VOL. XXXIII Faultless, Every One f"™^l^ou^^ho^^are l Tault!tss™i^7 , fiiateria^li) workmanship an [J | J2, O Ladies Kangaroo Calf Shoe S>s< Ladies Fire Dongola Button Shoes 901, QII F 1 Q Ladies Warm Lined Shoes (Leather trimmed Soc UllULjlO Ladies Warm Lined Shoes (Leather trimmed 50c Boys Fine Shoes in all the late style toes sl-25 -1) s . ~mr r 1 Boys Working Shoes f|( ) X Youths Fine bhoes 9 L "- C? T J \ 1.111 We have on hand 42 pair Boys heavy grain waterproof which we bought cheap, and will sell at 50c per pair they are fully worth Ji.oo. Call early for this lot will not last long. MISSES I Misses Fine Dongola Shoes $1 00l Misses Crack-procf Shoes 1.00 TJ f j O Misses Heavy Oil Grain Shoes, waterproof SS C Oil V/Jjlj Misses Satin Calf Shoes 85c Our stock JofJfelt boots and rubber goods is very large, and prices are the lowest. Examine our stock before you buv, it will pay you.^ JOHN BICKEL, 128 South Main St, Butler Pa. T. H. BURTON. T. H. BURTON. Money Saved on Every Purchase. Each »nd every individual dollar buys more and bring* better results th>m v •' did before since tbe dollar mark wan invented. WHAT A HARVEST OF BARGAINS U included in oar incomparable fall and winter line of Men's and Boys' Clol lii 10, Hats, Caps and Gents' Furnish ing Goods. RloomiiiK'likA a flower garden with fresh Mrwoir s and new b.ids ev-r •.1 Bring your gold, bring your silver, bring ymir greenb* fcs. bring nic -ri ir yonr peonies, tbey all count, in your favor ami trading with us ii< almost lii 1, ling money. WE THINK OF QUALITY FIRST. Bat you will think for a long time of our low prices. Both ho y r«i 1 T. H. BURTON. T. H. BURTON. - Huselton's Shoe Store This House Has The Confidence of Its Customers, i 7 - EVERYTHING GOES to the loot in onr ntnek, it's lnckv for feet too that it's no. Our footwear display cnm prieee everything that'* correct, comfort able and handsome We don't handle in ferior or seoond grade pood*, yon carry too mnch of yonr health in your feel to make it prudent to neglect them. Without good shoes yon're never safe against corns and colds. We aro the people to nnpply thrifty people with top quality shoes at bottom prises. Men's Felt Boots and Overs At $1 50; better it $2.00 Vfen's good itiM Swils 11.41; oett.nr it $2 00 and ♦2.SO Mho's line shons. bah or conif , $1; hotter at $1 50 and $2.00. Men's heavy »hot>s at 75e. $1 00. $1 26 ami $1 50. OUR SELECTION IS THE LARGEST IN RUUBER GOODS, In warm im »*id clipper*, felt. balfl, Holes fur invalids. or old lailics or "Title men. Lad'o*' jtlovn trr.uii and oil (train 90c, $1 and $1.25 Ladies' heavv eho... •' 7.">e. 90c and $1.25 Ladies' fine shoos, pat. tips, at 750. sl, $1.25 and $1.50. Lad re bels at lHc. 20c. 25c and 35c Miu-eiT and Children's School Siioo.i in Sutton and Ucn, in kip. calf, oil jrrai r. This popular house has just been entirely remodeled < > and refurnished. Everything convenient, and guests X < > will always receive close attention. Located near lustoftice and P. &W. D( pot. When J? . in Evans City stop at the Commercial. Dell Tele- * phone No. 16. V * S>OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOC < OOO , Ok g or or.ow balling When snow and io i-omes fit tJ© little fellow,;' here, where mII the shoes sold are r«li*!»'« v. dizza ss, h-.. ..« ur, tnsoraiua, m rvoii n- -iid, r-v' , Pills stimulate Hie - nach, ■ i ««•••• • stipation. i- u >. > ■>. I Tlie ily fills tu wikc vaiu i*ooa > aorsa l »oi-.i. T " BAILROA D 1 - ■ R PEMLI. Western P ylv Schodule ' •; 16 1> Mi. Sottth, : i 1 —.- BfTLKK ! • •■■■■. ■► • 1 Sa*ont>uri:. .Air vt r .l; ri'jllei Jet.. " 727 •< «* 1-"'; • BmlerJct...,l.e tf * - v. ■> : Naif tH. .. Artive'. ..« "-"-'1 • ' ' r*r-oti>m 7 4-' ••" :•/ 3' - <' Sprli. -fall 7r-> 12 - »• - , lameont • - l 1 ' Si> i Allegheny City s-0 a« ■ • ■ «• a. . a. ■ . r. J. P. >l. SUSDAY TRAINS - ( »'.• !»'•! Kl" "> <'•'> ar»ll list IN ... I'lari'ti'int 91" - ■ Sprmfcdale I' * is Tartu turn 732 939 - 60S Natrona 737 94.' 1213 3ss cij Butler Jc't Ar 7 4ft 850 I'-''.3 3 4-. ' - Butler Jc't Lv 7 « n :.o 12 4 ;> 4- Paxonborg 810 10 1.5 12 S3 4 1:1 •; 44 iJL'r.'.Kit Ar. 8 ;t5 1 oa« 125 4 710 A. M. ». «. r m P. >l. r. >j. SUNDAY TKAINt- ' ('a' c AlletUei.> fit ft - llutler and prliiPlj:*.! liiterit-f ':nl' Motions 7:. j A. M.. 1230 and 7:15 I". M. Week Days For the h.-ri V eek l».. a. m. a. m. p m. p. u . II 20 625 Lv Ar i 2 12 0" 727 Arßulrr Je'tLv .... 1234 3 13pin7 45 Lv liLller Jc't Ar *3O 12 818 749 Ar fr*reu»i>rt.. L. 82« )2 ■ : 322 703 '• Allej:' Jc't" 824 322; 333 804 " Liecrijnrg. " 812 12 K 350 821 7;*« 11." 418 BSI •' Salloburg.. 732 11 32 450 DUE " B'airfVille...7 00 ll' 4rß 930 '■fUirsvilieljH'ii 518 I>l "> | 850 11 35 ' A toon a ' 3 2"> K 100 310 " l.yiri-bu.-g...' 11 4.) 3 ll' 1 .4 30 623 •' PVlude'ptiii. '8 30 11 Y it. tup in. a a) i' ' Oti SuL'dav, irnir l< a", tr f Bi'M< r 7:40 ' d., cur; nee IK !a«, a: | Philadelphia. Throngb train' f»r the eirt le.'iv • Pj.' bnrp (Union Stat:i.u) a; f> I ws:— _ Atlantic Ejcpresf. i'a . 3 10 A. lVnaia Limited. ' 715 " l>uv Expresr, .7 30 liuiD Line Kxpret" .8 00 ' hiJsdeljihii BxprHHt. " 430 P Karitern Kxpre> " ... .7 05 " Cant Line " .".8 10 " Pbila>!'a Mail Sunday 011I3* .8 4') t For detailed inSirmation ajdre « T1 F Watt, Pafii. A jit. Wh*T. i n <• /nth Avh. ncd Siiiiihtii-ld 8t . Pitv-ht - - -V PHEVOST. J B WOOD, fiej'.ra! Manap« t'er.'l ra<-r. Attt IJITTSHUKG & WMSTI " Railway Allegheny Sli> ■ l ine, hchedu'e in effect, Jul) I 1 1 596 Butler Tlmo. Di-purl. \irive Alleirlif" > \reommo lui ni.. >; 27 •• ■ • 2.7 1 Allfirhenv Flyer x 17 im to (K). ■ < kmn. M ill • l< am '■ 3 1 ■ ■ N'*w ('astle A«'p'»m • * ,fl 11 '' - \lleaheav Kxiiritsi I'■ 'o »"• 1. ffhlcatro Uxpn -H.... : ■ pui : jo pi \lleuhenv M ill " 7 1 1 Ell wood Aecomi ... ... * 11 7 .. i ■ «'Mcii»» Exp.w •> ■ ' 1 Alleghen Kxores-: Krtne ami Ttradtord ' ill ... 1 - 1 t'iiirlnn Aecoino 1 • • • . 1 Poxburg Accomo 7 .17 r. c . ■ SUNDAY TEA INS. IVFore^tJet. AocorU'i .... r •" i>e Mlephenv Ae'">mo "> ■ an ChK »«o Express 3 33 pro 4 58 p'l Allegheny Accomo 007 pin i 1 11 Pullman Buffet rfleeplni'< n r ! ■ ')ny Crxuiiei tun l.lir n: "17 1 1 'ViU-atro dallv. Kor thr ..i.'h tie 1 -"i '1 *!i v . Northwest or Houth've»j; . to A B. CROUCH. Afteir Butler, 1 a Trains learn the R. h (). l-fn' in I-'ittbu: •or the Kant :v° folloiVß.i ?or Washington D' ;■ 1 • 1 phla, ->n 1 New York. 7 :'OT in 1 H'2o 1 Cnnilierl iPd 6:40. 7 :30. a.fr 1 1 nelsvllle. «:40. 730. a ir. 1.10 11 '4 j. ra. Unl«nt»wn. 7. '■ t.m.1.1 Onlonliiwn Moiy*r«*Mr» rtnn Ps.>- r r. 7.: i |i. in Parlor and sleeping ears to Baltimore u : t lng'oll '''neinnirl and ciile ,v>. H. O DrsKOB. G»n. S'lpt. Ml'v'ni y. V. W. BAPBRTT, A G.P \ A ! "ih«nv. I K P. REYNOLDS, Snpt. Fox .urc. Pa —— riiHK PITTSBURG. SHKNAN- A GO & LAKE ERIE RAILROAD ,J'' VfE 1 V i'j E-Tn nfT'toc \fondav, Jnre 18M. Trains am ran liv S 13 ird CVn- Cr al Time fOOth Mcridian>. OoinoNoiitii. 'lo <1 O i n 10 I 14 12 STATION'S 3 I II I'J p.m iini . u.m. Arr I.v'ea.m i.rn •rn .... 4 5< ;• 30 5 :i > a 241 I if. Ilunklrk r, 1 1 1 1 7 00. 1 42 :i 4H Krli- 6 in h 37 3 I i.' r. 20 1 Oil 9 11 C.lrard « no " ix i 1 . e 01:12 w h59 Ux-k port. .. 700 9 .-.i t <( 02 VS s 511 .OramivlUe. 704 'i \ 1 1 it S3 12 : l XV'. .11 in :■ ill villi'.. 7 If) I 5 0-112 Ot'i x on'... Mi i 'v !.. ,|.-l. - .:j ill .<, 4 571'2 H» *O7 ar. Kxpo.P irk iv 807 111 1' 4V7 4 r.7|in 15 7 341 V ar BOJ .... .I. . 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Trains 15 and 16 * il' ru . , between Butler uui Exp -1 l'»r. h ing all hli.p« Lvßti>:i 1 7:30 am I j turning leave Exp. s;t p Ili I J. T. BI.AIIt. ueneral ' u ' ... ?.»••••■ W. O. SAIIUK.4 N1 . A . VI I ABRAVTS & BIIOWN. mmiand RE U ESI Hit Strong Companit s. Promrjt Settlements. ■MM I*hnm>o*.Ol Mll w. 1 ■ . 1 1 auce Co. of North A mere », t. 1 m ideip t Pa. Phentx Insurance of l!r. ol hn, >, and Iliirllord lnsuranee 1 .. 1 i Hartford < OFFICE: ("orner of M i. m. , I tl 1( D' .m<"id north o'' 1 1 ■ r p. p ; l'laut your Cbribtxaau uUvauuvr. BUTLEE, PA., THI DKCKMBER 10, 189(>. THE Mj^ESS of theWß*. ,v >ine. tr AW«nun £ lnterv€*»Ci. yßgaeri v (Copynt' t. :S<)s. ty Rot-erf Ban-.l CHAPTETC TO. Miss Jennie Brewster was very much annoyed at being- interrupted, and she j took no pains to conceal her feelings. i She was writing 1 an article entitled i "How People Kill Time on Shipboard," j and she did not wish to be disturbed; i besides, as she often said of herself, she was not a "woman s woman. and neither liked nor was liked by her ov\u . I sex. i "I desire a few moments' conversa ! tion with you, if I have your permis f sion," said Edith Long-worth, as she j closed the door behind her. "Certainly," answered Jennie Brews i ter. "Will you sit down?" "Thank you," replied the other, as i she took a seat on the sofa. "I do not I know just how to gin what I wish to i say. Perhaps it will be bet ier to com ! mencc by telling* you that I know why | you are on board this steamer." "Yes; and why am I on board the steamer, may I ask?" "You are here, I understand, to get ! certain information from Mr. YVent worth. You have obtained it, and it is in reference to this that I have come to ■ see you." "Indeed! And are you so friendly with Mr. Wentworth that you—" "I scarcely know Mr. Wentworth at all." "Then why do you come on a mission j from liim?" "It is not on ami ion from him. It is 1 not a mission from anyone. I was speaking- to Mr. Kenyon, or rather, Mr. Ken yon was speaking' to me abont a sub ject which troubled him greatly. It is a subject in which my father is in terim ted. My father is a member of the London syndicate, and he naturally ' would not desire to have your in- ; tended cable message sent to New i York." "Really; are you quite sure that you j are not speaking' less for your father j than for your friird Kenyon?" Anger burned in Miss I.ongworth's face, : ud flashed from her eyes as she answered: "You must not speak to me in that | way." "TCxc;u.s<; ine, I shall speak to you in | jus-t the way I phase. I did not ask I for this conference; you did, and as { you have taken it upon yourself to j come into this room uninvited, you will j have to put up with what you hear. Those who interfere with other peo ple's business, as a general thing', do not have a nice time." "f quite appreciated all the possible disagr. < nbleness of cor.iin: • lit re when I came." "I am glad of that, because if you hear anything' you do not like, you will sot be disappoint I. and will have only yourself to tfhank for it," "I would like to talk about this mat ter in a spirit of friendline a, if lean. I think no good can In: attained by speaking in any other way." "Very well, then. What excuse have you to give me for coming ;o my state room to talk about busine.-.s which does not concern you?" "Miss Brewster, it. does concern me— it concerns my father, and that, con cert's me. I am, in a measure, my father's private secretary, and im inti mately acquainted with all the busi ness he has in hand. This particular business is his affair, and therefore mine. That is the reason 1 am here." "Arc you sure?" "Am I sure of what?" "Are you sure that what you say is true?" "I am not in the habit of speaking anything' but the truth." "Perhaps you flatter yourself in that case, but it does not d eeive me. You merely come here because Mr. Kenyon is in"u muddle about, what I am going to do. Isn't that the rea -n?" Mi: Longworth saw that her task was going' to be even harder than she had expected. "Suppose we let all question of mo tive rest? I have come here —I have asked jour permission to speak on this subjecj., and you have ;riven me the permission. Having done so, it seems to me you should hear me out. You say that. I should not be offended—" "I didn't say so. I do not care a rap whether you are off. nded or not." "You at least said I might hear some thing that would not be pleasant. What I wanted to say is this: 1 have taken the risk of that, and, as you remark, whether I am offended or not does not matter. Now we will come to the point—" "Just before you come to the point, please let me know if Mr. Kenyon told you he had spoken to me on this sub ject already?" "Yes, ho told me so." "Did he tell you that his friend Went worth had also had a conversation with me about it?" "Yea, he told me that also." "Very well, then, if those two men can do nothing to change my purpose, how do you expect to do it?" "That is what I am about to tell you. This is a commercial world, and I am a commercial man's daughter. 1 recog nize the fact that you are going to ca ble this information for the money it brings. Is not that the. ease?" "It is partly the case." "For what other consideration do you work, then?" "For the consideration of being known as one of the best newspaper women in the city of New York. That is the other consideration." "I understood you wc already known as the mo '■ noted newspaper woman in New York." This remark was much more diplo matic than Miv Loncrwort h herself sus pected. Jennie Brewster looked rather pleased, then she said: "Oh, 1 don't knov about that, but 1 intend it shall be so before a year is past." "Very well, you have plenty of time to accomplish your object without us ing the information you have obtained on board this ship. Now, as I was say ing, the New York Argus pays you a certain amount for doing this work. If you will promise not to s nd the re port over to thutpajier, I \ ill give you a check for double the sum the Argus will pay you, be:- ides refunding all your expense , twice over." "11l other words, yoii n;>k me to be bribed and refu • to p rform my duty | to the p,|,e. . ■ "it i i bribery. 1 mer ' pay you, I or will pay you, double what you will I receive from that paper. I presume I your connection with the paper is pure ly commercial. You work for it be cau.se you receive a certain amount of ' money; if the editor found s<. :.>o one who would do the same work cheaper, he would at once employ that person, and your services would be no longer required. Is that not true?" "Yes, it is true." The New York , T V 1 a\ you a certain sum in cash for it. 1« 'ryot. the New York Argus v ill pay you: Is that not a fair offer?" ing- was said, and Edith Longworth woman standing locked down at tho womin sitting'. "Do you know all the pratioulars about the attempt to get this informa j "I know some of them. What par ticulars do you mean?" "Do you knov.- that a from the Argus tried to get this info-, a lion from Mr. Kenyon and Mr. Wentworth in Canada?" "Yes; I know about that." "Do you know that he stole the re ports, and that they were taken from him b fore he could use them?" "Yes." "T>. i von 1 now he offered Mr. Ken von and Mr. Wen two; a<] .'le the price the London syndicate would have paid them, on condition they gave him a 1 synopsis of the reports?" "Yes, I know that also." "Very well, then Now you ask me to do very much more than Rivers j j asked them; because you ask me to keep my paper completely in the dark about the information I have got. I n't thatso?" "Yes, you can keep them in the dark ! until after the report has been given to 1 the directors; then, of course, j'ou can do what you please with the informa tion." "Ah, by that time it will b of no value, i By that time it will be put: T. ' ed in the : London financial pa', rs. At that time ; everybody can get it. Isn't that the ; | case?" "I suppose so." "Now, I want to ask you one other j ; question, Miss—Miss —I don't think you • ; told me your name." | "My name is Edith Longworth." j "Very well, Miss Long-worth. I want to ask you one more question. What do you think oi" the conduct of Mr. Kenyon and Mr. Wentworth in refusing : to take double what they had been j promised for making 1 the report?" "What do I think of them?" repeated ! the girl. j "Yes, what do you think of them? j You hesitate. You realize that you are | in a corner. You think Mr. Wentworth and Mr. Kenyon did very nobly in re fusing Risers' offer?" "Certainly I do." "So do I. I think they acted rightly, i and did as any honorable men should j do. Now, when .you think that, Miss ! Longworth, how dare you come aid J offer me double, or three times, or four ! times, the amount my paper gives to me j for getting this information? Do you ! think that I am any h .:. honorable than : Kenyon and Wentworth? Your offer ! is an insult tome—nobody but a woman, ; and a woman of your class, would have made it. You come here to bribe ine. You come here to do exactly the same thin'; 1 1 hat J. K. lti i tried to do for the \! ]i in Canada. You tbinkmoney j will purchase anything, that is the I thou;-'it of ;. our Tl Now, J u-nrit ' you to undc rst.'ind t! at I am a woman j of the people. Iwn born and brought i up in poverty in New York. You were j born and brought up, amid luxury, in j London. I have suffered privations and hardships that 30U know nothing of, ' and, even if you read about them, you wouldn't understand. Y'ou, with the impudence of your class, think you can i come to mc and bribe me to betray my ! employer. I am here to do a certain j thing, and lam g<>n.? to do that certain j tiling in spite of all the money that all I the Long-worths ever possessed, or ever will posst ss. Do I make myself suffi- \ ciently plain?" "Certainly, KM lirewster. I don't ] think anyone could misunderstand I you." - v ! "Weil, I am glad of that, because one ! can never tell how thickheaded some people ma.\ be." "Do you think there is any parallel between your case and Mr. Went worth's?" "Of course I do. Vi e are each sent to j do a certain piece of work. We have both been offered a bribe to cheat our employers of the fruits of our labor; only in my case it is vi ry much worse than in Went worth's, because his em ployers would not have suffered, while mine will." "This Ls all very plausible. Mi:; Brew ster, but now allow me to tell you tliaf what you have done is a most dishon orable thing, and that you are a disgrace to our common womanhood. You have mauugt d, during a very short acquaint ance, to win the coniidence of a man — there is a class of w oman who know how to do that—l thank Heaven I am not of that class; I prefer to beloug to th class you have just now been reviling. Koine men have an inherent lcspect for all women; Mr. Weatwortli is appar ently one of tho.e, and, wliile he was on his guard with ii man, he wasnoton his guard with a woman. You took ael \antage of that, and you mauaged to se cure. certain information which you knew he would never have given you if he had thought it was to be published. ou stole : hat information just as dis reputably as that man stole the docu ments from Mr. Kenyon's pocket. You talk of your honor and your truth when you did such a contemptible tiling! | You prate of unbriJa-ableues s, when the only method po - ible is adopted of mak ing you elo what is right and just and honest! Your conduct makes me ashamed of being a woman. A thor oughly bad woman I can understand, bu; i: > t a v, onian i: ; • you, \vlio traele ou the fact that you arc a woman, and tliat you arc pretty, and that you have a pleasing manner. You u>e (hose qual ities us a thief or a counterfeiter would use the peculiar talents God liatl given him. Hem- dare you pretend for a mo ment that your car ■ is similar to Mr. \\ entwort h's? Mr. Went worth i:; au honorab! • man, ei:' >■ d in an honor ■Uebuiimnii sr for yi .i and your busi- I ncs«, 1 have io word ; t«»<.•>.«.r- my con j tempt for both. Picking pockets is I reputable compared with such work." ICdith Longwortli wa now standing , up, her f ■ flushed ai I her hands, clenched. She spoki with a v-hemenc • which • -'ie very mu< ! i re r- 1 1< tv. I u she til 'lK'llt of the circut!! fa: •••• an wards; but the eh: .- riu and d: appoint- I incut at failure, where he had a mo ; lu'.ii t bufor* been sure of icccss, ov r ! came her. Her op oi lit . tood before hef, angry and j ale. At tii st Edith liongworth thought she wa going to strike her, but ii any «ueh idea passed throu 11 tbe brain Oi' ' • newspaper woman -he thou-- it biter of it. For a few moment: neither poke, then Jen nie Brewster said, in a voice of unnat ural calmne:»: "You are epiitc welcome to your opin ion of me, Mi s Longworth, and 1 pre sume 1 am entitled to m\ opinion of Kenyon and Wentw orth. They are two fools, am! are a third in thinking >ou can t-w. sol the actions of a woman v here tv. - >'n hnve failed. Do you think fra in 'nt I would grant to youi p - ■ Li. . -i. Ilia;- , what 111 who h.i ■ had e\■ rytUinjr her own "I will cot star tmd !istfn to your ilv.ro. I -• -;h to have nothing- more to "Oh,';'. • ;• 'U v. Il "ay!" e.ied the oieasure.; you will leave at mine. 1 will roti ever 1 heard in your life before. I - r., to r.s hoi rah'e ns Kc; 1 .- ilwerth's. What does Ken do but try to: 1 information about mint a which other jieople are vitally interested in keeping from him? What tic.s Wentworth do but ferret about Ktooag accountants detective, try in.- to fin out what other people are en deavoring to conceal? What is the ! .vhole mining be iness but one vast swindle, whose v. orst enemy is the press? No wonder any on connected with mining fears public! y. If your fa ther has made a million out of r ineslic has made it simply by sv. 1m i>.pr un fortunate victims. Idomy bu ness my way, and your tvro friends do theirs in their way. Of the two, I consider my vocation much the more honorable, j Now that you have hard what I have to say, you may go, and let me tell you I that 1 never wish t<> (A you or speak i w ith you again." "Tliank you for your permission to , go. 1 am sure that I cordially echo your wish that we may never meet I may say, however, that I am sorry I spoke to you in the way I did. It is, of course, im;>< s S jhle. for you to look upon the matter from iay point of view, just as it is impossible for me to \ look upon it from yours. Nevertheless. | 1 wish you would forget what I said, I and think over the matter a little more, j and if you see your way to accepting j my offer it will always be open to you. j If you will forego the sending of that cablegram 1 will v.illii iy pay you | three times what the New York Argus will give you for it. Ido not offer that as a bribe; I merely olfer it so that you will not suffer from doing what I be lieve to be a just action. It seems to me a great pity that two young men should have to endure a serious check to their business advancement because one of them was foolish enough to con fide in a woman in whom he believed." Edith Longworth v as young, and, of course, could i.ot be expected to be a mistress of diplomacy, but she might have known the last sentence she ut tered spoiled the effect of all that had gone before. "Really, Miss Long-worth, I had some { little admiration for you when you 1 blazed out. at me in the way j'ou did; I but now, when you coolly repeat your ! offer of a bribe, adding one-third to it, j all my respect for you vanishes. You I may go and tell those who sent you ! that nothing under Heaven can j. event ' that cablegram being sent." In saying this, however, Miss Brews ter somewhat exceeded her knowledge. ! Few of us can foretell what may or may not happen under Heaven. pTO BE CO:>TIKC«O.I A Melancholy State. "I've made up my mind to one thing," I said the resolute-looking young man. ' -'l'm rot to tlic thcAtwr nny thi» j winter." "For what reason?" "For many reasons. In the first ! place, I can't afford it, and if I could af ford it, I'd probably iind the seats all token for the play I wanted to see. And if I got a seat, it would be behind some girl with a big hat. And if I did get to see the play, 1 might not like it, any i how."—Washington Star. A Slight Mistake. A young surgeon had just amputated the limb of his first patient. The pro j fessor appears. "Does the operation meet your ap ' proval, professor?" asks the youth, con i fidentially. j "You have done your work well, save j for one slight mistake." "Indeed?" j "Yes; you have amputated the wrong ! leg—it's the left limb that is gan grened."—L'lllustre de Poche. Latest and Shortest. ' "Repeat now the shortest commandment," said she, ; The Sunday-school trlrl to her class, And u frccklr-d faced urchin replied read ily, I Tho shortest is: "Keep off tho erass." —Buffalo Times. THE CONSIDERATE HCSBAXD. ..'x, '"tMi i_\f mmg S»i{i A Wife —You are ->ery late. It's i>nat two o'clock. Husband —My darling, I didn't\vant to disturb your beauty sleep. The rest you get before midnight, science t;ays, is the healthiest, you know. —Fliegtaide Blaetter. The Accepted. I'm happy, and I nothing lack; I've all that one can seek; Tho old man pats me on the back. The daughter on the cheek. —Harlem L.ife. liouiid to lie l'opula*. "I am writing a play which cannot fail to bo a great success," said Foyer to his friend. "What is its chief feature?" "In the last act the comedian who has perjietratcd all the chestnuts a miserable death."—Pittsburgh Chroni cle-Telegraph. I splchu Sacrifice. Elderly Friend—And the young worn an refuted you, did she? Perhaps you did not appear earnest enough when you proposed to her. Kcuben —Not earnest enough? By gosh, I throwed away a fresh chaw of tobacker before I ast hor! : Tribune. What He Needed. "One good thing is, laugln.'d voung j Racket, "I've got a cork leg, so I shall I never be drowned." No; but a cork leg won't prevent you from being hanged," growled a by stander. "What you want is a ca; t'.nin neck."—Ch i ps. A i'oor tihoU "Did you ever do much h'inting, Rakey?" "You bet! I have hunted idl over the northwe. t and never f-'ot enough jj-ame to pay for tho ammunition." —I>ctroat THE CHINESE AND OPIUM. ht of the gin i alace. the besotted feetof occasion- ; nl loafers, the bedraggled garriients, and ; nfer therefrom great misery be- | hind it all, so one n 'arlit fairly infer ; * . y froia -lie spectacle of nume.ous opium -lens;, cadaverous f:oes and tr.tterde- .lion garments in ; f (anton, if one should see them, but I | did not see them obtrusively, though ' I was daily poking my nose into all ! sorts of nooks and corners. Naturally, ! a nicdi il 1; >!•• y will see a great I deal more of the seamy side. It is his business. HAWKINS AND HIS DOG. The Form; r's Presence of Mind l odfr Trying; C iiM-tmmtancca. Xot long* ag"o Mr. Justice Hawkins had a fox terrier nan id Jack. Once at Warwick Jack and his master were caught tatting- by a farmer on the banks of the Avon. His lordship, no wise disconcerted, tendered a sovereign to cover the trespass, which the farm er, affronted by such a cool proceeding-, refused with indig-nation, says London Tit-Bits. "You had better, take it," said the judge. "It's a reasonable offer." Then the fnrmer got so angry that Sir Henry announced himself: "And what is more, sir," said he, "you shall go with me to the Warwick Arms an.i crack a bottle of champagne with that sov ereign immediatelv." The story adds that there was free ratting for Jack on that bit of land as long as he lived. There are other stories about Jack, and it. is said that when sitting on the • bench with his master he once ven tured to express his opinion on the matters before him in a singularly loud tone. The tnle goes that Sir Henry, with the greatest promptitude, directed the ushert- to "turn that dog out of the g-ullery." The ushers of course did not find a dog in the trallery, and nobody ventured to iook under the bench. On solemn occasion. Jack was always attached to the judge's wrist by a loug blue ribbon, and many a junior has be guiled the tedium of a ease by watch ing the ribbon giadui.'.iy unroll as Jack pursued his investigations, while Sir Ilenry every now and then "hauled in the slack." PAST AND PRESENT ATHLETICS. Korne of tho Stories of Grecian Ucrofi Probably a Lltt.'c Exaggerated. We do not know with any scicnt itlc ae i.aii.ey what the Oreck athletes actual ly did, what weights they hurled, at what pace they ran, how high they le*apt, or what were the heighte, weights, or age:, of those who sought the wn nths. Thera are some lies, we believe, recorded, but they are too clear ly lies. Nobody, for instance, says the Eh elator, ever jumped forward 53 feet any more than he jumped 500 ket. We know of some feats of endurance which tho athletes pej formed as soldiers, we know that they were lithe and slight and well-formrd, and we know that they thought each other physically mat -hi * among mankind, and that Li nearly all that we do know. It is extremely probable that if the old victors in the ; aincs could be made to live again for a day we should find that the English and American athletes beat them with a certain case, for north erners are stronger than southerners, and equally lithe and well-trained. Th? Greeks may have had more endurance, u* some savages have still and Japanese coolies, but even that is doubtful, for the Greeks thought- swimming across the Hellespont a wonderful feat, and an Kng-li hman, ("apt. Webb, performed one at least 13 times as noteworthy with ■ out dangerous exhaustion. He swaiii from Dover to Calais. Offered Him » Steady .Job. A good story is told of how Daniel O'Conuell received the grateful bless ing of an Irishman. During the course of his circuit in Ireland he was able to secure the liberation of a young son of Erin who had been charged with some offense or other. On a second turn around the country O'Conuell again saved the Irishman from the arm oi law. The prisoner, overwhelmingly grateful, went up to the advocate, shook him by the hand and, in the fullness of his heart, exclaimed: "And may the Lord save ye to defend me always, Mr. O'Conuell." The Minuteness of Spores. Every plant in t e vegetable kingdom springs from And produces seeds. The mu Siroo ! and the fungi in general are no except ion % only that their reproduc ti* bodies are termed "spores." Some fun i spores are so inconceivably min ute that it would require more than 200,000,000 of thci i placed side by side to cover the -space of a square inch. Cruet Custom. A cruel custom prevails on the death of a prince of the royal family of Aus tria. II i ■ lior. covered with a black cloth, follows the funeral, limping pain fully. The lameness is caused by drlv ing a nail through one shoe, und is in tended to typify the animal's sorrow, v Ber Idea of Happiness. "I saw Mrs. Shopptr going into an auction sale last Monday. Isn t her craze for bargains extraordinary?" "Yes, indeed. 1 believe she would die happy if she knew she would l>e laid out on a bareaiii counter and be buried us a remnant." —Tit-Bits. He Is Dead Now. Snodgrass—What became of Tawlcr? I have not seen him for six months or more. He had one foot in the gra\e then. Snively— He has six\feet in now.— Harlem Life. Another Ivind of Mof tin Mr. Barlow (entering tho parlor at 11:15 p. ni. and discovering his daughter and her fiance)— Hello, holding a love feast? x , Miss Barlow—No, papa; a protracted meeting.—Detroit 1 ree Press. Demonstrated. Mist Tireleii'h —Do you really think bicycling is immoral? Miss Primleifh— I am sure of it. 1 , heard a man swearing- dreadfully thi ' other day, just because he fell off.— * Bxooklvn Life. MMMSEL Rapid Growth of the League Throughout the State. WOBKING FOE JOHN WANAMAKER. II ranches of the Lraguo are Being Formed in All of tho Interior Cities and Towns. To Have Oreat Weight linrinjf McKin ley'a Administration. riU L A DELPHI A, Dec. I.—"A business man for a business administration" is tho y that is heard now when the sul>- j tof Cameron's successor is mentioned. The Philadelphia business men started it when they made the Hon. John Waila in; ike r their candidate for the I'nited St. t *s senate, and business men all over the rate have taken it up. 111-' whole country is paralyzed by tho ! -. u: . r.-.i lion that seems to have overtaken t Industrie-. but the popular expectation of a revival in all branches under Mc- Kinley's administration will not be ilis- : appointed if the business men of this state : have their way, and there is every iiulica- ; 1; fha; they will. They propose to do j their s'- ,*•• iwards helping to a business ■ ' by sending a business man | t 'he Li.it m S.aios Senate, and that is | .. * icy hav. • iectv-d John Wananiakcr ! ! c . ,e and that is why they . M of all their efforts to cause j hi. election. IT- :» i -ent most important ob- Ij'-ti .t: : .j . ,tie of Business Men. Tho v,, hiladelj V •. branch of tho Nat: . i I. . to Is being taken up and fur.! .-.'l.y >-ordinnte branches through out Organizations have already l>eei. lor :e.i in many of the interior eii • IV.MS. and where organiza ti •; h-n ; t !-c!»n perfected the move in.; ti. • -1- : ' i.is been begun and will | show l\a v.'.. . ore many days. > .linigtii to Act. Tito per: encouragement the Phila del-.i.i. IHI '::ic- .nen have received from i'li • *...- • McKinley, from Mark Manna au.i o ' ar of his prominent advis or- : 'i , : nlly had much to do wi;h th l-.'i with which the league has spread and is spreading throughout iho st..;.*. Or.li. . rily such organizations have a short li!'. and but little weight, but a new era i.- dawning, an.l the President elect having -aid in so many words that he wiil i-i-ly • hielly upon tho business men for whatever assistance he may need, there i a:i bo no question as to the inlli enco these organizations will exert in their respective localities. Major McKinley is pledged toa business administration. He is pledged to bring about a revival, to oi>en the factories, to encourage and to fosior tho industries. Because of those pledges the business men everywhere, regardless of politics, worked hard and unceasingly during the cam paign. The handsome majority he re ceived in the electoral college, the hand some majority of the popular vote wero the results of this work. lie has never claimed that his election was anything mure than the triumph of a sound business policy. He has said, how ever, that now the theories niu-t lxi put Into practice, and that to do this he must have the further a sistance of all business men. But for this, and but for the direct assurance of those who are close to him, it is doubtful if the Business Men's League ever would have boon organized, no mat ter how great the desire to do so might have been. Practical business men know how futile their efforts would be, unless they had tho opportunity to net conjointly with the governing power, and would scarcely waste time In hopeless effort. But now that they have licen as sure.l of this opportunity they will work all the harder, and the rapid growth of the le.. ;ue demonstrates this beyond a doubt. To Look After Appointments. Tho elect ion of a United Stales senator js not the only object of the Business Mens' League. Those who have that idea have but small comprehension of thescopo of the movement. One of the important duties will lie to look after the appointments to bo made under the new administration. As this will not occupy the attention of the League until next March and later, present ener gies are being devoted to the campaign for the Hon. John Wnnnmaker's election to the Senate. It has already lieen stated by such men as Thomas Dolan and How ard 15. Trench that the president will look to the Business Men's league for Indorse ment or disapproval of applicants for place. Thi ■ will be esjiecially true of tho coun try di triets, and the branch organizations in tlio-'o districts will undoubtedly hold almost imperious sway. Scheming poli ticians who know that they can not gain the indorsement of the business men of their communities may seek to deny this, and will doubtless endeavor in many ways to attempt to make it appear that it is not so. Yet those who read tho signs of the times will acknowledge the truth of it, and the movement will be aided by tliose who have tho sagacity to detect tho drift of the current The Business Men's league will be tho powerful lever under McKinley's admin istration There can lie no doubt of it, and the politicians who attempt to iiii)>ede this force will but make themselves sacri fices to their own poor judgment. The organized power of the business men showed it .. iv:ight In the late presidential campaign, and, as far as this state Is con cerned. that organization was but tri lling as compared to tho powerful intcr e-t , that aii* annealing now throughout ull the country districts. ALL FOR WANAMAKER. Two Important Branches of Industry Unanimously Indorse Him. PHILADELPHIA, l)ec. I.—The Shoe Man ufacturers' Association and tho Philadel phia Shoe and Leather Exchange have adopted tho following resolution: "Whereas, The next session of the legis lature of the state of Pennsylvania will elect a United States senator to succeed Hon. J. 0. Cameron, "And, whereas, The subjects for legisla tion in the coming four years will bo largely of a financial and business char acter; therefore, lie it "Resolved, That tin Shoe Manufacturers' Association of Philadelphia earnestly recommend to our members of tho legis lature the election of that thoroughly rep re .illative business man and experienced Hatesman, John Watiamakor, as Uuited suites suilutor." JOHN WANAMAKER* INDORSED lluslltess Men lu Coilllellsvllla and Nearby Townships Kxpress Themselves. CONXKLLs VILLI;, Dec. 1. —At a largely at tended meeting of the McKinley and Ho* I«irt Citizens club, composed of business inen'residlng in Connellsvllle and t*ho sur rounding townships, tho following resolu tions were adopted; "Whereas, The Hon.J. I). Cameron's seat in the United States senate will soon lie conie vacant, and his successor will be i chosen at the next meeting of the state legislature, therefore lie it "He -olved, That we hereby declare our i selves earnestly in favor of the election of j the Hon. John Wanamaker, should he be a candidate for that distinguished and re ; sponsible position. His Integrity and i strength of character, his force of intel lect, hK experience in public affairs and hi practical and profound acquaintance with the business of the country are so well known as t i need no further recapitu lation, and therefore wo feel that no man iu the state would represent us moro ! creditably nor more efficiently than he. "K solved. That we, then-fort*, urgently r.'.|ti' t our representatives in the legisla ture, and our senator In the senate to use all honorable moans iu their power to so cure the election of Mr. Wanamaker to a ■ •.it iu th.* onato of the I'tilted States, I believing that In so doing they would be Mo. 48 serving the highest interests of the state as well the Republican party. K**s"!ved. t hat a copy of these, rejoin; the legislature TroTiTFayettecounty, the state senator from this district, and the Hon. John Wanamaker, Philadelphia, Pa." g, A Comprehensive Statement. Says Th;* Delaware Valley Advance: "There is certainly eminent fitness in the efforts now Wing made by tho Business Men - L-aguo, of Philadelphia, to promote the election of a representative business man of that -ity to the United States sen ate. The re -kless manner in which the mere politicians of tho senate have sori ouslv jeopardized the business interests of the country has long been one of the ad mitted faults of our political system. Business men have not actively partici pated in political affairs, especially in the primary movements which lead to the mo-; important political results, and their neglect of this duty has proved disastrous in the extreme. It is now proposed to ef fect a change in this through the efforts of this league. It is now proposed that a .Hess man shall represent the great in du-tri.il interests of this state in the sen ate it is no reflection upon other caudl i'i; who aspire to a position in tl senate to -ay that Hon. John Wanam . em tio :.s the Iscst attril .i'e, t > ...:** an efficient and useful career in he to. He is thoroughly familiar w th the great financial, commercial, mar etur ing and industrial interest ■ in th - state. His is a practical knowledge, ace,-; o ! by an active business life that is in -t vol* uaMe in statesmanship. His ability to defend hi- convictions in the senate or ' elsewhere is* kr. wti to his fellow citizens in Pennsylvania, n**. .*. result of his i:; ■ .*.t popular nddrcs-es delivered lo enor mous audiences during ihe last cam paign." An Example Worth Following. There is hardly a school boy in tho states who has n >t read of and admired the Hon. John Wauamaker, of Philadelphia, ex postmaster general of the United States, and gained the knowledge that to him more than any other man on earth are we Indebted for tho eflieioncy of our postal service At' a meeting of the McKinley ! and Hobart Business men's national cam ' paign committee held in Philadelphia last week he was unanimously indorsed for United States senator. The vast business and manufacturing interests of testate of Pennsylvania should lie represented in the senate by a man oi High character, ex perience and a perfect knowledge of pub lie affairs. Such a man is found only in tho person of tho Hon. John Wanamaker, who has never in his Ufo been connected with any political clique or ring, whose entire life has been spent in performing deeds of Christian charity, and whoso ex ample the youth of our land should follow with as much zeal as they would tho teachings of Holy Writ. Tho people of this great commonwealth should never have it said of them that they forgot what was ii'u 1 11 the state. Mr. Wan:'.mu ■: thoroughly competent business ma; I his years of extensive experience •< ;• thii' H'l > would lie of Jfroat a .t * in f. i ig a now tariff law th w ; I 1 ;tr lit revenue to defr.i '• vei ot I! k . government. Men - . lo !*.*n ■ * .li.". v. . I.* lives iu i the stii-lv o! hoe tor ike Intsi.i *ss a suc cess ar< ' U to frame tariff laws th. i ;i • sufficient revenue than nr.* ~,g and Inexperienced men. Would Add to Our I'roniiiienee. The campaign thus launched should lie pressed with vigor, and we can all rest assured that if Mr. Wanamakor Is elected it w ill materially add to the prominenco of our state In the national congress and contribute to tho speedy settlement on wise lines of the grave financial question that yet confronts us. To the popular mind Mr. Wanamaker is the ideal busi ness man, and the masses of the people want today a business man s administra tion On this record he should lio an easy winner over those whose only claims aro past political fealty to somo one OS other of the self constituted leaders and bosses. —Sunbury American. Measures T7p to tlie Standard. John Wanamaker measures up com pletely to the standard of merit tbu ueoplo have a right to demand of Senator Cam eron's successor, lb? is a citizen of stain less character. He is a business man of approved ability. He Is a statesman whoso efficiency has already liecn well tested. And then he is an earnest Republican uud always has 1 ..-on.—Altooim Trlbuno.