VOL. XXXX. AUGUST SALE! • BIG BARGAINS IN ALL LINES. You can buy goods during this sale at a big saving Men's $2.50 fine box- j Shoe buyers there are as plentiful as flies in molasses time, so that the A force of clerks has hardly time to eat. n There are good things for whi®h you need pay but half price. M You had better get some of them J yourself. No shoe store ever turned 11 out good shoes so cheap, Yes, 102 6 V North' Main street is the address — J J opposite Hotel Lowry. J HUSELTON'S. 4 EAT REMNANT SALE! § i another week, August 3rd to August & usive. Unrivalled list of Bargains, g E MODERN STORE. ft marked price of all Remnants, Wash Goods, ft inghams, White Fabrics, Dress Goods, etc. Uk all Bemnants were marked at Lowest Rem- . i. Now we deduct one-third off these low prices X TO B£ CLOSED OUT REGARDLESS OF COST € 00 and |1 85 Foulard Silks to be closed out at 50c yard. 0 lalf pries. Shirt Waist* one-thjrd oft. . □e third off. Millinery i to i regular price. 1 pert now 75c. Ladies' and Misses' Dnck Skirts 75c g! tibbed Lisle Vests Men's 50c Underwear to close at (P ! qnality, now 33c. 33c. U w 11 over the store. Be sure to come this week. * § Co., £ R fOUTH MAM STREET 1 QQ4 g S I Send in Your Mail Orders, ft ft OPrOSITE HOTEL ARUNOTON. BUTLER. PA. ft JULY CLEARANCE SALE. 2§ Per Cent off on Entire Stock of WALL PAPER Patterson Bros' 886 N. Main St. Both Phones. Wick Bnildin?. KECK Spring ® Sonimer Weights TLV f\. > tK /l* E Have 8 nattiness about them that £ t " hi lm K Jwß / 1 IX mark the wearer, it won't do to ''/ "O \ Ihf W Ci wear the last year's output. You | / Q NC3 W won't get the latest things at the ,4 / OST rl stock clothiers either. The up-to (' '1 j fr\.. jy j-y date tailor only can supply them, , I I\% J./I IT I[j if you want not only the latest (J i jl If 11/ll I things in cut and fit and work -11 J It !////■ tnanship, the finest in durability, I \ j I Jll II M where else can you get combina "■/ I 111 U. ® Hons, you get them at >"% „ FECK G. F. KECK, Merchant Tailor, ?4 North Main Street All Work Guaranteed Butler Pa rCarl" Schlucter, | I the; tailqr, P 1 $ Has removed from 125 W, Jefferson street to 115 E. Jeff ferson street, Room 6, Reiber Building, Butler, Pa., | where he will keep a stock of seasonable goods—all of 1 r the best quality. Spring stock now ready for inspection. | Cleaning and Repairing. 1 Good Workmanship Guaranteed. I Union Prices Paid, aaa* **************** ********* A* THE BUTLER CITIZEN. feed's Wine of Cod kiver Oil will build you up and make you strong, will give you an appetite and new life. If you feel tired and worn out try our Wine of Cod Liver Oil and find« relief. It is stronger and better j than pure Cod Liver Oil. | Pleasant to take and is inoffensive to delicate stomachs. Indorsed and recom mended by physicians every where. The best Spring tonic to give y«u Health and strength. For sale only at Reed s Pharmacy Transfer Corner Main and Jefferson Sts.. Butler. Pa PROFESSIONAL CARI3S. ATTORNEYS. F) P. SCOTT, I. ATTORNHY-AT-LAW, Office on second floor of Arroor> Ruilding. Buller, Pa. A T. SCOTT, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office at No. 8. West Diamond *>l. Bu'. ler. Pa. HOULTER & BAKHK, L_ .-ATTORNEYS *T R .L* Room R.. Armory l;oil.liii fc . JOHN W. COULTER, A TTORNKY-AT-LA W. Office with R. C. McAlwy, J. P.. south side Diamond. Special attention given to collection.- and business matters. Reference: Butler Savings Bank, or Butler County National Bank 1 P. McJUNKIN, EJ • ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Office in Reit>er building, cornel Mali: and E. Cunningham Sts. Kutrance on Main street JH. HKEOIN, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office on Main St. nea Couil Housr. EVER Err L. RAUSTON, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, No. 257 South Main Street, Butler, Pa Fisher Building. First door on South Main street, next my former office in Boyd Building. HH. GOUCHER, • ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in Wise hnildina EH. NEGLEY, 1. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office In the Negley Building, West Diamond PHYSICIANS, Hemorrhoids and Chronic D'seases 1 Specialty. nr H. BROWN, M. p., IT • Office in Riddle bnildintr,Diamond, next door to Dr. Bell's old office. Office Hours: —9 to 11 a. m., Ito 3 and 6 to 8 p- m. (1 EO. K. McADOO, M. D. T EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT, Exclusively. Hours-9-IJ, 1-5. Both Phones. Troutmau building, S. Main St. JC. BO VLB, M. D. • EYE, EAR, NOSE and THROAT, After April Ist. office in former Dr. Peters'residence, No. 121 E Cunning ham St., Butler, Pa., next door to Times printing office. PLARA E. MORROW. D- 0., V GRADUATE BOSTON COLLEGE OF OSTEOPATHY. Women's diseases p. specialty. Con sultatian and examination free. Office Hours, 9to 12 m., 1 to 3 p. m. People's Phone 573. IJ6 S. Main street, Butler, Pa. GM. ZIMMERMAN • PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON LR. HAZLETT, M. D., • 106 West Diamond, Dr. Graham's former office. Special attention given to Eye. Nose and Throat. People's Phone 564 OAMUELM. BIPPUS, KJ PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON too West Cunningham St. DR. JULIA E. FOSTER. DR. CLARENCE M. LOWE. OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIANS. Rooms 9 and 10 Stein Building, Butler. Consultation and examination free, daily; aud evenings by appointnieut. DENTISTS. DR. H. A. MCCANDLESS. DENTIST. Office in New Martincourt Building, I29y z S. Main St., (adjoining Dr. Atwell's office.) HW. WICK, • DENTIST. Has located in the new Stein building, with all the latest device for Dental work. DR. M. D. KOTTRABA, Successor to Dr. Johnston, DKNTIBT Office at No 114 E. Jeflerson St., over , G. W. Miller's grocery I J). DONALDSON, • DENTIST. Artificial Teeth inserted on the latest improved plan. Gold Fillings a spec * ialty. Office next to postofticr, DR J. WILBERT MCKEE, STJRGKON DENTIST. I Office over C. E. Miller's Shoe Store, 115 S. Main street, Butler, Pa. Peoples Telephone 505. It A specialty made of gold fillings, gold If crown and bridge work. MISCELLANEOUS. ! \Vm. H. WALKER, E VT SURVEYOR, | Residence 214 W. Pearl St., Butler, Pa. E N F. L. McQUISTION, | V. CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR. j| Office near Court Hon* * T JAMES I)OL»'.»b, T 1» LICE«»KI> AUCTIONEER % Inquire at Slieriff'soffice or 426 Mifflin * St. Butler Pa. Good Ayer's Piiis are good pills. You kr.ow that. The best family laxative you can buy. i Want your moustache or hear ) beautiful brown or rich black ? •. i Buckingham's Dvgi of druggisttor R. P. H»Ji & Co., N H I Masai CATARRH cleanses soothes and heals M tl.e di-eased membrane. M It cures catarrh and . Main St., Butler. Fa. j* 1 . M Both Thones 9 J \PI Everything in the Ll drsiar line. TA li Vi w [• % 1 NFW = ■**-" STOCK 1 have purchased the C J. Harvey Pharmacy, in the Stein building, at 345 S. Main St., am remodeling and restocking the store. I have twenty-two years experience as a pharmacist, and compounding of prescriptions will be under my personal at tention. Pure drugs and honest treat ment guaranteed. When in town shopping, stop and leave your packages. J. L. McKee, Pharmacist, Stein Block, S. Main St.. Butler, Pa. Binding of Books Is our occupation. We put our entire time to studying the btst and latest methods of doing our work. If you are thinking of having some work done in this line I am sure you will be well pleased If you have it done at Tbe Butler Book Bindery, W. W. A MOM, frop. ODD. Court House. ' nil f DR. HARRIS' j Summer Cordial, TIM I BPEKDILY ( IKES Diarrhoea. Dysentery, Sick Headache, Summer Complaint, Vomiting, Sour Stomach. Indigestion 4114 for Children Teething. 415N01.1 TKI.Y IIAKMI.KSS. (■related b* I!. A. I'AIINKsTOt K CO. ritbburg, I*M. At m* i - ■ A3 jc. P. T. Papt.i \ IJEWELER!; S 121 E. Jefferaon Street. / BUTLER, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST (», 1903. OiOO . C»0»O»G*O • • 5 An Innocent | I Str&tegiJf. | § 2Jy sriLLKTTA O o rzyroM o • (npyrioht. 1-1. ri>rfr O r. U T. < . Met v.rt W-RKE. O '•0«0*0®OoC*00*0*0*0*0*0*D If tbi-rc had not been a wedding at 3'J'! <;ranvillc avenue, there mitrht not have been one exactly two months lat er ut H'St, just across the way. The wedding had been 11»«• linest that the pretty southern town had seen for many a day. Now that It was over there was a small brigade of caterers and tlorists' assistants scurrying about packing up cut glass and candelabra and shoving camp chairs and ;>ortaljle jwlrus into prosaic carts. Alice Doro thy, flattening her little nose against the window pane In the house oppo site in her eagerness to see the very last <>f it, sighed regretfully. Last night, for one brief, blissful mo uii-nt. mamma had held her up to kiss the bride in all her glory of veil and flowers aud shimmering satin. Then she had been hurried home with Hep zy. And this morning there was nothing left of It all but a few wilted chrysan themums scattered on the walk and a trail of rice across the lawn. The beau tiful dream had vanished; but, oh, how THE CHILD GAZED AT HIM VERY SERIOUSLY AND VERY CRITICALLY. she longed to have a wedding of her very own! Mamma had gone out, but perhaps Ilepry would talk to her about It again. Ilcpzy, the good natured, was In the upper room making beds. Alice Doro thy sped upstairs as fast as her dimin utive legs would carry her. "Oh, Ilcpzy," she burst out, her bright face rosy with running and ar dent interest, "won't mamma let us have a wedding some time too?" "Dress yo' heart, honey, dar couldn't be no weddin* 'thont a bride nohow!" "Hut. TTcp7;y, mamma cor;ld be thnt. She's more prettier 'n Miss Edif." Ilepzy's fat sides began to heave as she patted a pillow into its proper ro tundity, her black palm silhouetted against its snowy, beruffled covering. "I don' reckon, chile, yo' maw's much notion o' marryln' ag'in, seein* she's hed one cl'ar 'scape." "What's a cl'ar 'scape, Ilepzy?" "Lawd bress de chile! It ain't nuthin' dat consuns one livin* soul but hu'self. honey. An' howsomever dar ain't nevah bin 110 weddin' 'tliout a brid'groom, shuali's yo' bawu, 111' gal." "A bwidegoom ?" "Yaas, chile; suttin' shunh—de pus- Bon wot stan' nex' de bride an' hoi' hu' bokay while she am n-fas'nen of hu' glub." Alice Dorothy was silent for a brief instant in the face of this unlooked for obstacle. Tiien, with a thoughtful pucker on the little forehead, "P'raps we could get one, Hepzy." "Now yo' is off'n de trac', lil' gal. Dar ain't no gittin' 'bout It. He jus' come, an' come hisself till by an' by he leabe off a-comin' an' teks de bride off to his own residumps." "Oh," explained the perplexed little questioner, with a dimpling smile of Illumination, "Mr. Donal' comes nearly every day. P'raps he would be th' bwidegoom!" "Fo' heaben's sake, chile, wot am de mattali wif yo' sawsh dat yo' maw done tie so scrumptious 'fore she done gone out? It's a-draggin' on de flo' lak a monkey's tall!" The little girl laughed gleefully nt the picture. Hepzy had successfully turned the drift of conversation, which, as she declared to Marm Smith that afternoon with numerous fat chuckles, she felt " 'bleeged to do, fo' de bressed chile was gittin' too pussonal." • •••••• Mamma and Alice Dorothy had been swinging to and fro in the big rocker for a long time that evening. When the little girl, nestling closer, had asked in her sweet, lisping fashion if they couldn't have a wedding some time like Miss Edif's, an' did she Jink that Mr. Donal' would come, too, 'cause Hep zy said there couldn't be none 'tliout a bwidegoom, mamma had kissed her quickly on the mouth and told her never, never to say anything like that again. "And mamma's little girl must be very quiet, too, when —anybody calls, because"—with a half sigh—"mamma's afraid that —Mr. Donald doesn't like little girls." The front door bell rang sharply. A messenger had ''otiie to say that Mrs. Nelson had j • ived word that her son had l>e<. I anil "would Mrs. Cranston conic over for awhile until her sister could get there." Dorothy had a tiny scheme tucked away in her active little brain. She was pleased when mamma had turned on the lights and told her she might "sit up" awhile in the big rocker. It was very still in the house after mamma had none, and the small eye lids drooped heavily. Then the bell raiiK again, and tin' Jialf closed eyes flew wide as their owner gave a ijuick little breath. Yes, she was sure he would come! There he stood looking down at the round, frizzly head. He was saying something about finding her alone. Ho was big and broad shouldered, and his eyes were smiling at her. The child gazed at him very seriously and very critically for a moment, and then the dimples broke. "I fought p'rapi you'd come," she said, (ouking up at him ecstatically. "You were looking lor me. then'?" "Yes. I wanted t' ask If you'd l»e th' bwidegoom at our wedding an' stan' by the cuttings wif th' bu'ful bwide!" "Whose wedding, Alice Dorothy? Yours?" There was a uote of eager curiosity in the questioning voice. "Yes; mine an' mamma's. Ilepzy says we nius' have a bwidegoom like Miss Edif had, an' I fouifht p'raps you'd be it!" He lifted the child In his arms and sat down in the roomy rocker. Alice Dorothy nestled close to him confidingly. He was not smiling now, but the child's quick instinct told her that he could be relied upon. She liked Mr. Donald very much. "An* my mamma she fought we could never have a bn'ful wedding 'cause p'raps you don't like little gulls, an' it made her sorry to fink 'bout that." "Did she say that, little one?" "No, she dln't say It; she ou'y vls percd." Mr. Donald sat up very straight. He seemed to forget that Alice Dorothy was there. It was very uncomfortable sitting like that. And what did he mean when he kissed her hair so suddenly and called her a little "angel of light" and said that he understood now—it was quite clear—and he hoped they would all be very happy yet. And now he was holding her tight in his arms, his brown cheek close to her soft pink one, rocking slowly to and fro. In spite of everything the drowsy eyelids would drop over the happy, sleepy eyes. "An' it will—be-th' mos' bu'fulest wedding—an' Mr. Donal'— you do like— — little gulls—'splaln to—to mamma, please, so she—w-o-o-n't be—sorry an'"— The man and the child were very quiet now. One had slipped away In to dreamland and the other was fash ioning a fine dream of his own. ******* When Alice Dorothy awoke, she was In her own little bed, and mamma was bending over her, her face hiddeu in the child's silky curls. "The bwidegoom taked care of me, mamma, an'—an' " —sleepily—"did he 'spla.n t' you—'bout—little —gulls?" "Yes, darling; he has explained, and'* — Alice Dorothy did not hear the rest. Mamma's voice was too soft or too far away; but two months later, lacking one day, she had a wedding of her very own. Hoth Word and Ttlig. I do not know whether It was from overwork or why it was, but every now end then Farrar had an unfortu nate habit of mechanically repeating himself. During one term, when this habit was at its worst, we used to have weekly lessons in the Septuagint, in every other verse of which the Greek words for "word" and "work" are in terchanged. Regularly every Monday morning he used to explain this confu sion in these words, "The reason why 'ergon* is used here instead of 'logos' is that it is a translation of the Hebrew word Dabar, which means both wont and thing." Those four last monosyl lables used to boom forth like Big Ben striking four or like the sound of two great aniens. One Monday morning Thersltes, who sat next to me, whis pered in my ear: "We have not had Dabar yet. Shall I get it?" I replied, "Do If you dare." And he unblushing ly asked why "ergon" was used instead of "logos" in the passage which had just been translated. "Ah!" said our revci-itl master. "You could not lie expected to know that. But the rea son." etc. It came out verbatim. He walked with stately tread straight Into the open trap. Thersltes remained "looking wistfully with wide blue eyes as in a picture."—Cornlilll Magazine. Having Her Way. "There's nothing the matter with this carpet, my dear," remarked Niggard to his wife, who was cleaning bouse aud said she couldn't make the place look nice unless there was a new floor covering to the front room. "All it needs is a good beating," he continued. After beating a merry tattoo on the carpet with a stick out In the back yard for half an hour, Niggard, with an exultant expression oa bis face, called to his wife: "Come here, my dear. See, It looks Just as good as a new one." "I don't see how you can say such a tiling," replied his wife, with tears in her eyes. "It's just as faded as it ever was and you've only made more holes in it." "Do you mean to say I don't know how to shake a carpet?" demanded Niggard, his vanity touched. "I do," replied his better half in a tone that left no douVt what the result would be. "You are going to shake that old carpet for a new one."—New York Times. THE SHANK OF THE BHOE. What the Glctzed, Metallic Marks Thereon Told the Broker. Ilalf a score of clerks in one of the largest brokerage houses in New York were astounded one morning when one by one they were called into their employer's private office and asked to hold up their feet and show the shanks of their shoes. They thought the "old man" had gone quite mad. Each young man as he entered the office was told to sit down and put his foot up on a corner of the desk where it could be examlnod. Then the head of the house put on his glasses and very carefully scrutinized the shunk of the shoe. When all had been put through this examination he called the entire force of clerks into his office and explained to them why this unusual examination had been made. "You arc well aware," said he "that I will not have a drinking man in my employ if I know it For some time I have had good reasons for believing that several of the young men before me have been indulging quite too much. Now I know it Here are the marks of the bar rail on the bottoms of your shoes." Several of the young men braced themselves against the wall and lifted their feet as a blacksmith lifts the foot of a horse. Sure enough, there were the glazed, metallic marks on the dry leather. They were the evidences of guilt, and the young men's faces showed it. "It's unmistakable proof." said the head of the house. "You may fix up your breath at the drug store and the barber can clean up your eyes and face, but you neglect the shanks of your shoes." That afternoon three young men cleaned out their desks and gave the keys to the managing clerk.—New York llerald. Care of Rnolu. A lover of books will always take good care of them. lie never holds the book by the corner of the cover, never turns down leaves, never lays the book down open, either with the face downward or on its back, and never breaks the binding by opening the book too forcibly. He turns the leaves one by one, taking «reat care not to soil or tear them, aud uses the volume gently. It makes no differ ence if the book be cheap or worn; he always handles it gently. ; WAX BEANS. Good Vnrlcticii, Inoludlne a Xcw Sort. For Murkt-I or Homo V »«-. Wardwcli's Kidney Wax. Very hardy and prolific, practically free from rust, l'ods large, five to seven inches long, flat, light yellow, quality K°«d- j As shown in cut, pods have the peoul- , lar characteristic of curving forward. Season medium early. Se.tl large, kill- 1 ncy shaped, white with dark markings" around the eye. We prefer this variety among wax beans for market or home use. It Is a heavy producer. Currie's Rustproof Wax Bean. Early and productive. As nearly rust- WAX BEANS, BUSH. proof as any wax pod variety. Pods five to six Inches long, straight, flat, color waxy yellow, quality medium to good If picked as soon as they reach market size, after which stage they quickly mature and become stringy. Seed kidney shaped, color purplish black. Market Wax (new).—Vines large and free front rust Pods large, straight, flat, five to six Inches long, color bright yellow, stringless, quality fair to good. Very promising. Seed medium In size, oval, yellowish brown. New Hamp shire Experiment Station. AKriraltaral Succon*. In agriculture, as in manufactures, success consists In securing the largest and best production at the smallest expenditure of force, time and money. Evidently the farmer who alms at such success must have an understanding of plant life and what proportion of its sustenance It draws respectively from the air and the soil. He must know the chemical constituents of the latter and the treatment which it requires to re store the plant food exhausted by his crops. He must have a knowledge of the climates demanded of dlffereut cereals, vegetables and fruits. He must be acquainted with the diseases and Insect pests which endanger both plant and animal life an state ment concerning its cultivation should be made for the Information of those who may be Interested In green fodder crops. Mr. Ball says In farmers' bul letin No. 1«W that the following com mon names have been applied to pearl millet In the United States at different times: Indian millet, Egyptian millet, horse millet, Japan millet, Mand's Wonder. Mand's Wonder forage plant, pearl millet, I'encilaria, Penclllarla or Pcnlclllaria and Penclllarla Zeaoldes. Very large claims have been mado as to the productiveness and value of I'encilaria or the Wonder forage plant. The department of agriculture last season procured setween cuttings as re- j nulred. Hand hoeing may be neces- ! sary to remove weeds from the rows. Yield of Fon«*. One of the striking features of many i of the recent accouuts and adverttse- | mcnts of this plant is tbe glowing statement of the enormous yields pearl millet commonly produces. Yields of from 73 to 100 tons of green forage per ncre are said to be quite the ordinary returns. As a matter of fact, when a good stand is secured pearl millet ex- ] ceeds in productiveness tbe ordinary t sweet sorghum or cane and also the nonsaccliarine sorghums. Among the succulent soiling crops it is probably exceeded only by teoslnte In tbe num ber of tons of green forage produced. Of the recorded yields of green and dry forage about 40 tons Is the heav iest yield of green fodder and 16.4 tons the largest yield of dry or cured forage. Wonderful as are these yields, they do not at all substantiate the extrsvsgsnt and misleading claims made for pearl millet as it is sold under high sounding names. Notes Prom the Farm Joarul. Let the orchard receive careful, con stant and shallow culture until July. If you did not get the young trees mulched last month do It after tbe next soaking rain. Use strawy ma nure. Make your trees root deeply by plow ing and cultivating the orchard the first, second, third and following years and by keeping the surface clean. This is tho time to prune your fruit trees if not done before. Wounds heal over a June cut better than that made any other time of the-year. The larger the stab the slower tbe healing. To protect cherries from birds make a scarecrow and hang It by a fine wire or fish line from a pole so It will swing and turn around with the wind. Just free from the tree. We won't guaran tee this, but you might try It Sasar Beet Caltfrratioa. Do not cultivate too deep between the rows, especially when the plant is nearing maturity. Cultivate as soon as possible after irrigation, but avoid trampling the ground while wet Irrigate by furrows. Do not flood the beets. Thin out the plaats when they reach the four leaf stage. Leave spaces of from six to ten Inches between plants and have rows at least eighteen Inches apart Trlmmlns OC Saekers. A good farmer says that June Is about the best time to trim the suckers out of apple trees. It Is his experience that when removed at this season they do not sprout as they will If done at any other time of the year. Newa and Notes. Butter, to be accounted legally genu ine In England, must not contain more than 1G per cent of water. Plymouth Rocks, Wyandots and Or pingtons as utility fowls are hard to Vetter. The value of the cotton crop for 1802 is estimated by the census bureau at $001,807,134, making it the second most valuable crop of the United States, corn taking first rank and wheat third. In Great Britain and Europe during the past three years a spraying mix ture has been made with washing soda to neutralize the sulphate of copper in stead of lime. It is claimed that this mixture adheres better than the ordi nary bordeaux mixture. No less than four beet sugar factories were established last season In west ern and northwestern Ontario. Honey from uncapped and partially capped comb was found to have de cidedly jwor keeping qualities com pared with the fully capped comb at the Canadian experimental farm. It is surprising that more farmers do not spray their potatoes with bordeaux mixture to prevent blight and rot Great hardiness and drought resist ing qualities are claimed for Turkestan alfalfa. How Eves Are Testod. The theory of the optically perfect eye is that parallel rays of light enter ing It are brought to a focus on Its ret ina. Any deviation from this condi tion constitutes an error of refraction and requires for its correction an arti ficial variation of the luminous rays. The generally adopted method of de termining the refraction of the eye 1s to use test types placed at such a dis tance that the rays of light emanating from them may be regarded in practice as parallel, and the deviation from par allelism necessary to correct a refrac tive error is effected by placing a lens In front of the eye. There are many other methods of changing the course of luminous rays coming from a test object, and of these the single convex lens is the simplest and moat often used in optometry. Craahlasr an Aetor. A brother actor famous for his pom posity and his inordinate ambition was regaling Sir Ilenry Irving with a fore cast of his plans for the future. "I shall begin the season," he an nounced, "with such and such a part, and after that I shall appear as Ham i let" "Um!" drawled Irving. "Aa—eh— Hamlet, did you say?" The other. Incensed by the tone of tho query, bridled up at once. "Do you think, Sir Ilenry," he de manded indignantly, "that you are the only man who can play Hamlet?" "Oh, no," rejoined Irving blandly, "but I am quite sure that you are tbe only man who can't"—Harper's Week ly- The Clrdeidnle Horse. The Clydesdale horse should walk at a swinging pace of not less than four inlles an hour, and if he wants to trot be should move straight and close, with the points of the bocks turned in ward rather than outward. He should not be wide between the thighs nor should his fore legs be planted on the outside of his shoulders, causing him to walk like a bulldog. • I Great Exercise. "Is he fond of exercise?" "Yes; he walks in his sleep."—De troit Free Press. Fire and sword are but slow engines of destruction in comparison with tbo babbler.—Steele. No. 31. GRANTING A FAVOR. U> it Of»«t«Mtr-D» Rat Main (M KMipiMt r**i c««t*at(lM*> the imct with which it to pilf«|M4 Some men seem to discoont all (flH tutle, almost make it impossible, by tbo way in which they grant favors. TVpT make you feel ao small, so mean, w lt> * fcrior; your cheeks burn with iudi|M< •* tlou in the acceptance of the boon yoa seek at their hands. You fed it to liho a bone thrown at a dog instead of tlw quick, sympathetic gracioosasss that forestalls your explanations and waives your thanks with a smile, til* pleasure of one friend who baa been fa vored with the opportunity to be at service to another. The maa Wtto makes another feel like aa lassct in dining on a red hot stove while he Jt receiving a favor has no right to «*• pect future gratitude; be ahoald (Ml satisfied if he receives forgiveness. Let us forget the good deeds we liava done by making them seem small la comparison with the greater thtogs we are doing and the still greater adS we hope to do. This Is true generosity and will develop gratitude In the sool at him who has been helped untoss ha to so petrified in selfishness aa to make It impossible. But constantly rwaiadlay' ' a man of the favors he has received from you almost cancels tbe debt. Tba care of tbe statistics should bo kto |dT< liege; you are usurping his pmapUil when you recsll them. Merely becsaoe It has been our good fortune to bo abto to serve some one we should not act as if we held a mortgage oa his immor tality and expect him to swing tbe cen ser of adulation forever in our presence. —From "The Power of Truth," by Wil liam George Jordan, Published by Brentano's. In tht Streets •( Btsares. Through a narrow street lined with shrines, temples and shops the way leads toward tbe sacred rives. Ben and there it is necessary to pick one's steps. One of the first sights to at tract the eye Is a dead rat festering be fore the door of a dwelling, and the rats are said first to have spread the plague at Bombay. A moment la to* a dirgelike cry breaks upon tbe oar. It is "Ram, Ram, Ram!" In memory of the saintlike prince of ancient India. Four bearers are carrying a body to be burned. So narrow to tba street that It becomes necessary to crowd back agalnat a temple wall to let tba dead pass by. The body to wrapped la muslin, and the face la covered. Tbo pall Is sprinkled with drops perhaps of rosewster, perhaps of tbe sscred Ganges. This is tbe path of tbo dead. No guide is needed except to follow la the hurrying footsttps of those who were carrying the corpse to Its resting place upon the pyre.— Fiofissor A. ▼. W. Jackson in Traveler. The Smiles Fade*. A pretty American girl traveling la England was sorely tiled by tbo an noyances and stares to which she was subjscted on account of her American "peculiarities." She weat Into a due shop in London to buy a pair sf shssa. and the clerk tried oa lnnumerablo pairs of veritable •boats,' as aba called them, much to tbe amusement of two Englishwomen customers seated near by, who regarded her through their 'starers' ss if she were some strango animal in a menagerie. Finally tbe clerk said apologetically: "We 'aven't anything narrow enough for you, miss. You see, miss, our ladles have wider feet because they walk as much, miss." Tbe two Englishwomen smiled with the sir of superiority that she had met for so long, and she felt sbs could stand it no longer. "Do they walk oa their hands, too?" she flashed oat. r**ii Bis Flaee. Two men were discussing tbe Meads of their boyhood and in the courss at the conversation mentioned one old schoolmate who had been the possessor of a most unfortunate disposition. "I wonder whst became of, himT* said one man. "It always seemed to me thst It wouldn't be possible for him to get any enjoyment out of life or Had any sort of work that sultsd him." "He has," ssid the other. "I saw him out west last year, and bo baa a Job thst suits him to a T. He's station master in a place where there are for ty trains a day coming and going, and he sees somebody miss every one of them." Civic Frig*. "I don't know what we're goln' to do about them two leadln' citizens," said Broncho Bob. "They're 100 kin' fur on* another with six shooters from morula? till night" "Has au Insult passed?" "No; it wasn't any insult, but soma doubt art* as to which was the oldest Inhabitant an' they're both determined to settle the question fur good an' alL* —Washington Star. a»r. "Loafley tella me he hasn't been sa busy for years." "Nonsense! That Job be bas to a cinch. He never has to work hard there." "Tbafs Just It. He's been fired, aad he's chasing around after another Job now."—Exchange. The Belle. "If Jack Nospud should ask you to marry him," simpered Handle, calling up a bluab, "what would you dot" "What I have alwaya done," said Ma bel. "Send him to you."—Chicago TWb* Her Objection. "Don't you think you at* taking tbf wrong stand when you say you do not wish your son to marry, Mrs. WU loughby t" asked an intimate friend. "Don't you know it Is natural and bsst for a young man to marry and that ha will not think any tbe less of his moth er because be has a wlfeT" "Oh. it isn't that." protested Mas. Willoughby. "I don't mind his many lug on general principles, but I doat want to be called the old Mrs. .WU loughby.' "—New York Press. Awake. Sharp—Why, I almost lost money oa the goods I sold to you. How muck do you think I made on tbe ordert Byer About twenty-five times as much. Sharp—Twenty-five times as modi as what? Byer—As you were going to say yoa made.—Philadelphia Ledger. —*. Hot Cae4 «• M. Hostess—l wonder your IlUto brother aeema so restless had SWIW» fortable? Little Ethel—l think lfs 'causa his hands is clean.—Stray Stories. All Os* «• Hiss. "Look, papa! The duke bas broofht his coronet." "Tell him to go ahead and play It I don't mfod the nolae."—Life. There are more fools than sages, and among sages there is more folly ttod