VOL. XXXXIII. THE MODERN STORE- Greatest Activity In Millinery Now. New Dress Goods and Waists Specials* Oar Millinery Department was never so busy in all onr history. The reason is plain. We are showing all the latest shapes, styles anil color ings at snch moderate prices that everyone is interested. Besides, onr hats are different from stock hate. They don't have that ready-made look. No two are alike. Every hat has an individuality and la made to rait yon exactly. > New Trimmed Leghorn Hats now so popular, $3.00 to s•>. All the New Popular Sailor Shapos in all the leaUiug colors. White, Grey, Alice Blue, OKI Kose, etc.,B«c, $1 andsl.COup. Nica Assortment Trimmed Black Hats irom S;t.OO up New Milan Hats, All the New Shapes. Splendid Assortment of Children's Trimmed Hats, all prices. Children's and Infants' Bonnets, Sun Hats, Caps, etc, Soc up. New Dress Goods and New Waists. >'e\v Dress Skirts Special Silk Underskirt worth at $5.00. EISLEk-MARDORF COrtPANY, SOUTH KAH STREET ) AAf \ LLI Samples sent on request. OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. PA iMagicCarpets. | ® Put a new floor covering in the dingiest room of yourg {gjhouse. The effect is magical, comfort, cheeriness, cosi-Jg @ness, all come in with the carpet and Rugs, and our© ©carpets attract the purse, as well as the eye, with a hand © ©some INGRAIN— aII laid little to the price, and substituting® @a BRUSSELS or AXMINSTER, at any rate, drop in andgj Xtake a 100k —for future Reference Low Prices, <g}of QUALITY. @ I Patterson Bros. 1 r» (Successors to Brown & Co.) ® @ * 136 N. Main Street, Butler, Pa. @ I SPRING STyfceS j AND IN || SUMMER FOOTWEAR. g NOW CODING IN. I Shoes for occasions Shoes for the mechanic Shoes for the farmer Shoes for everVbod\J Each and every pair in its class the best that money Get your pair at HUSELTON'S Opp. Hotel Lowry. 102 N. Main Street. - I Duffy's Store 1 I Not one bit too early to think of that new Carpet, orl I perhaps you would rather have a pretty Rug—carpet■ ■ size. Well, in either case, we can suit you as our Car-H ■ pet stock is one of the largest and best assorted in But-® I ler county. Among which will be found the following: g§ I EXTRA SUPER ALL WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS, l§ H Heavy two and three ply 65c per yd and tip H ■ HALF WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS. I H Beat cotton chain 50c per yd and up H ■ BODY BRUSSELS. R H Simply no wear oat to these $1.35 yd H ■ TAPESTRY BRUSSELS. H Light made, but very Good 65c per yd up K I STAIR CARPETS i! H Body and Tapestry Brussels, Half and All Wool Ingrains. ; 3| I HARTFORD AXMINSTERS. §?; H Prettiest Carpet made, as durable too $1.35 H ■ RAG CARPETS. Genuine old-fasbioned weave. >;>. I MATTING, Hemp and Straw. ■ RUGS-CARPET SIZES. |g ■ Axminster Rags, Beauties too $22 each and up H ; Brussels Rugs, Tapestry and Body sl2 each and up n Ingrain Druggets, All and Half Wool. $5 each and np H H Linoleums, Inlaid and Common, all widths and grades. n '»J H Oil Cloths, Floor, Table, Bhelf and Stair. gfl H Lace Curtains, Portiers, Window Shades, Cartain Poles; Small Hearth H H Rugs, all styles and sizes. I Duffy's Store. I ■ MAIN STREET, BUTLER. S I BIG LOT! I & $ Specially low Priced. All New Patterns. t| j| We sell our border by the bolt same price || H? as wall and celling. I. E£yth Bros., j 31 NEAR COURT HOUSE. & I THE BUTLER CITIZEN. ißickel's Footwear a 1 r A Grand Display of Fine kj m Footwear in all the Zm Latest Styles. L ,j| We are showing many M /jSk styles in Ladies' Fine Shoes Fj and Oxfords at prices sure ki ki to interest you. VA N . ■J Large stock of Men s and Boys' Fine Shoes and Ox- Fi fords in the latest styles. kj N«■ <W Dar ß ains in Men's ftjj M anc * Boys' wor k in g shoes. YA Repairing promptly done. | JOHN BICKELt "/VYEIN Won't buy clothing for the purpose of rS ( > spending money. Tbey desire to get the 4jl j sf/i "7\li 1 | best possible results of the money expended. ilj I AI// ( If Those who buy cnstom clothing have a \; uf 1 fjrffi. Ji? right to demand a fit, to have their clothes /I. r-T ii 'I correct in style and to demand of the fe. M ■ seller to guarantee everything. Come to / < i* Mr \ : us and there will be nothing lacking. I L. i have jnst received a large stock of Spring tflr I j and Summer suitings in the latest styles, 1 j « shades and colors. \ IE ivjW \ I I G. F. KECK, Wfi J /MERCHANT TAIIsOR, 111] I*o 142 N. Main St., Sutler, Pa UJil 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 normal conditions. No matter how little the price, its a high standard that rules here —annoyingly so to those of our com petitors who even attempt to match the values presented. This $5.00 Clothing Sale Is a Miahty 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 South Main Street. Butler, Pa. I Spring and Summer Millinery. | . Everything in the line of Millinery can be found, jj| j|j the right thing at the right time at the right price at ||* I ROCKENSTEIN'S | 4| Phone 656. 148 S. Main St. jjj p*!*' : j j 1 J. Q. & W. CAMPBELL, 1 |g BUTLER, PA. butler ~ 1 ""/T /-y - The following graduates of the Butler Ilt'.slnessCoile„o have lust accepted positions as follows: .1 11. Alexander, bookkeeper, Wabash li. It. (Jo., Pittsburg; Fay Thompson, stenographer. I'.S. !>.'%vlopment t'o.. 4th Ave.. Pittsburg; Emma Burr, stenographer. Pittsburg Reduction 10.. New Kensington, l'a.; Pearl Snyder, stenographer. The Brad street Co., Pittsburg; K. P. Frederick, stenographer. Wabash R. R. Co.. Pittsburg; Rosen na Mel.aughlin, stenographer, Ralrd Machinery • Pittsburg; Anna Bunday, stenographer. Salvage See-urlty <'o.. Pittsburg: 4th Ave ; Winifred Shatter, better position, stenograph) r. German I a Bank Itldg., Plti-lmrc: Bertha McClelland, stenographer, Aaron E Kelber, litt ler; O. E. Wick. Standard .steel Car Co.; Myru Ash, stenographer. S. A. It C WeUihaus C\.., Pittsburg; Carrie (ierner. better position, Fidelity & Casualty Co., Ptttshurg:,] M. Wilson, B. Ji O. Freight Ofllce, Butler; Lester Bell, bookkeeper, liep. Walter > Sons, Butler Koller Mills, Butler. VounfJ (nen ano WOLUCU, HbSt'l.TS TA''K. Aiten.t a .chool that DOES secure posi tion's—and GOPP one-, tiir its graduates, (iOME schools PROMISE—we PERFORM. Four times as aiany calls as we can till. Come In and see the letters—we shall be pleased to show them to you. .Now Is the time to enter. SPRING TERM, APRIL 2, 1906. enter ANY time. Catalogue and circulars mailed on application. Correspondence Invited. Visitors ALWAYS welcome When in Butler, pay us a visit. A. F. REGAL, Principal, Butler, Pa. BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, MAY 3, 190G WITH TONKA'S AID Copyright, 1906, by Ruby^oo«la^^ Barbara wandered about the great, pleasant room restlessly. She liked the huge fireplace, with whips and rifles above the mantel. The couches, with the fur robes tossed across them and the long study table in the middle of the room, heaped with magazines and a varied collection of pipes, made her forget that the nearest human habita tion was tifteeu miles across the plains. She paused at one of the windows, snubbing her nose against tlie pane, like a child, and looked out over the brown, dusty plains toward the moun tains. This visit to her bachelor broth er was suddenly proving lonely, since ho had forbidden her her daily ride be cause of threatening snow. Until to day everything on the ranch had been bo new ana strange to this eastern girl that she had forgotten to be homesick. "The sun is shining!" she exclaimed aloud to the empty room. "It is only that funny hazy ring around it that keeps it from being really bright. Richard is so silly and funny over me, like a hen with one chick. What is a snowstorm, anyhow, but fun? I'm go ing to take Tonka out for just a little while." Ah Lee, peering from the kitchen window a little later, shook hfs pig taiied head dubiously at the sight of a slender figure in a heavy riding habit making its way toward the staiiles. "Me no like missy glo," he said. "Weather velly had." Then, with au indescribable gesture not unmixed with disdain, he calmly washed his hands of the matter and went ou with his pie making. Barbara found the stables deserted, but Tonka nosed her softly with wel come In h"r great eyes, aud pony and girl swung eagerly out beyond the cor ral to the open plain. Barbara shiv ered a good deal at first. The air lacked that clear, invigorating quality that had hitherto made riding a de light. There was a raw wind rising that penetrated her heavy habit. "We won't go far today, Tonka," she said, with chattering teeth—"Just the five miles out to the irrigating gate aud back again." The murky ring about the sun grew thicker and thicker until the sun was a mere pale yellow dinner plate resting on a gray blanket. The wind lx>gan to sting Barbara's face unpleasantly. "Oh, dear," she said, "this isn't any fun! It's so hazy I can't see the ditch, and"—she turned iu the saddle and looked about In a puzzled way—"l can't see the ranch house either. Why—why, Tonka, where are we':" She looked up into the sky, hut dur ing her short moment of uncertainty the sua had become totally obscured, and as she looked flue, driving parti cles of snow pelted her face. Tonka shook her head stubbornly and started off abruptly, but Barbara pulled her In. "Silly thing," she snlrt. ~"I don't want to go to the irrigating ditch. We must get home as soon as ever we can." But Tonka had ideas of her own on the subject. As Barbara pulled on the rein she shook her head again and started to back. "Tonka," scolded Barbara, raising her voice above the roar of the wind, "I want to go home! Don't act like a goose!" With the aid of the whip she finally persuaded Tonka to turn, and they started off in the teeth of the wind. The drive of the snow was so heavy that Barbara could not see a horse's length in front of her. The cold was so intense that she felt as If her face were being seared, and she began to be frightened. "It must be a blizzard," she thought. "Richard will l>e frantic." For half au hour Tonka struggled through the blinding storui, while the frightened girl on her back clung to the reins with numbing hands and urged her oil. As the cold grew un bearable Barbara pulled the pony in and dismounted. "I've got to walk," she thought, "or freeze to the saddle." With the reins 011 her arm, she plunged 011, her heart sinking more and more. "Wo are lost, Tonka," she said, "lost In one of thoso terrible bliz zards!" She stopped to breathe and to pound her aching hands against the pony's side. Suddenly Tonka lifted her head with a shrill whinny, which was answered from out the storm by another whinny. Barbara looked about eagerly. "Is It only a stray pony," she thought, "or is Borne oue looking for me?" Out of the whirlwind of snow came the shadowy form of a man, like Bar bara, leading his horse. Barbara's heart gave a great throb. "Mr. Ingraham!" she gasped. "Great heavens, Miss Barbara, what does this mean?" exclaimed the man, turning his back to the gale and shout ing to be heard above it. "I'm lost!" called Barbara. "This is awful," answered the man, his face tense. "You poor child! Why 011 earth did your brother let you out 011 such a day? I—l shall call him to account for this. And I am of 110 use! This Is my first experience with an American blizzard. I, too, am lost!" Barbara's heart sank. Her month's acquaintance with the young English man, who was vheir nearest neighbor and who during her visit had ridden the fifteen miles regularly three times a week, had inspired her with a pro found faith in his capabilities As ho owned himself lost, slit, unconsciously moved a little closer to his stalwart figure. The mau pulled off his fur coat and In spite of her protestations wrap ped It about her shivering little figure. "First," he said, "you wil\ put tiiut on." "No. I won't!" ehe cried. "Oh, yes, you will!" he shouted, but toning it firmly under her chin. Bar bara changed the subject. "It's lucky I didn't let Tonka carry me ou to the ditch," she called. "She almost refused to turn. I really got mixed up with her backing and turn ing." The Englishman po.udeivd for a mo ment. "01\, I bay," he shouted, "that's too Dad. You are the oue that prob ably got mixed up. Those Indian ponies always head for home, they say, as soon as a blizzard strikes them. My horse didn't know enough. But wait, (Jive Tonka her bead 51 ml see what she does. I'm afraid we'll have to walk 01' freeze," With the horses on either side of them they started out. Tonka, without a moment's hesitation, taking the lead. It was a terrible Journey. In spite of lugraliam's assistance, Barbara con stantly stumbled and fell. Without the protection of his fur coat he could only fight hopelesly rfgainst the numb ing cold that assailed him, his hec,u aching over the misery tf Ui? *lrJ who depended uu iuiai so uatheUgallv. but Tonka, with drooping head, pli>ddod slowly on. As Barbara, assisted to her feet for the hundredth time, dimly concluded that it would bo better to lie still than to struggle against the fearful cold, Tonka gave a glad whinny and stood still. They were standing before the stable door! That evening after the two had re covered somewhat from ice baths and hot blankets and Richard had left them alone for a few moments lugrnliam looked across the fire to the girl's sweet, pale face. All the love that ho had so bravely suppressed during their terrible journey welled to his voice. "Miss Barbara, Barbara," he said hesitatingly, "I'm glad it happened." Barbara looked up. "I hadn't much hope before," he went on, "but now, somehow, ynu seem to belong to me a little." Barbara's pallor disappeared. "It wasn't such a bad storm in some ways," she said. And the fire crackled appreciatively at the pretty tableau. Half of His Fee. John had the name of being the jolliest man in town. But tonight, which was apparently the worst night in the year, even John wore a long face, and as he swung his cab door open for the minister to enter John's doleful expression was so noticeable that the minister inquired if he were thinking about the work of cleaning off the mud in the morning. "No, it is not the work that I'm'think ing of. If I could make as much as you this evening I wouldn't mind It a bit." "Well," replied the minister, "I am to marry a couple this evening, and I'll give you half of my fee for driv ing me out and back." "It is a deal," replied John. After nil hour of dreary driving through cold and rain John drew up in front of a small house in which the service was to take place. It was two long hours of cold waiting before the minister re-entered the cab, and the home drive was made. With a spirit of expectancy John once more swung open the cab door in front of the min ister's 1 >use. The minister stepped out. and as he entered his own door he turned and said: "Five hundred thanks, John," leav ing the bewildered cabman to tigtire out what his exact fee had been.—San Francisco Chronicle. StiKur. Sugar, the modern commodity, which we class among the iudispeusable nec essaries, was wholly unknown to the ancieut nations. The word "saeclia ruui" occurs but once in the Latin translation of the Bible, and the equiv alent for our word "sugar" is first used by Pliny, whose writings are almost contemporaneous with the ministry of Christ. He calls it "honey collected in (from) reeds" and says that the Ro mans first became acquainted with its use in Arabia Felix. Statlus in his ac count of the old Saturnalia ceremonies mentions "vegetable honey" as being used and winds up his account by say lug that "tfcis same honey is boiled from Elosian reeds." Dioscorides, the Greek physician who flourished in the first or second century of tho Christian era and whose great work, "Do Mate ria Medica," treats of all the then known medicinal substances and their properties, says that "the name of sug ar has been given to the honey which Is produced by reeds without bees," and Strabo, writing concerning it, says, "They (the people of Arabia Felix) make honey without l>ees from reeds, and It sometimes resembles salt." Yloff Tried For Mnrder. Anent strange cases, a lawyer said that a hog had been tried for murder, convicted and hanged. "At Clarmont- Avin, In France," he said, "a huge hog killed and ate a child. The people, hor ror stricken, treated the hog as they would have treated a human being. They tried it." He took down a book bound in gray calf. "Here Is tho verdict," he said, "the original of which Is kept In the Na tional museum of Paris. It is dated June 14, 14W, and it reads: " 'We, the jury, in detestation and horror of this crime and in order to make an example and to satisfy jus tice have declared, judged, sentenced, pronounced and appointed that the raid hog now detained In the abbey as a prisoner shall by the executioner be hung and strangled on a gibbet near the gallows of the monk. In witness whereof we have sealed this present with cur seals.' "—Minneapolis Journal. "Anld Robin Gray." A ballad that won instant famo against the expectation and even the wish of Its author was "AuUl Itobln Gray," written by Lady Anne Lindsay about the eud of the eighteenth century merely for her own satisfaction to re place the coarse verses of an old melo dy that pleased her. She sang charm ingly, and the new ballad soon came Into favor. Great was the curiosity aroused as to the author of this pa thetic song, iu whose simple verses all the elements of a heartrending tragedy are contained, but Lady Anne, modest and retiring by nature, preserved si lence for many years, smiling, no doubt, at the controversy that raged so hotly. In the course of it her ballad was attributed by some disputants to David Itizzio, declared by others to be a genuine sixteenth century production aud fiually made the subject of a twenty guinea prize to be bestowed on anybody acute er >ugh to bring to light the veritable author.—Cornhill Maga zine. Clxarn Few Can Afford. "A long, low strip of land, a valley between high hills, lies five miles out side of Havana, and there," said a cigar salesman, "tho best tobacco in the world is grown. The name of the place is Abajo, and the Vuelta Abajo crops are always bought up two or three years in advance of their plant ing. They yield only 35,000 cigars an nually. These cigars sometimes sell as high as $l5O a hundred—sl-50 apiece. Vuelta Abajo cigars are only smoked by kings and billionaires. There are many false Vuelta Abajos on the mar feet. but the real thing, once smoked, *ran never be mistaken, for there is no other tobacco in the world with an aroma at once so powerful and so del icate."—New York Press. Ent Lcsk mut Oat It Slowly. Ecouomic methods of eating are so important and so axiomatic that It really occasions some surprise that more is net known about the matter. Horace Fletcher, iu his famous A B Z books on nutrition, very wisely insists upon the necessity of slow mastication with abundant lusalivation. It is real ly astonishing how badly people use the teeth nature gave them for this purpose. Children naturally bolt their foa l, so it la said, and adults retain the habit. -Wt baviug tne digestive power of yats or dogs, which naturally bolt their food, it results that much of our food is undigested ftud .wasted. ACROSTICS AND ANAGRAMS. They Have Broil Known Since the Dart of Ike Piilmlit. We find that the acrostic is the most ancient form of puzzling mankind. Acrostic is Greek for a number of verses the first letters of which form a word, sometimes a name and some times a sentence. The final letter may form a word, or, as Addison tells us, the letters will even run down the cen ter of the verses as a seam. The He brew poets often made their verses run over the entire alphabet. Twelve of the psalms are written on this plan, the most notable being the One Hundred and Nineteenth. This has twenty-twodl visions. or stanzas, corresponding to the twenty-two letters of the Hebrew al phabet. Each stanza is formed of eight couplets, and the first line of each coup lot in the first stanza in the original Hebrew begins with the letter alepb, the second commences with beth, the third with glmel, and so on through the alphabet. The English divisions of the psalms are called after the Hebrew let ter that began the couplets. It was also customary to compose verses on sacred subjects after the fashion of He brew acrostics. This was done with a view to aid memory, and such pieces were called abcedarian hymns. The riddle is also of ancient origin. The Froverbs of the Bible, or sayings attributed to Solomou, are often in the form of riddles. Was It not the queen of Sheba who proposed riddles to Solo mon? The Koran, the scriptural book of the Mohammedans, also contains rid dles, as do some books now In exist ence, written in Arabic and Fersian. The ancient Egyptians also propound ed riddles, and one of the seven wise men of Greece, who lived In the sixth century B. C., was celebrated for his riddles in verse. Homer, the Greek poet, according to a statement in Plu tarch, died of vexation at not being able to solve a riddle. In the middle ages riddles were encouraged for amusement on winter nights in the baronial hall and also in the monastery. In later days some of the most brilliant men of letters contributed to the list of riddles. The anagram, or transposition of the letters in words or sentences, was much in vogue in Greece In the olden times. The Cabalists, or Jewish doc tors, thought that the anagram always ' pointed out a man's destiny, and if his name written backward or transposed in any way spelled a word with mean ing they firmly believed it a revelation. The flatterers of James I. of England proved his right to the British mon archy as the descendant of the myth ical King Arthur from his name, Charles James Stuart, which becomes "claims Arthur's seat." The best ana grams are those which have in the new order of letters some signification appropriate to that from which they are formed. When Pilate asked, "Quid est Veritas?" (What is truth?) he prob ably had no idea that his question an swered itself, but it did. The transpo sition made it, "Est vir qui adest" (It is the man who is here). Anagrams were written as early as 250 B. C., and their name comes from the Greek words ana (backward) and gramma (writing). Where the Lady Was Coin*. An official of a New England road told the following: The ticket agents in the Boston offico of our road are greatly troubled by patrons who, when wishing to pur chase tickets, lay down a coin and neither tell where they are going nor how many tickets they want. This ne cessitates one or more questions on tho part of the patient agent. One day a little elderly lady approached the win dow of the office, placing a large fami ly umbrella on the slab, and, after fumbling nervously in lier pocketbook, pulled out a quarter and laid it down without a word to the ticket seller. "Where are you going, madam?" ask ed the ticket agent. "Oh, I'm going to the doctor," was the tremulous reply. Aa Apt Pnpil. A professor who, when asked a ques tion, was in the habit of saying: "That is a very good point indeed. Look it up for yourself," was once much disgust ed with a student who had failed to answer a very simple question. "Mr. Jones," said he, "I'm surprised that you, who are going to teach, cannot answer such an elementary question. Why, what would you do if one of your pupils were to ask it?" "Well, profess or," replied the other, "if such a thing had happened before I came here I'm afraid I would have said plainly that I didn't know, but now I think I'd do just as you do and s;iy, 'LooJi It up t my boy; look it up!' " No Procrastination. "Ethel," he whispered, "will you marry me?" "I don't know, Charles," she replied coyly. "Well, when you find out," he said, rising, "send me word, will you? I shall be at Mabel Hicks' until 10 o'clock. If I don't bear from you by 10, I'm going to ask her."—London Tit- Bits. Simplicity. I am convinced, both by faith and experience, that to maintain oneself on this earth is not a hardship, but a pastimo, if we will live simply and wisely, as the pursuits of the simpler nations are still the sports of tlje more artificial.—Thoreau. Seems Reasonable. "What Is the correct garb for a sur geon about to perform an operation ?"- "A cutaway, I suppose."—Minneapo lis Tribune. 1 will not be concerned at men's not knowing me; I will be concerned at my, own want of ability.—Confucius. To avert a sneoze press the upper Up against the teeth with the forefinger, Old En«rH*l» Tence. Halfpence and farthings were not coined In England before the time of Edward 1., and until they were the penny, which was then made of silver, was issued deeply indented with a cross in order that It might be broken into two pieces for halfpennies or into four things, or farthings. The silver penny was the first coin of the Anglo- Saxons struck in England. In 1072 an authorized coinage of copper pennies, halfpennies and farthings was estab lished. Silver farthings censed to be coined under Edward VI. and silver halfpennies under the commonwealth. A Mother's Retort. Dr. Breckenrl<lgo % a well known American clergyman, and his two brothers, also of the same profession, one day paid a visit to their mother. "Do you not think, mother," said he, "that you ruled us with too rigid a rod In our boyhood? It would have been better, I think, had you used gentler methods." The old lady straightened up and said, "Well. William, when you have raised up three as good preachers as I bftve, tbea £?u can talk!" r With All My* He&rt By EDITH M. DOANE Copyright, 1006, by E. C. Parcells A lunge, a jolt, and tbe elevated train halted reluctantly beside the station platform. Through the softly whirling snowflaUes outside the electric lights blinked fitfully. "Ninth street!"' yelled the conductor, jerking open the door. A young man sprang to the platform, closely followed by a girl muffled to her ears in soft, warm furs. Burying her face in her big, fluffy muff, she re fused his guiding arm and walked briskly down the snow drifted steps out into the white, whirling world in the street below. "Isn't it a lark?" she said gayly. Her eyes were dancing. She turned a lovely face, flushed with cold and ex citement, toward the six feet of mas culine appreciation beside her. "Isn't it glorious?" "Beautiful!" His eyes were ou her face. "Don't you love it?" "With all my heart!" hummed Gor don Huston fervently. "The first snowstorm is alluring, fas cinating. Words are so hopelessly In adequate"— "They are," he agreed approviugly. "I am speaking of the storm," icily. "Of course"—his voice was that of Injured Innocence—"the storm. What else ?" She struggled for stern disapproval. Then their eyes met, and they both laughed. "To think of Aunt Clara's headache at the last moment." "Blessed headache!" "And of her actually consenting to my coming alone." "It's dreadful," he murmured, "but I tind it in my heart to forgive her." Then, being very young and exceed ingly foolish, they laughed again. The street lamps flared In ghostly succession and her furs were white with snow as they pushed through the soft, smothering storm. "Tell me"—in spite of himself his voice was unsteady—"you really did care about coming." "Oh, yes," lightly; "I have always wauted to see the Cafe Bellard." "There was no other reason?" She looked at him in apparent sur prise, though her eyes danced with mischief.. "Other reason?" she echoed. Suddenly her mood changed. With a quick little gesture she laid her hand on his arm. "Don't, Gordon," she said beseech ingly. "We have only a few hours to gether. Don't"—nervously—"say things to spoil our evening, Gordon." "As you wish." His tone was courte ous, but full of coldness. So his great Jove fcr her was but a thing that would "spoil" her evening. They had reached the corner now, and In silence they crossed the street to the great cafe, whose lights flared out Invitingly through the Girling snow. Inside the strains of a Hungarian band floated dreamily through the crowded rooms, lights blazed, there was the hum of many voices, and the scent of tobacco smoke clung to the air. In a corner they found a table that commanded a view of the laugh ing, chattering cosmopolitan crowd. "I am so glad you thought of bring ing me here," said Molly shyly, abash ed by his studied silence. "It is like the places on the continent. There Is one in Paris, in the Rue de Rivoli, that I wish you could see." "I will look it up next month." She gave a perceptible start, which was balm to his wounded feelings. "Next month!" she repeated, with a mournful attempt at unconcern. "I didn't know you were going abroad." "The firm has offered me the man agement of a branch house it is open ing In Paris." "Of course you will go. It Is nat ural. You will be very happy there." The last strains of a dreamy waltz died softly away. The applause leaped from table to table, then subsided as the opening bars of a gay little French love song floated through the rooms. "Is that what you think?" he Baid earnestly, dropping his voice and lean ing across the table. "Then for once you are wrong. I shall never be happy anywhere without you"—determinedly —"as my wife." The catchy little French song swung gayiy on; a musician began to sing the words to the accompaniment of the violins; first one voice, then another caught up the refrain. "With all my heart, with all my heart," echoed through the crowded rooms. "That is it," he said simply. " 'With all my heart;' that is how I love you— ' With all my heart.' " "Don't say anything more," said the girl, almost passionately. "Don't. The more you say now the worse it will be for me by and by when I have to think. And—and—lt is all quite im possible." "But why, dear?" He had grown a little pale in his turn and regarded her ruefully. "Why is it impossible?" His mind rushed backward with a lightning stroke to the rumors that had come from Bar Harbor in the summer time. In one quick flash he understood. "It is Morton!" he 6aid bitterly. "I have promised to marry him," she returned in a low tone—so low that he had to bend to hear it. "Do not be j angry with me. I thought—l did not know"— A light broke over his dismay. "You mean—you could care—you do care—a little?" he questioned eagerly. She picked up a spoon and twisted It nervously in her fingers. "That does not matter," she said gravely, "because —I have given my word." "But you will break that wretched promise?" He looked steadily at her, and she returned the gaze as steadily. "No," she said, very sweetly and gravely; "1 cannot break my word. He depends on me utterly. He has no thought ex cept for my happiness. He is so good. He has never cared for any other wo man. If I should desert him it would break his heart." Gordon leaned forward, his elbows ou the table, liis face between his bands, and regarded her with hurt, miserable eyes. "And you prefer to break mine," he said gloomily. "I have promised," repeated Molly quietly, with a little wan attempt at a smile. "How does it happen that I am nl lowed to have you for even these few hours?" he went ou moodily. "He is away ou business," Molly an swered, her eyes Intent upon the ad joining room. "I told him you were coining over from Philadelphia, and he said he was sorry not to sec you—that he must l>e away." Gordon sat burled iu unhappy rev erie. No. IS. "Do look at that girl just 6lttln* down at tbe table by the door!" ex claimed Molly suddenly. "Did yon ever see such a hat? There must b« a special kind of bird to grow such stupendous plumes." Gordon turned. "She completely overshadows her companion," he said, with forced Interest. The newcomer settled herself in her chair and moved the amazing hat to one side. "By Jove!" exclaimed Gordon, with a low whistle. He glanced quickly at Molly. Two red spots like danger signals burned _ on either cheek: her wrathful eyes were fastened on the girl's companion. He looked op, their eyes met, and Molly stared at him with no hint of recogni tion. He half rose to bis feet; then a hot wave of color suffused his face as he turned sulleuly to his companion. Amazement, Indignation, relief, chas ed themselves In quick succession over Molly's face. She met Gordon's eyes, and her own fell before their message. The strains of the violins died softly away; the crowd thrilled with enthusi asm. "Encore, encore!" they cried, and again tbe gay little French song echoed through the rooms. "With all my heart," swung the refraiy. Gordon leaned over the table. "Say . it," he whispered. The delicate color dyed her cheeks crimson; he bent nearer. "With all my heart," she whispered. Why Hair Tarns Gray. The color of hair depends on little granules, which can be seen if the hair be examined under a powerful micro scope. Sometimes the hair may be come white in a night. Brown-Sequard tells us that when he was forty-five years old his beard turned white in two days. This took place when he was perfectly well and without any eSt>ecial cause. Sometimes, however, sorow or illness "produces the change earlier in life than it would usually take place. As to the cause, some have said that the hair becomes filled with small air particles which make it look gray. Others have said that the outer part of the hair becomes altered so that it is like ground glass and you cannot see the color. But a man of, the name of Metchnikoff tells us that the real reason is because small mov able bodies in the hair devour the grains of coloring matter and more them to the root of the hair. Some times poisons in disease or some results " of sorrow bring about an effect upon these small migrating bodies (cells), causing them to become active in the above fashion. That is said to be the reason why the hair grows gray.MJt, Nicholas. Geographical Unity. There are two tremendous moments In crossing the United States from east to west by way of Chicago, Omaha and Ogden. The first is when the bluffs of the Missouri suddenly dwin dle away and the prairie rolls Into sight with its ocean of tall corn, to landed with embowered homesteads, as if one swelling movement of the sea had been divinely caught and pet rified and made fertile. And the sec ond of these significant moments, more majestically pregnant with hidden meanings than the naked glories of Niagara or the arrogant cliffs of Yo semite, is when the ravines of the Sierra Nevada, with their ever green beauty of pine trees, broaden out on the valley of Sacramento and the hills recede beyond that magnificent plain. There and then you realize the per petual and indissoluble relation of highland to lowland and perceive in the United States a more wonderful geographical unity than you might be hold anywhere in Europe, where there is more variety and less majestic space. Percy Vincent Donovan In Sunset Magazine. Tlaraa Blade Over. It may be realized by purchasers OC diamond tiaras and the like that styles In settings change almost as frequent ly as in a woman's hat, and every oth er year at least must see the precious diadem rebuilt This adds to original cost, for no self respecting jeweler changes the setting of a costly piece of jewelry without adding a few new stones to the first amount, thereby In creasing its value. Of course famous crowns, with associations attached, that have recently come Into ths posses sion of very rich Americans remain as first designed, for even an American shows some sentiment when it costs him a fortune to indulge In rich his toric jewels, but otherwise diamond and pearl and emerald tiaras are con stantly made over.—Boston Eterald. HAIR AND COLOR. Red la Mneh Nearer Allied to Black Than to Blond. The color of the hair, says tho Grand Magazine, is usually transmitted from parents to child. This is especially true when both parents have the same com plexion. Instances, however, are not uncommon where children have hair black as ebony, while the hair of both parents is a burning red. Instead of disproving the theory that a child takes after its parents, so far as the color of the hair Is concerned, this fact, It has now been ascertained, is all in favor of the doctrine. Ited hair, in fact, is by Its structure and composition much nearer to black hair than to blond. Very often if the hair of a very dark complexioned person be examined at tentively a few quite red hairs Will be detected iu the massj On the other hand, it would be time wasted to seek for black hairs in the locks of a fair person. Similarly it is not Infrequent to notice children whose hair, red at birth, l>ecomes as they grow older quite dark. When, too, after some serious illness, the production of the coloring pigment of the hair falls off, black hair becomes not blond, but red. Fair hair, which to a casual eye appears to have much more affinity to red hair than to black, Is, on the contrary, quite dis tinct. The Pnnlafameßt of thfl UaKno. In former times the punishment of the bagno (bath), one of the most cleverly cruel inflictions ever devised by an official of the torture chamber, was administered iu Italy, probably in Venice, where the water of the lagoons played so prominent a part in its penal system. The punishment was as fol lows: The prisoner was placed in a vat the sides of which were slightly in excess of the average height of a man. In order to bold in check the rising tide of a supply of water which ran into the vat in a constant stream the crimi nal was furnished with a scoop with which to bale out the water as fast as it came in. The respite from death by immersion thus obtained was more or less prolonged, according to tho powers of endurance possessed by the victim, but imagine the mortal torture, the ex hausting and even hideously grotesque efforts, the incessaut stud pitiless toil by night and day, to stave off the dread moment fast approaching, when, over come by sleep and fatigue, he was un able to struggle any longer against his fate.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers