VO xx*x.vii MILLER'S JULY shoe; SALE A RECORD BREAKER! Now is your time SSOOO worth of Summer Shoes at your own price. We have too many shoes and not enough money, hcncc no reasonable oficr will be refused. Good, seasonable footwear regard less of cost. Close cash buyers will be sure to take advantage of this great sale. Reed Every item a Leader and a Money Saver For You. Men's Tan Shots Men's Bnff Shoes JHc Men's forking Shoes 9sc Men's Low Shoes 98c Men's Patent Tip Shoes SI 2! Men's Tennis Oxforos 48c Men's Cibto Shoe- «8c Many other bargains in shoes for you. Come in and see for yourself. Juiy Sale A Hummer—Take It In. G E- MILLER, Butler's Pro3.-cs.ii, e ihoe House, 215 Sou '1 M..in Street Bickel's Bargains! "(Great Reaac-ion in Sommer Footwear.; We have on hand a large stock of summer footwear which will be sold at a grc.'t re uc'ion. Too may Tan Shoes and Oxfords. It will pay you to visit this sale and secure some of the bargains being oflcied. FI£W PRICES.#- Hoy's $1 .50 tan shoes reduced to SI.OO .. Men's s2.od tan ?hoes reduced to $' .25 .... Men's $3.50 tan shoes reduced to $2.25 Men's $2.00 Oxfords reduced to $[ .40 . Ladies' $1.75 tan shoes reduced to $125 Boy's fine box calf slices reduced to SI.OO Men's heavy sole late working shoes. . SI.OO Men's three sole box toe shoes 1.40 .... Ladies' fine Dongola slippers 35 c - • Sweeping Offers in Misses' and Children's Shoes. We are offering some big bargains in Misses' and Children's fine DONGOLA and RUSSETT shoes and slippers. ~ We have made reductions in all lines and ask you to call and examine our goods and we can save you money. JOHN BICKEL, 128 SOUTH MAIN STRLET, - BUTLER, PA Out of Siyie. Out of the World! V? I Ur *» arments ave a style that 1 s y / JT\ "|j ® easily distinguished from the ord : n- Jm They are the result of careful ' study and practical application ofthe ideas gathered by frequent visits to I the fashion centres, and by personal cwr, tact with the leading tailors and '"ishion authorities of the county, jl ®*jh . j|ljp,They are made in our own work lU jjl shop by the highest paid journcy ® ' men tailors in Butler, yet it is pos sible to (and we do; give our patrons these first-class clothes at the price you would pay for the other sort. We believe we have given good reasons why our tailoring is the best and cheapest and would be grateful for the opportunity to show you our handsome spring stock and give you prices to prove them A | q^MAKER OF 1 LIOI ILJ, MEN'S Clothes SpringaSTYLES nr. f u » >f (i n7fr\l 3S" Men don't buy clothing for the pur- __■s . I 1 ;i h tpose or spending money. They desireik, //. I%■ if/i(n to get the best possible results for thes A|<. fXy W 7 owraey expended. Not cheap goodsTflf / ✓ l-l . To. 3 ££but goods as cheap as they can liew jjry dm ] . .sold for and made up properly. '• w| j 7 \yon want the correct thing at the cor-"M" A ,j " i trect price, call and examine our;!' \ IMKir Ili 4 ' Jlarge stack of SPRINT, WEIGHTS—hY \ & A&W V 'if ' •3 f LATKST STVLKS, SIIADF.3 \ ] tt && J\ls \ 4 j ************** - n !j fl L< 1 Fits and Workmanshio | j I J Guaranteed. fj.'s GF. K6CK, 42 North Main Sireet, Butler, Pa LAVATORY APPLIANCES j 15 ' tjfj nowadays have to be of the best t| || li N-l to receive any sort of consider "Tj 0 r.;,y ' jij tpTI |FSL|r| ation. Closed plumbing is a relic M , jjjii j [ of the past —open work only re- - ||i jj ! y ceives attention. Reason? It's arJi ¥*'/ * ' *1 sanitary, cleanly, looks better, rc rXi't*' Uil■' quires less attention and is better in every respect, We make a 1 (Bee£j specialty of up-to-date styles and . j methods. Oeo. \AJ. \A/hite-Hill, 318 South Main St., People's Phone. 28. PLUMBKR, Butler, Pa. Subscribe for the CITIZEN I L".dies' S»-rge Slippers 28c Ladies' Gaiters 4*c Ladies' Kid Slippers 48c Ladies' Strap Sandals 48c Ladies' Waiting Shoes 48c Ladies' Tan Oxfords 69c ' Ladies' Kid Polish Mc THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Tonight If your liver is out of order, causing Biliousness, Sick Headache, Heart burn, or Constipation, take a dose of Hood's Pills On retiring, and tomorrow your di | Restive organs will be regulated and you will be bright, active and ready for ahv kind of work. This has been the expc ric-ncc of others; it will be yours. HOOD'S PILLS are sold by all medicine dealers. 25 etc. BUTLER BUSINESS COLLEGE. Kali t< mi begins, Monday, Sept. 13,1900 COURSES r —Practical Book-keepers. 2—Expert Accountant:;. 3 — nanuensis Shorthand 4— Reporter's Shorthand. s—Practical5 —Practical Short Course in Book-keeping, for those who merely wish to understand the simpler methods of keeping book a 6 English. Or a TEACTIEBS— We hivo Tour ;it present always as n/.:iv as we need, no more. FOIKIOII Wg oipcci to bo able to place at least twice as many graduates lti positions the '-cciing year as we have t!io put. V.'.; ennifl p'aee three w;i re v • place one if we only had more of the i kind of material to work on. Young yoanß woman, if you have af: ir .J edii at on. and a. ladustriovs .1 .i' will ba 10 yuu.- Interest to take lit least one of our course •>. and let us f.ssls* you to re nuner .ve em ployment. T;ie finest sysU m o." siior.aaii.! • yc r pub lished will ' c . s. t;.e , . n |ti » year. Call and <■>. i mo' - . ud for a copy of our new catalog ifd chcuiars. A. F. F.EQAL, Prin., 319-327 S. Main St., Butler, Pa. Good Fit and Work Guaranteed. Karl Schiuchter, Practica. Tailor and Culte.' 125 W. JefTe.son, Butier, I'a. Bushelinrj, Cleaning and Repairing a Specialty. SNYDER & THOMPSON West jV eison bt, Butler, Pa. LIVERY. nOARD N'G AND SALK STABLE. I'; ,ENT Y OF Rnz Distance Phones. Hotel Waverly South McKean Street, J. W HAWORTH, Prop'r., BUTLER, PA Steim Heat and Electiie The most commodious office in the city. Stabling in Connection. HOTEL ARANDALE, Bedford, Penn'a., Now open with . ('• fl nttraAr rangement** have Ij'< m made wll.ii the Hprlfigfi Company for the famous mineral water to be brought to the hotel dally. Terms moderate. Write for booklet A!,S»!P A SMITH, Prop*. Xy-M.&M-y- ■ Zr!' .-vx ' f** m#4 %z*4 * * yf Butler People Should Patronize the * Hotel Kelly I A. Keily <%, Sons, Prop'rs., | : ± Cambridge Springs* Pa. | I A flrst-class hotel. Just opened. $ * In acharmlnftcountry location, )je T In connection wltli tin famous £ % Mitchell Hj,rliiK«i; everythluff, j, £ new. modern and up-to-date; 2e J further Information with ratea. % I etc.. cheerfully furnished on T * application; free carriage* to * jf and from all trains J If * fl *•&£••*• «SS* Pianos Tuned. Voiced and Regulated. Now is the time to have your Piano looked after. You want a reliable man to do the work, not one that is here today and gone tomorrow. "Tramp Tuners" gen erally half do their work if they know how to do it at all. A great many pianos get the blame when the tuner (?jis at fault. lam here to stay and guarantee all work. J. C CANER. at Newton's Music Store, or 109 Water Street, Butler, Pa. Instruction given on all instru ments. Now is T'ne Time to Have Your Clothing CLEANED OR DYED. If you want good and reliable cleaning or dyeing done, there is; just one place In town where yc can get'it, and that is at The Butler Dye Works j 216 Center avenue. do fine work in out door Photographs. This is tht time of yvar to have a picture ol your house. Give us a trial.) AffPiit for the JftiM htowii fiV-Latc Blind Co.—New York. R. F;SHER <&, sow- BUTLKR, THURSDAY, JULY SO, \OOC) • : 3v • i* i i': i t-z-Sfrt i-{ Ipi tmt * I :V? U f\ B*' .•« Fg Afl /(I OLIVE ' J iV aCTI? FEVER. .* 3 mm fmi 1 8 A TALE OF LIFE IN THE "W BOER REPUBLIC. £* X*? 3,.i •; nvitf-.qe&g'.*!-. .5 tDe.uY.jg" with a heavy coat of green that hid the red earth everywhere. In ; the very chinks of the stone walls dark green leaves hung out, and beauty and growth hud crept even into the beds of the sandy furrows and lined them with weeds. On the broken sod walls of the old pigsty chickweeds flourished, and Ice plants lifted their transparent leaves Waldo was at work in tbo wagon tiouse again. He was making a kitchen table f.,r Km. As the long curls gathered In heaps before his plane he paused for an Instant now and again to throw one down to a small n'gifer who had crept from Its mother, who stood churning In the sun shine, and : ad crawled Into the wagon house. i-"i(.:ii time to time the little ani mai lifted Its fat hand as It expected a fresh shower of curls till Doss. Jeal otts <.f his muster's noticing any other small creature but himself, wotii 1 catch the curl In his mouth and roll ti»e Mttle Kaffir over in the sawdust, much t !ii?«t small animal's content merit. A ditT'i-ent life showed itself In fro it of tb" house, where Tant' Sannle's cart »t< od r a 1; '"lnspaiined." and the Boer won.::ii ieisi If sat h the f r-i>' ro >?:: drl'- " ■ •--:T> e. :'!;■• had come to visit her A. t .til; liter. robably for the last tii.. • ■! she i, u weighed W p. nr. !.. a.'.d was it< t <-ai dy able to move. u c:ia r -.11 In :• mild young hu. lm?!ti ' ":rs!«:g the baby h pudding faced w«al: . ; ; ing to be niur liod. .: y cb!l :," rant' Sannle as t !'e dralii-il ' •• i.-v-t drop from her coffee cup. I wouldn't - - o while that b< 'A.M.- here 1' v.-o«:!d make him t<>e conceited. Lut marriage is the !'.;•■ 1 ■ in tb •> ori I I've been ni it three Bm and It it pleased God • tali this h . ! more. But I 1!•.-> 1 j.t wait till I've had It, and then— But lie. sly fox, still of satan. seed of the ArnaUkite, he saw me looking at him in the cbureli. The blessed sacrauient -wasn't half over when he takes 'lant' Trana by t!>«- arm. and out they g-> 1 • lap m.v baby down to Its faiher. a. 1 )go after them But." said Taut' San till regretfully. "1 :ouldn't get up f n them. lam too fat When 1 got t,. ti• corner, 1.0 was pulling 1 ant' Trana ut> into the cart. 'Tant' Trana," 1 said, •you've married a Kaffir's dog. a Hot tentot's hrakje.' I hadn't any more breath. He winked at me -he winked at me," said Tant' Kautilo, her sides shaking with indignation, "first with one eye and then with the other, and then drove aivay t'lilkl .f the Amnio!: itr-," said Tant' Sasmie "If it hadn't been the blessed sacrament! Ix>rd, Lord, Lord!" Here the little Bush girl came run ulng to say that the horses would stand 110 longer, and, r.till breathing < "t vengeat against '> r old udver sary. she labored toward the cart. Shaking hands and affectionately kiss ing Em. she was with some difficulty drawn up. Then slowly the cart rolled away, the good B >--r woman putting her hoad out between the sails to : mile and nod. Em stood watching It for a time. Then as the sun daazled h< r eyes she turned away There was no use in going to sit with Gregorj He llfei-d best sitting there alone, staring across the green "karroo," and till the maid had done churning there was nothing to do, so Em walked away to the wagon house and climbed on to the end of Waldo's table mid sat there, swinging one little foot slowly to and fro while the wooden curls from the plane- heaped themselves up her black print dress "Wuldo," she said at last. "Gregory has given me the money be got for the wagon and oxen, and I have £!V) lie sides that once belonged to some one. I know what they would have likiil to have done with it You must take It and go to some place and study for a year or two " "No, little ore, I will not take It," he said as he planed slowly away. "The timo was when I would have been very grateful to any one who would hnv> given me n little money, u little help, a little power of gaining knowl edge. But now 1 have '/one so f'sr alone I may go on to the end 1 don't want It, little one." "Why is It always s-i, Waldo always so?" she snld "We long for things and long for them and pray for them, we would give all we have to come near to them, but we never reach them. Then at last, too late. Just when we don't want them any more, when all tho sweetness b taken out of them, then they come We don't want them then," she said, folding her hands resignedly on her little apron After awhile she added: "1 remember once, very loug ago, when I was a very little girl, my mother had a work box full of colored reels. I always wanted to play with them, but she would never let me. At last one day she said I might take tho box. I was so glad I hardly knew what to do. I ran round the house and sat down with It on the back steps, but when 1 opened the box all the cottons were taken out." She sat for awhile longer fill tho Kalllr maid had finished churning and was carrying the butter toward tho house. Then Em prepared to slip off tie- table, but first she laid hn little hand on Waldo's. 110 stopped his plan ing and looked up. "Gregory Is going to the town to morrow. He Is going to give In our lianns to the minister. We are going be married In three weeks." Waldo lifted her very gently from tlx; table. Il«- did not congratulate her. Perhaps In- thought of the empty box, but he kissed her forehead gravely. She walked away toward the house, but stopped when she had got half way. "I will bring you u glass of but termilk when It Is cool," she called out, and soon her clear voice came ringing out through the back windows an she sung the "IHue Water" to her self and washed the butter. Waldo dlr youi '.overcomes tomorrow, or at your heart there lies 11 ncheinc for the hohllnt; of wealth, then you will return at» you Aent out you will have seen nothing lor Nature, ever, like the old Hebrew God, crle« out, "Thou shalt have 1111 ( .th«'r tx-f< r- me." Onl} «Ueli, u ... . . o |d Mol Is bnln. wt»«n tin jj.j ... is 11. wlion the old desire is VHshi'd. tin" 11 the Dtvtne ei)UHH'nsatlou jf Nntuf. ts ■ iiute manifest. She shows herself in you So . tiaws yon t;..-»t »}»«• Wood men Uou from her t'. v"»i throujtfi a 1 tiiK-iit cortl. You feel tli*- tliro?> of l:<-r life. When that da> mims that von sit down broken, without oti.- human erea ture to whom you elinjf, with your loves the dead and the living dead; when the very thirst for knowledge through long eontinuinJ thwarting has grown dull; when in the present there Is no eravlng and In the future tp hope, then, oh. with a beneficent ten tleiness. Nature Infolds you. Then the large white as 11i -y flutter down SKiftly. one by one. whl-'in-r soothingly. "Uest. poor heart, rest!" It is as though our mother smoothed our hair and we are comfort ed. Well to die then, for, If you live, so surety as the years come, so surely as the spring s?ii ...,1s the winter, so sure 1} will (tasslons arise. They will creep buck, one by one, into the bosom that has east them forth and fasten there again, and [«aee will go. Desire, am bltlon un«l the tieree agonizing tlooil of love for the living - they will spriiiK Then Nature will draw down her veil. With all your longing jou shall n.it Ik- able to raise one corner. You cannot bring back those peaceful days Well to die then' fitting there with his arms folded on his knees and Ids hat slouched down over his faeo, Waldo looked out Into the yellow sunshine that tinted even the very air with the color of ripe corn and was happy. lie was an uncouth creature, with small learning and no prospect In the future but that of making endless ta bles and stone walls, yet It seemed to him as he sat there that life was a rare and very rich tiling. lie rubbed his hands In the sunshine. Ah. to on so, year after year, how well! Always in the present, letting each day glide, bringing its own labor and Its own beauty, the gradual lighting up of the hills, night and tin stars. Ilrellght and the coals! To live on so. calmly; far from the paths of men, and to look at the lives of clouds and In eels, to look deep Into the heart of flowers and seo how lovingly the pistil and the sta mens nestle there together, and to see iri the thorn i>ods how the little seeds suck their life through the delicate curled up string and how the little embryo sleeps inside! Well, how well, to sit so on one side, taking no part In the world's life, but when great men blossom Into books looking Into those flowers also, to see how the world of men, .too. opens lieautlfully, leaf aft er leaf' Ah, life Is delicious! Well to live long and nee the darkness break ing and the day coming, the day when soul shall not thrust back soul that would cwtne to It, when men shall not be driven to seek solitude because of the crying out of their hearts for love and sympathy! Well to live long and see the uew time breaking! Well to live long! Life is sweet, sweet, sweet! In Ids breast pocket, where of old the broken slate used to be, there was now a little dancing shoe of his friend who was sleeping. He could feel It when he folded his arm tight against his breast, and thut was well also. He drew his hat lower over his eyes and sot so mo tionless that the chickens thought he was asleep and gathered closer around him. One even ventured to peek at Ids boot, but It ran away quickly. Tiny, yellow fellow that It was, It knew that men were dangerous. Eveu sleep ing they might awake. Hut Waldo did not sleep and, coming back from hie sunshiny dream, stretched out his hand for the tiny thing to mount. But the chicken eyed the hand askance and then ran off to hide under Its mother'l wing, and from beneath It It some times put out Its round hfead to peep at the great figure sitting there. Presently its brothers ran off after a little white moth, and it ran out to Join them, and when the moth fluttered away ovei their heads thi y stood looking up, dls appointed, and then ran back to theli mother. Waldo through his half closed eyes looked at them. Thinking, fear liik. craving, those tiny sparks ot brother life, what were they, so rea! there In that old yard on that sun shluy afternoon? A few years—whert would they be? Strange little brothei spirits! He stretched Ids hand toward them, for his heart went out to them but not one of the little creatures caxnc nearer him, and ho watched them gravely for a time. Then he smiled and began muttering to himself aftci his old fashion. Afterward he folded his arms upon his knees and rested lib forehead on them. And so ho sat there In the yellow sunshine, mutter ing, muttering, muttering, to himself. It was not very long after when Em came out at the back door with a towel thrown across her head and In bet hand a cup of milk. "Ah," she said, coining close to Wm, 1 "he is sleeping now! lie will lind it when he wakes and bo glad of It." She put It down upon the ground be side him. The mother hen was at work still among the stones, but the chickens had cHiiilied about hlui and were perching on him. One stood upon lilh shoulder and rubbed Its little head softly against Ms black curls. An other tried to balance Itself on the very edge of the old felt hat. One tiny fel low stood upon his hand and tried to crow. Another had nestled Itself down comfortably on the old coat sleeve and gone to sleep there. Bin did not drive them away, but she covered the glass Hoftly at his side. "111! will wabo BOOM," HllO Wild, "HU«J bo plnd of It." But tlie chickens wcro wiser. THE END. \g U'untvd a Btoiif. "Have I not always bccu generous with you In the matter of household **pcnsesV" lie demanded. "Yes," she replied bitterly. "I ask (•« iu-e 111 the fami ly.—Cbl'ugo I 'oh t Mlrntcu) In ll««* I'nlplt. "How did you gather such a large congregation of old and middle uged people?" linked the young mlnlNter of the old one. "I advertised a sermon to the young," wan the latter's reply.—Chicago News. of Op valence. liorotliy- I'a, I do wish wo were rich. Dorothy's I'a liow rich would you like to be? I>orothy—Oh, awfully rich; rich enough to snub people and still In- cull ed agreeable! Chicago Hccord. A Herman tailor who died nt Hret»- Inu In 1N37 had such keen sight that tii* w.'ih ah)" to we two of Jupiter"# four moons with the naked eje. Ilnllstones In India are sn! 20 11m*' larger thau thof«» In I3n«fnrr»l vc Am»rl«c LOOK UP I Our fathers t their gra\«s harr gon*. Their ft rife la paat their triumph won. But 9t«"n>er trial* wait the race Will- h run m their fconured place— A mortal wariart with the crime Ar*d foUjr of .tn evil tlrno. So let It In Goal's own might We girl us f r the coming right, And, etrcng In him whore cause u our*. In conflict with unholy powers, We grapp the weapon* he !ih# given— The ligut and an«i Jove of heaven Whittles t I ' 4 t He Made Up His Mind : Too Late. i ♦ > On the ntght of the 31st of December luy friend Jacobus, after having dined la silence at the table d'hote of the Golden Uose, retraced with quick steps Grangettes street, where his bachelor lodgings were. The street was solitary and badly lighted by a faroff gas Jet. The north wind, blowing directly between the two rows of black facades, cut Jacobus' visage and. notwithstanding the close ly buttoned overcoat, made our friend feel that the blood of 40 years did not possess the warmth of prime youth. Therefore did he agitate with an Im patient hand the hammer which deco rate! the landlady's door. It was the daughter of the house. Mile. France line Hi gen rd, who opened to him, holding in one hand the folds ; of her apron, tilled with chestnuts, and In the other the lamp which lighted up her face and her sparkling blue eyes* Those blue eyes, the frizzly brown hair and the bright smile of Mile. ; Franceline stlil gave an attractive pl ! quancy to her l'uce, although she was | commencing to fade, having attained her twenty-eighth year on St. Cather j lne's day. "1 beg your pardon for having mad« you wait," said she to the shivering j lodger, "but I was In the act of spllt > ting chestnuts Wo have kept two of • my friends to supper, and tonight we i will end the year by roasting the chest -1 nuts and washing them down with a glass of Flgnolette. At your service, I M. Jacobus." "Thanks," auswers he, appearing in ! a hurry. "Thanks, mademoiselle." If he refused. It was not that France line's company was displeasing to him, on the contrary. Hut he kept himself In reserve, fearing to place himself un der obligation to this girl who wanted to marry and not wishing that too much familiarity should make him slip, little by little, on dangerous ground. lie was not Insensible to the blue eyes and to the smile of the young lady, but ho wns afraid of marriage, lie resembled those children who aro about to take a cold bath, who dip one foot lu the water, then take It out again and cannot decldo to take a ilnal t plunge. "Thanks!" said he again on going up the stairs "No letters have comn for me?" "No, M. Jacobus, the mall carrier has brought nothing." "Well, decidedly I'm forgotten!" sad ly thought Jacobus as he put the key In the keyhole. "The entire world has forgotten the way to my house." Jacobus felt himself become, little by little. In a lit of bad temper. This night everything had gone wrong. The logs on the fli<- smoked Instead of llarnlng; his lamp flickered without giving light; a drafty wind passed under the door and froze him to the marrow. "A thinker—Joubort, I believe," mur mured he as he lighted his pipe—"has said that 'the evening of life brings Its lamp with It' Mine lights very badly, and my crepusclo is deueedly gloomy. "This weakening of the Interior light Is one of the fatal consequences of celi bacy. Maturity and celibacy! Two un healthy mediums which germinate and start a lot of bad seed that one thought dead and that brlug forth ugly flowers with a bitter scent-tardy remorse, sterile regrets, hesitations and fear of old age. "Fear espwlally, a cowardly fear which keeps one from acting, which turns one from generous resolutions, from all fructuous daring I remem ber In the time of my youth, at a mo ment when I was about to climb an ab rupt cliff of the Pyrenees, I met u man ripe In years and nlready bent down, and as I Interrogated him as to the road to follow he cried out to me; " 'Do not climb tip there. The road Is a veritable foundry. You will get out of breath all to no avail!' "I shrugged my shoulders and kept on my way, laughing at the pusillanim ity of that middle age, and this Is what I have come to! Tho least pebble dis turbs me, the most childish difficulty takes the proi»ortlons of an Impossibil ity I know no more how to dare or to will, and I retire to my bachelor cell re gretting the chances that I let slip at the time my twentieth year flourished in all Its freshness." At that moment tho eclat of young voices came from below, and In this gay noise Jacobus could distinguish Francellne's clear laugh "They are amusing themselves down •ntalrs!" thought he again, with a sigh. "They aro drinking to the year that Is passing and to the one that will be born. "For them a year that passes away and oil'- that logins do not waken mel ancholy thoughts. They aro not yet at (the age when tho weeks and the months seem to go by with the rapidity iof a swallow on tho wing They will come to tt nevertheless, au- poii to I'raneellne unless a brave fellow makes liis appearance who is loving enough and courageous enough to transplant In n warm medium this pretty plant "Hut then, miserable one, since thou understandost so well all these things, why art not thou that brave fellowt Thou art tired of thy frozen foyer. Why dost thou not make of her a haj>- py and Joyous mate? "Ah! There It Is, precisely. 1 do not know any more how to darel" While he was immersed lu those black and disenchanting Ideas Jacobus wns losing the notion of the exterior phenomena A chill Which ran along Ills back brought him back to reality lie jH-rcelved that Ids lire was consuiu eil without throwing out anjr heat, that his pipe had become cold that V 1 * window was badly dosed. Just as he ■w as about rising to shut It hermetical ly new Joyous rumors came from the tirst floor. and new silvery laughter from Fraucellne struck his ears. He had still a moment of hesitation; then the cold of this December night decid ed him. lie blew out his Limp and de scended, feeling his way down the staircase, and. irulded by the laughter, he knocked timidly at the landlady's door. The tloor opened wide, and by the bright light he saw around the Are place a circle of youug people busy l*cellng chestnuts. "My faith!" said Jacobus. "I heard your laughter up stairs, nnd It made my mouth water. Will you make room for me at your side, Mile. Franeellne?" And then, lu sending a tender look toward Franeellne, he saw all of a sud den that that place was taken. A young man of about 80 years, a for ester. was seated on the same bench with the young girl nnd was very close. While her friend opened his great bulging eyes the landlady said to him. advancing a chair: "Come near me, M. Jacobus; I'm going to give you some news. We are killing two birds with one stone. We are feasting the St. Sylvestre, nud we are toasting the be trothal of our Franeellne with M. le Garde General Saudax. Take, then, a glass ami drink with us They will be married the 2d of February."—From the French of Andre Theurlet For New York Press. DIDN'T MAKE A SALE. Hut It Was 11 *»ally llin Own Fault After All. "What we're after Is your tobacco order," announced Ihe big man at the door. "We're bucking the trust and uro bound to win out If the only stand by us. Don't make any dif ference whether you smoke, cbew, dip, swab or snuft It. We can fit you out, lit you right and guaruutee every pack sge." "I'm glad you didn't mention ciga rettes." smiled the little old-lady at the other side of the sill. "I have no mer cy on cigarettes. Not a bit! Not a bit! I say. I abominate snuff, I think chewing n most uncleanly practice, I will not allow a pipe In the house, nnd I can just tolerate a cigar. Won't you come In?" He accepted nnd for 15 minutes di lated on the merits of his goods and the Iniquities of the trust She was a sympathetic listener and made nn occa sional Inquiry. "Now," he reached In his peroration, "if you will have your men folks try our goods I'll call later, sell them a trlnl lot cheap and then put t&em on our list of customers, for I know they'l> be pleased." "Men folks? Dear me! Sister and I have lived here for 80 years alono. Goodness! Did you think I was mar ried?" And she looked pleased. "Bui you're mistaken. Not that I dldn'l have chances enough, and sister, too, but"— "Madam, I'm selling on commission You should have told me half nn boui ago." And he made long strides to ward the door. "But If you could send me up an ounce or so of some cheap snuff to kecj the moths out of the furs— Why, t.hi rude man!" For he was half a block away.—Detroit Free Press. ALL ATE THEIR HUSBANDS. I'tter Failure of a C»*tly Experiment to Mult* Spider* Weave Silk. As long ago as the beginning of the eighteenth century the Idea of using the thread that the spider spins from its body as a substitute for the thread i'tiwrapped from the cocoon of the silk worm was broached, but with little practical result. An Englishman, Mr. Rolt, secured 20,000 feet of silk thread from 22 spiders In two hours. Of late some experiments have been conducted by curious persons to ascer tain which spider produced the best aud largest quantity of Hllk, for It has been demonstrated that It is an excel lent substitute for that of the silk worm. Spiders from Paraguay and Argentina, from India, China and Aus tralia, were tried, but the best results were secured from the spiders of Mad agascar. It was found that lifter laying her eggs the femnlc spider spins most free ly. .Six of these were selected and con fined for the test. l-'rom one 2,000 yards of thread were secured In ten days; from the second, 1,350 yards In seven days; from the third and fourth, 4. r >o yards in four duys; from the fifth, 1,400 yards In 11 days, and from the sixth, 4.200 yards In 27 days. A German manufacturer was so de lighted with tills test that he made elaborate arrangements for having a spider silk mill, Importing a large num ber of the spiders from Madagascar to (let-many. All went well until the females had laid their eggs and be gun to spin, when all nt once the males were found to have disappeared. Their larger feminine companions had grown so fond of them that each female spi der had eaten her mate. This catas trophe ended the costly experiment.— Washington Post. THE HORSE COLORER, lu Hnoe Track Parlance He Is • "Rlmccr Prryortf." "See that man who Just went out?" usked a blacksmith, referring to a middle uged man who hud left tlu> shop a moment before. "Well, he's the greatest horse colorer lu the country and the only man who hus got the business down to perfec tion." "A horse colorer? What kind of a profession is tliut? Never heard of it before." "Well, fiie business ain't generally known to the public, but nowadays the horse colorer is the whole thing In rac ing circles. For some time there has been an opening for u clever horse colorer, and the man who Just went out bus made a good many thousand dollars during the past few years working around race tracks. "Of course, you kuow that the out lawing rules on tho nice track uro pretty strict, ami It has become very dlltleiilt to start a 'ringer' on any track. A 'ringer,' you know, Is a good horse made to appear like an old skate, HO that 1m can be entered In the slower races. "Thin professional colorer Is nothing more nor less than a 'ringer preparer," and he's got the slli keHt methods you can Imagine, lie can take a bay mare Into his barn and wlthtu 2-1 hours bring her out as white as snow or Jet black, Just as you please. The old fitHhloued way of coloring horses was done by a liberal use of paint, but I've known It to go pretty hard with own ers when their colored horses happen ed to be caught In a shower. "The new method Is fully known only to this one man, but he sny* that ho uses some kind of chemicals and can give nny color to aui horse. II» can give u black horse white feet and turn a sorrd Into a dapple gray on very short notice. In another 24 hours he (Jin bring back the original color of the horse. !!<• charges *25 a trans formation."—Chicago Democrat. No. 20 VARIETIES OF POTATOES. \r«« or Rotable Kinds Teatrd M tn« Ohio Station* The following varieties of potato?# 1 ompriso a par tlal list of those pn trial at tb<- Ghlo experiment htuttou the past Reason, the majority having l>een plant eout 10 per eent above the Early Ohio It ripens at about the same time as the Early Ohio. Bovee. An early white variety with pink markings. It stands sooond In the list of early worts ai to productlve -1 ness. It Is commonly ranked with the ; Early Ohio as to earllness, but It should . be rated as a few days later. Its aver age ylelil for three years Is about 40 per cent al>ove the Early Ohio. Carman No. X.— A well known second early or late white variety, similar la habit of growth and shape of tuber* to the Rural New Yorker No. 2, but rather more prolific. The tubers are smooth and uniform In size, and nearly all are marketable. It is regarded a£ one of the best of Its class for market, but as only second rate In quality. ('raighend. - Tubers rather long, slightly flattened, smooth, white, i new mldseason variety of considerable merit which has been on trial her© three seasons. It has given good yields* and the tubers are nearly all of mar ketable size. Commercial.—A new mldseason, pin* variety of considerable promise. Tfcft tubers are of good 9tee, regular In shape and smooth. It hap been 06 trial here two seasona and baa given satisfactory yields Early Trumbull.—An early white va rlety of recent Introduction. It stand* at the head of the list In productive ness of early varieties on trial here for the past three years, giving an average .of 2TI bushels per acre. While it it not alike successful In all localities It appears to have given general satis faction. Its season of ripening is with the Early Rose and Early Harvest Heretofore Bovee and Early Harvest have stood at the head of early varie ties In our trials, but the Early Trum bull must now be accorded first place. Early Michigan.—Another early white sort which has made a good rec ord quite generally. Its nverage yield Is a little belocv that of Early Harvest. Enormous.—A very prolific, late white variety. I! Is one of the heaviest yielding varieties thus far tested at the station. Its average for three yean being 2t*7 bushels i>er acre, or about 10 per cent above the combined average of Carman No. 8, Sir Walter Raleigh and Uncle Ham and 83 per cent above Carman No. 8. It Is, however, as smooth as Sir Walter Raleigh and Carman No. 8, but not rough enough to Impair its market value. Qreen Hay Triumph.—A white skin ned variety of the same shape as Bliss Triumph and ripening at the same time. It has been tested here one sea son only, but gave a higher yield than any others of Its class. It Is a clearer whlto than tho White Bliss Triumph and lu worthy of commendation. Livingston.—A white variety with pink eyes. It has given uniformly good yields here and is generally satisfac tory. Plngree.—An early white variety with (occasional markings. It has been on trial here two seasons only. It has given satisfactory yields, but does not keep as well as most other early va rletles. Uncle Sam.—A late white variety which has uniformly given good yields here. It Is one of the best for late spring use that have been tried here. It glvee about the same yields as Car man No. 8, but Is not so smooth. White Mountain.—A late whlto va riety which has been on trial here two seasons and has given good yields, standing near tho head of the list In this respect Whlton's White Mammoth.—Another late white sort of unusual merit One year's experience with It Indicates that It is a gt»od cropper. The tubers arc smooth, uniform In size and nearly all marketable. A Horn Fly Fish oil applied with a brush is one of the leading remedies for horn fly. The Kansas station, while Indorsing flsh oil, gives a formula for a remedy which it considers cheaper, as effective and often more lasting. This Is as follows: Pulverised rosin, two parts, by measure; soap shavings, one i>art; water, one-half part; flsh oil, one part; oil of tar, one part; kerosene, oue parti water, three purts. Place the rosin, loap shavings, one-half part of water Hid flsh oil together lu a receptacle and boll till the rosin Is dissolved. Then add the three parts of water, following wltfc the oil of tur mixed with the kero seno. Htlr the mixture well and allow It to boll for IB minutes. When cooL the mixture Is ready for use and should bo stirred frequently wlillo being ap plied. Dmaacln Sprout*. ltrusxcls sprouts take longer to com plete their growth than any-other va riety of the cabbage tribe. Early plant lug gives a plentiful crop of largo iprouts. They are I tetter and easier frown lu the seed drill from beginning lo end, merely thinning out surplui pluuts. Sow In drills three feet apart »nd thin to two feet npart In the drills. - American Gardening. ) Koc« of CarrnuU. The currant worm is ever present, but happily Is comparatively easy to haudlc Arsonites applied when first leaves are expanding and followed with white hellebore are accepted rem edies. 1 diseases or blights are treated with arainoulacal copper carbonate so lution followed, after, fruit Is picked, with bordeaux mixture. A general opinion seems to be that oue variety of the curraut Is al»out as susceptible to attack of Insects or disease as another. An Objection to Kaffir Corn. Like all sorghums, Katllr com makes a weak, slow, early growth, which Is lu strong contrast to Its vigor and har diness after becoming a foot high. In damp ground, In wet seasons aud on weedy land the weeds lu the enrly seo ■on will often moke a strong growth while tho Kaffir corn Is too small to cultivate easily. This makes cultiva tion expensive nnd difficult Tkt Vrnitf Widow. Phil Osslfer—Every woman bellovei that tho proper age at which to niarrj Is the age at which she married. Hinnlcus— Yes, unless she happens t< he a widow. Then she protests Ilia' she was too young nt her first tuor ilnge.—Philadelphia Press.