VOL- xxxviii July Sale. We have concluded to have a grand clearance sale during the month of July««prices away down--you can buy goods during this sale at a big saving. We know July and August are dull months and we are going to offer some big bargains. Men's SSOO and $6.00 A A A fine shoes at •\J\J Men's $3 5° ami $4.00 O KH fine shoes at Men's 3'*.50 Oxfords i) i) \ shoes at." Men's fine calf and Vici- 1 kid s2.Q>o shoes at.... ' j Hoy's fine kid and patent 1 *7 X leather s}.oo shoes at 1 ' ' i Men's fine satin-calf 1 AA 1 shoes at J.UUj Men's and Boys' working shoes of all kinds at reduced prices. Ladies' and Misses' every day shoes at a big reduction. We have made reductions in all lines and aek you to call and examine our goods and we can save you money. JOHN BICKEL, 128 SOUTH MAIN STREET. - - BUTLER, VA I | we haven't a thins: W I against cur neighbors K k\ ( BUT,--?-well, say!! ( ( Farmers and \ I mechanics C P \ get better shoes f c and more for \ | | their money / V < Huselton's i I' 1 ' i than any other \ S place in the r / Keystone State. KECK Spring Styles fit E Have a nattiness about them that E>f Tt I fv\ /T marks the wearer, it won't do to r) iIS k HEo /J 1A wear the last year's output. You J'J \J \[a 7 (-Q p\ won't get the latest things at the V Q r%~v/ V,-, 44 stock cloth ier9 either. The up-to *' 1/ OV if/ date tailor only can supply them, Y I J]J ;if you want not only the latest I ! • If Y* T/l « 8" things in cat and fit and work- 4 I / I U I manship, the finest in durability, 1 J If ill I where else can you get combina- Ml I II II I tions, you get them at / 1 j In ll* KECK G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, 42 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed. Butier, Pa Removal Notice! C. F. T. Pape, Jeweler and Watchmaker Will be found on and after April Ist at 121 East Jefferson street, opposite G. 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LOQAN, Ph. 0., k Manager, V A | rA 108 N. Main St., liutler, I'a Both 'Phones. VA Everything in the k drug-line. M(3tel Nixor^ 215 N McKean St, Butler, Having rented this hotel for another year, I again invite the patronage of of my old friends and the public gener ally. R. O. RUMBAUGH. BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1901 THE GYPSY WOMAH The fvpiy woman Li vis on the moor; flht alcepa in a tent, With a curtained door. Low 1« her dwelling Anil hard her bed, But the stars at night Are a crown (or Utr Wad Rough is her greeting From all that's human. But the morning smiles At the gypsy woman. The wind i# her harper Anil brings from far liis 9ongs of wooing And shouts of war. On the printed page She need never look; The changing sky Is her holy book. the knows not the call Of church bells ringing; Tfce falling rain Makes sweeter singing. And the voice of the lark At morn and even Is a key to open The gate of heaven. —West mi nster Gazette. 0404<>«H<H<H<K>H>f04<>K>+<>+0 I HIS OWN PETARDI V A Story of the Higher Edu- V 6 cation of Women. g "Woman." saiil the professor, "was made for the home. There she stands on a pedestal, from which it Is a griev ous thing to see her step down." Now the professor is acknowledged to he one of the wisest men in Europe, and it was Impossible that a girl of Sibyl's age should contradict him. Be sides, Sibyl has been very nicely brought up and wouldn't think of con tradicting a person so much older than herself, even if he had been merely an undergraduate Instead of a professor. So she looked very politely interested in the remark and said nothing. Silence on the part of the other per son always lures on a m»n to say more than he ought "I am sorry," the professor contin ued after a pause, "to hear that you are coming up next term. I had hoped that your dear mother —one of my oldest and best friends—would have had oth er views for you. She at least knows well that I disapprove, deeply disap prove, of this most unseemly attempt of women to enter upon university life." "But, professor, that isn't very kind," Sibyl was obliged at last to remon strate. "I understand that I shall have the pleasure of attending your lectures. That is, if I get through my examina tion, and I'm going up for it next week." "Yes, I am sorry to say—l mean, I am glad—aii-h-h "Won't you take another cup of tea?" Sibyl is the kind est hearted of girls and wouldn't hurt a fly unnecessarily, and so she said she would like another cup of tea very much. "Woman," the professor repeated when he had returned to his usual ab straction, "stands on a pedestal in the domestic " ircle. It is truly grievous that she should be willing to join in the struggles of masculine life." He had atten \'d, as an experienced person will perceive, the last Union debate on the degree ijuestlon, and the eloquence of the debaters was echoed from the .lips of the i rofessor. Sibyl tried to consider herself from the point of view of her domestic cir cle, but failed to remember that their mental ati:;ude In relation to her had ever been that of those who look up ad miringly toward the statue on its ped estal. "Professoß I will not struggle," said she. "I promise to submit to your au thority on all questions, whether of dis cipline or of Arabic. I promise never to Join In a sth of November row, and you know that women students are al lowed neither boat races nor bump suppers." The professor answered that she was evading the question at Issue. He said that ladies usually do so, and Sibyl went home with previsions of universi ty life a little less bright than they had been before. But she was none the less determined to go up and to devote the next period of her life to the studies which were illustrated by the pro fessor. Three years later the professor sat In Sibyl's room at Browning—it was a charming little room, looking on the terrace—and he congratulated her. Was she not the most famous persou of the week? Had not every morning paper a leading article in praise of woman as personified In Sibyl and all the evening papers portraits of her, portraits whose only point of similarity was their un lireness to Sibyl? Editors were asking Her for an article on the education of women at universities, and publishers would have her edit a new series of eastern writers for ladles' schools. The professor looked at her with ad miration. She was the most brilliant pupil given to him for many a day, and lier suggestions In the way of emenda tion were marvelous. Now, now at last, the professor saw his visions of long years taking upon themselves a sem blance of reality; they should become real in the near future. That great work of his on the Aesthetics of the Acadian* might now be accomplished. The materials for It were complete. He had spent on them all his leisure time since his appointment as Plantag ecet professor. But as for the writing of the book, from that he shrank. Somo younger man must collaborate, use the professor's stores, undertake the labor of writing and add to so much knowl edge the enthusiasm of youth. For some time he had waited until the fit ting person should appear among his meu. The Ktudcut, lur-g expected, was come at last, but unfortunately from among the women. No, nothing could be unfortunate if only the person was found. And Sibyl was delightful to work with. •'.."e >•'. beat the Germans now, , il.i. t t<!i eir own ground," said ii . p . .i until.v. "It is a revenge for lu. aj many years." Rfhyl looked at him in nerplexlty, for she failed to see the connection. The professor explained at full length, and Sibyl listened. "You will come up ngain, of course, for a few years," he i.:..!, "and v.e will set to work as soon as possibh. Your name will appear with mine on tlie title page. You will have a reputation for scholarship that will go beyond Berlin, it is fortuuate that your name Latinizes so well. Per haps—l do uot know—your Latin style is really quite fair for one so young. Perhaps we might even bring it out In two versions, a Latin and an English. This would not add appreciably to the number of years we are to devote to the work and might repay us nobly. There are continental scholars who are uot altogether familiar with English." Sibyl said nothing. She was thought fully looking out over the geraniums. and the pro/ossor grew uneasy. "I assure you that you are perfectly qualified for the work, abstruse and onerous as It is," he said, "and you are the only pupil I ever had of whom 1 could s»v as much." "You are very flattering." answered the most distinguished graduate of the year, "and I am afraid you rate my powers too highly." The professor ea gerly Intimated by gesture that she was mistaken. He was so breathless with apprehension that he would not Interrupt by words. "I am so sorry that I shall not be •able to collaborate In the work. You do me a great honor In asking me. But, you see, I am waut ed at home." Then the Plantagenet professor scoff ed. "At home!" said he. "Why. anybody can attend to your duties at home. But as for what I am suggesting to you. there is not one man in -0 years that la capable of doing it. As for women"— Words failed the professor here. "You will be known as a scholar to all the scholars of Europe. Do you under stand? You will be regarded as an au thority for many years to come. And think of the honor yon will ir.tSti for your college and for your ;.cx." The professor spi.ke the words without hes itation. No thought of an earlier con versation Willi Sibyl had remained In his mind, which indeed was crowded with more iu.|h> rlnut things. "It is a r l ''?'." she answered placidly, "but. you see. my p'-op!" really want me. My mother I'.kes to have some body with her w!n t she is making calls, and my sisters will it- t Im> out of the sehoolro ':' itw *"tne years. Then I write my father's business letters for him and help to teach the childreu and make their frock*. I have a good deal of taste in dressmaking. An excellent modiste has si'.id so. 1 had lessons from her. though of course 1 know it Is the fashion to suppose that a woman who cares for study must be absolutely useless in domestic affairs." The professor broke out In auger. "Anybody can make frocks." he cried. "No, indeed, you are mistaken," she answered. "It is a most difficult busi ness to make them nicely. That Is why they are expensive." "But do you not see." said the pro fessor again, "what an opportunity you will lose if you fail to adopt my sug gestion? You are losing your chance of fame. You leave undone a great work of incalculable benefit to scholars. And for me—l see no hope of finding anoth er to take your place." "I am very sorry," answered his pu pil, "but indeed my parents want me very much at home. And I feel that my place Is there. I shall not be able to come back next term." »•••••• There was agalu a debate at the Un ion. and again the professor dropped in. The proposer was speaking. He was a young gentleman of much eloquence, and he carried his audience with him. "L,et us resist to the death," he said, "any attempt to encourage further the so called higher education of women in this university. Woman was made for the home. There she stands on a pedes tal. Shall we assist her to descend from that pedestal and bemlre herself with joining In the struggles of masculine life?" The audience raised a storm of applause. The professor groaned and went out.—Ladies' I'ictorial. Th<- Game of Clieas. The game of chess differs in the vari ous countries of the world. Thus, In the Hindoo game, four distinct armies are employed, each with their king, each corps countlug among Its fighters an elephant and a knight which slay, but cp**not be slain. The Chinese game of chess, which boasts of the title of ehoke-choc-kong-ki (the plaj of the sci ence of war), has a river running through the center of the board, which their elephants, equivalent to our bish ops, cannot cross, and there is a fort which their kings cannot pass. Under the Sanskrit name of chatu ranga a game essentially the same as modern chess was played in Hindustan nearly 5,000 years ago. From Hin dustan the game is said to have been carried to Persia and thence to Arabia. The Arabs introduced It into Spain and the rest of western Europe during the eighth century, wher« it became the principal pastime a boat the year 1000. Niitlit and Morning* Bella. In the picturesque village of Allesley, Warwickshire, England, an ancient custom, which is found to linger here ind there. Is still observed. The church bell is rung at 5 o'clock every morning In the summer and at 6 o'clock In the winter in order to arouse sleeping vil lagers and enable them to start work In good time. The curfew bell is also tolled at 8 o'clock each evening. Ti me and Telephone Work Wonders, "I was startled the other day and In an entirely new way," said a prominent electrical engineer. "The use of the telephone has become so much a part of my life that in talking with my friends and acquaintances every few days I apparently kept up the ac quaintance as of old, when I used to Bee them more regularly. A few days ago I had occasion to visit an old time friend of mine with whom I had talked probably once a week or oftener for the past tlireo or four years, but whom I had not seen during that period. "When I met him, I was startled. His black beard had turned gray, almost white, and he had changed In other respects, as was natural, during the three or four years of that period, yet through the use of the telephone I had In my mind's eye seen him as of old every time I had talked with him, and you may Imagine how surprised, even shocked, 1 was to see this change in him. "Did you ever have a simlliar experi ence? I Imagine the increasing use of the telephone causes many of them. You hear the usual voice oil the tele phone and mentally picture the friend as he looked when you saw him last, which may have been a year or several years In the past."—Electrical Review. Hont Lntmnal. Jack Potts—We had a remarkable game of poker last night. Asa High —How remarkable? Jack Potts—The amount the losers claimed to have lost tallied exactly with the amount the winners admitted they had won.- Philadelphia Press. An explanation. She—l don't see why Clara has so many admirers. She can't speak a word of French and neither sings nor paints. He—Well. I suppose that is the rea son.—Chicago News. One Wna Knongh. "Was Gobang's marriage a euccesa?" "I hardly think so. I heard him say the other day that he would never go to the penitentiary for bigamy."— Brooklyn Eagle. A Rouffh Rider. I<la—l rode a mile on an old cushion tired bicycle. May Well, wouldn't that Jar you?— Chicago News. GOO'S SMIL&. Wfceu God upon our little world look* dowa. In it« own fttrenuou* pros 90 paatin# crre«t, So rapt with tort, the pen. the aword, the crowm, Maying it« game of fortune, 1-me or state, IXtu he not untie, the patiint On** who knows. Keeping ua gently in the onward war, Hatting, with kindly thought, the cve&ing'a cloto \Yh«a we aliall tire ot ? And life'a vaat tragediea. its «ina and wrong?. Are they not but as wound* that children feel. A tale that to the nursery belong* Of hurts left for his tender touch to heal? Docs he not smile, the good God of us all. Knowing how sure his love for every one, Making things right when evening's ahadowe fall And the rough p!a% is done? —Ripley D. Saunders in St. Louis Rt-public. ! HONEYMOON! o o It was the day after the wedding and wet enough to damp the ardor of the most devoted of bridegrooms And John Hampton was not the most de voted. He had married, as most cau tious and sellish young men do, be cause he wanted a home and some one to look after his home comforts. Ho had tried housekeepers, but they had proved failures one and all. They wanted too many evenings out. and their appearance was not calculated to decorate any smart little suburban villa. And so John meditated deeply about the matter. Should he hamper himself with a wife or should he engage an other lady housekeeper and see how that worked? "Why uot combine the two and get a wife as well as :t lady housekeeper?" thought John, and so he kept a sharp eye round him for a bright, pretty do mesticated girl whom lie could honor with his Intentions with a view to mat rimony. And at last his diligent search was rewarded. Madeline Gray possessed every attraction and virtue that John had determined his pretty wife should have. She was pretty, brilliantly pret ty. Her hair was like spun gold, and her eyes were as blue as the bluest of china; but. as John Hampton remark ed. beauty was not everything, and Madeline's hands, though small and white, were the nimblest in the world. She could knit, and she could sew, she could wash, and, yes, she could even scrub, and do It all in the daintiest and most becoming manner too. Truly. Madeline Gray was a Jewel which only required the setting of that little Nor wood villa to perfect. And John nampton thought himself extremely lucky when this model of virtues accepted his attentions and lat er his dignified proposal of marriage, and that was how he happened to be looking out of the window of his mod est little apartments at Brighton one very wet day in May. The scene was depressing enough. The sea looked dark and gloomy, the beach was deserted, and now and then a dejected looking Individual enveloped In a mackintosh hurried along the pa rade with the seeming object of get ting home as quickly as possible. "Honeymoons are a mistake," said John to himself. "If I hadn't wanted a change of air, I shouldn't have come. It's an Ideal morning for the seaside, I must say." At that moment Mrs. Hampton en tered the room, and he turned to greet her. "Not a very charming morning, my dear, is It?" said he amicably. "Well, what can you expect from a place like Brighton?" said his wife coolly. "It's all the same here whether It rains or shines." John raised his eyebrows In surprise. "Why, my dear"— he began anxious ly. "You thought I liked Brighton, 1 sup pose," interrupted Mrs. Hampton calm ly. "Well, it's a pity you didn't trou ble to Inquire before. As you arranged this holiday yourself, you mustn't grumble, and now come and have your breakfast." To say that Xlr. Hamptou was sur prised is stating the case too mildly. He was simply astounded. He looked at liis wife as at some Chinese puzzle. Was this self possessed and command ing woman really the meek and sub dued little maiden he had married the day before? And yet there she sat, her golden head as golden as ever, her eyes as blue, pouring out the coffee with as much sang froid as If she had been Mrs. Hampton for years. "1 presume you ordered this break fast," she said as finished her task. "Yes, dear," said John. "Is there"— "No, there Isn't anything I like," she replied, without troubling him to finish his remark, and looking at the viands ou the table. "Will you please ring the bell?" John obeyed, and when the maid ap peared she gave an order for a new laid egg and a piece of hot toast, pass ing the cold meat to her husband with the dignity of a queen. And a very good breakfast she made too. Jobn was rather taken aback. In his Idea delicate and refined women should eat very little and of the dainti est viands, and this morning meal of his wife's surprised him as much as her manner had done. She had acted so differently during their engagement. Evidently he had misunderstood her, and he determined to assert his author ity as her lord and master at once. There was no time to lose. "Let a wo man get the upper hand," thought John, "and your influence is gone for ever." And so, after the breakfast things were cleared away, he told her to put •n her bonnet and accompany him for a long walk. "Good gracious, John, are you mad?" said his wife. "In weather like this!" "Certainly. It will do you far more good than stopping at home. Come, do as I tell you." Mrs. Hampton loowd at him scorn fully. "John (lampton," she said firmly, "if you like to go out and contract a chill, I've no objection, except that I shall have the trouble of nursing you, but don't take me quite for a fool. I shall stay indoors and write a long letter to mamma." And so, very much crestfallen at his first attempt to assert his authority, John put on his hat and went down on the beach and amused himself by mak ing ducks and drakes on the waves. But in time tills sport became tame, and, after buying some cigarettes and a newspaper, he retraced his steps once more to the house. On his way he passed a couple who were walking under a large umbrella. The man had his right arm round the girl's waist, and the girl held up & radiant face to his and was chatting charmingly. They appeared to be per fectly oblivious to the rain and every thing but Just themselves. For some reason or other John sighed heavily and tlien to»excuse himself of the weakness looked after them con temptuously and denounced them as deluded fools. When he reached home, Mrs. Hamp- i ton met lilia at the door and asked i him to kindly post her letters. There were two—one to mamma, certainly, but the other was addressed to a young man who had been a frequent caller at the maternal home until their engage ment was announced. "Excuse me," he said In a dignified 'manner. "May I be Informed of the contents of this letter?" "No, you may uot." said Mrs. Hamp ton stiffly. "And your request Is an insult. Pray make haste back, as lunch eon is 011 the table." And again John obeyed, though with very 111 grace. The next day Mrs. Hampton declared that honeymoons were very dull. "You had better give notice here and pay the week's bills and take rooms at one of the best hotels. It will be a treat to see a few people at mealtimes even If one does not speak to them." At this John made a strenuous pro test. He hated a large gathering, he said, and much preferred a quiet life. Besides, lie was hurt and mortified that she should so soon tire of Ills company. In a honeymoon a wife and husband should be all and all to one another. It should be a brief time sacred to them selves. a time when there should be no Intrusions from the outside world. But Mrs./ Hampton only curled her pretty Hps. • "That's all nonsense," she said, with a derisive laugh. "You only read about that sort of thing in books. In real life a marriage is a very prosaic matter. When we return to town and you go to business, it will be different. I shall entertain my friends then and shall have plenty to amuse me." And so to the hotel they went, and after that Mrs. Hampton couldn't com plain that she saw too much of John. She became a great favorite with the visitors there and was always Joining in some expedition or the other, and it was with a great sigh of relief fronf the happy bridegroom that the holiday came to an end. How pleasant the little villa at Nor wood looked after those desolate rooms at the hotel. Even Mrs. Hampton ad mired John's taste at the manner In which they were furnished, and they sat down to tea In the little dining room for the first time together. John took up his evening popcr as was his wont and scanned It through, but raised his head suddenly at what 6ounded like a muffled sob. "Madeline," he said anxiously, "what Is the matter, dear?" And he Jumped yf, and went to her side, whereupon the distressed one lifted a face rippling with laughter. "Oh, John, dear John," she said. "Tell me, did you enjoy your honey moon very much, dear?" John hadn't, but he didn't say so. He caught the white hands held out to him -and drew the owner to him. "Madeline," he said, "did you"— "Yes; I did," said Madeline, inter rupting him In her usual way. "I wanted to give you a lesson, sir. You wanted to have things all your own way. I divined It from the first. You married me because you wanted-a com panionable housekeeper. Come, con fess, sir. You didn't marry me be cause you loved me." "But now, dearest," he said, still holding her close. "Well, I think, thanks to my lesson, you do a little bit now." And John confessed he did just a lit tle bit, and his thoughts traveled back to that happy young couple under the umbrella at Brighton. "We'll have another honeymoon later on, Madeline," he said; "a real one this time."—Penny Pictorial Magazine. ▲ Kipling Picture of Buffalo. After Rudyard Kipling had spent a day or two In Buffalo In the eighties he thus described it: "Buffalo Is a large villnge of a quarter of a million Inhabitants situated on the seashore, which Is falsely called Lake Erie. Once clear of the main business streets you launch upon miles and miles of as phalted roads running between cot tages and cut stone residences of those who have money and peace. When you have seen the outside of a few hundred thousand of these homes and the in «lde of a few score, you begin to understand why the American does not »take a deep Interest In what they call 'politics' and why he is so vaguely and generally proud of the country that en ables him to be so comfortable. How can the owner of a dainty chalet, with 1 smoked oak furniture, imitation Vene tian tapestry curtains, hot and cold water laid on, a bed of geraniums and hollyhocks, a baby crawling down the veranda and a self acting, twlrly whlrly hose gently hissing over the grass in the balmy dusk of an August evening—how can such a man despair of the republic?" Hlnta For Smokers. Here Is a good tip for a smoker: The best pipe grows foul Bometlmci, and the various patent cleaning devices are of little use in making it fresh. But if you pack the bowl tight wlui grass or hay and lay tho pipe aside for a few days you will have It as sweet as when It was new. Talking about smoking, here Is a good idea for lighting match es: Don't light them on your trousers, for you'll burn slits In them, nor on your shoe soles, for you'll rub the heads off. The plan Is to rub them on a piece of paper—a folded newspaper, an envel ope, a ticket The silica In the paper acts like sandpaper. Many people can't smoke a dozen cigarettes without getting a sore throat Inveterate cigarette smokers are fre quently troubled with a perpetual cold In the head. It Is not the smoke that Is to blame, but the dust Now, If you use a cigarette tube —amber, cherry or cardboard—a tiny bit of cotton wool in the bottom of It will catch every par- Ucle of dust Try this, and you'll have no more sore throats. But you may not enjoy the smoke.—Exchange. The rooster makes two-thirds of the noise, but the hen does all the work.— Chicago News. The Florida Hnaorback. The Florida "razorback" Is the hog Indigenous to this climate and soil. He Is usually large of limb and fleet of foot, being the only known porker that can outrun a darky. He has a tail of wondrous length, which, while he Is In active motion, he twists Into the tight est corkscrew, but with which while quietly feeding he raps his leathery sides much In the same manner that the docile cow uses her tail. He is self supporting. He earns his own living and thrives equally well lu the high woods, in the fiatwoods, in the hummocks and in the marshes. He subsists upon anything he can find above the earth or underneath Its sur face. He has a clear, farseelng eye and is very sensitive of hearing. Na ture has equipped him with a snout al most as long as the beak of the wild pelican of Borneo, with which he can penetrate the earth many Inches In quest of worms, snakes and Insects. He Is the most Intelligent of all the hogs and Is likewise the most coura geous. He lias been known to engage lu mortal combat with a coon for the pos session of a watermelon and to rend asunder a barbed wire fence.—Forest and Stream. M MURPHY'S FLATS. THE PUGILISTIC TENANTS BURY THE HATCHET FOR A TIME. It Was Only the Calm Uefore the Sturm, lloupvrr, and When Ital), Irclnud nntl Africa <■»! Tuitellicr They Made t p For I.UHI Time. [Copyiiglit. 1-01. by C. n. Lewit. ] "So It vhas you. Mr. Sprocket?" que- , rled the Geriunti grocer us he wiped his hands off after measuring out a peck »f potatoes and extended it to the Jau- ! ltoc of McMurphy's tlats, who came limping in. "Yes. it's me, Mr. Wasserman," wai the reply, "but there wns nn hour or so last night when 1 didn't kuow whether I'd W living today or not." "Did you go most dead mit dot asth ma?" "No, it wasn't the asthma altogether. In fact, the asthma was as good as left out of it. Those people broke loose again, you see, and the nervous strain on me almost knocked me out." "Yhat a wicked peoples, vliat a wick- ' ed world! Uud BO dere vhas some more rows?" "I told you the other day about the three Indies having a scrap." replied the Janitor as he settled himself down on the head of a barrel. "Well, they went about with their noses in the air for a day or two and then decided to make It up. That's a woman's way, you know. They couldn't visit each other while they were mad, and each oue of the three was Just dying to see how the others had furnished up their rooms and whether the whole family had to sleep In one bed or not. Mrs. O'Sullivan had the most curiosity, and us she had drawn a diamond ring with a pound of 50 cent tea and wanted to show It off she decided to give In first. Yesterday morning she knocked on the dago's door, and the dago put her nose out and asked: " 'What* you wanta of me, eh?' " 'Countess, I've come to make up wid ye.' said O'Sullivan. 'Sayln nothln of the words In the Bible and the teacliin's of good men that we should dwell together In harmony, I'm wlllin to believe that I was mistaken In ye as a dago. The way ye used yer fingers in mc hair, to say nothln of the bat on me mouth, proves that ye are a perfect lady and entitled to my esteem. Shake me hand. Countess Dlvlto, and let's be friends.' " 'You no wanta flghta any more?' asked the countess as she came out into the hall. " 'Not another wollop,' answered O'Sullivan. 'lt's rather airly In the mornlu for a high society call, but if ye'll overlook it for once I'll come in and show ye the $l5O diamond ring me Tim banded me from his lilnd pocket this mornlu for a birthday prisent.' "I heard It all," said the janitor, "and the countess let her In and met her half way. I thought it would be a good thing for me and McMurphy and a bad thing for the darky, but it turn ed out tiptop all around. When two women get to making up a quarrel, they Include all creation, and It wasn't over half nn hour before the two came out with their arms around each oth er and started up to see the barber's wife." "Py golly, but I like dot!" exclaimed the grocer. "Vhen I vhas mad at some THEY PRAISED EACH OTHER'S HATS AXD DRESSES. mans und he conies around next day, I vhas all oafer her. If nopody vhas mad, den you see how happy we all ! vhas." "That's It, Mr. Wasserman. If you ! only had the asthma, you'd make a j good flathouse Janitor. Yes, they went up, and the darky heard them coming and was ready for them with an old chair leg. She was spitting on her hands for a good grip when Mrs. O'Sul llvan told her that the quarrel was all made up and the dove of peace had come there to hatch her brood. She'd been thumped pretty hard, and she was rather offish, but she toed the mark after awhile, and there was kiss ing and bugging all around. An hour later O'Sulllvan gave a moralng tea, which was mostly beer and crackers, and such quietness fell upon the bouse that I began to feel lonesome. About 1 o'clock In the afternoon the three got dressed to go out In company, and of course each one put on her best duds to make the other Jealous, You know what women are, Mr. Wasserman?" "Vbell, maype! I llf mlt my old wo mans for oafer dwenty year." "Of course. They praised each oth er's hats and dresses as they stood in the hall, but It was all hypocrisy, you know. The countess was perhaps the best dressed, though It was a pretty even thing all around. They sailed away like three graces, and I kicked the goat out of the halls, run the dogs on to the street and heaved the carts into the back yard. For two hours I had a bouse to be proud of, and I had made up my mind to tell McMurphy to raise the rent when the ladles returned. They had treated each other to clam broth, Ice cream and candy and had come back In & hack to end up in a swagger way. When the horses came prancing up, there was a sensation on that block, and 50 other women turned pale as they looked out of their win dows." "Vhas some rubber tires on der wheels of dot hack?" asked the grocer as he seemed to call up a picture In his mind's eye. "Aye, there was, Mr. Wasserman," replied the Janitor. "Yes, there was rubber tires on every wheel—none miss ing— ard the driver was In uniform and the horses stepping high. For a min ute or two I felt so proud that I was determined to ask McMurphy to raise my salary to S2O a month and fuel throwed In; but, alas, it was the hack that was our undoing." "Did she broke down?" "Not at all. The ladles didn't have money enough to settle the fare, you see, or they wanted to beat each oth er. They could scrape only 45 cents to gether, while the fare was a dollar and a half, and the driver wasn't slow In giving them his opinion of bilks. It wasn't two minutes before the whole neighborhood was on to the racket, and then there was fun. At first the three women hung together as against the driver, but pretty soon Mrs. O'Sulllvan got her Irish up and turned on the oth- No 28. er« with: * "* « " 'Be me sow I, but I Qjlgbt ' knowed It! What but this Should liap : pen to a dlsclndant of the O'Sbanea who jfoes out with a dage and a nay gur!' " 'Who you calla dago?' yelle<l__tUo countess. " 'And who's a naygurf shouted Mrs. Torrlugton. • I "Then a great crowd gathered around, hoping to see a scrap, and when I tell , you, Mr. Wassorman, that the reputa* tlon of MeMurphy's flats for chick anO gentility suffered a setback that they'll not get over for years I speak thg words with aching heart. To satisfy the driver and avoid a row oil tb« street Mrs. O'Suliivan handed over thaj t>a store diamond and sailed into tliCf house as grand as a queen, and when tlie others had followed her I looked the doors on the crowd." "Und so all vhas peace once more?* queried the grocer, trith & sigh of TCa lief. ■ "Not on your life, old man! Tfou know what a prelude is, don't youT' "I pellef I do, but I don't carry some In stock. She vhas too perishable." "Just so. Well, that little affair on the sidewalk was a prelude, a prologue, a curtain raiser. It didn't take the O'Suliivan over seven minutes to gel back Into her fighting togs, and she made a break for up stairs at once. The dago and the colored woman were all ready for her and also for each oth er, and the way they did sail In and break down doors and knock off plas ter gave me palpitation of the heart and thoughts of graveyards. I limped off and let them have it out, and the three of them are in bed and will be for a week to come." "But maype dey shall make oop good friends und stay so?" suggested the grocer. "Maybe, but you can't expect It, Mr. Wasserman. It ain't In what they call nature, you see.' It's Ireland ag'in Italy and Africa, and Italy and Africa ag'in Ireland, and three women ag'in each other, and if you don't mind I'll take a cucumber home for my luncM and get what rest I can for my asthma before the menagerie breaks loose again." M. QUAD. Winding Timepieces. "I have been doing a little figuring on time," remarked an erratic cltlfteil yesterday, "and 1 have reached some rather interesting conclusions. I want ed to find out how much time man con sumed In keeping tab on time, and 1 found that, if the whole world is con sidered In the computation, years would be crowded into a second of time. "To illustrate what I mean, take a city where 100,000 watches are wound up every day. Now, It takes probably an average of 15 seconds to wind a watch. It would take, then, 1,500,000 seconds to wind 100,000 watches. This would mean 25,000 minutes or 630 hours and 10 minutes, or 25 days and 1C hours. I suppose there are in the city of New Orleans 100,000 watches and clocks to be wound up every day, 60 that nearly a month ig spent In the city every day in winding watches and clocks. "One man in a year's time would con sume 5,475 seconds in winding his watch If he is prompt abont It and Is willing to give 15 seconds every day to this useful article. This would mean several hours during every year that he kept up the practice. Allowing 85 years as the average life, a man would spend 191,525 seconds, or 8,100 minutes and 41 seconds, or 580 hour* and 10 minutes, or 22 days and 20 hours, in winding his watch." —New, Orleans Times-Democrat. .J Whit She Saw. It was at the Normal school that this happened, and the class laughed. It was a laugh on the teacher, too, but he didn't get angry, although it did break into the serious contemplation of serious studies with which he was try ing to interest the students. It was In the study of psychology, and they were discussing what ideas first entered the human mind when cer tain words were spoken or written— whether the mind thought of one cer tain object designated by the word ot the whole general class which Is em bodied in that word. To experiment on this mental phenomenon in order ta bring it more clearly to the attention of the students the professor said h» would write a word on the board and then let one of them tell Instantly what impression was made upon her mind. He called upon one of the pupils to be ready to think quickly and tell ex actly what her first thought was after she saw the word which he was about to wr'.te. He stood close to the board, so that the word was hidden by hla shoulders until he turned. He wrote the word "pig,," and all of the class saw It except the girl who was stand ing ready to make reply. When he turned, he didn't get out of her way# and she couldn't see the word. In re ply to his sharp, quick question, "Now, what do you see?" she replied naively, "I see you." And the class laughed.— Milwaukee SentlneL Advice In Hla Answers. The Rev. John McNeill was holding a revival service at Cardiff, Wales, an<s announced that he would answer ang question abont the Bible. At once • note was sent up to him reading ap follows: "Dear Mr. McNeill—lf you are seeking ! fo help young men, kindly tell me whtf ! was Cain's wife." That seemed a poser, and the audi ence waited with intense Interest, tem pered with amusement, to see how the good man would extricate himself. Aftr er a pause he said: "I love young men, especially young inquirers for light, and I would give this young man a word of advice. It Is this: Don't lose your soul's salvation looking after other people's wives." i A Crnel Blander. Two brothers had the habit of calling on the same South Side girl. One of the brothers, George, was to take part in some private theatricals, and tho girl had promised to fix up a shirt and a pair of shoes for his costume. The articles were to be delivered to her on a certain evening. Frank, the second brother, took it In to his head to call on the girl that same evening. Frank knew nothing of the , arrangements George had made wit# her to help him with his costume.. He rang the bell, asked the maid to tfell the girl that Mr. Allen had called Und sat down in the parlor. *, The maid went up stairs and present ly returned, trying hard not to smile. "Miss Jones says alne is busy Just now and that you ane to send up your shirt and shoes," was tho message she handed Frank. "What 7* be y<elled "I'm to take yp your shirt and shoes." "Thanks, brit I may need them my self to go hoi»c with. I hope Miss Jones will be be'eter in the morning. Never mind; I Avili close the door myself."— Chlcagbt Chronicle. In the fourteenth century the slaugh ter of wosuen and children after • town or castle had been taken by storm was one ot tohe moat Qcenr teaces of \
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