VOL. XX XXIII. THE MODERN STORE-— 3 FIRST CALL FOR FURS. Excetitlenal Values and BIS Assortment. Winter Millinery In Active Demand. We liave Just opened up vu Immense stock of new furs, which were made up for us during the summer mciths, and as those made up early aro always made of the best skin. It ls advisable (or you to buy now To make this more Interesting yet, we are goin* to give spc !al prices this week on any fur piece In stock, have all the new shapes In t'.e popular furs, both in neck pieces ana muffs. Sable ar,d 1 sabella Fox Scarfs Sa f* 1 to 55.00 Squirrel Sc.irfs 3.iji to 10.00 . French Mink I?IS Blended Mi ik 1*555 0 ~i'2! French Er nine Chinchella ?*Ssi° Coney .... I.ooto 5.00 Blark Marten, Oppossum. G c? Wolf in virions shapes and sizes are in our stock. We hive muffs to match .0»ove furs from ?2.ort to $.5.00 according to quality. WINTER MILLINERY. Since this store has open. d. we have never been in better position to fit you out with your winter millinery. We are up-to-date, have a complete andl choice stock, the best and most artistic trimmers, who have in view to produce such head wear as will exactly fit /our individuality. OUll PRICKS WILL MEET YoUK VIEWS. EISLER-MARDORF COriPANY, SOOTB lUJI OTOT I nni i" I Samples s ent on request. OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON BUTLER. PA /Pp; B " TLCR M New Positions and Changes Reported Since Sept. Ist. J. H. Alexander, bookkeeper, wholesale grocery company, Pittsbury; H. G. Freehlinp. bookkeeper, Pressed Steel Car Co., Mc-Kees Rocks. Pa ; Wm. Foster, RteiiogrApher, American Bridge Co., Pittsburg; Lowry Watters, bookkeeper, White Famitare Ck)., Alleghery; Lntitia Rine, stenographer, W. S. Arnold & Co., Renl Estate, Pittsburg; B. rtha Mnrtland, bookkeeper, Blair County Hospital. RoUidayabprg, Pa., Jean Grabam, Stenographer, with Geo. Walter & Sons, Bnt ler: Sadie McCollonsth. stenographer, Bntler Street Passenger Railway Co., But ler; Carrie Geruer, stenographer, Bntler Wood Fibre Plaster Co . Butler. Yonng people, it PAYS to attend a school that gets RESULTS. May enter ANY time. Best dates. Mond, ys, the first of each month, Jan. 3d and first Mon day in April. Catalog free. Correspondence solicited. A. F. REGAL, Principal, Butler, Pa. gglL- . =— l " Showing: the New Furs. By having our Furs made up during the early sum ; mer when # manufacturers were not rushed we got a better : selection of skins and more careful work in the making, j We are now ready to show you hundreds of new and nobby neck-pieces in Grey Squirrel, Sable Squirrel, French Mink, Blended Mink, Nutria. Beaver, Otter and ojherfurs. Muffs to match the neck-pieces. The shapes are new, quality the best and prices the i lowest. Choice of many desirable styles at $5.00. Finer neck-pieces at SB.OO to $lO, sl2 and $15.00. NEW PLAID SILKS FOR WAISTS. Pl%t<s silks hold first place fpr dressy waists. We %re showing a terge assortment of very rich and handsome , ;► plaid silk's, + • . —lndividual waist pattern# —no two alike—you r's will i - bt exclusive, Waist patterns at $2.48, $2.98 and up. Come and look at the new fall Dress Goods we are -eceiving. L. Stein & Son, 108 N- MAIN STREET. BUTLER. PA- I Duffy's Store I Not one bit too early to think of that new Carpet, or ■ perhaps you would rather have a pretty Rug—carpet ■ size. Well, in either case, we can suit you as our Car ■ pet stock is one of the largest and best assorted in But- I ler county. Among which will be found the following: ■ EXTRA SUPER ALL WOOL INGRAIN CARPETS. B Heavy two and three ply 65c per yd and up ■ HALF WQQJs INGRAIN CARPETS, Beßt chain 50c per and up I BODY BRUSSELS. H Simply no wear ont to these $1.35 yd ■ TAPESTRY BRUSSELS, WT Light made, but very Good 65c per yd up "S STAIR CARPETS H Body and Tapestry Brussels, Half and All Wool Ingrains. I HARTFORD AXMIN3TERS, H Prettiest Carpet made, aa durable too $1.35 ■ RAG CARPETS, Genuine old-fashioned weave. H I MATTING. Hemp and Straw. ■ RUGS-CARPET SIZES. ■ Axminster Rugs, Beauties too $22 each and up H Brussels Rugs, Tapestry and Body sl2 eaph and up Ingrain Druggets, All and Half Wool :$£ each and np II Linoleums, Inlaid and Con tnon, all widths and grades. H Oil Cloths, Floor, Table, Shelf and Stair. M Lace Curtains, Portiere, Window Shades, Curtain Poles; Small Hearth B Regs, all styles and sizes. I Duffy's Store. 9 MAIN STREET, BUTLER. !H EXPOSITION i : 1 PBut two weeks more of the eighteenth season of the Big Show at the Point t 1 IT CLQSES SATURDAY NIGHT, OCT. 20 1 4 , The Musical Organizatkm Snpreme of the West, j ELLERY'S • Band, There This Week ' DAMROSCH i -.-i Sis Musical Fifty—there for the Last Two Weeks October Bth to October 20th I vv * A Congress of Wild Animals ROSTOCK'S ANIMAL ARENA ' . , *. <!ozen lions, ferocious tigers, hyenas, bears, ele phants, doxeps of beasts under traia | ] ers from the African wilds I ' } » DONT MISS THESE! | Destruction of 'Frisco,Round New York, Ferris Wheel, - V j United St \tes Weather Bureau Display . • , i SOMETHING OI EVERY MOMENT-DAY AND NIGHT the Tickel Agent About Railroad Excursion I- J THE BUTLER CITIZEN. I^TTOIKrNO^ that vou art getting fnll value and at a reasonable price must bring V§/ satisfaction to the heart of every woman. X (g) „ That is why onr customers al- Sgj 19 __ « w.iyp rftnrn. once gained never (o) lost seeois to be the rule of this 2s § (*i «* TlTa • Tnen again another deumnd we@ II ' i mike upon oar salesmen Ls court-^ ®bß- eey. no sharp, cart replys or now Jt- . r- unwillingness to display goods© ~ * W ;ll be tolerated in this store. /S ktiiSv* . » . ,| Now jnst think of the value of W \pi <| f(1 i -V ' snch pieces of farnitnre ss these, @ .'• Asked for them at the store that J® its saves you money. © 0 Patterson Bros. | ® FURNITURE OF QUALITY, |lrown&'co° 136 N. IVlam C ° r Mifflin @®(§)(§)®(§)(§)®(§>(§>®®®®®®(§)(2)®®®®®®®® 1 Bickel's Fall Footwear. H | largest Stocl< and /Wost Handsome Styles W i of Fine Footwear we have Shown, i Sorosls Shoes—Twenty fall styles. Dongola, Pi > Patent-kid and fine calf shoes —made in the latest L'i < up-to-date styles for fall. Pi * Wen's Shoes— Showing all the latest styles in * Men's fine shoes. All leathers, $2.00 to $6.00. wi ► Complete stock of Boys', Youths' and { Little Gents' Fine Shoes. wl !\ Bargains In School Shoes— High cut copper toe { shoes for boys, and good waterproof school shoes W1 for girls. < Large stock of Women's Heavy Shoes in FJ ►J Kangaroo-calf and oil-grain for country wear. A Rubber and Felt Goods—Our stock of Rubber fl fA and Felt Goods is extremely large and owing to the »J1 large orders which we placed we were able to get pri J very close prices and are in a position to offer you % the lowest prices for best grades of Felts and Rubber wl *a Goods. W M An immense business enables us to name the yl J very lowest prices for reliable footwear. 4 When in need of any thing in our line give us a call. Wl 3 JOHN BICKELf] IA j| vtoj F~ MEN I r\! Kri II Won't bny clothing for the purpose of IJ D? ] / r fjfr'*X\ NSyklnl II spending money. They desire to get the I lit I //// A If best possible results of the money expended. JJ IV/ \ -!Aj /y ) Ij Those who buy custom clothing have a / H 1- i Tt right to demand a fit, to have their clothes Af» TOyI II correct in style end to demand of the /\\ Mjm \ seller to guarantee everything. Come to /y jl_, iSF 1 ' | ns and there will be nothing lacking. I tIFcN i> have just received a large slock of FALL -Jilh jl 1 . and WINTER suitings in the latest styles. \ VII i ft shades and colors. v flrl i G - F - Heck, fel I WA MERCHANT TAIbOR, J,jjt Sr. / 142 N. Main St., Butler, Pa | Good Enough Fall Styles \ / is not good enough these now in, and they are per- ✓ J days. . Ready-to-wear feet. We want your bus]- f } clothes have got to be ness, that is why we are # better than that. They the early bird. Anything ? } must bear the severest in style and pattern your ■ \ tests. They must retain heart may desire. Ham- } k their shape and must be burger, Clothcraft and / f perfect in style, fit and Horseshoe Clothes ready e ? workmanship. for you at i | Douthett & Graham. I \ INCORPORATED. C DON T FAIL TO ATTEND The 30 Day Clearance Sale of Clothing, Underwear, Shirts, Hats, Trunks, etc., Which is now Going on at Schaul Sc Levy, 137 South Main St., Butler. Prices have never been so low as tney 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 157 South Main Street, - - . - Bntler, Pa BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1906 I - c, { A Great bun By GRETCHEN GRAYDON Copyright, 1906, by Homer Spraijue .»:■ "Ob, yes: Billy has it again, and this time very bail," Mrs. Wheat said, nodding across at her son. "But you won't wonder at it when you hear the new sweetheart's name—Sarah-Susan —Miss Sarah-Susan Gunn." Billy turned all colors. Connor, his chum, laughed explosively and said as soon as he could speak: "Billy, I call that positively immoral! You had bet ter be courting twins. How ever will you fix it? You may propose to Susan and be rejected or accepted by Sally. You may even be married wrong. Think, too, of being always a mere gunner's mate" — ' Shut up!" Billy interjected, his face scarlet, but grinning in spite of him self. "Wait till you've seen her at least. Mother makes fun of her names because she can't find fault with her any way else. And Sue isn't to blame. She didn't name herself or choose the family she had to be born in." "No, but you do choose the family you mnrry into," Mrs. Wheat cooed. She was less than twenty years older than Billy and still a very pretty and very lively woman. Connors thought her stunning. So did his Uncle Tim. Harking back sud denly in his mind to something a year old, he whistled aloud and asked ab ruptly: "Say. Mammy Wheat, is it the same way with Tim? Did you turn him down because you wouldn't be Mrs. O'Toole?" It was mammy's turn to blush. The blush made her younger and prettier than ever. "Who says I had the chance to be Mrs. O'Toole?" she began, but stopped as both the youngsters growled derision and unl>elief. "Tim was the worst ever," Connors said decidedly; "couldn't eat or sleep; used to hang out of the windows all 'prom.' week just to stare up the street toward where you were staying; in the greatest fidget, too, to get his place fixed up oew. And then, after he'd walked about with you one teeny half hour, he quit—cut out everything ex cept my allowance and scooted across the pond with just half a steamer kit. Don't say you don't know why, mam my! It won't do any good—not with us two. We know. He weuted—be cause you sented him. Toor old Tim! You have a heap on your conscience, mammy! ITow could you do it?" "Don't you understand, Larry, dear?" mammy said, still blushing. "It was all on your account. I couldn't bear to supplant you." Her eyes laughed, but Larry Connors saw under the laughter. "If that was your game you went blind," he said. "Don't you see, Tim is so near the years of indiscretion —they begin at forty-five—he'll sure fall vic tim somehow somewLere. You ought to have taken him, mammy. Then, in deed, my future would have been se ouro." "Where Is he? Have you heard from him lately?" mammy asked, her eyes Bfldilculy downcast. Larry shook his head. "He was tear ing around toward the midnight sun thought maybe the icebergs would re mind him of you," he said. "But thf*» was six months Lack—long enough for him to be buried or married." "He always talked of Ireland"— mammy began, sighing faintly. ' But he didn't care for it unless you were there to see it with him," Larry interrupted. "I think I'll pable him to come hack vi—lit a*vay. Maybe he will he ready to sacrifice himself for your whim—carry off the adorable Gunn and so save Billy." "I had rather—almost—she had Billy," mammy said inconsequently. "Tim is a dear, but—Hon. Mrs. Timothy O'Toole!' Dear me, t y .v».uld try'when I think i'U \V iiy wasn't he born 4anit>thing else?" "Smith, Jones, Brown or Ilobinson," Larry commented. Mrs. Wheat got up and walked quick ly away. Billy went (o the window. Larry, staring after the vanishing lady., was amazed to see her iie;\<l droop aiul her bosom swell. Clearly she was on the point of sobbing. lie followed hoy soft ly and said as she Hung herself on a pouch: "Tell me, mapimy! You're play ing a game. What is it?" "How did you guess?" mammy said, speaking very low, with her finger on her lip. "You mustn't ever let Billy guess it," she said. "He doesn't know about our money. It came to me from my uncle, the dearest, sualtiaeeit loul. He Ihi(U£bi t»econd Ynarriages sin ful—spiritual bigamy, he called them. So I kept my fortune, which will be Billy's fortune, on condition of remain lug always a widow. Now you see why I had to send Tim away." "As If he cared for your moneys And he'd never let Billy lose," Larry paid exultantly. But he bent his bend reverently to kiss mamrpy's hand as be added, ' But, oh, you are a brick! You made up all this about the name to blind that blessed boy?" "I had to—there—there wasn't any thing else. Tim was such a gentle man," Mrs. Wb<?°t ;aiM, smothering a bob. "You won't tell him, Larry, but dll this teasing over his sweetheart' 4 name is just to keep him from suspect ing. I don't really oppose him, although I think he is making a mistake. He has promised to wait a year—long enough to find it out for himself." ''What's wrong with berV" Larry asked. "Everything, but mostly that she's too old and wise and hard," Mrs. Wheat said comprehensively. "I mean that •he was born too old; actually they are but a month apart. She is much too clever to care really for my denr. blundering, nretty boy, Luc -she cares a Whole lor what he can give her. l'ou ought to see her eying my pearls. I could forgive her a little if she had no pearls of her own. To be rich and grasping is so much worse than to yearn for what one never has had. I could break up the match tomorrow by letting her know I hold the purse Strings, but that and he's everything." "She shan't have him, and you shan't lose him. Listen! I've got an idea," Larry said. Mammy bent toward him, her Liiai ming eyes shining. They talked in jvhispers for two minutes, then Larry pushed away, headed for the telegraph office. ■*«»*?*» Exactly three weeks later Mammy Wheat, with Larry in attendance, went up to the city upon a steamer day. The pair got hack late to Fernbrook and slipped into the hotel by the side en trance wholly unseen. But soon there was inscribe!' upon the icgister In Lar ry s jnost sprawling hand, "Mr. and Mrs. P. T. O'Tooie-ilerrion. Mount Merrion, County Meath, Ireland." And underneath, in Greek letters, "They've . Aind it." "What's all that about?*' Billy said, coming up and leaning over Larry's shoulder. Larry laid hold oil him, saying. "Get your Gunn and come see."- As he dragged Billy toward the main stair way he added: "Don't you get heart failure. You'll come out all right, if only you live through it." Sarah-Susan, in wait for Billy, was easily carried along. As the three en tered mammy's private parlor they saw her standing lx-side a tall, handsome fellow, baldish and grayish, to be sure, but ruddy and with the happiest merry eyes. Shamelessly be put his arms around mammy, not even giving Billy a finger until he had said: "I had to have her, even if it meant changin' me name and nation, sou. Sore, life was no life without her. Wish me joy, lad, of me new home and a wife in it." "I do." Billy said heartily, wringing the tardy hand. Mammy detached her self from Tim and flung herself upon Billy's breast, half sobbing, half laugh ing out: "Wait, son, until you know! Are you willing to be poor to make me happy?" "Sure," Billy said, giving her a bug. Sarah-Susan bridled. Larry in his most innocent fashion began to ex plain. Before he had said fifty words she wheeled upon mammy: "A* you liar# l>«gisared your son, markirn, for your whim, understand I refuse to countenance your duplicity. I agree with your late uncle. Such con duct Is positively immoral." As she spoke she had been stripping herself of Billy's ring, a simple affair of thready gold with a diamond spark on it. But she quite forgot the diamond pendant at her throat, the circle of brilliants about her arm, not to name many more jewels resting upon her dressing table. Majestically she tossed the ring to Billy—poor crestfallen Billy, who stood at his mother's side. But when Mrs. O'Toole-Merrion drew his head to her breast and patted it as she had done when he was three years old, he lifted it*bravely and smiled up at her. saying: "It hurts, mammy, but I'm not going to cry. And I'm not go ing to starve either. Tim will see to that." "Sure," Tim said, hugging his new son. Mammy and Larry considerately looked away. Berlin'* Economy Flats. In a good part of Berlin —that is, in one of the most desirable locations —one can get a flat for anything from S2O to SSO a month that could not be had in New York for less than $l5O if it could be found at all. I have such an apart ment in mind, and it is only one among thousands in Berlin. It is on the third floor, and German flathouses are sel dom more than four or six stories high. It does not lie in a straight, unbeautiful line along a narrow, dark hallway, but is built around a big square entrance that might be used for a reception room if It were needed. The rooms are enor mous and each has outside windowsL The bathroom is as large as an or dinary "inside" bedroom, as we know bedrooms, and it is fitted up with every modern luxury conceivable, including a splendid shower. The kitchen !« *o* nice to be true, says a writer in Leslie's Weekly. It Is lined halfway up with beautiful blue and white tiles. It has a white tile floor, and its gas range is made of blue and white tile to match the walls. It has a blue and white tile refrigerator built in the wall, ana there are rows of white, porcelain jars upon n"hiie tile shelves to keep things in. It would be absolutely impossible for such » kitchen to be dirty. Kvolntion of the 51T044. During the first twelve centuries of tbfc Christian wa the sword varied little in the essential features from the Hues of the broadsword. The blade was lengthened, it is true, and less curved, but the crosspieees of the hilt were usually straight, and the, simple, workmanlike look was, preserv ed, The change Co the elaborate hilts yt several centuries Jater was made gradually. There were slight changes in the crosspieees from time to time— the stilt straight lines little by little begau to curve gently toward the blade. The knob at the end of the handle, usually a simple disk cr ban of metal, WAS vaiiea into a trefoil, a Jutlng or a small Maltese cross. Blades nd scabbards were engraved with in scriptions, a practice which had in deed been found in Danish barrows bearing unmistakably Kunip charac ters cut in the bronae blades. The eross hilted sword the crusaders car ried on their pious errand to the Holy Laud not infrequently displayed the sacred monogram either carved or Inlaid. THE STORY o* 1 LIGHT EARLY SCONCES AND LANTERNS, CANDLESTICKS AND LAMPS. Tragic lurld'jn* ut ibe Ancient vumoui of Carrying Flaiubcans at Festivals Origin of the "Holding a Candle TO "ion." There was a panic of a curious origin about the beginning of the eleventh century. It was widely believed that the year 1000 would witness the end of the world, and this sunerstitlvu caused a very general stagnation of Industry and commerce. Such panics have QC* curred at irregular intervals ever since, the last one being within the memory of the present generation and inspired by Mother Shipton's prophecy; The world to an end shall come In eighteen hundred eighty-one, However, as soon as people became convinced that the world was not real ly going to come to an end in the year 1000, they resumed their work and play, and the making of lamps and candlesticks, like other manufactures, entered upon an era of prosperity- Monasteries wero famous schools for this -vyork, as for all other forms of handicraft, and paid peculiar attention to the beautifying of lamps and can dlesticks because of their usefulness in church services. During the eleventh century Dinant, in Belgium, became famous for its copper work, and some of the most beautiful chandeliers of this period were made therf, At about this time the "ecuronne des lumieres," or circle of lights hung from the ceil ing, became a common device for light ing a church, and some of these are exquisite works of art In this periaci, too, various devices iiiii improving and shielding the light came Into use. Our ancestors were very practical people, and if some of their utensils appear to y.s somewhat singular It is because we do not under stand the purpose for which they were used. It is rare indeed to find any cumbersome addition to a lamp or candlestick which has not its use. The old time silversmiths and copper work ers did not spend their strength on mere decoration The scouce and the lantern were in general use throughout the middle ages. The sconce was a light covered and guarded from tho wind, lifted down by a handle, and distinct from the lantern, serving somewhat the but by 9 chain. Lanterns iu the thirteenth century I were made of gold. silver, copper or ! iron, according to the means of the , owner. The light in them was shield i ed from the wind by thin sheets of ' horn. Lantern making was an impor -1 tant industry in Paris. At this time. too. noblemen and rich , merchants took to having luxurious little traveling equipments made for them, and among these were traveling I candlesticks and wash basins in this ' fine enameled work, the secret of which is now lost. The custom of having servants carry flambeaus at festivals also became general about this time, and a strange and tragic incident Is connected with this fashion. At a ball given by Charles VI. the torches carried by some careless servants came too near the headdresses of certain persons dressed as savages and set them on fire. The unfortunate guests were bnrned to death, and the king at the sight lost his reason, a madness which had a serious effect on the history of France. Magic lanterns were invented in the time of King Francis I. A device on a somewhat similar plan was used as a sign before shop doors to attract cus tom. Lamps fell into disfavor at the begin ning «f the seventeenth century and were used only by tlie poor »»4 in pas sages and stables where the smoke could evaporate and a great deal of light was needed. Candles bad then reached their perfection and candle sticks their most exquisite form. A candlestick of crystal given by Louis XIV. to La Valliere is still in existence, and it was at this time also that the crystal pendants came into fashion. Street illumination was uot seriously attempted in Paris until about the mid dle of the seventeenth century. In the first years of that notable century the streets of Paris were dark. The rich were escorted by lackeys bearing torches, the middle class folk picked their way, lantern in hand, while the poor slid along, feeling their way by the walls. In his edict of September, 1667, the king provided that candles In closed in a cage of glass should be hung by cords at the height of the first story of the house, three lanterns for every street, one at each end and one In the middle. At the sound of a bell, »truck by a watchman, they were lighted. Paris was, however, considerably in Advance of other cities of the world at this time. In London link boys stood about iu public places calling out in lugubrious tones, "Gentlemen, a light!" The origin of the phrase "holding the candle to you'' is somewhat doubtful, but some authorities trace it to the fact that, as the small light stand had not yet been devised, any one who de sired to read in bed had to have a ser vant stand beside him to hold the can dle. One cannot imagine that reading In bed under these circumstances would be very enjoyable, certainly not to one who had been accustomed to sol itude and a gas jet easily turned on or Off, but there is everything in habit.— Gas Logic. Reasonable Supposition. Bulks —I believe that Mary does love me any longer. Jinks—Pid she say as much? Rinks—No, but she let her little sister sit in the parlor with us last evening.—Woman's Home Com panion. DEAD WATER. Effect of Thin Queer Marine Vbciiuiui enon Ipon speed, 3nti of the most curious marine phe nomena known to seamen Is that call ed by Norwegian sailors "dead water," which, without any visible cause, makes a vessel lose her speed and re fuse to answer her helm. The only definite knowledge of its origin is that it exists solely where there 1# a surface layer of fresU water resting upon the salt wuters of the sea. Sev eral explanations have been advanced by the captains of ships of the effect of dead water, the commonest of which is that the two water layers move in dif ferent directions. The true explana tion, however, recently offered by Swe dish navigators and verified by mathe matical calculation and direct experi ment, Is that in addition to the "resist ance waves" at the surface the vessel (creates a second line c»f subaqueous waves between thy two strata of wa ter, The experiment carried out to dem onstrate the truth of this theory was an exceedingly pretty one. A large plate glass tank was first mounted on a wooden frame. The tank was then filled to a certain depth with salt wa i,(f, wild a layer of fresh water was carefully poured on to the surface, so that two separate water layers were obtained. The salt water was blackened with liquid Chinese ink before the water were prepared, and in this way the different layers were made clearly Visible. A boat model was then towed along the tank and a silhouette of the waves produced was obtained by plac ing a white screen at a short distance behind the tank. The waves were also photographed by flashlight, and the re sults showed conclusively that wave 3 actually were set up at the boundary line between the two liquids. Further experiments were made to verify the sudden loss of speed due to dead water. The boat model was drawn across the tank and the t&wlng String suddenly slackened when the boat was about halfway across. In eases where the tank contained salt water only the boat stopped gradually, moving some boat lengths after the towing string had been slackened. When the tank contained a layer of fresh water resting on salt water, on the other hand, the boat slackened speed quite suddenly and moved only a very short distance. These experiments, carried out on a small scale, prove conclusively that the difficulties encountered within a dead water zone are really due to the re sistance experienced by the vessel in generating invisible waves at the fresh water salt water boundary, although in some particular cases tb» influence of undercurrents must also doubtless be taken into account.—New York Herald. POINTED PARAGRAPHS. The most acceptable form of polite ness is cleanliness. Because you say you Intend to do a thing it Isn't done. About all some meu are good for is to "second the motion." You may think you are entertaining, but there are people dodging you all the time. Don't send ten dollar flowers to the fuueral of a man whose family is left without any income. The uirtu in a dangerous location never thinks he is iu a dangerous loca tion or he wouldn't be there. The owner of a horse and buggy tries to bo modest, but he can't help showing that he feels a little superior. The first insurance against trouble that children learn about is to get a promise from mother that she will not t«l.l fitlier.-4tcids.ya .Glube, c o Just June By Virginia Leila fVentz o o Summer after summer the same eld erly quiet i>eople bail come to Mrs. Austin's pretty country boarding bouse, antl tlie same noisy, vehement children. Of course there had been some addi tions to the latter class, some defec tions from the former, but the charac ter of the company had remained much the same. This year, however, came a new boarder of a distinctly different element. He was Paul Campbell, a playwright of some reputation. Being the only eligible man ou the place, Miss Austin had managed to lay hold of Mr. Campbell as her es pecial property. At first he did not mind. Were not her eyes sufficiently blue? Was there not always about her the odor of orris and heliotrope? But when he discovered that both mother and daughter were trying to work the matrimonial game upon bim he balked. One warm day they had been down to the lake boating, and now they had turned their faces homeward. "If you find the path rough for fash ionable heels or tear your gown with the brambles or scratch your face with the wild rosebushes, on your head be the consequence." Paul Campbell warning Miss Austin, who had capri ciously chosen a path through the woods, while he had wisely indicated another. "I don't care. It's too hot to breathe today, and I know this is the shorter way. It'll get us home more quickly than the other." "Well, it must be single file," ob served Campbell, with something like positive relief, remembering that the arrangement would do something to add to the difficulty of conversation. "You'll have a good opportunity," threw back Miss Austin over heV shoul der, "of determining whether my hair is all my own." "Its glory," answered Campbell, quick always in saying the required thing, "must blind me to its defects, if there be any." "So good of y<3U to make the qualifi cation!'' retorted Miss Austin. Here and there the brier roses bloom ed in all their exquisite pinkness. Campbell absently broke off a spray. Absently, too, he pulled the leaves from the stalk. Then he chanced to look upon the pink bud. With a whimsical, half tender ges ture he thrust it Into his buttonhole. Oh, he was a fool, beyond doubt, to fancy such a connection. But those un ostentatious little petals, showing their delicate veins as they tapered upward and infolding so much wild sweetness, reminded him of Miss June. June was Mrs. Austin'# younger dnnKhtpr. Stio UucV wide, dark eyes and teeth c~ pearl, but she was not beautiful, like her sister Jane. Their uames, in fact, many of the boarders thought, ought to have been turned about, for June was J list like her sla ter's name, while Jane was as flushed and Jubilant as summer's first month. "There's a pleasure as well as a credit Hi dressing her," June had once overheard her mother say when she'd slipped Jane Into a thin white frock and brushed her glossy curls. That was twelve years ago. J una was only six, but her fragUo little hands had gone together lu mute protest, and her cyoa had grown larger with half under stood pain, •Tune, whom her household hnd the summer boarders saw; June of the in frequent speech, the shy, fugitive smiles and proud, reticent air—that was not June of the woods whom Taul Campbell had grown to know. June of the woods had an elusive grace, s'linlng eyes, laughter as silvery as the rippling streams, exquisite fancies, quick, dramatic gestures and withal a dolieate, childish abandon of spirit. "Well," asked Miss Austin ns they came out frem the woodland path <jn to the sunny road, "have you settled the affairs of the nation? I looked back at you once or twine, but you were in such a brown study you didn't notice me," she pouted. "Miss Jane, how could that be pos sible?" uiocked he courteously. v Pshaw!" she said, twirling her sun shade Indignantly. "I believe I'm noth ing but a peg for you to ban* compli ments on"— "You are tho magnet which attracts them," ho corrected. Suddenly Miss Austin lifted her eyes. "That wild rose bud in your coat is very pretty. Will you give it to me for a remembrance of the day?" Campbell's fingers closest upon the bud to detach it; then ho remembered. "Xo, Miss Austin," he laughed, thrusting his hands into his pockets; "It would be inappropriate. When I go to the village tomorrow I'll get you some roses from the florist's." One morning several days later they were in tlio woods together, .Tune and lie, under the silver column of a beech tree. She sat beside him, with her slim, brown 1 ads f«lded in her lap and the wild rose buds withering In her dark hair. The pink of them had somehow stolen to her cheeks. She was happy today In spite of the fact that Campbell was chiding her. "See here, young lady," he was say ing half seriously, half playfully, "If you continue to evade me as you've beoa doing for the past few days I'm going to pack up my trunk and leave next week. What possible pleasure do you think I find in a lot of staid ladies who knit 011 the porches and children who squabble"— "There's Jane," suggested the girl demurely, watching the flash of a bird through a rift in the foliage. "She likes to be with you, Mr. Campbell, I'm sure. And I'm sure"—here the pearly teeth caught the scarlet under lip—"Jane's neither u staid knitting lady nor a squabbling child. And why should you miss me? I'm not beauti ful like Jane. I'm just"— "Just Miss June," finished Campbell simply. But there was a world of quiet pride in his voice. June trembled beneath his words and knew not why she trembled.. But there was sufficient dramatic force in her to go toward the making of a great actress. She spied a spray of scarlet columbine on a jrray rock overhanging a dark pool, rncmsclously the con trast of colors - cU her artistic eye, and she made use of it all to hide her sudden emotion. "Will you fetch me those columbines that wave from the rock and throw colored patches 011 the pool, Mr. Camp bell?" said she quietly. Hut when he had gone her hand went for support to the column of the beech, her bosom rose and fell and her wide eyes dilated, then half closed. "Oh. dear Ood," she prayed inward ly, "I've never had any one In luy whole life really to love me. heTs No. 39. so big and so knightly. Don't let me imagine a vain thing that would break my heart. Let me remember that I am plain— and that be is just kind.' "Here," cried Campbell cheerfully, coming back with a bunch of *be 1 columbine and handing it to her. "The I scarlet just matches your lips, little maid." It was not alone her lips ihat i were scarlet now; a flame spread hotly over her cheeks. In a few moments she jumped up, I laughing, smoothing out her blue ping • ham frock. "If ever I come to regf.rd myself as a bewitching fairy princess ! I'll hold you responsible, sir. But I must be going now. I'm still Cinderel la," she added. '"I promised mother to make the salad dressing for lunch eon." And so the fragrant summer month drifted irresponsibly on. One warm evening when the air was filled with the gold of fireflies, a maze of spangles, now darkening, now brightening. Mrs. Austin came out ou her side porch, which, for a wonder, .was vacant, and swung her portly weight none too gently Into the ham mock. The silver of {he moon was l>e glnning to tremble through the leaves of the trees and to show patches of the garden path that wound toward the front gate. "Those locusts sound awfully shrill," thought Mrs. Austin, trying ineffectual ly to put the hammock in motlop. Then she lay there inert, yielding to the drowsiness of the air. She must have dozed off a bit, for suddenly she started as is the way of one who tries to capture one's waking wits. "And you know, dear, that I love you. I guess I've been loving you rigfyt from the first, but I didn't realize it till"— Two figures had just passed the moonlit patch in the path and were emcrgiag into the shadows that stretched toward the gate, so Mrs. Austin couldn't exactly see who they were, but she recognized Campbell's rich, deep voice. "At last!" she cried, smiling broadly. "Well, Jane deserved it —and she'll have a good husband." She raised her self up in the hammock. Sleep had fled. Xow, just at that moment Sarah, the cook, who had been buying sonSe ribbon and ruehing in one of the *ll - lage shops, happened to enter the front gate. As she came abreast of the wide porch Mrs. Austin leaned over tie rail ing. "Sarah," she whispered, with mater nal pride in her voice, "was that Mlsa Jane who went out of the gate then with Mr. Campbell?" It was a state ment rather than a question. "Xo'm," said Sarah, looking up quick ly; "that wasn't Miss Jane, ma'am; It was just Miss June." Catalogue of Mlinovm. "A silver shoehorn Is a misnomer," said a philologist. "So is a wooden milestone. So is a steel pen. "A shoehorn Is a piece of horn, ac cording to Its name. sow na It he rande of ell vet*, thon'i Ml© manner a milestone cau't be made of wood— though they have them, the sflttle as nutmegs in Connecticut-r-nor can a pea, which strictly means a feather, be made of steel. "Irish stew is a dish upkdOWQ la 11%- land. Jerusalem artichokes Wife jgever heard of in Jerusalem. Prussian blue does not come from Prussia, btlt froth the red prusslate of potash.. "Galvanized iron is not It is zinc coated. Catgut is not the gut of cats, but of sheep. Kid gIQYfcJ (Jo not come from kid skin 3, but ftMn Iflrflo skins. "Sealing wax has no wax in it, not is it a byproduct of the seal. Woiltf wood bears no relation either to wo® or worms. Rice paper is never made from rice. Salt is not a salt. "Copper coins are bronze, not copper. India ink is unknown in India. Tur keys come from our own country, from Turkey never." A Lur Poet. Laziness does not always confer the long life claimed for it by Dr. Hetbert Snow. Of proverbial laainess .was Thomson, the poet, drowsing awajr the greater part of his life in his garden at Richmond, listening to nightingales, writing the interminable poems that everybody now admires and nobody, reads. There he could often be sees standing eating the peaches off the trees, "with his hands in his pockets." Such an instance of indolence iWotiltf be bard to beat and should, one would think, have added at least teb yeafs to his life. But Thomson died at wrty eight.—London Chronlfle. Mrs. Craiffie's Habits of Work. It had been Mrs. Cralgle's habit for many years to begiu her work at 8 o'clock in the morning, no matter how late she had been up the night before. Off and on she wuote till 11:80, never being able to do more than half an hour's work at a time, a disability which makes the amount she produced the more amazing. After luncheon even after a luncheon at the Carlton— she wrote again until it was time to pay calls and to talk at tea tables as idly as if she had been idle all day, a feat of unbending which few women and fewer men can perform. But after dinner she was always tired. "A't night," she confessed, "I never by any chance do anything. I cannot even write a post card then." Anftnat. "August," the name of the month. Is accented on the first syllable. "Au gust," the adjective, is accented on the second syllable. This is due, no doubt, to the fact that, though both started from the Latin "augustus," they ha'-e arrived by different routes. The ad jective is the French "auguste," while "August," commemorating the Roman emperor's title, is the French "aouf* and the middle English "augst" or ' "aust." "July" used to rhyme with "duly," even in Johnson's time, as it had done centuries earlier and as it does in southern Scotland to this day. In the Air. Farmer Greene (who has been knocked down by a balloon anchor)— Gol dern 'em! I'll hev th' law on 'em! AYhur's th' sheriff? Farmer Brown— No use kicking. Josh! Them critters Is above the law, I reckon!— Houston Post ForRITUMS. "I can forgive, but 1 cannot forget." is only one way of saying, "I wllfcnftt forgive." A forgiveness ought to be like a canceled note, torn in two and burned up, so that it can never be shown against a man. There is an ugly kind of forgiveness !n the world —a kind of hedgehog forgiveness shot out like quills. l.curnintf l»j- Experience. Xell—He always said that no two people on earth think alike. Lill— Well? Nell—He has changed his mind since looking over the presents his wedding called forth.— Woman's Home ComDanion.
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