YOI XXXIX
$ Something New Every Day for Ladies. $
* See Below.
U Special Sales Friday and Saturday. &
» The flodern Store
M CAMPY WflDl^'Beautiful desljfns In I'illow T(«>s.»c. 35c. 50c. jf
r HHu I fi Ull l\ , Variety Stamped Linens and Embroidery Silks.
■flr RIRRIIN<i Taffeta. No. Great Baraaln. all colors, in cents :i yard. flr
JO nißOUliJi No. 4i> I.iberty Satin, worth Scents, 19 cents a yard.
jflP Some New Fleece-lined P. K. and Oxfords just in. iff
Aiso Ladies' Novelty Neckwear. Fancy Wrist Bags and ChaU'l.lines. JO
W\ PfIDCCTQ All the latest makes, R. .t G.. Kal>o. F. P. Thompson Glove littin:;. jf
wTiniJL- I , Mi||]jii Bust Form and Corset combined. Wright s Uust I .tiii
jak Ferris Waists. iff
n? Some new and exclusive Millinery.
MI Ladies' Bonnets and Bonnet Hats.
Let us show you what you can't find elsewhere. JO
$ SPECIALS FO* FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. &
. K Ilia ■ k Moire Waists, all sizes, ivorth J3.00. go at &1.39.
rv is dozen Linen Huck Towels, large size, cheap at 23c, go at 17c.
jm These are all real bargains. Be sure and see them. \A
f\ HUH nRFW Watch for our POLL display. We will show you a life-size doll. Ty
■flr wniuuntll , More about It later. Uk
8 . Co., $
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Jk FHOHES ;f|^ L |- s 1) • - J/\ Mail Orders Solicited £
M OPPOSITE HOTEL ARLINGTON. BUTLER, FA. C
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Bictcel's.
The tirr e of the year is here when you want to purchase your
WINTER FOOTWEAR.
Ojr sio:k of BOOTS, SHOES, RUBBER and FELT GOODS
is complete.
Large stock of Gokey's high cut hand pegged shoes, Gokey's
high-cut copper toe shoes for Hoys and Waterproof Shoes for Girls.
NOVEMBER PRICE LIST
Ladies' Fine Dongola Patent Tip Shoes. $1.50 grade, .at $1 00
Old Ladies' Warn) Lined Shoes at 85
Men's Fine Embroidered Slippers at 40
Ladies' Whole Stock Waterproof Shoes at 1 75
Misses' Whole Stock Waterproof Shoes '.. .at 1 40
Men's Good Kip Heavy Sole Box Toe Shoes at 2 35
Ladies' Fine Trimmed Juliet Slippers at 90
FELT AND RUBBER GOODS
Men's Coon Tail Excluder Knit Boots and Heavy Dnck Rolled Edge Overs..s2 ■"io
Men's Russian Felt Boots and Heavy Duck Rolled Edge Overs ~ 50
Men's Gray Felts and First Quality Overs 1 T5
Boys' Gray Felts and First Quality Oyers 1 65
Youths' Gray Felts and First Quality Overs 1 25
Men's Rubber Boots 2 25
Ladies' Rubber Boots 1 25
Men's Btickle Arctics 1 00
Complete stock of German stackings and rolled edge rubbers
Large stock of Ladies', Gents', Misses' and Children's Leggins
and Overgaiters at reduced prices.
High Iron Stands with four for repairing at 50c
Sole Leather and Shoemakers' supplies of all kinds.
Repairing promptly done.
JOHN BICKEL,
128 South Main St., BUTLER, PA.
.THE AUTUMN BUYING 9
Is now in Full Swing.
and our store is full of good durable footwear at rock bottom %
prices, don't fail to look this store over arid examine prices be- B
fore buying your winter stock of footwear as we are offering p
keenest inducements for your trade.
You'll be surprised at large selection, delighted
with the qualities and more than pleased with our
money saving prices
School Shoes for the Boys and Girls.
Neyer in the history of the shoe business in Butler has there been so
large and strong a line of school shoes shown and at such ridiculously 9
low prices. All heights of tops, all weights of leather, all widths, all H
shapes of toes in button or lace and all marked at bargain prices.
Ladies' Fine Shoes
We have been appointed exclusive agents for the famous Dorothy
Dodd fine shoes for Ladies. This line of shoes is being handled by the
leading shoemen all over the country and the sale of this very popular
shoe has been phenomenal; besides having a full line of the Dorothy
Dodd shoe we carry a large line of the well known K. D. & Co. and
many other leading makes of Ladies'fine shoes which makes this store
the best place in Butler Co. to buy fine shoes.
Hen's Fine Shoes
Yjn will find here the largest stock and greatest variety of styles in
Men's fine shoes to be found in Butler Ca. All the new toes, all the new !
leathers, all sizes and widths in the very best makes of Men's fine shoes
in the country, such as WALKOVER,-W. L. DOUGLASS and many
other of the leadidg makes of Men's fire shoes. ii
Rubber and Felt Goods.
Do not fail to see our line of Rubber and Felt Goods
before buying your Winter stock as it is the most com
plete stock ever shown in Butler and at prices never be
iore offered in Butler county Come in and exmine
goods and prices whether you want to buy or not.
C. E. MILLER,
KECK
Fall & Winter Weights j||> cx
Fj Have a nattiness about them that A i A L f\
mark the wearer, it won't do to ' Kjr\ // W.
wear the last year's output. You Fl \ j f*'J /J\ eV
won't get the latest things at the ■ H
stock clothiers either. The up-to- ' •«. \/\*\ iF? t"" 1
Cd*te tailor only tan supply them, 1/i \"\ I*-' Vvji
if you want not only the latest I ! j (T\ L—L-'lj
things in cut and fit and work- , , V 111 ff fl
nimship, the finest in durability, ;• I / |( '//// I
where else can you get combina- 'i ! II IS
tiom, you get them tt I K ill'*
K E C K -' *
G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor,
42 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Sutler, Pa
|®gSaS|f WA LL PAPER
t fyJ' mm Make a study of the rooms you
BKjr wish to decorate tlicn come and look
F over our line, of wall paper before
i \ y°n buy. Just received a large ship-
U ' ent ?' 8 a . nd newest de-
Patterson Bros
Phone 400. Wick Building
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Nasal
CATARRH
In all its stipes. M c °/ c Q Htin*
Ely's Cream Balmv '
! cleanses, soothes and heals K / K
' the diseased membrane.
It curcscatarrh and cir vcs M o
atrar a cold in the head
quickly.
Crcimi BiUm is placed into ths nostrUa,spreads
; over ti.e memhrane and is absorbed. P.e'.ief is ini
| medi-te and a cure follows. It is not drying—d>>es
! not produce sncezin Size, 50 cents at Drug
| gists or by mail; Trial £:ze, 10 cents.
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MBeef. Iron and Wine k^j
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kl is the
Best Tonic" B1
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rjj RIJXXI Purifier. & j
j Price, 50c [ <|
L'Prepared ard w2
j sold only at
Johnston's l!
[j Crystal H
[4 Pharmacy.
ml R. M. LOGAN, Ph. O .
L ■ Manaper. W A
ICS N. Main St.. Butler. Pa'
[ V flotb 'Phones Ji
W2 Everything in the |_>!
Ll drug line. r^j
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Just Arrived
Early
' Fall
Goods
In Latest
Coronation Suitinos;
O 7
Also
Black and White
Novelties.
Wedding Suits a
Specialty.
Call and examine before leaving
your order for suit.
COOPER,
Leading Tailor,
With Newton,
Piano M an.
THE MOST IMPORTANT
question of the day is why
Newton, "The Piano Man "
can sell a better piano for less
money than anyone else in
Westein Pennsylvania.
He represents the wealthiest manu
facturers of Pianos. You pay direct to
them for all the Pianos. The expense
of selling them is $75 less than the
ordinary retail man and you save his
profit, which means to you $175 saved.
Prices from $250 to $1,500—10 per cent
off for cash. All pianos fully warrant
ed. My customers are my reference.
Ask them. Call and see me and let me
explain our easy payment plan.
Your credit is Rood.
NEWTON
"THE PIANO MAN"
317 S. Main St. Butler Pa
Pearson B. Nace's
Livery Feed and Sale Stable
Rear of
Wick House. Butler. Penn'a.
Tbe best of horses and first, class rigs at
wavs on hand and for litre.
Best accommodations in town for perma
nent boarding and transient trade. Speci
al care guaranteed.
Stable Room For 65 Horses.
A good class of horses, both drivers and
draft horses always on hand and for sale
under a full guarantee; and horses bough
pou proper notification bv
PEARSON B. NACE,
TelecßJne. No. 219.
BUTLER, PA„ THURSDAY, NOVEMBKH, 20 1902
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j By Cliarle* Lee Taylor g»
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lic-Jl; i - n '■ ::s a tough town. Half a
dozvii "torrofa" nni ing its highly i>lc
turt'sqae [<o;julntloii stood ri-itdy to
sho>t at tlii- drop of the hat, and as
n. Ny l. or.' i>r.'fi I'hu-Uh'urs ;.uil
gamblers were handy with th ir guns.
It was a liull day when a killing was
not rwjK»rteil and nn off week that did
not chronk-le a lynching.
I ted horn accepted strangers on i>ro
bation- that is. the new man was tiv
en twenty-four hours in which to sh
that he could drink, light and lt»te his
outtit at furo without taking it to
heart. If he did not affiliate with "the
gang." he r reived a notice somewhat
to this effect:
"*-Ve y. re. you pious souled. psahn
singing, kut.ckkneed jack nit>hlt t ! a
critter, this aiu't your town, and you'd
better move 011 if you don't want t > lie
planted up thar on the hill among the
snakes. You've got two hi.ura to kiss
your mother goodby and git."
At long intervals a tenderfoot, a man
so freali fr 111 the states that he still
usd a to.ithi)rush and a cake of si.ap
and who had never knifed a fellow be
ing. showed up at Redhorn and was
struck dumb at its wickedness. If he
was simply ""going somewhere," he
was permitted to remain long enough
to refresh the Inner man and th< :i was
sternly ordered 0% Redhorn preferred
to assimilate citizens of its own selec
tion.
One morning the cry was passed
along the lino. "Tenderfoot in town,"
and the gang sauntered up street to
size up the latest arrival from civiliza
tion.
lie sat 0:1 the steps of the Oriental
hotel, a womanish chap with a smooth
face and honest blue eyes that scanned
the crowd of toughs unflinchingly, al
most humorously, lie smoked placidly
for a minute or two. then, removing his
pipe, inquired quietly, "Anything I can
do for you. gentlemen?"
The gang collectively and individual
ly snorted and the fun commenced,
They moved down on the newcomer
and shot the pipe from his month, the
hat off his head and the heels off his
boots. They had expected to see him
slide off the steps aud break for the
hillside when the first bullet whistled
through his hair, but he didn't move.
He sat there until the fusillade had
ecasad and Ihe jokers were wondering
if he was not an old hand In disguise
and then quietly said, "Much obliged
for your welcome: it's as good as bring
ing out a brass band."
The crowd held a brief consultation.
It was agreed that he had nerve, but
tlint he would never make a bad man—
THE GAMBLES CAME FORWARD WITH A
NOOSED ROVE IS HIS HAND.
not bad enough to become an eminent
citizen of Ltedhorn. J«m Kelso acted
as spokesman, and his sincerity could
not be doubted.
"I hear you," replied the tenderfoot
when Jim paused; then he dropped his
Chin on his hands and stared at a dis
tant mountain peak, apparently oblivi.
ous to his surrounding. It was not un
til the hour of grace had gone by and a
crowd gathered again that he awoku
aud looked about him.
"You can't say that we didn't give
you a fair deal," observed Joe Lobdell,
the gambler, as he came forward with
a noosed rope in his hands. "You had
an hour in which to git, and as you
didn't go we concluded that you want
to be planted here. If you've any fare
well words to shoot off, you might give
'em to us." .
"I'm going to see how many real
men there are in Redhorn," replied the
stranger as he stood up. "You are
three hundred to one, and every one of
you has a gun, and you've turned out
this morning to do a brave thing. As
I was tramping over here from Hunt's
valley 1 heard that the Apaches were
loose again and headed this way. At
Beaver Bend I come across a settler's
family camped out in the wagon. The
man has a broken leg, and his wife
and four children are almost helpless.
I'm giving you straight talk when I
tell you that 1 walked all night to get
here and head a crowd back to save
that outfit. They'll be meat for the
Apaches and wolves before this hour
tomorrow unless some of you will go
with me to bring 'em in. How many
of you can I count 011?"
Not a voice answered. The Apaches i
had raided down close to itedliorn |
three or four times, but the soldiers
had always been sent for to drive
them back.
"Mighty brave about turning out to j
a picnic," smiled the stranger, "but
you don't seem to want to run iutc any
danger. Are there ten men here who
will follow me?"
No one replied.
"Well, I'll take five, then."
The crowd wes silent.
"Isn't there one sir man in Red
horn with grit enough to go back wi'.h
me to that defenseless outfit?" contin
ued the tenderfoot.
"Say, boys." said the gamble# lead
er, a sickly smile 011 his face, "this
looks as if we were short of sand in
this town. I'm not hankering after
Apaches, but I've got a Winchester
tind "00 cartridges, and if any galoot
wants to become a hero I'll lend him
the outfit."
Not a uian took advantage of the
offer. The crowd growled, muttered
and dissolved, and only half a dozen
were left when Joe Lobdell continued:
"Look here, tenderfoot, you've thrown
Itcdhorn down and thrown it hard, but
for one I don't bear no grudge. I see
you're determined on goinn back to the
settler, and durn ine if I'll see you go
with only a club in your hands. Take
my outfit, and If you never briiiß it
back I shan't have a word to say, lint
we prefer to die with our scalps 011.
We don't warm up on the Injun busi-
ness worth a cent. II dd on a minute
while I bri. g you ;he rilie."
The \Vit:chest< r was 110 s;)ouer in the
tenderfoot's hard* than he started
back over the 1. sII w'.r'jout « word to
any man or a 1 > U uround him. and
Redhorn saw him ro more for four
days. Then the s.tti.r and his family
were brought In by the soldi 1... and in
au ambulance was the body of the ten
derfoot. riddled with bullets.
"You wa:.t to know how it was?"
said the st: i. r's wife as a crowd gath
ered. "W.ll. all I cau t.'ll you is that
he reached us two hours before the
Apaf!. - did. and we had a bit of time
to get ri. ly l:.. For two days he stood
off " itty ..-irriors single ham'.il and
was w .u:i<i d a dozen times. lie had
tired Lis la: t bullet when the soldiers
came up He was a man. he was."
"And Redhorn will give him a burial
and turn out to the last imtu!" ex
claim d I.obdell. the gambler, reverent
ly touchh.g his Winchester, which had
Been such vu. ;t ;it s< rvitv.
"Excuse i:: '. !T •::tlemen." replied the
captain in command of the s Idlers.
"We shall take h ;.i down to the valley
and give him a soldier's burial. II 'd
turn over in his grave he.e among so
many cowards!"
<lu«»er Ja|innp*<> Beliefs.
The Japanese believe in more myth
ical creatures than any other people on
the globe, civilized or savage. Among
these are mythical animals without
any remarkable peculiarities of con
formation, but gifted with supernatu
ral attributes, such as the tiger which
is said to turn ns white as a polar bear
on the date of his one thousandth
birthday. They also believe in a spe
cies of fox which if he lives to be fifty
years old without having been chased
by a dog transforms Itself iuio a beau
tiful woman. This same fos. if he can
manage to live for a century, ad
ditional powers, such as becoming a
wonderful wizard, etc. When he lives
to be 1,000 years old. he becomes a
"celestial fox." with nine golden tails,
and has the power of going to heaven
and returning whenever he chooses.
These Japs also believe ill a multi
tude of animals distinguished by their
monstrous size or by the multiplication
of their numbers. Among these are
serpents 800 feet long and large
enough to swallow an elephant, boxes
with eight legs, monkeys with four
ears and seven tails; fishes with teu
heads attached to one body, the tiesh
of this last monster being a sure cure
for boils, bites of poisonous serpents,
hydrophobia, etc.
She Wan ThanUfnl.
Not long ago a clergyman In the
course of ministrations among the poor
of a large provincial town called on an
old lady who had been bedridden for
some years.
"Well. Mrs. l»;tvies." he said, "and
how are you today?"
"Oh, I'm pretty well, thank you, sir,"
was the cheerful answer.
"Ah. that's right," responded the
clergyman sympathetically. "I hardly
expected you to be in such good spir
its, with all your afflictions. I was
afraid I should find you downhearted."
"No, 110, sir," she cried, interrupting
him: "no, no. indeed, sir. I've much to
be thankful for. 1 have. Why. only the
other night when that house just oppo
site was on tire 1 couldn't help thinking
of till the poor people crushing each
other In the street and many of them
not getting a sight of the fire at all,
while here was I, all nice and com tort
able in bed, and I could s. e It beauti
fully through my window without even
turning over! No. 110; I've a lot to be
thankful for!"—Pearson's.
KnailUHre.
Ensilage means a certain method of
preserving green fodder aud is al*>o ap
plied to the fodder itself when so pro
served.
Any green crop may be treated, but
it must be sown so as to be In blossom
before frosts. A pit called a "silo" is
prepared, with solid walls and floor of
stoue or cement. The fodder is gath
ered and cut up while green and then
dumped into the silo. Salt is added
in the proportion of a bushel to every
ten or lifteeM tons of the fodder. A
heavy board is placed over the fodder
when the pit is full and is weighted
down with rocks, sand bags or grain
bags until the pressure is about 150
pounds to Hie square foot.
The silo must be water tight and
airtight, and thus the fodder is pre
served in its green condition until it is
wanted—say, in November or Decem
ber. when it is taken out of a door at
the end of the silo and fed to cattle,
a hayknife being used to cut out such
a quantity as may be needed each
time.—New York Press.
" HOMESICK CADETS.
Tlie New Man nt West Point and the
Pane* of \o»tnlwin.
The new man at West Point has one
misfortune to endure throughout the
first few weeks of his course—he must
suffer the pangs of homesickness. He
has entered upon a course of disci
pline quite unlike anything in his ex
perience. Every act of his daily life
is regulated by an inflexible system,
lie has no friend at hand; the word
sympathy seems to be unknown.
Older cadets look on, understand, pity,
but give no sign. H. Irving Hancock
says in "Life at West Point:"
It is a common sight for a cadet cor
poral, going into the room of a "plebe,"
to find him seated at his table, pen in
hand and a sheet of paper before him,
staring blankly at the paper or the
wall. The cadet corporal takes in the
scene before him.
"Homesick, mister?" he asks.
"Yes, sir!" replies the plebe, looking
shamefaced.
"Sure sign a new man's homesick
when he's caught at study table writ
ing his resignation," rejoins the cor
poral composedly.
The plebe, wondering how it is that
the cadet corporal is such a mind read
er, flushes, looks at the sheet before
him and slowly tears it up.
"That's right!" says the corporal.
Then, with a momentary touch of sym
pathy, he goes on: "Don't get down
In the mouth, mister. I've been
through the nostalgia drill myself.
It's on you, but when you've
been here a little while there's no in
ducement on earth that could make
you leave of your own choice. Brace
tip! Homesickness hits 'em all at
first."
Then the corporal glances about and
falls at once into the brusque tone of
the instructor.
"See here, mister," he remarks,
" 'policing' is one of the most important
duties of the soldier. Your shoe brush
Is out of place. Haven't I told you
where it belongs? And you cap is on
y»ur bed. Now, mister"—
So he goes on with a list of criti
cisms which at once reduce life to a
practical level. The plebe has enough
to do for the next half hour in "tidy
ing ui)," and at the end of that time
he is not tempted to resume his letter.
At least, he puts it off for one day
more.
ority of some men Is mere
, are great because their
re litUe.
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"Going down?"
The nasal tones o.' the elevator boy
echoed down tbe corridor of tlie Nas
cau apartments.
Walter Fleming rose abruptly and
slammed the door.
"Going down':"
Of course, everything was going
down fri.ui the stocks be had bought
' last wee I to the hope of his heart. The
stocks might rise !f lie he!<l them long
enough. The hope of his heart was ap
parently dashed beyond remedv. Mar
ion Willis had effected the latter ca
j tastrophe in a few words, cutting to
| the point of bitterness. They had been
engaged three blissfully short months,
! and now—
Th.ve were moving vans at the front
door. The information offered by his
sister that the Willis family were po
int; to the country a month earlier than
usual filled him with dreary dismay.
The Willises were going back to Bay
Ridge, of course. That was where he
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HE PUSHED IIER GENTLY INTO THE LEATH
ER SEAT.
and Marion had played tennis and golf
together for two seasons. lie had been
tempted to propose to iter on the bay
itself one moonlight night, but Marion
was uervous and would not permit his
attention to stray from handling the
tiny sailboat. And then be hud put off
the proposal week after week. lie felt
somehow that s;:eh a moment came
but once into a man's life, and lie
dreaded to think of the day when the
tender anticipations would be a thing
of the jKist. Now be almost wished ho
bad let it end in happy dreams, for the
reality was stern beyond description.
The cause of their trouble seemed
serious enough to Marion, but from
Walter's masculine viewpoint it wad J
ridiculously trivial.
The cousin of his roommate at col
lege was playing soubrette roles in
light opera. Simultaneously with the
arrival of her company in Detroit came
a note from her cousin in New York
begging Fleming to be "kind to the
kid" while she was in town.
Fleming read the letter through sev
eral times and wondered what in the
world dear old Tom meant by being
kind. He couldn't invite the girl to
stop up at the house because it was too
far from the theater, and he had vague
Ideas that theatrical foil; preferred to
tlock together. His mother and sisters
should go to call, of course. Anyway,
he'd take Marion the first night. Even
a busy soubrette ought to appreciate the
opportunity of meeting such a rarely
charming girl as Marion. So he sent
"the kid" roses exactly like those
Marion was to wear, and did not notice
the expression in his fiancee's eyes
when the flowers were passed over the
footlights. There was a little supper
after the performance, chaperoned by
Mrs. Fleming, at which tbe little
actress wore a very plain black gown
with a very long train and carried
Walter's roses.
The next day was set aside for a
drive through the parks, followed by
luncheon at a fashionable cafe. "The
kid," who had never seen the beautiful
city of Detroit before, waxed enthusi
astic, but Marion remarked that she
had an engagement and would have to
be excused. Mrs. Fleming, who was a
busy woman, told her son next morning
at breakfast that an actress did not
require a chaperon.
So the little soubrette, who was really
11 hardworking, ambitious artiste and
was likewise engaged to a young stock
broker in New York, "did" Detroit in
Walter's company for live brilliant
winter days. They talked of their re
spective fiancees and each decided that
luckier mortals did not breathe. And
when Walter had done his duty like a
man, even to seeing the little actress
off on the midnight train for Minne
apolis, lie sighed relievedly and never
dreamed of the awful fate which his
next interview with Marion held for
him.
There was only one floor between
him and the girl who was leaving
town today with bitterness in her
heart, yet there seemed no way of
passing the barrier.
"Going down?" yelled the elevator
boy.
Wfilter, hat in hand, made a dash
for the corridor. As the elevator .door
slammed stint he found himself face to
face with Marlon. She was pale, plain
ly tired from the exertion incident to
moving, but she looked over his bead
os If her supply of self control was un
limited.
"Going down?"
"Oh, Charlie!"
The elevator stopped with a jerk.
The voice eaine from Mrs. Madden's
room. She was a semi-invalid and a
privileged character in the Nassau.
Charlie tlung open the door and
crossed the hall. Mrs. Madden held out
a letter.
"And 1 wish you'd stop at Mrs. Tur
ner's door and ask her to come up this
morning."
"Yes'm," murmured Charlie, but as
he whirled round his heart throbbed
wildly. The door of the elevator shaft
stood open, but the elevator had disap
peared. lie stared at the quivering ca
bles. It was going down fast.
In the meantime affairs in the eleva
tor had taken a sudden turn. Marion's
face had gone a shade whiter as the
elevator without any warning began to
drop swiftly. It was six floors at least
to tin* basement. She raised frightened
eyes to Fleming's face.
"("an't you"—
"I might simply make it worse If I
touclwd it. It won't strike hard. Sit
down."
He pushed her gently Into tlie leath
er seat, then suddenly swung round
and threw himself on the lever. There
was no response to his effort. They
shot by startled faces on the second
landing. Charlie's shrill screams ech
oed down the shaft, l'leming faced
the girl. A world . f passionate plead
ing shone in tier eyes.
"Walter, Walter. If we've got to die
I'm glad it's togetln r."
llis arms were about her. and her
face was hid len on his shoulder when
the crash came. For a few seconds
Flouting felt as if he had Just rushed
the center of a football team. Then
he opened his eyes and looked into
Marion's unconscious face.
"She loves me! She loves me!" he
whispered and kissed her colorless
lips. When Ihe Janitor and a score <>f
frightened servants reachud the scene.
Fleming had himself well in hand.
"Miss Willis has fainted. Let me
take her out to the air. pler.se."
That afternoon he dropped into the
office of the Nassau's superintendent,
j who commenced profuse apologies.
; Fleming cut him short.
"I want to speak to you about the
I elevator boy—Charlie."
"Yes. yes—of course," responded the
superintendent. "We'll dismiss him at
i once—will have a new boy on this
I evening."
"That's Just what I don't want done,"
; interrupted l'leming. "The boy was
j not to blame."
"But It's Hga.i:ist the rules for him to
I leave his car," murmured the aston
j ished superintendent. "This is a uiat
-1 ter of discipline."
. "Confound your discipline." said
! Fleming good naturedly. "Have the
elevator overhauled. It needs it, but
| don't you monkey with Charlie's Job;
| that is, if you value the Fleming fam
! ily as tenai.is. I am quite serious, and
j I trust you'li see it this way."
"Wlu-n Walker left his office, the su
j perintendent picked up from his desk
i something that glittered and jingled
• tnei lily in his pocket against grosser
coins. His eyes were opened, its Flem
! ing had hoped, but he never saw the
real reason tiil the cards came out for
the Fleming-Willis wedding. Then he
could only guess.
Xapoloondcr,
In a translation of two folk tales
about Napoleon, one from the French
and the other the Russian, George Ken
nan soys that Napoleonder is the Rus
sian peasant's name for the emperor.
1 it is not quite clear why he has adopt
ed it. Possibly the final syllable der
has been added because to the ear of
the peasant Napoleon seems incom
plete. as "Alexan" would sound to us
without the "der."
The point of view of the two nation
alities differs amazingly. The French
peasant regards Napoleon as a great
leader and conqueror, aided, if not di
rectly sent, by God to show forth the
power and glory of France.
The Russian peasant, more thought
ful by nature as well as less excitable
and combative, admits that the con
queror was sent to earth by God to
illustrate the divine nature of sympa
thy and pity through the cruelty of
war. Both are convinced of his super
natural origin. The Frenchman be
lieves that he was led by a guiding
star. The Russian argues that he was
created by the devil, and that God,
having given him a soul, to punish the
Russian people for their sins, then
made him a man by inspiring him with
compassion.
!• This the American WlfeT
But the American wife? Henry
James has summed up the American
wife in Just one sentence. He says,
"The American wife knows nothing of
her husband's affairs, except that they
lire of not the slightest consequence."
This is both epigrammatic and exactly
true. The American wife has quite
a genuine affection for her husband.
Even after years of marriage have
gone by she thinks of him with un
affected friendliness. He Is so useful!
She credits him with almost all the
virtues, except perhaps the virtue of
being interesting, and she overlooks
that one defect of his with charitable
toleration. She sees him come and
go each day with clocklike regularity.
She vaguely knows what his profes
sion or vocation is. She thinks better
of him if it is a profession or vocation
that is generally regarded as quite
creditable. But this is practically all
she knows or cares about it.—Ainslee's.
Jiiftt a Hint.
Maud—How far do you live from
here, Mr. Hangaround?
Mr. Hangaround—Oh, nearly two
miles!
Maud (Innocently)—lf you should
•;tart now, what time would you get
home?— New York News.
Why It In the Dent nnd the Cheapest
In the World.
"Everyone knows, either from ex
perience or hearsay, that the cab serv
ice in Loudon is the best and cheap
est in the world, bnt few of us know
why. So when 1 was over there I
made it a point to find out."
The woman who occupied the other
seat in the hansom looked as If she
would like to hear the result of his
Investigations. "It is mainly due," he
continued, "to the fact that licenses to
drive cabs and buses through the Lon
don streets are hard to get. An appli
cant must furnish the most satisfac
tory proofs of his honesty when he
files his application tit Scotland Yard,
and his references are carefully veri
fied. Then he undergoes such a rigid
examination as to his knowledge of
streets and localities that but little
more than half the candidates manage
to pull through it. Those who do are
then tested as to their ability to drive
through the crowded thoroughfares,
the test being a practical one. with an
Inspector of police, who Is himself an
expert driver, seated by the side of
the would lie Jehu as lie threads his
way through the jam. Probably 20
per cent of the applicants come to
grief during this test, as the slightest
infraction of the rules of the road or
the exercise of bad judgment in con
trolling or guiding his horse means
absolute failure. If successful, the
applicant is impressed with the im
portance of returning ail articles left
in his cab to headquarters without de
lay and told that an attempt to make
excessive charges means the forfeiture
of his license. The result is compara
tive safety to the passengers in cabs
and a reasi»nal,le certainly that there
will lie 110 attempt upon tlie 'cabby's'
part to < verchargo his fare."—New
York Tribute*.
A S<or> «if rfpvnntr*.
Cervant s once gave :i proof that his
generosity w..s fully capiat to his gen
ius. In the early pal l of his life he was
for some time a slave In Algiers, and
there he devised a plan to free himself
and thirteen of his f II iw sufferers.
One<:t°t!i 111 trait.-r s!y revealed the
design, aii.l they wei nil brought be
fore the <ley of rs. who promised
them their 1 is on com'.::i >n that they
revealed the contriver of the plot.
"I was Hi; \ person," at once cried
C> rvanti w. "Save my companions at>d
let mo perish a I n«'."
The (ley. s r:< !: by Ills Intrepidity,
spared I. - I'i" . .ill \v. (I tiiui to be ran
sojned and permitted hiiu to go home.
HORSE FEEDING.
Alfalfa a Slrrk aad Wfljjhty
lloant—No ute Ot4.tr Points.
In comparing alfalfa and timothy
us roughage for horses at the Utah ex
r- rirnent station, the result of six tests
under varying conditions of work show
AFT Lit A St* MM Kit's FEEDING OS ALFALFA.
that it is not as difficult to maintain
the weights of liorsts when fed alfalfa
as when fed timothy.
The cost of maintenance was greater
In every case except one on timothy
than ou alfalfa.
The appearance of the horses in every
comparison of alfalfa and timothy was
In favor of the alfalfa fed horse.
When alfalfa and timothy were fed
ad libitum, much greater quantities of
alfalfa were consumed.
No ill results were noted ou the health
of Hit' horses by long continued alfalfa
feeding.
The amount of hay fed on most Utah
farms could be reduced at least one
half. It may be economical to reduce
the amount of hay and increase the
amount of grain fed to horses.
It is evident from a study of the ex
periments that bran and shorts may be
substituted for oats whenever the
horses are fed alfalfa or timothy.
Twenty pounds of alfalfa per day
proved sufficient to maintain the
weights of horses weighing nearly 1,400
pounds when at rest. When at heavy
work, 32.62 pounds of alfalfa per day
was barely sufficient to maintain the
weights of the same horses.
The greater consumption of water
when horses are fed alfalfa results In
a greater elimination by the kidneys.
AFIER A SUMMER'S FEEDING OK TIMOTHY.
but we have no evidence that this
greater elimination is in any way detri
mental to the health of horses.
The individuality of the animal Is a
potent factor both In food and water
consumption.
Watering both before and after feed
ing is recommended.
It does not pay to grind grain for
horse feeding.
Blanketing horses while at work,
even in cold weather, proved a source
of irritation to the horses and is not
advised.
Cutting and mixing hay and grain is
not a profitable practice.
Timothy hay cut into very short
pieces makes the horse's mouth sore
and in consequence there results a fall
ing off in weight.
Alfalfa and clover cut into very fine
pieces result in a greater gain than
uncut alfalfa and clover.
Stock Growers Want Statistics.
A measure to provide by law for
gathering vital statistics on the live
Etock industry in the United States by
the establishment of a bureau that
would keep close watch of changes
taking place is being urged by the Na
tional Live Stock association.
There are two points on which relia
ble information is very desirable this
season. For example, there has been
a wholesale slaughter of cows and
heifers, and It Is possible that this
may result in scarcity of breeding cat
tle. If the exact status of this point
could be determined, breeders would
know just what to do. At present al
most nothing is known in regard to the
supply and demand for meat cattle.
The country might be on the verge of
a shortage, and no one could say such
a shortage exists until it was actually
here. The markets are controlled by
the visible supply from day to day, and
farmers may sell their stock at panic
prices when the actual conditions do
not Justify so doing. -More than 5.000,-
000 farmers and stock raisers are in
terested in live stock statistics.
XPHII nnd Kotos.
The cooler weather makes fall plow
ing easier on the teams than spring
plowing.
The International Live Stock exposi
tion will be held at Chicago Nov. 29
to Dec. C.
Cuba has removed the duty on the
import of breeding cattle.
The consumption of sugar In the
United States during MXC, calculated
from the figures for 1901, will be ap
proximately 2,500,000 tons, and the
production, both cane and beet, will
reach nearly 500.000 tons.
Sheep need some succulent feed the
year round. Hoots and silage aid in
this respect through the winter months.
A fair to plentiful apple crop of quite
uneven ciuality appears to sum up the
situation.
MARKETING CELERY.
Pre:>»rlntr the Plants From the Iloni,
the Trrncbea or the Sturnhoiiie,
During the early part of the season,
or until the time for heavy frosts, mar
keting of celery will be done entirely
from the rows where the crop is grown,
later from the trenches and afterward
from Uie storehouse. In preparing the
celer> for market from the rows where
grown, it is not necessary to remove
the entire root from the earth, but it
may be cut off Just below the surface
of the soil by means of a stiff knife.
Remove the outside leaves and trim
the ro it evenly, pack In boxes and load
on the wagon for removal to the wash
ing bouse. The Jdanching lioards
should not be removed until necessary,
and the trimmed celery must not be
allowed to lie exjK>scd to the sun or
wind for any length of time. It is well
also to have a piece of canvas to pro
tect the celery while it is on the wagon
being transported to the washing
house. In marketing from the trenches
the process is practically the same as
from the rows, except that the celery
is already loosened from the soil and
the roots can be removed more easily.
In the AVn»hroom.
No4o
Upon reaching the washing room the
celery is immediately placed fcpon d
rack consisting of wooden slats over s
large trough and subjected to n spray
of cold water to cool It and to remove
the soil. After washing It Is allowed
to drain; then it is tied in bunches of
twelve or more plants each, according
to the size. The bunches are packed
sis in a box for first grade and eight
or nine for second or third grade.
These Ixjxes should be practically air
tight. and a lining of paper should be
placed in them l>efore packing the cel
ery. or each bunch should be wrapped
separately. The celery should be near*
I ly dry before it U placed In the boxes
and throughout the entire handling
must be kept as cool as possible. Th«
waslihouse and its surroundings should
be kept clean and free from any de
composing materials.
Shipping In tke Uoagh.
Several of the larger eastern grower*
now follow the plan of shipping in
the rough. By this method only about
two-thirds as many bunches can b9
placed in a car. but the expense of
loading is greatly reduced. The celery
1 s lifted from the Held, a few of the out
er leaves are pulled off and the root Is
tr.mined roughly.after which the plants
are tied in bunches of twelve to four
teen each by means of common binder
twine. These bunches are loaded upon
a low wagon and hurried to the car
before the celery has had time to be
come wilted.—W. It. Bcattie.
CURING HAMS.
Good Old Fasbloned War* of Making
Tnaty Mont*.
It is none too early to be acquiring
any information that may be useful In
"hog killing" time. The following di
rections are therefore reproduced from
the Farm Journal, which believes them
to be "the best rules for pork:"
Hams and shoulders should be cured
as soon as possible after the meat is
cold all through. Place them on a
board or table in the cellar, skin side
down. Make a mixture in this propor
tion: For every hundred pounds of meat
take four pounds of the best fine salt,
two ounces of powdered saltpeter and
four ounces of brown sugar. Rub this
well into the hams all over and push
some into the hock end around the
bone. Rub until they will take no
more; let them He on the board and in
a week rub in the rest. Let them lie
for about sixteen days altogether; then
bang them up by a string through the
hock in a cool, dark smokehouse.
Smoking and Wrapping.
Keep up a good smoke from hickory
chips smothered with sawdust during "
the day for two or three days. Keep
in a cool place and before spring exam
ine to see that no insects have depos
ited eggs. Dust a little cayenne pep
per around the bone, wrap closely in
brown paper, then with coarse muslin
to tit the ham exactly and stitch tight
ly. Give a coat of whitewash or of
chrome yellow and hang in a cool,
dark, dry place.
Carina: In Tickle.
For curing them in pickle, which
some prefer, though we do not, to a
gallon of water take a pound and a
half of salt, half a pound of sugar and
half an ounce each of saltpeter and
potash. In this ratio the pickle can be
increased to enough to cover any
amount of pork. 801 l together until
all dirt rises to the top and Is skimmed
off. When cold, pour it over the hams
or pork, which may be pickled In this
way. The meat must be well covered
by it and should not be put down for
at least two days after killing, during
which time it should be slightly sprin
kled with saltpeter, which removes all
the surface blood, leaving the meat
fresh and clean.
Lime an Indirect Fertiliser.
Lime is not a commercial fertilizer
In the strict sense, but an Indirect fer
tilizer, which all farmers ought to be
familiar with and use. Our farmers
use lime about once In five years. They
use it for two reasons—first, because
they want it to act upon the insoluble
plant food and make it available, and
in the second place it is good for sour
land, land that has been farmed a good
while and an acid has developed. Ten
or twenty bushels of lime per acre will
neutralize the acid. Sometimes clover
does not grow well, and farmers say it
probably needs lime.—Professor E. B. •
Voorhees, New Jersey.
The Cellar Windows.
Do not forget the cellar windows.
Tarred paper nailed over the outslds
of the windows will help to keep out
the cold. Double glass In the cellar
windows is also effective. Straw Is
handy. Fill In with that against the
outside of the windows.
SEA FLOWERS AS PETS.
The Queer Little Creature® Known
aa Anenonei.
The queerest pets in the world are
kept in a beautiful row of clear, flash
ing, round glass tanks on an upper
floor of a large aquarium. As you ap
proach the tanks you behold glowing
little groups of color and artistic blend
ing and mingling of fantastic weeds
and shining stones. Then when you
peer into the tanks you see what at
first seem to you just like particularly
handsome and gorgeous flowers grow
ing all over the little rockeries. Some
Of the flowers look like dainty pink
and white and yellow and purple and
crimson dahlias. Others look almost
like daisies, with lacelike petals.
Others look like little star flowers, all
pure white and perfect. These flowers
are of all sizes, from tiny ones barely
large enough to see to great ones al
, most large enough to fill a saucer.
1 But if you will watch these "flow
ers" for a few minutes you will jump
suddenly, for all at once you will see
one move its petals. Then you will
see another and another do it. Slowly
the petals unfold or contract, with
little jerking movements, sometimes
twining in the water like snakes.
Tap smartly on the table on which
the tanks stand, and like lightning all
the petals will have disappeared.
These sea flowers are really not flow
ers at all. They are living creatures,
known as sea anemones.
For many years a scientist has
tended and fed them, and the little
animated flowers actually have come
to know him. When he feods them, he
puts a little bit of fish on the end of a
long pointed stick and puts It care
fully down Into the water until It Is
near the anemone. It did not take long
for the beautiful things to understand
It, and, whereas at first they used to
withdraw their retals and shut up
tightly when the stick approached,
now they twine gracefully and stretch
their dainty arms ont as far as they
can go In order to reach it.—London
Answers.
Her Enrage!neit Ring.
Kitty—Constance is wearing a dia
mond ring on her engagement finger.
I'll bet she's only trying to fool folks.
Maude Oh. it's an engagement all
right; slit- told me about it. The en
gagement is with her dentist, you
know, and she put the ring on for fear
she might torget.—Boston Transcript.