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 lac<?—.ll 85c, <o, tt 25 an I{l 50.
THE BOYS AND GIRLS THAT GO TO SCHOOL
•
Will Ind ibeir drhgbt in high-C'it, metal tips, extra heavy soles and uppers to
rc-i-t wxt- r (it her l'nts, that canno' br duplicated in Butler, at $1 00, $t 25, ft £0
and $2 o
FOR THE YOUNG LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
All h • lie v s'-iap ». heavy soles, stitched extension edges, rope stitching in
B >x, 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.
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tried many remedies that gave me no help.
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my life, and it seems almost as though a
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BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY', NOVEMBER 14, I? Ol
TO HELEN.
■el»n, thy beaut;' is to me
Like tl -e Nicxan barks of yore
That gently o'er a perfumed sea
The weary, wayworn wanderer bore
To bis own native shore.
On desperate = as long wont to roam
Thy Uyaclftth hair, thy classic face.
Thy r.ain■: airs have br utht me hjm*
To the glory that was Greece
A r.-J the grandeur tl*at was Rome.
Lo. ir. yon brilihrit winc!< w niche
llow statuelikc I see thee stand.
I The a- lamp uiii:in thy hand!
J Ah. P>; . from the regions which
Are Holy Land!
—Edgar Al'an Poe.
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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 <lat.ee after
dstlee.
The man was of courtly j "eseuce and
splendid p! »-i<ine. with laie clean > .it
as a canit! . red - ><ll hair : :. I p h.t .1
beard. \v«.:!:t-1;.- even there in the half
light, and blue t. ..- t1..:l feii ! > .'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* <Coilcan or
ganization from the reproach of de
generacy and disintegration.
From all I can learn Colonel L. A.
Watres Is such a man. His valuable
experience here, as state senator and
lieutenant governor; his clean re
cord; his urbanity and his unfalter
ing party loyalty, particularly qualify
him for the confidence < f every Re
publican who believes in "regiiarity"
with decency and honor, and who is
anxious for success in next year's
gubernatorial campa i;n. I do not
over state the case when I say that
the state senate was never presided
over by one who so thorougniy en-
Joyed the confidence und respect of
that body as did Lieutenant Governor
Watres, whose firmness, courtesy and
fairness are still remembered hero
and frequently referred to In flatter
ing terms.
A Wiso Constitutional Provision.
One of the wisest provision!) of our
Itate constitution, is that which re
stricts the governor of Pennsylvania
to a single term. It declares that:
"The governor shall hold his office
during four years, from the third
Tuesday of January next ensuing his
election, and shall not he eligible for
the next succeeding terra." 1 find Re
publicans here who are of the opinion
that this provision might well have
been extended to some members of
the governor's cabinet. The argu
ment is that by securing the election
of a member of his cabinet, as his sua
cessor, a goverpor, *bo might be sq
minded, could virtually continue his
policy for four years beyond his own
term. The possibility of abuse grow
ing out of such a condition would lie
in the use of the administration ma
chinery to promote the candidacy of
Borne member of the governor's "of
ficial family" who might be persona
grata with the chief executive of the
state. It is scarcely necessary to
argue that such use of the great influ
ence of an administration \youlii uol
be a whit more desirable than if it
were used for the purpose of renomi
nating the governor himself, since Its
tendency would be in direct autagon
Ism to tli' aphit even if it did uot vio :
late the letter of the organic law. It
Would ulso be repugnant to the lov«
of fairness inherent in the mass of
the people who would naturally re
•ent every such scheme, however
•nbtle, as an attempt to create an of
fice-holding junta. The constltutio*
bars succession on the part of the
governor and a transfer of the office,
through his efforts to his attorney
general, or his private secretary
would be even less desirable. With
most members of the Republican par
ty of Pennsylvania "a fair field and
no favor" is the correct principle.
Any man who aspires ought to be able
to do so on equal terms with any
other man in the party, and without
having to run the gauntlet of opposi
tion from the state administration. I
refer to this particularly, because
since I came to Harrisburg I have
heard it stated, no less than a dozen
times, that the present attorney gen
eral is the "residuary legatee" of the
executive for the governship. This is
something new even for the practical
politics of Pennsylvania. I don't be
lieve that General Hartranft, who
was a Kood Republican, used his sec
ond term to forward the gubernatorial
ambitions of any member of his cabi
net. I do not thiak such a thing wa3
tl.ought of unde- Governor Uoyt, or
Govern ;r Hastings, or any o;h r gov
ernor in the memory of the pres >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.