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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
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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.