VO- xxxvii The New Fall Footwear Ready for your inspection in such large assortments as this store is known to carry. We placed our orders early and secured advantages which we pass to the buyer. Never before have we made such a generally good exhibit of early Fall and Winter footwear. There is every new style brought out for early Fall wear, embracing every popular style from the finest Patent Ca'f to the Heavy Working Man's Shoe. School Shoes for the little Boys and the little Misses. The prices are modest. "Queen Quality" Shoe for Women 53.00- ™ | ri Mannish cat J JW Street Boot / LL THAT THIS IS BRANDED EVERY Heavy Sole. Hand Welt. Handsome, well made and as easv as an old shoe—th t's BEAUTY. Of all shoes advertised this is the only one that has a five dollar style at a three dollar price. B. C. HUSELTON, Puller's Leading Sbofi House. Opposite Hotel L.owry. Look at Your Shoes! Don't You Need a New Pair? JOHN BICKEL Has Just What You Want. If you are in need of SHOES or SLIPPERS of any kind, n natter what si)le you may want, call around and see us and w< vi'l suit and please you. A'l our fall and winter goods are in. W can show a better and finer selection of Ladles' shoes than ever before. Full stock of SOROSIS SHOES in fine Dongola, Patent and Box C?'f; also a lull slock of Women's and Misoe.?' Waterproof Oil Grain, Kangaroo and Calf Shoes. #-MEN'S SHOES.— P»ig assortment of Genis' fine shoes in the latest styles ranging in price f.om 51.50 to $5.00- Just received a large stock of the army shoss. heavy uppers and hand sewed soles, making a good shoe for ha d wear, Price $2.50 per pair. handmade box toe boots and shoes and high cut copper toe shoes for boys' and high cut waterproof shoes for girl.. Largest and most complete stock ol school shoes we ever had. RUBBER AND FELT GOODS. Full stock of Rubber and Felt Goods. Full stock of the Mishawaka Snag-boots and Bi'l B,.nd KniL Boots. vVe want your money and we are going to give you more than Vclue for i . Now is your tune to buy. Grand bargains in season ab'e footwear and from the immense assortment which we carry you can never L-l to find what, you want in footwear and what will suit you. An immense enables us to name the very lowest p. ?es for rc' < ble fool wear. When in need of any thing in our line. Give us a call. JOHN BICKEL, 123 SOUTH MAIN STREET. - - BUTLER, PA Spring STYLES n, §, .'o. "{i j jj Men don't buy clothing for the pu; A" U 1 In// ( i!f or spend"ug money. They desirejw. 'J n' I ' i 5; o get the best pn- h', e results for the? ; K i ' 7?C no ley expeadec i cheap goods?°C /' -1 J .Jfe/out goods HS ch they can be.- ' J*,/ 1 \ \ > I fPsold for : i>Hlll, iiSStu h » ajnSt , l\ f pl slhone 2 S PLUMBER, Butler, Pa. j| PAPES. JEWELER SJ§ g DIAMONDS, ! > WATCHES, * o CLOCKS, * t JEWELRY, * £ Jj J SILVERWARE, J r- SILVER NOVELTIES, ETC. * 2 = J We repaii all kinds of J > ait Broken Watches, clocks, Jewelry, etc. * £ * Give our repair department a trial. $ m i We take old gold anu silver the same as cat ih. * | PAPE'S, j| 3J 122 S. Main St., Butler, Pa. * E 4 P They are made by artist shoemakers and you'll need n" "specs" to see that they are fine shoes—the HANDSOMEST ever made for $3. Any size and any width and a raft of different styles. SI.OO, $1.25, $1.50. FORE-SiGHT is better than HINT SIGHT. Before yon buy school shot look at ours. It'll pay you. Women's Fine Shoes. You can buy $1.50 and $2.00 sho'" anywhe-e, but there is rota store in But ler that will give you SO STYLISH a SHOE or so listing a one as this St. will at £1.50 and 52.00. MEN'S SHOES If yonr work requires shoes with i particular style, but a WHOLE LOT 01- WEAR, try'us. They'll wear till the cows come home and besides being good looking shoes, they have soles wide enough so you can just stand in them all day and not feel them. Price fi.25, f 1.50 and ji.oo. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. One sTells the 6tory. When your head 5 Jache?, and you feel bilious, con.-ti- \ Ppated, and out of tune, with ysorf • stomach sour and no appetite, just f 0 buy a package ol g j Hood's ? 5 And take a dose, from 1 to 4 pills. 5 ? You will be surprised at how easily \ 5 they will do their work, cure your# 0 headache and biliousness, rouse the 0 1 liver and make you feel happy ap.dn. $ 625 cents. Sold by all medicine dealers, « !%%%%%%%«%%%%«% vi AMENDMENT TO TilF CONSTTTI Ti ** PROPOSEf» TO THE CITIZENS ' TI"S COMMONWEALTH KOK THEIU ." • I'TJOVAL O-' REjfXTION BY TIIF. 1• I: F.KAL A«S'E%iCLY OF TIIF. COMMON WEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, i'l LIS UFO BY ORDER OF TilE SECKF.TA I: OE T'iE COMMONWEALTH. IN Pi «' ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF Til I. • STITI'TION. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to the Cons of the Commonwealth. Section 1. Be It resolved by the Senate :u House of Representatives of t lie Comnx. wealih in General Assembly me. That foliowi.ip Is proposed as amendments to tl Constitution of the Commonweal..".l of I'eui sy!vania in accordance with the provisim of the eighteenth article thereof: Amendment One of Article Eight. Secii One. Add at the enil of the first paragraph • s.'.id section, after the words - shall oe enti led to vine at nl elections." the words • -in ject however tj such laws requiring hj regula. >ig the resist raiion of electors as t. l e.ierai Assembly ropy enact," so that t ; s;'ld sec-.on shall read as follows: Section Qi'P.lißcations of Hector ■ Fve.-y nmle citizen iwen.y-one years of possess'.tg the ."ollowing fniallfleations. slia 'ie ei).;..ed 10 vo.e at all elections, su'.jjt hov. ever to such laws reviuiring and regela : ing the registration of electors as the Get e>-:'l Assemoly luaj enact: He shail have been a citizen of the I'niti States at least one mandi. He shall have resided in the State one y« (or i'. having previously been a qualUit elector or native born citizen of the Stat he sh:vi have removed therefrom and r in-neel within six months, immediately pn ce<*".ig the election). I'e shall have resided in the elec.ion fli 1 • wll ere he shall offer to vote at least t\\ i.tt.itlis iriimet'ia.ely preceding the electin li twen.y-lwo years of age and upwani lie shall iiave paid within two years a Sin or county .ax.which shall have been assi:-- 1 at least two months and paid at le:. mouth before the election. Amendment Eleven to Article Eight, s. Seven. Strike out from said section the "but no elector shall be deprived o*. >e p. ilege of voting by reason of his na ne no. Ing registered." and add to said sc. 0.1 . following words, "but laws regula. >■£ requiring the registration of electo y enacted to apply to cltiesonly. pros such laws oe uniform for c'ties o' > class." so iaat the said sec. <1 read as fo'lows: Section 7. Cniformity of Elecilo.i All laws regulating the holding o by the citizens or for the a. 0.1 electors shall be uniform throe... >o,l. t Siate. bi>. laws regulating and rei.e' I registration of electors may lie eja< eil apply io cities only, provided tin*, so 1 be uniform for cities of same class. A t.-ue copy of the Joint, liesolut-io > W. W. G- «ST. Secretary of the Coromo.iwe.i AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTIT. 1 X PROPOSED TO THE CITJZL.S 1 - THIS COMMONWEALTH FORTIIK> I'ROVAL OK REJECTION I!*' THE • F.KAL ASSEMBLY OF THE CO > WEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. LISi.EI) BY OUDEK OF THE SE( ti> OF THE COM VON WEALTH IS 1 ANL-J5 or AKTiCLE XVUI OF I'll. STITI'TION. A JOIJfT RESOLUTION • Proposing an amendment to the C of the Commonwea tu Section 1. Be it resolved by . and House 01' Representatives 0' 1 monwealth o" Pen.isylvauia mi l em sembly met. That, t.ie followi-jg ■% o » as an a^iendment to tlie Consti. a.ioii i> Common weal 1.1 o' Peiosyivn.iia 1 . auce witii ino o ovis oas of tiie rJ fct ai-ttCle mereo . Amendment. Strike out section fov'.ofc •t'c'«? e . inse.v ,a place tiiereo' ?s fo' 0./s' Sec oil 4. Al' eiec.'oos oy .>e • slia. 1 oe by br -'Ot o,' o«r sdc'i o. e t as .lay oe p-esc • jet l .iy law: " ... • • Tlia secrecy i j vo. iv be •> ese •.*«•' A i. je copy o! tae «oi jt tieso'C o • IV. W. t '* ei- T Secretary of the Commo 1 we: YOU'LL KNOW HOW GOG. 1 WHEN YOU SEE THEM Our 25c box papers. Our ioc and 15c fine writin paper tablets. Blank books at the old price. Albums bought before the ad vance. Kodaks with a special discount in January. Photograph supplies alway 1 sh. Spcrtinf; goods. Late fiction. Bibles cheaper than ever. Everyday needs at everyda ices. At JOUGLASS BOOK STOR? Eagle B'l'd. NEW HOUSE. NEW FDRNiTCt &&& Central Hotel SIMEON NIXON, JR., 1 ~ J. BROWN NIXON, } Al ß rs - BUTLER. Opyosite Court House. Next Door to I'ark Theatt Sunday Dinners A Specialty. Meals 25 cts. Rooms 50 cts. Regular Rates sl. Local and Long Distance Phone 1 Hotel Waver !y South McKean Street J. W HAWORTH Prop'r., BUTLEIi, K' Steam Meat and Electric Light. The most commodious .office in • city. Stabling in Connection. HOTEL ARANDALE Bedford, Penn'a., Now open with increased attractions. Ai rantcmouts have beoa made with Ji Springs Company for the .'a-nous n . . water to be brought to the hotel d;> : 'v Terms moderate. Write fo.- iiookle't ALSII' & SMITH. I'r. . ' 1 )jC Butler People | Should Patronize the § Hotel Kellv * ¥ A. Kelly &. Sons, Prop' s ¥ Cambridge Springs 3 e £ A first-class hotel, just o;>'■ * In acharming country % in connection with the famous 2 Mitchell Springs; everytliius.-. * new. modern and up-to-date; S further information witli rates. 2 etc., cheerfully furnished 011 * application; free carriages to || and from all rains. f* * * •« BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1900 NOT WORK, BUT WORRY. It is not work, but the worry. That wrinkles the smooth, fair fjrr, Tliai b'nails gray hairs with the ilusky And robs the form of it* grace, That dims the luster and sparkle Of eyes that were once 60 bright. But now are heavy and troubled With a weary, despondent light. It is not the work, hat the worry. That drives all sleep away, As we toss and turn and wonder About the cares of the day. Do we think of the hands' hard labor Or the steps of the tired feet? Ah, nol But we plan and ponder ilow to make both ends meet. It is not the work, but the worry. That makes us sober and sad. That makes us narrow and sordid When we should be cheery and glad. There's a shadow before the sunlight And ever a cloud in the blue; The scent of the roses is tainted. The notes of the song are untrue. It is not the work, but the worry, That makes the world grow old. That numbers the years ol its children Ere half their story is told. That weakens their faith in heaven And the wisdom of God's great plan. Aii. 'tis not the work, but the worry. That breaks the heart of man! —lnez May Felt in Somervill* Journal. j A NEW ENGLAND j HEROINE -y i She Would Not Lie, but | ! Prevaricated to Save l a Life. t When the British and Tories attack ed New Haven, Conn., and set a price on the head of Governor Griswold the latter fled to the town of Lyme, where his cousin, Mrs. Marvin, hid him for some days in a farmhouse. But at length the foe discovered his retreat, and one sunny afternoon in May he was routed from his hiding place by the tidings that a band of horsemen was approaching to capture him. His only chauce of escape was to *teach the mouth of a little creek which emptied itself into the Connecticut river just above the entrance of the latter into Long Island sound. There he had a boat stationed, with two faith ful attendants, hidden beneath the high banks of the creek. The distance from the farmhouse to the boat was two miles of the usually traveled road. But a little path across the farmer's orchard would bring him to the road only a mile from the boat and save a quarter's length of his fear ful run for life. Just where the narrow path from the orchard opened into the road Hetty Marvin sat bleaching her household linen. The long web of 40 yards or more, which was diligently spun and woven during the long winter months, was whitened in May and thus made ready for use. The business of bleaching was well economized, being usually done by the younger daughters of the family, who were not old enough to spin or strong enough for the heavier work of the kitchen or the dairy. The roll of linen was taken by the farmer or his stout "help" to a grassy plot beside a spring or meadow brook. There it was thoroughly wetted and spread upon the green turf, to take the best heat of t-he sun by day and the dew by night. The little maiden who tended it would sit near it. Thus sat Hetty Marvin, the young daughter of Governor Griswold's cousin, when her hunted friend sprang past her into the road to escape his pursuers. Hetty was a timid child of about 12 years, yet thoughtful and wise beyond any of her elders. She was frightened by the headlong liastt with which the governor rushed across the meadow. But she quickly compre hended the scene and instantly quieted her faithful Towser, who, though a friend of the family guest, thought it becoming to bark loudly at his hur ried footsteps. Her wise forethought arrested the governor's notice and suggested a scheme to elude her pursuers. "Hetty," he said, "I am flying for my life, and unless *1 can reach my boat before I am overtaken I am a lost man. You see the road forks here. But you must tell those who are chas ing me that I have gone up the road to catch the mail wagon, which will soon be along, you know. Then they will turn off the other way." "Oh, cousin," said the little girl iu an agony of distress, "I cannot tell a lie —indeed I cannot. Why did you tell which way you were going?" "Hetty, child, surely you would not betray me to my death? Hark! they are coming! I hear the click of theii horses' feet. Oh, Hetty, tell them I have gone up the road instead of down, and heaven will bless you." "Heaven never blesses those who speak falsely. But I will not tell them which way you go, even If they kill me. So run as quickly as pos sible." "It's of no use. Unless I can deceive them I am a dead man." "Cousin, cousin, hide under my web of cloth. They'd never think of look ing here for you. Come, get down as quickly as you can, and I'll cover j-ou »nd stand sprinkling my linen." Angry that their expected prey had escaped from the house where they hoped to secure him, the six mounted Tories, headed by a British officer, dashed along the road in swift pursuit. At sight of the girl in the meadow the leader of the party paused. "Child," he said sternly, "have you seen a man running hereabouts?" "Yes, sir," replied Hetty, trembling end flushing. "Which way did he go?" "I promised not to tell, sir." "But you must or take the conse quences." "I said I wouldn't tell, if s'ou killed me," sobbed the frightened girl. "I'll have it out of her!" exclaimed the furious officer, with an oath. "Let me speak to her," said his Torj guide. "1 know the child. I believe Isn't your name Hetty Marvin?" L»< asked pleasantly. "Yes, sir." "And this man that ran by you a few minutes ago is your mother's cousin, isn't he?" "Yes, sir; he is." "Well, we are friends of his. What did he say to you when he came along?" "He—told me—that he was fleeing for his life." "Just so, Hetty; that was very true I hope he won't have to fly far. Where was he going to hide? You see I could help liiui if I knew his plans." Now, Hetty was not a whit deceived by this smooth speech. But she was willing to tell as much of the truth as would consist with his safety, and she judged that her frankness would serve her kinsman better than her silence, so she answered her questioner candidly: "My cousin said he was going down to the river where he had a boat and wanted me to tell the men that were chasing him that he had gone the other way to catch the mail wagon." "Why didn't you do as he told you, then, when I asked you where he had gone?" thundered the officer fiercely. "I could not tell a lie, sir," was the < tearful answer. "Hetty," again began the smooth tongued Tory, "you are a nice child. Everybody knows you are a girl of truth. What did your cousiu say when you told him you could not tell a falsehood?" "He said he shouldn't think I'd be tray him to his death." "And you promised him that you wouldn't tell which way he went if you were killed Jor it?" "Yes, sir." "Tliat was brave; and I suppose he thanked you foi it and ran down the i road as quickly as possible?" ! "I promised not to tell where he ! went, sir." "Oh. yes. I forgot Well, tell us his I last words, and we won't trouble you I any more." | "His last words were, 'lt's my only I chauce, child, and I'll get down as you say.* " And, overcome with fright and the sense of her kinsman's danger should they rightly interpret the language which she had reported, she sobbed aloud and hid her face from sight. Her tormentors did not stay longer to soothe or question her. They all immediately pushed rapidly on down ! to the river. Now. the governor had arranged a i signal with his boatmen that a white cloth by day or a light by night dis played from the attic window of his hiding p:«i-e. which was just visible at the mm:tli of the river, should inform them if h.* were in trouble and put j them on '.lie alert to help him. I As . oon. therefore, as he started ' from his cousin's, it floated from the window to warn them. And when they saw the pursuing party dash mad ly down the road to the river aud ree oguized the Ilriti.sh uniform of the leaders th< \ pi-.',! d swiftly out to sea. The horse!.. < reached the shore only in season to sic the boat with two men iu it uiarlv out of sight, and, supposing their di lined prey had escaped, relin j quished the pinvuit. Meanwhile the victim lay safe and | quiet where the shrewdness of the lit ! tie cousin had bidden him until the i time came for her return for supper. 1 Then he bade her go as usual to her home, telling her to ask her mother to place the signal lamp as soou as it grew dark in the window for the boat men and send him some supper, with his valise, which, in the hurry of his departure, he had left behind. The signal recalled the boat, which after twilight had ventured iu sight of j the shore and the farmhouse, and the j governor quietly made his way to the I river in safety. When he rejoined his I father in a secure home, he named his j infant daughter, which had been born ! in his absence, Hetty Marvin, that he | might be daily reminded of the little j cousin whose truth and shrewdness saved his life.—Exchange. The Poor KTIKUM II ma II'M Oxford. The poor man's varsity is the poly i technic, a word meaning "many arts," J and the things which are not taught I there are hardly worth knowing. In | London alone there are 11 of these splendid schools, where men and | women can learn, at small cost, use j ful trades, music, painting, and the art | of thinking. There are clubs for cy ; cling, football, and all the games; there ; are cheap excursions to all parts of ! Europe, so that people can learn by i travel; there are concerts and enter : tainments, and a little religion on Sun j days. For the best students there are i prizes and certificates, which help j people to get on in the world. The idea is spreading all over the ! country, because a graduate from a j polytechnic is apt to get better wages : than a graduate of Oxford. Cambridge ; has 7,000 students, Oxford 3,000, but j the polytechnics of London have al j ready 45,000 students, and both in the ■ metropolis and in the provinces the system is growing rapidly.—London i Answers. Jiot n Snvnsre Indian. As an illustration of that sort of salutary reproof which is sometimes ! administered by an "Inferior." Our Dumb Animals prints an incident com municated by a South Dakota minister, i The clergyman had been asked to receive an Indian boy into his family for a few weeks, and had consented to keep the lad if he did not prove to be "too much of a savage." He turned out to be a pretty good boy, so much so that one day, as a great treat, the minister gave him a gun and told him to take a holiday aud go hunting. The Indian shook his head. "No," he said quietly. "Me belong to Band i of Mercy. Me not shoot birds or ! animals, only rattlesnakes." The minister had been very fond of | using that gun, but he says he does not care much for It now. Went a Little Too Far. A commercial traveling man landed at Edinburgh, Scotland, one Saturday night, too late to get out of town for Sun lay. The next day he found that there was actuary no form of amusement in the whole city to assist him in whiling away the day. He went to the pro ; prietor of the hotel to see If he could ! suggest a way of passing the remaln | der of the day. i The landlord took pity on the stran ger and took him to one of the rooms in the house in which a number of j Scotchmen were playing a game called "nap," which is a sort of modification :of "seven up." They were playing for j a shilling a point, so that the game was | a pretty stiff one. The stranger got in ! the game and played very cautiously, for he was quite sure that the players, I or at least some of them, were clieat | Ing. One solemn faced Scot, he was I especially sure, he caught cheating a ! number of times. He began whisllng ; a part of some vagrant tune. The Scot ! who had been cheating arose from the table aud threw down the cards. "What is the matter?" the other play : ers asked. ! "I'm gangin awa'," the Scot answer ! Ed, glaring at the strauger. "I'll play cards wi' no mon that whustles on the Sabbath." Making; Cnrlentnrea. The way iu which some artists can distort features without making them unrecognizable is certainly very re markable. Thomas Nast possessed this faculty to an extraordinary degree aud he had a very peculiar way of adding new faces to his mental pho tograph gallery. When a fresh sub ject would arise In politics, for in stance, he would Invent some pretext to call upon him at his office or house and hold him iu conversation as long as possible, studying his features. When he took his departure he would purposely leave his cane. Once outside Nast would make a hasty pencil sketch on a card and would usually find that his memory was deficient as to some detail. He would then return, ostensi bly for the cane, and another look at the victim would enable him to per fect his sketch. After that be had the man forever. When Joe Iveppler was alive he used to make frequent trips to Washington for the purpose of seeing statesmen whom he wanted to draw. He was very clever at catching likenesses and . scarcely ever referred to a photograph. TIIE (TIIAM) SCHEMER A STROKE OF GENIUS THAT PUTS MIL LIONS BEHIND HIM. !fXn!or Crofool Strikes n Genuine Good Thinu; nnd Divides, or Pro tests That lie In Willing? to Divide, With Ilia Chiropodist. (Copyright, 1000, by C. B. Lewis.] It was the chiropodist from the floor tbove the major's office, and he passed the door two or three times before knocking, as if to get up his courage. "Come in!" called the major in a bland and cheery voice. "Come right iu! By George, but what a coincidence —what a coincidence! Not a minute ago I sat down to write you a note asking you to step down here. There is surely such a thing as mental teleg raphy." "You have owed me $1 for the last four months," stiffly replied the chirop odist as he lugged out a bill. "Just so—exactly—just so!" smiled the major as he rubbed his hands to gether. "Yus, sir, about four months "I WANT THAT DOLLAR!" ago you removed two corns from my right foot. The circumstance is per fectly fresh in my memory." "And you said you'd pay me next day." "I presume I did. Yes, I know I did, and I humbly apologize that it slipped my mind. My dear man, permit me to pay you 52—53, §4, $5. I have a check here for $250. You may hand me $245 balance, and I shall be perfectly satls- Ged." "1 haven't got no $245," replied the man. "and I only want what is due me. I'll go to the bank with you." "Don't! Don't do it! I'd never for give myself for putting you to that trouble. Yes; I was about to write you a note. It was surely a curious thing— your coming down as you did. Doctor, do you know where I stood financially four months ago?" "Mighty hard up, I guess," was the sullen reply. "You've hit it Yes, sir, I was so hard up that I didn't own the shoes to my feet. It was the hardest kind of work for me to raise a dollar. The cold, cruel world sneered at me and called me a deadbeat, but there were a few exceptions. You were one. In my darkest hour you had confidence in me. When I wanted those corns re moved, you didn't demand payment in advance." "I wish I had!" "No, sir. You trusted In my word, and you didn't seek to humiliate me, and you aroused my deepest gratitude. I have offered to pay you five for one, but 1 shall not stop there. It shall be 5,000 and more for one. Can you sell out your business or give It away to day or tomorrow?" "Are you going to pay me the dol lar?" sternly demanded the chiropodist "If you can't sell out, give it away, lock it up, throw It out of the window!" continued the major as he walked about the room. "My dear man, listen to me. Four months ago I was hard up for a quarter; today I have mil lions behind me—millions and millions. 1 may be said to swim in gold." "I'll be hanged if you look It!" "And how has the change been brought about? By my Indefatigable genius, coupled with ambition. I look ed around for a ten strike. It was a little slow in coming, but I hit It at last What do you think of the Veal Cutlet Tablet company; capital, $5,- 000,000? There are the papers on my desk to perfect the organization and apportion the stock over $2,000,000 of the stock subscribed for In advance at 70 cents on the dollar, and capital ists tumbling over each other to take the remainder. Doctor, let me congrat ulate you. Shake hands!" "Over what? I'm after my dollar." "Over your appointment as secretary of the company, at a salary of SIO,OOO a year, and you can begin work tomor row. As an official you also have first choice of $20,000 worth of stock. You trusted Major Crofoot, and this Is the result; this is your reward. Shake hands again!" "Not by a durn sight! You might as well give up trying to work any cold deck In on me. I want that dollar." "And it was my genius and my finan ciering which brought it about," said the major as he rubbed his hands and patted the chiropodist on the shoul der. "The thought came to me while I was eating a veal cutlet at my board ing house. Our veal tablets are exact ly what the name implies. We prepare a cutlet for the table and then com press it and divide it into tablets. Ev ery box contains 25, and the price is 15 cents. Two weeks hence they will be on sale at every drug store In the United States, and all doctors will rec ommend 'em. You don't have to wait for breakfast or dinner to get your cut let Just drop a tablet into your mouth and let it dissolve, and there you are. Can be taken with you to church, lec tures, balls, camp meetings or horse races; should be in the hands of all travelers, hunters, sailors and baseball men. In less than three months they will drive every other tablet out of market. Invented, organized and nam ed in less than ten hours and bound to pay dividends of 50 per cent. My dear man"— "Look here now!" exclaimed the chi ropodist as he pounded on the table. "I've come for my dollar! Don't try to stuff me, but come down with the cash!" "And the company had only been named when I thought of you for the position of secretary," mused the ma jor without seeraing to have heard the Indignant protest. "You were a man tvlio had trusted me. When others de manded cash down, you gave me a show. My heart swelled as I thought of this, and I set the salary at SIO,OOO a year, payable quarterly In advance. Shall I draw yon a check for the first quarter?" The chiropodist looked at the major as if wondering if he had met a crazy man. "I said SIO,OOO a year, but if that Is not enough—lf you feel that you ought to have s2o,ooo—speak right up. I want you to be perfectly satisfied, you know. Will $20,000 a year be enough?" "What about my dollar?" "The tablets will be a go. The," can't help but be. Let us walk out in the hall while I tell you that the public can't get enough mf veal cutlets in their THE ALBRIGHT ART GALLERY. PAN-AMERICAN EXPrsmr^. Copyright, 1900. bv the I'an-American Kxposition Co. The city of Buffalo is soon to have one of the most beautiful buildings in the western world, a public art gallery to cost upward of SXW.OOO. The building is the gift of J. J. Albright, a citizen of Buffalo and a liberal patron of art. who desires to bestow upon his eity a structure that will forever yield immeasurable pleasure to those who It, niul become as well a center of culture and art. The only conditions Imposed by the public spirited donor were that the city of Buffalo should furnish a site, and that the Fine Arts Academy of Buffalo, which is made the custodian of th<- property, si: I'.ld rals. n maintenance fund of $1 (>O.OOO. The city promptly deeded the site requested, which if jtlst within the limits of Delaware I'ark. overlooking the beautiful park lake. The Fine Arts Academy has compiled with the terms cf the gift as they applied to the maintenance fund, and the building will be hurried to completion as rapidly as conditions will permit. The building will be used as the art palace of the Pan-American Exposition and thereafter become the permanent home of Buffalo's art collections. This magnificent edifice will be 250 feet long by 150 feet wide, the principal facade looking toward the east. The building will stand upon a broad terrace 85 feet above the level «>f the park lake, which lies but a few rods below and to the eastward. The principal ap proach will be by a beautiful monumental (light of steps, the contour of the ground giving opportunity for stately embellishment. The terrace v. alls are to be of heavy granite blocks. Statuary, fountains, formal floral displays ami lav the ornamentation of the terrace. The style of architecture chosen is the classic Greek, both the e;:.-. a. . '■ -t- rn facades showing rows of rich, graceful columns. present form. They are always eager for more. They want the taste of cut lets in their mouths as they go about their daily routine. Fifteen cents a bos in order to compete with potash lozeuges. but a profit of 10 cents on every box! Take the sales at 10,000,- 000 boxes a year, and what do you get? You want stock. You want at least"— "Not a blamed cent's worth! I want my dollar!" —"at least $20,000 worth of stock. You shall have It. You have paid me $1 to secure it, and don't you worry. It will be made in your name, and later on— Excuse me." The major stepped into his office and shut the door. "Here, what's this?" called the chi ropodist. The major locked the door. "Look here, you old deadbeat! 1 want that dollar!" The major sat down at his desk and lighted the stub end of a cigar. "You come out of that and pay this bill, or I'll bust the door down!" shout ed the creditor as he gave two or three kicks. The major calmly puffed away and gazed out of the window, and the look on his face would have reminded a be holder of buckwheat cakes and mo lasses. "Then I'll lay for you out here and punch your old head! Do you hear me?" The major did not hear. He was per fecting the organization of the Veal Cutlet Tablet company and wondering whether the Canadian general agency should be placed in Toronto or Quebec. M. QUAD. AN UNLUCKY HARE. t'ncle Ell Tells the Children an In- Mtrnctive Fable. [Copyright, 1900, by C. B. Lewis.] A Hare who was safely resting in her burrow one day received a call from the Fox, who invited her to come out for a walk with him. "But you will eat me," protested the Hare. "Nonsense! It is true that I have eaten Hares, but it was only when I could get nothing else. I pledge you THE FOX AND THE HARE. my word not to harm you. Yeu must realize that it will be a feather in your cap to be seen walking with me." The Hare hesitated for awhile, but finally came out, and the two walked away together, but they had not gone far when they heard the baying of dogs. "What's that?" asked the Hare as she stopped to listen. "I am sorry to say that the dogs are after you," replied the Fox. "You'd better take off through the brush at once." As the Hare flew through the forest the Fox hid himself in a brush heap, and when the houuds came up they followed on after the Hare and caught and killed her. Moral.—What you win at policy you are sure to drop at poker. M. QUAD. Getting; Some Returns. The principal magnate of the Great American Sure Thing Investment com pany stood on the top of the Eiffel tower and threw handfuls of gold and silver coins down upon the pavement far below. Foremost in the crowd of persons who braved the shower and picked up the coins as they fell was a gaunt, hol low eyed man who spoke not a word of French, but could express himself in excellent American. "By George!" he exclaimed. "This Is the first chance I've had to collect a cent of dividend on the stock I've got in the concern that chap runs!" And he went on collecting it. —Chi- cago Tribune. A Dad Memory. The train swept into darkness. "George," she whispered, "we are ia a tunnel." "I know that," he responded. "Well, do you know the usual cus tom ?" "What custom?" "What does a young man generally do when he is seated by a girl?" "I d"- "Does he sit still?" "Oh. yes, I know what he does. H"— "Too late. We are out of the tunnel, George."—Chicago News. An Overnlifht. Sunday School Teacher—Why, Willie Wilson! Fighting again? Didn't last Sunday's lesson teach that when you are struck on one cheek you ought to turn the other to the striker? Willie—Yes'm; but he hit me on the nose, and I've only got one. —New York Telegraph. WHERE IS THE POTASH f The Melt Great Agricultural Prob lem, According to a Scientist. "Where is the potash of the United States?" asked Dr. Edward Atkinson of the scientists recently gathered iD convention at Columbia university, New York. "The world now depend! for Its entire supply upon a single mine In Saxony, and yet there should be vast deposits of that mineral In the al kaline and salt plains of tbis country. "Where are they? It is the duty of geol ogists to find them. When they are discovered the geologists who find them will confer a greater blessing upon this country than they would by un earthing all the gold and silver In the world." A few years ago Sir William Crookes startled the world by the prediction that nt no distant date the world's sup ply of nitrogen available for the growth of wheat would be exhausted and csops could no longer be produced. "Pea vine" farmers, however, have very quietly solved that problem by growing leguminous crops, which accumulate In their roots nitrogen from the air, and thus enricl) the land where they are grown preparatory to other crops. "The great reservoir of the atmosphere Is now available In combination with phosphates and potash to maintain the perpetual fertility of the soil," accord ing to Dr. Atkinson. Phosphate has already been found In large quantity in the coast lands of South Carolina, Florida and Georgia and in Tennessee. Potash is now the problem that agriculture must face. All the potash of the world Is now sup plied by a mine at Stassfurt, Saxony, Germany. This was discovered by accident while salt was being bored for. Dr. Atkinson says this history may be repeated In the west. He thinks potash should be found by deep bor ings In the neighborhood of those springs of the west, which contain so much potassium that ranchers have to keep their cattle from drinking the wa ters. It may also be found In the re gion extending from West Virginia to the arid lands of New Mexico and Ari zona. Snirar Beet laTMtlfatlMi# Conclusions from investigations by J. D. Towar of Michigan: Subsoil plowing practiced Immediate ly before sowing the beets, owing, per haps, to the severe drought which fol lowed, resulted in the complete loss of the crop. Coarse manure applied some two months before sowing the beets result ed in Increased yield and beets of a normal percentage of sugar. Carefully prepared home mixed fer tilizer gave higher yields and better beets than stable manure. Nitrate of soda alone gave no mark ed Increase in yield, but, In combina tion with other elements, generally In creased the yield, with a normal per cent of sugar. In every case nitrate of soda gave higher yields than sulphate of ammo nia. Wood ashes and salt Increased the yield of beets slightly. One ton of air slaked lime per acre Increased slightly the yield of beets on the uplands without affecting the per centage of sugar. On muck land one ton of air slaked lime per acre In combination with oth er fertilizers decreased the tonnage 11 per cent and reduced the sugar con tent from D.G4 to 7.08 per cent When lime was applied alone on muck land, Increased applications Increased the tonnage of beets, but decreased the percentage of sugar. Early planting gave larger yields and slightly higher percentage of sug ar. Clay loam soil produced the largest tonnage and the highest percentage of sugar, followed by other soils In the order below, except that the tonnage on muck is next to clay loam —sandy loam, sand, clay, muck. During the past season there was a slight falling off In sugar content of growing beets from Oct. 19 to Nov. 23. A SnffKCßtlon For a Safe Fuse. It often happens that the farmer wishes to blow up a stump or a rock or other tMng and Is at a loss for a safe fuse. a. train of gunpowder is too quick and other things too slow, all more or less uncertain and dangerous, says a Farm Journal correspondent, who therefore suggests the following: In a pint or more of water dissolve as much saltpeter as the water will take up. Then thoroughly soak some can dle wicking (common white twine will do) in it. Dry it In the sun or at least not over a Are. This fuse when lighted will not go out If dry, but will burn steadily and slowly. Its rate of burn ing may be tested by timing a foot of It. All made ill one solution will burn It the same rate. Alfnlfn In Ohio. J. E. Wing, who has done more than any other writer to encourage farmers In Ohio to grow or at least try alfalfa, says that on average soils and with average treatment It is inferior to red Mo. 38 clover. It requires very rich soil and to be sown after danger of frost is past on well plowed and well prepared land, either alone or with a very light seeding of oats or a seeding of barley and covered by using a heavy roller. It should be mown three times the first year to make It thrifty. If sown In oats, these should be cut for hay as soon as headed and the alfalfa be mow ed and let lie twice more. He also ad vises trying It only in a small way at first to see If one's soil Is suited to It— Ohio Farmer. Indian Repartee. An Indian agent who was a militia colonel desired to Impress the Indians with the magnitude of his dignity. He dressed himself In full uniform, with his sword by bis side, and rising In the council told them that one rea son why the great father had had so much trouble with his red children was that be bad sent civilians to them. "You are warriors," he said, "and when the great father saw me he said, 'I \vlll send this man, who Is a great warrior, to my red children, who are warriors, and they will hear his words.'" An old chief arose and, surveying the speaker from head to foot, said calmly: "Since I was a small boy I have heard that white men have great warriors. I have always wanted to see one. I have looked upon one, and now I am ready to die." —"Reminis- cences of the Bishop of Minnesota." Dumas' Dramatic Intuition. A story Is told of the elder Dumaa which illustrates his remark»bie dra matic Intuition. An eminent Parisian critic who sat beside him at a first performance noticed that he seemed abstracted. "You are triste, my master," observ ed the critic. "No," replied Dumas. "I'm not bor ed, but I'm somewhere else than here, ►so to speak. I am unable to follow any play to the end. I listen closely to the first act, and then my mind car ries me off into thoughts of the play I would make of It." Supplied Another. At a dinner in Rottingdean a Royal academician stated to the company the curious fact that sugar and sumac are the only two words in English where su is pronounced as shu. There was much Interest shown In the discovery, when Rudyard Kipling was heard from the other end of the table, "But are you quite sure?" The sword of Sir William Wallace is In the Wallace tower, a stone structure In Stirling, two miles from the castle. It Is a two edged sword of massive proportions nud great weight, and it la said four strong men are required to wield it. Jumping the rope Is suggested for middle aged people afflicted with liver troubles. Ont of the Month of Babes. Tommy—l wonder wedder dls 'ere U a plum or a beetle? Bobby—Taste it—Punch. The Deal He Wanted. "I expect a great deal from you," lie said, as he looked knowingly at the gentleman across the table. "All right," replied the other. And he dealt him four kings, but had the forethought to deal four aoes to himself.—Baltimore American. What Be Meant. Browne—We were talking of contrib uting to the campaign fund and Phoxy declared he'd gladly put his hand in his pocket. Towne—Yes, as a measure of pre caution, so none of the committee get theirs In.—Philadelphia Press. Easy. "George, dear, you remember that lovely sideboard that was so cheap? Well, I've discovered a plan to make room for it." "How, my dear?" "By taking a larger house."—New York World. Corrected. First Pedestrian—Say, you jabbed me In the eye with your umbrella. Second Pedestrian—Oh, no, I didn't. This is a borrowed umbrella.—Chicago News. A Crucial Dilemma. The Fashionable One—Just thlnb, my husband proposes to take me to Spain to see the next solar eclipse, and I haven't the faintest notion what the style for a solar eclipse tiilet should be.