VOL. XXXXIII.
THE MODERN STORE-
New lace Curtains Just Opened.
Better and Cheaper Than Ever.
Nottingham Curtains. 35c, 42c -We, 68c, 75c yard.
Special numbers at SI.OO and $1.50.
Better ones |3.00 to f2.50.
Brntnel net curtains, m filed and trimmed with lace and insertions.
SI.OO, $1.25. $1.50 to $1.50
Irish Pointe curtains $3 50 to SB.OO.
Curtain Swisses. Nets, Draperies, etc.
Curtain Poles sc, 10c. 15c each.
Brass sash curtains rods 5c and 10c each.
ARE YOU GOING TO PAPER?
If you are, use Sanitaa and Meritas for your kitchen or bathroom.
It is the only sanitary washable oil cloth covering which will wear tor
years is always clean. See the beautiful patterns here.
Anniversary Sale Next Week.
Watcli for Special Bargains.
EISLER-MARDORF COMPANY,
SOUTH MAUI STREET 1 QHj
i" D ' f ■ Samples sent on request.
OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. PA
[sPßiNG~suiirsl
( You see we are as usual, the early bird. Our line 7
/of Spring Suits for Men, Boys and Children is here and \
open for your inspection. The handsomest styles and \
\ patterns you ever laid eyes on. You never saw their/
\ equal. The envy of all local merchant tailors. Heavy/
( padded shoulders, hand-quilted breasts, hand-made button >
j holes, in fact so snappy and well built as to S
) We Defy Any Merchant Tailor to Equal Them! S
V We are always first. You do the same by buying C
I early. Prices considered, Hamburger make considered, f
3 style, quality, make, wear and patterns considered, in fact f
» everything considered, you'll find this the orfly place to buy. r
) The Famous Skolney Suits for Children are here and £
1 ready to be worn by the best dressed Children of Butler. /
I SEE WINDOW DISPLAY. >
j Douthett & Graham.
) INCORPORATED. C
.BROS. |
tl Do It, Now! |j
\\ Your Wall Papering. J
IJ We have just received a Car Load of Cheap andw
t -Medium Priced Wall Paper that we intend to sell at Bar-jg
4 fflaln Prices. Just what you want for tenement housesw
i land rooms where a nice paper is required at a small cost.3?
t • You Can't Afford to Miss This.
| E£ytH Bros., |
tl NEAR COURT HOUSE. 3s
I Duffy's Store
Not one bit too early to think of that new Carpet, or
perhaps you would rather have a pretty Rug—carpdt
size. Well, in either case, we can suit you as our Car
pet stock is one of the largest and best assorted in But
ler county. Among which will be found the following:
EXTRA SUPER ALL WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS,
Heavy two and three ply Cr>c per yd and up
HALF WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS,
Best cotton chain 50c per yd and np
BODY BRUSSELS,
Simply no wear ont to these $1.35 yd
TAPESTRY BRUSSELS,
Light made, but very Good 65c per yd up
STAIR CARPETS
Body and Tapestry Brussels, Half and All Wool In«rftins.
HARTFORD AXMINSTERS,
Prettiest Carpet made, as durable too $1.35
RAG CARPETB, Qfedaine old-fashioned weave.
MATTING, Hemp and Straw.
RUGS-CARPET SIZES.
Axminster Bugs. Beauties too $32 each and up
Brussels Knits. Tapestry and Body sl2 each and up
Ingrain Druggets. All and Half Wool $o each and np
Linoleums, Inlaid and Common, all widths and grades
Oil Cloths, Floor, Table, Shelf and Stair.
Lace Curtains, Poitiers, Window Shades, Curtain Poles; Small Hearth
Rugs, all styles and sizes.
Duffy's Store.
MAIN STREET, BUTLER.
WHY
You can save money by purchasing your piano o
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 $1286.00
I have no store and can save you this expense when you buy of me.
I sell pianoe for cash or easy monthly payments. I take pianos or organs i
exchange and allow you what they are worth to apply on the new inntrumen
All pianos fully warranted as represented.
MY PATRONS ARE MY REFERENCE.
A few of tho people I have sold pianos in Butler. Ask them.
Dr. MoCnrdy Bricker. Dr. W. P. McElroy
Fred Porter Sterling Club
Fraternal Order Eagles D F Reed
Epworth Leagne Woodmen of the World
B W Bingham H. A. McPbereon
G eo D High Mi* B Anna McCandless
W. J. Mates E- A. Black
3. 8. Thompson Samuel Woods
Joseph Woods Oliver Thompson
S. M McKee Johnson
A. W Boot R A - Long well
Miss Eleanor Burton J- Hillgard
Mrs. Mary L. Stronp J E. Rowers
W. C Curry C. F. Htepp
F ,T. Hauck W. J. Armstrong
Miss Emma Hughes Miles Billiard
A W. Mates Mrs S. J. Green
W. R. Williams J. R Douthett
Mrs. R. O. Rnmbangh i E. K Richey
Chas. B. Herr L. S. Youch
PEOPLE'S PHONE 426-
-THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
The Great $5 Clothing Sale
is on again this month. But that will end it —no more
after this month. Garments for which we would ask
full price under norma! conditions.
No matter how little the price, its a high standard
that rules here —annoyingly so to those our com
petitors who even attempt to match the values
presented.
This SSOO Clothing Sale Is a
Mighty Strong Proposition.
$5.00 buys choice of several hundred rattling good
suits and overcoats that cannot be matched in any
other Butler store in season or out of season for less
than $lO to $12.50.
SCHAUL& LEVY
137 Sonth Main Street. Butler. Pa.
&
Ijj BICKEL'S W
j Great Bargain Sale. U
►j An immense Stack of Seasonable Footwear to be *'s
i closed out in order to reduce our extremely pj
large stock
! Big Bargains in All Lines, h
Ladies' Far Trimmed Felt Slippers, price $1.2o —reduced to . >oc WA
> Ladies' Warm Lined Shoes, price $ I.so—reduced to ... .SI.OO I V
Ladies' Warm Lined Shoes, price $1 25—reduced to 85c ft <
One lot Ladies' 3.30 Hand-tnrn and Hand welt Shoes reduced to 2.25 WA
> One lot Ladies' 300 Fine Patent Leather Shoes, button or lace, 1 1 C
, reduced to 2.00 ft
One lot Ladies' $2.50 Fine Dongola Patent tip Shoes reduced to 1.65 W A
> One lot Ladies'l.so Fine Dongola Patent tip Shoes reduced to 1.10
. One lot Children's Fine Shoes, sizes 4to 8, reduced to 45c ftl
One lot Infants's Fine Shoes, sizes oto 4, reduced to li'e WA
> Men's Fine Box-calf, Vici-kid anil Patent Leather Shoes. _ I •
, regular price $3.50 and $4.00 —reduced to 2.50 ftj
Men's Working Shoes, regular price s2.oo—reduced to 1.40 WA
\ One lot Boys' Fine Satin-calf Shoes, regular price I.so—red'dto 1.00 a»
y One lot Men's Fine Slipiiers reduced to 40c ft 1
W Ladies' Lamb-wool Insoles, regular price 25c—reduced to 15c A
T< Misses' and Children's Lamb-wool Insoles, regular price 20c—at 8c LI
P All Felt Boots and Overs, all Stockings arid
L Overs, Warm-lined Shoes and Slippers, also balance L?
of our stock of Leggins and Over-Gaiters to be in- SM
s eluded in this GREAT BARGAIN SALE. 1 8
Sole Leather and Shoemakers' Supplies.
ft Repairing Piomptly Done. f J
HJOHN BICKELf]
F< 128 S Main St., BUTLER, PA.
BUTLER .
- 0 , A?
sjJ ■ -/
[y
New buildings, new rooms, elegant new equipment, excellent courses o(
study, best of teachers, txpenses moderate, terms VERY LIBERAL!
Over $2,000 00 worth of new typewriters in use (allowing advanced students
from 3 to 4 hours' practice per day), other equipment in proportion!
Winter Term, Jan. 2, 1000. Spring term, April 2, 1000.
Positions secured for our worthy graduates. Visitors always welcome)
When in Butler, pay ns a visit. Catalogue and other literature mailed on ap
olication. MAY ENTER ANY TIME.
A. F. REGAL, Principal, Butler, Pa
I Spring and Summer Millinery. |
Everything in the line of Millinery can be found, tit
•F the right thing at the right time at the right price at
I ROCKENSTEIN'S I
§ t
# Phone 656. 148 S. Main St. - %
•i?
MEN ,• i i&f
Won't buy clothing for the purpose of / , jlI
spending money. They desire to get the i ; V"! I
best possible results of the money expended. u; ! ; j • \ll
Those who buy custom clothing have a I Jl
right to demand a fit, to have their clothes /j; * : ej ft
corrent in style and to demand of the / j 1 / A ij
seller to guarantee everything. Come to / * it.
us and there will be nothing lacking. I A • 'xf ' '• 2
have jast received a large stock of Spring fy/ J \ V 'i J ,
and Summer suitings in the latest styles, " • \j Hi ,
shades and colore. j { { / \j] jj J
G. F. KECK, ! $-9]
MERCHANT TAIbOR, 1 Wy
142 N. Main St., Pa ) If. '/
§ ■ i
Heme Waste j
!TL L,KS ® OR ' I I
* I JPSj&P' |i Than any other Washer*
p 011 the market. jjj
I J. G. & W. CAMPBELL, I
j}{ BUI LE, PA. *;
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 22. 1900.
R-RTIME-'T-ABLES
iPennsylvania
; RAIfcKOAO
WEST PENNSYLVANIA DIVISION.
Schedule in effect Jan. 1, 100<»
Trai » lffU BUTLER as follows:
j For Allegheny arro way stations. ff!s an«l 10.'i5 a
i is, and 4.2> p m. w k days: 7.30 h. m. a:i l 5. 0
I>. tu. Sandfly.
t Far Pittsburg and wa>' stations 3.40 a. in. and 2.301 1 .
. m.
j For ira*rstille lut-rltctun, AltOMtia,
Phila<k'!i4iia an ! the Kaat 6.15 and a m. and
p. m week days; 7.*> u m. Sundays,
j BUFFALO AND ALLEGHENY VALLEY
DrVTsIOK.
Trains leave via KISKIMIITETAS JOHCTION
as follows: —
I* r Bnffilo 8.40 a. m. 7.20 a, m. S in-
F<>r Red Eank and Oil Ciry. 6.15, 8.10.10.35 a. m.
and 4.20 p. m.
x"
For Kittanning aita VM stations, 6.15 and 10.35 a.
m. and 4JSO p. nt.
p. m. Sundays. w
Foi detailed inf'>rmat!«tt, apply to ticket agent or
add rem Thos. E. Watt, I'twsa. Agt. Western District,
li6o 4 vsiik . Pitt»b?trg, P*.
W. W. ATTKKBt*«Y, J B '
Manager. Fis.VTaut:c Manager.
GEO W BOVL». G jacral Affect.
!i k & p n n
Time table in effect Nov. 19. 1905
Passenger trains leave and arrive at
Butler as follows:
LEAVE FOK NORTH.
7:30 a. m., mixed for Punssntawney,
Du Cois and intermediate
' 10:33 a. m. daily, vestibuled day ex
press for Buffalo, connects at Ashford,
week days, for Rochester.
5:50 p. m. local for Puni'y, Du Bois
and intermediate stations.
11:31 p. m. night erpress for Buffalo
and Rochester.
ARBIVE FROM NORTH.
6:10 a, in. daily, night express from
Buffalo and Rochester.
9:30 a.m. week days, accomodation
from Dußois.
4:50 p.m. daily, vestibuled day express
from Buffalo. Has connection at Ash
ford week days from Rochester.
8:0? p.m. week days, mixed train
from Du Bois and Punxsntawney.
u Trains leave the B. & O. Station,
I ittsburg for Buffalo and Rochester
<tt 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m.. and for local
points as far as Dußois daily at 4:20 p.
in. week days.
Wiiifleld it It Co Time Table
In effect May 29th, 1903.
WESTWARD.
STATIONS, AM PM.
Leaves West Winfield. 7 30 2 45
44 BoggsYille .. 745 300
** Iron Bridge 755 310
Winfleld Junctiou 8 10 3 25
" Lane 820 335
" Butler Junction 8 25 3 40
Arrive p utlor 10 33 5 05
Arrive Allegheny .. 6 00
Arrive Pittsburg 10 25
pm
Arrive Blairsville 1 05 5 42
KAJTWAI£
STATIONS " A M P M
Leave Pittslmrg. 3 05
Leave B'airsville 7 50 2 15
" Allegheny 825 220
M Butler ... 8 40 2 30
44 Butler Junction. 10 00 440
44
44 Wiuftuld Junction 10 15 455
" Iron Bridge 10 25 505
" Boggsville 10 35 515
Arrive West Winfield ;10 50 5 30
Trains st«>p at Laae and Iron Bridge only on Flag to
UL* on or leave off paiwengers,
fbtintConnectß"tler Juaciki* l
Trains Kafiward for Fraepcrt, Yandergrifl and
Blairsville Intersection.
Trains Westward for Natrona, Tarenturn Allegh&ny
ibd I ittrtmrg.
Tr<iins Northward tor Saionburg, Marwood and Bat*
ler
B. O. BEALOR,
Oeneral Manager.
BESSEMER & LAKE ERIE RAILROAD
COMPANY.
TIME TABLE in eHect S«ptemb«r 17th, 1905.
EASTERN STANDARD TIME
NORTHWARD SOUTHWARD
(Read up) Dally Except Sunday (Readdown)
"i«t j n 12 j r • i « r "
p.m.p.in.p.m.! n*ATlojiß. jii.ra.a. m.'p.m.
10 W, I 00: a 00BultaIo(TuU.ltS.) 8 4510 00* 2 00
p. in.,li. m. a. rn.l a. in j'. in. p. m.
7 i:s t r.io 2W Erie 1 or. l o» 1 67
C 51 10 0-' Kalrviow 7 £>> J 6 'il
o loi l o: a 4M (iirarii 1 V* 1 41 * 83
0 -1 I v "7' hi»' .1 I'.)
'o .V* i ;* ;HJ' i»ii .\r..< •oiiiK-uut.'.l.v, 7 ooi- oi 5 lo
5 11(12 Ol! 7 00 Lv.,l :oinicunt -Ar 10 00.. . ..'
H*ll2 4 • J-■ \ll>i'jli~...... Hc: i ...• M
fo 10112 25f'J 10 1 Sliad eland 'fM lIT 2 lofc 01
607 12 321 9 07'.....Spring boro 1517'213 0 07
C 02 12 '27 II «• . I (illlloant\ illo.J S 22 2 IK (.12
07 12 45."» 2t Ar. MeodyllTeTl VrJ 30; i SK~I 69
4 r «ill 2H| 7 30Lv. Mi'advlllc. Ar '.I 201 3 12; JO7
6 1012 1* H 53 A .< ou't 1,aUe..1.v 7 Hi '2 23. 6 25
5 2VII 5. 7 -S'Lv.Con't IJtkt.Ari 8 RB 2 4.". 6 10
6 i" 10 fiOAr.XllifDViUe.J.I H 87 1 0 17
"s 4.112 101 B 43' .Meadvilio Jct..l B*«a 2 87 « 82
15 27 lil 55] H27 UartHtOWIL. f8 57 f2 4!< G4O
5 13111 41 1 a 12 (Ihkoo.l 9 12 f.3 03 700
6 05,11 3.V 803 (in envilte 9 2o| 3107 08
5 0011 2- 7OS ..Hlienanifo.... 0 2,'J 3lt 715
44i1112 7 a» Fredouiit 942:t32 7 33
4 2810 6H 723 Mercer 9 fta l 3487 48
4 02 10 35 7 00 ....Orove City.... 10 23 4 10 8 15
(3 47 flO 23 a.lll Ilarrhville flO 38 f4 22 p.m.
3 41:0 1" _ nranchton |lO 4.) 4 _2B
il l aof. Ar...llllTiar(l...Lv| 7 o">j 210 ..."
2 10 705 I.V ..llilliartl AMI 30 017
3 1710 11 . .... Kelater... M 471 4 81L
32310 02 I. iaicH<l„ IIJMI 445
.. 1 7 28 l Lv....Kaylor ...Ar '8 20 p.m.
2 .. Hutler.. .. ill :y_s 10) I 00
1 Iftl 8 15 ll.T.Alleglieny.Ar) 1 00 (i 36
j). ma. mJ | 'p. m. p. ni. p. m.
Train No.l leaving (ireenvlllo at 0:17 a. m.;
HlienatißO6:s4;Krtdonla 7:13: M rccr 7:27; Grove
City 7:50; KeUter 8:17; ilutler 9:00, arrive* In
Allegheny at 10:26 a. m ; connect* at Queen
Junction witb traliin to «nd from Kay lor. and
at Branehton from Ullliard and Annaudalc.
Train No. 2 leaving AlloKheny a t3:ooj) m.;
Butler 4:45; Kelster 6:32: Grove city 5:55; Mercer
6:21; Fredonla C:88; Shenango O .'fi, ariiven In
Greenvillo at l:oo p. m.; connect* at Qtitien
Junction with trains to and from Kaylor, and
at Branchvou for Illlllard.
E. H. UTLEY, E. I). COM STOCK,
General Manager. Gen'l Pass. Agent.
luver Studio
Has added a full line of
amateur Photo Supplies, Cam
eras, Films, Dry Plates, De
velopers, Printing out and de
veloping papers.
Anti-Trust Goods
At about one half what
you have been paying.
Quality
Guaranteed
As good if not better than
the Trust goods.
ZUVER STUDIO
215 S. Main St. Butler
L. >. Mr.KNKIN. I UA MCJUNKIN
GEO. A. MITCHELL.
b. S. /WcJUNKIN & CO.,
Insurance Sc Real Estate
117 E- Jefferson St.
QUTkER, - - - - PA
Eyes Examined Free of Charge
Jeweler and Graduate Ooticiar>
1 Next Door to Court House, Butler, Pa
I Pocketbooks and |
Penitence
1 - 1
By MARY BOWMAN |
jCopy right. 1U& lteado^
•It nin't any part of my duty to
iearch people," defended the conductor,
"aud the oflieer says lie won't."
"Then I shall search these people my
self," snapped the old lady. "Not ten
minutes ago I paid my fare out of that
purse and no one has left the car since.
It must be here. I tell.you. I insist that
yon find it."
The policeman looked about the car
hopelessly. Douglas spoke tip.
"I think," he said quietly, "that the
quickest way to get rid of this non
seuse will be for the rest of us to per
mit ourselves to be searched. 1 am sure
none of ns will object. There is merely
a mistake somewhere. Here oflieer, do
your duty."
He stepped forward and with rapid
movements the policeman emptied his
pockets. The other four men in the car
followed his example. Then an expect
ant hush fell over the passengers.
There remained only the five women,
who, with the excited complainant,
comprised the passengers. Four of
them stepped forward.
"I'll let any woman in the crowd
search me," she said. The woman who
had lost her purse pounced upon her
and with eager fingers pawed over her
gown, emptied her purse upon the seat
and jumbled the things out of her hand
satchel.
"Next!" she called as she left her vic
tim to replace her belongings as best
sho might.
Three other women came forward in
turn, submitting with no good grace to
the examination, but the last one sat
quietly In her seat.
"I do not propose to 1M? searched,"
she said quietly. "You have no right
lo do so, and it is absurd to suppose
that I could have taken your purse. I
have sat In this corner ever since I en
tered the car, and I have not been near
you. I refuse to permit you to touch
me."
"You see," exclaimed the complain
ant triumphantly, "I knew it would
not be difficult to locate the guilty
one."
"I never saw your purse!" cried the
girl in the corner. "I have 110 need
to steal purses. Officer, here Is my
card. Y'ou must know my father by
reputation."
"I can't help it. luum," said the offi
cer. "All the others have been search
ed, and if you refuse to submit"—
He stopped short. Tho girl had burst
into tears.
"Look here!" cried Douglas. "Stop
this tiling. I took the purse."
The others turned with one accord
toward him. "I took it," he repeated
defiantly. "Oflieer, do your duty."
The policeman laid his hnnd upon his
arm, but the owner of the purse burst
out In protest.
"Give me back my purse!" she cried.
"I will not let you take him away un
lii I get my purse."
"Have to keep It to use as evidence,"
was the short explanation. "Come
around to the I'ifty-nlnth street sta
tion to make complaint. I can't wait
here any longer. Come on." Ho re
newed his hold upon Douglas, but his
way was blocked by the woman.
"At least I Insist that you count tho
money in my presence," she demanded.
"I have that right."
"All right." said the policeman in a
tired voice. "Give It up, young fel
low.'
"I haven't got It," stammered Doug
las, to whom this was a very unexpect
ed turn. "I—l dropped It."
"Where did you drop it?" asked the
officer. "In your pocket?"
"Where the window drops down," ex
plained Douglas more glibly. "You
can find It when the car gets to the
stables."
"I want It now," persisted tho vic
tim. "I Insist that it be given ine at
once,"
One of Ihe men leaned ovc: the leilge
0t the back of :N> eat. There was a
space of about i\v.> in 'hen between the
window sill ::ii<! (lie back of the seat,
where the sash was dropped In pleas
ant weather.
"This is where yoti were sitting." he
palled, "but I'm hanged if I can see it."
The victim made a rush for the win
dow and began lo pake energetically
Into the space with her umbrella, but
without result The policeman stirred
uneasily. "I can't hold up this car all
day," he announced. "Vou go 011 to the
stables and come over to the station
house with It."
"That's what!" echoed tho Inspector,
who had come up. "There's fifty cars
tied up behind. Keep 'em moving."
The policeman turned to go, but just
then one of tho women passengers
sprang toward the woman who was
kneeling upon the seat busy with her
fishing. "There's your purse now!" she
cried as she pulled aside the skirts of
the long cloak the victim was wearing.
"It slipped down Inside, aud the ihalu
caught on the braid. It must have been
there al! the lime."
"Then why did tbir. man cause me all
of this excitement?" demanded tho vic
tim, turning in her majesty to con
front Douglas.
He went red lor a moment, and the
policeman took a firmer hold upon his
club. "I thought it might stop all this
fooling," confessed Douglas. "And,
you see, I'm a story writer, and I
wanted to see how it felt to be ar
rested."
"I've a good mind to let you see how
It feels to be pinched for disorderly
conduct," began the policeman, but
there tyas a quick, unseen transfer of
something from Douglas' pocket to tho
officer's palm, and tho threat dlod
away in a benign, "Lot ibis be a lessou
to you," as the officer climbed off the
car.
There were many curious glances di
rected toward Douglas, but he met
them calmly and stared politely but
placidly at the girl In tho fur coiner.
He rose when she did and left tho
car at the far crossing, but he lingered
at a drug store window, and It was not
until the girl was halfway down tho
block that he caught up with her.
"Bessie," be cried, "won't you speak
to me? I only got In lust night and
was on my way up here when you got
on the car. Is there still no hope for
me?"
"Do you think you deserve forgive
ness," she ask*si, "when you inakv
yourself so conspicuous on the car?"
"It was for your sake," he said softly.
"The Idea of telling people," she went
on, Ignoring his last remark, "that you
wore an author looking for experi
ences!"
"I had lo have some sort of excuse,"
he defended, "and that was the best I
could do 011 the spur of the moment."
"What4lid you want to do It for, any
how?" she demanded.
"To prevent you from being search
ed." he explained. "I was afraid that
Borne one in the crowd might bave «lii>
btfljho purge toyou.lnjhii, excU^ment.
They do that sometimes."
"Dan Douglas." she demanded, com- >
ing to n stop and facing him, "do you |
mean to tell reo that was why yon
took the Mame?"
"Yes," he said quietly.
"After the horrid way I treated you?"
"That made no difference."
' But I told you I would never speak
to you again."
"I know It. I was afraid you meant
it too."
"Do you know," she said, fumbling ,
with the cateh of her shopping bag, "I !
think I will show yon why I did not
want to be searched."
The bag was open now, and she drew
from it a leather case. He caught it
from her hands.
"My picture!" he cried. "You have
carried it right along? Even after you
said you no longer loved me?"
"That was because I was jealous,"
she explained. "But I would have gone
to Jail then rather than have let you
see that I still cared. I knew you
would sec It if she searched me."
"I am glad I didn't," he smiled. "I
should have been tempted to kiss yoa
right then and there."
"We are almost home," she said am
biguously.
Tlie Tlsrcr nail the Goat.
A tiger once invited a goat to dinner.
The goat was tickled to death at the
noUce of the noblo beast and wore his
spike tailed coat and link sleeve Ifut
tons in token of his appreciation. "Can
I help you to some of this venison
steak?" the tiger asked the goat very
cordially. The goat did not eat venison
steak, but he dissembled very cleverly
and preserved a smiling exterior. "My
physician," he protested, "positively
forbids venison steak." There was
nothing else ou the table, and the poor
goat was compelled to sit idly by while
the tiger devoured a hearty repast.
But the goat was not disposed to de
prive himself of the sweets of revenge.
He accordingly pressed the tiger to
dine with him the following evening.
"Can I help you," sweetly Inquired the
host, "to some of this stewed tomato
cans, with brown paper sauce?" "No,
thank you," rejoined tho tiger, "my
doctor forbids." "So sorry," murmured
the goat in secret glee. "I fear you
will have only an unsatisfactory meal."
"Oh, I shall do very well," protested
tho tiger. Whereat he fell upou and de
voured the goat himself. "Alas," ex
claimed the latter with his dying
breath, "I was too funny!" This fable
teaches that it is perfectly proper to
take an Insult from some people with
out resenting It It Is all a matter of
judgment.
Fully Armed.
A good story is told of a young re
cruit who enlisted in a regiment sta
tioned at Aldershot. One day he was
on guard duty and was slowly stepping
up and down when an officer approach
ed. After the usual salute the officer
said:
"Let me see your rifle."
The raw recruit handed over his rifle,
and a pleased expression stole over his
face. As the officer received the weap
on he said in a tone of deepest disgust:
"You're a fine soldier! You've given
up your rifle, and now what are you
go!iig to do?"
The young fellow turned pale and
putting his hand in his pocket drew
out a big knife and, preparing for busi
ness, said in a voice that could not be
misunderstood:
"Gl' me that rifle or I'll bore a hole
through you in a minute."
The officer instantly decided not to
piny any further with the raw recruit
ami the rifle was promptly surrender
ed.—Pearson's Weekly.
M. P.*« nt Sixteen.
It does not seem very clear at what
period the legal age for members of
parliament was fixed at twenty-one.
It Is, however, certain that in the
reigns of Elizabeth and James I. boys
of sixteen and seventeen occupied seats
In the house of commons. The poet
Waller took his seat as an M. P. before
he was seventeen. Charles James Fox
took his scat at eighteen and Chester
field before lie came of age. This, how
ever, was clearly Irregular, because It
is recorded that Chesterfield was
threatened with a penalty of £SOO for
sitting and voting hi parliament while
under the legal age if he did not cease
his attacks upon the government. Lord
John Kusscll also sat before he was
twenty-one, and he seems to have been
the last of tho parliamentary minors.
All act of William 111., passed In 1690,
made the election of a person under
twenty-one void, but tho act was not
very stringently enforced. London
Standard.
CONNECTS THE BRAIN.
The Oreait That linn hiftte Hftul
xplH-rvH to Art In Harmony.
Near the base of every well organ
ized human brain there is situated a
curious little spongy body called the
corpus callosum. This all important
little organ consists of a double chain
of white nerve fibers, and it is through
these that the two portions (hemi
spheres; of tho brain are enabled to act
In harmony by being continually
brought Into anatomical and physiolog
ical relations with each other.
Several years ago a well known Phil
adelphia physician aud surgeon, Dr.
A. 11. Stcveus, made tho announcement
that, in his belief, the corpus callosum
was llie seat of the soul. His peculiar
ideas were given quite an airing
through 1 lie press at that time, but the
whole theory fell pretty fiat when Dr.
A. F. Sawyer of San Francisco proved
that a certain west coast worthy had
survived twenty years after having tho
entire corpus callosum shot out of his
thought tank and that another had
lived eleven years after sustaining a
similar injury. The psychologists were
pretty well agreed that u man's life
would terminate the moment his soul
made Its exit 011 the lead of a pistol
cartridge. It was these well attested
cases of men living afler losing tin; cor
pus callosum that caused Dr. Stevens'
"soul theory" to relapse into obscurity.
What Liaiil Will lee Benrt
The army rules art- that two Inch Ice
will sustain a man or properly placed
Infantry; four Inch ice will carry a man
on horseback or cavalry or light guns;
six Inch ice, heavy field guns, such as
eighty pounders; eight Inch Ice, n bat
tery of artillery, with carriages anil
horses, but not over 1,000 pounds per
square foot on sledges, and ten inch Ice
sustains an army or an Innumerable
multitude. On fifteen Inch ice rail
road tracks are often laid and operated
for mouths, and Ice two feet thick
withstood the Impact of a loaded pas
senger car after a sixty fx>t fall (or
perhaps 1,600 tons), but broke under
that of the locomotive and tender (or
perhaps 3,000 foot tons).
rii<nt Food For Fruit Tree*.
Some results obtain* 1 ul the New
York experiment station appear to
(.how that "peach trees used the lar
*i'est amounts of pl ant fo •.!; apple aud
Milnce trees, approximately alike in
i,.,,. result* when, come second, while
pear aud plum trees, which give resulta
much alike, couic third."
I The "Baby^l
By COWARD L RECKARD |
Mr, John Lloyd suffered the guilt of
an eavesdropper, and for the moment
was deeply and regretfully conscious
of his crime.
lie mechanically removed from his
mouth an unllglited cigar, and pressed
his lips determinedly. There could be
no mistaking the words spoken In
Mrs. Melton's soft, motherly voice.
Mr. Lloyd stopped still ou the stair
case and deliberately listened.
"Martha is coming with the baby to
morrow ou the 12 o'clock train from
Albany," Mrs. Melton was saying.
The rustling of note paper revealed her
source of information to Mr. Lloyd as
pluUvly as If he were in the sitting
room Itself.
"And to stay a whole month!" cried
Miss Edith, the one remaining member
of the Melton family who as yet had
escaped, through no fault of her own,
the matrimonial halter. Mr. Lloyd tol
erated Miss Edith because she was In
the house when lie took up his resi
dence with the Meltons a year ago.
Next to babies, Mr. Lloyd abominated
spinsters of certain agfe out of pure
fear of their possible designs upon in
nocent and unsuspecting bachelors.
"They can have the big spare room,
and"—
Mr.- Lioyd did not wait to hear the
conclusion of the sentence, spoken in
Mr. Melton's hearty tones. lie'stepped
quietly out of the wide, old fashioned
hallway into tl»e twilight and moodily
walked toward his law office, adjoin
ing the courthouse at the other end of
the prosperous little county seat where
ho had won a name for himself in the
few years he had resided !n Blairville.
The spare room was across the hall
from Mr. Lloyd's own ample and hand
somely furnished snuggery. So "Mar
tha and the baby" were to go in the
spare room, were they? The doors
were to bang, the baby was to bawl
and all of the members of the house
hold were to run up stairs and down
again forty times an hour for eighteen
hours a day and, from Mr. Lloyd's un
sympathetic and pitifully deficient un
derstanding as to babies, eighty-one
hours a night, waiting on "the baby,"
making life miserable for the star
boarder and supposedly delightful for
everybody else? Not if John Lloyd
knew It! He would return to the ho
tel in the village, at which he had
been a central figure until the day he
had gone with the Meltons In their
big, rambling home on the hill among
the maples. Hotel life had its draw
backs, but the proprietor had been un
der contract not to room doting moth
ers and leathery lunged infants with
in hearing of Mr. Lloyd's apartment.
The next morning at breakfast Mr.
Lloyd's silence and gloom were in
marked contrast with the animated
table conversation regarding the visit
ore who were to arrive that day. He
had tried a dozen times during the
meal to tell them that ho was to give
up his room and return to the hotel,
but each time the words stuck In his
throat. lie finally decided that he
would quietly return to the house dur
ing the morning, put his things in or
der and later send for them with a
polite note of explanation at the sud
denness of his departure.
True to his resolution, Mr. Lloyd
crept Into the house unobserved and
placed his effects in some semblance
of order for removal. With every
sound from below bo fancied he dis
tinguished agonized squeals in Infantile
treble, mingled with the chorus of
adult voices in soothing efforts to quiet
the tempest. Warm and flustered for
a dignified bachelor of thirty-five, Mr.
Lloyd slipped down the side staircase,
out ou the little porch to which led the
short cut up the hill from the railroad
station.
None of the family had observed his
burglarious entrance or hasty exit, but,
shades of Blackstone, a woman was
comlug ulong the narrow path over the
rear lawn, directly up to the little
porch a woman in a neat traveling
gown and carrying a suit case!
"Caught!" groaned Mr. Lloyd aloud,
and he felt a hot glow of shame and
vexation sweep over him. "Here's
Martha, by all that has to do with
babies, fat or lean, squealing or coo
ing!"
Tho feminine gender in the traveling
gown paused at tho foot of the steps,
gazed in amazement at Mr. Lloyd's
stem and heated features and display
ed from beneath a big bat the rosy
face of a very pretty girl. Mr. Lloyd
bad not seen her profile because of the
bat, and now that it came into full
view he looked again and did not re
move bis eyes from tho roguish ones
that sought bis so Inquiringly.
"Martha, I suppose?" he ventured,
Impolitely, scornfully and audibly.
"Sir!" The red lips parted haughtily,
and the trim tiguro straightened per
ceptibly in tho traveling gown at tho
strange salutation.
"You're Martha, Mrs. Melton's sister,
of course, but Where's"— Mr. Lloyd's
voice dropped out of bearing as sud
denly as his courage.
"I'm not Martha," Bhe answergd
sharply.
"To be sure you are," Insisted Mr.
Lloyd, very firmly. "Where's the—the
baby?"
"The what?" cried the young lady
wyuderlngly.
"The baby— Martha's baby. Where is
he, stye or It, or whatever you call
'em?" Mr. Lloyd was desperate; but,
as boy babies and girl babies all looked
alike to him, his mixture of gender
was excusable.
An unmistakable irtrlish elsrs'lo of
mirth rippled from the shadow of the
big bat, and its owner let the suit case
flrop to the porch. It landed squarely
on Mr. Lloyd's toes and brought the
tears to his eyes.
"I'm 'the baby,'" she laughingly said
os she stood for a moment on the
threshold of tho door taking him in
from head to foot, striving to fix tho
Identity of her mysterious cross ex
lmlner. "I am 'baby' still, despite my
advanced age and the centuries of fu
tile protesuat my mother's tender for
get fulness. Pld I not do well for an
infant"—this very saucily and boldly—
•'to travel way from Albany to Blair
ville all alone, only to meet a severe
Interlocutor barring the entrance to my
aunt's home?"
"Hut MarthaT' was ail Mr. Lloyd
could say.
"Is my mother, who will arrive to
morrow. I came ahead. I>oes this sat
isfy you, Mr. Impertinence? Please re
mote your foot from beneath my lug
gage and carry it Into the bouse. Ba
bies, you know, must have attention
and attendanee."
Mr. Lloyd extracted his foot with
alacrity, though be did not ot>ey tbo
command. He had fought aud won
many bard legal battles, but here was
a golden opportunity to prove that there
aro times svhea discretion U tUe_b&t&r
No. 12.
i
part of vaior. He fled, or, to be truth
ful, be limped abruptly down the little
path toward the Tillage. As he collect
ed his thoughts, being a good lawyer
and a wise jurist, he decided to revise
and to overrule his previous judgment
as to babies.
"Girl babies eighteen years of age
and upward, with rosy checks, laugh
ing eyes and fluffy hair and saucy dim
ples,'' mused Mr. Lloyd, a smile play
ing round the corners of bis mouth, "do
not come within the purview of the
precedents you have heretofore cited to
support your case. Judgment Is ac
cordingly rendered for the infant de
fendant. with costs to the belligerent
plaintiff. Case dismissed."
Mr. Lloyd returned to the Melton
household to dinner as placidly as usual.
As time progressed he learned whether
his decision as to one girl baby In par
ticular was to be affirmed by a higher
court, from which there is no appeal.
Winter Fishing.
Winter fishing has one merit, which
all true sportsmen will recognize as
such—namely, considerable uncertain
ty. One day you may fish certain wa
ters—whether deep or shallow, whether
weedy or free—and well nigh draw a
blank, while the very next day the
same waters will give rich finny re
turns. What is more strange is that
not seldom on the same day there will
be good luck in different depths and
varying waters of the same lake or
pond, and observation through the clear
black Ice of early winter or late au
tumn has convinced the writer that
these mystic fishy moods of biting In
winter are almost or quite independent
of the movements of-the schools Of -
"bait" fish. About all that can be Bald
ou such points in the way of general
suggestion is that winter fish bite usu
ally better on a mild day than a cold
one, best of all during a gentle thaw;
that they take the bait more freely
under thin ice—that is, in early winter
—than after the ice has thickened, and
that they jippear to be quite unaffected
by noise, such as the rumble of skates
or the gentle thunder of the "settling"
ice. It is certain that some of the best
strings of n lifetime have been taken
when the fun of skating could be join
ed with that of watching the lines.—
Outing Magazine.
Old Mirror Superstitions.
The mistrust of the ghostly mirror la
so old and so far spread that we meet
with it in the folklore of every land.
An old tradition warns us that the new
moon, which brings us such good for
tune when we look at it in the calm
evening sky, carries a message of evil
to those who see it first reflected in a
looking glass. For such unlucky mor
tals It is said that the lunar virus dis
tills slow poison and corroding care.
And, again, it is declared that the
friends who glance at their reflections
standing side by side are doomed to
quick dissension. In Scandinavia the
Swedish girl who looks into her glass
by candlelight is told that sbo risks
the loss of her lover. One superstition
in this connection that seems to be al
most universal is that it Is very un
lucky for a bride to see herself In a
mirror after her toilet Is completed.
If she be discreet she will turn away,
from that fair picture which pleases
her so well and then draw on her glove
or have some tiny ribbon, flower or
jewel fastened to her gown that the
sour fates may be appeased and evil
turned away from tbo threshold.
Getting ■ Mexican Patent.
To procure a patent in Mexico the
party making application, unless pres
ent in person, must furnish bis repre
sentative with a letter of authority—
carta do poder in Spanish—signed by
tlmsclf or herself In the presence of
two witnesses. Ordinarily legalisation
by a Mexican consul is not required.
It must be borne in mind that one car
ta do poder will not answer for several
applications, as each application for
either patent or trademark must be ac
companied by a separate carta de
poder. This must be accompanied by
a full and complete description and
claims of and for the Invention. If
they are sent in Spanish ready for filing
they must be In triplicate on clear
white paper 330 by 215 millimeters, ap
proximately 13 by 18Va English inches,
written with typewriter on one side
only of the paper, leaving on each sheet
a left hand margin of one-fourth the
width of the paper. Of course if they
are not sent In Spanish the local repre
sentative attends to all the details,
which Is by far the better way. He
should be furnished with full names,
profession, citizenship and resident of
DDnllcant.
SPEED OF ANIMALS.
The Greyhound Lends, followed by .
the Horse and the Hed Deer.
The following interesting letter con
cerning the relative speed of animals
appeared In the London Field:
The fastest animal we have is the
greyhound. The next are the race
horse, the red deer and the hare, and
thou comes the good, big, bold dog
fox. which is a fine galloper on good
going. In comparison with any of
the above the fastest foxhound on
sound flat turf is as slow as a man
mowing grass for haymaking. But if
you radically alter the trial ground the
above does not hold good. For instance,
on rough clods, whether melted or not,
a hare cannot run at all; hence she gen
erally takes caro not to go there, and
where greyhouuds are kept sho habitu
ally lies in her form near the fringe of
a rough fallow that when coursed she
may quickly be on good going. "Mth
such long, powerful hind logs a hare
can beat anything up a steep hill. A
foxhound can easily beat any horse
over deep clay plow, because the horse
weighs as much as twelve hounds and
therefore sinks deeply. In stag bunt
ing the rod deer tires earlier than the
blood hunter, though the horse may not
be faster, but great consideration must
be made for the discretion of a good
horseman, who avoids exhausting deep
ground which the deer plods through.
A run of eight miles within the hour
in either of tho three wet wintry,
months would leave tho body of the
field behind, but it would be easy to a
riding man on n galloping horse when
the March winds have dried the coun
try and the obstacles aro only ordinary.
Horseless Carrlastes In 1045.
In one of the letters of Grui Fatin.
written in 1015, the learned bibliophile
lays: "It is true that there Is here
an Englishman, the son of a French
man. who proposes to make carriages
that will roll frern Paris to Fontalne
bleu without horses In a day. The new
machine Is preparing in the Temple.
If It should succeed there will be a
great saving of hay and oats, which are
at present extremely costly."
Jfot So Terrible.
Physician—You He awake in bed
three or four hours every night? That
Is bad, I shall have to treat you for
chronic insomnia. Caller (whoso salary
Is sl4 a week)—Er—no, doctor I don't
think it's as bad as that I simply can't
sleep. „