VOL. XXXXIII. I Just Loaded Down | ®With good things in furniture. Our stock for this seasons® ©offerings is at its best. It doesn't make any ©whether your need is for a complete outfitting, or only aW ©few odd pieces, or to meet some special purpose you 11W ©find here plenty of opportunity for wise selection. ToW ©merely look at such a display as this is as good as ay ©feast. Will you come and look. W I Patterson Bros. | ® FURNITURE OF QUALITY, ® ©Successors to IQC M Main or * Main ©Brown & Co. lOU PL IVlain Mifflin St.® ®(§)(§)(§)@®@@@@@@@@@@®®®®®®®®©® THE MODERN STORE- Big June Sale Continued all Week, June 18th to 23rd Inclusive. ALL PiUCEfe FOB THIS SALE HULI> GOOD, A FEW OF THE MANY BARGAINS. 44 inch, 85c an year- both ladles and gentleman, and with two or three exceptions, all the graduates "I our bookkeeping department. FALL TEBAf* SJSPTEMBEK 3, 11MW L' <-ata|< gue. circulars, etc., mall (id upun application. A. P. REGAL, Principal, Butler, Pa. J Duffy's Store 1 ■ Not one bit too early to think of that new Carpet, or I I perhaps you would rather have a pretty Rug—carpet ■ ■ size. Well, in either case, we can suit you as our Car-B ■ pet stock is one of the largest and best assorted in But- ■ ■ ler county. Among which will be found the following: j£ ■ EXTRA SUPER ALL WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS, B ■ Htavv two and three ply 65c per yd and up I ■ HALF WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS, 1 ■ Best cotton chain %0c yer y d and up ■ M BODY BRUSSELS, g ■ • Simply no wear out to these $1.«5 y*d ■ ; ■ TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, 1 H Light made, but very Good.* j. or* per yd up ■ r ■ STAIR CARPETS, & ■ Body aud Tapestry Brussels, Half and All Wool Ingrains. I ■ HARTFORD AXMINSTERS, I H Prettiest Carpet made, as durable too $1.35 ■ RAG CARPETS, Genciue old-facbioned weave. < S ■ M AtTI G, Hemp and Straw! ' ■ RUGS-CARPET SIZES. ■ Axminster Rugs, Beauties t00.., $2:! each and up ■ Brussels Rufts, Tapestry and Body , sl'i each and up ■ Ingrain Druageta, Ail end salf tVool $5 each and up ■ Linoleums, Inlaid and Common, ifll Widths and grades " P' , ■ Oil Cloths, Floor, Table, Shelf And Sfair. ■ Lace Cqrtains, Portiefs, Window Shades, Curtain Poles; Small Hearth ■ Iluge, all siyjes and sije?. I Duffy's Store. •v I MAIN STREET, BUTLER. fe tmi j. jjMti i,™, -l. 1 —I I Advertise in the CITIZEN, "THE BLITHER 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 j i are pleased to offer you at prices v/hich will induce you to buy. MEN'S AND YOUNG MEN'S SB.OO SUITS GO AT $4 00 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 GO 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 South ilain Street. Butler. Pa. [fßickd's Footwear i M— —1 « < I|| A Grand Display of Fine M ► " Footwear in all the J Latest Styles. fJ ► MPw W e are showing many Ll and Oxfords at prices sure * ■ » Large stock of Men's and Ll t Boys' Fine Shoes and Ox- PJ F fords in the latest styles. i o Big bargains in Men's ► yQgP Boys' working shoes. \ —— Repairing promptly done, k* i JOHN BICKEL i 128 S Main St., BUTLER. PA. MEIN : Won t buy clothrtig for the purpose of , I I! ll f spending money. They desire to get the JJ! i/f>! v>M I best possible results of the money expended. if I ,i /'/ .1 If Those who buv custom clothing h:ive a -W J .Jit,/ I m right to demand a fit, to have their clothes /I H l ; I\\ correct in style and to demand of the Aj j.| iJr M>.\\ seller to guarantee everything. Come to /If / 11 uh and there will be nsthing lacking. I 1 ''' just received a large slock of Spring l|\\ and Summer suitings in the latest styles, ll • shades and colors. ' ' \ fji KsSr- ¥ijlfj 1 G. F. KECK, pff-1 ' /ViEHCHANT TAIbOR, p |l 142 N. Main St., Butler, Pa | Spring and Summer Milljnery-1 Everything in the line of Millinery can be found, • j ? X the right thing at the right time at the right price at 2? | ROCKENSTEIN'S I H TJT r a Phone 656. 148 S. Main T : : $ an any °^ i6r °n the market. i | J. Q. <& W. CAMPBELL, 1 g BUI LER, PA. tft ' ; \ I WAIL PAPER!! | 1 BIG LOT! £ ||! Sipecilaliy low Priced. All New Patterns. 2j & We sell our border by the bolt same price |1 i| as wall and celling. w -1 Hiyth Bros., 4 M NEAR COURT HOUSE. BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1900 1 WORK FOR | SYLVIA "By Joanna Single 1 > Copyright, 190G, by K. C. F'arnclls < [ ft Sylvia Maine stretched out a gaunt Bmi and slammed down the window of her little dressmaking shop. "Looks like spring wanted to git in here, too," she remarked precariously through the mouthful of pins which she was deftly transferring to the folds of the gleaming white satin gown draped on the lovely girl who stood pa tiently before her. She continued: "The laycock buds is all bustin' out, and the wind smells good enough to eat. but I can't have it blowiu' your hair into my eyes and settin" these folds skew in'. You'd have a conniption lit if your weddiu' dress didn't set good, and so would I. It would dis grace me. I've made every weddiu' dress in this village for fifteen years, all except Mandy Butler's, which was city made, though I dou't Just say that had anything to do with her l>eiu' di vorced In a year's time." Nelly laugh ed as she replied: "I'm not sure that I'd know It If it didn't fit, Svlvy. Is It silly to be so happy? Hero Ilarry and I' y ve been en gaged only a year, and our folks all like it, and now his grandfather leaves him all that money, and everything's perfect" She blushed with shy pleas ure to the roots of her beautiful blond hair. The withered little spinster dress maker sighed. Her only love had In anger married another woman and had been unhappy till his early death. "It's silly not to be as liappy as the Lord will let you be, Nelly. I don't let myself git too old to forgit that. You and Harry be as happy as you can and be good. There— ain't that sleeve sweet? I got to git this dress of yours done this week so's I can git at Annie Falue's. Her weddin's iu June too. It's the Lord's own month for weddin's, and there had ought to be another be sides yours and Annie's In this vil lage." Nelly's resplendent image in the glass made her ask absently: "What other wedding do you mean?" "John King's and Alice White's." Nelly considered the fit of lu-r little girdle before she said carelessly: "Why, they've been engagk tlip last pip from h»»r mouth and explained: "It's his mother and her father that stand In the way. They are selfish old cc'm to stand In the way of the chil dren's happiness. Even If Alice's fa ther had any one to look after him I doubt whether Alice, who Is the sweet est thing that ever lived, could gey along with John's She's a heaily old piece if she Is smart and handsome, aDd she likes her own way too well to want a daughter-ln law to have first place In the house John has earned and built with his own bauds. His father was no earthly account, and folks do say all Mrs. King married him for was to spite Cornelia Jones, who was dead In love with him and was never married on that account, they say." Sylvia took the soft satin care fully off over the girl's pink shouldera. Nelly's sympathy was aroiutcd : As she dressed sbv m n, l»i a laughing proposal. "Well, something ought to be done, and it's work for you, Sylvy. You're always setting tilings straight for peo ple. Why don't the old folks get them selves out of the way? Why, they might get married—tliey might marry each other! You attend to It—you've done harder things—ami I'll help you out." As the girl stepped out luto the sun shine Slyvla sunk Into a chair. "She beats time!" she muttered. "Rut it ain't a lmld Judsn ,n lug iu» \\ IdvttV Kli|£,"tl(t>y nay. ptie.'s Uaifdsume und young looklu' and well heeled, the best cook lu town und economical too. She's good tempered, except ulxjut John's marryln' Alice, alid I kind of bate to see her throw her self away. But Judson's a sly old coot. Anyhow, I hope she marries leaves Jobu free. He and Alice have waited long cnougli—it ain't rl?ht! Well. I not to lie poin'. Vou tell Alice I was here." She walkrd off. leaving the old man witli a new fear—and with a new idea in his head. Tlwt Judson! He and Judsou had always conflicted. He prunted and lit his pipe. Spring passed Into early summer, and in June Nelly and Ilarry and An nie and likhard were married. Alice, sweet and grave and dark eyed, sang at the weddings. Her rit-h soprano was indispensable. John watched her in love and despair and began to won der If, after all, prudence and caution were not sometimes vices as well as virtues. Would he never be free to take Alice to his own home? Would she never leave her father to come to him? He went to see her much oftener than had been his habit, and, strange to say. of evenings her father disap peared. no one asked where, and left them to themselves. John and Alice were again almost the l»oy and girl lovers of ten years ago. They took twilight walks and long drives unmo lested and unquestioned and were very happy. With surprise John began to realize that his mother no longer nagged lilm about his engagement nor bad tits of weeping, during which she declared that he was going to make her a stran ger and a dependent In her own bouse. Then one evening he took courage and masterfully laUl before Alice a plan to fcrave even'body. Finally she yielded, though she dreaded the ex planation that would have to follow. One soft September evening John, with a license in his pocket, drove to her door and told her father he was going to take her for a drive to Lynn vllle, ten miles away, and that they would not be back till evening. The old man was used to their driving and said nothing. In fact, he seemed al most auxlous to have Alice go. I-ate in the evening they returned man and wife. John tied the horse and went lu to have It out with Alice's father. But the old mat}, strangely enough, was not to be found. They waited awhile, and then John left her to go tell his mother. When he had gone Alice sat, silent, in the big chair on tho porch, happy lc spite of the probable trouble John's mother would make, happy in the fac« of her father's certain anger. At any rate, nothing on earth could make het anything but John's wife. So she wait ed for John and wondered where hei father could "possibly be. In half an hour she heard John's quick, eaget footsteps. He swung In at the gate and almost ran to take her in his arms He kissed her, and he laughed—actual ly laughed—like a boy. Then he ex plained: "He's at my house—your father. I| seems they took advantage of «ur ab sence to marry oach other, Alice pow's that for sly? They braved me to my face, but they were so afraid that we would be angry thnt they were positively relieved when I told them what we'd done. They are coming over here tomorrow, dearest, and then our home will be our own." Then John, being a mun, could not just see why Alice could declare thai s'le perfectly happy and still should weep on his shoulder. But Sylvia was a woman-she would hi\v? known the reason. Vli* World'* Water Supply. A German scientist predicts that th« time will come when there will not b« water enough remaining on this globe to support human life. We are left tc suppose that our shrinking sphere will form caverns In its interior Into whlcfc tho oceans will *mk. For u similar feawm, «s fcorne astronomers believe, there is no man In the moon, the for mer waters on Its surface, if there evei were any, having retired Into Its cav ernous Interior. We have no evidence at present of subterranean hollows oi any extent, and tho earth's crust is con tlnually adjusting Itself by earthquaki dislocations to the pressures within and without. Besides, nature has provided this planet of ours with a rathor large water supply. Nearly three-fourths ol the earth's surface—or 144.712,8W square miles—are covered by tho oceatfc which is reckoned to be of an average depth of at Veast two miles. The globt must contract enormously und leave some huge cavities before our oceans disappear. At prexeut its crust by nc means resembios a rigid arch. It Is t curve, tho tops of its mountain! more than five miles high aud the low est of its sea floors more than five miles deep. We may safely comnt oe several millions of before tb< last mat; fcas not a drop to drink. THE DUST SPRAY. Cheap and Eany to Tranaport~Tla» No Oilier Ailvaiitaic«» Experiments at tho Illinois station testfr,g uie relative merits of the dry and wet sprays In apple orchards have extended over three seasons, und some of the conclusions arc as follows: With rogord to the effects upon foli age the results were Identical lu all orchards and in all seasons. Trees spruyed with liquid bordeaux and paris green retained their foliage lu healthy working condition throughout the sea son. Dust sprayed and check trees may be placed together, because the behavior of foliage was the same In both. Leaves began falling lu July, and In early September these tree* were practically denuded. TUs loss.of foliage by (lust sprayed and check trees vcu» due to apple scab, agalust which disease the dust spray wus en tirely Ineffective. The effects of this loss of foliage ure very serious Tho asslmllatory processes ,tf live* are active lit ju«ipui t ton to tho working leaf surface. As leaves fall these processes diminish until brought to a stop by tho entire loss of foliage, long before the work of the season should normally end. The fruit Is starved, does not ap proach normal size nnd buds for *Uu next year cannot be properly ',ln\ek'ped. U ti»su frequently happens that un der the stimulus of rains and high tem peratures lu October leaf buds of the defoliated trees that normally should remain dormant until spring y.ufvJti and expand clusters uuw leaves. This aud abnormal activity of the trees affects fruit buds also. A consid erable portion of them have been ob served to swell and some expaiui tho flowers. All this U to Iheaetrl- of tho trees and fatal to the crop Cor the next year. differences lu fruit were as marked as were dlfferoneos lu foliage. Liquid sprayed trees gave smooth fruit of good size. Dust sprayed and check trees gave small, 111 formed fruit, bad ly marked by scab aniV of very little value even as evaporator stock Dust spray Is 5*4 v<*nt 'cheaper than muni spray[ 'and It is easier to transport about the orcbanl. It has no other advantages. Snf? I»f of I.line. Dr. Hopkins 14*1 Is the farmers of his state (Illinois) that lu* never w(U rec ommend the use of #i«y material on land that Mould Injure It In the long run. He suggest* ouly natural nia teclals. The source of the lime now lu the soil is limestone. The tendency of burnt lime —caustic lime —Is to burn the soil. Ground limestone will correct acidity just as effectively as caustic lime If u*od In sufficient quantity. It is the cheapest form of lime for this purjiose. It is absolutely harmless, and It does the work of destroying acidity. The srroutid limestone cannot stimu late nor do any Injury. On poor land It would not secure as much clover un aided as dues caustic lime, but It would do all that may 1h? required of It safely —lt corrects the acidity and It feeds the clover directly when that Is re quired. A ton of ground limestone ia the equivalent of more than half a ton of caustic lime—"ground lime"—ln neu tralizing free acids In the soil. The price 1% low. usually $1 a ton at the works. —Alva Agee in National Stock man. ' IMnchlnsr nntl Sloppiuf. "Pinching" and "stopping" are tech nical terms used In horticultural writ ings, which, although well understood by the initiated, have a very indefinite meaning to the general reader, at least in their horticultural application. Pinching or stopping is a method of summer pruning whereby robnst shoots are checked at any desired height In their growth by removing their extreme points with a pinch be tween the finger and the thumb with out the further removal of foliage. Tlds operation retards for a time the extension of such shoots. Induces ad ditional growths In other buds and en courages the development of lateral shoots as well as of other shoots where a more active extension Is re quired.—L. C. Corbett. Working For Comb Honey. For comb honey one should watch very carefully at the time of putting the first sui>erß on the hive. I think one has made a great mistake, and It will cost him money. If be defers many days after the proper day to put on the supers. To get the greatest flow of honey the supers should be put on early. If the honey flow holds out put another super on below when the first one is but half filled, says (fn Illinois apiarist. Practical Pointa. When asparagus cutting ceases let the shoots grow up, but keep the weeds down and the soil well stirred. The roots should now gather materials for Iho next crop. The application of Home quickly available fertilizer will assist in that direction. Dig around currant bushes and ln eorporate barnyard manure or bone fertilizer with the earth. Do not penult grass or weeds to grow up In the orchard, since tho moisture and best fertilizing elements required for the growth of the trees and fruit will be absorbed by the vege tation. If you see gum or sawdust near the base of apple, peach or plum trees dig or cut out the borers. A sharp point ed kptfe will cut them out. A wire way be used effectively in probing the borer holes and then killing the pests. Jar plum and cherry trees In the morning, when the cureullos are torpid. Let the chickens eat them. Itnch out lateral growths of grave vines to one or two eyes, so that all clustern will have a chanco at the light. Wealth In Old Roman Time*. Our wealth, as much us we boast of it. Is comparatively puny as compared with the wealth of men of old. There was Mark Antony's house that was sold to Messala for over $500,000, and Scaurus' villa was burned at a loss of over $12,000,000. Otho spent over $14,- 000,000 in finishing one wing of a palace commenced by Nero. Nearly $30,000,000 w»s found In the coffers Of Tiberius, and Caligula spent tit all In less than a year. Paulus could make a trifling present to the mother of Bru tus of a pearl worth over $30,000. So let us l>e modest. We uro a cheap people, even the wealthiest of us. ■mnklntr the Tfarirlle. j£ Greek thus tells how the nargile Is smokod by his brethren: • "Only pure tobacco Is used In the nargile. It Is grown expressly for the purpose In Persia. The weed there Is called tumbeky. This kind of tobacco is first washed two or three times by the man who keeps the restaurant. He puts it under a faucet aud squeezes the Juice out, Otherwise the tobacco would b* too strong. Then, when the smoke.of It Is drawn through the wa ter, the tobacco having, of course, been dried first, all the nicotine Is deposited Jn the water, and a delightful and in nocuous smoke Is the result." Ancient Ri»f». ' Flinders Petrie, the nrcbaeologlst, while excavating among some ancient Egyptian tombs, found a wreath of roses which had been bound into a garland and burled with the dead thou sands of years ago. M. Crcplu, the l>ot anlst and mlcroscopist, made a care ful examination of this queer find and prepared a paper on it which he read before the Hoyal society of Belgium. From this paper it appears that in places where the flowom were matted together they still retained their color us well as a very faint odor. The species to wbU'U they belong is now ex tinct. '«>ut »« rose resembling them in several particulars U still grown In Egypt nnd Abyssinia. «A Dure Iloilktu." "Bare" means "uicfe" as well (is "^afced, H nnd 1 cannot doubt that by ''bare bodkin" Shakespeare meant "mere bodkin," the point of the passage being with how contemptibly small an Instrument we could, If we chose, put an end to life and all Its bother. "Bare" probably was used Instead of "mere" for the sake of i-ffvcth'e alliteration. (Cf. Hamlet's "bare bodkin;" Klchprd 11.*s "little pin," 111, 'J, 100.) For "bare" In the sense of "mere" I need cite only "bare Imagination of a feast."—London Notes and (Queries. Four In l none else in tha year) The sun and clock both the same tlmo declare. The Miracle. Woodland—^What Is tho difference be tween a wonder tityl a miracle? Lo rain—Well, if you'll touch me for $5 give me a left banded compli ment? Rita— Why? Margie-He said these artificial flowers I am wesrln? Just Biatch my hnlr. Discontent is the want of self rett-, UOA ft la tnftemltv at CTtll—SmtlMS. QUAINT PRESENTS."" Odd Wedding Glfta That Mara Beam Received hy Celebrities. Celebrities are often the recipients of quaint presents. For instance, on tbe marriage of Queen Vlctoris the farm ers of East and West Fennard, Somer setshire, wishing to show their loyalty, manufactured from the milk of 750 cows an immense cheese nine feet in circumference. The gift was gracious j ly accepted and was stored at Buck ingham palace, where it would un doubtedly have found its way to the royal table had not its donors .wished to exhibit it as an advertisement Their request was granted, but after it had been exhibited and the maiers would have returned it her majesty signified that owing to the altered con ditions she could not accept it as a gift. An equally homely gift was made to the late King Charles of Wurttemburg on the morning of his marriage to Princess Olga of Itnssia. Jb A peasant woman sent him a pair of trousers of her own design, with a note expressing the hope that they might be found a better cut and fit than those which she had last had the honor of seeing his majesty wear. The Italian'slnger, Signor Mario, in spired a hopeless passion in the hearts of so many women that at the time of his wedding some of this affection found expression in various strange gifts. One was In tbe shape of a cushion stuffed with tresses from the hearts of many oCJiis hopeless.admir ers. Another was from a lady in Mu nich who had had one of her teeth set In a scarfpln surrounded with pearls and emeralds. In an accompanying note she expressed the hope that by sometimes wearing the gift he might be reminded of his unknown worship er.—New York Herald. THE FIRST SPECTACLES. They Ware Made la Italy la the Thirteenth Century. Spectacles were invented late In the thirteenth century. The use of glass to aid the sight of defective eyes is, however, much older. Nero looked through a concave glass in watching ♦lie gladiatorial games, and many other historical men of his day were depend ent on similar devices for lengthening their sight. Till the latter part of the thirteenth century only the single glass was in use. In 1290 the double glass was in vented, and in the fourteenth century spectacles were used quite frequently by the very wealthy and high born, al though they were still so scarce that they were bequeathed In will with all the elaborate care that marked the dis position of a feudal estate. The first spectacles were mode In Italy. Somewhat later the manufacture of cheaper glasses sprang up In Holland, and it spread late in the fourteenth century to Germany, Nuremberg and Rathenow acquired fame for their glasses between 1490 and 1600. For many years glasses were used only as a means of aiding bad eyes, un til the fashion of wearing merely for the sake of wearing them sprang up in Spain. It spread rapidly to the rest of tho continent and brought about the transformation of the old thirteenth century spectacles Into eyeglasses and eventually Into the monocle. Quicksilver. Quicksilver is found in veins of rocks, like gold, silver and other met als. Sometimes the tiny globules of the mercury appear In the interstices of tho rock, but usually it Is found In the form of cinnabar, a chemical com pound containing 13.8 per cent of sul phur and 80.2 per cent mercury. When pure and reduced to a powder it Is a bright red color. Tho principal uses of quicksilver are for removing free fcild and sliver in placer nnd quartz mining, for manu facturing vermlliion paints and dyes, for backing mirrors, for making ther mometers and many other scientific in struments. What Water Did. A certain liquor dealer, a hard head ed old Scot, grew rich In the trade. After he had grown rich the old man built himself a fine house, a limestone mansion on the hill, with IT park around it, with conservatories, stables and outbuildings—ln a word, a palace. One day the old Scot rode In the omni bus past his fino house. A temperance man pointed up at the grand edifice and said, with a sneer, "It was the whisky built that wasn't it?" "Na, na, man; tho water," the Scot answered.— Loudon Mail. The First Sapphire. There Is an Indian legend that Brah ma, the creator, once committed a sin that he might know the torments of remorse and thus be able to sympa thize with mortals. But the moment he had committed it he began repeat ing the mantras, or prayers of purifi cation, and in bis grief drapped on the earth a tear, tho hottest vlat ever fell from an eyo, and from If was formed the first sapphire. Happy Thought. l»octor—Your throat affection is one of tho rarest In tho world snd is of the deepest interest to the medical pro fession. Patient—Then remember, doc tor, when you make out your bill *aat I haven't charged anything for letting you look down my throat. The Strong Point. He—Beally, I never loved anybody, before. She—That isn't tho point. Are you sore you'll never love anybody by end by? In so far as you approach temptation to a man, you do him an Injury, and If lie Is overcome you share bis guilt.— r:tl<{uctte Aawtl Forest Rangers. While in tho forest reserve in .which We hunted I met several of the forest rangers, all of them intelligent men, some with college education, men who seemed peculiarly adapted to their calling, who knew the mountains thor oughly, handy with an ax ami gun and full of resources. A degree of ethics obtained among the sportsmen, guides, trappers and forest ranger* that was interesting. When any oue goes to a deserted cabin, In most of which would be found food, l>cddlng. a stove, etc., It is proper fovui for him to stay all nlglit, eat all he can put away under his bolt, If In dire need divide uny sup ply of tobacco aud matches he may find, but lie must take away nothing else, since to carry off an article of lit tle value, such as hammer, hatchet, pinchers, snow glasses, screw driver, fish hook, pipe or other similar article might inconvenience the owner greatly when he happened along and wanted them and was forty miles or more from a source of supply. If a belated wan derer fails to wash the dishes and leave a supply of dry wood sufficient to build a lire aqd cook a meal be Is at once tabooed and his companionship is not sought after. Northwestern Sports-, No. 25. ASSUMING A VIRTUE. What CM Be DM* by Hlfkt Tklak l°r and Self Control. Zopyrus, the physiognomist said, "Socrates' features showed that he was stupid, brutal, sensual and addicted-to drunkenness." Socrates upheld the analysis by saying, "By nature 1 am addicted to all these sins, and they were only restrained and vanquished by the continual practice of virtue." Emerson says In effect, "The virtue rou would like to have, assume it as al ready yours, appropriate ft, enter into the part and live the character Just as the great actor is absorbed in the char acter of the part he plays." No mat ter how great your weakness or how much you may regret it, assume steadi ly and persistently its opi>oßlte until you acquire the habit of holding that thought or of living the thing not In its weakness, but in its wholeness. In its entirety. Hold the ideal of an efficient faculty or quality, not of a marred or deficient one. The "way to reach or to attain to anything is to bend oneself toward It wijli all one's might, and we approximate it Just in proportion to the Intensity and the persistency of our ef fort to attain It. If you are inclined to be very excit able and nervous, if yon "fly all to pieces" over the least annoyance, do not waste your time regretting this weak ness and telling everybody that yon cannot help It. Just assume the calm, deliberate, quiet, Imlanced composure which characterizes your ideal person In that respect. Persuade yourself that you are not nervous or excitable, that you can control yourself, that you are well balanced, that you do not fly off on a tangent at every little annoyance. You will be amazed to see how the per petual holding of this serene, calm, quiet attitude will help you to become like your thought.—Success. CATCHING COLD. SaKKOsftiona That. May KM| Oat From the Doctor. A person in good health, with fair play, easily resists cold, but when the health Hugs a little and liberties are taken with the stomach or with the nervous system a chill Is easily taken and, according to the weak spot of the individual, assumes the form of a cold or pneumonia, or it may be Jaundice. Of all causes of cold probably fatigue is one of the most efficient A Jaded man coming home at night from a long day's work, a growing youth losing two hours' sleep over evening parties two or three times a week or a young lady heavily "doing the season," young chil dren overfed and with short allowance of sleep, are common Instances of the victims of cold. • Luxury Is favorable to chill taking. Very hot rooms, feather beds, soft chairs, create a sensitiveness that leads to catarrhs. It Is not, after all, the cold that is so much to be feared as the antecedent conditions that give the at tack a chance of doing harm. Some of the worst colds happen to those who do not leave their house at even their beds, and those who are most Invul nerable are often those who are most exposed to changes of temperature and who by good sleep, cold bathing and regular habits preserve the tone of their nervous system and circulation. Probably many chills are contracted at night or at the tag end of the day, when tired people get the equilibrium of their circulation disturbed by either overheated sitting rooms or nnderbeat ed bedrooms and beds. This Is espe cially the case with elderly people. In • sucli enses the mischief Is not always done Instantaneously or In a single night. It often takes place insidiously, extending over days or even weeks.— London Lancet Fighting the CiRWt Papua has swift streams well stock ed with fish. An explorer tells of Pa puan fresh water mullet which some tines weigh as much as fifteen pounds. "These flsh are wonderfully provided by nature with an appliance which helps them to combat the extraordi nary currents. At one isoment yon will see them being swept down reslst lessly, but suddenly they shoot off Into the quieter water and attach them selves to the rocks by a strong sucker near the mouth. There they hang Just outside the current, their talis moving gently with It, and when they have re covered their strength they make an other dash through the swifter wa ters." Observance ot the Sabbath. There was the minister of Tweeds muir who on a certain Sabbath found a salmon stranded In shallow water and who, being unable conscientiously to take it out on such a day, built a hedge of stones around it and, return ing on the morrow, claimed his prise. There was the old farmer who could Dot go to the kirk because he bad neg lected to shave on the Saturday night and ho would not profane the day by the use of any edged tool.—Macmlllan's Magazine. A True Flah Story. Here is a flsh story told by a British nobleman: An Irishman bad caught a big pike. Noting a lump in its stom ach, he cut It open. "As I cut it open there was a mighty rush and a flap ping of wings, and away flew a wild duck, and when I looked inside there was a nest, with four eggs, and she had been aftlier sitting on that nest" Shocking Precocity. "What is tbo result," asked the tesch tr of the primary class in arithmetic, "when you put two and two together?" "A kitli," lisped the curly headed lit tle girl In the front row.— Chicago Tribune. There ore many diversities Of Tlce, but it is one never falling effect of It tt live displeased and discontented.— Sen* tea. ' l.anßnagt ID PrMC*. There are several districts In Franc© / .Where the very ancient tongues still survive. Basque is spoken by about 100,000 persons, who are naturally proud of a language that is their ex clusive possession, for it is unlike ev ery other spoken tongue, and the as sertion '• commonly made that to un derstand It one must have learned It In the cradle. This peculiar property gives In tbe mind of the Basque people Bupport to their belief tbot it ,was the language of Adam and Eve. Tbe same claim Is advanced, though, for Breton. The Iloinaus when they conquered Gaul compared Breton to croaking of ravens. About a million people speak Breton. Then there are Flemish, still spoken l>y u comparatively small num ber in northeastern France, Catalan In the Pyrencos-Orientalcs and Langue doe and Provencal, whose gradual ex tinction has been delayed mainly by the efforts of a few literary enthusi asts. The More the Merrier. "I want to introduce yoo to a young lady—a very nice girl—and she's worth her weight in gold." IRIRI T hone."— London Tatler.