V O" xxxvil RicWl's SHOes 1 ■I V. | % VL. I a f »» % %%% % % ****** W \ i|K i H!^cxiK«* * *-*:*t " — X. **** Have you Seen the Pretty Styles in Fine Foot wear at l^ic^el's. Our Fall Stock is all in and is barge. Grandest Display of Fine rootwet-r 6ver Shown. A. E. Nettleton's Men's Tine Shoes. AM the latest styles in fine Box-calf, Patent-calf. Enamel nnd Cordovan in medium or heavy soles, i Sorosis-The New Shoe for Wowen. At. the latest st, • s—Don-ola, Enamel. Patent-calf. ;inti Box-calf. See our SOROSIS box-calf si-oes lor, L.-'dies, high cui:, heavy exte- ded sr-les. Just the s'uoes ft»r this time of the yea". Price $3.50 per pair. SCHOOL SHOES. High or low iut shoes in heavy Box-calf, ; Oil grain. Kip or Knngaro -calf. Gokey's High Cut Copper Toe Shoes for Boys Sizes 10 to 2. price $1.50 per pair Sizes 3 to 6, price $1.75 per pair Oil Men's Box Toe Boots and Shoes. Also a fuil stock of Army Shoes. At ail times a fuU stock of Sole Leather and Shoemakers Supplies Complete stock of Ladies' and Children's Overgaiters and Leggins. GIVE US A CAfcfc. JOHN BICKEL, 12S SOUTH MAIN STREET. - - BUTLER, PA M Clearance Sale §»] M Of Buggies. f| In order to make room for Sleighs, 1 must W2 close out a lot of goods. I have r» number of Z4 Stylish Buggies and Surries which I will •j sell at a Great Sacrifice. Buggies worth $75, will go at SSO; Buggies worth $65,. go at $45. A Fine High Grade Trap worth S2OO. for $125,. Vm Fine Stylish burries reduced from si?o to SIOO. Some which sold at $125 reduced to $75. VM WA Phaetons which sold at $125 will go at $75. A lot of Horse and Cattle Food, 2 lb packages WA WA worth 25 ct.= . at 15 cts.; larger packages at same cut rate. Axle Gcease 4 boxes for 10 cts. An WA W A endless variety of whips at '.he same cut rates. Lw Lap Robes wr.ith $6 at $4. Horse Brushes at Wj • 1 9 cts Horse Collars at 45 cts. Harness Snaps, ► w 1 mch and less at 4 for a nickel. Corr.e and see my groat selection of Robes and Blankets. {!« f« This sale to continue until November Ist. £<j Jos. Rockenstein, |>j Yi 146 N. Main St., Butler, Pa. |g aa K E C K ill I I i/hf If Men don't buy clothing for the J fju/ 1 j J purpose of spending money. They -j^ Ipl V-rtr Wl* -* •* «esue to get the best possible re- Jjj A r.| UKwA I Lp suits for the money expended. Not / < |r I cheap goods but goods as cheap as ■A / It, 1 they can be sold for i nd made up FyS (SrT jrf-lßilf ffl properly. If you want the correct - IA I | thing at the correct price, call and """""" \ mi] I S r < examine our large st:>ck of FALL J>l \ \I ji | L nd E CO: R! YLES ' SIIaDES U J wKECK Fit and Workmanship Guarantee d. G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, 142 North Main Street, Butler, Pa 'II LAVATORY APPLIANCES 1 nowadays have to be of the best J ( frsli '.l ■/ k. / to receive any sort of consider / h f/j 1 of the past—open work onl)- rc- Ul 0 ce,ves attention. Reason? It's J- ■ m&Sm sanitary, cleanly, looks better, re /i 4 yp' quires less attention and is better ,n cvef y respect, We make a specialty of up-to-date styles and Geo. Wl. \A7hite-hill, 318 Sc.nih li'aic St. People's Phone. 28. PLUMBER, Butler, Pa. H PAPES, JEWELERS. H *5 t m § J DIAMONDS, 1 - WATCHES, J o o J CLOCKS, 5 J JEWELRY, J £ SILVERWARE. $ r ~ t SILVER NOVELTIES, ETC. J S □c# We repair all kinds of £ co 5 Broken Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, etc t S3 # Give our repair department a trial. $ j® f We take old gold and silver the same as cash. * !? PAPE'S, j| 1225. Main St., Butler, Pa. p ■— - —; 1 Subscribe for the CITIZEN THE BUTLER CITIZEN. Butler Savings Bait iiuitler. Pa. Capi'-al - #0,000.00 Surplus and Profits - - $200,000. co JOS. L PURVIS President .1. HENRY TKOVTMAN Vice-President VVM. ( AMPHELL, Jr Tathier LOUIS B. STFIN lell" DIRE'TORS -Joseph 1. Purvis, J. Henry Tro'Htn it. W. I» Kriindnn W. A. StPln J. a. OumuOfll. The- Rutler Savings l!:ink is the Oldest Bank In K Institution', n Butler t'ounty. <jfn.-r;il lianklnp transacted. We solicit accounts of ..il producers, mer chants. farmers and others. All basiness entrusted to us *lll receive prompt attention. vftid nn tiirt* dPD»sIt«. TM K Barier County National Hank, LHutlte'r I J enn, Crtpital paio in - . - f 200,000.0 Surplus and Profits - J60,000. o l«». Hartman, President; J. V. Ruts, v'ice President; John G. McMarlin, Cashier, A. G. Ktug, Ass't Cashier. A general banking business transacvt-..'. lnter'-r, 1 . paid on time deposits. .Vioney I oaned on approved security. We iuvite you to open an account with this IfUCF.CT JKS—Hon. Josoph Hartmari, iii't:. W. !». \\'aldr..:i, I'r. M. Hoover, ii. M. - trweeuey. C. I*. Collins I. G. J-inith, Leslie I . Uazlett. M. Kinegaa, W. h. Larkin, Ha.ry Heasley. Dr. W. C. McCandless. Ben Mas sPtb. W. J. Marks. J. V. Kitts. A. L. Reiber THiC Farmers' National Bank, BUTLER, PENN'A. CAPITAL PAID IN, $100,000.00. Foreign exchange txiught and sold. Special attention given to collections. OFFICERS: JOHN YOL'NKINS President JOHN HUM I'll UE V Vice President C. A. BAILEY Cashier E. \V. HINCHAM Assistant Cashier J. F. HUTZLER Teller DIRECTORS. John Younklns. D. L. Cleeland. E. E. Abrams. O. N. Hcyd, W. F. Metzger. H'mry Millfr. John Humphrey. Thos. Ilays, Levi M. Wise and Francis .Murphy. Interest n:-id on time deposits. We respec. ullv solici- vour business. BUTLER BUSINESS COLLEGE. Fall term begins, Monday, Sept. 13, 1900 COURSES. I—Practical1 —Practical Book-keepers. 2—Expert Accountan's. 3 —Amanuensis Shorthand, 4 —Reporter's Shorthand s—Practical5 —Practical Short Course in Book-keeping, for those who merely wish to understand the simpler methods of keeping bcoks. 6 English. Ouit TEACIIK.IS -We have four at present always as many as we need, 110 more. Posirjo.lß Ve e:;pect to be able to place at least tw'ce as many graduates lu positions the coming year as we have the past. We could place three where we place one if we only had more of the right kind of material to work on. Young man, young woman, if you have a fai- English e&ucation. and are industrious and persistent it will be to your interest U) take at least one of our courses, and let us assist you to remunerative em ployment. The finest system of shorthand ever pub lished wi'l be used lu our school th« coming year. Call and examine it. Send for a copy of our new catalogue and circulars. A. F. REGAL, Prin., 319- 327 S. Main St.. Butler. Pa. HAVE YOUR FILLED AT JOHNSTON'S CRYSTAL PHARMACY, 10C N. MAIN ST., BUTLER, PA R. M. LOGAN, Ph. G., Manager. The Bottom Has Been Knocked Out of Wall Paper Prices PATTERSON BROS, can give you figures on WALL PAPER that will interest yon. Call at once and get prices. Large line of NEW MOULD INGS for PICTURES a nd MIRROR FRAMING just ar rived. Bring your Pictures and have them framed. Patterson Bros., 236 N. Main St. People's Phone. 400. Wick Building. J.V.Stewart, (Successot or H. Bickel) LIVERY. Sale and Eoarding Stable. \V. Jefferson St., Butler, Pa. Firat class equipment—eighteen good drivers—rigs of all kinds— cool, roomy and clean stables. People's Phone 125. J. V. STEWART. Pearson B. Nace's Livery Feed and Sale Stable Rear of Wick House Butler Penn'a. The best of horses and first class rigs al ways on hand and for hire. Best accommodations In town for perma nent boarding and transient trade. Sped al care guaranteed. Stable Room For 65 Horses. p A eood class of horses, both drivers and draft horses always on hand and for sale under a full guarantee; and horses ■pon proper notification by PEARSON B. NACE. Telephone, No. Slit, BUTLER. PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 1900 Tonight If your liver is out of order, causing Biliousness, Sick Headache, Heart burn, or Constipation, take a dose of Hood's Pitts On retiring, and tomorrow your di gestive organs will bo regulated and you will be bright, active and ready for anv kind of work. This has been the experience of others; it will be yours. HOOD'S PILLS are sold bv "all medicine dealers. 25 cts. CATARRH LOCAL'DISEASE and is the result of coldr and sudden climatic changes. W§ cTtyi' For your Protection FEVER «>, M we positively state that tl.is remedy does not contain . c,.; mercury or any other injur- MI ious drug. Ely's Cream BaimKHS is acknowledged to be the roost thoronch care for Nasal Catarrh, Cold in Head and llay fever of all remedies. It opens and r'xmscs the nasal passages, tilays pain ana inflammation, heals the gores, pro tects the membrane from colds, restores the senses of taste and smell. Price 50c. at Druggists or by mail. ELY BKOTHiiUS, 66 Warren Street, New York. AMENDMENT TO THE t'ON-TITITIoN PKOPOrfEO TO THE CITIZENS O! THIS COMMONWEALTH KOKTUEIR AP PROVAL OK REJECTION MY THE OEN EUAL ASSEMBLY OK TIIF. COMMON WEALTH OK I'F.N NSYLVANI A. PUB LISHED BY ORDEi: < >i' THE SECRET A E\ OE THE COMMON WE M.TII. IN PI RM - ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CON STITUTION. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth. Section I. Be it resolved by the Seriate and House of Representatives of the Common wealth in General Assembly met. That the following is proposed as amendments to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Penn sylvania. In accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: Amendment One of Article Section One. Add at the end of the first paragraph of said after the words -shall be entit - led to vote at all elections." '.he words "sub ject however t,.» such laws requiring and rejiulatin;; the registration of electors as the Oeneral Assembly may enaci." so that the said section shall read as follows: Section 1. Qualifications of Electors. Every male citizen twenty-one years of age. K>ssessing the following qualifications, shall 2 entitled to vote at all elections, subject however to such laws requiring and regulat ing the registration of electors as the Gen eral Assembly tna> 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 l>orii citizen of the State, he shall have removed therefrom and re tnrned, 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 l>eeii assessed at least two 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 be deprived of the priv ilege of voting by reason of his name not be ing registered," and add to said section the following words, "but laws regulating aud requiring the registration of electors may In' enacted to apply to cities only, provided that such laws be uniform for cities of the same class." so that the said section shall read as follows: Section 7. Uniformity of Election Laws. — All laws regulating the holding of elections by the citizens or for the registration of electors shall l>e uniform throughout the State, but laws regulating and requiring the registration of electors may be enacted to apply to cities only, provided that such laws be uniform for clues of same class. A true copy of the Joint Resolution. W. W. GRIEST. Secretary of the Commonwealth. AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION PROPOSED TO THE CITIZENS OK TIIIS CO.MMONWE \LTII KOIi THEIR AP PROVAL OR REJECTION BY THE GEN ERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMON WEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. PI LISIIED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OK THE COMMONWEALTH IN PURSU ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CON STITUTION. A JOIST RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Com monwealth of Pennsylvania in General As sembly met. That the following is proposed as an amendment to the Constitution of ilie Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; n accord ance with the provisions of the Eighteenth arttcle thereof. Amendment. Strike out section four of article eight, and insert in place thereof, as follows: Section 4. All elections by the citizens shall be by ballot or by such other metnod as may be prescribed by law: Provided, That secrecy in voting l>e preserved. A true copy --f the Joint Resolution W. W. GRIEST. Secretary of the Commonwealth NEW HOUSE. NEW FORNITUF.R Central Hotel SIMEON NIXON, JR.,l, r J. BROWN NIXON, / Mgrs ' BUTLER, A Opposite Court* House. Next Door > Park Theatre Sunday Dinners A Specialty. Meals 25 cts. Rooms 50 cts. Regular Rates sl. Local and Long Distance Phones. Hotel Waver ly South McKean Street J. W HAWORTH Prop'r. BUTLER, PA Steim Heatajd Electric Light The most commodious office in the city. Stabling in Connection. "TIME and TIDE« Nor will the beautiful stork of Watches that we now have on hand at such aston ishing low prices wait veiv long, as they ar>' sellers on sight. Call and examine them. We repair all kinds of watches at a low price. We also sell Cameras, Photo Supplies, Cleveland and Crescent Bicycles, Edison and Columbia Talking Machines. R. L. KIRKPATRICK, Jeweler and Graduate Optician- Next to Court House. Karl Schluchter, Practical Tailor and Cutter 125 W. Jefferson, Butler, Pa. Busheling, Cleaning and Repairing a Specialty. A PERSIAN GAZELLE. [Jami] T.sst night when my tirtd eyes wrre closed Ifl sleep I sav. the one I lore and heard her Ppeak— Heard, in tbe listening watches of the night. The sweet words reciting from her sweeter lips; But what she *aid or seemed to say to me 1 have forgotten, though, till morning broke, I strove to ro®ember her melodious words. Long, long may Jami's eyes be blest with sleep, Like that which stole him from himself last night. The perfect rest, which, closing his tired lids, Disclosed the hidden beauty of his love And. flooding his soul with music all the while, Imposed fo%retfulness, instructing him That silence is more significant of love Than all the burning words in lovers' songs. —K. H. Stoddard in Harper's Magazins. t0*0ict0»0«0*0<i0«03 IA HINDOO MYSTERVI o o ® BY M. QUAD. • e o ® ocrnuoHT, 1900, ir c. ». tnris. ® o o •ceotocototoioiosoi For corroboration of what I am about to relate I give you the Haidara bad Gazette of the dates of June 0, 8 and 24 of the year 1572. In those three issues, as well as in others later on, you will find much space devoted to the case of the man who went by the name of Chilka. This Hindoo Chilka, who was about 40 years of age, came to the canton ment at Haidarabad as a peddler of fetiches. He had the beaks and claws of birds, the feet of small animals, the skins and teeth of Berpenta and the ears and claws of tigers and panthers. He claimed that all his stock had been blessed by a holy man and that each and every article was a charm. The native soldier Is full of superstition, and the English soldier In India at least hopes for good luck. Together they always buy liberally of these peddlers. There were charms against death, wounds, sickness, loss and what not. and the very cheapest and poorest was a guarantee that its possessor would never be struck by lightning. The man had been selling his goods for an hour or so when a dispute arose —r fr. - r T"F 3= r : Hi r A. THE HINDOO HAD VANISHED. between him and an Euglish soldier, and he was ordered off the grounds. As he stopped to argue the matter he was run into the guardhouse to give him a lesson. The prison held four or five soldiers at the time, but Chilka sat down in a corner aud refused to notice any of them. They turned from him to their cards, but after half an hour suddenly saw that he was missing. There was but one window, and that was barred. There was but one door, and that had not been opened. The alarm was given, and an officer came in to investigate. It was little he could discover. The peddler had vanished, and yet had he been a cockroach there was no crevice he could have used to escape. The door had been locked, with a sentry ou the outside, and tlie window had not been tampered with. When the officer made his report he was reprimanded. To square himself he fell back on the soldier prisoners. Before the affair ended a good many officers were badly mixed up. It could not be disputed that Chilka had been locked up. It could not be disputed that he had vanished soon after. No one could say how he had gone, and that was the stick of it. To say that he had melted Into a shadow and floated through the keyhole was ridiculing the matter. He was finally reported as having escaped, and it was generally believed that the other prisoners had somehow aided him. Next day the Hindoo was arrested In the city for having passed a bogus coin and was taken to the city jail to await trial. When imprisoned in the guardhouse at the cantonment, nothing was taken away from him. When taken to the city jail, he was carefully searched aud his pockets emptied. Aside from the fetiches I have mentioned, he had with him a flat stone about the size of an American silver dollar. The color was pale pink, and It was framed in silver and worn around his neck. This stone he had not shown to the soldiers, but the prisoners In the guardhouse re membered his having it in his hands and gazing at it intently as he sat by himself. He begged hard to be per mitted to retain this charm, but It was taken away with the other articles. Chilka remained in jail overnight and was then brought Into court for examination. He denied knowing that the coin was worthless, but as several others like It were found in his pockets he was remanded to jail to await trial. He asked for the pink stone, explain ing that it was a charm against fever, and it was given him. The story of the man's escape from the pnsirdhouse had reached the jailer, and though he laughed at it he at the same time locked the prisoner up in a cell by him self. When his supper was carried in, the Hindoo was staring at the stone. Two hours later he was missing from the cell. It was so utterly impossible for the man to have left the prison that the officials stood confounded. Search was made for hours, and then the watchman in that corridor was put under arrest. It was asserted that un less he had unlocked the cell and two corridor doors Chilka could not have escaped. He made an indignant denial, and the singular incident was the talk of the town and was published in the newspapers. The affair would bave died out in a week but for the recap ture of the Hindoo two or three days later. He was seen and recognized in a village about 20 miles away and was arrested and returned to jail. He would make no explanations. He was offered a sum of money and his free dom if he would betray the guard, but he was silent. No Importance was at tached to the pink stone, but it was taken away from him when he was locked up. For two days the man was quiet and sullen. Then he began to shout and scream and rave, and to quiet him the stone was restored. As soon as it was placed in his hands the fellow was like a latub. It was giveu him about 3 o'clock in the afternoon. The corridor In which he was confined contained eight cells, and in each cell except bis there were two prisoners. There was a barred window at one end of the corridor aud an iron door at the other. A guard sat at this door aiul had con trol of the lever unlocking all the cells. He was own brother to the sheriff, and his integrity could not be Impugned. His orders were to look into Cliilka's cell every hour, and at 4 o'clock he looked in anil found the man apparent ly asleep. At 5 o'clock he looked in. to find the cell empty. There had been no movement to alarm him. aud the other prisoners had heard nothing. Before unlocking the cell the guard called in the jailer, aud never was offi cial so dumfounded. The Hindoo had vanished. But how could he have gone In the flesh? There was the guard aud there were 14 prisoners to back him up. aud. though the Jailer was a hard headed man. he was forced to believe In the supernatural. This third queer escape caused no end of talk. Europeans who reside in India see so many strange things that they become taiutedwith superstition. There were a few who shook their heads and hinted that the jailer knew more than he dared tell, meaning that Chilka had dealt with him. but the great major ity put it down that the pinlt stone was the fetich which had caused all the troubl«\ In order to clear them- selves of ridicule the officials deter mined that Chilka should be recap tured at any cost, and messengers were sent In every direction, and a large re ward was offered. In about ten days he was found 100 miles away. The tlrst move of his captors was to take the pink stone away from him. He was brought back to Haldarabad and Jailed, and he was offered various sumi of money If he would give up the secret of his escape. Not a word of explana tion would he make, and for four days he refused to eat or drink. He begged for the pink stone, and It was finally decided to give It to him. The stone had been taken to lapidaries and jew elers, but no one had been able to give it a name or to recall having ever seen one like it. When the charm was turned over to Chilka, he wept for joy and called for food. He was now taken to a corridor in which were four cells and all empty. The only window was boarded up, two guards were stationed at the door, and a cell each side of the Hindoo was occupied by a fe-uard. The Jailer him self was the guard on the inner side of the door. The charm was passed over to Chilka just at supper time. He ate h!s food aud lay down ou the straw as if to sleep. At a quarter past C the Jailer looked into the cell, and the man was there. So at half past and a quar ter to 7. At 7 o'clock he was gone. Smile if you will, but the Hindoo had taken his departure out of an Iron cell, with four guards at hand, and not the slightest trace of him could be found. The guards in the cells had heard uo more on his part. His cell door remained locked, and there was the Impress of his form on the straw. •You can't say those four men were fools. You can't deny in the face of all the talk and newspaper articles and affidavits that he vanished on the dif ferent occasions as I have related. In deed. the public Investigations called out doctors, guards, soldiers and at torneys, and they were not men who could be ridiculed. Chilka simply van ished as a spirit. The stone was the charm which accomplished it. He was never found after his last escape. The authorities didn't want to find him. He was not only a spirit of evil, but his escapes had a bad moral influence on the Hindoo community. You may turn and twist the matter as you will, but you can't get over facts, and the main fact in the case was that the fellow could dissolve his earthly body into nothingness. An Odd Epitaph. In "Antiente Epitaphes," Thomas F. Ravenshow (1878), says Notes and Queries, this epitaph Is printed: 1950 Richard Richards. To the memory of Ric. Richard 9 who by Gangrene lost first a Toe, afterwards a Leg, & lastly his Life on the 7th day of Aprill, 1650. Ahl cruell Death, to make three meals of To taste and taste till all was gone. But know, thou Tyrant, when the trvmpe shall call, He'll find his feet k stand when thou shalt fall. BANBURY, OXON. The Savage Bachelor. "I know something I won't tell," Bang the widow boarder's little girl, as little girls have often done ever since marriage was invented. "Never mind, child," said the savage bachelor. "You'll get over that habit when you get older." lndianapolis Press. HOW TURKS EAT " The j- Use No Titblei, Chairs, Knlven, Fork* or Platca. The Turks use no tables In their homes, and chairs are unknown, says London Answers. Instead there is a huge wooden frame built in the middle of the room, about 18 inches high, and when the family assembles to dine cushions are brought, placed upon the frame, and on these the members seat themselves, tailor fashion, forming a circle around a large tray which occu pies the center. The tray is a very large wooden, plated or silver affair, according to the social and financial condition of the fuuiily, aud thereon is deposited a ca pacious bowl. About it are ranged saucers of sliced cheese, anchovies, ca viare and sweetmeats of all sorts. In terspersed with these are goblets of sherbet, pieces of hot unleavened bread and a number of boxwood spoons, with which to drink the soup. Knives, forks and plates do not fig ure in the service, but each one has,a napkin spread upon his knees, aud ev ery one, armed with a spoon, helps himself. When this is consumed, the bowl is borne away, and another great dish takes its place. This time it is a con glomeration of substantial, all stewed up together, such as mutton, game or poultry. The mess has been divided by the cook into small portions, which are dipped up with the aid of a spoon or with the fingers. For the host to fish out of the mess a wing or leg of a fowl and present it to a guest is considered a great compli ment, and for a Turk of high degree to roll a morsel between his fingers and then put it into the mouth of a visitor is looked upon as the height of favor and good manners. A Dye Wanted. Our consul in Birmingham says that several years ago one of the Barbers, of threadmaking fame, told him that the discoverer of a fast black dye for linen thread could command his own price. Examine the thread holding the buttons in men's clothing, and you will see that after a short time the black disappears, and even new linen thread has not sufficient depth of color. It is Impossible to find in the English shops men's black cotton socks with tops at all elastic. The fast black dye for cot ton was the discovery of an English chemist. English iiose manufacturers would not at first buy his secret, but the Germans did and built up a trade all over the worlds— New York Times THE ELEVATOR BOY. SOME PERSONAL ADVENTURES AS RE LATED BY HIMSELE. Whnrrln lip Shows That So Tennnt Should to the Trn»llng Boy Who Tnke» Pleasure In Kxerclsinir li iinMe 11 I)) llunnlnit the Klevntor. [Copyright, 1900, by C. B. Lewit.] When old Mr. Graham, the Dakota land agent, moved into our building a year ago. he sent for me almost at once aiul said: "Sanimls. 1 understand that this sky fccraper is owned by a $7,000,000 syndi cate." "Yes. sir, it is," I said. "And Mr. Rasher is the agent" "He is. sir." "And the syndicate and Mr. Rasher make up a powerful combination. Nev ertheless, Summis, I want to .stand in with you. I know the power of an ele vator boy for good or evil, and It is my earnest wish to form a little trust with you. We will be the only stock holders and run it to suit ourselves. Your dividends will amount to $2 per week and be paid every Saturday." Mr. Graham and I stood in together. He was an adopted father, and I was 4 r-«Z A HKLPLESS WRECK. an adopted son. The trust flourished, and the dividends were paid regularly, and I took care of his interests. There were several old roosters about the building who came to me on the quiet to get information, but I was dumb. They hinted around that he had desert ed his wife in Chicago and was an old masher who ought to be tarred and feathered, but even when they showed me the corner of a 32 bill I gave up nothing. Two months ago I began to notice a change In old Mr. Graham. He assum ed a cold and independent attitude to ward me. My trust dividends were reduced to ?1 a week and then to noth ing, and he made no explanations. He nodded at me in a frigid way in the ele vator, and if I went to his room to ask for an explanation he was always busy. It is hard for an elevator boy to feel that he has been turned down. I wor ried over Mr. Graham's attitude for two or three weeks and then grew cold and stony hearted myself. If he could do without me, I could do without him. No self respecting elevator boy will crawl to a tenant no matter how much rent he pays. I was standing on my dignity with both feet when he sent for me. I rather looked for a reconcil iation and entered his room with a smile on my face, but he looked at me in an icy way and said: "Boy, I am about to take a vacation. I shall go to Newfoundland for a month. People will come in and in quire for me, and you will say that I ain In Newfoundland. You will add that I am catching a barrel of fish per day aud enjoying myself as never be fore. That's all." "What about our trust, sir?" I asked. "Trust? Trust? What do you mean?" "And are you no longer my adopted father?" "Boy, don't monkey with me if you want to hold your job! You are a fresh young kid, and a licking now and then would be a good tonic for you, but as long as you behave yourself to ward me I shall make no complaints. Get along now and remember New foundland." I was crushed, but only for a mo ment; then I returned look for look and left him to his destruction. Next day his office was locked, and he had disappeared. Two days later I asked Mr. Rasher for a day off and got it I had hardly struck thoConey Island boat when I spotted old Mr. Graham. He had a new gray suit and a white hat, and he was carrying a cane and gig gling and laughing with a giddy young woman. Some elevator boys would have walked right up to him and ask ed If the fish were biting well, but I didn't. I dodged him and camped on his trail. When he got down to the island, he seemed like a young colt broke loose. He bought pop and pea nuts and candy, and he rode with that young woman on the horses and toboggans and shoots. When they went in bathing, he cantered up and down the beach like a kid and tried to turn handsprings. I kept in the back ground, and he didn't see me, and I went home with my heart full of sor row for that old man. It was his daughter he was with, of course, but why had he not taken me into his con fidence? Why had he said he was go ing to Newfoundland? I got Sir. Kasher to let me off again, and again I found the pair on the boat. I said nothing to any one, but my young heart was grieved. Three days later a woman called at the skyscraper to ask for Mr. Graham. She said she wanted to buy lands In the west. She was a woman who stood almost six feet high, and when she shut her jaws together and gritted her teeth it gave me a chill. She talked land with me for 15 minutes. At first 1 got off that Newfoundland fishing story, but after she had taken me by the back of the neck and lifted me off iny feet 1 gave her a few pointers about Coney Island. She didn't say that she was old Mr. Graham's wife. When I spoke of see ing him with his daughter, she didn't smile sarcastically. She stuck to it that she was a widow who wanted to go out to Dakota and tear up 320 acres of soil and grow up with corn and tur nips, and she was in a hurry to get there. She was in such a hurry that she started for Coney Island right away to find Mr. Graham and have the deeds made out. What happened down by the sea I learned from a boy who sat on the sands with a bag of peanuts when the thud came. Mr. Graham and his daughter were disporting on^ the beach when the six foot widow al* IT ed. She looked on while the cantered up and down in a bathing suit, but of a sudden she made a dive for him. The boy said there was a long drawn yell of affright as she seized him, and then followed a series of gasps and gurgles and thumps. For three or four minutes the sand fiew so that no one could tell exactly what was happening, but when it settled down the old man was lying a helpless wreck on the shore, the daughter was a mile away and still on the run, and the wid ow from the west was breathing hard and holding up scraps of a bathing suit In her hands and saying: "Now, Hlchard Graham, you git Into your tojts and come along with me, and I want you to understand that this per formance is not half over yet!" Next day Mr. Graham came to the building to remove his ofllce furniture. The widow was with him. She seemed to l>e the boss, and he entered no objec tions to anything she said. 1 think he wanted to talk with me and tell me what a grave mistake he had made and how sorry he was for it. lie looked at me in an appealing way. and his lip trembled, but before he could say any thing she reached for his ear and shut him off. They left the building togeth er. and the light of victory was iu her eyes, and I saw him wipe away a tear as he left the elevator for the last time. I felt conscience stricken and told Mr. Rasher all about it. As he had lost a good tenant, I thought he would blame me, but he didn't When he had heard my story, he said: "It wasn't your fault. Sammis. The giddy old chap ought to have taken you Into his confidence about $3 worth. No tenant should lie to an elevator boy, and his dividends should be paid regu larly." I do uot want to get the name of be ing a terror around this building, and I believe it will be far better for all of us if tenants meet me half way and give their trust and confidence to Sam mis, the elevator boy. M. QUAD. Reflection* of a Bachelor. A woman's politics are shaped about like a woman's bundle. Probably if a donkey could talk it would go around arguing that the horse's ears were too small. By the time It comes a man's turn to die he has just about had time to learn how to live comfortably. Some men would never be what they are if it hadn't been for women that re fused them and it made them mad. A woman's idea of a mean woman Is one who wouldn't knock a bug off an other woman's neck if she had any thing against her. —New York Press. A Respite For the Coekoo. The Hunter—Doggone it! I've miss ed again. Now I'll have to wait an other hour. He Harried. Papa was cutting Freddy's hair. He did it very well, but was not quick at the Job. Fred, who is G years old, found the function very tiresome. At last he said: "Have you nearly done, daddy?" "Very near. I've Just the front to do now." "All I'm 'fraid is," sighed the mar tyr, "that the back will grow again while you are cutting the front!" Then papa put on a spurt.—London Tit-Bits. Patting: & Head on It. "This is a great story," said the new reporter, "but I can't think of a good head for it. It's about a trusted em ployee whose accounts were found to be crooked and when he was accused of it dropped dead." "That's easy," said the snake editor helpfully. "Head it, 'Died From Ex posure.' "—Philadelphia Press. Other Methods, Borroughs—l'm off forCallfornia. Got a good job out there. Goodby, old man. I'll never be able to express to you all I owe you for your many little kind nesses. Lenders—Well, you might try a mon ey order or a check. —Catholic Stand ard and Times. Altered Vl«lon. Kitty—You know that nice, middle aged Mr. Smith that Clara was so cra zy about? Nancy—Yes. What of him? Kitty—Well, now that their engage ment is broken she speaks of him as "Old Man Smith."—lndianapolis Jour nal. How Moody Got Ont of It. Many were the interesting experi ences belonging to the first Northfleld conference called by D. L. Moody. One especially shows Mr. Moody himself In his varying phases. It was the con versation hour at noon, and about 100 men were sitting under the tent on Round Top Mr. Moody, leaning sturdily against the tent pole, led the meeting. Sudden ly there came from him the plump question, "Brethren, how many of you have so grown in grace that you can bear to have your faults told?" Many hands went up. Quick as a flash, but neither sharply nor insult ingly, Mr. Moody turned to a young minister and said: "Brother, you have spoken 13 times in 12 days here and perhaps shut out 12 other good men from speaking." It was true. The young man had been presuming and officious. He had held up his hand, but he could not bear to be chidden, and now he stoutly de fended himself, only making matters worse. Then another minister broke forth and berated Mr. Moody for his bluntness. The latter blushed, but lis tened until the reproof was done. Then he suggestively covered his face and spoke through his fingers, "Brethren, I udmit the fault my friend charges me with; but, brethren, I did not hold up mv hand!"— Youth's Companion. Mutual RecoKuttion. "Bless my soul!" explained the man with the iron gray beard, cordially ex tending his hand. "Ain't you the tow headed boy that used to worry" the life out of me 25 years ago, back in old Chemung county, by climbing my or chard fence and stealing my apples?" "If you're the infernally mean and Stingy old hunks who owned that or chard aud used to set your dog on any boy who came within half a mile of it, I am," replied the younger man, grasp ing the proffered hand and shaking it heartily.—Chicago Tribune. To Be Concl.e. "Young man," said the editor to the budding journalist who brought him a column story which could have been told better in ten lines, "when a man discovers his house is ablaze he doesn't go to the window and tell the passers by that half au hour ago what threat ened to be a terrible conflagration broke out in the upper story of the pa latial mansion occupied by Mr. Jere miah Dickens.' He simply rushes to ! the front and shouts 'Fire!' Be con -1 else, young man." _ No. 42 ftAIMSCWEN STORING CROPS. A Rnliirnof Corn honor nti«l n Pit For Hoot*. Scc«l I'utntoen, Etc. I notice that man) farmers suffer a peat waste from vermin in the corn vrib. and frequently it is very serious. Itats are especially a great enemy in this respect. Unless tlie cornliouse is so made that there are no hiding places, it is impossible to dislodge the rats from their retreat. The cornhouse shown in end view is made so it is in accessible to rats or mice, and there are no hiding places beneath it. It Is elevated three feet above the ground on firmly set stone posts, neatly dress oonxnorsE. ed. The cribs may be made from six to eight feet wide and of any desired length. Tor 4.000 bushels of corn in the ear the building should be 40 feet long with cribs 8 feet wide and 12 feet high. In building this one should use 6 by 8 timber for sills and 2 by 8 Joist. The floor is made of 2 by 3 laid a half inch apart so as to admit the free cir culation of air among the corn. The studding should be 2 by C set three feet on centers, with 2 by 4 girts notched into the studding. The ends of this building are sided with seven-eighth inch matched drop siding put on hori zontally except, the gable, which is put on vertically with the ends notched, as shown in cut. The sides are covered with 1 by 3 inch strips set a half inch apart and are put on vertically. The space between the cribs Is 12 feet wide and is closed inside from the bottom of the cribs to ground, forming an inside shed which is not accessible to any farm animals. This inner shed is CIOB ed by rolling doors at each end. The cribs are boarded up inside the shed with three inch strips placed horizon tally a half inch apart to admit air, 1 and by opening the doors free circula tion of air can be obtained in fine weather. The shed is floored over above, form ing an apartment 12 feet wide by 40 feet long for storage of corn. A trap door may be made in this floor to hand up corn from below. The shed between the cribs will make a splendid store house for implements. As many doors may be made In the cribs as desired, says a writer in the Ohio Farmer, who also gives the following suggestions about keeping crops: When roots are properly put away In pits, they keep better than when stor ed in cellars, especially seed potatoes that one .wants to use for late planting. The difficulties iu the way of keeping roots in pits are the danger that frost will penetrate the covering and the risk of heating for want of ventilation. By the use of beard coverings or shut ters these difficulties may with care be wholly removed. The board coverings may be made of a length to cover one side of the pit; 4 by 6 feet will be found a handy size. Any rough, cheap boards will answer the purpose. These may be cut into the required length and nailed to crosspieces made of 2 by 6 joist placed edgeways, as shown In the cut. When the roots are heaped in the usual manner and a covering of straw eight or uine inches thick placed up and down on the heaps, the boards or shutters are laid on the straw so that they nearly meet on the top. Space Is left through which the ends of the straw project. The straw Is turned down over the edges of the boards when the dirt Is thrown on them. The boards are placed upon the straw with the cleats down so that they lie hori zontally. There Is then an air space of six inches between the thickness of straw as a protection to the root In addition there may be as thick a covering of earth thrown upon tho boards as inay be required. In most places six to ten inches will be needed. BOOT PIT. Earth will always be needed and is useful in keeping the roots at an even temperature, and so low that they will not sprout or heat A few places in the top of the heap should be left with the straw pulled up through the earth, as thown at A and B in the cut These places should be left uncovered foy ventilation. This pit may be opened at any time during the winter, in moder ate weather, and when a stock of roots lias been takeu out sufficient to last a week it may be closed again. Drtlllns Grain. The Minnesota experiment station tried for several years drilled wheat by the side of wheat sown broadcast. These were field tests on considerable areas, and they found as an average that the drilled wheat yielded 50 per cent more than that which was broad casted. The results were most marked In seasons when the soil was dry, as the seeds were well covered at a unl» form depth by the drill, and thus ger minated more freely and evenly. SnliJieqnent Reflection, "Oh, what a beautiful water lily!" No sooner had the maiden littered these words than Archie Sixcap reso lutely waded out after it lie sank in mud up to his waist at once. But he didn't get the lily. It was still yards away from hitn and in deeper mud. "Fools rush in," he muttered savage ly to himself as he turned and began ilopping his way back to shore, "where angels have too darned much sense to tread!" —Chicago Tribune. Ii» the Iln*lne««. "Children," said Aunt Mary, "yon have a new little brother. He camo this morning while you were asleep." "Did he?" exclaimed the eldest "Then 1 know who brought him." "Who was it?" asked Aunt Mary. "Why, the milkman, of course. I saw it on his cart 'Families supplied daily.' "—London Tit-Bits. Her RrplX. The Husband (sourly)— You ought to know better how to use money. The Wife (sweetly)— Perhaps I could learn if 1 had a little more to practice with.—Puck.
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