VOL. XXXXII. 1 Huseltoq's 1 I Spring there comes other I things besides winds g I Our spring styles in Shoes for instance, ■ I Kwi\ iyw showing the newest shapes and many little ■ I nicetiss that other stores don t have andj I The Tan Oxfords will please you particularly, H I we are sure. I SISTER! SISTER! I I When March winds blow don't let those shabby lastgg ■ winter's shoes be seen peeping out. Jolly up the pursegj • holder In your house and bring a little more money to usgg B —it won't take much to fit you out most sweetly. And® I give Jack a tip about a new pair for himself. |j I v v - 1 j 1 Opposite B ■Huseltons L^| ■SHOE STORE. I - -M ■ — " j J Kelsey, Crown, Boomer |j I furnaces. I H £ . f H jkj'l ■ Coal and Slack Heaters, Gas and Coall I (Ranges and Gas Stoves. 1904 Washers,! B Sewing /Machines, Needles for all mal<es ofH B Sewing Machines. Sewing repaired.B fl Roofing and Spouting, and House Furnishing Goods. B I Henry Blehl, 1 B 122 N. S PLUMBRRS \ S Estimates given on all kinds of work. ? C ? j We make a specialty of x C NICKLE-PLATED, C C SEAMLESS, / 1 @PEN-WORK. / / 354 Centre Ave., Butler, Pa ? S Peoples Phone. 630. C +XZVX &X&XGKS3HVX& ****** I I Assortments and values are here g Quality, Style, Large Assortment and the Very i^ovyeit Possible Prices, combined witji mir and courteous jp treatment, ape yqn get Jiere, Luce Curtains for 1903, jR We want to sell more Curtains this season than ever before. The stuck fll is larcer, styles and qualities are better, and the yalnes are convincing & evidence of our earnestness. La-ve Curtains, 30c np; Ruffled Swiss Car tains, 85c np. Curtain Swiss, Sash Curtain Materials, Panels and U Draperies of all kinds at lowest prices White Goods * looks like a gteat white «ea 9 on, anil we have prepared for it with M a gplendifj stock qf plain and fancy fine Mercerized White Goods, fine ?5 Lawns, Swiss, Dimity, etc. for Waists and Suits. JB Embroideries and Laced J ThU department Is conducted on the small profit idea, and we show some great values in wide and narrow Embroideries, Laces and All-overs. • Dress Materials U) A wide range of materials are offered here for your selection. Silks, U Mohairs, Sicilians, Voiles, Crepes, Cheviots, etc., in all qualities, $t prices R to please you. v " ' r W a sh <Joqd§ g , We show «*> extensive assortment of beautiful Wash Fabrics of every description. New Percales, Seersuckers, Qinghams, Batiste, Organdies. U| Lawns, etc., selected with the judgment of experience, Jy We arc Sole epts In for <l>e Popular New Idea Patterns. Vj L. Stein & Son, j 108 N MAIN STREET. BUTLER. PA. S i'-00000000<!0000<x)e0000000& Eyth Bros,, ;[ CQURT HOUSfc , ( gie BARGAINS IN <> Wall Paper : Of course you'll need some Wajl Paper, and yeu< 1 should'nt think of buying anywhere until you've seen our< l Big Line of Wall Paper Money Savers. We have thei \ largest and cheapest line ever brought to Butler! Come* } In and see for yourself. < \ KYTH BROS., « *2 NEA'i COURT HOUSE. ( £ X>oooooooooPo<>Ooooooooooo<X THE BUTLER CITIZEN. f\JfrC 7WEIN li Won t buy clothing for the purpose of yc qf fj ; I spending monej". They desire to get the / iSp''wK !| beet possible results of the money expended. \ vCfiSpn IJI Those who boy custom clothing have a L $1 right to demand a fit. to have their clothes tyT SJ Ak 11 correct in style and to demand of the wtx I stlltr to guarantee everything. Come to / 1' I us and there will 1* nithinc lacldng. I ul i l have just received u large stock of S ; .iius* j j[| - Red SnmiufT suitings in tlit* latest style*. •" \ llill I shades and colors. Vifl j G. F. KECK, A \ I MERCHANT TAIfeOR, liii 142 N. Main St., s"tl<fr, Pa jWe Wish to Announce^ * That we have now in stock and ready for your inspection , C the finest line of spring clothing ever shown in Butler. > / When we tell you that the I. HAMBURGER & SONS' ? 3 Suits, Overcoats, Top Coats and Rain Coats are here / ) nothing more need be said. c s Our crack line of boys and children s spring suits C and top coats are on display. For quality, taste and style, r / the obolnev make of boys' knee-pant suits and top coats / ) are worthy'of a place with I. Hamburgers clothing for ) men. j ) Fine lot of hats for spring wear just in. i 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 < few days more. / Watch for window display of spring clothing and hats. I Douthett & Graham. I INCORPORATED \ ►1 We Are Ready | U To Show You n A fine assortment in all grades [4 of Carpets, Rugs, Linoleums, &c II fj Carpet-size Rugs in all-wool Ingrains —Tapestry fej kl —Body Brussels —Velvets —Axminsters. . rJ We have Garpets for the pining Room, Parlor, bl LI Sitting Room or Bed Room in any grade from the *A all-cotton to best Body Brussels. Aj We have an especially strong line of Super Extra [A all-wool Carpets which we are offering at less than & 1 regular price to change our stock into money, it 'A will pay you to see our carpets before buying. fl Everything in Furniture W Our store has never been so crowded with sub- Wl r2 stantial Furniture of latest designs. We are not Ll offering you any "catch penny premiums" as an in- wA wl ducement for you to buy from us—but good, honest W goods at very reasonable prices—a fair deal to ope r J |1 rm M COME IN AND" COM PARE. M fj BROWN & CO. B No. 136 North Main St., Butler. ifc I iitftfc itk I'jji fe-.-w - li a . WHY ARE YOU SITTING UP ALL NIGHT FIRING COAL WHEN YOU CAN GET AN EVANS OAS OROASOLINE ENGINE WITH REVERSIBLE CLUTCH PUUEY, WRITE FOR CATALOGUE. THE EVANS MFG. CO , LTD., BUTLER, FA. li i P 1 1 1 J J. Q. & W. CAMPBELL, I tp AGENT FOR BUTLER. isi Cypher'* Incubators and rooders also Poultry i|i ifc Supplres and International Stock-Food. iji fir), CALL FOR CATALOGUE. XiM BCTLEK, <-A. 'TT V? BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1905. $ | WICK'S j 'Spring Hatsj I for men j are here. | | The best ever \ | shown in j | Butler. | jSee our windowj jjno. S.Wick, | i * f tIATTKK A.\t) FURNISHER, # Pwplea Phone. 615. r J BUTLER, T.A J Beef. E and Iron L Wjne This is famous as a avs tern builder and general tonic Onr preparation differs from all others of the same naiae. bei anse we use pre digested beef, the best sherry wine, and the iron is in such form that it is quick ly taken into the system. T t : ,z pid*saiit totakeard »u making rich, red blood. Do You Require a Tonic? Arc you weak, worn ofit down «ud nervous? Is yoi.v Wood thin and impure? Ate t pals and Laggard, lipo \vhite i Do yon become exhausted from every little effort, yonr sleep rest less, your appetite poor? If you have any of these symptoms use our Beef, Iron and Wine. If the resnlt is not satisfactory we'will gladly return j cur money. Price,. 5Q cents a pint DJBEt.TO.Ry. THE * Crystal Pharmacy K. M. LOGAN, Ph. G., BOTH PHONES. 106 N. Main St., Butler, Pa. Do Yoy Buy Medicines? Certainly You Do. Then you want fhe lor the least That is our motto, tome and see us when in need of anything in the Drug Line &nd we are sure VOM W? a" fail iiiie £ rugSf C}»«?nucafc- Toilet Articles, etc. Purvis' Pharmacy S. G. PURVIS, PH. G Both Phones. 213 S Mair. St Bntler Pa. L. S. McJCNKIN. IRA McJUNKIN GEO. A. MITCHELL. b. S McJUNKIN & CO., Insurance &■ Real Estate 117 E Jefferson St., SUTfcER, - - - - PA WM. WALKER. CHAS. A. MCELVAIN. WALKER & McELVAIN. 307 Butler County National Bank Bldg. REAL ESTATE. INSURANCE. OIL PROPERTIES. LOANS. BOTH PHONES CATARRH ELY'S CREAM BALM This Remedy is a Specific, Sure to Give Satisfaction. CIVES RELIEF AT ONCE. It cleanses, soothes, heals, and protects the diseased membrane. It cures Catarrh and drives away a Cold in the Head quickly. Restores the Senses of Taste and Smell. Easy to use. Contains no injurious drugs. ! Applied into the nostrils and absorbed. Size, f>o cents at or by mail; Trial Size, 10 cento by mail. | ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren St., New York. The Conqueror By KEITH GORDON Copyright, bj if. McKm i 0 Manice looked at his watch. It was ten minutes past 4. and he was al ready late for an engagement. Never theless he dashed hastily Into the big department store, deteriuwed to pro cure the driving gloves that be uenled. The tired clerks and shining pneu matic tubes seemed to be in league to detain him, and he was strolling im patiently up and down, inwardly re viling the system that made such delay possible, when the sight of a tall, fair girl, also waiting for change, trans formed his feelings like the touch of a f#lry waud. His Impatience vanished; his engagement was forgotten. He had seen his ideal woman! A weaker man might have failed to detect his chance in the mere passing glimpse of a face in the crowd. Not «o Manice. If fate, in effect, said to him. "Don't you wish you k»j%v her?" he answered. "Trust me— -1 shall know lier!" And so the game began. Social customs he regarded ;>a so many fences ii\clq?iug aud dividing the fiplu of qctlotv Cnder ordinary circum stances he respected these defenses aud skirted them decorously u;itU h» came to gateways, like any other well iii'ed individual. But the case in hand was comparable only to a cross coun try ride, when the man who would be in at the death must eo £V v ». vhe fences Hiaru '"v - ditches and stay him yot for gateways and bridges. All of which means that Floyd Man- Ice. usually the most dignified an<J con servative of men. fDfgt » liC °' the Wiiowing a slim, erect young woman at a very respectful distance and utterly without her knowledge. At G p. m. he had the satisfaction, of seeing her enter « trap at >foryisUi>Yn, S. J.,' whither shu had aiiK'lUiugly Iwl him, aud dailsfltHl from her manner that she was at home he paced the platform waiting for the train back to town and making plans with an exultant confidence «,t long success . yiolng to ' Morristown for the sum mer # " eh?" exclaimed his partner In some, surprise when he announced his Intention a week later. "I thought you loathed New Jersey?" "Mistaken idea of yours," responded Manice, with mendacious lirovlty. "By the way da yon kuuw. auj one there? 1 ' Events usually moved with business- Jike precision wlievi Manice started to accomplish fttt end. Within two weeks from the day on which he first saw his star, as he called her to himself, he was established in Morrists\v+», waiting in strom' vet humble eyper+afiuu n»r "her to appear once uibVe upon his horizon. The days passed like a procession of snails, but she did not «nq, though throngli tliu kindness of city friend, u* tmu a number of introduc tions. undo no effort to ihreover her iden.lijf. He ima n strange, sweet eonselousness—to which he held in spite of disappointment and the de plorable sentimentality into which was leading him—that e ,hc-. \>as surely drifting IULU and that each day yvyught tlieiii nearer together-. N'-ear the eiH 1 . Of the third week his faith Wa» rewarded. It was on the golf links, and a ripple of peculiarly clear, frank laughter somewhere »euy him caused him to turn h\s She nnd a companies \vere sauntering to ward tyin. every line of her lithe, jiraiefiil figure standing out gloriously against the pure background of the sky, her brown hair framing her fae<> in a bewitching disorder. On this of- her Manice lived Cut- another week, and then Ills friend, Duncan Brown, descended upon him for the week's Wid stay. Duncan would tiftVv been welcome under any circum stances, but when he announced that a great friend of his, Betty Alston, in Morristown and o.ffercd R> take Manice to sco hex the latter pressed the fiYviwjiui up his bachelor quarters upon him with added fervency, won dering if by chance he was entertaining an angel unawares. So indeed It "4 lutnk t sn\v you on the links the oU't-l day." Miss Alston remarked, turning to Manice after the greeting* were over, and that vUWtt.v» wondered v>"l"U ho bald lfl reply. The oue impression that he carried away from that meeting was a confusing sense of having been projected unex pectedly into the very midst of heaven. That impression, however, was not lasting. Time revealed that if Miss Alston was a guiding star others be sides himself were looking, raising their eyes to her and following where she led. Still he drew a sigh of relief at the thought that he had two rivals instead of one. Always in these matters there was safety in numbers. Keeping a watchful eye upon two rivals is wearing work even for a strong man. If Manice had been fas cinated by Betty Alston's face, at the end of two months it was lovelier to him than ever, for the better he knew her the more assured he became of her sweetness and womanliness. Counted by conventional standards, It was a pitifully short time that they had known each other, but he felt as If he had been aware of her through all the thirty-live years of waiting. Thus his love, like a mighty wave, whose crest, poised for a moment, must Inevitably spend itself in foam, broke into words. Simple, mauly words they were. "You are the only woman In the t orld for me." he concluded, the color that usually glowed under his tan noticably absent. "From the first mo ment I knew it.' I would have follow ed you to the ends of the earth to tell you this, even though I had known that you would refuse me;" Betty Alston, her face as white as his own, turned to him with quivering Hps. His earnestness frightened her. But there was Jack Winter—dear Jack with the laughing eyes aud the gay smile! And yet Jack would never have followed her out of the crowd, tiul- She covered her face with her hands, j and Manice, pitted against fate, set : his jaw grimly. "Is there any one else?" he asked at last, and at the gentleness of his voice Betty took courage. "You don't know how unworthy I feel," she began iu a trembling voice. "You see, I don't know myself. I hate myself for it, but I really don't. If you love me like this, I ought to know, oughtn't I, whether I love you or not?" She looked at him with the puzzled confidence of a child appealing to an elder for help iu a crlsH. Then sud denly the color came up over her soft. white ueck. rising higher and higher until it suffused her whole face, and the eyes that had been gazing so clear ly and childishly into his dropped. In i that moment her heart was clearer to j him than it was to herself, j "Think about it for a week, sweet- I heart," he whispered, and, carrying her i hand to his lips for a brief moment, turned and left her. "She loves me—she loves me. God bless her! I know It," Maniee's thoughts ran during the days that fol lowed, and. though the hours seemed endless, not once during that time did he approach her. lie shrewdly sus pected that his absence would do more than anything else could to reveal her heart to herself. So sure of his answer was he that he wanted to make the day memorable to both of them. Many plans suggested themselves, but none of them seemed worthy. Then a chance remark of hers flitted across his mind, and Jie mur mured. with enthusiasm, "The very thing, by Jove!" She had whimsically said to him once that it was her idea of bliss to have Uagadorn, the well known organist play the wonderful organ at St Mi chael's an hour for her alone, and he decided that if Hagndoru was suscep tible to the pei>uasive power of money 6li« should have that pleasure. But to his dismay he found that he was not. He did not understand the gentleman's request, and he refused the ofTi>r somewhat haughtily. It was ineu that Manice appealed tu the uian, ignoring the artist, ami at the eud of his brief hut somewhat shamefaced explanation Hagadorn was smiling genially. "I'll do it with pleasure," said he, holding out his hand. "And of course j-ati'll know just well. iuCy itie right sort of music?" suggested Manice. "The sort that wUI —that will"— "Yes." assented the erganlst, "I think I kuow the sort," And they part ed great good hutnor. At the end of that rapturous hour of wonderful music in the dim interior of St. Michael's next day Betty simply turned her huui\>\ M«» upon Mauice and her hands. It was not un ol she. had the poise aud asser tion of six months of wifehood that she accused him of taking an unfair advantage. "As if any girl cou'd refused such a lovpr"' she taunted, ruffling liis iiaty d»t»gi"*eefujly. v lt wuu what the papers call claptrap." Relies of Gold Hnnteri. While plowing in his field near Et»- faula recently Mr. Charle-H Qibson un covered a lavffO ttuiuher of weapons, Syii.p which were rifles of an old styie, some blunderbusses, a few old time ptotols and a couple of swords. All these weapons are In a fair state of preservation aud are apparently of Spanish make. According ta » TeeK tradition, a party °f '.vV e"HU'uit« Spaniards, numbering fifty-four, in the j-ear 1664 left New Orleans on burros nnd went to the ter ritory In search of gold, They secured all the precious Hiatal they could car ry. a iid vu their way back they were lp'eset by a baud of Shawnees near StandiQjj liock, eight miles east of Kiifaula, and a great battle followed. The Spaniards, with the exception of two who escaped on a raft, w*re anni hilated. It. ;« {.apposed that the weapons ohiwed up on Mr. Gibson's place are the ones that were used by the Span lards mentioned above.—Kansas City Journal. Thwarted k; n Wltnn». "A Uttle Hash of humor on the part *>f a witness will often destroy the best of legal examinations," said a well known lawyer. "Not long ago I bad a criminal case in which one of the best witnesses for the prosecution was a negro. Before the coroner he had made two different statements as to the number of times he had seen one of the principals in the case, and I intend ed to trip liim up on it in the croa» ex amination. If he said first number I should confront, \tiu» with the other statement fi-.ui, the testimony before tho \j>f<uier, and vice versa. 1 thought I had htm cornered, no matter how he answered. I was reserving the ques tion for the climax, and finally I asked lilui In my most <;(yjtident manner, 'How many ",ivnefs did you say that you «i\v this child?' He hesitated a moment and then replied in a surly tone: 'I didn't say I saw It at all- I said I seen It.' Evpu the had to smile, a\»d, thou-'* 1 hammered away bltti- r.li the effect that I had sought Was lost beyond repair."—Philadelphia Record. Irish PllKrlius to the Skelllic Rocks Risk Their Lives. Ten miles off the coast of Kerry, in the west of Ireland, lie the Skellig rocks, one of which has been for years the scene of a difficult penance. A zig zag path leads up some 71*0 feet to a lighthouse, but TOO feet more must be climbed before the summit is reached, where stand the ruins of St. Finian's monastery and a cross of St. Michael. Here on the anniversary of St. Mi chael devotees risk their lives In per forming their devotions. First they have to squeeze themselves through the Needle's Eye, a tunnel in the rock thir ten feet long, the passing up which Is like the ascent of a chimney. Then they creep on all fours up the Stone of I'ain, on whose smooth surface one false step is fatal; then, getting astride the Spindle, a rock 1.500 feet above the Atlantic and projecting some ten feet, each pilgrim must "ride a cock horse to St. Michael's cross," say a Pater noster and shuffle back as best he can. —Pearson's Weekly. Ham*. A mother sent her twelve-year-old daughter to the pork butcher with money to purchase a ham. "Tell Mr. that I want a ham exactly like the last two I bought," she said, and when the little lady arrived at the shop she delivered the message thus: "Mr. , mamma says she wants another ham off the same hog as the last two she bought." II w many of us wish that when we accldently pick up a first rate ham the same hog could keep on pro ducing its like for time and eternity! As the butcher says: "Hams run pe culiarly. We may have 'em all fine for a month or two; then they suddenly got tough and dry and hard and alto gether disappointing." New York Press. Antiquity of Drewlnf. The ancient Egyptians understood and practised the art of brewing sev eral centuries before the Christian era, as did also the ancient Greeks. Span lards and Britons made a fermented drink from wheat, which was used in Spain under the name ceria, and also in Gaul. Tacitus tells us that in his day, about 100 A. D., beer was the com mon beverage and that the Germans understood how to convert barley into malt. Six hundred years later Charle magne gave orders that the best brew ers should always accompany his court. Tim's Tactics { < By CECIUA A. LOIZEAUX < \ Cop> right, IVOk tiy Cecilia A. Loizeaux > It all began when Mr. Jones-Brown brought Tim home one evening and laid the dog in the open arms of his pretty wife. She received him enthusi astically and bought him an elaborate collar. He was a cute dog. Even Mrs. Robinson-Smith, who lived next door aud hated dogs, admitted that—that Is, she said he wasn't bad fop a mongrel. And it must be admitted right here that the dog wasn't of any particular breed; he was Just a dog. He was soon in high favor in the neighborhood, especially with the Rob inson-Smiths, who were intimate friends of the Jones-Browns. Both*cou ples were newly married, and during the day while their husbands were in the city the young wives sewed, talked and called together. But to come back to the dog. In time he passed the stage of puppy fireworks and was old enough to know better. Then Mrs. Jones-Brown's sister came to visit her. And during the same week Mrs. Robinson-Smith had a card from her nephew that he was coming down to spend a month with her. He was nearly as old as his aunt, who ad mitted that he was called a "catch" in town. The expected guests arrived almost simultaneously—Ethel Herriot with a large trunk aud Jack Marvin with di vers battered suit cases. They were duly enscouced with their respective relatives, and then the trouble began. On the second evening Mr. and Mrs. Robinson-Smith trailed their nephew across the lawn to call on their nearest neighbor. The two young people were introduced. Ethel, as Mr*. Jones- Brown afterward said, was unnecessa rily embarrassed for a girl who had been three seasons "out." In the horribly irritatiug way of young married people the neighborly quartet immediately began to talk of domestic affairs, leaving Jack and Eth el to take care of themselves. They did not notice that there was an awful si lence, during which Ethel was threat ened with mental hysteria and was 6aved only by Tim, the thoughtful, who opportunely appeared and Jumped into her lap. She began to talk to him, and the day was saved—temporarily. Still patting the dog, Ethel finally said to the man: "Why did you follow me out here?" "I didn't follow you," said Jack promptly. "If I had known that you were In this neck of woods you don't suppose I'd have disturbed It do you?" Then he added, "Why did you come to stay next door to my aunt?" "How waa I to know you bad an aunt out here?" Ethel asked indig nantly, "Well," ha id Jack, "I guess we're both innocent so we need not quarrel bver that" Then there was another silence. Tim jumped down from Ethel's lap and leaped into Jack's. Jack grinned. "Nice doggie!" he chuckled, petting him effusively. Ethel knew he hated small dogs. She tried to think ot some thing crushing to say, but before the words came Mr. and Mrs. Robinson- Smith rose and said good night, and their dutiful nephew rose with them. He put out his hand, and Ethel was forced to let hers touch It for an in stant, while he said: "So glad I've met you, Miss Herriot It's awfully Jolly that we know so many of the same people." Ethel smiled, though her eyes were blazing wrathfully. "Isn't it?" she said. "Good night" When Mrs. Jones-Brown turned to speak to her sister she found the girl's chair empty and a moment after heard her ascending the stairs. Late that night Ethel rose, lit the lamp and took from her trunk a pack age of letters, which she sat down to read. Long before she had finished them she was crying softly, and when she did go to bed again it was to lie wide eyed and staring till nearly morn ing. She was awakened by Tim, who was licking her hand. She patted his head. "Naughty Tim! Did the missus let you in?" Rising on her elbow, she saw that the door was ajar and supposed that her sister had sent the dog to wake her. Tim seemed full of spirits of puppy hood this morning. He would worry the bedclothes with his teeth, dash wildly across the room to catch some nnseen thing and then rush back upon her, frantic with delight Ethel lay staring at the ceiling. Her head ached, and she felt utterly miser able. She wondered how she could get away from her sister's house and that man next door. Tim, finding himself unwatched, worried awhile at some thing he found on the floor beneath the table, then took It in his mouth and ran off with it "If he only wasn't so glad," thought the girl, referring to the man, not the dog. "He shows so plainly that he's glad it's off!" Before she got up she determined to show Jack that he wasn't the only one Who didn't care. She would treat him as a strnnger, and she would flirt with him, too, and make him sorry. She de scended the stairs, explained that her pale face was due to a nervous head ache. for -which she would try a long walk, and departed in a smart blue skirt and white shirt waist and very pretty slippers. During this walk it was her intention to map out her campaign, and her thoughts were busy as she strolled along. Finally ahe climbed a high bank ifc- the roadside, walked along the grassy ledge for awhile aud then sat down on the brink of an old stone quar ry. She was swinging her small French heels and throwing stones Into the blue water far beneath when somebody be hind her whistled a well known strain. She answered before she thought and then started, almost losing her balance, and clutched at the bank to save her self. Her face was hot, and she felt some one seize her from behind, for it had all ltappeued too quickly for her to be frightened. Jack dragged her back and then lifted her to a sitting posture. She scrambled to her feet and faced him. "What do you mean by sitting on the very edge of a place like that?" Jack questioned angrily. "Suppose the bank crumbled?" She looked at him. wistfully at flrat, and then her glance turned wrathful as she saw nothing but anger in his face. "I was all right until you came and frightened me." "I whistled to let you know I was coming and you answered," he retort ed. "I presume your coming to this espe cial place was purely accidental, like your advent In this town?" Bhe re marked sarcastically. No. 13. "Not quite," he confessed. "I fol lowed you because I wanted to talk to you. Sit down and cool oft." She reflected that this was her first opportunity to make him sorry, and she sut down gracefully, while he arranged himself at her feet and searched a plot of clover for a lucky omen. She took off her white duck hat and let the wind ruffle her thick, fair hair. He looked up at her meditatively. "You have more freckles this year than you had last." he announced. "Yes," she agreed, "and more sense." "I imagine your experience has tanght you something," he remarked. She sat up. This was not teaching him to be sorry. "Ethel," he asked suddenly, "you bnrned all my letters, didn't you?" "Of course I did." But her heart beat furiously as she thought of the night before. "I supposed you had," he said. "I only wanted to make sure." He put his hand absently to the pocket of his blue serge coat. "You see, love letters after there isn't any more love are such assl niue things," he explained; "just twad dle." "Yours were rather twaddly," she ad mitted; "at least the ones I had. But they're burned." Again he felt in his pocket. She saw the gesture and misinterpreted it. "Light it If you like," she said. "Light it? Ah, yes," said he, drawing the pipe from quite another pocket. She watched him All it, frowning a lit tle at the tobacco pouch, which was one she had given him. He leaned over to strike a match. "Your bald spot is certainly much larger than it was last year," she re marked critically. "How observing you are!" he drawled. Then he turned suddenly. "Will you love me when I'm bald?" he sang. "As much as I do now," ahe an swered meaningly. "Not as much as you did last night?" he queried. "Last night!" she echoed, the blood rising to her face. "What are you talk ing about?" He turned again and took a letter from his coat pocket, holding it up wliere she could see the address in his writing, "Miss Ethel Herriot." Her heart beat wildly. The envelope was worn and old looking. He drew out the sheets of thin paper. There were blisters fresh blisters upon them. Ethel sat paralyzed. The tears rolled down her cheeks, and she did not try to wipe them away. Her fingers dug into the grass on either side. "Poor old letter!" he said pityingly. "How did you escape the flames?" Then he heard a sob from Ethel. ll* turned, ne saw the tears, and mental ly he called himself a cad. He had never seen Ethel cry before. "Ethel," he said, "I'm a brute, but I don't mean to be. I came out here to tell you that I love you better than ever and to own up that I was wrong and to ask you to take me back to your favor. Ethel," he had her in his arms now, "Ethel, dear, you do love me, don't you?" "Take it out on Tim, dear, for it was his fault He brought the letter and dropped it at my feet. And then I knew that you had been doing just what I've done nearly every night for a year, reading over the old letters. Ethel, aren't you glad—a. little—that Tim found the letter /" And Ethel's answer, though muffled, seemed to satisfy him. They went slowly home. Aa Good ■■ Her Word. Old Mr. Makepeace was in a reminis cent mood. "Did I ever tell ye what mother said to me when I got up spunk enough to ask her—in words—if she'd have me?" he began, to the delight of his grandson, Fred. "No, but something bright, I'll war rant," chuckled Fred, with a glance at the old lady, who calmly regarded them from her rocking chair by the fireplace. "I can't recall the preliminary re marks," Mr. Makepeace continued, "and, anyway, I think they were a trifle mixed. But finally, after I'd said something about my prospects, to make it business-like, I began to think it strange she didn't say anything, and I was afraid I was getting it all wrong. " 'l'll make ye a good husband, Bet ty,' I said, hoping that was the right thing. " 'lf I should marry you, John,' she said, and it was the first time she had opened her lips, 'I will attend to mak ing a good husband of you.' "And she has!" laughed old Mr. Makepeace, the corner of his eye on his wife. The Game Was First Called Trlnnifili and After-ward Tramp. Whist was first called triumph, a name which was afterward corrupted into trump. The eighteenth century saw whist in Its primitive form, the whole object of the game being to win tricks by leading high cards or by trumping. Then came the era of Hoyle, which may be said to have lasted from 1730 to 1860 and taught players to think not only of their own hands, but of the other hands also, and to take advantage of the positions of the cards in them. Hoyle also taught that trumps might be more profitably em ployed than in simple trumping and showed that they might be used to dis arm ithe adversary and to obtain sec ondary advantage in trick making by other suits of less apparent power. It was not until 1800 that the philosoph ical era can be said to have begun, and the origin of the new movement was a knot of young men at Cambridge, Eng land, known as the T.ittle Whist school. This body kept records of its games, but no one thought of making the data known until 18G1. Coherence in the system of play was still wanting, and this was supplied in 1864 with Dr. Pole's essay on the theory of the mod ern scientific whist THE ART OF EATING. Food Must Please the Mind as Well as tbe Palate. Pawlow has established the physio logical importance of the mental state on digestion, having shown, for in stance, that delicacies produce secre tion of gastric juice as soon as they are perceived by the eye, even before they are eaten. The food must not only be palatable, but must be served in an attractive manner—fine dishes, table decorations, etc. In eating we must take time to chew our food thoroughly. This serves a double purpose—first, through the act of mastication the coarser particles of food are broken up; second, more sa liva is secreted and is thoroughly mix ed with the food. The digestion of starch is thus materially aided, and the proteids are made more easily ac cessible to the action of the gastric juice. Water should accompany each meal. It increases the appetite and the en joyment of food. After eating we should rest a little while before returning to our work.— Dr. Max Eiuhorn In Medical Record.
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