VOL- xxxviii
HUSELTON'S
Popular-Priced Spring Shoes
The gteatest assortment of Stylish Footwear ever placed before the people of
Butler county. The perfect embodiment of fashion and service, at cur own
ncomparable prices.
Our Eighty-cent and Dollar Shoes
For men .T d women, for boys and girls form a wonderful feature of our great
showing, »iid wtclai.ii great things for them. Thousands of pairs have been put
to the te-t We have vet to hear of a complaint. You meel with such values
only at HUSELTON'S.
At v 1.50 ,, S 2.00 and f 2 50,
Men's and Women's Lines,
almost surpass our own ideas. These
popular shoes are designed and built
especially for this store. Vici Kid, Box
Calf, Patent Leather. Russia Calf, gen
uine McKay seived and Goodyear welts.
Solid, substantial service in every pair.
At 53.00 and $3.50.
we put out strong claims for jour favors.
The strongest probably ever made in
sboedoni. Patent and Enamel Leathers,
Vici Kid, ior. and Russia Calf-skin
turn and welt stiles - for men or women;
extension <riges, Cuban, military <»nd
French heels. All pcpulai toe styles; all
latest men's lasts; all latest women's
lasts, snd i;presenting <3 50 and $4.00
values as .-bown iu other stores.
COYS', MISSES' AND
Ha-e :ect'\ed cur tspeit ttttnlion. 75 cts, fi.co, f
for grown.g }te t; tpi tartncs tl'.at pleate the Mtsrers ii.d ser-;ce tbat profits the
buyers of these shots, aie the Mrong points we clami for these lines as well as a
savirg of 25 jn-r edit, in the prices.
BUY V OLI R SHOES NOW
B. C. HUSELTON,
Bailer's leading ShocHouse. Opposite Hotel Lowry
BicJcel's
Spring and Summer Styles.
The time of the year is here when you want a nice
pair of fine shoes for summer wear. Our stock is ex
tremely large,showing all the latest styles in fine shoes
and Oxfords in all leathers.
We are offering some big values in fine footwear
and it will pay you to see us before buying your
summer shoes.
A FEW OF OUR PRICES
Men's fine Satin-calf shoes, Children's fine shoes,patent QP
Lace or Congress, at | tipped, sizes 5 to 8, at
Boy's fine Calf shoes, light Your choice men's working
or heavy soles, at *JI If* shoes,lace, buckle or Iit(I s
_gress, heavy soles, at V I .VW
Ladies' foe Dongola shoes,(i*"# Ladies' Kangaroo caif or Oil
Dongola or Patent tips, 1111 I Grain shoes, at 1111 I
button or lace, at S* ■■***/ I ■ VV
Youths' fine Calf or Vici- Misses' line Patent Calf, lace 4 'J
kid shoes, at Xllp shoes, extended soles, at I
Misses' fine Dongola, OC Ladies' fine Dongola patent
spring heel shoes, at tiporfordsat 1/^
.. ... |
We invite you to call and see our stock cf SOROSIS SHOES AND
OXFORDS. the latest styles for summer wear, made in fiue Dongola, Patent- |
calf and Patent Ideal Kid in light, heavy or medium soles, high or low heels.
They are handsome. All sizes, 1% to S; all widths, AAA to E.
JOHN BICKEL,
128 SOUTH MAIN STREET, - - BUTLER, PA
C. E. MILLER.
GETTING READY FOR SPRING.
All VVinterGoods must go regardless of cost; we
need the money and we need the room; we must
have it for our Spring Goods.
$5,000 Worth of Shoes and Rubbers
At About Half Price.
Misses' and Children's School Shoes, all sizes .... 69c
Youths' and Boys' School Shoes, all sizes 98c
Men's Latrobe or Jamestown Box Toe Shoes.. .. 48c
Ladies' Fine Dress Shoes, button or lace 98c
Men's Fine Bufi Shoes, tip or plain, 98c
Men's Working Shoes, high cut, buckle 98c
Our entire stock of Warm Shoes Less than Cost
Our entire stock of Rubbers Less than Cost
Profit and Cost lost sight of in this sale. If you are in need of Shoes
and Rubbers, act promptly: this is your last chance.
C. E. MILLER,
THE SHOE MAN OF BUTLER
%
KECK
Spring Styles jf|> v
Pi Have a nattiness about thera that Jj] i
marks the wearer, it won't do to /SjA /J ' \t\ / / t\
wear the last year's output. You '/ \ \j&) £\
won't get the latest things at the / NL 'a—if/ \'j I M
stock clothiers either. The up-to Y/ lF~f P
C date tatlor only can supply thfm, . [/ \"\ ;L/ >'j
if you want not only the latest Al/ \ I—r1 — r "
things in cut and fit and work- ! r \l { i i
ni.nsbip, the finest in durability, 1 [ "'// I
where e'se can you get combina- - , j I j » ■ '/ / I
tions, you get them at y | j j I
K E C K
G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor,
142 North Main Street l All Work Guaranteed. Butler, Pa
FREETOMYBODY
WATCHES, CAMERAS, JKWKLKV.
; silvek« tm-, and many other valuable premiums
for selling 44 QUICKMA1JD•• Tablets at lO cents
a package. Each package makes lO quarts of dell
f clous FKOZKX CUSTAIiI), in 10 minutes time
: Every body buy*. Send your name and address
and we will
-j premium list. When sola send us and we will
■\J send FREE your choice of premium.
Write to-day ami gttextrn FKEE,
FRANKLIN CIIKMICAI. COMPANY,
j? ' 830 Filbert Street. Philadelphia, I'a.
Subscribe for the CITIZEN.
Men's and Women's Oxfords,
75 cts,$i.oo ft 50, $2.00,
fc.so. Black and Tan. A range of
style and price beyond the reach of or
dinary shoe stocks; snappv exten-ion
edges, rope and cross stitched, low broad
heels, full round toes, plain and per
forated tips; Vici Kids, Rassia Calf,
Patent aurl Enamel Leathers. Every
taste for dress, street or business met in
correct stvle.
Men's Working Shoes,
SI.OO, #i i's, ft 50 and $2.00 are not
equaled in Butler for servije. Shown in
Veal, Calf, Slaughter Kip. Oil Grain and
Kangaroo Kip and Calf with or without
Box-toe; two soles and tap with Bellus
tongues.
CHILDREN'S SHOES
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Tonight
If your liver is out of order, causing
Biliousness, Sick Headache, Heart
burn, or Constipation, take a dose of
Pills
On retiring, and tomorrow your di
gestive organs will be regulated and
you will be bright, active and ready
for anv kind of work. This has
been the experience of others; it
will be yonrs.. HOOD'S PILLS are
sold by all medicine dealers. 25 cts.
CATARRH
LOCALDiSEASE
and is the result of co!i!r and L&jß -Cj/prpCOlDa
sudden climatic changes. |W H&j? 1
For your Protection A
we positively state taat tills vJj&SfS
remedy does Dot contain fegi .
mercury or any other injur-
Ely's Cream BalmP^^l
is acknowledged to be the most thorough care for
Nasal Catarrh, Cold in Head and Hay l ever of all
remedies. It open* and cleanses the nasal passages,
allays pain and inflammation, heals the sores, pro
tects the membrane from colds, restores the senses
of taste and smell. at
ELY BROTHERS, 6-3 Warren Street, New York.
ll Makes Restful Sleep.
Sleeplessness almost invariably aoromp-i
--nies constipation and its manifold attendant
evils—nervous disorders, indigestion, head
ache,loss of appetite,etc. To attempt to ii>
duce sleep by opiates is a serious mistake, for
the brain isonly benumbed and the body snl
fers. Celery King removes tliecauseof wake
fulness by its soothing effect on tne nerves
and on the stomach and bowels.
Celery King cures Constipation and Nerve
'itouiuch, Liver uud Kidney Ciseaaes. 3
DEALERS in ready made clothing
represent their wares rs"Tailor
"custom made" &c.. but they ask the
regular prices of ready made and the
boast is understood. But when thev
offer to lake your measure, promise to
have tile clothes made for you a id
charge the tailors price, tliev impose
apoii your credulity. Whether their
in:s ep"esenlatioi' is wilful or negligent
the result to you is the same,
Most men want w'nit they oay for and
are willing to pay for Che superior
quality of made to measure clothes.
Our garments are cut and made to your
measure in our own wo kshop in Cul
ler, not by fair-to-middling work
men, but by expert tailo s.
Handsome Spring Goods
Atßusiness Bringing Prices.
ALAND,
MnVer of Men's Cloititr^.
Chase Brothers Pianos
Are endorsed by people who buy them
and by first-class musicians.
PITTSBURG, PA.. JAN. 27, IGOR.
MR. W. R. XKVVTON, Biule .
Dear Sir:—lt gives me great pleasure
in recommending the t'iu-i* Kro s Piano,
both in tone, workmensh'p aud durabil
ity. The Ciiase Bio's I'muo which you
sold the Sterling Club of Biuier, Pa.
Oct. 31, 1900, raid which I ha>e tested in
conuectiou with my •rchestra. This
piano has given t'.ie b; >t of satisfaction
and 1 can recommend the same to all
who wish to pu:ojiase a good piano.
Wisliirg you .i iouud:tut success I r 1:1
yours respectfully,
C. B. STE'./NER,
Musical D:rectcr.
I shall publish hundreds of Idlers from
people you know who own Chase Broth
ers make ot pianos. They are '.he brsL
reference in ihe wo:M.
Q>!l at my siore and examine 'the
pianos. Vou will find a full line at all
times to select from.
TERMS—Any way to suit your con
venience.
W. R. NEWTON,
317 South Main St Butler Pa
J. V. btewart,
(Successor to H Bickel)
LIVERY.
Sale and Boarding; Stable
VV. Jefferson S\, Butler, I'a.
Firat class equipment—eighteen
good drivers—rigs of all kinds—
cool, roomy and clean sUibles.
People's Phone 125.
J. V. STEWART.
Sunday Dinners A Specialty.
Meals 25 cts. Rooms 50 cts.
Regular Rates sj.
Local and Long Distance Phones
South Mi Kean Street,
Motel Waver ly.
J. W HAWORTH Pron'r.
BUTLER, PA
Steim Heat and Electric
The most commodious office in
city.
Stabling in Connection.
L. 5. McJUNKIN,
Insurance and Real Eslate
Agent.
117 E. JEFFFRSON.
BUTLER. - PA
Hotel Nixoi|
215 N McKean St, Butler,
Having rented this hotel for another
year, I invite the patronage of
of my old friends and the public gener
ally.
R. O. RUMBAUGH.
A. M BERKIMER,
Funeral Director.
245 S. Main St. Butler. PA
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, API-ill. lt)Ol
AT SEA.
Oh. we pj down to sea in ships,
But Hope remains V hind.
And Love, with laughter on his lip%
Am! Peace, of pas.-ive mind,
White out acrt'ss the deeps of night,
With lifted sails of pruyer,
We voyage quest of light
Nor find it anywhere.
O thou who wrovr.rhte.-t earth and sea.
Yet keepest from our eyes
The shores of an eternity
In calms of paradise,
Blow back upon ot;r foolish quest
With all the driving rain
Of blinding tears and wild unrest
And waft us 1 ne attain.
—James Wliitcomb Riley in Home Folks.
C 0 ♦Ov 2 v £ v>) n/v^
IA CIVIL ENGINEER f
1 WANTED. I
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| BY M. QUA I) ♦
♦ Copyright, IWI, by C. li. Lewis. ♦
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One morning in my bachelor apart
ments in London I read the following
advertisement in my newspaper:
"The undersigned desires the services
of a competent civil engineer for sev
eral days in a rather strange enterprise
and promises a most liberal reward.
He must he n man who can keep a
secret. Address ."
I was a competent civil engineer and
just then on; of employment. I was a
man who could keep a secret. I was
therefore naturally interested in the
advertisement. It might possibly be
some job which would get me into
trouble with the law. hut if so 1 had
only to decline to take hold of it after
an interview. I was inclined to be
lieve that some laud or mine owner
wanted a private and secret survey
made for his own satisfaction, as is
often the case. It is sometimes the
case that where two neighbors quarrel
one of them builds a house or barn on
what he believes to be his line, hut
which is found to trespass by a few
inches. I could see a dozen good rea
sons why the person should advertise
as he did, and I hastened to answer
him and post the letter. He gave his
111 f
HE ATTACKED WE AND THREW ME TO THE
FLOOR.
address as the office of the newspaper,
but after four or five days I received a
call from him in person. He gave me
his -name as James Bennett and his
address as Loudon and left me to infer
that he was a man pf leisure.
I was not cxnr>tlr „;ti. u«.
uennett's personal appearance. lie
was a tall, dark faced man of troubled
countenance. His eyes had a furtive
look, and he was nervous and ill at
ease. Ilacl I met him while traveling I
should have been inclined to look upon
him with suspicion. He told a straight
enough story, however, though a rather
queer one. Being left an orphan at the
ago of 12 years, he had been brought
up by an uncle living in Hertford coun
ty. He had always been given to un
derstand that he would be his uncle's
heir, and be was sure that a will had
been made to that effect, but three
years previous to his call on me the
uncle had passed away, no will had
been found, and the property had gone
to the next of kin. While the uncle
was rich, he was also an eccentric. Be
ing a single man and living almost
alone, he had been almost a hermit
The house he had occupied was a ram
bling old structure at best and now
that it had been untenanted for several
years was in a bad state. What Mr.
Bennett had come to believe was that
the will was concealed in the old house.
He had searched and searched without
avail, and he wanted my assistance for
a new search. There might be secret
closets he had passed over. If I would
give him my faithful services for three
days, hp would pay me £25. If the
will was found, he would present me
with £2OO more. I was to say nothing
of my quest, make my appearance at
the old house on a certain date, and he
would assist in the search.
I didn't like Bennett's personal ap
pearance and actions, as I hare said,
but there was nothing out of the way
with his story, and I was glad to ac
cept iiis offer. It would, be combining
romance with business to come upon
the hidden will and restore the ousted
heir to his own. His caution to me to
make my way alone from the nearest
station without asking or answering
Questions might have seemed queer but
for the fact that we would both be tres
passers while making the search. 1
had not a single suspicion. I was to
arrive by a train which would enable
me after a walk of three miles to ar
rive at the old house at dark, and he
would have provisions at hand and fix
up the best lodgings he could. I was
especially warned not to betray my
destination to any one I happened to
meet en route, and I was to bring no
baggage.
All these things seemed all right to
me at the time. I reached the station
by the train named, but found the
distance to the house to be five miles
instead of three. This brought about
my arrival quite a spell after dark,
and Bennett was waiting for me a
quarter of a mile up the road. The
iirst question he asked was if any one
had spoken tc me, and when 1 assured
him that even the people at the station
did not know where I was bound for
hi- was somewhat elated. I found he
had provisions for a cold lunch, but
nothing very api • tizing. while we
mtrst sleep on the l..re boards of the
family siitin-,: re,mi. it was while eat
in.s supper that 1 noticed a wild,
itmug-' ! i :.i t:V' man's lace and lie
pan to doubt him. lie was restless
and <:i i..::t and watched me in a
f tivo v."..'. and it v..:<n't long before
I felt t;.. • i;;.d :.ie sinister de
signs in iiirii.g me to the lonely old
house. | put ,i bold face on the mat
ter and demanded an explanation, and
at that he attacked me and threw me
to the floor. From his savage manner
I believed he \va - n.dng murder me
ontright, I tit after growling in his
throat likt a woi;' lie iii'ud me up and
shoved me into a closet and bolted the
stout door on me. Of e. urse I protest
ed, argued and stru;:;i'd. but without
avail. 1 heard him !:i<._hing to him
self after he had i- ck 1 me in, but I
did uot I: ar 1 im • the house. Fifty
times during the ' ht i kicked on the
door and called out, but 1 got no an
swer. Next morning, still falling to
arouse him, I began to cut at the door
with my pocketkuife. It was of oak
and my task was a barjJ tnie. It was
almost night when I reached up and
slid back the bolt, and as soon as out
I found the house deserted and lost no
time in getting away myself.
1 went straight to the police with
my story, and who do you think the
man proved to be? Xo more or less
than a lunatic who had escaped from
an asylum three months before, ile
was under another name, lived far
from the address he had given me. and
his mania was the fear of starvation.
Before going to the asylum he had
locked up two diL'ei ;:t pt' p'e in ten
antless houses to e how :;g t; y
could live without I ! or drink, and
my capture was a third experiment in
that line. 1 I ;v I ;u !:;> ill will, of
course, but i;.- > t 11•::t 1 he returi d
to the asylum. i 1 1 I.vehe is liv g
today, in that eld house. far f.cm
help an 1 a p!a.*e i ver , isi:e'. ! •
would have wn. 'ght my death iy
inches but for my p fki tUnife. ar.d
months or years m: t lave |.as • d
before my eo:; . wa ; ever round
V.'iirre f" 'J:ior. e;- Ii \ nsU'll.
It mi;, ht lia i ■ . » id that
Addison, the i t > ... t. writer or
our At: ;a : . at :':trfce. with
his versatile iiiteilec and estllie:ant
eloqtuti • si::* 1 "a h. with ids
almost <■!'. . ... t;g. or that
Jekyll. v ;
tables i: a : '■ ■! one a:. I ail
L: i .> • us success in
the
B: .. .a.. Uh.» pointed out.
exactly the r: verse a : tiio ease Their
sp.. , iii s .. -iV. i ■ i . i t They
wearied and iu-wiah n -i the ir audience.
And ti • i i ■ ■ - '•> 'P- ak was too often
the signal for a general exodus: in fact,
as wtis raid ci' i:i:rl\. they acted as a
dim: r bell. Even Macaulay himself,
thoi'ih ■ u two occasions his speeches
cha .ed the fate of a division, was in
no seii>e of the word an orator or even
a great debater. His voice was too
shrill and monotonous, and he poured
out a torrent of words with such bead
long fluency as to confuse his hearers
as well as to bailie the quickest of par
liamentary reporters. P.ulwor Lytton,
again, could recite an admirable essay,
but his delivery was bad, and the see
saw gestures which accompanied his
speech were as "grotesque as those of
an old fashioned postboy."
In our own generation no two men
probably have had more highly culti
vated minds than John Stuart Mill and
Mr. John Morley, but as far as their
parliamentary utterances go their
names are "writ in water."—Black
wood's.
Tit For Tat.
The diners at a popular New York
restaurant are said to have had the
privilege of witnessing an amusing lit
tle incident one evening not long ago.
An Anglicized young man seated
himself at a table at which there was
only one other person, a writer well
known throughout the country, but
evidently a stranger to the newcomer.
The writer is a man whose dress is
always fastidiously neat, but by no
means fashionable in cut or expensive
in material. When the young man took
his seat, the writer glanced up at him
and. seeing that it was no one whom
he knew, returned to his study of the
bill of fare.
Tfif* ynriim I■■ wy whily pliTggtl his
monocle in his eye, and, screwing up
his face to keep the glass in position,
treated the other guest at the table to
a prolonged stare.
The stare ended abruptly, however,
for suddenly the writer looked up.
Quick as thought lie seized an empty
tumbler and. applying it to his right
eye. stared gravely through its bottom
at his vis-a-vis.
The monocle was dropped in a very
few seconds, and then the tumbler was
replaced on the table. But the young
,Vnglomauiae's face was crimson,
while that of the writer remained
grave and unmoved, and through the
dining room rustled the sound of some
thing that suggested repressed merri
ment.
Adjnstnltie Aatliora.
The most cheerful author—Samuel
Smiles.
The noisiest—Howells.
The tallest—Longfellow.
The most flowery—Hawthorne.
The holiest—Pope.
The happiest—Gay.
The most amusing—Thomas Tlckell.
The most fiery—Burns.
The most talkative— Chattertou.
The most distressed—Akenside.—Chi
cago Times-Herald.
Speculation ni:«l Theft.
Some statistician, in emulation of
Lombroso perhaps, has been figuring
out the habitual employment of con
victs. He concludes that more men
and women whose employers are the
national, state or municipal govern
ments fall into evil ways and come to
untoward ends than those who work
for private individuals or corporations.
A very large proportion of the men and
women who have been handlers of pub
lic moneys seem to yield to the con
stant temptation and begin to peculate,
and some cynic avers that peculation
is the corollary of speculation. As a
matter of fact, most of the big and lit
tle thieves who confess how they were
led to take money that did not belong
to them declare that speculations of
one sort or another brought their
eventually behind the bars.—New York
Herald.
By Wnj- of SnccoMlion.
"The trouble with me," spoke the
young man who was on his way home
with his best and loveliest from a par
ty at the Kcnhurst club, "is that I al
ways feel embarrassed when I am out
in company. I never know what to do
with my hands."
"Suppose you just hold them up,"
said a hoarse voice in his ear.
The voice pertained to a large, rough
looking man with a mask on his face
and a large, rough looking revolver in
his hand, and the youth lost no time in
complying with the suggestion.—Chica
go Tribune.
tlie Same Rnlc.
"See here, sir," exclaimed the suc
cessful manufacturer to Mr. Adam
Upp, his dilatory bookkeeper, "you are
not so attentive to business as you
might be. It has been my rule through
Ufe to be at my desk early and late,
and"—
"Me, too," replied Mr. Upp. "Some
times I get there early and sometimes
late."—Catholic Standard and Times.
Libel once meant any little book, but
its many small tracts in the early days
of printing were personal and offensive
in character the word acquired its pres
ent significance.
Envelopes were first used for letters
In 1839, and the first issue of postage
stamps was authorized in 1.547.
Many great men have been poor spell
ers. Orthography does not make the
man.—New York World.
THE GEAND SCHEMER
A CRISIS COMES AND MAJOR CROFOOT
MEETS IT JOYFULLY.
His Frowning? I.andiftd) I'reMontu
Her Iludly Delated Rill, and She I»
Promptly Taken Into tlie I niverwal
Mcnical Com pany.
[Copyright. 1900, by C. B. Lev.is.]
Major Crofoot, grand promoter ntul
geueral organizer, had observed signs
■ f n coming calamity around his hoard
ing house. lie hadn't sat down with
pencil and paper and figured that it
was three months since he had paid his
landlady a dollar, but in a dim. unde
fined way he put it at about three, lie
hadn't taken half an hour to wonder
how much longer things could run on
tick, but hoped it might be for three
months more. lie was living 011 in a
blissful state of certain uncertainty,
finding fault with the steak and sttg-
sting a change of puddings, wh; n
the d meaner <>f the landlady warned
him that a crisis was at bund. He was
the man for the crisis. It was at the
dinner table that the notes of the
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"WHY SPSA& OF DOLLARS?''
warning bell struck his , ar, and when
he had finished his uieal he rose up be
fore the other IK ardeis with the digni
ty of a millionaire and observed:
"Madam the landlady, if not too
much trouble 1 wish you would come
to my room this evening for your
check. I like to balance my books once
a month."
The shot told. The landlady's frown
changed to a smile as soft as jelly and
the three or f air boarders who had
been hinting that the major was -a
deadbeat and would bilk the house
felt a large feeling of awe steal over
them. Half an hour later the woman
knocked at the major's door and found
him seated with his checkbook in front
of him.
"My dear woman," he began, as he
motioned for her to sit down, "your
trust and confidence in me are some
thing sublime—really sublime. I am
not a man given to emotion, but In this
case —in this ease"—
"You owe me three months' room
rent and board," she said as he paused
to find other words.
"That is the ease exactly, as 1 found
to my surprise in footing my ledger
this afternoon. Yes. For three long
months I have occupied this ronm and
sat at your table, and you have uot
even hinted at filthy lucre in payment.
1 don't exactly remember what Cleo
patra did to wTiY uiiuying fame, but if
she reposed the sublime confidence in a
man that you have reposed in me I
don't wonder that her name is engrav
en on the scrolls of time forever more."
"1 have been trying to catch you for
the last month, but you have dodged
me," replied the landlady with exceed
ing candor.
"In other words, madam, I havej>een
too wrapped up in gigantic specula
tions to remember that I owed you a
few dollars. However, the fact re
mains that you did not worry over my
indebtedness."
"But 1 have worried. 1 have been
afraid you'd get your trunk out and
skip."
"The fact remains, madam," repeat
ed the major as lie nibbled at the pen
holder and looked into vacancy "the
fact remains that you have not wor
ried. You knew and felt that the debt
was safe. You tnigbt have worried
about others, but about Major Crofoot
—never. Ah, it makes me feel better
toward the whole world to have a per
son trust me thus! Such trust! Such
confidence! Such childish faith in the
midst of universal wickedness!"
"And now you will pay me for 13
weeks at $8 per week?" she queried as
she laid the bill before him.
"My dear woman," he replied as he
rose up to walk about, "why specify
the flight of time? Why speak of dol
lars? Thirteen weeks at $8 per week
makes a total of $lO4, of course, but
should we thus brutalize sentiment?
Lot me say that you have trusted me.
Let tne say that you have put me down
as a man of honor. Then let tne repay
you for your confidence rather than for
your room and board. =» We will say
that I hand you a check for $200."
"You mean it, major," she ex
claimed, with a catch of her breath.
"I sit down thus. I fill in a check for
S2OO, so. I tear it off and hand it to
you, and with it goes a deeper feeling
than I can explain. If there are tears
In my eyes, you will please excuse
them."
"1 knew you would pay. I told them
you were no deadbeat," said the over
come landlady as she held the check in
trembling fingers.
"And your confidence was not mis
placed. Let me call your attention to
the fact that this check is made out to
the order of J. Jordan. He is the treas
urer of the corporation, you know."
"But what corporation?"
"The Universal Musical company,
my friend. The organization was per
fected last week, all the necessary cap
ital paid in. and we shall begin work
next Monday. Having an instinctive
feeling that you trusted me and wish
ing t i prove my gratitude in something
beyond words, I have reserved SIO,OOO
worth of stack for you at ground tloor
figures. A dividend of 50 per cent on
this stock, which is a low estimate,-
brings you in $.">,000 per year. All you
need do is to sit with folded hands."
"But I don't want stock in any of
your companies," she protested. "I've
got to have money to run my house."
"The object of the company," he ex
plained, "is to provide music for the
world nt the cheapest possible price,
I. ml in supplying music we supply sen
timent. raise the social standard and
make the whole world happier and bet
ter. We also make a saving in provi
sions and fuel. A man with a fiddle
will sit for hours and never know
whether a room is hot or cold. A wom
an who is giving Mozart a twist on the
piano wants neither dinner nor supper.
Give a bey a mouth organ, and he will
not ask for bread and butter as long as
he has wind enough left to blow. It is
the scheme of my life, and millions of
profit will soon be rolling in."
"But about this check?" she insisted.
"A great scli me and iu many ways a
noI)le enterprise. Let us take a city
block, for instance. We will say there
are U(H> futilities on the block. The
Universal supplies those families with
pianos or organs, zithers, lidilles, harps,
hand organs. uiauth organs, brass
baaii . hi.'lvs, tifes and drums. From
7 < U in tlio morning to 10 o'clock at
ii 1.... t there is music. Xo one Las tiuie
to ij..arrel or g» t drunk. No one stops
to rat or wonder whether it's cold or
hot. Music evokes sentiment, love,
i pity, charity. Human nature is ele
vated and purified, and the rent for the
various instruments comes rolling iu as
fast as two men can count the dollars.
My dear woman, you see" —
"But this check."
"You will take it to J. Jordan and de
posit it as security for your stock, and
you will order two pianos, three lid
dies. four harps, two drums and a set
of bagpipes for this house. The effect
on your hoarders will be"—
"But 1 thought you were going to
square up," exclaimed the landlady.
"What do I know about your company
or stocks? Whenever I present my
bill, you always dodge and twist."
"In case you do not wish to use the
check to secure stock you can ask Mr.
Jordan to indorse it over to me. I
will then indorse it to the vice presi
dent. he will indorse it to the secre
tary. and the secretary will indorse it
to you. You will then have to be iden
tified at the bank. It will take some
few days or weeks to obtain the mon
ey. but it is a mere question of time.
Meanwhile things go over. Ask your
self if it is not your to help us ele
vate the moral tone of society? Ask
yourself if it is not better to have $5,-
UtHi a year dividends than to be slaving
your life away in a boarding house.
Ask yourself"
"Can't you give mc 510 on account?"
asked tiie landlady in desperation as
she put the check on the table.
"What: Discount my own paper aft
er your sublime confidence in me?" he
exclaimed. "Never, my dear woman,
never! You must be paid in full. In
deed. you have been paid in full any
how. and now it only remains for you
to leave me to balance up my cash
book and write 15 or 20 business let
ters of a pressing nature. You trusted
me, and you have your reward. Don't
fail to he identified at the bank. If
there should be any trouble, just call
on me. And now good night and pleas
ant dreams to you."
"Major, I want this room tomorrow,"
called the landlady when she found
herself outside the door.
No answer.
"And you'll have to go!"
But she talked to the silence of the
grave. M. QUAD.
She tvuew.
Marjorie is the small and only daugh
ter iu a family which boasts of several
sous. Aged -1 is Marjorie, petite and
imperious and enjoying excellent op
portunities for becoming spoiled. She
has lately attained to the dignity of the
kindergarten and comes home daily
with some fresh acquisition of wisdom.
A few days ago It was addition, and
she proclaimed proudly at the diuuer
table:
"I know how much two and two
make and free and two and four and
two."
"And what," said her father, "do you
and I make, Marjie?"
Without a moment's hesitation over
these new factors in her problem, the
little maid answered, with a dimple
and a smile:
"Sweethearts."
And all the family were satisfied
with Marjie's arithmetic.—London An
swers.
She niil "Heat" It.
A Milford (Mass.) man engaged as a
helper a girl just from England. The
letter II was a capital letter in her vo
cabulary. A very rich pudding was
6erved for dinner, but as two members
of the family were delayed the mis
tress put on a plate two large portions,
rang for the girl and said "Heat it"
for the absent members. Later, when
tie girl was found struggling and
Elufling with the pudding, she besought
tuy friend to let her off, as she couldn't
"heat" aaother bite.
Johiiny'ti Compliment.
Johnny, a Sunday school boy, having
arrived at his eighth birthday, thought
it would be real nice to write a letter
to his papa, and this is how he began it:
Dear Papa—Whenever I am tempted to do
wrong I think of you and eay, "Get thee behind
me, satan 1"
—Exchange.
Sand registered the hours in the mid
| die ages. For this purpose black mar
i ble dust, boiled nine times In wine,
was a favorite recipe with learned
monks.
The Chinese boy's ambition is to be
come a civil magistrate. Even servants
save money to educate their sons with
this aim.
SnaS Spoons.
All the world is familiar with snuff
boxes, but snuff spoons are pretty little
refinements of which this generation
has hardly heard. Very probably they
came into use about two years after
Sir George Itooke's expedition to Vigo
bay iu 1702, when he captured half a
ton of tobacco and snuff from the
Spanish galleons, and snuff thus be
came a common article in England.
One of the characters in a comedy
published nt Oxford in 1704, entitled
"An Act at Oxford," by Thomas Baker,
says, "But I carry sweet snuff for the
ladies," to which Arabella replies: "A
spoon too. That's very gallant, for to
see some people run their fat fingers
into a box is as nauseous as eating
without a fork."
Iu the forties and fifties snuff spoons
were still in use on the Scottish border.
They were of bone and of a size to go
Into the snuffbox. Feople fed their
noses, it was said, as naturally as they
carried soup to their mouths. As late
as 1577 a farmer at Norham-ou-Tweed
was seen using one.—Gentleman's Mag
azine.
Marvelons Chicken I.PKH.
The mechanism of the leg and foot of
a chicken or other bird that roosts on a
limb is a marvel of design. It often
seems strange that a bird will sit on a
roost and sleep all night without fall
ing off, but the explanation is perfectly
simple. The tendon of the leg of a bird
that roosts Is so arranged that when
the leg is bent at the knee the claws
are bound to contract and thus hold
with a sort of death grip the limb
around which they are placed. Put a
chicken's feet on your wrist and then
make the bird sit down, and you will
have a practical illustration on your
skin that you will remember for some
time. By this singular arrangement,
seen only In such birds as roost, they
will rest comfortably and never think
of holding on. for it is impossible for
them to let go till they stand up.—Pres
byterian.
I'n feminine.
Fogg—lt isn't such a difficult thing
to read character by the handwriting.
I believe I can do it myself.
Bass—Well, try your skill on that let
ter I received a short time ago. What
do yuu say to that?
Fogg—ln the first place, the writer Is
a very unwomanly woman.
Bass How do you come to that con
clusion?
Fog-,' None of the words are under-
Jeored.—Boston Transcript.
FiW-yJARm
RED CLOVER SEED.
Thinis* Worth !vno;vlnjr When Ilny
in;;—lnipnritlex end Adnltcratioua,
Reports coming from various sections
cf the I'nited States show, according
to 1 lota n Ist Pieters of the agricultural
department, that with advancing prices
a large amount of adulterated clover
PI d is ofTered and that wlisre buyers
are i. t sufficiently careful or well in
fornu 1 mrch is actually sold. This au
thority further telis that the clover
T ivp for ISm'O has i: t been up to the a_v
erage in either quality or quantity, es
pecially in the states that furnish the
higher grades. European dealers are
offering seed in America, and although
much of this is doubtless American
seed that was exported during times
of low prices, it is possible some seed
of the European variety may find its
way to America. The use of European
clover seed would undoubtedly prove
disappointing to the American farmer,
since the plant seems to be ill adapted
to the climate prevailing in the clover
growing sections of the United States.
The variety has not been extensively
tried in America owing to the high
price the seed usually commands at
home, but as far as trials have been
made it is clearly unfit for planting in
the latitude of Washington.
The quality of a sample of clover seed
depends upon its cleanness, the per
centage of germlnable seed, the vigor
of germination and the origin of the
seed. The cleanness of a sample de
pends both upon its freedom from bro
ken seeds, dirt and other inert matter
and upon the absence of weed seeds
and the seeds of other cultivated
plants. The seeds of timothy and of
white and alsike clover are often pres
ent. and although they must be consid
ered Impurities they cannot be called
Injurious. Timothy may sometimes be
present in such quantity as to lie ob
jectionable, not from the nature of the
plant, but because the seed can be pur
chased at a much less cost than clover
seed, and a farmer does not want to
pay for clover when he gets timothy.
More serious is the presence of a con
siderable quantity of weed seeds, espe
cially if among the lot are the seeds of
some of the more pestiferous weeds.
In some localities low grades of clo
ver seed are demanded because the clo
ver is to be used as green manure, and
it is thought that the weeds will fur
nish green material for plowing under
and can thus do no harm. This is true
to a certain extent, but the weeds fall
far short of the clover as a green ma
nure, and the value cf the sod will be
reduced iu proi»ortion to the abundance
of weeds. It is poor economy to pay
for weed seeds and to allow them to
occupy the ground at a saving of 25 to
50 cents on the acre for seed. More
over. when a sample of clover seed is
very foul, it nearly always contains
large quantities of the seeds of the
worst weeds, such as sorrel, buckhorn,
plantain and sometimes dodder.
The seeds of dodder are fortunately
not yet common in American clover
seed and arc most rare in well cleaned,
homegrown seed, but the danger of the
spread of this pest should not be under
rated. When it is realized that a dod
der plant can attack one clover plant
after another until it has destroyed the
clover over an area of several square
feet, it will be seen that not even one
dodder seed in a pound of clover seed
should be tolerated.
Cerenl Rnst In the United SUtei.
According to the investigations of M.
A. Carleton, it appears that at least
six and possibly seven distinct rusts
affect the cereals of the United States,
as follows: Orange leaf rust of wheat,
orange leaf rust of rye, crown rust of
oats, black stem rust of wheat and
barley, black stem rust of rye, black
stem rust of oats and maize rust. Of
these the black stem rusts of wheat
and oats are by far the most destruc
tive, that occurring on maize being of
slight Importance.
The leaf rusts are evenly distributed
over the United States wherever their
hosts are grown. The stem rusts are
most prevalent between the Alleghany
mountains and the ninety-fifth degree
of west longitude north of the thirty
seventh degree of north latitude and
in portions of Texas and California.
The leaf rusts and crown rusts are
proportionately more important in the
Atlantic and southern coast states.
The author believes that the damage
to wheat and oats from rusts probably
exceeds that caused by any other fun
gus or insect pest and in some localities
is greater than that due to all other
enemies combined.
Preventing the Melon Louae,
Melon growers should consider at
this time of year any steps that they
propose taking for preventing the rav
ages of the melon louse during the
coming season, says American Garden
ing. It is too late to do anything after
the lice appear. Their habits are such
that no effective spraying or other gen
eral treatment is possible.
Two methods have been suggested
looking toward the prevention of loss.
One consists in tborougbly cleaning up
and plowing the old melon fields be
tween the seasons if melons are to be
planted on the same land next year.
This serves to destroy many of the in
sects which pass the winter in the
trash and litter of the old melon field.
Perhaps a better method is to change
the crop on the old field and grow mel
ons in a new place. If this plan of ro
tation is followed, it discourages the
Insects and gives them nothing to work
on at the old location, and it takes con
siderable time for them to find the new
jne.
RAPE AND VETCH.
Greon Soiling and Cover Crop*.
Vetch n Mtroften Gatherer.
As a crop for green soiling and as a
cover crop rape Is rapidly growing in
favor. It has been found that the
crucifers, as rape and turnips and mus
tards, will grow fairly well where
many other less hardy plants will fall
entirely. During the past summer
rape sown about Aug. 1 made a good
growth, and the ground is now cov
ered thickly with the plants. They
will not grow in this latitude (New
York) through the winter, yet the tops
form a valuable covering for the soil,
says Country Gentleman, which gives
the following information about rape
and vetch: Where rape Is sown for a
cover crop it would be well to sow not
more than three pounds of rape seed
per acre and to sow with it four quarts
of red clover or the mammoth clover
seed. If in a locality where clover
does not produce well, then one bushel
of rye may be sown per acre with the
rape. The long cow horn turnip is
also a valuable soiling crop.
Vetch belongs to the leguminous or
der of plants and Is supposed to be like
the clovers, cap_able.of_se<;urlng a part
No. I 7
of its nitrogen from the free nitrogen
of the air. .There are two varieties of
vetch in common use, Vicia sativa, or
spring vetcli, anil Vicia villoma, or the
sand vetch. The variety most com
monly grown is the Vicia sativa. It
grows best in a cool, moist climate, yet
it may l>e grown successfully in almost
every section of the United States.
This plant, like rape, is used for' two
purposes, as food for animals and as a
crop for green soiling. As a food for
animals it ranks high. It is rich in
protein, furnishing an ideal ration for
milk cows. The vetch plant is weak
and if grown alone will fall to the
ground, where it is likely to undergo
decomposition l>efore it matures. It is
better sown with oats or barley, prefer
ably <>ats. In the southern states the
climate of summer would be too hot
for the successful growth of the plants,
but it could be sown in the fall with
winter oats and would be in condition
i for feeding in early spring.
Vetches will grow well where peas
will grow. A clay loam is preferable
to a sandy soil. In fitting the land for
, vetches it should be given as thorough
i preparation as when fitted for oats or
j corn. Where vetch is sown alone about
j one bushel of seed per acre should be
used. When vetch Is sown with oats
or rye, from one bushel to one and a
half bushels of oats or rye should be
mixed with three pecks of vetch seed
for oue acre. If rye be sown with
vetch, one bushel of rye and three
pecks of vetch seed will be sufficient
for one acre. The seed may be put in
with a drill or be sown broadcast and
harrowed in. Drilling is preferable, as
it will then be more evenly covered
with soil.
If the vetch is to be fed to live stock
green, cutting should begin when the
plants arc- in blossom and may con
tinue until the plants are in the early
stages of maturity. When cut for hay,
allow the plants to develop until ap
proaching maturity, when cut and cure
same as clover hay.
The "Silent Snbsoftler."
It is claimed very generally by clo
ver growers that a field upon which a
good crop of clover is grown for two
successive years will when replowed
and planted to corn yield from 15 to 25
bushels more corn per acre than it did
before sown to clover or than similar
land by its side will which has not been
thus treated. The percentage of in
i crease is quite as large in raising
wheat, oats, potatoes and other crops.
The plant draws nitrogen from the air
and stores it in the soil for the use of
succeeding crops. The roots of the clo
ver penetrate to a great depth In the
unplowed subsoil, drawing nutriment
therefrom, assisting in holding mois
ture, which when the roots die and de
cay increase the fertility of the soil as
well as the storing capacity for mois
ture and with its sister, alfalfa, has
justly earned the name of the "silent
subsoiler," whose success and efficien
cy are generally admitted and admired.
—Bradford Miller, Kansas.
The But Leghorai.
The Buff Leghorn, a variant of the
already existing chamois Leghorn of
Denmark and Italy, was the creation
of Mrs. Lister-Kay, a fair farmeress in
England. Her old birds are fed twice
a day. They have soft food in the
mornings and wheat at nights, the
young ones getting three meals a day.
The originator of the Buff Leghorn kas
much that is useful to say upon the
egg producing qualities of the breed
and its unsultabiiity for table use, and
she finds with her Leghorns, as with
all other varieties, that it is very diffi
cult to obtain the good meat maker
and the good layer in one and the same
bird.
Plotv For Clearing Atvay Snow.
There may be nothing new about this
snow plow, yet there Is always some
body to welcome the simplest hints
When knocking up a convenience of
A SXOWPLOW.
this sort in brief order. Two lengths
of lumber 2% feet each; have one end
beveled and are nailed together and
held firm by a crosspieee nailed on.
When snow Is deep, a weight is neces
sary on the sled. Such a plow and
horse power save much labor in clear
ing paths and roads.
Gave Him A Tray.
They had been at the masquerade,
where she had recognized him at once.
"Was It the loud beating of my heart,
my darling, that told you I was here?'"
murmured he.
"Oh, no," she replied. "I recognized
you by the size of your feet."—Town
Topics.
Waiting For Hla Turn,
"Speaking of drinking as a cause for
headaches," said an old practitioner,
"reminds me of a trip I took several
years ago with a special train full of
western physicians going to the annual
meeting of the American Medical as
sociation In Philadelphia.
"On such occasions as this, with
perhaps 150 physicians congregated In
a special train, a good many manufac
turers of wines, liquors and carbonated
waters are anxious for the opportunity
of putting bottled goods on ice, with a
representative in charge to see that
samples are dispensed at just the right
temperature.
"On this particular occasion I remem
ber that one firm dealing in mineral
waters had an especially competent
agent on board the train. Dinner was
Just over In the dining car, tables had
been put up in nearly every section of
the sleepers and champagne corks were
popping. Redder liquors were on all
sides, and the rattle of cracked ice
was nearly as loud as the clicking of
the trucks.
"It was just at this juncture that
this especial agent for the mineral wa
ters made his hit. lie recognized that
It was not his deal, and he started
through the train, beginning at the
rear end of the baggage car. With a
profound bow to all present he said:
" 'Good night, gentlemen, good night,
but I'll see you In the morningr
"110 went through the train with
that, making the hit of the whole trip.
My greatest wonder at it, too, has
been that It has not been seized upon
as an illustrated advertisement for his
house."—Chicago Tribune.
Silk goods are said to take dyes mora
readily than any other fabric.
Both of the sons cf Thomas Jefferson
were members of congress from Vir
ginia while he was president. One of
these was Thomas Mann Randolph and
the other John W. Eppes.
The average weight of a sheep fleece
is pounds.