VOL. XXXXIII.
THE MODERN STORE-
Big February Queen Muslin Underwear Sale Begins
Next Monday. February sth.
Do not fail to be here tot some of the big bargains
that we will offer. It will pay you.
Corset Covers, Ladies' and Children's Drawers at 10c
and 15c. Corset Covers, Ladies' ana Children's Gowns,
Short Skirts, Drawers and Chemise, 25c.
Ladies' Skirts, Gowns, Corset Covers, Drawers, etc.,
38c, 50c, 75c, SI.OO, $1.25 to $2.50—a1l at about J less
than you generally pay for goods such as these.
New Spring Dress Goods and Wash Goods now arriving.
EISLER-MARDORF COHPANY,
SOUTH KADI STREET 1 f\f%4
\ LL\ Samples sent on request.
OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. PA
ij Brown & Cos, Remodeling Sale kl
M of Fine Furniture and M
M Carpets, Continued, W
vj con AAA Worth of Reliable Furniture and C
r<i Vw"""™ Carpets at Almost Factory Prices! J
\ WE MUST HAVE ROOM, ]
[I It's the Entire Stock—Net a few Pieces. \
j Carpets, Rugs, Mattings, 1
I Linoleums at Cost <
* Every yard of Ingrain Carpets mnst be sold at loom prices.
Now is yonr opportunity to make a great saving on your Spring
{ carpets. Every piece freah and new and best as to quality.
ij Furniture Stock Complete ]
< Hundreds of people have taken advantage of the sacrifice prices >
> offered them daring this sale. We are still 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! .
I* Limited space forbids our qnoting prices and discounts which
A would count for nothing without seeing the goods so you can <
fj jadg*. Come take your choice of the entire stock. > 1
fi BROWN &• CO. f|
H No. 136 North Main St., Butler. W
I Duffy's Store
I Not one bit too early to think of that new Carpet, or
I perhaps you would rather have a pretty Rug —carpet
■ size. Well, in either case, we can suit you as our Car-
I pet stock is one of the largest and best assorted in But
■ ler county. Among which will be found the following:
I EXTRA SUPER ALL WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS.
H. Heavy two and three ply 85c per yd and up
■ HALF WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS.
■ Best cotton chain 50c p»r yd and up
I BODY BRUSSELS.
' Simply no wear out to these $1.36 yd
■ TAPESTRY BRUSSELS,
■ Light made, but very Good 65c per yd up
I STAIR CARPETS
■ Body and Tapestry Brussels, Half and All Wool Ingrains.
I HARTFORD AXMINSTERS.
■ Prettiest Carpet made, as durable too |1.35
■ RAG CARPETS. Genuine old-fashioned weave. H j
■ MATTING, Hemp and Straw.
■ RUGS-CARPET SIZES.
Axminster Bugs, Beauties too 122 each and up
H Brussels Bugs, Tapestry and Body #l2 each and up
H Ingrain Drnggets, All and Half Wool $T> each and up
■ Linoleums, Inlaid and Common, all widths and grades
H Oil Cloths, Floor, Table, Shelf and Stair.
H Lace Curtains, Portiere, Window Shades, Curtain Poles; Small Hearth
■ Bags, all styles and sizes.
I Duffy's Store.
I MAIN STREET, BUTLER.
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:
Rent, per annum $780.00
Cleft, per annum $312.00
Lights, Heat and incidentals . . . $194.00
Total $1286.00
I have no store and can save you this expense when you buy of me.
I sell pianos for cash or easy monthly payments. I take pianos or organs in
exchange and allow yon what they are worth to apply on the new instrument
All pianos fully warranted as represented-
MY PATRONS ARE MY REFERENCE.
A few of the people I have sold pianos in Butler. Ask them.
Dr. McCurdy Bricker
Fred Porter
Fraternal Order Eagles
Ep worth League
E. W. Bingham
Geo. D. High
W. J. Mates
J. S. Thompson
Joseph Woodg
8, M. McKee
A. W Boot
Misa Eleanor Barton
Mrs. Mary L. Stroop
W. C Curry
F. J. Hauck
Miss Emma Hughes
A- W. Mates
W. B. Williams
Mrs. R. O. Rnmbangh
Chaa, E. Herr
PEOPLE'S PHONE 429
Subscribe for the CITIZEN
Dr. W. P. McElroy
Sterling Clab
D F. Reed
Woodmen of the World
H. A. McPberson
Miss Anna McCandless
E. A. Black
Samnel Woods
Oliver Thompson
John Johnson
R. A. Longwell
J. Hillgard
J. E, Bowers
C. F. Bteppl
W. J. Armstrong
Miles Hilliard
Mrs. S. J. Green
S, R. Douthett
. R. Rickey
L. S. Youoh
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
ST" "bickels H
li Great Bargain Sale, li
kj An immense Stock of Seasonable Footwear to be i «
closed out in order to reduce our extremely »J
large stock fa
£ Big Bargains in All Lines. N
Ladies' Fnr Trimmed Felt Slippers, price #1.25 —reduced to . <sc
Ladies' Warm Lined Shoes, price sl.so—reduced to SI.OO CO
W. Ladies' Warm Lined Shoes, price $1 25—reduced to 85c
k' One lot Ladies' 8.50 Hand-turn and Hand-welt Shoes reduced to 2.2.» WA
m One lot Ladies' 300 Fine Patent Leather Shoes, button or lace, * S
reduced to
V One lot Ladies' $2.50 Fine Dongola Patent tip Shoes reduced to 1.60 y A
» One lot Ladies'l.so Fine Dongola Patent tip Shoes reduced to 1.10
V. One lot Children's Fine Shoes, sizes 4to 8, reduced to 4ac
" k One lot Infants's Fine Shoes, sizes oto 4, reduced to 19c WA
m Men's Fine Box-calf, Vici-kid and Patent Leather Shoes. [fi
F, regular price $3. ">0 and f4.oo—reduced to 2.50
L/ Men's Working Shoes, regular price s2.oo—reduced to 140 WA
\ One lot Boys' Fine Satin-calf Shoes, regular price 1 50-red dto 1.00 Is
One lot Men's Fine Slippers reduced to _ -We
Ladies 1 Lamb-wool Insolee, regular price 25c —reduced to l*>c WAI
i Misses' and Children's Lamb-wool Insoles, regular price 20c—at 8c I W
► All Felt Boots and Overs, all Stockings and Ij
Overs, Warm-lined Shoes and Slippers, also balance I<l
i of our stock of Leggins and Over-Gaiters to be in- fcl
eluded in this GREAT BARGAIN SALE
i Sole Leather and Shoemakers' Supplies. pj
> Repairing Piomptly Done.
il JOHN BICKELtj
i 128 S Main St., BUTLER, PA.
SPw- BUTLER .^
' yj'
New buildmgs, new rooms, elegant new, equipment, excellent courses of
study, best of teachers, expenses moderate, terms VERY LIBERAL!
Over $3,000.()0 worth of new typewriters in use (allowing advanced students
from 3 to 4 hours' practice per dayV other equipment in proportion!
Winter Term, Jan. 2, lOOG. Spring Term, April 2,1006.
Positions secured for onr worthy graduates. Visitors always welcome!
Wheif in Butler, pay ns a visit. Catalogue and other literature mailed on ap
plication. MAY ENTER ANY TIME.
A. F. REGAL, Principal, Butler, Pa
I Fall and Winter Millinery. |
4- Everything in the line of Millinery can be found, fjf
jg the right thing at the right time at the right price at
I ROCKENSTEIN'S «
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Pre-Inventory
SALE.
Preparatory to the ANNUAL STOCK-TAKING
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.
SCHAUL& LEVY
137 South Main Street. Butler, Pa.
' - f 7VYEIN
} '~x .'' *•)' 1 If Won t buy clolning tor the purpose of
j jj spending money. They desire to get the
V ;? best possible results of the money expended,
i * 1 V 1 ' Those who buy enstom clothing have a
I'_ ' }'■, right to demand a fit, to have their clothes
M' j correct in style and to demand of the
/ J,,- . • seller to guarantee everything. Come to
--4>' r 'J there will be nothing lacking. I
i ' \ '3 x . i! have just *eeeived a large stock of Fall
>- y S > . jand Winter suitings in the latest styles,
r 1 \ \ t I shades and colors.
\M4J G - F - KECK.
H I-! WCd MERCHANT TAIfeOR,
i- J** 142 N. Main St., Rutkr.Pa
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| J. O. & W. CAMPBELL, |
8 BUTLE, PA. !g
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY,
I HELD BY THE j
GOVERNMENT
"By Otho S. Scnga >
x Copyright. 1900. by E. C. Parcclls >
John Pearson was distinctly annoyed,
lie would not have believed Engeuia
could be so unreasonable. It was bad
enough to lose Havens, who was the
best stenographer lie ever had, but
when he finally secured another who
could do satisfactory work, to have Eu
genia object because the girl was
young and pretty was enough to make
a man lose all patience.
He strove to appease his fiancee's
wrath by pointing out how inferior in
beauty ami grace the new stenographer
appeared to him in comparison with
herself. He tried to appeal to her rea
son. her pride, for faith in him, but to
little purpose.
"You need not trouble to call agaiu
or to communicate with me until you
have discharged that girl," was the
ultimatum, and Pearson went away,
angry and indignant, anathematizing
all women and their silly, unreasonable
jealousy.
Miss Anthony was not often unrea
sonable and had had little occasion for
jealousy. She hardly could have ex
plained it herself, but her annoyance
about the girl and her resentment to
ward her lover hail begun when she
had asked the name of the new em
ployee and John had replied, "Anna
Darling."
The tiny flames had been fanned and
increased by every word of praise for
Miss Darling that the unconscious
Tearson had stupidly uttered until she
could bear it no longer. She magnified
his satisfaction with the girl's work
into love for the girl herself, and she
felt for the moment quite justified in
demanding her discharge.
But with the next day's light Miss
Anthony's good sense and lovo of fair
play reasserted Itself. "How silly I
was." she thought.
She resolved to send him a little note
or a telephone message, but decided to
wait until evening, lie was to take- her
to the opera, and on the way she would
confess her unreasonableness.
The evening passed, and ijo John and
uo message to explain his absence. Ten
o'clock, 10:30! "I won't be foolish," she
thought firmly. I'll call him up by
phone and tell him I want to say good
night."
She had often done this when It had
not been possible for John to come U)
her. She smiled happily as she rang the
bell and called for the Pearson resi
dence John lived with Ji'* brother, and
she knew the family had gono away.
She recognized the housekeeper's voice
iu reply to her call, but her face fell at
the message. Mr. John had not been
home, and Mrs. Barnes could get no re
ply to frequent calls over the phone to
the office.
The next morning Miss Anthony
called Mrs. Barnes agalfi, with similar
results. Mf. John did not come home,
and there was evidently no one at his
office.
Miss Anthony was essentially a wo
man of action. She dressed herself in a
most becoming street costume and a
half hour later was entering the great
office building on Congress a tree t. Pear
son's office was closed, the door locked.
"He wasn't there all day yesterday,"
volunteered the elevator boy.
"But surely some one was," insisted
Miss Anthony. "The young lady"—
"She came in the but went
aw.uy again Immediately," he answered.
Miss Anthony was quick to resolve
and equally quick to execute. She con
sulted the directory and took a car for
Arlington. At the door of a neat little
cottage she paused. Ygs, was the
, ( a|iit:, pai'titiK, on the doorplate. What
could she say to the girl even if she
found her? Did she really expect to be
lieve that she and Johu— Then she lift
ed her head proudly. Was she going to
be silly again? Something liatl \iappen
•.h! tq .|'-|lii(, aiis.H Hailing might be
able to aid her iu learning what it was.
When Miss Darling entered the room
Miss Anthony hardly could restrain the
impulse to take Jipp j 4 , Jic;- jis, such
a pretty, timid looking little thing—
hardly more than a child, llor eyes
were visibly red with weeping, and
when Miss Anthony asked lier if she
had been at work the day before her
face colored painfully.
Miss Anthony of
Ute situation rur Miss Darling to un
derstand the reason for her visit, and
then Miss Darling told her own story
hurriedly.
"I have been with Mr. Pearson nearly
a month and supposed my work was
entirely satisfactory. I went to work
yesterday morning as usual, but I had
hardly entered the office wheu the tele
phone bell rang. On answering It I
found it was Mr. Pearson speaking. He
said that he should require my services
/no longer and would mail me a check
for two months' salary."
She paused, choking back a sob. Miss
Autiiouy ulusned with shame and re
gret.
"I left the office immediately, of
course. I cannot understand it, for I
was at work on some papers that Mr-
Pearson was very anxious to have fiiir
ished this week—work that another
stenographer could not well take up.
And"—she hesitated—"as yet I have
not received the check."
Miss Anthony spoke rapidly and with
decision. "Miss Darling. I am con
vinced that there N some mistake. I
know Mr. Pearson was satisfied with
yonr work''
"Do you think," a,<ked Miss Darling
eagerly, "that it was not Mr. Pearson—
that it was * hoax?"
"I hardly know vrhat to think," re
turned Miss Anthony evasively, ''hut I
nm so sura that Mr Pearson Is pleased
with your work and wishes to retain
you In his employ that I am going to
ask you to return to the office novf
With inc. Perhaps in some way we
may learn something of him,"
The two girls were standing before
Pearson's door, and Miss Darling was
searching in her handbag for her dupli
cate key when a young man approach
ed, saying courteously, "Were you look
ing for Mr. Pearson?"
"Yes," answered Miss Anthony quiet?
ly. "Can you tell me if h« will be tu
today?"
"I think not. There are several im
portant cases before the grand jury
this term, and its sitting may last three
or four days more."
Miss Anthony recognized her inform
ant as a young architect who lia<l au
pflice in the same building,
''t do not understand," she said.
"What has Mr. Pearson got to do with
the grand jury V"
"Mr. Pearson was seized yesterday
by United States Marshal Brown to
serve."' As Miss Anthony's face betok
ened no eulightenment, he went on:
"When the grand jury was polled yes
terday tlierp were three absentees, ami
in order to carry on the business it was
necessary to fill those vacancies. The
absent men are alc£, and It >vould
greatly retard the work of the govern
ment if the jury had to be adjourned
until they recovered."
Miss Anthony regained her poise.
"Would Mr. Pearson have to go if he
did not wish?" in stately surprise.
"Yes. Any citizen is liable to such
draft."
"But—but his own business?" inter
posed Miss Darling.
"Quite a secondary matter in the eyes
of the law," replied the young man.
"And in such a case is no message
sent to the citizen's friends?" ques
tioned Miss Anthony.
"Certainly. If Mr. Pearson had any
clerk or secretary in his office the dep
uty marshal would likely notify that
j person, and Mr. Pearson could send a
1 message to his family if he has one."
Miss Anthony and Miss Darling ex
i changed glances. Tliey knew that Mr.
! Pearson had no family and at the time
j of his unwelcome seizure he had no
I elork, and Miss Anthony knew why no
message had been sent to her.
"And Mr. Pearson cannot come away.
He is—he is held there?"
"Held by the government," he replied
smilingly.
Miss Anthony thanked him courteous
ly. and he passed on.
Miss Darling unlocked the door, and
the two girls entered the office.
"Is the work Mr. Pearson wanted
done all stenographic work?" Miss An
thony asked.
"Not all. There are some abstracts to
be copied and"—
"I shall help you," with gentle deci
sion.
When the grand jury adjourned Unit
ed States Marshal Brown handed a
note to Juryman Pearson.
"Miss Darling and I have your work
nearly done," read the astonished Tear
son. "Please come to me as soon as
you are released. I think we had better
arrange matters so that if you are held
by the government again you will have
some one to whom a message must he
sent."
Removing the Shatter*.
An uptown man who may be desig
nated us Mr. Blank was asked by his
wife the other day to aid In removing
inside shutters from windows through
out the house so that they could be
washed. Being in a hurry, he aSked
his better half to defer the matter un
til his return from the office. "I'll do
it myself." was her retort. "Don't,"
• was Mr. IJ.'s pounsel as he departed;
"women don't understand such work."
This of course only more firmly decid
ed Mrs. Blank to go ahead, and when
Blank returned that night he found
the shutters down. His wife was nurs
ing several fingers, but she
wore a triumphant air. "The screw
driver slipped once or twice," she ex
plained in response to his inquiring
glance at her bandaged digits, ••Screw
driver slipped!" repeated Mr. B. in a
daeed tone. "Great snakes, woman!
You don't mean to say you unscrewed
all the shutter hinges?" "Of course,"
said his wife complacently. "What
other way couhl I get the shutter*
For answer Rhwik lifted a
shutter and puiled the pin out of one
oif the hinges, showiug that the taking
down of each shutter only involved the
removal of two pins. When he fitfurwd
that there wprg ten pairs or shutters
(t&d -nen pair required tlio of
sixteen screws to put them up he
swore while his wife wept—Phi(ndf-l
phia Record
When Modjeaka Played Farce.
Count Boyenta, Mme. Modjeska's
husband, was arranging with Senator
Tabor for Modjesfia's first appearance
in Denver, aqd tUe founder of dramatic
4vt in Denver asked what parts she
played.
"Well," said the count, "there is 'Ma
ry Stuart.'"
"Who wrote it?" asked Tubals
"Schiller,"- ensd the count.
"is he a first class dramatist?" asked
Tabor.
"Surely, surely," said the count. "He
Is most illustrious."
"Humph! Never heard of him, 1 " eoui
mented Tabor. ''What else does she
" 'As You Like It,' 'Antony and Cle
opatra,' 'Macbeth'"—
"Who wrote them?"
"Shakespearn "•
VHow's he? Good writer?"
"Excellent; excellent."
"Well," said Tabor ruminatively,
"those fellows may be all right as au
thors. but they ain't well known
to suit the people out here. What we
want is something popular, something
that everybody's heard of. I tell you
what you do—you get her to give us
something of Hoyt's!"—Harper's Week
ly.
Carlylf'j Olaatiivaa,
Thomas Carlyle once took Lord
Houghton (Richard Milnes) to task In
regard to the proposed pension for
Lord Tennyson. "Richard Milnes,"
said Carlyle, taking his pipe out of his
mouth, "when are ye gaun to get that
pension for Alfred Tennyson?" Milnea
tried to explain that tUerv wero diffi
culties ii} the way und that possibly
his constituents, who knew nothing
about Tennyson, would accuse him of
being concerned in a job were he to
succeed in getting the desired pension
for the poet. "Richard Milnes," replied
the sago, "mt the day of judgment,
when the Lord asks ye why ye didna
get that pension for Alfred Tennyson,
it'll no do to lay the blame on your
constituents. It's you that'll be
damned."
A CsrefuJ fatten t.
A woman whose throat had troubled
her for a long time, says a writer in
the Philadelphia Ledger, grew Impa
tient at the slow progress she was
making and made complaint to her
doctor, who said:
"Madam. I can never cure you of this
throat trouble unless you stop talk
ing and give your throat a complete
rest."
"But, doctor," objected his patient,
' I'm very careful what I say. 1 never
use harsh lauguage or anything of that
kind,"
What Noah Did.
The story is told of a congressman
that he once declared in an address
to the house, "As Daniel Webster says
In his dictionary."
"It was Noab who wrote the dic
tionary." whispered a colleague who
»at at the next desk.
"Noah nothing," replied the speaker,
"Noah built the ark."
Ponble,
'•Apparently you don't admire Mlsa
Ukreech."
"No. I don't like her »lrs,"
'•What airs?"
"Those uhe sings and those she
wears." Exchange.
Catting.
Gaggs—l don't see why everybody
calls Miss Keen clever. 1 think she
Js very dull. Waggs That is very
strange, for I heard she cut you yes
terday in the street.
Fortune -j seen accompanying
J^astry.-GoJftimith.
I A THOUSAND l
A YEAR.
"By franK H. Stvetl >
I > Copi/riuW, JfIGJ, by Huby DOUQIM )
i A fiasli across an open space so quick
: between cover and cover as to leave
only an impression of bush tail and
j pointed nose and then a wild chorus of
discovering yelps, accompanied by u
dozen forms plunging frantically across
the open space and into the chinquapin
bushes beyond.
But fifty feet farther on was an out
cropping hedge broken by crevices and
tunnels into a natural and safe hiding
place for the hunted. From the time
the fox had been started, an hour be
fore, its winding and doubling course
had been tending gradually toward
this asylum, as if idea that
after playing wi'h the dogs until weary
of the sport or perhaps feeling the need
of rest it could whisk into safety. For
the last few minutes the fox had tan
talizingly checked its speed until the
open jaws of the pack almost closed
upon the bushy tall; then, with a sud
den Jaunty tilt, the brush rose into the
air as if In parting salute and with its
owner dropped into one of the narrow
crevices, leaving the pack yelping its
disappointment without. A few min
utes later two horses with their riders
crossed the space and came to a stop
among the dogs.
"I am glad he escaped, even if it
isn't sportsmanlike," laughed one of
them. "I felt sure the dogs would get
him at the open back there, they were
so close. It was a narrow escape."
"I'm not so sure of that, Miss Brls
tow," the other answered. "The fox
struck me as looking too fresh for such
dangerous propinquity to be natural.
I've an idea his plans were all laid re
garding this ledge and that he was
merely amusing himself with the dogs.
Shall I call them off and start them in
search of a new scent? Nothing can
draw this fox from his stronghold
now."
"No; wait until papa comes. His
falling behind meant that his horse
went lame, and he probably has gone
back to the stable for another. lie will
Join us before long."
She touched her horse lightly, urging
him to the top of the ledge, from which
they could iook down into the valley.
Allan followed closely.
"It Is one of the most beautiful spots
I ever saw," he said as his gaze swept
over the broad, fertile acres of the
farm to the lofty ridges that inclosed
It on every side. "You have the gran
der of wild, untouched nature joined
to the charm of peaceful rural life —'a
rare combination."
His eyes left the valley and came
back to her. with an expression in
them that made her turn away with a
half smile. Allau had been here two
months now and In that time had
learned thiug* that had not hitherto
entered into his plans for a livelihood.
His hand trembled slightly as it check
■?d the restiveuess of bia hone.
"Yes; It Is beautiful here, and we are
feappy," iiie answered, but there was
trouble in her voice. Then with sud
den raillery: "You ought to be happy,
too, Mr. Tisdale, if, as they say, it is
prosperity that make# happiness. We
had a Jettvr from Emmet yesterday,
liud he writes glowingly of your mine.
He thinks there is a lot of money in
It. And," looking at him inqnirlugly,
"he writes as though ho might pur
:hase an iutervit iu the mine."
Allan's faco became grave.
"I hope not," he answered. "I like
your brother Emmet too well to wish
Lim such bad luck. He broached the
•übject to me once, and I put him off.
I thought perUapa his management of
the mine for awhile would disenchant
fcim. Emmet's great fault Is being too
tanguine, though," with a grimace. "I
was somewhat that way myself, I sup
pose."
"The n4»e didn't pay?"
(, lt has cost me a thousand a year
ibove my income so far, and"—
He stopped suddenly, for she was
laughing, irresistibly, it seemed.
"I beg your pardon," she gasped,
checking Jieraelf with an effort. "I—
something struck me as very funny.
But please go on. I will not laugh any
more. A thousand a year, you said?"
"Yes," looking at her curiously,
"above the income I receive from Eng
land. I wouldn't like Emmet to incur
the same loss. As soon as I get back
| shall try to sell. The machinery will
be worth a small sum. And," his face
kindling and his eyes again sweeping
over the valley and back to her face,
"I have found it. I always liked agri<
culture, but never realized It could
show up to such advantage as it does
here. My idea was that farmers had
to keep hold of plow handles and
Klings, but your father doesn't do any
thing except go fox .hunting and read
magazines and listen to his foreman's
report, and only this morning he told
me that he had no other resources than
the farm. I—l have been thinking of
it all the morning. I will buy a valley
Just like this somewhere in the neigh
borhood and be a farmer, and with
what I have we—l can soon build a
nice house," H* paused, looking em
barra&sed, then went on hurriedly, "If
t can make a living of it—enough for
two, I mean—will you—will you help
me, Lois?"
She had thrown up her hand, as
though to stop him.
"Wait a minute, Mr. Tisdale," sh«
cried impetuously. "I had not intended
to tell you, but I must now. You must
not try farming—for a livelihood, I
mean. Our farm looks prosperous, and
I love the vall«y here better than any
place in the world, but—but we hare
been running behind a thousand a year
ever since we bought the place. That
was what made me laugh when you
said you were losing a thousand. It
seemed so funny. You must not try
farming for a living. As to the rest, I
I," her face flushing rosily, "am willing
to help you, Allan."
She looked at him shyly, but his face
had suddenly grown stern. He shook
his head hopelessly.
"I must take it all back, Lois," he
groaned. "I cannot make a living for
one. But here comes your father."
Mr. Bristow reined in beside them,
his face inquiring.
"Hello, what are you waiting here
for?" he exclaimed. "If one fox has
outwitted you, why don't you start an
other? What's the matter? You look
like a funeral."
"I—l have been telling Allan—Mr.
Tisdale—about our falling behind,"
stammered Lois. "You see, he spoke of
buying a farm and following our ex
ample, and I couldn't let him go on
thinking the valley was as prosperous
n<! it looked on the surface."
Mr. Bristow's face fell. "Might have
waited until a rainy day," he grumbled,
"and not spoil a good chase with such
news. But long's it's out, it's out, and
I suppose you couldn't do anything less,
Lois. We couldn't stand by ogd aljow
a guest to ruu tbe chance of losing
money, of course. Yes. Mr. Tlsdale,"
Lis faee becoming as overcast as their
own. "It's all true. We'll have to sell
the valley—the finest property I ever
owned. A man can't stand It to fall
behind a thousand dollars every year
with nothing In the background."
Allan stared, half rose in his saddle,
his face becoming transfigured.
"A thousaud dollars!" he cried Joy.
ously. "Is that what you mean? Can
you run a place like this and only run
behind a thousand dollars?"
"That's what I said," rather testily,
"and enough for a man to lose every
year, the I.ord knows."
Allan whirled to Lois.
"I'll take all that back once more,"
he cried, "what I said last. I can make
a living, and I want you to help me."
Then to his puzzled host: "Don't you
sell the farm, sir. There won't be any
ueed. I thought Lois—she's promised
to be my wife, you know—meant
pounds. That's what I've been losing.
But yours aro dollars—dollars. Don't
you see the difference will be nearly
four thousand—dollars? That will be
a nice profit for us. with what the farm
yields. I will buy part of tlie valley,
or the whole of it if you like, or we will
live on it together."
Mr. Bristow was choking.
"You and Lois may fix that up be
tween you." he gasped at last. "The
problem is too complicated for me. But
I'm glad the valley Isn't to be sold.
Now let us get the dogs on a new
scent. The foxes will be getting old
and fat if we leave them like this."
A Buttered Book.
How the Rev. Mr. Johnston, a Scot
tish minister and the author of numer
ous books, succeeded in getting one of
liis works reviewed bjr Alexander Rus
sel, the distinguished editor of the
Scotsman, is told by the writer of "Fa
mous Editors."
A member of Mr. Johnston's congre
gation was an old and valued servant
in Mr. Russel's family. When, the
preacher published his new book he
asked this member to bring it under
the notice of her master, with the re
quest to review It in the columns of
the Scotsman. Glad to be of service
to her master, the good woman lost no"
time in making her wish known to the
celebrated editor and uext morning
placed "The Gospel Roll" beside his
breakfast cup.
When at breakfast, Mr. Russel took
up the book and remarked, with a mer
ry twinkle in his eye, "Helen, this 1s an
awful dry roll which you have given
me this morning."
"Perhaps It Is, sir," the servant quick
ly replied, "but you can butter It weel
on both sides."
Next morning an excellent review ap
peared.
The Dance.
In his "Die Anfaenge der Kunst"
("The Beginnings of Art") Dr. E.
Grosse investigates primitive art and
its sociological aspects. He shows how
in the dance there was social evolution.
The da%ce was among savages a sig
nificance and value which civilized
races do not appreciate. The dance
originally might not have been for the
pleasure it gave. That came later. At
first the dance may have been one of
tue preparatives ror -war or a propitia
tory act. Anyhow it brought men to
gether and became n social factor. It
must have gone, too, band in hand, or,
rather, foot by foot, with music. At
first such music was simply rhythmical.
Possibly all the early hunting folks
danced. We may not today deem danc
ing an art, but it was a motive power.
It must have helped to bring about per
sonal decoration, and then came the
first faint glimmer of an aesthetic con
ception.
The Woes of a Beekeeper.
A German beekeeper undertook to
carry some of his choicest bees to a
bee show. He took a train in Hanover
with his bees In a basket at his feet.
The bees escaped from the basket and
crawled up his trousers legs. His ac
tions soon aroused suspicions In the
hearts of two women who occupied the
same compartment with him. They
pulled the bell cord and stopped the
train. When the bee fancier explained
the situation he was placed in an emp
ty compartment to have it out with
the bees all by himself. Here be re
moved his trousers and began shaking
them out of the window to free them of
the swarm. Unfortunately they caught
a telegraph pole and were swept away,
bees, money and all. At the next station
the irate station master brought forth
the reluctant bee fancier in a rug, and
he pawned his watch to acquire decent
raiment to walk back along the line In
search of his bees and trovreers.
CLIMATE AND SPEECH.
Soft L»H(M(e and Tropical Weather
Seem to Go Together*
Gutturals predominate in Norway
and Russia, whereas far to the south
ward In sunny Italy there is a profu
sion of such euphonious names as Pa
lermo, Verona, Campobello, etc. Even
in the British Isles, covering so few de
grees of latitude, there Is a marked
difference between the "bur" of the
highlander and the soft speech of tbe
native of southern England.
A theory which may partly account
for these climatic effects is based
upon the contrast of the stillness which
usually pervades southern lands with
the stormy inquietude of northern
countries. Cloudless skies for months
at a time characterize the climates of
Italy, while a firmament entirely free
from clouds is rare in Norway.
It requires, of course, greater effort
to be the regions which are
swept by winds and sforms than In
still southern latitudes, and to be
heard distinctly amid the noise and
confusion of the elements words must
be used which contain many conso
nants.
Among the inhabitants of more trop
ical ciimes the tendency is toward
soft and musical cadence, and travel
ers relate that In regious in South
America, such as Peru and Venezuela,
where atmospheric disturbances are
rare, the natives almost chant the
phrases of salutation.—London Satur
day Review.
BABIES IN HOLES,
Where I'ganda Infants Heat While
Their Mothers Hoc.
I have gone into a field In Uganda
and there found one of our women at
work with a hoe, writes a missionary
sister in Donahoe's. I asked her where
her baby Maria was, and she pointed
to a spot at some distance where the
banana trees were thick. I walked
under the slmde, and in vain I sought
the infant. The mother was greatly
amused and urged me to search fur
ther, assuring me that the little one
was not far away and was fast asleep.
I had to "give up," so the mother took
me by the hand and led me to a bit of
bark cloth on the ground. Under this
rag was the crown of the baby's head,
while the body was in a hole deep
enough for the feet to rest ou the
ground. To my surprise and expostu
lations she said In her own language:
No. 5.
"Tliis is a good custom. When a
Uganda woman goes to hoe it is not
good for her baby to lie asleep on the
ground, as It might injure Itself by
rolling, or, if it awoke, It might crawl
away. Therefore we make a hole like
this and line it with soft, clean leaves
and put our baby safely Into it so that
it can neither crawl out nor roll away,
and we know exactly where to find it
when we come from the fields." She
said it was perfectly safe from wild
beasts, because it was midday.
In the High Sierra*.
Coming down from the high Sierras
into the Yosemlte valley one passes
from almost arctic cold to the warmth
of the late spring, and the difference in
temperature is easily traceable by the
character of the foliage. On the high
peaks no green thing flourishes. Grad
ually stunted pines and tamaracks ap
pear, and still lower the maple and
laurel are just beginning to unfold
their leaves, and then in a half a day's
journey the wild flowers come. Hun
dreds and hundreds of them of all
shapes and colors are found here, and
as you approach the rim of the wonder
ful Yosemlte the air is heavy laden
with the scent of the azaleas, and the
trail is lined with wild lilac, wild cher
ry and dogwood—a perfect riot of flow
ering shrubbery^—Recreation.
THE DANDELION.
It Adopt* Itself to All Soils and Cli
mates of the Earth.
The dandelion belongs to tbe largest
oldest and most widely diffused order
of plants. 'While other orders of plants
have died out and become mere fossil
remains in the rocks, this order has
survived the geological changes of
many different periods on account of
its power of adapting itself to those
changes. And these changes in their
turn have only made it better suited
for all the varied soils and climates of
the earth at the present day.
We find members of this order in
every part of the globe, in places as
far apart from each other as they
can be. It Is the prevailing and dom
inant order of vegetable life, the most
highly finished and the most success
ful family of plants. And the dande
lion is one of the most perfect forms
belonging to it.
It is the head and crown of the vege
table kingdom, as man is the head and
crown of the animal creation, and it is
curious how this highest type of plant
is always found only where man, the
highest type of animal life, is fouild
and where he dwells and cultivates the
soil. It is never found apart from
him. It follows him wherever he goes
—to America, Australia and New Zea
land—and there In the new home it be
comes a silent but eloquent reminder
of the dear old land he may never See
again.—Exchange.
THE TWO NEPHEWS.
A Fable That Points a Moral With a
Large Grain of Truth.
There was once a Rich and Stingy JB
old Bachelor who bad Two
And one, being a Hypocrite, said in
lleilrt: "All men are Mortal, and
One must Die some time, although
| for Ornately his Doctor understands his j|
Case. So I will Protend to Lore my
Uncle and Bear with him and Tend *
him with Great Care and fender As
siduity." But the Other Nephew, who
was blunt and Honest In his Feelings,
said to All Whom it Did not Concern:
"Why should I pretend to Care for My
Uncle when I Don't and Play the Hypo
crite? He cannot but Respect my In
dependence the More then than if i
Fawned upon him."
One day the Uncle died when it Sud
denly occurred to him that he was
Spending too much Breath. To the
Nephew who Was a Hypocrite he left
ills Fortune, and to the One who Did
not Conceal his Real feeling he Left his
Regards.
Moral.—Most people like to be Flat
tered, because Human Nature is Built
that Wa/, and the People who give
Real Money to Folks who say Right
out what they Think about them are
only to be Found in Highly Moral Story
Books.—Baltimore American.
Most Coatly Carriage.
Originally costing something more
than $5,000, the lord mayor's coach, still
used in the annual procession, has
probably had more money expended
upon It than any horse drawn vehicle
in the world. It is something like 150
years old, and in that time more than
SIOO,OOO has been spent In refurnishing
it for the sole occasion when it Is made
uso of each year. A more modern
coach could had for the sum of five
years' repairs, but a new coach would
never seem the same to the London
public who line the Strand on the occa-,
slon of the November parade. It is
probable that the lord mayor of a cen
tury hence will ride in the same equi
page, though, like the Irishman's knife,
it has been repaired so often ihat prac
tically nothing of the original 'ftoach re
mains.
Jnstlce to Come.
Lord Cockburn, though a successful
defender of prisoners, failed on one oc
casion to get an acquittal for a mur
derer. "The culprit," Mr. Croak James
tells us in his "Curiosities of Law and
Lawyers," "after the sentence fixing
his execution for the 20th day of the
month had not been removed from the
dock when his counsel passed him and
was then seized by the gown. The
prisoner said, 'I have not fcot Justice,
Mr. Cockburn,' to which the counsel
gravely replied, "Perhaps not, but you'll
get It on the 20th.' "
To Cure Scan.
Scars are often very ugly things and
disagreeable marks when they exist in
a prominent place on the skin. Prob
ably nothing can remove a big scar the
tissue of which has become fibrous
and unyielding, but the fallowing *
recipe, to be applied on lint and allow
ed to remain on the part for a little
time daily, will effect an improvement
in small scars and blemishes: Borax,
one and a half ounces; salicylic rcid,
twelve grains: glycerin, three drams;
rosewater, six "ounces. Mix.
Dissembling.
"That man in there is a hypocrite,"
said Jackson as he left the drug store.
"You mean the druggist?"
"Yes. When I went in I interrupted
him in the midst of compounding a
prescription. I told him I wanted a
two cent stamp, and he smiled as sweet
ly as if he was glad to see me."—Phila
delphia Ledger.
A Girl and Her Money.
"Do you believe In marrying a girl
for her money?"
"Not as a general thing, but some
ilnics that's the only way you can get
It away from her."—Cleveland Leader. *
She Knew 111* Secret.
"Tell me honestly, now, Clara, did
Harold confess bis love last night?"
"Confess! What do you think I am,
t chief of police':"—Milwaukee Journal.