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 <ir a.iJ ... c All our fall and winter goods are in. We
smovv a be ,4, ' r i er selection of Ead»es shoes than c\er before.
I i,: -i k , is SHOES in fine Dongola, Patent and Box
( ,i ■ : Women's and Misses' Waterproof Oil Grain,
-w ! I 1 '•
{&>- 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 i<a ff
') £ Men don't buy clothing for the _Aj / LCf I 7
itpose or spending money. They
. ,t° f?et the best possible results for the*T; All' A 11
7 Craoney expended. Not cheap goods"® l /'ln iWjkr £b. 1 13
■J fchut goods as cheap as they can l>e.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
Prop<jHliig an amendment to tin- Constitution
of the Commonwealth.
Section 1. Ite it resolved by the Senate
and House of Representative-* of the Com
monwealth of Pennsylvania in (ieneral As
sembly met. That the following Is proposed
as an amendment to the Constitution of the
Commonwealth of I'<;nnsylv«inla In accord
ance with the provisions of the Eighteenth
art tele thereof.
Amendment.
Strike out sei-i ion four of article eight, and
Insert in place t hereof as follows:
Section 4. Ail elections by the citizens
shall be by ballot or by such other method
as may be prescribed by law: Provided,
That secrecy In voting be preserved.
A true copy of the Joint Resolution.
W. W. til! I EST.
Secretary of the Commonwealth
BUTLER
BUSINESS
COLLEGE.
Fall term begins, Monday, Sept. 13, 1900
COURSES.
T—Practical Book keepers. 2 —F;»pe
Accountants. 3 —Amanuensis Sbor.liand
4 —Reporter's Shorthand. s—Practicar5 —Practicar
Short Course 111 Book-keeping, for those
who merely wish to understand the
simpler methods of keeping books. 6
English.
OUB TKACIIKKM— >Y«- 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»a<J more of the r ,'lit kind of materi;
to work 011. Voe«K man, younic woman, if
you have n fac Kir/li >li 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, </!fb(fr along the cliffs above or over the trolley road which rims close to the water's edge.
fairies and Dominican monks stoou on
their shelves, a neglected array, un
dusted and uusold.
The citizens of "Little Italy" forgot
his very existence. When he did not
appear, they couclnded that he had re
turned to Italy for a time, and they
did not even care to Inquire. One day
a little, old woman in shabby black,
with a coarse veil tied around her head
so that her face was wholly concealed,
came to "Little Italy" and Inquired
for I'ietro. She could speak no Eng
lish, and she seemed greatly agitated.
The women were consumed with
curiosity, and led her willingly to
rietio's little workshop. Her terror
was pitiable when she found that he
had gone and had not been seen for
a month. She called on all the saints
in tlie calendar to help her, and then
on death to relieve her, ami she flung
herself on I'ietro's own couch and
moaned for hours. She barred the
door and covered the window so that
the curious ones could not watch her
from without, and she herself ouly
emerged when she wanted to buy food.
It was some «lays after this occur
rence that I'ietro. walking In the coun
try, saw a vision of his Beatrlcla
stretching out iier arms to him and
crying out to him in a sad. distressed
way. The vision was so distinct that
for a moment lie thought it was real.
"She is dying," lie cried to the sky.
"and stie is sorry, -aud wuiild ask my
forgiveness, and I cannot go to her.
O God of the poor. I canuot go!"
It made such a powerful impression
upon his mind that lie turned about
Immediately and began to retrace his
way back to the city and to his shop.
When he reached "Little Italy." a do*-
en eager men and women rushed upon
him. seized him bodily and dragged
him toward his abode.
"Thy mother, thine old mother, Is
here," they screamed. "Ungrateful fel
low, she is alone and waiting thee."
For the first time In many months
Pletro smiled.
"My mother," he whispered, "is with
the saints and happy! What canst
thou mean?"
"Go, look for thyself, half wltted
sluggard and beggar," they bawled out
And they pushed him toward the door.
The little, old woman who had im
prisoned herself within caught the
shouts and the voice of Pletro, and her
heart gave one wild bound, and she
stood trembling at the door, ready to
fling it open.
Pletro stepped cautiously and touch
ed the handle. lie did not know whom
he might encounter, so his advance
was timid. As the door swung back
he gazed stupidly for a moment. Then
a cry of Joy and pain broke from his
lips as lie laid his hand on Ills heart to
still Its awful beating.
"Beatrlcla, my beloved! Is It thou?"
he gasped. "Dost thou love mo?"
"Madly, Pletro!"
"Thou didst come to find me, Pea
trlcia?"
"Thou, alone."
"Thou hast come to slay, Reatrlcla?"
"Always!"— Chicago Tribune.
The Sclirmc Failed.
In "Under Three Flags In Cuba," by
Musgravc, the author tells how a
scheme was hatched to capture the no
torious General Weyler:
General Weyler walked nightly down
the I'rado with only an aid and three
secret police sauntering behind. Some
Cubans often debated with me the
feasibility of seizing him there one
night, dragging him down the steps to
the I'unta bench and shipping him
down the coast to Gomez, to be held as
u hostage for all Cuban prisoners. This
would have been easy In the darkness
with a launch and a tug in the olllug
that could race the obsolete boats lu
the harbor.
We worked perslsently In planning
tliis. The guards were to be overpow
ered by sudden onslaught from the
rear, the general seized, pinioned and
embarked. Lack of funds delayed the
attempt. Finally we chartered s tun
In Key West, but the owner drew back
at the last, and Just as another boat
was offered Weyler was recalled.
IIIM I tifSiiKK<nMon.
Augustus Via Wyck of New York
was an able and popular member of
the supreme court bench. Though al
ways dignified when presiding In court,
he occasionally waived the rule l»y n
little (juiet fun. A pompous and loud
voiced lawyer rose one morning In
chambers.
"This, If the court please, Is a curi
ous ease. I am retained In It"— Here
he paused for a word. was n
painful silence, ended by the mag
istrate's Inquiry:
"Is It curious for you to be retained
In a case?"
Illekena' Charm.
"Do you enjoy reading Dickens?"
"Very much," answered Miss Cay
enne. "Ills works contain so many
edd and villainous characters to whom
It Is a pleasure to compare those we
•llsllkc." —Washington Star.
Ton llimy to lie I.onraome.
"You must be lonely, Smith, while
your folks are away In the country."
"I have 110 time; I must hustle to
pay the bills."—Boston Courier.
CONCERNING PLUMS.
A Comparison of Varieties at tbe
Ohio Station.
About 175 varieties of plums have
boon planted In the Ohio station or
rliard, and nearly half of these have
borne fruit. Among observations upon
the different varieties are the follow
ing:
Native plums, as a whole, are Injur
ed less by the curcullo, are not so 11a-
A FINK JAPANESE VARIETY,
bio to rot and aro hardier than Euro
pean varieties.
Native plums are Infertile when
planted alone, and care should be tak
en to select varieties which bloom at
about the same time.
The American group is the hardiest
of the natives, as well as of all other
classes. The trees are vigorous, with
dark green leaves; the fruit Is firm,
with thick skin, dull In color, but usu
ally high in quality, although having
more or less astrlugency next to skin
and stone. Some of the varieties of this
class arc desirable for home use, but
owing to rather unattractive appear
ance but few of those now known are
likely lo prove profitable for market
The following are some of the most de
sirable that have been grown here:
American Eagle, Champion, Hawkeye,
Illinois Ironclad, Louisa, Rolllngstone
and Weaver.
The Miner group is Intermediate be
tween the Americana and Wild Goosq
groups nnd Includes some choice varie
ties for culinary purposes. The follow
ing are desirable: Forest Rose, Miner
and I'ralrle Flower.
The WHO Goose Group.—The varie
ties of this class arc mostly vigorous
and very fruitful. The foliage resem
bles that of the pencil, the fruit Is thiu
skinned, juicy and often watery and
usually not of high qunllty. Although
not as liardy as the Americana species,
all varieties that have been grown here
have endured our winters. The follow
ing nro worthy varieties: Choptank,
Milton, Toole's Pride, Wild Goose and
Will taker.
The Wayland Group.—Similar in hab
it of growth to Wild Goose, but the
foliage is more shiny, the trees being
quite ornamental. The fruit is very
firm, not watery, and of fnir quality
and In mast cases very bright and
beautiful In color. The following are
desirable varieties: Golden Beauty,
Heed. Sucker State, Wayland nnd
Moreman.
The Chickasaw Group. Rather
dwarfer and more spreading than the
Wild Goose group. The least desirable
of any of the native groups for domes
tic uses. The following are among the
best varieties: Newman, rottawatta
mle and Yellow Transparent
The Trlflorn Group, or Jnpanese
I*l u mo.—Trees robust In hal>!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.