VOL. XXXXI.
j KECK
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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 §
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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
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KINDS jjt
# BUT ALL &
!|SHERWIN-WILLIAMS Co'sj|
f *•£•!•# A PAINT ###&
# FOR H?
4? EVERY ffe
# PURPOSE &
II Redick & Grohman II
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? 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
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(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 ;
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• Cnpurli/ht, i:ou, ly S. L. Tindey •
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"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.