VOL XXXVIII
{FALL CARPETS-! j
s§| The newest, brightest and best fresh from the
ss? manufacturer. Not a last year's pattern in the lot,
Ingrains, Tapestry, Velvets, Axminsters and Body f®s
*||j Brussels in Bed Room Dining Boom; Parlor: Library: jj|
3||f Hall and Stair patterns: are here in large varieties |g j
for you to select from. jgjgf
H INGRAIN CARPET jg
The b<-»t all-wool extra super carpet made. Small set patterns or jgSg
jSj large flora's, and all new this season. kgg
sll PRICE 65c jgjj
Best Tapestry Brussels jg
IXj They are the best quality made. The patterns are superior £> any
f3j§ otii r make ■>f tapestry. Some are light, others dark. Parlor,
g] Library. Dining Boom or Bed Boom patterns. fegg
§j , PRICE 90c
8 New Velour Couches jg
jg* The springs are not tied with twine but are tirmly held erect by h VQ«
fcteel wire running full length of coach and are guaranteed not to
break down Your choice of red or green figured velour. {S
Jg PRICE $16.00 fg
itampkll ft Templctoni
BICKELS
Footwear.^
Sew Stock of Fall Styles that will start the new season off with
a rush. Largest stock and moft handsome styles of fine footwear
WP have ever shown.
SOROSIS—The new shoe for women—Eighteen new fall styles
—Dongola, Enamel, Patent-Kid. I'atent-Calf and Box-Calf made with
full extension soles in mediom or high tops; also complete stock of
Bakers & Bowman's fine shoes in Box-calf, Enamel and I atent-caif,
heavy soles, extention edge, the very lat<?st, ranging in price fiom
$3 oo to $5 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 best grades of Ladies' Shoes.
Special bargains in Misses' and Children's School Shoes.
A. E. NETLETON'S MEN'S FINE SHOES.
Twenty new styles in Men's medium and heavy sole shoes
Patent-calf, Patent-vici. Cordovan, and Box-calf, full extension, fieavy
soles-, box stitch; also complete stock of Schwab Bro's Men's Fine
Shoes in the latest up-to date styles. The above lines of Men's fine
slices ranging in price from $3.00 to $7.00.
Large assortneni of Boy's, Youth's and Little Gents', fine shoes.
FOR OIL MEN AND FARM WEAR.
We have a complete slock of Gokey's hand made, whole stock, box-toe Boots
av! Shoes Gokey's high cut copper-toe ahoes for Boy's and high-cut water proof
shoes for girls.
See cur Driller's shoes,bigb-cut.bov-toe,Bellis tongue,three heavy soles and tap.
All Summer Goods to be closed out regardless of cost.
Big Bargains in Ladies' and Gent's, Misses and Children's Oxfords and
slippers of all kinds.
All Summer Shoes to be closed out at less than half-price.
JOHN BICKEL,
I2> SOUTH MAIN STREET. - - BUTI.ER, PA
HATS AT ,JSSfcjfeL
SMALL PRICES, \
Our assortment of Outing Hats, Soft j * *\\
Hats, Sailor Hats, in fact every hat and j I tfg ' '
all Millinery must be cleared out at once. 11 TL Jr f
We are making a great sacrifice to close \\ \ J* j
out this line. Never before has there \\ .J I
been such an opportunity to secure bar- \\ //
gains and value a'. 90 little figures.
Rockenstein's,
MILLINERY EMPORIUM.
32M South Main Street, - - Butler,!Pa
K E C K
Spring Styles
"Fi Have a nattiness about them that • fTV. V f\ , f \ \
marks the wearer, it won't do to />/ K (jC) /J lA*
wear the last year's output. You IJ \f h j W El
won't get the latest things at the y p A C 3 In
stock clothiers either. The up-to- *•s X/ 'O'y [J U
C, date tailor only (.an supply them, / , *] _Jll
. if you want not only the latest t / / 1 1 // '/ J
things in cut and fit and work- I II { / II I
nunship, the finest in durability, I If 111
where else can you get combina- I I ill 11 f
lions, you get them at '>/ ' II IjJ (i *
KECK
G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor,
42 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed. Butler, Pa
Removal Notice!
-
C. F. T. Pape,
Jeweler 011 cl Watchmaker
Will be found on and after April Ist at
121 East Jefferson street, opposite (i.
Wil son Miller's Grocery Store, Butler, Pa.
Subscribe for the CITIZEN.
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
REGISTERS NOTICES.
The Register hereby gives notice that the
following :1 •••■ unts of executors. ad mini s
truvirs and guardians have been fil" d In
this office u'vordiii# to law, and will be pro
». nted to Court for confirmation and allow
ance fill Saturday, the 7th day of September.
igOI. at 9 A. M . of said dav:
1. First and final account of Mary .1. I'ark.
administratrix of the estate of William K.
Park, late of Middlesex township.
First and Hnal account of A .ex. lorttr.
trustee of C. M. Kit.tr. late of therry town
'•('' i tnal account of Libby Welier. adminis
tratrix of Nellie Melnlx late >f MHlers
-4 final account of IL E. Boyd, admlnls
trator of Harvey Boyd, late of ButTa. >town
-s':»lPFirst and partial account of Andrew
Karnos. executor of William K. Karnes, late
of Allegheny township.
» First and final account of tieo. . >a\ ij
and Elizabeth McCall, of
Sarah Davis, late of Clinton township.
7. Final account of A. A. lloeb. adminis
trator of Sarah N. Hoob. late of Millerstowri.
-. Final and distribution account of J. J
Mrf andlessandJ.il. I>ufford. executors of
Mary Ann Mi-Candl<-ss.late ofConnoqueness-
ing township. , .
■X Final account o? li. L. Hockenberry
guardian of John 1.. I'unlap, minor child of
W. w. Dun lan. late of \%>st Sunbury.
in. Finnal account of George Baldwin anfl
E-i/a.'xth Keplar. adniinistralors of the
estate of (ivor -e J. Keplar, late of 1 arker
t "n."i"n*l account of John !.. Burton, ad
ministrator of J. W. Burton, iate of Middle-
SCX * ■• A ljahip. .
1-' I !rja! account of Warren Armstrong,
adrniiiistrator of olive Armstrong, late of
Marion township. . a
1"{. Final acoouut of Thos. H. e jy ar,f ' •;
J. Taylor, exvc\iu>T& of Sau;ui*l Kelly. <»r
Wor'to township. ~ „,. ,
li. Final account of Julia A. M<*Bride, ad
ministratrix of Catharine Mcßride, late of
Marion township. . . ,
15. Final and distribution account of John
McC'ollough. Clara Mcßride, Margaret Mc-
Bride and Juila A. M«-Bride, executors of
Patrick Mcßride, late of Marlon township.
Wj. Fjnal account of George L. lioiTman,
administrator of Ann Hoffman, late of Mar.-*.
17. First and final account of A. M. Christ
ley, guardian of Minnie i'earl EHcnoergir,
minor child of Thomas Iman, late of < <n
cord township. .....
Final account of Perry H. Kelly execu
tor of Anna C. Kelly,iate «»f Worth townshin.
l'J. Final .'ic<x>unt of Ira L. C 1 eland, ad
ministrator of W. J. C'leland, late of Muady
creek township.
Final account of Sarah Brown, admln
istrlx of Jane Brown, late of
township. ..
21. Fourth account of J. M. Mcßurnov.
tmstee under the will of K«?v. Cieorge A.
W«nzle, late of Zelienople.
22. Final and distribution account of Ada
Armstrong, administratrix of Martin Arm
strong. late of Fairview township.
'Si. Final siccout of Stella B Allen, execu
trix of the estate of M 11. Brooks, late of
Butler, Pa. .
ZA. Final account of Anthony >haner and
Nicholas Shaffer, execut-ors of the will of
John Shaffer, late of Butler. Pa.
25. Final account of C H. Hartley .executor
of Dixon Hartley, late of Parker township.
t'6. Final account of James N. Moore.guard
ian of Samuel C. Mct'lung, minor child of
Belie J. McClung, late of Butler, Pa.
'S». Final account of W. A. Forquer. admin
istrator of Morris Norris. late of Oakland
t/lwnshlp. . .
2H. Final a/:coiint of Samuel A. Leslie, ad
ministrator of William Snyder, late of Mid
dlesex township.
'SU. Final account of Margaret I . Irwin,
guardian of Sarah M. Irwin, minor child of
Ceo. W. Irwin, late of Evans City.
JT). Final account of J. W. Hutchison,
guardian of John F. Campbell, minor child of
Sila»» Campbell,late of Washington township.
31. Final account of F. P. Mcßride. execu
tor of James Mcßride, late of Clearfield
township. .
:zl. Final account of Elmer Dlngman, ad
ministrator of Clara J. Dlngman, late of
Butler, Pa.
Final account of William If. Christie,
executor of Lyda A.Christie, late of Butler,
VA. Final account of Elizabeth Felgel, ad
ministratrix of John Feigel, late of Butler,
Pa.
:i*>. First and partial account of r. b.
Coulter, administrator of Svlvanus Cooper,
late of Slippery rock township.
W. J. ADAMS. Register.
BRIDGE REPORT.
Notice Is hereby given that the following
bridge has IjccncoiilirnwKl by the Court and
will be presented on Saturday, the 7th day
of September. 1801, and if no exceptions are
filed they will lie confirmed absolutely:
It. I). No. May sessions, IWI. In re. peti
tion of the citizens of Adams township for a
bridge over Breakneck creek, on the road
leading from the Kvans City road to the
Fnli.ii Church road. March oth, JW)I, vlevers
were appointed by the Court, who, on May
20th. I'Ml. (ih-d tln-lr report in favor of a
bridge as desired by the petitioners. Mav
25th. lbOl, approved. Notice to be given ac
cording to rules of court and to be laid be
fore the grand Jury at next term.
Br tiik Cot.tiT.
WILLIAM 11. CAMPBELL,
Clerk Q. S. Court.
WIDOWS APPRAISEMENTS.
The following widow's appraisements of
personal property and real estate Bet apart
for the Ijeiiufit of the widows of decedents
have been liled in the office <if the Clerk
of 1 he Orphans' Court of Butler County. \'lz:
Widow of Richard J. Connell, p i pro'y,s3oo '«>
Wm. Goehrlnir, " ■**' 00
W. 11. Weir, " 300 00
H. W. Stewart, " MO 00
•• John A. Irwin, " 300 00
I'eter Kennedy, " 300 00
" Samuel A. Campbell, " 300 00
It. y. Emery, " :«0 00
Joseph 1.. Cross. " 300 no
" Sylvester Orlllln. money from
sale of real estate 300 00
David Sohsntz, real&p'l pro'y3oo 00
Ed'il J. Kennedy, " " 300 00
Adner N. Bedell. real estate lUO 00
" Klmon Young, personal pro'ySOO 00
" Henry Adler. " 389 55
" Leonard Hall stein,real estaU'lKiO 00
" W. I). Kenlck, personal pro'y :iOO 00
I All persons Interested In the above ap
praisements will take notice that they will
Fie pcs»-uted for eonflrmatlon of the Orphans'
Court of Butler county. Pa., on Saturday.the
7th day of Sept., 1!<01. and If no exceptions
are filed, ih'-y will l>e confirmed absolutely.
WILLIAM 11. CAMPBELL.CIerk O. C.
OJILLER
Wants More Room and
has made another deep
cut on all summer goods.
Prices will do talking.
One lot of Ladies' White
Slippers 24c
One lot of Ladies' Cloth lace
Shoes, 3 and 4 24c
All our Ladies's Tan Shoes
summer goods 98c
One lot Spring-heel Shoes
were 4>2, 2 50 and 3.00 . $1.24
One lot of Ladies' Patent
Leather Shoes $ 1 98
Ladies' Serge Slippers 25c
Ladies' Serge Gaiters 48c
Men's Slippers 48c
Men's Slippers 48c
Men's, Boys' and Youths'
Tan and JUack Shoes 98c
Men's Good Plow Shoes 98c
One lot of Men's Button Pat
Leather, were $5 $1.98
Bicycle Shoes about £ Price.
Space will not permit us to go
into details, but during August!
all summer goods must go. Our
fall goods are arriving daily and
we must have room.
Bring Your Girl to This Sale
All our Misses' and Children's
Slippers in red, black, tan, blue
and white, reduced to 48c.
If you want to buy footwear at
your own price, come to this
Great Clearance Sale, and come
quick, too.
C. E. HILLbR'S
BUTLER, PA„ THURSDAY, AUGUST 134. lfeJOl
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p Qoughs,
V Golds, /
p 3rippe P li
Whooping Co-Jgh,
Bronchitis and Incipient A
ConsuniDtlon, Is
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4 Tue GERMAN remedy* £
f Cures IVt Vut\Q °/
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Some Reasons
Why You Should Insist on Having
EUREKA HARNESS OIL
Unequaled by any other.
Renders hard leather soft.
Especially prepared.
K'-eps out water.
A heavy bodied oil.
HARNESS
excellent preservative.
Reduces cost of your harness.
P|ever burns the leather ; its
Efficiency is increased.
fecures best service.
titches kept from breaking.
OIL
|s sold in all
Localities Mannfhrtnred by
Standard Oil Compnnr.
AMENDMENT TO TIIK OONSTITI'TK»N
" I'IfOPOSF.I* TO THE C ITIZEN- < >l'
Til 1r- COMMONWEALTH lOh THE Ik Al'-
I'UOVAL OK kEJECTION BY THE liKN
EKAL ASSEMBLY' OK THE COM MO N
WEA I.TH OK PENNSYLVANIA. PI H
LHHED BY ORDER OK THE SECRETARY
OK THE COMMONWEALTH. IN IM R.-r-
ANi'i: OK A iiTICLE XVIII OK THE CON
STITUTION.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Pr j>oslnK an amendment to the constitution
of the Commonwealth.
Section 1. H<- it resolved by the Senate and
Houso of Representatives of the Common
wealth In General Assembly met. That the
foliiiwina Is proposed as amendments to tlie
Constitution <>t the Commonwealth of Penn
sy! vanln In ai-cordance with the provisions
of the l ight" . nt li article thereof:
Amendment One to Article Eight. Section
One.
Add at the end of the first paragraph of
sale! section, after the words '•shall tie en
titled to vote at all elections." the words
•'subject however to such laws requiring and
regulating the registration of electors as the
General Asset .hly may enact." so that the
said section shall read as follows:
Section I Qnaliecatlonsof Electors. Every
male citizen itwenty-one years of age, pos
sessing the following qualifications shall be
entit led to vote at all elections, subject how
ever to such laws requiring and regulating
the registration of electors as the General
Assembly may enact:
I. lie shall have been a cltl7.en of the
United State it least one month.
■J. H" shall have resided in the State one
year (or. havi A previously been a qualified
elector or native liorn citizen of the State, he
shall have removed therefrom and returned,
then six months,) Immediately preceding the
election.
lie shall I .ve resided in the election dis
trict where le ,hall offer to vote at least two
months lmm< lately preceding the election.
1. 1f i went* wo years of ago and upwards,
be shall have .aid within two years a State
or county ta* * hieb uhuli have tieen assessed
at least two t onths and paid at least one
month be fori ie election.
Amendment .TO to Artlele Eight. Section
Seven.
St rlke out f > in said section the words "but
no elector sh. I lie deprived of the privilege
of voting by . ison of his name not being
registered. . -I add to said section the fol
lowing wordi- hut laws regulating and re
quiring the r Juration of electors may be
enacted to ap yto cities only, provided that
such laws be tilforin for ritle.s of the same
class," so tha' the said section shall read as
follows:
Section 7. I .formity of Election Laws.
All laws regu tlrig the holding of elections
by the cltlz for the registration of
electors shall ■ uniform throughout the
State, but law mutating and requiring the
registration •• electors may lie enacted to
apply tocitie .ily. provided that such laws
be uniform fi ities of the same class.
A true copj f the Joint Resolution.
W. W GKIKST,
Sc. tary of the Commonwealth.
AMENDMEN TO TIIE CONSTITUTION
PBO POSE 11 TO TIIF. CITIZENS OF
THIS COM Mi {WEALTH l'Olt TIIKIK Al'-
PIIOVAL OU U EJECT ION HY TIIK <iK\-
EKAI. A- -1 .lil.Y 111 THE COMMON
WEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. I'l li-
LI.-HKH ItY OKOKKOI THE HK< KETAUY
OK THE COMMONWEALTH. IN ITHSI -
AM'EOK ARTICLE XVIII OK THE CON
STITUTION.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an II nernlment to the • oust lull ion
of the Common wealth.
Section I. He It enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania In General Assembly
mot, and it is hereby enacted by the author
ity of the 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 iri place thereof, as follows:
Section 4. All elections by the citizens shall
IK- by ballot or by such other method as may
be prescribed by law: Provided, That
secrecy In voting lie preserved.
A true copy of the Joint Resolut ion.
W. W. GUI EST.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
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drug-line. WA
J "St 0
A WOMAN'S LOVE.
A «ntinel «ngel, pitting high la glory.
Heard thU wail rir.g cut trc-m purpttory:
••llavc m«rcy. niigrity »Rgei; he»r mi stx>ryl
"I loved, and, blind with possl nate lovr, I fell.
Lu\e brought use down to desth and doith tt
hell.
Kor God i. just, «xi death for sin la wall.
"I do not rage agalnit this high decree
Nor f. r myself do ask that grace shall be.
But f t my love OD earth who mourns for ma.
"Great Spirit, let me see my love again
Arid c< n.lort him one hour, aad I were fain
To pay a thousand years of Are and pain."
Then eald the pitying angel: "Nay. repent
That wild vowl Look! The dial fmgtr'a bent
Down to the last hoar at thy puniahnisnU"
Bet still she wailed: "I pray thee let me go.
I cannot rWe to peace and love hira so.
Oh, let me soothe him in his bitter woe!'*
The brazen gates ground sullenly ajar,
And upward, joyous, like a riling star,
Si.e rose and vanished in the ether far.
But soon adown the dying sunsf t sailinsr,
And like a wounded bird her pinions trailing,
She fluttered hack, with broken hearted w^iiing.
£' ;e sobbed: "1 found him by the summer iea.
Reclined his head upon a maiden's knee.
She curled his hair and kissed him. Woe Is me!'
She wept: "Now let my punishment begin!
I have been fond and foolish, bet m# la
To eapiate my sorrow and my Sin."
The angel answered: "Nay, «ad soul, go higher!
To be deceived In your true heart's desire
Waa bitterer than a thousand years of Jire!"
—John Hay.
f # THE <?
| BARON'S STORY |
* - . .. ...aaaaS
We called him "Mr. Smith," but we
all knew that he was a baron. When
he was 111, his thirst for gyinpathy
made him unusually effusive. I called
on him every evening. Once, a few
days before bia death, he detained mo
until daybreak. lie was full of pathos
and sad humor, and ho told me much
of his past life. He waj apimrently
ashamed of this mood of his and vainly
struggling against It. At last he raised
himself from his pillow, with a gesture
of despair, saying:
"It's no use trying to be strong and
manly and so forth and so on when the
machine is nil out of gear. We old folk
nre like babies. Wo want people to cud
dle us, to sigh over us. We are hungry
for attention."
I must add that with all his talkative
ness and sentimentality and In spite of
his sincere aversion to being addressed
as baron there was something In his
bearing and manner of speaking which
kept reminding one that he was a
baron after all.
The story of Countess M., who
brought him to New York, where he
was to "cease being a German without
becoming an American," as he put it, is
one of the episodes I heard from him
that night
Her father, a Polish nobleman la re
duced circumstances, settled in Ger
many when "Herr Schmidt" was a
sublieutenant The young man's regi
ment was stationed in a humdrum,
out of the way town, and the advent of
the countess (she was a young widow)
made a stir.
"She was pretty. That goes without
saying," he saM, with the wistful look
which scarcely ever left his peaked
sallow face during that week. "But by
telling you this I tell you nothing, for
her real power over mo was somothlng
which marred her good looks rather
than enhanced them. 6he had a queer
way of avoiding to meet your glance
when she spoke to you which did not
become her. At first, I made up my
mind that she was cfift affected, disin
genuous creature. I prided myself up
on my insight Into human nature In
those days. It was my mother who had
put that notion Into my head. I was
her pet. don't you know; so Bhe was
forever discovering some new sort of
genius In m*. I was a 'prophet of tha
huuian sotri' among a lot of other good
things, and for some reason thl» title
pleased me more than anything else.
In other words, I heartily agreed with
her that I was a 'prophet' and so forth
and so on. Well, when I met the connt
c#s for the first time and found that
she could not look me full In the face I
said to myself, 'Liars look like that'
"I was rather elated by this manifes
tation of my wisdom, I can tell you
that, bnt I soon had to change my mind
about the young woman. I saw ber
again and again, and two mouths had
scarcely passed before I knew her as
well as I did my sister. Well, she turn
ed out to be the most truthful and tin
cere person I had ever seen. As to her
habit of looking away from her Inter
locutor, It was an Inborn trick, due to
some sort of kink In her nervous sys
tem, I suppose. However It may have
been, those unsteady, bashful eyes of
hers disturbed my peace of mind and
were the'source of the whole trouble.
'Why doesn't sho look npT* 'Dashed If
1 don't get her to stare me straight In
the eyes for ten minutes together,' and
so forth and so on. She was candor It
self, and If any one was bashful it was
I rather than the countess, yet I was
crazy to put her at her ease, to gain her
full confidence. "The prophet of the
human soul' wnu simply a hopeless fool.
That was the long and short of It Of
course I did not give up the struggle, as
some ordinary mortal might have done.
Prophetlike, 1 took to philosophizing,
generalizing, calling Into play my 'ln
sight.■
"With a flourish of trumpets I made
the discovery that It was the mystery
of those eyes of hers which was trou
bling my brain and my heart The re
sult was the same as when a doctor
puts on learned airs and makes a men
tal note of the diagnosis In his pa
tient's case. l/ook lierel If Rbakcsi>eare
really thought there was nothing In a
name he was grievously mistaken. A
name Is either worse than nothing or
everything. When the doctor does not
know what alls me, he knows at least
that he does not know. Let him 'ar
rive' at the 'COIM IUI lon' that 1 am suf
fering from something with a c-rtuJn
double breasted l.utin name to It, and
be will think he luis seized ll»e devil by
his tall. Yet all lie has actually caught
Is some big I.sfln word. That's all.
'Mysterious look,' indited! Phrases of
tills kind are invented by story writers
to bamboozle their readers, and I in
vent i-d mine to bamboozle my own self.
All 1 did know wus that I was In love
with the young countess in love llko n
ninny, like an Idiot."
The countess brought with her some
money, but her father w<-nt through It
In less than six months, lie was a
good notured, pompous old s[H-ndthrlft
and when lie was not boasting of his
ancestry he was lamenting the defunct
glory of Poland, or else lie would bore
tin- lovelorn young officer with verse
in liis native tongue.
"Pardon me. sir," the other would
plead, "but I have not the honior of an
acquaintance with the Polish lan
guage."
"Ah, bnt the musVe of the words,
sir!" the old man would return. "Mu
sic Is tin' language of the angels, as one
of our writers says, and the angels
ought to be able to make themselves
understood to a good man like yourself.
Tell mo, «lr, Uaro you ever heard any
thing sweater than"— And the old pa
triot would go on reciting his ode with
more ecstasy thaii ever.
Once he broke Into sobs over the fate
of the country which had produced this
melodious language. "Herr Schmidt"
was at once touched and amused, and
the upshot of it was that the Pole bor
rowed a few hundred thalers of him.
Here my Second avenue friend has
tened to explain that the old fellow
was anything but a schemer or an ad
venturer. "He was simply a weak man
—too weak to hold money or his
tongue." he said. 'I f he had not been
so simple hearted and honest, he would
not have disclosed the real nature of
his title to me. It appeared that he was
one of the so called Roman or papal
counts, you know, his father having
received the distinction from the Vati
can for service in the holy army or
something of that kind. lit insisted,
however, that in the early history of
Poland his ancestors W.TC iue:aV ers of
the highest aristocracy, n:. 1 he traced
his p 'digree to a sister or i <-n:si:i of
Bouioliody who waa «•::!'' i< ■ I to the
throne, he said. The *.v r-t 'it was
that the title of t!:e coi ' ;:•! h:::*.
l and was of a si:.«':l:ir « •.•::: of
course the old fojl tf id me all abort it.
How the tld tu.< .-tors «*an: to
lose their old po.<!t n isever Lu.'.Je
clt a r to me.
"At last I made my de■'.irari IT;. Phe
gave me a ire _• l. r.U. tin longest a' 1
steadUst ! 1 ;ul <-ver received f/oa: her.
I thought, and made a . !■ :i!i breast of it
all. I insisted that she .v::s a genuine
countess at' l that I w< rid have mar
ri. d her if siie were a peasant girl, and
all that son of thing. She wept and
called tu« an angel, and we became «n
--gaged.
"When my mother beard of it. she
came to that town. Although she
thought me a prophet a:id went into
ecstasies over every pieci- <<f rot I said,
yet she was a very seu- • woman.
She was opposed to th« tuitrrlage be
cause my fiancee was a widow as well
as ou account of the questionable qual
ity of their title, but held her owq coun
sel. She had no trouble sizing up the
old man, and before I knew it he had
borrowed of her a scug amount and
tearfully yielded to her plea not to de
prive her of her bay She was perfectly
frank with him, it appeared. She told
him all she thought of the mariiage
and begged him to take pity on her.
"As ill luck would have it, the Polish
count had n sister in America, the wid
ow of a wealthy physician, who had
promised to tak# care of him and his
daughter provided tho two went to
Join her. Wall, partly because of my
mother's plea, partly because of the
'loan' she offered him, the old man all
but melted away and declared In tho
name of his great ancestors that ho
was not the man to let his daughter
throw herself on anybody; that If his
title was not good enough he would not
allow her to marry me for millions, and
so forth and so on. How he reconciled
rUI this with the tears he shed over my
mother's broken heart I do not know,
but I do know that this muddle headed,
hysterical nincompoop could twist his
daughter around his finger. She loved
me—yes, she lov«*l me—yet when he
told her they were going to America
and that he would rather see her dead
than married to a German snob whose
mother callnd his nobility In question
she obeyed him.
"This Is the way I came to leave my
native country and my connections. 1
had no difficulty In finding the count
and hi* daughter. Ills Bister had more
sense than he, and, thanks to her, I
mnrrled the woman I loved. We were
happy, but our happiness was not to
last long. She died of her first child
birth, and my mother, who was expect
ing us to return to Germany, departed
this world during the same week. My
sister was drowned a few months later.
Yes, it was a year of deaths and an
guish. I don't think my heart ever
completely recovered from It.
"I have had my up» and downs In
America. 1 have tried to return to my
old home, hut It M no use. My home Is
here. I am neither a German nor an
Amerlcnn. but the past 1b gone to re
turn never more. I nni used to this part
uf New York, and I like the respect and
the attention wfclfch the people show
me around here. My heart Is filled with
sadness most of the time, but then I
rather like to feel that way. I have al
ways been fond of sad music."—New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Knew Ills Papa.
Visitor—Charlie, your father Is catt
ing you.
Chnrlle—Yes; I hear him, but he Is
calling "Charl!#." 1 don't have to go
till he yells "Charles."—Tlt-Blts.
\dt to fllainc.
"Delia, this Is no way! The dirt In
this room must have been here a
month."
"Then blame the girl before me,
ma'am. I've only been here tbreo
■weeks."—Exchange.
Easy to Prove.
If a man want* to know definitely
Just what kind of a peg he Is—square
or round—there Is only one way—hp
must get Into a hole. Philadelphia
Press.
Kothlotf I.lka Accuracy.
First Clubman—Woggles, I want you
to decide a bet. Hlgglnslde suys the
quotation, "Hell hath no fury like a
woman sconied," Is from the book of
Psalms, and I eay It's from Job. We've
put up $5 on It and agreed to leavti It to
you.
Second Clubman—l think you're both
wrong. I know It's In the Bible, but
my Impression Is that you'll find It In
Ihe provurtm of Solomon. Chicago
Tribune.
Pin Mnntf.
Spoiled Wife—Why are you dividing
your month's salary In two heaps,
Henry?
Indulgent Husband I thought I ought
to put nils live In the bank this month,
love. The other $95 la your pin money.
—Ohio State Journal.
The weight of all tbo air on the globe
would be eleven and two-thirds trllllou
pounds If no deduction had to be made
for space tilled by mountains and land
above sea level.
A "Wl.le awake" was originally a hat
with no nap on its material.
A SKETCH.
A builder's yirrl, a ahlp upon the wave,
c> "*n "f atraiuing plunk-, ttw an;ip of atayf,
| Tlit ■ lu-<-rinir of a irowt: "Hh» niovcil She'i
off!"
And with « (mitten runli and «pta*h the |mt ship
Leaves the wharf
A itortii RWi'pt, loam tossed ~ a, u howling gale,
A •Up I ill led in * Mf "f mil,
Tlir tolling of a hell, now lout, now dear—
"in,- shore! The siiore!'' fche strikes lu ira»h
lag
tVsv»-s to dissp|icar.
A tuaainer'l eve, a ralro anil walling tide,
A dfeMl ffTrtl li i t ,riml tint Mm t'> hldo
The i • •• feat »• «■'. |"ow on high.
Out i m.M li.. sun lu<t taint glow
\ihwitrt It.'-
Julian llim.kley iu Outlook.
ONION SMUT.
lUw It Iln* Been Prevented— A SLM
pI». and Profitable Way.
The onion smut enters the tiny seed
lings only and has no power to pierco
tlte onion stem or leaves after the lat
ter have emerged from the sdll. The
sjjorcs from which tho smut grows lie
In the soil, but germinate when lu. con
tact will) the little seedling and soon
fill the tissues of the growing plant
with a network of threads. The leaves
Itecome deformed, twisted and marked
by dark streaks and finally break open,
discharging the spores of the fungus
to reinfect the soil for succeeding
crops.
As many of the spores hold over
from year to year, the soil gradually
becomes so filled with them that hard
ly an onion seedling can grow without
cumins in contact with some of the
spores* and being attacked by the fun
iaw. In this way many onion fields be
came so Infected that profitable crops
ran no loi'.L-er be grown.
Transplanting—that is, growing the
little seedlings In boxes or plats of un-
Infected soil and setting them out In
the fields after they have passed the
age at which the fungus can gain en
trance Is a perfect preventive so far
aa the disease la concerned. But the
•OWING LIME AND SULPHCB WITH SEED.
gwawers In certain sections where smut
prevails cater to markets demanding
aautll, cooking onions; hence increased
would not be an advantage and
cost and labor of transplanting
Mem too great.
It has been proved that equal parts
of air slaked lime and sulphur ap
plied In the drill with the onion seed
la very effective against the smut. For
fl*e seasons the Geneva (N. Y.) station
hM tested this treatment and has
proved that the sulphur and lime must
b« brought into close contact with the
little plants In the soil, that It Is not
sufficient to distribute the chemicals
over the soil, but they must be put in
the row where the seeds are sown.
An attachment was designed for the
rtwular onion drill, which, by means of
extra boxes, agitators and distributing
tubes, sowed the lime and sulphur
wtth the seed.
A machine of this kind could easily
be made which would apply the sul
phur and lime with but little more la
bor than ordinarily required to sow tho
B«cd. The cost of the sulphur and lime
<i'..out £2 per acre. One hundred
pounds of sulphur thoroughly mW
with 50 pounds of air slaked lime per
acre has given best results.
BABY BEEF ON THE FARM.
l«rKf Amount of Prime Staff Put L'p
In Ninnll and PnyiiiK Packanrt.
In the production of "baby beef"
rather richer grain rations are gen
erally used and a maximum grain ra
tion fed, which generally contains some
ollmeal. The grain In these cases is
ground so as to Increase the consump
tion of the food. I have known of
snmll quantities of flax to be fed In the
tfyeaf as a substitute for ollmeal,
which gave most gratifying gains.
These calves took on llesh very rapid
ly on a grain ration of snapped and
shelled corn and a sheaf of flax fed
four times per week.
Our feeders are largely appreciating
tb« fact that the cost of producing
gains on any animal Increases with
uifccli month of his age and that the
more rapid the gains the cheaper they
will b» on the average. We cannot
afford to bring the calf up to 400 or
500 pounds at weaning time and then
allotv him to stand still for the next
three or four months during the winter
season and siK-ud the first two months
on grass In recovering from the starva
tion of the previous winter.
If It Is profitable to feed corn to a
3-year-old steer. It Is much more profit
able to feed him during his calf hood
and early growing period. If tho calf
can be made to weigh 400 pounds at 0
months, It should certainly weigh 700
pounds at 12 months, 1,200 pounds at
lfi to 20 months and 1,400 pounds or
upward at 2 years, If kept until that
age.
Buch steers top the market wherever
sold ltecause they not only show the
evidence of good feeding, but because
they have the breeding and the form
which put a large amount of prime
berf in a small package.
There Is n distinct advantage In feed
ing young cattle, as you are better able
to hold your cattle for a favorable mar
k#<t and secure satisfactory prices.
In growing beef upon llie farm there
Is profit under good management,
aa prime beef will always pay for the
growing If we start with the calf.
The steers grown upon the farm. If
th«y are not sold at the moment when
th*y would have realized the greatest
profit, have still converted Into money
a large amount of the product of the
farm at a reasonable profit to the own
er, concludes a Nebraska correspondent
of Tho Prairie Farmer.
Twenty-five i>er cent or more short of
ft* average Is among the latest esti
mates for the corn crop.
THINNING FRUIT.
Dour Aft*r lli«- "Jtiuo Drop."
Tills operation Is much n-<>ommend
fd. Is favored by many of the growers,
tmt as a matter of fact Is not generally
practiced, though It Is dono more in
Btnne Koetioiis than In others.
A peach tree under normal conditions
will assimilate a certain quantity of
food material during the time It Is dc
w4oplng a crop of fruit.
Peach trees ure inclined to overbear
—•♦ hat Is, set -more fruit than they con
properly mature with the amount of
food material It Is possible for them to
(VSklmllate. Hence It Is that the fruit
all remains small, not reaching the size
will bring satisfactory prices In
the markets.
Thinning the fruit will reduce the
wtraln upon the tree. There will be, so
to speiUt, a smaller number of mouths
ti» feed, and the remaining fruit will be
Obrrcspoudlngly larger.
AM f1 W severest strain upon the tree Is
on*isloi»ed by the development of the
need the thinning should be done before
the seed IM KIIIH to harden. This will
be while tiie fruit is till quite small.
Il will lie to begin as soon as the
"■bine drop" is passed.
The objection that many hold to
thinning is the expanse of the opera
tion. Hut unless there are severe
storms very lit tie of the fruit which re
mains (in the tr«H? after the "June drop"
will tail off. It then follows that ft is
only a question between picking the
fruit off In June and throwing it on the
ground and picking It off a little later
ami putting it In a basket.
it the frult»ls thinned to from four to
six inches apart, it will be better than
If it Is closer. It Is a common experi
ence that trees so thinned will actually
produce a greater bulk yf fruit than un
thinncd trees, and the fruit from such
trees Is practically all first grade. Even
if the bulk of fruit Is somewhat less
than from uathinned trees the amount
of high grade fruit is sufficient to com
mend the operation.
The fruit may be thinned considera
bly by keeping the tops properly prun
ed, but much of It must be done by
hand. In this way the imperfect fruit
can be removed, leaving only that
which Is likely to develop Into the best
specimens. This method will greatly
lessen the work of grading the fruit
when It Is marketed.
As a rule growers experience consid
erable difficulty In getting their men to
thin their fruit sufficiently, but it is im
portant that the matter be followed up
closely.—H. P. Gould, Maryland.
The Tinff Dreod».
The buff fowls of various breeds
seem to be one of the poultry fashions
of the present.
Huff Plymouth Hocks are a compara
tively new variety, but one which has
come rapidly to the front on its own
merits. Beauty and utility combine to
BUFF FLTHOrTH ROCK.
make these a fine general purpose fowl
for farmers. Weights and points are
the same as for Barred Plymouth
Rocks, but the plumage should be an
even shade of golden buff.
Golden Wyandottes are newcomers
and very popular, not In such numbers
yet as the whites or silver laced. Their
characteristics are much the same as
those of the other Wyandottes and
standard weights the same.
The buffs are probably the most nu
merous and best liked of the Cochin
family.
Buff Leghorns, u comparatively new
but very popular variety, have taken a
foremost position solely on their mer
its. The eggs of the hens are large and
white; chickens are quick growers.
Staking? Tomatoes.
Borne growers keep tomato plants
tied to stakes from the start, tying
them three or four times or more, as
necessary. Others let them lie on the
ground till the #rwlt U nearly grown
and then lift and tie them, claiming
that besides saving labor the lifting
and disturbing of the vines tends to
make the fruits ripen faster.
On clay soils this staking and ty
ing Is qulto necessary, as In rainy sea
sons much of the fruit will rot before
ripening where It touches the ground.
On sandy land there is much less trou
ble from this rot from contact with
the soil, and it Is quite permissible to
save the expense of staking and tying
and let the plants sprawl on the
ground.
Aarrlenltnrnl Brevities.
In orchards badly Infested with can-
Jverworm late spraying with some form
©f arsenic, which Is most safely used In
bordeaux mixture, may do good If the
worm Is still feeding.
Bone Is the thing to use on peach
trees every time, says one grower.
A great deal depends upon how water
Is put on. If you begin your Irrigation
before It is very dry, you don't need bo
much water, but If you let your ground
get very dry and then put on your wa
ter you need n great deal more of It.
For field culture for tlie canneries
good strong tomato plants should be
ready for the Held from the middle to
the latter part of June, the time which
they are usually set in New Jersey find
Maryland.
Dig out the peach treo borers and Jar
the curcullo.
HE COWED THE LION.
THE DARKY BELTED ALL THE FIGHT
OUT OF MONARCH.
Lanithftblf Manner In Which the Biff
anil t'iclr Clrcn» Animal Wn« lie
turned to th© Mhowninu After a
Railroad Smaah Dp.
"It's queer how animals will act In a
railroad wreck," said the boss canvas
man. "Now there wus tli' Saberlee
wreck. Six cars wus In th' ditch an
half o' th' show's dens wus under 'em.
There wus one cage o' monkeys mash
ed flat that wo knowed of, an a lot o'
lb' oilier animals had took t' th' woods,
little animals, zebras an wolves an deer
an such like. Nothln t' do any harm
exceptln tli' big lion, Monarch. Ill#
den Wus bottom up In a little puddle o'
ditch water, with a hole stove In It big
enough t' let out a cow, an Monarch
himself wus gone with the little ani
mals.
"Well, It wus all off with makln tU'
stand that day, bo we put up th* runs,
got th' cookhouse outtlt down on th'
ground, had breakfast an started In t'
dig th' stuff out o' th' ditch. Th* rail
road company's wreckln crew come
along t' help us, an we'd got purty well
under way when a tall, black buck
darky come out o' th' woods an stood
round rubberln.
"Nobody paid any attention t' him fer
awhile, but by'n'by Mack, th' chande
lier man, spoke t' him, kind o' kidded
him about belli lian'some, er some such
guff. It wus Missouri, an he wus a real
black buck. Didn't have anything t'
say back didn't say anything at all, in
fact, fer awhile. Jes' shuffled round In
his cowhide boots from one foot t' th'
other an grinned bashfulllke. By'n'by
when he saw we didn't roast him hard
he kind o' took courage.
" 'Did any o' you getnmcn losed a gi
raffe?' he says.
" 'Giraffe? Mack says. 'No; we nev
er owned 110 such thing with this trick.
Why V
"•Well, boss, Ah done fottii' ioine
thln up In inali 'tato patch this mawn
ln, au Ah 'lowed as maybe hit 'longed
t' you all.'
"Mack got interested. 'Wot does it
look like?'
" 'Lawdy, boss, hit's 1110s' monstrous.
Ncvali did see no sech ole thing befob,
sah. lilg cat vahmint, with yallereyes.
an hit done come ii snahlln an a splttln
No 39.
at me soon as Ah got out tf bald.'
" 'Where Is it?' says Mack.
" 'Oh, Ah cawt hit all rlghty. Done
put a rope roun' hits neck an tied lilt
t' mab cabin.'
" 'Go an git it an fetch it down here.'
says Mack. Then th' wreckin erwt.£ot
a tackle roira' another den, an we fof
got all about th' darky. V
"Maybe it wus 20 minutes, an maybe^ -
It wus half an hour when we heard a
noise over on th' road amongst th' trees
—a noise kinder like a nigger drlvln a
mule or like soinethin bein driven. It
come nearer an louder an louder an
nearer. Everybody stopped work an
listened, an th' ole man himself come
out o' his car with his napkin hangin
roun' his neck.
"'What Is that?' he pipes up In his
snappy way. 'Who Is that out there?
(Jo an see what that racket Is, some o*
you boys. Hurry up. now.'
"Nobody paid any attention t* him,
an th' noise got nearer an nearer. In
a couple o' minutes a cloud o' dust
sailed out from behind th' trees. When
it got within a hundred yards o' th*
track, it cleared up a bit, an there wus
that big, black nigger with a rope In
one mlt an a piece o' fence rail In th'
other. On th' other end o' tli' rope wus
Monarch.
"Of all tli' mean, sneakln, under
handed cat animals that ever traveled
with a circus Monarch wus th' worst
an a powerful fighter when he had any f
6ort o' show. Sometimes we'd put out
hands on th' canvas cover o' his cage
when lie had t' run over th' train, an
there never wus a time, day or night,
that he hadn't a slap ready fer.you.
"Well, that darky wus a-lammln
him with his chunk o' fence an talkln
mule talk t' him wuss than anything
you ever saw in th' south.
" 'Cm on 'long heah, you yaller
eyed devil,' he wus eayln. "Ah don'
know what you Is, but you aln' go in
snahl uer spit at me, nohow. C'm on
'long theh, you big sassy vahmint,' an
with that he'd la-rn him with his piece
o' fence an let drive with his cowhide
boots.
"An you kin bet your life Monarch
wus a-comin. I never saw a critter so
rowed as he wus. Why, when that nig
ger brought him right in amongst us
there wus nobody that took th' trouble
t' open up a gangway, an I reckon any
young one could 'a' took him by th'
scruff o' th' neck an turned him over
o» his back. He wus jest a great, over
grown pet tomcat, with all th' fight an
meanuess walloped out o' him.
"We'd yanked his den up on to th'
road bed with th' hole In th' end
butted against a wagon. Th' door wus
open, an when Monarch saw his happy
little home waitin there fer him he
Jerked th' rope out o* th' darky's hand
»n' bolted Inside It Ho couldn't get
fur enough inside, either—went away
up in th' fur corner an tried f hide.
Saberlee shut th* door an spoke to him,
but Monarch wus th' worst whipped
cat animal you ever saw."—New York
Snn.
Suppressing Cruelty.
Many a man who would be ashamed
to strike a brute beast with a bludgeon
has no shame In making a bludgeon
of his tongue to strike human beings in
the tender places of their being— their
social sensibilities nnd their self es
teem. Cruelty In its gross nnd outward
forms we have in good measure sup
pressed. but the refU-ed cruelty of the
bitter wrrrd, the unloving censure, the
abusive harangue, is not yet eitinct:
Let us be as careful of men's Inner
Bklu ns of their outer.—Exchange. (
QUEEN ELIZABETH'S FAULTS
She Wa» Very Vain and Inordinately
I'onil of Fine Dreai.
Yet Elizabeth was never really suc
cessful with her wardrobe as a more
feminine woman might have been. Her
dresses were never beautiful, only lu
dicrously and most inappropriately,
magnificent—laden with Jewels, weight*
ed down with cloth of gold, stiff with
silver embroidery and so heavy that
even her big, powerful frame must,
without supporting vanity, have felt
the fatigue of carrying them about.
Elizabeth was certainly vain, but she
cannot claim femininity merely on that
account, for vanity Is by no means an
exclusively feminine characteristic
There are perhaps more vain women
than vain men because women have
more leisure nnd their costumes afford
greater opportunities for vanity than
the strangely hideous clothing Whlcfe
custom has arranged for men, but no
thoughtful (feminine) observer can
doubt that a vain man is vainer than a
vain woman.
EHznbeth's hands were her especial
pride, and, Judging from her portraits,
they were certainly beautiful. They,
were laden with Jewels, and it was her
habit In public to pull her rings off
with absent artlessness and push them
on again, moving those white hands
about In the most obvious way. Once,
during the grave consideration of a
state paper, wherein her cold sagacity,
never took second placo, she interrupt
ed the discussion to ask whether the
Due d'AnJou, who was at ono time one
of her suitors, had been told what a
pretty foot she had and how white and
well rounded was her arm? This in
the woman who financed tho armada
with hard headed economy, who dared
tho superstitious terrors of her own
conscience in her high handed and Im
pudent treatment of the whoso
interest In methods of torture for state
prisoners was most mechanical and In
telligent, entirely unhampered by any.
squeamish feminine hesitation as to
blood or pain, is most curious.
In connection with this last charac
teristic of cruelty vanity is not at all
unprecedented. Indeed, if one observe
closely one will notice that excessively
vain persons have almost always a
strange inclination toward cruelty,
The accounts of what Queen Elizabeth
permitted and indeed commanded lu
this respect will hardly bear reading
by us sensitive folk today.—Margaret
Dcland In Harper's llazar.
Slavery Protected the Neffro,
If the negro had been forced to com
pete for existence in America, he would
have been crushed out by the civilized
power, as the Indian has been, say*
Albert Phelps in The Atlantic, but thp
peculiar Institution of slavery protect
ed him not only from this competition,
but also, by artificial means, from those
great forces of nature which Inevitably
weed out the weaker organisms and
which operate most unrestrainedly up»
on the Ignorant savage. For the first
time, perhaps, in the history of tho
world human beings had been bred and
regulated like valuablo stock, with us
much care as Is put upon the bost
horses and cattle. As u natural conse
quence tho sanitary condition of tho
negro during slavery was remarkable,
especially by contrast with his present
condition, nnd his growth was the aU
normal growth of a plant abnormally
raised In a hothouse. W>en, therefore,
this mass of helpless beings was
thrown upon its own resources by U*e
act of emancipation and when the pro
tection of slavery hud been withdrawn,
the direst wretchedness and Buffering
followed. _ .