VOL. XXXXIII.
——THE MODERN STORE-
Our Big January Clearance Sale Contiiued
Another Week,
UNTIL SATURDAY EVENING, JAN. 20
Bigger Bargains tban ever in Dress Goods, 3ilks,
Table Linens, Crashes, Towels, Lace Curtains, Portiers,
Muslins, Ginghams, Calicoes, Furs, Skirts, Underwear
for Men, Women and Children.
MILLINERY SACRIFICED AS NEVER BEFORE
All Hats to be Closed Out
Your choice of any in stock for $2.50, sold up to
$7.50. Others at 50c, SI.OO and $1.50
EISLER-MARDORF COHPANY,
SOUTH KAH run i QQI
\ LLI Samples sent on request.
OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. PA
ij Brown & Cos, Remodeling Sale kl
M of Fine Furniture and N
W • Carpets# Continued, Vd
li COA AAA Worth of Reliable Furniture and *€
r# <P»VivW Carpets at Almost Factory Prices! w
H. WE MUST HAVE ROOM, i<
V If s the Entire Stock—Net a Few Pieces. \
; Carpets* Rugs, Mattings, «
► Linoleums at Cost <
* Every yard of Ingrain Carpets must be sold at loom prices.
Now is yonr opportunity to make a great saving on yonr Spring
< carpets. Every piece freah and new and best as to quality. * J
! Furniture Stock Complete ]
{ Hundreds of people have taken advantage of the sacrifice prices M
) offered them dnring this sale. We are etill crowded with the <
i choicest selections we have ever shown. y
The sale will be continued only for a short time. If you wish
' to make a great saving, COME NOW!
Limited space forbids our quoting prices and discounts which
m would count for nothing without seeing the goods so you cm
n judge. Come take yonr choice of the entire stock. A
| BROWN &• CO. [I
n No. 136 North Main St., Butler. J
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I Duffy's Store 1
I Not one bit too early to think of that new Carpet, or I
I perhaps you would rather have a pretty Rug—cs rpetH
■ size. Well, in either case, we can suit you as our Car-H
I pet stock is, one of the largest and best assorted in But- H
I ler county. Among which will be found the following:
I EXTRA SUPER ALL WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS,
■ Heavy two and three ply 05c per yd aad up
■ HALF WOOL INGRAIN OARPETB,
■ Best cotton chain ftOc per yd and up
B BODY BRUSSELS.
H Simply no wear out to these |1.85 yd
■ TAPESTRY BRUSSELS,
H Light made, but very Good 65c per yd up
■ STAIR CARPETS
■ Body and Tapestry Brussels, Half and All Wool Ingrains.
■ HARTFORD AXM>NBTERF.
H Prettiest Carpet made, as dcrable too #1.35
■ RAG CARPETS, Oennine old-fasbioned weave. ■■
■ MATTING, Hemp and Straw.
■ RUGS-CARPET SIZES.
H Axminster Rugs, Beauties too |23 eacb and up
H Brussels Rugs, Tapestry and Body sl2 each and up
H Ingrain Druggets. All and Half Wool $5 eacb and up
H Linoleums, Inlaid and Common, all widths and grades
H Oil Cloths, Floor, Table, Shelf and Stair.
H Lace Curtains, Portiers, Window Shades, Curtain Poles; Small Hearth
■ Rugs, all styles and sizes.
I Duffy's Store.
WHY
You pan save money by purchasing your piano of
Wr • NEWTON, 4 The Piano Man,'?
The expense of running a Music Store is as follows:
Rent, per annum $780.00
Cleric, 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. 1 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 PATRON§ £RE MY REFERENCE.
4 jipw qf the people I have gold pianoy jn But)er Ant* them.
Dr. MiiCnrdv Brleker
Fred Porter
Fratwrnal Order Eagles
Epworth League
E. W. Bingham
Geo. D. High
W. J Mates
J. 8 Thompson
Joseph Wood*
8 M McKee
A W Root
Miss Eleanor Burton
Mrs. Mary L Btrotip
WCJCnrrt- •«.
ftiM fctmJ UogbM
A W Mate*
W. H. William*
Mr*. R. O. Rambaugh
Chaa. E. Herr
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-THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
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Sterling Chib
D F. Reed
Woodmen of the World
H. A. MePhertton
Mi«« Anna McCandleas
E. A. Hla«-k
Samuel Woods
Oliver Thompson
John Johnson
R. A. Look veil
J. Hillgard
T. E. Bo worn
i>. P titer,p' '
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Miles Hilllard
Mrs 8. J. Oreen
J. R Donthett
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stndv, best of teachers, expenses moderate, terms \ h-Ri L ÜbKALi. . ,
Over $2,000.00 worth of nt»w typewriters in use (allowui ; advanced students
from 8 to 4 hours' practice per day), other equipment ;n proportion:
Winter Term, Jan 2, UMMi. Spring Term, April 2, lOOG.
Positions secured for our worthy graduates. Visitors always welcome
When in Butler, pav us a visit. Catalogue and other literature mailed on ap
plication. MAY ENTER ANY TIME
A. F. REGAL. Principal, Butler, Pa
| Fall and Winter PAWnery |
$ Everything in the line cf Millinery can be found, jjj
jg the right thing at the right time at the right price at !g
I ROCKENSTEIN'S §
jg Phone 656. 148 S. Main St.
Pre-Inventory
SALE.
Preparatory to the ANNUAL STOCK- : AKING
we will offer remarkable values at our PRE
INVENTORY SALE OF MEN'S AND BOY'S
CLOTHING. Owing to the extensive assort
ment it is impossible to give a detailed descrip
tion of all articles. We have planned to make
this sale of greater importance than ever, and
will place on sale thoroughly reliable and stylish
apparel at figures that are below all possible com
petition. There is something worth investigat
ing in every line of the magnetic bargains.
SGHAUL<& LEVY
137 South Main Street. Butler. P».
AIEN
fi)' 1 -I ; lj Won't buy clothing "or the parpo&e of
J lj' ' , II Bpeodtng inon-iy. Th*y desire to Rot the
\ J ,■■ // I\! \r.~ j! bettpoaiibli roenlta of the money expended.
\) ] '("■ / ) !j Thoso Vvho buy cuitWu clothing have a
I ' I ' /( ' rig.it to demand a fit, to have their clothes
i-l:'! 'j - 1 oorrect in Btyl« anil to demand of the
/~) ■ ■' seller tc guarantee everything. Come to
JL/.\ , V ' j UB :ind there will be nothing lacking. 1
\ ■ \ /'<'> ■ have inat received a large Block of Fall
ill an "inter suitings }U the latest styles,
'ty'') '*' .j l shades and ix lorn.
IMJ E- P - KECK,
142 N. Main St., Butler, Pa
[Bickers Fall Footgear.
largest Stock and Most Handsome Styles of ki
Fine Footwear we Have Ever Shswn. ffl
Twenty Fall Styles—D< ngola, Patent WA
OWKWOIJ 3HWE3, kid Hn fr Fine Ci ;, f shotM nade in the 1%
latent np-todate Btvlea. Extremely larj;e stock of M'- ,es' and Chil- ■ J
dren's fine shoes in many new and pretty styles fof fail TA
MFN'<t <fctfOF<h Showing nit the luteal at' ies in Men's kl
ITIEII o JIIVI.JI Fine Shorn, all leathers, uiiil *<>. f J
Complete Stock ol Bays', Yciitht' and LiCie dents' Fuie Shoes.
« Bargains In School Shoes, [j
High cnt copper-toe phoen for Boya and Rood wat«-r proof School
[ I Shoes for Girls. W 1
k Large stock of Women's Heavy Shoes in Kangaroo-calf anil Wil
W Oil Oraln for country wear. L'V
; Rubber and Felt Goods,
i Our Btock of Kabbpr and Feit t,oolu is eitrouiiy large and fA
owing to the large orders v'uich w'e pi tc« d 'vo were Hi.'e to yet very
> clone price* and are in a position to offirr you the low ( pncea for
d grades of Fplta and jobber Guod-t. VA
f An Immense bnsineui enablta aa rx> name the very lowest
( prices for reliable footwear
When in need of anything in our line give UB a OHII V A
< Repairing Promptly Done. wl
ij JOHN BICKELH
J 128 s Main St., BUTLER. PA.
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J. O. & W. CAMPBELL,
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY IS. 1900.
PROFESSIONAL* CARDS.
PHYSICIANS,
DR. L. R. HAZLETT.
10G W, Diamond St.. liutler.
North side of Court House.
Eye. Ear, Nose and Throat work, a
specialty.
JA t \\ES C. 30yfcE,/Vl. D.
PRACTICE LIMITED TO
Eye, Ear Nose and Throat.
OFFICE HOCBS—9 to 10 a. m., 1 to 8
p. m., 7toNp. m. Sunday by appoint
ment.
121 E. Cunningham Street, Butler, 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, Roogis 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 Oxide.
All work satisfactory.
127 iS. Main St., " BUTLER, PA.
DR. FORD H. HAYES.
DENTIST.
Graduate of Dental Department,
University of Pennsylvania.
Office— 215 S. Main Street, Butler, Pa.
DR J. WILBERT McKEE,
SURGEON DENTIST.
Office over Leighner's 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 Bntler County National Bank
Building, 2nd floor. .
DR. M. D. KGTTRABA,
Successor to Dr. Johnston.
DENTIST
Office at No 114 2. Jeflerson St., over
G. W. Miller's grocery
ATTORNEYS.
RP. SCOTT
• ATTORNEY-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 W. COULTER,
O ATTORKKY-AT-LAW.
Office on Diamond, Butler, Pa.
Special attention given to collections
and business matters.
HH. GOUCIIEU,
• ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office in Wise building.
| D. McJUNKIN,
O • ATTORNKY -AT-LAW.
Office in Reiber building, cornel Main
and E. Cunningham Sts, Entrance OD
Main street.
| B. BKEDIN,
•) « ATTORNEY AT LAW.
Office on Main St. nsar Court HOUB< -
WC. FINULEY,
« ATTOBNEY-AT-LAW. AND
PENSION ATTORNEY.
Oflloe on South side of Diamond,
Bntler, Pa.
p K. L. McQUISTION,
V. Civti. ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR
Office near Court House
IP H.
J. ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Office In the Wegley Building, West
Diamond
WM. WALKER. CHAS. A. MCELVAIN
WALKER & McELVAIN,
301 Under County National l'ank Bld'g
UFA h F.HTATK.
INdUUANOE.
OIIj I'KOPEhTIRH.
LOANS
MoTtl CHUNKS
FALL SUITS
We can save you money
on your fall suit and fit
you as well as the beat and
highest-priced city tailor?.
New Fall Goods Just Received.
Write us.
C. P JOHNSTON & SON
CUSTOM TAILORS,
PROSPECT. PfclMN'A
Winter's Changes
Breed Pneumonia
He on the safe side. Have a bottle of
good whiskey ready for emergencies.
We can honestly recommend for this
purpose
(•randlather's Choice
<;uiiriititeed :j Vrs. Old
It's a smooth, paUtHhl" whin^ey—for
sooial and family use; $> a gallon. Your
choice of any whixkey in list below for
♦ I a full quart; U qts , $5.
HXtl, LABdK, ovkbiiolt.
til /CKKNHKIMKU. ST. VKUROM THOXPSOft,
UIBKON, IIILUIHiKI. IIKMMJKPOKT
We pay express charges on all mail
orders of $:» or over, (loots shipped
promptly.
Robt. Lewin & Co,,
WHOLESALE DKALKRS
11T Wlifts AND UOUOkS,
Ho 14 Smittafleld 8t„ PITTSBCBG, ?A.
'Phase*: Bell 317* P. h A. I4M
AltrerUi) in The CITIZEN.
i Cbristm as
Greens
H Christmas Story
By Martha l^'CuHocb-HHlliams
Copyright, 1904, by Martha NlcCuiioch - \Viih»rr.,
6 6
"Christmas without greens: Impos
sible'. There surely must be some of a
sort in this big farming world," Leona
said almost tragically.
Her cousin and host, Amos Baker,
shook his bead.
"None nearer than Sinking Fork," he
said. "That's twelve miles off and the
chances against finding anything even
there—the hills are so low and the
valley hardly worth the name."
"You must take me to the head wa
ters. I know I shall find what I want
there," Leoua said imperiously. "Get
out the wagonette at once: No matter
If Christmas is tea days off, I know u
way to keep greens fresh."
"Won't you say please?" Amos asked
banteringly as he went toward the
door. Leona ran after him with the
prettiest face of contrition.
"Of course I will and 'thanky, sir,'
uud anything else In the world you
ask." she said, laying her hand on his
arm.
He smiled at her. "Suppose I should
nsk you to say "Yes' to Norrle Cordon.
I've a great mind to do it. If Norrie is
my brother-in-law, he's worth a dozen
of that other fellow."
"H-m. You are sure there Is another
fellow?" Leona queried saucily, but
with a pretty flush.
Alius looked supernaturally wise.
"There must be,"„be said. "Candy
three times a week and (lowers and
gimcracks till the carrier wishes rural
free delivery had never been thought
of—those are signs I've never yet
known to fail."
"You should uot peck. It's ungentle
manly, even In your private mail box,"
Leona said severely, pursing her lips.
Amos shook his head at her. "You
fehouldu't flirt," he said, "but today I'm
bound to give you a chance. N'orrio
will go with you on tills fern ehase,
because I'm bound to go somewhere
else,"
"How nice! Norrie Is never saucy,"
L<H>na said, with a dimpling smile. It
made her so enchanting that Norrie,
Just then coming through the door, lost
his heart over again for at least the
twentieth time, lUe losing gave, him
a fearful joy. He too, had read and In
terpreted the signs of the post, but as
be climbed into the wagonette and sent
the horses away at a slapping pace ho
put all thought of this unknown rival
from him, resolved to eujoy at least one
blissful day basking In the sunshine of
Leona's smiles.
Presently the bent at almost a
right angle. Norrie reined in there
and said, letting his free baud rest over
Leona's clasped ones; "The fork Is Just
ahead, but you'll find nothing there. I
know. I hunt around It every fall. I
wonder if you dare go down In the bllla
with me? There you can get loads of
things— green cedar, cross vine, ferns
and big green briers with leaves liko
wax. I know of a holly bush, too, and
a clump of pines"—
"Why aren't you taklug me to them?"
Leona Interrupted, her eyes dancing.
Norrie smiled back at her, but there
was an anxious uudernote in his voice
as lie answered, "Because they're a
long way off, not too far for the horses,
but so far we'd be In the night getting
home."
"As if that mattered," Leona said
scornfully, "when you know my heart
is set on giving those dear babies such
a Christmas as they never saw. Your
slater Amy says I may do Just what I
please. I please to have a Christmas
tree, with the whole house trimmed to
match, Drive on—like the wind. San
eho and Sally will have a long rest
while you are helping me hack and
hew."
"Just as yon ma'am," Norrie
answered suspiciously meek. ''But If
I haul the tree home, to say nothing of
cutting it down, I'm to have my choice
of whatever is ou it or under It. Is
that u bargain'*"
'•lt has to be, but I never thought
you'll ho such an extortioner," Loona
»alil loftily, although her eyes twin
kled. Then she fell silent, drinking in
the Joy of the sunshine, of the rapid
whirl through the soft December day.
'J'he laudscupe grew more barren,
more broken; the Holds were smaller,
the farmhouses meaner and less
thrifty. Ily anil by the road ran down
a steep ridge, only to climb an oppo
site one steeper still. The suit littd
ljcguu to sink. NOITIC lotthed up at It
nppreliengivcly, then sent the blacks
lister. A mile farther on he stopped
and sprang out, saying as he lifted
Leona to her feet, "you'll want your
supper before, you get tl, 1 reckon, but
Vere wo arc."
l.eona cried out In raptures. Before
fcer stood a clump of pines. On beyond
ilown the rooky slope lay matted urm
fuls of long, lacy frond.*. The green
briers, also were In evidence. She
caught up Amos' pruning shears and
began to cut things right and left. Hho
WM ( 30, Witout that she did not see Nor-
slip away, hut* very shortly she
looked up to »et> him dragging In a
Mm' J'tlUUg hoily full of scarlet berries.
"The kids never saw anything like It,"
he said as he hoisted It Into the wagon
ette and made It fns.s Then he
fell to wrenching up ferns In
sruifuis and tearing down mats of
brier. l.eona looked ut him with some
thing of awe. ITe was so slight and
light <m his feet, she had novwf vrodlt
ed him with the tl'invs and sinews of
inauhcwv) tusvuMbly sho contrasted
♦k'ni w tth ttiu other fellow, the city fel
low, w»;* could and would glvv her
millions- millions which hud almost
tempted her to accept the man, albeit
who knew she did not love lilm truly.
If she had asked him to set his bund to
hard things for her pleasure she could
fancy his look of amazed disgust.
Ktill she could not whistle him down
the wind. She was proud, ambitious,
luxury lOVitlK, not the least bit suited
to ben farmer's wife. And Nurrle o<|f
don loved his land and his vocation too
well ever to be unything but U farmer.
With a sigh, she told herself she should
HO doubt end by taking Kinds Lorlng.
Suppose he should accept her casual In
vitation and coiue down to Longly, the
Itaker place, for the holidays? How
bare and cramped the life would p.p
jicnr to him a life wherein the circus
made tin- event of tin- jour and going
to church of Hunda.\ - wa as much adl
version as a duty. „
Something of all this floated ucbty
lously through I-eouu's mind «»-« she
watched Nqrrle at his Joyous obedl
tJUCt:.
"The lie«t branches nre over on that
fur side," he said, flinging off his coat
und scuttling out of his shoo "We'll
take Just helf a dozen. The true won't
miss 'em. I'd hate to leave It ragged.
Somehow this clump seems to belong
to me. I found it first when I wns lit
tle tnoru than a boy."
AUuost before she knew ll ho stood
among the branches, break'ng anil ••ut
1111slender stems. Leoua ran to pick
them up as they fell. "Stand back!"
lie called to lior, at the same t'me
reaching fur an especially tempting
bough. The wood of it was tough.
It bent where lie thought to break it,
and. instead of snapping. it crushed in
to stringy fillers. Xorrie hail the im
pulse of mastery even over inanimate
things. Forgetful that he was twenty
five feet in air. he gave the bough a
jerk so energetic it made him lose his
balance and eotue crashing earthward.
But there were boughs lower down,
and somehow he clutched one with his
right arm. swung himself up to It and
e!amt>ered back to the trunk. Coming
clown this. Leona saw him hitch him
self along in a way wholly unlike his
ascent. .She did .not know the reason
until he stood by the wagonette, saying
almost ajiologetically: "I reckon you'd
better drive on the way home. My
left arm hit that big limb when I fell
and put itself out of business."
**•••*•
Tangly farm at Chrlstmastlde made
the neighbors stare. Amy had insisted
upon a party. It would never, never do
to waste all I.eoi" 1 had brought to pass
slniplv upon the family. Greens were
everywhere over doors and windows.
In nooks and corners and up and down
the broad stairway. The tree, too, was
a vision with tapers gleaming through
Its coral wealth and all manner of tin
sel ornaments sparkling amid its green
leafage. The tinsel had come from the
city. So had the other fellow.
Leonn liail been panic stricken at
the outset. Now a sunny peace pos
sessed her spirit. Since she had seen
Norrio toppling against the evening
sky—falling, it might be, to his death
for his lady's whim -she had begun to
question her own heart, more closely
than ever before. What answer had re
warded the questionings she did not
fell. But Kunis Loriug had found her
more softly, more subtly fascinating
than ever and was ready for her sake
to keep terms with nil the rural world.
It amused him, of course, that the tret;
bore such wondrous fruitage. Trees
were not Christmas commonplaces
roundabout Longly, so all the people
therealsjut had sent their gifts to be
piled at the tree's foot and thence dis
tributed. After they were distributed
there would be supper, then the dance.
Norrle would have to lie a looker on.
His broken arm was not yet out of the
sling.
Amos ought to huve been Santa
Cluus, but had flatly refused. So Leo
ua herself, made up into a startling
Christmas fairy, with a black half
mask and a pair of realistic wings, ap
portioned properly the Christmas tree's
fruit, saying things that fitted most
cases beautifully and so doubled the
value of the presents. Nobody had
been forgotten. Kunis Loriug stood
hugging a huge tin horn. Norrio's
sound arm was fa'irly heaped with
bulging parcels, topped with a toy au
tomobile. Then the fairy lifted from
tbo litter of moss and greenery at the
tree's foot a huge pair of spectacles
and clapped them upon her owtf eyes.
"I am looking far—the person I belong
to," she said clearly. Everybody held
breath as sho walked up to her two
lovers, who by some chance stood side
by side. For a breath she studied their
faces intently, a beautiful Hush show
ing belr>w her half mask; theu, with a
little laughing cry she laid her. hand
upon Norrie's, saying very low, "This
is what you get for finding mo these
Christmas greens."
(iood Story, Ilnd Copy.
The impression that only about 10
|>er cent of the manuscripts submitted
to publishers ever see the light of
print is, according to observations
made by a former newspaper man and
now inauiiger for a big publishing
house, erroneous. "There Is a demand
for good stories among publisher* in
New York that Is hardly met by the
product," says the manager. "Any
manuscript, decently written and with
any uift'it whatever, Is bound to re
ceive careful consideration. More than
that, I have in mind a case In which
the llrst consideration was uot met, and
yet the story was accepted and pub
lished. A California woman sent to a
largo house a 20,000 word story-written
on what appeared to be discarded curl
pajxTs. Vet so conscientious was the
'reader' that he waded through n great
part of it under protest, and, behold,
he found a gent} A poorly written
story, no matter how good the plot or
Interesting the theme, has little show,
but writers should not IK? discouraged
by reports of harsh or indifferent
treatment at the bands of publishers."
—Pittsburg Dispatch.
INTERESTING EXPERIMENT.
Buratlnic « Strouit Cask Willi Kilt i*
I'lut o! Water.
That a smull quantity of water, say
half a pint, may t>e made to burst n
strong cask seems a startling state
ment to make, and yet it is true. It Is
a well known law of physics that the
pressure exerted by liquids Increases
in proportion to their depth. Suppose,
therefore, that we have u strung cask
filled with water and standing on end.
The staves of tU<s cask may be made to
apart by adding a very sninll
quantity of water to what Is already
iu the cask. As the cask Is already
full, some way of ndding the water
must be devised. To do litis a hole Is
bored iu the end or bead «f the cask,
and a lonj Ud*» o? suinll diameter Is
Ins.W'tvU upright. At the upper end of
the tube is a small funnel Into which
water Is poured until the tube becomes
full, and when that pultH w reached
the cask will Uutst,
This ulinost Incredible, but
U M only n demonstration of fhe law
that has been cited. When the water
Is poured Into the tube It unites with
the water iu the cask, and the depth of
tbo water is several times as great us
that In the cask alone. The fact that
there is only a small quantity of water
In the tube makes no difference, for It
is now one body, and Its depth Is gaug
ed from the top of the tube to the bot
tom of the cask.
As a matter of fact, Ibis experiment
Is only an artllb-ial reproduction of
what \ve know tnkes place in nature.
Home of her greatest convulsions ure
caused bv Ibis very process. Suppose,
fur example, that there Is a great mass
•>f i >ck, under which there is a cavity
filled Willi water that has no outlet.
Suppose, moreover, that there Is a
crack extending from the surface of tliu
ground through tills mass of rock to
the water tilled cavity underneath. A,
ruck In this condition Is a common
thing In nature, the crack being caused
by some disturbance of the earlli or by
Its splitting In the imtinal order of
things. Now, when It ruins enough to
(111 that crack, thus increasing the depth
•if tlie water In the cavity, the pressure
wUI become so great that the rock will
be torn Into a hundred fragtueuts
PROPERTIES OF GLYCERIN.
l)rriini|ioiira If flrairtl iMtrnarly and
4 °r> atnlllcra It I-'roam.
One of the great advantages of glyc
erin In lis chemical employment Is the
fact that It neither freezes nor evap
orates under any ordinary temperature,
i So perceptible loy by evaporation
beeu detected at a temperature less
ih.la liOO degrees F„ but if heated In
tensely it decomposes with n smell
that few persons find themselves able
to endure. It burns with a pale flame,
similar to that from alcohol, if heated
to about 3QO degrees nud then ! gutted.
Its nonevaporntive qualities make the
compound of much use as a vehicle for
holding pigments and colors, ns in
Stamping and typewriter ribbons, car
bon papers and the like.
If the pure glycerin be exposed for a
long tTnie to a freezing temperature It
crystallizes with the appearance of
sugar candy, but these crystals being
once melted It Is almost an impossi
bility to get them again into the con
gealed state. If a little water be add
ed to the glycerin no crystallization
will take place, though under a suffi
cient degree of cold the water will
separate and form crystals, amid which
the glycerin will remain iu ltg natural
state of fluidity. If suddenly subject
ed to intense cold pure glycerin will
form a gummy mass which cannot be
entirely hardened or crystallized. Al
together it is quite a peculiar sub
stance.
HOW BIRDS SOAR.
The Kite a Master of the Art oC
Soaring.
"In the summer of 1872 I was visit
ing on the Warm Springs reservation
In eastern Oregon," says a writer.
"The residences of the government em
ployees were in a deep valley between
table lauds through which the water
courses had cut deep canyons. I climb
ed up on one of these tables, the edge
of which was in most places perpen
dicular for teu, twenty aud more feet,
and as I stood there In a strong breeze
blowing against the face of the slope
a small hawk came gliding along eight
i>r teu feet above the edge and follow
ing the course of the edge, and he kept
on until he was little more than a rod
away from me. He seemed to be mak
ing no effort except a little balancing
aud turning In order to steer himself.
The explanation seemed to me very
simple. Just there at the edge there
was a strong, sharply ascending cur
rent which enabled him to use wind
and gravity against each other.
"In the autumn of that year I went
to Fuchau, China, and there I found
the city frequented by a species of
large bird which we call a kite. It
seems to be half hawk, half buzzard.
In its build and habits. Its flight Is
heavy and awkward. Its wings being
too big for its pectoral muscles, aud
their tips are uot pointed like a hawk's,
but broad and square across. But It
Is a master of the art of soaring.
There are In Fuchau two hills which
lio square across the path of the after
noon sea breeze. Here toward the
close of a breezy autumu afternoon a
dozen or a score of these kites will
resort and have a genuine coastiug
game.
"These hillsides are quite steep, and
of course there results a strong, sharp
upward current at the top. The kites
come to the top and, starting from the
eddy in the lee of the top, glide out
Into the uprushing current, wings bal
ancing up and down nnd head aud tall
turning and twisting till they are In
the heart of the upward current, and
then they turn broadside to it and are
borne upward and backward seventy
fire or a hundred feet. Then they de
scend again Into the eddy and again
steer themselves out Into the uprusbing
current. Throughout It all there Is very
little flapping of the wings."—Chicago
News.
ERRORS IN ILLUSTRATION.
How Easily They Are Mud* In Hurry
of Preparation.
"Perfection of detail," said the car
toonist, "Is very rare in the making of
pictures, whether they be painted on
canvas by the great masters or drawn
In line by men who Illustrate the daily
newspapers. It Is the general effect
that tells. There are few newspaper
pictures—and 1 don't except my own-
In which you can't pick some flaw from
the standpoint of realism.
"In the hurried effort of the news
paper artist, who counts the minutes
by the clock, there may be some excuse
for this, but when we sec a man carv
ing a turkey left handed on the cover
of a magazluc we must agree that the
artist Las either beeu careless or else
has employed a left handed model to
pose for him, and the latter solution Is
scarcely probable.
"A fisherman landing a trout on a
light rod with never a linger on the
reel Is quite a common mistake among
magazine Illustrations, and in the mat
ter of costumes of various periods the
Illustrators sre woefully lacking In In
formation.
"To Illustrate how apt we are to
make mistakes," continued the cartoon
Ist, "several years ago I drew a figure
representing Cuba, emaciated, starv
ing, a thing of skill aud bones. The
figure was half naked, and I tried to
bring out all the horrible details the
shrunken limbs, the gaunt face, the
ribs protruding through the skin aud,
above all, the hollow cavity where the
stomach should have been. A friend
of mine, a doctor, took me to task
about It. 'Persons who are starving to
death,' ho said, 'may be abnormally
emaelntod In every other part of the
body except the stomach. The abdo
men in the advanced stages Is expand
ed, giving the victim a grotesque ap
pearance.' To substantiate this state
ment be showed mo some photographs,
tnken In India during a famine, nnd I
was forced to admit that he was right."
.-Philadelphia ltecord.
WHERE HUXLEY FAILED.
One "Arl" In WhloU lie Was «or
paaard by * I'orler.
Kutlier u good story Is told about
Professor Huxley when ho was deliv
ering a lecture to the Uterary and
Philosophical society, Newcastle-on
Tyne. The subject was "The Geo
graphical lilstrlbutlon of Fossil lte
iiiaius of Animals;" consequently nil
incrous disgruius were required. Old
Alexander, the j»orter of the Institution
and quite u distinguished character
among the members of the society,
was assisting the profusxor to bang
tlie diagrams, 'i'lie screen on which
the diagrams were hung was not very
large, ami Huxley, do as he would,
could not prevent the blank corner of
one diagram overlapping the Illustra
tion of another one on which the pro
fessor placed gnut Importance.
W hat was to be done? The profess
or asked Alexander to bring a pair of
scissors. Lord Armstrong (then Hlr
William), l»r. Watson and several otli
ors wore present at the time. The
scissors were brought, but as the Joint
was somewhat loose the professor was
not able to cut the paper and threw tho
scissors down In disgust, adding that
they were useless.
"Vera guld shears, professor," said
Alexander.
"I tell you they won't cut," said Hux
ley.
"Try again," said Alexander. "They
Will cut."
The professor tried again and, not
succeeding, said soqjewhat angrily,
"Bring me another pair of achpors."
No. S.
Sir William Armstrong then stepped
forward .and ordered Alexander to go
and buy a new pair.
"Vera guid shears, Sir William," per
sisted Alexander, and, picking tip the
scissors from the table and placing his
thumb and forefinger Into the handles,
he stepped forward and asked Huxley
how ho wanted the paper cut.
"I tell you they won't cut," said the
professor.
"Bring me a new pair instantly," said
Sir William.
"A tell'ee ther'r vera guid shears,
only the professor canna cut wT them,"
replied Alexander.
"Well, then, cut it there," said Hux
ley somewhat tartly, at the same time
indicating tho place with his forefinger.
Alexander took hold of the paper and,
inserting the scissors, pressed the
blades together and cut eff tho required
portion as neatly as if he had used a
straightedge; then, turning to the pro
fessor, with a rather significant leer
and twinkle of the eye, said, "Seeance
an' airt dinna gang theglther, pro
fessor."
The professor and all present col
lapsed. nuxley put his hand into his
pocket and, taking out a sovereign, gave
it to Alexander, adding at the same
time, "Tou have done me." The :.ame
evening Alexander related the story
with great gusto to a friend. When
asked how he dared to make so free
with such a distinguished man, he re
plied with great emphasis, "Lord, mon,
ihey bits o' professor bodies ken ncath
ing at a' except their bulks."—West
minster Gazette.
When They Cat Their Beard*.
In France Henry IV. was the last
monarch who wore a beard, and he had
a fine one. He "was succeeded by a
beardless minor, In compliment to
whom the courtiers shaved all their
beards except the mustaches. The suc
cession of another minor confirmed the
custom, and ultimately the mustaches
also disappeared. The Spaniards, more
tardily Influenced by French example,
kept their beards until the French and
English were beginning to relinquish
even mustaches. Perhaps they would
have kept the cherished appendage, bnt
a French prince, Fhilip V., succeeded
to the Spanish throne with a shared
«hin. The courtiers with heavy hearts
imitated the prince, and the people
with still heavier hearts imitated the
courtiers. The popular feeling on the
subject, however, remains recorded in
tho proverb, "Since wo have lost our
beards we have lost our souls."
Why Unities Sack Their Thumbs.
Sucking Is a natural stimulant for
babies. A very young baby tries to get
the whole hand In its mouth, but, tind
lng this fraught with danger, he grows
more cautious and finally falls on tho
thumb as the most enticing member of
the hand. Sucking tho thumb acts as a
safe pick me up to laggard organs.
The beneficial effect arising from tho
act of deglutition is ono of nature's
happiest stimulants. It is generally
melancholy and fretful children rather
than those who are strong and full of
life who develop decided tendencies in
this direction. The reason of this is ev
ident. In states of depression, whether
casual or chronic, less blood goes to
the brain; if, then, the thumb be put
Into the mouth and a sucking process
indulged in the heart will be stimulat
ed, new blood will be sent to the br<;ln
and contentment will take the place of
peevishness.
Art Critics and Art.
Some one was to be married, for they
were buying a wedding gift in a cer
tain east side store, bearing that man
ner of having money to spend, which
will Inevitably assure the attention of
the shopwoman. A certain painting,
rainbow lined and Inclosed in a large
gilt frame, had attracted their atten
tion. It was ?1.G9.
"What Is It?" asked one, peering
closely.
"It la bu oil painting," answered the
saleswoman.
"It has no name on it," announced
the first woman, with an air of paving
found out what was wrong with tho
work of art.
"The best artists never sign their
work, ma'am."
"Are you sure it is hand painted?"
"Certainly, ma'am."
It will hang on the wall of one bride's
home.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Tonshaeu of the Aat.
Ants are really very long lived, con
sidering their minuteness. Janet had
two queens under observation for ten
years, nnd ono of Sir John Lubbock's
ant pets lived into her fifteenth year.
Ants are very tenacious of life after
severe injury. Following loss of tho
entire abdomen, they sometimes live
two weeks, and In ouo case R headless
ant, carefully decapitated by asei-tlc
snrgvry, lived for forty-one days. A
carpenter ant after being submersed
right days iu distilled water came to
life upon being dried, so that ante are
practically proof against drowning.
They can Ifvo for long periods without
r«K*>. Iu one case the fast lasted near
ly nine months before tho ant starved
In death. Scientific American.
Dice Front Billiard Bail*.
"What becmnes of the wornout bll-
Hard balls?" said an Idler In a billiard
room.
"Well," the man at the desk replied,
"when a ball is only u little off ii is
se nt to the factory to be trued up. We
get our balls trued tip until they be
i-oino too small for use. Then we sell
them nt so much per ounce.
"After their saie they aro carved i'lto
various small trinkets, but In the m .In
they are made into dice. Of tho forty
or fifty balls rolling nnd clicking live
ly here this evening it is safe to any
that IK) per cent of them a few years
hence will be working Just bb hard in
tho form of dice."
< urluus Calculation.
A European astronomer has recently
made some remarkable calculations.
He figures that If nil the living reice
sentatives of the human race
strung out In space und separated fr -m
each other by Intervals of a mile tuo
line would only reach one-third of tho
I distance to the planet Neptune. If sep
arated by distances as groat as that oe
! tween London nnd Constantinople the
would only reach hnlfway to I'iO
nearest star.
Ilia rirat Intimation.
"How did you And out you could
draw?" Inquired the admirer of the
celebrated Illustrator.
Ify the marks 1 received lu school
for the excellence anff fidelity of fay
• work," replied the eminent one. "My
work was a caricature of my beloved
teacher on the blackboard, and the
' marks eapie from the teacher's cauo."
—Cleveland Plain Pealer.
In tlloaaom.
Clara Fred's mother called on uie
shortly after our engagement. She snys
! ho Is the flower of the family. Maud®
—I guess that's right. His Uncle Johu
j says h« Is n blooming Idiot.—Chicago
News