VOL. XXXXII.
—»— THE MODERN STORE-
New Spring Goods arriving Daily
We Can Interest You as never Before.
New-yard wide cambric finish percales, all new patterns, 12|c per yd.
New Galatea Cloths for servicable shirt waist suits, girls dresses,
boys' wants, etc., 15c per yard. x
SPECIAL FOR THE WEEK
2000 yards new dress Ginghams, nice patterns for shirt waist suits,
children's dresses, petticoats, etc., 8c per yard.
Do not fail to see onr new embroideries and insertions from 8c up to 60c.
Dainty new patterns in matched sets and edges, insertions and all-overs.
This store is bidding for your trade as never before.
Don't fall to take advantage of our early offerings.
EiSLEK-MARDORF COHPANY,
•OOTH lunmm » r%rv« ,
HmSriaKT* ' ) Send in Your Mail orders -
OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. PA.
KECK
££ Merchant Tailor. Q
Spring Suitings
P JUST ARRIVED. (]
142 North Main St.
KE C K
j i i
WHY ABE YOU SITTING UP ALL NIGHT FIRING COAL
WHEN YOU CAN GET AN
EVANS GAS ORGASOLINE ENGINE
WITH REVERSIBLE CLUTCH PULLEY,
TT'• MM FRO MM IT WILL PULL RODS
I ■ I Jtlim ■ IT WILL PLLL TUBINQ
IT WILL
H wells
MM UP THE OAS
FIRE A
-MI STARTINU
WRITE FOR CATALOGUE.
THE EVANS MFG. CO, LTD..
PUTLEB, PA,
*
i | nV *
i > II $
it If I
l» J. Q. &W. CAMPBELL, |
{[ . AGENTS FOR -BUTLER. gi
$ $ Cypher's Incubators and Brooders also Poultry i|i
Supplies and International pood- 4i
Sill, CALL FOR CATALOGUE. '
BUTLER, PA.
MM"i' if . ■■ —. »i '
{Our discount sale still continues J
C For the benefit of those who have been onable to attend onr eale in tbe S
1 past few greeks. " ■ /
\ ' Beuidea ojfcr di«couuU on Men's, iipya' and tJhildren'n Suite and Over- )
W poftte of 10, «0, per cent and | off, we offer a few special#. \
j One lot of Ulster Overcoats, sizes 16 to 36. 5
\ Co«ta that sold from SIO.OO to slß.oo Sale price $5.00 /
* 5.00 to 9.00 " 3.00 S
/ That sold at 00, |8.60, SIOO and SO.UQ, sale price fcI.UM /
\ :: 3.0Q, 2.M. p V
J » I! '• V2S. 1-50. j.7h " " 1.00 /
\Smol(fng Jackets and fyath Kobcs. )
C all go at i off regalar price. 1
/ All Men's and Boys' SWEATERS at 25 per cent less than regnlar price, f
> 200 SHIRTS, were 50c. 75c, SI.OO, $1.25 and $1.50, sell at 35c, 3 for /
/ Lot of 25c and 50c CAPS K° af 15c. S
\ BQCKB kind yon pay l(|c fqr nf\y fitter nmrw, t*o a« (JO a pair. r
M Wft't fait to Avail yonraelf of this opportunity. I
\ WATCH FOR WINDOW DISPLAY.
| Douthett & Graham, j
V
I Fall and Winter Millinery. |
Arrival of a large ling of Stceet Hats, Tailor-madeT 3j
a a nd ready-to-wear Ha'ts. All the new Ideas and
I* designs In Millinery Novelties. Trimmed and Un- 3*
|. trimmed Hats for Ladies, Misses and Children. All 31
J * the new things in Wings, Pom pon§; Feathers, 31
| L Qftflgh Qoods, etc. etc. 3;
ji Rockensteln's I
Emporium,!
«» Sooth Main Street, Butler, Pa.
• • . «. 4 *
-THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
ROAD AND BRIDGE REPORTS
Notice Is hereby given that the following
mads and bridges have been confirmed nisi
by the Court and will be presented on the
first Saturday of March Court, 1605. lieing
the 11th day of said month, and if no excep
tions are Hied thev will be confirmed abso
".utely:
B, I). No. 1, December Term 1904. In the
matter of the petition of citizens of Clinton
township to change a public road, beginning
at !,ardln's Mill in Butler county and ending
at Miller's Mill In Allegheny county. Septem
ber 2<i. viewers appointed, who on Oct.
21. law. filed their report in favor of proposed
change—no damages assessed. Now. T>ec.
10. 19U4. approved, and fix width of road at Si
feet, notice to be given according to rules of
court. Br THE COURT.
K. D. No. 2. December Term, 19I>1. In the
matter of the petition of citizens of Clinton
township for a county bridge across Bull
creek In Clinton township where said creek
crosses the public road leading from Plt's
burg to Kittanning. September 2i5. 1904.
viewers appointed, who on October 21, 1904,
filed their report In favor of proposed bridge
Now. December 10,1904, approved, notice to
tie given according to rule* of court and to
be laid before the grand ju»y 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
Portersville and North LibertV road be
tween the farms of Peter and John Wimer
and running along said line to the Kll'ott
Mill and l'ortersville road. September 26.
19W, viewers appointed, who on December I.
1904, filed theit report in favor of proposed
change no damages assessed. Now. Dec. 10,
1904, approved, and fix width of road at 33
feet, notice to be given accoidlng to rules of
court. Br TIIE CorRT.
It. D. No. 4, Decc-rnber Term, 1!«J4. In the
matter of the petition of citizens of Jefferson
township for a county bridge over t horn
cieek in said township. w1.,-r». the creek
crosses the public road known as the Butler
and Freeport road. September 5, 1904, viewers
appointed, who on November 30, 1904. filed
their report in favor of proposed bridge.
Now, December 10. 1904, approved, notice to
be glved according to rules of court and to
be laid before the grand Jury at next term.
BY THE COURT.
2. D No. 5, December Term. '904. In the
matter oi ti.» pttitipn of citizens of Brnir.
liorough for a cOurity bridge o,cr Bear creek
in said borough where said creek chisSes* me
Sublic road leading from Fairvlew to
leiora on the farm of I). V. Kelly. October
31. 1904, viewers appointed, who on December
1. 1904, filed thoir report in favor of proposed
bridge. Now. December 10, 1904. approved
notice to be given according to rules of court
and to be laid before the grand jury at next
term. Br THE COURT.
B. D. No. 6. 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 Dpccrebor 3. 5901, fllcd
their report In favor of proposed bridge,
v'ow. December 10.1904, approved, notice to
lie given according to rules of court and to
be laid before grand Jury at next term.
Br THE COURT.
B. 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 lu said township where said creek
c.-u„»0s Uic public i-oc.fl from Whites
town to Middle Lancaster, iieai i'blilp
Klfriner's. November 1, 1904 vle#ers ap
pointed, who oh December 3, 1904. filed thulr
reports In favor of proposed bridge. Now,
Decomtier 10, 1904. approved, notice to be
according to rules of court and to be laid be
fore the grand Jury at next term.
Br TBE COURT.
B. I). No. 13. June Term, 1904. In the mat
ter of the petition of citizens of Butler town
ship for a public road leading frqm r, point
on the Pierce in fiontcf the uVoj Hotel
to a point on the public road oil lands of 0.
K". Waldron. about 30 rods east of the resi
dence of said O. K. Waldron, September 10.
1804, viewers appointed, who on December 3,
1904, filed their report in favor of proposed
road no dumagos assessed Now rjgppmfcor
10, 1904, approyod and fix width of ri,»d at 38
feel, notice to be given according to rules of
court Bv THE COURT.
Certified from tbe recor<t this 9ih day of
Feb., A. D. 1900. L. E. CHRrSTLEV,
Clerk Q. S. Court.
r International )
Stock Food. V
3 feeds for one cent. j
In 25c, 50c, SI.OO and f».50 .
packages I
International (
Poultry Food. >
A 25c package contains 100 \
. feeds for 12 fowls. C
C In 25c, 60c. sl. $3.50 Package# 7
/ And all other Internati-ual \
j Stock Food Co s
V Sold by /
5 Redick <& Grohmao j
? 109 North Mcin n., S
Bujler, fri,
B. & B.
new petticoats
Spring styles uiewieriie
ed Satine Petticoats now
in.
Choice selection,
$1.25, $1.50, $1.75 and
$2.00.
Special tme Black Merceri?-
ed Satine Petticoats. $ 1.00
tailored bands.
Special Blue, Green, Tan
and Reseda Mercerized Petti
Gtjats—sectional tlounce —five-
inch accordion ruffle, $1.50.
Special Black Mercerized
Satine Petticoats—24-inch ae--
gorciiQn pleating—foot ruffle,
$1.75.
These are special and so ad
vertised, inasmuch as thoy
greater style and
merit than usually goes with
Petticoats at the prices—all
lengths, 38 to 44 Inches.
Boggs& Buhl
ALLEGHENY. PA
H- MILWSK
FIRE and LIFE
INSURANCE
and REAL ESTATE.
OFFICE— Room COB, Sutler CJounty
Nation*! Bank building
CATARRH
€ R j|§jf
ELY'S CREAM BALM
This Remedy is a Specific,
Sure to Cive Satisfaction.
CIVES RELIEF AT ONCE.
It cleanses, soothes, heals, ai;d protects the
diseased membrane. It cares Catarrh and
drives away a Cold in the Head quickly.
licstorcs the Senses of Taste and SmelL
Easy to we. Contains no injuri< >ns drugs.
Applied into tho nostrils and absorbed.
Large Siz», CO cento at Druggists or by
mail; Trial Size. 10 cents by mad.
ELY BROTHERS, *o 'Warren St., New York.
PROFESSIONAL CARUS.
PHYSICIANS,
JC. BOYLE, M. D.
< EYE, EAR, NOSH and THROAT,
SPECIALIST.
121 East Cunningham Street.
Office Hoars 11 to 12 a. m.. 3 to 5 and
7 to 9 p. m.
BOTH TELEPHONE*.
DR. JULIA E. FOSTER,
OSTEOPATH.
Consultation and examination free.
Office hoars —9 to 12 A M., 2 to
M., daily except Stmday Evening
appointment.
Office —Stein Block, Rooms 9-10, But
ler, Pa. People's Pbone 478.
F L LAR.A E. MORROW, D. 0.,
V GRADUATE BOSTON COLLEGE OF
OSTEOPATHY.
Women's diseases a specialty. Con
sultatian and examination free.
Office Hours, 9to 12 ni., J to 3 p. m
People's Phone 573.
S. iiiaiu ilreii, Kutici, Pa
MTZIMMERMAN
• PHYSICIAN A ND SruosoN
At 327 N. Main St.
T R. HAZLETT, fif. D.,
ijt 10* W?st
Dr. Graham's fofmtr o< ?, cs.
Special attention give»- to Eye, v "o-_c
and Throat I'eoole's Hit ne 274.
OAMUBLM. BIPI'US.
O pJiieSiCtAK
aoo V-Jcal C n St.
DENTISTS.
J\K. FORD H. JJAYEIT.
JU - OISNTIST.
XiradnaVe ot Dental Department,
University of Pennsylvania
OHsce-21.*i S. iMaiu Stfstiti Butler, Pa.
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON,
SURGEON DENTIST.
Formerly of Butler,
Has located opposite Lowry Hou«e,
Main St, Butler, P» Tbe woTk
a&eni&il/. painlos-i extractor
df teeth by his new method, no medi
cine ased or jabbing a needle into the
gams; also gas and ether used. Com
munications by mail receive prompt at
tention.
DU J. WILBERT McKEE,
SURGEON DENTIST.
Office over Leighner's Jewelry store,
Bntler, Pa
Peoples Telephone 505.
A specially made of gOI.JI fillings, gold
crown ami bridge wprlj.
OR J. HINDMAN,
. DENTIST.
12,' L South Main street, (ov Metzer'c
shoe store.)
RR. 11. A. McCAUQLHaa,
• ' ' 'o#N'flST.
Omoein Hutler County National Bank
Building, 2nd floor.
DT*. M D. KOTTRA 3A,
<iucce'.<mr tr. r. v jcUytton.
Oltice at i>o 114 E. Jeiterson St., over
C, W. Miller's grocery
ATTORNEYS.
RP. SCOTT,
. A^rc ) 3v*»-*J;-.EAW,
Giuce in bntler County National
Bank bnilding.
AT. SCOTT,
• ATTORNEY AT Law.
Office at No, 8. Weat l]tewo«<l St, But
ler.
COULTER & BAKER,
ATTORNEYS AX LAW.
Ofßee in Butler County National
Bank building.
TOHN \*. CQUI/rER,
" ATTOHNEY AT-LAW.
Oflloe on Diamond, Butler, Pa.
Special attention given to collections
and business matters.
JD, McJUNKIN,
• A TTOR NK Y-AT-LA. w.
Office ip Ruber building, cornei Main
and a. Cunningham Sla, Entrance on
Main street
JB. BKEDIN,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office on Main St. near Court Hous<
HN. OOU'JHER,
1 ATTORNEY AT LAW.
OfHce In Wise building.
EH. NEGLEY
• ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office In the Negley Isui]<tiuM, West
Diamond
\V C. FINDLEV,
" • ATTOItNEV-AT-LAVV, AND
PENSION ATTORNEY.
Office on South side of Diuuiond,
Butler, Ptv-
MISCELLANEOUS.
p P. L. McQUISTION,
V. Civil, ENGINEER AND B«J*VKYOR
Office near Court House
LP. WALKER,
• NOTARY PUBLIC,
BUTI.KR,
Office with Berlciner, next dr/ir P. O
BF, BILLIARD,
• GENERAL HITRVEYING.
Mines and Land. Connty Snrveyor.
R. F D. 4!), West Snnbury, Pa.
L. S. MCJUNKIN. llt A McJUNKIN*
GEO. A. MITCHELL.
b. S McJUNKIN & CO.,
Insurance 8c Real Estate
117 E Jefferson St.
SUTbER, - - - PA
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1905.
pAVWWWVVVVVVVvyvvYYvr'a
j The Man and 1
I the Hour j
S By KEITH GORDON <
S Copyright, IOC*, by Frances Wilson \
Elinor for the first time in lier life
was looking the future squarely in the
eye. Hitherto she had ljeeu content to
nibble at life, munching away content
edly enough, satisfied with the joy of
the moment. And she might have gone
on so for an indefinite time had it not
been for the occurrence of the 3d of
June.
New Year's day is significant only
because then, by common consent,
time mores up a number. This partic
ular June 3 made an indelible impres
sion on Elinor's mind because on that
day she began to be thirty-two—began
at the very beginning, of course, but
still she began.
"I shall say l'ni thirty-one all this
year anyway," she announced defiant
ly to that other self that receives our
dearest confidences. "It's such bad
form to say you're thirty one years and
two months old, or whatever it may
happen to be. And if I have to write it
I'll make it thirty-one in round num
bers—not even thirty-one plus." All of
which, as the reader can see, was very
unscrupulous.
However, she found, by far the
worst thing about beginning to be thir
ty-two was the I'aei that you couldn't
forget it. The harder you tried the bet
ter you remembered it.
"Well, what if I am?"
This was the remark that our heroine
slung into space when, after a week of
torment, she sat down with her chin
resting on her hands to have tho thing
c.ut "Wh«4 H I am* So are plenty of
iitiier glr—women, I mean. Alice Is
thirty, Mary thirty-one, Mabel twenty
eight."
She paused in her enumeration, struck
by the thought that all these friends
were married. Matrimony U sub
ject ttiiiclt she had given the mini
mum of thought. She supposed she'd
come to it some time, but she was in
no hurry to enter that narrow pasture
so long as there was pleasant browsing
to be had outside.
When she had thQUguc of it at all it
iiau seemed to mean chiefly a tiresome
round of housekeeping that resulted in
three perpendicular lines just over the
pose, a memorandum of WQfEJ. ihtu she
§ecrc{ly detu mined to avoid as long as
possible. But now that she was be
ginning to be thirty-two the thing was
different.
Could it be, she that
"L* iiau made u mistake after ail nnd
that those three incisive lines were as
much of an honor as an officer's l>ara>
oould it be thnt the«-« was a point
when one tiegau to be thirty-two—for
instance, when becomlngness demand
ed that one should lay aside "Miss"
just as it required that one should
stop wearing pink"/
' She fac-id her flight with a stiff up
yfcr Op, realising that she had no one
but herself to blame. There had been
n number of men—tho mischievous dim
ple at the corner of her mouth danced
into sight for a second at tl(j thought
of how ma"j- who nad done their best
to stop her in what she now recognized
for the first time her mad career. She
had decflued their offers kindly, but
with a oertair, royal carelessness thai
recked not of possible dark hours tq
come. \Vhen did any W'J'lUUt born to
the Vfl'ef ill the divine right of queens
ever foresee dethronement?
She had inadvertently "lived over,"
as she had once heard it quaintly
phrased. There was no ubout *(,
she was an
yamui In atl its brutal truth, scorning
such euphemisms as "spinster" and
"bachelor woman."
"You're an old maid—Just a plain old
niaid!" she said audibly. But it tjouwV
ed like n Iqk« iiky. y.u« oi those things
100 bad fi l>e trufi. She would proba
bly wake up after a hit to find (hat she
had been married since her eighteenth
year and had a son ready to enter col
lege and a daughter about to make h.f' r
debut.
No such happy cnpie.
howpyei, arid with desperate philoso
phy. she decided that since she was
an old maid she would enter Into the
role for all it was worth. At least
she would avoid the error of
kittenish.
J.lttlc by littif her plainest gowns
were brought tutu requlnltlou. Certain
little graces and frivolities of the toilet
were one by one abandoned. She timid
ly asked Alice, her closest frigid, j\*.
teach the children to call ha' Untie,"
a thing which >jho had hitherto forbid
den under the. penalty of a sudden
death to the cherub that should first
Ye guilty of It.
"What Is the matter with you?" gasp
ed Alice, with a stare of amazement.
"Aud what have you been doing with
your hair, and why are you wearing
that ugly old dress, with all the hand
some things that you have?"
'Tui Just wearing the things suit
able to my age before the dear friends
have a chance to point them out to
me," was the answer, and that uight
her friend confided to her husband,
with thoughtful regret, that Elinor was
becoming a regular old maid.
Another of her friends and comrades,
Max Anderson, also noticed the subtle
change. Theirs had been a sort of
brother and sister friendship of long
standing. " For years lie had scolded
and criticised and bullied her. The
one thing that he hadn't done was to
make love, and Elinor had long since
given up trying to make him.
"Haven't you ever been In love,
Max?" she had asked him once, with
genuine curiosity in the gray eyes that
had been more than one man's un
doing. \ dull flush came up Into his
face, and he looked at her strangely.
"Yes," he answered shortly, "I have."
"Beautiful nlglit. Isn't ItV" he weld
on after a moment, aml there was a
touch of (UOCkery In his voice that
made 'ho questioner wince. After that
she asked him no more.
"What's up?" he demanded, survey
ing her cynically as she came do a.:
to receive him one evening, with re
nunclatlon speaking fnuu every line
of her plain gown and her smooth,
parted hair. "Is It some sort of lay
sackcloth and ashes? What particular
slu are you mourning?"
"The great sin of omission!" she an
swered demurely as they Hat down op
posite each other. But he lookiil In
credulous. He had not known her lif
ted! years for nothing.
"Commission, you mean," he said
dryly, with an air of remembering
things.
"No; omission! I'd tell you about It,
only you're never any comfort to a
person. You're Just like a stone, Max.
I don't know how I've endured you so
long
ITe turned his eyes lazily upon her
with a look long, steady. Inscrutable.
Neither spoke, but after a moment Eli
nor, with a beautifully assumed air of
perfect ease, sought refnge in a study
of the pattern of the carpet,
j "Possibly I may tell you some time,"'
he said, with n nonchalant laugh, "but
go on; let me hear what's the trouble.
You always tell me eventually."
And so, in fact she did. It was the
beauty of Max that he made you like
and hate him simultaneously. But no
matter what you felt you wanted him,
and you usually confided in him. That
at least had been Elinor's experience,
and it was being repeated for the hun
dredth time now. She wanted to tell
him; she always wanted to tell liim ev
erything. She leaned forward sudden
ly, with a childish bid for sympathy in
her eyes.
"You see. Max, I've omitted to get
married. And now I'm thirty-one"—
"Plus," he corrected gravely.
"Thirty-oue," she continued firmly,
"and, though it's been great fun—well,
all at once I realized that I'm an old
maid. It's so unexpected. Why haven't
I married? That's what 1 don't under
stand."
There was a pause in which it seem
ed to her that she suddenly heard the
beating of her own heart. Before she
fully realized what had happened her
hands were held close and Max was
Saying;
"Look at me, Elinor, and see if you
can't find out I've waited years for
you to finish sowing your wild oats."
tnnataral.
Small Nancy, age<l four, had a doll to
which she was devotedly attached. It
could open and shut Its eyes, and every
night Nancy took it to bed with her,
carefully closiug Ha «:»s before the
light was turned out. One day the doll,
as dolls from time immemorial have
been known to do, met with an acci
dent which placed the eye shutting
mechanism out of business and left it
with not only widely and permanently
opened optics, but badly damaged ones
aa At intervals during the re
mainder of the day Nancy pleaded to
have her dolly "cured," but nothing
was successful. At bedtime when she
had donned her nightdress and started
for her little bed her mother a iiu
had forgotten her doll and re
nundvd her of i'C saying:
' "But, Nannie, you've forgotten your
baby. She won't be able to sleep un
less you take her to bed with you, as
usual."
To her mother's astonish
ment Nancy threw a half contemptuous
look over her shoulder at the doll, re
cumbent on a chair, and said:
"Oh, what's the use"; oau't sleep
anyway. «\-ei' heard of anybody
sleeping with their eyes wide open?"—
New York Times.
Crashed by IIIn
"My wifa U not always* as consider
ate o't luy feelings as she might be,"
says tbe man who JnYUrtfibl.v means
well. "I homo the other night,
ITI>U I eould see that I was not more
than deuce high with her on account
of—well, no matter what. I was full
up of a new theory a mat) had
Imparting to me, and as» i always be
lieve in a luau-a regarding his wife as
411s intellectual equal I told her about
it. The man told me that It is the
brain that really nourishes the hair.
He even went so far as to say that if
you pull a hair out you Riy»l out a bit
of brain with U. H lntotested me ex
vvediugiy. My wife just sniffed.
" 'That's not new,' she said. 'I found
that out long ago. dwean't matter
either v\'',iptber. the hair is pulled out or
ftills out naturally.'
"That's >vh«T I Ret for trying to be
gooij to that woman. Stung by my
wife."
Here he raised his hat. He was as
bald as a newly plucked <yrg.- >Va»h
ington Post.
Ttnilnir Hananaa.
It Is generally known that bananas
are shipped while yet green and un
ripe, but few persons are awftry of the
careful and elabovftto M"" 4 calculations
requiring totting *>ut tho plants and
wuiiing oif the fruit In order to Insure
the arrival of the bananas In nroper
condition at their destination. W'hea u
plantation Is begun tUp yo,'»ng plants
are set out at cwrta'U Intervals, so that
they wUA produce at regular prefixed
during the ywir. A certain num
ber of days before the arrival of a
steamer the green fruit is cut, and a
close calculation of the time that will
be consumed fn the voya({9 must al
ways be made, elsu thw bananas will be
spoiled, uteaiuers carry steam
Utuning apparatus to Insure a uniform
temperature throughout the voyage.
The ripening is calculated to occur only
after the fruit has reached tbe retail
dealer.
DINING IN JAPAN.
* It'» Your Flral Jupnnciic Meal Yon
-Will Have n TryliiK Tliur.
If It's your first Japanese dinner
you're having a dreadfully hard time,
In the first place you must stt ou tho
floor, for they don't have any chairs In
Japan. Y«>n kneel down, and then you
turn your toes In till one hips over the
other, and then you sit back between
your heels. At lirst you are quite
proud to llnd how well you do It, and
you don't think it's so very uncomfort
able. Hut pretty soon you get cramp
ed, and your legs ache as If you had a
toothache in them. You don't say any
thing, because you think that If the
Japanese can sit this way all day long
you ought to be able to stand It a few
minutes. Finally both your feet go to
sleep, "anil then you can't bear It a
moment longer, and you have to get
up and stamp around the room to
drive the prickles out of your feet, and
all the little dancing girls giggle at
you. This isn't your only trouble ei
ther. All you have to eat with Is a
pair of chopsticks, and you're In terror
lest you spill soniettilug on the dainty
white matting tloor. Now the lloor of
a Japanese house isn't Just the floor;
It's the chairs and sofas and tables
and beds as well. At home it would
be mortifying enough to go out to din
ner and tiplll Momethlng on the floor,
but In Japan, where people sit and
sleep 011 the floor, It seeins even worse.
So you are unhappy till your little ne
san (who Is the waitress and almost
as prettily dressed as the dancing girls,
but not quite) cornea laughing to your
aid and shows yon how to hold your
ebopsttcks. After that you manage
nicely the rice and the omelet, but the
flsli and the ehicken you can't contrive
to shred apart without dropping your
chopsth-ks all the time. So between
dances the malko—the little girls about
twelve years old -kneel down beside
you and help you. They can't keep
from giggling at your awkwardness,
but you don't uilnd; you Just giggle,
too, and everybody giggles and has a
lovely time.—St. N'leholiis.
A Wretch.
Justice -What's the charge sgnlnst
this prisoner? Olth-er Yer honor, he's
a public nuisance. He's been goln'
<tround lu th' dead of night wakln' up
night watchmen an' then runuln' away!
—Cleveland Leader.
Some successful men are 95 per cent
backbone, and some others are 1)5 per
cent cheek.—Chicago News.
ViAA
| The Hunger of \
| A Man's Soul
By CAMPBELL MACLEOD
It was nfter the play, and they were
waiting in the quiet little cafe to be
Served. She leaued over to draw in the
fragrance of the red roses and to avoid
his eyes, which were persistent. He
was thinking of how young and lovely
she was. How could he expect her to
love him? The mirror opposite re
minded him of his years.
Yes. he would tell her —save her all
painful explanations. A young fellow
would make her happier. Once In a
burst of girlish confidence she had told
him how she hated youug men and new
houses. It was childish of him, he told
himself, to expect her to know her own
mind.
"What can I eat?" she beamed at him
with shining eyes. "Anything, from a
nice young man to an oyster:" Here
was the opening, sooner than he ex
pected.
"Judith," he began gravely, "it is of
the young man I wish to speak now.
Did—did—they say it is youug Travej-s?
Shall I release you?" The last, to the
ear of the girl, seemed an anxious,
frenaitd appeal for freedom. So this
was what made him so gloomy, so un
like himself. He was tired of her. He
wanted to bo free. She was pulling a
rose to pieces and fitting the petals over
her finger tips. "Shall w« ring the cup
tain dowu «u» our little comedy?" he
asked in an "it's all for the best" tone.
She nodded slowly. She was beginning
to see more clearly every minute. Just
as one's eyes grow accustomed to dark
ness after the first bewilderment—he
wanted to be free
"Judith,'" U* haul, »*t shall auk only
viie favor of you." lie hesitated.
'■lt is granted," she returned coldly.
"Perhaps I shall have the honor of
congratulating you—also." The "ft'.aoT
was added as an afterthqußb|.
"It is that you will tell it all to me."
fe&altatfd through a sense of deli
cacy. 'if you mind, dear," he added
gently, "then don't!' 1
pV\ vhi! unnd'r sue asked herself. No;
fehr. gloried In the opportunity. If he
sighed for Ills freedom, he should have
it.- She would make no effort to hold
him, but he should understand before
she let him go that other men thought
her doalrfiblfc- Then he eoutd go with
freedom, and she would marry any
one of the other*. It made no differ
ent -ahe would take the one who next
asked her. She was eighteen and in
finitely young. The middle aged fi'.au
oppftsite felt that be wovM Verier bin
Immortal soul to, —to be
yoiins \yit£ fc«r,
'.tihali I begin at the beginning?" she
asked In weary tones. He winced.
"No," he replied. "That would In
clude me. Spare me that." Ther* was
a long silence. "It la v»f young Trav
ers, your er\gagtvuient"—
tonight," she reminded In a
dull voice. "I was engaged to you.
But"— Her voice stuck. He was
waiting for her to begin.
"Mrs, Carr. from New Orleans, was
at the Springs," she began. "She Is
ono of my mother's oldest friends. Mr.
Travei-s is her nephew. It was at one
of her receptions that I met htm first.
Shall I tell you everything*" Her
voice liaji ft uew ring. He thought It
was <rou> speaking of her lover.
''Your roses came just as I was start
ing," she continued. "I wore the Wuv
dress, the one you used to Uk.e ».«*> to"—
"Child," he interrupted, "you <!& not
understand"**
but t do," guyly. "I remember
tt, evciy bit. You told me that first
night I wore It—do you remember It?—
what you whispered out here on the
gallery about uiy 'milk white arms and
shpdowy bair?' It is a pretty dress. I
wore .-our roses to the reception. They
were glorious ones!" She was leaning
on her elbows on the table, her big eyes
full of mjifltery.
"When Mrs. Carr presented Mr.
Travers," sho proceeded, "he told me
that Uo bad been knowing me for a
long, long time and waiting for me
to como, because bis hands were tied,
as it were, and he couldn't come after
me. Then 1 laughed, because It was
such a good joke—really. Hob, he said
it very much ulcer than I can remem
ber, Then be went on to tell me that
]t was before the war be had known
me. He Just graduated two years ago.
I am afraid I rather encouraged hln>
In the nonsense. It was such a relief
from talking to the women, and I can't
help being silly, you know, Bob." Ills
heart felt old and musty and failed,
and her every word was giving it a
fresh blow. She bad made a little pyr
amid of the rose petals and was nerv
ously tearing it to pieces to reconstruct
»t.
"He was very nice," she continued.
"We went back to sit on the stairs to
listen to the music. That was the be
ginning. He came next day for me to
drive with him and told me that be
loved me."
"The Impudent young"— He forgot
that it was of her lover he was speak
ing.
"Ho said he couldn't help It," she
apologized for him In world weary
accents. "But they all say that." There
was no trace of vanity in the remark.
The red of the roses found brilliant
rivals in her cheeks. "Then—then one
night," she hesitated, "It was moon
light—down on the beach—he kissed
me"—
"He kissed you?" the man exclalm
*d. "How dare he—how dare you?"
"Don't be too hard on him," she
pleaded. "lie said something about
qjeu not despising a thief if he steal
to satisfy his soul when he Is hungry."
Bob had risen angrily. A determined
little hand pulled him back.
"Kemaniber," a cold voice reminded,
'•you desired me to tell you."
"Judith!" he reproved sharply.
"And that wasn't all," and she flash
ed defiant eyes at him. She remember
ed how Jealous he had been. Once she
laughed and asked him If lie thought
the enamored air went sighing after
her too. But that was when he bad
really cared for her. Now he was try
ing to get rid of her. "I had numerous
other lovers at the Springs, Bob. It
may be"—she tapped a gay little tune
with her fan—"that you might find
thein diverting. There was Dave Cary"
—she assigned her little finger to him—
"and Fred I.anglcs," the next finger
to him, "both of whom proposed to me
at the picnic on the fourth day of July.
Then there was Mr. Greyner, who pro
posed to me at the dance at Judge Blr
row's sou's birthday—the son also pro
posed for that matter. I>r. Spauldlng
set my wrist when I sprained It, and
when lie dismissed me he asked me to
be his wife. That's all the proposals I
had at the springs. There were five
more when 1 stopped to visit Lucy Kll
dare on my way home." The man
made a gesture of entreaty. Truly, he
had not dreamed of It being this bad.
His heart felt like a church on a week
day. How could he have ever been fool
enough to expect Judith to love him
against all these young mea?
"If you marry Travers"— It was a
cowardly subterfuge to get her away
from the others. His voice stuck. She
sat alert, with brilliant eyes.
"If I marry Travers, what?" she ask
ed.
"I don't know," miserably.
"I haven't exactly decided which one
I shall marry." She leaned back lan
guidly. She was pushing her hair back
and trying to pin it in place. "It's real
ly very hard to make up one's mind.
Bob. It's the number of them that con
fuses me." She laughed dellclously.
His hand tightened around his glass.
"Bob," the girl suddenly demanded,
"what's that you told me once about
love lying deep?"
Could he release her? "The hunger of
a man's soul" kept running through his
head. Could he do it? Wasn't she in
crying need of a protector to shield her
from this very hunger?
"Bob"—she tossed him a rose—"have
you forgotten the lines?"
" 'Love lieth deep,'" he began.
" 'Love dwells not In lip depths. Love
wraps his wings on either side the
heart.'" There was a long silence.
Somehow the silences of Bob were
more eloquent than al? the lip talk of
the others. She was beginning to un
derstand. She thought vaguely of
•hips cut loose from their moorings.
She hated young men.
She remembered the first time she
ever saw him. She waa doing a skirt
dance before the long gilt mirror in
the back parlor. She turned; to get a
aldewtse view of herself, and there in
the door he was calmly watching her.
The others were at the table. The oc
casion was a dinner party, and be had
committed the unpardonable offense of
being late. That waa the beginning.
He very much preferred staying with
her, I\e declared, if she didn't mind.
Vhat was the night she started loving
him. Hadn't he spent weary hours
over the intricacies of toe dancing to
coach her? Didn't Bob always under
stand? The thought that he was just
across the table and not engaged to
h«r any more almost suffocated her.
She couldn't stand It
"Bob," she said, with all that peril
ous youth shining in her eyes, "have
you forgotten that toe dance you
taught me years ago?" No, with weary
resignation, he had not forgotten it.
"Bob," with cruel persistence, "when
you told me that night that you had
rather stay with me than to go with
the old ladles, did you mean it, truly?"
Yes, he was sure he meant it truly.
The cafe was deserted. Only Francois,
the waiter, lurked in the background,
and he couldn't speak English.
"Bob," moving nearer and laying a
confiding band ou his arm; "Bob, does
your Jove He too deep for words?"
There was a pleading quality in her
tones not to be resisted.
"Child!" He was holding her chin in
his most comforting hand and examin
ing her eytw.
''Jack Travers didn't kiss me, truly,"
she comforted, patting Bob's old gray
hairs tenderly. Francois had discreet
ly withdrawn, fully remunerated. "He
said that before I told him about—
about bow I loved you—l—l told him
all about us, Bob" But she didn't
finish. He understood. Bob always
understood.
"Child," bo whispered, with eyes in
which youth had come home to live,
"you mtist be the oldest person on
earth. Ton arc straight from the gar
den of Eden, with youth that is fresh
and genuine and eternal. Yes, you are,
child!"
Orateri With or Without.
''Sitting opposite me in a downtown
syster bouse the other day," said a
clubman, "was one of ihose fastidious
men who undertake to transmit in
structions to the cook through the wait
er. He wanted a twenty-five cent stew.
As nearly as I can remember, these
were his instructions:
" 'Now, waiter, kindly tell the cook I
don't want the oysters and milk mere
ly mixed aud heated. I want the milk
carefully boiled first. The oysters
should then be added without the
liquor. The liquor should not be put In
until the seasoning Is added. Be very
particular to get good rich milk and
nothing but the best gilt edged butter.
As for the oysters, I want Oape Cod
■alts. No ordinary stock oysters for
me. Do you understand?"
" 'I think so, sir,' replied the waiter.
'But do you wish the oysters with or
without?'
" 'With or without what?' asked the
customer.
" 'l'earls, sir.' "—New York Press.
THE STORY OF SUGAR
CHINA SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN THE
FIRST CANE CULTIVATOR.
OrlclMllr the Product Waa Employ
ed Only Medicinally—The Art of He
lming Waa Invented by n Fifteenth
Century Venetlnn.
Few other commodities possess a lar
ger bibliography than sugar. Never
theless the early history of sugar is
wrapped in obscurity. Formerly chem
ist* called everything a "sugar" which
bad a sweet taste, but the term in Its
scientific sense soon caine to be re
stricted to the sweet principles lu vege
table and animal Juices. Only one of
these, cane sugar, was known as a pure
substance until 161 A, when an Italian
chemist isolated the sugar of milk aud
proved Its individuality. The original
habitat of the sugar cane is not known,
but it seems to have been first culti
vated lu China aud to have extended
tbence to India aud Arabia at a com
paratively late date. Sugar Is not men
tioned by cither Grecian or Roman
writers until the time of Nero, and sug
ar candy was the first and only species
known to the European ancients. It
was the original manufacture of the
cast, particularly China, and found its
way Into Europe :is raw sugars did in
after ages by way of India, Arabia
aud the Red sea. Sugar when first In
troduced Into every country was used
only medicinally. Almost all physi
cians, commencing with the Arab
leeches, employed It originally to ren
der unpleasant aud nauscatlug medi
cines grateful to the sick and recom
mended it lu complaiuts of the chest
and lungs.
That which preservcth apples and plums
Will also preserve liver und lungs
Is an old adage. But the use of sugar
in sirups aud preserves cauie later,
while barely three centuries have
elapsed sluce it became an Ingredient
In the popular diet of Europe.
The Venetians were the fathers of
the IJuropean sugar trade. Anterior
to the year 1148 they both Imported
considerable quantities of sugar from
Intliu and planted the cane in the Island
of Sicily. With the produce of this Is
land aud the Indian imi>ortß the Venfr
tlaus carried on a great trade aud sup
plied all the markets of Europe with
ibis cvmu>o<|ity. However, the exact
No. 9.
date when sugar was first Introduced
Into England is difficult to ascertain.
One of the earliest references to sugar
In England is that of 100,000 pounds of
sugar being shipped to London In 1319
by one Loredanao, a merchant of
Venice, to be exchanged for wool. In
the same year there appears In the ac
counts of the chamberlain of Scotland
a payment at the rate of Is. %d. per
pound for sugar. Writing in 1380,
Chaucer mentions the sweetness of
sugar allegorlcally.
The art of refining sugar and making
what is called loaf sugar was invented
by a Venetian citizen toward the end
of the fifteenth century. This same
art was first practiced in England in
1544, the adventurers being Thomas
Gardiner and Sir William Chester, as
sisted by three Venetians. They were
proprietors of the only two sugar
bouses in England, but the profits aris
ing from this concern were at first
small, as the sugar refiners at Ant
werp could supply the London market
cheaper. Eventually war stopped the
intercourse between London and Ant
werp, and these two houses supplied all
England for a space of twenty years
and greatly enriched the proprietors,
whose success induced many others to
embark in the same trade. In 1506
Sir Thomas Mildmay tried to create a
sugar trust On tbe pretext that frauds
were practiced in refining sugar he pe
titioned Elizabeth to grant him a li
cense for the exclusive right of refin
ing sugar for a term of years, but tbe
queen refused the request.
( Meanwhile the Spaniards had become
i in their turn the great disseminators of
: the sugar cultivation. The cane was
! planted by them in Madeira in 1420; it
was carried to the West Indies in 1506,
and it spread over the occupied por
tions of South America during the six
teenth century. Yet sugar continued
to be a costly luxury, an article sub
ject to the control of the physician and
confined to the apothecary's shop, till
the increasing use of tea and coffee in
the eighteenth century brought it into
the list of principal food staples.
Sugar was believed to be an antidote
to alcohol. Bacon warmly supports
the theory of the power of sugar not
only to render wine less Intoxicating,
being mixed therewith at the time of
drinking it, but also when eaten after
ward to remove the ill effects of too
ropious libations of unmlngled wine.
Fnlstaff, it may be remembered, al
ways took "sack and sugar." A cu
tfous echo of this theory cropped up at
the Lamson murder trial. The pris
oner pleaded that the sugar brought
Into the room to serve as a suitable
vehicle for the aconltlne which he in
tended to administer to his victim was
really Introduced to counteract the In
fluence of some strong sherry they
were drinking. The great Duke of
Beaufort, who was a heavy drinker,
for forty years before his death used a
pound of sugar dally in his wine.
The Increased use of sugar was cred
ited with having extinguished the
plague In Europe; it certainly contrib
uted to suppress the native malady of
England, the scurvy. There used to be
n custom In Wales on Ascension day
for children to form parties to take
sugar and water at a neighboring well.
Eaoli child was provided with sugar
and a cup. The day was usually desig
nated "sugar and water" day. The
■up®rstitlon was that all who drank
Of the mixture there on that day would
bo proof against Illness and protected
frets evil spirits for twelve months.
Hone mentions a similar custom being
prevalent In Derbyshire on Easter Sun
day under the name of "sugar cup
ping."
Sugar tongs at meals came In during
the reign of Queen Anne, and the use
of them was long confined to British
households. Dr. Johnson is commonly
supposed not to have been overnlce
about his table manners, but he pro
nounced the French "an Indelicate peo
ple" because they knew not the article
when he visited Paris in 1775. The In
cident that excited his disgust occur
red at a party at Mme. Du Bocaze's.
The footman took the sugar in his fin
gers and threw it Into the doctor's cof
fee. "I was going to put It aside,"
sold the doctor; "but, hearing it was
rnude on purpose for me, I e'en tasted
Tom's fingers." A famous parliamen
tary anecdote hinges ou sugar. Pitt
(Lord Chatham) when speaking, prob
ably on the West Indian slave ques
tion, began bis speech, "Sugar, Mr.
Speaker," the peculiarity of its com
mencement eliciting a roar of laughter
from the house. Nothing daunted,
Pitt began, "Sugar, Mr. Speaker." The
laughter was renewed, but not so ve
hemently. A third time the great or
ator reiterated the same formula in a
voice of thunder, turning round about
with a look which effectively stopped
any further display of risibility and
amid perfect silence continued bis
speech.
All other sugars besides cane sugar
and sugur of milk were unknown until
the yenr 1747, when a German chemist
named Margraff first produced sugar
from white beet root. No practical use
was made of the discovery during his
lifetime. However, in 1709 his pupil
and successor, Achard, established a
beet sugar factory in Silesia, soon aft
er which tbe chemists of France, at
the Instance of Napoleon, largely ex
trocted sugar from the beet root. It
was not, however, till after 1830 that
the Industry secured a firm footing,
but from 1840 onward It advanced with
giant strides.—London Globe.
NOBILITY OF TREES.
A Tribute to the Majesty of the
Mighty Oak.
Diroctly In my path stood an ancient
swamp white oak, the greatest tree, I
think, that I have ever seen. It was not
the highest nor the largest round, per
haps, but Individually, spiritually, the
greatest. Hoary, hollow and broken
limbed, his huge bole seemed encircled
with the centuries, and In this green
and grizzled top all the winds of heav
en had some flmc come.
One could worship In the presence of
such a tree as euslly as in the shadow
of a vast cathedral. Indeed, what is
there built with hands that has the dig
nity, the majesty, tbe dignity, of life?
And what life was here! Life whose
beginnings lay so far back that I could
no more reckon the years than I could
count the atoms It had builded Into this
majestic form.
Looking down upon him from twice
his height Itemed a tulip poplar, clean,
boiled for thirty feet and In the top all
greou and gold with blossoms. It was
a resplendent thing beside the oak, yet ,
how unmistakably the gnarled old mon
arch wore the crowu! His girth more
than balanced the poplar's great height,
and, as for blossoms, nature knows the
beauty of strength and Inward majesty
and has pinned no boutonnlere upon
the oak—Dallas Lore Sharp In Nation
al Magazine.
How She Won Out.
Gladys—Papa snys you're a loafer.
Jack. Jack—What reason has he for
entertaining such an opinion of me as
that? Gladys—He says you spend three
or four evenings hero every week with
out having any apparent purpose In
coming.-Chicago Tribune.