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
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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. #
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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.
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