VOX.. XXXIII
ctlas Holiday Gifts&
FOR YOUNG and OLD
The Shop Window.
Who is there that can turn a
deaf ear to the attractions of the
shop win ,o\vs at this season.
Sives are prosaic things, but
still we claim \vc have made our
store wind vvs attractive.
We have shoes—particularly
for Xmas presents —that ought to
touch the heart of anyone and
they touch the pockei, but lightly
—and they are going to touch
the feet of the best people in But- i
ler county.
Remember Your Home and Friencte
this year as you never did before, you ca 1 do i' an 1 ve
will back you with the best and finest selection of
Holiday Slippers, Boots and shoes you evt;r saw at ex
tremely low prices.
FAT and SLIM POCKETBOOKS PLACED on an EQUALITY
We Boast of Our Bargains For Christmas Buyers.
No matter liow hard you arc to suit we
can «uit you in new and beautiful selec
tions of SI ippfrs, Boots an 1 shies, rub
bers, etc.
Our multitude of new and choice
Christmas gifts pleases one and all be
cause they are so attractive ?nd well
fitted for presents for people of all ages.
badi?s Slippers and
Fine Shoes
Velvet Embroidered Slippers 45c, Felt
warm lined felt soles 35 and 50c, Plush
beaded $1 .00, 1 strap kid sandals 75c #1
and $1.25, Patent leathers at #1.25, #l5O
and $2.00, Pancy nullifiers warm at 75c
and SI.OO, Shoes pat Up 85c $\ (1.25 and
fi.so, Goodyear welts all wiiths razor
and coin toe at {2.50 and #3.00.
s©ys and Girls.
School shoes at very low prices heavy
soles, new up to date lasts 75c, SI.OO,
$1.25 and 91.50, Richly embro'dered slip
pers at 45, a«d 50c, Felt slippers felt
soles 35c, 50c and 75c, Legqins at 75c,
Arctic rubber boots.
For The Qaby.
Soft sole shoes in Tan atid Black 25
and 50c Eiderdown in white, blue ana
pinli at 50c.
FiNe jersey beGGiNs orov6Rgait6F(s
We have them in Ladies', Misses.Children's, Boy's and
Men's from 18c to $1.50 they are fine for coid weather.
C< me right in before the cream is taken off, we want
to show you how high a value we can give you for
your money.
Butler's Leading l> p niTCpi TM »PP.
Shot House VullUijLLlUi" Hotel Icury.
Faultless, Every One
j J ~ '■ """TTFoTir • hoc - Art-' faullii -" in mat-. ria , 111
/f$y r l /'yvy i workn'ti ii st> '< . Oisr cusiomt is, ni;'
fSGT* tlieir r.tiji'.l er jjw» tai'l: daj 'find no fi.u'.i
with tlic price ? we ..,-k ui reliable footwear.
. ; " -
.;*TV , lAm Goirjf to ( ffcr
Mti . Seme Record
my Men* Pitie Sh<v"; Lace ~r f ,2>
.Jil ij Mens Working Shoes . ... 95c
Mens Box t>>e -4 . ti'»nbl- >k ird tip I
Mens Heavy Beav r H.ils 1.75?
Mens Heavy sole waterpn>of C rdovans . . .. i.<r
T A f"\l Ij' C* 1 adies Waterproof Oil Grain Sh> -s fi.oo
Jj/V 1J 1 O Ladies Kangaroo Call Shoe 85c
Ladies Fii e Dongola Button Shoe* 90c
CII E 1 Ladies Warm Lined Shoes 1 leather trimmed 80c
OAAv/ J-iO Ladies Warm Lined Shoes i Leather trinlmed) 50c
Boys l ; ine Shoes in all the late style toes fi-25
TJ s~\ ~%T Boys Working shoes 90 c
XJV/ I io Youths Fine shoes
Cj II , \ Jjl M We have 011 hand 42 pair Boys heavy grain waterproof
nllOPin shoes, double sole and tip on toe, Sizes 13, 1 and 2
which we bought cheap, and will sell at 50c per pair
they are fully worth #I.OO. Call ea'ly for this lot will
not last long.
MISSES I Misses Fine Dongola Shoes $1 <xi
Misses Crack-procf Shoes i.on
Misses Heavy Oil Grain Shoes, waterproof 85c
UllV/UkJ Misses Satin Calf Shoes 85c
Our stock'of fel» b->ots and rubber goods is very large,
and prices are the lowest. Examine our stock before
you buy, it will pay you.
JOHN BICKEL,
128 Soutli Main St, Butler Pa.
Before You Spend Your
Christmas Money
Come and sec the dainty assortment of kerchiefs,
chatelaine bags, purses and I iscinat r ■ we hive.
OUK GLOVE STOCK IN MOST COMPLETE.
M. F. & M. MARKS,
HJ « *7 South Main Sticct, Butler, I'a.
"%-•%.-V4.
Christmas Ought to be
the merriest day of the year, from
the busy man to the little child,
let the cheerful greeting, "Merry
Christmas," ring out gladly to al ,
Christmas is the time when, aftt ;'
i weeks ot expectancy Santa
| Claus appears to the dear children
The Time Has Come
' for thi.* hanging up of stockings
' and many bright eyes will look
on Christmas morn up the Chim
j ney for a glimpse of Santa Claus I
I and his "eight tiny reindict."
The days will come when belief in
the beautiful myrth of Santa i
j Claus will disappear, but let it
! last as long as it can and gladden
the hearts oi happy childhood.
The People Se<?m
to be buying sensible and useful present
this <wason iti place ot some trifling tuy,
what could be more acceptable than a
pair of slippers or fhoes for Christmas?
Gents Slippers
Rlack velvet embroidered, nat. leather
trimmed 50c. 75c and Ji.oo, Alligator 75c
Ox blood and very pietty 90c, Patent
leather at f 1 25 and $r .50.
Black and Tan nullifiers at fr.35 ani
51.50. You can get wool boots with rub
bers at $1.50, 52.00 and #2 25, fine shoes
at Ji.oo #1. 25, $1.50 an l $2 00, Buckle
arcfics at f 1.00 and $1 35.
For The Old Foll<s
Warm lined slippers, soft and easy at
40 and 50c, Shoes same at 65 and 85c,
Button black felt lined *125, iace leather
foxed fleeced lined 75c, #I.OO and i'i. 2s.
Arctics 75c and f 1.00, Beaver bals
heavy felt soles for old gentlemen that
are troubled with cold feet only #1.50.
See Our Bull Dog Shoes
They are fine, the latest —if you don't
wart slippers or shoes, buy a pair.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
No Gripe
When you take flood's Pills. The big, oUI-fasli-
Joned, susar-coiiWd pills, which tear you all to
pieces, are not in it with Hood's. Easy to tak»
Hood's
and easy to operate, is true
of Hood's Pills, which are II _
■pto date ewiy respect. II I
Sate, certain and sure All ■ ■■ ■
drustists. av. C. I. Hood & Co.. Lowell. Mass.
The onte" fill* to take with Hood's t:irsaparil!a
I *
Thl» I» Your Opportunity.
On receipt of ten cents, ccsh or stamps,
a generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Feyer Cure
(Ely's Cream Balin) sufficient to demon
strate the gr< -v int .-its of the remedy.
LLY BUOTHEES,
5C Warren St , New York City.
Rev. John Reid, Jr., of Great Falls, Mont.,
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I
can emphasijc his statement, "It is a posi
tive enre for catarrh if nsed as directed." —
Kev. Francis W. Poole. Factor Central Pres.
Church. Helena, Mont.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
enre for catarrh and con'nins no mercury
nor any injurious dreg. Price, 50 cents.
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liUTLKR, THURSDAY. D 24, 18ii(».
THE MUpSRESS
of theflM^Atine.
j t A V.omiri £ J&l Intervene*.
| (CopyriguL iSgs t> Roterl ttarr 1
CHAPTER TX.
> Most of the passengers awoke next
I morning with a bewildering feeling of
vague apprehension. The absence of all
motion in the ship, the unusual and in
tense silence, had a depressing effect.
The engines had not yet started; t hat at
least was evident. Kenyon vxas one of
• tlie first on deck. lie noticed that the
; pumps were still working at their full
speed, and that the steamer had still the
ominous list to port. Ilappily the
weather continued good, so fur as the
quietness of the sea \\a.s concerned. A
slight drizzle of rain had set in. and
[ the horizon was not rnauy miles from
the ship. There would not be much
chance of sighting another liner while
such weather continued.
Before Kenyon had In-en many min-
I utes on deck Kdith Loug\\ • rth came up
, the companionway. Si,e approached
him witb n «mile on her face.
"Well," he said, "yon. at least, do not
: seem to lie suffering any anxiety be
cause of our situation."
"Really." she rep! Ed, "I was not !
! thinking of that at all. but about some
thing else. Can you not guess what ,
I it is?"
"Xo," he answered, hesitatingly, j
"What is it?"
"Have you forgotten that this is Sun- '
day morning?"
"Is it? Of course it is. So far as I i
am concerned, time in I tof top when
| the engines broke down. But Ido not !
; understand wh.v Sunday means any
thing in j articnlar."
| "Don't you? Well, for a person who
, ha 3 1<- n thinking for the last two or
I three days very earnestly on one pari ic
; ular subject, I am astonished at you.
Sunday morning, at.d no land in sight!
Reflect for a moment."
Kenyon's face brpht-ened.
"Ah," he cried, "I sec what you rm-an '
now. Miss Brewster's cable message
will not appear in this morning's New I
York Argus."
"Of course it will not: and don't you
see, also, that when we do arrive you
will have an equal chance in the race.
If we get in before next Sunday, your
telegram to the London people will go
as quickly as her cable dispatches to
New York; thus you will be saved the
humiliation of seeing the substance of
your report in the London papers be
fore the directors see the report itself.
It is not much, to be sure, but still it
puts you on equal terms, while if we
had got into Queenstown last night that
would have been impossible."
Kenyon laughed.
"Well," he said, "for such a result the
cause is rather tremendous, isn't it? It
is something like burning down the
house to roast the pig!"
Shortly after ten o'clock the atmos
phere cleared and showed in the dis
tance a steamer, westward bound. It
evidently belonged to one of the great
ocean lines. The moment it was sight
ed there fluttered up in the masthead a
number of signal flags, and people
. crowded to the side of the ship to watch
I the effect, on the outgoing vessel. Min
i ute after minute passed, but there was
; no response from the other liner. Peo-
J jnr- Trntvnrtx irtri mm TFRMIILIURA OllA
iety, as though their fate depended on
their noticing their signals. Of course,
everybody thought that she must see
them, but still she steamed westward.
A cloud of black smoke came out of her
funnel and then a long, dark trail, like
the tail of a comrf, floated out behind
her, but no notice was taken of the
tering flags at the mast head. For more
than an hour the steamer was in sight;
then she gradually faded away into the
west, and finally disappeared.
This incident had a very depressing
effect, on the pasaengers of the disabled .
ship. Although every officer had main- \
tained there was no danger, yet the
floating away of that steamer aeemed
' somehow to leave them alone, and peo- j
I le, aftrr razing toward the west, until
not. a ve tige of her remained in the hor
izon, went back to their deck chairs, j
j feeling more despondent than ever.
Fleming, however, i/laimed that if
: people were to drown, it was just as i
; well to drown jolly as mournful, and
; so he invited everybody to take a drink
at his expense; a generous offer, which .
till the habitues of the smoking-room
took advantage of.
| "My idea is this," said Fleming, as he •
, si rijx-il the cocktail which was brought .
!to him; "if anything happens let it !
happent if nothing happens, why then
j let nothing happen. There is no use 1
■worrying about anything, especially j
! something we cannot help. Here we |
are on the ocean in a disabled vessel; j
very good; we cannot do anything
I about it, and, so long as the bar remains |
open, gentlemen, here's toyout"
And with this cheerful philosophy
the New York politician swallowed j
down the liquor he had paid for.
Still the swish of water from the
pumps could be heard, but the metallic
i clanking of steel on steel no longer j
came up from the engine room. This
I in itself was ominous to those who
knew. It showed that the engineer had
given up all hope of repairing the dam- I
age, whatever it was, and the real cause |
of the disaster was as much a mystery j
as ever. Shortly before lunch it be- j
I came evident to the ]>copleon board the |
i ship that something was about to bo
! done. The sailors undid the fasten- I
ings of one of the large boats, and
swung it out on the davits until it hung
over the sea.
Gradually rumor took form, and it
became known that one of the officers
and some of the crew were about to j
make an attempt to reach the coast of '
Ireland and telegraph to Queenstown
for tugs to bring the steamer in. The j
captain still maintained that there was
no danger whatever, aud it was only to
prevent delay that this expedient was
about to be tried.
"Do you know what they are going
to do?" cried Edith Longworth, in a
state of great excitement, to John Ken
yon.
Kenyon had been walking the ih-efc
with Wentworth, who now had gone
below.
"1 have heard," said Kenyon," "that j
they intend trying to reach the coast."
"Exactly. Now, why should yon not
send a telegram to 3-011 r people In Lon- '
don, and have the repr rts forwarded
at once? The chances arc that Mis-*
Brewster will never think of sending
her cablegram with the officer who is
poing to make the trip: then you will
be 11 clear day or two ahead of her, and
everything will be all right. In fact,
when she understands what has been
done, she probably will not send her
message at all."
"By George!" cried Kenyon. "that is
a good idea. I will see the mate at
Once and find out whether he will take
the telegram."
He went accordingly and spoke to
the mate about •ending a message with
him. The oilicer said that any passen
ger who wished to 1 end a telegraphic
message would be ut liberty to do so.
lie would take charge of the telegrams
very gladly. Kenyon went down to
his stateroom and told Wentworth
what was going 1 to be done. For the
first time in days George Wentworth
exhibited something line nergy. tie
went to the steward and l»ought the
stamps to put on the telegram while
John Kenyon wrote it.
The message was given to the man.
who put it into hip inside pocl:et, and
then Kenyon thought all was safe, but
Miss Longworth was not so sure of
that. Jenuie Brewster sat in her deck
chair, calmly reading her usual puper
covereU novel. She apparently knew
nothing of what was going on, and
Edith Longworth, nervous with sup
pressed excitement, sat near her
watching her narrowly while prepara
tions for launching the boat were being
completed. Suddenly, to her horror,
the deck steward appeared, and in a
loud voice cried: "Ladies and gentle
men, anyone wishing to send telegrajns
to friends have a few minutes now to
write them. The mate will take them
ashore with him, and will send them
from the first office that he reaches.
No letters can be taken, only tele
grams."
Miss Brewster looked up languidly
from her book during the first part of
this recital. Then she sprang sudden
-1 v to her feet and threw the book on the
deck.
"Who is it that will take the tele
grams?" she asked the steward.
"The mate, miss. There he is stand
ing yonder, miss."
She made her way quickly to that
official.
"Will you take a cable dispatch to be
sent to New York ?"
"Yes, miss. Is it a long one?" he
asked.
"Yes, it is a very long one."
"Well, miss," was the answer, "you
haven't much time to write it. We
leave now in a few minutes."
"It is all written out; I have oniy to
add a few words to it." Miss Brewster
at once flew to her stateroom. The
telegram about the mine was soon be
fore lier with the? words counted, and
the silver and gold tljat were to pay for
it piled on the table. She resolved to
run no risk of delay by having tlv;
message sent "to collect.." Then she
ilasht*! off, us quickly as she could, a
brief and very graphic account of th»>
disaster which had overtaken the
Caloric. If this account was slightly
exaggerated, Miss Browwster bad no
time to tone it down. Picturesque and
dramatic description was what she
aimed at.. Ilex pen ficw over the paper
with great rapiditj, und she looked up
every now and then, through her state
room window, to see dangh».;r from the
ropes the boat that was to make the at
tempt to reach the Irish eoa-st. As she
could thus see how the preparations for
the departure were going forward, she
lingered longer than she might other
wise have done, and added line after line
to the. dispatch which told of the dis
aster. At last she saw the men take
their places in the long boat. She
hurriedly counted the words in the new
dispatch she hail written, and quickly
frcm her purse piled the gold that was
necessary to pay for their transmission.
Then she sealed the two dispatches in
an envelope, put. the two piles of goid
into one. after rap'dly counting them
again, cast a quick look up at the still
%
jf 1
"Stand I lute no time to talk with you."
mot ienli ■ s i»o:it, grasp - I the gold in one
hand, the envelope in the other, an.l
sprang to her feet, but tis she did so she
gave a shriek und took a step back-
WII rd.
Standing with her back to the door
v. a Kdith Longworth. When she
-had 1 i i' I'd the lateroom Miss Brews
ter did not know, but her heart beat
wildly H' she saw the girl standing
silently there, as if she had risen up
through the floor.
"\\ at are you doing here?" she. de
nial. d"d.
"I am here," said Miss Ijongworth,
"because I wish to talk with you."
"Stand aside; 1 have no time to talk
with you just now. I told I didn't
H(Bl to '■ yon again. Stand tv-side, I
tell you."
"1 shall not stand aside."
"What do you mean?"
J 'l mean that I shall not stand aside."
"Then I shall ring the bell nnd have
you thrust, out of here for your impu
dence."
"Yoti shall not ring the hell," said
Kdith calmly, putting her hand over the
white china arrangement that held in
its center the black electric button.
"Do you mean to tell me that you in
tend to keep me from leaving my own
stateroom ?"
"1 mean to tell you exactly that.."
"Do you know that you can lie im
prisoned for attempting such a thing?"
"I don't enre."
"Stand aside, you vixen, or I will
strike you."
"Do it."
For u moment the two girls stood
there, the one flushed and excited, the
other apparently calm, with her back
against the door and her hand over tho
electric button. A glance 1.1 rough the
window showed Miss Brewster that the
mato had got into the boat, and that
they were steadily lowering away.
"Let me pass, you—you wretch!"
"All in good time," replied Editih
Longworth. whose gaze was also upon
the boat swinging 111 midair. Jenny
Ilrewster saw at once that If it came
to u hand-to-hand encounter 1 he would
have no chance whatever against tlie
Knglish girl, who was in every way her
physical superior. She had her en
velope in one hand nnd the gold in the
other. She thrust both of them into
her pocket, which, after some fumbling,
she found. Then she raised her voice
in one of the most appalling screams
Kdith l/ongwortli had ever heard. As
if in answer to that ear-piercingseream,
there arose from the steamer a loud
and ringing cheer. Both plnnced up
to see where the boat was, but it was
not in sight. Several ro|H's were dang
ling down past the portholes. Miss
Brewster sprang up on the sofa, anil
with licr small hands turned round
tho screw which held the deadlight
closed.
Kdith Longworth looked at her with
out making any attempt, to prevent the
vnfastening of the window.
Jennie Brewster flungo|>cn the heavy
brass circle which held the thick green
gla: .a 1 d iteain '-lie screamed nt the top
of her voice, crying "Help!" and "Mur
der!"
The other di«l iK't ingve from her po-
sition. In the silence that followed
the steady splash of oars could be
heard, and atrain a rousing cheer rang
out from those who were left upon the
motionless steamer. Rdith Longworth
raised herself on tiptoe and looked out
of the open window. On the crest of
a wave. 500 yards away from the vessel,
she saw the boat for a moment appear,
showing tbe white glitter of her six
dripping oars; then it vanished down
the other side of the wave into the
trough of the sea.
"Now. Miss Brewster, you are at lib
erty to go."
fro BE cosTmrrr.)
SHE MADE HIM HEAR.
Had Somn Feelings. If the Tmnk
Hadn't.
fie was a sharp-looking little man who
*-n» handling the baggage, and it was a
rosy-cheeked little woman who war
watching him handling her old trunk
with ungentle haisto, says the Detroit
Free L'rews. It was not thatshe cared J«O
much for the tyunk, but she had come
from the same part of the country
Mid knew tiie baggageman's wife be
fore he did, aud here he had quite for
gotten her. She did not know, either,
that the roar of the city and the crash
M breaking trunks had made him deal.
Just as the lid of her trunk came
asunder from the body she asked, tim
idly:
"How is your wife, Mr. Peters?"
"I can't help it; you ought to have, a
stronger trunk," answered the baggage
man, instantly on the warpath.
"Oh, no matteir about the trunk. How
sre Mary and the children?"
"Tied up with a piece of rope, ma'am,
it will look as well as it ever did."
"Mary and the children." shrieked the
little woman.
"It's nothing of the kind. Report me
all you wa'nt to. That old trunk isn't
fit for the ark," axid he gave it a sa\age
kie.k.
"I don't care a copper about that
old trunk," screamed the now angry
woman, "but If you kick it again I'll
have you arrested and fined and sent
to jail. I've got. some feeling if that
trunk hasn't, Bill Peters!"
And that time rhe baggageman heard.
PECULIARITIES OF MILLIONAIRES
L'»e Halfpenny Htftinirt and Have a Foor
Dinner.
I have been asked whether I ever re
ceive social invitations from million
aires in open envelopes, with halfpen
ny stamps, and what I think of the
practice on the part of the millionaires,
says London Truth. It is notoften that
I am privileged to receive Invitations
from millionaire* tinder any circum
stances, hut it ie a remarkable fact that
I have had such an Invitation addressed
to me at tbe halfpenny rate of postage,
and as others have had a similar ex
perience I suppose that millionaires as
a class have a weakness for halfpenny
postage stamps. Probably this weak
ness has something to do with their
having become or remained million
aires.
A worse falling on the part of mil
lionaires of which I have expedience la
that they occasionally ask their friends
to dinner and sit them down to a meal
quite unfit to eat. Personally, I would
rather that a man took a halfpenny off
the postage of my Invitation and spent
it on the dinner. So far as the invita
tion Is concerned, there may possibly
be many people who, when invited to
tile "* mIIH.—IIW, " uul " "
the Tact wiaeiy Known nna wouia pre
fer, if possible, that the invitation
should be sent on a postcard, so thatall
who irun may read. Perhaps It is from
this kindly motive rat-her than from
parsimony that millionaires patronize
the halfpenny post. Let us think ns
well of Dives as we can.
EXPRESSED AN OPINION.
What it rountrymnn Thnnifht of the Work
of a I'hyHlrlan.
I < )ne of the most prominent physicians
in Washington owns a farm somewhere
in New Kngland, and whenever he gets
I unliearably tired of his fashionable pn-
I tients in town he. goes there, puts on
his oldest clothes, lays in a stock of corn
-1 coL pipes und rusticates. One day last
summer, says the Washington I"o«L be
was jogging lazily along acountry road
in a rickety old cart drawn by a horse
almost as rickety. A countryman walk
ing on the same road asked for a lift
and the two fell into conversation.
"Who are you working for?" asked
the countryman.
"Oh, P'ui working for Dr. J , down
there,' answered the physician.
"What doin'?"
! "Oh," went on the doctor. "I do
everything for him. I take care of
him, you know. 1 drvxs him and I feed
him, and I even wash his face and put
him to bed. I do everything he needs
done."
"Mow much do you get for it?" asked
the native.
"My board and clothes."
"An' vim do Bill that for him —wasth
him, an' dress him, an' feed him. an all
that?"
"Yes."
The countryman looked ut the doc
tor a moment in silence. Then he leaned
over the wheel and spat solemnly.
"Well, of all tliedern fools I ever see!"
was all he said.
Phonographic Clocks,
The phonograph is well known, but
as usually constructed It is a tolerably
| large instrument. An English firm,
however, has succeeded In getting such
an instrument into an. ordinary-sized
drawing-room clock. There are many
amusing and useful possi bill til's of this
phonograph clock. Imagine sitting In
j a room wit h not a soul near and sudden
ly hear the "SUir Spangled Banner" or
a voice in a sudden, mahatma-like fash
ion crying out: "Don't forget." With
| a phonograph clock, now a trade nov
elty. oil this Is made a [>os.sibility. 'I he
! phonograph is set to go off like an or
dinary alarm, and the hands are set for
j the phonograph to commence its opera
! tions at a certain time, either to amuse
\ or startle friends or to give a gentle re
; minder that you have an engagement
or have at a given time to perform some
'■ business.
Had No Oecaalon to C'«e It.
There was recently a public sale of
j the effects of a deceased artist, who,
though he never had any money and
was always at the end of his resource*,
managed to accumulate a considerable
amount of bric-a-brac, chiefly for use
In his trade. All tin se things were sold
for the twnefit of the needy widow.
Amoniy the items on the published cat
atonic was the following eloquent one:
"One money box. decorated, quite un
ns-'l."
Mot a Hit of It.
"Cook, that young man who comes
to see you, is young enough to be your
eon."
"Well, mum, do ye think I'd be keep
in' company with an inilrm old man?
—Detroit Free Press.
E*tr"me« That Met
"Those two men go to extreme# in
everything t hey do."
"Who are they?"
"One is a barber aud the other i«* •
corn doctor."—N. Y. World.
fli MAKER WILL WIS.
The People Have Made His Fight
Their Fight.
OEBTAI.. _ . \NCE OF VICTO EY
That F*• To*t hiAAtcr General Juiiu ». ~aa
maker Will Succeed Cameron in th«
Senate of the I'nite** States Doci Not
Admit nf a Doubt.
PIIILADELPHIA.DOC. —The Hon. John
Wnnaraaker will be thu next L'nitod
States senator for Pennsylvania. Those
who are conducting his campaign have
certain assurance of thit It Is no: an idle
boast; the men who are promoting his in
terests are not men to jtrlgs rashly or to
speak hastily. They exoress their knowl
edge with a quiet. c.ui:i ienoe that carries
conviction with it. A hey d cline, and
wisely pcrh<i to •v* "estimates." Now
they know I'ieir s •/lh :tud they are
content in th ".; .> i . i^j.
It lsn t :t ii'.HrWt victory. It is a tri
umph of l • people »vh i ii i7O expressed
their will s;i i 1* Ih it their repre
sentativ. :• th.; Ii ITO know what is
expected u' . ::.»n, . . have pledged them
selves to «>' ii • f ilu-ir constit
uents. Wu.. the .. . these pledge
have be.»u t ..-e«l tii . and fast, and
now there Is 1,0 lon r a doubt as to the
outcome John W iirimaker has many
more votes j.'. •'xed !■> itiin. and pledged
without s •.. ition. :'ian are necessity to
Insure h.s e!<- on ! .i':atthe current
h:is been established !i:s strength will
rapidly inereasn. -o tS.i not only will he
be elected, but hov .il r -. nive a vote that
will bo most flattering
Tho solicitation, if such it may lie called,
has been dono by th-* pooplo They have
declared for WanamaUor, aud their repre
sentatives are but their r.urents. and they
know it The persuasion . f -he "bosses"
has been futile in theolTor; t.i induce their
representatives to disobey tho command
of the popular will. Such a course would
mean oblivion It was aptly expressed by
a member from an interior county who
said: "lain desirous of an honorable po
litical future To succeed in my umbitiou
I must obey my constituents What ser
vice could a "boss" do mo who lives dOO
miles away? What good could he do me,
against the will of the people, If he lived
In my county?"
This is the sentiment, mildly expressed
no doubt, but forcible. It shows that the
people have won the fijjht for an able
statesman and a capable business man to
represent them in the senate. They have
carried the day. Wauamaker's success is
assured, and hi* supporters who have
knowledge of this fact are consequently
much elated. It proves once more that the
will of tho people, when clearly expressed,
is law. On this question the people ex
pressed themselves most emphatically,
and the victory Is their victory, anc. ic
may congratulate themselves upon havli
made certain of a representative in tl
senate who will do them credit and therob
rctlect high honor upon tho greatest staU
in the Union.
INDORSE WANAMAKER.
Republican* of Milnrj and Ylolultjr I'ttns
sirunf ltrsoliitious.
Mt'N'CY, I)e«r " -At a public meeting
of tho Republics:; j of this borough and
vicinity Clinton Lloyd was elected presi
dent and Kre.l Peterin in secretary of this
branch of the National League of Business
Men. tleorge 11 It igers presented tho fol
lowing preamble aud resolutions, which
were unanimously adopted:
"Whereas, By expiration of tho term of
office the seat of the Hon. J. 1). Cameron
will soon become vacant, and his succes
sor will be named at the next meeting of
Whereas, The depression in tho busi
ness. manufacturing, mining ami agricul
tural intercuts in tills grand old common
wealth of Pennsylvania demand the selec
tion of a man of and strength of
character, wide experience in public af
fairs, and full practical knowledge of tho
business of the country to represent us in
the upper house of congress, therefore be
It
"Resolved, By thU meeting of the busi
ness men of Muncy aud vicinity, that we
hail with great pleasure and deem It a
matter of sincere congratulation that Hon.
John Wanamaker, late postmaster gen
eral, has consented to stand asacundidato
for this office, believing, as we do, that no
man in the state today stands higher in
the estimation of the Industrial classes.
His national, stato and private history re
veal in him the elements which stamp him
as a man pre-eminently litted to give us a
creditable and efficient representation.
"Resolved, That we will use every hon
orable means at our command to promote
his election,and to this end we do urgently
request our representatives-elect to t'ue
next legislature, Hon. J B. Coryell, Hon.
J. W. King and Hon. J. C. Wilson, to
work and vote for tho election of Mr.
Wanamaker as United States senator, be
lleving that thereby they will lie serving
tho highest interests of the commonwealth
uml their constituency.
THE MISTAKE OF HIS LIFT.
It Will Not be Very Long Before Quay
Will t>« Horry He Hpoke.
Senator ynay must be losing his nerve
at tho prospect before him in the senatorial
tight if a recent published interview is
correct, and there is no roason to doubt
its truth. He expresses himself as "op
posed to the entire scheme of the National
Business Men's League." In tho present
instance Mr. Quay has the best of reasons
for disliking tho organizations of business
men forming all over the state, ono pur
pose of which is to work for the election
of John Wanamaker. Mr. Uuay would,
no doubt, greatly prefer a league of ward
heelers or one of professional politicians.
He could put them to "bettor" uso thun
he will be able to put the. league of Busi
ness Men.
We fear that Mr. Quay has barked up
the wrong tree in his latest attack on tho
best element of his party, and will some
time acknowledge It as the mistake of his
life. In calling the league an association
of millionaires he says what he knows to
lie untrue. The ranks are open to all who
do "business." The man who sells poa
nuts from a stand on the corner, or the
farmer who raises and sells stock, grTiin
or vegetables is as much a "business"
uian as the great iron merchant or manu
facturer, and equally eligible to the mem
bership of the league Mr. Quay will And
that his uitempt to emulate tho late la
mented Bry.m and array the "masses"
against tho ' classiM-. " and vice versa, will
."os nit, like that ot lor endeavor, inthedls
jomlliuro of the perpetrator.- Wilkes
larre Tunes.
l'ottuvllle l»u»inH« Men's l.t-ague Adopt*
Forcible Iteaoliitloim.
PoTrSVII.I.K. Deo. 15. —At a meeting of
the Business Men's League of Pottavllle
tho following resolutions were unani
mously adopted :
"Resolved, That In the interest of hon
est politics and good business methods,
and to the end that this government of
the |H!ople, for anil by tho people shall
not perish from the earth,' wo do hereby
pledge ourselves to aid by every Honora
ble means tho lion John Wanamaker to
attain the seat In the United States sen
ste now occupied by the Hon. .1 Donald
Cameron, Ik-1 loving that in the present
political exigency ho Is tho best represen
tative man to aid lu restoring business
confidence, and to sustain William Mo
Kinley, president-elect, to carry out the
political pledges made at the last election.
"Resolved, That in Hon John Wana
maker we have the uxponcnt of all that, is
honorable lu politics, honest In business
cm! patriotic In sentiment, and that in
him the state will have a mouthpiece
whi.se words, nationally promulgated
will is) listened to with attention and
whose business experience will lie of the
utmost value to the business world, and
through it to the great world of labor,
which is the wealth of the nation."
These resolutions are Indorsed by over
800 of the most prominent residents of
Pottavllle, representing the lalstrlng man,
merchant, manufacturer, banker and men
Of every occupation.
AMKJTiDMTC
How the Crawford County Boss
Gets Into the Game.
THE FIRM CHAMPION OF PENROSE
lllto of Historical Fact Which Show the
Alliance Between the Two Politician*.
Andrews and Hi* Chain and the Scheme
They Are Working.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 15. The Hon.
Boies Penrose says he is "against the
bosses" and "for the people." He says
it boldly and defiantly, and If the cam
paign were not so serious there might
be time to stop and laugh at the joke. But
he doesn't mean it to be funny. He wants
lr to lie taken seriously, for he recognizes
that the people will insist upon the elec
tion of their own candidate to the United
States senate That's why he wants to
make it believed that he has thrown off
the shackles of the boss after his long ser
vitude That's why ho would like to make
It believed that he has suddenly been con
verted to their interests as against the in
terests of the bosses But will the people
believe it? Xot much. They are too well
posted to be deceived by any such nonsense.
it h-is often been nsbad whom does
Penrose represent? Who Is this dillitente
young senator, this political stripling,
who is being urged for the high honor of
a seat, in the senate of the United States?
Whom does he represent, that he should
receive the greatest gift In the power of
the state to award?
The answer is easy—Andrews, the dis
credited Crawford county boss, who was
responsible for Delamater's nomination
In 1890. •
Andrew* and Penrose.
Andrews and Penrose were classed as
the joint bosses of the state senate. They
are Damon and Pythias in a political sense.
They make their interests identical. It was
Penrose who moved for tho appointment
of the committee to "Lexow" Philadel
phia. It was Andrews who was made
chairman of that comiuittoe. Shades of
Dickens was there ever such a farca? An
drews at tho head of the investigating
committee! One would as soon think of
the devil passing judgment on his own
sins
Events have only confirmed this opinion.
There isn't a decent man in the entire city
of Philadelphia who will not Ray that the
Investigation has been a very thinly dis
guised political scheme. It has been the
means of providing Andrews with politi
cal headquarters at tho most expensive
hotel in the city, for all of which the dear
pooplo will pay—perhaps. The same head
quarters have been utilized as a meeting
place for tile Penrose clans, and the state
will foot the bills—perhaps.
And who Is Andrews, this man who is
sponsor for Penrose? Ask the people of
Crawford county. They knew him so
well that evon in tho great tidal wave for
McKlnley In November they defeated
the entire Republican ticket, which
should have had at least 8,000 majority.
Crawford county, whore McKinley at
tended school, carried root and branch by
the Democrats! and why? Because the
people determined to convluce the notor
ious politician that they wore done with
him.
Why Andrews It Discredited.
A line champion truly for a senatorial
candidate! But this isn't all. It wst An
drews who turned the state over to tha
Democrats in 1890. Then they called him
"Delamator" »Andrews, because he used
his office as chairman of the state com
mittee to force tho nomination of Delama
tor against the judgment of all who had
tho Interests of the party at heart. When
Andrews was lirst a candidate for the ten
ate—lß9o —he was overwhelmingly de
feated In 18W! he tried for tho house, and
test and ho was seated by- orders of the
"bosses." Ho owed his election in 1891 to
the Hastings' wave, but this year he
was ignominiously defeated in his own
county when ho was a candidnte for dele
gate to the national convention. Tho vote
of Erie county, whore ho was not so well
known, pulled him through, but the people
of Crawford county stamped tholr opinion
Indelibly and administered a still morf
stinging rebuke at the national election.
llin Work for t'enroae.
He Is the original Penrose man. Their
Interests are too closely welded to permit
of anything else. Penrose Is ashamed to
admit it. but that's natural, and he Is
shrewd enough to see the danger of suoh
an admission: that's why he pretends
that he is "against the Ixisses. " For
months Andrews has I teen "setting up
the state" for Penrose. He commenced
by making a contest for the chairman
ship of tho state committee, from which
contest he retired when there was a threat
of making his record public. He wanted
that office to bo the better able to attend
to his labors In Itehalf of Penrose. Not
tho backer of Boies Penrose? Why then
those nightly conferences in the palatial
parlors In the city's most expensive hotel?
Without Aiulrows there would be no Pen
rose. His brother, W. H. Andrews, who
has been his trusted assistant In many
schemes, Is tho chiof literary worker In
the Penrose cause, using the rooms of
the state committee in his labor.
A line candidate of tho people, truly, Is
the Hon. Holes Penrose. It would lie fat
more manly to admit the truth, especially
when It Is made manifest by unim|ieach
ablo evidence on all sides. Boies Penrose
is the candidate of Andrews. His success
is necessary to the latter's success, for
people and he knows It. Against the
bosses, Indeed! Well, It will not go down.
This Is one of tho times when they can't
fool oven some of tho people.
JUDGE EWING'S HUMOR.
Ilia Keen and Effective Thrust at the
41 One Man" I'otltlewt Power.
Judge Kwlug, of Pittsburg, is a phll
tsopher. He is something of a humorist,
too, as the following story fully vouches:
Judge Bwlng has recently naturalized a
numls" of applicants for citizenship. One
man. In the course of his examination to
ascertain how much ho knew about the
government of this country, was asked
how a United States senator was chosen.
"1 don't know," ropllod the applicant.
"Well," said Judge Ewlng, "I don't
blame you very much. I think we are
all a little mixed in this state on this
question. Wo used to think the repre
sentatives of the |>oople had something to
tny in tho matter, but just now In Penn
sylvania ono would think the United
Htales senators are nominated and elected
by ono man."
Looked at calmly, the proposition to
send a man to the United States senate
because he is the favorite of ono man la
tho most outrageous as It Is the moat
ridiculous piece of business
PROVED HIS ABILITY.
Morocco Manufacturers t'nanlinonely In
dorse Wanamaker.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. -The Philadel
phia Morocc<j|Man ufactn rera were adopted
the following resolutions indorsing John
Wauamakcr for United States senator:
"Whereas, A United States senator 1«
to lie elected by the legislature of this
state at Its next session ; and,
"Whereas, Questlcns of finance, tariff,
etc., of great moment to the business In
terests of this state and the whole United
States will require to l>e acted upon by
congress; and,
"Whereas, Our towusman, the Hon.
John Wanamaker, has proved his great
ability In businoss. finance and otherwise;
therefore,
"Bo It resolved, That wo do heartily ln
dora the candidacy and urge the election
of Mr. John Wauarnakor to tho senate of
the United States"
How It NUea I'p.
Says a Haven paper: "Slslng up
tho collection of material, outside of Wan
imiaker. which in this stau> offers itaelf
for United States senatorial honors, the
suspicion nrisos that these people wore
really gathered together by some cautious
person whispering the glad news that there
la going to be a select dog tight."
.;v
No. 50
A SCION OF THE BtOOb.
The Boa. Botes PtnroM Has Bml Ouial
to rhittnettoft.
The HOD. Bote« Penrose ta to tUaitilOM
man. He himself hu (aid It The (tote
of Pennsylvania will rejoice whan it rea4e
the autobiographical sketch ao wldtlf dl»
tributed to learn that he ooraoe from "A
long line of Illustrious ancestor*, and la
descended from some of the tieat stock at
New England " The Hon. Botes Penroae
never lose* an opportunity to advartlM
the fact that his blood U bias, and that ha
Is one of the "kid glove" aristocracy. Ia
the sumo sketch he is careful to toll of the
achievements of his "great grandfather,
J S. Boles.'' ' hi* great grandfather oa
the paternal side. Clement Blddle Pan*
rose," and his "grandfather.Charles Bing
ham Penrose."
It is possible that the busineeamen, tha
farmers, the miners and the hard fisted
laboring man will all hasten to do him
homage. They should be happy for tha
privilege of ljndlng their aid to a man aa
illustrious as the Hon. Boles Penrose pro*
. ..ins himself to be. A man who can
glory in his grandfather mutt oertalnly
bo tho man the people should follow. Tha
Hon. Boies Penrose undoubtedly ihlnka
»*<>, else he would not make such .
of It.
But there are stubborn p- ipl :n tha
world. People who have tha aud .y to
believe that in this land of the frv illus
trious descent Is not a claim to pre'-, uuoa.
It smacks too much of foreign ni..uiiert
aud customs, which the men of that strips
ape so ridiculously. Hera the psople art
taught to believe that a man Is what hs
makes himself. But of course they can
not be right, for the Hon. Bolaa Penroas
ex tolls his grandfathers and the blus
blood he got from them as a strong claim
to excellence.
But, to be serious, this Is Ukisly to maka
him the subject of good naturad ridloula,
rather thnu to convinos any one of hla It
nes-Kor the honor to which hs has tlu
temerity to aspire. But it should not be.
He should be dealt with kindly. It Is per
haps his strongest claim to distinction,
and therefore such comments as the fol
lowing from the Pottsville Republican
will l)o read with genuine sorrow:
"Tho papers which are vociferating so
lustily for Boies Penrose as a successor to
Senator Cameron, on the strength oX hil
blue blood and nobility of ancestry, for
get to give their readers the 'coat of arms'
of the 'royal family." Trot It out, an 4 let
us see what it looks like. A plain Ameri
can citizen—a mau who does not beast oI
his ancestry for office sake—was good
enough to eleot as president of tha United
States the other day. A plain American
citizen who has carved out his own for
tune and fume in life Is good enough for
the plain pooplo of Pennsylvania to repre
sent them in any office or in any senate."
This latter reference Is to John Wana*
maker. Ho Is only tho son of a brick
maker, and ho commenced life without a
dollar, without an illustrious ancestor
and without blue blood. He waa a
plain, every day man, just as he is today.
But he had pluck and he had bralna. He
Is, pre-eminently, a self-made man. Ve
was one of the people at the beginning Of
his career, and he Is one of the people
still. He has carved his own way, and
whethor In his businoss career, his pabllo
life, or his laltors for his fallow men, ha
has depended upon his own resource*
and not upon the achievements of "hit
great grandfather on the paternal side,"
fior upon any other "illustrious ancestor."
BRADFORD UNANIMOUS.
Th« Sentluient of the People Unmistak
ably Expressed fc- Wanamaker.
TOWANDA, Dec. A. That Bradford
county Is overwhelmingly in favor of tha
election of John Wanamaker haa just been
demonstrated in an emphatic manner. Al
the result of a very thorough oanvaaa,
covering a period of three days, and em
bracing every precinct of the county, with
a single exception. 8.404 Bepablloan voter!
Senator Mitchell aud Representative*
Plollet, Edminston and Manley, urging
them to vote for Mr. Wanamaker. As the
vote for McKlnlsy In Bradford waa 0,701 It
will readily be seen how nearly unani
mous the sentiment of this county la Tha
following table exhibits the vote for ICa-
Klnley and the number of signers fox
Wanamaker, by townships;
District. McKlnley. Wanamaker,
Albany. 2*7 858
Armenia 81 T8
Asylum 184 US
Athens Roro 681 470
Athens Twp 191 148
Barclay XU 146
Burlington Roro. 4i 41
Burlington Twp.... 184 94
Burlington, West. 161 T8
Canton Boro 270 278
Canton »wp tc Alba HOB ElB
Columbia 186 140
Franklin 96 81
Oranvllle 228 215
Herrlck 141 196
LeHaysvllle 81 78
Leroy 238 191
Litchfield 148 99
Monroe Boro 94 48
Monroe Twp 248 847
Rifgburg. 180 186
Rome Boro 51 47
Hayrc Boro 468 828
Sheshoquin 240 >l6
Bmlthfleld 365 856
South Waverly 82
Springfield 224 804
Standing Stone .... 54 62
Bylvania Boro 50 80
Terry 161 804
Towanda Boro .... 609 089
Towanda Twp 154 98
Towanda, North 86 96
Tuscarora 207 Hi
Troy Boro 281 1M
Troy Twp 861 801
Ulster 181 146
Warren 215 285
Weils 187 116
Wilmot 188 168
Windham 168 IB
Wyalusing Boro 89 9#
Wyaluslng Twp.... 202 177
WTKII Twp 186 178
Pike Twp 271 840
Orwell 215 198
Overton 67 104
Rome Twp 164 161
New Albany Boro.. 65
' (1704 8464
There Is no doubt that the state senator
and the three representatives from Brad*
ford will support Mr. Wanamaker.
DECLARED^FOR WANAMAKER.
CoateiTllle Business Men Put Theaaaelvae
on Reeord.
COATESVILLK, Deo. I.—A local branch
of the Business Mao's National league
has been organised here with over 800 of
the most prominent people of the town
and vicinity subscribing their names A
|P. Huston was olected president, J. W.
Thompson vice president, and Jesse
Shallcross secretary. The league adapted
the principles of the national league and
Indorsed John Wanamaker for United
States senator, ('resident Huston said ha
hoped to have nil good citizens, whether
laborers, merchauts or mechanics, en
rolled In the league, and that profeaslonal
politicians would keep out.
Would A<til to Our I'roinuienee.
The campaign thus launched should be
pressed with vigor, and we can all rest
assured that if Mr. Wanamnkor is elected
It will materially add to the prominenco
of our state In the national congress and
contribute to the speedy settlement on
wise lines of the grave Onauclal 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 IH< an easy
winner over those whoso only claims aro
past political fealty to some one or other
of the self constituted leaders and bosses
—Sunbury Amerlcnn.
Measures tip to the Standard.
John Wanamaker measures up com
pletely to the standard of merit the people
have a right to demand of Senator Cam
eron's successor. 11*3 Is a cltl7.cn of stain
less character. He Is a business man of
approved ability Helsn statesman whose
efficiency has already been vvcll tested.
And then he Is an earnest Republican and
always has I icon.—Altoona Tribune.
The Will of the People.
If John Wanamaker 1» not elected
United States senator to succeed Don.
Cameron the will of the people of Penn
sylvania will not be carried out Ha la,
without doubt, the choice of a great
majority of tho voters of the atate.—Waft
Chester Republican.