VOL XXXVIII HUSELTON'S Family Footwear for Winter Oik* '»( the jre.it advantages this st >rc offers is-t le : act that you c.tn h-r«: select the Foot-veir {or the whole f i.nily and at the same time liavi: double the range of styles and prices to select from than you hnu in any ether store. THE FARMER, THE LABORING MAN, THE OIL MAN Will find fcljuts ju*t su.:h as is suitable to his wants in Veal. Kip, Od G a-.D, Kangaroo Ki . high all regular cut with or without b>r t »e; double s >le an 1 tap at $t o > |i 25. $1 50 an l *2 00 WOMEN'S HEAVY SHOES in Oil Grain «x Ca'.f, Veal, Kinga'oo Calf, Box and \ elour Calf ail s.ja.is, button anri lacx, V.l. ur h d W>x C If. Vici Kid. Patent anH Enamel L-athers at $2 00, 2 50 3 00, 35< «nd 400 Other fine lines at 85c, 1 00, 125 and 1 50. RUBBERS, FELT BOOTS AND STOCKINGS. Men's Frit Boots and Rnbbeis at $1 65, with non-snag Rubbers. 2 00. 2 25 and i 50; Mcn'a Sto7 m Kinjj Rcbljer Boots, 2 75; regular height, 2 25. He.} s' Wool Bf<*- an. l Rubbers. $1 50; Youths*. I 25; Old La lies' Warm Shoes and Slippers at 50c. 75c. j 00 and 1 25; Ladies' Wool Boots at $: 25 and x 50 with over* Yuu van't afford to stay from this st re, if you expect to wear .-hots this winter. Try us. HUSELTON'S BL'TLI R n LEADING OPPOSITE SHOE HOUSE HOTEL T-OWRY BICKELS Oi>i stick of Winter Boots and Shoes is the largest we nave t\n b; d I xtntrtly large stcck of Gokty's high-cut, hard pegged, Hex it«, B< ot« a. d Shces Our line of School Shc es is complete. G' !■<> .- coj p« rite shots for Boys ar.d hi{.h cut water-pioof sh<.es f. 1 Giils. We wish to c;ll your special attention to our large stock of ft It ai d iutb« r gocds which we are sellir g at prices sure to in terest you. NOVEMBER PRICE LIST. Ladi< s' solid oil-grain shoes 80 Lfcdies' Kangaroo-calf, spring heel shoes 75 Men's btavy kip, 3 sole, box toe shoes sl-25 Old Lfd : «s' warm Heed shoes 75 Mer'F fine Embroidered slippers 45 M< n's fine calf, latest style dress shoes 1.25 Bojs' fine calf, latest style dress iboes 1 00 Men's fatin-calf, Lace or Congress shoes 90 Men's heavy fole working shoes 1.00 Ladies' fine seTge Congress Gaiters 35 Boys' htavy sole working shoes 90 Children's heavy shoes 5° Felt and Rubber Goods. Mfu' felt boots and overs |i-75 Men's knit boots and overs 2.25 Boys' felt boots and overs 1.50 Youth's felt boots and overs 1.25 Men's buckle arc'ics i-oo Ladies' fine rubberr 35 Men's Storm King rubber boots 2 75 Mpp s rpbber boots (regular height) 2 25 Hoys' rubber boots 1-75 Lodiev' rubber boots I■ -5 Large assortment of Ladies' and Children's Overgaiters and Leggins at reduced prices. high Iron Stands with four lasts for reparing at 50 cents. JOHN BICKEL, 12* SOU ! 1 1 V; , ST M ET. - - BUTLER, i'A Our Specialty is Trimmed Hats. ( f We save you monotony in btyles, and Ac the prices are astoniidiingly low. Our Wp « f trimmed hats are artistic, practical W \ J stylish and of cht.ice materials. The * styles will please the most critical customers and the prices will please all. r , Our prices cannot t>e duplicated in the Rockenstein's, MILLINERY EMPORIUM. 328 South Mkin J i tre«*«. - - Butler. Pa KECK Jl? % an(i iDler S 1 /' E llave a nattiness about them that E / V J] f / / n mark the wearer, it won't do to ' v J (Sf Ik (®) / J U wear the last year's output. You ' nL • Jw-[ 7 n won't get the latest things ai the ' -? H stock clothiers either, 'lheup-to /r\A U VJ| n date tailor only tan supply them, ; 1 A fV\ _ I I Jtf Ij if you want not only the latest / / Nj • J ill f I things in cut and fit and work- I I f ) I I m«nship, the finest in durability, I ' i l l I where e'se can you get combina j, J I : 111 11 | tions, you get them at KECK G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, 42 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed. Butler, Pa Removal Notice! P. F. T. Pape, Jeweler and Watchmaker Will be found on and after April Ist at J2l East Jefferson street, opposite G. Wilsoji Miller s Grocery Store, Butler, Pa. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. tkiNsf Dangerous Kidney Diseases. Celery Kins has cured mo of kidney dis ease. The doctor feared Bright's disease, and tried many remedies that gave me no help. Celery King has made me as well as ever in my life, and it seems almost as though a miracle had been wrought in my case.—Jen nie O. Relchard, Springtown, Fa. Celery King cures Constipation and Nerve I stomach, Liver and Kidney diseases. i Jf Soft I MHarness IL fe* Y° a can make rrur har- Mill uain« ECII i :KA liar- *?/ iXL\ mi wens Oil. You tun iv; > /i I Sj£v\w!l lengthen lia Hi make It Mn . twice v l ns . 3 it v.* IK'fKsV ordinarily wocid. I|EURE^.-" fl Hariigss Bii rjfc jisMj' pure, beavy L- ... c-s- i « stand iho v. . .. i- Jl© in CANS—AIL GL,C3. BP- Mads bj STAHQAitC C.l CATARRH AND HEALING CIRK FOB CATARRH Ely's Cream Balm Easy and pleasant to a- . Contains no in juriouF drug. Ir i ' | nick !y absorbed. Gives Relief at once. It Oix-tis and Cleanse the Nasal Pas* age*. ffll fl ifa HFAQ A'lays Inflammation. vVtU < IlLni/ ll'-.lis and Protects the Membrane. Restore-? the Senses of Taste and Smell. Large Size, 60 cento at Dru^ictaor by mail; Trial Size, 10cents by mail. ELY 8U0T11EK3,56 Warren Street, New York. m B Are W You n K Healthy? U If yon carr to strong 7 J V A nnd vigorous jud have on k 'Sj your cheek i iie glow of if A 91 perfect health, take JOHNSTON'S PJ WA Beef, Iron and Wine the "true tonic" which WJ WA ccmbincs 111 a pleasant Ik Ll form the valuable nutri- WA WA I ' OlS ton ' c anr ' fctimulat- L® kl ' R K properties of its in- Vj V M Price, 50c a pint. a™ Prepared aid 8 Id only at fAI Johnston's H U Crystal m bj Pharmacy. Ml U. M. LOGAN, Ph. O . fl [ M Manager, n 5 Both 'l'hones M j kl Everything in the F« drug line. k j [I fj 5 OUR WALL PAPER J S CLEARANCE SALE 5 tx Is still on and will continue flPl for a short time at discount ; . from the regions which Are Holy Land! —Edgar Al'an Poe. QOQcQcOoOcQcCQoQoOoOoOoGco t M I SPA H, | ° 2. o o o ° O The Stcry of a King Who Loved § O a Conuuouer. O o 2 ©O©OOOO?030OGDOOOGOOOGOCOO It was ideal May. At one of the big • the > Its I .ndon a ball Was in progress. 1 .e :.u»:;Sl hours had come, and out tr rtl.■ :< • < the trees the moon was thin.:. . In l o | ;.rh a man and st girl were . '11::. : ' i .it as a canit! . red - > .'ore nei ther man ik,; \vonl.:n. In lo v.*. ;:.>■> ioiiate tones he was pleading with the girl at his siili pleading as : trong men only plead for life or love. K..i to .1 the fervor <.i hi - wooing she was ad.;:a ::it. "You do not love me, Blanche,' he cried at length. "Yon have only been playing with me." "Ah, Rex: What a lifetime of re grets and loneliness I should be saved if I did not !" He caught her in his arms, raining hot kisses on her cheeks and lips. "My love! My life! llow can I per suade you to forget everything but our love for each other and marry me?" "Why do you tempt me? Why do you love me? Why have we ever met?" She half freed herself from his cm brace and stood, her bauds on his shoulders, scanning his face. "Heaven only knows, since you in sist on parting again," he answered. "And yet you say you love me." "I do love you with all my heart and soul. Rex, my prince of men, uiy king! But how can I marry yon? Would you have your people say you had brought them a country girl, a commoner, a no body, from over the sea? In what dis aster would the royal marriage end? No, no, my Ilex. Our dream is over tonight. We have come to the parting of the ways. Go back to your throne and wed a woman tit to be your mate— a princess. And I —the memory of this May madness shall go with me to the grave, ami 'to man shall call me wife." "Before God, Blanche, I will never marry any woman but you! There shall be a lifelong troth between us if you will have n thing else." He drew a ring set with blazing dia monds from his own finger and slipped It on hers. "Send it t < me, darling," he said, "if In the yea; s to come you repent to night's deci-ion, and 1 will be at your side as fast as rail and boat can bring me. And nd it to me if the great summons c line first to you, and it 6liall be bu. :ed with me, for love of a peerless woman." He bent 1 ; s handsome head and kiss ed her aga i. "I have i ) jewel to give you back, Rex," she whispered, "only this little 'Mizpah' ring—'The Lord judge be tween me and thee when we are absent the one from the other.' " She raised her lips to his for a last caress, and he kissed the teardrops from her eyes, too, before he led her back to the glare of the ballroom and the scrutiny of a score of pairs of jeal ous eyes and the murmur of a score of envious fen. line tongues, "She has re fused him. the little fool." • «.**.« Blanche Drummond sat sewing at the open window of a gray, ivy grown house, with the golden sunshine of an other May, ten years after, showing up ail the linger prints that relentless time and trouble had placed on her beautiful face. Squire Drummond had never possess ed more wealth than would suffice for Ills own requirements and those of a prodigal son, and it had been a stand ing grievance to him that his daughter had so steadily refused every offer of a rich husband. He did not know the story of the diamonds on her left hand, and, moreover, he had no soul for sen timent. Now that he was gone to his long home and the prodigal far off in a for eign land Blanche lived on at the old country house with the aunt who ten years previously had chaperoned her one London season. Suddenly that lady looked up from the newspaper she was reading. "Do you remember the king of Step- V'ia, Blanche," she asked—"the hand some man with the red beard? He call ed himself the Count von Glencben that season we met him In London." Her eyes were dimmer than they had been ten yoars ago, and she did not see the flush on her niece's cheeks as she murmured assent, but went on in blissful unconsciousness. "Here Is news of him. He Is going to be married at last." And she read aloud: "It is officially announced that ft marriage has been arranged to take place shortly between his majesty King Rex of Stervia and her royal highness Princess Flavia of Rhodaida." That was all—only a bald press par agraph. but it set the sweet May sun shine all dazzling before Blanche Druintnond's eyes and brought the waves of the ocean surging through her ears. "Before God, Blanche, I will never marry any woman but you!" He had forgotten her, then. Even a king could forget his vow. She put away her sewing presently and went up to her own room. Out over the woods, yellow green In their young leaves, and the distant sea, shimmering sapphire, the sunshine swept in a flood of gold. The birds twittered a hundred glad songs, and the scent of the lilac and hawthorn hung on the air. But she heard nothing save the memory voice of her king lover's pleading, saw nothing but his dia ; monds on her hand—diamonds that piean constancy! And lie was to do as she had urged him—marry an other woman. Ah, well! When the Princess Flavia was queen of Stervia, she would put away his love pledge forever. The days crept on, and the weeks, and now and then a paragraph ap peared In the papers aneut the forth coming royal wedding. It was brought to remembrance that King Rex was the handsomest ruler In Europe. The Princess Flavia was said to be beau tiful and accomplished. The names ot the bridesmaids were announced uu.il the clergy who ..ere to otlTt-iate, and then c-amc the entire programme of the great event. Blanche read it all through as though it were part of a dream. In imagina tion she saw her own name in place of that of Princess Flavia. It might have been. Vet not once did she re pent her decision of that fateful May night. She still believed that to have yielded to her love and married him would have been the greatest wrong she could have done him. And so his wedding morning dawned in that tran quil country spot, and Blanche Drum mond's left hand was minus its blaze of diamonds. She wandered out into the garden that morning, restless and agitated and. sitting in a tiny summer house beneath a big lilac tree, fell a-musing. while the hours passed, and by and by the glare of the noonday sun warned her to return to the house. As she neared the garden gate the vicar was passing on the road outside, and mechanically she paused to speak to him. "So you have returned, Mr. Wil lcugliby. Have you completed your business in town satisfactorily?" "Thankyou, yes." he answered. "And I feel like a giant refreshed by these few days in London—one drops into such a rut, forever in the country. Of course you have not heard this morning's news?" "No. What has happened?" "The king of Stervia, who was to have been married today, you knu\y, was found dead in his bed this morn ing." With a choking cry Blanche reeled, and before the vicar could reach her she lay faint and prone on the graveled path. For hours she passed from one fit of hysterics to another. The doctor said her nerves were completely un strung. and the shock of the vicar's tidings bad been the last straw. No one dreamed of connecting the country girl, who had not been iif Lon don except for three months of her life, with tiie king, who, instead of being principal in the pageant of a wedding, lay dead, it was whispered of poison, in his darkened palace. It was for her he had died, Blanche felt assured, and by sheer effort of will she overcame her nerves and her au guish and waited waited until on the second day the postman brought her a little package with many foreign stamps thereon. When she next sum moned up strength to face the world again and take up the burden of life, every one marveled at the alteration in her. Years older she looked. The luster was gone from her eyes, and her expression was that of a woman who had just turned away from the death bed of all that the world held dear to her. Above the diamond ring on her wedding linger was a plain gold circlet engraved with the old tryst word "Mis pah," and next her heart lay a letter, the only letter she had ever received from her king lover: My Blanche—You have seen all the reports of my approaching marriage, and you are thinking that 1 have altogether forgotten the one woman I love. No so, my peerless Blanche. It has been necessary, for state reasons, to acquiesce in the match arranged for me by my ministers, but to night 1 make iny own quietus. No other course is open to me but the one I am about to take, be lieve me, Blanche; also I am delivering the prin cess from a lifelong hypocrisy, for, like myself, slie has been forced Into this. I tend back the Mizpah ring, and I know a merciful God will judge me innocent in the time we have been ab sent the one from the other. Wear it always for my sake. Heart of my heart, farewell until we meet in the land where all arc equal and where love is the only king. REX. —Ladies' Field. Moor Baths. The moor baths which are provided at many Austrian and German health resorts, were first used at Franzens bad. In 1823 Dr. Poschinann, a physi cian there, believed that he had found In them a new curative medium, and they have since become popular. Some physicians still question their efficacy, while others in Austria and Germany rely upon them to render good service in many maladies. Though the bath Is composed of peat, or moor earth, to which enough water has been added to make a thick paste of the mass, yet the peat Is different from that which Is extracted from a bog In Ireland or Scotland. In both Ireland and Scotland the peat Is used as fuel. At Franzensbad th& mineralized peat will not serve such a purpose. The bog from which it is ex tracted has been saturated throughout countless ages with mineral water, and the product is a strong chemical coin pound. Thus a moor bath is a mineral natli In a concentrated form, and ef .'ects are produced upon the system by taking a course of these baths which cannot be produced, according to ex perts, by any mineral water.—Black wood's Magazine. HIS BRIGHT THOUGHT. It Cared Ills Wife of (iolng Through His Pockets. "You know," said the man from St. Louis, "how innocently your wife will look at you across the breakfast table when you have searched your pockets and discovered a $lO bill missing. You may have your suspicions, but you must keep them to yourself. I stood It for two or three years before a bright thought came along. Then I got hold iif a counterfeit five, placed it with my wad, and when I got up one morning and missed it I felt happy. Two hours after breakfast my wife went out, and at noon I was -;ent for to Identify her at the police station. She had handed that bogus V out in payment for an umbrella and been nabbed, and she had been a prisoner for two hours when I got therp." "And what did you say?" was asked. "Not a word." "And what did she say?" "She laid It off on the milkman, of course." "But there were results?" "Oh, yes. Since that time I have left my wad under my pillow, under the bed, In my pants or on the stand and have never missed a penny. Once In awhile my wife looks at me reproach fully and clinches her fingers and breathes hard, but no words follow. She can't find any to fit her feelings." M. QUAD. Railways use up over 2,000,000 tons of steel a year, almost half ihe world's product. Ttcn*onn For a Divorce. The Drt f niet.mes divorce their wives for : pi' gently the most trivial causes. Tiius a man named Solelman Attala had a wife, Isliakyeh. The wo man frequently worked for us, and on several occasions i had to complain that she talked too much and worked too little. Al length I "'as obliged to tell Solelman that owing to his wife's laziness 1 could employ her no longer. Shortly afterward I went to England. On my return after a couple of months' absence 1 was surprised to find that Solelman had divorced Isliak yeh and had already married another woman. On Inquiring from him the cause of this he replied, "Your honor told me that you would not employ my wife again, so I thought I would get rid of her and inarry another woman whom you would employ."—Black , wood's Magazine. PonMjlvaaia's Political Centre and Its Great Men. Harrisburg, Pa,. »• t». Coming tato Harrisburg one's thoughts re vert, involuatarily, to the names that have been so prominently associated with the state capltol of Pennsylvania in the last third of a century. Many of the men who but a few years ago were all powerful here in the political life of the state, have passed forever from the scene, and others are crowd ing in their footsteps. "The Hill," as the site of the capitol has been known for years, is enchanted ground. Its hopes and its tragedies would fill a great volume. How many a young man ascended it with glowing anticipations as his eyes rested on the dome of the old slate house, for the first time, while he felt his heart beat high with the promise of achievement, as senator or mem ber of the house, only to return crest fallen at the end of the session, fully realizing the poverty of ov. r-confiden; ambition when it is swayed by cir cuiiifctance and dominated by the mas ter-nunds of politics. Like the old man and woman, in the mtdodrarna, who F.pproaihod the lights of London with buoyant spirits, but who, alter an experience in the cruel city, passed heavy-hearted down the country road, bitt?r disappoint ment hr.s been th« lot of many a bud ding stat sin an who felt that he had placed his feet in fame's pathway as he took his first s; 'ps forward to as cend "The Hill." Othe. s. firm of pur pose, and unshaken in principle and integrity, have returned here with new honors again and again and some of them, wise in experience, still live to serve the state with ripened knowledge and a sterling manhood that has come unscathed out of the ordeal of legislative and executive re sponsibility. General Cameron's Homo. Of all the men who wielded the po litical sceptre here G neral Simon Cameron's memory remains the most notable. He drew men to him by a marvelous magnetism, and to his la.t est days retained this remarkable fac ulty which made him a power in the noon of his prime. Passing along the river bank this afternoon I recalled 'the little room from which he over looked the Susquehanna in his de clining years, after his s n Donald had taken his place in a.iairs. Here he could view the scene that first met his gaze many a year ago, when, as a poor printer boy, he first entered Har risburg, little dreaming that he should rise to power and place not only here but in the nation. It was my pleasure to have had many a chat with the gen ial and kindly veteran in that little room, and to hear from him some of the unwritten history or the events in which he played a part. When Gen eral Cameron was in the zenith of his power he was indeed a poll.leal giant, and a more considerate man to those who had any party claims upon him, however slight, It wculd be hard to find. He was not only strong himself, but he surrounded himself by a ga laxy of the strongest men in the state. With a following of men like Quay, Tom Cooper, Bob Mackey, Chris Ma gee, Leeds, McManei, Ma tin and a host of lesser, but not less active spirits from all parts of the state, it was not easy to overcome him, or shake his influence in any conflict that might arise at the cfcpitol of Pennsylvania. His political captains were untiring and invincible, and partisans from all points were eager for his favor. Peo» pie outside the state wondered why he held sway for so many years, but those familiar with the situation knew there was no necromancy in his methods. To his personal strength be added the influence of those strong men who were as devoted as were ever the followers of the Clan Camer on in the Scottish home of his ances tors. One of the most interesting chapters In the history of this, or any other state, centers In the "Cameron dynasty," as It used to be known In those good old days, when conven tions and senat. rial battles used to brln- the Republican hosts here from Philadelphia, Pittsburg and other f,arts of the state, and Harrisburg was rhythmic with the tread of marching men and gay with their banners and their badges. But the House of Lochiel is now little more than a memory, and Its surviving represent atlve, Don Camer on, although mentioned for governor. Is said to have no ambition In tbat direction. This much I learn, how ever, namely that, he Is opposed to faction and wishes to see the best traditions of the Republican party re stored by the nomination of a candi date who is not a factionist and whose candidacy for the office of gov ernor would bring together all the elements of the party in the interest of good government; one would redeem the grand old R* nt twiera ion until now. So far as I can it is not looked upon with favor in the present instance; because, if successful, it will establish tl suiist r precedent of having ha t :et ma- Ist rate of the common wealth i'.sle.,; h:s of.lce to elect a suc cortor f om atner." his ofTlcial family, ar i. so. < ircu s< :i;in r tin opportuni t: of tuose who ti.'e not so fortunate as to receive appointments to his c£.'>ir:et. If this undesirable ih::g can be ae compii v. ! n ... w.-y :;ot four years lit-uce; and if th-ii, why not four years later, and so on al infinitum. This is why I agree with those who think it would be a good thing if the constitutional provision which pre vents the governo - from succeeding hi.".self, were c-; ndeJ to the mem bers of his (abinet. Tie Gcod cf the Etatc. The m n who framed ottr present co~ i ntion wc-re about the most in tr.'iv!!t and earnest that could pos sibly have been c-bosen lor that great duty. They were straight-forward n: n, holding r gged views of right an.l wrong, and determined upon F..fe-guarding the rights of the peop e as well as it was p ssible to do »o in the state, charter. They felt It was not for the good of the com monwealth that a governor should succeed himself and they said so. They knew if it were per missible for him to do this, he would, especially if ne were more than statesman, devote most of first term planning as to how h« could best insure his election to a second. We have had high-minded governors in the past who would scorn to stoop to such business; but this was before the era of political cunning which has Invaded high places. The makers of the constitution desired to keep the office of the executive and its sur roundings above and beyond the reach of compromise with evil, and, bo, they made the re-election of the governor, as his own immediate suc cessor an impossibility. I am sure, had they looked a little further they might have taken equal precaution against keeping the office in the qf- Lcial family of the chief magistrate of the commonwealth. I am inclined to think that it is not the wisest plan to select members of congress for our governors. Down there at Washington they seem to be get a disregard for the state constitu tion which is not shared by those who receive their political training in the service of the state, and a careful ob server cannot fail to have noticed something of this sort in the history of recent legislation here. IMKI 3b. STKEPHON A Choice of Cares. "I can't help stealin', boss. Pm u kleptomaniac." "Oh, well, I can cure you of that by hypnotism." "I'd rather you'd cure mo of gettln' oaught, boss."—New York Journal. A Frank Analysis. "Who Is your favorite composer?" Inquired the visitor. "I s'pose you mean classical," re sponded Mr. Cumrox. "Certainly." "Wagner," was the answer. "Gimme Wagner. Some of these other music writers start in with a tune, but as soon as you get your foot going steady In time to It they break It off in a way that pretty near sprains your ankle. But Wagner never fools you. lie plays fair. You know from the beginning that you ain't going to find anything, and you might as well go to sleep or read the advertisements In the pro gramme."—Washington Star. World of Difference. Barclay—You say IVrkins Is no gen tlcman. Why Isn't lie? Dibdln—l borrowed a five of him about a month ago, and when I met him today lie actually asked for It. Barclay—But you asked him for it in the first place. Dibdln—That was a financial trans action; his was a dun.—Boston Tran script. Ju«t ft Theory. "J supposed all grass widows attract ed the men. i'.tit this one doesn't, and she's rather pretty too. I wonder why they permit her to stand arouud alone?" "Well, you see, it was all her hus band's fault. She got the divorce." — Chicago Record Herald. Flxlnic the Limit. He (rather diffident I—Er now that we are engaged, 1 suppose you—er— won't object to uiy kissing you. Slie (much less so)— Certainly not. Help yourself. And when mamma comes in I want y u to kiss her also. lie S-say. let's b-break the engage ment! Chicago News. The most effusive argument a charm ing woman can use to n man is an ap [i : !ing "Don't you think so?" Smart Set. Patience is the key of ciUtent.-Mo- IIA vS" UUEAT SCHEME HE TR tS A NEW ONC AND IT PROVES A WINNER. r».c C;rrntr Coliliirr »Jot* an Idea I'ron the t;r«>e» r'* Hoy That IlriiiK* 111 rit'iil> of \\ hi 1% mid Promises l<> Slake lliiu Wealthy. [Copy. i_ 1.1, 1901, by C. B. I-. -.vis.] I don't haf imt one shoe to mend for three days, uud my wife vhas crying vhen dot grocer's white headed boy comes in uud says: "Hans, you vlias a j;c-od feller, und I like to gif you some new ideas. Ilow much vhas it to go by der dime mu seum V" "Elefen cents, maype." -No, it vhas ouly 10. Vhat make* peoples go to dot place?" "To see some sights." "Oxactly. In some dime museums 1 hat seen giants, dwarfs, wolves, wild eats, snakes und der legless uud arm less man. Yhy don't you be some dime museums?" "Ilow can I? Vhas I a dwarf or a suake?" "No, but you can be a dime museum. Did you effer see a feller haf some lits?" "Xeffer in my life." "Vhell, I show you how she vhaa flien he haf some fits." Und dot boy he opens his mouth und rolls liis eyes uud shakes his head und almost scares me oudt of der shop. Den he says: "Dot vhas better ash giants or dwarfs or snakes. You vhas some free dime museums. Der pooblic pays not tings at all to see you liaf fits. It vhas fits free to customers. See?" "But who likes to see a feller mit a tit?" I sayfe. "E." ferypody does. By golly, but if a horse falls down, a dog gets hurt or a boy falls off der fence don't more ash one tousand peoples stop to see? If a horse vhas sick, you can't got past for der crowd. Don't you make some mis take on my white eyebrows." I don't like to haf some fits, but dot boy he talks uud talks und talks, und by und by he makes me a sign dot says: "Keep Oudt of Dis Shop. Der Cobbler Vhas Liable to Fits." I don't belief she vhas any good, but I put him oop in der window at night before I go to bed. I don't hardly get my shop open next morning before a womans mit two shoes comes In und says: "I vhas buying some butter nt der grocery vhen I saw your sign, und so I hurries home to get some shoes to mend. I'ut on two cement patches und show me a fit." I roll my eyes und shake my head und click iny teeth, und dot woman laughs und claps her bands und says: "Beautiful! Beautiful! For 20 years I like to see somepody haf a fit, und now I vhas satisfied. Cobbler, you vhaa "COBULEIt, YOU VHAS A SUCCESS." a success. Eafery day I shall bring In some shoes to mend, und you shall show me some fits." In ten minutes a mans comes In mit some heels to fix, und he looks aroundt mit carelessness und says: "Do you mean dot you haf some fits for der benefit of customers?" "I do," I says. "Vhell, you might HM «ne a small one dis morning, so I can see If I like him. I used to see some fellers mit fits vhen I vhas In der army, but dot vhas a long time ago. Proceed, but be a leetle care ful. If you should bite me In your fit, I shall knock your bead off." 1 make a small fit for him, und ho Btauds back und lookd and nods und says: "Shust so. Couldn't be beat, cobbler. I shall willingly pay 2 shillings to fix dose heels, und pretty soon 1 shall bring In more shoes. Anypody can be a wild mans from Borneo und eat raw beef, but It takes a smart mans to haf some fits. Keep her oop." You bet dot pleases me, und my wife she smiles und says we don't go by der poorhouse next winter. In a little vblle some other wouiaus comes In. She haf two pairs of shildren's shoes to be fixed, und she says to me: "Cobbler, how vhas it nboudt fits?" "She vhas all K. 0., ma'am," 1 says. "Vhas It regular fits?" "He vhas." "Do you roll your eyes?" "I do." "Vhell, I vbas glad you don't deceive toe. I don't care to see some flts my self, but my leoWtf poy vbas lonesome, und like something to amuse blm. I shall send him oafer for dose shoes dls afternoon, und I hope you vbill baf gome first class fits for him." Der next caller vhas a man. He looks werry nolemn und serious, und after be buys a bos of blacking und souie shoe strings be says: "I vlias a customer now, und I like to ■sk aboudt dose fits. Llow do you feel "Then you baf 'em?" "Like some mad dogs." "Do you suffer rnlt your heart?" "I do." "Und your eyes vbas blind?" "Stone blind." "Vhell I see soocb fits In Africa, und It vhas always death In der end. It vhlll be no niit you. Vhas you a good man V" "Der werry best." "Und prepared to die?" "Of course." "Den you may go aheadt. I like to see a shoemaker die In a fit. Don't be stlusy, but gif me all der 7has In It." I baf some fits for hint, but 1 don't die. lie looks disappointed aboudt ber for awhile, und den says: "Vhell, I dou't suppose you can die till your time comes. It vhas a first class fit, und I shall come in often und see more of 'em. So long ash you baf fits I dou't baf to go by der circus or theater." Der next caller vbas one of dose dago cobblers. lie bears aboudt my lits und uiy good luck, und be likes to Cateb on. lie brings me In a shoe und says: "One patcba ten centa." "AH right," I says, but be goes on: "One ten centa—one fltta." "Nota on your Ufa!" I says, und I make him go oudt so queek dot he falls down. More ash ten odder peoples comes in inlt sho»-s. und It vhas night before dot fat itoliceinans vhalks in und says: "took here, cobbler, vhat aboudt some UW't" - .. No. 40 "She vhas all right." "No. she vlias'nt I runs dis town, und if any pod y vhas to haf fits It vhas me. Ilow tMire you haf fits?' Vhen he says like dot to me, I roll my eyes uud yell oudt und shump for him, uud vhen he runs oudt doors I turn der key on him. He comes back und hammers rait his club und says he shall pull me in for a policy shop, but I keep still until he vhas tired oudt. Dot ea feuings der grocer's boy comes in to see how she viias, und vhen I telis him dot I take In $4 he grins und says: "Cobbler, it vhas all In understand ing human nature. Vhen you can't haf some more fits, all customers mast come Iu free to see your baby scalded in a tub of hot water." M. QUAD. Constantly In Practice. "He seems to be very quick on his feet." "You bet he Is. It comes of constant practice." "Constant practice?" "Yes. He rides on a trolley car dur ing the rush hours morning and even ing when they don't stop, and after flipping on he has to stand In the aisle and balance himself for a good three miles. It would be mighty funny if he didn't learn to be quick." Chicago Post When Coal Wu Prohibited. It makes the present generation smile to read the accounts which have come down to us concerning the prejudices which were formerly entertained against certain articles which are of everyday consumption. For instance, it is said that when coal was first used In England the prejudice against it was so strong that the house of commons petitioned the king to pro hibit the use of the "noxious" fuel. A royal proclamation having failed to abate the nuisance, a commission was Issued to ascertain who burned coal svithln the city of London and Its neigh borhood, to punish them by force for the first offense and by t&e demolition of their furnaces if they persisted In transgressing. A law was finally pass ed making it a capital offense to burn coal In the city and only permitting it to be used by forges in the vicinity. It Is stated that among the records In the Tower of London a document was found according to which a man was hanged in the time of Edward I. for no other crime than having been caught burning coal. It took three centuries to entirely efface the prejudice. Antlqnlty of Playlnf Cards. The game of cards was first played In the east and seems to have had a military origin. Cards were Introduced •from Asia Into Europe at the time of the crusades and were first used by necromancers to foretell fortunes. They soon became a popular amusement in the south of Europe, where the Sara cens and Moors taught the how to use them, and card playing spread to all parts of the continent The state records of Germany mention the fact that Rudolph 1., in 1275, was fond of the game and played with his court iers. After the Invention of paper the man i'*acture of cards became extensive, but declined somewhat when card play ing was forbidden by several of the German states and by the English gov ernment on account of the supposed Immoral tendency. Before the era of paper cards in the orient were made of ivory, papyrus and canvas, less fre quently of the precious metals and quite commonly of wood. For a Very Good Reason. "I told him I would make him eat his words," declared Mr. Beechwood hotly, speaking of a quarrel he had had with Mr. Brushton. "He has been telling things about me that are rank un truths." "How foolishly men talk to one an other!" commented Mrs. Beechwood placidly. "What do you mean?" demanded her husband.. "Do you Intend to insinuate that men talk to each other more fool ishly than women chatter?" "Of course I do," the lady went on Imperturbably. "Now, women never try to make each other eat their words, no matter how angry they may be." "Certainly not," retorted Mr. Beech wood, "and for a very good reason too." "What reason?" she demanded. "Because their digestive apparatus Is inferior to their vocabulary." Pitts burg Chronicle-Telegraph. Why Water Won't Fry. Why cannot we fry in water? Be cause water can only be heated to the boiling point, 212 degrees, and any ad ditional heat docs not Increase Its tem perature. Two hundred and twelve de grees of heat will not brown the sur face of anything. Fat, on the contrary, can be made much hotter, the tempera ture depending on the kind. There is a lesson here for the economical house wife. Don't stuff the stove with fuel when the vegetables, "meat etc., are already boiling. They cook no faster because of the Increase of heat A Share In a Jewel. There Is a story told of a French serv ant who was shown a priceless Jewel by a great duke. "Thank you, my lord duke," said the man of science, "for allowing me to share with you the possession of so great a treasure." "In what way?" said the duke. "Why, your grace can do no more than look at it, and you have allowed me to do the same." All the Year Bound. Llvlnir Like a Savage. Civilized people will be shocked at the advice of an English physician to a wealthy patient to live like a savage to be cured. Savages, It may be re called, do not belong to clubs, have no stock exchanges, know nothing of trust and trade combinations, run no polit ical campaigns and so reserve soma vi tality and nerve force for purely living purposes.—Baltimore American. Foolish. Hobert Lowe, afterward Lord Sher- Irook, once saw a deaf member of par | I lament trying his best to catch with Ills ear trumpet the words of an ex tremely dull speech. "Just look at that foolish inan," snid Lowe, "throwing ■ way his natural advantages." No Deferred Payments. "Is your daughter learning to play by note?"' "Certainly not," answered Mrs. Cum rox a little Indignantly. "We pay cash for every lesson. The Idea!" —Wash- ington Star. Well Bred. Gentleman— That looks a well bred dojt. Owner I should think he was well bred. Why, lie won't have a bit of din ner till lie's pot his collar ont—Punch. The Nile Is noted for the variety of Its fish. An expedition sent by the British inn cum brought home 2,200 specimens.