VOL. XXXX
tj HUSELTON'S H
H EXIT SALE OF SHOES £
"ROUS MIT EM." r
| The big money saving event of the season ►
A WONDERFUL SHOE PRICE SLASHING BEGINS ►
!I WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14th, 9AM;
There ia no doubt about it -it will not pay to carry oyer my
left-over Winter fthoee. They won't be up-to-date then, and for {
seven months they'll be eating off their heads. It is not a pleasant .
dose but what is a man to do?If Next Fall you will be looking for A
brand NEW styles.
There are considerable many nice, fresh lines of Men's and *2
Women's fine shoes that are jnst the least bit too heavy in soles for 4
Spring otherwise they could not be more desirable at any time of
the year. There seems to be about 2500 pairs of all sorts including '1
Boy's and Girls' shoes of various qualities —also dress shoes for Men C
and Women. Two weeks hence there will be none left to tell the tale.
Prices will do it, C. 0. D. is the only condition.
Here's the way we do It are just samples.
there are more. WJ
Children's Shoes Ladies' Kid Shoes p
Fine looking Aj QQ a
Are good the year round. The and j* I J W
r A style question there is not so good we ' irin^
% serious but we want yon to ° De lot kid ]ace shoe 9at \
sboe the whole family this One lot kid lace shoes, Pat. *
< .. ... , . , tip, now $1 10. >
. time and if yon don t take a
' t.i«f .11 One lot kid spring heel shoes, '
< hint ' yon are ont ' th4t 8 sizes 2* to 6, was *2.50 now go >
. at 98 cts. A
I A lot of kid and box-calf Women's Storm Rnbbers 25c.
, spring heels worth |1.50 now aa > r* ol A
► 96 eta!, sizes in to s. Men s Fine Shoes f
[ Sold at (to cn J
* One lot worth ft.oo and $1.25 $8.50 and $4.00 €
i new 79 cte. now
> Others sold at $2.00 and 4
\ Several choice lots, sizes 8* S 2 ' so now * lA6 ' ' M
> to 11, was SI.OO and $1.25, now Men's working shoes reduced
I go at 68c and 73c. to 98c.
k WOOL BOOTS and .
Lots of fine shoes, sizes sto BUBBERS reduced to 98c. 1
8, was 75c and SI.OO, now 48c Lot Men's rubbers now go at
► and 53c. 25c. <
* Old Ladies' warm line shoes all felt or foxed with leather soles \
' or felt, now 79c. '
Everybody knows the kind this store sells—nary a pair
' that has a dishonest streak in them and as a class
< they are most stylish. COME EARLY. U
; BS& HUSELTON S d b 1
j LOWRY. IIUULL I Wll \J ASKTOBEFIT.
1903 January Prices 1903
. ?=^awAT—egr—
Bicl<el's.
Men's Coon Tail Excluder Knit Boots and Heavy Duck Rolled Edge Overs at $2 25
Men's Ball Band Felt Boots and Heavy Duck Rolled Edge Overs at 2 25
Men's Gray Felts and Extra Heavy Ooodger Glove Overs at 1 50
Men's Extra Heavy Goodger Glove perfections at 1 oo
Men's Bnckle Arctics at 95
Men's first quality rnbbers at 50
Boys' first quality rnbbers at 40
Misses'and Children's fine rnbbers at 25
Child's canvas boots at 95
LEATHER GOODS-
Nettleton's $9 00 fine shoes in patent-colt, box-calf and viei kid at $:; 50
Packards' SIOO tine shoes in patent-colt, cordovan and box-calf at 3 00
One lot Men's $2 50 fine shoes in velour-calf, vici-kid and box-calf at 1 50
One lot Boys' $2.00 fine shoes at 1 40
One lot Youths' fine shoes at ...... 85
LADIES' FINE SHOES
Baker & Bowman's $4 00 fine shoes in Dongala and patent-kid, hand turns
and hand welts at $2 50
One lot Ladies' fine patent-kid shoes, stylish lasts, $3 00 grade, at 2 (Ml
One lot Misses' $2.00 fine shoes, welt soles, in box-calf, enatuel and patent
leather at 1 50
One lot Ladies' $1.50 fine shoes, box-calf or fine dongola at 1 00
Children's fine shoes at 25c, 35c, 50c and 60c
Leggins and over gaiters at greatly reduced prices
High Iron Stands with four lasts at 50 cents.
All warm lined shoes and slippers and balance of our Holiday slippers to bo
closed ont reguardleas of cost.
A grand reduction in all lines.
It will pay yon to visit this great sale and secure some of the bargains being
offered.
Repairing neatly and promptly done.
JOHN BICKEL,
128 South Main St., BUTLER, PA.
[ BIG SALE \
I OF |
j Winter Goods. \
f We have /
C had a very S
J large business /
1 the past three /
V months and find we now \
/ have odds and ends in all dc- C
1 partments, which we have placed f
\ on sale at a price that will make them S
C move in a few days. Come in and see for yourself. /
S Yours lor Clothing, C
j DOOTH6TT & GRAHA/W.j
K E C K
Fall & Winter Weights
J] Have a nattiness about them that £ nl I /irt\ /'vj Jk
mark the wearer, it won't do to f\ * /1 \
wear the last year's output. You pf [Sfl \ I}?) (J U
won't get the latest things at the / XL / v » 1
stock clothiers either. Tne up-to . f
Cdate tailor only can supply them, d Lf \ \ L) VJj
if you waDt not only the latest I ! A 1/ \ L. i r \!
things in cut and fit and work- /1/ \? J/// // I
m»n»bip, the finest in durability, , 1 ( I / i
where elite can you get combina- i 1 I 111
Hons, you get them at } H I 11 •
K E C K
G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor,
124 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler, Pa
THE BUTLER CITIZEN.
Nasal /£eiY^K
CATARRH
In *i; its tUL Z OB. 4^o/
Ely's Cream Mr
cleanse*, soothes and heals M
the diseased membrane.
It cures catarrh and drives
away a cold in the head
quickly.
Cream Balm ia placed into the nostrils,epre&d*
over the membrane and ia absorbed. Relief is im
mediate and a care follows. It is not drying—doe*
not produce sneezing. Large Size, 50 cents at Drug
gists or by ; Trial Size, 10 cents.
I 9 I
jjj Johnston's
Beef, Iron and Wine
L is the Fa
Best Tonic ;
Blood Purifier. kl
& Price, 50c pint. F J
I* Prepared and 92
W sold only at
J Johnston's
i Cp v stal I
| Pharmacy. H
►j R. M. LOOAN, Ph. G.,
J 1C« N. Main St., Ifutler, Pa"
V Both 'Phones 92
Everything in the
drug line. VA
Ls-Jl
Just Arrived
Early
Fall
Good s
In Latest
Coronation Suitings;
Also.
Black and White
Novalties.
Wedding Suits a
Specialty.
Call and examine before leaving
your order for suit.
COOPER,
Leading Tailor,
With Newton,
Piano Man.
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
Western Pennsylvania.
He represents the wealthiest manu
facturers of I'ianoa. Yon pay direct to
them for all tho Pianos. The expense
of soling them in $75 lean than the
ordinary retail man and you wave his
lirofit, which means to you $175 saved,
'rices from $250 to 81,500—10 per cent
off for cash. All piauoa fully warrant
ed. .My customers are my reference.
Ask them. Call and we me and let me
explain onr easy payment plan.
Your credit is x<>txl.
NEWTON
"THE PIANO MAN"
317 K. Main St. Untler Pa
Pearson B. Nace's
Livery Feed andlSaleStable
Rear of
Wick House. Butler Penn'a.
The beat of horse* and first clous rIRN al
wiivson hand iin'l for hlri<.
Kent nrroiiiriHHlatloim 111 town for pi rnm.
nnnt IxiardiiiK and tranHtnot trado. Kpiti'l
al caro guaranteed.
Stable Room For 65 Horses.
A rihm] C ass of horses, both drivers and
draft horses always on hand itnd for sale
under a full Knarantne; and horses bouyh
pon proper notification*by
PEARSON B. NACE.
Telephone No. 219.
BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, JANUARY 22, 1003
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The well groomed and picturesque
young giil who had just ascended the
imposing flight of stone steps leading
to the northern entrance of the state,
war and navy department building in
Washington paused at the watchman's
tlesk just inside the massive doorway.
"1 wish to send a card to Lieutenant
John ninds of the navy department,"
she said, with just a tinge of the aris
tocratic arrogance often to be found
within tho exclusive circles of army
and navy official society.
The watchman pondered. "Don't re
member the name, miss," be said,
scratching his head. "Are you scire It's
tlie navy and not the army?"
"Of course I am—the navy."
"Well, take a chair, miss, and I'll
look through the navy register. I
thought I knew most of 'em, but some
times a new one comes from China or
the Philippines, where he's won a com
mission, without ever entering this
here department building."
"Lieutenant Hinds has not been
away from Washington in four years,"
said the young lady. "It seems strange
you do not know him."
"So such name," declared the guard
ian of the door, slamming the naval
register shut. "And let me tell you,
miss, you must have the name wrong,
since If lie ain't in the naval register
he ain't any lieutenant in the navy of
your Uncle Samuel."
The young lady became visibly an
noyed.
"Kindly direct me to your superior,"
she said decidedly. "I have made no
mistake in the name. It is Lieutenant
John Hinds of the navy. He told me
so himself."
"Well, If you are so sure, it ain't for
me to say you're wrong," was the kind
ly answer. "You might see the chief
clerk down tjiat corridor to the left."
"Thank you," was the repiy, and the
young lady, evidently relieved, started
In the direction Indicated. She turned
the corner into the long and dimly illu
minated corridor on the navy depart
ment side and ran plump into a young
mail who was acting as the motive
power for a rubber wheeled truck load
ed with several stneks of books.
"I—l assure you—l beg your par
don"— be began.
"Oh—forgive me—lt is so dark"— she
began. Tin :i—
--"Why, Jack, here you are!"
The mail uttered an exclamation of
surprise and annoyance. "Tbedeuce" —
he began. "Why. Ilettie, what are you
doing here:''
"I wantc 1 to see you," she com
menced, "ard I couldn't wait until aft
er office hours. You see"—
"But, confound it," began the man—
"l mean, lorglve me. Only you know
1 always <1 I hated to receive visit
ors at the office."
"I know. Jack, but mother is ill. You
left the house before I came down to
breakfast. Mother was worried about
tho boarders and was afraid they'd all
leave when they beard she was sick.
If you stay, they will all remain, be
cause they all like you. Besides"—
"Besides what, Hettle?"
"Well, I've been thinking about last
night—and the future—and—well, you
know, I just couldn't stay away from
you."
"The dearest little woman In tho
world," he responded tenderly. "I was
a brute to speak so to you, but I was
surprised at seeing you here the first
time, and, besides, these books must
be taken Immediately to tho secreta
ry."
"Why, John," said the girl, "are you
carrying books and pulling that truck?
I always thought lieutenants and naval
officers had men to do things for them.
And do you know tbflt horrid man at
the door didn't know you and said
there wasn't any Lieutenant Illnds."
".My dear girl," hurriedly ejaculated
the young man, "do you mean to say
you have been asking in this build
ing for me? Why In the world"—
"Oh, I'm sorry I came now," mur
mured the girl, with u suggestion of a
sob. "I thought that my own lieuten
ont of the navy would be glad to see
me."
"Of course i am," said tho man
tenderly, yet anxiously. "There, for
give me, and I'll explain this evening
why I must not have any ono culling
here at the office. The secretary be
comes simply furious If any of the
clerks—l mean any one—receives com
pany. ISvcn now I am late, and the
secretary wants these books. CJoodby,
dear, until this evening."
The girl turned to go. A resonant
footstep on the marble floor of the ul
-1 lost deserted corridor Interrupted
tliem. A tall and dignified man strode
by them In the scmldarkness. By tho
feeble electric light he saw the two
people and the truck of books.
"Illnds," broke In a stern and com
manding voice, "take those books at
once to the office. When you have done
so, I wish to see you." And the sec
retary of tho navy continued on his
way.
"Oh, Lord!" cried the man. "I'm done
for now! That was tho secretary.
Ifun along, quick. I must go."
"If you go, so will I. And 1 shall
tell this secretary what I think of him
for being so rude to you. I see noth
ing wrong In your speaking to me."
The man turned. "Walt for mo here.
I might as well face the music at
once." And, grabbing the bundle of
I In- truck, he strode rapidly after the
vanishing figure of the secretary. He
reached the outer office of that official
without once looking behind him. Then
h- ' iit« ii <1 thi- secretary's private of
floe. The secretary hud just seated
himself.
"iUmlx," be commenced, "I am sorry
(o lie that you ore entertaining ladies
in the department during office hours.
Are you married?"
"No, sir."
"Then there Isn't even the excuse
that you are receiving a visit from
your wife. But I must have you dis
tinctly understand that I do not ap
prove of strange ladles or any kind of
ladies visiting men In office. I don't
core who the lady Is, and I don't wish
to know. I just want you to under
stand"—
"But you shall know who the lady
Is," broke In an Indignant voice. "I
am Miss Keltic Neville, and I am the
fiancee of Lieutenant John Illnds of
the I'll I ted States navy."
The secretory seemed puzzled. Illnds
sank Into o choir. The secretary was
the first to speak.
"My dear young lady, I do not know
how you entered here or why you are
so indignant toward me. 1 do not wish
to seem to criticise your conduct, but
Hinds h'-re has always been o'.ie of my
most faithful aids, and I do not wish
bllii lo set a bad example to the others
In the office."
"Do you <•;. II getting married a bad
example?" cried Ilettie. "Why should
you liiid fault with Lieutenant liinds
if his affianced wife wishes to speak to
him for a few moment*?"
"Lieutenant Hinds?" repeated the
eecivt :ry politely. "I do not know any
such lieutenant."
"No such lieutenant:" was the
amazed ejaculation. "Why, here Is
Lieutenant liinds before you."
The secretary leaned back in his
chair, laughing. Hinds seemed embar
rassed. Ilettie was becoming more
and more angry. Hinds broke in:
"I am very sorry, Mr. Secretary,", he
commenced, rising to his feet, "but I
have an unpleasant confession to make.
You see, sir, when I first got my job
here some years ago we messengers in
the department fell to calling each oth
er by titles, the same as the officers.
Three or four of us lived in the same
boarding house, and just for a lark we
used these handles at the dinner table.
Then I moved to the house kept by
Miss Ilettie's mother, and the very first
day one of my chums took dinner with
me. All through the meal he kept on
using that infernal 'lieutenant.' I never
thought any harm would come of it, so
I never contradicted it. I never intend
ed to deceive you, Ilettie, and I was
going to tell you all about it tonight.
I'll never do it again, sir, and if Miss
nettle will accept a S9OO a year mes
senger of the navy department instead
of a real lieutenant, why, Bir, I'll prom
ise she will never again interrupt me
when I'm carrying your books." ~
The secretary was smiling. "And
will Miss Ilettie accept the S9OO a year
messenger?" lie asked.
"Oh, sir," cried Ilettie, "Indeed she
will, and she's very sorry she was so
rude."
The secretary took up a pen and
commenced to write. "Then that's all
settled," he said. "Now, 'Lieutenant'
John Hinds, take this paper to the ap
pointment clerk. You are placed 011
the rolls as a special clerk at $1,200
and arc detailed for duty in my private
office. I wish you good morning. Per
mit me to congratulate you both."
Stronn an Polion.
In many of the tobacconists' shops
perique tobacco chopped into granu
lated form is displayed for use by pipe
smokers. This is the same perique that
has been grown by Frenchmen and
Spaniards in Louisiana since before our
Revolutionary war. It is a jet black.
Intensely strong tobacco, famous for
its llavor and its ability to wreck tho
nerves.
It is grown and made in St. James
parish, Louisiana, and the crop only
amounts to about 100,000 pounds a
year.
The makers follow the primitive
processes which were in use 150 years
ago. The stems are taken from tho
leaves and the latter put into n box
under a heavy gradual pressure. This
causes tho juice to run out, even
through the wood of the boxes. A
gradual process of fermentation and
curing takes place.
At the end of three months the to
bacco is rolled into "carrots" and wrap
ped in cloths tightly bound with ropes.
It is left in that way for a year before
it is ready for market.
The flavor of perique Is considered
delicious by all pipe smokers, but Is
too strong. The tendency of smokers is
continually toward lighter and lighter
tobacco, and i>erlque is now used al
most solely for mixing with very mild
tobaccos to llavor It.
The Hull? For Liberty.
"Gentlemen," said the speaker, ris
ing to his full height and almost carry-
Jug his hearers off their feet with his
matchless eloquence, "tho time hns
come for us to assert our independence.
We are freeborn citizens. God has
given us as a birthright the privilege
of governing ourselves as wo see fit.
We bow our knee to no kings and r\o
princes. We have only ourselves
blame if we permit others to deny the
liberty that our fathers have be
queathed to us—the liberty made sa
cred by their hallowed blood. I appeal
to you, my fellow citizens, to arise in
your might. Let us exhibit our man
hood. Lot us teach the world tho great
lesson of Independence. Let us" —
"Say, gents," yelled the janitor as he
suddenly stepped out upon the plut
form, "I'm gotn' to shut this hull up
now. Clear out o' here. I've boen up
time nights with the toothache, and
I'm goin' to bed early. Git, before I
turn out the lights on you!"
One minute and seven seconds later
the doors were locked, and tho great
•ally for liberty was one of the things
that hud been.—Chicago Uoeord-Her
ald.
CANINE INTELLIGENCE.
A HOB That I'l-H ll<- llml More Sonne
'l'lln 11 IIIm Hnater.
My friend was staying oue autumn
In Wales. Smoking and chatting one
evening with a local farmer, the talk
fell upon Jogs. The farmer's sheep
dog lay before the fire, and the former
Instanced his sagacity. He made an
exclamation In Welsh. At once the dog
rose and went to the door. "You
might let him out," sold the farmer.
" 'The sheep are In the corn' Is what I
said to him." The dog passed eagerly
out. In a few minutes there was a
scratching ot the door. The dog en
tered panting and lay down at the fire
again. Shortly afterward the farmer
repeated his Welsh remark. Again
the dog run to the door, and my friend
let him out. Again In a few minutes
was the scratching at the door, and
again he lay down before the fire punt
ing. After on Interval the farmer re
marked in Welsh, quite In tho way of
conversation: "I am not easy about
those sheep. 1 do believe they're In
tho corn." The dog, without rising,
looked up at the farmer, gave two
sharp yelps and turned round to his
sleep again. He said us plainly as
though it had been In words: "Don't
be a fool. I've been out twice, and
thcr'ro not In the corn."—London Out
look.
Winter of Squirrel*.
Gray squirrels do not hibernate, but
seldom leave their nests during tho
very cold weather. On mild days in
winter, however, they come out and
race through the t root ops and visit the
large stores of nuts which they gath
ered and hid away In the autumn,
lied squirrels are smaller, but much
hurdler creatures than the gray ones,
and, although they, too, have snugaiosts
of cedar bark In tho hollow trees, they
use them only ot night, for no weather
is so severe as to keep theso little fel
lows Indoors. They ure about the most
provident of nil tho creatures 111 tho
woods, usually storing uwuy under
brush heaps, beneath fallen logs and In
hollow trunks far more nuts than they
can possibly eat In ono winter. They
do not put I hem all In one place, us a
rule; they generally have several hoordtf
at some little distance apart. This Is
a wise precaution, as It sometimes hap
pens that one store Is discovered and
stolen by an enemy, and unless (here
was another supply to fall bock upon
the squirrels iniulit <lie of starvation.—
Woman's Home t'omouniou.
iJi/sjvsA
O By LESLIE JAMES t
t X
A W
m Cofiyi'i'jh* < • ' w -A' S. JUchar'Umx m
It was the big doctor who found her,
misshapen and suffering, in her fa
ther's gloomy shop. In spite of its
noise and dust. Jinny preferred tho
shop to the tiny back room, because
the customers spoke kindly to her and
made her forget the ache in her back.
Wheu they gave her candy enough to
stiirt a make believe shop on the nar
row window ledge, she sold it for pins
to the children in the dingy court, just
because she loved to watch these
straight limbed, bright eyed children
caper about as she knew she never
could.
When the big doctor brought her to
the hospital, he said to Nurse Powell:
"I'll leave Jinny under yotir special
care. Miss Powell. lam greatly inter
ested in her ease. The expense is be
ing met by one perfectly able to do it,
and >.he is to want for nothing."
And thus were the gates of an earth
ly paradise opened to Jinny of Borden's
court. First there was the cunning lit
tle room, nil her own, with pictures on
the wall, and the whitest of iron beds
with shiny knobs on each corner, and
a bright red wrapper, woolly and soft,
with knit slippers to match. Then
came the pretty young ladies of the
Flower mission with their nodding
blossoms and occasional glasses of
quivering jelly. Sometimes the big doc
tor's nieces brought their dolls and
spent an hour at Jinny's bedside, and
happy Jiifcty was permitted to hold as
long as she liked the marvelous Flor
ette, who could walk and talk like a
real baby and whose dresses really and
truly came from Paris.
Hut In Jinny's mind nil those things
faded Into Insignificance when com
pared with the big doctor and Nurse
Powell. These two formed a Joint di
vinity before which Jinny burned the
sweet incense of childish devotion.
Nurse Powell had obeyed the physi
cian's generous Instructions to the let
ter—at first from a sense of duty and
later because she learned to love the
patient little sufferer.
And the big doctor? Even Nurse Pow
ell. who knew bis deep interest In his
work, wondered at the attention he lav
ished on this denizen of the slums. Of
ten when his rounds in the hospital
were over and he had time to spare he
would come back to Jinny's room for a
chat, and Jinny, her great black eyes
sc t in a face of ivory whiteness, would
smile happily from one to the other, the
big doctor who ordered medicine that
eased the pain in her back and the
nurse whose gentle hand could smooth
away wrinkles in her forehead when
the pain was at its worst.
Sometimes when they sat thus Jinny
was vaguely conscious that the big doc
tor was talking to her, but looking nt
Nurse Powell. But Jinny did not know
how, years before, when the big doctor,
fresh from the medical school, had been
house physician In the city hospital, ho
had met a sweet faced "probe" doing
her lirst night duty in his ward. The
head nurse had looked scornfully at the
slender figure, and the trembling hands,
but the young house physician had
said: "Give her time. She'll get her
bearings after a bit."
Nurse Fowell had been grateful for
his cheerful encouragement and the
many kindnesses which lightened her
burden during that first awful year in
the big wards, but when lie asked for
something more than gratitude she
could not give It. Now head of the
nurses' staff at a sanitarium, she some
times grew a-weary and wished she
had learned to love the big doctor whose
brown eyes seemed still to follow her at
her duties. Then her heart would say:
"No, no! Ills work would always como
first, and I would be second. Besides,
I wonder if he has a heart! When I
see him undertaking those horrible op
erations without the quiver of an eye
lash, I think lie has no feeling."
And so this nurse who could unflinch
ingly assist at the same operations
waited inconsistently for love to come
into her life, a love that would be all
tenderness and thought fulness, a thing
apart from the scenes of suffering in
which she moved.
It was one afternoon when Jinny had
been almost a year at the hospital. In
the morning the big doctor bad said:
"I've changed the medicine again, Miss
Powell. I don't like that rise In temper
ature. If you note a tendency toward
coma during the afternoon, send for me
at once."
But Nurse Powell did not have to
send for him. lie came of Ills own ac
cord, Just as the afternoon drew to a
close. Jinny had been sleeping rest
lessly, and whoa she opened her eyes
with an expression of weariness 1 lint
Lad not been there since she came to
the hospital the big doctor and Nurse
l'owell were sitting on either side of
her little bed. At the foot lay a gayly
illustrated copy of Mother (loose's
rhymes, which Nurse Powell had been
reading aloud before kindly sleep came
to the small sufferer. Now Jinny
pointed to It with a wan smile.
"I've had the funniest dream! I
went to Mother Goose's land, way, way
off, an' she was such a funny ole wom
an, an* she was right glad to see me!
An' she says, 'Little girl, would you
like to stay with me awhile?' An' I
sn.vs, 'l'm obliged to you, ma'am, but I
can't stay long.' An' then shu brings
out the purtlest dress, purtler than my
red wrapper, an' she says, 'Llltlc girl,
would you like to wear that?' An'
when I see the little stlek all tlnd with
rilihons I knew II Were little Bopeep's
dress, au' I put It on an' chased them
sheep all roun' the field, an' It never
hurt my back a bit. An' I tried on lots
uv clothes, Little Miss MutTett's ruffled
bonnet, an* Mary. Mary Quite Cou
trary's l>ig hat, an' the Queen of
Heart's long train, an' "Mother (Joose,
sin- says, 'Ain't you bavin' a good time,
little girl?'
"An - I says: 'Yes, ma'am, thankee,
ma'am, but I gties* I'd better be
a goln'. You see, my big doctor 'II be
rollli' pretty soon, an' he'll miss me If
I ain't In my cot. An' Nurse Powell
will bring my bread an' milk, an' there
won't he any little gill there to eat It.'
An' then Mother Uoose she says, 'All
right, little girl; Jus' Jump on my
broomstick, an' we'll lie down there in
a Jiffy." An' here I am, an' I'm glad,
fur the bed feels so cuiufy, an', sure
enough, my big doctor is here."
The great black eyes glowed won
drous bright as they met the big doc
tor's gaze, and he spoke very gently
while he stroked her hand, now thin
and transparent.
"Hoes your back ache after your long
ride on the broomstick. Jinny?"
"Oh. no! The ache's all gone. There
ain't been any ache all day."
The big doctor looked aeross the bed
at Nurse Powell, but she was gazing
steadily through pen window. And
something bright and clcftr, like dia
monds, shone on her long lashes.
A weak, pijplng voice raised aguin.
"No, I ain't nchiiT any place tooay,
only I'm dreadful tired. An' every |
once in awhile you an' Nurse Powell
go a-slippin' an* a-slippiu' away from
me, an' then I feel like 1 was a-slippiu' j
too. 1 wisht Nurse Powell would sing.
Then p'liaps I'd go to sleep again."
Nurse Powell's quivering lips tried j
to form the notes of the nursery song ,
Jinny loved best, but something rose !
iu her throat and choked the melody.
-I wisht—you'd slug—that—sleepy
song."
The tired voiee trailed off into si
lence, but not before the heavy eyes
were raised appealingly to those of tho
white capped nurse.
The big doctor seemed to rouse him
self as from a dream. He leaned over
and clasped Jinny's nerveless hand in
his great, warm one and then in a
clear tenor voice began to sing:
"Sweet and low, sweet and low,
Wind of the western sea."
The music tloated over the cot, past
Nurse Powell, through the open door
and down the corridor to the ward,
where other sufferers heard and mar
veled, and over the face of Jinny stole
an expression of infinite peace.
In that distant ward men who had
been battling with death turned their
faces toward the sinking sun and felt
that even amid pain it was good Just
to live, and in Jinny's little room all
was silent. Nurse Powell was kneel
ing beside the bed, her face hidden In
the pillow. The little hand she still
held was strangely limp and pulseless.
Then a strong arm raised ber to her
feet, and she looked straight into the
soft brown eyes that had followed her
all these years patiently, steadfastly.
"Gertrude!"
"Henry!"
Later, when she raised her head, she
turned from him to the quiet figure on
the cot.
"I almost wish she knew—she loved
us both so well."
And the big doctor whispered gen
tly, "I think she did know, even be
fore you did."
Tlac < liaiiic«»(l Grlulf,
There are numerous reliable state
ments of grizzly bears having attacked
men, lint nowadays the grizzly does
uot seek out his human victims, as
there are credible statements that his
forefathers used to do. Neither does
hi" lie in wait and, pouncing upon a
hunter, tear liim into bloody shreds in
delighted fleudisliness, as the old tlmo
stories used to tell. The change In
the grizzly's disposition is likened by
veteran hunters to the change in the
character of the white cousin of the
grizzly, the polar bear of the arctics.
When the stations for the Hudson's
Bay company were established, the
diaries of the men there often referred
to the fright of attack by polar bears.
Many a navigator in the arctic seas has
been clawed and chewed to death by
polar bears. Hut for nearly a century
the polar bear lias not been regarded
as so very fierce, and nowndays it is
looked upon as a cowardly beast. As
sociation with armed men has modi
tied the polar bear's disposition.—Out
ing.
llrrnklnK It Gmtlr.
Editor—Mr. I'lumduff, you must
make a little change in your column
tomorrow morning. It takes up too
much space. Cut it down by one-half.
Mr. Plumduff—Yes, sir.
"Then tiie other half won't need any
special heading, lteinove the heading."
"Yes. sir."
"And It needn't be spaced out. llun
It cfbse and in small type."
"Yes, sir."
"That will make it take up about a
'lilrd of a column."
"Yes. sir."
"And then It can go In any part of
the paper wherever there's room for
It?"
"Yes, sir."
"And if there isn't room it can be
left out?"
"Y-.ves, sir."
"And It hardly seems—er—worth
while to keep It going, does It?"
"N-no, sir."
"You're right, Mr. I'lumduff! Your
resignation is accepted."
OOM Pnrpnue*.
The young man In the guise of an
old farmer was consulting his partic
ular girl, who was doing the fortune
telling act at the charity bazaar, and
each had penetrated the other's dis
guise.
"You love a fair maiden," she said,
Inspecting his palm, "who will glvo
you a severe Jolt when you propose to
her."
"flood heavens!" be exclaimed, quick-:
ly recovering himself. "Then shO will 1
accept iue!"— Chicago Tribune.
An Old Kuicllah Inn.
The Uaven inn, an old hostelry at
Hook, near Itaslngstroke, England, was
built In 1(153 and still retains its quaint
old half timbered work, overhanging
gables and small windows. Tho house
gained a wide notoriety in tho latter
part of the eighteenth century during
the American war of dependence
through being the residence and place
of capture of the famous "Jack the
Painter," who roused the whole coun
try In 1770 by his deliberate attempts
to lire drydocki and shipping. He suc
ceeded at Portsmouth, where $300,000
damage was done: also at Bristol, but
was foiled at Plymouth. So great was
the scare that In response to a reward
of .fUJOO offered by the government
for his capture tho whole country was
on the alert, and he was run to earth
and captured In this Interesting old
house and eventually hanged and gib
beted at Portsmouth. His real nams
was James A liken.
Von Woltko «>n Wlilnt.
A Herman magazine published the
subjoined anecdote about Moltke: "Did
you. your excellency, play whist when
you were In Prance?" asked llerr von
Bennlgsen of tho great battle thinker
one evening over a rubber. "Every
day. when It was possible," replied
Moltke. "We played half farthing
points, so that at worst tho players
could not lose more than a shilling."
One day Count Berthusy was his part
ner. "Why, my dear count, did you
play spades?" said Moltke, In a sharp
and serious tone. "I had an Idea, your
excellency, that you wanted spades."
"Hut. my dear count, one do«>s not play
whist according lo Ideas, but according
lo rule," replied tho field marshal,
shaking his head.
IIU Wonderful I)r«miii.
"Say." said the newspaper man
thoughtfully, "I had a great dream last
night. Thought I was uiakiug a mint
of money."
"How?" asked his friend.
"Why, I dreamed I was a spaco rato
reporter on a Ktisslan paper."
"I can't see how there was so much
money in that."
"Hut that Isn't all of It. 1 dreamed
that I was assigned to get the names
at u court ball."
"Tough Job!"
"<>f course It was a tough Job, but
I ist think of the money. Why, every
Inline was a yard long and had a string
of titles to || besides. <>h, I was Just
coining inonev when I woLu up."'-
feifllpES
BOXES FOR APPLES.
binull rAi'kttjtrx lu I'law of liarrels.
Why Tli«-> Are %dvocated.
Although there has been a great deal
of agitation on the bushel Ik>x ns a
more suitable package for apples than
barrels, the latter is still in favor and
r.sed most generally in commercial r.p
ple growing sections. It In doubtful
whether the Lair. I will ever ';e super
seded by a:ty oth r | achate. For vari
3iia purport* there is no que.-1 on about
HALF HI'SUEL BOX OIT AI'I'LES
the value of the box, especially for
fancy apples. It Is not only uiore at
tractive, but is a more desirable pack
age for local markets where individuals
want small qr.irittUs of fruit. The
basket is alto being more generally
use.l than formerly for small pack
ages of apples iu invny of our larger
markets. 11 is a well known fact that
many large dealers buy their fruit In
barrels and thin repack iu baskets
a;.d small packages for the retail
trade.
This Is true not only with apples,
but with other fruits. This season
many of the peaches shipped to New
York In five-eighths baskets as well as
six carrl r baskets wire repacked and
sold in small quantit os.
Our illustration shows a half bushel
box containing two varieties. Northern
Spy and Tahnaus Sweet. Among the
well known fruit growers who favor
small package*, particularly the box
for the apple. J. 11. Ilale of Connecti
cut and Ceorg'a Is one of the most
prominent advocates. He believes the
api le will • how up better, reach the
consumer In better condition and In
crease the market demand for apples
if put up in attractive packages of this
sort.—Ami ricr.n Agriculturist.
MULCH ON STRAWBERRIES.
When II li Advisable—Boat Deferred
I mil liard Frenlnff.
Especially upon laud where straw
berry plants are likely to be heaved
by Its freezing and thawing di.rlng the
winter the use of a mulch will be ad
visable. and for the hill plants It
should seldom be dispensed with upon
any s >1!. On light soils there will be
comparatively little Injury to plants
grown in matted rows, and the use of
a mulch as a winter protection will
not be necessary, although If material
can be readily secured Its use even
then will be advisable. It will gen
erally bo best to defer the spreading of
the mulch until tho ground Is frozen.
Muterlnln I'Rfd.
The materials used may be such as
can be readily secured and that are
fre.> from tlie seeds of grass, weeds,
etc. A mulch of marsh hay will bo
desirable, but straw answers very well.
Where forest leaves can be easily se
eur.-1 tlie.r may l>e used between the
rows of plants, but are not advisable
upon them, as they pack down too
closely. If they are used, a thin cover
ing of straw will be necessary to hold
them iu place and to cover the plants.
Where the laud has not been properly
enriched some think It advisable to
put on a liberal dressing of stable
manure, which will also answer as a
mulch. This should be thoroughly de
composed, as otherwise there will be
trouble from the gtowlh of -weeds of
gnus and clover. Cornstalks also
make a clean mulch, but are rather
unsightly.
Amount of Mulch.
If the ground Is not to l>e cultivated
the following summer before the crop
is gathered, the covering should l>e
ibicker than when cultivation Is to be
I vn. Wbcii the mulching material Is
abmi laut. it mn.v be used to the depth
■l' three < r four Inches, except over the
! •! ; . wh re It should b,- only thick
ito i: e|y cover them. A mulch
rtils Hi eUii »k will not on'y prevent
\vl t r Injury, but It will serve to keep
tb • v.- <!s down during the summer as
well a< to bold the moisture. If the
I Hid Is to I e worked In the spring, a
tiepli of two Inches, or barely enough
to prevent Intury from freezing, will
i.e incident. Michigan Experiment
Stai lon
I.iij iiml Mm) Mnkrra.
I Mi- of tin' special points to study lu
elrcut'g birds today Is the matter of
form <ir:at layers are of different
build from great meat makers. From
lip t > lip the type differs, and largest
returns come to the one who selects a
M ek with spi-elal reference to the work
desired don". The longer, slimmer
body, heaviest In front, slim neck anil
Ibth.i-r le ad Indicate the egg producer,
while i»i" r jifnre. bloeky body, coin
pier t*lii-«» knit, tell of most rapid
growth ai d least waste In dressing.—
lixeb: age
FATTENING CATTLE.
Source* of I'rollt *4' lint Art* of \ Itifcl
Import nn «'r.
The farmer ciU'loj the steer through
the fattening pi<> e.-s that he may re
alize a profit by the enterprise. As a
rule, he Is not inti.lcuhir whether he
secures his profit by the Increased
value of i acii pel. ;d of beef by con
vert l), - the relatively cheap raw ma
terlal in the fo. in of siockiTS and feed
ers Int i b -tli pilced pilme ste. rs or
whethir lie bus ieallz«d that profit by
bi big able to pr iluec » aili In live
weight wi.h iJi a t in 111 vain per
I nun J, \i n ft I It Is to the former
sum evf pi "lit thai I. I'iUHt look with
greatest cnilidi u> e.
I'.coiKitiili'iil linlii In I li-Kh mid Fat.
It s c!e..r. I;oWi ver, that by over
|to I c factor of ablbty to convirt
iv i. D i.l. in .< mill forage Into
1> c! \ t I .il l a |•• IS I'le source of
|i i i ~:i 1 r i r till, of sustaining
| % or ii .: !■, .Mil ons where,
'i i,io, i i ill io Hi s factor, a
i I* i! «;• b' •• To put
t«. , j.; that
• | o i v : ( I i t la feeder
.• (,i i a u I ew • ght. Such
... to i, nd.' at ii |r. lit lo 8 or, i
' under favorable conditions, at a profit.
The ability to make economical gains
In flesh and fat is thus shown to be of
, vital imjßirtance. as is also, obviously,
the first cost of the feeder.
| The Time Factor In I'lsitklu Steers.
In tho Interests of uniformity in fin
ishing choice feeders it should be ob-r
' served that high grade Herefords can
usually be put on the market iu the
fewest number of days and suffer most
from carrying beyond the point of ripe
ness, that Shorthorns and Aberdeen
Angus grades, while a little slower to
mature, are In fully as strong demand
In the market as are grade Hereforda
and that Aberdeen Angus and Gallo
ways may be carried longer on full
feed than other breeds of cattle with
out Indications of bunches or rolls of
fat. which are strongly discriminated
against in our markets.—H. W. Mum>
ford, Illinois.
MARKETING HONEY.
Pack Attractively, Name Your Prod
not and Try For a Bone Market.
Honey must be packed lu shape to
please the eye. Established quality
has much to do with the price, but the
way It looks has much more. In order
to get good results from your product
you must watch the markets and know
If the honey crop Is large or small. The
best method Is selling direct to con
sumers or if that Is Impossible to the
grocery stores. If your goods are of
the better quality, mark with your
name and address. Name your apiary
or home, and you will find paying re
sults. Home market first, foreign mar
ket next, should be your maxim at all
times, says an Orange Judd Farmer
writer.
Just as soon as your honey has been
secured and the sectlous cleaned they
should be put In the selling case, which
may be either twelve, twenty-four or
forty-eight pounds. Put In a dark
room free from mice, bees and Insects.
The eases should be of neat appear
ance and clean, with glass on one side.
When It Is desirable to keep honey a
length of time. It should be kept free
from dampness and changes of tem
perature. If water condenses on tho
surface of combs, the honey soon sours.
For this reason honey should never be
stored In cellars that are damp. It Is
better to keep It upstairs in a dry room.
Sheep Brinar Good, Honest Money.
Some time since Mr. Wing, In writ
ing of sheep raising, said that lambs
should bring $1 a month. While all
flocks do not bring that for lambs,
yet I think there Is no other stock
the farm that brings such good, houest
money as a flock of sheep, kept even
as the average farmer keeps them. It
has been so in my long experience of
sheep raising, especially since I have
been grading up my flock of common
sheep. The last few years I have kept
only the liest of my ewes, and last year
I secured a pretty good Oxford Down
ram. My ewes are moptly crosses of
Shropshire and Southdowus and Me
rinos. This year my lambs are good.
I have turned off thirteen of the lambs
to the butcher, and they brought me
the neat little average of $4.58 a head.
These lambs came the last of March
and first of April, so I came very near
to Mr. Wing's standard. They had
nothing but good pasture and their
mothers' milk. So, taking it all around,
I think my lambs paid well for them
selves.—Cor. Ohio Farmer.
Interesting to Many People.
An International coffee congress Is
being held In New York, the purpose
being to put the price of coffee ns high
as tho trafllc will bear. The chicory
growers will not object, as the higher
tho price of coffee the greater demand
for substitutes.—Farm and Itanch,
Cnt and Shredded.
There Is 110 such thing ns lastlug
success In farming for the man who
steadily sells the best and keeps the
worst of the live stock he raises.
Professor Connell of Texas says
some people don't want Irrigation be
cause they prefer tho Ixird should
bear tho blame of their mistakes and
failures.
The mule Is what man makes him.
If trented like his half brother, tho
horse, ho will develop as many good
qualities.
Don't buy poor telephone Instru
"inents and poor poles and regret It
afterward.
Poor stock will pull out of the farm*
er's pocket all the profit tho good stock
can put In.
"Dead beats" are generally much
| alive and 011 the move.
Half hearledness does not count for
much In nny occupation.
A Gift of tt* Gods.
A great singer Is a gift of the gods,
and should belong by divine right to all
the people. Whenever a Santley, a
I'attl, a Jenny I.lnd, a Campaulni, an
Edouard de Heszke, or a Nllsson Is
born the government should claim him
or her for the nation, to sing for
everybody as an enlightening, uplifting,
soul Inspiring influence. Libraries may
help a few bookworms from time to
time. A great singer would help mil
lions of depressed souls during a life
time.—New York Press.
No Frllla For Htm.
"What Is your husband's alma ma
ter?" asked Mrs. Oldcastle.
"Oh," her hostess replied, "Joalah '
ain't got any. He nlways signs his Ini
tials Just plain, old fashioned, without
any puttln' on."—Chicago Record-Her
ald.
ART AND NATURE.
The I'linnirFa Wrought by Force of
Mrllmdlcnl Development.
There are really very few things in
use In the world today which have not
been materially changed by tho forces
of methodical development. Civilized
men and women themselves are tho
best examples of this all pervading in
fluence. The beasts of burden and the
creatures which supply the world with
animal food are remotely different
from what they were in tho beginning.
Tho work of breeding and training has
added beauty and usefulness to the
birds of the air anil the beasts of the
field, and the same upward tendency is
noted In these latter days 111 the flow
em which gladden life with their love
liness and which admonish man per
petually of his frailty. Pleasant It is
to know that what may lie called the
sophistication of flowers has robbed
them of not a whit of their native
charm. There Is in the sensuous odor
of the American Itenuty the magic to
revive In liny mind attuned to the heart
of nature sweet memories of tangled
vines and wild roses, creeping and
blooming nloug country roads. Tho
scent of the rich and full carnation will
call up In a moment tender recollec
tions of borders of spicy little pinks
tended by loving bonds that have been
folded for years In dreamless repose,
lu the regal chrysanthemum Is seen
the amazing product of brave little as
ters which came to embellish the door
ynrd with the first chill of autumn and
after all of the summer blooms had
perished.—Kansas City Star.
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