VOL.* xxxv
HUSELTONS DISPLAY^
Fall Footwear.
It presents an opportunity for economical buying that nolmdy can afford to
miss. This store is crowded with the newest of new styles selected with experitnc
ed care as to quality, good ta.-te as to style, and generous as to variety-
It is
The Right Place
To get the Bight goods
At the Right Prices.
With the l>cst of everything the new season brings and prices down to the low
est point ever named for honest goods, we e-ipect a share of your patronage be
cause you cannot afford to pass us by.
See our Jaruestown (N. Y.) Shoes in We want all parents in Butler county to
Boy's and Youths' high-cut, copper- see our Children's School Shoes. They
tipped two soles and tap cut from are not equalled in point of style, dur
cboice whole stock; best shoes in ability or price in Butler. Have them
Butler. in kip, oil grain, kangaroo and crack-
Men's high-cut box and piain toe Shoes pioof calf, .ionaola and box calf; hand
and Boots, cut from veal, kip, oil grain some styles, fashioned on the newum
and kangaruo calf. models. They will please you.
Women's, Misses's and Children's Shoes, We are leaders in Rubber and Felt
hand-pegged and standard in kid, un- G'xxls of all kinds. Our goods are stll
lined oil grain, kangaroo am: crack fresh, made to our order; no old job
proof calt wiih tips or plain toe; all lots to run off; prices same that olheis
widths, Ato E, button or lace. No ask f< r job lots. See us before yo 1 '
better goods made; they are warranted buy
whole stock and water-proof.
B. C. HU3RLTON,
Butler'at Leading Shoe House. Opposite Hotel Low
< HE 15 A WISE HAN ;
I —WHO SECURES HIS CLOTHING FROM— #
{ J. S. YOUNG,
P THE MERCHANT TAILOR, J
J The goods, style, fit ami general make a
\ up of his suits \
I TELL their own STORY. \
rp— —. STRIVING FOR EFFECT.
/ A/fev-'' > f) Men won't buy clothing for the purpose
I JL. ' yf \ spending money. They desire to get the
I V \/Of V V *, -/best possible results for the money expend
\\ A- II / l" """ c^lea P goods hut goods as cheap as
W J I [ jtliey can be sold and made up propel ly. If
jL pSr-T L —I /you want the correct thin# al the correct
\1 U fik \ M —) 3)price call on us, we nave reduced our spring
/I Mil iv L summer goods down to make room for
( 1 ' Q l\\ M ~ZL ). our heavy weight goods,
V aIV \v
j Dp kw'" s '-
i j! fj j ; j? Fits Guaranteed.
I , Merchant Tailor,
• " • 142 n. Main St.. Butler
The New Cambridge,
(Formerly New Cambridge House.)
CAMBRIDGE SPHIiXGJS, PA.,
Which, after the disastrous fire of a year ago, is now opened in
latger and better shape for the accommodation of guests in search
of health and pleasure, presents itself to its former Butler patrons
as the most desirable hotel in which to locate when at Cambridge
Springs. Free bus to and from all trains and springs. Public
rooms are of large size and well lighted, including office, dining
room, bath rooms, billiard room a.id bowling alley. Chambers
with pris-ate baths and toilets and everything that tends to make a
home-like and comfortable resort. T? or rate« apply to
HAGGERTY & WHITE, Proprietors, il Cambridge Springs. Pa.
Pape sros,
JEWEbSRS.
We Will Save You Money On
Watches
) Silverware, 1847 Rodger Bros. <
S Plateware and Sterling Silver^
\ Goods. \
Our Repair Department takes ill 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 li«re and the War against Bugs, Moths etc., is on. We have prepared
a Bu' Killer f <>r '-he extermination of these pests, let us suggest that if this be
mixed with the paste before papering the result will be very satisfactory. We are
also headquarters for Moth Balls, Insect powder, Hellibore etc.
REDJCK &G ROHM AN
100 NOBTII MAIN ST. BUTLER.
Subscribe for the CITIZEN.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Constipation
Cans fully half the sickness in the world. It
r . tall the digested food too long in the bowel*
and produces biliousness, torpid liver, indt
Hood's
gestiou. bad taste, coated ■ ■ ■
tongue, siek headache, in- • I I
so-nnia etc. Hood's Pills | | |
neeCR! Upatioo and all its
res.ilts easily and thoroughly. 25e. All druggists.
lr< -sired by C. I. Hood £ Co.. I-owell. Masj
*'»(: ,-silv Pills to tane witli Sarsaparill*
Thousands »r« Trying It.
In order to prove the great merit of
Ely's Cream Balm, the most effective cure
for Catarrh and Cold in Head, we have pre
pared a generous trial size for 10 cents.
Get it of your druggist or send 10 cents to
ELY BltOS., 56 Warren St., N. Y. City.
I suffered from catarrh of the worst kind
ever since a boy. and I never hoped for
cure, but Ely's Cream Balm seems to do
even that Many acquaintances Lav used
it with excellent results. —Oscar Ostrum,
45 Warren Ave., Chicago, 111.
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no cocaine,
mercury nor any injurious drug. Prioe,
fcr cents. At druggists or by mail.
"Move Up"
Is a law
universal.
Evolution is
another name
for it. The street
car conductor says
"move up." Com
petition says "trove
up." To move anything
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 going
at 1-2 price.
Test our mu
tual bene
fit plan
on its
merits.
Ed. Colbert,
Successor to
Colbert & Dale.
Great Shoe Sale
/? A S
W'
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 Tan Shoes sl.lO. $1.48, SI.HB
Men's Buff Shoes sis, l.ju, 1.31
Men's Working Shoes SIX, I.IH, 1.-l
Men's Bicycle Shoes MM. 1.34. 1.50
Ladles' Fine Shoes '.is. l 19, 1.4s
Ladies' Oxford Ties 4x, 74, i»s
Ladies' Serge Slippers A Gaiters .25, 4s
Boys' Fine Buff Shoos (Is. 1.24
Vouili'h Fine iiuir Shoes... ss. us
We Hold Nothing Back.
Sell shoes is our watch word.
All summer shoes must go.
This will be a mon'h long to
be remembered by those wno
attend this sale.
Repairing Done Promptly.
C.E.MILLER.
nil MFA! (OUR OLD PROCESS)
Ull- BItNL \ „ v. rv cheap.
Feed tor Houses, Uows, Sheep. Ilogs, Fowls
etc. Health, strength and productive power
to animals. Are you feeding it? Cheapest
feed In the market.
I INSFFn nil AM) WHITE LEAD
LinoLLU UIL Mnke S paint last for
years on house, barn or fence. Mixed paints
are doubtful quality: some good and some
ve-v bad. Write for our circular.
Foi ;>ure Linseed oil or meal, and white
lead, ask for "Thompson's" or address
manufacturer. THOMPSON AO., 15 W
Diamond strevt Allegheny.' Pa.
C. SELIGMAN & SON.
Jailors™
No. 416 W. Jefferson St,
Butler, Pa.
A UDC of hiU'st Foreign
and Domestic; Suitings
always in stock.
Fit, Style and Work- 1
wanship guaranteed
to give satisfaction.
PRICES REASONABLE.
LOOK UP.
My toll-worn brother. lift your eyes,
Look up and leave repining;
A golden sign is in the skies—
The star of hope is shining.
O weary ones. I bring you cheer,
The day at last Is dawning;
The night is long and dark and drear.
But joy is In the morning
My sisters, honed with care and grief.
Look up. forget your sorrow;
For trouble there will come relief.
And hope Is in the morrow.
0 souls cast down In bitterness,
Arise and cease complaining;
. There is an end to your distress-
Look up, for God Is reigning.
1 know not any creed but this;
That we should love each other;
That every land my country is.
And every man my brother.
My heart goes out to you in love.
To make your burdens lighter;
To ten you hope is dreaming of
A future growing brighter.
All ye who sufTer and repine,
My heart In pity holds you;
And, if in mind, know by that sign,
God's greater love enfolds you.
Look up! our Father, on the sky
Has set a bow of promise;
Look up! The clouds are rolling by—
The night is passing from us.
The wrongs of old their race have run;
Men to the new are turning;
Above the yet unrisen sun
The clouds of morn are burning.
Look up. my brothers, look and pray;
Though now you wait In sadness;
The golden light of the new day
Will flood your hearts with gladness.
Tke tyrant's reign Is on the wane.
For plunder and oppression;
The hand of Justice, o'er the main.
Strikes down a faithless nation.
To make a starving people free.
Our martial hosts are treading:
The happy light of liberty
To other lands Is spreading.
There beams above the younger day
A prophecy of better,
When tyranny shall pass away.
And crumble every fetter.
Look up and be of better cheer,
The morn is rising o'er us:
The future's coming, golden year
More brightly shines before us.
—J. A. Edgerton, in Atlanta Constitution.
j "CALAMITY JANE"':
♦ Friend of Our Dime Novel D«y« Living *
7 in Montana. >
;
"/CALAMITY JANE," a character
who figured for years in many
of the dime novel stories of western
adventure, is living on a ranch near
Crow agency, Montana. Her name in
private life is Mrs. Martha Burk, and
her story is fully as interesting as any
of the wild yarns that penny-a-liners
have penned about her prowess.
In the little town of Princeton, Mo.,
there was born to Mr. and Mrs. J.
Cannary a group of six children, the
eldest of whom was Martha. When
she was 13 years old, that is, in 1865,
excitement was rampant throughout
the United States owing to the exten
sive gold discoveries in Montana. Mr.
Cannary was not proof against the
"fever," and with his family he stalled
overland for Virginia City, Mont., in
the famous Alder gulch diggings. Five
months were required to make the
journey, while at present but two days
are requisite. The country traversed
was but sparsely settled, and for sub
sistence the party was mainly depend
ent upon what game they could secure
with their rifles. On this long and
tedious trip Martha developed a lov»
for outdoor sport, which, by the time
they finally arrived in Montana, had
rendered her a remarkably good shot
and a fearless rider for a girl of her
age.
Shortly after reaching Montana the
mother died, and the father, who, in
common with 95 per cent, of the argo
nauts, had failed to mahe a "strike,"
determined to return to Missouri.
Reaching Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1867,
Mr. Cannary also succumbed, and the
children were left to face the world
as best they could. Employment was
found for Martha on a ranch at Fort
Bridger, Wyo., and here she improved
her time not in "book learning," for
books were not to be had, but at shoot
ing and riding, as the next best accom
plishment, and her reputation in that
line soon became widespread.
In 1870, learning that Ger.. Custer
was at Fort Russell, Wyo., she deter»
mined to proceed thither, in high hope
that she might be able to induce him
to allow her to accompany him on his
campaign against the Apache Indians
in Arizona. Up to this time she had
always worn the dress of her sex, but,
fearing that Gen. Custer would be re
luctant to permit her to enlist were
he aware of her sex, she, after mueh
deliberation, donned the regulation
cowboy attire, and was promptly ac
cepted as a scout, being uniformed as
a soldier, and, although it was but a
short time before her identity was dis
covered, her ability as a rider was rec
ognized to such an extent that Gen.
Custer, with only a slight reprimand
for the deception, permitted her to re
tain her assignment as a scout.
While the campaign was a thrilling
one from start to finish, "M. Cannarv,"
as her name appeared on the muster
roll, fully bore her share of the hard--
ships, and met with many adventures
in the sometimes dangerous misslong
given her to be performed, but these
she always succeeded in accomplish
ing in safety. Only at one time did she
despair of her life, being entrapped
by two Indians, but her ability as a
shot served her well, and, after
wounding one of the Indians, she made
her escape, and, upon reporting to
Gen. Custer, was warmly praised.
The outbreak was duly quelled, and
uppn returning to Fort Sanders, Wyo,,
in 1872, it was reported that- the Nea
Perces Indians, in the musselshell
country, were on the warpath, and an
expedition under Gens. Custer, Miles,
Terry and Crook was ordered there.
It was during this campaign that she
received her cognomen "Calamity
Jane." Relating the circumstances
thereof, she said: "I was serving uty
der Capt. Egar. and whilg pear Goufcv
Creek (the present city pf Sheridan,
Wyo.), after having been on a three
days' skirmish, during which the com
pany had six men killed and several
wounded, we were ambushed about a
mile from our destination. Capt.
Egan was one of the first to be sho{
during the engagement, and
ing to be in close proximity to him, np-:
tiee-d him reeling in his saddle. I was
able to reach his side in time to pre
vent him from falling, and, getting
him on my horse, in front of me, bore
him to camp in safety. Aftef lie bai}
recovered. «Nt day he laughingly
elirisleued mi; 'Calamity Jane, the
heroine of the plains,' and even to this
day 1 have borne that title among my
more intimate friends."
The Nez I'erces were subdued in
1873, and the early portion of 1874 was
spent in various minor engagements
in Montana and Wyoming, when, in
1875, under Gen. Crook, she was or->
dered to the Black Hills of South Da
kota. to protect the miners and set
tlers in that section, as the country
was overrun and practically coj>
{rolled by the Sioux Indians. After a
BUTLER. THUHSDAV, SEPTEMBER 22, ISQB
nominal campaign in that section
lasting until 1576. they were again or
dered north to jcin Gens. C-ister. Miles
and Terry on the I'ig Horn riTer.
During this n.areh Mrs. Iturk was
detailed as tlie bearer of important
dispatches, and although the trip was
one of 90 miles, the weather wet and
cold, and it necessitated swimming
the Platte rivei at Fort Fetterman,
she performed lier duty willingly, bu£
at a fearful cost, as she contracted
pneumonia and was confined in a hos
pital for three weeks, and being too
ill to return to her company was
granted an indefinite furlough, which
in all probability saved her life, for
the next year witnessed that fearful
massacre in which Gen. Custer and his
brave men were so wantonly butch
ered.
"Calamity Jane" next found service
in the employ of the government car
rying the L'nited States mail between
Deadwood and Custer. Mont., and al
though the route was considered an
exeremely hazardous one, her reputa
tion as an unerring marksman was
such that not once did she have an op
portunity to display her skill to either
the Sioux or highwaymen in behalf o|
Uncle Sam.
While thus engaged she was present
in Deadwood at the time William
Hiekok (Wild Bill) was assassinated
by Jack McCall. a notorious desperado,
and was a member of the posse that ar
rested and confined him in a log cabin,
she having the honor of commanding
him to surrender, when cornered in a
butcher shop, with a meat cleaver as
her weapon.
Her love for the army service was
such, however, that she again volun*
teered in the Seventh cavalry and
helped build Fort Meade. S. D.. but this
CALAMITY JANE IN HER YOUNG
sort of work was not to her liking,
and in IS7S sh< was honorably dis
charged and "took up" a ranch on the
Yellowstone river, near Miles City,
Mont., which, however, was not a bril
liant financial success.
In 1884. while visiting in El Paso,
Tex., she met Clinton Burk, to whom
she was subsequently married, and of
i this marriage a daughter was born.
Her husband died in 1895. since which
time she has been quietly ensconced
on a ranch near the scene of her ear
lier and more exciting escapades.
She was, however, sorely tempted' to
don her "fighting clothes" last fall
when it was reported that the In
dians were on the warpath near Rose
bud, yet, she says, her intuition told
her it was only a "scare," and while
awaiting developments of a more
definite character her insight was
proven true, and she did not go.
Mrs. Burk's voice glows in praise of
Gen. Custer, whom she describes as an
absolute fearless, tireless and brave
man, ar.d over whose untimely and
sudden end she has shed not a few
tears. From her front door may be
seen the tomb of Gen. Custer, and to
this fact may be ascribed the principal
reason of her residence there.—St.
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Clinnxre lluliy Carrinsrcsi •<» Cradln.
Baby carriages are changed into
cradles by a new device, consisting of
a pair of rockers connected by cross
bars, with slots cut in the bars, in
which the wheels of the carriage are
placed to prevent them from turning
while the carriage is being rocksd.
Utrmini Trninnl In Cliloeie.
Germany is sending as interpreters
to its Chinese possessions at Kiao-Chou
graduates from the Berlin Seminary
for Oriental Languages, who have had
three years' training in the Chine##
taught at Berlin.
Disproved.
"What nonsense!" exclaimed the'
iroud young father, as he flung the
look aside.
"To what do you refer?" asked the;
i-iend who welcomed any topic that:
lid not lead to a description of phe
lomenal children.
"This statement that all men are;
>orn equal. It's an utter fallacy.i
Vhy, my baby weighed ten pounds'
vhen it was born and TackleyV
veighed only seven and a half."—';
(Vashington Star.
And Then She Subnlded.
Wife (with a determined air) —I;
vant to see that letter.
Husband —What letter?
Wife —That one you just opened. I:
[now by the handwriting that it Is.'
!rom a woman, and you turned pale,
tvhen you read it. I will see it! Give
!t to me, sir!
Husband —Here it is. It's your mil
liner's bill.—Tit-Bits,
Aicrlcultnrnl,
The happy farmer murmured: "When to
politics you turn i
There Is something which, with profit, you
might come to me and learn. }
Remember. If you wouldn't be a lonely;
derelict.
That booms which sprout early run to seed!
before they're picked.
—Washington Star.
A TRIE} BLll) VASKEE UIHL.
Foreign Lord (just refused) —You
hardly make allowances fbr my title,
I venture to think.
American Girl —No, I don't want to <
marry any man for whom I have to
wakp allowances! —Illustrated Ameri- j
1 THE GOLD OF SILENCE. \
g AND WHAT CAME OF IT. £
MORE harm has been wrought in
this world by the gold of silence
than by the silver of speech. Especial
ly is this true of matters of the heart.
Farland came to realize it in the end;
but as he left tLe commanding officer
and walked in his deliberate way*
across the hoproom to where Miss
Cameron stood he was priding himself
upon his ability to hold his tongue,
and, with a wretched Eort of vainglory,
nerving himself to hold it for seven
hours longer.
Miss Cameron was talking to the
regimental quartermaster, and when
»he caught slight of Farland she grew
radiant. The regimental quartermas
ter observed this, and was, of course,
annoyed. He went away and left her
with the lieutenant
i It is the fate of a woman to be for
' ever smiling. Few men have learned
to distingiush that eternal smile.
Those who have have observed the
nubtlest tragedies of life.
Farland was not of them. He was
! too diriinctly manly to understand;
women. He wis. therefore, strength J
ened in his resolve to keep silence
when Miss Cameron's expression in no-
I wise changed as he told her that she
I must excuse him for the next dance.
"I have Just seen the colonel, an<>he
i has been pleased to inform me that I
must leave at reveille,"
"For what portion of the globe?"
She gazed over his shoulder in ap
parent absorption in something at the
other side of the room. If Farland
had l been a student of the sex he would
have known thit this was overacting.
It was one of the many of Miss Cam
eron's charms that she unusually fixed
her entire attention upon the person
at hand.
"Where are you going?" she re
peated.
"To join Blake's command. After,
that, wherever the will of Heaven andi
the craft of the Apache may lead me."
For just one ins-tant her expression
changed. But Farland was not acute.
"Upon a scout, then?" she asked.
"Upon a scout yes. And as I have to
leave before reveille, and, as It Is now
11 o'clock, there is no time to be lost."
Miss Cameron was smilling again.
"You will not sJeep much to-night.
Things must be serious."
"They are," he told her.
"You must not let me keep you," she
said.
Farland was far too well trained to
allow his anger and snhappiness to ap
pear in more than an exaggerated 1 un
concern. He took her extended hand.
"Shall you be here when I return?"
he asked. His resolution was near tq
breaking. If ler tawny eyes had'
grown ever so little soft, he would have
flung his golden wealth of silence to
the winds. But her pride was mighty,
and it was aroused.
"My visit comes to an end'this week."
she said.
"We shall probably meet again," he
ventured.
"Probably. One can never be sure
that one has seen the last of anybody,
in the army." And then she atfded:
"Good-by."
And Farland went out, morally and
bodily, into the night. His was the
code of honor —which considers not
the woman —that holds that if a man
mai' not ask a woman to marry him
then and there, neither may he tell her
of his love. He thought he was doing
right, and he was not one to rail at
fate. A little tempest of temptation
had ruffled the deep waters of his con
science for a time. But they were
calm again. He rememberedwith re
sentment the haughtily poised head,
and the placid smile, and the last
glimpse he had caught of her through
the hoproom window a yellow
powned figure swaying- to the music
in full enjoyment of life.
Well, she would have gone back to
Bayard by the time of his return, and
on# could never be sure one would not
forget—after years. He went into the
barracks and gave his orders.
When the brass mouths of the bugles
pealed their reveille welcome to the
sun, as it rose above the mountains,
far across the prairie, Farland and his
command were trotting toward' Mount
Graham, and Miss Cameron, still in the
yellow gown, stood at her window with
her hands clasped before her, and
watched the line of the receding col
umn.
Farland stopped at Bayard two
months later. The scout wasover, and
he was taking his command back to
Fort Grant. They were to strike the
railroad at Silver City, nine miles
away, upon the following day.
He meant to see Miss Cameron.
There was no longer a reason for si
lence. He waited with impatience
while the commandant arranged for
the disposition of the men. Then be
walked with him across the parade.
The primroses oi the evening were
opening, a great, pale flower bursting
out here and there in the grass, until,
even as he went, all the ground was
starred with them, and the children
from the officers' line and the laun
dresses' row were running, laughing,
and screaming, nnd calling out, to
gather the handfuls of fragile bloom
that would be wilted before tattoo.
Upon occasions of necessity the
commandant's long, lank body could
bestir itself; but there was no such oc
casion now, and Maj. Cameron re
sented Farland's haste.
"I say, Farland," he protested, "slow
up. What is your hurry ? Youwillnot
get dinner before retreat, anyway."
Little the lieutenant recked of din
ner. But he obliged himself to walk
more reasonably. Maj. Cameron
tiv'ked of the scout and its outcome.
Farland tried to listen and to answer.
Tn his iovful artlcination he forgot
that lie was a sorry-looking sight to gO
H-wooing, that his face was burned,
and his nose peeling, and his hair half
sut, and his clothes ragged and dusty.
Self-consciousness was not one of his
faults. The major broke off suddenly
in the inidst of a tirade against Lntiian
Agents, those pet aversions of the line.
"I suppose you are about worn out,"
be said.
"No," said Farland; "not in the least,
Why?"
"You appear not to be able to keep
your mind upon anything. You have
no notion of what I said last."
"You said 'Mescaleros* last."
"But you have no idea whatever
what I said about the Mescaleros."
"I am afraid that's so," Farland ad
mitted.
"And over there at the corral you
answered three questions that I hadn't
asked."
Farland apoligized civilly. But he
had seen, through the window, Miss
Cameron standing with clasped hands
and head thrown back, before the open
fire. It was a favorite po&e with her,
and it recalled so much. The major
might as well have addressed his con
cluding remarks to the tlagstaff.
They went into the hall, and the
commandant opened the dcor. "There
is Clara." he said; "I believe you know
each other. 1 will go aud get Mrs.
Cameron." He went away aud closed
the door again.
Farland was not demonstrative. But
neither was he one to delay in carry
ing out a resolve. lie took the hand
that the girl held out to him, and then
went to the fireplace, and rested his
arm upon the mantel and looked at
lier speculatively.
"I am going to be very rash," he
said, "and very precipitate."
She smiled incredulously. "How un
like you!" she said.
"Perhaps; but it is not unlike me to
po straight to the point, I think."
She vouchsafed no encouragement.
PUT HER HAND UPON HIS SHOUL
DER.
"It is not," was all she answered. She
had long since determined that he was
an unscrupulous flirt—worse than
that, indeed, because be made more
pretensions than most men. Now,
when she looked into his keen gray
eyes, that consoling fiction vanished.
She wondered why he did not speak at
once of the one thing that might rea
sonably be expected to be of interest
—to herself, at least. But she folded
her hands in front of her again and
stood very erect.
"When I saw you last in the hop
room at Grant," he said, "I was to all
intents and purposes upon half pay.
My mother was alive then, and I was
supporting her."
She looked at him, puzzled. Why
should he tell her this now? While
there had yet been time he had been
chary enough of his confidences. While
there had yet been time — She looked
at him as be stood there before the fire,
young and strong, with his pistol belt
showing beneath his faded blouse, the
kerchief knotted around his neck, tjie
dusty boots with their spurred heels,
his face so absurdly sun and wind
burned, glowing with blond redness in
the firelight. While there had yet been
time — She checked an inclination to
throw out her arms and cry aloud.
"That is why," he went on, "I did
vot feel justified in telling you—
though you might, I should think, have
seen —that I loved you."
She went up to him and put her
band upon his shoulder nnd tried to
speak.
"Well, what?" he asked. He was sub
mitting dully to some blow which he
caw, in her hardening eyes, was going
to fall.
"I"—she was forcing the words from
her throat with a harsh, dry sound—
"l married Capt. Whitcomb three
weeks ago, because—l did not know."
Farland turned away and drew a
chair near to the fire. The movement
was quite natural, quite free from any
gesture of tragedy. He was too
stunned to feel the pain at once. That
■would come afterward, and stay
through many years. lie sat down in
the chair and watched the flaming
mesquite root. It was a little hard for
him to draw his breath, and the pain
was beginning now, too.
Clare stood upon the other side of
the hearth and looked dully ahead of
her. Then she drew her hand slowly
across her eyes.
"I must go home," she said.
Farland did not answer her, apd she
went out and closed the door—Gwen
dolen Overton, in San Francisco Argo
naut.
rigorei and Facta.
Mrs. Baldwin (reading)—An emi
nent scientist says that the common
house fly can make GOO strokes with
its wings In a second.
Mr. Baldwin —Well, perhaps it can;
but the pesky thing never does it when
it has a chance to loaf around a man's
bald spot and tickle him.—Chicago
Evening News.
Not True to Life.
A visitor to the British museum re
ports that he saw a countryman stand w
Ing before the bust of a woman in a
collection of statuary. The woman
was represented in the act of coiling
her hair, and, as the visitor came up,
the countryman was saying to him
self:
"No, sir, that ain't true to Nature.
She ain't got her mouth full of hair
pins."—Tit-Bits.
Sonplcion.
"I really believe," said Mr. Meekton,
"that I would like to be a chef."
His wife dropped her knife and fork
and frowned.
"Leonidas," she exclaimed, severely,
"I believe you have been reading some
of those silly paragraphs about the
way cooks browbeat the woman of the
house." —Washington Star.
The Summer Idyll.
She lies beside a purling brook.
As fair as any fairy;
Beside her lies an open book,
A novel light and airy;
A flower lies In her hand—a rose
That now is slowly dying.
And at her feet—as you'd suppose—
A nice young man is lying.
—Town Topics.
BY INSTANCE.
Weary—Yessir, it's so blamed hot in
Cuba, that oncet I wuz takin' a drink
down dere, an', before I cud swaller, it
had evaporated.—Collier's Weekly.
A Compnrlnon.
Man is like a watch, I've thought.
Open-faced or otherwise;
Hands e'er stretching up or down.
Late or gaining, as time (lies;
Loud or softly ticking on,
Little Ills by experts spoken;
Never slopping till the end, ,
Till the mainspring, Hope, is broken.
—Puck.
GLADSTONE IN PARLIAMENT.
I'litll ihe 'llnir Came to Ad
dress the llonae.
Gladstone's manner in parliament is
thus described by llenry \Y. Lucy, the
stenographer who took down nearly
every great speech tlie Grand Old Man
made for the last 20 years:
"The particular occasion referred to
by Mr. Lucy was in 1973, when things
were going wrong* The premier came
in from behind the speaker's chair
with hurried pace. As usual when con
templating the delivery of an impor
tant speech, he had a flower in his but
ton-hole. and was dressed with un
usual care. Striding swiftly past his
colleagues on the treasury bench, he
dropped into the seat kept \acant for
him. Then, turning with a sudden
bound of his whole body to the right,
he entered into animated conversation
with a colleague, his pale face work
ing with excitement, his eyes glisten
ing and his right hand vehemently
beating the open palm of his left hand,
as if he were literally pulverizing an
adversary. Tossing himself back with
; equally rapid gesture, he lay passive
| for the space of 80 seconds. Then,
with another swift movement of the
I body, he turned to the on
! his left, dashed his hand into his side
j pocket as if he had suddenly become
I conscious of a live coal secreted there,
pulled out a letter, opened it with
' violent flick and earnestly discoursed
thereon.
"Rising presently to answer a ques
tion put to him as first lord of the
treasury, he instantly changed his
whole bearing. His full, rich voice was
attuned to a conversational tone. The
intense, eager restlessness of manner
had disappeared. lie spoke with ex
ceeding deliberation, and with no other
gesture than a slight outward wave
of the right hand and a courteous
bending of the body in recognition of
his interlocutor. No matter how per
turbed his manner before rising, once
on his feet before the house, tnd his
self-command was master of his ac
tions; he became calm, dignified, state
ly. But, warming to his work, the
premier often proceeded through a
series of gymnastic exercises that
would have left an ordinary man of
half his years pale and breathless.
Sometimes with both hands raised
rigid above his head; often wrtth left
elbow leaning on the table, and right
hand, with closed fist, shaken at the
head of some inoffensive country gen
tleman on the back benches opposite;
anon standing half a 6tep from the
table, with the lef* hand hanging at
his side and the right uplifted io that
he miplit with thumbnail lightly touch
the shining top of hia head,he trampled
his way through the arguments of his
adversary as an elephant in an hour
of aggravation rages through a
jungle."—Chicago Chronicle.
GAINS OF STREET PLAYERS.
I.ota of Copper and Silver Coins Are
Gathered In br Strolling
Italian Musicians.
When an Italian "goes broke," which
Isn't very often, by the way, he does
not run to the selectmen with a long
tale of poverty and woe; neither does
he land at the poorhouse and settle
down for the rest of his days. Not at
all. The unfortunate son of the land
of sunny skies, penniless though he
may be, always has three good stand
bys which will put him on his feet and
turn the tide his way—bananas, pea
nuts and pianos.
There are six street pianos in daily
use in New Ilaven. Four of these are
owned by no Italian saloonkeeper on
Union street and the others by the in
dividuals who operate them. The first
mentioned rents pianos to his country
men, who call for them every morning
and return them at night. The men
who drag the piano about the streets
all day di'\*e their receipts with the
owner every evening on returning.
When the money taken in during the
day is less than five dollars the trip is
considered poor. On the other hand,
receipts average about six or seven dol
lars per day, and sometimes go as high
as nine or ten dollars. Routes where
this harvest is gathered are carefully
watched and cultivated and kept as se
cret as possible from competitors in the
field.
One of these pianos costs $250 in New-
York, and they are made most sub
stantially in order to stand the wear
and tear of street service. The owners
each year contract for a new "barrel"
of tunes, ten in number, which is sup
plied by the denier at a cost of $55. So,
following the original investment, this
is the only yearly expense.
A bright Italian maid on Fair street
told a Register reporter that she and
her father "went out" occasionally, and
nlways played to good houses, so to
speak. The last trip they took was up
the Ilousatonic valley, starting from
Bridgeport and going as far as Pitts
field, Miss. Then they crossed over to
Albany and Troy, followed the Dud
son down to the metropolis, and re
turned home. She smiled when asked
about the daily receipts, and was rath
er noncommunicative, but finally ad
mitted that she often gathered ten dol
lars in her tambourine in one day, and
"sometimes much mor?." Country
cities, she says, always pay best, and
summer resorts, where rich people
spend their vacations, are cherished
treasure spots.—New Haven (Conn.)
Register.
Distinctly Marked.
"Were there any marks about him
by wit - ') you would know him again?"
asked .c policeman, who had arrived
at the ycene too late to be of any serv
ice.
"Yes. sir," said the indignant young
woman, whose pocketbook had been
wrenched out of her hand by the dar
ing scoundrel. "I left two long finger
nail marks on his face. I'd know him
all right enough."—Chicago Tribune.
Now must wo sigh when daylight gfees.
Now must we grieve when droops the rose;
Too near the hour—aJj, sorrow's dole!
When we must muse on high-priced coal.
—Chicago Record.
NO COPY AFTER ALt.
(1) Explorer—Hullo, Pompey, foun
tains in the desert ? There's something
for my new book on Africa; looks like
Trafalgar square!—(2) The fountain j
—Ally Slower.
No. 37 '
1
HATS SHOULD BE WORN. •
A Traveler In Chicago Declares
Against Their Retsoral la J
Any Public Elevator.
"I fray, old chap, now don't be so'
dummy as to take your hat off again,-'
just because a woman comes into an
elevator."
The traveler had gathered in his,
companion by the two lapels of his
coat and was laying down the law to
him in dead earnest. They had just
emerged from one of the Stock Ex
change elevators, out of which had
stepped behind them one woman wear
ing a standard gauge hat and a dozen
men with their narrower heads-ear in
hand.
"Why, I thought it was the proper
thing. Jack, to hold your hat in your
hand when the gentler sex came into
the elevator with you."
"Not at all —an old-fashioned fad
gone into the lumber room. Might
just as well take your hat off in street
cars or a railroad car. The rule isj
no hats oIT on any movable platform
or part thereof not especially re-<
served for the entertainment of wom
en."
"Well, I'll be smashed; that's a new
one on me. Jack."
"Lots of good things are unknown,
and new to you and to many others. Iti
makes me fairly sizzle, though I sup
pose every fellow has the right to do
as he pleases with his chapean, to see
so many men who don't know the dif
ference between a dessert knife and &
tuning fork grab their hats off their
heads the moment a woman stepsinto'
in elevator. Watch sharp and yon will
always observe those fellows eying
each other as if in distrust or seeking;
approbation. It's gll wrong; infernal
nonsense, downright toadyism to thej
sex, and expected by no woman of
common sense, much less by one
customed to the ways of the proper
world."
"This is all news to me, Jack. 11l
have to key the boys up to it, for most
of them would take their hats off if
they met a woman in a freight ele-;
vator." ;
"The more to their credit, for there;
a woman might be in distress. It sim-;
ply amounts' to this: An> elevator in a!
hotel or public structure is for the
public convenience, like a stairway or,
a street car or auy other old thing of
that sort. It is not a closed room. It
is a movable platform. Now, it is not
an invention of public convenience to
be required to uncover your baldheadi
to a draft in an elevator because a ;
woman enters. What difference if anj
elevator has a pagoda top? It is ini
convenient, just the same. Imagine a
lawyer with both arms full of "volumes
of authorities, a physician with hi*
surgical case and therapeutic para*
phernalia filling both hands, a trav
eler clutching two bags—what kind of,
nonsensical manners is it that require*:
them to drop their burdens a* soon asl
behatted femininity come* into an:
elevator, and devote their hands and!
thoughts to keep their heads bare till;
either they or the woman gets out.j
Nothing in it. Never take your hat;
off that way again, or Fll read you a
lecture on the monkeyisms of man
ners."—Chicago Chronicle.
CHALLENGED THE PROFESSOR.
A Berlin Student Who Falls <• Pass
Examinations Desires to Flgkt
with His Teacher.
A new terror would be added to the
life of the German professor if many
people followed the example of a stu
dent named Hans von Flemming, who
has just appeared before the Berlin,
courts to answer to a charge of chal
lenging the president of the senate of,
Berlin university to a duel.
Herr von Flemming recently ap
peared for examination before the law
faculty in Berlin. At the oral exami
nation he failed to satisfy the exami
ners and was told he had failed. On
hearing this he laughed derisively,
gathered together his papers, and,
without saluting his professors,
walked out of the hall, noisily
the door.
The following day he called on Dr.
Coing, the president of the senate,
and asked his permission to address a'
petition to the minister of justice to
get his examination reheard. This
Dr. Coing, in view of his rude behavior
at the examination, refused to accord.
Herr von Flemming denied that he had
behaved rudely, to which Dr. Coing
replied: "You can deny it a#much as.
you like, but I tell you no well-bred
man would have behaved as you did."
This reply the Etudent regarded as
an insult, and sent his cousin, an ofH
cer, to demand its withdrawal. On
this being refused he challenged Dr.'
Coing to mortal combat. The latter*
who taw that if he fought duels with:
every student who failed in his ex
amination he would have his hands
full, promptly refused and informed
the police.
As a result Herr nans von Flemming
will have four months of seclusion in
a German fortress in which to medi
tate over the inefficiency of dueling aa
a means of acquiring a legal degree.—
Berliner Tageblatt.
Royal Colors.
The sultan of Turkey is always seen
attired in pale brown garments; the
emperor of Austria affects gray. The
German emperor has what may be
called a loud taste in clothes, and is
neTer so happy as when wearing the
showiest of uniforms or hunting cos
tumes. The czar of Russia, on the
other hand, likes the simplest, darkest
form of undress uniform. —Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Correct Again.
Teacher —What were those great
ditches around the castles called?
Pupil—Moats.
"Correct; e.nd why we-e they dug?"
"Ter keep out bill collectors." —Up
•• Da to.
The Cxtreme Penalty.
Lord Russell, of Killowen, years be
fore he took sick, was sitting in court,
when another barrister, leaning across
the benches during the hearing of a
trial for bigamy, whispered, "Russell,
what's the extreme penalty for big
amy?"
"Two mothers-in-law," replied Rus
sell, without hesitation. —-Tit-Bits.
Cooling Him Off.
He—l shall speak to your father to
night. How had I better begin?
She—By calling his attention to the
statutes governing assault, mayhem,
manslaughter and murder in the first
degree. Papa is so impulsive, you
know.—Judge.
A Perfect Cnre.
"I've cured my husband's insomnia."
"How did it?"
"Pretended I was sick, and the doc
tor left medicine which Henry was to
give me every half hour all nightlong."
—Chicago Record.
Some Logic In It.
Edith—lt requires lots of courage
fcr Laura to go away as an army
nurse.
May—Oh, I don't know. There are
few men to be found anywhere else. —
Philadelphia USJth. Ameri<&n>