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 \
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r WHO SKCI'KKS HIS CLOTHING FItOM— P
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J J. S. YOUNG,
F TIIK MKKfHAXT TAILOIt, j|
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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
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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.