VOL. XXXXIII. ladles' Waists and Shifts. A Beautiful and Bountiful line. New Millinery Offerings. We sell the celebrated Geisha Waists They are in a class by them selves. made of fine Persian Lawns, trimmed with fine \, al L«* an Embroideries, of best workmanship, and in aH the Pupnlar J 6 styles Lawn Waists, Lace or Embroidery Handsome Lawn Waist with lace and embroidery tacked yoke, long ™ " WW* !...« » W.i=t* I«ce or embroidery trim W.„« —J. « short sleeves, several styles with the ' f Japanese Washable Silk Waists, $!.00to *5 00. ( r'i over Lace Waists made over silk slips, *•> 00 to fO W. t IVTiES uiiESS SKIRTS—'Tho Queen Skirts just in, made of Pan- 8 amas, and Mohairs. aU coio.-, Fapcy Grey them 1 n ftgO. $4.00. 15.00 to 19 86. See our ft Batter for the price. Wash Shirt Waist Snitearm SMrts. sl. •>«to»f-> j nil [ [MViDy—-Something new here daily. Look at our .>peciai $•. u,, 9 U «»■«.»»». cuuhM-jiw. I fI.W np, - _ I BISLER-MARDORF COHPANY, I SOOTH MAI* STREET | QQ-f i I Samples sent on request. J QprOSlTfj HOTEI, ARLINGTON. BUTLER. PA 1 —— illn mill■!i I —II ■in- I MITr? H @®(§)®(§)(§X§)®<§)®®(§)®®®®®®®®®<§)®<2X§)g iMagic Carpets. | * Put a new floor covering In the dingiest room ot y° ur @ gvhouse. The effect is magical, comfort, cheeriness, ®ness, all come in with the carpet and Rugs, and our@ ro)carpets attract the purse, as well as the eye, with a hand-® iN«RA|l|i-_*l Jas little to the price, and substituting® a BRUSSELS or AXMiNSYEiK, at any rate, arop Iw JSftake a look—for future Reference Low Prices, FURNITUREg §Lf QUALITY. |) | Patterson Bros. I 68 (Successors to Brown & Co.) p) ® 136 N. Main Street, Butler, Pa. || I SPRING STVbeS J I SUAI/WEK FOOTWEAR. | I NOW CO/W lNti IN. E Shoes for pccaaipn* ■ Shoes for the mechanic E Shoes for the farmer ij || Shoes for everybody s' nj Each and every pair in its i j £ class the best that R <3et your pair at I HUSELTON'S I B Opp. Hotel Lowry. 102 N. Main Street. || | Duffy's Store j B Not one bit too early to think of that new Carpet, orß B perhaps you would rather have a pretty Rug—carpet B B size. Well, in either case, v/e can suit you as our Car-B B pet stock is one of the largest and best assorted in But-® Bier county. Among which v/jJJ jpe found the toiiowiyg: R B EXTRA SUPER ALL WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS, m ■ Heavy two an 4 three ply «5c per yd and np W B HALF WQOL INGRAIN CARPETS, M m Best cotton chain 50c per yd and tip B BODY BRUSSELS. H Simply no wear out to these $1.85 yd B BTAPESTRY BRUSSELS, IS, Light made, but verj Good "."c par d d up B STAIR CARPETS. | Ka Body and Tapeslry Brussels', Half and All Wool Ingrains. j» :ji B HARTFORD AXMINSTERS, RJ Prettiest Carpet made, as durable too $1.35 I B RAG CARPETS, Qennine old-fashioned weave. t B MATTING, Hemp and Str»w ' K RUGS-CARPET SUES. H B Axminster lings. Beauties too siii each and up K1 H Brussels Rugs, Tapestry and Body. i 113 and up Hj H Ingrain Druggets, All and Half Wool s'> each and np HR H Linoleums, inlaid and Common, all widths and grades. H Oil Cloths, Floor, Table, Shelf and Stair. , H Lace Curtains, Portiere, Window Shades, Curtain Poles; Small Hearth K B Rugs, all styles and sizes. j|'| I Duffy's Store. I E MAIN STREET, BUTLER.* $ I WALL PAPER!! J I BIG LOT! I Specially Low Priced. All New Patterns, fft I We sell our border by the bolt same price |j ;•? as wall and celling. & I Eyth Bros., § iji NEAR COURT HOUSE. ili —THE BUTLER CITIZEN. IsickcTs Footwcar|j fi ® ® I A Grand Display of Fine rl I Footwear in all the A ft Latest Styles. f J M We are showing many M rJS-L m styles in Ladies ' Fine Shoes U i rj and Oxfords at prices sure | W t0 interest '° u H I Large stock of Men's and j sjfc: I Boys' Fine Shoes and Ox- j w A I fords in the latest styles. I W jjtf Rig in Men sMj ? FA and Boys'working shoes. 1 1! ll tfß) A; Repairing promptly done, kl [i JOHN BICKELt] \7& S Main St., BUTLER. PA. MEN " ypf Won't buy clothing for the purpose of f , ' 7' v Ij spending money. Thev desire to get the 4 t ' ■ '• ! It best possible results of the money expended. Vf I \ I!, Those who buy custom clothing have a : \ , j right to iJemaijA» £t, to have their clot) i, ' . . t correct In ctyle find to Qeiaana «f ILo M • ■v, JJX\\ sellet fc guarautee Coir ( e «q /' A' ■#?''& % 1 ns and there will be mthing lacking. 1 have just receiyetl a inrge slopfe of fci.ripa €' : \\T\jffiLi and Summer (.uitings, m the latest styles, :|| J shades and colors. \ ft? i ji § ft G. F. KECK, !Wlj 142 N.Main St., fiutkr, Pa 19. / The Great $5 Clothing Sale is on this month. But tnat will end it —no more after this month. Garments for which v/e would ask full price under normal conditions. No matter how little the price, its a hish that rules here —annoying S£ tp or our penn petnors v/ho even attempt to match the values j presented. This $5.00 Clothing Sale Is a Miahty Strong Proposition. $5 00 buys choice of swverai hundred rattling good suits and overcoats that cannot be matched in any other Butier store in season or out of season for less than $lO to $12.50. SCHAUL& LEVY 137 South Main Street, Butler. Pa. { Spring and Summer Millinery. | jg Everything in the iinj oi Millinery can be found.. jft the right thing at the right time at the right price at i ROCKENSTEIN'S | W rp § Phone 656. 148 S Main Tit. jf? l J. ij. & W. CAMPBELL, BUTLER, PA. & ' X - BUTLER 'Cfy - / aZ? Tho following Rraduatcs of tlif Hutler Business Collnee linvo 'e.gt ao. . i n-« iiositions us follows: ./ 11. Alexander, btiokkeepcr, Wat -sl !'.. ;. 00., i ittsl>.ir({. Jay Thompson KU-noKraplier, I .h. I vvl- o. ,Ui /.v.-,, lltUljurit; Emma llurr. sUmoKrapher, I'lttsli. r; i:.'d_i-tiOn . i».« N. * M-nslnKton, I'm.; I'earl >ny(lcr, stcno«ra|ilicr, Tho I (rati ,ir. <3l. Co.. I'll uiburKplC. I'. Frcdfirlf.lt. sli noKrapbi r. Wabasli li. K. Co.. I'ltUliurK; Rosciina McLmißlilln, siono«rapher. llalrd Ma«-liln< rv Co., l'lttslmrg; Anna llunday, stcnoKrapliiT Salvage S.-ciirlly Co., rlttsburg; nil Aiu ; Winifred Hliafft r. better position, stenographer. • ieruianla Hank llld({.. I'lttsbure; Hertlia M. cielland, stenourapher, Aaron F. Kelt • r ! ..t --lor; O. E. \Vl>:k. Standard Steel Uar Co.; Mvra A»b, steiio|(ra|>bur. t>. .V It C V, ...nhuu> ME school* PROMISE we I'FRI'ORM. Four times us many calls as we can (111. Come In and ser the letters we shall be pleased to show them to you. Now Is the time to enter. SPRING TERM. APRIL 2, 1906. May enter AN V time. Cittaloguo and circulars mailed on application. Correspondence Invited. V ibitort* ALWAYb welcome. When in iiutlcr, pay us a vtalt. A. F. REGAL, Principal, Butler, Pa. BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY. MAY 17. 190 i» ;(■. THE TIME OF |j HER LIFE By CONSTANCE D'ARCY MACKAY | . f >'in/rifjht % J.--;, by K. -i. Whitehead \ One morning, when Billy and I were ' lingering over our rolls and coffee, j Betty came in with a tragic air and an open letter in her hand. "Listen to this:" she exclaimed, j "Eleanor Cuyler is coming to New ' j York to visit her aunt, and she says | • she simply must see ns because she's j I always wanted to visit tlio 'shores of Bohemia','" The shores of what'; 11 iaiil Billy, •I'm sure there's nothing Bohemian j about us." "That's just it," wailed Betty, "but Miss Cuyler doesn't see it that way. She's daft about people who 'do things,' and she says she never met any, so she begs that she may come (tinner some vtuiie informally, and be one ot as. She thinks that because. Kate writes and you're nn ;:rtUv aud we nl) livp n I'itlp n.u i meitn ajiari uiuut wo are - well, w-e ur;» .jurrr and iiucoaventiouai." ' Who is this Eleanor Cuyler?" said Billj", with a frown. "f u c's a Philadelphia girl Kate and I met when we were in the luouulaiusj pSy smPuifrt, oliii nas awfully nice tn vis in ever so many ways, and now it's our turn to do something for her. It's 110 use suggesting the matinee or a luncheon.. Eleanor's rich as Croesus and tired of all that, and there's noth ing else we can afford. Oh, I don't soo what we're going to tlo!" And Bet ty puckered her brow :j in despair -'• t)'_ ;.tcd iiilij * %Vhy,' It's as piafn'as uay! Satisfy her craving" for the unconventional! If we're not Bo hemiaus, we can at least put up a good imitation of the real thing. We can : the Englishman, Harry Itockmin ster—he'll add a continental f!n,"i And there's V ull .' i'ashwoodj h«' can aing fever knew. \Vo'H 'get' Cynthia fo i»nd reciiß, attd Woi tliitiuion to bring ji|s violin. They can pretend they're professionals. Cynthia will I> ■ an ae tresf just starting 0:1 her career, and Woitblngton a struggling musician— 'struggling' is the ria:l)t tci-h, rt? And lct'L oC,t aus w .Mofelay. Write and invito Mjss Cuyler fur Wednesday evening. Bohemians aren't supposed to give much notice when they ask peo ple to their parties." And Billy lookei' over at me and long'Tc".. " r hi'.i, was jtihitantly writing he^• , uol'e I Av«nc to explain things to Aunt Pattle. Aunt Battle has moth ered us ever since we were children, and nothing we do ever surpri'-"-: lim, so she fell in v.'itl. phm at once. t'.Srti t eouldh't bo a Bohominn if I tried," •she declared. "I wouldn't know how to act, and I'd make you all mis erable and myself too. You can c.Sy.v excuse my absence " "Bus j-ou'ii iuiss ail the tun," I o!>- _y.ii - ' * -•- ■■ - -Mini I'attie s eyes "Ob, I mean tq l>p therei' 1 the cried. "Since | wt» have no maid I'm going to serve the dinner myself." In vain we all protested, coaxed, commanded. Aunt Battle was firm in insisting that as Miss c'uyler had er seen her it could make no possible tlifferenoe. Yet somehow It did to me, ti»r I could imagine with what horror, fny Ehgllshoian might lucß such proceedings. Even after | had wvit tou jo him and explained tho circum stipices I was torinentcl l»y misgiv ings, for, although he didn't know it, his good opinion mattered more to me than anything else in the world! All Wednesday Betiy and I worked like majors. We had always rn.(lv?A* prided ourselves <> t liv. artistic ar r:tnge k tiwtti %>t our little parlor. Now, fn order to make it look Boltemian, we had banked it with all the bizarre and startling tilings we could lay our hands on. Billy's delicate water color sketch es were jostled by posters, theatrical adorned the mantel, and sundry pipes and ashtrays fittered the table. It < :ainly looked queer; but, as Betty and I eoi|fessi;d l'> ourselves, we didn't » lolly wjis ( Harry JluGUininster's roses in mj han iviien the bell rang. "There she is!" cried Betty hyster ically. "Now, don't act as if anything unusual were happening!" Eleanor Cuyler was enthusiastic it. her greeting, and she wus aiill telling of her joy In »oemg; \is when we cross ed tue threshold of the parlor. At eight of the room she smothered 4 -nin. Then Billy came forward, and the loose blouse and soft tlo which he wore for the occasion made ldm look ns if he had stepped straight out of the Latin quarter. Miss Cuyler wasn't any more ?utpriseo spoiled." ttomethlng of our uneasiness reached Billy, and he turned abruptly to Betty. ' "I really think we'd better not wait for 1 the others," he said. "They may bo quite late. Yon never can tell what may happen on the shores of Bohe mia." But we „ ui»itii,y seated before wo heard the turn of Worthlngton's latch key and the swlsli of Cynthia's skfrt down the hall. She made a dramatic pause at the dining room door and looked perfectly dazzling vitmson Spanish uhtterfng with span- H.les>. "I hope yon won't mind my coming in costume," she said. "We were kept late at rehearsal, and there wasn't tUnu to change. I mot WmUiington on tHie site continued nonchalantly. "He'll l><» In In a moment. He's a musi cian, Miss Cuyler, and you know what uncertain hours musicians tire forced to keep, especially when they are youiu; and struggling." Cyiuttia moved toward her chair with sinuous grace. She said afterward that th* Spanish costume had entered Into her blood, and she wasn't ;.v U >niuiu for anything for he wore a peculiar, shabby black coat and carried liis vio lin under his arm. But his crowning glory was his hair, or perhaps I should say his wig, which was very long and straight. " 'The Music Master,' by Jove!" ejac ulatt 1 Harry Uockuiinster. Yet not once did a triumphant gleam I Illumine the eyes of Kignor \V«itliing ton. To this day I've always wondered hy\v ho lyanayed t'j keep that dreamy. j abstracted expression, (if course I : knew I could count 011 Cynthia and Worth in gt on, but I never knew I could count 011 them to such an extent as that. Eleanor ('ityler was delighted. She looked at tliem and listened to them In open eyed wonder as if they were beings from another world. And i all my fears of what Harry Iloekniiii ster would think were set at rest when he whispered. "I say, isn't this a stun ning lark!" And* now if Aunt I'attie didn't act too much like a lady Our Bohemian din ner would be a complete success, but 0110 false note would ruin everything I toyed with the grape fruit as long as possible. Then I rang the bell. As I did | so I kept my eyes fixed 011 Billy. He sat I opposite the kitchen door and would he j the lirst to see Aunt Battle. Tho kitch en door creaked, swung open, and the j expression on Billy's face signaled me | that something had happened. "Aunty," he burst out and then check j ed himself. From behind me came a soft voice with the pleasant slurred accent of> the. south. "I reckon jo's V>prised to see mo. V.ii.-.' Bilh . Yo' didn't know 5 was to cook de diunar, did ycT '»"• I turned and Vfcbftld Aunt I'alUe! And yu not Aunt Battie! For the face that beamed from beneath a bandanna turban was as black as the ae« of 1 spades! To Miss Cuyler this apparition was liothing more than a loquacious dutskj servant, but tho rest of u 0 \».ere iu , ocstasie- ...» tuirtu. We have vow«J uver since that we owed tho whole suc cess of the evoiiiug to Aunt I'attie, for not only was the dinner dellciously cooked aud splendidly served, but it went with a whirl. Harry Kockmin ster was never more brilliant in his life aud told stories of marvelous e-:cai>«td«ii in which he h:tu!i dinner was ovt'l' SBC leaned back in her chair with a little sigh. "It's ju»t as 1 fancied Bohemia would be," she declared. "Oh, what fun you all must have gathering round the ta b!o this way every evening. Of course it's just a common to you, but I <-;hn!l «tj\t>r forget It. Never! .>nd I Calt't thank you enough for this glimpso of It." Billy said she thanked him fervently again when he saw her to her "I've had the tiino of tuj life," she re iteralod, v«o tmie of my life!" '•'Well, sho wasn't the only one," said Worthiugton. He had taken off his wig anil was mopping his brow wl'iiu the rest of us sat about lv , aining room table at the remains of «lu.»ci 1 and teasing Aunt I'attie to have something more substantial than lobster salad aud a cup of coffee, "Miss Cuyler did scftu appreciate it," said Crathift. cried Billy. "I think it's we who ought to appreciate her Why, J«st l«"k "t her is a fvast) fose for It. then?" suggested Cynthia slyly. "I have asked," answered Billy quite simply, "and we are going »o begin to morrow." "\Vhlff!" sniffed Betty. "I smell ange blossoms!" And under cover of the Laughter Harry turned to me. "Miss Cuyler's had tho time of her Jife, Billy's had the time of his, and there's just ouo thing wanting to give nte tho time of mine." His lips were smiling, but there was 110 mistaking the look in his eyes. "I'd hate to spoil your evening by saying 'No,'" I whlspfvod back. And then, although « was' so happy, I had d'suid desire (o cry, and if Billy hadn't suddenly interrupted with a toast to the shores of Bohemia good ness knows what might have happened! Trout'H A. f'crrcSiiviiiit iit of tlie* London Field Relates'that he shot a flying heron that had been fishing in the river Colne at TJxbridge, and as the bird fell there dropped out of iU mouth a trout nearly uiie hall pound iu weight. Tho flsh was alive, though #roiT-d on the back. A procured a live bait can, filled It with water and put the trout into it. After a minute or so the fish gained strength. In a few hours it seemul quite resuscitated and apparently none the worse for its nanow escape from 'Jcath. It \vus accordingly returned to the river to recover itself fully. CAVE OF THE WINDS. Ilie \l>lon Carved In Stone I nilcr the Hill* o I Ilakutn. The great wind cave litis the form of nn eight story house, each story, or stratum, containing n distinct forma tion of its own and villaining chambers of u, stze and magnificence of depuration such as have never been found In any subterranean cavern of the world. It is a dream, a nightmare, a vision, carved In solid stone under the green hills of Dakota, stone ns white as the milk the hired man used to gi\o us to drink in the dawn ot a happy June VioiJ.i«K, utone ns retl ns the heart of the first bloodroot that you dug in the spring when the world was all spring to you, and stone that Is blue with a blue that all the painters who have ever piintwl Venice have tried to get for generations and havo failed. Frozen fountains are there, white with the leaping foam of untold ages; sculptured cats and horses and great monsters to be dreamed about o' nights and feared in dark corners In the day time, organs built by the hands of giant c:u.,uiv'» for a Titan to play wild lii'iuns of praise upon, a kitchen for the cooking of weird dishes never thought of up here In the sunsliluv. all manner and nil kinds of twin*, ninety miles of them. n there under the hoofs o» the gallant little range horses who pound the grass into hay the year round, up there In South I>akota.—Ex change. Napoleon 1 * »nu Wiper. Jyftpoieon was it hero to his valet, Constant, though lie sadly marred the servant's effort to dress liim neatly. Said the valet: His breeches were alwu.v-s of white cashmere. But hours after leaving hi»; yiiumhcr it often happened that they were till spotted with ink, thanks to his habit of wiping his pen on them and shaking Ink all around him by striking his pen against the table. How cvn , as be dressed In the morning for the whole day, he did not change his toilet 011 that account, but I'cmulncd in this state until night. The whole inside of his boots was lined with white fus tian. Whenever one of his 1< -s itched, he rubbed if with the heel of the boot or shoe with which the other leg was shod, thus heightening the effect of the sullied ink. Hewoi In history .* -in lo as poetic boean-o thev at-.- there. But if wo thoitld tell the simple truth of some of our neighbors It would sound llkw poetry.—o. W. Cuxtift. A STORY OF WEBSTER . ONE OCCASION WHEN DANIEL WAS DEEPLY HUMILIATED. 1 1 An In<*itlcnt Whioli Shocked And Snr l>rincd Iliin Into Tears —The Admi ration. tlie Loyuliy aud the Gener osity of Ilia Circle of Friends. The following incident in the life of Daniel Webster was related to the writer by the late Joshua Seward: Mr. Seward came to Woburn from J Boston in the early seventies and bought a farm, where lie lived until his death In lS*o. He was a native of the New Hampshire "Peace City," from which place ho came to Boston in early manhood and later engaged in the liv- I ery business off School street. H«j Mas I a genial, social, active young man, and 1 In a short time many of the business and professional men of tho city were his friends and patrons. Daniel Web ster, then in the fullness of his mas terly manhood, was his particular friond and most favored patron. One ypur Webster early engaged to deliver the Fourth of July oration in the city. A public procession was then an im portant feature of the celebration, and the orator of the day was the chief ! person of distinction in tl.c parade. In thoSe days w era no four wheeled vehicles for convenience or for pleas ure. A chaise was ihe proper carriage for gentlemen to use. Webster was popular and proud as popular. lie saw 110 chaise in the city as good as he de sired to appear in on that important occasion, and therefore he ordered one to be built by the principal carriage maker of tho Uiy ([Sargent, I thiuk It ( vus.., to be ready for uso 011 that day. in the moridns or the Fourth he ap jteitrdd nt Seward's stable office and requested Seward to go to the carriage shop and get the chaise he had ordered. Seward harnessed a horse and to tho carriage shop, as directed and told tho proprietor lie had conto for *,ir. Webster's chaise. Tho proprietor iu fl r '.j and measured tones that could not be misunderstood asked. "Did Mr. Webster send the money to pay for the chaise?" In relating this to me Seward said: "I was never so astonished in my life! j should have been less surprised if he had raised iis list and knocked me down. I had' no thought that there was a man living who had ever heard of tho great Webster, tho godlike Daniel, who WQuld or who could have denied idin any in-quest it was possible to grant. I could only say, 'He sent no money by me.' 'Then,' said the pro prietor, 'tell him he can have the chaise when he sends the money to pay for it «»nd not till then.' " Seward said he was never in such a dilemma in all his life. He could not go back aud tell that great man, whom he adored, that ho could not havo tho chaise til! ho paid for it. Aud yet he must go back and tell him something. But what could he tell him'? Finally, after much thought and study it occurred to him that he bad a new chaise which bo would offer to Webster and tell him that tho var nish on the one he hail wder-ed was not yet hard and that It would be liable to Injure if taken out In the heat aud dust of that public day. Webster met Sew ard at the door when he returned, and before Webster could ask a question Seward was telling him tho story he had invented 011 the way home. Web ster nindo no reply, but accepted Sew ard's statement as true and rode iu his chaise that day. About a week later Webster came again and said to Seward, ' I think the varnish on that chaise is hard now, and yau may go down and get it." Seward said: "With.a heavy heart I harnessed a horse and went again to the shop. I knew I should not get the chaise, and I was not disappointed. In the same manner I was asked tho sumo question as before I could not invent another »tory tuat would be credible :iad v\as therefore compelled to go back and tell liltn the truth." Webster was impatiently awaiting Seward's re turn, and when in hailing distance he called to Seward: "Where is tho chaise? What is the trouble?" Seward approached him more closely and in tones so low that no one could over hear biui replied, "He told me to tell you that you could have the chaise when you seut tho to pay for it and not befeje." Webster stood silent an tustant anil then with voice trem bling with emotion exclaimed, "My Ood, Joshua, did he say that?" and sank into a nearby chair and cried as would a deeply aggrieved child of six summers. It is well known that Webster would incur debt, apparently with no thought that there were two parties to a con tract, a creditor aud a debtor, and lhat their moral obligations were co- Cquai. Consequently his creditors so multiplied and Ids indebtedness so in creased as to interfere with his po litical plans, if not, Indeed, threaten his political future. At this tlir.o hts friends came to his aid and, Ic is said, raised tho sum of .*PJvtioo to cancel his indebtedness t»nd relieve him from tho further annoyance and pressure of his creditors. When we realize that $lO,- (XXI was a larger sum to raise then for any purpose than would be $200,000 today wo have some measure of tho admiration and the loyalty of his friends.—H. C. Hail in Boston Trau script. Junt So. "I thought you said you c-ouldn't live without me," sneered the girl. "So 1 did," answered the man. "Yet you're living." 111." Louisville Courier-Journal. John Hunter, the famous anatomist, once said that the feminine love of con versation was a consequence of a pe culiarity in brain tissue. Force of Vemeveranee. There arc two ways of attaining an important end force and perseverance. Force falls to the lot only of the privi leged few, but austere and sustained perseverance can be practiced by the most insignificant. Its silent power grows irresistible with time. —Mme. Swetc hlue. Tlie Nnulllu*. Xlie idea of airtight compartments in Bliips was suggested by the peculiar construction of the nautilus. The shell of this animal has forty or lifty com partments, into which nir or water may be admitted, to allow the occupant to sink or Uoat, as it pleases. A iIMC II t 111 ill ,000 bottles daily—they are continually saluted with explosions. Bang! And the glass splinters fly, and a little fountain of champagne per fumes the damp air. "Day after day each bottle must be turned, turned fifty times altogether, , till the sediment in it has all mounted up and concentrated itself around the cork. Then the corkers remove the corks, let the sediment thickened wine in the neck of the bottle blow off and skillfully replace the cork again. "The corkers' and turners' work is dangerous. These men are nearly all scarred like ine."—Kansas City Inde pendent. WAYS OF PENGUINS. Throe Bird* Lay Out Home Site* nnd Build Cltlea. I'enguins mostly spend their lives on the water, but when, during the breed ing season, they are obliged to seek the slioro they establish cities, many acres often being laid out in squares, composed of what might be called streets, running at right angles. The birds not only lay out their city after picking up all the loose stones till the whole place is as smooth as a board floor, but they take possession in cou ples, each pair selecting a home site, not to build a nest, but merely to se cure a particular spot on the bare ground. The lien lays one egg, and only one, and during the time of incubation the male bird brings her food from the sea or sits on the egg awhile himself if she wants to go out aud takp a swim. The lady penguins grow so fat and sleek under the good care of their faithful mates that they are eagerly hunted at the breeding season. The old birds are tough and fishy, but the tender young matrons are in great demand, both for their oil and flesh. Even the eggs have an oily and fishy flavor aud taste as hens' eggs might if cooked in paraffin. The pen guin has wings, like other birds, but tlicy arc altogether too short to fly with, though they assist him some what in waddling over the ground.— Cornhiil Magazine. Nature"* Perch (lump. "Chickens and other birds roosting on a perch 110 bigger than a lead pencil never fall off. Do yon know why?" said a farmer. "The tendon of a roosting bird's leg is so constructed that when the leg is bent at the knee the claws have to con tract—can't open till the leg is straight ened out again. "Thus a chicken gets on its perch, bends its knee to be comfortable and with that bending locks itself, as with a key, to the wood. It can't fall off. rut a chicken on your finger and then make it sit down. Its claws will clamp your finger tight and be unable to let go until the bird stands up again. Na ture, very kindly, has so constructed roosting birds that the act of settling down clamps them to their perch." Shelley's llenrt. A well known and very prominent English family are the possessor of a remarkable relic in the shape of a hu man heart preserved in a jar of alco hol. It appears that Shelley, the poot, feared that there was a chance of be ing buried alive. To guard against any such a contingency he left direc tions that his heart should be removed immediately after death. The queer relic may still be seen by any one who visits Bascoiube manor, Bournemouth, England. THE PLANET URANUS. Oddltlcn a Voyage to Tills (ilgantio World Would DUcloie. If Uranus, which is a star of about the sixth magnitude, were a planet ' like those little ones called asteroids, which are being discovered by the dozen every year, it could not have much claim upon popular attention, but Uranus is really a gigantic world, more than sixty times as large as ours. Its vast distance, about 1,700,000,0u0 miles from the earth, is what causes it to look so small. Uranus Ims four moons, which revolve backward in their orbits—that is to say, they re volve from east to west around Uran us, while Uranus goes, like all the oth er planets, from west to east nround the sun. It is believed that Uranus rotates backward on its axis also. Moreover, the axis of that great, strange globe lies in such a direction \ that In the course of its year, which is equal to eighty-four of our years, the sun shines almost perpendicularly first upon ouo pole and then upon the other. Measured by our time stand ard, there are forty years of constant daylight, followed by forty years of unbroken night, nround the poles of Uranus. And the sun rises in the west and sots in tho east there. But the sun looks very small when viewed from T'ran us—only ono four-hundredth as large as it appears to us. Still it sheds upon Ihat planet 1,500 times as much light ns the full moon scuds to the earth, so that daylight upon Uran us, while faint compared with the blaze of a terrestrial noonday, is nev ertheless a very respectable kind of illumination. CAKE AN OLD INSTITUTION. The Ancient* Made nnd Ate It, lint It \Yn* n Simple AflTnlr. The nneleuts made cake, but it was not the rich, highly seasoned and fla vored confection which we indulge in nowadays. They had plain cakes made with flour and water, some of them without a suspicion of sweet or flavor. Some of them were not unlike our plaluest crackers and were often eaten as we eat bread. Wedding cake was an institution among them, as with us, but the cake was a plain one and was broken above the head of the bride as she went to her new home. This was u special fea ture of Komuu marriages 2,000 years ago. The breaking of the enko was part of a solemn ceremony. All of the No. 20: cakes of ancient history are plain and j simple. It is only as we come down to more modern times that we bear of ppices and fruits and all of the rich and luxurious ingredients in which present day cakemakers delight. In Queen Elizabeth's time spice cakes and buns were eaten at weddings. From these the fashion and fancy grew for all sorts of elaborate aud deliciously unwholesome combinations until there seems to be n perpetual struggle for something new and more unusual to stir into the cake of the period M«n»arlns Medicine. Use a medicine glass with the amount of each spoonful and drop marked upon it. Teaspoonfuls and tablerpoon fuls are always mentioned, but as these vary In size it is not safe to rely upon them. Drops, too, cannot be properly measured without a glass. Keep the medicine glass perfectly clean. It should be washed out after each dose, in readiness for the next time. It is desirable that if the patient is to have medicine with a strong smell, oils, etc., to keep a glass special ly for them, letting it soak in hot wa ter for half an hour after use to re move all disagreeable odor. It is Im possible to cleanse such a glass in a few moments. When the medicine is being poured out hold the label upper most in order that it may not become • stained with any drops escaping down the side of the bottle. • Mozart and Dretsner. When Mozart was at the height of his fame he composed the music for Brefi ner's "Belmont uud Konstanze" ("The Abduction From the Seraglio") at the request of the Emperor Joseph 11. Tho author of the drama was so angry at this that he inserted the following no tice in tho Lelpziger Zeitung: "A cer tain fellow of the name of Mozart has dared to misuse my drama, 'Belmont und Konstanze,' for an opera text. I hereby solemnly protest against this invasion of my rights, nnd I reserve to myself further procedures. (Signed), Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, author of 'Rauschchen.*" A (iround Hog Case. "A ground hog case" is a case of absolute necessity—one in which tbo reward of perseverance is certain and the necessity for perseverance is im perative. Its origin is told in this sto ry: A boy was seen digging vigorously with a grub hoe at the mouth of a hole in which a ground hog had taken ref uge. He was nsked if ho thought he would get the ground hog, to which ho replied with scorn: "Catch him? Why, yes; I'm bound to catch him; we're out of meat."—St. Louis Uepublic. * Joliiiny'a Faith. "But why do you think Johnny be lieves so thoroughly in the efficacy of prayer?" "Because when 1 suggested that he pray for a little brother lie refused to do it and prayed for a goat and a red wagon instead."—Houston Post. Gospel of Clothe*. It Is a fact nowadays that fine feath--- ers do make flnu Weds and that people are judged more by their appearance than their character.—Lady Violet Gre ville in London Graphic. Opponents think that they refute us when they repeat their own opinions and take no notice of ours.—Goethe. ~~~ A SABBATARIAN. Revolt of a Doctor'* Compact WltM an Insane Patient, Dr. A. did not believe in forcible re straint for the insane. Therefore, as head of an insane asylum where per sonal influence was made to take tho place of bolts and bars and shackles, lie was kept a busy ma». One patient In particular was a young boy continu ally complained of at headquarters be cause he refused to wear his clothing, preferring to tear it into rags. Dr. A. remonstrated In vain, then thought out a plan of diplomacy, with which he approached his patient. "John," said he, "I find I am in need of n boy and thought you rnigkt like to take the position. I want to engage a boy not to tear clothes. Do you think you could do that work?" "Yes, I could," said John. "Very well. What wages will you ask?" "Twopence a day." The bargain was closed on the spot, John's destroyed clothing having cost the asylum pounds where his wages .were pennies. From Monday to Satur day John was n model laborer, receiv ing at the end of each day his wago with the other workmen about the asy lum. Sunday came, and with it John's mania, lie had not a whole rag on his back when Dr. A. was called upon to Speak to him. "How did this happen, John?" he nsked. "Weren't you engaged to work for me? You have broken your con tract." "I hnve not, sir," asserted John, with Warmth. "Didn't I work for you all the week? Today's Sunday, and I'll be hnnged if I work for any man on Sun day."— rearson's Magazine. Conaldernte Discretion. Stranger— How long since you made an arrest, constable? Constable HI Medder—Quite a - conslddyrable spell. I'm goin' a leetle slow 'bout haulin' 'em in Jest now. Wo lialn't got no place to put 'em 'ceptln' Cy Tedder's chicken coop, an' Cy's got a settin' hen on.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Fact of It. "It's love that makes tho world go "round," said the old fashioned senti mentalist. "No," answered Miss Cayenne; "it merely makes some people M dizzy, that they think the world is going 'rouud."—Washington Star. A llumau Salnnmntltr. Sojiie years ago a Spaniard named Marlines gave one of the njost extraor dinary exhibitions 011 record. It was at the New Tivoli, In l'urls, In the presence of an audience of scientific men, who placed its genuineness be yond doubt. A large oven had been heated by a furnace for sevefal hours. This the Spaniard entered, clothed lu flannel trousers and shirt, a large clonk of the same material and a felt som brero. He sang a song while a fowl was roasted by his side and at the end of fifteen miuutes came out again, tho temperature registered being between ISC' degrees uud 151- degrees F., or about lUO degrees above the tempera ture of boiling water. He entered the oven u second time and ate the fowl which find been roasted beside him. After a short pause he was shut iu, lying on a board surrounded by can dles. After uwbile the audience raised a cry of "Enough!" The door was opened. The oven was found to be full of noxious, suffocating odor of boil ing tallow, the solo survival of the caudles. Tho Spaniard caino out aud after a cold bath was well and strong. His pulse when, the door was first opened beat 170 to the minute.