VOL. XXXVIII BICKELS Fall and Winter Footwear. For the past three months we have been making preparations r or our extensive fall and winter stock of Boots and Shoes. Great care has been taken in selecting a line of good solid water proof shoes for country trade, for well we know how people appreci ate good water-proof footwear. % It is gratifying to say that prices this fall will be cheaper than last season as price.-; on stock is lower and consequently will be able to give much belter values for the money. It has always been our aim to have a assortment of tine footwe.ir made by the leading manufacturers and you will agree with us that the Sorosis', Barker & Bowman Co's., Duttenhoffer & Son's, A. K. Ni ttlcton's, Schwab Bro's and P. Cogan & bon's line of Ladies* and Gents, Boy's a-d Youth's, Misses' and children's fine shoes in Patent Leathers, D ngohs, Enamels, Box-Ca.fs, and Cordovans in medium or heavy soles, extension edges are more handsome and up-to-date than ever. FOR OIL MEN AND FARM WEAR. Wc have h complete slock of Gckey's hand-made, whole stock, box-toe Boots and Shoes. O fceyV high cut copper-to« shoes for Boy's and hi«h-rut water-proof shoes for pirls. and Felt Goods^J Our Hock of Rubber and Felt Goods is extremely large, and owing to the large oid< rs which we placed we were able to get very close pricey and am in a position to ofier you the lowest prices for best f?-a | General Clearance Sale / OF OUR ENTIRE STOCK OF SUMMER GOODS. \ C There are just a few left, so do not delay ? ( if you want a genuine bargain. ; / We have four tables, that have made ( f records for themselves the last few days < sc, 10c. 25c and 50c Tables. $ r * The bargains to be found on these, have I I never been equaled and never will be ( C beaten in Butler county. Similiar bargains C all over the store. \ | Duffy's Store. j &\ i-wwv /W WV WWWVV HATS AT SMALL PRICES. Our assortment of Outing Ifats, Soft I \\ Hats, Sailor Hats, in fact eveiy hat and I I all Millinery must be cleaned out at once. \ a v w We arc making a great sacrifice to close \\ \ /» J out this line. Never before haj there yw // bi;< a such an opportunity to secure bar- jfc ' // gxins and value at so little figures. Rockenstein's, MILLINERY EMPORIUM. i\ Sou tb Main Street, - . Butler cPs KECK Spring Styles jH' Have a nattiaess about them that E ill AT ik marks the wearci, it won't do to p i fjjf K fW') /J| UV wfur the last year's output. You \'J \JJ \ IrJ W p"| won't get the latest things at the ' J} Vy.y stock clothiers either. The up-to- l/lxV IC/ Vn . . date tailor only ian supply them, A fy\ i| {j if you want not only the latest ( ! I\> |n jj things in cut and fit and work- I J fill « nunship, the finest in durability, | ' lis where e'se can you get combina- I I 1 I tlons, you get them at . I 111 IA K E C K G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, 42 Noilh 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. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. C.E. MILLER Wants IVlore Room and has made another deop cut on all summer goods. Prices will do talking. Oie lot of Ladies' White S ippers -'-I c O ie lot of Ladies' Cloth lace o oes, 3 and 4 24c A ! our Ladies's Tail Shoes summer 90C O ; e lot Spring-heel Shoes were $2. 2.50 and 3.00. .sl.?.} One lot of Ladies' Patent Leather Shoes $ 1.08 L .dies' Serjje Slippers 25^. Ladies' Gaiters 4SC Men's Slippers 4-Sc M< s Slippers 4- v c Men's, Bojs' and Youths' Tan and Black Shoes 9 c Men's Good Plow :hoes. . 98c One lot of Men's Button Pat Leather, were $5 .. .. .. $ 1.98 Bicycle Shoes ab -ut Price. Space will not permit us to go in.o detail-, but during Aur;vst a' S'lmmtr goods must go. ur fali goods sre arriving daily and w. must l ave room. Bring if our Girl to This Lie All our Misses' and Child < r's SHppers in red, Slack, td" iilue and white, reduced to 48c. If you want to buy foot we. 1 at your own price, come to tl is Great Clearance Sale, and come quick, too. C. E. niLLBR'S r» i M Shouldn't M rj Suffer k* M With fi WA Corns or w * f£! Bunions wl When T4 JOHNSTON'S H 3} Corn * T4 Cure fcl kl Will VA WA Cure kl kl Them WA SIS Ei y M 25 conts. ~ ri Put ij »1 Up and [4 r| sold &] ® nl y fc Johnston s [\ p' ys,al \] 0 Pharmacy, ki K. M. LOGAN, Ph. 0.. Manager, W« 106 N. Main St., Butler. Pa Both 'Phones. WA VA Everything in the 1,1 drug-line. fi \\ ft \\ 14 H DEALERS in ready maile clothing represent their weres as "Tailor mr.de' "custom made" &c., hut they ask the renular prices of ready made pnd tlie boast is understood. But when they offer to lake your measure, promise to have the clothe." made for you and charge the tailors price, they impose itpon your credulity Whether their misrepresentation is wilful or nt the result to you is the same, Most men want what they pay fo. aud are willing to pay for the superior quality of made to measure clothes Our garments are cut and made to your measure in our own workshop in But ler, not by fair-to-rniddling work men, but by expert tailors. Handsome Spring Goods At Business Bringing Prices. ALAND, Maker of Men's Clott : TjTM. 11. MILLER. FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE and REAL ESTATE. Oh; iCE —Next door to CiTZEiN office Butler. Pa. BUTLER. PA. THUKSDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 11 Ol Vl he tiure that Curss j & Coughs, \ Gofiis, p & w. Whoopinfr Counrh, Asthma, j Bronchitis and Incipient A ZL Consumption, is fcj loTlO'sl E The German ED\" " L Cuv« -af.4 Vuv.a ) i a\\ . 258.5 C is/? -' §EU M. 8» s ;.v --jSjIjI buiiiil the w'. -jL.hcr. fgSj' in cans—all aizee. \V|^,. m Made bj STANDARD CIL 03. ■>' oSCATARRH for a generous IO CE N T Wwy&M BALwU TR'AU^S'ZE. Ely's Cream Balm contains no cocaine. Hp / mercury n"r any other It ie quics y Absorbed. Gives iteiiet atonce. It oi>ens anil the Na, Passasrs. PflJ ft Jr. UC" A Allays Inflammation. w yLy ' IlbnU Heals and I'rotci t« tie Meml.rane. Restores the Senses of Ta=te and ; ' I' ll Size 50c ; Trial •i*i: lftc.; at Dr.;. sts or i>y malL btV BKOTHEI; -. 5S Warren Street, New York.) We Can Supply Yr'i With \ < M ''s -!r !' «V 'V ■> «'/. -If v > ,/ 'l' 'V -If 'V '•> -If M r A- A«, ..... (. ».♦ f } jCORKS J •> • •!' •> -jf yj' ■!« -V -jf 'l* 'V -V •' •;* ■!/ •> v> f /f' /(T *« /T. 'fv *. .7. #, ... /J. /j, /(■ w \ All Sizes i S Any Quantity ? At Right Prices. ) r -L»: lis fill your pi< .-.criptioiifl J and family recipes, we give this N work spe<-ial attention.) A MEM)J||'.NT T(» T'IP. CONSTITI'TION ™ i>ijoposki> ,o tiir ( itizf.xs of TIMS I'OMMONWEW.TII PC: THKI K AP PROVAL Oi: UE.IF,( TON I.- TIIK iFN EI.'Af. ASS'vMUI.V Ol" TI"S OOMMON WKAI.TU OK PENNSVIA/.\IA IMII - !!V ORIlF.;: O! THE SECKfcTAHY 01-' THE roAiMON'\VEALT~» !N PI i.'Sl*- STITM T'ON" TICLK XVHI OF THE rI,N -a*joint i:esou;tjon Propos bis ani amendment .o the Constitution or the Commonwealtli. ,/cei i i I Bo it resolved by the Senate and llop.se of Mtpveseivi'tivcs of tho Common weau t DHragraph of said section. a iter ihe words ••shall be en titled to vote i-1 all elections." tin- words fcue.ieci however to suc!i laws •e< i iilrlns and ri-o •'ilii" t.ie •■<", is.union oi elect .is as the General Assembly may enact." so that the Bnid sect on shall read as follows: Se< ton , Qualiflcatio isof Elociors. Every male. , Jzen ».tventy-ono vears of a-e. oos se-.nl n St.ie following a,::, lous shi.'l be entitled toyo«*e at a.l elections,s ibject how ever to such laws ve-'uira,.d n •-n1a.1,.- the i equation o! electors as the General Assembly m:>y enact: ..'•.'''i »h«'' " :l , ve '»een a citizen of the i"V. a ' 1 «-•"«<• one month. lie shall have resided i,i state one year (or. hav.ng previously beei a oualified elector or native born citizen of the state, he shall have removed there/iom and returned then six mouths,) immediately urecedhi"' tiie election. ...'K'!"i S ,!'j l 1! lj ave tl,u election dis trict where Ins shall oiler Lo vote aL least two months in.mediately preceding t,ho election. . 1 f uventy-t wo yea, s of auo and upward*, he sua. have p«>id within two years :i Stale or county tax,which shall have been assessed at least two months and paid at least one mouth before the election Amendment Two to Article Eight. Section Seven. Mi ike out from said section the words "but no elector shy I, be deprived o. the privilege »f votingby reason of his nKnie not, being registered. and add to said section .in- fol lowing words,'but laws rc-L- t ii.ir and re quiring the registration of e'ectors mav !»■ I '' '' i,-s ""Provided that sui 1. laws lie uniform -or c"ties of the same follows*'' ttt the said section .tall read us Si lion" I'ni't.rmlly of Election Laws. Alt awsre-ulatlng the holding ..f elections mV ' i 'm ,is l,r '" r Ihl registration «.f st?.» u!! throughout the stale, but laws regulating an "iiuirinir tbe registration of electors may enacted lo apply to cities only, provided that such laws he uniform for Cities of the same class. A true copy of the Joint Resolution w. \V GI; I EST. -ecretary of •' e Commonwealth. A V EM »M ENT To TIIE CONSTITI'TION « I'ltoposEh TO THE t ITi/Il' \s or THIS rojnioNWHAl.Tll 1-Olt TIIEIK A "KOVAI, Oi: I:E.IEi THIN IsV TIIK (!K\- f./iAL /• »F..M lif.Y OF TIIE I'OMMos WEAI.T.I OI I' '• NNs VI. VAN IA I'l I" 1.1 SII tI» ISY OItl»El; OF Til K i •'•! T£FTA If V OF 111 K COMMON WEALTH. IN |MI:-I STITI TION ' LE XV I" ° TIIE 1 <>N- A JOINT HESOLETION. I roposing an amendment tot u* Constitution of the Commonweal! h. section I. He It enacted by t..e Senate :• ..1 2,"?l?hnf p ■prcscntallve.s of the Common wealth 'it I eni.syivai.la in General Asseml.lv h v l ;.f !'l iS '"'"ir v '"" "d by the autho.- Hy of the same. I ..at the following Is pro posed as an amendment to the Constitution or the i ommonwealtl. of Pennsylvania in accordance with the provi. ,ons of the highteenlh article tnercof. Amendment. Strike out section four of art : cle elirht. and insert i?i place thereof, as follows: i „ i^"i""ii!. All . ek '' : "". lls l,y t''e • itizens shall be by ballot or by such othe, methtxl in may be prevTioed uy law: Provided, That secrecy in voting ho preserved. A true ropy of the Joint liesolution. W. W. (* liiEST. Secretary of the Commonwealth. L. C. WICK, DF.ALKR IN LUfIBER. A WISH. So lot m# henc* ta one Whose part in ti c world ha a been dreamed out and done— % One that l ath fairly earned and s; nt. In pi I !e cf lu art ar.d jubilai-*e of bit ti, 6uch wagef, be they counted ba 1 or p' od, A* Time, the old taskmaster, wa3 mov- i to pay, And Laving ami suffered and on Tl. se gifts the a:bite;s preferred and gave, Fare, grat-ful and content, Down the dim way. Whereby races innumerable have gone Into the silent universe of the grave. Grateful for what hath been. For what my hand hath done, mine eyes hare aeen, My heart been privileged to know; With »!1 my lips in love have brought To lips that yearned in love to them and wrought In the way cf wrath and pity and sport and song- Content, this miracle of being alive Dwindling, that I, thrice weary of worst and best, May ahed my dud* and go From right and wrong And, ceasing to regret and long and strive, Accept tl*e past and be forever at rest. —W. E. Henley in North American Review gOooOGcoooooOOcoOOooOOOoCg I THE OLD BLUE JAR | BoooOOc oGOo 0000 o©Go 0000 Ov-j Before Clementine went down to Milltown for the summer sbe made tip her mind that she would bend all her energies to wheedle Aunt I'hoebe out of the old blue ginger jar that Uncle Julius had brought home from China, little thinking that the old slant eyed, fat sided mandarin would take such a Jocular interest in her joys and sor rows. The old blue jar had perched for many years on the corner of the high mantelpiece In the old fashioned coun try parlor, and Aunt Phoebe knew that if she gave it to Clementine she would have a dreadfully lonesome feeling every time she stood ou a chair to dust the old clock, the shells, the peddler vases, the leather fans and other com panions of Its lofty abode. Hut Clem entine was an accomplished wheedler, and the fond old aunt finally said she might have her wish. When Aunt Phoebe gave over to Clementine her right and title to the old blue jar, Randall was leaning in the window and idly sifting rose leaves from the old climbing vine through the meshes of his tennis racket. He sympa thized with her lively admiration for the antique and unique In china and was glad that she had attained her heart's desire, but a more absorbing in terest possessed his manly breast. Clementine was going home in the morning, and he had been trying In vain for several days to get the feeble courpge of his ardent convictions up to the declarative point. She was such a lively, fun loving girl, and love, you know. Is such Intensely serious busi ness. Several times Randall fancied he had found lier in a sober and prop erly receptive frame of mind, when with a trilling Jest she would defeat his intention and put the little god to flight. Now, however, when the slant eyed mandarin on the blue Jar winked at him through the vines, Randall said to himself enthusiastically: "Well, old boy, that's the very thing! Thank you for the bright Idea! Are they all as clever as you are over in China?" That night, In his room under the eaves, he constructed an eloquent let ter to Clementine and In the early morning sneaked Into the parlor and deposited it In the. robust bosom of the old blue mandarin. "If she finds it before she goes home, It Is all right," said the timorous, ador ing fellow, "and If she doesn't find It until afterward It will be all right too." But the mandarin felt a little funny that day, so when Clemeutlne packed her trunk he inspired her to stuff the ginger Jar full of her silken hose, that the precious article might take no risks of breakage in Its voyage. So when Randall parted from her at the station she made no sign of knowing nnything In particular, and his hopeful heart de cided that she would surely find the letter when she reached home, and he would then hear from her. Now, Clemintine was a girl who al ways had a great many things on her mind, and when she had unpacked the treasured jar and placed It on a dainty table iii her pretty parlor—with a self congratulatory thought that it was so respectable to have things that one's relative bad brought from China—she wholly forgot the curious load that the mandarin had on Ills breast. She missed her silken hose, of course, and pestered Aunt Phoebe with messages about theui. In Milltown, as you may imagine, Randall waited for the answer to his letter. Awhile he waited patiently, then Impatiently awhile, and then dived into his law books with that "composure of settled distress" which lovers have known in every age and clime. lie did not dreain that the slant eyed mardarln would be guilty of the ungentlemanly trick of Intercepting a love letter. But the fun loving mandarin knew what lie was about. He was not with out experience In these matters, and he wanted to punish Clementine a trifle and bring her to the proper con dition of seriousness. And Clementine was feeling the situ ation with all tiie sobriety that was de sirable. She had suspected all sum mer that Kamlall had a tender feeling for her which she felt qualified to re ciprocate, but she was a proud girl and could not by a feather's weight influ ence the balai re of ills attentions. Therefore behind her smiles she had been not a little wounded that he had allowed her to come home without hav ing given expression to his sentiments. So she, too, now took on a sober countenance and banished thought and regret by Joining several new clubs ami taking membership in two or three more charitable organizations. Just before Christmas liandall one day experienced in his breast a sort of Imperative Intimation—perhaps direct from the slant eyed manilarin, who knows?—that he might hear of some thing to his advantage If lie should go down to the city and call upon Clemen tine; so after some futile resistance to the message lie betook himself thitlier. lie was graciously received by Clem entine--that is, graciously enough for a young man who had played the triflef wilh her Invisible affections— ami lie seated Iri.t fin a cozy chair near the pretty table which held his old friend the blue jar. As he talli< d with Clementine, a lit tle constraint I" in - apparent on both u!des, lie toyed witl. the lid of the jar, and the slant eyed mandarin appeared to wink ut him three times very know ingly. Under some occult but imperative pressure Randall removed the lid anil touched with hlr) finger the silken tex ture of some mysterious contents. Curiosity further constrained him, and he puiieil from the bosom of the now Jubilant mandarin a pale blue ar ticlo of singular description for a parlor ornainept, and, following It, lie extri cated a pale pink strip of similar shape and structure. Turning lo Clementine for explana tion of these unforeseen apparitions, he found her speechless with wild eyed as- tonishment, and without a word or gesture she seized the old blue jar ami hurried frotn the room. Randall stuiletl the first real, soul felt, refreshing smile that he had indulged In for several months and vowed by the pigtail of the old slant eynl that he would stay rooted to the si»ot until Clementine returned. What she said to the genius of the jar as she flew up stairs with it only the mandarin can reveal. As Randall paced the parlor, pulling . his mustache and wondering if Clemen tine's keen sense of humor would carry her safely through the trying hour, she came shamefacedly into the room, bear ing in one hand the blinking >•!«! man darin nud in the other the pleading let ter he ha.! b rue so long hid in bis clever old Ik> - a. RandjiU met the dear girl : ore than half way. and as she whin.;. 1 gently | on his shoulder he promised never, ; never, never to tell. And when they were married, if you believe me, that ridieuLus o'd giir;s or the Gigant i are the sea u: . -t-rs de vised by tl.. i.n,'' ii we have net :• .r •>! l ! nr n L-.! d" «a!r;» down a gray h-.1 man. v «c !; ivaj so epaelous li.a: the •. :a in had t • gallop about on 1; ! :•«1: v> give his orders and whose 1.-ngih v.::.; £,j great that when swinging in the channel her stern scraped the cliffs Albion white, while her bowsprit swept the forts at Calais. But >ve have exceeded in some re spects the dinii nsions of Ptolemy's great ship, w!,i< ii was I"') feet long, f>7 feet broad nn;l 7- feet in <1; ;,tli of hold and which carried 4,000 rowers and 3,000 mariners, besides unnumbered soldiers and passengers. Of the great ship of Iliero, king of Syracuse, the di mensions have not boon recorded, but she was at least as large as Ptolemy's, considering that her freightage was "00,000 measures of corn, 10.000 jars of salt fish, '20,000 talents' weight of wool and of other cargo 20,000 talents, in ad dition to the provisions required by the crew," and that she was so large no harbor in Sicily could contain her. This problem of harbor accommoda tion is one that is already troubling the owners of modern steam monsters and is placing a limit on their growth. —Monthly Review. About Sneering. We frequently hear t'.ie expression, "God bless you!" uttered after some one has sneezed. The expression, if we can believe Clodd in his "Childhood of the World," dates l ack to the time of Jacob. We are told in Jewish lit erature that previous to his time men sneezed but once in a lifetime and that was the end of them, for the shock slew them. Jacob prevailed in prayer and had the fatality set aside on the condition that among all the nations a sneeze should be hallowed by the words, "God bless you!" In the "Jata ka," one of the books of the Buddhist Scriptures, we read that the expres sion was, "May the blessed Lord al low you to live!" Buddha on one occasion while preaching to his disciples happened to sneeze The priests gave vent to the exclamation, and Buddha lectured them for interrupting his discourse. "If when a person sneezes," he asked, "and you auy, 'May he live!' will he live the longer?" "Certainly not!" cried the priests. "And if you do not say it will he die any the sooner?" "Certainly not!" was the reply. "Then," said Buddha, "from this time forth If any one sneeze and a priest says, 'May you live!' he shall be guilty of a transgression." If Men Only Would. If the young men who are measuring tape and laces would surrender their work to the young girls who are seek ing employment and turn their atten tion to the pursuits of agriculture, there would be less misery and more con tentment in the land; there would be more independence and less servility; more men and fewer creatures; more happy wives with comfortable homes, healthful children and cheerful tem pers.—Southern Farm Magazine. THE BIRTH OF THE MOON. When the Knrth Won a Sphcr* of Lava, Molten luid Flattened. The earth revolves on its axis onee lr. 24 hours. Millions of years ago the day was 22 hours; millions of years be fore it was 21 hours. As we look back ward Into time we find the earth re volving faster and faster. There was a time, ages ago, long before geology begins, when the earth was rotating In a day of five or six hours In length. In the remotest past the earth revolved in a day of about five hours. It could re volve no faster than this and remain a single unbroken mass. It was at tills time that the moon was born—separated, broken off from the parent mass of the earth. The earth was then a molten, flattened sphere of lava. Its whole body was fluid. The tides, which now are small, euperflcial and, so to say, local, were then universal and immense. They oc curred at short Intervals. The whole surface of our globe was affected. And the corresponding lunar tides in the fluid, molten moon were Indefinite ly greater still. Our day is now 24 hours; the distance of the moon Is now 2K>,oo<> miles. When our day was about five hours long, the moon was In contact with the earth's surface. It had Just broken away from its parent mass. As the length of the terrestrial day Increased, so did (lie distance of tip- moon. The two quantities are connected by in exorable equations. If one varies, so must the other. Whenever tiie rotation time of a planet Is shorter tlian the period of revolution of Its satellite, the effect of their mutual action 13 to ac celerate tiie motion of tiie satellite and to force it lo move in a larger orbit — to increase its distance, therefore. The day of the earth is now shorter llian tiie month—the period of revolu tion—of the moon. The moon is there fore slowly receding from us, and It lias been receding for thousands of cen turies. Hut the day of the earth is, as we have seen, slowly growing longer. The finger of (he tides is always press ing upon the rim of our huge flywheel and slowly but surely lessening the speed of its rotation. Ro long as the terrestrial day is shorter than the lunar month, the moon will continue to recede from us.—Professor E. 8. Hol ilen In Harper's Magazine. Prudence is common sense well trained in the art of manner, of dis crimination and of address. BOWSER'S DAY OFF. HE TAKES IN AN EXCURSION TO HEN ISLAND. It \Vn» Given by the Bund of Gentle Brother*, lint Before the Trip Warn Over He Found the Brother* Were Anything hat Gentle. [Copyright, 1901, by C. B. Lowis.] "Xow. then," said Mr. Bowser the other evening when dinner had been finished, "I have a little surprise for you which I have saving tip for three or four days. Have you got things in the house so that you can pack a lunch basket by 8 o'clock in the morning?" | "What ou earth do you mean?" asked Mrs. Bowser In great surprise. ! "Nothing, except that lam going to take a day off tomorrow, and you might as well go with me. Xliere's to be a steamboat excursion of flie It. O. CI. B. to Hen Island, and it will be a re lief to get out on the water." "Is it a club?" "Of course. It's one of the clubs I Joined last spring —Band of Gentle Brothers. Mighty nice lot of fellows, and this is to be an exclusive thing, ■ ""sSyraapSE . f : -fell® L. /J/jMfgf THF.HE WAS A LITTLE EOW. you know. It's a ride of 20 miles to lien island, and when we get there we'll find a little paradise. We must be at the duck by 0 o'clock. There's nothing 'o prevent you from going, I suppose?" "N-o," she hesitatingly replied. "But don't you want to go?" "It would be very nice, but I'm afraid you'll—you'll"— "I'll what?" he sharply demanded. "Do you mean I'll get mail and raise a row ?" "Yes." "I shall do nothing of the sort. If we were fools enough to go on a common excursion, I might see things to find fault with, but this is to be select and exclusive, and a fraternal spirit will pervade the atmosphere. There'll be everything to praise and nothing to criticise. Tell the cook to have the lunch basket packed in time." "Should—should things not go right you won't blame me, will you?" que ried Mrs. Bowser as she fidgeted about. "My dear woman," replied Mr. Bow ser as lie lifted the family cat to his knees and gently stroked her back, "everything will go right, and we'll have a day of unalloyed happiness." She yielded with a sigh and with Just a glimmer of hope that the day might possibly pass without a calamity. Mr. Bowser got up next morning in great good spirits, and he seemed so deter mined to make a Jolly day of It that she grew hopeful and was even a little enthusiastic as they left the house. When they reached the dock, they found quite a large number of Broth ers assembled, and Mrs. Bowser was somewhat astonished at the dress and manners of most of them. It was a "horsy" crowd, as near as she could make out, and several men had pre pared for the day by taking several drinks. There were a few women, but they did not greet each other in a "sis terly" way. A number of men slapped Mr. Bowser on the back and called him old man, and before the boat came nlong there was a little row lu which »ne Gentle Brother hit another on the nose, but Mrs. Bowser didn't see any way to get out of it unless she fell dead. For the first half hour after the boat got away the Gentle Brothers were fairly gentle with each other. They had to be. The boat was so crowded that they couldn't get free play for the elbows. It was only after a number of them fell asleep and were corded up between decks that the others began to enjoy the day. As Mr. Bowser had predicted, a fraternal spirit prevailed. It was so fraternal that the Brothers knocked his hat off, walked on his feet, offered him 3 cent cigars and called liim "Old Ilumpy." They needed no intro duction to Mrs. Bowser, and they could not understand why she was so con strained and retiring when they asked her to waltz to the wails of a con certina and sip a glass of cold beer. One of them at length got the idea that she was unhappy, and he chucked her under the chin and told her funny stories until he fell off his chair and was dragged off to Join the score that had gone before. It was due Mr. Bow ser to record the fact that he was a hero for an hour or more. That is, he sought to be a Gentle Brother with the others. He put up with everything and kicked at nothing, and had the cat at home been there to see that bland smile on his face she would have been deceived into tlie belief that he was taking solid comfort. Even Mrs. Bowser asked hitn to explain how it was that so many Gentle Brothers had happened to get out of stafc' prison at once lie preserved that oy>ile as lie re plied: "My dear woman, they are out to en joy themselves for the day, and their exultation cannot be entirely restrain ed. When we reach the island, we will go off by ourselves to eat our lunch." He had been told by a Gentle Broth er and he had told Mrs. Bowser in turn that the Island was a sylvan grove and that a thousand people could lose themselves in the shady nooks and cool retreats. When it was reached, however, things looked different. It was an island with three scraggly old trees growing in the center, and there were 12 blades of grass, one burdock and two thistles as ornaments. The G. B.'s made no kick, however. They rushed ashore with their lunch baskets and had their kegs of beer rolled after them, and their gambols were full of happiness, and their voices told only of merriment. Mrs. Bowser objected to going ashore, but Mr. Bowser patiently argued the point with her and carried it. They had to take a seat on a rock in the hot sun, and neither of them could eat a mouthful of lunch, but they had got along very well when Mr. Bow ser was asked to Join iu the games. He excused himself, but the Gentle Brothers wouldn't have it that way. He had been impolitic enough to boast that he could jump higher than any one in tiie club, and now they wanted to while. I '* 'lie feat. When lie contin ued to claw off, half a dozen men seiz ed him and dragged him forth, and the climax came. That is. Gentle Brother Bowser broke loose and tendered his resignation on the spot and told the other G. B.'s what he thought of them, and of course the fraternal spirit didn't pervo-le after that. On tin- intra ry, ti •y ! -lied up a s.'.m as a haughty out oast and felt that he should l«v» made an example of. Mrs. Bowser will never be able to tell whether all the'nr.'* G«ntle Broth ers pitched on to ilr. Bowser at once, but what she saw was a crowd sur rounding him and tossing him back and forth and rolling him over and over and keeping him busy for ten minutes. Then they threw him Into the water and battled him out again, and she was permitted to claim his re mains. They were not altogether dead. When they had been fanned for half an hour, they sighed and opened their eyes, and a conscience stricken G. B. assisted lier to get them aboard the boat and prop them up in a chair. It was two hours after that before the boat started, and she was two hours making the trip home, but during those four long hours the remains never once uttered n word. They simply sat and stared into vacancy. A few of the Gentle Brothers came around and said they regretted that there had been any misunderstanding, but the majority of them declared that Mr. Bowser ought to have been ducked twice. He had been made a G. B. on his declaration that he could jump nine feet high, but had stubbornly refused to jump at all. As the steamer landed the remains were placed In a carriage and driven home. They rallied and got out and walked into the house on their own legs, and as Mrs. Bowser followed she found them seated on the family lounge. They glared at her and men aced and tried to speak, but no word came. She sat down and cried for five minutes and then got up to bring the arnica and bandages, and the cat look ed on and felt that a shadow had fall en upon a once happy home to blight It forever. M. QCAD. Scvfral Menls Behind. "Is it true," asked the benevolent la dy, "that you often have to go without a meal?" "It is, ma'am." replied Tattered Thompson. "This breakfast you have given me was duo on the morning of May 7, 1889."—Leslie's Weekly. Fortnne Knows When It In Well Off. "And you will not 6mile upon me?" faltered the man. "No," auswered Fortune sadly, "for If I do I shall get myself disliked by the women who have refused to marry you."—Detroit Free Tress. HER WAY. Eyes? Well, jio, her eyes ain't much; Cues* yirn seen a lot of such- Sort o" small an bluey gray. ■Tain't her eyes; it's jest her way. Hair ain't black, nor even browni Got no gold upon her crown; Sort o' a«hy, 1 should my. 'Tain't her hair; it's jest her way. 'Tain't her mouth—her mouth U wide, £ rt o' runs from side to aide. See 'em better ev'rjr day. 'Tain't her mouth; it's jest lier way. Hose 1 rcckon'a nothin great; Couldn't even swear it's straight; Fact. 1 feel I'm free to say 'Tain't her nose; it's jc-,t her way. Love hert Well, 1 guess I dol Love her mighty fond and true; Love her better cv'ry day. Dunno why; it's jeat her way. —Elizabeth Silvester in Century. EASY "SURE THINGS." Some Propositions That It Is Safe to Bet Against. There are mauy things which at first thought appear to be easy enough of accomplishment that it is pretty safe to bet a man he cannot do. Most people know that the human hands are not strong enough to break a new laid egg if the hands are clasped and the egg laid endwise between the palms. It Is said that the pressure required to break au egg in this manner amounts to tons. Among other safe bets is a wager that a man cannot rise from a chair without bending forward or putting his feet under the chair or outside of It. Many a man will back himself to give another a start of 50 yards in a dash of 100, provided the man having the start hops all the way. But no runuor, however swift, can give that amount of start to an ordinary man. For the first five yards they go at practically the same pace. Therefore the runner, to go 05 yards while the "hopper" goes 43, would have to run more than twice as fast, and It would be a weak man who could not hop 45 yards at a pace equal to 20 seconds for 100 yards, and that would mean that the runner in order to win would have to beat all previous records. If a n>au boasts that his penknife is particularly sharp, ask him to cut with one stroke of the blade one of those yollow ribbons, mostly of silk, which come around bundles of cigars. In 1)1)0 cases out of 1,000 the knife Is not sharp enough to do this. It will cut through all the ribbon but the last strand, and that will pull out long, and the more he tries to cut It the longer it will pull out. It Is safe to bet any one except a blind mau that he cannot stand with out support of any kind for live min utes at a stretch if he is thoroughly blindfolded without moving his feet. If he does not move his feet he Is pretty sure to topple over In about a minute. Snails as Window Cleaners. "An old colored woman selllngsnalls," says the Philadelphia llecord, "occa sionally makes her appearance In South street, and sometimes she may also be found along Front street or Second Btreet, up in the district that used to be known as the Northern Liberties. She carries an old basket In which the snails repose on freshly sprinkled leaves. These are not sold as food, but for cleaning the outside of window panes— an old practice still In vogue In Ken sington. The snail is dampened and placed upon the glass, where it at once moves around and devours all insects and foreign matter, leaving the pane as bright and clear as crystal. There are old established business place in Ken sington where the upper windows, when cleaned at all, are alwnys cleaned !>y snails. There is also a fine market for snails among the owners of aquariums, as they keep the glass clean and bright." For l'opovers. The value of a recipe lies partly In Its being accurately set down and fol lowed. Harper's Magazine lias the fol lowing directions for making u break fast delicacy called popovers, as they were imparted by the Chinese servant to a lady visiting in the family. "l'ou takee him one egg," said the master of the kitchen, "one lit' cup milk. You flxee him one cup flou' on sieve, take pinch salt you not put him lu lump You move him egg lit' bit slow; you put him milk lu. all time move. You makee him flou' go In. not move fast, so have no spots. Makee but'led pan all same wa'm, not too hot. l'utlee him in oven. Now you mind you business. No likee woman run look at him all time, llim done all same time biscuit." The rcoster makes two-thirds of the , oolse, but the hen does all the work.-* i Chicago News. No 41. RENEWING PASTURE. Don't S»-»-d on Inverted Sod —Twa Methods ot Getting a Good Stand. 11l some farming operations things cannot If hurried beyond 8 certain point. One of these is in obtaining a good pasture. You cannot seed on au lnv. rted sod—in other words, It Is out of the question to expect to obtain a good pasture by turning over a sod and Immediately roseeding It The sod must be rotted and thoroughly worked up. In a ease of this kind there are two coutsi s one might pursue: (1) Plow, at once and fallow until the middle of August, when the sod ought to be pret ty well decayed; then seed. If this is done and the season Is fairly propi tious. a good cover should be got by, nest spring, but cattle should be kept out until tlie sod lias tightened and the soil has settled. In the meantime it may be necessary to cut the grass. (2) Plow the whole of it at once and sow. part of it with a soiling crop. Keep the remainder fallowed until seeding; time—the middle of August or first of September. A good soiling crop would bo oats and i>eas. On this the cattle could be fed wlille the remainder of the ground was growing iu the pasturing condition.- J. Craig in American Gar dening. THE CENTRALIZED SCHOOL. Hon It Works In la Ohio Townahlpw A Five Years' Trial. "It was au early spring morning. Cold, misty rain was falling, Inter spersed with snow squalls. The wind was strong from the northwest. Under foot tiie mud and water were having a spat for supremacy, yet in the midst of it came the school wagonette drawn by a span of stout horses, while Inside, protected from storm, wind and mud, were 19 children bound schoolward and all singing 'Comln Through the Rye." Two youngsters were added to the load, the boot was again buckled up, the song went on, and the little com pany finished Its trip of a mile to the centralized school. Our township has had centralized schools on trial and as a permanency now for over five years," writes John Gould of Ohio to' Rural New Yorker. "To my mind one of the greatest ben efits of the centralized school Is In abolishing the classship incident to the division of rural schools. Each neigh borhood thus becomes a class, with but little Interest in the community at large, and the matters of acquaintance of children in different parts of a town are slight Now all the children |i I" 1 ' ON THE WAY TO A CENTKA.LIZED SCHOOL. of the town are of one community, and merit wins. One scholar Is as good as another, and talent and deportment are the only avenues to merit "It Is not here contended that the centralized school is yet perfect It is In a state of evolution, but each step seems the better move toward solving the question of a better education for the rural boy and girl. In average at tendance the new plan far exceeds the old. In some towns the attendance Is 25 per cent better on the average. It Is fully that In our township. Then It promises to add at least two years more schooling to the school life of the pupil. To be taught along ever unfold ing and new lines in study Inspires, where the ever going back to re traverse old study byways causes list less and lifeless ways, even to deser tion of school life. "The cost Is less In most Instances. The transportation of a school district to a central point is less than the cost of Its separate maintenance. In some towns the centralized plan saves hun dreds of dollars. In some the cost Is about the same. In a few, where causes have been beyond the board's control, the cost is more, but in all cases the Instruction vastly compen sates for slightly increased cost." Dark Capped Honey. We have seen honey in the comb which was not capped white, as It should be, but had a dark, watery look. Those who are experts say that this is because the cell is filled too full before it is capped, and that it seems to be a peculiarity of some colonies. While it makes the honey no worse, It is objec tionable because the buyers like a white comb, and these darker combs, though they may contain as white and as pure honey as any, must be sold at a lower price. Either such honey, should always be extracted or the queen in such a colony should be kill ed and a queen given them from a hire that caps its honey white. Things That Are Told. The demand for horse and mole meat fa increasing in Europe. Germany, es pecially, is so hungry for meat that any old thing will do. The local papers of Kansas are mak ing ammunition for the bears as fast as they know how by claiming wheat crop results beyond all reason. Irrigating sugar beets and alfalfa, with good stock to feed the alfalfa aua pulp to, is doing a good deal for the people of Colorado. The man who is going to live by, dairying, without any special regard to meat production, will find that the Jer sey, the Guernsey, the Ilolsteln or the Ayrshire will answer his purpose. A creamery should never be built where there Is not a good prospect of securing the milk of at least 800 cowa Clerical Sore Throat Explained. Deacon Scrimp—Humph! Think you have got to have a vacation, eh? Struggling Pastor—Yea, tfce doctof says I must go off until this cough Is cured. Deacon Scrimp—Well, I'd like to know why preachers are always get ting bad coughs. Struggling I'astor—Well, you see, we have to visit around a good deal, and we are always asked to hold a little for vice before leaving, and I think our throats become affected from breathing the Oust that flies from the family, Bibles.—New York Weekly. Ingenious, "I can't help admlrlug the Ingenuity, of the landlady ut our house." "In what way'/" "At breakfast time she burns a grain or two of coffee on the kitchen Btoye, to as to fill the dining room with the odor, and then gives us chicory to drink." "Oh, mamma." exclaimed fotir-yetr old Bessie, looking up at the starry, Bkies one evening, "what a pretty place heaven must be when it is so beauttful wrong side out!' 1 /