VOL. XXXXI. j KECK j g Merchant Tailor. Fall and Winter Suitings ( * JUST ARRIVED. ( ) KECK Grand Fall Millinery Opening Thursday, Sept. 29, Friday, Sept. 30 and Saturday, Oct. 1. THE MODERN STORE- We cordially invite you to this, our greatest and best Millinery Open ing on above dates. We claim to have the best Millinery Department ia Bntler, and to give yon the best valne for vour money. Onr display will consist of the newest French and New York creations, as well as (j some handsome models from onr own workrooms. We call yonr epeciat ■ attention to the individuality, style and perfection of onr Millinery and I this will explain why it is so popular. g An Integrating Exhibit of New Dress Goods, Silks. Waistings Cloths, Skirts, Etc. h DON'T FAIL TO COME. | EISLER-MARDORF COT PAN Y, | SOUTH KADI STRUT 1 f%f%4 J CL. I Send in Your Mail Orders, | ***** X&X&XXWX* .***** I Special. | We bought a case of new Fall Suitings way under price. * They are 36 inches wide and all cotton but the styles are exact copies of high priced wool suitings and they look like flg wool. Handsome and serviceable poods made to retail at 20c. We think them a great bargain at 110 a yd. K Heavier Underwear f: Is Needed Now. 3 We are ready with some extra values in medium and Uk heavy weight underwear for fall and winter. Ladies' medium weight vests 25c. W Ladies' fleeced vests and drawers 25c and 50c\ r\ Ladies' wool vest and drawers SI.OO and $1.35. a* Ladies' union suits 50c, SI.OO, $1 25 and np. U Men's shirts and drawers 50c and SI.OO. K Children's underwear —all styles at low prices. Qk BLANKETS. | It's abont time for blankets. Buy now and get the ad- vantage of the large assortments and special low prices to (m early Buyers. u| Cotton Blankets 65c, 75c, SI.OO and up. OT Wool Blankets $3.00, $4 00, $5.00 and up. f L. Stein & Son, § 108 N MAIN STREET. BUTLER. PA § frfltasap spaas ncflgflcaeflgacac w** BICKELS 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. U L QlinttO Showing all the latest styles In men S onoes Men's fine shoes, all leathers, S2.CO 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 good 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. 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 lot ofj|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 Mam St., Butler. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Drying preparations simply devel op dry catarrh; they dry np the secretions, which adhere to the membrano and decom pose, causing a far more serious trouble than the ordinary form of catarrh. Avoid all drv ing inhalaiits, fumes, smokes and snuffs and use that which cleanses, soothes aud 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 JO cents. All druggists sell the 50c. size. Ely Brothers 56 Warren St., N.Y. The Balin euros without pain, does not i 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 aro armed against Kasul Catarrh and Hay Fever. Prescriptions! For prompt and careful service, pure drugs and right price have your prescriptions filled here. Mail orders receive prompt attention. The Crystal Pharmacy R. M. LOGAN, Ph. G., StCCKSSOIt TO Johnston's Crystal Pharmacy, BOTH PHONES. 106 N. Main St., Butler, Pa. f: MINTI 20 KINDS jjt # BUT ALL & !|SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Co'sj| f *•£•!•# A PAINT ###& # FOR H? 4? EVERY ffe # PURPOSE & II Redick & Grohman II «? if ? 109 N. Main St., |j SUTLER PA. Jj PIANOS AT YOUR PRICE. W. R. Newton, The Piano Man, 317 S. riain Street. 1 £!75 at <1275 Cash. 1 1375 at *250 Cash, i SB4O at $245 Cfcsh. Re-posessed and yon get the benefit of what the other fellow paid. You wonld not know it if I didn't tell you. They look as (food as new. Other pianos from SSO upwards. Everything in music. Call and see. You know in the Muaic Store your credit is good. Do You Buy Medicines? Certainly You Do, Then you want the best for the least money. That is our motto. Comu and see us when In need of anything in the Drug Line and we are sure you will call again. We carry a full line of Drugs, Chemicals Toilet Articles, etc. Purvis' Pharmacy S. G. PURVIS, PH. G Both Phones. 213 S Main St. Butler Pa. Pearson B. Nace's Livery Feed and Sale Stable Rear of Wick House Butler ?enn'a The best of horses an<l tlr.t class rigs »l wuvs on hand and for hire. Best accommodations In town for perma nent boarding and transient kra.le. Sped al care guaranteed. Stable Room For 65 Horses A good c ass of horses, both drivers aad raft horses always on hand and for sale u»~der 4 full guarantee; and horses bough pod proper notification by PEARSON B. NACE. TVivunone No. SI . Watches Cured of all their ills. Our treatment is ■ quick, sure, cheap. Ralston & Smith 110 West Jefferson St. Don't Know That? That Stern's Creamery and Milk depot at the rear of 417 South Main street is.in operation? WELL, IT IS! And if you want good Milk, Cream. Creamery Butter or Butter milk, call and see us or watch for onr wagon. People's Phone 435 Bell Phone 2(53. ASK YOUIt GKOCER for Steen's Boiled Cider in quart jars We guarantee jur products pure and fr e front any adulteration. J. H. STEEN'S CREAMERY. BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY,"SEPTEMBER 29, 1904. icsse«e*aa»c« = r——r ■? r: or :r a I FEATHERING I TIiE NEST : By LWELLEN TETER.S J ; : t ■>! /right, 1 i. t>ii LutU it Titers • o _ • (ssieiostumttemototto "You see," Young went on confiden tially, "Tom's income is very small, but when two people fall in love what else can they do but marry? He work* from 8 to »! every day and can't attend to feathering the nest himself, and sho lives way up in the country. lie wants n:e to sele. t a four room flat and get ell the furniture. Would you help me? I'd be so grateful." She glanced away from the eagerness of his face. The open piano reminded her of the pupils coming for lessons in the morning. Some stockings stuffed tightly in her workbasket near by warned her of necessary darning. There was a hat to trim over so she could go to church on Sunday. Count loss other petty duties arrayed them selves silently before her in stubborn protest. It had required a veritable pocketing of pride for her to apprise Goring of her arrival in town, because of his for getfulness of her In the tlmo following their last meeting. Had he not been the only one she knew in the big, throb bing city doubtless the dainty little missive would never have been sent. But fate pends on trivialities, and May Carlton feared solitude more than she feared the past. A distasteful suitor was wooing her with ail of the gilded persuasiveness of his wealth, championed by lier aunt. But Goring did not know of this. He knew only that May Carlton was temporarily domiciled at a chilly, stuffy boarding house which breathed of frying meats at no matter what hour lie called and that there was wistful pleading in'lier tsy*zn. "We will go to lunch first," Goring put in insinuatingly; "that is, if you will?" "Thank you, but I am afraid I can not possibly go until afternoon," she said firmly, with inward sacrifices. The hat could go until next week; surely there were greater sins than not at tending church. It was much easier selecting a Cat than the furniture, as they discovered after weary pilgrimages through de partment stores trying to perform that miracle commonly known as buying what one wants at the price one can afford, for the flat, provided over by a smoky, generously whiskered janitor, who insisted on taking them for his prospective tenants and asking them at disconcerting intervals the size of their family, was decided on almost at first glance merely because Miss Carlton liked the parlor mantel and Goring admired the size of the ice box. But each time she returned from the Cheerful little home that they were so engrossed In preparing for the bride and groom it was to sink aghast at the loneliness of her own life as she climbed up the three Interminable flights of stairs to her room. Her few scholars barely sufficed to meet the exactions of her landlady. The thought of the little llat uptown mocked her with Its insinuating air of home and domesticity. The instinct was strong within her for a nest of her own. It was only because of the inherent fond ness for the home, as the bird builds its nest and feathers it tenderly for its mate, that she had been interested lu the labor. When Goring called for her that aft ernoon to complete tho final arrange ments In the little home, there "was no trace of the grief she had endured the previous evening. As he was an nounced she was even beginning a let ter to her distasteful suitor, and she thrust it into her pocket in her haste to accompany Goring. "Do you think they'll like it?" she asked anxiously. "Like it? They'll be crazy over it! Wouldn't you?" "Yes, I would like it." She stifled a sigh that echoed in her heart. She had been about to sign her name to that bit of paper which ■yvould mean for her a splendid man sion, horses and all the accessories of affluence, but her heart yearned for the tiny nest in which she stood and the one man to share It with her. Something suffocating arose in her throat. -I'm sorry it's finished," Goring broke in. "I had no idea it was so interesting. Tom left three days ago for the wedding; they ought to be here tomorrow. I suppose they won't have a house warming." May Carlton looked at him impul sively; tomorrow was her last day. In town; she had resolved to beal her fate and go back to that other man. afraid to pit her puny strength longer against the world. She longed for one more taste of happiness, reluctant to take the decisive step. "Why couldn't we arrange it as a Hurpil-cV" she crifnj eagerly. "It will be awfully cheerless for a bride, com ing to a dark house without one light tp greet her. Oh, please!" Goring glanced Into her flushed, wist ful face, thinking of that summer time piist and the man who minor said had robbed him of her love. "Well, we will. I'll see a caterer"— "A caterer? When I can bake th'e most poetical biscuit and make am brosia from mere coffee. Oh, what do we want of any ignorant, expert food maker?" she cried. "In your hands then," he bowed In mock gravity. Sundry mysterious parcels dispatched by Goring kept arriving all afternoon after May reached the flat, each breath ing its own delectable secret. She (Jonned a huge white apron and began tier preparations early, ror fTorlng had telephoned her that ho thought the conple would arrive at 0 and he would drive up with them. But he stepped in alone, unan nounced, for he had retained one of tlio keys, and entered an atmosphere of delicious, savory odors. A bright light radiated from the kitchen, and he stood silently in the doorway, unseen by her, admiring her as she stooped to baste the golden brown fowl in the oven. Goring said nothing. There was a telegram In his pocket, and he hesi tated to mar her pleasure all at once. "Oh!'' She nervously dropped her cooking spoon as he crossed the thresh old. "It's better than an Almu-Tudeina," he commented, drinking In the home like suggestions. "I hope they'll be happy." She gave the fowl an undeserved prick with the fork, fluttering at something Indefina ble In his manner. "Would—you be —here?" he asked un steadily and with abruptness. A piercing whistle at the dumb v.'it er interfered with her reply. It was the i'-e cream coming up with couvuis ivo movements and noisy creek'-i sent by an overpnncttiiil eonfC' ;i >ner. Metaphorically t;»»ri::g received it :is a cold douche to his hopes. o "Isn't It almost time for them?" she • ; Inquired anxiously, regretting the lost o i opportunity which hail rudely inter • ! rupteil the hovering sentiment. "1 • thought you were going to meet J j them?" • i Slowly he took the telegram out of J hi.: pocket, extending it toward her. • "What is it? Nothing serious I hope!" J she cried in alarm. • "No! Only Tom has been orilerr 1 ° by his firm to manage a bra nr.! house. It means the making of 1-l.s future. They're not coming here, after '0 a "' m I "Oh, and the turkey so beautiful." t0 i She sank weakly in a chair, tears fil!- 10 ing her eyes. "I'm so sorry"— ta ! Goring crossed the room and placed et i his ann around her. ,•) | "Look here, you're not crying:" he | said, peering into her face. "There. 53 ' there! It Is a shame. I admit. But you and I can enjoy that dinner just i n J as much as they." 1 "Yes, but what about the flat? Will ,y they sell everything? And we fixed g ! it up so pretty"— 10 ; She was sobbing quietly now. t _ ! "Can't—can't —we pretend that it's Q . j our home for always?" he asked soft •n w'ith a tremendous beating of his ' heart. "And—and can't you—make it ip come true, dear? I love you—you 3 f must lmve known that: but I heard r . you cared for some one else. Tell me. IJ£ May"— >n She tried to steal her handkerchief L,. from the bloused front of her shirt ] e waist, but something white and dimin t. i utive and square tumbled out with it. ,j ; It was her answer to that other man, ■ e In which she had so nearly signed al away her happiness. Sle- took out i B ' the letter, forcing him to read it, and taking Infinite relish in his visible ly ; of his love stared at h'm uncompro ly misingly. It was as he had feared; he ig was too late. t<j The cheer and coziness of the toy l( i house taunted him. He turned away »r from it a:id away from the woman he loved. ,ij j "Well?" said Miss Cgriton sharply, ,u compelling his attention. Her lips were quivering, her eyes mutinous at n . his easy defeat. )e "You've ruined my life—for the see ie ond time." he said, unsmiling, ly She grasped the letter from his t- hand and tore it Into innumerable tiny pieces which scattered over the tloor : ,t like snow. "That's my answer," and her voice e . trembled happily, at lg How the Athlete Earapeii Falln. in The circus man spread his hands. >y "You see, we have no use for a man ,r, who endangers his life. What we want ia is a man who can do acts that appear m appallingly dangerous, but can do them 3f without any risk to himself. That is st what all these men can do and are 3g paid for doing—that and nothing id more." e- An English bareback rider under took to explain: "It Is all done with the jhou|dcrs," ;q he said. "Tho shoulders are the cen le ter of gravity iu the air. It Is with the muscles of the chest that the lift 1C and turn are both made. For ex le ample, in a back somersault you do w not throw yourself over with the kick ie from the ground. You merely leap in to the air, and then, with the muscles Jr iit the stomach and chest, whip your IC ] legs tip over you, revolve around your lf r shoulders and come down on your feet. 11 That Is the reason why all circus per j. formers are widest under the arms aud smallest around the waist. They ts are built like greyhounds."—Success, in Tlie LaNt Note. A prominent musician recently told e . a little anecdote which will be appre io ciated by musicians and perhaps by !e laymen as well. 3 . H<" was teaching his young son the t- piano keyboard by the Inductive sys ie teni, and the boy, having learned all 0 the notes, both white an.l black, the tencher began to review the lesson by te asking, "And now, Henry, show me A flat." t! Henry goon figured it out. Thu uuit question was, "Where is G <1 sharp?" That also proved easy. ;r After asking the boy several more h questions about sharps, and flats, i- the teacher said, "Where do you think if Wo shaj! find (' flat?" >r Henry looked at the keyboard long d and curiously; he put his finger on C, r. and next on B, then he got down elor.e ■r to the piano and after examining it carefully replied, "I don't know, pap.i, g but I guess it's gone down that crack 10 between B and C." ° Tho Queer Frenki of an lCiiMrllih e Poet and Clergyman. • Kobert Steven Hawker, poet aud vicar of Norwenstow, England, was an eccentric person. In his younger days >'■ lie used to daub the village physician's ' r horse with stripes of paint uutil the animal looked like a zebra and then >r summon the physician hastily to an e urgent case miles away In the country. ° Two elderly women whom he disliked he is said to have driven out of the 11 town by sending all the undertakers iu " 'Plymouth to measure them for their coffins. His marriage, too, was out of the or dinary. It happened while he was at 1 Oxford. Ills father told him that he 0 could not afford to keep him there any d longer. Hawker at once set out to the home of his godmother, Miss Charlotte l'Ans, twenty-one years his senior und the possessor of an annuity of SI,OOO. He Is said to have "run from Stratton 0 to Bude, arriving hot and blown," and «1 proposed to her. She accepted him. He returned to Oxford a married man n and won a fellowship. The marriage was a happy one. d When his wife died Hawker wore at n her funeral a pink hat without a brim, i- But this was iu no disrespect to her e memory. It so happened that it was n his usual headgear at that time, d ? . INDIA INK. d The Way the Kind I'aed In Chinn 1- and Japan la Made. India ink, much used iu China and 'f Japan for writing with small brushes 't on soft paper and made extensively in '1 China since 250 B. C., consists of a y mixture of carbon and gum, with the 0 addition of a little musk or Borneo e camphor to give it the characteristic s odor. The preparation of this simple '• Ink Is by no means easy, for If tho ma terials are not of the Lest quality and 'r If the carbon Is not as finely divided as possible an inferior Ink will be the result. After the carbon and gum have been mixed llie product has to be'slow -- ly and carefully dried. The high polish is said to be produced with tree wax. e Europeans have produced ink 0411 a! e if not superior to the genuine Chinese '■ article. The reason why the manufac ture has remained chiefly In eastern 1 hands Is an interesting one. The busi ness instinct of the European maker t- prompts him to seize any opportunity •t of substituting cheaper raw materials and so lowering tho quality of his Ink, while the tendency of the Chinaman is to work 011 in the same groove, and iu a this case his hidebound conservatism la profitable.—London Mail. I THE ; 5 INTERRUPTED : : FLIGHT b,S L 5 TINSLEY ; o • • Cnpurli/ht, i:ou, ly S. L. Tindey • • o "Tomorrow then at the latest, but It would be worth a thousand dollars more to you if you could leave on the midnight train." Mr. Fact are took up the roll of papers and started toward the door. "If you change your mind so that you can manage to leave tonight, why, call me up. will you?" Mr. Franklin Thlckerton, who was opening and closing the drawers of his desk, turned around hastily. "Yes. yes, I'll see, my boy. I'll see!" Fierce Factore nodded bis head, and was about to leave the room when Mr. Thlckerton whirled around sud denly in his chair, with an expression of dismay upon his thin, smooth face. "Eloise! What will I do with Eloise?" Fierce Factore uttered an exclama tion of Impatience. "Marry her to some one!" exclaimed Factore in exasperation, hardly know ing what he was saying. To his amazement Mr. Thlckerton seized upon his idea with delight. "By George, the very thing! Glad you thought of it. I'll attend to it at once. Perhaps, after all, I'll be able >o leave on the midnight express." Thou, whirling his chair around, Mr. Thickerton applied himself to work. Having finished his letters. Mr. Thickerton hurriedly rang the bell and then Impatiently awaited the arrival of his daughter, Eloise. Eloise Thick erton was a tall, slim girl, with a pale face, gray eyes aud short, curly, light brown hair. When she entered the room in answer to her father's summons, tint looked about her with a frightened expression. A summons from papa meant something extra. Mr, Thickerton was always too busy to say more than good morning or good night to his daughter. When Eloise had closed the door, her father began speaking. "My dear, I must leave at once for Russia on business. I may be gone mouths, and I may be gone years." Eloise grasped her father's arm in surprise. "Papa!" she exclaimed. "Yes, I must go at once. This deal means much money for me. There fore I have sent for you to tell you that you are to be married at once— this evening by 8 o'clock at the lat est. That is nil, my dear. You run away. I am busy, very busy!" Poor Eloise! The room swain before her eyes. She sank Into a chair, be cause she could not trust herself to stand. "Papa, dear—dear papa, what do you mean?" Her voice was BO pitiful that even her busy father found time to turn around and look at her. "There, there, my dear, don't #ret; it will soon all be over." Eloiso shuddered. 'Tapa, dear, you don't mean it, do you? You're just teasing me, aren't you?" She plaspod her hands. lie did not look at her, but shook hi? and drummed nervously upon the desk. "There, there, my dear, run away now and don't bother me. I am very busy. But remember, be ready \>y 8." Eloise walked sadly toward the door. Then she hesitated and looked back timidly at her father. "Whom am I going to marry, papa?" Franklin Thickerton did not under stand his daughter's question, and he was too busy to ask her to repeat it. So he answered absently, "Never mind, my dear, never wind." Eloise silently left the room. One hour later Franklin Thlckerton was sitting in Judge Wilton's office. The judge listened while Mr, Thicker ton talked. The conversation con cerned Judge Walton's son. "You have always favored a mar riage between Eloise aud Harry. As I start for Russia tonight and have no one with whom 1 could leave my daughter, why uot let us have the mar riage performed this eveulng? What do you say?" The lawyer looked at the Judge. "What does Eloise say?" replied the judge. "She will do what I say." "Very well, Ilarry shall be on hand nt 8 o'clock tonight." The two men shook hands, ami Law yer Thickerton hurried away to make the final arrangements for his Journey. At a quarter before 8 o'clock the Thickerton household was in a state of excitement. Eloise was missing. The housekeeper was weeping In the sitting room. The lawyer had locked himself In the library. The servants were hud iled together whispering in the kitchen Eloise had left the house an hour before, and her father had expected her to ratum lu a few moments. She had not returned, and the housekeeper had found a note In her room ad dressed to Mr. Thlckerton. This note Informed the lawyer that his daughter would not be married that night. She had gone away and would never again trouble her father's business arrangements. She expressed the hope that he would be successful With his ltusslau business transaction, fUien she bade him goodby. When Eloise's father liitd read ttilß note he seated himself before his desk and for fully ten minutes opened and closed the drawers in rapid succession. He seemed to be searching for some thing—perhaps Eloise. At this mo ment the door swung open, and Judge Wilton hurriwl into the room, his face pale, his hands working with excite ment. "Thickerton," he cried when lie had Jaiiiod confrol of his vf»;ce. "thy sdti lias gone!" Franklin Thlckerton looked at the though he had never before seen him. "So has my daughter!" • •*•••• Eloise Thickerton looked around the waiting room of the depot, a frightened expression in her large gray eyes. She held her mult tightly In both hands and watched the people coming from and going to the ticket windows. Eloise had not fully made up her mind Just where she wanted to go. When Ilarry Wilton, carrying his satchel, came into the waiting room, the first person lie saw was Eloise Thlckerton. The .voting man looked at her in amazement, then he slowly drew out his watch; it was 8 o'clock. Of cottrdo she must be looking for himself. Poor girl, the idea of being deserted was intolerable to her. Walk ing quickly across to Eloise's side, Ilarry touched her lightly upon the arm. The girl gave a little startled cry. "Oh, Mr. Wilton, I'm to n, m>us. t I—l reyllj am so glad t-> PI ■; you. 1 I want you to buy me a ticket, will ' you'.-" Harry wus bewildered. 1 1 "Going away, did you say? Why, I understand that you—you—were to be , married this evening. Why doesn't your—your husband buy the ticket?" Eloise flushed scarlet. She turned her face away aud looked across the room, then out into the train shed, where bells were ringing, smoke puffing and whistles screaming. Mr. Wilton was waiting for her answer. When she again turned her face toward him, Harry saw that her eyes were filled with tears. "I couldn't do it." she whispered. "I couldn't marry that horrid little Mr. Glade. Perhaps he is nice. Perhaps papa meant well, but he's old and. well —I hated him. So I just determined to run away." Young Wilton was staring at the girl in silent amazement. "Why," he stammered, "why, when did your fa ther change his mind? When did he tell you that you must marry that man, that Mr. Glade?" "Papa never told me whom I was to marry. lie said 'never mind' when I tried to question him, but I know that it was to be Mr. Glade. I know because he always looks at mc so funny, and then he was invited to breakfast, and to lunch, and to dinner today. Anyway, who else could it possibly be? No one else would mar ry just poor, plain me!*' For a moment Harry Wilton was si lent: then, drawing a step nearer, he looked down into his companion's face. "Mr. Glade was not to be your hus band. I was to be the man." "You?" "Yes, but when the time came I couldn't do It. 1 felt that 1 was being forced upon you, and—well, I just de cided to leave you iu peace aud go away!" "Yon?" Eloise repeated. "Why, I nev er thought that you cared about me!" "Yes, I cared so much that I could not bear to hurt you. I supposed, of course, your father told you." "No." Eloise fingered her boa nerv ©us»ly. "No; if he had perhaps I might have"— "Yes." Harry drew closer to the girl's side. Her cheeks were flushed and she dared not raise her eyes to the young man's face, fur she knew that he was looking at her. When she again spoke her voice trembled. "What are we—that is—l mean, what are you"— Hut Eloise did uot finish her speech. Ilor voice suddenly failed and she hid her face in her muff. Nevertheless Harry Wilton under stood her meaning. A moment later and he had settled her future. "I am going tQ bo married tonight." Eluise lifted her face. "Are you?" ■he whispered. "Who to?" "You!" "Me?" "Yes." And together they walked to ward the ticket window. A Bet With a Stlnf. "I had a friend," said a congressman to a group of listeners, "who was a cot ton planter near New Orleans. One evening he boarded a Mississippi river steamboat bound north. Becoming lonesome, my friend began looking far a little game of draw. He was not long in finding it and aat In. He lost from tho start, and as the game pro gressed the stakes kept getting higher. "About 4 o'clock in the morning my friend began to realize that his chances of getting even with that game were slim, when just then the steamboat whistle blew loud aud long. The plant er pushed his chair back from the ta ble and said: " 'Gentlemen, I have played In this byar game all night. I have lost and have nothing to say on that account, but I'll bet $ 100 that I can holler louder than the whistle on this boat.' "The stakes were put up and one of the gamblers hastened to the engineer and bribed him to put on all the steam possible. The party repaired to the deck. The whistle was blown. The planter yelled, but his voice was not beard. " 'Gentlemen,' said the victim of the poker sharks, 'in this hyar yellin' con test I lost my money fa'r aud squar", but I had a better chance to win than I had In that pokah game I sat in all night.' "—New Orleans Times-Demo crat. Not to Her Taste. "Do you care much for Lamb?" asked Mrs. OUlcastle aB she took a sent In the sumptuous library and picked up a fine edition of the "Last Essays of Elia." "No," replied her hostess; "to tell the truth, I don't. Josiah does, but give m« a good beefsteak any time."—Chi enifo Itecord-Herald. HABITS OF THE ANT. The Stepping;, the Wuklu* und the Toilet BeJore Work. During sleep the ant's body Is quite ■till. Occasionally may be noted a reg ular lifting up aud setting down of the fore feet, one Vug after another, with nlmost rhythmic motion. The antennae also have a gentle, qui*r?ring, appar ently involuntary movement, almost like breathing. The soundness of slum ber was frequently proved by applying the feather end of a quill. The feather tip is lightly drawn along the back, stroklug "with the fur." There Is no motion. Again and again this action Is repeated, the stroke being made grad ually heavier. Still there Is no change. The strokes are directed upon the head, with the same result. Then the feath er is applied to the neck with a waving motion inteuded to tickle it. The ant remains motionless. Finally the sleep er Is aroused by a sharp touch of the quill. She stretches out her head, then her legs, which she shakes also; steps nearer to the light, yawns and begins to comb her antennae and brush her head and mouth. Then she clambers over her sleeping comrades, dives into an open gangway and soon has said "Good morning" to another tour of duty. Be It well noted, however, that she has gone to work, as she and nil her fellows always do, not only rested, but with her person perfectly clean!— H. C. McC'ook lu Harper's Magazine. Good Luck For Turtles nt Leant. The Chinese have a peculiar custom with regard to turtles, which they con sider as very good joss. Almost any day one can see these creatures, some of them of huge size, being carried on board the river steamers, not to be taken to Canton for culinary purposes, but to be dumped Into the sen and re stored to liberty and freedom. Good luck Is thought to follow.—Hongkong Press. I'sfleiN. "No, sir: I never borrow trouble." "Neither do I, so why should I sit here listening to your argument about the wickedness of docking horses? I don't own a horse, aud I never expect to."—Chicago Itecord-Ilerald. CoiiNfloua \ Irlue. Senator Bloweti (proudly)—No, sir; no one has ever attempted to bribe me. Senator Ketchem—Never mind. Some day, when It's a close vote, you'll get your chance.—Chicago Journal. THE HALL OF FAME. General Lord Chelmsford, now sev enty-seven, entered the British army sixty years ago. I>r. John Floto, who died at Oakland, Cal., recently, saw Napoleon during the march to Moscow. Joseph Arch, famous labor member rf the English parliament. Is seventy eight years of age and will retire. Dr. Ileinrich Ries, professor of eco nomic geology In Cornell university, will spend the summer studying the clays of Wisconsin. Edward Aughlnbaugh, first prisoner taken by John Brown's men in the fa mous raid of 1859, has been in the drug business in Indianapolis nearly forty years. It Is rumored that Bourke Cockran will not remain a widower much longer. His name Is being coupled with that of Mrs. Adolf Ladenburg, a hand some and wealthy New York widow. The crown princess of Denmark Is the richest and tallest woman of her rank in Europe. She is six feet tall and Inherited $15,000,000 from her maternal grandmother, as well as the bulk of her father's fortune. The Marquis of Bute, a descendant of King Robert the Bruce, is an expert performer on the bagpipes. lie has ten titles In addition to that of marquis, being thrice an earl, thrice a viscount and four times a baron. The remains of Colonel It. J. Hlnton, one of Ossawatomie John Brown's close friends and commander of the first col ored regiment raised during the civil war. have arrived at Washington from London and been interred at Arlington. Michael Davltt married an American lady who was born in Michigan and reared in California. They live in a beautiful suburb of Dublin known as Dalkey. Almost every year they visit America, where they have hosts of friends. SHORT STORIES. Greenland has about 12,000 Inhab itants. The largest two villages have only 352 and 333 inhabitants. The Thomas A. Hendricks library at Hanover, Ind., the gift of the states man's widow, was dedicated recently. William Lloyd Garrison's old home, Rockledge, In Roxbury, Mass., Is to be used by St Monica's home as a refuge for sick and infirm colored womeu and children. The town of Eliot, N. H., has a check list which for names Is a curiosity. Out of 425 names there are 20 Spinneys, 24 Staples and 16 each of the Coles and Goodwins. A perfume which the wife of a Chi cago millionaire has had distilled from a species of water lily is said to be worth $123 a drop. It takes thousands of blossoms to fill a small vial with the essence. Columbia county. Wash., Is one of the greatest barley producing sections of the northwest. No rainfall is had from June until after harvest, and the grain is ripened and harvested without moisture. The process of making carbon paper and typewriter ribbon has never been patented and Is known to scarcely two dozen people in the world. It is a trade secret which has been handed down from father to son for about a cen tury. FACTS FROM FRANCE. A society has been founded In Paris for the prehistoric study of France. Fifty years' Imprisonment was the sentence recently given a seventeen year-old Lyons footpad. In Marseilles the law does not per mit buildings exceeding eighty-one feet three Inches In height. The Paris courts have decided that a doctor who makes use of clairvoy ants to diagnose and prescribe for the maladies of his patients is guilt}- of Illegal practice. From a report published by the French minister of finance It appears that the Increase of music halls In Paris Is seriously threatening the ex istence of many theaters. Having wagered S4O that he would steal five medals from a policeman's chest, a young man In Paris secured two, but was caught at the third at tempt and will be prosecuted. The temperance congress recently held In I'aris has shown that the tem perance cause is making great progress throughout France. The consumption of alcohol is at a standstill. It has ceased to Increase, though there Is still no perceptible decrease. EDITORIAL FLINGS. Dowle is one of the few men who have been able to achieve International unpopularity.—Baltimore Sun. Marrying a foreign duke may be something of a triumph, but think of the social rupture of being able to di vorce one!— Detroit Tribune. The Wisconsin man who wants to mend the crack In the Liberty bell should also tile an offer to put arms on the Venus de Mllo.—Kansas City Jour nal. Some Americans In Tarls gave a "roulette Bolree" and a "poker dinner." The "smart set" at Newport appears to have overlooked something.—Wash ington Star. The scientists engaged In seeking tneans to destroy the mosquito cannot pretend that religious prejudice fur nishes any of the obstacles in the way of their success. Butte Inter-Moun tain. I AMERICAN NAMES. Bobert Louis Stevenson Was Ira presscd by Their Beauty. Robert Louis Stevenson spoke In his own attractive way of the nomen clature of the states, towns and rivers of our land thus: "And when I asked the name of a river from the brake man and heard it was called the Sus quehanna the beauty of the namo seemed to be part and parcel of the beauty of the land. As when Adam with divine fitness named the crea tures, so the word Susquehanna was at ouce accepted by the fancy. That WHS the name, as no other could be, for that shining river and desiruble valley. "None can care for literature in It self who does not tuke u special pleas ure in the sound of names, and there is no part of the world where nomen clature is so rich, poetic, humorous and picturesque as the United States of Amerlcu. All times, races and lan guages have brought their contribu tion. Pekin Is in the same state with Euclid, with Bellefontalne and Sandusky; Chelsea with its London association of red brick, Sloun square, anil the King's Road is own suburb to i ■VfiiilJ IB* MSBfWI- No. 37 "The names of the states and terri tories themselves form a chorus of sweet and most romantic vocables- Delaware. Ohio. Indiana, Florida, lowa, Wyoming. Minnesota and the C'arollnas; there are few poems with a nobler music for the ear; a songful, ' tuneful land, and if the new Homer arise from the western continent his verse will be enriched, bis pages ring spontaneously, with the names of states and cities that would strike the fancy in a business circular."—Savan nah News. A GRAND OLD SAVAGE. Fen Picture of Panl Krn*er as Pres ident of the Bokra. Poultney Bigelow. writing before the ; Boer war, gave a very interesting im pression of ex-President Kruger. "The president of the South African Repub lic," he wrote. "Is indeed a grand old Savage from one point of view and a noble statesman from another. He is theoretically the first citizen of the most democratic community, yet in practice he surrounds himself with a tawdry splendor that would shock many a crowned head of Europe. When I first had the honor of meeting this anachronistic phenomenon he was drinking coffee and throwing out a cloud of strong tobacco smoke, but a ■till stronger volume of violent lan guage, emphasised by the thumping of his massive fist upon the table. The room in which he received was crowd ed with long haired, full bearded and stolid featured fellow burghers, who reminded me partly of Russian priests, partly of Californian miners and partly of certain alleged portraits ef the apos tles. I feared that I had nnwittlngly Interrupted a cabinet meeting, but lat er it turned out that this was Mr. Kro ner's usual 'at home.' When the presi dent is not at his office he delights in nothing so much as entertaining his countrymen with coffee, tobacco and political proverbs. He harangues his visitors with the voice of a bull in dis tress, and they like It He governs by personal contact and spoken parables, and it is his boast that be knows per sonally every citizen of his republic." An Old Time Rip Tan Winkle. The learned John Stow, known as the "London Antiquary," records the following: "April 27, 1546, was Tues day in Easter week, and on that day William Foxley, potmaker of the mint fell asleep, and he continued sleeping, and he could not be wakened with pinching, cramping or burning what soever until the first day of term, which was fourteen days and fifteen nights after his sleep began. The causes of this extraordinary sleep could not be known, although the same were diligently searched to r after by the king's jihysician and many other learned men. He lived for forty years after he recovered." Not to Be Wasted. Mr. Bascomb was as firm about poll tics as about everything else. He made a boast that nobody could change his views when once they were formed, and it was true. "But, father, suppose they don't even suggest having Liph Godding for rep resentative?" pleaded Mr. Bascomb's ron after a painful half hour of argu ment. "I don't believe anybody but you has thought of him." "If they don't have Liph Godding for representative," said Mr. Baacomb ealmly, "I shall winter my vote, that's *ll."—Youth's Companion. Domestic Economy. Mr. Younghubbe— Don't you think, Iny dear, that you are cooking twice as tnuch as we shall need? Mrs. Young hubbe (artlessly)—l am doing it on purpose, darling. Tomorrow I want to try some of those "Hints For House keepers—How to Make Dainty Dishes From What Was Left Over From Yes terday." Then Chaos. "Why, Mary," said her mistress, "I told you to make up my room an hour ago, and here it is in terrible disor der." "Yis, mum, and I did," said Mary, "but the master came in to put on a cleau collar, mum, and be lost the ptud." The Impossible, "They say that laughter is good for Indigestion." "Maybe, but how In thHnder Is a fel low going to laugh when he has Indi gestion?'*— Detroit Free I*ress. The nearest thing to a vacuum is a letter written merely for the purpose of keeping up a correspondence. Gettlnar Even. Barber—Does that razor pull, sir? Customer—Yes, but go ahead. I've been pretty hard pushed lately, and tbls'll even up things a little.—New Yorker. THE PAPER. When pa picks up the paper He reads the war news through; He looks up things in politics And skims the trade review. But ma has different methods- She reads the weather guess: She lingers o'er the marriages And articles on dress. When pa picks up the paper, He reads It bit by bit. And when at last he puts it down He's really through with it. But ma has different methods — She'll read some here and there And drop the paper. After while She starts again somewhere. When pa picks up the paper He reads of baseball folks, , But ma goes through the births and deaths. And puzzles o'er the Jokes. Bhe reads tho editorials— And tries to grasp them, too— Of course she reads the social page, As all good women do. The paper keeps |>a posted On subjects of the day; The paper keeps ma. posted, too. In her erratic way. The shoot must be progressive To satisfy my dad, But ma is Quite contented If Bhe finds a bargain ad. —Cleveland Leader. Sarcasm. •Td like o necktie about the color of your pretty eyes, don't ye know." "I'm sorry, but we're till out of boys* sizes."— New York Evening Journal.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers