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VOL. XXXXIII. THE MODERN STORE- Your 4th of Jnly and Picnic needs can best be supplied at this store We have the best styles at lower prices. -r Ladies' white lawn shirt waists. 48c, SI.OO, (l.Mto $3.50. Ladies' washable silk waists, $3.00,12.50 to£> 00. Ladies' washable shirt waist suits. $2.00 to *'.oo. Ladies' washable skirts, SI.OO. $1.50 to $3 50. Newest cloth skirts. s4.< JO to 50. , onr Special $5.00 skirts. They have no efjaal at tho price. Novelties in Ladies' Neckwear, Ribbons, Belts, Bags, e • White Hosiery for ladies and children, l >c, ~fnnd^wear Black Hosiery—all qualities—beet values. Muslin underwear New corset covers, 25c, 50c to SIW. New whit* underskirts, 50c, 7oc. SI.OO to f 1 *>. See our Special SI.OO skirt. MILLINERY—AII colored trimmed and nntrimmed hats at 1 P™'" and lew Now ie the time to buy a new summer hat cheap. Our trimmers are still here and will make up anything for you at re duced prices. Our Big .Summer Clearance Sale begins Thursday morn- ■ lug, July sth. Biggest bargains of the year at this sale Don't IUI.HM it. See large posters lor particulars. EISLER-MARDORF COHPANY, SOUTH KAH STKZZT 1 QQi ] CCI Samples sent on request. OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER. PA I Just Loaded Down | ©With good things in furniture. Our stock for this seasonsjgj ©offerings is at its best. It doesn't make any ©whether your need is for a complete outfitting, or only aV ©few odd pieces, or to meet some special purpose V ©find here plenty of opportunity for wise selection. TcV ©merely look at such a display as this is as good as ay ©feast. Will you come and look. X I Patterson Bros. I H FURNITURE OF QUALITY, <§ ferrcT 136 N. Main C ° r lvUffHn a St d ® /a®(§)©(§)(§X§)@©©(§X§)@@(§)©@@@©®®@@@(S) ! Women's Pretty White I Lawn Waists. fOur exceptionally fine showing of dainty and stylish waists captivates the fancy of all the ladies who see The waists in the main, are copies of models imported from foreign fashion centers and the styles can be depended upon as be ing authentic Made of fine, sheer 'perslaif iawn, elaborately trimmed with fine val lace and embroidered fronts special ly imported for the purpose. Long or short sieves. i Regular $1.50 value at SI.OO. Regular $1.75 value at sl.2rt. « Regular $2.00 value at $1.50. Regular $2.50 value at $1.75. Regular s!i.oo value at $2 00. Pretty Wash Dress Fabrics. 1 This is a very attractive line of fashionable fabrics for wash drew H at J wai.its Here vou will find India Linens, Persian Lawns, Paris 1 , Mugllna, L. Stein & Son, 108 N MAIN STREET, BUTLER. PA. SUTLER' .j MkW uiilldni»», now toou.li, u.iw i»nd clnjuut tvniuiii «(>ur*e» or study, t*-»t Of U.ftcber*, «xpen*«H modurate, tnrm* VEKV LI REItAM Over 93,«*) worth of new typewriters In u*e (aliowlnx advuncud KtudenU from 3to 4 hours' practice per day. and other equipment In proportion. Hositlonssecured for our worthy araduat««. VlMtor* ALWAYS welcome! When In Rutler, pay us a visit. If you can not do so sooner, stop and nee our school when In Kutlur for the fair. Ten times as many calls for voudk men stenoKrapherii as we can supply. Should you doubt thl». stop at tho office ana ask about It, and «:<■ for yourself. MANY are already enrolllnn for the fall term. Younit men and women, arranire matters at home ho that you ran untiir In Sopt< inl)er or the early fall months. So far as we know, we have placed every shorthand wn navn turned out. this J car both ladles and Keatlß!.-i»ii, *3<4 with two Or three e*neiitlons all the graduates of pr l>ool:kfc<;plij» department. - PALL TERM, HKI'TIvM IJIOK 3, lIKMI. Catalogue, circulars, etc., mailed upon application. A. F. REOAL, Principal, Butler, Pa, I Duffy's Store 1 ■ Not one bit toft early to think of that new Carpet, or I I perhaps you would rather have a pretty Rug—carpet I 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 ■ ler county. Among which will L.e found the following: n| H EXTRA SUPER ALL WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS, W ■ Heavy two and three ply r»sc per yd and uj> H I HALF WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS, M H B«st cottf>n chain 60c per yd and up H ■ BODY BRUSSELS, S H Himply no wear out to these sl.:>s yd K ■ TAPEBTRY BRUSSELS, M ■ Light made, but very Ooo<l 05c per yd up H I STAIR CARPETS, B ■ Body and Tapestry UruHsels, Half and All Wool InKrains. R ■ HARTFORD AXMINSTERS, W H Prettiest Carpet made, as dnrable too H ■ RAG CARPETS, Gennine ol<Vfaebioneil weave. HB I MATTING, Hemp and Btraw. p ■ RUGS-CARPET SIZES. !§ ■ Axtninater Beauties too each and uiiH ■ Brussels RUKS, Tapestry and Body sl2 eat-h and nnl ■ Ingrain PrugKets. AH and Half Woql $/, t, Hc h and np ■ H Linoleums, Inlaid and (Jommon, all widths and grades. EE ■ Oil Cloths, Floor, Table, Hhelf and Htalr. B ■ Lace Curtains, Portlers, Window Rhafles, Curtain Poles, .Small Hearth H Rugs, all styles and sizes. M I Duffy's Store. I ■ MAIN STREET, BUTLER. 5 Advertise in the CITIZEN. THE BWTLER CITIZEN. iWe Want to Say I S Something to You./ ) It's About the Hot Weather! s ? How, What and Where to buy! > j i Two=Piece Suits. < S Half the satisfaction of a summer is being so that yon can / f dismiss coiDpletely the clothes matter from yonr roinu S S Two-piece Suits are it. (Solid comfort in every one of em.) In srrej., / bine serges, fancy Southern worsteds; well Cut, fitand every \ 1 feature of finish of a first-class tailor-made. From $ 10.00 to f 18.00. f / Straw Hats. \ The best interests of yonr head and pnrsr demand that yon buy yonr S i straw hats here. The most complete line of straws ever shown in the city. C / SAILORS, from SI.OO to fit.so. , , . / V PANAMAS that have no eqnal for the price, and generally soM for # f one-half more—t-'i.OO to 16.50. ] 7 And don't forget the Window Display | Douthett & Graham. < INCORPORATED. / n Bickers Footwcai 1 fj A A Grand Display of Fine & Footwear in all the ij We are showin & many M M Jak st y les in ladies' Fine Shoes fl ri fegjjV and Oxfords at prices sure k r Large stock of Men's and I Boys' Fine Shoes and Cx- F fords in the latest styles. L U V * jJm bargains in Men's m > and Boys' working shoes. * —— Repairing promptly done, k 4 i JOHN BICKEL j '.26 S Main St., BUTLER. PA. MEN R-II # Uf>r iVon t buy clothing for the purine of ?S1 .t! V'vn If pending money. They desire to get the Jj) i//r>\\ I iest possible results of the money expended. if I \fi// tww \'! rhose who buy enstorn clothing have a - I farjj). lA] ight to demand a fit, to have, their clothes 111. j flf J \ ■orrect in style and to demand of the 1 vV £k 1 teller to guarantee everything. Come to / ■'jj&fr.Mvh I is and there will be nothing lucking. I Z/Xstt ' ■ I lave juat received a large slock of Spring iSr V\ 1 ' tnd Summer suitings in the Irteit styl<-*, \ i^ ft l i ihaaea ani} coio»y »""" I\W it K&gj \j 1 f G. F. KECK, |\fM j MERCHANT TftlbOß, i| J 148 N. Wain St., Butler, Pa lUtf Wys I Spring and Summer Millinery. | Everything In the line of Millinery can be found, !|? the right thing at the right time at the pjee ai 9j | ROCKENSTEIN'S i jjj Phone 656. 148 S. Main St. tj? »I? ?J? ?I? tj? 11"? tl? »« «• • *l* mgm tg DO More Work, % II Better Work, U b Than any other Washer^ on the market. *?• w 1 W '& , J. (J. & W. CAMPBELL, hmmmSSSS - A PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD SIXTEEN DAY EXCURSIONS TO Atlantic* City, Cape May Antjlenefj, Wild wood, Holly Beuch Ocean Citv. tS©f» Iwle City, Avulon NEW -IKUSICY Rehobotli, Del. Ocean City, Md •fitly 5 and ID, AllgllNt 'J, IO iind ;iO, Train l«;ave» l(iitl<;r ill 6:l/» A. M., ('omiectiiig with 81'KCIAL TIIAIN OF I'AULOIt CAICS AND COACIII'JS LEAVING PITTSIIUKCi AT Hu',r, A. M, stO ICOUIMI Trl»> >1- lUiuikl Trip i.|< ki:vu "lily til omu pea A'lckDt* U<x><l only In I'lirlor unrl Sli i pInK (.'urn In coooecllnii Willi propur I'ullrnuri l.l< - kol« UATEH KUOM OTHER STATIONS. ! Tlckrtu i?"kml for piisHiiiii- mi Hni i'lal Train and lt» <-onnei'tlnn* or on Iralnn Uiavlnil I'ltuiiurw lit I*. M. mill h.:iO I*. M„ and th<-lr ronni rliopH, titu,)* will b<' made bv Hporlal Tmln for mnalo or dining borvlc* will l»i urovlilnd. For utop-ovirr prKliei(u> and full Ibfornifttloii consult neareat Ticket A Kent. W. W. ATTKHhI'HV J. It. WOOD GEO. W. IJOYO General Manam:r I'tuuienKer Truffle Manaß|* Cirnural I'uNaciiKHr A giint BUTLER, £A„ THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1906 . [ BY THE "MONKEY" j DRILL „ | * Michael James j[ | Copyright, lflOe, by Ruby Douglaa j | "But there isn't room for all seven of us in the wagon box," said Clement when Rex Burgess had invited the par ty to "pile in." "Oh, Gormley can ride on the front seat with the driver," Burgess had re plied lightly enough, though Gormley felt the undercurrent of malice in his voice, "up near the horses. These gal lant cavalrymen like to l>e about horses, you know." A January thaw had left thft clay roads liquid, but a hard freeze follow ing had reduced them to smooth iron, and the rumble of the wagon on the hard surface echoed far through the breathless, glittering cold of the moon light. It was the niglit of the Grangers' party at Merrifleld town hall, five miles from Slocum, nnd a week before Bur gess hud invited a hulf dozen young people of Slocum to attend, riding over In his sleigh. The thaw had necessi tated the change from sleigh to wagon. "I wish I hadn't come, I wish I hadn't come," beat incessantly in Gormley's bruin to the steady clop-clop of the horses' feet. "I had no business to do it. Burgess Is u l»oor. He never forgets his money nor remembers his manners. What got Into me, I won der?" and much more of the same sort of self deception, for Gormley knew perfectly why he was braving the nip ping cold and Burgess' thrusts. Noth ing but sudden death could have kept him away. Sylvia Gerrlsh wus there. But the "joy of being near her was dashed by the thought that Burgess wns nearer still—beside her, in fact. To secure that coveted place their host had boldly ordered his rival to the front'seat. Any man with red blood In his veins could scarcely blame Burgess for his maneuvering. The girl was a Switch ing little figure, muttied in furs, a co quettish red tam-o'-shanter setting off her piquant face und mischievous eyes. Burgess hud never seen her look pret tier, and he glowed with satisfaction at his neat disposal, for the drive at least, of his rival. Meanwhile the sweet tempered Gorm ley, by nature almost too submissive, was near to being roused. He was lashing himself In bitterness of spirit. It had always been so. l ute had made him the football of lie* Burgess, even In schooldays. Burgess was big and brave and handsome, while he was slight nnd pale faced. The boys had nicknamed Gormley "Molly" because he had once fainted at the sight of blood. Burgess' father was the wealth iest man In Slocum, and every cent of the money would one day belong to Rex, for be was tho only child. Regardless of the merry chatter nnd tho snatches of song from tho others, Gormley plunged deeper Into his mel ancholy reflections. He, puny clerk In I a dry goods store, tq usplr* to Sylvia ' Gerrlsh's love uaalnst one so favored vrf r*vr*l IIIOIT TT* Till! His cheeks burned, too, when he thought of the other's contemptuous reference to "cavalrymen." frankly, he admitted, It was ridiculous that he, "Molly" Gormley, should have martial aspirations. Yet when the stutt: mili tary board had offered Slocum tho equipment for a troop of cavalry for the national guard Gormley had been unanimously chosen captain. And he was the man for the place. He eon I'l ride. It hail always la-en the sport In which he excelled. He knew the "mon key" drill of the United Slates cavalry us he knew the nlphabet. 'lTiey talk of Cossacks and Bedouin Arabs nnd Indlnus and the way these savages handle a horse, but the man who follows the yellow guidon Is a lit tle the best horseman of theui all. And Captain "Molly" Gormley, Troop A, First cavalry, stntv troops, rode like u regular whether in the a«<VU'» bare backed over Urn (iiiijlcs or standing, each foot planted firmly on the buck of a galloping horse. Besides the first qualification of a cavalryman he had the other requisite for un oilleer, the gift of command, anil even West Point can't touch that Si( •b-.fit', tact thut his hotly the sight of I blood GorniUy'ii spirit sung with tho notes of the bugle when Troop A, two lung utralght lines of men and horses moving beautifully In unison, passed In review at camp. The thought of his crentian- lie had made Troop A the pride of the uatlunul gunrd !r* the years It had boen or-' |{n n I zed -gradually lightened the gloom which had overspread Gormley's spir als. He reflected with considerable com fort that Burgess could not ride well. The big fellow did n<>t understand torses ;,nd feared them. The bully In him crept out, too, on horseback. He thought It merely discipline to Jerk tho head of his mount cruelly and without reason. Burgess was not a member of Troop A. Maybe this fling at "cavalry men" had been due to envy. Even the possibility that Burgess en vied him was bnlm to Gormley's sore heart. Anil If he could only plan It so us to sit by Sylvia on the homeward Journey now his cup of Joy would I * full. It wns n mighty bound from the. depths of ib.Hf.alr almost to the pinna cle of nllss In one short half hour, bu| (lormley wnn young, und youth b&l hope for a heritage, • Insensibly the young man wns at» tractod by tho beauty of the night. ' Tfce burnished moon gllstenod on mil lions of tiny flouting frost erystnls un til they sparkled llko diamond dust. Tu tlo .ve*twnrd the black roadway unrolled before them llko a velvet ribbon Honvur creelr crossed lieneuth it a uundred yards away, rrom uie lowland bordering the creek the foni\ had been graded to a \jeUbi of fifty feet, and tho embankment was nar row, steep and dangerous. A rnlllng on each side bodged In the rend way. Tonight nothing was visible below that rulilng. A mist, wbttii and soft as cotton wool, fuse from the swampy low ground unil rolled In noiseless bil lows to the bright of the road. The advance of the clattering wagon nnd Its occupants Into this heaving white silence seemed almost uncanny. It Was ns a sea which might rise and engulf them. The others were similarly impressed, It would seem, for the talk wns soine what quieter. The team after three miles of brisk movement was getting warmed Op nnd danced spiritedly. The driver took a fresh grip of the reins, for enrcful work w°t needed, especial ly at ulKlit, In crossing Heaver creek fluts. Ho pulled strongly to bring tho horses to a walk, then lunged back' ward suddenly. The rluht rulu bad broken near his band. What followed for the first paralyzed moment wns like a scene from n horrid dreain tW Gormley, There wus u con- I fusion of shouts and shrieks from the wugou box behind. The horses were crowded to thy left of the road by the pull of the one sound ruin, to which the driver still clung stupidly. They plunged Into the railing; it cracked, then grve way beneath their weight. The nigh horse was partially oft' the road, scrambling desperately with its hind foot ou the treacherous side of the embankment. And still the relentless rein, dragging at the frenzied animals" bits. Impelled them over the edge of the road. In a flash Gormley saw the only course that would save them, the girl he loved and the others. There was 110 time to get down and reach the bits. lie might save himself by jump ing, but Sylvia, wedged in the IK>X, would be rolling over and over to pit eous disfigurement or death. "Drop it!" lie shouted fiercely at the driver, and the latter instinctively loosened his grasp on the line. Gormley scrambled over the foot board and ou to the tongue of the wagon. lie threw himself astride the off horse. A well directed lunge with his right hand secured the broken rein, nnd the same movement wrenched the animal's head sharply to the right. Leaning far out, he seized the other struggling nnimal by the bits with his left hand and pulled with all his strength. The hoofs of the frantic horse struck fire from the embank ment edge. For an instant the whole outfit trembled toward destruction, but the pull to the right never slackened, the ulgli horse secured a foothold at last, and the danger was over. "How did you ever think so quick ly?" asked Bob Parker when the ex citement had died down a little and the rein was being mended. "It wasn't thought at all; Just In stinct." replied Gormley. "You see, the trick of riding one horse bareback and guiding another Is part of the cav alry 'monkey' drill. I learned It years auo when I was a boy." Burgess holds Clement In bitter hat red since that night, for It was Clement who iuslsted on changing seats with Gormley, and that brought Gormley Into a place beside ,Miss Gerrlsh. The engagement was announced next day, nil as a result of the ride home after the dance. The betrothal kiss, given when the waning moon was smothered by a cloud, wns doubly sweet to Gormley, for Burgess wns scarce n yard away. The Art of Monnlr, The slab upon which the mosnlc Is made is generally of travertine or tl burtlne stones connected together by iron clamps. Upon the surface of this u mastic or cementing paste is gradu ally spread ns the progress of the work requires it, which forms the adhesive ground or bed upon which the mosaic Is laid. The mastic is composed of fine lime from burnt marble nnd llnely powdered travertine stone mixed to the consistence of a paste with linseed oil. Into this paste are fixed the "smalts" of which the mosaic picture Is formed. They are a mixed species of opaque vitrified glass, partaking of the nature of stone and glass nnd composed of u variety of minerals apd materials, col ored for the most part with different metallic oxides. Of theso no fewer than 1,700 different, shades aro In use. They aro manufactured In Home In the form of long, slender rods, like wires of various degress of thickness, and ate cut Into pieces of the requisite sizes, from tho smallest pin point to an Inch. When the picture Is completely finl.'ihed and the cement thoroughly dried it Is highly polished.—Chambers' Journal. ■ln<l No Terrors. A young minister settled over a small lountry parish wns Instructed by his fiarishloners to procure n piano for their use. He did so, telling the denlor to charge the bill for rental to itie sec retary of ttiu parish. When the bill finouutcd to $-5, the society being un it bio to pay It as well us the salary of tin; pastor, the music dealer dunned the minister for tho money, telling him that he assumed the responsibility. The latter replied thut ho never assuup etl the responsibility of another, hav ing nil he could do to pay his own bills, w.iu'Uiupou tiio dealer threatened to suy hlni. A short tlmo after our friend receiv ed a letter from a New York collection agency, to which ns well as several fol lowing he paid no attention, until the following short but definite letter camei Ucur Hlr—t'nkiis you remit ut once ws fhiill publish you ull over the country as A deltaquotit debtor. To which ho replied; Gentlemen Ever slnco I entered ths ministry t have bwon struggling for tha till* of n n flo n.h«nd. CULTIVATING THfc CHILD. llo*r Any Trait May He Flsrd In a Koi*i»al Human llelnK. There Is not a slnglo deslraWo attri bute which, lacking U. a plant, may not be bre-1 into It. Choose what Improve ment you wish in a flower, a fruit or a Jrec, and by crossing, selection, culti vation and persistence you can fix this desirable trait Irrevocably. Pick out »ny trait you want In your child, grant ed that ho Is u normal child, bo It hou esty, fairness, purity, lovableiiess, In dustry, thrift, what not. By surround ing this chlltl with sunshluo from the sky nnd yonr own heart, by giving th« closest communion with nature, by feeding him well balanced, nutritious food, by giving him ull that Is Implied In healthful environmental influence* and by doing all In lovo you cau thus cultivate In this child and fix thero for all bis life all of these traits-natu rally not always to tho full In all cases at tho beginning of tho work, for he redity will make Itself felt first, and. us in the plant under improvement, Ihero Will be certain strong tendencies to re version to former uncestral traits, but In the muln with the normal child you can glvo him ull these traits by pa tiently, persistently guiding him la these early formative yw»ie. And, o.r, Un other side, glvo hlui foul ulr to breathe, keep him in a dusty fac tory or fin unwholesome schoolroom or a crowded tenement up undt r iho hot roof; keep him awnj from the suu shine, tnko away from him music nnd laughter and hnppy faces, crnm hi# lit tle brains with so called knowledge, oil the more deceptive and dangerous because made so apparently adaptable to bis young mind; let him have asso ciates In his hours out of school, and at the ago of ten you have llxed lu him tho opposite traits. He Is on his wny to tho gallows. You have perhaps seen a pralrlo fire sweep throuKh tho tall grass across n plain. Nothing enn stand lieforo It; It must burn Itself out. That Is what happens When you let the weeds grow up In a child's life and then set fire to thorn by wrong environ ment.— Luther Burbank ln Century. THE GOLDFINCH. Chai.Mes In Pluming That Are I'ns* slltiif to thn Itfovler. Most every one In Amorlcu Is ac quainted with the goldfinch, but many people know tho bird by tho name of lettuco bird ou account of Its bright yellow color. Goldfinch Is a very up proprlato name, a. 'ho bright yellow of the male when In breeding pluuiuge la Uka burnished nold. The fomalo goldfinch Is more modestly drossed | than her innte. Tho changes In plum- j age of the male are very Interesting and to the novice somewhat puzzling. Until the student becomes acquainted with the bird he may wonder why he sees no males during the winter. The truth is at this season the flocks of supposed female goldfinches are really of both sexes, the male bird having as sumed in the previous fall, usually by the end of October, a plumnge closely resembling that of the female and ; young bird of the year. The male re- | tains this inconspicuous dress until late in February, when one can no tice a gradual change taking place In some of the birds. This renewal of fentliers is actively coutiuued through March and April, and by the first of May our respleudent bird is with us ngaiu. The song period with the male goldfinch continues as long as he wears his gold and black livery, for it com mences as early as the middle of March and enils late in August. Goldfinches are very cleanly in their habits and bat lie frequently. Their nests aro ex quisite pieces of bird architecture, tho inside being lined with the softest plant down. The mother bird Is the builder, her handsome consort during the nest building time devoting most of his efforts to singing to cheer his in dustrious mate.— Philadelphia Press. Grant's Presence of Mind. An instance of great presence of mind was narrated by John Russell Young, says a writer in the Grand Magazine. Once during the civil war, when Grant was In subordinate com mand, he was reconnoltering alone near the enemy's lines. Suddenly he found himself confronted by one of the Con federates' pickets, who was for arrest ing him. "Sho! Sho!" aaid Grant, with the utmc i coolness. "Can't you see I am reconnoltering in the enemy's uni form? Don't mako a noise. I shall be back directly." And he walked away quietly unttl out of tho picket's sight, then ran as nimbly as he could. Dent In One's Eyes. To "cast dust in one's eyes" perfect ly explains Itself. It Is, however, in teresting to know that Epaminondas at the battle of Tegea defeated tho Spartans by masklug his movements With a large body of cavalry. He caused Uie horsemen to gallop to and fro in front of the enemy In such a way as to raise a otoud of dust and so veil ed the movements of his Infantry and enabled them to take up a now and more advantageous position. A Premier's Wit. A woman onco told Lord Falmerston that her maid, who had been with heF In the Isle of Wight, objected to going thither again becauso the climnto wal not "embracing" enough. "What am 1 '.o do with such a woman?" she asked. "You had better take her to the Isle of Man next time," said Lord l'almerstoa. lafreuuent. Kind Lady—l have nothing but some lobstor'salad and mince pie. You sure ly don't want that for your breakfast? Weary Walter—Oh, dls Is mo dinner, mum. I had me breakfast day before yesterday.—Cleveland Lender. lecctvofT*as, and thero Is nothing'more fleel'.ng than years.—Ovid. A JOCULAR MONARCH. Kan tlie Terrible llnil (°<>l<l Blooded Notion* AliouC JfNtinir. Ivnn the Terrible forgot neither his devotions nor his diversions. Ills pal ace alternately resounded with praying and carousing. For his pastime bears were brought from Novgorod. When from his window he perceived n group of citizens collected he let slip two or Riree of these ferocious anlninls, and his delight ou beholding the flight of the terrified creatures, and especially on hearing the cries of tho vlcUms, was unbounded. Ills bursts of laughter were loud and long continued. Tq console those who were maimed for life ho would sometimes send each of them a small piece of gold. Another of his chief amusements wna In tho company of Jesters, whose duty it was to divert him, especially before and lifter any executions, but they of ten paid dearly for an unseasonable Joko. Among theso none was more distin guished thun l'rlnce Gvosdef, who held a high rank at court. Tho czar, beUig one day dissatisfied with a Jest, poured over the prince's bead »iie boiling contents of u soup basin. Tho agonized wretch prepared to retreat from tho table, but tho tyrant struck him with u knife, and ho fell senseless to the floor. Dr. Arnolph Wits Instantly called. "Suve my good servunt!" cried tho cznr. "I huvo Jested with him a little too hard." "So bard," replied tho other, "that only God and your majesty can re store lilm to life. Ho no longer breathes." Ivan expressed Ills contempt. eal!"d tho deceased favorite u dog nod con tinued his umusctneuts. Another day, while ho sat at table, the waywodo of Starltza, Boris Tltof, appeared, bowed to the ground and sa luted him after the customary manner. "God save thee, my deur wuywode. Thou deservest a proof of my favor." He seized u knife and cut off an ear. Tltof thanked the czar for his grnclous favor nnd wished him a happy reign.— Pearson's Weekly. THE PHILOSOPHY OF LOVE. Love Is Ulnilly anil decoltless. Yeats. Love can sun the roulms of night.— Schiller. They do not love that do not show their love.- Shakespeare. Love's n thing that's never out of Benson.— Bnrry Cornwall. He that shuts out lovo In turn shall be stiut out by love. Tennyson. The greatest miracle of love Is tho cure of coquetry.—La ltochefoucauld. Love Is master of tho wisest; It Is only fools that defy him. -Thackeray. Ix>ve never dies of starvation, but often of IntMK' st lon. Ninon de I'Kliclos. Tho magic of first lovo Is tho Igno rance that It can ever end. lteacous lleld. Man's love Is of man's llfo a thing apnrt; 'tis woman's whole existence.— Byron. It Is Inqiositblo to love a second tlmo when we have onco really ceased to love.—Ln Rochefoucauld. Snrh n Temprr. Ills Wife But I don't think. George, that you ought to object to mamma. Why, Just think, If It hadn't been for her you would never have bad mo! Her Husband Huh! Don't try to excuse her by saying thai. Y»u make me bate her worse than ever. Modern Society. Ilnliiw Their Besl. "Didn't I understiind you to say they keep a servant girl?'* "Certainly not. I said they try to. As soon as one toes tliey gel unothcr.' 1 «-?liUudcli>lilu Prcsa. f That Ten Acre Ij Lot t TBy Donald Alt tn | Copyright, 190S, by K. A. Whltthssd ; | Jed Wheeler, aged forty and a bache lor, was ns well liked as any person In the village of Flint. He was neigh borly, kind hearted and always willing to do for others. Jed's good qualities were In a way his enemies. He was lazy, and, added to his laziness, he had a mania for trading. He would trade horses, dogs, guns, watches, overcoat or anything else, and it so happened that the other fellow always got the best of the bar gain. He had been left quite a little for tune by his grandmother, but In the course of five years be bad sold at a loss or traded with sharpers until all that was left to him was a ten acre lot lylug just outside the Tillage limits. It wac as fine a meadow as could be found in the county, and Jed was hang ing on to that until some lightning rod man should come along and trade him n farm on top the Rocky mountains when he fell in loTe. Jhn Thomas, the carpenter, had died three years before and left a level headed, economical widow behind him. She was an old schoolmate of Jed's, and he had seen her almost every day for twenty-five years, and until the spirit of love bubbled up he had sim ply regarded her as he looked upon all other women. lie was sitting on the grocery steps one day whittling when his knife slip ped and cut his finger. The Widow Thomas was Juat entering the store for half a dozen eggs when the accident occurred, and she pulled out her hand kerchief and bound up the bleeding finger. It was only a trifle, but some how it touched the heart of the old bachelor, and three days later he called on the widow. "Martha," he began, "I've got tired of sloshing around alone and am going to get married." 'Tor the land's sake!" she exclaimed. "That Is, if the woman I want will have me." "Who Is it?" "You." "Now, Jed, don't come around here with any of your nonsense," she said. "You are a good natured man, but you are lazy. You think you've got brains, but everybody beats you. It would drive me crazy to have such a hus band." "I could and would reform. If I had any one to peck at me I'd go to work." "I haven't time to be poking up a husband. It's hard to teach old dogs new trkks. Thank ye for the honor, Jed, but I guess ws won't do any mar rying." Jed was crushed for three days, dur ing which time a windmill man camo uluiig uud offered to trade him 5,000 ucres of desert land in Arizona for his jneadow and explained that he could raise 10,000 rattlesnakes to the aero on the sandy soli and sell the oil for $0 a gallon to grease the feet of babies with. If Jed had been in his normal condi tion he would have cloaed with the of fer at once, but as he was in the throes of hopeless love he astonished the town by turning the windmill man down. Two days later be went back to the widow and said: "Martha, I had a dream about Jim lust night. 1 dreamed that I met blm In front of tho blacksmith shop and that we shook bauds and ho said he hoped I'd marry you." "Oh, you've come about that, have you?" she asked. "I have. I'm a miserable man." "Have you tried catnip tea?" "Catnip tea? Great heavens! What nils luc Is love, and If tho Mississippi river wus composed of catnip tea it couldn't cure me. Martha, If you won't promise to have me I can't live a week longer." "Nonsense. I'm busy with my iron lug, and you run along." Jed was now so broken up that ev erybody began to notice and comment on It, but when <iuosttontd he simply shook his head aud Intimated that he was not long for this sinful world. He got up energy enough, however, to contract to get out a thousand ties for a suburban electric line, and, hoping this might work In his favor, he paid another visit to ths widow and told her of It. "Now that you aee I am going to work, can't you say yes?" he asked in conclusion. "Jed, what do you come bothering for?" she asked. "Because I love you." "Don't be silly. I'm making mince pies today and haven't time to argue." Jed went away, determined to throw fcitnsclf Into the mill pond, but when be reached tho bank lie met a stranger who had been poking around tho vil lage Tor u couple of days without tell ing any one his business. He Intro duced himself and said that bethought some of establishing an orphan asylum ir lie could find a site to suit. In this wny ho brought the talk around to Jed's meadow. The value of tho land it H It lay wus SIOO an acre, though Jed had never hud a cash offer for it. The stranger dldu't exhibit too great Interest lu the matter. lie sold he'd think tho matter over and perhaps make an offer. lie had no mountains In Idaho un«l no lakes In Europe to trade, but would bo prepared to pay cash. A day later, while still saunter ing around, he mot Jed and said that ho could have SI,OOO for the hind us soon as the deed was tuado out. The lovelorn bachelor had started for the utrice of tho village lawyer to have the deed made out when ho met the Wid ow Thomus. She noticed Ills excite ment and asked the cause, end when lie bud told her she said: "Look here, Jed, don't you take too much stock In tho orphan business." "Ilow do you mean?" "You're an orphan yourself, and you don't want to let any other orphan get tin- better of you. «'an you get a horso •ud buggy anywhere for an hour?" "Of course." "Then let's drive out to your land and seo what kind of a place It would make for the poor orphans." On the way out Jed recurred to tho old subject, Hsyiug that he was on bis way to drown himself when he met the stranger, "('omc, now," Interrupted tho widow, "this Is straight business and you keep quiet." When the meadow, which lay along the highway, was reached thq widow luslsted on walking across It from north to south. The grvund looked as level as a floor, but near the center was a sort of sluk hole. Iu rainy weather considerable .water stood there, but the ctilth was now dry, No. 20. "Umn said the widow; u uhe Baited |g and sniffed. "Do you mean that sMellf "Yes. Ever notice It before?" , | "Once or twice. Smell* as if some body bad been breaking rotten eggs ' around here." "Get a pole and thrust it into the ground as far as you can." "Here's one right here, and some body's been poking. What do you make of it, Martha?" ''Jed, you've asked me to marry yon," she said in reply. "I have, but you don't seem to care whether you drive me to a suicide's I grave or not." "I don't know but I'd be willing to take chances." "As how?" "If you'll deed me this I'll promise to marry you within month. I shan't answer any question!. It's yes or no right off." "Then it's yes, by thunder!" exclaim* - 5 ed Jed as be reached the roadside fence. The deed was made oat before sun down and sent away to the county seat to be recorded. Next day the man who was looking for an asylum site called upon the Widow Thomas. He had scarcely mentioned the poor or phans when she laughed and said: "Don't let your philanthropy cause you to lose a good thing. The ground up there is full of natural gat, and you know It. It's only twenty miles to pipe it to Chicago. If if s under the meadow, then it's under hundreds of acres around here. Oo ahead and make any test you will and then come back with your offer." A week lator lie was willing to hand over $ 10.000 in cash, and when Jed Wbeeler had seen the money counted out and the deed passed he exclaimed: "By thunder, Martha, but that was the only piece of land I had, and when a piano feller comes along and wants to trade lue a goose farm for the rais ing of speckled geese, what am I go ing to say to him?" "Refer him to your wife," she an swered as she kissed him for the first time. A Triftdr la Me*. Here Is a story of Scotch sallormen told by the Dundee Advertiser: "The ship's crew had been made up in a hurry, and when they had passed the bar and were beginning to feel a trifle hungry it was discovered that they had no cook. So the old man asked Geordie to try his hand at the Job, and Geordle scratched his head snd rubbed his chin and said he would do his best Next morning he consulted Jack about breakfast. 'Oh,' said Jack, "rice will do!' 'Will it, d'ye think r eald Geordle. 'Noo, about how much shall I cookT* 'Let's see,' replied Jack. "There's four teen of us with the old man. I should say a bucketful would be plenty.' 'I doot but It will,' said Geordle ud went off to the galley. He got a bucketful of rice and put It in a large pot, and when It began to boil It likewise began to swell. So he baled out t portion In to another pot, aud that also did like wise. Then lie baled out of both pots Into other pots until all bis pots were full. Still It swelled, and Geordle be came alarmed. So he put on all the wmw uwr*—>■ ie'WM. Then he went forth and door and stood ugalnst the bulwarks watching It. Boon the skipper came ulong and made inquiries regarding breakfast. 'Whist, man!' replied Geor» die softly. 'l'm cooking rice, and I don't know the mlnit It will burst the door.'" Origin of "Feather la Hta Os»." "A feather lu his cap," signifying honor and distinction, arose from a custom which was common among the Syrians and perpetuated to this day among the variouu semlclvllised people of adding u now feather to the head gear for every enemy slain. In the days of chivalry the embryo knight re ceived his cocque In a featherless con dition, and then won bis plumes as be had won his spurs. In a manuscript written by Itichard Ilunsard in IBBS and carefully preserved In the British museum Is mentioned un ancient Hun> garlan custom, that .of allowing ne man to wear u feather In his cap who had not killed a Turk. The Hungar ians had a law, which was in vogue as lute as 1012, which allowed warriors to add a feather to their headdress col lection "every time the olalmant could prove that he had succored a starring llungnrlan or had killed an ableb4dled Turk or other Moslem." These old cus toms are now obsolete, but It !■ Inter esting to know that there were ence surb laws upon the statute books ef tuitions thoiiirht to he elvlltoaA. Billow's Wonflerfal Memory. Bulow had a wonderful memory, as was evidenced by his astonishing feat of memorizing Klel'a concerto, which the man who wrote it could not accom pany without hotes. His accuracy was almost Infallible. He was oaoe rehears ing a composition of Llsst's for orches tra In that composer's presence without notes. Liszt Interrupted to say. that a certain note ahould nave been played piano. "No," replied Bulow, "it Is sforzando." "Look and see," persisted tho composer. Tho score was produc ed. Dulow was right. How everybody did applaud! In the excitement one of the brass wind players lost his place. "Look for a b flat In your part," said Bulow, still without bis notes. "Five measures farther on I wish to begin." Tho Word "Aspkalt." Of decoltful ancestry Is the word "asphalt." Apparently It mean* "not slippery." The Greeks themselves were tempted to derive "asphaltos" from "a," not, and "spliallo," make to fall or slip. However, tho word Is really of unknown barbarian origin—Phoenician, aoino say. Asphalt waa In use very early in history. It Is said to have been tho slime with which the infant Mosee' ark of bulrushes was daubed and which tho builders of the tower of , Babel used Instead of mortar. lloteherr la War. In ono of the Du Guesolln's victories so many English were taken captive that oven the humblest soldier among the French hod oue or inoro prisoners. Tho victors, howover, fell to quarrel ing, and, 111 feeling becoming rife In the French army In consequence of these quarrels over tho prisoners, Du Guescliu ordered all the captives to be butchered, aud the brutal order WSS carried out. A Caattoas Lover. A correspondent of tho London Globe tells of a gilded youth who left Instruc tions at a Jeweler's shop for the In scription of an engagemont ring be bad Just bought. He wanted It Inscribed, "From Bertie to Maud." As he left he turned back and added as an after thought, "I shouldn't —ah—cftt 'Matjd' too deep, don't you know." Close. She—l>o you kuow I've Induced my, husband to give up clgarsl He—ls thst so? Well. I've known him for •even years, aud I never saw him give tip one-—lllustrated Bits.