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
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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.
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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
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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.
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AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION
PROPOSED TO THE CITIZENS OF
THIS COMMONWEALTH FOI< Till IK AT
PIIOVAL l>lt REJECTION IJV THE <iFN
ERAI. ASSEMBLY OK THE COMMON
WEALTH OF PENNsVLVANfA. PI H
LISHED li\' ORIJEK OK THE SECRETARY
OK THE COMMONWEALTH. IN PURSU
ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OK THE CON
STITUTION.
A JOINT RESOLUTION
Proposing an umendme.it to the Constitution
of the Commonwealth.
Section 1. Be it resolved by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Common
wealth In Oeneral Assembly met. That t lie
following is proposed as amendments to the
Constitution of the Commonwealth of Penn
sylvania. in accordance with the provisions
of the eighteenth article thereof:
Amendment One to Article Eight, Section
One.
Add at the end of the first paragraph of
said section, after the words "shall be en
titled to vote at all elections." the words
"subject however to such laws requiring and
regulating the registration of electors as the
General Assembly may enact," so that- the
said section shall read as follows:
Section 1 Qualifications of Electors. Every
male citizen twenty-one years of age, pos
sessing the following qualifications shall lie
entitled to vote at all elections, subject how
ever to such laws requiring and rfgulating
the registration of electors as the General
Assembly may enact:
1. He shall have been a citizen of the
United States at least one month.
2. lie shall have resided in the State one
year (or. having previously been a qualified
elector or native Ixirn citizen of the State, lie
shall have removed therefrom and returned,
then six months.) immediately preceding the
election.
3. He shall have resided In the election dis
trict where lie shall offer to voti at least two
months immediately preceding tho election.
4. If twenty-two years of ago and upwards,
he shall have paid within two years a State
or county tax.which stall have been assessed
at least two months and paid at least one
month before the ( lection
Amendment Two to Article Eight. Section
Seven.
Strike out from said section the words "but
no elector shall be deprived of the privilege
of voting by reason of his name not being
registered, and add to said section the fol
lowing words. "11111 laws regulating and re
quii ing tho registration of electors may be
enacted t<i apply to cities only, provided that
such laws be uniform for cities of the same
class," so that the said section shall read us
follows:
Section 7. I'nlfi.rnilty of Election Laws.
All laws regulating the holding of elections
bv the citizens or for the registration of
electors shall lie uniform throughout the
State, but laws regulating and requiring the
registration of electors may be enacted to
apply to cities only, provided that such laws
be uniform for cities of the same class.
A true cony of the Joint Resolution.
W. W GRIEST.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
AMENDMENT TO Till-: CONSTITUTION
PROPOSED TO Tlf F. CITIZENS dK
THIS COMMONWEALTH KoR THEIR AP
PIiOVAL OR REJECTION BY THE GEN
ERAL ASSEMBLY oK THE COMMON
WEALTH ol PENNSYLVANIA, PUB
LISHED BY ORDER OK THE SECRETARY
OK THE COMMONWEALTH. IN PURSU
ANCE OK ARTICLE XVIII OK THE CON
STITUTION.
A JOINT RESOLUTION.
Proposing an amendment to tlu- Constitution
of the Commonwealth.
Section I. Be it enacted by the Senate and
House of Representatives of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania in General Assembly
met, 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 In place thereof, as follows:
Section I. All elections by the citizens shall
be by ballot or by such other method as may
be prescribed by l?.w: Provided, That
secrecy in voting be preserved.
A true copy of the Joint Resolution.
W. W. GRIEST.
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
L. C. WICK,
DKALBR IK
LUnBER.
ASMSER^R-VGRSGJJ
BUTLER PA.. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3. 1001
!
DAWN AT VENICE.
•ce burnished cloud flrrt turned 1 jagged pr«w;
The con«ciou« water nettled deep iraop|
Her murky gondolas that, bow on bow.
Freighted with skadows at the molo swung.
Boon palace and canal paled into sight.
Fainting aa watchers whose long vigil wanes
Till dawn'a approach across the waves of night
Flushed the • rose blood in sleeping Venice't
veins.
Then up the dazzling stepa that lead to God
One radiant sunbeam and a lon-: white dov#
Santa Maria's holy threshold trod—
A shrine of morning lit by light and lovel
Loud warned the chime to mass o'er quay and
home.
Calling soft flocks of doves to meet the day
Mid sculpture! saints anil angels roun<l the dome.
While market won:, n followed in to pray.
—Martha Gilbert Dickinson in Scribner . Maga
tinc.
fCATARINAj
| A SKETCH. |
From such surroundings? Yes, per
haps because of such surroundings.
Genius will flourish anywhere, and
genius has the happy faculty of bend
ing every difficulty to its own advan
tage. At any rate, though genius it
self is apt to be very dubious respect
big this comforting doctrine, 1 cannot
but think that Princes road made Cuta
rina. Yet, truly, what a setting for
such a pearl!
Her mother was an Italian, her fa
ther had died while she was still a
child, and from that day Catarina was
marked by fate. The mother had
bought a greengrocer's shop in that
very unlovely Princes road I have re
ferred to, and there, ensconced in that
little fortress—it might be truly said
hardly ever quitting guard—she had
begun and carried on through long
years one of those terrible, grim, silent
struggles with poverty, disaster and
death with which Loudon Is replete.
She had survived, she had been always
able just to keep her head above wa
ter, but-heaven only knows at the cost
of what heroism, of what Intelligence
and of what privations In that little sea
of troubles in which her lot was cast!
The older inhabitants of Princes road
still remember her as a buxom and
high spirited young woman, speaking
English very badly, but shrewd enough
withal. But the years had gradually
robbed her of every trace of her for
mer beauty, and from the first day I
knew her she was a prematurely old,
quiet, careworn dame, her face sallow
and withered, her cheeks drawn and
sunken, her hair dry and dusty, and
if any hint remained to give assurance
to the memory of her charms it was in
her Italian eye. sad, but deep, lustrous,
blazing up at times with some inward
Are or occasionally revealing the
strange, yearning, hunted look of a
poor child of the sunny south wearing
out her life in a somber «lime and
among an alien people.
No; there was another testimony to
ber former beauty—Catariua! She was
about 13 when I saw her first, and
most children are pretty at that age,
but no one with the eye of an artist or
with insigl.t into character could onco
gaze upon Catarlna's countenance
without Inwardly resolving that that
strange, foreign looking creature was
predestined to a "career."
Catarina was often to be found In the
shop about that time or in the little
"parlour" that served for everything
at the back. She was generally to be
found there, in fact, for, though she
avoided school and was not a particu
larly shining light in the paths of learn
ing, the girl was devoured with a rage
for reading. There she was to be
found as often as not with a smudge
upon her short nose from having han
dled dusty potatoes, perched up or
crouched down with a novelette, a
Blory book, a book of travel, of ad
venture. She was extraordinarily pre
eocious in her understanding of the
world, Just as much as she was back
ward in physical development, for she
was small for her age. Even then she
was ambitious—she was more than am
bitious; she was fiery and resolute.
One saw it in the flash of the wonder
ful eyes as she glanced up quickly
from her book, seeming in one earnest
dart to look through your own eyes in
to something, possibly the soul, be
hind !
She was delightfully shy, though con
fident; timid, though fiery; rapid,
though tender. When she dropped her
eyes, thers was a fascination that de
pended on no mere demureness, that
trust indeed have been something uu
conscious, for it seemed really to be
due to the lashes, with their long and
peculiar fanlike sweep.
Catarina had resolved even to be an
actress. By a sort of instinct she per
ceived that that was the only avenue
by which she could escape from the
Surroundings of Princes road, which
at the same time she loathed and ac
qulesced In with a natural and even
affectionate familiarity.
Catarlna would weigh out a pound of
potatoes with "East Lynne" in her
hand. She would haggle over an odd
halfpenny with the asparagus man,
dreaming—for she was always dream
ing—of the most brilliant conquests,
the most illustrious situations of the
"boards."
• ••••••
Catarina had been six months in "the
profession." By dint of what exer
tions. of what energy, resolution, had
she carried her point! It was heroic,
put of that kiiid of heroism yrhlcb iy
titt'Tly unconscious to the doer. Catft*
Vina knew a world of things, and she
had nerves of steel. She had succeed
ed. And then her chance came. Al
most as one tosses a ball of worsted
to a kitten they had given Catarina an
Interpolated "song and dance."
She could not sing a "little bit," for,
though her voice had a quality as
though the sense of touch had some
how been dissolved into it, the volume
of sound in singing was altogether too
feeble. The audience laughed, laughed
even at the beautiful Italian eyes, sini:
pIS,- because they were ''new"—until
Catarina began to dance, They had
taught her steps for a fortnight, but in
her excitement she 1::: d forgotten them.
She fell back upon t lie .-t-ps her mother
had taught her and upon her genius.
Iler dancing spoke, it sang, it laughed.
It teased—yes, like the very kitten with
the worsted—it fa.-c.:;:'.!ed, it struck
fireworks, it brought <l"wu the house
in a thunderclap ef sudden, impetuous,
astonish' a ap;i'a! e.
I met her going home one night short
ly afterward. She had slipped away
iind was actually trudging pr, rather,
stepping it like a. fairy on foot. I'er
jiaps she liked the wain; perhaps it was
the habit of the old days when a half'
penny loomed vast as a sovereign.
She was beautifully dressed, though
outwardly enveloped in a coarse cloak.
It came on to rain, and 1 suggested
we should take a hansom. She con
sented with the air—in her It was no
affectation of a princess, giving me
her dainty little hand. On the way
down Bayswater road she alternately
| laughed and cried for joy, and her
I whole pleasure was that she would be
üble to make the "mater" a countess.
"The mater, you know, suffers, al- '
though she never complains. She has
Indigestion."
Poor mater! I thought of that long
campaign of suffering, of privation, !
even doubtless at tin., of starvation,
end Catarina knew It. We came near
Princes road.
"Tell him to stop!" Catarina cried
suddenly. Then with the confidence
of old acquaintance:
"I can't bear to tell any one my ad
dress Is in Princes road. I abhor It.
But the mater is positively loath to
leave it."
"Catarina," 1 said, "no one, I hope, j
Judges you by"—
She started up as if she had been j
struck by a whip, her eyes in the moon- :
light glaring like tie s- of a tiger, I
throwing a luster upon th<* pallid, beau- !
tifill countenance.
The sudden glance recalled to my
mind the picture of the 'iter maim
ed and bruised fn.tn the tcrri .e l>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 g</v.s dreaming dreams of love
To cross two hands uj n a hrcast.
—S. L. lii* rin Cfcitaro Record-Herald.
• • -*•%• v *J*• •
I Why Tom Crowderf
\ Re-enlisted ■!
I -! :
Ly JOHN H. RA.FFERTY.
Six month.* of soldiering in the Phil
ippines had taken ail ti. ■ edge off Tom
Crowi'.--:'s miliary ardor. Iu a yeat
the s:.i.'ht of a khaki uniform hurt his
eyes. 1 b :'au to realize that in nil
the world LO • was SO fair to look
upon as JM:;:.;:* Ciw-k, Ills., the home
town when • 'rowder & Sons kept store
and \ !,cr»* t»l-• event of each droning
d::y v.as " ;ir.:e." When two years
had a! O-T JMSSI d. he be; an to dream
of sw :;g t.nder the elms in the old
front yard at home anil wondered as he
nibble.! at t Lo everlasting hard tack how
man: - 1 cherry pies he could eat at
one tig iu ilie dining room at home.
When a young soldier's mind begins
to dwell on the pies that mother used
to make, he cannot flourish on sow
belly. But whiii he begiu.-. to decorate
his tent wall with the photographs of
Tillie and Sue and "the folks" he's fit
for nothing but furloughs and sick
leave, and if there's anything of the
quitter about him he's in imminent dan
ger of forgetting to answer roll call
some dark evening when the music of
the sea beyond the Jungle lures him
With false songs of home. Tom heard
the siren voice all rightj but he didn't
lure a little bit. His term of enlistment
was almost at an end. aud he satis
fied himself with blotting each dull day
off the calendar, writing doggerel verse
about Tillie and making himself a nui
sance generally to his bunkie.
He used to swer. • tvandly that he
meant to "hike back" to Sugar Creek
as fast as ship and traiu could carry
him, and hoped by all that was holy
that once he was mustered out he'd
never see a soldier again. He got to
be the worst "knocker" in the com
pany, and he wrote so many letters
that his comrades began to nsk him
why he didn't write a few to himself.
"If you got such a good home aud
swell people, why don't some of 'em
write to you?" sneered his tent mate
one night. "You can't be very strong
with Tillie, or she'd write you at least
once a year."
Now the latter question was a sore
one with Tom, because nobody wrote
to him except his mother, and her let
ters seldom reached him during the
final months of his campaigning in the
interior. lie had quarreled with his
brother so many times that no love
was lost between them, and his father
didn't write for the good reason that
he didn't know how. As for Tillie, the
young soldier had no reason to expect
letters from her, When he left home,
she was only 10, and his "affair" with
her was of tlie long distance, mooning,
mental sort peculiar to boys and girls
just out of high school. If Tom had
been perfectly fair In his introspection,
he must have admitted that there was
nothing very tangible in his hopes with
regard to Tillie. He told himself a
thousand times that she was "the one
girl," aud coddled himself with the
belief that his fealty to her was little
short of heroic, and that by Bome mys
terious telepathic sympathy she must
by this time be pining away for his
return.
He wasn't "in love" when he enlist
ed, but he had her picture and his
mother's, aud by a natural process of
longing for home he developed quite a
fierce and yearning passion for Tillie.
A hundred times he began a letter to
her, but he never had the nerve to
send it. He cut her Initials on trees,
fences and tent poles and wrote her
name a dozen times on every scrap of
paper that he could find. He sang it,
spelled it and whistled It till his soul
was In a Que frenzy, and he knew by
heart the long speech of proposal that
lie meant to whisper Into her little pink
»ar the first time he could get her
alone in the swing or on the narrow
seat of dad's spring wagon.
So when Tom got back to Manila and
"regular mails" he was stirred by an
unreasonable hope that there would
be at least one letter from Tillie. lie
was disappointed, but not disheartei}-
cd, to find nothing but three old mis
sives from his mother, In which there
was not a word of his heart's delight
and a volume of motherly advice about
the care he should take of himself, the
things he should eat and drink, the
comrades he should avoid and the
prayers he should say. Iler latest let
ter was full of the "time they would
give him" when he got home, and It
concluded with the hint of a "great
surprise" that was in store for him.
Of course that put new zest Into his
"honing for home" and his hatred for
the army rose in proportion.
whole towi} was at the station
WheH Tow swung off the train stops at
gugar Creek. The Silver Cornet band,
with old Bill Tomliuson, shako and all,
at Its head, was standing on the plat
form playing "See, the Conquering
Hero Comes." Great flags waved above
the depot, and yards of bunting stretch
ed clear across the street from Crow
der's grocer} - store to the town hall.
Tom almost fell into the arms of his
mother. Even his brother Jim seemed
to have forgotten ;\IJ differences and
hugged him. Put, best of all, there
yras Tillie, quite a woman now, pret
tier than ever, blushing furiously and
holding his hand as she had never held
it before and holding up her radiant
face to be kisned as often as he liked.
The small boys yelled "Hooray for Tom
Crowder!" old man Crowder shed tears
of joy, prominent citizens wearing
badges marked "Reception" ushered
the hero into a carriage, and as Tom
was whisked away to the mayor's resi
dence for a brief carnival of speech
making and handshaking the baud
played "There'll Be a Hot Tim.v iu the
Old 'iov. n Tonight,'..
IJHV it Mil wemed too long to the re
timed hero. He felt very proud and
happy of course. Lie bowed to the
Judge and shook hands with everybody
and tried to make a speech, but all the
time his eyes were seeking Tillie, and
his heart was aching for another
tliauce to greet her. At last the guests
withdrew, and Tom and Jim and Mr.
and Mrs. Crowdcr aud wondrous luck
- Tillie all piled into the big carriage
aud were driven up to the Crowdcr
Koine.
"And now, my son," eald the proud
old father, "now comes the greatest
surprise of all. Tillie. bring him out.
And Tillie, all blushes, ran into the
bedroom only to reappear in a moment
with a buudle of muslin and lace that
looked like a small bolster.
"Allow me, Tom, to Introduce you to
your nephew, Tom Crowder, the sec
ond."
Then they all laughed and clapped
their hands, except poor Tom and the
baby.
"Whose kid is it?" asked Tom faintly
•s his white face turned from the
child's to Tillie's.
"Why, it's Tillie's," laughed the
mother, "Tillie's and Jim's. They were
married a year ago, but we thought
we'd keep the secret awhile."
"We thought lt'd make you home
sick, mebbe," said Jim.
"I>o 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: ;<i-Ai^pEN
HORSE RAISING.
Whjr Fnruirm '.I rrudncf Ilftw
Vnt<'» ial I-'or uors-eiu.-n.
Wlii. >' 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. *'