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 . w / 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 k : s | \ " l|l t!? ri? ""T 1 on tbQ market. I J. Q. & W. CAMPBELL, | • § BUTLE, PA. sogiaiaiataia»ffi»gHi)qiiwiijft 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, nnk «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 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 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 » 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. 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 (,Uius 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* 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>oured (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. Thoii 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. 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«iif. Sirs. McGulre— Bhure I'm glad of It, sor. If ye come around tonight yx can take my hus-