VOL. XXXXIII. - j GREAT JUNE NINE-DAY SALE A FITTING CiIMAX TO Oilß BANNER SEASON ? i ■ Silks; Dress Goods; Wash Fabrics: Bed Spreads: Muslin and Cotton Underwear; and Summer Hosiery; Shirt Waists: Cor sets; Men's Wear, and Millinery, etc. Watch For Circulars _ I I Sale from Thursday, June 7to B JiC . . . ! Saturday. June 16, Inclusive. 1 H % EVERY ARTICLE IN DEMAND NOW. BARGAINS | I YOU CANT AFFORD TO MISS. EISLEK-MARDORF COMPANY, I SOCIH KAIH STREET i » I ) ££' Samples sent on request I OPrOSITK HOTEL ARLINGTON BUTI.ER. PA 1 Magic Carpets. | ® Put a new floor covering in the dingiest room o: y° ur @ ohouse. The effect is magical, comfort, cheeriness, cosi-(§j oncss, all come in with the carpet and Rugs, and our© ©carpets attract the purse, as well as the eye, with a hand @i ©3ome INGRAIN— aII laid little to the price, and substituting® s ia BRUSSELS or AXMINSTER. at any rate, drop in andjg take a 100k —for future Reference Low Prices, of QUALITY. g Patterson Bros. 1 <g (Successors to Brown & Co.) © 136 N. Main Street, Butler, Pa. © SPRING AND IN SO/W/WER FOOTWEAR. r NOW CODING IN. I Shoes for occasions r * Shoes for the mechanic ?■ Shoes for the farmer J Shoes for everybody Each and every pair in its class the best that money 1 will buy. \ Get your pair at I HUSELTON'S I L; Opp. Hotei Lowry. 102 N. Main Street. I Duffy's Store | B Not one bit too early to think of that new Carpet, orl ■ perhaps you would rather have a pretty Rug—carpetß I 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-H 9 ler county. Among which v/ill be found the following:' '*V H EXTRA SUPER ALL WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS, jgS Utavy two nnd threw ply.. 6?»c per yd and H HALF WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS, f &■} B««t cotton chnin So<: j.er yd nnd n|» H ■ BODY BRUSSELS, Hiniplv uo wear ont t) thi-H" s!.!{."« yil P TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, P ; ; Tinde, bat very («o<>d 65c per yd up 9 STAIR CARPETS, U B,»ly «:,-l T(l[k ffttrv Half ?U'l Ail \V<x>l In^r«iiiH. U HAHTFORO AXMINSTERS, ■ . Prettiest Onr]wt ni ide, n» durable t• tl.U.'i U RAG CARPETS, f « hiiuiuu o]d-fi:Hl)ii»ifil >v(.;tv«. H MATTING, Hemp and rttraw M RUGS CARPET SIZES. 9 |B Axininmer Khk«. Beauties t«> +-'J each and lipEw 9 ttruKKelH lilies, Tajit Htry and Body #l~ each and up FwJ Ingrain DniKKetH. All and Hnlf W<«jl ♦*> each and up fe-sJ 9 Linolentns fnlaid and Common, all widths and grades n Oil Cloths, FiiK)r, Table, Shelf and Stair. H Laca Car tains, Portiers, Window Shades, Cartain Poles; Sumll Hearth sal B lings, all styles and sizes. I Duffy's Store. 1 MAIN STREET, BUTLER. I WAIL PAPER!! | I BIG LOT! I t|t Specially low Priced. All New Patterns. t| X i We sell our border by the bolt same price 3i f!? as wall and ceiling. & I E£yth Bros., | NEAR COURT HOUSE. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Men's Suits and Young Men's Suits AT HALF PRICE. ;We still have a small scattering of medium and heavy weight garments which rather than put away in camphor we are pleased to offer you at prices which will induce you to buy. 1 MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S SB.OO SUITS GO AT $4.00 i .MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S SIO.OO SUITS GO AT SS.UO ! MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S $12.00 SUITS GO AT $6.00 'MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S *15.00 SUITS GO AT $7.50 MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S SIB.OO SUITS GO AT $9.00 SCHAUL & LEVY 137 £outh Main Street. Butler. Pa. fj Bickers Footwear 1 [fl ■KHBsanaawnHMBUMMmaaBMBsaBMHBEHB mr 1 ki i r-> f| | A Grand Display of Fine si ' I Footwear in all the 14 /Mhk Latest Styles. PJ pl Mh • 1 j-M We are showing many .. JiAiS styles in Ladies' Fine Shoes ri WA an< * Oxfords at prices sure kl W to interest you. fi fi M pj Large stock of Men's and LI !j.' gk Boys' Fine Shoes and Ox- yl I * or^s in t ' ie ' atest styles - j^J K; | dmr I Big bargains in Men's I anc * Boys ' wor^in ß sh° es - M w2 —— I Repairing promptly done, Mj []JOHN BICKELB YA 128 S Main St., BUTLER. PA. fj MEN Won't buy clothing for the purpose of i - )' ! ji sending money. They desire to get the best possible results of the money expended, j'. 'I Those who bay custom clothing have a j V J "j ij right to demand a fit, to have their clothes / 7Vmi correct in style and to demand of the - '•/ /! 8 seller to guarantee everything. Come to //; - . ' /■ ij -i as and there will be nothing lacking. 1 \ > •• ' M \ have just received a large stock of Spring V' *. • >-'■ j g and Summer suitings in the latest styles, , AV'4» -■ '~"e is shades and colors. » \ \&\ -/J? \ | \ G. F. KECK, MERCHANT TAILOR, . I !;f 142 N. Main St., Butl?r, 9a .j •fi m t J; | Spring and Summer Millinery. | § Everything in the line of Millinery can be found, the right thing at the right time at the right price at ||j f ROCKENSTEIN'S I # Phone 656. 148 S. Main St. # «? n? »?!?? J? *1? *1? fj? ft? fi i f fi? tIvl? fH fI? f I? fJ? | J. (i. & W. CAMPBELL, I jfi BUTLER, I'A. BUTLER ! SQ) ■ ■:./ /V X' a-'. y/s.Aj ////<// The following gru«iuat< * of !!»<• liiitlor ltuslno*:i Colic*:*) hi}vo Just accitiptod ikmlUoiih hh follows: -I 11. AlexiiiKii-r. ImhiU M«-pir, Wulmsh I:. ]{. Co., Mlttuhuric; lay TUoiupHoii, stenograph 1 * r. I S. hrvclopinent ( «>.. I til Av«.. I'JttMhurK; fimnia Hurr, Pit I *lMiri{ lf<'lii'i lon < < •.. NY w i% <; n-.l ri k U>n, Pa.; Pr:ul Sriy<h*t, i»l**rioKra|>lnT, Thti itr.il str« « t (>'<)., I'itubiirj?; li. P. l'r» <l«Tlf # k. sH*tn»iriaph« r, Wahimki Ic. It. «'o., I'llt-shtirt'; Hoh« hh;i M« L iukIIIIIJ. Sitlvajft* S»M*urliy < <i , |'n i mliiii- V ; till Av< , Wlnifn <1 ShalTi r, Imjl ti'r p«»slt lon. r (ffM'nmnla Hank I i 1 <It r . PltiiiljurK'. Il« rt liu M« < I»Tland, »U:noici*flLplH'r l Aaron K. IC<*ll)« r, Hut i:. Wl«-k. Stiunlani hL«»«l Car <%»; Mvr:i Anli, w . H ('. \Wi,.lmuH r, , < arrl«* iicrii«*p, IK-tt<'r position. I'Wlallty A ('annuity < <»., Pit tuburj/; •' M. Wllhoti, 11. A, O. Fr«-licht offlrc . Hutlcr; L* *U*r H«lf, bookkeeper. Geo. Walter A Sms, Hutlrr l£oll» i MI! I-. Hut Ur. Vuiiii'i i;.t'n iimi woi n nrsri T- TAM>. Attend a .' Ikkil that lidKH • « , uru post tlnn rind GOOD one f«.r UH '/r idnaU-H. HOMK hi-I.ooU ncOMltii: wu ITIUOUM. Foui tin «s an many t\all> ;i*» w«? run till. <'nine In n,n<l tin- l« lt« r we bo t » aliow them to you. Now 1h the tln»'.-1«» ent« r SHRiNG TERM, APRiL 2, I9ofi. Slay enter A.N V Mini', i itulOKU" mill .-irrulai* nulled mi itpplii'uilnn. « orren|)on(l« (nc lnvl*e<l. Visitors ALWA Vh welcome. Wben In Mutler, pay us a vl»lt. A. P. RKUAL, Principal, Butler,, Pa. BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY. .JUNE 7. 190n > s > And Weddings \ ( By Martha. > / McCulloch-Williams ) ) \ j Copuriuht. IM, by II". fi. C'ttWiffit \ Elizabeth crossed the turf so loathly, fo laggardly, she left a waving trail of deep green footprints athwart the dew grayed grass. The line was blotched here and there where she had stopped and half turned about, but from the last and lightest of the blotches it ran straight to t!i»- wicket gate in the hedge. The path to the gate led around, almost under the library windows. Therefore she had avoided it. She did not want to be spied upon, and, though the library commonly was empty uutil long after sunrise, she had come to be lieve there was no counting ou where Miss Prudence Weir would l>o at any special hour. The wicket gave upon a lane shady aud secluded, yet a public passway notwithstanding both sides of it be longed to Elizabeth's uncle, Dan. He had been trying to close it ever since he bought the old Mears place, but his rustic neighbors had held stoutly to their right of way. So the young man walking slowly along the lane was no trespasser, allieit lie walked warily, keeping close to the hedge. Elizabeth smiled shamelessly to see him. Now thai she had really brought herself to a clandestine meeting she was all In a happy flutter and amazed at her own hesitancy. Yet she said, smiling up at her tall sweetheart: "You must go right back, Billy—must. Do you hear? Miss Pru dence Weir sleeps with both ears and one eye open. Besides, she gets up early more than half the time. And you know she can make Dandy believe anything iu the world, except that lie ought to marry her." "H-m! That's a pity! Skepticism on any other point would be less In convenient," Billy Mcdwin panted, hurrying Elizabeth along the lane to ward the woods beyond the main trav eled road. It was not at nil the way he should go to go home, but some how Elizabeth made no protest. Soon they were walking through dew sweet shade, with birds singing thin nnd sweet above their beads. And presently Hilly had his arms about Elizabeth nnd was saying, with his Hps in her hair: "Iloney girl, I've been thinking—hard. Miss Weir is the lion In our path, and there's just one way to get round her"— "What?" Elizabeth interrupted, lift ing her head a little. Billy lookul up among the leaves nnd colored faintly as lie answered: "Ob, we must show Dandy how deceitful she is. She's made him believe it would be sin tq let me have you. Don't you think it would shake Ills faith in her if he knew she was willing to take mo her self?" "Hilly," Elizabeth exploded. shaking with laughter, "you wouldn't dare pro pose to lier. «":•!« Ji n live thr -ugh a breach .of promise suit? IT only you coulil do it! F.nt you never in the world can." "Sure you won't bo jealous?" Billy asked, pinching her car. Hhe made a face at hint as she an swered: ".lust you try It. Why, even If tin? worst h:N;i|>cned —if vou got tan gled past, getting out—l should have at least the heavenly satisfaction of know ing she hail showed herself to Dandy the cat she i«." "Trust DM- not to get tangled," Billy protested. What else he said Is not strictly material to this narrative, al though It sent Elizabeth home at last with happy eyes and the color of a wikl rose. ******* Ofttlnies fortune favors the daring. The execution began with his n-scue of the pudgy Miss Weir from a run away that was not in the least dan gerous, hut which gave her a mortal scare. Of course he went back with her to the j.ato, stopping there to ex plain elaborately that ho had some how Incurred the displeasure of Mr. Daniel (looilwaod and been forbidden the premises, 'il l, of course, gave him excuse to ask If h» iul.'ht Inquire by letter lifter Miss Weir's health. One letter quickly and easily bred an other, and from writing It was hut a step to meeting, either In the lane or In the wood beyond, and talking of many things. Miss Weir was rising thirty, Just five years Billy's elder, but so light colored and plump she (tattered herself It look ed the other way. She loved ease and consequence -witness that for five years past she had been trying deli cately to marry Uncle handy. She hacl f uly succeeded iu becoming after a tort his social watchdog. He had a great pplniou of Elizabeth, his heiress, and wanted to match her Well if sho was to bo matched at all. Miss Weir had about lost hope of Un cle Dandy when Billy came on the scene. Billy knew pretty well all there was lo know of lovemakin;'. This time he chose to make it iu hypothetical fashion. He began Impersonally by do scribing a young fellow who had set his eye: tind u art upon one so far above his dessert he had I>• ■ • <• quite hopeh-. s of winning her ami had de xccnded to trifling with mere ordinary girls by way of filling an aching vo!t|. Then ho pictured the lady. Her eyes were h#avcn blue, her skin all lily and rose, her hair like spun sunshine, her voice a flute. But that was as nothing beside her loftier charms her soul, her Vpirlt, her anxellc nature which made it mere ordinary sinner grovel In dust whenever be let himself feel what to ineritji It was to love her. Thus far Billy got by the end of the second week. Naturally It was but little later that the lady was forced to discover herself In the fair unknown. Then Billy played liner than ever, lie would not speak the worshiper » name; she must guess it. But he would \rlth her permission send her a letter uuslgueil from the woi'shl; r, one in some faint way setting l'o:th all that was iu his heart. And lie bound her self to reply to it replj as her heart directed. Billy had hard work to keep from shouting whou lie heard that, but by holding himself hard In hand ho kept a proper face ami hurried off to consult Is best chum, also a very an cient "complete letter writer," Miss Weir did reply from a full heart. Indeed, the heart slopped over a bit she called names Billy's name with endearing variations. More, she whistled down the wind his pleas of un'.vorthiness ho was a demigod at lea. I anion:; men she rejoh ed to hail and own him, king of her affections Marry him? She would be happier as his wife than any crowned queen. His "mode < fortune'' did not count at all. Jler tastes were even more modest— uud so on, and so ou. To do the lady Ju-tleo she knew Billy had really a handsome competence; also that he was no sluggard. And her own position was far from envia ble. Moreover, »liu was dreadfully i crabbi-d ov.-r Prudence's tardy settle j meut. "Here you are a n;'.L -ins old . maid when you ouuht to be a grand mother- almost," she said now nnd j then brutally. Iteally the stars in their j corns - fon.dit for Hilly Hilly the u:i regenerate, who as soon as be j-«»t the Iletier put it in his pocket and bore down on t "nele bandy, i Just what happened between them is to this day a dark secret. Folks out side heard lirst a lot of growling from I'ncle Dandy, followed later on by shouted laughter, but nothing audible until the pair came out together, with I'ncle Dandy slapping Billy <>n the buck at every other step. And this was what he was saying: "We've got to hire you a substitute, Billy, and I know just the man. It's Amos Flack— he needs a wife if ever a man did—a preacher, with t: ■ of the worst chil dren going. Auy endowed proposition will be tempting to him. Ee-ides. I've already detected him casting sheep's eyes up this way. So J - ou trot along and And Elizabeth while 1 look him up. And l»e sure you burn that letter. It must be thou lit to have got lost in transit. Yon may tell whoever you see there's going to be a double wedding up this way soon." "Yes, sir; I will," I'.illv said obedient ly. "But I shan't tell 'ein I had a hand in bringing.on both matches." Sure enough there was a double wed ding, with Uncle Dandy playing fairy godfather to both brides. The* Vanity of Man. Every womau in the car saw him do it, and they told the men of their fam ilies about it when they gut home, us proof that the weaker sex has no mo nopoly of vanity, lie hud ou gloves t!:;:t fitted cbsely. As so; n as he got wedged In between the fat man and the thin woman lie took the n off. If the performance had si ipped there no body would have given him a second thought, but the removal of the gloves was a curtain raiser for the real exhi bition. The minute his hands were bared lie took three rings from his in side pocket nnd*slippcd them on three different lingers. The l-Jngs looked to be the real thing. If they were not they made up in quantity what they lacked in qunl't.v. and the man cer tainly had something to show for his money. He showed it too. The paper he pretended to read was folded and refolded every few minutes, and with every movement of his bauds a shower of many colored stars glinted from the three large stones. At Fifty-eighth street the astral display ended. Care fully the rings were removed and de posited in his waistcoat pocket, the gloves were drawn on again, and the man left the car, looking the satisfac tion he evidently felt at having made an Impression.—New York Press. The Apache* Are S«i« Wor*hlper». The Apaches, like many oilier North American tribes, are sun worshipers. Their myths tell theiu that the sun la the all powerful deity, and to It all supplications are addressed. On going into battle, planting corn or on start ing on a cattle stealing expedition, the sun is asked to look with favor. That they believe in a future world is prov ed by their custom of killing horses nnd Wtrj lug niem, r.< "nr*tt as TTTcir ' clothing and implements of the chase, for life in the future world. Not only the medicine men but the people claim to hold communion with the Chindl, or spirits of their ancestors. They are also great believers iu omens, talis mans and amulets, hut arc very con servative, and it is with dlfllculty that one gets tliein to discuss ilihigs super natural. They will not talk about (Jixl among their own people with familiar ity and scarcely at all with the white man.—E. S. Curtis In Scribner's. The Center of I In* (.lolic. The city of London is said to lie the center of the land hemisphere of our globe. in other words, It I; claimed that a radius of O.'KM) miles on the curved surface of the earth would de scribe a circumference inclosing more land, from London as a center, than from any other city on the planet. Sev eral other places have been claimed as the "axle of the globe," C. Plazzl Smith, the famous "pyramid astrono mer," endeavoring to prove that the great pyramid Is situated on the center spot of the land surface. In ancient times It was claimed that the temple of Delphi stood 011 tin- "navel of the universe." Several of the petty oriental kingdoms have at different times laid claims to being "the universal center," and at oae time the Chinese claimed that the celebrated "porcelain pagoda" was the center around which the sun, moon and stars revolved. Some hlljin <>f file Tongue. Never use the word "liable" when you mean "likely." Do not say, for instance, that "ho is liable lo come In at any moment," "Liable" Implies mis fortune and means "exposed to," "sub ject to," "in danger of." Why do most of us speak of "un raveling a mystery V" Any good dic tionary shows that "ravel" means "to unweave." You "ravel" a mystery, therefore, when you solve 11. In "Ham let" Shakespeare says: "Muku you to ravel all this mutter out." If you and your friend Smith know a man culled .Jones, do not speak to Smith of "our mutual friend" mean ing Jones. Jones Is your common friend. If you aro friendly to Hmlth and Smith is friendly to you, you and Smith are "mutual friends," but that Is the only sen ;<• In which the term may be rightly used, Aereeil Willi Her. After an ail night session with the boys a husband wended his way home, arriving there at about 5 a. in. He found hi wife waiting for him In the dlnlu;' room, the confusion of furniture indicating that she had been having an unhappy time. "This is a nice time for you to be coming home," snapped the wife, "Yes," admitted tlio cuing husband. "It's a lovuly morning." I haven't slept a wink this blessed night," with a severe look. "Neither have I," said the husbaud. Tin* .Hliiimii l*tir<*. "The real simon pure" Is one of those phrases which every one understands and not one in a hundred could account for. Hlmaii Pure v .11 a Pennsylvania Quaker iu Mrs. Ccutllvre's "A Hold Stroke For a Wife," produced at Drury Lane theater, London, In February, 17is. one Colonel Felguwcil passes himself off as Bimon and wins the heart of a Itristol heiress, Miss Lovely, after which the real Simon Pure turns up. The Weather I'rophef. "Ilow aro you coming on with your new msli in of wcaHe-i pre.ll Uon'r" "Weil," answered the prophet eheerl ly, "I can always get the kind of weather all ri;.'ht, but I haven't quite lucceeded In hitting tlio dates exactly." f.'l-eIH tall-UN. .\ ure.it Idea Is usually original to more llif.n one dlseovcrer. Great Ideas come when the world needs them. They i;urrouiid the world's Ignorance •ud press for admission. - A. Phelps. GOOD FEED STUFF. Wheat tlr-xn bj tile Ni'« .Milling: II ifli In I'pntein. Letter rewl.i-d at tK - Michigan ex i>eriuieut e tilt ion indioato that in some I >*ts of Michigan a prejudice exists roller proe. s.s wheat bran.- Some farmers prefer tiuely ground bran, others . :i' prejudiced in favor of eoarsor satuples, 'l'he pro<lu#t of roller mills is not uniform in this respeet. In some samples th • irerm is ground with the bran; in other mills the germ K found either in the flour or as a separate bypr >drrt. To j.et some light ' ou the relation of th ■ composition of bran to its physical appearance four lien samples were analyzed, some of them from roller mills, some from bur stone mills, some from mills of large capacity ami others from smaller es tablishments. lif per i-.-nt of protein I varied from l per cent tu the bran of a lvller process mill with an an nual output > f l.lidO tons to 1!> per cent i in a lirst crade roller process bran from one of the Immense mills in Min neapolis. I,ittl.< ariation was found i lu the »-Oiupo«itioa of extremely coarse bran and the finer articles. Roller I'rocenH Pr<»dact Approved. The chemist of the station says on tliis topic: The two extremes, the very coarse and the very tin", are of much the s tme composition, while neither shows the best sample so far as feed ins properties are concerned. The medi um grades generally show a better analysis than either of the extremes. Theoretically the bran produced by the roller process should be more valuable than that produced by bur stones, as in one the germ, which is rich In fat, is separated out with the flour and in the other this part toes into the bran. The roller process bran* are all per ceptibly higher In protein than are those of the bur stone process. It Is not so much the amount of starch pres ent in the bran as the amount of pro tein and fat thnt Is of consiih?rntlon to the feeder. The end for which the millers are constantly working iu the milling process, the most complete sep aration of the starch possible and the needs of the consumer of bran, a food rich In protein and fat, are Identical. The new milling process Instead of supplying the feeder with an inferior grade of feeding stuffs furnishes him with one much superior to that sup plied by the old process. Flrsit l ood For ChiekM. I'oultrymen differ considerably as to when the chick shall have its first food. Good results have been secured when chicks have been permitted to pick a little sand or fine grit from a clean board when nbout thirty-six hours old, and when about forty-eight hours old to eat breadcrumbs mois tened in milk nnd squeezed dry. After that almost any of the prepared/"hick foods may be fed nbout live times a day till the chicks are two or three weeks oid. when they will do well on wheat screenings and need not be fod oftcner than three times a day. It Is advisable to let the chicks have access to green feed at nil times. Fine clover hay cut with an ordinary straw cutter is excellent and also makes a good lit ter to Hcitl&x- the feed In It is 08*1, however, to give the last food at night 011 a clean board, letting the chicks eat all they will anil then removing It. In the Orchard. If plant lice or nphids become threat ening spray with whale oil soap, one pound in seven gallons of water. In late May or early June the eggs of scurfy jjeale niul oyster shell scale begin to hatch, and as soon as the hatching period is completed the young can be destroyed u Ith kerosene emul sion, one part to nine of water, or with one pound of whale oil soap dissolved In seven gallons of water. A shallow fountain or tank which affords a drinking aud bathing place for birds throughout the summer will do much to encourage their presence. Veneer Stock. Probably 110 branch of forest utiliza tion, with the possible exception of the manufacture of pulp wood, shows such rapid development In this country us the veneer Industry. t T ntll very re cently the opinion has prevailed that the kinds of timber which could be made Into veneer were very limited In number, but the reports furnished by the veneer producers to the forest serv ice include twenty-four species. Many of these, to be sure, are now cut in un important quantities, but tlio tendency to experiment with new woods is clear ly shown. How to Kill lloUße Files. The department <>r agriculture states that in France a prize of $2,000 was offered for the best method of killing house flies. It was won for a sugges tion to use oil stirred In water In vaults and cesspools. For inunure tho oil Is mixed with sand or phosphate scat tered over the piles. This prevents egg laying or hatching, as most of this Is done In manure piles. I'nrm IlrevltleH. Keep the celery plant bed well culti vated and scrupulously clean of weeds. If really first class plants are wanted do not allow them to stand thicker than about twenty the to the sqtiaro foot, and less will be better. Apply nitrate of soda 111 small quantities, say 100 to 200 pounds an acre. Recent Investigations indicate that when liquid manure Is applied to the soli the plant food In the manure Is absorbed and held in the soli and Is not immediately washed out If not made use of by the plants. In using nitrate of soda as fertilizer for corn it Is advised to drop It three to six Inches away from the seed corn. Hedtop Is an accommodating grass, as It can be sown nearly any lime In the growing season and will do well on land that Is too wot for timothy or has too much aeldity. l>lsap|M)inted live males the misery of youth, disappointed ambition that of manhood and successful avarice that of age. -tJoldamlth. I |>»lile Down. "So you don't believe In college edu ration'/" "No, sir. After graduation I nearly iitarved to death practicing law." "But you look prosperous now." "Yes, sir. I went into vaudeville and made a fortune balancing a barrel on my feet while standing on my head."— Detroit Free Press. Vimni UiiKnUln, "It's a queer thing >il> >ut children babies," a: 1 ii| the proud father. "If I say 'eat' to iny boy, the m .ire t ho can get to repeating It Is 'tat,* but If I make up a word like 'oobljoohle' that yoiimsu r can Ms-uk It more fluently than I can." Pearson's Weekly. Kit 111 Deep. The first known, if not the original use of the phrase, "lieanty is only skin deep," occurs lii Italpli Venning'* "Or thodoxe Paradoxes." "Ail the beauty of the world Is but skin deep; a sunne blast defucolh It' •A. "A/ AAA 'A/ A/ / AAAAAAAAA'NA# 5 ► * The Message * | From Bleaker's £ <4 By Alice Crittenden Derby p. Copyright, 19rtJ, by Ruby Douglas •v /▼ /wwr/wvr /▼> "rvwrvr • Tlie night operator at Bleaker's I.ift I had boon crying. Job I>aly, the taci turn old track walker, saw that with half an eye—which was nil he ever di rected toward the sex—when he came in f<.r the coal scuttle that evening. Taxing his imagination for a cause, Job surmised that llhoda wept because hor father was laid up agaiu with his crippled back, a memento of the last landslide, which he hail defied in order to tick off a warning to others. As a matter of fact the girl's tears were not liiial ones, but pertained to the discov ery that the young engineer of No. 7 was no ordinary sweat-of-tlie-brow run ning man, but a chap of very different calilter—ln short, a son of the first vice president, with a penchant for practi cal knowledge concerning his father's road. True, Pave maintained that a man is not accountable for his father and had blustered reassuringly when Rhoda wormed out of him the admission that his sire had shown a tendency to a hot bos when toid of their matrimonial plans. "Dad needn't be so doggoned crit ical," grumbled Pave, blissfully deposit ing a cinder smudge near Rhoda's pink mouth. "He's self made, every inch of him; began at rock bottom forty years . ago. 116 isn't snobbish either in some ways. He's often told me that I'm named for an old 'buddy* of his; some one he thought tho world of and would give a lot to find." Notwithstanding the vice president's magnanimity toward the memory of a whilom "buddy," Rhoda felt that her humble self as a daughter-in-law should not be wantonly thrust upon him, particularly since Pave confessed light heartcdly that the act might bind hlci to an engineer's life in dead ear nest. She was a girl with a conscience, and that unfeeling mentor represented that she ought not to wreck her lov er's careor. Therefore Rhoda was dig ging a little heart grave that night at Bleaker's I.ift and trying to shovel big Pave into It. Old Job in his wordless sympathy had filled up her coal stove so solicit ously nt 10 o'clock and again at 1 that Rhoda was driven to the open door for a breath of the keen mountain air of late November. The black night show ed only a few sickly stars above the tall pines and Job Daly's lantern swinging nlong the winding path to ward his own shanty. Suddenly this one friendly twinkle amid the darkness lurched sideways and went out. "Job," culled Rhoda concernedly. "Job, did you fall?" There was no answer, and tho girl turned resolutely within the office. She had lighted another lantern and was reaching for a wrap when tmusual sounds made her wheel quickly. Five I'M'-I;-,"eV'll IWlklßff' men Mocked the doorway. Rhoda stepped across to the table, her eyes seeking the old fashioned pho tograph hanging aliove It as one might appeal to a crucifix. It was the like ness of her father, whom she Idolized, and she was taking counsel of him now and also thanking God that It wa i she on duty that night instead of him. Then she coolly fuced the In truders. her back to the tablo and one hand creeping out stenlthlly behind her. "Prop that, curse you!" snarled one of the men. "You'll finger that ticker when I tell you to and not before. See?" It was the ugliest villain of them all who sjioke, and Rhoda's arm fell at her side. "Now you'll wire the old man ut Ruinford," the fellow commanded, lev elling a shining barrel at her head, "that there's a rock or a tree—make it a tree on the track, and the express 'll have to take the siding. Tell 'em the old guy Is hurt and they'll have to throw the switch themselves." He low ered his voice, speaking to the others, "That'll give us time to fix the engineer and get aboard?" His accomplices nodded. "Now hump yourself, girl. This man. Telegraph Bill, la next to the dot and dnsli lingo, KO you can't fool us, und you'll do the job up proper or It'll bo all day with you." A metallic cMck emphasized the threat. Uhoda glanced slowly about the cir cle of dark, sinister faces. Coming last to Telegraph Bill, she saw that the man was listening Intelligently to a message passing over the wire, and she knew the leader had spoken truly. They were not to be fooled. An ashen pallor overspread her face. Shu reached hesitatingly for the key. Iter fingers stiffened on It unwillingly, ami Jerkily the Instrument began to tick. At the first sound Telegraph Bill looked up, and their eyes held each oth er fur an Instant, then tho man's brow contracted doggedly, and he looked down. Kven a train robber may not relish seeing a loyal hearted woman compelled to betray her post. Tick, tick, tick, sped the message, while Ithoda gazed fascinatedly ut the one man who understood It. When she had finished their eyes met again, but bis spoke only a T*>id admiration before which Ithoda'* lushes sank. After cutting the wires the men llled out, engaged In muttered colloquy. Ithoda flung herself down, her head upon her arms. Then, at the thought of nil that might yet be, she drew u bright little revolver from the drawer und lie Id it tremblingly. A muffled step und Telegraph Bill sfood before her, glanc ing baek apprehensively, as If to see if lio were watched. THTI I-IITM WDKIMin LLIIMHTWL AIIHIUWUIV With a hoarse Imprecation the mau lunged to the floor, his temple striking a broken drawheud, which fate, In tho person of .loli Daly, had cast into u corner that ufternoou. Blood gushed from two wounds und he lay white and metlonh'Ni where he had fallen. In Uhoda's ears was a running re verberation. She thought It was her own heart till the deck lights of a freight whiz/.ed past and then she knew why the report of her shot had not brought the other men back. She crouched in her chair, hiding her eyes from that rigid, white faced object with its o'izlu : blood. The wonted compan ionship of thi- sounder was gone and the mournful sighing of the pine trees without seemed u ghostly requiem for slain hope. After many hours, sin- thought, there • nine u locomotive's sharp cry, waking the mountain echoes; then the nearer rolling thunder of a train. She heard the brake shoes grind upon the wheels ami then oblivion enfolded her, uupene truted by the hubbub of shouts and tiring which followed. What she knew next was that I»ave bent over her, pressing her drooping he.id against the breast of his sooty coat. The room was full of men, some of them bound and gagged. No. 23. Among these latter was Job, for once more silent than even he enjoyed, though he spoke no word when some one loosed him. A stately old gentleman emerged from the background and, crossing over, twitched the engineer's sleeve. The young man lifted his eyes, a ten der. adoring light still filling them. "Father!" he exclaimed. "What in the name of all" —■ The old gentleman smiled quizzically. "I had a fancy to see how you ran an engine, Dave, and I got right into • It. Hey, boy?" At that moment a commotion arose from the rufflnn in the corner. Rais ing himself on one elbow he stared stupidly alK>ut, then lifted a vindictive fist and shook it at Rhoda. "You young Jezebel, you," he roared painfully, "to serve me like this after I'd saved you from the gang. They'd have slung you si through ticket if I'd blowed your message, and you know It, too, you—you—bully little devil hen! I was going to help you make a sneak if you hadn't plugged me, but"— A groan and a collapse ended the sentence. Rhotla sprang forward, remorsefully wringing her hands. Pave's gaze went with her devouringly. The vice president looked from one to the other. Then he adjusted his eye glasses and picked up the yellow tele gram slip which the division superin tendent had just laid down. He read: "Panger at 11. Robbers waiting for train No. 7. Pon't stop, for God's sake." Tin? official smiled agaiu, this time a little uncertainly. Edging closer to his son he laid a gentle hand upon his shoulder. "Lad," he said reproachfully, point ing to the little old photograph above the table, "why didn't you tell me long ago that she was Dave Brody's girl? Surely you knew that he was my old buddy?" The Color «f Water. After lon r he.sitatiou scientific men agree in admitting that water physical ly pure seen in mass is sky blue. This color is that taken by the white light of the sun when absorbed by the water iu cousequenco of a phenomenon the explanation of which would bo a little long. It is not due to the chemical pu rity of the water, since the sea, which is tho bluest water, is also that which contains the most salt. Nevertheless, according to Forel's experiments, the matter in solution should be the pre dominant cause of the modification of color, upon which act l>esldes the mat ter in suspension the color of the bot tom and the reflection of the sky and of the banks. Consequently blue water is pretty rare in nature. A good many seas and lakes that give us the impres sion of this tint are green. The water at present acknowledged to be the bluest Is that of the Sargasso sea, be tween the Cape Verde Islands and tho Antilles. The water of the Mediterra nean oIT tlie French coast and around Capri is bluer than tlint of Lake Le man, much less blue Itself than that of the lakes of Kaudersteg and Arolla, la Switzerland.—Paris L'lllustratloo. Culling- the I.antlladr. A <•*>•• iasltj- not tit* him In a Bi.ck Bay lodging house ona day, nuil lie paid for It, as is usually the case. He said he hadn't seen the landlady during his stay of three monlhs, the rents being paid to the housekeeper, and a frleud to whom be made tills remark said that Bhe .was around about every day— ln fact, he wouldn't be surprised if she was in the house then. To test his confidence he was willing to wager tho cigars that site was there, and Ills doubting friend considered it toft_ easy a thing to lose, so lie said, "Agreed." Then the man who was certain proceeded to win eas ily. Seizing a plate from the table, he dropped it upon the floor, and In less than a minute tlio woman of the bouse was on the scene Inquiring about the cause of tlie noise. The doubter WIS satisfied.—Boston Globe. Men Need Bl| Mirrors. "A man's dressing room need* A full length mirror as mucli as a woman's boudoir." This declaration waa made by a speaker at a convention of mer* chant tailors, and tho statement met with no contradiction— in fact, after tho convention had adjourned it waa round that every maker of garment* in the hall believed that it would make the American citizen a better dressed person if he would mako arrangement® to "see himself as others see him." This Is not "foppish," it was declared, even though it can be done only; through the use of tho long mirror, heretofore held sacred to C&x lAdx'9 uses Those are wise who through error pass on to truth; those are fools who hold fast to error.—Kuckert Old Time Aetlnar. The old time actor had peculiar n 1 primitive views as to elocution and 1 uses. I remember a certain old frle: I of mine who, when he recited the ope.: lng speech in "Richard HI." and arrive at the line, "In tho doep bosom of the ocean burled," suggested the deep bos oiii of the ocean by sending bis voice Into his boots. Yet these were fluo actors, to whom certain young gentle men who never saw them constantly refer. Tho methods of tho stage have completely changed and with them tho tastes of the people. The probability Is that some of the old actors of only a few years ago would excite much merriment in their delineation of trag edy. A very great tragedian of a past generation was wont iu the tent scene in "Richard III." to hold a piece of soap iu his mouth, so that, after tho ap poarancc of the ghosts, the lather and froth might dribble down his chin, and ho employed moreover a trick sword which rattled hideously, and, what with his foam flecked face, his rolling eyes, Ids Inarticulate groans and bis rattling blade, the small boy in the gallery was scared Into a frenzy of vociferous delight!— Richard Mansfield in Atlantic. Proficient* When western lowa was newly set tled the farmers in an Isolated section banded tfiemselve* together as a school district and proceeded to chooso ono of their number committeeman. A log schoolhoiise was erected, and soon a young woman came that way seeking u chance to teach. The committeeman, was designated to ascertain her fitness. When the time for the ordeal arrived tlie public official was at his wit's end. ll<' had been examined himself often enough, but that was when he was at tend ing district school fifty years be fore. The very thought of conducting an examination himself, and for a teacher at that, staggered htm. He could not think of a question to ask. Tho young woman sat waltlug, and the old man teetered nervously on Ills tiptoes. "Well, now, Miss Burden," ba said cautiously at Inst, "kin you sny the alphabet bnck'ards?" Miss Burden could, and did. "Fine!" cried the committeeman. "I'll Just Indorse your certificate." He wrote It thus: "Fully profecshunt."
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