Butler citizen., February 15, 1906, Image 1

VOL. XXXIIII.
THE MODERN STORE.
•BEAT MUSLIN UNDERWEAR SALE
Continued Till Saturday Evening, February 17th
The Bargains Can't Fail to Interest You.
The Queen Undermusllns are the finest in the land
and have deservedly won the hearts of the feminine
world and the special prices we have put on them will
bring them more into popular favor than ever - Skirts,
drawers, gowns, corset covers, 10c, 15c, 25c, 50c, 7oc,
SI.OO to $2.50.
New spring goods arriving daily. Dress goods,
white goods, Ginghams, calicoes, crashes, table linens,
embroideries, laces, etc.
Ths Best Assortment This Store Ever Offered
EISLEK-MARDORF COfIPANY,
WnUORUR 1 QQf
f «■■■ Samples sent on request.
OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. HUYLBR. PA
i The "Black Hand" j
I At Brown & Co's.
W Not the kind you have been reading of in the II
[ papers recently—iut the kind that hurts us and pi
p helps you. %
8 March Ist! March Ist! —# |
Fa Our reduction sale on Furniture will positively >
|[J close March Ist. Your opportunity is now <
H "'Hlll'Look at These prices:-l||H"* \
rfl Maboeany Davenport, was SBB. now $19.00 >
HB Mahogany Library Case, was $24.50, now— 16.50
gßf Birdaeye Toilet Table, was sl2. now 7.00
M■■ " Mahogany Toilet Table was sl7. now 11.00 > ,
M Oak Bed Boom Suit, was $45, now 85.00 4
WJ Dnmn that were sl2 and sl4, now 9.00 \
Pi Ttiia Is the way you bay all over this store until March Ist, A
■laiHr. TiQAir at the saving—oome take your choice of oar Immense V
K Carpets! Carpets! Carpets! !
W« will continue sale of Carpets aa advertised, at COST. . <
jGnaatly reduced prices on all Brussels carpets and rags of all
JOB Brine the mtsmrf of roar room and make the saving from oar ,
lMfgii eiiinli of new patterns. (
BUrown &• CO. |
Fl No. 136 North Main St., Butler. >
I Duffy's Store 1
I Not one bit too early to think of that new Carpet, or H
■ perhaps you would rather have a pretty Rug—carpet ■
■ size. Well, in either case, we can suit you as our Car- ■
■ pet stock is one of the largest and best assorted in But- ■
I ler county. Among which will be found the following: ■
■ EXTRA SURER A{.L WQO(. INGRAIN CARPETS, ■
H Heavy two and three pljr -#sc per yd and up ■
■ HALF WOOL INOHAIN OARPfTf, , ■
■ Beat cotton chain T,, .#oc per yd and np ■
■ BODY BRUBBELB, ■
Simply no wear oat to these $1.86 yd H
■ TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, ■
H Light made, but very Good toe per yd up ■
■ STAIR CARPETB ■ '
■ Body and Tapestry Brussels, Half and All Wool Ingrains. ■
■ HARTFORD AXMINBTERB. ■
■ Prettiest Carpet mads, as durable too $1.85 ■
' ■ RA Q CARPETS, Genuine old-fashioned weave. H
■ W(ATTIN O ' BT W- ■
■ RU6B-CARPET BIIES. ■
■ Axmineter Bogs. Beauties too .4W each and npH
■ Brussels Bogs, Tapestry and Body. sl9 each and at ■
■ Ingrain DrasKeta. All and Half Wool $5 each and npH
■ Linoleums, Inlaid and Common, all wldtba and grades. ■
■ Oil Cloths, Floor, Table, Shelf and Btair. H
H| Lace CarUins, Portiers, Window Shades, Curtain Polee; Small Hearth H
H Ruga, an styles and sizes. ■
I Duffy's Store. I
■ MAIN STREET, BUJLEg. |
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
Clerk, per annum $312.00
Lights, Heat and incidentals . . . $194.00
total '51286.00
1 } have no store and can save you this expense when you buy'of me."
I sell pianos for cas)l or «asy monthlv payments I take piano* tir organs in
8&32F s °*"" M " ' w " r00 """
MY PATRONS ARE MY REFERENCE. 1
A few of the people I have sold pianoa in Batler. Ask them,
Dr. MoCurdy Bricker Dr. W. P. McElroy
Fred Porter Sterling Clab
B. W. Bingham H A McPhersou
Geo. D. High Miss Anna McCandless
W. J Mates E. A. Black
J. 8 Thompson Samuel Woodj'."—*
Joseph Woods Oliver Thompsou
S. Ml McKee John Johnson
A. W Boot ft- A. LOOK well
Miss Vleauor Barton J. Hillgard
Mrs. Mary L. Stronp J- E. Bowers
W. C Curry C. F. Sfeppl
F. J. Hauck W. J. Armstrong
n§ss,t°" h -
W.B. Williams J. B Donthett
Mrs. R. O. Bambangh E. K. Bichey
Ohaa. B. Herr L. S. Yonch
PEOPLE S PHONE 420-
LSubscribe for the CITIZEN
"THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
!P BICKEL'S H
J Great Bargain Sale. H
An immense Stock of Seasonable Footwear to be «
J closed ont in order to reduce our extremely »J
large stock [I
i Big Bargains in All Lines. N
4 Ladies' Fnr Trimmed Felt Slippers, price *1.25 A-rednced to .. 75c WJ
>1 Ladies' Warm Lined Shoes, price f1.50-reduced to .. .fi.w i v
A Ladies' Warm Lined Shoes, price $1 25-rednced to .......... Boc * 1
% One lot Ladies' 8.50 Hand-turn and Hand-welt Shoes reduced to w.-io J A
►1 One lot Ladies' 300 Fine Patent Leather Shoes, button or lace, ■
% One'lot"Ladies' 12'.% Fine Dongola Patent tip Shoes reduced to 1.65 J J
►1 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 45c >
{ One lot Infante's Fine Shoes, sizes oto 4, reduced to. •••••• • lac .
► Men's Fine Box-calf, Vici-kid and Patent Leather Shoes. t
. regular price $3.50 and $4.00-reduced t0.... . 2.0U >
* Men's Working Shoes, regular price $2.00-reduced to. ....... 140
\ One lot Boys' Fine Satin-calf Shoes, regular price 1.50-red dto 1.00
One lot Men's Fine Slippers reduced to ••••••; fr® >
Wa Ladies' Lamb-wool Insoles, regular price 25c—reduced to ioc
M Misses' and Children's Lamb-wool Insoles, regular price 20c—at 8c \
w All Felt Boots and Overs, all Stockings and ►
y Overs, Warm-lined Shoes and Slippers, also balance <
i of our stock of Leggins and Over-Gaiters to be in- ►
► eluded in this GREAT BARGAIN SALE.
i Sole Leather and Shoemakers' Supplies. >
l Repairing Piomptly Done. <
J JOHN BICKEL :
J 128 S Main St., BUTLER. PA.
BUTLER .
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New baildings, new rooms, elegant new equipment, excellent courses of
■tady, best of teachers, expenses moderate, terms VERY LIBERAL.
Over 12,000.00 worth of new typewriters In use (allowing advanced students
from 8 to 4 hours' practice per day), other equipment in proportion!
Winter Term, Jan. 2, 1000. Spring Term, April 2, J»0«.
Positions secured for onr worthy graduates. Visitors always welcome.
When in Bntler. pay us a visit. Catalogue and other literature mailed on ap
plication. HAY ENTER ANY TIME.
A. F. REGAL, Principal, Butler, Pa
gjiTHliaiiKiliitifl ill iltili '!> #ftW # * W'M'g
ft Fall and Winter Millinery. I
I p
% * Everything in the line of Millinery can be found, g:
| \ the right thing at the right time at the right price at -g
& ROCKENSTEIN'S I
if !t!
fi Phone 656. 148 S. Main St. T
Pre-Inventory
SALE.
Preparatory to the ANNUAL STOCK-TAKING
we will offer remarkable values at our PRE
INVENTORY SALE OF MEN'S AND SOY'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
187 South Main Street. Butler. Pa.
I&tSllif MEIN
fiW rr*®l ill Won't buy clothing for the pnrnoee of
411 ' fV 7 •£ » It sending money. The? der.ve to £ t th- 1
I I \ I be«t possible results of Vnemouey expanded.
_jll I JjL/ I tj? iJtA ]if Those Vho buy custom clot Ling have a
CnM ' right to demand a fit, to have th«ir clothi-H
yW|..| 'jjPjk. ! 3 correct in style and to demand of the
./Pfr &fX i teller to guarantee everything. Come to
AlA\l mli i I w«J by njthjug lacking. I
Pn|l
i- — * \ tlylj I I shades and colors.
ill j G. F. KECK,
If Iry MERCHANT TAIBOF?,
I4*i N. St., Butler, Pa
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1 on tbQ market.
I J. Q. & W. CAMPBELL, |
• § BUTLE, PA.
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BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1900.
R-R-TIME-TABLES
Pennsylvania
RAIfeROAD
WEST PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION.
Schedule in ettect Jan. 1, 1!H) (i
Trains lea* e BUTLER as follows:
For Allegheny and way dtaiion*. 6:15 an«l 10.3) a
m, nn<l 4.2J p. m. week dayii; 7.30 a. m au<l 5. 0
p. m. SuL«ltt\ .
For Pittslmrg and way statlous 8.40 a. in. an«l 2.30 p.
m. we<>k «lavs.
For irairsTille Intfrr»©ctioii, Alto-n«, llarrisl»iirg,
Pliiladclpltia an«l llie Kast .0.15 and 10.35 a m. an«l
J>. ui week «L*ys; 7.20 a. in. SuDilays.
BUFFALO ATO ALLEGHEITY VALLEY
DlVlilOlf.
Trains leave via KISKIMIKETAS JOHCTION
as follows: -
For Buffalo 8.10 a. m. woek days; 7.20 a t m. Sun
dayH.
For Hvd Back uiid Oi! 6.1-% a. ui.
an«l 4.20 p. m. wa«k «luyi«; 7.2 i) a. m. au«l 5.05 p. m.
Sundays.
For Kittauning and vrav Mtati«ru< 6.15 and 10.35 a.
m. aii<l 4.20 p. iu. week
p. m. Sundays}
Toi detailed information, apply to ticket agent or
addrev Tboa. E. Watt, I'aM. Agt. Woatern IHatrict,
liGU Fifth Pittsburg, Pa.
W. W. ATTEBBUHY, J R WfM»l>
Gen'l Manager. Pas »'r Traffic Manager.
GEO W BO ri). General Passenger A gee t.
u it & P it K
Time table in effect Nov. 19, 1905
PassenKer trains leave and arrive at
Bntler as follows:
LEAVE FOB NORTH.
7:30 a. m., mixed for Pnnxsntawney,
Dn Bois and intermediate stationE.
i 10:33 a. m. daily, vestibuled day ex
press for Buffalo, connects at Ashford,
week days, for Rochester.
5:50 p. m. local for Pnnx'y, Dn Bois
and intermediate stations.
11:31 p. m. night express for Buffalo
and Rochester.
ARRIVE FROM NORTH.
6:10 a. m. daily, night express from
Buffalo and Rochester.
9:30 a.m. week days, accomodation
from Dnßoia.
4:50 p.m. daily, vestibuled day express
from Buffalo. Has connection at Ash
ford week days from Rochester.
8:07 p.m. week days, mixed train
from Du Bois and Punxsutawney.
Trains leave the B. & O. Station,
Pittsburg, for Buffalo and Rochester
at 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.. and for local
points as far as Dußois daily at 4:30 p.
m. week days.
BESSEMER & LAKE ERIE RAILROAD
COMPANY.
TIME TABLE in elUct
EASTERN STANDARD TIME
NORTHWARD SOUTHWARO
(Read up) 0»llr Except Sunday (Read down)
10 1141 12 I OTATTOKk I 9 I U I 1 13
p. in. p. m.'p. ni.l STATIONS, la.m.ii. in. p.m.
10 06, 4 00| 3 00 Buffalo(tlil.S.m.)! 8 <BIO OOi 2 00
p.Vn.lp. in.a. m.| in. m. p. m. p. ni.
7 1U 1 4310 Erie. 7 0f» 1 OS 4 r,7
6 51' 10 oa Fnirvlcvr 7 T* 6 21
(1 40; 1 or 0 43 oiranl 7 4« 1 41 5 3:!
6Hi H 271 Cranegyille..... 8 oot 149
~ti SSI 1 SO 10 00|Ar..Comieaut..I.v 7 l*J 12 01 0 10
B 10(12 0! 7 00;LT..<. , oiiiii'aut—\r 10 00 i
6 21 ri 4'u « 2.# ..Albion.. 8 03 1 60 6 M
16 lofl2 t!> 19 !« shaili-land is 14W iul« 01
807 12 32) 0
6 0212 2T 002 .Conneailtvllle... 82221S C H
To7'li 4fij u 2i Ar..Mcadvlile. I'V j »<i I W 4 S3
4 W'll 2W 7 80I,v..Mf:ulvllle. Ar 0 20 S 12 7 07
6 low lxl H s.i A.'on't Lake.Lv 7 6fi 2 23 5 2fl
8 2> 11 60 7 RM.r.t'on't Lako.Ar 8 f" l 2 i:>\ (i 40
& 4ui *lO BujAr..Lln«svllle..Lv 82; 1 6 17
]ll 4'> B_27il,v..LlnetiVllle ArlO 60! 4 Wi
"S" 8 4CTM."ifTlflo Jtl.. B 431 2 »7 rt*:M
15 27 111 6i 8 27, llarUitoWU 18 57 f2 4'.' «l«
5 13111 41 8 12 OsKO'Ml 0 ]2f3 o;i 7 00
S O.i;11 8 o;«..._(ir( , eilvlllc 0 201 3 10 7 OS
B 00l 1 2h 7 f>s Slienaneo. 9 2f> 3 1(. 7 15
4 4:: 111 12 7 3i« Fredonla 9428 32 7 :tl
4 '2BIO i r iH 7 231 Mercer 9 BB' 3457 48
4 I/.MO 83 7 t-ol Grove C11y..... 10 23 4108 IB
f3 47,110 23 11.in.1 Ilarrlsvllle 110 38 14 22 p.m.
3 1110 ln| I Bran eh toll .[lO 43 42*
—JlFaoi Ar...Hllliard...Lv 7 0">l 2*lo
in 70.', 'l,v 11 i I Hit r< I Arlll W 617 ..
8 37 16 H 1 [...._..k'< 1.-ii r 10 47 4 .(I
9 2310 02 |. Kncllil. ... II 04 I I'.
.". U O.'i iXf. ..kayli-r .„ l.v .... • 3 SOI 23
I 7 M !l.v Kaylpr.. ,Ar) 620 p.m.
2 .v- 9 f"... But if r.. /.'. |i| art ft 10, 100
II & ptoitn Bortemor.i. :0 20
I its' S I.V lLv.Allefben7.Ar] 1 00 6 86
jy 111 ja. m.l ... | 'p. m.'p. m.lp.m.
Train No.l leaving Greenclllc at 8:47 a. m.:
Slienanßo 6:B4;Kre»loiiia 7:13; Mureer 7:27; Orove
Clly 7:B0; KelnUrr 8:17; Butler 0:00, aniiciiin
AlieKheny at 10:26 a. m.; cotmecU at Queen
Junction wltb truim to anil from Kaylor, and
at Brancbtou from lllllluril and Anuanilale.
Train No. 2 leaving Allegheny ntß:ooj> m.;
Butler 4:46; KeUter 6:3-2; firovo City 5:60; Merci r
6:21; Freilonla 6:38; Hhcnango (l:.V), arriveti in
areenville at 7:00 p. m.; connecM at Queen
Junction with trainn to and Irom Kaylor, and
at Branchion for llllllard.
E. H. UTI.KY, E. I>. COM STOCK,
General Manager. Gen'l I'aaa. A uent.
Wlnfleld It it Co Time Table
In effect May UUth, 1903.
WKSTWABU.
STATIONS. AM P M
Li-Itvon Wi,«tWlnßeld 7 80 S 46
" Hokk«Vlllh |7 45 SOO
** I run Brldtfr 7 6ft 8 10
" WlufleM Junction 8 10 ,'i 'Jft
•• lAUe 1 8 21) il da
** Hutl«r Junction.... 8 lift 3 4<)
Arrlt® Sutler 10 83 ft 06
Arrive AU«ichi-ijy: J .. 6 o<l
Arrl*« Pittuburr 10 26
ArrlT« BUlmvillt I 6 42
»4jfWAM>.
B%'ATIO.HS. AM PM
l-tytvti U 06
LuttV** U'HirßViUw TIO 2 16
« A llcHCU»i«jr «
" Hutitr 8 40 280
" HutUr Junction.. 1 10 00 440
a . 10 oa 4 4a
M WinrteM Junction 110 16 4 W
" Iron Brld|{« 110 K6 506
» JV/KK>vtlli> 110% 516
Arrlv W—t l ld 60 5 30
TrMinn atop at Lct.n Utidgv only on FlMg to
ou or off {MuMMttfeni.
n,'friUn« (Jt/nuectnt Butler Junction with.
Yralna Kaiitwnnl for ITriMipi.rt, Vniidergrlft and
Blalravlllft luUraoctlon.
Tralna Woat ward for Natrona, Tarentam AlUgheny
and Plttabnrjf.
IrAlua Northward lor and but*
ler. *
U. O. UKAI.OB,
nMn«ral M anager.
I
Uciiort «>r tlie Mutiuil l>rnicr's
I l 4ro <»r
UND
HEOEII'TW.
Ouhli on huniU l)ei', 31, 1904. ..fz,062 II
Umelved from new policies
durlliK IWiu 436 71 12.4H8 W
EXI'ENDITUUEH.
I'aid David humuilt
townablp $ 409 (X)
I'uld 1,. O. Khrmuti, Hulfalo
UlWUKillp ... I,i<9uo
I'ald Oorge nu.'Uaon, Huf-.
urn umiisliip 9 sz
I'ttl'i Jacob r'ruderli.'k. hum
mlt towiiHblp... IK 90
I'ald for ln*p«ctor fees 173117
I'ald for upiirulHcr fees. mm
I'ald for Hilary uiaOager
U uiroclors \i W9 00
i'ald forfeit, utatlonery and
Amount of i-iihli In tre:ui\lf(tr\ of
(Ico, Itwvtuljef >i4, ''■<*> f I4.*> V*
in lore*) Ileaemlier, 31, 1004 I.MIH,Wit 00
Written and renewed during HW6., lU.'jnnno
Total amount ti.BTW.lol «i
and Withdrawn within I'.Mi '*!
Io forco in Decemberßl, iwes—i|i,Bii7.lMoo
Total amount of cash received by asses*
munis nhu'e organization of the
MoJcli 23. lNfl«. IMH.7II'
Total uinuj.it (,Ui<l 10. lo»!>us during til
y. urn, #KJ,lt3.f>ft
Average expenses per year during It, years,
Itm.'do.
Total number of policies In force up to
Decern iKir ill, 1U06,1,150.
V. W. WITTS, AI.I'IIOJMK IVIIACSK,
President. Secretary.
Marwood, Pa., January 2, I!**.
mu 'K si -u -u -At MM - J -M -J/ M ~M W 'if "iL^k
WWWIt WVW wWrf if f ■■ f 1' *V
I Strictly High Grade
j> PIANOS AND ORGANS. |
j[ Come and see me when |
\\ you buy; also sheet music |
j [ or anything In the music |
|| line. |
IE W. A. F. GROHMAN, |
i; Music instructor and Piano Tuner, #
] Neit door to Y. M C. A, *
I I People's Phone
I > OKOHMAN'B MUSIC STOKE. *
' : Orchestra furnishel for all |
I u*. . occasions.
LUCKY
THIRTEENTH
By INA WRIGHT HANSON 1
jjj t 1305, by Mcdurc, I'hiltip* <l' Co.
The sky was blue, the ocean bluer,
and Dorothy's eyes the fairest blue ot
all. The sand was white, the breeze
caressing, and Dorothy seemed unusu
ally susceptible. I judged it to bo an
auspicious time to declare my feelings,
so I began:
"Dorothy,dear, I have wealth through
no fault of niy own, social .status tlitto
aud a moderately good disposition. I
love you. Will you mar"—
To my surprise, Mistress Dorothy
sprang to her knees, crying, "Don't,
don't!"' and clapped her small hand
over my mouth.
"Very well, then, I won't," I said to
the circumstances.
"Oh, but I want you to!" was the
next astounding development, while
she dropped down ou the sand again,
bowed her head and wept.
I thought I was used to Dorothy's
moods, but I realized then that my
knowledge concerning them was small.
As I didn't know what else to do, I
juk»t sat still. Finally she raised her
head from the sanctuary of her hands
oud looked at me reproachfully.
"Oh, George, I've been waiting a
whole year to hear you say it, and now
why couldu't you have said it differ
ently?"
I sat up a little straighter. "How
should you wish me to approach the
subject?" I inquired coldly.
"Of course you don't understand,
poor boy!" she sighed, poking back be
hind her pink ear a little damp brown
curl. "I have a churn at home, and
we were always thinking of something
that no one else would. One day she
said, 'Let's make vows.' So we each
took a piece of paper and wrote on it
a vow which we were bound to keep
If we were—were—hung for it. Nell's
vow was"—
. "Never mind Nell's vow," I said.
"What was yours?"
"I vowed I wouldn't marry a man
who didn't propose to me in a way no
other man ever did."
"Ever proposed to you?" I asked jeal
ously.
"No, no! Ever proposed to anybody,
I vowed, so I have to keep It. Oh,
George, I've just lived to have you say
It in some strange way!"
"There's no law against a fellow's
proposing twice, Is there?" I asked.
Hhe looked up eagerly. "Oh, you
haven't said It yet, you know. I stop
ped you. Do you suppose you could
think of some original way?"
"Well, I'll try mighty hard. But what
a fool thing for you to do anyway!"
"I know It," she acknowledged, with
unusual meekness.
As our afternoons at Santa Monlcu
were devoted to the surf, we met again
in front of the bath house mid lian.l in
hand walked toward the seething
breakers. She looked more charming
than ever in her black suit, banded
with scarlet, and a scarlet handker
chief knotted about her small head.
"Heavens, Dorothy, how I love you!"
I exclaimed as we emerged front our
pluugc through the Hist swell.
"And I love you, too. dear," she mur
mured, coloring a little. "You will And
some way, won't you?"
"Yes, If 1 have to pick you up some
day and run off with you."
"That wouldn't do. Some of the sav
ages behave that way. It Isn't tlie do
ing unyway; It's the asking."
"Dorothy Allen, see that ■jwell com
ing? When It geU here I'll hold you
under It till there Isn't a breath left In
your body If you don't say you'll marry
me!"
"It Isn't original," she persisted. "The
man Ncft's engaged to said almost
that/'
*<Daru the man, and Nell, too!" I said
viciously under my breath. I didn't
try any more that day, but she allowed
Die one kiss as we snt on the raft, aud
that was something.
It would be a wearisome task to re
lute all the ways In which I tried to
propose to Dorothy that summer. I lay
awake nights trying to think of some
wild and woolly*way to ask her to mar
ry me, only to face bitter defeat "by be
ing told that some other Jolm had said
the snuie to, his Joan. Dorothy's knowl
edge on the subject seemed prodigious.
It would have looked suspicious to uie
had she not really felt as bail as I
did over my luubillty to be original.
Tbo summer wus almost gone. A
certain Thursday was to mark Doro
thy's departure for her New York home.
On the Tuesday before we, with a gay
party, were to visit Mount
Dorothy's yvutiy lips read the de
scription from the guidebook as we
left Los Angeles and were borne swift
ly through suburban places toward tlie
fog wreathed mountains. The of
tho crowd was yuftklderately oblivious
of us vwo, so 1 made bold to Interrupt.
''.'Dorothy, this has got to end. I uiu
losing my appetite, und 1 can't sleep
nights. I have tried twelve times. If
I can't Und u way to suit you on this
{rip 1 am off for Africa or Shanghai
next week. You needn't look incred
ulous. lam hi dead earnest."
"Seems as though you might think of
something," she replied.
"And If I do you are golug to marry
me right away and let me gn Uoiue
with you," I went VJU, ignoring the re
proach of U< r remark. "I deserve some
thing for nil I've gone through."
She didn't say yes, but, ou the other
haml, she didn't say tie, to 1 felt fairly
Confident.
"Echo mountain," called the conduct
or. "Change cars for Alpine tavern,
five minutes' wait,"
On the right were the ruins of a ho
tel, which we went over to observe.
Hero we found a cannon, mounted aud
re- ly for business.
"Xh.it," said the niun who had been
there before, "is Ured off occasionally
to show (he marvelous power yf ~vho.
If r"v«»r' . ;«l< > in-Iyonder, to the
rigid, the left, many times over."
1 grasped Dorothy's hand and drew
lier away froih the crowd,
"purling," I Whispered, "I'm going
back on Hits rar, aud I'm going to mar
ry you tonight. Walt here or at the
observatory yonder. When you get
tired of observing, pick your wedding
liouquct, for you Will need It as soon
as 1 get back. Goodby, sweetheart."
And before she could do anythlug UUt
stare at nip U* a naif lirlgliteiiu l, wholly
charming way 1 had caught the down
par and was out of h<*r sight.
Once tlie car reached I.o* Ai'H" l '' B 1
, was out, tearing along the sidewalk ta
the courthouse, where tlie smiling coun
ty clerk favored me with the preclou*
bit of paper which would allow me te
weil my Dorothy.
"Do you know anything about nny
of the preachers In this tow n?" i
wl|»lug my is-rsplrlng forehead.
Ills suille hroudened. "Well, If It In
a runaway match 1 shouldn't ttdvu»t
you to tackle the Methodist. A truk
'•lt isn't a runaway match," I an
swered hastily, "but for certain rea- i
sons 1 want the services of a young
man."
"Mr. R. of the Unitarian is about
your age, I should judge."
"He's the man. Where can 1 find i
iiini?"
After getting definite directions I fled
clown the courthouse steps. I found
Mr. I>„ who when he had heard uiy
story laugbed immoderately, but, as I
thought ■ young man would, consent
ed to h me. Consequently the
last ca. Altadena and Mount Lowe
fouiul us on board, together with a
huge, awkward parcel which I had
purchased on the way to tlie station.
As the car reached Echo mountain I
found a laughing, much larger crowd
than we had started with and in their
midst Dorothy, looking most uncom
fortable, but holding in her little hands
a l>ou<rjet of Indian paint brush, the
gorgeous coloring matching well the
hue of lier own sweet cheeks.
"They've surmised something." I
whispered to my companion. "Well,
the more the merrier, I suppose; kind
of tough on us, though."
At which speech I thought the min
ister was going to disgrace his cloth
again by unseemly levity. The crowd
drew back a little as I advanced to
ward Dorothy and introduced the rev
erend gentleman. I tucked her little
trembling hand under my arm, and,
with my great parcel under the other,
the minister discr<?etly leading, and aft
er us the crowd, though uot fully un
derstanding the play, we wended our
way toward the cannon, mounted and
ready for business.
I dropped Dolly s hand, tore the pa
per wrapping from my megaphone and
put it to my lips.
"Dorothy!" I shouted, and first this
hill, then that, here, there, yonder, re
peated her sweet name.
I raised it to my lips again, and "Bo
mine!" sang out the hills. Then I laid
it 011 the ground and held out my
hand, while the • 11 smiled and the
men tossed up . r hat? in delight.
The situation was severe, but my Dor
othy was game. Blushing, tearful, yet
happy withal, she gave me her hand,
and the minister stepped forward with
his little book.
Geu« k rrtl Jin mil(on*n Ordern.
In the Boer war one of the columns,
half Canadian and half regular, under
General lan Hamilton, became so no
torious for looting I hat the soldiers were
nicknamed "the Thousand Thieves."
Consequently General Hamilton re
viewed I hem one day in a small village
near Bloemfonteiu, says the writer of
"Some South African Uemlnlsceuces,"
for the purpose of warning them
against any future depredations.
The column had just drawn up and
was waiting for the general to liegln
the review when a ragged rooster ran
out from a hut and across the front of
the line. Suddenly a private left the
line aud ran after the rooster.
"Halt!" shouted Hamilton.
The soldier ran on. He soon overtook
the rooster and turned back, wringing
the neck of the fowl. As he passed the
general life u >red (he fierce scowl on his
face. The soldier, an Irish Canadian,
was not easily daunted, but this time
be temporized. Throwing the defunct
rooster at the feet of the general, he
said, "There, now; I'll tache ye t' halt
whin the gluernl says so!"
At which the column roared with
laughter, and even the general smiled,
and the sjp.ller got ouly two days' Im
prisonment for one of the most bare-.
faced breaches of discipline In the rec
ords of the army.
Frrczinw I Brltirt* CAIIIIK.
In nearly nil i>:>rts of the arctic re
gions food is frozen not ouly for pur
poses of preservation, but also to In
crease, as the natives believe, its nu
tritive properties. Their tlsh and soul
flesh are frozen and eaten In thin slices,
cut off by ux or knife. Seal itesh, half
decomposed and then frozen, Is one of
Uie Eskimo#" greatest delicacies. Wal
rus liver, too, when frozen Is held to
possess great sustaining power, and It
Is considered that cooking deprives it
of Its delicacy of flavor. The natives
of the Titlcuca basin, In I'eru, who lu
liabit a district lU.OOO feet above the
seu, prepare their potatoes by soaking
them in water, then freezing theiM,
then steeping tliein In winter ul "' mash
ing them to remove Ihe soluble matter.
After this they are dried and become
on article of food. Th<yp will then keep
any length of time aud are extremely
convenient for carrying on long jour
neys. The oka, another vegetable of
♦he district, !■ prepared In the same
wajr.
LATE FALL SPRAYING.
I)r. J»hq W- builin ul N«lv J«-r»ey
frlla or Metlioda.
In consideration of experiments aud
observations that have been made in
connection with San Jose suil* Dr.
Jolm B. Smith of tli« Nuv. Jersey agrl
£Ultui<d station lluds lhat the follow
ing practice seems to be Indicated:
As si>oii after Oct. 15 as possible,
when the crop Is (>IT. when tho foliage
has begun to thin out and drop and
while the scale Is yet active, apply that
insecticide with which you are most fa
uilttur at full winter strength and as
thoroughly as possible. An exception
must be made of whale oil soap, which
should not be applied stronger than
one pound In one gallou water If ut
all.
4t is obvious that ihe date given can
not be arbitrarily adopted In ull nnrts
of the state In all season:-; »r even for
all trees, luc hilly north froHts
cause tin' foliage to fall much earlier
than In the warm, sandy plains uf Ihe
south, and the peach t» usually trim
med out buftw 'he apple foliage be
gins drop to auy considerable ex
tent. Ho long as the sap circulates the
scale continues active, and so long as
there Is foliage It Is not too Into to
spray.
Mini-nil UIU l*rrf<-rr«-d.
Begin, then, as soon after Ihe middle
of October US possible O'l those trees
that (Uwi uiuiure aud begin to drop
tlielr foliage. When that period of ma
turity has arrived Ihe fuiK llopi. of tho
leaf have been accnntpll'-tii<l, ami any
scalding wi. ocorchtng does uot affect
the tree Itself. It Is bettor to wait un
til the leaves are partly off lo facilitate
KcttliiK ill all points on the twigs and
branches, but a little foliage Is really
mi advantage, because It catches spray
that Would otherwise go through the
bare Wood, and urmie of the drip will
reach the tips aud branches. If the In
festation Is very bad It will be belter
(0 duplicate the application two weeks
later If oil was n»cd or In tho spring If
(inn of the lime and sulphur comblna
tloils was employed. I have suggested
Using thill Insecticide with which the
grower Is most familiar, but personally
I much*prefer the mineral oils, clear or
In combination.
Morr Tim>. I lui-r,
Ted ls Sawyer n clever doctor?
Ned-Oh, very! He can tell n woman
patient she needs to take beauty ex
""""" mtm
Chasing a
Rat
By C. B. Lewis
Copyright, 1903, by Homer Spragne
6 O
Arnold Thompson, bachelor of forty,
was bored. He was bored because the
warm weather had come, and he must
a-.> away to some resort; because he had
. > buy a new straw hat; because he had
tiied the roof gardens and they had of
fered nothing new; because he had In
dolently tried to flirt with a good look
-1 \g girl that day on the street and she
h id exhibited her contempt; Invause of
a dozen other reasons belonging to
bachelorhood
When Arnold Thompson bought a hat
it was an event. He argued that the
fate of a nation depended on the ap
pearauee of that hat when plaeed on
his head, and he was therefore a full
hour in making his selection. It was
an hour of anxiety to him and an hour
of misery to the salesman who waited
on him. On this day, however—on this
day when he strolled into his hatter's
and made his wants known something
out of the ordinary was to happen. The
bachelor had tried on only nineteen dif
ferent hats and had posed before the
glass only nineteen different times,
when he made a discovery under the
sweatband of the nineteenth hat. It
was a slip of paper, and on it was
written in a feminine hand:
If the buyer of this hat Is a single man
and a. (rentleman, he may write to Qene
vtevo Burton.
No address was added, and as the
bachelor held the slip in his hand a
thrill of romance begau to creep Into
his soul. Tlint's what he had been
yearning for for years—romance. He
had had it from twenty to thirty, but
lost It from thirty to forty aud came
to the conclusion that his heart never
could be stirred again.
"If the buyer of this hat is a single
man"—
Well, he was single. He was not on
ly single, but called rather good lOok
ing, and he had a fairly good Income.
—"and a gentleman"—
Well, he was a gentleman, and no
one could be found to dispute the fact.
What should follow? lie would write
to Genevieve Hurton. The name pleas
ed him, and as he stood there with the
nineteenth straw hat in one hand and
the slip In the other he called up a
vision of a handsome face and a curly
head and a willowy form. He had no
business to think Genevieve good look
ing, curly headed or willowy, but he
assumed the responsibility and said to
the salesman, much to the latter's sur
prise:
"I'll take this hat."
"But Is It a good fit?"
"I said I would take tills hat. Send
It home."
As a matter of fact, the hat was not
u good tit, and the bachelor had meant
to paw over at least nineteen others,
but It struck him that he must havo
the hat as well as the slip of paper
found beneath its sweatband. The two
naturally went together.
As soon as he reached his club he sat
down to write to Genevieve. He found
it a hard task. She was a braider of
straw hats; she lived far away; she
was lunocent hearted: she couldn't bo
Invited to tako a ride in his auto or to
accompany him to the theater and din
ner; she was a cof, shy country blue
bird and must not be startled. The
bachelor started three different letters
and abandoned them aud then sudden
ly discovered that he had no address
to write to. But why write at all?
Why not chase that hat down until the
fair braider was discovered?
A decision wns reached In an In
stant, and half an hour later the man
was back at the hat store ask lug where
the hat was made. He was referred to
a wholesale dealer. The dealer said
that the hat was part of a small stock
bought at auction and referred htm to
an auctioneer. The auctioneer looked
his books over and took his time about
It and then "reckoned" It was a Smith
h.it.
The Investigation thus fur had con
sumed teu day*, but Arnold Thompson
had rather enjoyed them. The detec
tive Instinct Is more or less strong in
■the character of every man, aud when
romance Is iulngled with It It becomes
eviii more fascinating.
Tho bachelor flattered himself that he
was n student of human nature ami
Xtiut he could get an Insight Into a per
son's character through his chlrogra-
I»hy. lie slsed Uoncvleve up us warm
hearted, trusting, hopeful nnd high
minded. She probably had been boru
nnd renrvd In affluence, hut owing to
|»er father's too extensive speculations
lu the Texas oil flelds, whore there was
no oil, she had been obliged to turn to
straw lints to make a living. It was a
Shame, and lit: sympathized with her
from the bottom of his heart. He had
always said that ho wouldn't marry,
hut-
Arnold Thompson went to Dunbery.
He visited every hatter In the hat town,
but nil went back OU the hat. He was
told that Jt might have been made In
(my onu of half a dozen places they
mentioned, nnd the only thing to do
was to give up further thought of Gene
vieve or pursue his quest.
tl» decided ut once to pursue, lie al
ways had lieen flattered by women run
ning after him; now he was ruunlug
after one of the opposite sex, and there
was something novel In the change. Ho
went to Massachusetts and was sent on
to Vermont. There they sent him over
into Canada, und he reached Canada to
he told tf«t Michigan was his likely
field.
This occupied a full month. The
bachelor did not travel by lightning
.U press. Ue stopped ou the way to
think of Geno\leve and take his Turk
lr.h bat hi and get his nulls manicured.
Ill' gJt around to Michigan at lust,
however. Ho hail no sooner set eyes
on the Mauiuec liver at Toledo thau
lie began to he hopeful. I'urlng the
rlile of eighty miles to Detroit he saw
many cattails and much marsh grass
and other things of which struw hats
ure made, and his hopes continued to
Increase.
Arriving ut the Oty of the Straits,
the bachelor located llic only hat fuc
lory in towu and then went to his
hotel to make ready for un Interview
on the morrow. He was alternating
between fivir and hope when u drum
mer with whom he fell lu reached for
his hat lu the fauilllur way drummers
have ou two minutes' acquaintance
and looked It over uud suld:
"Once In awhile oue of you New
York (i 11. is shows u little common
t»-iise lu. articles of dress."
"How tlo you uieanV"
"This Is the best straw liat made,
und It wus made right here In this lit
tle burg."
That settled it, and a bland aud
complacent suiile broke over the face
of the bachelor. He could forgive the
No. -T.
innuendo because his long chase was
at last ended. In the language of Sher
lock Holmes, he had run his quarry to
earth, and the morrow would bring a
crisis. Mr. Arnold Thompson realized
that he was off on a tangent, lie had
the reputation of being n cool and im
perturbable fellow, one who never lost
his head about women, but he had to
acknowledge that lie had made n fool
of himself in this affair—that is, all
his friends would say so. He had
some excuses for his own ear, and If
they were not sufficient he wasn't go
lug to admit the fact.
At 10 o'clock the next morning the
bachelor started for the liat factory.
He intended to walk right in and talk
about hats aud perhaps pass himself
off as a retailer. It was a small con
cern, employing only about half a dozen
women to sew the braid purchased
somewhere else. The business office
and the workshop were in one, and
the romanclst entered to find n woman
about forty years old in charge. She
explained that the boss had Just step
ped out and asked what was wanted.
Mr. Thompson began to talk about
hats, and he was making slow work of
it when one of the girls came forward
and said to the woman:
"Excuse me, Mrs. Bufton, but am I
sewing this right?"
"Are you Genevieve Burton?" asked
the bachelor as she turned to him again.
"I—l am," she replied as 6he tried to
blush.
"You—you wrote your name and slip
ped it behind the sweatband of this
hat?"
"I did, sir."
"W-what was your object?"
"Just a trick of the trade. I am paid
§2 a week extra for that. That's why
we call it the 'Bomance' hat. Wo have
sent out 12,000 hats, and every one has
my name in. Has it given you a back
ache to find out where the hat was
made?"
"Never again, Genevieve never
again will I believe in woman or ro
mance!" exclaimed Arnold Thompson
in his most tragic tones. Aud an hour
later he was fleeing the town and try
ing to make himself believe that he was
traveling to broaden his ideas on his
own country.
The Good Old Fashioned Game.
Uncle Hirain was bewailing the de
generacy of modern sports. "Look at
baseball," he said. "There ain't half
the fun In it there was when I was a
young man. Nowadays the fellers with
the bat seem to be able to do any
thing with the ball. There's lots of
games when they don't make a run.
"1 mind the time when I belonged to
the Fearnaughts of Tralrietown. There
was a club up in Heddingvtlle that
thought they could beat us without half
trying. They challenged us, and we
took 'em up. They come down one
morning with a whole carload of peo
ple from lle<Vllngvllle to see 'em wipe
us out.
"Well, sir, we begun playiug at 10
o'clock in the forenoon. The game
wasn't finished at noon, and wo quit
for dinner. At 2 o'clock In the after
noon we went at It again, and mighty
nigh the whole town went out to the
pasture where we was playing to see
the game.
"First one side would get ahead and
then the other. Batting? You never
saw such butting In your life. There
wus more than two dozen home huns.
It, was close on to 5 o'clock when the
last man wus»put out. But we boat
'em. We took the conceit out of tliera
fellers, and they never challenged us
again."
"But what wns the score. Undo lll
rauiT' asked one of the listeners.
"Ninety-seven to OS," proudly an
swered Undo Hiram, "and I made 15
of them runs myself. Think of that
when you hear about a '1 to 0" game lii
fifteen lunlngs! I tell you, we could lilt
the ball In them days!"
Abwlnth.
Absinth is a spirit flavored with the
pounded leaves uml flowering tops of
certain species of artemisla, chiefly
wormwood, together with angelica root,
sweet flag root, star anise nnd other
aromatic*. The aroniatlcs are macerat
ed for about eight days In alcohol uud
then distilled, the result being a green
colored liquor. Adulteration Is largely
practiced, usually with the essential
oils of other herbs, but even.blue vitriol
Is sometimes found In so called absinth.
Its effect upon either man or woman
not actively engaged lu manual work
of some kind must be (laugorous. It
makes the brain dull and unreliable.
Under its effects the merest glimpses
of mental sunshine are Immediately fol
lowed by prolonged periods of dejec
tion. Sensible persons are safest If
they never touch absinth.- Exchange.
HOW LINCOLN CLIMBED.
A LOUK» H«r«I I'ntli to lleil'li «» <»OOd
feeDrfurc the Supreme Court.
The lawyer who works |ns way up
from a live dollar fee In a suit before u.
Justice of the peace to a $.",000 fee be
fore the supreme court of his state has
a loug nnd hard path to climb. Lincoln
climbed this path for twenty-five years,
with Industry, perseverance, patience—
above all, with that self control und
keen sense of right and wrong which
always clearly traced the dividing line
between his duty to his client and his
duty to society and truth. Ills perfect
frankness or statement assured him the
conildence of Judge aud Jury lu every
argument. Ills habit of fully admitting
the weak iwlnts In his case gained him
their closes, attention to his strong ones,
nnd when clients brought him question
able cases his advice was always not
to bring suit.
"Yes," he once said to a man who of
fered lilm such a case; "there Is no rea
sonable doubt that 1 can gain your case
for you. I can set a whole neighbor
hood at loggerheads; I can distress u
widowed mother and'her six fatherless
children nnd thereby Kiiiu for you SDOO,
which rightfully belongs. It appears to
me, as much to them as It does to you.
I shall not take your case, but I will
give you a little advice for nothing.
You seem a sprightly, energetic man. I
would advise you to try your hand at
making fflOO In some other way."
lie would have nothing to do with the
"tricks" of the profession, though he
met these readily enough when prac
ticed bv others. He never knowingly
undertook a case In which Justice was
on the side of lils opponent. 'Hint same
Inconvenient honesty which prompted
him lu his storekccplng days
the shop and go In search of a woman
he had Innocently defrauded of a few
ounces of tea while weighing out her
groceries made It Impossible for him to
do his best with a poor case. "Swett."
he once exclaimed, turning suddenly t<»
his associate,* "the man Is guilty. You
defend him; I can't," and gave up Ids
share of a largo fee.- -Helen Nlcolay 111
St. Nicholas.
Ilrr I in I r Unit lon. ...
Visiting riillf ithropUt .dood morn
ng, madam, i am collecting for tho
pruukatd*' h>«iif. Sirs. McGulre—
Bhure I'm glad of It, sor. If ye come
around tonight yx can take my hus-