VOL. XXXXII.
THE MODERN STORE-
The Best We Ever Had.
6rand Millinery Opening.
Thursday, Friday and Saturday,
October sth, 6th and 7th.
This store is proud of its record in the Millinery Department. We
have made many friends every year and we are sure that with onr present
equipment, we will not only retain our present patronage, but increase
onr usefulness by serving many more the coming season.
Our preparations have been made on a lavish scale and everything
that fashion could suggest and modern ideas could present are here for
your inspection. We will give you the best values you have ever bad,
ayoidinK extravagant methods in the conduct of this department. We
- await your visit with pleasure and trust we can interest yon with our
new Fall showing.
EISLEK-MARDORF COHPANY,
south Mtn mm | aaj
I" I Samples sent on request.
OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. PA
t] Pleasant Dreams are More Apt
>1 to Come if the Surround- 4
2 ings be Pleasant! 1
| The Sleeping Chamber should be as attractive as
►1 possible. A third of your life is passed within its A
A confines. >1
►l We have three-piece oak suits from $25 to $75. A
A There is not a common looking set in the lot.
1 Or perhaps you would like a metal bed. Now 4
< our assortment of metal beds, enameled and brass, >1
► is just as complete as you'll need to seek. A
< From a simple, serviceable, neat looking white >1
► bed at $3.50, the styles go by easy stages to a A
< sumptuous brass bed at SSO to $75.00.
i BROWN &■ CO. f|
K No. 136 North Main St., Butler. BU
WHY
You can save money by purchasing your piano of
W. R. NEWTON, "The Piano Man."
The expense of running a Music Store is as follows:
Rent, per annum $780.00
Clerk, per annum $312.00
Lights, Heat and incidentals . . . $194.00
Total $1286.00
I have no store and can save you this expense when you buy of me.
I sell pianos for cash or easy monthly payments. I take pianos or organs in
exchange and allow you what they are worth to apply on the new instrument.
All pianos fully warranted as represented.
MY PATRONS ARE MY REFERENCE.
A few of the people I have sold pianos in Butler. Ask them.
* Dr. MeCurdy Bricker
Fred Porter
Fraternal Order Eagles
Epworth League
E. W. Bingham
Geo. D. High
W. J. Mates
J. S. Thompson
Joseph Woods
S. M. McKee
A. W Root
Miss Eleanor Barton
Mrs. Mary L. Stronp
W. C Curry
F. J. Hanck
Miss Emma Hnghee
▲. TOt Mates
W. R. Williams
Mra.*B..O. Rumbaugh
CHIs>E? Herr
PEOPLE'S PHONE 426-
I Huselton's s fJ e r s
I * FALL WEAR.
I f r THE FALL STYLES SHOWN^T
I OUR STORE EMBRACE LOOKS
■ FOR EVERY LIKING
I GRACEFUL, COMFORT ABLE>fIT
I FOR EVERY FOOT. *
■ EXPERT FITTERS TO SEE THAT
I YOU ARE FITTED >TO THE
% I SHOES MRAIfT FOR FEET.
■ PRICES* RANGE FROM Hi
I T0 (%00 ATHD EACH SHOWfe A
\ I v WIDE CHOICE Of STYLES IN
THE LEATHERS. THAT WILL
R BE POPULAR THIS FALL AND ,
t WINTER. v
8 IT WILL AFFORD US GREAT
■ PLEASURE TO HAVE YQU LOOS
I dVER OUR FALL STYLES.
I HUSELTON'S
|| 102 N. Main Street.
Subscribe for the CITIZEN
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THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Dr. W. P. McElroy
Sterling Club
D F. Reed
Woodmen of the World
H. A McPherson
Mies Anna McCandtess
E. A, Black
Samuel Woods
Oliver Thompson
John Johnson
R. A. Long well
J. Hillgard
J. E, Bowers
C. F. Stepp
W. J. Armstrong
Miles Hilliard
Mrs. S. J. Green
J, R. Douthett
E, K. Richey
L. 9; Youoh
Immense Clothing Purchase and Sale
By one of the most remarkable and largest deals ever
known to the trade we can offer extraordinary Wen's
suit values.
A prominent Eastern manufacturer, who had been favor
ably known as the producer of dependable and stylish Clothing,
found that owing to the backward season, he had entirely two
large a stock of Suitings on hand.
SIB.OO New Fall Suits will be sold during this sale at sl4.
$15.00 New Fall Suits will be sold during this sale at sll.
$12.00 New Fall Suits will be sold during this sale at SB.
This purchase Is phenomenal indeed. These suits are in
the latest color effects and are absolutely the thing. We are
offering these ultra modish suits far belo.v what you would ex
pect to pay. The coats are the very newest sack effects, cut
to conform to fashion's ideas and in a way which insures a
correct fit.
If the positive saving of $4 to $8 in getting a Fall Suit is
any object to you—do not miss this sale.
SCHAUL& LEVY
SUCCESSOR TO SCHAUL & NAST,
137 South Main Street, Butler, Pa.
ZTj# i men
rVi' it Wont buy clothing for the purpose f
41) 1 •'//7 '1 /I spending money. Thc> desire to got the
\IT 1 il// / I] possible reenita of the money expended
}Jj J AvJ/ 1 Sff/jlrpljj Those who buy custom clothing hare a
1 Xty . yA, 1 correct iu style and to demand of th
/J j" •. sell<-r to enHrantee everything. Come
JLA rs and therp will lw nothing lacking. I
".j i have ;jnsf received a Inrtre stock of Fall
\ tfcy jj t shades and colors.
Ifff'l J G- F. KECK,
' li II IV* MERCHANT TAIfcOR,
I jgjlij Jy r's 142 N. Main St., Butler, Pa
When a Woman Needs Notions
• She usually wants them at once. Our notion counter
I is filled with the little things that go with dress niak
| ing antl repairing. Buttons, tapes, seam bindings,
j pins, dress shields, hooks and eyes, needles—all the
! articles are here for immediate delivery.
; Some of these you ought to have at home in advance,
j If your stock has run low come in—see how quickly
| and willingly we'll meet your demands.
UNDERWEAR.
We've kept our eyes open for chances to obtain
j the sort of underwear that's going to fit well, feel well
and wear well—and vet be sold at prices you'll ap
prove. Now, if you'll come in you will see just how
well we've succeeded in finding the very right things
in these important items of woman's and children's
wear.
It pays to visit us when you need notions, under
wear, hosiery, gloves, belts, ribbons, corsets, etc.
L. Stein & Son,
108 N MAIN STREET. BUTLER, PA
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j Bickel's Fall Footwear. H
j Largest Stock and Most Handsome Styles of 11
] - Hlte Wowrir" f«
} SOROSIS SHOES. N
i latest n*j'i-to-date styles. Extremely large- Misses' and Chil- ■ 1
dren's f}pe shoes in'many new and pretty, styles for fal). f A
< <fcHAF<L Showing all the latest styles in Men's kl
aBMWp *■>—-' *" FA
{ QpmpUte Stack <*l Boys'. Youths' and Little dents' Fine Shoes. kl
1 Bargains ilf School Shoes, L
ji
i Slfirts for Girls. - •• «* ! •. M
. Women's .Heavy Shoos 1 ftf'K&ngCTSd-txU and f,
' o®t Grain for c'bttitry we&ivf }1 . k'
i Rubber And Felt Goods.
r Onr stock of HnW^i^atnd Goods .iV extreftlv large and W,
k owing to the large vve placedvwe were ftblg to get very '
V close prices and art in a position to ciffer the lowest prices for ►
Wji best grades of Feits aprt Habbtip Gooda^' .
W Au: immensa. holiness
{ prices for reliable footft-tjfiC- " , „ *'■. ►
When fh* nwff'oT Hnytllteflrtn'tthr'lTne give Watttt ' (
< Repalrln§ Pttftnpt*y Done. i
] JOHN' BICKEL !
< j 128 S Main Sti-BUTLER. PA.
jr Han anjf pllier Washer®
fL on ik market. §
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| J. O. & W-r.©M#BELL, I
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BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1903.
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"This is the first one he wrote me
iftcr—after"—
"After he asked you to marry him,"
taid Wilmot grimly. "1 know."
Elizabeth faltered a little. "If you
would rather not"'—
"If you would rather not?" said the
man, so they read on.
There was no heading to the boyish
scrawl, no date, and the paper was
yellow with much handling:
"How did we do it. little girl? I'm
lord o' the earth tonight. Is it only five
hours since I left you? I'd swear it
was five centuries. I'm in my room,
working, but at what I don't know.
V'our face comes between me and the
n-hlte paper—between me and the fool
ish, pounding keys—between me and
all the world else. Ah. dearly beloved,
your eyes when I kissed you. and the
maddening tiit of yonr chin: Pen and
ink's but a poor thing, after all. I
write down words that mean the world
and all, and they come out black, bug
gish things on a shiny white sheet. I'd
like to write to you in forked light
uiug on a giant rose leaf. Good night,
my piece o" the world'"'
"What was his work?" asked Wil
mot. with husky irreverence.
"Stories and verses. He wrote." Eliz
abeth laid the letter gently on the coais
and drew out the next.
"There are not many," she explained.
••It was only a month, and we—we
saw each other so often- and I kept
only the letters from that one month."
Wilmot nodded in silence.
"i'ou are the funniest child," said the
next letter. "When 1 think of the way
I love you—it seems absurd. One ought
to give you a doll or a picture book.
Well, I have given you my life for the
one and my heart for the other, haven't
I? I'm not laughing, littlest—at least
I'm only laughing that you may not
know what a powerful pull you have
on my heartstrings. I got a check
this morning for a story I'd almost for
gotten about. That's why I'm sending
you a rose. It's the first thing I've
bought with the money. I'm working
hard on the play. It's going to be a
great thing some day, and you—no, I
mean we—are going to be proud of it.
We'll go to the theater tonight, littlest,
and burn up some of the new check."
"How old were you then?" asked
Wilmot.
"I was eighteen," Elizabeth answered
dreamily. "I'm twenty-five now, you
know."
The letter burned slowly, and they
read the next in silence.
"Sweetest," it said, "I've been ill the
last two days or I'd have seen you.
I've been seeing you anyhow in the
shadows of the room and the window
curtains and a lot of other silly places.
I was out of my head, they tell me.
Feel sort of crazy now." The letter
was blotted, and the writing a mere
scrawl. "That big blot is where *1
dropped my head Just now, because I
was too tired to hold it up any longer.
I must get back to the play tomorrow:
losing' too much time. Lord, how my
head aches! Oh, littlest girl, I want
you!"
"He was only a boj'," said Elizabeth,
"just a year older than I"
"Go on," said Wilmot tensely.
Elizabeth turned over the next letter,
and a withered rose fell into her lap
from the infolding leaf of a toru pro
gramme.
"We went to the theater," she ex
plained, touching the flower with gen
tle fingers, "and I wore the rose on my
gown. It was red."
"You like red roses best," said Wil
mot jealously. "Was it always so, or
did you begin then?"
"I—l suppose it was then," she ad
mitted gently. "He always sent them
to me."
Wilmot started up suddenly. "I
can't stand much more of this," he
said. "Did you ever care for me at
all?"
1 , "l")iii0 be angry"— Elizabeth laid a
hand on his arm anil drew; him back.
"There Isn't much more, and—l think
If I didn't lone you I couldn't show the
letters to you at all. Wait till the
end—you will understand."
She laid the dead rose 011 the lire
1 with the ; torn'■programme. The next
: was only a .fine or two on a narrow
ca'rd.
: "Flowers he sent me," Elizabeth
said/ "because he wanted to come that
night. And this"—she glanced over a
half sheet of rough paper closely cov
ered—"ho wrote to thank me for a
book I .sent him." She looked up at
Wilmot. His eyes were dark and in
scrutable, but he was'.white to the lips,
ind she hurried ou._
"There's only one , more to read—
these -are Just cards that came with
flowers or books."
She laid them on the fire and smooth;
jed out the paper that had lain clinched
; in her hand so long.
t "Is that the last?" asked Wilmot,
. with dry lips. She >u6dded, and "he
bent to readmit."
"You are right," It said, "quite right
to break with<nte. There are a thou-,
sand reasons why you should, and the
*ie reason why you shouldn't, my love,
'is s'very worthless reason. I'don't
.blame you for not considering I
knew it must" be a mistake—you* were
.not'for me. You alwaj-s gave your
fcheek to kiss—and. I didn't want your
cheek"—
see," Elizabeth whispered, with
fit •little catoh-in her voice.
i!You never really cared f(sr me,
littlest— never>eared; that Is, .as you
• can care—as you will care somo day
for the man who is to como to you.
lie need not bj> Jealous of mi, sweet,
: ( wheu he does Your love fori
I ;me was a cbiidwlove that hejwill not
want, and that lou will not give him.
'i have had myTivine day, and it is
Jpver, bfit no mster who cbrues—ln
■ Hpite of the man \«io is to win where
' have* N lost—you \will ren*mber—l
; t'laim that, littlest, V r my right—you
- \Vill remember when yon love him
that I taught you how.. I should not
write so, perhaps, but there are times
when a man must speak what he
knows. Keep the few things I have
i given you. Don't send them back to
j jne. I'ut them in the sandalwood
! box and shut their memories In witift
i them. I shaJKJieep. your letters. Hod"
knows ffv, -uvl cold enough.
"Oh, littlest girl, I'd* never let you"*
go in this world—if"-—i
Elizabeth's hand sllpifc'd softly Intd
wijr.fs, where It rcajSfl on the urtfl
of Iter chulr. They satjLsileuce while,-
; |he last letter i!nrcdmC4|en sank anjf
i tumbled.
\ Jr"l thin':," at ■ said softly,
i."that he a a., right need not be I
T Jealous of him. I VjS® ciiild then. I I
j am another self now. Jyhen you came
|in I-had been letters, and
somehow in the quiet I had
sliced yuf of bask iltfo '
little girl he used to love. My mind
was full of him and of that little girl,
and I couldn't readjust things at once, j
Then when you used his very words—
it was—it was like a ghost. You see. j
don't you. dear? I'm not disloyal to j
you. it was just that I remembered, !
as he said I would."
•"I understand," said Wilmot. holding !
her close. "I was a jealous fool, but j
you must admit that It was disconcert- j
lug to come in and ftud you reading
over another man's letters the night
before our wedding."
••It was silly, I suppose," Elizabeth ■
admitted, "but I couldn't help it—and j
you understand."
"Where is he now?" asked Wilmot,
kissing the soft wave of her hair. "You ;
won't grow to care for him again, will j
you?"
"Oh. Will, hush!" the girl, whispered, I
her cheek against his coat sleeve.
"He's dead, dear. He died that year.
Didn't I tell you at first? I thought
yon miderstood."
The sleet rattled angrily against the
window pane, jarring the quiet of the
shadowy room, and the fire sank and
darkened.
" "You will remember when you love
him."" quoted Wilmot softly. " 'that I
taught you how'—poor beggar!"
It Wm Hard oa the Family.
Modern methods of dealing with con
tagious diseases are a severe trial to
many an old fashioned person who in
childhood 11 veil through epidemics of
various kinds.
"I thought your grandson was look
ing pretty peart again after his ill
ness," said one of the residents of
Cauby to Zeuas Sprawle, "but It struck
me the rest of you looked kind of
wore out. I s'pose he was pretty sick
for one spell there."
"No, he wa'n't, said Mr. Sprawle
stoutly. "There never was a thing tbe
matter of him exceptin' a sore throat
'bout same as I've had dozens o' times,
toweled my neck up for a night or two
an' come out all right. But my son's
wife she had that city doctor to him.
an" be made out 'twas one o' them
itises an' had him an' his ma quar
antined off from the rest of us.
"He had the full use of his legs, an'
the way he run over that floor above
our heads was enough to wear out a
hen. An' when he was able to be
moved they had that part o' the house
fumigated. It laid the foundations
for a stomach trouble with both Mar
thv an' me, that fumigation did, an' I
don't know us the smell will get out o'
my clothes enough for me to go to
church this whole winter. Get me in
a middlin' warm place and that fu
migatin' essence begins to try out o'
my overcoat same as if 'twas karo
seuse. 1 guess there's reason enough
for Mar thy an' me to look wore out."—
Youth's Companion.
The Lionn and the Lamb.
Some 300 years ago King James I. of
England visited the Hons then kept in
Loudon Tower, the show from which is
derived "the lions" in the sense of the
sights of a place. The king had had an
arena built 011 to their cages for fights
with bear 9, dogs and bulls, but the two
lions that entered it on this day simply
stood blinking. Two "racks of mutton"
and "a lusty live cock" were succes
sively thrown to them and devoured.
"After this the king caused a live lamb
to be easily let down unto them by a
rope, and being come to the ground the
lamb lay upon his knees, and both the
lions stood in their former places and
only behold the lamb, but presently
the lamb rose up and went unto the
lions, which very gently looked upon
him and smelled on him -without sign
of any further hurt." However, a lion
iml mastiff fight that followed was
hotter "sport."
The Ice of Greenland.
The In rnest mass of iee In the world
is probably the one which fills up near
ly the whole of the interior of Green
land, where it has accumulated since
before the dawn of history. It is be
lieved to now form a block about GOO,-
000 square miles in area and averag
ing a mile and a half In thickness.
According to these statistics, the lump
of ice is larger in volume than the
whole body of water In the Mediter
ranean. and there is enough of it to
cover the " Whelo of the L'uited King
dom of Great Britain and Ireland with
a layer about seven miles thick. If it
were cut into two convenient slabs
and built up equally upon the entire
surface of "gallant little Wales" It
would form a pile more than 120 miles
| high. There is ice enough in" Green
land to bury the entire area of . the
tJnited "States a quarter of a- mile
<feep.
A Story of Washington.
GeOrge Washington's head
was from some European kingdom,
where he had worked In the' royal
groun4s. But coming to he
left his wife behind. Homesickness
for his "gudo" woman's
tfun to prey on him, end Washington
noticed the anxious eye and drooping
spirits of his servant, finally the man
went.down to the river and declared!
his intention of Shipping to the* old
country, when who should come up"
.and'lean over the side of a newly ar
rived vessel but .his wife. The kind .
general had secretly sent for
the and she fortunately sur
nri*ed<i®ft» loving husband in one of his
lilts of-cfoßpondency.
.A Startled Guest.
Mme. A Pgtti took elaborate precau
tlous against burglars at Craig-y-Nos,
her oastle'*.iu Wales. A guest there ■
who was. spending a sleepless night
roeo before dawn'to opeiWiia bedroom
window.- .Immediately there was a .
violent rfhglng of' bells In different
parts of the castle. The visitor made: ,
his way!downstairs, only to find him :
self In Jtnminent danger of being lac-"
erated by a whole troop of snapping
and snarling dog*. It turned out that
he had unwittingly set the diva's"
patejjt burglar traps going, the dogs
being released from their chains by an
nlActric connection with the window. ,
tAi'n' EVcs.
What is the correct dolor for cats'
pyes as related to the color of.the cats? .
I* the question which has been answer
id as follows: A black cat or one
known as a "blue" cat should have
amber or orange eyes. Wlilte cats must
have blue eyes, chinchillas green, though
orange are permissible; orange, cream
or fawn cats must have orange or hazel
eyes; smokes, orange eyes.
♦*
Belated Advice.
"That coat looks shabby," "remarked
illicks to ids intimate friend, tlijpoet.
I'Tfffe.don't you hate '
1 think < oat»has; threa
the lmpecvmloiw oue sad
v. *And nothing more was said on
.he subject.
Patriotic.
"That horrid ' Oxorly . has married
"1 emand he's :lywtfty. fond of his
latest-lKte. He sajs_sj2^sll^<}lorlous <
THE SHIP'S SUIHjEON
HE HAS A BUSY TIME OF IT ON BOARD
A TRANSATLANTIC LINER.
Tbe Position Im Not a Sinocnrf, and
the Doctor Muat lie a Man of Wide
Attainment* and n« ProKremive as
Ilia iolleacaea on Sliore.
"If you would be so good, sir, there
j is u woman in the port aft hospital
I who is uiucli 111 need of your services,
j sir." was Uie salutation of the third
j cabin steward as he awakened the ship
I surgeon from a comfortable sleep and
j spoiled a delightful dream concerning
| a nautical elysium where people were
j never ill and where ship surgeons were
allowed to sleep uninterruptedly each
! night.
It was 3 o'clock on a miserable morn
ing. A heavy gale from the northeast
had blown steadily for thirty hours,
kicking up a nasty sea. liespite the
great length the ocean greyhound,
she plunged about In the turbulent wa
ter like some frightened monster. Her
enormous head plowed through the
mighty waves and sent mountains of
spray flying to tbe very stern.
With an alacrity born of a physi
cian's Innate desire to relieve suffer
ing the ship surgeon got into bis clothes
and started for the scene of his lalwrs.
The decks were wet with rain and Hy
ing spray, and the rolling of the ship
added to the discomforts of perambula
tion. As the doctor passed a oompan
ionway leading from the weather side
of the ship a huge wave slapped
against the vessel and sent a torrent
of water through the passage. The
surgeon's cop went by the board, and
his overcoat was drenched. lie was
tempted to be angry, but as his mind
harked back to other days, when on
cold, wet nights he had driven ten
miles or more over the bleak New
Hampshire hills 011 errands of me»oy,
be congratulated himself on having the
stanchest of decks under his feet in
stead of being compelled to guide a
horse through the murky, impenetrable
darkness.
In a few moments the doctor bad
ushered into the world a little life, and,
though the vessel rolled and pitched,
causing the hospital to assume all sorts
of crazy positions at times, he felt
amply repaid for the loss of sleep, for
this tiny boy had by a few days es
caped being born on the soil of a des
potic European nation.
And this ushered in one of the doc
tor's busy days. No sooner had he
comfortably ensconced himself on his
settee for a nap until the first bugle
call than he was summoned to attend
a sailor who had scalded his leg and
foot while preparing to swab one of
the decks. Before the sailor's needs
had been attended to it was breakfast
time. That gave a brief breathing
space.
At 9 o'clock the round of visits com
menced. In the forward port hospital
a steerage passenger was found to be
ill with pneumonia, showing a tempera
ture of 104 degrees; a steward had
acute nephritis, a fireman tonsilitis and
a boy a septic hand, which he had
brought aboard. In the after hospitals,
devoted to women, fhere were also va
rious cases. A woman takeu acutely
and maniacally insane after leaving
port demanded a good deal of atten
tion. A young woman with pleurisy,
an old lady with facial neuralgia, a
child with laryngitis and another with
a bronchial cold each took up a portion
of the surgeon's time.
At 10:30 o'clock came inspection. For
an hour the captain, purser, surgeon
and chief steward thoroughly inspected
the ship from stern to stem. Every
part of the vessel, from the first cabin
to the third class and from the saloon
to the firemen's forecastle, was gone
over. Matters of ventilation, cleanli
ness and order were considered, and
nothing which did not meet the appro
bation of the officers escaped detection.
The thoroughness exercised iu this In
spection is such that the stewards
6how the greatest vigilance. Neatness,
order aiid cleanliness have to be en
forced on shipboard.
After inspection the surgeon made
his cabin calls. Fortunately mal de
mer and minor ailments were all that
claimed his time. Then followed the
surgery hour, nt whicta twenty-two of
the third cabin passengers and mem
bers of the crew asked for medical ad
vicd The cases were nearly all of a
minsr nature—coughs, colds, sprains,
cuts and the like. Most of the third
cabin passengers were seasick, and the
majority were more than willing to lie
in their berths until the gale subsided.
During the afternoon the surgeon
had an opportunity to get a two hour
nap. Then came the evening hospital
calls and at 8:30 o'clock the evening
surgery hour. At this time it was nec
essary to reduce a hernia and to fit a
truss. A bad case of varicose ulcer
was treated, and a couple of stitches
wer# taken in the scalp of a pugna
cious Irishman who had decried Eiig-
Jund's*greatness in the hearing of a
| loyal Britisher. A fireman overcome by
the* heat in the stokehole and another
afflicted with vertigo ended tbe labors
i>f "the surgeon for the night.
Such was a sample day's routine.
Happy,was the medical man when on
, reaching port after a busy week he
was able to land every person on' the
ship. Two went to the hospital, but
bqfh were of the woods" before
the vessel again turned her prow home
ward.
A" very general misconception seems
.to exist,amoug the medical profession
* und Indeed many of tbe laity
also as regards the professional attain
ments of surgeons on the transatlantic
> steamships. There is a widespread no
.tion that to be*a ship's iloctor one need
only have a srhatterliffcr of medicine, to
gether with, the vaguest ideas of sur
'geryr.md that, possessing these, a man
i ls^amply.qualifled.to watch over the
health of several hundred people among
the passangers and crew of his vessel.
In-polut of:facf, the average steain
shTf> is at least as well quali
fied as the average physician on shore.
.Many of them indeed are men of the
hi'giiest scientific attainments. ' The
number of men would like to go to
se4*as surge.l l,l-. is sp>:'f.it lluit.st«*ui
.sl'iip companies. uiay«l>ick nh<T -.cliooseV
aiming the. abTWt of the younger men.
It is extremely difficult nowadays for
any but an exceptional physician t*> ob
tain a regular berth aboard a transat
lantic litter.
To secure a place as physician ou
Of the ships it Is Cfesential to liTve had
amplehc exjjerlemv. As a rule,
the management "-gives preference to
men who have been in private practice
after completing their hospital work.
All steamships sailing under the Eng
-1 lisli flag are required to carry as reg
ular surgeons men who have been
trained in England, Scotland or Ire
land.
The ship surgeon, however he may
devote some_of his time to the ameni
ties of civilized life, cannot be the so
cial butterfly be is sometimes repre
sented as being. Indeed, most
germs •sec the passengers only at the
[table over they preside
(fiSfeioually ou'the promenad* dec^Tlae
ship surgeon leads. In fact, practically
the same kind of life as liis confrere
asliore. He is a busy man. The larger
vessels seldom carry fewer than 500
people on each trip, and in the summer
months 1,500 would be nearer an av
erage number.
Each one of these persons, In what
ever class. Is privileged to call on the
surgeon at any time, day or night And
the average passenger feels free to ex
ercise his privilege. Ilis ailments are
the same at sea as ashore, augmented
by the troubles peculiar to the sea. and
if anything he is more particular when
on the water than when ashore. Prob
ably the ship's doctor listens to more
tales of woe iu one trip than lie would
hear in six months ashore.
It will be seen that the surgeon of
the big transatlantic liner is no drone.
His working hours are long, and much
of his leisure time Is taken up In the
study and the perusal of the medical
literature, of which he usually has a
generous supply. The surgeon's library
is ample and up to date and his med
ical and surgical equipment of the best
He therefore who supposes that the
doctor at sea is not the peer of the doc
tor ashore should at once disabuse his
mind of that impression. The medical
profession Las no more high minded,
earnest and hardworking representa
tives than the ones who go down to
the sea in ships— Xew York Times.
GREAT SUN SPOTS.
The Fnrlonn Solar TeupeiU That
Murk Their Appearance.
Rack iu 1843, when the Millerites
were looking for the end of the world,
there was a great sun spot that to
many seemed to lend weight to the
Millerites' arguments from the time
prophecies in the Bible. For a week
in that year there was a sun spot that
was visible to the naked eye. It meas
ured 74.810 miles across. On the day
of the eclipse in 1858 a spot 107,000
miles in extent was clearly seen. These
spots are considered to be storms in
the glowing gases that correspond to
the atmosphere of this earth. If there
were ships on the sun as large as this
earth they would be tossed about like
autumn leaves in an ocean storm.
These solar spots are most abundant
on the two sides of the sun's equator,
where they mark something akin to a
terrestrial cyclone belt. The center of
a cyclone is rarefied and therefore
colder. Cold on the sun is darkness.
An astronomer says that these cyclones
carry down into the depths of the
solar mass the cooler materials of the
upper layers, formed principally of hy
drogen. and thus produce in their cen
ter a decided extinction of light and
heat as long as the gyratory movement
lasts. Finally the hydrogen, set free
at the base of the whirlpool,"becomes re
heated at this great depth and rises up
tumultuously, forming Irregular jets,
■which appear above the chromosphere.
Sun spots often break out or disap
pear under the eye of the observer.
They divide like a piece of Ice dropped
on the surface of a frozen pond, the
pieces sliding off in every direction, or
they combine like separate floes driven
together into a pack.' Sometimes a
spot will last for more than 200 days,
through six or eight revolutions of the
sun. Sometimes a spot will last only
half an hour.
"The velocities indicated by these
movements," writes Henry White
Warren, D. D., "are incredible. An up
cusli or downrush at the sides has been
measured of twenty miles n second, a
Biderusli or whirl of 120 miles a second.
These tempests are over regions so
wide that our own Indian ocean is too
small to be used for comparison. As
they cease the advancing sides of the
spots approach each other at the rate
»f 20,000 miles an hour. They strike
together, and the rising spray leaps
thousands of miles into space."—Chi
cago News.
The Xote the Pl* Squeaked.
Among the musical gifts possessed
by Sir Herbert Oakeley, the famous
composer, organist and teacher, was an
ability to tell offhand the exact pitch
and key of any sound he happened t»
hear. As a boy of four years of age
he could, without seeing the keys, name
any note or combination of notes play
ed on the piano.
An anecdote which illustrates the
musician's perfect perception of "pitch'
ia told.
Sir Herbert was staying with his old
friend, the bishop of Colchester, at
High Wych and one day heard a pi*
squeak.
"G sharp!" at once cried Sir Her
bert - ~ .
Some one ran to the piano, "and G
sharp It was!
LIFE ON A WARSHIP.
Wbr the Man Are Allowed to IndtilC*
In Athletlo Sport*."
To see a thirteen inch gun loaded
and fired is-a sight not to be forgotten.
The projectile is thirteen inches in
diameter, about three feet in length
and weighs 1,100 pounds. The powder
charge for target practice is 230
pounds. The cost for each shot is
about S3OO. When all is ready on the
range the signal siren sounds, there is
a blinding flash, a roar like thunder
and a Jarring'shock. Then you hear
the whining screech of. shell,^for,
all the world like a fast cxpTess'round
's ng a sharp curve. The projectile is
▼isibje almost from the time it leaves*
the gun. You . see It rlp*through"'.the
target and "strike the wate?* beyond,
throwing up a column "of liquid many
feet high. The shell skips, much like
the flat stone "skipper" of our boy
hood,' and again a column of water
shoots up two miles or more farther
out, "to be repeated time and again.
The shell in Its flight can be watched
without the aid of glasses for eight
miles'or more in clear weather.
While'the life of a sailor, from, cap
tain down to apprentice, is an aln»st
continual round of work, some time Is
found for athletic sports, •*■
boat racing, football juad baseball."The
object jpf.this is to give the men rec
reation and at the same time to foster
the "spirit of competition. Besides, It
makes the men easier to The
ship with a'strong football or ti^setflni;
team or "^the"'fastest race boat almost
invariably _ a happy and
'manaWcrey-'a crewjhatjvilljswear
t&t its'.ofticers-arejie finest^inen In 1
the world, and likewise the officers
swQftr by such n crew. Some ships
have training tables for their athletic
teams, the e\j>ense usually being de
frayed _by officers., The to^nvgr
rua ,
" petted by the oncers .and idolized by
and for some time before a
hard contest the men are excused from
various duties In orijer that they may
give more time to training.
Every battleship and cruiser hasyjts
race boat, purchased by
from officers and men. The prices.
for these boats Is, as vcsitlugeiin
upon their ginning
race <. lltej>ui!dvT«s are ftilllfffc tcflpfce
a eh kW&vI tßeWW^'iHuJ
its b<«t tu>UE.' I^or-a^ffiin-r boit
price is ofteifas niulh jsJI.OOO, while
for a l>ont that*
builder will accept SSOO or less. __
result vf a fleet boa J r»ce"as mush as
No. 39.
has been known to change
hands, and large lomi are also
wa gored on baseball and football
games. This is, of course, contrary to
; the letter of the regulations; but the
sporting instinct is as strong in the
navy as elsewhere — and it is not Always
possible to hold down the lid.—Leslie's
| Weekly.
The Gad of the World.
That the earth will eventually dry tip
and all living things will die of thirst
is the theory of a scientific writer. He
says that in both Africa and Asia, and
indeed in all the great levels of the
world, the water beds are drying op.
Many lakes well known during tbe his
torical period have entirely disappear
ed. while others are shrinking rapidly,
j "Explorations in central Asia have
proved that for centuries a aone stretch
ing from the east to the southeast of
this part of the czar's dominion has
been drying up. Deserts are gradually
i spreading, and reports show that it is
J only in the neighborhood of mountains,
round whose brows vapors condense
and fall, that Irrigation can be carried
on or life itself can be preserved."
Jast What Be Heut.
An American in London once attend
ed a dinner where Henry Arthur Jones
told a story about Beerbohm Tree.
"Mr. Tree," said the playwright, "met
a friend of his one afternoon in Begent
street.
"The two stood and conversed a little
while, and then Mr. Tree said:
" 'Have you been down to see me act
lately, my boy?'
" "No; too poor,' said the other.
" 'Too poor,' Mr. Tree exclaimed.
'Why, you spend enough on wine and
cigars'—
"But the other, nettled, interrupted.
"'I don't mean I'm too poor. I mean
you're too poor,' he said."
Cramp In the Less.
Feoplu who are subject to cramp in
the legs should always be provided
with a good strong piece of cord, espe
cially in their bedrooms. When the
cramp comes on take the cord, wind it
round the leg over the place where it
Is cramped, take an end in each hand
and give it a sharp pull, one that will
hurt a little, and the cramp will cease
instantly. People much subject to
cramp in bed have found great relief
from wearing on each leg a garter of
wide tape which hag several thin slices
of cork stitched on to it
DON'T BOLT YOUR FOOD.
There Is Pleasure as WeiHealth
la Deliberate Kattagr.
Fast eating is sure to be iniurtomk
because to properly prepare tne food
for digestion it must be thoroughly
masticated.
Rapid eating is still .Worse .when it, is
caused by the hurry of buaipeas oTpy
anxiety or nervous Irritability or Mr
the common habit of ''bolting" jhe,}cod.
Such eating is sure to prodded indiges
tion or dyspepsia.
Tbe teeth, as yrell as the stomach,
are made for labor, ana neither j&ti
have their proper work to do it only
paps and broths and puddings Ujd
hashes and other soft and artlflcteffir
prepared foods are cjowded Into v th»
stomach as though the coek in tie
kitchen could masticate aoa dtfMt-flft
food better than the natural pprtotpra
and tbe chemical action-ana assimiM
ing power of the stomach.
Those people who shovel great vulgar
mouthfuls of food into their XQ&K&f
and bolt it down as though they j) ad
but ten minutes for a meal are gor
mandizers Instead of polite people
They know little of the pleasure
deliberate eating luxury of sat
isfying hunger, and i;erti2ijly ,ts«gTare
laying the foundation of disease.
Dry, hard food, vigorously chewed,
stimulates the flow of sallya, strength
ens the teeth and keepb them healthy
and Invigorates the digestion.
HE TOOK LONG CHANCES.
Bat the Tailor's Anxiety |ad BUI
Were Both Flnallr
The doctor of an English rpg\fDsnt
Stationed in India received a letter
from his tailor Inclosing a loaf
account and eonchidlng wtth a p&S
inquiry after the debtor's state 3 *#f
J&eattb. tu»rartWiftW." t
"I have received your hypocritical
letter hoping that I am in a good stgte _
of health. Hear, then, what >orr
chances of my living long enough to
be able to pay r your bill "are. I itteud
assiduously everj cholera case In the
camp, and I am making smallpox a
special'study. I swim every morning
In a lake smarming with alligators. At
a recent ittack on a <M» fort I went
with the*fork>rn hOpd and w— ego of
tbe thg£e who returned unwounded.
Tomorrow morning I shall go ugpe
companied and on foot Into the jungle
and wait for the man gating tigress as
she returns at % <fawn to her cave and
cubs. If It'be, she Who fa I tor-1 shall
spend my lefcVe hfcuntei
Jungle following up'btr , W«>. and If I
survive that I shall Cool myself aft"r
Its heat by joining a party to ascend
the peak of JJhaWalnglri, whose snow
slopes and glaciers art as stiff as your
prices." , jwy ¥
The doctor returned hpmb
in safety, antfyie_thirof*3 'artHety and
bis bill were both settled.
WOMEN IN- PARLIAMENT .
Down to Time ft Edward 111. TbUr
Had Rlsht of Voting.
The ladles ,ofTlrth and qufjlty sat In
council with the Saxon Witas. The
Hilda presided'ln an ecclesl&s
ticaTsjTiod 5
*tniVi|b*fred'B great council at Becon-
A.* D. OW, the abbesses sat and
'deliberated, and five of them Signed the
decrees»of>that council along With "the
king, bishops and nobles.
King Edgar's charter to tbe abbey of
Crowland, A. D. 061, was with the con
sent of the nobles and abbesses, who
subscribed toe charter.
lit Henry 111. and Edward I.'s time
fotfr'abbesses were summoned to par- i
yaftient—viz, of Shaftesbury, Borklng, M
St>Mary of Winchester, and of Wilton. *
■ In (the thirty-fifth of Edward IIL
were summoned by writ to parliament, .
'to appear by their proxies, Marjj,
cOunffiSs of Norfolk; Alienor, countess
of Ormo&d; Anna Dispenser, Phlllippa,
countess of March; Johanna Fit*
Water, Agneta, countess of Pembroke;
Mary de St. Paul, countess^
the peerage, to anjjjsA by
sleep and E&ath.
t *An* nn(Kin] deprived »of sleep dies
jmflire <juk:kb thanrfjpm hunger. Ono
of
. u>§<p by preventing sleep,
he dying insane about the fourteenth
day. AIT Juiin&ls sleep for some period
o$ hours. How Snd
jwben-tbty -do so depend UPflO. their
natural habits. But they all havsjttU
In VSmmon-that after any unusual ex
ertion they -Bleep longer.— London Mail.