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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.
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Everything in the k
drug-line. V
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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"