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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
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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
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\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
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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. *
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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«.
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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
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•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
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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
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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.