VOL. XXXIII. j| Remodeling and Sacrifice Sale I M CONTINUES. j i| 6reat Opportunity to §et Your ; H Christmas Furniture. M Stock Jast at Its Best-The Nest Complete ri This store has ever shown > J The whole stock —nothing reserved —must be < A sold at earliest moment possible. Goods from fac- > J tory at almost fractory prices. Come, take your J choice of the entire stock at astonishing discounts > > from regular price. < > Every Yard of Carpet to be sold i ; < * The entire stock of Ingrain Carpets— Linoleums > —Mattings at COST. Thousands of yards of best \ all-wool carpets at loom prices. They're going; > I come quick, or you miss a bargain. 4 * Bring the measure of your room and we can I L tell just what it will take. F< | BROWN &■ CO. | P No. 136 North Main St., Butler. M A Call for Underwear tSo many people pot off buying their winter under wear until the first real cold snap, that in their harry tney do not use discretion in purchasing. Underwear should fit snugly, thus assuring you of comfort, also making the outer garments fit and hang well. Elasticity is another thing. Be sure that the garment has "that give" to it »o that there will be perfect freedom of movement and no tug ging or palling. We do all this "looking oat" for yoa so there ia no fear of inferior goods at this store. All sorts of material—all best of their kind. Laiies' splendid fleece lined underwear, 25c and 50c. Ladies' fine wool underwear, SI.OO Ladies' anion suite, 50c to $2.50. Children's warm underwear; 15c up. Men's heavy underwear, 50c up. WINTER HOSIERY. "" Jast at the present time our assortment of winter hosiery is very full W>d SpTcttdidTvalnea In ladles' and children's hose and men's socks, at 10c, 15c, 86c, 85c and 50c. _ J , New line of fancy neckwear for Christmas trade, fine Furs at special low prices. L. Stein & Son, 108 N MAIN STREET. BUTLER, PA THE MODERN STORE. Hosts of Helpful hints for the Holidays are Contained In Our CHRISTMAS SHOPPING BOOKLET. Be Sure U» Get a Copy at The Store—FßEE to Everyone, We give a partial list below cf the many useful and appropriate articles suitable for holiday gifts, of which we have a full assortment at the lowest possible prices. FOR THE MEN Umbrellas Watch Fobs Neckwear Scarf Fine aiiir Suspenders Pocket Books Handkerchiefs Fancy Socks Mufflers Leather Suit Oases Cuff Buttons Sterling Silver Novelties SEE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING BOOKLET. FOR THE LADIES Sterling Silver Novelties Shirt Waists Fine Handkerchiefs Silk Petticoats Fancy Hosiery Shopping Bags Beautiful Neckwear Fine Furs and Muffs Jewelry Novelties All the new shapes and Furs Toilet and Manicure Cases Etc., Etc., Etc, SEE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING BOOKLET. We will give free on all 50c articles, or over, a Handsome Box for Handkerchiefs, Neckwear, Hosiery or Jewelry. Millinery Cut in Half. For Christmas shoppers, we will give unrestricted choice of any trimmed hat in stock at naif price, also one-half off on all Plumes, Wings, Fancy Feathers, etc. EISLER-MARDORF COHPANY, •OUTHKAH STKXIT I QOI ) ImiA Samples sent'on request, j OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. ; _PA | Your Choice of Piano is a serious matter. It is the purchase of a lifetime. Be sure that you look fur- P|\\lH! t^ler (^an ( h e name on the case. It is possible to H cost any more than the aH you to call and examine The BEHR Piano m i l W. L. McCANDLESS, "~"" 1 Dealer In Pianos, Ireans ann Sewlne Machines. K. F. D. lu»ute4s, Euclid, Fa. kbsbsbbbbb THE BUTLER CITIZEN. . BUTLEK vy'' New building, new rooms, elegant new equipment, excellent courses of SJSS&.T« students from 8 to 4 hours' practice per day), other equipment in proportio WiDter Term, Jan 2, 190«. Spring Term, April 2, 190«. Positions secured for our worthy graduates. Visitors always welcome. When in Butler, pay us a visit. _ Catalogue and other literature mailed on ap plication. MAY ENTER AN\ TIME. A. F. REGAL, Principal, Butler, Pa I Fall and Winter Millinery- J ffr Everything in the line of Millinery can be found, jg the right thing at the right time at the right price at r^. I ROCKENSTEIN'S | p Don't You Need An Overcoat? We Closed out a Manufacturer's Sample Line at One Half Their Value. In this lot of 218 Overcoats there are all sizes. In the Men's overcoats they are sizes 34 to 44. In the Boys' they are sizes 6to 20. Not 2 Overcoats of a kind, For want of space we cannot describe these extraordinary bargains in these Overcoats, But will just mention a few of them. 29 Overcoats, Regular Price $22, Sale Price $11.98 33 Overcoats, Regular Price $lB, Sale Price $9.89 28 Overcoats, Regular Price sls, Sale Price $7.45 78 Overcoats, Regular Price $lO, Sale Price $4.89 23 Boys' Overcoats, Regular Price $9, Sale Price $4.62 27 Boys' Overcoats, Regular Price $6, Sale Price $3.13 Have a Look at These Overcoats. We Will Show Them to You No Trouble Whatever. SCHAUL& LEVY 137 South Main Street, Butler, Pa. r f*# /wen V : 1 ! J ; ji I ll Won't buy clothing for the purpose of i ! 1 vi£ -v' I || spending money. Tfiey desire to get the Ijp • V//' ' If best possible results of the money expends^- I j )- / \ W7&) i J Those who buy custom clothing have a - jif V 1 right to demand a fit, to have their clothes <L iu yft 'Kjffi.li correct in style and to demand of the / T;'. I seller to guarantee everything. Come to / /,I'l us and there will be nothing lacking. I 'J 8 have just received a large stock of Fall ill i a Winter suitings in the latest styles, r — \ ml 1 I an< * w>lors. W"I j G - F - KECK, I VT4 WBSCHMIT TAILOR, liA JI 142 N. Main St., Pa ; Bickers Fall Footwear. Tj ► largest Stock and Most Handsome Styles of ► Fine Footwear we Have Ever Shown. W k CADASIQ CHAFC Twenty Fall Styles—Dongola, Patent- Fj ' ovKwlo pnvEJi kid and Fine Calf Shoes made in tbe LI { latest up-to-date styles. Extremely large stock of Misses' and Chil- dren's fine shoes in many new and pretty styles for fall FJ i HIFN'& CHACft Showing ali the latest styles in Men's } IWCn o onVCoi Fine Shoes, all leathers, >?- un«l s<>. Fi Complete Stock of Boys', Youths' and Little Qents' Floe Shoes. j ! Bargains in School Shoes, [j Higli-cut copper-toe snoes for Boys and good water proof School i Shoes for Girls. A 1 Large stock of Women's Heavy Shoes in Kangaroo-calf and Wa l ' Oil Grain for country wear. LI ; Rubber and Felt Goods, f . Our stock of Rubber and Felt Goods is extremly large and W. owing to the large orders which we placed we were able to get very k" ► close prices and are in a position to offer you the lowest prices for A A best grades of Felts and Rubber Goods. W J f An immense business enables us to name the very lowest k < prices for reliable footwear. V When in need of anything in our line give ua a call r 4 4 Repairing Promptly Done. w j JOHN BICKELI % 1 Q. &W. CAMPBELL, I* BUTLE, PA. |j BUTLER, PA V THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, IDOS. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. PHYSICIANS, DR. L. R. HAZLETT, 106 W. Diamond St., Butler. North side of Court House. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat work, a specialty. GM. ZIMMERMAN • PHYSICIAN AND SURGKOH At 327 N. air. St. JA/WES C. 50ykE,/Vl. D. PRACTICE LIMITED TO Eye, Ear Noße and Throat. OFFICE HOURS—9 to 10 a. in., 1 to 8 p. m., 7toß p. m. Sunday by appoint ment. 121 E. Cunningham Street, Batler, Pa. BOTH PHONES. OSTEOPATHY, DR. JULIA E. FOSTER, OSTEOPATH. Consultation and examination free. Office hours—9 to 12 A. M., 2 to M., daily except Sunday. Evening appointment. Office—Stein Block, Rooms 9-10, But ler, Pa. People's Phone 478. DENTISTS. DR. S. A. JOHNSTON, PROSTHETIC DENTIST. Teeth extracted absolutely painless. Take Vitalized Air or Nitrous Oxidu. All work satisfactory. 1271 S. Main St., BUTLER, PA. DR. FORD H. HAYES, DENTIST. Graduate of Dental Department, University of Pennsylvania. Office—2ls S. Main Street, Butler, Pa. DR J. WILBERT MCEEE, SUSCKON DBKTIST. Office over Leighner'a Jewelry store, Butler, Pa Peoples Telephone 505. A specialty made of gold fillings, gold crown and bridge work. DR. H. A. MCCANDLESS, DENTIST. Office in Butler County National Bank Building, 2nd floor DR. M. D. KGTTRABA, Successor to Dr. Johnston. DENTIST Office at No K. Jeflerson St., over G. W. Miller's grocery . ATTORNEYS. Rp. scqrr T ATTO*NEY-AT-LAW, Office in Butler County National Bank building. AT. SCOTT, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office at No. 8. West Diamond St. But ler. Pa. COULTER & BAKER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office in Butler County National Bank building. JOHN \H. COULTER, AWOHNKY-AT-LAW. Office on Diamond, Butler, Pa. Special attention given to collections and business matters. HH. GOUCHEP, T AT LAW. Office in' Wise buinirag. T D. MCJUNKIN, O • ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office in Reiber building, cornei Main and E. Cunningham Sts. Entrance on Main street. JB. BREDIN, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office on Main St. near Court Hous» WC. FINDLEY, • ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, AND PENSION ATTORNEY. Office on South aide of Diamond, Butler, Pa. p F. L. McQUISTION, V. CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR Office near Court House EH. NEGLEV ATTORNEY AT LAW. Oflßoe in the Negley Bnilding, West Diamond WM. WALKER. CHAS. A. MpELYAIN WALKER & McELVAIN, SO7 Butler County National Bank Bld'g REAL ESTATE. INSURANCE. OIL PROPERTIES. LOANB BOTH PHONBB S INTERNATIONAL S 5 Stock and Poultry Food } c 25c, 50c, SI.OU ancl $3 50 > r paekages. ? \ ALSO ( J Heave Cure J V Worm Powdey V / Colip Qu» f t piker Pine Healing Oil \ J Pheno Chlor f r Louse Killer j \ Harness Soap i r Honey—Tar Foot remedy S 1 Gall Cure f C Hoof Ointment 3 SRedick & Grobman | S 109 North Maia St, £ S Butler, Pa. / FALL SUITS We can save you money on your fall suit and fit you as well as the oest and highest-priced city tailors. New Fall Goods Just Received. Write us. C. P, JOHNSTON & SON CUSTOM TAILORS, PROSPECT, PENN'A HER LADYSHIP S I DIAMONDS B> C~ B. HWIS Cnj/ifrtyW, liOo, by P. C. Eaftment O =Q Her ladyship's extravagance was a subject of general remark, but it was true tiiat his lordship did not stint her iu money matters, and so what she threw away was nobody's business after all. It was so for the first five years of their married life, and then his lordship began to feel the pinch, lie delayed saying anything to her of the matter as long as possible, but there came a day when ho had to tell her that retrenchment must be the watchword for several years to come He had figured up her bills and fouud she had spent more money in a given time than any other woman in the kingdom. In a way he was proud of it, but in another way he had to give her a word of caution. She could still be extravagant aad reduce her es pouses one-half. His lordship found out somethiug too late. Give a wife rein for the first five years, and she will take the bit In lier teeth for the next five. Talk of econ omy should come before instead of after. In addition to gratifying her own many whims and caprices her ladyship had a brother in the navy and another in the army, both officers, of course, and both living more or less ofif her bounty. Only the day before his lordship had asked for a private in terview to talk retrenchment she had sent the naval officer a liberal check to sli-algnten up his debts of honor aud been informed by letter that the other one must have a much larger amount or throw up his commission in dis grace. His lordship's news, therefore, came like a douche of cold water. If there was any sort of scene it was kept from the servauts and therefore from the public, and things seemed to go ou as before. They didn't, however. Her lady ship had her diamonds duplicated in paste and raised a large sum on the real gems to help others aud uerself. This was done quietly and secretly aud was only part of a plan she had in her mind. After the close or the London season Ills lordship retired to his country cas tle aud was soon followed by a score of invited guests. The astute English fobbpr is always on the watch tor these bouse gatherings. Every woman guest is eertaln to bring at least a good part of her Jewels to wear at dinner, and there are always chances for a smart thief to get In his work. As an olTse.t the host employs a detf&tiv# mix In with servants or even with the guests for the time being and keep watch over things. It was so in this case. Scotland Yard had loaned him Inspector McDonald, and there never hsrt been a robbery In a country nousa he was protecting. The Inspector, under another name, mingled with the guests and made him self at home, but he was given to pass ing much of his time wandering over the estate and musing in the shade of its forests. One of his musing fits was one dqy interrupted in a rather bingular manner. He was lying on the moss under a spreading beech when the sound of footfalls disturbed him, and he polled over on his side, to discover her lady ship making Uer furtive way through the woods. At a dozen paces from him she stopped and with a stick dug a hole in the ground at the foot of a tree and concealed something. When she had run away the Inspector scooped out the dirt until he cany * r » oiled silk bag £Ofltftii»Ui» her ladyships diamonds. They were all there to her last ring, and the inspector knew euough about precious stones to know that tbe&o were paste. This fiappf-ned at b o'clock in the aft ta-uoon What her ladyship would do without her diamonds at dinner time the inspector could not determine. Uer secret burial of them meant to him simply one thing—she was going to be "robbed" of them. She \vouid have to put* up a claiiy o.f iuss by daylight, and Hould be a sensation. Either that or she must be "indisposed" at dinner time and not uppear among her guests during the evening. Her lailyshlp proceeded tit ooee to business. An hour before dinner, and qfter ftlj the guests, lnclndlng the ir apector, had been Indulging in games on the lawn, she went to her room to discover that her diamonds were miss ing. There was a sensation imw. No one had seen apy eirftuger lurking about, npcj the robbery must have been perpetrated by some of the servants. Including maids ffnd valets, these num bered over sixty, and one was obliged to copic loi ward and be inves tigated. His lordship insisted on the most rigorous examination, and thia led to protestations and hard feelings. Within twenty-four hours tlia house party was broken up and scattered, and Inspector McDonnld had to admit lliat he had no clew. The only thing his lordship could do was to offer a re ward, and he made It $23,000. The inspector did not go with the others. He remained behind to look for clews. He held many Interviews with his lordship and her ladyship to gether, and he had to adrnlro the densi ty of the one and the cunning of the Dther. It was more than cunning, tier ladyship had more tierre and cheek than the fleteettve over before bad found in a woman. She was a most convincing liar, and if be hadn't had the paste diamonds in his pocket he would have been inclined to believe that the scene in the woods was a day dream. She could furnish no Informa tion as to how her- diamonds had disap peared. She cleared hoi own maid of suspi cion, but would nvt vouch for the hon esty of the others. It was through her advice and Insistence that his lordship advertised "No questions asked." The stolen plunder could thus be returned by any one of her choosing. The 000 would get the originals out of pawn and save her brother. The in spector held but one interview with her ladyship alone. At that Interview, after she had retold her story and looked biiu as straight in the eye as u woman could, he said; "I can't believe thai itiu plunder was pawled far. I shouldn't wonder if it \vas buried in the woods." ♦'That may be," she Innocently re plied. "They didn't happen to be your paste diamonds, while the real gems arc in a vault In town?" "Would his lordship advertise such a reward for paste diamonds? Have you ever heard that I have resorted to paste?" "I did not mean It In that sense. Tho reason I spoke of the woods \w»s be cause I was out there, \luiv afternoon." "Well?" VJ thought I saw a woman prowling "Then you have been derelict as a detective. Why dkln't you spenk of the matter before V" "The more I think of it the more I be lieve tlvat this woman buried some thing at the foot of a tree." ••Then let me call Lis lordship, and we will go at once." When it was too late he saw that she wouldn't take a bluff, and he was obliged to accompany the pair to the woods. He walked straigLt to the tree and showed them the cavity. He look ed straight into the eyes of the woman, but she did not falter iu the gaze. He saw by her attitude that she was even ready to hear him say that she was the woman he saw and to drag from his pocket the bag of diamonds in corrob oration. He dared not put her to the test. When his lordship criticised his ac tion in not overhauling the unknown woman, the detective could only swal low his chagrin and hour to withdraw from the case. Two hours later he was packed and ready to go. As lie was descending the stairs he encountered her ladyship ascending. £lio gazed straight into his eyes ami held out her hand. There was no bribe in her fin gers—she knew the inspector to be above that. He took the bag of dia monds from his pocket and passed it over without a word and then, raising his hat to her, he kept ou his way out of doors. Two weeks later a London paper said: "We are glad to hear that her lady ship's diamonds have been restored to her. It is hinted that the person claim ing the reward had the manners of the gentleman, though in disguise." "One of her brothers, maybe," said Inspector McDonald to himself, as ho turned to the case in his book and wrote "Closed" at the bottom. His Religion. Not' long ago a certain clergyman from the west was called to a church in Jersey City. Soon after bia arrival the divine's wife made the usual vis its to tho members of the parish. One of these, a plumber's wife, was asked by the good lady whether the family were regular churchgoers, whereupon the wife of the plumber replied that, while she and her children were at tendants at divine service quite regu larly, her husband was not. "Dear me!" said tho minister's wlf«. "That's too bad! Does your husband never go to church V* "Well, J wouldn't say that he never went," was the reply. "Occasionally Will goes to the Unitarian, now and then to the Methodist, and I have known him to attend the Catholic church." A look of perplexity came to the face of the visitor. "Perhaps your husband is an agnostic," suggested she. "Not at all," hastily answered the other; "he's a plumber. When there is nothing fckr him to do at one church there is very likely something for him at one of the others."—Harper's Week ly. Where <l« t«a Disappears. A girl was recently overtaken and drowned by the Incoming tide on the west coast of France. A transplanted Breton said of this fatality: "Can you, who see your own tides crawl In at the rate of tCH feet or so an hour, imagine tides racing like wild white horses up the flat sands at the fate of half a m!le a minute? The ex traordinary flatness of our Breton coasts gives us these phenomenal tides. The sea does not rise and fall- It ap pears and disappear*, You have a vast and flat plain of sand. At a set hour the sea rushes in. white, wild, submerg ing this vast plain. At a set hour an unseen hand sucks back the water*- back thirty, forty, fifty miles and nothing is vislblo byt the plain of pale sand again. W«e unto such as walk on this desolate plain when the tide begins to rise, for they must drown! Nothing can save them."—Philadelphia Bulletin. ExptfiMccit Traveler. "Look here," demanded the irate ho tel proprietor, "what did you say to that last guest?" "Why," replied the waiter, "he didn't pass over a tip, so I said, 'I think you have forgotten something, sir.' " "That's just tt. After you said that lie i-eturuetl to the table and took three oranges and six pears."—Philadelphia Ledger. Conscience A man, so to speak, who cannot bow to his own conscience every morning is hardly in condition to respectfully sa lute the world at any other time of the day.—Douglas Jerrold. Isolation of (lit Viilaaxh) Deaf Mote. The eye can never take the place of the ear. During the first twelve or fourteen years of normal life, knowl edge enters tho mind mainly through the ear. The little deaf mute Is, there fore. « thousand times more isolated than the child who is born blind. In the domain of morals the uneducated deaf mute's isolation Is made danger ous by the fact that the allurements to sin are mostly addressed to the eye, while Its restraints, in youth at least, are mainly appeals to the ear. More over, the blind child, cultivating his hearing. Is only going back to nature— to his forbears, the cave dwellers. Next tQ the search for food, listening for sounds Is, perhaps, man's strongest primal Instinct. The deaf learner, de pendent solely upon his eyes, has, of course, the first instinct, without the safeguard of the second.—Reader. The Violin. It seems strango to think that my violin was once a tree, but I do not know what else could have caught the music that lies within it, waiting for the touch. It must be centuries old, and through all those years it was listening and learning, weaving in with its growth the forest melodies to sing to generations yet unborn. Wind and wave and song of bird, crash of thunder, drip of rain and mat ing call—ail of these are in the fiber of the violin. Ard the thousand notes of sea and storm, the music of the wa terfall and stream—what wonder that it is so nearly the human voice! There must have been a love story in that forest, for It sings love, love and only love, though I do not remember hear ing it until I knew you.—Fuel. Stones From the Sky. Every country and every age has Its historical, semihistorlcai or traditional stories concerning immense stones fall ing from the sky, or, more properly, from space. Levi tells of a wholo shower of aerolites which fell on tho mountains near Rome in the year 054 11. C. The Arundel marbles (marble tables giving the events of the Gre cian history from 1552 B. C. to 624 I?. C. In chronological order) give on account of a great stone which "fell down from heaven" at .Eogostami about tho year 407 B. C. I'llny, who died In the rear 79 A. D., says that in his time the "great air stone" men- Honed In the f. regning was still to be seen on the Hellespont, "and," he quaintly adds, "it Is even now of the big- ?ss of a wagon." COMPASSES AND CONFUSION . By LOUS PIKCi Copyright, 190.". by E. S. McClurt Gladden looked up from tbe pan in which the bacon was sizzling. The start he gave tumbled the bacon into the fire, and the wild efforts to right the pan before the evening meal was spilled upset the coffee pot and rut out the blaze. Instead of expressing an opinion upon tbe happenings of the moment Gladden sprang to his feet and hurried to the beach just as the light canoe grounded on the shore. One look into the bright face under the red Tain o' Shanter and Gladden was glad that the bacon had been spill ed. He had been in camp for six weeks, and even an ugly woman would have been welcomed at the camp. To have tins graceful guest at his supper was something he would not have imagined possible ten minutes before. '•Welcome to camp," he said hospita bly, extending his hand to assist her to step over the side. To his surprise she refused his aid and sprang to the shore as lightly as a bird. With a haughty glance she swept past him and into the hut. Another moment and she stood before him again, her eyes ablaze. "Where are the others?" she demand ed. "And where are all our things?" "There are no others," he laughed. "I am afraid that the limited population of this camp does not permit the ap pointment of a reception committee; unless, indeed, you are willing to rec ognize me as such." "What have you done with the oth ers?" she repeated. "Have you killed them or have you merely driven them away?" Gladden laughed. "There has been no one here for six weeks," he declaped. "There was this morning," she cor rected. "When I left to go over to town there were six here besides the guides. Now not even the things are left, and you have the audacity to camp right here. I Buppose you thought that, since you had made away with them all, there was no danger of detection, for a few days at least. I suppose you will have to kill me now to keep from being exposed." "Don't you think?" asked Gladden, "that you tuay have made a mistake? Cainja look very much alike ty per sons unaccustomed to the woods. Per haps you are on the other arm of the lake." "There is no mistake," she insisted. "I steered by compass." "Do you know how to use the com pass?" he persisted. She looked at him In disdain. "Is It necessary to insult me?" she demanded. "Why don't you kill me and finish off the work you have com menced?" "That's a good Idea," assented Glad den, recalled by the last half of the sentence. "Tbe work I had commenced was the getting of supper. If yon are as hungry as I am you will regard me as a life preserver rather than a mur derer." "Without another word he went about the work of kindling a fresh fire. As he knelt over the twigs the girl made a rush for the boat. He reached the canoe first. "See here," he said firmly. "You are lost already. I cannot have you still further confused Just because you im agine that this is your camp and that I have slaughtered the whole family, to say nothing of the guides, for the sake of your canned goods. Sit down and rest, and after you have had supper I will try to find you." The girl followed him back to the fire, cowed, but unbelieving. Skillfully Gladden fanned the fire into a bright glow and set the pot on. Then he sliced fresh bacon and set out the plates. Presently the smell of the browning bacon began to fill the camp, and the girl's face softened. She did not re alize how hungry she was until the bacon began to fry. For the first time she took notice that this young man, in spite of his evidences of city breed ing, was not only decidedly good look ing, but skilled in woodcraft, and fear gave way to admiration of his deft ness. "I guess you can eat that," he said at last, as he placed some of the bacon on a plate and poured a cup of coffee for her. Silently she accepted the food end Gladden smiled softly to himself as he saw the way she ate. It had been his experience that girls were al ways more reasonable after they had been fed, and already she was unbend ing visibly. "Are you convinced that I am more Juman than you were willing to be lieve at first?" he asked as the plates were at last cleared. "Perhaps there has been some mis take," she grudgingly assented, "but I was so careful to steer by the compass that I cannot see how any mistake could be made." "Perhaps you turned east instead of west," he suggested. "The camps are on the west lake because there is a mall delivery over there. That is why I chose the east lake." "But this is the west lake," she in sisted. "The village is to the south. I tHrned west." "You turned east," Insisted Gladden, "•luce you are on the west lake at this very moment." "Look!" she cried. "The other lake is over there." She pointed across the point to where the river formed a strait between the lakes. "That Is the west lake over there," he assured her. For answer she drew from her belt a tiny compass, gorgeous in its gold case. "See!" she cried triumphantly. "Here Is the north. This must be the west!" "I am afraid," chuckled Gladden, "that you are uuder the impression that tlie south is the north. That nee dle is pointing directly away from what you call the north." "Certainly," was the prompt re sponse. "I am afraid you are not very familiar witb compasses. They are like weather vanes, you know. They point with the arrow head from the direction." The next instant he was sorry, but for a moment Gladden rolled upon the turf in an ecstasy of Joy. This was the explanation. She had steered her course by the compasses in exactly the wrong direction. There was but one camp on the west lake that resembled bis. That was the Driscoll camp, and this must "be Benny Drlscoll's sister, lie rose to confront a very indignant young woman. "I don't like to be laughed at," she said in a hurt little voice. "If 1 have made a mistake I want to go back to the other lake where they will be kind to me." "My dear Miss Driscoll," he cried, "I will take you over to your camp in a No. <9. Jiffy, but not until you have forgiven my rudeness." "You knew who I was all along," she said reproachfully. "I Just this moment found out," he assured her. "I remembered that tbe Drlscoll camp probably looked like thla to a new comer to the woods. That la where you beleng. Say you Will for give me, and I'll paddle you right over." For answer she ran to the canoe md sprang Into it Gladden made a ! N ap and sprang upon the bow Ju*t as with a sweep of the paddle she cleared tbe shore. "I'm not going to let you go until you say you are not angry with me," he said. "Do you suppose I will let you go in this way?' She glanced into the resolute blue eyes and saw therein not only mastvry, but an ardent affection that csnsed L.er eyes to veil themselves beneath tbe lids. "I forgive you," she said, with a little tremble In her voice, "but please take me home. lam tired." He tied his own canoe behind and paddled down the lake aa tbe silvery moon rose from behind the shoulder of old Greytop and silvered tbe wind rip ples of tbe lake. Not a word was spoken, but It seem ed to Gladden that their voices sang In unison, and be was sorry when at last the Driscoll camp was In sight. They welcomed the prodigal and her rescuer and made him spend the even ing. Later Gladden, stooping to un fasten the painter of his canoe, rose to face the earnest eyes. "I am sorry I was so rude," she'said softly. "Can I make atonement?" "Let me come again," he said as be bent over the tiny band. "Tomorrow," she whispered as she snatched her hand away, and as Glad den bent to his paddle the swirling waters whispered that she added "Early," and he bad read in her eyes the message she had seen in bis own earlier in the evening. The bridesmaids and ushers never knew why their favors were In toe shape of tiny compasses, but tbey have Mrs. Gladden's assurance that they are lucky. Cold Endurance of Blcykaati. Writing to the Zoologlsches Garten of Berlin, Professor Julius Schott stavad that at a local menagerie he once saw an elephant exposed In tbe open air to the conditions of a temperature below freezing point, tbe animal appearing to suffer no inconvenience, though evi dently conscious of an unusual environ ment. But the palm may be given to an Indian elephant named Topsy, tbe property of a Mr. Philadelphia, a trav eling showman. Some years ago, find ing himself in northern Sweden and tbe business of his calling at a low, ebb, he decided to make for Stroem, a small town almost within the arctic circle, and attend the annual fair. For the journey of thirty-five miles the ani mal's body was caparisoned in reindeer skin, and he was provided with boots of the same material. The weather was very cold, the temperature varying from 12 degrees centigrade to 20 de grees centigrade, and snow lay thickly around. The inhabitants of Stroem I and the neighboring Lapps were amai ed at the unwonted sight. MO&ey pour ed into the coffers of the enterprising showman, and when the market was over and tbe return Journey made the elephant seemed little if any tbe worse for his experience. Drilled Colna. Perhaps one of the cleverest trick* ever played on Uncle Sam's money marts Is credited to a Philadelphia wo man. She had been engaged with a pang of counterfeiters and had learned Hie secrets of the work. She hired a room with steam power, and with the Rid of small drills she dug out five and ten dollar gold pieces, leaving nothing but a very thin outside shell. This was effected by drilling through the milled edge v of the coin. She then replaced the extracted gold with some baser metal, taking care to preserve the exact legal weight of the coin, and then cov ered up with a small bit of extracted gold the tiny hole made by the drilL By this ingenious device she extracted f3 worth of gold from every five dollar gold piece and $7.50 worth of gold from every ten dollar gold piece that she handled, and yet the coin remained ap parently as before. This device Is pro nounced to be the most absolutely safe and clever of all dishonest practices thnt has ever been resorted to In con nection with money. Success made her reckless, and arrest and Imprisonment soon stopped the woman's operations.— Chicago Inter Ocean. WANGKANG CEREMONIES. Hon the Chinese Attract Them Destroy Evil Spirits. Recently the Chinese residents of the Straits Settlements had a great proces sion, called "wangkang,'' to get rid of a large accumulation of evil spirits, says a writer in tlie Chicago News." Ceremonies of this sort are held by the Chinese about once in fifteen years. The plan is to construct a richly deco rated junk, fill it with dainty eatables, money, live animals, incense and other tempting things and then to take it about the city with music and appro priate singing and great pomp gener ally. This causes the evil spirits to come out to see what is going on. Behold iug the splendid Junk und Its rare con tents, they crowd inside. Demons of sickness are especially sought for and snared. After the Junk has been sufficiently paraded so that it is chock full of de mons, It Is burned and the evil spirits perish. Formerly the Junk was set ndrift on the ocean, but sometimes it was stranded on some island or other, causing great suffering to the inhab itants thus exposed to the attacks of the marooned spirits. So now the Junk Is burned at the close of each ceremony of the sort. The Chinese in the vicinity of Singa pore spent about SIO,OOO in getting rid of their demons this fall. Failure. "Oh, George, I don't think that new safety razor of yours amounts to any thing at all." "Why not, dear?" "Because I tried to use it today, and rouidn't do anything with it." "What were you trying to do with rt?" "I was only trying to sharpen a pen cil, and it wouidn't cut a bit."—Mil waukee Sentinel. Xot Alwayn a Sl*n. "Kuowlt must l>o one of the brightest and best informed men in town." "Why do you think so?" "Because I understand he is running an Intelligence office."--Dallas News. (Vorße L. Dobson has resigned his position as consul general at Hang <-how. Clilnn, after but a few weeks. Ilf says Ilangchow is the filthiest city - on enrtli Tin' Chinese don't bury their do-i!. s >nn times even when they die from ( Inlet a, und he iu coming back.
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