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Otir foot may want a pair of Leggins or Warm wear presents that pleasant combination Ovcrgaiters; we have them at 15c, 25c, of excellencies which are so welcome 50c and 75c. when present and so regretted when Men's and Boys' Fine Shoes in all J lacking. You want something that fits newest lasts up-to-date-Bull Dog and > exactly, is soft and easy on the foot, Coin Toe, heavy soles, Scotch edge, j looks handsome and stylish and will Drop in and see these bargains. It will j wear long enough to earn its cost, we do ycu good. ' have wliat fills the bill. Batter's Leading T\ p JIITCpT TAW "PP. Shoe House IltluLLl\/li Hotel Lowry. J. E. ZIMMERMAN. SPECIAL Winter Clearance Sale OP BLANKETS, AND BED HAPS, ' MEN'S, WOMEN'S AND CHILDRENS WINTER UNDER WEAR, HOSIERY, MILLINERY AND LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S WRAPS, ALL MUST GO AT SACRIFICE PRICES TO MAKE ROOM FOR NEW SPRING GOODS. MRS. J. E. ZIMMERMAN \ GLOVE SALE JAN. 27, TO FEB. 6th. W Black Cashiner Gloves 9c were 25c Black Cashiner Gloves 29c were 50c Black and Colored Kid Gloves 75c were SI .OO Black and Colored Kid Gloves SI.OO were $1.50 Black and Colored Kid C. oves *1.25 were #1.75 Black Siik Mittens 390 Black Caslimer Mittens QC were 25c Jllack Cashmer Mittens 19c were 40c Infants Mittens 9c BARGAINS IN UNDERWEAR AND -{MI HOSIERY. M. F. & M. MARKS, 113 to 117 South Main Street, JVt' I ■ l . TRY AN ADV. IN THE CITIZEN. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Eauy to Take any to Operate Arc features p -culiar to Hood's Pills. Small In 1 size, tasteless, efficient, thorough. As nr.'- man Hood's i said: *' Yonn< i-er know you Han have taken a ! iil till it is all BTb _ 1 9 over." 23c. C.: . H.kxl A; < o„ I I ■ ' Proprietors, i oivel!. Mass. ■ i The only rills i take v .ih Jlood's Sarsaparilla. 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He oc cupied a desk in one of the back rooms, ! while a clerk in the front office gave j awav prospectuses to all who called, and furnished useful knowledge to an inquiring public. Most of Kenyon's callers were newspaper canvassers who wanted advertisements, which John at that moment was unable to supply. An oily young man, whose cast of couri tenance indicated that he belonged to a shrewd, thrifty and money-making race, said he was commissioned by the Financial Field to get particulars about the mine, and this information Kenyon readily supplied, feeling glad that no advertisement was asked for. Longworth was seldom at the new offices. He was busy seeing acquain tances who would take, stock in the new mining company. He constantly cautioned his partners against being in 100 much of .a hurry, and he amazed Wentworth by informing him that he had overcome the objections and se cured the cooperation of Melville, who had reported sdQ^r.favorably about the mineral, thus showing that any thing coul4 be accomplished if you took your time over it. A Mr. King, also connected with the china works, had promised his assistance. The first meeting of proposed share holders was set for Monday afternoon, and Longworth expressed his belief that the forming of the company would be accomplished before the week was out.. One day when Kenyon entered the office the clerk said to him: "That young gentleman has been here twice to see you. He said it was very important, sir." "What young gentleman?" "That gentleman—here is his card— who belongs to t.he Financial Field, sir." "Did he leave nnv message?" "Yes, sir; he said he would call again at three o'clock" "Very good," said Kenyon. and he be gan compiling the address to projiosed subscribers. At three o'clock the smooth, oily gen tleman from the Financial Field put in an appearance. "Ah, Mr. Kenyon," he said, "lam glad to meet you. I have called twice, but had not the good fortune to find 3 011 in. Can I see you in private for a moment?" "Certainly," answered ICenyon. "Come into the directors' room," and into the directors' room they went, Kenyon closing the door behind their. "Now," said the representative of the Financial Field, "I have brought you a proof of, the editorial which we pro pose using, and which I am desired by the proprietor to show you, so it may be free, if possible, from any error. We are very anxious to have things cor rect in the Financial Field," and with this he handed to John a long slip of white paper with a column of printed matter upon it. The article was headed, "The Cana dian Mica Mining Company, Limited." It went on to show what the mine had been, what it had done, and what chances there, were for investors get ting a good return for their money by buying shares. John read it through carefully. "It's a very handsome article," he said, "and it is without an error, so far as I can see." "I am glad you think so," replied the young gentleman, folding up the proof and putting it in his inside pocket. "Now, as I said before, although T am not the advertising canvasser of the Financial Field, I thought I would see you with reference to an advertise ment for the paper." "Well, you see we have not had a meeting of the proposed stockholders yet, and wc are not in a position to give any advertisements about the mine. I have no doubt advertisements will be given, and, of course, your paper will be remembered among the rest." "Ah!" said the young man, "that is hardly satisfactory to us. We have a vacant half page for Monday—the very best jiosition in the paper—which the proprietor thought you would like to secure." "As I eaid a moment ago, we are not in a position to secure it. It is prema ture to talk of atyvertising at the pres ent state of affairs." "I think you know it. will he to your interest to take the half pope. The price Is £3OO, and besides that amount we should like to have some shares in the company." "Do you mean for one insertion of the advertisement?" "Yes, that is what I mean." "Don't that strike you as being a trifle exorbitant? Your paper has a comparatively limited circulation, and they do not ask us anything' like that price even in the large dailies." "Ah! my dear sir, the large dailies are quite different. They have a tre mendous circulation, it is true, but it is not tlie kind of circulation we have. No other paper circulate so largely among investors as the Financial Field. It is read by exactly the kind of people you desire to reach, and I may say that, except through the Field, you ennnot get at some of the best men in the city." "Well, admitting all that, as 1 have said once or twice, we are not yet in a position to give an advertisement." "Then 1 am very sorry to say that we eunnot. on Monday publish the article I have shown you." "Very well, I cannot help it. You are not compelled to print it unless you wish. I am not sure, either, that pub lishing the article would do u:t any good. It would be premature, its I say. We are not yet ready to com t publicity until we have had our first meeting of proposed stockholders." "When is your tirst meeting of stock holders?" "On Monday at three o'clock." "Very well, we could put that an nouncement. in another column, and I am sure you would find the attendance at your meeting would In- very largely and substantially increased." "T'ostiibly, but I decline to do any thing till after the meeting." "I think you would And it would pay you extremely well to take that half page." i "I am not questioning that/actat nil I am merely saying v. hat 1 have said to everyone else, that we are not ready to consider advertising." "1 am sorry we cannot come to . n ::r- Nr. Kenyon, deed." and saying this, he took another proof sheet out of his pocket, which he haiu-t d to Kenyon. "If we cannot come understanding, the manager has (' 't.-rmined to print this, instead of t'. article I showed you. Would you 1 .'1 v glance it over, because we would like to have it as correct as possible." Kenyon opened his ey<- and unfolded the paper. The heading was the same, but he had read only a sentence or two when he found that the mica mine was one of the greale-st swindles <-ver , attempted on poor c!d innocent finan cial London! "Po you mean to say," cried John, looking up at him with his anger kind ling. "that if I do not bribe you to the extent of £3OO, besides giving you an unknown quantity of stock, you will publish this libel?" "I do not say it is a liliel," said the 1 young man smoothly; "that, would be « SL, " Do you mean £3OO lor one ineertion? "* a matter for the courts'to decide. You might sue us for libel if you thought we had treated you badly. I may any that has been tried several times, but with indifferent success." "But do you mean to tell me that you intend to publish this article if I do not pay you the X 300?" "Yes; putting it crudely, that is ex actly what I do mean." Kenyon rose in his wrath and flung open the door. "I must ask you to leave this place, and leave it at once. If you ever put in an appearance here again while 1 am in the office, I will call a policeman and have von arrested." "My dear sir,"cxpostulated the other, suavely, "it is merely a matter of busi ness. I f you find it impossible to deal with us there is r.o harm done. If our paper has no influence, we cannot pos sibly injure you. That, of course, is entirely for you to judge. !f any time between now and Sunday night you conclude to act otherwise, a wire to our office will hold things over until wchave had an opportunity of coming to an ar rangement with you. If not, this arti cle will be published on Monday morn ing. I wish you a very good afternoon, sir." John said nothing, but watched his visitor out on the pavement, and then returned to the niakingof his report. On Monday morning as he came 111 by train, his eye caught a flaming poster 011 one of the bill boards at the station. It was headed Financial Field, and the next line, in heavy black letters, was "The Mica. Mining Swindle." Kenyon called a newsboy to him and bought a copy of the paper. There, in leaded type, was the artich" before him. It seemed, somehow, much more impor tant "11 the printed page than it had looked on the proof. As be read it he noticed an air of truthful sincerity about the article that had escaped him during the brief glance he had given it 011 Friday. It went on to say that the Austrian Min ing company had sunk a good deal of money in the mine, and that it had never paid a penny of dividends—that the} - merely kept on the mine at a con stant loss to themselves in the hope of being able to swindle some confiding investors —but that even their designs were as nothing compared to the bare faced attempt at swindling contem plated by John Kenyon. He caught his breath as he saw his own name in print. It was a shock for which he was not prepared, as he had not noticed it in the proof. Then he read on. It seemed"that this man, Kenyon, had se cured the mine at. something like £lO,- 000, and was trying to shove it off on the. unfortunate British public at the enorrpous increase of £200,000; but this nefarious attempt would doubtless be frustrated so long as there were papers of the integrity of the Financial Field that took the risk and expense of mak ing such an exposure as was here set forth. The article possessed a singular fas cination for Kenyon. He read and re read it in a di/.etl way as if the state ment, referred to some other person, and he could not help feeling sorry for that person. He still had the pajx r 111 his hand as he walked up the. street, and he felt numbed and dazed as if some one had struck him a blow. He was nearly run over in crossing one of the thorough fares, and heard an outburst of pro fanity directed at him from a cab driver and a man on a bus; but he heeded them not, walking through the crowd like one under a spell. He passed the door of his own gor geous office and walked a considerable distance up the street before he real ized what he had done. Then he turned back again, and, just at the doorstep, paused with a pang at his heart: "I wonder if Edith Longworth will read that article," he said to himself. CHAPTEIt XVII. When John Kenyon enterd his office it seemed to him that his clerk looked at liim askance. He imagined that innocent gentleman had been reading the article in the Financial Field, but the truth is John was hardly in a frame of inind_ to fyrm a correct opinion on what other people had been doing. Everybody lie met iu the street, it seemed to him, was discussing the article in the Financial Field. lie asked if anybody had been in that morning, and was told that there had been no callers. Then he passed into the directors' room, closed the door be hind him, sat down 011 a chair and leaned his head on IIIN hands with his elbows on the table, in this position Wentworth found him some time later, and w hen John looked up his face was haggard and aged. "Ahl I see you have read it." "Yes." "Do you think Longworth is at the bottom of that article?" John shook his head. "Oh, 110!" he said; "he had nothing whatever to do with it." "How do you know ?" Kenyon related exactly what had passed between the oily young man of the Financial Field and himself in that very room. While this recital was go ing 011 Wentworth walked tip and down, expressing his opinion now and then in remarks that were short and pithy, but hardly fit for publication. When the story was done he turned 011 Ken von. Well," lie said, there, vs nothing for .. ~.it sue the paper for libelT' "What good will that do?" "What good will it do! Do you menu to say that you intend to sit here under such an imputation as they have cast u, on • •>'i and do nothing? What good will it do? It will do nil the good in the world." "We caDn t form our company ami sue the paper at the WM time. All our or.: ;.ri<.s will have to t>e directed toward the mattcr we hare hi hand." "Tut. IIV dear John, don't yon see t'.;,- ( IT- tof that article? liow can we f:.- i . our company if -ut-h u lie remains u: ■ ialleiiged? Nobody will look at our proposals. Every one will sav: 'W'-at have you done about the article t';::t appeared in the Financial Field?" If we s; v we have done nothing, then, of e >m- c, the natural inference is that wc are pair of swindlers, and that our scheme is a fraud." "1 have always thought," said John, "that the capitalization is too high." * 1> ally. I believe you tlrnk that ar ticle is not so unfair after all. John. I am astonished at you!" "Hut if we commence a libel suit it cannot be finished before our option has txpired. If we toll the people that we ha\e begun to sue the Financial Field for libel, they will merely say they prefer to wait and hear what the icsult of the ease is. llv ti>at time our cUan sof forming a company w : ll !>e g'::ie." l-eforc John could reply there was a knock at the floor, and the e'erk entered wit! a letter in his hand which bad just come in. Kenyon tore it open, lead it, and then tos-sed it across the ta>n3 to Wentworth. Wentworth saw the name of their firm of solicitors at the top of the letter paper. Then he read: DEAK Sin: You have doubtlens the ar ticle In the Financial Field of this morn ing referring to the Canndian Mica Mining company. We should be pleased to know what action you intend to take In the mat ter. We may say that, in justice to our j epataiion, we can no longer represent your •ompany unlrrs a suit is brought against the paper which contains the article. Yours truly. W. HAWK. Wentworth laughed with a certain bitterness. "Well," he said, "if it has cotne to such a pass that Hawk fears for his reputation, the sooner we begin a libel suit against the [>aper the bet ter." "Perhaps," said John, with a iook of pgony on his face, "you will tell me where the money is to come from. The moment we get into the law courts money will simply have to flow like water, and doubtless the Field has plenty of it. It will add to their repu tation, and they will make a boast that they are fighting the battle of the in vestor in London. Everything is grist that comes to their mill. Meanwhile we shall lie paying out money, or we shall be at a tremendous disadvantage, and the result of it all will probably be a disagreement of the jury and practi cally ruin us. You see, 1 have 110 wit nesses." "Yes, but what al>out the mine? How can we go 011 witliout vindicating ourselves?" Before anything further could lie said young Mr. Longworth came in, looking as cool, calm, and unruffled as if there were no such things in the world as financial newspapers. "Discussing it, I see," were his first words. "Yes," said Wentworth. "1 am very glad you have come. We have a little difference of opinion in the matter of that article. Kenyon here is averse to suing that paper for libel. I am in favor of prosecuting it. Now what do you say ?' "My dear fellow," replied Longworth, "I am delighted to be able to agree with Mr. Kenyon for once. Sue them! Why, certainly not. That is just what they want." "But," said Wentworth, "if we do not, who is going to look at our mine?" "Exactly the same number of peo ple as would look at it before the article appeared." - "Don't you think it will have any ef fect ?" "Not the slightest." "Butlookatthis letter from yourown lawyers on the subject." Wentworth handed Longworth the letter from Hawk. Longworth adjusted his glass and read it carefully through. "By Jove!" he said, with a laugh. "I call that distinctly good. I had 110 idea old Hawk was such a humorist! His reputation, indeed; well, that lieats me! All that Hawk wants is another suit on his hands. I wish you would let me keep this letter. I will have some fun with my friend Hawk over it." "You arc welcome to the letter, so far as I am concerned," said Went- worth; "but do you mean to say, Mr. Longworth, that we have to sit here calmly under this imputation and do nothing?" "1 mean to say nothing of the kind; but I don't propose to play into their hands by suing them; at least, I should not if it were my case instead of Ken you's." "What would you do?" "1 would let them sue me if they wanted to do so. Of course, their can vasser called to see you, didn't he, Ken yon ?" "Yes, he did.'" "He told you that he had a certain amount of space to sell for a certain sum in cash?" "Yes." "And, if you did not buy that space, this certain article would appear; whereas, if you did, an article of*quite a different complexion would be printed?" "You seem to know all about it," said Kenyon, suspiciously. "Of course, I do, my dear boy. Every body knows all about it. That's the way those papers make their money. 1 think, myself,as a general rule,it ischcaperto buy them -off. I believe my uncle al ways does that when he has anything special on hand and doesn't want to be bothered with outside issues. But we haven't done so in this instance, and this is the result. It can he easily remedied yet, mind you, if you like. All that you have to do is to pay his price, and there will be an equally lengthy article saying that, from out side information received with regard to the Canadian Mining company, he regrets very much that the former article was au entire mistake, and that there is no more secure investment in England than this particular mine. But now, when he has come out with his ed itorial, 1 think it isn't worth while to have any further dealings with him. Anything he can say now will not matter. He has done all the harm he can. Hut I would at once put the boot on the other foot. I would write down all the circumstances just as they hap pened—give the name of the youftg man who called upon you, tell exact ly the price he demanded for his si lence, and I will have that printed in an opposition paper to-morrow. Then it will be our friend, the Financial Field's, turn to squirm! lie will it is all a lie, of course, but nobody will believe him, and we can tell him, from the opposition paper, that if it is a 1? he is perfectly at liberty to sue us for libel. Let him begin the suit if he wants to do so. Let him defend hiv,rep ntation. Sue him for libel! I know a game worth two of that. Could you get out the statement before the meet- i ing to-night?" Kenyon, who had Ix-en loo'.ung for the first time in his life gratefully at Longworth, said he could. "Very well; just net it down in your i own words as plainly as j ns«dble. nnd five date, hour and full particular*. Sign your name to it. :w:d 1 u-'ll t: ■ i! when I come to the meetirg th-s r.f 1 r noon. It would not be a bud ; lan to ! ! * to those nhn nre here. Thrr.- is notliii . ht'ng the devil with fire. Fight a papei vthcr paper! Xothiug new. I suppose . . "No," said Kenyon; "nothing new, •xcept what we are discussing." | "Well, don't let that trouble you Do as I say. and we will begin an inter esting controversy. People like a fight, and it will attract attention to th-f mine. Good-by. I shall see you thi* i afternoon." And with that he was gone, leaving both Kenyon and Went worth in a much happier frame of mind han that in which he bad found them. "I say, Kenyon," said Went worth, "that fellow is a trump, llisadvice has cleared the air wonderfully. I believe, his plan i<= the Ix-st. after all. and. as yon say. we have no money for an ex pensive lawsuit. I will leave you now to get on with j our work, and w ill be 'oack at three o'clock." At that hour John had his statement concluded. The first man in was Long worth. who rea:l it with approval, mere ly suggesting a change here anil there, which was duly made. Then he put the communication into an envelope and sent it to the editor of the opposition_ paper. Wentworth came in next, then ••I would let tbexn sti« me If ttoey wanted to." Melville, then Mr. King. After this they all adjourned to the directors' room, and in a few minutes the others were present. "Now," said Longworth, "an we are all here, I do not see any necessity for delay. You liavo probably read the article that apjieared in this morning's Financial Field. Mr. Kenyon has writ ten a statement in relation to that which gives the full particulars of tiie inside of a very disreputable piece of business. It was merely an attempt at black mailing which failed. 1 intended to have had the st: temcnt read to you, but we thought it best to get it off as quickly as possible, and it will appear to-morrow in the Financial Kaglc, where, I hope, you will read it. Now, Mr. Kenyon, perhaps you will tell us something about the mine." Kenyon, like many men of worth and not of words, was a very poor speaker. He seemed confused, and w as often a lit tie obscure in his remark", hut be was listened fo with great at tent ion by those present, lie was helped here and there by a judicious question from young Longworth, .and when he sat ooivn the impression was not so bad as might have been expected. After a moment's silence it was Mr. King who spoke. "As I take it," he said, "all we wish to know is this: Is the mine what ii is represented to be? Is the mineral the best for the use Mr. Kenyon lias in dicated? Ts there a sufficient quan tity of that mineral in the mountain he speaks of to make it worth while to organize this company? It seems t > me that this can only be answered by some practical man goie-r ont there and seeing the mine for himself. Mr. Melville is, I understand, a practical man. If he has the time to spare, I would pro]x>se that he should go to America, see this mine and rc|>ort." Another person asked when t he option on the the mine ran out. This was imswerecl by young I.ongw orth, who said that the jierson who went over and reported 011 the mine could cable the word "right" or "wrong;" then tlu're would be time to act in London in getting up the list of subscribers. "1 suppose," said another, "that in case of delay there would be no trouble in renewing the option for a month or two?" To this Kenyon replied that he did not know. The owners might put a higher price 011 the property, or the mine might be producing more mica than it had been heretofore, and they perhaps might not be inclined to sell, lie thought that things should l>e ar ranged so that there would be no ne cessity of asking for an extension of the option, and to this they nil agreed. Melville then said he had 110 objec tion to taking a trip to Canada. It was merely a question of the amount of the mint ral iu sight, and he thought he could determine that as well as any body else. And so the mat ter was about to IHJ settled, when young Longworth rose, and said that, he was perfectly willing to go to Canada himself, in company with Mr. Melville, anobbs—l used two models at t he. Rami' time. One was an old maid and the ot h er had had three, divorces. The paint' ing, consequently, is a coinjK>site.—Cin cinnati Enquirer. A GREAT HUNTING OUTFIT. The Fltrnalve K«*tlnue of the Khan of Tartarjr. Tl»e emperor ha.il> two barous who are own brothers, one called Boihu. and the other Minfio; and these arc stjled Chinuchi (or (.uuichi), which id a.-, much as to say: "The Keepers of the Mastiff lK>frs." ICi.eh of these brothers hath lu,ooo men uciivr his orders; eacU body of lu.uoo L-< ;ug drevved alike, the one in red and the other in blue, and whenever they acimpauy the khan to the c;ase, they Wior their livery, i-i order to be recogniwd. l>ut of each body of 10,000 there are 2.0--u men who are each in charge of one or m< re graaft mastiffs, so that the whole num ber of these is very large. Anil when the prince goes a-hunt nfr one of those barons, with his 10,<'■< 0 men and some thing like 5,1>d0 dogs, goes towards the right, whilst the other goes towards the. left with his party in like manner. They move alontr. all abrvost. of one nnother. so that the whole line extends over a full day's journey, and no pn lmal can escape them. Truly it is a glorious sight to the workhigof the dogs and t.he huntsmen on such an'oc casion! And as the khan rides n-fowl iisg across the plains you wi.il see the e big hounds coming tearing up. one pack aftpr a bear, another pack ttfter a staasts or birds, nnd nqt counting quails; and also with fish to the best of their abil ity. allowing fish enough for threw I>ersons to reckon as equal to one head of game. OUR ALMANACS. The Tallin In Thera Are Made bj a Blind Man. "I had rather a novel experience last year in the matter of gathering tables showing the rise and sett ing of the sun, the changes of the mcon, high and low tides, etc.," said a publisher to h Wash ington Star man. "Hut I am fixed for thin year. In my experience as a pub lisher I had printed about everything that I thought could be printed. Final ly, an advertising concern wanted me to get cm it on almanac for them. They furnished all the copy for the almanac exoept the almanac itself —that Is, the tables. I supposed I would have no dif ficulty in getting there, but I soon found out that. I was mistaken. My de sire was to get tho tables correct, and to have them pre]tared in an authorita tive way. After interviewing some of the experts in Washington I found that they wore all disinclined to take, any outside work. Finally one of them con sented to do it, und he did it, charg ing me S.IOO for the cadculations—s2j for each month. I am about having a similar work done this year, and eaune here for tliatpurpoße, butl learned that all the calculations for the various patent medicine and many other al manacs are made by a blind man in Pittsburgh, Pa., an amateur mathema tician and astronomer of considerable local reputation. 1 sent for the tables and have received them. He charged me exactly six dollars, or 50 cents fan each uiouth. I understand that the actual work Is done by his children, who write from his dictation, lie tells me that he has supplied the sanne tables > for about 100 different almanacs for 1897." PASSING OF THE WATCHDOG. Peacocka Supplanting Towner aa the iionachold Protector. "The place of a watchdog on the farm or country place," said State's Attorney McGuire the other day, in mu.kingsome observations about luud dogs, reports the. St. Louis Globe-Democrat, "might be very well taken by peacock guinea fowls. 1 long since adopted pea cocks alono to guard any place, and nothing can come around the premises night or day without causing an alarm from them. They are more watchful than any clog I ever owned. My experi ence with guineas has not been, so ex tensive, but I bed lev e they are also sure to give iui alarm, or rut her a good many alarms, if any strange man or l»en«t s'liiould venture near them by night or day. Perhaps the. days of the watchdog would be nulnbercd if Itwtfre generally known how well peacocks and guinea fowls would take his place. Then, certainly, with fewer dogs there wouJd not be so many cases of hydro phobia." The statement of Mr. McOuire us to the watchfulness of |>Ciu-ocks was borne out by numerous Howard county farm ers, among' the numlxr In-inff County Commissioner* IIet«, Dorsoy and Smith, and Mr. J amen L. Hobbs, who superin tends the forming operations of Ken ator Gorman. Mr. Ilobbs stated that lie lunp ago discovered what excellent pro tection i>eococka afford aiwut a place, aneen treated of in Chinese works long before the Chris tian era. Some degree of gvologieol In formation Is displayed in the book of Job, several passages of which liave been held to indicate an exoct knowl edge of the different strata of the earth. The science is treated of by Aristotle, rimy, and Theoph'astus. Geology did not become wliat may be called an exact science until the present century. A Itllni! Mayor. The Abe r a von (England) town coun cil lately unanimously elected as mayor Mr. Ilenry Richards, who Is totally blind. Others. Do songr birds, dey hab lef de Ian"; Wo doan' know whah dey's at; But de eafflo Is a srreamln' an' Do tuhkey'a gtttln' fat. —'WasFilngton Star. AN l*N INTENTIONAL KKHI KK. r & )S ~i i j 111 If k i WML 1 -* Jwa "Thanks for a very pleasant evening, and good night, Ilerr Professor. I'm forrv to have to leave you so early." "Ach, Frauicin, when you come to tee us your stays are always so rhort!" —Du Manrier. in Loudon Tunch. N"o. 4 GREAT GIRL. bhr PifiiSM th« Mri at the Hoarding I loaf ■ "Greatest pitl at our boarding-houst jou ever su-.i," declared Quirkly, with » giggle, according to tie Detroit Free Press. "Never -ays what you expect her to say. and you'd be disappointed if she did, after hearlug her. "Dry p-oods clerk -s opjwsite her and asked the other d.iv if she really thought th re were bargains in th« matrimonial lottery. 'Of course thert are." s.;e answer r. Oliver Wendell Holmes is one connected with the breakfast given in his honor by the publishing tirm of Houghton, Osgood & Co. 011 the occasion of his seventieth birthday, says the Youth's Companion. Not long after the break fast he met a friend who had been a guest 011 that mc-morable occasion, and had written one of the many bright |Kxns which formed part of the en tertainment. In referring to the late festivity, the doctor said to his friend: "I knew there would be a good many things said that would be calculated to draw tears. I was resolved that I would not cry —that nothing should ninko me cry; and so 1 went to tho breakfast determined to maintain a rigid upjier eyelid!" A Oontle Rebuff. It is stated that recently a young" unbeneficed clergyman in an English subtirbau parish received a spontane ous and unsolicited offer from a lady, member of his flock to her "heart, money and hand." In repl- thespinater l was advised by the unsentimental cleric to give her heart to the 1/ord, her money to the prior and her hand to the man who asked for it. A Tribute. The worried-looking business man turned in his chair and gloomily looked after the clerk as he went through the door. "That," lie said, in tones of suppressed emotion, "is the most reliable man in this establishment." "Why, hc':> one that's always making trouble." "That's it. Whenever I give him a piece of work I can relv Implicitly on his doing it wrong."—Washington Star. A Sorlou* CMS*. Mrs. Briske —Johnny, did the doctor call while I was out? Little Johnny (stopping his play) Yc.i'in. lie felt my pulse an* looked at mv tongue, and shook his head and said it was a very serious case, and he left this prescription, and said he'd call Ofain before night. Mrs. Hriske—Gracious me! It wasn't you I sent him to sec; it was the baby. —N. Y. Weekly. A MKMKI Failure. When, to plfrnal the conductor, a lady waves her fan. Anil wildly shnke* her parasol anil muff— If tho conductor doesn't uco her, nor yet the motorman, Hho has mnde a "slpmal failure," sura Cn ° Ugh - -UA.W. Bullets