VOL. XX XXIII.
I THE MODERN STORE- — |
I SECOND WEEK OF BARGAINS I
Sale Continued All Week
i . To Saturday Evening July 21st.
A FEW ITEMS FROM THE BIG BAB(U LIST
" il vard-wide cnaranteed black Taffeta silk 70c. Butler yard-wide black t|
't Taffeta, worth $1.25, 95c. 12$ c colored batistes and lawns |-c \d. . A
I and 20c colored batistes and organdies 12 Jc. 2>c and »ic 9 IIK organdie? I
i and Fil de Soie, etc.. lSc yd. All 50c silk organdies, also small lot ■> - g t
and 75c Fan.-v wash and taffeta silks, reduced to .Wc vd. Lot of 1' y
white goods, reduced to. 5c yd. 15c and 1> fancy white goods reduced t g
1 10c yd 25c and SKc fancy white goods and dotted Swisses reduced to 1 18:
® vd AU 40c and 50c fancy white madras, dotted and figured Swisses, re y
Id need to 25c yd. All beat calicoes 5c yd. B*st apron ginghams, mclud h ,
ing Lancaster*; 6c yd. Beat 124 c Percales and dress ginghams loc yd |
Best 10c bleached muslin 8c yd. 20 per cent off on all table linens, naj B
kirn, towels and towellings. \ off on all lace and rufile . curtains B
reductions on all shirt waists and washable shirt waist gnus. Special £j i
discount on all wool dress goods. Special discount on bed-spreads, sheet |
EISLEK-MARDORF COHPANY, I
SOOTH MATH STREET } QFLL
pommcl^x" D I fcfcl Samples sent on request. I
OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON BUTTER. PA
—_____ _—— ln.i il|
I HUSELTON'S 1
I Great Cut Price Sale I
■ Of all Odd Lots in Summer |
I Shoes and Oxfords. I
I WILL OPEN I
I Saturday at 9a. m.. July 14th. I
8 There will be great bargains to be had
H all through this immense stock. Don't fail
i| to get some of these great bargains.
II Remember the date. July 14th.
I B. C. Huselton, |
.<1 Opp. Hotel Lowry. 102 N. Main Street
9
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RESULTS TALK.
Where some of our recent graduates arc located:
SAM Dcjit'Y, stcnoffraphci , Bessemer R E. Co., But>J.
rtoixrt Se*ton, ;»pher, Ameriran Jfridije < <>.. 1 I' tsbu,,'.
™.»n Welael, stenographer, Busier F.aule, Butler.
41;.y Thompson, stenographer, TLIFI Lloyd Co., Butler.
ȴ. V. Stat r. clerk, STANDARD (Heel Car Co.. Hutlei.
(Jtiarleii MOCLY iiioridu. with THE B. 4C O. K. II Co.. liutle».
Marlon Nicholas, stenojieablier, btanaard fcteei Car (JO , hatter,
Lutltla Kine, Stenographer. The Hostetter Co.. Pittsburg.
M. L. McMtllen. Iteilstry ( lerk, Plttsburn Posloffli F. Plttsburs.
l're»«lHy Mo«rr<Y , with PlttsburK News Co., Pltt*tjurc.
Juliet Wheeler, st. noirraphor and bookkeemi, W. 11. Daueherty .V Son, Petrolla. I'a.
Arthur Oesterllnß. with the Westlnnhouse Kloctrlral Mfg. Co.. Pittsburg-
Bertha Coulter, stenographer. Pittsburg firm. .
Oliver Cashdollar cashier and asst. mannger. New York Lease <FFC Trust Co., Plttsbur '
Ellzaljeth [Heboid, stenographer. The Bradstreet Co., Pittsburg.
Winifred Shaffer, stenographer, A. W. McCloy A Co.. Pittsburg.
Florence Norrls, stenographer, Kerable A, Mflls, At'ys, Plt'ujbur-;
holla Crltchlow. public steoograyher, HCSJ.orrier UIDG.. fit. ST uri
[Jarry E. P, into , bookl:a».p..r, LIONKS .V Co.. Allegheny, PA
Lillian >'orcbi, stenographer. Bapgoods. Park Bldg.. Pittsburg.
Valetta Nlggel, stenograplier, Kodger. Flanagan & Co., Pittsburg.
Ethel firei-n'iwalt, stenographer, Westlnghouse Electrical Mfg. Co.. Plttsbur!'.
Margaret (iraham, stenographer, Pittsburg Gage AC Supply Co,. Pjttsbur"
jerry Eberhart. with the Penna. U. B. Co., BnMer •
pil.er ML'G fatly, P H NNA K L*. to., hutit-I.
Italph Miller, Penna, K, LI. Co,, Hutk>r.
Lev Schenck, with the T. W. Phillips Gas & Oil Co , Butler.
Nellie Nicholas, stenographer, WM. Kaufman, Penn Bidg.. Pittsburg.
Gertrude Graham, stenographer, L. G. Martin, Pittsburg, I'a.
.1. 11. Alexander, bookkeeper, Wabash B. B. Co., Pittsburg.
Fay Thompson, stenographer, 11. 8. Developement Co.. Pittsburg.
F.iuma Burr, stenographer, Pittsburg BedU'-tlon Co., New Kensington, Pa.
Pearl Hnyder, stenographer. The Bradstreet Co., Pittsburg.
B. P. Frederick, stenographer, Wabash B. B. Co., Plfsbvr;-
Bositnna McLaughlin, ST4TNI.GRAT.HER B:.i.d MACl.U<ery <*>., Pittsburg.
A nna Btindy. stenographer. Satvagti Security Co.. Pittsburg.
* \L lnlfred Shaffer, stenographer, Germanla Bank llldg., Pittsburg.
Bertha McClelland, stenographer, A. E. Beiber, Butler.
O. E. Wick, Standard Steel Car Co., Butler,
Myra \sh, Stenographer, S. k B. C. Welnhaus Co., Pittsburg.
.1. M. Wilson, BTO. B. it. Co., Butler, Pa.
Lester Bell, bookkeeper, Geo. Walter ST Sons. Butler Boiler Mills
A. A. Heist, stenographer and clerk. Pickerings. Pittsburg.
John Foster, ll. & P. Telegraph Co , Plttsbur;;.
AdaC. M: ttosoc, ctoaog! AITBEC, tinar&Qt/.e clearing Co., Pittst U...
UQKB ITE/imr, stenographer, B. i. L. R. 11. K. Co.. Oreouvifir
*3elalde Grane bookkeeper, Butler Pnru Milk Co
I . J. Blshon, Ixiokkeepcr, llutfkio, N. V
flerljert F. Ban kin. Butler PostOßlct,
(larl Illefil, bcokkeejee, J, Gram, Lynaora, FA,
riadlo MCL'ollougb. stenographer, Woo<L Fiber Plaster Co., Pv.t'.'-»'.
Percy Lester, with Leodom A WORRALL QO., Uatii>>.
1 LIU LARGJ.ST, UOH<> N"-*- " •
. , . , » most thorough and pa! ngtrtklng business
graduates succeed admlrl'bly wluirc TB^E^^OTH^R^CLFCWLB'FJLI'I. U °'' U ° F ,!MCFENCY " U *
SEPTEMBEK :{, LOOO, FALL. TEKM.
th<* ar i ? , a^ enrolling for the fall term. Expert th«-
WH. NLN M A RULT G THAT W ? I' TTVE «VER had. Visitors always welcome.
the Fair. S^ F | FE/CPTILOBUB." US WHU " UUUE '' F " R
A. P. REQAL, Principal, Butler, Pa.
I Duffy's Store 1
H one too early to think of that new Carpet, orH
■ perhaps you would rather have a pretty Rug—carpetß
B s^z ®- Well, in either case, we can suit you as our Car-H
H pet stock is one of the largest and best assorted in But-Jj
9 lei county. Among which will be found the following: |
EH EXTRA SUPER ALL WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS, I
IJj Heavy two and three ply #?sc per yd aud up [||
■ HALF WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS. |i
■1 Best cotton chain 50c per yd an<l upß|
■ BODY BRUSSELS, p.i
B Simply no wear ont to these $1.35 yd B
■ TAPESTRY BRUSSELS,
g Light made, bnt verj' Good Csc per yd up H
■ STAIR CARPETS
H Body and Tiipestry BrnsHels, Half and All Wool Ingrains. 1
■ HARTFORD AXMINSTERS,
KG Prett'.oyt Carjiet made, durable too sl.:Jß>ni
■ RAG CARPETS, Uennine old-fashioned weave. f
I MATTING, Hemp anil Straw.
■ RUGS- CARPET SIZES. ||
■ Axmißiter Rngs, Beanties too k'±> each and m> Wt
■ ?^f lß r? nKB ' ? a Pf», tr y Body ; each and np |
■ Ingrain Drnggete. All and Half Wool s•"> each and np MB
tJ, 1 a Common, all widths and grades.
m Oil Cloths, Floor, Table, Shelf and Stair.
M Lace CnrUnia, Portiers, Window Shades. Curtain Poles; Small Hearth 9
B| Rugs, all slyles and sizes.
I Duffy's Store.
M main street, butler.
.THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
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ANNOUNCE TH6IK S6.MI ANN'UAb
One=Day Special Sales
I For Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. Friday and Saturday.
July 24, July 25. July 26. July 27, July 28
FOR TUESDAY, JULY 24.
White linen jacket suits |3.98 formerly *■'< "" White lint-n jacket snits :>s
formerly |lO HO White linen jacket nuits s!<).!'>• formerly i-.'0.00. White lin. n
jacket suits |4.98 formerly '»>■ White linen j v kel suits formerly 1
1 lot of Royal Worcester and R & <t. corset? at price 1!)t of children's color
ed wash dresses, sizes 2 years to 14 ; price.
FOR WBDXESDAV, JULY
Any separate cloth or wash skirt in stock £ off the marked price. Your
choice of any net-lace-silk or wash waist in stock t off. Your choice of infants'
and children's new white slips and dresses { off. Your choice of infants and
children's new white bonnets and hats j price.
FOR THURSDAY, JULY 2<i.
All white 3hirt waist suits off, all this seasons styles. All finer black and
silk colored petticoats i off regular price. All black and colored silk petticoats
if;).7l real value $7 50. Entire stock of lace curtains J off regular price. Entire
stock of white goods i off regular price.
FOR FRIDAY, JULY 27.
' All new style fine silk shirt waist --nits, white, grays, blues, black. off
regular price. Balance of onr stock of late spring style Eton and Jacket suits,
mostly black, will be sold on this day for i off original price. All hosiery and
underwear this day { off regular price.
FOR SATURDAY, JULY 28,
Millinery untrimmed hats, worth SI.OO. to £5.00 for 21c. Millinery trimmed
hats at h original prices. Silkaline and all art linens at , off 10 dozen calico
wrappers, staple collors. ail sizes, 75c formerly *1 0<!. Prices advertised for each
ser<aiate days selling good on Saturday in the department mentioned. Be -ure
and visit us every day during this sale, it will pay von.
Mrs. J. E. ZIMMERMAN.
(We Want to Say (
S Something to You./
> it's About the Hot Weather!
f How, What and Where to buy! >
f Half the satisfaction of a summer is beinc: so well clad that you can /
/ dismiss completely the clothes matter from your mind. t
\ Two piece Suits are it. (Solid comfort in every one of 'em.) In crrejs, '
/ bine serges, fancy Southern worsteds; well tailored Cut, r.t and every v
1 feature of finish of a first-class tailor made. From |'O.(K) to fis.oo. /
/ Straw Hats. >
I The l»>«t inrpi un t i-niw deinmid that you buy your \
J »i.w uat« Ti>«-t ..., it, i .i, jt straws ever shown in the city. (
5 SAT' -1 ' J-t.oi> to f8.50. 1
V PANAMAS that havo no eijual for the jirice. and generally sold for /
/one-half more—ss.oo to $0.50. j
/ And don't forget the Window
| Douthett & Graham. I
INCORPORATED.
Ffßickers Footwear!
MB ————— I R—l I »II Inn ■■HHII— —MI
W A Grand Display of Fin?, kj
•1 Footwear in all tfte
W Large stock of an J
Boys !-ine bhnes and Ox- w2
fA I fords in the latest styles,
' * Big bargains in Men's kj
fa and Boys ' workin^shoes - M
► i Repairing promptly done,
3 JOHN BICKEL
7VIEIN r | #l| 'j
Won't buy clothing for the purpose of /S, , ' I jj
spending money. They desire to get th« ! 'I
best possible results of the money expended. Hrf J '"/ I ,IJ
Those who buy custom clothing have a _JtJ | 'j \ : ]!j
right to demand a fit, to have their clothes /|ji. ; •- ~ / ,
correct in style and to demand of the All «■
seller to guarantee everything. Come to /A\
ns and there will be nothing lacking. I /f%>J , '■
have jnst received a large stock of Spring !t\/-
and Summer suitings in the latest styles, ' . .} i t
shades and colors. -■— \ '%'f ; J B ,1
G. f. keck, \! ffi-1 j
JIERCHfINT TAIfeOR, 'V, ) ; jj|o
142 N. Main St., Butler, Pd Li.- i. /
j
| Spring and Summer Millinery. |
6 Everything in the line of Millinery can be found, !g
the right thing at the right time at the right price at g
| ROCKENSTEIN'S I
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1 Phone 656. 148 S. Main St.
ii; il ; r l'' ill ;ii :::■ ■!?'ivi? iIJ il' ili
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY. JULY 10. 190*
I HIS WIFE'S |
STRATEGY j
) By DONALD ALLEN
i ) S
, / Copyright, I«J6, by P. C. Eastraent £
i "Martlia, are you there?" called
Farmer Miltou from the back Uoor
j step.
"What is it, pa?"' asked his wife as
j slit; appeared with a dish in her hand,
i "There's Jim Thomas coming down
the road."
"Well, what of It?"
"He looks all dressed up."
"lie's probably going to a dance
somewhere."
"He's probably coming right here to
se6 our Minnie."
"Then he'll have greased his boots
for nothing. Minnie ain't wasting her
time on no such fellows as Jim
Thomas."
The farmer had more to say, but be
fore he could say it Jim Thomas had
arrived. He was a young man of
twenty-five who had no particular oc
cupation, but traded horses, helped to
put up windmills and now and then
acted as a piano agent.
He sat down lieside the farmer,
reached for his Jackknife and a stick
and proceeded to whittle and talk.
Mrs. Milton came to the door to shake
the tablecloth und gave him a nod,
but during the two hours he remained
he saw nothing of Minnie. He seemed
much disappointed.
When he had departed the farmer en
tered tlu sitting room aud said to the
wife:
"Look a-here, Martha, what's the use
in hurting a fellow's feelings?''
"What fellow?"
"Jim Thomas, of course. You didn't
6ay three words to him, and Minnie
didn't appear at all. It was a reg'lar
snuii. and I felt sorry for him."
"Then your sympathies ar». wasted.
I want to tell you that Jim Thomas is
a sneak, and if Minnie ever speaks to
him again I'll box her ears, though she
Is going on nineteen years old."
The farmer sat down and pulled off
his boots.
"Martha," Le began, "I've known for
two weeks that there was something
up and that Minnie and y iu were keep
ing it from me. Now, then, I want to
know all about it. Jim Thomas was
down In the lot where I was at work
today, aud he had just begun to tell
me that Minnie and Iturt Anderson were
mad at each other when Elder Davis
tame along and hung around so long
that Jim had to g > before finishing his
story. You might as well teP m«
whole story."
"I tola you Jim was a sneak." an
swered the wife. "If he hadn't been
there wouldn't have been any fuss be
tween Minnie and Hurt, auti ft' he
hadn't jjo wouldn't have shown
his face here tonight."
"Tills HeeniM to be a 'turnal nice how
dydo—two folks engaged to be married
and lighting iikee:its and dogs. What's
the row about?"
"Nothing but Bert's j«iiv,u-v Min
nie wrote hex paiiio 111 an autograph
album, and Burt found it out through
Jim Thomas aud gave her a blowing
up about It. She sassed back, and he
got mad, and that's the reason he
hasn't been here for the last two
weeks."
"What In tl'.iMUti is an aw-to-graff
album?" asked the husband after think
ing for a minute or two.
"It's a book that folks wutu Jthrir
names in, and you needn't swear about
it. It belonged to a summer hoarder
down at Scott's,"
"And all sho did was to write her
name in it?"
"That's all, though Jim made Burt
believe the fellow was struck on Min
nie and said she had eyes like a zlfifi."
"What sort of a eritter tv, a sloe?''
"I 'lot.'i kuoiy, and I don't' care, and
1 want t i t"!l you that you are not to
mix into this business."
"But ain't } nod ain't it
my t-us'uexs to go t i Burt Anderson
atid tell hint that Minnie is a hundred
times too good for him."
"No sir, it ain't! Abijnh Milton, you
are a thick headed man, and you are
so uearsighted that you run ngalus;
fences. If you |iad yteir way you'd
spoil o'llj {latiglitor.'g happiness
forever. You are not going to have
join way. You are going to fold your
arms and keep still and let me work
this thing out myself.
"By thunder, Martha, but"—
"Swearing some more! No wonder
you have become afraid of- lightning!
Swearing help you, however.
You have got to do as I say. If Jim
Thomas comes around again yo» fun
talk about wludiuin- :,;j yon want to,
lj,,t a t talk about Minnie. If you see
Burt Anderson use him just as you al
ways have. The rest can bo left to
me."
"And what'll you do?" asked the hus
band and father.
"You wait and see. If you don't see
Burt Anderson around here In less than
two weeks then my name wasn't Mar
tha Tompkins before I married you,
and I didn't take a prize spelling the
whole school down."
"I don't see how"— But she Inter
rupted by saying It was time to wind
the clock and go to bed, aud during the
next ten days she resolutely refused
to answer a word whenever he ap
proached the subject. Then one even
ing she queried of him:
"Pa. what's Burt Anderson working
at now?"
"Hoeing corn in the field alongside
the road," was the answer.
"Do you think he'll be there tomor
row?" '
"Likely to be. Why?"
"Never mind why. Did our old horse
Charlie ever run away?"
•'Lord, no!"
"Could he run away if he wanted
to?"
"He might get up a sort of hen can
ter."
"Suppose." continued the wife, "that
the lines were to get under his heels
and some one was to hit him five or six
cuts with the whip, would he break
Into a canter?"
"I guess he would. Yes, he'd be so
astonished that he would probably dust
along for a few rods."
"And would he keep to the road?"
"I guess he would. What are you
asking all these questions for?"
"Perhaps I'll tell you this evening.
Don't bother me now, as I've got three
pans of tiiilk to skim."
' Farmer Miltou had no sooner left the
> house for the fields next morning than
his wife began fixing up a crock of
butter for the village grocer, whilu
1 Minnie harnessed the old horse to tho
i democrat wagon and got ready to drive
to town.
"Now, then, remember what I've told
> you. When you come along to the coru
, field keep your eyes straight in front of
you and don't look around even if Burt
' calls to you. Just make out that you
' don't hear. On your way back when
i you get to the schoolhouse" —
"I understand," nodded the daugli
' ter.
> "Don't forget the screaming part."
"No, but do you suppose"-
"There is no supposing about it. I
am your mother, and 1 am no sprinir
chicken. Now go on with you."
Burt Anderson was working in the
cornfield that morning within two rods
of the highway when he caught the
pounding of hoofs and the rattle of
wheels and looked up to see Minnie
j Milton driving by. He drop] -d his hoe
and opened his mouth to call, but she :
struck the horse with the whip as if to
hurry on. He couldn't say that she
saw him, but he thought she did, and
tho thought hardened liis heart. He '
had forgiven her "sass" days and days :
ago and was ready to "make up." bm.
this action on her part showed that sle- j
was punishing him. From then until 3
o'clock in the afternoon the young man
managed to hoe about twelve hills of j
corn. The re-;t of the time was spent
in sulking or sitting on the fence and
looking down the village road. His !
waiting anil sulking was rewarded at [
I last. A mile away arose a cloud of i
dust kicked up by old Charlie's feet. !
and as it drew nearer and nearer the j
young man prepared to drop off tho I
fence and hide. Minnie should not ■
have ti»e pleasure of flouting him again i
He was on the ground when he he rd j
a woman's screams for help. He heard
til'.- hoof beats of a horse on the gallop,
lie heard the clatter of a rickety old
one horse wagon.
It was a runaway. Burt Anderson
saw that it was the instant be got his
head above the fence. It was Minnie
returning home. The lines had fallen
under the horse's feet, and she was
standing up and swaying from side to
side and screaming. There was a hero
and a rescue. Tbero were explana
tions. There was no apology to old
Charlie, though he certainly deserved
one.
"No. I'm no spring chicken!" observ
ed farmer Milton's wife to herself as
idie stood at her gate and saw that
Burt Anderson wis driving Minnie
home and that Minnie's red cheeks had
come back t« iier.
"Say. now, but how did you manage
it?" whispered the husband to the wife
that evening as the two lovers had tho
piazza to themselves.
"Managa what?" was the reply in a
puzzled voice. "Abijali Milton, you
are the most thick headed man I ever
saw. How did I manage it! Just as
if I'd been managing something—con
spiring and plotting and all that sort
of thing! There are certainly times
when you make a body tired!"
A Surprise For IXoraee Greeley.
In the early day- of the suffragist
movement Miss Susan B. Anthony bad
no more bitter opponent than Horace
Greeley, says a .vrtter In the Boston
Transcript. It was for a long time his
custom to wind up all debates with
the conclusive remark, "The best wo
men I know do not want tc; vote."
When the New tork constitution was
being altered in 18(17 Miss Anthony
laid a train for him. Slip wrote to
Mrs. Greeley ami persnnded the ed
itor's wife not only to sign a petition
for woman's suffrage herself, but to
circulate the paper aud get 300 signa
tures a mop* nei acquaintances. In the
Committee Mr. Greeley, who was chair
man, had listened to the debate and
prepared to introduce to the conven
tion an adverse report. He was just
about to utter his usual "pettier" when
George William Curtis
"Mr. OhijU'inan," said he. "I hold in
aiy nand a petition for suffrage signed
by 300 women of Westchester, headed
by Mrs. Horace Greeley."
The chairman's embarrassment could
hardly bo controlled, Ho had found
tit least one of "the best women I
know" wanted to vote, but he reveng
ed hltnse'.r later upon the leaders by
scathing editorials.
Kalian
The emotional temperament of the
Italians is shown even in their "agony
advertisements." This is from hii Ital
ian paper: "Yesterday when I saw you
I had iu>t then received your dear let
»ei. Imagine lu what state of desola
tion I had been. The day was to me
a veritable agony. I could not dis
cover a reason for your silence. You
may guess how I suffered. But at last
yesterday evening I again saw your
adorabhi handwriting. Thanks, thanks,
with the whole of my soul. Thus, at
any rate, we may part with tranquil
hearts. But when I think we shall
never see one another again my soul
freezes. Write to me often, for I have
need of your gentleness, and I hav« h
foreboding that I shall succumb to the
pestilential climate of the country I
am going to. And 1 shall write every
other day to you. To you all my soul,
all my love, sweetest and most ador
able creature."
C'lKnr SnioJte noij *.<»>»o.
In Slant tho Jtghtmg of a cigar indi
cates a betrothal. In that country a
person wishing to become betrothed to
the girl of his choice offers her a flower
or takes a light from a cigar or a ciga
rette If she happen* to ba\o ono in her
mouth, and thereupon, provided there
is no impediment In tho birth months
and years of the respective parties,
steps are at once taken to arrange for
the payment of the dowry. Tho fami
lies of the bride and bridegroom have
each to provide at least SI,OOO. lu Ca
labria, as in certain parts of India, a
lighted taper or a lighted pipe betokens
the acceptance of the suitor for tho
hand of a lady In marriage. Iu Siberia
it Is tho custom that when a suitor has
been accepted by a girl she presents
liim with a box of cigar* and a pair of
slippers as a sign that ho is to be
master in the house.
An Oddity In Top* nml I>lKit*.
Thore is one curious fact respecting
the animal creation with which you
will never become acquainted if you
depend on your text books for informa
tion. It is tills: No living representa
tive of tho animal kingdom has more
than five toes, digits or claws to each
foot, hand or limb. The horse is the
type of one toed creation; tlm camel of
the two toed; tho rhinoceros of the
three toed and the hippopotamus of
four toed animal life. The elephant
and hundreds of other animals belong
ing to different orders belong to tho
great five toed tribe.
Fame.
Stranger (lu Vienna)— Then this is
the hotel which Beethoven used to fre
quent! I say, waiter, can you not show
me the table at which Beethoven used
to sit? Waiter—Beethoven': Stranger
—Why, ho very often came here! Wait
er (bethinking himself ) Ah. yes! Hie
gentleman Is out of town.
t'»«l< a ni< Labor.
Teacher—Johnny, I don't believe you
have studied your geography. Johnny
—No, mum. I heard pa say the map of
the world was changin' every day, an*
I thought I'd wait a few years till
things get settled. Milwaukee Wis
consin.
Natural PrlTlletM.
"It is a physical impossibility to
keep a watering place exclusive."
"Why so?"
"Because there anybody who pleases !
can be lu tho swUn."—Baltimore Amer- J
tcjiv
URIXK WHEX VOl EAT
TAKE A3 MUCH WATER AS YOU
WANT WITH YOUR MEALS.
It Is llxeellent For th«» Dif&e*tion. Tt ,
I* Claimed, ns Xeither Gantrte Juice
Xop PepHin Work Properly I'nleK* ,
Largely Diluted With Water.
How much water should we drink
and when should we drink it are «pies- J
tions «o simple that at first sight their 1
discussion seems -uporfluous. One!
would naturally answer, "Drir.k nil the j
water you wish when you are thirsty,"
but authorities say. "Drink more than
you wish when you are not thirsty,"
for they recommend that a gallon or so
be drunk between meals, which is
more water than we need and the very
time the system least demands it. Us
ually we experience thirst during or
J directly after eating.
Inasmuch as K7 per cent of the whole
i body is water, which is, of course, be
! lng used up every moment, there is no
| question that we should drink of this
; element copiously, but It is a serious
j question whether we should refrain
from water at meals—the time we par
ticularly desire it.
There Is a class of pers HIS. ever
growing more numerous, that believes
that whatever is is wrong. For the
natural and simple tliev woukl substi
tute tho artificial and complicated. To
drink water while or directly after eat
ing is a natural instinct. Give a dog
his dinner, putting n bowl of water
near it, and observe that he will first
eat all he can and then immediately
drink. Wild animals look for a stream
after feeding. Cage birds will stop
pecking at seed to peck at water. Chil
dren have a perpetual thirst, and I
have seen babies that, unlike young
Oliver, have refused to eat more when
denied water after every few moutb
fuls.
It is especially important that babies
be given what water they wish and at
the time they wish it, which Is usually
at table.
The thinner food is the more easily
and thoroughly Is it digested; In fact,
It cannot be digested until it has been
made liquid by the gastric and iutesti
nal juices. Indigestion is caused often
by food that has not been sufficiently
moistened by the digestive secretions.
There are sound physiological rea
sons for our craving water with meals.
Water Is the solvent that constitutes
93 per cent of the gastric juice. Now,
when one eats a hearty meal aud does
not drink, the amount of water iu the
stomach is not sufficient thoroughly to
moisten tin- great quantity of food,
and this makes digestion difficult. On
tho other hand, when enough water is
Ingested with the food tho latter Is
well moistened and broken up, the dl-
Eestibivj particles being then readily
I."ted on by the gastric juice ami after,
w r v ......■-t.ed. Again, when the par
x .iuj i loud (chyme) passes into
the intestines it is most important that
it be very moist, particularly as water
is constantly absorbed from the chyle
in the large Intestine. Bad cases of
constipation arc caused by dry chyle
remaining in the Intestines, where it
sets up an Inflammation that some
times proves fatal, dry faeces, of
course, resisting peristaltic action. The
excrement of persons suffering from
constipation is always dry and hard
and is a potent cause of appendicitis.
The Idea that water drinking at
meals unduly dilutes the gastric juice
Is nonsensical, water being not so pal
atable that Hue Js apt to drink more
than his digestive functions require.
As a matter of fact water generally
facilitates the digestion of albuminous
Substances. In this connection Dr. A.
Jacob! in his work on "Infant Diet,"
page 67, says;
"In experiments upon digestion of
albumen with gastric juice obtained,
from the stomach of animals it was no
ticed that after a certain time the proc
ess began to slacken, but was renewed
merely by the addition of water. The
gastric juice became saturated with
the substance it had dissolved and
ceased to act upon what remained un
til it had been diluted. In the living
stomach this dilution is of even greater
Importance, for it permits of the im
mediate absorption of the substances
soluble in water and which do not re
quire the specific action of the gastric
juice." Neither the gastric juice nor
pepsin has any true digestive action
unless they be largely diluted with wa
ter.
It goes without saying that it is not
the food that is Ingested, but that
■which is digested, that does good, aud
lhls principle hoUls good with water,
■which is practically a food. Now,
when one resists the perfectly natural
desire to drink while eating he may lie
not thirsty several hours afterward,
but he Is advised nevertheless to force
himself to drink tit that time. But if
bo drinks then, the water, having no
food to mix with it. will go through
him, as It were—that is, it will do no
good.
The importance of water to the hu
man economy may be Inferred from
the various purposes It subserves.
First, it softens and dissolves solid
foods, thus facilitating their mastica
tion and digestion; second, It main
tains a due bulk of blood and tho
(Structures of the body; third. It keeps
substances in solution or suspension
■while moving In the body; fourth, It
supplies elements in the body's chem
ical changes; fifth, it makes easy the
elimination of waste material; sixth, it
discharges superfluous heat by tran
spiration through the skin and by emis
sion through other outlets, aud, sev
enth, it supplies in a convenient form
heat to or abstracts heat from the
body. Some of these functions are
performed by water in Its liquid state
and others in a state of vapor.
Have you indigestion? Try water
instead of drugs with your food.—G.
Klliot Flint in New York World.
A QUEER MANIA.
BU-lllua Prince Who Itiilned IllDinotf
Buying Abnuril Statuary.
The Sicilian Prince of Yalguauera at
the beginning or the last century was
a monomaniac of a rare description.
He succeeded to one of tho largest for
tunes In Europe, his habits were studi
ous and economical, be had no chil
dren, bui In spite of these advantages
for saving money he contrived to ruin
bimself. The prince luid a fancy for
grotesque statues, with which he adorn
ed the stately mansion of his forefa
thers. Many descriptions of the place
are extant, for It was renowned
throughout Europe In its day. Bry
dotie visited It, and he has left us a
pleasant picture. Approaching by a
noble avenue, one found ttie palaco
encircled by an "army" of monsters.
< "The absurdity of the wretched im
agination which created them is not
less astonishing than Its wonderful
fertility," says Brydoue. "Some were
a compound of five or six animals
which have no resemblance In nature.
In one Instance the head of a lion was
set upoll the neck of a goose. With the
body of a lizard, the eyes of a goat
| and the tall of a fox. I'pon the back
I of thld object stood uMUyr liUJ
• r six beads and a grove of horns.
There Is no kind of liorn In the world
! at lie has not collected, and bis pleas
ure is to see them all flourishing on the ;
s:\rae skull."
of such horrors there were 000 in
the avenue and courtyard alone when
Hrydone saw the collection, and the I
prince maintained a regiment of sculp
: tors who were rewarded proportion
j : tely to their success In designing new
and unparalleled combinations. The ,
i - iTect upon a superstitious i»easaatry |
111. y lie Imagined. So serious was»the
I . .'it at lon that the government of Sicily j
i threatened to demolish the wonderful i
I array several'times, but a prince of j
Vnlguanera was not to be offended"in
those days without the gravest cause.
Matrons of Palermo would not take
their drives In that direction, fearing
dire results. The inside of the house
was eccentric.in another fashion.
Hero the madman diverted himself
with columns and arches and pyramids
of enps and saucers. teapots and the
like cemented together. One column,
for instance, started from a great por
celain vase of shape familiar in bed
roms, but not elsewhere. The shaft
was teapots, with the spouts protrud
ing. graduated In size up to a capital
of flowerpots. The openings of win
dows were incrusted in this manner,
the chimney pieces were loaded up to
the celling, and the magnificent rooms
of the palace were divided by fantas
tic arches of the same construction.
China wa.s rare aDd fine in Sicily at
that day. and most of the pieces thus
treated had great value. The prince's
bedroom was a chamber of supreme
horrors. Reptiles awful beyoud con
ception had their home there, inter
mixed with pleasing busts and statues
which. If turned, showed a skeleton or
a hideous representation of decrepi
tude. We have never observed an al
lusion to these things In a. modern
work of travel. Terhaps the govern
ment destroyed them at the prince's
death, beggared by his mania.
Ulstrlbntlnif Wraith.
Why there should I>e hardworking
poor men and Idle rich men In the same
community Is a question which no one
has answered and no one can answer
satisfactorily. That is why the opin
ion is so prevalent that the world,
economically considered, is so very
much out of Joint. But although there
is so much unanimity In the opinion
that wealth ought not to be distributed
as It now is, there is still a wide di
versity of opinion where there Is any
definite opinion at all as to how It real
ly ought to lie distributed. These opin
ions may, however, be reduced to three
fundamentally distinct theories, which
I shall call the aristocratic, the social
istic and the democratic, or liberallstlc,
theories. The aristocratic theory Is
that the good things of the world be
long more particularly to certain
groups or classes than to others by vir
tue of some circumstance connected
... Jjlrtb or heredity nnfl lad'.--
penitently of their lWWßuawiSleve
meiits. The socialistic theory la that
wealth ought to be distributed accord
ing to needs or according to some sim
ilar plan arranged beforehand and in
dependently of the individual ability
to acquire wealth In the rough and
ready struggle of life. The democratic,
or liberallstlc, theory Is that wealth
ought to be distributed according to
productivity, usefulness or worth.—T.
X. Carver In Atlantic.
The Melancholy Cuckoo.
The American cuckoo belongs to Alio
woodpecker tribe and Is only a sum
mer visitor, coming about the Ist of
June and leaving early in the fall for
Florida. Unlike the English cuckoo,
ours builds its own nest and raises Its
young, to whom It Is a most devoted
parent. We have two species in this
country—the yellow bill and the black
bill, the latter being best known In
Pennsylvania. Both are smaller than
the old world species and differ from It
in color, being greenish olive above
and bluish white beneath, while the
European bird Is black winged. Tlfe
American cuckoo has a tail longerihan
its body, which gives It a hawklike ap
pearance, and the plumage Is soft and
silky, like that of the owl, which ena
bles it to fly without making any
•noise, so that we often hear Its call
without l>elng able to see the bird-
Burroughs says, "This tall of the cuck
oo has a solitary, hermitllke 6ound, as
if the bird were alone In the world and
called on the fates to witness his des
olation." He has never heard the. call
answered, nor has ho ever seen two
birds together. The call Is heard most
In cloudy weather and before a rain,
from which tho bird gets the name of
VICTORIA FALLS.
Called "tlie Most Beantlfnl Gent tt
the Earth's Scenery."
The Zambezi river, carrying a huge
volume of water two miles In width, as
It reaches the western borders of Rho
desia precipitates Itself Into a cavern
ous gorge and thus traverses the north
ern plains of the country.
This great drop in the river has pro
duced "the most beautiful geiu of the
earth's scenery," the Victoria falls. Al
most twice as broad as Niagara and
two and a half times as high, an Im
mense mass of water rolls over Its edge
to precipitate Itself in magnificent
splendor 400 sheer feet into tho narrow
canyon below.
Undeterred, the Rhodesian engineers,
without detracting from the natural
beauty of the surroundings, threw
across the canyon a splendid 650 foot
cantalovcr bridge and thus opened'tiie
way to Tanganyika, to Uganda, to
Cairo.
This bridge, the greatest railway en
gineering triumph of Africa, deserves
more than passing notice. It consists
of a central span weighing approxi
mately 1,000 tons, 500 feet in length
and 30 feet wide. The steel work Is of
rolled steel weighing 490 pounds to the
cubic foot. The end posts of the bridge
are over 100 feet long. The pull on the
anchorage apparatus is about 400 tons.
The contract for the construction was
obtained by an English firm of bridge
builders-the contract time fifty-five
weeks. The work of erection was car
ried on from both banks, the material
being taken across tho river by means
of an aerial electric railway. The elec
trical conveyor of this cable way jvas
capable of dealing with a ten ton load
at a lifting speed of twenty feet per
minute and a traversing speed of 800
feet a minute.
An initial difficulty In tho construc
tion of the bridge was the securing
of a firm foundation, and owing to the
crumbling nature of the bank n much
greater quantity of concrete wns neces
sary than estimated.
The construction was happily unat
tended by accidents of a serious nature,
though a few slight accidents to body
work and the replacing from England
of one piece of steel work were record
ed. In spite of these delays the bridge
was linked up at 7 a. m. on April 1,
l»or., or exactly forty-eight hours ear
lier than hail been estimated a year biv
forc Lieutenant Colonel Sir Percy
Girouard In Scribner's.
vert a sneeze press tho upper Up
a„ in t the tecth with the ft>E.sgQ|cr-
No. 27.
ALFALFA SEED.
Beat ,%eed and I.a rcrat I'nft Pro
duced t ndrr Irrlgsttoa.
Profi ssor A. M TKN EYCK. Kansas.
The rcirion lying west of the Missou
ri river ktows most of the alfalfa seed
produced In the United States. A large
j part o f this 5,..xl is grown by Irrigation
in the western part of the ureat plains
j region. In several of the mountain
! states and in California. Much seed Is
| also produced without irrigation In the
i eastern part of the great plains ragion.
The dry climatic conditions of the west
; make thi< section of the country let
ter adapted for the production of alfal
fa seed than the more humid regions
of the central and eastern states. The
best quality of seed and the larm-st
crops are produced In an arid climate
by irrigation. The supply of water
and the weather conditions durlug the
growing period of the crop largely de
termine which crop to save for seed.
Any one of a season's crops may
produce good seed, provided the soil
and weather conditions are right for
growing and maturing the seed. About
the same time Is required to produce
a crop of seed as Is required to produce
two crops of hay.
Which l'ro|» to Cat.
In the irrigated districts of Colorado
and western Kansas the first crop is
often saved for seed, the practice bo
lug not to Irrigate this crop, thus mus
ing a medium but thrifty growth of
plant, which, with the favorable weath
er conditions prevailing In tiie arid
regions, usually seeds well. On tho
whole, especially in the more humid re
gions, the second or third crop Is more
often saved for seed than the tirst
crop, mainly because more favorable
weather conditions prevail in the late
summer and early fall for maturing
the seed; also the insects which may
help to fertilize the blossoms are more
numerous in the latter part of the sea
son. Only In the southern states Is it
possible to use a later crop than the
third for seed.
Second or Third Crop.
In those latitudes where the third
crop may mature seed before cool
weather and frost the choice between
the second and third crop for seed is
decided mainly by weather conditions
at and before the blossoming period.
In the nonirrlgated area of the semi
arid portions of Kansas and other
western states drought Is apt to pre
vail in the latter part of the season,
by which the growth of the third crop
Is greatly reduced, causing only a
slight development of seed. In such
districts the second crop should be
saved for seed or iierhaps the first
crop, especially on dry uplands, which
may produce only one good crop (the
first crop! In a season. In northwest
ern Kansas and Nebraska It Is doubt
less safest to use the second crop for
seed, as the third crop la apt to be
caught immature by frost. In central
northern Kansas a farmer must usual
ly decide eu.ly Tri'tber to save t&e
second or third crop. If the third crop
is to be saved for seed it is best to cut
the first and second crops a little early,
giving as much time as possible for
tho third crop to mature.
Training the Tomato Plant.
A plan sometimes followed In the
training of tomatoes is illustrated In
the figure. A flaring frame about
eighteen inches square at the base and
twenty-four inches square at the top
is placed over the plants before they
begin to spread. The shoots as they
become heavy with fruit fall over
against the sides of the rack and are
prevented from coming In contact with
the earth. For a kitchen garden where
TOMATO l'L01« IN FRAMES.
but few plants are grown this Is a
very satisfactory plan. The plants
can be set somwvhat closer than Is
the case where no supports are pro
vided. For commercial plantations,
however, the cost of the frames Is pro
hibitive. The common commercial
practice is to place the plants about
four feet apart each way In check
rows, so as to allow them to be culti
vated In both directions. Under In
tensive cultivation iu n small garden,
however, the method of tying the vines
to stakes will be found very satisfac
tory.
CJreen anil Frairrant Hay.
1 have used a hay loader for fifteen
years and consider it one of the best
and most useful tools on the farm.
1 Hiring this time the only repairs have
cost <5lO. Today, so far as I can see,
after handling from 100 to 200 tons of
hay annually, the machine la as good
as ever. Can any one say the same
of a mower, reaper or binder that has
done a similar amount of work? Since
usiniT the loader I have practically
abandoned cocking hay. A a soon as
the dew Is off tho ground lb* hay is
raked off in smaller windrows than
for cocking. It dries out thus better
thnm In tho swath. The loader then
completes the work. Hay bo made
comes out green and fragrant, and an
immense amount of expense U saved.
I hove never used the side delivery
rakes.—E. Van Alstyne, New York.
The eggplant requires very rich soil
and thorough cultivation, and even
then It frequently refuses to grow and
pines away under the mysterious trou
ble known as tho "die back."
The True Idealists
Every human being, unlet! he lacks
utterly tho capacity to love, la an Ideal
ist. No limn can boust that he accepts
ouly tho "plain facts" of existence as
his guide posts. Love makes idealists
of us all. Through love we are given
tho power to look beyond the crude
busk we call the fact. Any great
achievement is impossible without this
power. Life thrills with meaning and
magic for the true idealist.
The Change of a Ward.
A prospective woman tenant through
the typewriter's omission of one all Im
portant little word of two letters re
reived the following startling state
ment: "Dear Madam: You can have
the flat, provided you repaint and re
decorate yourself!"
Ills Itmonrcea Abont Emkansted.
l ather—l»o you think you can sup
port her lu the stylo to which she has
seen accustomed'' Suitor— Not In tho
Ityle to which she has been accus
tomed since we became engaged.
What Is fanaticism today Is the fasli
onable creed tomorrow, and trite ns
the multiplication table ft week after.
—Wendell Phillips.