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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
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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
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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 R<soM,
GOOD CARE AND
FIRST CLASS EQUIPMENT.
V: id SNYDEII,
J.IVI A. THOMPSON
I'COple'H Phone 109,
Bell's Phone 50
NEW HOUSE NEW FUXKITCRE.
Central Hotel
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SIMEON NIXON, JR., I M
J. BROWN NIXON, J MGRJ
BUTLER, PA
Opposite Court House.
Next Door to Park Theatre.
Sunday Dinners A Specialty.
Mes's 25 cts. Rooms 50 cts.
Regular Rites sl.
Local and lx>nz 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 '
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* * 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.
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CHAPTER XXVII.
! WAI.DO GOES OCT TO SIX IS TP.K BUS
SHI XB.
It had been a princely day. The long
morning had melted slowly Into a
rich afternoon. Rains had covered the
"ki»rr's>" 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: . ; <! child.
-You take it in..* -• t into the cart
with It " sn.'<; i'.-.i i Nairn!'- "What •'
you i.' ! hen . list. :;';:g to our wom
an's t .
T!.< you::g mat. . 'o..- an 1 tueckiy
w< t out '* *< the I • v.
*"T"in i-iud you an >; 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 . !<auu ftom me 1
should t : e iinoth'' Then ■ nothing
lik< it. t. cl/Vl. nothing."
"Terhaps It might not suit nil peo
ple at all t!:iies as wi I. ai it suits von
Tent' S..mile." said Em There «a.< a
little slir.de of weariness !n the voice.
"Not Milt every one!" si:id Tant' San
Die "if the beloved Redeemer didn't
mean tie r- to have wives, what did lie
make w men for? That's what I say.
If a woman's old enough to marry and
doesn't, ■ he' . Firming against tin Lord.
It's a wanting to know better than
him. What! Does she think tho Lord
took all that trouble In making iter for
L'jtliiiigV It's evident he wants liable;
Otherwise why does I ■ send them?
Not that I've done much In that w iy
myself," said Tant' Sunnle sorrowful
ly, "but I've done my best."
She row. with sotne difficulty from
her chair and ln-gati moving slowly to
ward the door.
"It's a strange thing," she said, "but
you can't love a man till you've had 1:
baby by lilin Now, there's that boy
there. When wo were first riiarrb.il. If
he only sni-e/.i-d in the night I boxi 1
•liltt ears. Now if he te's his pipe asli
come ou my milk clothe! - . I don't thin!
of laying a finger on him. There's noth
Ing like being married," said Tant'
Hannie as she puffed toward the door.
"If a woman's got a baby and a bus
band. she's got the best things the Lord
can give her. If only the baby doesn't
have convulsions. As for a husband.
It's very much the same who one has.
Some men are fat, and some men are
thin, some men drink brandy, and HOIIIP
men drink gin, but It all comes to tlie
■ame thing In the end; It's all ono. A
man's a man, you know."
Here they camo upon Gregory, who
was sitting In the shade before the
house. Tant' Sannle shook hands with
him.
"I'm glad you're going to get mar
ried," she said. "I hope you'll have as
many children In five years as a cow
has calves, and more t«xi. I thtnk I'll
Just go and have a look at your soap
pot lie foil- I start," she said, turning to
Em. "Not that I believe In this new
plan of putting soda In the pot. If the
dear Father had meant soda to be put
Into soap, what would he have made
milk bushes for and stuck them all
over the 'veld' a« thick ih lambs in the
lambing season?"
She waddled off after Em in the dl
rectlon of the built In soap isit, leaving
Gregory as they found him, with Ids
dead pli«- lying on the bench beside
him nnd his blue cyos gazing out far
across the flat, like one who sits ori the
seashore watching that which Is fad
ing, fading from him. Against his
breast was a letter found In a desk ad
dresHed to himself, but never posted.
It held only four words, "You must
marry Em." Ho wore It In a black
bag round his neck It. was the only
letter she had ever written to him.
"You see If the sheep don't have the
scab this year!" suid Tant' Sunnle as
she waddled after Em. "It's with all
these new inventions that the wrath of
God must fall on us. What were the
children of Israel punished for If It
wasn't for making a golden calf? I
may have my sins, but I do remember
tho Tenth Commandment, 'Honor thy
father and thy mother, that It may bo
well with thee, and that thou niayst
live long In tho land which tho Lord thy
God glveth th<-«.' U'h all very well to
say we honor them and then to be find
ing out things that they never kucw
and doing things In a way that tiiey
n< t did them. My mother boiled
5«..-.p «.in lies, and 1 will boll soap
wiUi iiu.-ii" . if the wrath of God Is to
fall upon tMs land," said Tant' Sannle,
with the serenity of conscious virtue,
"It shall not l»e through me. Let them
make their steam wagons and their
flru carriages; let them go on us though
tho dear Lord didn't know what In
was about when he gave horses and
aren legs. The destruction of the Lord
wii 1011, thorn. I don't know how
sin h p. • read their Bibles. When
do v. t Moses or Noah riding In
a railway? The Lord sent Are car
riages out of heaven In thoso days.
"Yes," sold Taut' Rannle; "1 bad al
most forgotten to till you. Ity tin- Lord
If I li.:d him here! We were walking
to church last sacrament Sunday. l*let
and I. (Tow- in front of n* was old
Tant' Tnitin. with dropsy and enncer
mid can'l live eight mouths Walking
by her Maw »omctiilng with llx hands
"nder Its coat tails, duo. tlan. tluti. and
its chin in the air, and a stick up collar,
and the black hat on the very back
of the head. I knew him! "Who's
that?' I asked. 'The rich Englishman
that Tant' Trana married last week
"lllch Englishman! I'll rich English
man him,' 1 said * I "li tell Tant' Trail a
it thing or two.' Sly fingers were Just
In ills little white curls If It hadn't
Im-oh the blesst-i ncrUKDt, be would
not have walked so 'sotirka. sourka.
sourka,' an> 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 dl<l not wait till she returned
Perhaps he hud at lant really grown
weary of work; perhaps he felt the
wagon house chilly (for he had sliud
dered two or three tiroes), though thut
was hnrilly likely In that warm Hum
mer weather, or perhaps, and most
probably, one of bin old dreaming fit*
had come upon him suddenly, lie put
his tools carefully together, ready for
tomorrow, slowly out. At
the Bide of the wagoii house there was
a worl'l of bright sunshine, aiul a hen
with her chickens was scratching
among the gravel. Waldo seated him
self near them with his back against
the nsl brick wall. The long after
noon was half spent, and the "kopjo"
wan just beginning to cast Its shadow
over the round headed yellow flowers
that grew between It and the farm
house. Anionic the flowers the white
butterflies hovered, and ou the old
kraal mounds three white kids gambol
ed, and at the door of one of the huts
an old gray headed Katllr woman sat
ou the ground mending her mats A
balmy, restful peucefnlness seemed to
reign everywhere. lOven tho old heu
seemed well satisfied. Bho scratched
among the stones and called to her
chickens when she found a treasure
and all the while clucked to herself
with Intense Inward satisfaction. Wal
do as he sat with his knees drawn up to
his chin and his arms folded on them
looked at it all and stalled. An evil
world, a deceitful, treacherous, mirage
like world. It might be, but a lovely
world fur all that, and to sit there
tdontliuc In the sunlight was perfect.
There are only rare times when a
man's soul can see Nature. 80 long as
any passion holds Its revel there, the
»yes are holrten that Hhould not -ce her.
Flo out. If you will, and walk alone on
tho hillside In the evening, but If your
favorite child lies ill at home, <>r 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
(•<l for u atone nud ye gave mo bread."
Then he realized that ho would luivo
to get her the diamond who desired be
fore there would be i>« 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!<r to lw
from i<> 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<l to Franco
line as well as to the others! Hhe Is
going on to her twenty-clgljth year and
has not yet found a husband, l'oor
girl! little by little her cheeks will
fade, those blue eyes will lose their
brightness, her laugh will change those
clear notes for sharp and dry Intona
tions, and she also will know the louo
litu»H of a cell bat Ist, the regret of
chances that have flown away aud the
fear of ripe age oh, the old maids! 1
pity them even more than the old Ihnli
flors!
"The prison of Isolation. Ami for
them more obscure and more narrow.
The world Is more severe. The quick
blood may groan In their heart as In a
walled nil reservoir They must smoth
er its bubbling Thus charming girls
fade away, and that Is what will lui]>-
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
e<l throe seasons or more. Those are
Included concerning which there Is
most Interest at present, either because
they lire new or liave tteen brought
prominently before the public In vari
ous ways.
Acme. An early variety, resembling
the Early Ohio, but rather tuore prollf-
I le, its average for three seasons being
j ul>out 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.