VOL. XXXXII. THE MODERN STORE- May Muslin Underwear Sale. Begins Monday May Bth and Continues Ten Days. Opportunities Seldom Offered. See Posters for Parliculars. Musliri Underwear cheaper than the cloth alone. Graduates' opportunity to be fitted out. Specials in Lace Curtains, Portieres, Draperies. I Bargains in Uuderwear, Hosiery, Dress Goods. Splendid offerings, Wash Waists, White Goods, Laces. The finest Millinery for less prices. Agents for Ladies' Home Journal Patterns. COME TO THIS GREAT SALE. EISLEtf MARDORF COT PANY, SOUTH HA 111 STREET | f\f\ f ™nS s ''' ( t-L I Samples sent on request. OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. PA. The Best Ever Offered. From the Cloth Maker to the Wearer Men's Suits at a Saving of $5.00 and even more. Lot 3393 Black Dressy Suit (Thibet Cloth) Sale Price $7.50 worth 14.00 Lot 3391 Fancy Worsted (very neat) Sale Price $7.50 worth 12.00 Lot 3380 Black Clay for dress wear (all wool worsted) Sale Price $7.00 worth 12.00 Lot 3435 Fancy Scotch mixed (all wool) Sale Price $6.00 worth 10.00 Lot 3363 Scotch Tweed (all wool) Sale Price $5.50 worth 9.00 Lot 3444 Black Cheviot (all wool) Sale Price $5.00 worth $8.50 Bring this advertisment with you and come to this store, and we will convince you of saving at least $5 on every suit. F*HILIF* SCHAUL, SUCCESSOR TO SCHAUL & NAST, 187 Sontta Main Street. Bntler, Pa. §Martincourt & Thorn, Ltd. | There are two ways of buying, one ia before seeing aud the oth»r is after seeing, one is buying from a good reliable firm yoa know, the other 4% buying from a firm yon don't know, one is buying from a firm that 8 know you and that cares for your interest the other U buying from a firm that don't know you and whom you do not know. It is astonishing how v fast people are learning that the first one is tUo firm to deal with and from the amount of business we are doing this spring it looks as If we a W would have trouble supplying the demand, we have already received car v 0 load after car load of Buggies and Wagons, but they are going very- fist. of course our prices are so low it does not pay to get old ones fixed up. In all onr twenty-five years in the Bnggy business we have never had as nice v A and nobby Buggies and Road Wagons as this year. Come and see for Q X yourself and prove what we say or if you want a Harness vou just save V from two to ten dollars on a set, we guarantee it and our guarantee is v good. Have you seen that full ltngth Rawhide Buggy Whip we sell at Q £1 25 cts., you certainly have for it seems everybody has bought one. If A v yon want a Top or Wheels or anything belonging to a driving or team v o outfit come here. IMartincourt & Thorn f 0 (LIMITED) 0 0' 128 E. Jefferson St., Butler, Pa. 0 0 We are headquarters for the Kramer Wagon. o VENDETTA BOY Is a beautiful bay stallion 16i hands He a model trotting F .yj bred -carriage aud coach fflH aBWk hoi>e. very attractive and hH hitrh acting acd has shown Ml Wf 2:20 speed at tht) trot. Send Mil M for tabulated pedigree and H tTffiu particulars 8} D $15.00 to Insure BRILLIANT, No. 27865. Is a beautiful dark dapple grey Percheron Stallion, will weigh 1800 lbs. in flesh and has proven himself a fine and sure breeder. Terms: —slo.oo to Insure. Breeders should see these horses before breeding as they are two of the finest stallions of their respective breeds to be found anywhere. G ALONZO McCANDLESS, Franklin Twp., Euclid, R. F. D. 45. AT LAST. Ar\ Engine for the F"arm, ML. H CUT FEED, PUMP » ft M WATER, SAW WOOD, CHURN, RUN THE WASHING MACHINE y WITH AN "ALL PURPOSE" Gas or Gasoline Engine. \Q9IKO : An eclr ' c Light Plant Complete With practically no expense after the cost of installing. Writ© for Catalogue and Prices THE EVANS MFG. CO , LTD., BUTLEB, FA. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. [| Blckel's Footwear. | M A Grand Display of Fine Footwear in r A!! the Latest Spring Stylos. r li A Jyal Wc are showing many 5 f| /|B wia pretty styles in Lr.dies' Fine j§k Shots acd Oxfords at. p.ic- s > JUre t0 * nteies - ou i K Big bargains ia Misses' p PA La r ge stock of Men's and M *1» rSwr Boys' Fine Shces and Ox- f'A M fords in many styles. ■ Repairing promptly done. [|JOHN BICKEIJ< ~#r men j 111 Won't buy clothing for the purpose of Ji'UH II spending moDey Tbty desire to get the l\lil best possible results of the money expended. \ m Jmfi\ lif Those who buy custom clothing have a I i r\ right to demand a fit, to have their clothes 11 correal in stjlw and to demand of the seller to guarantee eveiything. Come to I us arid there will be DDthinj? lacking. I firXjdjtHSila have jufat received a Luge stock of Spring AiTjBSl IS 1 and Summer suitings iu the latest styles, I \ Mji|j|| a shades and colors. llflpl J F- KECK, ** ll I | MERCHANT TAIfeOR, UUJ fflSs 142 N.Alain St., Butler,Pa The Butler Business College New buildings, new 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 Bntler County National Bank, Guaranty Safe Deposit p the Gar f antoin Thnrrcfitl ate " >e rlu y an( l two companies of Ameri- Ldpidul lllUlloUliy can Cavalry Soldiers in expert feats of horsemanship} THE LEAVENSWORTH ZOUAVES Direct from a successful European trip America's Greatest Military Co. Presenting Butt's Manual of Arms to Music. CI\TW a Premier Lady Somersault Rider, and Exponent £ •vtrß : TTT'»vTrrTvrvTTVvv>vv , r» v \ »>»».».« \ \ v v* vtv* CHAPTER IV. ABOUT twelve miles or so down the rough and stony mountain road below the village of Crag enstone two men on horseback were slowly ascending a steep defile. The former, having the face of an Eng lishman, but dressed in the extrava gant fashion of the French nobleman of that period, looked about him dis contentedly. "By St. i'eter of the Fetters," he ex claimed impatiently, "a more toilsome Journey, worse roads or harder riding it hsth never been my fate to experi ence: Gaston," turning to the man who rod* after him, "what said that sour visaged callant we encountered just below about the road to Cragenstone?" "Hang me for a witch if I could un lerstand a word of his mumbling," the man replied. "Such suspicious looks he cast at us, as though we were high waymen who would take his purse or run him through, roused my ire, Sir Godfrey. Certes, but I was tempted to slap his sour face!" 'Teace, Gaston!" Sir Godfrey La Fa blenne, who had been looking intently at something in the distance, threw up his head with an air of pleasure. ' Sure ly that rough structure of logs above our heads on the rocks is a dwelling house. Methlnks I see signs of human habitation." Spurring his horse into a gallop, he rode rapidiy up the steep Incline, halt ing abruptly when he reached the top to gaze about him. "Quickly, Gaston!" he called cheer fully to his servant, who was following at a slower rate of speed. "At last we're reached a stretch of open coun try; also the two roads"—pointing ahead with his whip—"that yonder churlish fellow we encountered just be low did mention. As we could not get his meaning, Gaston, perchance 'twould be better to make inquiries be fore we venture further, for, by heav en, I can think of no worse calamity than to go wrong on the rocky roads of this mountain wilderness. Follow slow ly, Gaston, wbiie I ride thither to ask our way of the people at the house." The Intense silence surrounding the lonely, desolate looking cabin was bro ken by the noisy clattering of a horse's hoofs as La Fabienne rode up to the door and knocked upon it loudly with the handle of his whip. For a moment there was no response; then a light footfall was heard, and a voice asked timidly, "Who knocks?" "A traveler that would but ask his way to the village of Cragenstone," La Fabienne called in reply. "Open without fear." At his bidding the door was pushed out an inch or two, and a girl not more than teu years of age peered through the opening. At the unexpect ed sight of the nobleman In his rich and handsome dress astride the gayly caparisoned horse before her door the mountain bred child was startled out of all composure. Gasping for breath, her mouth fell open and her eyas fair ly protruded with awe and astonish ment. "A greeting, good maid," La Fabi enne said, lifting his plumed hat and bowing. "Canst tell me on which of these two roads the village of Cragen stone doth lay?" "Thou—thou canst go right on," the girl stammered (q great confusion. "The—the other road leads to Stern dorf." He thanked her with great civility and, beckoning to his attendant to fol low, La Fabienne rode on rapidly. " 'Tis passing strange," he reflected, "how the impression was fixed in my mind that Cragenstone lay on the other road. Damme, 'twere well I asked the maid or 'twould have been tomorrow ere I would see Margaret. As 'tis, I shall see her soon, mayhap before dark ness falls, and, by my troth, one glance from her bright eyes will cause me to forget the perils and fatigues of this Journey." With a sudden bright smile of hap piness illuminating his countenance he looked over his shoulder to see his fol- greeting. good maid.'' lower riding slowly, the rein loose in his hand and his head falling forward on his breast in a most dejected man ner. La Fabienne laughed lightly. "Parbleu, Gaston; take courage!" he cried in gay tones. "Surely after this good news of Cragenstone so close at kand our hearts are light and we can ride perforce with better speed." "Aye," the man grumbled under his breath, " 'tis easy to have a light heart when thou dost carry a full purse, also the knowledge that at the end of this tedious mountain climbing thou hast for a reward the embraces of thy mis tress, but with a man's throat athlrst, having had naught but unwholesome water since breakfast, and a stomach groaning for bread and meat 'tis not so easy." Just then some raindrops failing were swept Into his face by the wind that had risen with sudden fnry. "Rain, more discomfort!" he exclaim ed in great vexation. "Methought those low black clouds had a look of evil portent. By the memory of my mother I do swear It," he continued angrily, "that not for sums of gold, not in obedience to the commands of twenty La Fablennea, would I leave Paris again to journey forth to any mountain village in this accurst coun try r* Finding that his master was gaining on him, Gaston gave his horse the spurs and so suddenly that the star tled animal fairly leaped into the air, then, running wildly, disappeared with Its rider over the top of a sharp de cline. At about this hour in Cra;;anstone, when the heavy mist lay thick an 1 white over tii." lUKldoAg, anJ ti:i! hou JS and trees were but in ii.itinjtly deliued in the cloudy atmosphere, young Slu.au Kempster, his round face beaming with an expectant look of happiness, ca:o<» across a meadow near the Tnun stoi. farmhouse. ouddeuly the sweet notei of a woman's voice caroling ' gayly fell on his ears. liaising his i head, he listened, then with a quick ; motion vaulted lightly over the stile | and almost over Mistress Iletty Tauu- I ston, who at that instant i_-;i-sed in his direction from behind a clump of trees with a pail of fresh milk In each hand. '"Thou stupid Simon!" she cried out, greatly vexed. "With thy awkward, lumbering ways thou'rt enough to frighten one into a it! See, now, all the good rcilk spilled upon the ground, and three cows gone dry since yester morn! An' look, my clean frock is all bespattered! Ah, lackaday, 'tie well for me my mother is from home, since I would never hear the end o' her dis pleasure!" ICenipster, greatly abashed, turned from white to red and back to white again, shifting on his feet uneasily. "Forgive me, gentle mistress," he said contritely. "Thou didst come so lightly, like a little gray shadow of the mist, that I was upon thee ere I saw thee." "Today 'a gray shadow 1 and t'other eve *as sweet and wholesome as a fresh new cheese,' " she replied petu lantly. "I like not tlay comparisons, Simon Kempster," In silence he picked up the half emptied palls that she bad set upon the ground, and they started down the long lane that led to the Taunston farm house together. "Whatever I say or do, I ne'er can please thee, Hetty," he observed re proachfully as they walked along. " 'Tis one day that my ways are clumsy and t'other that my words are coarse. What can I I'O or say that would win thine approval? For my happiness doth depend on thy smiles and fsvor, Hetty." "Thou'rt happy only when thou'rt on thy farm among thy cows and chick ens," the maid retorted, although the rod in her cheeks had deepened at his earnest words. "Forsooth, thou canst see beauty in naught else but thy but ter, thy eheosea or the last new calf or lamb that doth bleat about thy dooryard. What room hath thou In thy mind for thoughts o' pleasing a silly maid?" she concluded, with a pert toss of her head. "1 have room la my mi-id «««1 In my j heart for thee, sweet Hetty," he re plied soberly, "and I would be happier ; could I please thee better." j They were startled by the patter of I great drops of rain, and the wind, ris ing with a loud howl, caught up Het ty's light skirts and tossed her soft hair roughly over her face. Without stopping for more reproaches or ex planations, they made what haste they could toward the house, reaching the long shed that projected from over the door of the dairy Just in time to es cape a drenching. At that moment Josiah Taunston, astride his horse and enveloped In a black storm cape, com ing around the corner from the barn, caught sight of them. "Good even, Simon Kempster." He spoke without smiling, in the stern manner habitual to him. "Hetty, I go HOW to fetch our mother, who sent me word by Brother Sparrow that the Lord In his wisdom had seen fit to take good Mistress Ilaggott, whom our mother hntli been nursing for the last few days, and she would fain return before the heavy storm sets lu thr.t threatens." "Hadst not better eat before thou I goest, Jo3iah?" | "Nay, I'll not wait," he replied. "The ! storm Is upon us now. Happen I'll take a snatch at Haggott's. We will ride in late. Keep a good watch on the house, Hetty." j Urging forward his burse, be ro'Je rapidly away, and as the last sounds of hoofs pounding the ground passed beyond their hearing Simon turned to Hetty with a persuasive smile on his fair countenance. "As night doth approach an' the storm will be a rough one, with noi some higli winds," he said, "methinks 'twould be fearsome for thee to sit alone." Hetty appeared to deliberate the question carefully. "Happen thou had better stay awhile," she said, with affected indif ference, "but I warn thee if thou doth prate of nothing but thy farmyard wonders, thy churnlngs and thy chick ens I shall send thee on thy way most speedily." Then as she saw his happy face lengthen with soberness and a look of distress come Into his eyes that told her that he could not understand what he lacked in bis efforts to please her she added more kindly, "But, prithee, enter Simon, an' In passing do me the favor to bring in the milk." He lifted the pails with alacrity, and Hetty, taking them from him, proceed- I od to pour the frothy liquid into the j pans that lay In rows on the well j scrubbed table, her campanlon stand ( ing silently at her side admiring wist fully the graceful turn of the small | white wrists. Having finished her task, the young lifted her eyes to Kempster's face, with roguish raillery in their ' bright glance. j "There," she exclaimed, "In my de- I sire to fill the pans quickly I did for get to thank thee for carrying the milk. Forsooth good Simon, lay such bad manners to thoughtlessness rather than an intent on my part to slight thee." i "Hetty"- few stepped closer and caught I her hand In his—"at times when thy i words sound trifling and thy manner ! seemetb hard and cold is't because thou dost not heed, that thou'rt only a bit j thoughtless, or dost thou really feel ; the aversion ofttlmes thy words and ■ manner do express?" i She let her roguish glance turn into a kindly oue and allowed her hand to 1 remain in his as she answered softly: | "Some apples, Simon, that are tart to the taste are sound at the core. Thou farmer, must I teach thee that? And for my words and ways, they are part of me that, added all together, make the whole." She turned away her head, sighing guutly, and gjessed his hand. "Who doth Uke me," she continued pousively, "p.-rforie must like them aUo, for so ha' we been one naught now could separate ut»." billion, putting his disengaged hand under btr chin, lifted her face to his. "God knows I like tbee, Hetty," he said soberly, "an' thy words, hard or tender, so glad 1 am to bear them, fall on my heart gently, like the rain on the newly sown seed." Matters having grown too serious for the trifling little maid, she drew away hastily, exclaiming, with a light laugh: "Thy farmyard comparisons again, Si mon! Now, farsooth, my words are like rain falling on thy crops!" It was several heurs later when Mis tress Taunston on horseback, seated on a pillion behind her son, rode into the farmyard. The storm had continued to grow heavier, and the rain was now falling In torrents. Despite the heavy cloaks they wore, the riders were drenched to the skin as a man, one of the farm hands, rubbing his eyes as if Just roused from sleeping, opened the barn door for them to enter. "Light the candle, Jacob, and I will hold it while thy master doth put up his horse." Mrs. Taunston ordered from her high position. "There, that is well. Now help me to alight." When on the ground she lifted the light and, following Josiah. who was leading the horse to its stall, paused a moment to dismiss the man. •'Thou canst go now, Jacob, to thy bed. I would have a word in private with thy master." Taunston paused in the act of lifting a measure of oats to regard his mother with surprise, thinking something of unusual Importance must haT» happen ed that she made so much ado about It. In her storm beaten, mud besmirch ed garments, holding the flaming can dle above her head, she approached nearer, saying. "As brother Camett rode with us, Josiah, I had no chance to speak with thee." He nodded a rough assent, and she, lowering her voice to a whisper, said, "My son, we spoke the other night of certain rumors current that thy cousin Margaret had left a lover in France that wast coming here anon to claim her hand in marriage." Joslali's heart grew cold within him. "I heard the idle gossip," he replied hoarsely, "but gave the rumor no cre dence, as my cousin in our frequent meetings hath made no mention of such a man. Why detain me here at this late hour, when I am already chill ed to the marrow, to fash me with such i 'asaut gossip? Margaret is so young, her aunt so strict, I much mis doubt me that she e'er hath had much converse with men, much less already a lover plighted and betrothed. Let's to the house. 'Tis a fitter place for con verse. if thou hast aught to say, than this foul horse stall, with the wind blowing the flame of thy candle Into a blaze." He moved impatiently toward the doorway, but his mother sprang before him. laying a strong detaining hand on his arm. "Hist! Hetty waits within and must not hear," she said in an impressivo voice. "Josiah, methlnks I saw your cousin Margaret's lover ride by good Brother Haggott's door late this after noon !" "Hal" Josiah exclaimed, sharply. "Wliy dost ibou tliiuk so? What man ner of man didst see?" The two tall figures standing close together In the dark barn under a hanging loft of hay, with the splutter ing candle throwing out faint, uncer tain streaks of light, presented a weird picture. Suddenly the horse whinnied. Both started. "Three hours after noon I closed Mary Haggott's eyes in death." She commenced her narrative slowly as one who knew that what she had to say would command attention. "And not an hour later, when I was still busying myself about the chamber of the dead, I heard sounds of horses' feet and the voices of men. Looking through the lattice, I espied a cavalier richly dress ed and mounted, followed by a serv ant. They had reached the fork in the roadway Just below Haggott's and, having pulled rein, there waited, unde cided which road to pursue. With great interest I was still gazing from behind my place of concealment with wonder at the unusual appearance in these parts of a traveler so fashion ably attired when with quick decision the knight rode up to the door and knocked upon it loudly. Little Abigail Haggott, who waited below, answered the summons. "Which road to Crugenstone?" he asked, "A feeling like the sharp prod of a knife went to my heart. I knew at once that such a man as that—evi dently a French noblomau or courtier sought not the village of Cragenstone unless lie were In quest of thy cousin Margaret. Not one of the plain people that bide about here, forsooth, was the magnet that was drawing that man s> toilsomely up our ixjugii hiiln. So I listened to their further converse with hated breath. Abigail, almost stunned with the shock and fear of her moth er's death and surprised at the sadden appearance of such a man at the door, in her confusion and nervous fear in structed him to keep right on." "Which road?" almost shrieked Joslah. "The rocky, hilly, torturous ascent, with deep ravines, abounding in tur bulent streams and containing preci pices sharp and sudden, wherewith to menace and endanger lives of unwary strangers—that road he took—tiie one that doth lead to Sterndorf," she an nounced, with a grim calmness that did not conceal the uote of triumph in her voice, "At first when I did hear the timid Abigail give tho wrong direction and I saw the men ride gayly forward me thought to call them back, for may hap"— "An thou hadst," Josiah interrupted harshly, his face blanched with excite ment, "I had ne'er forgiven thee! 'Twas a good hour when the maid met him at the door and missent the world ly gallant!" For a moment he stood there deep in thought; then he added: "In truth 'tis a lonely road, and I much doubt that they will meet a traveler to give them other instruction. The Skollvent stream is greatly swollen. In their eagerness to reach what they think la Crageustone they will make desperate efforts to ford it, and, once over, de layed in Sterndorf by this storm, that will raise the water to twice its height," be cried triumphantly, "no humau be ing can return across that stream in less than seven days. Tray for a con tinual, steady downpour of this rain, good mother, and heaven give me skill to make the most of my time! Once her faithful promise given, Margaret is mine! And every ambitious wooer that cometh here after that may ride away down the mountain to seek a mate in other quarters!" He appoared greatly elated. "But yestermorn, n'otber, 1 was with my cousin for two hours, and me thought her manner was less high and gold and that she did not regard me HIV-" '■Josl 'V his iuoth.T admonished him wiili tiinu luual Larioc^iifvi, t- rvvv.sittte to thy liiblo aai to not iby iiiayorn, for uiethiuks the di vine hand of tIM I.ord la in this uad doth direct our guidance. Hast thought of lbo awful put of moas'os in Steni dorf that gjod Brother Sparrow brought us iicwi of la*t Saturday e'en? Scares man or child In the village hut Is stricken. He said It was a fell disorder that attacked oue suddenly with high fever uud frightful pains iu back and head, stating further that some were blinded for several days!" "Said he so?" The re.l light from the dripping can die Illumined .Tosiah's face, showing the exultant expression iu his eyes. "And well good Brother Sparrow knows, for hi* daughter dwelleth there. Mother, thou hast brought bet ter tidings than I at first anticipated. And now"—with lowered voice—"no word of this to any other soul." A sudden blast of wind, a sound of rain so heavy that it seemed as if a cloud had burst, and the flickering flame of the candle was blown out, leaving them In darkness. With an Impatient exclamation Josiah drew forth his tinder box, and. after strik ing the flint and steel together sav agely several times without being able to get a spark, he threw them into the corner angrily, and, taking his mother's arm, they groped their way ont of the barn, splashing across the muddy road way to the door, which was opened by the waiting Hetty, who, vexed with their long delay, greeted them grum blingly and with many complaints. [ro B« CONTIXUID.] The Pomelo of China. Probably the best all round fruit In China Is the pomelo. It is grown in the south central and southern prov taces and is said to be the original cltru3 fruit. It resembles the grape fruit of the United States In size, shape, color and somewhat in flavor, being sweeter than grape fruit, with less of the bitter quality, with flesh more per fectly separated in the sections and capable of being pulled apart and sep arated from ail surrounding sacs or membranes. The natives cut through the peel about one-third of the way from the top, crimping the edge of the section all the way round the fruit, then remcrre the flesh, tear the section apart, replace them In the peel and serve thus divided and prepared. The fruit is attractive, refreshing, whole some and comparatively cheap. Gen erally speaking, the pomelo seems to be a cross between a shaddock and a good orange, but it Is more hardy than either. It has better keeping qualities than the orange. Some Real Giants. Brewer tells us that "no recorded height of any giant known has reached ten feet" If a cubit Is twenty-one Inches, Goliath of Gath was eleven feet nine inches in height; if it is eighteen inches, he was Just the size of the Arabian giant, Gabara, who was nine feet nine Inches. Josepbus mentions a Jew who stood ten feet two. Ivlnto lechus Rex was fifteen feet six Inches high, flve feet through the chest to the spine and ten feet across the shoul ders. John Middleton was nine feet three Inches. Ills band was seventeen inches long and eight and a half broad. Patrick O'Brien was eight feet seven. Turner, the naturalist, says he saw in Brazil a giant twelve feet in height. But Og, king of Bashan, held the rec ord. According to tradition, he lived 3,000 years and walked beside the Ark during tho flood. One of his bones formed a bridge over a river. Doldrmo«. TVe may hear It said of one who is In low spirits, "he Is In the dumps," or "he is in the doldrums," but many who use the latter of these phrases have caught It up without any knowledge of its real significance. The region of calms is n belt which stretches across the Atlantic and Pacific almost on a line with the equator. Here meet the north and south trade winds, and squalls and heavy rains are frequent, but the characteristic of this region, which is known also as the doldrums, is an oppressive calm. The name now adays loses much of the significance attached to it by sailors In the past, who, if their ships ran into that region, might whistle in vain for wind, as their sails bung heavily, and all seemed to be Ai idle as a painted ship Upon a painted ocean. Wnrdlnar OS Old Axe. A famous French general when ask ed how It was that he had such an erect carriage replied that It was because he bent over and touched the floor with his fingers thirty times every day. If he had acquired rigidity of the spine so that he could not do that he would have had with It weak abdominal mus cles, which result in portal congestion. This portal congestion Interferes with stomach digestion and with the action of the liver. The poison destroying power of the liver IS lessened, auto In toxication results, and arteriosclerosis and old age come on at n much earlier day. But by keeping the spine flexible and the abdominal muscles strong and taut the portal circulation Is kept free, and old age is held ofT.—Good Health. The Little Giant. Colonel Clark E. Carr met Senator Douglas during the time of the fa mous Lincoln and Douglas debates and thus describes him in his book, "The Illlnl:" "I had never heard so impressive a voice, so deep and sympa thetic. He had a sort of confiding way, as much as to say, 'I am going to tell you—l feel that I can trust myself to say to you,' as though you were the one person In whom he could confide. He was only five feet four and was well called "the little giant.' I was as tonished to find he had so good a fig ure." Hymns In Theaters. In South Wales when the people are pleased with the work of an actor they have a custom of showing their appre ciation by singing hymns at the close of the performance. Henry Irving was once playing at Swansea when he was surprised to hear the audience burst into "Lead, Kindly Light," when he ap peared before the curtain In response to a call. At the close of the engnge nent the great actor was deeply touched by the singing of "God Be With You Till We Meet Again," rendered in the most reverent manner. Her Mind Made Cp. "Pn," said Miss Strong, "I wish you would stay In this evening. Mr. Tar dey will want to speak to you." "So he has really proposed at last, eh V" "No," replied the daughter, with an air of determination, "but he will to night"—Catholic Standard and Times. Had Nerve Enoagh. Nell—He hadn't known mo ten min utes before he announced that he was going to kiss ine. Belle—The ideal You should have had a hatpin to stick him with. NeU— Oh, he didn't need to b« spurred on No. 19. The BUmlllah Cmmv. A little Moslem when she Is four years four months old goes through the "name of God," or Biamliiah, cere mony, which begins her real life. She c Is dressed in cloth of gold, with a veil and wreath of flowers, and friends are Invited to salute the little queen. She Bits on a gold cushion, which must be borrowed if she hasn't one, and all the rest sit on the floor. Then an old m»l --lah recites very slowly a certain verse from the Koran, which is also written In saffron on a silver plate Blbl holds In her hand. She runs her fingers over the words and stammers them after him. "Say It now, Blbl. Be a good girl, then you shall see your presents." Soon they all cry: "Shabash! Sbabash! .Wah! W'ah!" and the ceremony of the little girl's first lesson la reading, writ ing and religion Is over. She salaams mamma, then shows her presents to her sahelis (girl friends).—Edmund Rus sell in Everybody's. EBBllah Prison Pits. Prison pits were vaults in which criminals In England were kept at night, chained together. There was one at Bristol which was in use as late at 1815. Down eighteen steps, it was only seventeen feet in diameter by nine feet high, and seventeen men were consigned to it every night Even more typical was Warwick Jail pit, which was occupied at least until 1797. It was an octagonal dungeon twenty one feet In diameter and almost nine teen feet underground. In the middle was a cesspool, and beside it rsn a stream of water which served the >ris- v oners for drinking purposes. To this awful cell forty-two men were con signed every afternoon at 3:48, to re main there until after daylight the fol lowing morning. The Inmates had to sleep on their sides, and their Jailer never visited them without guarding himself with an antidote against sick ness. The Deodand. Deodand (Latin, Deo dandus, to be given to God) was formerly in English law any agent or instrument by which a person was accidentally killed and which for that reason was to be given to God—that is, forfeited to the kinfc to be applied to pious uses and Its value distributed in alms by his high almon er. Thus a kind of expiation was ar ranged for such fatal accidents as might be due to the fall of a ladder, the toss of a bull or the heavy wheel of a cart, when the victim was, with out any fault of his own, deprived of the last sacraments of the church. The i right to these deodands, which were abolished in 1846, was frequently granted to individuals or annexed to lands. They are mentioned In "Hudlbras:" For love should, like a deodand. Still fall to the owner of the land. A Story of Tennyson. . Dante Itossettl used to tell a story of Tennyson, with whom he was walking one sultry summer night through High Holborn. They passed a building bril liantly lighted up and from which is sued the sounds of Joyous music. "What Is that place?" asked the bard. "It is called," replied Rossettl, "the Hol born casino." "I should like to look in," purnneri hnr*V "mill T iilisnld ■ be at once surrounded by a crew of groundllnge, who would mob and pes ter and Jostle me." "My dear sir," quietly remarked Dante, "if you were to get on one of the tables, announce your name and recite three of your poetic masterpieces Into the bargain probably not 2 per cent of the audi ence would have the slightest idea of who you are." Three Methods of Derlsloa. There are very few allusions to storks in Latin authors, but one of these is Interesting. The birds have a curious custom of snapping their bills, making quite a sharp noise. Young and old birds, both during and after the breeding season, constantly do this. In the writings of Perslus there is a reference to this habit. "There are," he says, "three favorite ways of derid ing a man—by putting the hands be side the head like asses' ears, by put ting out the tongue like a dog» and snapping the Angers against the palm of the hand like a stork's bill." The first two methods of mockery are pi&ln, but what was the cause of the lasftf— Notes'and Queries. The Snake's Tonroe. The snake's tongue proves to be a most remarkable organ. A student finds its chief function Is connected with :i sense of feeling without touch and may be a finer development of the sense that enables some people to avoid striking obstacles in the dark. The forked tip and the numerous folds be hind It greatly increase the surface ex posure. The cells of the epidermis are Interlaced by a network of extremely fine nerve fibers, which center in a deep nerve plexus beneath the epider mis and extending out Into the folds. Restless Xatnr#. Nothing in nature is absolutely per manent. Changes are going on slowly, but steadily, every moment parts of the earth being elevated above the sea, parts sinking below it the ocean wear ing away the coast in one place and building it out in another, and so on to infinity. Fiction. "What are you writing, Hawley?*- "A story. I'm going in for fiction.** "Really! For a magazine?" "No, for my tailor. He wants his money, and I'm telling him I'll send him a check next week." ills Dltter Kxperleace. "Can>'t you swallow even a sugar coated pill?" "No. You see, the blamed thing seems to take its coat off before start ing on Its trip." Of One Mind. Self Made Man—l can't see any sense In wasting so much valnable time on dead languages. College Stu dent—Neither can I. Since Wilklns started In to win the Latin prize he hasn't been worth a cent in the boat crew. The Rabbit's Foot. Rrudder Bones—Do you think hit am lucky to hnb a rabbit's foot? Brudder /ones —Dat depends. If de rest ob de rabbit am hitched on to It an' he am young an' fat an' tender, I sure do.— Louisville Courier-Journal. Their Opportunity. Miss Fluffy—l made quite an Impres sion at the reception, didn't I? Every body seemed to be talking about me. Candid Friend—They talked still more about yon after you had gone! •*- Rest and Arrest. Depositor- Is the cashier in? . Mana ger—No, sir. He's gone away. £>epos ltor-Ah, gone for a rest I presume. Manager (sadly)—No! Hp's gone to avoid arrest. *" * "" Nations, like Individuals, live er die, but civilization cannot perish.—Mazzl- , Si.