VOL. XXXXI. r%^ir [i Stock Nearly Complete H Ljj The targes*, Best and Cheapest Line of rd | Furniture and Carpets | I We have Ever Shown You. yi r Carpets and Rugs—all kinds —at lowest prices. h} Bed Room Suits from $25.00 to $150.00. 7M w. Combination and Library Cases $7.00 to $40.00. k 1 k Music Cabinets and Writing Desks —any finish — 7A T $8 to S3O. I a Couches —velour or leather —steel construction — t ( sl3 to S6O. % \ Parlor Suits —Davenports and odd pieces—from 7A ¥ { $5 to SBS. \ Buffets —Sideboards —latest designs—from $lB f, to SBS. . kl k Chiffoniers and Odd Dressers —oak, mahogany f J f. and bird's eye maple—s7.oo and up. kl k Special line of Mirrors and Pictures at very low Fj f. prices. L] L * One hundred different patterns in Rockers of all kinds—at prices you cannot dispute. k * We are showing a large line of Round and Square r A Extension Tables —and Diners to match. It will pay kl al you to see us before buying. ?J We will show the largest line of medium-priced \ • fancy Parlor Stands and Library Tables this store f TJ has ever carried —dainty and inexpensive Xmas kl presents. [ * «Ask for what you don't see. We can furnish your !■ house from attic to basement. f 4 'J DON'T wait for DISCOUNTS later. It's a mis take. Come, make your selections and get our best J prices NOW! We are Ready-to-Sell. # J There Are No Installment y j Prices Asked at This Store, < COME IN AND COMPARE, 3 BROWN &• CO. t] I No. 135 North Main St., Butler. u .J SESfSS^ sexxskkxmxxx jr«* meat 4 * 8 Stylish Furs at Low Prices, £ 3 Last Season we did an Immense business $ g and Sold Out Our Entire Stock. $ Q) This we show <1 complet« new stock of fin<- fnr« oiadenp in th>- yfj latest «tyle». Ihe qnalitv of skins and of workmanship are tbe v<*ry m and oar prices are exceptionally low. Beaver, Bear. Fox. Marten. Mink, Sable, Squirrel and ->ther fnrs ar<j tm shown in all trim sessous »b «pes. 4? JO Cluster Senrfs at f 1 00. $t 50 %l CO tip. .V 40 Beaver Scarfs. Special, at $4 00 American Stone Marten. Special, at s■'> 00 \ M Amenpan Sable, f*pedal, at >. « Morteo. *B.OO. *#.oo $8 00. *12.00 9 Fox, SB.OO, fia.OO. (16 50 up. f* g Kid and Fabric Gloves. Tb« ' Joeephine" i» without exception the very beat Kid Glove ever • retailed for $1 0"), black aud all the new shades of brown, mode. tan fl* Jl naalor and gray. Great value at SI.OO. - U m Splendid Caobmere Gloves. silk lined, black, browns and grays U Oan't bear at 50a. fleeced Cashmere Gloves, extra good at ilk:. VA $ Fine Linens. $ ■ We have received a large shipment of fine linens for Holiday trade ■ Tbe lot owiitl of fine table linens, napkins pattern cloths with napkin 7* (0 t-, match flue towels. beautiful Mexican drawn work, hemstitched and tf S ouibroided doylies. nqnarea and acarfs. Ou sale now at wpecial low prices i L. Stein & Son, | U 108 N MAIN STREET, OUTUER, FA I $75 to $15o'""l For Fifteen Minutes Timei Pretty high wages, Eh? That's what people are making who take abvantage of £ INEWTOIN'S Price Sacrifice Piano Sale On account of cleaning out my store In order to get it finished for Christmas trade. It will sell Pianos at factory prices, and many less. I will quote you a few of the bargains I have for you: Upright Piano, fully warranted, retail price, $275.00. 8a l« Price St 85 OO Upright Flano, fully warranted, retail price, $375.00. Sato Price $225.00 $ Upright Piano, fully warranted, retail price, $575,90. Thla piano haa been used, but ie a bargain, $250 Squre pianos from $25.00 to $125. Organs from SIO.OO up. 10 per cent, for cash. There are 24 of these Pianos to select from—new "Jj and used—so you certainly ought to make a selec- \ tlon. Bring this advertisement with you. t i NEWTON'S I 317 South Main. Open Evenings, jm keck Merchant Tailor. |7 Fall and Winter Suitings 0 ,-i UST ARRIVED. p. w 142 North Main St. KECK > ii * -THE BUTLER CITIZEN. THE MODERN STORE. Furs Direct From the World's Best Furriers. ■ 5 AN ELEGANT LINE OF RELIABLE FURS. s We Can Save You Money on Your Furs Th>s Season- Just reid a few of our Fur orices taken at random: I Cluster Scarfs «%£■"'■ 8800 New Tie Scarfs g& *"*■ <4 W * M Extra long Fur Boas g,^* 950 '♦ mso ' #:3W " I Ah t " nlnr Fnrs. Fox, ?qnirrri \liok, M;irr«-ij. M ile <>po- u nin. lV*r. Con-v. etc. j Sillß 1 WAISTS is the p<ipnl;ir F annels, Wool Chal etc., |1 IM>. $1.25 #l.•'»<», $2 tto t > fi.W. WALKING SKIRTS. We lundle the Qa-en Walking Skirr ß Perfe«-t littimr. nwde of all- wool materials in rh>- newest styles, £."> 00. onr Others $2 o<i aud 8$ ?4.50 to 50. OUR WINTER MILLINERY A WINN-H Ir t ler- t.'r i'r-lf We leave th- cerdict to the discriminating and ap jjreci paolic Just oue trial will unke yon a cnj-touier. EISLEU-MARDORF COTPANY, [ I' SOUTH KAIH STREET ) 001 I | Send in Your Mail Orders. I m OPWSITE HOThh -\RU: GT'I-.'. Bi'TLKR, I'A. | The Great Sacrifice Sale of Clothing, Men's and Boys' FurnishiDg Goods, Hats and Gaps is still going on. Owing to the dissolution of the firm of Schaul & Nast, prices on all goods in the store have been sjashed regardless of cost. The following are a few of the many bargains we have to offer yo j. Men's fine all wool, black and blje, Kersey HCR Qft Overcoats, regular price sls, sale price w" Men's Oxford, black, very dressy, Overcoats, A ft regular price $lO and sl2, sale price i"0 Men's very fine English Rain Coats, regular price S2O, sale priee lU.fcO Men's fine Hodgmans Alexombrice Rain and *3\Q Qft Storm Overcoats, regular price $lB, sale price *P v v/O Men's heavy Rain and Storm Overcoats, fit C OC regular price $9 and SIQ, sale price 118 pair of Men's and Boys' heavy Cassimere Qftp Pants, reguiar price $2, sale price wOl 389 pair Boys' Knee Pants (all wool) sizes 3 QQp to 16. regular price 75c, 3'le price yyy All we ask is for the reader of this advertisement to stop in the store and be convinced that we make good all v/e ad vertise. No trouble to show goods. PHILIP SCHAUL, SUCCESSOR TO SCHAUL & NAST 137 Sonth tyain Street, Untler, Pa. | CAM PB ELL'S GOOD FURNITURE |A Well Furnished Home! 1 Sfil BX£* kind you will enjoy, .sliouldLll be furnished with Furniture that 6 is right in style, quality and finish. © This store s stocls of reliable ® fi furniture is now at its best H; B J UPHOLSTERED DIVAN $14,00 g ' ' 'aSi Mahogany Uuish tiiree li4nniat<;rs in UaoH ar " (iliurhr carved. Polished tu[> and cqrvcd lews. Uuat up- Jsgj{ j hu]*-t(,rcd in a ttri-.tu veronu A fiu« parlor pleoe. hROCKING CHAIRS $5.50 IS Solid wood HeatHin oak or mahonanv fiuinb; jjoli-liHd and wvU jUg •pes;! Bbap«d wat. bauuiMter back. cnrvM top. A ks* SB parlor chair. j DINNER SETS 514 00 ® SgK| Twi —(iiib a border othuy a dflttl'V " , ! dfcorntlop bqudlui. Moral jaf . apiece B*3tH. Best I Alfred A. Campbell 1 I I Fall and Winter Millinery. | |LI Arrival of a large line of Street Hats, Tailor-made 3; ; 3; and ready-to-wear Hats. All the new ideas and 3; it designs in Millinery Novelties. Trimmed and Un- 31 3" trimmed Hats for Ladies, Misses and Children. All 31 the new things in Wings, Pom-pons; Feathers, 4; Ostrich Goods, etc, etc. 3; I Rockenstein's I W -f * 6 Mi 11 i r\ery Km pori um, 4^ 828 Sonth Main Street, Bntler, Fa. MTRICM I (V TffE WOMAN 'S SffOE M p/o/fT THE FATIGUE OF SHOPPING i» greatly Ifnnencd by comfortable footwwar. Th« flexibility of Patrician Sb'« H for women uiaken waljtintc n pleasure. All the attract!ve'iecii, Ht>le arid »ervic.e of ft cuntum-made nhoe in foand in the Patrician There ar«' 27 Htyk-H to Helect from. DAUBENSPECK & TURNER. People s Phone 633. 108 S. Main St., Butler, Pa. Advertise in the CITIZEN. BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1904. "■'Nasal Catarrh quickly yields to treat ment by Ely's Cream Balm, which is agree ably aromatic. It is received through the nostrils, cleanses and heals the whole sur face over which it diffuses itself. Druggists sell the 50c. size; Trie! size by mail, 10 cents. Test it and you are sure to continue the treatment Announcement. To accommodate those who are partial to the use of atomizers in applying liquids into the nasal passages for catarrhal trou ble*, the proprietors prepare Cream Balm in liquid form, which will be known as Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. PTice including the spraying tube is 75 cents. Druggists or by mail. The liquid form embodies the med icinal properties of Ihe solid preparation. PROFESSIONAL CAKDS. PHYSICIANS, I BOYLE, M. D. 'T « Eyh, Ea.r, n'OSE and THROIT, S; E IA LI ST. 121 East C'nnninnbam Street. < ifti'-e Hours. 11 to 12 a. in.. 3 to 5 and 7 t>> 9 p. in. BOTH TELEPHONES. Dlt JULIA K FOSTER. OSTEOPATH Consultation and examination free. < iffice hours -9 to 12 A M.. 2 to M., daily except Sunday Evening appointment. Office—Stein Block, Roomi* 9-10, Bnt ler, Pa. People's Phone 478. IvR H J NEELV 1' R*>olllß 0 and 7, Hughes Bnild'ng, South Main St. Chronic diseases of genito urinary organs and rectnui treated l'y the mos approved m-thoda. PLARA E. MORROW D 0., vv GRADUATR BOSTON COLLEC.? qf Cm-rgofiATtiY Women's diseases a .specialty. Con sultation Hnd examination free. Office Hours, 9 to Ii m., 2 to 3 p. m Peop'e's Pbone 573. if6S. Main street, Put r Ta 1 < M. ZIMMERMAN 'I. PHYSICIAN AND §DRGgqN At 527 N Main St. LI; HAZLKTT, . D., • 106 West LMamoi.fi. L>r Graham's former ofl'ce special attention g ve,. to Kye, e and Throat Pet/ole's Pbu£p £7^. vAMUELM. BIPPUS, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON ioo West Cunningham St. DEJJTISTS, UR Jj-ORi) H HAYES, OtNTtST. Graduate of Dental Department, University of Pennsylvania Office —215 S. Main Street. Butler, Pa. DR. S A. JOHNSTON. twmne'rfy of Butler, Has located opposite Lowry Honse, Main St, butler, Pa. The finest work a specialty. Expert painless extractor "f t»-eth by his new method, uo medi cine used or jabbing a noedb* :sV' tbe gnms; nlj,o aeti fitter u«tid ' Com munitions by uih|l 'receive prouipi at t^ntion. DR J. WiLilHßl McKkIT SUSCRON DKWTIST. Office over Leighner's Jewelry store. Bntler, Pa Peoples Telephone 505. A specialty made of gold filling, wold irro«m anil brl(tee «*o*k 6->* A J HIND^AN, *' • Dkntist 12South >s'Un <!»«*-», rov MetarrV Bt'oo Store.) | |R. H. A. MCCANDL SS, •' DKNTIST. Office in Butler County National Rank Building, 2nd floor hK. i»I D. KOTTRABA, SucceSKor tp Df. Jtthtfcuon. UffliK »%t No 114 S. Jefferson St., over <; V Miller's grocerv ATTORNEYS. f> P SCPW. V» Atiornky-at-Law, Office in Butler County National liHUk building. v T.SCOTI, ■%, vTT <l tt''KV AT L»~- UtfctK-idi«« " ~ , ~ . . went Diamond Kt. t'u .cr, Ps. t COULTER & BAKhR, ' -ITTOkNHVa *7 r .AW. Office in Batler C-mnly Nation*! Bank building. JOHN \V. COULTER, ti ATTORNKV-AT-LAW. Office on Diamond. Butler, Ph_ ripectal attention given u> collectioni *nd business matters. I D McJUNKIN, rt . ATT()IiNHV-AT-UW. Othce in Reiber building, cornei M*m nnil K. Cunningham rits. Entrance on Main street. | H. BKKDIN, •I. ATTOHNKV AT f,AW. ■ thee on Main St. near Court Hoiw ii ii ' I. ATTomnkv at Law. »*=Srr in *-'i»e '••ll' ')•!/ P H NEGLEY. Pi• ATTOHNKV AT f.AW, 0«i"» in >h» N K ley H-ilding W. M Diamond W r C FINDLEY, • ATTOHNKV-AT-I.A W. AMU PKNHION ATTOKNKY. Office on Houth side of Diamond, B irler, I'a MISCELLANEOUS. V. L. McQUISTION, "J. Crvii. Enc.inkkr and Siiuvkvh Iffr nrnr Court Hnnw. I P. WALKKR, L. Notary Pi'bi.ic, Btrrt.it», office with BerVmer. nc*{ door to P. O F. MILLIARD. OENKKAI. Hukvkyino. Mines and Land Ootintv Hurveyot. R F D. <!) Wn*t Hunbnry. Pa. ;C. F. T, Pape,| gJEWELER | 1 ? 121 E. Jefferson Street. / ji | Lox)e and L,tina.cy By Troy Hi-son Copt/right, l'-OL. )>■/ Troy Alliron "I hope you will remember it has been my pet scheme for the last five years," said young l>r. llilyer, polish ing his glasses with a vigor due less to necessity than to a desire to avoid his sister's flashing eyes. Bettina ftave her head a disdainful toss and helped herself to another chocolate. "I know I shan't even like liin," she said, finding it difficult to express dis approval with any great amount of dignity when one cheek was distorted by a chocolate drop. "Now, Bettiua, that's simply preju "dice. He was the nicest fellow at col lege, and he is tfce only man on earth I would be willing for you to marry." Bettina's fingers seized a candied vio let which she discovered in the corner or the box. "Of course 1 know he's a wonder," she said. "That's the reason I know I shan't like hiui. He is probably so per fect that he chews his food a regula tion number of times before swallow ing." Hilyer laughed. "I've seen him swallow sandwiches BO fast it would take a lightning calcu, Jator to keep up with him. Now, Bet tina, please b$ reasonable! I haven't seen pent since we left college, but if jie is as jolly a doctor as he was a med ical student you certainly will not have cause to complain of his primness. He will be here in time for the dance to night, and I simply want you to be nice to him. I don't know what it is women do to themselves when they \rni4 ix be especially charming, but you can do it when you try, little sis." Bettina balanced the somewhat de pleted candy box on top of a skull that ornamented the doctor's desk '."That's to keep U>> wrvma from eat ing ihe u*st ui it," she laughed. "Mag gie wouldn't dare touch it now. Well, Brother Doctor, I'll see what effect the new pompadour silk will have on Dr. Dent. If It is immediate ar,d utqrtlli«M and you sc» mo fritting »u the consery holding his hand don't be u|arm yd; it may be necessary to take his pulse," Pr. Hilyer smiled as his erratic little ■lster flitted from the room. He had been resident physician at the Burton asylum for two years, where It was customary $ uu oc casional dau<-y tor the" inmates. Ilet pu.i found suiuething unusual in these dances that she fairly reveled in, and slie had not been known to miss one since her brother had been In charge. She would take the electee {l*4lll the city nnd tm-ivfc at (tie sanitarium bearing a box containing tier upwest party drf**, produced by iiome tahiftt. The girl's mother en eooraged her Industry by giving her all the material for party dresses that she would make up, and her chic creations were the envy of her girl friends*. When she had arrived iluit Mfteruoun she had showi* her brother a gay little iiluv uud pink pouijtadour frucU that he tad vowed would m/ike it necessary to send all harmless patients back Jo p.ol.ttd c»lls and leave a paucity of dancing men. Dr. Dent's train was late. He hur ried Into his dress suit, and tbe twtj friends started down {jiti hall the ballro(,:o .Mi attendant came up 41 urriediy aud whispered tliat Hilyer \vas needed immediatviy, "I'm sorry, c*Jt| iitan," lie said, turn j|i(l tn go with the nurse. "You'll have to find your way In alone. There's no hostess, so go in and talk to any one you like. You'll find Bettlnn where. Look for a yyjjuw haired little girl in a 'ijue and pink dress. I be %o the little minx hus sprinkled din mond (lust In her hair and put a black patch 011 her cheek to be in (tupping with her pompadour costume, so you will fcavc no trouble iu recognlalng tier." Bettlim was partly hidden by a group Of Pttln>" ■y-ia-n Dent entered the room. She saw him speak to several of the patients near the door and fln«Uj' ash one dark eyed girl to dance. Bettina recognl/.ed him Immediately from the photograph in her brother's room and studied him calmly as he and his partner passed her. Certain she wa« that Will had not told her Dent wu« a perfect Hercules and that even the photograph had been misleading Klie acknowledged to her aelf the Improbability of a man of his type masticating food according to net rules and wu* rather Inclined to think Will might have mentioned his atyle of dancing an a point in his favor when lie had given a list of his friend's many virtues that afternoon. When she saw him coming toward her with the evident intention of speak ing alio thounht he mistook her for a patient, and her eyes sparkled with mlachlef. "May I Introduce myself?" he asked, bowing before her. Bcttlna raised a haughty llt'le head. "It is somewhat unusual for royalty to be approached with ho little formali ty," she said Icily, "but of course the (laughter of the lost dauphin of France has had to put up with a great many trlHls." Dent looked startled. "Perhaps I have made a mistake"— he com menced. "Oh, don't mention It," she interrupt ed, with an airy little wave of the hand. '"Tin within royal power to par ilon, and even I, Princess Fleur de-lls, feel that It Is no condescension lo talk to Alexander the Great on an equal footing." Dent bowed again profoundly, so profoundly that when he stood erect he had gained control of the ainllethat threatened to convulse his counte nance, for he knew he could not be mistaken about that patch and dia mond dust. It was scarcely probable that two girls would be dressed Just like this. "Your highness, no battle trophy ev er tilled me with a Joy that the effect of your approval does not far exceed. Permit me," he added, seating himself beside her. "It's really a pleasure." she contin ued affably. "It Is so seldom that one meets royal blood In this democratic America. It will positively be the ■^ause of my being an old uiald, for of course a princess could not marry a commoner, could she?" Bcttina's wick ed little dimple was now 111 evidence, and the patch on her cheek called at teutlon to It in a way that seeiucd positively audacious. "No. Indeed." be assented eagerly; "of course prince ,i< must inarrj <v Icings and things." llettlna irxhlt l approvingly. Her bine eyes looked into tils with guilelcas i s presslon that threatened I lent with a second attack of convulsion < "Yes, of cour-"," she smiled Into his face with a coiilUlenll.il f' en.Ulne s. "I rather think I would like a Icing my self, but I have met so few," sighing. "In fact, you are the first one." He leaned over and took the fan from her hand. "Fair princess, I feel that one could wish the first might be last and the last might be first." "Oh. don't: please don't." she en treated hurriedly. "Don't wish for any thing. I'm afraid yon might—cry." Dent stared in astonishment. "Perhaps I ought not to have men tioned It"—she drew the corners of her small mouth down in an absurdly contrite manner—"but we heard about —Alexander the Great's weeping: it's really a matter of history. I would not start you to crying and spoil the evening for you—not for anything." "I feel n lump in my throat right now." he declared. "I am perfectly sure that if you don't dance this next waltz with me I shall burst into tears according to history." She rose quickly. "Anything to please the ba—l mean anything to keep you from crying," she said as they joined the dancers. Hilyer peeped into the conservatory an hour later. "I guess I'll not disturb that." he muttered and tiptoed away. On the last day of Dent's holiday Bettiua's maid carried a box into her ro^m. It contained delicate purple and white lilacs tied with a royal purple ribbon strangely decorated. On one streamer was a hand painted shield of strange device, and another end of ribbon was tied around a »mall scroll of paper, The girl opened It eagerly. Little Princess Flcur-de-lls—Alexander the Great feels another lump In his thrnat, H« wants to call this afternoon and ask you that the fleur-de-lis shall be bound always by the royal ribbons of his house. Later that afternoon Bettina smiled into his eyes admiringly, "I certainly am glad to marry a man Who knows so much," she said, point ing to the painted ribbon that she wore in a knot on her breast. "Now I was so ignorant that I had uo idea how Alexander's coat of arms looked." Dent (Irew the curly head over on pis shoulder and laughed. She asked him why he laughed. He didn't think it necessary to teU her that he had paid a girl itt un art store to copy the strangest looking hp (Hiuki Und in the dictionary. A lion couchant or u charger rampant was all the aaiue to him—he had trust ed to luck that she would not know the difference, aud he now added a touch of diplomacy that promised him great future success as a married gi*iv "What am I laughing at, little girl? You migh{ kn° w 'h«t a wan who was enough to cry for mere worlds would laugh when he found heaven." Th* Bird* In the Fkl«n. George Chamber*, an artist, was Qncp tiMinmlssloned by King William IV. of England to paint a picture of the Attack on a fortress on the Spanish const by a frigate commanded by his majesty, who was then the DuKo of Clarence. The attack tQQi» place at night. Chambers completed a beauti ful picture from some rough sketches {h«i were in the king's pcMtaeaHlon. and when submitted for approval his maj esty w»& delighted with it. but Cham bers had taken an artist's liberty with the picture and for the purpose of re lieving the somber veil of nlghf—had introduced some sea gulls skimming (lie waves. "Hello, hello. Chambers!" said his majesty. "Thl« will never do to have the blixis (tying about at night. They were all gone to roost." "So they were, your majeety," replied f'ham tWX l 't>ut you gave such a rousing broadside with your guns that they all woke up and flew about." "AU, so 1 did; so I did, Chambers. I forgot that. Very good, very good!" Jspnnrie riaylnic Cards. "Japanese playing cards," write* a correspondent who bns given some study to the playing cards of differ ent countries, "are unlike those of any other country ou earth. In sbnpe they resemble those used In France and oth er countries on the continent, but they are very much smaller thnn ordinary wirds, being but two inches In length by one In breadth, The backs of the rards lire almost Invariably black and With true Japanese artistic Instinct nre pasted over the edges of the cards so as to leave a narrow rim to form a frame on the face of the curd. Th# symbols are stenciled and the card var alshed or enameled, thus causing It to Ms extremely Slippery. The pack con lists of forty-nine cards, the exU-a one, which has a plain white face, being used or not at option as a 'Joker,'" An Airknaril Compliment. Jones Is notlilug if not gallant. Mrs. Brown Is exactly the same age as her husband, but she will not aduiit It. "My husband is forty," she said to pome friends the other day. "you wouldn't believe It. but there's actu ally ten years' difference In our ages." "Impossible, dear madam," hastily Interposed Jones, anxious to say some thing agreeable. "I'm sure you look every day as young as he does." Not Nerloua. Mr. Hhort—My dear Miss Kate. I have a very serious question I wish to ask you. Miss Long What Is It. pray? Mr. Short Will you marry ine? Miss Long (scornfully) Do you call that se rious, Mr. Hhort? Why, I don't think I ever heard anything so ridiculous. Cym I ml. < 'ynlcus The propagation of the hu man race depends upon early mar riage. Hlillcus- Ho\v do you make that out? <'ynlcus Well, •If a man waited until he was really old enough to get married he wouldn't. —Philadel- phia Record. Foolish men mistake transitory sem blances for eternal fact and go astray more and more. Carlylc J ampin*. Long and high Jumping alike give elasticity of movement to the person with sluggish, heavy gait. The high Jump should be practiced over a piece of cotton fixed to two poles or other supports. This cannot possibly occa sion a fail. A piece of white paper run on the cotton near the center will be easily distinguishable The student un used to Jumping should begin with a nominal height, say twelve Inches. In creasing this as advance Is made In proficiency. Left the Pnrm Perforce. Oolllfer You used to make a good living In the country, hut you don't deem to be making your salt in town. Why did you leave the farm? <loach- Because I couldn't bring It with me. It Was held down by a mortgage.—Chica go Tribune. Uttod Taat*. "What a homely shirt!" "Yes. My wife picked It out." "Why. rnau. haven't you any taut* yourself?" "Not for a yiarrel with my wife."— Claveiaod Pl&tu Doafor. .' EFFECTS OF CLIMATE Health unci Enrr()r Flourish Brut la lb* Temperate Zones. Grant Dexter iu Lis book on •"Weath er Influences" says that "inhabitants of hot climates are usually listless, uu inventlve. apathetic and improvident An equable high temperature, especial ly if moist, weakens body and mind. No long established lowland tropical people is a conquering race iu the broadest sense of the word. For the inhabitants of the higher altitudes, even under the tropical sun, this may be true, for as we ascend the tempera ture lessens about 1 degree every 270 feet on an average, and even at the equator we may have a temperate climate. The most favorable tempera ture for health, which carries with it an aggressive energy which leads and which has led the world march of civ ilization, is about 45 degrees on an average, and this is found In the tem perate races. From there have come the brawn and brain of martial con quest and intellectual attainment. The dominant peoples are shown between the latitudes of 25 degrees and 55 de grees. "During the London fogs and on days when the weather is particularly de pressing In the Bauk of England cer tain set* of books, an error In whicto would be cumulative and produce dis astrous results furt'ier on, are locked up and the clerks set to tasks less in tricate and important in character. Experience has taught those in charge that the percentage of error increases many fold during such climatic condi tions and that it is money in pocket to yield to them. The same necessity for cessation of certain lines of work during bad 'spells of weather' is recog nized by the larger banking institu tions in New York and the other east ern cities. "It has been the universal experience of the superintendents of prisons and asylumq for the Insane that the per sons In their charge varied so marked ly with the meteorological conditions that no man could doubt that the rela tion between the weather and emotion al states waa any other than that of cause and effect. When asked, how ever, what definite conditions of the weather tended to be the most pro ductive of emotional abnormalities no satisfactory answer could bo made." POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Do the best you can and you will be surprised how well you do. It is one sign that you are all right when you believe that others are. The smartest man we ever knew and the one who could use the longest words could not hold a job. Bu many of us act the fool while thinking we are acting smart. Look yourself over. Do you do it? Don't be too confidential; don't tell every one the story of your life. It will be soon enough to tell that when you stand before St Peter. They talk about getting into the rut. Remaining in the rut isn't so bad., Most successful men are found in the rut; most failures are found outside of it—Atchison Globe. SMOKING A CIGAR. In* Wa> •( Data* It That la Said to Be aa Impossibility. "I hare a customer who thinks he smokes twe.sty cigars a day," said a downtown dealer. "As a matter of fact, he gives away many of them and throws away some that are only partly consumed. However, he Is firm in the belief that he smokes more actual to bacco than any man in New York, and a boast on the subject in my store yesterday led to a curious bet. "lie declared, to begin with, that he could smoke three ordinary cigars In half aii hour. A bystander remarked that no man alive could smoke oven one cigar continuously until It was consumed without taking It from his Hps. 'Bosh." said my man. '1 do that right along and think nothing of It.' " 'l'll bet you a box of perfectos you can't do It right now,' said the other, and In half a minute the wager was made. By its terms the cigar was to be consumed in steady consecutive puffs and not removed from the Hps until burned to a mark one and a half Inches from the tip. A clear Havana Colorado Madura was selected for tlie test, and the smoker took a seat and began. "He puffed like an engine for about two minutes and accumulated some thing under half an inch of ash, and then he began to wabble. He shifted the cigar from side to side, pulled slow and fast and seemed to have difficulty getting his breath between the draws. At any rate, he kept turn ing his head to avoid the smoke and finally got to laughing. I could see he WUH In torture, but he stuck to it until lie got within half an Inch of the mark. Then ho Jumped up suddenly, throw the cigar away and walked out of the shop. "I paid the bet and charged tt to his account, nnd lie told me ln»t evening thHt Hit: very Idea of tobacco mad* blm »lck. I doubt whether It would be possible for anybody to amoke even a moderately strong cigar through In the niunner I have described."— New York Press. WORST KIND OF POVERTY. A Man «l«r HIT* PUatr "» Moaey mod T*l B* Very Poor. Much of what Is called success Is but the most vulgar kind of prosperity; it is the success of the brute faculties at the expeuse of the divine. To develop a few of one's brain cells, and these the lowest, by everlasting digging and grinding for money, to cultivate one huge gland which secretes nothing but dollurs and the exclusive cultivation of which crushes out of life all the finer sentiments, all that is sweet and beautiful and worth while, makes a man as dry and barren as the great Sahara desert. He who follows this course cannot be rich, no matter how much money be may have. A man Is rich when every faeulty within him has followed his highest ideals, when >-c has pushed his horizon to its far thermost limit. A man Is poor when he lias lost con fidence of his friends, when j>eople who are nearest to him do not believe In him, when tils character la honeycomb ed by deceit, punctured by dishonesty. He Is poor when be makes money at the expense of hla character, when principle does not stand clear cut, su premo In hla Idea. When this la cloud ed he Is in danger of the worat kind of poverty To be In the poorbouao Is not necessarily to be poor. If you have maintained your Integrity, if your character stands foursquare to the world, if you have never bent tho knee of principle to avarice, you are utl poor, though you may be compelled to beg bread. —Orison Swett Marden in Muccasa. fttruK«Un* With the Unsafe. A story Is told of u German teacher at an American girls' college who waa ( not thoroughly acquainted with the No. 44 | English language and the college slang had not helped her In solving the pui ; rle. She had heard the girls talk about going off on larks. Returning one day from a picnic she said to some of the | girls, "Oh, I have been on such a cana ry." She startled her class one day by complaining against some of the cold days of September, say inc. "Why, it was so cold one day 1 had to stay ill my room all the morning and alt with my feet over the transom trying to keep warm." Salvation With read. Fourteen-year-old Emma, who had come home from her first day's school ing in elementary physiology, waa questioned by her parents as to what she had learned. "Papa," she complained, '1 don't liink I like physiology." "Why not, my dear?" "Well, teacher was explaining diges tion to us today, and she said we had to mix salvation with every mouthful ef food."—Harper's Weekly. Bat Ha Knit Well. The good man was comforting the Stricken widow. "Do not grieve, sister,"* said he. "Think how much better off he is." And the good man wondered why she refused to be longer comforted by him.—Browning's Magazine. His Negative. Bunsby—They speak of Multby's negative virtues. What are they? Daw son—They're something I don't Ilka. He always says no when you want to borrow anything of him.— Boston Transcript Had to HIT* It. "You married me for my money!" aba exclaimed angrily. » "Oh. well," he replied soothingly, "don't blame me. I couldn't get it any other way. you know." A PERSIAN TRAGEDY. tnbllate Coarase by Which Princess Salome Escaped Her Master. James Baker, a well known traveler and writer, tells a curious story of a war 100 years ago. The Persian shah was besieging Tifiis, and the husband of the Princess Salome bad been slain in the siege. When the Persians en tered and sacked the town Salome tried to save her young son, but ba waa torn from her arms and hacked in pieces before fier eyes. Her own life was spared and she was borne to the camp outside the walls of Tifito to the shah. He Bold her to Djafar Bek, who abut her up in a castle—a part of which still remains—near where now is the lovely tropical botanical garden of Tifiis. Charmed by her beauty, he ask ed her to become his wife. She re fused and begged her purchaser to slay her. The Persian gave her a night to reconsider the matter and on the next day he lay reclining on a great cushion under a tree on that hot »un* ny hillside and awaited her answer. Presently she appeared before him, veiled in a long, pure white robe, calm and stately, her face deathly pale. She advanced, her armed jailers following her. The Persian waved his followers aside and asked the princess, "Yon eon sent to be my wife?" "Yes," was the solemn answer. "I consent to lore you, for after the death of my husband and son It to my destiny; there to no other fate for me. "In Georgia," said the princess, "there are certain families that possess strange powers and dark secrets. Hy mother foretold I should be the wife of a Djafar, and from my mother i, too, receive these powers to read the fu ture." The Persian was impressed by her manner and her presence. She saw her power. "Give me your hand," she said. "Let me read there if I shall have long years of happiness with you." He held forth his hand. Shs held it until it slightly trembled in her fingers. Then she burst forth with a cry of horror, "Oh, my master, know est thou that death awaits thee, per cbanco this very night?" Dpjafar Bek trembled now. "Thou wilt die by the hand of a man thou hast this day of fended." "Is it by Assa Dhoulla Bek?" he asked. "We quarreled today, and about you. He would have bought you." "Oh, my master," exclaimed Salome, "to save thee I must have some object upon which he has looked today, then I can avert this evil and make bis arms useless against thee." "What! You can do this?" exclaimed Djafar Incredulously. "Most certainly. Give me your dagger." He drew It and handed It to her. She held It up and, looking up to the blue heavens above, murmured a prayer; then, banding It back to him said: "Now it to useless. It can slsy no one." He looked at her unbelievingly. "Try it" "he exclaim ed. "Strike here!" He struck the blow where her finger rested full upon her heart. The koen blade went swiftly home, and she fell at his feet, exclaim ing, "O God, receive my soull" Then she lay dead. Iroa Maklaar la Early History. Iron was used before history was written. The stone records of Egypt and the brick books of Nineveh men tion it Genesis (ix, 22) refers to Tn baicaln as "as Instructor of every ar tificer In brass and iron," and in Deu teronomy (111, 11) the bedstead of the giant Og was "a bedstead of iron." The galleys of Tyre and Sldon traded in this metal. Chinese records ascrib ed to 2,000 B, C. refer to it Horace speaks of it as superior to bronse. The bronze age came before the iron age because copper, found as a nearly pure metal, easily fuses, and with another soft metal—tin or zinc—alloys Into hard bronze, while Iron, found only as an ore, must have the impurities burn ed and hammered out by great heat and force before it can be made into a tool. Rot • Favorite Breed. Lovers of good, plain dogs which have been allowed to grow naturally will appreciate the story of tbo Eng lish peddler who went to a dealer in dogs and thus described what he wanted: "HI wauts a kind of dog about so 'lgh an' so long. Hit's a kind of gry 'ouml, an" ylt It ain't a gry'ound, be cause 'ls tyle Is shorter nor any o' these 'ere gry'ouuds an' 'is noso Is shorter an' 'e alu't so slim round the body. Hut still 'e's a kind o' gry'ound. Do you keep such dogs?" "No," replied the dog man. "We drowns "em." •'Yankee Doodle." As for the origin of the tune of "Yan kee Doodle," over which there to much controversy, this can be said —that most of the views expressed about Its origin are right, but only partly so. It to true the tune is the same as that of "Lucy Locket Lost Her Pocket" "Yan kee Doodle Came to Town," and that of the Dutch reapers' song, "Yonker Dudal, Dudal Daun." but it to also identical with the old Btooayan "Dan m Kspnrta" (sword dance) and that of a German song which waa published at Cologne In the year that Colombo* discovered America. .
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