupted, with a laugh 'muU, but his biting i* probably not v *Av^V'"" "lie and Father Beret control the whole population at all events." >akl Beverley. and buch a population!" W"l>iH> joinlug In Captain Helm's iuugh at the expense of Vincenncs, Beverley took leave to indulge \n * mental reservation pi Alice. Ills heart wen. Wt by*. Jsi, e had W w»^ re ftIMl lulcd u as yet, in his pride—and it was not a false pride, but rather a noble regard for his birthright—he vaguely realized how far she was from him, how Impossible. |TO BE CONTINUED.] An Exfcailun I'ndfr Imllnn Lnw». Daniel Darls was the name of the culprit, and ho was condemned to death for the murder of his brother-in law. On the day of the execution his coffin had been placed on two chairs under a big oak tree, which still stands In the old courthouse yard In Coweta. He requested them to let him see the collln, and he stood by Its side, gazed sadly Into It and said It was all right. A chair was set at the head of the collin. lie took his seat, pulled off his boots and said he was ready. Captain Chllders, the sheriff, pinned a small blue ribbon on the lapel of Davis' vest over the heart. The prisoner viewed all this with composure and unconcern. Two men, one with a double barreled shotgun and the other with a Spencer rifle, took their places about twenty feet away. The com mand was given, ready, aim, lire! Both shots were simultaneous. The blue ribbon was hit, a convulsive tremor and poor Daniel Davis was no more. Old men wept, and many were the tears that were shed for this poor full blood Indian who had taken the life of his erring brother-in-law. —Coweta Courier. A Hook the Only ImmorlnlUr. "After all,"" as the brilliant and mel ancholy Kufus Choate said, "a book la the only Immortality," and sometimes when a book Is attacked and even de nounced lis destiny of fame Is only con firmed, as the vivacious and cheery Pope IMo Nono when asked by a too daring author to help on his latest pub lication suggested that he could only aid it by putting It In the Index Kx purgatorius. Yet If a book is to be left unread at last the fault must ulti mately rest on the author, even as the brilliant Lady Kastlake complained when she wrote of modern English novelists: "Things are written now to lie read once and no more—that Is, they are read as often as they deserve. A book In old times took live years to write and was read 000 times by 500 people. Now It Is written In three months and read once by 500,(MX) peo ple. That's the proper proportion."— Thomas Weutworth Higginson in At larMe COWS TRAINED FOR THE TEST Jerseys at the World's Fair Are Ex pected to Show That They Are Superior to All Other Breeds. The herd of Jersey cows assembled at the World's Fair at St. Louis to rep resent the Jersey breed in the universal dairy test has been inspected and has been pronounced In perfect condition and ready to start upon their six months' grliid on a day's notice. W. It. Spann of the Burr Oak Jersey farm, Dallas. Tes., was the inspector, end he was thorough in his work. He passed a week 011 the Exposition grounds, and much of the time was spent In and around the Jersey cattle barn, and the condition of each indi vidual of the herd of forty cows was definitely ascertained. Never was more intelligent and care ful treatment lavished on animals. No athlete was ever better trained for a qpntest retiring tl:e development of speed, skill and endurance than has been this herd of Jerseys. When it is known that this herd is to compete with selected herds of Ilolsteins, Short horns, Brown Swiss and Devons. and the herd making the best score for the production of butter, milk and cheese is to establish the standing of the various breeds, the importance of the cows being in perfect condition may be understood. For a solid year the Jerseys have been in constant training. Twenty five cows will participate in the con test. Cows were selected from the best herds in the United States. Dr. J. J. Richardson, president of the American Jersey Cattle Club, un der whose auspices this entry is made, toured Europe and visited the famed Isle of Jersey, where the breed origi nated. He was seeking the best cows, but returned satisfied that Eim»pe could show no cows that were better than those bred in America. Though only twenty-five cows will participate in the test, forty cows were selected. They were assembled at Jerseyvilie, 111., a year ago. This is near St. Louis, and the cattle have be come acclimated. Last December they were removed to St. Louis. The cows are the property of individual members of the club and are louned for the term of the test. C. T. Graves, u breeder at Maitland, Mo., WHS selected r.s the superintendent to have charge of the cattle, and he has been highly com plimented by Dr. Richardson and In spector Spann for the wonderfully tine condition in which he hits placed the herd. A series of model dairy barns have been built for the breeds competing in the test. The barns are octagonal In form, and are so arranged that the cows are in the center and a wide promenade permits visitors to pass around and view the cows as they gtapd in their stalls. The milking and feeding aro to b« done In plain vlotv of tho public, and representatives of the various herds will ut all times have access to all the barns to see that no sharp pracUces are Indulged in. The test not only couslsts lu show ing the amount of "better, milk and U taken into consideration. Every ounce of food given each cow is weighed and carefully recorded. When the cows are milked, the milk is con veyed to a model creamery in tho Ag ricultural building, where it is tested und made into butter «n<\ ttud where all carefully kept. The vattlo participated in a at Chicago during the Co lumbian Exposition and carried off first honors. Superintendent Graves fc* sanguine over the result of the present test. lie jay# that tho Jerseys have always demoustmtod their superiority over all Other breeds when placed In competi tion, and this time they wIU »bu\v to better advantage tb'»U ever. Not only is the Jersey wiifk. richer in butter fat thv uullf Of any other breed, says Mr, Uraves, but it can be produced at a less- cost. The Jersey cow* the smallest of the stnr\d H *'«t breeds, and he asserts that they consume less feed. They frsMinllate their food, und It is converted Into milk and butter and l» not used in building up und K'.ivtatulng a large curcass. "We tiro going to make all other ttrwnU take to the woods after this tent," Bald Mr. Graves. "A feT days ago I was testing sornu of our Jersey milk, and my hands were all sticky and greasy from the enormous amount of butter fat the milk contained: Mr. Von Heyne, who Is In charge of the Ilolstelns, sont over a quantity of his milk for me to test. Of course, from a commercial standpoint, there was no comparison between the milk, but It was a pleasure to test his milk, for when I got through there was no grease on my hands. After this I will have a bucket of Ilolsteln milk around handy to wash my hands In after testing our own rich Jersey milk." The test begins May 10 and contin ues 120 days. Unique Cali/ornia Map. A unique exhibit at tli* World's Fair was prepared by the agricultural de partment of the University of Califor nia. It Is a large map, so colored as to show the character of the various soils of the state. It gives a clear Idea of the iltuution and the extent of the arable and untlllable sections. In the locali ties that cannot be cultivated are shown the Sierras, the lava beds and the desert. The map indicates the lo cation of the cultivable portions of the mountains and Mohave plateau and shows the nature of the foothills and valleys of that wonderful state. CURIOUS THINGS FROM CHINA The Mo*t Magnificent Beds Ever Seen Are Part of lht> Celestial Empire's World's Fair Exhibit. The Chinese exhibit at the World's Fair Is filled with pleasing surprises. Some of the most magnificent articles of furniture are a part of this wonder ful display. The carving and inlaying of Ivory, bone and wood Illustrate the marvelous skill of the Chinese. Models Included In this interesting exhibit show the homes and home life of the Chinese, their weddiugs and funerals. Chinese tea house, restau rant and shop, Chinese weavlug and some of the beautiful silks and wear ing apparel of the Chinese and their methods of manufacturing them. One feature of the exhibit Is two magnificent Chinese beds, each of which has the appearance of beiug a small house of great beauty. One is a summer bed, the other for winter. The summer bed is hand carved and inlaid with Ivory and bone figures and land scapes exquisitely carved and so skillfully Joined as to appear a part of the wood. The bed and furniture are of carved bamboo. The bed consists of ' an anteroom, with tables, chairs and tea stands, and in an inner room, which ! is the sleeping apartment, there is a couch trith coverings of gauzy silks. The winter bed is still more elabo rate. It cousisffc of three compartments. The first contains four chairs, a tea poy and a cheat of drawers. This is the sit ting apartment. The second is the dress ing room, and the third is the sleep ing apartment, or the couch itself. The furniture is of rosewood inlaid with ivory carving of birds, flowers aud trees. The couch is covered with silks of the finest texture anil in gauily col ors. The sleeping compartments are lighted with Chinese lanterns of silk hung at the outer entrance, while the light enters through gauze panels, haud painted and in forms of rosewood iu«- laid with ivory figures. A table and dish made of highly pol ished ash, with exquisitely carved bamboo figures Inlaid, are shown. The work is so artistically done that each | article seems to have been made of one piece of wood. There is also a large display of Chi nese lanterns made of silk, gauze and other light material and some made of beads artistically arranged with glass centers. The silk and gauze are beau tifully haud painted. There are models of some of the great Chinese temples, theaters aud arches, showing elaborate carving in wood and ivory and two large elephant tusks exquisitely carved. WHARFAGE FREE AT ST. LOUIS Twenty Miles of River Pront For Wa ter Craft at World's Fair City. Free wharfage will be given to all boats landing at St. Louis during the World's Fair. Traffic Manager Hil lenry of the Exposition and Joseph P. Whyte, harbor and wharf commission er of St. Louis, have decided on the lo cations assigned to the various kinds of boats. Yachts, steam launches and all boats propelled by their own power have boon assigned wharf space between Chateau avenue and Biddle street. These streets, running east land west, form the boundary lines for the cen tral business district of the city. House boat* have been assigned wharf spaos north of Biddle street and south of Choteau avenue. Sf. Louis hns a river front of twen ty miles. The Broadway lfne of the Transit company parallels the river from the city limits on the north to Jefferson Barracks on the south. At ao point are the cars more than five blocks from the Mississippi river. The World's Fair may be reached for one fare by transferring to any of the eight lines that cross Broadway and reach the Exposition grounds. No charge will be made for wharf age. Application for space should be made to the harbor and wharf com missioner at the City Hall, on Twelfth street, between Market street and Clar* avenue. THE WINTER OF 1861. Coldeat of the Nineteenth Century |a New England. The winter of 1801 was noted for be ing one of the coldeat, and, in fact, it was the coldest one, in the century. The coldest day of the winter was Fri day, Feb. 25, and is known as cold Friday. There had been a heavy storm of light, fine snow. It cleared off cold, and the wind blew a perfect ful. The air was filled with snow so thick one could see only a rod or two In any direction. Men who were oblig ed to bo oa the r0...' perished and were fruud frozen as hard as marble statues. A very few travelers survived the or deal. But few had thermometers In those days to tell how cold It really was, but what few there were regis tered 40 to 50 below zero in Androscog ftn, and in Aroostook county it was •ven lower. Penobscot bay was frozen over so solid that Sam BandaH of Vanalhaven took a horse and sleigh and, together with the Hon. Martin Klff, who was the representative to the legislature from Vinalhaven, cruised from Vinalhaven to North Haven, then to Saddle Island, then to Camden and thence across country to Augusta, where be left Kilt and returned to Vi nalhaven again safely. Portland harbor and Boston harbor were frozen over solid. Thousands of the Boston people availed themselves of the fact, and the tee on the harbor was covered with skaters.—Lewlstoa Journal. GRINNING MATCHES. A* Aocepted Form of Sport la Early EntlUh Day». ' That grinning matches were an ac cepted form of sport in early English days is shown by an advertisement an-' nouueing a gold ring to be grinned for by men on Oct. 0 at the Swan, CoVeshlll heath, in Warwickshire, which appear ed in the Post-Boy of Sept 11 and 17, 1711, supplemented by the suggestion that all the country fellows within ten miles of the Swan should grin an hour or two in their glasses every morning In order to qualify themselves for this extraordinary competition. Addison gives a detailed account of one of these "Co Hroversles of faces," telling us that the audience unanimous ly bestowed the ring on a cobbler, who "produced several new grins of his own Invention, having been used to cut faces for many years together over his last." His performance was something like this: "At the very first grin he cast ev ery human feature out of his counte nance; nt the. second he simulated the face of a spout, at the third that of a baboon, at the fourth the head of a bass viol and at the fifth a pair of nut crackers." Addison adds that a comely wench, whom he had wooed in vain for more than five years, was so charmed with his grins that she married him the following week, the cobbler using the prize as his wedding ring. Face Powder la Cuba. In Cuba there has never apparently been any dearth of face powder even, among the lowliest. The Cuban wom an, octogenarian as well as "sweet sev enteen," considers powder a more neces sary article of the toilet than soap and water and utterly Indispensable to her attractiveness, which It Is her absolute duty to preserve. All classes of the community are devoted to the powder puff, from the little six-year-old orphan in the asylum to the lady of high de gree. In any Cuban school teachers and pupils are alike unsparingly pow dered, niul a powder box is to be found In every desk and as likely us not keep ing company with the chalk used for the blackboard. The Man In Moon. Probably even in prehistoric times ! men have noticed the face of the "man in the moon." Plutarch noticed It and even wrote a whole book about the face In the moon. But, besides this, many other objects are supposed to he visible. The dark markings on the surface are likened by tlie Chinese to a monkey pounding rice. In India they are said to resemble u rabbit. To the Persians they seem like the earth's oceans and continents Reflected JLI a mirror. 19. v CURIOUS EXPLOSIVES. (tow Gdo Cotton la Obtained and 1 >ured For I'm In Shells. Hydrogen forms a part of noarly all 'n. organic substances. In the greater number of plants hydrogen Is associat ed with carbon. The growing plant U provided with roots spread out in the moist earth, while the part which is above-ground is provided with leaves that come in contact with a great , quantity of air. By some mysterious j influence tluit we do not understand , the heat and light energy derived from the sun operating in connection with plant life decomposes the water In the earth and also the carbonic acid gas which forms a small percentage of tho atmosphere. The roots take tip water, and It flows up through the trunk of the tree, while at the same time the carbonic acid gas of the atmosphere is decomposed, the oxygen set free and the carbon combined with the hydro geu of the water. It will therefore be seen that In both cases oxygen k net free, and the hydrogen of the water is combined with the carbon of the at mosphere, forming a true hydrocarbon, which in many cades constitutes the greater part of the weight of the plant. The fibrous material so formed is generally known as cellulose. Pure cotton and paper pulp made from wood are examples of pure cellulose. If cel lulose is plunged Into strong nitric acid the hydrogen is displaced by what are known as "nitrogen groups"—that is, oxygen in chemical combination with nitrogen enters the substance, decom posing It and driving out the hydrogen and supplanting it. The action of the nitric acid upon the cellulose produces water, which reduces the strength of the acid, and to avoid this a consldera- ble quantity of very strong sulphuric acid Is mixed with the nitric acid. . This absorbs the water as fast as it is , formed, keeping the nitric acid, as one might say, in a dry state. When cot , ton has been nitrated in this way and , then very carefully washed for many , hours to deprive It of every trace of its acid and dried. It becomes gun cutton, chemically known as trinltrocellulose. If, however, the acids are weak, then collodion cotton is produced, which is [ known to chemistry as dlnltrocellu . lose. It Is only trinitrocelltllbse. bow ever, that Is employed in the manufac ture of high explosives. , But cellulose is by no means the only material that can be nitrated. There , are, in fact, hundreds of materials which may be thus converted into ex , plosives, and all are nitrated in prac , tlcally the same manner—namely, by being dropped Into strong nitric acid. ( ' When glycerin, which is the sugar of fat, is nitrated, it is known as nitro glycerin, one of the strongest and best known of explosives. Nitroglycerin and gun cotton form the basis of a great number of smokeless powders. When carbonic acid (phenol) is ni trated, It Is called trlnltrophenol, or picric acid. But picric acid was mado more than a century ago from indigo. It crystallizes in brilliant yellow scales, and It dyes all animal tissue an in tensely brilliant yellow. It was used many years In the arts as a dyeing agent before Its true character as an explosive was known. Picric acid is indeed a very peculiar substance. Al though one of the most violent explo sives known, it is one of the safest. If thrown luto a whlt«#hot furnace, it burns away like pitch; if set on fire in the open air, it burns with a yellow, ' the open air, but if confined in a strong receptacle and Ignited by a strong ful minating charge It detonates with ter rific violence, reducing the receptacle Into fine fragments.—Harper's Weekly. Beaver Dam Brook. When the town of Wesley, Me., was first settled a colony of beaver was —- found on a small brook below whore the settlement was made. This brook crosses the road leading from Machlas to Wesley, a short distance before the, town is reached. A dam many feet; in length is constructed across the, brook, making quite a large pond., From this dam the brook received Its name, and it has always been known as the Beaver Dam brook. So perfect ly was the dam constructed that It has bacl jd up the waters of the stream for many years, and In ap pearance It has not materially changed. It Is to be hoped that the present strin gent law> which makes it illegal to kill beaver at any time, may be In strumental In bringing back this valu able animal, but such results can hard ly be expected.—Maine Woods. A Story of a Great Painter. ! Vandyke, who was a pupil of Ktl bens, had much pride in his own work, as is shown in the following tale: The ' canons of a certain church asked him to paint a picture for them, and when It was done and they saw It the canons called him a "dauber" and went away, disgusted. Vandyke was only a younsf man then and had no redress, but after awhile some critics passed upon the picture and declared it to be wonder ful. The canons were sorry for their mistake and to make amends gave him a commission for two more pictures. But Vandyke was on his dignity, he sent them word that there were t plenty of "daubers" in their own place without calling upon those of Ant werp. A Beneficial Shock. , ' One day a gentleman gave half a crown to a "deaf and dumb" bejrpar, who, quite taken off his gnard by such unusual munificence, exclalmod: "Bless you, sir! Bless you!" "Hello!" said the gentleman. "I thought you were deaf and dumb." "So I was, sir," replied the beggar, "but your extraordinary generosity, was such a shock— such a pleasant shock—to the system that it has re-, stored my speech and hearing. Bless you again, sir, a thousand times."— j London Tlt-Blt*. UNDER THE ROSE. The Term Which Stand* mm the Sym bol of Closed Lips. Sir T. Browne, iu his "Inquiries Into Vulgar Errors," dated 1040, says of the old phrase sub rosa, "The expression is commendable, if the rose from any naturall proper-tie may be the symbole of silence," aud goes on to quote some Latin lines which represent tho rose bud folded in its sheath as an emblem of closed lips. * He also speaks of the secrecy to be observed "In society and compotation, from the ancient customo in Symposl ackc meetings to wear cbaplets of roses about their heads." Others derive the expression from tho fable that Cupid gave a rose to Har pocrates, the god of silence, as a bribe j to prevent the disclosure of the amours of Venus. There are many records of rosea carved upon ceilings In early and In more modern times as reminders to guests that words spoken In convivial . moments should not be repeated. It Is said that in 1520 roses conse crated by the pope were placed over the confessionals In Kome to denote se ' cr*cy.