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.
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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.