VOL. XXXXII.
DISPLAY SPRING DRESS FABRICS.
The Latest Conceits In the Fashionable World.
Some Fascinating Prices for New Goods.
Tbls week's l»ry Ooodi Economist writer that the leaders In Dress Good* tliW
sprlnit are Broadcloths. I'anama Weaves Eolleonß -. Crepes. These are all to be
found at this store, of excellent ijualltles and lowest prices.
Mohairs, plain and fanry weaves. 50c. 75c. 81.00 a yard.
See the New Invisible Checks atil On a yard. .
Fancy Worsted Novelty t'ulUnjrs. all the new «*ffe<:ts, incladin* checks ana
stripes. Sic. 75c. fl 00 a yard. .
Broadcloths, S Inches wide, all new shades, il.oo i»od IIJO a yard.
Panama Weaves, 50 inches wide, all color*, li.oo a yard.
Eollennes. Crepes and Voiles, 75c. 85c. II 00 a yard.
Special a inch all wool cheviot, all colors, 50c a yard.
Batistes. 3s inches wide. In all colors. 50c a yard.
Henrietta Cloths, in all colors. 25c and 50c a yard. . „
We have a very entenslve Black Goods Stock, all the new weaves, JOC, .JC, el. W
to 12.50 a i art).
Silks (a all the new weaves and colors. 50c to 11.00 a yard.
PRELIMINARY MILLINERY NEWS.
Our milliners bare returned from the Openings in the large cities and while
they are now busy preparing for our Spring Opening, will be pleased to show you
the ready-to-wear hats and make up anything you may wish.
Our millinery facilities are
EISLER-MARDORF COHPANY,
""■■wr i oil
SSSS" I C-L\ Samples sent on request.
OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. PA.
P. 0. Our anniversary sale begins Monday. Marrh 27th, and continues all
ml# UK MEIN
A L 5 ! If Won't buy clothing for the purpose of
4 0 yyT* *5-/ I spending money. Tbey desire to get the
in I Ki// I I best possible results of the money expended.
41) J IWj/ l }J! Those who bay enstom clothing have a
M X-MtfyWll right to demand a fit, to have their clothes
M,l V x>' £ A correct in style and to demand of the
/ Jij. M seller to guarantee everything. Come to
JiA\t JKm ns and there will be nothing lacking. I
||MK B?I have just received a large stock of Spring
JIA jl and Summer suitings in the latest styles,
' 1 \ IWI I shades and colors.
\M* jG. F. KECK,
Jy O MERCHANT TAIfeOR,
wMOWS 142 N. Main St., flutl^r, Pa
£we~Wish to Announced
1 That we have now In stock and ready for your inspection *
S the finest line of spring clothing ever shown in Butler. (
# When we tell you that the I. HAMBURGER & SONS'
Suits, Overcoats, Top Coats and Rain Coats are here?
5 nothing more need be said. ?
> Our crack line of boys' and children's spring suits ?
v and top coats are on display. For quality, taste and style, /
/ the Skolney make of boys' knee-pant suits and top coats 7
j are worthy of a place with I. Hamburger's clothing for)
l men. 1
j Fine lot of hats for spring wear just in. t
S We still continue our discount sale on heavy goods /
/ for the beneft of those who have not had the opportunity )
/of attending this sale in the past. Remember, only a S
L few days more. c
/ Watch for window display of spring clothing and hats. /
I Douthett & Graham, j
) INCORPORATED. V
JWe Are Ready \
3 To Show You [;
| A fine assortment in all grades \
| of Carpets, Rugs, Linoleums, &c »
< Carpet-size Rugs In all-wool Ingrains—Tapestry ►
i —Body Brussels—Velvets—Axminsters. <
< We have Carpets for the Dining Room, Parlor. >
> Sitting Room or Bed Room in any grade from the <
( all-cotton to best Body Brussels. >
p We have an especially strong line of Super Extra A
f all-wool Carpets which we are offering at less than >
m regular price to change our stock Into money. It <
will pay you to see our carpets before buying. ►
; Everything in Furniture!
| Our store has never been so crowded with sub-
| stantlal Furniture of latest designs. We are not
offering you any "catch penny premiums" as an In- *
J ducement for you to buy from us—but good, hopest %
goods at very reasonable prices—a fair deal to one \
and all. <
i ►
> >
I COME IN AND COMPARE. <
j BROWN & CO. |
I No. 136 North Main St., Butler. m
WHY ABE YOXJ SITTING UP ALL WIGHT FIRING COAL
WHEN YOU CAN GET AN
EVANS OAS OR GASOLINE ENGINE
WITH REVERSIBLE CLUTCH PULLEY.
* ■I" JSC ■ f lil W ill IT WILL PULL RUDS
1 |I jVi IT WILL PULL TUBINO.
it will pump volr
hi wrlls w,th about
fl/ UP OAS TO
FIRE A BOILER.
MM STARTINQ 0N THE
WRl'fp FOR CATALOGUE
THE EVANS MFG. CO , LTD.,
BUTLEB, PA.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
| WICK'S
ppring Hatsj
J for men J
| are here. j
$ The best ever
i shown in |
I Butler. |
jSee our windowj
jjno. S.Wick, I
HATTER AND FURNISHER, R
# Peoples Phone, 015. #
J BUTLER, PA. $
Beef. and
Iron
This preparation is famous as a sys
tem builder and general tonic Onr
preparation differs from all others of
the same name. be< anse we use pre
digested beef. th 6 best sherry wine, and
the iron is in such form that it is quick
ly taken into the system. It is pleasant
to take aqd prompt in action, making
rich, red blood.
Do You Require a Tonic?
Are you weak, worn out, run down
and nervous? Is your blood thin and
impure? Are you pale and
lips white 1 Do you become exhausted
from every little effort, your sleep rest
less, your appetite poor? If you have
any of these symptoms use onr Beef,
Iron and Wine. If the result is not
satisfactory we will gladly return youf
money. Price. 50 cents a pint-
NURSES DIRECTORY.
THE
Crystal Pharmacy
R. M. LOGAN, Ph. G.,
BOTH PHONES,
106 N. Main St., Butler, Pa.
)YOUR MONEY BACK)
? IF NOT SATISFIED t
\ We have a line of remedies put t
C up under our own label such as /
) a Cold Cure, Blood Pnrifler, l
S Dyspepsia Tablet, Hpadar.ho Cqre, J
C etc., which we soil upon u guar* v
J an tea or money refunded. #
\ Just now the sale on our f
> Cough Syrup <
i leads that of all othpr congb C
\ syrqps combjneij J
\ TRY IT POM YOl)R3fcjLF, )
\ 25c, 50c- 7
5 Redick & Grobman c
? 109 North Maiq St., >
\ Boiler, Pa. S
IDEAL 1 jfllfel
is aaid to be un- Jli
attainable. But ! ! i| jijWlij
we flatter our- j[| IJJLll|iJwf
selves that we
have came prettyL^^:..
PHOTOGRAPHS
in our sample
albums include
some portraits /-W JHW
which bear C, |
us out. Come I
and look at them
at your leisure. j /flj ~> , .:|
nice it would be . ,|jW y
to be in such a ,
handsomecollec
tion. You can
if you say so
2UVEfI'S STUDIO.
215 8. Main St., Butler.
WM. WALKER. OH AS A- MC^LVAIW,
WALKER & McELVAIN,
807 Butler County National Bank Bldg.
REAL EHTATE.
INSURANCE.
OIL PROPERTIES.
LOANS.
BOTH PHONES
Nasal
CATARRH
In all its stages. M jJUt)#
Elf's Cream BalmV"™"Jte/
c!eftn«e«, soothes and heal* £ m
the diseased membrane.
It cores catarrh and drives M -sr>i
away & cold in the head
quickly.
Cream Balm is placed into the nostrils, spreads
over the membrane and is absorbed. Belief is im
mediate and a cure follows. It is not drying—does
not produce sneezing. Large Size, SO cents at Drug
: gists or by mail; Trial Size, 3 0 cents.
ELY BROTHERS. 5« Warren Street, New York
PROFESSIONAL CARUST ~
PHYSICIANS,
JC. BOYLE, M. D.
• EYE, EAH, NOSE and THROAT,
SPECIALIST.
121 East Cunningham Street.
Office Hours, 11 to 12 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., 2to
M., daily except Sunday Evening
appointment.
Office—Stein Block, Rooms 9-10, But
ler, Pa. People's Phone 478.
CLARA E. MORROW, D 0.,
GRADUATE BOSTON COLLEGE OF
OSTEOPATHY.
Women's diseases a specialty. Con
sultation and examination free.
Office Hours, 9to 12 ni., 2 to 3 p. m
People's Phone 573.
i; 6 S. Main street, Butler, Pa
F\ M. ZIMMERMAN
VJ • PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
At 327 N. Main St.
[ R. HAZLETT, M. D„
Jj» 106 West Diamond,
Dr. Graham'B formtr of-ce.
Special attention give., to Eye, Vote
and Throat Peoole's Phr.ne 274.
OAMUKLM" BIPPUS,
0 PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
200 West Onningham St.
DENTISTS.
DR. FORD H. HAYES,
DENTIST.
Graduate of Dental Department,
University of Pennsylvania
Office—2ls S. Main Street, Butler, Pa
DR. S. A. JOHNSTON,
SURGEON DENTIST.
Formerly of Butler,
Has located opposite Lowry House,
Main St., Butler, Pa. The finest work
a specialty. Expert painless extractor
of teeth by his new method, no medi
cine used or jobbing a needle into the
gnms; also gas and ether used. Com
munications by mail receive prompt at
tention.
DR J. WILBERT McKEE,
SURGEON DENTIST-
Office over Leighner's Jewelry store,
Butler, Pa
Peoples Tekplione 505,
A specialty made of gold fillings, gold
crown anu bridge work.
WJ. HINDMAN,
T DENTIST.
1271 South Main street, (ov Metzer's
shoe store.)
DR. H. A. McCAN'DI.KSS,
DENTIST.
Office in Butler County National Bank
Building, 2nd floor.
DR. M. D. KOTTRABA,
Successor to Dr. Johnscon.
DENTIST
Office at No 114 E. Jefferson St., over
G W. Millet's gioctrv
ATTORNEYS.
RP. SCOTT,
• ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Office in Butler County National
Bank building.
At. scon,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW-
Office at Nq. 8. West piamond St. But
ler, Pa.
COULTER & BAKItR,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
Office in Butler County National
Bank building.
JOHN COUI.TJ'H,
AWOBNBYAT-UW.
Office on Diamond, Butler, Pa.
Special attention given to collection!'
and business matters.
T D. McJtTNKJX,
« ( ATTGJIJFKT-AT-LAW.
Office in Reiber building, cornel Main
and E. Cunningham SU, Entrance ou
Main street
1 B. BREDIN,
w • ATTORNEY AT LAW,
office on Main St, Uuur Court lloux
Hh. gqu-hbr,
t AYTOKNSY AT LAW.
Office in Wise building.
EH. NEGLEY
• ATTORNEY LA#.
Office In the ljeuley Building, West
£ii«tnti(«d,
WC. FINDLEI,
• ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND
PENSION ATTORNKY.
Office on South side of Diamond,
Butler, PQ.
MISCELLANEOUS.
p V■ L. MegurSTION,
V. CIVII, ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR*
Office near Court House.
T P. WALKER,
NOTARY PUHUC,
BUTLEK,
Omc« with HerWnier, next door to P. O
Br. BILLIARD,
• GENERAL SURVEYING.
Mines and Land. County Surveyor
R. F D. 49, West Sunb\ify, W,
*. t>. McJtTNKIN. IRA McJUNKIN"
UEO. A. MITCHELL.
b S /WcJUNKIN & CO.,
Insurance &■ Real Estate
117 E Jefferson St..
SUTbER, .... [?a
i Huavy Draft. General Purpose and Drlvlnu
' Horee* alwuynon hand. Private tiulc* only
We buy and mcII tbe best only.
Allegheny llorxe Eichunge,
510-MH Flr»t Bt., Allegheny, Pa.
M. MARX, Prop.
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH *23, 1905.
ENTER THE
WIDOW
"By A. nnette Graham
Copyright, KKU. by T. C. ilcCiuit
"Great, isn't it?" asked Dubois.
"Couldn't be better:" said Marshall.
"You've certainly done wonders!"
said the Infant.
"Beats any boarding house we've
ever struck!" said Uemmingtou, and
he glanced significantly through the
window across the court.
The "court" was really nothing but
aa air shaft, and on the other side the
window opened Into the dining room
of a typical city boarding house, with
its clatter of dishes and forced con
versation. Listening to it all, the four
bachelors lu their own cozy quarters
smoked on In contented silenco.
They had stuck together for four
years, trailing from hotel to boarding
house, boarding house to bachelor
apartments, bachelor apartments to
restaurants, until in despair they had
decided to furnish a flat. Dubois had
been elected to buy the furniture and
install the domestic machinery. The
other three declared that he had a
bump of domesticity that ought to be
encouraged. So he had experimented
with the employment agencies, where
he had interviewed women grave and
gay, who hailed all the way from Nor
way to Africa, and at last he had se
cured the services of Wyote, a typ
ical Japanese servant, with excellent
references.
No four children, possessed of
brand new pails and shovels on a
sandy beach, ever experienced more
pleasure than these four grown men
with their new toy, which they had
dubbed "The Snuggery." Every night
as they sat at table they expressed
appreciation of their own comfortable
position and deep commiseration for
the unfortunate Individuals who board
ed across the area. Then came a day
when silence brooded over the other
flat. Bare, uncurtained windows, cov
ered with dust, greeted the occupants
of "The Snuggery" when they came
home that night.
"Mova very quick," said Wyote con
cisely. and the bachelors really felt as
If something had gone out of their lives
when they could no longer pity their
next door neighbors.
For a week the opposite flat was
empty. Then came decorators. The
staring windows were cleaned, and one
night Dubois, coming home earlier
than the others, saw a pretty girlish
face at the opposite window. It was
rather a high bred face, too, though
Its owner could not be more than six
teen, and It was framed on either side
by hangings of some soft green mate
rial. Dubois turned away from the
window and looked inquiringly at Wy
ote, who was setting the dinner table,
"No man; all ladies," said Wyote.
"Good Lord," said Dubois, "I hope
it's not a young ladies' seminary!"
And the rest of the fellows echoed his
wish. Half an hour later the pretty
girl, otherwise Kittle Bronson, exclaim
ed:
"Auntie, dear, do look; there Isn't e
womnii ovor ther«—lust four liorri<?.
men with .a Japanese servant!"
"Kitty, Kitty," said Mrs. Bronson as
she hastily drew down the shade, "I
can see very plainly that this Is no
place for you. You must remember
that, while In Little Biver It was your
privilege to know all about your neigh
liars' aft a Ira, )u New York every fam
ily lives unto Itself, and —and you real
ly must not display any further Inter
est In the people across the areaway,
particularly If they are all inen."
Kitty Bronson did not mean to Ise
disobedient, but the window across
the areaway possessed a fascination for
her, and oven her aunt had to admit a
mild interest in the doings of those
"four funny bachelors." Mrs. Bron
son also had ft bump of domesticity,
and, though a woman of means, she
managed her elegant little home, with
Its two servants and her late hus
band's niece, In a manner economical,
yet not penurious. She loved dainty
things and gave much time to (tyum*.
tic details. It aunoyed her
to 3fu how Wyote wasted ui"l mis
managed.
"It's a burning shame," she would
say to herself. "What those unfortu
nate boys spend to run that house
would keep two families."
flhe did uot mean to be Impertinent,
but she could not fail to see that gas
was burned until patience censed to
lie a virtue and that good wholesome
food which could have been made into
delicious entrees went down to the Jau
ltor. It vexed her housewifely noul.
Then, too, *hp was a woman, still ap
preciative, arid the occupants of the
bachelor tint—woll, she had seen men
§he could ndmlre less. She had Just be
gun to call them "those poor boys"
when she was summoned one night
from the tiny drawing r".cuu to the al
cove of the dluiu# room by her ex
cited (Uecu,
"Do look, auntie! lie Is showing his
Japanese servant how you set the ta
ble."
And, sure enough, at the opposite
window stood Dubois with Wyote. He
pointed ttw»t to his own table ami then
to Mrs. Bronson's. And the next even
ing there were four silver caudelabra
with silk shades und rosy candles on
their dinner table. The next lesson
across the areaway came in the morn
ing, and, after a heart to heart talk
with Wyote, Dubois turned to the ex
pectant trio and remarked; ''What's
the use of paying a big price for a
mfthojtooy tnble If you don't see It once
in nwhlloV If the mother of that pret
ty girl over there has a bare table for
breakfast I bet It's the right thing."
But the next morning he was back
at the window, a puzzled expression
ft* his fnce. Clearly thoro was some
thing wrong with the mahogany table,
and thev* was no one to be seen at the
»abte across the areaway. Wyote stood
respectfully expectant at his elbow.
Neither of them dreamed that Mrs.
Bronson was sitting at one tUde uf her
window and COU'4 heat' what they said
uvi« \rat< n their reflection in the mir
ror In the sideboard.
"Now, Wyote, ours doesn't look like
that. You must have forgotten some
thing. What the devil Is it?"
"It's the doilies," (hm'.tnj across the
areaway in (t HM<s»)«,ai, half laughing
'•} h»n appeared at the window
Mrs. Bronson, roguish, yet flushed at
her own boldness. "Oh, I beg your
pardon! It was most Impertinent of
me, but my niece HV»d l have taken
such an Interest tu your bachelor
housekeeping, especially since you have
been kind enough to take my little din
ing room as your—your"—
"As our criterion! Exactly! It Is such
a dear little room, don't you know. I
hope you don't mind?"
"Not at all," said Mrs. Bronson.
"You see, you must not use candelabra
for breakfnst. Then get some plain
Irish linen for dollies and a center
piece to match."
"Understand, Wyote?" TUy Japa
uese nodded his head and wisely van
ished.
"Thanks awfully," said Dubois,
IUK for some excuse to coutiuue the
couvernntlon. "We take such a fool
ish pride in our buugalow and wanted
things right"—
"Well, you have them said
Mr*. Brouson, "and I do wish you'd
tell me where you bought those dear
li'.t!e brown casseroles."
That deft bit of liattery completed
ti>e conquest.
'The little woman's all right," said
Dubois as h? told the trio of his
morning's conversation. After the rest
had gone Marshall went out to the
kitchen.
"Wyote," he said, "didn't you re
mark that there were no men next
door ?"
The Jap nodded.
"Um-uin," murmured Marshall as he
went back to his room. "Enter the
widow I"
But the widow did nothing of the
sort. Neither did she give the coveted
invitation for the bachelor neighbors
to call. But the occasional domestic
conferences across the area there
were window boxes on both sills now—
did their deadly work. Mrs. Bronson
was a bit of Dresden china, and Du
bois, being a man of domestic tastes,
naturally went in for the Dresden
type. The brown eyed widow saw it
all long before he jjld, but with curi
ous persistency and feminine Incon
sistency she refused to.capitulate. The
advice Dubois pretended to need In
those days deceived no one save bim
s#lf, least of all Wyote.
Then came the awful day when
Wyote feil a victim to the epidemic
of measles. Dubois struggled against
A procession of incompetents who
came and went, seldom empty handed.
One hot afternoon in June he came
home early from the office to find a
colored maid departing with one of
the treasured candlesticks In her grip.
The language provoked by this pro
ceeding floated across the area and
made Mrs. Bronson, writing in her
den, drop her pen and sit up very
straight. Then came quiet, broken by
an occasional rattle of dishes, closing
with a tremendous crash of falling
crockery and soqiethlug very like a
groan.
Mrs. Bronson ran to the kitchen win
dow, and there she saw a flood of hot
afternoon sunshine beating In on the
disorderly room, with Dubois In the
midst of It clumsily bandaging his
band.
"Oh, you are hurt!" she exclaimed.
''Just a nasty little cut, but some
bow I can't make it stop bleeding."
"Of course you can't, binding it up
In that fashion. Cotne right over here
and I'll tlx It for you."
"I can't," answered Dubois in a muf
fled voice. "It was so—so beastly hot
I just slipped on my pajamas to do up
this mess."
A giggle sounded close to Mrs. Bron
ton's pretty pink enr—lt was very,
very pink Just now—and she turned
abruptly.
"Kitty, come with me this minute."
Down the back stairs they sped,
through the cellar common to both
apartments and up the back stairs Into
the chaotic kitchen. By the time they
reached his side Dubois was feeling a
bit faint from the loss of blood.
"There, you're bound np for keeps."
•aid Mrs. Bronson as she adjusted tl.e
last fold In the bandage. "Now I shall
send the Janitor's wife up to straight
en this kitchen, and you and your boys
must dine with us, Ob, yes," she add
ed as be protested. "I've tlie» best of
servants, and one may be neighborly—
Vmetlines—even in New York."
• ••••••
The other members of the quartet
heard of the Invitation with varying
emotions. Marshall scowled In his
£(asi» aa he tied Uls cravat. Then, as
he gave It a final vicious twitch, he re
marked:
"Well, It may not l>c ent«r the wid
ow, but It Is bouud to be exit old Du
bois for life."
But It was not so bad after all, be
cause Dubois only moved across the
area, snd now his brown eyed wifs
really presides over botll ttaia. anil
Wyote is her most »la<rS, bar
ring pvibois.
■ ll* Winning*.
"Did your husband ever win any
thing at the races?"
"No," answered young Mrs. Torklns,
"nothing except the esteem of the
bookmakers and the sympathy of his
Irlends."—Washington Star.
He <.«•(* Hmnlts.
The man who advertises most is
never the one who does the kicking
about results,—Baltimore American.
Tree Thnt Turn* to Stone.
There is a tree that grows in Mexico
called the chljol, or stone tree. It Is
of enormous proportions, both In cir
cumference aud height. It has n num
ber of branches spreading out widely
and carrying leaves of a yellowish
green color. The wood Is extremely
flue and easily worked in a green state.
It Is not given to either warping or
splitting. The most remarkable thing
about it is that after being cut the
wood gets gradually harder, and In the
course of a few years It is absolutely
petrified whether left In the open air
or buried In the ground. From tills
timber houses can be built that would
In a few years become completely Ure
proof and would last as long as though
built of stone.
The Lobalrr'a Adrantune.
The lobster has been endowed by na
ture with two gifts which go far to off
set the evils attending his lot. One is
the ability to light early, ofteu and all
the time if necessary, and the other Is
the ability to grow a new member—an
eye, a leg or a claw—whenever the orig
inal Is lost In the fortunes of war or by
reason of any domestic unpleasantness.
It Is these two gifts which enable him
to grow up and become a useful mem
ber of society, most of his members be
ing secondhand, so to speak, by the
time he is really grown.—Four Track
News.
Rnd KlTeet of 111 Mem.
Luckily absinth is not much drunk
In England, but other bitters are, some
that are only less Injurious. Your read
ers should know that all bitter tonics,
habitually indulged in, are apt. to do
harm —to depress, not exhilarate. Such
tonics should be taken rather as medi
cines than as everyday drinks. You
could bring yourself to melancholy by
means of gentian, quassia or columba
as well as by wormwood.—Doctor In
London Mall.
Juat I.lke n Woman.
Ma Twaddles Tommy, you've been
a bad boy today, and I shall tell your
father all about It when he comes
home. Tommy Twaddles Aw, that's
Jest like a woman can't keep a secret,
can you? -Cleveland Leader.
Women are s«l<A to u»akc excellent
Ktud of know how to
iooM, after the males, as It were.—New
York Mall
WHICH ?
2)y S~. "in jley
Copyright. 1904. bu S. L. Tlosleu
"You are not going out In all this
rain, are you, Betty V"
"Why not?" Betty turned around
slowly and looked at her mother.
"Why not? Why, because it 13 pour
ing—simply pouring:"
"Well, what of it? I'm not afraid of
rain." And the young lady clasped her
gloves with a snap, unfastened her um
brella and tripped out benenth the drip
ping skies.
Hardly two squares had been covered
when Betty saw a young man coming
toward her. Jack Winslow bowed,
smiled and stopped. Betty blushed.
"Why, really, Jack, what tempted you
out to wade?"
"What tempted Miss Betty away from
her chocolates and novels?"
"Mr. Elflaud's new picture."
"Jove, that's just my excuse! Say we
go together." Jack looked anxiously,
wistfully, at his companion. Miss Bet
ty blushed more deeply.
"Come along," said she. And togeth
er they walked down the street. Ar
riving at the art gallery, they bunted
out the much talked of picture.
Several people were standing before
it In silent admiration. The painting
represented a room, seated in the fore
ground of which was the figure of a
girl in a white gown. Her black hair
was parted and arranged in soft, thick
rolls on both sides of her fair, pale
face. In her hand she held two roses,
a red rose and a pink one. The trou
bled expression of her face told of per
plexity. A question was to be solved,
but the answer could not be found.
Betty clasped her hands with delight
"Oh," she cried, "how perfectly beau
tiful it is! Oh, Jack, isn't she—isn't
she just perfect?"
The young man smiled down upon
the enthusiastic girl at his side.
"She Is beautiful, but not perfect."
"Why not?"
Betty opened her eyes wide with
amazement.
"Because," continued the young man,
"she ought not to have any trouble In
knowing whom she wants for her bus
band."
"Why not? One man might be rich
and the other man poor. Don't you
see the pink rose is small and pale,
while the other rose is a full blown
beauty of a rich velvety red.
Jack shook bis head.
"Anyhow she should not hesitate for
a moment. She should take the man
she loves."
"And be poor and miserable all her
life?" Inquired Betty mischievously.
"Not miserable, but poor and happy,
perfectly happy."
Jack Winslow was watching his com
panion's face. Betty laughed.
"Well," replied *b<\ "perhaps you are
right after all. Here comes Frank
G'arlyle."
A tall, slender young man walked
leisurely up to Miss Betty's side, and,
bowing slightly to Jack, Uo turned to
ward the picture,
"Well," remarked he after a mo
ment's slleiice, "she is in a fix, isn't
she? I'lnk or red; It's down to a
choice of a favorite color, it seems to
me."
"Not at all," replied Jack testily.
"Which doe> she love best?"
"Well" —Frank elevated bis brows
as though surprised—'"isn't that about
what I said? She has a chance to se
lect her favorite now, and why doesn't
she do It without so much trouble?"
Hetty, who had been silontly admir
ing the picture during the conversa
tion, now turned again toward her com
panions.
"She is a girl you know?"
"Yes," replied both of tie young men
at tho same tlnio.
"A continued Betty, "has to
wouder sometimes whether she knows
her own mind or not. Here are two
men. Both are kind and attentive to
the girl. Both offer her the best that
he has to give. Both pay her the high
est compliment that a man can pay to
u woman, for each one in turn asks
her to be his wife. Here, on the one
band, are riches, a life with every wish
granted, a mother and father made
comfortable, and a husband who loves
you. If she does not love him, she
respects and admires him. On the
other hand are a life of everlasting
economy, a home where there may al
ways be the necessities of life, but
very few of the luxuries; a father and
mother who must continue In their
same circumstances, a little trip now
and then when there chances to be an
excursion, and a husband who loves
you, who denies himself for you and
whom you In your turn love. Which
lhall It be?"
Without a moment's hesitation both
nf the young men answered, "The man
you love."
Betty was twisting the chain of her
satchel around her finger. She laugh
ed and shook her head when she beard
the answer.
"Well, I see that you are both as
yet at the romantic age."
"Are you?"
Frank C'arlyle looked down Into the
fair, sweet face close beside him. Bet
f looked at Jack Winslow. Ho was
frowning. Then, turning her face once
oiore toward Frank and looking mis
chievously sideways at Jack, slio said,
"Who knows?"
Frank laughed and looked at his
watch.
"Half past 4," said he. "Well, I
must be off. If you were going," look
ing first at Betty, then at Jack, "why.
It's so beastly unpleasant I thought
perhaps I might give you a lift In the
carriage." Jack declined with thanks.
S% deep dlinple shadowed Hetty's pink
dieek for a moment. Then, looking de
murely at Jack, she answered Frank's
question.
"I would bo ever so much obliged to
you If you would Just drop me at my
door. Mother scolded because I came
out, and It will appease her wrath
somewhat to know that I came home
without being touched by the rain."
Jack «iti<l nothing, but Ills face was
very pule when Hetty gave liltn her
baud at the carriage door. Frank tried
to coax him to change his mind, but
Jack was firm, because Betty did not
second the invitation. Just as (he car
riage door was about to be closed Bet
ty leaned out.
"(>h, Mr. Winslow, I have decided'to
go to the Freeman dance Friday night."
Then the carriage rolled away. When
they arrived at Betty's home neither
Frank Carlyle nor Ids companion saw
the figure standing In the shadow of a
tree on the opposite side of the street,
and when Frank left Betty at the door
and sprang again into bis carriage Jack
Winslow walked away with a sigh of
relief.
"Anyway," murmured he, "she didn't
ask him to come In."
Friday night and the Freeman ball
came at last. Betty stood before her
mirror looking at her reflection. The
white mull gown, a gift from her aunt
who rarely gave her niece anything
worth mentioning, wus very becoming
to the girl. She had arranged her hair
after the style of Mr. Elfland's famous
picture, and she stulled as she looked
at the change it made in her appear
ance.
"If I weren't quite so pink and round
I might look something like her, but
she was pale and sad. Somehow I am
not sad. I don't know why, but I feel
happy, wonderfully happy."
Turning away from the mirror, she
was Just about to wrap herself In her
cloak when her sister entered the room,
carrying two narrow, white boxes. Bet
ty dropped her cloak, took the boxes
and, opening one of them, lifted out a
deep, rich red rose, fresh and fragrant
proudly drooping its heavy bead and
filling the room with its odor. Betty ex
amined the box, but there was no card.
Laying the rose upon the table and
turning to the other box, she lifted
from its depths a long stemmed, half
blown pink rose, delicate and yet won
deiTully sweet This rose was also
without a card.
"How strange," murmured the girl,
"that they should both have had the
same idea!"
For a moment Betty stood silent The
two roses lay upon the table. Suddenly
she beard her mother's voice calling to
her that It was time to start. Wrapping
her cloak about her, Betty turned and
ran lightly down the stairs. A moment
later the sound of carriage wheels
rumbled along the street.
But the roses? There was only one
rose now lying upon the table, only
one, but its heavy perfume filled the
whole room, and its heart glowed like a
great ruby.
First European Alinaae.
It is said that the first almanac print
ed in Europe was probably tbe Kalen
darium Novum, by Regiomontanus. It
was "calculated for the years 1475,
1494 and 1513." In Budapest it was
published. Though it simply made men
tion of eclipses and the places of the
planets for the respective years, it was
sold for 10 crowns of gold, and the en
tire impression was rapidly disposed of
in Hungary, Germany, Italy, England
and France.
The first almanac—recorded as the
first—known to have been printed In
England was translated from the
French and appeared in 1497. Each
month Introduces Itself In descriptive
verse, as:
Called I am Janeryere, the colde.
In Christmas season good fyre I love.
Tonge Jesu, that sometime Judas solde.
In me was circumcised for man's behove.
Three Klnges sought the sonne of Ood
above;
They kneeled downs, dyd Him homage
with love
To Ood, their Lorde, that la man's own
brother.
And so on for the remaining months.
Not on Her Account.
Mary C., the six-year-old daughter
of a Presbyterian clergyman in a small
Georgia village, had a playmate, Jim
my by name, of whom It was her cus
tom to make special mention in her
evening prayer at her mother's knee.
One evening, after some childish quar
rel, Mrs. C. noticed that the boy's
name was omitted from tbe petition
and said, "Mary, aren't you going to
pray for Jimmy tonight?"
"No, mother, lie's a mean, hateful
boy, and I'm never going to pray for
him any more."
ner mother made no reply, not wish
ing to add fuel to the flame, and decid
ed to allow the youthful conscience to
work out the problem in its own way.
In a few moments she heard the little
girl climb out of bed, fall upon her
knees and say In a tone of guarded
indifference:
"God, you can bless Jimmy If you
»ant to, but you needn't do it on my
account"—Harper's Magazine.
A Muscular Minister.
A Kentucky senator tells of a good
old Methodist minister in his state in
the pioneer days who was a "muscular
Christian."
"One day," says the senator, "after
the parson bad found it necessary to
administer fistic punishment to several
( r oung toughs who persisted In dlsturb
ng the meeting at one of the churches
which he served, one of his flock, noted
as something of a hard hitter himself,
got up in meeting and said:
" 'lt Is a solemn duty of this here
congregation to stand by Parson John
son. He does not seek trouble, but he
will not show the white feather when
trouble Is forced In his way. I believe
that, unrestrained by divine grace,
Parson Johnson can whip any man In
Kentucky. The Lord is with him. Let
us pray.'"
"DOUSING" RODS.
£rt o4 Divination In tbe Bowels of
the Earth Explained.
There is undoubtedly a practical art
of discovering springs. Indians or
frontiersmen can flud water In the des
ert when a "tenderfoot" cannot Mexi
cans and experienced prospectors can
similarly find ore. These arts consist
mainly In the recognition of superficial
signs which escape the ordinary ob
server.
It is not necessary that the operator
should consciously note these signs
separately and reason upon them. No
doubt he frequently does so, though he
may not give away the secret of his
method to others. But in many In
stances lie recognizes by association
and inomory the presence of a group
of Indications, great or small, which he
has repeatedly found to attend springs
or oro deposits. This skill, due to habit
is ofteu almost unerring for a given
limited district, but under new condi
tions it breaks down. Old miners from
California or Australia have often
mado in other regions the most foolish
and hopeless attempts to find gold be
cause they thought this or that place
"looked Just llko" some other place In
which they had mixed successfully.
Apurt from the magnetic minerals
there Is no proof that ore deposits ex
hibit their presence and nature by any
attraction or other active force. With
regard to water, however, there may
be an action affecting the temperature
and moisture of the overlying surface.
Even here, however, it seems more
likely that such effects are manifested
visibly to a close observer rather than
by direct affection of bis nervous or
muscular system. The favorite fields
for water diviners are regions In which
wator is abundant but not gathered
upon given horizons of Impermeable
strata underlying porous rocks.— OSS-
Bier's Magazine.
How She Saved Tronhle.
"Does your Janitor attempt to show
his authority?"
"No," answered Mr. Flatts. "He
dldu't have to show his authority. I
started In by giving him to snderstand
that I fully recognized It without any
.rgumeut."—Exchange.
The Loslcal Care.
"Did you ever have insomnia?"
"Sure!" replied the man who pre
tends to know it all.
"What did you do for it?"
"Just slept it off."—Houston Post
No. 12.
REAPED AS HE SOWED. '
Wk« Cro» That Wit nalsed by ■•!*>
■oaier'i Clever Gardener.
Melssonler, like many other celebri
ties, had a passon for gardening. Hie
gardener, an accomplished botanist,
knew to perfection the seeda of every
plant, and hla master had often tried
In Tain to throw him off his guard.
"This time I have him," the artist re
marked to a party of friends at th«
tinner table. And he showed them a
packet containing the dried roe of a
herring. He then sent for the garden
er.
"Do you know this seed?" MeUsoniar
Inquired.
The gardener carefully scrutinise*
the grains.
"Why not 7" he said at last. "They
an the seeds of the 'Polpus finsamui,*
a rery rare tropical plant"
"How long will they be coming up?"
Melssonler asked, with a chuckle of sup
pressed exultation.
"About a fortnight," was the reply.
Two weeks later the guests were
again assembled at Melssonler's table,
and after dinner the gardener was an
nounced.
"M. Melssonler," the man said, "the
seed has Just come up."
"Ah, you surprise me!" the artist ex
claimed as he rose and led the way
Into the garden to examine the botan
ical phenomenon.
The gardener lifted a glass shade and
disclosed to view a small bed with
three rows of pickled herrings' heads
peeping out of the earth. Everybody
laughed. Melssonler dismissed tha
gardener on the spot, but took him on
again next day.
THE DANCE IN SPAIN.
I< Is mb Su««tUl Part of tha Ufa of
the Paapla.
Dancing is a universal instinct with
Spanish women. The great annual ferla
at Seville is largely an orgy of dancing.
Aa evening approaches everywhere one
begins to hear the sound of castanets
and to see the gracious movements of
the seguidllla, the universal Andalu
slan dance.
But the fundamental instincts of the
Spaniard for dancing and the serious
and profound way in which It express
es the temperament of the people are
perhaps shown by nothing elee so
much as by the existence of religious
dancing In Spain. At the time of St
Thomas of Vlllaneuva, bishop of Va
lencia, It was customary to dance be
fore the sacred elements in the church
es of Seville, Toledo, Jerez and Valen
cia. Religious dancing continued to be
common in Catalonia and in Roussllloa
(the most Spanish of the French prov
inces) up to the seventeenth century.
But a real and unique survival of re
ligious dancing is the dance of the
seises in Seville cathedral, when the
choristers, wearing the same costume
ss they were 400 years ago, perform a
dance to the accompaniment of casta*
nets in the space between the high al
tar and the choir.
Dancing is something more than an
amusement in Spain. It is part of that
solemn ritual which enters into the
whole life of the people.—Twentieth
The War They Are Raised and Haw
They Are Gat ta Market.
What would an American duck farm
er think of swimming his flock to mar
ket? That is the regular method em
ployed by the poultrymen who live
along the great waterways of China.
The Chinese are very fond of duck.
Nearly every farmer keeps a few tot
his own use, but along the rivers rais
ing them for market is a profitable
business.
In American ducks raised for market
have very little water In which te
swim and play. The poultrymen do
not think it is good for thsm to have
much exercise. It hardens their mus
cles and makes their flesh tough and
not so good to eat
So instead of swimming all day la
ponds or lakes or streams the ducks are
kept shut up in small pens, where they
have no room to waddle about and can
only stand still and eat and grow fat
Then, when they are in prime condi
tion, they are killed and dressed and
shipped to market in barrels, and their
feathers make an additional source of
income to the poultryman.
The Chinaman, however, is quite con
tent to let his ducks have as much ex
ercise as they like, and they get a great
deal hunting for their food, of which
they receive only small supplies from
the poultryman.
One result is that the Chinese duck
is a good, strong swimmer, and that is
a fortunate circumstance for the poul
tryman when it comes time to go te
market
He does not live on a railroad. If he
did, he would not be likely Jo use It
for to him it is a newfangled device for
the spread of evil. He knows, too,
more economical method than putting
his ducks in crates and paying freight
on one of the river boats. Tims does
not mean much to him, and be can af
ford to spend a few days, If necessary,
in going to market
When be picks out tha ducks he
means to sell, the Chinese farmer ties
the leg of one to that of another with a
stout cord and continues the process
until the whole lot is bound together.
Sometimes there are hundreds thus
fastened In one flock.
It Is not easy to make such a flock
swim together or follow the direction
desired. The farmer takes bis bost
and starts to drive them, sculling b»
hind or drifting on the current and
beating the water with long bamboo
poles to make them swim along and ge
the right way. If the farmer has »
large family and two or three boats,
so that his sons can help, ho can usual
ly manage to get his ducks to market
without outside aid, but If he is not so
fortunate he will Join with other duck
raisers and herd the flocks In combina
tion.
Thus it not infrequently happens that
thousands of ducks will be swimming
along down the Yangtse, apparently ill
one flock, with a dozen or more sam
pans drifting behind them, filled with
men, women and boys, thrashing the
water with bamboos to hurry on the
ducks.
It Is hard enough to make a flock of
hungry, foolish ducks swim on about
their business when there is plenty of
room and no interference, but that sel
dom happens on a Chinese river. Usual
ly these streams swarm with clumsy,
unwieldy Junks, aud on the Tangtse
there Is a great deal of steamer traffic.
The friendly Junkmen will almost al
ways help the duck herders to keep the
flocks clear of the boats by heating the
water with bamboos, but steamers
have neither time nor inclination for
such bother, and so it sometimes hap
pens that a flock Is cut In twe by a
steamer. Then there is a great deal dC
trouble and excited talk before the flock
can be reunited and got peacefully on
its way again.
Sometimes also it happens that ducks
of ono flock get nixed up with those of
another, and then there is a dreadful
tangle and snarl. But the patient Chi
nese get thein separated into the proper
flocks again at last, and all go cheer
fully together to
panion.