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> <V,..
l'lttstiurit; Carrie tJerner. letter poaltlon. 1 Idellty & Casualty ( o. i'ltisi cirn .! M. Wtls.m,
U. &O. Freight Office, Hutler: Lester Re'l, l ooltkeaje live. Waiver \ Sot: lluth r Koller
MIIK Hu'ler •
fV II *ou,cn, Ht*Sl«l,lS f l'ALlx, Attend a nehool that ItoFS secure posi
tions anil GOOJ) uneu for its graduates. m>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 <l<-
mure m ii go\vn. and I w ore my
black net. i was just one
t>( 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
<le gasp, which showed thai our work
had flot been m >-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 ?utprise<j
at his appearance man Ue was at hers.
Homohew tie'titer Betty nor I had told
(lihi what a beauty Mi. s Cuyler was—a
childish little beauty with a tlufT of
golden hair and deep blue eyes that
opened very wide when anything as
tonished her. ,
Terry Dnsbwood cud Harry itock
minstev •in ; early, iutt there wasn't
u stgn of Cynthia anil Worthiugton.
"They're half an hour late already,"
said Betty to me in an aside. "What
011 earth can be keeping thorn? I'm
(ifrald the dinner mil l>o 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:t<i k «ui t. Cynthia ■
recited with, true dramatic
Between enurse» Worthiugton
played snatches on his violin, and wo
all sang songs—songs for \fiiich Perry
made up funny impromptu choruses.
The men smoked, and through the blue
haze shone the rndinjit t'.r ■ ot Miss
Cnylo;-.
Wl>u!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) f<ho has exactly the kind of
" eyes 1 wai— my 'Queen Titanla.' "
"Why don't you nsk her to ]>ose 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 <lt* (I.
One of the most brilliant of nil
Eaton's masters some years ago was a
very absentuilnded man. He was re
ported to have been seen one day ehas
ing a hen down Windsor hill iu the
folid belief that she was ids hat!
Mrtlleloua,
Miss lyuigyears—YOU know 1 have
been called good looking. Cynlcus—l
dare suy. The standards of beauty
chauge every teu years or so.—St. Louis
rost-DispateJli.
1
THE CHAMPAGNE MAKER.
Why Ilia Pace la Alwajn Decora ted
With Bourn.
, The Frenchman's face was liackod
I and notched.
"Have you been a duelist''"' one
asked.
So, 110," the man replied. "I have
been a champagne maker." lie touch
ed his face. "These honorable nicks,"
lie said, "are champagne scars.
"('hampagne scars," he ■went on," dec-
J orate the visages of all the workers in
the underground champagne mills of
Itheims. They are caused by the burst
ing of the bottles. About one bottle of
champagne in every ten bursts.
"There are miles and miles of cham
jKigne caves in Itheims, caves cut In
the solid limestone rock, where, in a
constant temperature of 45 decrees,
millions of bottles of wine refine and
ripen. .
"The workers down there «mell noth
ing but champagne ail day long, cham
pagne escaping from burst bottles, and
as the turners move along the racks—
each turns 3T>,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
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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.