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*!*' :
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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.