VOL. XXXXIII. 1 THE MODERN STORE.— Hot Weather Stuff on the Rack. lilg Bargains in Shirt Waist*. Stilrt Waiat Suit*, Kiinonas.etc 75c and ISBc white lawn waits 4** c. fl.oo and f 1.25 white lawn waist NX". white lawn waists |1 00. 00 white lawn waists fl •> Ii 50 and |2.75 white lawn, and silk waist* o*)and whit lawn, and silk waifs f2 50 fj.OO silk waists fci 75. i off on all colore jg shirt waisu suit.-. suits now $1.50. £> '") suits now I suits now iii.OO Lot of colored duck skirts worth *I.OO and sl2 ) now .k- White P. K. and lawn skirts were $3.00 now $2.00 Lot of cloth skirt were 50 to $1 75 now $2.25 New fall skirts here in checks, plaids, et :• $l5O to fIO.OO. All 50c and 75c white and colored lawn and percale kimona- and dwsiing sacjues reduced to Biz Tjargaios in all whit. and colored l*wn», organdies Swisses. eU-. Children s mull and lawr. hata, i price. Choice of any trimmed hat in our stock this week, none reserved. $1.50. Any untrimmed bat 25c. Remiiant and Odd and End Sale Begins Monday, July 30th EISLER-MARDORF COHPANY, SOOTH KAII STKEIT | AA4 ZZtiZtSF' iLL I Samples sent on request. | OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTTER. PA | J HUSELTON'S I Great Cut Price Sale (I Of all Odd Lots in Summer I Shoes and Oxfords. I WILL OPEN I Saturday at 9a. m.. July 14th. h There will be great bargains to be had m all through this immense stock. Don't fail m to get some of these great bargains. pi Remember the date, July 14th. I B. C. Muselton, i I Opp. Hotel Lowry. 102 N. Main Street. BUTLER RESULTS TALK. Where Koine of our recent grkuiuat<-h are located: int- 1 Heiiltr. »t*riii«[rapti»-r, li<!**e»ier K. li. Co., Matter. Uoiwtt ik-%um oU-noterapiier, American Hri'lae < 0.. Ilvt»t,nr|t Jeftn Weljjel. *tt:ti'>Kr;ipher. Holler Ba«le, mar Tnoupwn. ilmnKraiibr, Tlx Lloyd Co., Iluiter. W P. itatr. clerk, i-tan(l:ird tiu-cl Car Co.. Butler. McClyift'md*. «-ltti tin: H *(i. H It <>>.. Itntler. Marlon Nlcholun, *U-ii'>jri.ibher, Htaixlard Mte«i tar 'Jo , Hutlnr. I.uilil i lt!n«\ ttMOfripbw, The lioctetter (Jo.. I'ltulmrif. M. C. McMlllcn, UeKlNtrr Clerk, I'ltubn rg PotiotSo:. I'ltl»l»u rg. PriMnley M'lwrejr, with Plttabarc New» Co„ I'ltuimrii. Jali«t Wheel.rr, »l<-ii<«rapli<*r anil lx>okki*p<;i, W. 11. I>auirl«:rty 4c Hon, I'Hlrtilla. I Arthur (tetUtrllag. with fh<; We»tlD«hou»e EU.ctrlcai Mf«. Co.. I'ltuhurß. Ikrtba CoulU r, utenoifrapher. I'ltuhorc firm. Oliver Cashdoilar caaolcr and suwt. mannaer, Hew Vork 1.. a»" A Trout Co., Pittsburg. KllzaU'th l>|«hol<l. »t«D'>Krapli«r. Tho Ur uUtrenl <Jo., I'lLUliorK. Wlnlfr<*d Shaffer, otenoirraplier, A. W. MW;io» A I'ltt«l.n ri?. fICNMI NorrU. ht^n'vraph rr. Kcrnblc A Mill*. Attys.. I'ltlxl.u rg. ilella <>H''hl<r*. public »u»nO(rrai>hcr, H<-«w.m<-r lllflif.. I'iimtmrg Harry K. l'alntcr, bookkeeper. Monk* A Co., Allefflieny, I'a Lillian Korcht, stenoicrapber. HapK«*>d». I'ark HU>k„ PltUiiars. Valetta yiggui, Hteuographer. \bin : f<-r. Klanauari A Co., PltuhurK. Kthel Urcenawalt, utenojrraphcr, VVmtllnKhouiK: Electrical Mtg. <>>., I'lttKhurK. Mariraret Oraham. Pltuhurg Gaffe St Supply *A>,. Pltl-t>Ur« .ffcrry Fljerhart. with the Penna. It It. Co., Boiler Oliver McOrady. Penqm. II B Co., butler. yaiph Miller, I'ei.ifa |{ 11. Co.. Hutb r. K«y Meln'nck, with the T. W. Phillip* (ia* A Oil Co . Ilutler. Sjellle Mebola*. stenographer, Wto. JtaoftDan, Peon Bid if.. Plittburj;. fjcrtruae Craham. stenouraphi r, L. O. Martin, PituburK. Pa. J. 11. Alexander; twiokkeepcr, Wabaab K. It. Co., I'lttaburK. fay Thompson. *teno*rapber, U, B. ttevalopernent Co . PlttalmrK. Emma Hurr. *t«iioi(riipher. PlttahurK liedactlon Co., New KeunlnKt'm, I'a. I'earl Snyder, stenographer, The Itradstreet Co., I'lltahnrg. it. P. I''rr.dt:rl-'k. htenoKiapher, Wabanh U B. Co., Pltishurir Iprtonna Mcl.atijjhlln, itteoofrapher, Balrd Co., PltUhara. /,nna HMndy, ileu'tgrapher. Salvage He<rortty V-0.. IHttahuig. Winifred shatrer, ktunogruphe*, Uermanla Bank bldg.. Pltuhurg. Ileriha McClelland, uteriographer, A. K. Helber, Uutler O. K. Wb-k, Standard Steel Car <>>., Butler. Myra A*h. Stenographer. H. A It. C. Welnhau* Co., Pittsburg. J. M. Wllwm II Afl, it. 1t.C0., Kutter. Pa. A. A. Ile|»t, kti-nographer and clerk. Pickering*. PlttKhurg. John Koater, C, I>. A P. Telegraph Co., PltUburg. Ada Matu:*</n, xtenographer, Onarantea clearing t><„ Pltubure. IJ race Ke/nor, *ten<acrapher, H. A L. T,. It It. Co.. Greenville. Adelaide Urane. !x>okkeeoer. llotlerPnre Milk Co, A.J. Illnbop, bookkeeper. Buffalo. N. Y. f « Herbert K.ltankln, Butler Poat Office, Carl LMehl, lamkkeeper, J, Oram, l.yn'iora, J'a. Hadle MrOillough, kteuographer. Wood Fiber PlawterCo.. Ilutler. Percy l < «ter with bee<l7>m A Worrall <>»., Butler. '! M> >."ileg» In >ye*t«rn Pehn*ylvanla. It recognlz«* no *ppt*r|or In p<jlnt of edjelency. Itt Hr>ulDute« Nficceeii adporabty «her<f tb'we of otbpr vchwili fall StfPTKMIJKH il, FAI.L TKltJ*f. May enter ANV TJMK. Many arc already enrolling for the fall term. P*pe< t tie |atife*l attendance the commit year that wf have ever had. Y'l*llor» always welcome. W he_n In Butlor pay q* a vl»lt. If you can not dp nokooie r .call on uw when Ih Ilutler for }l,< Half. Kend for catalogoe. Correipondence solicited. A. Y. REGAL, Principal, Butler, Pa. I Duffy's Store wm Not one bit too early to think of that new Carpet, or ■ perhaps yoq would rather have a pretty Rug—carpet ■ size. Well, in either case, v/e can suit you as our Car ■ pet stock is one of the largest and best assorted in But ■ ler county. Among which will be found the following: ■ EXTRA SUPER ALU WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS, ■ Heavy two and three ply 05c per y<l aud up ■ HALF WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS, H Beat cotton chain .Vic per yd and np ■ BODY BRUSBELS, H Httnply no wear out to theae $1.30 yd ■ TAPESTRY BRUSSEL3, Light made, but very Good <JV: per yd up H STAIR CARPETS P i ik>»ly and Tapestry BrnweK I{alf and All W(K>l Ingrain* | HARTFORD AXMINSTERS. ft ] Prrttleat Carpet made, aa durably too |l.«jr> ■ RAG CARPETS, Genuine old-faabfoned weave. JR N MATTING, Hemp and Htraw. II RUGS CARPET SIZES. M Axininater Uuk«. lteautiea too t each and np M Bruaaela Rn«*, Tapfatry and Bo<l/ |l3 eat-h and up M Ingrain DruKneta, All aud Half Wool %r> each and np H ■ Linolenma, Inlaid and Common, all width* and grade*. p ■ 'MI Cloth*, Flwjr, Table, Hhelf and Htair. H Lace Curtain*, Portier*. Window Hhade*, ( 'nrtaln I'OIch; Hmall Hearth K fc| Kugn, all Mlylea an'l Hi/.ea. k " I Duffy's Store. I U MAIN STREET, BUTLER. fe - THE BUTLER CITIZEN. | Our Dollar Saving Sale Is On. 4 Men's. Boys' and Children's Suits will be Sold at the C Following Discounts. ) j j Men's suit*, all styles and colors, (no old stock) ✓ I N great pur-c feeders at 2' > j>er cent.. -■> jm'-v ct*nt.. an<! . y f off the regular price. > ! ( Young men's long pant -uits. all tlii- seasons b / purchase at 20 j»er cent.. 25 j»« r cent.. and -oM ) c regular price. I s Knee pant suit.-. all,sizes at 1. : of]' regular price. { \ Now i- your chance, come early and profit l>y tlii- \ Cgreat reduction sale. \ SEE WINDOW. ; | Douthett & Graham. j X INCORPORATED } %/nMi i^—TTTllraar^ggy- ANNOUNCE TH6IR Se/WI-ANNUAb One=Day Special Sales For Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday. July 24, July 25, July 26. July 27, July 28 FOB TUESDAY, JULY 24. White linen jacket suits f2.9« formerly f.j.00. W T hite linen jacket suits formerly SIO.OO. White linen jacket suits f 10. Jf-> formerly $20.00. White linen jacket salts S4.!W formerly IW.OO. White linen ja< ket suits SIO.OO formerly 1 lot of Royal Worcester and K &G. cornets at \ price. 1 lot of children's color e<l wash dresses, sizes 2 years to 14—i price. FOK WEDNESDAY, JULY' Mr,. Any separate cloth or wash skirt in stock } off th* marked price Vour choice of any netdace-silk or wash waist in stock ± off Your choice of infant*' and children's, new white slips and dresses i off. Your choice of infants' and children's new white bonnets and hats i price. FOK THURSDAY, JULY tin. All white ahirt waist suits J off, all this seasons styles. All finer black and ■ilk colored petticoats i off regular price. All black and * «»ilk p«ttic<>;>t f.l.7s real value $7 50, F.ntir<. aUn-W - 'nrtains J ofl " price. Entire Mtix-tc ot ■wMtr i »tr r~£r > -r .. FID DAY, J t I. All new style fine silk shirt waist fait- white, grays, bines, black, Jt off regular price Balance of our stock of late spring style Eton and Jacket suits mostly black will be sold on this day for 4 off original price. All hosiery and underwear this day \ off regular price. FOB SATURDAY, JULY 2S. Millinery untrimmed hat*, worth #I.OO. to fcs 00 for 25c. Millinery trimmed hats at t original prices Silkaline and all art linens at i off 10 dozen calico wrappers staple collors, all sizes, 75c formerly SI.OO. Prices advertised for each separate days selling good on Saturday in the department mentioned Be sure and visit us every day during this sale it will pay yoq. Mrs. J. E. ZIMMERMAN. I Bickel's Footwear B Mk F00 L twear s n f the H l/jSm/ 'fm We are showing many T4 styles In Ladies' Fine Shoes Wj and Oxfords at prices sure Li WJ Large stock of Men's and V * Boys' Fine Shoes and Ox- J ¥ J|^ Hr fords in the latest styles. < C" • Big bargains in Men's n ► anc * Boys' working shoes. 4 | Repairing promptly done. \ | JOHN BICKEL | ( !28 S Main St., BUTLER, PA. W MEN * tal#|Lj>r Won t buy clothing for the purpose of / . ■ j llj spending money. They desire to get the 1 y ! ~ - \ j best possl blc resultsof rliemoney expended. ll' I \i'/ ( f Those who buy enstotq clothing have a ,1 ft/ \ ■ /V \ \ '] right to demand a fit, tu have their clotiteii I|K| ( V-"' correct In style and to demand of tho Ail I '< * . i seller U) Kuarunte«j everything. Come to /j !• 1\ \ us and there will l>e nothing lacking. I • **/ /A, * have just received a large slock of Bpring \>!x\ ill and Hummer suitings in the latest styles, W 'i L '£7' ii ll •hades and colors. \ ' 1 G. F. KECK, II r Irl MEHCHANT TAIfeOR, ' t | 11 142 N. Muin St., sutl?r, Pd t <;S~ fflSs I Spring and Summer Millinery. Everything in the line of Millinery can be found, •fo the right thing at the right time at the right price at ** I ROCKENSTEIN'S | Phone 650. My S. Main St. BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 20, 190G i A MARCH MISTAKE ) By Jeanne O. Loizeaux < > / Copyrieh*. 1806. by M. M. Cunningham ( "Elsie, John Fielding is waiting for you downstairs." Elsie looked up to see her mother in the door and dropped the warm cloak she was about to put on. She was a quiet, gentle girl, so unassuming that her dark prettiness was more unno ticed than it deserved to be. It had been long since John had come to see her in the old friendly fashion of the time before ICose Lisle moved to their town. The girl gave another touch to her smooth hair. Her mother stood watching her and then remarked: "Mrs. Dent told me today that John and Hose have been out for over a month. Ue has ju»t Come home. If a quarrel with Rose is all that sends him to you, X should think that" — Elsie wheeled impatiently. "Mother, John and I have always been good friends, and I shall not ques tion any motive that brings him to see me. I shall always be the same to him. Von can't expect a man so deeply in love as he is with Hose to be regular in his attention to his girl friends. Aud no one could help loving u beauty like Hose, She's good too." Elsie greeted Jobn as if she had seen him yesterday and soothed his evident ly overwrought mood with a gentle, half laughing tact. lie was tall and blond, with fine blue eyes which to night were clouded, and his face was a little careworn. Sometimes he gave random answers as if he had not heard what she said. After a half uneasy hour of the March twilight he turned to her in awkward masculine gratitude for her patience with him. "Elsie, am I keeping you in? I have not thought to ask if you were going anywhere." She smiled and bethought herself that Inaction was not good in his present mood. "I was going for a walk and can go as well another time. I was going quite by myself. You know, lam nev er afraid." "No, I never knew you to be afraid from the time we were children at school until now. I have always liked you for that. But would you mind let ting me go with you for the walk? We used to like 'pushing the wind' to gether. Shall we go?" Elsie put on her cloak and little red cap, aud the two young people started away. Hose lived not far from them, and as they passed the house l>oth could not avoid what they saw. From the broud front windows tho light streamed brightly. The shades were not drawn. Ito. sat at the piano, and over her in rapt attention stood Nornnin Cady. John almost dragged Elsie past, though he said nothing. He did not know that he gripped her arm till It hurt aud that he was walking at a pace that would have put a less healthy girl than Elsie utterly out of breath. It was a raw wltli u sharp wind. The moon was high and cold, aud the sky was streaked with flying clouds. The road was good, aud they walked on and on, out of the town aud along the river road. The girl was un willing to disturb her companion's si lent mood and swung gladly beside him. At length they reached tho boat house and a great pile of rough logs In a sheltered corner. John stopped hero and proposed resting. "Elsie," he said, "1 must have tired you all out. I am a selfish brute to drag you i!l>out like this. 1 was trying to get away from myself by reminding myself what a stanch friend you have always been. 1 had not Intended to tell you my troubles, but I think I must if you will let me." "Tell me übout It," she replied In tho matter of fact comrade's way that made confidences easy, "All light, but y* i must not try to help me. No one can «do that. 1 sim ply need the relief of words before i settle down to forgetting as fast as I can." He hesitated, A man finds It hard to confide. "Is It about Jim 1 ';" She trhsl to make It easier for lilin. "Elsie, I loved her almost from the minute I saw her. Everybody must know It, for I didn't hide my prefer ence, and when I want anything under the sun It Is my way to do my best to get It. I wanted her. Soon I made Iter my friend and then-- well, I thought, she loved me, though we had not spo ken of It In "words. About a month ago I wrote and asked lier to marry rue. I her everything n man tells the girl In : love*. I asked her to send me a note In answer and added that I should Interpret her failure to do no an a re fusal, though I van overconfident enough not to dream of such u thing," He looked off across the river urnl ilruinuied lilt heels 1114:11 tint the logs. "Klsle," he went on, "she did not Mend me 11 word! Not one word! And that very nlgiit she was heartless enough to smile nnd nod and blush at me at u Concert where we were nml seemed to think I would wee her home the same as ever! Then the next time we met she did not even speak!" "Are you sure she received It?" "Yen. I sent It by my brother, and An put l|; Intc« liei OWII band. lie did not'wait f>»r an answer. 81m could have sent Hint anyway. Well, then I went away a few weeks. I could not stand It here, nnd. now that I mil back It Is worse than ever. I despise myself for caring, but I hate Norman Cndy for being near her. | thought If I told you, perhaps jtisi puttlnx It Into word* would wear off some of my anger and help me forgot her. Kliile, be good to me and help me forget her. Will you?" The girl touched his arm with Iter hand. "You should k •> to her and have It out In words. There may he yotuu mis take." "There is no mistake. She was slm ply playing with me. Klsle, you were always my comrade, be so now 111 time Of need." Klsle laughed, but It hurt her a little. "Very well, John, come to me when lever you want to. We will talk and walk and you shall try to forget. I will not fall you." March was gone ami April had had her bint day of grace. It was the even iuk be.fore May day. Klsle, happy hearted, was waiting en Uie |torch lu the twilight- John was to come. Now ho nearly always came. They were going for another walk In the spring twilight to wander across the green hills am! back along the roadways In the white moonlight. Klsle though' only of the moment, hut umld not help little tui'oli of gladness that he So seldom spoke of Hose. Hhe did not, as at first, regret the coolness that had sprung up between her and It',-sc. Nothing seemed to matter but Isdng happy without thinking why. John Called her "Mister" half jokingly, but with entire affection, awL while he sometimes wnudewd off lacoußoliiluly 1 by himself he seemed content to be with her. Aud so she waited. As she waited licr fifteen-year-old brother call ed distressingly from his room: "Sis, for goodness sake get my good coat from the closet In the hall! I'm goin' to be late to that party." Elsie went to the dark closet and emerged with a coat. She knocked at his door. "Oh. come on iu and help me with this fool tie! Great snakes, if you haven't got the wrong coat! Just like a girl! Haven't worn that old thing since winter!" He snatched it from her Impatiently upside down. A letter fell from the p<K'ket. Elsie picked it up, and as she glanced at the address her face went white. "Terry! What is this?" At the sound of her voice he turned to look, and then stood stricken with tardy jienitence. It was addressed to John Copelaml. and in the lower left corner was inscribed in Rose's hand, "Kindness of Terry." Terry stared and struggled with the refractory tie. "A pretty mess! Hose gave me that months ago. and I promised to take it straight to John. And like a fool I for got!" Then he cheered up. "Well, they're off anyway now. Probably she'll be glad he never saw it. I will take it back to her tomorrow." He wondered at the strange brightness of his sister's eyes, at the extreme white ness of her face. "Gee! Not even Hose can touch you for looks. Sis. I don't wonder that John"— She turned from him as John's whistle sounded below. She still held the letter. "I shall give It to John. It Is his. I shall tell him you forgot. I" Then she went down to John. He sat contentedly on the porch with his hat pushed back on bis fair head, lie looked careless and happy enough. At her approach he rose. "Ready, sister?" Iler smile was odd, and she held the letter out to him. She spoke as if she had been running: "John, take this into the parlor and read It. No one is there. I told you there was a mistake. It is to you from Rose. She gave it to Terry, and he for got it. I just found It in the pocket of his winter coat." John did not know he almost snatched It from her hand. When he came back from the parlor his face was shining. "Elsie, you are an angel! You have the heart of a sister! You have given her back to me. She did love me. She does! I" Elsie smiled aud gave him a brave little push. "Well, you silly boy, go to her this minute!" He snatched her hand and pressed It hard. Then he went from her with an eager swiftness that ho had never shown in coming to her. She knew It she had always known It, but never theless it was not easy to see. And un der her breath she whispered bravely: "The heart of a sister"' The Robber's Grave nt »lonlicomery. In a corner of the churchyard of Montgomery, writes a correspondent, Is a bare space, known as "the rob ber's grave." It is not a raised mound of earth, but Is below the surround ing ground, which Is especially luxuri ant. The date of tho grave is IXUI, and numerous attempts have boon made to grow grass upon the bare spot. Fresh soil was frequently spread upon it, but not a blade of grass Is to bo seen. Tho shape of a cross Is still distinctly visi ble, It is the grave of a man named Newtou, charged with highway rob bery and violence and sentenced to bo hanged. He protested his Innocence. "In meek dependence of a merciful fjod, whom I have offended, but who. through the atonement of his blessed Hon, has, I trust, pardoned my offenses, I venture to assert that if I am Inno cent of the crime for which I suffer the grass for one generation at least will not cover my grave." Men of eighty bear witness that never plnce they were children has there been gnm:i on the grave.- Westminster Gazette. Trareiliiic IneoKnlln. Some investigator of curious sub jects has discovered that the inventor of traveling Incognito was I'eter the (irent of ltussia. The next after the famous Kusslau sovereign to adopt the practice was Joseph 11. of Austria, who In 1777 made a little stay in Paris un der the title of Count von Falkenstcin. Inning the revolutionary period Louis XVIII. burled his temporarily useless royal dignity under the privacy of Cottlte de Lille, while Charles X. pass ed as the ('omte de Maries. The ex- Kispress Eugenie In her splendor fre quently took little trips tin the Corn tease de I'ierrofonda. CONTROL OF ENERGY. fa It l'nsslbla For tl»e llumnn Hare to Arrrt IC»f Inctlon f The only conceivable way In which the human Intelligence can ever suc ceed in averting the "procession of the great year" Is not by postponing the Issue, but by reversing the process. The Question Is this: While energy Is being dissipated In accordance with the natural law, can we so manipulate things as to accumulate energy, milk ing the unavailable available notwith standing the fact Unit cosmic processes seem to be essentially Irreversible? Now there is assuredly no inherent reason why we should not accomplish Uils. It Is true lh(it hitherto all the atomic evolution that has been ob served is atomic disintegration. Wo may speak now, Indeed, of the analysis of the elements. Hut so It was, we may remember, that the older chem istry began, and yet analytic chemis try was the preeursur of synthetic chemistry. We began by breaking up compounds, but now we can make them can, Indeed, make compounds hitherto unknown lu nature. Similar ly, It Is more than probable that wo shall ere long learn to achieve the synthesis of the eiaments as well as their analysis. No energy Is ever lost. Even when the radium atom. It n If the child of the uranium atom, breaks down and dissipates Its energy, ending. It Is supposed, as the dull atom of lead, the original energies are not destroyed Why should they not be "d up again and tlmu again become avail- Able? Are matter and energy to go 011 their way, ultimately destroying the human race? Kor myself, I Incline to the view that victory will rest at last with "man's uncon<|Uuiable mind." • V. W. Hulesby, k\ H. H., In llarper'a Magazine. LIZARDS OF BARBADOS. Tln-r fan I IIII»K<- Color mill Drop Their Tails nt Will. The green lizards which swarm on every tree certainly have the hardest life of any creatures In Bnrbndi . <iic o their flesh Is S'„. delicate that every th! Hi. "ins them which can catch them. Cots, fowls, birds, monkeys nnd snakes all devour the poor lizards, which I-ivi, only two methods o{ duVCkUmu them selves, both very InadequuMJAfor the purpose. One Is their power of ' hang lug their color, whereby they <llll up peer bright green at one moment 9l\ the leaf of an aloe and thOIJ dark choc olate brown y 1 u piece of damp earth. this does not cotycvul thorn fryui their enemy they drop their tails. The caudal appendage Jumps from the ground and makes a frantic dance all l>y itself, and if the pursuer is delud ed into seizing it the lizard avails it self of the chance to escape and grow another tail. For tho rest the poor lizards are harmless things, with pathetic eyes, in which lurks an expression of weari ness and disillusion, as though they were as old as the world itself and had found it all vanity and vexation of spirit. They are fond of plaintive mu sic and will enter at the open windows when a piano is playing and sit listen ing and nodding their queer tlat heads and looking out of those wistful eyes at the player till he or she, if of an im aginative temperament, might fancy she were playing to an audience of transmigrated souls.—Chambers' Jour- CLEVER ANSWERS. Cases Wliere They Won I'roiuotlOß In Civil and Military Llle. A long list might be given of men who have owed their advancement In life to a clever answer given at Uie right moment One of Napoleon's vet erans, who survived his master many years, was wont to recount with great glee how he once picked up the eni poror's cocked hat at a review, when the latter, without noticing that he was a private, said carelessly, "Thank you, captain." "In what regiment, sireV" Instantly inquired the iuick wltted soldier. Napoleon, [>crceiviug his mis take, answered with a smile, "In my guards, for I sfee you know how to be prompt." The newly made oilicer re ceived liis commission next morning. A somewhat similar anecdote is re lated of Marshal Suvaroff. who when receiving a dispatch from the hands of a Russian sergeant who had greatly distinguished himself on the Danube attempted to confuse the messenger by a series of whimsical questions, but found him fully equal to the occasion. "Ilow many tlsli are there in the sea?" asked Suvaroff. "All that are not caught yet," was the answer. "How far is it to the nioonV" "Two of your excellency's forced marches." "What would you do If you saw your men giv ing way in battleV" "I would toll them that there was plenty of whisky l>e hind the enemy's llue." Baffled at all points, the marshal ended with, "What is the difference between your colonel and myself?" "My colonel cannot make uie a lieutenant, but your excel lency has only to say the word." "I say It now," answered Suvaroff, "and a right good officer you will be." A WOOD SAWING FLY. The Tool Willi Which It Makes n Cradle For Its Vouiirt. It is marvelous how many of the tiiif creatures In the Insect world conceal and preserve their eggs. Home will ,- ...if «i»m in extraordinary places; otnera win insert them in the skins of living animals; others, again, deposit their eggs where the young grub, after coming from the egg, finds food close at hand. Among these last mentioned are In sects who bestow great lal»or in the cradle of their young. The place they select Is a hard part of a leaf or the woody branch of a tree. In this they saw out a hole large enough to contain their eggs, whence their name, saw files. For this purpose they are pro vided with an ovipositor of peculiar construction. It consists of two long pieces closing like a sheath over a third. In the tenth redo tills third piece con tains two little saws, each of which has been compared to the tenon mtw used by the cabinetmakers. The tenon saw Is single, but that of the tenthredo Is double, confuting of two distinct saws. The insect In using theni throws out one saw and while it is returning pushes out the other. This alternate motion Is continued until the cut Is made, when the two iiaws, receding from each other, con duct the egg between them Into Its place. Not only is the edge of the saw notched Into teeth, but on every tooth a uutnber of smaller teeth appear. Til Kor Tat. He rejoiced In the not very humor ous name of Wood, and In* prided him self on his Jokes nnd smart repartee. Few' of his friends had escaped the IIIKII of his tongue, and he had victim I zed many by his practical Jokes —lu fact, he never lost an opportunity of being funny. Olio day ho met a friend whoso name was Stone, und naturally a name like that was too good u chance to miss. "Good morning, Mr. Stone," he said gayly; "nnd how Is Mrs. Stone and all the little pebbles V" "Oh, quite well, Mr. Wood," was the withering reply. "How's Mrs. Wood und all the little splinters?"— Stray Storlea. Milk In On- Sickroom. Milk Is the chief article of food nnd nourishment In every sickroom and hospital, and every physician and nurse should know the source of sup ply, Its purity, Is-fore ordering It In any form for Invalids and convales cents. It Is not enough Hint It comes as "country milk." There must Is? In tegrity and experience back of It. It hus Imhmi scientifically demonstrated and proved that pure milk products are the most nutritious, economical and easily digested foods when the milk Is obtained In all Its purity and kept so from pasture to consumer. • 'harles Kllcy Hall In Leslie's Weekly. STRIKING LYF GLA'SSLS. No Law Wlalch Hectares II 1111 Auuru. vnlril lllTriisr. It Is the common opinion Hint for striking a man with glasses on there Is a severer penally than for striking Mm under similar circumstances when he Is not wvariug glasses. Careful svarch, however, does not bring forth liny statutory provision which declares the offense greater when the man who Is struck wears glasses 'l'lin preva lence of tills ldtti l» due, no doubt, to tho probability of the Judgo In such cases giving tho convicted the extreme penalty. The legal term for assault un der such circumstances Is "mayhem," signifying that the assailant has In 0110 way or another deprived his victim of the power of defending himself. 1 luring an altercation from which u struggle Is apt to ensue any one weur big glasses would be wise to remove them, unobserved if possible, however, because If noticed It might act as a signal to begin hostilities. Many think that glasses would a source of general protection In tlieso cases and often take advantage on that gi*»uud, but this Is wrong, because 110 court would hold It worse to strike a man with glasses than «*>*• without unless the assailant struck directly at his 1 \t -,ii**ii t'm eyes, with the Intent to wound or malm him, and whether one were hit elsewhere than on the ey, gla hhi's would not enter tli- im> nt all. Jewelers' < 'lrctllsi- Weekly. I'M ra tlot Icial. Brown Walking down this steep hill Is pretty Hying, Isn't it? Ulecti It Is, indeed; It I*. regular uphill work. AMONG THE LILACS By Virginia LciU Wend Copyright, 19U6. by W. R. CiUwU It was a warm spring evening. BO warm that they had ventured to sit out ou the little wooden veranda. Then; was a suggestion of approach ing summer In the breese, and the air was redolent with lilacs. By glancing toward the right it was not difficult to see where the fragrance came from. On the other side of the hedge lii the deepening twilight was a purple forest of plumes, and beyond that, white in the gray light, rose the old Howard house, the oldest in the tiny village as well as the largest Selden Howard was the only living representative of the family. Presently the group on Mrs. Jones' veranda began to speak of Selden, leading up to the subject from the fra grance of the bushes. "Them blocks is sickishly sweet," observed Mrs. Jones herself. "Really nauseating." acquiesced the boarder who had been spending the winter here in this little cottage among the Berkshire hills. "By the way, i saw n strange man at the postotfiee this morning and I overheard some one say he was Mr. Howard. Very good looking man he was and seemed to know a thing or two." "That's him," confirmed. Mrs. Jones. "But why shouldn't he know a thing or two? lie don't do nothln' but travel and trapse round the country. Hardly ever home and won't have a thing to do with the people in the village." The moon was beginning to show red and low in the warm dusk, and the lilacs made superb black shadow ef fects on the lawn. The little tired out city girl who sat on the lowest step of the veranda and who had Just arrived that day had nothing to say. She was tilling her whole soul with the beauty of the coming night. Pretty soon, carrying her lamp, aha went upstairs to her bedroom. She looked at the high mound of feather lied and at the small window at the foot Into which was already flooding the spring moonlight. For a moment BIIC stood irresolute; then she lowered the shade, slipped on a cheesecloth ki mono, drew the pins from her hair, let ting it fall about her shoulders, blew out the lamp and followed her whlra to lean from the casement. It had been a very long while alnee Katherine Hope bad looked from a window over a Harden when the moon was shining. True, from the window of their xtodtry city lodgings on Elev enth :-t, her mother's nnd hers, she had leaiied out at times when her head was hot and aching with too much work and had caught a breath of out side air. But that was so different. From that window she could look out only on clotheslines, sheds, the back windows of the boarding houses on the next street, and there whatever restful thought* might come to her were made havoc of by an accordion, cheap coon songs or the caterwauling of feline creatures oil the fences below. And now—oh, the fpathery, pala flor escence of the lilacs over yonder! Katherine drew her breath In with de light as their dominant scent came up to her. If only her dear mother could be with her to enjoy the beauty of It all! But that had not been possible. When the physician had shaken his head gravely over his young patlent'a wornout condition and commanded On Immediate change In the country It had been all that mother and daughter could do to scrape together the meager savings for Katherlne's rest of 4 fort night. And Katherine was not one to mew and whimper over Impossibilities. She was here now, and sb« would make the t»est of every moment to grow strong and well again that she might go back with new life to her office work and the companionship of her sacrificing little mother. The mild country air and the thou sand iMlors of the spring played upon her face and lifted her loosened hair, glided by the moonshine Into the like lies* of mi aureole. Her white kimono fell softly around her; from the position Iti which she held her arms her soft elbows were plainly visible, and her exquisite face, leaning back a bit against the dark painted frame of the window, stood out like a cameo. The girl was little conscious of any thing except the wonder of the night, nor was she aware of one who watched Iter a moment from the shadow of the lilacs iu the garden lieyond the hedge. Selden Howard was returning from his dog kennels, whence he tied gone to look after a sick collie, when his eye 1 hail chanced to fall npon the figure In ' the casement, and lu sheer artistic ap preciation hail rested there. ••She's like some young princess," lie (bought to himself, pursuing his way toward tli«> big house, "or a goddess ller hair's like the silvery floss around corn. Her name ought to be Perdlta, Mar|>es*a or Ariadne. How ever lu the world did the Jones family stumble across such a creature?" The glamour of the gill wots Itself Into his dreams, and In waking Intervals he i*onderts| on plans for an acquaintance. "Ah, ha, I have It!" at last laughed he. Karly the next morning he went u fislilng. As luck would have It, he sei ured a well filled creel. On his way home, without ceremony, ho lifted the latch of Mrs. Jones' low back gate and entered. lie walked right up to the kitchen Window, f<* there stood Mrs .1 ones follitiK the doush for breakfast biscuit. "tiood morning, Mrs. Jones," said Ue. "I've got such a Jolly big creel full of fish here that I don't know what to do with tlieui. There's no one over there" —noddlug toward the big white house - "but my housekeeper, and she's *l< k this morning; so I'm wonderlug If you'll ucecpt theseV" With the gallantry of a knight lie held out to her his creel. "Oh, Mr. Selden!" exclaimed the goes I woman, a bit flustered, but smiling with unmistakable appreciation. (Would the heavens fall next? When had Mr. H«-l den Howard last honored her humble dwelling like this'/ Hurely not since his mother died, poor soul!i "Accept them ? Well, I Just guess I will! And so Mrs. I'lltch Is sick! Well, you'll Just stay here to breakfast. It'll lot all ready hi fifteen aitriutes." This was us much us Howard had bo|>ed for. "You're awfully kliel, Mr*. Jones." he said, affecting surprise. "And yes. I believe 111 stay. I've a sick rollle ever 111 the kennels. I'll go back aud look nfter lier, then I'll lie Inn k to cept > our hospitality." When Katherine Hope filtered the dining r«*>it; Mm. Jones of course pre t'.eiited Mr. Howard. "Ilow do you do, Mr. Howard," said she conventionally, with u smile, n lit tie tired In spite of the play of childish tlli.ipl- i Itut Seidell was looking down admiringly on the fine, white parting that separated the braids of purest flux. No. 28. "And how d'ye like them, Mr. KH don?"• asked Mrs. Jones ■ Wt later, re ferring to the biscuit. "I love them," answered he, rtfeiing to the girl's dimples. Of course that was only the begin ning. After that Selden Howard mi ti nged almost daily to meat Katber \ j or at least to catch n gltaapee of hn. J Her lovely, tired eyes and little. qr>t ways appealed to him In ao Infinitely more tender and real fashion than hid those of many a pampered beauty whom he'd met in the courae of bis va ried travels. One moruing Katherlne was reading "The House of Mirth" out on the veran da. At least she was supposed to be reading it. In reality she had eh*»ed the I took, keeping the page marked with her slim forefinger. She had only two days more liere In God's grcn earth, and the lilacs seemed to be call ing her InuK-ratlvely. She had b»—a breathing In lilacs to that extent tli.at her thoughts seemed to lie fairly scent ed with them. All at once an lmpu:-<e - of yielding tame to her. Why in tiie r-jrld should stie not step over the low hedge aud go into the lilac garden*; She did. liees bung altove the pur-.de bloom, and a little attenuated fount i n tinkled in the distance. Oh. It was al together enchanting. Just then a gold en eyed sable collie caase leisure iy down the curved walk to meet her. "You beauty!" cried the girl exnltant ly, stooping to pat the dog's queenly head. The collie, with slowly swish, ug tail, gently kissed her »ehlnd the ear." A commanding whistle from around the turn of the walk, and then: "Mollie. Mollie. old girl, where are you?" Mollie sat with one ear op, the other down, as collies will when per plexed. She loved her Muter— but also she loved her new found friend "Ah:" cried Selden. coming upon them unexpectedly. "But It la beauti ful to tlnd you In my Kardaal" be said, looking gladly uc»on Katharine. "Do you know, last uight 1 dreamed yon were here. You are very, vary wel come. little lady." "You see." she explained hatplcssly. trying to bide her telltale Washes, "It WHS the lilacs. They called me.** Suddenly he took both bar bands In his and drew her toward the hashes. "l>ear lilacs," he whisperad whlaw cally, "she is lie re now— on enchanted ground—and we must keep bar. Yoai lielong to my ganlen." he added mas terfully, turning fnll upon Katharine, "aud I will not let you go. The fcaose yonder Is very lonely and waits foe yon. You will stay?" Her answer? Well, abe m • girl and very tired, and be waa a man and strom;-and It was spring—and they, were among the lilacs! Tkr Kairrn* at May. When pursued the kangaroo. If possi ble. directs his flight toward the river. it he reaches it he enters aa*. (tank* to his great height, la ahta t« go oa font to a depth where the dega are obliged to swlui. There he plants him self on his two hind lege and hta tail. aud. up to his shoulders la the water, be waits the attack of the dags. With his fore paws he seises by the hand the first dog that approacbea htm. and. as be is more solidly balanced than his assailant, he holds the dog'a noae un der water as long aa he can. Unless a second dog spe«dily cornea to the rescue the flrst on* la anre to foe drowned. If a companion arrtvea aad by his attacks on the kangaroo van ages t<> set the captive free the half drowned brute la glad to regain the shore as quickly as posaibte. la th.a way a strong and • ourageoas ma So kangaroo will hold his owa against twenty or thirty dogs, drowning some aud frightening others, and the hanbr Is obliged to intervene with a ballet. Tk» <irnr»hn mt l ,A more disagreeable object than a scorpion of l 'eylaa It would bedMcnlt to Imagine Although, as a rale. It du>s not measure mora than seven laches la length, tltere Is a «j>eclea found la the woods that are longer fian a tent. They crawl out of some dried woo>l. and. taknig«*it> their |>oettloa aa a con venient r<«-k or stone, l"oh. aa they hold their (treat Joiated stiag mn-1 over their Itacka and their claws held aloft, the very picture of agaissalv.i warfare. Here they stretch tbeawelv-s in the broiling suu and await their prey. These are the small, basatifnl lioneyblrda that dart from Bower to flower and take the place of the bom inlng birds of the east. Aa oae ap proaches the scorpion won to atari rk Into the sit-n until It heeoaMa almost Imperceptible. Suddenly the great la st* t will ial»e Ita claws aad dart at Its licautiful victim, which la a aoaeat Is destroyed. TAMED BY KINDNESS. Tkr Srltnli «f thr KUfkail Mlllrr IK Iki Ist Kut. Tills l« bow elephants are boated In Ceylon The |wople Iwgla by clearing ■III ojien space near a foreet. part t.f which la strougljr fenced In with tronk* of lre»-s, with open placao foe door». Then the elephants are fouad aad with blaring torches, rattling of uihj In strtiiiients ami siiears are drtvea t<» w inl tin* «*|>«*n doors. At ht*r, It lilt a rush, rite great berl enters, the enlrant-ca are barred, and the |KM»r giants of llie wood flad them selves hopelessly Imprisoned Aa elc pliaut'a rage l« dreadful to wltaaes, huf the ingenuity of man baa round a war of suMuliig It. One l.y oae each prl oner Is freed again. and tame elr phnnta, reninrkablc for their aagaHi', come up ••• ft I in. stroke him with their trunks and otherwise • ajole Mas until they lead hllll on to a good atToag tree The natlres creep up Ix-blnd, aad la a minute the elephant Is uiade faat to the tree by bis leg. All the time this la iiolng oa the tane ele|>haiils are humoring tbelr delude) victim, but as soon a a he la aai urv-l they go away aud leave hta. Then the tuen bring him locoanuta an<l learaa to eat. which, of coeree. be re fnses, ns be Is t« aa I n In a great paaelon nnd struggling to be free lint hunger HIIIMIIIC* even the ttfi-»'. and at last his wild roaring pesasa. and lie eniN I'roni that (line the taming process 1* comparatively easy. Again ami again he |« fed, aa he require* It, by a kind hand, nnd the elephant, an* crptlble to kindness, l>e< omeo at last a rto« lle servant of the man. While tula nt Urlts. Natives of Ihe rut • oast of A Mot do not ..I.je. t to the preacace of It great white ntil colonies In their aetgh liorliootl The ants exercise great fer Milling jMittcr ua I lie cropo. A resl dent of fli.tt country writes: "Every season I h.tte neen the wonderful »f ft- tn the white nnt bill produces on the KniilrH' maize ami corn. Whenever there bapp<-ns to he an nnt bill la a gar ■len lis Immeillate vicinity can tie at once distinguished, us the matae and corn ure fully double tlte stac of the surrounding • rop The buah country a few miles from this place la awart < Itig with white ants aad baa also a large native population The anta «V» not attack greea trope to any extent."
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