VOL. XXXXIII. THE MODERN STORE- Remnant Week. This week we are going to sell out all remnants and odds and ends of all only a fraction of their former prices I will pay you to e ° m Remtm ffSC tSS Wash Good, SSTmSs. Calicoes. Ribbons, Embroideries. lots of Hosiery. Underwear. Neckwear. Skirts. Shirt Waist,. Bags, Jewelry, Parasols, Lace Curtains, etc. Colored Paraaojs + off. White Linen Parasols } off. Children's Parasols i off. i off on all White and Colored Bhirt Waist Suits, i off on all White Washable Skirts. , JSig reductions on all White Lawn and Silk Shirt Waists. Cliotoe r. f anv Hat in stock this week for fI.OO. EISLER-MARDORF COriPANY, I SOUTH MAIS STREET I QQI tw>iis rfJoPLi's ' , CmL>\ Samples sent on request. fe POSTOFFICE iOa. ! r ~T . „ T , D ~, OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. PLTtiER, I A [ 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. ■ There will be great bargains to be had I all through this immense stock. Don't fail * | I to get some of these great barqains. 8 Hemember the date. July 14th. I B. C. Huselton, 1 I Opp. Hotel Lowry. 102 N. Main Street. i| BUTLER /J/? RESULTS TALK. Where some of our recent graduates are loeated: Sara Beatty, stenographer, Bessemer It. R. Co., Butler. Robert Seaton, stenographer, American Bridge Co.. Pittsburg. Jean Welgel, stenographer, Butler Eagle. Butler. May Thompson, stenographer. The Lloyd Co.. Butler. W. V. Starr, clerk, St andard Steel Car C 0.. Butler. Charles McClymonds, with the B. & O. U. H Co., Butler. Marion Nicholas, stenograbhor, Standard Steel Car Co., Butler. Lutltla Rtne, Stenographer, The Hostetter Co., Pittsburg. M. L. McMillen, lteglstrv Clerk, Pittsburg PostofHce, Pittsburg. I'ressley Mowrey, with Pittsburg Mows Co., Pittsburg. Jlillei Wheeler, stenoiraphcr and bpokkeepev, \y. H. Daugi.erty ,v Son, l'i troli;i, I':.. trUißi wltu'the Westlnghousa Electrical Mfg. Co., Pittsburg. 'icr'tlia Coulter, stenographer, Pittsburg firm, r tlli, er Cashdollur. cashier and asst. manuger, Now \ ork Lease & Tryst Co., 1 Ittsb > Elizabeth Dlebold. stenographer. 'J'he H run street Co., Pittsburg. Wjnlfred Shkfler, stenographer, A. W. McCJloy & Co., Pittsburg. Mbrenee Norrls, stenographer, Kenibie & Mills, Attys.. Pittsburg. Tlolia Crltchlow. public stenograyiher, Bessemer Bldg. Pittsburg. Hurry K. Painter, lx>okkeepfcr. Monks At'OO.. Allogheny, Pa Ijiillan l'orelit, stenographer, Hangoods. 'l'ark KMg., Pitulmrg. VaJetta Nlggdl, stenographer. Roflger. Flanagan & Co., Pittsburg. Ethel Ureenawalt, stenographe|.. Westing-house Electrical Mto. Co.. l:ittsbu(,ij. flargHret ti,. Ibtry EberTiart; rtith the'Per.na. ii- X{ i-io., Butler, Oliver McOrady, Punna. R. H. Co., Butlor. Ralph Miller, Penna, R. R. Co.. Butler. Lev Schenck, with the T. W. Phillips Gas & Oil Co . Butler. Nellie Nicholas, stenographer, Win. Kaufman, Penn Bldg.. Pittsburg. Gertrude Graham, stenographer, L. G. Martin, Pittsburg, Pa. J. H. Alexander. tKjokkeeper, Wabash R. R. Co., Pittsburg. Kay Thompson, stenographer, U. S. Developement Co., Pittsburg. Emma Burr, stenographer, Pittsburg Reduction Co., New Kensington, Pa. Pearl Snyder, stenographer, The Bradstreet Co., Pittsburg. R. P. Frederick, stenographer, Wabash It. It. Co., Pittsbure. Rosenna McLaughlin, stenographer. Baird Machinery Co., Pittsburg. Anna Bundy, stenographer, Salvage Security Co.. Pittsburg. Winifred Shaffer, stenographer, Gormanla Bank Bldg., Plttsbuir. Bpnba McClelland, steno. _api.ei, A. E. Itoifcor, Butler. • JV 1). V Ick, 9ti.n.:ard SUel Car Co., Buvkr., ; 4fyr.i SieiiOgraplier, B. C. Weinnaus Co., i Ittsburg. . .7. M.. Wilson. B A.O. R. R. Co.. Butler. Pa. I.ester Bell, bookkeeper, Geo. Walter it Sons. Ilutler Roller Mills >. A. Heist, stenographer and clerk. Pickerings, Pittsburg; •Tohn Foster, C. D. & P. Telegraph Co., Pittsburg. Ada C. Matteson, stenographer, Guarantee Clearing Co., Pittsburg. Grace Reznor, stenographer, B. 3i L. E. R. R. Co.. C-toen llle _ idelalde Granc bookkeeptr, Btltler Pnr(. Milk Co J. Bl\hi(P, bigh on the > &) CARPETS. Tables ami Chairs. ® (S\ VII r.UAIiK- Dining room table, flnely finished. (2) >✓ * " ' hard wood, from r>.25 up. {M A VMTXQTFR Dining room chairs, all kinri*. X ' TAPESTRY HTtrsSEI.S. from the solid seat, box seal, to X fOl CROWN the leal lier seat. si/ * and IN«.;uAN.'. Prices fr. .m ?> .") per set up. X ■,—!■ IIIIIWII " " ""j^i itl'dS Sideboards, Bullets and o. (3) ' , . China Closets. 0^ X Of mil kinds, from the small (O) >ize to the room sized rugs. Ml kind-, sh >'»" i ' n a. ... 5? Pri- csofr.xmi sized rugs any sty.. . any Hrnsh ym l 1!' 1 * ' /gi @ from #IO.OO up. sire. Prices from ea>.o" up. yC; I Patterson Bros. 1 ® FURNITURE OF QUALITY, j| fewnTcJ 0 136 N. Main Cor :™tV\7| DON'T FAIL TO ATTEND The 30 Day Clearance Sale ot Clothing, Underwear, Shirts, Hats, Irunks. etc., Which is now Going on at Schaul 6c Levy, 13? South Main St., Butler Prices have never been so low as they are at this general Clearance Sale of all goods in the store. BE SURE YOU COME, Don't Miss it. It Will Pay You. SCHAUL& LEVY laf South Mam - - . pntler- I'a. *C.:r Doiiar Saving Sale is On.j S Men's, Boys' and Children's Suits will be Sold at tKc ( Following Discounts ( J lion's *uit*, ail styles and colors, (no old stock)/ X urent purse feeders at 20 per cent.. 2"> per cent, ' and i f oil'the regular price. > \ Young moil's long suits, this soasonn # purchase at 2u pep cent., 25 per cent., ■ and :> oft" j ? regular price. J / Knee pant suits, all sizes at 1. .', oil' regular price. ( \ Now is your chance. come en'rlv nim 1 profit hy t his v C great reduction s:dr. / ) sKK WINDOW. I | Douthett & Graham, 5 ✓ \ h Bickers Footwear 8 ffj ■BHBMHMBMMMBHWBBSnaMBNMamtfBKSM Mi II IWI & J M A Grand Display of Hue kj ►1 _ Footwear in all the ' Latest Styles. pj 1 styles in Ladies' Fine Shoes W fords in the latest styles. ki F«| Big bargains in Men's tejj anc * B °y s ' w °rking shoe". r« — I Repairing promptly done. |JOHN BICKELfj 4 128 S Main St., BUTLER, PA. M ' i ■ ■ ■ MEN Won't buy clothing lor the purpose oi' A, 1 Jw" I '[r&Q j! I ill spending money. They desire to got the J [l' ' . f/f' '< |! rv r ; ! ji best possible repults of the money expended. "irf 1 ! ' : . '| Those who buy cnstoin clothing have a V I . ';&/ 1 \s//*' IJ / right to demand a fit, to have their clothes ' I||j. I 1. f / yj correct in style and to demand of the -C» '/ Ai,: -• seller to guarantee everything. Come to /W\ <&&'/& »' ' us and there will be njthim? lacking. I •'-•s ss'. '' have just received a large stock of Spring ' 'i " and Summer suitings in the latest stylen. "A s\' ' .ii » G. F. KECK, 1 WA J TAItCR, V j W gJIO 142 N. Alain St., Pa £?, f / /r BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY. AUGUST 2, 1900 La.rry's Wedding 15? By Constant* uVrcy Mackay Copyright, 1006, by I*. C. Eastment When Larry Donovan was promoted from footman to coachman aud moved from a room over the stables to a trim cottage with a fine view of the Hem. stead's lawn he felt as if the summit ot his ambition had been reached. If r enins is a capacity for hard work Lar ry could well lay claim to It, for he toiled early and late with a pertinacity which s«-t him high in the estimation of his employer and enabled him to put by a snug sum by the time he had been In America three years. There was only one tiling wanting to make Larry's happiness complete, and that, was the presence „f Elieti G'Meara. wlnj v« already on her way from the old country. - A mouth ago Larry had sent the money for her transportation. Ellen was the belle of Ballvmoran, and his winning her was to be viewed in the light of a great triumph. *«t' awhile U had been ntp and tuck as to whether she M ould marry him or Tim Kearny. But Ellen had chosen Larry,' anil in the letter* -ibo v rote him froin time to time there was no mention of Tim Kearny. "Bhhr", Iter heart's all mine," said Larry to himself, and as the day of Ellen's landing approached his Joy be came more and more apparent. Indeed, the whole Hemstead house hold took an interest in Ellen's yv»utfj coming. The s. rvnnt* know tier ago to a dot, that her eyes were as blue as the lakes of Killarney and her hair like burnished copper. The morning of his wedding dawned clearly and Larry was in Jubilant spn its as !'.i: took the Long Island train for New York. How Elle'll would delight in their little cottage and exult in the surprise that her was a groom', but i( fulj fledged coachman, Larry boarded the immigrant ferry boat, and it was not tin lie had reached the immigration building ou Ellis is land that he found that the Cedrie, the steamer 011 which Ellen was coming, was a day late, A whole iwent> tour hours to spenq without Ellen! I.arry wandered dis consolately through the long bare halls of the building, stopping to look t\t tut; newly landed immigrants in their cage like compartments and thinking of tho time when he had been like them. Jn one of tho halls a gir-1 was talking to a bluo coated official and biting her lips to keep from crying. She was young and slender, with deep gray eyes. "I'm sorry," th« nilieinl was saying kindly, "but we haven't beett j to get any word e; ' v h<. tintu who was tti meet you, hr.il you'ro too young a girl to work alone in the city. It's against tlie law. If your aunt doesn't come for you, you'll have to go back to Ireland to your own people." "But thtj " 1 '" "H "lend." sußi the jrlrl. iiiure, "there's no one belonging to mo at all except this aunt in New York whom I've niver seen. An' it slits doesn't come for me" — The girl broke off with a sadden sob, so childish, sa piteous, that Larry, in spite of hla Itine piness, felt his heart aehu for her, "It's a shame, it is,'' lie said to him self. "A poor young bit or a thing like that! Faith, If my Ellen was only here we might think of something to do for the girl." And 011 his way back to New York Larry determined te '-.-•eak to Li len about ♦uatter- Women's wits were much better than men's in such casc3. Next morning he was early at the island and Instead of waiting iiie immigration building tramped up and down outside that lie might catch the first glimpse of lit-• boat that waa bringing Ellen to him. Presently descried li, am', his blood raced at tho sight. lie stooil as near as lie could to the gangplank and anxiously scanned the faces of the Immigrants crowded on tho deck, but Eilen's was not among them. Larry was filled wiili an anguish of apprehension. Then his heart leaned lie had seen the glint l'lian-s 'red gold hair <>n mutant she faced him, their eyes met, and then she turn ed and spoke to a man beside her. lie laughed and pushed buck his cap. As lie did so Larry recogui;-.t.u mm. it was Tim Kearny. Thej were coming down tho gangplank now, and Ellen, to steady herself, put a bare red hand on the railing. On bur fourth finger gleamed a pla'U sold wedding ring. Larry was too stunned to speak. Dazed, he turned toward the immigra tion building. He knew not what to do or where to go. The mockery of it all swept over him—the fruitless years of planning and working, tbe lituo house that he ''f.d to ue so hap »n. Worse'than all, the shame of returning alone smote him to the quick. But as he stumbled on thero flashed through his mind tho memory of the gray eyed girl he had seen the day before. She had been so helpless, yet so lovely in her grief. Somehow the recollection of her loneliness seem ed to draw him toward her as If by au invisible bond. "Shure, misery loves company," he said to himself, "and If the girl could only learn to care for me 'tis Joy and not sorrow might be in store for us." He quickened his steps, fumbling in his pocket for the letters m tui which Mr. Homiteau had invested him in ease he had trouble in proving hi* right to Ellen. They certified as to Larry's character and errafid beyond u doubt and satisfied the middle aged of ficial who ran his eye across them. "Well?" he said. The situation was a difficult one, and it took Larry some moments to ex plain. Finally the official threw back his head and laughed. "We've had a good many romances on the island," ho cried, "but this beats I l ,' ih, as tar as 1 can see, there's nothing against your marrying the girl if she consents. At i>resent she's expecting to be de ported, for we've found that her aunt died some days after the girl sailed." So Nora MaeManus was culled front the women's detention room and came with a look of wonder, a wonder which deepened as she saw Larry. "They're telling me you're from the owld sod," said he, "and that your name's Nora MaeManus. Is it of the Innishowan MacManuses ye are?" "Yes," said Nora. Her voice was as soft as the run of a river. "I was at Innishowan once myself," said Larry, and he went >ji» to speak ff tie- oM people .aid the old times. "•Faith, they're a great bond whin peo ple are in a strange land," he said. Then I.arry took both of Nora's hands fit the same time. "NOT.' glil,' ho said, "listen to me." While iie was speaking she kept her gray eyes fixed 011 his honest blue ones. He did not pause until lie had told her the wliolo storj'. "I've lost faith in one vromau." he declare 1. "but not in nil. And the little house back there is lonely anil empty, and my heart—share, it's lonely anil empty too. Will ye come and lill it, Nora, plana? Will ye trust me whin I tell ye that the longer I stand here speakln' with ye the more I love ye?" "It gives me a feelin' o' home to know they have the Blarney stone in Ameri ca," said Nora, a gleam of lnimor ap pearing in her eye. "I'm 110 worse than an aunt ye niver hail seen." pleaded I.arry, "and I may be some better. And tlie people where we're going—sliure, they'll nlver know but what you're the girl I came here to marry. There's such a thing as love at first sight. Nora, darllnt, and that's what's the matter with me this min ute. Ah, say yc'll marry me, though 1 know ye've nlver set eyes on me be fore"— "Oh. but I have!" cried Nora. "Yes terday in the hall"— She stopped with a quick blush. "Ah," cried the tiulignted Larry, "then ye did notice me, my angel! "Pwas hardly ft wink I got last night, for your face kept hauntln' inc. t thought of what I'd heard ye say and how lonely and hard it was for ye, a girl in a strange laud." "Did ye, now?" said Nerr,. "There's few would bi'.vc. thought -o' that!" A wonderful change passed over her face. Iler eyes softened. "If ye think—lf you're still slmre'V- oiie faltered, grop ing for « word. "Ah, Nora, is it 'Yes' ye mean?" cried the ecstatic I.arry _ ' And Nota lioikted. So Lflrry and Ellen were married, and the kindly otficial and the matron of the detention room were witnesses of the simple ceremony. \>>d -.i chanc ed that as lie his urjde stood on the deck ei the jm migrant ferry they came face to face with Mr. and Mrs. Tim Kearny, also bound for New York. "Nora, my dear," said Larry, "tl'.u »» Mrs. Kearny. Mrs Ktfuiij. I'd loike to make ;ou acquainted with my wife. Mrs. Lawrence Donovan." lie shot a sharp look at Tim. "Is it on your wed din' thrip ye are?" he questioned and without waiting iV>r >u> answer drew Nora toward the bow of the boat, so that in going down the gangplank they tool; precedence of Mr. and Mrs. Tim KUtirny, who followed sullenly behind and were just In time to see Larry call a cab, hand Nora into it and. iumplng in after her, close the door with a vic torious slam. " "There are times," said Larry, "whin it pays to be extliravagaut," and, lean ing over, lie squeezed Nora's hand. IrOiidnn'N Comic Pnper, London Punch was concocted in the back parlor of a public house behind Drury Lane theater. The tirst editor of Punch was the landlord of that tav ern, ami tn that room assembled al most every night som« most lively wi ■ r i'... lUj more noted, as I>ion Hoticicault tells, for wit than money. The landlord made punch, and nrornd the bowl those men would sit drinking, smoking and cracking iokyi. The landlord pronos&d u.ui their jokes sh to itra.ii HU'i & Evans, the linn ttr'.t printed it. The best writers in England hastened to their-standard. It has the notoriety of being expelled from several kingdoms 011 the lient of Europe,—Sui.-Uy Alagazine. The Sail N'ot Rnrnctl Out. It has stated by such authorities a ; Kelvin, Newcomb and l'.ali that 'the future of the smV'i uctn tty will bp compaiiilively short—not more than 10,- 000,000 years and some have even sug gested that the sun's activity already shows signs t.-f waning. So far Is this from being the case that only one fourth of our supply of energy has been expended, aud three-fourths are yet in store fur the future life of the planeta ry system. This opens up to our con templation a decidedly refreshing view of the future and will give renewed hope to all who believe 'l'At ine end of mundane is not yet in sight. Not only should the future possibilities of scientific progress be vastly extend ed, but there will in all probability be the most ample time for the further de velopment of me races of beings in habiting this planet. According to this view, the evolution of our earth is still in its infancy, with the zenith of its splendor fn( in the future.—T. J. J, See in Atlantic. Artificial Blrils. In very early times men began to experiment with a view to making artificial birds and animals that wculd imitate the motions of Mvii.gr creatures, and if we aro to believe the records, some of the artists in that line were remarkably successful. Archytas of Tarentum, who lived in the year 400 B. C., constructed an artificial pigeon that could fly, but which was not able to resume its flight after once alighting. John Muller, a German of great me chanical skill, constructed an artificial eagle, which 011 the entry of Emperor Maximilian into Nuremberg flew out to meet him, and, returning, alighted on the city gate to await his approach. A Parson'* Swearing "Parson" Biodgctt, a former local preacher residing iu Linden, had in front of his house a watering trough freely patronized by people riding by. One evening a man hurriedly drove up to water his horse,"and the wheel of his wagon struck the trough lently. The "parson" came out htir-* riedly and cried: "Hog rabbited to hemp seed tobacco! Can't you drive straight?" "Go in and shut the door," replied tho driver, "and next time you want to swear, parson, do it like other men." —Boston Herald A Fonny Slamcae C'a*toni. They have a very funny fashion In Slam. When an inferior comes into tho presence of a superior 110 throws himself upon the ground. Then the superior sends one of his attendants forward to see whether the prostrate man has been eating anything or has any offensive odor about him. If he be blameless in this respect the at tendant raises him from the ground, but If he be guilty the attendant straightway kicks him out. Li'iuor In Candles. "Practically every luinor, as well as whisky and brandy, is made up Into candy in one form or an other," says a Chicago confectioner. "You can get In bonbons of various kinds creme do mentbe, cognac, kurn mel. Chartreuse, cherry brandy or ben edictine," An Old One In a New Way. Little Willie —Say. pa, what was the first talking machine made out of? Fa ther—Well, my boy, the lirst one was made out of a rib.—New Yorlt Tiin?s. FINEST BANK NOTE PAPER. Wlicro the Mntorffll For Onr Green liurkN In The national flag flies over the "gov ernment mill." owned by the Crane family at Dalton. Mass., because all the paper for the United States green backs Is made there. It is one of a group of mills in which the Cranes have made paper for more than a cen tury. The founder was 7,enas Crane. Before he could get the first mill start ed he had to have a large quantity of rags. But rags were scarcer in those days than now. The Italian had not then arrived, the junk shop was un ■ known, and. although the rag buyer passed through the streets of Boston once a week, he had not yet appeared in the. western part of the state. This resulted in an appeal to the people, based on high economic and patriotic grounds. Handbills appeared with the headlines; in large type: "Americans, encourage your own manufactures, and they will improve! ladles, save your rags!" Thev ',*.«•»<« carried to all the liom.-i and shops in Berkshire and adjoining counties, urging "every woman who has the good of her country aud the Intuests of her family at heart'' to save her rags, and send them to the new factory ce paid." When the mill was ready the rags were Iheru iu abundance, and op erations at Once commenced. The working force consisted bf four men, two girls and a Small boy. with Senas Crane as superintendent aud chief pro prietor. The pttp&t was made in hand molds, ai>d ihu output was luo pouuds a day. Today tho output is many ions of the finest bauk note paper.— .World's Work. THE WIND BELL. ttoor It la Constructed In Japnn, It* Original Home. The wind bell, as its name implies, is made to ring by the action of the wind—in fact, the wind bell Is not a bell atfall, strictly speaking, but a con trivance composed of a number of pendants suspended in a circle from a ring and hung close together so that they will come into contact and pro duce sounds when v.\\ayed by the winds. some wind bells produce sounds that are pleasing and musical. Some are made with glass poadants, some With pendant* of metal; some arc very small and simple in construction, oth ers are large and massive and elabo rate. The original home of the wind bell is Japan. In Its simplest form It is com posed of a number of narrow strips of glaHs, perhaps six laches Jo ieugth, suspended lengthv*i-»c from a wire ring ■ly.ut two Inches In diameter. Within the circle formed by the strips thus suspended is hung by ono corner a little square plot' e" of glass halfway down the length of the long ttiips, the strips and the Mjua,ro piece ornament ed yiim various Japanese characters and designs. This wind bell may be hung up wherever a breeze will strike it aud blow tlK> strips into contact with olio itvuthcr and with the square tu;*- peuded among them.—Detroit News- Tribune. __ ANCIENT BELLS. Well Known to tlic Efsypttsna llefore the Jewish Kxodai, Bells were well known t<> the Egyp tians before the tluin or the Jewish ex odus in the description of Aaron's 1 sacerdotal robe mention Is made of the fact that upon the hem of the garment there were bells of gold alternating with pomegranates of blue, of purple and of scarier. "A golden bell and a I pomegranate, a golden bell and a pctuo j granate upon the hem of the robe round about. And it shall lie upon Aaron to minister, and his sound shall be heard when he goeth Into the ho!y place before the Lord aud when he I eometh out, that he die not." Hand bells were in common use all over the ancient world. Tho earliest uso of bells in churches was for the purpose of frightening nwuy the evil spirits whiei, wore believed to infest eaiilt «ind air, and tho earliest curfew ' was rung at nightfall to rid tho neigh borhood of tho village or tow- and church of demons. Mest oM churches of Europe u small door on the noitu side, and at certain points In tIH» service this door was opened and a bell was rung to give notice to tho dev il, if lie chanced to be present, that be might make his exit before the eleva tion. By tho command of Pope John IX. church bells were rung as a protec tion against thunder and lightning. The monument of I'orsena, the Etru rian king, was decorated with pinna cles, each surmounted with a bell, | which tlnkted in the breeze. The army or t'lothalre raised the siege of Sens on ueeount of a panic occasioned among the men by a sudden chime from the bells of St. Stephen's church. Xo Tinte For Swritery, The average woman thinks the sun aud stars would cease to shine sooner than that she could Interfere with the regular routine of household duties. A Sabetha woman was recently informed by her physician that she would liavo to have an operation performed. She said she didn't see how slio could; that Monday was washing day, Tues day ironing day, Wednesday the mis sionary society met, Thursday was the day to clean up. Friday to bake, Sat urday to give the children their baths and mend. If !'•> c«uld get it in Sun day after dinner and before evening sen ices perhaps she would try it. — Kansas City Journal. Tin* Sardinian*. Sardinia was a wild place in the mid dle of the hist century. A traveler says: "The men are clothed in goat skins, one before and another behind, without breeches, shoes or stockings, and a woolen or skin cap on the head. Tho women have 110 other habiliments than a long woolen gown and a woolen cap. The peasants always go armed to defend themselves from ono another, so that traveling Iu the interior is ex tremely unsafe without an escort, and it Is even dangerous for ships to send their people 011 shore for water unless they are well armed. In short, the Sardes are the Malays of the Mediter vanean." XatnreVt Methods. When one is sick there is usually something in the stomach that nature wants to throw up. When one has diar rhea nature is striving to remove of fending material from the system. When one perspires profusely nature is getting rid of blood poisons through tho skin. One should never attempt to check any such effort without being sure that its arrest will be beneficial. Tin* Alexamlrlun Krn. The Alexandrian era is bv some au tborities begun with the death and by others with the birth of Alexander the Great. For a long time after the death of Alexander this era was in common use iu Egypt and many of the coun tries which had been under his rul* 1 It lu&LU Nov. 12» 824 B. C. The Miracle By TROY ALLISON Copyright, 1804, bjr Homer Sprague Esther Blake felt certain that there Mere positions In life that she would have found less trying than that of only child of a popular minister. She loved the dear old rectory, with Its shabby furniture; she had grown up feeling that the beautiful *gray stone church with the stained glass windows was part of the family possessions; but while these things helped make the condition pleasantcr, they did not keep her from wanting the things that other girls had and to do the things that other girls did. Christmas after Christmas her lips had quivered when she had received from one to a dozen handsome Bibles from the friends In her father's con gregation. Her mother had a sense of humor, and when Esther on her twen tieth birthday received Bible No. 37 she laughed and told her daughter that for Christmas she would buy her an adjustable extension bookcase. There seemed nothing else that she ueeded oyito so much. The girl's face 6eemed half divided between a desire to laugh anil to cry. "I don't see why they think I don't want a trinket occasionally—a fan, a bracelet or something a little bit friv olous, mamma," she said. "I have nineteen Madonnas hanging in my room, and I have received at various times a copy of almost every religious picture ever printed. Of course I like them, but I wish I could be considered as a mere girl some time and not a part of St. John's church." She had as a little gill cheerfully given up the dancing lessons that she wanted. She was never invited to card parties because each and every hostess felt a tiny bit doubtful as to whether it would be suitable to extend such In vitation to her. Even the dinner parties and Ice cream festivals had failed to be partic ularly interesting to her—for if there were a curate or a theological student among the guests she was sure to have him assigned to her. As a schoolgirl she had stolen furtive glances at the college boys who wore their hair long and played football— there was some thing fascinating In the jolly way they laughed— and she had wished that her hostess« would understand that she would like occasionally the girlish fri volity of catiug a philopena with a foot ball youth. But they never did under stand, and she continued to discuss with curates tho last Sunday's sermon or a uew plan for decorating the church next Easter. There had, however, been one glori ous period of freedom—she had spent two years at a boarding school, had played basketbull as hilariously as any, girl on the team, had eaten welsh rare bits, cooked at midnight behind cov ered transoms and chinked doors, with the same temerity shown by the girls who had lawyers or doctors for fa thers. And, bf all, she had become ac quainted with vivacious Elise Bour land, whoso mother was French and whose father considered life worth liv ing and the world a Jolly place to live In. Contrary to tho idea that like seeks like, the two girls, so different, had formed a fast friendship. When Dick Bourland, who practiced law in a city neighboring the school, paid his weekly visits to his sister, he pronounced demure little Esther Blake altogether charming. At the close of school he told her so, and, finding that she admitted having exactly the same of him, he had taken the long journey to reach the little South Caro lina town and state the case to the rector. Dick's mother hud, upon the an nouncement of the engagement, writ ten a nice littlo note and invited the girl to come for a visit that she might got acquainted with her future rela tives* The girl stood in the library by the window watching the rain that had been steadily pouring all the forenoon, puckering her forehead In anxious plan nlngs of the possibilities of the case. "I really don't see how I can go, mamma," she said finally. "It is im possible for papa to afford It now." Her mother tapped her pen medita tlwiy against the inkstand and tried to help her plan. "You get your railway fare at half rate, you know, my dear—that helps some—and you could alter my new gray crape and make It look youthful enough for a calling dress. Then you have vour white commencement dress. There's a small foundation, you see, to begin with." Esther came over and sat on a stool by her mother's knee. "I can't help wanting his people to think I'm nice—and for him to be proud of me. You understand, don't you, motherkins V" Mrs. Bioko patted her on the back and her eyes grew misty. "Yes, yes, dearie, I understand per fectly—but I also remember that Dick loved my girl for herself—when she didn't have half the pretty clothes the other girls were able to afford. That's the thing to keep in mind, little daugh ter." Esther kissed her impulsively. "You are the best kind of a comforter, mother mine. Come, let's look over the remnants of our wardrobes and see if wo can't accomplish some of those won derful things one reads about on the woman's page—'How to make a hand some evening dress out of an old lace curtain,' or 'a dressing sack out of a silk handkerchief trimmed with your father's old MCkties plaited into tiny edgings.'" Mrs. Blake laughed and followed her upstairs. They soon had the girl's bed covered with odds and ends ransacked from both wardrobes. Esther finally sat down, an old fash- ( toned lavender and white delaine dress that had belonged to her mother's more youthlul days lying In her lap. "I really can make up a lovely little evening dress out of this," she exulted. "I wonder it's not been made over long ago." Mrs. Blake did not tell her she had kept It packed away In lavender and tender memories because it was the dress sin- had worn as a bride the first Sunday at St. John's when she came to the then strange town. "I can manage with the dresses, but 1 don't see how anything less than a miracle could produce the shoes and gloves that ought to go with them. One could perhaps find a recipe for u pair of long white gloves to go with the short elbow sleeves 1 Intend mak lng fol- my little lavender dress if there only were time to read enough wom an's pages. They might say, "Take the ol(l silk stockings of your Aunt Eliza and crouhet a proper finish, fastening No. 29. with the |»oarl buttons taken from your grandfather's white moire vest.' but I'm sure It would take more intellect than I can command to put them to gether properly and evolve a pair of long white gloves." Mrs. Blake suddenly sparkled with animation. "Why. Esther Blake, s[veukiug of mir acles, I've had a pair of white glove*, the kind you want, lying in the bottom of my trunk lor live years. They may be a little yellow, but we eau have them cleaned, and there's plenty of time for the odor of gasoline to wear off them." She didn't tell the girl the history of those gloves. I'ive years before, when the rector was having more financial difficulties than it soeiued right for one man to have, lie had read the marriage service for one of the wealthiest young men In the town. It was a