VOL. XXXXII. THE MODERN STORE- Ladles', Ctotldren'B a.id Men's Spring & Summer Underwear The Best and Largest Assortment in Butler. The Modern Millinery Leads Them All Our Underwear Department is the strongest in Butler beyond a doubt. We are sure we can suit yon in qnality, size and price because we bave an assortment tfc it is complete in every detail. Ladles' 81eevele*s Under rear In cottoa mnd lisle thread, sc, 10c, 15?, 50c, In "'"'Ladies' loog a Peeve lisle tiread rests corset covers !Sc and aOc. Ladles lisle thread union suits, 25c, 50c, oc. ILOQ. Ladles' summer weight » »l and silk and .-oito« garments, *I.OO ea- U. Children's sleeveless underwear. sc. 10c, tac each. Children's long sleeve underwear. 10c to ac »ach Men's good Balbrlggan ur derwear in white and colors _>c each. Men's good Balbriggan ar d cotton mesh underwear JOC each. Men's fine rauze wool unferwear. fl.oo each. R{ Mens Irish linen mesh ui derwear |l.s(i each. A sure preventative of colds. K Men's anion suits, the mo.t comfortable, perfect fitting garments ever made |> 50c, SI.OO. SI.M each. I] ATTRACTIVE MILLINERY at our store at almost any pr ce you wish to pav. Ij Children's Hats. 25c to #».*>* each. * Ladle*' Trimmed BaU. «2 50, $3.00, Jl.oo, S>.oo to 810.00. No Matter What You Want We Cau Please You. gj EISLEK-MARDORF COfIPANY, I OUTH MAIN STREET | f\C%4 CL\ Samples sent on request. The Butler Business College New building*. Dew and splendid equipment, a strictly first-class and up to date school that ACTUALLY PLACES ITS GRADUATES. A few of the hundreds of prominent concerns that employ them: The BntloT County Natioual Bank, Guaranty Safe Deposit & Trust Co., lhe Farmers' National Bank, Butler Savings & Trust Co., John Berg & Co., Standard Steel Car Co., Standard Plate Glass Co., B R. & P. K. R Co , B. & O. R. R- Co, Penn'a R. R. Co. etc., of Butler. ..... X ' *• i Pullman Palace Car Co.. Y.'estingbouse Electrical Mfg. Co., National Tube Co., Union Bteel Co. Jones & Laugblin Steel Cou Germaina National Bank, 808 in & Buhl, Pittsburg Dry Goods Co.. etc., etc.. Pittsburg -A WORD TO THE WISE 13 SUFFICIENT" Catalogue and circulars mailed on application. MAY ENTER ANY TI.IE. Fall term opens Sept. 4, 1905. A. F. REGAL, Principal, Butler, Pa. fj BROWN'S \< i Fine Furniture E j and Carpets > J We are ready-to-sell-with the largest assortment > >1 of substantial Furniture we have ever placed on our 4 A floors. You always find prices an inducement at ► ► this etore along with best quality: { v< Fine Oak Rockers from $3.50 up. \ w Parlor Suits and Odd Pieces at all prices * Combination cases from $15.00 upwards . p Sideboards and Buffets $lB to $75 J Solid Oak Bed Room Suits, $25.00 upwards f A Extension Tables from $5.00 to $40.00. Iron Beds —a large selection —$3.50 upwards Pi s —sewed at 65c < Wpol Rugg=r-room sizes-—at $8.50 and $9.50 W2 ► Mattings,"Linoleums—at lowest prices Ll < Brussels Carpets—best Axminster —laid —$1.25 ri i We can-furnish your home complete-and if quali- J ty and price are an inducement you will get it here. rJ < A SQUARE DEAL TO ONE AND ALL. 1 CQME }N AND COMPARE. f BROWN &• CO. g Nq. 136 North Main St., Butler. p I With Spring there comes other ■ things besides /Vlarch winds I Our spring styles in Shoes for instance, I *h e newest shapes and many little I nlcetles that ot^er stores don't have and I letter won't have, ■ The Tan Oxfords will please you particularly, I we are sure. I SISTER! SISTER! I When March winds blow don't let those shabby last® ■ winter's shoes be seen peeping out. Jolly up the purse■ ■ holder in your house and bring a little more money to usH ■ —it won't take much to fit you out most sweetly. Andß ■ give Jack a tip about a new pair for himself. • B ■Huselton's "SI ■ SHOE STORE. I ■Wv iPf aaein . 1 '--/ v. I Won't buy clothing for the purpose of I • ' ?\| I spending money. Tb*y desire to get the I ' i i\f. / 1 'yi~ay\ I best possible results of the money expended I - J /; -/ \ Those who buy custom clothing have a /! - •' 1 right to demand a fit, to have their clothes correct in style and to detnand of the / /it , seller to guarantee everything. Come to y j / A i /Vj S 4 ns »nil there will be nDthini* lacking I I • \/:\ j have inst received a large slock of Spring fl :,f I and Summer suitings in the latest styles, ' \ri j ?f I and colors. J G. F. KECK, H I Ysd MERCHANT TAIfeOR, IJ * 142 N. Main St., Sutler, Subscribe for the CITIZEN THE BUTLER CITIZEN. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. PHYSICIANS, T C. BOYLE. M. D. rJ • EYR, EAR, N'osn and THROAT, SPECIALIST. 121 East Cunningham Street. I Office Honrs 11 to 13 a m.. 3to 5 and 7 to 9 p. m DOTH TELEPHONES. R. JL'LIA E. FOSTEB, OSTEOPATH. ! Consultation and examina-ion free. Office hours—9 to 12 A M . 2 to 'M , daily except Sund ij- Evening appointment. Office—Stein Block. Rooms 9-10, But ler, Pa. People's Phone 478. PLARA. E. MORROW, D 0., GRADUATK BOSTON COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHY. Women's diseases a specialty. Con sultatian and examiuatiou free. Office Hours, 9to 12m., 2 to 3 p. m People's Phone 573. 1 r6 S. Main street, Butler, Pa f\ M. ZIMMERMAN 11 • PHYSICIAN AND SCHGBON At 327 N. Main St. T R IIAZLIiTT. D., Mjt 106 West Diamond, Or. Graham's former ot^ce. Special attention give., to Kye, Nose and Throat Peode's Phcne 274. OAMUELM. 3IPPUS, O PHYSICIAN AND SORGKON 200 West C" aningham St. DENTISTS. DU FORD H. HAYES. DENTIST. Graduate of Dental Department, University of Pennsylvania Office—2ls S. Main Street, Butler, Pa DR. S A. JOHNSTON. STTKGEON DENTIST. Formerly of Butler, Has located opposite Lowry House, Main St., Butler, Pa. Th« finest work a specialty. Expert painless extractor U teeth by his new method, no medi cine used or jabbing a needle into the gums; also gas and ether used. Com munications by mail receive prompt at tention. DR J. WILBERT McKEE, SCKGEON DAWTIST. Office over Leighner's Jewelry store, Butler, Pa Peoples Telephone 505. A specialty made of gold fillings, gold crown and bridge work. ' J. HINDMAN, • DENTIST. 12 "i South Main street, (ov Metaer's shoe store.) DR. H. A. MCCANDLESS, DENTIST. Office in Butler County National Bank Building, 2nd floor. DR. M. D. KOTTRABA, Successor to Dr. Johnson DENTIST Office at No 114 E. Jefiersou Sr., ovc G W. Miller's grocery ATTORNEYS. RP. SCOTT, • ATTORNHY-AT-LAW, OflUse in Butler Connty Katior>nl Bank building. A T. scon. A. ATTORN BY AT LAW. Office at No. 8. West Diamond St. f'»;t ler, Pa. (IOULTER 81 BAKhR, V ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office in Butler County National Bank building. JOHN W. COiJLTER, 'J ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office on Diamond, Butler, Pa. Special attention given to collection and business matters. T D. McJUNKIN, v • ATI'ORNEY-AT-LIW. Office in Reiber building, come: Man and E. Cunningham Sts, Entrance ov Main street. ] B. BREDIN, •J • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office on Main St. near Court Hour< || H. »L» ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in Wise building. EH. NEGLEY • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office In the Negley Building. West Diamond. WC. FINDLEI, • ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND PENSION ATTORNEY. Office on South side of Diamond. Butler, Pa. MISCELLANEOUS. BF. HILLIAIiD, • GENERAL SURVEYING. Mines and Land. County Surveyoi. • R. FD. 49, West Sunbury, Pa. p P. L. McQUISTION, 'J. CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR Office near Court House. LP. WALKER, • NOTARY PUBLIC, BUTLER, Office with Berkmer, next door to P. O Do You Buy Medicines? Certainly You Do, Then you want the best for the least money. That is our motto. Come and sec us when in need of anything in the Drug Line and we are sure you will call again. We carry a full line of Drugs, Chemicals, Toilet Articles, etc. Purvis' Pharmacy S. G. PDHVIS, PH. G Both Phones. 213 S Main St. Butler Pa. White Wyandotte Eggs For Hatching. The popular gpneral purpose chickens. $1.25 for setting. J. J.ALLEN, R. F. 0. 22, Saxonburg, Pa. 1 FLORINE'S j | AMULET By INA WRIGHT HANSON | I I 0} C'epvritfhf, 150 i. t>U Ina "" right Hanson S I found Floriue l>y the tea talile on the veranda gazing dreamily into her cup. She wore my roses in the l>elt of her white gown and in her bronze hair. For some tiuie I had not dared to approach Florine without l*e:ng for tilk-d with disagreeable speeches; oth erwise I should have been guilty of proposing to her. Considering that her monthly income was quite equal to my annual one, a proposal of marriage from me would be palpably absurd. I sighed, and my sigh aroused Florine. 'Oh, I'm glad It's you!" she said brightly. "I saw a visitor in my tea cup." I frowned and took a chair ou the other side of the table. "I wish you wouldn't," I said. "Wouldn't what? Give you a cup of tea? Well, you needn't drink it. Are you afraid it will hurt your com plexion ?" Iler tone was bantering, but her eyes had a hint of concern in their violet depths. I looked away as I an swered : "The other night at pit you turned your chair around three times, and then when you lost you attributed it to the misplacing of your rabbit foot." "I did make a mistake," she said gravely. "It wasn't the rabbit foot; It was the day. Wednesday is my un lucky day," "If you keep 011 folks will think you are weakmlnded," I continued, keep ing mv gaze carefully from the danger ous charm of her face. "I have actual ly heard It said that you wear an amu let!" Florine was silent so long that 1 was compelled to glance at her. She was regarding me with what might be termed a complex look. Iler mouth was dimpled with smiles, her lifted brows were derisive, but her eyes were troubled. I ignored the eyes. "This superstition business detracts from your real worth," I went ou re lentlessly. "It is the flaw in the dia mond, the blight in the rose, the— rinc giggled. I look«l at her aus piciously, but she mad« another dab at her eyes, so I went on: "For all his harsh words he repented in sackcloth and ashes, and when the day of his repentance was over he knelt on the grouad at her feet"— "Oh. no!" corrected Florine. "na might have taken rheumatism or some thing." Were ever eyes so blue or lips so sweet? I plunged ahead recklessly: "He took her little _hand in his"— suiting action to the word—"and put his arm around her so and kissed her like this" — "How dare you?" said Florine very softly. "I don't dare," I answered meekly. "I was only showing you what the man did who belonged in the court of the princess." "Well, go on," she commanded. "I can't." "Why?" "I don't know what the princess did after he—after that." I sighed, al though looking at Florine hopefully. She smiled. "Oh, the princess said, 'I have lost my amulet, and I can never see hap piness without it; so methinks 1 will publish a decree that to him who find eth it will I give his heart's desire.' " "Describe the amulet, O princess!" "The decree should state that the amulet is Inclosed within a case of gold, shaped like my loving heart and set around with rubies like drops of my own heart's blood; that the amu let is of fine lineu, marked with purple; that each separate line stands for love, trust, happiness: that all the lines to gether form the lineaments of—of'— Florine's dark lashes rested upon very pink cheeks. She hesitated. "i go to search for the amulet," I an nounced, rising. She looked at me approvingly. I peered under the step, made two short detours in the direction of the lake, then discovered it under a small fir tree. Florine clapped her little hands. "How beautifully the story proceeds!" she cried as I sat down again to tell bsr my heart's desire. "I am wondering, though," she mused a very long time afterward, "how the man came to find the amulet under a fir tree when the princess lost It In the summer houso." Enjoyed the Daitplpe*. In his story of the life of Lord Strath cona Mr. Beckles Willson tells an amusing anecdote of his lordship's ear ly (lays when as Donald Smith he en tered the employment of the Hudson Bay company and commenced to build up the riches which made him a peer millionaire. A fellow Scotchman who worked with Smith on the same station brought out a set of bagpipes on one occasion, and when the Indians and Eskimos had gathered round he struck up "The Highland Laddie" or some such air. The delight of the aborigines was Immense. Their lit up with rapture, uiul vvlUi open mouths and ears tlioy drank in the sounds produced by the instrument. Afterward a discussion arose at the company's factory as to whether the Eskimos were of Mougollan or Ice landic extraction, "Hoots, mon, ye're a' wraug," broke In the Impatient piper. "Did ye no see the chlels this inornin' whilst I was tv.irlin' the pipes? I've nae doot—uae do >t ava—they've true hieland bluid in their veins." Irlrh Proverb*. The proverbs of a nation are the dis tilled wit of generations of its people, and the true wit of the race is often times in proportion to the truth and beauty of its proverbs. Few nations and few languages possess more beau tiful sayings than the Irish. "The silent mouth is melodious," is an Irish apho rism pregnant with beauty and poetry. And another saying, Inculcating a char ily which Is spiritually needed in this modern world of ours, is that which tells us, "Our eyes should be blind in the abode of another." The beautiful faith anil the magnificent optimism of the Irish race are well pictured in their proverb, "Cod never shuts one door but he opens two." "Autumn days come softly, quickly, like the running of a hound upon a moor," is poetic, vivid truth. And here is a sharp, satirical one that cuts several ways at the same time, "A poem ought to be well made at first, for there Is many a one to spoil It afterward " —T.«sl'"'« \foTttMv Gantric and >ervon* Vertljso. The most common forms of vertigo are the gastric and the nervous. Gas tric vertigo is sometimes induced by a very slight disorder of the stomach. The patient may feel a sudden swim ming at the head; objects may seem to revolve; he totters and perhaps falls. There may bo nausea, faintness, head ache, visual hallucinations and buzz ing in the ears, but there Is no deaf ness nor any danger of a loss of con sciousness. Gastric vertigo is cured by treatment directed to the cause. Nervous vertigo may come from nervous exhaustion resulting from va rious causes—lntellectual strain or an immoderate use of tobacco, alcohol or tea. The symptoms are much the same as In gastric vertigo. They are felt strongly in an elevated position—by the preacher in the pulpit or the speak er on the platform. As in gastric ver tigo, the treatment must lie directed* to the cause. But patients need not fear an attack of paralysis or of apo plexy. Lamp* I'ned Ilefore Candle*. Lamps were used before candles. They date back almost as far as his tory goes and were common In ancient Egypt. China, Assyria, Greece and Borne. Lamp, from the Greek lampas, a torch, and candle, from kandeel, the Egyptian word for a common lamp, originally meant the same thing, and the Mosaic candlestick held oil lamps, not candles, as we now use the word. Man early improved on the torches of the Homeric age aud caught the Idea of obtaining light from porous fiber soaked In animal or vegetable oils. Lamps of brass, bronze and stone have been found in the pyramids and In ancient Indian temples, and com mon terra cotta ones were in general use for domestic purposes In Greece in the fourth century B. C. The earliest candles we hear of were those of the aucient Romans made of rushes coated with fat or wax. Stranice Mountain SlrUnoii. If mountain sickness should come upon you your bitterest enemy will lead your horse for you. The symp toms arc those of habitual drunken ness. All the limbs shiver, and iu the bloodless face the eyes have that ex traordinary look of Insanity which is, I think, caused by an Inability to focus them. Tlie speech comes with diffi culty, and in one case that I aw the mental coherence was as obviously at fault as the physical. Landor's "Lliassa Ffgp^RPEN IT SAVES THE BACK. Homemade Device For Reducing La bor In Growing; Union*. A new "machine for weeding onions perfected during the past few years by Fred F. Meeker, an onion grower of Fairfield county. Conn., Is Illustrated in American Agriculturist. It was made from an old hand cultivator. The il lustration gives a good idea of its con struction. Th<»re are two wheels which straddle a row. The working device consists of two short, broad teeth, on i the Inside of which are two wings about by 8 inches In size. Each end HOMEMADE ONION WEEDEB. Cf this is bent upward to throw away the dirt and to dig up th' onion tops. At about the middle of each of these wings is fastened a small wing about three inches high, two and one-half inches wide, which projects about one inch downward and does the weeding near the plants. The front edge Is sharp to cut off the weeds. The width between the teeth and wings can be adjusted by a clamp on the handle, also by wrought irons one foot high, which are likewise fastened to the handle. The weeder can bo worked very close to the row and will take out all weeds except those which grow nearly in line with the onions. LIMING ALFALFA. Xew Jeraey Wrinkle With the Grent Western Forage Crop. Numerous unsuccessful attempts have been made in central New Jersey to secure a profitable growth of this wonderful forage plant. The seed germinates promptly, and .often a quick growth of the plant follows, to be smothered by weeds or to turn yel low and dwindle away. No more per sistent experimenter Is known than John P. Nelson, who owns a farm in Monmouth county, on which he has spent $1,500 in experimenting with al falfa. After repeated failures on the farm he abandoned field experiments and resorted to a garden plot, where he could watch the plants and study them more closely. Here he learned two things which perhaps constitute the key to success. Liming the small piece of ground heavily, he changed the time of sowing to July. A growth of seventy-two inches resulted, and Mr. Nelson thought he saw the way clear to a farm crop of this desirable fodder. He sowed In August, 1002, a add of two and one-third acres after heavily liming it, using thirty pounds of seed to the acre, and the next spring added 400 pounds of bone dust. In 1903 he made light cuttings and in 1904 cut over thirteen tons, weighed when ready for the barn. A later growth of twen ty inches was left nncut, probably equal to two and a half tons. Mr. Nelson plowed ten acres of corn .ground last spring and sowed fifteen bushels of eowpeas. These he plowed under In August and added five tons of lime. He then sowed the field with alfalfa, scattering over the surface a ton of soli from alfalfa fields in Onon daga county, N. 1". On this field there are a good stand of alfalfa and a few weeds. The soil has become Inoculated with the alfalfa bacteria, and If such Inoculation materially adds to the pro ducing power of the field Mr. Nelson may look in 1900 for a hundred tons of cured alfalfa hay from this ten acre field, concludes a Rural New Y'orker correspondent. Bordeaux Mlxtnre. Recommended for potato blight, blos som rot in tomatoes, apple rust and scab, brown rot in peach, etc.: Copper sulphate (blue vitriol;, four pounds; fresh lime, four pounds; water, fifty gallons. Dissolve four pounds of cop per sulphate in two or three gallons of water by placing the sulphate In a sack and suspending In the top of a Jar or tub of water. Do not put this in tin or Iron vessels, as It will rapidly dis solve them. Before mixing dilute this to about twenty gallons. Slack four pounds of fresh lime by adding a small amount of water and after slacking Is finished add about twenty gallons of water. Stir the lime and water thor oughly and strain before mlxinl'onr these two solutions Into the barrel or tank at the same time and stir vigor ously while mixing. This may be di luted to fifty gallons. Oklahoma Sta tion Formula. Why They Come Back to I.and. It la surprising how many city people are thinking, talking and actually go ing Into farming nowadays. Men of all classes, from the successful business man to the laborer, are Interested. Probably the most potent cause with those who have to earn their living is the Increased cost of living in the city. There are thousands of careful, Indus trious men In the cities today who are making a living and nothing more, with the uncertainty of steady work always before them and the possibility of sickness which would place them In an embarrassing position. These nre the people who are vitally Interested, and some of them have already solved the problem by going to the couutry.— National Stockman. EASTERN BEEF RAISING. XfM r.n;;lii ml Farmer Thinks There IN INothinu In It, Editors Country Gentleman- You have published several articles advis ing the New England farmer to raise beef. 1 do not think this is good ad vice. First, the course generally rec ommended is to raise baby beef. Now, the fact is that in the New England states the market for baby beef does not exist. "We likes 'urn heavy," says the German butcher. "How old did you say? Not three! Oh, 1 don't be lieve I care to look at it. Well, you might try Jones, lie buys most any thing." You try Jones. "What!" he asks, with a scornful snort. "Want Steer prices for pig beef? We like 'em four years old. Heavy beef is the best. Hut I'll tell what I will do. I always trade generous with neighbors. I will stretch a point and give you 3 cents If you'll trade It out." But, even supposing there is a g ud market. It will not pay a New Englsnd farmer. A steer must have one year i and another four acre; of g »»1 pas | ture and four acres of hay. Now, on a fifty acre farm how can a man make ■ a living from beef, or even on a I hundred acres? If he turns oil six' I steers a year rrorn one and twelve | from the other at an overage of |23 ' per head he is doing well. Yet what I family can live on It? \ Now, with a stock of five cows, three* of theui heifers, I have taken in cash about S3OO, had miik, butter, cream and buttermilk for the family and i quarts on quarts of skim milk to feed ! dally to calves, pigs and chickens, and I have the cows, every one worth more than twelve months ago; also the calves I have raised on the skim milk. Where are the fat steers in compari son? One farmer near here raises heifers and sells them when they come In, usually at about two years old. or he sells a mature cow that bring-* from S4O to SOO and replaces her with j the heifer. j So near to markets is almost every ; part of New England that the farmer cannot afford to fatten beef unless It may be now and then one as a side Issue. And even that one will bring good prices at from six to ten weeks old for veal, and the hay fed might be sold to advantage. But for a farmer to think that here in New England, with our long winters to feed through, he can make an easy living by fatten ing cattle Is like his expecting to mine gold from a New England hillside. Fie might perhaps do both, but tt is best for the common man to keep out of both.—S. A. W., Fittsfleld. Mass. Tkr Other Side of the Question. Commenting upon the foregoing in Country Gentleman, Professor San born makes the following, among other remarks: It is granted that high pres sure dairying will give a greater net prollt than high pressure beef making, but it Is insisted as statistically true that the margin favoring the cow Is so small that one having little Inclina tion for the confinement of the dairy Is justified In choosing the steer. In this statement I have in mind sales In the open market. Whoever can avail himself of direct sales to the consumer has the advantage of a special market. Many New England buttermakers have this advantage and use It and are not to be beaten by any sort of western competition. ITititdy In the Berry Bnnhei. One of the strenuous early spring Jobs Is clearing out the raspberry and blackberry plantations. Some people do this In the f a ]]_ but It is S I perhaps oftener (■■a I J deferred till the jjm opening of < llPjjfl spring. It should be remembered M that the rasp i |§9 berry Is blennl "Jj al—that is, the t J canes are pro ;f t | duced one sea ! U "on. bear fruit Hjl the next and 5 J then die. At the ||| spring pruning 19 all old canes, |p HH winter killed jgf and diseased Iff V canes and super- Jra fUmus suckers fflyy are cut out. For jjjjjjjj cutting these canes and, in- PKCXINO HOOK FOI. rtofv , hnn(ly , n HAW BKBRIEB. various ways Is the little pruning book shown In the cut. A cutting edge on the hook makes It servo as a brush hook on a small scale, while the chisel blade at the bot tom transforms It into a good spud. GARDEN HINTS How seed of asparagus in the open ground in April for plants for a new asparagus bed. A prominent market gardener recom mends a spring top dressing of pure bone dust on asparagus, sown on the beds and hoed In. Spring sowings of pausles should be made early, so as to secure good flow ers during the early rains. Beets will stand a good deal of cold and should be planted early to get a good start of the weeds. To hasten the maturity of crops the gardener should run his rows east and west, then plant his seed on the south side of the ridge, thus gaining protec tion from north winds, lie will also get the advantage of the rays of the sun hitting this southern exposure more nearly perpendicular than on the tpp of the row. There Is a gain of time, too, and a greater certainty of an early stand insured by soaking and sprouting the seed t>efore planting. Here Is a little point not as universally prac ticed as one might suppose. Flsrhtlnar Scnulckneas. There Is one place in a ship where the voyager may be at rest. This writ er discovered it during a mid-Atlantic storm, when he went down to the bath room, tumbled Into a warm sea bath and floated. The vessel was perform ing the most amazing antics, but the water in the bath kept its usual gravi ty, and the bather floated with a smile upon its bosom.—London Chronicle. A Bad Chitam. "Yes," said the cheerful Idiot, "there Is one social chasm that politeness can not bridge." "What, for instance?" asked the tired citizen in the hope that the idiot was threatened with a lucid interval. "Sarcasm," replied the cheerful Idiot, laughing glioulishly.—Baltimore* Amer ican. Hereditary. "Is genius hereditary?" asks a scien tific journal. An editor replies: "We have not time to Investigate the subject, but we are Inclined to think that it Is. At all events, our youngsters are wonderfully smart." Frigid. "Rattier cold blooded person, isn't he?" "Cold blooded! Say, that fellow can attend a ball game without getting excited."—New York Press. A Corre«|»on> l'r. Grafe, expressing bis gratitude and Inclosing 4 louts I'or, begging the physician to accept this small sum as a token of his ap preciation of the services which had been rendered him. The following day he received his gold pieces again, accompanied by the following laconic note from the groat physician: "The poor I cure for noth ing. The veil to do |>ay me according to the regular 'medicine tax.' The rich reward me lavishly, according as It suits their pleasure!" Thereupon the clergyman sat down and sent l)r. (Jrate this still more la- | conic answer: "The 4 louis d'or are I received back with gratitude. The I poor Schlelermacher!" I Lady KittyVj I Temptation By IZOLA FORRESTER j ; They rode slowly. Lady Kitty some what ahead, probably because the trail is narrow and treacherous below Lost Moon, possibly so that Allison should not see her face. Half a mile back they had ridden side by side. The trail had been wider then. Lady Kitty did not care to re member any other reason for the proximity, but the flush on her cheeks and the slightest possible tilt to her chin belied her powers of forgetful uess. As for Allison, he was shamelessly self possessed and at ease. She had even caught him whistling as they turned luto Red Mountain gulch, and when she had deliberately ridden ahead he had not tried to Joiu her. Lady Kitty felt irritated by the lm penitence expressed iu his confident attitude and also by the knowledge that he was looking at her. It is not pleasant to feel a person's steady gaze behind one. If it had been auy one else she would certainly have reported his unpardonably rude conduct to Mujor Dick, but she couldn't report Allison. The major would laugh at her. More than that—and Lady Kit ty's flush deepened—the major would say the young cub had more grit than he gave him credit for, and when any one as charming and deliciously lov able as Lady Kitty had flirted with and encouraged such a man as Bob Allison she must expect the worst— or the best, according to her point of view. The major could be very ag gravating. And she bad not flirted with Alli son; not at all. If they chose to call common social civilities flirting in this barbarous land of the lariat and cow pony she was not to blame. It had been lonesome at Ixwt Moon, or, rather, by the time the major's party had reached the ranch I-ady Kitty had seen so many lariats and cow ponies that the novelty had begun to pall, and Allison had loomed up as a welcome distraction—she had almost said "at traction" to herself. He was good to look at, this tall, lean, strong young westerner, with his sunburn a cross tint between tan and brick dust and his straight, close lips opening In quick, unexpected smiles and showing white, square teeth like new corn. She had seen blm first when he came to meet them at the littlo lopsided pine board depot at Omri. She had stood on the platform when the train drew In, and over the major's dove col ored sombrero she had caught a glimpse of a silent, erect figure on a black pony, his hat pulled down over his eyes, his chin up, as he leisurely surveyed their party. She had liked tho clear, cool glance of his gray eyes. There was something so Berenely well balanced and self sufficient In their ex pression when they met hers that Lady Kitty had felt a pleasurable tingle of expectancy, as though the charm of her femininity had received a challenge. There was no doubt but what she had met It. It had not seemed serious, merely a part of the trip. He had not appeared worth considering, like the other men, who, as the major neatly put it, had appreciated their blessings when Lady Kitty had smiled on them. She had felt that in a day or so she could nod goodby and leave him with the same comfortable regret as Red mountain Itself, with Its gorgeous, sun set tinted, sandstone peak. She had not taken the man himself into consid eration at all, and now, suddenly, with out a word of warning, the man had leaned from his saddle and had kissed her. She tried to forget to remember the awful moment, but Its few details danced through her mind Insistently. There had been a long silence after she had told him they were gotag away from Lost Moon in the morning. The party was going through Arizona—the major, Mrs. Major and the major mi nors, all girls, and herself. From Ari zona they would go back to England. And suddenly the black pony had drawn nearer to her own brown mus taug. and Allison's arm bad swung around her, and he had kissed her. In cidentally Lady Kitty was uncertain that she had not— No, she had not, she told herself positively. She had only permitted him to kiss her, but that was quite enough. And that was not all—not quite all. She had said some thing to him. "I might have expected that a person like you would do that sort of thing." She hod meant to crnsh and humil iate him, and he had laughed and let her ride on ahead. She wandered un easily whether or not there was any reason for his cheerfulness. Had she or had she not kissed him? In the suddenness of the attack and the curi ous contentment she had felt at being summarily roped and branded, so to speak, by him she had forgotten en tirely just how far she had revealed that curious contentment. "Wait, please," Allison's voice made her pull up short. lie rode up beside her. The trail widened slightly and took a sud den header Into the gulch. "We can't get by here," ho said. "There has been a washout. We'll have to go back and strike up the mountalu to Pop Booty's. There's a path from his place dflwn to the trail on the other side." Lady Kitty did not answer. Her lips were half parted, and she looked ofT at the distant foothills dreamily. England seemed more than half a world away. So did the major and the others. A curious sense of deli cious peril possessed her. It was the first time In her life that she had not felt sure of herself so far as a man was concerned. Just now she had a wild, joyous belief that If this west d'lttT were to ask her to be his wife she would say "Yes." She wondered if he would. If they were only not going tomor row; if only there were not home and her father and Rodney—of course Rodney. She almost laughed out loud to think all at once how completely he had gone out of her life the last week. And they were to be married In Easter week next spring. Poor old Rodney! She looked at the figure ahead on the black pony and sighed happily. If only he would talk to her. They turned a bend In the path and faced a small mountain cabin. Some chickens and pigeons wandered haughtily about, and a girl was shoo ing tlicm away from a straggling fringe of red geraniums that grew around the stoop. She came toward them smilingly. Lady Kitty thought she had never seen such honest, trust ing eyes before except in deer. She looked up at Allison. "Hello, Bob! Them chickens are Just terrible. No, dad's gone over to Kq. 17. the ranch. There's a washout down la the guleh. fie wants some of the boys to help him fix up the trail. Want t« rest up a bit and wait?" Allison said "No," he would ride on a little and see if the path was safe down Booty's side of the mountain. "This is Miss Booty, Lady Kitty," he added as he rode away. Dimple Booty watched until the pines hid him. "I'm always afraid of washouts," I she said confidentially. "What If you and Bob had ridden plumb Into the gulch. You would, too, only it wasn't dark yet. But Bob knows the way. He comes up here so often." "I suppose he does." Lady Kitty looked thoughtfully down at the slim figure in the red calico dress, at th« pretty dimpled face that had not yel lost the roundness or dainty coloring of childhood. "He seems to be a very interesting young man." "Yes, Bob's nice." Dimple spok® simply, with an air of peaceful owner ship. "1 guess we'll get married soon as Bob comes to the point." "Has he" Lady Kitty hesitated delicately—"has he asked you?" Dimple's eyes opened in surprise. "Why, no, not point blank, but we've been going together over a year. I'm seventeen. Dad says that's kind of young, but I think such a sight of Bob he'll let us get married." Allison came up the path among the pines. "It's all right," he called. "We'll make the ranch before dark. Goodby, Dimple." "By, Bob." Her glance followed him wistfully. "Be up tonight?" "Maybe." Allison did not turn around. When the cabin was out of sight he spoke. "You are going up to the canyon to morrow, aren't you?" "As far as the springs; then we go over into Arizona." "I'm going too." Allison's tone wu quiet and decisive. Lady Kitty smiled and reached for ft leaf off the bough that brushed her face. "Are you, indeed? As guide?" A dull flush crept up under the sun burn. Lady Kitty followed up her ad vantage. "I am glad the major secured you. We are really such a lot of innocents astray In these parts that you will be welcome." "I am not acting as guide to stray ing innocents. lam going after you." Lady Kitty's eyebrows lifted. She did not meet his gaze, however. She knew her limitations. "It is very kind ot you, I'm sure, but I don't believe I would if I were you. We sail for home in November, and I am to be married next spring. Even if—her voice was suspiciously gay and clear—"even if one does forget sometimes In this wonderland, after all, one's aln countree is best, you know." He stared at her in dawning knowl edge, and his face was pitifully boy ish in its hardened pain. "I ought to say I'm sorry," he said at last, "but I'm not. It was your fault too. You ought to carry danger sig nals if you don't want wrecks along your track." "K««r> off th« track," sh« ltngh«d. "There are no wrecks up on Bed moun tain." His face Boftened. When they found the trail again and started the ponies toward Lost Moon at a faster gait he said one word: "Thanks." They rode on in silence, Lady Kitty ahead. She did not trust herself to speak, not with the memory of the girl In red calico frosli in mind and the face of Allison a few feet behind. He was riding with loose bridle, chin up, his hat low over his eyes, and Lady Kitty sighed as she thought of Rodney. She almost hoped that she had returned the kiss. Broke the Herniations. At one of the western army posts in the days of Indian fights there was ft young lieutenant who was careful to see that the regulations relating to sa luting were faithfully observed. One day a soldier who was leading an ob streperous mule to water and had both hands fully employed ip the task was feiet by the lieutenant. The soldier, who had an occupation which demand ed his undivided attention, failed to sa lute the martinet, who immediately called bim to account for his remiss ness. "Why do you not salute an officer when you see him?" he demanded. "You hold this mule and I will," calmly returned the man. But the lieutenant did not insist, and the regulations were broken.—Philadel phia Ledger. The Verdict. Records of the ancient city of Gor gv?ana, foouded In 1040, better known at the present time as York Harbor, Me., contain many quaint and unusual stories of the early life of the town. At the entrance to York harbor a bold promontory known as Stage neck extends some distance into the sea, from which formerly in stormy weath [ er a temporary light in the form of a lantern hoisted upon an upright pole was displayed as a warning to marl uers. One dark winter night a sloop was wrecked on these rocks. A survivor on being questioned about the catastrophe said: "The vessel struck, turned over on her side, and the skipper and unothcT barrel of whisky rolled overboard." Tho local coroner was summoned, and this somewhat startling verdict was returned: "We find that the deceased fell from the masthead and was killed. He rolled overboard and was drowned. Ho floated ashore and froze to death, and tho rats eat him up alivei"—Harper's Weekly. Lobster Mortality Hlfth. A lobster lays thousands of eggs, most of which batch, but few ever live ,to grow up. This is not the fault of the mother, for she carries fhem about with her for nearly a yea? and with admirable Instinct guards teem as sho does her own life. When tho young ure set free her duty is done, for they must then shift for thamselves. Though hardly larger than mosquitoes, being about one-third of an Inch long, the little ones leave their parents on the bottom and swim toward tho light—to the surface, where from one to two mouths, if fortune favors them, they lead a free, roving life. The open sea is a poor nursery for sucfc weakltags, which becomo the sport of every stt>rui and tho prey of numl>erleßS huap-y mouths. Out of a brood of 10.0 CD it would be a rare chttnco for more than one or two lobsters to roach maturity or finally to end their career in tlio kitchen or the chafing dlsft.—Bt Nich olas. ./•. An Idle Jut. 4 Ta, what Is an 'ldle Jest?" " "One that the newspapers haven't yet got hold of and worked to death." —Cleveland Leader. "No fool was ever so foolish but some one thought bim clever."