VO* xxxvii
Look at Your Shoes!
Dont You Need a New Pair?
JOHN BiCKEL
Has Just What You Want.
If you are in need of SHOES or SLIPPERS of any kind, no
matter what style you want, call around and see us and we
vi 11 suit and please you. All our fa'l and winter goods are in. We
can show a better and finer selection of Ladies' shoes than ever before.
Full stock of SOROSIS SHOES in fine Dongola, Patent and Box
Calf; also a full stock of Women's and Misses' Waterproof Oil Grain,
Kangaroo and Calf Shoes.
Hig assortment of Gents' fine shoes in the latest styles ranging in
price from $1.50 to $5.00- Just received a large stock of the army
shoes, heavy uppers and hand sewed soles, making a good shoe tor
hard v.-. nr. Price $2.50 per pair. Gokey's handmade box toe boots
and .-.hoes and high cut copper toe shoes for boys' and high cut
waterproof shoes for girls. Largest and most complete stock ot
fchot l shoes we ever had.
RUBBER AND FELT GOODS.
Full slock of Rubber antl Felt Goods. Full stock of the
Mishawaka Snag-boots and Ball Band Knit Boots.
We want ycur money and we are going to give you more than
value for it. Notv is your time to buy. Grand bargains in season
able footwear and from the immense assortment which we carry you
can never fail to find what you want in footwear and what will suit
you. An immense business enables us to name the very lowest
prices for reliable footwear. When in need of any thing in our line.
Give us a call.
JOHN BICKEL,
128 SOUTH MAIN STREET. - - BUTLER, PA
MILLER'S
JULY SHOE:
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, hence no
1 ,-asonable ofler will be refused. Good, seasonable footwear regard
less of cost. Close cash buyers will be sure to take advantage of this
great sale.
Read Every item a Leader and a Money Saver For You.
Men's Tan Shoes 98c [ Ladies" Serge Slippers ?8c
Men's Buff Shoes OHc • Ladies' Gaiiers 48c
Men's Working Shoes 98c Ladies' Kid Slippers 48c
Men's Low Shoes 9Nc Ladies' Strap Sandals 48c
Men's Patent Tip-Shoes $1.24 Ladies' Walking Shoes 48c
Men's Tennis Oxfords 48c . Ladies' Tan Oxfords 69c
Men's Canvas Shoes 98c Ladies' Kid Po) : sh 99c
Many other bargains i : i shoes for you. Come in and see for yourself.
July Sale A Hummer—Take It In.
C- E- MILLER,
Butler's Progressive Shoe Ho use, 21? South Main Street
Out of Style, Out of the World!
yjl f-" ur garments have a style that is
££ ~ Iff * 'I easily distinguished from the ordin-
Jgk —— ary. They are the result of careful
, v 7. study and practical application ofthe
.c ideas gathered by frequent vis'ts to
ji . the fashion centres, and by personal
y§? contact with the leading tailors and
nf> I}■ % as ' , '" n authorities uf the counry.
« ' , They are made in our own work
ili |l ~ shup by the highest paid journey
men tailors in Butler, yet it is pos
isble to (an.l 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 teasons 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.
f\ \ • MAKER OF
MEN'S Clothes
Spring STYLES I £ L&f
(m j
Men don't buy clothing for the pur-'ft' -v J P/f I //
.impose or spending money. They I Iff' 1 Jlk
nzto get the best possible results for thefC* A ||* CJ m. j
expended. Not cheap goads'®- /JU JMJM; A ft,;
goods as cheap as they can be.W, JC, V 11"\ I' !
njsold for and made up properly. If?T; rH
you want the correct thing at the cor- Jt '!
price, call and examine our,W. \ \ II 4
n;' ar Ke stjck r,f SPRING WEIGHTS \ 1 illl/J I
•y LATEST STYLES, SHADES \ ft &jf }
Fits and Workmanship ' | ill
Guaraneed. I—fir, /
G F. K6CK,
North! Main Street, Butler Pa
11 LAVATORY APPLIANCES
nowadays have to be of the best
Jj ij|| ;i to icc vt* any sort of consider-I
3 ! ation. Closet! plumbing is a relic
°f the past —open work only re
cc'ives attention. Reason? It's
'! sanitary, cleanly, looks better, re
yfijjkjf- .1 quires less attention and is better
I in evt, >' res P cct . VVe make a
s P cc,a 'ty of ui -to-date styles and
Geo. \AI. \A/ h!tehill,
318 South Main St., People's Phone. 28. PLUMBER, Butler, Pa.
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Biliousness, Sick Headache, Heart
burn, or Constipation, take a dose of
Hood's
On retiring, and tomorrow your di
gestive organs will be regulated and
you will be bright, active and ready
I for anv kind of work. This has
been the experience of others; it
will be yours. HOOD'S PILLS are
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; THIS COMMONWKAI TIL POLITHEIU AP
PROVAL OR REJECTION BY THE GEN
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! WEALTH OI PENNSYLVANIA. PPH-
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A JOINT RESOLUTION.
' Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
Of the Common weal tli.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and
II'IUM' of Representatives of the Common
wealth in General Assembly met. That t!•••
following is proposed as amendments to the
Cona.itut'on of the Commonwealth of lVnn
gy'ranla, in accordance with the provisions
of the eighteenth article thereof:
Amendment One of Article Eight, Section
One,
Add at the end of the first paragraph of
said section, after the words "shall be rII tit -
led to vote at all elections," tiie words "sub
ject however tj such laws requiring !>ud
regulating the registration of electors as t ae
General Assembly may enact." so that the
sa'd sectii 1 shall read as follows:
Section L Qualifications of Electors
F.vei v male citizen twenty-one years of age.
possessing the following qualifications, shall
be entitled to vote at all elections, subject
however to such li-.ws requiring and regulat
ing the reg st ration of electors as the Gen
eral Assembly may enact:
He shall have been a citizen of the United
States at least one month.
He shall have resided in the State one year
(or if. having previously been a qualified
elector or native born citizen of the State,
he shall have removed therefrom and re
tnrned. witiiin six months, immediately pre
ceding the election).
He shall have resided in the election dis
trict where he shall offer to vote at least two
months immediately preceding the election.
If twenty-two years of age and upwards,
he shall haye paid within two years a State
or county tax.which shall have been assessed
at least two months ana paid at least one
month before the election.
Amendment Eleven to Article Eight. Section
Seven.
Strike out from said section thu words
"'but no elector shall be deprived of the priv
ilege of voting by reason of his name not lie
inc registered." and add to said section the
following words, "but laws regulating and
requiring the registration of electors may be
enacted to apply to citiesonly. provided that
such laws be uniform for cities of the same
class." so that the said section shall
read as follows:
Section 7. Uniformity of Eleefton Laws.
All laws regulating the holding of elections
by the citizens or for the registration of
electors shall be uniform throughout the
State, but laws regulating and requiring the
registration of electors may be enacted to
apply to cities only, provided that such laws
be un"unn for cities of same class.
A true copy of the Joinc Resolution.
XV. W. GRIEST.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
™ PROPOSED TO THE CITIZENS OP
THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP
PROVAL OR REJECTION BY THE GEN
ERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMON
WEALTH OL PENNSYLVANIA. PUB
LISHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY
OP THE COMMONWEALTH IN PURSU
ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CON
STITUTION.
A .JOIST 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 Pennsyiv: ira In General As
sembly met. That the fo 1 lowing is pioposed
us an amendment to the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania accord
ance with the p'ovlsioos of ine Eighteenth
a: ttcle thereof.
Amendment,
strike out section four of ,■>. d e jit. and
inse~t ia place vhereo" r-s Wows:
Section 4. All elections ov t ie citizens
shall be by ballot or bv sue J othe<- method
as may be prcscrlbeu by law: Piovlded,
That secrecy in voting be preserved.
A true copy of the Joljt Resolut : on.
W. XV. GR'ISST,
Secretary Of the Commonwealth
BUTLER
BUSINESS
COLLEGE.
Fall term begins, Monday, Sept. 13, 1900
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at least twice as many graduates <ii positions
the coming year as we have ihe pas.. We
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only had more of the right kl.id mate : .ii
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you have a':'ir English educ;','oo. and i»ie
industrious 1 -id persistent it win be to your
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and let i-s assist you to remunerative em
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lished win be used In our school t'n* comi ig
year. Ci'l' and examine it. Send Tor a copy
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Sunday Dinners A Specially.
Meals 25 cts. Rooms 50 els.
Regular Rates $ 1.
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Hotel Waverly
South McKean Street
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BUTLER, PA
Steam Heat and Elect. Ic Light
The most commodious oifice in the
city.
Stabling in Connection.
HOTEL ARANDALE,
Bedford, Perm'a.,
Now open with Increased attractions. Ar
rangements have been made w'tli tin-
Springs Company for the famous n>>n«Tai
water to be brought to the hotel
Terms moderate. Write for l»ooHei
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In connection with the famous
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etc., cheerfully furnished on X
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and from all trains.
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BUTLER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER G, 1000
THIS WORLD IS ALL A FLEETING
SHOW.
Tim worM is ill a flcotinj iliow.
For mi-i'a illusion given;
The smiles of joy, tbe tears of woe,
Deccitlul shine, ileseitful flow,
Tlic ru's nothing true but heaven I
AnJ false the light on glory's plume,
As fading hues of even,
Ami love and hope snd beauty's bloom
I Are blossoms gathered for the tomb—
There's nothing bright but heaven 1
Poor uanderers on a stormy day,
From wave to wave we're driven.
And fancy's flash and reason's ray
t St rv e but to light the troubled way;
There's nothing calm but heaven!
—Thomas Moore.
!TR E E G 018 T. I
L The Story of a Phonograph. !j!
Cecil Arthur Dovely could not under
stand why lie made no progress with
Mary Barclay. His position as the
chief dispenser of pills and postage
stamps iu the biggest drug sto: e of a
country town had given him an ex
aggerated idea of his own importance.
He was not a particularly bad looking
young man, but was very conceited in
his manner. His broad, high forehead
was surmounted by his carrot colored
hair brushed a la pompadour; his eyes,
a light blue, were lacking in strength
and expression, and his dress was just
a trifle too flashy for the station in life
he had been called upon to fill. To
c-rowu all, he owned a horse and bug
gy—that charmed possession which in
rural communities so enhances one's
prestige with the eligible young ladies.
Cecil, who was not a bad fellow at
heart, had kept the girls of Rossville
and their anxious mothers guessing
for a long time, and the news that he
had be«m offered a partnership in his
employers' store did not lessen femi
nine interest in him. He used to ride
around the circle of Rossvnle feminin
ity and select whom he would to go
"buggy riding" with him on a Sunday
afternoon. There was one young lady
in the town who resisted Dovely's
wiles, or, rather, those of his horse
and buggy, and the prospect of a part
nership in a partnership, and she it
was whom Cecil, with no other motive
at flrst than perversity, determined to
win.
One day he decided on a grand attack
upon the fortress of Mary's heart. He
wrote for permission to call on a cer
tain evening, and received it. Thus en
couraged, he awaited the event which
would mark him victor or vanquished.
He scarcely hoped for the former; he
dreaded the latter. He sought to em
bellish his language with quotations
from the poets and studied the most
effective manner in which to exploit
his many captivating qualities.
It is, therefore, needless to say that
when he called on her he talked prin
cipally about himself. He was, how
ever, quite puzzled at the sudden and
energetic interest that Mary seemed
to manifest in all that he said; but,
encouraged by it, he soared into giddy
heights of eloquent self exploitation.
He wound up the whole monologue
with a passionate avowal of his love
for Mary and an almost tearful en
treaty for her heart and hand in return.
Mary was genuinely interested in Cecil,
and, in consequence, he was the very
last person in the world she would
have suspect It. So she tried to sim
ulate indifference by affecting a sort of
platonic feeling for him. Such a re
gard, however, did not come up to
Dovely's requirements, and when he
objected to being side tracked from the
main line of love to the siding of sis
terly affection and demanded a direct
response to his appeal Mary showed an
inclination to temporize. In brief, she
asked him to call upon her a week
later, and if, after mature consider
ation, he were of the same mind, she
might think the matter over seriously.
Dovely protested that his present
frame of mind was not the result of
sudden impulse, but the full blown
flower which she had planted in his
bosom with the first glance of her eyes
long ago. He vowed that the end of
time would find his love unaltered and
unalterable —all of which he had read
in "How to Propose, or Every Man Ills
Own Lovemaker." Mary, however,
remained firm, and Dovely went back
to his pills and plasters. It would be
vain to describe the battles fought be
tween hope and fear, exultation and
despair, in the young drug clerk's brain
during that week. He was sustained
somewhat by his inordinate vanity,
but beneath all lay the suspicion, ever
so faint, i>erliaps, that Mary had been
laughing at him. When" poor Dovely
pulled the bell handle of the Barclay
house on the appointed night, he was
so full of nervous uncertainty that liis
knees trembled and his heart seemed
to smite his ribs in the very terror of
•Joubt.
The door was opened by Mary, who
received him with such a pleased look
and cordial pressure of her soft, warm
hand that his conceit, coward that It
was, as soon as it believed all danger
to be passed, mounted again to the
most conspicuous heights aud crowed
luore lustily than before. The magic
If her glance transformed him from
the suppliant to the prince, and he
strutted across the hall to the drawing
room and seated himself In the best
chair, prepared to receive homage from
the girl.
Mary expressed great Joy at his kind
ness In calling and archly confessed
that she had suffered not a little fear
that something might detain him.
These delicate compliments caused
Cecil considerable chest expansion, anil
when Mary humbly begged to be ex
cused for a few minutes while she at
tended her mother, who was ill, he
granted her the brief respite with al
most royal graclousness. When she
had gone Cecil picked up a magazine
and was complacently perusing Its
prosy aud academic pages when he
was startled by the sound of voices in
the same room with himself. He
looked about quickly aud, seeing no
one, experienced a sensation of fear.
As the sounds proceeded Dovely sat in
mute amazement. For a moment he
suspected that he was going mad. He
was superstitious, but ghosts, accord
ing to his way of thinking, always
manifested themselves to the eyes
rather than the cars aud with shrouds
r:' than dialogues. There was
» i un janny in the sounds, too,
c. t ;t from a metal casket.
Dovely \> ot.ld have attempted an iu
.vestigation, but very fear held liim
rooted to tlie chair. He could not
escape, and he began to feel that he
had been selected by some restless
spirits as the custodian of their confi
dences. The sound of the voices at
first seemed like au echo of something
110 had heard before, aud this circum
stance deepened his perplexity. The
conversation seemed to be between
U man and a woman. The man's tones
were imperious, those of the woman
half flattering, half conciliatory.
"You know men are such deceivers,"
the voice was saying. "You play with
a woman's heart as a child does with
a toy. Then you look for another that
is newer to you, though perhi|ps not to
some otheni, and another fellow, who
perhaps has thrown aside and bruised
the heart that you pick up. comes alonij
and picks up the very heart that you
have thrown aside."
A soft laugh of tolerant condescen
sion followed tilts speech.
"Oh, that's the old story with wom
en," replied the man, '"you are all
wrong; you don't understand man.
Your feminine minds can't grasp the
depth and breadth of his nature. I
have tried often to make some women
soar with me to loftier realms of
thought, but I have neTer found one
to sympathize with uiy poetic or ar
tistic moods."
Here a soft little sigh, like a zephyr
touching the maple leaves, stole across
the room, and then the imperious tones
resumed:
"I know women. I've seen a good
deal of life. Didn't I liv# more than a
year in New York?"
The perspiration stood out in beads
on Doveiv's forehead as he stared in
the direction of the voices and clutched
the arms of the chair in which tie sat.
It seemed like a nightmare. The echo
was getting clearer and clearer. He
hated the dreadful sounds, but felt that
lie must suffer the ordeal to the end.
And memory told liiiu that the end was
yet a long way off and tlie path there
to full of thorns of humiliation and
shame for him. He began to feel like
a disembodied spirit that stands beside
Its erstwhile prison and contemplates
with horror the ravages that debauch
ery Las wrought on its once beautiful
form. Bui through the nightmare he
was sustained by the sweet reflection
that he was not irreclaimable and that
tills scourging was at worst only a se
vere lesson from which he would
emerge a better man.
The imperious tones of the man and
the conciliatory, even pleading, tones
of the woman went on. With deep
humiliation he followed the mysterious
dialogue to the crowning point of his
own shame. He could hear the soft,
solicitous tones of the woman leading
the man on to make a fool of himself.
And he heard the man following with
braggadocio and bombast right up to
the very pitfall that had been prepared
for him. The grandiloquent and pre
posterous phrases in which a proposal
was next couched struck him as being
so comically conventional that he
would have laughed aloud had not the
humiliating reflection of his own con
duct covered him instead with shame.
Then he heard a sweet voice asking
liim to think It over and then come
back in a week, if he were still of the
same mind. Even then he did not
realize the truth. He wondered if he
were not asleep and this an awful
dream. The volume that he had been
holding fell from his knee and startled
him. He put his hand to his forehead
and brushed the beads of perspiration
away and said: "Thank God. it was a
dream."
At that moment Mary entered the
room and smilingly apologized for
keeping him waiting. She drew a has
sock over to him. and. seating herself,
upon it and looking up in his eyes,
said: "I'm awfully sorry I kept you
waiting, Arthur; I know you must have
been so lonely. But there"—she stop
ped suddenly and knitted her brows—
"l really believe you have been asleep
and dreaming. You look it, quite."
The poor young man took her hand
in both his own and looked fixedly at
her. "I don't know whether I've been
asleep or not, but I certainly must have
been dreaming—such a horrid dream"
—and he passed his hand quickly over
his eyes as if to wipe away the last
traces of a nightmare. Then he took
her hand again. "Mary," he said slow
-13-, "you told me to come back tonight
if I were still of the same mind as
when I was here last. I have come to
tell you that I am not of the same
mind."
Mary looked surprised and would
have spoken, but Dovely broke in
quickly: '"lt is not that I don't love you
as much as ever—aye, n great deal
more than ever before—hut I feel that ,
I have been a foci; that I'm not worthy
of you, and that it was a presumption f
for me to ask you to mary me. I be
lieve that I can be a more modest and
sensible man, and that 1 want you to J
give me the opportunity to prove it
before giving me your answer."
Mary's answer was worthy of her
brain and her heart:
"Arthur," she said, "what you have
said proves that you are all right, and
I'll take you on faith." Next morning
the phonograph was sent back to town,
it having succeeded in eliminating for
ever the capital "I" from the personal
ity of Cecil Arthur Dovely, and the fun
of it was that Cecil thought he did It
himself.—Chicago Times-Herald.
A Particular Point.
"In a case of this kind," said the law
yer. "there are many things to be in
vestigated, and before I take the case
there Is one thing in particular that
must be looked into."
"1 presume," said the client, "that
you refer to my pocketbook."—lndian
apolis Sun.
Unwritten History.
Giles—Columbus must have been the
victim of a bunko game.
Miles—Why do you think so?
Giles—Because he was the first to
conceive the idea that the world wasn't
square.—Chicago I'ost.
Muffs were first used by doctors to
keep their fingers soft and were adopt
ed by ladles about 1550.
Men marry because they are weary
of liberty, women because they desire
It.—Chicago News.
A Swindling Ncln-nM'.
For some years past the treasury de
partment has received from time to
time letters from all parts of the coun
try asking for information regarding
certain large sums of money which, it
is alleged, are on deposit in the treas
ury department awaiting distribution
to heirs or persons of great wealth in
Europe and America.
Among these noted claims is one of
the heirs of a man of the name of He
Haven, who is alleged to have loaned
the government of the United States
large sums of money during the Revo
lutionary war. Another well known
case is that of the Robert Morris es
tate, the heirs of which, it is said, are
entitled to receive from the govern
ment several millions of dollars. The
Durkee claim also is well known in the
department and involves several mil
lions of dollars. The latest one is that
of the heirs of Anneke Jans, who are
saiil to be entitled to receive from the
United States something like £00,000,-
000, which sum. it is said, has been re
ceived from Holland and now awaits
proof of relationship.
It Is stated at the treasury depart
ment that all of these claims are spuri
ous and that they are made tbo basis
of confidence games by agents who
work upon tiie credulity of the unin
formed. Agents, it is said, are selling
bonds to raise money to prosecute
these claims against the government,
realizing something like $lO per SI,OOO
promised in case of success. The treas
ury department Is powerless to proceed
agaiust these impostors.—Washington
I'ost. f
SHE WAS A PHANTOM OF DELIGHT.
She was a phantom of delight
When first site gleamed upon my sight;
A lovely apparition sent
To be a moment's ornament;
Her eyes «a »tars of twilight fair,
Lil* twilight's, too, her dusky hair.
But all things else about her drawn
From iL*. time an 1 the cheerful darro;
A danci ug shape and image gay
To haunt, to startle and waylay.
I saw her upon nearer view,
A spirit, yet a woman too!
Her household notions light and free
And steps of virgin liberty;
A countenance in which did meet
Sweet records, promises as sweet;
A creature not too bright or good
For human nature's daily food;
For transient sorrows, simple wiles.
Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles
And now I see with eyes serene
The very pulse of the machine,
A being breathing thoughtful breath,
A trav'ler between life and death;
The reason firm, the temperate will.
Endurance, foresight, strength and skill;
A perfect woman, nobly planned.
To warn, to comfort and command.
And yet a spirit still and bright
With something of angelic light.
—William Wordsworth.
fl'l LLAMA'S I'iisj
of Tibetan Magic.
The waiter brought us drink and the
change out of Tom Martin's half sov
ereign. I pushed the latter over to
ward him with my left hand, and with
the right raised the water bottle to
dilute my whisky.
"Your change, Tom," said I.
"Yes, of course," said Tom, who was
absorbed in the story he was telling
me. lie put out his hand as if to pick
the money up, but seemed to remember
something, for he drew his hand back
suddenly.
"Good heaven'." said he, "and I had
forgotten that."
He took out his handkerchief, wrap
ped it around the forefinger of his
right hand and then, with the fore
finger so covered, gently scraped the
money toward him, piece by piece, and
earnestly looked at each coin.
"Now, look here, Tom," said I, "this
is a very pretty story that you have
been telling me, but don't try and give
it an air of reality by a performance
like that."
"You can believe it or not, just as
you like," said Tom, "but I tell you,
Fred, that piece of money is coming
along this way some day. I have seen
it once and—l left it on the table.
You don't catch me touching any coin
while I am certain that one is in cir
culation. But let me conclude what I
was telling you.
"Urga is one of the most peculiar
places you could think of. and one of
our first duties was to present our
selves to the grand llama. We had to
get a palanquin, for it was only meet
that Europeans of our Importance
should go in state, and it was while en
route that we suddenly came to the
praying mill. This was a sort of
'roundabout,' with huge wooden posts
sticking out at the side, which every
Buddhist passing *as supposed to take
hold of and push the mill round at
least once.
"What caused Phil to do what he
did then I don't know, but something
seemed to impel him to get out of the
palanquin, make a run over to the mill,
catch hold of one of the wooden posts
and commence to push it around at its
topmost pace. The square where the
mill was erected was pretty well filled
with people, and when some of those
saw what had been done they came
rushing toward us, shouting and ges
ticulating. Phil had undoubtedly com
mitted ft sacrilege, and I was fearful
for his safety. These fanatical Mon
golians, once their religion is assailed
in any shape or form, would certainly
have no mercy upon the assailant.
"Phil came hurriedly back to me,
Jumped into the palanquin and order
ed the bearers to get on. But they
were struck dumb with terror. The
mob came for us. smashed in the doors
of the palanquin, dragged us out, and
for two minutes there was the liveliest
fight on record going on. We got the
worst of It and, bruised, bleeding and
insensible, were carted off to prison.
"We were taken before the grand
llama, and then and there he ordered
us to be sent across the Siberian fron
tier with the utmost dispatch. The
next day we were hurried along under
an escort of soldiers, and it was not
long before we arrived at the frontier,
the town of Miamatshln, which really
Is the Mongolian portion of Kiakta.
We were taken along to the yellow
posts which marked the actual frontier,
and there the soldiers of the llama
stopped. We were removed from the
palanquin in which we had been car
ried and were commanded to sit down
a few yards from the posts. Not 20
feet away were the black and white
posts of the Russians, and it was in
deed something to gladden our eyes to
seo the brown coat and the astrakhan
fez of the Russian Cossack who stood
there on sentry.
"Our guards spread themselves out,
then there came forward a Buddhist
priest, who began to talk to us in a
largon which, of course, we could not
understand. He finished at length and
produced from his robe a wire on
which were threaded some hundreds
of brass 'cash,' which the Chinese al
ways carry. lie took two of the 'cash'
off the wire and laid them in front of
us on the ground.
"Then the priest began waving his
arms about, and the Mongolians took
out their hand prayer mills and began
turning them for all they were worth.
The voice of the priest then rose on
the air. He said three or four words
and spat deliberately at each of the
coins which had been put on the
ground before us.
"That was all. The priest departed,
the soldier escorted us to the posts, the
Russian sentry presented his rifle and
•we presented our passports. We pass
ed over and breathed the comparative
ly free air of Russia. Our first duty
when we were in Kiakta was to go
straight to the governor and lay our
complaint before him. He was agitat
ed when he heard of the ceremony at
the frontier, and told us that the Bud
dhist priest had put into circulation two
coins which had received the sun god's
course and that these coins would
circulate throughout the world, harm
less to everybody except the two tlicy
were destined for. The instant pos
session of either of these by the person
cursed would mean immediate destruc
tion.
"Nor was this all, the coins might not
Come to as as brass 'cash,' they might
come to us as a kopeck piece, or as a
ruble, as marks or pfennigs, as francs
or centimes, as anything, wherever it
might be. We should never know
when they were coming; we should
take them in the ordinary way; we
should handle them, but only for one
moment, the next moment we should
be dead."
One day Tom sent for me, and It was
to tell me that he was going to be
married. This struck me as sotrething
peculiar, for 1 had though'. Ton Mor
ton was one of the last men likely to
fall in love. Tlfe wedding duly came
~ -5"
THE PROPYL/EA. PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION. *
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Copyright, IWXJ, 'by the Pan-American Exposition Co.
The Propylsea at the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo in 1901 will mark tin- northern boundary of the Plaza
and the extreme northern liruit of the (.rand Court. This elaborate and beautiful architectural ornament will serve
the purpose of a colossal screen, shutting out from the Exposition the noisy and smoky reminders of the toil and
care of our everyday life. The Propylsea is a magnificent creation, treated with tine artistic skill. The combined
work it 500 feet long, consisting of two massive arched entrances or gateways at the extreme eastern and west
ern ends of a long, gracefully carved colonnade. Two open towers surmount the sides of each arch, and
above the 20 tall lonic columns that form the colonnade is a pergola or arbor over which growing vines will
wind their delicate tracery of green. The electric street railway cars as well as the steam roads will unload many
of their passengers at the station opposite the Propylaea. which is reached from the tracks by a spacious subway.
off. everybody was pleased, and Tom
and his bride went away to the south
of France. A few more weeks rolled
by and Tom returned. There was to
be a reception at their London house,
and the Invitation which was sent me
was one which I could not well refuse.
In the evening I had the opportunity
of a chat with Tom. We had gone out
on the balcony, which overlooked the
garden, and there I purposely made
reference to tlie superstition which he
had fur the llama's coin.
"Perhaps." said I, "now that you
have gone unscathed all these years,
you are beginning to lose faith in the
potency of that prophecy?"
"Well, to tell you the truth," said
Tom, "I am getting a little shaky
about it, and when one begins to rea
eon superstition on any subject Is like
ly to get knocked out. It ha.i struck
nie that, after all, it may be but mere
foolery."
We entered the room once more, but
I was dying for a smoke, and, making
some excuse, i slipped away to tht
smoking room. I had been sitting there
abont five minutes when Tom Morton
came in.
"What do you think?" he said. "My
wife has got this Mongolian story into
her head so much that she is perfectly
ridiculous. She has been telling every
body about it, and, of course, they are
all laughing, and the worst of it all Is
that she Is laughing with them at me.
But come, come, old fellow. I want to
6how you something."
I rose, threw my cigarette end away
and followed him. We went along the
corridor to tbe di awing room, which
was crowded, and even as we entered
I heard Mrs. Morton's voice.
"I really do believe it will be such
fun," nhe was saying. "Here comes
Tom, and now we will try. A coin,
if you please, from each of you. Let
me see—how many are there here?—
20. Good! Then I want 26 coins.
Now, Tom," she said, "take off that
wretched glove and let us demonstrate
that you can touch money with your
ungloved hand."
Tom was pale, and I saw his brow
shining with perspiration. He mutter
ed something, but what it was was lost
in the laughter and banter which went
around the room. With a quick, impul
sive movement, he drew off his right
glove.
"Well," he said, and I saw his lips
wreathe Into a hard, unmirtliful smile,
"I will take the coins just to show you
that 1 am not afraid."
Then, one by oue, his wife counted
out the coins into his hand. Twenty
were already there, when, unable to
control the Impulse which came over
me, I started up and cried: "Drop tt,
Tom! Why challenge such a thing as
that?"
He looked at me, and I saw how pale
and how stern was his face. He said
nothing to me. but mcrcl.r turned to his
wife with the whisper, "Go on!"
"Twenty-one, 22, 23, 24, 25, 2G. 27" —
"Twenty-seven," I cried, "what is
that, there are only 20 people her, there
is a mis"— But I could get 110 further.
Torn had staggered back, his body
shrunken in size. He fell to the floor.
A deathlike silence fell over the as
semblage. 1 strode over to my friend's
prostrate form.
Tom was dead and cold, and in bis
right liauil there were 27 coins. I look
ed at tlie top one; it was a German
piece, value 20 marks. I took It to the
light and gazed upon It. Across the
profile of Emperor William II I saw a
mark which described a true square,
aud then I knew that the llama's curse
at length had had effect.—Penny I'ic
torial Magazine.
Took No C hnnem.
The passerby who happened to look
through the open door of au up town
fire engine house the other day might
have wondered why one horse of the
engine team was kept standing at the
pole of the engine, hitched up, the
horse belonging to the other being in
his stall. The reason was extremely
simple. Some men on electrical wires
were occupied in front of the horse s
stall, where in case of an alarm they
would have offered more or less im
pediment to his free movement from
the stall to the engine. Of course the
firemen took no chances on anything
of this sort, so while the work was
going on they hitched the horse tip in
his place on the engine. This was not
so comfortable for liim as standing per
fectly free and clear of harness In his
roomy stall would have been, but the
horse apparently appreciated the situ
ation fully. While he was the reverse
of elated over It, yet as the men work
ed on lie stood at the pole and held his
place there with steadiness anil pa
tience.—New York Sun.
Nearly t:'. 1 n.OfH) wi.ith of articles are
pawned in Loudon weekly.
in e\v li nt Riirnnr»nlng.
"Did that rich young Gtddbag pro
pose to you last night?"
"Not exactly, mamma, but he asked
for an option on me for 150 days."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
CIGAR TOBACCO.
Harvest tan and i urlu&s the Crop In
tlie Xorth.
The crop is planted in rows, usually j
SVj to 4 feet apart and IS to *J4
inches*>part hi the row. It Is topped
to 15 or 18 leaves and is frequently
suckered during the season. It Is on
the ground about 90 days, the season
averaging from about the middle of
May to the last of August. All the
leaves on the plant do not ripen at the
same time. L'uder the conditions pre
vailing it Is therefore usually consider
ed necessary to determine the average
time of ripening and cut the plant
when the middle leaves are ripe. The
ground leaves will of course be over
ripe, while the top leaves will have
hardly matured. The stalk Is cut
and laid on the ground for one and
one-half to two hours to wilt. It is
turned if necessary to prevent burning.
It is important that rain should not
fall upon the plant while lying on the j
ground. After it is wilted sufficiently
the stalk Is speared on a lath, about
eight plants to the lath. It to then
hung in a barn to dry. The tobacco
barn is quite tight, but well provided
with ventilators, which are opened on
favorable days, as the barn must be
well ventilated until the tobacco is
thoroughly wilted. Artificial heat Is
not used. The time and rapidity of
curing depend entirely upon the weath
er. It rarely exceeds two months, how
ever.
When thoroughly dried, the laths of
tobacco are taken down during a
warm, damp spell and piled In heaps
with sacks or cloths spread over them
to keep the pile In "order" for several
days. "Order" or "case" in tobacco
curing means a moist condition in
which the tissue will not break. Fre
quently when the piles begin to dry
the butts are sprinkled with water.
The stalks are taken from the laths
and the leaves stripped off. The leaves
are put by handfuls into a box lined
with strong, tough paper. The paper
is wrapped tightly over it and the bun
dle securely tied. A large proportion
of the tobacco is sold to the dealers In
this shape. Some producers sort it,
however, and get 3 cents a pound more
for it, although the packers usually
resort it before the fermentation.
When properly sorted, the tobacco is
graded into fillers, binders and long
and short, bright and dark wrappers.
These are made up into "hands" —I. e.,
bundles of leaves tied together at the
base. The tobacco is frequently
"blown"—that Is, lightly sprinkled with
water to bring it Into proper order be
fore casing or packing down, but this
is never practiced by the best farmers.
The fermentation or sweating is usu
ally managed by the packers nnd ■»"*
by the rarmers.—Milton Whitney.
Three Plow Attachment*.
When plowing down corn stubble,
green crops, tail weeds, manure or
straw, a number of devices are used
to draw the stalks and litter Into
the furrow and distribute along so as
to be covered by the plow, the most
ATTACHMENTS TOH THE PLOW.
common of which is the chain arrange
ment shown in the figure. The chain
usually Is about five feet in length,
one end fastened to evener and the oth
er to plow beam at the place where
the coulter Is attached, allowing the
chain to drag along the bottom of fur
row and over portion of the unplowed
ground. Some prefer to fasten the
chain farther back on the plow beam
or at the standard. In turning under
very heavy corn stubble the chain Is
sometimes found too light to do Its
work well, and an extra device (cen
ter of the figure) is added. This Is a
round stick of wood one foot long
and two inches In diameter, one end
pointed and the other flattened, and
wired to chain at point chain leaves
furrow to fasten to plow beam. The
earth as It leaves the moldboard falls
on the stick and causes it to hold the
chain always In the right position,
drawing to the bottom of the furrow
the heaviest cornstalks or weeds. A
device used In place of a chain is
shown below this. It Is a round stick
of heavy wood about 4 Inches in diam
eter and lMi to 2 feet long long, which
Is attached with a rope swivel to plow
beam aiiout two feet in front of the
standard, where it rolls along on edgo
of furrow nutt nc»« irto ftia /»*«•*»•
~s
Mo. 33
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a Rural New Yorker correspondent
Agricultural Brevities
The value of eggs exported from
Canada In 1899 amounted to $1,267,063;
In 1898, $1,255,304; In 1897, $1,978,479.
The general condition of the tobacco
crop for the first week of July was fa
vorable.
A recently enacted law makes It Il
legal to ship from one state to another
animals or birds which have been kill
ed or captured In violation of local
laws and requires all packages con-
talnlng animals or birds to be plainly
marked so that the name and address
of the shipper and the nature of the
contents may be ascertained by inspec
tion of the outside of such packages.
The average condition of sweet pota
toes on July 1 was highly favorable,
Texas being the only Important produ
cer that reports a condition even slight
ly below Its ten year average.
A Joke on Offenbach.
Offenbach, the famous opera bouffe
composer, bad an insatiable thirst for
success and fame combined with a
vanity that occasionally played him *—
6orry trick.
Once he was going down the Rhine
on a steamer, among whose passengers
was the Duke of Nassau, a fact of
which the composer was In blissful Ig
norance.
As the steamer approached Its last
stopping place the bank of the river
was seen to be covered by a donse
throng of people who were shouting
and waving their hats. A band on tbo
pier wns playing a march from one of
Offenbach's operas.
As the boat touched the pier Offen
bach stepped to the rail and bowed and
waved his hat to the people In ac
knowledgment of this flattering ova
tion.
"It Is glorious to be received In a
foreign land like thlsl" he remarked to
his companions.
But his self complacency received a
rude shock the next Instant when the
duke's adjutant appeared and said, In
a rough and unfeeling manner:
"Get out of the way, will you, and
let his highness show himself!"
Beauty and Education.
Why is It that woman has always
been more beautiful than man? In
human beings the attractive qualities
have always been on the side of the
female. Why Is it? Without wishing
to cast any aspersion on the members
of the superior sex, we may fairly an
swer that it Is because they have hith
erto been the less educated. But wom
an's Ideas are changing. She has lis
tened to the voice of the tempter, whis
pering In her ear all sor*® fal
lacies ttoout equality of the sexes. In-
I tellectual development and Its neces
sity, and the like, and she has yielded
to the temptation. And the result of
this will be that she will lose her
beauty. She will suffer in appearance
as man has done and Is doing, and In
the course of time the extremely civ
ilized races of mankind will be ugly—
Irretrievably and lamentably Uglfc—
Pearson's Magazine.
A Famous Pearl.
The beautiful peart known as the
Great Southern Cross was found in
Western Australia in the year 1884. It
consists of nine pearls Joined together
In the form of a cross, in which shape
it was found by a man named Clarke.
It Is said that the finder and the first
purchaser of It buried It for some time,
superstitiously regarding It as a heav
enly miracle. It was, however, ulti
mately taken up from its burial placo
and sold for SI,OOO, since which time It
has frequently changed bands and is
now valued at $50,000. At the Colonial
and Indian exhibition In England it at
trocted a good deal of notice and is
probably the ouly natural cross ever
found.
Cannibals nnd Pork*
In the New Hebrides human life has
been made safe by the introduction of
pigs Into the island. Tho cannibals are
said to prefer roast pork to roast man,
and us the porcine tribe increases
among the natives they may give up
their feasts on human flesh altogether
excepting when something unusual
happens, such as entertaining a klug of
some other cannibal Island or on state
occasions of rare ceremony.
Toukli on the Joker.
The contributor wrote a Joke about
a plumber whose bills were always
normal. "That," said the editor, re
jecting It. "is not a Joke; It's a Ue."
The contributor tried again with a
story of the plumber whose clinrgeß
left nothing to be desired on the score
of size. "That," said the editor, who
had suffered, "Is not a U«. Neither Is
It a Joke."— Scraps.
More Iloneat.
"flave you noticed any difference in
your wife since she became converted
and Joined the church?"
"Yes; she asks me to wait an hour
for her now instead of a minute."—
Harper's Bazar.