VOL. XXXXII.
The DininS Room J
> In every home, It seems to us, should be attractive-
< ly and comfortably furnished —surroundings have a J
> mighty influence upon cheerfulness.
< For this season the furniture designs have sur- 'A
> passed themselves, and we have here the very pick <K
4of the market ready for your looking—dining chairs 1
> of most comfortable shape; entire suits just about as M
i attractive as wood can be made. A
) Perhaps one piece will improve the whole ap- *
i pearance of your dining room. To look, you 11
> think a privilege; we'll think it a privilege to welcome <
< you. <
! ;
i BROWN 8r CO. j
J No. 136 North Main St., Butler.
THE MODERN STORE.
Winter Hosiery for Everybody.
Everything for Women, Children and Men.
Winter Millinery Has the Call.
We ™- v - a specialty of Hosiery and curry a sttvk so complete in every de
tt.il X»wXanX*t your •YWT depir*. It embraces every size, style and quality
udln' fxtr. be.vy fUtoe linod how, • regoUr 25r Mockiog. I#c p.n, S palrn 50c.
Ladies' fine silky fleeced hose in plain or r.bbed, 2oc pair.
Lftdie.' cash mew and wool SIZES 6 ' 8 '
Winer ftppced and cashmere hose, 86c and 80c pair.
h-v, wool bo.. I.UU. ud (..c,
p... S.iCp'nnilwww for laen. woman and children is the moet com
pleU in Batier, and at Ims pripas for good (quality.
Fine Millinery Favorably Priced,
Our milliners can please, if yon want something specially chojoe and e*
elusive in a hat. and at snch a moderate cost that you will regret waiting so lon*
EISLER-MARDORF COnPANY,
1 221 Samples sent on request.
OPPOSITE HOTBL ARLINGTON. BOTLKH.
WHY
You can save money by purchasing your piano of
W. . NEWTON, "The Piano Man."
The expense of running a Music Store is as follows:
jei,t p*r mm
Glerk, per annum : : : ; : : s3U.pu
Lights, Heat and incidentals $19^.00
Total > - • $1286.00
I have 00 store and can «aye yon this expense when gou bay of me.
I sel) pianos for cash or easy monthly payments. I tafce pianos or orgaps in
exchange and allow yon what they are worth to apply on the new instrument
All pianos fully warranted as represented.
MY PATRONB ARE MY REFERENCE.
A few Of the people I haye fold pianos in Batier. Ask them.
Dr. MtfOardy Bricker Or W. P-McEjroy
Fred Porter Sterling Club
Fraternal Order Eagles I> F. Reed
Enworth League Woodmen of the World
E W. mJZhfn, H. A. McPherson
Geo. D. High Miss Anna McCandless
W. J. E. A. Black
J. S. Thompson Samuel Woods
Joseph Woods Oliver Thompson
8. M McKee John Johnson
A. W Boot B. A. Long well
fiias Eleanor J. Hjllgafd
Mrs Mary L. Strotjp J. E. Bowers
W C Ourry C. F. Stepp
F. J. Haucif W. J. Armstrong
Miss Emma Bnghes Miles Billiard
hu.ar
Mrs. R. O, Rnmbangh E, K. Richey
Ohas. E. Herr * L S. Yonoh
PEOPLE'S PHONE 426-
I Huselton's I
I FALL WEAR. I
I THE FALL STYLES SHOWN AT I
I OUR STORE EMBRACE LOOKS I
I FOR EVERY LIKING AND A I
■ GRACEFUL, COMFORTABLE FIT I
I FOR EVERY FOOT. I
I EXPERT FITTERS TO SEE THAT I
I YOU ARE FITTED TQ THE I
I SHOES MEANT FOR YQUR FEET. B
I THE PRICES RANGE FROM $1 B
■ TO $4.00 AND EACH SHOWS A B
■ WIDE CHOICE OF STYLES IN B
I THE LEATHERS THAT WILL B
B BE POPULAR THIS FALL AND FL
B WINTER B
| P AFFOJFFI US QREAS |
B PLEASURE TQ HAVE YOU LOOS B
B OVER OUR FALL STYLES. B
I HUSELTON'S I
B 102 N. Main Street ft
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Immense Clothing Purchase an<l Sale
By one of the most remarkable and largest deals ever
known to the trade we can offer extraordinary Men's
suit valueSs
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.
£IB.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 below 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.
rJ#Ui*pr MEN
rii« i-23v ll Won't buy clothing for the purpose of
jf I) I II spending money. Th*y desire to get the
HI 1 kl // II beet possible results of the money expended.
jli 1 I If]/ 1 WjK ] II Those who buy custom clothing have a
/ ffy r right to demand a fit, to have their clothes
XL \ m JrM. correct in style and to demand of the
• r jd? seller to guarantee everything. Come to
ub and there will bo rothing lacking. I
jijHk ij have just received a large stock of Fall
lA 11 , and Winter suitings in the latest styles,
000 \ Hfl I s hadea and colors.
WJJpf JG. F. KECK,
r 11 i MERCHANT TAIfcOR,
\JIJIJ 142 N. Main St., Butler, Pa
When a Woman Needs Notions
AHE usually wants them HI once, tmr notion counter
is filled with the little things that go with dress mak
ing and repairing. Buttons, tapes, seam bindings,
pins, dress shields, hooks and eyes, needles—all the
countless articles are here for immediate delivery,
I Some of these you ought to hayp at home in advance,
j | {f your stock has run low come in—see how quickly
i and willingly we'll meet your demands.
UNDERWEAR,
Wu've kept oqr eye* open far chances to obtain
j the sort of underwear that's going to fit well, feel well
and wear well—and yet be sold at prices you'll ap
prove. Now, if you'll come in you will st e 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
; BickePs Fall Footwear, \
| Largest Stock and Most Handsome Styles of C
> Fine Footwear we Have Ever Shown. Y<
> SOROSIS SHOES, r<
i lategt nn-to da£« stylos. |<ir«e of Misses qnd Chjl A
I dren's rtne uUoes in many ntw arid proity styles for fall.
{ Showing all the latest styles in Men's
BS£CL2—Fine Shoes, all lMther% 92 «n«l SO. ri
i Complete Stock of Boys', Youths' and Little flents' Fine Shoes. kl
1 Bargains in School Shoes, kj
Higb-cnt copper-toe shoes for Boys and good water proof School
( Shoes for Girls. ll
. Large stock of Women's Heavy Shoes in Kangaroo-calf and Wjm
' Oil Grain for country wpar 1 L V
; Rubber and Felt Goods, 14
i Our stock of Huhber and Felt Uood« i< e*treiiiiy and FJ
owipg to the large ordew which we plnced wo were abla to get very
> close prices and are in a position to off"r yoit the loweut prices for Ml
A best grades of Felts and Rubber Goodt-.
f An immense business enables nn to name the very lowest L V
{ prices for reliable footwear.
When in need of anything in our line give r.» z oa'u
< Repairing Promptly Done. m
i JOHN BICKELt
i 128 S Main St., BUTLER. PA. k
w w w w
S) *
I Acme Washers 1
\l Willi less Work
Than any other Washer^
II
»4 JJ;
:' 4. ti. & W. CAMPBELL.
|| BUTLE, PA. $
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1905.
p~ —
\ SOFT ]
I HAT <
5 TIME. •
£ The soft hat is a luxury #
\ of luxuries for fall. *
£ Soft hats are here in the £
d popular browns, pearls, 4
# fawn and black. Alpines #
J and the low crowns that J
1 may be worn * creased, 5
2 dented or telescoped. 2
f We are showing the J
£ new stiff hats. Have a £
* a dozen different styles. d
j New fall neckwear that j
5 is just a little different £
£ from the others that you £
i know. #
|jno. S.Wick. I
J HATTER AND FURNISHER. R
f 345 S Main St., }
i (J. Stein Building.) t
5 Two Doors North of Willard Hotel. J
Do You Buy Medicines?
Certainly You Do.
Then you want bist for the
least rnopey. That is our motto.
Come and see us when in need of
anything in the Drug Line and
we are qufe yc,y \yjU qgain.
We carry a full line of Drugs.
Chemicals, Toilet Articles, etc.
Purvis' Pharmacy
S. G. PURVIS, PH. O
ttom fuouwK.
213 S Maic St. Bntler Pa.
FALL SUITS
We can save you money
on ycy; {ail suit and fit
you as well as the best and
highest-priced city tailors.
Ijeyy Fall gQQdfi just Heceived,
Write us.
C. P JOHNSTON & SQN
CUSTOM TAILORS,
PROSPECT, PENN'A
Gibson's Livery
(old May & «iand)
rtrst-class horses and rigs.
Excellent boarding accom
modations.
Good and clean waiting roorn :
Open day and night.
BERT McCANDLESS, Manager.
Holt's Greenhouses,
E. M. HOLT & Co. PROP'S.
Salesroom 247 S. Main Street.
Floral (IWUKUH fur funerals, partiefl,
etc., a Bpecialty.
POTTED PLANTS.
Oar carnations are now in their prime.
luver Studio
Has added a full lir\e> of
amateur PhQta buppiies, Cam
eras, Films, Dry Plates, De
velopers, Printing out and de
veloping papers.
Anti-Trust Goods
At about one half what
you have been paying.
Quality
Guaranteed
As good if not better than
the Trust goods.
ZUVEff STUDit)
513SS, Main St. Butler
M. A. BERKIMER,
Funeral Director,
245 S. MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA
Citation Notice.
BUTI.HU COUNTY, SS:
' The Coniraoowealth of Pennsylvania, to
Martin L. Gibson, High Sheriff of Butler
county, Pennsylvania, Greeting:
WHEREAS, At an Orphan's Court held ai
, Butler In and for -aid county on the tith day
of September. In the year of our Lord one
thousand niue hundred and live. l>efore the
Honorable Judge thereof, the petition of
! Margaret Ward, widow of John S Ward, was
j presented setting forth that John S. Ward
died on or about the ilh day of February.
ls*4. intestate without children or Issue and
1 leaving your petitioner a widow, anl brother
j anil sisters and nieces to survive him as his
' heirs at iaw as follows:
, Klien StillwaKon. a sister, widow of lsaac
• PtlUwagon. dee'd., residing at Slippery Ko.-k,
I Butler county. Pa.
, Nancy Stillwagon. a sister widow of Adam
Stillwagon. dee'd.. residing at Slippery Bock.
Butler county. Pa.
Amanda lfoover a sister, a widow of
Samuel Hoover, dee'd., residing at North
Hope, Butler county. Pa.
Harvey Ward, a brother residing at
Kaylor. Butler county. Pa.
John, Samuel, Laura and William Ward,
children of f'urtis Ward, dee'd., and Daisy
Ward and Lizzie Ward, children jt George
Ward, a dee'd., brother, whose residence are
unknown, the wife of said George Ward, be
ing also dee d., and who are the only parties
interested in the estate of said John S. Ward,
dee'd.
That said John S. Ward, died seized of a
certain messuage tenement and tract of land
situate in Parker township. Butler county,
and state of Pennsylvania, bounded and de
»< rit>ed as follows: Beginning at a stone,
thence north eighty-nine degrees east
ninety-sl.x perches to a stone by lands of
Thomas Shrvock formerly, now John Daub
eus peck, Jr.; thence southeast forty-four
perches to a stone, by lana* of \\ Ullarn
Uaubenspeck; thence south eighty-nine de
grees west ninety-si* perches to a hickory
by lands of John U. Shryock; and thence
north one degree west forty-four perches to
the place of beginning; containing twenty
six acres and sixty-four perches.
A LSU—A certain other messuage tenement
and tract of land situate In the township,
county and state, aforesaid and bounded
and described as follows: Commencing at a
maple tree on Shryock line; thence north
one degree east along said line 51 ti-10 perches
to a post; thence north eleven and one-half
degrees eastparches to a post on road ad
joining lands of John Ward; thence north
bue three-fourth degrees east i; perches
to a post on road to lands of Amanda
Hoover; thence south eighty-six and one
half degrees east Jtj 7j-100 perches to a post
by binds of Amanda Ucover; thence south
one degree west 73 tf-10 perches by lands of
William Da u ben speck to a white oak tree;
thence south seventy-one degrees west 13
75-10U perches to a post by lands of Wllllain
Daubenspeck; thence south sixty-two de
grees west K perches to a maple tree, the
place of beginuing by lands of William
Daubenspeck.
The present gr aQ t or utecv ot parcel
of land to COuruth twenty a, 1 res and forty
threp befches, strict measure.
That in and by virtue of a decree of your
Honorable Court the first mentioned aOOVC
described tract w;usset apart to your petition
er as the widow of the said decedent under the
exemption laws, of this Commonwealth and
that the remaining above described twenty
acres and forty-three or land
descended to :iptl lit'<?aif\e Vested under the
intestate lavS af V''ls Commonwealth, In
your petitioner as tne widow and the above
named parties us heirs at iaw of said des
oeudent between whom no partition has
been made and which remains sul>dlvlded.
Your petitioner therefore prays the Court
to award an imiuest to make partition of said
real estate to and among the parties afore
said according to their respective rtgh,!^.
<>BQES Of VMLUI*
\pdnp.i. September fith, IHOfl. the within
ptfttlob presented anil citation awarded and
the Sheriff Is directed to make personal ser
vice on all parties resident In the county and
all others by publication according to rule,
returnable at next term.
BY THE COUR"
These are therefore to command yo'u the
said Ellen Btlllwatjoc, ' Ptiflwagon,
A martin Uv>UW, Harvey Ward, John.
: „u,Ubl.-Laura atd William Ward, Daisy
Ward and Lizzie Ward to be and appear be
fore the said Judge at an Orphans' Court,
to be held at Butler for the said comity of
Butler on the 4th day of December, ;.MS, at
in o'clock In the foreyops J »»td'day to show
cause tjhy t aia partition as prayed for
.t..JJid fiot be granted, and to submit to such
other orders and decrees as the said Court
shall make touching the premises.
Witness the Honorable James M. fjal
hreath. President Judge o.f uuj uaiti Co.urt,
the 22nd day ot SppiuniLec, A T). 19».
w >' t. F? CHBISTLEV.
Clerk of Courts.
Legal Notice.
frit COMMONWEALTH or PENN'A, I
BUTLEA COUNTY, ( •
To the Sheriff of said county, Greeting:
Whereas, Edwin D. Adams and C. C. Zlnn,
Kxecutors of the last will and testament Qf
M. 8. Adams, late of Parker Pennsyl
vania, on tho 'B JuV a{ tjfep'tembcr, A. D.
''«j, I. v iitp:e4 ttteu petition to the Court of
iloihrtifin Vleas of s,ald county, at MS. D. No.
3 4 of September tcriu of said Court, setting
orth:
"That on the 13th day of July. A. D. ISM.
the said M. S. Adams, made, executed and
delivered to Henry Graff, his certalu mort
gage In the sum of ten thousand do!iais.
conditioned for tho dellv<»re(;copsvvVttUud
red tons of nly Cl6>u\ Graf, in
Pltti-biirc. la, i*w. it*)
yovi;"ADnl (5, which -"111 mortgage was
H'C'Oraed In the ottto>> for recording of deeds,
&c.. in Huiler county. In Mortgage Book, No.
'2, puge 113, on ths 11) day of October, IS'-', and
by the terms thereof become a ijen upon.
Inter alia, all that rertiin tract of land -ilti',
ate In Allegheny township. Butlp; M hty,
Pennsylvania, commonly paiiea wie Maple
l-'urnance Tr-cV Uusndeu on tlie north by
1"n U <>v W.C.'Aaams; east by lands of Pierce
Jc'lflack; south by lands of Allsworth heirs;
and on the west bv lands of Andrew Camp
bell, containing vt)7 acres, together with all
the machinery, engines, Implements, tc&lg,
&r., of and belonging to Vumie'e
thereon erected
That tha talJ V ° Attanis, having com.
ulii-d 180 Condition »if i,;ild mortgage
■in? {lmvefoa tile pig UlCtal therein men
tioned to l>e delivered to the said Graff, tlie
following entry was made on the margin of
ttie record of said mortgage, by John Gra
ham, attorney of said Graff, to-wlt: "1 here
by enter satisfaction of this mortgage
written authority from the
Graham, att'y, DO pnc.. ItfA. 1
But nu legal savisfacUrtij «f said mortgage
ivas er'er the recwd oj Indices of
W.a tiloftßaae, that both Mortgagor, M.
S. AJAnis, ami Mu*t*atft<t>, lie Dry Graff,
ute
"■That llio said described lands are now In
the hands of the petitioners for the purpose
of raising money with which to pay the
costs of administration and the Indebteijne 4 j
of M. 8. Adams, deceased, In which are
meeting with difficulty by uf the
above stated legally wrtsaan.
Wherefore- VH' 'petitioners pray the said
Ooti.k to tO.ikv Ofder directing the Sheriff
of 3Uj<l county, to serve notice accoralng to
law, tbe Act of June 11, 1<71), upon the legal
representatives of llenrv Graff, deceased,
the mortgagoe, requiring them to aopear
and show cause why said mortgage (thauld
not be satlslled of record, iinu ilfto\t tueir
failure so to da u»a up&, tjfrihf being made
''i ir> .tfjp witu vW comlltWs
(Tjetvof M above stated, that thf Cvurt de
cree and direct' that thereof be
I r nK' ' * mortgage as
'' ' ' ED. ADAMS,
C. C, ZINN,
Executors, *o.
Whereupon the said Court made the fol
lowing order. to-wlt: And now, September
Z', llufci, the within petition presented In open
Court, and U\ %ocQrdanco with the prayer
thereof ll IN ordered and directed that the
ilkerlff of Butler county, serve notice, wtat
li.g the facts set forth In the within petition,
upon the legul representative of Henry
Graff, If to be found within thu said county
of Butler, and In case said parties cannot be
found within said county, then to give
notice as aforesaid In one or wore news
papers published within said county, once a
week for four weeks successively prior to
the uext term of said Court requiring the
said parties to appear at the next term of
said Court, December till. r.mj. and answer
said petition and show cause, If any they
hare, why the said mortgage should not DC
satlslled as provided by law, and Tuesday,
Decembers, at 10 o'clock a. m., Is fixed for a
hearing hereon.
BY TIIK COURT-
Certified from the record, this duy of
September, A. I). 18U5.
JOHN »-'• CLARK,
I'rothonotary.
To tUu representatives of Henry
deceased.
\<>u are, bv vlrtao of the above stated
order of Court, hereby notified and
required to appear a( the next term of said
Court, December 4, 180S, and answer tlie said
|H*tltlon and show cause If any yciu have
why said mortgage slioulil rui; lw> satisfied.
In default whereof tl\e '.a'td Court will make
mi order and d«vreo directum satisfaction
thereof us iirovlded by law.
TSIARTIN L. (JIBBON. Sheriff.
Application for Charter of
Corporation.
Notice in hereby given that an appli
cation will bo made to the Court of
Common Fleas of liutlor comity, I'a.,
on Thuvsdaj, the Vth (lay of November,
|y,U>, at 1:80 o'clock, P. M., under the
provision* of th« Corporation Act of
April 'JIUh; lw?4, and its supplements,
for h charter for an intended corpora
tion to be called "The Italian Fraternal
and Beneficial Society of Butler," tli<j
character and object of which are i«>r
the part>oHe of supporting v,u<\ Main
taining a society for fr',\Wu*l and bene
ficial purposes »t« member*, froiu
funds colluUeJ vherein by membership
uuitoriu monthly due#, flues and
upon itu members, ax Hhall
be necessary from time to time, and in
uuch wanner an the by-laws may pro
vide, for the payment of its current ex
penses and monthly benefits to its sick
and disabled members; and to promote
friendship, unity, christian brotherhoul
and charity anionic its members, anil
for these purposes to haya. and
cnioy nil the righ'js, U-m-tits and privi
lege* confeirt'J by the said act and the
sunplementa thereto
Frank H. Mciu'Hy,
Solicitor.
At the Old
Horse Sale
By Sara
Beaumont Kennedy
Copt/right, 14u5, by Sara Beaumont Kennedy
"You must not go In there. It is no
place for you." There was more than
protest iu his voice. There was posi
tive command, which, j>erhaps, was the
reason why she walke<l directly under
the auctioneer's red flag into the ex
press office, already thronged with idle,
curious buyers.
"I never was at anything more ex-'
citing than a dry goods bargain sale.
This will be positively like Monte
Carlo."
"Our uncle will disapprove"—
"Of course he will. lie disapproves
of most things I do since you took up
the role of social mentor for the fam
ily. That year abroad spoiled you,
Adolphus. You have never been en
durable since you took to patent up
pers and a monocle. Now, Nick would
have brought me in here without a
word of remonstrance and lent me
every penny out of his pocket if I
ueeded it to bid with —lent me even his
car fare and walked home uncom
plainingly and carried my parcels."
"If he had not happened to see an
old woman or a lame cat to help over
the crossing. In which case, very likelj',
he would have laid the parcels down
and quite forgotten to pick them up,"
"Perhaps, for Nick is a hit absent
minded. but he is perfectly adorable
when It cflWfrf to giving a girl her own
wsy. u
"My brother is happy in winning
your good opinion. It "is my misfor
tune"—
"No, it's your fault; you are so
frightfully conventional. Dear me,
Whut c-urioua people!"
"They are tho drift from the street
None of our set ever"—
"There, the auctioneer is beginning
again. It will be perfectly
to buy something sud Rot have the
least idea wlyit U >R—so weird an' 1
mysten<Mia?*
'Nellie, surely you are not going to
bid out loud in this crowd!"
"I certainly am. There is no harm In
It, and I am sick to death of the right
anglo rules by which you and uncle
measure piy life. Wonder what that
woman found In her parcels? There
goes up a bandbox. I shall bid on
that."
"Nfllie, don't!" h.O first commanded,
then entreated vehemently, but she
was as a deaf adder that stoppeth her
ears.
"Fifty cents," she called, tn answer
to the auctioneer's challenge, at the
time stepping upon an empty box
by the wall, so that she was In plain
view of tho whole crowd.
"Seventy-five cents!" screamed a
feminine voice across the hall.
"One dollar," flashed back Nellie, her
color rising, her eyes shining, far her
cousin's voice came pp to her In agi
tated whisper*.
"OR* fifty," came from her opponent.
'•Two dollars," cried Nellie, pushing
Adolphus' hand from her sleeve.
"Three dollars," shrieked the other
woman, nervously counting the change
in her purse. No Ofle else was bid
ding, the crowd having centered
UH Pi (ration on the nervous woman
«nd the "swell" girl, and there were
cheers and counter cheers as the bids
rose dollar by dollar until at last the
coveted box was knocked down to Nel
lie.
still laughing and flushed
with her triumph when they emerged
from the door over which flew tho red
flag, but Adolphus felt miserable and
compromised, and this feeling was not
abated when he saw the astonishment
Mt til® eyes of Miss Curtis, whose lan
dau happened ut that moment to pass,
for Miss Curtis was the personifica
tion of rigiil conventionality. Ue count
ed tho meeting as ono more misfortune
in an unlucky day,
Nellie** excitement waned as they
walked, and by the time they entered
her uncle's gate she was strangely si
lent. Adolphus evidently took thla for
a hopeful sign, for presently he cleared
his throat, adjusted his monocle and
began:
"Nellie, we must talk seriously. The
Itm© IKm come"—
"No, It hasn't conio," she said, In
terrupting him good naturedly, "so stop
right there. I don't know whether
this is a lecture «r a proposal of mar
riage—your private talks with uie vi
brate between these two subjects—
but I am In no mood for either. For
heaven's sake, Adolphus, throw that
glass away. I hate to be spied at like
that!"
With a repronehful sigh he removed
the offending glnss and said: "Nick not
only lectured you yesterday; ho posi
tively scolded yon, and"—
"And I deserved It, but I answered
him back spitefully, like the little beast
I am, and l»e—li« hasn't even noticed
me since." She turned her head so
that ho did not seo the quiver of her
rod lips, the pnsslonato protest of her
eyes.
All their set knew that her dicta
torial old uncle Intended she should
marry Adolphus, who satisfied his so
clnl ambitions, while Nick, who cared
lothlng for society, smoked a pipe and
forgot to have his trousers creased,
was a thorn In the old man's side.
Between these two were constant dis
agreements, which Nellie had hitherto
managed to make up, but yesterday
there had been n quarrel of uuusual
violence, and there was even some talk
af Nick's leaving the house. It was
of this she had beeu thinking as she
followod her purchase home.
"Adolphus." she said as they mount
ed the-steps, "can't you do something—
anything—to patch up this new quar
rel between Nick nnd uncleV It Isn't
Nick's fault that he Is- that he wan
—was born different from you and un
cled
"I quite agree with ray uncle about
this slumming business. A man In
Nick's position owes something to—to
appearances."
"Stuff!" she scoffed and ran by him
Into the house.
In the library, to stem the tide of
Adolphus' wooing, she hastily opened
Uer box and lifted out the contents, a
quaint and curious bonnet of a decade
ago, a bonnet with a scooped brim
plied high with flowers and nodding
plumes. As she put It on her head,
shrieking with laughter, her uncle and
Nick entered the room, both of them
showing In their manner strong excite
ment. The girl paused In her pirouet
ting and paled at the sight of the stern
faces. Her uncle saw her strange head
gear sml angrily demanded Its origin.
Adolphus explained very carefully, not
forgetting Ills own expostulations
against the caprice. The old man turn
ed wrathfully upon the girl.
"You and Nick are of a piece lu your
attempts to humiliate and make a
laughingstock of me. My niece, til#
female head of jpy family, bidding At
a common auction against a washer
woman: Take that hideous thing out
of iny sight:"
But the spoiled girl only made him a
daring little courtesy which set all tlie
bonnet's varlhued plumes a-nadding.
Nick crossed the room to her side.
"Nellie," he said wistfully, "I am go
ing away for good; my uncle and I
have agreed it is best He has for
bidden me to speak to you of marriage
(and that is the cause of our quarrel),
but I love you with all my heart. You
know what I hare to offer you, dear,
but will you come with me as my
wife?"
It was as if a bomb had exploded at
the old man's feet. The words of in
terruption he would have uttered were
only splutterlngs of anger. By the
table the girl paused, trembling and
going from white to red. Then her
uncle found his voice.
"Out of my sight, sir! Your disobe
dience shall cost you dearly. I dis
own you—l cut you off without a
penny for your impudence! Your In
heritance shall be"—he glanced about
for the most worthless thing in sight,
and his eye lit on tire empty box on
the table—"that trash, sir! Take your
inheritance and go:"
He was pointing to the door, but
Nick's eyes were on Nellie and Into
them there flashed a radiant joy as at
a sign from her he approached the
table.
"You give me this box and its con
tents as my fortune, sir?"
"Yes."
"Then I am content, for you have
given me that which I most desire in
all the whole world."
The old man looked sharply at the
two smiling faces. "What mummery
Is this?" he demanded. Then he, too,
approached the table and peered into
the box where Nick's eyes were fas
tened. "What is that?" be cried, ad
justing his glasses.
"If you please, sir. it is Nick's heri
tage," answered Nellie shyly.
For in the side of the pasteboard box
was a hole through which the rogue
of a girl had thrust her dimpled hand.
And that was how Nellie obtained
her uncle's consent and how Nick won
Uls heart's desire as the aftermath of
the old horse sale.
Dlfllealtr *ai Btw.
There Is not that conflicting an
tagonism between difficulty and ease
that is commonly imagined. Many par
sons count the former as the bane of
existence, to be avoided as far as pos
sible, and the latter an agreeable
friend, whose presence la always to be
courted.
On the contrary, however, they are
both elements of human life Intended
to work In harmony with each other,
and thus to produce a beneficial effect
upon us that neither one could effect
alone. Every difficulty rightly treated
leads by a direct road to ease, How
hard and perplexing were the first
trembling steps of the infant as he tot
tered to his mother's knee! A year or
two later and the very easiest thing
the healthy child can do is to leap, to
run, to bound. Now he Is slowly learn
ing the forms of the letters and pain
fully endeavoring to trace them with
the pen, but In a short tlma he will
read and write without an effort. So
with everything ha undertakes to do
through life. Its difficulty when cour
ageously accepted and coped with
gradually yields to its easy and smooth
performance.
Hia Braid of Blrda.
Nearly every man, woman or child
who goes to Jefferson City pays a visit
to the penitentiary, for, though a
gloomy, forbidding place, it has a
strong interest. While acting as as
sistant city counselor Jacques Harvey
was at the capital on some legal busi
ness and wandered up to look over
the "pen." He joined a party making
the rounds, one member of which was
a little girl. She became interested in
the convict who bandies the revolving
cage that lets visitors In and out, and
stopped to talk to him:
" 'Do you find It dull here, sir?' she
said.
" 'lndeed I do, miss,' the convict an-
Svered.
" 'Still,' said the child, 'the singing
of the birds helps to relieve the monot
ony. doesn't it?'
" 'Singing of the birds?' said the con
vict In a puszled voice.
" 'Yes,' said the little girl.
" 'What birds?' asked the man.
"The wall meaning but Ignorant
chlkl with a hopeful smile replied: |
" "The little Jail birds. Asy must
be n great comfort to you.' Kansas
City Independent.
AN OLD TIME OUTING.
One With Which Samuel Pepym Wu
Very M«b Pleaaed.
Samuel Pepys describes a seven
teenth century Sunday outing, and the
tale has a very modern ring to it.
"Lord's day," be writes, "up, and my
wife, a little before 4, to make us
ready." And here he records his an
noyance that "she was so long about
it." Pepys then goes on: "She ready
nnd taking some bottles of ,wlne and
beer and cold fowle with us." Coach
and four horses from London to Ep
son), where they arrived ut 8 o'clock,
drank the waters, ordered dinner, ate
it. "A good dinner and were merry."
After dinner, "the day being wonderful
hot, to sleep."
Then followed a coach to "take the
ayro," a shepherd with a little boy
rcadir*? the Bible "with the forced tone
that children do usually read that was
mighty pretty." The shepherd "did
bless (Sod" for that boy. In Epsom
town n "poor woman with her milk
pall" and "did drink our bellyfulls of
milk." Then to the coach, it being
about 7 at night.
Ho pleased was Pepys with his day's
results that he records his resolution,
"Never to keep n country house, but
to keep n coach and with my wife on a
Saturday to go sometimes for a day to
tills place aud then cpilt to another
place, and there is more variety and
as little charge aud no trouble as there
Is In a country house."
FLAG ETIQUETTE.
Hnlfß Thill Govern the Dliplaf of
the Rational Emblem.
The government regulations provide
that on ttie death of a president in of
fice Its dug shall be displayed at half
mast only one day.
lit memory of the soldiers who lost
their lives during the civil war, on
May 30, Memorial day, each year the
United Slates displays Its flag at half
staff at all army posts, stations and
national cemeteries from sunrise until
midday. Immediately before noon a
dirge Is played by the baud or field
music, aud the national salute of twen
ty-ono guns Is flrcd. At the conclusion
of this memorial tribute at noon the
Hag Is hoisted to the top of the staff
and remains there until sunset. The
idea is that the national ensign is too
sacred ar. object to be loug in mourn
ing for any man or number of men, no
matter how exalted their rank.
The flag reversed, with the union
down. Indicates djptrew. The flag on
" V"
No. 48.
anything but a fort actually besieged
should never be displayed between sun
set and sunrise.
When the flag is to be displayed at
half mast it is lowered to that position
from the top of the staff. It is hoisted
to the top before it Is finally lowered.—
Washington Post.
THE FIRST CIGARS.
Haraaaa Were Smoked la Pmrla aa
Loa* Ago as 1812.
When were cigars first smoked? Ac
cording to a French authority, the weed '
In this shape was not introduced Into
France till the return of the French
army from Spain in 1823. This fact is
on the authority of Hippolyte Auger,
the dramatic author, who writes thus
in his memoirs:
"Our return from Paris was by way
of Orleans. On the route we met
quite frequently officers returning from
Spain. They had generally cigars in
their mouths—a new habit, since be
come general. From this point of view
the campaign of 1823 had the good
financial result of establishing a new
branch of Import trade."
Another document, however, carries
back the use of the cigar to a slightly
earlier period. The "Hermit of the
Chassee d'Antln," 1813, going to see
his nephew, a young officer at Paris,
finds him at his hotel in morning cos
tume and smoking a Havana cigar.
The taste for cigars seems at this time
to have been sufficiently extended to
make them a common article in the
stock of every grocer who was careful
to cater to the wants of his customer!.
A Deetded Oplaloa.
"I was in a railroad accident once,"
said a bishop, and I was helping an
elderly lady from our wrecked car. Be
hind us came a noble looking English
lady with her husband by her side.
"She was scolding him well for start
ing on their journey on Friday. 'I
told you, James,' she said, 'something
would happen if we should start on
Friday.'
" 'Madam,' said I, 'do you know that
Columbus set sail to discover America.'
on Friday?'
"She looked at me with indignation
and said, 'Sir, in my opinion it la a
great pity America was ever discovered
at all.'"
FRIVOLITY IN ENGLAND.
A Claim That It la What ImOt,
Keepa the Nation Sane.
Which is worse—to be too serious or .
too frivolous? I have no doubt about
the matter myself, so far as individuals
art concerned, though all extremists
are bores. The perpetually lively,
feather brained, pleasure erased crea
ture is almost, if not quite, as irritating
as the deadly serious individual. But;
apropos of the accusation recently,
lodged against us that as a nation we
are becoming too frivolous, one cannot
help saying that we are a great deal
livelier than we were a few years agct
and for this relief assuredly we hare
cause to be thankful.
In consequence we are accused of
having become too frivolous. It seems
to me that we have just got matters
nicely balanced. This is an age when
we are prepared to be cranks on tha
slightest provocation. People crave for
missions, they wallow in philanthropy,
they pounce with avidity on new re
ligions, tbey will plunge into politics
or write attacks on women, society,
the degeneracy of the age, or anything
else that gives them an opportunity of
airing what they call their views. So
surely, if deslpere in loco were not oc
casionally to be permitted to us, It Is
fearful to think what we should be
come. Our frivolity is the antidote to
the twentieth century disposition to
ward crankiness. It really keeps us
sane.—London World.
THE HOODED COBRA.
It la Veaerated la India aa the Ona
Snored Serpent.
Of all the snakes of India the naga,
nag or hooded serpent, commonly,
known as the cobra, alone is sacred. It
is called the good snake, and is con
sidered a protector and harbinger of
success. The veneration of the cobra
is Intimately connected with the wor
ship of the sun, and is thus closely re
lated to the orthodox Hindoo religion.
According to the Mahabbarata, the
heaven over which India ruled was
mainly tenanted by Devas and Nagas,
the former being deified heroes of the
Aryas and the latter those of the Naga
people on earth.
Although wars continued for a long
time to be frequent between rival
chiefs of the Invaders (Aryas) and the
invaded (Nagas), a gradual fusion be
tween the two peoples took place, and
heaven was shared equally by Devas
and Nagas. The serpent gods are wor
shiped now, as they were then, not as
dangerous reptiles, nor as mere sym
bols, but as the deified rulers of an
ancient people, whose tribal, or, rather,
perhaps, racial, emblem was the naga,
or hooded serpent, and whose chief
deity was the sun; hence the Naga
temples are not dedicated to the ser
pent, but to the Naga rajahs, the an
cient rulers of the race.
SOCIAL SPONGING.
Tha Extant to Which It la Carried
In London.
There is probably no city in the
world where there Is so much social
sponging done as in London. At their
big functions hosts and hostesses have
frequently not the remotest acquaint
ance with many of the people who at
tend them and whose cheek Is only ex
ceeded by their voracity. "I have one
particular case in memory," says a
writer in the Boston Herald, "where a
woman brought fifty of her friends.
It was at the house of a millionaire,
the Hon. Glln Vivian, in Eaton square.
On the same occasion nearly every one
else brought herself, her family and
all her friends. It was a never to be
forgotten gathering. Many people nev
er succeeded in getting beyond the hall
door. An excellent supper had been
provided for about three or four hun
dred, but there must have been a thou
sand present. About 1 a. m. people
were sitting about in the bedrooms eat
ing ssndwiches and drinking claret or
champagne —in fact, anything they
could grab from the supper table—and
the story went that they got so hungry,
and riotous that they invaded the wine
cellar and the larder."
A Carefnl Wife.
Hubby (desperately)— Give me your
clothesline. I'm going to hang myself.
Wlfey (sweetly)—Oh, George, I'm so
sorry. This clothesline is so rotten it
won't hold you. You'll have to buy
one, dear!— Cleveland Leader.
Snd Reault of Kxperlmaat.
Aunt Ann—You think John no longer
loves you? New Wife (sobbing)—l—l
know It, auntie! I p-put on an ug-ugly,
old bat tills moruiug unci he never no
ticed the dif-dlf-dlfferegce!—Chicago
Tribune. i