VOL. XXX. Grand Clearance Sale FOR The months of July And August, of Millinery, Dry Goods, Wraps, Notions, &c. Great est Bsirgains ever offered. MRS. JENNIE E. ZIHHERHAN, (Successor to Ritter & Ralston.) Butler, - - - Pa N. B:—We make this Sacrifice to make room for Fall Goods, many of ' 1/ which are already purchased. HUSELTON'S Summer Shoes Give Satisfaction! Oar stock of Summer Footwear Shoes for th« Workiogruan, the ia a mammoth one and *** Farmer, the Seaside, the comprises everything in From an Mouutaius, —Shoes for the Footwear line immense as- every time, place for young and old! sortmeDt, we ee- and occasion ! lect a few items for f special mention. Come in f : and Me these and otherp: : Men'a Fiaa Tan Calf Blucberi $3 to $5 Men'• and Boys'Tenni» Oxfords 50c Man's Fine Buff and Veal Cong's or Bais, tip or plain toe, at SI.OO. $1.25 end $1.50 Ilea'* Fine Calf Cong's, Bals and Bluchers $3.00, $2.50, *3.00 and $4.00 Men's Brofao* and Plow Shoes 70c. SI.OO and $1,1!5 Boys' Fine Dreußhoes SI.OO, $1.25 and $1.50' Ladies' While Cvnvas Oilords $1.40 Ladies White Opera Slippers *.....51.25 Ladies' Dongola pat. tip, heel and spring heel, button Boots, all solid $1.25 and $1.50 Ladies' Oilords, Heel and Spring Heel, Dongola, Tan, Tip, Opera and Philadelphia Toe 50c, 7bc, SI.OO, $1.3-1 and $2.00 Misses' I Dongola Oxfords, Patent Tip "5c and SI.OO Misses' Gennioe Ooat Tan Oxfords, 11 to 2 SI.OO Misses' Bad Ooat Oxfords, 11 to 2 SI.OO Children's Tan Button Spring Heel, 8 to 11 90c Children'* Bed and Tan Oxfords, 8 to 11 J sc Children's Dongtla Oxfords, 6 to 8 50c These are all solid with insoles; will wear better Shan cheap turns, which will always rip from sole: Daring this hot weather why not com* ia and gat a pair of our cool, cheap and make yourself comfortable ? Nothing like keeping your feat cool and your bead will ha cool. Won't cost much. Try it! B. C. HUSELTON. Ho, 102 North Main Street. - Butler, Fa. Special to the Trade. GRAND BARGAIN SALE.#- This sale is a grand clearance sale. I will soon start East and be fore going I wish to reduce my stock, so I have gone through all goods and have placed on sale a large lot of Men's, La dies', Boy's, Misses' and Children's Shoes and Oxfords to fit and suit all and at extremely low prices. Bargain seekers should not let this grand op portunity pass by as these are greater bargains than ever before offered. Full stock of Gent's fine Russia Calf Shoes, lace or Blucher style, at $2.75 to $4.00. Full stock of La dies' Russia Calf Bluchers, common sense or piccadilly style, at $2.00 to $3.50, all styles and widths. Our stock of Ladies'and Misses' Oxfords is larger than ever before, prices 75c to $2.50. Men's Black Oxfords at SI.OO. Men's Tan Oxfords at $1.25. Men's Southern Tics at $ 1 .50. Full stock of Men's Dongola and Wine Color Creole shoes a't $1.50. Men's Patent Leather Shoes at $3.50. Men's Patent Leather Pomps at $1.25. Our stock of Men's Fine Shoes is large and prices very low. Men's Calf Shoes $1.50, any style. Men's Kangaroo shoes $2.50; hand-sewed Cordovans $4. AND MANY OTHER BARGAINS. At all times a full stock of our own make box-toe boots and shoes. BOOTS AID SHOES MADE TO ORDER. REPAIRING NEATLY DONE. Orders by mail will receive prompt attention. When in need of anything in my line give me a call. JOHN BICKE^L. 128 SOUTH MAIN STREET, BUTLER, PENN'A. Jewelry, Clocks, Silvefwafe, Purchasers can save from 25 to 50 per cent by purchasing their watches, clocks and spectacles of J. R. GRIEB, The Jeweler, No. 125 N. Main St., Duffy Block. Sign of Electric Bell and Clock. All are Respectfully Invited —"Remember our Repairing Department— 20 years Experience."— THE BUTLER CITIZEN. ■THE KIND P 1 THAT CURES P i f.« A - .dr | m B3 M!!-. FUIVI'A iIAMS, ■ j IA Victory Over Disease !i ! 3B fas M Terrible Pain in Head and g) Stomach!" » IS "Mv Face vras 011 c Mast o! _ §1 Eruptions!" H BE "Walked tiic rioor Js-ight gjj ■ • After Night!" rg \ ruriowias from Mr®. r-cvoslS t »j C ;vOND^2FI f L rOWEB c-t DXZIA'Z ; | ■j over discue. j^j ~ GTNTL. .irs -I c.i 54 ■ • '-2 as! • 1 M «•:»*! C3B S ."%« t> .«l »«««»>• • •■■■>■*£ 1 1 M imtzt.i: ' .is i v *J * gg • . vc? Kprllcd to u; iK »!.f |=terrll»lc p:n»». 1 f**-" * "* fig with »ra» - J 1 - Jy ' : S9l *oulil try • ! f §& , K DANA'S S iSABSAPAItXLLA m ■ethough i I.u i tri-'i »! riiiav ■ * ;:_ r: 1 MB wuhfut any h.'ip. I li*l !*■: fu'th. 1- ' ip.i | |phad takin i»nr l»ottl«* I f*-t a gr<*s*t ■ better. I have now Uk«n two, u • j f-.vl like the «m* woman. I can -to !•• 1 * =SLEEP AI L M«H r * '■" ter-W ■ ril»l<> puln haa dcpartei!. 1h • : PTfV-elins Ilad i * iitlrely *«•»»•- •* gtecebwell. fflrurc me rntireh Yonr* ™ Tienndcroga. X. V MRS FRIXDA lIAM- Jg ■ To whom It n-.'iy hi*r> <• - .f> the trnii ot the »!x>»e. P. W. ftARUY. m Ticuadcroga, N. Y. I'aar! sS ■ Dana Sarsaparllla Co., Belfast. Maine. J§ feed. For prices and terms Ad drets, J. W. MILLER, 131 Mtrcer St., Butler' P». SPRING STYLES READY. YOU WILL CERTAINLY HAVE A SUIT ADE TO ATTEND THE WORLD'S FAIR. YOU CAN AF FORD IT, WHEN YOU SEE THE SPLEN DID ASSORT ENT OF ATERIAL, AND THE MOD ERATE PRICE AT WHICH \\i: MAKE YOU A SUIT THAT IS CORRECT TO THE LATEST D;E CR E E o F FASH iO N. -.-ia... Alartd'a, Tailoring Establishment. ~~a & D. ALWAYS Take iDto coDßiderati'in that money saved is as >?ood as money earned. The be&t way to gave money is to buy good goods at the right price. The only reasou that our trade is increasing constantly is ihe fact that we handle only goods of Grst quality and sell them at very low prices. We have taken unusual care to provide everything new in Hats and Furuisbing Goods for this season, and as wo have control of many especially good articles ia both lines we can do you good if you come to us. We confidently say that in justice to themselves all purchasers should inspect onr goods. Visit UP. COLBERT & DALE, 242 S Main street, Butler, Pa, 3ST OIT I C; TS ! Yjry . THE WELL- W Dlfi 7 V V | , J I Mi praj)hbr;lormprly XX \J 1 tLi I the Ikm'l of the •' Werlz-Hard 111 a n Art Co., will open a Studio and Photo Par lors opposite the Hotel Lowry, Cor, Main and Jefferson Sts , Hutlcr, Pa. Thii will her the best lighted and equipped Studio and galleries in the the county. The work will ho strictly (irst class and made nader new formulas by the artist himself, who has had 15 years practical experience in large cities. Portraits in Oil, Crayon, Sepia. Pastel, Ms battered hat. "Before wo go," he stud, huskily, ' "jing that old hymn chune ye used tp ! like so well." Then, in a clear, sweet voice, she be gan: ' Pass me not, 0 gentle Saviour, Hear my humble cry; While on others Thou art calling. Do not pass me by." The hymn filled the little cHurch like a heavenly presence. His head sank lower on his breast. A fitful breeze wandered in, spirit-like, and then took flight. The music ceased. A light sprang in to the sky from the rocky ledge outside the harbor and gleamed across the in , tervening sea—the gleam of the watch ful lighthouse eye shining for belated boats. Should you visit Houghton place, in i beautiful Kent, you may see, if the day be fair, seated under the spreading oaks of the park, a white-haired old man, feeble, but with a look of happy | contentment, smoking his short pipe, and mayhap whittling a trim model of a ship to the wonder and deiiglit of a little flaxen-curled Allie and a rosy -1 cheeked John, seated at either side, ! singing in their sweet childish voices: Pass me not, O gentle Saviour," and tii' - - Id man adds, reverently: "For of uch is the kingdom of Heaven."— Demurest's Magazine. BLOWING A SAFE. Three Burglars Succeed Beyond Their Wildest Anticipations. "I met a thief one day," said Andy j ! Rohan, at the St. Louis Convention of J chiefs of police, "whom I had not seen j for a long time. I asked him what had j become of his partner. " 'Oh, the last I saw of him was an ] arm,' replied the thief. " 'What do you mean?' I asked. " 'Well, it was just this way. Three j of us went down to a little town in Ohio to work a hardware store. The old mau who owned it was the banker ! for a'.l the people in the village, and vre expected to a good haul. But, alas! we mot with a »ad disappointment. ; We broke into the store and found a ghost all right.' "A ghost means a safe in thieves' par lance," explained Rohan. " 'We found a ghost,' continued the thief, 'and the boys went to work to blow it open with powder. Luckily for me, I was piping off on the outside while my two pals did the inside work. They lighted the fuse and stepped away about five feet behind a partition. The explosion that occurred blew the whole buikling down, and all that was ever found of my pal was an arm.' " 'What was the trouble?' " 'Well, the old fellow who owned the store was very stingy. lie sold dynamite, and in order to escape high insurance rates put it in his safe. My poor pal! It's too bad!" —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. —Explaining Kinship.—Curly Cuero— "Yes, sir-ree! Jake Ilogwallow was about the meanest skunk we ever had in Texas, barring his cousin once re moved." Jim Waco—"What do you tnean by 'his cousin once removed?'" Curly Cuero—"Taken out of jail and strung up for liorse-stealing."—Judge. —The lean pig is the one that squeals the most. Let the faultfinder make a note.—Kam's liorn. THE CITY OF TANGIER. Interesting Scenes In a Sea Coast Town of Morocco. Tangier's beauty lies in so many dif ferent things—in the inonklike garb of the men and in the white muffled fig ures of the women, in the brilliancy of its sky, and of the sea dashing upon the rocks and tossing the feluccas with their three-cornered sails from side to side; and in the green towers of the mosques, and the listless leaves of the royal palms rising from the center of a mass of white roofs; and, above all, in the color and movement of the bazars and streets. The streets represent ab solute equality. They are at the widest but three yards across, and ev ery one pushes, and apparently every one lias something to sell, or at least something to say, for they all talk and shout at once anil cry at their donkeys or aVuso whoever touches them. A wateivcarrier, says Harper's Weekly, with his goatskin bag on his back and his finger on the tube through which the water lumps, iostles you on one side, and a slave as back and shiny as a patent-leather boot shoves you on the other as he makes way for his mas ter on a fine white Arabian horse with brilliant trappings and a huge eon tempt for the donkeys in his way. It is worth going to Tangier if for no other reason than to see a slave, and to grasp the fact that he costs any where from one hundred to five hun dred dollars. To the older generation this may not seem worth while, but to tho present generation —those of it who were born after Richmond was taken —it is a new and momentous sen sation to look at a man as fine and stalwart and human as one of your own people, and feel that he cannot strike for higher wages, or even serve as a parlor-ear porter or own a barber shop, but must work out for life the two huedred dollars his owner paid for him at Fez. MOORISH WOMEN. Something t'ooceruing the Yellc !: .•>> eggs. but it i« much harder t<> get them. At least sn it tivil to seem to me till 1 learned the secret. It is easy enough to make hens lay. • uee you know how. Here is the rule. A little soft food, hot for breakfast, as e.irlv ;;s you cjin get about it, for hous are early risers and want their breakfast the tirst thing. For dinner, wheat, barley, oats or buckwheat. Scatter where they may so rumble for it, and if th.-y have to scratch half the afternoon to make sum that they have not overlooked a single kernel, so much the better. And a dash of corn, hot in cold weather, to go to roost on. They should not be overfed and must have clean water al ways near. If they can run at large in the sum mer. they will eat grass and get exer cise while scratching for worms. In winter, chop them all the cabbage and onion refuse, apple cores and even bits of potatoes. In fact, any green thing and a dash of cayenne pepper in the morning feed will stimulate lad ing. Plenty of dust for baths, {winded bones fi>r shell making and a 4ust of sulphur in the nests will make the hen* comfortable and insure esfgs. Now, having them, they are not h-\rd to preserve, liriojf them in fr«ali, sat in salt, small end down, fill the box. fasten the cover tight and turn tha bo* over, oii'-e in a week or so. Keep th:~ boxes in a cool dry place. The sot-ret of this is. that an egg will keep if the temperature is csol, and the continual turning keeps the yolk where it ought to be.—Home. MANAGEMENT OF BEES. How a New York Haii rak*>n Cure »f tIM Buhj Invert*. llees will leave their business any time to sting me, so I built a small house 4xo feet, using 1' 4 well-seasoned spruce flooring, sound and matcha.l for covering, and the sp_aie for the floor. Put a door In one cn<. a-'id •; feet from the door a partition tiieroof dowr. K—! n»f* -■ ! I rr • * * • —i • Half way from the roof have another floor, making an upper and lower room. I bought two swarms of bees; put ono in each room. For the upper room I cut h .les through the sides for the bees to pass through at the end of the building ami for the lower room 1 have them at the sides. This was ten years ago. The swarm in the low»r room was a weak one arid lived only u year, but i'ic ot'ier* are there yet and hare n. v.r swarmed. When they git the hive full of honey they build on I', .outsi le, covering the flit ! ■ }» fl r hive with honey, aud all 1 have to do is to break it o ft when wanted. Cut 1 shows the outside door open and the small entry of '2 feet Also two small door* through the partition, one for each room with in each so that you can look in and see the bee*. —New Yorker, in Farm and Home. THE POULTRY YARD. WiXTF.it greens for poultry, cheap and wholesome cabbages. Grow them yourself. A LONG, flat shank, a long lank frame; a short, rou nd shank, a plump, com pact Ijody. WHEN- chicks we high in prios old fowls are also in demand. There is probably no better time to sell surplus than now. WE do not advise heating water (by the sun) for fowl# in summer. It will be warm enough if pumped from the well every day and the water vessel set in the shade. THE chick that is strong, growthy, hardy and active from the shell onward, is the one to keep for breeding. Keep an eye on the broods and mark the l>est youngsters early. COLD weather weals up foul odors, warm weather sets them free. Hence the greater importance of absorbing them now by a free use of earth in the fowl houses and in the coops of the chicks. JuxE-HATCHKD chicks oome upon the scone just in season to harvest the In sect crop and glean the grain fields. Happy coincidence -for the chicks. Others may have their choice, but we have a liking for June-hatched pullets, especially of the small and medium sized breeds.— Farm Journal. Coaxing Swarmi to Ileuialu. Twenty years ago New York bee keepers coaxed absconding swarms to remain by this method, according to the American llee Journal: We would take broom handles and wrap rags on the large end, making a roll about ten inches iti length, and about three inches through the center, tapering off small er at the ends. The rags w« would saturate with melted beeswax. The other end of the handle is sharpened so as to stick in the ground. We used one handle for every four hives. Nearly every swarm that issues will cluster on some of these prepared sticks. The sticks should be stuck in the ground about four rods in front of the hives. The scent of the wax probably I>M a good deal to do with the bees clustering on the rags. An InvDmpU-to Clci»n«lii|f. "Yes, sir," said Japsmith, "I washed ray hands of the entire transaction." "Why didn't you use some soap?" nslted Cumso, with a glance at the hands alluded to.—Judge. A Fair lied. "Is n't this the hardest lx»d you ever slept in?" said one man in a crowded Chicago hotM to hi» bedfellow. "Oh, no!" was the cheerful reply; "I ■ once slept in the lava beds of the Black Uills."—Puok. Courtftblp'a Hours* They strolled together 'ncatb Luna's light. At nine at her father'# door were seen. At ten he whispered to her, good ulght. Anil ho sadly left her at one Af teen. —N. Y. Pre" Why Ho WkM't Hurt. "Robert fell oil a fifty-foot ladder and wasn't hurt $ bit." "Not hurt? I don't l>elievo it." "It's quite true. He fell off the bot tom rung."—Boston Globe. No Wontler. Air. Staylato—Why, my watch liaa stopped. She—l'm not surprised. Vou haven't wound it since you r xt+ - JSTO 33 mm. 3? CHEAP STABLE FLOOR. Ou«* That I* Walrr|iri'of Mini < 4iiaot R« AflW-tc-J bj i>rjr K'/. It is a matter for -,x|srise to many that cement U.*»rs do not more rapidly come into general use, saving as they do both liquid and solid manures, and being rat-pr.>of and indestructible when well put down. The reason lies in the very (Treat stumbling block, tirst cost, including the labor required. Every space Cxl 2 feet requires a barrel of Portland cement, costing $4 or more, or two barrels of commou cement at $2.5© to t'-'. besides the digging and hauling of sand and stone or their pur chase. Then comes in the expense of excavating, mixing and accurate laying. The study has been long and hard how to make a stable floor that is at once durable, water-tight, proof against rats and cheap. The solution is well-sea soned lumlier laid in coal tar and sand or ashes. I do not refer to the hard, brittle compound unwisely smeared a half Inch deep on poor roofs, but to the natural product as it comes from the gas works in its thin and molasses-like consistency. This is excellent also with which to cover the completed floor while still dry, as a preservative. It should lie applied hot with a large brush as long as the lumber will soak it in. But the floor. Having laid the sills and joists in the manner usual for plank flooi*. let them be coated with hot tar and filled and rammed level to within one inch of th« surface where the plank Is t» lie, with sand or coal ashes. Small stones may be used also to witliiu one ia;h of the surface. Mix a quantity of saad or ashes with the tar to the condition sf mortar and throw it between the floor jaists on the bed prepared. Lat this be leveled oB with a stralght-edgsd board saraped on the joists. At once flow k with coal tar and begin layisg the dry planks. While the foundation is in progress let one hand prepare the planks. This Is done by tacking some thick, soft cordage, like candle wicking, on one edge of each, so it will como between ©*wry two planks, and tarring all edges, soaking the wicking full. \Chen the planks art put down they must be forced together tightly and at least every third one spiked. Here is a floor which .vater cannot penetrate, and which dry rot, that most destructive of agencies in warm weath er, cautot affect. Rats and mice ab hor it, as do insects that work in wood floors, making them leak and opening' the way for water to soak them. Its coat is slight, not exceeding the price of cement atone, and it is almost as dura ble. It is never broken by the feet of animals, and when worn out can be quickly replaced, as the foundation is still thera and only needs to be patched up a little. I have taken pains to in slat that the wood used be dry; if not, the moisture it contains will forment within the air-tight tar coating, and be a detriment to durability. For cattle, the plank drops must be put together with heavy spikes, and on the same principle as the floors. Avoid the use of wire nails; thay have not the hold ing power of cut nails, and allow planks to spring apart, drawing them out a little so tliat the urine seeps away. The disagreeable odor from tar can be ab sorbed by dry earth and ventilation for a few days. A great advantage this floor possesses is that it can be laid at slight extra e?:pensc by all who have got to replank their stables and feel the need of greater economy of plant food. In most cases the timbers are all ready for the work.—Hollister Sage, in Q>untrv Uontleman. STRONG WAGON JACK. It U ftliiffl*, Yet It WUI Sapport a Heavy Weight. livery owner of a whoeled vehicle should hava some form of a wagon jat-k, for raising the axle for oiling, or convenient washing of the wheels. The very simplest form is shown in Fig. 1, from a sketch by D. S. Yates, and is simply a board six inches wide, and of the proper length, with two notches ■awod out near the top, as shown. For light wagons, one man can use this jack very easily, but for hoavy wagons as sistance is required. The one in Fig. 'J is cheap, strong and convenient. The part a is made from a two-inch plank of some tough wood, and is two and one-half feet in length. The lever nt is three and one-half feet in length, and should be made from a tough stick three ** . v ~—— rw. L. FIG. SRAONO WAGON JACK. by four inches square, dressed to the form shown. The retaining rod e carefully 9 looked after to make the farm do its best. Taking everything into consider ation, the wonder is that there are not more failures on the farm than there are. No business in the city would long stand under the easy-going man agement of the average unsuccessful farmer. —American Farmer. I WOCI.DX'T give much for that man who doesn't feel a tnrill of joy every tim : lie reaches the top of a hill. Why n« Waa Tliflre. The prisoner before the police court bar had been there before many a time. "I'd like to know," said the judge, "why you get here so often?" "It's the only place in town where I can got credit, your honor," was the »mbiguous reply. "Well, you haven't much credit here, I can tell you." "May l>c so, your honor, but just the same I'm always charged with some thing when I come." And the court gave him ten days extra.—Detroit Free IVaas. 5 Forclcii Travel Impryref. Successful Farmer —Son George got eome sense durin' tliat foreign tour any how. Wife—l hain't seen it. "I have. You know he spopt a good while in Lunnon, as he calls it." '•Yes, an' I'd like to know what good it did." '•!' ■• y'r eyes, Mirdnda. lie learned to turn up his pants w'en it rains." —N. Y. Weeklv.