VOL. XXXVIII BARGAINS P BOOTS, SHOES AND RUBBER GOODS BICKEL S If you want the biggest values for your money ever offer ed come to this sale. A grand opportunity to get good solid footwear at a big saving. Ladies' Kangaroo-calf spring heel shoes 5 oo Men's fine Satin-calf shoes I*®® Boy's fine Satin-calf shoes Men's double sole and tap working shoes 100 Boy's double sole and tap working shoes 90 Indies' solid oil-grain shoes Ladies'fine Dongola patent tip shoe 3 lUU Misses' fine Dongola shoes .. ; °0 Ladies' fine serge Congres3 gaiters Old Ladies' fine Dongola shoes oo Infants' fino shoes RUBBER GOODS. Men's Storm King rubber boots Men's rubber boots (regular height 2Zb - Boy's rubber boots 1 Children's spring heel rubbers 10 %r~ .iHIII'FELT OOODS.'I||H" —<0 Men's felt boots and overs Men's knit boots and overs «.Zo Boy's felt boots and overs Youth's felt boots and overs • • • , At nil limes a full stock of Gokey's hand-mi le bDx-toe boots and shoss. Gokey. s high cut copper toe shoes for boys and high cut waterproof for girls. Complete lock of sole leather and shoemaker* supilies. Hivb iri'n stand with four lasts at soc. •. , o Latge s sotsicent of Ladies'.Gent's, Misses' and Children's leggius and overgaiters. JOHN BICKEL, 12? SGI 111 STREET. - - HUTUR, l'A HUSELTON'S Autumn and Winter Styles IN FINE FOOTWEAR. First Fall Opening, today, on which occasion the handiwork of the foremost makers will be submitted to you for your inspection and criticism A. comprehensive exhibit of everything that is new and correct for the feet of Man, Woman or Child. Every new shape, every de pendable leather, every point of style, and every feature of good shoe making fully developed in this great display. MEN'S NEW FALL SHOES at SI.OO, WOMEN'S NEW FALL SHOES at $1 25. J1.50. *2 00. *l-5. *1.50, {2.00 and *3.00. MEN'S FINEST FALL SHOES at WOMEN'S FINEST FALL SHOES s2*so. SI.OO, $3.50 and $4, 00. at f3 00, $3.50 an ' #4 BOYS' SCHOOL SHOES at *i.oo, MISSES' SCHOOL SHOES at *..00, •1.25. l»-5° and * 2 °°- MISSES' FINE SHOES at *1.25,*1.50 YOUTHS' SCHOOL SHOES at 90c amJ si."i'gS*.n «. s oc, HUSELTON'S aOIBuSwRV HATS AT SMALL PRICES. Our assortment of Outing Hats, Soft // || Hats, Sailor Hats, in fact every hat and I ( I§K all Millinery must be cleared out at once. 11 J We are makirt 1 n great sacrifi -e to close \\ \ jf J j on: this tine. N ver before haj there J J b-e:i Mich aa op : ' r unity to s-'cure bar- \\ ,/ gains and value at«<. little figures. Rockenstein's, MILLINERY EMPORIUM. f, 1 . *• re' 1 * «■ - Butltr. P# K E C K Spring Styles JSt* M..vt * n-iUintrss sitvjut theru that l\ ' iV •11 rV "'ie w1 it won't do to fjj j. (MS/ / J (jV •A r '.h ' vir's <>i.tput. Yon x 5 / \ V\ wua't get ts • Uto-tf things .1: the P A%ip' 1 EJ ..V ootliiers -itlie'. The up-to [/ lYrv I& \55 0 date tailor only tan supply them, Vf W\ ILJIf if you want not only the latest , j 1/7/7 II things in cut and fit and work- _ If (ill 9 uianiibip, the finest in durabi i: ty. / 111 where e'se can vou get combini- , 1 I I I tions, you get 1 11 ui at , j j 1J IA & K E C K G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, 41 No-th Main Street All Work Guaranteed. Butler, Pa Removal Notice! C. F". r. 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 THE f BUTLER CITIZEN. A Great Nerve Medicine. Celery King cleanses tho system aud builds It up. It makes the blood pure. 11 beautifies the complexion. It cures constipation and liver disorders. It cures headache and most other nrbes. Celery King enres Nerve, Stomach, Liver and Kidney diseases. 1 H Rain*nds»eit \ \ \ \ I B have no effect on §iWlntt~K/*M ■ ■ harness treated M M/Ft F A I*l ■ with Eureka Har- g yllMUl J 3 ress Oil. It re- " v . |± fl do not brrak. y \ ■ ww ® i ) V v (jILw I I ' ' rt MrdeVV // ( Standard Oil f\ v Compmy /' » CATARRH LOCAL and is the result of cofdr and sudden climatic changes. For your Protection KHAJTFEVES we positively etate tant t!iis remciiy does not contaiu ■j . mercury or any oilier injur- Ely'sGream BalniP^^l is acknowledged to be the most thorough cure for Nasal Catarrh, Cold in Head and Hay Fever of all remedies. It opens and c'.-anses the rasal passages, allays paia find inflammation, heals the sores, pro tects the membrane from colds, restores the series of tasu andemell. I 'rice .Vc. at DracgisU or by mail. ELV ISIK/i lIKISS, 00 Warren Street, Kew Vork. Can Supply You With^ \ 5 fCORKS! J !y >!/ »•/ O/ O/ 'j' •!' 'l* / m *[% *i' v|s *> Jt '• 1 *T* '■* ■ • 4* l 4* *P f \ All Sizes i \ Any Quantity 7 At Right Prices. £ r (Let ns fill your prescriptions ' f and family recipes, we give this Q \ work special attention.) f Redick & Grohman.^ AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION PROPOSED TO THE CITIZENS OF THIS COMMONWEALTH FOI< Till IK AT PIIOVAL l>lt REJECTION IJV THE attl»* of life, with her brol:-n iiii-.ish. gar nished with the KteBST of Princes rca w!:' '«' l> ou.«ly nccepti •! a■- i tv- i u.t ' lar. "Cata:'nr. " I purat:- l ti:"no one. I !:• ;>•«. J'.:'. ' .* L . v i'rlnce* road." She ft-!:: -.1 t- i ' T! • tear* gush ed to her < '. i '-t you were going to • :i ' < If yoti hail, by I'd V f r you!" W t , ■ ; on • < e till we came to the I •' *»• I v :IS ft bout tJ 'oil ' ■ shv s.-.'d: i:: : ' i; :,ul< * :uul tall: to ti • a:er. v. a :iug for me '} And y• u tell her 1 danced v."< ■,* coi'id listen to vou tell ing it a ! . • d times." We entci. i :h she darkness of the shop. \ pah ' i shone, however, through the ciatk .t t'.:e parlor door. Catarina, a little- su: pM-cd that the mater l.ad r. t opt ni 1 to greet her, called out, "Mater, mater, mater!" as she entered thfto i:t. There t':e t ..it: sat in the eld arm chair. I:i ft'-:.: ef her oil the table was a little pain;': - representing herself as a young gi:i i' alwut C'aiarina's age. Beside the pai'i'ing was Catarina's lat est photo : a; h. A tr v.-paper was still In ber hand. Her face was smoothed of wrinkles in its last repese. In the pale light of the lauip it had an ex pression almost of joy.—Black and White. •♦ln tlie Swim." This phrase is. one fears, bad English in so far as It has acquired a soupcon of vulgarity which. In the tlrst place, perhaps, it did not possess, since it is thought to have originated from an glers being in luck when they find a swim or "school" of fish. Thus it litis come to mean being in the popular cur rent either in opinion, speculation or fashion—dans le inouveuient, iu the vogue with others. It Is possible that the phrase was suggested to anglers by tho eastern rutaphor "To swim iu golden lard," meaning to be prosperous, "And, gentle sir, when you do come to swim in golden lard" (B. Jonson, "The Fox," I, i). Webster gives it ns colloquial and says the meaning is "to be in a favored position; to be associated with others in active affairs." The Imperial Dic tionary also classes the phrase in the same way and describes "the swim" as "the current of social or business events; the tide of affairs; the circle of those who know what is going on." The Dictionary of Phrase and Fable gives the origin ns from an angler's phrase aud says, "A lot of flsli gathered together is called a swim, and when an angler can pitch his hook in such a place he is said to be 'in a good swim.' " —Notes aud (Queries. Tlie KISKS of Denmark. The dust of the Danish kings Is kept In a great cathedral at Uoskilde, an old town 20 miles from Copenhagen. J3v ery year the entire royal family always pays a visit to Uoskilde in obedience to an ancient custom. On one of the pil lars are marks showing the height of Peter the (ireat, Nicholas, the Iron Czar; Alexander 111 of Russia; the king of England, and many other kings. The cathedral was built iti the elev enth century. It lias two mighty tow ers, which can be seen at n long dis tance. The oldest grave is that of King Harold I, who died in 987.—Chi cago Record-Herald. Good Children. "People are always content with their children." said Mr. Crusty. "Yes," answered Mr. Dusty, "If a boy is diffident they say he is naturally re fined, aud if he is boisterous they say he is sure to make his way in the world."—Washington Star. For Che«tlnsr liable*. Little Daughter—Mamma, can folks be put in prison for cheating a baby? Mamma—Why do you ask such a question ? Little Daughter—l saw Mrs. Next door filling her baby's bottle, and sh® put some water In the milk. —Cincin- nati Enquirer. In n Class All Alone. He—What kind of woman Is that beautiful Mrs. Swift? She—Well, with one exception, she makes every man she meets sorry that he isn't her husband. He—And the one exception? She—Oh, he's sorry that he is.—Chi cago News. A Mutter of Pride. "Is that picture one of the oh} pias ters?" "Oh, no, indeed," answered Mrs. Cumrox. "A few of these pictures we rented with the house, but that is our own, imported direct from Europe."— Washington Star. Ilia Education. "But he doesn't seem to know much about the topics of the day." "Well, no wonder. He got all his education in a night school."—Phila delphia Evening Bulletin. Sucli a IlnrKnln. Cr 5" / /n *v( "Yes. I paid twenty dollars for this hat." "Goodness, child, how extravagant! I saw the same thing for sl9.9S!"—New York Journal. IN THE HOSPITAL. IK, hoar the motning ortr there. The tudden, bitter cry of p«in! The smell of drugs ia in the air. Death's shadow on th» wall la plal% And by the window, stooping down, A nurse with fluffy locks and brow* Looks in the eyes of or.e who Ilea Half propped in many a snowy fold And, blushing, holiltf a willing ear Close to his eager lips to hear A story that is sgct old. The doctor gravely shakes his head And bends above an ashen face; A widow, wailing for her dead. Is led half fainting from the place. And over there a jeweled band Is weakly raised to give command And weakly falls, and through the h&lis Death paces slowly, loath to leave. While still the nurse beside the cot Ben«?l lower, listening to what Exultant Adam tvld to Eve. Death atooped last night behind that screen And smoothed a martyr's weary brow Where one with new hope looks between Soft pillows at her baby now. And over there beside the door Lies on-' whom pain shall reach no mora, Wfcose work is done, v, ho ere th sun Cocs down ohail >• ar or dumbly reat. And she that luthing bent above Yon cot go you want to hold him, Tom':" whispered Tillie, holding out the baby. "You're his godfather, you know." Tom held his little namesake for awhile, but he didn't seem to know Just what to say. They laughed at him, teased him and praised him till big mother suggested that he looked worn out and should go to bed. Tom re-enlisted last week In spite of the combined objections of Jim, Tillie and the old folks, "No use kiekin about It, dad," be said. "1 got the fever, and I can't shake It. Vou don't need me in the store, an I guess they ain't more than enough to split 'tween two families. I'll get along all right; but honest, dad, I Just couldn't live here in Sugar Creek another week. Tell Tillie to write to me about tlie kid."—Chicago Record- Herald. A Story of Lincoln. During Mr. Lincoln's practice of his profession of the law, long before he was thought of for president, he was attending the circuit court, which met at Bloomington. Ills. The prosecuting attorney, a lawyer by the name of Lamon, was a man of great physical strength, and took particular pleasure in athletic sports, and was so fond of wrestling that his power and experi ence rendered him a formidable aud generally successful opponent. One pleasant day in .the fall Lamon was wrestling near the courthouse with some one who had challenged him to a trial, and iu the seutlle made n large rent in the rear of his uumentlon ables. Before he had time to make any change lie was called into court to take up a case. The evidence was finished, and Lamon got up to address the Jury, and, havingdou a somewhat short coat, his misfortune was rather apparent. One of the lawyers, for a joke, start ed a subscription paper, which was passed from one member of the bar to another as they sat by a long table fronting the bench, to buy a pair of trousers for Lamon, "he being," the paper said, "a poor but worthy young man." Several put down their names with some ludicrous subscription, and Anally the piper was laid by some one In front of Mr. Lincoln on a plea that he was engaged In writing at the time, lie quietly glanced over the paper ami Immediately took up his pen and wrote after his name, "I can contribute noth ing to the end in view." The Sense ot Smell, Experts in the manufacture of per fumery gay that the sense of smell can be developed just as acutely as the sense of sight, hearing, taste and touch. This would seem paradoxical, for it is a well known fact that after smelling five or six different perfumes the uned ucated nose so loses its power that abil ity to distinguish odors is entirely lost. This to a degree is true of the educated nose, but its power lasts longer. An expert is able by putting a drop or two of perfume on a bit of cotton to tell what it is and just what extracts enter into its composition. To Preserve Meat. Meat of any kind may be preserved in a temperature of 80 to 100 degrees for a period of ten days after it has been soaked in a solution of one pint of salt dissolved in four gallons of cold water and one-half gallon of a solution of bisulphate of calcium. By repeating this process the preservation may be extended by the addition of a solution of gelatin or the white of an egg to the salt and water. THE NEW BOOKS. M, Qnnd Review* Three of the Latest Novels. [Copyright, 1901, by C. B. Lewis.} "Disowned" is tlie title of a book Which kept us awake all night and spoiled our breakfast next morning. A stern father thinks his son has married the cook, and in his haughty impetuos ity Hot only disowns him, but harrows up his feelings by calling him a lop shouldered, knockkneed, low browed son of a gun. The son bows In humility and leaves the mansion, and it Is 40 years before the father discovers thai Instead of marrying Bridget, the eook, he married tUe duke's daugh ter. There is a reconciliation at last, «nd the father makes the disowned James nn allowance of sll per week, but somehow the end of the book leaves something to be desired. "In ITer Own Coin" is a book which will take the place of Webster's Dic tionary for a rainy afternoon. Carrie, a coquette, encourages about 50 different fellows to fall in love with her that she may turn them down, and as the re ports of the suicide of over 30 of them come in she simply gloats over them. She is still breaking hearts when she meets a man and really falls In love with him, and after leading her on to declare her feelings lie calmly informs her that lie Is a sausage maker, with a wife and ten children. She swoons and falls upon a pitchfork and is stabbed to the heart, and we are glad of it. The author is put down as "unknown," aud We are also glad of that. "Who Was the Heir?" is a volume to thrill. The purse of a duchess changes the babies in the cradle—her child fot the duchess'. The lady's maid sees her and changes them back. The cook sees the maid at work and removes one of the kids and slips In a stranger. The butler realizes by the cook's confusion that she has been tip to snuff, and lie overhauls the cradle and wrings in the coachman's son. There are no more changes, but as the kids grow up an heir is wanted to a fortune of $10,000,- 000. Three doctors, four lawyers, six old servants and a fortune teller try tq untangle tlie web, but they co\ild aever, never have met with success but for a detectivv who discovered the letter D on the toe nail of one of the contest ants. As it was plain to all that LI stood for duchess and duke, the right-, ful heir was put in possession and the goose HUUS high. \l. QUAI>. ssss: ;' far:.'.ei' w ho is u«.t a horse man t-'.illot i and should It't fast horses alo:»«', he has certain rtd vantrg.-s as a horse producer that to ho recognized and that ought to shape his eov.rse. Those advantages are: (1> A large :'.r.:our.t of cheap fi-ed, which pats this iude.stry 0:1 much the same basis r.s lie?? production aud leads to the common fctatement tliat it costs but little i.iore to ; row a horse than to grow a steer: (2i abundant range for proper > Vicise of growing animals; (3) lie is himself an extensive user of horse labor. Ilere is an Impor tant matter. The market calls mainly for geldings, and I take it that, broadly speaking, our farm work should be largely done by mares that are fully able also to produce a foal oach year. The feasi bility of this plan has been abundantly shown by experience. Farm labor is not so severe nor BO constant as to pre clude the use of breeding luares. In fact, the farm horse should be a breeding animal to fully occupy her time and pay for her mainteiftnce dur ing the long periods of short work and comparative Idleness. On a farm of moderate size I like, at least, one span of geldings that are al ways ready for any kind of work, hut it is expensive to keep a horse a year for what he can do the working sea son, and I have found breeding mares entirely satisfactory and far cheaper. Besides, one can afford a surplus of this kind of horse power, which is fre quently almost a necessity for a limit ed time. I expect to meet with the objection that it Is too much trouble to raise foals for working teams, but that mat ter is greatly magnified in men's minds. To be sure many farmers owning both smooth and rough lands may be able to let the mares run Idle and do the work with geldings, but it is possible only on cheap lands. Tutting it from the other side, the mare that is to devote a year to giving birth to a horse that will go upon the markets to do the ordinary work of the world—that mare must do some thing besides all this; she must work or the horse will cost too much, and farm work is well adapted to her con ditions. Not being a horseman, the grain farmer should confine his efforts to the production of such classes of horses as require plenty of good feed and care, but little or no artificial development. He is admirably adapted to the busi ness of raising heavy horses, though he will not care to keep 1,800 pound mares for farm work. He can use 1,300 to 1,500 pound mares, which, If good milkers, with the proper sire, will pro duce an excellent class of heavy horses. With the right sires he can keep aud profitably use a class of mares that will produce good delivery horses, hack and bus horses and a fair grade of gen tlemen's drivers. All these horses will need to be de veloped after leaving the farm, but it can produce the raw material and ought to do it.—E. Davenport in Re port of Kansas Board of Agriculture. Feeding? Pen For Fattening Plga. Feeding floors are becoming more and more popular as n sanitary meas ure and preventive of disease. De scribing the one here shown, an Amer ican Agriculturist correspondent says it should be three or four feet above CHEAP FEEDING FLOOR FOB HOGS. the ground, so that perfect ventilation is secured and the harboring of rats and mice made impossible. The floor can be mado of inch lumber and any desired size. A strong board fence must be put up all around it to prevent the hogs being crowded off and injured. At one end of the pen an approach should be built up to the gate, which can be closed while the feed Is being placed on the floor. At the other end of the floor a crib or pen is located in which the feed is stored. The floor must be cleaned after each feeding. This floor is partially under roof. Crop Shrinkage. Among the many lessons which the Michigan station extracts from Its In vestigations into corn shrinkage is the one that if a definite number of pounds of corn in the ear is to be recognized as a bushel a wise farmer will sell his crop in the fall. Oats when thrashed, after passing through the sweating process in the stack or mow, appear to shrink but little thereafter. Hay when put in the mow varies greatly lu the amount of moisture it contains, depending on the weather in which It is cured. In the dry climate of the west the shrinkage is usually smaller than In a comparatively hu mid climate of the eastern states. Ronffhnffe nnd Commercial Feed. Ithode Island farmers who have plen ty of corn fodder, silage, corn stover, hay, oat hay, millet hay or other coarse fodders (roughage) need to buy feeding stuffs rich in protein In order to com pound properly balanced rations for their slock; hence It cannot be econo my for them to buy feeding stuffs which, like their own roughage, con tain only small quantities of this in gredient. IRRIGATION IN THE EAST. Tp to Date Forming Cnlla For • CO®» atant Water Sujjplj-. The character of the farming In many parts of the east and its increaß* lng tendency toward the production of crops of relatively high value have led those who have studied the question carefully to the conclusion that In a fcreat many cases and for the present n small irrigating plant, which shall be sufficient to supply the needed water for a small area, say eight to ten acres, Is, all things considered, the best line of work. Professor E. B. Voorhees of New Jer sey has x>robably made as practical 8 study of the irrigation question for the east as any one who could bo named, and he states that the actual results secured from such plants already es tablished are at least evidence that this line of work possesses a primary Importance because promising and relatively returns, though small because th§ undertaking Is small. At least fi dozen of such plants, he says, are In operation in tbO, state, ranging In cost from $250 toj SOOO. They are operated by steam, gasoline or wind power and are ca*. puble of Irrigating from Ave to t^p No 44. acres. - - • The crops grown under irrigation are chiefly vegetable, as lettuce, celery, po tatoes, onions and the various berries, and while the cost of the plant Is rela tively high per acre those engaged In the work find It a profitable nnder+ik-' lng. In certain parts of the state, nota bly in the large meadows of the great swamp district. Irrigation by gravity! can be accomplished at small cost, and one farmer who takes advantage of the conditions has irrigated his low land for years and secures annually, regard less of the season, magnificent crops of hay. The main thing which has been termined, however, according to Pro fessor Voorhees, from such calcula tions and experiments as hare been made Is that throughout the entire east or for those states bordering the Atlan tic ocean from Maine to Florida the Ir rigation question is actually a practica ble question. It Is worthy of study, andi Its proper solution will mean much to' the people in the utilization of their! natural resources. Large sums are Invested In form lands, and the Incomes from these in«{ vestments cannot be fully up to their possibilities without a more equal dis tribution of water throughout the growing season. Intensive farm practice Is developing at a rapid rate. It Is the line along which progress must come In the east, and there is no element which has BO marked a bearing upon its encourage ment as that of water supply. WHEAT SEEDING. Timely Snggeatlona For Kew Yorl< State by Profeaaor Roberta. Experience with a three years' siege of Hessian fly some 40 years since, together with this year's experience, leads Pro fessor Roberts of the Cornell universi ty station to the following conclusions: (1) That wheat raising in the state need not be abandoned, but the number of acfes should be reduced until by rea son of such reduction every acre sowed will be raised under superior condi tions; (2) that the soil must be so well fitted and so fertile that a strong, healthy growth will be secured In thft fall though the sowing of the seed bq| delayed 10 to 15 days beyond the usual time, such preparation of the soli also helping the wheat to recover from any winter Injury; (3) that the Hessian fly Injures the wheat more on dryish ana poor land than on moist but well drain ed, rich soils; (4) that thick seeding coupled with vigorous growth tends to ward off the fly; (5) that the resisting power of varieties varies greatly. Thoße with large, coarse, Btrong straw are less liable to Injury than weak etrawed and slow growing varieties. There were at least six varieties grown In New York this season that were not appreciably affected by the fly, though numerous other varieties t£ the same neighborhoods were much In* jured. Of these only Dawson's GoldeO Chaff has been tested at the station," and this has been found to bo a supe rior wheat for general culture. The oth er resistant varieties are Prosperity, No. 8, Democrat, Red Russian and White Chaff Mediterranean. While it is not possible to set any date for seed ing to wheat in New York, It Is that the best results will be obtained by waiting until after Sept. 20 or 26. Snnahine and Sugar In the Beet. It is found that periods of compara tive drought and sunshine having a duration of 25 to 40 days are highly, favorable to high sugar and good puri ty In beets when these periods occur between Aug. 1 and freezing weather, Agricultural Brevltiea. As to the single stem method of train ing tomatoes, it Is the experience of American Gardening that better qual ity, handsomer and finer fruit can be grown on the trained plants than on those allowed to spread freely and an earlier crop. The slugs which often attack the leaves of fruit trees after midsummer should be kept down If they are abun dant Otherwise by their Injury to the foliage they may prevent the satisfac tory ripening of the wood. I have grown cabbage both In Seed bed and in the field, and with the use of oyster shell lime I have never had ft case of club root, Bays a New Jersey, man. Pyrethrum will make the cabbage worm short of breath, and at the same* time it is not poisonous to the remarks an exchange. A Country Gentleman correspondent; attributes the purity and fine his clover to clipping ' ijg September. A Domeatle Incident. "John, dear, have you lit the flrel"- . "Yes, dear?" "And put the kettle on?" "It's boiling." "And dressed the children?" "Every one of 'em." "Well, if the cook doesn't come you can cook breakfast and then fix up and go with me to church!"— Atlanta Con stitution. It Vai One of Hia. "That was rather a—well, a tame sermon of yours this morning, Mr. Mlldman," snid the rector, Just return ed from a holiday. "Was it, sir?" responded the curate. "It wasn't mine. I've been too busy this week to write one, and I took it from a bundle in your handwriting out of the library."—Cincinnati Enquirer. And lie Wanii't at Ills Best. Tlic thin man entered the restaurant, An J his was a hollow chest; His face was haggard, his cheeks were sunk. He had the air ot a fasting monk And plenty of slack to his vest. The gorinands paused in their midday meal And sighed and gobbled and said: "What brings such a doleful specter here? That chap's not long for this earthly sphertl The fellow had better be dead I" But the thin man opened his serviette And tucked it under his chin. And he carefully noted the bill of fare And called to the waiter and said, "PietTe, I'll have some soup to begin." 1 haven't a doubt that the soup was good, A glorious consomme; A quart of fluid, no lesfl» I ween, With a dozen slices of bread between, He put them out of the way. He smacked his chops and wiped his muftacfc* And speared a radish or two, Jnd then he ordered a porterhouse steak, Ik-avy enough for a stomach ache, And a pewter of Bass' brew. As he polished them off with marvelous grace His waistband began to swell. But he only loosened his belt a peg And tackle*) an order of scrambled egg And an ice cream caramel. He'd a Roman punch and a cucumber An« > a pickled beet, An . . a salad, potatoes galore And tat hup and biscuits and onions a score; To watch him was truly a treat. He'd a custard, too, and a cup of tea And a slab of Stilton cheese, A chunk of pie and a crcme de menthe, Which he demolished with never a pant; The fellow was quite at his ease. To shorten this tale, he only stopped When no more food was nigh, But the regular patrons were stricken dumb, For the thin man's waistcoat was tight as a drum, And be never made hall a try. —Detroit Journal. *'