VOL. XXVIII Robes and Blankets As cold weather approaches horse owners will s»ve money by buying the » horse blank ents, knee robe*, etc., now. A good warm blanket on a horse in cold weather saves more for the owner than any thing else. The largest and most com plete line of robes,blanketß,har ness,whips,trunks, valises, etc~ in the county,and al the lowest price?, will always be tound at Fr. KEMPER'S, 124 N. Main Si, Butler, Pa D. E. JACKSON. 203 8. Main St. - - Butler, Pa. Everybody Delighted. Who are in need of Seasonable Goods. Having bought a large Stock of Fall and Winter Goods, and owing to bad weetber and worse roads, they bare not been going oat as fast as they ought to We have CUT PRICES AWAY DOWN, as we most on account of scarcity of room close then out to make room for Spring Goods. If yon want a Cloak, Jacket or Bhawl NOW IS YOUR CHANCE. Or if yon want Blankets, Comforts Underwear. Ladies'or Gents', Plsn nels, Csnton Flannel or anything in that line. COME NOW before tbe Stock is broken, bat DON'T FORGET to examine our large stock of Dress Goods, which are included in this CUT, Also Fancy and Drees Plushes, Black Burab and Groe Grain Silks, •II Marked Down. Full Again. We mean our wall paper de partment, lull and overflowing with our immense and choice stock of paper hangings. You must help us out, we haven't room for half our goods, until you relieve us of some of them. We have the choicest selec tion of patterns in every grade from Brown Blanks at 10 cts to Gilts at from 20 eta to $1 per double bolt. Examine our Stock. J. H. Douglass, Near Postoffice, Butler, Pa. Rare Bargains, Extraordinary Bargains are offer ed here in UNDERWEAR, HOSIERY, GLOVEB, HANDKERCHIEFS, MUFFLERB, Everything in furnishings for ladies, children and man. Compare onr prices with what you have been pejing and see if you can't save money by dealing with ns. John M. Arthurs. 833 SOUTH MAIN STREET. 333 Big Overcoat Sale 1 AT The Racket Store. OVERCOATS OF ALL GRADES, BTYLEB AND COLORB AT ROCK BOTTOM PRICES FOR CASH. REMEMBER THAT NO FIRM DOING A CREDIT BUBINEBB CAN QUOTE THE LOW CABH PRICEB YOU WILL FIND AT THE ONE PRICE RACKET STORE, 48 B. Main St., * Butler, 3?a. SAW MILLS Pstsst VarlabU FrlcUaa mA Salt Faad. Steam Engines, Hay Prewea, Shingle Mills, Ac- Portable Grist Mills. Sen* for ntu*. TfcfMfclsr Ma«*i»aa, tu. Catalogue. A. S. PABqUIUB CO., Tert. Fa. L. 8. McJUNKIN, ImiiiMce nd Bed Eiltlc Ag't 17 EAST JKPFKRHONJBT. BUTLER, - PA. ID i'cßTlsers rr.~£ on adwritat.-g »» « ws»n in Ciwcaga. "ill *V>d (I an If- > t LORD t TMOIUS. THE BUTLER CITIZEN. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. V. McALPINE, Dentist, la now permanently located at ISO Sooth Main Street- Butler. Pa, ID rooms formerly ;ccoupied by Dr. Waldron. L. M. REINSEL, M. D, r* PHTEICIAX A>'D SCBGSO.V. Office and residence at 224 Graham Street, Butler. Pa. L. BLACK, nrrsiciA* xav BIHOEON. New Trout man Bonding. Butler, Pa. Dr. A. A. Kelty, Office at Boee Point, Lawrence county, Pa. K. X. LKAKE, M. D. J. E. MANN. M. D. Specialties: (Specialties: Gynaecolotfy and Bur- Eye. Ear. Nose and *ery. Throat. DRS. LEAKE & MANN, Butler, Pa. G. M. ZIMMERMAN. rorsicnic A» BCHUEOS, Office at No. 43. 8. Main street, over Prank t Go's I)I OX Store. Butler. Pa, SAMUEL M. BIPPUS. Physician and Surgeon. Wo. 22. East Jefferson St., Butler, Pa. W. R. TITZEL. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. 8. W. Corner Main and North Sts., Butler, Pa. J. J. DONALDSON, Dentist. Butler, Penn'a. ArtlOdal Teeth Inserted on the latest Im proved plan. r. RtckenliaCh, J. W. Bnrkhart, U. T. Morris. LOYAL M'JUNKIN, Gen, AG'T BTTTIjIOR, FA Advertise Is THE CITIZIJT, ifILMAMI I ARC; * * . . i j-:' ■ ! 30 S. MAIN ST. Regarding Fine Clothes. As a new comer requesting a share of the pat ronage of this town and vicinity in my line, it befits me to make a few statements. I make a specialty of the higher grades of work; 1 keep in stock the finest quality of goods; I recognize the fact that a good fitting suit from my house is it's best advertisement, while a misfit con demns the cutter and tailor, F shall endeavor to send out the best fitting clothes to be found. I do al! my own cutting. The prices will be as low as can be made com patible with the quality of goods I shall adhere to. A full line of the latest and most stylish goods in stock. Call and see me before placing any orders. GEO, HABERNIGG, SR. MERCHANT TAILOR, 202 S. Main St., New Troutman Building, Butler, Pa. Don't Read This Unless You Want To! — X»10000000I»NAR.I We feci confident it will pay you. Now that the Holidays are oyer we are busy getting ready for Spring trade. We want all persons to know where to buy goods at right prices. This is the place. We sell goods as cheap as any person in the United States, if not cheap er. We RETAIL FURNITURE AT WHOLE SALE PRICES. We give you first-class goods; what more can we do. We also do just as we ad vertise. We will sell you a Good Oak Bed Room Suit for #1 9 and a fine Pol ished Oak Bed Room Suit tor #25. You can't buy it elsewhere under #35. Any- J t/ thing you want in the Furniture*line vou will find at our store at low prices. Come and see us whether you want to buy or not. We want to show you our goods. •7 Campbell & Templeton, OLD TROUTMAN STAND BUTLEIt, PA. JAA£H. N» ■■IDAIINI —BM THE NG Satisfaction Guaranteed. f£P. H C^. N OF THE COOKS BAKING POWDER IS GUARANTEED f.ULL. STRE.NGTM. FULL WEIGHT, AND IS SOLD ON ITS XF£l T £,,£. T ..rI HE LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICE CONSISTENT Willi QUALITY. COOKS QUARTERS, RETAIL AT 5 CTI. COOKS HALVES. RETAIL AT IOCTB. COOKS POUNDS, RETAIL AT 20 CTB. Sold by ali Crocer&u ': y : und Can. EVERY WATERPROOF COLLAR OR CUFF ————— THAT CAN BE RELIED ON "O P TQ SPLLT2 THE MARK 3NTO"t to DlSQOlort —————J BEARS THIS MARK. # TRADE lliu i D MARK. NECDB NO LAUNDERING. CAN BE WIPED CLEAN IN A MOMENT. THE ONLY LINEN-LINED WATERPROOF COLLAR IN THE MARKET. Th rift is d. good revenue! result's from A HAI IAT cleanliness U - s lMs&.solid cake scouring soap Try i bin your next house-cleaning &nd beh&ppy. Looking out over tho many honiee. of this country, we 800 thouaandc of women wearing away their i;•/<•■* in household drudgery that might be materially lessoned by tho uno of a low cakes of BAPOLIO. If an hour ia saved each time a cako is used, if ono less wrinkle gathors upon the face becauao tho toil is lightened, sho must bo a fooliah woman who would heaitato to make tho oxpei-iinout., and ho a churlish husband who would grudge the lew cents which it costa. HIJTT.ER, FRIDAY, J A AR V -iO. 1 Hl> 1. The Secretary's Murderer. The Secretary of the ''Society for Edu cating Cherokee Indims in the Apprecia tion of Browning" advanced upon the Al bany Station. She (>!), when they were made by a Frenchman whose name was Benson. The bolts wero-f'orged and the thead was made by filing. In 1741 tho watchmaker Bindley, of York, improved upon Benson's method. For a very long period bis way of cutting screws by the screw pinto was continued in England. The best patent for cutting screws was obtained by Job and William Wyatt in 17!W). I p to IM4O about fen more patents were issued for the same branch of mechanism. One of the patents, obtained Jan. 2#, 1837, by .Miles Vcrry, is worthy of men tion. It was the art of making pointed screws — wood screws. Wyatt employed three separate machines, one for making the bolts, one for cutting the groove iu the head and one for cutting the thread. Short Ksauy oti the Modern Hen. liens. We don't know to which this world owes the most, the hen or tho egg. Did tbe hen start flirstf If so, she has a right to the floor and tbe atten ling honors; if tbo egg was first on deck, then here's to tho egg first, last and all tho time. Ileus can be very busy if they wish to at laying eggs, setting or scratching up tbe neighbor's com. Just now the scratching business isn't in season; its too cold to sit still and there's too much going on in pol itics, railway building and general gossip TO perr.it of laying to any great extent, and hence it is that eggs just now are eggs. The Witne:.S Dead. We could prove that Billy Patterson was was never struck at all; That j elision agents, as a class, have very little gall; That ( barley l(< ; s was never lost; that Keinmler's living si ill. And that cvfrybody's tickeled w hen they get a little bill; We could back up (Irtcly's proheeies, and prove be owned tbe weather; That Sittii'ir Bull is -till intact aixl hasn't lost a leather; That Br. Koch's discovery has never failed to cure, • And that New Vear's resolutions a twelve month will endure— We could prove all this beyond a doubt, and other thiugs beside, If did Bill Jones were living- what a pity that lie died! Vou are aware ol course that catarrh w ill become chronic unless checked at oneo by Old Saul's Catarrh Cure. Only cents. "If a numerous household is the safety of the Republic," it might us Well be pro claimed at once, that the remedy upon which such household should be reared l» Dr. Bull's Baby Syrup. The famous John Calvin did not like actors or plays, lie once wrote "llell is neither deep or hot enough for players, and tbe mail who would enter a play bouse w ill be burned iu fire everlasting Bre'r Cuh iu probably bad on a largo JaK ol his special brand of theology when be wrote that. American Oratory. ( Extract from Kudyard Kipling's latest effusion on America and Americans.) But this has nothing to do with San Francisco and her merry msideus; her strong, swaggering men and her wealth of gold and pride. They bore me to a ban quet in honor of a brave lieutenant — Carlin. of the Vandalia— who stack by his ship in the great cyclone at Apia and com ported himself as an officer should. On that occasion—'twas at the Bohemian Club —I heard oratory with the roundest of o's, and devoured a dinner the memory of which will descend with me into the hungry grave. • There were about forty speeches deliver ed. and not one of them was average or ordinary. It was my first introduction to the American eagle screaming for all it was worth. The Lieutenant's heroism served as a peg from which the silver tongued ones turned themselves loose and kicked. They ransacked the clouds of sun set, the thunderbolts of heaven, the deeps of hell and the splendor of the resurrection for tropes and metaphors, 4I| J harle d the r esult at tLc head of the guest oi the eve ning. Never since the morning stars sang to. getber for joy, I learned, had an amaxed creation witnessed such superhuman bravery as that displayed by the American navy in the Samoa cyclone. Till earth rotted in the phosphorescent star and stripe slime of a decayed universe that god-like gallantry would not be forgotten. I grieve that I cannot give the exact words. My attempt at reproducing their spirit is pale and inadequate. I sat be wildered on a ccrrnscating Niagara of blatberumskite. It was magnificent—it was stupendous—and I was conscious of a wicked desire to hide my face in a napkin and grin.. Then, according to rule, they produced their dead, and across the snowy tablecloths dragged the corpse of every man slain in the civil war and hurled de fiance at "our natural enemy" (England, so please you,) "with her chain of fortresses across the world." Thereafter they glori fied their nation afresh from the begin ning, in case any detail should have been overlooked, and that made me uncomfort able for their sake*. How in the world can a white man, a sahib of our blood, staud Tip and plaster praise on his own country! lie can think as highly as he likes, but this open mouthed vehemence of adorat ion struck me almost as indelicate. My hosts talked for rather more than three hours, and at the end seemed ready for ' three hours more. But when the Lieutenant—such a big, brave, gentle giant—rose to his feet be de livered what seemed to me the speech of the evening. I remember nearly the whole of it, and it ran something in this way: "Gentleman- -It's very good of you to give me this dinner and to tell me all these pretty things, but what I want you to understand—the fact is, what we want and what we ought to get at once is a navy —more ships—lots of 'em " Then we how led the top of the roof off, and I for one fell in love with Carlin on the spot. Wallah! He was a man. The prince among merchants bade me take no heed to the warlike sentiments of some of the old generals. "Tho sky rockets are thrown in for effect," uuoth he, "and whenever we get on our hind legs we always express a desire to chaw up England. It's a sort of family affair." And. indeed, when you come to think of it, there is no other country for the American public speaker to trample upon. France bus Germany, we have Russia; for Italy Austria is provided, and the humblest I'atban possesses an ancestral enemy. Only America stands out of the rucket. and therefore to be in fashion makes a sandbag of the mother country and bangs her when occasion requires. "The chain of fortresses" man, a fascinating talker, ex plained to me after the affair that he was compelled to blow off steam. Everybody expected it. When we had chanted "The Star Spangled Banner" not more than eight times we adjourned. America is a very great country, but it is not yet heaven, with electric lights and plush fittings, as the speakers professed to believe. My listening mind went back to the politicians in the saloon, who wasted no time in talk ing about freedom, but quietly made ar rangements to impose their will on the citizens. "The judge is a great man, but give thy presents to the clerk," us tho proverb suith. Pulled Straws for a Wife. A romantic event has just conio to light at Wilkohbarre, l'a. It is a repetition of the old tale of Enoch Arden, but with a somewjiat different ending. In IHBU \\ il linm Evaim anil Maggie Williams wore residents of Tamequu, Schuylkill county. They fell in love with each oil er, and in course of time were married. Evans, who previously worked in the mines, had a lit tle capital, and after his marriage started a small mercantile business. He did not mice I very well, and becoming ills couraged sold out and went to Colorado. In the meantime two children were born to the couple. The htwliand promised that lie would HCIHI for hi* wife and chil dren HH mion a* ho made a homo for thoin in the Went. For two year* Bran* work e bis belongings and moved out of the house Mr* Kvans still retain* possession of lit* child, but with the father'* consent. Kurly thi* week Kvan* will remove his taiinly to Denver. The affair haa created no little excitement. isro.l3 AGRICULTURAL. BK.XBKITS FROM DRAIKAGB. By removing superfluous water from the soil a way is made for the air to aid in de composing the orgrnic substances, which become the food of the plants, and in gredients which are bnrtfal to plant growth, and which cannot otherwise be removed, are carried off hf rain. Not only docs the removal of extra moisture make the land drier, bat it allows the soil to have the benefit of the gun's heat, render ing it warm and congenial to plant growth and readj to benefit by the least shower of rain, and at the same time raising the tem perature of the surrounding atmosphere. Braining also makes soil of a stiff or tenacious nature more friable and better prepared to receive the fibrous rootlets of plants, and by the action of the atmosphere hard pans or crusts are broken and pulver iled, so that the roots may enter them, a result which could not otherwise be ob tained without subsoiling or trenching. BCILD A GRASART. It is unfortunate that farmers should allow so much waste in their grain pro ducts after they have so muoh pains and labored so hard to harvest them. And yet there is a great loss every winter in| the granary. Indeed, some farmers have no granary, put their thrashed grain in bags and boxes, in which things miee delight. Others do not thrash ont the main crops until they wish to market them, possibly not until spring; but there is always a waste in the mow, as well as in the granary. Every farmer should have a good mice proof granary, and there is no sufficient reason fur not having one. As a rule it will pay to market most field crops in fall or early winter, before they have wasted much; and the saving thereby, we believe, will exceed the possible increase of prico which may be received if held until spring.—X. Y. Independent. KAIL TIIKBK TO THK BAHN DOOR. Who enters here leave pipe behind. The horse will be all the better for work ing his way through the winter. The man that knows the right nse of a horse blanket is a first class horseman. Too many horses eat up during winter all they have earned during summer. The horse blanket saves feed and flesh less substance is used to make animal heat. Keeping matches in any other reoeptaole than an iron or tin box is tempting Provi dence. Some people think a farm animal ia like a postage stamp—no good until itia lioked. They are sadly mistaken. The form horse, having only light labor, and not much of that,during winter,should have less grain and more roaghneaa daring Hammer. The man that puts iron bits in horses' mouths in cold weather, without wanning their bits, has altogether too machofthe savage in his composition. lIordKHOLD 111 NTS. If flavoring is added to a hot oostard a part is lost. Beatiug an egg with an egg beater can never increase the bulk as when a fork is used. Kipe tomatoes will remove ink stains from white clothes, and also from the hands. When whitewashing yoar cellar add an ounce of carbolic acid to each gallon of wash before applying. A householder in Bangalore is said to have for years used nothing bat the dost of the roads, mixed with linseed oil, as a paint for woodwork exposed to the weather. If you wish to keep pickles in gUa* fruit jars rub the untitles of the metal oaps with lard. The cans with caps lined with por celain are much to be preferred for all pur poses. It is just as necessary to keep salt from absorbing bad odors as cream. A sack of best salt standing where there is a smell of fish or any objectionable odor will absorb the flavor. No kitchen should be without scales to test the integrity of things purchased by weight, and to measure the quantities of various recipes. A soothing application for burns is to cover them with the white of an egg. It lorniH a coating over the injured part and protects it from tho extornal air. When using eggs once in a while break the ends carefully and save the shells for little molds. Blancmange looks very pretty served in this way for a change. Apples w ill not friexe If covered with a linen cloth, nor a custard burn if In the oven with a dish of water. Warmed-over biscuits can hardly be told from new ones if are set dry in a close pan and covered while reheating. Bent whalebones may be restored to shape by soaking in warm water a few hours, or by warming overt lamp or fire. Before chopping suet be sure to take out all the membrane, also have it quite cold and dredge with flour before chopping. Scientists state that thero are no ml crohus in milk when it comes from the cow's udder, but that the moment it comes in contact with the air of a filthy stable, or even where the surroundings are clean, the microbes enter the milk. This dem onstrates that when young animals prooure their milk from the dam, instead of being allowed milk to drink, they are less liable to disease. The precaution of heating the ■uilk (not boiling It) should be nsed when giving it to very young stock. Dr. Fanner'* Golden Kaliafii warrant o»l to relieve toothache, headache, neural gia, or any other pain in 2 to 8 minute*. Also bruises, wound", wire cute, swelling*, bile* burns, Huininer complainta, cofic, (iilno iu home*), diarrhoea, dysentery and llu*. If *ati*faction not given money returned. —At New Castle, some woeka ago J. B Lowery, nire 18, but *mall for one of hla yearn, Man dipping down hill on a aled, lying on hi* (totuach, when a boy weigh* ii'it about HO pound* jumped on hi* back, I<»wery screamed with pain, and when the other boy got to hi* fpet he fonnd blood ooiing from Lowery'* ear* and mouth. ilin spine had been injured, lie died laat week. —ltch on human and liornea ana *ll *ni malM cured in 30 iniimtea by Woolford'a Sanitary l,otion. Thi* never litfle. Sold by J C Itedick, druggist, lintler. —There'* one man in Colorado who be livvea in the efficacy of advertising. He in Paul White, a proaperon* ranchman ol Kocky Ford, in that aUte. He edTertiaad in a Colorado paper for a wife. It brought «uch a heavy mail to the advertiser that he had to convey it from the poatoffloe to hla ranch in barrel* in hi* farm wagon. For a month he haa apent hla evening* pe ruilng hi* cnrroHpondence, and ha* not yot made a choice. Moral: If yon have any goods to aell, or wi*h to dUpoee of your preciou* aelf, adverti*e. —Farmer* of leaver county propo*e to e. .tablieh a market hou»c at Heaver Fall* if the oltiiena of the latter place will aid them linancialljr.