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Bickel's
Spring Footwear
THE LARGEST AND MOST COMPLETE
STOCK WE HAVE EVER HAD.
\f the lateßt styles in Men's Shoes.
iW-till o OllUtro full line of Men's Patent Calf Shoes —the
very latest styles, $3.00, $3.50, $5.00 and $6 00. \ ici-kid and Hox-
Calf Shoes $1.50 to $5.00. Also a complete stock of Men's Patent
Leather and Vici kid Oxfords in the latest styles.
Boy's and Youth's Shoes,
the 1. test styles. Spring lasts, are very attractive. We have a full stork
of Boy's and Little Gents' Shoes in Patent Calf, Box Calf, \ ici-Kid.
Ladies Finf Shoes— SO HOSTS—The
New Shoe for Women »t u ,f
comfortable and All styles "AAA to E.' We have a
large ass itiiient of the Celebrated Carter Comfort Shoes and especi
ally recommcud ihem for their comf <rt giving qualities.
Misses' and Children's Shoes. o Ln av the ot gHs"
The most complete stock of Misses' and Children's Shoes vve have
ever had. A.I tiie new styles in fine Dongoia Tan, Red and Patent
Leather. All sizes, "A to EE," ranging in price from SI.OO to $3.00.
All Winter Goods to be closed out regardless of cost.
Special bargains in Felt Boots and Rubber Goods of all kinds.
Hlijrt IRON STANDS with four lasts at 50c.
Sole Leather cut to any amount you wish to purchase.
JOHN BICKEL,
128 SOUTH MAlrs STREET. - - BUTLER, PA
20th Century UllCn TfiiU'Q 20th Century
Sho Sale nUoLL I O Shoe Sale
Greatest of all Shoe Sales!
Begins January 17, at 9:30
After stock taking we find broken sizes and odd lots all through
ths immen e stock which must be sold.
Great Price Concessions Counteract
January lull in trade and-made it one of our busy months Just
think of it. Strictly high grade Footwear marked to se'.l at a Fourth,
a Tn'r J and a Half less than our regular prices. For instance, Shoes
that we scil regularly for SI.OO and tf1.25 now selling fo.- 50c. Those
at $2.00 and $2.50, now $1.45 and $1.85. Others at 1.25 and
$1.50 now 75c and 95c.
Irresistible Values Compel Prudent People to Purchase
This price cutting reaches every line and these values are not
equaled in any shoe house in Butler.
DON'T DELAY.
Come before the lots are broken. Sale begins THURSDAY,
JANUARY 17, at 9:30 These "goods sold only for cash.
B. C. HUSELTON'S,
Rutler's Leading Shoe (louse. Opposite Uotel Lowry
| These Are New |
| Spring, 1901. 8
£ SATIN STRIPE ALBATROSS-A light weight fabiic of fine tex-
Jo ture and very handsome appearance. Solid Colors with white satin
fdfc stripe. All wool 27 inches wide 75c a >' an ' Wf
U FRENCH FLANNEL —New Spring weight, solid colors, all wool, Uk
(V FANCY SILK ZEPHYR—A silk and cotton fabric. Washes
splendidly. Handsome stripes and plaids. Excellent for waists and
W dresses— 27 inches wide 35c a
a MERCERIZED COTTON FOULARDS-Very handsome and silky. «
Printed and finished like finest silk Foulards. 27 lnchss wide...3sc yd
tR MERCERIZED WOVEN SILK —Make of fine Mercerized Cotton.
jjgk Good body and very silky looking. Solid colors and corded stripes.
jB 27 inches wide 25c >"d JB
iR WASH FABRlCS—Complete lines of new Seersuckers, Ginghams, (R
Zephyrs, Lawns, Dimities and Sheer Fabrics. Constant arrivals of
K choice :'ew goods keep the line complete in every detail.
jP WHITE GOODS —New Lawns, Dimities. Swisses, Embroideries,
Lices, All-overs and L?ce Curtains at lowest prices.
* NEW —Gold Belts, Buckles, Buttons, Spikes and Braids. New
W Chain Purses, Brooches and Hair Ornaments. »
|L. Stein & Son J
jjj 108 N. MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PA- g
KECK
Spring Styles c.\
"Hj Have a nattiness about them that hp ~IV i /j /•
mirk s the wearer, it won't do to /J " NIA ft \ \\
wear the last vear's output. You FJ M \ J&J /J
won't get the latest things a l , the I J
stock clothiers either. The up-to- . 1 1 ! P
Cdate tailor only can supply them, . ( J\ \f l\T\ IVI
if you want not only the latest ,( I / TV. I" /[ ' I
things in cut and fit and work- \ | It (I / 1
nianship, the finest in durability, I / I 11/1 / 1
where e'se can you get combina- I I ( |'/ I / j|
tions, you get thetn at J II 7j I ' '
K E C K
G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor,
142 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed. Butler, Pa
FRpETOWYfODY
v > 1 830 Filbert .Street. l'lilJadelpliia, l'a.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Butler Savings Bank
.'tiller, r 3 «.
Capital - $60,000.1:
! Surplus and Prcfits - - f215.000.tx"
JOS. L Pi:llVis Presided
! J. HENRY I ROUTMAN Vir*-Pn*ident
1 \VM. C.\M PHELL, J r Caitiff
! LOi'IS l> ST KIN Teller
OtUBtTOU- -f - ph I. Purvis. J. Henry
Tro'Uroun, W. !). BraiU&on. W. A. Stein. J.
OaoiDbell.
The Butler Savings Hank is the Oldest
11 :11U ir lir Institution; n Butler County.
General banking business transacted.
We solicit accounts of „il producers, mer
chants, farmers and others.
All b.isincss entrusted fo us will receive
prompt attention,
interest i>a'<l on deposits.
rMK
Buiid County National B&Qk,
l_>u tier Peon,
Capital pnid in - - (200,000.00
Surplus and Profits (85,000.0 c
los. Hartman, President; J. V. Ritts,
Vice President; John G. McMarlin,
Cashier, A C. Krug, Ass't Cashier.
A general banking business transacted,
luteres*. i>al<l on time deposits.
Money I janed on approved security.
Wt' invite you to open a.n account with tills
b.ink. „ ... „
DIRECTORS—Hon. Joseph Hartmau, Hon.
W. S. Waldron. Or. M. Hoover. H. Mc-
Swteney. C. I'. Collins I. G. Smith, Leslie 1 .
Hazlett, il. Finegdin, W. H. Larkin, I . I •
Mifflin. I»r. W. C. McC'andiess. Her was
seth. W.J. Markj. J. V. Bltts. A. L. Reiber
THE
Farmers' National Bank,
BUTLER, PENN'A.
CAPITAL PAID IN, $100,000.00.
Foreign exchange bought and sold.
Special attention given to collections.
OFFICERS:
JOHN VOI"NKINS President
JOHN III'MI'IIREY Vice President
<'. .... HA I I.E V Cashier
E. W. BI N<;IIA M Assistant Cashier
J. F. Ill'TZl.K.lt Teller
DIRECTORS.
John Vounkins. I>. L. Cleeland. F.. E
Ahrams. 1:. N. Boyd. W. F. Metzger. Henry
.Miller, John Humphrey. Thus. Hays, Levi
M. Wise and Fran.-is Murphy.
Interest paid on time deposits.
We respectfully solicit vuur business.
"Peerless"
Wall * Paper
Absolutely Withou Equal.
Tl BIT GREATEST VARIETY
I Hr BEST QUALITY
I 11L. lowest prices
New Goods Now In
For Season 1901.
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At our new designs and patterns in
WALL PAPER
The patterns for this season are beauti
ful and artistic. House cleaning time
will soon be here, and you wish to be one
of the first to have your rooms repapered.
Theiefore call and look them over, and
first choice. We are prepared to
nang the same at most reasonable prices.
Mirror and Picture Framing
A Specialty.
Patterson Bros.,
236 N. Main St.
People's Phone. 400. Wick Building
WWTjaBePS-'' •'
•W'llf -
ENJOYING LIFE
There is nothing an elderly person,
who must rely upon artificial aid for good
vision, so enjoys as good glasses.
By "Good Glasses" I do not tnean ex
pensive frames nor elaborate mountings,
but do mean a finely ground lense, a
lense refracting each and every atom of
light accurately, and 'itted by a com
petent optician from scientific tneasure
merts made in a scientific way. I have
the latest and best scientific instruments,
and am a graduate cf the Spencer Optical
College, X. Y., and the Philadelphia
College, Phila., and guarantee satisfac
tion.
CAKk H. fcfclGHNeß,
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN,
209 S. Main St. BUTLER PA
Now is The Time to Have
Your Clothing
CLEANED OR DYED.
If you want good and reliable
cleaning or dyeing done, there is
just one place in town where you
can get it, and that is at
The Butler Dye Works
216 Center avenue
do fine work in out
door Photographs. This is the
time of year to have a picture ot
your house. Give us a trial.
Agent for the Jan.eetown Sliciir %
Blind Uo.—New York.
R. FISHER & SON
MA NT ED —Honest man or woman to trave
fW fop large bouse, salary $65 monthly and
expenses, with increase; position perman
ent;inclose self-addressed stumped envelope
M ANAGEK..33O.UaxtoD bldg., Chicago.
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 2H, 1001
Hood's PSUs
Are prepared from Na
ture's mild laxatives, and
while gentle are reliable
and efficient. They
Liu® a*
Cure Sick Headache, Bil
iousness, Sour Stomach,
and Constipation.
everywhere, 25c. per box.
Prepared by C.l.Hood & Co.,Lowell,Mass.
CATARRH
LOCAL'DISEASE
and is the result of coldr and b/g? "
sudden climatic changes. J®^
For your Protection JWfEVEr !?)i: s, .
we positively state that this
remedy does n.'t contain Hp , <!;•'«
mercury or any other injur- * K;
ions drag. ... P
Ely s Cream Balm
is acknowledged to l>e the most thoronch cure for
Nasal Catarrh, Co d in Head ar.d Hay Fever of all
remedies. It opens and cleanses the ii.i=al passages,
allays pain and inflammation, heals the bitch, pro
tects the membrane from colds, restores tl-e persea
of taste an<f smell. IMte fsic. at mail.
KLV BROTHLEKS, 56 Warren Street, New York.
Dangerous Kidney Diseases.
Celery King has cured mo of kidney dis
ease. Tbo doctor feared Bright's disease, and
tried many remedies that gavo me no help.
Celery King has made me as well as ever in
my life, and it seems almost as though r.
miracle had been wrought in my case—Jen
nie O. Keiehard, Springtown, Pa.
Celery King cures Constipation and I\"erve.
Stomach, Liver and Kidney diseases. 4
DEALERS ' n ready made clothing
represent their wares rs "Tailor ir.e.de'
"custom made" &c.. but they ask the
regular prices of ready made and the
boast is understood. But when they
offer to take your measure, promise to
have the clothes made for you and
charge the tailors price, they impose
upon yoyir credulity. Whether their
misrepresentation is wilful or negligent
the result to you is the same,
Most men want what they pay for and
are willing to pay for She superior
quality of made to measure clothes.
Our garmeuts are cut and made to your
measure in ourown workshop in But
ler, not by fair-to-middling work
men, but by expert tailors.
Handsome Spring Goods
Atßusiness Bringing Pricas
ALAND,
Maker of Men's Clothes.
A L"
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t )NIC ft
stion, stimulates Er J
ches the blood,
the system Ll
lsease and im- Wl
glow of health J A
faces.
HNSTON'S PJ
on and Wine
will get results WA
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50c a pint. Bj
and sold only at [■
NSTON'S wn
[ Pharmacy, k'm
OGAN, Ph. G., V 1
anager, W A
n St., Butler, Pa.
h 'Phones. Vl
Chase Brothers Pianos
Are endorsed by people who buy tliem
and by first-class musicians.
PITTSBURG, Pa., lan. 27, 1901.
Mr. W. R. Newton, Butler, Pa.
Dear Sir:—lt gives me great pleasure
in recommending the Chase Bro's Piano,
both in tone, workmenship and durabil
ity. The Chase Bro's Piano which you
sold the Sterling Club of Butler, Pa ,
Oct. 31, 1900, and which I have tested in
connection with my orchestra- This
piano has given tje best of satisfaction
and I can recommend the same to all
who wish to purchase a good piano.
Wishing you üboundant success, I am
yours respectfully,
C. B. STEi.zNER,
Musical Director.
I shall publish hundreds of letters from
people you know who own Chase Broth
ers make ot pianos. Tliey are the best
reference in the world.
Call at my store and examine the
pianos. You will find a full line at all
times to select from.
TERMS—Any way to suit your con
venience.
VV. R. NEWTON,
317 South Main St Butler Pa
J Y. Stewart,
(Successor to H. Bickel)
LIVERY.
Sale and Boa rding Stable
VV . Jefferson St., Butler, Pa.
Firat class equipment—eighteen
good drivers—rigs of all kinds
cool, roomy and clean slables.
People's Phone 125.
I. V. STEWART.
L. 5. McJUNKIiN,
Insurance and Real Estate
Agent.
1 17 E. JEFFKRSON.
BUTLER, - PA
UNAWARES.
A son? welted up in the singer's heart
(Like a song in the throat of a bird),
Ariel loud ho sangr, and far it rang,
For his heart was strangely stirred,
And he sang for the very joy cf song.
With no thought of one who lizard.
Within the listener's wayward *oul
A heavenly patience grew;
He fared on his way with a benison
On the singer, who never knew
Ilow the careless «ong of an idle hour
Had s'.iaped a life anew.
—Alice' Williams Brotherion in "Poets and Poetry
of Indiana."
t LOVE'S TRAGEDY. I
6 o- 0
6 v
How a Girl Was Won.
C- , 0-'-C-'-C.C«-0 •■O-'-O'-CV'-O
The girl was looking out of the win
dow. humming suftly. with a fine air
of indifference. The man was leaning
his back against the mantelpiece,
gloomily observing the points of his
boots.
They were good boots, but hardly
worth the amount of serious observa
tion he v.r.s giving them. To any per
son of mo '.ivate un !i. tail.! ; the sit
uation was obvlou To the tv.'o ac'urs
ia it it was beeotniug embarrassing.
The man moved lirst.
"You are sure your mind is made up,
Georgie?"
The girl stopped humming abruptly
and turned round.
"What is ihe use of begiuniug
again?" she said.. V.;.li an impatient
movement. "You hi: >w oue cannot
serve two mixers. 1 ::in going to give
my life to my art."
"But. Georgie. you know what it
means to me. I mean you know I
could never chr.age or forget."
"Why nrit?" she returned quickly.
"That is just what i wanted to speak
to you about. You see"—and her proud
head w.-Ts raised a trifle higher—"you
only want a wife who can see that you
get a good dinner every day aud sew
the buttons on your shirts. You have
known us all for years. Why do you
expect me. the unpractical one of the
family, to snatch at the offer of this
post? You would have shown more
sense iu asking Madge or Lillian, and
I dare say oue of them might have had
you."
For a moment there was a dangerous
gleam in his eyes, but it changed to a
tender look of amusement as the girl
flung herself viciously into a chair
with the air of a sulky child.
"I suppose it would have been more
sensible," he agreed, "only I don't love
either Madge or Lilian. If you will on
ly have me," lie continued, a twinkle in
his eye aud abject humility In his
voice, "I will do my best to overcome
my disgraceful appetite and dine off a
sentimental song if you deem it best.
I will also look out for some patent
shirt fasteners which will save you the
trouble of sewing on buttons."
Georgie looked up quickly.
"You needn't try to be funny, Hex!"
she said severely. "You know quite
well I should have to become a domes
ticated woman if I married, and I
won't. lam going to devote my life to
music, and if I were to sacrifice that
and marry you I should stop loving
you in a fortnight and hate you in a
month. There; that's all!"
Rex looked up quickly.
"You would stop loving me in a fort
night?" he asked. "Then I may infer
you have begun already?"
"You may infer nothing, sir!" she re
torted sharply, but her face was crim
son.
"By Jove, that's the nearest I've ever
got!" thought Rex. "I believe she does
half like me, but must make her cave
in before she'll respect me."
There was a moment's pause, then he
said gently:
"I beg your pardon, Georgie. I be
lieve you may be right, after ail,
though it Is hard to think of giving you
up." And he sighed softly, but resign
edly. "If you are not too angry with
me, will you tell me which you think it
would be best for me to try to like,
Lilian or Madge?"
"I am so glad, Rex, you are sensible
at last! Really, I have thought it out
carefully, and, though Lilian is awful
ly sweet and—and everything, I think
Madge is tLe one best suited to you.
You see, shi: cooks splendidly and
knows exactly how everything ought
to be done in a house and would be
perfectly satisfied if you hissed her
once a month or so and occasionally
said the dinner was excellent. She
really would, she is so easily pleased.
While I— Well, you know what I
am."
"Yes, I know what ?ou are," he re
plied quietly. "You are very young."
She misunderstood him, as he had
Intended she should, and assented
eagerly.
"Yes, I am young—only 19—and you
are nearly 30. Madge is nearest you
in age, and I believe you could make
her love you if you tried."
"Shall I try? Do you want me to?"
"Yes, of course I want you to. It is
for your own sake. She would make
you a better wife than I because I
flon't want even to be loved. I am
satisfied with my life as it is."
"All right, Georgie. In a month I
shall have made up my mind, and I„
will tell you. Goodby."
"Goodby," she murmured, vaguely
afraid of what she had done. She
tried to reason out the cause of her de
pression, but it seemed to have no
cause, aud with a lagging step she
made her way to the sunny den which
she shared with her sisters.
Madge was sitting there alone, sew
ing and singing gayly. She looked up, ,
with a smile, as Georgie entered, and
an unusual merriment danced in her .
eyes.
"Guess wh»'s been here?" exclaimed
Madge.
"Who?"
"Rex. And he's got a box for 'The
Loves of Henrietta' tomorrow, and he's
asked mother and me to go."
"I'm so glad," said Georgie, but with
singular want of enthusiasm.
And Madge stole a furtive look at
her, and the corners of her mouth
quivered.
A month had passed. Once more
Georgie stood at the same window,
softly humming. She was waiting for
Rex, and her face was very pale. It
was the same face still, but there was
a difference, the difference which
marks every girl's face when she be
comes a woman.
She liad learned her lesson and borne
her punishment In silence.
Today she had nerved herself for a
supreme effort that she might do no
wrong to the sister who had stepped
into the place she had voluntarily re
signed.
She had thought love not worth the
saoritiee of art, and if art without love
had turned to dust and ashes in her
hand who was to blame but herself?
She was waiting for Ilex—liex, who
had fallen such a helpless victim to
Madge that he had had scarcely a look
or a word to spare for her the whole
month. It was this that had lirst
taught her what she had lost and that
had afterward nerved her to play her
part—for a week's experience had
tailfrht her that it was only a part—of
careless indifference and entire ab
sorption in her art.
When it seemed too hard for her, she
reminded herself sternly of her own
words, "I am satisfied with my life as
it is."
"They shall never see I am not satis
fied," she said and struggled on.
Today there was a set. stern look on
her face, for this was to be the su
preme ordeal, and at present there was
no one to see her. But as she leaned
her head listlessly against the window
there came from the hall the sound of
n familiar whistle, and Instantly her
expression changed. A smiling, ex
pectant face greeted IJex as he entered,
and she scrutinized him with playful
anxiety.
"The funeral and wedding marches
are side by side on the piano." she be
fran, with an affected attempt nt seri
ousness, "but I was waiting to choose
between them till 1 have seen your
face."
"What does my face tell you?" he
asked.
She looked at him critically.
"That the momentous question is to
be asked 110 later than this evening,"
she replied. "Good luck attend you."
"Wronjr. Try again."
"Is it pus ible it is to be postponed
till tomorrow uicrniugV" And she held
cut her hand with a playful gesture of
sympathy.
"\VlOn ; again. I see I must tell you."
lie Lad seized the hand she had offer
ed and was looking her straight in the
face.
"What do fo-j say to the question
Lav::..:: been a.-!;c 1 already?"
The la. t...i:;.h had wrought many
chat; , s i:i «,eorg!e. She had, for one
thin;., learned to ki ■ ;» her faee under
control, and only the slightest trem
bling < r' the eylid showed that she
wr. taken by surprise.
"My dear brother to be," she said, re
gaining p session of her hand. "I con
sidi r 1 Lave been grossly ill treated iu
having this fact sprung upon me so
suddenly. I l:ad heard of a delightful
little l.nok called 'The Right Word In
the llight I'iaee' —a help to those peo
ple born devoid of tact. I was«going to
purchase it i:i the assurance that 1
should And a paragraph entitled. 'What
to say to a future brother in-law.' or
words to t!:at effect, and now you
pounce upon me like this and crush me.
1 feel unlit for conversation. You had
better go." And she turned majestical
ly away.
"I will. Only you must first allow me
to make one remark. You did not ask
what Madge said to me." He paused
Impressively. "She has refused me."
It was his trump card, and he was
growing desperate. He took advantage
of Georgie's back being still turned to
ward him, and, creeping softly behind
her, took one glance at her face before
she knew he had moved.
It was enough.
"Georgie," he cried, "hasn't the play
gone far enough? I am tired of acting,
and I want you, Georgie—l can't tell
you how much I want you!" There was
passionate entreaty in his voice.
"What did you mean," she asked
slowly, "by saying you were 'tired of
acting?' I don't understand."
"No; I know," he answered guiltily.
"I've got to tell you. Madge and I
have been playing at being lovers dur
ing the last month. I have even asked
her to marry me, and she has refused.
It was the natural climax to the play,
she said, and she told me to do it, be
cause nothing else would put you off
your guard. I had to know whether
you loved me or not," he ended des
perately.
"It was very cruel," she whispered at
last.
"Ah, Georgie, don't!" he entreated.
"I thought of that, but, honestly, would
you ever have known you loved me If
we had gone on In the same old way?"
There was a moment's silence.
"I should never have known I loved
you," she answered softly.—Chicago
Times-Herald.
Rest Yonr Eyes.
The moment ycu are instinctively in
inclined to rub the eyes that moment
cease to use them; also it is time to
give your eyes a rest when you become
sensible of an effort to distinguish.
Cold water is about the safest applica
tion for inflamed eyes. Never sleep so
that on awakening the eyes shall open
on the light of a window. Never read
or sew directly in front of the light of
n window, the better light being that
(hat comes from above or obliquely or
over the left shoulder. Too much light
! .s an evil, Just as is scant light. It cre
ates a glare that pains and confuses
ihe sight.
Thrifty.
A Canadian minister had just mar
ried a couple. The registers were
signed, and nothing remained but the
giving and taking of the fee. The
bridegroom, a strapping young fellow,
asked:
"How much is it?"
The parson glanced at the smiling
bride and slyly answered:
"Whatever you think it is worth."
Now, it should have been worth a
great deal, for the girl was young and
pretty.
"I reckon it's worth about 5 shil
lings," said the swain, holding out two
half crowns.
The clergyman looked blankly at the
coins, then turned to the fair one.
"I'll leave it to you, madam," he said.
"What do you think it's worth?"
What ilid this young and blushing
bride do? She reached out, took the
coins, handed 0110 half crown to the
minister and put the other into her
pocket!
"A thrifty wife," said the minister,
with a her husband's crown."
Perhaps he ought to have said half
crown.—London Tit-Bits.
Fooled Ills Doctor.
The late Rev. 11. It. Haweis, who
was equally notable as preacher, jour
nalist. lecturer and musician, suffered
from a dangerous hip disease when a
boy of 9. The celebrated Sir Benjamin
Brodie, who was asked if a change of
scene would benefit the afflicted youth,
answered, "Take him anywhere —it
does not matter."
Haweis lived to laugh at his doctor,
and half a century later, after a life of
exceptional industry, he was in vigor
ous health. —New York World.
Tlie Two Plnnnclen.
"The performance reaches the high
est pinnacle of dramatic wit," wrote
the press agent.
"Isn't that rather a strong state
ment?" asked the dramatic editor.
"Oh. no! We are getting $5 for gen
eral admission."
Alas, it is sometimes true that we
mistake the pinnacle of price for the
pinnacle of art!— Baltimore American.
Be a Man First of All.
Quite beneath all discussion of elec
tives and vocations, as whether I will
be an engineer or a clergyman, is the
certainty, for every youth who would
be truly successful, that he must lie a
man: that he ought to be a "full grown
man," as the old version read squarely
and none too strongly; to be a "perfect
man." —S,ucc«>s~. , A
MRS. (tALLIT'S WOES.
WHiLE WASHING DISHES SHE GETS
ANOTHER SUMMONS.
On Thin Occasion She linn Only nn
Hour I.ouiicr to IJ\c nnd l*n(N In
the Time (ii\ ini; Mr. Gnllnji Point
er*.
[Copyright, 1901, by C\ R. Lewis.]
Mr. Gallup had lain down on the
lounge after supper to smoke a pipe,
and as Mrs. Gallup cleared off the table
and washed the dishes she sang ' Wea
ry Souls'' at the top of her voice and in
high spirits. It might possibly have
been her singing which finally lulled
Mr. Gallup to sleep and dropped the
pipe from his mouth to the floor, al
though it had never done it before. He
was gently snoozing when Mrs. Gallup
appeared with hands pressed to her
heart and a wabble to her gait, and,
sinking into a chair, she gasped:
"Samuel Gallup, I shall be as dead a*
a crowbar in less'n an hour, and you'd
better git up and give me a last em
brace."
Mr. Gallup gurgled in his throat as
he slept, and without seeming to notice
his condition she continued:
"Yes, Samuel, I've got my summons.
I was puttiu away the last dish when
Mli. GALLUP STILL SLKI'T.
my heart give a sudden bob, my head
begun to go round, and right before
me I saw my coffin and an open grav
For a miuit I thought I was a goner
but theu a small voice whispered to
me that I'd live an hour longer and
that I'd better come in and talk to
you. I'm here to say some last dyin
words to you, Samuel, and, though 1
don't expect to draw tears to your
eyes, I do hope you'll listen and re
member what 1 say."
At this Juncture Mrs. Gallup's tears
began to fall and her chin to quiver,
and, being so busy with her emotions,
she did not eveu look Mr. Gallup's
way. Swallowing at the lump iu her
throat, she said:
"Samuel, I've alius kinder felt that
in case of my death you'd marry
ag'iu, and it's alius made me feel
little edgewise, but a change has come
over me. It come two weeks ago. I'm
now resigned to your takin a second
wife. Iu fact, I think it's better you
should. Mrs. Teacliout was say in to
me the other day that if I dropped off
you'd marry ag'in inside of four weeks,
as you'd want somebody to comb your
hair and cut your toe nails, but I don't
think you'd be as mean as that. You'd
wait at least three months, wouldn't
you?"
Mr. Gallup snored in reply, and, tak
ing this as an answer in the affirma
tive, Mrs. Gallup went on:
"The usual time is a year, but I
ain't askin you to wait that long for
me. I've bin a hardworkin wife, and
I've alius saved every bit of the soap
grease and made the tea last in a way
to surprise you, but I ain't askin for
any praise. I'm old aud humbly and
nighsighted, and I can't blame you if
you kick up your heels arter I'm gone.
Shall you go on a bridal tower with
your second wife, Samuel? I ain't
askin 'cause I'm jealous, you know,
but jest out of curiosity. When we
got married, all the bridal tower we
had was to go to a circus and come
home iu a thunderstorm, but if you
want to go to Niagara Falls with your
new wife don't stop on my account."
As Mr. Gallup hadn't been asked a
direct question there was no call for
him to wake up, and as Mrs. Gallup
felt like weeping she had a fairly good
time at it before saying further:
"I did think at one time that if you
married a chit of a girl I'd come back
and sit on the footboard of the bed and
haunt you, but I've changed my mind
about it. It ain't in me to be mean.
While It 'pears to me that you'd better
marry a widder woman about 40 years
old, if you decide on a girl of 20 it ain't
for me to raise no row. While a wid
der woman would be at work sewin
patches on your trousers and makin
apple butter, a gal wife would want to
be swingin in a hammock or playin the
melodeon, but it's your own lookout.
The papers are full of gal wives run
nin away with tin peddlers, aud you
must hev read of 'em as well as me.
Was you tliinkin of a gal wife or a
widder, Samuel?"
Mr. Gallup combined a sigh and a
snore and stood mutual, and after
hanging 011 to her chin to stop Us shak
ing Mrs. Gallup continued:
"I was goin to ask you to think of me
once in awhile when I was gone, but I
don't want to give you trouble. You'll
hev liuff to think of with your new
wife, and as I shall be flyin round in
heaven I'll be all right. Once in awhile,
however—once in a while, when your
new wife spiles the bread, kicks the
cat outdoors, breaks the nose off the
teapot and kicks In the hea'd of the vin
egar barrel, I wish you'd jest remem
ber how patient and savin I was. Shall
you hev a new pump put into the well
for your second wife, Samuel? The old
t one has bin out of order fur nine years,
you know, and you've got to pumpety
pump for ten minits to git any water.
It'll be jest like her to insist on a red
pump with a blue handle."
There was no change in ?he situation
as far as Mr. Gallup was concerned,
lie still slept, and he still sighed and
snored.
"And I s'pose you'll whitewash the
pigpen and henroost and hev new
shingles on the roof of the house.
When I want 5 cents fur peppermint
essence to settle my stummick. it takes
a week to git it out of you, but if your
second wife wants .?2"> fur furbelows
you'll hev to hand it right over or hev
a fuss. She won't make one corset
last her fur six years, and she won't
go barcfut to save her shoes. How
ever, as I said before, what will it
be to me? I'll be flappin my wings
aud lievin a blissful time, and if you
ain't happy I shan't know it nor worry
about it. About my dyin, Samuel —do
you feel like you'd care to kiss me
afore I go?"
Mr. Gallup drew up one leg and slow
ly straightened it out again, but he
made no verba! answer.
"It's 'leven years or more since you
kissed me, and I shouldn't liev asked
you now if I wasn't a-goin to perish.
It's of no consekence, however. You
kin save 'em all fur your second wife.
There'll probably be ten thousand an
gels wait in at the gate to kiss nie, and
that'll do fur me. 1 wanted to say a
word about mv clothes. They are
purty oid. and your second wife will
mala- fun of 'em. but I don't want you
to let her use 'em fur mop rags. It
would be jest like her, but if you don't
want to save "em to remember me by
then vou kin bundle 'em up and drop
'em in the pijrjH'n. Stand up fur me
that much atiyh>w. won't you. even if
I heveu't got bat three teeth left?"
Mr. Oallup w. ke tip and sat up. sur
prised that he had been asleep. lie
saw Mrs. Gallup before him, and he
saw that she was weeping, but he
picked up his pipe, stood ou his feet,
stretched and yawned and then went
out to fasten the kitchen door, wind
up the clock and so to Ihhl. She wait
ed for awhile, hoping he would look at
or speak to her. but as he did neither
before vanishing into the family bed
room as if site did not exist she sud
denly dried lieiMears and put the per
ishing business afar off. Following
him up after a moment, she threw
<iuite a note of cheerfulness into her
voice as she said:
"If it's a good day fur it tomorrer,
Samuel. I think I'll start in and make
some more soft soap." M. <2i ad.
Query.
Elsie—Mamma, there's a funny old
man in this Pickwick book that's al
ways telling his sou to beware of the
widows. Why is that?
Mamma—Well, a widow is supposed
to l>e skillful iii catching a husband.
Elsie—Gracious! I wonder if Til
have to be a widow before I can got
married.—Philadelphia Press.
She Couldn't Lose.
"Heads 1 win, taels you lose," chuc
kled the dowager empress as she or
dered the decapitation of another batch
of her subjects for the confiscation of
their property.—Chicago Evening Post.
Rapid rrogremi.
"How are you getting on since you
opened j our studio?"
"First rate. I've lately finished a
portrait of a deaf and dumb man, and
everybody says it's a speaking like
ness!"
Roentgen Rays.
I bought a patent camera a little while ago.
About it I'll a history relate.
It's small, compact find portable and fitted with,
you know.
The very last improvements up to date.
It photographs an object in a box, so it is said,
And in your hand it shows the bones and veins,
But when 1 tried developing the brains inside my
head
A negative rewarded all my pains.
I uaed to live in lodgings, but they proved so very
dear
That now 1 am residing in a flat,
For my spirits and tobacco would often disappear;
My landlady declared it was the cat.
I thought it strange the cat should have so queer
an appetite,
But "snapped" the gentle feline all the same,
And then 1 took a snap shot at the landlady one
night
And found—the cat was not the one to blame.
I loved a maiden madly for a month or even more,
And then I thought it best for us to part;
I photographed the darling, whom to wed I rashly
swore,
But found, alas, she had not got a heart.
Said I, " 'Twere best to leave thee," but she an
swered sharp and short,
"A lesson, sir, to you I mean to teach."
She turned away and left me, but I photographed
her thought
And found she meant to have me up for
"breach."
We had a "paying guest" who staid with us five
months or six,
But who had never paid a single cent;
I photographed his boxes, which were full of
straw and bricks.
And now my lawyer's suing him for rent.
I snapped at my soScitor, but found to my dismay
His miad was only bent on getting fees.
He didn't £%t that rent, and yet his costs I had
to par.
Which made me feel extremely ill at ease.
I went into a coffee shop, and there I ordered tea,
A meal I do not often patronize;
I felt a little hungry, so I thought that it would
be
A goo4,.idea to have an egg likewise.
They told me they had got some which were
fresh and newly laid,
And so they may have been a year ago;
The specimen they brought me I "kodaked" be
fore I paid.
And then the bird inside commenced to crow.
-PickMe-Up.
His Right Bower,
He—Dearest, I'm not good looking,
I'm not wealthy, my grandfather was
jailed for sheep stealing, and my fam
ily use bad grammar, but I own a
horse and cutter!
She —My own!— Chicago News.
Why They Didn't Complain.
Miss Crochet—l saw you at my song
recital last evening. I wonder if those
people in the back seats made any com
plaint. I am sure they couldn't have
heard me.
Miss Teller—No, I heard no com
plaint. It is true, however, as you sup
posed, they couldn't hear a note. —Bos-
ton Transcript.
A Ready Reference.
"Expugn!" roared the Boston general.
There came a strange rustling noise.
"Is that the blograph people?" asked
the commander.
"No," responded the captain; "that
Is our men searching their pocket dic
tionaries for the word 'expugn.' "—Chi
cago News.
On Second Thonght I.e»» Virion*.
A henpecked man being told that an
old acquaintance was married, ex
claimed, "I am glad to hear It."
But. reflecting a moment, he added,
in a tone of compassion and forgive
ness, "And yet I don't know why I
should be; lie never did me any harm."
Bites- ■ T~. 7 j. *J S J
No. 13
THE DRUMHEAD BUSINESS*
A. I»nco 1.0n k Nljuhl Industry Which
Prosper* by War.
Few people know that more than hal*
the and drum heads sold in the
United States are made on Long Is
lar.l. Near the railroad station at
Cold Spring is a little red building sur
rounde<] by frames, in which skins are
stretched for drying, while near by fa
an artificial pond, with wooden sides
and bottom, filled with a chemical mix
ture. It is an unpretentious establish
ment. but in our two wars and in the
peace between it has fathered a great
deal of noise. The business was estab
lished in 1800, and success was almost
immediate. Competition was strong
after the rush of war orders was over,
but the business has advanced in im
portance until now there are but three
factories in this country whose opposi
tion can be felt. Two of these are in
Brooklyn and the other at High View,
N. Y.
New York markets furnish the salt
ed raw skins from which the drum
heads are made. The hair is removed
from the skins by a chemical bath in
the artificial pond, and the skins are
then stretched on the racks and dried.
A thorough scraping removes any par
ticles of fat or flesh that may have
adhered to the dried skin, which la
then the thickness of parchment. The
skins thoroughly bleached in the
drying process and are then ready for
cutting into heads. During the Span
ish-American war the factory was fair
ly swamped with orders for drum
heads, 500 dozen heads often being or
dered at one time. The principal de
mand was for tha "tenor" drum, on
which a loud accompaniment to the
fife or bass instrument can be pro
duced.
Kangaroo skins make the costliest
drumheads. When dressed, they are
showy, but beyond their appearance
and name they are of no greater value
than heads made from calfskin. Sheep
skin is used for cheap toy drums.—New
York Tost.
QUAINT COLONIAL NAMES.
lion- the Offspring of Oar First Colo
nists Were Christened.
It is an interesting study to trace the
underlying reason for many of the cu
rious names which are given to the off
spring of the first colonists. Parents
searched for names of deep signifi
cance—for names appropriate to con
ditions, for those of profound influ
ence presumably on the child's life.
The ltev. Richard Buck, one of the
early parsons in Virginia, Jn days of
deep depression, named his first child
Mara. This text indicates the reasop
for his choice: "Call me Mara, for the
Almighty has dealt very bitterly with
me. I went out full, and the Lord has
brought me home empty." His second
child was christened Gershom for
Moses* wife "bare him a son and called
his name Gershom, for he said I have
been in a strange land."
Many names have a pathos and sad
ness which can be felt down through
the centuries. Dame Dinely, widow of
a doctor, or barber surgeon, who had
died in tl ? snow while striving to visit
a distant patient, named her poor babe
Fathergone.
The children of Roger Clapp were
named Experience, Waitstill, Preserv
ed, Hopestill, Wait, Thanks, Decide,
Unite and Supply. Madam Austin, an
early settler of old Narrngansett, had
15 children. Their names were Parvis,
Ticus, Piersus, Priscmus, Polybius,
Lois, Lettice, Avis, Anstice, Eunice,
Mary, John, Elizabeth, Ruth, Freelove.
All lived to be threescore and ten, one
to be 102 years old. Edward Bendall's
children were named Truegrace, Re
form, Hoped For, More Mercy and Re
store. Richard Gridley's offspring
were Return, Believe and Tremble. —
"Child Life In Colonial Days."
French Balcers.
Bakers in France are subject to re
strictions and regulations undreamed
of in England. In the fortified towns
along the frontier they are bound by.
law to have a certain stock of flour al
ways on hand in case of emergencies.
The bakery not only has to be kept
clean, but the baker has to deposit
with the local authorities a certain
sum of money as a surety for the prop
er conduct of his business.
The law also looks after his weight 1
and measures, which circumstance
places him in the same position as the
British baker, but in addition the law
regulates the price at which bread can
be sold.
Napoleon 111 ordered on one occasion
that a loaf about equal to our quartern
should be sold for not more than six
pence, and this at a time when we
were paying eightpence and ninepence.
—London Tit-Bits.
A Sy-mpntlietlc Memory.
In a western Massachusetts town
lives a young woman who is blessed
with both discrimination and tact.
The first of these admirable qualities
she has displayed by her two mar
riages. Iler first husband was a minis
ter, a most delightful man. He d'ed,
and after a lapse of five or six years
she was united to his only brother, who
was a successful lawyer in New York.
On her library desk stands a picture
of the first partner of her joys and sor
rows, and one day a curious caller ask
ed whom the photograph represented.
"That." said the hostess, with evi
d< ■ motion, "is a picture of my bus--
b:: .'s brother, who died eight year 3
ago and who was very dear to us
both."—Youth's Companion.
Genetoai.
"What's your fare?" asked old Flint
6kln of his cabby the other day and
Was met with the stereotyped reply:
"Well, sir, I will leave that to you."
"Thank you; you're very kind," said
old F., buttoning up his pockets and
1 walking off. "You're the first person
who ever left me anything yet."—Lon
don Fun.
Rnmomlni; the Dead.
In mediajval times not only were liv
ing prisoners ransomed by their friends,
but a ransom was demanded even foe
the bodies of those slain in action.
An Alternative.
"Say, ma, shall I wash my hands or
put on gloves?"