VOL. XXXXII. Last Call on Winter Goods. Some Special Snaps for Shrewd Shoppers. THE MODERN STORE- Almost Given Away. Ladies' Flannel Shirt Waists, all This Season's Styles at Half Price. OO FRENCH FLANNEL WAISTS NOW $2 OO o ffn << «« " 1 152 » •• ;; :: igs . 1 lot Ladies' Walking Skirts sold at $3 50, HM and $5.00 now $2 48. Still about a dozen fine trimmed Winter Hats left, sold from 15 to SB, * yon ***** have your choice this week while they hist tor fl. A boat 15 Fur Scarfs left, ranging in price from $2 50 to $13.50 all to go at half price. EISLER-M ARDORF COHPANY, } 221 Send in Your Mall Orders. OPTOSITB HOTEL ARLINGTON BUTLKR. TA. T-rWBT" - IBLIII—IIin~l —IT" — === — J 1 '■ ■ ' WHY YOU SITTCUG IIP ALL NIGHT FJBUfG COAL WHEN YOU CAN GET AIT EVANS OAS OR GASOLINE ENGINE WITH REVERSIBLE CLUTCH PULLEY, . IRO KM IT WILL PULL RODS .■ I ■ I jLMMk 9 Wl IT WILL PULL TUBING ,T WiLL PLMP Hi wells with Hi UP THE GAS Iff FIRE A STARTINQ WRITE FOR CATALQGUg. THE EVANS MFG. CO , LTD.. BUTLEB, FA. ll* il? ill" ip -X? -I? II ij. Q. & W, CAMPKF.I.U jj AGENTS FOR BUTLER. •; Cypher's Incubators and Brooders also Poultry ( i ft Supplies and International Stock Food. <4 IftW, CALL FOR CATALOGUE. Xip IIUTIEB, PA. aimipil: :li Cli il? rli .gill Si:- ipils ili as »Ii at ili ai mtligi gi fpgigl f Our discount sale still continues \ C For the benefit of those who have been anable to attend onr sale in the S C Besides onr discounts on Men's, Boys' and Children'a Suits and Over- J t ooats of 10, 20, 88+ per cent and i off, we offer a few npecialo ■ «- • j V | Iqt Q| Ulster Overcoats, sizes 16 to 36. 7 1 ' Coats that sold from SIO.OO to flB 00—Sale price $5.00 ) C 5.00 to 9.00 " " 3.00 \ M % bat fbla «ft UO, S3.S>O, $4.00 and S6.UO, sale price S».M / % v c ifio, 2.50, 3.75 '• " 1.56 V J 1. •• « f 25, 1.50, 1.75 •• <• 100 J \ Smoking Jackets and Qdth Kobes. i C all go st} off regular price. 1 i All Men'a and Boys' SWEATERS at 25 per cent less than regular price. I \ 200 SHIRTS, were 50c. 75c, SI.OO, $1.25 and $1.60, sell at 85c, 3 for SI.OO. / I jjoj of jisc Ctic pA£S £0 a{j fife. \ C MV4CKB -the kind yon pay 10c los any other store, go at be a pair. / J Don't fail to avail yonraelf of this opportunity. / N WATCH FOR WINDOW DISPLAY. * \ | Douthett & Graham. j J INCORPORATED. I KEC K | g Merchant Tailor, g Winter Suitings - * ( , JUST ARRIVED. H keck: I I ... -i ■■ ■ ■ i | Fall and Winter Millinery, I j | and r» *J-°: a ' ar^C oStreet Hats, Tailor-made lj SI HAcianrin / Miil! /ear HatS< All the neW ,deaS and 31 H frfSEL utl # nc 7 Novelties. Trimmed and Un- §? StflmTieq Hats for Ladles, Misses and Children. All If? Pom "-«»* I jl Rockensteln's I - jr Millirxery Emporium,! J J M 8 South M.ln Street, B.to, n | THE BUTLER CITIZEN. {ROAD AND BRIDGE RtPORTS Notice is hereby Riven that the following roads and bridges have been confirmed nist by the Court and will be presented on the Br»t Saturday of March Court. 1905, being the 11th day of said month, and If no excep tions ars Bled they will be confirmed abso lutely: j It. D. No. 1, December Term 1904. In the I matter of the petition of cltiiens of Clinton township to change a public road, beginning I at Lardln's Mill In Butler county and ending , at Miller's Mill in Allegheny county. Septeni , berM. 1904. viewers appointed, who on Oct. j 21. 191>4. filed their report in favor of proposed change— n-) damages assessed. Now. Dec. 10. 1904. approved, und fix width of r>ad at SI feet, notice to be given according to rules of court. BY THE COURT. I li. IJ. No. 2. Decemlier Term. i»oi. In the . matter of the petition of citizens of Clinton township for a county brlrige across Bull creek in Clinton township where said creek crosses the public road leading from Fit s burg to Klttanning. September 2ti, 19i4. viewers appointed, who on October 21. 1904, filed their report In favor of proposed bridge Now, December 10,1901, approved, notice to be given according to rules of court and to be laid before the grand Juty at next term. Br THE COURT. R. D. No. 3, December Term. 1904. In the matter of the petition of citizens of Worth township for viewers to view and widen a road In said township from a point. on the I'ortersvilie and North Liberty road be tween the farms of Peter and John Wimer and running along said line to the Ellott Mill and I'ortersville road. September 2ti. 1804, viewers appointed, who on December 1, IBM, filed their report in favor of proposed change—no damages assessed. Now. Dec. HI. 1904. approved, and fix width »f road at XI feet, notice to be given according to rules of court. BYTHECOUHT. K. D. No. 4, December Term. lftH. In the matter of the petition of citizens of Jefferson township for a county bridge over l horn cieek In said township, where the creek crosses the public road known as the Butler and Freeuort road. Septeml>ers,l9o4, viewers appointed, who on November 26, 1904, filed their report in favor of proposed bridge. Now. December 10, 1904, approved, notice lo be gived according to rules of court and to be laid before the grand jury at next term. BY THE COURT. R. D. No. 5. December Term. 'BO4. In the matter of the petition of citizens of Bruin borough for a county bridge over Bear creek in said borough where said creek crosses the Sublic road leading from Iralrvlew to leiora on the farm of I). P. Kelly. October 31. 1904, viewers appointed, who on December 1. 1904. filed their report In favor of proposed bridge. Now. December 10, 1904. approved notice to be given according to rules or court and to be laid before the grand jury at next term. Br THE COURT. K. I). No. tt. December Term. 1904. In the matter of the petition of citizens of Adams township for a county bridge over Glade Run where said creek crosses the public road leading from the Three Degree road to the Evans City road. October 31, 1904. viewers appointed, who on December 3. liKH, filed their report in favor of proposed bridge. Vow. December 10. 1904, approved, notice t> be given according to rules of court and t<> lie laid b fore grand lilry at next term. BY THE COURT. K. D No. 7, December Term. 1904. In the matter of the petition of citizens of Lancast er township for a county bridge over Yellow creek In said township where said creek crosses thp public road leading from Wliltes tViwu W Middle Lancaster." near Philip KllnnoT'j. November 1, 1904 viewers ap pointed, who on December 3, lUO4. filed their reports in favor of proposed bridge. Now, Duceraber 10, 1904. approved, notice to be according to rules of court and to be laid be fore the grand Jury at next term. _ , M BY TNN COURT. R. D. No. 13. June Term, 1904. In the mat ter of the petition of citizens of Butler town ihlp for a public road lending from a point ontjie PJferclsroadfn fjrfotqf f|ie 01e«r Hotel to »tXJlpt cin the piTblic K)ad on lands of O. K. Waldron. about 80 rods east of the res! dence of said O. K. Waldron, September 10, 1904, viewers appointed, who on December 3. 1904, filed their report in favor of proposed road—no damages assessed. Now. December 10,1904, approved and fix width of road at 33 feet, notice to be given according to rules of court BY THE COURT. Certified from the record this 9th day of Feb.. A. D. I#os. l. B. OBfeISTLEY, Clerk Q. B. Court. 1 International ) > Stopk food. S { a feeds for »«ne eent, S ) In 390, 50c, SI.OO and fa 50 / v Package* \ £ International ( \ Poultry Food. / / A 25c package contains 100 \ \ feeds for 13 fcwl*. r | In S}sc, sQc\jll, £f.so Packages 7 / And'all otner International \ 2 Stock Food Co'B rpmedi»« C f Sold"by l > Redick &Grohman | / 109 Nortb Main St., > \ Bailer, to. ' J .« > MW W W Do You Buy Medicines? Certainly YqM Do< Then you want the best for the least money. That is our motto. Come and see us when in need o( anything in the Drug Line and we arc 3uvv y.PM call again. We carry a full line of Drugs, Chemicals, Toilet Articles,' etc. Purvis' Pharmacy 8. G. PURVIS PU U bkotU PJionw. aiaa MaicSt. Butler Pa. Vinol The Great Toß' c wf," Flesh Builder. The best remedy for throat and lung trouble. We have the exclusive agency for this remedy. Ask for a calendar. THE Crystal Pharmacy j R. M, LOGAN, Ph. r- ' ! ' BOTH PHONES. 106 N. Main St., Butler, Pa. WM. WALKER. CHAS. A. MCELVAIN. WALKER & McELVAIN, 807 Butler County National Bank Bid#. REAL EBTATE. INSURANCE. OIL PROPERTIES. LOANS. BOTH PHONEH ~M. A. BERKHMER^~ Funeral Director. 245 S. MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA BUTLER, PA ""Nasal Catarrh quickly yield* 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 ■ell the 50c. size; Trial size by mail, 10 cents. Test it and you are sure to continue the treatment Announcement. To accommodate those partial to the use of atomizers in applying liquids into the nasal passages for catarrhal trou bles, the proprietors prepare Cream Balm in liquid form, which will be known as Ely's Liquid Cream Balm. Price including the spraying tube is 75 cents. Druggists or by mail. The liquid form embodies the med icinal properties of the solid preparation. n PROFESSIONAL CARUS. PHYSICIANS, JC. BOYLE, M. D. • EYK, EAR, NOSB and THROAT, SPECIALIST. 121 East Cunningham Street. Office Hours : 11 to 13 a m.. 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p. m. BOTH TELEPHONES. DR JULIA E FOSTER, OSTEOPATH. Consultation and examination free. Office hours—9 to 12 A M.. 2 to M., daily except Sundny Evening appt/intment. Office—Stein Block, Rooms 9-10, Bat ler. Pa People's Phone 478. CLARA E. MORROW. D 0., GRADUATE BOSTON COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHY. Women's diseases a specialty. Cou sultatian and examination free. Office Hours, 9to 12 m., 2 to 3 p. m I'eople's Phone 573. i; 6 S. Main street, tiut -r 1 a il M. ZIMMERMAN "I • PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON AI 327 N MHH. S . f R HAZLETT, M. D., mj* 106 West Dlamor.-l, Dr. 3ri<ham's former of'ce. Special attention give». to Bye, v, '-e iad l'hroat Peoole's Phone 274. JAMUELM. BIPPUS, -J PHYSICIAN AND SURCEON 200 West Cunningham St. DENTISTS. DR. FORD H HAYES. DENTIST. Graduate of Dental Dt>p irtineut, University of Peuusylvauia. Office —215 S. Main Street, Butler, Pa. DR. S. 4. JOHNGTG?*, SURG SON DENTIST. Formerly of Butler, Has located opposite Lowry House, Main St., Butler, Pa. Th« finest work a specialty. Expert painless extractor of teeth by his uew method, no medi cine used or tabbing a w<adle intd" the gums; also gas aud ether used. Com mnnications by mail receive prompt at tention. DR J. WILBERT McKEE, SURGEON DENTIST. Office over Leighner's Jewelry store, Butler, Pa ' Peoples Telephone 505. A specialty made ol gold filling, gold :rown and «7 J. HINDMAN, '' « DENTIST. 12/| South Main street, (ov Metzer's shoe -store.) DR. H. A MCCA7JDLESS. DENTIST. Office in Butler County National Bank Building, 2nd floor. DR. M. D. KOTTRAP*, successor Vb Vx- Johnston. DENTIST Office at No i; 4 E{. Jeflerqnß over G W. Miller'-s grocery ATTORNEYS. RP. SCOTT, . ATTORNKY : A?-I<4Y. Office In Uatler County Nattoral Bank building. A t scot lL A • 4ViOki+WV AT t,AW- Office at Nq, 8, West Diamond St. Bat ter. Pa. pOULTER & BAKHR, v ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office in Quumy N-ational Bank bnil<Tiu&" JOHN W.COULTER, '' ATTORNKY-AT-LAW. Office on Diamond, Bntler, PH. Special attention givcu ty collections %nd business matters. T D McJUNKIN, 0 • ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office in Reiber building, cornel Main and E. Cunningham Sta. Entrance on Main street. 1 B. BRED;* 'J • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office on Main St, near Court Lion* HH. GOUCHER, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in Wi»e building EH. NBTTHVY • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in the Negley Building, Wesl Diamond. WC. FINDLEY, • ATTORNKY AT-LA\Y. AT*fojt>iEY- Office an' 'Bouih side of PittUQQn'l, Butler, PA. MISCELLANEOUS. p P. L. McQUISTION, V. Civil, 1 QB*C,fc O&urt Nnuie. LP. WALKER, • NOTARY PCBMC, BUTI.HR, Office with Berkmer, next door to P O BF. BILHAKD, • SURVEYINO. Mines and Land. Connty Surveyor. H. K D. 49, West Snnbury, Pa. L. 8. McJUNKIN. TUA MulD-NKIN" OFO \ b * 'acJONKIN & CO., Insurance & Real Estate 117 E Jefferson St> SUTbEH, - - - PA YJM. H- MILLER FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE. OFFICE— Room 50«, Butler County National Dank building. , THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1905. 1 FROM NO "'[* Forrcsltr | j I MAN'S c ' lsM [I CopurioM. 1904. I AND buboU t I U Merrifleld ! Alta Vista Villa, No Man's Land, Moon of Toppies. Dear—Look at above beading and dream a dream of joy. I'm here, and when I saw that name tacked up over tbe portals of our hotel I said, "Here's where I rusticate just on the strength of the name." We are up on a bluff —sand bluff. I've been here three blessed, broiling days and haven't found anything in the place yet but sand and bluff. And sea, lots of sea, so much sea tbat you hope you'll never have to see so much sea again in all your life. Also a bath house, tintype tent, peanut pavilion and bathing houses—little, hot, new pine coffins stood up on end. Also girls and girls and girls, from sixteen to sixty, assorted sir.es, aud all .coking for the man. There are lots of him running around lu tbe days of bi« youth, but for a real man such as we are led to expect, by all the summer lore ever written, bangs his delightful self around summer resorts and wears white duck and brings you water lilies and sighs over a mandolin at you 'neath tbe pale moonlight—there isn't a single specimen wandering for miles around our villa. Do you know what they call this par ticular eyrie I have alighted on? No Man's Land. Pleasant, isn't it jtfter you've tolled over a typewriter while the wintry wind 4'd a ragtime dance around your furless throat and you didn't give a rap because you were thinking of your white waists and your linens and organdies and your heaven ly, floppy Trianon hat with its lace veranda, all of which should storm the heart of the man and make ilim down and worship by the sil very starlight? Nancle Bell, it isn't any such stuff. There isn't any summer man, and even if there were and he didn't have sense enough to run away the minute he grasped the situutlau I wouldn't have a bit of respect for him, That's all. I shall be home in a few days, just as soon as I have tan enough to bluff the stay-at-homes into the idea that I've had a gloriqqa time and been belle. me ' beach. Be iUuits, J?ancie. Don't look even at an excursion steamer. If sinners entice thee, dress up In your organdies and walk down Fifth avenue and you'll see more admiring son? ftf Adam in an hour tliau you wM out here in a freek. Haplessly yours, ' PERdvta, Bay After Yesterday. Hello, central! All hall the man! He came, he saw, and Caesar isn't a circumstance. He has taken the large corner room. Mrs. Banks, our general overseer, says he is ao young man, Wonder'how much board pirid' in'advance! He Isn't real young uor real old; Just that intermediate age that is so inter esting. I don't think he is handsome, i>us j,ou know >vb»t ft prop er'} - trnnmed Vandyke and a pair of rimless eyeglasses will <|q fyj. aay man. jle's that kiiuj. morning he escorted all of us through the glen. Did I tell you that we had a glen? Oh, yes; Glen Ellyn. Just ferninst the villa. It's a break in the sand bluff, and it's dauip and piny and darksomft at midday. Heretofore organdie flock had religiously es chewed its ferny swampiness, but you should have seen V* trail after him over (pn puQ stump and hidden vine the. wiiiie he fished out dinky little weeds and discoursed on them. I opine he is a botanist. Well, it's better than a barber. A letter came for him today addressed to Professor Adri an Vogel. How's that tyr individual ity? He li\o£m >t too. He does not dauee, and lie does uot play the mando lin. Ho goes for his morning dip at some unearthly hour before we are up. In fact, he does not do any of the or thodox summer "manlsms," but he has manners and of his own. for. Instance, ne slugs, and sings well. There are about ninety UUJ nine muses Who group themselves In the parlors after dinner to listen to their Apollo. When he sings "All Aboard For Dream land" he looks at you as much as to say he has only two passes for ths boat, but the other one Is for. yuu. Yayhtiug and autoing he cluiseu as nerve racking, but nature and close to heart and all the rest of it is What the professor's joy is. I think privately we would get closer to na ture's heart ami the professor's heart, too, If he could be made to understand the expediency o.f Individual lessonff,for Ulu botany pupils. But he cannot He 9ulis for a class, and we are all classed. I hope for the best. So do the other ninety and eight must*. Botanlcally yours, PEItDITA. Saturday. Cotne to No Man's; every time for something doing. We have saved ihe professor's life. If It had only been one of us It wouldn't have been so com plicated. A composite gratitude doesn't go far when It has to be passed around. It was long after |uvtc.htuu\t, mid h$ never mWsefi ho can put tiwajr more frteti blueflsh and black berry potple than five of the muses, but it Is only proof of his exceptional i excellence, and the overseer never re bukes him. Did I tell you she was a w|dqw, also Interested In botany? I think »he stands second best. He HKes fried blueflsh, etc. Anyway, we missed him, and there Was a swift summer storm stealing blackly up from the horizon, and the sea moaned as it broke in sobs along the shore. They do that kind, thing , all right. I h-ihl to thmfc (hut tven» the snimnvr mun >•••j t d((esn -t. . MkeOr**-;. Clnrence lllnir said he nadn't showed up since breakfast, and he'd seen him making a bee line for the glen, and he'd said, "What's yer hurry t and the professor had said he hoped be could have oue morning In peace to study without that thundering crowd of old maids hiking after hiiu. We didn't believe MacGregor. He looks like a pale, new sand fly, and his father and mother own all of No Man's Land. The professor never In all this world used such words as hiking and thundering, but MacGregor did. 1 here fore, I may say, in the same common parlance, that the whole thundering crowd of old maids pitched In and loin busted MacGregor until his pretty white linen suit was not fair to see and his twining curls were full of sand burs. Then he howled and retracted, and we all went up the glen arter the professor. The glen deepens anil darkens as you go in, and the sides are rocky and pre cipitous. with much shrubbery and un dergrowth and scraggly pine trees list ed to windward. And Just as the first »lfe?lt of !lg|?tj}ing quivered In the iky { we beard a faint shout for help. It was the professor. He bung sus pended in air on the bare limb of a dead pine tbat jutted out from tbe rock halfway up tbe bluff, like Genius on Pegasus, tbe widow said—on a petrified Pegasus. Then Genevieve Periey, our college product, said Pegasus couldn't be pet rified. He would have to be ossified. And the widow began to cry and sat down on a log and said she didn't care a bit either way, ossified or petrified, and Professor Vogel was such a lovely man and always paid bis board like a gentleman, and she bated to see him killed before her eyes, and she never felt so much like fainting before in all her life. Genevieve said fainting was counted out. He was a fine target for light ning up there, and. while it was none of her business and she had no interest in the professor as a lovely man or In the continuance of his regular board pay ing, still she thought a rope might be a good thing. "In mountainous countries," began Agatha, the artist, who has been Eu ropized, "I believe tbey tie a rope around the waist of one person"— "It's tbe shoulders," said Genevieve; •"kind of a slipknot." Tbe professor shouted for help again, this time fainter still. "No; the waist," said Agathn firmly. "And lower that person over the moun tain side until he rescues tho other party." "Let's lower MacGregor," murmured Genevieve, but tbe widow cried and said her feel were getting wet and she didn't think it was right to joke in the face of death. That braced us up, be cause the professor did look like it, so while the fleeting momenta sped Gene vieve and 1 aped fleeter and found Borne clotheslines and a couple of husky lads in sweaters from the peanut stand and the boathouse, and we sped back to the glen. Then the husky lads climbed tho bluff on tbe sandy sido and did the Alpine act with the clotheslines, assist ed by several ropes from tbe boathouse, and before our eyes the professor was pulled back to life and liberty. ne is resting now. It is dark and still at the villa. No hops or m.qpdo lins tonight. The sbqcli \v|l| bring him to, I think, frnuu the botanical dream and cause him to concentrate his Joy 0D some loving, sympathetic heart, and It may be your PERDITA. i Monday I shall be home on the boat. The other girls aiv (lacking too. The overfill, hast'fainted. Only the profess or is serene. He was up bright and early this morning to meet tbe 6:08 train, and when he came back he had Mrs. Professor nnd three little profess or juniors uiitrriiy along after No, I don't think men were delivers ever. { think U was absentmlnded nes«i, (inly Mrs. Professor gave the museti their crushing blow when she ■aid she was so glad we had all joined the professor's summer botany as be had reduced the uiw to $lO, and she th<.,yjui It "was tin* sweet est, ttle.vniiug study one could take up. We all assured her it was el evating. It was—for the professor. And we're all going home tomoiXQ'v?. Yours for single blessed PttftbtTA, A Philadelphia Gallant, There 1s nothing that astonishes a woman so much as meeting a man who takes her at her word. A certain very Impetuous young woman living in the suburbs of this city experienced this unique wusation when she at tended n musicaie given by a friend and met a specimen of the too literal male. She was about to leave the house when her hostess called after hey: "Ob, don't thiuk of going out on such a stormy night alone. Mr. G. will be glad to go with you. Won't you, Mr. G.?" turning to a gentleman at her right. "Delighted," aatd the would be escort, beaming un the young woman, and be slipped on bis over coat and stood ready with hat and umbrella In hand. "Oh, please don't bother," said the protesting girl. "You mow I am quite accustomed to going out alone. I am not the least hit afraid. I nearly always k>ave here un escorted." "•Oh. well, if that Is the case," said the stupid mun, "I don't need to go tlieu. I would not think of Interfering with your lifelong habits." And without giving the independent young woman a chuucc to avail herself of his escort he threw off Ills overcoat and Joined a pretty blcyid at the end of the hallway.—Philadelphia Record. Th'« Kin* tl tardirr, " """" About a mile distant from the rocky frouiontory of Bralch-y-Pwll, the ex treme westerly point of north Wales., lies the Island of Bardscy, the ftOW* of u singularly Isolated conuuuulty. Tbe Island ki the property of Lord Newbor ough and was a favorite resort <tf the third baron, grandfather and predeces sor in the title of the present peer. At that period the Island was even more remote and out of the way than at present. Communication with Pwllheli was infrequent and uncertain, Con sequently the Bardsey folH formed au entirely independent community, forced by vircmnatauces to conduct tlielr own affairs without special reference to the laws of the country. Lord New bor ough instituted the office o( %lm?." Selecting from the Islanders one of su perior part* uud ufcarocter, he Invested hltn wttb the general authority which he himself possessed as lundlord, bid ding the rest to obey his ruling, abide by his decisions In cuse of dispute and In general respect his authority. Partly in jest, partly to strengthen his vice gerent's position, Ue couferred upon that worthy the title of "king of Bard sey" and bestowed upon him a crown, a treasure and an army. The "crown" was a gorgeous dladern of brass, won drously embossed and wrought; the "treasure" a silver casket brought from Italy, and the "army" a wooden figure Vainted to represent a soldier. How He Viewed It. There was a carriage accident in a town In Scotland. A brougham con taining two ladies was run away with down a steep hill. The noise and clat ter of the horses' hoofs on the flags with which the town was paved were terrific. A Scotch farmer who was walking on the footpath turned to watch the carriage disappearing In the dlstunce uml said to his companion, "For us who see it It is indeed a fear gome sight, but for those who are in side it must be a rich spiritual expert (nee!"— London Gentlewoman. Cruel. Miss Passay—Yes, and when he pro posed I tried hard not to let him read any encouragement in my face, but he did. Miss Peppery—Ah! I suppose he could read between the lines. Amonded. He—You are the only— She-Ahem! He—l should say—you are the pret tiest girl I ever loved. National enthuslusm Is the great nursery of genius.—Tuckerman. BY BREEZES BLOWN 8/ Katt M. Cltary Copyright, 10M, by K&t* M. deary "So that's the way tlie land lies. Is It?" asked IT/ Lylr The sensitive face under the big, rose lined sun hat was very white. Her lips quivered a little. The handa that held the vagrant sheet trembled. "It isn't that I care!" she told her aelf. "I hadn't begun te care—in that way. I was ealf becoming—attracted. But the shock—tha AUillnaioV— Wketi aha had started aut aa hour age for her usual brisk morning walk along the citap, shelving sands, she had been eae of the aaeet Indifferent, Hght hearted of fir la. She was done with college, and the two years of for eign travel had succeeded school aa a sort of polishing process. She had per fect health and misty dreams of all the veiled future held In lta keeping. She had aesthetic tastes, and her skill in athletic sports was the admiration of her leas vigorous girt friends. She hnd been having a beautiful time down at this gay, unconventional resort on the Michigan coast And now—well, temporarily It seemed that her pleas ure was spoiled. And In her heart she knew that ahe must have been beginning to think too much of the man whose attentions to her bnd been so marked or else thia discovery would not so affect her. Sit ting to rest and watch the white crest ed waves come curling up to break on tbe border of tbe lake like threads of rarest lace, tier attention had been caught by a small, wblte, whirling ob ject tbat at ilrst sight she bad taken for a bird. It bad whisked lower and nearer. Theu it floated so close she could put out her hand and grasp it, UUd she found it was a sheet of note paper covered with diminutive chirog raph}-. It was written on the station ery of the fashionable hotel looming up on the duues behlud ber. At first she had been aUwut to crumple it up and cast M aside, but lu the very act (tf doiug »o a name— her own name met her eye. Even then she hesitated. But the three words were so siguiQcuut she must know their writers full mean ing. Thv pugt» was the continuation (vf u Wtter, and the iivst three words at the top of tbe page were "love Jvy LyleV* Impulsively, giving her telf no chance to weigh tbe niceties of boitor in tbe balance, she scanned the page. As she read it slowly again the fresh, soft color weut tiding out of her cheek. "Love, |vy LyH». I've fought against It for I can't afford to marry her, us you know. But she has rather swept me off tuy feet, old chap. At first I was taken with her innocent beauty. There was no oue at this big hostelry to compare with her for looks. So 1 let myself drift I thought she was Just a dear little couutry Birl and that irweSKTW eusy to say a sentimental farewell when the summer was over. You know what these warm weather flirtations amount to. So I've been go ing to see her steadily and taking her everywhere. We've gone dancing and swimming and boating and all the rest of It, and, by Jove, for all she's mighty quiet, I've come to llnd out not the typical llttlo country girl at alt. She's well read and traveled, though she seemed rather nghast when she let that fact out. And she looks at a fellow in a cool, apprising sort of way that makes htm feel pretty cheap if his spoken thoughts are not quite up to her white standard. But she's not really lu the soclsl swim. She's a na tive, I take It It's been hard to plu her down to any confidence about her self. She lives with a v«ry dragon of an aunt at a farmhouse on the edge of town. She wears her cotton dresses and shade hats in a way that takes the shine out of the women up at the hotel, but I've never seen her sport any of the swell clothes they wear to tlio hops here. Oh, confouDd It. what's the use of my mooning away to you at this rate? I've gut to go away and try to forget her before Ifs too late. "Itumarls Chase and her father arc to be here this week, they tell me. And she's the girl the heads of botb our houses expect me to marry. She may have the good tasty to refuse me, and 1 almost hope * >ie will. She's a great heiress, and tLo consolidation of the bMM'ness Interests would be a cap ital thing; but, oh, hang me If I thought it would lie so hard to get that little girl's aweet face out of my heart. I must do the sensible thing and go to for the SI2O,<X)O a year. Lord, Uut I'm sorry for those poor dcvUs of kings who have to wed for reasons of state. I feel disgustingly like one of them. I'm 'iHvpy, Good night. I'll finish this in the morning. Ten to one I dream of Ivy Lyle!" It needed uo signature. The writer was easily recognised. She crumpled the paper tightly in her hand and thru*! it luto the blouse of her gown »5 a rapid, heavy step came crunching down the beach. That step had be come too pleasantly familiar. Could he have known the sheet hud been whisked out of his ro«m? Had he seen It blown down to the beach? "Good morning, Miss Lyle!" He flung himself down beside her. His handsome, boyish face looked strained and set. as though insomnia hud claimed him. "You're out early. Will you go rowing with nie today op to Clear Springs?" "I—l can't'," she faltered. The pleading voice had become so perilously dear to her she found it hard to refuse. Something strange In it tone made him look up quickly, Ind he saw how pale she was. "You are ill?" ho cried shsrply. "What Is It? What is wrong?" There was no doubt of the sincere concern in his eyes. "It is nothing*?' Trido came to her aid. She rose. "I must go home." "And won't you come up Black river today?" entreatlugly, almost tenderly. "It may be the last time!" He was planning—planning. Ob, that cruel, cruel letter! But—the last time, lie had said. She flung up her head and smiled at blm. "Yes, I will go!" she said. They were very gay that afternoon, almost recklessly so. They had lunch eon at the inn near the springs and floated back between the wooded banks just as the dsy was closing. When they came to parting st the clump of lilac bushes In the lane that led to the farmhouse Jack Ardsley leaned for ward and looked into hsr eyes. "Dear," he said, "I love you! I love you, and I can't let you go out of my life—ever! You don't know much of me. Ivy, but—will you be my wife?" "What," she faltered, "what about Damarls Chase?" lie took her shaking hands uud held them fast. "Who In thejvorld has been telling you of her? I've never seen her, but I our fathers have vast Interest* In coui | inun and have been anxious to arrange , a match. I don't say I didn't think of being complaisant Darling, some time I may get up courage to tell you how near I came to being a paltry coward, hew desperately I tried to make myself think I could do without you. But 1 cannot aud that's all there Is to It. If you can endure being poor with me for a few years I'M work so bard at my profession to give you everything that I shall be sure to win." She had not beeu mistaken in letting herself love him, then! For she did love him—she did. And she had known it all the while. She lifted her shy, flushed face. "I will be a good wife to you, dear!" she promised. And he kissed her on the llpa. • •••••• That night when be sought her at the dance at the inn be stood amazed. That lovely lady in the snowy, shim mering gown his demure little coun try lassie! How superbly she carried herself! And those diamonds around her white throat were worth a fortune. She smiled up at bis amazed counte nance. "Aunt Agatha and I did not wish to be bothered with attentions," she whis pered, "so we've been living Incognito. I expected my father tonight and dressed to do him and you," sweetly, "what honor I could. You will pardon me," as she signed for a boy who had brought her a telegram and broke tbe seal of the message. "Detained!" she read. "Will be with you tomorrow!" She banded Ardsley the yellow slip. It was signed, "Jasper E. Chase," and It was addressed to "Miss Damarls Chase!" "That," she said, "is my name!" "Ivy!" he gasped. "Damaris Ivy Lyle Chase! You poor boy! Come out on the balcony. They are staring at us." "Come—you base deceiver!" Trick* of Ancient Ool( Workers. There is a papyrus which givea recipes for various alloys used In tbe manufacture of cups and vases, for making gold and silver Ink, for gilding and silvering and for testing the purity of precious metals. Other recipes teach the method of falsifying them by adding baser metals—an operation called dlploels, or doubling, for the mass of the gold and sliver was dou bled, while their color remained un changed, and, as the compiler of the manual remarks, a skilled workman would find it difficult or eTen Impos sible to detect the fraud. The recipes which recur most frequently describe various modes of preparing asem, a word which originally meant p natural •Hoy of gold and silver known to the Greeks as electrum. It was at first looked upon as a distinct metal, was considered sacred to Jupiter and was designated by the sign of that planet but at a later period the name was ap plied to all alloys, and in this fact seems to lie tbe explanation of tbe origin of alchemy. Both gold and silver could be extracted from genuine asem, and it seemed as though it could be changed at the will of tbe operator Into either one or the other. If could also be made artificially-by mingling gold and sliver, or closely imitated by some of the numerous alloys, eleven or twelve varieties of which are describ ed in the papyrus of Leyden. . Wouldn't Commit rorgr err. Among the candidates for appoint ment to a vacancy on the police force of an Irish town wsb one Patrick Mur phy, whose appearance before the may or was hailed with cries of "Ho can't write!" The mayor said he was only there to take down the names of ap plicants, who would come up a fort night later for examination. A friend set Murphy in a fair, round hand to copy "Patrick Murphy" and kept him practicing at it assiduously. When the eventful dsy arrived, "Take that pen," said the mayor, "and write— write your name." As Pat took up the pen exclamations aroee: "Pat's a-writ ln'! He's got a quill in his fist! Small good will it do him! He can't write with It!" All were dutafounded when Murphy recorded his name In a bold, round hand and the mayor declared "That'll do," but one of them shouted: "Ask him to write somebody else's name. yer.honor!" "Write my name, Murphy." said the mayor. "Write yer honor's name!" exclaim ed Pat. "Me commit forgery and go in' Into the police! I daren't do it yer honor!"— London Tit-Bits. The Bnek Forek Snnltarluaa. Ninety-eight per cent of those who have tuberculosis of the lungs, if they get well at all, will havo to do so at home, but not "by the fireside." Even in tenement bouses people have made good recoveries, but it lias been by lying under a wide open window all day long and all night long, by extra feeding, by rest and by good courage. There are wondrous possibilities on back porches and in sheltered nooks. It Isn't tbe coldness of the air nor yet tbe sweltering heat of the sun tlint heals. It is the fresh, pure air lu com fort. Tho patient must not be annoy ed by cold or heat, but must be dress ed so as to be comfortable. Sleep out of doors, shielded from the storm, and dress Indoors where it is warm.— Everybody's Magazine. The Orlentnl Thief. Even in common robbery tho orient has picturesque ways pocullar to lt- Belf. A Burmese woman traveling in a third class compartment by the day train recently was reclining in tho car riage with one of her arms out of the window somewhere near Sltkwin, on the Purina state railway, when some one camo along the footboard and cut her arm clean off, apparently with a sharp sword. On the lost hand were rings with the usual accompaniment of bangles. The Dleenehantln* Phonograph. Tho best story I have beard recently Is that told of a well known Oxford don who was asked to speak Into a phonograph. A little later the machine was turned on again, and he was re quested to listen to his own voice. The don then turned to the assembled company and said, "It Is strange that through this machine I am made to speak lu a peculiarly bumptious and affected manner."—London Tatler. A Oetter Plnee Below. The occupanta of a store recently moved their business a short distance down the same street, hanging up lu the window of the premises they had Just vacated tbe following notice: "Have moved to a better place lie low."—Philadelphia Press. Be Broke Oat. Uncle—Are you always so quiet, my little man? Small Johnny—l should say not. But mamma promised me a shilling If I wouldn't Bay unytbing about your bald head and the wart ou your nose. No. 8. I r liTtniwi One tramps because be likes to tramp, not to save money. Neverthe less in Normandy, and the same Is true of nearly every other section of France except Savoy and the Cote d'Azur, one must make a distinct effort to spend Vhlle trataiplng more than 7 francs a day, or Nearly all the aubergcs I and many of the smaller hotels giro comfortable rooms for 30 cents a night •nd no extra charges, the petit dejeu ner for 10 cents and a prix fixe dejeu ner and dinner for 30 cedts each. In a word, 7 francs ($1.40) a day rep resents luxury, 4 to 6 comfort and 3 to 4 the essential. To bring the average per day below 3 francs and keep mov ing it Is necessary to go to the length of buying provisions at the stores cud Bleeping sometimes in the open air and in granges, a method which is not without its special piquancy, as I know from experience, but which it would be hazardous if not unpardonable to recommend. Alvan F. Sanborn in Book lovers' Magazine. A Kanaka Canoe. The early Kanakas built their fast ■ailing canoes out of the body of a •ingle tree, hollowing it out and stay ing the edges with Btrips of hard wood. These strips extended to the ends aud covered a space at both Btem and stern. The triangular sails were made of fine matting, and the little craft was steadied by an outrigger. The ruling chiefs and their families travel ed in large double canoes, with a rais ed platform in the center for passen gers. The building of a canoe was a very serious business. Offerings were made to the gods, and prayers were especial ly addressed to the fisherman's tute lary saint. A priest finally Btood with the owner at the bow of the canoe and recited the last prayer in unbroken si lence; death and disaster were sure to follow if any extraneous noise dis turbed the scene.—New York Times. UndlarnMed but Cool Ofllelal. A humble French official who was sent to one of the hottest departments of France found his bureau a perfect furnace until he had a brilliant idea. He improvised a cisteru and sat in it all day. Tbe public came into his of fice and panted, but he was up to Uls armpits in water, cool and comfort able. Nobody minded; it was thought very clever of him, and he grew in tho local esteem. But one day there came an Inspector whose business It was to maiutain the dignity of the public service, lie stood aghast. What! A registrar sitting in a cistern? It was a stigma on the republic. The case was reported to Paris, and the offend er was on the point of being dismissed when a cynic suggested a more hu morous punishment. "Send him to Al geria !" Even the cisterns are hot in that climate.—London Chronicle. -Old London TTFTilge. ~- Old London bridge was a monstros ity. It dated back to the year 1176 A. D., and at least three wooden bridges are known to have occupied the same site prior to that date. The old bridge was slightly over 000 feet in length, and had eighteen solid loaf piers, varying in thickness from confining* the flow of the river to less than half its natural channel. The en tire surface of the bridge was occu pied by blocks of brick and stone build ings—erected on arches, with the road- , way running tunnel-like beneath some of them four stories high. All of these bridge buildings were densely packed with huinau beings—at one time estimated at I,7oo—carrying on ull the trades and other vocations ef life. Spanning the two center piers* was a huge church building, dedicated to St. Thomas of Canterbury, but usu ally styled St. Peter's of the Drldge. In very eitrly time tbe arch opening from the bridge toward the city was called "Traitors' gate," and it was no unusual thing to seo the heads of a dozen executed criminals hanging over It Chriatmna Feaatlnc In Old Tlmea. There are certain dishes which uro peculiarly dedicated by custom and tradition to the Christmas feast. The plum pudding is almost the sole sur vivor of a long list of equally savory ones. There was tho boar's head, al ways the herald of the feast and al ways seasoned with mustard. Next In Importance was the peacock. The skin was carofully stripped off, with the plumago adhering. The bird was then roasted. When it was done and had cooled it was served up again in Its feathers and with gilded beak was sent to the table. Sometimes the whole body was covered with gold leaf aud a piece of cotton saturated with Bplrlts placed In Its beak and lighted as It made its gorgeous entry. The noble bird was not served by common bands. That prlviloge was reserved for the ladles most distinguished by birth and beauty. Geeso, capons, pheasants and pies of carps' tongues also helped to set out the Chrlatmas table in days goue by. Grotcaqne African Cnatoma. Tattooing is almost universally prac ticed by both sexes of the natives of Africa. It Is, however, very roughly done aud is altogether inferior to ili« tattooing of the Maoris of New Zea land and other Pacific races. The meth od of operation is simply to make a slit in the skin and then rub In char coal. Among tho less pleasing feminine ornaments must be reckoned the nose buttons of the Wa Yao and tho fright ful pelele, or lip ring, of the Anyanja. The nose button Is a circular disk of ivory or burnished lead let into one side of the nostril. Ugly as is the ef fect produced by this, it Is yet a thou sand times less hideous than the pelele, which consists of a round, flat piece of Ivory or wood flxed in a slit in the upper lip. The slit Is gradually in creased by the insertion of successive plugs, each a little larger than the pre ceding one, until It can accommodate a full sized pelele, which sticks out an inch or more in front of the face, ren dering tho appearance of the wearer scarcely human. The Game of Trlnqnet. Popular among tho Basque peasantry Is an ancient game known as trlnquet. No one knows tho origin of triinjuet. Like all Uasijue customs, It can bo traced back and back till Its history Is lost In the remote past Nearly every court in the country bears the aspect of extreme ago. Tho court at Bayonno Is believed to be 400 years old, and the one at St. Jean de I.uz looks older than the one at Bayonne. When Louis XIV., who was married in St. Jean de I.uz church, went down to the little frontier town to meet his Spanish bride, ho found the Basques of St. Jean de I.uz energetically playing their ancient game, and lie took the Idea back with him to Paris, and from it, largely modi fied, comes the game of tennis. Tennis aud trimjuet are very similar, sive that instead of a racket a leather arrangement, known as a glove, Is used for propelling the bali.—Country Life.
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