VOL. XXXXI. JUST RECEIVED New Lace Curtains ALSO Blankets and Comforts. THE MODERN STORE- LACE CURTAINS FOR FALL We hare the most comprehensive assortment of new patterns, an<J lower priced than ever. Nottingham Curtains 39c, 50c. 68c. 75c, 85c. #1 to|B per pair. Fine Brussells Net, Ruffled and Plain. sl, $1.50, $2 to f-j per pair. Swiss Ruffled Curtains. New Patterns. 39c. 50c. > >c. fl. per pair! Full line of Portieres. Sash Curtains Material. Cortaia Poles. Etc. BLANKETS AND COMFORTS FOR COLD WEATHER. Oar aasortawmt is complete in every detail and we can fill yonr every want at oricea that cannot be duplicated. Good Large Size Cotton Blankets, 75c, sl, $1.25 and $1.50 per pair. FinelinsFiincTCotton Blankets, for Bath Robes. sl, $1.25 tos3. Lane Henry All-Wool Blankets, a srreat bargain, $3 per pair. Finer snd better ones. $4. $4 50, $5 to $lO per pair. Comfort* large and filled with good cotton. sl. $1.25. $1 •>0 to $3. This store is showing a stock that will interest you. AH new and up to-date and of every gnde, variety and price. EISLER-MARDORF COfIPANY, ■""Hum? i 991 | HmS^aSSx 9 I Send in Your Mail Orders. g OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLKR. K BICKEL'S FALL FOOTWEAR. Largest Stock and most Handsome Styles of Fine Footwear we Have Ever Shown. Sorosis Shoes. Twenty new Fall styles—Dongola, Enamel and Patent-kid, made in the latest up-to-date styles. Extremely large stock of Misses' and Children's fine shoes in many new and pretty styles for fall, || A ' OL nn - Showing all the latest styles in men S WIIUGS Men's fine shoes, all leathers, $2.00 to $6.00. Complete stock of Boys', Youths' and Little Gents' fine shoes. Prices this Fall will be lower than last season as prices on stock are lower and consequently will be able to give much better values for the money, A complete stock of Gokey's hand-made box-toe and plain toe shoes. High-cut copper-toe shoes for boys and goo 4 water-proof school shoes for girls. Large stock of Women s heavy shoes in Kangaroo-calf and oil-grain for country wear. Rubber and Felt Goods. Our stock of Rubber and Felt Goods is extremely large, and owing to the large orders which we placed, we were able to get very close prices and are in a position to offer you the lowest prices for best grades of Felts and Rubber Goods. An Immense business enables us to name the very lowest prices for reliable footwear. When in need of anything In our line give us a call. Repairing promptly done. JOHN BICKEL, BUTLER, PA. I IMPORTANT. ; o We seldom refer to the fact that< j Xwe are sole agents for the celebrated > XStandard Patterns, but we call par-! ' xticuJar attention to it just now for this] [ •season. All Standard Patterns 10c| J Oand 15c, none higher. You cannow< ► Xbuy the best Pattern for same price; Xas the cheapest are sold for. Once! \ xuse Standard Patterns jou will here-! [ vafter use no other. All seams allowed.j | furs. J. E. Zimmerman.;; 8 Butler, Pa. < > A Determination Sale Ever hear of one? We call it a DETERMINATION SALE because we are determined to carry over no Spring and Summer goods if cut prices will remove them. No matter what the loss, Here are some of our prices: Choice of a Tot of 2 Piece Suits that sold for $lO and sl2 for $5. Fine Blue Serge and Cheviot Suits regular $lO and sl2 values closing price $6.75. Balance of our line of $13.50 and sls suits, comprising, Cheviots, Cassimeres and Worsteds for SB. Any suit that formerly sold at $lB and S2O for sl2 Grand bargains in our Children's Department. Extraordinary values in Men's Pants. Men's Furnishings at unheard of Low Prices. Schaul & Nast, LEADING CLOTHIERS AND FURNISHERS, 137 South Main St., Butler. KECK Jg Merchant Tailor. Spring & Summer Suitings KE C K ,I I J ' "-TTI F . ' THE BUTLER CITIZEN. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. PHYSICIANS, DR. JULIA E FOSTER. OSTEOPATH. Consultation and examination free. Office hoars— 9 to 12 A. M., 2 toi M., daily except Sunday. Evening appointment. Office—Stein Block, Rooms 9-10, But ler, Pa. People's Phone 478. fiEO. M BEATTY, M. D, V.T PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office iu John Richey Building. Office Honrs—9-11 A. M., 2.30 5:30 P. M . 6:30-8:30 P. M Sunday —9-10:45 A. M., 1-3:00 P. M. Night calls 331 N. Washington St. People's Phone 739. DR. H. J. NEEIA, Rooms 6 and 7, Hughes Build'ng, South Main St. Chronic diseases of genito urinary organs and rectum treated by the mo-* approved methods. T C. BOYLE, M D. T) • EYE, EAR, NOSE and THROAT, After April Ist. office in former Dr. Peters' residence, No. 121 E. Cunning ham St., Butler, Pa., next door to Tinv-s printing office. fVLAR\ E. MORROW, I> 0., V GRADUATE BOSTON COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHY. Women's diseases a specialty. Con sultatian and examination free. Office Hours, 9to 12 m., a to 3 p. m People'; Phone 573. I»6 i>. Main street, Butler, Pa i■■ jJTziAJMERMAN VI , PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON At 327 N. Main St. LR. IIAZLETT, M. D., • 106 West Lnamotid, Dr. Graham's formtr office. Special attention given to Eye, '-ose and Throat Peotjle's Phone 274. BIPPUS, U PHYSICIAN AND SUHGBOW aoo West Cunningham St. DENTISTS. DR. 9. A. JOHNSTON, SURGEON DENTIST. Formerly of Butler, Has located opposite Lowry House, Main St . Butler, Pa. The finest work a specialty. Expert painless extractor of t*eth by his new method, no medi cine used or jabbing a needle into the gumt<; also gas and ether nsed Com munications by mail receive prompt at tension. R~7TWILBKRT MCKEE, SCRGEON DENTIST. Office over Leighner's Jewelry store, Butler, Pa Peoples Telephone 505. A specialty made of gold fillings, gold crown and bridge work. W" J. HIND.MAN, T DENTIST. IJ7J South Main street, (ov Metzer's shoe 6tore.) DR. H. A. I^IcCANDIvHSS, DUNTOI. Office in Butler County National Bank Building, 2nd floor. DR, M. D. KGTTRABA, Bpcc«»3or to Dr. Jolim>ion DKNTJJW Office at No 114 K. JeSersou St., over 1 G. W. Miller's Krocerv 1 1. nONAI.DSON, t) . DKWTWT. Artificial Teeth inserted on the '.atent improved plan. Gold Killings spec ialty. Offic** next to postoffice. ATTORNEYS. WC. FiNDLEV, • ATTOBNEY-AT-LAW. AND PENSION ATTORNEY. Office on South side of Diamond, Butler, Pa. RP. SCOTT, . ATTORNKV-AT-LAW, Office in Butler County Iffttjqral Bank building. AT. SCOTT, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office at No, 8. West Dinmond St. But ler. P*. pOULTER & BAKER, V ATTORNEYS AT UW. Office in Butler County National Bank building. TOHN V/. COULTKR. rj ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office on Diamond, Butler, Pa. Special attention given to collections and business matters. T D. MCJUNIXIN, O • ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office in Reiber building, cornel Main and E. Cunningham Sts, Entrance on Main street. JB. BREDIN, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office on Main St. near Court Ilouat nH. GOU2HER, • ATTORNKY AT LAV. Offine In Wine buildinv EM. NKGLKV, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in the Neglcy R.tilding, West Diamond MISCELLANEOUS. p P. L. McQUISTION, v. Civil, ENGINEER AMP SURVEYOR Office near Court House. BF. BILLIARD, • GENERAL SURVEYING. Minea and Land. Connty Surveyor. R. F D. 40, West Sunbury, Pa. P. WALI£f,R, • NOTARY PUBLIC, BUTI«H,R, Office with Berkmer, next door to P. O WM. WALKEK. CHAS. A. MOELVAIN WALKER & McELVAIN, IjOT Butler Connty National Bank Bldg. KAL ESTATE. INHUUANOE. Ol L PKOPEftTIEH. LOA NH BOTH I'HONES. H. MILLER. FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE, OFFICE— Room 608, Butler County National Bank building. M. A B6RKIMER, Funeral Director, 245 S. MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1904. Drying preparations simply devel op dry catarrh; they dry tip the secretions, which adhere to the membrane and decom pose, causing a far more serious troubl® than the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid all dry ing inhalants, fumes, smokes and snuffs and use that which cleanses, soothes and 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 bo mailed for 10 cents. All druggists sell tho 50c. size. Ely Brothers 5G 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. -•Sr'St * v < 5 I'The Reggie"! S We are now S * showing all the 4 r new shapes in # £ soft and stiff t 1 hats for fall. * Comment is # * unnecessary; J 2 the reputation £ j our hats have * gained should # f induce you to f t see them before f £ you buy your I 4 fall hat. # f We are showing £ 'i more new shapes | than ever before. |Jno.S.Wick,j P P?oples Phone, 6)5. # } Bin > ♦- i'A p Wk |PAINT| e St KINDS BUT ALL j| IJSHERWIN-WILLIAMS CO'S^ >A FAINT •? Rfc FOR 4? & EVERY & II& PURPOSE !p Redick & Grohman & &&&109 N. Main !! BUTLER, PA. | pianos~at your' Trice. W. R. Newton, The Piano Man, 317 S. flajn .Street. 1 s>7s at ijU75 Cash. 1 *:i7s at $250 Cash. 1 SB4O at t','4s Cash. He-ponessed and you get the benefit of what the other fellow paid. You would not know it if I didn't telj yciq They look nt» good as new. Other piauon from *SO upwards. Everything iu music. Cull and see. You know in the Music- Store your credit is good. Do You Buy Medicines? Certainly You Do. Then you want the best for the least money. That is our rrtotto Cotfic and see us when i:i need of anything in the Drug Line ai d wv are sure you will call again. We carry a full line of Drugs, Chemicals, Toilet Articles, etc. Purvis' Pharmacy H. O. PUKVIS, Fu. O Both Pfoonef!. 213 S Main St. Hutler Pa. Pearson B. Nace's Livery Feed and SaleStaoie Rear of Wick House Butler °enn'a The bent of hontim unci Hint clan* rig* m wavit ou bund au<l for hire. Itckt •COOmmrdatlon* In town for pernio nent boarding and transient trade. Bpecl al care guaranteed. Stable Room For 65 Horses A good <: aNH of bor»e». both drivers and draft liorni'N always on band and for kale ii' der a full guarantee; and horses bough pon proper notification by PEARSON B. NACE. Tft.wunonij No. 21 Watches Cured of all their ills. Our treatment is quick, sure, cheap. Ralston & Smith 110 West Jefferson St. i CUPID AND THE f ] COMET [ By ANNA S. I;ICHARi>SON F j Copyright. ISKO. by T. C. McClure It had been bad enough, said the cowboys, to have Buena \ ista county turned into a rendezvous for invalids in various stages of hay fever, bronchitis and consumption. It was an outrage to have one's favorite barroom remod eled into a sanitarium, but it was heap ing insult upon injury to have a twen ty-five horsepower French racer flash ing over roads—and good roads, too— long sacred to the festive cow pony. With Harvey Thatcher, owner of said racer, the good roads surrounding Fort Norton, the county seat of Buena Vista county, had been the main at traction. When his physicians had or dered Colorado air, Thatcher had stip ulated that section of eastern Colora do where the roads would permit him to break the already brilliant record of the Comet. And so it happened that he and his machine, his vaiet and his chauffeur, were thorns in the flesh of the cowboy element, even as the latter had worried the respectable faction among the early citizens of Fort Nor ton. The cowboys had barely become ac customed to the presence of the Comet in their midst and had decided that it might prove dangerous to shoot up a gasoline engine when there arose fresh cause for dissatisfaction. Nan Bearce took to riding in the Comet. And Nan was the prettiest girl in Buena Vista county, or all the 'adjoining counties, for that matter. She had been the toast of every camp on the range, tho belie at every ball, the queen of every cpunty fair tournament in which the cowboys had fought for honors after their own peculiar fashion. Her fa vors had been evenly distributed, and her devotion had gone to her worth less father, who ran the one shoe shop of which Fort Norton could boast A dilapidated, evil smelling den he kept at the end of the street leading north from the postofflce, but tho three rooms behind the shop were as fresh and sweet as Nan's stout arms and sun shiny nature could keep them. There were men, dozens of them, in Buena Vista county who would have ,- r C 9 THE MOB CAME UPON THE COMET TWO MILES FROM HETU'S RANCH. been willing to overlook the father, UJi»uLab)?, drunken wretch that he was, for love of the girl, but she seemed too proud to foist the old man ou any of her anxious suitors. The only favor she hnd ever been known to accept wan tHo hands of Ben Heth, a stolid, almost morose young ranch man, who had started into the stock raising business in a small way and who held himself nloof from the rol licking, roistering element which had terrorized Fort Norton at regular In tervals. When old Hearcc had been smitten with smallpox Heth, under cover of darkness, had removed him to his own rknch because of Nan's horror of the pesthouso, and the three had endured the relentless quarantine to gether. Then the intimacy had appar ently been broken off, old Bearce going back to his bench, Nan to her poverty Stricken life and Ileth to Ills lonely ex istence on the cattle range. All this was before Thatcher and the Comet cauie to Fort Norton. After old Bearce had skillfully mended some rents In Thatcher's leather robes the friendship between the dashing young automoblllst from New York and the humble and beautiful daughter of the village shoemaker became town gossip. Women discussed It over their back fences and at the sewing circle of the Union church. Men shook their heads around the stove at Gilbert's general store, and the news spread out ou the range. Thatcher was making a fool of Nan Bearce, and there were muttcr- Ings that boded ill for the owaer of the Comet. The only man who declined to dlseuss the situation was Ben Heth and that even after Nan and young Thatcher had ridden out to his ranch twice In the devil's wagon, as one old woman called it. To be sure, the chauf feur was In attendance, but what was a chauffeur perched up in the back seat with Nan—enticing, alluring Nan —-her soft, brown hair tossed by the wind, her eyes daneing with the ex citement of the run, urging the young New Yorker on to higher speed? Once they had been seen coming back to town at a slow pace, wim wen trying to keep his astonished pony within talking distance of the ma chine. Parties wh«J had witnessed the sceno reported it variously. Home said that Ben appeared to enjoy the pro ceediug, tuoro fool he, while others maintained that he was berating Nan for unfaithfulness, even in the pres ence of his rival. But Ben's love affair was utterly for gotten in the face of more momentous events which came with the roundup. The 11. O. Cattle comphny, with which Ben had worked before branching out for himself, discovered what it chose to designate as a shortage In 11. O. calves and a corresponding and suspi cious Increase in calves uilli the Ileth brand. The H- O. brand was a bar with an <) on the end. The Ileth brand was u dumbbell. Ituiuor and rumor In Buena Vista county Is an ugly custom er declared that It was easy to change the bar-O to the dumbbell. The air around Fort Norton became rife with tilings other than niero rumors, includ ing some very bad whisky. And Jus tice, ns drink crazed cow punchers sometimes see It, works with appalling suildcnn -SB. Kumars travel faster than half drunk en cow punchers who stop at each sa- loon to drown their threats In bad whisky, mid n twenty-five horsepower machine will travel faster than either. That was why the mob that had started out to hang Ben Ileth as n sort of climax for the annual roundup came upon the Comet, its owner, his vaiet and his chauffeur two miles beyond Heth's ranch. They were still hunting for Ileth, after having razed his ranch cabin. The Comet was piled high with luggage, a couple of dress suit cases showing al)ove the hoses, and rubber blankets, which filled in the body of the machine. Thatcher explained in a casual way that he was trying some new roads and might be gone a week or more. The cowboys sent him on his way with a volley of shots. They were bent on more serious work. The Comet shot along the country road, through the soft twilight and the limpid moonlight, straight across the state line into Nebraska. At precisely the same time the Overland limited was carrying a white faced but deter mined girl over the same state line. Thatcher insisted upon giving away the bride and receiving the first kiss after the ceremony. He said it was due for excess baggage on the l>est run the Comet had ever made. Then the great red machine, its owner, his chauffeur and his valet rolled back to Fort Norton without the impressive ar ray of luggage, and Harvey Thatcher, tenderfoot, from New York, announced that when a certain bunch of unmiti gated fools had finished their annual spree and had recounted their blank ety blank calves the bride and grootn would come back to Fort Norton, at which time the damages claimed by said groom for injury done his proper ty and his reputation would be paid or the sheriff of Buena Vista county and one Harvey Thatcher, Esq.. would know the reason why, whereupon said Harvey Thatcher promptly rose in the estimation of the cowboy element, und his horseless vehicle was forgiven him. What We Find In Old Sclioofbooks. Along with the writing in old school books there is more or less drawing. The very early books sometimes have fly leaf sketches of Indians and log houses. The later booKs, says Leslie's Monthly, have houses of more modern sort, and you flud rude drawings of steamboats, horses, birds, flowers, faces and the like. Often a penny or other coin was slipped under the fly leaf and the surface of the paper covering the coin was rubbed with a piece of lead from the schoolboy's pocket or the blunt end of a pencil. The children had numerous methods for defacing their schoolbooks, and they also had certain devices tor keep ing them in good order. Many of the older books arc protected by an outer cover of sheepskin neatly folded in at the edges and sewed in place wltfo homespun tow. After 18355 this outer covering was apt to be calico, and sometimes there were tio strings at tached to the sides. The girls were ad dicted to the use of a "thumb paper" folded and slipped in where the thumb rested when the hook was in use. Her Opinion. He was very badly gone in love in deed, as may be judged by the fact that he sat up till the woe sma' hours and nibbled two Inches off a pen in composing the following epic: Benutlful one with ey«a «o blue, Oh. how my fond heart sighs for you! Bweet spirit, listen to me now, Hear once again my ardent vow! There was about two feet six inches Of this soul inspiring verse, and he sent It to the object of his adoration, with a request that she would express an opinion on its merits. He got it. Dear Mr. Theodore Hopkins—Tou ask me for my opinion of your verses. I do not like to hurt your feelings, but If you will rend the Initial letters of th« flrst four lines downward J may say that you express piy »«ntlments exactly. Yours VWy truly, MABEL BROWNE And when Theodora strung the first four letters together he pondered bit terly.—London Telegraph, Tl>* Harm .Volar Does. Noise is an undoubted factor In im pairing the tone of the nerve centers. Whether we are conscious of it or not, it hurts the brain and has a deafening, dazing, bewildering effect on the men till processes. It tire* the brain und tends to produce cerebral hyperemia* To live in a noisy atmosphere is to shorten one's day. Irritability, neu rasthenia, insomnia, are common ef fects. The tympanum, or drum mem brane, of the ear is injured, the circu lation of the cerebro spinal fluid is dis turbed and the nerip cells themselves suffer as though subjected to mechan ical violence. —Family Doctor. THROWING THE D\Cl. The Ancient Urrmnna Were Furious (imnlilera ut This Game. The invention of dice has been of old ascribed to I'alaniedes, the son of Naupliua, kliiK of Euboea, about 1214 B. «'., and also to a < J reek soldier nam ed Alea, which Is the Latin for a die, but Herodotus assigns both dice und chess to the Lydians, The ancient Germans would gamble away at dice all that they were worth and then their liberty, submitting to slavery if they lost, and the Saxons, Danes and Normans were all addicted to the game. Fox Talbot Is of opin ion that tho Latins Invented, If not the game, nt least the nume for the SIUKIC point, which they called unu*. The Germanic races, adopting this practice from the Greeks, traualatod the Greek corruption of nnus Into ass, which has now become uce. The root of tills word lies in the Latin as, the monetary unit. John of Salisbury In the twelfth century mentions ten different uses of the dice. Stow mentions two enter tainments given by the city of London at which dice were in evidence.—Lon don Telegraph. THE BIRD'S SONG. M Is Produced l»y n I'nlqne Voice Organ In the Syrinx. Birds have no vocal chords In the larynx, but they possess a unique voice organ in the syrlux, which Is provided with what are really vocal chords of a very effective and complicated Ulnd. This syrinx lies in the lower part of the windpipe and the upper part of the branching bronchi, but varies much In its exact position and details of struc ture in different birds. Briefly it consists of a varying num ber of muscles, as many as from live to seven being found In tho best soiig- Bters, attached to folds of membrane and the bony half rings, which at this part of the throat form u surt of en larged Adam's apple. Distinctness of the several muscles and the mode of their Insertion indi cate a bird's musical capability. The syrinx of the skylark and nightingale, for instance, Is a marvel of adjusted muscle and membrane, while, on the other hand, the ostrich and some vul tures have no voice organ, the pigeon has but little to show, and tho common fowl has no muscles to modulate its cry, LIGHT THAT KILLS PAIN. The Effect of Intense Blue flnyn In Dental Operations. In order to test personally the new anaesthetic known as the blue light system, by which tooth extraction is rendered painless, the Geneva corre spondent of the London Dally Mail has Just undergone an operation for the removal of a troublesome molar at the hands of Dr. Camille Redard, the Swiss discoverer of the method. Having placed his patient iu a re cumbent position, the doctor impressed upon him the great importance of faith iu the new process and then command ed him to gaze steadily at an ordinary sixteen candle power electric light with n blue glass bulb fixed within eighteen Inches of his eyes. Behind the lamp was a reflector. After covering up his patient with a lurge blue cloth the doctor left the room. "I found myself gazing at the daz zling blue light, which gradually seemed to penetrate my eyes and pass out of the back of my head," writes the correspondent, "At first I felt a slight burning sen sation, which in turn gave way to one of coolness around the eyeballs. "This feeling passed, and I felt noth ing more out of the ordinary except that a sensation of rest came over me, and my hands, wUich were trembling slightly before, were perfectly still now. My senses never left me, und I plainly heard the doctor entering the room. "Ile took away the cloth rapidly, placed the blue electric light farther oway, tilted the chair up sllgntly anil signed to me with the Instrument to open my mouth. "I felt the instrument grasp the tooth and watched the doctor pull. The next instant I saw the molar before me, not having felt the slightest pain." Fat fathers and Thin Sons, Talking of figures—the Interesting kind of flgurea—will somebody explain the true inwardness of obesity? Are people fated to be fat regardless of the quality or quantity of the food they consume? The late Lord Salisbury la his final years was a giant in girth as in other respects among bis so called peers. His aon, Lord Hugh Cecil, is the lankiest member of parliament. "Ah, so was I at his age," said his fa ther to a frtcTid nhortly berore hl» death. Then must Lord Hugh also, who often logche* on no more than a biscuit, go the way to all flesh? This is not a party question. Sir William Hareourt is the most weighty member of parliament—in body as well as in character, ills sou, Mr. Lulu Har eourt, is, like the son of the late Tory premier, as thin as a rail, which is ex actly what his illuminating father was at that age. Other instances might be named of young politicians who, with parental precedents before them, are In trouble about their bodies rather than their souls.—London Chronicle. Gold For Japan. A Japanese newspaper says: "When Iyeyasu captured the Osaka castle from Hideyorl and Lady Yodo he found there 300 ingots of gold hnving a value of si>oo,ooo in the currency of the pres ent day. This gold he bequeathed to his second son Yoshinao, the first of the Owarl feudal chiefs, with the in junction that it should be kept for use in any national emergency. The pres ent head of the Owarl family, Marquis Glrel, considering that the time is eoine to employ the money, recently repaired to the tomb of Yoshinao and solmenly intimated to the spirit of the dead that the gold WBB about to be employed for national purposes In ac cordance with the will of the family's illustrious ancestor, Iyeyasu. There after the marquis handed over the money to the treasury." An AuinHd Qneen. At a children's party at Buckingham palace the other day a little incident occurred which turn is he<l Queen Alex andra, who is very fond of children, with considerable amusement. One of the small people present, a three-year old son of Lady Lurgan's, has u pas sion for soldiers and was showing his appreciation for the scarlet colored military bandsmen who were playing in the gardeu by picking daisies and presenting them. Presently tho queen chanced to pass by and graciously asked the small boy to give her a dai sy. The youngster looked her majesty over nnd compared her quiet gown with the gay uulform he admired, then firmly replied, "No; grass for you," and handed tho queen a tiny handful of grass. The Slant Word. Chefu has been added to our vernac ular. In the eat t when anybody re lates some astounding tale the cry of "That's a Chefu!" greets It, As Chefu has turned out some of the most ter rific rumors war was ever blessed with It wouldn't be strange if the name of the enterprising place was thus im mortalized. So if you don't care to say to a man frankly, "You're a liar," why, Just call bin a Chefu. lie will appre ciate it Just as well. Besides It sounds less rude.-Kansas City Journal. What In the Date of This YearT Of course you would say 1004, but If that Is meant to denote the number of years since the Christian era It is prob ably wrong. Look In some good author ity and sec If this year should not rightly be at loast 1008. It Is worth your Investigation If It happens to be a subject you have not yet carefully considered.--St. Nicholas. NO MORE CRISP NOTES. Uncle Main'a Sr rv I'aprr Money la to lie Soft untl Velvety. The days of the crisp bank note are numbered. Instead of being crisp the money which the government bureau of engraving and printing will here after turn out will be soft and velvety, if important experiments which are now being conducted In the presence of treasury otllcers for the purpose of demonstrating the advantage of a novel chemical treatment for paper prove satisfactory. The result of the adoption of the new secret process will be to revolutionize u portion of the work connected with tho printing of paper money in tho United States. I'nder tlis new process It will take Just si.\ty days less time to manufacture n bunk note than under the present method. The chemical solution not only renders the paper soft und velvety, but It also makes It nonshrlnknble. By applying it to a Japanese napkin that article becomes as soft and pliable as a lis sue of slik. The chemical preparation UCts as an antiseptic and preservative. When applied t« old documents it seems to knit the fiber together and prevent further decay. I'uder the pres •ftl proyysa of prlultng paper money j the paper has to be thoroughly soaked ! In water. While It is in this soaked condition one side of the paper is printed. The sheet is then placed in a i steam room and kept under a high tem perature for thirty days, the time nec ) essary for the ink to dry. The sheet , is again soaked as in the first instance and the reverse side of the bill printed. The thirty day drying process then has to be repeated. In cases where a third I impression on the bill Is necessary, i which Is required when the printing ! is done In two colors, the wetting and drying process has to be repeated for a third time, and another month is thus consumed In its production. Besides the delay of this process the wetting and drying rot the fiber of the paper, and, although it is "starched" to give it the crisp appearance, the starch soon wears out and the bill becomes limp and worn. In printing bills on paper that has been treated by the new proc ess no wetting is necessary. The ink loses none of its luster when applied to the paper, as under the old process, and is thoroughly dry within forty eight hours after the printing Is done.— Geyer's Stationer. Cape Cod's Heir Obelisk. The landing of the pilgrim fathers at rrovlncetown is to be commemorat ed by a monument 250 feet high on High Pole hill, which is in the center of the old Cape Cod town. The May flower compact, the first declaration of civil rights on this continent and the forerunner of the Declaration of Inde pendence, was drawn up there on Nov. 11 (Nov. 21, new style). The obelisk is to be erected by the Cape Cod Pilgrim Memorial association, which has raised about $15,000. The town has been au thorized by the legislature to con tribute $5,000, and the state will du plicate any amount which reaches $25,- 000. One hundred thousand dollars will be necessary to build the monu ment of rough stone to the requisite height. The monument when complet ed can be seen from any town on Cape Cod and will be visible far out at sea. The Homeless at London. Prom an investigation made by the medical officer of the London county Council It is estimated that one in every 2,000 of the population of the city of London is homeless. A census of the persons who could not pay for a night's lodging in the cheapest of lodging houses and passed the night out of doors In the streets or under arches or in the recesses of front doors or on landings and staircases of tenements where the doors had been left open revealed such a number in a certain district that the officer felt .JUStilled In lnnlMno (ha Mtlfn*** |w». sented to the council. On the night this investigation was undertaken there were 0,000 vacant beds in the lodging houses. New York Medical Record. Watch as a Shirt Stnd. The latest novelty In watches has Just been completed by a watchmaker in Paris, who has made a set of three gold shirt studs, in one of which Is a watch that keeps excellent time, the dial being about three-eighths of an Inch in diameter. The studs are connected by a strip of sliver Inside the shirt The watch contained in the middle one is wonnd by the turning of the stud above, and the hands are set by turning the stud below. The most striking thing about the minute machine is that it works with a pendulum like a clock, and the pendulum will act with ease and ac curacy in whatever position the time piece is placed, even if It be upsjde down.—Boston Herald. Too Many Doctors. Women who are desirous of entering the medical profession encounter a dis couraging sltuatlou in Germany. An association of physicians has sent to the directors of 013 high schools a i-lr cular for distribution among the stu dents, In which these are warned against entering the medical profes sion, which is described as being disas trously overcrowded, the number of physlcluns being nearly 30,000, or luoro than double what it was In 1870. The situation Is aggravated by the abolition of the law against quacks and by the Insurance clubs, which hire doctors at starvation wages. Hay Fever Remedy. The use of cocaine in hay fever has now been superseded by a more effec tive remedy, which has also the great advantage of not causing any drug habit. I refer to adrenalin solution, used with a pocket atomizer. —William G. Sutherland, M. 8., Ch. M., In Lon don Mall. RISKS OF FEATHERED TRIBE Iftlrds Liable to a. Many Accidents as Other Creatures. Of all creatures birds are most ex empt from liability to uccldent yet they not infrequently lose their lives in most unexpected ways. Once above trees and buildings they have the whole upper air free of every obstacle und though their Ulght sometimes equuls the speed of a railroad train they have little to fear when well above ground. Collision with other birds seems scarce ly possible, but it sometimes occurs. When a covey of quail are flushed oc casionally two birds will collide, at times meeting with such force that both are stunned. Flycatchers dart ing at the same Insect will now and then come together, but not hard enough to Injure either bird. In the English papers a few years ago a rare accident was recorded—a heron lsnd spiked Itself on one of the pointed Iron arms of a cross surmounting a church steeple. Even the smallest and most woudcrful of all filers, the humming bird, may come to grief in accidental ways, as was recently shown by the case of a tiny bird of the ruby throated vurlety which became entangled in the hooks of a burdock bur and died a pris oner before help could free It Young phicbes sometimes become en tangled lu the horsehairs which are used in the lining of the nest. When they are old enough to fly and attempt to leave they are held prisoners or left dangling from the nest. When mink traps are set In the snow in winter owls frequently fall victims, mice be ing scarce and tho bait tempting. Lighthouses are perhups the cause of more accidents to birds than any other obstacle they encounter on their noc turnal migrations north und south. Many hundreds are found dead at the base of such structures. The sudden glare Is so confusing and blinding as they shoot from Intense darkness Into its circle of radiance that they are completely bewildered and dash head long against the thick panes of gluss. Telegraph wires are another meuace to low flying birds, especially those which, like quail and woodcock, enjoy a whirlwind and attain great speed within a few yards. Such birds have been found cut almost in two by the force with which they struck the wire. The elements frequently catch birds unawares and overpower them. A sudden wind or sturm will drive coast flying birds hundreds of lulles out to I sea, and oceanic birds may be blown as ftr Urtuu). OonioMitfi la Ute Wot 1 No. 35 Indies ore said to eause the deaths of Innumerable birds, as well as other creatures. Small islands are known to hare become completely depopulated of their feathered inhabitants from such a cause. Violent hailstorms, com ing without warning In warm weather, are quite common agents in the de struction of birds, and thousands of English sparrows have been stricken in a city during such a storm. Ruffed grouse hare a habit of bor rowing deep beneath the snow in win ter and letting the storm shut them in. They spend the night in this warm, cozy retreat, their breath making its way out through the loosely packed crystals. But this becomes a fatal trap when a cold rain sets in during the night and an Impenetrable crust cuts off their means of escape.—New York Post The Crater of Hoaat Btu. A writer In Forest and Stream, tell ing of his view of the crater of Mount Etna, says: I threw myself flat upon the ground with my head over the rim and took a look down into what the Sicilians call the mouth of hell. A vast column of steam was shooting up into the heavens. This was so impreg nated with sulphurous fumes that I was obliged to keep several, thicknesses of my shawl over my mouth and nose to prevent strangulation. Occasionally a blast of wind would drive back the steam, allowing me to see far down into this horrid inferno. The crater itself is three miles in circumference. The inner side of the rim was varie gated with colors of red, orange and yellow from the sulphur fumes. A Mil ton or a Dante could not do Justice to the terrific grandeur of the scene. Ac cording to the ancient Greeks and Romans, this is the workshop of Vul can, where he forges hi* thunderbolts for Jove. I could not see the old follow, but the rumbling sound I heard far down in those black depths must hsTO l*en he grumbling at his work. HORSES AND HORSEMEN. Knap McCarthy worked old Palm Leaf, 2:10%, in 2:13% at the Indianapo lis track recently. William Almin of Springfield, 0., has Hazelwood Hal, 2:15, by Hal Dillard, 2:04%, and six others in his stable. P. E. Schooley of Port Dover, Ont. will race the pacer J. B. P., 2:18%, and several green prospects this summer. George McPherson of Montreal is racing the Chamber of Commerce can didate, Angus Pointer, on the Canadian circuit W. F. Harrison Is at the Indianapolis and several head of green horses by Conrad, a son of Electioneer. H. M. Reaves of Athens, Ga., will race Gold Call, 2:11%, and a four-year old green trotter by Grattan on ths great western circuit this summer. E. D. Bedford of Brooklyn recently purchased from Hugh Milam of Read ville, Mass., a yearling colt by Directum Miller, 2:08%, dam Staretta, by Sweep stakes. Dr. Strong, 2:06%, stepped the last half of a work out rfille over the Tole do half mile track in 1:05%. His first start will be in the 2:09 trot at the Co lumbus early meeting. ENGLISH ETCHINGB. The cost of the English navy amounts to $22 a year for every family In Great Britain. A shabbily dressed man wearing a pair of army trousers was arrested and fined in Stratford, England, for "bring ing discredit on his majesty's uniform." In future all vans in London must have a window on each side of the driver, so that he can see what is be side him as well as what is in front of him. Only one person In five uses the tun nel built in London for crossing the street near the Bank of England. The others prefer to take their chances among the horses and vehicles. A new defense was sprung lately in an English criminal trial. It was plead ed on behalf of the defendant that he had once received an electrical shock of 2,000 volts and that it had impaired his mind. Widening London bridge from fifty three feet five Inches to sixty-flvo feet has cost $3.. r ioo a running Inch. But It* roadway, thirty-five feet wide, and Its footwalks of fifteen feet width on ei ther side are worth $500,000 more In Increased facility for It# enormous MuaJo In Japaa. Music In the eyes of the Japanese Is a very Inferior art, the general belief being that the combination of sounds may possibly please women and chil dren, but that a Japanese gentleman could not possibly tolerate them, no mutter under what pretext In fact. It was not very long ago that the profes sion of musician was considered by the Japanese as being an insult to human dignity, and, whereas there have ex isted for centuries popular songs which water carriers and the workers in the rice fields sang In chorus as well as war songs sung by the sailors, the pro fession of musician has been considered unworthy of any man and has been ex clusively left with the women, it being largely for the purpose of clearly char acterizing and accentuating her In feriority that she has been allowed to exercise her aptitudes and tastes la musical compositions.—Public Opinion. CHEEK, PUSH AND CASH. Three Eueallala, Sara a Crnlc, «• Snoceaa In Life. Fighting for cards to entertainments, pushing up by hook and by crook, giv ing dinners and dances (typewritten descriptions of which are given to any journalists who wish for them)—these things nre essentially opposed to "that repose which Btainps the caste of Vera de Vere." These Influences are very wide spread. To "got on" Is the great ob ject of every one, and to get on one must drop as many refinements as pos sible. They "do not pay." This may seem cynical, but It Is unfortunately true. Cheek, push and cash ore the three essentials to success, and If the last be lucking the two former are nec essary for its getting. This is all false, unworthy. It Is only the veneer of u butterfly class. The aristocracy is one with the upper middle classes In Its rejection of theso Influences. Reflnemeut Is not dead among us, but It is overshadowed. Bano and serious people are sickened by the frothy life thut goes on about them. If it really brought enjoyment to Its devotee It would be justified, but thut it does not Is amply evidenced by the discontented, artificial faces un der the horribly pretty huts above the vulgarly eluborute dresses. Better things will come, better things exist now beneath this false surface, but the man who beats the drum can drowu the strains of the violin. Just now the drum Is very loud. Let us lower our voices and wait—London Outlook. t *" -* -v' >
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