In Lilac Days Cy GERTRUDE MANSFIELD. Copyrighted, 1909, by Associated Literary Frees. i "Eh, what that?" Alun Benesford, tall, athletic, good looking, swinging at 'a rnttlliiK pace down the city streets, 'flung around as an odor, fralnt, fra 'graut, delicious, assailed his nostrils. "Lilacs, by Jupiter!" Lilacs, lu truth. The street stand at the corner brimmed over with tbeui great purple swaying plumes of sweet ness among tbetr cool,' green, smooth, beart shaped leaves. "Lilacs, sir?" The swarthy skinned young vender evidently bxpected -a liberal purchaser. "Yes no; wait a minute!" And this prosperous man of affairs, whose dic tum could shake the board of trade building over on Lasalle street to Its foundations, stood looking absently at the flowers, lost in retrospection. Lilacs! He saw all at once the quaint home in a pretty,., peaceful country town. He saw, too, the overgrown old garden where the peonies and gooseberries Interlaced silken stems and briery branches, and farther back still, Just where the emerald slopes of the orchard came gently dimpling down, a secluded green stretch of path way. At either side a row of lilac bushes grew higher than a man's bead a way of bloom and beauty,' of over whelming fragrance. Lilac lane they called It. And when the moon rose and set shifting shadows about the place it was a luminous mosaic of mov ing leaves and silvery lights where he and Elsie walked. "Lilacs, sir?" "Yes a lot." Berresford pulled him self together with a start. Ah, that all seemed so long agol Had he been let ting himself drift Into a sentimental dream here, in broad daylight, on one of the most crowded streets of a great city? He glanced around half guiltily. Then, with a little cynical smile and shrug of his shoulders, be turned to the Greek flower seller. "Send those to my hotel." He motioned to a great earthen jnr full of the beautiful blooms. He penciled name and number on his ' heb DBoornra rcn i could not beb DISTDIOTIiT." business card and handed It to the man with a bill. Then, receiving his change, he walk ed on, the scent of the lilacs still seem ing to perfume the surging city street. "Hello, Berresford!" But the man addressed apparently did not hear. In this place of blare and bustle his thoughts bad gone astray. ' He was no longer walking down the street of a western metropo lis. - He was walking with a girl In a gown of palest rose and green through the changeful lights and shadows that flickered over Lilac lane. "Hold on, Alan! What Is the mat ter with yon? Youll get run over the first thing you know! Can't yon speak to an old friend?" Berresford swung around. An old friend! All the dreaminess went out of his eyes. His Jaws were set hard. Yes, a Judas friend one who could and did betray 1 And that now. Just now, In this crowded city street be should loom up he who had been re sponsible for such disillusion, such sor row, snch loneliness! "Bonald!" he cried in scorn. "How dare you speak to me?" Amazement was apparent on the face of the man who had addressed him. "Alan Berresford, hare you gone clean daft? Why should I not speak to you? We who sat side by side In the same school, went swimming in the same creek, went sweathearting together" Berresford controlled himself with an effort Men were passing whom he knew whose salutations, deferential and admiring, he mechanically ac knowledged. The necessity for self control was obvious. "We mast not attract attention," he said. "Let us walk on." And walk on in silence they did. It .was not until they had .gone several blocks that Beresford could control himself sufficiently to explain his re puilimioii of Ronald Pcvcr. "It is a queer rolneldence." he said, "that jou should have spoken to me Just when 1 was dreaming of the Utile old towu In which we both grew to mnnhood." He had himself so well In hand now that he spoke almost dream ily. "Of course 1 was thinking most of the Rivers' home, where we both used to visit. You probably know that I was engaged to Elsie Rivers when that fortune which Is the cornerstone of my wealth today was left me, and I was obliged to go abroad to claim it." The other gave a startled glance. "No; I never knew that!" lie said. Berresford pressed his lips tightly together before he spoke again. "It was midwinter '.when I left spring time when I returned. And, of course, I vent nt once to onr old home town. Elsie wns out, her mother said, some where around the grounds. I went Im mediately to our old trystlng place lu Lilac lane. There was the same famil iar walk, all odorous with bloom and the moonlight falling In a thousand shifting lights and shadows, Just as 1 always loved to remember" His voice broke curiously. His com panion, a slight, dark man, younger than he, looked at him with frank anx iety In Ills eyes. "She was there," went on Berresford. "So was a mnu whose arm encircled her as they walked. Her head almost touched bis shoulder. Her drooping face I could not see distinctly, but the height and walk were those of Elsie, whom I had called my Elsie. I be lieve," with a sudden chill change of tone, "that is all I need explain, De ver!" "No," said Dever quietly, "It isn't quite all. Who was her escort? Who was the man?" A great wrath shook Berresford from head to feet. He whirled around upon bis companion, white to the lips. "You!" he cried. "You, Ronald Dever! I saw you distinctly. You were the man!" Dever spoke In a level and command ing voice. "Come! Let us walk still a little farther. Neither you nor I can afford to invite public comment. I hope to prove to you that you have been mistaken." Startled, but incredulous, Berresford accepted the suggestion. "What made you turn, like another Enoch Arden, and leave the place?" Dever asked. "Because, being supplanted in my ab sence, I was another Enoch Arden V came the reply, passionately spoken. "Listen. After you went abroad El sie's cousin cnnio to live with her. They were of the same height and gen eral appearance, although when con sidered together they do not look alike. I fell in love with Laura. She has been my wife for three years, and a mighty sweet wife she is. Will you dine with us tonight, Berresford?" Berresford flushed und trembled like a girl. "It was Bhe not Elsie that I saw with you?" "Assuredly, asou might have dis covered had you been less impulsive in your flight. He mentioned their ad dress. "We'll expect you at 6." "No, no; 1 must go at once to Elsie If she will listen, If she will forgive me. But there may now be some other person, some other claim." "There isn't any one but you, I don't think there ever would or will be. But come to dinner at 0. as I said. Elsie is Just now vlBltlng at our home." "What?" shouted Berresford. "Give me that card with your address quick! HI, cabbyl Double fare if you make good timet Walt until 6, indeed. Well, I guess not!" Then he was being driven swiftly southward, and for him all the world the gracious, sweet, delicious, spring time world was full of the waving of lilac plumes, the prescient fragrance of lilac blossoms. Plateau Plaint of the West. A phenomenal feature of the desert plains is the plateau plain. Mesas they are called in tbe southwestern United States and Mexico. These mesas, as their Spanish name signifies, are ex tensive, flat topped, table-like areas rising abruptly from the general plain to heights of from 100 or 200 feet to 1,000 feet or more. The great Mesa de Maya, in northeastern New Mexico, is 3,500 feet above the next lower plain. The surface of the plateau plain is usually found to be composed of some hard rock layer, as in the case of the vast Llano Estacado, or "walled plains," or staked plains, as it Is called by tbe Texans, or is made up of an ex tensive lava flow as, for example, the Mesa de Maya, the Ocate mesa and the majority of the plains of this kind. The surface beneath the lava flows of the mesas is Itself a plain worn out on the beveled edges of tbe strata. Tbe plateau plain thus represents a former position of the general plains level. It Is tbe best example of clrcumdenuda tlon through rigorous wind scour. Popular Science Monthly. Part of the Game. "I come," said the great actress to the modest lawyer, "to engage you to get a divorce for me." "I suppose you have a good case," said the lawyer. "A perfect one," responded the ac tress. "And want It got as quietly as pos sible," said the lawyer. "Quietly as possible! I should say not! What is the use of getting a di vorce, I'd like to know. If there Is to be no advertising In It?" Praotleal 8uperttitien. "Heard a dog howling all night" "It means a sudden death." "I didn't know you were supersti tious." "I am. It means the finish of the Three New Hats. Milliners have other troubles besides I the frequent tlltllcult.v of eiilleetlng I bills. One milliner tells of a letter she received from the wife of u man who In a brief time had advanced from poverty to great wealth Ills famli.. was still In obscurity, but was prepur Inu to emerge. "I want you should make a bonnet and two bats right oft." wrote the wife, "for me and the girls, and ex pense Is no account. "My measure Is nearly twelve Inches from ear to ear over the heild and eight under chin nnd six from top of forard to back hair, and that's near enuff for both the girls. "I'm sandy, June Is dark, and Lucy's got red hair. We want lively colors, and 1 want blue flowers and strings on mine, besides some plooins. "Jane wants hers green, and Lucy wants pink, We don't enre what shapes, but they must be becoming nnd so as they won't blow to peaces In the wind. Nor we don't want them loud, for my husband won't bear to such. "Please send within Ave days, and If satlsfatory bill will be paid at once." Youth's Companion. t iuny nair means uosxinacy. The curly beaded man uttered an ex clamation of maze. "Strnnge," he snld, "I have been drawn for Juries time and again, but I have never served. They always challenge nie. I wonder why?" "It is your curly bnlr," said a law yer. "A curly headed man kills n Jury. He always causes it to disagree." "That Is not true. You must be crazy," said the other. "It Is the gospel truth," the lawyer persisted. "Curly beads are as obsti nate as mules. They think tbey know it all. They disagree with everybody. "It is because," be hastened to add, "their curly hair makes tbeui so good looking. In childhood they are spoiled by their parents, and In maturity wo men spoil them, falling In love with them on every side. So they become conceited. They disagree with every body. Lawyers the world over recog nize that as Jurymen they would never do." New Orleans Times-Democrat . ' Had an Answer. This story is being told on a Swede In central Kansas who was given to excessive use of tbe bottle. He was working at a certain house, doing odd Jobs, and tbe daughter of the house knew of his reprehensible habits. She thought it time for some one to re monstrate with him on the error of his ways. "Why," she asked, "are you not ashamed to spend all your wages and make your wife take In washing? Why don't you give her some money?" "Well," he answered, "I have an In come besides my wages.", "Ob, Is that so?" said the daughter, somewhat mollified. "Yes," he said, "I have an Income from the queen of Sweden." "What for?" asked the girl. ; "For minding my own business," an swered the Swede, going on with his work. Kansas City Journal. The Troubles of a French Academician. The candidate, once elected, Is bound to pronounce a harangue before be is allowed to take part in tbe work of the noble body. The director who bap pens to be in office answers him. This oration Is Invariably, or at least should be, composed first of tbanks, more or less bumble, for the great honor con ferred, then of a panegyric of the hnp. py one's predecessor. And, oh, how difficult that sometimes must be! More than one has rushed to the encyclope dia, then to tbe libraries, so as to get some clear notion of the illustrious ex immortall Then fate Is often ironical, A historian may bave to celebrate the talent of a writer of light comedies, a legitimist may bave to praise a Social ist or else the newly elected member may bave to speak of his most Inti mate enemy. Jeanne Mairet in At lantic. Ancient Derricks. Probably the oldest derricks still in use are the two built at Trier, In Ger many, In the year 1413 and tbe one built In 1564 at Andernacb, also In Ger many. All these three derricks are built on the same principle. In the middle of a massive A frame tower is' located the swinging or main boom, 20 by 20 inches, whose Iron pivot moves in a pan shaped bearing cup. On top are fastened tbe guy ropes and tbe cap, which Is also movable. The derrick can be moved by crossbars fastened to the main boom. Tbe load Is chain lifted by tread wheels sixteen feet in diameter. Wagner to the Musician. Wagner's little admonition to the musicians was most characteristic and worthy to be noted by many an or chestra of this day. "Gentlemen," he said, "I beg of you not to take my fortissimo too seriously. Where you see 'ff make an 'fp' of It, and for piano play pianissimo. Bememner how many of you there are down there against the one poor single human throat up here alone on the stage." Neumann's "Personal Recollections." Got Even. "I'll never offer to be a sister to an other man." "Why not?" "Tbe last one under tbe guise of brotherly advice told me some very unpalatable truths." Louisville Con-rler-JoarnaL A Diplomat. "Does he always speak the truth?" "I guess not All his friends praise Ms Judgment." Detroit Free Press. He who swears distrusts bis own words. Latin Proverb Not Piety, but Pork. The following bit of humor Is taken from 'The KarrinciloiiH." an English romance. The speakers are Mrs. Bate son and Mrs. Ilankey, worthy wives, but uot altogether above feeling a cer tail pleasure In showing up the ways of husbands: "They've no sense, men haven't," said Mrs. Ilankey; "that's what's the matter with them." "You never spoke a truer word, Mrs. Ilankey," replied Mrs. iiateson. "The very best of them don't properly know the difference between their souls and their stomachs, and they fancy they are a-wrcstllng with their doubts wheu really It is their dinners that are wres tling with them. "Now, take Bateson hlsself," eon. tlnued Mrs. Bateson. "A kinder hus band or better Christian never drew breath, yet so sure as he touches a bit of pork he begins to worry hlsself about the salvation of his soul till there's no living with him. And then he'll sit In the front parlor and engage In prayer for hours at a time till 1 says to him: " 'Bateson,' says 1, 'I'd be ashamed to go troubling the Lord with a prayer when a pinch of carbonate of soda would set things straight again!'" Dyeing Real Flowers. "Every once In awhile some florist gets busy nnd puts 'some odd colored blossoms In his window as an extra attraction to the display," said a club man. "I Just noticed one down tbe street. It consisted of a bunch of Im possibly green carnations. At first glance a good many people thought they were made of paper, but tbey got interested when tbey found out that they were 'natural.' Now, anybody who wants to bnve any of these freak flowers can get them by buying some kind of aniline Ink, any color desired. Carnations are the easiest to color white ones, of course. Put their stems in a glass filled with Ink. Their stems are soft, and In a short while the larger veins In their petals are filled with the Ink. Don't let them absorb too much color. Tbey are prettier with Just so much. Then remove them and put them in a vase of salt water. Lilies of the valley lend them selves to this scheme also. In fact, any white, soft stemmed flower may be used." Philadelphia Record. Famous Golf Match. A projected golf match between two well known amateurs nnd a leading member of tbe London stock exchange for a stake of 500 recalls the famous foursome In which the Duke of York, afterward James II., took a prominent part on the Leith links in tbe year 1C82. It was really an international contest. In which the duke, with John Patersone, a golfing shoemnker of great repute, championed Scofland against two noblemen of England, a heavy wager depending on the Issue. The duke and the cobbler hnd an easy victory, thanks largely to the man of the last, and John Pntersone's share of the stakes was so substantial that he was able to build a goodly bouse In the Cunougate, In a wall of which the duke caused a stone to be placed bearing the Patersone arms with the motto "Knr and sure," a tribute to the cobbler's driving powers. Putersone's bouse, we understand, survives today. Westminster Gazette. Foiled. Noiselessly, but with all bis might, the burglar tugged at tbe dressing ta ble drawer. In vain. It refused to open. He tugged again. "Give It another Jerk," said a voice behind blm. The burglar turned. The owner of the house was sitting up in bed and looking at him with an expression of tbe deepest Interest on his face. "Jerk it again. There's a lot of valu able property In that drawer, but we haven't been able to open it since the damp weather began. If you can pull It out I'll give you a handsome royal ty on everything that's" But the burglar bad Jumped out through the window, taking a part of tbe sash with him. Exchange. Tat For Tit. They were sitting out in tbe conserv atory. Sam sat on tbe sofa, and Sally sat on Sam, but It was all right, for he had Just asked ber to marry him. She had said, "I don't care If I do." aed thus they were engaged. "Sam, dear," she began, "am I tbe only girl" " "Now, look here, Sally," he inter rupted, "don't ask me if you're tbe only girl I ever loved. You know as well as I do" "Oh, that wasn't the question at all, Sam," she answered. "I was going to ask if I was tbe only girl who would have you." London Answers. Diffioult Advice. Mrs. Rayce was talking to another young woman at a tea. "How decidedly better off a man would be," said the other young wo man, "If he would only take his wife's advice r "Quite true, my dear," said Mrs. Rayce. "I've advised my George time and time again not to bet on horses that don't win, but he will do it" Why He Quit. "So you abandoned tbe simple style of spelling?" "Yes," responded the former advo cate of the fad. "I found It so difficult to make i people understand that I knew better." Philadelphia Ledger. As Good at He Gave. "Here Is my seat madam, but can dor compels me to say that 1 think you are as well able to stand as 1 am." "Politeness compels me to say Thank you, sir.' "New York Journal. Town Booming Helps V. Where Is Your Talent? Remember the case of the man who took his talent, wrapped it in a napkin and buried It? Not only did his master punish him for his folly, but his conduct has become a byword. The world has progressed since his time. Modern conditions hare developed a kind of man who is even more useless than the one who buried his talent. HE IS THE MAN WHO SENDS HIS MONEY OUT OF TOWN TO BUY FROM MAIL OR DER HOUSES. The man who buried his talent at least had the talent to show for it. If we all spent our money out of town in a short time we would have nothing to show for it except BANKRUPTCY NOTICES. The man who patronizes home in dustries benefits the people he deals with and benefits himself. His con duct is like that of the good and faithful servant who so used the talents intrusted to him that they greatly increased. He is a good and faithful citizen who is worthy of the success he is sure to win. The next time yon see an attrac tive advertisement of a mail order house go to your local merchant and try to buy the article of him. IF HE HASN'T IT ASK HIM WHY. If he has it ask him why he never told you about it in your local pa per. That will be a boost for ns. But we'll stand for it. And we'll boost back ; remember that. 1 Do your share of the boosting and you'll get yrnr share of the prosperity. LET US BOOST I WALL STREET WAYS. Methods of a Brilliant Operator of Many Yeart Ago. One of the most brilliant operators of Wall street in the early sixties of the last century was Waiter Wellman Morse, though he was by comparison with some of the gray haired market veterans only a mere boy, being Just thirty yenrs of age. The public con fidence he enjoyed made it possible for him to realize profits In any stock. Such was the Influence his indorse ment would carry that after he had accumulated stock at bis prices he could tell his dally callers that the stock was due to go up, and immedi ately there would be enough profes sional and public buying of tbe stock to send it up, thus enabling Morse to nnload at a profit An example of Morse's popularity was illustrated In a scene accompany ing the opening of subscriptions for stock In a coal mining company or ganized by him. The day the subscrip tion book was opened people flocked to the office and fought with each other in their efforts to enter and get their names recorded. One man who bad subscribed for a large amount of this stock, after getting away from the crowd, came back and, walking up to Mr. Morse, said, "I say, Mr. Morse, was that gold or coal stock I sub scribed for?" Moody's Magazine. ' Get Gut of Bodre. Trudeau's classic experiment points us in the right direction. After inoc ulating a number of rabbits with tu berculosis he confined a number of them Indoors and turned tbe others outdoors. The latter all recovered, while the former all died. This exper iment shows that a rabbit living upon its natural food and under a natural environment is proof against tubercu losis. There is abundant reason to be lieve this equally true of man. In other words, tuberculosis is not a nec essary evil of human life, but is a nat ural consequence of erroneous habits and departure from natural conditions. Man Is naturally an outdoor animal. A mole lives a healthy life in a bur row. A man must live in the fresh air and the sunshine. Medical Becord. The Brigands. The word "brigand" is derived from a portion of tbe armor worn by arch ers, English and foreign, anciently called the "brlgandlne." This consist ed of an apron of leather plated over, scale fashion, with thin pieces of steel. From the irregularities of the light armed men who wore these defenses the name of brigand became In course of Urn Infamous. 4 I Shingles! Shingles! : . Just got here 250,000 Washington Red Cfcdar Shingles, fine quality, J which we offer you at J very low prices for the next thirty days. Flooring. Kldlng, Wall Plaster, PORTLAND CEMENT 2 at way down prices. . S t 1 The Woodwork Supply Co. J- CITY. I mm T IBEL IN DIVORCE. . Lydla Puller varum Samuel .1. Fuller. No. 15, November Term, 1889, Plurles Sub poena la Divorce. JEFFERSON COUNTY.SS: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. To Samuel .1. Fuller, Greeting: We command you. as twice before vou were commanded, that nil matter of business and excuseB being set aside, you be and appear In your proper portion before our Judge at Brookville. at our Court of Common Picas, there to be held on the second Monday of August next, to show cause, If any you have, why your wlfo, Lydla Fuller, should not be divorced from the bonds of matrimony which she hath contracted with you the said bamuel J. Fuller, agreeable to the Petition and Libel exhibited against you before our said Court, and this you shall In no caso omit at your peril. Witness The Hon. John W. Reed, President of our said Court at Urookvllle the 17th day of May, A. D 1901). Allowed by the Court. Blake E. IaviN, Prothonotury. To Samuel J. Fullor, Greeting: You are hereby notified to uppear before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Com mon Pleas at Urookvllle, Pa., on the second Monday of August next, to unswer as set forth Id the above subpoena. , , . A. E.QALBRAITH, July 8, 1909. Sheriff. JIBEL IN DIVORCE. Mary E. Wayland versus George W. Way land. No. IB. January Term, 1909, Plurles Sub poena In Divorce. JEFFERSON COUNTY, 88: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, To George W. Wayland, Greeting: i We command you, as twice before you were commanded, that all matter of busi ness and excuses being set aside, you be and appear In your proper person before our Judge at Brook vllle, at our Court of Common Pleas, there to be held on the second Monday of August next, to show causi-, if any you have, why your wife, Mary E. Wayland, should not be divorced from the bonds of matrimony which she hath contracted with you, the said George W. Wayland, agreeable to the Petition and Libel exhibited against you before our said Court, and this you shall In no case omit at your peril. Witness the Hon. John W. Reed, President of our snld Court at, Brookville, the 12th day of April, A. 1)., 1009. Allowed by the Court. Attest Uuki E. Ihvin, Protlionotary. To George W. Wayland, Greeting: You are hereby notified to appear before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Com mon Pleas, at Brookville, Pa., on the second Monday of August next, to answer as set forth In the above suhpu'na. A. B. OALBRAITH, July 6, 1909. Sheriff. JIBEL IN DIVORCE. ' Para E. Leyda versus Arthur W. Leyda. No. 11, April Term, 1909, Plurles Subputna In Divorce. JEFFERSON COUNTY, 88: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. To Arthur W. Leyda, Greeting: We command you, as twice before you were commanded, that all matter of business and excuses being set aside, you be and ap pear In your proper person before our Judge at Brookville, at on Court of Common Pleas, there to be held on the second Monday of August next, to show cause, If any you have, why your wife, Sara E. Leyda, should not be divorced from tbe bonds of matri mony which she hath contracted with you the said Arthur W. Leyda, agreeable to the Petition und Libel exhibited mrufnRt. ,mi ha fore our said Court, and this you shall In no case omit at your peril. Witness the Hon. John W. Reed, President of our said Court at Brookville, the 27th day of May, A. 1., 1909. Allowed by the Court Attest BLAI.K E. InviH, Prothonotary. To Arthur W. Leyda, Greeting: Ynu are hereby notified to appear before the Honorable .Tudge of the Court of Com mon Pleas, at Brookville, Pa., on the second Monday of August next, to answer as set forth in tbe above subpenH. A. E.GALBRAITH, July ,11K)9. 8herifT. Q No Danger ll yon ns the right gasoline. A Mora luta trntthl ean hatraeaff to inferior araaoline than from alt l I other ciea. Whv not anlov vour J machine, confident that the Dower is there just when you need it most. 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