VO xxxvii MILLER'S JULY SHOK A RECORD BREAKER! Now is your time SSOOO worth of Summer Shoes at your own price. Wc have too many shoes anil not enough money, hence no reasonable ofier will be refused. Good, seasonable footwear regard less of cost. Clos,e cash buyers will be sure to take advantage ot this great sale. Read—Every item a Leader and a Money Saver For You. Men's Tan Shoes 98c Men's Buff Shoes 98c Men's Working .Shoes 98c Men's Low Shoes . .98c Men's Patent Tip Shoes $1.24 Men's Tennis Oxfords 48c Men's Canvas Shoes 98c Many oth<-r bargains in shoes for you. Come in and see for yourselt. July Sale A Hummer—Take It In. C. E MILLER, Hutler's Pi'>g.es;iv_* Shoe House, 21 c South Main Street Bickcl's Bargains! j Great KMC ion I Summer Footwear.] We have on hand a large stock of summer footwear which will be sold at a gr< at reduction. Too many Tan Shoe s and Oxfords. It will pay yju to visit this sale and secure some of the bargains being offered. FKW PRICKS.#- lioy's $1.50 tan sh< es reduced ro $1 OO ..Men's $2.00 tan shoes reduced to $125 .... Men's $3.50 tan shoes reduced to $2.25 Men's $2.00 Oxfords reduced to $1.40 Ladies' $1.75 tan shoes reduced to $1.25 Boy's fine box calf shoes reduced to SI.OO Men's heavy sole lace working shoes . . . .SI.OO n Men's three sole box toe shoes 1.40.. .. Ladies' fi:.e Dnngola slippers 35c.. Men's fi.ie satin calf si.oes SI.OO Sweeping Offers in Misses' and Children's Shoes. We are ofk-ring 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 STKLET. - - BUTLER, PA Out of Style. Out of the World! ur B arraeat - have a style that is ary. They arie the result of careful study and practical, application of the 1 ideas gathered by frequent visits to ! 4f the fashion cei 11-es, and by personal ijfc _ ■ .cli contact with the leading tailors and '• ' '\V fashion authorities of the county. ' J They are made in our own work-. ijj lj! 1 shop by the h'jjhest paid journey- ID men tailors in Butler, yet it is pos sible to .'and we do) give our patrons these first- clothes at the price you would pay for the other sort. We believe we have given good reason's why oui tailoring is the best and cheapen t and would be grateful for the opportunity to show you our hanclsorr.e spring stock and give'you prices to prove them. A I n H MAKER of I CZt 1 1 , MEN'S Clothes Spring STYLES m | f Lff ■M- Men don't buy clothing for the pur J 111 {if 1 R / jil _>ic. nose or spending inone y. They J . rrr 'mjH\ ffitn get the best possible results tor thet_J A • fAi* _£ A ' "✓&T money expended. Not cheap goods'M" /jr "l I'.fjJtS. .■ [ goods as chesp as they can !*:s£. jM/\ A fii;, J 2 sol ' 1 for ;l "' 1 mfde lip properly. IfQ | ' ' want the correct thing at the corO?C \ tii I ! j&p-ect price, call an rl examine ouOgt " '.<■■ I ? Vft i large stock of SPRIJ [G WEIGHTS—C \?•k Wr fS i ' -M- LATEST STYLES, SHADES \] WBb 5 ) ftT jjfjlS I[v fjlv Fits and Wc.rkmam »hio i, It ~f. ' Guaranteed. G F. K^CK, 42 Noiih Main Street, Butler, Pa J[i ,«; ' LAVATORY APPLIANCES i r nowadays have to be of the best S I ■> to re ceive any sort of consider v,jql BS[| )mm '' lun Cl^d p' unibin e isareii( ffljv/t ] f :jl. Lrari f Of the'past—open work only re- ll V tilfn' c-ives attention. Reason? It's W/*Mj\ IIS g sanitary, cleanly, looks better, re ' t)r -3 quJ'res less attention and is bcttei " jej ifW specialty ol up-to-date styles anc Wj' V' methods. Geo. IA/ • WhltehlH, 318 South Mai a St.. Peopled Phoce. 28. PLUMBER, Butler, Pa. Subscribe to r the CITIZEN { Liidies' Serge Slippers 28c | Ladies' Gaiters 4 * c Ladies" Kid Slippers 4»c Ladies' Strap Sandals 4#c Ladies' Walking Shoes 48c Ladies' Tan Oxfords 69c Ladies' Kid Polish 99c THE BUTLER CITIZEN. ROAD REPORT. Notice is hereby (riven that the follow ing road has been confirmed by the < ourt and will >»«♦ nted on the Hr>t Saturday of Sept. Court. 1900, bein? the •»th day of said month, and if no exceptions irj tilea thev will be confirmed absolutely: 5L D. No.-, M;ty sessions, 11KJ0. In re peti tion u1 citizens of Oakland township for public road to lead from a point on the But ler and Falrview road at or near the north west of the farm of M. J. Mriiinley to a point :>n the Oakland and Buena Vista public* road :it or near the house of J. V. O. O'Donnel. March M . 1900. viewers were appointed by the Court, who, 011 May 14. 1900. tilled their iv port in favor of the proposed road. No dain ties assessed. May 28. 1900, approved, and Bx width of road at feet. Notice to be riven according to rules of i'ourt. BY THE COURT. Certified from the record this 6th day of August, 1900. „ WILLIAM P. TURNER, Clerk O. C. WIDOWS APPRAISEMENTS. The following widow's appraisements of personal property and real estate set apart rorthe belli tit of the widows of decedents iiave been tiled in the office of the Clerk jl tin- Orphans' Court of Butler County, viz: Widow of William R Park. per. prop. (300 on Thom:is A Eakin. " " t' • J Joseph Ball. Wm H Atwell. " " •*-> 00 Frances J Reott. Jr. " " !*• John A Heeter, " '• » i <;■> A J Jack, " " 253 <0 '• Win J C'leland. " " *J® Wm K Karns. " " 200 ( ' " John Fleming, morey from real est rte 3OO I " Sylvanus Cooper, " ./HIM All persons interested in the above ap praisements will take notice that they will «• presented for confirmation to the Orphans Hurt of Butler county. Pa., on Saturday, the lib day of Sept.. A. I>.. l«"u. 'ind if no cx «jitions be filed they will be confirmed ab '"'U ' WILLIAM P. TDRNER. cierk o. c. Clerk's oilice. August 6th. 1 >. REGISTERS NOTICES. The Register hereby elves notice that the following accounts of executors, admlnis rators anil guardians have been filed iu :Ic-. office according to law. and w!U be pre ieuled to Court for confirmation and allow i ice on Saturday, the *th day of Sept . lu.li. at !t A. M.. of said dav: I Final account of Charlie Cochran, guar lianof Katie E Betliune. minor child of Wm II Bethune. dee'd. late of Kutler county. Pa. •> Final account of M S Ray, guardian of Daisy Kay. minor chhd of John C Kay. late if Falrview townshlo. Firs, final and dlstributatlon account of David t> Cliristv. administrator of the estate if hi /.abelh Christy. late of Cherry twp. 4 1 inal ai-count;of Wm L Kenple. executor if last will and testament of Isaac Kepple, iee'd late of Fairview township. Final account of W. S. Stewart and S F. Wilson, executors, &c, of Alex Stewart, late if Prospect. Pa. ... ... f, First and final account of J. I>. McJun icln. executor of Sarah J Cranmer. dee'd, late if (.enter township. 7 First and final account of Wm J Atwell mil Kobort T Atwell, executors »f Koliert Mu.'". dee'd. late of Marlon townstiip. s Filial and distributatlon account of Ray mond S Cornelius, administrator C T Aof D - Hawk, dee'd. late of Slippery Rock town if y P Flnal account of John T Cooper, guar lian of Margie Bieghley, minor child of Geo W Belghiey. dee'd. late of Connoquenessing DWDship. Butler county. Pa. 10 Final account of Wm Drushel. executor if George Drushel. dee'd, late of Lan •aster township. .. II Final account of Samuel H Porter and Lizzie II Porter, executors of James C Porter, jee'd, late of Marion township. Vt Final account of C M Heeter. adminis trator of James A Heeter, dee'd, late of \dams township. 13 Final account of Cyrus weigle, adminis trator C T A of Maiy Jones, deceased. late of Franklin township. Butler county. I'a. 11 I nal account of A M Cornelius, exec utor of Ir t will and testament of I) A Ken frew, dec'.d late of Penn township. 15 The final account ol John A Barrick tnan. administrator of Mary E Barrickman. late oI Cranberry township. Butler county Pp 111 Final account of Capt J G Bippus. exec utor of the will of Edward Winner, late of Jaklund township. Butler county. Pa. 17 Final account of Samuel Lawrence, •xecutor of John W Wlmer. late of Muddy Creek township. Is Third at-omit of J M Mcßurnev. trus tee undertbe wil l of Key (ieorge A Wenzel, leceased. late of Zelienople, Butler county. Pa. lu Final and distribution account of B M Hockenberry, administrator of DL Hocken lierry. late of Cherry townshln. Filial account of J K McTaggari, administrator of Robert Week ley. late of Merer township. Butler county. Pa. "1 First and final account of W Henry Wilson and T S Coulter, executors of William Bingham, late of Slippery Rock township, deceased. Final account Of Dlllle Russet) adminls tratorofthe estate of O M Kussel, late of llutler licrough. SI Final account of Martin /.lnkham. exec utor of Anna Mary Xlnkham, late of Jackson township. •H Final account of Isaac Andrews, exec utor of Susan Andrews, late of Penn town ship. Butler county. Pa, deceased. Final account of George M Studel aker. idmlnistrator of John M Studebaker, late of Worth townshln. 'M First and tlnal account of Andrew Wat «»n. administrator of Catharine Watson, late of Connoquenessing townshln, deceased. 'Si First and final account Oi Matthew Kalkner. executor of Martin Schwelzer, late if Buffalo township, deceased. •> Final account of W S Blakeslee. axec ator of Eliza J Blakeslee, late of Butler. Final account of Thomas M Marshall, xecutor of .1 I) Marshall, late of Mars bor >ugh deceased. 3d Final account of Margaret M Wilson, •xecutor of Tlios Wilson, late of Centreville jorou 'h, deceased. til first ar.d final account of C C Shlra. idmlnistrator C T A of Fastus Roberts, late ir Butier. county Pa, deceased. First, partial and distribution account • 1 Janii • A and F. (' Thompson, executors of I Wilson Thompson, late of Cherry town diip. deceased. :t. 1 inal account of Adda Downle, guar- Uau of the estate of Paul A Neeiy, son of lllram Neely, late of Allegheny county, leceased. First and final account of Mrs. Llllie •loan. administrator of Burton J Sloan, late if Venango township, deceased. W. J. ADAMS, Register. Butler Savings Bank Liuitler, Pa. Capital - $60,000.00 surplus and Profits - - $200,000 0o JOS. L PURVIS President J. HENRY TROUTMAN Vice-President WM. CAMPBELL, .Ir Caihier LOUIH B. STEIN Teller DIRECTORS—Joseph L. Purvis, J. Henry Troulman, W. I). Brandon. W. A. Hteln. J. H. Rampboll. The Butler Savings Bank Is the Oldest Banking Institution! n Butler County. General banking business transacted. We solicit accounts of oil producers, mer chants, farmers and others. All business entrusted to us will receive prompt attention. Interest paid on time deposits. THE Butier County National Bank, Hutler Penn, Capital paid in f200,000.ar Surplus and Profits - $60,000.00 Jos. Hartman, President; J. V. Ritts, Vice President; John G. McMarlin, Cashier, A. G. Krug, Ass't Cashier. A general banking business transacted. I uteres', paid on time deposits. Money 1 laned on approved security. We Invite you to open an account with this bank. 11l KECTORS—Hon. Joseph Hartman. Hon W. S. Waldron, I)r. N. M. Hoover. H. Mc- Sweeney, C. P. Collins I. G. Smith, Leslie P Hazlett, M. Flneg.in, W. 11. Larkln, Harrj lleasley, Dr. W. C. McCandless, Ben Alas seth. W.J. Marks. J. V. Kltts. A. L. Kelber THE; Farmers' National Bank, BUTLER, PENN'A. CAPITAL PAID IN, $100,000.00. Foreign exchange liouglit and sold. Special attention given to collections. OFFICERS:- JOHN YOUNKINS Proslden JOHN HUMPHREY Vice President C. A. BAILEY Cashlei E W.BINGHAM. Assistant Cashlei J. F. 11l T/.LF.K Telle DIRECTORS. John Younklns. D. L. Cleelnnd, E. E A brains, C. N. Boyd, W. F. Metzger. ll'-nri Miller. John Humphrey. Thos. Hays. Lev M. Wise and Francis Murphy. Interest paid on time deposlt-H. Wo respectfully solicit vour business. L. C. WICK, DKALKR IN LUfIBER. BUTLER PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 1(3, I^OO c-. t [ One Dose * 5 Tells the story. When your head J Juches. and you feel bilious, consti-J Fpated, and out of tune, with your W • stomach sour and no appetite, just # £ buy a package of g | Hood's Pills I A And take a dose, from 1 to 4 pills. J 5 You will be surprised at how easily J they will do their work, cure your • | 0 headache and biliousness, rouse the 4 ■ 0 liver and make you feel happy again. () #25 cents. Sold by all medicine dealers. g) | AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION a PKOPOSED TO THE CITIZENS <>F rm~ COMMONWEALTH I'OHTIIEIK Al'- PKOVAL OK REJECTION BV THE t;EN- F.ItAL ASSEMBLY or THE COMMON WEALTH OK PENNSYLVANIA. ITB LISHED BY ORDER OK THE SECRETARY I»K THE COMMONWEALTH. IN PURSU ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CON STITUTION. A JOINT RESOI.CTIOS. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth. Section 1. Be Ii resolved by the Senate and llot'se of Representatives of the Common weal ill In General Assembly met. That the following is proposed as amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: Amen<lment One of Article Eight. Section One. Add at the end of the first paragraph of said section, after the words ' shall be entit - led to vote at *ll elections," the words "sub. ject however to such laws requiring and regulating the registration of electors us tin- General Assembly may enact." so that the said section shall re;wl as follows: Section 1. Qualifications of Electors. Evei v male citizen twenty-one years of age possessing the following nualificatlons. shal be entit'.ed to vote at all elections, subject however to such laws reoulring and regulat ing the registration of eiectOrs as the Gen eral Assembly may enact: He shall have been a citizen of the I nlted States at least one month. He shall have resided in the St ate one year (or if. having previously Ijeen a qualified elector or native l>orn citizen of the State, he shall have removed therefrom and re turned, within six months. Immediately pre ceding the election). He shall have resided in the election dis trict where he shall ofTcr to vote at least two months immediately preceding the election. If twenty-two years of age and upwards, lie shal! have paid within two years a State or county tax.which shall have been assessed at least two months and paid at least one month before the election. Amendment Eleven to Article Eight, Section Seven. Strike out from said section the words "bu no elector shall be deprived of the priv ilege of voting by reason of his name not be ing re- istered." and add to said section the following words, "but laws regulating and requiring the registration of electors may be enacted to apply to cities only, provided that such laws be uniform for cities of the same class." so that the said section shall read as follows: SecJon 7. I'nlformlty of Election Laws. All laws regulating the holding of elections bv the citizens or for the registration of e ectors sliali be uniform throughout the State, but laws regulating and requiring the reglstrat'on of electors may lie enacted to apply to cities only, provided that such laws lie uniform for cities of same class. A t.-ue cony of the Joinr Resolution. W. W. GRIEST. Secretary of the Commonwealth. AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION ™ PROPOSED TO THE CITIZENS OK THIS COMMONWEALTH KOR THEIR AP PROVAL OR REJECTION BY THE GEN ERAL ASSEMBLY OK THE COMMON WEALTH OK PENNSYLVANIA. PUB LISHED BY ORDER OK THE SECRETARY or THE COMMONWEALTH IN PURSK AN.'E OK ARTICLE XVIII OK THE CON STITUTION. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania in General As sembly met. That the following Is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in accord ance with the provisions of the Eighteenth arttcle thereof. Amendment. Strike out section four of article eight, and insert In place thereof, as follows: Section 4. All elections by the citizens shall be by ballot or b" such other method as may be prescribed by law: Provided. That secrecy In voting bo preserved. A true copy of the Joint Resolution W. W. GRIEST. Secretary of the Commonwealtn. BUTLER BUSINESS COLLEGE. Fall term begins, Monday, Sept. 13, 1900 COURSES. I—Practical Book-keepers, a—Exper Accountants. 3 —Amanuensis Shorthand 4— Reporter's Short'iand. s—Practical5 —Practical Short Course in Book-keeping, for those who merely wish to understand the simpler methods of keeping books. 6 English. OT!H TEACHF.IIS— We have foJ r at t .-eje it. always as many as we need, no more. POSITIONS—We expect to be a'o'e to place at least twice as many graduates in position the com'ng year as we have the past. W< could place three where we place one if wt only had more of the right k'nd of ma^erls' 1 to work on. Young man, yojng womnr, '• you have a fair Fnglish etfucatior. i»*'d an Industrious and persistent U will tie to vou interest to ta're at least one of ot'r eoc and let us assist yoo to rerounerat' JK eui ploymeut. Tiie finest sysiim of shorthand ever pub lished will be used In our school the co<u'nß ye ir. Call and examine it. Send ."or a copy of our no AT catalogue and circulars. A. F. REGAL, Prin., 319-327 S. Main St., Butler. Pa. NEW HOUSE. 'NEW FURNITURE' is#**# Central Hotel SIMEON NIXON, JR.,I J. BROWN NIXON, / a ii BUTLER, PA Opposite Court Iltuise. Nexi/ Door to Park Theatre Sunday Dinners A Specialty. Meals 25 cts. Rooms 50 cts. Regular Rates sl. Local and Distance Phones Hotel Waverly South McKean Street, J..W HAWORTH, Prop'r., BUTLER, PA Steam Heat and Electiic Light The most commodious oifice in th< city. Stabling in Connectior. HOTEL ARANDALE, Bedford, Perm'a., Now open with increased attractions. Ar rangements have been made w-.'i t'n Springs Company for the fawuas minora water to lie brought to t he bOie' daily. Terms moderate. Write for MMiklci, AT,SIP & SMITH, Props. pp *§P*f| * * •3 Butler People ] Shoulu Patronize the * I Hotel Kellyj A. Kelly & Sons, Prop'rs., ' j Cambridge Pa. 1 A tlrst-class hoU'l, Just opened, j £ in acharmlng country location, ] J In connection with the famous * $ Mitchell Springs; everything, j £ new. modern and up-to-date; 3 * further Information with rates. • 2 etc., cheerfully furnished on 3 * application; froo carriages to 9 * and from all trains. k JL A * X.**. **i THE SHOR€S OF SILENCE. lVoujh the dark, grim gtUwiy of sileM There comes not in echo of sound, And the land •( the hidden hereafter To mm is as: untrodden ground. But why do I strain sight and hearing To catch Lut a fragment so small f Oh. why should I wait for the swing of tke gats Or hope for the future at all? Ak, sweet in the moments of slumber The glimpse of a happier land, , And bright is the light and the glory That fails on the wide golden strand, For sometimes I see the light glummer In fitful but glorified gleams On the tea ami the shore of a glad evermore. The fanciful island of dreams! Sometimes in the hours of my waking I seem to hear music and mirth That floats out of chaos and silence And reaches the sin burdened earth. But 1 know that the glow and gladness Is empty as odor and air. And the music I bear is in some other sphere. The land of my longing and prayer. Some time there will be ripe fruition, t , And I shall be dreaming no more; I'll give up the shadow for substance And sail to that glorified shore. Ah, then will I lift the dim curtain And know e'en as I have been known; | My bsndage shall break when my soul shall awake, And my spirit shall come to its own! IndianapoU? Press. j j 111 krnm i I i « BY J I'll A TBI ITT BISHOP. « CO'&.o-& The woman lu white had passed through a most triumphant day and was weurv. She to»*»>d her hat to a bed. her glove, and fau to a chair, and she herself dropped into the great willow rocker—a mass of fluffy white draperies, her deorlike head, with its crown of red browu Lair, lifted above the foam. The woman In white had been younger, but she hail never be fore been so beautiful. Because she had won him—and be cause she had no right to him. Be cause he had once scorned and flouted her and had passed her with his wife on his arm and a look of cold contempt in his eyes, and because uow he had followed her fur days and days, and she had made him sue for a kind word from her—her, the scorned and de spised. Because she had laughed In his face and had baited and lured him until he had thrown to the winds his decent life and all the long years of up rightness and the position among men for which he had struggled, and was ready to follow her to the world's end, and because he was the one man whose scorn had cut deep Into what she called her soul! She looked at the radiant thing in the mirror and laughed and turned the flashing bracelet about and around on her wrist, and a something almost womanly came into her face as she realized that it was not the diamonds •he cared for—no! She would have loved a ribbon if he had given it to her with that look on his face and would have kissed It as sue did this, with a passionate delight. And the woman in gray, standing In the door, saw her kissing the bracelet "May 1 talk with you a few min utes?" asked the woman in gray; and the woman in white saw her reflection In the mirror. What she saw was a slender, gray clad woman, with a pale, pale face, and dark eyes with darker shadows under them, and brown hair that was beginning to whiten with early frost. The woman in white stared Insolent ly at the reflection iu the mirror and sinilcd. "I don't know what my servants can be thinking of," she said without turn ing. "1 really have nothing for you. my good woman. Perhaps If you go down some of my people will show you the way out." "But 1 must see you for a little while." said the woman in gray, put ting aside the Insult and coming slow ly nearer, and there was a deadly still ness about her as she drew a chair for ward and sat down in It. Then they looked at each other—the woman In gray and the woman In white. "I think perhaps you know me," said the woman In gray. "No doubt people have pointed me out to you as the wife of—of"— "They have," said the woman In white haughtily, taking up a steel pa lter knife from the table near at hand and playing with It. "To what do I owe the honor of this visit?" The woman in gray looked at the pa per knife and smiled wearily. "You mistake me," she said. "Some women might have thought of that. But you will live. See! Tomorrow I go upon a long journey, and I knew that I must see you face to face before I went." "What possible interest can I have in your plans for traveling?" cried the woman In white contemptuously. "I'ray consult your dressmaker instead and tell her for me that she should be killed if she ever dresses you In gray again. It is not becoming." "You are bitter," said the woman In gray, "and we have so little time, and We are so near the tragedies of both our lives. A little while ago I was bit ter against you, too, but now 1 am too sad to be very bitter. I see how past remedy It is. I am not here to beg you to be merciful. Even If you wished, you couldn't give me back what I have lost." "Well, you have had your chance!" cried the woman in white. "And you have lost It! Who but yourself Is to blame?" The woman In white had thrown prudence to the winds with that speech, and now rage and Jealousy and Insolent triumph were curiously blend ed In the beautiful face and (lushed in a red glow from the eyes. "Yes—l have lost It," said the woman In gray. "And baring learned this, past all doubt, I would not try to keoj him if I could. lam going nway, and he shall live his life In peace. I liav( merely come to ask you what kind ol life it Is going to be." The woman In white threw hersell back In her chair and raised her beau tiful arms above her head. "Oh. you cold blooded woman!" slit cried, clasping her hands above tli( shining coil of her hair. "You icj wives that go your round of what yut call 'duties,' and sew on buttons ant have good dinners anil sit at the heat of the table, as interesting as thai Dresden shepherdess, month aftei month and year after year, and thet are shocked and outraged when lu meets a flesh and blood woman and loves her! What kind of life will h< [ have? Why, he will learn for the firsl time that he is alive! What right liav< women like you to talk about love women who give a mnu up the first time he looks another way! Why, 1 i would make myself the most beautiful I aud most attractive creature in the f world to him, so that he could nevei t even look at another woman—and then f If he looked, 1 would not go away and | leave him. I would kill him!" t She clutched the paper knife In hei I right hand, and lifted the left hand and kissed again the flushing circlet <*r hvr wrist. The woman in pray looked at her and the sight was branded on hei memory. When she spoke again, it was In lower tones. Her eyes were fixed ou a ring - a loose, loose ring that she was turning around on her finger. "Perhaps wc were mistaken about having loved each other," she said absently, as though she were talking tc herself. "We were both so young, and so ignorant. We were married earlier than we had intended—because my mother died, and I was left alone, and was such an unprotected child— and so we were married, and we agreed that we were to study together, because we were bufh so ambitious — for him. And perhaps I couldn't have kept pace with him, at my best, but I had to tako in sewing to help him along, so I hadn't much time—and in a little while he was away beyond me. I have never caught up with him since, but I have always gone on studying, so that I wouldn't quite disagrace him when he became a distinguished man." The woman in gray stopped to put a delicate and tremulous band to her throat. "When he was studying law." she went on presently, "his eyes were trou bling him, and so I read aloud to him for many hours every day. Sometimes I almost wished his eyes would fail a little more—a great deal more—so that he could be more dependent on mo, for I was very young and ignorant then, and, yo« see, I thought I loved him!" The woman in white did not speak. She was sitting quite still, as though Bhe were a marble woman. "And even away back at the first," the woman in gray went on in that desolate self communing, "when we were ignorant boy and girl together, we had quite settled it with ourselves that he was to be a distinguished man. We even made a little play of It, telling one another that people would one day point out with pride the poor little house where we had lived and where we had so much trouble paying the rent, and then we would laugh so mer rily. Oh, where has the laughter all gone? And so we went on looking for ward always to the day when he would be famous and working and planning for it, and 1 always pictured myself so proud—so proud of his triuinphsl We cold blooded women feel very deeply sometimes and think long thoughts! And now he has won the honors we dreamed of, and tomorrow I am going on a long journey!" She slowly rose, and the marble wo man In white saw for the first time that she had a little package In the thin hand. "I have something to leave with you," said the woman in gray, "some thing to give you. See, it is a little bundle of letters. He wrote them dur ing my mother's illness. They are the letters of an undeveloped and ignorant boy to a poor little girl. I have cher ished them a long time, but I give them to you now, because —because they have already gone out of my life." • •••••• An hour afterward the woman in white found that she had been alone for a long time and that the last of the poor little letters was open in liec hand. A withered rose had dropped from it and lay In her lap among the folds of fluffy white. The air was filled with the fragrance of the little old time rose, which seemed to be part of the old time boyish love that was dead as the rose. Once, long ago, In her life also— _ The radiant face of the woman In •white was pale and old and weary looking as she tied the letters in the packet again and laid this penciled line upon them: "Do not go on the long Journey, for 1 go on a journey of my own." Then she slipped the bracelet Into Its velvet case and sealed and addressed It and tailed a servant to go on two errands. "I am going away tonight, John," she 6ald as his foot hesitated on the stair. "Send Susan up to pack." And then she stood in the middle of the room, her head drooped, pressing back something that tried to come to her eyes. "And now for new fields," she said despairingly, "and the life In them" — —St Louis Globe-Democrat. Still Hold* Good. "There was a time," exclaimed young Spenders, who had gone through a for tune, "wheu people used to say 1 had more money than brains. They can't say it now." "No?" queried the caustic cad. "No. I'm down to my last penny." "Ah! but you have the penny."-- Philadelphia Press. The Old Man'a Temper. Tom—lias Goldbonds withdrawn his objection to your calling upon his daughter? Dick—No. Tom—No? I thought you were going to make him come to terms? Dick—So I did, and they were the vilest terms anybody ever applied to me.—Philadelphia Press. " FUN FOR THE BIRD. Bon a Raven Tormented *nd Pin lulled » Greedy I'n* Dos. The greediest and most conceited pug that ever lived, according to his owner, •was Suto. The night of anything eat ing (except himself) was agouy to him. A largo raven was kept In a cage In the garden of Suto's owner—a raven gifted with sardonic cunning and lova of mischief. The pug was the butt of his malicious humor. Dally at 3 o'clock the raven wai given a lump of steak, and Suto would always be hovering about at the time —he liovered near everything eatablo. The raven knew his shameful greedi ness and made fine sport of it. At first Suto, though In torments of gluttony, would feign lndlfTcrence. Tho raven would put the stake close against tho wires, and Suto's agony would get past bearing. Then the raven retired with a chuckle. At this all Suto's self con trol was gone, and he plunged at the wires in a mad attempt to snatch the meat. Of course the thing was hopeless; his blunt nose could never penetrate the wire netting. But the raven's beak could. Instantly the bird would swoop on him and drive in one on that greedy pug's nose. With that Suto would hurl himself furiously nt the raven—hope lessly ever, for he could never touch the tormentor. The tormentor, In fact, danced and Jumped in an ecstasy of delight, driving In dig after dig at the dog's unhappy countenance and get ting well home at every dig, till at last poor Suto retired, pecked and beaten. Then the raven, happy and content, his appetite well whetted, swallowed his steak at one gulp, while Suto hid behind a tree or anything else opaque, that he might not have the pain of wit nessing the operation. Day after day the performance was repeated in every detail, and the dog must have known what would happen every time, but his master passion of gluttony was too strong for ldm—he cow Id not keep his nose away from tiiat meat. —Chicago News. THE TEMPLE OF MUSIC, PAN-AMERttAN EXPOSITION — 1 The Temple of Mnslc. designed by Kuenweln <k Johnson of Buffalo for the r»ii-Ain*ricai) Kxp»sitk>n, will cover a plot of ground 150 fin-t square and will be located on the northwest corner of the Esplanade and the Court of FtaV tatns. The exterior of this htinds«>me building *lll fce treated architecturally after the style of the Etpanish Renatt sance. It will be octagonal In sWape. with octagonal pavilions at each corner. The main entrance wHI be throogh the pavilion on the corner of the Esplanade and Court of Fountains. The chief features of the drum of the doifce will he star shaped windows rMerabllat; those seen In the aurient Spanish mission buildings. These windows WUI light the Interior of the auditorium. Tie dome and th» roofs of the pavilions will be richly glided. The crown of fee dome will be 13C feet above the grade-of the Court of Ponrnaius. aud the Temple nnd Its pavtttons will fotvo a very attractive part of the landscape scheme of the entire group of Exposition buildings. The aadltoflum, wMob will seat 1.200 persons, will be a few steps up from the grade of th" building, and In addition the rectaumats and balconies will give further seating ascoicmodstlmi to l.« 00 poopVe. The other pavilions in addition to the one used for the main entrance will be ocoupied by the stage and for a fully equipped restaurant with the necessary kitch en adjuncts, serving room. etc. In the Temple of Music will be erected one of the largest and tiocst organs In tb« United States. It will be an exceedingly beautiful and complete instrument, with all the latest improvements In or gan building, it will have four manuals and about .V> speaking stops and will be voiced on three different wind pressures. The action will be the most complete style of tubular pneumatic. FITTING THE SOIL. For Roots or Tnher»—ComfertobU iintl I ncomfortiible Beet®. Figs. 1 and 2 show beets grown J under proper soil conditions, and Figs. | 3 and 4 sjiow beets grown in improper- j 1 v prepared soli. These clearly lllus- ' trate that in the growing of beets ! success depends very largely upon the 1 soil preparation. One has only to look at the illustrations from Cornell unl- ! versity experiment station bulletin No. TOO MUCH OUT OP GROUND —AS IT OUGHT TO GROW. 143 to see which beets wore made com fortable and which were so cramped and hampered that they were com pelled to throw out feeders, or fingers and toes. Fleshy, rapid growing roots, as the beet, or tubers, as the potato, in order to expand und grow naturally in the ground must have the soli so mellow and loose that In growing they will not be crowded out. In the ease of the beets with the prongs the subsoil had not been properly loosened so that the roots could develop In it, and as growth progressed feeding roots were thrown out in the directions of least resist ance, and the result is a monstrosity. It has been found that a plant Will send out feeding roots In the direction of the most available plant food. Where fertilizer was applied to beets as a top dressing a large per cent of the crop was 111 shaped. The sugar beet requires for proper growth a deep, mellow, well drained soil. If these conditions are not present naturally, they must be produced artificially by those who would succeed In growing beets for the factory. What is true of the crop Jnst men tioned is true to a greater or less ex tent of all farm crops. Certain condi tions are required to make the plants comfortable, and these conditions vary with different crops. In potato culture one question which is asked more than all others combined is. "What makes the potatoes grow out of the ground?" We are informed that the potatoes must be hilled In order to keep the tubers from lx-oomlng sun burned. A rapidly growing tuber must have a mellow soil on all sides In which to expand If it is to expand uni formly. If the lower side of the pota to rests upon lmrdpan or upon soil which lias not been well fitted. It niUßt Of necessity expand in ah upward di rection. Tho plow If properly U9»-d is the most effective weapon of the farmer in re ducing the soil to a state of subjectlott. It destroys undesirable plnDta, It aer- RKSTTTT or TRANSPLANTING— RESULT OF HARD sulfon ates the soil, it presents new surfaces for tin - roots of plants to feed upon. P>y pulverizing the soil it Increases Its moisture holding capacity. it enables tbc plant roots to e-omc Into InthnaU* Bontact with tlie soil particles. In oth (f words. It tends to produce condi tions which will make the plant com fortable.—L. A. Clinton in Hnral New York nr. Mtir**ry In«i»*ctlon In Olito. Ohio now has a law Intended to pro vent the Introduction and spread of San Jose scale aud other insects and diseases Injurious to trees, shrubs, fruits, etc. The law provides for nn annual Inspection of every nursery in the state and forbids the tninsi»orin tfon or sale within the state of un!n spekrted nurrery stoe'- whether grown within or outside state. Nurs erymen can no 1 T ou their business In Ohio % ' "Wtlliente from the experiment * Woos trr. which has charge of t. ..•••-tlnn •vork. THE GREEN PEA LOUSE. A New Mrniifc «o iu Important C«m ninac Crop-How to Flcbt It. Most remarkable of all the Injurious occurrences of Insects on edible legu minous crops during the year 1809 was that of the green pea loose, Nectaro phora destructor, which has overran aud laid waste Holds of peas from No va Scotia aud Canada to Virginia and Maryland. It was reported last year simultaneously from Virginia and Maryland. It has been Injurious in many instances the present season and has been reported as a real menace to the pea canning industry. This plunt louse is one of unusual size among those found Infesting gar den plants. The general color of l>oth the winged and apterous forms Is uni form pea green, the same color as the insect's favorlt* food plant The eye* are prominent and reddish brown In color. The antenna: are lighter than the l>ody and tubercles prominent, Joints darker than rest of segments, seventh joint quite filiform and fus cous. The legs are long and conspicu ous. Mr. F. H. Chittenden states tlmt this louse or a related species was observed during November and December at Washington feeding upon different spe cies of vetches, and large colonies were at work on pleasant sunny days In January. Many winged individuals occurred at this time, and living speci mens were In fact to be found all win ter. It Is thought by some investiga tors that this pest was originally har bored by crimson clover and that it is on this or some other variety of clovei that the Insect passes that part 6t the year wben there are no pea vines. Among natural enemies which It ie hoped may aid substantially In keepins down the green pea louse are the syr plius fly and ladybird beetle. Kerosene emulsion, the standard remedy for plant lice, has been advised for this va riety. It Is also suggested that benefit might follow rotation of crops. It Ib considered a matter of Importance thai preferred alternative host plants, 11 such there are, be discovered so thai the Insects may be killed upon these after their departure from the old pea vines. In southern districts where peas are largely grown as field crops for canneries it is the practice to send boys along the rows to brush the Ilct of the vines down to the ground with small pine branches. \ cultivator It then run, following tho boys, through the rows to cover and thus kill the lice or they may be knocked ofT Into pane containing kerosene mixture, whlcb de stroys them. An AUJastable J3am Holder. There are bag holders and bag hold ers, but one that Is adjustable to all sizes of bags Is somewhat of a rarity Form Journal Bbows one that is thuf serviceable and easily made. A piece of steel rod has one end flattened and RAO HOLD Kit. punched with a half dozen or more boles. The tip of the other end Is turn ed over and drawn out to fit these holes. The rod Is then bent Into a cir cle, the ends lapping and a bent sup port welded tu It. By tlie side of eacl grain, apple or potato bin a hole can be Iwred in which to Insert this support. Any blacksmith can make It. The tin For Torn. The big acreage under corn does nol necessarily mean low prices on tin farm. So healthy has been the live stock industry the past year that the enormous crop of 180S) has l>een easllj handled, aud the opening of sunimei finds farm reserves anything but un manageable. Aside from the very large- proportion of the corn crop con Burned In the counties where grown our ej|»ort trade Is coustantly enlarg In*.- ami ho with newr.usea for corft Mo. 32 MM American Agriculturist A Summer Hot®. This Is the time when that foolish caution against letting horses drink when warm Is oft repeated. Dont hes itate to give the horse a moderate drink when he Is warm and, further, don't keep htm working BO long with out water that he will drink immoder ately, advisee an exchange. Iltni and Hotel. The best paying fruit crop on the Deiawnre peninsula in 1896 seems to have been the Kiefter pear. The pros and cons of the Belgian hare Industry are appearing at a lively rate In the agricultural press through out the country. Oats, potatoes and buckwheat have been found by some of the experiment ers to thrive better than wheat or clo ver on recently reclaimed bogs. American apples shown at the Paris nposition are reported to be vastly su perior In both site and color to those of other nations. Our handsome red ap ple has no foreign equivalent Shade In summer will add to the milk yield, and If this cannot be sup plied by trees it will pay to build an open shed on high ground where the cowß can obtain relief from the blazing summer sun and where If there Is a breeze they will get the benefit fronfTf." " - A big wheat shrinkage la reported. Besides the failure already established In Ohio, Indiana and Michigan it is now agreed that the Dakotas and Min nesota will fall far short of the aver age. The American Agriculturist's esti mate the first week In July Is less than 178,000,000 bushels tor the whole spring wheat crop and under 820,000*000 for winter wheat Greatness. He was inclined to argue with fate. "I am virtually a great novelist" he Insisted. "Have I not already produc ed a powerful romance? Yes. And has not this fallen stillborn from the press? Very well, then. All that re mains for me to do is to write some thing rotten enough to make me fa mous and lead to the revival of my chef d'eeuvre." But fate only smiled that maddening, faintly mocking smiie of hers.—Detroit Journal. One of the Evils of Drink. "Intemperance Is a dreadful thing," said the earnest citizen. "Indeed It Is," answered Mr. Van Dlggle, who Is an enthusiastic wheel man. "Why, sir, it Is Intemperance that causes people to strew the street with all these broken bottles."—Wash ington Star. A Harmless Illusion. "Your typewriter girl is a very gay and picturesque dresser." "Well, that's all right If she can make It appear that our wholesale leather business Is a garden party, I have no objection."—Chicago Record. Checking Eloquence. He—l love you with all my heart with all my mind, my every thought my— She (Interrupting)— Yea; I know. But all that means so little I—Punch. Unjust Accusation. "Clarence, how can you stand It to be so idler "Idle! Don't you see me fanning my self?"— Chicago Record. * Natural Inference. ' - Schoolmaster—Now, Muggins minor, what vwere the thoughts that passe* through Sir Isnac Newton's mind when the apple fell on his head? Muggins—l 'xpects he wus swWl glad it warn't a brick.—Pun. Where, Indeedt "Whoever runs this paper," remark ed the walrus who had picked up an old copy of the New York Diurnal dropped by a polar relief expedition, "is a lobster." "What's the matter?" asked his mate. "Why, he says, 'Under no circum stances should you go Into the water after a meal.' Where are we to get It their?"— Philadelphia Press.
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