v'OL* xxxviil BICKELS 3||F*£ill Footwear.^ N'ew Stock of Fall Styles that will start the nc.v se ison of! with a rush. T argest stock and most handsome styles of fine footwear we have ever shown. SOROSIS— The new shoe for womtn—Eighteen new fall styles —Dongola, Enamel. Patent-Kid, Patent-Calf and Box-Calf made with full extension soles in mediom or high tops; also complete stock of Makers & liowman's fine shoes in Box-calf, Enamel and Patent-calf, heavy solos, extention edge, the very latest, ranging in price from $3.00 to*ss 00. We have a full stock of the Carter Comfort Shoes and especially recommend them for their comfort giving qualities. Large assortment of Misses' and Children's fine shoes made in same styles as b - t grades of Ladies' Shoes. Special bargains in Misses' and Children's School Shoes. A. E. NKTTLETON'S MEN'S FINE SHOES. Twenty new styles in Men's medium and heavy sole shoes Patent-calf, Patenl-vici. Cordovan, and Box-calf, full extension, heavy soles, box stitch; also complete stock of Schwab Bros Mens tine Shoes in ti. - !at-.st up-to date styles. The above lines of Men s fine shoes ranging in price from $3-GO to $7.00. Large assort nent of Boy's, Youth's and Little Gents , fine shoes. FOR OIL MEN AND FARM WEAR. We liave a complete stock of Gokey's hand-made, whole stool:, box-toe Boots and Slices. Gokey's high cut copper-toe shoes for Boy's and high-cut water-proof shoes for girls. , , ~ See our Driller's shoes,higb-cut.box-toe.Bellis tongue,three heavy soles and tap. All Sumiaei Goods to be closed out regardless of cost. Big Bargains in Ladies' and Gent's, Misses and Children's Ox.ords and slippers of all kinds. All Summer Shoes to he closed out at les? than half-price. JOHN BICKEL, 128 SOUTH MAli\ STREET. - - BUTLER, PA HUSELTON'S Shoe Savings of 20 to 40 per cent. Yes, Shoes, too, have joined the Big Mid-Summer Trade Movement, and present purchasers are getting big discounts on former prices. Ladies' Kid Shoes, $1.50 and $1 25 at $ 65 Ladies' Tan Slices 1 25 $1 00, 3.00 and 3.50 at. 2 00 Lailies' Kid Welt Shoes.... 1 60 $3.00 and 2.50 at .2 15 Ladies' Kid Oxfords SI.OO and 1.50, now Ladies' patent Shoes t $3.00 and 2.50, now Mioses' and Children's 50 Hlack and Tan Shoes 90 $2.00, 1.50, 1.25, now 1 25 Infants', sizes 610 8 at.... 38 Bgr"YVe lead tliem all in Men's and Boys' Working Shoes at money-saving prices JjfiP'We have cut piices on all of our immense stock. Come early. Big money-saving prices to clean up stock. These prices tor cash only. HUSELTON'S BUTLER'S LEADING OPPOSITE SHOE HOUSE. HOTEL T OWRY HATS AT Jjglllf^ SMALL PRICES. Our assortment of Outing Hats, Soft I \ \ Hats, Sailor Hats, iu fact every hat and 11 Npi 11 all Millinery must be cleared out at once. H V W We are making a great sacrifice to close \\ " \ "§*• /» I out this line. Never before haj there yi been such an opportunity to secure bar- \\ JL jlv // gains and value at so little figures. Rockensteln's, MILLINERY EMPORIUM. 328 South Main Street. - _ Butler IPa KECK Spring Styles J|b £| "pi Have a nattiness about them that J] • f~]\ 1 f\ j[\ 'K marks the wearer, it won't do to rt fli \ / Y l\ wear the last year's output. You J' J \ (•?/ Ml f\ won't get the latest things at the -/ jn S~\y 1 \ stock clothiers either. The up-to > J \/ \ lf~? tr Cdate tailor only can supply them, , '1 Y i\j\ J Y|)l if you want not only the latest (! 1 / / 1 71 7 ll' things in cut and fit and work- \ II ill H I nianship, the finest in durability, I ( '//// I where e'se can you get combina- J I I jl 11 1 tions, you get them at y \ | JUL KECK G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, 42 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed. Butler, 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. Wilson Miller's Grocery Store, Butler, Pa. Subscribe for the CITIZEN. Men's Tan and Black Welt $2 50 Oxfords, $3.50 and 4 00, at.2 85 Men's Tan Welt Shoes 2 00 $3.50 and 5.00, at 2 85 Men's Black Vici Kid Balls, $2.00, at 1 50 Men's Patent Shoes 2 00 and Oxfords at 2 85 Men's Fine Satin Shoes at.. 1 00 Boys' Fine Kid and Patent 1 OO Leathers, 200 and 1.50.... I 75 Boys' Tan Shoes 2.00 and 75 1.50 at I 40 Boys' Fine Satin Calf Shoes 85 THE BUTLER CITIZEN. * Dangerous Kidney Diseases. Celery King has cured mo of kidney dis ease. The doctor feared Bright - s disease, and tried many remedies that gave me no help. Celery King has made me as well as ever in my life, and It seems almost as though a miracle had been wrought In my case.—Jen nie O. Keichard, Springtown, Pa. Celery King cures Constipation and Nerve, Stomach, Liver and Kidney diseases. 4 A cood looking hor«" and poor look trig harness in tho worst klud of a com- Eureka Harness Oil not only rnakeMliohnrnr** nrul tho horse /go* hotter, but makes th« 1 am leather soft and pliable, puts It in con- (llm ..... | , (lltion to luet—twice ks lonf fik* { rd,//, r.» it ordinarily would. /g*S MSSiI U. fTcrrwhsre ia cani—*ll 'll , «Ue«. Made by ,■ \ standa rd Your ') Horse a 'I / Chance / AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION I'KOPOSEP TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH FOK THF.IK A I'- PKOVAiL OR REJECTION HY THE GEN ERAL ASSEMBLY OK THE COMMON WEALTH OF I'ENNSYLVANIA. ITR LISHEI) BY uIiPEKOI' TIIE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH. IN IT Its F ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CON STITUTION. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Common wealth. Section I. Bo it resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Common wealth in Central Assembly met. That the following is proposed as amendments to the Constitution of the Common wealth of Penn sylvania, in accordance with the provisions of the eighteenth article thereof: Amendment One to Article Eight, Section One. Add at the end of the first paragraph of said section, after the words "shall be en titled to vote at all elections." the words "subject however to such laws requiring and regulating the registration of electors as the General Assembly may enact," so that the said section shall read as follows: Sect ion 1 Qualifications of Electors. Every male citizen twenty-oue years of age, pos sessing the following qualifications, shall be entitled to vote at all elections. Subject how ever to such laws requiring and rtgulatlng tho registration of electors as the General Assembly may enact: 1. He shall have bcon a citizen of the United States at least one mont h. 2. He shall have resided in the State one year (or. having previously been a qualified elector or native born citizen of the state, lie shall have removed therefrom and returned, then six months.) Immediately preceding the election. 3. He shall have resided in tho election dis trict where he shall offer to vote at least two months immediately preceding the election. 4. If twenty-two years of ago and upwards, he shall have paid within two years a State or county lax,which shall have been assessed at least two months and paid at least ono month before the election. Amendment Two to Article Eight. Section Seven. Strike out from said section the words "but no elector shall be deprived of the privilege of voting by reason of his name not being registered, and add to said section the fol lowing words, "but laws regulating and re quiting the registration of <;lectors may )>e an acted to apply to dtles only, provided that such laws lie uniform for cities of the same class," so that the said section shall read as follows: Section?. Uniformity of Election Laws.— All laws regulating the holding of elections by tho citizens or for the registration of electors shall be uniform throughout the State, but laws regulating and requiring the registration of electors may be enacted to apply to cities only, provided that such laws be uniform for cities of the same class. A true copy of the Joint Resolution. W. W GBIEST, Secretary of the Commonwealth. AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION PROPOSED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH FOR THEIR AP PROVAL OK REJECTION BY THE GEN ERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE COMMON WEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, PUB LISHED BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH. IN PURSU ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE CON STITUTION. A JOINT RESOLUTION. Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the Common weal tli. Section 1. He It enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Common wealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly met, r.nd it is hereby enacted by the author ity of tho same. That the following is pro posed as an amendment to the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in accordance with the provisions of the Eighteenth article thereof. Amendment. Strike out section four of article eight, and insert in place thereof, as follows: Section 4. All elections by the citizens shall he by ballot or by such other method-as may be prescrllted by law: Provided. That secrecy in voting be preserved. A true copy of the Joint Resolution. W. W. Clt I EST. Secretary of the Commonwealth. rn M Shouldn't Fi fl Suffer V Ll With f jCorns or Bunions » j When fi JOHNSTON'S h I] Corn £< f#l Cure kl Pi WiU Zi YA Cure k LI Them f. YA a LI Short f VA Time. LJ Price W &A 25 cents. Put p w a Up an( * r Z4 Sold k M only r A At v M Johnston's kj Crystal £ ri Pharmacy, U. M. LOGAN, Ph. G., k X Manager, W, f Jpj 108 N. Main St., Butler, Pa k Both 'Phones. F Everything in the k drug-line. V ! I BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST B is 01 TO A BOOKWORM. ; OK, gvntle worm, mott wise, though oft denounc ed a pest, ! Who didst the o4 the ancients' books in fest, j Their contents chew upon and inwaniiy digest, X envy when o'er thy courea 1 look I ' For 'twist the vellum walls of soma sweet classic tome. Mid leaves ink scented thou didst have thy cluis tered home, ▲.ll margined round with rirgin fields in which to room • Whene'er thuu caredst to Icaie thy lettered nook. 4nd when thou'd*i riddled thy iaat line, 0 rtinidui. What happy deitiny was thine, denied to us. To lay thy sapient l>ones in such ▲ml be forever buried in a hook! —John H. Finley in Century. Ftakingl ( HIS ADVICE.) C How a Man Applied a Rule He 2 / Intended For His Neigh- \ bor to Himself. / Mr. Slieidon was tbe principal chant In the Important manufacturing town of Tormont. He was proud of his wealth, but he was still more proud of the fact that be had made it all him self, and his pride was greatest be cause he had made It by never allowing anybody to got ahead of him. "That's the secret of success in life, Harry," he said one day to his favorite clerk. "Sharp's the motto if you wish to rise. I don't mean you should cheat. That of course is both wrong and un gentlemanly." Mr. Sheldon prided him self also on being what he called a gentleman and above all little mean nesses. "But always be wide awake and never let anybody cheat you. I've noticed, by the bye, that you've seemed rather downhearted lately. If it's be cause you're your fortune yet to make, don't despair, but follow my advice. An opening will come at some time for something better than a clerkship, and, though I shall be sorry to lose you, yet I'll give you up 11 It's fc>r you* in terest." "Thank you," said Harry, apparent ly not a bit cheered up by this cool way of being told he had nothing to expect from Mr. Sheldon, "but it's not exactly that I suppose I shall get along some how." "What is It, my dear boy, then? I really take an Interest in you, as you know." And he did s« far as words were concerned. "Perhaps I can give you some advice." "Well," said Harry, with some hesi tation, "I'm in love, and"— "In love!" exclaimed the rich mer chant. "In love and with only a clerk's salary to marry on. It will never do— never do, Harry. Marriage for one like you is fastening a millstone round your neck unless indeed"—and he stopped, as if a bright thought had struck him — "unless indeed the girl is rich." "She is rich, or will be, I suppose," answered Harry, "for her father is a wealthy man. But that's Just the diffi culty. Hor father would never let her marry a p-.jor man, and she won't mar ry without his consent." "What a miserable tyrant!" said Mr. Sheldon. "If I was the lover, Harry, I'd run ofT with her. I'd checkmate the old cnrmvdgeon in that way." And he chuckled x: the imaginary triumph he would achieve. " 'Pon my soul, I would! 1 never, as I told yon, let any body take a rise out of me." "But w. -.ld that be honorable?" "Honorable? Isn't everything fair in love and war? I thought you had some pluck, Harry. How I should like to see the stingy old hulk rave and stump about on l.is gouty toes—for he must be gouty—when he beard of your elope ment!" And he laughed till his portly sides shook at the picture he had conjured up. "He'd probably never forgive me," raid narry dejectedly. "And then what could I do, with a wife brought up to every luxury and only a poor clerk's salary to support her on?" "Never forgive you? Trash and non sense! They always do forgive. They can't help it. Besides," with a confi dential wink, "I think I know your man. It's that skinflint, Meadows. I've heard of your being sweet on his daughter. She's a pretty minx, though •he Is his child. Oh, you needn't deny It I saw how you hung about her at our party the other night, and when I Joked about It with my daughter the next morning she as good as admitted that it was true, saying it would be a very good match for you. Now, I owe old Meadows a grudge. He tried to do me in those railway shares last winter, and I mean to pay him for It somehow. I tell you what I'll do. I must not ask, mind you, who the girl is. Mum must be the word. I must not of course be known in the affair, but I'll give you leave of absence for a month and a check for $250 to pay for your wedding trip If you'll make a runaway match. Is it agreed? Well, there's my hand on It. Here's the check. Egad! Won't the ®ld man howl when he hears how »ve've done him I" Harry seemed to hesitate, however, and it was not until Mr. Sheldon, eager to see his old commercial rival put at a disadvantage, had urged him again and again and premised to stand by him that he finally consented and took the check which his employer persisted In forcing upon him. The next morning Mr. Shelden came down to breakfast in high glee, for a note had reached him Just as h® was shaving which ran as follows: ed her to elope. It waa not. liowcrer, till 1 showed her your check that the would consent to do so. Khe said that ahe was *ure you would not recommend anything that wai wrong; that you would «dYi«o her at It you were her own father, and she hopci you will stand by ua. We shall b* Binrricd tomorrow, before Mr. Meadows la np. Very thankfully, Harrt Ooxrad. • The old gentleman brought the note with him to'the table, opened it out be fore him, adjusted his spectacles and read it over and over again. "I'd give $100," he said, chuckling, "to sec the old fellow's face when he hears how Ilarry has done lrfm." . ; v . .> ; ustoin of Mr. Sheldon to a per ut breakfast while •> only child and daugh ter, _ i.i.le spoiled by overindul gence, was generally late. But this morning Matty was later than ever. The banker had read all the foreign ns well :•.* the home news and even pe rils..! Harry's note, and still she had not made : r appearance. "The lazy puss!" he said at last. Then he looked up at the clock. "Half an hour lute! Now, this is really too bud. John," he cried, uddresslng the man servant at tin* sideboard, "send and see why Mis* Sheldon doesn't come down. Tell her." with a severe air, "I'm tired of waiting." John came back In about five min utes, looking very much flustered. "If you please, sir," he stammered, "Miss Sheldon's not in her room, and the maid say a tltat the bed looks as If i ft hadn't l>e«n slept In all night." The rich merchant's Jaw fell. Re started up, with a cry of agony, to go and see. but he was prevented by the footmnn appearing at the door with n telegram. "A telegram:" cried the merchant, ! unfolding It with trembling hands. "What can It mean? lias she been I found dead anywhere?" This wa« the te'.vgram: Dear Fatter —Harry and I married at 8 •'clock thl* morning. 1 would not consent to an #iop«ment till Harry assured me you had advised It and had shown rac your check aa proof, lla rays you promised to stand by itf. and I ku:>w you pride on n*tcr breaking a promise. We wait (or your blessing. MATTT. "Well. I never:" ejaculated Mr. Shel den when he had recovered his breath. "The luip'ident. dlsobe"— But here he stopped stopped and mopped his bald head, which. In his exciienieut. had broken out into great drops of perspiration. lit* remembered that he k*d hlm.»«l.' advised Uarrj to elope sud ths.t t'.e rt..ry >'ot wind he would he tile 1..0f the town, lnrludlng »-• h«r-:..! rvt i >< all —Mr. X He r" • too. t!.A» he ' v' > • • • • • <■>,!!' a- d i'. at s!.e wax nil i:i s M i- . So he aeceft'd . • tnevitahl* and telegra;>hed*! .«' U: Too nu; vMst ! -. a;.J tie KK- ler ttie belter, ao is tn Ike ' r i-!- • .«.! Ui.-ry be'a too ■*«ry to t *nj Hut I 'ake him to.!a/ into p.- '•■■■■,. - • >.« nui.l re meniber acbojl. CJ- VI- 11- Tie riiDiiwurj returned l>r the next train. The uisrr'.'.ire prcred. too. an emluentlv happy os:T >■ utorr never got out. We on'r li 'l It now la touS denee.—Woman's I.lfe. A Little ( ml>re;la Story. One r;»ln7 evening wlieu tratllc on the elevated road w.m «t: 11 a tuarJ on the Slith arenue lina ft'.in J a com paratively umbrella In one of the car*. When a UIIID passenger entered the ccr nt rurk place. tUo guard proudly showed his Cad. "It comes in great for ir.e tonight." he g.;id. "This U uiy ia>it trip, and I have a long w&lk. I had uo umbrella." The lone passenger, who was also without a rain protector, congratulated the guard. The two carried on a pleasant con versation. only interrupted by stops at stations. In time the train reached the Eighty-first street station, wh#re the passenger was to get out. The guard had carefully deposited his um brella In a corner of the front plat form of the car. While he was busy opening the gates the passenger quiet ly lifted it from its resting place and left the car. As the guard closed the gates and gave the bellcord a vigorous pull he saw his former passenger walk ing along the platform carrying the umbrella. "Hey, there! Stop It! Bring that back!" shouted the guard. "I need it myself," replied the recent passenger. "Come back. I say! You are a thief!" cried the guard as the train slowly pull ed out The new proprietor of the umbrella only smiled as he walked down the steps. He now Khows the umbrella to his legal friends and quotes the old adage, "Possession la nine points of the law."—Xew York Times. Amelia Know Her Baalneaa. Amelia was all sweet, nice and nerv ous, and she said to her sweetheart: "You have been so old a friend I want to tell you something. I am," and she blushed, "I am going to be married." "Walt!" he cried hoarsely. "Before you go hear me. I must say it, though I hare no right now, but I will have Jess right later. I love you. I adore you. I have loved you since we were children together. I do not see how I can live and see you the wife of another. But at least you will know that I have loved you all these years, and when you hear the wind eigh over my distant grave—of course that Is nonsense"— "Don't take on so, John Henry," she eaid softly. "I'm going to marry— you!" Then the strong man fainted, and as ■he bent over him a determined little line showed about her mouth, and she muttered, "I had to do something to bring him to It." Champion Hitch Jnxnpev. A curious lantern fly discovered by naturalists lu the Malay archipelago possesses the power of Jumping sever al feet without opening Its wings. It has a projection on Its head which, when bent back and suddenly released, throws the Insect into the air. The fly was seen to Jump from the ground to the roof of a hut. Ita Changing Vain*. It wag right that the gallant act ■hould be rewarded, but what should ■he give him? Ha, a kiss, of course! Were there not men who would pay a great price for that? Truly It was quoted high, "That," she said as she bestowed I*, "Is easily worth $ 100." "It was," he answered, "but ft !• not" "What do you mean?" she asked. "While In your possession It would bring a good sum," he said, "bnt In mine It cannot be exchanged for the price of a meal." However, he was a prosaic sort of fellow at best and besides he wa« hun gry.—Chicago Post Clennllneaa In Cooking. Says a Chinese writer of the eight eenth century: "Don't cut bamboo shoots (the Chinese equivalent of as paragus) with an oniony knife. A good cook frequently wipes his knife, fre quently changes his cloth, frequently scrapes his board and frequently wash es his hands. If smoke or ashes from his pipe, perspiration drops from his head, Insects from the wall or smut from the saucepan gets mixed up with the food, though be were a very chef among chefs, yet would men bold their noeee and decline." Cnnnriei. Canaries, which were originally green and gray In color, were native to the Is lands from which they take their name and were first taken to England on ships plying between English ports and the south of France. Krotn this stock have been derived a number of distinct varieties, such as the crested, the green, the lizard, which Imitates the reptile In Its variegated markings, and the Bel gian, which has a strange humpback appearance. The Peanut. In Tennessee and Georgia the pea nut Is known as a goober, in Alabama and the western gulf states a ground pea. In the southeast of the United States and la the West Indies a plndal or pindar and in various parts of Eng land a Jurnut, an earth nut or a manlla nut Nothing at All. Brown—There's a lady pianist at the circus who play with her toes. .Tonos T'mph! That's nothing; my ba 1 ' -'t.—Exchange. r BOWSER'S RAMBLE. HE TAKES A DAY OFF AND GOES INTO THE COUNTRY. It Was to HnTe n Plento Antony Rnbhllitj; Rrookn ami Shady Delia, hat lie Hittln't I 'lgnrvd on Hull* and Bumblebee*. [Copyrijfbt, 1901, by C. B. Lewij.J Mr. Bowser had been reading the pa per for an hour and permitting the cat to rub herself against his legs at will when he suddenly looked up and ex claimed: "By George, but I've got an Idea: Mrs. Bowser, wLat do you say to a picnic?" "What sort of picnic?" she asked. "Why, the two of us will go into the country for a day with a lunch basket and wander among the green fields and j sylvan dells and have a merry time. Say. it will be too jolly for anything: It will do us mere good than a barrel ; of medicine." "I —1 don't think I'd like to tramp j around In swamps and thistle patchea," i i >H 3 Cf# K t'l ;n | j ; v •; v M UK SET Ol'T WITH Hta LI'SCU I:ASSET, ■be answered after a moment, "and I'm sure you would come home feeling no better for it" "Who said anything aiiout swamps and thistle patches'/" he demanded. "I'm talking uhout meadows filled with daisies auil of cool, green woods echoing the songs of thousands of birds. Even tbe sight of a laiub frol icking on the hillside would put new life Into us. We'll make an early start and stay all day. and I'll bet dollars to cents you'll come home singing with happiness. You'd better tell the cook to get a lunch ready." "I don't think I'll go." "You don'tl What's the matter with you?" "I've got to go to the sewing circle. I'm one of the officers, you know." "The sewing circle be hanged!" ex claimed Mr. Bowser. "What yon want Is a day in the country, and If the old hens of the circle can't cackle without yon they'll have to keep still for once." Mrs. Bowser had other reasons—rea sons which she did not care to state. She knew that Mr. Bowser would set out In great good nature, but that tbe plcnle would result In a calamity be fore the day was done. She therefore continued to excuse herself, and of course It ended by his saying: "Very well, Mrs. Bowser—very well. If yon want to stay at home and roast while I am seated In shady dells, I have no objections. While I am sniff ing the odor of bluebells you'll bo smelling corned beef and cabbage, and while I'm listening to babbling brooks you'll be hearing the screeches of the street peddlers. Have It your own way. but I'm going on a picnic." "Kot alone?" she asked. "You bet your life! In fact, I'd rath er go alone than to have you along. Yes, sir, I shall go out and spend the day In the country and have a good time, and you can run right along to your sewing circle society." While he was grumpy all the rest of the evening, Mrs. Bowser figured that he would give up the Idea by morning and forget all about It. He didn't, how ever. He was up earlier than usual and gave tbe cook orders himself to put him up a lunch, and at breakfast he announced his firm Intention ot holding a one man picnic. Wifellke, Mrs. Bowser relented and would have sacrificed herself, but he turned on her with: "I go to tho gamboling lambs, bab bling brooks and shady dells, and you stay right here among the files, mi crobes and cats!" Half an hour later lie set out with his lunch basket on his arm. He didn't care 2 cents about going, but he want ed Mrs. Bowser to understand that she couldn't bluff him. At the corner li» took a trolley car for the country, and the fun began at once. It was an open ear, with a fat man on the end seat and Mr. Bowser climbed over him and muttered something about human hogs. The fat man Jawed back, and but for the conductor there would have been a grapple to the death. By the time the country was reached Mr. Bowser's temperature was 210, end as he looked around him It jumped another 20 degrees. There were a sa loon, a stable and an electric power house. There were a few feeble look ing apple trees and two or three fields filled with weeds. It was a mile to tho nearest wood, and the highway was ankle deep with dust, and the day was «. scorcher, but that one man picnic was bound to eome off at any cost and at all hazards. Mr. Bowser looked for gamboling lambs as he trudged along, but the butchers had bought them all up for chops In the spring. He looked for babbling brooks, but tliey all turn ed out to be frog ponds. Half way to the wood he met a tramp, and "Weary" accosted him with: "Say, cully, what misfortune caused ye to take to de hoof? Sit down and tell me de yarn." "Sir! Do you know who you are ad dressing?" demanded Mr. Bowser in reply. "No, but I'd like to. Are ye callin yerself Rube de Rusher or Lije de Limper? Sit down and work yer chin and git some p'luters from an old vet" Mr. Bowser passed on, but his tem perature went still higher as the tramp hurled cuss words at his back and the dust In the road grew deeper. When he reached the wood at last, he sank down under a gnarled oak which was throwing Its grateful shade over an empty beer bottle some bicyclist bad left behind, and for ten long minutes he gave himself up to tho cheerful thoughts of how he would murder the family cat If he ever lived to get home. The hot sun had developed a headache, and the rough walk had brought out two soft corns. In addition, he hadn't found anjihiug that babbled or gam boled and had been sassed by a tramp and Insulted by a fat man. That one man picnic would have been declared off by most men, but Mr. Bowser was made of sterner stuff. lie got up after awlille and went looking for a shady dell. He had just found a cheap one horse dell which he thought might do at a pinch when a wandering humble bee plumped against his neck and lift ed him clear off the ground with a yell It to' K him a quarter of an hour to «>•» AVer the pain of the sting, and the swelling wn» • ' that he had to carry his head • ft shoulder, but he didn't ghe 1 . u-nlc on that ac count. "I told Mrs. Bowser I'd have a picnic, and I'll have one or die!" muttered Mr. Bowser as he got out of the dell and went lookiug for a babbling brook. He found a ditch which drained a swamp, but it didn't babble. It was simply working nine hours per day for ten hours' wages. lie fell Into a hole as he looked around for the bluebells of the woodland, and he fell over a log as he listened for the tap of the wood pecker and the squeal of the squirrel, ne had to realize at last that there was nothing in the greenwood for lifcn, and then he softly swore by the dust of th» dead Bowsers that he'd never go home till he had culled the daisy. It was his oath that took him out of the wood Into a meadow. It was a meadow un der a ~ per cent mortgage, and the grass grew scant, and the milkweeds and mulleins flourished galore. While Mr. Bowser looked for daisies an old bull looked for hhn. The bull got through looking aud got down to busi ness first. As he figured out that he had an easy mark, his head went down and his tail went up, and he tried to get up a gait of a mile a minute as he charged. Mr. Bowser had no electric motor under his vest, but tbe way he traveled 40 rods and fell over a fence Into the highway made the bovine be hind him feel sick. The basket bad been left In the bumblebee dell, and there was nothing to detain the excur sionist In that particular locality any longer. As he trudged back to the car termluat two more soft corns showed up, three or four limps rung In on bis legs, and he discovered that his nose and ears were peeling under the burn of the sun. The shades of evening were falling with the usual crash when Mr. Bowser stood once more In his ances tral hall, but there was still light rnougn for Mrs. Bowser and the cat to look lilm over. The cat looked and shivered and turned away with an Icy clutch at her heart, but as Mrs. Bow ser gazed at the wreck before her she managed to murmur: "Mr. Bowser always looks after the tramps who call, and you'll have to go away and come again, ne's out in the country on a picnic and won't be home for an hour or two yet." M. QUAD. Also Worried Him. "Never telegraph me when you are away, dear," she said. "It always worries me to get a telegram." "But you frequently telegraph me when you are away." he suggested. "Ob. well, that's different." she as serted. "Yes." be admitted, "It Is different, and that Is why It worries me. It Is sometimes hard to raise tbe money you want."—Chicago Post. Out of an average annnal loss to tbe world's shipping of 2,172 vessels 94 are completely missing and never heard of again. Ambition causes a fool to Jump at tbe moon and fall In the mud.-k3blcago News. HOW BIG SEA TURTLES FEED Take BiK Balls of Grniia Ont to Sea and Bat "While Swimming. With my gastronomic taste I natural ly was very curious to know Just what kiml of terrapin are caught In these waters, for the dish la one much •ought after by epicures and forms part of the menu for every first class hotel on the coast. I was told that none is caught about here, but was Invited to a sea turtle hunt. Let the reader Imagine a turtle weighing all the way from 1,200 to 1,500 pounds, and not long ago one was turned over on the beach near Miami that weighed more than I.GOO pounds. Of course I am giving the largest weight, for the average weight of those caught along the coast Is about 800 pounds. After they are caught the turtles are kept for a long time, their captors feeding them on cabbage, lettuce, turnips, carrots and sea grasses. The study of this monster shellfish Is a most Interesting one. In order to get rid of the parasites that cling to their shells they often enter fresh streams to enjoy a bath, but they are extremely timid and take fright at the least noise. The hunter knows, however, that the turtle feeds In brackish streams where the tide falls rather low a«d where the turtle grass grows in greatest profusion. The turtles cut great quantities of this grass and then roll it into a ball, cementing it as they roll It with the clay In which the grass grows, and in this way, when they have managed to amass a goodly sup ply of provisions, they wait for high tide and float away seaward, feeding as they float The professional hunters are quick to detect these balls, and Just the mo ment they do so they set their seines and send their peggers, as the men are called, In search of the feeding shoals. Men are not the only enemies the tur tles have, however, for bears, raccoons and other animals native to Florida destroy great numbers of them.—Jack sonville (Fla.) Cor. Baltimore Amerl ean. UNDER AN UMBRELLA. An Kxprnalve AdTrntore of a Fa mona Parisian Wtt. Romleu, the famous Parlcian wit, was one day caught In a shower and forced to seek refuge In a doorway of the Opera Hotise. It was 6 o'clock al ready, and he had an engagement in the Cafe de Paris for that very hour. The rain fell In torrents. There was no carriage to be had. He had no um brella. What was to be done? While he was lamenting his bad luck a gen tleman with a large umbrella passed by. Itomleu was seized with a sudden inspiration. He rushed out and grasp ed the stranger by the arm and gravely Installed himself under the protecting umbrella. "I am overjoyed to see you," he Im mediately began. "I have been looking for you for two weeks. I wanted to tell you about Clementine." Without giving the stranger time to express his surprise Romleu rattled away with gossip and anecdote until he had led the unknown companion to the door of the Cafe de Paris. Then he glanced at him with a face of well feigned astonishment. "Pardon, monsleurl" he cried. "It seems I am mistaken." "I believe so," said the stranger. "Good graciousl" added Romleu. "Be discreet Don't repeat what I have told you." "I promise you." "A thousand pardons!" Romleu hastened within the cafe and nmld great laughter told the adventure to his friends Suddenly one of them said: "Your cravat Is rumpled." Romleu put his hand to his neck and turned pale. Ills pin, a valuable sap phire, was gone. On further examina tion his purse and watch were found to be gone. The inuu with the umbrella was a pickpicket— London Tit-Bits. MAJOR CROFOOT, G. P. HE RECEIVES A CALL FROM ONI OF HIS CftEDITORS. The Grand Promoter Waa ICIJUMI to tlic OPCIIIIOII Hml Made a IJauiliomp Offer, but IIIH Llbrrallt} Warn Not Apiiri-vintrd. [Copt lit, 1901. by C. B. Lewi» ] Major Crofoot, y;:a:i. 1 promoter and general organizer. sat In his office with his lift on his desk anil a dead cigar stub in his mouth when a man walked tlirougii the open door and stood before him. It was a man of whom he had borrowed $3 months before and whom lie hoped was dead. It took the G. P. and G. O. fully 30 seconds to remember that he had borrowed the money for only a couple of days and had pledged his honor to return It and to realize that it was now about to be "called In" with or without a row. "By George, Stevens, but this Is sin gular. mighty singular!" exclaimed the major as he got his teet down and ex tended his hand. "Not two minutes ago I was wondering why on earth I uever met you or why you didn't call. I've had a check ready for yon for months. Been out of the country, eh?" "Been looking for you!" solemnly re plied the caller as he took a seat and mopped his brow. "For me! Why, I've been right here for a year, except at brief Intervals, and I should have been rejoiced to sec you. I'm not a man to forget old friends, Stevens. In the days of my adversity, when I hadn't even money enough to get my laundry, you stood by me like a brick. You were one of the few who believed In me." "Never!" replied Stevens. "No, I never believed In you I I knew you were a deadheat the first time I saw you! I want that $3!" "And when n man believes In my In tegrity." continued the major, "when a man trusts In my honor and helps me out of a hole, he makes no mistake. I'd sell the shirt off my back to repay the loan he made me. Yes, you believed In me when others refused to, and It warms the cockles ef my heart as I re call your conduct. One day you forced $3 into my hand and would not let me even thank your" "You are a liar, and I want my mon ey!" "I was In th« depths of despair for a few weeks, but then the jade called Fortune began to smile on me. When she turned In my favor, she couldn't do enough. I promoted and floated com pany after company and trust after trust and raked In fortune after for tune, and today, Stevens—today I can draw my check for millions. If It hadn't been for you and your $3, I might not be able to buy a sardine. Yes, sir. it was your pußh upward that enabled me to reach the pinnacle on which I stand at present, and I am not the man to forget It" "Come down with my three!" whis pered the creditor as he looked over the major's head. "Months and months ago I made out a check for you. In return for your ■Awaicn ma MAP OK THE FLOOB. $3 I made out a check for $3,000; but, alas, I could not find your address! Providence seems to have guided your footsteps today. Some men might stop at returning $3,000 for $3 and think they had done a good thing, but I can't do It, Stevens—can't possibly do It When I think of your sublime con fidence In me"— "I never had anyl" "When 1 remember how you forced that money Into my band and said I need not return It for a thousand years, I realize that I can't do too much to show my gratitude. Confiding, trust ing friend, I appoint you vice president of the Great American Old Fashioned Pumpkin Pie company, and the salary will be $20,000 per year. I'll also pre sent you with a block of stock worth SIO,OOO, and If the dividends are not at least 15 per cent per year I'll make i 'em up to you. Let me congratulate you, sir—let me congratulate you!" "I have called for my $3," was the quiet reply as the creditor arose and removed his coat "And what Is the Great American Old Fashioned Pumpkin Pie com pany?" queried the major as he walked to and fro with a tender smile on his face. "As Its name indicates, It la a fcorporation for the manufacture and lale of the pumpkin pies of our grand mothers' days, the pie which encour aged the minutemen at Lexington and ! stood behind the patriots at Bunker Hill. It was the old fashioned pump kin pie which cemented and built up this Union and brought about the pros perity of a nation. Had we stuck by the pie which stuck by us our Influ ence and prosperity would have been twice what they are now; but alas, we put It behind us for floating Island, charlotte russe anti strawberry short cake!" "My three dollars!" said the creditor as he arose and removed his vest. "But we are about to return to the halcyon pie, to nationalize It once more and make It a bulwark of liberty. I have organized a company with $2,000,- 000 paid up capital. The shares are selling at par value today, but the first whiff of the first pumpkin pie which reaches the nostrils of the patriots of America will bounce those shares to $l2O. We shnll have the old fashioned pumpkins, the old fashioned molasses, the old fashioned ginger. We shall turn out pies which will melt In the mouths of the gods and lift the sons of liberty off their heels. On the face of each pie will be stamped the Goddess of Liberty, and on the back will be the American eagle holding the stars and ■tripes la his claws. While the eater devours pumpkin he Is at the same time filling up on freedom."' "My three dollars!" said Stevens as he removed his cuffs and pushed up his sleeves. "And you are to be vice president at a salary of $20,000 a year!" smiled the major. "In the days when the world was against me you forced $3 Into my hand and showed your confidence and trust. Do you think I can rest content by simply repaying the loan or even by making It $3,000? No, never! Monday morning you shall enter upon your du ties, and If you want your salary for a year In advance you shall have It. In time that $3 may grow to $3,000,000, and no one will be more gratified than yours truly. Once the pumpkin pie Is replaced on lta pedestal of greatness. No 31. once the"— Mr. Stevens grabbed fliajor andf shoved him against the trail, but lift did not disconcert him. It was only, ten seconds before he went oni "I was making out the papers as yon came In, but fonnd that I lacked the sum necessary to file them with the secretary of 6tate. If you happen to have a five dollar bill about you"— Mr. Stevens banged the major's head against the wall and growled at hls( cheek, but It was no go. "As you go out you may look for of« flees, a suit In some first class location, and It would be well If you stepped lntd some bank and Introduced yonrsel& There will be nothing cheap about thitf affair. Even the ovens In which W0 bake the pies will be nickel plated." Mr. Stevens threw the major down nnd banged bis bead on the floor and choked him and called him names, but when he had finished the grand pro* moter rose up and continued: "I have figured it down close, and Wei shall sell 3,000,000 pies per day the year round. The profit on each pie will be 4 cents, and the sum total— What! Going? Well, it is a busy day fof both of us, but don't forget to call on Monday. I shall want you to start out the first thing and contract for 800,000 pumpkins and"— But the creditor gave him one long, lingering look of chagrin and contempt and stalked out, and the major sat down In his old position and winked at the calendar on the wall and began dreaming other dreams of wealth and power. M. QUAD. STANDARD TIME. To Ascertain and Promalrst* It la ■ Costly Tuk. "What time is it?" Few questions are more common than this, and yet each day the United States government goes to a great expense in giving It ao official answer. To ascertain the In stant when It Is noon on the seventy fifth meridian and to send that infor mation all over the conntry Is a great and a costly task. The astronomical •bservatory in Washington computes the true time, which is thence tran» mitted by electricity to every Important city and town. About five minutes before the Wash ington noon the telegraph companies cut off all their regular business except on lines where they have more than one wire. They then connect all Im portant points, from which there may be numberless ramifications, with an electric wire going into the great clock In the observatory so that all over the country Its tickings may be heard. For the ten seconds Just before 12 o'clock there is silence, which is broken by the "noon beat." Begular business is then resumed. In some oltles the wires connect wltß a time ball which drops with the noon beat The time ball in Washington over the state, war and navy depart ment building is three feet In diameter and can be seen from all parts of the city. Crowds frequently gather about to see it fall, a distance of 21 feet, high In the air. The man whom some of the spectators suppose to be dropping the ball is merely there to hoist It again to its place. In the building beneath are 23 clocks which are each day automatically cor rected by It. An electrical device "sets" them, placing honr, minute and second hands exactly vertical at the Instant the ball drops. The hands that are too fast are pushed back, and those that are slow are thrust forward. Although Washington is on the sev enty-seventh meridian, the noon hour is for convenience computed for the seventy-fifth, the time standard for the eastern part of the United States. In the central belt, which is governed by, the ninetieth meridian, the signal from Washington means 11 o'clock, In tha Rocky mountain belt It is 10 o'clock, and on the Pacific coast line It Is 0.-< Youth's Companion. FEASTED ON SPARROWS. A Diet That Did Hot Arm With the Crane. "Some time ago I had occasion to ob serve an interesting change in the hab its and temperament of a crane which had been picked up in the swamps ot Arkansas," said a gentleman from one of the towns on the Mississippi river, "and the change was startling too. The crane was placed In a small park which was literally filled with English spar rows. These pests did not like the vis itor from the lowlands, and they made daily assaults on the poor bird. The crane was a pretty fowl, long, slender, pure white and with the stately stride of a tragedian. The sparrows would sys tematically swoop down on the crane in droves, and the attacks were flercd and vicious. The crane stood the assaults with In difference for awhile, bat finally the fowl from the swamps figured oat a method of retaliation, and It was effeo tual. In some way the crane learned that sparrow was a pretty sweet mor sel. From the time she learned It she feasted on sparrows. She would Blip up cautiously on these peslry twittereri and throw her yellow beak out like a gig. She never missed the mark. She always landed a sparrow, and a singu lar part of the thing Is that she would swallow them whole, feathers ar j all. But the crane would always dampen the bird by dipping It In one of the wa» ter basins of the park. "The diet evidently did not agree with the crane, and she became a trifle droopy and showed signs of indisposi tion. She finally died, and the keeper of the park believes that the crane's death was caused by a severe case of Indigestion brought on by eating spar rows."—New Orleans Times-Democrat. Saved the Dor. Some time ago there was a ship wreck at St Margaret's bay, England, and the life line brought sailor after sailor to shore amid the cheers of the rescuers. At last only the captain re mained on board. The line was ready, the signal was given, but the answer ing jerk did not come. Again and again for a quarter of an hour the question pnssed along the rope without reply. At last, when hope was nearly dead, the signal came, and the captain was hauled dripping ashore. He pick* ed himself up. drew a small, wet, quiv ering dog from his breast pocket and set It tenderly down. Then he looked round and said In Blmple apology, "X couldn't find the little brute any where!" I'araon BrownloW. Parson Brownlow, the famOUS preacher, editor and patriot, 1s describ ed by Dr. William E. Barton, author of "A Hero In Homespun," as the very Incarnation of east Tennessee's rude ness, strength and exalted love of coun try and of right "Ef hit trarn't that he's a preacher," says one of the char acters, "yoa wouldn't know sometimes w'ether he's a-prayln or a-quotln Scrlp ter chapter an varse or Jos' plain ev eryday sorter cussin." Brownlow wrote to Secretary Benjamin at Rich mond: "Just give mo my passports and I will do for your Confederacy more than the devil has ever done. I will quit the cocntryj"
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