VOL. XXXIII
Faultless, Every One
f"™^l^ou^^ho^^are l Tault!tss™i^7 , fiiateria^li)
workmanship an<l in style. Our customers, and
their number grow each day, fir*' n<; fault
wjththe prices we ask for reliable .. tuear.
I Am Going to Offer
Some Record
-» » -171 XTCJ • Mens Fine Shoes. Lace or Congress
iVI lirll O Mens Working Shoes 95c 1
Mens Box toe Slices (double sole ard tap 1.35-
QT Mens Heavy Beavtr Bals 1.7.
I Mens Heavy sole waterproof O rdovans i-y*
t a y~v 1 -pi Ladies Waterproof Oil Grain Shoes
I j /> [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 h<s!p fu s>o 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.<k
proof calf. !i«svy soles, tho best pood? thiii store has ever shown their trade.
TRV BUTLER'S LEADING SHOE HOUSE. Opp., Hotel L
B. C. HUSEI TON.
♦ _
J 'R O«X
:: "THE COMMERCIAL," |
j |W. K. THORN BURG Prop'r., Evans City, Pa.J?
< > 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>OOOOOOOOOOOOOO<?>OOOC < OOO , O<X
PLANT YOUR XMAS ADVS.
and it holds it. Wo never intend to abuse
or take advantage of it No bourn) ol m
hold a trade that ttie people haven'' con
fidence in.
We study the wants of our eu-tomt rs
We give them the best in the market.
We tell them just what this or that shoe
will do. whether it will suit them m not
tor the kind of service they want it for.
This House Does Not Sell Sboes
as some others do. a*k you $2 00 (or a
$1.50 shoe and then lake $1 75 Whndoes
tho 25 cents belong tot Figure this out
fti your leisme.
We are running a complete t ..rongh,
first-class shoe store. We have fvt-ry
tiing from a brcgan to a boOdoir slipper.
We are trving what is called an impos
sibility, that, is, we are trving to suit
everybody. Come in and tell us when we
fail.
For the Boys
Shops for school, for play, for >k g or
or.ow balling When snow and io i-omes
fit tJ© little fellow,;' here, where mII the
shoes sold are r«li*!»'« <i: .l econ m il.
Little Shoes, Little IMccs. i
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
I r ••
• Is caused by torn t !:v- r. which prcv< uts
tionnnd penult-* io« •! : tiitl ] • r ---
the stomach. Tis u k»liv>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.
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Western P ylv
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Sottth, : i 1 —.-
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Allegheny City s-0 a« ■ • ■ «•
a. . a. ■ . r. J. P. >l.
SUSDAY TRAINS - ( »'.• !»'•!
Kl" "> <'•'> ar»<l "
7:40 A. V.,0 ami 5 '■■■
North. *—
t. ». a. H. \ »i P. M. P. .11.
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I'lari'ti'int 91" - ■
Sprmfcdale I' * is
Tartu turn 732 939 - 60S
Natrona 737 94.' 1213 3ss cij
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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 .
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3 13pin7 45 Lv liLller Jc't Ar *3O 12
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322 703 '• Allej:' Jc't" 824 322;
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350 821 7;*« 11."
418 BSI •' Salloburg.. 732 11 32
450 DUE " B'airfVille...7 00 ll'
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d., cur; nee IK !<r IJurri-hurif Ali(">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.
lVna<ylva*>ia 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). ■
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t'iiirlnn Aecoino 1 • • • . 1
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ChK »«o Express 3 33 pro 4 58 p'l
Allegheny Accomo 007 pin i 1 11
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'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
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<n.ands,3l)p.m. M'.tleanant. 8.411 7. a 1
.10 and 4.30 pm. Washington. Pa. 7.40 ane
30 a. m.. 4.00.4.45 and II sfi p. m 'A I •
pg. 7.40. and 9.30 «. tn..ail ! 1 ft. ll.f" •
.. (.tnclnnatl, St. ' 'oln •' :•u •: V
ark 7.40 a. tn., y.lO. ll.vip. m.
Forflhlcago. 2.4 ii ati l 9.::>i |i. in
Parlor and sleeping ears to Baltimore u : t
lng'oll '''neinnirl and ciile ,v>.
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K P. REYNOLDS, Snpt. Fox .urc. Pa
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OFFICE: ("orner of M i. m. , I tl 1(
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l'laut your Cbribtxaau uUvauuvr.
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THE Mj^ESS
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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.
<?uc V- r LL c Li.il
T- "Ut etc: . o: .
and want of sotnet i. tr to do that many
Chinese take to the opium pipe? In
most places in China organized gam
bling is forbidden. With the exception
of an occasional Kame at shuttlecocks
w . ' - "vim.-—only at fixed seasons —
there u ' v sports. The Chi
nese rarely *«ure. Interi
ors arc comfcirtle ... social
intercourse between respcctaun men
and women. There is rot suflicient
hort?" room, privacy or light for read
inpr after dark. How 13 time to be
killed? I think, says a writer in Black
wood's Magazine, that the monotony of
existence may be one of the chief
causes of opium smoking.
On the whole, th'.ugh at Canton I
was in contact with opium smokers al
most daily, and made a point of seeing i
~ s much a possible of the native life,
the eamy side of opium smoking did
not obtrude itself much upon me. Just
as in an English coast town one may !
daily ee the flaring lij>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
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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'<e to him who had served
them well in offices of public trusfc «nd
whose political record is above all manner
of reproach.—Coudersport Enterprise.
liuslnea* Men Organizing;.
Mr. Wanainaker's candidacy assumes
Importance by reason of his prominence
as a citizen, a business man and as an ex
cabinet officer of President Harrison's ad
ministration. His wide acquaintance
throughout tho state gives him considera
ble prestige, and already leading business
men of tho state are organizing and will
engage In the work of winning members
of tho general assembly to the support of
his candidacy, to which end all houorable
means and methods will be used. The
leaders seem to have much conlldence in
the success of the movement.—Warren
Mirror.
A BUSINESS MAN NEEDED.
Anil the Business Men of FlicenixvlUe
Will Indorse JohnJWanamaker.
PnocMivir.LK, Dec I.—Tho Phojnix
villo branch of the Nutional League of
Business Meu is now organized and the
memlters are encouraged by the assur
ance that they will IK: the Important fac
tor in all public matters of moment un
der the coming administration.
The first business to engage the atten
tion of tho League Is the quostion of a
successor to United States Senator Cam
eron. The of the business
men is unmistakably in favor of tho
Hon. John Wanauiitk *r, and last Satur
d y night tins so itime.it was forcibly ex
p -essed in the following resolutions:
"Whrr.'aa i'lie nam. ol tna Hon. John
Wauamaker is announced as successor to
Senator.l. Donald Cameron, and
"Whereas, The public affairs and com
mercial interests of our country are need
ing just the kind of management, loyalty
and probity that his lifelong career has so
potently demonstrated; therefore, lie it
"lies lived, That we hail his candidacy
with great . a:is!"a-tlon, and hasten to
unite with the League of Business Men.
th.* Manufacturers' club and the patriotic
pe .plc of Philadelphia in publicly express
in - our hearty indorsement of his name;
and further,
"liesolved, That wo esteem it cause for
public congratulation that Mr. Waua
maker consents to stand for the office, be
lieving, as we do, that his national, state
and private history reveal In him tho ele
ments of capacity and character which
stamp him as a man pre-eminently fitted
to direct national counsels for the benefit
of the svliol. • .*ople; therefore,
"Ue.olvert ' .nat wo hereby pledge our
selves to use all honorable means and in-
Uu :; at our command to accomplish
his election."
Some Important llriinonii.
There are many reasons why Mr.
Wanamaker should lie cloctoil United
States senator, but none is moro forcible
than the fact that ho is a businessman.
Past experience has demonstrated that
more business men and fewor professional
politicians are needed in tho upper houso
of tho nation's congress. Mr. Wanamaker
possesses every attribute to make a suc
cessful senator, and tho interests of the
entire state would lie safe in his hands.
Mr. Wanamaker can well feol compli
mented by the flattering indorsement ho
received at the hands of his brother mer
chants of Philadelphia, and their nctlon
will, no doubt, have considerable weight
in the matter of choosing a successor to J.
Donald Cameron. —A lien town Call.
Should Meet 11. arty Approval.
From the Smetheort Miner.
Tho indorsement of lohn Wauamaker,
of Phlla l ' phln Iv • National league
of Bttslnc- Me,i i ue« ess.T to Senator
Came; ..* it " •• *r house of con
gri. ■■ i ty approval of
even" >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.