VOL. XXXXIII. fPubllcSale of jj LOTS at Mars, H H TUESDAY, MARCH 13,1906 N M At One O'clock P. M. Sharp Yd I will offer at Public sale at the late residence of John ri B. Park, deceased, in Adams township, Butler Co., 10 minutes walk east of Mars station on the P. & rJ i W. Ry. f and on the Pittsburg and Butler street rail- *1 , way line, on the Freeport road leading from Mars, rM , east, 22 miles from Pittsburg and about the same kl l distance from Butler, Pa., the following real estate: F a Lot. No. 1 has 11 acres with house of 5 rooms, fcj , good cellar, and orchard with about 75 apple trees FJj and other small fruit thereon, and is about 300 feet i from three pumping oil wells. [i ] Lot No. 2 is unimproved, but underlaid with ► coal i j Lt { Lot No. 3 has a house of 6 rooms, barn and L other outbuildings, orchard and good water. i Lot No. 4 is a building lot of about one acre. Lots 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are unimproved and 10, f< - 11, 12, 13 and 14 have about ten acres of pile m k timber thereon and are underlaid with coal. These . < lots are all in oil territory and need only to be seen p & to be appreciated. Come and see for yourself. M f TERMS OF SALES— l One-third cash and bal- r w ance in sixty days from dat& of sale. k I JANES THOMPSON, r Aicttoneer, R. Ft D. 26, Valencia, Pa. k r A plan of these lots can be seen at the k fi CITIZEN Fj THE MODERN STORE- New Sprint Dress Goods Now Here. All the Newest Weaves and Golorlngs. -> Popqlar Prices on Everything, Henrietta*, 35c 85c. 50c, SI.OO yard Serges, 50c, 75c, |LOO yard. Fanama Cloth*, 50c to SLSO yard. i Broadcloths, SI.OO and $l5O yard. , ; Mohairs, plain and fancies, 50c to SI.OO yard. \ Wool Batmes, 50c to sLooyard. , Voiles, Aeolians, Crepe de Paris, Poplins, etc. Hand some showing of Grey Novelty Weaves so much in de mand this spring, 50c, 85c, SI.OO and $1.50 yard. £ TpmanM new line of White Goods, Percales, Em broideries, Laoes, etc. Use the Ladies' Home Journal Patterns, best and newest styles, 10c and 15c each. Style Book Free. EISLER-MARDQRF con PANY, norm waiTOr | QQ4 j- £,£, l Samples sent on request. OProaiTE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. FA Store I ■ Not one bit too early to of that new Carpet, or I perhaps you would rather have a pretty Pug—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: I EXTRA«SUPER ALL WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS, ■ Heavy two and threo ply.. ®sc per yd and up ■ HALF WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS, ■ Bnt cotton chain MX: per yd and op ■ BODY BRUSSELS, H Slmplv no wMf oat to tbrae |1 30 yd I TAPEBTBY BRUSSELS, ■ made. t>nf very CJdod I>«r yd op I STAIR OAR PETS Body and TapMtry Half and All Wool Ingrains. I HARTFORD AXMINBTERB, ■ Prettiest Carpet made, M durable too $1.86 ■ RAG CARPETS, Gen nine old faabloned weavo. P| ■ MATTING, Hemp and Straw. ■ RUGS-CARPET SI?ES. ■ Axminater UmatifNT too. Wi eacb and up ■ HromtmU Hok«. I*.|»»ttry «na Body 112 each and nj. ■ Ingrain Droggefa. All and HaU Woql »S each apd np ■ Llnolepina. Inlaid and Common, all width* and grade* ■ Oil Cloth* Floor, Table. «belf and Hpilr H Lace CqrUioa, Portlera, Window Sbadeit, Cortain Polee; .Small 11 earth H Bug*, all afyloa and nizee I Duffy's Store. I MAIN STREET, BUTLER. WHY You can save money by purchasing your piano «t W. . NEWTON, "The Piano Man.' r The expense of running a Music Store Is a3 follows: Rent, per annum * S7BO 00 Clerk, per annum , $312.00 Lights, Heat and incidentals , . . $194.00 Total $12b6.00 I bare no atore and can aave yon thin expenen when yoa buy of uie. I icll piano* for caab or «a»y monthly payu,*nt« I tak« piano* or organ* In «x':haiiK« and allow yon what they are worth to apply on the new iu*trnm< nt Ail piano* folly warranted a* repre*cnt«*l. MY PATRONS ARE MY REFERENCE. A few of tbe people I have aold piano* in Bntler. Aak them. \jt. lloCard/ Bricker lir. W. P. MrKlroy !*red Porter' Sterling Clftb Fraternal Order fcagle* D F llwd Bpworth League Woodmen of the World E. W Bingliam U. A McPhnrnon Oeo. D. High Mi** Anna JflcCandlea* W J. Matdi K X. B!a«k J. fy TiJouiptoii Harmiej Woo1 Ladies' Warm Lined Shoes, price sl.so—reduced to SI.OO I® A Ladies' Warm Lined Shoes, price $1 25—reduced to 85c I One Jot Ladies' 3.50 Hand-turn and Hand-welt Shoes reduced to 3.25 f A ► 1 One lot Ladies' iS 00 Fine Patent Leather Shoes, button or lace, k • M reduced to 2.00 .1 One lot Ladies' %2.V) Fine Dongola Patent tip Shoes reduced to 1.65 WA M One lot Ladiea'l.so Fine Dongola Patent tip Shoes reduced to 1.10 L® 'A One lot Children's Fine Shoes, sizes 4 to H, reduced to 45c pi One lot Infsnts's Fine Shoes, sizes oto 4, reduced to l'Jc WA i] Men's Fine Box-calf, Vici-kid and Patent Leather Shoes. _ YM regular price $3.50 and §4.oo—reduced t0...: 2.50 Men's Woiking Shoes, regular price $2.00-reduced to 1.40 yA One lot Boys' Fine Satin-calf Shoes, regnlar price 1.50 red'dto 1.00 KW One lot Men's Fine Slippers reduced to 40c nl A Ladies' Lamb wool Insoles, regular price 25c—reduced to 15c WA 4 Misses' and Children's Lamb-wool Insoles, regular price 20c—at be LI >1 All Felt Boots and Overs, all Stockings and 'j Overs, Warm-lined Shoes aDd Slippers, also balance M of our stock of Leggins and Over-Gaiters to be in eluded in this GREAT BARGAIN SALE aV A Sole Leather and Shoemakers' Supplies. fcl Repairing Promptly Done. J JOHN BICKELf SUTLER - New buildiugH. new rooms, elegant new equipment, excellent courses of study, best of teachers, expenses moderate, terms VERY LIBERAL! Over $2,000 00 worth of new typewriters in use (allowing advanced students from » to 4 "hours' practice per day), other equipment in proportion! Winter Tcrfli, .Jan !£, JOOtt. Spring April 14, UIO«. Positions secured for our worthy gradnHtef Visitor* alwa,s welcome When in Butler, paj- us a Catalogue i*nd other literature mailed on ap plication. MAY ENTER ANV TIME. A. F. REGAL, rincipal, Butler, Pa 1 Fall and Winter Millinery. | Everything in the line of Millinery can be round, t|! $ the right thing at the right time at the right price at •£ I ROCK EINSTEIN'S? 1 jg Phone 656. 148.5. Main St. MEN '! i p? Wont buy clptning for tne purpose of J - t. j'n i) upending money lh«y'leuire to gut liiw • ' ' 1 I best possible results of (he money expended, j Those who bny custom clothing have a "j right to demand a fit, to have their clothes / W correct in style and to demand of the seller to guarantee everything Come to us and there will be nothing lacking. I have just receive/, ;l j) j G. F. KECK, ;; J MERCHANT TAIfeOH, 142 N. Main St., ftutlvr, V* . • // ack be hind her pink ear a little damp brown curl. "I have a chum at home, and we were always thinking of something that no one else would. One day she paid, 'Let's make vows.' So we each took a piece of paper and wrote on It u vow which we were Vouud to keep if we were—were—hung for It. Nell's vow was"- "Never mind Nell's vow," I said. "What was yoursf "I vowed 1 wouldn't marry a man who didn't propose to me in u way no ether 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 liavo you say M In soma strange way!" "There's no law against a fellow's proposing twice, 1* there?" I unked. She 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. Hut what |i fool thing for you tt) do anyway!" ■•1 know It," she acknowledged, with unusual meekness. As our afternoons at Hanta Monica were devoted to the surf, we met again lu front of the bath house and baud in hand walked toward the nee thing 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 .'is we'emerged from our plunge through the first swelj. "And I love you, too, dti-ir," she niur inurod, coloring a little. "You will find some way, won't you?" "Yoa, If I have to pick you up some day and run off with you." "That wouldn't do. Some of the sav ages behave that way. Ir Isn't th" do ing anyway; it's ;-.Dorothy Allen, -co that swell com ing? When It gets 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 Nell's engaged K "'d almost that." "Darn THE (IIHH, and Nell, too!" ! said vlci'tiisiy under my breath. I d'dn't try any more that day, but she allowed me one ids-- as we -:.il on the raft, and that was something. It would Ii- i weni*l: ,:,. v I:. ~ in re late all the v. ' . t In' *.vltl<-li I trlto propose to Dorothy that summer. I lay awake ntghi : trying to liiiiik of ome wild and woolly \ -iv to a .. her to mar ry me, only to face bitter <|(>f.-at by til ing tOlil that - ' *li.b.iili lis 1 -aid tin; same io h(s Joan f'qrolhy's Knqwl on «tin subject pfisilglotis, I! would uate lookeii suspicion* to me hail she not really felt as bad as 1 did over my Inability to lie original. The summer was almost gone. certain Thursday was to nmrl itoto thy's lui iter Ni'VYork homo. On tho Tuesday before wo, with a gay |arty. were io visit Mount Lowe. Dorothy's pretty lips read the fa script ion from the guidebook as we left Lou Angeles and were borne swift ly through suburban places toward the fog wreathed mountains. - The rest ~J the crowd was considerately oblivious yf us two, so 4 made bold to Interrupt. VDorothy, this hits got to enj, j -,m\ losing my appetite, and I esu't sleep nights | triod twelve times. If 1 eau't dud n way to suit you oti this trip I atn off for Africa or Shanghai next week. You needn't look Incred ulous. I am in dead earnest " "Seems as ty .voil might think of she replied. "And If I do you are going to marry me right away and let me go home with ) 'iu," I went on, Ignoring tho proacb of her remark. "J dpsftrvu boms.- thing for till i'v go lit: through." 6)ho didn't aay yes, but, on tho other hand, she didn't aay no, so I felt fulrly confident, (t t)Uio mountain," called the conduct or. "Change cars for Alpine tavern. Flvo minutes' wait." On the right were the ruins o/ a bo tf-I. which ww Went over to observe. |lcro we found a cuimou, mounted and ready for business. "That," said the man who had been there before, "Is llreii off occasionally to show the marvelous power of echo. It reverberates here, yonder, to the right, the left, many times over." I grasped Dorothy' - ; !I„«.I» mid drew her ..way uom tin- eroSvd. ' 'Darling," I whispered, "I'm going back on this ear, and I'm going to mar ry you tonight. Walt here or at thit observatory yonder. \Vb*u you get tireii of vlng, ph'k your wedding bouquet, (or you will need It as soon us 1 get back. Go'slby, sweetheart" Alnl before lilni collld ilq hul stare at (lie In a fialf I'lghtcnud, wholly Uainiiiig way i had caught down var nud was out Of her sight. Once the car reached Los Angeles l wit,; out, tearing along the sidewalk to tho courthouse, where the suiiling coun ty clerk favored tue with the preclom bit of paper which Would o'tl IM wed piy Dorothy. "Do you know anything about any of the prenchera In this town?" I asked, wiping my perspiring forehead. Ills smile broadened. "Well, If it Is a runaway match I shouldn't ad vim I you to tackle the Methodist. A trifle harrow U Mr."— "It isn't a runaway match," I au swered hastily, "but for certain rea sons i want the services of a young man." "Mr. B. of the Unitarian is about your age, I should judge." "He's the man. Where can I find him ?" After getting definite directions I fled down the courthouse steps. I found Mr. B„ who when he had heard my story laughed immoderately, but, as I thought a young man would, consent ed to go with me. Consequently the last car for Altadena and Mount Lowe found us on board, together with a huge, awkward parcel which I had purchased on the way to the 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 bouquet of Indian paint brush, the gorgeous coloring matching well tho hue of her 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 gentlemun. I tucked her little trembling hand under my arm, and, with my great parcel under the other, the minister discreetly leading, and aft er us the crowd, though not 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 l>er wrapping from iny 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 "Be mine!" sang out the hills. Then I laid It oil tbe ground and held out my hand, while the women sinllotl and the men tossed up their hats in delight. The situation was severe, but my Dor othy was game. Blushing, tearful, yet happy withal, she gave mo her hand, and the minister stepped forward with his little book. Genera! Hauillfon'n Orderi. In the lioer war one of the columns, half Canadian and half regular, under General lan Hamilton, became so no torious for looting that the soldiers were nicknamed "the Thousand Thieves." Consequently .General Hamilton re viewed them one day in a small village near Bloemfonteln, says the writer of "Some South Afficap Reminiscences," (or the purpose of warning them against any future depredations. Tho column had just drawn up and \vas waiting for tho general to hegiq tin: review when a lagged rooster ran out from a hut and across iho front of the line. Suddenly a private left the Hue and 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 tb« general he noted the fierce scowl on his face. The soldier, an Irish Canadian, was not easily daunted, hut this time he temporized. Throwing the defunct rooster at the feet of the general, hn said, "There, now; I'll tache ye t' halt whin the glneral nays HO!" ,H which the column roared with laughter, anq even the general smiled, »nd tho soldier got only two days' Im prisonment for one of the most bare faced breaches of discipline In the rec ords of tbe aruiy. Frec-xl■■ ir Ft.uil tviy button. nearly .ill i>atts of the arctic re gion* food Is frozen not only for pur poses of preservation, but also to in crease, as the natives believe, Its nu tritive properties. Their fish and flesh are frozen .qui vaiv,u m tbiu slices, cut t»tf by' ux or knife. Seal ilenh, half decomposed and theu frqzen, 1, i,ue of the EskiiuqV delicacies. Wal- Iti, livur, too, when frozen Is held to possess great sustaining power, anil It Is considered that cooking deprives It of Its delicacy of flavor. The of the Tltlcner' ' ~U. u» tvrii, who in ' ,[>\, * Ul»tl'ie't ill,ooo feel above the *'h,l, prepare their potatoes by soaking them In water, then freezing them, then steeping them In water apd quash ing them to remove it\e *olul>k; matter. \ftei Uii.. ijhey are urhil and 4U article of food. Thcv \yili thou keep auy leiiKth t;f ii»HM met are extremely t'onveiiient for carrying on long jour neys. The oka, another vegetable of the listrlct, Is prepared In the same way. An 'thy, M4Hp?*tK»U of an English barris ter that a certain matter was a proper lubject for oral examination, i\ut for affidavit, agreed with mo emphatic opinion tan Kngllsb Justice recently retired. He was once trying a case at the Manchester assizes hi whloll '* mat* had been cross e*aniiucit upon an attl davit tiniviuilug the evidence t>> tho Jury, tho Judge said, "Gentlemen, of all the weapons hi the whole armory of ln- UiUlt> ittiro ii nothing to equal an af fidavit for concealing the truth." .Juat Sneeze Itlicht Out "Never suppress a MUtwe, 1 ' »atd tbe trained to tho young woman who i,*l just performed that polite act. "It Jh a Krent strain on all tho nerves and blood vessels of the head, as It throws nil the action to the back of tho head Instead of letting It cojtoe out of tho mouth Hnfejy (nil) naturally. The niiu sual unit hard strain on a little blood vessel that may be weak Is likely to burst It and cause Instant death. A loud sneeze does'not sound very nice, but It Is a safe thing to do every time." \\ ben u Mnu U W«»fc.«nt. According to experiments with tho ityuainoiin-ler, a man Is precisely at his weakest when he turns out of lied. Our muscular force is greutly Increas ed by breakfast, but It attains to Its highest point after the midday meal. It then sinks for a few hours, rises Igaln toward evening, but etendily de ilines from night to rnoti'log. The chief for - - * uiUscubir force are over w»rk and idleness. Mia I'ollllea. Election < 'anvas-er Wiiat does your bus baud think, of the llscal question. Ills Hodge? Mrs. Hodge Well, sir, fcdien 'e's a talking to a protectlotiJst 'e's a free trader, and when Vs talking |o a (reo trader 'e's a protectionist, |U4 tvlieu < h a talking in (in Va u raving lunatic! t'UUCh, How l<« 'IVII 'l'll•*in Mr. Knowail (latiglilugi <'an you tell tue. Mis* De W'ltte, what I* the dilfet etico between a wiao in>lit and u fooi? Miss Do WiUo A wise man knows he vi u tool and to miserable; tho fool thinks tie Is wise and Is happy. I iiniiprrt tnlnl llniionatrMtlon, Small Brother Marie, d'soi your ad mirer stutter? Marie No; of course not! What made you think of such tt thing? Small Brother -Tbeu why does be write "My dear, dear Marier'—Flle (end« Blatter. CONDEMNED AS FOOD NEARLY EVERYTHING WORTH EAT ING HAS BEEN UNDER A BAN. From the baya of Adam There Ha* Been Not Only Forbidden Krult, but Forbidden Menu and Vegetables. The I'ecollar Belief of "Totemlam." Krom Ibo days of Adam and Eve to the present time there has been not only forbidden fruit, but forbidden meats and vegetables. For one rea son or another people have resolutely refused to eat any and all kinds of flesh, fish, fowl, fruits and plants. Thus the apple, die pear, the strawber ry, the quince, the bean, the onion, tbe leek, the asparagus, the woodpecker, the pigeon, the goose, the deer, the bear, tlie turtle and the eel—these, to name only a few eatables, have been avoid ed as if unwholesome or positively in jurious to health and digestion. As we all know, the Jews have long had a hereditary antipathy to pork. On the other band, swine's flesh was high ly esteemed by the ancient Greeks and Itomans. This fact is revealed by the many references to pig as a dainty bit of food. At the great festival held an nually In honor of Demeter roast pig was the piece de resistance In the bill of faro because the pig was tbe sacred animal of Demeter. Aristophanes in "The Frogs" makes one of the char acters bint that some of the others "smell of roast pig." These people un doubtedly bad l>eeu at the festival, known as the Tbesmophoria, and had eaten freely of roast pig. Those who took part in another Greek mystery or festival, known as the Eleuslnia, ab stained from certain food and, above all. from beans. Again, as we all know, mice are es teemed In China and In some parts of India, but the ancient Egyptians, Greeks and Jew. abhorred mice and would not touch mouse meat Bat. and fleld mice wero sacred in old Egypt and were not to bo eaten on this ac count. 80, too, In some parts of Greece, tbo mouse wa. the sacred animal of Apollo, and mice were fed In his tem ples. The chosen people were forbid den to eat "Ihe weasel and the mouse and tho tortoise after his kind " These came under the designation of unclean. But peoplo have abstained from eat ing kinds of flesh which could not be called unclean. For example, the people of Thebes, aa Herodotus tells us, ab stained from sheep. What la tho mat ter with mutton chops? Then, the an cients used to abstain from certain vegetables. Indeed, tho Itouian* sneer ed at those Egyptians who did not dare to eat onions, looks or garlic, and yet tbo Romans themselves wero supersti tious about what they ate or what they should avoid eating. In his "Roman Questions" Plutarch asks, "Why do tho Latins abstain strictly from the flesh of the vf<*«dpeek er?" In order iuiawer Plutarch's questififl correctly it Is necessary to have some Idea of tbe peculiar custom and belief called "totemism." There Is a stage of society in which peqije claim descent from and VinslUp with beasts, birds, and other objects. This object, which Is a "totem," or family mark, they religiously abstain from eating. Tho members of the tribe are divided Into clans or stocks, each of which takes the name of some ani mal, plant or objoet, as the bear, the buffalo, the woodpecker, tbo and so forth. Nt» luombwr of tho bear family would dare to eat bear meat, l»ut lio has 110 objection to eating buf falo steak. Even the marriage law Is based on tills belief, and no man whoso family name Is Wolf may marry ft w**- man whose family W also Wolf. In n central way it may bo said that almost all our food prohibitions spring from the erully t>all»d totemism. Mr. Kwan, who was a missionary for many years In the Kongo Free State, thus tbo custom: If I were to ask the Yeke people why they vk* not eat sebra flesh, they \\viiitd reply, "Chijlla"—L e„ "It Is a tiling to which we bavo an antipa thy," or, better, "It Is one of tbe tllhUP which our fathers taught w* to eat." Ho it seems tW word "busbiiaug" VU'U people who Uftve an an tipathy to tho Iwjuud;" tho "baslia luuiba," "ib'»**> who have uu antipathy \v ttio ed I'or I. lie. "I can't understand how that young lawyer lives. I've never heard of blm Hiving a client." "You haven't? Why. he Is oue of tbo people who helped to break old lilgger to&'a will, lie doesn't need clients."— Oblcago R•cord-Herald, Many a touguo shake* out It* BMtf <*s"■ undo! ug. - (f~ ; j Her Guardian | By FRANK H. SWEET i ~ ; :j Copyright. 190 i, by McOure, Phillip* Co. j t * "Then you think you have everything you will need, may need?" "Everything? Oh, Mr. Barclay!" The girl's eyes were misty with tears. "What makes you so thoughtful of me? At school there was no other girl who had such beautiful and dainty things. Aud it was not money, for many of them were wealthy. They said 1 had such exquisite taste, and it was not I at all, but you who procured them and who influenced me Into the way of wanting such things, and it used to be the same before I went to school and has been so since I graduated and came home. You are always influenc ing me toward what is most beautiful in life and then bestowing It on me, so lavishly." Mr. Barclay's hand moved uneasily among the papers. "I promised your father"— be began, when she_ Interrupted him with an Im perious motlen of her hand. "Yes, yes, I know, but most guard ians would have been satisfied with keeping a general oversight and paying the bills. You have been my most in timate friend from the time my father died, when I was only twelve. Why," laughing, and her voice quavering a lit tle, "I have told you my secrets and love affairs as few of the girls I know tell their own mothers. It has seemed perfectly natural. You were interested In them, or appeared to be, and never requested me to keep away from the boys. Indeed, I think you always fa vored my going with them, only you were careful to Inquire about their habits." She was in a reminiscent mood, and. though ber eyes were still moist and tender, her Hps were half parted In amused recollection. "What a lot of boys 1 must have told you about, Mr. Barclay," she went on, "all tboee of my early school days, then the ones I met at college and now the young men who have been calling on me during my six months here. You know about the ones I like best and those I Just tolerate." "I am afraid you are a sad flirt, Ell uor," he said. "Yea, I am afraid I am," ahe agreed readily, ber face becoming clouded. "But what can I do? The boys seem nice, and I like tbem, but some way when I come to know tbem better they all fall a little short, and I have to lot them go. I have felt awfully sorry for some of them, but there was no other way. Two or three who are coming here now ure really talented and will make successful men, I am sure, but I have a premonition what my verdict will be. They almost reach my Ideal," tbe lurHU\g mischief again returning to her vy-es, "but not quite." "TVrbmvj yonr h tu« liljii " "Ferbaps," "but you fixed it for m fc, aud you have made It so much of my being that I cannot stoop to a lower one now." "Well, I am glad. The Ideal will come along some day, and then there will bo no mistake. Are your trunks all packed?" "Yes. I can get ready In a few min utes, and there is over an hour. That is why I came down to have s—a last talk with you, Mr. Barclay." He winced ever so slightly. She had ftlwuy* called him uncle until the past few months. Now it was Mr. Barclay. Shu was older, of course, and was growing away from him. And she would bo absent for two whole years. What would it be like when she to turnwl* "Yea," lie said, his voice a little dreary with the thought, "I wan wait ing for you to come down. It will be a long, delightful two years for you, and I hope you will enjoy them thoroughly. Mm Ourruth IIQH the reputation of be ing the bent chaperon In the country. Hho will take you everywhere, and you will meet nice people. I will give you letter* to Homo I wish you to know. Dr. Laurens la going abroad on the Name nteau>e», I hear, no you will have ft cbauee to meet him after all. I wai sorry for hi* peremptory summons to the hospital that day I Invited him here, but of courts hla professional du ties Hhoukl cmue first I shall aak him to look you tit and request Mrs. Car ruth to presput him. Dr. Laurens la one of the moat brilliant and noble men I know and In making hlmaelf an en viable reputation, and he 1» only threo years older than you are, Elinor." "Don't. Mr. Barclay!" she Implored, with sudden pain In her vote*. "Please do not talk that way. You mean well, but I—l do not Uke It just now. This is the ouly home I remember much about, and I am going away for a long, long time. Let ua not talk of other people. When I left college I looked forward to coming home and living quietly, as we did before I went away, when wo read books and played chess nud talked over things. But you thought 1 ahould go Into society and meet peopl* so you left your books and took me everywhere and Introduced me to everybody. I think I must have mot ail the noted people, especially tho young men, In tho whole city and sur rounding country. And now I am to gfj abruad to meet ixoplo and people and people! I suppose It Is for the best and my good, but I um not brilliant enough to appreciate It. I—l should have liked the chess and books 00 much better." Ills face was turned away from her now, but his voice was steady. "Yes, it Is for the best, Elluor. It Is right for a girl to marry, and ahe should know men before she Is ready to mako a choice. Home girls are ac quainted with ouly a few, and the beat of these la tier standard of roanlloefß. I'erhaits Just outside her limited arta there are a hundred who are stronger and nobler In every way. This gtrl has been cheated. Ido not want your life like that. 1 have done the best tor you In the way of an education. As a conscientious guardian could I do less for the rest of your life? It is not that I want you to go, Kllnor; It Is not that I have any Inclination to be a match maker. It Is because -Ueeauso I can do nothing else, Uetug myself." He looked at his wnt'h abruptly. "Twen ty lulnotee." he suggested. "Ho late? Well, I will go and get ready." At the door she paused, looking back. "You must excuse my talk about your liberality, Mr. Barclay," she aald wist fully. "But—but I could not go away without saying something " Halfway up the stairs ahe paused ngnlh. Bhn bad forgotten Ulft letters of intr'Hluctlou, and It would bt> nor* con viyilent to put them In bar bag before starting. When she re-entered the library Mr. Barclay's face was burled la hla arms upon the dealt. Ha was tired, aba ttfuugtit, gritting a little at bar #%%*• . . A »• - *>. 19. It was oat until ahe n»aM flw dfhk and was about to pick Up tbllptfl that be noticed ber presence and r&iMd his bead with a quick, surprised no tion. His eyes were frank, nngnsfdeO, his lips trembling. She gazed at him a moment; thsn ber womanly instinct In a flafh CMftprt hended. "Ob, Mr. Barclay—Robert—do yo«" But be bad controlled himself by a great effort. "Forget this, Elinor, forsngt* be In terrupted harshly. "I wag W|gJC far a moment I thought t was alone, and you misunderstood." But ber face was radiant "I have been mlsunderatMdlafl 70a for months, Robert," she said Softly,' "but not now. It was all In yonr eyes. Have you never thought Why t tu mv able to find my ideal? I didn't know my own heart then, bat t always com pared the boya and tha yonng men with you, and they fell short t knew now . that I have loved yon for ysaxt, Sine* I first went to college, but I have ief fully realised It until within t&e pstf few months, and, Robert 1 hlYe been so—so unhappy at your—though I filftisas of me." "It waa the only thing I could do/ he groaned. "I was afraid Of tnj««tt and—and I am so old, Elinor." "Only fifteen years older than X Soji she said happily. "I shall unpack mj trunks." Once more he tried to command him self, to summon the mask to his fade, but be was too weak. He held out hlf arms. Crashed the Lawyer. Some years ago in Alabama one of the most talented lawyers practicing in the south was the late Colonel fefagg, but he had a peppery temper. Not only did Colonel Bragg's disposi tion involve him from timo to tlms us serious differences with bis colleagues, but It also led him to break off amlet- * ble relations with a Judge Robinson, a most estimable jurist, who whfls pre siding over a suit in which Bratt wsp interested had by bis declslotf fftcurreg the resentment of the advocat*. Be for a long time the colonel declined even to speak to the Judge save whea it was absolutely necessary In the course of business. Finally, however, bis better nature getting the upper band, Colons) Bran determined to apologize to Judge Rob inson and endeavor to effect a renewal of tbelr former comparatively pleasant relations. Meeting the Judge one aft ernoon on the steps of the statshouse, he impulsively thrust out his band and said: v "See here, judge; let's be blends again. This thing has gons out giving offense. At one time a Wit ness obstinately refused to be sworh In tbo usual mannsr, but statsC that although be would not "kiss tbe book,'* he would "hold up bis band" and fweak Ersklne asked him what reason ba bs# for preferring such sn eccentric way ID the ordinary method. "It Is written in the book ot IWi tion," replied tbe obstinate man, "thai the angel standing on tbe sea "hsU QQ his band.'" "That is very true," said SMftlßt with a smile, "but I can btldft how that applies to your ess*. It •• first place, you certafcly are not SB tit gel, and, In the sscond place, yoQ sin not tell—you have no mesns Of know* lng—how the angel would bare sworn If he bad stood on dry ground a« MP . do." There was no flippancy or liters ence in Ersklnc'S tone, and after a m 0» tnent's reflection the stubborn wftnlM yielded tbe point, impressed by the at* vocate's common sense view ol the matter, and took the oath 10 t®S 0100 manner. J The Ua< Of r«S<»SS»- Burma Is the land ot pagodas. Ffem the summit of every mountain* Of ev ery bill or hillock, from above tbe slllfS and rocks and from among the woods of the islands of the broad ir»wadl rise the graceful forms and glldsd pinnacle! of numberlass pagodas. Oftsn they MS crowned by a golden btee of Tagodas are rarely temples In the trw sense. They are usually solid, buildings placed over real ot Imltatlsfl relics. Close by, among groves palms and bananas, are generally to be seep tlie carved and seven storisd roofs Of the kioungs, or. Budablst monasteries. Gsy and light hearted as are tbe Bur* mans, they realise another And future existence as vividly as they dp the present life, and the teachings bt the great Buddha are ever present to their minds and Influence them profoundly- Patchouli. The plant from which tbe well known perfume patchouli is obtained 10 b na tive of India and of China. St la also grown in Ceylon, Paraguay and the French island of Rsunlon. It first bs came generally known In Europe about 18S0. At that tlmo India shawl# com manded immense prices, end dealers wero accustomed to identify the gen uine articles by thslr odor, Of (hex were perfumed with patchouli. tHreUCti manufacturers, acting upon this hint Imported the patchouli plant for the purpose of perfuming their Imitation India shawls. Afterward perfumers took up tbo cultivation of ths plant on their own account. The Honlts Star. The morning star, an Iron ball stud ded with spikes and fastened by means of a chain to a short handle, was much used In mediaeval times as a military weapon. It was exceedingly formida ble, for when thrown It could not sasl ly be avoided or dodged, the chain per mitting It to curve around tbe arm or over the shield. It was ConfSSSSdly modeled after a common cactds which grows In every part of Italy. Am Viuul Brest. "Yes, I sent my uncle a telegram on Wodnesduy to say I was coming. I wonder If bo received It." "I reckon be didn't, cos I seen him this inornln', an' bs didn't brag about no telegram."—Brooklyn Ufa. Injuries ws do and those we goffer are seldom wtlgbed U> the same Ml*