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 natter what stvle you may want, call around and see us and we *iM - MHN'S SHOES.-^® Hi • f *..* nts' fine shoes in the latest styles ranging in j ri,» £-V. 0 Just received a large stock of the army .i , , : , v , I sewed soles, making a good shoe for i i! ■ C r , air. Gokey's handmade box toe boots ,cr toe shoes for boys' and high cut h , , •! . • largest and most complete stock ot M »» ' - k-; .mile AND FELT GOODS. i and Felt Goods. Full stock of the l. . Ball Band Knit Boots. . ■ . i, . and we are going to give you more than % |, i • tj L»uy. Grand bargains in season al n.. i .... ....mense assortment which we carry you t _ .niat you want in footwear and what will suit you. A:i ..) .iciise 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 iMAIN STREET. - - BUTLER, PA MILLER'S JULY SMOK SALE A RECORD BREAKER! Now is your time~ssooo worth of Summer Shoes at your own price. We have too many shoes and not enough money, hence no reasonable ofter will be refused. Good, seasonable footwear regard less of cost. Clos.e 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 Men * Bnff 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 other bargains in shoes for you. Come in and see for yourself. July Sale A Hummer—Take It In. C- E- MILLER, Butler's Progressive Shoe House. 2iq South Main Street Out of Style. Out of the World! f - * ur S arrnents have a style that is /J\ + li ' easily distinguished from the ordin , \jßMbv ary. They are the result of careful ' *7 yWL&faMP study and practical application of the L. ideas gathered b) frequent visits to j'■ as^'on cen * res . a »d by personal ; 41,' contact with the leading tailors and »■, I j*' fashion authorities of the county, M They are made i«i our nvn woik |j || sh(»p by the highest paid journey— » men tailors in Butler, yet it is pos sible to (and we do; give our patrons these first-class clothes at the price you would pay for the other sort. We believe we have given good reasons why our tailoring is the best and cheapest and would be grateful for the opportunity to show you our handsome spring stock and give you prices to prove them. /T 1 Q >-4 MAKER OF MEN'S Clothes Spring STYLES Z 1 f ie.w. /AIJ ljl\ i S . .sold for and made up properly, [f nfT irA 'I 1 7 Cyou want the correct thing at the cor- W" _ A " j ij A fcr«sct price, call and examine ■" \ X II , ' ;iarge st>ck of SPRING WKIGIITS—T' \ ff IYUBf V I ' 7 f LATEST STYLES, SHADES AND#' \| PWf wl 7 $ (.COLORS, £ \| ,jf i n j/ Fits and Workmanship < I 111 m Guaraneed. fJbs** Is:'/ G F. K6CK, I NorthlMain Street, Butler Pa SI LAVATORY APPLIANCES 1 *W\ nowadays have to be of the best _H | to rece,ve any sort of consider ably I■| [SL T ation. Closed plumbing is a relic '■ « °f the pasrf- open work only re -1 eeives Reason? It's fjjffy 'i 1 Jtf sanitary, cleanly, looks better, re- Avhf L|h quires less attention and is better j >n every respect, We make a s P ccia °f up-to-date styles and Geo. W. Whftehill, 3tß South Main St., People's Phone. 28. PLUMBER, Hutler, Pa. Subscribe for the CITIZEN Ladies' Serge Slippers 28c Ladies' Gaiters 48c Ladies' Kid Slippers 4Hc Ladies' Strap Sandals 48c Ladies' Walking Shoes 4«c Ladies' TaD Oxfords 69c Ladies' Kid Polish 99c THE BUTLER CITIZEN. "Headachel Is often a warning that the liver is H torpid or inactive. More serious W troubles may follow. Kor a prompt, B efficient cure of Headache and ail H liver troubles, take Hood's Pills | While they rouse the- liver, restore E full, regular action of the bowels, n they do not gripe or pain, do not B irritate or inflame the internal organs, tg but have a positive tonic effect. 25c. O at all druggists or by mail of B C. I. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass. Bl AMENDMENT TO THE CON?TITCTIfN /A p,. )|»osKl> TO THE ( ITI/.HNr- OK THIS COMMONWEALTH FOii THKIU AP PROVAL OK REJECTION RV THE SEV ERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COM.MO-- WEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. ITi:- LISHED BY ORDEK OI THE .-ECRETAKY OF. THE COMMONWEALTH, IN I't RSI - ANTE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CON STITUTION. A JOIST RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment tothe Constitution of the Commonwealth. Sect ion l. Be it resolved by ti.'- Senate and House of Representatives of the Common wealth in General Assembly met. That tli following is proposed as amendments to tin- Constitution of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania, in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: Amendment One of Article Eight. Secti. n One. Add at the end of the first paragraph of said section, after ilie words "shall be entit - led to vote at -ill elections," the words "suo. ject liowevt r tj su<-h laws requiring and regulating the reg:..t rM ion of» v ton as tbe General Assembly may enact," so that the said section shall read as follows: Section 1. Qualifications of Electors. Every male citizen twenty-one years of age, possessing the following qualification*, shall be entitled to vote at all elections, subject however to such laws requiring and regulat ing the registration 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 hav 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 offer to vote at least two months immediately preceding the election. If twenty-two years of age and upwards, he shall have paid within two years a State or county tax, which shall have lieen assessed at least two months and paid at least one month before the election. Amendment Eleven to Article Eight, Section Seven. Strike out from s;iid section the words • hut no elector shall be deprived of the priv ilege of voting by reason of his nam" not be ing registered." and add to said section tin following words, "but laws regulating and requiring the registration of electors may he enacted to apply to cities only, provided that such laws be uniform for cities of i.he sann: class." so that the said '■net ion shall read as follows: Section 7. Uniformity of Election Law>. All laws regulating the liolrlinir 'if el«" - tIous by the citizens or for the registration of electors shall tie uniform throughout t! State, hut laws regulating and refiuiring tin registration of electors may In- enacted to apply to cities only, provided that such laws he uniform for cities of same class. A true copy of the .loini Resolution W. W. GKiEST. Secretary of the Commonwealth. AMENDMENT TO THE CON-TITI TION ™ I'ItOPOSEO TO THE CITIZENS OK THIS COMMONWEALTH KOK THEIR AP PROVAL OR REJECTION I5"S" THE GEN ERA I. ASSEM.'H.V <)E THE COMMON WEALTH Ol I'ENNSVI.VAMA. PUB LISHED HY ORDER OC THESK.CRETARV OK THE COMMONWJOALTII IN PUBSU AN; E Of ARTICLE XVIII Ol THE CON STITUTION. A JOIST RESOLUTION PropY«- Invfj four at preseni always iin many as we «<1 no more. POSITIONS \vV expert to !><» I«> at least twice as many hi position* the coml IIK year as WP have tli«> past. NV«- Could place tliree where pli».«-e one If we only l»ali education, arid are fiiduntrlous ; id persi-»t«*nt it will lie to your loterasl i" in 1 it 000 of oar counu and let us assist you Ut remunerative em pl<»yni«- it. 'J h«* finest system of shorthand ever pub lished will t>e used in our school th»* COUIOIK ye.'r. < alI and examine It. Send Tor a copy of our new catalogue and circulars. A. F. REGAL, Prin., NEW HOUSE NEW I-TR.NITUR F. Centrdl Hotel SIMEON NIXON, JR.,) vf J. BROWN NIXON, / BUrivER, PA Opposite Court IIous<». Next f»«Kir to Park Theatre - ■ j Sunday Dinners A Specialty. Meals 25 cts. Rooms 50 c!s. Regular Rates sl. Local and I-onti Distance Phones. Hotel Waver ly South McKean Stri-et • J. W HAWORTH, Prop'r., BU'iLEK, PA Steam Heat and Electric The most commodious office in the city. Stabling in Connection. HOTEL ARANDALE, Bedford, Pen 11' a., Now open with increased attractions. Ar ranKCineuts liave ls-4!n made witli the Hprlnjcs Company for the fanu-us mfneral water to he hrouKht to l In- hotel dally. Terms moderate. Write for IKNIU Iet ALHir SMITH. Props. Ps *gr i||| I Butler People Should Patronize the j Hotel % A. Kelly & Sons, Prop'rs., f % Cambridge Springs< Pa. A first-class hoti'l, Just opened. * In a charming country location, •* J In connection with the famous J Mitchell Hprlngs; everythlufc. £ * new. modern and up-to-date; * T further Information with rates. T I etc., i'heerfully furnished fin * application; free carriages to I and from all rains. . ▼ I* ** d It.i'r*-*-* BUTLER, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, IQOO THE FIELD FRATERNITY. TThen God's dear justice is revealed— f\- e kingdom that tfce Father planned— ll.s children ail will equal stand As flawcr* in the field. That* each one has a goodly space— Ka« LU j-ioman of the flowery race; Each has a foothold on the earth, A pla.e for business and for mirth. No privilege hars a flower's access To earth's whole store of preciousness; The flowers stand level on God's floor With equal nciroes* to Lis store. And flowers, they have no private ends. But ft find together as close friends; They send their beauty on all things, An equal gilt to clowns and kings. They worry not; there is enough Laid by for them of God's good stuff— Enough for all, and so no fear Sends boding on their blameless cheer. This noble blessedness can be In kingdoms of equality. So from the field comes curious news, That each one takes what it can use— Takes what its lifted cup can hold Of skyey rain and beamy gold, And all give back, with pleasure high, Their riches to the sun and sky. Yes, since the first star they have stood A testament of brotherhood. —Edwin Markham in Saturday Evening Post. iliiTiiii T It Reformed the Man T w Who Found It. ♦ 1 By A. O. I r n 4 4—*.»4 "It is rathvr a peculiar case," be be gan. I smiled wisely. Every one think* his case peculiar. In reality it gener ally proves unusual only to the one concerned in it. My hook was turned, face down, on the window sill. I was ready to listen, but Alyn did not go on at once. lie sat quietly gazing out of the window across the river. The smile was still on my face as I suggested: "This 'peculiar case' certainly has its heroine." "It has a heroine, yes." Alyn's eyes were so frank as they met mine. His gaze had not been so direct nor his face so clear the last time I had seen him. A year's absence from his old associate had certainly been good for him. It was a pleasure to look at him. Just now his expression puzzled me. I could not fathom it, but it invited me to continue. "Have you her photograph with you?" "Yes." lie drew out of his breast pocket a small red leather case and, opening It, handed it to me. It needed but one glance at the painted oval to make rae exclaim Impetuously: "You love her. No one could doubt that an Instant." Such a picture! A dainty little head covered with short, curling hair; a deli cate, loving, teasing face; dark, full, bewitching eyes. The throat was bare, anil an indistinct mass of white gauze ended the portrait. "You must love her." I spoke with conviction. "I do," returned Alyn—"most sincere ly." Still his expression puzzled me. An Inscrutable smile played over his face, but he delayed beginning the story he had volunteered to tell. "And she?" 1 hesitated over the in quiry remembering what manner of man It was who had gone from us a year ago. A gentle expression passed over Alyn's face. "I think she is fond of me," bo re plied simply. I stretched out my Land and Alyn grasped It warmly. "I do believe," he said earnestly, "that if ever a man was fortunate that man is I. Will you care to listen? I used to tell you things when I was a boy," lie added apologetically. I picked up my sewing, always lying ready against such times as this, and leaned back in my rocker. Alyn reached for the picture. lie leaned his head on one hand and his elbow on the table. In the other hand he held the ease where his eyes could rest on the face. His own face be came grave. "It was a year ago. One ulght—or morning, rather—l landed on the ferry on the way to my lodgings. I couldn't get a street car or a cab. In fact, I was too drunk to think of either, so 1 stumbled along just keeping straight enough to escape the police. In front of my lodgings is an electric light. A slight fall of snow had whitened the pavement and made distinct this case beneath the light. I had just strength and sense enough left to pick It up, tumble up the stairs and stretch myself out on my couch." Alyn snapped the case shut and paused a moment "Some time the next day I awoke and the first thing that attracted my attention was this —open on the floor and her eyes looking up at me—me in that condition." An expression of disgust good to see came over the man's face. "I quickly shut the case and put my self and my room In order. Then I sat down and studied her." Still absorbed in his narrative, Alyn opened the case again and dropped his eyes on the photograph. "I told yon this was a peculiar case, and you will think, I fear, that I am a peculiar man. But the more I looked at her the more I wanted to look. I never parted with the miniature. 1 carried it around in my pocket and thought and thought about her until she became a living presence to me, a beautiful woman always with me. I became absentmlnded. The fellows complained, but I came to have an en gagement always when they wanted me. My engagement was with tills— the lady of the miniature. I Lad hist my heart to lier. About the original of the photograph I reasoned tiiis way: She would not he carrying !I«T own miniature around In all probability. It must have been lust by a friend, and probably here wan the hard part of it ail by her lover. If I advertised It, he would claim It, and I should not meet her. "I didn't advertise. I did something far more irrational. I spent my spare I i • arching. 1 visited stores and v. t! KI: t«. I haunted the resl -IVI ;i f «• city. I went to tlio ,)•) i .1 * : naetl the boxes rather tliua the »t:ii,e. Needless to say, I did not find her; yet I never lost hope. I felt I must find her and look at her. I felt tli!s afresh every time 1 opened tlil case. I would not give up the search. When I had exhausted e.very resoui of my own, I did something which I had shrunk from doing before; I haunted out the Inst detective In the city and told him to spare neither time nor money in finding her. "Within two weeks I received a note from him. He was obliged to leave the town suddenly. He wrote some thing like this: " 'l've found her at 320 Water fivenue. Imogeuc Munroe. Will give yen par ticulars when I return tomorrop. She is anxious to recover the miniature.' "But I could not await the next day, nd saw no reason why it would be necessary. T had the photograph and would take it to her. Because of it I should insure myself a reception p» least. "I went to 320 Water avenue that evening. It is an elegant residence in perfect keeping with the case and face. I had scribbled on my card, 'The finder of the miniature.' The maid who ad mitted me said that Miss Munroe was at home. She took the card and left me in the reception room. It was one of the most—what shall 1 call it?—de licious rooms I was ever in. One side was lined with deep windows draped In soft, dainty curtains and tilled with plants and flowers. The air was heavy with the scent of roses. "I stood before one of the windows looking at the blossoms when she came. She came so quietly and gently that I did not hear her. It was only when the sweetest, lowest, clearest voice I had ever heard said, 'At last I am to have my miniature, that I knew she was in the room. I confess 1 trem bled as I turned and took the hand of— Alyn stopped and smiled. It was a half sad. half amused, wholly in serutable smile. My sewing had fallen Into my lap. and 1 leaned forward lis tening breathlessly. "The hand of the original of the pic ture. These eyes, tills mouth, this del icate complexion, this same soft curl ing hair I was looking on it all. the same but"— Alyn raised his eyes. The amuse ment had failed away. "The hair was snowy white, and the skin was wrinkled Hers was indeed the face of the miniature, the face of 50 years ago. My foolish fancy was destroyed, but In its place came the sweetest little white haired lady that man was ever privileged to call friend And this miniature! Some way I had a strange reluctance to part with it, and so here it is with ine now. That is all," conclude Alyn abruptly. "That Is enough." I said quietly "I think that face has stood between you and"— Alyn broke in hastily: "Oh, that is nothing. 1 couldn't car ry this." holding tip tlie photograph, "into such places as I had been fre quenting, and so—well, it's all right." Alyn buttoned up his coat and smiled at me frankly as he went out by way of the office door. The doctor has always said there was the making of a man in that boy. —St. Louis Star. Some Simple Itemeillen. In one of the United States health reports published In Washington a few simple remedies for emergency uses are suggested. Witch hazel is one and is recommended as one of the quickest soothers and restorers of a tired brain. Bathe the eyes and forehead freely with the liquid and apply a cloth wet with It at the back of the neck. Cloths wet iu a strong solution of borax water are very cool and healing In case of a burn; care should be taken, however, to exclude the air in putting them on. A tiny pinch of powdered borax placed on the tongue and allowed to dissolve slowly will almost instantly stop a hacking, lrritntiug cough that may be disturbing one at night. The same treatment relieves an ulcer in the throat, and at the slightest Irrl tatiou or soreness of the throat a gar gle of salt water and borax will be found efficient. I.earn IUK a liiingiiaste. How is it that Englishmen are not the best linguists in Europe? Simply and solely because of the geuernl and absurd "deaf and dumb" method of studying foreign languages. Foreign ers learning English know better than to waste years over books; they simply "chatter" and learn one word and ex pression after another, and become familiar with them by constant repeti tion, with the result that In a few Months they can speak and write our language sufficiently well for all prac tical purposes.—London Mail. A Snbrnerfffd Forcnt. There Is a submerged forest on the Columbia river between the Dalles and the Cascade mountains. According to Mr. G. K. Gilbert, the submergence took place 350 years ago, and since then the roots have been under water, while the upper parts of the trunks have been bared yearly at low water. The bark Is gone and the wood partly wasted away, but some of it is firm and looks fresh. This fact seems ow ing to the durable quality of the wood of that species namely, the Pseudot suga douglassi. A Dnctnr'pi Letter. A well known M. P. tells nn amusing story of an old aunt of his. Being on one occasion very nervous, she told her physician she thought Bath would do her good. "it's very odd," said Dr. W., "but that's the very thing that I was going to recommend to you. I will write tlio particulars of your case to a very clev er man there, lu whose hands you will be well taken care of." The lady, furnished with the letter, set off. On arriving at Bath, feeling, as usual, very nervous, she said to a con fidant: "Long as lir. Walter has attended me he has never explained to me what nils me. I have a great mind to open Ids letter and see what he has stated of my case to the Bath physician." In vain her friend represented to her the breach of confidence this would be. She opened the letter and read: Dear liavia Keep the old lu'ly three weeks ami Ki»l IHT taik a^ain. —London Tit-Bits. A l*rofl 1 iil»lc» I remember the case of an old lady at W. Who usually had from £IB,OOO to £15,000 standing to her credit, and, needless to say, as she did not ask for any Interest thereupon, none was al lowed her. The manager whenever she entered the office was always most particular to step forward anil Inquire most tenderly concerning the state of her health, and If she replied that she was suffering from a slight cold the expression upon the man's face grew quite sail. No wonder, when he re membered that even a slight cold might carry off an old lady who was haudlnn his company at least £3OO a year.— "How to Ileal With Your Banker," by Henry Warren DnitiKltti MM Kfltientlon. There I- no game extant which s«i admirably combines educational and recreative features or which Is In every way so well adapted for a popular and profitable amusement among refined and appreciative classes as draughts. Its Influences are of an elevating char acter. It not only teaches, but prac tically enforces, the necessity of pa tience and perseverance, courage and courtesy, self reliance and self control. The game Is also peculiarly and self evidently worthy of paternal encour agement, as a knowledge of lis incom parable beauties will destroy the taste | for demoralizing games of chance.— 1 Scottish American. SLEEP. tern?, sleep! Oh, sleep, ths certain knot of peace. The- baiting place of wit, the balm of woe, The poor man's wealth, the prisoner'® release, The indifferent judge between the high and low! With shield of proof shield me from out the preftse Of those fierce darts despair at me doth throw; Oh, make in me those civil wars to cease; 1 will good tribute pay, if thou do so. Take thou of me smooth pillows, sweetest bed; A chamber deaf to noise and blind to light, A rosy garland and a wtary head. And if these things, as being thine by right, Move not thy heavy grace thou shalt in me, Livelier than elsewhere, Stelia's image see. —Sir Philip Sidney. j BEATRICIA AND t THE IMAGE VENDER, j t T ■v A Tale of Italy and 4> t. New York. <•-• V* Tho snow flurries were blinding the eyes of the passing throng, but Pietro stood valiantly at the curb holding out his plaster images for sale. It seemed bitterly cold to the muffled, scurrying cfowd. but tt was warm and bairny to Pietro. Though the hands which held out the little white image of the wing ed victory or a bust of Beethoven were blue and stiff and the narrow shoulder* of the thin frame were doubled togeth er in an attitude of cringing subjec tion, yet the eyes of Pietro were look ing far beyond the brilliant shops of Fifth avenue. In his imagination he was wandering in the Eiysian fields with his Beatricia where the sunlight gilded the meadows and the smile of nature shone everywhere. Oh, valiant heart of Pietro! For two years now he had molded plaster casts and images and sold his wares on street corners and hoarded the meager gain to be able to get back to his Bea tricia. On the banks of the Tiber he had left her picking grapes with the men and giA in the Roman vineyards, and he had come to seek an El Dorado before lie claimed her as his bride. For one long, sad year of separation she wrote to him. She upbraided him for his slowness in winning the wealth they had dreamed of, she scolded him for only lukewarm affection, she wounded bis sensitive soul with re peated attacks on his loyalty and love, and gradually these criticisms, emanat ing from the restless, passionate soul of the young girl, tender, but selfish, giving much, but demanding more, crushed the ardent spirit of the young Italian, and he drew his love within the recesses of his heart and brooded over It, and ceased to pour out the soul's desires in the little message which lie sent occasionally across the water. Finally, when she believed her love too little appreciated, she ceased alto gether to write. Pietro had been wait ing and watching and counting the days for the letter which she owed. Weeks went by, then months, and no word came to lighten his labors and his loneliness. The first sharp pain of dis appointment gave way to a long, dull, ceaseless agony that tilled his heart to the brim and made it throb wildly at times within the tender walls. "Oh, beloved Beatricia," he would cry out In the wakeful watches of the long night, "have you forgotten your I'ietro?" The plaster Venuses and Mercurys and Sacred Marys stood side by side along the shelves of his shop, gazing down on hlin from their classic gran deur with cold, unpltylng eyes. Some times at night he thought that he saw the Imperious Milo shake her head dis dainfully when lie cried aloud. Mer cury sneered, and n dimpled Cupid's head, by Praxiteles, broke into amused mirth. Once In his grief lie knelt be fore a Mary, which he had himself molded that very day, and he prayed wildly and despairingly, and, as If in compassion. It seemed to him that the sacred lips of the Image moved to in tercede. He lived alone. Others In "Little Italy" sought to know him and to draw him out of himself. He was a hand some youth, perhaps 22 years of ago, and many of the American bora young Italian girls cast amorous glances at him. He (lid not even notice them. Ho looked far beyond them and saw ti little dark eyed girl, with a clear, white, transparent skin, more beautiful than the day—a cameo with but the merest blush of pink. "He no gooda; lie no gooda," shouted the mob of merrymakers, tossing back their heads In unbridled, mocking laughter. They would look at one an other when he passed silently, and then raise their eyebrows significantly and smile with knowing, conclusive smiles ns they touched their foreheads with a finger. Pietro scarcely knew of their pres ence. lie used to hear their uproarious laughter, but It did not attract him. He had no respect for them. Many were but provincial born, and he, why, he, Pletro Gonzales, had been born lu Koine Itself, above the shop whero Gonzales the elder had chiseled the heads of prelates of the Vatican from the finely veined, dazzling white ribs of marble from Italy's own hills and had been a truo artist In his day and had loved art and labored for It In the pure Joy of creating. Money to him was nothing. He did not know how to earn It well, or to keep It. Art was everything. He deemed It worth the sacrifice of his son, whom he forced to go to America In order to extract a for tune from the new world. But I'ietro was beginning to lenrn that fortunes are slow In coming, even In young, thriving provinces, and his art was more than the art of chiseled marbles or of plaster jcasts. Ills love was his ambition, lie placed It above liis art, above his duty, above life itself. And the object had only grown to moclt him for Ills devotion. Often as he sauntered along the city streets, absorbed in thoughts of her, ho would stop with a startled look and Search the face of some passerby that reminded him vividly of his Ileatricla. He saw her often In this way, for her Image was really never absent from his mind's eye. In his reveries of her she used to appear to him, and, as In the old days, she would wind her soft, gentle arms around his neck and whisper, "Beloved IMetro, thou art a god." For a year now he had not heard from her. "She must be dead," he thought at times. "If she were alive, she could not feel tlie power of my love, though an ocean lies between us." But, like all lovers, he was selllsit and sensitive, and he had sworn oil his honor never to write to her again, and he could picture her often making love to Marcello and Valentino and others in the vineyards, as she had made love to him. A second summer of silence came, and I'letro wandered out into the coun try and walked among the wood ferns, crushing them to his breast with his passionate love of beauty, lie would go and spend days under the sky, beg ging for food as he wont, lie CUM Id not work, lie was steeped, saturated, overcome by the accumulated . mging within him. The army of laughing THE FALLS OF NIAGARA. P* N-AMERICAN EXPOSITION. Copj right. IWO. by the Pan -American Exposition Co. The importance of the great Falls. Knpitls and Oorjre of the Niagara Hiver as auxiliaries to the many and varied attractions of the Pan American Kx position to be held hi Buffalo May 1 to November 1, 1901, cannot well be over estimated. In Its immense flow of waters, its grand scenery and its historic lore, the Niagara is one of the most re- Downed rivers of the world. Its great cataract has defied the descriptive powers of poets and philosophers and botEed the delineative skill of painters and photographers. The grandeur of their environment renders the Falls per ennially Interesting at all seasons of the year and very few of those who visit the Pan-American Exposition but w! M 'J 'sire also to visit them. The trip from Buffalo can be made in half an hour. There are many points of view enO places of interest and the visitor can plan his itinerary according to the leisure time at his disposal. If time M "i « rmlt the cataract should IK viewed from both sides of the river and trips should be made the length of ths Corgi, !t and mostly very fruitful. Fruit usually handsomely colored and of good quali ty, hut most varieties quite inclined to rot. The following are some of the best that have been fruited here: Abundance, Oinbot, Burbank, Ogon, lied June. The Domostlca Group.—This Is tbe well known European plum. At pres ent It Is thu most Important class, al though subject to numerous discuses ami very liable to the nttucks of the curcullo. The following varieties have been found to be valuable, both here A VALUABLE IIOMKSTIOA. and In other portions of the state: Archduke, llradshaw, Coe's Golden Drop, Grand I Mike, German Prune, Guell. Imperial Gage, Lincoln, Prince of Wales, Heine Claude de llavay, Yel low Eng. Hybrid Pin'"" - " •* ** Mo. 3G this class have fruited here—vis. Gold and Juicy. Both are very prolific, beau tiful In color, but somewhat deficient In quality. Nitrate of Soda on Strawberries, Iu dry seasons nitrate of soda on strawberries often gives surprising re sults, says Rural New Yorker. It prob ably pays better to use the nitrate alone rather than a complete fertilizer. You can use 150 pounds per acre in late July or August This will force a heavy growth before fall. It would be a mistake to use only nitrate this summer. You will then have fine, thrifty plants, but few fruit buds. Wo would prefer a complete fertiliser for late summer nnd fall. A I'nmouN Prison. The celebrated Mauiertine prison fur nlshes an Important scene In Slenkle wlex's story, "Quo Vadls." It Is locat ed on the slope of the Capltollne, In Rome, and, according to tradition. It was begun by Aucus Marti us and later enlarged by Servius Tulilus. Jugurtha Is said to have l>een starved to death here, the accomplices of Catiline stran gled by command of Cicero and Seja nus, the minister and favorite of Tibe rius. executed. Church tradition haa consecrated this prison as the place where St. Peter and St. Faul were con fined by order of Nero. Historian Hll lard says of it: "The Mamertlne prison Is a hideous vault divided Into an upper and lower portion scooped out of the solid rock and lined with massive blocki In the Etruscan style of architecture. A more heartbreaking place of confinement It ts not easy to Imagine. According to the traditions of the church. St. Peter was Imprisoned hfcre by order of Nero, and the pillar to which he was bound and a fountain which sprang up mirac ulously to furnish the water of baptism to his Jailers, whom he converted, are shown to the visitor. There Is no rea sou to doubt that Jugurtha wu starv ed to death In these pitiless vaults. Here. too. the companions of Catiline were strangled. It Is a curious fact thnt the chances of literature and his tory should have carved two such names as those of Sallust and Cicero on these Cyclopean walls." Not I'letr. »n» Pork. The following bit of nonconformist humor Is taken from "The Farrlng dons," an English romance. The speak ers are Mrs. Bnteson and Mrs Han key. worthy wives, but not altogether above feeling o certain pleasure In showing up the ways of husbands: "They've 110 sense, men haven't," said Mrs. Ilankey; "that's what's the matter with them." "You never spoke a truer word. Mrs. Hankey," replied Mrs. Bateson 'The very best of them don't properly know the difference between their souls nnd their stomnchs, nnd they fancy they are a wrestling with their doubts when renlly it is their dinners that nre a-wrestllng with them. "Now, take Bateson hisself," contin ued Mrs. Bateson. "A kinder husband or better Methodist never drew brenth, yet so sure as he touches a bit of pork he begins to worry hisself nbout the doctrine of election till there's no liv ing with him. And then he'll sit In the front parlor nnd engage In prayer for hours at a time till I snya to him: " 'Bateson.' snys I, 'l'd be ashamed to go troubling the Lord with a prayer When a pinch of carbonate of soda would set things straight again!'" Machine Made Jokes. Some time ago a fellow got up a little book giving hints on how to be funny. Copies of this book are evi dently In common use by the funny men connected with many of our news papers. Witness this specimen Joke attributed to a Chicago paper: He—Who Is that ugly old woman over there by the piano? She—Oh, that's Mme. Cosmetlque, tlujplous beauty specialist. tells Just how to make thli class of jokes In bulk. The same Idea will do for a whole batch. "He" asks: "Who Is that baldheaded man?" "She" answers; "That Is Dr. Qnncknostrum, the Hair Renewer mitn." Again, "He" asks: "What Is the matter with those crying brats?" And "She" responds: "Their mother has gone to lecture on the training of children." Oueo you catch the Idea you can produce funny things of this kind automatically, and If you are u funny man on n news paper your readers will laugh every time nud other papers will quote your Jokes and Rive your pnper credit for them.—Pathfinder. Why ll* n«-ml It. "Ilnve you rend Borus' latest book, 'Boiled Brains?'" "Yes." "I thought you didn't llfco Boru» •tyle." "I don't." "What did you read his book for?" "Because I knew some blamed fool would be sure to ask me If I had read It."-Chicago Tribune. The record for Ceylon snipe shooting still remains that of the muzzle loader, 100 Coiipli s iii one dn\ This record was maili by n Ceylon civil servant railed I'm. • nil early in the nineteenth centui j a 11 age gunner' (jet SO to 40 couples n day.