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F"all Footwear.
All our Fall Stock is now in and ready for your inspec
tion New stock of Fall Styles that will start the new season
off with a rush.
t i- ' SOROSIS--The New Shoe for Women-All the new
JLiclCllSS """" s ty| es in fine Dongola, Enamels, Patent, Calf and
IV Box-Calf in medium and hjavy soles.
1116 DUTTENHOFFER'S line of Ladies' welt and turn sole
O] . shoes in Dongola, Vici Patent Leather and Box-Calf are
ver y handsonne. All sizes, AA to EE.
We have a fuli line of tin* Celebrated Carter Comfort Shoes and
especially recommend them for their comfort giving qualities.
-m «-• • Complete-stock of R. T. WOOD & CO S. line of Misses
IHISSOS an(l Children's fine shoes—made in light or welt soles—
Dl ii Box-Calf and heavy Dongola.
kjllOGk. Special bargains in Misses' and Children's .school shoes.
tvj , . ' Fifteen to Twenty new styles in
. Ci. 6ttIPl()Il S \j cn ' s rnedium and heavy sole welt
Hr ' iv wi I shoes. Patent, Calf, Enamel, \ ici
Men s r me bhoerf. Kid and bgx caif.
Full and medium toes —Close Welt or Extension Sole.
t> » IV *1 ' Made of same material
-BO\ S fllKl Y Olltll S OllOf S. an( j j n same styles as the
Men's Shoes.
I 111 Al ave A torn l^ ete stock of Gokey's liand
-01 \/ll i'len made box-toe boots and shoes; also a full
A nrl Firm Wpar stock of Army Shoes, heavy uppers
Aim J- It* * * tell. and hand sewed SOljs. Gokey s high
cut copper toe Shoes for Boys.
Gokey's high cut waterproof Shoes for Girls.
See our Drillers Shoes —High-Cut—Beliis Tongue- -
Box Toe—Double Sole and Tap.
RUBBER AND FELT GOODS.
Full stock of Rubber and Felt Goods. Full stock of The
Mishawaka Snag-boots and Ball Band Knit Boots.
When in need of anything in our line, give us a call.
JOHN BICKEL,
128 SOUTH MAIN STREET. - * - BUTLER, PA
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 eaily Fall and Winter footwear. There is
every new style brought out for early Fall wear, embracing every
popular style from the finest Patent Calf to the Heavy Working
Man's Shoe. School Shoes for the little Boys and the li;tie Misses.
The prices are modest. ,
AiiolSlv" They are made by artist shoemakers and
yUvCII you'll need n" "specs" to see that the\
Cu„« u/ nm . n nn are fine s ' ,oes —the HANDSOMEST ever
Shoe for Women &O.UU- made foi #3. Any size and any width
vu I mm • 1 and a raft of different styles.
U C? Mannish sl .oo, $1.25, $1.50.
. u I [4/ Slfpppf Rnnt FORE-SIGHT is better than HINP
LI . SIGHT. Before yo>. buy school shc 2 .»
# Irl look at ours. It'll pay you.
A Women's Fine Shoes.
*1 \»v l Vou can buy #1.50 and #2 00 shoes
/ V. ///WW/yr anywhere, but there is not a store in But
ler that will give you SO STYLISH A
_U T RAot?SMARK SHOE or so lasting a one ss this store
,s BRANDED will at $1.50 and S2.CO.
ON EVER/
MEN S SHOES
u . . If your work requires shoes with no
Heavy Sole. H pariicu'ar style, but a WHOLE LOT OF
Hand Welt. WEAR, try us. They'll wear till the
cows coine home and besides being good
Handsome, well inpile and as easv as an looking shoej, they have soles wide
old shoe—that's RFAT'TY. Of aU shoes enough so you can just stand in them all
advertised ihis is the only one that has a day and not feel them. I'rice $1.25,
five dollar style at a three dollar price. #'-5o and f ;.00.
B. C HUSELTON,
Sutler's Leudlrift Shoe (louse. O, Hotel l,owfv.
"ll I if// ( I Men don't buy clothing for the
\ SI fri, I fij T? purpose of spending money. They 7^
/j.i k| / / -t-j desire to get the best possible re- J4j
H vtyjKrjL.l suits for the money expended. Not
/ j l»" cheap grods but goods as cheap as
they can he sold for and made up
properly. If you want the correct
1 \ 1£](!ll 1 /'I examine our large stack of FALL / t
I \ Til > J ANI) WINTER WEIGHTS— (.
\ | 1 LATEST STYLES, SHADES
MW fl AND coLofis "
lUl KECK
Fit and Workmanshio Guaranteed.
G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor,
142 North Main Street, Butler, Pa
fill lavatory appliances
hU | ! nowadays have to be of the .best
= iLi L to receive any sort of cons.dor
"TTTj ' El ation. Closed plumbing is a relic
a c ' P as * open work only ie
i '»Fk cdves attention. Reason? it's
$/} [ ( sanitary, cltanly, looks better, re-
< l u, * res attention and is better
I cvcr >' res P ect . VVe make a
• j s P ecialt y up-to date styles and
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m? We take old gold and silver the same as cash.
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AMFMIMKNT TO Til F CONSTITI"TIt>N |
i'KOI'OSEr' TO THE CITIZENS Ol
THIS COMMONWEALTH IOKTHETK AI - ,
•HOVAI. OK IIE.IKCTTON »V THE OF.N- ,
"l:\I. \~sf.MßLv OF THE COM.MON
,?FU.TII OF PENNSYLVANIA. PI Is
- BY«>BDEKOI TilF. SECBETAKY J
uF TH F COMMONWE\LTH. IN I'l - ,
• VNCF Ol A HTICLE Will OF THE CON- 1
■ STITI'TION.
1 A JOINT RESOLUTION,
i- Proposing an amendment to the Constitution |
of tbe Commonwealtli. 1
i Section 1. Be ic resolved by tbe UfiMMtM
House of Kepresi ntatlves of tlie Common
wealtli in General Assembly met. Tliat the
following i> proposeil as amendments to the
. Constitution of the Commonwealth of I'enn
sv'vanla. In accordance with the provisions
l of the eighteenth article thereof:
Amendment One of Article Eight. Section
» One.
Add at the end of the lirst paragraph of '
said swiion. after the words • shall ix'euii. -
led lo vote at all elections.' the words "suo_ i
iect howevtr t.> such laws requiring and
the rpgistrsitloii of electors ;is trie '
l Genera! Assembly may enact," so that the
said seciion shall read as follow-:
5 Suction 1 Qualifications of Electors.
Every male citizen twenty-one years of age
- I,(,messing ilie following qualification*, shail
m- eii.it)ed to vote at all elections, subject
however to such laws requiring and regu'ac
ing i lie resistrsitlon of electors as the Gen
eral Assembly mil) enact: ....
lie shall have been a citizen of the I mted
States at least one mont li.
He shall have resided in the State one year
(or if. having previously lieen a qualified
elector or native born eitiaen of toe State,
he shall have removed therefrom and re
turned. within six months, immediately pre
ceding the election).
He shall have resided in the election dis
tinct where he shall offer to vote at least two
» u out lis immediately preceding the election.
I f twenty-two years of age and upwards,
he shall have paid within two years a State
or county tax.which shall have been assessed
at least Iwo months and paid at least one
month before the election.
Amendment Eleven to Article Eight. Section
Seven.
Strike out from said section the words
"but no elector shall he deprived of t lie priv
ilege of voting by reason of his name not l>e
ing registered," and add to said section the
following words, "but laws regulating and
l requiring the registration of electors may tie
enacted to apply to cities only, provided ili.it
such laws be uniform for cities of tbe same
class." so that the said section shall
read as follows:
Section 7. Uniformity of Election Laws.—
All laws regulating the holding of elections
by the citizens or for the registration of
| electors shall lie uniform throughout tie
state, but laws regulating and reqi'' 'ing the
registration of electors may Im* enacted to
apply to cities only, provided that such laws
he uniform for cities of same class.
A true copy of the Joint Resolution.
VV. W. GRI EST.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
AMENDMENT TO THE CONST'TfTION
** PROPOSED TO THE CIT'ZENS OF
THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR THE t{ AP
PROVAL OR REJECTION HY THfi I FN
EIiAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMON
WEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. PI'R
LIHHED BY ORDER OF TH E SECRET A I.' Y
OF THE COMMONWEALTH IN Pl'RSl -
an:;E of ARTICLE X\ ill OF THE CON
STITUTION.
A JOIST RESOLUTION
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution
of the Commonwealth.
Section I. Be it resolved by the Senate
and House o! Representatives o' the Com
, monwealth oT Pennsylvania in General As-
I serubly met. Thai the following is proposed
as an amendment to the Constitution of the
, Commonwealtli of Pennsylvania i.i accord
ance with the provisions of the F.'gb«eenth
' arttcle thereof.
Amendment.
Strike out see. ion four of article eight, and
Insert in place thereof, as follows:
Section 4. AD elections by Hie cV.zens
, shall oe by ha'lot or bv such other nie.uod
' us may be by law: Provided,
That secrecy in voting be preserved.
A true copy of the Joi.il liesolt'i on
W. W. GRI EST.
Secretary of the Common wealth
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j Albums bought before the ad
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Late fiction.
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B UTLER, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, U>OQ
PRESSED FLOWERS.
Flowers are pressed and dried In book 3
Cionc lucent colors, fresh and new;
Gone sweetness, swaying, bloom and dew!
And thoughts are mummied there in book*—
No light of eye nor poise of head,
The thought that's written is unsaid.
And YET one touch of nature's there.
And memory leads us true,
From withered loaf to budding flower.
From moldering dust to freshening shower.
From musty page to odorous air.
From words to thoughts anew.
—F. S. Fclsura in Boston Transcript.
i TRICKING THE j
EGYPTIANS.
BY M. atJAD.
•♦♦•
[Copyright, 1300, by C. B. Lewis.]
When the firm of Haywood, Stone Ac
Co. of London established an agency at
Cairo, Egypt, I was placed iu charge.
My business was the buying of rugs,
vases, arms, cloths and whatever else
might find sale in England. That was
what I may call my general and legit
imate business. As a side line I was
to pick up bargains in mummies. Up
to the founding of that agency in Cairo
only a few museums in Europe or
America had been ableito secure speci
mens. To get hold of a mummy with
a history required a couple of years'
diplomatic correspondence between
governments, and the cost would run
up as high as $30,000. Under the laws
of Egypt it was death to disturb the
dead without official permission, and
death to any foreigner discovered try
ing to ship a mummy out of the coun
try without special license. In justice
to the old aud respectable house 1 have
named 1 must say that they had no
knowledge of my side line. I had a
partner in London who advanced the
money and shared the profits. When
I was ready to begin business, we had
orders for 30 mummies.
Let me tell you that I had a crafty
part to play. In a way the branch
was under the supervision of the
Egyptian government. At the end of
each week I had to submit a list of
my purchases. All my shipments bad
to pass the customs officials. My ware
rooms must always be open to official
inspection. I was not told In so many
words that all this watchfulness was
to prevent me from dealing in mum
mies, but of course I knew that it was.
My first step was to bribe every official
who could obstruct me, and I had to
move slowly in the matter and make
no mistakes. Then an agent must be
found to look up and ship me the
specimens from points In the Interior,
and he had to be a nervy as well as
an honest man. He In turn would
have to find faithful men, and taken
all In all it was a bit of business to
be handled with care. It was six
months before I got It under way. and
after once fairly in It there was not
an hour la which I felt safe from
discovery.
In most cases the burial places in
Egypt are easily to be got at. Most of
our orders simply called for a speci
men, and tt made no difference about
the sex or whether there was a record
attached. There were a few museums
in want of particular bodies. They
wanted kings, queens, generals or
poets who had been dead from 3,000
to 5,000 years. It Is perhaps unneces
sary to inform the reader that I always
tilled these orders. After getting a
mummy Into my warehouse 1 bad a
way of making It fill the bill and give
general satisfaction. My assistant,
who was a native antiquary, a native
doctor and a villain, was handy at un
wrapping and rewrapplng and carving
hieroglyphics and manufacturing rel
ics. If there was fraud in It, Ido not
seek to defend myself. I simply say
that if there is a public demand for
the mummy of Pharaoh it is the duty
of some agent to supply it as near as
possible and keep people good natured.
In tlie course of two years I shipped
DO mummies safely out of Cairo and
landed them in London, and I am
frank to say that my dividends were
considerably larger than those paid
last year by the Standard. Oil compa
ny or the Carnegie Iron works. The
mummy business was booming, and 1
was tilling orders for anything up to
10.000 years old on demand when a
government official gave me a bint that
uiy business had been tumbled to. He
exchanged his information for my 520
goldpiece and went his way, and it
was my business to put up a job on the
khedive and square myself. I don't
know that any one had given me away
directly, but suspicion had somehow
become aroused, and I was to be put
under surveillance and caught red
handed. My shipments suddenly ceas
ed, and the mummy market became
dull. After a couple of weeks my as
sistant villain went up the Nile toward
the ruins of Memphis to look for a
pian. It was a live man and a particu
lar sort of man he wanted, aad when
he found him the sum of S3O changed
hands. Then the man died. At least
he was swathed in bandages which
had come from the looms 2,000 years
before, scented and spiced in A 1
style- and then put in a coffin which
gave him away as having been dead al
most 20 centuries. The hieroglyphics
on that cotlin and on a manuscript in
closed revealed the fact that the dead
man was the celebrated fakir Sonadi
Hassassan and that when he had slept
his sleep he would awaken and begin
another pilgrimage on earth.
The mummy reached my warehouse
one afternoon, and within an hour a
government official backed by a file
of soldiers had arrived to make a
Search. There had been no conceal
ment. The mummy occupied a con
spicuous position. They had caught
me red handed In a way, and yet they
could not understand why 1 had been
so open aliout it.
"My dear sir," I ;?aid to the official, "I
know the laws of Egypt. I am noi
dealing in mummies. The law does
not say 1 may not restore a dead man
to life. At this present hour that thing
there is a mummy. Tonight at t) o'clock
it will be a living man."
"What nonsense Is this?" exclaimed
the man as he struck the coffin with
big cane. "Do you tliiuk 1. am a child
to believe such tales?"
"I think you are a very smart man,"
I re.plied, "but there is yet something
to learn. Read of Sonadi Ilassassan.
lie was the greatest magician the
world ever knew. He it was who made
the .Vile flow backward for a day
When, he had lived for 1,000 years, he
became weary for the want of sleep.
He fell into a trancfe which was not to
be broken for 2.000 years. The time is
up at 1) o'clock tonight."
"Ami he will come back to life?"
queried the tusin, with an Incredulous
smile.
"lie will. You and your friends will
be here to see. I had read of him, and
I was anxious to get Ills body. 1 paid a
large price for it that I may see it re
stored to life with my own eyes."
The Egyptian's natural superstition
and my earnestness staggered the man,
and when I saw it I clinched the mat
ter by eaylug:
"It is only a few hours to wait. You
shall dine with me at S o'clock. At 9
my assistant shall unwrap Hassassan
and bring him to life. Let two of yout
soldiers watch the cotfin meanwhile. If
things don't turn ;as 1 say, you shall
carry me off pr a net and have §IOO in
gold as a present."
"So be it," he said after a long look
at me. "but do not attempt to trick me.
I am no fool."
Two soldiers were left to watch the
coffin, and in my hearing he warned
them that any remissness on their part
would be followed by swift punish
ment. My living rooms were ovaf thfl
warerooms. When the dinner I crar ar
rived. I had the official and two of his
friends to sit down with me. All three
of tbe men had made up their uiin.ls
that I was playing a game of bluff,
and they had a curiosity to know how
I was going to carry It through. Fifty
dollars would have bribed any of them
to shut his eyes for a year, but in this
case they had received their orders di
rect from the minister and dared not
trifle with him. They drank sparingly
of the wine that they might keep their
heads el>*ar. but grew sufficiently good
natured to hope that I might get out of
the trouble without serious loss.
"There will be no trouble." I replied,
with cnlni assurance "Sonadi Hassas
san has had his sleep and will return
to life and the government will prob
ably reward me for restoring such a
celebrated n:a:i to earth Come, gen
tlemen. it is time."
The •<li':;rrs had been sitting before
the co 1 ' f r nuiirs My assistant was
oti hand ii"i! "»ady and we lost iu>
tinii in an- to '-.iirk Th eortin
was I. .ted r.p •■ml the body dfted
forward so thar it I '"■ siot at. and
tbe wiaps w. re soon ..<v. d 1 knew
that the niumun was a live man. but
never had ! looked upi.n the face of a
subject showi:".' death and the passage
of time more plainly Tbe face would
have deceived the wisest professor in
Eun.pe There were the sunken eyes
and cheeks, the loss of teeth and the
seal brown color and 1 /found myself
wondering if some mistake hadn't been
made The official and his friend quiet
ly chuckled as the business proceeded,
and my assistant villain was the only
one who was perfectly placid lie
did not hurry his work. He was a
full half hour getting down to the last
wrapping, which was a sort of union
garment made for the occasion Then
he stepped back with a nourish, picked
up a stick and. striking three blows
on the cotfin. he called out:
"It is time, Souadi Hassassan; it is
time!"
The chest of the mummy began to
heave and its eyes to flutter. Then
came a long breath and its eyes unclos
ed. Tbe soldiers bolted from the ware
bouse in affright, and tbe three men re
treated several paces iu consternation.
Very slowly aud without a false mo
tion the mummy gasped and stretched
and looked about. A hand went up to
rub sleep from its eyes. Then it moved
uneasily and presently stepped from
the coflin. straightened up anil passed
out of the door into the night with
slow and dignified steps.
"Well?" I queried as I turned to tbe
dumfounded trio.
They stood staring with open mouths,
and 1 had to put hands on them before
they came back to earth.
"Did I not tell you so? Did I not say
that after a sleep of 2,000 years the
great magician would return to life?"
They did not answer, hut with pale
faces and chattering teeth they totter
ed out into the darkness with a mighty
fear upon them. I had the agency for
two years longer, and there was a con
tinuous boom in the mummy market,
but after that incident there was never
an official inspection of my stock. The
officials could not have been hired for
money to poke about in the dark cor
ners.
Pooling In Wedding Present*.
"What shall we give her?" That is
a question which desolates Innumera
ble breakfast tables when the morning
post brings the announcement of an
approaching marriage. A most valua
ble precedent has been set by a batch
of Lady Itandolpb Churchill's friends,
who clubbed together and presented
her with a beautiful gewgaw In the
shape of a pearl and diamond tiara.
The example should be followed wide
ly. Individual effort is apt to fritter
Itself away in superfluous salt spoons
and unnecessary photograph frames.
Given a bride, it is pretty certain that
many of her friends will be friends of
one another. And how much more
pleasant for the bride and how much
simpler for her friends Is the pooling
of affection in a really valuable gift!
The perennial difficulty of the wedding
present is in a fair way toward solu
tion.—London Chronicle.
They Swapped.
A little boy In Bangor, Me., was suf
fering from a severe cold, and his
mother gave him a bottle of cough
mixture to take while at school. On
his return she asked If he had taken
his medicine. "No." he candidly re
plied, "but Bobby Jones did. lie liked
It, so I swapped It with him for a hand
ful of peanuts."
It is Imprudent to keep an oil or gas
stove burning in a sleeping room. They
consume the oxygen and thus vitiate
the air.
VEGETABLES.
Why Are Some Vulgar and Other*
Ariitocratict
Why do we respect some vegetables
anil despise others? The bean Is a
graceful, confiding, engaging vine, but
you never can put beans iuto poetry or
Into the highest kind of prose. There
Is no dignity in the bean.
Corn—which in my garden grows
alongside the bean, and, so far as I can
see, with no affectation of superiority—
Is, however, the child of song. It
waves in all literature, ftut it with
beans, and its high tone is gone. Suc
cotash is vulgar; it is the bean In It.
The bean Is a vulgar vegetable, with
out culture or any flavor of high socie
ty among vegetables.
Then there Is the cucumber, like so
many people, good for nothing when It
Is ripe, and the wildness has gone out
of it. llow inferior to the melon, which
grows upon a similar vine! The cu
cumber is a sort of low comedian In a
company where the melon is a minor
gentlemen.
The lettuce Is to me a most Interest
ing study. Lettuce Is like conversation;
It must be fresh and crisp, so sparkling
tliat you scarcely notice the bitter in it.
Lettuce, like most talkers, though, Is
apt to run rapidly to seed.
Blessed !s that sort which comes to
a head, and so remains—like a few pee
ls*- 1 krtow growing more solid and
satisfactory and tender and whiter at
tin: center.
Lettuce, like conversation, requires a
good tleal of oil, to avoid friction and
keep tlie company smooth; a pinch of
Attic salt, u dash of pepper, mustard
and vinegar, but so mixed that you
will notice no sharp contrasts, and a
trifle of sugar.
I feel that I am in the best society
when I am with lettuce. It Is in the
most select vegetable circle.—Charles
Dudley Warner in "My Summer In a
Garden."
DOES HONESTY PAY'?
A SUBJECT OISCUSSED BY THE JER
ICHO DEBATING SOCIETY.
Pap Perklna. the Postmaster. Tell*
How the Orxnnliatlon Was Sturtid
and Hov. It (nine to an Untimely
and Initlorluoa End.
(Copyright, 1300, by C. B. Lcwis.l
The Jericho Debatin society was
Squar Joslyn's idea. It dawned on
him one afternoon as he was hoein in |
his garden, and that eveuin he come :
over to the postoffice and made a .
speech and started the ball roilin. A
week later the society had its first '
nieetin. There was a hot time fur
about an hour. Of the 40 men present I
3o wanted to be president, but after ,
awhile, and by puttin in two votes fur j
himself, the squar was duly elected. 1
Deacon Spooner was made referee, and i
the other offices w ; asn't struggled after
to any extent. There wasn't any de
batin at the first meetin, but Squar
Joslyn made a speech of acceptance
which raised the price of butter in
Jericho 10 cents a pound. After sayin
that he wouldn't exchange places with
the president of the United States he
began with the year 750 B. C.. and the
way he come whirlin along down to
the year 1900 made the glass in the
windows rattle. He excited the crowd
as be hit Nero, brought applause as he
touched on t'olumbus. and when he
got through with Washington there
wasn't no holdin Knos Williams, and
Jonas Bebee and Aaron Bradshaw was
in tears. After the speech was over
Elder Spooner figgered it up and de
clared that the squar had made 27 dif
ferent p'iuts in his oration, which was
four p'ints more than Demosthenes or
Cicero had ever made.
The subject fur debate at the next
meetin was "Does Honesty I'ay?" The
"POI.LKB MR HACK TO THE LAYS OF JULIUS
C.ESAB."
number on the affirmative and negative
side was about even, and Ebenezer
White was appointed to lead off and
tell how honesty paid him. Each
speaker was to be Limited to ten min
its. Ebenezer had been thinkiu it
over fur three or four days, and when
he got up he began with:
"Foller me back to the days of Julius
Caesar. When Ca.-sar v&s a young man
of 22, he hadn't a dollar to his name
and no show to strike a job. He had
about made up his mind to commit
suicide when he found a five dollar
goldpiece in the road. Ills first thought
was to use the money to start in busi
ness, but it was only a temptation.
His honesty wouldn't permit such a
thing. He went around Inijuirin who
had lost $5. and at length found the
owner, and the owner took a likin to
him aud pushed bim along until he was
finally made a king."
"That's one tally mark fur the affirm
ative side," said tbe deacon as the
speaker sat down, "aud I decide that
Ebenezer has made five p'ints. We
will now hear from Jonas Bebee on
the negative side."
"Foller me back to the days of Julius
Cn;sar," began Jonas as he rose up.
"I object!" protested Ebenezer. "Hav
in follered me back, the meetin can't
foller Jonas. I appeal to the referee."
"I shall have to overrule the objec
tion," said the deacon. "We follered
Ebenezer back, and we must give Jo
nas jest as good a show. If he's got
anything new about Julius Caesar, we'd
like to hear it."
"When Caesar was a young man of
22, he hadn't a dollar to bis name,"
continued Jonas, "and, though he of
fered to dig out stumps fur 15 cents a
day, he couldn't hit a Job. He had
made up his mind to hang himself
when he found a stray mewl In the
woods. He knew he ought to advertise
the mewl and restore him to bis owner,
but dishonesty carried the day. ne
sold the critter to the first man who
would buy, and with the sl2 he re
ceived he went into polities aud pushed
along until he finally became one of the
greatest men of his time. He lived
fur 30 years after stealin that mewl,
and he was honored and respected
and had a good time aud died lamented
by all."
"That's a tally mark on the negative
side," said the deacon, "and tbe p'ints
eeem to be about even."
"But whar did Jonas git his facts?"
asks Ebenezer.
"Whar did you git yours?" asked Jo
nas In reply.
The deacon said the spealcin had best
continue, and he called upon Aaron
Bradshaw, who was on the affirmative
side, fur his argyment.
"Foller me back to the days of Julius
Caesar," began Aaron, with a wave of
his hand, but when lie bad got that fur
both Ebenezer and Jonas tried to yell
him down and appeal to the referee.
"I've got to give Aaron a fair show,"
replied the deacon. "If he wants to be
follered back to the days of Julius
Caesar, this society has got to tag along
behind him. It's rather a cur'us coin
cidence that the three of you want to
be follered back to tbe same man, but
that's none of my business. Go on,
Aaron."
AarJß went on. lie had It that Ca>-
ear was poor and out of a Job and dis
couraged when ho happened to find a
diamond ring in a mud hole. lie could
have got an advance of SSO on It at a
pawnbroker's, but he actually went
hungry fur three days while liuntiu up
the loser. Struck by such a display of
unselfish honesty, the owner presented
him with $75, took him under his wing
and in time made him king."
"That's another tally fur the affirma
tive," said the deacon, "and I guess
I'll give Aaron the same number of
p'luts as the rest. Alvln Bidwell, of
the negatives. Is hltchln around in an
anxious way, and we'll hear what he's
got to say in favor of dishonesty."
"Foller me back to the days of Julius
Cx-sar," began Alvln In his ramblin
voice, but thar was yells and whoops
and protests from Ebenezer, Jonas aud
Aaron.
"It's a cur'us coincidence, I'll admit,"
said the deacon when he could he
hford, "but I don't see how we kin
help but fuller Alvin back if In l Insists
upon it. Kverviiody must haw n fair
show. Alvin. hadn't you as lief he ful
lered back to the garden of liden or
Dan'l lu the lions' den?"
Ah in stuck fur Julius Caesar atul j
went ahead. He found Julius poor and j
discouraged and llvin on turnips, and
lie related how the youns: man sat
town and thought it all over and then
lecldeil to steal a hog. lie stole one.
-iil.l him for $3. doubled his money on
a hi ss race and thially made a place
aud name for himself. Had be con
tinued to be honest he would have
starved to death and been buried at the
expense of the towu. His dishonesty
enabled him to become king and to do
good to millions.
"The tallies are even so fur," said the
deacon as Alvin sat down, "and we'll
in w hear from Philetus Johnson on the
affirmative side."
Foller me back to the days of Julius
Caesar." began Philetus as he rose up,
and then thar was a row. It was a
full teu minits before order was re
stored. and durin that time most ev
erybody got his head punched at least
once aud his coat torn up the back.
I'.y aud by Deacon Spooner said:
' It's a shauie and a disgrace to the
town of Jericho to carry on in this
way. 1 notice that Lish Billings, who
don't beloug on either side, has Jest
come in. I.ish. do you want to say
anything'.-"
"Not very much," replied Lish as he
looked around. "I'd simply like to ask
if anybody here has lost this half dol
lar."
lie held up the coin in his fingers.
There was 47 men in the room, and
every single one of 'em, includin the
deacon and the squar, replied that It
was his.
"As to the Debatin society, it may
be a good thing." said Lish as a grin
spread over his face; "but, as to the
subject of discussion tonight, I guess
you'd better drop it and let It stqy
dropped. This half dollar has bin in
my pocket fur two weeks, and every
one of you was willin to lie to git hold
of it." *
Then Lish moved softly down stairs
and went home, and after the rest of
the crowd had sat and looked at each
other fur two or three minits in an
uncomfortable way the president put
on his hat and said:
"Instead of follerin anybody else
back to the days of Julius Ca;snr, I
guess we'd better foller Lish Billings
down stairs and call the thing bust
" M. QUAD.
FOLDED TRANSFERS.
They Increase a Conductor's Work
nnd Are Trying to Hl» Temper.
"Some people have no sympathy for
street car conductors," said one of their
number after he had had a peculiarly
lively time in making change and giv
ing and collecting transfers, says the
New York Times.
"Now." continued the conductor,
"there Is one little matter that would
save us lots of trouble If the people
would onlv bear It in mind, and that is
the way they hand in their transfers.
"Some men aud a few women know
enough to hand us the little strips of
paper just as they receive them—that
is, spread out In such a way that we
can glance at them, see that they are
all right and then place them with the
package already collected. The ma
jority of people don't do this, and as a
rule the women are the worst of the
lot.
"When a woman gets a transfer, she
folds It up into as small a space as
possible and then stows It away in her
purse. When the time comes to collect
this from her, she fishes the wad of pa
per out of the purse, hands it to the
conductor and sits back in her seat
content with what she has done.
"The conductor has to unfold this
piece of paper to see if it is really the
proper transfer. This takes time, and
when there are a dozen women on the
car all doing the same thing the poor
conductor has more than he can do to
keep his temper. Men as a rule don't
fold their transfers, but content them
selves with shoving the slips Into their
pockets and then producing a cmmpled
piece of paper when it Is called for,
tossing it to the conductor, who has to
smooth it into shape.
"The same people would never think
of handing in a railroad or theater tick
et In the same way."
Stowaway Bride*.
Stowaway brides are not as rnre at
the barge office as one would believe.
It Is quite easy for a girl to slip aboard
an outgoing steamer and stow herself
In one of the bunks below decks, lying
quietly there until well at sea. A case
happened a little while ago, the girl
coming to meet her fiance here. As
both were poor, the former resorted to
this perilous expedient to accomplish
the desired end. One would think
that such a heroic endeavor would de
serve a better reception. But on arriv
ing, having been worked very hard on
shipboard for passage, worn and wor
ried almost to distraction, the maiden
was so changed by her ordeal of love
that when her betrothed met her he
refused to marry her. A few days
later, while being taken back to the
ship for deportation, she leaped into
the bay. Rescued gallautly, she linger
ed a prisoner In the charity hospital,
but died some weeks later, literally of
a broken heart.—Ainslee's Magazine.
Strength In Aluminium.
In reply to the question which, it Is
said, metal workers frequently ask,
"What Is the strength of aluminium?"
The Aluminium World says that cast
aluminium is about equal In strength
to cast Iron in tension, while In resist
ing compression it Is comparatively
weak. Under transverse strain alu
minium is not very rigid, but it will
bend nearly double before breaking.
The tensile strength of aluminium is
greatly improved by forging and press
ing at a temperature of GOO degrees P.,
and aluminium alloyed with nickel is
much stronger tfcan the pure metal.
Two True Stories.
The Piscatorial asso
ciation was In session.
"I was fishing for cod off the Banks
one day some years ago," said one,
"when I dropped my watch overboard,
l'he next year 1 went fishing at the
same place. I caught a whopping big
fellow and found my watch inside of
blui. It was running steadily, the ac
tion of the fish's liver having kept it
wound up. But It was five hours fast.
The only way that I can account for It
Is that the lish crossed the Atlantic,
Itaid on the other side long enough
to get the time over there, aud that I
caught him too soon after lie got back
to allow the watch to regulate itself."
"I was fishing for trout In Pennsyl
vania last fall," said another member,
"in company with my nephew, who la
RII Inveterate cigarette smoker. We
lauded a ten pounder and allowed hiiu
to flounder around In the bottom of the
boat while we cast again, because they
were biting freely. My nephew had
Just thrown a lighted cigarette in the
boat, and In some way this trout got
it, put It lu ids gills and smoked it.
The cigarette seemed to have & sooth
ing effect on him. I brought ft* trout
home, taught him to smoke a pipe, and
when we killed him Christmas 1 served
up to my guests something that I be
lieve has never been served tip before
—self smoked trout. It was great too."
>-New York Journal.
FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER.
Marhlne For Sfaltrrln* Fertiliser
Hapitlly anil With lunilufl.
Having experienced the trials of sow
ing fertilizers, a Rural New Yorker
correspondent lias devised a machine
for facilitating the business both as to
time and personal comfort He tells
how It is used either in drills or broad
casting:
It is a machine 1 got up myself. I
now have a good machine to let to my
neighbors and also the satisfaction of
feeling that I have overcome a difficul
ty and am now able to do rapidly and
with comfort a Job which formerly
was very difficult, slow and extremely
unpleasant. The fertilizer is put into
the hopper, from the bottom of which
it drops into a central opening in the
spreading disk. This disk is very ob
tusely conical and has chambers run
ning from the central opening ti> outer
edge. It Is given a rapid, rotary mo-
A FERTILIZER DISTRIBUTER.
tlon. which makes it in effect a blower,
a strong current of air passing in at
the central opening and l>eing discharg
ed at edge. This current of air blows
the fertilizer with considerable force in
all directions, scattering it with the
greatest evenness over the surface of
the ground, sowing a strip about CVi
feet wide.
Over the bottom of the hopper an
agitating arm rotates slowly, keeping
the material In the hopper thoroughly
stirred, and as the bottom of the hop
per is conical the material always
moves toward the central opening in
bottom. To regulate the flow, or feed,
thirf opening Is controlled by a conical
shaped valve, or stopper, having a
vertical motion. The conical valve lias
a base Just large euough to fill the
opening in bottom of hopper when it is
raised so Its base Is in the opening.
When it is lowered, an annular opening
Is left for the fertilizer to pass through,
and this annular opening is greater or
less according as the valve Is lowered
much or little. This valve has also a
rapid rotary motion and two pins
projecting up through the outlet of
hopper. The rapid rotary motion of
the valve, with pins attached, makes it
impossible for the outlet of hopper to
get choked, and the feed is very uni
form.
Corn Haaklng Horse.
The husking horse shown in the cut
from Ohio Farmer Is made of liglit ma
terial. The rung should be I*4 inch
stuff, pu£ in with shoulders out down
to one inch where it goes through the
legs. The rung is put down so the
IIUSKIXQ HOUSE.
ears of corn will not catch when pulled
forward. Corn husking makes lame
hacks and sore hands. The horse will
help the back, and the following recipe
will help the hands: Take white wax,
one-fourth ounce; spermaceti, one
fourth ounce; almond oil, one ounce;
glycerin, two ounces. Melt the wax
and stir in the oil and glycerin.
The Honey Se««on For I<>oo.
Commenting upon tfce not very flat
tering prospect for the honey crop this
season. Cleanings in Bee Culture say a
among other things:
"The season in California will he bet
ter than was at first expected, and es
pecially is this true for the northern
and central portions of the state.
"Black brood has got such a start in
certain portions of New York that
many of the beekeepers ara dlscour*
aged.
"It would seem that Indications for
that state (Colorado) are exceptionally
good. As the beekeepers there do not
have to depend upon rains, but on ir
rigation, in all probability they will
have another heavy houoy flow, and I
would say to the beekeepers of that
state do not be In a hurry to sell your
honey, for if there should be little or
110 honey in the east you of Colorado
will have things largely your own
way."
Think* a Halter Needed.
"We don't wish to interfere with
any honest fad or any legitimate fun,"
remarks Itural New Yorker, "but we
must say that the Angora goat craze
now sweeping over the country needs a
halter. Hundreds, yes, thousands, of
people seem to believe that the Angora
goat will turn some brush ridden old
pasture into gold. The Angora does
well on the western slopes of the Ilock
ics and in the great southwest. Deal
ers tell us that the trade in mohair la
limited and will not stand any great
increase. The price of good Angoras
has been boomed far out of proportion
to their practical value. On most east
ern farms well bred sheep will prove
Just as profitable as these goats."
GRASS CULTURE.
Point* In the Clark Method of Mftk
lUK Five Ton* Per Aere.
Ueorge M. Clark's notable plan for
growing grass is again reviewed In
Itural New Yorkei, such great interest
has it excited. It is summed up as
"perfect preparation, heavy seeding
and full feeding." The object of the
preparation is by repeated workings to
make the soil so, loose und mellow that
the ling seeds will surely sprout and
grow. As to seeding. The Rural says:
Having given this perfect fitting of the
ground, the next point of Mr. Clark's
system Is to seed heavily to grass
alone. The old Idea was that grass re
quired a nurse crop, such as rye or
wheat. When grain and grass are
eown together, a year is lost In getting
a crop of hay, while the yield is cut
flown ut least one-half of what It might
have been if the grass had been seeded
alone. Mr. Clark sent us the grass cut
from one square foot of ground. There
were 1141 separate plants. This means
14,853,900 plants on an acre. Take a
field seeded with grain, and after the
grain has been cut you will find where
every grain plant stood u bare upot as J
largo as your hand or_ lurgWP. Every
No.
one of tin'*-' spots ought to contain 23
or run Ft- grass plants if you are to have
tb« a verao found 1n Mr. Clark's field.
Such a yield Is only possible when ev
ery square inch of the surface of the
n.t adow has its stand of grass. In wr
iter to obtain this thick seeding Mr.
Clark i!»es 1-1 quarts each of redtap
ami timothy aiul four quarts of led
clover per Here.
This seeding is done in what many
farmers wouM call a slow and tedious
way. Only one kind of .seed Is sown at
a time, ami in order to obtain a greater
accuracy Mr. Clark sows the field twice
over to each kind of seed. He uses
two lines, which are pulled across the
field, so that narrow strips of accurate
site are seeded one at a time. For ex
ample. seven quarts of timothy seed
are divided accurately into (50 parts.
The lines are drawn across the field di
vided Into spaces of two square rods.
One part of the timothy seed will be
scattered evenly over each space, the
fertilizer being applied in the same
way, and also the redtop seed. When
the field has been once gone over in
this way. the lines are changed so as to
run the op|H>site way of the field, and
the same process is carried out with
the remainder of the seed. The field Is
then worked over eight times with a
specially designed tine tooth harrow.
This Is worked right and left diagonal
ly across the field until the seed Is all
perfectly harrowed in, and then a roll
er follows to complete the job. If pos
sible. this s<.i>ding is dune on a damp,
still day or before a shower. Mr. Clark
wants to sow the seed close to Sept 1
if possible. He says that grass seed in
his latitude matures in August and
would l>e sown by nature at or near the
time it is perfectly mature. When
land is se»-ded iu this way. It may run
for years without resecding provided It
is well fed and Cared for. The redtop
seed adds over a ton of hay per acre
above what any seeding to timothy
alone could produce.
Mr. Clark does not consider that sta
ble manure Is suited to the grass crop.
He thinks that the clumps of manure
are sure to kill out more or less of the
grass. Every fall the field Is clipped
and the waste grass raked off so as to
leave no harbor for mice. Fine and
soluble fertilizers are used. The fol
lowing mixture will about duplicate
the special brand used by Mr. Clark:
Four hundred pounds of nitrate of so
da, 400 pounds of muriate of potash
and 1,200 pounds of fine ground bone.
Mr. Clark uses about SOO of
this mixture per acre. It is applied at
seeding time, being spread with the
seed and harrowed thoroughly In.
About the same quantity Is used each
following year—spread on the sod
part after cutting and part the follow
ing spring.
Circumventing the Hessian Fly.
J. Troop of the Indiana station gives
advice for circumventing the Hessian
fly in that state which is suggestive
also for other sections: The active pe
riod of the fall brood in the northern
counties extends approximately from
the last of August to about the last of
September, gradually getting later as
they go south, so that in the southern
jwrtion they will be found at work
jW)bably as late as the middle of Octo
ber. It is evident, then, that in order
to avoid the fall brood of the fly the
proper time to sow wheat In the north
ern counties is between Sept. 20 and 30
and in the southern counties from the
first to the middle of October. The sta- v
tion will not sow earlier than the first
week in October this year, as the flies
were active throughout September In
18!>t>. Decoy strips should be sown In
the north the last week In August and
iu the south the first ten days of Sep
tember. plowing these under deeply be
fore sowing the main crop.
A New Early Potato.
Despite the fact that some growers
do not favor early Ohio potato the va
riety is regarded by many as the best
of the early varieties, according to
American Gardening, which adds that
WHITE EARLY OHIO POTATO.
» white form of the variety Is being
Introduced. It originated with a west
ern grower, who, having used northern
seed, found three years ago a plant
producing pure white potatoes, Identi
cal in every way with the best of tho
old Ohio except in color, whlah Is a fine
white.
An (Incoßielou Dlaolple.
Trotter—lt's a favorite amusement
among the eastern fakirs to twist them
selves into some muscle straining,
uerve racking, bone cracking posture,
#nd—
Miss Rivalton—lsn't It funny how
those odd oriental Ideas find disciples
here?
Trotter—What do you mean?
Miss Rivalton—Really, haven't yoo
ever seen Maud Wayuppe play golf*—
Harper's Bazar.
Thinking of Her.
In the "Recollections of a New Eng
land Town" is tile story of Mr. Bush,
an inventor and a very 6tudlous man,
who sometimes became so absorbed In
thought as to forget both place and
people.
His wife was a notable housekeeper,
but she did not always go to church.
One Sunday she accompanied her hus
band thither, and glad and proud was
he. But when the service was over he
walked away home, leaving her be
hind. Mrs. Bush was grieved.
"My dear," she said when she reach
ed the house, "I don't know what peo
ple will think. You came away with
out me. It was plain to be seen that I
was entirely forgotten."
Mr. Bush looked at her In comical
dismay. "Forgotten, my dear?" said
he. "Oh, no; 1 don't think that's possi
ble. Why," a brilliant idea striking
him, "now I remember. 1 was think
ing of you all the way home. I was
thinking what a good dinner you'd give
me!"
Dangers of Boating.
Clara—When George and I are mar
ried, I am to have my own way in ev
erything.
Dora—Guess you won't
Clara— lndeed I will. That'B the bar
gain. Don't you remember I told you
he proposed to me In a rowboat and
asked If I'd float through life with him
Just that way?
"Yes."
"Well, he was rowing, but I was
steering."—New York Weekly.
A Misleading Analogy.
"When you eat. be careful to leave
off hungry," is advice often given at the
dinner table, but seldom received in an
obedient spirit
The caution was repeated not long
since to a young man of vigorous ap
petite.
"Pshaw," said he, "you might as well
fell me to wash my face and be careful
to leave off dirty."