VDI.- XXXV BUTLFR'S BIG fair ■ ■^=— 3 » brings c r Dwds of people to Butler. AND RIOKFI S !a! s stock ant! great bargains 1/1 vIiLiL KJ brings crowds to this big Shoe House. All fa ] goods received »-ar!v this year an * opt n ati<4 ready • for your inspection. Among our stock will be found a complete line of the celebrated "GoVey's" goods of James town, K. Y. Hand-made plain and box tee boo*.s and shoes. Boy's ai:d Youth's bigh-tut copper tip shoes Ladies' hind-pegged and han<i-fitte<l shoes and slippers, just tbe kind for ev ?ryflay wear—warren ted so'i 1 and waterproof. B-g assortment of Women's and Misses' Oil Giains, K ingaroo Calf and B x Calf shoes for everyday wear SCHOOL SHOES Parents it will pay vou to examine our large stock of school sh-ies —our stock is r.i"ch larger ilian ever l*efore and prices "urh lower—call an 1 examine theia. We Lave the ii frcm the finest to the heaviest. Rubber goods and felt boots and shoes of all kinds Boston, Woonsccket, Goodyear, Clove and kb«yle Inland rubber boots and shoes in all styles to fit and suit every person. Men's and Women'i, Boy's and Youth's felt boots and first quality overs at reduced prices. CALL AND SEE US. JOHN BICKEL. BUTLER, PA. j HE 15 A WISE HAN \ \ * r WHO SKCI'KKS HIS CLOTHING FItOM— P t J J. S. YOUNG, F TIIK MKKfHAXT TAILOIt, j| J i Tin* goods, style, fit un<l general make £ up of iiis suits \ TELL their own STORY. jrp===r—i STRIVING FOR EFFECT. ( jj -i I' ft F !>vA. v, ' %.'0 / i) Men won't buy clothing for tie purpose I f \ //~v \J l 'A'<f spending money. They desire to g<-t the I / J -Ajest M'sible results for the money expend- M \ / / 1_ 7 l Not cheap goods but goods as cheap as U f** , j-they ci nbe fold and made up propelly If • \ 1L.,.y0u want the correct thing at the correct jt' ■'"! I C ft I j yprice call on us, we nave ledaced our spring f | VI V -j fi) a nd summer goods down to make room for \ 1,1 jy ly"— " ur heavy weight goods, 1 mj Apn \ 1/ nll - | Fits Guaranteed. Gpj"- Merchant Tailor. • 142 N. Main St.. Butler SL = The New Cambridge, (Formerly New Cambridge House./ CAMBRIDGK SPUINGS, I J A., Wtrcli, after the disastrous fir--of a \ ear ago. is now ojtened in (a-ger and better shape for the accommodation of guests in search of nealth and pleasure, present* itself to its former iiutler patrons as the most desirable hotel in which to locate when at Cambridge Springs Free bus to and from all trains ?nd springs. Public rooms *re of large size and well lighted, including office, dining room, bath rooms, billiard room aid bowling alley. Chambers with private baths and toilets and everything that tends to make a home-like ami comfortable resort. .r rati-* apply to HAGGERTY A WHITE. Proprietors, J. Cambridge Springs. Pa. Pape sros, .JEVVEMSRS. We Will Save You Money On Watches Clocks, > ) Silverware, 1847 Rodger Bros. I S Plateware and Sterling Silver^ < Goods. ( Our Repair Department takes in all kinds of Watches, Clocks and Jewelry, etc 122 S. Main St. Old gold and silver taken the same as cash. House- Cleaning Time is h.-re and the War against Hu«s, Moths etc ,is on. W - have prepared a Bu' Killer 1" T t ' ,c extermination of the-*- pf-ts, let us • t that if this t>e niixc«l with the jiaste before papering the result will !«• very sat'sfactory. We are also hcail'iuarteis for Moth Halls, Iqsect jxiwder, Kcllibore etc. REDICK &GHOIIMA.N 100 NORTH MAIN ST. IJIJTLKH. Subscribe for the CITIZEN. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Ea«»y to Take a sy to Operate I Are features p -euliar to Hood's Pills. Small in size, tasteless efficient, thorouc'v At on*- rnan Hood's i said: '• You m rer know you ! have taken a J 111 till it ii all I over." 25c. c. . Hood & Co., 111 The only j i'Ja « tike v'.th Hood's Sar-:iparil!a. Tliii> I* Your Opportunity. On receij t of t'-n cents, cabh or stamps, a ceoerous sample will be mailed of the most popular Catarrh ac«l Hay lever ( ure fEly's Cream BaJ.ii sufficient to demou strato the grt merits of tlie remedy. ELY BROTHERS, 56 Warren St , New York City. Rev. John Reid, Jr.. of Or*at Falls, Mont., recommended Ely's Cream Ralm to me. I can emphasize his statement. "It is a posi tive cure for catarrh if used as directed. Kev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pres. ! Chnrch, Tfelexia. Mont. Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged cure for catarrh and contains no rcury nor any injurious drug. Price, 50 cents. "Move Up" & & * Is a law universal. Evolution is another name for it. The street car conductor says "move up." Com petition says "move up " To move anytning requires "push." A good pusher requires strength. Our strength is in low prices, reliable goods, and attractive service. We have quite a lot of broken lots of sum mer wear gaing at 1-2 price. Test our mu tual bene fit plan on its merits. +++ + + Ed. Colbert, Successor to Colbert & Dale. Great Shoe Sale At C. E. Miller's. Are you in the market for good footwear cheap. This is to be a great month at our store Summer shoes and slippers must go and if you are needing any call while the selection is large. Red Hot Prices. Men's Tail Mhoes sl,lll. $1 4X, $1 UK Men'h Hutr siiix'i ii-. I.HI, i :;i M<-q'» Working Shot's.. !ix, I in. I U Men's Hlryrle Shoes. I . Id. I .'ii, I. ."ill l ine Slioi-s lis. I Hi, 11* Ladles' mi.ird Tie* t«. 7t. H l.adles' Slipper* .V Walters 2R, 1* Itr.ys- I In. lliiff W. Isi Youth's Mm' tiulT SIIODS. s*. ii* ] We Hold Nothing Back. Sell shoes is our watch word. All summer shots must go. Thi'i will lie a tnon'h long to be remembered by those wno attend this sale. Repairing Done Promptly. C.E.MILLER. OIL MEAL !*••« '1 fur llors« s. Cows, Slhm?;#. lloks, Fowlh * {r. Health* Hir« iiKth and tir«»riu«*tl vi* power to animaiH. An- you f« « It? < In -upent flr. il>. riiivrket. LINSFFD Oil AMI Winn; I.KA!> LUIOLLU UIL M ;i | . > J lsi « fl t Ji.it for yearn on houne, harn «»r Mlxe<l palnln :ir<'<]ouhlfui (|ualjty: HOIIMJ and M»rn»- verv had. Write for ourrtn ular. loi ;»ur«- I.ln >» •«l oil or and wlilt«* le;td, for ' riiompsoi. H " or addrenn inaiM.fa' iurer. I HUM \n , if* W Diamond Htreel Alleicbeny. I'a- Laughing Babies Are those who take Iloxsie's C. t. C. for coughs, colds and croup. N'o opium to stujiefy, no ipecac to nauseate. 50 cents. :U. < D. L. CLEELAND, Jeweler and Optician, \ < 125 S. Main St., S { Butler, Pa. S OUR GARDEN. In English as She Is Wrote. As soon as colQ weather is done Our garden Is gayiy begone. But ere we are through We find It is trough That farming is work and r.o fone. When the ground Isn't wet so It kneads We dig it and plant little kseads. Ar.d then as they grow We rake and we how Or else our whole crop would be kweads. At first we endure a long drought That burns all the green things a bought. Then rs.in brings a flood That turns into rr.ood The beds we so nicely laid ought. Smart chickens tour neighbor's, of course), March In like an army In fourse And scratch with both feet; Cows come in and eet Our corn without any remourse. The moles in their velvety suits Make burrows, destroying the ruits; Caterpillars, like thieves Get away with the lieves And pigs tear the ground with their snults. Though nightly we k<?ep a sharp eye On our melons, small boyx who are sieye. And probably tough, Crawl In and Just stough— The melons we eat we must beye. The ca;r; on our onion patch fight: Dogs roll on our bush beans forspight; Stray horses will tread l!ig holes in each bead And make ua say things not polight. We work till all over we acht; No rest in a hammock we tacho: We toil till the sweat Of our brow makes us weat And the sun makes us verily bache. While others are off in a yacht Enjoying themselves when It Is hacht As sad as a ghost We must stay home and rhost. Kor that is the gardener's lacht. In spite of our efforts designed To furnish a profit w« figned Our garden In debt. And that, you can bebt. Doesn't add to the peace of our migned. We say when each summer Is gone That our garden next year'll be a lone. And we'll vegetables buy So In bed we can luy While others get up before done. But when spring gives a charm to the scene. And makes us and everything sgrene. For all we are worth We dig up the eorth for the squash, pea. tomato and sbene. —H. C. Deidge, in Chicago Daily Sun. | UNDER THE PINES J \ Ey JEAN BLEWETT. 1 NATURE evidently meant this place to be picturesque, but men, those puny children of hers, who are forever thwartir.p her designs, have done their best to make it common place. Point Aux Pins on a warm Septem ber evening is lookinp its best, end two people, at least, are reparding it with marked satisfaction. These are the Denison twinr, and it is their elder sister who stand l - a little way off, idly scattering pine needles and talking with a big, home y man a dozen years her senior. Of the city world is he, with the stamp of the city's greatness and weariness on hirn. There are lines in his face which tell the story of 40- odd years of living somewhat too plain ly, yet he does no! seem old, and when he laughs at som - remark of the girl's his merriment has a rinp in it which rarely crosses over from youth into middle age. "We two stand here with never a third—unlets we count the twins," Mary Denison is sayirp. "The silence is so deep I feel like whispering. Per haps the spirits of the Indian braves you have been telling me of are roam ing here -one couldn't blame a spirit for haunting so fair a spot." "I wish you wouldn't try to frighten me," he laughs; "I suggest a return to the yacht." "Oh, wait awhile! It is so restful here among the pinet, and once on board we are in a crowd, you know. Besides the twins are enjoying them selves." "As you please. For my part! could sto«i here for an indefinite period with out experiencing one pang of home sickness tin the deck of the Mavis. A three weeks' steady sojourn with Maj. Scarf, Mi.'r Lowndes and the Sersonit rather dulls one's craving for com panionsbip a little. Then, there's Miss Oraeme! Poets have sung of the friends of one's youth in a thousand different measures, but take iny word for it, Mary, th : friend of one's youth is a thorn in th. flesh nine times out of ten." "Poor old boy, how ancient you must feel when she t,'ets reminiscencing about the days when you went hand in hand with her to school! It is fun. to watch her reflective air as she dives into the past for items about you. 1 enjoy it." "I notice you do. You encourage her shamefully in her persecution of on inoffensive man." "But tell me, d : d you really walk ten miles to pet a lock of the pretty schoolmu'arn's nair? It was rather a pretty story she I old me last liipht— ■was it true?" "Yes," he confessed, "it was my first romance." "And it has repeated itself so often," she says a trifle s-idly; "your romanced have multiplied nitli the years until their,nam? is legion, Dick " The big man is keeping discreetly silent, lie has had a good many "af fairs" and is too honest fo deny the same and much too cautious to affirm it. "Some one is Iways bringing up a tale of your flirtPtion with different belles. What has become of all yotrr old loves?" "Well, a goodly number have died of old age. There's a stern decree of na ture, you know, Mary—three score AND—" "Dick," with a solemn shohe of tho h'ad, "for two sensible people we do talk some awful nonsense." Having given e.;,« erful assent to this, he is somewhat surprised when she re verts to the old subject. "'He was such an impetuous lover,' Miss Oraeme is always saying, 'ready to run across a country If a pretty woman beckoned atrtl such a favorite with all that he daren't show sp'-cial favor to one lest I e break the hearts of a dozen.'" His emphatic lixclaimer passes quite unheeded. This sweet-faced, gray eyi il woman is evidently warming to l.er theme. "Do you know when I listen to all this I have to listen, of course—l don't like it, and when I see some wom an who must have been lovely In her youth, smiling hi.'f tenderly as she re tails the days when she and you were lin*■ pa ruble, driving together, enjoy ing life and you'll together, I get a queer lump in my throat. It isn't that I'm jealous of ary one person, but rather of the yesrs in which I had no part. I want to gat her up the love you squandered Ilk- -i spendthrift. You have laughed with m.my and perhaps cried with a few. and I want both larphter and te.ir» for mv.elf. I want to be n> much you. and somehow — somehow—realize that I am but a BUTLER PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, ISi ti late comer into >cur heart, and that there isn't much room in it for me; It is so full of memories. Dick, so full of meimories!" This froi < quiet, cold Mary Denison! This old spot. Poiii' Aux Pins, has sure ly cast a sr>ell over her: never has she spoken so to him' never has she given him such a sorrowful, but passionately loving look A white young r.ight is coming naked into a wor'd which has nothing but a robe of mi&t to offer in the way of swaddling clothts. Lights are begin ning to show on the Mavis anchored a half mile ou» and from her deck comes the sound of music, losing its strength but doubling its sweetness in its passage over the waves. He comes a step nenrer and putting U hand on either cheek forces her eyes to meet his. THIS is a new Richard Meredith and she realizes it in that moment of full delicious silence. A warm blush covers her paleness quite from sight. "My romances? Yes, they have been many, but my love affairs few. Maybe I have thought a lot of many women — I daresay I have. But a man really loves but two women in a life time, Mary. One comes in youth's heyday :md plays the first mad march on hii heartstrirgs — we never forpet the sweetness of it. The other comes later, in the summer of life, or it may be in the autumn, but come she when she will, she fills his life completely. You are this one. Mary. I thought you knew it so well that there was no need I should (ell you. I love you I do»'t know when or where I began loving you, but I do know I shall keep on lov "YOU ARE THIS ONE. MART." ing you as long as I live — longer, per haps, who knows? Nothing else seems ■MIRTH remembering. Do you know. I am homesick to-night for the fireside which is to be ours —A Bit of Ilenven in the heart of the big city. Our home — how sweet it sounds! Are you glad, Mary?" She lifts her rounded arms and clasps them about his neck. "But why have you never talked so tome before?" she question-. "Even when you ASKED m* to be your wife you spoke only com monplaces, but now — now—" "Habit, dear, habit— we're slaves to it. The eyes of the world are so sharp, and it R hearing so acute that we pet in the way of being crafty AND ob scure about real Ihinps. I LIND to woj you in society, and society is a sort of moral curfew which compels us to lower our lights and cover our fires, sometime! to nut them out alto gether. To-night our pood angel brought us here, and we've manaped to get a look into each other's soul., thank Heaven!" He doffs his wide hat reverently, then bends his head and kisses her. From the Mavis they look back at Point Aux Pins. The moonlight touches the rustling oaks and the som ber piims and kindle* a sliver high way OIL the sands and over the singing waves. "It was the place," rmiles Richard. "You remember the lines— "The foriFt* had <lone It; there they stood: We caught for a moment the powers at I'lay, They had mlsgrlfd us so, for once and KOOI], Their work was done, we inlftht no or stay: They relapsid lo their ancient mood." —Detroit Free Press. llynU Sali.lllntr. for Court. When the Dynks of Borneo wish to find out which of two parties is in the right they have two lumps of salt of equal size plven them to drop into water, and he whose lump first dis solves is deemed to be in the wronp. Another method Is to put two live SL.ellflsli on a rocfc, one for each liti gant, and to squeeze lemon juice over •H'-RII. The verdict is rendered accord ing to which inar.'s mollusk stirs first. In the Hone J' moo u. Mr. Nosey — The cc.:ple who have just moved into the house next door were married a few days ago. "How Jo you know?" Before he started to business this morning he kisHcd her, and he didn't act as if HE was afraid he'd get lilt if he 4idu*t. — hoxbury Gazette. A Theory. "Mike," said Plodding Pete, "how is it dat some o' dese people kin work day after day an' never seem to feel it?" "Well," replied Meandering Mike, re flectively, "I s'pose dey is started in voting an' gets to be immunes." — Washington Star. UveryllilnK t'rookeil. Crimsonbcak Something funny about fishing. You notice the hook is bent, the line is not altogether straight, and see how the pole bends. Yeast—Yes, anil the fish stories you IeII art not altogether straight, either. —-Yonkers Statesman. A Clioler Spot. "Any musical inducements con necter! with the summer resort you arfc going to?" "Yes; the landlord assures me that r.o brass band is allowed to come with in 20 miles of the place." Chicago Rec ord. TH«• Alt Hit rilm. M'*n may pr«*ten«l to look with m orn Upon the 111-requited i*oet, Itut would vou care to do and dure To be a hero, sir, If there \Vft-<* no nm''cl hards to let folk* know It? —ChlcuKo lially News \(, Tel lln K- Judge When was the IAKT time you were arrested ? Tramp The last time? There is i o tellijig. your honor, when that will be. — Tammany Times. I'roliMlily. She I never saw such a kitchen! Everything seems mixed u.p! He Perhaps the cook is going to giw us ha.LI for dinner.—Yonkers jgtatesmnu. Wortli While. lie Sappy- So you are going to be a man some day, are you Tommy? The Terror Yes, sir. Wouldn't you like to be In my shoes?- N. Y. Truth. An Oddity. Professor Gentlemen, this case Is n rarity which often occurs.- i"LW'G<-ndr Blaetter. AFTER A SHOWER. A sudden burst of sunshine; A spray of dazzling drops. With every light breeze- sweeping The heavy-leaved tree-tops. And robin perks his head Up lrom the beaten clover. And shows his breast of red. Piping: "It's over, over!" ■ Out of the sodden grasses The timid crickets peep: From white tents of the lilies The clumsy bees outcreep. Grasshoppers rustle by. 'iiid smoky hay-ricks skipping; And wrangling cat-birds cry: "Oh, dear! oh. dear! we're dripping!" The vines along the roadside In green disorder trail: And hark! "Bob White" Is callln* From yonder zigzag rail. In wavering groups of gold Wee butterflies are shining. And fleecy clouds uprolled Show earth their sliver lining. The dragon-fly Is sunning His Jeweled wings again; I Sky-dappled, white and azure. The brook laughs down the plain; ' And yellow birdies pipe Atop of tho thistle-flower; | " 'Twill make the berries ripe— What a lovely, lovely shower!" —George Cooper, in Golden Daya j Davenport's Difficulties J IN SOME respects Mr. Davenport was not a particularly nervous man. ile could listen to the lachrymose strains of a barrel organ with equa* nimity. and the gay rattling of a piano organ rather exhilarated him. More over, his wife kept a macaw whose es pecial accomplishment was the imita tion of a circular saw tearing its way through a knotty log. He did not I shun the society of his six-year-old [ son. Yet as he stood before his shav ing: mirror he looked anxiously for cor rugations in his forehead and streaks of silver at his temples, and was sur prised, in view of the fact that Phcr retton had been practicing, to find that no alarming change-had taken place in his appearance. He was still wondering at this inex plicable circumstance as he paced up and down the platform of the little suburban etation, waiting for the train that was to bear him to his daily grind in the city, and when he raised his meditative head and saw before him a new automatic weighing ma chine had been placed there by an optimistic corporation he at once dived into his pocket for the necessary penny and adjusted himself carefully and exactly op the center of the baU once plate. The penny rattled down through the internal economy of the machine, and the dial hand spun around and stood quivering at 180. "That settles it," said Mr. Davenport, triumphantly. "Three pounds gone. I'hernetton and I are going to have a little talk together. I'm not going to be reduced to an emaciated wreck forany leatherlunged pariah that ever blew n horn." A e.g. a curly black retriever, with u tongue several inches too large for Its mouth, had driven Davenport from liis residence—Bo minutes walk front the city hall. It was then that he be < ame aware of the fact that he had nerves. The animal at irregular in tervals would wake in the night and bay the ruoon or anything else he took it into his head to bay. If he had done this constantly and uontinuous ly Davenport would not have minded, but the barks would have intermis sions varying from five seconds to two hours, and there were frequently nights when he would not bark at all. One night when the dog had been particularly exasperating, Davenport got up and stumbled to the dressing table and took a revolver from a drawer. lie understood that by im memorial custom, as blazoned in the pages of comic papers, he had the right to shoot the dog—or was it cat* whose slaughter was thus condoned? lie examined the cylinder of the weapon by a bar of light that slanted np through the Venetian blind from the street lamp and saw that it was filled with cartridges; then he remem bered that tradition required a shot gun and that he ought to have been wearing a tasseled nightcap; besides, a pistol shot at night would be too noisy. He looked around the room for some missile. He had no bootjack—in fact, he had only a very hazv Idea of what a bootjack was. Ile would not have hesitated to sacrifice his hairbrush if it- excaution had been likely to pfovtt i ten painful, or his water bottle, if he iiacl been confident of his ability to hurl it so far with precision. Then an idea suddenly illuminated his gloomy mind and he stooped and extracted the casters from the four legs of his bed. Leaning far out of the window, he threw one of the little Iron wheels with ail his force at the black shape that was jerking out its occasional barks. There was a crash of broken l-lass and the rattle of an iron chain. The caster had gone through the linsc t!i« nt window and the dog had retreat ed to his kennel, from which refuge he barked with renewed energy. Davenport was poising himself for another throw when a policeman called gruffly out of the shadow to In quire what the disturbance-was about. Davenport counseled him to close his visage and go back to bed. The dog appeared to be listening. It ended by Davenport paying five dollars and costs, amounting to SIH. for malicious mischief mid si.'s with cost s for disorderly conduct, including abusive language, and by liis removing to a house a little beyond the city limits. There he lived peacfuMy and hap pily until the congregation of the little v.ooden church half a block away ac cumulated sufllcient funds to buy a beil, which the pridcful sexton tidied on every legitimate occasion and J whenever I is time was not otherwise occupied. At first Davenport was in clined to like It. "It put* mc iu mind of when I was u boy," he said to Mrs. Davenport. "I re member how sweetly and softly the MiUnd used to come to me, blown from the gray old meeting house in wind modulated melody across the fragrant meadows. I can smell the new-mown hay aimost when I hear it. I wish, though, there were a few meadows in between here to kind of take ofT the rough edges." Later on he wished for an Interven ing continent, and at last remon strated with the pastor. "I told him,"' l.e said, "that his bell was obsolete—' a remnant of barbaric custom —of an age when people measured time by unreliable tallow candles of varying thicknesses and sun dials and hour glasses— lnexcusable in this latter day of Waterbury watches and nickel, alarm clocks. He seemed almost per suaded, but with a lamentable lack of, judgment I added something about people not needing bells to let them know that a theatrical performance was due, and then he froze. He said that he w.is au old-fashioned man and not addicted to the higher criticism or to Inst It ut iiig co mpa i isom between Divine service and vaudeville, and hq gave me some udvice which I suppose , 1 needed, but which I diijn't Want." Then Paveiiport sought out a suburb where the boom had expired, and bur doek. tall prai-s and sunflower* ran riot between lonp lines of rusted street lamps and pushed their way through the zijfzap crevices in the oement side walk. Tbe real estate apent, who sat in the shade of his little eijm -covered oflice. said there was no chureh, but a man like Davenport—a hustler—could soon pet one. for there were several members of his denomination scattered about the place, and there was not a dop within half a mile. Davenport was convinced of the truth of the latter assertion, for there was no house uith the exception of Phernetton's and the one tnat ho thought of renting. So he moved intq the orange villa with the scrollwork cornices, and for a week It seemed as thoupb he had found the haven of rest his tired tympanum craved. Then Phernetton began to play the horn. Phernetton began feebly at first. Then he gathered strength and reson ance and distinction of rotes and ulti mately arranged the notes into rec; ognizable tune, or rather part of a tune; —for Phernetton never got further than two liars in any one air. By that time he would be so hopelessly tangled that he would have to begin again, lie would start steadily to climb the scale, falter and waver, fall a note, pick him self up and seem in a fair way to reach the summit, when he would flip fall headlong into an abyssmal and dol orous bass blare that would make Dav- HE THREW OX EOF TIIE LITTLE I RON WHEELS. enport's hair prickle at the roots an<J send a chill down his backbone. Dav enport had stood it for three weeks os the morning that he weighed himself. That evening he walked over to the Phernetton villa with a gltam of dei termination in his eye. who was out on his porch, laid down hia horn as he approached and ad; vaneed to meet him with a curious smile and something of a gleain in lii| eye also. "Good-evening," Baid Davenport. "] called —er —the fact is—" "You would like to have me stop play* ing that infernal horn, I suppose; isn'( that it? I'm glad you did call, and J shall be glad- to grutify you if we can arrange it. Take a seat, won't you? "I know that horn is maddening," continued Phernetton. "I calculated on It; but I've quit remonstratingwitl| my neighbors. I've had bad luck as q rule In that respect. Until you camo t<j trouble me I thought that I had escaped noise nuisances. I had got tired of run' ning away, and there was only ond course open to me—retaliation." "I don't understand," said Daven port. "Let me explain then. You have q parrot." "I beg your pardon—a macaw." "A distinction without a difference,*! remarked the virtuoso. "The principle is the. same. I object to your macaw and its demonical, rasping shrieks. ]; fled from the haunts of men to escape! that sort of thing. Now let me makei you a fair business proposition. You wring that bird's neck, nnd I'll help, you secrete the corpse. We will walk over to block f>2 with my favorite* Instrument and a stick of dynamite and give it one filial and everlasting blast. Is it a go?" Davenport reflected a moment; then; he said: "It's a go."—Chicago Dally Kecord. Fodder Score® In Australia. Drought has made sheep fodder so Scarce tn Australia that thousands ni»u -ire being employed in the varioua districts cutting the boughs of oak; apple and other trees for food for the, starving animals and in ski 'tdng the ■beep that perish in the mud at the! falling water holes. KUTI: THIWO. igf 'iim .lack \\ hut did you pive Tom Bounc er a kiss for? Madge I didn't give him one. .lu<-k Oh, what a story! I saw you! Madge No. i only let him steal one. Punch. lied, Wliltr mid llliie. iletl, the blooit that Kiialn must shed; Whlto, the fluic she'll show; Illutt tho way that she will feel- Thus our colors ko —N. V. W«"-M _____ Aa lie. VlfWfll It. Townc—l don't sec how it comes that hipwreckrd sailors often to death. Itrowue —Why not? Tow ne Well, I came across about t(vo weeks ago, and I don r t feel like eating yet. Brooklyn Life. Klsliluit for n Tlllr. First llobo I'd like to go t ti Cuba. Second Hobo —What for? First Hobo- I'm tired of being called a tramp; It would seem more ti.ncd to be known as a reconcentrado, —Town Topics. Mr. Aihur) I'rppvri. F "These were extras —" the garrulous boarder bepau. "Are you referring to the appropria tion bills?" Asbury Peppers madv all possible haste to ask. l lnciniuiti En-j quirer. J I,«4'k of Mnfrrlol. "Bridget, I told you twice to have [ niufllns for breakfast. Have jnrm no Intellect ?" "No, mum, .here's none in the hou«e." What to Eat. I'nr I.OIMI unit All. lie My wife never got the better ol me but once. She Lucky man! When was tliutl He (■ iphinp) When she married me. —Tlt-liits. A PEACE FESTIVAL. Nat anal Business League Arrang ing for a Grand Celebration. ClA>t- of \Vjir « II h Spain to He Marked by Mai;iiillrritl Festivities •€ Ctot* cbßo- l>l»tinis ulahf «l .Men and Otlicla la lo Attend. The National Bu;sicess.league is pre paring for a grand national peace fes- I tivul to be held in Chicago soon after the close of the war. The festivities will continue for a week or more. The president and his cabinet, the diplo matic corps, eminent army and navy : officers, with their commands as far as possible, governors of states, may ors of cities, statesmen and promi ! nent business men of the country are ' expected to be present and partiei . pate. To each of the great depart | ments of war and peace a day of the ; festival will be devoted. There will be naval, army, industrial, art and music days; also president, governor and mayor days, the festival closing with' a grand international or peace day. The pageantry of these festival days and nights will be the most imposing ever displayed in this country. The' grandeur and pomp of ancient festi vals will not be imitated, but every thing will be typical of the progress of America from the landing of the Pil | grim Fathers to the present time. The general purpose of the festival will be' not only to celebrate the advent of peace, but to bring together the busi ness men of the country in conference with a view to foster and extend the business and commerce of the United States. During the festival, the ad visory committee of the National Business league, representing every state of the union, will hold its first, annual convention. COLORED MILITARY SCHOOL. Ilnptlst Chnrck of Iloaton Willi nn Inxi 11 ■: I lon to ICducate \rgror> In Duties of Commissioned Officers. Boston, July 25.—The Twelfth Bap tist church of Boston has adopted the following: "Resolved, That the president be re quested to Institute a frea milUary school In which to educate colored soldiers for the duties of commissioned officers, which was on March 21. 1564, done for white soldiers, who were appointed to lend colored troops, and the man chosen for this responsible office be taken from those who have won distinction on tho battlefield. "Resolved, That the people assembled recognize with gratitude the courage and soldierly qualities of the blacks now In Cuba, who made tho victory of Santiago a possibility. As tho climate of Cuba, a menace to the white soldier. Is adapted to promote the highest development of tho black. It Is our hope to see the Pearl of the Antilles become to America what It has never been to Spain, the home of a thrifty and happy people. "Resolved, That It is our belief that the black man has been educated and trained to fulfill an important mission, not only for Cuba, but for the Spanish possessions that are to come under our control. The Cuban, for whom we went to war with Spain, when asked to do menial work, de clined, claiming that he was a soldier and not a working man. The negro, faithful to his master before emancipation came, and asacontraband in helping to build ourforts and do work essential to the BUCCCSS of the army, was a soldier as faithful in burden bearing us he was brave in battle, and now occupies the proud position hr holds in tho eyes of the world because Christ's rule obtains control and 'lie that humblsth himself, shall be exalted.' " SPANISH PRISONERS' MAIL. Men at Annaiiolli May lie Allowed to Write to Friends at Home. A step taken by the post office de partment indicates that the Spanish prisoners ut Annapolis possibly may be permitted to communicate with their friends in Spain. All letters de posited nt Annapolis by the prisoners are held by the authorities, as nn or der of the postmaster general prohib its all postal communication with Spain. The letters deposited by the prison ers at Annapolis were sent to thcd*ead letter office, but an inquiry as to what wus to he done finally with them was referred to the navy department. The officials of tli.it department expressed a desire that they should be submitted in order to be censored, and an order has been issued to the dead letter of fice directing that the letters be sent to the bureau of navigation for that purpose. What further action will be taken is not yet clear, and no order looking to the transmission of letters to Spain lias yet been issued. "BATTLE OF JULY THIRD." I>ealu nut lon Which Has lieen Chosen for Destruction of Cer veru's Fleet. A name lias been found at last for the remarkable naval battle between the American anil Spanish fleets that resulted in the destruction of Cer vera's squadron. The absence of a name has been felt in the clumsy at tempts made in official reports to refer to the engagement. Lieut. Whittlesey, <.f the navigation bureau, has evolved a name that is likely to be formally adopted for the engagement. ft Is "The Battle of .July Third." lie does this for the reason that some of the most famous battles that the world has known have been christened as of the date upon which tl.ey were fought. Thus, the "Battle of July First" was attached to the famous naval engagement fought ID mldoceun between Lord Howe's fleet on one side and the combined French and Spanish fleets on the other, which resulted in the memorable victory for the British navy. (.oromolltes In I'se In the World. One hundred and nine thousand loco motives arc at present running In va rious countries; Europe lias 63,000, America 40,000, Asia 3,.'100, Australia 2.000, and Africa 700. The Middle. Ufe Is a conundrum To garnish, bite and sup. And wt never get tho answer Until we giva It up. —Chicago Rscord. Reassuring. Dudeson—l'm sure 1 hope the boat won't get upset or unythlng. 1 can't swim, don't you know, and I'd go to the bottom, I'm afraid. Miss Julia—Don't be too much afraid, Mr. Dudeson. Sticks flout, you know. — Harlem Life. Worthy and Well tluallßed. Manager- What qualifications base you for the position of night watch man ? Applicants—Why, 1 wake at the least noise. Tit-Bits. Of Course Not. Yeast —I see the wsmen arc wearing military bullous, pins, etc. Crlmaonbeak— But that Isn't really what makes them fighters.— Yonkers Statesman. He I.oved Her. Mrs. It. .Inmes shows his love for me In a very roundabout way. Mrs H.—Wh.v. how's ilia I? Mrs B. —By hugging me.—Up to Date. No. 36 BRAVE ACTS. (tuULnrit In Time of ilsafer Has Often Saved the Llvea of Maay Persona. On jubilee day. which commemo rated the discovery of gold in California in 1e49, a squad of battery I, of the regular army, was tiring a salute at Lime l'oint fort, near San Frajrcisco, says the Youth's Companion. One load —the charge was 50 pounds of powder inclosed lu a woollen bag—did not go off. and the officer in command or dered it to be pulled out of the can non. The charge was withdrawn, and, as it dropped t« the ground, it was seen that one corner of the woolen bag was on fire. In an instant the powder would have caught and the seven men with their officer would have been ! killed. Briv ate John M. Jones jumped I toward the smouldering bag, rolled it in the mul and, with his bare hands, plastered the singed edges with damp earth. It was . quick, brave deed, and had the hero bees a British soldier it would have brought him a Viotoria cross to wear on his breast. During the Sepoy war a young cap tain of artillery saw an ignited shell fall near his battery. Instantly he lifted it up, carried it a distance, and flung It away. Just then it burst, shat tering his left forearm. In the Crimean war, Capt. Peel, of the royal navy and son of the former prime minister, Sir Robert Peel, com manded a vessel before Sebastopol. One day a lrage shell, its fuse burning, fell into the battery near where Peel was standing. Picking it up, he car ried it to the rampart and tossed it over. It exploded before it reached the ground. PATRIOTISM AT WEDDINGS. Sow Is the Tine When Invited Uaeata Can Show Their LOTS of Coaitry In Their Gifts. With the advent of the Spanish war patriotic weddings came into vogue. Likewise patriotic presents were also considered stylish. No bride is thoroughly in the fashion these days, says the Chicago Chronicle, unlea6 a large proportion of the gifts that come t* her have reference in their design and colors to the war and the United States. Favorite wedding preae&ts of this sort are flag picture frames, which may be found in great variety. These have flags painted on a background of white enamel, or the frames them selves are made of flags of silk draped on a foundation of wood and covered with glass. Wedding gift novelties such as these are unending, and they are the rage of the hour to send to a coming bride. There has been already at least one patrietie wedding of im portance. At this the star gift was a pin that was said to have eoat SSOO. It had three Btones— a rnby, turquoise and a diamond—as close to a design of red, white and blue as can be produced In jewels. When mode this ring waa unique, but the design has since been widely copied. Another present that came to this bride of the patriotic wed ding was a dinner Eet of white china, each piece of which was adorned with hand-painted American flags. Tet an other set of gifts were lr.mps of red, white and blue, with shades of the same colors deeoratlvely made. AN OYSTER'S A6E. It May Readily Be Deteroriaeti hr Messirlng the Slae •( the Shell. It is just as easy to tell the age of aa oyster by looking at its shell as it is to ascertain the age of a horse by exam ining its teeth or a tree by inspecting the circles revealed by the ax or saw when It Is laid low. When the oyster is six months old It is bb big as a dime;' when one year old It will cover a silver half dollar, and when two year* old' will be about the circumference of a silver dollar, says Pearson's Weekly. The oyster, unlike the crab, is not obliged to seek new quarters or build a new house every time he grows ap preciably. The eat ens-ions that he puts on to ills house are clearly marked by n well-defined ridge. Oysters are esteemed to be at their best when between four and five years of age, and the planters endeavor to protect the beds for that length of. time. Conscientious oyetermen— that is, men who are not inclined to kfll the goose that lays the golden egg— always return to the bed oysters thai are too young, but in ense a patriarch Is brought up, over whose shell the tides of from eight to twelve winters and summers have ebbed and flowed, l>e is sent to maiket, where he Is put at the bottom of the heap and sold with his younger and more lnaeloua t ompanlons. W nuts to Increase It» Population. Bulgari-i is going to take effective means to increase its population. For .every son born beyond a minimum, nuMi be r 20 francs will be paid not only to the father, but to the mother also. A soldier showing a dozen sous will receive a pension large enough to sup port him and besides a decoration. The same reward will go to hi» wife. Mnelilne-Matle Pottery. A machine for the manufacture of. pottery has recently been invented which does the work of several men at half the cost. It can turn out 16 flower pots per minute, against the one produced in the same time by the old process, and it i» also used for the manufacture of cups, saucers and Jam jars. War Ta* In Hpala. Spain Is so much In need of funds * that any person entering her limits wearing gloves or boots nearly new, inusi pa.v a tax on them. This rule also', applies to a hat or necktie which Kxperlftoce (Tad Taught Htm. She—They say mischief causes dim ples. Do you believe it? lie—No; I believe lt'a the dimple* that canse the mischief.—Fliega»d< Blaetter. A Hint to Writers, One swallow makes no summer- Deny It. (hem's no use: Hut often w« have found that Oae quill can make n goons. —Puck. ■he Saw the Kiss C«nlS«. Ella—Fred kissed me lost night whas I wasn't looking. Stella —Shut your eyes, did you?—N. ' Y. Evening Journal. Put IMs Foot ta It. M I Basseo (giving a dlnnep)— Thlt wine Is over 40 years old. Idiot (thoughtlessly) Btfttle M you rself ?«-Tlt-iUta l.llerallr~Tr*e. Teacher How did Jacob supplant Ksnu? Johnny—By playing a skin game.— Brooklyn Life. t'heerlnK Ulna Up. "Poor papa, it must be terrible tobf nfi 111 u' I miserable but what can't tx cured should be—er—lnsured."—*N. Tfi Truth.
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